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UNIVERSITY WCGUELPH
ALUMNUS Spring 1988 Vol 2] No2
University of Guelph Alumni Association
Honorary PrC~ldent Or Burr flIlhtws OAC 47
President Dr Ron DOIIrrJty OVc ( I
Plit Prc~ultnt Ro Parry CSS HO
Senior v lu-PnsiLlcnt Dan Rose OAC S7A amp 60
Vicc middotPreiidlnts ~ ( XIyan ) NldaJin Arts H2 RUl hmnc ~niult r rACS 7 ) Ka rin OJvi dl()O Aylor CR~ H3 Art Peppin OAC 4 I Dr Tuny va n DnuflltI OVC 61 ( uth Milnlr C1~ AS RarharA lth~rKc CSS 74
Sen ctary Nancy Fil7parrick Art~ H()
T nasurltr Barf) ~mith CPS 72
Dlnctors N1n() n tJpalrkk Arb w r k athcr WluUt ng lon An~ H Janet (Stanley ) Crtame r FMS middotRl JOdnne Pod FACS ~ 2
Pete r S Smith CII~ M -lt 8 G3ry Chilpml n e li RO Keith Murr~l OAC C) Wally Knapp OAC 4A Dr ot Gill ingham OVC H( Dr Hill HarTigt nvc 6H BltlrT) imirh CPS 72 Chrloti ophtr Coulthanl CPS 86 Eveiyn Ke llman CS 79 Agncs (fklJai) Vlttn H1t-(lt n Cs H
Ex middotOftk io DinGo rs John AJviano ( ~ 74
Presidenl CoUe8~ o f SOCial Science AJumnJ Aisoclation Or Jim Atkln-on cas 711
President CoUcge of Bio logical Science Alumni Assocullion Dennis OIake
President Graduate Students Associatio n O()uglLI m~ HK 79 ~Idem Human Kin etics Alumni Association Lorraine Hold ing FACs ~ 1 President Mac-fACS Alumni Altgtociation Wc Lwe OAC 7 1 Presld~nt OAC Alumni Msod atlon Tiln Il ingltOlOl1 I WA middotH) rcpn Sltn ling MOrJg ~1cKtn z I t HAFA 82 President HOld amp Food AdminbC r1 lion Alumni Al)Sociotlon LiIHil M l K~nzl(gtCord(ck Art 8 1 College of Arts AlUntnl 113110n L11Ijoric M Lilar Director Ocpanmtm or AJumo i Affal and D e1opment Ji m R)1n Art s H7
President ~ntrnl St udent AsiOCiation Or Nonie SOlan QVe 84 PreSide nt OVC Al um n i AssodatJon 111lt Ii Van Vec n CPS 74 Preltldent CoUegc o f Pb~lcal Science Alumni Association
AJumni middotinmiddotAcmiddotl ion Chai rman Arthur Gruhbe OAC 4 1
Acsociatt Stcrelary Rosltm ary Clark Mac )1
The lti uclp h AJ um n mi IS puhlishcd in February May Augusl and Nowmhlt r by the txpartmcnt of Alumni Affairs and Development
EdilOr Joanne Wallergt
For circulatIon inq uiries co ntact
Department o f Alumni Affairs and Dcvd opmln c Voi criry of Gudph Guelph O ntariu N 1( 2W I
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Lyn McLeod Dr Briall Segal
EDITORS NOTE Dr Brian Segal becomes Guelph s fifth president and
vice-chancellor September 1 Dr Segal 44 president of Ryerson Polytechnical Instishy
tute in Toronto since 1980 succeeds Dr Burt Matthews OAC 47 University of Guelph president for the past five years He has a BSe from McGill and a PhD in sodal welfare from the University of Pittshurgh
The Montreal-born president designate says he is bonored ro be selected as Guelphs next president and look forward with excitement and optimism to his tenure Commenting on his leadership style he describes himself as people-oriented I believe that a university is its people Everyone counts - students faculty staff alumni and volunteers
The Guelph Alumnus will feature a detailed introducshytion to Dr Segal in a future issue
Another new person at the helm is Lyn McLeod 45 Ontarios minister of COlleges and universities wbo succeeded Greg Sorbara Mcleod MP for the riding of Fort William is an 18-year veteran of the former Fort William now Lakehead board of education and was chair for seven of tbose years
She graduated from the University of Manitoba with a bachelors degree in English and French and worked with the Winnipeg ChildrenS Aid Society After leaving the board of education she completed a masters degree in psychology and counselled hi ldren and teenagers at McKellar General Hospital Thunder Bay In 1979 she received the lamp of Iearning the highest honor con shyferred by the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Assodation
ON THE COVER Spring is here What better time to feature olorful -flowers with a Guelph connection The lilies on the cover were bred by retired horticullUre professor Bill Evans who was photographed by Herb Rauscher at a test plot north of Guelph The full story is on page 25
RECORD SET FOR ANNUAL GIVING I am pleased to announce the Alma Mater Fund (AMF ) has set another record for annual giving in 1987 exceeding its goal oU750000 by 16 per cent for a total of $76245091 On behalf of th AMF Advisory Council I thank the 3491 graduates and 1090 friends faculty staff corporations and foundations who contributed to the 1987 campaign
I would like to recognize several specific accomplishments in 1987 OVC and Mac degree graduates increased their rate of participation and most of the colleges average gift amounts also increased Matching gift contributions increased 61 per cent over the previous year friends increased their participation by almost eight per cent and donated 19 per cent more than in 1986 A special thanks to those who made these accomplishments possible
Almost 83 per cent of all annual gifts in 1987 were designated to specific University prOjects For this reason because of our commitment to Alumni House and because alumni giving was down slightly this year the AMF Advisory Council could not con shysider any additional projects in 1987
An ad hoc committee established last year to study this problem recommended that Council review its policy guidelines regarding types of projects eligibl for alumni support It also recommended that Council increase communication with alumni the alumni associations and respective COlleges Council unanimously accepted these recommendations at its January 1988 meeting and is becoming more active in its liaison efforts with alumni and University personnel to establish goals and cri shyteria for allocation of fund
Council is made up of two persons from each of the seven college alumni associations a chairman vice shychairman and ex-officio members who include the preSident University of Guelph president University of Guelph AlmnniAssociation chairman OACAlumni Foundation and starting in 1988 a representative HAFA Alumni Association In addition the director Alumni Affairs and the
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Gordon IE Nixon OAC37
manager Alma Mater fund serve as resource persons
Members meet a minimum ofthree times a year to review fund perforshymance audit the previous years allocations discuss alUOlni fundraising issues and examine projects for future alumni support
Alumni gifts to the AMF can be unrestricted gifts for priority needs of the University unrestricted gifts to a college or designated gifts to specific projects
Chairman Gord ixon OAC 37
Vice-Chairman Tom Sawyer OAC 64
Members
Ar~~ Alumni Mlsociation Terty Ayer Arts 84 Rohin Baird leWis Arts 73
CBS Alumni AssoCiatiO~ Roman [anno CBS 81 Kelly Murikittrick CBS 80
CPS A1unmi Association Bob Winkel OAC 60
CSS Alumni Associnion E Sue (Bell-tty) Davidson CSS 82 Dorothy (Hoathet) BarneS CSS 78
Mac-FACS Alumni Association LOrraine Holding -Mac71 Pat $mit Vanderkooy FACS 7H OAC Alumnj Association Dave Barrie OAC 53A
Projects to receive alumni support are determined at the close of the fund year when total dollars available arc known TIle representatives from each college consult with their resshypective deans regarding the allocation of college funds Their recommenshydations then go to the full Council for final approval
On your behalf I would like to thank my dedicated Council colleashygues for their time and effort in implementing the ad hoc commiltees recommendations and achieving success this year On their behalf I would like to thank all of yOll who contributed to the 1987 campaign We believe you will rise to the occashysion again in 1988 as we continue our tradition of supporting the University in its pursuit of excellence
Sincerely
Gordon LE Ni(on OAC 37 Chairman AMF Advisory Council
1987 ALMA MATER FUND ADVISORY COUNCIL Norm McCollum OAC 66A
ove Alumni Association Dr Ken Gadd OVC 56 Dr Nonie Smart OVC 84
Ex-Officio Members
Honorary PresidcntUGAA Dr Burt Matthews OAC 47
GAA Pre Went Dr Ron Downey avc 61
OAC Alumni Foundation Chairman Peter Lindley OAC 57
Director Alumni Affairs and middotDevelopment Marjork Millar
DirectOr Alumni Affitirs middot Rosemary Clark Mac 59 -Dire~or Development middot Do~ livingSton
Manager Alma Mater Fund middot Paulette amson
COMPANIES MATCH ALUMNI GIFTS Many companies support educashytion by matching their employees contributions to universities Most of these companies also match donations made by employees spouses Through matching giftprograms many Guelph graduates have had their contributions to their alma mater doubled or even tripled
As more graduates and friends of Guelph participate in matching gift programs the benefits are becoming evident To deterimine if your donshyation to the University is eligible for matching contact your employers personnel officer
Following is a list of 29 companies who matched 5S separate gifts to Guelphs Alma Mater Fund in 1987 for a total of n6105 We thank the individual donors and their companies for the support
Akzo America Inc Alcan Aluminum limited Alchem Inc American Home Products
Corporation The Bank of Montreal CI-L Inc Campbell Soup Company Ltd Chevron Canada Resources Ltd
LEADERSHIP GIFTS Donors of annual leadership gifts to the University of Guelph are recognized through membership in clubs reflecting their level ofsupport
Presidents Council - annual support of $1 000 or more
Deans Associates - donations of $500 to $999
SecondCenturyCircle - donations of $200 to 5499
Century Club - donations of S 1 00 to $199
Members are invited to an annual reception hosted by the President on Alumni Weekend
Dow Chemical Canada Inc Dow Chemical USA Ford Motor Company of Canada
Limited IBM Canada limited International Mineral amp Chemicals
Corporation (Canada) Limited John Deere Ltd Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Monsanto Canada Incorporated Murphy Oil Company Ltd Nabisco Brands ltd
Nacan Products Limited Noranda Inc Northern Telecom Limited Pioneer Hi-Bred Ltd Pratt amp Whitney Canada Inc Procter amp Gamble Inc Prudential Inurance Company of
America Rolun and Haas Canada Inc The Seagram Company Ltd Sunoco Inc Tuco Products Company
College
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CBS CPS
CSS FACS HAFA MAC MAC DIP OAC OAC DIP ove
College Report Number of Percentage of Average
Alumni Participation Gift
4464 36 S 735R 5288 40 4602 204 [ 46 6005 6557 42 4287 3220 57 3655
971 53 4049 1032 167 25000
1812 148 10936 10703 11 9 12682 4045 61 5629 3739 146 12540
Total Giving
$ 1184602 100492 1 583000
1188875 694204 21 15 00
1446646 2930817
16182485
1395950 6871891
How You Designated Your Gifts 1987 Alma Mater Fund
427 184 167 91 90 37 4
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Top to bottom AlumniHouseground breaking in 1986 by Preside1lt Burt Matthews and then UGI1A President Ross Parry as Dave Bame then OAC Alumni Association Past President looks on construction and grand opening at Alumni Weekend 1987
ALUMNI SUPPORT ALUMNI HOUSE
AUl11ni are continuing their genershyous support of Alumni lIouse whidl officially opened during Alumni Weekend last June The historic Preshysidents Carriage House laler a sheep barn now renovated ~Uld expanded is the permanent headquarters for Guelphs alumni and alumni associashytions anu also home to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development
The renovations plus expansion will eventually total S800000 with the University providing 300000 of this cost and alumn i provid ing S500OUO The Alma Mater fund Adshyvisory Council is commitLed to raising SlOOOOO per year over a three-year period (for a total of BOOOOO) The remaining 5200000 will be raised through contributions from alumni associations special ~lLtivitie and class projects
The Alma Maler Fund met its 1987 objective of 100000 for a two-year total of 200000 The portion raised through other contrihutions is
THANKS TO THE VOLUNTEERS The strength of Guelphs annual giving program derives from a foundshyation ofvolunteerisl11 More than 250 class agents and other representatives gave freely of their time and energy to encourage the nearly 4 000 graduates who supported their alma mater in 1987 They are listed starting here and continuing onto the next page in recognition of their efforts
growing although at a slower pace Individual graduates friends and allillUli associations made gifts toward Alumni I louse totalling S2790 165 in 1987 Unrestricted donations helped achieve the S 100000 ALma Mater Fund goal for 1987
Many class projects have helped with renovations and furnishings at Alumni House while others are in the phmning stage or under conshysideration Recently the CSS Alumni Association donated audio visual equipment for lise in the boardroom at Alumni House and the class of OAC 64 set a goal of 825000 for an alumni lounge
In the second year of this threeshyyear project Alumni House continues to catch the imagination and interest of graduatcs and friends of Guelph TIl0se who have seen the building have been captivated If you havent visited yct drop by It belongs to all alumn i
COLLEGESECTION REPRESENTATIVES
Mike Streib 69 Arts Gary Partlow 69 CBS David Jackson 70 CPS John Vanderkamp Dean CSS Edyth Bray 52 Mac FACS Jim Bates 22 OAC James Gillies 26 OVC Norm Hawkins 57 OVC Robert J Peachey 84 BlA Harold Crawford 58 OAC for
ODAODII John PoweU Retired
FacultyProfessional Staff Doug Ormrod Dean
Graduate Studies
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Class Agents OAC James A Bates 22 Hugh C Elliott 23 Jonathan 13 elson 24 Bower F Forward 25 A Bruce Medd 26 Edward H Garrard 27 Thoma~ O Graham 28 W Edward Heming 29 Michael W Chl1)e uik 30 C Earl Migllton 31 ) Harvey Pettit 32 nleodorc) Hecg 33 Alfred 0 Hales 34 Gladstone Ridler 35 William G Tolton 36 Arthur L Thompson 37 Gordon F Townsend 38 Leslie Laking 39 John A Eccles 40 Donald N lIuntley 41 Glen L Warlow 42 Philip W Burke 43 J Leonard McQuay 44 Stephen J Beckley 45 Alexander A Hunt 46 Gordo r Ougl1lred 47 Douglas Cunningllam 48 Robert M Murr1Y 49 William 5 Kilmer 50 Donald M Rutherford 51 G AJlan Fisher 52 William AM Gregg
OVC 6 L for OAC 53 ) Lloyd ] Rosi 54 Ronald E Litchfield 55 Charles S I3aldwin 56 Vincent A Eagan 57 Dougla~ C COlquhoun 58 D Owen Gibb 59 Harry L WaLter 60 Sarah L Banbury 61 George It Gree~lees 62 Harvey J Brown 63 Harold U Bent ley 64 Palrick J Tucker 65 David A Jones 66 Mary V McEwen 67 Graham T Hart 68 Robert H Cobbledick 69 Margaret E Auld 70 Roben L Ross 71 Donald N McCallum 72 Roderick ED McKay 73 J Murray Brownridg~ 74
Bradley J Bandeen 84 Shirley J Gallaugher 85 David WG Lucas 86
OAC ASSOCIATES Stewart A Anderson 49A John E Northwood 50A James N Bell 51A Allison H FUlcher 52A David W Barrie 53A Robert G McGee 54A Barry N James 55A Arthur F Johnson 56A Donald M Dodds 57A Gary J Powell 58A Peter J McCarthy 59A Alan C Mclean 60A ] Paul Fish 65 (for 61 A) Walter H Atkinson 62A Grant H Fish 03A Charles WH Clughill 64A John G Zenel 65A Donald AA ReynOlds 66A Ronald B Steele 67A James F Hunter 68A D Jean ROlllenburg 69A Gordon R Weeden 70A Roger S Will iams 71A Robert B Yungblut 72A Bruce W Cressman 73A David Mayberry 74A Adrian Dykstra 75A Richard E Buck 76A Garry R Milne 77A Alice Laine 7SA Deborah L Hill 79A Paul F Quinton 80A Douglas F GrieYe 81A Peler J Haakman 82A J Scott McGeachy 83A Brian McGavin 84A Donald M Dann 85A B Jean Moffat 86A
MAC DEGREE Jean R King 52 Nancy L Raithby 53 Frances L Bowen 54 Lorraine E Oliver 55 Barhara J Cline 56 Marilyn A MacQuarrie 57 Patricia J Steele 58 Jo MA unan 59 Donna M Gracey 60 B Kathleen Johri~ton 61 Anne M Alton 62
FACS Judith M Maddren 72 Karen E Ross 7 Loralee E Marshall 74 Jane E Stolz 75 Karen Bennett 76 Rohyn G Bach 77 Janet L Taylor 78 M Heather Martin 79 Suzanne E Judges 80
orma J Poel 8 1 Joan K Dawdy-McHale 82 Irene M Good 82 Paula E Kerr 83 Edina J van der Widen 84 Janice M middotn1Ompson 85 Mary J Gooyers 80
MAC DIPLOMA Grace Sharpe 240 Jessie l Rumney 250 M Frances Hucks 260 M Lois Clipsham 270 Alice It Garrard 280 Grace M Gibson 290 Mi ured V Scott 300 Viola M Binkley 310 Mary C Hales 32D Jean M SltOlt 330 Marjorie H Thomas 340 A Olive Thomp~on 350 C Joan Nixon 36D F1onnce E Moodie 370 Margaret E Black 380 Eila R Lawson 39D Ellen C ScOlt 400 Marion G Aitkin 41D A Ruth Fleming 420 Mary L Procter 470 Florence Rilett 480 Mary K Williams 49D Gwen P Curtis SOD Elizabeth J Mu1Oing 5 ID FrJnces 1 Peister 520 Margaret B Clark )30 Noreen M Broadvdl 540 Muriel G Taylor 55D Lillian F Emberson 560 Linda E McLeod 570 Neil M Jones 580 Jane A Hurst 590 P Ann ])obbin 600 Patricia A Black 6l0 Stephanier Powell 62D Margaret AR Drew 630
Gregory D Oolhan 81 Morag L McKenzie 82 Joan E Shaw 83 -leIene P Paquet 84 Anita M OMara 8 ) Karen E Maki 85 Susan T Saganski 86
OVC James Gillies 26-30 Robert H Henry 3 1 Renue E Bowness 32 T Lloyd Jones 34 Wesley B Coxon 35 Albert L Geffen 36 Frmcis] Fitzgerald 37 Vince11l W Ruth 38
orman JI McAninch 39 Richard lIellings 40 Gifford AV Barker 41 James D Schroder 42 Leo) Shuctt 43 Melvin E Poland 44 W Murray Mutrie 45 C Robert Buck 46 Sidney Brown 47 Peter C Wang 48 William R Mitchell 49 D Cam MacKay 50 W James Lennox 5 L T Rus~eJl Furness 52 TIlomas R De Gen 54 William 1-1 Vivian 55 Kenneth R Gadd 56 R Denis OConnor 57 Roderick R Davies 58 L Guy Giddings 59 Willianl W Combe 60 Owen J Slocombe 61 Robert Z Ubukata 62 Rohin S Knuuson 63 James N Lott 64 Andrew L Fletch 65 I Jugh W Clugston 66 Neil G Anderson 67 Brian C BuckId 68 Al W Bowness 69 Robert W BrJndt 70 Bruce W Green 71 Allen G Binnington 72 David G Horton 73 W DArcy Reade 74 Patricia E Shewen 75 Wayne M Murray 76 D Gregory Usher 77 Diane M Smilh 78
Roben G McFarlane 75 Nancy M Brown 63 HAFA Janet L lewison 79 Ellen L Heale 76 Elizabeth A Jamieson 64 Ronald N Taylor 73 David M Alves 80 -I Douglas Balsillie 77 Nina M Elliot 65 Jennifer A Chadsey 74 Kenneth G Bateman 81 Douglas C Murphy 78 Peter J Brown 79
Carol E McArthur 66 Margaret A Winslow 67
Davidr lfougl1wn 75 Allan [) Scott 76
Susan C Read 82 Jacob Druif 83
Linda AK Teasdale SO Barbara S Dell 68 Timmhy J Lipa 77 Judith A Taylor 84 James P Poel 81 Joanne M Harris 69 Marlene [ Boland 78 ])onna M Flanagan 85 Marie E Hartley S2 Margaret L Willis 70 Da~d W Cobban 79 Dawn M HughesshyJoscph A Omican S3 Marianne Bakker-Bromley 71 Amanda S Lee 80 Bissonnette 86
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TELEPHONE CAMPAIGN SURPASSES GOAL
At 9 15 pm November 25 The Campaigns telephone campaign reached its $385 million larget seven months ahead of schedule At that point student callers had talked to alumni of only five of the seven colleges By Febnaary 29 $4 315977 had been raised and Sue Egles director of the telephone campaign predicts the student employees will raise well over $5 million by June 15 1988 the end of the telephone campaign
Response from Guelph alumni has been overwhelming Sue says with 40 per cent of those called making a pledge The average pledge is in excess ofS400 College ofAns alumnj wrote the formula for success by contributing $303000 - 553000 more than the college alumni goal CBS alumni were called next and pledged $430000 OAC alumni donshy
ated almost $2 million HAFA $90000 and FACS $570000 avc pledges of more lhan $500000 put the telephone campaign over the top Students are now vrapping up calls to CSS alumni and will end with calls to CPS alunmi A total of more than 42000 graduates will be called in North America
The studcnt caller represents a friendly voice from the University and doesn t try to pressure the alumnus who has decided not to contribute says Sue We want to updare alumni fLIcs and leave every alumnus with a good feeling about the Universiry
Alumni also leave the student callers with good feelings and oftcn some helpful career advice says Sue Guelph graduates have some very interesting careers and are excellent sources of information on graduate schools job openings and interview
Seventeen major donors to the Universitys capital campaign and campaign volUnleersjohn Bassett Ken Murray and Hany Seymour were honored at a januarypress conference in Toronto to celebrate completion of92percent of The Campaign goal Representing the City Of Guelph was Mayo john Counsell the Cotmty ofWellington Warden Murray Cox andSemex Canada Dr Moe Freeman OAC 55 president They are posed with Marjorie Millar director Alumni Affairs and Development and the framed dtations each honoree received The citations bear a first-edition copy Of the Librarys CDshyROM (Compact Disk -Read Only Memory) catalogue one of the University s newest products Weighing only 19 gram~ the disk holds the equivalent of 200000 pages - the Librarys entire card catalogue
Sheila Hollidge fund-raiser extrashyordinaim
procedures More than one caller has been offered a job over the phone she says In return alumni often ask the Iallers to describe how the campus has changed over the years or to pass on greetings to a favorite professor
Despite the informality of the telephone canlpaign it s not an easy job Sue says A rrunimum of 25 students are employed at anyone time and incentives keep up morale Each caller averages 1700 in pledges during a four-hour evening Psychoshylogy major Janet Campbell still holds the record with over S 15000 pledged in one rught and $329000 in total pledges In second place is FACS student Sheila Hollidge who had $311 369 in pledges as of Febmary 29 Their success and that of other student aUers has helped drop the cost of the telephone campaign says Sue It costs the University less than 1 5 cents for every dollar raised
Editors Note Sue Egles left Guelph in March to become associate viceshypresident IDe Canada PHONEMAlL Inc HersuccessorisAnne Thibodeau
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AhAVYlVli Wee~eVld ~8 ReservatioVl form SURNAME(S) FIRST AME( S) College amp Year
FULL MAIUNG ADDRESS Postal Code
TliLEPHONE Home (_) Business ( _ ) I will be attending reunion (ColegeYearD1plom Dqree)
TIME FRIDAY)UJiII 17 PElt PERSON COST NO TOTAL OFACE USE
10 am REGI STRATION Alumni House No Cost
Noon GolfToumament Cutten Club 4000 11
Gpm Alumni Barbecue Alumni House 9 00 21
8pm Night of Casioo games and music 300 22
Darbecue amp Casino package 1000 23
SATURDAYJUNE 18
---830 am DreaJdast Creelman Hall Cash basis
9middot5 pm REGISTRATION Alumni HOllse No Cost
9 am Elora Gorge Walk (buses fro m campus) 600 26
9 am Alumni Association annual meetings Mac FACS (I rA Rm 209) OAC (Mac Hall Rm 149) OVC ( MacNaughtOn Bldg Rm 113) No Cost
930 am Slowpitch Tournament South Quad 4000 team 28
10 am Lectures by Dr Bruce Fogle OVC 70 and Dr Brian Brandenburg OVC 68 No Cost
1030 am FACS Tour and Demonsuation No Cost
II am Alumni Association aculUa meetings Arts (Johnston Hall Rm 104 ) CSS ( FACS Rm 101 ) HAFA(HAFA RrnIOI) 1 0 Cost
Noon Presidents Picnic and awards presentatio n Creelman Plaza (check in at Picnic ) 6 50 30
Noon CBS Picnic Biology House 500 300middotchild 54
I pm Tours of Equine Research Centre No Cost
230 pm Ground Breaki ng Ceremo ny for Atbletics fac ilities a Cost
3middot430 prn Celebrity Auction Alumni House No Cost
6pm Golden Anniversary Dinner Creelman Hall (Golden Alumnus + Oil guest) Complimcotary 60
Others attending Golden Anniversary Dinner 1800 6 1
Gpm CI= llcunion Dinner(s ) 6pm OVC Alumni Dinner Peter Clark Hall 3500
9 pm Alumni Dance University Centre No Cost
SUNDAY )UNE19 -
730 a m Breakfast Der Keller Ca-h Bas is
9 am Churcb Service Arboretum u Cost
lOjO am UGAA Annual Mccting Alumni House 0 Cost
11 30 am Champagne Brunch and Outdoor Concert Alumni House Patio 1200 87
TOTAl COST
Residence Accommodation No of Rooms Required June 17 Couple 53300 x __ =
June 18 Single S2000 x __ =
Per St udent S1400 x __ =
TOTAL COST OF ACCOMMODATION
TOTAL AMOUNT ENCLOSED
Enclosed is my cheque for S payable to Alumn Events Mail to Laurie Malleau Alumni House University of Guelph Guelph O ntario N IG 2Wl
Please order before June 3 1988 Continuation of reservations wiU be mailed upon receipt of orde rs
bullPor exact price Of class reunion dinners consult the registration f onn in your cUJss IUWseUer or phone (519) 8244 120 ext 2102
ClASS REUNIONS CBS 78 amp 8 3 Mac 28 Mac 33 Mac 38 Mae 48 Mac 58 Mac 63 Mac 63D FACS 78 FACS 83 OAC 28 amp 33 OAC 38 OAC 43 OAC 48 OAC 53 OAC 53A OAC 58 OAC 6j OAC 63A OAe 68 OAC GSA OAe 78 OAC 7SA OAC 83 OAC 88 O VC 38 avc 43 ove 47 OVC 48 OVC 58
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COLLEGE ROYAL 88 SEARCH FOR EXCELLENCE
COllege Royal 88 drew about 30000 visitors to campus in March The theme Search For Excellence was carried through displays of stushydent clubs and academic units all over campus including an Alumni Affairs and Development display of
Dynamic Duo Andy Willemsen and Kathy Cunnington both FACS 88 worz the CBS-sponsored Egg Drop competition
Human Kinetics student Todd BIJJant helpedErica Clausen 4 test her lung volume al the School Of Human Bioshylogy display
Medieval jousting was demonstrated by the Sodety For Creative Anashychronism
24 graduates who have excelled in their diverse careers and activities
The 64th annual student -organized event was offiCially opened March 12 by Michael Enright CBC Radios 0shy
host of As It Happens Laura Gillard FACS 88 served as president and
People and cows met face to face at Old MacDonalds Farm
Former Curtain Callers Margaret Calder Mac 60 DtmRose OAC 57A and 60 and Nancy (Turk) Cums Mac 59 enjoyed themselves at the Curtain Call reunion
College Royal visitors tested equljJshyment at the chool of Engineering display
Nancy Scheer OAC 91 presided as hostess after being elected Celebrant at the College Royal Ball March 4
Curtain Call College Royals annual musical was followed bya reunion of fomler cast and crew members after the final show Saturday night
Guelph student Melissa Meisinger and her Samoytl Snowball particishypated in the dog show
The square dancing competition continued its popularity Both stushydents and alumni cOtnpeted
The woodsman competition tested strength
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ALUMNI GATHER IN WESTERN CANADA
Enthusiastic alumni gathered in Edmonton and Vancouver for chapter events in February
Harley Deeks OAC 50 president of Molson Alberta Brewery Ltd and Molson Saskatchewan Brewery Ltd and his wife Barbara (Herring) Mac 48 hosted a reception for 36 alumni and friends at Molson House in Edmonton Vincent MacDonald and Don Lavender hoth OAC 36 repre shysented the earliest graduating class present and ShouliangDongArts 87 was the most recent grad attending
Don Welch CPS 78 organizer of the event spoke about his memories of the University and before the evening was over had fOffiled a volunshyteer committee to plan future
Edmonton Chapter events Ifyou are interested contact Don at 15824 8Ist Street Edmonton T5Z ISS ( 403) 473-5237
Janey Bennett CSS 75 and Rod Clark CBS 77 hosted a reception for 27 alumni and guests at their home in Vancouver on Valentines Day Plans were made for a Vancouver Chapter wine and cheese party in April and a barbecue in summer For further information contact Janey at 1816 Mahon Avenue North Vancouver V7M 2T3 (604) 986-8177
Betsy Allan CSS 83 Alumni Affairs office attended both receptions She brought greetings from the University and spoke on chapter development and the latest campus happenings
VISA VOLUNTEERS GOODWILL AMBASSADORS
Ae the residence washrooms co shyed How do 1 get onto the volleyball team TIlese are some of the questions prospective University ofGuelph stushydents ask and former students are the best sources for answers
Through VISA (Volunteers in Support of Admissions) Guelph alumni help high school students become more aware of the niversitys curriculum spirited campus life and community amenities
We reinforce what the niversitys admissions office does in the high schools and we add the personal element says VISA co-ordinator Betsy Allan CSS 83 I see us as goodwill anlbassadors
VISA chapters in six Ontario cities each hold an annual information sesshysion for high school students their parents and friends Alumni talk about what attracted them to Guelph what they enjoyed how their education helped in their careers and what they are doing now Admissions counshysellors also attend
The information sessions have been an effective way to reach students who have not bad an opportunity to visit campus It also gives them a
chance to talk one on one with someone from the University says Betsy We welcome new alumni volunteers in the established VISA chapters The time commitment is small and those involved will tell you the work is rewarding
Established chapters and their leaders include Ottawa Greg DOUlatl HAFA 81 and Iarry Meek CPS 77 Toronto Debbie Chang CSS 82 London Maureen Higa OAC 79 Niagara Irene Good FACS 82 Chatham Vicki Bouman CBS 77 and 8rantford Simcoe Heather Linington OAC 80
As part of the VISA progranl this year Betsy wants to hold send-off barbecues across Canada She is looking for alumni willing to help organize and or host such an event in their backyards Students attending Guelph in the faU their parents and alumnj from the community would be invited The idea is to ~ish the students well before they embark on the path to univerSity For further inJormation about this or any aspect ofthe VISA program contact lktsyat Alumni House University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2WI (519) 824-4120 ext 6533
janey Bennett CSS 75 and Rod Clark CBS 77 hosted a receptionfor Vancouver alumni at thei home in February with some help ft-om their 18-month-old son Graeme Daughter Amy 4 was also at the event
Enjoying the-mselles at a reception for Edmonton alunmi at Molson HOllse ill February are left to right joyce Welch and her husband Don CP) 78 Betsy Allan OS 83 and Harley Deeks OAC 50 and his wife Barbara (Herring) Mac 48
ALUMNI CHAPTER EVENT
SASKATOON Dinner
Saturday June 11 600 pm reception
700 pm dinner Renaissance Hotel
Meet M arge M illar Director Alum ni Affa irs and Development
and Rosema ry Clark Director A lumni Aff~l irs -
For furtiJpr information conlact f3elsy AIan Alum ni H ouse
University of Cuelph (5 19) 824-4 f 20 ext 6533
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RECEPTION HELD
The CSS Alumni Association hosted its annual wine and cheese reception for graduating students at the Faculty lub in January Agnes (BelIai) Van Haeren 85 first vice-president and Susan Blair 83 director helped organize the event and greeted students at the door President John Alviano 74 spoke briefly about the Associashytion and asked for the support of those present CSS Oean)ohn Vanderkamp and faculty advisor Victor Ujirnoto were alsoprescnt to mingle with students
WHY DO STUDENTS LEAVE UNIVERSITY GUELPH STUDY
AIMS TO FIND OUT By Marla Stewart
Public R lations and In formation
Why do students leavc university before they complete their degrees A Guelph study Career and Education Achievement in the Student Environshyment ( CEASE) aims to find out Principal investigator Sid Gilbert Sociology and Amhropology has finished collecting data and will spend the summer and fall analyzing it
Professor Gilbert began the longishytudinal study of student progress at Guelph three years ago with a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council grant Through questionshynaires and interviews he contacted every new ftrst -year Guelph student in the fall of 1986 and fo llowed them over their next four semesters
The purpose of the study is to determine how many students leave
and their reasons for leaving says Professor Gilbert On the other hand he wants to meashy
sure program success completion and academic achievement
So far the study indicates that a students pre-entry characteristics (ethnicity secondary school grades financial status and parental educashytion) are not as crucial as the univershysity experience itself in determining whether he or she will stay
In other words says Professor Gilbert tudent attrition is related to academic and social integration at the University What students bring with them is not as important as what happens while theyre here
Throughout the three years of the study a remarkable 70 per cent of the 2800 students who received the initial questionnaire have responded says Professor Gilbert In year one first term students completed a questionshynaire measuring attitudes intentions background and demographic inforshymation 10 second term these students were re-surveyed on their experience
feelings and performance at the UniverSity
In the fall of year two those students who remained at Guelph were surshyveyed on their first-year experiences and how much they had learned and developed at the UniverSity
All students from the initial group who left the University before comshypleting their programs were then contacted to determine whether they had withdrawn temporarily or pershymanently transferred to another university were ineligible to return or had changed from fuU -time to partshytime status Reasons for any change of plans were explored by interviews
((a love of learning is not a strong factor
To date the study indicates that a love of1carning is not a strong factor initially influencing students to attend university TIley attend to gain knowshyledge and skills directly applicable to a career and to increase their chances of tlnding good paying jobs More than half the females surveyed said they attended universiry to increase their chances of finding challenging work after graduation Only 39 per cent of the males said this was their reason
The overall purpose of Professor Gilbcrts project is to measure volunshytary change and departure capture the process of attrition compare the experiences of stayers and leavers and suggest remedies when approshypriate He believes his findings will be beneficial to other universities all of which experience varying rates of attrition anlOng student) The findings will help educators develop retention programs for students who despite their talents and ambitions do not complete their degrees
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CANADIAN SENATOR SPEAKS AT CSS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION DINNER
Senator Lorna Marsden wore both her political and academic hats when she spoke at the second annual CSS Alumrti is50ciation dinner in March More than 100 alumni students faculty and guests were present
Named to the Canadian Senate in 1984 Senator Marsden is also a proshyfessor of sociology at the niversity of Toronto A Liberal she is a recognized expert on social change in Canada in particular the changing circumstances of women in Canadian economic and social life
In her address ]he Social Scientist in the State The Case for OPen Boundmies Senator Marsden argued that the influence of intellectuals on Canadian public policy is far too restricted Something is very wrong The intellectuals of Canada many of them at universities are excluded just at the moments when they are needed most Our causes arent led by great thinkers We dont regularly send scholars to parliament That lively exchange of ideas is missing
The difference is striking south of the border and in Europe where politicians and intellectuals are regularly joined In the US it would be unthinkable for the president not to have a brains tmst in one or more universities
Senator Marsden said the Meech Lake Accord the Free Trade Agreeshyment and the recent revision to Bill C-60 which amends the copyright act are examples of public policy meashysures which were diminished by the lack of input from intellectuals
In the case of Meech Lake Senator Marsden said inadequate use was made of people with knowledge about Ilistory and constitutional law She called Meech Lake an underhanded unsatisfactory method of constitushytional reform which puts the rights ofCanadians at risk She said a different approach would have been taken if the historians and constishytutional experts had been consulted first and she feels the Accord should be amended in consultation with these intellectuals
With free Trade Senator Marsden said the opposite had happened A
wealth of research had been done by experts on the potential ofFrce Trade but this research had not been carried through to help Canadians debate the issue once the deal was stmck ]n this case the experts were at the front end of the project only At Meech Lake it was the other way around
With regards to Bill C-60 she warned that intellectuals and univershysities should wake up Although she said the 1924 copyright act was badly in need of change she claimed many of the changes would cause financial and administrative problems for universities affecting things like distance education exams art exhibitions photocopying and intershylibrary loans In this case the intellectuals have been Sitting apart from the process and not protecting their own interests
Although Senator Marsden conshycluded that she didnt know the solution she said that intellectuals must move collectively into the cen shytral life of Canada and develop a closer relationship with the politicians to create better public policy
Sena tor Marsden turned her speakers fee back into the proceeds
RETIRED ECONOMICS PROFESSOR DIES
Wilda Blacklock and Senator Lorna Marsden
from the dinner which will fu nd a CSS graduate student scholarship The CSSAlumniAssociation now presents five annual undergraduate scholarshyships to social science snldents
An announcement of the estabshylishment of rhe Wilda Blacklock graduate scholarship in sociology was also made Wilda earned her BA and honors BA in 1973 and 1975 while working as a secretary in the Departshyment ofSociology and Anthropology She resigned from the Department to study for her MA which she earned in 1978 She then renlrned to the Department as computer co shyordinator retiring in January The scholarship was established in honor of her service to the Department and to graduate studems over the years In her thank you speech she said Its not so bad getting old if we can leave something to the young
Retired Economics Professor Jack Madden died March 14 1988 in Guelph at 68
Born in leeds England and raised in Winnipeg Dr Madden served overshyseas with the RCAF from 1939 to 1945 After the war he received his BA from the niversity of Manitoba his MA from the niversity of Toronto and his Ph D from Cambridge University
He began teaching at Guelph in 1965 He was a founding faculty member of Wellington College and a member of Senate He was also actively involved in health care planning at both the regional and federal level and served as economic advisor to the Hall Commission on Health Services
In 1974 Dr Madden received the
Ontario Confederation of niversiry Faculty Associations teaching award and in 1983 he received the University ofGuelph Faculty Association college award
The Jack Madden Medal in Econoshymic History is presented annually to a Semester 8 student who has mainshytained the highest grades in that subject
Dr Madden retired from the Unishyversity inJanuary 1985 but continued to teach part-time at the Universities of Guelph and Toronto
He is survived by his wife Andrea and four children
Donations may be madc in his memory to The Jack Madden Memorial Fundand forwarded to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development
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SABBATICAL FULFilLS SCIENTIFIC DREAMS FOR HUSBAND-WIFE RESEARCH TEAM
Ahusband and wife teanl of Guelph biologists Professor Eugene Balon and Dr Christine Flegler-Balon have returned to the University after an eight-month sabbatical at the )LB Smith Institute of Ichthyology and Rhodes niversity Grahamstown South Africa They introduced a new type of research design to institute staff while studying the early deveshylopment of several fish species
The Balons received a Rhodes University Hugh Kelly Fellowship and grants from the Departmem of National Education and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
While in Grahamstown they made a comparative study of the developmiddot ment of two species oftilapine cichlids and of a ciarias Gltfish These species are common in aquacu lture although no detailed observations of their development had been made prior to this study
One of the fish we were obselVing Oreocbromis mossambicus (preshyviously known as Tilapia mossamshybica) is a mouthbrooder the other Tiapia rencalli lays its eggs on the substrate and guards tbem and the young as they develop explained Dr Flegler-Balon We wanted to test a theory on altricial-prccocial altershynatives developed earlier in Guelph says Professor Balon
InJune a conference on Alternative Life History Styles (ALHS) in organshyisms was held in Grahamstown and the Balons were among 12 invited foreign speakers
The Balons also participated in thrilling expeditions into the interior ofBotlWana by small plane observing the amazing landscape of the Karoo Kimberley diamond mines and Kalahari Desert The Kalahari absorbs all the waters of the large Okavango River which flows from Angola and forms a magnificent inland delta
I can bardly believe that I have seen the papyrus flats and channels the fishes and wildlife and in addition have met Tsodillo Hill bushmen and
Professor Eugene Balon and Dr Christine Regler-Balon bave returned to the University from an eXciting eight month sabbatical
have seen the recently discovered rock paintings of their ancestors says Dr Flcgler-BaLon The altricial bushmen are one of the important features in the tested ALHS theory
Okavango the last paradise is soon to be lost by diversion of waters via canals for the new dian10nd mines in the Kalahari and cattle ranching TIle
JLB Smith Institute is involved in desperate ecological studies
The Balons along with Instirute director Mike Bruton and scientist Robin Swbbs participated in an expedition to the Comoro Islands home of the coelacanth nicknamed old four legs the only living member ofa group representing the evolution of all terrestrial vertebrates ll1ey intelViewed coelacanth fishermen and measured eight specimens tvo of which are the largest so far recorded They also took samples from the fish communities of a river on Anjouan from its volcanic slopes over 15shymetre high waterfalls to its entry into the coelacanth sea They joined up with the yacht Metoka carrying a submersible and wert first to view the films taken from this submersible ofcoelacanths moving in their natural habitat Professor Balon conveys excitement as he describes thc slow motion flight-walk of this fascinating creaturc When the Balons realized how threatened this living fossil is they established the Coelacanth ConselVation Council The newsktter of this council will be published in Professor Balons international journal Elluironmental Biology ofFishes
TOUR MARINE BIOLOGY LABORATORY DURING ALUMNI WEEKEND
The CBS Alumni Association has added something new to its program of activities during Alumni Weekend this year A LOur of the Marine Biology Laboratory (Zoology Annex 2) wiU be conducted by faCility supelVisor Ted White CBS 78 The tour will follow the guided walk at Elord Gorge and picnic lunch at Biology House on June 18 at 1 30 pm Marine and Fisheries grads can reminisce while others can discover one of the hidden attractions of these programs at Guelph
Last years picnic saw the rerurn of a group of Micro 82 grads who took advantage of the Alumni Weekend festivities to send classmate Rick Clark off to his new job at King Faisal Research Centre and Specialist Hosshypital in Riyadh Saudia Arabia
While such auspicious occasions are bound to be infrequem yOll could make plans to get together with the old gang anyhow especially if yOll are a 1973 1978 or 1983 grad who has the extra motivation of a 15th 10th or 5th year reunion
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UNO ONE DESERVES IT MORE RESEARCH TECHNOLOG ST RECEIVES AWARD
By j anne Pengelly Public Relations and In fo rmation
Amost a quarter cemury of hard work late nights and long hours were recognized when research technoloshygist Uta Srrelive Zoology received Sigma Xis Support of Research Award Professor Roy Anderson chair of Zoology told the 70 people at the awards ceremony No one deserves it more
The local chapter of the scientific society Sigma Xi has only awarded the prize once before in 1985 It recognizes researchers who make a significant contribution to the societys goal of excellence in research but are seldom known to the research community at large
During her 22 years at the Univershysity Uta has taught the laboratory sections of LWO invertebrate zoology courses and helped more than 30 graduate students complete their theses She has co-authored several papers on neurotropic nematodes and is currently responsible for the day-to-day running of Professor Andersons parasitology lab where she works with graduate and undershygraduate students
Uta completed her undergraduate degree in textile research at the University of Gera East Germany In 1961 she came to Canada to join her parents and obtained a job in electron microscopy in the anatomy departshyment of the faculty of medicine ni shyversity of Saskatchewan She learned the basics in a field that was growing fast She did everything from preparing experimems to photographing and writing them up
She married became a mother and was widowed - all within three years of arriving in Canada After her husshyband died she wanted to be closer to her homeland Toronto had good job opportunities so she and the baby moved east just to make enough money to go to West Germany
At the Ontario Research Foundashytion where she went to look for a job Uta found Professor Anderson in the middle of an experiment The young
Uta Strelive with her Support of Research Award certificate
parasitologist was so engrossed in his work he didnt ask why she was there He just asked her to give him a hand When they were finished Uta had a job Later the same year Proshyfessor Anderson came to Guelph and Uta came along to run his lab
Utas nomination for the Sigma Xi award was supported by several proshy
fessors and many students I love the students and have a good rapport with them she says People ask ifl get bored but there are always new faces new problems new classifishycations new data to organize Parashysitology is a very exciting field because nothing ever stands still
Bird Carvings Uta is internationally known for
her magnificent wood carvings of birds Each carving takes about 100 homs work and sells for between $500 and pound1 000 She has won 28 awards since she started carving in 1981 including tlrst prize at the World Champ ionship Wildfowl Carving Competition in Maryland She had her first show in her own studio in Guelph last year
Carving could tum into a profitable retirement project for Uta Kaiser Porcelain in Germany has approached her about test marketing one of her birds
But Uta says her hours at the Univershysity are just as satisfying in their own vay When students recognize
theyve learned something thal is the biggest reward she says
More than 125 CBS students galbered for a Careers and Faclilty Night coshysponsored by the CBS Student Council and CBS Alumni Association in FebnUllJI Here Dr Dazrid Rodger CBS PhD 82 answers questions about his work in aquatic biology Other CBS alumni speakers included Petra Patczllr 82 who works with (be dezelopmental(v disabled Les StaHfield 81 a community adl isorfor the Commwzity Fisheries Involvement Program and julia Stanley Weille1~ 82 acting manager offhlishedproducts ill the hepatitis diagnostics division Connaught Laboratories Ltd
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SECOND VOLUME OF LM MONTGOMERY JOURNALS PUBLISHED
By Mary Dickieson Public Relations and Information
The second volume of ]be Selected j ournals ofLM Montgomery records the best and worst experiences in the life of one ofthe worlds most popular authors of childrens books Edited by Professor Mary Rubio English Lanshyguage and Literature and now-retired English professor Elizabeth Waterston the book is expected to repeat the popularity of Volume I which jumped to the best seller list immediately after its November 1985 release and is now in its second printing
Volume II covers 1910 to 1921 and records Montgomerys new life as a mother and wife of a minister in an Ontario village This is a varied and complicated period in which she has achieved world-wide acclaim and a following of readers devoted to her heroine Anne Shirley
Like Anne Montgomery revels in motherhood She also reveals her thoughts on the death of the grandshymother who restricted her life so severely and her feelings for a husband whose mental illness enslaved her in an increasingly unhappy marriage
During th is II -yea r period Montgomery produced four additional Anne novels and a book ofpoetry She initiated and won two bitter lawsuits against her first publisher in a fight
SCOTTISH COLLECTION EXPANDED
Prof essors Elizabeth Waterston and Mary Rubio with the second volume of The Selected journals of LM Montgomery
over the exploitation of women writers
Volume 11 contains more than 100 of Montgomerys own photographs including many of hcr two sons and scenes of Leaksdale the village where she kept up the facade of being a happy Presbyterian ministers wife
The First World War had a profound effect on village life and is a major theme in Montgomerys journal Six of her neighbors sons died and her beloved half-brother lost a leg
Professors Rubio and Waterston edited the handwritten journals at the request of the authors son the late Dr Stuart Macdonald who arranged for his mothers journals
The Scottish Collection in the Unishyversity Library has received a 525000 boost from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Counci l (SSHRC) moving it a step closer to becoming the major Canad ian centre for Scottish studies
The collection already includes Scottish manuscripts from the last three centuries many Scottish literary journals and some parish records from the late 18th and 19th centuries
The SSHRC grant will buy a collecshy
tion of Scottish newspapers from the late 19th and early 20th cennlries Sir Walter Scotts diaries and records of the Darien Company - the Scottish trailing company that caused financial ruin in Scotland when it went bankshyrupt in lhe early 18th cennlry
Emphasis in Scottish studies stems from Guelph faculty interests and the influence of Guelphs Scottish settlers and founder John Galt The Library collection is the largest in Canada and among the top five in the world
scrapbooks and other memorabilia to become part ofthe Mclaughlin Library archives
TIle remaining unedited journals cover the last 22 years of Montshygomerys life and include the devshyelopment of a new heroine Emily based on herself She obviou Iy saw her life as an ongOing story and one she wanted to teU Professor Rubio says They expect to publish a third and possibly a fourth volume
MONTGOMERY COLLECTION
EXPANDED
T he Lucy Maud Montgomery Collection in the University Library now includes the newsshypap rs the author read all her life This addition is being funded by a S10000 grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council ( SSHRC)
The Library collection already hal) Montgomerys cHaries and scrapbooks various published editions of her works in different languages 5000 photographs mostly taken by Montgomery herself some personal papers and a few artifacts including examples of her needlework and the china dogs she loved and wrote about in her books - Gog and Magog
The newspapers including microfiche records of Charshylottetowns ]be Island Patriot from 1892 to 1942 are a connecshytion with Montgomerys history that is valuable to researchers now says Acquisition Librarian Tim Sauer Montgomery continshyued to receive newspapers from her native province Prince Edward Island during the many year she lived in Ontario
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MAJOR CANADIAN THEATRE COLLECTIONS JOIN FORCES TO PRODUCE EXHIBITION
Putting It Back Together which opens May 21 at the Macdonald tewart An Centre in conjunction
with the Guelph Spring Festival represents the first time that major Canadian theatre collections have joined forces to produce a unique and timely exhibition about the preshyservation of our performing arts heritage The exhihition is curated and designed by Daniel Ladell ardlishyvist Stratford Festival with Len Conolly chair Department of Drama acting as associate curator
Putting II Back Together wi il educate and entertain But it also has an urgent message By shOWing what is being kept the exhibition conshyversely draws attention to what is being 10st and emphasizes the need to preserve the vast remainder of Canadas performing arts heritage
Confirmed lenders to the exhibition include The Canadian (Opera) Company Archives Dance Canada Danse The Metropolitan Toronto
DRAMA REUNION HELD
Over 100 former drama students attended a reunion at the Cutten Club in Novemher It was a roaring success says HarryLane acting chair Department of Drama and one of the organizers of the event This was the second drama reunion in five years and Professor Lane hopes a third can be organized in another five years
Several alumni speakers were feashytured during the reunion dinner including the well-known Canaclian stage deSigner Sue lePage Arts 73 who is designing Richard III for the Stratford Festival this year Professor Donald Mullin was presented with an Irish lead crystal bowl circa 1800 as a retirement gift after 20 years with the Department of Drama A dance followed clinner
If you would like to know about future drama reunions or other Department ofDrama events contact Marlene Neal at ( 519) 824-4120 ext 3147
Library Theatre Collection The National Ballet Ardtives The Public Archives of Canada (Social and Culshytural Archives) The Stratford Festival Archives and the Theatre Arcl1ives of the University of Guelph It is hoped that major collections in other regions will agree to participate giving the project more national scope
The exhibition is specifically designed for louring It leaves Guelph July 10 and will be at the Gallery Stratford from September 9 to October 16 Other venues in Canada and a projecLed international tour are under negotiation
PuttingItBack Togetberwill feature
rare printed phowgraphic and manushyscript materials and Lhree-dimenshysional and design materials (such as renderings set models costumes and properties ) These customarily comprise theatrical xhibitions but this exhibit will also feature audioshyvisual recordings and a special handsshyon computer module showing how modern technology is creating new forms of documentation and making these collections accessible to a wider public than ever before
Putting It Back Togetber is proshyduced hy the Stratford Festival Archives in collaboration with the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre
NEW CHAIR HOPES TO CARRY ON JOHN BELLS TRADITION
When Professor Manfred Kremer assumed the chair of the Department of L1nguages and Literatures last fall he knew it wouldnt be easy to follow in the footsteps of his close friend Professor]ohn Bell who had died the previous spring
John was one of the -niversitys finest teachers and is sorely missed says Professor Kremer I hope I can carry on the tradition of excellence that was his hallmark
Enrolment in Languages and Litershyatures one of the largest departments in the College ofArts has been steady for the past decade with 1300 to 1400 students a semester
With the help of his colleagues Professor Kremer is revising the currishyculum ofsome programs The French Studie section is investigating the establishment of a masters program in co-operation with other univershysities With more than half the departments enrolment in the French progranl the student base is broad enough to justify a masters program he says Guelph already works jointly with Wilfrid Laurier Western and Windsor universities in mooing a French Studies program in Nice France
Professor Manfred Kremer
Professor Kremer received his undergraduate degree and PhD degrees at the University of Cologne in West Germany He taught at the
niversity of Wales for a year before coming to Guelph as a lecturer in 1966
Editors Note The John Bell -Memorial Fund will provide an annual scholarship to a student majoring in Classics Donations can be sent to the Office of the dean College ofArts Income tax receipts will be issued
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ALUMNI HONORED AT CHEMISTRY IBIOCHEMISTRY
AWARDS NIGHT
Martin Bosch CPS 69 MSe 7J ( left) andPrOfessor Hamish Rattray chair of the University Awards Committee chat during the 1987 annual Chemistry mul Biochemistry awards night
Aumni were in the spotlight when the Department of ChemistI) and BiochemistI) and the Chemistry Biochemistry Club held their 1987 annual dinner and awards night recently
1987 graduates Dorothy Bakker (chemistry) Karen Graham (chemical tOXicology) Donna (Fackoury) Meagher ( applied chemistry) and Lauretta Williams (biochemistry) each received a Society of Chemical Industry Merit Award
Dorothy now studying medicine at McMaster University said The Guelph semester system and deshymanding undergraduate workload gave me the ability and confidence to be well organized in high pressure situations
Karen who is pursuing pharmashy
cology and toxicology studies at the University of Toronto commented that Guelph offered a tremendous toxicology program and said she would have stayed to do her graduate work at Guelph had it offered a graduate toxicology program
Donna a full-time research assistant for Mc eil Consumer Produc ts Company and winner of the EB Mac aughtOn Convocation Prize as the Winegard nominee for 1987 reflected on her studies at Guelph saying My four yCdfS at Guelph helped me develop skills I require to fmd answers
Lauretta who also received the CPS Graduation Prize and prestigious NSERC 1967 Science Scholarship said her undergraduate training at Guelph prepared me with a very solid foundation and competitive edge for graduate studies and encouraged me in the joy oflcarning and desire to study She now attends York University
Brock Chittim CPS MSc 77 pre shysident and general manager of Wellington Laboratories Guelph presented Joanne Ryks with the newly established WeUington Laboratories Prize in Environmental Chemistry
Martin Bosch 69 MSc 71 preshysident of Tricorp Chemical Speci shyalities Guelph announced the new Tricorp Chemical Specialties Award in organiC chemistry The first presentation of this annual scholarship of S I 200 will be made in 1989
Dr Lind Mrs Harold Suderman presented H] Suderman Demonstrashytor Awards to PhD students Clint Chapple CPS 82 MSc 84 and Carl Decicco CPS 84 for their excellent work in teaching undergraduate lahoratories
Thirty-two additional awards were presented to undergraduate students for their outstanding efforts in 1987
Professor Innes MacKltnzie Physics chats with Dr Steve Berko Brandeis f
University Waltham Mass one Of the speakers at a sympOSium held in Professor MacKenzies honor
PROFESSOR HONORED
November was quite a month for Professor Innes MacKenzie Physics
first he received the 1987 Sigma Xi Excellence in Research Award for his outstanding contribution to re shysearch The award was presented at the Guelph chapter of Sigma Xi s annual banquet At the chapters annual meeting Professor MacKenzie presented the lecture Non-invasive Analyses by Gamma-ray BackshyscatteJing
Later in November a symposium New Demands on Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy wai organized by Proshyfessor MacKenzies research assoshyciates The symposium held at the University in Professor MacKenzies honor featured ten speakers from rhe United States Canada Africa England and Finland A banquet and reception followed in the evening
Professor MacKenzie is now retired but continues to do research at the University as an adjunct professor
NAMED TO STATS INSTITUTE
Professor Hendrick Malik Mathematics and Statistics has been elected a member of the International Statistical Institute in recognition of his contribushytions to the field of statistical methods TIle institute is an autonomous society whose obshyjective is the development and improvement of statistical methods throughout the world
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LEADING CANCER RESEARCHER DELIVERS FIRST CHAPPEL LECTURE
Anoted medical scientist in cancer research delivered the inaugural address in a new lecture series on campus - the Chappel Lecture in Biomedical Sciences
Dr Harry Rubin spoke February 4 the night before winter convocation ceremonies at which he received an honorary doctor of science degree Dr Michael Smith a leading Canadian molecular biologist also received an honorary degree at winter convoshycation
The Chappel Lecture will be an annual event on campus bringing scholars of international repute to address students faculty and the public It was established by Dr
D1~ Harry Rubin hooded by Umversity secretay Barbara Abercrombie is congratulatedby Chancellor William A Stewart
CLifford 1 Chappel OVC 50 and hLi wife in memory ofhis father Herbert James Chappel and was hosted in its first year by OVe
Dr Rubin began his work in the area of viruses in Mexico after gradu shyating from Cornell University as a veterinarian in 1947 He later joined the S Public Health Service became senior research fellow at the California Institute ofTechnology and has held several research pOSitions at the ni shyversity of California Berkeley where he is now professor of molecular biology and research virologist He is known for his contributions to the field of cell growth regulation and malignanqr
Dr Rubins lecture Is Cancer Caused by Cancer Gerzes or the Folly ofReductionism explored popular theories of cancer-causing genes
OVC GRAD WORKS TOWARD BILINGUAL EDUCATION IN CANADA
Dr Susan (Tilt ) Purdy OVC 68 strongly believes that Canada can be a bilingual nation To that end he is serving as national president of Canadian Parents for French (CPF) a 16500-mcmber nation-wide volunshytary association of parents intere ted in promoting the best possible french second language programs at all educational levels
CPF acts as an information-sharing resource for parents educators governments and the general public on French education opportunities in Canada Sue says it is a unique organization because it represents the majority language group advoshycating the language of the minority and thus is a bridge between the two solitudes
Sue moved to New Brunswick after graduation from OVC and practised veterinary medicine in Moncton with her husband Dr James G Purdy OVC 50 until 1974 when they sold their hospital and moved ro Sackville Presently Sue is in small animal prac shytice with her husband in Sackvillc on
Susan (Tilt) Pu-dy OVC 68 sbaresa conversation with Fernand Robichaud MP for West Moreland Kent (left) and DIberville Fortier CommissionerofOffidaI Languages at the 10th anniversary ofCanadian Parents for Frerzch in 1987
a limited part-time basis as she serves her second year as CPF president
Sue became involved in educational issues and joined CPF 10 years ago when her two children started school Now n and 16 both children are enrolled in continuing French immershyion programs and Sue says shes satist1ed that she has given them the
best start she can at becoming bilinshygual J now devotc most of my time to ensuring that other Canadian hildren have a right and opportunity
to learn both of Canadas official languages in the public school sysshyteOl she explains
Sue ha fond memories of Guelph and her fellow students at OVC in the sixties Our paths have continued to cross over the years and I always look forward to such encounters she says Although I am not lIsing my formal training a great deal at the moment the education I received at Guelph has fitted me well for the advocacy role I play poundOday My only wish is that [ could have graduated a bilingual veterinarian - but alas those were different times That is why I work so hard to ensure future graduates from all our universities will not be Limited to expression in only one language
Editors Note Ifyou would like more illformation about CPF write to 309 Cooper Street Suite 2OJ Ottawa Ontalio K2P OG5
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OVC GRAD FOUNDS WORLD WOMENS VETERINARY
ASSOCIATION DrBetsy McGregor OVC 87 didnt expect to become president of the worlds ftrst association for professhysional women veterinarians when she auended her first World Veterinary Congress in Montreal last summer But when she discovered that the only female vet group the womens auxiliary was not designed to address specific professional issues for women vets she invited interested women to a meeting Sixty-eight women from 24 countries attended When the meeting was over Betsy had been elected founding president of the World Womens Veterinary Associashytion (WWV A) and a set of objectives had been struck
Career enhancement is the core objective The WWVA will promote awareness of professional opportunishyties for women veterinarians on difshyferent continents and within the United ations international agencies A quarterly WWVA Newsletter will list such opportunities around the world
The WWVA is also committed to professional and personal developshy
ment through practice exchanges betshyween countries university visits leave opporrunities and house exchanges For example the founding member fro m Kenya suggested hOliday or academic exchanges between her colleagues in Africa and women veterinarians interested in wildlife The iWVA Newsletter will contain a listing of members wishing to partishycipate in s1lch exchanges
Above all the WWVAis committed to a humanitarian contribution to international agriculture About half of the 24 countries represented in the Asso ciation are developing nations Recognizing that in many of these countries women contribute signiftcantly to livestock production the WWV A wants to provide support to these women who because of cultural constraints may not have the same access to services as men To this end Betsy contacted the president of the Associated Country Women of the World Dr Ellen McLean also a Canadian The two organizations will work as affiliates in international aid projects to deliver livestock and
Dr Betsy McGregor ove 87 and son at last years convocation ceremonies
veterinary medical care to Third World nations
Following a masters degree in rural farming systems from McMaster -nishyversity Betsy worked for the United Nations Food and Agr icultural Organization around the world during the 1970s She returned from overseas and commenced studies at OVC in the 1980s Upon graduation she worked as a special assistant to OVC Dean Ole ielsen co -ordinating OVCs international programs She is currently working as a eterinarian with Agriculture Canada
For more information about the WWVA contact Betsy at PO Box 6069 Station J Ottawa K2A ITl
OVC STUDENTS HOST FIRST CONFERENCE The first Canadian Veterinary Stushydents Conference hosted by OVC in January was a big success according to OVC student Andrea Ellis president of the Central Vcterinary Students Association (CVSA)
There is a student conference in the United States but the Canadians get lost in the crowd We decided it was a good time being OVCs 125th anniversary in 1987 to have something right in our own backyard Andrea explains
The OVC snldent council of the CVSAhad been preparing since Mar h 1987 for the two full days of scientific
sessions and recreational events About 60 students and faculty attenshyded from the Atlantic Veterinary College University of Prince Edward Island the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Montreal St Hyacinthe and the Western College of Veterinary Medicine niversity of Saskatchewan Attendance from avc students ranged from 180 to 300 depending on the event
OVC has always had a FrenchshyEnglish student exchange with St HyaCinthe and we knew there was enthusiasm in the West because they talked for years about organizing a hockey tournament But we were
really surprised by the Atlantic Veterinary College Their school has only been operating a few years and out of about 96 students 19 came to conference says Andrea
A conference fund has now been set up and will be administered by the Students of the Canadian Vetershyinary Medical Association n1e conshyference location will be rotated among the four colleges with St Hyacinthe probably hosting next year says Andrea Weve been told that weve started something big Everyone had a really good time and we hope the conference will continue for a long tinle
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DR IAN TAYLOR DOING HIS ullONS SHARE Dr Ian W Taylor avc 43 of Wheeling Illinois puts enthusiasm into everything he does [ figure if Im going to do it Im going to be enthusiastic he was quoted recently in a local newspaper article
As OVC class of 43 president Ian co-chaired the 40th reunion of his class at Alumni Weekend in 1983 along with Dr Archie MacKinnon He acted as master of ceremonies for the program and arranged a display of memorabilia Fourteen out ofa possishyble 31 members of the class were present
TIlis year [an is pushing for 100 per cent attendance at the 45th reunion during Alumni Weekend Perfect attendance is something Ian knows about
He has served the community of Wheeling as a veterinarian for over 30 years Although most of his work has been with dogs cats and a few birds he has also dedicated a great amount of time to lions - bUl nol the four legged kind He recently received
GOOD EWES Three sets of genetically identical lambs are the first anio1aJs bom from bisected embryos at the University
]n December six surrogate ewes delivered nine lambs - three sets of twins and three singles - that had developed from embryos micro shysurgically bisected and implanted five months earlier
Project leader Dr Calhy Gartley ove 82 now completing a DVSc degree in the Department of Clinical Studies says the accomplishment is a milestone for the University
1 find it exciting that these are the first genetically identical animals created and born at the University of Guelph she says They represent the first ofmany such twins in several species that University researchers hope to soon realize
Besides maximizing embryo use this project demonstrates the potenshytial to create Significant numbers of
Dr Ian Taylor OVC 43 with some of the hundreds ofpins hehas collected on visits to Lions CLubs a1(mnd the world
a special award from the International Lions Club for exemplary work in lhe field of international relations He has attended Lions Club meetings in 57
Twin lambs Mutton and jeff who began life as the same embryo am shown with Dr Cathy Gartley avc 82 under the watChful eye of their sutTOgate mothet Q2
genetically identical aninlals that are vital for consistent research results
Dr Gartleys project is supported by the Ontario Ministry ofAgricu Iture and Food (OMAF) and the Eleanor Gartshore Memorial Shnp Trust
different countries and hasnt missed a monthly meeting in 29 years
He has served the Wheeling Club as preSident newsletter editor and public relations chairnlan and has twice been named Lion of the Year In 1982he received tbe MeJvinJones Fellowship award for dedication to humanitarian services and recently he was recognized by a resolution in the Illinois House of Representatives for his Lions Club work He says his greatest pleasure is watching the joy that d isabled children get from a Lions-sponsored camp in Lake Villa each year He has been involved in ftmd-raising for the disabled which is the Lions main objective both locally and abroad
Ian would like to hear from alumni who are members of Lions Intershynational to exchange information and souvenirs used by the clubs throughout the world of Lionism He would also like his OVC class of 43 members to immediately send back the questionnaires mailed to them by the Alumni Office in December for the purpose of producing a class anniversary newsletter These may be sent [0 him at 7695 Milwaukee Ave Wheeling lllinois 60090 or to Dr Archie MacKinnon RR 4 Cambridge Onto 1R 555
SPEAKERS TOUR
The OVC Alumni Association invites alumni to hear two dynashymic guest speakers and tour the Equine Research Centre during Alumni Weekend June 18
Dr Bruce Fogle OVC 70 of London England practitioner and author will speak on The Changing Role Of the Veterinshyarian in SmallAnimalPractice and Dr Brian Brandenburg OVC 68 M Sc 71 president of Guelph International Developshyment Consultants will speak on Veterinary Medicine in the Third World
The progranl will conclude with a dinner and dance
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FROM THE PRESIDENT
While writing this message at the end ofJanuary I realize the mid-point of this years board of directors acti shyvities has arrived I reflect on two goals I set at our annual meeting last June to evaluate our contact with Mac-FACS alumni and increase memshybership in our alumru association
Upon graduation you do not autoshymatically become a member f the Mac-FACS Alumni Association You become a member by paying an annultll or life membership fee This money helps the board ofdirectors carry out activities on your behalf for both students and aluo1ni
At (he January board meeting we discussed the services our Association provides Our visibility with students is quite high through schOlarship presentations careers night and a reception for the graduating class Our services to alumni may need to be redefined What would you like us to provide orgaruze or sponsor
Our annual seminar was cancelled in October 1986 due to a lack of registrants Should we attempt to organize another
LOnYline Holding 71
Your board wants to increase its ConLlct with a greater number ofyou Where and when would you like us to be active7 What projects would you like us to consider
Please send your comments to us at Alumni House University ofGuelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2Wl Also why not come to our 1988 annual meeting June 18 J hope to hear from you soon
Sincerely Lorraine Holding 71 MacmiddotFACS Alu m ni As ociation President
FACS students Suzie Chin and Tracey Vent chat with Barb Stuart FAGS 71 faculty representative on the Mac-FACS Alumni Association s board Of directors at the annual party for graduating students hosted by the Assodation in February Sixty-five students 15 board members and several faCUlty members attended this yems party
CALLING ALL HOME
ECONOMISTS Towards 2000 Challenges and Opportunities is the theme of the Canadian Home Economics Associashytion (CHEA) National Conference at the Univer-ity July 10-13 The conshyference will be of intere t to alumni who graduated in programs related to family and consumer studies foods and nutrition home economics or human ecology
CHEA with a membership of2000 is committed to provide professional development for its members through programs workshops and special interest sessions A major part fits mandate is to create an awareness of new products and services in the market place
Frank Feather a well-known global futurist with a business-like approach will be the keynote speaker at the CIlEA conference He will address the challenges and opportunities of the future Dr Ehler Park a consultant with A5A willexplainhowplanning for outer _pace affects everything from the food we eat to how children will play
Other topics at the conference will include artificial vs natural sweetshyeners issues of an aging population space-age textiles SMART house - a totally computerized environment human sexuality free trade and agri shycu lture food irrJdiatjon and financ ial p lanning
Well-known Canadian entertainer Nanlt-Y White whose satirical songs arc often heard on CBC radio will perform following the opening ceremonies
Many pre and post-conference actishyvities are planned including trips to the Stratford Festival Niagara-on-theshyLake and Niagara Falls Waterloo County ( Farmer Market ) and the village of Elora
The conference offers an excellent opportunity for professional deveshylopment and networking For more information contact Wilda Waldron registration chair CHEA Conference 88 168 Maple Street Guelph Ontario N I G 2G7 ( 519) 836-9551
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FACS GRAD FINDS HEART IN THE ARTS
I ts strange how things work Ollt
Im glad r received a well-rounded education at Guelph It prepared me for th e future reflects Eva Eichenbaum FACS 75
Eva is one often Niagara Peninsula poets featured in Voices from the Niagara a book of local poems colshylelttcd by Pcter and Brenda Baltensperger and published in 1987 ( Moonstone Press 8795 )
Reviewing the book in the Hamilton Spectator John Terpstra writcs Thcre are some very good poems here and a few are standouts I especia lly enjoyed those of Eva Eichenbaum and David Haskins
Eva was born in Sweden the daughter of Estonian refugees who escaped their homeland during the Second World War She camc to Canada with ber family at age two and grew up in Niagara Falls where she attended Stamford Collegiate and won the Upper Scbool English Award at graduation
After a year of travel in 1969 as Miss iagara Hospitality for the Niagara
Promotion Association she enrolled at the University of Guelph to earn a Bachelor of Applied Science degrce and also took some courses at the
niversity of Helsinki Finland She then earned her Bachelor of Education degree at the College of Education Brock n iversity St Catharines and now teaches English and Television Arts at Merritton High School in that city
She started her career in education as a Family Studies teacher and was once head of the Family Studies Department at Merritton but found that her heart was really in English and the creative arts She used to teach theatre arts and also formed the Merriuon High School Dance Commiddot pany Sht teaches ballet and has written several musical comedies for her theatre and dance students
I got the idea for the style and format of the musicals fro m College Royals Curtain Call at Guelph I had a role in the production Der Keller a take-off on Cabaret in my final year she explains
NEW CHAIR TO BROADEN FOCUS IN
CONSUMER STUDIES Teaching and research in the Department ofConsumer Studies has focused on consumer affairs particushylarly consumer behavior and the basic necessities - food clothing and housing New department chairJohn Pratschke sees a need to review and perhaps expand this focus
Professor Pratschke says he was drawn to Guelph because of his interest in consumer economics The University has one of the few departmiddot ments in Canada with a consumer emphasis He plans to preserve the departments unusual linking ofsocial SCience business and technology but broaden the rangt ofstudy to include other products and services important
to the budgets of Canadian house shyholds
The employer market is happy with Consumer Studies graduates says Promiddot fessor Pratschke but there is a need for better communication about the program w ith secondary school stushyden ts We must get across the message that marketing is an inter shyesting challenge and that the program is professionally oriented without lOSing its base in product technology
Born in Ireland Professor Pratschke received his bachelor of commerce master ofeconomic science and PhD at University College Cork He has taught at the University of Waterloo University College Ga lway and
Eva EiclJenbaum FACS 75
Five of Evas poems are featured in tht 63 middotpage Voices f1Om the Niagara and she has donated a copy of the book to the University Lihrary She has also had poems published in Souldust and Pearls Sixth Edition ( Moonstone Press) and There Is a book productd by the Niagara Chapter of the Canadian Authors Association In the future she hopes to take some tinle out from teaching to study broadshycasting
PrOfessorjohn Pratschke
Memorial University Newfoundland He has published widely on the economics ofconsumer expenditures and on European housing policy agrimiddot culture banking and business education
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Mike Traub HAF-A 78 general manager Victoria Place Retirement Lodge Kitchenel discusses his career with a group ofstudents at the HAFA Alumni Assodatiolls annual Careers Night held on campus in January Thirty-seven alumni involved in a vanmiddotety ofcareers volunteered their time to the popular event
HAFA ALUMNI EXCHANGE SEMINAR HELD
Nancy Plato FACS 81
FACS PEOPLE Naney Plato FACS 81 ( Consumer Studies ) the new OAC liaison coshyordinator will acquaint high school students and guidance counsellors with opportunities in the agricultural sciences at Guelph
Enrolment at OAC has declined over the past few years and _ aney will work at increasing student numbers through recruitment and marketing
The position ofliaison co-ordinator is a new one for OAe Nancy says one of her main objectives is to broaden the understanding high school stushydents have ofGuelphs programs She plans to use her well-rounded view of agriculture and its related proshygrams combined with her recruitshyment experience
Nancy is back in Guelph from a position in secondary school liaison at Mount Royal College Calgary She is married to Paul Thiel OAC 82 and is an active member of the Mac-FACS Alumni Association board of directors
Professors Kathleen Brown Lila Engberg and Griffith Morgan have all retired from the Department of Family Studies Professor Elizabeth Upton HAFA will retire in July
Professor John Auld Consumer Studies has produced the Human Settlements Audio-Visual Resources Catalogue It is published by the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Warren Adamson vice-president development Delta Hotels gave the keynote address What is the Canadian Tourism Industry Anyway at the annual HAFA Alumni Exchange Seminar held November 4 at the DelL Chelsea Inn Toronto
This professional development event was sponsored by the HAFA
MOllica Hrybko HAFA 88 (left) received Ci HAFA AlumniAssociation Life Membership from Association president Morag McKenzie 82 The membership is given to a graduating student as selected by his or her peers with a minimum 70 per cent accumulative average who has had outstanding involvement ill the School andor University
Alumoi Association in co-operation with Pannell Kerr Forster lL gave lIAFA grads an opportunity to listen to experts in the field speak 00 various topical hospitality issues including pay equity the human resource risis trends in the hotel and foodservice industry and business planning
CONFERENCE
In Search of Healthy Sexuality
June 13-15 1988
The University of Guelphs 10th an nual sexua li ty conference sponshysor d byThe Department of Fami ly Studies wil l examine current issues in human sex u lily tea hing approaches in sexducation and counse llin g m thod for sexual problems
Keynote Ad dress by Dr Ruth Westheimer
For further info rmation write Co ntinu ing Education Di ISlon Univers ity of Guelph Gu Iph
nta ri N 1 G 2W1 or telephone (5 19) 824-4120 ex 3956
Registration Limit d Apply early
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OAC ALUMNI NEWS Editor Richard Buck 76A
OAC GRAD GIVES GIFT OF WATER TO THAI VILLAGERS
By janet Dumo
Water is not taken for granted in northeast Thailand Usually there is too little of it The sandy laterite soils do not hold water They crack and parch during the hot dry season Ponds shrink Streams and some wells dry up Even in the rainy season the rains are often late or insufficient and the rice crops wither in the fields
But sometimes there is too much water Heavy rains cause flash floods Which drown crops and wash pesti shycides and decaying organic matter into unprotected pit wells There is not enough clean drinking water to ensure good health
A CUSO priority in Thailand is to increase village self-sufficiency and improve the standard of living through the development ofsmall-scale water resources particularly in the north and northeast the poorest regions of the country CUSO engineers placed with departments of local adminisshytration survey and design small spillways dams and piped water systems They develop an under shystanding of indigenous water proshyblems and help viUagers develop water resource technology to deal with these problems
In most villages in Surin province the water is imprisoned under a 20shymetre thick layer of heavy clay comshypacted into red brick-like rock
Ed von Euw OAC 84 returned to Canada in December after two years as a CUSO water resources engineer in Surin While there he worked with two percussion water-jet well-drilling rigs one an Appropriate Technology Association ( A TA) rig originally used in India and Africa the other based on an indigenous village model
Ed found theATA rig needed modi shyfications to make it easier for villagers to operate Most important was the change from a hand to foot-powered lever which the villagers found much less exhausting to work But at $625 the ATA rig is expensive to buy and the Honda motor which pushes water
Ed von EllW and co-worker teaching pump maintenance ill Surin Thailand
down the hole to tlush out the soil and rock particles can use up to $4 of fuel a day
Ed spent several months looking at rigs used by Surin farmers and finally adapted a model from one used by Khun Hong of Muang Pet a village near Surin town Khun Hongs rig uses a pole and beam arrangement making it less durable and steady than the tripod form used in Eds adapted rig The new rig uses a hand-powered Lucky pump made in Taiwan and fanliliar to villagers
The Honda pump used in the ATA drilling rig must be repaired in town and a smaU repair may cost $10 while a repair to the Lucky pump can be done by villagers for less than a doUar Spare parts are available everywhere The drill bilS are made from truck springs in the same Surin shop that made the rig to Eds specillcations They cost only 96 ccors each as opposed to the S7-bits used in the ATA rig
Using smaller pipe and bit than the ATA rig Eds adapted rig drills more quickly through rock and is lighter and easier to use It requires only two people to ope(dte the foot lever The ATA rig requires four or five Eds rig cost $192 to make including pump and accompanying tools and can be constructed by villagers in a small weldingmachine shop if there is a demand for more
Eds rig was tested in Ban Se Jaruk on a site divined by a villager Working
intermittently the villagers went d wn 25 metres in one and a half weeks much of the time grinding through the red rock When water they were pumping down the hole suddenly disappeared and didnt come up again they were afraid they had damaged the rig But instead it was a sign of having broken into a vein of water which was now absorbing any other water poured down So water had been found delicious and abundant right behind the assistant headmans house
The Ban Se Jaruk well has been capped with a rower pump purchased from ATA for S17 The pump is based on a bamboo model used in fndia The tubewell pipe and pump are made of plastic - more acceptable than steel which gives the water an unpleasant taste
Ed carried out a four-month wellshydrilling project in co-operation with Khun Darune of the Northeast Thailand ( ET) Project Funded by the Canadian Internat ional Deve shylopment Agency and assisted by CUSO it is a rural development program in operation since 1981 in 52 villages along the Thai-Kampuchean border The villagers of Ban Se Jaruk elated with their initial success borrowed Eds rig to drill more wells In total seven rigs were built from Eds proto shytype and distributed to four other villages Over 100 successful wells have been drilled in the area to date
EdilO1-S NoteanetDuma is a CUSO special program officer in Malaysia Sbe bas worked as an Englisb teacber witb CUSO in fi)aiand andMaaysia
Ed von Euw a Stratford native graduated from Guelpb witb a BSc in engineering in December J984He llas 011 tbe deans bonor roll three times and received an engineering scbolarsbip in 1983 Before going overseas in November 1985 be workedfor Enllironment Canada as a bydrornettic engineer He is now studying f01 a masters degree in engineering at Guelph
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Professor Harold Crawford OAC 58 MSc 7 0
OAC PEOPLE ProfessorJohn Burton OAC 62 and Brian McBride CBS 78 OAC MSA 80 Department of Animal and Poultry Science have received $400000 from the Ministry ofColleges and niversities Research Incentive Fund for contract research in partnershyship with Cyanamid Canada Inc of Toronto They will examine the effecshytiveness of the hormone BST in increasing milk production in dairy cattle as well as any other effects of the agent
Gordon MacLeod OAC 50 has retired from the Department ofAnimal and Poultry Science after 31 years at the UniversityJohn Summers OAC 53 MSA 59 has also retired from the Department of Animal and Poultry Science after 25 years at the University
Harold Crawford OAC 58 MSc 70 who recently retired as coshyordinator of the Ontario Diploma in Horticulture Program Independent Study Division after 29 years at the University has received the Ontario Parks Association (OPA) recognition award for Significant contribution to the betterment of parks the proshyfession and the envirorunent through his work in continuing education He has been a member of the educational committee of the OPA for 14 years The Ontario Diploma in Horticulture program graduated its first students in 1963 and now has 500 alumni
Marilyn Dykstra OAC 78 is new director of the Universitys Pest
Marilyn Dykstra OAC 78
Diagnostic and Advisory Clinic The clinic is working at maximum capacity with marc than 30000 inquiries to its credit since it opened nine years ago says Marilyn It receives everyshything from live specimens of earwigs and spiders to diseased ornamentals and fruit and vegetable crops Most specimens come from home gar shydeners she ays but the clinic has a growing clientele among commercial growers landscape businesses and other industries Through its service and extension functions the clinic has accumulated a reference collecshytion of more than 10000 slides and specimens as well as a list of resource people from across campus
Dr R Keith (Chip) Chapman OAC 40 has retired from the Department ofEntomoJogy University of Wisconsin Madison following a distinguished areer spanning 40 years A two-day symposium was held in his honor last June and The R Keith Chapman Vegetable Entomology SchOlarship was established with funds collected in lieu ofa retirement gift He has also been named professor emeritus Attending the symposium and retirement recognition party in Madison were Keiths brothers Ross also OAC 40 and Douglas OAC 44 and sister Helen Stockwell a graduate of Macdonald College McGiJl Univershysity Montreal and OAC Dean Freeman McEwen
When Bruce Brown OAC 85 received his degree from former agri shyculture minister William A Stewart chancellor ofthe Universi tyofGuelph he asked what steps he could take to
Dr R Keith (Chip) Chapman andhis brother Ross both OAC 40
become the minister of agriculture and food Little did he know that two and a half years later he would be minister - if only for a day
In December he shared the duties of Ontarios minister Jack RiddeD OAC 57 as his prize for winning a public speaking contest at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Bruce who operates a Newcastle dairy beef and cash crop farm with his father spoke on the survival of the farm family in Ontario
ETHICS IN AGRICULTURE Ethical issues in agriculture such as animal welfare are generally debated from an emotional viewpoint Proshyfessor Frank Hurnik OAC PhD 71 Animal and Poultry Science and Pro shyfessor Hugh Lehman Philosphy are hoping to change that through the journal of Agricultural Ethics an international quarterly publication which offers a forum for discussing moral issues related to food and food production
We hope this publication will act as a bridge between those who philo shysophize about agricu ltural ethics and those actively involved in plant and animal use says Professor Hurnik Its a scholarly refereed journal but it wont be bogged down with speciashylized technical jargon As a result we believe it will be useful to the farm community and we expect leaders from that field will be contributors not just readers
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Professor Fredjelome and his wife Faye look over a catalogue of the Universitys art collection
ALOVEOFART Back in 1968 Fred N Jerome OAC 33 established a trust fund to purshychase art produced by promising young Canadian artists
I was a full professor then and I could afford to do it (set up a trust fund) I felt art deserved a little push and I wanted to see the niversitys art collection expand explains the now retired professor ofgenetics and poultry science at Guelph
Forty-two Canadian works have been purchased to date through lhe F - Jerome Trust Fund and a special exhibi t of these works will be featured at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre beginning Alumni WeekendJune 18 and continuing throughout the sununer
Professorjeromes personal favorite in the collection is Ken Danbys silkshyscreen The Skates
I like Danbys technique His work is almost as realistic as a color photoshygraph but you can still tell its a painting he explains
He is also fond ofDiego Drawing a lithography by Jack Chanlbers a London Ontario artist and Gene Chus delicate Spider Series
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre Director Judith Nasby says Fred Jerome has made an outstanding contribution to the growth of the Universitys Canadian art collection - one of the largest univer itycollecshytions in the province He has recogshynized the tremendous growth and vitality of the art community in Canada by specifying that works be purchased from young artists
A LOVE OF LI LI ES The expression lily white has little meaning for Bill Evans His favorite lilies are bright orange and yellow I like the ones that almost glow and catch your eye from 100 yards away says the retired Department of Horti shycultural Science professor
Professor Evans lilies are certainly eye-catching for anyone travelling north of Guelph on Highway 6 betshyween mid-June and mid-August Splashes of spectacular color glow from his field of lilies near Marden (behind the home of Marjorie and the late George Durnford ) - a welshycome surprise for those accustomed to seeing only the popular Easter white variety
Im obsessed with lilies admits Professor Evans who retired in 1985 after 28 years of researching phult breeding and teaching small fruit proshyduction at the University of Guelph ) like their variety and scope They are perennial plants that grow at different heights Some have flowers that face up some face down and some face out Some are trumpet shaped some have petals that curve back Some are scented and some are unscented
As a child Professor Evans grew flowers and vegetables in his parents big garden north of Calgary After six years in the army he enrolled at the
niversity of Alberta to study hortishycu lture During his second year in 1947 he began hybridizing lilies Following graduation he worked as a fruit breeder for the federal governshyment in Alberta for eight years before coming to Guelph in 1957 He conshytinued to breed and grow lilies at the
niversity and on plots of land that friends like Professor Ted Me inch (and now Mrs Durnford) let him use
The University has quite a history of lily breeding says Professor Evans The late Isabella Preston a lecturer at Guelph before Professor Evans time went on the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa and to world fame for her ornamental crabapples lilacs and lilies The late Jc Taylor a professor at Guelph was well-known for his lily breeding and introduced Professor Evans to many other breeders He
told me that my lilies needed more vigor and let me use some of his plants in my work
Professor Evans introduced three new varieties of lilies through the University and registered some of Professor Taylors They were marshyketed in the United States So far Professor Evans has had 17 varieties of lilies internationally registered Anyone can do this he says modestly You just write a full desshycription of the plant pick a name that hasn t been used before and send it to the Royal Horticultural Society in England prekrrably with a photo The new names are published every year
It s hard coming up with new nanles though says Professor Evans He has named some of his varieties after the area in which they were grown shyArkel Marden Gold Aberfoyle He named one after his granddaughter Bronwen and one after his wife Ethelwaite ( her first and maiden names ) She gets a thrill whenever she sees that name on a ( flower show) prize list somewhere he says
Pink and pastel lilies are Professor Evans speciality and his favorite is a variety he caBs Blusbing Maiden It has mauvey pink tips with a white centre
Professor Evans and his wife edH a newsletter three times yearly for the Ontario Regional Lily Society and Professor Evans has just ended a two year term as president of the North American lily Society He has judged at nower shows all over Canada and the nited States and will preside at an international show in Hamilton in July
Because of his hobby Professor Evans is enjoying retirement He spends about 25 hours a week on his lilies in the summer months During the off season he grows seeds and works on his records He is working on increasing the number ofvarieties including spotless ones ( most lilies have spots which are dominant ) He is pleased that some of his former students are now growing lilies entering shows and joining li ly societies
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RURAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT GRADS TO FORM ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
The University School ofRural Planshyning and Development ( USRPampD ) was inaugurated at Guelph in 1980
USRPampD is built on the strengths of past Guelph initiatives such as the Centre for Resources Development and the Rural Development Outreach Project It is formally recognized by the Canadian Institute of Planners and offers Masters level programs in rural planning rural development international rural development and resources management It is also actively engaged in research and community outreach
Recent research topics have in shycluded land availabi Iityfor agricu lture
local economic development strateshygies rural aging northern and native community plannjng and developshyment rural transportation computer applications in planning and deve shylopment and water and waste management to name a few This research was conducted throughout Canada and arollnd the world inshycluding Nepal Kenya Indonesia St Lucia Belize and Botswana
The outreach interests ofthe School are fully integrated with its teaching and research activities Recent out shyreach projects have included the Childcare Network Project for families in rural Wellington County an evaJu shy
ation of the rural development proshygrams ofa Jesuit mission in southern Ethiopia a heritage strategy for the Town of IngerSOll and a recreation needs assessment for Sault Ste Marie
Graduates of USRPampD as well as graduates of the former Centre for Resource Development are now being invited to form an alumni association to keep members updated on School activities their fellow alumni and issues concerning rural planning and development For further information contact Professor Harry Cummings USRampD University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N1G 2WI ( 519) 824-4120 ext 6783
JOIN YOUR OAC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NOW Did you know that as a graduate of OAC you are not automatically a member of the OAC Alumni Assoshyciation However anyone involved in a formal agricultural education at OAC ( past present or future ) is not only eligible to become a member but is encouragetl to do so
The OAC Alumni Association is a separate entity from the University of Guelph Alumni Association anti has specific responsibilities It awards
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ARTS Joanna Black 81 Ls aisistant direclOr curator The Marietta-Cobb Fine Arts Centre Marietta Georgia
Richard Hoffman 78 a Canadian Press journalist in Toronto is married pound0 Martine Bracey CBS 77
Laura Mezey-Hamid 82 administrative assistant to the vice-president of finance Penningtons Stores Umjted Toronto is married to Shaheed Hamid CSS 82
John Laurence (Stash) Stasiw 76 is marketing manager Philips Electronics Ltd Scarborough
Dirk Vanbattum 75 is vice-president Eddie May Mysteries Ottawa
CBS Michael Best 77 is a research technician Cross Cancer Institute Edmonton
GRAD NEWS EUzabeth Jane (Kempe) Coker 82 a resource worker CaJedon Parent-ChiId Centre Bolton is married to Dr Ted Coker OVC 87
Janet Ebanks 86 is a medical social worker Cayman overnment Health Sershyvices George Town Grand Cayman Cayman Islands British West Indies
Kevin Ferguson 80 supervisor of Outdoor Education for the Elgin County Board of Education married Suzanne Schmid BEd (Nipissing) 82 in April 1987 She works for the Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority They live near Aylmer
Michael Hackenberger 81 is president Canadian Zoological Systems Toromo
Heather Hattin 84 (HK) whose rowing accomplishments were featured in the winter 1987 issue ofthe GuelphAlumnus won Canadas first-ever gold medal in womens rowing in the double-scull event at the world championships in Copenhagen last summer
Cynthia (Porter)JefIrey 85 is studying for an MSc in Food Science at the University of Manitoba She is married to ScottJefIrey OAC 82 assistant professor ofAgncul tural Economics at the University of Manitoba They live in Winnipeg
Dr Gord Kennedy 85 senior chemist Union Carbine Corp Bound Brook New Jersey is married to Carrie Feaver CPS 84
Steven Kerr 77 is regional fisheries biologist Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources KemptviUe
Jim Lee 73 is director Research Services Min istry of Tourism Recreation and Culture Victoria BC
David Lemon 79 is senjor wildlife biologist S Fudge and Altsociates Ltd Saint Johns Nfld
Larry Patterson 76 is Grand Forks and District Aquatic Centre Manager Grand Forks Bc
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Stephen Rabbetts 79 is a zookeeper Metro Toronto Zoo Wcsthill
Cathy Oohnson) Rewcastle 80 is a fur biologist Manitoba atural Rcsources Winnipcg
Brian Sntith 78 micro ~)Stcms manager Natural Sciences Centre The University ofWestcrn Ontario London is married to Debra Bond CSS 79
Bradly Veitch 86 is second brewer Wellington County Brewery Guelph
Michael Wade 87 is responsible for aquaculture programs at Kpong Farms Volta River Authority Akuse Ghana the site of a major hydro-electric installation
P Allen Woodliffe 76 is the first and only district ecologist with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Chatham Districr He is married to Marie Gedcke FACS 75 and has a son Timothy TIl y Jive in Rondeau Provincial Park here Allen was park naturalist for 10 years before moving to the Chatham office
CPS Dr Syed Ahmed 87 is assistant proshyfessor Departme nt of Statistical and AClUarial Sciences University of Western Ontario London
Susan (Bishop) GraJ1am R3 a fourth year medical student Faculty ofMcdicinc University of Toronto is marri ed fO Don Graham CSS 83 CBS MSc 87 who is a ftl ll-time parent to their threc-year-old twins
Robert Lake 77 a self-employed conshysulting geolOgist is married to Susan Kay OAC 77 a human relations specialist with Petro Canada They live in Calgary
Robert Whitehead 79 is a mi ncr Denison Mines Ell iot Lake
Caroline (Carly) Williams 85 is a software engineer Wild Leitz Canada Toronto
CSS John Babcock 8 is special cabinet assistant Office of Minister of State (Forestry and Mines ) Ottawa
Jana Fie MA 87 i a neuropsychological associate Brazos Valley Rehabilitat ion Center Bl)an Texas
Danny Leung R6 is news submiddoteditor Asia Television Limited Hong Kong
Allison (Shaughnessy) Scanlan 84 production supervisor G I of Canada shyTruck Assltmbly Oshawa is mlITied [() Michael Scanlan 84 directo r of pur hasing Arbor Capital Rltsources
middotoronto
Patricia Sorbam 80 is executive assisshytant to the Ontario Minister of Energy Toronto
G Llewellyn Watson MA 70 a proshyfessor at the University of Prince Edward Island has written a texthook Dilemmas and Contradictions in Sucial 7beor) published by University Press of America
Terry Wright 76 is account manager John Logan National Leasing Bramptoll
MAC-FACS Marie (Tomelin) Cowlin 78 is brand manager Distillers Co Canada Ltd Toronto
Debbie Foster MSc 87 is medical coshyordi natorsex educator Youth Clinical Services Inc Down~view
Marilyn (Shirley) Goodwin 75 MSc 77 a research officer for CSC Ottawa h ma rricd to Fred Goodwin HAFA 75
Margaret (CJark)Jordan 82 manager Agricultural Employment Services Cmada Farm Iabour Pool Newmarkct is married to BrianJordan OAC 81
Margo (Payne) Langan 83 marketing communications co-ordinator Moore Response Technologies Mississauga is married toJohn Langan CBS 75
Nancy (Howard) Martin 81 senior contract managemcnt officer Consumer Products and Trtffic Management Brmch DepartJllent of Supply and Service~ Hull Que is marriltd to Phillip Martin CBS ( HK) 82
Helga (Strenzke) McDonald 84 public relations officer Centrilia Collegc Huron Park is married to Ian McDonald OAC 83
Marilyn Sewell-Kelley 78 is agriculshytura l health and safel) comiddotordinacor Rural Organizations and Services Branch OMAF Guelph and lives near Paris
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James Allen 77 (ODH ) is president of Allens Turf Services Ltd Calgary
Martin Bohl 85 is policy advisor OMAJ Toronto
Guy Bonnetta 79 manager Pioneer Overseas CorpJohnston Iowa is married to Carolyn Knowles CBS 78
Stew Carpenter 50 president ofDivershysity Farms Inc Paw Paw Midligan is married to Olive McEwan 79A scltretary-tnasurer ofDiversity Farms Inc
Harold Cau 60A and 67 is viceshypreSident Barnes Wines Limited St Catharines
Elroy Cober 85 and his wife Rhoda have begun three-year Mennonite Central Committee assignments inKabwe Zambia Elroy is working as provincial o ilseed office r and Rhoda as a general health worker
Eileen (Emmett) Cole 79 a registered
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Lloyd Curtis OAC 7J MSc 74
nurse Colchester Hospital Truro 5 is married to Bill Cole 79 regional sales manager Clarence Farm Services L(vcr Truro
laura Cole 80 is a conservJLion planner Mississippi Vall y Conservation Authority Lanark
UoydCurtis 71 MSc 74 ofCalgary is national sales manager Agricultural Chem icals Division BASF Canada Inc BASF markets a wide range of crop proshyLection products Lloyd directs dle aCLivi shyties of BASFs liales force throughout Canada
James Donison H I is proje L engineer Costello Lomagney amp Denapoli ConshysulL ing Engineers Mancheste r New Hampshire
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Richard Graham 71 of Rrampton is naLional marketing maI111gcr Agricultural Chcmicab Divisi n f3ASF Canada Inc
Richard Helmer 62A married Marilyn Hogue in Oct 19R7 They live in Windsor Richard is supply tcaching for the Essex COllnty Board of Education and doing freclanltx horLicultural work during the summer months
Brian and Brigitte (Brunetzky) Kaufman 84 are pltased to announce the safe arrival of their son Nathaniel Brian All are reSiding at Bright
Dr Houchang Khatamian MSc 71 PhD 8 is associate professor Depart shyment of Horticul rure Kansas State Unishyversity Manhattan
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J cE~~~~f May 11 - Presidents Counc il Executive Luncheon
May 19-June 5 Guel ph Spring Festival
May 31-June 3 Convocation
June 13-15 Human Sexuality Conference
June 17-19 Alumni Weekend
July 10-13 Canadian Home Economics Association Con ference
July 26 Al um ni Assoc iation Executives O rientation Meeting
Masters of Agribusiness Management
111e University of Guelph is now olkring a Masters of Agribusiness Management for people interested in a comprehensive training program for manlgemel1l positions in modern agrihusiness
The program runs over I () months and is highly structured so that studenrs receive intensive practical training in all facets of agribusiness managemel1l
Ifyou have an agricultural background and wish to funher your career in management of farm or nonmiddotfarm agribuiiiness this program could he for you
For fu nhcr information on this program pleL~e contact
Professor Tom Funk Department of Agricultural Economics and Business University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl (519) 824middot4120 ext 3427
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Dr Elenimo Khonga PhD 87 is a lecturer University ofMalawi Chancellor College Zomba Malawi
Kevin Laidley 82 MSc 85 resource technician Niagara Peninsula Consershyvation Authority Allanburg is married to Lesley Nicholson FACS 83 child life specialist McMaster University Medical Centre Hamilton
Dr Monique Leclerc MSc 82 PhD 87 is assistant professor Department of Soil Science and Biometeorology Utah State University Logan
Maurice Marwood 64 MSc 66 is vicemiddot preSident sales and marketing Canadian Kenworth Company Mississauga He is responsible for all aspects of sales and marketing ofKenworth trucks and product support in Canada
Dr Giancarlo Mosch1ni PhD 86 is [caching in the Economics Department Iowa State University Ames not the Unimiddot versity of Iowa as stated in the fall 1987 issue oflhe GuelpbAlurnnus Our apolomiddot gie~ for [his error
Reid Palmer 63 is a research geneticist and professor Departments ofAgronomy and Genetics Iowa State University Ames
Dr Yousef Papadopoulos 80 MSc 82 PhD 87 a research scientist Agrimiddot cu lture Canada Nappan NS i$ married to Kathleen Glover 80 MSc 83
Andy Robinson 80 MSc 83 a genetimiddot cist Livestock Developmcnt Division Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Christine Howe Arts 81
Dr A Hamid Saleemi MSc 73 has received a PhD in Educational Psychology from Bayero UniverSity Kana Nigeria His thesis was Islamic Values and Commitment among HallSa Muslim Youtb Au Empirical Study and his reo search has been hailed as a pioneering study in the measurement of reJjgious commitment anlong MusJjms Dr Saleemi is principal tutor Department of Adult Education and Community Services Faculty of Education Bayero University
James Sampa MLA 86 is a lecturer in landscape design and natul 1 resource conservation School of Environmental Studies Copperbelt University Zambia
Bill Shotyk 81 completed his PhD in 1986 in the Geology Department at The University ofWestern Ontario and spent a year as visiting postdoctoral researcher at the UniverSity of California to study
thennodynamic stability of organic commiddot plexes of aluminum In Sept 1987 he married Beth Haas and they live in London where Bill is a postdoctoral research associate in the Geology Department UWO studying the surface chemistry of minerals He is also writing his first book The Geochemistry OfPeatandPeatlands to be published by Elsevier Amsterdam
jack Thompson OAC 81 is a firemiddot fighter Station No 1 Thomhlll
Susan Watkins 81 is program offi cer Horn of Africa Oxfam Canada She is in charge ofOxfams overseas development projects in Eutrea and Tigray prOvince of Ethiopia the majori ty of which are in agriculture and health
Dve Dr Ian Alexander 86 is a dmg evalumiddot ator Bureau of Veterinary Dmgs Health and Welfare Canada Ottawa
Dr Cheng Hock Choong PhD 72 is director Semex Canada Guelph
Dr Ann Davis 75 a graduate student at the University of Toronto has won the Hardi Cinader Prize for 1987 The award is given to the graduate student in the process of completing doctor-A work who most resembles renowned immunomiddot logist Dr Bernhard Cinaders originality and versatility
Dr john Debbie 65 is an epidemiomiddot logist New York State Health Department Albany
Dr jean Dodds 64 in addition to her research on blood clotting mechanisms has chaired several national and intermiddot national task forces on assorted topics
Dr Doug Galt 62 is laboratory head OMAF Brighton
Dr Maria Koller CBS 75 DVM 79 chief control programs Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Dr Robert Georgeson 72
Dr Darwin Lund 60 is veterinarian in charge Agriculture Canada Lethbridge Alta
Dr David Murphy 56 is director cardiovascular surgical unit Dalhousie
niversity Halifax
Dr Gary Nash 77 veterinary research officer Institute of Aquaculture University
ofStirling Stirling Scotland is married to Marilyn Klein CBS 77
Dr HG Rees 55 joined the faculty of Massey University New Zealand after 10 years ofgeneral practice Upon completion of his masters degree he as appointed senio r lect urer at the University of Melbourne In 1970 he returned to prac shytice in his native Wales and has spent the past 12 years on the faculty at SeaJe-Hayne College there He has a small sheep farm
ARTS Bruce Westheuser 76 ofToronto died Dec 7 1987 He was a teacher Toronto Montessori Schools Hlt is survived by his father Ronald and stcpmodlcr Dorothy two sisters and a brodumiddotr
CSS Robert A Dodd MA 75 of Victoria BC died Oct 8 1987 He had been employed by the Ministry of Health He is survived by his wife Wendy
Bruce G Miller 72 of Aurora Ont died Sept 2 1987 He was a teacher with York Region Board of Education He is survived by his wife
MAC-FACS Etta (Birdsall) Garnham 17D of Tillsonhurg Ont died Jan 11 1988 She is survi ed by her sister Doris Oatman
Kathleen (Coggs) Hallam 120 of Toronto died jan 23 1988
Katherine L (Williamson) Killmaster 35D of Southfield Michigan died jan 31 1988
GAdora(Beemer)McFadyen 29Dof Port Elgin Ont died Apri l 8 L987 She is Survived by her son George S McFadyen OAC 50A
Anne E Spera 280 of Dundas Ont died Jan 26 1988
Dora M (Dies) Terryberry 260 of Weston Ont died Jan 22 1988 She is survived by her son Douglas
and maintains a single man general pracshytice Sheep health and production are his main interests and in the fall he was admitted to the Cert SHP by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons In 1989 he plans to retrace his footsteps to learn about his main interests in the countries in which he was trained
Dr Duncan Sinclair 58 OAC MSc 60 (nutrition ) Schofield lecturer 1983 will become Queens University Dean of
IN MEMORIAM
OAC Aimee A (Ups) Acklen 36 of Irving Texas died Feb 2 1987 She is survived by her husband Robert and one son
George K Beare 37 A of xbridge Ont died Oct 30 1987 He is survived by his wife Ruby
Dr J Ritchie Cowan 39 of Corvallis Oregon died Nov 12 1987 He was a retired professor of agronomy and proshyfessor emeritus Oregon State University He received his MS and a doctorate in plant genetics from the University of Minnesota He served as national president of the Crop Science Socicty of America the American Society of Agronomy the American Forage and Graosland Council the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology and the League for Intershynational Food Education He was pre shydeceased by his first wife DorothyWhite Mac 39 He is survived by his second wife Ruth and two children
WUliam M Croskery 15 of Ottawa died Nov 17 1987 He was a retired agricultural representative for Carleton County He is survived by three children
Walter C Fisher 26 of Sf Catharines Ont died jan 20 1988 He is survived by his wife Alice ( Petrie ) and three children
William A Hammond 18 Port Dovers oldest World War I veteran died Sept 29 1987 at 95 Prior to entering OAC he farmed worked in a lumber camp in BC and fought forest fires in Montana During the war he served in France and Belgium with the 55th l3atteryofthe Royal Canadian Art illery advancing from gunner to sergeant In 1920 he married Minerva Mitchell and they farmed in Woodhouse Township Mter retir ing he became clerk-treasurer of the township and later
Medicine and Vice-Principal ( Health Sciences) onJuly 1 He has served Queens in various capacities since joining the departme nt of physiolo gy in 1966 Nationally he has been invo lved with the Medical Research Council of Canada for many years includ ing a term as its director-genera1
Dr Anne Marie Taylor 81 is direc tor of an imal care Animal Care Centre Dalhousie niversity Halifax
held the san1e position with the Town of Port Dover He also served on the Ontario Assessment Appeal Board and was a fanner chai rman of the Simcoe High School Board In 1967 he received a Centennial Medal for service to his communi ty He was predeceased by bis wife and a son and is survived by two daughters Betty Murton ofWatetiord and Doris LlIldon of listoweI
Kandappar NJeyasseelan MSA 56 of Peradeniya Sri Lanka died Oct 22 1987 He is survived by two children
Frank J King 33 of Thornhill One died Dec 19 1987 He was a pioneer of Canadas broiler chicken industry and retired senior executive and director of Ralston Purina Canada Inc He is survived by his wife Rachel and a son
Robert C (Bob) lGrkness 56 of Maple Ridge BC died Oct 10 1987 He is survived by his wife
] Morley Lawrence 1 7 of Windsor died Oct 4 1987
John S Lennox 66A of Shallow Lake Ont died as the result of a farm accident Nov 4 1987 He is survived by his wife Ada and a son
Alex T Macnab 36 of North Fort Myers Fla died Dec 18 1987 He is survived by his wife Vella
NormanJ Myles 39 of Guelph died j an 24 1988 He had been a second lieutenant 11 th Field Brigade Royal Canadian Artillery He is survived by his wife Luella Beverley (Highan1 ) and two children
Robert W Phillips 39 of Belleville Ont died Sept 21 1987 -John W Robertson 38 of Thorold Ont died Oct 21 1987 He is survived by his wife Elizabeth and daughter Janice Partlow Arts 70
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Henry H Rooke 8 of Barrie Ont died Dec 16 1987 lIe was retired from the Department of National Health and Welfare He is survived by his wife Harriet Mac 40 and daughters Jane Lennox and Nancy RookemiddotAllen CBS 73
Robert H See 65A ofBohon Ont died Nov 14 1987 He was the son of Margaret (Huston) See Mac 33 and the late Dr John N See OAC 35 OVC 38 He is survived by his wife Brenda and two sisters
WilliamT (Bill) Smith 35 ofStfJtford Ont died Sept 19 1987 He is survived by his wife Maude and five children
Annie H Tasi MSc 72 ofGuelph died Dec 9 1987 She received her BSc in Agriculture from the National Taiwan University in 1965 After receiving her masters in horticulture from Guelph she worked as a research technician in the Universipound) Department of Horticultural Science Shc is survived by her hu~band Benjamin and two children
William G Toner 20A and 22 of Guelph died Jan 30 1988 He is survived by hi wife Eileen and four children
W Benson (Ben) Vair 55 of Sarnia died Jan 6 1988 He taught science at Northern Collegiate in Sarnia for 25 years retiring in 1987
A Gordon O Whiteside 20A and 22 of Ottawa died June 2 1987 Ht was retired after 42 years as a cerealist with Agriculture Canada and wa~ a Fellow of thc Agricultural Institute of Canada lie developed sevedl varieties of Canadian whtat one of which bears his namt Gordon He is su rvived byhis wife Irene and three children
Joseph H Willmott 22A of Milton died Oct 23 1987 He is survived by his sonJohn c Willmott 55
PROFESSORS
Dr Denis H Stott professor emeritus since 1980 diedJan 22 1988 in England at 78 He was ftrst chair Department of Psychology from 1966-68 and was intershyna tionally known as a pioneer in deve shyloping learning techniques for hardmiddottOmiddot teach children He founded the Centre for Educational Disabilities which he directed until h is retirement in 1975 His research focused on the causes and promiddot
blems of delinquent school boys He is survived by hiswifeJane and tw children
Dr Robert D Whiteford of Qualicum Beach Vancouver Island former professor Department of Biomedical Sciences died Feb ] 0 1988 He is survived by his wife Beatrice and one son
STAFF Ray Catchpole a member of the Unj middot versitys Sulawesi Regional Development Project team in Indonesia died Nov 27 1987 in Jakarta at 46 He had been with the project sinet its inception in 1984 He is survived by his wife Ani and his mother Muriel Lucas A mcmorial fund has been established in his nanle Contributions may be forwarded to the Department of
Alumni Affairs and Development The fund will provide a bursary for Indonesians and Canadians involved in exchange between the two ountries It will be adminbtered by the niversity School of Rural Planning and Development
FRIENDS
Joseph Arlen of Guelph died Sept 5 1987 He pursued studies at OAC from 1957 to ) 959 before completing an engineering degree at the University of Toronto He is survived by his wife Judy who works in Photographic Services on campus and two children A Joseph Arlen Memorial Prize in Horticulture has been established Contributions may be forshywarded to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development
ASPARAGUS RESEARCHER DIES IN GUELPH
Herman (Herm) Tiessen OAC 51 onc of Canadas fore middot most aspard1t1s researdlers rued in Guelph Dec 10 1987 at 63 Or Ticsscn had been a horticul shyture professor at the University since 1955 and was co-ordinator of the National Asparagus Reshysearch Program
At its fiftieth anniversary meeting in london the day of his death the Ontario Asparagus Growers Marketing Board honored Dr Tiessen as the pershyson who had made the greatest contributions to the industry over the last 50 years He was also weU known for his work on greehouse tOmatoes and for a collaborative project with Texaco that used waste energy from the companys refinery to heat greenhouses
After graduating from OAC Dr Tiessen received his masters and PhD degrees from Michigan State University and returned to his alma mater to join the Department of Horticultural Science He traveUed widely to share his knowledge on veget-
The late Professor Herm Tiessen OAC51
able growing with scientists around the world most recently to New Zealand and Taiwan He -wa a member of the Agricultural Institute of Canada and the Canadjm American and Intermiddot national Societies for Horticulmiddot tural Science He was also an active member of the OAC Alumni Association
He is sUlvived by his wife Marjorie and two children
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JlAVIeuro 17 18 19 GOlf Tournament
The classic confrontation on the green the Gryphon Club Golf Tournament will start things rolling on Friday at the Cutten Club Prizes will be awarded
Barbecue amp CasinO Night
Meet your friends at Alumni House Friday evening for a barbecued feast and try your llck at the casino tables
SIOwpitch Tournament
The Grad loungers will defendtheir championship title at the alumnistudent co-ed slowpitch tournament Why not get a team together to compete for the first-place trophy and other awards Teams should consist of 12 to 20 players with at least six females per team Three one-hour games are guaranteed for each team
Tours Lectures Demonstrations
Tour the new Equine Research Centre see computer laboratory demonstrations at the College of Family and Consumer Studies or catch an enlightening lecture If its nature you enjoy visit the Arboretum the Marine Biology Laboratory or the Elora Gorge Conservation Area
Celebrity Auction
Join in the fun and bid on a fascinating assortment of articles donated by local celebriti~s Lots of surprises in store All proceeds will go to Alumni House
Awards Presentations
At the Presidents Picnic at noOn on Saturday the Alumnus of Honor award and the Alumni Medal of Achievement will be presented Come and celebrate with the recipients
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See page 7 for your Alumni Weekend reservation form For further information see your College section inside or call the Alumni Weekend hotline (519) 824-4120 ext 2102
Class Reunions
Is your class having a reunion Check page 7 to find out Reunions are a great opportunity to meet old
friends and renew acquaintshyances The Alumni Associations will host their graduates of 50
years or more at a Golden Anniversary Din ner
Champagne Brunch
Toast Alumni Weekend 88 at a champagne brunch held on the Alumni House patio Sunday The Guelph Concert Band will provide entertainment
UNIVERSITY WCGUELPH
ALUMNUS Spring 1988 Vol 2] No2
University of Guelph Alumni Association
Honorary PrC~ldent Or Burr flIlhtws OAC 47
President Dr Ron DOIIrrJty OVc ( I
Plit Prc~ultnt Ro Parry CSS HO
Senior v lu-PnsiLlcnt Dan Rose OAC S7A amp 60
Vicc middotPreiidlnts ~ ( XIyan ) NldaJin Arts H2 RUl hmnc ~niult r rACS 7 ) Ka rin OJvi dl()O Aylor CR~ H3 Art Peppin OAC 4 I Dr Tuny va n DnuflltI OVC 61 ( uth Milnlr C1~ AS RarharA lth~rKc CSS 74
Sen ctary Nancy Fil7parrick Art~ H()
T nasurltr Barf) ~mith CPS 72
Dlnctors N1n() n tJpalrkk Arb w r k athcr WluUt ng lon An~ H Janet (Stanley ) Crtame r FMS middotRl JOdnne Pod FACS ~ 2
Pete r S Smith CII~ M -lt 8 G3ry Chilpml n e li RO Keith Murr~l OAC C) Wally Knapp OAC 4A Dr ot Gill ingham OVC H( Dr Hill HarTigt nvc 6H BltlrT) imirh CPS 72 Chrloti ophtr Coulthanl CPS 86 Eveiyn Ke llman CS 79 Agncs (fklJai) Vlttn H1t-(lt n Cs H
Ex middotOftk io DinGo rs John AJviano ( ~ 74
Presidenl CoUe8~ o f SOCial Science AJumnJ Aisoclation Or Jim Atkln-on cas 711
President CoUcge of Bio logical Science Alumni Assocullion Dennis OIake
President Graduate Students Associatio n O()uglLI m~ HK 79 ~Idem Human Kin etics Alumni Association Lorraine Hold ing FACs ~ 1 President Mac-fACS Alumni Altgtociation Wc Lwe OAC 7 1 Presld~nt OAC Alumni Msod atlon Tiln Il ingltOlOl1 I WA middotH) rcpn Sltn ling MOrJg ~1cKtn z I t HAFA 82 President HOld amp Food AdminbC r1 lion Alumni Al)Sociotlon LiIHil M l K~nzl(gtCord(ck Art 8 1 College of Arts AlUntnl 113110n L11Ijoric M Lilar Director Ocpanmtm or AJumo i Affal and D e1opment Ji m R)1n Art s H7
President ~ntrnl St udent AsiOCiation Or Nonie SOlan QVe 84 PreSide nt OVC Al um n i AssodatJon 111lt Ii Van Vec n CPS 74 Preltldent CoUegc o f Pb~lcal Science Alumni Association
AJumni middotinmiddotAcmiddotl ion Chai rman Arthur Gruhbe OAC 4 1
Acsociatt Stcrelary Rosltm ary Clark Mac )1
The lti uclp h AJ um n mi IS puhlishcd in February May Augusl and Nowmhlt r by the txpartmcnt of Alumni Affairs and Development
EdilOr Joanne Wallergt
For circulatIon inq uiries co ntact
Department o f Alumni Affairs and Dcvd opmln c Voi criry of Gudph Guelph O ntariu N 1( 2W I
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Lyn McLeod Dr Briall Segal
EDITORS NOTE Dr Brian Segal becomes Guelph s fifth president and
vice-chancellor September 1 Dr Segal 44 president of Ryerson Polytechnical Instishy
tute in Toronto since 1980 succeeds Dr Burt Matthews OAC 47 University of Guelph president for the past five years He has a BSe from McGill and a PhD in sodal welfare from the University of Pittshurgh
The Montreal-born president designate says he is bonored ro be selected as Guelphs next president and look forward with excitement and optimism to his tenure Commenting on his leadership style he describes himself as people-oriented I believe that a university is its people Everyone counts - students faculty staff alumni and volunteers
The Guelph Alumnus will feature a detailed introducshytion to Dr Segal in a future issue
Another new person at the helm is Lyn McLeod 45 Ontarios minister of COlleges and universities wbo succeeded Greg Sorbara Mcleod MP for the riding of Fort William is an 18-year veteran of the former Fort William now Lakehead board of education and was chair for seven of tbose years
She graduated from the University of Manitoba with a bachelors degree in English and French and worked with the Winnipeg ChildrenS Aid Society After leaving the board of education she completed a masters degree in psychology and counselled hi ldren and teenagers at McKellar General Hospital Thunder Bay In 1979 she received the lamp of Iearning the highest honor con shyferred by the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Assodation
ON THE COVER Spring is here What better time to feature olorful -flowers with a Guelph connection The lilies on the cover were bred by retired horticullUre professor Bill Evans who was photographed by Herb Rauscher at a test plot north of Guelph The full story is on page 25
RECORD SET FOR ANNUAL GIVING I am pleased to announce the Alma Mater Fund (AMF ) has set another record for annual giving in 1987 exceeding its goal oU750000 by 16 per cent for a total of $76245091 On behalf of th AMF Advisory Council I thank the 3491 graduates and 1090 friends faculty staff corporations and foundations who contributed to the 1987 campaign
I would like to recognize several specific accomplishments in 1987 OVC and Mac degree graduates increased their rate of participation and most of the colleges average gift amounts also increased Matching gift contributions increased 61 per cent over the previous year friends increased their participation by almost eight per cent and donated 19 per cent more than in 1986 A special thanks to those who made these accomplishments possible
Almost 83 per cent of all annual gifts in 1987 were designated to specific University prOjects For this reason because of our commitment to Alumni House and because alumni giving was down slightly this year the AMF Advisory Council could not con shysider any additional projects in 1987
An ad hoc committee established last year to study this problem recommended that Council review its policy guidelines regarding types of projects eligibl for alumni support It also recommended that Council increase communication with alumni the alumni associations and respective COlleges Council unanimously accepted these recommendations at its January 1988 meeting and is becoming more active in its liaison efforts with alumni and University personnel to establish goals and cri shyteria for allocation of fund
Council is made up of two persons from each of the seven college alumni associations a chairman vice shychairman and ex-officio members who include the preSident University of Guelph president University of Guelph AlmnniAssociation chairman OACAlumni Foundation and starting in 1988 a representative HAFA Alumni Association In addition the director Alumni Affairs and the
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manager Alma Mater fund serve as resource persons
Members meet a minimum ofthree times a year to review fund perforshymance audit the previous years allocations discuss alUOlni fundraising issues and examine projects for future alumni support
Alumni gifts to the AMF can be unrestricted gifts for priority needs of the University unrestricted gifts to a college or designated gifts to specific projects
Chairman Gord ixon OAC 37
Vice-Chairman Tom Sawyer OAC 64
Members
Ar~~ Alumni Mlsociation Terty Ayer Arts 84 Rohin Baird leWis Arts 73
CBS Alumni AssoCiatiO~ Roman [anno CBS 81 Kelly Murikittrick CBS 80
CPS A1unmi Association Bob Winkel OAC 60
CSS Alumni Associnion E Sue (Bell-tty) Davidson CSS 82 Dorothy (Hoathet) BarneS CSS 78
Mac-FACS Alumni Association LOrraine Holding -Mac71 Pat $mit Vanderkooy FACS 7H OAC Alumnj Association Dave Barrie OAC 53A
Projects to receive alumni support are determined at the close of the fund year when total dollars available arc known TIle representatives from each college consult with their resshypective deans regarding the allocation of college funds Their recommenshydations then go to the full Council for final approval
On your behalf I would like to thank my dedicated Council colleashygues for their time and effort in implementing the ad hoc commiltees recommendations and achieving success this year On their behalf I would like to thank all of yOll who contributed to the 1987 campaign We believe you will rise to the occashysion again in 1988 as we continue our tradition of supporting the University in its pursuit of excellence
Sincerely
Gordon LE Ni(on OAC 37 Chairman AMF Advisory Council
1987 ALMA MATER FUND ADVISORY COUNCIL Norm McCollum OAC 66A
ove Alumni Association Dr Ken Gadd OVC 56 Dr Nonie Smart OVC 84
Ex-Officio Members
Honorary PresidcntUGAA Dr Burt Matthews OAC 47
GAA Pre Went Dr Ron Downey avc 61
OAC Alumni Foundation Chairman Peter Lindley OAC 57
Director Alumni Affairs and middotDevelopment Marjork Millar
DirectOr Alumni Affitirs middot Rosemary Clark Mac 59 -Dire~or Development middot Do~ livingSton
Manager Alma Mater Fund middot Paulette amson
COMPANIES MATCH ALUMNI GIFTS Many companies support educashytion by matching their employees contributions to universities Most of these companies also match donations made by employees spouses Through matching giftprograms many Guelph graduates have had their contributions to their alma mater doubled or even tripled
As more graduates and friends of Guelph participate in matching gift programs the benefits are becoming evident To deterimine if your donshyation to the University is eligible for matching contact your employers personnel officer
Following is a list of 29 companies who matched 5S separate gifts to Guelphs Alma Mater Fund in 1987 for a total of n6105 We thank the individual donors and their companies for the support
Akzo America Inc Alcan Aluminum limited Alchem Inc American Home Products
Corporation The Bank of Montreal CI-L Inc Campbell Soup Company Ltd Chevron Canada Resources Ltd
LEADERSHIP GIFTS Donors of annual leadership gifts to the University of Guelph are recognized through membership in clubs reflecting their level ofsupport
Presidents Council - annual support of $1 000 or more
Deans Associates - donations of $500 to $999
SecondCenturyCircle - donations of $200 to 5499
Century Club - donations of S 1 00 to $199
Members are invited to an annual reception hosted by the President on Alumni Weekend
Dow Chemical Canada Inc Dow Chemical USA Ford Motor Company of Canada
Limited IBM Canada limited International Mineral amp Chemicals
Corporation (Canada) Limited John Deere Ltd Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Monsanto Canada Incorporated Murphy Oil Company Ltd Nabisco Brands ltd
Nacan Products Limited Noranda Inc Northern Telecom Limited Pioneer Hi-Bred Ltd Pratt amp Whitney Canada Inc Procter amp Gamble Inc Prudential Inurance Company of
America Rolun and Haas Canada Inc The Seagram Company Ltd Sunoco Inc Tuco Products Company
College
Arts
CBS CPS
CSS FACS HAFA MAC MAC DIP OAC OAC DIP ove
College Report Number of Percentage of Average
Alumni Participation Gift
4464 36 S 735R 5288 40 4602 204 [ 46 6005 6557 42 4287 3220 57 3655
971 53 4049 1032 167 25000
1812 148 10936 10703 11 9 12682 4045 61 5629 3739 146 12540
Total Giving
$ 1184602 100492 1 583000
1188875 694204 21 15 00
1446646 2930817
16182485
1395950 6871891
How You Designated Your Gifts 1987 Alma Mater Fund
427 184 167 91 90 37 4
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Top to bottom AlumniHouseground breaking in 1986 by Preside1lt Burt Matthews and then UGI1A President Ross Parry as Dave Bame then OAC Alumni Association Past President looks on construction and grand opening at Alumni Weekend 1987
ALUMNI SUPPORT ALUMNI HOUSE
AUl11ni are continuing their genershyous support of Alumni lIouse whidl officially opened during Alumni Weekend last June The historic Preshysidents Carriage House laler a sheep barn now renovated ~Uld expanded is the permanent headquarters for Guelphs alumni and alumni associashytions anu also home to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development
The renovations plus expansion will eventually total S800000 with the University providing 300000 of this cost and alumn i provid ing S500OUO The Alma Mater fund Adshyvisory Council is commitLed to raising SlOOOOO per year over a three-year period (for a total of BOOOOO) The remaining 5200000 will be raised through contributions from alumni associations special ~lLtivitie and class projects
The Alma Maler Fund met its 1987 objective of 100000 for a two-year total of 200000 The portion raised through other contrihutions is
THANKS TO THE VOLUNTEERS The strength of Guelphs annual giving program derives from a foundshyation ofvolunteerisl11 More than 250 class agents and other representatives gave freely of their time and energy to encourage the nearly 4 000 graduates who supported their alma mater in 1987 They are listed starting here and continuing onto the next page in recognition of their efforts
growing although at a slower pace Individual graduates friends and allillUli associations made gifts toward Alumni I louse totalling S2790 165 in 1987 Unrestricted donations helped achieve the S 100000 ALma Mater Fund goal for 1987
Many class projects have helped with renovations and furnishings at Alumni House while others are in the phmning stage or under conshysideration Recently the CSS Alumni Association donated audio visual equipment for lise in the boardroom at Alumni House and the class of OAC 64 set a goal of 825000 for an alumni lounge
In the second year of this threeshyyear project Alumni House continues to catch the imagination and interest of graduatcs and friends of Guelph TIl0se who have seen the building have been captivated If you havent visited yct drop by It belongs to all alumn i
COLLEGESECTION REPRESENTATIVES
Mike Streib 69 Arts Gary Partlow 69 CBS David Jackson 70 CPS John Vanderkamp Dean CSS Edyth Bray 52 Mac FACS Jim Bates 22 OAC James Gillies 26 OVC Norm Hawkins 57 OVC Robert J Peachey 84 BlA Harold Crawford 58 OAC for
ODAODII John PoweU Retired
FacultyProfessional Staff Doug Ormrod Dean
Graduate Studies
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Class Agents OAC James A Bates 22 Hugh C Elliott 23 Jonathan 13 elson 24 Bower F Forward 25 A Bruce Medd 26 Edward H Garrard 27 Thoma~ O Graham 28 W Edward Heming 29 Michael W Chl1)e uik 30 C Earl Migllton 31 ) Harvey Pettit 32 nleodorc) Hecg 33 Alfred 0 Hales 34 Gladstone Ridler 35 William G Tolton 36 Arthur L Thompson 37 Gordon F Townsend 38 Leslie Laking 39 John A Eccles 40 Donald N lIuntley 41 Glen L Warlow 42 Philip W Burke 43 J Leonard McQuay 44 Stephen J Beckley 45 Alexander A Hunt 46 Gordo r Ougl1lred 47 Douglas Cunningllam 48 Robert M Murr1Y 49 William 5 Kilmer 50 Donald M Rutherford 51 G AJlan Fisher 52 William AM Gregg
OVC 6 L for OAC 53 ) Lloyd ] Rosi 54 Ronald E Litchfield 55 Charles S I3aldwin 56 Vincent A Eagan 57 Dougla~ C COlquhoun 58 D Owen Gibb 59 Harry L WaLter 60 Sarah L Banbury 61 George It Gree~lees 62 Harvey J Brown 63 Harold U Bent ley 64 Palrick J Tucker 65 David A Jones 66 Mary V McEwen 67 Graham T Hart 68 Robert H Cobbledick 69 Margaret E Auld 70 Roben L Ross 71 Donald N McCallum 72 Roderick ED McKay 73 J Murray Brownridg~ 74
Bradley J Bandeen 84 Shirley J Gallaugher 85 David WG Lucas 86
OAC ASSOCIATES Stewart A Anderson 49A John E Northwood 50A James N Bell 51A Allison H FUlcher 52A David W Barrie 53A Robert G McGee 54A Barry N James 55A Arthur F Johnson 56A Donald M Dodds 57A Gary J Powell 58A Peter J McCarthy 59A Alan C Mclean 60A ] Paul Fish 65 (for 61 A) Walter H Atkinson 62A Grant H Fish 03A Charles WH Clughill 64A John G Zenel 65A Donald AA ReynOlds 66A Ronald B Steele 67A James F Hunter 68A D Jean ROlllenburg 69A Gordon R Weeden 70A Roger S Will iams 71A Robert B Yungblut 72A Bruce W Cressman 73A David Mayberry 74A Adrian Dykstra 75A Richard E Buck 76A Garry R Milne 77A Alice Laine 7SA Deborah L Hill 79A Paul F Quinton 80A Douglas F GrieYe 81A Peler J Haakman 82A J Scott McGeachy 83A Brian McGavin 84A Donald M Dann 85A B Jean Moffat 86A
MAC DEGREE Jean R King 52 Nancy L Raithby 53 Frances L Bowen 54 Lorraine E Oliver 55 Barhara J Cline 56 Marilyn A MacQuarrie 57 Patricia J Steele 58 Jo MA unan 59 Donna M Gracey 60 B Kathleen Johri~ton 61 Anne M Alton 62
FACS Judith M Maddren 72 Karen E Ross 7 Loralee E Marshall 74 Jane E Stolz 75 Karen Bennett 76 Rohyn G Bach 77 Janet L Taylor 78 M Heather Martin 79 Suzanne E Judges 80
orma J Poel 8 1 Joan K Dawdy-McHale 82 Irene M Good 82 Paula E Kerr 83 Edina J van der Widen 84 Janice M middotn1Ompson 85 Mary J Gooyers 80
MAC DIPLOMA Grace Sharpe 240 Jessie l Rumney 250 M Frances Hucks 260 M Lois Clipsham 270 Alice It Garrard 280 Grace M Gibson 290 Mi ured V Scott 300 Viola M Binkley 310 Mary C Hales 32D Jean M SltOlt 330 Marjorie H Thomas 340 A Olive Thomp~on 350 C Joan Nixon 36D F1onnce E Moodie 370 Margaret E Black 380 Eila R Lawson 39D Ellen C ScOlt 400 Marion G Aitkin 41D A Ruth Fleming 420 Mary L Procter 470 Florence Rilett 480 Mary K Williams 49D Gwen P Curtis SOD Elizabeth J Mu1Oing 5 ID FrJnces 1 Peister 520 Margaret B Clark )30 Noreen M Broadvdl 540 Muriel G Taylor 55D Lillian F Emberson 560 Linda E McLeod 570 Neil M Jones 580 Jane A Hurst 590 P Ann ])obbin 600 Patricia A Black 6l0 Stephanier Powell 62D Margaret AR Drew 630
Gregory D Oolhan 81 Morag L McKenzie 82 Joan E Shaw 83 -leIene P Paquet 84 Anita M OMara 8 ) Karen E Maki 85 Susan T Saganski 86
OVC James Gillies 26-30 Robert H Henry 3 1 Renue E Bowness 32 T Lloyd Jones 34 Wesley B Coxon 35 Albert L Geffen 36 Frmcis] Fitzgerald 37 Vince11l W Ruth 38
orman JI McAninch 39 Richard lIellings 40 Gifford AV Barker 41 James D Schroder 42 Leo) Shuctt 43 Melvin E Poland 44 W Murray Mutrie 45 C Robert Buck 46 Sidney Brown 47 Peter C Wang 48 William R Mitchell 49 D Cam MacKay 50 W James Lennox 5 L T Rus~eJl Furness 52 TIlomas R De Gen 54 William 1-1 Vivian 55 Kenneth R Gadd 56 R Denis OConnor 57 Roderick R Davies 58 L Guy Giddings 59 Willianl W Combe 60 Owen J Slocombe 61 Robert Z Ubukata 62 Rohin S Knuuson 63 James N Lott 64 Andrew L Fletch 65 I Jugh W Clugston 66 Neil G Anderson 67 Brian C BuckId 68 Al W Bowness 69 Robert W BrJndt 70 Bruce W Green 71 Allen G Binnington 72 David G Horton 73 W DArcy Reade 74 Patricia E Shewen 75 Wayne M Murray 76 D Gregory Usher 77 Diane M Smilh 78
Roben G McFarlane 75 Nancy M Brown 63 HAFA Janet L lewison 79 Ellen L Heale 76 Elizabeth A Jamieson 64 Ronald N Taylor 73 David M Alves 80 -I Douglas Balsillie 77 Nina M Elliot 65 Jennifer A Chadsey 74 Kenneth G Bateman 81 Douglas C Murphy 78 Peter J Brown 79
Carol E McArthur 66 Margaret A Winslow 67
Davidr lfougl1wn 75 Allan [) Scott 76
Susan C Read 82 Jacob Druif 83
Linda AK Teasdale SO Barbara S Dell 68 Timmhy J Lipa 77 Judith A Taylor 84 James P Poel 81 Joanne M Harris 69 Marlene [ Boland 78 ])onna M Flanagan 85 Marie E Hartley S2 Margaret L Willis 70 Da~d W Cobban 79 Dawn M HughesshyJoscph A Omican S3 Marianne Bakker-Bromley 71 Amanda S Lee 80 Bissonnette 86
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TELEPHONE CAMPAIGN SURPASSES GOAL
At 9 15 pm November 25 The Campaigns telephone campaign reached its $385 million larget seven months ahead of schedule At that point student callers had talked to alumni of only five of the seven colleges By Febnaary 29 $4 315977 had been raised and Sue Egles director of the telephone campaign predicts the student employees will raise well over $5 million by June 15 1988 the end of the telephone campaign
Response from Guelph alumni has been overwhelming Sue says with 40 per cent of those called making a pledge The average pledge is in excess ofS400 College ofAns alumnj wrote the formula for success by contributing $303000 - 553000 more than the college alumni goal CBS alumni were called next and pledged $430000 OAC alumni donshy
ated almost $2 million HAFA $90000 and FACS $570000 avc pledges of more lhan $500000 put the telephone campaign over the top Students are now vrapping up calls to CSS alumni and will end with calls to CPS alunmi A total of more than 42000 graduates will be called in North America
The studcnt caller represents a friendly voice from the University and doesn t try to pressure the alumnus who has decided not to contribute says Sue We want to updare alumni fLIcs and leave every alumnus with a good feeling about the Universiry
Alumni also leave the student callers with good feelings and oftcn some helpful career advice says Sue Guelph graduates have some very interesting careers and are excellent sources of information on graduate schools job openings and interview
Seventeen major donors to the Universitys capital campaign and campaign volUnleersjohn Bassett Ken Murray and Hany Seymour were honored at a januarypress conference in Toronto to celebrate completion of92percent of The Campaign goal Representing the City Of Guelph was Mayo john Counsell the Cotmty ofWellington Warden Murray Cox andSemex Canada Dr Moe Freeman OAC 55 president They are posed with Marjorie Millar director Alumni Affairs and Development and the framed dtations each honoree received The citations bear a first-edition copy Of the Librarys CDshyROM (Compact Disk -Read Only Memory) catalogue one of the University s newest products Weighing only 19 gram~ the disk holds the equivalent of 200000 pages - the Librarys entire card catalogue
Sheila Hollidge fund-raiser extrashyordinaim
procedures More than one caller has been offered a job over the phone she says In return alumni often ask the Iallers to describe how the campus has changed over the years or to pass on greetings to a favorite professor
Despite the informality of the telephone canlpaign it s not an easy job Sue says A rrunimum of 25 students are employed at anyone time and incentives keep up morale Each caller averages 1700 in pledges during a four-hour evening Psychoshylogy major Janet Campbell still holds the record with over S 15000 pledged in one rught and $329000 in total pledges In second place is FACS student Sheila Hollidge who had $311 369 in pledges as of Febmary 29 Their success and that of other student aUers has helped drop the cost of the telephone campaign says Sue It costs the University less than 1 5 cents for every dollar raised
Editors Note Sue Egles left Guelph in March to become associate viceshypresident IDe Canada PHONEMAlL Inc HersuccessorisAnne Thibodeau
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AhAVYlVli Wee~eVld ~8 ReservatioVl form SURNAME(S) FIRST AME( S) College amp Year
FULL MAIUNG ADDRESS Postal Code
TliLEPHONE Home (_) Business ( _ ) I will be attending reunion (ColegeYearD1plom Dqree)
TIME FRIDAY)UJiII 17 PElt PERSON COST NO TOTAL OFACE USE
10 am REGI STRATION Alumni House No Cost
Noon GolfToumament Cutten Club 4000 11
Gpm Alumni Barbecue Alumni House 9 00 21
8pm Night of Casioo games and music 300 22
Darbecue amp Casino package 1000 23
SATURDAYJUNE 18
---830 am DreaJdast Creelman Hall Cash basis
9middot5 pm REGISTRATION Alumni HOllse No Cost
9 am Elora Gorge Walk (buses fro m campus) 600 26
9 am Alumni Association annual meetings Mac FACS (I rA Rm 209) OAC (Mac Hall Rm 149) OVC ( MacNaughtOn Bldg Rm 113) No Cost
930 am Slowpitch Tournament South Quad 4000 team 28
10 am Lectures by Dr Bruce Fogle OVC 70 and Dr Brian Brandenburg OVC 68 No Cost
1030 am FACS Tour and Demonsuation No Cost
II am Alumni Association aculUa meetings Arts (Johnston Hall Rm 104 ) CSS ( FACS Rm 101 ) HAFA(HAFA RrnIOI) 1 0 Cost
Noon Presidents Picnic and awards presentatio n Creelman Plaza (check in at Picnic ) 6 50 30
Noon CBS Picnic Biology House 500 300middotchild 54
I pm Tours of Equine Research Centre No Cost
230 pm Ground Breaki ng Ceremo ny for Atbletics fac ilities a Cost
3middot430 prn Celebrity Auction Alumni House No Cost
6pm Golden Anniversary Dinner Creelman Hall (Golden Alumnus + Oil guest) Complimcotary 60
Others attending Golden Anniversary Dinner 1800 6 1
Gpm CI= llcunion Dinner(s ) 6pm OVC Alumni Dinner Peter Clark Hall 3500
9 pm Alumni Dance University Centre No Cost
SUNDAY )UNE19 -
730 a m Breakfast Der Keller Ca-h Bas is
9 am Churcb Service Arboretum u Cost
lOjO am UGAA Annual Mccting Alumni House 0 Cost
11 30 am Champagne Brunch and Outdoor Concert Alumni House Patio 1200 87
TOTAl COST
Residence Accommodation No of Rooms Required June 17 Couple 53300 x __ =
June 18 Single S2000 x __ =
Per St udent S1400 x __ =
TOTAL COST OF ACCOMMODATION
TOTAL AMOUNT ENCLOSED
Enclosed is my cheque for S payable to Alumn Events Mail to Laurie Malleau Alumni House University of Guelph Guelph O ntario N IG 2Wl
Please order before June 3 1988 Continuation of reservations wiU be mailed upon receipt of orde rs
bullPor exact price Of class reunion dinners consult the registration f onn in your cUJss IUWseUer or phone (519) 8244 120 ext 2102
ClASS REUNIONS CBS 78 amp 8 3 Mac 28 Mac 33 Mac 38 Mae 48 Mac 58 Mac 63 Mac 63D FACS 78 FACS 83 OAC 28 amp 33 OAC 38 OAC 43 OAC 48 OAC 53 OAC 53A OAC 58 OAC 6j OAC 63A OAe 68 OAC GSA OAe 78 OAC 7SA OAC 83 OAC 88 O VC 38 avc 43 ove 47 OVC 48 OVC 58
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COLLEGE ROYAL 88 SEARCH FOR EXCELLENCE
COllege Royal 88 drew about 30000 visitors to campus in March The theme Search For Excellence was carried through displays of stushydent clubs and academic units all over campus including an Alumni Affairs and Development display of
Dynamic Duo Andy Willemsen and Kathy Cunnington both FACS 88 worz the CBS-sponsored Egg Drop competition
Human Kinetics student Todd BIJJant helpedErica Clausen 4 test her lung volume al the School Of Human Bioshylogy display
Medieval jousting was demonstrated by the Sodety For Creative Anashychronism
24 graduates who have excelled in their diverse careers and activities
The 64th annual student -organized event was offiCially opened March 12 by Michael Enright CBC Radios 0shy
host of As It Happens Laura Gillard FACS 88 served as president and
People and cows met face to face at Old MacDonalds Farm
Former Curtain Callers Margaret Calder Mac 60 DtmRose OAC 57A and 60 and Nancy (Turk) Cums Mac 59 enjoyed themselves at the Curtain Call reunion
College Royal visitors tested equljJshyment at the chool of Engineering display
Nancy Scheer OAC 91 presided as hostess after being elected Celebrant at the College Royal Ball March 4
Curtain Call College Royals annual musical was followed bya reunion of fomler cast and crew members after the final show Saturday night
Guelph student Melissa Meisinger and her Samoytl Snowball particishypated in the dog show
The square dancing competition continued its popularity Both stushydents and alumni cOtnpeted
The woodsman competition tested strength
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ALUMNI GATHER IN WESTERN CANADA
Enthusiastic alumni gathered in Edmonton and Vancouver for chapter events in February
Harley Deeks OAC 50 president of Molson Alberta Brewery Ltd and Molson Saskatchewan Brewery Ltd and his wife Barbara (Herring) Mac 48 hosted a reception for 36 alumni and friends at Molson House in Edmonton Vincent MacDonald and Don Lavender hoth OAC 36 repre shysented the earliest graduating class present and ShouliangDongArts 87 was the most recent grad attending
Don Welch CPS 78 organizer of the event spoke about his memories of the University and before the evening was over had fOffiled a volunshyteer committee to plan future
Edmonton Chapter events Ifyou are interested contact Don at 15824 8Ist Street Edmonton T5Z ISS ( 403) 473-5237
Janey Bennett CSS 75 and Rod Clark CBS 77 hosted a reception for 27 alumni and guests at their home in Vancouver on Valentines Day Plans were made for a Vancouver Chapter wine and cheese party in April and a barbecue in summer For further information contact Janey at 1816 Mahon Avenue North Vancouver V7M 2T3 (604) 986-8177
Betsy Allan CSS 83 Alumni Affairs office attended both receptions She brought greetings from the University and spoke on chapter development and the latest campus happenings
VISA VOLUNTEERS GOODWILL AMBASSADORS
Ae the residence washrooms co shyed How do 1 get onto the volleyball team TIlese are some of the questions prospective University ofGuelph stushydents ask and former students are the best sources for answers
Through VISA (Volunteers in Support of Admissions) Guelph alumni help high school students become more aware of the niversitys curriculum spirited campus life and community amenities
We reinforce what the niversitys admissions office does in the high schools and we add the personal element says VISA co-ordinator Betsy Allan CSS 83 I see us as goodwill anlbassadors
VISA chapters in six Ontario cities each hold an annual information sesshysion for high school students their parents and friends Alumni talk about what attracted them to Guelph what they enjoyed how their education helped in their careers and what they are doing now Admissions counshysellors also attend
The information sessions have been an effective way to reach students who have not bad an opportunity to visit campus It also gives them a
chance to talk one on one with someone from the University says Betsy We welcome new alumni volunteers in the established VISA chapters The time commitment is small and those involved will tell you the work is rewarding
Established chapters and their leaders include Ottawa Greg DOUlatl HAFA 81 and Iarry Meek CPS 77 Toronto Debbie Chang CSS 82 London Maureen Higa OAC 79 Niagara Irene Good FACS 82 Chatham Vicki Bouman CBS 77 and 8rantford Simcoe Heather Linington OAC 80
As part of the VISA progranl this year Betsy wants to hold send-off barbecues across Canada She is looking for alumni willing to help organize and or host such an event in their backyards Students attending Guelph in the faU their parents and alumnj from the community would be invited The idea is to ~ish the students well before they embark on the path to univerSity For further inJormation about this or any aspect ofthe VISA program contact lktsyat Alumni House University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2WI (519) 824-4120 ext 6533
janey Bennett CSS 75 and Rod Clark CBS 77 hosted a receptionfor Vancouver alumni at thei home in February with some help ft-om their 18-month-old son Graeme Daughter Amy 4 was also at the event
Enjoying the-mselles at a reception for Edmonton alunmi at Molson HOllse ill February are left to right joyce Welch and her husband Don CP) 78 Betsy Allan OS 83 and Harley Deeks OAC 50 and his wife Barbara (Herring) Mac 48
ALUMNI CHAPTER EVENT
SASKATOON Dinner
Saturday June 11 600 pm reception
700 pm dinner Renaissance Hotel
Meet M arge M illar Director Alum ni Affa irs and Development
and Rosema ry Clark Director A lumni Aff~l irs -
For furtiJpr information conlact f3elsy AIan Alum ni H ouse
University of Cuelph (5 19) 824-4 f 20 ext 6533
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RECEPTION HELD
The CSS Alumni Association hosted its annual wine and cheese reception for graduating students at the Faculty lub in January Agnes (BelIai) Van Haeren 85 first vice-president and Susan Blair 83 director helped organize the event and greeted students at the door President John Alviano 74 spoke briefly about the Associashytion and asked for the support of those present CSS Oean)ohn Vanderkamp and faculty advisor Victor Ujirnoto were alsoprescnt to mingle with students
WHY DO STUDENTS LEAVE UNIVERSITY GUELPH STUDY
AIMS TO FIND OUT By Marla Stewart
Public R lations and In formation
Why do students leavc university before they complete their degrees A Guelph study Career and Education Achievement in the Student Environshyment ( CEASE) aims to find out Principal investigator Sid Gilbert Sociology and Amhropology has finished collecting data and will spend the summer and fall analyzing it
Professor Gilbert began the longishytudinal study of student progress at Guelph three years ago with a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council grant Through questionshynaires and interviews he contacted every new ftrst -year Guelph student in the fall of 1986 and fo llowed them over their next four semesters
The purpose of the study is to determine how many students leave
and their reasons for leaving says Professor Gilbert On the other hand he wants to meashy
sure program success completion and academic achievement
So far the study indicates that a students pre-entry characteristics (ethnicity secondary school grades financial status and parental educashytion) are not as crucial as the univershysity experience itself in determining whether he or she will stay
In other words says Professor Gilbert tudent attrition is related to academic and social integration at the University What students bring with them is not as important as what happens while theyre here
Throughout the three years of the study a remarkable 70 per cent of the 2800 students who received the initial questionnaire have responded says Professor Gilbert In year one first term students completed a questionshynaire measuring attitudes intentions background and demographic inforshymation 10 second term these students were re-surveyed on their experience
feelings and performance at the UniverSity
In the fall of year two those students who remained at Guelph were surshyveyed on their first-year experiences and how much they had learned and developed at the UniverSity
All students from the initial group who left the University before comshypleting their programs were then contacted to determine whether they had withdrawn temporarily or pershymanently transferred to another university were ineligible to return or had changed from fuU -time to partshytime status Reasons for any change of plans were explored by interviews
((a love of learning is not a strong factor
To date the study indicates that a love of1carning is not a strong factor initially influencing students to attend university TIley attend to gain knowshyledge and skills directly applicable to a career and to increase their chances of tlnding good paying jobs More than half the females surveyed said they attended universiry to increase their chances of finding challenging work after graduation Only 39 per cent of the males said this was their reason
The overall purpose of Professor Gilbcrts project is to measure volunshytary change and departure capture the process of attrition compare the experiences of stayers and leavers and suggest remedies when approshypriate He believes his findings will be beneficial to other universities all of which experience varying rates of attrition anlOng student) The findings will help educators develop retention programs for students who despite their talents and ambitions do not complete their degrees
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CANADIAN SENATOR SPEAKS AT CSS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION DINNER
Senator Lorna Marsden wore both her political and academic hats when she spoke at the second annual CSS Alumrti is50ciation dinner in March More than 100 alumni students faculty and guests were present
Named to the Canadian Senate in 1984 Senator Marsden is also a proshyfessor of sociology at the niversity of Toronto A Liberal she is a recognized expert on social change in Canada in particular the changing circumstances of women in Canadian economic and social life
In her address ]he Social Scientist in the State The Case for OPen Boundmies Senator Marsden argued that the influence of intellectuals on Canadian public policy is far too restricted Something is very wrong The intellectuals of Canada many of them at universities are excluded just at the moments when they are needed most Our causes arent led by great thinkers We dont regularly send scholars to parliament That lively exchange of ideas is missing
The difference is striking south of the border and in Europe where politicians and intellectuals are regularly joined In the US it would be unthinkable for the president not to have a brains tmst in one or more universities
Senator Marsden said the Meech Lake Accord the Free Trade Agreeshyment and the recent revision to Bill C-60 which amends the copyright act are examples of public policy meashysures which were diminished by the lack of input from intellectuals
In the case of Meech Lake Senator Marsden said inadequate use was made of people with knowledge about Ilistory and constitutional law She called Meech Lake an underhanded unsatisfactory method of constitushytional reform which puts the rights ofCanadians at risk She said a different approach would have been taken if the historians and constishytutional experts had been consulted first and she feels the Accord should be amended in consultation with these intellectuals
With free Trade Senator Marsden said the opposite had happened A
wealth of research had been done by experts on the potential ofFrce Trade but this research had not been carried through to help Canadians debate the issue once the deal was stmck ]n this case the experts were at the front end of the project only At Meech Lake it was the other way around
With regards to Bill C-60 she warned that intellectuals and univershysities should wake up Although she said the 1924 copyright act was badly in need of change she claimed many of the changes would cause financial and administrative problems for universities affecting things like distance education exams art exhibitions photocopying and intershylibrary loans In this case the intellectuals have been Sitting apart from the process and not protecting their own interests
Although Senator Marsden conshycluded that she didnt know the solution she said that intellectuals must move collectively into the cen shytral life of Canada and develop a closer relationship with the politicians to create better public policy
Sena tor Marsden turned her speakers fee back into the proceeds
RETIRED ECONOMICS PROFESSOR DIES
Wilda Blacklock and Senator Lorna Marsden
from the dinner which will fu nd a CSS graduate student scholarship The CSSAlumniAssociation now presents five annual undergraduate scholarshyships to social science snldents
An announcement of the estabshylishment of rhe Wilda Blacklock graduate scholarship in sociology was also made Wilda earned her BA and honors BA in 1973 and 1975 while working as a secretary in the Departshyment ofSociology and Anthropology She resigned from the Department to study for her MA which she earned in 1978 She then renlrned to the Department as computer co shyordinator retiring in January The scholarship was established in honor of her service to the Department and to graduate studems over the years In her thank you speech she said Its not so bad getting old if we can leave something to the young
Retired Economics Professor Jack Madden died March 14 1988 in Guelph at 68
Born in leeds England and raised in Winnipeg Dr Madden served overshyseas with the RCAF from 1939 to 1945 After the war he received his BA from the niversity of Manitoba his MA from the niversity of Toronto and his Ph D from Cambridge University
He began teaching at Guelph in 1965 He was a founding faculty member of Wellington College and a member of Senate He was also actively involved in health care planning at both the regional and federal level and served as economic advisor to the Hall Commission on Health Services
In 1974 Dr Madden received the
Ontario Confederation of niversiry Faculty Associations teaching award and in 1983 he received the University ofGuelph Faculty Association college award
The Jack Madden Medal in Econoshymic History is presented annually to a Semester 8 student who has mainshytained the highest grades in that subject
Dr Madden retired from the Unishyversity inJanuary 1985 but continued to teach part-time at the Universities of Guelph and Toronto
He is survived by his wife Andrea and four children
Donations may be madc in his memory to The Jack Madden Memorial Fundand forwarded to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development
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SABBATICAL FULFilLS SCIENTIFIC DREAMS FOR HUSBAND-WIFE RESEARCH TEAM
Ahusband and wife teanl of Guelph biologists Professor Eugene Balon and Dr Christine Flegler-Balon have returned to the University after an eight-month sabbatical at the )LB Smith Institute of Ichthyology and Rhodes niversity Grahamstown South Africa They introduced a new type of research design to institute staff while studying the early deveshylopment of several fish species
The Balons received a Rhodes University Hugh Kelly Fellowship and grants from the Departmem of National Education and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
While in Grahamstown they made a comparative study of the developmiddot ment of two species oftilapine cichlids and of a ciarias Gltfish These species are common in aquacu lture although no detailed observations of their development had been made prior to this study
One of the fish we were obselVing Oreocbromis mossambicus (preshyviously known as Tilapia mossamshybica) is a mouthbrooder the other Tiapia rencalli lays its eggs on the substrate and guards tbem and the young as they develop explained Dr Flegler-Balon We wanted to test a theory on altricial-prccocial altershynatives developed earlier in Guelph says Professor Balon
InJune a conference on Alternative Life History Styles (ALHS) in organshyisms was held in Grahamstown and the Balons were among 12 invited foreign speakers
The Balons also participated in thrilling expeditions into the interior ofBotlWana by small plane observing the amazing landscape of the Karoo Kimberley diamond mines and Kalahari Desert The Kalahari absorbs all the waters of the large Okavango River which flows from Angola and forms a magnificent inland delta
I can bardly believe that I have seen the papyrus flats and channels the fishes and wildlife and in addition have met Tsodillo Hill bushmen and
Professor Eugene Balon and Dr Christine Regler-Balon bave returned to the University from an eXciting eight month sabbatical
have seen the recently discovered rock paintings of their ancestors says Dr Flcgler-BaLon The altricial bushmen are one of the important features in the tested ALHS theory
Okavango the last paradise is soon to be lost by diversion of waters via canals for the new dian10nd mines in the Kalahari and cattle ranching TIle
JLB Smith Institute is involved in desperate ecological studies
The Balons along with Instirute director Mike Bruton and scientist Robin Swbbs participated in an expedition to the Comoro Islands home of the coelacanth nicknamed old four legs the only living member ofa group representing the evolution of all terrestrial vertebrates ll1ey intelViewed coelacanth fishermen and measured eight specimens tvo of which are the largest so far recorded They also took samples from the fish communities of a river on Anjouan from its volcanic slopes over 15shymetre high waterfalls to its entry into the coelacanth sea They joined up with the yacht Metoka carrying a submersible and wert first to view the films taken from this submersible ofcoelacanths moving in their natural habitat Professor Balon conveys excitement as he describes thc slow motion flight-walk of this fascinating creaturc When the Balons realized how threatened this living fossil is they established the Coelacanth ConselVation Council The newsktter of this council will be published in Professor Balons international journal Elluironmental Biology ofFishes
TOUR MARINE BIOLOGY LABORATORY DURING ALUMNI WEEKEND
The CBS Alumni Association has added something new to its program of activities during Alumni Weekend this year A LOur of the Marine Biology Laboratory (Zoology Annex 2) wiU be conducted by faCility supelVisor Ted White CBS 78 The tour will follow the guided walk at Elord Gorge and picnic lunch at Biology House on June 18 at 1 30 pm Marine and Fisheries grads can reminisce while others can discover one of the hidden attractions of these programs at Guelph
Last years picnic saw the rerurn of a group of Micro 82 grads who took advantage of the Alumni Weekend festivities to send classmate Rick Clark off to his new job at King Faisal Research Centre and Specialist Hosshypital in Riyadh Saudia Arabia
While such auspicious occasions are bound to be infrequem yOll could make plans to get together with the old gang anyhow especially if yOll are a 1973 1978 or 1983 grad who has the extra motivation of a 15th 10th or 5th year reunion
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UNO ONE DESERVES IT MORE RESEARCH TECHNOLOG ST RECEIVES AWARD
By j anne Pengelly Public Relations and In fo rmation
Amost a quarter cemury of hard work late nights and long hours were recognized when research technoloshygist Uta Srrelive Zoology received Sigma Xis Support of Research Award Professor Roy Anderson chair of Zoology told the 70 people at the awards ceremony No one deserves it more
The local chapter of the scientific society Sigma Xi has only awarded the prize once before in 1985 It recognizes researchers who make a significant contribution to the societys goal of excellence in research but are seldom known to the research community at large
During her 22 years at the Univershysity Uta has taught the laboratory sections of LWO invertebrate zoology courses and helped more than 30 graduate students complete their theses She has co-authored several papers on neurotropic nematodes and is currently responsible for the day-to-day running of Professor Andersons parasitology lab where she works with graduate and undershygraduate students
Uta completed her undergraduate degree in textile research at the University of Gera East Germany In 1961 she came to Canada to join her parents and obtained a job in electron microscopy in the anatomy departshyment of the faculty of medicine ni shyversity of Saskatchewan She learned the basics in a field that was growing fast She did everything from preparing experimems to photographing and writing them up
She married became a mother and was widowed - all within three years of arriving in Canada After her husshyband died she wanted to be closer to her homeland Toronto had good job opportunities so she and the baby moved east just to make enough money to go to West Germany
At the Ontario Research Foundashytion where she went to look for a job Uta found Professor Anderson in the middle of an experiment The young
Uta Strelive with her Support of Research Award certificate
parasitologist was so engrossed in his work he didnt ask why she was there He just asked her to give him a hand When they were finished Uta had a job Later the same year Proshyfessor Anderson came to Guelph and Uta came along to run his lab
Utas nomination for the Sigma Xi award was supported by several proshy
fessors and many students I love the students and have a good rapport with them she says People ask ifl get bored but there are always new faces new problems new classifishycations new data to organize Parashysitology is a very exciting field because nothing ever stands still
Bird Carvings Uta is internationally known for
her magnificent wood carvings of birds Each carving takes about 100 homs work and sells for between $500 and pound1 000 She has won 28 awards since she started carving in 1981 including tlrst prize at the World Champ ionship Wildfowl Carving Competition in Maryland She had her first show in her own studio in Guelph last year
Carving could tum into a profitable retirement project for Uta Kaiser Porcelain in Germany has approached her about test marketing one of her birds
But Uta says her hours at the Univershysity are just as satisfying in their own vay When students recognize
theyve learned something thal is the biggest reward she says
More than 125 CBS students galbered for a Careers and Faclilty Night coshysponsored by the CBS Student Council and CBS Alumni Association in FebnUllJI Here Dr Dazrid Rodger CBS PhD 82 answers questions about his work in aquatic biology Other CBS alumni speakers included Petra Patczllr 82 who works with (be dezelopmental(v disabled Les StaHfield 81 a community adl isorfor the Commwzity Fisheries Involvement Program and julia Stanley Weille1~ 82 acting manager offhlishedproducts ill the hepatitis diagnostics division Connaught Laboratories Ltd
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SECOND VOLUME OF LM MONTGOMERY JOURNALS PUBLISHED
By Mary Dickieson Public Relations and Information
The second volume of ]be Selected j ournals ofLM Montgomery records the best and worst experiences in the life of one ofthe worlds most popular authors of childrens books Edited by Professor Mary Rubio English Lanshyguage and Literature and now-retired English professor Elizabeth Waterston the book is expected to repeat the popularity of Volume I which jumped to the best seller list immediately after its November 1985 release and is now in its second printing
Volume II covers 1910 to 1921 and records Montgomerys new life as a mother and wife of a minister in an Ontario village This is a varied and complicated period in which she has achieved world-wide acclaim and a following of readers devoted to her heroine Anne Shirley
Like Anne Montgomery revels in motherhood She also reveals her thoughts on the death of the grandshymother who restricted her life so severely and her feelings for a husband whose mental illness enslaved her in an increasingly unhappy marriage
During th is II -yea r period Montgomery produced four additional Anne novels and a book ofpoetry She initiated and won two bitter lawsuits against her first publisher in a fight
SCOTTISH COLLECTION EXPANDED
Prof essors Elizabeth Waterston and Mary Rubio with the second volume of The Selected journals of LM Montgomery
over the exploitation of women writers
Volume 11 contains more than 100 of Montgomerys own photographs including many of hcr two sons and scenes of Leaksdale the village where she kept up the facade of being a happy Presbyterian ministers wife
The First World War had a profound effect on village life and is a major theme in Montgomerys journal Six of her neighbors sons died and her beloved half-brother lost a leg
Professors Rubio and Waterston edited the handwritten journals at the request of the authors son the late Dr Stuart Macdonald who arranged for his mothers journals
The Scottish Collection in the Unishyversity Library has received a 525000 boost from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Counci l (SSHRC) moving it a step closer to becoming the major Canad ian centre for Scottish studies
The collection already includes Scottish manuscripts from the last three centuries many Scottish literary journals and some parish records from the late 18th and 19th centuries
The SSHRC grant will buy a collecshy
tion of Scottish newspapers from the late 19th and early 20th cennlries Sir Walter Scotts diaries and records of the Darien Company - the Scottish trailing company that caused financial ruin in Scotland when it went bankshyrupt in lhe early 18th cennlry
Emphasis in Scottish studies stems from Guelph faculty interests and the influence of Guelphs Scottish settlers and founder John Galt The Library collection is the largest in Canada and among the top five in the world
scrapbooks and other memorabilia to become part ofthe Mclaughlin Library archives
TIle remaining unedited journals cover the last 22 years of Montshygomerys life and include the devshyelopment of a new heroine Emily based on herself She obviou Iy saw her life as an ongOing story and one she wanted to teU Professor Rubio says They expect to publish a third and possibly a fourth volume
MONTGOMERY COLLECTION
EXPANDED
T he Lucy Maud Montgomery Collection in the University Library now includes the newsshypap rs the author read all her life This addition is being funded by a S10000 grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council ( SSHRC)
The Library collection already hal) Montgomerys cHaries and scrapbooks various published editions of her works in different languages 5000 photographs mostly taken by Montgomery herself some personal papers and a few artifacts including examples of her needlework and the china dogs she loved and wrote about in her books - Gog and Magog
The newspapers including microfiche records of Charshylottetowns ]be Island Patriot from 1892 to 1942 are a connecshytion with Montgomerys history that is valuable to researchers now says Acquisition Librarian Tim Sauer Montgomery continshyued to receive newspapers from her native province Prince Edward Island during the many year she lived in Ontario
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MAJOR CANADIAN THEATRE COLLECTIONS JOIN FORCES TO PRODUCE EXHIBITION
Putting It Back Together which opens May 21 at the Macdonald tewart An Centre in conjunction
with the Guelph Spring Festival represents the first time that major Canadian theatre collections have joined forces to produce a unique and timely exhibition about the preshyservation of our performing arts heritage The exhihition is curated and designed by Daniel Ladell ardlishyvist Stratford Festival with Len Conolly chair Department of Drama acting as associate curator
Putting II Back Together wi il educate and entertain But it also has an urgent message By shOWing what is being kept the exhibition conshyversely draws attention to what is being 10st and emphasizes the need to preserve the vast remainder of Canadas performing arts heritage
Confirmed lenders to the exhibition include The Canadian (Opera) Company Archives Dance Canada Danse The Metropolitan Toronto
DRAMA REUNION HELD
Over 100 former drama students attended a reunion at the Cutten Club in Novemher It was a roaring success says HarryLane acting chair Department of Drama and one of the organizers of the event This was the second drama reunion in five years and Professor Lane hopes a third can be organized in another five years
Several alumni speakers were feashytured during the reunion dinner including the well-known Canaclian stage deSigner Sue lePage Arts 73 who is designing Richard III for the Stratford Festival this year Professor Donald Mullin was presented with an Irish lead crystal bowl circa 1800 as a retirement gift after 20 years with the Department of Drama A dance followed clinner
If you would like to know about future drama reunions or other Department ofDrama events contact Marlene Neal at ( 519) 824-4120 ext 3147
Library Theatre Collection The National Ballet Ardtives The Public Archives of Canada (Social and Culshytural Archives) The Stratford Festival Archives and the Theatre Arcl1ives of the University of Guelph It is hoped that major collections in other regions will agree to participate giving the project more national scope
The exhibition is specifically designed for louring It leaves Guelph July 10 and will be at the Gallery Stratford from September 9 to October 16 Other venues in Canada and a projecLed international tour are under negotiation
PuttingItBack Togetberwill feature
rare printed phowgraphic and manushyscript materials and Lhree-dimenshysional and design materials (such as renderings set models costumes and properties ) These customarily comprise theatrical xhibitions but this exhibit will also feature audioshyvisual recordings and a special handsshyon computer module showing how modern technology is creating new forms of documentation and making these collections accessible to a wider public than ever before
Putting It Back Togetber is proshyduced hy the Stratford Festival Archives in collaboration with the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre
NEW CHAIR HOPES TO CARRY ON JOHN BELLS TRADITION
When Professor Manfred Kremer assumed the chair of the Department of L1nguages and Literatures last fall he knew it wouldnt be easy to follow in the footsteps of his close friend Professor]ohn Bell who had died the previous spring
John was one of the -niversitys finest teachers and is sorely missed says Professor Kremer I hope I can carry on the tradition of excellence that was his hallmark
Enrolment in Languages and Litershyatures one of the largest departments in the College ofArts has been steady for the past decade with 1300 to 1400 students a semester
With the help of his colleagues Professor Kremer is revising the currishyculum ofsome programs The French Studie section is investigating the establishment of a masters program in co-operation with other univershysities With more than half the departments enrolment in the French progranl the student base is broad enough to justify a masters program he says Guelph already works jointly with Wilfrid Laurier Western and Windsor universities in mooing a French Studies program in Nice France
Professor Manfred Kremer
Professor Kremer received his undergraduate degree and PhD degrees at the University of Cologne in West Germany He taught at the
niversity of Wales for a year before coming to Guelph as a lecturer in 1966
Editors Note The John Bell -Memorial Fund will provide an annual scholarship to a student majoring in Classics Donations can be sent to the Office of the dean College ofArts Income tax receipts will be issued
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ALUMNI HONORED AT CHEMISTRY IBIOCHEMISTRY
AWARDS NIGHT
Martin Bosch CPS 69 MSe 7J ( left) andPrOfessor Hamish Rattray chair of the University Awards Committee chat during the 1987 annual Chemistry mul Biochemistry awards night
Aumni were in the spotlight when the Department of ChemistI) and BiochemistI) and the Chemistry Biochemistry Club held their 1987 annual dinner and awards night recently
1987 graduates Dorothy Bakker (chemistry) Karen Graham (chemical tOXicology) Donna (Fackoury) Meagher ( applied chemistry) and Lauretta Williams (biochemistry) each received a Society of Chemical Industry Merit Award
Dorothy now studying medicine at McMaster University said The Guelph semester system and deshymanding undergraduate workload gave me the ability and confidence to be well organized in high pressure situations
Karen who is pursuing pharmashy
cology and toxicology studies at the University of Toronto commented that Guelph offered a tremendous toxicology program and said she would have stayed to do her graduate work at Guelph had it offered a graduate toxicology program
Donna a full-time research assistant for Mc eil Consumer Produc ts Company and winner of the EB Mac aughtOn Convocation Prize as the Winegard nominee for 1987 reflected on her studies at Guelph saying My four yCdfS at Guelph helped me develop skills I require to fmd answers
Lauretta who also received the CPS Graduation Prize and prestigious NSERC 1967 Science Scholarship said her undergraduate training at Guelph prepared me with a very solid foundation and competitive edge for graduate studies and encouraged me in the joy oflcarning and desire to study She now attends York University
Brock Chittim CPS MSc 77 pre shysident and general manager of Wellington Laboratories Guelph presented Joanne Ryks with the newly established WeUington Laboratories Prize in Environmental Chemistry
Martin Bosch 69 MSc 71 preshysident of Tricorp Chemical Speci shyalities Guelph announced the new Tricorp Chemical Specialties Award in organiC chemistry The first presentation of this annual scholarship of S I 200 will be made in 1989
Dr Lind Mrs Harold Suderman presented H] Suderman Demonstrashytor Awards to PhD students Clint Chapple CPS 82 MSc 84 and Carl Decicco CPS 84 for their excellent work in teaching undergraduate lahoratories
Thirty-two additional awards were presented to undergraduate students for their outstanding efforts in 1987
Professor Innes MacKltnzie Physics chats with Dr Steve Berko Brandeis f
University Waltham Mass one Of the speakers at a sympOSium held in Professor MacKenzies honor
PROFESSOR HONORED
November was quite a month for Professor Innes MacKenzie Physics
first he received the 1987 Sigma Xi Excellence in Research Award for his outstanding contribution to re shysearch The award was presented at the Guelph chapter of Sigma Xi s annual banquet At the chapters annual meeting Professor MacKenzie presented the lecture Non-invasive Analyses by Gamma-ray BackshyscatteJing
Later in November a symposium New Demands on Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy wai organized by Proshyfessor MacKenzies research assoshyciates The symposium held at the University in Professor MacKenzies honor featured ten speakers from rhe United States Canada Africa England and Finland A banquet and reception followed in the evening
Professor MacKenzie is now retired but continues to do research at the University as an adjunct professor
NAMED TO STATS INSTITUTE
Professor Hendrick Malik Mathematics and Statistics has been elected a member of the International Statistical Institute in recognition of his contribushytions to the field of statistical methods TIle institute is an autonomous society whose obshyjective is the development and improvement of statistical methods throughout the world
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LEADING CANCER RESEARCHER DELIVERS FIRST CHAPPEL LECTURE
Anoted medical scientist in cancer research delivered the inaugural address in a new lecture series on campus - the Chappel Lecture in Biomedical Sciences
Dr Harry Rubin spoke February 4 the night before winter convocation ceremonies at which he received an honorary doctor of science degree Dr Michael Smith a leading Canadian molecular biologist also received an honorary degree at winter convoshycation
The Chappel Lecture will be an annual event on campus bringing scholars of international repute to address students faculty and the public It was established by Dr
D1~ Harry Rubin hooded by Umversity secretay Barbara Abercrombie is congratulatedby Chancellor William A Stewart
CLifford 1 Chappel OVC 50 and hLi wife in memory ofhis father Herbert James Chappel and was hosted in its first year by OVe
Dr Rubin began his work in the area of viruses in Mexico after gradu shyating from Cornell University as a veterinarian in 1947 He later joined the S Public Health Service became senior research fellow at the California Institute ofTechnology and has held several research pOSitions at the ni shyversity of California Berkeley where he is now professor of molecular biology and research virologist He is known for his contributions to the field of cell growth regulation and malignanqr
Dr Rubins lecture Is Cancer Caused by Cancer Gerzes or the Folly ofReductionism explored popular theories of cancer-causing genes
OVC GRAD WORKS TOWARD BILINGUAL EDUCATION IN CANADA
Dr Susan (Tilt ) Purdy OVC 68 strongly believes that Canada can be a bilingual nation To that end he is serving as national president of Canadian Parents for French (CPF) a 16500-mcmber nation-wide volunshytary association of parents intere ted in promoting the best possible french second language programs at all educational levels
CPF acts as an information-sharing resource for parents educators governments and the general public on French education opportunities in Canada Sue says it is a unique organization because it represents the majority language group advoshycating the language of the minority and thus is a bridge between the two solitudes
Sue moved to New Brunswick after graduation from OVC and practised veterinary medicine in Moncton with her husband Dr James G Purdy OVC 50 until 1974 when they sold their hospital and moved ro Sackville Presently Sue is in small animal prac shytice with her husband in Sackvillc on
Susan (Tilt) Pu-dy OVC 68 sbaresa conversation with Fernand Robichaud MP for West Moreland Kent (left) and DIberville Fortier CommissionerofOffidaI Languages at the 10th anniversary ofCanadian Parents for Frerzch in 1987
a limited part-time basis as she serves her second year as CPF president
Sue became involved in educational issues and joined CPF 10 years ago when her two children started school Now n and 16 both children are enrolled in continuing French immershyion programs and Sue says shes satist1ed that she has given them the
best start she can at becoming bilinshygual J now devotc most of my time to ensuring that other Canadian hildren have a right and opportunity
to learn both of Canadas official languages in the public school sysshyteOl she explains
Sue ha fond memories of Guelph and her fellow students at OVC in the sixties Our paths have continued to cross over the years and I always look forward to such encounters she says Although I am not lIsing my formal training a great deal at the moment the education I received at Guelph has fitted me well for the advocacy role I play poundOday My only wish is that [ could have graduated a bilingual veterinarian - but alas those were different times That is why I work so hard to ensure future graduates from all our universities will not be Limited to expression in only one language
Editors Note Ifyou would like more illformation about CPF write to 309 Cooper Street Suite 2OJ Ottawa Ontalio K2P OG5
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OVC GRAD FOUNDS WORLD WOMENS VETERINARY
ASSOCIATION DrBetsy McGregor OVC 87 didnt expect to become president of the worlds ftrst association for professhysional women veterinarians when she auended her first World Veterinary Congress in Montreal last summer But when she discovered that the only female vet group the womens auxiliary was not designed to address specific professional issues for women vets she invited interested women to a meeting Sixty-eight women from 24 countries attended When the meeting was over Betsy had been elected founding president of the World Womens Veterinary Associashytion (WWV A) and a set of objectives had been struck
Career enhancement is the core objective The WWVA will promote awareness of professional opportunishyties for women veterinarians on difshyferent continents and within the United ations international agencies A quarterly WWVA Newsletter will list such opportunities around the world
The WWVA is also committed to professional and personal developshy
ment through practice exchanges betshyween countries university visits leave opporrunities and house exchanges For example the founding member fro m Kenya suggested hOliday or academic exchanges between her colleagues in Africa and women veterinarians interested in wildlife The iWVA Newsletter will contain a listing of members wishing to partishycipate in s1lch exchanges
Above all the WWVAis committed to a humanitarian contribution to international agriculture About half of the 24 countries represented in the Asso ciation are developing nations Recognizing that in many of these countries women contribute signiftcantly to livestock production the WWV A wants to provide support to these women who because of cultural constraints may not have the same access to services as men To this end Betsy contacted the president of the Associated Country Women of the World Dr Ellen McLean also a Canadian The two organizations will work as affiliates in international aid projects to deliver livestock and
Dr Betsy McGregor ove 87 and son at last years convocation ceremonies
veterinary medical care to Third World nations
Following a masters degree in rural farming systems from McMaster -nishyversity Betsy worked for the United Nations Food and Agr icultural Organization around the world during the 1970s She returned from overseas and commenced studies at OVC in the 1980s Upon graduation she worked as a special assistant to OVC Dean Ole ielsen co -ordinating OVCs international programs She is currently working as a eterinarian with Agriculture Canada
For more information about the WWVA contact Betsy at PO Box 6069 Station J Ottawa K2A ITl
OVC STUDENTS HOST FIRST CONFERENCE The first Canadian Veterinary Stushydents Conference hosted by OVC in January was a big success according to OVC student Andrea Ellis president of the Central Vcterinary Students Association (CVSA)
There is a student conference in the United States but the Canadians get lost in the crowd We decided it was a good time being OVCs 125th anniversary in 1987 to have something right in our own backyard Andrea explains
The OVC snldent council of the CVSAhad been preparing since Mar h 1987 for the two full days of scientific
sessions and recreational events About 60 students and faculty attenshyded from the Atlantic Veterinary College University of Prince Edward Island the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Montreal St Hyacinthe and the Western College of Veterinary Medicine niversity of Saskatchewan Attendance from avc students ranged from 180 to 300 depending on the event
OVC has always had a FrenchshyEnglish student exchange with St HyaCinthe and we knew there was enthusiasm in the West because they talked for years about organizing a hockey tournament But we were
really surprised by the Atlantic Veterinary College Their school has only been operating a few years and out of about 96 students 19 came to conference says Andrea
A conference fund has now been set up and will be administered by the Students of the Canadian Vetershyinary Medical Association n1e conshyference location will be rotated among the four colleges with St Hyacinthe probably hosting next year says Andrea Weve been told that weve started something big Everyone had a really good time and we hope the conference will continue for a long tinle
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DR IAN TAYLOR DOING HIS ullONS SHARE Dr Ian W Taylor avc 43 of Wheeling Illinois puts enthusiasm into everything he does [ figure if Im going to do it Im going to be enthusiastic he was quoted recently in a local newspaper article
As OVC class of 43 president Ian co-chaired the 40th reunion of his class at Alumni Weekend in 1983 along with Dr Archie MacKinnon He acted as master of ceremonies for the program and arranged a display of memorabilia Fourteen out ofa possishyble 31 members of the class were present
TIlis year [an is pushing for 100 per cent attendance at the 45th reunion during Alumni Weekend Perfect attendance is something Ian knows about
He has served the community of Wheeling as a veterinarian for over 30 years Although most of his work has been with dogs cats and a few birds he has also dedicated a great amount of time to lions - bUl nol the four legged kind He recently received
GOOD EWES Three sets of genetically identical lambs are the first anio1aJs bom from bisected embryos at the University
]n December six surrogate ewes delivered nine lambs - three sets of twins and three singles - that had developed from embryos micro shysurgically bisected and implanted five months earlier
Project leader Dr Calhy Gartley ove 82 now completing a DVSc degree in the Department of Clinical Studies says the accomplishment is a milestone for the University
1 find it exciting that these are the first genetically identical animals created and born at the University of Guelph she says They represent the first ofmany such twins in several species that University researchers hope to soon realize
Besides maximizing embryo use this project demonstrates the potenshytial to create Significant numbers of
Dr Ian Taylor OVC 43 with some of the hundreds ofpins hehas collected on visits to Lions CLubs a1(mnd the world
a special award from the International Lions Club for exemplary work in lhe field of international relations He has attended Lions Club meetings in 57
Twin lambs Mutton and jeff who began life as the same embryo am shown with Dr Cathy Gartley avc 82 under the watChful eye of their sutTOgate mothet Q2
genetically identical aninlals that are vital for consistent research results
Dr Gartleys project is supported by the Ontario Ministry ofAgricu Iture and Food (OMAF) and the Eleanor Gartshore Memorial Shnp Trust
different countries and hasnt missed a monthly meeting in 29 years
He has served the Wheeling Club as preSident newsletter editor and public relations chairnlan and has twice been named Lion of the Year In 1982he received tbe MeJvinJones Fellowship award for dedication to humanitarian services and recently he was recognized by a resolution in the Illinois House of Representatives for his Lions Club work He says his greatest pleasure is watching the joy that d isabled children get from a Lions-sponsored camp in Lake Villa each year He has been involved in ftmd-raising for the disabled which is the Lions main objective both locally and abroad
Ian would like to hear from alumni who are members of Lions Intershynational to exchange information and souvenirs used by the clubs throughout the world of Lionism He would also like his OVC class of 43 members to immediately send back the questionnaires mailed to them by the Alumni Office in December for the purpose of producing a class anniversary newsletter These may be sent [0 him at 7695 Milwaukee Ave Wheeling lllinois 60090 or to Dr Archie MacKinnon RR 4 Cambridge Onto 1R 555
SPEAKERS TOUR
The OVC Alumni Association invites alumni to hear two dynashymic guest speakers and tour the Equine Research Centre during Alumni Weekend June 18
Dr Bruce Fogle OVC 70 of London England practitioner and author will speak on The Changing Role Of the Veterinshyarian in SmallAnimalPractice and Dr Brian Brandenburg OVC 68 M Sc 71 president of Guelph International Developshyment Consultants will speak on Veterinary Medicine in the Third World
The progranl will conclude with a dinner and dance
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FROM THE PRESIDENT
While writing this message at the end ofJanuary I realize the mid-point of this years board of directors acti shyvities has arrived I reflect on two goals I set at our annual meeting last June to evaluate our contact with Mac-FACS alumni and increase memshybership in our alumru association
Upon graduation you do not autoshymatically become a member f the Mac-FACS Alumni Association You become a member by paying an annultll or life membership fee This money helps the board ofdirectors carry out activities on your behalf for both students and aluo1ni
At (he January board meeting we discussed the services our Association provides Our visibility with students is quite high through schOlarship presentations careers night and a reception for the graduating class Our services to alumni may need to be redefined What would you like us to provide orgaruze or sponsor
Our annual seminar was cancelled in October 1986 due to a lack of registrants Should we attempt to organize another
LOnYline Holding 71
Your board wants to increase its ConLlct with a greater number ofyou Where and when would you like us to be active7 What projects would you like us to consider
Please send your comments to us at Alumni House University ofGuelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2Wl Also why not come to our 1988 annual meeting June 18 J hope to hear from you soon
Sincerely Lorraine Holding 71 MacmiddotFACS Alu m ni As ociation President
FACS students Suzie Chin and Tracey Vent chat with Barb Stuart FAGS 71 faculty representative on the Mac-FACS Alumni Association s board Of directors at the annual party for graduating students hosted by the Assodation in February Sixty-five students 15 board members and several faCUlty members attended this yems party
CALLING ALL HOME
ECONOMISTS Towards 2000 Challenges and Opportunities is the theme of the Canadian Home Economics Associashytion (CHEA) National Conference at the Univer-ity July 10-13 The conshyference will be of intere t to alumni who graduated in programs related to family and consumer studies foods and nutrition home economics or human ecology
CHEA with a membership of2000 is committed to provide professional development for its members through programs workshops and special interest sessions A major part fits mandate is to create an awareness of new products and services in the market place
Frank Feather a well-known global futurist with a business-like approach will be the keynote speaker at the CIlEA conference He will address the challenges and opportunities of the future Dr Ehler Park a consultant with A5A willexplainhowplanning for outer _pace affects everything from the food we eat to how children will play
Other topics at the conference will include artificial vs natural sweetshyeners issues of an aging population space-age textiles SMART house - a totally computerized environment human sexuality free trade and agri shycu lture food irrJdiatjon and financ ial p lanning
Well-known Canadian entertainer Nanlt-Y White whose satirical songs arc often heard on CBC radio will perform following the opening ceremonies
Many pre and post-conference actishyvities are planned including trips to the Stratford Festival Niagara-on-theshyLake and Niagara Falls Waterloo County ( Farmer Market ) and the village of Elora
The conference offers an excellent opportunity for professional deveshylopment and networking For more information contact Wilda Waldron registration chair CHEA Conference 88 168 Maple Street Guelph Ontario N I G 2G7 ( 519) 836-9551
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FACS GRAD FINDS HEART IN THE ARTS
I ts strange how things work Ollt
Im glad r received a well-rounded education at Guelph It prepared me for th e future reflects Eva Eichenbaum FACS 75
Eva is one often Niagara Peninsula poets featured in Voices from the Niagara a book of local poems colshylelttcd by Pcter and Brenda Baltensperger and published in 1987 ( Moonstone Press 8795 )
Reviewing the book in the Hamilton Spectator John Terpstra writcs Thcre are some very good poems here and a few are standouts I especia lly enjoyed those of Eva Eichenbaum and David Haskins
Eva was born in Sweden the daughter of Estonian refugees who escaped their homeland during the Second World War She camc to Canada with ber family at age two and grew up in Niagara Falls where she attended Stamford Collegiate and won the Upper Scbool English Award at graduation
After a year of travel in 1969 as Miss iagara Hospitality for the Niagara
Promotion Association she enrolled at the University of Guelph to earn a Bachelor of Applied Science degrce and also took some courses at the
niversity of Helsinki Finland She then earned her Bachelor of Education degree at the College of Education Brock n iversity St Catharines and now teaches English and Television Arts at Merritton High School in that city
She started her career in education as a Family Studies teacher and was once head of the Family Studies Department at Merritton but found that her heart was really in English and the creative arts She used to teach theatre arts and also formed the Merriuon High School Dance Commiddot pany Sht teaches ballet and has written several musical comedies for her theatre and dance students
I got the idea for the style and format of the musicals fro m College Royals Curtain Call at Guelph I had a role in the production Der Keller a take-off on Cabaret in my final year she explains
NEW CHAIR TO BROADEN FOCUS IN
CONSUMER STUDIES Teaching and research in the Department ofConsumer Studies has focused on consumer affairs particushylarly consumer behavior and the basic necessities - food clothing and housing New department chairJohn Pratschke sees a need to review and perhaps expand this focus
Professor Pratschke says he was drawn to Guelph because of his interest in consumer economics The University has one of the few departmiddot ments in Canada with a consumer emphasis He plans to preserve the departments unusual linking ofsocial SCience business and technology but broaden the rangt ofstudy to include other products and services important
to the budgets of Canadian house shyholds
The employer market is happy with Consumer Studies graduates says Promiddot fessor Pratschke but there is a need for better communication about the program w ith secondary school stushyden ts We must get across the message that marketing is an inter shyesting challenge and that the program is professionally oriented without lOSing its base in product technology
Born in Ireland Professor Pratschke received his bachelor of commerce master ofeconomic science and PhD at University College Cork He has taught at the University of Waterloo University College Ga lway and
Eva EiclJenbaum FACS 75
Five of Evas poems are featured in tht 63 middotpage Voices f1Om the Niagara and she has donated a copy of the book to the University Lihrary She has also had poems published in Souldust and Pearls Sixth Edition ( Moonstone Press) and There Is a book productd by the Niagara Chapter of the Canadian Authors Association In the future she hopes to take some tinle out from teaching to study broadshycasting
PrOfessorjohn Pratschke
Memorial University Newfoundland He has published widely on the economics ofconsumer expenditures and on European housing policy agrimiddot culture banking and business education
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Mike Traub HAF-A 78 general manager Victoria Place Retirement Lodge Kitchenel discusses his career with a group ofstudents at the HAFA Alumni Assodatiolls annual Careers Night held on campus in January Thirty-seven alumni involved in a vanmiddotety ofcareers volunteered their time to the popular event
HAFA ALUMNI EXCHANGE SEMINAR HELD
Nancy Plato FACS 81
FACS PEOPLE Naney Plato FACS 81 ( Consumer Studies ) the new OAC liaison coshyordinator will acquaint high school students and guidance counsellors with opportunities in the agricultural sciences at Guelph
Enrolment at OAC has declined over the past few years and _ aney will work at increasing student numbers through recruitment and marketing
The position ofliaison co-ordinator is a new one for OAe Nancy says one of her main objectives is to broaden the understanding high school stushydents have ofGuelphs programs She plans to use her well-rounded view of agriculture and its related proshygrams combined with her recruitshyment experience
Nancy is back in Guelph from a position in secondary school liaison at Mount Royal College Calgary She is married to Paul Thiel OAC 82 and is an active member of the Mac-FACS Alumni Association board of directors
Professors Kathleen Brown Lila Engberg and Griffith Morgan have all retired from the Department of Family Studies Professor Elizabeth Upton HAFA will retire in July
Professor John Auld Consumer Studies has produced the Human Settlements Audio-Visual Resources Catalogue It is published by the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Warren Adamson vice-president development Delta Hotels gave the keynote address What is the Canadian Tourism Industry Anyway at the annual HAFA Alumni Exchange Seminar held November 4 at the DelL Chelsea Inn Toronto
This professional development event was sponsored by the HAFA
MOllica Hrybko HAFA 88 (left) received Ci HAFA AlumniAssociation Life Membership from Association president Morag McKenzie 82 The membership is given to a graduating student as selected by his or her peers with a minimum 70 per cent accumulative average who has had outstanding involvement ill the School andor University
Alumoi Association in co-operation with Pannell Kerr Forster lL gave lIAFA grads an opportunity to listen to experts in the field speak 00 various topical hospitality issues including pay equity the human resource risis trends in the hotel and foodservice industry and business planning
CONFERENCE
In Search of Healthy Sexuality
June 13-15 1988
The University of Guelphs 10th an nual sexua li ty conference sponshysor d byThe Department of Fami ly Studies wil l examine current issues in human sex u lily tea hing approaches in sexducation and counse llin g m thod for sexual problems
Keynote Ad dress by Dr Ruth Westheimer
For further info rmation write Co ntinu ing Education Di ISlon Univers ity of Guelph Gu Iph
nta ri N 1 G 2W1 or telephone (5 19) 824-4120 ex 3956
Registration Limit d Apply early
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OAC ALUMNI NEWS Editor Richard Buck 76A
OAC GRAD GIVES GIFT OF WATER TO THAI VILLAGERS
By janet Dumo
Water is not taken for granted in northeast Thailand Usually there is too little of it The sandy laterite soils do not hold water They crack and parch during the hot dry season Ponds shrink Streams and some wells dry up Even in the rainy season the rains are often late or insufficient and the rice crops wither in the fields
But sometimes there is too much water Heavy rains cause flash floods Which drown crops and wash pesti shycides and decaying organic matter into unprotected pit wells There is not enough clean drinking water to ensure good health
A CUSO priority in Thailand is to increase village self-sufficiency and improve the standard of living through the development ofsmall-scale water resources particularly in the north and northeast the poorest regions of the country CUSO engineers placed with departments of local adminisshytration survey and design small spillways dams and piped water systems They develop an under shystanding of indigenous water proshyblems and help viUagers develop water resource technology to deal with these problems
In most villages in Surin province the water is imprisoned under a 20shymetre thick layer of heavy clay comshypacted into red brick-like rock
Ed von Euw OAC 84 returned to Canada in December after two years as a CUSO water resources engineer in Surin While there he worked with two percussion water-jet well-drilling rigs one an Appropriate Technology Association ( A TA) rig originally used in India and Africa the other based on an indigenous village model
Ed found theATA rig needed modi shyfications to make it easier for villagers to operate Most important was the change from a hand to foot-powered lever which the villagers found much less exhausting to work But at $625 the ATA rig is expensive to buy and the Honda motor which pushes water
Ed von EllW and co-worker teaching pump maintenance ill Surin Thailand
down the hole to tlush out the soil and rock particles can use up to $4 of fuel a day
Ed spent several months looking at rigs used by Surin farmers and finally adapted a model from one used by Khun Hong of Muang Pet a village near Surin town Khun Hongs rig uses a pole and beam arrangement making it less durable and steady than the tripod form used in Eds adapted rig The new rig uses a hand-powered Lucky pump made in Taiwan and fanliliar to villagers
The Honda pump used in the ATA drilling rig must be repaired in town and a smaU repair may cost $10 while a repair to the Lucky pump can be done by villagers for less than a doUar Spare parts are available everywhere The drill bilS are made from truck springs in the same Surin shop that made the rig to Eds specillcations They cost only 96 ccors each as opposed to the S7-bits used in the ATA rig
Using smaller pipe and bit than the ATA rig Eds adapted rig drills more quickly through rock and is lighter and easier to use It requires only two people to ope(dte the foot lever The ATA rig requires four or five Eds rig cost $192 to make including pump and accompanying tools and can be constructed by villagers in a small weldingmachine shop if there is a demand for more
Eds rig was tested in Ban Se Jaruk on a site divined by a villager Working
intermittently the villagers went d wn 25 metres in one and a half weeks much of the time grinding through the red rock When water they were pumping down the hole suddenly disappeared and didnt come up again they were afraid they had damaged the rig But instead it was a sign of having broken into a vein of water which was now absorbing any other water poured down So water had been found delicious and abundant right behind the assistant headmans house
The Ban Se Jaruk well has been capped with a rower pump purchased from ATA for S17 The pump is based on a bamboo model used in fndia The tubewell pipe and pump are made of plastic - more acceptable than steel which gives the water an unpleasant taste
Ed carried out a four-month wellshydrilling project in co-operation with Khun Darune of the Northeast Thailand ( ET) Project Funded by the Canadian Internat ional Deve shylopment Agency and assisted by CUSO it is a rural development program in operation since 1981 in 52 villages along the Thai-Kampuchean border The villagers of Ban Se Jaruk elated with their initial success borrowed Eds rig to drill more wells In total seven rigs were built from Eds proto shytype and distributed to four other villages Over 100 successful wells have been drilled in the area to date
EdilO1-S NoteanetDuma is a CUSO special program officer in Malaysia Sbe bas worked as an Englisb teacber witb CUSO in fi)aiand andMaaysia
Ed von Euw a Stratford native graduated from Guelpb witb a BSc in engineering in December J984He llas 011 tbe deans bonor roll three times and received an engineering scbolarsbip in 1983 Before going overseas in November 1985 be workedfor Enllironment Canada as a bydrornettic engineer He is now studying f01 a masters degree in engineering at Guelph
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Professor Harold Crawford OAC 58 MSc 7 0
OAC PEOPLE ProfessorJohn Burton OAC 62 and Brian McBride CBS 78 OAC MSA 80 Department of Animal and Poultry Science have received $400000 from the Ministry ofColleges and niversities Research Incentive Fund for contract research in partnershyship with Cyanamid Canada Inc of Toronto They will examine the effecshytiveness of the hormone BST in increasing milk production in dairy cattle as well as any other effects of the agent
Gordon MacLeod OAC 50 has retired from the Department ofAnimal and Poultry Science after 31 years at the UniversityJohn Summers OAC 53 MSA 59 has also retired from the Department of Animal and Poultry Science after 25 years at the University
Harold Crawford OAC 58 MSc 70 who recently retired as coshyordinator of the Ontario Diploma in Horticulture Program Independent Study Division after 29 years at the University has received the Ontario Parks Association (OPA) recognition award for Significant contribution to the betterment of parks the proshyfession and the envirorunent through his work in continuing education He has been a member of the educational committee of the OPA for 14 years The Ontario Diploma in Horticulture program graduated its first students in 1963 and now has 500 alumni
Marilyn Dykstra OAC 78 is new director of the Universitys Pest
Marilyn Dykstra OAC 78
Diagnostic and Advisory Clinic The clinic is working at maximum capacity with marc than 30000 inquiries to its credit since it opened nine years ago says Marilyn It receives everyshything from live specimens of earwigs and spiders to diseased ornamentals and fruit and vegetable crops Most specimens come from home gar shydeners she ays but the clinic has a growing clientele among commercial growers landscape businesses and other industries Through its service and extension functions the clinic has accumulated a reference collecshytion of more than 10000 slides and specimens as well as a list of resource people from across campus
Dr R Keith (Chip) Chapman OAC 40 has retired from the Department ofEntomoJogy University of Wisconsin Madison following a distinguished areer spanning 40 years A two-day symposium was held in his honor last June and The R Keith Chapman Vegetable Entomology SchOlarship was established with funds collected in lieu ofa retirement gift He has also been named professor emeritus Attending the symposium and retirement recognition party in Madison were Keiths brothers Ross also OAC 40 and Douglas OAC 44 and sister Helen Stockwell a graduate of Macdonald College McGiJl Univershysity Montreal and OAC Dean Freeman McEwen
When Bruce Brown OAC 85 received his degree from former agri shyculture minister William A Stewart chancellor ofthe Universi tyofGuelph he asked what steps he could take to
Dr R Keith (Chip) Chapman andhis brother Ross both OAC 40
become the minister of agriculture and food Little did he know that two and a half years later he would be minister - if only for a day
In December he shared the duties of Ontarios minister Jack RiddeD OAC 57 as his prize for winning a public speaking contest at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Bruce who operates a Newcastle dairy beef and cash crop farm with his father spoke on the survival of the farm family in Ontario
ETHICS IN AGRICULTURE Ethical issues in agriculture such as animal welfare are generally debated from an emotional viewpoint Proshyfessor Frank Hurnik OAC PhD 71 Animal and Poultry Science and Pro shyfessor Hugh Lehman Philosphy are hoping to change that through the journal of Agricultural Ethics an international quarterly publication which offers a forum for discussing moral issues related to food and food production
We hope this publication will act as a bridge between those who philo shysophize about agricu ltural ethics and those actively involved in plant and animal use says Professor Hurnik Its a scholarly refereed journal but it wont be bogged down with speciashylized technical jargon As a result we believe it will be useful to the farm community and we expect leaders from that field will be contributors not just readers
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Professor Fredjelome and his wife Faye look over a catalogue of the Universitys art collection
ALOVEOFART Back in 1968 Fred N Jerome OAC 33 established a trust fund to purshychase art produced by promising young Canadian artists
I was a full professor then and I could afford to do it (set up a trust fund) I felt art deserved a little push and I wanted to see the niversitys art collection expand explains the now retired professor ofgenetics and poultry science at Guelph
Forty-two Canadian works have been purchased to date through lhe F - Jerome Trust Fund and a special exhibi t of these works will be featured at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre beginning Alumni WeekendJune 18 and continuing throughout the sununer
Professorjeromes personal favorite in the collection is Ken Danbys silkshyscreen The Skates
I like Danbys technique His work is almost as realistic as a color photoshygraph but you can still tell its a painting he explains
He is also fond ofDiego Drawing a lithography by Jack Chanlbers a London Ontario artist and Gene Chus delicate Spider Series
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre Director Judith Nasby says Fred Jerome has made an outstanding contribution to the growth of the Universitys Canadian art collection - one of the largest univer itycollecshytions in the province He has recogshynized the tremendous growth and vitality of the art community in Canada by specifying that works be purchased from young artists
A LOVE OF LI LI ES The expression lily white has little meaning for Bill Evans His favorite lilies are bright orange and yellow I like the ones that almost glow and catch your eye from 100 yards away says the retired Department of Horti shycultural Science professor
Professor Evans lilies are certainly eye-catching for anyone travelling north of Guelph on Highway 6 betshyween mid-June and mid-August Splashes of spectacular color glow from his field of lilies near Marden (behind the home of Marjorie and the late George Durnford ) - a welshycome surprise for those accustomed to seeing only the popular Easter white variety
Im obsessed with lilies admits Professor Evans who retired in 1985 after 28 years of researching phult breeding and teaching small fruit proshyduction at the University of Guelph ) like their variety and scope They are perennial plants that grow at different heights Some have flowers that face up some face down and some face out Some are trumpet shaped some have petals that curve back Some are scented and some are unscented
As a child Professor Evans grew flowers and vegetables in his parents big garden north of Calgary After six years in the army he enrolled at the
niversity of Alberta to study hortishycu lture During his second year in 1947 he began hybridizing lilies Following graduation he worked as a fruit breeder for the federal governshyment in Alberta for eight years before coming to Guelph in 1957 He conshytinued to breed and grow lilies at the
niversity and on plots of land that friends like Professor Ted Me inch (and now Mrs Durnford) let him use
The University has quite a history of lily breeding says Professor Evans The late Isabella Preston a lecturer at Guelph before Professor Evans time went on the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa and to world fame for her ornamental crabapples lilacs and lilies The late Jc Taylor a professor at Guelph was well-known for his lily breeding and introduced Professor Evans to many other breeders He
told me that my lilies needed more vigor and let me use some of his plants in my work
Professor Evans introduced three new varieties of lilies through the University and registered some of Professor Taylors They were marshyketed in the United States So far Professor Evans has had 17 varieties of lilies internationally registered Anyone can do this he says modestly You just write a full desshycription of the plant pick a name that hasn t been used before and send it to the Royal Horticultural Society in England prekrrably with a photo The new names are published every year
It s hard coming up with new nanles though says Professor Evans He has named some of his varieties after the area in which they were grown shyArkel Marden Gold Aberfoyle He named one after his granddaughter Bronwen and one after his wife Ethelwaite ( her first and maiden names ) She gets a thrill whenever she sees that name on a ( flower show) prize list somewhere he says
Pink and pastel lilies are Professor Evans speciality and his favorite is a variety he caBs Blusbing Maiden It has mauvey pink tips with a white centre
Professor Evans and his wife edH a newsletter three times yearly for the Ontario Regional Lily Society and Professor Evans has just ended a two year term as president of the North American lily Society He has judged at nower shows all over Canada and the nited States and will preside at an international show in Hamilton in July
Because of his hobby Professor Evans is enjoying retirement He spends about 25 hours a week on his lilies in the summer months During the off season he grows seeds and works on his records He is working on increasing the number ofvarieties including spotless ones ( most lilies have spots which are dominant ) He is pleased that some of his former students are now growing lilies entering shows and joining li ly societies
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RURAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT GRADS TO FORM ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
The University School ofRural Planshyning and Development ( USRPampD ) was inaugurated at Guelph in 1980
USRPampD is built on the strengths of past Guelph initiatives such as the Centre for Resources Development and the Rural Development Outreach Project It is formally recognized by the Canadian Institute of Planners and offers Masters level programs in rural planning rural development international rural development and resources management It is also actively engaged in research and community outreach
Recent research topics have in shycluded land availabi Iityfor agricu lture
local economic development strateshygies rural aging northern and native community plannjng and developshyment rural transportation computer applications in planning and deve shylopment and water and waste management to name a few This research was conducted throughout Canada and arollnd the world inshycluding Nepal Kenya Indonesia St Lucia Belize and Botswana
The outreach interests ofthe School are fully integrated with its teaching and research activities Recent out shyreach projects have included the Childcare Network Project for families in rural Wellington County an evaJu shy
ation of the rural development proshygrams ofa Jesuit mission in southern Ethiopia a heritage strategy for the Town of IngerSOll and a recreation needs assessment for Sault Ste Marie
Graduates of USRPampD as well as graduates of the former Centre for Resource Development are now being invited to form an alumni association to keep members updated on School activities their fellow alumni and issues concerning rural planning and development For further information contact Professor Harry Cummings USRampD University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N1G 2WI ( 519) 824-4120 ext 6783
JOIN YOUR OAC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NOW Did you know that as a graduate of OAC you are not automatically a member of the OAC Alumni Assoshyciation However anyone involved in a formal agricultural education at OAC ( past present or future ) is not only eligible to become a member but is encouragetl to do so
The OAC Alumni Association is a separate entity from the University of Guelph Alumni Association anti has specific responsibilities It awards
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ARTS Joanna Black 81 Ls aisistant direclOr curator The Marietta-Cobb Fine Arts Centre Marietta Georgia
Richard Hoffman 78 a Canadian Press journalist in Toronto is married pound0 Martine Bracey CBS 77
Laura Mezey-Hamid 82 administrative assistant to the vice-president of finance Penningtons Stores Umjted Toronto is married to Shaheed Hamid CSS 82
John Laurence (Stash) Stasiw 76 is marketing manager Philips Electronics Ltd Scarborough
Dirk Vanbattum 75 is vice-president Eddie May Mysteries Ottawa
CBS Michael Best 77 is a research technician Cross Cancer Institute Edmonton
GRAD NEWS EUzabeth Jane (Kempe) Coker 82 a resource worker CaJedon Parent-ChiId Centre Bolton is married to Dr Ted Coker OVC 87
Janet Ebanks 86 is a medical social worker Cayman overnment Health Sershyvices George Town Grand Cayman Cayman Islands British West Indies
Kevin Ferguson 80 supervisor of Outdoor Education for the Elgin County Board of Education married Suzanne Schmid BEd (Nipissing) 82 in April 1987 She works for the Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority They live near Aylmer
Michael Hackenberger 81 is president Canadian Zoological Systems Toromo
Heather Hattin 84 (HK) whose rowing accomplishments were featured in the winter 1987 issue ofthe GuelphAlumnus won Canadas first-ever gold medal in womens rowing in the double-scull event at the world championships in Copenhagen last summer
Cynthia (Porter)JefIrey 85 is studying for an MSc in Food Science at the University of Manitoba She is married to ScottJefIrey OAC 82 assistant professor ofAgncul tural Economics at the University of Manitoba They live in Winnipeg
Dr Gord Kennedy 85 senior chemist Union Carbine Corp Bound Brook New Jersey is married to Carrie Feaver CPS 84
Steven Kerr 77 is regional fisheries biologist Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources KemptviUe
Jim Lee 73 is director Research Services Min istry of Tourism Recreation and Culture Victoria BC
David Lemon 79 is senjor wildlife biologist S Fudge and Altsociates Ltd Saint Johns Nfld
Larry Patterson 76 is Grand Forks and District Aquatic Centre Manager Grand Forks Bc
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Stephen Rabbetts 79 is a zookeeper Metro Toronto Zoo Wcsthill
Cathy Oohnson) Rewcastle 80 is a fur biologist Manitoba atural Rcsources Winnipcg
Brian Sntith 78 micro ~)Stcms manager Natural Sciences Centre The University ofWestcrn Ontario London is married to Debra Bond CSS 79
Bradly Veitch 86 is second brewer Wellington County Brewery Guelph
Michael Wade 87 is responsible for aquaculture programs at Kpong Farms Volta River Authority Akuse Ghana the site of a major hydro-electric installation
P Allen Woodliffe 76 is the first and only district ecologist with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Chatham Districr He is married to Marie Gedcke FACS 75 and has a son Timothy TIl y Jive in Rondeau Provincial Park here Allen was park naturalist for 10 years before moving to the Chatham office
CPS Dr Syed Ahmed 87 is assistant proshyfessor Departme nt of Statistical and AClUarial Sciences University of Western Ontario London
Susan (Bishop) GraJ1am R3 a fourth year medical student Faculty ofMcdicinc University of Toronto is marri ed fO Don Graham CSS 83 CBS MSc 87 who is a ftl ll-time parent to their threc-year-old twins
Robert Lake 77 a self-employed conshysulting geolOgist is married to Susan Kay OAC 77 a human relations specialist with Petro Canada They live in Calgary
Robert Whitehead 79 is a mi ncr Denison Mines Ell iot Lake
Caroline (Carly) Williams 85 is a software engineer Wild Leitz Canada Toronto
CSS John Babcock 8 is special cabinet assistant Office of Minister of State (Forestry and Mines ) Ottawa
Jana Fie MA 87 i a neuropsychological associate Brazos Valley Rehabilitat ion Center Bl)an Texas
Danny Leung R6 is news submiddoteditor Asia Television Limited Hong Kong
Allison (Shaughnessy) Scanlan 84 production supervisor G I of Canada shyTruck Assltmbly Oshawa is mlITied [() Michael Scanlan 84 directo r of pur hasing Arbor Capital Rltsources
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Patricia Sorbam 80 is executive assisshytant to the Ontario Minister of Energy Toronto
G Llewellyn Watson MA 70 a proshyfessor at the University of Prince Edward Island has written a texthook Dilemmas and Contradictions in Sucial 7beor) published by University Press of America
Terry Wright 76 is account manager John Logan National Leasing Bramptoll
MAC-FACS Marie (Tomelin) Cowlin 78 is brand manager Distillers Co Canada Ltd Toronto
Debbie Foster MSc 87 is medical coshyordi natorsex educator Youth Clinical Services Inc Down~view
Marilyn (Shirley) Goodwin 75 MSc 77 a research officer for CSC Ottawa h ma rricd to Fred Goodwin HAFA 75
Margaret (CJark)Jordan 82 manager Agricultural Employment Services Cmada Farm Iabour Pool Newmarkct is married to BrianJordan OAC 81
Margo (Payne) Langan 83 marketing communications co-ordinator Moore Response Technologies Mississauga is married toJohn Langan CBS 75
Nancy (Howard) Martin 81 senior contract managemcnt officer Consumer Products and Trtffic Management Brmch DepartJllent of Supply and Service~ Hull Que is marriltd to Phillip Martin CBS ( HK) 82
Helga (Strenzke) McDonald 84 public relations officer Centrilia Collegc Huron Park is married to Ian McDonald OAC 83
Marilyn Sewell-Kelley 78 is agriculshytura l health and safel) comiddotordinacor Rural Organizations and Services Branch OMAF Guelph and lives near Paris
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OAC
James Allen 77 (ODH ) is president of Allens Turf Services Ltd Calgary
Martin Bohl 85 is policy advisor OMAJ Toronto
Guy Bonnetta 79 manager Pioneer Overseas CorpJohnston Iowa is married to Carolyn Knowles CBS 78
Stew Carpenter 50 president ofDivershysity Farms Inc Paw Paw Midligan is married to Olive McEwan 79A scltretary-tnasurer ofDiversity Farms Inc
Harold Cau 60A and 67 is viceshypreSident Barnes Wines Limited St Catharines
Elroy Cober 85 and his wife Rhoda have begun three-year Mennonite Central Committee assignments inKabwe Zambia Elroy is working as provincial o ilseed office r and Rhoda as a general health worker
Eileen (Emmett) Cole 79 a registered
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University of Guelph
Community ~ Barbecue ~
Thursday July 14
For more information ontact Anita McManamna
(5 19) 824-4120 ext 2896
OVC CONFERENCE October 14 amp 15 1988
Details to follow in August issue of the Guelph Alumnus
For further in formation contact Dr Ron S_ Downey
Assist nt Dean ave at (5 19) 824-41 20 ext 441 1
or 441 3
CHOOSE A WINNER
TODAY NORTH AMERICAN LIFE 5650 Yong St North YoriltoOntario M2M G4
Lloyd Curtis OAC 7J MSc 74
nurse Colchester Hospital Truro 5 is married to Bill Cole 79 regional sales manager Clarence Farm Services L(vcr Truro
laura Cole 80 is a conservJLion planner Mississippi Vall y Conservation Authority Lanark
UoydCurtis 71 MSc 74 ofCalgary is national sales manager Agricultural Chem icals Division BASF Canada Inc BASF markets a wide range of crop proshyLection products Lloyd directs dle aCLivi shyties of BASFs liales force throughout Canada
James Donison H I is proje L engineer Costello Lomagney amp Denapoli ConshysulL ing Engineers Mancheste r New Hampshire
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Richard Graham OAC7J
Richard Graham 71 of Rrampton is naLional marketing maI111gcr Agricultural Chcmicab Divisi n f3ASF Canada Inc
Richard Helmer 62A married Marilyn Hogue in Oct 19R7 They live in Windsor Richard is supply tcaching for the Essex COllnty Board of Education and doing freclanltx horLicultural work during the summer months
Brian and Brigitte (Brunetzky) Kaufman 84 are pltased to announce the safe arrival of their son Nathaniel Brian All are reSiding at Bright
Dr Houchang Khatamian MSc 71 PhD 8 is associate professor Depart shyment of Horticul rure Kansas State Unishyversity Manhattan
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J cE~~~~f May 11 - Presidents Counc il Executive Luncheon
May 19-June 5 Guel ph Spring Festival
May 31-June 3 Convocation
June 13-15 Human Sexuality Conference
June 17-19 Alumni Weekend
July 10-13 Canadian Home Economics Association Con ference
July 26 Al um ni Assoc iation Executives O rientation Meeting
Masters of Agribusiness Management
111e University of Guelph is now olkring a Masters of Agribusiness Management for people interested in a comprehensive training program for manlgemel1l positions in modern agrihusiness
The program runs over I () months and is highly structured so that studenrs receive intensive practical training in all facets of agribusiness managemel1l
Ifyou have an agricultural background and wish to funher your career in management of farm or nonmiddotfarm agribuiiiness this program could he for you
For fu nhcr information on this program pleL~e contact
Professor Tom Funk Department of Agricultural Economics and Business University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl (519) 824middot4120 ext 3427
UNIVERSITY ffGUELPH
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Dr Elenimo Khonga PhD 87 is a lecturer University ofMalawi Chancellor College Zomba Malawi
Kevin Laidley 82 MSc 85 resource technician Niagara Peninsula Consershyvation Authority Allanburg is married to Lesley Nicholson FACS 83 child life specialist McMaster University Medical Centre Hamilton
Dr Monique Leclerc MSc 82 PhD 87 is assistant professor Department of Soil Science and Biometeorology Utah State University Logan
Maurice Marwood 64 MSc 66 is vicemiddot preSident sales and marketing Canadian Kenworth Company Mississauga He is responsible for all aspects of sales and marketing ofKenworth trucks and product support in Canada
Dr Giancarlo Mosch1ni PhD 86 is [caching in the Economics Department Iowa State University Ames not the Unimiddot versity of Iowa as stated in the fall 1987 issue oflhe GuelpbAlurnnus Our apolomiddot gie~ for [his error
Reid Palmer 63 is a research geneticist and professor Departments ofAgronomy and Genetics Iowa State University Ames
Dr Yousef Papadopoulos 80 MSc 82 PhD 87 a research scientist Agrimiddot cu lture Canada Nappan NS i$ married to Kathleen Glover 80 MSc 83
Andy Robinson 80 MSc 83 a genetimiddot cist Livestock Developmcnt Division Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Christine Howe Arts 81
Dr A Hamid Saleemi MSc 73 has received a PhD in Educational Psychology from Bayero UniverSity Kana Nigeria His thesis was Islamic Values and Commitment among HallSa Muslim Youtb Au Empirical Study and his reo search has been hailed as a pioneering study in the measurement of reJjgious commitment anlong MusJjms Dr Saleemi is principal tutor Department of Adult Education and Community Services Faculty of Education Bayero University
James Sampa MLA 86 is a lecturer in landscape design and natul 1 resource conservation School of Environmental Studies Copperbelt University Zambia
Bill Shotyk 81 completed his PhD in 1986 in the Geology Department at The University ofWestern Ontario and spent a year as visiting postdoctoral researcher at the UniverSity of California to study
thennodynamic stability of organic commiddot plexes of aluminum In Sept 1987 he married Beth Haas and they live in London where Bill is a postdoctoral research associate in the Geology Department UWO studying the surface chemistry of minerals He is also writing his first book The Geochemistry OfPeatandPeatlands to be published by Elsevier Amsterdam
jack Thompson OAC 81 is a firemiddot fighter Station No 1 Thomhlll
Susan Watkins 81 is program offi cer Horn of Africa Oxfam Canada She is in charge ofOxfams overseas development projects in Eutrea and Tigray prOvince of Ethiopia the majori ty of which are in agriculture and health
Dve Dr Ian Alexander 86 is a dmg evalumiddot ator Bureau of Veterinary Dmgs Health and Welfare Canada Ottawa
Dr Cheng Hock Choong PhD 72 is director Semex Canada Guelph
Dr Ann Davis 75 a graduate student at the University of Toronto has won the Hardi Cinader Prize for 1987 The award is given to the graduate student in the process of completing doctor-A work who most resembles renowned immunomiddot logist Dr Bernhard Cinaders originality and versatility
Dr john Debbie 65 is an epidemiomiddot logist New York State Health Department Albany
Dr jean Dodds 64 in addition to her research on blood clotting mechanisms has chaired several national and intermiddot national task forces on assorted topics
Dr Doug Galt 62 is laboratory head OMAF Brighton
Dr Maria Koller CBS 75 DVM 79 chief control programs Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Dr Robert Georgeson 72
Dr Darwin Lund 60 is veterinarian in charge Agriculture Canada Lethbridge Alta
Dr David Murphy 56 is director cardiovascular surgical unit Dalhousie
niversity Halifax
Dr Gary Nash 77 veterinary research officer Institute of Aquaculture University
ofStirling Stirling Scotland is married to Marilyn Klein CBS 77
Dr HG Rees 55 joined the faculty of Massey University New Zealand after 10 years ofgeneral practice Upon completion of his masters degree he as appointed senio r lect urer at the University of Melbourne In 1970 he returned to prac shytice in his native Wales and has spent the past 12 years on the faculty at SeaJe-Hayne College there He has a small sheep farm
ARTS Bruce Westheuser 76 ofToronto died Dec 7 1987 He was a teacher Toronto Montessori Schools Hlt is survived by his father Ronald and stcpmodlcr Dorothy two sisters and a brodumiddotr
CSS Robert A Dodd MA 75 of Victoria BC died Oct 8 1987 He had been employed by the Ministry of Health He is survived by his wife Wendy
Bruce G Miller 72 of Aurora Ont died Sept 2 1987 He was a teacher with York Region Board of Education He is survived by his wife
MAC-FACS Etta (Birdsall) Garnham 17D of Tillsonhurg Ont died Jan 11 1988 She is survi ed by her sister Doris Oatman
Kathleen (Coggs) Hallam 120 of Toronto died jan 23 1988
Katherine L (Williamson) Killmaster 35D of Southfield Michigan died jan 31 1988
GAdora(Beemer)McFadyen 29Dof Port Elgin Ont died Apri l 8 L987 She is Survived by her son George S McFadyen OAC 50A
Anne E Spera 280 of Dundas Ont died Jan 26 1988
Dora M (Dies) Terryberry 260 of Weston Ont died Jan 22 1988 She is survived by her son Douglas
and maintains a single man general pracshytice Sheep health and production are his main interests and in the fall he was admitted to the Cert SHP by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons In 1989 he plans to retrace his footsteps to learn about his main interests in the countries in which he was trained
Dr Duncan Sinclair 58 OAC MSc 60 (nutrition ) Schofield lecturer 1983 will become Queens University Dean of
IN MEMORIAM
OAC Aimee A (Ups) Acklen 36 of Irving Texas died Feb 2 1987 She is survived by her husband Robert and one son
George K Beare 37 A of xbridge Ont died Oct 30 1987 He is survived by his wife Ruby
Dr J Ritchie Cowan 39 of Corvallis Oregon died Nov 12 1987 He was a retired professor of agronomy and proshyfessor emeritus Oregon State University He received his MS and a doctorate in plant genetics from the University of Minnesota He served as national president of the Crop Science Socicty of America the American Society of Agronomy the American Forage and Graosland Council the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology and the League for Intershynational Food Education He was pre shydeceased by his first wife DorothyWhite Mac 39 He is survived by his second wife Ruth and two children
WUliam M Croskery 15 of Ottawa died Nov 17 1987 He was a retired agricultural representative for Carleton County He is survived by three children
Walter C Fisher 26 of Sf Catharines Ont died jan 20 1988 He is survived by his wife Alice ( Petrie ) and three children
William A Hammond 18 Port Dovers oldest World War I veteran died Sept 29 1987 at 95 Prior to entering OAC he farmed worked in a lumber camp in BC and fought forest fires in Montana During the war he served in France and Belgium with the 55th l3atteryofthe Royal Canadian Art illery advancing from gunner to sergeant In 1920 he married Minerva Mitchell and they farmed in Woodhouse Township Mter retir ing he became clerk-treasurer of the township and later
Medicine and Vice-Principal ( Health Sciences) onJuly 1 He has served Queens in various capacities since joining the departme nt of physiolo gy in 1966 Nationally he has been invo lved with the Medical Research Council of Canada for many years includ ing a term as its director-genera1
Dr Anne Marie Taylor 81 is direc tor of an imal care Animal Care Centre Dalhousie niversity Halifax
held the san1e position with the Town of Port Dover He also served on the Ontario Assessment Appeal Board and was a fanner chai rman of the Simcoe High School Board In 1967 he received a Centennial Medal for service to his communi ty He was predeceased by bis wife and a son and is survived by two daughters Betty Murton ofWatetiord and Doris LlIldon of listoweI
Kandappar NJeyasseelan MSA 56 of Peradeniya Sri Lanka died Oct 22 1987 He is survived by two children
Frank J King 33 of Thornhill One died Dec 19 1987 He was a pioneer of Canadas broiler chicken industry and retired senior executive and director of Ralston Purina Canada Inc He is survived by his wife Rachel and a son
Robert C (Bob) lGrkness 56 of Maple Ridge BC died Oct 10 1987 He is survived by his wife
] Morley Lawrence 1 7 of Windsor died Oct 4 1987
John S Lennox 66A of Shallow Lake Ont died as the result of a farm accident Nov 4 1987 He is survived by his wife Ada and a son
Alex T Macnab 36 of North Fort Myers Fla died Dec 18 1987 He is survived by his wife Vella
NormanJ Myles 39 of Guelph died j an 24 1988 He had been a second lieutenant 11 th Field Brigade Royal Canadian Artillery He is survived by his wife Luella Beverley (Highan1 ) and two children
Robert W Phillips 39 of Belleville Ont died Sept 21 1987 -John W Robertson 38 of Thorold Ont died Oct 21 1987 He is survived by his wife Elizabeth and daughter Janice Partlow Arts 70
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Henry H Rooke 8 of Barrie Ont died Dec 16 1987 lIe was retired from the Department of National Health and Welfare He is survived by his wife Harriet Mac 40 and daughters Jane Lennox and Nancy RookemiddotAllen CBS 73
Robert H See 65A ofBohon Ont died Nov 14 1987 He was the son of Margaret (Huston) See Mac 33 and the late Dr John N See OAC 35 OVC 38 He is survived by his wife Brenda and two sisters
WilliamT (Bill) Smith 35 ofStfJtford Ont died Sept 19 1987 He is survived by his wife Maude and five children
Annie H Tasi MSc 72 ofGuelph died Dec 9 1987 She received her BSc in Agriculture from the National Taiwan University in 1965 After receiving her masters in horticulture from Guelph she worked as a research technician in the Universipound) Department of Horticultural Science Shc is survived by her hu~band Benjamin and two children
William G Toner 20A and 22 of Guelph died Jan 30 1988 He is survived by hi wife Eileen and four children
W Benson (Ben) Vair 55 of Sarnia died Jan 6 1988 He taught science at Northern Collegiate in Sarnia for 25 years retiring in 1987
A Gordon O Whiteside 20A and 22 of Ottawa died June 2 1987 Ht was retired after 42 years as a cerealist with Agriculture Canada and wa~ a Fellow of thc Agricultural Institute of Canada lie developed sevedl varieties of Canadian whtat one of which bears his namt Gordon He is su rvived byhis wife Irene and three children
Joseph H Willmott 22A of Milton died Oct 23 1987 He is survived by his sonJohn c Willmott 55
PROFESSORS
Dr Denis H Stott professor emeritus since 1980 diedJan 22 1988 in England at 78 He was ftrst chair Department of Psychology from 1966-68 and was intershyna tionally known as a pioneer in deve shyloping learning techniques for hardmiddottOmiddot teach children He founded the Centre for Educational Disabilities which he directed until h is retirement in 1975 His research focused on the causes and promiddot
blems of delinquent school boys He is survived by hiswifeJane and tw children
Dr Robert D Whiteford of Qualicum Beach Vancouver Island former professor Department of Biomedical Sciences died Feb ] 0 1988 He is survived by his wife Beatrice and one son
STAFF Ray Catchpole a member of the Unj middot versitys Sulawesi Regional Development Project team in Indonesia died Nov 27 1987 in Jakarta at 46 He had been with the project sinet its inception in 1984 He is survived by his wife Ani and his mother Muriel Lucas A mcmorial fund has been established in his nanle Contributions may be forwarded to the Department of
Alumni Affairs and Development The fund will provide a bursary for Indonesians and Canadians involved in exchange between the two ountries It will be adminbtered by the niversity School of Rural Planning and Development
FRIENDS
Joseph Arlen of Guelph died Sept 5 1987 He pursued studies at OAC from 1957 to ) 959 before completing an engineering degree at the University of Toronto He is survived by his wife Judy who works in Photographic Services on campus and two children A Joseph Arlen Memorial Prize in Horticulture has been established Contributions may be forshywarded to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development
ASPARAGUS RESEARCHER DIES IN GUELPH
Herman (Herm) Tiessen OAC 51 onc of Canadas fore middot most aspard1t1s researdlers rued in Guelph Dec 10 1987 at 63 Or Ticsscn had been a horticul shyture professor at the University since 1955 and was co-ordinator of the National Asparagus Reshysearch Program
At its fiftieth anniversary meeting in london the day of his death the Ontario Asparagus Growers Marketing Board honored Dr Tiessen as the pershyson who had made the greatest contributions to the industry over the last 50 years He was also weU known for his work on greehouse tOmatoes and for a collaborative project with Texaco that used waste energy from the companys refinery to heat greenhouses
After graduating from OAC Dr Tiessen received his masters and PhD degrees from Michigan State University and returned to his alma mater to join the Department of Horticultural Science He traveUed widely to share his knowledge on veget-
The late Professor Herm Tiessen OAC51
able growing with scientists around the world most recently to New Zealand and Taiwan He -wa a member of the Agricultural Institute of Canada and the Canadjm American and Intermiddot national Societies for Horticulmiddot tural Science He was also an active member of the OAC Alumni Association
He is sUlvived by his wife Marjorie and two children
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JlAVIeuro 17 18 19 GOlf Tournament
The classic confrontation on the green the Gryphon Club Golf Tournament will start things rolling on Friday at the Cutten Club Prizes will be awarded
Barbecue amp CasinO Night
Meet your friends at Alumni House Friday evening for a barbecued feast and try your llck at the casino tables
SIOwpitch Tournament
The Grad loungers will defendtheir championship title at the alumnistudent co-ed slowpitch tournament Why not get a team together to compete for the first-place trophy and other awards Teams should consist of 12 to 20 players with at least six females per team Three one-hour games are guaranteed for each team
Tours Lectures Demonstrations
Tour the new Equine Research Centre see computer laboratory demonstrations at the College of Family and Consumer Studies or catch an enlightening lecture If its nature you enjoy visit the Arboretum the Marine Biology Laboratory or the Elora Gorge Conservation Area
Celebrity Auction
Join in the fun and bid on a fascinating assortment of articles donated by local celebriti~s Lots of surprises in store All proceeds will go to Alumni House
Awards Presentations
At the Presidents Picnic at noOn on Saturday the Alumnus of Honor award and the Alumni Medal of Achievement will be presented Come and celebrate with the recipients
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See page 7 for your Alumni Weekend reservation form For further information see your College section inside or call the Alumni Weekend hotline (519) 824-4120 ext 2102
Class Reunions
Is your class having a reunion Check page 7 to find out Reunions are a great opportunity to meet old
friends and renew acquaintshyances The Alumni Associations will host their graduates of 50
years or more at a Golden Anniversary Din ner
Champagne Brunch
Toast Alumni Weekend 88 at a champagne brunch held on the Alumni House patio Sunday The Guelph Concert Band will provide entertainment
RECORD SET FOR ANNUAL GIVING I am pleased to announce the Alma Mater Fund (AMF ) has set another record for annual giving in 1987 exceeding its goal oU750000 by 16 per cent for a total of $76245091 On behalf of th AMF Advisory Council I thank the 3491 graduates and 1090 friends faculty staff corporations and foundations who contributed to the 1987 campaign
I would like to recognize several specific accomplishments in 1987 OVC and Mac degree graduates increased their rate of participation and most of the colleges average gift amounts also increased Matching gift contributions increased 61 per cent over the previous year friends increased their participation by almost eight per cent and donated 19 per cent more than in 1986 A special thanks to those who made these accomplishments possible
Almost 83 per cent of all annual gifts in 1987 were designated to specific University prOjects For this reason because of our commitment to Alumni House and because alumni giving was down slightly this year the AMF Advisory Council could not con shysider any additional projects in 1987
An ad hoc committee established last year to study this problem recommended that Council review its policy guidelines regarding types of projects eligibl for alumni support It also recommended that Council increase communication with alumni the alumni associations and respective COlleges Council unanimously accepted these recommendations at its January 1988 meeting and is becoming more active in its liaison efforts with alumni and University personnel to establish goals and cri shyteria for allocation of fund
Council is made up of two persons from each of the seven college alumni associations a chairman vice shychairman and ex-officio members who include the preSident University of Guelph president University of Guelph AlmnniAssociation chairman OACAlumni Foundation and starting in 1988 a representative HAFA Alumni Association In addition the director Alumni Affairs and the
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manager Alma Mater fund serve as resource persons
Members meet a minimum ofthree times a year to review fund perforshymance audit the previous years allocations discuss alUOlni fundraising issues and examine projects for future alumni support
Alumni gifts to the AMF can be unrestricted gifts for priority needs of the University unrestricted gifts to a college or designated gifts to specific projects
Chairman Gord ixon OAC 37
Vice-Chairman Tom Sawyer OAC 64
Members
Ar~~ Alumni Mlsociation Terty Ayer Arts 84 Rohin Baird leWis Arts 73
CBS Alumni AssoCiatiO~ Roman [anno CBS 81 Kelly Murikittrick CBS 80
CPS A1unmi Association Bob Winkel OAC 60
CSS Alumni Associnion E Sue (Bell-tty) Davidson CSS 82 Dorothy (Hoathet) BarneS CSS 78
Mac-FACS Alumni Association LOrraine Holding -Mac71 Pat $mit Vanderkooy FACS 7H OAC Alumnj Association Dave Barrie OAC 53A
Projects to receive alumni support are determined at the close of the fund year when total dollars available arc known TIle representatives from each college consult with their resshypective deans regarding the allocation of college funds Their recommenshydations then go to the full Council for final approval
On your behalf I would like to thank my dedicated Council colleashygues for their time and effort in implementing the ad hoc commiltees recommendations and achieving success this year On their behalf I would like to thank all of yOll who contributed to the 1987 campaign We believe you will rise to the occashysion again in 1988 as we continue our tradition of supporting the University in its pursuit of excellence
Sincerely
Gordon LE Ni(on OAC 37 Chairman AMF Advisory Council
1987 ALMA MATER FUND ADVISORY COUNCIL Norm McCollum OAC 66A
ove Alumni Association Dr Ken Gadd OVC 56 Dr Nonie Smart OVC 84
Ex-Officio Members
Honorary PresidcntUGAA Dr Burt Matthews OAC 47
GAA Pre Went Dr Ron Downey avc 61
OAC Alumni Foundation Chairman Peter Lindley OAC 57
Director Alumni Affairs and middotDevelopment Marjork Millar
DirectOr Alumni Affitirs middot Rosemary Clark Mac 59 -Dire~or Development middot Do~ livingSton
Manager Alma Mater Fund middot Paulette amson
COMPANIES MATCH ALUMNI GIFTS Many companies support educashytion by matching their employees contributions to universities Most of these companies also match donations made by employees spouses Through matching giftprograms many Guelph graduates have had their contributions to their alma mater doubled or even tripled
As more graduates and friends of Guelph participate in matching gift programs the benefits are becoming evident To deterimine if your donshyation to the University is eligible for matching contact your employers personnel officer
Following is a list of 29 companies who matched 5S separate gifts to Guelphs Alma Mater Fund in 1987 for a total of n6105 We thank the individual donors and their companies for the support
Akzo America Inc Alcan Aluminum limited Alchem Inc American Home Products
Corporation The Bank of Montreal CI-L Inc Campbell Soup Company Ltd Chevron Canada Resources Ltd
LEADERSHIP GIFTS Donors of annual leadership gifts to the University of Guelph are recognized through membership in clubs reflecting their level ofsupport
Presidents Council - annual support of $1 000 or more
Deans Associates - donations of $500 to $999
SecondCenturyCircle - donations of $200 to 5499
Century Club - donations of S 1 00 to $199
Members are invited to an annual reception hosted by the President on Alumni Weekend
Dow Chemical Canada Inc Dow Chemical USA Ford Motor Company of Canada
Limited IBM Canada limited International Mineral amp Chemicals
Corporation (Canada) Limited John Deere Ltd Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Monsanto Canada Incorporated Murphy Oil Company Ltd Nabisco Brands ltd
Nacan Products Limited Noranda Inc Northern Telecom Limited Pioneer Hi-Bred Ltd Pratt amp Whitney Canada Inc Procter amp Gamble Inc Prudential Inurance Company of
America Rolun and Haas Canada Inc The Seagram Company Ltd Sunoco Inc Tuco Products Company
College
Arts
CBS CPS
CSS FACS HAFA MAC MAC DIP OAC OAC DIP ove
College Report Number of Percentage of Average
Alumni Participation Gift
4464 36 S 735R 5288 40 4602 204 [ 46 6005 6557 42 4287 3220 57 3655
971 53 4049 1032 167 25000
1812 148 10936 10703 11 9 12682 4045 61 5629 3739 146 12540
Total Giving
$ 1184602 100492 1 583000
1188875 694204 21 15 00
1446646 2930817
16182485
1395950 6871891
How You Designated Your Gifts 1987 Alma Mater Fund
427 184 167 91 90 37 4
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Top to bottom AlumniHouseground breaking in 1986 by Preside1lt Burt Matthews and then UGI1A President Ross Parry as Dave Bame then OAC Alumni Association Past President looks on construction and grand opening at Alumni Weekend 1987
ALUMNI SUPPORT ALUMNI HOUSE
AUl11ni are continuing their genershyous support of Alumni lIouse whidl officially opened during Alumni Weekend last June The historic Preshysidents Carriage House laler a sheep barn now renovated ~Uld expanded is the permanent headquarters for Guelphs alumni and alumni associashytions anu also home to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development
The renovations plus expansion will eventually total S800000 with the University providing 300000 of this cost and alumn i provid ing S500OUO The Alma Mater fund Adshyvisory Council is commitLed to raising SlOOOOO per year over a three-year period (for a total of BOOOOO) The remaining 5200000 will be raised through contributions from alumni associations special ~lLtivitie and class projects
The Alma Maler Fund met its 1987 objective of 100000 for a two-year total of 200000 The portion raised through other contrihutions is
THANKS TO THE VOLUNTEERS The strength of Guelphs annual giving program derives from a foundshyation ofvolunteerisl11 More than 250 class agents and other representatives gave freely of their time and energy to encourage the nearly 4 000 graduates who supported their alma mater in 1987 They are listed starting here and continuing onto the next page in recognition of their efforts
growing although at a slower pace Individual graduates friends and allillUli associations made gifts toward Alumni I louse totalling S2790 165 in 1987 Unrestricted donations helped achieve the S 100000 ALma Mater Fund goal for 1987
Many class projects have helped with renovations and furnishings at Alumni House while others are in the phmning stage or under conshysideration Recently the CSS Alumni Association donated audio visual equipment for lise in the boardroom at Alumni House and the class of OAC 64 set a goal of 825000 for an alumni lounge
In the second year of this threeshyyear project Alumni House continues to catch the imagination and interest of graduatcs and friends of Guelph TIl0se who have seen the building have been captivated If you havent visited yct drop by It belongs to all alumn i
COLLEGESECTION REPRESENTATIVES
Mike Streib 69 Arts Gary Partlow 69 CBS David Jackson 70 CPS John Vanderkamp Dean CSS Edyth Bray 52 Mac FACS Jim Bates 22 OAC James Gillies 26 OVC Norm Hawkins 57 OVC Robert J Peachey 84 BlA Harold Crawford 58 OAC for
ODAODII John PoweU Retired
FacultyProfessional Staff Doug Ormrod Dean
Graduate Studies
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Class Agents OAC James A Bates 22 Hugh C Elliott 23 Jonathan 13 elson 24 Bower F Forward 25 A Bruce Medd 26 Edward H Garrard 27 Thoma~ O Graham 28 W Edward Heming 29 Michael W Chl1)e uik 30 C Earl Migllton 31 ) Harvey Pettit 32 nleodorc) Hecg 33 Alfred 0 Hales 34 Gladstone Ridler 35 William G Tolton 36 Arthur L Thompson 37 Gordon F Townsend 38 Leslie Laking 39 John A Eccles 40 Donald N lIuntley 41 Glen L Warlow 42 Philip W Burke 43 J Leonard McQuay 44 Stephen J Beckley 45 Alexander A Hunt 46 Gordo r Ougl1lred 47 Douglas Cunningllam 48 Robert M Murr1Y 49 William 5 Kilmer 50 Donald M Rutherford 51 G AJlan Fisher 52 William AM Gregg
OVC 6 L for OAC 53 ) Lloyd ] Rosi 54 Ronald E Litchfield 55 Charles S I3aldwin 56 Vincent A Eagan 57 Dougla~ C COlquhoun 58 D Owen Gibb 59 Harry L WaLter 60 Sarah L Banbury 61 George It Gree~lees 62 Harvey J Brown 63 Harold U Bent ley 64 Palrick J Tucker 65 David A Jones 66 Mary V McEwen 67 Graham T Hart 68 Robert H Cobbledick 69 Margaret E Auld 70 Roben L Ross 71 Donald N McCallum 72 Roderick ED McKay 73 J Murray Brownridg~ 74
Bradley J Bandeen 84 Shirley J Gallaugher 85 David WG Lucas 86
OAC ASSOCIATES Stewart A Anderson 49A John E Northwood 50A James N Bell 51A Allison H FUlcher 52A David W Barrie 53A Robert G McGee 54A Barry N James 55A Arthur F Johnson 56A Donald M Dodds 57A Gary J Powell 58A Peter J McCarthy 59A Alan C Mclean 60A ] Paul Fish 65 (for 61 A) Walter H Atkinson 62A Grant H Fish 03A Charles WH Clughill 64A John G Zenel 65A Donald AA ReynOlds 66A Ronald B Steele 67A James F Hunter 68A D Jean ROlllenburg 69A Gordon R Weeden 70A Roger S Will iams 71A Robert B Yungblut 72A Bruce W Cressman 73A David Mayberry 74A Adrian Dykstra 75A Richard E Buck 76A Garry R Milne 77A Alice Laine 7SA Deborah L Hill 79A Paul F Quinton 80A Douglas F GrieYe 81A Peler J Haakman 82A J Scott McGeachy 83A Brian McGavin 84A Donald M Dann 85A B Jean Moffat 86A
MAC DEGREE Jean R King 52 Nancy L Raithby 53 Frances L Bowen 54 Lorraine E Oliver 55 Barhara J Cline 56 Marilyn A MacQuarrie 57 Patricia J Steele 58 Jo MA unan 59 Donna M Gracey 60 B Kathleen Johri~ton 61 Anne M Alton 62
FACS Judith M Maddren 72 Karen E Ross 7 Loralee E Marshall 74 Jane E Stolz 75 Karen Bennett 76 Rohyn G Bach 77 Janet L Taylor 78 M Heather Martin 79 Suzanne E Judges 80
orma J Poel 8 1 Joan K Dawdy-McHale 82 Irene M Good 82 Paula E Kerr 83 Edina J van der Widen 84 Janice M middotn1Ompson 85 Mary J Gooyers 80
MAC DIPLOMA Grace Sharpe 240 Jessie l Rumney 250 M Frances Hucks 260 M Lois Clipsham 270 Alice It Garrard 280 Grace M Gibson 290 Mi ured V Scott 300 Viola M Binkley 310 Mary C Hales 32D Jean M SltOlt 330 Marjorie H Thomas 340 A Olive Thomp~on 350 C Joan Nixon 36D F1onnce E Moodie 370 Margaret E Black 380 Eila R Lawson 39D Ellen C ScOlt 400 Marion G Aitkin 41D A Ruth Fleming 420 Mary L Procter 470 Florence Rilett 480 Mary K Williams 49D Gwen P Curtis SOD Elizabeth J Mu1Oing 5 ID FrJnces 1 Peister 520 Margaret B Clark )30 Noreen M Broadvdl 540 Muriel G Taylor 55D Lillian F Emberson 560 Linda E McLeod 570 Neil M Jones 580 Jane A Hurst 590 P Ann ])obbin 600 Patricia A Black 6l0 Stephanier Powell 62D Margaret AR Drew 630
Gregory D Oolhan 81 Morag L McKenzie 82 Joan E Shaw 83 -leIene P Paquet 84 Anita M OMara 8 ) Karen E Maki 85 Susan T Saganski 86
OVC James Gillies 26-30 Robert H Henry 3 1 Renue E Bowness 32 T Lloyd Jones 34 Wesley B Coxon 35 Albert L Geffen 36 Frmcis] Fitzgerald 37 Vince11l W Ruth 38
orman JI McAninch 39 Richard lIellings 40 Gifford AV Barker 41 James D Schroder 42 Leo) Shuctt 43 Melvin E Poland 44 W Murray Mutrie 45 C Robert Buck 46 Sidney Brown 47 Peter C Wang 48 William R Mitchell 49 D Cam MacKay 50 W James Lennox 5 L T Rus~eJl Furness 52 TIlomas R De Gen 54 William 1-1 Vivian 55 Kenneth R Gadd 56 R Denis OConnor 57 Roderick R Davies 58 L Guy Giddings 59 Willianl W Combe 60 Owen J Slocombe 61 Robert Z Ubukata 62 Rohin S Knuuson 63 James N Lott 64 Andrew L Fletch 65 I Jugh W Clugston 66 Neil G Anderson 67 Brian C BuckId 68 Al W Bowness 69 Robert W BrJndt 70 Bruce W Green 71 Allen G Binnington 72 David G Horton 73 W DArcy Reade 74 Patricia E Shewen 75 Wayne M Murray 76 D Gregory Usher 77 Diane M Smilh 78
Roben G McFarlane 75 Nancy M Brown 63 HAFA Janet L lewison 79 Ellen L Heale 76 Elizabeth A Jamieson 64 Ronald N Taylor 73 David M Alves 80 -I Douglas Balsillie 77 Nina M Elliot 65 Jennifer A Chadsey 74 Kenneth G Bateman 81 Douglas C Murphy 78 Peter J Brown 79
Carol E McArthur 66 Margaret A Winslow 67
Davidr lfougl1wn 75 Allan [) Scott 76
Susan C Read 82 Jacob Druif 83
Linda AK Teasdale SO Barbara S Dell 68 Timmhy J Lipa 77 Judith A Taylor 84 James P Poel 81 Joanne M Harris 69 Marlene [ Boland 78 ])onna M Flanagan 85 Marie E Hartley S2 Margaret L Willis 70 Da~d W Cobban 79 Dawn M HughesshyJoscph A Omican S3 Marianne Bakker-Bromley 71 Amanda S Lee 80 Bissonnette 86
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TELEPHONE CAMPAIGN SURPASSES GOAL
At 9 15 pm November 25 The Campaigns telephone campaign reached its $385 million larget seven months ahead of schedule At that point student callers had talked to alumni of only five of the seven colleges By Febnaary 29 $4 315977 had been raised and Sue Egles director of the telephone campaign predicts the student employees will raise well over $5 million by June 15 1988 the end of the telephone campaign
Response from Guelph alumni has been overwhelming Sue says with 40 per cent of those called making a pledge The average pledge is in excess ofS400 College ofAns alumnj wrote the formula for success by contributing $303000 - 553000 more than the college alumni goal CBS alumni were called next and pledged $430000 OAC alumni donshy
ated almost $2 million HAFA $90000 and FACS $570000 avc pledges of more lhan $500000 put the telephone campaign over the top Students are now vrapping up calls to CSS alumni and will end with calls to CPS alunmi A total of more than 42000 graduates will be called in North America
The studcnt caller represents a friendly voice from the University and doesn t try to pressure the alumnus who has decided not to contribute says Sue We want to updare alumni fLIcs and leave every alumnus with a good feeling about the Universiry
Alumni also leave the student callers with good feelings and oftcn some helpful career advice says Sue Guelph graduates have some very interesting careers and are excellent sources of information on graduate schools job openings and interview
Seventeen major donors to the Universitys capital campaign and campaign volUnleersjohn Bassett Ken Murray and Hany Seymour were honored at a januarypress conference in Toronto to celebrate completion of92percent of The Campaign goal Representing the City Of Guelph was Mayo john Counsell the Cotmty ofWellington Warden Murray Cox andSemex Canada Dr Moe Freeman OAC 55 president They are posed with Marjorie Millar director Alumni Affairs and Development and the framed dtations each honoree received The citations bear a first-edition copy Of the Librarys CDshyROM (Compact Disk -Read Only Memory) catalogue one of the University s newest products Weighing only 19 gram~ the disk holds the equivalent of 200000 pages - the Librarys entire card catalogue
Sheila Hollidge fund-raiser extrashyordinaim
procedures More than one caller has been offered a job over the phone she says In return alumni often ask the Iallers to describe how the campus has changed over the years or to pass on greetings to a favorite professor
Despite the informality of the telephone canlpaign it s not an easy job Sue says A rrunimum of 25 students are employed at anyone time and incentives keep up morale Each caller averages 1700 in pledges during a four-hour evening Psychoshylogy major Janet Campbell still holds the record with over S 15000 pledged in one rught and $329000 in total pledges In second place is FACS student Sheila Hollidge who had $311 369 in pledges as of Febmary 29 Their success and that of other student aUers has helped drop the cost of the telephone campaign says Sue It costs the University less than 1 5 cents for every dollar raised
Editors Note Sue Egles left Guelph in March to become associate viceshypresident IDe Canada PHONEMAlL Inc HersuccessorisAnne Thibodeau
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FULL MAIUNG ADDRESS Postal Code
TliLEPHONE Home (_) Business ( _ ) I will be attending reunion (ColegeYearD1plom Dqree)
TIME FRIDAY)UJiII 17 PElt PERSON COST NO TOTAL OFACE USE
10 am REGI STRATION Alumni House No Cost
Noon GolfToumament Cutten Club 4000 11
Gpm Alumni Barbecue Alumni House 9 00 21
8pm Night of Casioo games and music 300 22
Darbecue amp Casino package 1000 23
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9middot5 pm REGISTRATION Alumni HOllse No Cost
9 am Elora Gorge Walk (buses fro m campus) 600 26
9 am Alumni Association annual meetings Mac FACS (I rA Rm 209) OAC (Mac Hall Rm 149) OVC ( MacNaughtOn Bldg Rm 113) No Cost
930 am Slowpitch Tournament South Quad 4000 team 28
10 am Lectures by Dr Bruce Fogle OVC 70 and Dr Brian Brandenburg OVC 68 No Cost
1030 am FACS Tour and Demonsuation No Cost
II am Alumni Association aculUa meetings Arts (Johnston Hall Rm 104 ) CSS ( FACS Rm 101 ) HAFA(HAFA RrnIOI) 1 0 Cost
Noon Presidents Picnic and awards presentatio n Creelman Plaza (check in at Picnic ) 6 50 30
Noon CBS Picnic Biology House 500 300middotchild 54
I pm Tours of Equine Research Centre No Cost
230 pm Ground Breaki ng Ceremo ny for Atbletics fac ilities a Cost
3middot430 prn Celebrity Auction Alumni House No Cost
6pm Golden Anniversary Dinner Creelman Hall (Golden Alumnus + Oil guest) Complimcotary 60
Others attending Golden Anniversary Dinner 1800 6 1
Gpm CI= llcunion Dinner(s ) 6pm OVC Alumni Dinner Peter Clark Hall 3500
9 pm Alumni Dance University Centre No Cost
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9 am Churcb Service Arboretum u Cost
lOjO am UGAA Annual Mccting Alumni House 0 Cost
11 30 am Champagne Brunch and Outdoor Concert Alumni House Patio 1200 87
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ClASS REUNIONS CBS 78 amp 8 3 Mac 28 Mac 33 Mac 38 Mae 48 Mac 58 Mac 63 Mac 63D FACS 78 FACS 83 OAC 28 amp 33 OAC 38 OAC 43 OAC 48 OAC 53 OAC 53A OAC 58 OAC 6j OAC 63A OAe 68 OAC GSA OAe 78 OAC 7SA OAC 83 OAC 88 O VC 38 avc 43 ove 47 OVC 48 OVC 58
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COLLEGE ROYAL 88 SEARCH FOR EXCELLENCE
COllege Royal 88 drew about 30000 visitors to campus in March The theme Search For Excellence was carried through displays of stushydent clubs and academic units all over campus including an Alumni Affairs and Development display of
Dynamic Duo Andy Willemsen and Kathy Cunnington both FACS 88 worz the CBS-sponsored Egg Drop competition
Human Kinetics student Todd BIJJant helpedErica Clausen 4 test her lung volume al the School Of Human Bioshylogy display
Medieval jousting was demonstrated by the Sodety For Creative Anashychronism
24 graduates who have excelled in their diverse careers and activities
The 64th annual student -organized event was offiCially opened March 12 by Michael Enright CBC Radios 0shy
host of As It Happens Laura Gillard FACS 88 served as president and
People and cows met face to face at Old MacDonalds Farm
Former Curtain Callers Margaret Calder Mac 60 DtmRose OAC 57A and 60 and Nancy (Turk) Cums Mac 59 enjoyed themselves at the Curtain Call reunion
College Royal visitors tested equljJshyment at the chool of Engineering display
Nancy Scheer OAC 91 presided as hostess after being elected Celebrant at the College Royal Ball March 4
Curtain Call College Royals annual musical was followed bya reunion of fomler cast and crew members after the final show Saturday night
Guelph student Melissa Meisinger and her Samoytl Snowball particishypated in the dog show
The square dancing competition continued its popularity Both stushydents and alumni cOtnpeted
The woodsman competition tested strength
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ALUMNI GATHER IN WESTERN CANADA
Enthusiastic alumni gathered in Edmonton and Vancouver for chapter events in February
Harley Deeks OAC 50 president of Molson Alberta Brewery Ltd and Molson Saskatchewan Brewery Ltd and his wife Barbara (Herring) Mac 48 hosted a reception for 36 alumni and friends at Molson House in Edmonton Vincent MacDonald and Don Lavender hoth OAC 36 repre shysented the earliest graduating class present and ShouliangDongArts 87 was the most recent grad attending
Don Welch CPS 78 organizer of the event spoke about his memories of the University and before the evening was over had fOffiled a volunshyteer committee to plan future
Edmonton Chapter events Ifyou are interested contact Don at 15824 8Ist Street Edmonton T5Z ISS ( 403) 473-5237
Janey Bennett CSS 75 and Rod Clark CBS 77 hosted a reception for 27 alumni and guests at their home in Vancouver on Valentines Day Plans were made for a Vancouver Chapter wine and cheese party in April and a barbecue in summer For further information contact Janey at 1816 Mahon Avenue North Vancouver V7M 2T3 (604) 986-8177
Betsy Allan CSS 83 Alumni Affairs office attended both receptions She brought greetings from the University and spoke on chapter development and the latest campus happenings
VISA VOLUNTEERS GOODWILL AMBASSADORS
Ae the residence washrooms co shyed How do 1 get onto the volleyball team TIlese are some of the questions prospective University ofGuelph stushydents ask and former students are the best sources for answers
Through VISA (Volunteers in Support of Admissions) Guelph alumni help high school students become more aware of the niversitys curriculum spirited campus life and community amenities
We reinforce what the niversitys admissions office does in the high schools and we add the personal element says VISA co-ordinator Betsy Allan CSS 83 I see us as goodwill anlbassadors
VISA chapters in six Ontario cities each hold an annual information sesshysion for high school students their parents and friends Alumni talk about what attracted them to Guelph what they enjoyed how their education helped in their careers and what they are doing now Admissions counshysellors also attend
The information sessions have been an effective way to reach students who have not bad an opportunity to visit campus It also gives them a
chance to talk one on one with someone from the University says Betsy We welcome new alumni volunteers in the established VISA chapters The time commitment is small and those involved will tell you the work is rewarding
Established chapters and their leaders include Ottawa Greg DOUlatl HAFA 81 and Iarry Meek CPS 77 Toronto Debbie Chang CSS 82 London Maureen Higa OAC 79 Niagara Irene Good FACS 82 Chatham Vicki Bouman CBS 77 and 8rantford Simcoe Heather Linington OAC 80
As part of the VISA progranl this year Betsy wants to hold send-off barbecues across Canada She is looking for alumni willing to help organize and or host such an event in their backyards Students attending Guelph in the faU their parents and alumnj from the community would be invited The idea is to ~ish the students well before they embark on the path to univerSity For further inJormation about this or any aspect ofthe VISA program contact lktsyat Alumni House University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2WI (519) 824-4120 ext 6533
janey Bennett CSS 75 and Rod Clark CBS 77 hosted a receptionfor Vancouver alumni at thei home in February with some help ft-om their 18-month-old son Graeme Daughter Amy 4 was also at the event
Enjoying the-mselles at a reception for Edmonton alunmi at Molson HOllse ill February are left to right joyce Welch and her husband Don CP) 78 Betsy Allan OS 83 and Harley Deeks OAC 50 and his wife Barbara (Herring) Mac 48
ALUMNI CHAPTER EVENT
SASKATOON Dinner
Saturday June 11 600 pm reception
700 pm dinner Renaissance Hotel
Meet M arge M illar Director Alum ni Affa irs and Development
and Rosema ry Clark Director A lumni Aff~l irs -
For furtiJpr information conlact f3elsy AIan Alum ni H ouse
University of Cuelph (5 19) 824-4 f 20 ext 6533
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RECEPTION HELD
The CSS Alumni Association hosted its annual wine and cheese reception for graduating students at the Faculty lub in January Agnes (BelIai) Van Haeren 85 first vice-president and Susan Blair 83 director helped organize the event and greeted students at the door President John Alviano 74 spoke briefly about the Associashytion and asked for the support of those present CSS Oean)ohn Vanderkamp and faculty advisor Victor Ujirnoto were alsoprescnt to mingle with students
WHY DO STUDENTS LEAVE UNIVERSITY GUELPH STUDY
AIMS TO FIND OUT By Marla Stewart
Public R lations and In formation
Why do students leavc university before they complete their degrees A Guelph study Career and Education Achievement in the Student Environshyment ( CEASE) aims to find out Principal investigator Sid Gilbert Sociology and Amhropology has finished collecting data and will spend the summer and fall analyzing it
Professor Gilbert began the longishytudinal study of student progress at Guelph three years ago with a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council grant Through questionshynaires and interviews he contacted every new ftrst -year Guelph student in the fall of 1986 and fo llowed them over their next four semesters
The purpose of the study is to determine how many students leave
and their reasons for leaving says Professor Gilbert On the other hand he wants to meashy
sure program success completion and academic achievement
So far the study indicates that a students pre-entry characteristics (ethnicity secondary school grades financial status and parental educashytion) are not as crucial as the univershysity experience itself in determining whether he or she will stay
In other words says Professor Gilbert tudent attrition is related to academic and social integration at the University What students bring with them is not as important as what happens while theyre here
Throughout the three years of the study a remarkable 70 per cent of the 2800 students who received the initial questionnaire have responded says Professor Gilbert In year one first term students completed a questionshynaire measuring attitudes intentions background and demographic inforshymation 10 second term these students were re-surveyed on their experience
feelings and performance at the UniverSity
In the fall of year two those students who remained at Guelph were surshyveyed on their first-year experiences and how much they had learned and developed at the UniverSity
All students from the initial group who left the University before comshypleting their programs were then contacted to determine whether they had withdrawn temporarily or pershymanently transferred to another university were ineligible to return or had changed from fuU -time to partshytime status Reasons for any change of plans were explored by interviews
((a love of learning is not a strong factor
To date the study indicates that a love of1carning is not a strong factor initially influencing students to attend university TIley attend to gain knowshyledge and skills directly applicable to a career and to increase their chances of tlnding good paying jobs More than half the females surveyed said they attended universiry to increase their chances of finding challenging work after graduation Only 39 per cent of the males said this was their reason
The overall purpose of Professor Gilbcrts project is to measure volunshytary change and departure capture the process of attrition compare the experiences of stayers and leavers and suggest remedies when approshypriate He believes his findings will be beneficial to other universities all of which experience varying rates of attrition anlOng student) The findings will help educators develop retention programs for students who despite their talents and ambitions do not complete their degrees
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CANADIAN SENATOR SPEAKS AT CSS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION DINNER
Senator Lorna Marsden wore both her political and academic hats when she spoke at the second annual CSS Alumrti is50ciation dinner in March More than 100 alumni students faculty and guests were present
Named to the Canadian Senate in 1984 Senator Marsden is also a proshyfessor of sociology at the niversity of Toronto A Liberal she is a recognized expert on social change in Canada in particular the changing circumstances of women in Canadian economic and social life
In her address ]he Social Scientist in the State The Case for OPen Boundmies Senator Marsden argued that the influence of intellectuals on Canadian public policy is far too restricted Something is very wrong The intellectuals of Canada many of them at universities are excluded just at the moments when they are needed most Our causes arent led by great thinkers We dont regularly send scholars to parliament That lively exchange of ideas is missing
The difference is striking south of the border and in Europe where politicians and intellectuals are regularly joined In the US it would be unthinkable for the president not to have a brains tmst in one or more universities
Senator Marsden said the Meech Lake Accord the Free Trade Agreeshyment and the recent revision to Bill C-60 which amends the copyright act are examples of public policy meashysures which were diminished by the lack of input from intellectuals
In the case of Meech Lake Senator Marsden said inadequate use was made of people with knowledge about Ilistory and constitutional law She called Meech Lake an underhanded unsatisfactory method of constitushytional reform which puts the rights ofCanadians at risk She said a different approach would have been taken if the historians and constishytutional experts had been consulted first and she feels the Accord should be amended in consultation with these intellectuals
With free Trade Senator Marsden said the opposite had happened A
wealth of research had been done by experts on the potential ofFrce Trade but this research had not been carried through to help Canadians debate the issue once the deal was stmck ]n this case the experts were at the front end of the project only At Meech Lake it was the other way around
With regards to Bill C-60 she warned that intellectuals and univershysities should wake up Although she said the 1924 copyright act was badly in need of change she claimed many of the changes would cause financial and administrative problems for universities affecting things like distance education exams art exhibitions photocopying and intershylibrary loans In this case the intellectuals have been Sitting apart from the process and not protecting their own interests
Although Senator Marsden conshycluded that she didnt know the solution she said that intellectuals must move collectively into the cen shytral life of Canada and develop a closer relationship with the politicians to create better public policy
Sena tor Marsden turned her speakers fee back into the proceeds
RETIRED ECONOMICS PROFESSOR DIES
Wilda Blacklock and Senator Lorna Marsden
from the dinner which will fu nd a CSS graduate student scholarship The CSSAlumniAssociation now presents five annual undergraduate scholarshyships to social science snldents
An announcement of the estabshylishment of rhe Wilda Blacklock graduate scholarship in sociology was also made Wilda earned her BA and honors BA in 1973 and 1975 while working as a secretary in the Departshyment ofSociology and Anthropology She resigned from the Department to study for her MA which she earned in 1978 She then renlrned to the Department as computer co shyordinator retiring in January The scholarship was established in honor of her service to the Department and to graduate studems over the years In her thank you speech she said Its not so bad getting old if we can leave something to the young
Retired Economics Professor Jack Madden died March 14 1988 in Guelph at 68
Born in leeds England and raised in Winnipeg Dr Madden served overshyseas with the RCAF from 1939 to 1945 After the war he received his BA from the niversity of Manitoba his MA from the niversity of Toronto and his Ph D from Cambridge University
He began teaching at Guelph in 1965 He was a founding faculty member of Wellington College and a member of Senate He was also actively involved in health care planning at both the regional and federal level and served as economic advisor to the Hall Commission on Health Services
In 1974 Dr Madden received the
Ontario Confederation of niversiry Faculty Associations teaching award and in 1983 he received the University ofGuelph Faculty Association college award
The Jack Madden Medal in Econoshymic History is presented annually to a Semester 8 student who has mainshytained the highest grades in that subject
Dr Madden retired from the Unishyversity inJanuary 1985 but continued to teach part-time at the Universities of Guelph and Toronto
He is survived by his wife Andrea and four children
Donations may be madc in his memory to The Jack Madden Memorial Fundand forwarded to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development
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SABBATICAL FULFilLS SCIENTIFIC DREAMS FOR HUSBAND-WIFE RESEARCH TEAM
Ahusband and wife teanl of Guelph biologists Professor Eugene Balon and Dr Christine Flegler-Balon have returned to the University after an eight-month sabbatical at the )LB Smith Institute of Ichthyology and Rhodes niversity Grahamstown South Africa They introduced a new type of research design to institute staff while studying the early deveshylopment of several fish species
The Balons received a Rhodes University Hugh Kelly Fellowship and grants from the Departmem of National Education and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
While in Grahamstown they made a comparative study of the developmiddot ment of two species oftilapine cichlids and of a ciarias Gltfish These species are common in aquacu lture although no detailed observations of their development had been made prior to this study
One of the fish we were obselVing Oreocbromis mossambicus (preshyviously known as Tilapia mossamshybica) is a mouthbrooder the other Tiapia rencalli lays its eggs on the substrate and guards tbem and the young as they develop explained Dr Flegler-Balon We wanted to test a theory on altricial-prccocial altershynatives developed earlier in Guelph says Professor Balon
InJune a conference on Alternative Life History Styles (ALHS) in organshyisms was held in Grahamstown and the Balons were among 12 invited foreign speakers
The Balons also participated in thrilling expeditions into the interior ofBotlWana by small plane observing the amazing landscape of the Karoo Kimberley diamond mines and Kalahari Desert The Kalahari absorbs all the waters of the large Okavango River which flows from Angola and forms a magnificent inland delta
I can bardly believe that I have seen the papyrus flats and channels the fishes and wildlife and in addition have met Tsodillo Hill bushmen and
Professor Eugene Balon and Dr Christine Regler-Balon bave returned to the University from an eXciting eight month sabbatical
have seen the recently discovered rock paintings of their ancestors says Dr Flcgler-BaLon The altricial bushmen are one of the important features in the tested ALHS theory
Okavango the last paradise is soon to be lost by diversion of waters via canals for the new dian10nd mines in the Kalahari and cattle ranching TIle
JLB Smith Institute is involved in desperate ecological studies
The Balons along with Instirute director Mike Bruton and scientist Robin Swbbs participated in an expedition to the Comoro Islands home of the coelacanth nicknamed old four legs the only living member ofa group representing the evolution of all terrestrial vertebrates ll1ey intelViewed coelacanth fishermen and measured eight specimens tvo of which are the largest so far recorded They also took samples from the fish communities of a river on Anjouan from its volcanic slopes over 15shymetre high waterfalls to its entry into the coelacanth sea They joined up with the yacht Metoka carrying a submersible and wert first to view the films taken from this submersible ofcoelacanths moving in their natural habitat Professor Balon conveys excitement as he describes thc slow motion flight-walk of this fascinating creaturc When the Balons realized how threatened this living fossil is they established the Coelacanth ConselVation Council The newsktter of this council will be published in Professor Balons international journal Elluironmental Biology ofFishes
TOUR MARINE BIOLOGY LABORATORY DURING ALUMNI WEEKEND
The CBS Alumni Association has added something new to its program of activities during Alumni Weekend this year A LOur of the Marine Biology Laboratory (Zoology Annex 2) wiU be conducted by faCility supelVisor Ted White CBS 78 The tour will follow the guided walk at Elord Gorge and picnic lunch at Biology House on June 18 at 1 30 pm Marine and Fisheries grads can reminisce while others can discover one of the hidden attractions of these programs at Guelph
Last years picnic saw the rerurn of a group of Micro 82 grads who took advantage of the Alumni Weekend festivities to send classmate Rick Clark off to his new job at King Faisal Research Centre and Specialist Hosshypital in Riyadh Saudia Arabia
While such auspicious occasions are bound to be infrequem yOll could make plans to get together with the old gang anyhow especially if yOll are a 1973 1978 or 1983 grad who has the extra motivation of a 15th 10th or 5th year reunion
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UNO ONE DESERVES IT MORE RESEARCH TECHNOLOG ST RECEIVES AWARD
By j anne Pengelly Public Relations and In fo rmation
Amost a quarter cemury of hard work late nights and long hours were recognized when research technoloshygist Uta Srrelive Zoology received Sigma Xis Support of Research Award Professor Roy Anderson chair of Zoology told the 70 people at the awards ceremony No one deserves it more
The local chapter of the scientific society Sigma Xi has only awarded the prize once before in 1985 It recognizes researchers who make a significant contribution to the societys goal of excellence in research but are seldom known to the research community at large
During her 22 years at the Univershysity Uta has taught the laboratory sections of LWO invertebrate zoology courses and helped more than 30 graduate students complete their theses She has co-authored several papers on neurotropic nematodes and is currently responsible for the day-to-day running of Professor Andersons parasitology lab where she works with graduate and undershygraduate students
Uta completed her undergraduate degree in textile research at the University of Gera East Germany In 1961 she came to Canada to join her parents and obtained a job in electron microscopy in the anatomy departshyment of the faculty of medicine ni shyversity of Saskatchewan She learned the basics in a field that was growing fast She did everything from preparing experimems to photographing and writing them up
She married became a mother and was widowed - all within three years of arriving in Canada After her husshyband died she wanted to be closer to her homeland Toronto had good job opportunities so she and the baby moved east just to make enough money to go to West Germany
At the Ontario Research Foundashytion where she went to look for a job Uta found Professor Anderson in the middle of an experiment The young
Uta Strelive with her Support of Research Award certificate
parasitologist was so engrossed in his work he didnt ask why she was there He just asked her to give him a hand When they were finished Uta had a job Later the same year Proshyfessor Anderson came to Guelph and Uta came along to run his lab
Utas nomination for the Sigma Xi award was supported by several proshy
fessors and many students I love the students and have a good rapport with them she says People ask ifl get bored but there are always new faces new problems new classifishycations new data to organize Parashysitology is a very exciting field because nothing ever stands still
Bird Carvings Uta is internationally known for
her magnificent wood carvings of birds Each carving takes about 100 homs work and sells for between $500 and pound1 000 She has won 28 awards since she started carving in 1981 including tlrst prize at the World Champ ionship Wildfowl Carving Competition in Maryland She had her first show in her own studio in Guelph last year
Carving could tum into a profitable retirement project for Uta Kaiser Porcelain in Germany has approached her about test marketing one of her birds
But Uta says her hours at the Univershysity are just as satisfying in their own vay When students recognize
theyve learned something thal is the biggest reward she says
More than 125 CBS students galbered for a Careers and Faclilty Night coshysponsored by the CBS Student Council and CBS Alumni Association in FebnUllJI Here Dr Dazrid Rodger CBS PhD 82 answers questions about his work in aquatic biology Other CBS alumni speakers included Petra Patczllr 82 who works with (be dezelopmental(v disabled Les StaHfield 81 a community adl isorfor the Commwzity Fisheries Involvement Program and julia Stanley Weille1~ 82 acting manager offhlishedproducts ill the hepatitis diagnostics division Connaught Laboratories Ltd
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SECOND VOLUME OF LM MONTGOMERY JOURNALS PUBLISHED
By Mary Dickieson Public Relations and Information
The second volume of ]be Selected j ournals ofLM Montgomery records the best and worst experiences in the life of one ofthe worlds most popular authors of childrens books Edited by Professor Mary Rubio English Lanshyguage and Literature and now-retired English professor Elizabeth Waterston the book is expected to repeat the popularity of Volume I which jumped to the best seller list immediately after its November 1985 release and is now in its second printing
Volume II covers 1910 to 1921 and records Montgomerys new life as a mother and wife of a minister in an Ontario village This is a varied and complicated period in which she has achieved world-wide acclaim and a following of readers devoted to her heroine Anne Shirley
Like Anne Montgomery revels in motherhood She also reveals her thoughts on the death of the grandshymother who restricted her life so severely and her feelings for a husband whose mental illness enslaved her in an increasingly unhappy marriage
During th is II -yea r period Montgomery produced four additional Anne novels and a book ofpoetry She initiated and won two bitter lawsuits against her first publisher in a fight
SCOTTISH COLLECTION EXPANDED
Prof essors Elizabeth Waterston and Mary Rubio with the second volume of The Selected journals of LM Montgomery
over the exploitation of women writers
Volume 11 contains more than 100 of Montgomerys own photographs including many of hcr two sons and scenes of Leaksdale the village where she kept up the facade of being a happy Presbyterian ministers wife
The First World War had a profound effect on village life and is a major theme in Montgomerys journal Six of her neighbors sons died and her beloved half-brother lost a leg
Professors Rubio and Waterston edited the handwritten journals at the request of the authors son the late Dr Stuart Macdonald who arranged for his mothers journals
The Scottish Collection in the Unishyversity Library has received a 525000 boost from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Counci l (SSHRC) moving it a step closer to becoming the major Canad ian centre for Scottish studies
The collection already includes Scottish manuscripts from the last three centuries many Scottish literary journals and some parish records from the late 18th and 19th centuries
The SSHRC grant will buy a collecshy
tion of Scottish newspapers from the late 19th and early 20th cennlries Sir Walter Scotts diaries and records of the Darien Company - the Scottish trailing company that caused financial ruin in Scotland when it went bankshyrupt in lhe early 18th cennlry
Emphasis in Scottish studies stems from Guelph faculty interests and the influence of Guelphs Scottish settlers and founder John Galt The Library collection is the largest in Canada and among the top five in the world
scrapbooks and other memorabilia to become part ofthe Mclaughlin Library archives
TIle remaining unedited journals cover the last 22 years of Montshygomerys life and include the devshyelopment of a new heroine Emily based on herself She obviou Iy saw her life as an ongOing story and one she wanted to teU Professor Rubio says They expect to publish a third and possibly a fourth volume
MONTGOMERY COLLECTION
EXPANDED
T he Lucy Maud Montgomery Collection in the University Library now includes the newsshypap rs the author read all her life This addition is being funded by a S10000 grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council ( SSHRC)
The Library collection already hal) Montgomerys cHaries and scrapbooks various published editions of her works in different languages 5000 photographs mostly taken by Montgomery herself some personal papers and a few artifacts including examples of her needlework and the china dogs she loved and wrote about in her books - Gog and Magog
The newspapers including microfiche records of Charshylottetowns ]be Island Patriot from 1892 to 1942 are a connecshytion with Montgomerys history that is valuable to researchers now says Acquisition Librarian Tim Sauer Montgomery continshyued to receive newspapers from her native province Prince Edward Island during the many year she lived in Ontario
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MAJOR CANADIAN THEATRE COLLECTIONS JOIN FORCES TO PRODUCE EXHIBITION
Putting It Back Together which opens May 21 at the Macdonald tewart An Centre in conjunction
with the Guelph Spring Festival represents the first time that major Canadian theatre collections have joined forces to produce a unique and timely exhibition about the preshyservation of our performing arts heritage The exhihition is curated and designed by Daniel Ladell ardlishyvist Stratford Festival with Len Conolly chair Department of Drama acting as associate curator
Putting II Back Together wi il educate and entertain But it also has an urgent message By shOWing what is being kept the exhibition conshyversely draws attention to what is being 10st and emphasizes the need to preserve the vast remainder of Canadas performing arts heritage
Confirmed lenders to the exhibition include The Canadian (Opera) Company Archives Dance Canada Danse The Metropolitan Toronto
DRAMA REUNION HELD
Over 100 former drama students attended a reunion at the Cutten Club in Novemher It was a roaring success says HarryLane acting chair Department of Drama and one of the organizers of the event This was the second drama reunion in five years and Professor Lane hopes a third can be organized in another five years
Several alumni speakers were feashytured during the reunion dinner including the well-known Canaclian stage deSigner Sue lePage Arts 73 who is designing Richard III for the Stratford Festival this year Professor Donald Mullin was presented with an Irish lead crystal bowl circa 1800 as a retirement gift after 20 years with the Department of Drama A dance followed clinner
If you would like to know about future drama reunions or other Department ofDrama events contact Marlene Neal at ( 519) 824-4120 ext 3147
Library Theatre Collection The National Ballet Ardtives The Public Archives of Canada (Social and Culshytural Archives) The Stratford Festival Archives and the Theatre Arcl1ives of the University of Guelph It is hoped that major collections in other regions will agree to participate giving the project more national scope
The exhibition is specifically designed for louring It leaves Guelph July 10 and will be at the Gallery Stratford from September 9 to October 16 Other venues in Canada and a projecLed international tour are under negotiation
PuttingItBack Togetberwill feature
rare printed phowgraphic and manushyscript materials and Lhree-dimenshysional and design materials (such as renderings set models costumes and properties ) These customarily comprise theatrical xhibitions but this exhibit will also feature audioshyvisual recordings and a special handsshyon computer module showing how modern technology is creating new forms of documentation and making these collections accessible to a wider public than ever before
Putting It Back Togetber is proshyduced hy the Stratford Festival Archives in collaboration with the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre
NEW CHAIR HOPES TO CARRY ON JOHN BELLS TRADITION
When Professor Manfred Kremer assumed the chair of the Department of L1nguages and Literatures last fall he knew it wouldnt be easy to follow in the footsteps of his close friend Professor]ohn Bell who had died the previous spring
John was one of the -niversitys finest teachers and is sorely missed says Professor Kremer I hope I can carry on the tradition of excellence that was his hallmark
Enrolment in Languages and Litershyatures one of the largest departments in the College ofArts has been steady for the past decade with 1300 to 1400 students a semester
With the help of his colleagues Professor Kremer is revising the currishyculum ofsome programs The French Studie section is investigating the establishment of a masters program in co-operation with other univershysities With more than half the departments enrolment in the French progranl the student base is broad enough to justify a masters program he says Guelph already works jointly with Wilfrid Laurier Western and Windsor universities in mooing a French Studies program in Nice France
Professor Manfred Kremer
Professor Kremer received his undergraduate degree and PhD degrees at the University of Cologne in West Germany He taught at the
niversity of Wales for a year before coming to Guelph as a lecturer in 1966
Editors Note The John Bell -Memorial Fund will provide an annual scholarship to a student majoring in Classics Donations can be sent to the Office of the dean College ofArts Income tax receipts will be issued
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ALUMNI HONORED AT CHEMISTRY IBIOCHEMISTRY
AWARDS NIGHT
Martin Bosch CPS 69 MSe 7J ( left) andPrOfessor Hamish Rattray chair of the University Awards Committee chat during the 1987 annual Chemistry mul Biochemistry awards night
Aumni were in the spotlight when the Department of ChemistI) and BiochemistI) and the Chemistry Biochemistry Club held their 1987 annual dinner and awards night recently
1987 graduates Dorothy Bakker (chemistry) Karen Graham (chemical tOXicology) Donna (Fackoury) Meagher ( applied chemistry) and Lauretta Williams (biochemistry) each received a Society of Chemical Industry Merit Award
Dorothy now studying medicine at McMaster University said The Guelph semester system and deshymanding undergraduate workload gave me the ability and confidence to be well organized in high pressure situations
Karen who is pursuing pharmashy
cology and toxicology studies at the University of Toronto commented that Guelph offered a tremendous toxicology program and said she would have stayed to do her graduate work at Guelph had it offered a graduate toxicology program
Donna a full-time research assistant for Mc eil Consumer Produc ts Company and winner of the EB Mac aughtOn Convocation Prize as the Winegard nominee for 1987 reflected on her studies at Guelph saying My four yCdfS at Guelph helped me develop skills I require to fmd answers
Lauretta who also received the CPS Graduation Prize and prestigious NSERC 1967 Science Scholarship said her undergraduate training at Guelph prepared me with a very solid foundation and competitive edge for graduate studies and encouraged me in the joy oflcarning and desire to study She now attends York University
Brock Chittim CPS MSc 77 pre shysident and general manager of Wellington Laboratories Guelph presented Joanne Ryks with the newly established WeUington Laboratories Prize in Environmental Chemistry
Martin Bosch 69 MSc 71 preshysident of Tricorp Chemical Speci shyalities Guelph announced the new Tricorp Chemical Specialties Award in organiC chemistry The first presentation of this annual scholarship of S I 200 will be made in 1989
Dr Lind Mrs Harold Suderman presented H] Suderman Demonstrashytor Awards to PhD students Clint Chapple CPS 82 MSc 84 and Carl Decicco CPS 84 for their excellent work in teaching undergraduate lahoratories
Thirty-two additional awards were presented to undergraduate students for their outstanding efforts in 1987
Professor Innes MacKltnzie Physics chats with Dr Steve Berko Brandeis f
University Waltham Mass one Of the speakers at a sympOSium held in Professor MacKenzies honor
PROFESSOR HONORED
November was quite a month for Professor Innes MacKenzie Physics
first he received the 1987 Sigma Xi Excellence in Research Award for his outstanding contribution to re shysearch The award was presented at the Guelph chapter of Sigma Xi s annual banquet At the chapters annual meeting Professor MacKenzie presented the lecture Non-invasive Analyses by Gamma-ray BackshyscatteJing
Later in November a symposium New Demands on Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy wai organized by Proshyfessor MacKenzies research assoshyciates The symposium held at the University in Professor MacKenzies honor featured ten speakers from rhe United States Canada Africa England and Finland A banquet and reception followed in the evening
Professor MacKenzie is now retired but continues to do research at the University as an adjunct professor
NAMED TO STATS INSTITUTE
Professor Hendrick Malik Mathematics and Statistics has been elected a member of the International Statistical Institute in recognition of his contribushytions to the field of statistical methods TIle institute is an autonomous society whose obshyjective is the development and improvement of statistical methods throughout the world
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LEADING CANCER RESEARCHER DELIVERS FIRST CHAPPEL LECTURE
Anoted medical scientist in cancer research delivered the inaugural address in a new lecture series on campus - the Chappel Lecture in Biomedical Sciences
Dr Harry Rubin spoke February 4 the night before winter convocation ceremonies at which he received an honorary doctor of science degree Dr Michael Smith a leading Canadian molecular biologist also received an honorary degree at winter convoshycation
The Chappel Lecture will be an annual event on campus bringing scholars of international repute to address students faculty and the public It was established by Dr
D1~ Harry Rubin hooded by Umversity secretay Barbara Abercrombie is congratulatedby Chancellor William A Stewart
CLifford 1 Chappel OVC 50 and hLi wife in memory ofhis father Herbert James Chappel and was hosted in its first year by OVe
Dr Rubin began his work in the area of viruses in Mexico after gradu shyating from Cornell University as a veterinarian in 1947 He later joined the S Public Health Service became senior research fellow at the California Institute ofTechnology and has held several research pOSitions at the ni shyversity of California Berkeley where he is now professor of molecular biology and research virologist He is known for his contributions to the field of cell growth regulation and malignanqr
Dr Rubins lecture Is Cancer Caused by Cancer Gerzes or the Folly ofReductionism explored popular theories of cancer-causing genes
OVC GRAD WORKS TOWARD BILINGUAL EDUCATION IN CANADA
Dr Susan (Tilt ) Purdy OVC 68 strongly believes that Canada can be a bilingual nation To that end he is serving as national president of Canadian Parents for French (CPF) a 16500-mcmber nation-wide volunshytary association of parents intere ted in promoting the best possible french second language programs at all educational levels
CPF acts as an information-sharing resource for parents educators governments and the general public on French education opportunities in Canada Sue says it is a unique organization because it represents the majority language group advoshycating the language of the minority and thus is a bridge between the two solitudes
Sue moved to New Brunswick after graduation from OVC and practised veterinary medicine in Moncton with her husband Dr James G Purdy OVC 50 until 1974 when they sold their hospital and moved ro Sackville Presently Sue is in small animal prac shytice with her husband in Sackvillc on
Susan (Tilt) Pu-dy OVC 68 sbaresa conversation with Fernand Robichaud MP for West Moreland Kent (left) and DIberville Fortier CommissionerofOffidaI Languages at the 10th anniversary ofCanadian Parents for Frerzch in 1987
a limited part-time basis as she serves her second year as CPF president
Sue became involved in educational issues and joined CPF 10 years ago when her two children started school Now n and 16 both children are enrolled in continuing French immershyion programs and Sue says shes satist1ed that she has given them the
best start she can at becoming bilinshygual J now devotc most of my time to ensuring that other Canadian hildren have a right and opportunity
to learn both of Canadas official languages in the public school sysshyteOl she explains
Sue ha fond memories of Guelph and her fellow students at OVC in the sixties Our paths have continued to cross over the years and I always look forward to such encounters she says Although I am not lIsing my formal training a great deal at the moment the education I received at Guelph has fitted me well for the advocacy role I play poundOday My only wish is that [ could have graduated a bilingual veterinarian - but alas those were different times That is why I work so hard to ensure future graduates from all our universities will not be Limited to expression in only one language
Editors Note Ifyou would like more illformation about CPF write to 309 Cooper Street Suite 2OJ Ottawa Ontalio K2P OG5
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OVC GRAD FOUNDS WORLD WOMENS VETERINARY
ASSOCIATION DrBetsy McGregor OVC 87 didnt expect to become president of the worlds ftrst association for professhysional women veterinarians when she auended her first World Veterinary Congress in Montreal last summer But when she discovered that the only female vet group the womens auxiliary was not designed to address specific professional issues for women vets she invited interested women to a meeting Sixty-eight women from 24 countries attended When the meeting was over Betsy had been elected founding president of the World Womens Veterinary Associashytion (WWV A) and a set of objectives had been struck
Career enhancement is the core objective The WWVA will promote awareness of professional opportunishyties for women veterinarians on difshyferent continents and within the United ations international agencies A quarterly WWVA Newsletter will list such opportunities around the world
The WWVA is also committed to professional and personal developshy
ment through practice exchanges betshyween countries university visits leave opporrunities and house exchanges For example the founding member fro m Kenya suggested hOliday or academic exchanges between her colleagues in Africa and women veterinarians interested in wildlife The iWVA Newsletter will contain a listing of members wishing to partishycipate in s1lch exchanges
Above all the WWVAis committed to a humanitarian contribution to international agriculture About half of the 24 countries represented in the Asso ciation are developing nations Recognizing that in many of these countries women contribute signiftcantly to livestock production the WWV A wants to provide support to these women who because of cultural constraints may not have the same access to services as men To this end Betsy contacted the president of the Associated Country Women of the World Dr Ellen McLean also a Canadian The two organizations will work as affiliates in international aid projects to deliver livestock and
Dr Betsy McGregor ove 87 and son at last years convocation ceremonies
veterinary medical care to Third World nations
Following a masters degree in rural farming systems from McMaster -nishyversity Betsy worked for the United Nations Food and Agr icultural Organization around the world during the 1970s She returned from overseas and commenced studies at OVC in the 1980s Upon graduation she worked as a special assistant to OVC Dean Ole ielsen co -ordinating OVCs international programs She is currently working as a eterinarian with Agriculture Canada
For more information about the WWVA contact Betsy at PO Box 6069 Station J Ottawa K2A ITl
OVC STUDENTS HOST FIRST CONFERENCE The first Canadian Veterinary Stushydents Conference hosted by OVC in January was a big success according to OVC student Andrea Ellis president of the Central Vcterinary Students Association (CVSA)
There is a student conference in the United States but the Canadians get lost in the crowd We decided it was a good time being OVCs 125th anniversary in 1987 to have something right in our own backyard Andrea explains
The OVC snldent council of the CVSAhad been preparing since Mar h 1987 for the two full days of scientific
sessions and recreational events About 60 students and faculty attenshyded from the Atlantic Veterinary College University of Prince Edward Island the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Montreal St Hyacinthe and the Western College of Veterinary Medicine niversity of Saskatchewan Attendance from avc students ranged from 180 to 300 depending on the event
OVC has always had a FrenchshyEnglish student exchange with St HyaCinthe and we knew there was enthusiasm in the West because they talked for years about organizing a hockey tournament But we were
really surprised by the Atlantic Veterinary College Their school has only been operating a few years and out of about 96 students 19 came to conference says Andrea
A conference fund has now been set up and will be administered by the Students of the Canadian Vetershyinary Medical Association n1e conshyference location will be rotated among the four colleges with St Hyacinthe probably hosting next year says Andrea Weve been told that weve started something big Everyone had a really good time and we hope the conference will continue for a long tinle
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DR IAN TAYLOR DOING HIS ullONS SHARE Dr Ian W Taylor avc 43 of Wheeling Illinois puts enthusiasm into everything he does [ figure if Im going to do it Im going to be enthusiastic he was quoted recently in a local newspaper article
As OVC class of 43 president Ian co-chaired the 40th reunion of his class at Alumni Weekend in 1983 along with Dr Archie MacKinnon He acted as master of ceremonies for the program and arranged a display of memorabilia Fourteen out ofa possishyble 31 members of the class were present
TIlis year [an is pushing for 100 per cent attendance at the 45th reunion during Alumni Weekend Perfect attendance is something Ian knows about
He has served the community of Wheeling as a veterinarian for over 30 years Although most of his work has been with dogs cats and a few birds he has also dedicated a great amount of time to lions - bUl nol the four legged kind He recently received
GOOD EWES Three sets of genetically identical lambs are the first anio1aJs bom from bisected embryos at the University
]n December six surrogate ewes delivered nine lambs - three sets of twins and three singles - that had developed from embryos micro shysurgically bisected and implanted five months earlier
Project leader Dr Calhy Gartley ove 82 now completing a DVSc degree in the Department of Clinical Studies says the accomplishment is a milestone for the University
1 find it exciting that these are the first genetically identical animals created and born at the University of Guelph she says They represent the first ofmany such twins in several species that University researchers hope to soon realize
Besides maximizing embryo use this project demonstrates the potenshytial to create Significant numbers of
Dr Ian Taylor OVC 43 with some of the hundreds ofpins hehas collected on visits to Lions CLubs a1(mnd the world
a special award from the International Lions Club for exemplary work in lhe field of international relations He has attended Lions Club meetings in 57
Twin lambs Mutton and jeff who began life as the same embryo am shown with Dr Cathy Gartley avc 82 under the watChful eye of their sutTOgate mothet Q2
genetically identical aninlals that are vital for consistent research results
Dr Gartleys project is supported by the Ontario Ministry ofAgricu Iture and Food (OMAF) and the Eleanor Gartshore Memorial Shnp Trust
different countries and hasnt missed a monthly meeting in 29 years
He has served the Wheeling Club as preSident newsletter editor and public relations chairnlan and has twice been named Lion of the Year In 1982he received tbe MeJvinJones Fellowship award for dedication to humanitarian services and recently he was recognized by a resolution in the Illinois House of Representatives for his Lions Club work He says his greatest pleasure is watching the joy that d isabled children get from a Lions-sponsored camp in Lake Villa each year He has been involved in ftmd-raising for the disabled which is the Lions main objective both locally and abroad
Ian would like to hear from alumni who are members of Lions Intershynational to exchange information and souvenirs used by the clubs throughout the world of Lionism He would also like his OVC class of 43 members to immediately send back the questionnaires mailed to them by the Alumni Office in December for the purpose of producing a class anniversary newsletter These may be sent [0 him at 7695 Milwaukee Ave Wheeling lllinois 60090 or to Dr Archie MacKinnon RR 4 Cambridge Onto 1R 555
SPEAKERS TOUR
The OVC Alumni Association invites alumni to hear two dynashymic guest speakers and tour the Equine Research Centre during Alumni Weekend June 18
Dr Bruce Fogle OVC 70 of London England practitioner and author will speak on The Changing Role Of the Veterinshyarian in SmallAnimalPractice and Dr Brian Brandenburg OVC 68 M Sc 71 president of Guelph International Developshyment Consultants will speak on Veterinary Medicine in the Third World
The progranl will conclude with a dinner and dance
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FROM THE PRESIDENT
While writing this message at the end ofJanuary I realize the mid-point of this years board of directors acti shyvities has arrived I reflect on two goals I set at our annual meeting last June to evaluate our contact with Mac-FACS alumni and increase memshybership in our alumru association
Upon graduation you do not autoshymatically become a member f the Mac-FACS Alumni Association You become a member by paying an annultll or life membership fee This money helps the board ofdirectors carry out activities on your behalf for both students and aluo1ni
At (he January board meeting we discussed the services our Association provides Our visibility with students is quite high through schOlarship presentations careers night and a reception for the graduating class Our services to alumni may need to be redefined What would you like us to provide orgaruze or sponsor
Our annual seminar was cancelled in October 1986 due to a lack of registrants Should we attempt to organize another
LOnYline Holding 71
Your board wants to increase its ConLlct with a greater number ofyou Where and when would you like us to be active7 What projects would you like us to consider
Please send your comments to us at Alumni House University ofGuelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2Wl Also why not come to our 1988 annual meeting June 18 J hope to hear from you soon
Sincerely Lorraine Holding 71 MacmiddotFACS Alu m ni As ociation President
FACS students Suzie Chin and Tracey Vent chat with Barb Stuart FAGS 71 faculty representative on the Mac-FACS Alumni Association s board Of directors at the annual party for graduating students hosted by the Assodation in February Sixty-five students 15 board members and several faCUlty members attended this yems party
CALLING ALL HOME
ECONOMISTS Towards 2000 Challenges and Opportunities is the theme of the Canadian Home Economics Associashytion (CHEA) National Conference at the Univer-ity July 10-13 The conshyference will be of intere t to alumni who graduated in programs related to family and consumer studies foods and nutrition home economics or human ecology
CHEA with a membership of2000 is committed to provide professional development for its members through programs workshops and special interest sessions A major part fits mandate is to create an awareness of new products and services in the market place
Frank Feather a well-known global futurist with a business-like approach will be the keynote speaker at the CIlEA conference He will address the challenges and opportunities of the future Dr Ehler Park a consultant with A5A willexplainhowplanning for outer _pace affects everything from the food we eat to how children will play
Other topics at the conference will include artificial vs natural sweetshyeners issues of an aging population space-age textiles SMART house - a totally computerized environment human sexuality free trade and agri shycu lture food irrJdiatjon and financ ial p lanning
Well-known Canadian entertainer Nanlt-Y White whose satirical songs arc often heard on CBC radio will perform following the opening ceremonies
Many pre and post-conference actishyvities are planned including trips to the Stratford Festival Niagara-on-theshyLake and Niagara Falls Waterloo County ( Farmer Market ) and the village of Elora
The conference offers an excellent opportunity for professional deveshylopment and networking For more information contact Wilda Waldron registration chair CHEA Conference 88 168 Maple Street Guelph Ontario N I G 2G7 ( 519) 836-9551
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FACS GRAD FINDS HEART IN THE ARTS
I ts strange how things work Ollt
Im glad r received a well-rounded education at Guelph It prepared me for th e future reflects Eva Eichenbaum FACS 75
Eva is one often Niagara Peninsula poets featured in Voices from the Niagara a book of local poems colshylelttcd by Pcter and Brenda Baltensperger and published in 1987 ( Moonstone Press 8795 )
Reviewing the book in the Hamilton Spectator John Terpstra writcs Thcre are some very good poems here and a few are standouts I especia lly enjoyed those of Eva Eichenbaum and David Haskins
Eva was born in Sweden the daughter of Estonian refugees who escaped their homeland during the Second World War She camc to Canada with ber family at age two and grew up in Niagara Falls where she attended Stamford Collegiate and won the Upper Scbool English Award at graduation
After a year of travel in 1969 as Miss iagara Hospitality for the Niagara
Promotion Association she enrolled at the University of Guelph to earn a Bachelor of Applied Science degrce and also took some courses at the
niversity of Helsinki Finland She then earned her Bachelor of Education degree at the College of Education Brock n iversity St Catharines and now teaches English and Television Arts at Merritton High School in that city
She started her career in education as a Family Studies teacher and was once head of the Family Studies Department at Merritton but found that her heart was really in English and the creative arts She used to teach theatre arts and also formed the Merriuon High School Dance Commiddot pany Sht teaches ballet and has written several musical comedies for her theatre and dance students
I got the idea for the style and format of the musicals fro m College Royals Curtain Call at Guelph I had a role in the production Der Keller a take-off on Cabaret in my final year she explains
NEW CHAIR TO BROADEN FOCUS IN
CONSUMER STUDIES Teaching and research in the Department ofConsumer Studies has focused on consumer affairs particushylarly consumer behavior and the basic necessities - food clothing and housing New department chairJohn Pratschke sees a need to review and perhaps expand this focus
Professor Pratschke says he was drawn to Guelph because of his interest in consumer economics The University has one of the few departmiddot ments in Canada with a consumer emphasis He plans to preserve the departments unusual linking ofsocial SCience business and technology but broaden the rangt ofstudy to include other products and services important
to the budgets of Canadian house shyholds
The employer market is happy with Consumer Studies graduates says Promiddot fessor Pratschke but there is a need for better communication about the program w ith secondary school stushyden ts We must get across the message that marketing is an inter shyesting challenge and that the program is professionally oriented without lOSing its base in product technology
Born in Ireland Professor Pratschke received his bachelor of commerce master ofeconomic science and PhD at University College Cork He has taught at the University of Waterloo University College Ga lway and
Eva EiclJenbaum FACS 75
Five of Evas poems are featured in tht 63 middotpage Voices f1Om the Niagara and she has donated a copy of the book to the University Lihrary She has also had poems published in Souldust and Pearls Sixth Edition ( Moonstone Press) and There Is a book productd by the Niagara Chapter of the Canadian Authors Association In the future she hopes to take some tinle out from teaching to study broadshycasting
PrOfessorjohn Pratschke
Memorial University Newfoundland He has published widely on the economics ofconsumer expenditures and on European housing policy agrimiddot culture banking and business education
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Mike Traub HAF-A 78 general manager Victoria Place Retirement Lodge Kitchenel discusses his career with a group ofstudents at the HAFA Alumni Assodatiolls annual Careers Night held on campus in January Thirty-seven alumni involved in a vanmiddotety ofcareers volunteered their time to the popular event
HAFA ALUMNI EXCHANGE SEMINAR HELD
Nancy Plato FACS 81
FACS PEOPLE Naney Plato FACS 81 ( Consumer Studies ) the new OAC liaison coshyordinator will acquaint high school students and guidance counsellors with opportunities in the agricultural sciences at Guelph
Enrolment at OAC has declined over the past few years and _ aney will work at increasing student numbers through recruitment and marketing
The position ofliaison co-ordinator is a new one for OAe Nancy says one of her main objectives is to broaden the understanding high school stushydents have ofGuelphs programs She plans to use her well-rounded view of agriculture and its related proshygrams combined with her recruitshyment experience
Nancy is back in Guelph from a position in secondary school liaison at Mount Royal College Calgary She is married to Paul Thiel OAC 82 and is an active member of the Mac-FACS Alumni Association board of directors
Professors Kathleen Brown Lila Engberg and Griffith Morgan have all retired from the Department of Family Studies Professor Elizabeth Upton HAFA will retire in July
Professor John Auld Consumer Studies has produced the Human Settlements Audio-Visual Resources Catalogue It is published by the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Warren Adamson vice-president development Delta Hotels gave the keynote address What is the Canadian Tourism Industry Anyway at the annual HAFA Alumni Exchange Seminar held November 4 at the DelL Chelsea Inn Toronto
This professional development event was sponsored by the HAFA
MOllica Hrybko HAFA 88 (left) received Ci HAFA AlumniAssociation Life Membership from Association president Morag McKenzie 82 The membership is given to a graduating student as selected by his or her peers with a minimum 70 per cent accumulative average who has had outstanding involvement ill the School andor University
Alumoi Association in co-operation with Pannell Kerr Forster lL gave lIAFA grads an opportunity to listen to experts in the field speak 00 various topical hospitality issues including pay equity the human resource risis trends in the hotel and foodservice industry and business planning
CONFERENCE
In Search of Healthy Sexuality
June 13-15 1988
The University of Guelphs 10th an nual sexua li ty conference sponshysor d byThe Department of Fami ly Studies wil l examine current issues in human sex u lily tea hing approaches in sexducation and counse llin g m thod for sexual problems
Keynote Ad dress by Dr Ruth Westheimer
For further info rmation write Co ntinu ing Education Di ISlon Univers ity of Guelph Gu Iph
nta ri N 1 G 2W1 or telephone (5 19) 824-4120 ex 3956
Registration Limit d Apply early
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OAC ALUMNI NEWS Editor Richard Buck 76A
OAC GRAD GIVES GIFT OF WATER TO THAI VILLAGERS
By janet Dumo
Water is not taken for granted in northeast Thailand Usually there is too little of it The sandy laterite soils do not hold water They crack and parch during the hot dry season Ponds shrink Streams and some wells dry up Even in the rainy season the rains are often late or insufficient and the rice crops wither in the fields
But sometimes there is too much water Heavy rains cause flash floods Which drown crops and wash pesti shycides and decaying organic matter into unprotected pit wells There is not enough clean drinking water to ensure good health
A CUSO priority in Thailand is to increase village self-sufficiency and improve the standard of living through the development ofsmall-scale water resources particularly in the north and northeast the poorest regions of the country CUSO engineers placed with departments of local adminisshytration survey and design small spillways dams and piped water systems They develop an under shystanding of indigenous water proshyblems and help viUagers develop water resource technology to deal with these problems
In most villages in Surin province the water is imprisoned under a 20shymetre thick layer of heavy clay comshypacted into red brick-like rock
Ed von Euw OAC 84 returned to Canada in December after two years as a CUSO water resources engineer in Surin While there he worked with two percussion water-jet well-drilling rigs one an Appropriate Technology Association ( A TA) rig originally used in India and Africa the other based on an indigenous village model
Ed found theATA rig needed modi shyfications to make it easier for villagers to operate Most important was the change from a hand to foot-powered lever which the villagers found much less exhausting to work But at $625 the ATA rig is expensive to buy and the Honda motor which pushes water
Ed von EllW and co-worker teaching pump maintenance ill Surin Thailand
down the hole to tlush out the soil and rock particles can use up to $4 of fuel a day
Ed spent several months looking at rigs used by Surin farmers and finally adapted a model from one used by Khun Hong of Muang Pet a village near Surin town Khun Hongs rig uses a pole and beam arrangement making it less durable and steady than the tripod form used in Eds adapted rig The new rig uses a hand-powered Lucky pump made in Taiwan and fanliliar to villagers
The Honda pump used in the ATA drilling rig must be repaired in town and a smaU repair may cost $10 while a repair to the Lucky pump can be done by villagers for less than a doUar Spare parts are available everywhere The drill bilS are made from truck springs in the same Surin shop that made the rig to Eds specillcations They cost only 96 ccors each as opposed to the S7-bits used in the ATA rig
Using smaller pipe and bit than the ATA rig Eds adapted rig drills more quickly through rock and is lighter and easier to use It requires only two people to ope(dte the foot lever The ATA rig requires four or five Eds rig cost $192 to make including pump and accompanying tools and can be constructed by villagers in a small weldingmachine shop if there is a demand for more
Eds rig was tested in Ban Se Jaruk on a site divined by a villager Working
intermittently the villagers went d wn 25 metres in one and a half weeks much of the time grinding through the red rock When water they were pumping down the hole suddenly disappeared and didnt come up again they were afraid they had damaged the rig But instead it was a sign of having broken into a vein of water which was now absorbing any other water poured down So water had been found delicious and abundant right behind the assistant headmans house
The Ban Se Jaruk well has been capped with a rower pump purchased from ATA for S17 The pump is based on a bamboo model used in fndia The tubewell pipe and pump are made of plastic - more acceptable than steel which gives the water an unpleasant taste
Ed carried out a four-month wellshydrilling project in co-operation with Khun Darune of the Northeast Thailand ( ET) Project Funded by the Canadian Internat ional Deve shylopment Agency and assisted by CUSO it is a rural development program in operation since 1981 in 52 villages along the Thai-Kampuchean border The villagers of Ban Se Jaruk elated with their initial success borrowed Eds rig to drill more wells In total seven rigs were built from Eds proto shytype and distributed to four other villages Over 100 successful wells have been drilled in the area to date
EdilO1-S NoteanetDuma is a CUSO special program officer in Malaysia Sbe bas worked as an Englisb teacber witb CUSO in fi)aiand andMaaysia
Ed von Euw a Stratford native graduated from Guelpb witb a BSc in engineering in December J984He llas 011 tbe deans bonor roll three times and received an engineering scbolarsbip in 1983 Before going overseas in November 1985 be workedfor Enllironment Canada as a bydrornettic engineer He is now studying f01 a masters degree in engineering at Guelph
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Professor Harold Crawford OAC 58 MSc 7 0
OAC PEOPLE ProfessorJohn Burton OAC 62 and Brian McBride CBS 78 OAC MSA 80 Department of Animal and Poultry Science have received $400000 from the Ministry ofColleges and niversities Research Incentive Fund for contract research in partnershyship with Cyanamid Canada Inc of Toronto They will examine the effecshytiveness of the hormone BST in increasing milk production in dairy cattle as well as any other effects of the agent
Gordon MacLeod OAC 50 has retired from the Department ofAnimal and Poultry Science after 31 years at the UniversityJohn Summers OAC 53 MSA 59 has also retired from the Department of Animal and Poultry Science after 25 years at the University
Harold Crawford OAC 58 MSc 70 who recently retired as coshyordinator of the Ontario Diploma in Horticulture Program Independent Study Division after 29 years at the University has received the Ontario Parks Association (OPA) recognition award for Significant contribution to the betterment of parks the proshyfession and the envirorunent through his work in continuing education He has been a member of the educational committee of the OPA for 14 years The Ontario Diploma in Horticulture program graduated its first students in 1963 and now has 500 alumni
Marilyn Dykstra OAC 78 is new director of the Universitys Pest
Marilyn Dykstra OAC 78
Diagnostic and Advisory Clinic The clinic is working at maximum capacity with marc than 30000 inquiries to its credit since it opened nine years ago says Marilyn It receives everyshything from live specimens of earwigs and spiders to diseased ornamentals and fruit and vegetable crops Most specimens come from home gar shydeners she ays but the clinic has a growing clientele among commercial growers landscape businesses and other industries Through its service and extension functions the clinic has accumulated a reference collecshytion of more than 10000 slides and specimens as well as a list of resource people from across campus
Dr R Keith (Chip) Chapman OAC 40 has retired from the Department ofEntomoJogy University of Wisconsin Madison following a distinguished areer spanning 40 years A two-day symposium was held in his honor last June and The R Keith Chapman Vegetable Entomology SchOlarship was established with funds collected in lieu ofa retirement gift He has also been named professor emeritus Attending the symposium and retirement recognition party in Madison were Keiths brothers Ross also OAC 40 and Douglas OAC 44 and sister Helen Stockwell a graduate of Macdonald College McGiJl Univershysity Montreal and OAC Dean Freeman McEwen
When Bruce Brown OAC 85 received his degree from former agri shyculture minister William A Stewart chancellor ofthe Universi tyofGuelph he asked what steps he could take to
Dr R Keith (Chip) Chapman andhis brother Ross both OAC 40
become the minister of agriculture and food Little did he know that two and a half years later he would be minister - if only for a day
In December he shared the duties of Ontarios minister Jack RiddeD OAC 57 as his prize for winning a public speaking contest at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Bruce who operates a Newcastle dairy beef and cash crop farm with his father spoke on the survival of the farm family in Ontario
ETHICS IN AGRICULTURE Ethical issues in agriculture such as animal welfare are generally debated from an emotional viewpoint Proshyfessor Frank Hurnik OAC PhD 71 Animal and Poultry Science and Pro shyfessor Hugh Lehman Philosphy are hoping to change that through the journal of Agricultural Ethics an international quarterly publication which offers a forum for discussing moral issues related to food and food production
We hope this publication will act as a bridge between those who philo shysophize about agricu ltural ethics and those actively involved in plant and animal use says Professor Hurnik Its a scholarly refereed journal but it wont be bogged down with speciashylized technical jargon As a result we believe it will be useful to the farm community and we expect leaders from that field will be contributors not just readers
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Professor Fredjelome and his wife Faye look over a catalogue of the Universitys art collection
ALOVEOFART Back in 1968 Fred N Jerome OAC 33 established a trust fund to purshychase art produced by promising young Canadian artists
I was a full professor then and I could afford to do it (set up a trust fund) I felt art deserved a little push and I wanted to see the niversitys art collection expand explains the now retired professor ofgenetics and poultry science at Guelph
Forty-two Canadian works have been purchased to date through lhe F - Jerome Trust Fund and a special exhibi t of these works will be featured at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre beginning Alumni WeekendJune 18 and continuing throughout the sununer
Professorjeromes personal favorite in the collection is Ken Danbys silkshyscreen The Skates
I like Danbys technique His work is almost as realistic as a color photoshygraph but you can still tell its a painting he explains
He is also fond ofDiego Drawing a lithography by Jack Chanlbers a London Ontario artist and Gene Chus delicate Spider Series
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre Director Judith Nasby says Fred Jerome has made an outstanding contribution to the growth of the Universitys Canadian art collection - one of the largest univer itycollecshytions in the province He has recogshynized the tremendous growth and vitality of the art community in Canada by specifying that works be purchased from young artists
A LOVE OF LI LI ES The expression lily white has little meaning for Bill Evans His favorite lilies are bright orange and yellow I like the ones that almost glow and catch your eye from 100 yards away says the retired Department of Horti shycultural Science professor
Professor Evans lilies are certainly eye-catching for anyone travelling north of Guelph on Highway 6 betshyween mid-June and mid-August Splashes of spectacular color glow from his field of lilies near Marden (behind the home of Marjorie and the late George Durnford ) - a welshycome surprise for those accustomed to seeing only the popular Easter white variety
Im obsessed with lilies admits Professor Evans who retired in 1985 after 28 years of researching phult breeding and teaching small fruit proshyduction at the University of Guelph ) like their variety and scope They are perennial plants that grow at different heights Some have flowers that face up some face down and some face out Some are trumpet shaped some have petals that curve back Some are scented and some are unscented
As a child Professor Evans grew flowers and vegetables in his parents big garden north of Calgary After six years in the army he enrolled at the
niversity of Alberta to study hortishycu lture During his second year in 1947 he began hybridizing lilies Following graduation he worked as a fruit breeder for the federal governshyment in Alberta for eight years before coming to Guelph in 1957 He conshytinued to breed and grow lilies at the
niversity and on plots of land that friends like Professor Ted Me inch (and now Mrs Durnford) let him use
The University has quite a history of lily breeding says Professor Evans The late Isabella Preston a lecturer at Guelph before Professor Evans time went on the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa and to world fame for her ornamental crabapples lilacs and lilies The late Jc Taylor a professor at Guelph was well-known for his lily breeding and introduced Professor Evans to many other breeders He
told me that my lilies needed more vigor and let me use some of his plants in my work
Professor Evans introduced three new varieties of lilies through the University and registered some of Professor Taylors They were marshyketed in the United States So far Professor Evans has had 17 varieties of lilies internationally registered Anyone can do this he says modestly You just write a full desshycription of the plant pick a name that hasn t been used before and send it to the Royal Horticultural Society in England prekrrably with a photo The new names are published every year
It s hard coming up with new nanles though says Professor Evans He has named some of his varieties after the area in which they were grown shyArkel Marden Gold Aberfoyle He named one after his granddaughter Bronwen and one after his wife Ethelwaite ( her first and maiden names ) She gets a thrill whenever she sees that name on a ( flower show) prize list somewhere he says
Pink and pastel lilies are Professor Evans speciality and his favorite is a variety he caBs Blusbing Maiden It has mauvey pink tips with a white centre
Professor Evans and his wife edH a newsletter three times yearly for the Ontario Regional Lily Society and Professor Evans has just ended a two year term as president of the North American lily Society He has judged at nower shows all over Canada and the nited States and will preside at an international show in Hamilton in July
Because of his hobby Professor Evans is enjoying retirement He spends about 25 hours a week on his lilies in the summer months During the off season he grows seeds and works on his records He is working on increasing the number ofvarieties including spotless ones ( most lilies have spots which are dominant ) He is pleased that some of his former students are now growing lilies entering shows and joining li ly societies
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RURAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT GRADS TO FORM ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
The University School ofRural Planshyning and Development ( USRPampD ) was inaugurated at Guelph in 1980
USRPampD is built on the strengths of past Guelph initiatives such as the Centre for Resources Development and the Rural Development Outreach Project It is formally recognized by the Canadian Institute of Planners and offers Masters level programs in rural planning rural development international rural development and resources management It is also actively engaged in research and community outreach
Recent research topics have in shycluded land availabi Iityfor agricu lture
local economic development strateshygies rural aging northern and native community plannjng and developshyment rural transportation computer applications in planning and deve shylopment and water and waste management to name a few This research was conducted throughout Canada and arollnd the world inshycluding Nepal Kenya Indonesia St Lucia Belize and Botswana
The outreach interests ofthe School are fully integrated with its teaching and research activities Recent out shyreach projects have included the Childcare Network Project for families in rural Wellington County an evaJu shy
ation of the rural development proshygrams ofa Jesuit mission in southern Ethiopia a heritage strategy for the Town of IngerSOll and a recreation needs assessment for Sault Ste Marie
Graduates of USRPampD as well as graduates of the former Centre for Resource Development are now being invited to form an alumni association to keep members updated on School activities their fellow alumni and issues concerning rural planning and development For further information contact Professor Harry Cummings USRampD University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N1G 2WI ( 519) 824-4120 ext 6783
JOIN YOUR OAC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NOW Did you know that as a graduate of OAC you are not automatically a member of the OAC Alumni Assoshyciation However anyone involved in a formal agricultural education at OAC ( past present or future ) is not only eligible to become a member but is encouragetl to do so
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ARTS Joanna Black 81 Ls aisistant direclOr curator The Marietta-Cobb Fine Arts Centre Marietta Georgia
Richard Hoffman 78 a Canadian Press journalist in Toronto is married pound0 Martine Bracey CBS 77
Laura Mezey-Hamid 82 administrative assistant to the vice-president of finance Penningtons Stores Umjted Toronto is married to Shaheed Hamid CSS 82
John Laurence (Stash) Stasiw 76 is marketing manager Philips Electronics Ltd Scarborough
Dirk Vanbattum 75 is vice-president Eddie May Mysteries Ottawa
CBS Michael Best 77 is a research technician Cross Cancer Institute Edmonton
GRAD NEWS EUzabeth Jane (Kempe) Coker 82 a resource worker CaJedon Parent-ChiId Centre Bolton is married to Dr Ted Coker OVC 87
Janet Ebanks 86 is a medical social worker Cayman overnment Health Sershyvices George Town Grand Cayman Cayman Islands British West Indies
Kevin Ferguson 80 supervisor of Outdoor Education for the Elgin County Board of Education married Suzanne Schmid BEd (Nipissing) 82 in April 1987 She works for the Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority They live near Aylmer
Michael Hackenberger 81 is president Canadian Zoological Systems Toromo
Heather Hattin 84 (HK) whose rowing accomplishments were featured in the winter 1987 issue ofthe GuelphAlumnus won Canadas first-ever gold medal in womens rowing in the double-scull event at the world championships in Copenhagen last summer
Cynthia (Porter)JefIrey 85 is studying for an MSc in Food Science at the University of Manitoba She is married to ScottJefIrey OAC 82 assistant professor ofAgncul tural Economics at the University of Manitoba They live in Winnipeg
Dr Gord Kennedy 85 senior chemist Union Carbine Corp Bound Brook New Jersey is married to Carrie Feaver CPS 84
Steven Kerr 77 is regional fisheries biologist Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources KemptviUe
Jim Lee 73 is director Research Services Min istry of Tourism Recreation and Culture Victoria BC
David Lemon 79 is senjor wildlife biologist S Fudge and Altsociates Ltd Saint Johns Nfld
Larry Patterson 76 is Grand Forks and District Aquatic Centre Manager Grand Forks Bc
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Stephen Rabbetts 79 is a zookeeper Metro Toronto Zoo Wcsthill
Cathy Oohnson) Rewcastle 80 is a fur biologist Manitoba atural Rcsources Winnipcg
Brian Sntith 78 micro ~)Stcms manager Natural Sciences Centre The University ofWestcrn Ontario London is married to Debra Bond CSS 79
Bradly Veitch 86 is second brewer Wellington County Brewery Guelph
Michael Wade 87 is responsible for aquaculture programs at Kpong Farms Volta River Authority Akuse Ghana the site of a major hydro-electric installation
P Allen Woodliffe 76 is the first and only district ecologist with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Chatham Districr He is married to Marie Gedcke FACS 75 and has a son Timothy TIl y Jive in Rondeau Provincial Park here Allen was park naturalist for 10 years before moving to the Chatham office
CPS Dr Syed Ahmed 87 is assistant proshyfessor Departme nt of Statistical and AClUarial Sciences University of Western Ontario London
Susan (Bishop) GraJ1am R3 a fourth year medical student Faculty ofMcdicinc University of Toronto is marri ed fO Don Graham CSS 83 CBS MSc 87 who is a ftl ll-time parent to their threc-year-old twins
Robert Lake 77 a self-employed conshysulting geolOgist is married to Susan Kay OAC 77 a human relations specialist with Petro Canada They live in Calgary
Robert Whitehead 79 is a mi ncr Denison Mines Ell iot Lake
Caroline (Carly) Williams 85 is a software engineer Wild Leitz Canada Toronto
CSS John Babcock 8 is special cabinet assistant Office of Minister of State (Forestry and Mines ) Ottawa
Jana Fie MA 87 i a neuropsychological associate Brazos Valley Rehabilitat ion Center Bl)an Texas
Danny Leung R6 is news submiddoteditor Asia Television Limited Hong Kong
Allison (Shaughnessy) Scanlan 84 production supervisor G I of Canada shyTruck Assltmbly Oshawa is mlITied [() Michael Scanlan 84 directo r of pur hasing Arbor Capital Rltsources
middotoronto
Patricia Sorbam 80 is executive assisshytant to the Ontario Minister of Energy Toronto
G Llewellyn Watson MA 70 a proshyfessor at the University of Prince Edward Island has written a texthook Dilemmas and Contradictions in Sucial 7beor) published by University Press of America
Terry Wright 76 is account manager John Logan National Leasing Bramptoll
MAC-FACS Marie (Tomelin) Cowlin 78 is brand manager Distillers Co Canada Ltd Toronto
Debbie Foster MSc 87 is medical coshyordi natorsex educator Youth Clinical Services Inc Down~view
Marilyn (Shirley) Goodwin 75 MSc 77 a research officer for CSC Ottawa h ma rricd to Fred Goodwin HAFA 75
Margaret (CJark)Jordan 82 manager Agricultural Employment Services Cmada Farm Iabour Pool Newmarkct is married to BrianJordan OAC 81
Margo (Payne) Langan 83 marketing communications co-ordinator Moore Response Technologies Mississauga is married toJohn Langan CBS 75
Nancy (Howard) Martin 81 senior contract managemcnt officer Consumer Products and Trtffic Management Brmch DepartJllent of Supply and Service~ Hull Que is marriltd to Phillip Martin CBS ( HK) 82
Helga (Strenzke) McDonald 84 public relations officer Centrilia Collegc Huron Park is married to Ian McDonald OAC 83
Marilyn Sewell-Kelley 78 is agriculshytura l health and safel) comiddotordinacor Rural Organizations and Services Branch OMAF Guelph and lives near Paris
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James Allen 77 (ODH ) is president of Allens Turf Services Ltd Calgary
Martin Bohl 85 is policy advisor OMAJ Toronto
Guy Bonnetta 79 manager Pioneer Overseas CorpJohnston Iowa is married to Carolyn Knowles CBS 78
Stew Carpenter 50 president ofDivershysity Farms Inc Paw Paw Midligan is married to Olive McEwan 79A scltretary-tnasurer ofDiversity Farms Inc
Harold Cau 60A and 67 is viceshypreSident Barnes Wines Limited St Catharines
Elroy Cober 85 and his wife Rhoda have begun three-year Mennonite Central Committee assignments inKabwe Zambia Elroy is working as provincial o ilseed office r and Rhoda as a general health worker
Eileen (Emmett) Cole 79 a registered
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laura Cole 80 is a conservJLion planner Mississippi Vall y Conservation Authority Lanark
UoydCurtis 71 MSc 74 ofCalgary is national sales manager Agricultural Chem icals Division BASF Canada Inc BASF markets a wide range of crop proshyLection products Lloyd directs dle aCLivi shyties of BASFs liales force throughout Canada
James Donison H I is proje L engineer Costello Lomagney amp Denapoli ConshysulL ing Engineers Mancheste r New Hampshire
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Richard Graham 71 of Rrampton is naLional marketing maI111gcr Agricultural Chcmicab Divisi n f3ASF Canada Inc
Richard Helmer 62A married Marilyn Hogue in Oct 19R7 They live in Windsor Richard is supply tcaching for the Essex COllnty Board of Education and doing freclanltx horLicultural work during the summer months
Brian and Brigitte (Brunetzky) Kaufman 84 are pltased to announce the safe arrival of their son Nathaniel Brian All are reSiding at Bright
Dr Houchang Khatamian MSc 71 PhD 8 is associate professor Depart shyment of Horticul rure Kansas State Unishyversity Manhattan
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July 26 Al um ni Assoc iation Executives O rientation Meeting
Masters of Agribusiness Management
111e University of Guelph is now olkring a Masters of Agribusiness Management for people interested in a comprehensive training program for manlgemel1l positions in modern agrihusiness
The program runs over I () months and is highly structured so that studenrs receive intensive practical training in all facets of agribusiness managemel1l
Ifyou have an agricultural background and wish to funher your career in management of farm or nonmiddotfarm agribuiiiness this program could he for you
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Dr Elenimo Khonga PhD 87 is a lecturer University ofMalawi Chancellor College Zomba Malawi
Kevin Laidley 82 MSc 85 resource technician Niagara Peninsula Consershyvation Authority Allanburg is married to Lesley Nicholson FACS 83 child life specialist McMaster University Medical Centre Hamilton
Dr Monique Leclerc MSc 82 PhD 87 is assistant professor Department of Soil Science and Biometeorology Utah State University Logan
Maurice Marwood 64 MSc 66 is vicemiddot preSident sales and marketing Canadian Kenworth Company Mississauga He is responsible for all aspects of sales and marketing ofKenworth trucks and product support in Canada
Dr Giancarlo Mosch1ni PhD 86 is [caching in the Economics Department Iowa State University Ames not the Unimiddot versity of Iowa as stated in the fall 1987 issue oflhe GuelpbAlurnnus Our apolomiddot gie~ for [his error
Reid Palmer 63 is a research geneticist and professor Departments ofAgronomy and Genetics Iowa State University Ames
Dr Yousef Papadopoulos 80 MSc 82 PhD 87 a research scientist Agrimiddot cu lture Canada Nappan NS i$ married to Kathleen Glover 80 MSc 83
Andy Robinson 80 MSc 83 a genetimiddot cist Livestock Developmcnt Division Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Christine Howe Arts 81
Dr A Hamid Saleemi MSc 73 has received a PhD in Educational Psychology from Bayero UniverSity Kana Nigeria His thesis was Islamic Values and Commitment among HallSa Muslim Youtb Au Empirical Study and his reo search has been hailed as a pioneering study in the measurement of reJjgious commitment anlong MusJjms Dr Saleemi is principal tutor Department of Adult Education and Community Services Faculty of Education Bayero University
James Sampa MLA 86 is a lecturer in landscape design and natul 1 resource conservation School of Environmental Studies Copperbelt University Zambia
Bill Shotyk 81 completed his PhD in 1986 in the Geology Department at The University ofWestern Ontario and spent a year as visiting postdoctoral researcher at the UniverSity of California to study
thennodynamic stability of organic commiddot plexes of aluminum In Sept 1987 he married Beth Haas and they live in London where Bill is a postdoctoral research associate in the Geology Department UWO studying the surface chemistry of minerals He is also writing his first book The Geochemistry OfPeatandPeatlands to be published by Elsevier Amsterdam
jack Thompson OAC 81 is a firemiddot fighter Station No 1 Thomhlll
Susan Watkins 81 is program offi cer Horn of Africa Oxfam Canada She is in charge ofOxfams overseas development projects in Eutrea and Tigray prOvince of Ethiopia the majori ty of which are in agriculture and health
Dve Dr Ian Alexander 86 is a dmg evalumiddot ator Bureau of Veterinary Dmgs Health and Welfare Canada Ottawa
Dr Cheng Hock Choong PhD 72 is director Semex Canada Guelph
Dr Ann Davis 75 a graduate student at the University of Toronto has won the Hardi Cinader Prize for 1987 The award is given to the graduate student in the process of completing doctor-A work who most resembles renowned immunomiddot logist Dr Bernhard Cinaders originality and versatility
Dr john Debbie 65 is an epidemiomiddot logist New York State Health Department Albany
Dr jean Dodds 64 in addition to her research on blood clotting mechanisms has chaired several national and intermiddot national task forces on assorted topics
Dr Doug Galt 62 is laboratory head OMAF Brighton
Dr Maria Koller CBS 75 DVM 79 chief control programs Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Dr Robert Georgeson 72
Dr Darwin Lund 60 is veterinarian in charge Agriculture Canada Lethbridge Alta
Dr David Murphy 56 is director cardiovascular surgical unit Dalhousie
niversity Halifax
Dr Gary Nash 77 veterinary research officer Institute of Aquaculture University
ofStirling Stirling Scotland is married to Marilyn Klein CBS 77
Dr HG Rees 55 joined the faculty of Massey University New Zealand after 10 years ofgeneral practice Upon completion of his masters degree he as appointed senio r lect urer at the University of Melbourne In 1970 he returned to prac shytice in his native Wales and has spent the past 12 years on the faculty at SeaJe-Hayne College there He has a small sheep farm
ARTS Bruce Westheuser 76 ofToronto died Dec 7 1987 He was a teacher Toronto Montessori Schools Hlt is survived by his father Ronald and stcpmodlcr Dorothy two sisters and a brodumiddotr
CSS Robert A Dodd MA 75 of Victoria BC died Oct 8 1987 He had been employed by the Ministry of Health He is survived by his wife Wendy
Bruce G Miller 72 of Aurora Ont died Sept 2 1987 He was a teacher with York Region Board of Education He is survived by his wife
MAC-FACS Etta (Birdsall) Garnham 17D of Tillsonhurg Ont died Jan 11 1988 She is survi ed by her sister Doris Oatman
Kathleen (Coggs) Hallam 120 of Toronto died jan 23 1988
Katherine L (Williamson) Killmaster 35D of Southfield Michigan died jan 31 1988
GAdora(Beemer)McFadyen 29Dof Port Elgin Ont died Apri l 8 L987 She is Survived by her son George S McFadyen OAC 50A
Anne E Spera 280 of Dundas Ont died Jan 26 1988
Dora M (Dies) Terryberry 260 of Weston Ont died Jan 22 1988 She is survived by her son Douglas
and maintains a single man general pracshytice Sheep health and production are his main interests and in the fall he was admitted to the Cert SHP by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons In 1989 he plans to retrace his footsteps to learn about his main interests in the countries in which he was trained
Dr Duncan Sinclair 58 OAC MSc 60 (nutrition ) Schofield lecturer 1983 will become Queens University Dean of
IN MEMORIAM
OAC Aimee A (Ups) Acklen 36 of Irving Texas died Feb 2 1987 She is survived by her husband Robert and one son
George K Beare 37 A of xbridge Ont died Oct 30 1987 He is survived by his wife Ruby
Dr J Ritchie Cowan 39 of Corvallis Oregon died Nov 12 1987 He was a retired professor of agronomy and proshyfessor emeritus Oregon State University He received his MS and a doctorate in plant genetics from the University of Minnesota He served as national president of the Crop Science Socicty of America the American Society of Agronomy the American Forage and Graosland Council the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology and the League for Intershynational Food Education He was pre shydeceased by his first wife DorothyWhite Mac 39 He is survived by his second wife Ruth and two children
WUliam M Croskery 15 of Ottawa died Nov 17 1987 He was a retired agricultural representative for Carleton County He is survived by three children
Walter C Fisher 26 of Sf Catharines Ont died jan 20 1988 He is survived by his wife Alice ( Petrie ) and three children
William A Hammond 18 Port Dovers oldest World War I veteran died Sept 29 1987 at 95 Prior to entering OAC he farmed worked in a lumber camp in BC and fought forest fires in Montana During the war he served in France and Belgium with the 55th l3atteryofthe Royal Canadian Art illery advancing from gunner to sergeant In 1920 he married Minerva Mitchell and they farmed in Woodhouse Township Mter retir ing he became clerk-treasurer of the township and later
Medicine and Vice-Principal ( Health Sciences) onJuly 1 He has served Queens in various capacities since joining the departme nt of physiolo gy in 1966 Nationally he has been invo lved with the Medical Research Council of Canada for many years includ ing a term as its director-genera1
Dr Anne Marie Taylor 81 is direc tor of an imal care Animal Care Centre Dalhousie niversity Halifax
held the san1e position with the Town of Port Dover He also served on the Ontario Assessment Appeal Board and was a fanner chai rman of the Simcoe High School Board In 1967 he received a Centennial Medal for service to his communi ty He was predeceased by bis wife and a son and is survived by two daughters Betty Murton ofWatetiord and Doris LlIldon of listoweI
Kandappar NJeyasseelan MSA 56 of Peradeniya Sri Lanka died Oct 22 1987 He is survived by two children
Frank J King 33 of Thornhill One died Dec 19 1987 He was a pioneer of Canadas broiler chicken industry and retired senior executive and director of Ralston Purina Canada Inc He is survived by his wife Rachel and a son
Robert C (Bob) lGrkness 56 of Maple Ridge BC died Oct 10 1987 He is survived by his wife
] Morley Lawrence 1 7 of Windsor died Oct 4 1987
John S Lennox 66A of Shallow Lake Ont died as the result of a farm accident Nov 4 1987 He is survived by his wife Ada and a son
Alex T Macnab 36 of North Fort Myers Fla died Dec 18 1987 He is survived by his wife Vella
NormanJ Myles 39 of Guelph died j an 24 1988 He had been a second lieutenant 11 th Field Brigade Royal Canadian Artillery He is survived by his wife Luella Beverley (Highan1 ) and two children
Robert W Phillips 39 of Belleville Ont died Sept 21 1987 -John W Robertson 38 of Thorold Ont died Oct 21 1987 He is survived by his wife Elizabeth and daughter Janice Partlow Arts 70
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Henry H Rooke 8 of Barrie Ont died Dec 16 1987 lIe was retired from the Department of National Health and Welfare He is survived by his wife Harriet Mac 40 and daughters Jane Lennox and Nancy RookemiddotAllen CBS 73
Robert H See 65A ofBohon Ont died Nov 14 1987 He was the son of Margaret (Huston) See Mac 33 and the late Dr John N See OAC 35 OVC 38 He is survived by his wife Brenda and two sisters
WilliamT (Bill) Smith 35 ofStfJtford Ont died Sept 19 1987 He is survived by his wife Maude and five children
Annie H Tasi MSc 72 ofGuelph died Dec 9 1987 She received her BSc in Agriculture from the National Taiwan University in 1965 After receiving her masters in horticulture from Guelph she worked as a research technician in the Universipound) Department of Horticultural Science Shc is survived by her hu~band Benjamin and two children
William G Toner 20A and 22 of Guelph died Jan 30 1988 He is survived by hi wife Eileen and four children
W Benson (Ben) Vair 55 of Sarnia died Jan 6 1988 He taught science at Northern Collegiate in Sarnia for 25 years retiring in 1987
A Gordon O Whiteside 20A and 22 of Ottawa died June 2 1987 Ht was retired after 42 years as a cerealist with Agriculture Canada and wa~ a Fellow of thc Agricultural Institute of Canada lie developed sevedl varieties of Canadian whtat one of which bears his namt Gordon He is su rvived byhis wife Irene and three children
Joseph H Willmott 22A of Milton died Oct 23 1987 He is survived by his sonJohn c Willmott 55
PROFESSORS
Dr Denis H Stott professor emeritus since 1980 diedJan 22 1988 in England at 78 He was ftrst chair Department of Psychology from 1966-68 and was intershyna tionally known as a pioneer in deve shyloping learning techniques for hardmiddottOmiddot teach children He founded the Centre for Educational Disabilities which he directed until h is retirement in 1975 His research focused on the causes and promiddot
blems of delinquent school boys He is survived by hiswifeJane and tw children
Dr Robert D Whiteford of Qualicum Beach Vancouver Island former professor Department of Biomedical Sciences died Feb ] 0 1988 He is survived by his wife Beatrice and one son
STAFF Ray Catchpole a member of the Unj middot versitys Sulawesi Regional Development Project team in Indonesia died Nov 27 1987 in Jakarta at 46 He had been with the project sinet its inception in 1984 He is survived by his wife Ani and his mother Muriel Lucas A mcmorial fund has been established in his nanle Contributions may be forwarded to the Department of
Alumni Affairs and Development The fund will provide a bursary for Indonesians and Canadians involved in exchange between the two ountries It will be adminbtered by the niversity School of Rural Planning and Development
FRIENDS
Joseph Arlen of Guelph died Sept 5 1987 He pursued studies at OAC from 1957 to ) 959 before completing an engineering degree at the University of Toronto He is survived by his wife Judy who works in Photographic Services on campus and two children A Joseph Arlen Memorial Prize in Horticulture has been established Contributions may be forshywarded to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development
ASPARAGUS RESEARCHER DIES IN GUELPH
Herman (Herm) Tiessen OAC 51 onc of Canadas fore middot most aspard1t1s researdlers rued in Guelph Dec 10 1987 at 63 Or Ticsscn had been a horticul shyture professor at the University since 1955 and was co-ordinator of the National Asparagus Reshysearch Program
At its fiftieth anniversary meeting in london the day of his death the Ontario Asparagus Growers Marketing Board honored Dr Tiessen as the pershyson who had made the greatest contributions to the industry over the last 50 years He was also weU known for his work on greehouse tOmatoes and for a collaborative project with Texaco that used waste energy from the companys refinery to heat greenhouses
After graduating from OAC Dr Tiessen received his masters and PhD degrees from Michigan State University and returned to his alma mater to join the Department of Horticultural Science He traveUed widely to share his knowledge on veget-
The late Professor Herm Tiessen OAC51
able growing with scientists around the world most recently to New Zealand and Taiwan He -wa a member of the Agricultural Institute of Canada and the Canadjm American and Intermiddot national Societies for Horticulmiddot tural Science He was also an active member of the OAC Alumni Association
He is sUlvived by his wife Marjorie and two children
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JlAVIeuro 17 18 19 GOlf Tournament
The classic confrontation on the green the Gryphon Club Golf Tournament will start things rolling on Friday at the Cutten Club Prizes will be awarded
Barbecue amp CasinO Night
Meet your friends at Alumni House Friday evening for a barbecued feast and try your llck at the casino tables
SIOwpitch Tournament
The Grad loungers will defendtheir championship title at the alumnistudent co-ed slowpitch tournament Why not get a team together to compete for the first-place trophy and other awards Teams should consist of 12 to 20 players with at least six females per team Three one-hour games are guaranteed for each team
Tours Lectures Demonstrations
Tour the new Equine Research Centre see computer laboratory demonstrations at the College of Family and Consumer Studies or catch an enlightening lecture If its nature you enjoy visit the Arboretum the Marine Biology Laboratory or the Elora Gorge Conservation Area
Celebrity Auction
Join in the fun and bid on a fascinating assortment of articles donated by local celebriti~s Lots of surprises in store All proceeds will go to Alumni House
Awards Presentations
At the Presidents Picnic at noOn on Saturday the Alumnus of Honor award and the Alumni Medal of Achievement will be presented Come and celebrate with the recipients
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See page 7 for your Alumni Weekend reservation form For further information see your College section inside or call the Alumni Weekend hotline (519) 824-4120 ext 2102
Class Reunions
Is your class having a reunion Check page 7 to find out Reunions are a great opportunity to meet old
friends and renew acquaintshyances The Alumni Associations will host their graduates of 50
years or more at a Golden Anniversary Din ner
Champagne Brunch
Toast Alumni Weekend 88 at a champagne brunch held on the Alumni House patio Sunday The Guelph Concert Band will provide entertainment
COMPANIES MATCH ALUMNI GIFTS Many companies support educashytion by matching their employees contributions to universities Most of these companies also match donations made by employees spouses Through matching giftprograms many Guelph graduates have had their contributions to their alma mater doubled or even tripled
As more graduates and friends of Guelph participate in matching gift programs the benefits are becoming evident To deterimine if your donshyation to the University is eligible for matching contact your employers personnel officer
Following is a list of 29 companies who matched 5S separate gifts to Guelphs Alma Mater Fund in 1987 for a total of n6105 We thank the individual donors and their companies for the support
Akzo America Inc Alcan Aluminum limited Alchem Inc American Home Products
Corporation The Bank of Montreal CI-L Inc Campbell Soup Company Ltd Chevron Canada Resources Ltd
LEADERSHIP GIFTS Donors of annual leadership gifts to the University of Guelph are recognized through membership in clubs reflecting their level ofsupport
Presidents Council - annual support of $1 000 or more
Deans Associates - donations of $500 to $999
SecondCenturyCircle - donations of $200 to 5499
Century Club - donations of S 1 00 to $199
Members are invited to an annual reception hosted by the President on Alumni Weekend
Dow Chemical Canada Inc Dow Chemical USA Ford Motor Company of Canada
Limited IBM Canada limited International Mineral amp Chemicals
Corporation (Canada) Limited John Deere Ltd Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Monsanto Canada Incorporated Murphy Oil Company Ltd Nabisco Brands ltd
Nacan Products Limited Noranda Inc Northern Telecom Limited Pioneer Hi-Bred Ltd Pratt amp Whitney Canada Inc Procter amp Gamble Inc Prudential Inurance Company of
America Rolun and Haas Canada Inc The Seagram Company Ltd Sunoco Inc Tuco Products Company
College
Arts
CBS CPS
CSS FACS HAFA MAC MAC DIP OAC OAC DIP ove
College Report Number of Percentage of Average
Alumni Participation Gift
4464 36 S 735R 5288 40 4602 204 [ 46 6005 6557 42 4287 3220 57 3655
971 53 4049 1032 167 25000
1812 148 10936 10703 11 9 12682 4045 61 5629 3739 146 12540
Total Giving
$ 1184602 100492 1 583000
1188875 694204 21 15 00
1446646 2930817
16182485
1395950 6871891
How You Designated Your Gifts 1987 Alma Mater Fund
427 184 167 91 90 37 4
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Top to bottom AlumniHouseground breaking in 1986 by Preside1lt Burt Matthews and then UGI1A President Ross Parry as Dave Bame then OAC Alumni Association Past President looks on construction and grand opening at Alumni Weekend 1987
ALUMNI SUPPORT ALUMNI HOUSE
AUl11ni are continuing their genershyous support of Alumni lIouse whidl officially opened during Alumni Weekend last June The historic Preshysidents Carriage House laler a sheep barn now renovated ~Uld expanded is the permanent headquarters for Guelphs alumni and alumni associashytions anu also home to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development
The renovations plus expansion will eventually total S800000 with the University providing 300000 of this cost and alumn i provid ing S500OUO The Alma Mater fund Adshyvisory Council is commitLed to raising SlOOOOO per year over a three-year period (for a total of BOOOOO) The remaining 5200000 will be raised through contributions from alumni associations special ~lLtivitie and class projects
The Alma Maler Fund met its 1987 objective of 100000 for a two-year total of 200000 The portion raised through other contrihutions is
THANKS TO THE VOLUNTEERS The strength of Guelphs annual giving program derives from a foundshyation ofvolunteerisl11 More than 250 class agents and other representatives gave freely of their time and energy to encourage the nearly 4 000 graduates who supported their alma mater in 1987 They are listed starting here and continuing onto the next page in recognition of their efforts
growing although at a slower pace Individual graduates friends and allillUli associations made gifts toward Alumni I louse totalling S2790 165 in 1987 Unrestricted donations helped achieve the S 100000 ALma Mater Fund goal for 1987
Many class projects have helped with renovations and furnishings at Alumni House while others are in the phmning stage or under conshysideration Recently the CSS Alumni Association donated audio visual equipment for lise in the boardroom at Alumni House and the class of OAC 64 set a goal of 825000 for an alumni lounge
In the second year of this threeshyyear project Alumni House continues to catch the imagination and interest of graduatcs and friends of Guelph TIl0se who have seen the building have been captivated If you havent visited yct drop by It belongs to all alumn i
COLLEGESECTION REPRESENTATIVES
Mike Streib 69 Arts Gary Partlow 69 CBS David Jackson 70 CPS John Vanderkamp Dean CSS Edyth Bray 52 Mac FACS Jim Bates 22 OAC James Gillies 26 OVC Norm Hawkins 57 OVC Robert J Peachey 84 BlA Harold Crawford 58 OAC for
ODAODII John PoweU Retired
FacultyProfessional Staff Doug Ormrod Dean
Graduate Studies
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Class Agents OAC James A Bates 22 Hugh C Elliott 23 Jonathan 13 elson 24 Bower F Forward 25 A Bruce Medd 26 Edward H Garrard 27 Thoma~ O Graham 28 W Edward Heming 29 Michael W Chl1)e uik 30 C Earl Migllton 31 ) Harvey Pettit 32 nleodorc) Hecg 33 Alfred 0 Hales 34 Gladstone Ridler 35 William G Tolton 36 Arthur L Thompson 37 Gordon F Townsend 38 Leslie Laking 39 John A Eccles 40 Donald N lIuntley 41 Glen L Warlow 42 Philip W Burke 43 J Leonard McQuay 44 Stephen J Beckley 45 Alexander A Hunt 46 Gordo r Ougl1lred 47 Douglas Cunningllam 48 Robert M Murr1Y 49 William 5 Kilmer 50 Donald M Rutherford 51 G AJlan Fisher 52 William AM Gregg
OVC 6 L for OAC 53 ) Lloyd ] Rosi 54 Ronald E Litchfield 55 Charles S I3aldwin 56 Vincent A Eagan 57 Dougla~ C COlquhoun 58 D Owen Gibb 59 Harry L WaLter 60 Sarah L Banbury 61 George It Gree~lees 62 Harvey J Brown 63 Harold U Bent ley 64 Palrick J Tucker 65 David A Jones 66 Mary V McEwen 67 Graham T Hart 68 Robert H Cobbledick 69 Margaret E Auld 70 Roben L Ross 71 Donald N McCallum 72 Roderick ED McKay 73 J Murray Brownridg~ 74
Bradley J Bandeen 84 Shirley J Gallaugher 85 David WG Lucas 86
OAC ASSOCIATES Stewart A Anderson 49A John E Northwood 50A James N Bell 51A Allison H FUlcher 52A David W Barrie 53A Robert G McGee 54A Barry N James 55A Arthur F Johnson 56A Donald M Dodds 57A Gary J Powell 58A Peter J McCarthy 59A Alan C Mclean 60A ] Paul Fish 65 (for 61 A) Walter H Atkinson 62A Grant H Fish 03A Charles WH Clughill 64A John G Zenel 65A Donald AA ReynOlds 66A Ronald B Steele 67A James F Hunter 68A D Jean ROlllenburg 69A Gordon R Weeden 70A Roger S Will iams 71A Robert B Yungblut 72A Bruce W Cressman 73A David Mayberry 74A Adrian Dykstra 75A Richard E Buck 76A Garry R Milne 77A Alice Laine 7SA Deborah L Hill 79A Paul F Quinton 80A Douglas F GrieYe 81A Peler J Haakman 82A J Scott McGeachy 83A Brian McGavin 84A Donald M Dann 85A B Jean Moffat 86A
MAC DEGREE Jean R King 52 Nancy L Raithby 53 Frances L Bowen 54 Lorraine E Oliver 55 Barhara J Cline 56 Marilyn A MacQuarrie 57 Patricia J Steele 58 Jo MA unan 59 Donna M Gracey 60 B Kathleen Johri~ton 61 Anne M Alton 62
FACS Judith M Maddren 72 Karen E Ross 7 Loralee E Marshall 74 Jane E Stolz 75 Karen Bennett 76 Rohyn G Bach 77 Janet L Taylor 78 M Heather Martin 79 Suzanne E Judges 80
orma J Poel 8 1 Joan K Dawdy-McHale 82 Irene M Good 82 Paula E Kerr 83 Edina J van der Widen 84 Janice M middotn1Ompson 85 Mary J Gooyers 80
MAC DIPLOMA Grace Sharpe 240 Jessie l Rumney 250 M Frances Hucks 260 M Lois Clipsham 270 Alice It Garrard 280 Grace M Gibson 290 Mi ured V Scott 300 Viola M Binkley 310 Mary C Hales 32D Jean M SltOlt 330 Marjorie H Thomas 340 A Olive Thomp~on 350 C Joan Nixon 36D F1onnce E Moodie 370 Margaret E Black 380 Eila R Lawson 39D Ellen C ScOlt 400 Marion G Aitkin 41D A Ruth Fleming 420 Mary L Procter 470 Florence Rilett 480 Mary K Williams 49D Gwen P Curtis SOD Elizabeth J Mu1Oing 5 ID FrJnces 1 Peister 520 Margaret B Clark )30 Noreen M Broadvdl 540 Muriel G Taylor 55D Lillian F Emberson 560 Linda E McLeod 570 Neil M Jones 580 Jane A Hurst 590 P Ann ])obbin 600 Patricia A Black 6l0 Stephanier Powell 62D Margaret AR Drew 630
Gregory D Oolhan 81 Morag L McKenzie 82 Joan E Shaw 83 -leIene P Paquet 84 Anita M OMara 8 ) Karen E Maki 85 Susan T Saganski 86
OVC James Gillies 26-30 Robert H Henry 3 1 Renue E Bowness 32 T Lloyd Jones 34 Wesley B Coxon 35 Albert L Geffen 36 Frmcis] Fitzgerald 37 Vince11l W Ruth 38
orman JI McAninch 39 Richard lIellings 40 Gifford AV Barker 41 James D Schroder 42 Leo) Shuctt 43 Melvin E Poland 44 W Murray Mutrie 45 C Robert Buck 46 Sidney Brown 47 Peter C Wang 48 William R Mitchell 49 D Cam MacKay 50 W James Lennox 5 L T Rus~eJl Furness 52 TIlomas R De Gen 54 William 1-1 Vivian 55 Kenneth R Gadd 56 R Denis OConnor 57 Roderick R Davies 58 L Guy Giddings 59 Willianl W Combe 60 Owen J Slocombe 61 Robert Z Ubukata 62 Rohin S Knuuson 63 James N Lott 64 Andrew L Fletch 65 I Jugh W Clugston 66 Neil G Anderson 67 Brian C BuckId 68 Al W Bowness 69 Robert W BrJndt 70 Bruce W Green 71 Allen G Binnington 72 David G Horton 73 W DArcy Reade 74 Patricia E Shewen 75 Wayne M Murray 76 D Gregory Usher 77 Diane M Smilh 78
Roben G McFarlane 75 Nancy M Brown 63 HAFA Janet L lewison 79 Ellen L Heale 76 Elizabeth A Jamieson 64 Ronald N Taylor 73 David M Alves 80 -I Douglas Balsillie 77 Nina M Elliot 65 Jennifer A Chadsey 74 Kenneth G Bateman 81 Douglas C Murphy 78 Peter J Brown 79
Carol E McArthur 66 Margaret A Winslow 67
Davidr lfougl1wn 75 Allan [) Scott 76
Susan C Read 82 Jacob Druif 83
Linda AK Teasdale SO Barbara S Dell 68 Timmhy J Lipa 77 Judith A Taylor 84 James P Poel 81 Joanne M Harris 69 Marlene [ Boland 78 ])onna M Flanagan 85 Marie E Hartley S2 Margaret L Willis 70 Da~d W Cobban 79 Dawn M HughesshyJoscph A Omican S3 Marianne Bakker-Bromley 71 Amanda S Lee 80 Bissonnette 86
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TELEPHONE CAMPAIGN SURPASSES GOAL
At 9 15 pm November 25 The Campaigns telephone campaign reached its $385 million larget seven months ahead of schedule At that point student callers had talked to alumni of only five of the seven colleges By Febnaary 29 $4 315977 had been raised and Sue Egles director of the telephone campaign predicts the student employees will raise well over $5 million by June 15 1988 the end of the telephone campaign
Response from Guelph alumni has been overwhelming Sue says with 40 per cent of those called making a pledge The average pledge is in excess ofS400 College ofAns alumnj wrote the formula for success by contributing $303000 - 553000 more than the college alumni goal CBS alumni were called next and pledged $430000 OAC alumni donshy
ated almost $2 million HAFA $90000 and FACS $570000 avc pledges of more lhan $500000 put the telephone campaign over the top Students are now vrapping up calls to CSS alumni and will end with calls to CPS alunmi A total of more than 42000 graduates will be called in North America
The studcnt caller represents a friendly voice from the University and doesn t try to pressure the alumnus who has decided not to contribute says Sue We want to updare alumni fLIcs and leave every alumnus with a good feeling about the Universiry
Alumni also leave the student callers with good feelings and oftcn some helpful career advice says Sue Guelph graduates have some very interesting careers and are excellent sources of information on graduate schools job openings and interview
Seventeen major donors to the Universitys capital campaign and campaign volUnleersjohn Bassett Ken Murray and Hany Seymour were honored at a januarypress conference in Toronto to celebrate completion of92percent of The Campaign goal Representing the City Of Guelph was Mayo john Counsell the Cotmty ofWellington Warden Murray Cox andSemex Canada Dr Moe Freeman OAC 55 president They are posed with Marjorie Millar director Alumni Affairs and Development and the framed dtations each honoree received The citations bear a first-edition copy Of the Librarys CDshyROM (Compact Disk -Read Only Memory) catalogue one of the University s newest products Weighing only 19 gram~ the disk holds the equivalent of 200000 pages - the Librarys entire card catalogue
Sheila Hollidge fund-raiser extrashyordinaim
procedures More than one caller has been offered a job over the phone she says In return alumni often ask the Iallers to describe how the campus has changed over the years or to pass on greetings to a favorite professor
Despite the informality of the telephone canlpaign it s not an easy job Sue says A rrunimum of 25 students are employed at anyone time and incentives keep up morale Each caller averages 1700 in pledges during a four-hour evening Psychoshylogy major Janet Campbell still holds the record with over S 15000 pledged in one rught and $329000 in total pledges In second place is FACS student Sheila Hollidge who had $311 369 in pledges as of Febmary 29 Their success and that of other student aUers has helped drop the cost of the telephone campaign says Sue It costs the University less than 1 5 cents for every dollar raised
Editors Note Sue Egles left Guelph in March to become associate viceshypresident IDe Canada PHONEMAlL Inc HersuccessorisAnne Thibodeau
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AhAVYlVli Wee~eVld ~8 ReservatioVl form SURNAME(S) FIRST AME( S) College amp Year
FULL MAIUNG ADDRESS Postal Code
TliLEPHONE Home (_) Business ( _ ) I will be attending reunion (ColegeYearD1plom Dqree)
TIME FRIDAY)UJiII 17 PElt PERSON COST NO TOTAL OFACE USE
10 am REGI STRATION Alumni House No Cost
Noon GolfToumament Cutten Club 4000 11
Gpm Alumni Barbecue Alumni House 9 00 21
8pm Night of Casioo games and music 300 22
Darbecue amp Casino package 1000 23
SATURDAYJUNE 18
---830 am DreaJdast Creelman Hall Cash basis
9middot5 pm REGISTRATION Alumni HOllse No Cost
9 am Elora Gorge Walk (buses fro m campus) 600 26
9 am Alumni Association annual meetings Mac FACS (I rA Rm 209) OAC (Mac Hall Rm 149) OVC ( MacNaughtOn Bldg Rm 113) No Cost
930 am Slowpitch Tournament South Quad 4000 team 28
10 am Lectures by Dr Bruce Fogle OVC 70 and Dr Brian Brandenburg OVC 68 No Cost
1030 am FACS Tour and Demonsuation No Cost
II am Alumni Association aculUa meetings Arts (Johnston Hall Rm 104 ) CSS ( FACS Rm 101 ) HAFA(HAFA RrnIOI) 1 0 Cost
Noon Presidents Picnic and awards presentatio n Creelman Plaza (check in at Picnic ) 6 50 30
Noon CBS Picnic Biology House 500 300middotchild 54
I pm Tours of Equine Research Centre No Cost
230 pm Ground Breaki ng Ceremo ny for Atbletics fac ilities a Cost
3middot430 prn Celebrity Auction Alumni House No Cost
6pm Golden Anniversary Dinner Creelman Hall (Golden Alumnus + Oil guest) Complimcotary 60
Others attending Golden Anniversary Dinner 1800 6 1
Gpm CI= llcunion Dinner(s ) 6pm OVC Alumni Dinner Peter Clark Hall 3500
9 pm Alumni Dance University Centre No Cost
SUNDAY )UNE19 -
730 a m Breakfast Der Keller Ca-h Bas is
9 am Churcb Service Arboretum u Cost
lOjO am UGAA Annual Mccting Alumni House 0 Cost
11 30 am Champagne Brunch and Outdoor Concert Alumni House Patio 1200 87
TOTAl COST
Residence Accommodation No of Rooms Required June 17 Couple 53300 x __ =
June 18 Single S2000 x __ =
Per St udent S1400 x __ =
TOTAL COST OF ACCOMMODATION
TOTAL AMOUNT ENCLOSED
Enclosed is my cheque for S payable to Alumn Events Mail to Laurie Malleau Alumni House University of Guelph Guelph O ntario N IG 2Wl
Please order before June 3 1988 Continuation of reservations wiU be mailed upon receipt of orde rs
bullPor exact price Of class reunion dinners consult the registration f onn in your cUJss IUWseUer or phone (519) 8244 120 ext 2102
ClASS REUNIONS CBS 78 amp 8 3 Mac 28 Mac 33 Mac 38 Mae 48 Mac 58 Mac 63 Mac 63D FACS 78 FACS 83 OAC 28 amp 33 OAC 38 OAC 43 OAC 48 OAC 53 OAC 53A OAC 58 OAC 6j OAC 63A OAe 68 OAC GSA OAe 78 OAC 7SA OAC 83 OAC 88 O VC 38 avc 43 ove 47 OVC 48 OVC 58
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COLLEGE ROYAL 88 SEARCH FOR EXCELLENCE
COllege Royal 88 drew about 30000 visitors to campus in March The theme Search For Excellence was carried through displays of stushydent clubs and academic units all over campus including an Alumni Affairs and Development display of
Dynamic Duo Andy Willemsen and Kathy Cunnington both FACS 88 worz the CBS-sponsored Egg Drop competition
Human Kinetics student Todd BIJJant helpedErica Clausen 4 test her lung volume al the School Of Human Bioshylogy display
Medieval jousting was demonstrated by the Sodety For Creative Anashychronism
24 graduates who have excelled in their diverse careers and activities
The 64th annual student -organized event was offiCially opened March 12 by Michael Enright CBC Radios 0shy
host of As It Happens Laura Gillard FACS 88 served as president and
People and cows met face to face at Old MacDonalds Farm
Former Curtain Callers Margaret Calder Mac 60 DtmRose OAC 57A and 60 and Nancy (Turk) Cums Mac 59 enjoyed themselves at the Curtain Call reunion
College Royal visitors tested equljJshyment at the chool of Engineering display
Nancy Scheer OAC 91 presided as hostess after being elected Celebrant at the College Royal Ball March 4
Curtain Call College Royals annual musical was followed bya reunion of fomler cast and crew members after the final show Saturday night
Guelph student Melissa Meisinger and her Samoytl Snowball particishypated in the dog show
The square dancing competition continued its popularity Both stushydents and alumni cOtnpeted
The woodsman competition tested strength
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ALUMNI GATHER IN WESTERN CANADA
Enthusiastic alumni gathered in Edmonton and Vancouver for chapter events in February
Harley Deeks OAC 50 president of Molson Alberta Brewery Ltd and Molson Saskatchewan Brewery Ltd and his wife Barbara (Herring) Mac 48 hosted a reception for 36 alumni and friends at Molson House in Edmonton Vincent MacDonald and Don Lavender hoth OAC 36 repre shysented the earliest graduating class present and ShouliangDongArts 87 was the most recent grad attending
Don Welch CPS 78 organizer of the event spoke about his memories of the University and before the evening was over had fOffiled a volunshyteer committee to plan future
Edmonton Chapter events Ifyou are interested contact Don at 15824 8Ist Street Edmonton T5Z ISS ( 403) 473-5237
Janey Bennett CSS 75 and Rod Clark CBS 77 hosted a reception for 27 alumni and guests at their home in Vancouver on Valentines Day Plans were made for a Vancouver Chapter wine and cheese party in April and a barbecue in summer For further information contact Janey at 1816 Mahon Avenue North Vancouver V7M 2T3 (604) 986-8177
Betsy Allan CSS 83 Alumni Affairs office attended both receptions She brought greetings from the University and spoke on chapter development and the latest campus happenings
VISA VOLUNTEERS GOODWILL AMBASSADORS
Ae the residence washrooms co shyed How do 1 get onto the volleyball team TIlese are some of the questions prospective University ofGuelph stushydents ask and former students are the best sources for answers
Through VISA (Volunteers in Support of Admissions) Guelph alumni help high school students become more aware of the niversitys curriculum spirited campus life and community amenities
We reinforce what the niversitys admissions office does in the high schools and we add the personal element says VISA co-ordinator Betsy Allan CSS 83 I see us as goodwill anlbassadors
VISA chapters in six Ontario cities each hold an annual information sesshysion for high school students their parents and friends Alumni talk about what attracted them to Guelph what they enjoyed how their education helped in their careers and what they are doing now Admissions counshysellors also attend
The information sessions have been an effective way to reach students who have not bad an opportunity to visit campus It also gives them a
chance to talk one on one with someone from the University says Betsy We welcome new alumni volunteers in the established VISA chapters The time commitment is small and those involved will tell you the work is rewarding
Established chapters and their leaders include Ottawa Greg DOUlatl HAFA 81 and Iarry Meek CPS 77 Toronto Debbie Chang CSS 82 London Maureen Higa OAC 79 Niagara Irene Good FACS 82 Chatham Vicki Bouman CBS 77 and 8rantford Simcoe Heather Linington OAC 80
As part of the VISA progranl this year Betsy wants to hold send-off barbecues across Canada She is looking for alumni willing to help organize and or host such an event in their backyards Students attending Guelph in the faU their parents and alumnj from the community would be invited The idea is to ~ish the students well before they embark on the path to univerSity For further inJormation about this or any aspect ofthe VISA program contact lktsyat Alumni House University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2WI (519) 824-4120 ext 6533
janey Bennett CSS 75 and Rod Clark CBS 77 hosted a receptionfor Vancouver alumni at thei home in February with some help ft-om their 18-month-old son Graeme Daughter Amy 4 was also at the event
Enjoying the-mselles at a reception for Edmonton alunmi at Molson HOllse ill February are left to right joyce Welch and her husband Don CP) 78 Betsy Allan OS 83 and Harley Deeks OAC 50 and his wife Barbara (Herring) Mac 48
ALUMNI CHAPTER EVENT
SASKATOON Dinner
Saturday June 11 600 pm reception
700 pm dinner Renaissance Hotel
Meet M arge M illar Director Alum ni Affa irs and Development
and Rosema ry Clark Director A lumni Aff~l irs -
For furtiJpr information conlact f3elsy AIan Alum ni H ouse
University of Cuelph (5 19) 824-4 f 20 ext 6533
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RECEPTION HELD
The CSS Alumni Association hosted its annual wine and cheese reception for graduating students at the Faculty lub in January Agnes (BelIai) Van Haeren 85 first vice-president and Susan Blair 83 director helped organize the event and greeted students at the door President John Alviano 74 spoke briefly about the Associashytion and asked for the support of those present CSS Oean)ohn Vanderkamp and faculty advisor Victor Ujirnoto were alsoprescnt to mingle with students
WHY DO STUDENTS LEAVE UNIVERSITY GUELPH STUDY
AIMS TO FIND OUT By Marla Stewart
Public R lations and In formation
Why do students leavc university before they complete their degrees A Guelph study Career and Education Achievement in the Student Environshyment ( CEASE) aims to find out Principal investigator Sid Gilbert Sociology and Amhropology has finished collecting data and will spend the summer and fall analyzing it
Professor Gilbert began the longishytudinal study of student progress at Guelph three years ago with a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council grant Through questionshynaires and interviews he contacted every new ftrst -year Guelph student in the fall of 1986 and fo llowed them over their next four semesters
The purpose of the study is to determine how many students leave
and their reasons for leaving says Professor Gilbert On the other hand he wants to meashy
sure program success completion and academic achievement
So far the study indicates that a students pre-entry characteristics (ethnicity secondary school grades financial status and parental educashytion) are not as crucial as the univershysity experience itself in determining whether he or she will stay
In other words says Professor Gilbert tudent attrition is related to academic and social integration at the University What students bring with them is not as important as what happens while theyre here
Throughout the three years of the study a remarkable 70 per cent of the 2800 students who received the initial questionnaire have responded says Professor Gilbert In year one first term students completed a questionshynaire measuring attitudes intentions background and demographic inforshymation 10 second term these students were re-surveyed on their experience
feelings and performance at the UniverSity
In the fall of year two those students who remained at Guelph were surshyveyed on their first-year experiences and how much they had learned and developed at the UniverSity
All students from the initial group who left the University before comshypleting their programs were then contacted to determine whether they had withdrawn temporarily or pershymanently transferred to another university were ineligible to return or had changed from fuU -time to partshytime status Reasons for any change of plans were explored by interviews
((a love of learning is not a strong factor
To date the study indicates that a love of1carning is not a strong factor initially influencing students to attend university TIley attend to gain knowshyledge and skills directly applicable to a career and to increase their chances of tlnding good paying jobs More than half the females surveyed said they attended universiry to increase their chances of finding challenging work after graduation Only 39 per cent of the males said this was their reason
The overall purpose of Professor Gilbcrts project is to measure volunshytary change and departure capture the process of attrition compare the experiences of stayers and leavers and suggest remedies when approshypriate He believes his findings will be beneficial to other universities all of which experience varying rates of attrition anlOng student) The findings will help educators develop retention programs for students who despite their talents and ambitions do not complete their degrees
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CANADIAN SENATOR SPEAKS AT CSS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION DINNER
Senator Lorna Marsden wore both her political and academic hats when she spoke at the second annual CSS Alumrti is50ciation dinner in March More than 100 alumni students faculty and guests were present
Named to the Canadian Senate in 1984 Senator Marsden is also a proshyfessor of sociology at the niversity of Toronto A Liberal she is a recognized expert on social change in Canada in particular the changing circumstances of women in Canadian economic and social life
In her address ]he Social Scientist in the State The Case for OPen Boundmies Senator Marsden argued that the influence of intellectuals on Canadian public policy is far too restricted Something is very wrong The intellectuals of Canada many of them at universities are excluded just at the moments when they are needed most Our causes arent led by great thinkers We dont regularly send scholars to parliament That lively exchange of ideas is missing
The difference is striking south of the border and in Europe where politicians and intellectuals are regularly joined In the US it would be unthinkable for the president not to have a brains tmst in one or more universities
Senator Marsden said the Meech Lake Accord the Free Trade Agreeshyment and the recent revision to Bill C-60 which amends the copyright act are examples of public policy meashysures which were diminished by the lack of input from intellectuals
In the case of Meech Lake Senator Marsden said inadequate use was made of people with knowledge about Ilistory and constitutional law She called Meech Lake an underhanded unsatisfactory method of constitushytional reform which puts the rights ofCanadians at risk She said a different approach would have been taken if the historians and constishytutional experts had been consulted first and she feels the Accord should be amended in consultation with these intellectuals
With free Trade Senator Marsden said the opposite had happened A
wealth of research had been done by experts on the potential ofFrce Trade but this research had not been carried through to help Canadians debate the issue once the deal was stmck ]n this case the experts were at the front end of the project only At Meech Lake it was the other way around
With regards to Bill C-60 she warned that intellectuals and univershysities should wake up Although she said the 1924 copyright act was badly in need of change she claimed many of the changes would cause financial and administrative problems for universities affecting things like distance education exams art exhibitions photocopying and intershylibrary loans In this case the intellectuals have been Sitting apart from the process and not protecting their own interests
Although Senator Marsden conshycluded that she didnt know the solution she said that intellectuals must move collectively into the cen shytral life of Canada and develop a closer relationship with the politicians to create better public policy
Sena tor Marsden turned her speakers fee back into the proceeds
RETIRED ECONOMICS PROFESSOR DIES
Wilda Blacklock and Senator Lorna Marsden
from the dinner which will fu nd a CSS graduate student scholarship The CSSAlumniAssociation now presents five annual undergraduate scholarshyships to social science snldents
An announcement of the estabshylishment of rhe Wilda Blacklock graduate scholarship in sociology was also made Wilda earned her BA and honors BA in 1973 and 1975 while working as a secretary in the Departshyment ofSociology and Anthropology She resigned from the Department to study for her MA which she earned in 1978 She then renlrned to the Department as computer co shyordinator retiring in January The scholarship was established in honor of her service to the Department and to graduate studems over the years In her thank you speech she said Its not so bad getting old if we can leave something to the young
Retired Economics Professor Jack Madden died March 14 1988 in Guelph at 68
Born in leeds England and raised in Winnipeg Dr Madden served overshyseas with the RCAF from 1939 to 1945 After the war he received his BA from the niversity of Manitoba his MA from the niversity of Toronto and his Ph D from Cambridge University
He began teaching at Guelph in 1965 He was a founding faculty member of Wellington College and a member of Senate He was also actively involved in health care planning at both the regional and federal level and served as economic advisor to the Hall Commission on Health Services
In 1974 Dr Madden received the
Ontario Confederation of niversiry Faculty Associations teaching award and in 1983 he received the University ofGuelph Faculty Association college award
The Jack Madden Medal in Econoshymic History is presented annually to a Semester 8 student who has mainshytained the highest grades in that subject
Dr Madden retired from the Unishyversity inJanuary 1985 but continued to teach part-time at the Universities of Guelph and Toronto
He is survived by his wife Andrea and four children
Donations may be madc in his memory to The Jack Madden Memorial Fundand forwarded to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development
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SABBATICAL FULFilLS SCIENTIFIC DREAMS FOR HUSBAND-WIFE RESEARCH TEAM
Ahusband and wife teanl of Guelph biologists Professor Eugene Balon and Dr Christine Flegler-Balon have returned to the University after an eight-month sabbatical at the )LB Smith Institute of Ichthyology and Rhodes niversity Grahamstown South Africa They introduced a new type of research design to institute staff while studying the early deveshylopment of several fish species
The Balons received a Rhodes University Hugh Kelly Fellowship and grants from the Departmem of National Education and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
While in Grahamstown they made a comparative study of the developmiddot ment of two species oftilapine cichlids and of a ciarias Gltfish These species are common in aquacu lture although no detailed observations of their development had been made prior to this study
One of the fish we were obselVing Oreocbromis mossambicus (preshyviously known as Tilapia mossamshybica) is a mouthbrooder the other Tiapia rencalli lays its eggs on the substrate and guards tbem and the young as they develop explained Dr Flegler-Balon We wanted to test a theory on altricial-prccocial altershynatives developed earlier in Guelph says Professor Balon
InJune a conference on Alternative Life History Styles (ALHS) in organshyisms was held in Grahamstown and the Balons were among 12 invited foreign speakers
The Balons also participated in thrilling expeditions into the interior ofBotlWana by small plane observing the amazing landscape of the Karoo Kimberley diamond mines and Kalahari Desert The Kalahari absorbs all the waters of the large Okavango River which flows from Angola and forms a magnificent inland delta
I can bardly believe that I have seen the papyrus flats and channels the fishes and wildlife and in addition have met Tsodillo Hill bushmen and
Professor Eugene Balon and Dr Christine Regler-Balon bave returned to the University from an eXciting eight month sabbatical
have seen the recently discovered rock paintings of their ancestors says Dr Flcgler-BaLon The altricial bushmen are one of the important features in the tested ALHS theory
Okavango the last paradise is soon to be lost by diversion of waters via canals for the new dian10nd mines in the Kalahari and cattle ranching TIle
JLB Smith Institute is involved in desperate ecological studies
The Balons along with Instirute director Mike Bruton and scientist Robin Swbbs participated in an expedition to the Comoro Islands home of the coelacanth nicknamed old four legs the only living member ofa group representing the evolution of all terrestrial vertebrates ll1ey intelViewed coelacanth fishermen and measured eight specimens tvo of which are the largest so far recorded They also took samples from the fish communities of a river on Anjouan from its volcanic slopes over 15shymetre high waterfalls to its entry into the coelacanth sea They joined up with the yacht Metoka carrying a submersible and wert first to view the films taken from this submersible ofcoelacanths moving in their natural habitat Professor Balon conveys excitement as he describes thc slow motion flight-walk of this fascinating creaturc When the Balons realized how threatened this living fossil is they established the Coelacanth ConselVation Council The newsktter of this council will be published in Professor Balons international journal Elluironmental Biology ofFishes
TOUR MARINE BIOLOGY LABORATORY DURING ALUMNI WEEKEND
The CBS Alumni Association has added something new to its program of activities during Alumni Weekend this year A LOur of the Marine Biology Laboratory (Zoology Annex 2) wiU be conducted by faCility supelVisor Ted White CBS 78 The tour will follow the guided walk at Elord Gorge and picnic lunch at Biology House on June 18 at 1 30 pm Marine and Fisheries grads can reminisce while others can discover one of the hidden attractions of these programs at Guelph
Last years picnic saw the rerurn of a group of Micro 82 grads who took advantage of the Alumni Weekend festivities to send classmate Rick Clark off to his new job at King Faisal Research Centre and Specialist Hosshypital in Riyadh Saudia Arabia
While such auspicious occasions are bound to be infrequem yOll could make plans to get together with the old gang anyhow especially if yOll are a 1973 1978 or 1983 grad who has the extra motivation of a 15th 10th or 5th year reunion
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UNO ONE DESERVES IT MORE RESEARCH TECHNOLOG ST RECEIVES AWARD
By j anne Pengelly Public Relations and In fo rmation
Amost a quarter cemury of hard work late nights and long hours were recognized when research technoloshygist Uta Srrelive Zoology received Sigma Xis Support of Research Award Professor Roy Anderson chair of Zoology told the 70 people at the awards ceremony No one deserves it more
The local chapter of the scientific society Sigma Xi has only awarded the prize once before in 1985 It recognizes researchers who make a significant contribution to the societys goal of excellence in research but are seldom known to the research community at large
During her 22 years at the Univershysity Uta has taught the laboratory sections of LWO invertebrate zoology courses and helped more than 30 graduate students complete their theses She has co-authored several papers on neurotropic nematodes and is currently responsible for the day-to-day running of Professor Andersons parasitology lab where she works with graduate and undershygraduate students
Uta completed her undergraduate degree in textile research at the University of Gera East Germany In 1961 she came to Canada to join her parents and obtained a job in electron microscopy in the anatomy departshyment of the faculty of medicine ni shyversity of Saskatchewan She learned the basics in a field that was growing fast She did everything from preparing experimems to photographing and writing them up
She married became a mother and was widowed - all within three years of arriving in Canada After her husshyband died she wanted to be closer to her homeland Toronto had good job opportunities so she and the baby moved east just to make enough money to go to West Germany
At the Ontario Research Foundashytion where she went to look for a job Uta found Professor Anderson in the middle of an experiment The young
Uta Strelive with her Support of Research Award certificate
parasitologist was so engrossed in his work he didnt ask why she was there He just asked her to give him a hand When they were finished Uta had a job Later the same year Proshyfessor Anderson came to Guelph and Uta came along to run his lab
Utas nomination for the Sigma Xi award was supported by several proshy
fessors and many students I love the students and have a good rapport with them she says People ask ifl get bored but there are always new faces new problems new classifishycations new data to organize Parashysitology is a very exciting field because nothing ever stands still
Bird Carvings Uta is internationally known for
her magnificent wood carvings of birds Each carving takes about 100 homs work and sells for between $500 and pound1 000 She has won 28 awards since she started carving in 1981 including tlrst prize at the World Champ ionship Wildfowl Carving Competition in Maryland She had her first show in her own studio in Guelph last year
Carving could tum into a profitable retirement project for Uta Kaiser Porcelain in Germany has approached her about test marketing one of her birds
But Uta says her hours at the Univershysity are just as satisfying in their own vay When students recognize
theyve learned something thal is the biggest reward she says
More than 125 CBS students galbered for a Careers and Faclilty Night coshysponsored by the CBS Student Council and CBS Alumni Association in FebnUllJI Here Dr Dazrid Rodger CBS PhD 82 answers questions about his work in aquatic biology Other CBS alumni speakers included Petra Patczllr 82 who works with (be dezelopmental(v disabled Les StaHfield 81 a community adl isorfor the Commwzity Fisheries Involvement Program and julia Stanley Weille1~ 82 acting manager offhlishedproducts ill the hepatitis diagnostics division Connaught Laboratories Ltd
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SECOND VOLUME OF LM MONTGOMERY JOURNALS PUBLISHED
By Mary Dickieson Public Relations and Information
The second volume of ]be Selected j ournals ofLM Montgomery records the best and worst experiences in the life of one ofthe worlds most popular authors of childrens books Edited by Professor Mary Rubio English Lanshyguage and Literature and now-retired English professor Elizabeth Waterston the book is expected to repeat the popularity of Volume I which jumped to the best seller list immediately after its November 1985 release and is now in its second printing
Volume II covers 1910 to 1921 and records Montgomerys new life as a mother and wife of a minister in an Ontario village This is a varied and complicated period in which she has achieved world-wide acclaim and a following of readers devoted to her heroine Anne Shirley
Like Anne Montgomery revels in motherhood She also reveals her thoughts on the death of the grandshymother who restricted her life so severely and her feelings for a husband whose mental illness enslaved her in an increasingly unhappy marriage
During th is II -yea r period Montgomery produced four additional Anne novels and a book ofpoetry She initiated and won two bitter lawsuits against her first publisher in a fight
SCOTTISH COLLECTION EXPANDED
Prof essors Elizabeth Waterston and Mary Rubio with the second volume of The Selected journals of LM Montgomery
over the exploitation of women writers
Volume 11 contains more than 100 of Montgomerys own photographs including many of hcr two sons and scenes of Leaksdale the village where she kept up the facade of being a happy Presbyterian ministers wife
The First World War had a profound effect on village life and is a major theme in Montgomerys journal Six of her neighbors sons died and her beloved half-brother lost a leg
Professors Rubio and Waterston edited the handwritten journals at the request of the authors son the late Dr Stuart Macdonald who arranged for his mothers journals
The Scottish Collection in the Unishyversity Library has received a 525000 boost from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Counci l (SSHRC) moving it a step closer to becoming the major Canad ian centre for Scottish studies
The collection already includes Scottish manuscripts from the last three centuries many Scottish literary journals and some parish records from the late 18th and 19th centuries
The SSHRC grant will buy a collecshy
tion of Scottish newspapers from the late 19th and early 20th cennlries Sir Walter Scotts diaries and records of the Darien Company - the Scottish trailing company that caused financial ruin in Scotland when it went bankshyrupt in lhe early 18th cennlry
Emphasis in Scottish studies stems from Guelph faculty interests and the influence of Guelphs Scottish settlers and founder John Galt The Library collection is the largest in Canada and among the top five in the world
scrapbooks and other memorabilia to become part ofthe Mclaughlin Library archives
TIle remaining unedited journals cover the last 22 years of Montshygomerys life and include the devshyelopment of a new heroine Emily based on herself She obviou Iy saw her life as an ongOing story and one she wanted to teU Professor Rubio says They expect to publish a third and possibly a fourth volume
MONTGOMERY COLLECTION
EXPANDED
T he Lucy Maud Montgomery Collection in the University Library now includes the newsshypap rs the author read all her life This addition is being funded by a S10000 grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council ( SSHRC)
The Library collection already hal) Montgomerys cHaries and scrapbooks various published editions of her works in different languages 5000 photographs mostly taken by Montgomery herself some personal papers and a few artifacts including examples of her needlework and the china dogs she loved and wrote about in her books - Gog and Magog
The newspapers including microfiche records of Charshylottetowns ]be Island Patriot from 1892 to 1942 are a connecshytion with Montgomerys history that is valuable to researchers now says Acquisition Librarian Tim Sauer Montgomery continshyued to receive newspapers from her native province Prince Edward Island during the many year she lived in Ontario
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MAJOR CANADIAN THEATRE COLLECTIONS JOIN FORCES TO PRODUCE EXHIBITION
Putting It Back Together which opens May 21 at the Macdonald tewart An Centre in conjunction
with the Guelph Spring Festival represents the first time that major Canadian theatre collections have joined forces to produce a unique and timely exhibition about the preshyservation of our performing arts heritage The exhihition is curated and designed by Daniel Ladell ardlishyvist Stratford Festival with Len Conolly chair Department of Drama acting as associate curator
Putting II Back Together wi il educate and entertain But it also has an urgent message By shOWing what is being kept the exhibition conshyversely draws attention to what is being 10st and emphasizes the need to preserve the vast remainder of Canadas performing arts heritage
Confirmed lenders to the exhibition include The Canadian (Opera) Company Archives Dance Canada Danse The Metropolitan Toronto
DRAMA REUNION HELD
Over 100 former drama students attended a reunion at the Cutten Club in Novemher It was a roaring success says HarryLane acting chair Department of Drama and one of the organizers of the event This was the second drama reunion in five years and Professor Lane hopes a third can be organized in another five years
Several alumni speakers were feashytured during the reunion dinner including the well-known Canaclian stage deSigner Sue lePage Arts 73 who is designing Richard III for the Stratford Festival this year Professor Donald Mullin was presented with an Irish lead crystal bowl circa 1800 as a retirement gift after 20 years with the Department of Drama A dance followed clinner
If you would like to know about future drama reunions or other Department ofDrama events contact Marlene Neal at ( 519) 824-4120 ext 3147
Library Theatre Collection The National Ballet Ardtives The Public Archives of Canada (Social and Culshytural Archives) The Stratford Festival Archives and the Theatre Arcl1ives of the University of Guelph It is hoped that major collections in other regions will agree to participate giving the project more national scope
The exhibition is specifically designed for louring It leaves Guelph July 10 and will be at the Gallery Stratford from September 9 to October 16 Other venues in Canada and a projecLed international tour are under negotiation
PuttingItBack Togetberwill feature
rare printed phowgraphic and manushyscript materials and Lhree-dimenshysional and design materials (such as renderings set models costumes and properties ) These customarily comprise theatrical xhibitions but this exhibit will also feature audioshyvisual recordings and a special handsshyon computer module showing how modern technology is creating new forms of documentation and making these collections accessible to a wider public than ever before
Putting It Back Togetber is proshyduced hy the Stratford Festival Archives in collaboration with the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre
NEW CHAIR HOPES TO CARRY ON JOHN BELLS TRADITION
When Professor Manfred Kremer assumed the chair of the Department of L1nguages and Literatures last fall he knew it wouldnt be easy to follow in the footsteps of his close friend Professor]ohn Bell who had died the previous spring
John was one of the -niversitys finest teachers and is sorely missed says Professor Kremer I hope I can carry on the tradition of excellence that was his hallmark
Enrolment in Languages and Litershyatures one of the largest departments in the College ofArts has been steady for the past decade with 1300 to 1400 students a semester
With the help of his colleagues Professor Kremer is revising the currishyculum ofsome programs The French Studie section is investigating the establishment of a masters program in co-operation with other univershysities With more than half the departments enrolment in the French progranl the student base is broad enough to justify a masters program he says Guelph already works jointly with Wilfrid Laurier Western and Windsor universities in mooing a French Studies program in Nice France
Professor Manfred Kremer
Professor Kremer received his undergraduate degree and PhD degrees at the University of Cologne in West Germany He taught at the
niversity of Wales for a year before coming to Guelph as a lecturer in 1966
Editors Note The John Bell -Memorial Fund will provide an annual scholarship to a student majoring in Classics Donations can be sent to the Office of the dean College ofArts Income tax receipts will be issued
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ALUMNI HONORED AT CHEMISTRY IBIOCHEMISTRY
AWARDS NIGHT
Martin Bosch CPS 69 MSe 7J ( left) andPrOfessor Hamish Rattray chair of the University Awards Committee chat during the 1987 annual Chemistry mul Biochemistry awards night
Aumni were in the spotlight when the Department of ChemistI) and BiochemistI) and the Chemistry Biochemistry Club held their 1987 annual dinner and awards night recently
1987 graduates Dorothy Bakker (chemistry) Karen Graham (chemical tOXicology) Donna (Fackoury) Meagher ( applied chemistry) and Lauretta Williams (biochemistry) each received a Society of Chemical Industry Merit Award
Dorothy now studying medicine at McMaster University said The Guelph semester system and deshymanding undergraduate workload gave me the ability and confidence to be well organized in high pressure situations
Karen who is pursuing pharmashy
cology and toxicology studies at the University of Toronto commented that Guelph offered a tremendous toxicology program and said she would have stayed to do her graduate work at Guelph had it offered a graduate toxicology program
Donna a full-time research assistant for Mc eil Consumer Produc ts Company and winner of the EB Mac aughtOn Convocation Prize as the Winegard nominee for 1987 reflected on her studies at Guelph saying My four yCdfS at Guelph helped me develop skills I require to fmd answers
Lauretta who also received the CPS Graduation Prize and prestigious NSERC 1967 Science Scholarship said her undergraduate training at Guelph prepared me with a very solid foundation and competitive edge for graduate studies and encouraged me in the joy oflcarning and desire to study She now attends York University
Brock Chittim CPS MSc 77 pre shysident and general manager of Wellington Laboratories Guelph presented Joanne Ryks with the newly established WeUington Laboratories Prize in Environmental Chemistry
Martin Bosch 69 MSc 71 preshysident of Tricorp Chemical Speci shyalities Guelph announced the new Tricorp Chemical Specialties Award in organiC chemistry The first presentation of this annual scholarship of S I 200 will be made in 1989
Dr Lind Mrs Harold Suderman presented H] Suderman Demonstrashytor Awards to PhD students Clint Chapple CPS 82 MSc 84 and Carl Decicco CPS 84 for their excellent work in teaching undergraduate lahoratories
Thirty-two additional awards were presented to undergraduate students for their outstanding efforts in 1987
Professor Innes MacKltnzie Physics chats with Dr Steve Berko Brandeis f
University Waltham Mass one Of the speakers at a sympOSium held in Professor MacKenzies honor
PROFESSOR HONORED
November was quite a month for Professor Innes MacKenzie Physics
first he received the 1987 Sigma Xi Excellence in Research Award for his outstanding contribution to re shysearch The award was presented at the Guelph chapter of Sigma Xi s annual banquet At the chapters annual meeting Professor MacKenzie presented the lecture Non-invasive Analyses by Gamma-ray BackshyscatteJing
Later in November a symposium New Demands on Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy wai organized by Proshyfessor MacKenzies research assoshyciates The symposium held at the University in Professor MacKenzies honor featured ten speakers from rhe United States Canada Africa England and Finland A banquet and reception followed in the evening
Professor MacKenzie is now retired but continues to do research at the University as an adjunct professor
NAMED TO STATS INSTITUTE
Professor Hendrick Malik Mathematics and Statistics has been elected a member of the International Statistical Institute in recognition of his contribushytions to the field of statistical methods TIle institute is an autonomous society whose obshyjective is the development and improvement of statistical methods throughout the world
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LEADING CANCER RESEARCHER DELIVERS FIRST CHAPPEL LECTURE
Anoted medical scientist in cancer research delivered the inaugural address in a new lecture series on campus - the Chappel Lecture in Biomedical Sciences
Dr Harry Rubin spoke February 4 the night before winter convocation ceremonies at which he received an honorary doctor of science degree Dr Michael Smith a leading Canadian molecular biologist also received an honorary degree at winter convoshycation
The Chappel Lecture will be an annual event on campus bringing scholars of international repute to address students faculty and the public It was established by Dr
D1~ Harry Rubin hooded by Umversity secretay Barbara Abercrombie is congratulatedby Chancellor William A Stewart
CLifford 1 Chappel OVC 50 and hLi wife in memory ofhis father Herbert James Chappel and was hosted in its first year by OVe
Dr Rubin began his work in the area of viruses in Mexico after gradu shyating from Cornell University as a veterinarian in 1947 He later joined the S Public Health Service became senior research fellow at the California Institute ofTechnology and has held several research pOSitions at the ni shyversity of California Berkeley where he is now professor of molecular biology and research virologist He is known for his contributions to the field of cell growth regulation and malignanqr
Dr Rubins lecture Is Cancer Caused by Cancer Gerzes or the Folly ofReductionism explored popular theories of cancer-causing genes
OVC GRAD WORKS TOWARD BILINGUAL EDUCATION IN CANADA
Dr Susan (Tilt ) Purdy OVC 68 strongly believes that Canada can be a bilingual nation To that end he is serving as national president of Canadian Parents for French (CPF) a 16500-mcmber nation-wide volunshytary association of parents intere ted in promoting the best possible french second language programs at all educational levels
CPF acts as an information-sharing resource for parents educators governments and the general public on French education opportunities in Canada Sue says it is a unique organization because it represents the majority language group advoshycating the language of the minority and thus is a bridge between the two solitudes
Sue moved to New Brunswick after graduation from OVC and practised veterinary medicine in Moncton with her husband Dr James G Purdy OVC 50 until 1974 when they sold their hospital and moved ro Sackville Presently Sue is in small animal prac shytice with her husband in Sackvillc on
Susan (Tilt) Pu-dy OVC 68 sbaresa conversation with Fernand Robichaud MP for West Moreland Kent (left) and DIberville Fortier CommissionerofOffidaI Languages at the 10th anniversary ofCanadian Parents for Frerzch in 1987
a limited part-time basis as she serves her second year as CPF president
Sue became involved in educational issues and joined CPF 10 years ago when her two children started school Now n and 16 both children are enrolled in continuing French immershyion programs and Sue says shes satist1ed that she has given them the
best start she can at becoming bilinshygual J now devotc most of my time to ensuring that other Canadian hildren have a right and opportunity
to learn both of Canadas official languages in the public school sysshyteOl she explains
Sue ha fond memories of Guelph and her fellow students at OVC in the sixties Our paths have continued to cross over the years and I always look forward to such encounters she says Although I am not lIsing my formal training a great deal at the moment the education I received at Guelph has fitted me well for the advocacy role I play poundOday My only wish is that [ could have graduated a bilingual veterinarian - but alas those were different times That is why I work so hard to ensure future graduates from all our universities will not be Limited to expression in only one language
Editors Note Ifyou would like more illformation about CPF write to 309 Cooper Street Suite 2OJ Ottawa Ontalio K2P OG5
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OVC GRAD FOUNDS WORLD WOMENS VETERINARY
ASSOCIATION DrBetsy McGregor OVC 87 didnt expect to become president of the worlds ftrst association for professhysional women veterinarians when she auended her first World Veterinary Congress in Montreal last summer But when she discovered that the only female vet group the womens auxiliary was not designed to address specific professional issues for women vets she invited interested women to a meeting Sixty-eight women from 24 countries attended When the meeting was over Betsy had been elected founding president of the World Womens Veterinary Associashytion (WWV A) and a set of objectives had been struck
Career enhancement is the core objective The WWVA will promote awareness of professional opportunishyties for women veterinarians on difshyferent continents and within the United ations international agencies A quarterly WWVA Newsletter will list such opportunities around the world
The WWVA is also committed to professional and personal developshy
ment through practice exchanges betshyween countries university visits leave opporrunities and house exchanges For example the founding member fro m Kenya suggested hOliday or academic exchanges between her colleagues in Africa and women veterinarians interested in wildlife The iWVA Newsletter will contain a listing of members wishing to partishycipate in s1lch exchanges
Above all the WWVAis committed to a humanitarian contribution to international agriculture About half of the 24 countries represented in the Asso ciation are developing nations Recognizing that in many of these countries women contribute signiftcantly to livestock production the WWV A wants to provide support to these women who because of cultural constraints may not have the same access to services as men To this end Betsy contacted the president of the Associated Country Women of the World Dr Ellen McLean also a Canadian The two organizations will work as affiliates in international aid projects to deliver livestock and
Dr Betsy McGregor ove 87 and son at last years convocation ceremonies
veterinary medical care to Third World nations
Following a masters degree in rural farming systems from McMaster -nishyversity Betsy worked for the United Nations Food and Agr icultural Organization around the world during the 1970s She returned from overseas and commenced studies at OVC in the 1980s Upon graduation she worked as a special assistant to OVC Dean Ole ielsen co -ordinating OVCs international programs She is currently working as a eterinarian with Agriculture Canada
For more information about the WWVA contact Betsy at PO Box 6069 Station J Ottawa K2A ITl
OVC STUDENTS HOST FIRST CONFERENCE The first Canadian Veterinary Stushydents Conference hosted by OVC in January was a big success according to OVC student Andrea Ellis president of the Central Vcterinary Students Association (CVSA)
There is a student conference in the United States but the Canadians get lost in the crowd We decided it was a good time being OVCs 125th anniversary in 1987 to have something right in our own backyard Andrea explains
The OVC snldent council of the CVSAhad been preparing since Mar h 1987 for the two full days of scientific
sessions and recreational events About 60 students and faculty attenshyded from the Atlantic Veterinary College University of Prince Edward Island the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Montreal St Hyacinthe and the Western College of Veterinary Medicine niversity of Saskatchewan Attendance from avc students ranged from 180 to 300 depending on the event
OVC has always had a FrenchshyEnglish student exchange with St HyaCinthe and we knew there was enthusiasm in the West because they talked for years about organizing a hockey tournament But we were
really surprised by the Atlantic Veterinary College Their school has only been operating a few years and out of about 96 students 19 came to conference says Andrea
A conference fund has now been set up and will be administered by the Students of the Canadian Vetershyinary Medical Association n1e conshyference location will be rotated among the four colleges with St Hyacinthe probably hosting next year says Andrea Weve been told that weve started something big Everyone had a really good time and we hope the conference will continue for a long tinle
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DR IAN TAYLOR DOING HIS ullONS SHARE Dr Ian W Taylor avc 43 of Wheeling Illinois puts enthusiasm into everything he does [ figure if Im going to do it Im going to be enthusiastic he was quoted recently in a local newspaper article
As OVC class of 43 president Ian co-chaired the 40th reunion of his class at Alumni Weekend in 1983 along with Dr Archie MacKinnon He acted as master of ceremonies for the program and arranged a display of memorabilia Fourteen out ofa possishyble 31 members of the class were present
TIlis year [an is pushing for 100 per cent attendance at the 45th reunion during Alumni Weekend Perfect attendance is something Ian knows about
He has served the community of Wheeling as a veterinarian for over 30 years Although most of his work has been with dogs cats and a few birds he has also dedicated a great amount of time to lions - bUl nol the four legged kind He recently received
GOOD EWES Three sets of genetically identical lambs are the first anio1aJs bom from bisected embryos at the University
]n December six surrogate ewes delivered nine lambs - three sets of twins and three singles - that had developed from embryos micro shysurgically bisected and implanted five months earlier
Project leader Dr Calhy Gartley ove 82 now completing a DVSc degree in the Department of Clinical Studies says the accomplishment is a milestone for the University
1 find it exciting that these are the first genetically identical animals created and born at the University of Guelph she says They represent the first ofmany such twins in several species that University researchers hope to soon realize
Besides maximizing embryo use this project demonstrates the potenshytial to create Significant numbers of
Dr Ian Taylor OVC 43 with some of the hundreds ofpins hehas collected on visits to Lions CLubs a1(mnd the world
a special award from the International Lions Club for exemplary work in lhe field of international relations He has attended Lions Club meetings in 57
Twin lambs Mutton and jeff who began life as the same embryo am shown with Dr Cathy Gartley avc 82 under the watChful eye of their sutTOgate mothet Q2
genetically identical aninlals that are vital for consistent research results
Dr Gartleys project is supported by the Ontario Ministry ofAgricu Iture and Food (OMAF) and the Eleanor Gartshore Memorial Shnp Trust
different countries and hasnt missed a monthly meeting in 29 years
He has served the Wheeling Club as preSident newsletter editor and public relations chairnlan and has twice been named Lion of the Year In 1982he received tbe MeJvinJones Fellowship award for dedication to humanitarian services and recently he was recognized by a resolution in the Illinois House of Representatives for his Lions Club work He says his greatest pleasure is watching the joy that d isabled children get from a Lions-sponsored camp in Lake Villa each year He has been involved in ftmd-raising for the disabled which is the Lions main objective both locally and abroad
Ian would like to hear from alumni who are members of Lions Intershynational to exchange information and souvenirs used by the clubs throughout the world of Lionism He would also like his OVC class of 43 members to immediately send back the questionnaires mailed to them by the Alumni Office in December for the purpose of producing a class anniversary newsletter These may be sent [0 him at 7695 Milwaukee Ave Wheeling lllinois 60090 or to Dr Archie MacKinnon RR 4 Cambridge Onto 1R 555
SPEAKERS TOUR
The OVC Alumni Association invites alumni to hear two dynashymic guest speakers and tour the Equine Research Centre during Alumni Weekend June 18
Dr Bruce Fogle OVC 70 of London England practitioner and author will speak on The Changing Role Of the Veterinshyarian in SmallAnimalPractice and Dr Brian Brandenburg OVC 68 M Sc 71 president of Guelph International Developshyment Consultants will speak on Veterinary Medicine in the Third World
The progranl will conclude with a dinner and dance
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Editor Carol yn (Redden) Moore 84
FROM THE PRESIDENT
While writing this message at the end ofJanuary I realize the mid-point of this years board of directors acti shyvities has arrived I reflect on two goals I set at our annual meeting last June to evaluate our contact with Mac-FACS alumni and increase memshybership in our alumru association
Upon graduation you do not autoshymatically become a member f the Mac-FACS Alumni Association You become a member by paying an annultll or life membership fee This money helps the board ofdirectors carry out activities on your behalf for both students and aluo1ni
At (he January board meeting we discussed the services our Association provides Our visibility with students is quite high through schOlarship presentations careers night and a reception for the graduating class Our services to alumni may need to be redefined What would you like us to provide orgaruze or sponsor
Our annual seminar was cancelled in October 1986 due to a lack of registrants Should we attempt to organize another
LOnYline Holding 71
Your board wants to increase its ConLlct with a greater number ofyou Where and when would you like us to be active7 What projects would you like us to consider
Please send your comments to us at Alumni House University ofGuelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2Wl Also why not come to our 1988 annual meeting June 18 J hope to hear from you soon
Sincerely Lorraine Holding 71 MacmiddotFACS Alu m ni As ociation President
FACS students Suzie Chin and Tracey Vent chat with Barb Stuart FAGS 71 faculty representative on the Mac-FACS Alumni Association s board Of directors at the annual party for graduating students hosted by the Assodation in February Sixty-five students 15 board members and several faCUlty members attended this yems party
CALLING ALL HOME
ECONOMISTS Towards 2000 Challenges and Opportunities is the theme of the Canadian Home Economics Associashytion (CHEA) National Conference at the Univer-ity July 10-13 The conshyference will be of intere t to alumni who graduated in programs related to family and consumer studies foods and nutrition home economics or human ecology
CHEA with a membership of2000 is committed to provide professional development for its members through programs workshops and special interest sessions A major part fits mandate is to create an awareness of new products and services in the market place
Frank Feather a well-known global futurist with a business-like approach will be the keynote speaker at the CIlEA conference He will address the challenges and opportunities of the future Dr Ehler Park a consultant with A5A willexplainhowplanning for outer _pace affects everything from the food we eat to how children will play
Other topics at the conference will include artificial vs natural sweetshyeners issues of an aging population space-age textiles SMART house - a totally computerized environment human sexuality free trade and agri shycu lture food irrJdiatjon and financ ial p lanning
Well-known Canadian entertainer Nanlt-Y White whose satirical songs arc often heard on CBC radio will perform following the opening ceremonies
Many pre and post-conference actishyvities are planned including trips to the Stratford Festival Niagara-on-theshyLake and Niagara Falls Waterloo County ( Farmer Market ) and the village of Elora
The conference offers an excellent opportunity for professional deveshylopment and networking For more information contact Wilda Waldron registration chair CHEA Conference 88 168 Maple Street Guelph Ontario N I G 2G7 ( 519) 836-9551
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FACS GRAD FINDS HEART IN THE ARTS
I ts strange how things work Ollt
Im glad r received a well-rounded education at Guelph It prepared me for th e future reflects Eva Eichenbaum FACS 75
Eva is one often Niagara Peninsula poets featured in Voices from the Niagara a book of local poems colshylelttcd by Pcter and Brenda Baltensperger and published in 1987 ( Moonstone Press 8795 )
Reviewing the book in the Hamilton Spectator John Terpstra writcs Thcre are some very good poems here and a few are standouts I especia lly enjoyed those of Eva Eichenbaum and David Haskins
Eva was born in Sweden the daughter of Estonian refugees who escaped their homeland during the Second World War She camc to Canada with ber family at age two and grew up in Niagara Falls where she attended Stamford Collegiate and won the Upper Scbool English Award at graduation
After a year of travel in 1969 as Miss iagara Hospitality for the Niagara
Promotion Association she enrolled at the University of Guelph to earn a Bachelor of Applied Science degrce and also took some courses at the
niversity of Helsinki Finland She then earned her Bachelor of Education degree at the College of Education Brock n iversity St Catharines and now teaches English and Television Arts at Merritton High School in that city
She started her career in education as a Family Studies teacher and was once head of the Family Studies Department at Merritton but found that her heart was really in English and the creative arts She used to teach theatre arts and also formed the Merriuon High School Dance Commiddot pany Sht teaches ballet and has written several musical comedies for her theatre and dance students
I got the idea for the style and format of the musicals fro m College Royals Curtain Call at Guelph I had a role in the production Der Keller a take-off on Cabaret in my final year she explains
NEW CHAIR TO BROADEN FOCUS IN
CONSUMER STUDIES Teaching and research in the Department ofConsumer Studies has focused on consumer affairs particushylarly consumer behavior and the basic necessities - food clothing and housing New department chairJohn Pratschke sees a need to review and perhaps expand this focus
Professor Pratschke says he was drawn to Guelph because of his interest in consumer economics The University has one of the few departmiddot ments in Canada with a consumer emphasis He plans to preserve the departments unusual linking ofsocial SCience business and technology but broaden the rangt ofstudy to include other products and services important
to the budgets of Canadian house shyholds
The employer market is happy with Consumer Studies graduates says Promiddot fessor Pratschke but there is a need for better communication about the program w ith secondary school stushyden ts We must get across the message that marketing is an inter shyesting challenge and that the program is professionally oriented without lOSing its base in product technology
Born in Ireland Professor Pratschke received his bachelor of commerce master ofeconomic science and PhD at University College Cork He has taught at the University of Waterloo University College Ga lway and
Eva EiclJenbaum FACS 75
Five of Evas poems are featured in tht 63 middotpage Voices f1Om the Niagara and she has donated a copy of the book to the University Lihrary She has also had poems published in Souldust and Pearls Sixth Edition ( Moonstone Press) and There Is a book productd by the Niagara Chapter of the Canadian Authors Association In the future she hopes to take some tinle out from teaching to study broadshycasting
PrOfessorjohn Pratschke
Memorial University Newfoundland He has published widely on the economics ofconsumer expenditures and on European housing policy agrimiddot culture banking and business education
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Mike Traub HAF-A 78 general manager Victoria Place Retirement Lodge Kitchenel discusses his career with a group ofstudents at the HAFA Alumni Assodatiolls annual Careers Night held on campus in January Thirty-seven alumni involved in a vanmiddotety ofcareers volunteered their time to the popular event
HAFA ALUMNI EXCHANGE SEMINAR HELD
Nancy Plato FACS 81
FACS PEOPLE Naney Plato FACS 81 ( Consumer Studies ) the new OAC liaison coshyordinator will acquaint high school students and guidance counsellors with opportunities in the agricultural sciences at Guelph
Enrolment at OAC has declined over the past few years and _ aney will work at increasing student numbers through recruitment and marketing
The position ofliaison co-ordinator is a new one for OAe Nancy says one of her main objectives is to broaden the understanding high school stushydents have ofGuelphs programs She plans to use her well-rounded view of agriculture and its related proshygrams combined with her recruitshyment experience
Nancy is back in Guelph from a position in secondary school liaison at Mount Royal College Calgary She is married to Paul Thiel OAC 82 and is an active member of the Mac-FACS Alumni Association board of directors
Professors Kathleen Brown Lila Engberg and Griffith Morgan have all retired from the Department of Family Studies Professor Elizabeth Upton HAFA will retire in July
Professor John Auld Consumer Studies has produced the Human Settlements Audio-Visual Resources Catalogue It is published by the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Warren Adamson vice-president development Delta Hotels gave the keynote address What is the Canadian Tourism Industry Anyway at the annual HAFA Alumni Exchange Seminar held November 4 at the DelL Chelsea Inn Toronto
This professional development event was sponsored by the HAFA
MOllica Hrybko HAFA 88 (left) received Ci HAFA AlumniAssociation Life Membership from Association president Morag McKenzie 82 The membership is given to a graduating student as selected by his or her peers with a minimum 70 per cent accumulative average who has had outstanding involvement ill the School andor University
Alumoi Association in co-operation with Pannell Kerr Forster lL gave lIAFA grads an opportunity to listen to experts in the field speak 00 various topical hospitality issues including pay equity the human resource risis trends in the hotel and foodservice industry and business planning
CONFERENCE
In Search of Healthy Sexuality
June 13-15 1988
The University of Guelphs 10th an nual sexua li ty conference sponshysor d byThe Department of Fami ly Studies wil l examine current issues in human sex u lily tea hing approaches in sexducation and counse llin g m thod for sexual problems
Keynote Ad dress by Dr Ruth Westheimer
For further info rmation write Co ntinu ing Education Di ISlon Univers ity of Guelph Gu Iph
nta ri N 1 G 2W1 or telephone (5 19) 824-4120 ex 3956
Registration Limit d Apply early
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OAC ALUMNI NEWS Editor Richard Buck 76A
OAC GRAD GIVES GIFT OF WATER TO THAI VILLAGERS
By janet Dumo
Water is not taken for granted in northeast Thailand Usually there is too little of it The sandy laterite soils do not hold water They crack and parch during the hot dry season Ponds shrink Streams and some wells dry up Even in the rainy season the rains are often late or insufficient and the rice crops wither in the fields
But sometimes there is too much water Heavy rains cause flash floods Which drown crops and wash pesti shycides and decaying organic matter into unprotected pit wells There is not enough clean drinking water to ensure good health
A CUSO priority in Thailand is to increase village self-sufficiency and improve the standard of living through the development ofsmall-scale water resources particularly in the north and northeast the poorest regions of the country CUSO engineers placed with departments of local adminisshytration survey and design small spillways dams and piped water systems They develop an under shystanding of indigenous water proshyblems and help viUagers develop water resource technology to deal with these problems
In most villages in Surin province the water is imprisoned under a 20shymetre thick layer of heavy clay comshypacted into red brick-like rock
Ed von Euw OAC 84 returned to Canada in December after two years as a CUSO water resources engineer in Surin While there he worked with two percussion water-jet well-drilling rigs one an Appropriate Technology Association ( A TA) rig originally used in India and Africa the other based on an indigenous village model
Ed found theATA rig needed modi shyfications to make it easier for villagers to operate Most important was the change from a hand to foot-powered lever which the villagers found much less exhausting to work But at $625 the ATA rig is expensive to buy and the Honda motor which pushes water
Ed von EllW and co-worker teaching pump maintenance ill Surin Thailand
down the hole to tlush out the soil and rock particles can use up to $4 of fuel a day
Ed spent several months looking at rigs used by Surin farmers and finally adapted a model from one used by Khun Hong of Muang Pet a village near Surin town Khun Hongs rig uses a pole and beam arrangement making it less durable and steady than the tripod form used in Eds adapted rig The new rig uses a hand-powered Lucky pump made in Taiwan and fanliliar to villagers
The Honda pump used in the ATA drilling rig must be repaired in town and a smaU repair may cost $10 while a repair to the Lucky pump can be done by villagers for less than a doUar Spare parts are available everywhere The drill bilS are made from truck springs in the same Surin shop that made the rig to Eds specillcations They cost only 96 ccors each as opposed to the S7-bits used in the ATA rig
Using smaller pipe and bit than the ATA rig Eds adapted rig drills more quickly through rock and is lighter and easier to use It requires only two people to ope(dte the foot lever The ATA rig requires four or five Eds rig cost $192 to make including pump and accompanying tools and can be constructed by villagers in a small weldingmachine shop if there is a demand for more
Eds rig was tested in Ban Se Jaruk on a site divined by a villager Working
intermittently the villagers went d wn 25 metres in one and a half weeks much of the time grinding through the red rock When water they were pumping down the hole suddenly disappeared and didnt come up again they were afraid they had damaged the rig But instead it was a sign of having broken into a vein of water which was now absorbing any other water poured down So water had been found delicious and abundant right behind the assistant headmans house
The Ban Se Jaruk well has been capped with a rower pump purchased from ATA for S17 The pump is based on a bamboo model used in fndia The tubewell pipe and pump are made of plastic - more acceptable than steel which gives the water an unpleasant taste
Ed carried out a four-month wellshydrilling project in co-operation with Khun Darune of the Northeast Thailand ( ET) Project Funded by the Canadian Internat ional Deve shylopment Agency and assisted by CUSO it is a rural development program in operation since 1981 in 52 villages along the Thai-Kampuchean border The villagers of Ban Se Jaruk elated with their initial success borrowed Eds rig to drill more wells In total seven rigs were built from Eds proto shytype and distributed to four other villages Over 100 successful wells have been drilled in the area to date
EdilO1-S NoteanetDuma is a CUSO special program officer in Malaysia Sbe bas worked as an Englisb teacber witb CUSO in fi)aiand andMaaysia
Ed von Euw a Stratford native graduated from Guelpb witb a BSc in engineering in December J984He llas 011 tbe deans bonor roll three times and received an engineering scbolarsbip in 1983 Before going overseas in November 1985 be workedfor Enllironment Canada as a bydrornettic engineer He is now studying f01 a masters degree in engineering at Guelph
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Professor Harold Crawford OAC 58 MSc 7 0
OAC PEOPLE ProfessorJohn Burton OAC 62 and Brian McBride CBS 78 OAC MSA 80 Department of Animal and Poultry Science have received $400000 from the Ministry ofColleges and niversities Research Incentive Fund for contract research in partnershyship with Cyanamid Canada Inc of Toronto They will examine the effecshytiveness of the hormone BST in increasing milk production in dairy cattle as well as any other effects of the agent
Gordon MacLeod OAC 50 has retired from the Department ofAnimal and Poultry Science after 31 years at the UniversityJohn Summers OAC 53 MSA 59 has also retired from the Department of Animal and Poultry Science after 25 years at the University
Harold Crawford OAC 58 MSc 70 who recently retired as coshyordinator of the Ontario Diploma in Horticulture Program Independent Study Division after 29 years at the University has received the Ontario Parks Association (OPA) recognition award for Significant contribution to the betterment of parks the proshyfession and the envirorunent through his work in continuing education He has been a member of the educational committee of the OPA for 14 years The Ontario Diploma in Horticulture program graduated its first students in 1963 and now has 500 alumni
Marilyn Dykstra OAC 78 is new director of the Universitys Pest
Marilyn Dykstra OAC 78
Diagnostic and Advisory Clinic The clinic is working at maximum capacity with marc than 30000 inquiries to its credit since it opened nine years ago says Marilyn It receives everyshything from live specimens of earwigs and spiders to diseased ornamentals and fruit and vegetable crops Most specimens come from home gar shydeners she ays but the clinic has a growing clientele among commercial growers landscape businesses and other industries Through its service and extension functions the clinic has accumulated a reference collecshytion of more than 10000 slides and specimens as well as a list of resource people from across campus
Dr R Keith (Chip) Chapman OAC 40 has retired from the Department ofEntomoJogy University of Wisconsin Madison following a distinguished areer spanning 40 years A two-day symposium was held in his honor last June and The R Keith Chapman Vegetable Entomology SchOlarship was established with funds collected in lieu ofa retirement gift He has also been named professor emeritus Attending the symposium and retirement recognition party in Madison were Keiths brothers Ross also OAC 40 and Douglas OAC 44 and sister Helen Stockwell a graduate of Macdonald College McGiJl Univershysity Montreal and OAC Dean Freeman McEwen
When Bruce Brown OAC 85 received his degree from former agri shyculture minister William A Stewart chancellor ofthe Universi tyofGuelph he asked what steps he could take to
Dr R Keith (Chip) Chapman andhis brother Ross both OAC 40
become the minister of agriculture and food Little did he know that two and a half years later he would be minister - if only for a day
In December he shared the duties of Ontarios minister Jack RiddeD OAC 57 as his prize for winning a public speaking contest at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Bruce who operates a Newcastle dairy beef and cash crop farm with his father spoke on the survival of the farm family in Ontario
ETHICS IN AGRICULTURE Ethical issues in agriculture such as animal welfare are generally debated from an emotional viewpoint Proshyfessor Frank Hurnik OAC PhD 71 Animal and Poultry Science and Pro shyfessor Hugh Lehman Philosphy are hoping to change that through the journal of Agricultural Ethics an international quarterly publication which offers a forum for discussing moral issues related to food and food production
We hope this publication will act as a bridge between those who philo shysophize about agricu ltural ethics and those actively involved in plant and animal use says Professor Hurnik Its a scholarly refereed journal but it wont be bogged down with speciashylized technical jargon As a result we believe it will be useful to the farm community and we expect leaders from that field will be contributors not just readers
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Professor Fredjelome and his wife Faye look over a catalogue of the Universitys art collection
ALOVEOFART Back in 1968 Fred N Jerome OAC 33 established a trust fund to purshychase art produced by promising young Canadian artists
I was a full professor then and I could afford to do it (set up a trust fund) I felt art deserved a little push and I wanted to see the niversitys art collection expand explains the now retired professor ofgenetics and poultry science at Guelph
Forty-two Canadian works have been purchased to date through lhe F - Jerome Trust Fund and a special exhibi t of these works will be featured at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre beginning Alumni WeekendJune 18 and continuing throughout the sununer
Professorjeromes personal favorite in the collection is Ken Danbys silkshyscreen The Skates
I like Danbys technique His work is almost as realistic as a color photoshygraph but you can still tell its a painting he explains
He is also fond ofDiego Drawing a lithography by Jack Chanlbers a London Ontario artist and Gene Chus delicate Spider Series
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre Director Judith Nasby says Fred Jerome has made an outstanding contribution to the growth of the Universitys Canadian art collection - one of the largest univer itycollecshytions in the province He has recogshynized the tremendous growth and vitality of the art community in Canada by specifying that works be purchased from young artists
A LOVE OF LI LI ES The expression lily white has little meaning for Bill Evans His favorite lilies are bright orange and yellow I like the ones that almost glow and catch your eye from 100 yards away says the retired Department of Horti shycultural Science professor
Professor Evans lilies are certainly eye-catching for anyone travelling north of Guelph on Highway 6 betshyween mid-June and mid-August Splashes of spectacular color glow from his field of lilies near Marden (behind the home of Marjorie and the late George Durnford ) - a welshycome surprise for those accustomed to seeing only the popular Easter white variety
Im obsessed with lilies admits Professor Evans who retired in 1985 after 28 years of researching phult breeding and teaching small fruit proshyduction at the University of Guelph ) like their variety and scope They are perennial plants that grow at different heights Some have flowers that face up some face down and some face out Some are trumpet shaped some have petals that curve back Some are scented and some are unscented
As a child Professor Evans grew flowers and vegetables in his parents big garden north of Calgary After six years in the army he enrolled at the
niversity of Alberta to study hortishycu lture During his second year in 1947 he began hybridizing lilies Following graduation he worked as a fruit breeder for the federal governshyment in Alberta for eight years before coming to Guelph in 1957 He conshytinued to breed and grow lilies at the
niversity and on plots of land that friends like Professor Ted Me inch (and now Mrs Durnford) let him use
The University has quite a history of lily breeding says Professor Evans The late Isabella Preston a lecturer at Guelph before Professor Evans time went on the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa and to world fame for her ornamental crabapples lilacs and lilies The late Jc Taylor a professor at Guelph was well-known for his lily breeding and introduced Professor Evans to many other breeders He
told me that my lilies needed more vigor and let me use some of his plants in my work
Professor Evans introduced three new varieties of lilies through the University and registered some of Professor Taylors They were marshyketed in the United States So far Professor Evans has had 17 varieties of lilies internationally registered Anyone can do this he says modestly You just write a full desshycription of the plant pick a name that hasn t been used before and send it to the Royal Horticultural Society in England prekrrably with a photo The new names are published every year
It s hard coming up with new nanles though says Professor Evans He has named some of his varieties after the area in which they were grown shyArkel Marden Gold Aberfoyle He named one after his granddaughter Bronwen and one after his wife Ethelwaite ( her first and maiden names ) She gets a thrill whenever she sees that name on a ( flower show) prize list somewhere he says
Pink and pastel lilies are Professor Evans speciality and his favorite is a variety he caBs Blusbing Maiden It has mauvey pink tips with a white centre
Professor Evans and his wife edH a newsletter three times yearly for the Ontario Regional Lily Society and Professor Evans has just ended a two year term as president of the North American lily Society He has judged at nower shows all over Canada and the nited States and will preside at an international show in Hamilton in July
Because of his hobby Professor Evans is enjoying retirement He spends about 25 hours a week on his lilies in the summer months During the off season he grows seeds and works on his records He is working on increasing the number ofvarieties including spotless ones ( most lilies have spots which are dominant ) He is pleased that some of his former students are now growing lilies entering shows and joining li ly societies
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RURAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT GRADS TO FORM ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
The University School ofRural Planshyning and Development ( USRPampD ) was inaugurated at Guelph in 1980
USRPampD is built on the strengths of past Guelph initiatives such as the Centre for Resources Development and the Rural Development Outreach Project It is formally recognized by the Canadian Institute of Planners and offers Masters level programs in rural planning rural development international rural development and resources management It is also actively engaged in research and community outreach
Recent research topics have in shycluded land availabi Iityfor agricu lture
local economic development strateshygies rural aging northern and native community plannjng and developshyment rural transportation computer applications in planning and deve shylopment and water and waste management to name a few This research was conducted throughout Canada and arollnd the world inshycluding Nepal Kenya Indonesia St Lucia Belize and Botswana
The outreach interests ofthe School are fully integrated with its teaching and research activities Recent out shyreach projects have included the Childcare Network Project for families in rural Wellington County an evaJu shy
ation of the rural development proshygrams ofa Jesuit mission in southern Ethiopia a heritage strategy for the Town of IngerSOll and a recreation needs assessment for Sault Ste Marie
Graduates of USRPampD as well as graduates of the former Centre for Resource Development are now being invited to form an alumni association to keep members updated on School activities their fellow alumni and issues concerning rural planning and development For further information contact Professor Harry Cummings USRampD University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N1G 2WI ( 519) 824-4120 ext 6783
JOIN YOUR OAC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NOW Did you know that as a graduate of OAC you are not automatically a member of the OAC Alumni Assoshyciation However anyone involved in a formal agricultural education at OAC ( past present or future ) is not only eligible to become a member but is encouragetl to do so
The OAC Alumni Association is a separate entity from the University of Guelph Alumni Association anti has specific responsibilities It awards
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ARTS Joanna Black 81 Ls aisistant direclOr curator The Marietta-Cobb Fine Arts Centre Marietta Georgia
Richard Hoffman 78 a Canadian Press journalist in Toronto is married pound0 Martine Bracey CBS 77
Laura Mezey-Hamid 82 administrative assistant to the vice-president of finance Penningtons Stores Umjted Toronto is married to Shaheed Hamid CSS 82
John Laurence (Stash) Stasiw 76 is marketing manager Philips Electronics Ltd Scarborough
Dirk Vanbattum 75 is vice-president Eddie May Mysteries Ottawa
CBS Michael Best 77 is a research technician Cross Cancer Institute Edmonton
GRAD NEWS EUzabeth Jane (Kempe) Coker 82 a resource worker CaJedon Parent-ChiId Centre Bolton is married to Dr Ted Coker OVC 87
Janet Ebanks 86 is a medical social worker Cayman overnment Health Sershyvices George Town Grand Cayman Cayman Islands British West Indies
Kevin Ferguson 80 supervisor of Outdoor Education for the Elgin County Board of Education married Suzanne Schmid BEd (Nipissing) 82 in April 1987 She works for the Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority They live near Aylmer
Michael Hackenberger 81 is president Canadian Zoological Systems Toromo
Heather Hattin 84 (HK) whose rowing accomplishments were featured in the winter 1987 issue ofthe GuelphAlumnus won Canadas first-ever gold medal in womens rowing in the double-scull event at the world championships in Copenhagen last summer
Cynthia (Porter)JefIrey 85 is studying for an MSc in Food Science at the University of Manitoba She is married to ScottJefIrey OAC 82 assistant professor ofAgncul tural Economics at the University of Manitoba They live in Winnipeg
Dr Gord Kennedy 85 senior chemist Union Carbine Corp Bound Brook New Jersey is married to Carrie Feaver CPS 84
Steven Kerr 77 is regional fisheries biologist Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources KemptviUe
Jim Lee 73 is director Research Services Min istry of Tourism Recreation and Culture Victoria BC
David Lemon 79 is senjor wildlife biologist S Fudge and Altsociates Ltd Saint Johns Nfld
Larry Patterson 76 is Grand Forks and District Aquatic Centre Manager Grand Forks Bc
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September 2324amp 25
Stephen Rabbetts 79 is a zookeeper Metro Toronto Zoo Wcsthill
Cathy Oohnson) Rewcastle 80 is a fur biologist Manitoba atural Rcsources Winnipcg
Brian Sntith 78 micro ~)Stcms manager Natural Sciences Centre The University ofWestcrn Ontario London is married to Debra Bond CSS 79
Bradly Veitch 86 is second brewer Wellington County Brewery Guelph
Michael Wade 87 is responsible for aquaculture programs at Kpong Farms Volta River Authority Akuse Ghana the site of a major hydro-electric installation
P Allen Woodliffe 76 is the first and only district ecologist with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Chatham Districr He is married to Marie Gedcke FACS 75 and has a son Timothy TIl y Jive in Rondeau Provincial Park here Allen was park naturalist for 10 years before moving to the Chatham office
CPS Dr Syed Ahmed 87 is assistant proshyfessor Departme nt of Statistical and AClUarial Sciences University of Western Ontario London
Susan (Bishop) GraJ1am R3 a fourth year medical student Faculty ofMcdicinc University of Toronto is marri ed fO Don Graham CSS 83 CBS MSc 87 who is a ftl ll-time parent to their threc-year-old twins
Robert Lake 77 a self-employed conshysulting geolOgist is married to Susan Kay OAC 77 a human relations specialist with Petro Canada They live in Calgary
Robert Whitehead 79 is a mi ncr Denison Mines Ell iot Lake
Caroline (Carly) Williams 85 is a software engineer Wild Leitz Canada Toronto
CSS John Babcock 8 is special cabinet assistant Office of Minister of State (Forestry and Mines ) Ottawa
Jana Fie MA 87 i a neuropsychological associate Brazos Valley Rehabilitat ion Center Bl)an Texas
Danny Leung R6 is news submiddoteditor Asia Television Limited Hong Kong
Allison (Shaughnessy) Scanlan 84 production supervisor G I of Canada shyTruck Assltmbly Oshawa is mlITied [() Michael Scanlan 84 directo r of pur hasing Arbor Capital Rltsources
middotoronto
Patricia Sorbam 80 is executive assisshytant to the Ontario Minister of Energy Toronto
G Llewellyn Watson MA 70 a proshyfessor at the University of Prince Edward Island has written a texthook Dilemmas and Contradictions in Sucial 7beor) published by University Press of America
Terry Wright 76 is account manager John Logan National Leasing Bramptoll
MAC-FACS Marie (Tomelin) Cowlin 78 is brand manager Distillers Co Canada Ltd Toronto
Debbie Foster MSc 87 is medical coshyordi natorsex educator Youth Clinical Services Inc Down~view
Marilyn (Shirley) Goodwin 75 MSc 77 a research officer for CSC Ottawa h ma rricd to Fred Goodwin HAFA 75
Margaret (CJark)Jordan 82 manager Agricultural Employment Services Cmada Farm Iabour Pool Newmarkct is married to BrianJordan OAC 81
Margo (Payne) Langan 83 marketing communications co-ordinator Moore Response Technologies Mississauga is married toJohn Langan CBS 75
Nancy (Howard) Martin 81 senior contract managemcnt officer Consumer Products and Trtffic Management Brmch DepartJllent of Supply and Service~ Hull Que is marriltd to Phillip Martin CBS ( HK) 82
Helga (Strenzke) McDonald 84 public relations officer Centrilia Collegc Huron Park is married to Ian McDonald OAC 83
Marilyn Sewell-Kelley 78 is agriculshytura l health and safel) comiddotordinacor Rural Organizations and Services Branch OMAF Guelph and lives near Paris
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James Allen 77 (ODH ) is president of Allens Turf Services Ltd Calgary
Martin Bohl 85 is policy advisor OMAJ Toronto
Guy Bonnetta 79 manager Pioneer Overseas CorpJohnston Iowa is married to Carolyn Knowles CBS 78
Stew Carpenter 50 president ofDivershysity Farms Inc Paw Paw Midligan is married to Olive McEwan 79A scltretary-tnasurer ofDiversity Farms Inc
Harold Cau 60A and 67 is viceshypreSident Barnes Wines Limited St Catharines
Elroy Cober 85 and his wife Rhoda have begun three-year Mennonite Central Committee assignments inKabwe Zambia Elroy is working as provincial o ilseed office r and Rhoda as a general health worker
Eileen (Emmett) Cole 79 a registered
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OVC CONFERENCE October 14 amp 15 1988
Details to follow in August issue of the Guelph Alumnus
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Assist nt Dean ave at (5 19) 824-41 20 ext 441 1
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TODAY NORTH AMERICAN LIFE 5650 Yong St North YoriltoOntario M2M G4
Lloyd Curtis OAC 7J MSc 74
nurse Colchester Hospital Truro 5 is married to Bill Cole 79 regional sales manager Clarence Farm Services L(vcr Truro
laura Cole 80 is a conservJLion planner Mississippi Vall y Conservation Authority Lanark
UoydCurtis 71 MSc 74 ofCalgary is national sales manager Agricultural Chem icals Division BASF Canada Inc BASF markets a wide range of crop proshyLection products Lloyd directs dle aCLivi shyties of BASFs liales force throughout Canada
James Donison H I is proje L engineer Costello Lomagney amp Denapoli ConshysulL ing Engineers Mancheste r New Hampshire
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Richard Graham OAC7J
Richard Graham 71 of Rrampton is naLional marketing maI111gcr Agricultural Chcmicab Divisi n f3ASF Canada Inc
Richard Helmer 62A married Marilyn Hogue in Oct 19R7 They live in Windsor Richard is supply tcaching for the Essex COllnty Board of Education and doing freclanltx horLicultural work during the summer months
Brian and Brigitte (Brunetzky) Kaufman 84 are pltased to announce the safe arrival of their son Nathaniel Brian All are reSiding at Bright
Dr Houchang Khatamian MSc 71 PhD 8 is associate professor Depart shyment of Horticul rure Kansas State Unishyversity Manhattan
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J cE~~~~f May 11 - Presidents Counc il Executive Luncheon
May 19-June 5 Guel ph Spring Festival
May 31-June 3 Convocation
June 13-15 Human Sexuality Conference
June 17-19 Alumni Weekend
July 10-13 Canadian Home Economics Association Con ference
July 26 Al um ni Assoc iation Executives O rientation Meeting
Masters of Agribusiness Management
111e University of Guelph is now olkring a Masters of Agribusiness Management for people interested in a comprehensive training program for manlgemel1l positions in modern agrihusiness
The program runs over I () months and is highly structured so that studenrs receive intensive practical training in all facets of agribusiness managemel1l
Ifyou have an agricultural background and wish to funher your career in management of farm or nonmiddotfarm agribuiiiness this program could he for you
For fu nhcr information on this program pleL~e contact
Professor Tom Funk Department of Agricultural Economics and Business University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl (519) 824middot4120 ext 3427
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Dr Elenimo Khonga PhD 87 is a lecturer University ofMalawi Chancellor College Zomba Malawi
Kevin Laidley 82 MSc 85 resource technician Niagara Peninsula Consershyvation Authority Allanburg is married to Lesley Nicholson FACS 83 child life specialist McMaster University Medical Centre Hamilton
Dr Monique Leclerc MSc 82 PhD 87 is assistant professor Department of Soil Science and Biometeorology Utah State University Logan
Maurice Marwood 64 MSc 66 is vicemiddot preSident sales and marketing Canadian Kenworth Company Mississauga He is responsible for all aspects of sales and marketing ofKenworth trucks and product support in Canada
Dr Giancarlo Mosch1ni PhD 86 is [caching in the Economics Department Iowa State University Ames not the Unimiddot versity of Iowa as stated in the fall 1987 issue oflhe GuelpbAlurnnus Our apolomiddot gie~ for [his error
Reid Palmer 63 is a research geneticist and professor Departments ofAgronomy and Genetics Iowa State University Ames
Dr Yousef Papadopoulos 80 MSc 82 PhD 87 a research scientist Agrimiddot cu lture Canada Nappan NS i$ married to Kathleen Glover 80 MSc 83
Andy Robinson 80 MSc 83 a genetimiddot cist Livestock Developmcnt Division Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Christine Howe Arts 81
Dr A Hamid Saleemi MSc 73 has received a PhD in Educational Psychology from Bayero UniverSity Kana Nigeria His thesis was Islamic Values and Commitment among HallSa Muslim Youtb Au Empirical Study and his reo search has been hailed as a pioneering study in the measurement of reJjgious commitment anlong MusJjms Dr Saleemi is principal tutor Department of Adult Education and Community Services Faculty of Education Bayero University
James Sampa MLA 86 is a lecturer in landscape design and natul 1 resource conservation School of Environmental Studies Copperbelt University Zambia
Bill Shotyk 81 completed his PhD in 1986 in the Geology Department at The University ofWestern Ontario and spent a year as visiting postdoctoral researcher at the UniverSity of California to study
thennodynamic stability of organic commiddot plexes of aluminum In Sept 1987 he married Beth Haas and they live in London where Bill is a postdoctoral research associate in the Geology Department UWO studying the surface chemistry of minerals He is also writing his first book The Geochemistry OfPeatandPeatlands to be published by Elsevier Amsterdam
jack Thompson OAC 81 is a firemiddot fighter Station No 1 Thomhlll
Susan Watkins 81 is program offi cer Horn of Africa Oxfam Canada She is in charge ofOxfams overseas development projects in Eutrea and Tigray prOvince of Ethiopia the majori ty of which are in agriculture and health
Dve Dr Ian Alexander 86 is a dmg evalumiddot ator Bureau of Veterinary Dmgs Health and Welfare Canada Ottawa
Dr Cheng Hock Choong PhD 72 is director Semex Canada Guelph
Dr Ann Davis 75 a graduate student at the University of Toronto has won the Hardi Cinader Prize for 1987 The award is given to the graduate student in the process of completing doctor-A work who most resembles renowned immunomiddot logist Dr Bernhard Cinaders originality and versatility
Dr john Debbie 65 is an epidemiomiddot logist New York State Health Department Albany
Dr jean Dodds 64 in addition to her research on blood clotting mechanisms has chaired several national and intermiddot national task forces on assorted topics
Dr Doug Galt 62 is laboratory head OMAF Brighton
Dr Maria Koller CBS 75 DVM 79 chief control programs Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Dr Robert Georgeson 72
Dr Darwin Lund 60 is veterinarian in charge Agriculture Canada Lethbridge Alta
Dr David Murphy 56 is director cardiovascular surgical unit Dalhousie
niversity Halifax
Dr Gary Nash 77 veterinary research officer Institute of Aquaculture University
ofStirling Stirling Scotland is married to Marilyn Klein CBS 77
Dr HG Rees 55 joined the faculty of Massey University New Zealand after 10 years ofgeneral practice Upon completion of his masters degree he as appointed senio r lect urer at the University of Melbourne In 1970 he returned to prac shytice in his native Wales and has spent the past 12 years on the faculty at SeaJe-Hayne College there He has a small sheep farm
ARTS Bruce Westheuser 76 ofToronto died Dec 7 1987 He was a teacher Toronto Montessori Schools Hlt is survived by his father Ronald and stcpmodlcr Dorothy two sisters and a brodumiddotr
CSS Robert A Dodd MA 75 of Victoria BC died Oct 8 1987 He had been employed by the Ministry of Health He is survived by his wife Wendy
Bruce G Miller 72 of Aurora Ont died Sept 2 1987 He was a teacher with York Region Board of Education He is survived by his wife
MAC-FACS Etta (Birdsall) Garnham 17D of Tillsonhurg Ont died Jan 11 1988 She is survi ed by her sister Doris Oatman
Kathleen (Coggs) Hallam 120 of Toronto died jan 23 1988
Katherine L (Williamson) Killmaster 35D of Southfield Michigan died jan 31 1988
GAdora(Beemer)McFadyen 29Dof Port Elgin Ont died Apri l 8 L987 She is Survived by her son George S McFadyen OAC 50A
Anne E Spera 280 of Dundas Ont died Jan 26 1988
Dora M (Dies) Terryberry 260 of Weston Ont died Jan 22 1988 She is survived by her son Douglas
and maintains a single man general pracshytice Sheep health and production are his main interests and in the fall he was admitted to the Cert SHP by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons In 1989 he plans to retrace his footsteps to learn about his main interests in the countries in which he was trained
Dr Duncan Sinclair 58 OAC MSc 60 (nutrition ) Schofield lecturer 1983 will become Queens University Dean of
IN MEMORIAM
OAC Aimee A (Ups) Acklen 36 of Irving Texas died Feb 2 1987 She is survived by her husband Robert and one son
George K Beare 37 A of xbridge Ont died Oct 30 1987 He is survived by his wife Ruby
Dr J Ritchie Cowan 39 of Corvallis Oregon died Nov 12 1987 He was a retired professor of agronomy and proshyfessor emeritus Oregon State University He received his MS and a doctorate in plant genetics from the University of Minnesota He served as national president of the Crop Science Socicty of America the American Society of Agronomy the American Forage and Graosland Council the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology and the League for Intershynational Food Education He was pre shydeceased by his first wife DorothyWhite Mac 39 He is survived by his second wife Ruth and two children
WUliam M Croskery 15 of Ottawa died Nov 17 1987 He was a retired agricultural representative for Carleton County He is survived by three children
Walter C Fisher 26 of Sf Catharines Ont died jan 20 1988 He is survived by his wife Alice ( Petrie ) and three children
William A Hammond 18 Port Dovers oldest World War I veteran died Sept 29 1987 at 95 Prior to entering OAC he farmed worked in a lumber camp in BC and fought forest fires in Montana During the war he served in France and Belgium with the 55th l3atteryofthe Royal Canadian Art illery advancing from gunner to sergeant In 1920 he married Minerva Mitchell and they farmed in Woodhouse Township Mter retir ing he became clerk-treasurer of the township and later
Medicine and Vice-Principal ( Health Sciences) onJuly 1 He has served Queens in various capacities since joining the departme nt of physiolo gy in 1966 Nationally he has been invo lved with the Medical Research Council of Canada for many years includ ing a term as its director-genera1
Dr Anne Marie Taylor 81 is direc tor of an imal care Animal Care Centre Dalhousie niversity Halifax
held the san1e position with the Town of Port Dover He also served on the Ontario Assessment Appeal Board and was a fanner chai rman of the Simcoe High School Board In 1967 he received a Centennial Medal for service to his communi ty He was predeceased by bis wife and a son and is survived by two daughters Betty Murton ofWatetiord and Doris LlIldon of listoweI
Kandappar NJeyasseelan MSA 56 of Peradeniya Sri Lanka died Oct 22 1987 He is survived by two children
Frank J King 33 of Thornhill One died Dec 19 1987 He was a pioneer of Canadas broiler chicken industry and retired senior executive and director of Ralston Purina Canada Inc He is survived by his wife Rachel and a son
Robert C (Bob) lGrkness 56 of Maple Ridge BC died Oct 10 1987 He is survived by his wife
] Morley Lawrence 1 7 of Windsor died Oct 4 1987
John S Lennox 66A of Shallow Lake Ont died as the result of a farm accident Nov 4 1987 He is survived by his wife Ada and a son
Alex T Macnab 36 of North Fort Myers Fla died Dec 18 1987 He is survived by his wife Vella
NormanJ Myles 39 of Guelph died j an 24 1988 He had been a second lieutenant 11 th Field Brigade Royal Canadian Artillery He is survived by his wife Luella Beverley (Highan1 ) and two children
Robert W Phillips 39 of Belleville Ont died Sept 21 1987 -John W Robertson 38 of Thorold Ont died Oct 21 1987 He is survived by his wife Elizabeth and daughter Janice Partlow Arts 70
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Henry H Rooke 8 of Barrie Ont died Dec 16 1987 lIe was retired from the Department of National Health and Welfare He is survived by his wife Harriet Mac 40 and daughters Jane Lennox and Nancy RookemiddotAllen CBS 73
Robert H See 65A ofBohon Ont died Nov 14 1987 He was the son of Margaret (Huston) See Mac 33 and the late Dr John N See OAC 35 OVC 38 He is survived by his wife Brenda and two sisters
WilliamT (Bill) Smith 35 ofStfJtford Ont died Sept 19 1987 He is survived by his wife Maude and five children
Annie H Tasi MSc 72 ofGuelph died Dec 9 1987 She received her BSc in Agriculture from the National Taiwan University in 1965 After receiving her masters in horticulture from Guelph she worked as a research technician in the Universipound) Department of Horticultural Science Shc is survived by her hu~band Benjamin and two children
William G Toner 20A and 22 of Guelph died Jan 30 1988 He is survived by hi wife Eileen and four children
W Benson (Ben) Vair 55 of Sarnia died Jan 6 1988 He taught science at Northern Collegiate in Sarnia for 25 years retiring in 1987
A Gordon O Whiteside 20A and 22 of Ottawa died June 2 1987 Ht was retired after 42 years as a cerealist with Agriculture Canada and wa~ a Fellow of thc Agricultural Institute of Canada lie developed sevedl varieties of Canadian whtat one of which bears his namt Gordon He is su rvived byhis wife Irene and three children
Joseph H Willmott 22A of Milton died Oct 23 1987 He is survived by his sonJohn c Willmott 55
PROFESSORS
Dr Denis H Stott professor emeritus since 1980 diedJan 22 1988 in England at 78 He was ftrst chair Department of Psychology from 1966-68 and was intershyna tionally known as a pioneer in deve shyloping learning techniques for hardmiddottOmiddot teach children He founded the Centre for Educational Disabilities which he directed until h is retirement in 1975 His research focused on the causes and promiddot
blems of delinquent school boys He is survived by hiswifeJane and tw children
Dr Robert D Whiteford of Qualicum Beach Vancouver Island former professor Department of Biomedical Sciences died Feb ] 0 1988 He is survived by his wife Beatrice and one son
STAFF Ray Catchpole a member of the Unj middot versitys Sulawesi Regional Development Project team in Indonesia died Nov 27 1987 in Jakarta at 46 He had been with the project sinet its inception in 1984 He is survived by his wife Ani and his mother Muriel Lucas A mcmorial fund has been established in his nanle Contributions may be forwarded to the Department of
Alumni Affairs and Development The fund will provide a bursary for Indonesians and Canadians involved in exchange between the two ountries It will be adminbtered by the niversity School of Rural Planning and Development
FRIENDS
Joseph Arlen of Guelph died Sept 5 1987 He pursued studies at OAC from 1957 to ) 959 before completing an engineering degree at the University of Toronto He is survived by his wife Judy who works in Photographic Services on campus and two children A Joseph Arlen Memorial Prize in Horticulture has been established Contributions may be forshywarded to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development
ASPARAGUS RESEARCHER DIES IN GUELPH
Herman (Herm) Tiessen OAC 51 onc of Canadas fore middot most aspard1t1s researdlers rued in Guelph Dec 10 1987 at 63 Or Ticsscn had been a horticul shyture professor at the University since 1955 and was co-ordinator of the National Asparagus Reshysearch Program
At its fiftieth anniversary meeting in london the day of his death the Ontario Asparagus Growers Marketing Board honored Dr Tiessen as the pershyson who had made the greatest contributions to the industry over the last 50 years He was also weU known for his work on greehouse tOmatoes and for a collaborative project with Texaco that used waste energy from the companys refinery to heat greenhouses
After graduating from OAC Dr Tiessen received his masters and PhD degrees from Michigan State University and returned to his alma mater to join the Department of Horticultural Science He traveUed widely to share his knowledge on veget-
The late Professor Herm Tiessen OAC51
able growing with scientists around the world most recently to New Zealand and Taiwan He -wa a member of the Agricultural Institute of Canada and the Canadjm American and Intermiddot national Societies for Horticulmiddot tural Science He was also an active member of the OAC Alumni Association
He is sUlvived by his wife Marjorie and two children
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JlAVIeuro 17 18 19 GOlf Tournament
The classic confrontation on the green the Gryphon Club Golf Tournament will start things rolling on Friday at the Cutten Club Prizes will be awarded
Barbecue amp CasinO Night
Meet your friends at Alumni House Friday evening for a barbecued feast and try your llck at the casino tables
SIOwpitch Tournament
The Grad loungers will defendtheir championship title at the alumnistudent co-ed slowpitch tournament Why not get a team together to compete for the first-place trophy and other awards Teams should consist of 12 to 20 players with at least six females per team Three one-hour games are guaranteed for each team
Tours Lectures Demonstrations
Tour the new Equine Research Centre see computer laboratory demonstrations at the College of Family and Consumer Studies or catch an enlightening lecture If its nature you enjoy visit the Arboretum the Marine Biology Laboratory or the Elora Gorge Conservation Area
Celebrity Auction
Join in the fun and bid on a fascinating assortment of articles donated by local celebriti~s Lots of surprises in store All proceeds will go to Alumni House
Awards Presentations
At the Presidents Picnic at noOn on Saturday the Alumnus of Honor award and the Alumni Medal of Achievement will be presented Come and celebrate with the recipients
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See page 7 for your Alumni Weekend reservation form For further information see your College section inside or call the Alumni Weekend hotline (519) 824-4120 ext 2102
Class Reunions
Is your class having a reunion Check page 7 to find out Reunions are a great opportunity to meet old
friends and renew acquaintshyances The Alumni Associations will host their graduates of 50
years or more at a Golden Anniversary Din ner
Champagne Brunch
Toast Alumni Weekend 88 at a champagne brunch held on the Alumni House patio Sunday The Guelph Concert Band will provide entertainment
Top to bottom AlumniHouseground breaking in 1986 by Preside1lt Burt Matthews and then UGI1A President Ross Parry as Dave Bame then OAC Alumni Association Past President looks on construction and grand opening at Alumni Weekend 1987
ALUMNI SUPPORT ALUMNI HOUSE
AUl11ni are continuing their genershyous support of Alumni lIouse whidl officially opened during Alumni Weekend last June The historic Preshysidents Carriage House laler a sheep barn now renovated ~Uld expanded is the permanent headquarters for Guelphs alumni and alumni associashytions anu also home to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development
The renovations plus expansion will eventually total S800000 with the University providing 300000 of this cost and alumn i provid ing S500OUO The Alma Mater fund Adshyvisory Council is commitLed to raising SlOOOOO per year over a three-year period (for a total of BOOOOO) The remaining 5200000 will be raised through contributions from alumni associations special ~lLtivitie and class projects
The Alma Maler Fund met its 1987 objective of 100000 for a two-year total of 200000 The portion raised through other contrihutions is
THANKS TO THE VOLUNTEERS The strength of Guelphs annual giving program derives from a foundshyation ofvolunteerisl11 More than 250 class agents and other representatives gave freely of their time and energy to encourage the nearly 4 000 graduates who supported their alma mater in 1987 They are listed starting here and continuing onto the next page in recognition of their efforts
growing although at a slower pace Individual graduates friends and allillUli associations made gifts toward Alumni I louse totalling S2790 165 in 1987 Unrestricted donations helped achieve the S 100000 ALma Mater Fund goal for 1987
Many class projects have helped with renovations and furnishings at Alumni House while others are in the phmning stage or under conshysideration Recently the CSS Alumni Association donated audio visual equipment for lise in the boardroom at Alumni House and the class of OAC 64 set a goal of 825000 for an alumni lounge
In the second year of this threeshyyear project Alumni House continues to catch the imagination and interest of graduatcs and friends of Guelph TIl0se who have seen the building have been captivated If you havent visited yct drop by It belongs to all alumn i
COLLEGESECTION REPRESENTATIVES
Mike Streib 69 Arts Gary Partlow 69 CBS David Jackson 70 CPS John Vanderkamp Dean CSS Edyth Bray 52 Mac FACS Jim Bates 22 OAC James Gillies 26 OVC Norm Hawkins 57 OVC Robert J Peachey 84 BlA Harold Crawford 58 OAC for
ODAODII John PoweU Retired
FacultyProfessional Staff Doug Ormrod Dean
Graduate Studies
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Class Agents OAC James A Bates 22 Hugh C Elliott 23 Jonathan 13 elson 24 Bower F Forward 25 A Bruce Medd 26 Edward H Garrard 27 Thoma~ O Graham 28 W Edward Heming 29 Michael W Chl1)e uik 30 C Earl Migllton 31 ) Harvey Pettit 32 nleodorc) Hecg 33 Alfred 0 Hales 34 Gladstone Ridler 35 William G Tolton 36 Arthur L Thompson 37 Gordon F Townsend 38 Leslie Laking 39 John A Eccles 40 Donald N lIuntley 41 Glen L Warlow 42 Philip W Burke 43 J Leonard McQuay 44 Stephen J Beckley 45 Alexander A Hunt 46 Gordo r Ougl1lred 47 Douglas Cunningllam 48 Robert M Murr1Y 49 William 5 Kilmer 50 Donald M Rutherford 51 G AJlan Fisher 52 William AM Gregg
OVC 6 L for OAC 53 ) Lloyd ] Rosi 54 Ronald E Litchfield 55 Charles S I3aldwin 56 Vincent A Eagan 57 Dougla~ C COlquhoun 58 D Owen Gibb 59 Harry L WaLter 60 Sarah L Banbury 61 George It Gree~lees 62 Harvey J Brown 63 Harold U Bent ley 64 Palrick J Tucker 65 David A Jones 66 Mary V McEwen 67 Graham T Hart 68 Robert H Cobbledick 69 Margaret E Auld 70 Roben L Ross 71 Donald N McCallum 72 Roderick ED McKay 73 J Murray Brownridg~ 74
Bradley J Bandeen 84 Shirley J Gallaugher 85 David WG Lucas 86
OAC ASSOCIATES Stewart A Anderson 49A John E Northwood 50A James N Bell 51A Allison H FUlcher 52A David W Barrie 53A Robert G McGee 54A Barry N James 55A Arthur F Johnson 56A Donald M Dodds 57A Gary J Powell 58A Peter J McCarthy 59A Alan C Mclean 60A ] Paul Fish 65 (for 61 A) Walter H Atkinson 62A Grant H Fish 03A Charles WH Clughill 64A John G Zenel 65A Donald AA ReynOlds 66A Ronald B Steele 67A James F Hunter 68A D Jean ROlllenburg 69A Gordon R Weeden 70A Roger S Will iams 71A Robert B Yungblut 72A Bruce W Cressman 73A David Mayberry 74A Adrian Dykstra 75A Richard E Buck 76A Garry R Milne 77A Alice Laine 7SA Deborah L Hill 79A Paul F Quinton 80A Douglas F GrieYe 81A Peler J Haakman 82A J Scott McGeachy 83A Brian McGavin 84A Donald M Dann 85A B Jean Moffat 86A
MAC DEGREE Jean R King 52 Nancy L Raithby 53 Frances L Bowen 54 Lorraine E Oliver 55 Barhara J Cline 56 Marilyn A MacQuarrie 57 Patricia J Steele 58 Jo MA unan 59 Donna M Gracey 60 B Kathleen Johri~ton 61 Anne M Alton 62
FACS Judith M Maddren 72 Karen E Ross 7 Loralee E Marshall 74 Jane E Stolz 75 Karen Bennett 76 Rohyn G Bach 77 Janet L Taylor 78 M Heather Martin 79 Suzanne E Judges 80
orma J Poel 8 1 Joan K Dawdy-McHale 82 Irene M Good 82 Paula E Kerr 83 Edina J van der Widen 84 Janice M middotn1Ompson 85 Mary J Gooyers 80
MAC DIPLOMA Grace Sharpe 240 Jessie l Rumney 250 M Frances Hucks 260 M Lois Clipsham 270 Alice It Garrard 280 Grace M Gibson 290 Mi ured V Scott 300 Viola M Binkley 310 Mary C Hales 32D Jean M SltOlt 330 Marjorie H Thomas 340 A Olive Thomp~on 350 C Joan Nixon 36D F1onnce E Moodie 370 Margaret E Black 380 Eila R Lawson 39D Ellen C ScOlt 400 Marion G Aitkin 41D A Ruth Fleming 420 Mary L Procter 470 Florence Rilett 480 Mary K Williams 49D Gwen P Curtis SOD Elizabeth J Mu1Oing 5 ID FrJnces 1 Peister 520 Margaret B Clark )30 Noreen M Broadvdl 540 Muriel G Taylor 55D Lillian F Emberson 560 Linda E McLeod 570 Neil M Jones 580 Jane A Hurst 590 P Ann ])obbin 600 Patricia A Black 6l0 Stephanier Powell 62D Margaret AR Drew 630
Gregory D Oolhan 81 Morag L McKenzie 82 Joan E Shaw 83 -leIene P Paquet 84 Anita M OMara 8 ) Karen E Maki 85 Susan T Saganski 86
OVC James Gillies 26-30 Robert H Henry 3 1 Renue E Bowness 32 T Lloyd Jones 34 Wesley B Coxon 35 Albert L Geffen 36 Frmcis] Fitzgerald 37 Vince11l W Ruth 38
orman JI McAninch 39 Richard lIellings 40 Gifford AV Barker 41 James D Schroder 42 Leo) Shuctt 43 Melvin E Poland 44 W Murray Mutrie 45 C Robert Buck 46 Sidney Brown 47 Peter C Wang 48 William R Mitchell 49 D Cam MacKay 50 W James Lennox 5 L T Rus~eJl Furness 52 TIlomas R De Gen 54 William 1-1 Vivian 55 Kenneth R Gadd 56 R Denis OConnor 57 Roderick R Davies 58 L Guy Giddings 59 Willianl W Combe 60 Owen J Slocombe 61 Robert Z Ubukata 62 Rohin S Knuuson 63 James N Lott 64 Andrew L Fletch 65 I Jugh W Clugston 66 Neil G Anderson 67 Brian C BuckId 68 Al W Bowness 69 Robert W BrJndt 70 Bruce W Green 71 Allen G Binnington 72 David G Horton 73 W DArcy Reade 74 Patricia E Shewen 75 Wayne M Murray 76 D Gregory Usher 77 Diane M Smilh 78
Roben G McFarlane 75 Nancy M Brown 63 HAFA Janet L lewison 79 Ellen L Heale 76 Elizabeth A Jamieson 64 Ronald N Taylor 73 David M Alves 80 -I Douglas Balsillie 77 Nina M Elliot 65 Jennifer A Chadsey 74 Kenneth G Bateman 81 Douglas C Murphy 78 Peter J Brown 79
Carol E McArthur 66 Margaret A Winslow 67
Davidr lfougl1wn 75 Allan [) Scott 76
Susan C Read 82 Jacob Druif 83
Linda AK Teasdale SO Barbara S Dell 68 Timmhy J Lipa 77 Judith A Taylor 84 James P Poel 81 Joanne M Harris 69 Marlene [ Boland 78 ])onna M Flanagan 85 Marie E Hartley S2 Margaret L Willis 70 Da~d W Cobban 79 Dawn M HughesshyJoscph A Omican S3 Marianne Bakker-Bromley 71 Amanda S Lee 80 Bissonnette 86
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TELEPHONE CAMPAIGN SURPASSES GOAL
At 9 15 pm November 25 The Campaigns telephone campaign reached its $385 million larget seven months ahead of schedule At that point student callers had talked to alumni of only five of the seven colleges By Febnaary 29 $4 315977 had been raised and Sue Egles director of the telephone campaign predicts the student employees will raise well over $5 million by June 15 1988 the end of the telephone campaign
Response from Guelph alumni has been overwhelming Sue says with 40 per cent of those called making a pledge The average pledge is in excess ofS400 College ofAns alumnj wrote the formula for success by contributing $303000 - 553000 more than the college alumni goal CBS alumni were called next and pledged $430000 OAC alumni donshy
ated almost $2 million HAFA $90000 and FACS $570000 avc pledges of more lhan $500000 put the telephone campaign over the top Students are now vrapping up calls to CSS alumni and will end with calls to CPS alunmi A total of more than 42000 graduates will be called in North America
The studcnt caller represents a friendly voice from the University and doesn t try to pressure the alumnus who has decided not to contribute says Sue We want to updare alumni fLIcs and leave every alumnus with a good feeling about the Universiry
Alumni also leave the student callers with good feelings and oftcn some helpful career advice says Sue Guelph graduates have some very interesting careers and are excellent sources of information on graduate schools job openings and interview
Seventeen major donors to the Universitys capital campaign and campaign volUnleersjohn Bassett Ken Murray and Hany Seymour were honored at a januarypress conference in Toronto to celebrate completion of92percent of The Campaign goal Representing the City Of Guelph was Mayo john Counsell the Cotmty ofWellington Warden Murray Cox andSemex Canada Dr Moe Freeman OAC 55 president They are posed with Marjorie Millar director Alumni Affairs and Development and the framed dtations each honoree received The citations bear a first-edition copy Of the Librarys CDshyROM (Compact Disk -Read Only Memory) catalogue one of the University s newest products Weighing only 19 gram~ the disk holds the equivalent of 200000 pages - the Librarys entire card catalogue
Sheila Hollidge fund-raiser extrashyordinaim
procedures More than one caller has been offered a job over the phone she says In return alumni often ask the Iallers to describe how the campus has changed over the years or to pass on greetings to a favorite professor
Despite the informality of the telephone canlpaign it s not an easy job Sue says A rrunimum of 25 students are employed at anyone time and incentives keep up morale Each caller averages 1700 in pledges during a four-hour evening Psychoshylogy major Janet Campbell still holds the record with over S 15000 pledged in one rught and $329000 in total pledges In second place is FACS student Sheila Hollidge who had $311 369 in pledges as of Febmary 29 Their success and that of other student aUers has helped drop the cost of the telephone campaign says Sue It costs the University less than 1 5 cents for every dollar raised
Editors Note Sue Egles left Guelph in March to become associate viceshypresident IDe Canada PHONEMAlL Inc HersuccessorisAnne Thibodeau
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TliLEPHONE Home (_) Business ( _ ) I will be attending reunion (ColegeYearD1plom Dqree)
TIME FRIDAY)UJiII 17 PElt PERSON COST NO TOTAL OFACE USE
10 am REGI STRATION Alumni House No Cost
Noon GolfToumament Cutten Club 4000 11
Gpm Alumni Barbecue Alumni House 9 00 21
8pm Night of Casioo games and music 300 22
Darbecue amp Casino package 1000 23
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9middot5 pm REGISTRATION Alumni HOllse No Cost
9 am Elora Gorge Walk (buses fro m campus) 600 26
9 am Alumni Association annual meetings Mac FACS (I rA Rm 209) OAC (Mac Hall Rm 149) OVC ( MacNaughtOn Bldg Rm 113) No Cost
930 am Slowpitch Tournament South Quad 4000 team 28
10 am Lectures by Dr Bruce Fogle OVC 70 and Dr Brian Brandenburg OVC 68 No Cost
1030 am FACS Tour and Demonsuation No Cost
II am Alumni Association aculUa meetings Arts (Johnston Hall Rm 104 ) CSS ( FACS Rm 101 ) HAFA(HAFA RrnIOI) 1 0 Cost
Noon Presidents Picnic and awards presentatio n Creelman Plaza (check in at Picnic ) 6 50 30
Noon CBS Picnic Biology House 500 300middotchild 54
I pm Tours of Equine Research Centre No Cost
230 pm Ground Breaki ng Ceremo ny for Atbletics fac ilities a Cost
3middot430 prn Celebrity Auction Alumni House No Cost
6pm Golden Anniversary Dinner Creelman Hall (Golden Alumnus + Oil guest) Complimcotary 60
Others attending Golden Anniversary Dinner 1800 6 1
Gpm CI= llcunion Dinner(s ) 6pm OVC Alumni Dinner Peter Clark Hall 3500
9 pm Alumni Dance University Centre No Cost
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COLLEGE ROYAL 88 SEARCH FOR EXCELLENCE
COllege Royal 88 drew about 30000 visitors to campus in March The theme Search For Excellence was carried through displays of stushydent clubs and academic units all over campus including an Alumni Affairs and Development display of
Dynamic Duo Andy Willemsen and Kathy Cunnington both FACS 88 worz the CBS-sponsored Egg Drop competition
Human Kinetics student Todd BIJJant helpedErica Clausen 4 test her lung volume al the School Of Human Bioshylogy display
Medieval jousting was demonstrated by the Sodety For Creative Anashychronism
24 graduates who have excelled in their diverse careers and activities
The 64th annual student -organized event was offiCially opened March 12 by Michael Enright CBC Radios 0shy
host of As It Happens Laura Gillard FACS 88 served as president and
People and cows met face to face at Old MacDonalds Farm
Former Curtain Callers Margaret Calder Mac 60 DtmRose OAC 57A and 60 and Nancy (Turk) Cums Mac 59 enjoyed themselves at the Curtain Call reunion
College Royal visitors tested equljJshyment at the chool of Engineering display
Nancy Scheer OAC 91 presided as hostess after being elected Celebrant at the College Royal Ball March 4
Curtain Call College Royals annual musical was followed bya reunion of fomler cast and crew members after the final show Saturday night
Guelph student Melissa Meisinger and her Samoytl Snowball particishypated in the dog show
The square dancing competition continued its popularity Both stushydents and alumni cOtnpeted
The woodsman competition tested strength
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ALUMNI GATHER IN WESTERN CANADA
Enthusiastic alumni gathered in Edmonton and Vancouver for chapter events in February
Harley Deeks OAC 50 president of Molson Alberta Brewery Ltd and Molson Saskatchewan Brewery Ltd and his wife Barbara (Herring) Mac 48 hosted a reception for 36 alumni and friends at Molson House in Edmonton Vincent MacDonald and Don Lavender hoth OAC 36 repre shysented the earliest graduating class present and ShouliangDongArts 87 was the most recent grad attending
Don Welch CPS 78 organizer of the event spoke about his memories of the University and before the evening was over had fOffiled a volunshyteer committee to plan future
Edmonton Chapter events Ifyou are interested contact Don at 15824 8Ist Street Edmonton T5Z ISS ( 403) 473-5237
Janey Bennett CSS 75 and Rod Clark CBS 77 hosted a reception for 27 alumni and guests at their home in Vancouver on Valentines Day Plans were made for a Vancouver Chapter wine and cheese party in April and a barbecue in summer For further information contact Janey at 1816 Mahon Avenue North Vancouver V7M 2T3 (604) 986-8177
Betsy Allan CSS 83 Alumni Affairs office attended both receptions She brought greetings from the University and spoke on chapter development and the latest campus happenings
VISA VOLUNTEERS GOODWILL AMBASSADORS
Ae the residence washrooms co shyed How do 1 get onto the volleyball team TIlese are some of the questions prospective University ofGuelph stushydents ask and former students are the best sources for answers
Through VISA (Volunteers in Support of Admissions) Guelph alumni help high school students become more aware of the niversitys curriculum spirited campus life and community amenities
We reinforce what the niversitys admissions office does in the high schools and we add the personal element says VISA co-ordinator Betsy Allan CSS 83 I see us as goodwill anlbassadors
VISA chapters in six Ontario cities each hold an annual information sesshysion for high school students their parents and friends Alumni talk about what attracted them to Guelph what they enjoyed how their education helped in their careers and what they are doing now Admissions counshysellors also attend
The information sessions have been an effective way to reach students who have not bad an opportunity to visit campus It also gives them a
chance to talk one on one with someone from the University says Betsy We welcome new alumni volunteers in the established VISA chapters The time commitment is small and those involved will tell you the work is rewarding
Established chapters and their leaders include Ottawa Greg DOUlatl HAFA 81 and Iarry Meek CPS 77 Toronto Debbie Chang CSS 82 London Maureen Higa OAC 79 Niagara Irene Good FACS 82 Chatham Vicki Bouman CBS 77 and 8rantford Simcoe Heather Linington OAC 80
As part of the VISA progranl this year Betsy wants to hold send-off barbecues across Canada She is looking for alumni willing to help organize and or host such an event in their backyards Students attending Guelph in the faU their parents and alumnj from the community would be invited The idea is to ~ish the students well before they embark on the path to univerSity For further inJormation about this or any aspect ofthe VISA program contact lktsyat Alumni House University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2WI (519) 824-4120 ext 6533
janey Bennett CSS 75 and Rod Clark CBS 77 hosted a receptionfor Vancouver alumni at thei home in February with some help ft-om their 18-month-old son Graeme Daughter Amy 4 was also at the event
Enjoying the-mselles at a reception for Edmonton alunmi at Molson HOllse ill February are left to right joyce Welch and her husband Don CP) 78 Betsy Allan OS 83 and Harley Deeks OAC 50 and his wife Barbara (Herring) Mac 48
ALUMNI CHAPTER EVENT
SASKATOON Dinner
Saturday June 11 600 pm reception
700 pm dinner Renaissance Hotel
Meet M arge M illar Director Alum ni Affa irs and Development
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For furtiJpr information conlact f3elsy AIan Alum ni H ouse
University of Cuelph (5 19) 824-4 f 20 ext 6533
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RECEPTION HELD
The CSS Alumni Association hosted its annual wine and cheese reception for graduating students at the Faculty lub in January Agnes (BelIai) Van Haeren 85 first vice-president and Susan Blair 83 director helped organize the event and greeted students at the door President John Alviano 74 spoke briefly about the Associashytion and asked for the support of those present CSS Oean)ohn Vanderkamp and faculty advisor Victor Ujirnoto were alsoprescnt to mingle with students
WHY DO STUDENTS LEAVE UNIVERSITY GUELPH STUDY
AIMS TO FIND OUT By Marla Stewart
Public R lations and In formation
Why do students leavc university before they complete their degrees A Guelph study Career and Education Achievement in the Student Environshyment ( CEASE) aims to find out Principal investigator Sid Gilbert Sociology and Amhropology has finished collecting data and will spend the summer and fall analyzing it
Professor Gilbert began the longishytudinal study of student progress at Guelph three years ago with a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council grant Through questionshynaires and interviews he contacted every new ftrst -year Guelph student in the fall of 1986 and fo llowed them over their next four semesters
The purpose of the study is to determine how many students leave
and their reasons for leaving says Professor Gilbert On the other hand he wants to meashy
sure program success completion and academic achievement
So far the study indicates that a students pre-entry characteristics (ethnicity secondary school grades financial status and parental educashytion) are not as crucial as the univershysity experience itself in determining whether he or she will stay
In other words says Professor Gilbert tudent attrition is related to academic and social integration at the University What students bring with them is not as important as what happens while theyre here
Throughout the three years of the study a remarkable 70 per cent of the 2800 students who received the initial questionnaire have responded says Professor Gilbert In year one first term students completed a questionshynaire measuring attitudes intentions background and demographic inforshymation 10 second term these students were re-surveyed on their experience
feelings and performance at the UniverSity
In the fall of year two those students who remained at Guelph were surshyveyed on their first-year experiences and how much they had learned and developed at the UniverSity
All students from the initial group who left the University before comshypleting their programs were then contacted to determine whether they had withdrawn temporarily or pershymanently transferred to another university were ineligible to return or had changed from fuU -time to partshytime status Reasons for any change of plans were explored by interviews
((a love of learning is not a strong factor
To date the study indicates that a love of1carning is not a strong factor initially influencing students to attend university TIley attend to gain knowshyledge and skills directly applicable to a career and to increase their chances of tlnding good paying jobs More than half the females surveyed said they attended universiry to increase their chances of finding challenging work after graduation Only 39 per cent of the males said this was their reason
The overall purpose of Professor Gilbcrts project is to measure volunshytary change and departure capture the process of attrition compare the experiences of stayers and leavers and suggest remedies when approshypriate He believes his findings will be beneficial to other universities all of which experience varying rates of attrition anlOng student) The findings will help educators develop retention programs for students who despite their talents and ambitions do not complete their degrees
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CANADIAN SENATOR SPEAKS AT CSS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION DINNER
Senator Lorna Marsden wore both her political and academic hats when she spoke at the second annual CSS Alumrti is50ciation dinner in March More than 100 alumni students faculty and guests were present
Named to the Canadian Senate in 1984 Senator Marsden is also a proshyfessor of sociology at the niversity of Toronto A Liberal she is a recognized expert on social change in Canada in particular the changing circumstances of women in Canadian economic and social life
In her address ]he Social Scientist in the State The Case for OPen Boundmies Senator Marsden argued that the influence of intellectuals on Canadian public policy is far too restricted Something is very wrong The intellectuals of Canada many of them at universities are excluded just at the moments when they are needed most Our causes arent led by great thinkers We dont regularly send scholars to parliament That lively exchange of ideas is missing
The difference is striking south of the border and in Europe where politicians and intellectuals are regularly joined In the US it would be unthinkable for the president not to have a brains tmst in one or more universities
Senator Marsden said the Meech Lake Accord the Free Trade Agreeshyment and the recent revision to Bill C-60 which amends the copyright act are examples of public policy meashysures which were diminished by the lack of input from intellectuals
In the case of Meech Lake Senator Marsden said inadequate use was made of people with knowledge about Ilistory and constitutional law She called Meech Lake an underhanded unsatisfactory method of constitushytional reform which puts the rights ofCanadians at risk She said a different approach would have been taken if the historians and constishytutional experts had been consulted first and she feels the Accord should be amended in consultation with these intellectuals
With free Trade Senator Marsden said the opposite had happened A
wealth of research had been done by experts on the potential ofFrce Trade but this research had not been carried through to help Canadians debate the issue once the deal was stmck ]n this case the experts were at the front end of the project only At Meech Lake it was the other way around
With regards to Bill C-60 she warned that intellectuals and univershysities should wake up Although she said the 1924 copyright act was badly in need of change she claimed many of the changes would cause financial and administrative problems for universities affecting things like distance education exams art exhibitions photocopying and intershylibrary loans In this case the intellectuals have been Sitting apart from the process and not protecting their own interests
Although Senator Marsden conshycluded that she didnt know the solution she said that intellectuals must move collectively into the cen shytral life of Canada and develop a closer relationship with the politicians to create better public policy
Sena tor Marsden turned her speakers fee back into the proceeds
RETIRED ECONOMICS PROFESSOR DIES
Wilda Blacklock and Senator Lorna Marsden
from the dinner which will fu nd a CSS graduate student scholarship The CSSAlumniAssociation now presents five annual undergraduate scholarshyships to social science snldents
An announcement of the estabshylishment of rhe Wilda Blacklock graduate scholarship in sociology was also made Wilda earned her BA and honors BA in 1973 and 1975 while working as a secretary in the Departshyment ofSociology and Anthropology She resigned from the Department to study for her MA which she earned in 1978 She then renlrned to the Department as computer co shyordinator retiring in January The scholarship was established in honor of her service to the Department and to graduate studems over the years In her thank you speech she said Its not so bad getting old if we can leave something to the young
Retired Economics Professor Jack Madden died March 14 1988 in Guelph at 68
Born in leeds England and raised in Winnipeg Dr Madden served overshyseas with the RCAF from 1939 to 1945 After the war he received his BA from the niversity of Manitoba his MA from the niversity of Toronto and his Ph D from Cambridge University
He began teaching at Guelph in 1965 He was a founding faculty member of Wellington College and a member of Senate He was also actively involved in health care planning at both the regional and federal level and served as economic advisor to the Hall Commission on Health Services
In 1974 Dr Madden received the
Ontario Confederation of niversiry Faculty Associations teaching award and in 1983 he received the University ofGuelph Faculty Association college award
The Jack Madden Medal in Econoshymic History is presented annually to a Semester 8 student who has mainshytained the highest grades in that subject
Dr Madden retired from the Unishyversity inJanuary 1985 but continued to teach part-time at the Universities of Guelph and Toronto
He is survived by his wife Andrea and four children
Donations may be madc in his memory to The Jack Madden Memorial Fundand forwarded to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development
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SABBATICAL FULFilLS SCIENTIFIC DREAMS FOR HUSBAND-WIFE RESEARCH TEAM
Ahusband and wife teanl of Guelph biologists Professor Eugene Balon and Dr Christine Flegler-Balon have returned to the University after an eight-month sabbatical at the )LB Smith Institute of Ichthyology and Rhodes niversity Grahamstown South Africa They introduced a new type of research design to institute staff while studying the early deveshylopment of several fish species
The Balons received a Rhodes University Hugh Kelly Fellowship and grants from the Departmem of National Education and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
While in Grahamstown they made a comparative study of the developmiddot ment of two species oftilapine cichlids and of a ciarias Gltfish These species are common in aquacu lture although no detailed observations of their development had been made prior to this study
One of the fish we were obselVing Oreocbromis mossambicus (preshyviously known as Tilapia mossamshybica) is a mouthbrooder the other Tiapia rencalli lays its eggs on the substrate and guards tbem and the young as they develop explained Dr Flegler-Balon We wanted to test a theory on altricial-prccocial altershynatives developed earlier in Guelph says Professor Balon
InJune a conference on Alternative Life History Styles (ALHS) in organshyisms was held in Grahamstown and the Balons were among 12 invited foreign speakers
The Balons also participated in thrilling expeditions into the interior ofBotlWana by small plane observing the amazing landscape of the Karoo Kimberley diamond mines and Kalahari Desert The Kalahari absorbs all the waters of the large Okavango River which flows from Angola and forms a magnificent inland delta
I can bardly believe that I have seen the papyrus flats and channels the fishes and wildlife and in addition have met Tsodillo Hill bushmen and
Professor Eugene Balon and Dr Christine Regler-Balon bave returned to the University from an eXciting eight month sabbatical
have seen the recently discovered rock paintings of their ancestors says Dr Flcgler-BaLon The altricial bushmen are one of the important features in the tested ALHS theory
Okavango the last paradise is soon to be lost by diversion of waters via canals for the new dian10nd mines in the Kalahari and cattle ranching TIle
JLB Smith Institute is involved in desperate ecological studies
The Balons along with Instirute director Mike Bruton and scientist Robin Swbbs participated in an expedition to the Comoro Islands home of the coelacanth nicknamed old four legs the only living member ofa group representing the evolution of all terrestrial vertebrates ll1ey intelViewed coelacanth fishermen and measured eight specimens tvo of which are the largest so far recorded They also took samples from the fish communities of a river on Anjouan from its volcanic slopes over 15shymetre high waterfalls to its entry into the coelacanth sea They joined up with the yacht Metoka carrying a submersible and wert first to view the films taken from this submersible ofcoelacanths moving in their natural habitat Professor Balon conveys excitement as he describes thc slow motion flight-walk of this fascinating creaturc When the Balons realized how threatened this living fossil is they established the Coelacanth ConselVation Council The newsktter of this council will be published in Professor Balons international journal Elluironmental Biology ofFishes
TOUR MARINE BIOLOGY LABORATORY DURING ALUMNI WEEKEND
The CBS Alumni Association has added something new to its program of activities during Alumni Weekend this year A LOur of the Marine Biology Laboratory (Zoology Annex 2) wiU be conducted by faCility supelVisor Ted White CBS 78 The tour will follow the guided walk at Elord Gorge and picnic lunch at Biology House on June 18 at 1 30 pm Marine and Fisheries grads can reminisce while others can discover one of the hidden attractions of these programs at Guelph
Last years picnic saw the rerurn of a group of Micro 82 grads who took advantage of the Alumni Weekend festivities to send classmate Rick Clark off to his new job at King Faisal Research Centre and Specialist Hosshypital in Riyadh Saudia Arabia
While such auspicious occasions are bound to be infrequem yOll could make plans to get together with the old gang anyhow especially if yOll are a 1973 1978 or 1983 grad who has the extra motivation of a 15th 10th or 5th year reunion
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UNO ONE DESERVES IT MORE RESEARCH TECHNOLOG ST RECEIVES AWARD
By j anne Pengelly Public Relations and In fo rmation
Amost a quarter cemury of hard work late nights and long hours were recognized when research technoloshygist Uta Srrelive Zoology received Sigma Xis Support of Research Award Professor Roy Anderson chair of Zoology told the 70 people at the awards ceremony No one deserves it more
The local chapter of the scientific society Sigma Xi has only awarded the prize once before in 1985 It recognizes researchers who make a significant contribution to the societys goal of excellence in research but are seldom known to the research community at large
During her 22 years at the Univershysity Uta has taught the laboratory sections of LWO invertebrate zoology courses and helped more than 30 graduate students complete their theses She has co-authored several papers on neurotropic nematodes and is currently responsible for the day-to-day running of Professor Andersons parasitology lab where she works with graduate and undershygraduate students
Uta completed her undergraduate degree in textile research at the University of Gera East Germany In 1961 she came to Canada to join her parents and obtained a job in electron microscopy in the anatomy departshyment of the faculty of medicine ni shyversity of Saskatchewan She learned the basics in a field that was growing fast She did everything from preparing experimems to photographing and writing them up
She married became a mother and was widowed - all within three years of arriving in Canada After her husshyband died she wanted to be closer to her homeland Toronto had good job opportunities so she and the baby moved east just to make enough money to go to West Germany
At the Ontario Research Foundashytion where she went to look for a job Uta found Professor Anderson in the middle of an experiment The young
Uta Strelive with her Support of Research Award certificate
parasitologist was so engrossed in his work he didnt ask why she was there He just asked her to give him a hand When they were finished Uta had a job Later the same year Proshyfessor Anderson came to Guelph and Uta came along to run his lab
Utas nomination for the Sigma Xi award was supported by several proshy
fessors and many students I love the students and have a good rapport with them she says People ask ifl get bored but there are always new faces new problems new classifishycations new data to organize Parashysitology is a very exciting field because nothing ever stands still
Bird Carvings Uta is internationally known for
her magnificent wood carvings of birds Each carving takes about 100 homs work and sells for between $500 and pound1 000 She has won 28 awards since she started carving in 1981 including tlrst prize at the World Champ ionship Wildfowl Carving Competition in Maryland She had her first show in her own studio in Guelph last year
Carving could tum into a profitable retirement project for Uta Kaiser Porcelain in Germany has approached her about test marketing one of her birds
But Uta says her hours at the Univershysity are just as satisfying in their own vay When students recognize
theyve learned something thal is the biggest reward she says
More than 125 CBS students galbered for a Careers and Faclilty Night coshysponsored by the CBS Student Council and CBS Alumni Association in FebnUllJI Here Dr Dazrid Rodger CBS PhD 82 answers questions about his work in aquatic biology Other CBS alumni speakers included Petra Patczllr 82 who works with (be dezelopmental(v disabled Les StaHfield 81 a community adl isorfor the Commwzity Fisheries Involvement Program and julia Stanley Weille1~ 82 acting manager offhlishedproducts ill the hepatitis diagnostics division Connaught Laboratories Ltd
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SECOND VOLUME OF LM MONTGOMERY JOURNALS PUBLISHED
By Mary Dickieson Public Relations and Information
The second volume of ]be Selected j ournals ofLM Montgomery records the best and worst experiences in the life of one ofthe worlds most popular authors of childrens books Edited by Professor Mary Rubio English Lanshyguage and Literature and now-retired English professor Elizabeth Waterston the book is expected to repeat the popularity of Volume I which jumped to the best seller list immediately after its November 1985 release and is now in its second printing
Volume II covers 1910 to 1921 and records Montgomerys new life as a mother and wife of a minister in an Ontario village This is a varied and complicated period in which she has achieved world-wide acclaim and a following of readers devoted to her heroine Anne Shirley
Like Anne Montgomery revels in motherhood She also reveals her thoughts on the death of the grandshymother who restricted her life so severely and her feelings for a husband whose mental illness enslaved her in an increasingly unhappy marriage
During th is II -yea r period Montgomery produced four additional Anne novels and a book ofpoetry She initiated and won two bitter lawsuits against her first publisher in a fight
SCOTTISH COLLECTION EXPANDED
Prof essors Elizabeth Waterston and Mary Rubio with the second volume of The Selected journals of LM Montgomery
over the exploitation of women writers
Volume 11 contains more than 100 of Montgomerys own photographs including many of hcr two sons and scenes of Leaksdale the village where she kept up the facade of being a happy Presbyterian ministers wife
The First World War had a profound effect on village life and is a major theme in Montgomerys journal Six of her neighbors sons died and her beloved half-brother lost a leg
Professors Rubio and Waterston edited the handwritten journals at the request of the authors son the late Dr Stuart Macdonald who arranged for his mothers journals
The Scottish Collection in the Unishyversity Library has received a 525000 boost from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Counci l (SSHRC) moving it a step closer to becoming the major Canad ian centre for Scottish studies
The collection already includes Scottish manuscripts from the last three centuries many Scottish literary journals and some parish records from the late 18th and 19th centuries
The SSHRC grant will buy a collecshy
tion of Scottish newspapers from the late 19th and early 20th cennlries Sir Walter Scotts diaries and records of the Darien Company - the Scottish trailing company that caused financial ruin in Scotland when it went bankshyrupt in lhe early 18th cennlry
Emphasis in Scottish studies stems from Guelph faculty interests and the influence of Guelphs Scottish settlers and founder John Galt The Library collection is the largest in Canada and among the top five in the world
scrapbooks and other memorabilia to become part ofthe Mclaughlin Library archives
TIle remaining unedited journals cover the last 22 years of Montshygomerys life and include the devshyelopment of a new heroine Emily based on herself She obviou Iy saw her life as an ongOing story and one she wanted to teU Professor Rubio says They expect to publish a third and possibly a fourth volume
MONTGOMERY COLLECTION
EXPANDED
T he Lucy Maud Montgomery Collection in the University Library now includes the newsshypap rs the author read all her life This addition is being funded by a S10000 grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council ( SSHRC)
The Library collection already hal) Montgomerys cHaries and scrapbooks various published editions of her works in different languages 5000 photographs mostly taken by Montgomery herself some personal papers and a few artifacts including examples of her needlework and the china dogs she loved and wrote about in her books - Gog and Magog
The newspapers including microfiche records of Charshylottetowns ]be Island Patriot from 1892 to 1942 are a connecshytion with Montgomerys history that is valuable to researchers now says Acquisition Librarian Tim Sauer Montgomery continshyued to receive newspapers from her native province Prince Edward Island during the many year she lived in Ontario
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MAJOR CANADIAN THEATRE COLLECTIONS JOIN FORCES TO PRODUCE EXHIBITION
Putting It Back Together which opens May 21 at the Macdonald tewart An Centre in conjunction
with the Guelph Spring Festival represents the first time that major Canadian theatre collections have joined forces to produce a unique and timely exhibition about the preshyservation of our performing arts heritage The exhihition is curated and designed by Daniel Ladell ardlishyvist Stratford Festival with Len Conolly chair Department of Drama acting as associate curator
Putting II Back Together wi il educate and entertain But it also has an urgent message By shOWing what is being kept the exhibition conshyversely draws attention to what is being 10st and emphasizes the need to preserve the vast remainder of Canadas performing arts heritage
Confirmed lenders to the exhibition include The Canadian (Opera) Company Archives Dance Canada Danse The Metropolitan Toronto
DRAMA REUNION HELD
Over 100 former drama students attended a reunion at the Cutten Club in Novemher It was a roaring success says HarryLane acting chair Department of Drama and one of the organizers of the event This was the second drama reunion in five years and Professor Lane hopes a third can be organized in another five years
Several alumni speakers were feashytured during the reunion dinner including the well-known Canaclian stage deSigner Sue lePage Arts 73 who is designing Richard III for the Stratford Festival this year Professor Donald Mullin was presented with an Irish lead crystal bowl circa 1800 as a retirement gift after 20 years with the Department of Drama A dance followed clinner
If you would like to know about future drama reunions or other Department ofDrama events contact Marlene Neal at ( 519) 824-4120 ext 3147
Library Theatre Collection The National Ballet Ardtives The Public Archives of Canada (Social and Culshytural Archives) The Stratford Festival Archives and the Theatre Arcl1ives of the University of Guelph It is hoped that major collections in other regions will agree to participate giving the project more national scope
The exhibition is specifically designed for louring It leaves Guelph July 10 and will be at the Gallery Stratford from September 9 to October 16 Other venues in Canada and a projecLed international tour are under negotiation
PuttingItBack Togetberwill feature
rare printed phowgraphic and manushyscript materials and Lhree-dimenshysional and design materials (such as renderings set models costumes and properties ) These customarily comprise theatrical xhibitions but this exhibit will also feature audioshyvisual recordings and a special handsshyon computer module showing how modern technology is creating new forms of documentation and making these collections accessible to a wider public than ever before
Putting It Back Togetber is proshyduced hy the Stratford Festival Archives in collaboration with the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre
NEW CHAIR HOPES TO CARRY ON JOHN BELLS TRADITION
When Professor Manfred Kremer assumed the chair of the Department of L1nguages and Literatures last fall he knew it wouldnt be easy to follow in the footsteps of his close friend Professor]ohn Bell who had died the previous spring
John was one of the -niversitys finest teachers and is sorely missed says Professor Kremer I hope I can carry on the tradition of excellence that was his hallmark
Enrolment in Languages and Litershyatures one of the largest departments in the College ofArts has been steady for the past decade with 1300 to 1400 students a semester
With the help of his colleagues Professor Kremer is revising the currishyculum ofsome programs The French Studie section is investigating the establishment of a masters program in co-operation with other univershysities With more than half the departments enrolment in the French progranl the student base is broad enough to justify a masters program he says Guelph already works jointly with Wilfrid Laurier Western and Windsor universities in mooing a French Studies program in Nice France
Professor Manfred Kremer
Professor Kremer received his undergraduate degree and PhD degrees at the University of Cologne in West Germany He taught at the
niversity of Wales for a year before coming to Guelph as a lecturer in 1966
Editors Note The John Bell -Memorial Fund will provide an annual scholarship to a student majoring in Classics Donations can be sent to the Office of the dean College ofArts Income tax receipts will be issued
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ALUMNI HONORED AT CHEMISTRY IBIOCHEMISTRY
AWARDS NIGHT
Martin Bosch CPS 69 MSe 7J ( left) andPrOfessor Hamish Rattray chair of the University Awards Committee chat during the 1987 annual Chemistry mul Biochemistry awards night
Aumni were in the spotlight when the Department of ChemistI) and BiochemistI) and the Chemistry Biochemistry Club held their 1987 annual dinner and awards night recently
1987 graduates Dorothy Bakker (chemistry) Karen Graham (chemical tOXicology) Donna (Fackoury) Meagher ( applied chemistry) and Lauretta Williams (biochemistry) each received a Society of Chemical Industry Merit Award
Dorothy now studying medicine at McMaster University said The Guelph semester system and deshymanding undergraduate workload gave me the ability and confidence to be well organized in high pressure situations
Karen who is pursuing pharmashy
cology and toxicology studies at the University of Toronto commented that Guelph offered a tremendous toxicology program and said she would have stayed to do her graduate work at Guelph had it offered a graduate toxicology program
Donna a full-time research assistant for Mc eil Consumer Produc ts Company and winner of the EB Mac aughtOn Convocation Prize as the Winegard nominee for 1987 reflected on her studies at Guelph saying My four yCdfS at Guelph helped me develop skills I require to fmd answers
Lauretta who also received the CPS Graduation Prize and prestigious NSERC 1967 Science Scholarship said her undergraduate training at Guelph prepared me with a very solid foundation and competitive edge for graduate studies and encouraged me in the joy oflcarning and desire to study She now attends York University
Brock Chittim CPS MSc 77 pre shysident and general manager of Wellington Laboratories Guelph presented Joanne Ryks with the newly established WeUington Laboratories Prize in Environmental Chemistry
Martin Bosch 69 MSc 71 preshysident of Tricorp Chemical Speci shyalities Guelph announced the new Tricorp Chemical Specialties Award in organiC chemistry The first presentation of this annual scholarship of S I 200 will be made in 1989
Dr Lind Mrs Harold Suderman presented H] Suderman Demonstrashytor Awards to PhD students Clint Chapple CPS 82 MSc 84 and Carl Decicco CPS 84 for their excellent work in teaching undergraduate lahoratories
Thirty-two additional awards were presented to undergraduate students for their outstanding efforts in 1987
Professor Innes MacKltnzie Physics chats with Dr Steve Berko Brandeis f
University Waltham Mass one Of the speakers at a sympOSium held in Professor MacKenzies honor
PROFESSOR HONORED
November was quite a month for Professor Innes MacKenzie Physics
first he received the 1987 Sigma Xi Excellence in Research Award for his outstanding contribution to re shysearch The award was presented at the Guelph chapter of Sigma Xi s annual banquet At the chapters annual meeting Professor MacKenzie presented the lecture Non-invasive Analyses by Gamma-ray BackshyscatteJing
Later in November a symposium New Demands on Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy wai organized by Proshyfessor MacKenzies research assoshyciates The symposium held at the University in Professor MacKenzies honor featured ten speakers from rhe United States Canada Africa England and Finland A banquet and reception followed in the evening
Professor MacKenzie is now retired but continues to do research at the University as an adjunct professor
NAMED TO STATS INSTITUTE
Professor Hendrick Malik Mathematics and Statistics has been elected a member of the International Statistical Institute in recognition of his contribushytions to the field of statistical methods TIle institute is an autonomous society whose obshyjective is the development and improvement of statistical methods throughout the world
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LEADING CANCER RESEARCHER DELIVERS FIRST CHAPPEL LECTURE
Anoted medical scientist in cancer research delivered the inaugural address in a new lecture series on campus - the Chappel Lecture in Biomedical Sciences
Dr Harry Rubin spoke February 4 the night before winter convocation ceremonies at which he received an honorary doctor of science degree Dr Michael Smith a leading Canadian molecular biologist also received an honorary degree at winter convoshycation
The Chappel Lecture will be an annual event on campus bringing scholars of international repute to address students faculty and the public It was established by Dr
D1~ Harry Rubin hooded by Umversity secretay Barbara Abercrombie is congratulatedby Chancellor William A Stewart
CLifford 1 Chappel OVC 50 and hLi wife in memory ofhis father Herbert James Chappel and was hosted in its first year by OVe
Dr Rubin began his work in the area of viruses in Mexico after gradu shyating from Cornell University as a veterinarian in 1947 He later joined the S Public Health Service became senior research fellow at the California Institute ofTechnology and has held several research pOSitions at the ni shyversity of California Berkeley where he is now professor of molecular biology and research virologist He is known for his contributions to the field of cell growth regulation and malignanqr
Dr Rubins lecture Is Cancer Caused by Cancer Gerzes or the Folly ofReductionism explored popular theories of cancer-causing genes
OVC GRAD WORKS TOWARD BILINGUAL EDUCATION IN CANADA
Dr Susan (Tilt ) Purdy OVC 68 strongly believes that Canada can be a bilingual nation To that end he is serving as national president of Canadian Parents for French (CPF) a 16500-mcmber nation-wide volunshytary association of parents intere ted in promoting the best possible french second language programs at all educational levels
CPF acts as an information-sharing resource for parents educators governments and the general public on French education opportunities in Canada Sue says it is a unique organization because it represents the majority language group advoshycating the language of the minority and thus is a bridge between the two solitudes
Sue moved to New Brunswick after graduation from OVC and practised veterinary medicine in Moncton with her husband Dr James G Purdy OVC 50 until 1974 when they sold their hospital and moved ro Sackville Presently Sue is in small animal prac shytice with her husband in Sackvillc on
Susan (Tilt) Pu-dy OVC 68 sbaresa conversation with Fernand Robichaud MP for West Moreland Kent (left) and DIberville Fortier CommissionerofOffidaI Languages at the 10th anniversary ofCanadian Parents for Frerzch in 1987
a limited part-time basis as she serves her second year as CPF president
Sue became involved in educational issues and joined CPF 10 years ago when her two children started school Now n and 16 both children are enrolled in continuing French immershyion programs and Sue says shes satist1ed that she has given them the
best start she can at becoming bilinshygual J now devotc most of my time to ensuring that other Canadian hildren have a right and opportunity
to learn both of Canadas official languages in the public school sysshyteOl she explains
Sue ha fond memories of Guelph and her fellow students at OVC in the sixties Our paths have continued to cross over the years and I always look forward to such encounters she says Although I am not lIsing my formal training a great deal at the moment the education I received at Guelph has fitted me well for the advocacy role I play poundOday My only wish is that [ could have graduated a bilingual veterinarian - but alas those were different times That is why I work so hard to ensure future graduates from all our universities will not be Limited to expression in only one language
Editors Note Ifyou would like more illformation about CPF write to 309 Cooper Street Suite 2OJ Ottawa Ontalio K2P OG5
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OVC GRAD FOUNDS WORLD WOMENS VETERINARY
ASSOCIATION DrBetsy McGregor OVC 87 didnt expect to become president of the worlds ftrst association for professhysional women veterinarians when she auended her first World Veterinary Congress in Montreal last summer But when she discovered that the only female vet group the womens auxiliary was not designed to address specific professional issues for women vets she invited interested women to a meeting Sixty-eight women from 24 countries attended When the meeting was over Betsy had been elected founding president of the World Womens Veterinary Associashytion (WWV A) and a set of objectives had been struck
Career enhancement is the core objective The WWVA will promote awareness of professional opportunishyties for women veterinarians on difshyferent continents and within the United ations international agencies A quarterly WWVA Newsletter will list such opportunities around the world
The WWVA is also committed to professional and personal developshy
ment through practice exchanges betshyween countries university visits leave opporrunities and house exchanges For example the founding member fro m Kenya suggested hOliday or academic exchanges between her colleagues in Africa and women veterinarians interested in wildlife The iWVA Newsletter will contain a listing of members wishing to partishycipate in s1lch exchanges
Above all the WWVAis committed to a humanitarian contribution to international agriculture About half of the 24 countries represented in the Asso ciation are developing nations Recognizing that in many of these countries women contribute signiftcantly to livestock production the WWV A wants to provide support to these women who because of cultural constraints may not have the same access to services as men To this end Betsy contacted the president of the Associated Country Women of the World Dr Ellen McLean also a Canadian The two organizations will work as affiliates in international aid projects to deliver livestock and
Dr Betsy McGregor ove 87 and son at last years convocation ceremonies
veterinary medical care to Third World nations
Following a masters degree in rural farming systems from McMaster -nishyversity Betsy worked for the United Nations Food and Agr icultural Organization around the world during the 1970s She returned from overseas and commenced studies at OVC in the 1980s Upon graduation she worked as a special assistant to OVC Dean Ole ielsen co -ordinating OVCs international programs She is currently working as a eterinarian with Agriculture Canada
For more information about the WWVA contact Betsy at PO Box 6069 Station J Ottawa K2A ITl
OVC STUDENTS HOST FIRST CONFERENCE The first Canadian Veterinary Stushydents Conference hosted by OVC in January was a big success according to OVC student Andrea Ellis president of the Central Vcterinary Students Association (CVSA)
There is a student conference in the United States but the Canadians get lost in the crowd We decided it was a good time being OVCs 125th anniversary in 1987 to have something right in our own backyard Andrea explains
The OVC snldent council of the CVSAhad been preparing since Mar h 1987 for the two full days of scientific
sessions and recreational events About 60 students and faculty attenshyded from the Atlantic Veterinary College University of Prince Edward Island the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Montreal St Hyacinthe and the Western College of Veterinary Medicine niversity of Saskatchewan Attendance from avc students ranged from 180 to 300 depending on the event
OVC has always had a FrenchshyEnglish student exchange with St HyaCinthe and we knew there was enthusiasm in the West because they talked for years about organizing a hockey tournament But we were
really surprised by the Atlantic Veterinary College Their school has only been operating a few years and out of about 96 students 19 came to conference says Andrea
A conference fund has now been set up and will be administered by the Students of the Canadian Vetershyinary Medical Association n1e conshyference location will be rotated among the four colleges with St Hyacinthe probably hosting next year says Andrea Weve been told that weve started something big Everyone had a really good time and we hope the conference will continue for a long tinle
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DR IAN TAYLOR DOING HIS ullONS SHARE Dr Ian W Taylor avc 43 of Wheeling Illinois puts enthusiasm into everything he does [ figure if Im going to do it Im going to be enthusiastic he was quoted recently in a local newspaper article
As OVC class of 43 president Ian co-chaired the 40th reunion of his class at Alumni Weekend in 1983 along with Dr Archie MacKinnon He acted as master of ceremonies for the program and arranged a display of memorabilia Fourteen out ofa possishyble 31 members of the class were present
TIlis year [an is pushing for 100 per cent attendance at the 45th reunion during Alumni Weekend Perfect attendance is something Ian knows about
He has served the community of Wheeling as a veterinarian for over 30 years Although most of his work has been with dogs cats and a few birds he has also dedicated a great amount of time to lions - bUl nol the four legged kind He recently received
GOOD EWES Three sets of genetically identical lambs are the first anio1aJs bom from bisected embryos at the University
]n December six surrogate ewes delivered nine lambs - three sets of twins and three singles - that had developed from embryos micro shysurgically bisected and implanted five months earlier
Project leader Dr Calhy Gartley ove 82 now completing a DVSc degree in the Department of Clinical Studies says the accomplishment is a milestone for the University
1 find it exciting that these are the first genetically identical animals created and born at the University of Guelph she says They represent the first ofmany such twins in several species that University researchers hope to soon realize
Besides maximizing embryo use this project demonstrates the potenshytial to create Significant numbers of
Dr Ian Taylor OVC 43 with some of the hundreds ofpins hehas collected on visits to Lions CLubs a1(mnd the world
a special award from the International Lions Club for exemplary work in lhe field of international relations He has attended Lions Club meetings in 57
Twin lambs Mutton and jeff who began life as the same embryo am shown with Dr Cathy Gartley avc 82 under the watChful eye of their sutTOgate mothet Q2
genetically identical aninlals that are vital for consistent research results
Dr Gartleys project is supported by the Ontario Ministry ofAgricu Iture and Food (OMAF) and the Eleanor Gartshore Memorial Shnp Trust
different countries and hasnt missed a monthly meeting in 29 years
He has served the Wheeling Club as preSident newsletter editor and public relations chairnlan and has twice been named Lion of the Year In 1982he received tbe MeJvinJones Fellowship award for dedication to humanitarian services and recently he was recognized by a resolution in the Illinois House of Representatives for his Lions Club work He says his greatest pleasure is watching the joy that d isabled children get from a Lions-sponsored camp in Lake Villa each year He has been involved in ftmd-raising for the disabled which is the Lions main objective both locally and abroad
Ian would like to hear from alumni who are members of Lions Intershynational to exchange information and souvenirs used by the clubs throughout the world of Lionism He would also like his OVC class of 43 members to immediately send back the questionnaires mailed to them by the Alumni Office in December for the purpose of producing a class anniversary newsletter These may be sent [0 him at 7695 Milwaukee Ave Wheeling lllinois 60090 or to Dr Archie MacKinnon RR 4 Cambridge Onto 1R 555
SPEAKERS TOUR
The OVC Alumni Association invites alumni to hear two dynashymic guest speakers and tour the Equine Research Centre during Alumni Weekend June 18
Dr Bruce Fogle OVC 70 of London England practitioner and author will speak on The Changing Role Of the Veterinshyarian in SmallAnimalPractice and Dr Brian Brandenburg OVC 68 M Sc 71 president of Guelph International Developshyment Consultants will speak on Veterinary Medicine in the Third World
The progranl will conclude with a dinner and dance
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FROM THE PRESIDENT
While writing this message at the end ofJanuary I realize the mid-point of this years board of directors acti shyvities has arrived I reflect on two goals I set at our annual meeting last June to evaluate our contact with Mac-FACS alumni and increase memshybership in our alumru association
Upon graduation you do not autoshymatically become a member f the Mac-FACS Alumni Association You become a member by paying an annultll or life membership fee This money helps the board ofdirectors carry out activities on your behalf for both students and aluo1ni
At (he January board meeting we discussed the services our Association provides Our visibility with students is quite high through schOlarship presentations careers night and a reception for the graduating class Our services to alumni may need to be redefined What would you like us to provide orgaruze or sponsor
Our annual seminar was cancelled in October 1986 due to a lack of registrants Should we attempt to organize another
LOnYline Holding 71
Your board wants to increase its ConLlct with a greater number ofyou Where and when would you like us to be active7 What projects would you like us to consider
Please send your comments to us at Alumni House University ofGuelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2Wl Also why not come to our 1988 annual meeting June 18 J hope to hear from you soon
Sincerely Lorraine Holding 71 MacmiddotFACS Alu m ni As ociation President
FACS students Suzie Chin and Tracey Vent chat with Barb Stuart FAGS 71 faculty representative on the Mac-FACS Alumni Association s board Of directors at the annual party for graduating students hosted by the Assodation in February Sixty-five students 15 board members and several faCUlty members attended this yems party
CALLING ALL HOME
ECONOMISTS Towards 2000 Challenges and Opportunities is the theme of the Canadian Home Economics Associashytion (CHEA) National Conference at the Univer-ity July 10-13 The conshyference will be of intere t to alumni who graduated in programs related to family and consumer studies foods and nutrition home economics or human ecology
CHEA with a membership of2000 is committed to provide professional development for its members through programs workshops and special interest sessions A major part fits mandate is to create an awareness of new products and services in the market place
Frank Feather a well-known global futurist with a business-like approach will be the keynote speaker at the CIlEA conference He will address the challenges and opportunities of the future Dr Ehler Park a consultant with A5A willexplainhowplanning for outer _pace affects everything from the food we eat to how children will play
Other topics at the conference will include artificial vs natural sweetshyeners issues of an aging population space-age textiles SMART house - a totally computerized environment human sexuality free trade and agri shycu lture food irrJdiatjon and financ ial p lanning
Well-known Canadian entertainer Nanlt-Y White whose satirical songs arc often heard on CBC radio will perform following the opening ceremonies
Many pre and post-conference actishyvities are planned including trips to the Stratford Festival Niagara-on-theshyLake and Niagara Falls Waterloo County ( Farmer Market ) and the village of Elora
The conference offers an excellent opportunity for professional deveshylopment and networking For more information contact Wilda Waldron registration chair CHEA Conference 88 168 Maple Street Guelph Ontario N I G 2G7 ( 519) 836-9551
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FACS GRAD FINDS HEART IN THE ARTS
I ts strange how things work Ollt
Im glad r received a well-rounded education at Guelph It prepared me for th e future reflects Eva Eichenbaum FACS 75
Eva is one often Niagara Peninsula poets featured in Voices from the Niagara a book of local poems colshylelttcd by Pcter and Brenda Baltensperger and published in 1987 ( Moonstone Press 8795 )
Reviewing the book in the Hamilton Spectator John Terpstra writcs Thcre are some very good poems here and a few are standouts I especia lly enjoyed those of Eva Eichenbaum and David Haskins
Eva was born in Sweden the daughter of Estonian refugees who escaped their homeland during the Second World War She camc to Canada with ber family at age two and grew up in Niagara Falls where she attended Stamford Collegiate and won the Upper Scbool English Award at graduation
After a year of travel in 1969 as Miss iagara Hospitality for the Niagara
Promotion Association she enrolled at the University of Guelph to earn a Bachelor of Applied Science degrce and also took some courses at the
niversity of Helsinki Finland She then earned her Bachelor of Education degree at the College of Education Brock n iversity St Catharines and now teaches English and Television Arts at Merritton High School in that city
She started her career in education as a Family Studies teacher and was once head of the Family Studies Department at Merritton but found that her heart was really in English and the creative arts She used to teach theatre arts and also formed the Merriuon High School Dance Commiddot pany Sht teaches ballet and has written several musical comedies for her theatre and dance students
I got the idea for the style and format of the musicals fro m College Royals Curtain Call at Guelph I had a role in the production Der Keller a take-off on Cabaret in my final year she explains
NEW CHAIR TO BROADEN FOCUS IN
CONSUMER STUDIES Teaching and research in the Department ofConsumer Studies has focused on consumer affairs particushylarly consumer behavior and the basic necessities - food clothing and housing New department chairJohn Pratschke sees a need to review and perhaps expand this focus
Professor Pratschke says he was drawn to Guelph because of his interest in consumer economics The University has one of the few departmiddot ments in Canada with a consumer emphasis He plans to preserve the departments unusual linking ofsocial SCience business and technology but broaden the rangt ofstudy to include other products and services important
to the budgets of Canadian house shyholds
The employer market is happy with Consumer Studies graduates says Promiddot fessor Pratschke but there is a need for better communication about the program w ith secondary school stushyden ts We must get across the message that marketing is an inter shyesting challenge and that the program is professionally oriented without lOSing its base in product technology
Born in Ireland Professor Pratschke received his bachelor of commerce master ofeconomic science and PhD at University College Cork He has taught at the University of Waterloo University College Ga lway and
Eva EiclJenbaum FACS 75
Five of Evas poems are featured in tht 63 middotpage Voices f1Om the Niagara and she has donated a copy of the book to the University Lihrary She has also had poems published in Souldust and Pearls Sixth Edition ( Moonstone Press) and There Is a book productd by the Niagara Chapter of the Canadian Authors Association In the future she hopes to take some tinle out from teaching to study broadshycasting
PrOfessorjohn Pratschke
Memorial University Newfoundland He has published widely on the economics ofconsumer expenditures and on European housing policy agrimiddot culture banking and business education
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Mike Traub HAF-A 78 general manager Victoria Place Retirement Lodge Kitchenel discusses his career with a group ofstudents at the HAFA Alumni Assodatiolls annual Careers Night held on campus in January Thirty-seven alumni involved in a vanmiddotety ofcareers volunteered their time to the popular event
HAFA ALUMNI EXCHANGE SEMINAR HELD
Nancy Plato FACS 81
FACS PEOPLE Naney Plato FACS 81 ( Consumer Studies ) the new OAC liaison coshyordinator will acquaint high school students and guidance counsellors with opportunities in the agricultural sciences at Guelph
Enrolment at OAC has declined over the past few years and _ aney will work at increasing student numbers through recruitment and marketing
The position ofliaison co-ordinator is a new one for OAe Nancy says one of her main objectives is to broaden the understanding high school stushydents have ofGuelphs programs She plans to use her well-rounded view of agriculture and its related proshygrams combined with her recruitshyment experience
Nancy is back in Guelph from a position in secondary school liaison at Mount Royal College Calgary She is married to Paul Thiel OAC 82 and is an active member of the Mac-FACS Alumni Association board of directors
Professors Kathleen Brown Lila Engberg and Griffith Morgan have all retired from the Department of Family Studies Professor Elizabeth Upton HAFA will retire in July
Professor John Auld Consumer Studies has produced the Human Settlements Audio-Visual Resources Catalogue It is published by the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Warren Adamson vice-president development Delta Hotels gave the keynote address What is the Canadian Tourism Industry Anyway at the annual HAFA Alumni Exchange Seminar held November 4 at the DelL Chelsea Inn Toronto
This professional development event was sponsored by the HAFA
MOllica Hrybko HAFA 88 (left) received Ci HAFA AlumniAssociation Life Membership from Association president Morag McKenzie 82 The membership is given to a graduating student as selected by his or her peers with a minimum 70 per cent accumulative average who has had outstanding involvement ill the School andor University
Alumoi Association in co-operation with Pannell Kerr Forster lL gave lIAFA grads an opportunity to listen to experts in the field speak 00 various topical hospitality issues including pay equity the human resource risis trends in the hotel and foodservice industry and business planning
CONFERENCE
In Search of Healthy Sexuality
June 13-15 1988
The University of Guelphs 10th an nual sexua li ty conference sponshysor d byThe Department of Fami ly Studies wil l examine current issues in human sex u lily tea hing approaches in sexducation and counse llin g m thod for sexual problems
Keynote Ad dress by Dr Ruth Westheimer
For further info rmation write Co ntinu ing Education Di ISlon Univers ity of Guelph Gu Iph
nta ri N 1 G 2W1 or telephone (5 19) 824-4120 ex 3956
Registration Limit d Apply early
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OAC GRAD GIVES GIFT OF WATER TO THAI VILLAGERS
By janet Dumo
Water is not taken for granted in northeast Thailand Usually there is too little of it The sandy laterite soils do not hold water They crack and parch during the hot dry season Ponds shrink Streams and some wells dry up Even in the rainy season the rains are often late or insufficient and the rice crops wither in the fields
But sometimes there is too much water Heavy rains cause flash floods Which drown crops and wash pesti shycides and decaying organic matter into unprotected pit wells There is not enough clean drinking water to ensure good health
A CUSO priority in Thailand is to increase village self-sufficiency and improve the standard of living through the development ofsmall-scale water resources particularly in the north and northeast the poorest regions of the country CUSO engineers placed with departments of local adminisshytration survey and design small spillways dams and piped water systems They develop an under shystanding of indigenous water proshyblems and help viUagers develop water resource technology to deal with these problems
In most villages in Surin province the water is imprisoned under a 20shymetre thick layer of heavy clay comshypacted into red brick-like rock
Ed von Euw OAC 84 returned to Canada in December after two years as a CUSO water resources engineer in Surin While there he worked with two percussion water-jet well-drilling rigs one an Appropriate Technology Association ( A TA) rig originally used in India and Africa the other based on an indigenous village model
Ed found theATA rig needed modi shyfications to make it easier for villagers to operate Most important was the change from a hand to foot-powered lever which the villagers found much less exhausting to work But at $625 the ATA rig is expensive to buy and the Honda motor which pushes water
Ed von EllW and co-worker teaching pump maintenance ill Surin Thailand
down the hole to tlush out the soil and rock particles can use up to $4 of fuel a day
Ed spent several months looking at rigs used by Surin farmers and finally adapted a model from one used by Khun Hong of Muang Pet a village near Surin town Khun Hongs rig uses a pole and beam arrangement making it less durable and steady than the tripod form used in Eds adapted rig The new rig uses a hand-powered Lucky pump made in Taiwan and fanliliar to villagers
The Honda pump used in the ATA drilling rig must be repaired in town and a smaU repair may cost $10 while a repair to the Lucky pump can be done by villagers for less than a doUar Spare parts are available everywhere The drill bilS are made from truck springs in the same Surin shop that made the rig to Eds specillcations They cost only 96 ccors each as opposed to the S7-bits used in the ATA rig
Using smaller pipe and bit than the ATA rig Eds adapted rig drills more quickly through rock and is lighter and easier to use It requires only two people to ope(dte the foot lever The ATA rig requires four or five Eds rig cost $192 to make including pump and accompanying tools and can be constructed by villagers in a small weldingmachine shop if there is a demand for more
Eds rig was tested in Ban Se Jaruk on a site divined by a villager Working
intermittently the villagers went d wn 25 metres in one and a half weeks much of the time grinding through the red rock When water they were pumping down the hole suddenly disappeared and didnt come up again they were afraid they had damaged the rig But instead it was a sign of having broken into a vein of water which was now absorbing any other water poured down So water had been found delicious and abundant right behind the assistant headmans house
The Ban Se Jaruk well has been capped with a rower pump purchased from ATA for S17 The pump is based on a bamboo model used in fndia The tubewell pipe and pump are made of plastic - more acceptable than steel which gives the water an unpleasant taste
Ed carried out a four-month wellshydrilling project in co-operation with Khun Darune of the Northeast Thailand ( ET) Project Funded by the Canadian Internat ional Deve shylopment Agency and assisted by CUSO it is a rural development program in operation since 1981 in 52 villages along the Thai-Kampuchean border The villagers of Ban Se Jaruk elated with their initial success borrowed Eds rig to drill more wells In total seven rigs were built from Eds proto shytype and distributed to four other villages Over 100 successful wells have been drilled in the area to date
EdilO1-S NoteanetDuma is a CUSO special program officer in Malaysia Sbe bas worked as an Englisb teacber witb CUSO in fi)aiand andMaaysia
Ed von Euw a Stratford native graduated from Guelpb witb a BSc in engineering in December J984He llas 011 tbe deans bonor roll three times and received an engineering scbolarsbip in 1983 Before going overseas in November 1985 be workedfor Enllironment Canada as a bydrornettic engineer He is now studying f01 a masters degree in engineering at Guelph
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Professor Harold Crawford OAC 58 MSc 7 0
OAC PEOPLE ProfessorJohn Burton OAC 62 and Brian McBride CBS 78 OAC MSA 80 Department of Animal and Poultry Science have received $400000 from the Ministry ofColleges and niversities Research Incentive Fund for contract research in partnershyship with Cyanamid Canada Inc of Toronto They will examine the effecshytiveness of the hormone BST in increasing milk production in dairy cattle as well as any other effects of the agent
Gordon MacLeod OAC 50 has retired from the Department ofAnimal and Poultry Science after 31 years at the UniversityJohn Summers OAC 53 MSA 59 has also retired from the Department of Animal and Poultry Science after 25 years at the University
Harold Crawford OAC 58 MSc 70 who recently retired as coshyordinator of the Ontario Diploma in Horticulture Program Independent Study Division after 29 years at the University has received the Ontario Parks Association (OPA) recognition award for Significant contribution to the betterment of parks the proshyfession and the envirorunent through his work in continuing education He has been a member of the educational committee of the OPA for 14 years The Ontario Diploma in Horticulture program graduated its first students in 1963 and now has 500 alumni
Marilyn Dykstra OAC 78 is new director of the Universitys Pest
Marilyn Dykstra OAC 78
Diagnostic and Advisory Clinic The clinic is working at maximum capacity with marc than 30000 inquiries to its credit since it opened nine years ago says Marilyn It receives everyshything from live specimens of earwigs and spiders to diseased ornamentals and fruit and vegetable crops Most specimens come from home gar shydeners she ays but the clinic has a growing clientele among commercial growers landscape businesses and other industries Through its service and extension functions the clinic has accumulated a reference collecshytion of more than 10000 slides and specimens as well as a list of resource people from across campus
Dr R Keith (Chip) Chapman OAC 40 has retired from the Department ofEntomoJogy University of Wisconsin Madison following a distinguished areer spanning 40 years A two-day symposium was held in his honor last June and The R Keith Chapman Vegetable Entomology SchOlarship was established with funds collected in lieu ofa retirement gift He has also been named professor emeritus Attending the symposium and retirement recognition party in Madison were Keiths brothers Ross also OAC 40 and Douglas OAC 44 and sister Helen Stockwell a graduate of Macdonald College McGiJl Univershysity Montreal and OAC Dean Freeman McEwen
When Bruce Brown OAC 85 received his degree from former agri shyculture minister William A Stewart chancellor ofthe Universi tyofGuelph he asked what steps he could take to
Dr R Keith (Chip) Chapman andhis brother Ross both OAC 40
become the minister of agriculture and food Little did he know that two and a half years later he would be minister - if only for a day
In December he shared the duties of Ontarios minister Jack RiddeD OAC 57 as his prize for winning a public speaking contest at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Bruce who operates a Newcastle dairy beef and cash crop farm with his father spoke on the survival of the farm family in Ontario
ETHICS IN AGRICULTURE Ethical issues in agriculture such as animal welfare are generally debated from an emotional viewpoint Proshyfessor Frank Hurnik OAC PhD 71 Animal and Poultry Science and Pro shyfessor Hugh Lehman Philosphy are hoping to change that through the journal of Agricultural Ethics an international quarterly publication which offers a forum for discussing moral issues related to food and food production
We hope this publication will act as a bridge between those who philo shysophize about agricu ltural ethics and those actively involved in plant and animal use says Professor Hurnik Its a scholarly refereed journal but it wont be bogged down with speciashylized technical jargon As a result we believe it will be useful to the farm community and we expect leaders from that field will be contributors not just readers
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Professor Fredjelome and his wife Faye look over a catalogue of the Universitys art collection
ALOVEOFART Back in 1968 Fred N Jerome OAC 33 established a trust fund to purshychase art produced by promising young Canadian artists
I was a full professor then and I could afford to do it (set up a trust fund) I felt art deserved a little push and I wanted to see the niversitys art collection expand explains the now retired professor ofgenetics and poultry science at Guelph
Forty-two Canadian works have been purchased to date through lhe F - Jerome Trust Fund and a special exhibi t of these works will be featured at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre beginning Alumni WeekendJune 18 and continuing throughout the sununer
Professorjeromes personal favorite in the collection is Ken Danbys silkshyscreen The Skates
I like Danbys technique His work is almost as realistic as a color photoshygraph but you can still tell its a painting he explains
He is also fond ofDiego Drawing a lithography by Jack Chanlbers a London Ontario artist and Gene Chus delicate Spider Series
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre Director Judith Nasby says Fred Jerome has made an outstanding contribution to the growth of the Universitys Canadian art collection - one of the largest univer itycollecshytions in the province He has recogshynized the tremendous growth and vitality of the art community in Canada by specifying that works be purchased from young artists
A LOVE OF LI LI ES The expression lily white has little meaning for Bill Evans His favorite lilies are bright orange and yellow I like the ones that almost glow and catch your eye from 100 yards away says the retired Department of Horti shycultural Science professor
Professor Evans lilies are certainly eye-catching for anyone travelling north of Guelph on Highway 6 betshyween mid-June and mid-August Splashes of spectacular color glow from his field of lilies near Marden (behind the home of Marjorie and the late George Durnford ) - a welshycome surprise for those accustomed to seeing only the popular Easter white variety
Im obsessed with lilies admits Professor Evans who retired in 1985 after 28 years of researching phult breeding and teaching small fruit proshyduction at the University of Guelph ) like their variety and scope They are perennial plants that grow at different heights Some have flowers that face up some face down and some face out Some are trumpet shaped some have petals that curve back Some are scented and some are unscented
As a child Professor Evans grew flowers and vegetables in his parents big garden north of Calgary After six years in the army he enrolled at the
niversity of Alberta to study hortishycu lture During his second year in 1947 he began hybridizing lilies Following graduation he worked as a fruit breeder for the federal governshyment in Alberta for eight years before coming to Guelph in 1957 He conshytinued to breed and grow lilies at the
niversity and on plots of land that friends like Professor Ted Me inch (and now Mrs Durnford) let him use
The University has quite a history of lily breeding says Professor Evans The late Isabella Preston a lecturer at Guelph before Professor Evans time went on the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa and to world fame for her ornamental crabapples lilacs and lilies The late Jc Taylor a professor at Guelph was well-known for his lily breeding and introduced Professor Evans to many other breeders He
told me that my lilies needed more vigor and let me use some of his plants in my work
Professor Evans introduced three new varieties of lilies through the University and registered some of Professor Taylors They were marshyketed in the United States So far Professor Evans has had 17 varieties of lilies internationally registered Anyone can do this he says modestly You just write a full desshycription of the plant pick a name that hasn t been used before and send it to the Royal Horticultural Society in England prekrrably with a photo The new names are published every year
It s hard coming up with new nanles though says Professor Evans He has named some of his varieties after the area in which they were grown shyArkel Marden Gold Aberfoyle He named one after his granddaughter Bronwen and one after his wife Ethelwaite ( her first and maiden names ) She gets a thrill whenever she sees that name on a ( flower show) prize list somewhere he says
Pink and pastel lilies are Professor Evans speciality and his favorite is a variety he caBs Blusbing Maiden It has mauvey pink tips with a white centre
Professor Evans and his wife edH a newsletter three times yearly for the Ontario Regional Lily Society and Professor Evans has just ended a two year term as president of the North American lily Society He has judged at nower shows all over Canada and the nited States and will preside at an international show in Hamilton in July
Because of his hobby Professor Evans is enjoying retirement He spends about 25 hours a week on his lilies in the summer months During the off season he grows seeds and works on his records He is working on increasing the number ofvarieties including spotless ones ( most lilies have spots which are dominant ) He is pleased that some of his former students are now growing lilies entering shows and joining li ly societies
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RURAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT GRADS TO FORM ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
The University School ofRural Planshyning and Development ( USRPampD ) was inaugurated at Guelph in 1980
USRPampD is built on the strengths of past Guelph initiatives such as the Centre for Resources Development and the Rural Development Outreach Project It is formally recognized by the Canadian Institute of Planners and offers Masters level programs in rural planning rural development international rural development and resources management It is also actively engaged in research and community outreach
Recent research topics have in shycluded land availabi Iityfor agricu lture
local economic development strateshygies rural aging northern and native community plannjng and developshyment rural transportation computer applications in planning and deve shylopment and water and waste management to name a few This research was conducted throughout Canada and arollnd the world inshycluding Nepal Kenya Indonesia St Lucia Belize and Botswana
The outreach interests ofthe School are fully integrated with its teaching and research activities Recent out shyreach projects have included the Childcare Network Project for families in rural Wellington County an evaJu shy
ation of the rural development proshygrams ofa Jesuit mission in southern Ethiopia a heritage strategy for the Town of IngerSOll and a recreation needs assessment for Sault Ste Marie
Graduates of USRPampD as well as graduates of the former Centre for Resource Development are now being invited to form an alumni association to keep members updated on School activities their fellow alumni and issues concerning rural planning and development For further information contact Professor Harry Cummings USRampD University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N1G 2WI ( 519) 824-4120 ext 6783
JOIN YOUR OAC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NOW Did you know that as a graduate of OAC you are not automatically a member of the OAC Alumni Assoshyciation However anyone involved in a formal agricultural education at OAC ( past present or future ) is not only eligible to become a member but is encouragetl to do so
The OAC Alumni Association is a separate entity from the University of Guelph Alumni Association anti has specific responsibilities It awards
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ARTS Joanna Black 81 Ls aisistant direclOr curator The Marietta-Cobb Fine Arts Centre Marietta Georgia
Richard Hoffman 78 a Canadian Press journalist in Toronto is married pound0 Martine Bracey CBS 77
Laura Mezey-Hamid 82 administrative assistant to the vice-president of finance Penningtons Stores Umjted Toronto is married to Shaheed Hamid CSS 82
John Laurence (Stash) Stasiw 76 is marketing manager Philips Electronics Ltd Scarborough
Dirk Vanbattum 75 is vice-president Eddie May Mysteries Ottawa
CBS Michael Best 77 is a research technician Cross Cancer Institute Edmonton
GRAD NEWS EUzabeth Jane (Kempe) Coker 82 a resource worker CaJedon Parent-ChiId Centre Bolton is married to Dr Ted Coker OVC 87
Janet Ebanks 86 is a medical social worker Cayman overnment Health Sershyvices George Town Grand Cayman Cayman Islands British West Indies
Kevin Ferguson 80 supervisor of Outdoor Education for the Elgin County Board of Education married Suzanne Schmid BEd (Nipissing) 82 in April 1987 She works for the Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority They live near Aylmer
Michael Hackenberger 81 is president Canadian Zoological Systems Toromo
Heather Hattin 84 (HK) whose rowing accomplishments were featured in the winter 1987 issue ofthe GuelphAlumnus won Canadas first-ever gold medal in womens rowing in the double-scull event at the world championships in Copenhagen last summer
Cynthia (Porter)JefIrey 85 is studying for an MSc in Food Science at the University of Manitoba She is married to ScottJefIrey OAC 82 assistant professor ofAgncul tural Economics at the University of Manitoba They live in Winnipeg
Dr Gord Kennedy 85 senior chemist Union Carbine Corp Bound Brook New Jersey is married to Carrie Feaver CPS 84
Steven Kerr 77 is regional fisheries biologist Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources KemptviUe
Jim Lee 73 is director Research Services Min istry of Tourism Recreation and Culture Victoria BC
David Lemon 79 is senjor wildlife biologist S Fudge and Altsociates Ltd Saint Johns Nfld
Larry Patterson 76 is Grand Forks and District Aquatic Centre Manager Grand Forks Bc
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Stephen Rabbetts 79 is a zookeeper Metro Toronto Zoo Wcsthill
Cathy Oohnson) Rewcastle 80 is a fur biologist Manitoba atural Rcsources Winnipcg
Brian Sntith 78 micro ~)Stcms manager Natural Sciences Centre The University ofWestcrn Ontario London is married to Debra Bond CSS 79
Bradly Veitch 86 is second brewer Wellington County Brewery Guelph
Michael Wade 87 is responsible for aquaculture programs at Kpong Farms Volta River Authority Akuse Ghana the site of a major hydro-electric installation
P Allen Woodliffe 76 is the first and only district ecologist with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Chatham Districr He is married to Marie Gedcke FACS 75 and has a son Timothy TIl y Jive in Rondeau Provincial Park here Allen was park naturalist for 10 years before moving to the Chatham office
CPS Dr Syed Ahmed 87 is assistant proshyfessor Departme nt of Statistical and AClUarial Sciences University of Western Ontario London
Susan (Bishop) GraJ1am R3 a fourth year medical student Faculty ofMcdicinc University of Toronto is marri ed fO Don Graham CSS 83 CBS MSc 87 who is a ftl ll-time parent to their threc-year-old twins
Robert Lake 77 a self-employed conshysulting geolOgist is married to Susan Kay OAC 77 a human relations specialist with Petro Canada They live in Calgary
Robert Whitehead 79 is a mi ncr Denison Mines Ell iot Lake
Caroline (Carly) Williams 85 is a software engineer Wild Leitz Canada Toronto
CSS John Babcock 8 is special cabinet assistant Office of Minister of State (Forestry and Mines ) Ottawa
Jana Fie MA 87 i a neuropsychological associate Brazos Valley Rehabilitat ion Center Bl)an Texas
Danny Leung R6 is news submiddoteditor Asia Television Limited Hong Kong
Allison (Shaughnessy) Scanlan 84 production supervisor G I of Canada shyTruck Assltmbly Oshawa is mlITied [() Michael Scanlan 84 directo r of pur hasing Arbor Capital Rltsources
middotoronto
Patricia Sorbam 80 is executive assisshytant to the Ontario Minister of Energy Toronto
G Llewellyn Watson MA 70 a proshyfessor at the University of Prince Edward Island has written a texthook Dilemmas and Contradictions in Sucial 7beor) published by University Press of America
Terry Wright 76 is account manager John Logan National Leasing Bramptoll
MAC-FACS Marie (Tomelin) Cowlin 78 is brand manager Distillers Co Canada Ltd Toronto
Debbie Foster MSc 87 is medical coshyordi natorsex educator Youth Clinical Services Inc Down~view
Marilyn (Shirley) Goodwin 75 MSc 77 a research officer for CSC Ottawa h ma rricd to Fred Goodwin HAFA 75
Margaret (CJark)Jordan 82 manager Agricultural Employment Services Cmada Farm Iabour Pool Newmarkct is married to BrianJordan OAC 81
Margo (Payne) Langan 83 marketing communications co-ordinator Moore Response Technologies Mississauga is married toJohn Langan CBS 75
Nancy (Howard) Martin 81 senior contract managemcnt officer Consumer Products and Trtffic Management Brmch DepartJllent of Supply and Service~ Hull Que is marriltd to Phillip Martin CBS ( HK) 82
Helga (Strenzke) McDonald 84 public relations officer Centrilia Collegc Huron Park is married to Ian McDonald OAC 83
Marilyn Sewell-Kelley 78 is agriculshytura l health and safel) comiddotordinacor Rural Organizations and Services Branch OMAF Guelph and lives near Paris
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James Allen 77 (ODH ) is president of Allens Turf Services Ltd Calgary
Martin Bohl 85 is policy advisor OMAJ Toronto
Guy Bonnetta 79 manager Pioneer Overseas CorpJohnston Iowa is married to Carolyn Knowles CBS 78
Stew Carpenter 50 president ofDivershysity Farms Inc Paw Paw Midligan is married to Olive McEwan 79A scltretary-tnasurer ofDiversity Farms Inc
Harold Cau 60A and 67 is viceshypreSident Barnes Wines Limited St Catharines
Elroy Cober 85 and his wife Rhoda have begun three-year Mennonite Central Committee assignments inKabwe Zambia Elroy is working as provincial o ilseed office r and Rhoda as a general health worker
Eileen (Emmett) Cole 79 a registered
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laura Cole 80 is a conservJLion planner Mississippi Vall y Conservation Authority Lanark
UoydCurtis 71 MSc 74 ofCalgary is national sales manager Agricultural Chem icals Division BASF Canada Inc BASF markets a wide range of crop proshyLection products Lloyd directs dle aCLivi shyties of BASFs liales force throughout Canada
James Donison H I is proje L engineer Costello Lomagney amp Denapoli ConshysulL ing Engineers Mancheste r New Hampshire
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Richard Graham 71 of Rrampton is naLional marketing maI111gcr Agricultural Chcmicab Divisi n f3ASF Canada Inc
Richard Helmer 62A married Marilyn Hogue in Oct 19R7 They live in Windsor Richard is supply tcaching for the Essex COllnty Board of Education and doing freclanltx horLicultural work during the summer months
Brian and Brigitte (Brunetzky) Kaufman 84 are pltased to announce the safe arrival of their son Nathaniel Brian All are reSiding at Bright
Dr Houchang Khatamian MSc 71 PhD 8 is associate professor Depart shyment of Horticul rure Kansas State Unishyversity Manhattan
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July 26 Al um ni Assoc iation Executives O rientation Meeting
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Ifyou have an agricultural background and wish to funher your career in management of farm or nonmiddotfarm agribuiiiness this program could he for you
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Dr Elenimo Khonga PhD 87 is a lecturer University ofMalawi Chancellor College Zomba Malawi
Kevin Laidley 82 MSc 85 resource technician Niagara Peninsula Consershyvation Authority Allanburg is married to Lesley Nicholson FACS 83 child life specialist McMaster University Medical Centre Hamilton
Dr Monique Leclerc MSc 82 PhD 87 is assistant professor Department of Soil Science and Biometeorology Utah State University Logan
Maurice Marwood 64 MSc 66 is vicemiddot preSident sales and marketing Canadian Kenworth Company Mississauga He is responsible for all aspects of sales and marketing ofKenworth trucks and product support in Canada
Dr Giancarlo Mosch1ni PhD 86 is [caching in the Economics Department Iowa State University Ames not the Unimiddot versity of Iowa as stated in the fall 1987 issue oflhe GuelpbAlurnnus Our apolomiddot gie~ for [his error
Reid Palmer 63 is a research geneticist and professor Departments ofAgronomy and Genetics Iowa State University Ames
Dr Yousef Papadopoulos 80 MSc 82 PhD 87 a research scientist Agrimiddot cu lture Canada Nappan NS i$ married to Kathleen Glover 80 MSc 83
Andy Robinson 80 MSc 83 a genetimiddot cist Livestock Developmcnt Division Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Christine Howe Arts 81
Dr A Hamid Saleemi MSc 73 has received a PhD in Educational Psychology from Bayero UniverSity Kana Nigeria His thesis was Islamic Values and Commitment among HallSa Muslim Youtb Au Empirical Study and his reo search has been hailed as a pioneering study in the measurement of reJjgious commitment anlong MusJjms Dr Saleemi is principal tutor Department of Adult Education and Community Services Faculty of Education Bayero University
James Sampa MLA 86 is a lecturer in landscape design and natul 1 resource conservation School of Environmental Studies Copperbelt University Zambia
Bill Shotyk 81 completed his PhD in 1986 in the Geology Department at The University ofWestern Ontario and spent a year as visiting postdoctoral researcher at the UniverSity of California to study
thennodynamic stability of organic commiddot plexes of aluminum In Sept 1987 he married Beth Haas and they live in London where Bill is a postdoctoral research associate in the Geology Department UWO studying the surface chemistry of minerals He is also writing his first book The Geochemistry OfPeatandPeatlands to be published by Elsevier Amsterdam
jack Thompson OAC 81 is a firemiddot fighter Station No 1 Thomhlll
Susan Watkins 81 is program offi cer Horn of Africa Oxfam Canada She is in charge ofOxfams overseas development projects in Eutrea and Tigray prOvince of Ethiopia the majori ty of which are in agriculture and health
Dve Dr Ian Alexander 86 is a dmg evalumiddot ator Bureau of Veterinary Dmgs Health and Welfare Canada Ottawa
Dr Cheng Hock Choong PhD 72 is director Semex Canada Guelph
Dr Ann Davis 75 a graduate student at the University of Toronto has won the Hardi Cinader Prize for 1987 The award is given to the graduate student in the process of completing doctor-A work who most resembles renowned immunomiddot logist Dr Bernhard Cinaders originality and versatility
Dr john Debbie 65 is an epidemiomiddot logist New York State Health Department Albany
Dr jean Dodds 64 in addition to her research on blood clotting mechanisms has chaired several national and intermiddot national task forces on assorted topics
Dr Doug Galt 62 is laboratory head OMAF Brighton
Dr Maria Koller CBS 75 DVM 79 chief control programs Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Dr Robert Georgeson 72
Dr Darwin Lund 60 is veterinarian in charge Agriculture Canada Lethbridge Alta
Dr David Murphy 56 is director cardiovascular surgical unit Dalhousie
niversity Halifax
Dr Gary Nash 77 veterinary research officer Institute of Aquaculture University
ofStirling Stirling Scotland is married to Marilyn Klein CBS 77
Dr HG Rees 55 joined the faculty of Massey University New Zealand after 10 years ofgeneral practice Upon completion of his masters degree he as appointed senio r lect urer at the University of Melbourne In 1970 he returned to prac shytice in his native Wales and has spent the past 12 years on the faculty at SeaJe-Hayne College there He has a small sheep farm
ARTS Bruce Westheuser 76 ofToronto died Dec 7 1987 He was a teacher Toronto Montessori Schools Hlt is survived by his father Ronald and stcpmodlcr Dorothy two sisters and a brodumiddotr
CSS Robert A Dodd MA 75 of Victoria BC died Oct 8 1987 He had been employed by the Ministry of Health He is survived by his wife Wendy
Bruce G Miller 72 of Aurora Ont died Sept 2 1987 He was a teacher with York Region Board of Education He is survived by his wife
MAC-FACS Etta (Birdsall) Garnham 17D of Tillsonhurg Ont died Jan 11 1988 She is survi ed by her sister Doris Oatman
Kathleen (Coggs) Hallam 120 of Toronto died jan 23 1988
Katherine L (Williamson) Killmaster 35D of Southfield Michigan died jan 31 1988
GAdora(Beemer)McFadyen 29Dof Port Elgin Ont died Apri l 8 L987 She is Survived by her son George S McFadyen OAC 50A
Anne E Spera 280 of Dundas Ont died Jan 26 1988
Dora M (Dies) Terryberry 260 of Weston Ont died Jan 22 1988 She is survived by her son Douglas
and maintains a single man general pracshytice Sheep health and production are his main interests and in the fall he was admitted to the Cert SHP by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons In 1989 he plans to retrace his footsteps to learn about his main interests in the countries in which he was trained
Dr Duncan Sinclair 58 OAC MSc 60 (nutrition ) Schofield lecturer 1983 will become Queens University Dean of
IN MEMORIAM
OAC Aimee A (Ups) Acklen 36 of Irving Texas died Feb 2 1987 She is survived by her husband Robert and one son
George K Beare 37 A of xbridge Ont died Oct 30 1987 He is survived by his wife Ruby
Dr J Ritchie Cowan 39 of Corvallis Oregon died Nov 12 1987 He was a retired professor of agronomy and proshyfessor emeritus Oregon State University He received his MS and a doctorate in plant genetics from the University of Minnesota He served as national president of the Crop Science Socicty of America the American Society of Agronomy the American Forage and Graosland Council the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology and the League for Intershynational Food Education He was pre shydeceased by his first wife DorothyWhite Mac 39 He is survived by his second wife Ruth and two children
WUliam M Croskery 15 of Ottawa died Nov 17 1987 He was a retired agricultural representative for Carleton County He is survived by three children
Walter C Fisher 26 of Sf Catharines Ont died jan 20 1988 He is survived by his wife Alice ( Petrie ) and three children
William A Hammond 18 Port Dovers oldest World War I veteran died Sept 29 1987 at 95 Prior to entering OAC he farmed worked in a lumber camp in BC and fought forest fires in Montana During the war he served in France and Belgium with the 55th l3atteryofthe Royal Canadian Art illery advancing from gunner to sergeant In 1920 he married Minerva Mitchell and they farmed in Woodhouse Township Mter retir ing he became clerk-treasurer of the township and later
Medicine and Vice-Principal ( Health Sciences) onJuly 1 He has served Queens in various capacities since joining the departme nt of physiolo gy in 1966 Nationally he has been invo lved with the Medical Research Council of Canada for many years includ ing a term as its director-genera1
Dr Anne Marie Taylor 81 is direc tor of an imal care Animal Care Centre Dalhousie niversity Halifax
held the san1e position with the Town of Port Dover He also served on the Ontario Assessment Appeal Board and was a fanner chai rman of the Simcoe High School Board In 1967 he received a Centennial Medal for service to his communi ty He was predeceased by bis wife and a son and is survived by two daughters Betty Murton ofWatetiord and Doris LlIldon of listoweI
Kandappar NJeyasseelan MSA 56 of Peradeniya Sri Lanka died Oct 22 1987 He is survived by two children
Frank J King 33 of Thornhill One died Dec 19 1987 He was a pioneer of Canadas broiler chicken industry and retired senior executive and director of Ralston Purina Canada Inc He is survived by his wife Rachel and a son
Robert C (Bob) lGrkness 56 of Maple Ridge BC died Oct 10 1987 He is survived by his wife
] Morley Lawrence 1 7 of Windsor died Oct 4 1987
John S Lennox 66A of Shallow Lake Ont died as the result of a farm accident Nov 4 1987 He is survived by his wife Ada and a son
Alex T Macnab 36 of North Fort Myers Fla died Dec 18 1987 He is survived by his wife Vella
NormanJ Myles 39 of Guelph died j an 24 1988 He had been a second lieutenant 11 th Field Brigade Royal Canadian Artillery He is survived by his wife Luella Beverley (Highan1 ) and two children
Robert W Phillips 39 of Belleville Ont died Sept 21 1987 -John W Robertson 38 of Thorold Ont died Oct 21 1987 He is survived by his wife Elizabeth and daughter Janice Partlow Arts 70
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Henry H Rooke 8 of Barrie Ont died Dec 16 1987 lIe was retired from the Department of National Health and Welfare He is survived by his wife Harriet Mac 40 and daughters Jane Lennox and Nancy RookemiddotAllen CBS 73
Robert H See 65A ofBohon Ont died Nov 14 1987 He was the son of Margaret (Huston) See Mac 33 and the late Dr John N See OAC 35 OVC 38 He is survived by his wife Brenda and two sisters
WilliamT (Bill) Smith 35 ofStfJtford Ont died Sept 19 1987 He is survived by his wife Maude and five children
Annie H Tasi MSc 72 ofGuelph died Dec 9 1987 She received her BSc in Agriculture from the National Taiwan University in 1965 After receiving her masters in horticulture from Guelph she worked as a research technician in the Universipound) Department of Horticultural Science Shc is survived by her hu~band Benjamin and two children
William G Toner 20A and 22 of Guelph died Jan 30 1988 He is survived by hi wife Eileen and four children
W Benson (Ben) Vair 55 of Sarnia died Jan 6 1988 He taught science at Northern Collegiate in Sarnia for 25 years retiring in 1987
A Gordon O Whiteside 20A and 22 of Ottawa died June 2 1987 Ht was retired after 42 years as a cerealist with Agriculture Canada and wa~ a Fellow of thc Agricultural Institute of Canada lie developed sevedl varieties of Canadian whtat one of which bears his namt Gordon He is su rvived byhis wife Irene and three children
Joseph H Willmott 22A of Milton died Oct 23 1987 He is survived by his sonJohn c Willmott 55
PROFESSORS
Dr Denis H Stott professor emeritus since 1980 diedJan 22 1988 in England at 78 He was ftrst chair Department of Psychology from 1966-68 and was intershyna tionally known as a pioneer in deve shyloping learning techniques for hardmiddottOmiddot teach children He founded the Centre for Educational Disabilities which he directed until h is retirement in 1975 His research focused on the causes and promiddot
blems of delinquent school boys He is survived by hiswifeJane and tw children
Dr Robert D Whiteford of Qualicum Beach Vancouver Island former professor Department of Biomedical Sciences died Feb ] 0 1988 He is survived by his wife Beatrice and one son
STAFF Ray Catchpole a member of the Unj middot versitys Sulawesi Regional Development Project team in Indonesia died Nov 27 1987 in Jakarta at 46 He had been with the project sinet its inception in 1984 He is survived by his wife Ani and his mother Muriel Lucas A mcmorial fund has been established in his nanle Contributions may be forwarded to the Department of
Alumni Affairs and Development The fund will provide a bursary for Indonesians and Canadians involved in exchange between the two ountries It will be adminbtered by the niversity School of Rural Planning and Development
FRIENDS
Joseph Arlen of Guelph died Sept 5 1987 He pursued studies at OAC from 1957 to ) 959 before completing an engineering degree at the University of Toronto He is survived by his wife Judy who works in Photographic Services on campus and two children A Joseph Arlen Memorial Prize in Horticulture has been established Contributions may be forshywarded to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development
ASPARAGUS RESEARCHER DIES IN GUELPH
Herman (Herm) Tiessen OAC 51 onc of Canadas fore middot most aspard1t1s researdlers rued in Guelph Dec 10 1987 at 63 Or Ticsscn had been a horticul shyture professor at the University since 1955 and was co-ordinator of the National Asparagus Reshysearch Program
At its fiftieth anniversary meeting in london the day of his death the Ontario Asparagus Growers Marketing Board honored Dr Tiessen as the pershyson who had made the greatest contributions to the industry over the last 50 years He was also weU known for his work on greehouse tOmatoes and for a collaborative project with Texaco that used waste energy from the companys refinery to heat greenhouses
After graduating from OAC Dr Tiessen received his masters and PhD degrees from Michigan State University and returned to his alma mater to join the Department of Horticultural Science He traveUed widely to share his knowledge on veget-
The late Professor Herm Tiessen OAC51
able growing with scientists around the world most recently to New Zealand and Taiwan He -wa a member of the Agricultural Institute of Canada and the Canadjm American and Intermiddot national Societies for Horticulmiddot tural Science He was also an active member of the OAC Alumni Association
He is sUlvived by his wife Marjorie and two children
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JlAVIeuro 17 18 19 GOlf Tournament
The classic confrontation on the green the Gryphon Club Golf Tournament will start things rolling on Friday at the Cutten Club Prizes will be awarded
Barbecue amp CasinO Night
Meet your friends at Alumni House Friday evening for a barbecued feast and try your llck at the casino tables
SIOwpitch Tournament
The Grad loungers will defendtheir championship title at the alumnistudent co-ed slowpitch tournament Why not get a team together to compete for the first-place trophy and other awards Teams should consist of 12 to 20 players with at least six females per team Three one-hour games are guaranteed for each team
Tours Lectures Demonstrations
Tour the new Equine Research Centre see computer laboratory demonstrations at the College of Family and Consumer Studies or catch an enlightening lecture If its nature you enjoy visit the Arboretum the Marine Biology Laboratory or the Elora Gorge Conservation Area
Celebrity Auction
Join in the fun and bid on a fascinating assortment of articles donated by local celebriti~s Lots of surprises in store All proceeds will go to Alumni House
Awards Presentations
At the Presidents Picnic at noOn on Saturday the Alumnus of Honor award and the Alumni Medal of Achievement will be presented Come and celebrate with the recipients
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See page 7 for your Alumni Weekend reservation form For further information see your College section inside or call the Alumni Weekend hotline (519) 824-4120 ext 2102
Class Reunions
Is your class having a reunion Check page 7 to find out Reunions are a great opportunity to meet old
friends and renew acquaintshyances The Alumni Associations will host their graduates of 50
years or more at a Golden Anniversary Din ner
Champagne Brunch
Toast Alumni Weekend 88 at a champagne brunch held on the Alumni House patio Sunday The Guelph Concert Band will provide entertainment
Class Agents OAC James A Bates 22 Hugh C Elliott 23 Jonathan 13 elson 24 Bower F Forward 25 A Bruce Medd 26 Edward H Garrard 27 Thoma~ O Graham 28 W Edward Heming 29 Michael W Chl1)e uik 30 C Earl Migllton 31 ) Harvey Pettit 32 nleodorc) Hecg 33 Alfred 0 Hales 34 Gladstone Ridler 35 William G Tolton 36 Arthur L Thompson 37 Gordon F Townsend 38 Leslie Laking 39 John A Eccles 40 Donald N lIuntley 41 Glen L Warlow 42 Philip W Burke 43 J Leonard McQuay 44 Stephen J Beckley 45 Alexander A Hunt 46 Gordo r Ougl1lred 47 Douglas Cunningllam 48 Robert M Murr1Y 49 William 5 Kilmer 50 Donald M Rutherford 51 G AJlan Fisher 52 William AM Gregg
OVC 6 L for OAC 53 ) Lloyd ] Rosi 54 Ronald E Litchfield 55 Charles S I3aldwin 56 Vincent A Eagan 57 Dougla~ C COlquhoun 58 D Owen Gibb 59 Harry L WaLter 60 Sarah L Banbury 61 George It Gree~lees 62 Harvey J Brown 63 Harold U Bent ley 64 Palrick J Tucker 65 David A Jones 66 Mary V McEwen 67 Graham T Hart 68 Robert H Cobbledick 69 Margaret E Auld 70 Roben L Ross 71 Donald N McCallum 72 Roderick ED McKay 73 J Murray Brownridg~ 74
Bradley J Bandeen 84 Shirley J Gallaugher 85 David WG Lucas 86
OAC ASSOCIATES Stewart A Anderson 49A John E Northwood 50A James N Bell 51A Allison H FUlcher 52A David W Barrie 53A Robert G McGee 54A Barry N James 55A Arthur F Johnson 56A Donald M Dodds 57A Gary J Powell 58A Peter J McCarthy 59A Alan C Mclean 60A ] Paul Fish 65 (for 61 A) Walter H Atkinson 62A Grant H Fish 03A Charles WH Clughill 64A John G Zenel 65A Donald AA ReynOlds 66A Ronald B Steele 67A James F Hunter 68A D Jean ROlllenburg 69A Gordon R Weeden 70A Roger S Will iams 71A Robert B Yungblut 72A Bruce W Cressman 73A David Mayberry 74A Adrian Dykstra 75A Richard E Buck 76A Garry R Milne 77A Alice Laine 7SA Deborah L Hill 79A Paul F Quinton 80A Douglas F GrieYe 81A Peler J Haakman 82A J Scott McGeachy 83A Brian McGavin 84A Donald M Dann 85A B Jean Moffat 86A
MAC DEGREE Jean R King 52 Nancy L Raithby 53 Frances L Bowen 54 Lorraine E Oliver 55 Barhara J Cline 56 Marilyn A MacQuarrie 57 Patricia J Steele 58 Jo MA unan 59 Donna M Gracey 60 B Kathleen Johri~ton 61 Anne M Alton 62
FACS Judith M Maddren 72 Karen E Ross 7 Loralee E Marshall 74 Jane E Stolz 75 Karen Bennett 76 Rohyn G Bach 77 Janet L Taylor 78 M Heather Martin 79 Suzanne E Judges 80
orma J Poel 8 1 Joan K Dawdy-McHale 82 Irene M Good 82 Paula E Kerr 83 Edina J van der Widen 84 Janice M middotn1Ompson 85 Mary J Gooyers 80
MAC DIPLOMA Grace Sharpe 240 Jessie l Rumney 250 M Frances Hucks 260 M Lois Clipsham 270 Alice It Garrard 280 Grace M Gibson 290 Mi ured V Scott 300 Viola M Binkley 310 Mary C Hales 32D Jean M SltOlt 330 Marjorie H Thomas 340 A Olive Thomp~on 350 C Joan Nixon 36D F1onnce E Moodie 370 Margaret E Black 380 Eila R Lawson 39D Ellen C ScOlt 400 Marion G Aitkin 41D A Ruth Fleming 420 Mary L Procter 470 Florence Rilett 480 Mary K Williams 49D Gwen P Curtis SOD Elizabeth J Mu1Oing 5 ID FrJnces 1 Peister 520 Margaret B Clark )30 Noreen M Broadvdl 540 Muriel G Taylor 55D Lillian F Emberson 560 Linda E McLeod 570 Neil M Jones 580 Jane A Hurst 590 P Ann ])obbin 600 Patricia A Black 6l0 Stephanier Powell 62D Margaret AR Drew 630
Gregory D Oolhan 81 Morag L McKenzie 82 Joan E Shaw 83 -leIene P Paquet 84 Anita M OMara 8 ) Karen E Maki 85 Susan T Saganski 86
OVC James Gillies 26-30 Robert H Henry 3 1 Renue E Bowness 32 T Lloyd Jones 34 Wesley B Coxon 35 Albert L Geffen 36 Frmcis] Fitzgerald 37 Vince11l W Ruth 38
orman JI McAninch 39 Richard lIellings 40 Gifford AV Barker 41 James D Schroder 42 Leo) Shuctt 43 Melvin E Poland 44 W Murray Mutrie 45 C Robert Buck 46 Sidney Brown 47 Peter C Wang 48 William R Mitchell 49 D Cam MacKay 50 W James Lennox 5 L T Rus~eJl Furness 52 TIlomas R De Gen 54 William 1-1 Vivian 55 Kenneth R Gadd 56 R Denis OConnor 57 Roderick R Davies 58 L Guy Giddings 59 Willianl W Combe 60 Owen J Slocombe 61 Robert Z Ubukata 62 Rohin S Knuuson 63 James N Lott 64 Andrew L Fletch 65 I Jugh W Clugston 66 Neil G Anderson 67 Brian C BuckId 68 Al W Bowness 69 Robert W BrJndt 70 Bruce W Green 71 Allen G Binnington 72 David G Horton 73 W DArcy Reade 74 Patricia E Shewen 75 Wayne M Murray 76 D Gregory Usher 77 Diane M Smilh 78
Roben G McFarlane 75 Nancy M Brown 63 HAFA Janet L lewison 79 Ellen L Heale 76 Elizabeth A Jamieson 64 Ronald N Taylor 73 David M Alves 80 -I Douglas Balsillie 77 Nina M Elliot 65 Jennifer A Chadsey 74 Kenneth G Bateman 81 Douglas C Murphy 78 Peter J Brown 79
Carol E McArthur 66 Margaret A Winslow 67
Davidr lfougl1wn 75 Allan [) Scott 76
Susan C Read 82 Jacob Druif 83
Linda AK Teasdale SO Barbara S Dell 68 Timmhy J Lipa 77 Judith A Taylor 84 James P Poel 81 Joanne M Harris 69 Marlene [ Boland 78 ])onna M Flanagan 85 Marie E Hartley S2 Margaret L Willis 70 Da~d W Cobban 79 Dawn M HughesshyJoscph A Omican S3 Marianne Bakker-Bromley 71 Amanda S Lee 80 Bissonnette 86
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TELEPHONE CAMPAIGN SURPASSES GOAL
At 9 15 pm November 25 The Campaigns telephone campaign reached its $385 million larget seven months ahead of schedule At that point student callers had talked to alumni of only five of the seven colleges By Febnaary 29 $4 315977 had been raised and Sue Egles director of the telephone campaign predicts the student employees will raise well over $5 million by June 15 1988 the end of the telephone campaign
Response from Guelph alumni has been overwhelming Sue says with 40 per cent of those called making a pledge The average pledge is in excess ofS400 College ofAns alumnj wrote the formula for success by contributing $303000 - 553000 more than the college alumni goal CBS alumni were called next and pledged $430000 OAC alumni donshy
ated almost $2 million HAFA $90000 and FACS $570000 avc pledges of more lhan $500000 put the telephone campaign over the top Students are now vrapping up calls to CSS alumni and will end with calls to CPS alunmi A total of more than 42000 graduates will be called in North America
The studcnt caller represents a friendly voice from the University and doesn t try to pressure the alumnus who has decided not to contribute says Sue We want to updare alumni fLIcs and leave every alumnus with a good feeling about the Universiry
Alumni also leave the student callers with good feelings and oftcn some helpful career advice says Sue Guelph graduates have some very interesting careers and are excellent sources of information on graduate schools job openings and interview
Seventeen major donors to the Universitys capital campaign and campaign volUnleersjohn Bassett Ken Murray and Hany Seymour were honored at a januarypress conference in Toronto to celebrate completion of92percent of The Campaign goal Representing the City Of Guelph was Mayo john Counsell the Cotmty ofWellington Warden Murray Cox andSemex Canada Dr Moe Freeman OAC 55 president They are posed with Marjorie Millar director Alumni Affairs and Development and the framed dtations each honoree received The citations bear a first-edition copy Of the Librarys CDshyROM (Compact Disk -Read Only Memory) catalogue one of the University s newest products Weighing only 19 gram~ the disk holds the equivalent of 200000 pages - the Librarys entire card catalogue
Sheila Hollidge fund-raiser extrashyordinaim
procedures More than one caller has been offered a job over the phone she says In return alumni often ask the Iallers to describe how the campus has changed over the years or to pass on greetings to a favorite professor
Despite the informality of the telephone canlpaign it s not an easy job Sue says A rrunimum of 25 students are employed at anyone time and incentives keep up morale Each caller averages 1700 in pledges during a four-hour evening Psychoshylogy major Janet Campbell still holds the record with over S 15000 pledged in one rught and $329000 in total pledges In second place is FACS student Sheila Hollidge who had $311 369 in pledges as of Febmary 29 Their success and that of other student aUers has helped drop the cost of the telephone campaign says Sue It costs the University less than 1 5 cents for every dollar raised
Editors Note Sue Egles left Guelph in March to become associate viceshypresident IDe Canada PHONEMAlL Inc HersuccessorisAnne Thibodeau
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AhAVYlVli Wee~eVld ~8 ReservatioVl form SURNAME(S) FIRST AME( S) College amp Year
FULL MAIUNG ADDRESS Postal Code
TliLEPHONE Home (_) Business ( _ ) I will be attending reunion (ColegeYearD1plom Dqree)
TIME FRIDAY)UJiII 17 PElt PERSON COST NO TOTAL OFACE USE
10 am REGI STRATION Alumni House No Cost
Noon GolfToumament Cutten Club 4000 11
Gpm Alumni Barbecue Alumni House 9 00 21
8pm Night of Casioo games and music 300 22
Darbecue amp Casino package 1000 23
SATURDAYJUNE 18
---830 am DreaJdast Creelman Hall Cash basis
9middot5 pm REGISTRATION Alumni HOllse No Cost
9 am Elora Gorge Walk (buses fro m campus) 600 26
9 am Alumni Association annual meetings Mac FACS (I rA Rm 209) OAC (Mac Hall Rm 149) OVC ( MacNaughtOn Bldg Rm 113) No Cost
930 am Slowpitch Tournament South Quad 4000 team 28
10 am Lectures by Dr Bruce Fogle OVC 70 and Dr Brian Brandenburg OVC 68 No Cost
1030 am FACS Tour and Demonsuation No Cost
II am Alumni Association aculUa meetings Arts (Johnston Hall Rm 104 ) CSS ( FACS Rm 101 ) HAFA(HAFA RrnIOI) 1 0 Cost
Noon Presidents Picnic and awards presentatio n Creelman Plaza (check in at Picnic ) 6 50 30
Noon CBS Picnic Biology House 500 300middotchild 54
I pm Tours of Equine Research Centre No Cost
230 pm Ground Breaki ng Ceremo ny for Atbletics fac ilities a Cost
3middot430 prn Celebrity Auction Alumni House No Cost
6pm Golden Anniversary Dinner Creelman Hall (Golden Alumnus + Oil guest) Complimcotary 60
Others attending Golden Anniversary Dinner 1800 6 1
Gpm CI= llcunion Dinner(s ) 6pm OVC Alumni Dinner Peter Clark Hall 3500
9 pm Alumni Dance University Centre No Cost
SUNDAY )UNE19 -
730 a m Breakfast Der Keller Ca-h Bas is
9 am Churcb Service Arboretum u Cost
lOjO am UGAA Annual Mccting Alumni House 0 Cost
11 30 am Champagne Brunch and Outdoor Concert Alumni House Patio 1200 87
TOTAl COST
Residence Accommodation No of Rooms Required June 17 Couple 53300 x __ =
June 18 Single S2000 x __ =
Per St udent S1400 x __ =
TOTAL COST OF ACCOMMODATION
TOTAL AMOUNT ENCLOSED
Enclosed is my cheque for S payable to Alumn Events Mail to Laurie Malleau Alumni House University of Guelph Guelph O ntario N IG 2Wl
Please order before June 3 1988 Continuation of reservations wiU be mailed upon receipt of orde rs
bullPor exact price Of class reunion dinners consult the registration f onn in your cUJss IUWseUer or phone (519) 8244 120 ext 2102
ClASS REUNIONS CBS 78 amp 8 3 Mac 28 Mac 33 Mac 38 Mae 48 Mac 58 Mac 63 Mac 63D FACS 78 FACS 83 OAC 28 amp 33 OAC 38 OAC 43 OAC 48 OAC 53 OAC 53A OAC 58 OAC 6j OAC 63A OAe 68 OAC GSA OAe 78 OAC 7SA OAC 83 OAC 88 O VC 38 avc 43 ove 47 OVC 48 OVC 58
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COLLEGE ROYAL 88 SEARCH FOR EXCELLENCE
COllege Royal 88 drew about 30000 visitors to campus in March The theme Search For Excellence was carried through displays of stushydent clubs and academic units all over campus including an Alumni Affairs and Development display of
Dynamic Duo Andy Willemsen and Kathy Cunnington both FACS 88 worz the CBS-sponsored Egg Drop competition
Human Kinetics student Todd BIJJant helpedErica Clausen 4 test her lung volume al the School Of Human Bioshylogy display
Medieval jousting was demonstrated by the Sodety For Creative Anashychronism
24 graduates who have excelled in their diverse careers and activities
The 64th annual student -organized event was offiCially opened March 12 by Michael Enright CBC Radios 0shy
host of As It Happens Laura Gillard FACS 88 served as president and
People and cows met face to face at Old MacDonalds Farm
Former Curtain Callers Margaret Calder Mac 60 DtmRose OAC 57A and 60 and Nancy (Turk) Cums Mac 59 enjoyed themselves at the Curtain Call reunion
College Royal visitors tested equljJshyment at the chool of Engineering display
Nancy Scheer OAC 91 presided as hostess after being elected Celebrant at the College Royal Ball March 4
Curtain Call College Royals annual musical was followed bya reunion of fomler cast and crew members after the final show Saturday night
Guelph student Melissa Meisinger and her Samoytl Snowball particishypated in the dog show
The square dancing competition continued its popularity Both stushydents and alumni cOtnpeted
The woodsman competition tested strength
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ALUMNI GATHER IN WESTERN CANADA
Enthusiastic alumni gathered in Edmonton and Vancouver for chapter events in February
Harley Deeks OAC 50 president of Molson Alberta Brewery Ltd and Molson Saskatchewan Brewery Ltd and his wife Barbara (Herring) Mac 48 hosted a reception for 36 alumni and friends at Molson House in Edmonton Vincent MacDonald and Don Lavender hoth OAC 36 repre shysented the earliest graduating class present and ShouliangDongArts 87 was the most recent grad attending
Don Welch CPS 78 organizer of the event spoke about his memories of the University and before the evening was over had fOffiled a volunshyteer committee to plan future
Edmonton Chapter events Ifyou are interested contact Don at 15824 8Ist Street Edmonton T5Z ISS ( 403) 473-5237
Janey Bennett CSS 75 and Rod Clark CBS 77 hosted a reception for 27 alumni and guests at their home in Vancouver on Valentines Day Plans were made for a Vancouver Chapter wine and cheese party in April and a barbecue in summer For further information contact Janey at 1816 Mahon Avenue North Vancouver V7M 2T3 (604) 986-8177
Betsy Allan CSS 83 Alumni Affairs office attended both receptions She brought greetings from the University and spoke on chapter development and the latest campus happenings
VISA VOLUNTEERS GOODWILL AMBASSADORS
Ae the residence washrooms co shyed How do 1 get onto the volleyball team TIlese are some of the questions prospective University ofGuelph stushydents ask and former students are the best sources for answers
Through VISA (Volunteers in Support of Admissions) Guelph alumni help high school students become more aware of the niversitys curriculum spirited campus life and community amenities
We reinforce what the niversitys admissions office does in the high schools and we add the personal element says VISA co-ordinator Betsy Allan CSS 83 I see us as goodwill anlbassadors
VISA chapters in six Ontario cities each hold an annual information sesshysion for high school students their parents and friends Alumni talk about what attracted them to Guelph what they enjoyed how their education helped in their careers and what they are doing now Admissions counshysellors also attend
The information sessions have been an effective way to reach students who have not bad an opportunity to visit campus It also gives them a
chance to talk one on one with someone from the University says Betsy We welcome new alumni volunteers in the established VISA chapters The time commitment is small and those involved will tell you the work is rewarding
Established chapters and their leaders include Ottawa Greg DOUlatl HAFA 81 and Iarry Meek CPS 77 Toronto Debbie Chang CSS 82 London Maureen Higa OAC 79 Niagara Irene Good FACS 82 Chatham Vicki Bouman CBS 77 and 8rantford Simcoe Heather Linington OAC 80
As part of the VISA progranl this year Betsy wants to hold send-off barbecues across Canada She is looking for alumni willing to help organize and or host such an event in their backyards Students attending Guelph in the faU their parents and alumnj from the community would be invited The idea is to ~ish the students well before they embark on the path to univerSity For further inJormation about this or any aspect ofthe VISA program contact lktsyat Alumni House University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2WI (519) 824-4120 ext 6533
janey Bennett CSS 75 and Rod Clark CBS 77 hosted a receptionfor Vancouver alumni at thei home in February with some help ft-om their 18-month-old son Graeme Daughter Amy 4 was also at the event
Enjoying the-mselles at a reception for Edmonton alunmi at Molson HOllse ill February are left to right joyce Welch and her husband Don CP) 78 Betsy Allan OS 83 and Harley Deeks OAC 50 and his wife Barbara (Herring) Mac 48
ALUMNI CHAPTER EVENT
SASKATOON Dinner
Saturday June 11 600 pm reception
700 pm dinner Renaissance Hotel
Meet M arge M illar Director Alum ni Affa irs and Development
and Rosema ry Clark Director A lumni Aff~l irs -
For furtiJpr information conlact f3elsy AIan Alum ni H ouse
University of Cuelph (5 19) 824-4 f 20 ext 6533
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RECEPTION HELD
The CSS Alumni Association hosted its annual wine and cheese reception for graduating students at the Faculty lub in January Agnes (BelIai) Van Haeren 85 first vice-president and Susan Blair 83 director helped organize the event and greeted students at the door President John Alviano 74 spoke briefly about the Associashytion and asked for the support of those present CSS Oean)ohn Vanderkamp and faculty advisor Victor Ujirnoto were alsoprescnt to mingle with students
WHY DO STUDENTS LEAVE UNIVERSITY GUELPH STUDY
AIMS TO FIND OUT By Marla Stewart
Public R lations and In formation
Why do students leavc university before they complete their degrees A Guelph study Career and Education Achievement in the Student Environshyment ( CEASE) aims to find out Principal investigator Sid Gilbert Sociology and Amhropology has finished collecting data and will spend the summer and fall analyzing it
Professor Gilbert began the longishytudinal study of student progress at Guelph three years ago with a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council grant Through questionshynaires and interviews he contacted every new ftrst -year Guelph student in the fall of 1986 and fo llowed them over their next four semesters
The purpose of the study is to determine how many students leave
and their reasons for leaving says Professor Gilbert On the other hand he wants to meashy
sure program success completion and academic achievement
So far the study indicates that a students pre-entry characteristics (ethnicity secondary school grades financial status and parental educashytion) are not as crucial as the univershysity experience itself in determining whether he or she will stay
In other words says Professor Gilbert tudent attrition is related to academic and social integration at the University What students bring with them is not as important as what happens while theyre here
Throughout the three years of the study a remarkable 70 per cent of the 2800 students who received the initial questionnaire have responded says Professor Gilbert In year one first term students completed a questionshynaire measuring attitudes intentions background and demographic inforshymation 10 second term these students were re-surveyed on their experience
feelings and performance at the UniverSity
In the fall of year two those students who remained at Guelph were surshyveyed on their first-year experiences and how much they had learned and developed at the UniverSity
All students from the initial group who left the University before comshypleting their programs were then contacted to determine whether they had withdrawn temporarily or pershymanently transferred to another university were ineligible to return or had changed from fuU -time to partshytime status Reasons for any change of plans were explored by interviews
((a love of learning is not a strong factor
To date the study indicates that a love of1carning is not a strong factor initially influencing students to attend university TIley attend to gain knowshyledge and skills directly applicable to a career and to increase their chances of tlnding good paying jobs More than half the females surveyed said they attended universiry to increase their chances of finding challenging work after graduation Only 39 per cent of the males said this was their reason
The overall purpose of Professor Gilbcrts project is to measure volunshytary change and departure capture the process of attrition compare the experiences of stayers and leavers and suggest remedies when approshypriate He believes his findings will be beneficial to other universities all of which experience varying rates of attrition anlOng student) The findings will help educators develop retention programs for students who despite their talents and ambitions do not complete their degrees
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CANADIAN SENATOR SPEAKS AT CSS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION DINNER
Senator Lorna Marsden wore both her political and academic hats when she spoke at the second annual CSS Alumrti is50ciation dinner in March More than 100 alumni students faculty and guests were present
Named to the Canadian Senate in 1984 Senator Marsden is also a proshyfessor of sociology at the niversity of Toronto A Liberal she is a recognized expert on social change in Canada in particular the changing circumstances of women in Canadian economic and social life
In her address ]he Social Scientist in the State The Case for OPen Boundmies Senator Marsden argued that the influence of intellectuals on Canadian public policy is far too restricted Something is very wrong The intellectuals of Canada many of them at universities are excluded just at the moments when they are needed most Our causes arent led by great thinkers We dont regularly send scholars to parliament That lively exchange of ideas is missing
The difference is striking south of the border and in Europe where politicians and intellectuals are regularly joined In the US it would be unthinkable for the president not to have a brains tmst in one or more universities
Senator Marsden said the Meech Lake Accord the Free Trade Agreeshyment and the recent revision to Bill C-60 which amends the copyright act are examples of public policy meashysures which were diminished by the lack of input from intellectuals
In the case of Meech Lake Senator Marsden said inadequate use was made of people with knowledge about Ilistory and constitutional law She called Meech Lake an underhanded unsatisfactory method of constitushytional reform which puts the rights ofCanadians at risk She said a different approach would have been taken if the historians and constishytutional experts had been consulted first and she feels the Accord should be amended in consultation with these intellectuals
With free Trade Senator Marsden said the opposite had happened A
wealth of research had been done by experts on the potential ofFrce Trade but this research had not been carried through to help Canadians debate the issue once the deal was stmck ]n this case the experts were at the front end of the project only At Meech Lake it was the other way around
With regards to Bill C-60 she warned that intellectuals and univershysities should wake up Although she said the 1924 copyright act was badly in need of change she claimed many of the changes would cause financial and administrative problems for universities affecting things like distance education exams art exhibitions photocopying and intershylibrary loans In this case the intellectuals have been Sitting apart from the process and not protecting their own interests
Although Senator Marsden conshycluded that she didnt know the solution she said that intellectuals must move collectively into the cen shytral life of Canada and develop a closer relationship with the politicians to create better public policy
Sena tor Marsden turned her speakers fee back into the proceeds
RETIRED ECONOMICS PROFESSOR DIES
Wilda Blacklock and Senator Lorna Marsden
from the dinner which will fu nd a CSS graduate student scholarship The CSSAlumniAssociation now presents five annual undergraduate scholarshyships to social science snldents
An announcement of the estabshylishment of rhe Wilda Blacklock graduate scholarship in sociology was also made Wilda earned her BA and honors BA in 1973 and 1975 while working as a secretary in the Departshyment ofSociology and Anthropology She resigned from the Department to study for her MA which she earned in 1978 She then renlrned to the Department as computer co shyordinator retiring in January The scholarship was established in honor of her service to the Department and to graduate studems over the years In her thank you speech she said Its not so bad getting old if we can leave something to the young
Retired Economics Professor Jack Madden died March 14 1988 in Guelph at 68
Born in leeds England and raised in Winnipeg Dr Madden served overshyseas with the RCAF from 1939 to 1945 After the war he received his BA from the niversity of Manitoba his MA from the niversity of Toronto and his Ph D from Cambridge University
He began teaching at Guelph in 1965 He was a founding faculty member of Wellington College and a member of Senate He was also actively involved in health care planning at both the regional and federal level and served as economic advisor to the Hall Commission on Health Services
In 1974 Dr Madden received the
Ontario Confederation of niversiry Faculty Associations teaching award and in 1983 he received the University ofGuelph Faculty Association college award
The Jack Madden Medal in Econoshymic History is presented annually to a Semester 8 student who has mainshytained the highest grades in that subject
Dr Madden retired from the Unishyversity inJanuary 1985 but continued to teach part-time at the Universities of Guelph and Toronto
He is survived by his wife Andrea and four children
Donations may be madc in his memory to The Jack Madden Memorial Fundand forwarded to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development
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SABBATICAL FULFilLS SCIENTIFIC DREAMS FOR HUSBAND-WIFE RESEARCH TEAM
Ahusband and wife teanl of Guelph biologists Professor Eugene Balon and Dr Christine Flegler-Balon have returned to the University after an eight-month sabbatical at the )LB Smith Institute of Ichthyology and Rhodes niversity Grahamstown South Africa They introduced a new type of research design to institute staff while studying the early deveshylopment of several fish species
The Balons received a Rhodes University Hugh Kelly Fellowship and grants from the Departmem of National Education and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
While in Grahamstown they made a comparative study of the developmiddot ment of two species oftilapine cichlids and of a ciarias Gltfish These species are common in aquacu lture although no detailed observations of their development had been made prior to this study
One of the fish we were obselVing Oreocbromis mossambicus (preshyviously known as Tilapia mossamshybica) is a mouthbrooder the other Tiapia rencalli lays its eggs on the substrate and guards tbem and the young as they develop explained Dr Flegler-Balon We wanted to test a theory on altricial-prccocial altershynatives developed earlier in Guelph says Professor Balon
InJune a conference on Alternative Life History Styles (ALHS) in organshyisms was held in Grahamstown and the Balons were among 12 invited foreign speakers
The Balons also participated in thrilling expeditions into the interior ofBotlWana by small plane observing the amazing landscape of the Karoo Kimberley diamond mines and Kalahari Desert The Kalahari absorbs all the waters of the large Okavango River which flows from Angola and forms a magnificent inland delta
I can bardly believe that I have seen the papyrus flats and channels the fishes and wildlife and in addition have met Tsodillo Hill bushmen and
Professor Eugene Balon and Dr Christine Regler-Balon bave returned to the University from an eXciting eight month sabbatical
have seen the recently discovered rock paintings of their ancestors says Dr Flcgler-BaLon The altricial bushmen are one of the important features in the tested ALHS theory
Okavango the last paradise is soon to be lost by diversion of waters via canals for the new dian10nd mines in the Kalahari and cattle ranching TIle
JLB Smith Institute is involved in desperate ecological studies
The Balons along with Instirute director Mike Bruton and scientist Robin Swbbs participated in an expedition to the Comoro Islands home of the coelacanth nicknamed old four legs the only living member ofa group representing the evolution of all terrestrial vertebrates ll1ey intelViewed coelacanth fishermen and measured eight specimens tvo of which are the largest so far recorded They also took samples from the fish communities of a river on Anjouan from its volcanic slopes over 15shymetre high waterfalls to its entry into the coelacanth sea They joined up with the yacht Metoka carrying a submersible and wert first to view the films taken from this submersible ofcoelacanths moving in their natural habitat Professor Balon conveys excitement as he describes thc slow motion flight-walk of this fascinating creaturc When the Balons realized how threatened this living fossil is they established the Coelacanth ConselVation Council The newsktter of this council will be published in Professor Balons international journal Elluironmental Biology ofFishes
TOUR MARINE BIOLOGY LABORATORY DURING ALUMNI WEEKEND
The CBS Alumni Association has added something new to its program of activities during Alumni Weekend this year A LOur of the Marine Biology Laboratory (Zoology Annex 2) wiU be conducted by faCility supelVisor Ted White CBS 78 The tour will follow the guided walk at Elord Gorge and picnic lunch at Biology House on June 18 at 1 30 pm Marine and Fisheries grads can reminisce while others can discover one of the hidden attractions of these programs at Guelph
Last years picnic saw the rerurn of a group of Micro 82 grads who took advantage of the Alumni Weekend festivities to send classmate Rick Clark off to his new job at King Faisal Research Centre and Specialist Hosshypital in Riyadh Saudia Arabia
While such auspicious occasions are bound to be infrequem yOll could make plans to get together with the old gang anyhow especially if yOll are a 1973 1978 or 1983 grad who has the extra motivation of a 15th 10th or 5th year reunion
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UNO ONE DESERVES IT MORE RESEARCH TECHNOLOG ST RECEIVES AWARD
By j anne Pengelly Public Relations and In fo rmation
Amost a quarter cemury of hard work late nights and long hours were recognized when research technoloshygist Uta Srrelive Zoology received Sigma Xis Support of Research Award Professor Roy Anderson chair of Zoology told the 70 people at the awards ceremony No one deserves it more
The local chapter of the scientific society Sigma Xi has only awarded the prize once before in 1985 It recognizes researchers who make a significant contribution to the societys goal of excellence in research but are seldom known to the research community at large
During her 22 years at the Univershysity Uta has taught the laboratory sections of LWO invertebrate zoology courses and helped more than 30 graduate students complete their theses She has co-authored several papers on neurotropic nematodes and is currently responsible for the day-to-day running of Professor Andersons parasitology lab where she works with graduate and undershygraduate students
Uta completed her undergraduate degree in textile research at the University of Gera East Germany In 1961 she came to Canada to join her parents and obtained a job in electron microscopy in the anatomy departshyment of the faculty of medicine ni shyversity of Saskatchewan She learned the basics in a field that was growing fast She did everything from preparing experimems to photographing and writing them up
She married became a mother and was widowed - all within three years of arriving in Canada After her husshyband died she wanted to be closer to her homeland Toronto had good job opportunities so she and the baby moved east just to make enough money to go to West Germany
At the Ontario Research Foundashytion where she went to look for a job Uta found Professor Anderson in the middle of an experiment The young
Uta Strelive with her Support of Research Award certificate
parasitologist was so engrossed in his work he didnt ask why she was there He just asked her to give him a hand When they were finished Uta had a job Later the same year Proshyfessor Anderson came to Guelph and Uta came along to run his lab
Utas nomination for the Sigma Xi award was supported by several proshy
fessors and many students I love the students and have a good rapport with them she says People ask ifl get bored but there are always new faces new problems new classifishycations new data to organize Parashysitology is a very exciting field because nothing ever stands still
Bird Carvings Uta is internationally known for
her magnificent wood carvings of birds Each carving takes about 100 homs work and sells for between $500 and pound1 000 She has won 28 awards since she started carving in 1981 including tlrst prize at the World Champ ionship Wildfowl Carving Competition in Maryland She had her first show in her own studio in Guelph last year
Carving could tum into a profitable retirement project for Uta Kaiser Porcelain in Germany has approached her about test marketing one of her birds
But Uta says her hours at the Univershysity are just as satisfying in their own vay When students recognize
theyve learned something thal is the biggest reward she says
More than 125 CBS students galbered for a Careers and Faclilty Night coshysponsored by the CBS Student Council and CBS Alumni Association in FebnUllJI Here Dr Dazrid Rodger CBS PhD 82 answers questions about his work in aquatic biology Other CBS alumni speakers included Petra Patczllr 82 who works with (be dezelopmental(v disabled Les StaHfield 81 a community adl isorfor the Commwzity Fisheries Involvement Program and julia Stanley Weille1~ 82 acting manager offhlishedproducts ill the hepatitis diagnostics division Connaught Laboratories Ltd
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SECOND VOLUME OF LM MONTGOMERY JOURNALS PUBLISHED
By Mary Dickieson Public Relations and Information
The second volume of ]be Selected j ournals ofLM Montgomery records the best and worst experiences in the life of one ofthe worlds most popular authors of childrens books Edited by Professor Mary Rubio English Lanshyguage and Literature and now-retired English professor Elizabeth Waterston the book is expected to repeat the popularity of Volume I which jumped to the best seller list immediately after its November 1985 release and is now in its second printing
Volume II covers 1910 to 1921 and records Montgomerys new life as a mother and wife of a minister in an Ontario village This is a varied and complicated period in which she has achieved world-wide acclaim and a following of readers devoted to her heroine Anne Shirley
Like Anne Montgomery revels in motherhood She also reveals her thoughts on the death of the grandshymother who restricted her life so severely and her feelings for a husband whose mental illness enslaved her in an increasingly unhappy marriage
During th is II -yea r period Montgomery produced four additional Anne novels and a book ofpoetry She initiated and won two bitter lawsuits against her first publisher in a fight
SCOTTISH COLLECTION EXPANDED
Prof essors Elizabeth Waterston and Mary Rubio with the second volume of The Selected journals of LM Montgomery
over the exploitation of women writers
Volume 11 contains more than 100 of Montgomerys own photographs including many of hcr two sons and scenes of Leaksdale the village where she kept up the facade of being a happy Presbyterian ministers wife
The First World War had a profound effect on village life and is a major theme in Montgomerys journal Six of her neighbors sons died and her beloved half-brother lost a leg
Professors Rubio and Waterston edited the handwritten journals at the request of the authors son the late Dr Stuart Macdonald who arranged for his mothers journals
The Scottish Collection in the Unishyversity Library has received a 525000 boost from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Counci l (SSHRC) moving it a step closer to becoming the major Canad ian centre for Scottish studies
The collection already includes Scottish manuscripts from the last three centuries many Scottish literary journals and some parish records from the late 18th and 19th centuries
The SSHRC grant will buy a collecshy
tion of Scottish newspapers from the late 19th and early 20th cennlries Sir Walter Scotts diaries and records of the Darien Company - the Scottish trailing company that caused financial ruin in Scotland when it went bankshyrupt in lhe early 18th cennlry
Emphasis in Scottish studies stems from Guelph faculty interests and the influence of Guelphs Scottish settlers and founder John Galt The Library collection is the largest in Canada and among the top five in the world
scrapbooks and other memorabilia to become part ofthe Mclaughlin Library archives
TIle remaining unedited journals cover the last 22 years of Montshygomerys life and include the devshyelopment of a new heroine Emily based on herself She obviou Iy saw her life as an ongOing story and one she wanted to teU Professor Rubio says They expect to publish a third and possibly a fourth volume
MONTGOMERY COLLECTION
EXPANDED
T he Lucy Maud Montgomery Collection in the University Library now includes the newsshypap rs the author read all her life This addition is being funded by a S10000 grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council ( SSHRC)
The Library collection already hal) Montgomerys cHaries and scrapbooks various published editions of her works in different languages 5000 photographs mostly taken by Montgomery herself some personal papers and a few artifacts including examples of her needlework and the china dogs she loved and wrote about in her books - Gog and Magog
The newspapers including microfiche records of Charshylottetowns ]be Island Patriot from 1892 to 1942 are a connecshytion with Montgomerys history that is valuable to researchers now says Acquisition Librarian Tim Sauer Montgomery continshyued to receive newspapers from her native province Prince Edward Island during the many year she lived in Ontario
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MAJOR CANADIAN THEATRE COLLECTIONS JOIN FORCES TO PRODUCE EXHIBITION
Putting It Back Together which opens May 21 at the Macdonald tewart An Centre in conjunction
with the Guelph Spring Festival represents the first time that major Canadian theatre collections have joined forces to produce a unique and timely exhibition about the preshyservation of our performing arts heritage The exhihition is curated and designed by Daniel Ladell ardlishyvist Stratford Festival with Len Conolly chair Department of Drama acting as associate curator
Putting II Back Together wi il educate and entertain But it also has an urgent message By shOWing what is being kept the exhibition conshyversely draws attention to what is being 10st and emphasizes the need to preserve the vast remainder of Canadas performing arts heritage
Confirmed lenders to the exhibition include The Canadian (Opera) Company Archives Dance Canada Danse The Metropolitan Toronto
DRAMA REUNION HELD
Over 100 former drama students attended a reunion at the Cutten Club in Novemher It was a roaring success says HarryLane acting chair Department of Drama and one of the organizers of the event This was the second drama reunion in five years and Professor Lane hopes a third can be organized in another five years
Several alumni speakers were feashytured during the reunion dinner including the well-known Canaclian stage deSigner Sue lePage Arts 73 who is designing Richard III for the Stratford Festival this year Professor Donald Mullin was presented with an Irish lead crystal bowl circa 1800 as a retirement gift after 20 years with the Department of Drama A dance followed clinner
If you would like to know about future drama reunions or other Department ofDrama events contact Marlene Neal at ( 519) 824-4120 ext 3147
Library Theatre Collection The National Ballet Ardtives The Public Archives of Canada (Social and Culshytural Archives) The Stratford Festival Archives and the Theatre Arcl1ives of the University of Guelph It is hoped that major collections in other regions will agree to participate giving the project more national scope
The exhibition is specifically designed for louring It leaves Guelph July 10 and will be at the Gallery Stratford from September 9 to October 16 Other venues in Canada and a projecLed international tour are under negotiation
PuttingItBack Togetberwill feature
rare printed phowgraphic and manushyscript materials and Lhree-dimenshysional and design materials (such as renderings set models costumes and properties ) These customarily comprise theatrical xhibitions but this exhibit will also feature audioshyvisual recordings and a special handsshyon computer module showing how modern technology is creating new forms of documentation and making these collections accessible to a wider public than ever before
Putting It Back Togetber is proshyduced hy the Stratford Festival Archives in collaboration with the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre
NEW CHAIR HOPES TO CARRY ON JOHN BELLS TRADITION
When Professor Manfred Kremer assumed the chair of the Department of L1nguages and Literatures last fall he knew it wouldnt be easy to follow in the footsteps of his close friend Professor]ohn Bell who had died the previous spring
John was one of the -niversitys finest teachers and is sorely missed says Professor Kremer I hope I can carry on the tradition of excellence that was his hallmark
Enrolment in Languages and Litershyatures one of the largest departments in the College ofArts has been steady for the past decade with 1300 to 1400 students a semester
With the help of his colleagues Professor Kremer is revising the currishyculum ofsome programs The French Studie section is investigating the establishment of a masters program in co-operation with other univershysities With more than half the departments enrolment in the French progranl the student base is broad enough to justify a masters program he says Guelph already works jointly with Wilfrid Laurier Western and Windsor universities in mooing a French Studies program in Nice France
Professor Manfred Kremer
Professor Kremer received his undergraduate degree and PhD degrees at the University of Cologne in West Germany He taught at the
niversity of Wales for a year before coming to Guelph as a lecturer in 1966
Editors Note The John Bell -Memorial Fund will provide an annual scholarship to a student majoring in Classics Donations can be sent to the Office of the dean College ofArts Income tax receipts will be issued
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ALUMNI HONORED AT CHEMISTRY IBIOCHEMISTRY
AWARDS NIGHT
Martin Bosch CPS 69 MSe 7J ( left) andPrOfessor Hamish Rattray chair of the University Awards Committee chat during the 1987 annual Chemistry mul Biochemistry awards night
Aumni were in the spotlight when the Department of ChemistI) and BiochemistI) and the Chemistry Biochemistry Club held their 1987 annual dinner and awards night recently
1987 graduates Dorothy Bakker (chemistry) Karen Graham (chemical tOXicology) Donna (Fackoury) Meagher ( applied chemistry) and Lauretta Williams (biochemistry) each received a Society of Chemical Industry Merit Award
Dorothy now studying medicine at McMaster University said The Guelph semester system and deshymanding undergraduate workload gave me the ability and confidence to be well organized in high pressure situations
Karen who is pursuing pharmashy
cology and toxicology studies at the University of Toronto commented that Guelph offered a tremendous toxicology program and said she would have stayed to do her graduate work at Guelph had it offered a graduate toxicology program
Donna a full-time research assistant for Mc eil Consumer Produc ts Company and winner of the EB Mac aughtOn Convocation Prize as the Winegard nominee for 1987 reflected on her studies at Guelph saying My four yCdfS at Guelph helped me develop skills I require to fmd answers
Lauretta who also received the CPS Graduation Prize and prestigious NSERC 1967 Science Scholarship said her undergraduate training at Guelph prepared me with a very solid foundation and competitive edge for graduate studies and encouraged me in the joy oflcarning and desire to study She now attends York University
Brock Chittim CPS MSc 77 pre shysident and general manager of Wellington Laboratories Guelph presented Joanne Ryks with the newly established WeUington Laboratories Prize in Environmental Chemistry
Martin Bosch 69 MSc 71 preshysident of Tricorp Chemical Speci shyalities Guelph announced the new Tricorp Chemical Specialties Award in organiC chemistry The first presentation of this annual scholarship of S I 200 will be made in 1989
Dr Lind Mrs Harold Suderman presented H] Suderman Demonstrashytor Awards to PhD students Clint Chapple CPS 82 MSc 84 and Carl Decicco CPS 84 for their excellent work in teaching undergraduate lahoratories
Thirty-two additional awards were presented to undergraduate students for their outstanding efforts in 1987
Professor Innes MacKltnzie Physics chats with Dr Steve Berko Brandeis f
University Waltham Mass one Of the speakers at a sympOSium held in Professor MacKenzies honor
PROFESSOR HONORED
November was quite a month for Professor Innes MacKenzie Physics
first he received the 1987 Sigma Xi Excellence in Research Award for his outstanding contribution to re shysearch The award was presented at the Guelph chapter of Sigma Xi s annual banquet At the chapters annual meeting Professor MacKenzie presented the lecture Non-invasive Analyses by Gamma-ray BackshyscatteJing
Later in November a symposium New Demands on Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy wai organized by Proshyfessor MacKenzies research assoshyciates The symposium held at the University in Professor MacKenzies honor featured ten speakers from rhe United States Canada Africa England and Finland A banquet and reception followed in the evening
Professor MacKenzie is now retired but continues to do research at the University as an adjunct professor
NAMED TO STATS INSTITUTE
Professor Hendrick Malik Mathematics and Statistics has been elected a member of the International Statistical Institute in recognition of his contribushytions to the field of statistical methods TIle institute is an autonomous society whose obshyjective is the development and improvement of statistical methods throughout the world
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LEADING CANCER RESEARCHER DELIVERS FIRST CHAPPEL LECTURE
Anoted medical scientist in cancer research delivered the inaugural address in a new lecture series on campus - the Chappel Lecture in Biomedical Sciences
Dr Harry Rubin spoke February 4 the night before winter convocation ceremonies at which he received an honorary doctor of science degree Dr Michael Smith a leading Canadian molecular biologist also received an honorary degree at winter convoshycation
The Chappel Lecture will be an annual event on campus bringing scholars of international repute to address students faculty and the public It was established by Dr
D1~ Harry Rubin hooded by Umversity secretay Barbara Abercrombie is congratulatedby Chancellor William A Stewart
CLifford 1 Chappel OVC 50 and hLi wife in memory ofhis father Herbert James Chappel and was hosted in its first year by OVe
Dr Rubin began his work in the area of viruses in Mexico after gradu shyating from Cornell University as a veterinarian in 1947 He later joined the S Public Health Service became senior research fellow at the California Institute ofTechnology and has held several research pOSitions at the ni shyversity of California Berkeley where he is now professor of molecular biology and research virologist He is known for his contributions to the field of cell growth regulation and malignanqr
Dr Rubins lecture Is Cancer Caused by Cancer Gerzes or the Folly ofReductionism explored popular theories of cancer-causing genes
OVC GRAD WORKS TOWARD BILINGUAL EDUCATION IN CANADA
Dr Susan (Tilt ) Purdy OVC 68 strongly believes that Canada can be a bilingual nation To that end he is serving as national president of Canadian Parents for French (CPF) a 16500-mcmber nation-wide volunshytary association of parents intere ted in promoting the best possible french second language programs at all educational levels
CPF acts as an information-sharing resource for parents educators governments and the general public on French education opportunities in Canada Sue says it is a unique organization because it represents the majority language group advoshycating the language of the minority and thus is a bridge between the two solitudes
Sue moved to New Brunswick after graduation from OVC and practised veterinary medicine in Moncton with her husband Dr James G Purdy OVC 50 until 1974 when they sold their hospital and moved ro Sackville Presently Sue is in small animal prac shytice with her husband in Sackvillc on
Susan (Tilt) Pu-dy OVC 68 sbaresa conversation with Fernand Robichaud MP for West Moreland Kent (left) and DIberville Fortier CommissionerofOffidaI Languages at the 10th anniversary ofCanadian Parents for Frerzch in 1987
a limited part-time basis as she serves her second year as CPF president
Sue became involved in educational issues and joined CPF 10 years ago when her two children started school Now n and 16 both children are enrolled in continuing French immershyion programs and Sue says shes satist1ed that she has given them the
best start she can at becoming bilinshygual J now devotc most of my time to ensuring that other Canadian hildren have a right and opportunity
to learn both of Canadas official languages in the public school sysshyteOl she explains
Sue ha fond memories of Guelph and her fellow students at OVC in the sixties Our paths have continued to cross over the years and I always look forward to such encounters she says Although I am not lIsing my formal training a great deal at the moment the education I received at Guelph has fitted me well for the advocacy role I play poundOday My only wish is that [ could have graduated a bilingual veterinarian - but alas those were different times That is why I work so hard to ensure future graduates from all our universities will not be Limited to expression in only one language
Editors Note Ifyou would like more illformation about CPF write to 309 Cooper Street Suite 2OJ Ottawa Ontalio K2P OG5
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OVC GRAD FOUNDS WORLD WOMENS VETERINARY
ASSOCIATION DrBetsy McGregor OVC 87 didnt expect to become president of the worlds ftrst association for professhysional women veterinarians when she auended her first World Veterinary Congress in Montreal last summer But when she discovered that the only female vet group the womens auxiliary was not designed to address specific professional issues for women vets she invited interested women to a meeting Sixty-eight women from 24 countries attended When the meeting was over Betsy had been elected founding president of the World Womens Veterinary Associashytion (WWV A) and a set of objectives had been struck
Career enhancement is the core objective The WWVA will promote awareness of professional opportunishyties for women veterinarians on difshyferent continents and within the United ations international agencies A quarterly WWVA Newsletter will list such opportunities around the world
The WWVA is also committed to professional and personal developshy
ment through practice exchanges betshyween countries university visits leave opporrunities and house exchanges For example the founding member fro m Kenya suggested hOliday or academic exchanges between her colleagues in Africa and women veterinarians interested in wildlife The iWVA Newsletter will contain a listing of members wishing to partishycipate in s1lch exchanges
Above all the WWVAis committed to a humanitarian contribution to international agriculture About half of the 24 countries represented in the Asso ciation are developing nations Recognizing that in many of these countries women contribute signiftcantly to livestock production the WWV A wants to provide support to these women who because of cultural constraints may not have the same access to services as men To this end Betsy contacted the president of the Associated Country Women of the World Dr Ellen McLean also a Canadian The two organizations will work as affiliates in international aid projects to deliver livestock and
Dr Betsy McGregor ove 87 and son at last years convocation ceremonies
veterinary medical care to Third World nations
Following a masters degree in rural farming systems from McMaster -nishyversity Betsy worked for the United Nations Food and Agr icultural Organization around the world during the 1970s She returned from overseas and commenced studies at OVC in the 1980s Upon graduation she worked as a special assistant to OVC Dean Ole ielsen co -ordinating OVCs international programs She is currently working as a eterinarian with Agriculture Canada
For more information about the WWVA contact Betsy at PO Box 6069 Station J Ottawa K2A ITl
OVC STUDENTS HOST FIRST CONFERENCE The first Canadian Veterinary Stushydents Conference hosted by OVC in January was a big success according to OVC student Andrea Ellis president of the Central Vcterinary Students Association (CVSA)
There is a student conference in the United States but the Canadians get lost in the crowd We decided it was a good time being OVCs 125th anniversary in 1987 to have something right in our own backyard Andrea explains
The OVC snldent council of the CVSAhad been preparing since Mar h 1987 for the two full days of scientific
sessions and recreational events About 60 students and faculty attenshyded from the Atlantic Veterinary College University of Prince Edward Island the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Montreal St Hyacinthe and the Western College of Veterinary Medicine niversity of Saskatchewan Attendance from avc students ranged from 180 to 300 depending on the event
OVC has always had a FrenchshyEnglish student exchange with St HyaCinthe and we knew there was enthusiasm in the West because they talked for years about organizing a hockey tournament But we were
really surprised by the Atlantic Veterinary College Their school has only been operating a few years and out of about 96 students 19 came to conference says Andrea
A conference fund has now been set up and will be administered by the Students of the Canadian Vetershyinary Medical Association n1e conshyference location will be rotated among the four colleges with St Hyacinthe probably hosting next year says Andrea Weve been told that weve started something big Everyone had a really good time and we hope the conference will continue for a long tinle
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DR IAN TAYLOR DOING HIS ullONS SHARE Dr Ian W Taylor avc 43 of Wheeling Illinois puts enthusiasm into everything he does [ figure if Im going to do it Im going to be enthusiastic he was quoted recently in a local newspaper article
As OVC class of 43 president Ian co-chaired the 40th reunion of his class at Alumni Weekend in 1983 along with Dr Archie MacKinnon He acted as master of ceremonies for the program and arranged a display of memorabilia Fourteen out ofa possishyble 31 members of the class were present
TIlis year [an is pushing for 100 per cent attendance at the 45th reunion during Alumni Weekend Perfect attendance is something Ian knows about
He has served the community of Wheeling as a veterinarian for over 30 years Although most of his work has been with dogs cats and a few birds he has also dedicated a great amount of time to lions - bUl nol the four legged kind He recently received
GOOD EWES Three sets of genetically identical lambs are the first anio1aJs bom from bisected embryos at the University
]n December six surrogate ewes delivered nine lambs - three sets of twins and three singles - that had developed from embryos micro shysurgically bisected and implanted five months earlier
Project leader Dr Calhy Gartley ove 82 now completing a DVSc degree in the Department of Clinical Studies says the accomplishment is a milestone for the University
1 find it exciting that these are the first genetically identical animals created and born at the University of Guelph she says They represent the first ofmany such twins in several species that University researchers hope to soon realize
Besides maximizing embryo use this project demonstrates the potenshytial to create Significant numbers of
Dr Ian Taylor OVC 43 with some of the hundreds ofpins hehas collected on visits to Lions CLubs a1(mnd the world
a special award from the International Lions Club for exemplary work in lhe field of international relations He has attended Lions Club meetings in 57
Twin lambs Mutton and jeff who began life as the same embryo am shown with Dr Cathy Gartley avc 82 under the watChful eye of their sutTOgate mothet Q2
genetically identical aninlals that are vital for consistent research results
Dr Gartleys project is supported by the Ontario Ministry ofAgricu Iture and Food (OMAF) and the Eleanor Gartshore Memorial Shnp Trust
different countries and hasnt missed a monthly meeting in 29 years
He has served the Wheeling Club as preSident newsletter editor and public relations chairnlan and has twice been named Lion of the Year In 1982he received tbe MeJvinJones Fellowship award for dedication to humanitarian services and recently he was recognized by a resolution in the Illinois House of Representatives for his Lions Club work He says his greatest pleasure is watching the joy that d isabled children get from a Lions-sponsored camp in Lake Villa each year He has been involved in ftmd-raising for the disabled which is the Lions main objective both locally and abroad
Ian would like to hear from alumni who are members of Lions Intershynational to exchange information and souvenirs used by the clubs throughout the world of Lionism He would also like his OVC class of 43 members to immediately send back the questionnaires mailed to them by the Alumni Office in December for the purpose of producing a class anniversary newsletter These may be sent [0 him at 7695 Milwaukee Ave Wheeling lllinois 60090 or to Dr Archie MacKinnon RR 4 Cambridge Onto 1R 555
SPEAKERS TOUR
The OVC Alumni Association invites alumni to hear two dynashymic guest speakers and tour the Equine Research Centre during Alumni Weekend June 18
Dr Bruce Fogle OVC 70 of London England practitioner and author will speak on The Changing Role Of the Veterinshyarian in SmallAnimalPractice and Dr Brian Brandenburg OVC 68 M Sc 71 president of Guelph International Developshyment Consultants will speak on Veterinary Medicine in the Third World
The progranl will conclude with a dinner and dance
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FROM THE PRESIDENT
While writing this message at the end ofJanuary I realize the mid-point of this years board of directors acti shyvities has arrived I reflect on two goals I set at our annual meeting last June to evaluate our contact with Mac-FACS alumni and increase memshybership in our alumru association
Upon graduation you do not autoshymatically become a member f the Mac-FACS Alumni Association You become a member by paying an annultll or life membership fee This money helps the board ofdirectors carry out activities on your behalf for both students and aluo1ni
At (he January board meeting we discussed the services our Association provides Our visibility with students is quite high through schOlarship presentations careers night and a reception for the graduating class Our services to alumni may need to be redefined What would you like us to provide orgaruze or sponsor
Our annual seminar was cancelled in October 1986 due to a lack of registrants Should we attempt to organize another
LOnYline Holding 71
Your board wants to increase its ConLlct with a greater number ofyou Where and when would you like us to be active7 What projects would you like us to consider
Please send your comments to us at Alumni House University ofGuelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2Wl Also why not come to our 1988 annual meeting June 18 J hope to hear from you soon
Sincerely Lorraine Holding 71 MacmiddotFACS Alu m ni As ociation President
FACS students Suzie Chin and Tracey Vent chat with Barb Stuart FAGS 71 faculty representative on the Mac-FACS Alumni Association s board Of directors at the annual party for graduating students hosted by the Assodation in February Sixty-five students 15 board members and several faCUlty members attended this yems party
CALLING ALL HOME
ECONOMISTS Towards 2000 Challenges and Opportunities is the theme of the Canadian Home Economics Associashytion (CHEA) National Conference at the Univer-ity July 10-13 The conshyference will be of intere t to alumni who graduated in programs related to family and consumer studies foods and nutrition home economics or human ecology
CHEA with a membership of2000 is committed to provide professional development for its members through programs workshops and special interest sessions A major part fits mandate is to create an awareness of new products and services in the market place
Frank Feather a well-known global futurist with a business-like approach will be the keynote speaker at the CIlEA conference He will address the challenges and opportunities of the future Dr Ehler Park a consultant with A5A willexplainhowplanning for outer _pace affects everything from the food we eat to how children will play
Other topics at the conference will include artificial vs natural sweetshyeners issues of an aging population space-age textiles SMART house - a totally computerized environment human sexuality free trade and agri shycu lture food irrJdiatjon and financ ial p lanning
Well-known Canadian entertainer Nanlt-Y White whose satirical songs arc often heard on CBC radio will perform following the opening ceremonies
Many pre and post-conference actishyvities are planned including trips to the Stratford Festival Niagara-on-theshyLake and Niagara Falls Waterloo County ( Farmer Market ) and the village of Elora
The conference offers an excellent opportunity for professional deveshylopment and networking For more information contact Wilda Waldron registration chair CHEA Conference 88 168 Maple Street Guelph Ontario N I G 2G7 ( 519) 836-9551
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FACS GRAD FINDS HEART IN THE ARTS
I ts strange how things work Ollt
Im glad r received a well-rounded education at Guelph It prepared me for th e future reflects Eva Eichenbaum FACS 75
Eva is one often Niagara Peninsula poets featured in Voices from the Niagara a book of local poems colshylelttcd by Pcter and Brenda Baltensperger and published in 1987 ( Moonstone Press 8795 )
Reviewing the book in the Hamilton Spectator John Terpstra writcs Thcre are some very good poems here and a few are standouts I especia lly enjoyed those of Eva Eichenbaum and David Haskins
Eva was born in Sweden the daughter of Estonian refugees who escaped their homeland during the Second World War She camc to Canada with ber family at age two and grew up in Niagara Falls where she attended Stamford Collegiate and won the Upper Scbool English Award at graduation
After a year of travel in 1969 as Miss iagara Hospitality for the Niagara
Promotion Association she enrolled at the University of Guelph to earn a Bachelor of Applied Science degrce and also took some courses at the
niversity of Helsinki Finland She then earned her Bachelor of Education degree at the College of Education Brock n iversity St Catharines and now teaches English and Television Arts at Merritton High School in that city
She started her career in education as a Family Studies teacher and was once head of the Family Studies Department at Merritton but found that her heart was really in English and the creative arts She used to teach theatre arts and also formed the Merriuon High School Dance Commiddot pany Sht teaches ballet and has written several musical comedies for her theatre and dance students
I got the idea for the style and format of the musicals fro m College Royals Curtain Call at Guelph I had a role in the production Der Keller a take-off on Cabaret in my final year she explains
NEW CHAIR TO BROADEN FOCUS IN
CONSUMER STUDIES Teaching and research in the Department ofConsumer Studies has focused on consumer affairs particushylarly consumer behavior and the basic necessities - food clothing and housing New department chairJohn Pratschke sees a need to review and perhaps expand this focus
Professor Pratschke says he was drawn to Guelph because of his interest in consumer economics The University has one of the few departmiddot ments in Canada with a consumer emphasis He plans to preserve the departments unusual linking ofsocial SCience business and technology but broaden the rangt ofstudy to include other products and services important
to the budgets of Canadian house shyholds
The employer market is happy with Consumer Studies graduates says Promiddot fessor Pratschke but there is a need for better communication about the program w ith secondary school stushyden ts We must get across the message that marketing is an inter shyesting challenge and that the program is professionally oriented without lOSing its base in product technology
Born in Ireland Professor Pratschke received his bachelor of commerce master ofeconomic science and PhD at University College Cork He has taught at the University of Waterloo University College Ga lway and
Eva EiclJenbaum FACS 75
Five of Evas poems are featured in tht 63 middotpage Voices f1Om the Niagara and she has donated a copy of the book to the University Lihrary She has also had poems published in Souldust and Pearls Sixth Edition ( Moonstone Press) and There Is a book productd by the Niagara Chapter of the Canadian Authors Association In the future she hopes to take some tinle out from teaching to study broadshycasting
PrOfessorjohn Pratschke
Memorial University Newfoundland He has published widely on the economics ofconsumer expenditures and on European housing policy agrimiddot culture banking and business education
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Mike Traub HAF-A 78 general manager Victoria Place Retirement Lodge Kitchenel discusses his career with a group ofstudents at the HAFA Alumni Assodatiolls annual Careers Night held on campus in January Thirty-seven alumni involved in a vanmiddotety ofcareers volunteered their time to the popular event
HAFA ALUMNI EXCHANGE SEMINAR HELD
Nancy Plato FACS 81
FACS PEOPLE Naney Plato FACS 81 ( Consumer Studies ) the new OAC liaison coshyordinator will acquaint high school students and guidance counsellors with opportunities in the agricultural sciences at Guelph
Enrolment at OAC has declined over the past few years and _ aney will work at increasing student numbers through recruitment and marketing
The position ofliaison co-ordinator is a new one for OAe Nancy says one of her main objectives is to broaden the understanding high school stushydents have ofGuelphs programs She plans to use her well-rounded view of agriculture and its related proshygrams combined with her recruitshyment experience
Nancy is back in Guelph from a position in secondary school liaison at Mount Royal College Calgary She is married to Paul Thiel OAC 82 and is an active member of the Mac-FACS Alumni Association board of directors
Professors Kathleen Brown Lila Engberg and Griffith Morgan have all retired from the Department of Family Studies Professor Elizabeth Upton HAFA will retire in July
Professor John Auld Consumer Studies has produced the Human Settlements Audio-Visual Resources Catalogue It is published by the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Warren Adamson vice-president development Delta Hotels gave the keynote address What is the Canadian Tourism Industry Anyway at the annual HAFA Alumni Exchange Seminar held November 4 at the DelL Chelsea Inn Toronto
This professional development event was sponsored by the HAFA
MOllica Hrybko HAFA 88 (left) received Ci HAFA AlumniAssociation Life Membership from Association president Morag McKenzie 82 The membership is given to a graduating student as selected by his or her peers with a minimum 70 per cent accumulative average who has had outstanding involvement ill the School andor University
Alumoi Association in co-operation with Pannell Kerr Forster lL gave lIAFA grads an opportunity to listen to experts in the field speak 00 various topical hospitality issues including pay equity the human resource risis trends in the hotel and foodservice industry and business planning
CONFERENCE
In Search of Healthy Sexuality
June 13-15 1988
The University of Guelphs 10th an nual sexua li ty conference sponshysor d byThe Department of Fami ly Studies wil l examine current issues in human sex u lily tea hing approaches in sexducation and counse llin g m thod for sexual problems
Keynote Ad dress by Dr Ruth Westheimer
For further info rmation write Co ntinu ing Education Di ISlon Univers ity of Guelph Gu Iph
nta ri N 1 G 2W1 or telephone (5 19) 824-4120 ex 3956
Registration Limit d Apply early
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OAC ALUMNI NEWS Editor Richard Buck 76A
OAC GRAD GIVES GIFT OF WATER TO THAI VILLAGERS
By janet Dumo
Water is not taken for granted in northeast Thailand Usually there is too little of it The sandy laterite soils do not hold water They crack and parch during the hot dry season Ponds shrink Streams and some wells dry up Even in the rainy season the rains are often late or insufficient and the rice crops wither in the fields
But sometimes there is too much water Heavy rains cause flash floods Which drown crops and wash pesti shycides and decaying organic matter into unprotected pit wells There is not enough clean drinking water to ensure good health
A CUSO priority in Thailand is to increase village self-sufficiency and improve the standard of living through the development ofsmall-scale water resources particularly in the north and northeast the poorest regions of the country CUSO engineers placed with departments of local adminisshytration survey and design small spillways dams and piped water systems They develop an under shystanding of indigenous water proshyblems and help viUagers develop water resource technology to deal with these problems
In most villages in Surin province the water is imprisoned under a 20shymetre thick layer of heavy clay comshypacted into red brick-like rock
Ed von Euw OAC 84 returned to Canada in December after two years as a CUSO water resources engineer in Surin While there he worked with two percussion water-jet well-drilling rigs one an Appropriate Technology Association ( A TA) rig originally used in India and Africa the other based on an indigenous village model
Ed found theATA rig needed modi shyfications to make it easier for villagers to operate Most important was the change from a hand to foot-powered lever which the villagers found much less exhausting to work But at $625 the ATA rig is expensive to buy and the Honda motor which pushes water
Ed von EllW and co-worker teaching pump maintenance ill Surin Thailand
down the hole to tlush out the soil and rock particles can use up to $4 of fuel a day
Ed spent several months looking at rigs used by Surin farmers and finally adapted a model from one used by Khun Hong of Muang Pet a village near Surin town Khun Hongs rig uses a pole and beam arrangement making it less durable and steady than the tripod form used in Eds adapted rig The new rig uses a hand-powered Lucky pump made in Taiwan and fanliliar to villagers
The Honda pump used in the ATA drilling rig must be repaired in town and a smaU repair may cost $10 while a repair to the Lucky pump can be done by villagers for less than a doUar Spare parts are available everywhere The drill bilS are made from truck springs in the same Surin shop that made the rig to Eds specillcations They cost only 96 ccors each as opposed to the S7-bits used in the ATA rig
Using smaller pipe and bit than the ATA rig Eds adapted rig drills more quickly through rock and is lighter and easier to use It requires only two people to ope(dte the foot lever The ATA rig requires four or five Eds rig cost $192 to make including pump and accompanying tools and can be constructed by villagers in a small weldingmachine shop if there is a demand for more
Eds rig was tested in Ban Se Jaruk on a site divined by a villager Working
intermittently the villagers went d wn 25 metres in one and a half weeks much of the time grinding through the red rock When water they were pumping down the hole suddenly disappeared and didnt come up again they were afraid they had damaged the rig But instead it was a sign of having broken into a vein of water which was now absorbing any other water poured down So water had been found delicious and abundant right behind the assistant headmans house
The Ban Se Jaruk well has been capped with a rower pump purchased from ATA for S17 The pump is based on a bamboo model used in fndia The tubewell pipe and pump are made of plastic - more acceptable than steel which gives the water an unpleasant taste
Ed carried out a four-month wellshydrilling project in co-operation with Khun Darune of the Northeast Thailand ( ET) Project Funded by the Canadian Internat ional Deve shylopment Agency and assisted by CUSO it is a rural development program in operation since 1981 in 52 villages along the Thai-Kampuchean border The villagers of Ban Se Jaruk elated with their initial success borrowed Eds rig to drill more wells In total seven rigs were built from Eds proto shytype and distributed to four other villages Over 100 successful wells have been drilled in the area to date
EdilO1-S NoteanetDuma is a CUSO special program officer in Malaysia Sbe bas worked as an Englisb teacber witb CUSO in fi)aiand andMaaysia
Ed von Euw a Stratford native graduated from Guelpb witb a BSc in engineering in December J984He llas 011 tbe deans bonor roll three times and received an engineering scbolarsbip in 1983 Before going overseas in November 1985 be workedfor Enllironment Canada as a bydrornettic engineer He is now studying f01 a masters degree in engineering at Guelph
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Professor Harold Crawford OAC 58 MSc 7 0
OAC PEOPLE ProfessorJohn Burton OAC 62 and Brian McBride CBS 78 OAC MSA 80 Department of Animal and Poultry Science have received $400000 from the Ministry ofColleges and niversities Research Incentive Fund for contract research in partnershyship with Cyanamid Canada Inc of Toronto They will examine the effecshytiveness of the hormone BST in increasing milk production in dairy cattle as well as any other effects of the agent
Gordon MacLeod OAC 50 has retired from the Department ofAnimal and Poultry Science after 31 years at the UniversityJohn Summers OAC 53 MSA 59 has also retired from the Department of Animal and Poultry Science after 25 years at the University
Harold Crawford OAC 58 MSc 70 who recently retired as coshyordinator of the Ontario Diploma in Horticulture Program Independent Study Division after 29 years at the University has received the Ontario Parks Association (OPA) recognition award for Significant contribution to the betterment of parks the proshyfession and the envirorunent through his work in continuing education He has been a member of the educational committee of the OPA for 14 years The Ontario Diploma in Horticulture program graduated its first students in 1963 and now has 500 alumni
Marilyn Dykstra OAC 78 is new director of the Universitys Pest
Marilyn Dykstra OAC 78
Diagnostic and Advisory Clinic The clinic is working at maximum capacity with marc than 30000 inquiries to its credit since it opened nine years ago says Marilyn It receives everyshything from live specimens of earwigs and spiders to diseased ornamentals and fruit and vegetable crops Most specimens come from home gar shydeners she ays but the clinic has a growing clientele among commercial growers landscape businesses and other industries Through its service and extension functions the clinic has accumulated a reference collecshytion of more than 10000 slides and specimens as well as a list of resource people from across campus
Dr R Keith (Chip) Chapman OAC 40 has retired from the Department ofEntomoJogy University of Wisconsin Madison following a distinguished areer spanning 40 years A two-day symposium was held in his honor last June and The R Keith Chapman Vegetable Entomology SchOlarship was established with funds collected in lieu ofa retirement gift He has also been named professor emeritus Attending the symposium and retirement recognition party in Madison were Keiths brothers Ross also OAC 40 and Douglas OAC 44 and sister Helen Stockwell a graduate of Macdonald College McGiJl Univershysity Montreal and OAC Dean Freeman McEwen
When Bruce Brown OAC 85 received his degree from former agri shyculture minister William A Stewart chancellor ofthe Universi tyofGuelph he asked what steps he could take to
Dr R Keith (Chip) Chapman andhis brother Ross both OAC 40
become the minister of agriculture and food Little did he know that two and a half years later he would be minister - if only for a day
In December he shared the duties of Ontarios minister Jack RiddeD OAC 57 as his prize for winning a public speaking contest at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Bruce who operates a Newcastle dairy beef and cash crop farm with his father spoke on the survival of the farm family in Ontario
ETHICS IN AGRICULTURE Ethical issues in agriculture such as animal welfare are generally debated from an emotional viewpoint Proshyfessor Frank Hurnik OAC PhD 71 Animal and Poultry Science and Pro shyfessor Hugh Lehman Philosphy are hoping to change that through the journal of Agricultural Ethics an international quarterly publication which offers a forum for discussing moral issues related to food and food production
We hope this publication will act as a bridge between those who philo shysophize about agricu ltural ethics and those actively involved in plant and animal use says Professor Hurnik Its a scholarly refereed journal but it wont be bogged down with speciashylized technical jargon As a result we believe it will be useful to the farm community and we expect leaders from that field will be contributors not just readers
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Professor Fredjelome and his wife Faye look over a catalogue of the Universitys art collection
ALOVEOFART Back in 1968 Fred N Jerome OAC 33 established a trust fund to purshychase art produced by promising young Canadian artists
I was a full professor then and I could afford to do it (set up a trust fund) I felt art deserved a little push and I wanted to see the niversitys art collection expand explains the now retired professor ofgenetics and poultry science at Guelph
Forty-two Canadian works have been purchased to date through lhe F - Jerome Trust Fund and a special exhibi t of these works will be featured at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre beginning Alumni WeekendJune 18 and continuing throughout the sununer
Professorjeromes personal favorite in the collection is Ken Danbys silkshyscreen The Skates
I like Danbys technique His work is almost as realistic as a color photoshygraph but you can still tell its a painting he explains
He is also fond ofDiego Drawing a lithography by Jack Chanlbers a London Ontario artist and Gene Chus delicate Spider Series
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre Director Judith Nasby says Fred Jerome has made an outstanding contribution to the growth of the Universitys Canadian art collection - one of the largest univer itycollecshytions in the province He has recogshynized the tremendous growth and vitality of the art community in Canada by specifying that works be purchased from young artists
A LOVE OF LI LI ES The expression lily white has little meaning for Bill Evans His favorite lilies are bright orange and yellow I like the ones that almost glow and catch your eye from 100 yards away says the retired Department of Horti shycultural Science professor
Professor Evans lilies are certainly eye-catching for anyone travelling north of Guelph on Highway 6 betshyween mid-June and mid-August Splashes of spectacular color glow from his field of lilies near Marden (behind the home of Marjorie and the late George Durnford ) - a welshycome surprise for those accustomed to seeing only the popular Easter white variety
Im obsessed with lilies admits Professor Evans who retired in 1985 after 28 years of researching phult breeding and teaching small fruit proshyduction at the University of Guelph ) like their variety and scope They are perennial plants that grow at different heights Some have flowers that face up some face down and some face out Some are trumpet shaped some have petals that curve back Some are scented and some are unscented
As a child Professor Evans grew flowers and vegetables in his parents big garden north of Calgary After six years in the army he enrolled at the
niversity of Alberta to study hortishycu lture During his second year in 1947 he began hybridizing lilies Following graduation he worked as a fruit breeder for the federal governshyment in Alberta for eight years before coming to Guelph in 1957 He conshytinued to breed and grow lilies at the
niversity and on plots of land that friends like Professor Ted Me inch (and now Mrs Durnford) let him use
The University has quite a history of lily breeding says Professor Evans The late Isabella Preston a lecturer at Guelph before Professor Evans time went on the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa and to world fame for her ornamental crabapples lilacs and lilies The late Jc Taylor a professor at Guelph was well-known for his lily breeding and introduced Professor Evans to many other breeders He
told me that my lilies needed more vigor and let me use some of his plants in my work
Professor Evans introduced three new varieties of lilies through the University and registered some of Professor Taylors They were marshyketed in the United States So far Professor Evans has had 17 varieties of lilies internationally registered Anyone can do this he says modestly You just write a full desshycription of the plant pick a name that hasn t been used before and send it to the Royal Horticultural Society in England prekrrably with a photo The new names are published every year
It s hard coming up with new nanles though says Professor Evans He has named some of his varieties after the area in which they were grown shyArkel Marden Gold Aberfoyle He named one after his granddaughter Bronwen and one after his wife Ethelwaite ( her first and maiden names ) She gets a thrill whenever she sees that name on a ( flower show) prize list somewhere he says
Pink and pastel lilies are Professor Evans speciality and his favorite is a variety he caBs Blusbing Maiden It has mauvey pink tips with a white centre
Professor Evans and his wife edH a newsletter three times yearly for the Ontario Regional Lily Society and Professor Evans has just ended a two year term as president of the North American lily Society He has judged at nower shows all over Canada and the nited States and will preside at an international show in Hamilton in July
Because of his hobby Professor Evans is enjoying retirement He spends about 25 hours a week on his lilies in the summer months During the off season he grows seeds and works on his records He is working on increasing the number ofvarieties including spotless ones ( most lilies have spots which are dominant ) He is pleased that some of his former students are now growing lilies entering shows and joining li ly societies
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RURAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT GRADS TO FORM ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
The University School ofRural Planshyning and Development ( USRPampD ) was inaugurated at Guelph in 1980
USRPampD is built on the strengths of past Guelph initiatives such as the Centre for Resources Development and the Rural Development Outreach Project It is formally recognized by the Canadian Institute of Planners and offers Masters level programs in rural planning rural development international rural development and resources management It is also actively engaged in research and community outreach
Recent research topics have in shycluded land availabi Iityfor agricu lture
local economic development strateshygies rural aging northern and native community plannjng and developshyment rural transportation computer applications in planning and deve shylopment and water and waste management to name a few This research was conducted throughout Canada and arollnd the world inshycluding Nepal Kenya Indonesia St Lucia Belize and Botswana
The outreach interests ofthe School are fully integrated with its teaching and research activities Recent out shyreach projects have included the Childcare Network Project for families in rural Wellington County an evaJu shy
ation of the rural development proshygrams ofa Jesuit mission in southern Ethiopia a heritage strategy for the Town of IngerSOll and a recreation needs assessment for Sault Ste Marie
Graduates of USRPampD as well as graduates of the former Centre for Resource Development are now being invited to form an alumni association to keep members updated on School activities their fellow alumni and issues concerning rural planning and development For further information contact Professor Harry Cummings USRampD University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N1G 2WI ( 519) 824-4120 ext 6783
JOIN YOUR OAC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NOW Did you know that as a graduate of OAC you are not automatically a member of the OAC Alumni Assoshyciation However anyone involved in a formal agricultural education at OAC ( past present or future ) is not only eligible to become a member but is encouragetl to do so
The OAC Alumni Association is a separate entity from the University of Guelph Alumni Association anti has specific responsibilities It awards
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ARTS Joanna Black 81 Ls aisistant direclOr curator The Marietta-Cobb Fine Arts Centre Marietta Georgia
Richard Hoffman 78 a Canadian Press journalist in Toronto is married pound0 Martine Bracey CBS 77
Laura Mezey-Hamid 82 administrative assistant to the vice-president of finance Penningtons Stores Umjted Toronto is married to Shaheed Hamid CSS 82
John Laurence (Stash) Stasiw 76 is marketing manager Philips Electronics Ltd Scarborough
Dirk Vanbattum 75 is vice-president Eddie May Mysteries Ottawa
CBS Michael Best 77 is a research technician Cross Cancer Institute Edmonton
GRAD NEWS EUzabeth Jane (Kempe) Coker 82 a resource worker CaJedon Parent-ChiId Centre Bolton is married to Dr Ted Coker OVC 87
Janet Ebanks 86 is a medical social worker Cayman overnment Health Sershyvices George Town Grand Cayman Cayman Islands British West Indies
Kevin Ferguson 80 supervisor of Outdoor Education for the Elgin County Board of Education married Suzanne Schmid BEd (Nipissing) 82 in April 1987 She works for the Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority They live near Aylmer
Michael Hackenberger 81 is president Canadian Zoological Systems Toromo
Heather Hattin 84 (HK) whose rowing accomplishments were featured in the winter 1987 issue ofthe GuelphAlumnus won Canadas first-ever gold medal in womens rowing in the double-scull event at the world championships in Copenhagen last summer
Cynthia (Porter)JefIrey 85 is studying for an MSc in Food Science at the University of Manitoba She is married to ScottJefIrey OAC 82 assistant professor ofAgncul tural Economics at the University of Manitoba They live in Winnipeg
Dr Gord Kennedy 85 senior chemist Union Carbine Corp Bound Brook New Jersey is married to Carrie Feaver CPS 84
Steven Kerr 77 is regional fisheries biologist Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources KemptviUe
Jim Lee 73 is director Research Services Min istry of Tourism Recreation and Culture Victoria BC
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Stephen Rabbetts 79 is a zookeeper Metro Toronto Zoo Wcsthill
Cathy Oohnson) Rewcastle 80 is a fur biologist Manitoba atural Rcsources Winnipcg
Brian Sntith 78 micro ~)Stcms manager Natural Sciences Centre The University ofWestcrn Ontario London is married to Debra Bond CSS 79
Bradly Veitch 86 is second brewer Wellington County Brewery Guelph
Michael Wade 87 is responsible for aquaculture programs at Kpong Farms Volta River Authority Akuse Ghana the site of a major hydro-electric installation
P Allen Woodliffe 76 is the first and only district ecologist with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Chatham Districr He is married to Marie Gedcke FACS 75 and has a son Timothy TIl y Jive in Rondeau Provincial Park here Allen was park naturalist for 10 years before moving to the Chatham office
CPS Dr Syed Ahmed 87 is assistant proshyfessor Departme nt of Statistical and AClUarial Sciences University of Western Ontario London
Susan (Bishop) GraJ1am R3 a fourth year medical student Faculty ofMcdicinc University of Toronto is marri ed fO Don Graham CSS 83 CBS MSc 87 who is a ftl ll-time parent to their threc-year-old twins
Robert Lake 77 a self-employed conshysulting geolOgist is married to Susan Kay OAC 77 a human relations specialist with Petro Canada They live in Calgary
Robert Whitehead 79 is a mi ncr Denison Mines Ell iot Lake
Caroline (Carly) Williams 85 is a software engineer Wild Leitz Canada Toronto
CSS John Babcock 8 is special cabinet assistant Office of Minister of State (Forestry and Mines ) Ottawa
Jana Fie MA 87 i a neuropsychological associate Brazos Valley Rehabilitat ion Center Bl)an Texas
Danny Leung R6 is news submiddoteditor Asia Television Limited Hong Kong
Allison (Shaughnessy) Scanlan 84 production supervisor G I of Canada shyTruck Assltmbly Oshawa is mlITied [() Michael Scanlan 84 directo r of pur hasing Arbor Capital Rltsources
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Patricia Sorbam 80 is executive assisshytant to the Ontario Minister of Energy Toronto
G Llewellyn Watson MA 70 a proshyfessor at the University of Prince Edward Island has written a texthook Dilemmas and Contradictions in Sucial 7beor) published by University Press of America
Terry Wright 76 is account manager John Logan National Leasing Bramptoll
MAC-FACS Marie (Tomelin) Cowlin 78 is brand manager Distillers Co Canada Ltd Toronto
Debbie Foster MSc 87 is medical coshyordi natorsex educator Youth Clinical Services Inc Down~view
Marilyn (Shirley) Goodwin 75 MSc 77 a research officer for CSC Ottawa h ma rricd to Fred Goodwin HAFA 75
Margaret (CJark)Jordan 82 manager Agricultural Employment Services Cmada Farm Iabour Pool Newmarkct is married to BrianJordan OAC 81
Margo (Payne) Langan 83 marketing communications co-ordinator Moore Response Technologies Mississauga is married toJohn Langan CBS 75
Nancy (Howard) Martin 81 senior contract managemcnt officer Consumer Products and Trtffic Management Brmch DepartJllent of Supply and Service~ Hull Que is marriltd to Phillip Martin CBS ( HK) 82
Helga (Strenzke) McDonald 84 public relations officer Centrilia Collegc Huron Park is married to Ian McDonald OAC 83
Marilyn Sewell-Kelley 78 is agriculshytura l health and safel) comiddotordinacor Rural Organizations and Services Branch OMAF Guelph and lives near Paris
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Martin Bohl 85 is policy advisor OMAJ Toronto
Guy Bonnetta 79 manager Pioneer Overseas CorpJohnston Iowa is married to Carolyn Knowles CBS 78
Stew Carpenter 50 president ofDivershysity Farms Inc Paw Paw Midligan is married to Olive McEwan 79A scltretary-tnasurer ofDiversity Farms Inc
Harold Cau 60A and 67 is viceshypreSident Barnes Wines Limited St Catharines
Elroy Cober 85 and his wife Rhoda have begun three-year Mennonite Central Committee assignments inKabwe Zambia Elroy is working as provincial o ilseed office r and Rhoda as a general health worker
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University of Guelph
Community ~ Barbecue ~
Thursday July 14
For more information ontact Anita McManamna
(5 19) 824-4120 ext 2896
OVC CONFERENCE October 14 amp 15 1988
Details to follow in August issue of the Guelph Alumnus
For further in formation contact Dr Ron S_ Downey
Assist nt Dean ave at (5 19) 824-41 20 ext 441 1
or 441 3
CHOOSE A WINNER
TODAY NORTH AMERICAN LIFE 5650 Yong St North YoriltoOntario M2M G4
Lloyd Curtis OAC 7J MSc 74
nurse Colchester Hospital Truro 5 is married to Bill Cole 79 regional sales manager Clarence Farm Services L(vcr Truro
laura Cole 80 is a conservJLion planner Mississippi Vall y Conservation Authority Lanark
UoydCurtis 71 MSc 74 ofCalgary is national sales manager Agricultural Chem icals Division BASF Canada Inc BASF markets a wide range of crop proshyLection products Lloyd directs dle aCLivi shyties of BASFs liales force throughout Canada
James Donison H I is proje L engineer Costello Lomagney amp Denapoli ConshysulL ing Engineers Mancheste r New Hampshire
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Richard Graham OAC7J
Richard Graham 71 of Rrampton is naLional marketing maI111gcr Agricultural Chcmicab Divisi n f3ASF Canada Inc
Richard Helmer 62A married Marilyn Hogue in Oct 19R7 They live in Windsor Richard is supply tcaching for the Essex COllnty Board of Education and doing freclanltx horLicultural work during the summer months
Brian and Brigitte (Brunetzky) Kaufman 84 are pltased to announce the safe arrival of their son Nathaniel Brian All are reSiding at Bright
Dr Houchang Khatamian MSc 71 PhD 8 is associate professor Depart shyment of Horticul rure Kansas State Unishyversity Manhattan
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J cE~~~~f May 11 - Presidents Counc il Executive Luncheon
May 19-June 5 Guel ph Spring Festival
May 31-June 3 Convocation
June 13-15 Human Sexuality Conference
June 17-19 Alumni Weekend
July 10-13 Canadian Home Economics Association Con ference
July 26 Al um ni Assoc iation Executives O rientation Meeting
Masters of Agribusiness Management
111e University of Guelph is now olkring a Masters of Agribusiness Management for people interested in a comprehensive training program for manlgemel1l positions in modern agrihusiness
The program runs over I () months and is highly structured so that studenrs receive intensive practical training in all facets of agribusiness managemel1l
Ifyou have an agricultural background and wish to funher your career in management of farm or nonmiddotfarm agribuiiiness this program could he for you
For fu nhcr information on this program pleL~e contact
Professor Tom Funk Department of Agricultural Economics and Business University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl (519) 824middot4120 ext 3427
UNIVERSITY ffGUELPH
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Dr Elenimo Khonga PhD 87 is a lecturer University ofMalawi Chancellor College Zomba Malawi
Kevin Laidley 82 MSc 85 resource technician Niagara Peninsula Consershyvation Authority Allanburg is married to Lesley Nicholson FACS 83 child life specialist McMaster University Medical Centre Hamilton
Dr Monique Leclerc MSc 82 PhD 87 is assistant professor Department of Soil Science and Biometeorology Utah State University Logan
Maurice Marwood 64 MSc 66 is vicemiddot preSident sales and marketing Canadian Kenworth Company Mississauga He is responsible for all aspects of sales and marketing ofKenworth trucks and product support in Canada
Dr Giancarlo Mosch1ni PhD 86 is [caching in the Economics Department Iowa State University Ames not the Unimiddot versity of Iowa as stated in the fall 1987 issue oflhe GuelpbAlurnnus Our apolomiddot gie~ for [his error
Reid Palmer 63 is a research geneticist and professor Departments ofAgronomy and Genetics Iowa State University Ames
Dr Yousef Papadopoulos 80 MSc 82 PhD 87 a research scientist Agrimiddot cu lture Canada Nappan NS i$ married to Kathleen Glover 80 MSc 83
Andy Robinson 80 MSc 83 a genetimiddot cist Livestock Developmcnt Division Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Christine Howe Arts 81
Dr A Hamid Saleemi MSc 73 has received a PhD in Educational Psychology from Bayero UniverSity Kana Nigeria His thesis was Islamic Values and Commitment among HallSa Muslim Youtb Au Empirical Study and his reo search has been hailed as a pioneering study in the measurement of reJjgious commitment anlong MusJjms Dr Saleemi is principal tutor Department of Adult Education and Community Services Faculty of Education Bayero University
James Sampa MLA 86 is a lecturer in landscape design and natul 1 resource conservation School of Environmental Studies Copperbelt University Zambia
Bill Shotyk 81 completed his PhD in 1986 in the Geology Department at The University ofWestern Ontario and spent a year as visiting postdoctoral researcher at the UniverSity of California to study
thennodynamic stability of organic commiddot plexes of aluminum In Sept 1987 he married Beth Haas and they live in London where Bill is a postdoctoral research associate in the Geology Department UWO studying the surface chemistry of minerals He is also writing his first book The Geochemistry OfPeatandPeatlands to be published by Elsevier Amsterdam
jack Thompson OAC 81 is a firemiddot fighter Station No 1 Thomhlll
Susan Watkins 81 is program offi cer Horn of Africa Oxfam Canada She is in charge ofOxfams overseas development projects in Eutrea and Tigray prOvince of Ethiopia the majori ty of which are in agriculture and health
Dve Dr Ian Alexander 86 is a dmg evalumiddot ator Bureau of Veterinary Dmgs Health and Welfare Canada Ottawa
Dr Cheng Hock Choong PhD 72 is director Semex Canada Guelph
Dr Ann Davis 75 a graduate student at the University of Toronto has won the Hardi Cinader Prize for 1987 The award is given to the graduate student in the process of completing doctor-A work who most resembles renowned immunomiddot logist Dr Bernhard Cinaders originality and versatility
Dr john Debbie 65 is an epidemiomiddot logist New York State Health Department Albany
Dr jean Dodds 64 in addition to her research on blood clotting mechanisms has chaired several national and intermiddot national task forces on assorted topics
Dr Doug Galt 62 is laboratory head OMAF Brighton
Dr Maria Koller CBS 75 DVM 79 chief control programs Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Dr Robert Georgeson 72
Dr Darwin Lund 60 is veterinarian in charge Agriculture Canada Lethbridge Alta
Dr David Murphy 56 is director cardiovascular surgical unit Dalhousie
niversity Halifax
Dr Gary Nash 77 veterinary research officer Institute of Aquaculture University
ofStirling Stirling Scotland is married to Marilyn Klein CBS 77
Dr HG Rees 55 joined the faculty of Massey University New Zealand after 10 years ofgeneral practice Upon completion of his masters degree he as appointed senio r lect urer at the University of Melbourne In 1970 he returned to prac shytice in his native Wales and has spent the past 12 years on the faculty at SeaJe-Hayne College there He has a small sheep farm
ARTS Bruce Westheuser 76 ofToronto died Dec 7 1987 He was a teacher Toronto Montessori Schools Hlt is survived by his father Ronald and stcpmodlcr Dorothy two sisters and a brodumiddotr
CSS Robert A Dodd MA 75 of Victoria BC died Oct 8 1987 He had been employed by the Ministry of Health He is survived by his wife Wendy
Bruce G Miller 72 of Aurora Ont died Sept 2 1987 He was a teacher with York Region Board of Education He is survived by his wife
MAC-FACS Etta (Birdsall) Garnham 17D of Tillsonhurg Ont died Jan 11 1988 She is survi ed by her sister Doris Oatman
Kathleen (Coggs) Hallam 120 of Toronto died jan 23 1988
Katherine L (Williamson) Killmaster 35D of Southfield Michigan died jan 31 1988
GAdora(Beemer)McFadyen 29Dof Port Elgin Ont died Apri l 8 L987 She is Survived by her son George S McFadyen OAC 50A
Anne E Spera 280 of Dundas Ont died Jan 26 1988
Dora M (Dies) Terryberry 260 of Weston Ont died Jan 22 1988 She is survived by her son Douglas
and maintains a single man general pracshytice Sheep health and production are his main interests and in the fall he was admitted to the Cert SHP by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons In 1989 he plans to retrace his footsteps to learn about his main interests in the countries in which he was trained
Dr Duncan Sinclair 58 OAC MSc 60 (nutrition ) Schofield lecturer 1983 will become Queens University Dean of
IN MEMORIAM
OAC Aimee A (Ups) Acklen 36 of Irving Texas died Feb 2 1987 She is survived by her husband Robert and one son
George K Beare 37 A of xbridge Ont died Oct 30 1987 He is survived by his wife Ruby
Dr J Ritchie Cowan 39 of Corvallis Oregon died Nov 12 1987 He was a retired professor of agronomy and proshyfessor emeritus Oregon State University He received his MS and a doctorate in plant genetics from the University of Minnesota He served as national president of the Crop Science Socicty of America the American Society of Agronomy the American Forage and Graosland Council the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology and the League for Intershynational Food Education He was pre shydeceased by his first wife DorothyWhite Mac 39 He is survived by his second wife Ruth and two children
WUliam M Croskery 15 of Ottawa died Nov 17 1987 He was a retired agricultural representative for Carleton County He is survived by three children
Walter C Fisher 26 of Sf Catharines Ont died jan 20 1988 He is survived by his wife Alice ( Petrie ) and three children
William A Hammond 18 Port Dovers oldest World War I veteran died Sept 29 1987 at 95 Prior to entering OAC he farmed worked in a lumber camp in BC and fought forest fires in Montana During the war he served in France and Belgium with the 55th l3atteryofthe Royal Canadian Art illery advancing from gunner to sergeant In 1920 he married Minerva Mitchell and they farmed in Woodhouse Township Mter retir ing he became clerk-treasurer of the township and later
Medicine and Vice-Principal ( Health Sciences) onJuly 1 He has served Queens in various capacities since joining the departme nt of physiolo gy in 1966 Nationally he has been invo lved with the Medical Research Council of Canada for many years includ ing a term as its director-genera1
Dr Anne Marie Taylor 81 is direc tor of an imal care Animal Care Centre Dalhousie niversity Halifax
held the san1e position with the Town of Port Dover He also served on the Ontario Assessment Appeal Board and was a fanner chai rman of the Simcoe High School Board In 1967 he received a Centennial Medal for service to his communi ty He was predeceased by bis wife and a son and is survived by two daughters Betty Murton ofWatetiord and Doris LlIldon of listoweI
Kandappar NJeyasseelan MSA 56 of Peradeniya Sri Lanka died Oct 22 1987 He is survived by two children
Frank J King 33 of Thornhill One died Dec 19 1987 He was a pioneer of Canadas broiler chicken industry and retired senior executive and director of Ralston Purina Canada Inc He is survived by his wife Rachel and a son
Robert C (Bob) lGrkness 56 of Maple Ridge BC died Oct 10 1987 He is survived by his wife
] Morley Lawrence 1 7 of Windsor died Oct 4 1987
John S Lennox 66A of Shallow Lake Ont died as the result of a farm accident Nov 4 1987 He is survived by his wife Ada and a son
Alex T Macnab 36 of North Fort Myers Fla died Dec 18 1987 He is survived by his wife Vella
NormanJ Myles 39 of Guelph died j an 24 1988 He had been a second lieutenant 11 th Field Brigade Royal Canadian Artillery He is survived by his wife Luella Beverley (Highan1 ) and two children
Robert W Phillips 39 of Belleville Ont died Sept 21 1987 -John W Robertson 38 of Thorold Ont died Oct 21 1987 He is survived by his wife Elizabeth and daughter Janice Partlow Arts 70
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Henry H Rooke 8 of Barrie Ont died Dec 16 1987 lIe was retired from the Department of National Health and Welfare He is survived by his wife Harriet Mac 40 and daughters Jane Lennox and Nancy RookemiddotAllen CBS 73
Robert H See 65A ofBohon Ont died Nov 14 1987 He was the son of Margaret (Huston) See Mac 33 and the late Dr John N See OAC 35 OVC 38 He is survived by his wife Brenda and two sisters
WilliamT (Bill) Smith 35 ofStfJtford Ont died Sept 19 1987 He is survived by his wife Maude and five children
Annie H Tasi MSc 72 ofGuelph died Dec 9 1987 She received her BSc in Agriculture from the National Taiwan University in 1965 After receiving her masters in horticulture from Guelph she worked as a research technician in the Universipound) Department of Horticultural Science Shc is survived by her hu~band Benjamin and two children
William G Toner 20A and 22 of Guelph died Jan 30 1988 He is survived by hi wife Eileen and four children
W Benson (Ben) Vair 55 of Sarnia died Jan 6 1988 He taught science at Northern Collegiate in Sarnia for 25 years retiring in 1987
A Gordon O Whiteside 20A and 22 of Ottawa died June 2 1987 Ht was retired after 42 years as a cerealist with Agriculture Canada and wa~ a Fellow of thc Agricultural Institute of Canada lie developed sevedl varieties of Canadian whtat one of which bears his namt Gordon He is su rvived byhis wife Irene and three children
Joseph H Willmott 22A of Milton died Oct 23 1987 He is survived by his sonJohn c Willmott 55
PROFESSORS
Dr Denis H Stott professor emeritus since 1980 diedJan 22 1988 in England at 78 He was ftrst chair Department of Psychology from 1966-68 and was intershyna tionally known as a pioneer in deve shyloping learning techniques for hardmiddottOmiddot teach children He founded the Centre for Educational Disabilities which he directed until h is retirement in 1975 His research focused on the causes and promiddot
blems of delinquent school boys He is survived by hiswifeJane and tw children
Dr Robert D Whiteford of Qualicum Beach Vancouver Island former professor Department of Biomedical Sciences died Feb ] 0 1988 He is survived by his wife Beatrice and one son
STAFF Ray Catchpole a member of the Unj middot versitys Sulawesi Regional Development Project team in Indonesia died Nov 27 1987 in Jakarta at 46 He had been with the project sinet its inception in 1984 He is survived by his wife Ani and his mother Muriel Lucas A mcmorial fund has been established in his nanle Contributions may be forwarded to the Department of
Alumni Affairs and Development The fund will provide a bursary for Indonesians and Canadians involved in exchange between the two ountries It will be adminbtered by the niversity School of Rural Planning and Development
FRIENDS
Joseph Arlen of Guelph died Sept 5 1987 He pursued studies at OAC from 1957 to ) 959 before completing an engineering degree at the University of Toronto He is survived by his wife Judy who works in Photographic Services on campus and two children A Joseph Arlen Memorial Prize in Horticulture has been established Contributions may be forshywarded to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development
ASPARAGUS RESEARCHER DIES IN GUELPH
Herman (Herm) Tiessen OAC 51 onc of Canadas fore middot most aspard1t1s researdlers rued in Guelph Dec 10 1987 at 63 Or Ticsscn had been a horticul shyture professor at the University since 1955 and was co-ordinator of the National Asparagus Reshysearch Program
At its fiftieth anniversary meeting in london the day of his death the Ontario Asparagus Growers Marketing Board honored Dr Tiessen as the pershyson who had made the greatest contributions to the industry over the last 50 years He was also weU known for his work on greehouse tOmatoes and for a collaborative project with Texaco that used waste energy from the companys refinery to heat greenhouses
After graduating from OAC Dr Tiessen received his masters and PhD degrees from Michigan State University and returned to his alma mater to join the Department of Horticultural Science He traveUed widely to share his knowledge on veget-
The late Professor Herm Tiessen OAC51
able growing with scientists around the world most recently to New Zealand and Taiwan He -wa a member of the Agricultural Institute of Canada and the Canadjm American and Intermiddot national Societies for Horticulmiddot tural Science He was also an active member of the OAC Alumni Association
He is sUlvived by his wife Marjorie and two children
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JlAVIeuro 17 18 19 GOlf Tournament
The classic confrontation on the green the Gryphon Club Golf Tournament will start things rolling on Friday at the Cutten Club Prizes will be awarded
Barbecue amp CasinO Night
Meet your friends at Alumni House Friday evening for a barbecued feast and try your llck at the casino tables
SIOwpitch Tournament
The Grad loungers will defendtheir championship title at the alumnistudent co-ed slowpitch tournament Why not get a team together to compete for the first-place trophy and other awards Teams should consist of 12 to 20 players with at least six females per team Three one-hour games are guaranteed for each team
Tours Lectures Demonstrations
Tour the new Equine Research Centre see computer laboratory demonstrations at the College of Family and Consumer Studies or catch an enlightening lecture If its nature you enjoy visit the Arboretum the Marine Biology Laboratory or the Elora Gorge Conservation Area
Celebrity Auction
Join in the fun and bid on a fascinating assortment of articles donated by local celebriti~s Lots of surprises in store All proceeds will go to Alumni House
Awards Presentations
At the Presidents Picnic at noOn on Saturday the Alumnus of Honor award and the Alumni Medal of Achievement will be presented Come and celebrate with the recipients
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See page 7 for your Alumni Weekend reservation form For further information see your College section inside or call the Alumni Weekend hotline (519) 824-4120 ext 2102
Class Reunions
Is your class having a reunion Check page 7 to find out Reunions are a great opportunity to meet old
friends and renew acquaintshyances The Alumni Associations will host their graduates of 50
years or more at a Golden Anniversary Din ner
Champagne Brunch
Toast Alumni Weekend 88 at a champagne brunch held on the Alumni House patio Sunday The Guelph Concert Band will provide entertainment
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TELEPHONE CAMPAIGN SURPASSES GOAL
At 9 15 pm November 25 The Campaigns telephone campaign reached its $385 million larget seven months ahead of schedule At that point student callers had talked to alumni of only five of the seven colleges By Febnaary 29 $4 315977 had been raised and Sue Egles director of the telephone campaign predicts the student employees will raise well over $5 million by June 15 1988 the end of the telephone campaign
Response from Guelph alumni has been overwhelming Sue says with 40 per cent of those called making a pledge The average pledge is in excess ofS400 College ofAns alumnj wrote the formula for success by contributing $303000 - 553000 more than the college alumni goal CBS alumni were called next and pledged $430000 OAC alumni donshy
ated almost $2 million HAFA $90000 and FACS $570000 avc pledges of more lhan $500000 put the telephone campaign over the top Students are now vrapping up calls to CSS alumni and will end with calls to CPS alunmi A total of more than 42000 graduates will be called in North America
The studcnt caller represents a friendly voice from the University and doesn t try to pressure the alumnus who has decided not to contribute says Sue We want to updare alumni fLIcs and leave every alumnus with a good feeling about the Universiry
Alumni also leave the student callers with good feelings and oftcn some helpful career advice says Sue Guelph graduates have some very interesting careers and are excellent sources of information on graduate schools job openings and interview
Seventeen major donors to the Universitys capital campaign and campaign volUnleersjohn Bassett Ken Murray and Hany Seymour were honored at a januarypress conference in Toronto to celebrate completion of92percent of The Campaign goal Representing the City Of Guelph was Mayo john Counsell the Cotmty ofWellington Warden Murray Cox andSemex Canada Dr Moe Freeman OAC 55 president They are posed with Marjorie Millar director Alumni Affairs and Development and the framed dtations each honoree received The citations bear a first-edition copy Of the Librarys CDshyROM (Compact Disk -Read Only Memory) catalogue one of the University s newest products Weighing only 19 gram~ the disk holds the equivalent of 200000 pages - the Librarys entire card catalogue
Sheila Hollidge fund-raiser extrashyordinaim
procedures More than one caller has been offered a job over the phone she says In return alumni often ask the Iallers to describe how the campus has changed over the years or to pass on greetings to a favorite professor
Despite the informality of the telephone canlpaign it s not an easy job Sue says A rrunimum of 25 students are employed at anyone time and incentives keep up morale Each caller averages 1700 in pledges during a four-hour evening Psychoshylogy major Janet Campbell still holds the record with over S 15000 pledged in one rught and $329000 in total pledges In second place is FACS student Sheila Hollidge who had $311 369 in pledges as of Febmary 29 Their success and that of other student aUers has helped drop the cost of the telephone campaign says Sue It costs the University less than 1 5 cents for every dollar raised
Editors Note Sue Egles left Guelph in March to become associate viceshypresident IDe Canada PHONEMAlL Inc HersuccessorisAnne Thibodeau
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AhAVYlVli Wee~eVld ~8 ReservatioVl form SURNAME(S) FIRST AME( S) College amp Year
FULL MAIUNG ADDRESS Postal Code
TliLEPHONE Home (_) Business ( _ ) I will be attending reunion (ColegeYearD1plom Dqree)
TIME FRIDAY)UJiII 17 PElt PERSON COST NO TOTAL OFACE USE
10 am REGI STRATION Alumni House No Cost
Noon GolfToumament Cutten Club 4000 11
Gpm Alumni Barbecue Alumni House 9 00 21
8pm Night of Casioo games and music 300 22
Darbecue amp Casino package 1000 23
SATURDAYJUNE 18
---830 am DreaJdast Creelman Hall Cash basis
9middot5 pm REGISTRATION Alumni HOllse No Cost
9 am Elora Gorge Walk (buses fro m campus) 600 26
9 am Alumni Association annual meetings Mac FACS (I rA Rm 209) OAC (Mac Hall Rm 149) OVC ( MacNaughtOn Bldg Rm 113) No Cost
930 am Slowpitch Tournament South Quad 4000 team 28
10 am Lectures by Dr Bruce Fogle OVC 70 and Dr Brian Brandenburg OVC 68 No Cost
1030 am FACS Tour and Demonsuation No Cost
II am Alumni Association aculUa meetings Arts (Johnston Hall Rm 104 ) CSS ( FACS Rm 101 ) HAFA(HAFA RrnIOI) 1 0 Cost
Noon Presidents Picnic and awards presentatio n Creelman Plaza (check in at Picnic ) 6 50 30
Noon CBS Picnic Biology House 500 300middotchild 54
I pm Tours of Equine Research Centre No Cost
230 pm Ground Breaki ng Ceremo ny for Atbletics fac ilities a Cost
3middot430 prn Celebrity Auction Alumni House No Cost
6pm Golden Anniversary Dinner Creelman Hall (Golden Alumnus + Oil guest) Complimcotary 60
Others attending Golden Anniversary Dinner 1800 6 1
Gpm CI= llcunion Dinner(s ) 6pm OVC Alumni Dinner Peter Clark Hall 3500
9 pm Alumni Dance University Centre No Cost
SUNDAY )UNE19 -
730 a m Breakfast Der Keller Ca-h Bas is
9 am Churcb Service Arboretum u Cost
lOjO am UGAA Annual Mccting Alumni House 0 Cost
11 30 am Champagne Brunch and Outdoor Concert Alumni House Patio 1200 87
TOTAl COST
Residence Accommodation No of Rooms Required June 17 Couple 53300 x __ =
June 18 Single S2000 x __ =
Per St udent S1400 x __ =
TOTAL COST OF ACCOMMODATION
TOTAL AMOUNT ENCLOSED
Enclosed is my cheque for S payable to Alumn Events Mail to Laurie Malleau Alumni House University of Guelph Guelph O ntario N IG 2Wl
Please order before June 3 1988 Continuation of reservations wiU be mailed upon receipt of orde rs
bullPor exact price Of class reunion dinners consult the registration f onn in your cUJss IUWseUer or phone (519) 8244 120 ext 2102
ClASS REUNIONS CBS 78 amp 8 3 Mac 28 Mac 33 Mac 38 Mae 48 Mac 58 Mac 63 Mac 63D FACS 78 FACS 83 OAC 28 amp 33 OAC 38 OAC 43 OAC 48 OAC 53 OAC 53A OAC 58 OAC 6j OAC 63A OAe 68 OAC GSA OAe 78 OAC 7SA OAC 83 OAC 88 O VC 38 avc 43 ove 47 OVC 48 OVC 58
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COLLEGE ROYAL 88 SEARCH FOR EXCELLENCE
COllege Royal 88 drew about 30000 visitors to campus in March The theme Search For Excellence was carried through displays of stushydent clubs and academic units all over campus including an Alumni Affairs and Development display of
Dynamic Duo Andy Willemsen and Kathy Cunnington both FACS 88 worz the CBS-sponsored Egg Drop competition
Human Kinetics student Todd BIJJant helpedErica Clausen 4 test her lung volume al the School Of Human Bioshylogy display
Medieval jousting was demonstrated by the Sodety For Creative Anashychronism
24 graduates who have excelled in their diverse careers and activities
The 64th annual student -organized event was offiCially opened March 12 by Michael Enright CBC Radios 0shy
host of As It Happens Laura Gillard FACS 88 served as president and
People and cows met face to face at Old MacDonalds Farm
Former Curtain Callers Margaret Calder Mac 60 DtmRose OAC 57A and 60 and Nancy (Turk) Cums Mac 59 enjoyed themselves at the Curtain Call reunion
College Royal visitors tested equljJshyment at the chool of Engineering display
Nancy Scheer OAC 91 presided as hostess after being elected Celebrant at the College Royal Ball March 4
Curtain Call College Royals annual musical was followed bya reunion of fomler cast and crew members after the final show Saturday night
Guelph student Melissa Meisinger and her Samoytl Snowball particishypated in the dog show
The square dancing competition continued its popularity Both stushydents and alumni cOtnpeted
The woodsman competition tested strength
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ALUMNI GATHER IN WESTERN CANADA
Enthusiastic alumni gathered in Edmonton and Vancouver for chapter events in February
Harley Deeks OAC 50 president of Molson Alberta Brewery Ltd and Molson Saskatchewan Brewery Ltd and his wife Barbara (Herring) Mac 48 hosted a reception for 36 alumni and friends at Molson House in Edmonton Vincent MacDonald and Don Lavender hoth OAC 36 repre shysented the earliest graduating class present and ShouliangDongArts 87 was the most recent grad attending
Don Welch CPS 78 organizer of the event spoke about his memories of the University and before the evening was over had fOffiled a volunshyteer committee to plan future
Edmonton Chapter events Ifyou are interested contact Don at 15824 8Ist Street Edmonton T5Z ISS ( 403) 473-5237
Janey Bennett CSS 75 and Rod Clark CBS 77 hosted a reception for 27 alumni and guests at their home in Vancouver on Valentines Day Plans were made for a Vancouver Chapter wine and cheese party in April and a barbecue in summer For further information contact Janey at 1816 Mahon Avenue North Vancouver V7M 2T3 (604) 986-8177
Betsy Allan CSS 83 Alumni Affairs office attended both receptions She brought greetings from the University and spoke on chapter development and the latest campus happenings
VISA VOLUNTEERS GOODWILL AMBASSADORS
Ae the residence washrooms co shyed How do 1 get onto the volleyball team TIlese are some of the questions prospective University ofGuelph stushydents ask and former students are the best sources for answers
Through VISA (Volunteers in Support of Admissions) Guelph alumni help high school students become more aware of the niversitys curriculum spirited campus life and community amenities
We reinforce what the niversitys admissions office does in the high schools and we add the personal element says VISA co-ordinator Betsy Allan CSS 83 I see us as goodwill anlbassadors
VISA chapters in six Ontario cities each hold an annual information sesshysion for high school students their parents and friends Alumni talk about what attracted them to Guelph what they enjoyed how their education helped in their careers and what they are doing now Admissions counshysellors also attend
The information sessions have been an effective way to reach students who have not bad an opportunity to visit campus It also gives them a
chance to talk one on one with someone from the University says Betsy We welcome new alumni volunteers in the established VISA chapters The time commitment is small and those involved will tell you the work is rewarding
Established chapters and their leaders include Ottawa Greg DOUlatl HAFA 81 and Iarry Meek CPS 77 Toronto Debbie Chang CSS 82 London Maureen Higa OAC 79 Niagara Irene Good FACS 82 Chatham Vicki Bouman CBS 77 and 8rantford Simcoe Heather Linington OAC 80
As part of the VISA progranl this year Betsy wants to hold send-off barbecues across Canada She is looking for alumni willing to help organize and or host such an event in their backyards Students attending Guelph in the faU their parents and alumnj from the community would be invited The idea is to ~ish the students well before they embark on the path to univerSity For further inJormation about this or any aspect ofthe VISA program contact lktsyat Alumni House University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2WI (519) 824-4120 ext 6533
janey Bennett CSS 75 and Rod Clark CBS 77 hosted a receptionfor Vancouver alumni at thei home in February with some help ft-om their 18-month-old son Graeme Daughter Amy 4 was also at the event
Enjoying the-mselles at a reception for Edmonton alunmi at Molson HOllse ill February are left to right joyce Welch and her husband Don CP) 78 Betsy Allan OS 83 and Harley Deeks OAC 50 and his wife Barbara (Herring) Mac 48
ALUMNI CHAPTER EVENT
SASKATOON Dinner
Saturday June 11 600 pm reception
700 pm dinner Renaissance Hotel
Meet M arge M illar Director Alum ni Affa irs and Development
and Rosema ry Clark Director A lumni Aff~l irs -
For furtiJpr information conlact f3elsy AIan Alum ni H ouse
University of Cuelph (5 19) 824-4 f 20 ext 6533
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Editor Sandra Couch 84 MA 87
RECEPTION HELD
The CSS Alumni Association hosted its annual wine and cheese reception for graduating students at the Faculty lub in January Agnes (BelIai) Van Haeren 85 first vice-president and Susan Blair 83 director helped organize the event and greeted students at the door President John Alviano 74 spoke briefly about the Associashytion and asked for the support of those present CSS Oean)ohn Vanderkamp and faculty advisor Victor Ujirnoto were alsoprescnt to mingle with students
WHY DO STUDENTS LEAVE UNIVERSITY GUELPH STUDY
AIMS TO FIND OUT By Marla Stewart
Public R lations and In formation
Why do students leavc university before they complete their degrees A Guelph study Career and Education Achievement in the Student Environshyment ( CEASE) aims to find out Principal investigator Sid Gilbert Sociology and Amhropology has finished collecting data and will spend the summer and fall analyzing it
Professor Gilbert began the longishytudinal study of student progress at Guelph three years ago with a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council grant Through questionshynaires and interviews he contacted every new ftrst -year Guelph student in the fall of 1986 and fo llowed them over their next four semesters
The purpose of the study is to determine how many students leave
and their reasons for leaving says Professor Gilbert On the other hand he wants to meashy
sure program success completion and academic achievement
So far the study indicates that a students pre-entry characteristics (ethnicity secondary school grades financial status and parental educashytion) are not as crucial as the univershysity experience itself in determining whether he or she will stay
In other words says Professor Gilbert tudent attrition is related to academic and social integration at the University What students bring with them is not as important as what happens while theyre here
Throughout the three years of the study a remarkable 70 per cent of the 2800 students who received the initial questionnaire have responded says Professor Gilbert In year one first term students completed a questionshynaire measuring attitudes intentions background and demographic inforshymation 10 second term these students were re-surveyed on their experience
feelings and performance at the UniverSity
In the fall of year two those students who remained at Guelph were surshyveyed on their first-year experiences and how much they had learned and developed at the UniverSity
All students from the initial group who left the University before comshypleting their programs were then contacted to determine whether they had withdrawn temporarily or pershymanently transferred to another university were ineligible to return or had changed from fuU -time to partshytime status Reasons for any change of plans were explored by interviews
((a love of learning is not a strong factor
To date the study indicates that a love of1carning is not a strong factor initially influencing students to attend university TIley attend to gain knowshyledge and skills directly applicable to a career and to increase their chances of tlnding good paying jobs More than half the females surveyed said they attended universiry to increase their chances of finding challenging work after graduation Only 39 per cent of the males said this was their reason
The overall purpose of Professor Gilbcrts project is to measure volunshytary change and departure capture the process of attrition compare the experiences of stayers and leavers and suggest remedies when approshypriate He believes his findings will be beneficial to other universities all of which experience varying rates of attrition anlOng student) The findings will help educators develop retention programs for students who despite their talents and ambitions do not complete their degrees
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CANADIAN SENATOR SPEAKS AT CSS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION DINNER
Senator Lorna Marsden wore both her political and academic hats when she spoke at the second annual CSS Alumrti is50ciation dinner in March More than 100 alumni students faculty and guests were present
Named to the Canadian Senate in 1984 Senator Marsden is also a proshyfessor of sociology at the niversity of Toronto A Liberal she is a recognized expert on social change in Canada in particular the changing circumstances of women in Canadian economic and social life
In her address ]he Social Scientist in the State The Case for OPen Boundmies Senator Marsden argued that the influence of intellectuals on Canadian public policy is far too restricted Something is very wrong The intellectuals of Canada many of them at universities are excluded just at the moments when they are needed most Our causes arent led by great thinkers We dont regularly send scholars to parliament That lively exchange of ideas is missing
The difference is striking south of the border and in Europe where politicians and intellectuals are regularly joined In the US it would be unthinkable for the president not to have a brains tmst in one or more universities
Senator Marsden said the Meech Lake Accord the Free Trade Agreeshyment and the recent revision to Bill C-60 which amends the copyright act are examples of public policy meashysures which were diminished by the lack of input from intellectuals
In the case of Meech Lake Senator Marsden said inadequate use was made of people with knowledge about Ilistory and constitutional law She called Meech Lake an underhanded unsatisfactory method of constitushytional reform which puts the rights ofCanadians at risk She said a different approach would have been taken if the historians and constishytutional experts had been consulted first and she feels the Accord should be amended in consultation with these intellectuals
With free Trade Senator Marsden said the opposite had happened A
wealth of research had been done by experts on the potential ofFrce Trade but this research had not been carried through to help Canadians debate the issue once the deal was stmck ]n this case the experts were at the front end of the project only At Meech Lake it was the other way around
With regards to Bill C-60 she warned that intellectuals and univershysities should wake up Although she said the 1924 copyright act was badly in need of change she claimed many of the changes would cause financial and administrative problems for universities affecting things like distance education exams art exhibitions photocopying and intershylibrary loans In this case the intellectuals have been Sitting apart from the process and not protecting their own interests
Although Senator Marsden conshycluded that she didnt know the solution she said that intellectuals must move collectively into the cen shytral life of Canada and develop a closer relationship with the politicians to create better public policy
Sena tor Marsden turned her speakers fee back into the proceeds
RETIRED ECONOMICS PROFESSOR DIES
Wilda Blacklock and Senator Lorna Marsden
from the dinner which will fu nd a CSS graduate student scholarship The CSSAlumniAssociation now presents five annual undergraduate scholarshyships to social science snldents
An announcement of the estabshylishment of rhe Wilda Blacklock graduate scholarship in sociology was also made Wilda earned her BA and honors BA in 1973 and 1975 while working as a secretary in the Departshyment ofSociology and Anthropology She resigned from the Department to study for her MA which she earned in 1978 She then renlrned to the Department as computer co shyordinator retiring in January The scholarship was established in honor of her service to the Department and to graduate studems over the years In her thank you speech she said Its not so bad getting old if we can leave something to the young
Retired Economics Professor Jack Madden died March 14 1988 in Guelph at 68
Born in leeds England and raised in Winnipeg Dr Madden served overshyseas with the RCAF from 1939 to 1945 After the war he received his BA from the niversity of Manitoba his MA from the niversity of Toronto and his Ph D from Cambridge University
He began teaching at Guelph in 1965 He was a founding faculty member of Wellington College and a member of Senate He was also actively involved in health care planning at both the regional and federal level and served as economic advisor to the Hall Commission on Health Services
In 1974 Dr Madden received the
Ontario Confederation of niversiry Faculty Associations teaching award and in 1983 he received the University ofGuelph Faculty Association college award
The Jack Madden Medal in Econoshymic History is presented annually to a Semester 8 student who has mainshytained the highest grades in that subject
Dr Madden retired from the Unishyversity inJanuary 1985 but continued to teach part-time at the Universities of Guelph and Toronto
He is survived by his wife Andrea and four children
Donations may be madc in his memory to The Jack Madden Memorial Fundand forwarded to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development
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SABBATICAL FULFilLS SCIENTIFIC DREAMS FOR HUSBAND-WIFE RESEARCH TEAM
Ahusband and wife teanl of Guelph biologists Professor Eugene Balon and Dr Christine Flegler-Balon have returned to the University after an eight-month sabbatical at the )LB Smith Institute of Ichthyology and Rhodes niversity Grahamstown South Africa They introduced a new type of research design to institute staff while studying the early deveshylopment of several fish species
The Balons received a Rhodes University Hugh Kelly Fellowship and grants from the Departmem of National Education and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
While in Grahamstown they made a comparative study of the developmiddot ment of two species oftilapine cichlids and of a ciarias Gltfish These species are common in aquacu lture although no detailed observations of their development had been made prior to this study
One of the fish we were obselVing Oreocbromis mossambicus (preshyviously known as Tilapia mossamshybica) is a mouthbrooder the other Tiapia rencalli lays its eggs on the substrate and guards tbem and the young as they develop explained Dr Flegler-Balon We wanted to test a theory on altricial-prccocial altershynatives developed earlier in Guelph says Professor Balon
InJune a conference on Alternative Life History Styles (ALHS) in organshyisms was held in Grahamstown and the Balons were among 12 invited foreign speakers
The Balons also participated in thrilling expeditions into the interior ofBotlWana by small plane observing the amazing landscape of the Karoo Kimberley diamond mines and Kalahari Desert The Kalahari absorbs all the waters of the large Okavango River which flows from Angola and forms a magnificent inland delta
I can bardly believe that I have seen the papyrus flats and channels the fishes and wildlife and in addition have met Tsodillo Hill bushmen and
Professor Eugene Balon and Dr Christine Regler-Balon bave returned to the University from an eXciting eight month sabbatical
have seen the recently discovered rock paintings of their ancestors says Dr Flcgler-BaLon The altricial bushmen are one of the important features in the tested ALHS theory
Okavango the last paradise is soon to be lost by diversion of waters via canals for the new dian10nd mines in the Kalahari and cattle ranching TIle
JLB Smith Institute is involved in desperate ecological studies
The Balons along with Instirute director Mike Bruton and scientist Robin Swbbs participated in an expedition to the Comoro Islands home of the coelacanth nicknamed old four legs the only living member ofa group representing the evolution of all terrestrial vertebrates ll1ey intelViewed coelacanth fishermen and measured eight specimens tvo of which are the largest so far recorded They also took samples from the fish communities of a river on Anjouan from its volcanic slopes over 15shymetre high waterfalls to its entry into the coelacanth sea They joined up with the yacht Metoka carrying a submersible and wert first to view the films taken from this submersible ofcoelacanths moving in their natural habitat Professor Balon conveys excitement as he describes thc slow motion flight-walk of this fascinating creaturc When the Balons realized how threatened this living fossil is they established the Coelacanth ConselVation Council The newsktter of this council will be published in Professor Balons international journal Elluironmental Biology ofFishes
TOUR MARINE BIOLOGY LABORATORY DURING ALUMNI WEEKEND
The CBS Alumni Association has added something new to its program of activities during Alumni Weekend this year A LOur of the Marine Biology Laboratory (Zoology Annex 2) wiU be conducted by faCility supelVisor Ted White CBS 78 The tour will follow the guided walk at Elord Gorge and picnic lunch at Biology House on June 18 at 1 30 pm Marine and Fisheries grads can reminisce while others can discover one of the hidden attractions of these programs at Guelph
Last years picnic saw the rerurn of a group of Micro 82 grads who took advantage of the Alumni Weekend festivities to send classmate Rick Clark off to his new job at King Faisal Research Centre and Specialist Hosshypital in Riyadh Saudia Arabia
While such auspicious occasions are bound to be infrequem yOll could make plans to get together with the old gang anyhow especially if yOll are a 1973 1978 or 1983 grad who has the extra motivation of a 15th 10th or 5th year reunion
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UNO ONE DESERVES IT MORE RESEARCH TECHNOLOG ST RECEIVES AWARD
By j anne Pengelly Public Relations and In fo rmation
Amost a quarter cemury of hard work late nights and long hours were recognized when research technoloshygist Uta Srrelive Zoology received Sigma Xis Support of Research Award Professor Roy Anderson chair of Zoology told the 70 people at the awards ceremony No one deserves it more
The local chapter of the scientific society Sigma Xi has only awarded the prize once before in 1985 It recognizes researchers who make a significant contribution to the societys goal of excellence in research but are seldom known to the research community at large
During her 22 years at the Univershysity Uta has taught the laboratory sections of LWO invertebrate zoology courses and helped more than 30 graduate students complete their theses She has co-authored several papers on neurotropic nematodes and is currently responsible for the day-to-day running of Professor Andersons parasitology lab where she works with graduate and undershygraduate students
Uta completed her undergraduate degree in textile research at the University of Gera East Germany In 1961 she came to Canada to join her parents and obtained a job in electron microscopy in the anatomy departshyment of the faculty of medicine ni shyversity of Saskatchewan She learned the basics in a field that was growing fast She did everything from preparing experimems to photographing and writing them up
She married became a mother and was widowed - all within three years of arriving in Canada After her husshyband died she wanted to be closer to her homeland Toronto had good job opportunities so she and the baby moved east just to make enough money to go to West Germany
At the Ontario Research Foundashytion where she went to look for a job Uta found Professor Anderson in the middle of an experiment The young
Uta Strelive with her Support of Research Award certificate
parasitologist was so engrossed in his work he didnt ask why she was there He just asked her to give him a hand When they were finished Uta had a job Later the same year Proshyfessor Anderson came to Guelph and Uta came along to run his lab
Utas nomination for the Sigma Xi award was supported by several proshy
fessors and many students I love the students and have a good rapport with them she says People ask ifl get bored but there are always new faces new problems new classifishycations new data to organize Parashysitology is a very exciting field because nothing ever stands still
Bird Carvings Uta is internationally known for
her magnificent wood carvings of birds Each carving takes about 100 homs work and sells for between $500 and pound1 000 She has won 28 awards since she started carving in 1981 including tlrst prize at the World Champ ionship Wildfowl Carving Competition in Maryland She had her first show in her own studio in Guelph last year
Carving could tum into a profitable retirement project for Uta Kaiser Porcelain in Germany has approached her about test marketing one of her birds
But Uta says her hours at the Univershysity are just as satisfying in their own vay When students recognize
theyve learned something thal is the biggest reward she says
More than 125 CBS students galbered for a Careers and Faclilty Night coshysponsored by the CBS Student Council and CBS Alumni Association in FebnUllJI Here Dr Dazrid Rodger CBS PhD 82 answers questions about his work in aquatic biology Other CBS alumni speakers included Petra Patczllr 82 who works with (be dezelopmental(v disabled Les StaHfield 81 a community adl isorfor the Commwzity Fisheries Involvement Program and julia Stanley Weille1~ 82 acting manager offhlishedproducts ill the hepatitis diagnostics division Connaught Laboratories Ltd
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SECOND VOLUME OF LM MONTGOMERY JOURNALS PUBLISHED
By Mary Dickieson Public Relations and Information
The second volume of ]be Selected j ournals ofLM Montgomery records the best and worst experiences in the life of one ofthe worlds most popular authors of childrens books Edited by Professor Mary Rubio English Lanshyguage and Literature and now-retired English professor Elizabeth Waterston the book is expected to repeat the popularity of Volume I which jumped to the best seller list immediately after its November 1985 release and is now in its second printing
Volume II covers 1910 to 1921 and records Montgomerys new life as a mother and wife of a minister in an Ontario village This is a varied and complicated period in which she has achieved world-wide acclaim and a following of readers devoted to her heroine Anne Shirley
Like Anne Montgomery revels in motherhood She also reveals her thoughts on the death of the grandshymother who restricted her life so severely and her feelings for a husband whose mental illness enslaved her in an increasingly unhappy marriage
During th is II -yea r period Montgomery produced four additional Anne novels and a book ofpoetry She initiated and won two bitter lawsuits against her first publisher in a fight
SCOTTISH COLLECTION EXPANDED
Prof essors Elizabeth Waterston and Mary Rubio with the second volume of The Selected journals of LM Montgomery
over the exploitation of women writers
Volume 11 contains more than 100 of Montgomerys own photographs including many of hcr two sons and scenes of Leaksdale the village where she kept up the facade of being a happy Presbyterian ministers wife
The First World War had a profound effect on village life and is a major theme in Montgomerys journal Six of her neighbors sons died and her beloved half-brother lost a leg
Professors Rubio and Waterston edited the handwritten journals at the request of the authors son the late Dr Stuart Macdonald who arranged for his mothers journals
The Scottish Collection in the Unishyversity Library has received a 525000 boost from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Counci l (SSHRC) moving it a step closer to becoming the major Canad ian centre for Scottish studies
The collection already includes Scottish manuscripts from the last three centuries many Scottish literary journals and some parish records from the late 18th and 19th centuries
The SSHRC grant will buy a collecshy
tion of Scottish newspapers from the late 19th and early 20th cennlries Sir Walter Scotts diaries and records of the Darien Company - the Scottish trailing company that caused financial ruin in Scotland when it went bankshyrupt in lhe early 18th cennlry
Emphasis in Scottish studies stems from Guelph faculty interests and the influence of Guelphs Scottish settlers and founder John Galt The Library collection is the largest in Canada and among the top five in the world
scrapbooks and other memorabilia to become part ofthe Mclaughlin Library archives
TIle remaining unedited journals cover the last 22 years of Montshygomerys life and include the devshyelopment of a new heroine Emily based on herself She obviou Iy saw her life as an ongOing story and one she wanted to teU Professor Rubio says They expect to publish a third and possibly a fourth volume
MONTGOMERY COLLECTION
EXPANDED
T he Lucy Maud Montgomery Collection in the University Library now includes the newsshypap rs the author read all her life This addition is being funded by a S10000 grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council ( SSHRC)
The Library collection already hal) Montgomerys cHaries and scrapbooks various published editions of her works in different languages 5000 photographs mostly taken by Montgomery herself some personal papers and a few artifacts including examples of her needlework and the china dogs she loved and wrote about in her books - Gog and Magog
The newspapers including microfiche records of Charshylottetowns ]be Island Patriot from 1892 to 1942 are a connecshytion with Montgomerys history that is valuable to researchers now says Acquisition Librarian Tim Sauer Montgomery continshyued to receive newspapers from her native province Prince Edward Island during the many year she lived in Ontario
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MAJOR CANADIAN THEATRE COLLECTIONS JOIN FORCES TO PRODUCE EXHIBITION
Putting It Back Together which opens May 21 at the Macdonald tewart An Centre in conjunction
with the Guelph Spring Festival represents the first time that major Canadian theatre collections have joined forces to produce a unique and timely exhibition about the preshyservation of our performing arts heritage The exhihition is curated and designed by Daniel Ladell ardlishyvist Stratford Festival with Len Conolly chair Department of Drama acting as associate curator
Putting II Back Together wi il educate and entertain But it also has an urgent message By shOWing what is being kept the exhibition conshyversely draws attention to what is being 10st and emphasizes the need to preserve the vast remainder of Canadas performing arts heritage
Confirmed lenders to the exhibition include The Canadian (Opera) Company Archives Dance Canada Danse The Metropolitan Toronto
DRAMA REUNION HELD
Over 100 former drama students attended a reunion at the Cutten Club in Novemher It was a roaring success says HarryLane acting chair Department of Drama and one of the organizers of the event This was the second drama reunion in five years and Professor Lane hopes a third can be organized in another five years
Several alumni speakers were feashytured during the reunion dinner including the well-known Canaclian stage deSigner Sue lePage Arts 73 who is designing Richard III for the Stratford Festival this year Professor Donald Mullin was presented with an Irish lead crystal bowl circa 1800 as a retirement gift after 20 years with the Department of Drama A dance followed clinner
If you would like to know about future drama reunions or other Department ofDrama events contact Marlene Neal at ( 519) 824-4120 ext 3147
Library Theatre Collection The National Ballet Ardtives The Public Archives of Canada (Social and Culshytural Archives) The Stratford Festival Archives and the Theatre Arcl1ives of the University of Guelph It is hoped that major collections in other regions will agree to participate giving the project more national scope
The exhibition is specifically designed for louring It leaves Guelph July 10 and will be at the Gallery Stratford from September 9 to October 16 Other venues in Canada and a projecLed international tour are under negotiation
PuttingItBack Togetberwill feature
rare printed phowgraphic and manushyscript materials and Lhree-dimenshysional and design materials (such as renderings set models costumes and properties ) These customarily comprise theatrical xhibitions but this exhibit will also feature audioshyvisual recordings and a special handsshyon computer module showing how modern technology is creating new forms of documentation and making these collections accessible to a wider public than ever before
Putting It Back Togetber is proshyduced hy the Stratford Festival Archives in collaboration with the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre
NEW CHAIR HOPES TO CARRY ON JOHN BELLS TRADITION
When Professor Manfred Kremer assumed the chair of the Department of L1nguages and Literatures last fall he knew it wouldnt be easy to follow in the footsteps of his close friend Professor]ohn Bell who had died the previous spring
John was one of the -niversitys finest teachers and is sorely missed says Professor Kremer I hope I can carry on the tradition of excellence that was his hallmark
Enrolment in Languages and Litershyatures one of the largest departments in the College ofArts has been steady for the past decade with 1300 to 1400 students a semester
With the help of his colleagues Professor Kremer is revising the currishyculum ofsome programs The French Studie section is investigating the establishment of a masters program in co-operation with other univershysities With more than half the departments enrolment in the French progranl the student base is broad enough to justify a masters program he says Guelph already works jointly with Wilfrid Laurier Western and Windsor universities in mooing a French Studies program in Nice France
Professor Manfred Kremer
Professor Kremer received his undergraduate degree and PhD degrees at the University of Cologne in West Germany He taught at the
niversity of Wales for a year before coming to Guelph as a lecturer in 1966
Editors Note The John Bell -Memorial Fund will provide an annual scholarship to a student majoring in Classics Donations can be sent to the Office of the dean College ofArts Income tax receipts will be issued
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ALUMNI HONORED AT CHEMISTRY IBIOCHEMISTRY
AWARDS NIGHT
Martin Bosch CPS 69 MSe 7J ( left) andPrOfessor Hamish Rattray chair of the University Awards Committee chat during the 1987 annual Chemistry mul Biochemistry awards night
Aumni were in the spotlight when the Department of ChemistI) and BiochemistI) and the Chemistry Biochemistry Club held their 1987 annual dinner and awards night recently
1987 graduates Dorothy Bakker (chemistry) Karen Graham (chemical tOXicology) Donna (Fackoury) Meagher ( applied chemistry) and Lauretta Williams (biochemistry) each received a Society of Chemical Industry Merit Award
Dorothy now studying medicine at McMaster University said The Guelph semester system and deshymanding undergraduate workload gave me the ability and confidence to be well organized in high pressure situations
Karen who is pursuing pharmashy
cology and toxicology studies at the University of Toronto commented that Guelph offered a tremendous toxicology program and said she would have stayed to do her graduate work at Guelph had it offered a graduate toxicology program
Donna a full-time research assistant for Mc eil Consumer Produc ts Company and winner of the EB Mac aughtOn Convocation Prize as the Winegard nominee for 1987 reflected on her studies at Guelph saying My four yCdfS at Guelph helped me develop skills I require to fmd answers
Lauretta who also received the CPS Graduation Prize and prestigious NSERC 1967 Science Scholarship said her undergraduate training at Guelph prepared me with a very solid foundation and competitive edge for graduate studies and encouraged me in the joy oflcarning and desire to study She now attends York University
Brock Chittim CPS MSc 77 pre shysident and general manager of Wellington Laboratories Guelph presented Joanne Ryks with the newly established WeUington Laboratories Prize in Environmental Chemistry
Martin Bosch 69 MSc 71 preshysident of Tricorp Chemical Speci shyalities Guelph announced the new Tricorp Chemical Specialties Award in organiC chemistry The first presentation of this annual scholarship of S I 200 will be made in 1989
Dr Lind Mrs Harold Suderman presented H] Suderman Demonstrashytor Awards to PhD students Clint Chapple CPS 82 MSc 84 and Carl Decicco CPS 84 for their excellent work in teaching undergraduate lahoratories
Thirty-two additional awards were presented to undergraduate students for their outstanding efforts in 1987
Professor Innes MacKltnzie Physics chats with Dr Steve Berko Brandeis f
University Waltham Mass one Of the speakers at a sympOSium held in Professor MacKenzies honor
PROFESSOR HONORED
November was quite a month for Professor Innes MacKenzie Physics
first he received the 1987 Sigma Xi Excellence in Research Award for his outstanding contribution to re shysearch The award was presented at the Guelph chapter of Sigma Xi s annual banquet At the chapters annual meeting Professor MacKenzie presented the lecture Non-invasive Analyses by Gamma-ray BackshyscatteJing
Later in November a symposium New Demands on Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy wai organized by Proshyfessor MacKenzies research assoshyciates The symposium held at the University in Professor MacKenzies honor featured ten speakers from rhe United States Canada Africa England and Finland A banquet and reception followed in the evening
Professor MacKenzie is now retired but continues to do research at the University as an adjunct professor
NAMED TO STATS INSTITUTE
Professor Hendrick Malik Mathematics and Statistics has been elected a member of the International Statistical Institute in recognition of his contribushytions to the field of statistical methods TIle institute is an autonomous society whose obshyjective is the development and improvement of statistical methods throughout the world
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LEADING CANCER RESEARCHER DELIVERS FIRST CHAPPEL LECTURE
Anoted medical scientist in cancer research delivered the inaugural address in a new lecture series on campus - the Chappel Lecture in Biomedical Sciences
Dr Harry Rubin spoke February 4 the night before winter convocation ceremonies at which he received an honorary doctor of science degree Dr Michael Smith a leading Canadian molecular biologist also received an honorary degree at winter convoshycation
The Chappel Lecture will be an annual event on campus bringing scholars of international repute to address students faculty and the public It was established by Dr
D1~ Harry Rubin hooded by Umversity secretay Barbara Abercrombie is congratulatedby Chancellor William A Stewart
CLifford 1 Chappel OVC 50 and hLi wife in memory ofhis father Herbert James Chappel and was hosted in its first year by OVe
Dr Rubin began his work in the area of viruses in Mexico after gradu shyating from Cornell University as a veterinarian in 1947 He later joined the S Public Health Service became senior research fellow at the California Institute ofTechnology and has held several research pOSitions at the ni shyversity of California Berkeley where he is now professor of molecular biology and research virologist He is known for his contributions to the field of cell growth regulation and malignanqr
Dr Rubins lecture Is Cancer Caused by Cancer Gerzes or the Folly ofReductionism explored popular theories of cancer-causing genes
OVC GRAD WORKS TOWARD BILINGUAL EDUCATION IN CANADA
Dr Susan (Tilt ) Purdy OVC 68 strongly believes that Canada can be a bilingual nation To that end he is serving as national president of Canadian Parents for French (CPF) a 16500-mcmber nation-wide volunshytary association of parents intere ted in promoting the best possible french second language programs at all educational levels
CPF acts as an information-sharing resource for parents educators governments and the general public on French education opportunities in Canada Sue says it is a unique organization because it represents the majority language group advoshycating the language of the minority and thus is a bridge between the two solitudes
Sue moved to New Brunswick after graduation from OVC and practised veterinary medicine in Moncton with her husband Dr James G Purdy OVC 50 until 1974 when they sold their hospital and moved ro Sackville Presently Sue is in small animal prac shytice with her husband in Sackvillc on
Susan (Tilt) Pu-dy OVC 68 sbaresa conversation with Fernand Robichaud MP for West Moreland Kent (left) and DIberville Fortier CommissionerofOffidaI Languages at the 10th anniversary ofCanadian Parents for Frerzch in 1987
a limited part-time basis as she serves her second year as CPF president
Sue became involved in educational issues and joined CPF 10 years ago when her two children started school Now n and 16 both children are enrolled in continuing French immershyion programs and Sue says shes satist1ed that she has given them the
best start she can at becoming bilinshygual J now devotc most of my time to ensuring that other Canadian hildren have a right and opportunity
to learn both of Canadas official languages in the public school sysshyteOl she explains
Sue ha fond memories of Guelph and her fellow students at OVC in the sixties Our paths have continued to cross over the years and I always look forward to such encounters she says Although I am not lIsing my formal training a great deal at the moment the education I received at Guelph has fitted me well for the advocacy role I play poundOday My only wish is that [ could have graduated a bilingual veterinarian - but alas those were different times That is why I work so hard to ensure future graduates from all our universities will not be Limited to expression in only one language
Editors Note Ifyou would like more illformation about CPF write to 309 Cooper Street Suite 2OJ Ottawa Ontalio K2P OG5
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OVC GRAD FOUNDS WORLD WOMENS VETERINARY
ASSOCIATION DrBetsy McGregor OVC 87 didnt expect to become president of the worlds ftrst association for professhysional women veterinarians when she auended her first World Veterinary Congress in Montreal last summer But when she discovered that the only female vet group the womens auxiliary was not designed to address specific professional issues for women vets she invited interested women to a meeting Sixty-eight women from 24 countries attended When the meeting was over Betsy had been elected founding president of the World Womens Veterinary Associashytion (WWV A) and a set of objectives had been struck
Career enhancement is the core objective The WWVA will promote awareness of professional opportunishyties for women veterinarians on difshyferent continents and within the United ations international agencies A quarterly WWVA Newsletter will list such opportunities around the world
The WWVA is also committed to professional and personal developshy
ment through practice exchanges betshyween countries university visits leave opporrunities and house exchanges For example the founding member fro m Kenya suggested hOliday or academic exchanges between her colleagues in Africa and women veterinarians interested in wildlife The iWVA Newsletter will contain a listing of members wishing to partishycipate in s1lch exchanges
Above all the WWVAis committed to a humanitarian contribution to international agriculture About half of the 24 countries represented in the Asso ciation are developing nations Recognizing that in many of these countries women contribute signiftcantly to livestock production the WWV A wants to provide support to these women who because of cultural constraints may not have the same access to services as men To this end Betsy contacted the president of the Associated Country Women of the World Dr Ellen McLean also a Canadian The two organizations will work as affiliates in international aid projects to deliver livestock and
Dr Betsy McGregor ove 87 and son at last years convocation ceremonies
veterinary medical care to Third World nations
Following a masters degree in rural farming systems from McMaster -nishyversity Betsy worked for the United Nations Food and Agr icultural Organization around the world during the 1970s She returned from overseas and commenced studies at OVC in the 1980s Upon graduation she worked as a special assistant to OVC Dean Ole ielsen co -ordinating OVCs international programs She is currently working as a eterinarian with Agriculture Canada
For more information about the WWVA contact Betsy at PO Box 6069 Station J Ottawa K2A ITl
OVC STUDENTS HOST FIRST CONFERENCE The first Canadian Veterinary Stushydents Conference hosted by OVC in January was a big success according to OVC student Andrea Ellis president of the Central Vcterinary Students Association (CVSA)
There is a student conference in the United States but the Canadians get lost in the crowd We decided it was a good time being OVCs 125th anniversary in 1987 to have something right in our own backyard Andrea explains
The OVC snldent council of the CVSAhad been preparing since Mar h 1987 for the two full days of scientific
sessions and recreational events About 60 students and faculty attenshyded from the Atlantic Veterinary College University of Prince Edward Island the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Montreal St Hyacinthe and the Western College of Veterinary Medicine niversity of Saskatchewan Attendance from avc students ranged from 180 to 300 depending on the event
OVC has always had a FrenchshyEnglish student exchange with St HyaCinthe and we knew there was enthusiasm in the West because they talked for years about organizing a hockey tournament But we were
really surprised by the Atlantic Veterinary College Their school has only been operating a few years and out of about 96 students 19 came to conference says Andrea
A conference fund has now been set up and will be administered by the Students of the Canadian Vetershyinary Medical Association n1e conshyference location will be rotated among the four colleges with St Hyacinthe probably hosting next year says Andrea Weve been told that weve started something big Everyone had a really good time and we hope the conference will continue for a long tinle
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DR IAN TAYLOR DOING HIS ullONS SHARE Dr Ian W Taylor avc 43 of Wheeling Illinois puts enthusiasm into everything he does [ figure if Im going to do it Im going to be enthusiastic he was quoted recently in a local newspaper article
As OVC class of 43 president Ian co-chaired the 40th reunion of his class at Alumni Weekend in 1983 along with Dr Archie MacKinnon He acted as master of ceremonies for the program and arranged a display of memorabilia Fourteen out ofa possishyble 31 members of the class were present
TIlis year [an is pushing for 100 per cent attendance at the 45th reunion during Alumni Weekend Perfect attendance is something Ian knows about
He has served the community of Wheeling as a veterinarian for over 30 years Although most of his work has been with dogs cats and a few birds he has also dedicated a great amount of time to lions - bUl nol the four legged kind He recently received
GOOD EWES Three sets of genetically identical lambs are the first anio1aJs bom from bisected embryos at the University
]n December six surrogate ewes delivered nine lambs - three sets of twins and three singles - that had developed from embryos micro shysurgically bisected and implanted five months earlier
Project leader Dr Calhy Gartley ove 82 now completing a DVSc degree in the Department of Clinical Studies says the accomplishment is a milestone for the University
1 find it exciting that these are the first genetically identical animals created and born at the University of Guelph she says They represent the first ofmany such twins in several species that University researchers hope to soon realize
Besides maximizing embryo use this project demonstrates the potenshytial to create Significant numbers of
Dr Ian Taylor OVC 43 with some of the hundreds ofpins hehas collected on visits to Lions CLubs a1(mnd the world
a special award from the International Lions Club for exemplary work in lhe field of international relations He has attended Lions Club meetings in 57
Twin lambs Mutton and jeff who began life as the same embryo am shown with Dr Cathy Gartley avc 82 under the watChful eye of their sutTOgate mothet Q2
genetically identical aninlals that are vital for consistent research results
Dr Gartleys project is supported by the Ontario Ministry ofAgricu Iture and Food (OMAF) and the Eleanor Gartshore Memorial Shnp Trust
different countries and hasnt missed a monthly meeting in 29 years
He has served the Wheeling Club as preSident newsletter editor and public relations chairnlan and has twice been named Lion of the Year In 1982he received tbe MeJvinJones Fellowship award for dedication to humanitarian services and recently he was recognized by a resolution in the Illinois House of Representatives for his Lions Club work He says his greatest pleasure is watching the joy that d isabled children get from a Lions-sponsored camp in Lake Villa each year He has been involved in ftmd-raising for the disabled which is the Lions main objective both locally and abroad
Ian would like to hear from alumni who are members of Lions Intershynational to exchange information and souvenirs used by the clubs throughout the world of Lionism He would also like his OVC class of 43 members to immediately send back the questionnaires mailed to them by the Alumni Office in December for the purpose of producing a class anniversary newsletter These may be sent [0 him at 7695 Milwaukee Ave Wheeling lllinois 60090 or to Dr Archie MacKinnon RR 4 Cambridge Onto 1R 555
SPEAKERS TOUR
The OVC Alumni Association invites alumni to hear two dynashymic guest speakers and tour the Equine Research Centre during Alumni Weekend June 18
Dr Bruce Fogle OVC 70 of London England practitioner and author will speak on The Changing Role Of the Veterinshyarian in SmallAnimalPractice and Dr Brian Brandenburg OVC 68 M Sc 71 president of Guelph International Developshyment Consultants will speak on Veterinary Medicine in the Third World
The progranl will conclude with a dinner and dance
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Editor Carol yn (Redden) Moore 84
FROM THE PRESIDENT
While writing this message at the end ofJanuary I realize the mid-point of this years board of directors acti shyvities has arrived I reflect on two goals I set at our annual meeting last June to evaluate our contact with Mac-FACS alumni and increase memshybership in our alumru association
Upon graduation you do not autoshymatically become a member f the Mac-FACS Alumni Association You become a member by paying an annultll or life membership fee This money helps the board ofdirectors carry out activities on your behalf for both students and aluo1ni
At (he January board meeting we discussed the services our Association provides Our visibility with students is quite high through schOlarship presentations careers night and a reception for the graduating class Our services to alumni may need to be redefined What would you like us to provide orgaruze or sponsor
Our annual seminar was cancelled in October 1986 due to a lack of registrants Should we attempt to organize another
LOnYline Holding 71
Your board wants to increase its ConLlct with a greater number ofyou Where and when would you like us to be active7 What projects would you like us to consider
Please send your comments to us at Alumni House University ofGuelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2Wl Also why not come to our 1988 annual meeting June 18 J hope to hear from you soon
Sincerely Lorraine Holding 71 MacmiddotFACS Alu m ni As ociation President
FACS students Suzie Chin and Tracey Vent chat with Barb Stuart FAGS 71 faculty representative on the Mac-FACS Alumni Association s board Of directors at the annual party for graduating students hosted by the Assodation in February Sixty-five students 15 board members and several faCUlty members attended this yems party
CALLING ALL HOME
ECONOMISTS Towards 2000 Challenges and Opportunities is the theme of the Canadian Home Economics Associashytion (CHEA) National Conference at the Univer-ity July 10-13 The conshyference will be of intere t to alumni who graduated in programs related to family and consumer studies foods and nutrition home economics or human ecology
CHEA with a membership of2000 is committed to provide professional development for its members through programs workshops and special interest sessions A major part fits mandate is to create an awareness of new products and services in the market place
Frank Feather a well-known global futurist with a business-like approach will be the keynote speaker at the CIlEA conference He will address the challenges and opportunities of the future Dr Ehler Park a consultant with A5A willexplainhowplanning for outer _pace affects everything from the food we eat to how children will play
Other topics at the conference will include artificial vs natural sweetshyeners issues of an aging population space-age textiles SMART house - a totally computerized environment human sexuality free trade and agri shycu lture food irrJdiatjon and financ ial p lanning
Well-known Canadian entertainer Nanlt-Y White whose satirical songs arc often heard on CBC radio will perform following the opening ceremonies
Many pre and post-conference actishyvities are planned including trips to the Stratford Festival Niagara-on-theshyLake and Niagara Falls Waterloo County ( Farmer Market ) and the village of Elora
The conference offers an excellent opportunity for professional deveshylopment and networking For more information contact Wilda Waldron registration chair CHEA Conference 88 168 Maple Street Guelph Ontario N I G 2G7 ( 519) 836-9551
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FACS GRAD FINDS HEART IN THE ARTS
I ts strange how things work Ollt
Im glad r received a well-rounded education at Guelph It prepared me for th e future reflects Eva Eichenbaum FACS 75
Eva is one often Niagara Peninsula poets featured in Voices from the Niagara a book of local poems colshylelttcd by Pcter and Brenda Baltensperger and published in 1987 ( Moonstone Press 8795 )
Reviewing the book in the Hamilton Spectator John Terpstra writcs Thcre are some very good poems here and a few are standouts I especia lly enjoyed those of Eva Eichenbaum and David Haskins
Eva was born in Sweden the daughter of Estonian refugees who escaped their homeland during the Second World War She camc to Canada with ber family at age two and grew up in Niagara Falls where she attended Stamford Collegiate and won the Upper Scbool English Award at graduation
After a year of travel in 1969 as Miss iagara Hospitality for the Niagara
Promotion Association she enrolled at the University of Guelph to earn a Bachelor of Applied Science degrce and also took some courses at the
niversity of Helsinki Finland She then earned her Bachelor of Education degree at the College of Education Brock n iversity St Catharines and now teaches English and Television Arts at Merritton High School in that city
She started her career in education as a Family Studies teacher and was once head of the Family Studies Department at Merritton but found that her heart was really in English and the creative arts She used to teach theatre arts and also formed the Merriuon High School Dance Commiddot pany Sht teaches ballet and has written several musical comedies for her theatre and dance students
I got the idea for the style and format of the musicals fro m College Royals Curtain Call at Guelph I had a role in the production Der Keller a take-off on Cabaret in my final year she explains
NEW CHAIR TO BROADEN FOCUS IN
CONSUMER STUDIES Teaching and research in the Department ofConsumer Studies has focused on consumer affairs particushylarly consumer behavior and the basic necessities - food clothing and housing New department chairJohn Pratschke sees a need to review and perhaps expand this focus
Professor Pratschke says he was drawn to Guelph because of his interest in consumer economics The University has one of the few departmiddot ments in Canada with a consumer emphasis He plans to preserve the departments unusual linking ofsocial SCience business and technology but broaden the rangt ofstudy to include other products and services important
to the budgets of Canadian house shyholds
The employer market is happy with Consumer Studies graduates says Promiddot fessor Pratschke but there is a need for better communication about the program w ith secondary school stushyden ts We must get across the message that marketing is an inter shyesting challenge and that the program is professionally oriented without lOSing its base in product technology
Born in Ireland Professor Pratschke received his bachelor of commerce master ofeconomic science and PhD at University College Cork He has taught at the University of Waterloo University College Ga lway and
Eva EiclJenbaum FACS 75
Five of Evas poems are featured in tht 63 middotpage Voices f1Om the Niagara and she has donated a copy of the book to the University Lihrary She has also had poems published in Souldust and Pearls Sixth Edition ( Moonstone Press) and There Is a book productd by the Niagara Chapter of the Canadian Authors Association In the future she hopes to take some tinle out from teaching to study broadshycasting
PrOfessorjohn Pratschke
Memorial University Newfoundland He has published widely on the economics ofconsumer expenditures and on European housing policy agrimiddot culture banking and business education
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Mike Traub HAF-A 78 general manager Victoria Place Retirement Lodge Kitchenel discusses his career with a group ofstudents at the HAFA Alumni Assodatiolls annual Careers Night held on campus in January Thirty-seven alumni involved in a vanmiddotety ofcareers volunteered their time to the popular event
HAFA ALUMNI EXCHANGE SEMINAR HELD
Nancy Plato FACS 81
FACS PEOPLE Naney Plato FACS 81 ( Consumer Studies ) the new OAC liaison coshyordinator will acquaint high school students and guidance counsellors with opportunities in the agricultural sciences at Guelph
Enrolment at OAC has declined over the past few years and _ aney will work at increasing student numbers through recruitment and marketing
The position ofliaison co-ordinator is a new one for OAe Nancy says one of her main objectives is to broaden the understanding high school stushydents have ofGuelphs programs She plans to use her well-rounded view of agriculture and its related proshygrams combined with her recruitshyment experience
Nancy is back in Guelph from a position in secondary school liaison at Mount Royal College Calgary She is married to Paul Thiel OAC 82 and is an active member of the Mac-FACS Alumni Association board of directors
Professors Kathleen Brown Lila Engberg and Griffith Morgan have all retired from the Department of Family Studies Professor Elizabeth Upton HAFA will retire in July
Professor John Auld Consumer Studies has produced the Human Settlements Audio-Visual Resources Catalogue It is published by the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Warren Adamson vice-president development Delta Hotels gave the keynote address What is the Canadian Tourism Industry Anyway at the annual HAFA Alumni Exchange Seminar held November 4 at the DelL Chelsea Inn Toronto
This professional development event was sponsored by the HAFA
MOllica Hrybko HAFA 88 (left) received Ci HAFA AlumniAssociation Life Membership from Association president Morag McKenzie 82 The membership is given to a graduating student as selected by his or her peers with a minimum 70 per cent accumulative average who has had outstanding involvement ill the School andor University
Alumoi Association in co-operation with Pannell Kerr Forster lL gave lIAFA grads an opportunity to listen to experts in the field speak 00 various topical hospitality issues including pay equity the human resource risis trends in the hotel and foodservice industry and business planning
CONFERENCE
In Search of Healthy Sexuality
June 13-15 1988
The University of Guelphs 10th an nual sexua li ty conference sponshysor d byThe Department of Fami ly Studies wil l examine current issues in human sex u lily tea hing approaches in sexducation and counse llin g m thod for sexual problems
Keynote Ad dress by Dr Ruth Westheimer
For further info rmation write Co ntinu ing Education Di ISlon Univers ity of Guelph Gu Iph
nta ri N 1 G 2W1 or telephone (5 19) 824-4120 ex 3956
Registration Limit d Apply early
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OAC ALUMNI NEWS Editor Richard Buck 76A
OAC GRAD GIVES GIFT OF WATER TO THAI VILLAGERS
By janet Dumo
Water is not taken for granted in northeast Thailand Usually there is too little of it The sandy laterite soils do not hold water They crack and parch during the hot dry season Ponds shrink Streams and some wells dry up Even in the rainy season the rains are often late or insufficient and the rice crops wither in the fields
But sometimes there is too much water Heavy rains cause flash floods Which drown crops and wash pesti shycides and decaying organic matter into unprotected pit wells There is not enough clean drinking water to ensure good health
A CUSO priority in Thailand is to increase village self-sufficiency and improve the standard of living through the development ofsmall-scale water resources particularly in the north and northeast the poorest regions of the country CUSO engineers placed with departments of local adminisshytration survey and design small spillways dams and piped water systems They develop an under shystanding of indigenous water proshyblems and help viUagers develop water resource technology to deal with these problems
In most villages in Surin province the water is imprisoned under a 20shymetre thick layer of heavy clay comshypacted into red brick-like rock
Ed von Euw OAC 84 returned to Canada in December after two years as a CUSO water resources engineer in Surin While there he worked with two percussion water-jet well-drilling rigs one an Appropriate Technology Association ( A TA) rig originally used in India and Africa the other based on an indigenous village model
Ed found theATA rig needed modi shyfications to make it easier for villagers to operate Most important was the change from a hand to foot-powered lever which the villagers found much less exhausting to work But at $625 the ATA rig is expensive to buy and the Honda motor which pushes water
Ed von EllW and co-worker teaching pump maintenance ill Surin Thailand
down the hole to tlush out the soil and rock particles can use up to $4 of fuel a day
Ed spent several months looking at rigs used by Surin farmers and finally adapted a model from one used by Khun Hong of Muang Pet a village near Surin town Khun Hongs rig uses a pole and beam arrangement making it less durable and steady than the tripod form used in Eds adapted rig The new rig uses a hand-powered Lucky pump made in Taiwan and fanliliar to villagers
The Honda pump used in the ATA drilling rig must be repaired in town and a smaU repair may cost $10 while a repair to the Lucky pump can be done by villagers for less than a doUar Spare parts are available everywhere The drill bilS are made from truck springs in the same Surin shop that made the rig to Eds specillcations They cost only 96 ccors each as opposed to the S7-bits used in the ATA rig
Using smaller pipe and bit than the ATA rig Eds adapted rig drills more quickly through rock and is lighter and easier to use It requires only two people to ope(dte the foot lever The ATA rig requires four or five Eds rig cost $192 to make including pump and accompanying tools and can be constructed by villagers in a small weldingmachine shop if there is a demand for more
Eds rig was tested in Ban Se Jaruk on a site divined by a villager Working
intermittently the villagers went d wn 25 metres in one and a half weeks much of the time grinding through the red rock When water they were pumping down the hole suddenly disappeared and didnt come up again they were afraid they had damaged the rig But instead it was a sign of having broken into a vein of water which was now absorbing any other water poured down So water had been found delicious and abundant right behind the assistant headmans house
The Ban Se Jaruk well has been capped with a rower pump purchased from ATA for S17 The pump is based on a bamboo model used in fndia The tubewell pipe and pump are made of plastic - more acceptable than steel which gives the water an unpleasant taste
Ed carried out a four-month wellshydrilling project in co-operation with Khun Darune of the Northeast Thailand ( ET) Project Funded by the Canadian Internat ional Deve shylopment Agency and assisted by CUSO it is a rural development program in operation since 1981 in 52 villages along the Thai-Kampuchean border The villagers of Ban Se Jaruk elated with their initial success borrowed Eds rig to drill more wells In total seven rigs were built from Eds proto shytype and distributed to four other villages Over 100 successful wells have been drilled in the area to date
EdilO1-S NoteanetDuma is a CUSO special program officer in Malaysia Sbe bas worked as an Englisb teacber witb CUSO in fi)aiand andMaaysia
Ed von Euw a Stratford native graduated from Guelpb witb a BSc in engineering in December J984He llas 011 tbe deans bonor roll three times and received an engineering scbolarsbip in 1983 Before going overseas in November 1985 be workedfor Enllironment Canada as a bydrornettic engineer He is now studying f01 a masters degree in engineering at Guelph
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Professor Harold Crawford OAC 58 MSc 7 0
OAC PEOPLE ProfessorJohn Burton OAC 62 and Brian McBride CBS 78 OAC MSA 80 Department of Animal and Poultry Science have received $400000 from the Ministry ofColleges and niversities Research Incentive Fund for contract research in partnershyship with Cyanamid Canada Inc of Toronto They will examine the effecshytiveness of the hormone BST in increasing milk production in dairy cattle as well as any other effects of the agent
Gordon MacLeod OAC 50 has retired from the Department ofAnimal and Poultry Science after 31 years at the UniversityJohn Summers OAC 53 MSA 59 has also retired from the Department of Animal and Poultry Science after 25 years at the University
Harold Crawford OAC 58 MSc 70 who recently retired as coshyordinator of the Ontario Diploma in Horticulture Program Independent Study Division after 29 years at the University has received the Ontario Parks Association (OPA) recognition award for Significant contribution to the betterment of parks the proshyfession and the envirorunent through his work in continuing education He has been a member of the educational committee of the OPA for 14 years The Ontario Diploma in Horticulture program graduated its first students in 1963 and now has 500 alumni
Marilyn Dykstra OAC 78 is new director of the Universitys Pest
Marilyn Dykstra OAC 78
Diagnostic and Advisory Clinic The clinic is working at maximum capacity with marc than 30000 inquiries to its credit since it opened nine years ago says Marilyn It receives everyshything from live specimens of earwigs and spiders to diseased ornamentals and fruit and vegetable crops Most specimens come from home gar shydeners she ays but the clinic has a growing clientele among commercial growers landscape businesses and other industries Through its service and extension functions the clinic has accumulated a reference collecshytion of more than 10000 slides and specimens as well as a list of resource people from across campus
Dr R Keith (Chip) Chapman OAC 40 has retired from the Department ofEntomoJogy University of Wisconsin Madison following a distinguished areer spanning 40 years A two-day symposium was held in his honor last June and The R Keith Chapman Vegetable Entomology SchOlarship was established with funds collected in lieu ofa retirement gift He has also been named professor emeritus Attending the symposium and retirement recognition party in Madison were Keiths brothers Ross also OAC 40 and Douglas OAC 44 and sister Helen Stockwell a graduate of Macdonald College McGiJl Univershysity Montreal and OAC Dean Freeman McEwen
When Bruce Brown OAC 85 received his degree from former agri shyculture minister William A Stewart chancellor ofthe Universi tyofGuelph he asked what steps he could take to
Dr R Keith (Chip) Chapman andhis brother Ross both OAC 40
become the minister of agriculture and food Little did he know that two and a half years later he would be minister - if only for a day
In December he shared the duties of Ontarios minister Jack RiddeD OAC 57 as his prize for winning a public speaking contest at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Bruce who operates a Newcastle dairy beef and cash crop farm with his father spoke on the survival of the farm family in Ontario
ETHICS IN AGRICULTURE Ethical issues in agriculture such as animal welfare are generally debated from an emotional viewpoint Proshyfessor Frank Hurnik OAC PhD 71 Animal and Poultry Science and Pro shyfessor Hugh Lehman Philosphy are hoping to change that through the journal of Agricultural Ethics an international quarterly publication which offers a forum for discussing moral issues related to food and food production
We hope this publication will act as a bridge between those who philo shysophize about agricu ltural ethics and those actively involved in plant and animal use says Professor Hurnik Its a scholarly refereed journal but it wont be bogged down with speciashylized technical jargon As a result we believe it will be useful to the farm community and we expect leaders from that field will be contributors not just readers
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Professor Fredjelome and his wife Faye look over a catalogue of the Universitys art collection
ALOVEOFART Back in 1968 Fred N Jerome OAC 33 established a trust fund to purshychase art produced by promising young Canadian artists
I was a full professor then and I could afford to do it (set up a trust fund) I felt art deserved a little push and I wanted to see the niversitys art collection expand explains the now retired professor ofgenetics and poultry science at Guelph
Forty-two Canadian works have been purchased to date through lhe F - Jerome Trust Fund and a special exhibi t of these works will be featured at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre beginning Alumni WeekendJune 18 and continuing throughout the sununer
Professorjeromes personal favorite in the collection is Ken Danbys silkshyscreen The Skates
I like Danbys technique His work is almost as realistic as a color photoshygraph but you can still tell its a painting he explains
He is also fond ofDiego Drawing a lithography by Jack Chanlbers a London Ontario artist and Gene Chus delicate Spider Series
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre Director Judith Nasby says Fred Jerome has made an outstanding contribution to the growth of the Universitys Canadian art collection - one of the largest univer itycollecshytions in the province He has recogshynized the tremendous growth and vitality of the art community in Canada by specifying that works be purchased from young artists
A LOVE OF LI LI ES The expression lily white has little meaning for Bill Evans His favorite lilies are bright orange and yellow I like the ones that almost glow and catch your eye from 100 yards away says the retired Department of Horti shycultural Science professor
Professor Evans lilies are certainly eye-catching for anyone travelling north of Guelph on Highway 6 betshyween mid-June and mid-August Splashes of spectacular color glow from his field of lilies near Marden (behind the home of Marjorie and the late George Durnford ) - a welshycome surprise for those accustomed to seeing only the popular Easter white variety
Im obsessed with lilies admits Professor Evans who retired in 1985 after 28 years of researching phult breeding and teaching small fruit proshyduction at the University of Guelph ) like their variety and scope They are perennial plants that grow at different heights Some have flowers that face up some face down and some face out Some are trumpet shaped some have petals that curve back Some are scented and some are unscented
As a child Professor Evans grew flowers and vegetables in his parents big garden north of Calgary After six years in the army he enrolled at the
niversity of Alberta to study hortishycu lture During his second year in 1947 he began hybridizing lilies Following graduation he worked as a fruit breeder for the federal governshyment in Alberta for eight years before coming to Guelph in 1957 He conshytinued to breed and grow lilies at the
niversity and on plots of land that friends like Professor Ted Me inch (and now Mrs Durnford) let him use
The University has quite a history of lily breeding says Professor Evans The late Isabella Preston a lecturer at Guelph before Professor Evans time went on the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa and to world fame for her ornamental crabapples lilacs and lilies The late Jc Taylor a professor at Guelph was well-known for his lily breeding and introduced Professor Evans to many other breeders He
told me that my lilies needed more vigor and let me use some of his plants in my work
Professor Evans introduced three new varieties of lilies through the University and registered some of Professor Taylors They were marshyketed in the United States So far Professor Evans has had 17 varieties of lilies internationally registered Anyone can do this he says modestly You just write a full desshycription of the plant pick a name that hasn t been used before and send it to the Royal Horticultural Society in England prekrrably with a photo The new names are published every year
It s hard coming up with new nanles though says Professor Evans He has named some of his varieties after the area in which they were grown shyArkel Marden Gold Aberfoyle He named one after his granddaughter Bronwen and one after his wife Ethelwaite ( her first and maiden names ) She gets a thrill whenever she sees that name on a ( flower show) prize list somewhere he says
Pink and pastel lilies are Professor Evans speciality and his favorite is a variety he caBs Blusbing Maiden It has mauvey pink tips with a white centre
Professor Evans and his wife edH a newsletter three times yearly for the Ontario Regional Lily Society and Professor Evans has just ended a two year term as president of the North American lily Society He has judged at nower shows all over Canada and the nited States and will preside at an international show in Hamilton in July
Because of his hobby Professor Evans is enjoying retirement He spends about 25 hours a week on his lilies in the summer months During the off season he grows seeds and works on his records He is working on increasing the number ofvarieties including spotless ones ( most lilies have spots which are dominant ) He is pleased that some of his former students are now growing lilies entering shows and joining li ly societies
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RURAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT GRADS TO FORM ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
The University School ofRural Planshyning and Development ( USRPampD ) was inaugurated at Guelph in 1980
USRPampD is built on the strengths of past Guelph initiatives such as the Centre for Resources Development and the Rural Development Outreach Project It is formally recognized by the Canadian Institute of Planners and offers Masters level programs in rural planning rural development international rural development and resources management It is also actively engaged in research and community outreach
Recent research topics have in shycluded land availabi Iityfor agricu lture
local economic development strateshygies rural aging northern and native community plannjng and developshyment rural transportation computer applications in planning and deve shylopment and water and waste management to name a few This research was conducted throughout Canada and arollnd the world inshycluding Nepal Kenya Indonesia St Lucia Belize and Botswana
The outreach interests ofthe School are fully integrated with its teaching and research activities Recent out shyreach projects have included the Childcare Network Project for families in rural Wellington County an evaJu shy
ation of the rural development proshygrams ofa Jesuit mission in southern Ethiopia a heritage strategy for the Town of IngerSOll and a recreation needs assessment for Sault Ste Marie
Graduates of USRPampD as well as graduates of the former Centre for Resource Development are now being invited to form an alumni association to keep members updated on School activities their fellow alumni and issues concerning rural planning and development For further information contact Professor Harry Cummings USRampD University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N1G 2WI ( 519) 824-4120 ext 6783
JOIN YOUR OAC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NOW Did you know that as a graduate of OAC you are not automatically a member of the OAC Alumni Assoshyciation However anyone involved in a formal agricultural education at OAC ( past present or future ) is not only eligible to become a member but is encouragetl to do so
The OAC Alumni Association is a separate entity from the University of Guelph Alumni Association anti has specific responsibilities It awards
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ARTS Joanna Black 81 Ls aisistant direclOr curator The Marietta-Cobb Fine Arts Centre Marietta Georgia
Richard Hoffman 78 a Canadian Press journalist in Toronto is married pound0 Martine Bracey CBS 77
Laura Mezey-Hamid 82 administrative assistant to the vice-president of finance Penningtons Stores Umjted Toronto is married to Shaheed Hamid CSS 82
John Laurence (Stash) Stasiw 76 is marketing manager Philips Electronics Ltd Scarborough
Dirk Vanbattum 75 is vice-president Eddie May Mysteries Ottawa
CBS Michael Best 77 is a research technician Cross Cancer Institute Edmonton
GRAD NEWS EUzabeth Jane (Kempe) Coker 82 a resource worker CaJedon Parent-ChiId Centre Bolton is married to Dr Ted Coker OVC 87
Janet Ebanks 86 is a medical social worker Cayman overnment Health Sershyvices George Town Grand Cayman Cayman Islands British West Indies
Kevin Ferguson 80 supervisor of Outdoor Education for the Elgin County Board of Education married Suzanne Schmid BEd (Nipissing) 82 in April 1987 She works for the Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority They live near Aylmer
Michael Hackenberger 81 is president Canadian Zoological Systems Toromo
Heather Hattin 84 (HK) whose rowing accomplishments were featured in the winter 1987 issue ofthe GuelphAlumnus won Canadas first-ever gold medal in womens rowing in the double-scull event at the world championships in Copenhagen last summer
Cynthia (Porter)JefIrey 85 is studying for an MSc in Food Science at the University of Manitoba She is married to ScottJefIrey OAC 82 assistant professor ofAgncul tural Economics at the University of Manitoba They live in Winnipeg
Dr Gord Kennedy 85 senior chemist Union Carbine Corp Bound Brook New Jersey is married to Carrie Feaver CPS 84
Steven Kerr 77 is regional fisheries biologist Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources KemptviUe
Jim Lee 73 is director Research Services Min istry of Tourism Recreation and Culture Victoria BC
David Lemon 79 is senjor wildlife biologist S Fudge and Altsociates Ltd Saint Johns Nfld
Larry Patterson 76 is Grand Forks and District Aquatic Centre Manager Grand Forks Bc
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Improve your French in France One month courses at theUniversi ty of Tours offer essential ingredients for effective language learning INSTRUCTION - courses for beginners to advanced students of French ATMOSPHERE - live in French with the people of France OPPORTUNITY - afternoons are free to enjoy conducted excursions to the nearby Chateaux of the Loire Brittany Nomnandy etc
Our low price includes return flights to Paris group transfers to Tours university residence accommodation most meals tuition and certifi shycate of course completion Departures - July 1 July 31 Sept 2 1988 Inclusive prices from Toronto Montreal $244500 Edmonton Calgary $269800 Vancouver $274800
Special add-on rates from other major ci ties
We offer similar programs in Spainand Germany Call or write for details
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Stephen Rabbetts 79 is a zookeeper Metro Toronto Zoo Wcsthill
Cathy Oohnson) Rewcastle 80 is a fur biologist Manitoba atural Rcsources Winnipcg
Brian Sntith 78 micro ~)Stcms manager Natural Sciences Centre The University ofWestcrn Ontario London is married to Debra Bond CSS 79
Bradly Veitch 86 is second brewer Wellington County Brewery Guelph
Michael Wade 87 is responsible for aquaculture programs at Kpong Farms Volta River Authority Akuse Ghana the site of a major hydro-electric installation
P Allen Woodliffe 76 is the first and only district ecologist with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Chatham Districr He is married to Marie Gedcke FACS 75 and has a son Timothy TIl y Jive in Rondeau Provincial Park here Allen was park naturalist for 10 years before moving to the Chatham office
CPS Dr Syed Ahmed 87 is assistant proshyfessor Departme nt of Statistical and AClUarial Sciences University of Western Ontario London
Susan (Bishop) GraJ1am R3 a fourth year medical student Faculty ofMcdicinc University of Toronto is marri ed fO Don Graham CSS 83 CBS MSc 87 who is a ftl ll-time parent to their threc-year-old twins
Robert Lake 77 a self-employed conshysulting geolOgist is married to Susan Kay OAC 77 a human relations specialist with Petro Canada They live in Calgary
Robert Whitehead 79 is a mi ncr Denison Mines Ell iot Lake
Caroline (Carly) Williams 85 is a software engineer Wild Leitz Canada Toronto
CSS John Babcock 8 is special cabinet assistant Office of Minister of State (Forestry and Mines ) Ottawa
Jana Fie MA 87 i a neuropsychological associate Brazos Valley Rehabilitat ion Center Bl)an Texas
Danny Leung R6 is news submiddoteditor Asia Television Limited Hong Kong
Allison (Shaughnessy) Scanlan 84 production supervisor G I of Canada shyTruck Assltmbly Oshawa is mlITied [() Michael Scanlan 84 directo r of pur hasing Arbor Capital Rltsources
middotoronto
Patricia Sorbam 80 is executive assisshytant to the Ontario Minister of Energy Toronto
G Llewellyn Watson MA 70 a proshyfessor at the University of Prince Edward Island has written a texthook Dilemmas and Contradictions in Sucial 7beor) published by University Press of America
Terry Wright 76 is account manager John Logan National Leasing Bramptoll
MAC-FACS Marie (Tomelin) Cowlin 78 is brand manager Distillers Co Canada Ltd Toronto
Debbie Foster MSc 87 is medical coshyordi natorsex educator Youth Clinical Services Inc Down~view
Marilyn (Shirley) Goodwin 75 MSc 77 a research officer for CSC Ottawa h ma rricd to Fred Goodwin HAFA 75
Margaret (CJark)Jordan 82 manager Agricultural Employment Services Cmada Farm Iabour Pool Newmarkct is married to BrianJordan OAC 81
Margo (Payne) Langan 83 marketing communications co-ordinator Moore Response Technologies Mississauga is married toJohn Langan CBS 75
Nancy (Howard) Martin 81 senior contract managemcnt officer Consumer Products and Trtffic Management Brmch DepartJllent of Supply and Service~ Hull Que is marriltd to Phillip Martin CBS ( HK) 82
Helga (Strenzke) McDonald 84 public relations officer Centrilia Collegc Huron Park is married to Ian McDonald OAC 83
Marilyn Sewell-Kelley 78 is agriculshytura l health and safel) comiddotordinacor Rural Organizations and Services Branch OMAF Guelph and lives near Paris
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James Allen 77 (ODH ) is president of Allens Turf Services Ltd Calgary
Martin Bohl 85 is policy advisor OMAJ Toronto
Guy Bonnetta 79 manager Pioneer Overseas CorpJohnston Iowa is married to Carolyn Knowles CBS 78
Stew Carpenter 50 president ofDivershysity Farms Inc Paw Paw Midligan is married to Olive McEwan 79A scltretary-tnasurer ofDiversity Farms Inc
Harold Cau 60A and 67 is viceshypreSident Barnes Wines Limited St Catharines
Elroy Cober 85 and his wife Rhoda have begun three-year Mennonite Central Committee assignments inKabwe Zambia Elroy is working as provincial o ilseed office r and Rhoda as a general health worker
Eileen (Emmett) Cole 79 a registered
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University of Guelph
Community ~ Barbecue ~
Thursday July 14
For more information ontact Anita McManamna
(5 19) 824-4120 ext 2896
OVC CONFERENCE October 14 amp 15 1988
Details to follow in August issue of the Guelph Alumnus
For further in formation contact Dr Ron S_ Downey
Assist nt Dean ave at (5 19) 824-41 20 ext 441 1
or 441 3
CHOOSE A WINNER
TODAY NORTH AMERICAN LIFE 5650 Yong St North YoriltoOntario M2M G4
Lloyd Curtis OAC 7J MSc 74
nurse Colchester Hospital Truro 5 is married to Bill Cole 79 regional sales manager Clarence Farm Services L(vcr Truro
laura Cole 80 is a conservJLion planner Mississippi Vall y Conservation Authority Lanark
UoydCurtis 71 MSc 74 ofCalgary is national sales manager Agricultural Chem icals Division BASF Canada Inc BASF markets a wide range of crop proshyLection products Lloyd directs dle aCLivi shyties of BASFs liales force throughout Canada
James Donison H I is proje L engineer Costello Lomagney amp Denapoli ConshysulL ing Engineers Mancheste r New Hampshire
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Richard Graham OAC7J
Richard Graham 71 of Rrampton is naLional marketing maI111gcr Agricultural Chcmicab Divisi n f3ASF Canada Inc
Richard Helmer 62A married Marilyn Hogue in Oct 19R7 They live in Windsor Richard is supply tcaching for the Essex COllnty Board of Education and doing freclanltx horLicultural work during the summer months
Brian and Brigitte (Brunetzky) Kaufman 84 are pltased to announce the safe arrival of their son Nathaniel Brian All are reSiding at Bright
Dr Houchang Khatamian MSc 71 PhD 8 is associate professor Depart shyment of Horticul rure Kansas State Unishyversity Manhattan
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J cE~~~~f May 11 - Presidents Counc il Executive Luncheon
May 19-June 5 Guel ph Spring Festival
May 31-June 3 Convocation
June 13-15 Human Sexuality Conference
June 17-19 Alumni Weekend
July 10-13 Canadian Home Economics Association Con ference
July 26 Al um ni Assoc iation Executives O rientation Meeting
Masters of Agribusiness Management
111e University of Guelph is now olkring a Masters of Agribusiness Management for people interested in a comprehensive training program for manlgemel1l positions in modern agrihusiness
The program runs over I () months and is highly structured so that studenrs receive intensive practical training in all facets of agribusiness managemel1l
Ifyou have an agricultural background and wish to funher your career in management of farm or nonmiddotfarm agribuiiiness this program could he for you
For fu nhcr information on this program pleL~e contact
Professor Tom Funk Department of Agricultural Economics and Business University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl (519) 824middot4120 ext 3427
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Dr Elenimo Khonga PhD 87 is a lecturer University ofMalawi Chancellor College Zomba Malawi
Kevin Laidley 82 MSc 85 resource technician Niagara Peninsula Consershyvation Authority Allanburg is married to Lesley Nicholson FACS 83 child life specialist McMaster University Medical Centre Hamilton
Dr Monique Leclerc MSc 82 PhD 87 is assistant professor Department of Soil Science and Biometeorology Utah State University Logan
Maurice Marwood 64 MSc 66 is vicemiddot preSident sales and marketing Canadian Kenworth Company Mississauga He is responsible for all aspects of sales and marketing ofKenworth trucks and product support in Canada
Dr Giancarlo Mosch1ni PhD 86 is [caching in the Economics Department Iowa State University Ames not the Unimiddot versity of Iowa as stated in the fall 1987 issue oflhe GuelpbAlurnnus Our apolomiddot gie~ for [his error
Reid Palmer 63 is a research geneticist and professor Departments ofAgronomy and Genetics Iowa State University Ames
Dr Yousef Papadopoulos 80 MSc 82 PhD 87 a research scientist Agrimiddot cu lture Canada Nappan NS i$ married to Kathleen Glover 80 MSc 83
Andy Robinson 80 MSc 83 a genetimiddot cist Livestock Developmcnt Division Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Christine Howe Arts 81
Dr A Hamid Saleemi MSc 73 has received a PhD in Educational Psychology from Bayero UniverSity Kana Nigeria His thesis was Islamic Values and Commitment among HallSa Muslim Youtb Au Empirical Study and his reo search has been hailed as a pioneering study in the measurement of reJjgious commitment anlong MusJjms Dr Saleemi is principal tutor Department of Adult Education and Community Services Faculty of Education Bayero University
James Sampa MLA 86 is a lecturer in landscape design and natul 1 resource conservation School of Environmental Studies Copperbelt University Zambia
Bill Shotyk 81 completed his PhD in 1986 in the Geology Department at The University ofWestern Ontario and spent a year as visiting postdoctoral researcher at the UniverSity of California to study
thennodynamic stability of organic commiddot plexes of aluminum In Sept 1987 he married Beth Haas and they live in London where Bill is a postdoctoral research associate in the Geology Department UWO studying the surface chemistry of minerals He is also writing his first book The Geochemistry OfPeatandPeatlands to be published by Elsevier Amsterdam
jack Thompson OAC 81 is a firemiddot fighter Station No 1 Thomhlll
Susan Watkins 81 is program offi cer Horn of Africa Oxfam Canada She is in charge ofOxfams overseas development projects in Eutrea and Tigray prOvince of Ethiopia the majori ty of which are in agriculture and health
Dve Dr Ian Alexander 86 is a dmg evalumiddot ator Bureau of Veterinary Dmgs Health and Welfare Canada Ottawa
Dr Cheng Hock Choong PhD 72 is director Semex Canada Guelph
Dr Ann Davis 75 a graduate student at the University of Toronto has won the Hardi Cinader Prize for 1987 The award is given to the graduate student in the process of completing doctor-A work who most resembles renowned immunomiddot logist Dr Bernhard Cinaders originality and versatility
Dr john Debbie 65 is an epidemiomiddot logist New York State Health Department Albany
Dr jean Dodds 64 in addition to her research on blood clotting mechanisms has chaired several national and intermiddot national task forces on assorted topics
Dr Doug Galt 62 is laboratory head OMAF Brighton
Dr Maria Koller CBS 75 DVM 79 chief control programs Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Dr Robert Georgeson 72
Dr Darwin Lund 60 is veterinarian in charge Agriculture Canada Lethbridge Alta
Dr David Murphy 56 is director cardiovascular surgical unit Dalhousie
niversity Halifax
Dr Gary Nash 77 veterinary research officer Institute of Aquaculture University
ofStirling Stirling Scotland is married to Marilyn Klein CBS 77
Dr HG Rees 55 joined the faculty of Massey University New Zealand after 10 years ofgeneral practice Upon completion of his masters degree he as appointed senio r lect urer at the University of Melbourne In 1970 he returned to prac shytice in his native Wales and has spent the past 12 years on the faculty at SeaJe-Hayne College there He has a small sheep farm
ARTS Bruce Westheuser 76 ofToronto died Dec 7 1987 He was a teacher Toronto Montessori Schools Hlt is survived by his father Ronald and stcpmodlcr Dorothy two sisters and a brodumiddotr
CSS Robert A Dodd MA 75 of Victoria BC died Oct 8 1987 He had been employed by the Ministry of Health He is survived by his wife Wendy
Bruce G Miller 72 of Aurora Ont died Sept 2 1987 He was a teacher with York Region Board of Education He is survived by his wife
MAC-FACS Etta (Birdsall) Garnham 17D of Tillsonhurg Ont died Jan 11 1988 She is survi ed by her sister Doris Oatman
Kathleen (Coggs) Hallam 120 of Toronto died jan 23 1988
Katherine L (Williamson) Killmaster 35D of Southfield Michigan died jan 31 1988
GAdora(Beemer)McFadyen 29Dof Port Elgin Ont died Apri l 8 L987 She is Survived by her son George S McFadyen OAC 50A
Anne E Spera 280 of Dundas Ont died Jan 26 1988
Dora M (Dies) Terryberry 260 of Weston Ont died Jan 22 1988 She is survived by her son Douglas
and maintains a single man general pracshytice Sheep health and production are his main interests and in the fall he was admitted to the Cert SHP by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons In 1989 he plans to retrace his footsteps to learn about his main interests in the countries in which he was trained
Dr Duncan Sinclair 58 OAC MSc 60 (nutrition ) Schofield lecturer 1983 will become Queens University Dean of
IN MEMORIAM
OAC Aimee A (Ups) Acklen 36 of Irving Texas died Feb 2 1987 She is survived by her husband Robert and one son
George K Beare 37 A of xbridge Ont died Oct 30 1987 He is survived by his wife Ruby
Dr J Ritchie Cowan 39 of Corvallis Oregon died Nov 12 1987 He was a retired professor of agronomy and proshyfessor emeritus Oregon State University He received his MS and a doctorate in plant genetics from the University of Minnesota He served as national president of the Crop Science Socicty of America the American Society of Agronomy the American Forage and Graosland Council the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology and the League for Intershynational Food Education He was pre shydeceased by his first wife DorothyWhite Mac 39 He is survived by his second wife Ruth and two children
WUliam M Croskery 15 of Ottawa died Nov 17 1987 He was a retired agricultural representative for Carleton County He is survived by three children
Walter C Fisher 26 of Sf Catharines Ont died jan 20 1988 He is survived by his wife Alice ( Petrie ) and three children
William A Hammond 18 Port Dovers oldest World War I veteran died Sept 29 1987 at 95 Prior to entering OAC he farmed worked in a lumber camp in BC and fought forest fires in Montana During the war he served in France and Belgium with the 55th l3atteryofthe Royal Canadian Art illery advancing from gunner to sergeant In 1920 he married Minerva Mitchell and they farmed in Woodhouse Township Mter retir ing he became clerk-treasurer of the township and later
Medicine and Vice-Principal ( Health Sciences) onJuly 1 He has served Queens in various capacities since joining the departme nt of physiolo gy in 1966 Nationally he has been invo lved with the Medical Research Council of Canada for many years includ ing a term as its director-genera1
Dr Anne Marie Taylor 81 is direc tor of an imal care Animal Care Centre Dalhousie niversity Halifax
held the san1e position with the Town of Port Dover He also served on the Ontario Assessment Appeal Board and was a fanner chai rman of the Simcoe High School Board In 1967 he received a Centennial Medal for service to his communi ty He was predeceased by bis wife and a son and is survived by two daughters Betty Murton ofWatetiord and Doris LlIldon of listoweI
Kandappar NJeyasseelan MSA 56 of Peradeniya Sri Lanka died Oct 22 1987 He is survived by two children
Frank J King 33 of Thornhill One died Dec 19 1987 He was a pioneer of Canadas broiler chicken industry and retired senior executive and director of Ralston Purina Canada Inc He is survived by his wife Rachel and a son
Robert C (Bob) lGrkness 56 of Maple Ridge BC died Oct 10 1987 He is survived by his wife
] Morley Lawrence 1 7 of Windsor died Oct 4 1987
John S Lennox 66A of Shallow Lake Ont died as the result of a farm accident Nov 4 1987 He is survived by his wife Ada and a son
Alex T Macnab 36 of North Fort Myers Fla died Dec 18 1987 He is survived by his wife Vella
NormanJ Myles 39 of Guelph died j an 24 1988 He had been a second lieutenant 11 th Field Brigade Royal Canadian Artillery He is survived by his wife Luella Beverley (Highan1 ) and two children
Robert W Phillips 39 of Belleville Ont died Sept 21 1987 -John W Robertson 38 of Thorold Ont died Oct 21 1987 He is survived by his wife Elizabeth and daughter Janice Partlow Arts 70
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Henry H Rooke 8 of Barrie Ont died Dec 16 1987 lIe was retired from the Department of National Health and Welfare He is survived by his wife Harriet Mac 40 and daughters Jane Lennox and Nancy RookemiddotAllen CBS 73
Robert H See 65A ofBohon Ont died Nov 14 1987 He was the son of Margaret (Huston) See Mac 33 and the late Dr John N See OAC 35 OVC 38 He is survived by his wife Brenda and two sisters
WilliamT (Bill) Smith 35 ofStfJtford Ont died Sept 19 1987 He is survived by his wife Maude and five children
Annie H Tasi MSc 72 ofGuelph died Dec 9 1987 She received her BSc in Agriculture from the National Taiwan University in 1965 After receiving her masters in horticulture from Guelph she worked as a research technician in the Universipound) Department of Horticultural Science Shc is survived by her hu~band Benjamin and two children
William G Toner 20A and 22 of Guelph died Jan 30 1988 He is survived by hi wife Eileen and four children
W Benson (Ben) Vair 55 of Sarnia died Jan 6 1988 He taught science at Northern Collegiate in Sarnia for 25 years retiring in 1987
A Gordon O Whiteside 20A and 22 of Ottawa died June 2 1987 Ht was retired after 42 years as a cerealist with Agriculture Canada and wa~ a Fellow of thc Agricultural Institute of Canada lie developed sevedl varieties of Canadian whtat one of which bears his namt Gordon He is su rvived byhis wife Irene and three children
Joseph H Willmott 22A of Milton died Oct 23 1987 He is survived by his sonJohn c Willmott 55
PROFESSORS
Dr Denis H Stott professor emeritus since 1980 diedJan 22 1988 in England at 78 He was ftrst chair Department of Psychology from 1966-68 and was intershyna tionally known as a pioneer in deve shyloping learning techniques for hardmiddottOmiddot teach children He founded the Centre for Educational Disabilities which he directed until h is retirement in 1975 His research focused on the causes and promiddot
blems of delinquent school boys He is survived by hiswifeJane and tw children
Dr Robert D Whiteford of Qualicum Beach Vancouver Island former professor Department of Biomedical Sciences died Feb ] 0 1988 He is survived by his wife Beatrice and one son
STAFF Ray Catchpole a member of the Unj middot versitys Sulawesi Regional Development Project team in Indonesia died Nov 27 1987 in Jakarta at 46 He had been with the project sinet its inception in 1984 He is survived by his wife Ani and his mother Muriel Lucas A mcmorial fund has been established in his nanle Contributions may be forwarded to the Department of
Alumni Affairs and Development The fund will provide a bursary for Indonesians and Canadians involved in exchange between the two ountries It will be adminbtered by the niversity School of Rural Planning and Development
FRIENDS
Joseph Arlen of Guelph died Sept 5 1987 He pursued studies at OAC from 1957 to ) 959 before completing an engineering degree at the University of Toronto He is survived by his wife Judy who works in Photographic Services on campus and two children A Joseph Arlen Memorial Prize in Horticulture has been established Contributions may be forshywarded to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development
ASPARAGUS RESEARCHER DIES IN GUELPH
Herman (Herm) Tiessen OAC 51 onc of Canadas fore middot most aspard1t1s researdlers rued in Guelph Dec 10 1987 at 63 Or Ticsscn had been a horticul shyture professor at the University since 1955 and was co-ordinator of the National Asparagus Reshysearch Program
At its fiftieth anniversary meeting in london the day of his death the Ontario Asparagus Growers Marketing Board honored Dr Tiessen as the pershyson who had made the greatest contributions to the industry over the last 50 years He was also weU known for his work on greehouse tOmatoes and for a collaborative project with Texaco that used waste energy from the companys refinery to heat greenhouses
After graduating from OAC Dr Tiessen received his masters and PhD degrees from Michigan State University and returned to his alma mater to join the Department of Horticultural Science He traveUed widely to share his knowledge on veget-
The late Professor Herm Tiessen OAC51
able growing with scientists around the world most recently to New Zealand and Taiwan He -wa a member of the Agricultural Institute of Canada and the Canadjm American and Intermiddot national Societies for Horticulmiddot tural Science He was also an active member of the OAC Alumni Association
He is sUlvived by his wife Marjorie and two children
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JlAVIeuro 17 18 19 GOlf Tournament
The classic confrontation on the green the Gryphon Club Golf Tournament will start things rolling on Friday at the Cutten Club Prizes will be awarded
Barbecue amp CasinO Night
Meet your friends at Alumni House Friday evening for a barbecued feast and try your llck at the casino tables
SIOwpitch Tournament
The Grad loungers will defendtheir championship title at the alumnistudent co-ed slowpitch tournament Why not get a team together to compete for the first-place trophy and other awards Teams should consist of 12 to 20 players with at least six females per team Three one-hour games are guaranteed for each team
Tours Lectures Demonstrations
Tour the new Equine Research Centre see computer laboratory demonstrations at the College of Family and Consumer Studies or catch an enlightening lecture If its nature you enjoy visit the Arboretum the Marine Biology Laboratory or the Elora Gorge Conservation Area
Celebrity Auction
Join in the fun and bid on a fascinating assortment of articles donated by local celebriti~s Lots of surprises in store All proceeds will go to Alumni House
Awards Presentations
At the Presidents Picnic at noOn on Saturday the Alumnus of Honor award and the Alumni Medal of Achievement will be presented Come and celebrate with the recipients
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See page 7 for your Alumni Weekend reservation form For further information see your College section inside or call the Alumni Weekend hotline (519) 824-4120 ext 2102
Class Reunions
Is your class having a reunion Check page 7 to find out Reunions are a great opportunity to meet old
friends and renew acquaintshyances The Alumni Associations will host their graduates of 50
years or more at a Golden Anniversary Din ner
Champagne Brunch
Toast Alumni Weekend 88 at a champagne brunch held on the Alumni House patio Sunday The Guelph Concert Band will provide entertainment
AhAVYlVli Wee~eVld ~8 ReservatioVl form SURNAME(S) FIRST AME( S) College amp Year
FULL MAIUNG ADDRESS Postal Code
TliLEPHONE Home (_) Business ( _ ) I will be attending reunion (ColegeYearD1plom Dqree)
TIME FRIDAY)UJiII 17 PElt PERSON COST NO TOTAL OFACE USE
10 am REGI STRATION Alumni House No Cost
Noon GolfToumament Cutten Club 4000 11
Gpm Alumni Barbecue Alumni House 9 00 21
8pm Night of Casioo games and music 300 22
Darbecue amp Casino package 1000 23
SATURDAYJUNE 18
---830 am DreaJdast Creelman Hall Cash basis
9middot5 pm REGISTRATION Alumni HOllse No Cost
9 am Elora Gorge Walk (buses fro m campus) 600 26
9 am Alumni Association annual meetings Mac FACS (I rA Rm 209) OAC (Mac Hall Rm 149) OVC ( MacNaughtOn Bldg Rm 113) No Cost
930 am Slowpitch Tournament South Quad 4000 team 28
10 am Lectures by Dr Bruce Fogle OVC 70 and Dr Brian Brandenburg OVC 68 No Cost
1030 am FACS Tour and Demonsuation No Cost
II am Alumni Association aculUa meetings Arts (Johnston Hall Rm 104 ) CSS ( FACS Rm 101 ) HAFA(HAFA RrnIOI) 1 0 Cost
Noon Presidents Picnic and awards presentatio n Creelman Plaza (check in at Picnic ) 6 50 30
Noon CBS Picnic Biology House 500 300middotchild 54
I pm Tours of Equine Research Centre No Cost
230 pm Ground Breaki ng Ceremo ny for Atbletics fac ilities a Cost
3middot430 prn Celebrity Auction Alumni House No Cost
6pm Golden Anniversary Dinner Creelman Hall (Golden Alumnus + Oil guest) Complimcotary 60
Others attending Golden Anniversary Dinner 1800 6 1
Gpm CI= llcunion Dinner(s ) 6pm OVC Alumni Dinner Peter Clark Hall 3500
9 pm Alumni Dance University Centre No Cost
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730 a m Breakfast Der Keller Ca-h Bas is
9 am Churcb Service Arboretum u Cost
lOjO am UGAA Annual Mccting Alumni House 0 Cost
11 30 am Champagne Brunch and Outdoor Concert Alumni House Patio 1200 87
TOTAl COST
Residence Accommodation No of Rooms Required June 17 Couple 53300 x __ =
June 18 Single S2000 x __ =
Per St udent S1400 x __ =
TOTAL COST OF ACCOMMODATION
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Enclosed is my cheque for S payable to Alumn Events Mail to Laurie Malleau Alumni House University of Guelph Guelph O ntario N IG 2Wl
Please order before June 3 1988 Continuation of reservations wiU be mailed upon receipt of orde rs
bullPor exact price Of class reunion dinners consult the registration f onn in your cUJss IUWseUer or phone (519) 8244 120 ext 2102
ClASS REUNIONS CBS 78 amp 8 3 Mac 28 Mac 33 Mac 38 Mae 48 Mac 58 Mac 63 Mac 63D FACS 78 FACS 83 OAC 28 amp 33 OAC 38 OAC 43 OAC 48 OAC 53 OAC 53A OAC 58 OAC 6j OAC 63A OAe 68 OAC GSA OAe 78 OAC 7SA OAC 83 OAC 88 O VC 38 avc 43 ove 47 OVC 48 OVC 58
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COLLEGE ROYAL 88 SEARCH FOR EXCELLENCE
COllege Royal 88 drew about 30000 visitors to campus in March The theme Search For Excellence was carried through displays of stushydent clubs and academic units all over campus including an Alumni Affairs and Development display of
Dynamic Duo Andy Willemsen and Kathy Cunnington both FACS 88 worz the CBS-sponsored Egg Drop competition
Human Kinetics student Todd BIJJant helpedErica Clausen 4 test her lung volume al the School Of Human Bioshylogy display
Medieval jousting was demonstrated by the Sodety For Creative Anashychronism
24 graduates who have excelled in their diverse careers and activities
The 64th annual student -organized event was offiCially opened March 12 by Michael Enright CBC Radios 0shy
host of As It Happens Laura Gillard FACS 88 served as president and
People and cows met face to face at Old MacDonalds Farm
Former Curtain Callers Margaret Calder Mac 60 DtmRose OAC 57A and 60 and Nancy (Turk) Cums Mac 59 enjoyed themselves at the Curtain Call reunion
College Royal visitors tested equljJshyment at the chool of Engineering display
Nancy Scheer OAC 91 presided as hostess after being elected Celebrant at the College Royal Ball March 4
Curtain Call College Royals annual musical was followed bya reunion of fomler cast and crew members after the final show Saturday night
Guelph student Melissa Meisinger and her Samoytl Snowball particishypated in the dog show
The square dancing competition continued its popularity Both stushydents and alumni cOtnpeted
The woodsman competition tested strength
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ALUMNI GATHER IN WESTERN CANADA
Enthusiastic alumni gathered in Edmonton and Vancouver for chapter events in February
Harley Deeks OAC 50 president of Molson Alberta Brewery Ltd and Molson Saskatchewan Brewery Ltd and his wife Barbara (Herring) Mac 48 hosted a reception for 36 alumni and friends at Molson House in Edmonton Vincent MacDonald and Don Lavender hoth OAC 36 repre shysented the earliest graduating class present and ShouliangDongArts 87 was the most recent grad attending
Don Welch CPS 78 organizer of the event spoke about his memories of the University and before the evening was over had fOffiled a volunshyteer committee to plan future
Edmonton Chapter events Ifyou are interested contact Don at 15824 8Ist Street Edmonton T5Z ISS ( 403) 473-5237
Janey Bennett CSS 75 and Rod Clark CBS 77 hosted a reception for 27 alumni and guests at their home in Vancouver on Valentines Day Plans were made for a Vancouver Chapter wine and cheese party in April and a barbecue in summer For further information contact Janey at 1816 Mahon Avenue North Vancouver V7M 2T3 (604) 986-8177
Betsy Allan CSS 83 Alumni Affairs office attended both receptions She brought greetings from the University and spoke on chapter development and the latest campus happenings
VISA VOLUNTEERS GOODWILL AMBASSADORS
Ae the residence washrooms co shyed How do 1 get onto the volleyball team TIlese are some of the questions prospective University ofGuelph stushydents ask and former students are the best sources for answers
Through VISA (Volunteers in Support of Admissions) Guelph alumni help high school students become more aware of the niversitys curriculum spirited campus life and community amenities
We reinforce what the niversitys admissions office does in the high schools and we add the personal element says VISA co-ordinator Betsy Allan CSS 83 I see us as goodwill anlbassadors
VISA chapters in six Ontario cities each hold an annual information sesshysion for high school students their parents and friends Alumni talk about what attracted them to Guelph what they enjoyed how their education helped in their careers and what they are doing now Admissions counshysellors also attend
The information sessions have been an effective way to reach students who have not bad an opportunity to visit campus It also gives them a
chance to talk one on one with someone from the University says Betsy We welcome new alumni volunteers in the established VISA chapters The time commitment is small and those involved will tell you the work is rewarding
Established chapters and their leaders include Ottawa Greg DOUlatl HAFA 81 and Iarry Meek CPS 77 Toronto Debbie Chang CSS 82 London Maureen Higa OAC 79 Niagara Irene Good FACS 82 Chatham Vicki Bouman CBS 77 and 8rantford Simcoe Heather Linington OAC 80
As part of the VISA progranl this year Betsy wants to hold send-off barbecues across Canada She is looking for alumni willing to help organize and or host such an event in their backyards Students attending Guelph in the faU their parents and alumnj from the community would be invited The idea is to ~ish the students well before they embark on the path to univerSity For further inJormation about this or any aspect ofthe VISA program contact lktsyat Alumni House University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2WI (519) 824-4120 ext 6533
janey Bennett CSS 75 and Rod Clark CBS 77 hosted a receptionfor Vancouver alumni at thei home in February with some help ft-om their 18-month-old son Graeme Daughter Amy 4 was also at the event
Enjoying the-mselles at a reception for Edmonton alunmi at Molson HOllse ill February are left to right joyce Welch and her husband Don CP) 78 Betsy Allan OS 83 and Harley Deeks OAC 50 and his wife Barbara (Herring) Mac 48
ALUMNI CHAPTER EVENT
SASKATOON Dinner
Saturday June 11 600 pm reception
700 pm dinner Renaissance Hotel
Meet M arge M illar Director Alum ni Affa irs and Development
and Rosema ry Clark Director A lumni Aff~l irs -
For furtiJpr information conlact f3elsy AIan Alum ni H ouse
University of Cuelph (5 19) 824-4 f 20 ext 6533
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RECEPTION HELD
The CSS Alumni Association hosted its annual wine and cheese reception for graduating students at the Faculty lub in January Agnes (BelIai) Van Haeren 85 first vice-president and Susan Blair 83 director helped organize the event and greeted students at the door President John Alviano 74 spoke briefly about the Associashytion and asked for the support of those present CSS Oean)ohn Vanderkamp and faculty advisor Victor Ujirnoto were alsoprescnt to mingle with students
WHY DO STUDENTS LEAVE UNIVERSITY GUELPH STUDY
AIMS TO FIND OUT By Marla Stewart
Public R lations and In formation
Why do students leavc university before they complete their degrees A Guelph study Career and Education Achievement in the Student Environshyment ( CEASE) aims to find out Principal investigator Sid Gilbert Sociology and Amhropology has finished collecting data and will spend the summer and fall analyzing it
Professor Gilbert began the longishytudinal study of student progress at Guelph three years ago with a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council grant Through questionshynaires and interviews he contacted every new ftrst -year Guelph student in the fall of 1986 and fo llowed them over their next four semesters
The purpose of the study is to determine how many students leave
and their reasons for leaving says Professor Gilbert On the other hand he wants to meashy
sure program success completion and academic achievement
So far the study indicates that a students pre-entry characteristics (ethnicity secondary school grades financial status and parental educashytion) are not as crucial as the univershysity experience itself in determining whether he or she will stay
In other words says Professor Gilbert tudent attrition is related to academic and social integration at the University What students bring with them is not as important as what happens while theyre here
Throughout the three years of the study a remarkable 70 per cent of the 2800 students who received the initial questionnaire have responded says Professor Gilbert In year one first term students completed a questionshynaire measuring attitudes intentions background and demographic inforshymation 10 second term these students were re-surveyed on their experience
feelings and performance at the UniverSity
In the fall of year two those students who remained at Guelph were surshyveyed on their first-year experiences and how much they had learned and developed at the UniverSity
All students from the initial group who left the University before comshypleting their programs were then contacted to determine whether they had withdrawn temporarily or pershymanently transferred to another university were ineligible to return or had changed from fuU -time to partshytime status Reasons for any change of plans were explored by interviews
((a love of learning is not a strong factor
To date the study indicates that a love of1carning is not a strong factor initially influencing students to attend university TIley attend to gain knowshyledge and skills directly applicable to a career and to increase their chances of tlnding good paying jobs More than half the females surveyed said they attended universiry to increase their chances of finding challenging work after graduation Only 39 per cent of the males said this was their reason
The overall purpose of Professor Gilbcrts project is to measure volunshytary change and departure capture the process of attrition compare the experiences of stayers and leavers and suggest remedies when approshypriate He believes his findings will be beneficial to other universities all of which experience varying rates of attrition anlOng student) The findings will help educators develop retention programs for students who despite their talents and ambitions do not complete their degrees
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CANADIAN SENATOR SPEAKS AT CSS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION DINNER
Senator Lorna Marsden wore both her political and academic hats when she spoke at the second annual CSS Alumrti is50ciation dinner in March More than 100 alumni students faculty and guests were present
Named to the Canadian Senate in 1984 Senator Marsden is also a proshyfessor of sociology at the niversity of Toronto A Liberal she is a recognized expert on social change in Canada in particular the changing circumstances of women in Canadian economic and social life
In her address ]he Social Scientist in the State The Case for OPen Boundmies Senator Marsden argued that the influence of intellectuals on Canadian public policy is far too restricted Something is very wrong The intellectuals of Canada many of them at universities are excluded just at the moments when they are needed most Our causes arent led by great thinkers We dont regularly send scholars to parliament That lively exchange of ideas is missing
The difference is striking south of the border and in Europe where politicians and intellectuals are regularly joined In the US it would be unthinkable for the president not to have a brains tmst in one or more universities
Senator Marsden said the Meech Lake Accord the Free Trade Agreeshyment and the recent revision to Bill C-60 which amends the copyright act are examples of public policy meashysures which were diminished by the lack of input from intellectuals
In the case of Meech Lake Senator Marsden said inadequate use was made of people with knowledge about Ilistory and constitutional law She called Meech Lake an underhanded unsatisfactory method of constitushytional reform which puts the rights ofCanadians at risk She said a different approach would have been taken if the historians and constishytutional experts had been consulted first and she feels the Accord should be amended in consultation with these intellectuals
With free Trade Senator Marsden said the opposite had happened A
wealth of research had been done by experts on the potential ofFrce Trade but this research had not been carried through to help Canadians debate the issue once the deal was stmck ]n this case the experts were at the front end of the project only At Meech Lake it was the other way around
With regards to Bill C-60 she warned that intellectuals and univershysities should wake up Although she said the 1924 copyright act was badly in need of change she claimed many of the changes would cause financial and administrative problems for universities affecting things like distance education exams art exhibitions photocopying and intershylibrary loans In this case the intellectuals have been Sitting apart from the process and not protecting their own interests
Although Senator Marsden conshycluded that she didnt know the solution she said that intellectuals must move collectively into the cen shytral life of Canada and develop a closer relationship with the politicians to create better public policy
Sena tor Marsden turned her speakers fee back into the proceeds
RETIRED ECONOMICS PROFESSOR DIES
Wilda Blacklock and Senator Lorna Marsden
from the dinner which will fu nd a CSS graduate student scholarship The CSSAlumniAssociation now presents five annual undergraduate scholarshyships to social science snldents
An announcement of the estabshylishment of rhe Wilda Blacklock graduate scholarship in sociology was also made Wilda earned her BA and honors BA in 1973 and 1975 while working as a secretary in the Departshyment ofSociology and Anthropology She resigned from the Department to study for her MA which she earned in 1978 She then renlrned to the Department as computer co shyordinator retiring in January The scholarship was established in honor of her service to the Department and to graduate studems over the years In her thank you speech she said Its not so bad getting old if we can leave something to the young
Retired Economics Professor Jack Madden died March 14 1988 in Guelph at 68
Born in leeds England and raised in Winnipeg Dr Madden served overshyseas with the RCAF from 1939 to 1945 After the war he received his BA from the niversity of Manitoba his MA from the niversity of Toronto and his Ph D from Cambridge University
He began teaching at Guelph in 1965 He was a founding faculty member of Wellington College and a member of Senate He was also actively involved in health care planning at both the regional and federal level and served as economic advisor to the Hall Commission on Health Services
In 1974 Dr Madden received the
Ontario Confederation of niversiry Faculty Associations teaching award and in 1983 he received the University ofGuelph Faculty Association college award
The Jack Madden Medal in Econoshymic History is presented annually to a Semester 8 student who has mainshytained the highest grades in that subject
Dr Madden retired from the Unishyversity inJanuary 1985 but continued to teach part-time at the Universities of Guelph and Toronto
He is survived by his wife Andrea and four children
Donations may be madc in his memory to The Jack Madden Memorial Fundand forwarded to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development
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SABBATICAL FULFilLS SCIENTIFIC DREAMS FOR HUSBAND-WIFE RESEARCH TEAM
Ahusband and wife teanl of Guelph biologists Professor Eugene Balon and Dr Christine Flegler-Balon have returned to the University after an eight-month sabbatical at the )LB Smith Institute of Ichthyology and Rhodes niversity Grahamstown South Africa They introduced a new type of research design to institute staff while studying the early deveshylopment of several fish species
The Balons received a Rhodes University Hugh Kelly Fellowship and grants from the Departmem of National Education and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
While in Grahamstown they made a comparative study of the developmiddot ment of two species oftilapine cichlids and of a ciarias Gltfish These species are common in aquacu lture although no detailed observations of their development had been made prior to this study
One of the fish we were obselVing Oreocbromis mossambicus (preshyviously known as Tilapia mossamshybica) is a mouthbrooder the other Tiapia rencalli lays its eggs on the substrate and guards tbem and the young as they develop explained Dr Flegler-Balon We wanted to test a theory on altricial-prccocial altershynatives developed earlier in Guelph says Professor Balon
InJune a conference on Alternative Life History Styles (ALHS) in organshyisms was held in Grahamstown and the Balons were among 12 invited foreign speakers
The Balons also participated in thrilling expeditions into the interior ofBotlWana by small plane observing the amazing landscape of the Karoo Kimberley diamond mines and Kalahari Desert The Kalahari absorbs all the waters of the large Okavango River which flows from Angola and forms a magnificent inland delta
I can bardly believe that I have seen the papyrus flats and channels the fishes and wildlife and in addition have met Tsodillo Hill bushmen and
Professor Eugene Balon and Dr Christine Regler-Balon bave returned to the University from an eXciting eight month sabbatical
have seen the recently discovered rock paintings of their ancestors says Dr Flcgler-BaLon The altricial bushmen are one of the important features in the tested ALHS theory
Okavango the last paradise is soon to be lost by diversion of waters via canals for the new dian10nd mines in the Kalahari and cattle ranching TIle
JLB Smith Institute is involved in desperate ecological studies
The Balons along with Instirute director Mike Bruton and scientist Robin Swbbs participated in an expedition to the Comoro Islands home of the coelacanth nicknamed old four legs the only living member ofa group representing the evolution of all terrestrial vertebrates ll1ey intelViewed coelacanth fishermen and measured eight specimens tvo of which are the largest so far recorded They also took samples from the fish communities of a river on Anjouan from its volcanic slopes over 15shymetre high waterfalls to its entry into the coelacanth sea They joined up with the yacht Metoka carrying a submersible and wert first to view the films taken from this submersible ofcoelacanths moving in their natural habitat Professor Balon conveys excitement as he describes thc slow motion flight-walk of this fascinating creaturc When the Balons realized how threatened this living fossil is they established the Coelacanth ConselVation Council The newsktter of this council will be published in Professor Balons international journal Elluironmental Biology ofFishes
TOUR MARINE BIOLOGY LABORATORY DURING ALUMNI WEEKEND
The CBS Alumni Association has added something new to its program of activities during Alumni Weekend this year A LOur of the Marine Biology Laboratory (Zoology Annex 2) wiU be conducted by faCility supelVisor Ted White CBS 78 The tour will follow the guided walk at Elord Gorge and picnic lunch at Biology House on June 18 at 1 30 pm Marine and Fisheries grads can reminisce while others can discover one of the hidden attractions of these programs at Guelph
Last years picnic saw the rerurn of a group of Micro 82 grads who took advantage of the Alumni Weekend festivities to send classmate Rick Clark off to his new job at King Faisal Research Centre and Specialist Hosshypital in Riyadh Saudia Arabia
While such auspicious occasions are bound to be infrequem yOll could make plans to get together with the old gang anyhow especially if yOll are a 1973 1978 or 1983 grad who has the extra motivation of a 15th 10th or 5th year reunion
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UNO ONE DESERVES IT MORE RESEARCH TECHNOLOG ST RECEIVES AWARD
By j anne Pengelly Public Relations and In fo rmation
Amost a quarter cemury of hard work late nights and long hours were recognized when research technoloshygist Uta Srrelive Zoology received Sigma Xis Support of Research Award Professor Roy Anderson chair of Zoology told the 70 people at the awards ceremony No one deserves it more
The local chapter of the scientific society Sigma Xi has only awarded the prize once before in 1985 It recognizes researchers who make a significant contribution to the societys goal of excellence in research but are seldom known to the research community at large
During her 22 years at the Univershysity Uta has taught the laboratory sections of LWO invertebrate zoology courses and helped more than 30 graduate students complete their theses She has co-authored several papers on neurotropic nematodes and is currently responsible for the day-to-day running of Professor Andersons parasitology lab where she works with graduate and undershygraduate students
Uta completed her undergraduate degree in textile research at the University of Gera East Germany In 1961 she came to Canada to join her parents and obtained a job in electron microscopy in the anatomy departshyment of the faculty of medicine ni shyversity of Saskatchewan She learned the basics in a field that was growing fast She did everything from preparing experimems to photographing and writing them up
She married became a mother and was widowed - all within three years of arriving in Canada After her husshyband died she wanted to be closer to her homeland Toronto had good job opportunities so she and the baby moved east just to make enough money to go to West Germany
At the Ontario Research Foundashytion where she went to look for a job Uta found Professor Anderson in the middle of an experiment The young
Uta Strelive with her Support of Research Award certificate
parasitologist was so engrossed in his work he didnt ask why she was there He just asked her to give him a hand When they were finished Uta had a job Later the same year Proshyfessor Anderson came to Guelph and Uta came along to run his lab
Utas nomination for the Sigma Xi award was supported by several proshy
fessors and many students I love the students and have a good rapport with them she says People ask ifl get bored but there are always new faces new problems new classifishycations new data to organize Parashysitology is a very exciting field because nothing ever stands still
Bird Carvings Uta is internationally known for
her magnificent wood carvings of birds Each carving takes about 100 homs work and sells for between $500 and pound1 000 She has won 28 awards since she started carving in 1981 including tlrst prize at the World Champ ionship Wildfowl Carving Competition in Maryland She had her first show in her own studio in Guelph last year
Carving could tum into a profitable retirement project for Uta Kaiser Porcelain in Germany has approached her about test marketing one of her birds
But Uta says her hours at the Univershysity are just as satisfying in their own vay When students recognize
theyve learned something thal is the biggest reward she says
More than 125 CBS students galbered for a Careers and Faclilty Night coshysponsored by the CBS Student Council and CBS Alumni Association in FebnUllJI Here Dr Dazrid Rodger CBS PhD 82 answers questions about his work in aquatic biology Other CBS alumni speakers included Petra Patczllr 82 who works with (be dezelopmental(v disabled Les StaHfield 81 a community adl isorfor the Commwzity Fisheries Involvement Program and julia Stanley Weille1~ 82 acting manager offhlishedproducts ill the hepatitis diagnostics division Connaught Laboratories Ltd
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SECOND VOLUME OF LM MONTGOMERY JOURNALS PUBLISHED
By Mary Dickieson Public Relations and Information
The second volume of ]be Selected j ournals ofLM Montgomery records the best and worst experiences in the life of one ofthe worlds most popular authors of childrens books Edited by Professor Mary Rubio English Lanshyguage and Literature and now-retired English professor Elizabeth Waterston the book is expected to repeat the popularity of Volume I which jumped to the best seller list immediately after its November 1985 release and is now in its second printing
Volume II covers 1910 to 1921 and records Montgomerys new life as a mother and wife of a minister in an Ontario village This is a varied and complicated period in which she has achieved world-wide acclaim and a following of readers devoted to her heroine Anne Shirley
Like Anne Montgomery revels in motherhood She also reveals her thoughts on the death of the grandshymother who restricted her life so severely and her feelings for a husband whose mental illness enslaved her in an increasingly unhappy marriage
During th is II -yea r period Montgomery produced four additional Anne novels and a book ofpoetry She initiated and won two bitter lawsuits against her first publisher in a fight
SCOTTISH COLLECTION EXPANDED
Prof essors Elizabeth Waterston and Mary Rubio with the second volume of The Selected journals of LM Montgomery
over the exploitation of women writers
Volume 11 contains more than 100 of Montgomerys own photographs including many of hcr two sons and scenes of Leaksdale the village where she kept up the facade of being a happy Presbyterian ministers wife
The First World War had a profound effect on village life and is a major theme in Montgomerys journal Six of her neighbors sons died and her beloved half-brother lost a leg
Professors Rubio and Waterston edited the handwritten journals at the request of the authors son the late Dr Stuart Macdonald who arranged for his mothers journals
The Scottish Collection in the Unishyversity Library has received a 525000 boost from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Counci l (SSHRC) moving it a step closer to becoming the major Canad ian centre for Scottish studies
The collection already includes Scottish manuscripts from the last three centuries many Scottish literary journals and some parish records from the late 18th and 19th centuries
The SSHRC grant will buy a collecshy
tion of Scottish newspapers from the late 19th and early 20th cennlries Sir Walter Scotts diaries and records of the Darien Company - the Scottish trailing company that caused financial ruin in Scotland when it went bankshyrupt in lhe early 18th cennlry
Emphasis in Scottish studies stems from Guelph faculty interests and the influence of Guelphs Scottish settlers and founder John Galt The Library collection is the largest in Canada and among the top five in the world
scrapbooks and other memorabilia to become part ofthe Mclaughlin Library archives
TIle remaining unedited journals cover the last 22 years of Montshygomerys life and include the devshyelopment of a new heroine Emily based on herself She obviou Iy saw her life as an ongOing story and one she wanted to teU Professor Rubio says They expect to publish a third and possibly a fourth volume
MONTGOMERY COLLECTION
EXPANDED
T he Lucy Maud Montgomery Collection in the University Library now includes the newsshypap rs the author read all her life This addition is being funded by a S10000 grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council ( SSHRC)
The Library collection already hal) Montgomerys cHaries and scrapbooks various published editions of her works in different languages 5000 photographs mostly taken by Montgomery herself some personal papers and a few artifacts including examples of her needlework and the china dogs she loved and wrote about in her books - Gog and Magog
The newspapers including microfiche records of Charshylottetowns ]be Island Patriot from 1892 to 1942 are a connecshytion with Montgomerys history that is valuable to researchers now says Acquisition Librarian Tim Sauer Montgomery continshyued to receive newspapers from her native province Prince Edward Island during the many year she lived in Ontario
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MAJOR CANADIAN THEATRE COLLECTIONS JOIN FORCES TO PRODUCE EXHIBITION
Putting It Back Together which opens May 21 at the Macdonald tewart An Centre in conjunction
with the Guelph Spring Festival represents the first time that major Canadian theatre collections have joined forces to produce a unique and timely exhibition about the preshyservation of our performing arts heritage The exhihition is curated and designed by Daniel Ladell ardlishyvist Stratford Festival with Len Conolly chair Department of Drama acting as associate curator
Putting II Back Together wi il educate and entertain But it also has an urgent message By shOWing what is being kept the exhibition conshyversely draws attention to what is being 10st and emphasizes the need to preserve the vast remainder of Canadas performing arts heritage
Confirmed lenders to the exhibition include The Canadian (Opera) Company Archives Dance Canada Danse The Metropolitan Toronto
DRAMA REUNION HELD
Over 100 former drama students attended a reunion at the Cutten Club in Novemher It was a roaring success says HarryLane acting chair Department of Drama and one of the organizers of the event This was the second drama reunion in five years and Professor Lane hopes a third can be organized in another five years
Several alumni speakers were feashytured during the reunion dinner including the well-known Canaclian stage deSigner Sue lePage Arts 73 who is designing Richard III for the Stratford Festival this year Professor Donald Mullin was presented with an Irish lead crystal bowl circa 1800 as a retirement gift after 20 years with the Department of Drama A dance followed clinner
If you would like to know about future drama reunions or other Department ofDrama events contact Marlene Neal at ( 519) 824-4120 ext 3147
Library Theatre Collection The National Ballet Ardtives The Public Archives of Canada (Social and Culshytural Archives) The Stratford Festival Archives and the Theatre Arcl1ives of the University of Guelph It is hoped that major collections in other regions will agree to participate giving the project more national scope
The exhibition is specifically designed for louring It leaves Guelph July 10 and will be at the Gallery Stratford from September 9 to October 16 Other venues in Canada and a projecLed international tour are under negotiation
PuttingItBack Togetberwill feature
rare printed phowgraphic and manushyscript materials and Lhree-dimenshysional and design materials (such as renderings set models costumes and properties ) These customarily comprise theatrical xhibitions but this exhibit will also feature audioshyvisual recordings and a special handsshyon computer module showing how modern technology is creating new forms of documentation and making these collections accessible to a wider public than ever before
Putting It Back Togetber is proshyduced hy the Stratford Festival Archives in collaboration with the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre
NEW CHAIR HOPES TO CARRY ON JOHN BELLS TRADITION
When Professor Manfred Kremer assumed the chair of the Department of L1nguages and Literatures last fall he knew it wouldnt be easy to follow in the footsteps of his close friend Professor]ohn Bell who had died the previous spring
John was one of the -niversitys finest teachers and is sorely missed says Professor Kremer I hope I can carry on the tradition of excellence that was his hallmark
Enrolment in Languages and Litershyatures one of the largest departments in the College ofArts has been steady for the past decade with 1300 to 1400 students a semester
With the help of his colleagues Professor Kremer is revising the currishyculum ofsome programs The French Studie section is investigating the establishment of a masters program in co-operation with other univershysities With more than half the departments enrolment in the French progranl the student base is broad enough to justify a masters program he says Guelph already works jointly with Wilfrid Laurier Western and Windsor universities in mooing a French Studies program in Nice France
Professor Manfred Kremer
Professor Kremer received his undergraduate degree and PhD degrees at the University of Cologne in West Germany He taught at the
niversity of Wales for a year before coming to Guelph as a lecturer in 1966
Editors Note The John Bell -Memorial Fund will provide an annual scholarship to a student majoring in Classics Donations can be sent to the Office of the dean College ofArts Income tax receipts will be issued
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ALUMNI HONORED AT CHEMISTRY IBIOCHEMISTRY
AWARDS NIGHT
Martin Bosch CPS 69 MSe 7J ( left) andPrOfessor Hamish Rattray chair of the University Awards Committee chat during the 1987 annual Chemistry mul Biochemistry awards night
Aumni were in the spotlight when the Department of ChemistI) and BiochemistI) and the Chemistry Biochemistry Club held their 1987 annual dinner and awards night recently
1987 graduates Dorothy Bakker (chemistry) Karen Graham (chemical tOXicology) Donna (Fackoury) Meagher ( applied chemistry) and Lauretta Williams (biochemistry) each received a Society of Chemical Industry Merit Award
Dorothy now studying medicine at McMaster University said The Guelph semester system and deshymanding undergraduate workload gave me the ability and confidence to be well organized in high pressure situations
Karen who is pursuing pharmashy
cology and toxicology studies at the University of Toronto commented that Guelph offered a tremendous toxicology program and said she would have stayed to do her graduate work at Guelph had it offered a graduate toxicology program
Donna a full-time research assistant for Mc eil Consumer Produc ts Company and winner of the EB Mac aughtOn Convocation Prize as the Winegard nominee for 1987 reflected on her studies at Guelph saying My four yCdfS at Guelph helped me develop skills I require to fmd answers
Lauretta who also received the CPS Graduation Prize and prestigious NSERC 1967 Science Scholarship said her undergraduate training at Guelph prepared me with a very solid foundation and competitive edge for graduate studies and encouraged me in the joy oflcarning and desire to study She now attends York University
Brock Chittim CPS MSc 77 pre shysident and general manager of Wellington Laboratories Guelph presented Joanne Ryks with the newly established WeUington Laboratories Prize in Environmental Chemistry
Martin Bosch 69 MSc 71 preshysident of Tricorp Chemical Speci shyalities Guelph announced the new Tricorp Chemical Specialties Award in organiC chemistry The first presentation of this annual scholarship of S I 200 will be made in 1989
Dr Lind Mrs Harold Suderman presented H] Suderman Demonstrashytor Awards to PhD students Clint Chapple CPS 82 MSc 84 and Carl Decicco CPS 84 for their excellent work in teaching undergraduate lahoratories
Thirty-two additional awards were presented to undergraduate students for their outstanding efforts in 1987
Professor Innes MacKltnzie Physics chats with Dr Steve Berko Brandeis f
University Waltham Mass one Of the speakers at a sympOSium held in Professor MacKenzies honor
PROFESSOR HONORED
November was quite a month for Professor Innes MacKenzie Physics
first he received the 1987 Sigma Xi Excellence in Research Award for his outstanding contribution to re shysearch The award was presented at the Guelph chapter of Sigma Xi s annual banquet At the chapters annual meeting Professor MacKenzie presented the lecture Non-invasive Analyses by Gamma-ray BackshyscatteJing
Later in November a symposium New Demands on Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy wai organized by Proshyfessor MacKenzies research assoshyciates The symposium held at the University in Professor MacKenzies honor featured ten speakers from rhe United States Canada Africa England and Finland A banquet and reception followed in the evening
Professor MacKenzie is now retired but continues to do research at the University as an adjunct professor
NAMED TO STATS INSTITUTE
Professor Hendrick Malik Mathematics and Statistics has been elected a member of the International Statistical Institute in recognition of his contribushytions to the field of statistical methods TIle institute is an autonomous society whose obshyjective is the development and improvement of statistical methods throughout the world
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LEADING CANCER RESEARCHER DELIVERS FIRST CHAPPEL LECTURE
Anoted medical scientist in cancer research delivered the inaugural address in a new lecture series on campus - the Chappel Lecture in Biomedical Sciences
Dr Harry Rubin spoke February 4 the night before winter convocation ceremonies at which he received an honorary doctor of science degree Dr Michael Smith a leading Canadian molecular biologist also received an honorary degree at winter convoshycation
The Chappel Lecture will be an annual event on campus bringing scholars of international repute to address students faculty and the public It was established by Dr
D1~ Harry Rubin hooded by Umversity secretay Barbara Abercrombie is congratulatedby Chancellor William A Stewart
CLifford 1 Chappel OVC 50 and hLi wife in memory ofhis father Herbert James Chappel and was hosted in its first year by OVe
Dr Rubin began his work in the area of viruses in Mexico after gradu shyating from Cornell University as a veterinarian in 1947 He later joined the S Public Health Service became senior research fellow at the California Institute ofTechnology and has held several research pOSitions at the ni shyversity of California Berkeley where he is now professor of molecular biology and research virologist He is known for his contributions to the field of cell growth regulation and malignanqr
Dr Rubins lecture Is Cancer Caused by Cancer Gerzes or the Folly ofReductionism explored popular theories of cancer-causing genes
OVC GRAD WORKS TOWARD BILINGUAL EDUCATION IN CANADA
Dr Susan (Tilt ) Purdy OVC 68 strongly believes that Canada can be a bilingual nation To that end he is serving as national president of Canadian Parents for French (CPF) a 16500-mcmber nation-wide volunshytary association of parents intere ted in promoting the best possible french second language programs at all educational levels
CPF acts as an information-sharing resource for parents educators governments and the general public on French education opportunities in Canada Sue says it is a unique organization because it represents the majority language group advoshycating the language of the minority and thus is a bridge between the two solitudes
Sue moved to New Brunswick after graduation from OVC and practised veterinary medicine in Moncton with her husband Dr James G Purdy OVC 50 until 1974 when they sold their hospital and moved ro Sackville Presently Sue is in small animal prac shytice with her husband in Sackvillc on
Susan (Tilt) Pu-dy OVC 68 sbaresa conversation with Fernand Robichaud MP for West Moreland Kent (left) and DIberville Fortier CommissionerofOffidaI Languages at the 10th anniversary ofCanadian Parents for Frerzch in 1987
a limited part-time basis as she serves her second year as CPF president
Sue became involved in educational issues and joined CPF 10 years ago when her two children started school Now n and 16 both children are enrolled in continuing French immershyion programs and Sue says shes satist1ed that she has given them the
best start she can at becoming bilinshygual J now devotc most of my time to ensuring that other Canadian hildren have a right and opportunity
to learn both of Canadas official languages in the public school sysshyteOl she explains
Sue ha fond memories of Guelph and her fellow students at OVC in the sixties Our paths have continued to cross over the years and I always look forward to such encounters she says Although I am not lIsing my formal training a great deal at the moment the education I received at Guelph has fitted me well for the advocacy role I play poundOday My only wish is that [ could have graduated a bilingual veterinarian - but alas those were different times That is why I work so hard to ensure future graduates from all our universities will not be Limited to expression in only one language
Editors Note Ifyou would like more illformation about CPF write to 309 Cooper Street Suite 2OJ Ottawa Ontalio K2P OG5
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OVC GRAD FOUNDS WORLD WOMENS VETERINARY
ASSOCIATION DrBetsy McGregor OVC 87 didnt expect to become president of the worlds ftrst association for professhysional women veterinarians when she auended her first World Veterinary Congress in Montreal last summer But when she discovered that the only female vet group the womens auxiliary was not designed to address specific professional issues for women vets she invited interested women to a meeting Sixty-eight women from 24 countries attended When the meeting was over Betsy had been elected founding president of the World Womens Veterinary Associashytion (WWV A) and a set of objectives had been struck
Career enhancement is the core objective The WWVA will promote awareness of professional opportunishyties for women veterinarians on difshyferent continents and within the United ations international agencies A quarterly WWVA Newsletter will list such opportunities around the world
The WWVA is also committed to professional and personal developshy
ment through practice exchanges betshyween countries university visits leave opporrunities and house exchanges For example the founding member fro m Kenya suggested hOliday or academic exchanges between her colleagues in Africa and women veterinarians interested in wildlife The iWVA Newsletter will contain a listing of members wishing to partishycipate in s1lch exchanges
Above all the WWVAis committed to a humanitarian contribution to international agriculture About half of the 24 countries represented in the Asso ciation are developing nations Recognizing that in many of these countries women contribute signiftcantly to livestock production the WWV A wants to provide support to these women who because of cultural constraints may not have the same access to services as men To this end Betsy contacted the president of the Associated Country Women of the World Dr Ellen McLean also a Canadian The two organizations will work as affiliates in international aid projects to deliver livestock and
Dr Betsy McGregor ove 87 and son at last years convocation ceremonies
veterinary medical care to Third World nations
Following a masters degree in rural farming systems from McMaster -nishyversity Betsy worked for the United Nations Food and Agr icultural Organization around the world during the 1970s She returned from overseas and commenced studies at OVC in the 1980s Upon graduation she worked as a special assistant to OVC Dean Ole ielsen co -ordinating OVCs international programs She is currently working as a eterinarian with Agriculture Canada
For more information about the WWVA contact Betsy at PO Box 6069 Station J Ottawa K2A ITl
OVC STUDENTS HOST FIRST CONFERENCE The first Canadian Veterinary Stushydents Conference hosted by OVC in January was a big success according to OVC student Andrea Ellis president of the Central Vcterinary Students Association (CVSA)
There is a student conference in the United States but the Canadians get lost in the crowd We decided it was a good time being OVCs 125th anniversary in 1987 to have something right in our own backyard Andrea explains
The OVC snldent council of the CVSAhad been preparing since Mar h 1987 for the two full days of scientific
sessions and recreational events About 60 students and faculty attenshyded from the Atlantic Veterinary College University of Prince Edward Island the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Montreal St Hyacinthe and the Western College of Veterinary Medicine niversity of Saskatchewan Attendance from avc students ranged from 180 to 300 depending on the event
OVC has always had a FrenchshyEnglish student exchange with St HyaCinthe and we knew there was enthusiasm in the West because they talked for years about organizing a hockey tournament But we were
really surprised by the Atlantic Veterinary College Their school has only been operating a few years and out of about 96 students 19 came to conference says Andrea
A conference fund has now been set up and will be administered by the Students of the Canadian Vetershyinary Medical Association n1e conshyference location will be rotated among the four colleges with St Hyacinthe probably hosting next year says Andrea Weve been told that weve started something big Everyone had a really good time and we hope the conference will continue for a long tinle
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DR IAN TAYLOR DOING HIS ullONS SHARE Dr Ian W Taylor avc 43 of Wheeling Illinois puts enthusiasm into everything he does [ figure if Im going to do it Im going to be enthusiastic he was quoted recently in a local newspaper article
As OVC class of 43 president Ian co-chaired the 40th reunion of his class at Alumni Weekend in 1983 along with Dr Archie MacKinnon He acted as master of ceremonies for the program and arranged a display of memorabilia Fourteen out ofa possishyble 31 members of the class were present
TIlis year [an is pushing for 100 per cent attendance at the 45th reunion during Alumni Weekend Perfect attendance is something Ian knows about
He has served the community of Wheeling as a veterinarian for over 30 years Although most of his work has been with dogs cats and a few birds he has also dedicated a great amount of time to lions - bUl nol the four legged kind He recently received
GOOD EWES Three sets of genetically identical lambs are the first anio1aJs bom from bisected embryos at the University
]n December six surrogate ewes delivered nine lambs - three sets of twins and three singles - that had developed from embryos micro shysurgically bisected and implanted five months earlier
Project leader Dr Calhy Gartley ove 82 now completing a DVSc degree in the Department of Clinical Studies says the accomplishment is a milestone for the University
1 find it exciting that these are the first genetically identical animals created and born at the University of Guelph she says They represent the first ofmany such twins in several species that University researchers hope to soon realize
Besides maximizing embryo use this project demonstrates the potenshytial to create Significant numbers of
Dr Ian Taylor OVC 43 with some of the hundreds ofpins hehas collected on visits to Lions CLubs a1(mnd the world
a special award from the International Lions Club for exemplary work in lhe field of international relations He has attended Lions Club meetings in 57
Twin lambs Mutton and jeff who began life as the same embryo am shown with Dr Cathy Gartley avc 82 under the watChful eye of their sutTOgate mothet Q2
genetically identical aninlals that are vital for consistent research results
Dr Gartleys project is supported by the Ontario Ministry ofAgricu Iture and Food (OMAF) and the Eleanor Gartshore Memorial Shnp Trust
different countries and hasnt missed a monthly meeting in 29 years
He has served the Wheeling Club as preSident newsletter editor and public relations chairnlan and has twice been named Lion of the Year In 1982he received tbe MeJvinJones Fellowship award for dedication to humanitarian services and recently he was recognized by a resolution in the Illinois House of Representatives for his Lions Club work He says his greatest pleasure is watching the joy that d isabled children get from a Lions-sponsored camp in Lake Villa each year He has been involved in ftmd-raising for the disabled which is the Lions main objective both locally and abroad
Ian would like to hear from alumni who are members of Lions Intershynational to exchange information and souvenirs used by the clubs throughout the world of Lionism He would also like his OVC class of 43 members to immediately send back the questionnaires mailed to them by the Alumni Office in December for the purpose of producing a class anniversary newsletter These may be sent [0 him at 7695 Milwaukee Ave Wheeling lllinois 60090 or to Dr Archie MacKinnon RR 4 Cambridge Onto 1R 555
SPEAKERS TOUR
The OVC Alumni Association invites alumni to hear two dynashymic guest speakers and tour the Equine Research Centre during Alumni Weekend June 18
Dr Bruce Fogle OVC 70 of London England practitioner and author will speak on The Changing Role Of the Veterinshyarian in SmallAnimalPractice and Dr Brian Brandenburg OVC 68 M Sc 71 president of Guelph International Developshyment Consultants will speak on Veterinary Medicine in the Third World
The progranl will conclude with a dinner and dance
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FROM THE PRESIDENT
While writing this message at the end ofJanuary I realize the mid-point of this years board of directors acti shyvities has arrived I reflect on two goals I set at our annual meeting last June to evaluate our contact with Mac-FACS alumni and increase memshybership in our alumru association
Upon graduation you do not autoshymatically become a member f the Mac-FACS Alumni Association You become a member by paying an annultll or life membership fee This money helps the board ofdirectors carry out activities on your behalf for both students and aluo1ni
At (he January board meeting we discussed the services our Association provides Our visibility with students is quite high through schOlarship presentations careers night and a reception for the graduating class Our services to alumni may need to be redefined What would you like us to provide orgaruze or sponsor
Our annual seminar was cancelled in October 1986 due to a lack of registrants Should we attempt to organize another
LOnYline Holding 71
Your board wants to increase its ConLlct with a greater number ofyou Where and when would you like us to be active7 What projects would you like us to consider
Please send your comments to us at Alumni House University ofGuelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2Wl Also why not come to our 1988 annual meeting June 18 J hope to hear from you soon
Sincerely Lorraine Holding 71 MacmiddotFACS Alu m ni As ociation President
FACS students Suzie Chin and Tracey Vent chat with Barb Stuart FAGS 71 faculty representative on the Mac-FACS Alumni Association s board Of directors at the annual party for graduating students hosted by the Assodation in February Sixty-five students 15 board members and several faCUlty members attended this yems party
CALLING ALL HOME
ECONOMISTS Towards 2000 Challenges and Opportunities is the theme of the Canadian Home Economics Associashytion (CHEA) National Conference at the Univer-ity July 10-13 The conshyference will be of intere t to alumni who graduated in programs related to family and consumer studies foods and nutrition home economics or human ecology
CHEA with a membership of2000 is committed to provide professional development for its members through programs workshops and special interest sessions A major part fits mandate is to create an awareness of new products and services in the market place
Frank Feather a well-known global futurist with a business-like approach will be the keynote speaker at the CIlEA conference He will address the challenges and opportunities of the future Dr Ehler Park a consultant with A5A willexplainhowplanning for outer _pace affects everything from the food we eat to how children will play
Other topics at the conference will include artificial vs natural sweetshyeners issues of an aging population space-age textiles SMART house - a totally computerized environment human sexuality free trade and agri shycu lture food irrJdiatjon and financ ial p lanning
Well-known Canadian entertainer Nanlt-Y White whose satirical songs arc often heard on CBC radio will perform following the opening ceremonies
Many pre and post-conference actishyvities are planned including trips to the Stratford Festival Niagara-on-theshyLake and Niagara Falls Waterloo County ( Farmer Market ) and the village of Elora
The conference offers an excellent opportunity for professional deveshylopment and networking For more information contact Wilda Waldron registration chair CHEA Conference 88 168 Maple Street Guelph Ontario N I G 2G7 ( 519) 836-9551
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FACS GRAD FINDS HEART IN THE ARTS
I ts strange how things work Ollt
Im glad r received a well-rounded education at Guelph It prepared me for th e future reflects Eva Eichenbaum FACS 75
Eva is one often Niagara Peninsula poets featured in Voices from the Niagara a book of local poems colshylelttcd by Pcter and Brenda Baltensperger and published in 1987 ( Moonstone Press 8795 )
Reviewing the book in the Hamilton Spectator John Terpstra writcs Thcre are some very good poems here and a few are standouts I especia lly enjoyed those of Eva Eichenbaum and David Haskins
Eva was born in Sweden the daughter of Estonian refugees who escaped their homeland during the Second World War She camc to Canada with ber family at age two and grew up in Niagara Falls where she attended Stamford Collegiate and won the Upper Scbool English Award at graduation
After a year of travel in 1969 as Miss iagara Hospitality for the Niagara
Promotion Association she enrolled at the University of Guelph to earn a Bachelor of Applied Science degrce and also took some courses at the
niversity of Helsinki Finland She then earned her Bachelor of Education degree at the College of Education Brock n iversity St Catharines and now teaches English and Television Arts at Merritton High School in that city
She started her career in education as a Family Studies teacher and was once head of the Family Studies Department at Merritton but found that her heart was really in English and the creative arts She used to teach theatre arts and also formed the Merriuon High School Dance Commiddot pany Sht teaches ballet and has written several musical comedies for her theatre and dance students
I got the idea for the style and format of the musicals fro m College Royals Curtain Call at Guelph I had a role in the production Der Keller a take-off on Cabaret in my final year she explains
NEW CHAIR TO BROADEN FOCUS IN
CONSUMER STUDIES Teaching and research in the Department ofConsumer Studies has focused on consumer affairs particushylarly consumer behavior and the basic necessities - food clothing and housing New department chairJohn Pratschke sees a need to review and perhaps expand this focus
Professor Pratschke says he was drawn to Guelph because of his interest in consumer economics The University has one of the few departmiddot ments in Canada with a consumer emphasis He plans to preserve the departments unusual linking ofsocial SCience business and technology but broaden the rangt ofstudy to include other products and services important
to the budgets of Canadian house shyholds
The employer market is happy with Consumer Studies graduates says Promiddot fessor Pratschke but there is a need for better communication about the program w ith secondary school stushyden ts We must get across the message that marketing is an inter shyesting challenge and that the program is professionally oriented without lOSing its base in product technology
Born in Ireland Professor Pratschke received his bachelor of commerce master ofeconomic science and PhD at University College Cork He has taught at the University of Waterloo University College Ga lway and
Eva EiclJenbaum FACS 75
Five of Evas poems are featured in tht 63 middotpage Voices f1Om the Niagara and she has donated a copy of the book to the University Lihrary She has also had poems published in Souldust and Pearls Sixth Edition ( Moonstone Press) and There Is a book productd by the Niagara Chapter of the Canadian Authors Association In the future she hopes to take some tinle out from teaching to study broadshycasting
PrOfessorjohn Pratschke
Memorial University Newfoundland He has published widely on the economics ofconsumer expenditures and on European housing policy agrimiddot culture banking and business education
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Mike Traub HAF-A 78 general manager Victoria Place Retirement Lodge Kitchenel discusses his career with a group ofstudents at the HAFA Alumni Assodatiolls annual Careers Night held on campus in January Thirty-seven alumni involved in a vanmiddotety ofcareers volunteered their time to the popular event
HAFA ALUMNI EXCHANGE SEMINAR HELD
Nancy Plato FACS 81
FACS PEOPLE Naney Plato FACS 81 ( Consumer Studies ) the new OAC liaison coshyordinator will acquaint high school students and guidance counsellors with opportunities in the agricultural sciences at Guelph
Enrolment at OAC has declined over the past few years and _ aney will work at increasing student numbers through recruitment and marketing
The position ofliaison co-ordinator is a new one for OAe Nancy says one of her main objectives is to broaden the understanding high school stushydents have ofGuelphs programs She plans to use her well-rounded view of agriculture and its related proshygrams combined with her recruitshyment experience
Nancy is back in Guelph from a position in secondary school liaison at Mount Royal College Calgary She is married to Paul Thiel OAC 82 and is an active member of the Mac-FACS Alumni Association board of directors
Professors Kathleen Brown Lila Engberg and Griffith Morgan have all retired from the Department of Family Studies Professor Elizabeth Upton HAFA will retire in July
Professor John Auld Consumer Studies has produced the Human Settlements Audio-Visual Resources Catalogue It is published by the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Warren Adamson vice-president development Delta Hotels gave the keynote address What is the Canadian Tourism Industry Anyway at the annual HAFA Alumni Exchange Seminar held November 4 at the DelL Chelsea Inn Toronto
This professional development event was sponsored by the HAFA
MOllica Hrybko HAFA 88 (left) received Ci HAFA AlumniAssociation Life Membership from Association president Morag McKenzie 82 The membership is given to a graduating student as selected by his or her peers with a minimum 70 per cent accumulative average who has had outstanding involvement ill the School andor University
Alumoi Association in co-operation with Pannell Kerr Forster lL gave lIAFA grads an opportunity to listen to experts in the field speak 00 various topical hospitality issues including pay equity the human resource risis trends in the hotel and foodservice industry and business planning
CONFERENCE
In Search of Healthy Sexuality
June 13-15 1988
The University of Guelphs 10th an nual sexua li ty conference sponshysor d byThe Department of Fami ly Studies wil l examine current issues in human sex u lily tea hing approaches in sexducation and counse llin g m thod for sexual problems
Keynote Ad dress by Dr Ruth Westheimer
For further info rmation write Co ntinu ing Education Di ISlon Univers ity of Guelph Gu Iph
nta ri N 1 G 2W1 or telephone (5 19) 824-4120 ex 3956
Registration Limit d Apply early
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OAC ALUMNI NEWS Editor Richard Buck 76A
OAC GRAD GIVES GIFT OF WATER TO THAI VILLAGERS
By janet Dumo
Water is not taken for granted in northeast Thailand Usually there is too little of it The sandy laterite soils do not hold water They crack and parch during the hot dry season Ponds shrink Streams and some wells dry up Even in the rainy season the rains are often late or insufficient and the rice crops wither in the fields
But sometimes there is too much water Heavy rains cause flash floods Which drown crops and wash pesti shycides and decaying organic matter into unprotected pit wells There is not enough clean drinking water to ensure good health
A CUSO priority in Thailand is to increase village self-sufficiency and improve the standard of living through the development ofsmall-scale water resources particularly in the north and northeast the poorest regions of the country CUSO engineers placed with departments of local adminisshytration survey and design small spillways dams and piped water systems They develop an under shystanding of indigenous water proshyblems and help viUagers develop water resource technology to deal with these problems
In most villages in Surin province the water is imprisoned under a 20shymetre thick layer of heavy clay comshypacted into red brick-like rock
Ed von Euw OAC 84 returned to Canada in December after two years as a CUSO water resources engineer in Surin While there he worked with two percussion water-jet well-drilling rigs one an Appropriate Technology Association ( A TA) rig originally used in India and Africa the other based on an indigenous village model
Ed found theATA rig needed modi shyfications to make it easier for villagers to operate Most important was the change from a hand to foot-powered lever which the villagers found much less exhausting to work But at $625 the ATA rig is expensive to buy and the Honda motor which pushes water
Ed von EllW and co-worker teaching pump maintenance ill Surin Thailand
down the hole to tlush out the soil and rock particles can use up to $4 of fuel a day
Ed spent several months looking at rigs used by Surin farmers and finally adapted a model from one used by Khun Hong of Muang Pet a village near Surin town Khun Hongs rig uses a pole and beam arrangement making it less durable and steady than the tripod form used in Eds adapted rig The new rig uses a hand-powered Lucky pump made in Taiwan and fanliliar to villagers
The Honda pump used in the ATA drilling rig must be repaired in town and a smaU repair may cost $10 while a repair to the Lucky pump can be done by villagers for less than a doUar Spare parts are available everywhere The drill bilS are made from truck springs in the same Surin shop that made the rig to Eds specillcations They cost only 96 ccors each as opposed to the S7-bits used in the ATA rig
Using smaller pipe and bit than the ATA rig Eds adapted rig drills more quickly through rock and is lighter and easier to use It requires only two people to ope(dte the foot lever The ATA rig requires four or five Eds rig cost $192 to make including pump and accompanying tools and can be constructed by villagers in a small weldingmachine shop if there is a demand for more
Eds rig was tested in Ban Se Jaruk on a site divined by a villager Working
intermittently the villagers went d wn 25 metres in one and a half weeks much of the time grinding through the red rock When water they were pumping down the hole suddenly disappeared and didnt come up again they were afraid they had damaged the rig But instead it was a sign of having broken into a vein of water which was now absorbing any other water poured down So water had been found delicious and abundant right behind the assistant headmans house
The Ban Se Jaruk well has been capped with a rower pump purchased from ATA for S17 The pump is based on a bamboo model used in fndia The tubewell pipe and pump are made of plastic - more acceptable than steel which gives the water an unpleasant taste
Ed carried out a four-month wellshydrilling project in co-operation with Khun Darune of the Northeast Thailand ( ET) Project Funded by the Canadian Internat ional Deve shylopment Agency and assisted by CUSO it is a rural development program in operation since 1981 in 52 villages along the Thai-Kampuchean border The villagers of Ban Se Jaruk elated with their initial success borrowed Eds rig to drill more wells In total seven rigs were built from Eds proto shytype and distributed to four other villages Over 100 successful wells have been drilled in the area to date
EdilO1-S NoteanetDuma is a CUSO special program officer in Malaysia Sbe bas worked as an Englisb teacber witb CUSO in fi)aiand andMaaysia
Ed von Euw a Stratford native graduated from Guelpb witb a BSc in engineering in December J984He llas 011 tbe deans bonor roll three times and received an engineering scbolarsbip in 1983 Before going overseas in November 1985 be workedfor Enllironment Canada as a bydrornettic engineer He is now studying f01 a masters degree in engineering at Guelph
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Professor Harold Crawford OAC 58 MSc 7 0
OAC PEOPLE ProfessorJohn Burton OAC 62 and Brian McBride CBS 78 OAC MSA 80 Department of Animal and Poultry Science have received $400000 from the Ministry ofColleges and niversities Research Incentive Fund for contract research in partnershyship with Cyanamid Canada Inc of Toronto They will examine the effecshytiveness of the hormone BST in increasing milk production in dairy cattle as well as any other effects of the agent
Gordon MacLeod OAC 50 has retired from the Department ofAnimal and Poultry Science after 31 years at the UniversityJohn Summers OAC 53 MSA 59 has also retired from the Department of Animal and Poultry Science after 25 years at the University
Harold Crawford OAC 58 MSc 70 who recently retired as coshyordinator of the Ontario Diploma in Horticulture Program Independent Study Division after 29 years at the University has received the Ontario Parks Association (OPA) recognition award for Significant contribution to the betterment of parks the proshyfession and the envirorunent through his work in continuing education He has been a member of the educational committee of the OPA for 14 years The Ontario Diploma in Horticulture program graduated its first students in 1963 and now has 500 alumni
Marilyn Dykstra OAC 78 is new director of the Universitys Pest
Marilyn Dykstra OAC 78
Diagnostic and Advisory Clinic The clinic is working at maximum capacity with marc than 30000 inquiries to its credit since it opened nine years ago says Marilyn It receives everyshything from live specimens of earwigs and spiders to diseased ornamentals and fruit and vegetable crops Most specimens come from home gar shydeners she ays but the clinic has a growing clientele among commercial growers landscape businesses and other industries Through its service and extension functions the clinic has accumulated a reference collecshytion of more than 10000 slides and specimens as well as a list of resource people from across campus
Dr R Keith (Chip) Chapman OAC 40 has retired from the Department ofEntomoJogy University of Wisconsin Madison following a distinguished areer spanning 40 years A two-day symposium was held in his honor last June and The R Keith Chapman Vegetable Entomology SchOlarship was established with funds collected in lieu ofa retirement gift He has also been named professor emeritus Attending the symposium and retirement recognition party in Madison were Keiths brothers Ross also OAC 40 and Douglas OAC 44 and sister Helen Stockwell a graduate of Macdonald College McGiJl Univershysity Montreal and OAC Dean Freeman McEwen
When Bruce Brown OAC 85 received his degree from former agri shyculture minister William A Stewart chancellor ofthe Universi tyofGuelph he asked what steps he could take to
Dr R Keith (Chip) Chapman andhis brother Ross both OAC 40
become the minister of agriculture and food Little did he know that two and a half years later he would be minister - if only for a day
In December he shared the duties of Ontarios minister Jack RiddeD OAC 57 as his prize for winning a public speaking contest at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Bruce who operates a Newcastle dairy beef and cash crop farm with his father spoke on the survival of the farm family in Ontario
ETHICS IN AGRICULTURE Ethical issues in agriculture such as animal welfare are generally debated from an emotional viewpoint Proshyfessor Frank Hurnik OAC PhD 71 Animal and Poultry Science and Pro shyfessor Hugh Lehman Philosphy are hoping to change that through the journal of Agricultural Ethics an international quarterly publication which offers a forum for discussing moral issues related to food and food production
We hope this publication will act as a bridge between those who philo shysophize about agricu ltural ethics and those actively involved in plant and animal use says Professor Hurnik Its a scholarly refereed journal but it wont be bogged down with speciashylized technical jargon As a result we believe it will be useful to the farm community and we expect leaders from that field will be contributors not just readers
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Professor Fredjelome and his wife Faye look over a catalogue of the Universitys art collection
ALOVEOFART Back in 1968 Fred N Jerome OAC 33 established a trust fund to purshychase art produced by promising young Canadian artists
I was a full professor then and I could afford to do it (set up a trust fund) I felt art deserved a little push and I wanted to see the niversitys art collection expand explains the now retired professor ofgenetics and poultry science at Guelph
Forty-two Canadian works have been purchased to date through lhe F - Jerome Trust Fund and a special exhibi t of these works will be featured at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre beginning Alumni WeekendJune 18 and continuing throughout the sununer
Professorjeromes personal favorite in the collection is Ken Danbys silkshyscreen The Skates
I like Danbys technique His work is almost as realistic as a color photoshygraph but you can still tell its a painting he explains
He is also fond ofDiego Drawing a lithography by Jack Chanlbers a London Ontario artist and Gene Chus delicate Spider Series
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre Director Judith Nasby says Fred Jerome has made an outstanding contribution to the growth of the Universitys Canadian art collection - one of the largest univer itycollecshytions in the province He has recogshynized the tremendous growth and vitality of the art community in Canada by specifying that works be purchased from young artists
A LOVE OF LI LI ES The expression lily white has little meaning for Bill Evans His favorite lilies are bright orange and yellow I like the ones that almost glow and catch your eye from 100 yards away says the retired Department of Horti shycultural Science professor
Professor Evans lilies are certainly eye-catching for anyone travelling north of Guelph on Highway 6 betshyween mid-June and mid-August Splashes of spectacular color glow from his field of lilies near Marden (behind the home of Marjorie and the late George Durnford ) - a welshycome surprise for those accustomed to seeing only the popular Easter white variety
Im obsessed with lilies admits Professor Evans who retired in 1985 after 28 years of researching phult breeding and teaching small fruit proshyduction at the University of Guelph ) like their variety and scope They are perennial plants that grow at different heights Some have flowers that face up some face down and some face out Some are trumpet shaped some have petals that curve back Some are scented and some are unscented
As a child Professor Evans grew flowers and vegetables in his parents big garden north of Calgary After six years in the army he enrolled at the
niversity of Alberta to study hortishycu lture During his second year in 1947 he began hybridizing lilies Following graduation he worked as a fruit breeder for the federal governshyment in Alberta for eight years before coming to Guelph in 1957 He conshytinued to breed and grow lilies at the
niversity and on plots of land that friends like Professor Ted Me inch (and now Mrs Durnford) let him use
The University has quite a history of lily breeding says Professor Evans The late Isabella Preston a lecturer at Guelph before Professor Evans time went on the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa and to world fame for her ornamental crabapples lilacs and lilies The late Jc Taylor a professor at Guelph was well-known for his lily breeding and introduced Professor Evans to many other breeders He
told me that my lilies needed more vigor and let me use some of his plants in my work
Professor Evans introduced three new varieties of lilies through the University and registered some of Professor Taylors They were marshyketed in the United States So far Professor Evans has had 17 varieties of lilies internationally registered Anyone can do this he says modestly You just write a full desshycription of the plant pick a name that hasn t been used before and send it to the Royal Horticultural Society in England prekrrably with a photo The new names are published every year
It s hard coming up with new nanles though says Professor Evans He has named some of his varieties after the area in which they were grown shyArkel Marden Gold Aberfoyle He named one after his granddaughter Bronwen and one after his wife Ethelwaite ( her first and maiden names ) She gets a thrill whenever she sees that name on a ( flower show) prize list somewhere he says
Pink and pastel lilies are Professor Evans speciality and his favorite is a variety he caBs Blusbing Maiden It has mauvey pink tips with a white centre
Professor Evans and his wife edH a newsletter three times yearly for the Ontario Regional Lily Society and Professor Evans has just ended a two year term as president of the North American lily Society He has judged at nower shows all over Canada and the nited States and will preside at an international show in Hamilton in July
Because of his hobby Professor Evans is enjoying retirement He spends about 25 hours a week on his lilies in the summer months During the off season he grows seeds and works on his records He is working on increasing the number ofvarieties including spotless ones ( most lilies have spots which are dominant ) He is pleased that some of his former students are now growing lilies entering shows and joining li ly societies
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RURAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT GRADS TO FORM ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
The University School ofRural Planshyning and Development ( USRPampD ) was inaugurated at Guelph in 1980
USRPampD is built on the strengths of past Guelph initiatives such as the Centre for Resources Development and the Rural Development Outreach Project It is formally recognized by the Canadian Institute of Planners and offers Masters level programs in rural planning rural development international rural development and resources management It is also actively engaged in research and community outreach
Recent research topics have in shycluded land availabi Iityfor agricu lture
local economic development strateshygies rural aging northern and native community plannjng and developshyment rural transportation computer applications in planning and deve shylopment and water and waste management to name a few This research was conducted throughout Canada and arollnd the world inshycluding Nepal Kenya Indonesia St Lucia Belize and Botswana
The outreach interests ofthe School are fully integrated with its teaching and research activities Recent out shyreach projects have included the Childcare Network Project for families in rural Wellington County an evaJu shy
ation of the rural development proshygrams ofa Jesuit mission in southern Ethiopia a heritage strategy for the Town of IngerSOll and a recreation needs assessment for Sault Ste Marie
Graduates of USRPampD as well as graduates of the former Centre for Resource Development are now being invited to form an alumni association to keep members updated on School activities their fellow alumni and issues concerning rural planning and development For further information contact Professor Harry Cummings USRampD University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N1G 2WI ( 519) 824-4120 ext 6783
JOIN YOUR OAC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NOW Did you know that as a graduate of OAC you are not automatically a member of the OAC Alumni Assoshyciation However anyone involved in a formal agricultural education at OAC ( past present or future ) is not only eligible to become a member but is encouragetl to do so
The OAC Alumni Association is a separate entity from the University of Guelph Alumni Association anti has specific responsibilities It awards
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ARTS Joanna Black 81 Ls aisistant direclOr curator The Marietta-Cobb Fine Arts Centre Marietta Georgia
Richard Hoffman 78 a Canadian Press journalist in Toronto is married pound0 Martine Bracey CBS 77
Laura Mezey-Hamid 82 administrative assistant to the vice-president of finance Penningtons Stores Umjted Toronto is married to Shaheed Hamid CSS 82
John Laurence (Stash) Stasiw 76 is marketing manager Philips Electronics Ltd Scarborough
Dirk Vanbattum 75 is vice-president Eddie May Mysteries Ottawa
CBS Michael Best 77 is a research technician Cross Cancer Institute Edmonton
GRAD NEWS EUzabeth Jane (Kempe) Coker 82 a resource worker CaJedon Parent-ChiId Centre Bolton is married to Dr Ted Coker OVC 87
Janet Ebanks 86 is a medical social worker Cayman overnment Health Sershyvices George Town Grand Cayman Cayman Islands British West Indies
Kevin Ferguson 80 supervisor of Outdoor Education for the Elgin County Board of Education married Suzanne Schmid BEd (Nipissing) 82 in April 1987 She works for the Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority They live near Aylmer
Michael Hackenberger 81 is president Canadian Zoological Systems Toromo
Heather Hattin 84 (HK) whose rowing accomplishments were featured in the winter 1987 issue ofthe GuelphAlumnus won Canadas first-ever gold medal in womens rowing in the double-scull event at the world championships in Copenhagen last summer
Cynthia (Porter)JefIrey 85 is studying for an MSc in Food Science at the University of Manitoba She is married to ScottJefIrey OAC 82 assistant professor ofAgncul tural Economics at the University of Manitoba They live in Winnipeg
Dr Gord Kennedy 85 senior chemist Union Carbine Corp Bound Brook New Jersey is married to Carrie Feaver CPS 84
Steven Kerr 77 is regional fisheries biologist Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources KemptviUe
Jim Lee 73 is director Research Services Min istry of Tourism Recreation and Culture Victoria BC
David Lemon 79 is senjor wildlife biologist S Fudge and Altsociates Ltd Saint Johns Nfld
Larry Patterson 76 is Grand Forks and District Aquatic Centre Manager Grand Forks Bc
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Stephen Rabbetts 79 is a zookeeper Metro Toronto Zoo Wcsthill
Cathy Oohnson) Rewcastle 80 is a fur biologist Manitoba atural Rcsources Winnipcg
Brian Sntith 78 micro ~)Stcms manager Natural Sciences Centre The University ofWestcrn Ontario London is married to Debra Bond CSS 79
Bradly Veitch 86 is second brewer Wellington County Brewery Guelph
Michael Wade 87 is responsible for aquaculture programs at Kpong Farms Volta River Authority Akuse Ghana the site of a major hydro-electric installation
P Allen Woodliffe 76 is the first and only district ecologist with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Chatham Districr He is married to Marie Gedcke FACS 75 and has a son Timothy TIl y Jive in Rondeau Provincial Park here Allen was park naturalist for 10 years before moving to the Chatham office
CPS Dr Syed Ahmed 87 is assistant proshyfessor Departme nt of Statistical and AClUarial Sciences University of Western Ontario London
Susan (Bishop) GraJ1am R3 a fourth year medical student Faculty ofMcdicinc University of Toronto is marri ed fO Don Graham CSS 83 CBS MSc 87 who is a ftl ll-time parent to their threc-year-old twins
Robert Lake 77 a self-employed conshysulting geolOgist is married to Susan Kay OAC 77 a human relations specialist with Petro Canada They live in Calgary
Robert Whitehead 79 is a mi ncr Denison Mines Ell iot Lake
Caroline (Carly) Williams 85 is a software engineer Wild Leitz Canada Toronto
CSS John Babcock 8 is special cabinet assistant Office of Minister of State (Forestry and Mines ) Ottawa
Jana Fie MA 87 i a neuropsychological associate Brazos Valley Rehabilitat ion Center Bl)an Texas
Danny Leung R6 is news submiddoteditor Asia Television Limited Hong Kong
Allison (Shaughnessy) Scanlan 84 production supervisor G I of Canada shyTruck Assltmbly Oshawa is mlITied [() Michael Scanlan 84 directo r of pur hasing Arbor Capital Rltsources
middotoronto
Patricia Sorbam 80 is executive assisshytant to the Ontario Minister of Energy Toronto
G Llewellyn Watson MA 70 a proshyfessor at the University of Prince Edward Island has written a texthook Dilemmas and Contradictions in Sucial 7beor) published by University Press of America
Terry Wright 76 is account manager John Logan National Leasing Bramptoll
MAC-FACS Marie (Tomelin) Cowlin 78 is brand manager Distillers Co Canada Ltd Toronto
Debbie Foster MSc 87 is medical coshyordi natorsex educator Youth Clinical Services Inc Down~view
Marilyn (Shirley) Goodwin 75 MSc 77 a research officer for CSC Ottawa h ma rricd to Fred Goodwin HAFA 75
Margaret (CJark)Jordan 82 manager Agricultural Employment Services Cmada Farm Iabour Pool Newmarkct is married to BrianJordan OAC 81
Margo (Payne) Langan 83 marketing communications co-ordinator Moore Response Technologies Mississauga is married toJohn Langan CBS 75
Nancy (Howard) Martin 81 senior contract managemcnt officer Consumer Products and Trtffic Management Brmch DepartJllent of Supply and Service~ Hull Que is marriltd to Phillip Martin CBS ( HK) 82
Helga (Strenzke) McDonald 84 public relations officer Centrilia Collegc Huron Park is married to Ian McDonald OAC 83
Marilyn Sewell-Kelley 78 is agriculshytura l health and safel) comiddotordinacor Rural Organizations and Services Branch OMAF Guelph and lives near Paris
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James Allen 77 (ODH ) is president of Allens Turf Services Ltd Calgary
Martin Bohl 85 is policy advisor OMAJ Toronto
Guy Bonnetta 79 manager Pioneer Overseas CorpJohnston Iowa is married to Carolyn Knowles CBS 78
Stew Carpenter 50 president ofDivershysity Farms Inc Paw Paw Midligan is married to Olive McEwan 79A scltretary-tnasurer ofDiversity Farms Inc
Harold Cau 60A and 67 is viceshypreSident Barnes Wines Limited St Catharines
Elroy Cober 85 and his wife Rhoda have begun three-year Mennonite Central Committee assignments inKabwe Zambia Elroy is working as provincial o ilseed office r and Rhoda as a general health worker
Eileen (Emmett) Cole 79 a registered
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OVC CONFERENCE October 14 amp 15 1988
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TODAY NORTH AMERICAN LIFE 5650 Yong St North YoriltoOntario M2M G4
Lloyd Curtis OAC 7J MSc 74
nurse Colchester Hospital Truro 5 is married to Bill Cole 79 regional sales manager Clarence Farm Services L(vcr Truro
laura Cole 80 is a conservJLion planner Mississippi Vall y Conservation Authority Lanark
UoydCurtis 71 MSc 74 ofCalgary is national sales manager Agricultural Chem icals Division BASF Canada Inc BASF markets a wide range of crop proshyLection products Lloyd directs dle aCLivi shyties of BASFs liales force throughout Canada
James Donison H I is proje L engineer Costello Lomagney amp Denapoli ConshysulL ing Engineers Mancheste r New Hampshire
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Richard Graham 71 of Rrampton is naLional marketing maI111gcr Agricultural Chcmicab Divisi n f3ASF Canada Inc
Richard Helmer 62A married Marilyn Hogue in Oct 19R7 They live in Windsor Richard is supply tcaching for the Essex COllnty Board of Education and doing freclanltx horLicultural work during the summer months
Brian and Brigitte (Brunetzky) Kaufman 84 are pltased to announce the safe arrival of their son Nathaniel Brian All are reSiding at Bright
Dr Houchang Khatamian MSc 71 PhD 8 is associate professor Depart shyment of Horticul rure Kansas State Unishyversity Manhattan
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May 19-June 5 Guel ph Spring Festival
May 31-June 3 Convocation
June 13-15 Human Sexuality Conference
June 17-19 Alumni Weekend
July 10-13 Canadian Home Economics Association Con ference
July 26 Al um ni Assoc iation Executives O rientation Meeting
Masters of Agribusiness Management
111e University of Guelph is now olkring a Masters of Agribusiness Management for people interested in a comprehensive training program for manlgemel1l positions in modern agrihusiness
The program runs over I () months and is highly structured so that studenrs receive intensive practical training in all facets of agribusiness managemel1l
Ifyou have an agricultural background and wish to funher your career in management of farm or nonmiddotfarm agribuiiiness this program could he for you
For fu nhcr information on this program pleL~e contact
Professor Tom Funk Department of Agricultural Economics and Business University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl (519) 824middot4120 ext 3427
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Dr Elenimo Khonga PhD 87 is a lecturer University ofMalawi Chancellor College Zomba Malawi
Kevin Laidley 82 MSc 85 resource technician Niagara Peninsula Consershyvation Authority Allanburg is married to Lesley Nicholson FACS 83 child life specialist McMaster University Medical Centre Hamilton
Dr Monique Leclerc MSc 82 PhD 87 is assistant professor Department of Soil Science and Biometeorology Utah State University Logan
Maurice Marwood 64 MSc 66 is vicemiddot preSident sales and marketing Canadian Kenworth Company Mississauga He is responsible for all aspects of sales and marketing ofKenworth trucks and product support in Canada
Dr Giancarlo Mosch1ni PhD 86 is [caching in the Economics Department Iowa State University Ames not the Unimiddot versity of Iowa as stated in the fall 1987 issue oflhe GuelpbAlurnnus Our apolomiddot gie~ for [his error
Reid Palmer 63 is a research geneticist and professor Departments ofAgronomy and Genetics Iowa State University Ames
Dr Yousef Papadopoulos 80 MSc 82 PhD 87 a research scientist Agrimiddot cu lture Canada Nappan NS i$ married to Kathleen Glover 80 MSc 83
Andy Robinson 80 MSc 83 a genetimiddot cist Livestock Developmcnt Division Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Christine Howe Arts 81
Dr A Hamid Saleemi MSc 73 has received a PhD in Educational Psychology from Bayero UniverSity Kana Nigeria His thesis was Islamic Values and Commitment among HallSa Muslim Youtb Au Empirical Study and his reo search has been hailed as a pioneering study in the measurement of reJjgious commitment anlong MusJjms Dr Saleemi is principal tutor Department of Adult Education and Community Services Faculty of Education Bayero University
James Sampa MLA 86 is a lecturer in landscape design and natul 1 resource conservation School of Environmental Studies Copperbelt University Zambia
Bill Shotyk 81 completed his PhD in 1986 in the Geology Department at The University ofWestern Ontario and spent a year as visiting postdoctoral researcher at the UniverSity of California to study
thennodynamic stability of organic commiddot plexes of aluminum In Sept 1987 he married Beth Haas and they live in London where Bill is a postdoctoral research associate in the Geology Department UWO studying the surface chemistry of minerals He is also writing his first book The Geochemistry OfPeatandPeatlands to be published by Elsevier Amsterdam
jack Thompson OAC 81 is a firemiddot fighter Station No 1 Thomhlll
Susan Watkins 81 is program offi cer Horn of Africa Oxfam Canada She is in charge ofOxfams overseas development projects in Eutrea and Tigray prOvince of Ethiopia the majori ty of which are in agriculture and health
Dve Dr Ian Alexander 86 is a dmg evalumiddot ator Bureau of Veterinary Dmgs Health and Welfare Canada Ottawa
Dr Cheng Hock Choong PhD 72 is director Semex Canada Guelph
Dr Ann Davis 75 a graduate student at the University of Toronto has won the Hardi Cinader Prize for 1987 The award is given to the graduate student in the process of completing doctor-A work who most resembles renowned immunomiddot logist Dr Bernhard Cinaders originality and versatility
Dr john Debbie 65 is an epidemiomiddot logist New York State Health Department Albany
Dr jean Dodds 64 in addition to her research on blood clotting mechanisms has chaired several national and intermiddot national task forces on assorted topics
Dr Doug Galt 62 is laboratory head OMAF Brighton
Dr Maria Koller CBS 75 DVM 79 chief control programs Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Dr Robert Georgeson 72
Dr Darwin Lund 60 is veterinarian in charge Agriculture Canada Lethbridge Alta
Dr David Murphy 56 is director cardiovascular surgical unit Dalhousie
niversity Halifax
Dr Gary Nash 77 veterinary research officer Institute of Aquaculture University
ofStirling Stirling Scotland is married to Marilyn Klein CBS 77
Dr HG Rees 55 joined the faculty of Massey University New Zealand after 10 years ofgeneral practice Upon completion of his masters degree he as appointed senio r lect urer at the University of Melbourne In 1970 he returned to prac shytice in his native Wales and has spent the past 12 years on the faculty at SeaJe-Hayne College there He has a small sheep farm
ARTS Bruce Westheuser 76 ofToronto died Dec 7 1987 He was a teacher Toronto Montessori Schools Hlt is survived by his father Ronald and stcpmodlcr Dorothy two sisters and a brodumiddotr
CSS Robert A Dodd MA 75 of Victoria BC died Oct 8 1987 He had been employed by the Ministry of Health He is survived by his wife Wendy
Bruce G Miller 72 of Aurora Ont died Sept 2 1987 He was a teacher with York Region Board of Education He is survived by his wife
MAC-FACS Etta (Birdsall) Garnham 17D of Tillsonhurg Ont died Jan 11 1988 She is survi ed by her sister Doris Oatman
Kathleen (Coggs) Hallam 120 of Toronto died jan 23 1988
Katherine L (Williamson) Killmaster 35D of Southfield Michigan died jan 31 1988
GAdora(Beemer)McFadyen 29Dof Port Elgin Ont died Apri l 8 L987 She is Survived by her son George S McFadyen OAC 50A
Anne E Spera 280 of Dundas Ont died Jan 26 1988
Dora M (Dies) Terryberry 260 of Weston Ont died Jan 22 1988 She is survived by her son Douglas
and maintains a single man general pracshytice Sheep health and production are his main interests and in the fall he was admitted to the Cert SHP by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons In 1989 he plans to retrace his footsteps to learn about his main interests in the countries in which he was trained
Dr Duncan Sinclair 58 OAC MSc 60 (nutrition ) Schofield lecturer 1983 will become Queens University Dean of
IN MEMORIAM
OAC Aimee A (Ups) Acklen 36 of Irving Texas died Feb 2 1987 She is survived by her husband Robert and one son
George K Beare 37 A of xbridge Ont died Oct 30 1987 He is survived by his wife Ruby
Dr J Ritchie Cowan 39 of Corvallis Oregon died Nov 12 1987 He was a retired professor of agronomy and proshyfessor emeritus Oregon State University He received his MS and a doctorate in plant genetics from the University of Minnesota He served as national president of the Crop Science Socicty of America the American Society of Agronomy the American Forage and Graosland Council the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology and the League for Intershynational Food Education He was pre shydeceased by his first wife DorothyWhite Mac 39 He is survived by his second wife Ruth and two children
WUliam M Croskery 15 of Ottawa died Nov 17 1987 He was a retired agricultural representative for Carleton County He is survived by three children
Walter C Fisher 26 of Sf Catharines Ont died jan 20 1988 He is survived by his wife Alice ( Petrie ) and three children
William A Hammond 18 Port Dovers oldest World War I veteran died Sept 29 1987 at 95 Prior to entering OAC he farmed worked in a lumber camp in BC and fought forest fires in Montana During the war he served in France and Belgium with the 55th l3atteryofthe Royal Canadian Art illery advancing from gunner to sergeant In 1920 he married Minerva Mitchell and they farmed in Woodhouse Township Mter retir ing he became clerk-treasurer of the township and later
Medicine and Vice-Principal ( Health Sciences) onJuly 1 He has served Queens in various capacities since joining the departme nt of physiolo gy in 1966 Nationally he has been invo lved with the Medical Research Council of Canada for many years includ ing a term as its director-genera1
Dr Anne Marie Taylor 81 is direc tor of an imal care Animal Care Centre Dalhousie niversity Halifax
held the san1e position with the Town of Port Dover He also served on the Ontario Assessment Appeal Board and was a fanner chai rman of the Simcoe High School Board In 1967 he received a Centennial Medal for service to his communi ty He was predeceased by bis wife and a son and is survived by two daughters Betty Murton ofWatetiord and Doris LlIldon of listoweI
Kandappar NJeyasseelan MSA 56 of Peradeniya Sri Lanka died Oct 22 1987 He is survived by two children
Frank J King 33 of Thornhill One died Dec 19 1987 He was a pioneer of Canadas broiler chicken industry and retired senior executive and director of Ralston Purina Canada Inc He is survived by his wife Rachel and a son
Robert C (Bob) lGrkness 56 of Maple Ridge BC died Oct 10 1987 He is survived by his wife
] Morley Lawrence 1 7 of Windsor died Oct 4 1987
John S Lennox 66A of Shallow Lake Ont died as the result of a farm accident Nov 4 1987 He is survived by his wife Ada and a son
Alex T Macnab 36 of North Fort Myers Fla died Dec 18 1987 He is survived by his wife Vella
NormanJ Myles 39 of Guelph died j an 24 1988 He had been a second lieutenant 11 th Field Brigade Royal Canadian Artillery He is survived by his wife Luella Beverley (Highan1 ) and two children
Robert W Phillips 39 of Belleville Ont died Sept 21 1987 -John W Robertson 38 of Thorold Ont died Oct 21 1987 He is survived by his wife Elizabeth and daughter Janice Partlow Arts 70
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Henry H Rooke 8 of Barrie Ont died Dec 16 1987 lIe was retired from the Department of National Health and Welfare He is survived by his wife Harriet Mac 40 and daughters Jane Lennox and Nancy RookemiddotAllen CBS 73
Robert H See 65A ofBohon Ont died Nov 14 1987 He was the son of Margaret (Huston) See Mac 33 and the late Dr John N See OAC 35 OVC 38 He is survived by his wife Brenda and two sisters
WilliamT (Bill) Smith 35 ofStfJtford Ont died Sept 19 1987 He is survived by his wife Maude and five children
Annie H Tasi MSc 72 ofGuelph died Dec 9 1987 She received her BSc in Agriculture from the National Taiwan University in 1965 After receiving her masters in horticulture from Guelph she worked as a research technician in the Universipound) Department of Horticultural Science Shc is survived by her hu~band Benjamin and two children
William G Toner 20A and 22 of Guelph died Jan 30 1988 He is survived by hi wife Eileen and four children
W Benson (Ben) Vair 55 of Sarnia died Jan 6 1988 He taught science at Northern Collegiate in Sarnia for 25 years retiring in 1987
A Gordon O Whiteside 20A and 22 of Ottawa died June 2 1987 Ht was retired after 42 years as a cerealist with Agriculture Canada and wa~ a Fellow of thc Agricultural Institute of Canada lie developed sevedl varieties of Canadian whtat one of which bears his namt Gordon He is su rvived byhis wife Irene and three children
Joseph H Willmott 22A of Milton died Oct 23 1987 He is survived by his sonJohn c Willmott 55
PROFESSORS
Dr Denis H Stott professor emeritus since 1980 diedJan 22 1988 in England at 78 He was ftrst chair Department of Psychology from 1966-68 and was intershyna tionally known as a pioneer in deve shyloping learning techniques for hardmiddottOmiddot teach children He founded the Centre for Educational Disabilities which he directed until h is retirement in 1975 His research focused on the causes and promiddot
blems of delinquent school boys He is survived by hiswifeJane and tw children
Dr Robert D Whiteford of Qualicum Beach Vancouver Island former professor Department of Biomedical Sciences died Feb ] 0 1988 He is survived by his wife Beatrice and one son
STAFF Ray Catchpole a member of the Unj middot versitys Sulawesi Regional Development Project team in Indonesia died Nov 27 1987 in Jakarta at 46 He had been with the project sinet its inception in 1984 He is survived by his wife Ani and his mother Muriel Lucas A mcmorial fund has been established in his nanle Contributions may be forwarded to the Department of
Alumni Affairs and Development The fund will provide a bursary for Indonesians and Canadians involved in exchange between the two ountries It will be adminbtered by the niversity School of Rural Planning and Development
FRIENDS
Joseph Arlen of Guelph died Sept 5 1987 He pursued studies at OAC from 1957 to ) 959 before completing an engineering degree at the University of Toronto He is survived by his wife Judy who works in Photographic Services on campus and two children A Joseph Arlen Memorial Prize in Horticulture has been established Contributions may be forshywarded to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development
ASPARAGUS RESEARCHER DIES IN GUELPH
Herman (Herm) Tiessen OAC 51 onc of Canadas fore middot most aspard1t1s researdlers rued in Guelph Dec 10 1987 at 63 Or Ticsscn had been a horticul shyture professor at the University since 1955 and was co-ordinator of the National Asparagus Reshysearch Program
At its fiftieth anniversary meeting in london the day of his death the Ontario Asparagus Growers Marketing Board honored Dr Tiessen as the pershyson who had made the greatest contributions to the industry over the last 50 years He was also weU known for his work on greehouse tOmatoes and for a collaborative project with Texaco that used waste energy from the companys refinery to heat greenhouses
After graduating from OAC Dr Tiessen received his masters and PhD degrees from Michigan State University and returned to his alma mater to join the Department of Horticultural Science He traveUed widely to share his knowledge on veget-
The late Professor Herm Tiessen OAC51
able growing with scientists around the world most recently to New Zealand and Taiwan He -wa a member of the Agricultural Institute of Canada and the Canadjm American and Intermiddot national Societies for Horticulmiddot tural Science He was also an active member of the OAC Alumni Association
He is sUlvived by his wife Marjorie and two children
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JlAVIeuro 17 18 19 GOlf Tournament
The classic confrontation on the green the Gryphon Club Golf Tournament will start things rolling on Friday at the Cutten Club Prizes will be awarded
Barbecue amp CasinO Night
Meet your friends at Alumni House Friday evening for a barbecued feast and try your llck at the casino tables
SIOwpitch Tournament
The Grad loungers will defendtheir championship title at the alumnistudent co-ed slowpitch tournament Why not get a team together to compete for the first-place trophy and other awards Teams should consist of 12 to 20 players with at least six females per team Three one-hour games are guaranteed for each team
Tours Lectures Demonstrations
Tour the new Equine Research Centre see computer laboratory demonstrations at the College of Family and Consumer Studies or catch an enlightening lecture If its nature you enjoy visit the Arboretum the Marine Biology Laboratory or the Elora Gorge Conservation Area
Celebrity Auction
Join in the fun and bid on a fascinating assortment of articles donated by local celebriti~s Lots of surprises in store All proceeds will go to Alumni House
Awards Presentations
At the Presidents Picnic at noOn on Saturday the Alumnus of Honor award and the Alumni Medal of Achievement will be presented Come and celebrate with the recipients
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See page 7 for your Alumni Weekend reservation form For further information see your College section inside or call the Alumni Weekend hotline (519) 824-4120 ext 2102
Class Reunions
Is your class having a reunion Check page 7 to find out Reunions are a great opportunity to meet old
friends and renew acquaintshyances The Alumni Associations will host their graduates of 50
years or more at a Golden Anniversary Din ner
Champagne Brunch
Toast Alumni Weekend 88 at a champagne brunch held on the Alumni House patio Sunday The Guelph Concert Band will provide entertainment
COLLEGE ROYAL 88 SEARCH FOR EXCELLENCE
COllege Royal 88 drew about 30000 visitors to campus in March The theme Search For Excellence was carried through displays of stushydent clubs and academic units all over campus including an Alumni Affairs and Development display of
Dynamic Duo Andy Willemsen and Kathy Cunnington both FACS 88 worz the CBS-sponsored Egg Drop competition
Human Kinetics student Todd BIJJant helpedErica Clausen 4 test her lung volume al the School Of Human Bioshylogy display
Medieval jousting was demonstrated by the Sodety For Creative Anashychronism
24 graduates who have excelled in their diverse careers and activities
The 64th annual student -organized event was offiCially opened March 12 by Michael Enright CBC Radios 0shy
host of As It Happens Laura Gillard FACS 88 served as president and
People and cows met face to face at Old MacDonalds Farm
Former Curtain Callers Margaret Calder Mac 60 DtmRose OAC 57A and 60 and Nancy (Turk) Cums Mac 59 enjoyed themselves at the Curtain Call reunion
College Royal visitors tested equljJshyment at the chool of Engineering display
Nancy Scheer OAC 91 presided as hostess after being elected Celebrant at the College Royal Ball March 4
Curtain Call College Royals annual musical was followed bya reunion of fomler cast and crew members after the final show Saturday night
Guelph student Melissa Meisinger and her Samoytl Snowball particishypated in the dog show
The square dancing competition continued its popularity Both stushydents and alumni cOtnpeted
The woodsman competition tested strength
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ALUMNI GATHER IN WESTERN CANADA
Enthusiastic alumni gathered in Edmonton and Vancouver for chapter events in February
Harley Deeks OAC 50 president of Molson Alberta Brewery Ltd and Molson Saskatchewan Brewery Ltd and his wife Barbara (Herring) Mac 48 hosted a reception for 36 alumni and friends at Molson House in Edmonton Vincent MacDonald and Don Lavender hoth OAC 36 repre shysented the earliest graduating class present and ShouliangDongArts 87 was the most recent grad attending
Don Welch CPS 78 organizer of the event spoke about his memories of the University and before the evening was over had fOffiled a volunshyteer committee to plan future
Edmonton Chapter events Ifyou are interested contact Don at 15824 8Ist Street Edmonton T5Z ISS ( 403) 473-5237
Janey Bennett CSS 75 and Rod Clark CBS 77 hosted a reception for 27 alumni and guests at their home in Vancouver on Valentines Day Plans were made for a Vancouver Chapter wine and cheese party in April and a barbecue in summer For further information contact Janey at 1816 Mahon Avenue North Vancouver V7M 2T3 (604) 986-8177
Betsy Allan CSS 83 Alumni Affairs office attended both receptions She brought greetings from the University and spoke on chapter development and the latest campus happenings
VISA VOLUNTEERS GOODWILL AMBASSADORS
Ae the residence washrooms co shyed How do 1 get onto the volleyball team TIlese are some of the questions prospective University ofGuelph stushydents ask and former students are the best sources for answers
Through VISA (Volunteers in Support of Admissions) Guelph alumni help high school students become more aware of the niversitys curriculum spirited campus life and community amenities
We reinforce what the niversitys admissions office does in the high schools and we add the personal element says VISA co-ordinator Betsy Allan CSS 83 I see us as goodwill anlbassadors
VISA chapters in six Ontario cities each hold an annual information sesshysion for high school students their parents and friends Alumni talk about what attracted them to Guelph what they enjoyed how their education helped in their careers and what they are doing now Admissions counshysellors also attend
The information sessions have been an effective way to reach students who have not bad an opportunity to visit campus It also gives them a
chance to talk one on one with someone from the University says Betsy We welcome new alumni volunteers in the established VISA chapters The time commitment is small and those involved will tell you the work is rewarding
Established chapters and their leaders include Ottawa Greg DOUlatl HAFA 81 and Iarry Meek CPS 77 Toronto Debbie Chang CSS 82 London Maureen Higa OAC 79 Niagara Irene Good FACS 82 Chatham Vicki Bouman CBS 77 and 8rantford Simcoe Heather Linington OAC 80
As part of the VISA progranl this year Betsy wants to hold send-off barbecues across Canada She is looking for alumni willing to help organize and or host such an event in their backyards Students attending Guelph in the faU their parents and alumnj from the community would be invited The idea is to ~ish the students well before they embark on the path to univerSity For further inJormation about this or any aspect ofthe VISA program contact lktsyat Alumni House University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2WI (519) 824-4120 ext 6533
janey Bennett CSS 75 and Rod Clark CBS 77 hosted a receptionfor Vancouver alumni at thei home in February with some help ft-om their 18-month-old son Graeme Daughter Amy 4 was also at the event
Enjoying the-mselles at a reception for Edmonton alunmi at Molson HOllse ill February are left to right joyce Welch and her husband Don CP) 78 Betsy Allan OS 83 and Harley Deeks OAC 50 and his wife Barbara (Herring) Mac 48
ALUMNI CHAPTER EVENT
SASKATOON Dinner
Saturday June 11 600 pm reception
700 pm dinner Renaissance Hotel
Meet M arge M illar Director Alum ni Affa irs and Development
and Rosema ry Clark Director A lumni Aff~l irs -
For furtiJpr information conlact f3elsy AIan Alum ni H ouse
University of Cuelph (5 19) 824-4 f 20 ext 6533
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Editor Sandra Couch 84 MA 87
RECEPTION HELD
The CSS Alumni Association hosted its annual wine and cheese reception for graduating students at the Faculty lub in January Agnes (BelIai) Van Haeren 85 first vice-president and Susan Blair 83 director helped organize the event and greeted students at the door President John Alviano 74 spoke briefly about the Associashytion and asked for the support of those present CSS Oean)ohn Vanderkamp and faculty advisor Victor Ujirnoto were alsoprescnt to mingle with students
WHY DO STUDENTS LEAVE UNIVERSITY GUELPH STUDY
AIMS TO FIND OUT By Marla Stewart
Public R lations and In formation
Why do students leavc university before they complete their degrees A Guelph study Career and Education Achievement in the Student Environshyment ( CEASE) aims to find out Principal investigator Sid Gilbert Sociology and Amhropology has finished collecting data and will spend the summer and fall analyzing it
Professor Gilbert began the longishytudinal study of student progress at Guelph three years ago with a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council grant Through questionshynaires and interviews he contacted every new ftrst -year Guelph student in the fall of 1986 and fo llowed them over their next four semesters
The purpose of the study is to determine how many students leave
and their reasons for leaving says Professor Gilbert On the other hand he wants to meashy
sure program success completion and academic achievement
So far the study indicates that a students pre-entry characteristics (ethnicity secondary school grades financial status and parental educashytion) are not as crucial as the univershysity experience itself in determining whether he or she will stay
In other words says Professor Gilbert tudent attrition is related to academic and social integration at the University What students bring with them is not as important as what happens while theyre here
Throughout the three years of the study a remarkable 70 per cent of the 2800 students who received the initial questionnaire have responded says Professor Gilbert In year one first term students completed a questionshynaire measuring attitudes intentions background and demographic inforshymation 10 second term these students were re-surveyed on their experience
feelings and performance at the UniverSity
In the fall of year two those students who remained at Guelph were surshyveyed on their first-year experiences and how much they had learned and developed at the UniverSity
All students from the initial group who left the University before comshypleting their programs were then contacted to determine whether they had withdrawn temporarily or pershymanently transferred to another university were ineligible to return or had changed from fuU -time to partshytime status Reasons for any change of plans were explored by interviews
((a love of learning is not a strong factor
To date the study indicates that a love of1carning is not a strong factor initially influencing students to attend university TIley attend to gain knowshyledge and skills directly applicable to a career and to increase their chances of tlnding good paying jobs More than half the females surveyed said they attended universiry to increase their chances of finding challenging work after graduation Only 39 per cent of the males said this was their reason
The overall purpose of Professor Gilbcrts project is to measure volunshytary change and departure capture the process of attrition compare the experiences of stayers and leavers and suggest remedies when approshypriate He believes his findings will be beneficial to other universities all of which experience varying rates of attrition anlOng student) The findings will help educators develop retention programs for students who despite their talents and ambitions do not complete their degrees
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CANADIAN SENATOR SPEAKS AT CSS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION DINNER
Senator Lorna Marsden wore both her political and academic hats when she spoke at the second annual CSS Alumrti is50ciation dinner in March More than 100 alumni students faculty and guests were present
Named to the Canadian Senate in 1984 Senator Marsden is also a proshyfessor of sociology at the niversity of Toronto A Liberal she is a recognized expert on social change in Canada in particular the changing circumstances of women in Canadian economic and social life
In her address ]he Social Scientist in the State The Case for OPen Boundmies Senator Marsden argued that the influence of intellectuals on Canadian public policy is far too restricted Something is very wrong The intellectuals of Canada many of them at universities are excluded just at the moments when they are needed most Our causes arent led by great thinkers We dont regularly send scholars to parliament That lively exchange of ideas is missing
The difference is striking south of the border and in Europe where politicians and intellectuals are regularly joined In the US it would be unthinkable for the president not to have a brains tmst in one or more universities
Senator Marsden said the Meech Lake Accord the Free Trade Agreeshyment and the recent revision to Bill C-60 which amends the copyright act are examples of public policy meashysures which were diminished by the lack of input from intellectuals
In the case of Meech Lake Senator Marsden said inadequate use was made of people with knowledge about Ilistory and constitutional law She called Meech Lake an underhanded unsatisfactory method of constitushytional reform which puts the rights ofCanadians at risk She said a different approach would have been taken if the historians and constishytutional experts had been consulted first and she feels the Accord should be amended in consultation with these intellectuals
With free Trade Senator Marsden said the opposite had happened A
wealth of research had been done by experts on the potential ofFrce Trade but this research had not been carried through to help Canadians debate the issue once the deal was stmck ]n this case the experts were at the front end of the project only At Meech Lake it was the other way around
With regards to Bill C-60 she warned that intellectuals and univershysities should wake up Although she said the 1924 copyright act was badly in need of change she claimed many of the changes would cause financial and administrative problems for universities affecting things like distance education exams art exhibitions photocopying and intershylibrary loans In this case the intellectuals have been Sitting apart from the process and not protecting their own interests
Although Senator Marsden conshycluded that she didnt know the solution she said that intellectuals must move collectively into the cen shytral life of Canada and develop a closer relationship with the politicians to create better public policy
Sena tor Marsden turned her speakers fee back into the proceeds
RETIRED ECONOMICS PROFESSOR DIES
Wilda Blacklock and Senator Lorna Marsden
from the dinner which will fu nd a CSS graduate student scholarship The CSSAlumniAssociation now presents five annual undergraduate scholarshyships to social science snldents
An announcement of the estabshylishment of rhe Wilda Blacklock graduate scholarship in sociology was also made Wilda earned her BA and honors BA in 1973 and 1975 while working as a secretary in the Departshyment ofSociology and Anthropology She resigned from the Department to study for her MA which she earned in 1978 She then renlrned to the Department as computer co shyordinator retiring in January The scholarship was established in honor of her service to the Department and to graduate studems over the years In her thank you speech she said Its not so bad getting old if we can leave something to the young
Retired Economics Professor Jack Madden died March 14 1988 in Guelph at 68
Born in leeds England and raised in Winnipeg Dr Madden served overshyseas with the RCAF from 1939 to 1945 After the war he received his BA from the niversity of Manitoba his MA from the niversity of Toronto and his Ph D from Cambridge University
He began teaching at Guelph in 1965 He was a founding faculty member of Wellington College and a member of Senate He was also actively involved in health care planning at both the regional and federal level and served as economic advisor to the Hall Commission on Health Services
In 1974 Dr Madden received the
Ontario Confederation of niversiry Faculty Associations teaching award and in 1983 he received the University ofGuelph Faculty Association college award
The Jack Madden Medal in Econoshymic History is presented annually to a Semester 8 student who has mainshytained the highest grades in that subject
Dr Madden retired from the Unishyversity inJanuary 1985 but continued to teach part-time at the Universities of Guelph and Toronto
He is survived by his wife Andrea and four children
Donations may be madc in his memory to The Jack Madden Memorial Fundand forwarded to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development
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SABBATICAL FULFilLS SCIENTIFIC DREAMS FOR HUSBAND-WIFE RESEARCH TEAM
Ahusband and wife teanl of Guelph biologists Professor Eugene Balon and Dr Christine Flegler-Balon have returned to the University after an eight-month sabbatical at the )LB Smith Institute of Ichthyology and Rhodes niversity Grahamstown South Africa They introduced a new type of research design to institute staff while studying the early deveshylopment of several fish species
The Balons received a Rhodes University Hugh Kelly Fellowship and grants from the Departmem of National Education and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
While in Grahamstown they made a comparative study of the developmiddot ment of two species oftilapine cichlids and of a ciarias Gltfish These species are common in aquacu lture although no detailed observations of their development had been made prior to this study
One of the fish we were obselVing Oreocbromis mossambicus (preshyviously known as Tilapia mossamshybica) is a mouthbrooder the other Tiapia rencalli lays its eggs on the substrate and guards tbem and the young as they develop explained Dr Flegler-Balon We wanted to test a theory on altricial-prccocial altershynatives developed earlier in Guelph says Professor Balon
InJune a conference on Alternative Life History Styles (ALHS) in organshyisms was held in Grahamstown and the Balons were among 12 invited foreign speakers
The Balons also participated in thrilling expeditions into the interior ofBotlWana by small plane observing the amazing landscape of the Karoo Kimberley diamond mines and Kalahari Desert The Kalahari absorbs all the waters of the large Okavango River which flows from Angola and forms a magnificent inland delta
I can bardly believe that I have seen the papyrus flats and channels the fishes and wildlife and in addition have met Tsodillo Hill bushmen and
Professor Eugene Balon and Dr Christine Regler-Balon bave returned to the University from an eXciting eight month sabbatical
have seen the recently discovered rock paintings of their ancestors says Dr Flcgler-BaLon The altricial bushmen are one of the important features in the tested ALHS theory
Okavango the last paradise is soon to be lost by diversion of waters via canals for the new dian10nd mines in the Kalahari and cattle ranching TIle
JLB Smith Institute is involved in desperate ecological studies
The Balons along with Instirute director Mike Bruton and scientist Robin Swbbs participated in an expedition to the Comoro Islands home of the coelacanth nicknamed old four legs the only living member ofa group representing the evolution of all terrestrial vertebrates ll1ey intelViewed coelacanth fishermen and measured eight specimens tvo of which are the largest so far recorded They also took samples from the fish communities of a river on Anjouan from its volcanic slopes over 15shymetre high waterfalls to its entry into the coelacanth sea They joined up with the yacht Metoka carrying a submersible and wert first to view the films taken from this submersible ofcoelacanths moving in their natural habitat Professor Balon conveys excitement as he describes thc slow motion flight-walk of this fascinating creaturc When the Balons realized how threatened this living fossil is they established the Coelacanth ConselVation Council The newsktter of this council will be published in Professor Balons international journal Elluironmental Biology ofFishes
TOUR MARINE BIOLOGY LABORATORY DURING ALUMNI WEEKEND
The CBS Alumni Association has added something new to its program of activities during Alumni Weekend this year A LOur of the Marine Biology Laboratory (Zoology Annex 2) wiU be conducted by faCility supelVisor Ted White CBS 78 The tour will follow the guided walk at Elord Gorge and picnic lunch at Biology House on June 18 at 1 30 pm Marine and Fisheries grads can reminisce while others can discover one of the hidden attractions of these programs at Guelph
Last years picnic saw the rerurn of a group of Micro 82 grads who took advantage of the Alumni Weekend festivities to send classmate Rick Clark off to his new job at King Faisal Research Centre and Specialist Hosshypital in Riyadh Saudia Arabia
While such auspicious occasions are bound to be infrequem yOll could make plans to get together with the old gang anyhow especially if yOll are a 1973 1978 or 1983 grad who has the extra motivation of a 15th 10th or 5th year reunion
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UNO ONE DESERVES IT MORE RESEARCH TECHNOLOG ST RECEIVES AWARD
By j anne Pengelly Public Relations and In fo rmation
Amost a quarter cemury of hard work late nights and long hours were recognized when research technoloshygist Uta Srrelive Zoology received Sigma Xis Support of Research Award Professor Roy Anderson chair of Zoology told the 70 people at the awards ceremony No one deserves it more
The local chapter of the scientific society Sigma Xi has only awarded the prize once before in 1985 It recognizes researchers who make a significant contribution to the societys goal of excellence in research but are seldom known to the research community at large
During her 22 years at the Univershysity Uta has taught the laboratory sections of LWO invertebrate zoology courses and helped more than 30 graduate students complete their theses She has co-authored several papers on neurotropic nematodes and is currently responsible for the day-to-day running of Professor Andersons parasitology lab where she works with graduate and undershygraduate students
Uta completed her undergraduate degree in textile research at the University of Gera East Germany In 1961 she came to Canada to join her parents and obtained a job in electron microscopy in the anatomy departshyment of the faculty of medicine ni shyversity of Saskatchewan She learned the basics in a field that was growing fast She did everything from preparing experimems to photographing and writing them up
She married became a mother and was widowed - all within three years of arriving in Canada After her husshyband died she wanted to be closer to her homeland Toronto had good job opportunities so she and the baby moved east just to make enough money to go to West Germany
At the Ontario Research Foundashytion where she went to look for a job Uta found Professor Anderson in the middle of an experiment The young
Uta Strelive with her Support of Research Award certificate
parasitologist was so engrossed in his work he didnt ask why she was there He just asked her to give him a hand When they were finished Uta had a job Later the same year Proshyfessor Anderson came to Guelph and Uta came along to run his lab
Utas nomination for the Sigma Xi award was supported by several proshy
fessors and many students I love the students and have a good rapport with them she says People ask ifl get bored but there are always new faces new problems new classifishycations new data to organize Parashysitology is a very exciting field because nothing ever stands still
Bird Carvings Uta is internationally known for
her magnificent wood carvings of birds Each carving takes about 100 homs work and sells for between $500 and pound1 000 She has won 28 awards since she started carving in 1981 including tlrst prize at the World Champ ionship Wildfowl Carving Competition in Maryland She had her first show in her own studio in Guelph last year
Carving could tum into a profitable retirement project for Uta Kaiser Porcelain in Germany has approached her about test marketing one of her birds
But Uta says her hours at the Univershysity are just as satisfying in their own vay When students recognize
theyve learned something thal is the biggest reward she says
More than 125 CBS students galbered for a Careers and Faclilty Night coshysponsored by the CBS Student Council and CBS Alumni Association in FebnUllJI Here Dr Dazrid Rodger CBS PhD 82 answers questions about his work in aquatic biology Other CBS alumni speakers included Petra Patczllr 82 who works with (be dezelopmental(v disabled Les StaHfield 81 a community adl isorfor the Commwzity Fisheries Involvement Program and julia Stanley Weille1~ 82 acting manager offhlishedproducts ill the hepatitis diagnostics division Connaught Laboratories Ltd
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SECOND VOLUME OF LM MONTGOMERY JOURNALS PUBLISHED
By Mary Dickieson Public Relations and Information
The second volume of ]be Selected j ournals ofLM Montgomery records the best and worst experiences in the life of one ofthe worlds most popular authors of childrens books Edited by Professor Mary Rubio English Lanshyguage and Literature and now-retired English professor Elizabeth Waterston the book is expected to repeat the popularity of Volume I which jumped to the best seller list immediately after its November 1985 release and is now in its second printing
Volume II covers 1910 to 1921 and records Montgomerys new life as a mother and wife of a minister in an Ontario village This is a varied and complicated period in which she has achieved world-wide acclaim and a following of readers devoted to her heroine Anne Shirley
Like Anne Montgomery revels in motherhood She also reveals her thoughts on the death of the grandshymother who restricted her life so severely and her feelings for a husband whose mental illness enslaved her in an increasingly unhappy marriage
During th is II -yea r period Montgomery produced four additional Anne novels and a book ofpoetry She initiated and won two bitter lawsuits against her first publisher in a fight
SCOTTISH COLLECTION EXPANDED
Prof essors Elizabeth Waterston and Mary Rubio with the second volume of The Selected journals of LM Montgomery
over the exploitation of women writers
Volume 11 contains more than 100 of Montgomerys own photographs including many of hcr two sons and scenes of Leaksdale the village where she kept up the facade of being a happy Presbyterian ministers wife
The First World War had a profound effect on village life and is a major theme in Montgomerys journal Six of her neighbors sons died and her beloved half-brother lost a leg
Professors Rubio and Waterston edited the handwritten journals at the request of the authors son the late Dr Stuart Macdonald who arranged for his mothers journals
The Scottish Collection in the Unishyversity Library has received a 525000 boost from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Counci l (SSHRC) moving it a step closer to becoming the major Canad ian centre for Scottish studies
The collection already includes Scottish manuscripts from the last three centuries many Scottish literary journals and some parish records from the late 18th and 19th centuries
The SSHRC grant will buy a collecshy
tion of Scottish newspapers from the late 19th and early 20th cennlries Sir Walter Scotts diaries and records of the Darien Company - the Scottish trailing company that caused financial ruin in Scotland when it went bankshyrupt in lhe early 18th cennlry
Emphasis in Scottish studies stems from Guelph faculty interests and the influence of Guelphs Scottish settlers and founder John Galt The Library collection is the largest in Canada and among the top five in the world
scrapbooks and other memorabilia to become part ofthe Mclaughlin Library archives
TIle remaining unedited journals cover the last 22 years of Montshygomerys life and include the devshyelopment of a new heroine Emily based on herself She obviou Iy saw her life as an ongOing story and one she wanted to teU Professor Rubio says They expect to publish a third and possibly a fourth volume
MONTGOMERY COLLECTION
EXPANDED
T he Lucy Maud Montgomery Collection in the University Library now includes the newsshypap rs the author read all her life This addition is being funded by a S10000 grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council ( SSHRC)
The Library collection already hal) Montgomerys cHaries and scrapbooks various published editions of her works in different languages 5000 photographs mostly taken by Montgomery herself some personal papers and a few artifacts including examples of her needlework and the china dogs she loved and wrote about in her books - Gog and Magog
The newspapers including microfiche records of Charshylottetowns ]be Island Patriot from 1892 to 1942 are a connecshytion with Montgomerys history that is valuable to researchers now says Acquisition Librarian Tim Sauer Montgomery continshyued to receive newspapers from her native province Prince Edward Island during the many year she lived in Ontario
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MAJOR CANADIAN THEATRE COLLECTIONS JOIN FORCES TO PRODUCE EXHIBITION
Putting It Back Together which opens May 21 at the Macdonald tewart An Centre in conjunction
with the Guelph Spring Festival represents the first time that major Canadian theatre collections have joined forces to produce a unique and timely exhibition about the preshyservation of our performing arts heritage The exhihition is curated and designed by Daniel Ladell ardlishyvist Stratford Festival with Len Conolly chair Department of Drama acting as associate curator
Putting II Back Together wi il educate and entertain But it also has an urgent message By shOWing what is being kept the exhibition conshyversely draws attention to what is being 10st and emphasizes the need to preserve the vast remainder of Canadas performing arts heritage
Confirmed lenders to the exhibition include The Canadian (Opera) Company Archives Dance Canada Danse The Metropolitan Toronto
DRAMA REUNION HELD
Over 100 former drama students attended a reunion at the Cutten Club in Novemher It was a roaring success says HarryLane acting chair Department of Drama and one of the organizers of the event This was the second drama reunion in five years and Professor Lane hopes a third can be organized in another five years
Several alumni speakers were feashytured during the reunion dinner including the well-known Canaclian stage deSigner Sue lePage Arts 73 who is designing Richard III for the Stratford Festival this year Professor Donald Mullin was presented with an Irish lead crystal bowl circa 1800 as a retirement gift after 20 years with the Department of Drama A dance followed clinner
If you would like to know about future drama reunions or other Department ofDrama events contact Marlene Neal at ( 519) 824-4120 ext 3147
Library Theatre Collection The National Ballet Ardtives The Public Archives of Canada (Social and Culshytural Archives) The Stratford Festival Archives and the Theatre Arcl1ives of the University of Guelph It is hoped that major collections in other regions will agree to participate giving the project more national scope
The exhibition is specifically designed for louring It leaves Guelph July 10 and will be at the Gallery Stratford from September 9 to October 16 Other venues in Canada and a projecLed international tour are under negotiation
PuttingItBack Togetberwill feature
rare printed phowgraphic and manushyscript materials and Lhree-dimenshysional and design materials (such as renderings set models costumes and properties ) These customarily comprise theatrical xhibitions but this exhibit will also feature audioshyvisual recordings and a special handsshyon computer module showing how modern technology is creating new forms of documentation and making these collections accessible to a wider public than ever before
Putting It Back Togetber is proshyduced hy the Stratford Festival Archives in collaboration with the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre
NEW CHAIR HOPES TO CARRY ON JOHN BELLS TRADITION
When Professor Manfred Kremer assumed the chair of the Department of L1nguages and Literatures last fall he knew it wouldnt be easy to follow in the footsteps of his close friend Professor]ohn Bell who had died the previous spring
John was one of the -niversitys finest teachers and is sorely missed says Professor Kremer I hope I can carry on the tradition of excellence that was his hallmark
Enrolment in Languages and Litershyatures one of the largest departments in the College ofArts has been steady for the past decade with 1300 to 1400 students a semester
With the help of his colleagues Professor Kremer is revising the currishyculum ofsome programs The French Studie section is investigating the establishment of a masters program in co-operation with other univershysities With more than half the departments enrolment in the French progranl the student base is broad enough to justify a masters program he says Guelph already works jointly with Wilfrid Laurier Western and Windsor universities in mooing a French Studies program in Nice France
Professor Manfred Kremer
Professor Kremer received his undergraduate degree and PhD degrees at the University of Cologne in West Germany He taught at the
niversity of Wales for a year before coming to Guelph as a lecturer in 1966
Editors Note The John Bell -Memorial Fund will provide an annual scholarship to a student majoring in Classics Donations can be sent to the Office of the dean College ofArts Income tax receipts will be issued
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ALUMNI HONORED AT CHEMISTRY IBIOCHEMISTRY
AWARDS NIGHT
Martin Bosch CPS 69 MSe 7J ( left) andPrOfessor Hamish Rattray chair of the University Awards Committee chat during the 1987 annual Chemistry mul Biochemistry awards night
Aumni were in the spotlight when the Department of ChemistI) and BiochemistI) and the Chemistry Biochemistry Club held their 1987 annual dinner and awards night recently
1987 graduates Dorothy Bakker (chemistry) Karen Graham (chemical tOXicology) Donna (Fackoury) Meagher ( applied chemistry) and Lauretta Williams (biochemistry) each received a Society of Chemical Industry Merit Award
Dorothy now studying medicine at McMaster University said The Guelph semester system and deshymanding undergraduate workload gave me the ability and confidence to be well organized in high pressure situations
Karen who is pursuing pharmashy
cology and toxicology studies at the University of Toronto commented that Guelph offered a tremendous toxicology program and said she would have stayed to do her graduate work at Guelph had it offered a graduate toxicology program
Donna a full-time research assistant for Mc eil Consumer Produc ts Company and winner of the EB Mac aughtOn Convocation Prize as the Winegard nominee for 1987 reflected on her studies at Guelph saying My four yCdfS at Guelph helped me develop skills I require to fmd answers
Lauretta who also received the CPS Graduation Prize and prestigious NSERC 1967 Science Scholarship said her undergraduate training at Guelph prepared me with a very solid foundation and competitive edge for graduate studies and encouraged me in the joy oflcarning and desire to study She now attends York University
Brock Chittim CPS MSc 77 pre shysident and general manager of Wellington Laboratories Guelph presented Joanne Ryks with the newly established WeUington Laboratories Prize in Environmental Chemistry
Martin Bosch 69 MSc 71 preshysident of Tricorp Chemical Speci shyalities Guelph announced the new Tricorp Chemical Specialties Award in organiC chemistry The first presentation of this annual scholarship of S I 200 will be made in 1989
Dr Lind Mrs Harold Suderman presented H] Suderman Demonstrashytor Awards to PhD students Clint Chapple CPS 82 MSc 84 and Carl Decicco CPS 84 for their excellent work in teaching undergraduate lahoratories
Thirty-two additional awards were presented to undergraduate students for their outstanding efforts in 1987
Professor Innes MacKltnzie Physics chats with Dr Steve Berko Brandeis f
University Waltham Mass one Of the speakers at a sympOSium held in Professor MacKenzies honor
PROFESSOR HONORED
November was quite a month for Professor Innes MacKenzie Physics
first he received the 1987 Sigma Xi Excellence in Research Award for his outstanding contribution to re shysearch The award was presented at the Guelph chapter of Sigma Xi s annual banquet At the chapters annual meeting Professor MacKenzie presented the lecture Non-invasive Analyses by Gamma-ray BackshyscatteJing
Later in November a symposium New Demands on Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy wai organized by Proshyfessor MacKenzies research assoshyciates The symposium held at the University in Professor MacKenzies honor featured ten speakers from rhe United States Canada Africa England and Finland A banquet and reception followed in the evening
Professor MacKenzie is now retired but continues to do research at the University as an adjunct professor
NAMED TO STATS INSTITUTE
Professor Hendrick Malik Mathematics and Statistics has been elected a member of the International Statistical Institute in recognition of his contribushytions to the field of statistical methods TIle institute is an autonomous society whose obshyjective is the development and improvement of statistical methods throughout the world
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LEADING CANCER RESEARCHER DELIVERS FIRST CHAPPEL LECTURE
Anoted medical scientist in cancer research delivered the inaugural address in a new lecture series on campus - the Chappel Lecture in Biomedical Sciences
Dr Harry Rubin spoke February 4 the night before winter convocation ceremonies at which he received an honorary doctor of science degree Dr Michael Smith a leading Canadian molecular biologist also received an honorary degree at winter convoshycation
The Chappel Lecture will be an annual event on campus bringing scholars of international repute to address students faculty and the public It was established by Dr
D1~ Harry Rubin hooded by Umversity secretay Barbara Abercrombie is congratulatedby Chancellor William A Stewart
CLifford 1 Chappel OVC 50 and hLi wife in memory ofhis father Herbert James Chappel and was hosted in its first year by OVe
Dr Rubin began his work in the area of viruses in Mexico after gradu shyating from Cornell University as a veterinarian in 1947 He later joined the S Public Health Service became senior research fellow at the California Institute ofTechnology and has held several research pOSitions at the ni shyversity of California Berkeley where he is now professor of molecular biology and research virologist He is known for his contributions to the field of cell growth regulation and malignanqr
Dr Rubins lecture Is Cancer Caused by Cancer Gerzes or the Folly ofReductionism explored popular theories of cancer-causing genes
OVC GRAD WORKS TOWARD BILINGUAL EDUCATION IN CANADA
Dr Susan (Tilt ) Purdy OVC 68 strongly believes that Canada can be a bilingual nation To that end he is serving as national president of Canadian Parents for French (CPF) a 16500-mcmber nation-wide volunshytary association of parents intere ted in promoting the best possible french second language programs at all educational levels
CPF acts as an information-sharing resource for parents educators governments and the general public on French education opportunities in Canada Sue says it is a unique organization because it represents the majority language group advoshycating the language of the minority and thus is a bridge between the two solitudes
Sue moved to New Brunswick after graduation from OVC and practised veterinary medicine in Moncton with her husband Dr James G Purdy OVC 50 until 1974 when they sold their hospital and moved ro Sackville Presently Sue is in small animal prac shytice with her husband in Sackvillc on
Susan (Tilt) Pu-dy OVC 68 sbaresa conversation with Fernand Robichaud MP for West Moreland Kent (left) and DIberville Fortier CommissionerofOffidaI Languages at the 10th anniversary ofCanadian Parents for Frerzch in 1987
a limited part-time basis as she serves her second year as CPF president
Sue became involved in educational issues and joined CPF 10 years ago when her two children started school Now n and 16 both children are enrolled in continuing French immershyion programs and Sue says shes satist1ed that she has given them the
best start she can at becoming bilinshygual J now devotc most of my time to ensuring that other Canadian hildren have a right and opportunity
to learn both of Canadas official languages in the public school sysshyteOl she explains
Sue ha fond memories of Guelph and her fellow students at OVC in the sixties Our paths have continued to cross over the years and I always look forward to such encounters she says Although I am not lIsing my formal training a great deal at the moment the education I received at Guelph has fitted me well for the advocacy role I play poundOday My only wish is that [ could have graduated a bilingual veterinarian - but alas those were different times That is why I work so hard to ensure future graduates from all our universities will not be Limited to expression in only one language
Editors Note Ifyou would like more illformation about CPF write to 309 Cooper Street Suite 2OJ Ottawa Ontalio K2P OG5
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OVC GRAD FOUNDS WORLD WOMENS VETERINARY
ASSOCIATION DrBetsy McGregor OVC 87 didnt expect to become president of the worlds ftrst association for professhysional women veterinarians when she auended her first World Veterinary Congress in Montreal last summer But when she discovered that the only female vet group the womens auxiliary was not designed to address specific professional issues for women vets she invited interested women to a meeting Sixty-eight women from 24 countries attended When the meeting was over Betsy had been elected founding president of the World Womens Veterinary Associashytion (WWV A) and a set of objectives had been struck
Career enhancement is the core objective The WWVA will promote awareness of professional opportunishyties for women veterinarians on difshyferent continents and within the United ations international agencies A quarterly WWVA Newsletter will list such opportunities around the world
The WWVA is also committed to professional and personal developshy
ment through practice exchanges betshyween countries university visits leave opporrunities and house exchanges For example the founding member fro m Kenya suggested hOliday or academic exchanges between her colleagues in Africa and women veterinarians interested in wildlife The iWVA Newsletter will contain a listing of members wishing to partishycipate in s1lch exchanges
Above all the WWVAis committed to a humanitarian contribution to international agriculture About half of the 24 countries represented in the Asso ciation are developing nations Recognizing that in many of these countries women contribute signiftcantly to livestock production the WWV A wants to provide support to these women who because of cultural constraints may not have the same access to services as men To this end Betsy contacted the president of the Associated Country Women of the World Dr Ellen McLean also a Canadian The two organizations will work as affiliates in international aid projects to deliver livestock and
Dr Betsy McGregor ove 87 and son at last years convocation ceremonies
veterinary medical care to Third World nations
Following a masters degree in rural farming systems from McMaster -nishyversity Betsy worked for the United Nations Food and Agr icultural Organization around the world during the 1970s She returned from overseas and commenced studies at OVC in the 1980s Upon graduation she worked as a special assistant to OVC Dean Ole ielsen co -ordinating OVCs international programs She is currently working as a eterinarian with Agriculture Canada
For more information about the WWVA contact Betsy at PO Box 6069 Station J Ottawa K2A ITl
OVC STUDENTS HOST FIRST CONFERENCE The first Canadian Veterinary Stushydents Conference hosted by OVC in January was a big success according to OVC student Andrea Ellis president of the Central Vcterinary Students Association (CVSA)
There is a student conference in the United States but the Canadians get lost in the crowd We decided it was a good time being OVCs 125th anniversary in 1987 to have something right in our own backyard Andrea explains
The OVC snldent council of the CVSAhad been preparing since Mar h 1987 for the two full days of scientific
sessions and recreational events About 60 students and faculty attenshyded from the Atlantic Veterinary College University of Prince Edward Island the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Montreal St Hyacinthe and the Western College of Veterinary Medicine niversity of Saskatchewan Attendance from avc students ranged from 180 to 300 depending on the event
OVC has always had a FrenchshyEnglish student exchange with St HyaCinthe and we knew there was enthusiasm in the West because they talked for years about organizing a hockey tournament But we were
really surprised by the Atlantic Veterinary College Their school has only been operating a few years and out of about 96 students 19 came to conference says Andrea
A conference fund has now been set up and will be administered by the Students of the Canadian Vetershyinary Medical Association n1e conshyference location will be rotated among the four colleges with St Hyacinthe probably hosting next year says Andrea Weve been told that weve started something big Everyone had a really good time and we hope the conference will continue for a long tinle
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DR IAN TAYLOR DOING HIS ullONS SHARE Dr Ian W Taylor avc 43 of Wheeling Illinois puts enthusiasm into everything he does [ figure if Im going to do it Im going to be enthusiastic he was quoted recently in a local newspaper article
As OVC class of 43 president Ian co-chaired the 40th reunion of his class at Alumni Weekend in 1983 along with Dr Archie MacKinnon He acted as master of ceremonies for the program and arranged a display of memorabilia Fourteen out ofa possishyble 31 members of the class were present
TIlis year [an is pushing for 100 per cent attendance at the 45th reunion during Alumni Weekend Perfect attendance is something Ian knows about
He has served the community of Wheeling as a veterinarian for over 30 years Although most of his work has been with dogs cats and a few birds he has also dedicated a great amount of time to lions - bUl nol the four legged kind He recently received
GOOD EWES Three sets of genetically identical lambs are the first anio1aJs bom from bisected embryos at the University
]n December six surrogate ewes delivered nine lambs - three sets of twins and three singles - that had developed from embryos micro shysurgically bisected and implanted five months earlier
Project leader Dr Calhy Gartley ove 82 now completing a DVSc degree in the Department of Clinical Studies says the accomplishment is a milestone for the University
1 find it exciting that these are the first genetically identical animals created and born at the University of Guelph she says They represent the first ofmany such twins in several species that University researchers hope to soon realize
Besides maximizing embryo use this project demonstrates the potenshytial to create Significant numbers of
Dr Ian Taylor OVC 43 with some of the hundreds ofpins hehas collected on visits to Lions CLubs a1(mnd the world
a special award from the International Lions Club for exemplary work in lhe field of international relations He has attended Lions Club meetings in 57
Twin lambs Mutton and jeff who began life as the same embryo am shown with Dr Cathy Gartley avc 82 under the watChful eye of their sutTOgate mothet Q2
genetically identical aninlals that are vital for consistent research results
Dr Gartleys project is supported by the Ontario Ministry ofAgricu Iture and Food (OMAF) and the Eleanor Gartshore Memorial Shnp Trust
different countries and hasnt missed a monthly meeting in 29 years
He has served the Wheeling Club as preSident newsletter editor and public relations chairnlan and has twice been named Lion of the Year In 1982he received tbe MeJvinJones Fellowship award for dedication to humanitarian services and recently he was recognized by a resolution in the Illinois House of Representatives for his Lions Club work He says his greatest pleasure is watching the joy that d isabled children get from a Lions-sponsored camp in Lake Villa each year He has been involved in ftmd-raising for the disabled which is the Lions main objective both locally and abroad
Ian would like to hear from alumni who are members of Lions Intershynational to exchange information and souvenirs used by the clubs throughout the world of Lionism He would also like his OVC class of 43 members to immediately send back the questionnaires mailed to them by the Alumni Office in December for the purpose of producing a class anniversary newsletter These may be sent [0 him at 7695 Milwaukee Ave Wheeling lllinois 60090 or to Dr Archie MacKinnon RR 4 Cambridge Onto 1R 555
SPEAKERS TOUR
The OVC Alumni Association invites alumni to hear two dynashymic guest speakers and tour the Equine Research Centre during Alumni Weekend June 18
Dr Bruce Fogle OVC 70 of London England practitioner and author will speak on The Changing Role Of the Veterinshyarian in SmallAnimalPractice and Dr Brian Brandenburg OVC 68 M Sc 71 president of Guelph International Developshyment Consultants will speak on Veterinary Medicine in the Third World
The progranl will conclude with a dinner and dance
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Editor Carol yn (Redden) Moore 84
FROM THE PRESIDENT
While writing this message at the end ofJanuary I realize the mid-point of this years board of directors acti shyvities has arrived I reflect on two goals I set at our annual meeting last June to evaluate our contact with Mac-FACS alumni and increase memshybership in our alumru association
Upon graduation you do not autoshymatically become a member f the Mac-FACS Alumni Association You become a member by paying an annultll or life membership fee This money helps the board ofdirectors carry out activities on your behalf for both students and aluo1ni
At (he January board meeting we discussed the services our Association provides Our visibility with students is quite high through schOlarship presentations careers night and a reception for the graduating class Our services to alumni may need to be redefined What would you like us to provide orgaruze or sponsor
Our annual seminar was cancelled in October 1986 due to a lack of registrants Should we attempt to organize another
LOnYline Holding 71
Your board wants to increase its ConLlct with a greater number ofyou Where and when would you like us to be active7 What projects would you like us to consider
Please send your comments to us at Alumni House University ofGuelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2Wl Also why not come to our 1988 annual meeting June 18 J hope to hear from you soon
Sincerely Lorraine Holding 71 MacmiddotFACS Alu m ni As ociation President
FACS students Suzie Chin and Tracey Vent chat with Barb Stuart FAGS 71 faculty representative on the Mac-FACS Alumni Association s board Of directors at the annual party for graduating students hosted by the Assodation in February Sixty-five students 15 board members and several faCUlty members attended this yems party
CALLING ALL HOME
ECONOMISTS Towards 2000 Challenges and Opportunities is the theme of the Canadian Home Economics Associashytion (CHEA) National Conference at the Univer-ity July 10-13 The conshyference will be of intere t to alumni who graduated in programs related to family and consumer studies foods and nutrition home economics or human ecology
CHEA with a membership of2000 is committed to provide professional development for its members through programs workshops and special interest sessions A major part fits mandate is to create an awareness of new products and services in the market place
Frank Feather a well-known global futurist with a business-like approach will be the keynote speaker at the CIlEA conference He will address the challenges and opportunities of the future Dr Ehler Park a consultant with A5A willexplainhowplanning for outer _pace affects everything from the food we eat to how children will play
Other topics at the conference will include artificial vs natural sweetshyeners issues of an aging population space-age textiles SMART house - a totally computerized environment human sexuality free trade and agri shycu lture food irrJdiatjon and financ ial p lanning
Well-known Canadian entertainer Nanlt-Y White whose satirical songs arc often heard on CBC radio will perform following the opening ceremonies
Many pre and post-conference actishyvities are planned including trips to the Stratford Festival Niagara-on-theshyLake and Niagara Falls Waterloo County ( Farmer Market ) and the village of Elora
The conference offers an excellent opportunity for professional deveshylopment and networking For more information contact Wilda Waldron registration chair CHEA Conference 88 168 Maple Street Guelph Ontario N I G 2G7 ( 519) 836-9551
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FACS GRAD FINDS HEART IN THE ARTS
I ts strange how things work Ollt
Im glad r received a well-rounded education at Guelph It prepared me for th e future reflects Eva Eichenbaum FACS 75
Eva is one often Niagara Peninsula poets featured in Voices from the Niagara a book of local poems colshylelttcd by Pcter and Brenda Baltensperger and published in 1987 ( Moonstone Press 8795 )
Reviewing the book in the Hamilton Spectator John Terpstra writcs Thcre are some very good poems here and a few are standouts I especia lly enjoyed those of Eva Eichenbaum and David Haskins
Eva was born in Sweden the daughter of Estonian refugees who escaped their homeland during the Second World War She camc to Canada with ber family at age two and grew up in Niagara Falls where she attended Stamford Collegiate and won the Upper Scbool English Award at graduation
After a year of travel in 1969 as Miss iagara Hospitality for the Niagara
Promotion Association she enrolled at the University of Guelph to earn a Bachelor of Applied Science degrce and also took some courses at the
niversity of Helsinki Finland She then earned her Bachelor of Education degree at the College of Education Brock n iversity St Catharines and now teaches English and Television Arts at Merritton High School in that city
She started her career in education as a Family Studies teacher and was once head of the Family Studies Department at Merritton but found that her heart was really in English and the creative arts She used to teach theatre arts and also formed the Merriuon High School Dance Commiddot pany Sht teaches ballet and has written several musical comedies for her theatre and dance students
I got the idea for the style and format of the musicals fro m College Royals Curtain Call at Guelph I had a role in the production Der Keller a take-off on Cabaret in my final year she explains
NEW CHAIR TO BROADEN FOCUS IN
CONSUMER STUDIES Teaching and research in the Department ofConsumer Studies has focused on consumer affairs particushylarly consumer behavior and the basic necessities - food clothing and housing New department chairJohn Pratschke sees a need to review and perhaps expand this focus
Professor Pratschke says he was drawn to Guelph because of his interest in consumer economics The University has one of the few departmiddot ments in Canada with a consumer emphasis He plans to preserve the departments unusual linking ofsocial SCience business and technology but broaden the rangt ofstudy to include other products and services important
to the budgets of Canadian house shyholds
The employer market is happy with Consumer Studies graduates says Promiddot fessor Pratschke but there is a need for better communication about the program w ith secondary school stushyden ts We must get across the message that marketing is an inter shyesting challenge and that the program is professionally oriented without lOSing its base in product technology
Born in Ireland Professor Pratschke received his bachelor of commerce master ofeconomic science and PhD at University College Cork He has taught at the University of Waterloo University College Ga lway and
Eva EiclJenbaum FACS 75
Five of Evas poems are featured in tht 63 middotpage Voices f1Om the Niagara and she has donated a copy of the book to the University Lihrary She has also had poems published in Souldust and Pearls Sixth Edition ( Moonstone Press) and There Is a book productd by the Niagara Chapter of the Canadian Authors Association In the future she hopes to take some tinle out from teaching to study broadshycasting
PrOfessorjohn Pratschke
Memorial University Newfoundland He has published widely on the economics ofconsumer expenditures and on European housing policy agrimiddot culture banking and business education
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Mike Traub HAF-A 78 general manager Victoria Place Retirement Lodge Kitchenel discusses his career with a group ofstudents at the HAFA Alumni Assodatiolls annual Careers Night held on campus in January Thirty-seven alumni involved in a vanmiddotety ofcareers volunteered their time to the popular event
HAFA ALUMNI EXCHANGE SEMINAR HELD
Nancy Plato FACS 81
FACS PEOPLE Naney Plato FACS 81 ( Consumer Studies ) the new OAC liaison coshyordinator will acquaint high school students and guidance counsellors with opportunities in the agricultural sciences at Guelph
Enrolment at OAC has declined over the past few years and _ aney will work at increasing student numbers through recruitment and marketing
The position ofliaison co-ordinator is a new one for OAe Nancy says one of her main objectives is to broaden the understanding high school stushydents have ofGuelphs programs She plans to use her well-rounded view of agriculture and its related proshygrams combined with her recruitshyment experience
Nancy is back in Guelph from a position in secondary school liaison at Mount Royal College Calgary She is married to Paul Thiel OAC 82 and is an active member of the Mac-FACS Alumni Association board of directors
Professors Kathleen Brown Lila Engberg and Griffith Morgan have all retired from the Department of Family Studies Professor Elizabeth Upton HAFA will retire in July
Professor John Auld Consumer Studies has produced the Human Settlements Audio-Visual Resources Catalogue It is published by the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Warren Adamson vice-president development Delta Hotels gave the keynote address What is the Canadian Tourism Industry Anyway at the annual HAFA Alumni Exchange Seminar held November 4 at the DelL Chelsea Inn Toronto
This professional development event was sponsored by the HAFA
MOllica Hrybko HAFA 88 (left) received Ci HAFA AlumniAssociation Life Membership from Association president Morag McKenzie 82 The membership is given to a graduating student as selected by his or her peers with a minimum 70 per cent accumulative average who has had outstanding involvement ill the School andor University
Alumoi Association in co-operation with Pannell Kerr Forster lL gave lIAFA grads an opportunity to listen to experts in the field speak 00 various topical hospitality issues including pay equity the human resource risis trends in the hotel and foodservice industry and business planning
CONFERENCE
In Search of Healthy Sexuality
June 13-15 1988
The University of Guelphs 10th an nual sexua li ty conference sponshysor d byThe Department of Fami ly Studies wil l examine current issues in human sex u lily tea hing approaches in sexducation and counse llin g m thod for sexual problems
Keynote Ad dress by Dr Ruth Westheimer
For further info rmation write Co ntinu ing Education Di ISlon Univers ity of Guelph Gu Iph
nta ri N 1 G 2W1 or telephone (5 19) 824-4120 ex 3956
Registration Limit d Apply early
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OAC ALUMNI NEWS Editor Richard Buck 76A
OAC GRAD GIVES GIFT OF WATER TO THAI VILLAGERS
By janet Dumo
Water is not taken for granted in northeast Thailand Usually there is too little of it The sandy laterite soils do not hold water They crack and parch during the hot dry season Ponds shrink Streams and some wells dry up Even in the rainy season the rains are often late or insufficient and the rice crops wither in the fields
But sometimes there is too much water Heavy rains cause flash floods Which drown crops and wash pesti shycides and decaying organic matter into unprotected pit wells There is not enough clean drinking water to ensure good health
A CUSO priority in Thailand is to increase village self-sufficiency and improve the standard of living through the development ofsmall-scale water resources particularly in the north and northeast the poorest regions of the country CUSO engineers placed with departments of local adminisshytration survey and design small spillways dams and piped water systems They develop an under shystanding of indigenous water proshyblems and help viUagers develop water resource technology to deal with these problems
In most villages in Surin province the water is imprisoned under a 20shymetre thick layer of heavy clay comshypacted into red brick-like rock
Ed von Euw OAC 84 returned to Canada in December after two years as a CUSO water resources engineer in Surin While there he worked with two percussion water-jet well-drilling rigs one an Appropriate Technology Association ( A TA) rig originally used in India and Africa the other based on an indigenous village model
Ed found theATA rig needed modi shyfications to make it easier for villagers to operate Most important was the change from a hand to foot-powered lever which the villagers found much less exhausting to work But at $625 the ATA rig is expensive to buy and the Honda motor which pushes water
Ed von EllW and co-worker teaching pump maintenance ill Surin Thailand
down the hole to tlush out the soil and rock particles can use up to $4 of fuel a day
Ed spent several months looking at rigs used by Surin farmers and finally adapted a model from one used by Khun Hong of Muang Pet a village near Surin town Khun Hongs rig uses a pole and beam arrangement making it less durable and steady than the tripod form used in Eds adapted rig The new rig uses a hand-powered Lucky pump made in Taiwan and fanliliar to villagers
The Honda pump used in the ATA drilling rig must be repaired in town and a smaU repair may cost $10 while a repair to the Lucky pump can be done by villagers for less than a doUar Spare parts are available everywhere The drill bilS are made from truck springs in the same Surin shop that made the rig to Eds specillcations They cost only 96 ccors each as opposed to the S7-bits used in the ATA rig
Using smaller pipe and bit than the ATA rig Eds adapted rig drills more quickly through rock and is lighter and easier to use It requires only two people to ope(dte the foot lever The ATA rig requires four or five Eds rig cost $192 to make including pump and accompanying tools and can be constructed by villagers in a small weldingmachine shop if there is a demand for more
Eds rig was tested in Ban Se Jaruk on a site divined by a villager Working
intermittently the villagers went d wn 25 metres in one and a half weeks much of the time grinding through the red rock When water they were pumping down the hole suddenly disappeared and didnt come up again they were afraid they had damaged the rig But instead it was a sign of having broken into a vein of water which was now absorbing any other water poured down So water had been found delicious and abundant right behind the assistant headmans house
The Ban Se Jaruk well has been capped with a rower pump purchased from ATA for S17 The pump is based on a bamboo model used in fndia The tubewell pipe and pump are made of plastic - more acceptable than steel which gives the water an unpleasant taste
Ed carried out a four-month wellshydrilling project in co-operation with Khun Darune of the Northeast Thailand ( ET) Project Funded by the Canadian Internat ional Deve shylopment Agency and assisted by CUSO it is a rural development program in operation since 1981 in 52 villages along the Thai-Kampuchean border The villagers of Ban Se Jaruk elated with their initial success borrowed Eds rig to drill more wells In total seven rigs were built from Eds proto shytype and distributed to four other villages Over 100 successful wells have been drilled in the area to date
EdilO1-S NoteanetDuma is a CUSO special program officer in Malaysia Sbe bas worked as an Englisb teacber witb CUSO in fi)aiand andMaaysia
Ed von Euw a Stratford native graduated from Guelpb witb a BSc in engineering in December J984He llas 011 tbe deans bonor roll three times and received an engineering scbolarsbip in 1983 Before going overseas in November 1985 be workedfor Enllironment Canada as a bydrornettic engineer He is now studying f01 a masters degree in engineering at Guelph
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Professor Harold Crawford OAC 58 MSc 7 0
OAC PEOPLE ProfessorJohn Burton OAC 62 and Brian McBride CBS 78 OAC MSA 80 Department of Animal and Poultry Science have received $400000 from the Ministry ofColleges and niversities Research Incentive Fund for contract research in partnershyship with Cyanamid Canada Inc of Toronto They will examine the effecshytiveness of the hormone BST in increasing milk production in dairy cattle as well as any other effects of the agent
Gordon MacLeod OAC 50 has retired from the Department ofAnimal and Poultry Science after 31 years at the UniversityJohn Summers OAC 53 MSA 59 has also retired from the Department of Animal and Poultry Science after 25 years at the University
Harold Crawford OAC 58 MSc 70 who recently retired as coshyordinator of the Ontario Diploma in Horticulture Program Independent Study Division after 29 years at the University has received the Ontario Parks Association (OPA) recognition award for Significant contribution to the betterment of parks the proshyfession and the envirorunent through his work in continuing education He has been a member of the educational committee of the OPA for 14 years The Ontario Diploma in Horticulture program graduated its first students in 1963 and now has 500 alumni
Marilyn Dykstra OAC 78 is new director of the Universitys Pest
Marilyn Dykstra OAC 78
Diagnostic and Advisory Clinic The clinic is working at maximum capacity with marc than 30000 inquiries to its credit since it opened nine years ago says Marilyn It receives everyshything from live specimens of earwigs and spiders to diseased ornamentals and fruit and vegetable crops Most specimens come from home gar shydeners she ays but the clinic has a growing clientele among commercial growers landscape businesses and other industries Through its service and extension functions the clinic has accumulated a reference collecshytion of more than 10000 slides and specimens as well as a list of resource people from across campus
Dr R Keith (Chip) Chapman OAC 40 has retired from the Department ofEntomoJogy University of Wisconsin Madison following a distinguished areer spanning 40 years A two-day symposium was held in his honor last June and The R Keith Chapman Vegetable Entomology SchOlarship was established with funds collected in lieu ofa retirement gift He has also been named professor emeritus Attending the symposium and retirement recognition party in Madison were Keiths brothers Ross also OAC 40 and Douglas OAC 44 and sister Helen Stockwell a graduate of Macdonald College McGiJl Univershysity Montreal and OAC Dean Freeman McEwen
When Bruce Brown OAC 85 received his degree from former agri shyculture minister William A Stewart chancellor ofthe Universi tyofGuelph he asked what steps he could take to
Dr R Keith (Chip) Chapman andhis brother Ross both OAC 40
become the minister of agriculture and food Little did he know that two and a half years later he would be minister - if only for a day
In December he shared the duties of Ontarios minister Jack RiddeD OAC 57 as his prize for winning a public speaking contest at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Bruce who operates a Newcastle dairy beef and cash crop farm with his father spoke on the survival of the farm family in Ontario
ETHICS IN AGRICULTURE Ethical issues in agriculture such as animal welfare are generally debated from an emotional viewpoint Proshyfessor Frank Hurnik OAC PhD 71 Animal and Poultry Science and Pro shyfessor Hugh Lehman Philosphy are hoping to change that through the journal of Agricultural Ethics an international quarterly publication which offers a forum for discussing moral issues related to food and food production
We hope this publication will act as a bridge between those who philo shysophize about agricu ltural ethics and those actively involved in plant and animal use says Professor Hurnik Its a scholarly refereed journal but it wont be bogged down with speciashylized technical jargon As a result we believe it will be useful to the farm community and we expect leaders from that field will be contributors not just readers
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Professor Fredjelome and his wife Faye look over a catalogue of the Universitys art collection
ALOVEOFART Back in 1968 Fred N Jerome OAC 33 established a trust fund to purshychase art produced by promising young Canadian artists
I was a full professor then and I could afford to do it (set up a trust fund) I felt art deserved a little push and I wanted to see the niversitys art collection expand explains the now retired professor ofgenetics and poultry science at Guelph
Forty-two Canadian works have been purchased to date through lhe F - Jerome Trust Fund and a special exhibi t of these works will be featured at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre beginning Alumni WeekendJune 18 and continuing throughout the sununer
Professorjeromes personal favorite in the collection is Ken Danbys silkshyscreen The Skates
I like Danbys technique His work is almost as realistic as a color photoshygraph but you can still tell its a painting he explains
He is also fond ofDiego Drawing a lithography by Jack Chanlbers a London Ontario artist and Gene Chus delicate Spider Series
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre Director Judith Nasby says Fred Jerome has made an outstanding contribution to the growth of the Universitys Canadian art collection - one of the largest univer itycollecshytions in the province He has recogshynized the tremendous growth and vitality of the art community in Canada by specifying that works be purchased from young artists
A LOVE OF LI LI ES The expression lily white has little meaning for Bill Evans His favorite lilies are bright orange and yellow I like the ones that almost glow and catch your eye from 100 yards away says the retired Department of Horti shycultural Science professor
Professor Evans lilies are certainly eye-catching for anyone travelling north of Guelph on Highway 6 betshyween mid-June and mid-August Splashes of spectacular color glow from his field of lilies near Marden (behind the home of Marjorie and the late George Durnford ) - a welshycome surprise for those accustomed to seeing only the popular Easter white variety
Im obsessed with lilies admits Professor Evans who retired in 1985 after 28 years of researching phult breeding and teaching small fruit proshyduction at the University of Guelph ) like their variety and scope They are perennial plants that grow at different heights Some have flowers that face up some face down and some face out Some are trumpet shaped some have petals that curve back Some are scented and some are unscented
As a child Professor Evans grew flowers and vegetables in his parents big garden north of Calgary After six years in the army he enrolled at the
niversity of Alberta to study hortishycu lture During his second year in 1947 he began hybridizing lilies Following graduation he worked as a fruit breeder for the federal governshyment in Alberta for eight years before coming to Guelph in 1957 He conshytinued to breed and grow lilies at the
niversity and on plots of land that friends like Professor Ted Me inch (and now Mrs Durnford) let him use
The University has quite a history of lily breeding says Professor Evans The late Isabella Preston a lecturer at Guelph before Professor Evans time went on the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa and to world fame for her ornamental crabapples lilacs and lilies The late Jc Taylor a professor at Guelph was well-known for his lily breeding and introduced Professor Evans to many other breeders He
told me that my lilies needed more vigor and let me use some of his plants in my work
Professor Evans introduced three new varieties of lilies through the University and registered some of Professor Taylors They were marshyketed in the United States So far Professor Evans has had 17 varieties of lilies internationally registered Anyone can do this he says modestly You just write a full desshycription of the plant pick a name that hasn t been used before and send it to the Royal Horticultural Society in England prekrrably with a photo The new names are published every year
It s hard coming up with new nanles though says Professor Evans He has named some of his varieties after the area in which they were grown shyArkel Marden Gold Aberfoyle He named one after his granddaughter Bronwen and one after his wife Ethelwaite ( her first and maiden names ) She gets a thrill whenever she sees that name on a ( flower show) prize list somewhere he says
Pink and pastel lilies are Professor Evans speciality and his favorite is a variety he caBs Blusbing Maiden It has mauvey pink tips with a white centre
Professor Evans and his wife edH a newsletter three times yearly for the Ontario Regional Lily Society and Professor Evans has just ended a two year term as president of the North American lily Society He has judged at nower shows all over Canada and the nited States and will preside at an international show in Hamilton in July
Because of his hobby Professor Evans is enjoying retirement He spends about 25 hours a week on his lilies in the summer months During the off season he grows seeds and works on his records He is working on increasing the number ofvarieties including spotless ones ( most lilies have spots which are dominant ) He is pleased that some of his former students are now growing lilies entering shows and joining li ly societies
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RURAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT GRADS TO FORM ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
The University School ofRural Planshyning and Development ( USRPampD ) was inaugurated at Guelph in 1980
USRPampD is built on the strengths of past Guelph initiatives such as the Centre for Resources Development and the Rural Development Outreach Project It is formally recognized by the Canadian Institute of Planners and offers Masters level programs in rural planning rural development international rural development and resources management It is also actively engaged in research and community outreach
Recent research topics have in shycluded land availabi Iityfor agricu lture
local economic development strateshygies rural aging northern and native community plannjng and developshyment rural transportation computer applications in planning and deve shylopment and water and waste management to name a few This research was conducted throughout Canada and arollnd the world inshycluding Nepal Kenya Indonesia St Lucia Belize and Botswana
The outreach interests ofthe School are fully integrated with its teaching and research activities Recent out shyreach projects have included the Childcare Network Project for families in rural Wellington County an evaJu shy
ation of the rural development proshygrams ofa Jesuit mission in southern Ethiopia a heritage strategy for the Town of IngerSOll and a recreation needs assessment for Sault Ste Marie
Graduates of USRPampD as well as graduates of the former Centre for Resource Development are now being invited to form an alumni association to keep members updated on School activities their fellow alumni and issues concerning rural planning and development For further information contact Professor Harry Cummings USRampD University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N1G 2WI ( 519) 824-4120 ext 6783
JOIN YOUR OAC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NOW Did you know that as a graduate of OAC you are not automatically a member of the OAC Alumni Assoshyciation However anyone involved in a formal agricultural education at OAC ( past present or future ) is not only eligible to become a member but is encouragetl to do so
The OAC Alumni Association is a separate entity from the University of Guelph Alumni Association anti has specific responsibilities It awards
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ARTS Joanna Black 81 Ls aisistant direclOr curator The Marietta-Cobb Fine Arts Centre Marietta Georgia
Richard Hoffman 78 a Canadian Press journalist in Toronto is married pound0 Martine Bracey CBS 77
Laura Mezey-Hamid 82 administrative assistant to the vice-president of finance Penningtons Stores Umjted Toronto is married to Shaheed Hamid CSS 82
John Laurence (Stash) Stasiw 76 is marketing manager Philips Electronics Ltd Scarborough
Dirk Vanbattum 75 is vice-president Eddie May Mysteries Ottawa
CBS Michael Best 77 is a research technician Cross Cancer Institute Edmonton
GRAD NEWS EUzabeth Jane (Kempe) Coker 82 a resource worker CaJedon Parent-ChiId Centre Bolton is married to Dr Ted Coker OVC 87
Janet Ebanks 86 is a medical social worker Cayman overnment Health Sershyvices George Town Grand Cayman Cayman Islands British West Indies
Kevin Ferguson 80 supervisor of Outdoor Education for the Elgin County Board of Education married Suzanne Schmid BEd (Nipissing) 82 in April 1987 She works for the Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority They live near Aylmer
Michael Hackenberger 81 is president Canadian Zoological Systems Toromo
Heather Hattin 84 (HK) whose rowing accomplishments were featured in the winter 1987 issue ofthe GuelphAlumnus won Canadas first-ever gold medal in womens rowing in the double-scull event at the world championships in Copenhagen last summer
Cynthia (Porter)JefIrey 85 is studying for an MSc in Food Science at the University of Manitoba She is married to ScottJefIrey OAC 82 assistant professor ofAgncul tural Economics at the University of Manitoba They live in Winnipeg
Dr Gord Kennedy 85 senior chemist Union Carbine Corp Bound Brook New Jersey is married to Carrie Feaver CPS 84
Steven Kerr 77 is regional fisheries biologist Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources KemptviUe
Jim Lee 73 is director Research Services Min istry of Tourism Recreation and Culture Victoria BC
David Lemon 79 is senjor wildlife biologist S Fudge and Altsociates Ltd Saint Johns Nfld
Larry Patterson 76 is Grand Forks and District Aquatic Centre Manager Grand Forks Bc
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September 2324amp 25
Stephen Rabbetts 79 is a zookeeper Metro Toronto Zoo Wcsthill
Cathy Oohnson) Rewcastle 80 is a fur biologist Manitoba atural Rcsources Winnipcg
Brian Sntith 78 micro ~)Stcms manager Natural Sciences Centre The University ofWestcrn Ontario London is married to Debra Bond CSS 79
Bradly Veitch 86 is second brewer Wellington County Brewery Guelph
Michael Wade 87 is responsible for aquaculture programs at Kpong Farms Volta River Authority Akuse Ghana the site of a major hydro-electric installation
P Allen Woodliffe 76 is the first and only district ecologist with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Chatham Districr He is married to Marie Gedcke FACS 75 and has a son Timothy TIl y Jive in Rondeau Provincial Park here Allen was park naturalist for 10 years before moving to the Chatham office
CPS Dr Syed Ahmed 87 is assistant proshyfessor Departme nt of Statistical and AClUarial Sciences University of Western Ontario London
Susan (Bishop) GraJ1am R3 a fourth year medical student Faculty ofMcdicinc University of Toronto is marri ed fO Don Graham CSS 83 CBS MSc 87 who is a ftl ll-time parent to their threc-year-old twins
Robert Lake 77 a self-employed conshysulting geolOgist is married to Susan Kay OAC 77 a human relations specialist with Petro Canada They live in Calgary
Robert Whitehead 79 is a mi ncr Denison Mines Ell iot Lake
Caroline (Carly) Williams 85 is a software engineer Wild Leitz Canada Toronto
CSS John Babcock 8 is special cabinet assistant Office of Minister of State (Forestry and Mines ) Ottawa
Jana Fie MA 87 i a neuropsychological associate Brazos Valley Rehabilitat ion Center Bl)an Texas
Danny Leung R6 is news submiddoteditor Asia Television Limited Hong Kong
Allison (Shaughnessy) Scanlan 84 production supervisor G I of Canada shyTruck Assltmbly Oshawa is mlITied [() Michael Scanlan 84 directo r of pur hasing Arbor Capital Rltsources
middotoronto
Patricia Sorbam 80 is executive assisshytant to the Ontario Minister of Energy Toronto
G Llewellyn Watson MA 70 a proshyfessor at the University of Prince Edward Island has written a texthook Dilemmas and Contradictions in Sucial 7beor) published by University Press of America
Terry Wright 76 is account manager John Logan National Leasing Bramptoll
MAC-FACS Marie (Tomelin) Cowlin 78 is brand manager Distillers Co Canada Ltd Toronto
Debbie Foster MSc 87 is medical coshyordi natorsex educator Youth Clinical Services Inc Down~view
Marilyn (Shirley) Goodwin 75 MSc 77 a research officer for CSC Ottawa h ma rricd to Fred Goodwin HAFA 75
Margaret (CJark)Jordan 82 manager Agricultural Employment Services Cmada Farm Iabour Pool Newmarkct is married to BrianJordan OAC 81
Margo (Payne) Langan 83 marketing communications co-ordinator Moore Response Technologies Mississauga is married toJohn Langan CBS 75
Nancy (Howard) Martin 81 senior contract managemcnt officer Consumer Products and Trtffic Management Brmch DepartJllent of Supply and Service~ Hull Que is marriltd to Phillip Martin CBS ( HK) 82
Helga (Strenzke) McDonald 84 public relations officer Centrilia Collegc Huron Park is married to Ian McDonald OAC 83
Marilyn Sewell-Kelley 78 is agriculshytura l health and safel) comiddotordinacor Rural Organizations and Services Branch OMAF Guelph and lives near Paris
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James Allen 77 (ODH ) is president of Allens Turf Services Ltd Calgary
Martin Bohl 85 is policy advisor OMAJ Toronto
Guy Bonnetta 79 manager Pioneer Overseas CorpJohnston Iowa is married to Carolyn Knowles CBS 78
Stew Carpenter 50 president ofDivershysity Farms Inc Paw Paw Midligan is married to Olive McEwan 79A scltretary-tnasurer ofDiversity Farms Inc
Harold Cau 60A and 67 is viceshypreSident Barnes Wines Limited St Catharines
Elroy Cober 85 and his wife Rhoda have begun three-year Mennonite Central Committee assignments inKabwe Zambia Elroy is working as provincial o ilseed office r and Rhoda as a general health worker
Eileen (Emmett) Cole 79 a registered
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OVC CONFERENCE October 14 amp 15 1988
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TODAY NORTH AMERICAN LIFE 5650 Yong St North YoriltoOntario M2M G4
Lloyd Curtis OAC 7J MSc 74
nurse Colchester Hospital Truro 5 is married to Bill Cole 79 regional sales manager Clarence Farm Services L(vcr Truro
laura Cole 80 is a conservJLion planner Mississippi Vall y Conservation Authority Lanark
UoydCurtis 71 MSc 74 ofCalgary is national sales manager Agricultural Chem icals Division BASF Canada Inc BASF markets a wide range of crop proshyLection products Lloyd directs dle aCLivi shyties of BASFs liales force throughout Canada
James Donison H I is proje L engineer Costello Lomagney amp Denapoli ConshysulL ing Engineers Mancheste r New Hampshire
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Richard Graham OAC7J
Richard Graham 71 of Rrampton is naLional marketing maI111gcr Agricultural Chcmicab Divisi n f3ASF Canada Inc
Richard Helmer 62A married Marilyn Hogue in Oct 19R7 They live in Windsor Richard is supply tcaching for the Essex COllnty Board of Education and doing freclanltx horLicultural work during the summer months
Brian and Brigitte (Brunetzky) Kaufman 84 are pltased to announce the safe arrival of their son Nathaniel Brian All are reSiding at Bright
Dr Houchang Khatamian MSc 71 PhD 8 is associate professor Depart shyment of Horticul rure Kansas State Unishyversity Manhattan
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J cE~~~~f May 11 - Presidents Counc il Executive Luncheon
May 19-June 5 Guel ph Spring Festival
May 31-June 3 Convocation
June 13-15 Human Sexuality Conference
June 17-19 Alumni Weekend
July 10-13 Canadian Home Economics Association Con ference
July 26 Al um ni Assoc iation Executives O rientation Meeting
Masters of Agribusiness Management
111e University of Guelph is now olkring a Masters of Agribusiness Management for people interested in a comprehensive training program for manlgemel1l positions in modern agrihusiness
The program runs over I () months and is highly structured so that studenrs receive intensive practical training in all facets of agribusiness managemel1l
Ifyou have an agricultural background and wish to funher your career in management of farm or nonmiddotfarm agribuiiiness this program could he for you
For fu nhcr information on this program pleL~e contact
Professor Tom Funk Department of Agricultural Economics and Business University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl (519) 824middot4120 ext 3427
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Dr Elenimo Khonga PhD 87 is a lecturer University ofMalawi Chancellor College Zomba Malawi
Kevin Laidley 82 MSc 85 resource technician Niagara Peninsula Consershyvation Authority Allanburg is married to Lesley Nicholson FACS 83 child life specialist McMaster University Medical Centre Hamilton
Dr Monique Leclerc MSc 82 PhD 87 is assistant professor Department of Soil Science and Biometeorology Utah State University Logan
Maurice Marwood 64 MSc 66 is vicemiddot preSident sales and marketing Canadian Kenworth Company Mississauga He is responsible for all aspects of sales and marketing ofKenworth trucks and product support in Canada
Dr Giancarlo Mosch1ni PhD 86 is [caching in the Economics Department Iowa State University Ames not the Unimiddot versity of Iowa as stated in the fall 1987 issue oflhe GuelpbAlurnnus Our apolomiddot gie~ for [his error
Reid Palmer 63 is a research geneticist and professor Departments ofAgronomy and Genetics Iowa State University Ames
Dr Yousef Papadopoulos 80 MSc 82 PhD 87 a research scientist Agrimiddot cu lture Canada Nappan NS i$ married to Kathleen Glover 80 MSc 83
Andy Robinson 80 MSc 83 a genetimiddot cist Livestock Developmcnt Division Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Christine Howe Arts 81
Dr A Hamid Saleemi MSc 73 has received a PhD in Educational Psychology from Bayero UniverSity Kana Nigeria His thesis was Islamic Values and Commitment among HallSa Muslim Youtb Au Empirical Study and his reo search has been hailed as a pioneering study in the measurement of reJjgious commitment anlong MusJjms Dr Saleemi is principal tutor Department of Adult Education and Community Services Faculty of Education Bayero University
James Sampa MLA 86 is a lecturer in landscape design and natul 1 resource conservation School of Environmental Studies Copperbelt University Zambia
Bill Shotyk 81 completed his PhD in 1986 in the Geology Department at The University ofWestern Ontario and spent a year as visiting postdoctoral researcher at the UniverSity of California to study
thennodynamic stability of organic commiddot plexes of aluminum In Sept 1987 he married Beth Haas and they live in London where Bill is a postdoctoral research associate in the Geology Department UWO studying the surface chemistry of minerals He is also writing his first book The Geochemistry OfPeatandPeatlands to be published by Elsevier Amsterdam
jack Thompson OAC 81 is a firemiddot fighter Station No 1 Thomhlll
Susan Watkins 81 is program offi cer Horn of Africa Oxfam Canada She is in charge ofOxfams overseas development projects in Eutrea and Tigray prOvince of Ethiopia the majori ty of which are in agriculture and health
Dve Dr Ian Alexander 86 is a dmg evalumiddot ator Bureau of Veterinary Dmgs Health and Welfare Canada Ottawa
Dr Cheng Hock Choong PhD 72 is director Semex Canada Guelph
Dr Ann Davis 75 a graduate student at the University of Toronto has won the Hardi Cinader Prize for 1987 The award is given to the graduate student in the process of completing doctor-A work who most resembles renowned immunomiddot logist Dr Bernhard Cinaders originality and versatility
Dr john Debbie 65 is an epidemiomiddot logist New York State Health Department Albany
Dr jean Dodds 64 in addition to her research on blood clotting mechanisms has chaired several national and intermiddot national task forces on assorted topics
Dr Doug Galt 62 is laboratory head OMAF Brighton
Dr Maria Koller CBS 75 DVM 79 chief control programs Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Dr Robert Georgeson 72
Dr Darwin Lund 60 is veterinarian in charge Agriculture Canada Lethbridge Alta
Dr David Murphy 56 is director cardiovascular surgical unit Dalhousie
niversity Halifax
Dr Gary Nash 77 veterinary research officer Institute of Aquaculture University
ofStirling Stirling Scotland is married to Marilyn Klein CBS 77
Dr HG Rees 55 joined the faculty of Massey University New Zealand after 10 years ofgeneral practice Upon completion of his masters degree he as appointed senio r lect urer at the University of Melbourne In 1970 he returned to prac shytice in his native Wales and has spent the past 12 years on the faculty at SeaJe-Hayne College there He has a small sheep farm
ARTS Bruce Westheuser 76 ofToronto died Dec 7 1987 He was a teacher Toronto Montessori Schools Hlt is survived by his father Ronald and stcpmodlcr Dorothy two sisters and a brodumiddotr
CSS Robert A Dodd MA 75 of Victoria BC died Oct 8 1987 He had been employed by the Ministry of Health He is survived by his wife Wendy
Bruce G Miller 72 of Aurora Ont died Sept 2 1987 He was a teacher with York Region Board of Education He is survived by his wife
MAC-FACS Etta (Birdsall) Garnham 17D of Tillsonhurg Ont died Jan 11 1988 She is survi ed by her sister Doris Oatman
Kathleen (Coggs) Hallam 120 of Toronto died jan 23 1988
Katherine L (Williamson) Killmaster 35D of Southfield Michigan died jan 31 1988
GAdora(Beemer)McFadyen 29Dof Port Elgin Ont died Apri l 8 L987 She is Survived by her son George S McFadyen OAC 50A
Anne E Spera 280 of Dundas Ont died Jan 26 1988
Dora M (Dies) Terryberry 260 of Weston Ont died Jan 22 1988 She is survived by her son Douglas
and maintains a single man general pracshytice Sheep health and production are his main interests and in the fall he was admitted to the Cert SHP by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons In 1989 he plans to retrace his footsteps to learn about his main interests in the countries in which he was trained
Dr Duncan Sinclair 58 OAC MSc 60 (nutrition ) Schofield lecturer 1983 will become Queens University Dean of
IN MEMORIAM
OAC Aimee A (Ups) Acklen 36 of Irving Texas died Feb 2 1987 She is survived by her husband Robert and one son
George K Beare 37 A of xbridge Ont died Oct 30 1987 He is survived by his wife Ruby
Dr J Ritchie Cowan 39 of Corvallis Oregon died Nov 12 1987 He was a retired professor of agronomy and proshyfessor emeritus Oregon State University He received his MS and a doctorate in plant genetics from the University of Minnesota He served as national president of the Crop Science Socicty of America the American Society of Agronomy the American Forage and Graosland Council the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology and the League for Intershynational Food Education He was pre shydeceased by his first wife DorothyWhite Mac 39 He is survived by his second wife Ruth and two children
WUliam M Croskery 15 of Ottawa died Nov 17 1987 He was a retired agricultural representative for Carleton County He is survived by three children
Walter C Fisher 26 of Sf Catharines Ont died jan 20 1988 He is survived by his wife Alice ( Petrie ) and three children
William A Hammond 18 Port Dovers oldest World War I veteran died Sept 29 1987 at 95 Prior to entering OAC he farmed worked in a lumber camp in BC and fought forest fires in Montana During the war he served in France and Belgium with the 55th l3atteryofthe Royal Canadian Art illery advancing from gunner to sergeant In 1920 he married Minerva Mitchell and they farmed in Woodhouse Township Mter retir ing he became clerk-treasurer of the township and later
Medicine and Vice-Principal ( Health Sciences) onJuly 1 He has served Queens in various capacities since joining the departme nt of physiolo gy in 1966 Nationally he has been invo lved with the Medical Research Council of Canada for many years includ ing a term as its director-genera1
Dr Anne Marie Taylor 81 is direc tor of an imal care Animal Care Centre Dalhousie niversity Halifax
held the san1e position with the Town of Port Dover He also served on the Ontario Assessment Appeal Board and was a fanner chai rman of the Simcoe High School Board In 1967 he received a Centennial Medal for service to his communi ty He was predeceased by bis wife and a son and is survived by two daughters Betty Murton ofWatetiord and Doris LlIldon of listoweI
Kandappar NJeyasseelan MSA 56 of Peradeniya Sri Lanka died Oct 22 1987 He is survived by two children
Frank J King 33 of Thornhill One died Dec 19 1987 He was a pioneer of Canadas broiler chicken industry and retired senior executive and director of Ralston Purina Canada Inc He is survived by his wife Rachel and a son
Robert C (Bob) lGrkness 56 of Maple Ridge BC died Oct 10 1987 He is survived by his wife
] Morley Lawrence 1 7 of Windsor died Oct 4 1987
John S Lennox 66A of Shallow Lake Ont died as the result of a farm accident Nov 4 1987 He is survived by his wife Ada and a son
Alex T Macnab 36 of North Fort Myers Fla died Dec 18 1987 He is survived by his wife Vella
NormanJ Myles 39 of Guelph died j an 24 1988 He had been a second lieutenant 11 th Field Brigade Royal Canadian Artillery He is survived by his wife Luella Beverley (Highan1 ) and two children
Robert W Phillips 39 of Belleville Ont died Sept 21 1987 -John W Robertson 38 of Thorold Ont died Oct 21 1987 He is survived by his wife Elizabeth and daughter Janice Partlow Arts 70
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Henry H Rooke 8 of Barrie Ont died Dec 16 1987 lIe was retired from the Department of National Health and Welfare He is survived by his wife Harriet Mac 40 and daughters Jane Lennox and Nancy RookemiddotAllen CBS 73
Robert H See 65A ofBohon Ont died Nov 14 1987 He was the son of Margaret (Huston) See Mac 33 and the late Dr John N See OAC 35 OVC 38 He is survived by his wife Brenda and two sisters
WilliamT (Bill) Smith 35 ofStfJtford Ont died Sept 19 1987 He is survived by his wife Maude and five children
Annie H Tasi MSc 72 ofGuelph died Dec 9 1987 She received her BSc in Agriculture from the National Taiwan University in 1965 After receiving her masters in horticulture from Guelph she worked as a research technician in the Universipound) Department of Horticultural Science Shc is survived by her hu~band Benjamin and two children
William G Toner 20A and 22 of Guelph died Jan 30 1988 He is survived by hi wife Eileen and four children
W Benson (Ben) Vair 55 of Sarnia died Jan 6 1988 He taught science at Northern Collegiate in Sarnia for 25 years retiring in 1987
A Gordon O Whiteside 20A and 22 of Ottawa died June 2 1987 Ht was retired after 42 years as a cerealist with Agriculture Canada and wa~ a Fellow of thc Agricultural Institute of Canada lie developed sevedl varieties of Canadian whtat one of which bears his namt Gordon He is su rvived byhis wife Irene and three children
Joseph H Willmott 22A of Milton died Oct 23 1987 He is survived by his sonJohn c Willmott 55
PROFESSORS
Dr Denis H Stott professor emeritus since 1980 diedJan 22 1988 in England at 78 He was ftrst chair Department of Psychology from 1966-68 and was intershyna tionally known as a pioneer in deve shyloping learning techniques for hardmiddottOmiddot teach children He founded the Centre for Educational Disabilities which he directed until h is retirement in 1975 His research focused on the causes and promiddot
blems of delinquent school boys He is survived by hiswifeJane and tw children
Dr Robert D Whiteford of Qualicum Beach Vancouver Island former professor Department of Biomedical Sciences died Feb ] 0 1988 He is survived by his wife Beatrice and one son
STAFF Ray Catchpole a member of the Unj middot versitys Sulawesi Regional Development Project team in Indonesia died Nov 27 1987 in Jakarta at 46 He had been with the project sinet its inception in 1984 He is survived by his wife Ani and his mother Muriel Lucas A mcmorial fund has been established in his nanle Contributions may be forwarded to the Department of
Alumni Affairs and Development The fund will provide a bursary for Indonesians and Canadians involved in exchange between the two ountries It will be adminbtered by the niversity School of Rural Planning and Development
FRIENDS
Joseph Arlen of Guelph died Sept 5 1987 He pursued studies at OAC from 1957 to ) 959 before completing an engineering degree at the University of Toronto He is survived by his wife Judy who works in Photographic Services on campus and two children A Joseph Arlen Memorial Prize in Horticulture has been established Contributions may be forshywarded to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development
ASPARAGUS RESEARCHER DIES IN GUELPH
Herman (Herm) Tiessen OAC 51 onc of Canadas fore middot most aspard1t1s researdlers rued in Guelph Dec 10 1987 at 63 Or Ticsscn had been a horticul shyture professor at the University since 1955 and was co-ordinator of the National Asparagus Reshysearch Program
At its fiftieth anniversary meeting in london the day of his death the Ontario Asparagus Growers Marketing Board honored Dr Tiessen as the pershyson who had made the greatest contributions to the industry over the last 50 years He was also weU known for his work on greehouse tOmatoes and for a collaborative project with Texaco that used waste energy from the companys refinery to heat greenhouses
After graduating from OAC Dr Tiessen received his masters and PhD degrees from Michigan State University and returned to his alma mater to join the Department of Horticultural Science He traveUed widely to share his knowledge on veget-
The late Professor Herm Tiessen OAC51
able growing with scientists around the world most recently to New Zealand and Taiwan He -wa a member of the Agricultural Institute of Canada and the Canadjm American and Intermiddot national Societies for Horticulmiddot tural Science He was also an active member of the OAC Alumni Association
He is sUlvived by his wife Marjorie and two children
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JlAVIeuro 17 18 19 GOlf Tournament
The classic confrontation on the green the Gryphon Club Golf Tournament will start things rolling on Friday at the Cutten Club Prizes will be awarded
Barbecue amp CasinO Night
Meet your friends at Alumni House Friday evening for a barbecued feast and try your llck at the casino tables
SIOwpitch Tournament
The Grad loungers will defendtheir championship title at the alumnistudent co-ed slowpitch tournament Why not get a team together to compete for the first-place trophy and other awards Teams should consist of 12 to 20 players with at least six females per team Three one-hour games are guaranteed for each team
Tours Lectures Demonstrations
Tour the new Equine Research Centre see computer laboratory demonstrations at the College of Family and Consumer Studies or catch an enlightening lecture If its nature you enjoy visit the Arboretum the Marine Biology Laboratory or the Elora Gorge Conservation Area
Celebrity Auction
Join in the fun and bid on a fascinating assortment of articles donated by local celebriti~s Lots of surprises in store All proceeds will go to Alumni House
Awards Presentations
At the Presidents Picnic at noOn on Saturday the Alumnus of Honor award and the Alumni Medal of Achievement will be presented Come and celebrate with the recipients
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See page 7 for your Alumni Weekend reservation form For further information see your College section inside or call the Alumni Weekend hotline (519) 824-4120 ext 2102
Class Reunions
Is your class having a reunion Check page 7 to find out Reunions are a great opportunity to meet old
friends and renew acquaintshyances The Alumni Associations will host their graduates of 50
years or more at a Golden Anniversary Din ner
Champagne Brunch
Toast Alumni Weekend 88 at a champagne brunch held on the Alumni House patio Sunday The Guelph Concert Band will provide entertainment
ALUMNI GATHER IN WESTERN CANADA
Enthusiastic alumni gathered in Edmonton and Vancouver for chapter events in February
Harley Deeks OAC 50 president of Molson Alberta Brewery Ltd and Molson Saskatchewan Brewery Ltd and his wife Barbara (Herring) Mac 48 hosted a reception for 36 alumni and friends at Molson House in Edmonton Vincent MacDonald and Don Lavender hoth OAC 36 repre shysented the earliest graduating class present and ShouliangDongArts 87 was the most recent grad attending
Don Welch CPS 78 organizer of the event spoke about his memories of the University and before the evening was over had fOffiled a volunshyteer committee to plan future
Edmonton Chapter events Ifyou are interested contact Don at 15824 8Ist Street Edmonton T5Z ISS ( 403) 473-5237
Janey Bennett CSS 75 and Rod Clark CBS 77 hosted a reception for 27 alumni and guests at their home in Vancouver on Valentines Day Plans were made for a Vancouver Chapter wine and cheese party in April and a barbecue in summer For further information contact Janey at 1816 Mahon Avenue North Vancouver V7M 2T3 (604) 986-8177
Betsy Allan CSS 83 Alumni Affairs office attended both receptions She brought greetings from the University and spoke on chapter development and the latest campus happenings
VISA VOLUNTEERS GOODWILL AMBASSADORS
Ae the residence washrooms co shyed How do 1 get onto the volleyball team TIlese are some of the questions prospective University ofGuelph stushydents ask and former students are the best sources for answers
Through VISA (Volunteers in Support of Admissions) Guelph alumni help high school students become more aware of the niversitys curriculum spirited campus life and community amenities
We reinforce what the niversitys admissions office does in the high schools and we add the personal element says VISA co-ordinator Betsy Allan CSS 83 I see us as goodwill anlbassadors
VISA chapters in six Ontario cities each hold an annual information sesshysion for high school students their parents and friends Alumni talk about what attracted them to Guelph what they enjoyed how their education helped in their careers and what they are doing now Admissions counshysellors also attend
The information sessions have been an effective way to reach students who have not bad an opportunity to visit campus It also gives them a
chance to talk one on one with someone from the University says Betsy We welcome new alumni volunteers in the established VISA chapters The time commitment is small and those involved will tell you the work is rewarding
Established chapters and their leaders include Ottawa Greg DOUlatl HAFA 81 and Iarry Meek CPS 77 Toronto Debbie Chang CSS 82 London Maureen Higa OAC 79 Niagara Irene Good FACS 82 Chatham Vicki Bouman CBS 77 and 8rantford Simcoe Heather Linington OAC 80
As part of the VISA progranl this year Betsy wants to hold send-off barbecues across Canada She is looking for alumni willing to help organize and or host such an event in their backyards Students attending Guelph in the faU their parents and alumnj from the community would be invited The idea is to ~ish the students well before they embark on the path to univerSity For further inJormation about this or any aspect ofthe VISA program contact lktsyat Alumni House University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2WI (519) 824-4120 ext 6533
janey Bennett CSS 75 and Rod Clark CBS 77 hosted a receptionfor Vancouver alumni at thei home in February with some help ft-om their 18-month-old son Graeme Daughter Amy 4 was also at the event
Enjoying the-mselles at a reception for Edmonton alunmi at Molson HOllse ill February are left to right joyce Welch and her husband Don CP) 78 Betsy Allan OS 83 and Harley Deeks OAC 50 and his wife Barbara (Herring) Mac 48
ALUMNI CHAPTER EVENT
SASKATOON Dinner
Saturday June 11 600 pm reception
700 pm dinner Renaissance Hotel
Meet M arge M illar Director Alum ni Affa irs and Development
and Rosema ry Clark Director A lumni Aff~l irs -
For furtiJpr information conlact f3elsy AIan Alum ni H ouse
University of Cuelph (5 19) 824-4 f 20 ext 6533
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RECEPTION HELD
The CSS Alumni Association hosted its annual wine and cheese reception for graduating students at the Faculty lub in January Agnes (BelIai) Van Haeren 85 first vice-president and Susan Blair 83 director helped organize the event and greeted students at the door President John Alviano 74 spoke briefly about the Associashytion and asked for the support of those present CSS Oean)ohn Vanderkamp and faculty advisor Victor Ujirnoto were alsoprescnt to mingle with students
WHY DO STUDENTS LEAVE UNIVERSITY GUELPH STUDY
AIMS TO FIND OUT By Marla Stewart
Public R lations and In formation
Why do students leavc university before they complete their degrees A Guelph study Career and Education Achievement in the Student Environshyment ( CEASE) aims to find out Principal investigator Sid Gilbert Sociology and Amhropology has finished collecting data and will spend the summer and fall analyzing it
Professor Gilbert began the longishytudinal study of student progress at Guelph three years ago with a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council grant Through questionshynaires and interviews he contacted every new ftrst -year Guelph student in the fall of 1986 and fo llowed them over their next four semesters
The purpose of the study is to determine how many students leave
and their reasons for leaving says Professor Gilbert On the other hand he wants to meashy
sure program success completion and academic achievement
So far the study indicates that a students pre-entry characteristics (ethnicity secondary school grades financial status and parental educashytion) are not as crucial as the univershysity experience itself in determining whether he or she will stay
In other words says Professor Gilbert tudent attrition is related to academic and social integration at the University What students bring with them is not as important as what happens while theyre here
Throughout the three years of the study a remarkable 70 per cent of the 2800 students who received the initial questionnaire have responded says Professor Gilbert In year one first term students completed a questionshynaire measuring attitudes intentions background and demographic inforshymation 10 second term these students were re-surveyed on their experience
feelings and performance at the UniverSity
In the fall of year two those students who remained at Guelph were surshyveyed on their first-year experiences and how much they had learned and developed at the UniverSity
All students from the initial group who left the University before comshypleting their programs were then contacted to determine whether they had withdrawn temporarily or pershymanently transferred to another university were ineligible to return or had changed from fuU -time to partshytime status Reasons for any change of plans were explored by interviews
((a love of learning is not a strong factor
To date the study indicates that a love of1carning is not a strong factor initially influencing students to attend university TIley attend to gain knowshyledge and skills directly applicable to a career and to increase their chances of tlnding good paying jobs More than half the females surveyed said they attended universiry to increase their chances of finding challenging work after graduation Only 39 per cent of the males said this was their reason
The overall purpose of Professor Gilbcrts project is to measure volunshytary change and departure capture the process of attrition compare the experiences of stayers and leavers and suggest remedies when approshypriate He believes his findings will be beneficial to other universities all of which experience varying rates of attrition anlOng student) The findings will help educators develop retention programs for students who despite their talents and ambitions do not complete their degrees
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CANADIAN SENATOR SPEAKS AT CSS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION DINNER
Senator Lorna Marsden wore both her political and academic hats when she spoke at the second annual CSS Alumrti is50ciation dinner in March More than 100 alumni students faculty and guests were present
Named to the Canadian Senate in 1984 Senator Marsden is also a proshyfessor of sociology at the niversity of Toronto A Liberal she is a recognized expert on social change in Canada in particular the changing circumstances of women in Canadian economic and social life
In her address ]he Social Scientist in the State The Case for OPen Boundmies Senator Marsden argued that the influence of intellectuals on Canadian public policy is far too restricted Something is very wrong The intellectuals of Canada many of them at universities are excluded just at the moments when they are needed most Our causes arent led by great thinkers We dont regularly send scholars to parliament That lively exchange of ideas is missing
The difference is striking south of the border and in Europe where politicians and intellectuals are regularly joined In the US it would be unthinkable for the president not to have a brains tmst in one or more universities
Senator Marsden said the Meech Lake Accord the Free Trade Agreeshyment and the recent revision to Bill C-60 which amends the copyright act are examples of public policy meashysures which were diminished by the lack of input from intellectuals
In the case of Meech Lake Senator Marsden said inadequate use was made of people with knowledge about Ilistory and constitutional law She called Meech Lake an underhanded unsatisfactory method of constitushytional reform which puts the rights ofCanadians at risk She said a different approach would have been taken if the historians and constishytutional experts had been consulted first and she feels the Accord should be amended in consultation with these intellectuals
With free Trade Senator Marsden said the opposite had happened A
wealth of research had been done by experts on the potential ofFrce Trade but this research had not been carried through to help Canadians debate the issue once the deal was stmck ]n this case the experts were at the front end of the project only At Meech Lake it was the other way around
With regards to Bill C-60 she warned that intellectuals and univershysities should wake up Although she said the 1924 copyright act was badly in need of change she claimed many of the changes would cause financial and administrative problems for universities affecting things like distance education exams art exhibitions photocopying and intershylibrary loans In this case the intellectuals have been Sitting apart from the process and not protecting their own interests
Although Senator Marsden conshycluded that she didnt know the solution she said that intellectuals must move collectively into the cen shytral life of Canada and develop a closer relationship with the politicians to create better public policy
Sena tor Marsden turned her speakers fee back into the proceeds
RETIRED ECONOMICS PROFESSOR DIES
Wilda Blacklock and Senator Lorna Marsden
from the dinner which will fu nd a CSS graduate student scholarship The CSSAlumniAssociation now presents five annual undergraduate scholarshyships to social science snldents
An announcement of the estabshylishment of rhe Wilda Blacklock graduate scholarship in sociology was also made Wilda earned her BA and honors BA in 1973 and 1975 while working as a secretary in the Departshyment ofSociology and Anthropology She resigned from the Department to study for her MA which she earned in 1978 She then renlrned to the Department as computer co shyordinator retiring in January The scholarship was established in honor of her service to the Department and to graduate studems over the years In her thank you speech she said Its not so bad getting old if we can leave something to the young
Retired Economics Professor Jack Madden died March 14 1988 in Guelph at 68
Born in leeds England and raised in Winnipeg Dr Madden served overshyseas with the RCAF from 1939 to 1945 After the war he received his BA from the niversity of Manitoba his MA from the niversity of Toronto and his Ph D from Cambridge University
He began teaching at Guelph in 1965 He was a founding faculty member of Wellington College and a member of Senate He was also actively involved in health care planning at both the regional and federal level and served as economic advisor to the Hall Commission on Health Services
In 1974 Dr Madden received the
Ontario Confederation of niversiry Faculty Associations teaching award and in 1983 he received the University ofGuelph Faculty Association college award
The Jack Madden Medal in Econoshymic History is presented annually to a Semester 8 student who has mainshytained the highest grades in that subject
Dr Madden retired from the Unishyversity inJanuary 1985 but continued to teach part-time at the Universities of Guelph and Toronto
He is survived by his wife Andrea and four children
Donations may be madc in his memory to The Jack Madden Memorial Fundand forwarded to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development
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SABBATICAL FULFilLS SCIENTIFIC DREAMS FOR HUSBAND-WIFE RESEARCH TEAM
Ahusband and wife teanl of Guelph biologists Professor Eugene Balon and Dr Christine Flegler-Balon have returned to the University after an eight-month sabbatical at the )LB Smith Institute of Ichthyology and Rhodes niversity Grahamstown South Africa They introduced a new type of research design to institute staff while studying the early deveshylopment of several fish species
The Balons received a Rhodes University Hugh Kelly Fellowship and grants from the Departmem of National Education and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
While in Grahamstown they made a comparative study of the developmiddot ment of two species oftilapine cichlids and of a ciarias Gltfish These species are common in aquacu lture although no detailed observations of their development had been made prior to this study
One of the fish we were obselVing Oreocbromis mossambicus (preshyviously known as Tilapia mossamshybica) is a mouthbrooder the other Tiapia rencalli lays its eggs on the substrate and guards tbem and the young as they develop explained Dr Flegler-Balon We wanted to test a theory on altricial-prccocial altershynatives developed earlier in Guelph says Professor Balon
InJune a conference on Alternative Life History Styles (ALHS) in organshyisms was held in Grahamstown and the Balons were among 12 invited foreign speakers
The Balons also participated in thrilling expeditions into the interior ofBotlWana by small plane observing the amazing landscape of the Karoo Kimberley diamond mines and Kalahari Desert The Kalahari absorbs all the waters of the large Okavango River which flows from Angola and forms a magnificent inland delta
I can bardly believe that I have seen the papyrus flats and channels the fishes and wildlife and in addition have met Tsodillo Hill bushmen and
Professor Eugene Balon and Dr Christine Regler-Balon bave returned to the University from an eXciting eight month sabbatical
have seen the recently discovered rock paintings of their ancestors says Dr Flcgler-BaLon The altricial bushmen are one of the important features in the tested ALHS theory
Okavango the last paradise is soon to be lost by diversion of waters via canals for the new dian10nd mines in the Kalahari and cattle ranching TIle
JLB Smith Institute is involved in desperate ecological studies
The Balons along with Instirute director Mike Bruton and scientist Robin Swbbs participated in an expedition to the Comoro Islands home of the coelacanth nicknamed old four legs the only living member ofa group representing the evolution of all terrestrial vertebrates ll1ey intelViewed coelacanth fishermen and measured eight specimens tvo of which are the largest so far recorded They also took samples from the fish communities of a river on Anjouan from its volcanic slopes over 15shymetre high waterfalls to its entry into the coelacanth sea They joined up with the yacht Metoka carrying a submersible and wert first to view the films taken from this submersible ofcoelacanths moving in their natural habitat Professor Balon conveys excitement as he describes thc slow motion flight-walk of this fascinating creaturc When the Balons realized how threatened this living fossil is they established the Coelacanth ConselVation Council The newsktter of this council will be published in Professor Balons international journal Elluironmental Biology ofFishes
TOUR MARINE BIOLOGY LABORATORY DURING ALUMNI WEEKEND
The CBS Alumni Association has added something new to its program of activities during Alumni Weekend this year A LOur of the Marine Biology Laboratory (Zoology Annex 2) wiU be conducted by faCility supelVisor Ted White CBS 78 The tour will follow the guided walk at Elord Gorge and picnic lunch at Biology House on June 18 at 1 30 pm Marine and Fisheries grads can reminisce while others can discover one of the hidden attractions of these programs at Guelph
Last years picnic saw the rerurn of a group of Micro 82 grads who took advantage of the Alumni Weekend festivities to send classmate Rick Clark off to his new job at King Faisal Research Centre and Specialist Hosshypital in Riyadh Saudia Arabia
While such auspicious occasions are bound to be infrequem yOll could make plans to get together with the old gang anyhow especially if yOll are a 1973 1978 or 1983 grad who has the extra motivation of a 15th 10th or 5th year reunion
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UNO ONE DESERVES IT MORE RESEARCH TECHNOLOG ST RECEIVES AWARD
By j anne Pengelly Public Relations and In fo rmation
Amost a quarter cemury of hard work late nights and long hours were recognized when research technoloshygist Uta Srrelive Zoology received Sigma Xis Support of Research Award Professor Roy Anderson chair of Zoology told the 70 people at the awards ceremony No one deserves it more
The local chapter of the scientific society Sigma Xi has only awarded the prize once before in 1985 It recognizes researchers who make a significant contribution to the societys goal of excellence in research but are seldom known to the research community at large
During her 22 years at the Univershysity Uta has taught the laboratory sections of LWO invertebrate zoology courses and helped more than 30 graduate students complete their theses She has co-authored several papers on neurotropic nematodes and is currently responsible for the day-to-day running of Professor Andersons parasitology lab where she works with graduate and undershygraduate students
Uta completed her undergraduate degree in textile research at the University of Gera East Germany In 1961 she came to Canada to join her parents and obtained a job in electron microscopy in the anatomy departshyment of the faculty of medicine ni shyversity of Saskatchewan She learned the basics in a field that was growing fast She did everything from preparing experimems to photographing and writing them up
She married became a mother and was widowed - all within three years of arriving in Canada After her husshyband died she wanted to be closer to her homeland Toronto had good job opportunities so she and the baby moved east just to make enough money to go to West Germany
At the Ontario Research Foundashytion where she went to look for a job Uta found Professor Anderson in the middle of an experiment The young
Uta Strelive with her Support of Research Award certificate
parasitologist was so engrossed in his work he didnt ask why she was there He just asked her to give him a hand When they were finished Uta had a job Later the same year Proshyfessor Anderson came to Guelph and Uta came along to run his lab
Utas nomination for the Sigma Xi award was supported by several proshy
fessors and many students I love the students and have a good rapport with them she says People ask ifl get bored but there are always new faces new problems new classifishycations new data to organize Parashysitology is a very exciting field because nothing ever stands still
Bird Carvings Uta is internationally known for
her magnificent wood carvings of birds Each carving takes about 100 homs work and sells for between $500 and pound1 000 She has won 28 awards since she started carving in 1981 including tlrst prize at the World Champ ionship Wildfowl Carving Competition in Maryland She had her first show in her own studio in Guelph last year
Carving could tum into a profitable retirement project for Uta Kaiser Porcelain in Germany has approached her about test marketing one of her birds
But Uta says her hours at the Univershysity are just as satisfying in their own vay When students recognize
theyve learned something thal is the biggest reward she says
More than 125 CBS students galbered for a Careers and Faclilty Night coshysponsored by the CBS Student Council and CBS Alumni Association in FebnUllJI Here Dr Dazrid Rodger CBS PhD 82 answers questions about his work in aquatic biology Other CBS alumni speakers included Petra Patczllr 82 who works with (be dezelopmental(v disabled Les StaHfield 81 a community adl isorfor the Commwzity Fisheries Involvement Program and julia Stanley Weille1~ 82 acting manager offhlishedproducts ill the hepatitis diagnostics division Connaught Laboratories Ltd
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SECOND VOLUME OF LM MONTGOMERY JOURNALS PUBLISHED
By Mary Dickieson Public Relations and Information
The second volume of ]be Selected j ournals ofLM Montgomery records the best and worst experiences in the life of one ofthe worlds most popular authors of childrens books Edited by Professor Mary Rubio English Lanshyguage and Literature and now-retired English professor Elizabeth Waterston the book is expected to repeat the popularity of Volume I which jumped to the best seller list immediately after its November 1985 release and is now in its second printing
Volume II covers 1910 to 1921 and records Montgomerys new life as a mother and wife of a minister in an Ontario village This is a varied and complicated period in which she has achieved world-wide acclaim and a following of readers devoted to her heroine Anne Shirley
Like Anne Montgomery revels in motherhood She also reveals her thoughts on the death of the grandshymother who restricted her life so severely and her feelings for a husband whose mental illness enslaved her in an increasingly unhappy marriage
During th is II -yea r period Montgomery produced four additional Anne novels and a book ofpoetry She initiated and won two bitter lawsuits against her first publisher in a fight
SCOTTISH COLLECTION EXPANDED
Prof essors Elizabeth Waterston and Mary Rubio with the second volume of The Selected journals of LM Montgomery
over the exploitation of women writers
Volume 11 contains more than 100 of Montgomerys own photographs including many of hcr two sons and scenes of Leaksdale the village where she kept up the facade of being a happy Presbyterian ministers wife
The First World War had a profound effect on village life and is a major theme in Montgomerys journal Six of her neighbors sons died and her beloved half-brother lost a leg
Professors Rubio and Waterston edited the handwritten journals at the request of the authors son the late Dr Stuart Macdonald who arranged for his mothers journals
The Scottish Collection in the Unishyversity Library has received a 525000 boost from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Counci l (SSHRC) moving it a step closer to becoming the major Canad ian centre for Scottish studies
The collection already includes Scottish manuscripts from the last three centuries many Scottish literary journals and some parish records from the late 18th and 19th centuries
The SSHRC grant will buy a collecshy
tion of Scottish newspapers from the late 19th and early 20th cennlries Sir Walter Scotts diaries and records of the Darien Company - the Scottish trailing company that caused financial ruin in Scotland when it went bankshyrupt in lhe early 18th cennlry
Emphasis in Scottish studies stems from Guelph faculty interests and the influence of Guelphs Scottish settlers and founder John Galt The Library collection is the largest in Canada and among the top five in the world
scrapbooks and other memorabilia to become part ofthe Mclaughlin Library archives
TIle remaining unedited journals cover the last 22 years of Montshygomerys life and include the devshyelopment of a new heroine Emily based on herself She obviou Iy saw her life as an ongOing story and one she wanted to teU Professor Rubio says They expect to publish a third and possibly a fourth volume
MONTGOMERY COLLECTION
EXPANDED
T he Lucy Maud Montgomery Collection in the University Library now includes the newsshypap rs the author read all her life This addition is being funded by a S10000 grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council ( SSHRC)
The Library collection already hal) Montgomerys cHaries and scrapbooks various published editions of her works in different languages 5000 photographs mostly taken by Montgomery herself some personal papers and a few artifacts including examples of her needlework and the china dogs she loved and wrote about in her books - Gog and Magog
The newspapers including microfiche records of Charshylottetowns ]be Island Patriot from 1892 to 1942 are a connecshytion with Montgomerys history that is valuable to researchers now says Acquisition Librarian Tim Sauer Montgomery continshyued to receive newspapers from her native province Prince Edward Island during the many year she lived in Ontario
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MAJOR CANADIAN THEATRE COLLECTIONS JOIN FORCES TO PRODUCE EXHIBITION
Putting It Back Together which opens May 21 at the Macdonald tewart An Centre in conjunction
with the Guelph Spring Festival represents the first time that major Canadian theatre collections have joined forces to produce a unique and timely exhibition about the preshyservation of our performing arts heritage The exhihition is curated and designed by Daniel Ladell ardlishyvist Stratford Festival with Len Conolly chair Department of Drama acting as associate curator
Putting II Back Together wi il educate and entertain But it also has an urgent message By shOWing what is being kept the exhibition conshyversely draws attention to what is being 10st and emphasizes the need to preserve the vast remainder of Canadas performing arts heritage
Confirmed lenders to the exhibition include The Canadian (Opera) Company Archives Dance Canada Danse The Metropolitan Toronto
DRAMA REUNION HELD
Over 100 former drama students attended a reunion at the Cutten Club in Novemher It was a roaring success says HarryLane acting chair Department of Drama and one of the organizers of the event This was the second drama reunion in five years and Professor Lane hopes a third can be organized in another five years
Several alumni speakers were feashytured during the reunion dinner including the well-known Canaclian stage deSigner Sue lePage Arts 73 who is designing Richard III for the Stratford Festival this year Professor Donald Mullin was presented with an Irish lead crystal bowl circa 1800 as a retirement gift after 20 years with the Department of Drama A dance followed clinner
If you would like to know about future drama reunions or other Department ofDrama events contact Marlene Neal at ( 519) 824-4120 ext 3147
Library Theatre Collection The National Ballet Ardtives The Public Archives of Canada (Social and Culshytural Archives) The Stratford Festival Archives and the Theatre Arcl1ives of the University of Guelph It is hoped that major collections in other regions will agree to participate giving the project more national scope
The exhibition is specifically designed for louring It leaves Guelph July 10 and will be at the Gallery Stratford from September 9 to October 16 Other venues in Canada and a projecLed international tour are under negotiation
PuttingItBack Togetberwill feature
rare printed phowgraphic and manushyscript materials and Lhree-dimenshysional and design materials (such as renderings set models costumes and properties ) These customarily comprise theatrical xhibitions but this exhibit will also feature audioshyvisual recordings and a special handsshyon computer module showing how modern technology is creating new forms of documentation and making these collections accessible to a wider public than ever before
Putting It Back Togetber is proshyduced hy the Stratford Festival Archives in collaboration with the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre
NEW CHAIR HOPES TO CARRY ON JOHN BELLS TRADITION
When Professor Manfred Kremer assumed the chair of the Department of L1nguages and Literatures last fall he knew it wouldnt be easy to follow in the footsteps of his close friend Professor]ohn Bell who had died the previous spring
John was one of the -niversitys finest teachers and is sorely missed says Professor Kremer I hope I can carry on the tradition of excellence that was his hallmark
Enrolment in Languages and Litershyatures one of the largest departments in the College ofArts has been steady for the past decade with 1300 to 1400 students a semester
With the help of his colleagues Professor Kremer is revising the currishyculum ofsome programs The French Studie section is investigating the establishment of a masters program in co-operation with other univershysities With more than half the departments enrolment in the French progranl the student base is broad enough to justify a masters program he says Guelph already works jointly with Wilfrid Laurier Western and Windsor universities in mooing a French Studies program in Nice France
Professor Manfred Kremer
Professor Kremer received his undergraduate degree and PhD degrees at the University of Cologne in West Germany He taught at the
niversity of Wales for a year before coming to Guelph as a lecturer in 1966
Editors Note The John Bell -Memorial Fund will provide an annual scholarship to a student majoring in Classics Donations can be sent to the Office of the dean College ofArts Income tax receipts will be issued
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ALUMNI HONORED AT CHEMISTRY IBIOCHEMISTRY
AWARDS NIGHT
Martin Bosch CPS 69 MSe 7J ( left) andPrOfessor Hamish Rattray chair of the University Awards Committee chat during the 1987 annual Chemistry mul Biochemistry awards night
Aumni were in the spotlight when the Department of ChemistI) and BiochemistI) and the Chemistry Biochemistry Club held their 1987 annual dinner and awards night recently
1987 graduates Dorothy Bakker (chemistry) Karen Graham (chemical tOXicology) Donna (Fackoury) Meagher ( applied chemistry) and Lauretta Williams (biochemistry) each received a Society of Chemical Industry Merit Award
Dorothy now studying medicine at McMaster University said The Guelph semester system and deshymanding undergraduate workload gave me the ability and confidence to be well organized in high pressure situations
Karen who is pursuing pharmashy
cology and toxicology studies at the University of Toronto commented that Guelph offered a tremendous toxicology program and said she would have stayed to do her graduate work at Guelph had it offered a graduate toxicology program
Donna a full-time research assistant for Mc eil Consumer Produc ts Company and winner of the EB Mac aughtOn Convocation Prize as the Winegard nominee for 1987 reflected on her studies at Guelph saying My four yCdfS at Guelph helped me develop skills I require to fmd answers
Lauretta who also received the CPS Graduation Prize and prestigious NSERC 1967 Science Scholarship said her undergraduate training at Guelph prepared me with a very solid foundation and competitive edge for graduate studies and encouraged me in the joy oflcarning and desire to study She now attends York University
Brock Chittim CPS MSc 77 pre shysident and general manager of Wellington Laboratories Guelph presented Joanne Ryks with the newly established WeUington Laboratories Prize in Environmental Chemistry
Martin Bosch 69 MSc 71 preshysident of Tricorp Chemical Speci shyalities Guelph announced the new Tricorp Chemical Specialties Award in organiC chemistry The first presentation of this annual scholarship of S I 200 will be made in 1989
Dr Lind Mrs Harold Suderman presented H] Suderman Demonstrashytor Awards to PhD students Clint Chapple CPS 82 MSc 84 and Carl Decicco CPS 84 for their excellent work in teaching undergraduate lahoratories
Thirty-two additional awards were presented to undergraduate students for their outstanding efforts in 1987
Professor Innes MacKltnzie Physics chats with Dr Steve Berko Brandeis f
University Waltham Mass one Of the speakers at a sympOSium held in Professor MacKenzies honor
PROFESSOR HONORED
November was quite a month for Professor Innes MacKenzie Physics
first he received the 1987 Sigma Xi Excellence in Research Award for his outstanding contribution to re shysearch The award was presented at the Guelph chapter of Sigma Xi s annual banquet At the chapters annual meeting Professor MacKenzie presented the lecture Non-invasive Analyses by Gamma-ray BackshyscatteJing
Later in November a symposium New Demands on Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy wai organized by Proshyfessor MacKenzies research assoshyciates The symposium held at the University in Professor MacKenzies honor featured ten speakers from rhe United States Canada Africa England and Finland A banquet and reception followed in the evening
Professor MacKenzie is now retired but continues to do research at the University as an adjunct professor
NAMED TO STATS INSTITUTE
Professor Hendrick Malik Mathematics and Statistics has been elected a member of the International Statistical Institute in recognition of his contribushytions to the field of statistical methods TIle institute is an autonomous society whose obshyjective is the development and improvement of statistical methods throughout the world
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LEADING CANCER RESEARCHER DELIVERS FIRST CHAPPEL LECTURE
Anoted medical scientist in cancer research delivered the inaugural address in a new lecture series on campus - the Chappel Lecture in Biomedical Sciences
Dr Harry Rubin spoke February 4 the night before winter convocation ceremonies at which he received an honorary doctor of science degree Dr Michael Smith a leading Canadian molecular biologist also received an honorary degree at winter convoshycation
The Chappel Lecture will be an annual event on campus bringing scholars of international repute to address students faculty and the public It was established by Dr
D1~ Harry Rubin hooded by Umversity secretay Barbara Abercrombie is congratulatedby Chancellor William A Stewart
CLifford 1 Chappel OVC 50 and hLi wife in memory ofhis father Herbert James Chappel and was hosted in its first year by OVe
Dr Rubin began his work in the area of viruses in Mexico after gradu shyating from Cornell University as a veterinarian in 1947 He later joined the S Public Health Service became senior research fellow at the California Institute ofTechnology and has held several research pOSitions at the ni shyversity of California Berkeley where he is now professor of molecular biology and research virologist He is known for his contributions to the field of cell growth regulation and malignanqr
Dr Rubins lecture Is Cancer Caused by Cancer Gerzes or the Folly ofReductionism explored popular theories of cancer-causing genes
OVC GRAD WORKS TOWARD BILINGUAL EDUCATION IN CANADA
Dr Susan (Tilt ) Purdy OVC 68 strongly believes that Canada can be a bilingual nation To that end he is serving as national president of Canadian Parents for French (CPF) a 16500-mcmber nation-wide volunshytary association of parents intere ted in promoting the best possible french second language programs at all educational levels
CPF acts as an information-sharing resource for parents educators governments and the general public on French education opportunities in Canada Sue says it is a unique organization because it represents the majority language group advoshycating the language of the minority and thus is a bridge between the two solitudes
Sue moved to New Brunswick after graduation from OVC and practised veterinary medicine in Moncton with her husband Dr James G Purdy OVC 50 until 1974 when they sold their hospital and moved ro Sackville Presently Sue is in small animal prac shytice with her husband in Sackvillc on
Susan (Tilt) Pu-dy OVC 68 sbaresa conversation with Fernand Robichaud MP for West Moreland Kent (left) and DIberville Fortier CommissionerofOffidaI Languages at the 10th anniversary ofCanadian Parents for Frerzch in 1987
a limited part-time basis as she serves her second year as CPF president
Sue became involved in educational issues and joined CPF 10 years ago when her two children started school Now n and 16 both children are enrolled in continuing French immershyion programs and Sue says shes satist1ed that she has given them the
best start she can at becoming bilinshygual J now devotc most of my time to ensuring that other Canadian hildren have a right and opportunity
to learn both of Canadas official languages in the public school sysshyteOl she explains
Sue ha fond memories of Guelph and her fellow students at OVC in the sixties Our paths have continued to cross over the years and I always look forward to such encounters she says Although I am not lIsing my formal training a great deal at the moment the education I received at Guelph has fitted me well for the advocacy role I play poundOday My only wish is that [ could have graduated a bilingual veterinarian - but alas those were different times That is why I work so hard to ensure future graduates from all our universities will not be Limited to expression in only one language
Editors Note Ifyou would like more illformation about CPF write to 309 Cooper Street Suite 2OJ Ottawa Ontalio K2P OG5
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OVC GRAD FOUNDS WORLD WOMENS VETERINARY
ASSOCIATION DrBetsy McGregor OVC 87 didnt expect to become president of the worlds ftrst association for professhysional women veterinarians when she auended her first World Veterinary Congress in Montreal last summer But when she discovered that the only female vet group the womens auxiliary was not designed to address specific professional issues for women vets she invited interested women to a meeting Sixty-eight women from 24 countries attended When the meeting was over Betsy had been elected founding president of the World Womens Veterinary Associashytion (WWV A) and a set of objectives had been struck
Career enhancement is the core objective The WWVA will promote awareness of professional opportunishyties for women veterinarians on difshyferent continents and within the United ations international agencies A quarterly WWVA Newsletter will list such opportunities around the world
The WWVA is also committed to professional and personal developshy
ment through practice exchanges betshyween countries university visits leave opporrunities and house exchanges For example the founding member fro m Kenya suggested hOliday or academic exchanges between her colleagues in Africa and women veterinarians interested in wildlife The iWVA Newsletter will contain a listing of members wishing to partishycipate in s1lch exchanges
Above all the WWVAis committed to a humanitarian contribution to international agriculture About half of the 24 countries represented in the Asso ciation are developing nations Recognizing that in many of these countries women contribute signiftcantly to livestock production the WWV A wants to provide support to these women who because of cultural constraints may not have the same access to services as men To this end Betsy contacted the president of the Associated Country Women of the World Dr Ellen McLean also a Canadian The two organizations will work as affiliates in international aid projects to deliver livestock and
Dr Betsy McGregor ove 87 and son at last years convocation ceremonies
veterinary medical care to Third World nations
Following a masters degree in rural farming systems from McMaster -nishyversity Betsy worked for the United Nations Food and Agr icultural Organization around the world during the 1970s She returned from overseas and commenced studies at OVC in the 1980s Upon graduation she worked as a special assistant to OVC Dean Ole ielsen co -ordinating OVCs international programs She is currently working as a eterinarian with Agriculture Canada
For more information about the WWVA contact Betsy at PO Box 6069 Station J Ottawa K2A ITl
OVC STUDENTS HOST FIRST CONFERENCE The first Canadian Veterinary Stushydents Conference hosted by OVC in January was a big success according to OVC student Andrea Ellis president of the Central Vcterinary Students Association (CVSA)
There is a student conference in the United States but the Canadians get lost in the crowd We decided it was a good time being OVCs 125th anniversary in 1987 to have something right in our own backyard Andrea explains
The OVC snldent council of the CVSAhad been preparing since Mar h 1987 for the two full days of scientific
sessions and recreational events About 60 students and faculty attenshyded from the Atlantic Veterinary College University of Prince Edward Island the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Montreal St Hyacinthe and the Western College of Veterinary Medicine niversity of Saskatchewan Attendance from avc students ranged from 180 to 300 depending on the event
OVC has always had a FrenchshyEnglish student exchange with St HyaCinthe and we knew there was enthusiasm in the West because they talked for years about organizing a hockey tournament But we were
really surprised by the Atlantic Veterinary College Their school has only been operating a few years and out of about 96 students 19 came to conference says Andrea
A conference fund has now been set up and will be administered by the Students of the Canadian Vetershyinary Medical Association n1e conshyference location will be rotated among the four colleges with St Hyacinthe probably hosting next year says Andrea Weve been told that weve started something big Everyone had a really good time and we hope the conference will continue for a long tinle
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DR IAN TAYLOR DOING HIS ullONS SHARE Dr Ian W Taylor avc 43 of Wheeling Illinois puts enthusiasm into everything he does [ figure if Im going to do it Im going to be enthusiastic he was quoted recently in a local newspaper article
As OVC class of 43 president Ian co-chaired the 40th reunion of his class at Alumni Weekend in 1983 along with Dr Archie MacKinnon He acted as master of ceremonies for the program and arranged a display of memorabilia Fourteen out ofa possishyble 31 members of the class were present
TIlis year [an is pushing for 100 per cent attendance at the 45th reunion during Alumni Weekend Perfect attendance is something Ian knows about
He has served the community of Wheeling as a veterinarian for over 30 years Although most of his work has been with dogs cats and a few birds he has also dedicated a great amount of time to lions - bUl nol the four legged kind He recently received
GOOD EWES Three sets of genetically identical lambs are the first anio1aJs bom from bisected embryos at the University
]n December six surrogate ewes delivered nine lambs - three sets of twins and three singles - that had developed from embryos micro shysurgically bisected and implanted five months earlier
Project leader Dr Calhy Gartley ove 82 now completing a DVSc degree in the Department of Clinical Studies says the accomplishment is a milestone for the University
1 find it exciting that these are the first genetically identical animals created and born at the University of Guelph she says They represent the first ofmany such twins in several species that University researchers hope to soon realize
Besides maximizing embryo use this project demonstrates the potenshytial to create Significant numbers of
Dr Ian Taylor OVC 43 with some of the hundreds ofpins hehas collected on visits to Lions CLubs a1(mnd the world
a special award from the International Lions Club for exemplary work in lhe field of international relations He has attended Lions Club meetings in 57
Twin lambs Mutton and jeff who began life as the same embryo am shown with Dr Cathy Gartley avc 82 under the watChful eye of their sutTOgate mothet Q2
genetically identical aninlals that are vital for consistent research results
Dr Gartleys project is supported by the Ontario Ministry ofAgricu Iture and Food (OMAF) and the Eleanor Gartshore Memorial Shnp Trust
different countries and hasnt missed a monthly meeting in 29 years
He has served the Wheeling Club as preSident newsletter editor and public relations chairnlan and has twice been named Lion of the Year In 1982he received tbe MeJvinJones Fellowship award for dedication to humanitarian services and recently he was recognized by a resolution in the Illinois House of Representatives for his Lions Club work He says his greatest pleasure is watching the joy that d isabled children get from a Lions-sponsored camp in Lake Villa each year He has been involved in ftmd-raising for the disabled which is the Lions main objective both locally and abroad
Ian would like to hear from alumni who are members of Lions Intershynational to exchange information and souvenirs used by the clubs throughout the world of Lionism He would also like his OVC class of 43 members to immediately send back the questionnaires mailed to them by the Alumni Office in December for the purpose of producing a class anniversary newsletter These may be sent [0 him at 7695 Milwaukee Ave Wheeling lllinois 60090 or to Dr Archie MacKinnon RR 4 Cambridge Onto 1R 555
SPEAKERS TOUR
The OVC Alumni Association invites alumni to hear two dynashymic guest speakers and tour the Equine Research Centre during Alumni Weekend June 18
Dr Bruce Fogle OVC 70 of London England practitioner and author will speak on The Changing Role Of the Veterinshyarian in SmallAnimalPractice and Dr Brian Brandenburg OVC 68 M Sc 71 president of Guelph International Developshyment Consultants will speak on Veterinary Medicine in the Third World
The progranl will conclude with a dinner and dance
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Editor Carol yn (Redden) Moore 84
FROM THE PRESIDENT
While writing this message at the end ofJanuary I realize the mid-point of this years board of directors acti shyvities has arrived I reflect on two goals I set at our annual meeting last June to evaluate our contact with Mac-FACS alumni and increase memshybership in our alumru association
Upon graduation you do not autoshymatically become a member f the Mac-FACS Alumni Association You become a member by paying an annultll or life membership fee This money helps the board ofdirectors carry out activities on your behalf for both students and aluo1ni
At (he January board meeting we discussed the services our Association provides Our visibility with students is quite high through schOlarship presentations careers night and a reception for the graduating class Our services to alumni may need to be redefined What would you like us to provide orgaruze or sponsor
Our annual seminar was cancelled in October 1986 due to a lack of registrants Should we attempt to organize another
LOnYline Holding 71
Your board wants to increase its ConLlct with a greater number ofyou Where and when would you like us to be active7 What projects would you like us to consider
Please send your comments to us at Alumni House University ofGuelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2Wl Also why not come to our 1988 annual meeting June 18 J hope to hear from you soon
Sincerely Lorraine Holding 71 MacmiddotFACS Alu m ni As ociation President
FACS students Suzie Chin and Tracey Vent chat with Barb Stuart FAGS 71 faculty representative on the Mac-FACS Alumni Association s board Of directors at the annual party for graduating students hosted by the Assodation in February Sixty-five students 15 board members and several faCUlty members attended this yems party
CALLING ALL HOME
ECONOMISTS Towards 2000 Challenges and Opportunities is the theme of the Canadian Home Economics Associashytion (CHEA) National Conference at the Univer-ity July 10-13 The conshyference will be of intere t to alumni who graduated in programs related to family and consumer studies foods and nutrition home economics or human ecology
CHEA with a membership of2000 is committed to provide professional development for its members through programs workshops and special interest sessions A major part fits mandate is to create an awareness of new products and services in the market place
Frank Feather a well-known global futurist with a business-like approach will be the keynote speaker at the CIlEA conference He will address the challenges and opportunities of the future Dr Ehler Park a consultant with A5A willexplainhowplanning for outer _pace affects everything from the food we eat to how children will play
Other topics at the conference will include artificial vs natural sweetshyeners issues of an aging population space-age textiles SMART house - a totally computerized environment human sexuality free trade and agri shycu lture food irrJdiatjon and financ ial p lanning
Well-known Canadian entertainer Nanlt-Y White whose satirical songs arc often heard on CBC radio will perform following the opening ceremonies
Many pre and post-conference actishyvities are planned including trips to the Stratford Festival Niagara-on-theshyLake and Niagara Falls Waterloo County ( Farmer Market ) and the village of Elora
The conference offers an excellent opportunity for professional deveshylopment and networking For more information contact Wilda Waldron registration chair CHEA Conference 88 168 Maple Street Guelph Ontario N I G 2G7 ( 519) 836-9551
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FACS GRAD FINDS HEART IN THE ARTS
I ts strange how things work Ollt
Im glad r received a well-rounded education at Guelph It prepared me for th e future reflects Eva Eichenbaum FACS 75
Eva is one often Niagara Peninsula poets featured in Voices from the Niagara a book of local poems colshylelttcd by Pcter and Brenda Baltensperger and published in 1987 ( Moonstone Press 8795 )
Reviewing the book in the Hamilton Spectator John Terpstra writcs Thcre are some very good poems here and a few are standouts I especia lly enjoyed those of Eva Eichenbaum and David Haskins
Eva was born in Sweden the daughter of Estonian refugees who escaped their homeland during the Second World War She camc to Canada with ber family at age two and grew up in Niagara Falls where she attended Stamford Collegiate and won the Upper Scbool English Award at graduation
After a year of travel in 1969 as Miss iagara Hospitality for the Niagara
Promotion Association she enrolled at the University of Guelph to earn a Bachelor of Applied Science degrce and also took some courses at the
niversity of Helsinki Finland She then earned her Bachelor of Education degree at the College of Education Brock n iversity St Catharines and now teaches English and Television Arts at Merritton High School in that city
She started her career in education as a Family Studies teacher and was once head of the Family Studies Department at Merritton but found that her heart was really in English and the creative arts She used to teach theatre arts and also formed the Merriuon High School Dance Commiddot pany Sht teaches ballet and has written several musical comedies for her theatre and dance students
I got the idea for the style and format of the musicals fro m College Royals Curtain Call at Guelph I had a role in the production Der Keller a take-off on Cabaret in my final year she explains
NEW CHAIR TO BROADEN FOCUS IN
CONSUMER STUDIES Teaching and research in the Department ofConsumer Studies has focused on consumer affairs particushylarly consumer behavior and the basic necessities - food clothing and housing New department chairJohn Pratschke sees a need to review and perhaps expand this focus
Professor Pratschke says he was drawn to Guelph because of his interest in consumer economics The University has one of the few departmiddot ments in Canada with a consumer emphasis He plans to preserve the departments unusual linking ofsocial SCience business and technology but broaden the rangt ofstudy to include other products and services important
to the budgets of Canadian house shyholds
The employer market is happy with Consumer Studies graduates says Promiddot fessor Pratschke but there is a need for better communication about the program w ith secondary school stushyden ts We must get across the message that marketing is an inter shyesting challenge and that the program is professionally oriented without lOSing its base in product technology
Born in Ireland Professor Pratschke received his bachelor of commerce master ofeconomic science and PhD at University College Cork He has taught at the University of Waterloo University College Ga lway and
Eva EiclJenbaum FACS 75
Five of Evas poems are featured in tht 63 middotpage Voices f1Om the Niagara and she has donated a copy of the book to the University Lihrary She has also had poems published in Souldust and Pearls Sixth Edition ( Moonstone Press) and There Is a book productd by the Niagara Chapter of the Canadian Authors Association In the future she hopes to take some tinle out from teaching to study broadshycasting
PrOfessorjohn Pratschke
Memorial University Newfoundland He has published widely on the economics ofconsumer expenditures and on European housing policy agrimiddot culture banking and business education
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Mike Traub HAF-A 78 general manager Victoria Place Retirement Lodge Kitchenel discusses his career with a group ofstudents at the HAFA Alumni Assodatiolls annual Careers Night held on campus in January Thirty-seven alumni involved in a vanmiddotety ofcareers volunteered their time to the popular event
HAFA ALUMNI EXCHANGE SEMINAR HELD
Nancy Plato FACS 81
FACS PEOPLE Naney Plato FACS 81 ( Consumer Studies ) the new OAC liaison coshyordinator will acquaint high school students and guidance counsellors with opportunities in the agricultural sciences at Guelph
Enrolment at OAC has declined over the past few years and _ aney will work at increasing student numbers through recruitment and marketing
The position ofliaison co-ordinator is a new one for OAe Nancy says one of her main objectives is to broaden the understanding high school stushydents have ofGuelphs programs She plans to use her well-rounded view of agriculture and its related proshygrams combined with her recruitshyment experience
Nancy is back in Guelph from a position in secondary school liaison at Mount Royal College Calgary She is married to Paul Thiel OAC 82 and is an active member of the Mac-FACS Alumni Association board of directors
Professors Kathleen Brown Lila Engberg and Griffith Morgan have all retired from the Department of Family Studies Professor Elizabeth Upton HAFA will retire in July
Professor John Auld Consumer Studies has produced the Human Settlements Audio-Visual Resources Catalogue It is published by the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Warren Adamson vice-president development Delta Hotels gave the keynote address What is the Canadian Tourism Industry Anyway at the annual HAFA Alumni Exchange Seminar held November 4 at the DelL Chelsea Inn Toronto
This professional development event was sponsored by the HAFA
MOllica Hrybko HAFA 88 (left) received Ci HAFA AlumniAssociation Life Membership from Association president Morag McKenzie 82 The membership is given to a graduating student as selected by his or her peers with a minimum 70 per cent accumulative average who has had outstanding involvement ill the School andor University
Alumoi Association in co-operation with Pannell Kerr Forster lL gave lIAFA grads an opportunity to listen to experts in the field speak 00 various topical hospitality issues including pay equity the human resource risis trends in the hotel and foodservice industry and business planning
CONFERENCE
In Search of Healthy Sexuality
June 13-15 1988
The University of Guelphs 10th an nual sexua li ty conference sponshysor d byThe Department of Fami ly Studies wil l examine current issues in human sex u lily tea hing approaches in sexducation and counse llin g m thod for sexual problems
Keynote Ad dress by Dr Ruth Westheimer
For further info rmation write Co ntinu ing Education Di ISlon Univers ity of Guelph Gu Iph
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Registration Limit d Apply early
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OAC ALUMNI NEWS Editor Richard Buck 76A
OAC GRAD GIVES GIFT OF WATER TO THAI VILLAGERS
By janet Dumo
Water is not taken for granted in northeast Thailand Usually there is too little of it The sandy laterite soils do not hold water They crack and parch during the hot dry season Ponds shrink Streams and some wells dry up Even in the rainy season the rains are often late or insufficient and the rice crops wither in the fields
But sometimes there is too much water Heavy rains cause flash floods Which drown crops and wash pesti shycides and decaying organic matter into unprotected pit wells There is not enough clean drinking water to ensure good health
A CUSO priority in Thailand is to increase village self-sufficiency and improve the standard of living through the development ofsmall-scale water resources particularly in the north and northeast the poorest regions of the country CUSO engineers placed with departments of local adminisshytration survey and design small spillways dams and piped water systems They develop an under shystanding of indigenous water proshyblems and help viUagers develop water resource technology to deal with these problems
In most villages in Surin province the water is imprisoned under a 20shymetre thick layer of heavy clay comshypacted into red brick-like rock
Ed von Euw OAC 84 returned to Canada in December after two years as a CUSO water resources engineer in Surin While there he worked with two percussion water-jet well-drilling rigs one an Appropriate Technology Association ( A TA) rig originally used in India and Africa the other based on an indigenous village model
Ed found theATA rig needed modi shyfications to make it easier for villagers to operate Most important was the change from a hand to foot-powered lever which the villagers found much less exhausting to work But at $625 the ATA rig is expensive to buy and the Honda motor which pushes water
Ed von EllW and co-worker teaching pump maintenance ill Surin Thailand
down the hole to tlush out the soil and rock particles can use up to $4 of fuel a day
Ed spent several months looking at rigs used by Surin farmers and finally adapted a model from one used by Khun Hong of Muang Pet a village near Surin town Khun Hongs rig uses a pole and beam arrangement making it less durable and steady than the tripod form used in Eds adapted rig The new rig uses a hand-powered Lucky pump made in Taiwan and fanliliar to villagers
The Honda pump used in the ATA drilling rig must be repaired in town and a smaU repair may cost $10 while a repair to the Lucky pump can be done by villagers for less than a doUar Spare parts are available everywhere The drill bilS are made from truck springs in the same Surin shop that made the rig to Eds specillcations They cost only 96 ccors each as opposed to the S7-bits used in the ATA rig
Using smaller pipe and bit than the ATA rig Eds adapted rig drills more quickly through rock and is lighter and easier to use It requires only two people to ope(dte the foot lever The ATA rig requires four or five Eds rig cost $192 to make including pump and accompanying tools and can be constructed by villagers in a small weldingmachine shop if there is a demand for more
Eds rig was tested in Ban Se Jaruk on a site divined by a villager Working
intermittently the villagers went d wn 25 metres in one and a half weeks much of the time grinding through the red rock When water they were pumping down the hole suddenly disappeared and didnt come up again they were afraid they had damaged the rig But instead it was a sign of having broken into a vein of water which was now absorbing any other water poured down So water had been found delicious and abundant right behind the assistant headmans house
The Ban Se Jaruk well has been capped with a rower pump purchased from ATA for S17 The pump is based on a bamboo model used in fndia The tubewell pipe and pump are made of plastic - more acceptable than steel which gives the water an unpleasant taste
Ed carried out a four-month wellshydrilling project in co-operation with Khun Darune of the Northeast Thailand ( ET) Project Funded by the Canadian Internat ional Deve shylopment Agency and assisted by CUSO it is a rural development program in operation since 1981 in 52 villages along the Thai-Kampuchean border The villagers of Ban Se Jaruk elated with their initial success borrowed Eds rig to drill more wells In total seven rigs were built from Eds proto shytype and distributed to four other villages Over 100 successful wells have been drilled in the area to date
EdilO1-S NoteanetDuma is a CUSO special program officer in Malaysia Sbe bas worked as an Englisb teacber witb CUSO in fi)aiand andMaaysia
Ed von Euw a Stratford native graduated from Guelpb witb a BSc in engineering in December J984He llas 011 tbe deans bonor roll three times and received an engineering scbolarsbip in 1983 Before going overseas in November 1985 be workedfor Enllironment Canada as a bydrornettic engineer He is now studying f01 a masters degree in engineering at Guelph
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Professor Harold Crawford OAC 58 MSc 7 0
OAC PEOPLE ProfessorJohn Burton OAC 62 and Brian McBride CBS 78 OAC MSA 80 Department of Animal and Poultry Science have received $400000 from the Ministry ofColleges and niversities Research Incentive Fund for contract research in partnershyship with Cyanamid Canada Inc of Toronto They will examine the effecshytiveness of the hormone BST in increasing milk production in dairy cattle as well as any other effects of the agent
Gordon MacLeod OAC 50 has retired from the Department ofAnimal and Poultry Science after 31 years at the UniversityJohn Summers OAC 53 MSA 59 has also retired from the Department of Animal and Poultry Science after 25 years at the University
Harold Crawford OAC 58 MSc 70 who recently retired as coshyordinator of the Ontario Diploma in Horticulture Program Independent Study Division after 29 years at the University has received the Ontario Parks Association (OPA) recognition award for Significant contribution to the betterment of parks the proshyfession and the envirorunent through his work in continuing education He has been a member of the educational committee of the OPA for 14 years The Ontario Diploma in Horticulture program graduated its first students in 1963 and now has 500 alumni
Marilyn Dykstra OAC 78 is new director of the Universitys Pest
Marilyn Dykstra OAC 78
Diagnostic and Advisory Clinic The clinic is working at maximum capacity with marc than 30000 inquiries to its credit since it opened nine years ago says Marilyn It receives everyshything from live specimens of earwigs and spiders to diseased ornamentals and fruit and vegetable crops Most specimens come from home gar shydeners she ays but the clinic has a growing clientele among commercial growers landscape businesses and other industries Through its service and extension functions the clinic has accumulated a reference collecshytion of more than 10000 slides and specimens as well as a list of resource people from across campus
Dr R Keith (Chip) Chapman OAC 40 has retired from the Department ofEntomoJogy University of Wisconsin Madison following a distinguished areer spanning 40 years A two-day symposium was held in his honor last June and The R Keith Chapman Vegetable Entomology SchOlarship was established with funds collected in lieu ofa retirement gift He has also been named professor emeritus Attending the symposium and retirement recognition party in Madison were Keiths brothers Ross also OAC 40 and Douglas OAC 44 and sister Helen Stockwell a graduate of Macdonald College McGiJl Univershysity Montreal and OAC Dean Freeman McEwen
When Bruce Brown OAC 85 received his degree from former agri shyculture minister William A Stewart chancellor ofthe Universi tyofGuelph he asked what steps he could take to
Dr R Keith (Chip) Chapman andhis brother Ross both OAC 40
become the minister of agriculture and food Little did he know that two and a half years later he would be minister - if only for a day
In December he shared the duties of Ontarios minister Jack RiddeD OAC 57 as his prize for winning a public speaking contest at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Bruce who operates a Newcastle dairy beef and cash crop farm with his father spoke on the survival of the farm family in Ontario
ETHICS IN AGRICULTURE Ethical issues in agriculture such as animal welfare are generally debated from an emotional viewpoint Proshyfessor Frank Hurnik OAC PhD 71 Animal and Poultry Science and Pro shyfessor Hugh Lehman Philosphy are hoping to change that through the journal of Agricultural Ethics an international quarterly publication which offers a forum for discussing moral issues related to food and food production
We hope this publication will act as a bridge between those who philo shysophize about agricu ltural ethics and those actively involved in plant and animal use says Professor Hurnik Its a scholarly refereed journal but it wont be bogged down with speciashylized technical jargon As a result we believe it will be useful to the farm community and we expect leaders from that field will be contributors not just readers
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Professor Fredjelome and his wife Faye look over a catalogue of the Universitys art collection
ALOVEOFART Back in 1968 Fred N Jerome OAC 33 established a trust fund to purshychase art produced by promising young Canadian artists
I was a full professor then and I could afford to do it (set up a trust fund) I felt art deserved a little push and I wanted to see the niversitys art collection expand explains the now retired professor ofgenetics and poultry science at Guelph
Forty-two Canadian works have been purchased to date through lhe F - Jerome Trust Fund and a special exhibi t of these works will be featured at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre beginning Alumni WeekendJune 18 and continuing throughout the sununer
Professorjeromes personal favorite in the collection is Ken Danbys silkshyscreen The Skates
I like Danbys technique His work is almost as realistic as a color photoshygraph but you can still tell its a painting he explains
He is also fond ofDiego Drawing a lithography by Jack Chanlbers a London Ontario artist and Gene Chus delicate Spider Series
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre Director Judith Nasby says Fred Jerome has made an outstanding contribution to the growth of the Universitys Canadian art collection - one of the largest univer itycollecshytions in the province He has recogshynized the tremendous growth and vitality of the art community in Canada by specifying that works be purchased from young artists
A LOVE OF LI LI ES The expression lily white has little meaning for Bill Evans His favorite lilies are bright orange and yellow I like the ones that almost glow and catch your eye from 100 yards away says the retired Department of Horti shycultural Science professor
Professor Evans lilies are certainly eye-catching for anyone travelling north of Guelph on Highway 6 betshyween mid-June and mid-August Splashes of spectacular color glow from his field of lilies near Marden (behind the home of Marjorie and the late George Durnford ) - a welshycome surprise for those accustomed to seeing only the popular Easter white variety
Im obsessed with lilies admits Professor Evans who retired in 1985 after 28 years of researching phult breeding and teaching small fruit proshyduction at the University of Guelph ) like their variety and scope They are perennial plants that grow at different heights Some have flowers that face up some face down and some face out Some are trumpet shaped some have petals that curve back Some are scented and some are unscented
As a child Professor Evans grew flowers and vegetables in his parents big garden north of Calgary After six years in the army he enrolled at the
niversity of Alberta to study hortishycu lture During his second year in 1947 he began hybridizing lilies Following graduation he worked as a fruit breeder for the federal governshyment in Alberta for eight years before coming to Guelph in 1957 He conshytinued to breed and grow lilies at the
niversity and on plots of land that friends like Professor Ted Me inch (and now Mrs Durnford) let him use
The University has quite a history of lily breeding says Professor Evans The late Isabella Preston a lecturer at Guelph before Professor Evans time went on the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa and to world fame for her ornamental crabapples lilacs and lilies The late Jc Taylor a professor at Guelph was well-known for his lily breeding and introduced Professor Evans to many other breeders He
told me that my lilies needed more vigor and let me use some of his plants in my work
Professor Evans introduced three new varieties of lilies through the University and registered some of Professor Taylors They were marshyketed in the United States So far Professor Evans has had 17 varieties of lilies internationally registered Anyone can do this he says modestly You just write a full desshycription of the plant pick a name that hasn t been used before and send it to the Royal Horticultural Society in England prekrrably with a photo The new names are published every year
It s hard coming up with new nanles though says Professor Evans He has named some of his varieties after the area in which they were grown shyArkel Marden Gold Aberfoyle He named one after his granddaughter Bronwen and one after his wife Ethelwaite ( her first and maiden names ) She gets a thrill whenever she sees that name on a ( flower show) prize list somewhere he says
Pink and pastel lilies are Professor Evans speciality and his favorite is a variety he caBs Blusbing Maiden It has mauvey pink tips with a white centre
Professor Evans and his wife edH a newsletter three times yearly for the Ontario Regional Lily Society and Professor Evans has just ended a two year term as president of the North American lily Society He has judged at nower shows all over Canada and the nited States and will preside at an international show in Hamilton in July
Because of his hobby Professor Evans is enjoying retirement He spends about 25 hours a week on his lilies in the summer months During the off season he grows seeds and works on his records He is working on increasing the number ofvarieties including spotless ones ( most lilies have spots which are dominant ) He is pleased that some of his former students are now growing lilies entering shows and joining li ly societies
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RURAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT GRADS TO FORM ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
The University School ofRural Planshyning and Development ( USRPampD ) was inaugurated at Guelph in 1980
USRPampD is built on the strengths of past Guelph initiatives such as the Centre for Resources Development and the Rural Development Outreach Project It is formally recognized by the Canadian Institute of Planners and offers Masters level programs in rural planning rural development international rural development and resources management It is also actively engaged in research and community outreach
Recent research topics have in shycluded land availabi Iityfor agricu lture
local economic development strateshygies rural aging northern and native community plannjng and developshyment rural transportation computer applications in planning and deve shylopment and water and waste management to name a few This research was conducted throughout Canada and arollnd the world inshycluding Nepal Kenya Indonesia St Lucia Belize and Botswana
The outreach interests ofthe School are fully integrated with its teaching and research activities Recent out shyreach projects have included the Childcare Network Project for families in rural Wellington County an evaJu shy
ation of the rural development proshygrams ofa Jesuit mission in southern Ethiopia a heritage strategy for the Town of IngerSOll and a recreation needs assessment for Sault Ste Marie
Graduates of USRPampD as well as graduates of the former Centre for Resource Development are now being invited to form an alumni association to keep members updated on School activities their fellow alumni and issues concerning rural planning and development For further information contact Professor Harry Cummings USRampD University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N1G 2WI ( 519) 824-4120 ext 6783
JOIN YOUR OAC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NOW Did you know that as a graduate of OAC you are not automatically a member of the OAC Alumni Assoshyciation However anyone involved in a formal agricultural education at OAC ( past present or future ) is not only eligible to become a member but is encouragetl to do so
The OAC Alumni Association is a separate entity from the University of Guelph Alumni Association anti has specific responsibilities It awards
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ARTS Joanna Black 81 Ls aisistant direclOr curator The Marietta-Cobb Fine Arts Centre Marietta Georgia
Richard Hoffman 78 a Canadian Press journalist in Toronto is married pound0 Martine Bracey CBS 77
Laura Mezey-Hamid 82 administrative assistant to the vice-president of finance Penningtons Stores Umjted Toronto is married to Shaheed Hamid CSS 82
John Laurence (Stash) Stasiw 76 is marketing manager Philips Electronics Ltd Scarborough
Dirk Vanbattum 75 is vice-president Eddie May Mysteries Ottawa
CBS Michael Best 77 is a research technician Cross Cancer Institute Edmonton
GRAD NEWS EUzabeth Jane (Kempe) Coker 82 a resource worker CaJedon Parent-ChiId Centre Bolton is married to Dr Ted Coker OVC 87
Janet Ebanks 86 is a medical social worker Cayman overnment Health Sershyvices George Town Grand Cayman Cayman Islands British West Indies
Kevin Ferguson 80 supervisor of Outdoor Education for the Elgin County Board of Education married Suzanne Schmid BEd (Nipissing) 82 in April 1987 She works for the Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority They live near Aylmer
Michael Hackenberger 81 is president Canadian Zoological Systems Toromo
Heather Hattin 84 (HK) whose rowing accomplishments were featured in the winter 1987 issue ofthe GuelphAlumnus won Canadas first-ever gold medal in womens rowing in the double-scull event at the world championships in Copenhagen last summer
Cynthia (Porter)JefIrey 85 is studying for an MSc in Food Science at the University of Manitoba She is married to ScottJefIrey OAC 82 assistant professor ofAgncul tural Economics at the University of Manitoba They live in Winnipeg
Dr Gord Kennedy 85 senior chemist Union Carbine Corp Bound Brook New Jersey is married to Carrie Feaver CPS 84
Steven Kerr 77 is regional fisheries biologist Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources KemptviUe
Jim Lee 73 is director Research Services Min istry of Tourism Recreation and Culture Victoria BC
David Lemon 79 is senjor wildlife biologist S Fudge and Altsociates Ltd Saint Johns Nfld
Larry Patterson 76 is Grand Forks and District Aquatic Centre Manager Grand Forks Bc
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Stephen Rabbetts 79 is a zookeeper Metro Toronto Zoo Wcsthill
Cathy Oohnson) Rewcastle 80 is a fur biologist Manitoba atural Rcsources Winnipcg
Brian Sntith 78 micro ~)Stcms manager Natural Sciences Centre The University ofWestcrn Ontario London is married to Debra Bond CSS 79
Bradly Veitch 86 is second brewer Wellington County Brewery Guelph
Michael Wade 87 is responsible for aquaculture programs at Kpong Farms Volta River Authority Akuse Ghana the site of a major hydro-electric installation
P Allen Woodliffe 76 is the first and only district ecologist with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Chatham Districr He is married to Marie Gedcke FACS 75 and has a son Timothy TIl y Jive in Rondeau Provincial Park here Allen was park naturalist for 10 years before moving to the Chatham office
CPS Dr Syed Ahmed 87 is assistant proshyfessor Departme nt of Statistical and AClUarial Sciences University of Western Ontario London
Susan (Bishop) GraJ1am R3 a fourth year medical student Faculty ofMcdicinc University of Toronto is marri ed fO Don Graham CSS 83 CBS MSc 87 who is a ftl ll-time parent to their threc-year-old twins
Robert Lake 77 a self-employed conshysulting geolOgist is married to Susan Kay OAC 77 a human relations specialist with Petro Canada They live in Calgary
Robert Whitehead 79 is a mi ncr Denison Mines Ell iot Lake
Caroline (Carly) Williams 85 is a software engineer Wild Leitz Canada Toronto
CSS John Babcock 8 is special cabinet assistant Office of Minister of State (Forestry and Mines ) Ottawa
Jana Fie MA 87 i a neuropsychological associate Brazos Valley Rehabilitat ion Center Bl)an Texas
Danny Leung R6 is news submiddoteditor Asia Television Limited Hong Kong
Allison (Shaughnessy) Scanlan 84 production supervisor G I of Canada shyTruck Assltmbly Oshawa is mlITied [() Michael Scanlan 84 directo r of pur hasing Arbor Capital Rltsources
middotoronto
Patricia Sorbam 80 is executive assisshytant to the Ontario Minister of Energy Toronto
G Llewellyn Watson MA 70 a proshyfessor at the University of Prince Edward Island has written a texthook Dilemmas and Contradictions in Sucial 7beor) published by University Press of America
Terry Wright 76 is account manager John Logan National Leasing Bramptoll
MAC-FACS Marie (Tomelin) Cowlin 78 is brand manager Distillers Co Canada Ltd Toronto
Debbie Foster MSc 87 is medical coshyordi natorsex educator Youth Clinical Services Inc Down~view
Marilyn (Shirley) Goodwin 75 MSc 77 a research officer for CSC Ottawa h ma rricd to Fred Goodwin HAFA 75
Margaret (CJark)Jordan 82 manager Agricultural Employment Services Cmada Farm Iabour Pool Newmarkct is married to BrianJordan OAC 81
Margo (Payne) Langan 83 marketing communications co-ordinator Moore Response Technologies Mississauga is married toJohn Langan CBS 75
Nancy (Howard) Martin 81 senior contract managemcnt officer Consumer Products and Trtffic Management Brmch DepartJllent of Supply and Service~ Hull Que is marriltd to Phillip Martin CBS ( HK) 82
Helga (Strenzke) McDonald 84 public relations officer Centrilia Collegc Huron Park is married to Ian McDonald OAC 83
Marilyn Sewell-Kelley 78 is agriculshytura l health and safel) comiddotordinacor Rural Organizations and Services Branch OMAF Guelph and lives near Paris
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James Allen 77 (ODH ) is president of Allens Turf Services Ltd Calgary
Martin Bohl 85 is policy advisor OMAJ Toronto
Guy Bonnetta 79 manager Pioneer Overseas CorpJohnston Iowa is married to Carolyn Knowles CBS 78
Stew Carpenter 50 president ofDivershysity Farms Inc Paw Paw Midligan is married to Olive McEwan 79A scltretary-tnasurer ofDiversity Farms Inc
Harold Cau 60A and 67 is viceshypreSident Barnes Wines Limited St Catharines
Elroy Cober 85 and his wife Rhoda have begun three-year Mennonite Central Committee assignments inKabwe Zambia Elroy is working as provincial o ilseed office r and Rhoda as a general health worker
Eileen (Emmett) Cole 79 a registered
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TODAY NORTH AMERICAN LIFE 5650 Yong St North YoriltoOntario M2M G4
Lloyd Curtis OAC 7J MSc 74
nurse Colchester Hospital Truro 5 is married to Bill Cole 79 regional sales manager Clarence Farm Services L(vcr Truro
laura Cole 80 is a conservJLion planner Mississippi Vall y Conservation Authority Lanark
UoydCurtis 71 MSc 74 ofCalgary is national sales manager Agricultural Chem icals Division BASF Canada Inc BASF markets a wide range of crop proshyLection products Lloyd directs dle aCLivi shyties of BASFs liales force throughout Canada
James Donison H I is proje L engineer Costello Lomagney amp Denapoli ConshysulL ing Engineers Mancheste r New Hampshire
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Richard Graham OAC7J
Richard Graham 71 of Rrampton is naLional marketing maI111gcr Agricultural Chcmicab Divisi n f3ASF Canada Inc
Richard Helmer 62A married Marilyn Hogue in Oct 19R7 They live in Windsor Richard is supply tcaching for the Essex COllnty Board of Education and doing freclanltx horLicultural work during the summer months
Brian and Brigitte (Brunetzky) Kaufman 84 are pltased to announce the safe arrival of their son Nathaniel Brian All are reSiding at Bright
Dr Houchang Khatamian MSc 71 PhD 8 is associate professor Depart shyment of Horticul rure Kansas State Unishyversity Manhattan
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J cE~~~~f May 11 - Presidents Counc il Executive Luncheon
May 19-June 5 Guel ph Spring Festival
May 31-June 3 Convocation
June 13-15 Human Sexuality Conference
June 17-19 Alumni Weekend
July 10-13 Canadian Home Economics Association Con ference
July 26 Al um ni Assoc iation Executives O rientation Meeting
Masters of Agribusiness Management
111e University of Guelph is now olkring a Masters of Agribusiness Management for people interested in a comprehensive training program for manlgemel1l positions in modern agrihusiness
The program runs over I () months and is highly structured so that studenrs receive intensive practical training in all facets of agribusiness managemel1l
Ifyou have an agricultural background and wish to funher your career in management of farm or nonmiddotfarm agribuiiiness this program could he for you
For fu nhcr information on this program pleL~e contact
Professor Tom Funk Department of Agricultural Economics and Business University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl (519) 824middot4120 ext 3427
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Dr Elenimo Khonga PhD 87 is a lecturer University ofMalawi Chancellor College Zomba Malawi
Kevin Laidley 82 MSc 85 resource technician Niagara Peninsula Consershyvation Authority Allanburg is married to Lesley Nicholson FACS 83 child life specialist McMaster University Medical Centre Hamilton
Dr Monique Leclerc MSc 82 PhD 87 is assistant professor Department of Soil Science and Biometeorology Utah State University Logan
Maurice Marwood 64 MSc 66 is vicemiddot preSident sales and marketing Canadian Kenworth Company Mississauga He is responsible for all aspects of sales and marketing ofKenworth trucks and product support in Canada
Dr Giancarlo Mosch1ni PhD 86 is [caching in the Economics Department Iowa State University Ames not the Unimiddot versity of Iowa as stated in the fall 1987 issue oflhe GuelpbAlurnnus Our apolomiddot gie~ for [his error
Reid Palmer 63 is a research geneticist and professor Departments ofAgronomy and Genetics Iowa State University Ames
Dr Yousef Papadopoulos 80 MSc 82 PhD 87 a research scientist Agrimiddot cu lture Canada Nappan NS i$ married to Kathleen Glover 80 MSc 83
Andy Robinson 80 MSc 83 a genetimiddot cist Livestock Developmcnt Division Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Christine Howe Arts 81
Dr A Hamid Saleemi MSc 73 has received a PhD in Educational Psychology from Bayero UniverSity Kana Nigeria His thesis was Islamic Values and Commitment among HallSa Muslim Youtb Au Empirical Study and his reo search has been hailed as a pioneering study in the measurement of reJjgious commitment anlong MusJjms Dr Saleemi is principal tutor Department of Adult Education and Community Services Faculty of Education Bayero University
James Sampa MLA 86 is a lecturer in landscape design and natul 1 resource conservation School of Environmental Studies Copperbelt University Zambia
Bill Shotyk 81 completed his PhD in 1986 in the Geology Department at The University ofWestern Ontario and spent a year as visiting postdoctoral researcher at the UniverSity of California to study
thennodynamic stability of organic commiddot plexes of aluminum In Sept 1987 he married Beth Haas and they live in London where Bill is a postdoctoral research associate in the Geology Department UWO studying the surface chemistry of minerals He is also writing his first book The Geochemistry OfPeatandPeatlands to be published by Elsevier Amsterdam
jack Thompson OAC 81 is a firemiddot fighter Station No 1 Thomhlll
Susan Watkins 81 is program offi cer Horn of Africa Oxfam Canada She is in charge ofOxfams overseas development projects in Eutrea and Tigray prOvince of Ethiopia the majori ty of which are in agriculture and health
Dve Dr Ian Alexander 86 is a dmg evalumiddot ator Bureau of Veterinary Dmgs Health and Welfare Canada Ottawa
Dr Cheng Hock Choong PhD 72 is director Semex Canada Guelph
Dr Ann Davis 75 a graduate student at the University of Toronto has won the Hardi Cinader Prize for 1987 The award is given to the graduate student in the process of completing doctor-A work who most resembles renowned immunomiddot logist Dr Bernhard Cinaders originality and versatility
Dr john Debbie 65 is an epidemiomiddot logist New York State Health Department Albany
Dr jean Dodds 64 in addition to her research on blood clotting mechanisms has chaired several national and intermiddot national task forces on assorted topics
Dr Doug Galt 62 is laboratory head OMAF Brighton
Dr Maria Koller CBS 75 DVM 79 chief control programs Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Dr Robert Georgeson 72
Dr Darwin Lund 60 is veterinarian in charge Agriculture Canada Lethbridge Alta
Dr David Murphy 56 is director cardiovascular surgical unit Dalhousie
niversity Halifax
Dr Gary Nash 77 veterinary research officer Institute of Aquaculture University
ofStirling Stirling Scotland is married to Marilyn Klein CBS 77
Dr HG Rees 55 joined the faculty of Massey University New Zealand after 10 years ofgeneral practice Upon completion of his masters degree he as appointed senio r lect urer at the University of Melbourne In 1970 he returned to prac shytice in his native Wales and has spent the past 12 years on the faculty at SeaJe-Hayne College there He has a small sheep farm
ARTS Bruce Westheuser 76 ofToronto died Dec 7 1987 He was a teacher Toronto Montessori Schools Hlt is survived by his father Ronald and stcpmodlcr Dorothy two sisters and a brodumiddotr
CSS Robert A Dodd MA 75 of Victoria BC died Oct 8 1987 He had been employed by the Ministry of Health He is survived by his wife Wendy
Bruce G Miller 72 of Aurora Ont died Sept 2 1987 He was a teacher with York Region Board of Education He is survived by his wife
MAC-FACS Etta (Birdsall) Garnham 17D of Tillsonhurg Ont died Jan 11 1988 She is survi ed by her sister Doris Oatman
Kathleen (Coggs) Hallam 120 of Toronto died jan 23 1988
Katherine L (Williamson) Killmaster 35D of Southfield Michigan died jan 31 1988
GAdora(Beemer)McFadyen 29Dof Port Elgin Ont died Apri l 8 L987 She is Survived by her son George S McFadyen OAC 50A
Anne E Spera 280 of Dundas Ont died Jan 26 1988
Dora M (Dies) Terryberry 260 of Weston Ont died Jan 22 1988 She is survived by her son Douglas
and maintains a single man general pracshytice Sheep health and production are his main interests and in the fall he was admitted to the Cert SHP by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons In 1989 he plans to retrace his footsteps to learn about his main interests in the countries in which he was trained
Dr Duncan Sinclair 58 OAC MSc 60 (nutrition ) Schofield lecturer 1983 will become Queens University Dean of
IN MEMORIAM
OAC Aimee A (Ups) Acklen 36 of Irving Texas died Feb 2 1987 She is survived by her husband Robert and one son
George K Beare 37 A of xbridge Ont died Oct 30 1987 He is survived by his wife Ruby
Dr J Ritchie Cowan 39 of Corvallis Oregon died Nov 12 1987 He was a retired professor of agronomy and proshyfessor emeritus Oregon State University He received his MS and a doctorate in plant genetics from the University of Minnesota He served as national president of the Crop Science Socicty of America the American Society of Agronomy the American Forage and Graosland Council the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology and the League for Intershynational Food Education He was pre shydeceased by his first wife DorothyWhite Mac 39 He is survived by his second wife Ruth and two children
WUliam M Croskery 15 of Ottawa died Nov 17 1987 He was a retired agricultural representative for Carleton County He is survived by three children
Walter C Fisher 26 of Sf Catharines Ont died jan 20 1988 He is survived by his wife Alice ( Petrie ) and three children
William A Hammond 18 Port Dovers oldest World War I veteran died Sept 29 1987 at 95 Prior to entering OAC he farmed worked in a lumber camp in BC and fought forest fires in Montana During the war he served in France and Belgium with the 55th l3atteryofthe Royal Canadian Art illery advancing from gunner to sergeant In 1920 he married Minerva Mitchell and they farmed in Woodhouse Township Mter retir ing he became clerk-treasurer of the township and later
Medicine and Vice-Principal ( Health Sciences) onJuly 1 He has served Queens in various capacities since joining the departme nt of physiolo gy in 1966 Nationally he has been invo lved with the Medical Research Council of Canada for many years includ ing a term as its director-genera1
Dr Anne Marie Taylor 81 is direc tor of an imal care Animal Care Centre Dalhousie niversity Halifax
held the san1e position with the Town of Port Dover He also served on the Ontario Assessment Appeal Board and was a fanner chai rman of the Simcoe High School Board In 1967 he received a Centennial Medal for service to his communi ty He was predeceased by bis wife and a son and is survived by two daughters Betty Murton ofWatetiord and Doris LlIldon of listoweI
Kandappar NJeyasseelan MSA 56 of Peradeniya Sri Lanka died Oct 22 1987 He is survived by two children
Frank J King 33 of Thornhill One died Dec 19 1987 He was a pioneer of Canadas broiler chicken industry and retired senior executive and director of Ralston Purina Canada Inc He is survived by his wife Rachel and a son
Robert C (Bob) lGrkness 56 of Maple Ridge BC died Oct 10 1987 He is survived by his wife
] Morley Lawrence 1 7 of Windsor died Oct 4 1987
John S Lennox 66A of Shallow Lake Ont died as the result of a farm accident Nov 4 1987 He is survived by his wife Ada and a son
Alex T Macnab 36 of North Fort Myers Fla died Dec 18 1987 He is survived by his wife Vella
NormanJ Myles 39 of Guelph died j an 24 1988 He had been a second lieutenant 11 th Field Brigade Royal Canadian Artillery He is survived by his wife Luella Beverley (Highan1 ) and two children
Robert W Phillips 39 of Belleville Ont died Sept 21 1987 -John W Robertson 38 of Thorold Ont died Oct 21 1987 He is survived by his wife Elizabeth and daughter Janice Partlow Arts 70
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Henry H Rooke 8 of Barrie Ont died Dec 16 1987 lIe was retired from the Department of National Health and Welfare He is survived by his wife Harriet Mac 40 and daughters Jane Lennox and Nancy RookemiddotAllen CBS 73
Robert H See 65A ofBohon Ont died Nov 14 1987 He was the son of Margaret (Huston) See Mac 33 and the late Dr John N See OAC 35 OVC 38 He is survived by his wife Brenda and two sisters
WilliamT (Bill) Smith 35 ofStfJtford Ont died Sept 19 1987 He is survived by his wife Maude and five children
Annie H Tasi MSc 72 ofGuelph died Dec 9 1987 She received her BSc in Agriculture from the National Taiwan University in 1965 After receiving her masters in horticulture from Guelph she worked as a research technician in the Universipound) Department of Horticultural Science Shc is survived by her hu~band Benjamin and two children
William G Toner 20A and 22 of Guelph died Jan 30 1988 He is survived by hi wife Eileen and four children
W Benson (Ben) Vair 55 of Sarnia died Jan 6 1988 He taught science at Northern Collegiate in Sarnia for 25 years retiring in 1987
A Gordon O Whiteside 20A and 22 of Ottawa died June 2 1987 Ht was retired after 42 years as a cerealist with Agriculture Canada and wa~ a Fellow of thc Agricultural Institute of Canada lie developed sevedl varieties of Canadian whtat one of which bears his namt Gordon He is su rvived byhis wife Irene and three children
Joseph H Willmott 22A of Milton died Oct 23 1987 He is survived by his sonJohn c Willmott 55
PROFESSORS
Dr Denis H Stott professor emeritus since 1980 diedJan 22 1988 in England at 78 He was ftrst chair Department of Psychology from 1966-68 and was intershyna tionally known as a pioneer in deve shyloping learning techniques for hardmiddottOmiddot teach children He founded the Centre for Educational Disabilities which he directed until h is retirement in 1975 His research focused on the causes and promiddot
blems of delinquent school boys He is survived by hiswifeJane and tw children
Dr Robert D Whiteford of Qualicum Beach Vancouver Island former professor Department of Biomedical Sciences died Feb ] 0 1988 He is survived by his wife Beatrice and one son
STAFF Ray Catchpole a member of the Unj middot versitys Sulawesi Regional Development Project team in Indonesia died Nov 27 1987 in Jakarta at 46 He had been with the project sinet its inception in 1984 He is survived by his wife Ani and his mother Muriel Lucas A mcmorial fund has been established in his nanle Contributions may be forwarded to the Department of
Alumni Affairs and Development The fund will provide a bursary for Indonesians and Canadians involved in exchange between the two ountries It will be adminbtered by the niversity School of Rural Planning and Development
FRIENDS
Joseph Arlen of Guelph died Sept 5 1987 He pursued studies at OAC from 1957 to ) 959 before completing an engineering degree at the University of Toronto He is survived by his wife Judy who works in Photographic Services on campus and two children A Joseph Arlen Memorial Prize in Horticulture has been established Contributions may be forshywarded to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development
ASPARAGUS RESEARCHER DIES IN GUELPH
Herman (Herm) Tiessen OAC 51 onc of Canadas fore middot most aspard1t1s researdlers rued in Guelph Dec 10 1987 at 63 Or Ticsscn had been a horticul shyture professor at the University since 1955 and was co-ordinator of the National Asparagus Reshysearch Program
At its fiftieth anniversary meeting in london the day of his death the Ontario Asparagus Growers Marketing Board honored Dr Tiessen as the pershyson who had made the greatest contributions to the industry over the last 50 years He was also weU known for his work on greehouse tOmatoes and for a collaborative project with Texaco that used waste energy from the companys refinery to heat greenhouses
After graduating from OAC Dr Tiessen received his masters and PhD degrees from Michigan State University and returned to his alma mater to join the Department of Horticultural Science He traveUed widely to share his knowledge on veget-
The late Professor Herm Tiessen OAC51
able growing with scientists around the world most recently to New Zealand and Taiwan He -wa a member of the Agricultural Institute of Canada and the Canadjm American and Intermiddot national Societies for Horticulmiddot tural Science He was also an active member of the OAC Alumni Association
He is sUlvived by his wife Marjorie and two children
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JlAVIeuro 17 18 19 GOlf Tournament
The classic confrontation on the green the Gryphon Club Golf Tournament will start things rolling on Friday at the Cutten Club Prizes will be awarded
Barbecue amp CasinO Night
Meet your friends at Alumni House Friday evening for a barbecued feast and try your llck at the casino tables
SIOwpitch Tournament
The Grad loungers will defendtheir championship title at the alumnistudent co-ed slowpitch tournament Why not get a team together to compete for the first-place trophy and other awards Teams should consist of 12 to 20 players with at least six females per team Three one-hour games are guaranteed for each team
Tours Lectures Demonstrations
Tour the new Equine Research Centre see computer laboratory demonstrations at the College of Family and Consumer Studies or catch an enlightening lecture If its nature you enjoy visit the Arboretum the Marine Biology Laboratory or the Elora Gorge Conservation Area
Celebrity Auction
Join in the fun and bid on a fascinating assortment of articles donated by local celebriti~s Lots of surprises in store All proceeds will go to Alumni House
Awards Presentations
At the Presidents Picnic at noOn on Saturday the Alumnus of Honor award and the Alumni Medal of Achievement will be presented Come and celebrate with the recipients
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See page 7 for your Alumni Weekend reservation form For further information see your College section inside or call the Alumni Weekend hotline (519) 824-4120 ext 2102
Class Reunions
Is your class having a reunion Check page 7 to find out Reunions are a great opportunity to meet old
friends and renew acquaintshyances The Alumni Associations will host their graduates of 50
years or more at a Golden Anniversary Din ner
Champagne Brunch
Toast Alumni Weekend 88 at a champagne brunch held on the Alumni House patio Sunday The Guelph Concert Band will provide entertainment
Editor Sandra Couch 84 MA 87
RECEPTION HELD
The CSS Alumni Association hosted its annual wine and cheese reception for graduating students at the Faculty lub in January Agnes (BelIai) Van Haeren 85 first vice-president and Susan Blair 83 director helped organize the event and greeted students at the door President John Alviano 74 spoke briefly about the Associashytion and asked for the support of those present CSS Oean)ohn Vanderkamp and faculty advisor Victor Ujirnoto were alsoprescnt to mingle with students
WHY DO STUDENTS LEAVE UNIVERSITY GUELPH STUDY
AIMS TO FIND OUT By Marla Stewart
Public R lations and In formation
Why do students leavc university before they complete their degrees A Guelph study Career and Education Achievement in the Student Environshyment ( CEASE) aims to find out Principal investigator Sid Gilbert Sociology and Amhropology has finished collecting data and will spend the summer and fall analyzing it
Professor Gilbert began the longishytudinal study of student progress at Guelph three years ago with a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council grant Through questionshynaires and interviews he contacted every new ftrst -year Guelph student in the fall of 1986 and fo llowed them over their next four semesters
The purpose of the study is to determine how many students leave
and their reasons for leaving says Professor Gilbert On the other hand he wants to meashy
sure program success completion and academic achievement
So far the study indicates that a students pre-entry characteristics (ethnicity secondary school grades financial status and parental educashytion) are not as crucial as the univershysity experience itself in determining whether he or she will stay
In other words says Professor Gilbert tudent attrition is related to academic and social integration at the University What students bring with them is not as important as what happens while theyre here
Throughout the three years of the study a remarkable 70 per cent of the 2800 students who received the initial questionnaire have responded says Professor Gilbert In year one first term students completed a questionshynaire measuring attitudes intentions background and demographic inforshymation 10 second term these students were re-surveyed on their experience
feelings and performance at the UniverSity
In the fall of year two those students who remained at Guelph were surshyveyed on their first-year experiences and how much they had learned and developed at the UniverSity
All students from the initial group who left the University before comshypleting their programs were then contacted to determine whether they had withdrawn temporarily or pershymanently transferred to another university were ineligible to return or had changed from fuU -time to partshytime status Reasons for any change of plans were explored by interviews
((a love of learning is not a strong factor
To date the study indicates that a love of1carning is not a strong factor initially influencing students to attend university TIley attend to gain knowshyledge and skills directly applicable to a career and to increase their chances of tlnding good paying jobs More than half the females surveyed said they attended universiry to increase their chances of finding challenging work after graduation Only 39 per cent of the males said this was their reason
The overall purpose of Professor Gilbcrts project is to measure volunshytary change and departure capture the process of attrition compare the experiences of stayers and leavers and suggest remedies when approshypriate He believes his findings will be beneficial to other universities all of which experience varying rates of attrition anlOng student) The findings will help educators develop retention programs for students who despite their talents and ambitions do not complete their degrees
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CANADIAN SENATOR SPEAKS AT CSS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION DINNER
Senator Lorna Marsden wore both her political and academic hats when she spoke at the second annual CSS Alumrti is50ciation dinner in March More than 100 alumni students faculty and guests were present
Named to the Canadian Senate in 1984 Senator Marsden is also a proshyfessor of sociology at the niversity of Toronto A Liberal she is a recognized expert on social change in Canada in particular the changing circumstances of women in Canadian economic and social life
In her address ]he Social Scientist in the State The Case for OPen Boundmies Senator Marsden argued that the influence of intellectuals on Canadian public policy is far too restricted Something is very wrong The intellectuals of Canada many of them at universities are excluded just at the moments when they are needed most Our causes arent led by great thinkers We dont regularly send scholars to parliament That lively exchange of ideas is missing
The difference is striking south of the border and in Europe where politicians and intellectuals are regularly joined In the US it would be unthinkable for the president not to have a brains tmst in one or more universities
Senator Marsden said the Meech Lake Accord the Free Trade Agreeshyment and the recent revision to Bill C-60 which amends the copyright act are examples of public policy meashysures which were diminished by the lack of input from intellectuals
In the case of Meech Lake Senator Marsden said inadequate use was made of people with knowledge about Ilistory and constitutional law She called Meech Lake an underhanded unsatisfactory method of constitushytional reform which puts the rights ofCanadians at risk She said a different approach would have been taken if the historians and constishytutional experts had been consulted first and she feels the Accord should be amended in consultation with these intellectuals
With free Trade Senator Marsden said the opposite had happened A
wealth of research had been done by experts on the potential ofFrce Trade but this research had not been carried through to help Canadians debate the issue once the deal was stmck ]n this case the experts were at the front end of the project only At Meech Lake it was the other way around
With regards to Bill C-60 she warned that intellectuals and univershysities should wake up Although she said the 1924 copyright act was badly in need of change she claimed many of the changes would cause financial and administrative problems for universities affecting things like distance education exams art exhibitions photocopying and intershylibrary loans In this case the intellectuals have been Sitting apart from the process and not protecting their own interests
Although Senator Marsden conshycluded that she didnt know the solution she said that intellectuals must move collectively into the cen shytral life of Canada and develop a closer relationship with the politicians to create better public policy
Sena tor Marsden turned her speakers fee back into the proceeds
RETIRED ECONOMICS PROFESSOR DIES
Wilda Blacklock and Senator Lorna Marsden
from the dinner which will fu nd a CSS graduate student scholarship The CSSAlumniAssociation now presents five annual undergraduate scholarshyships to social science snldents
An announcement of the estabshylishment of rhe Wilda Blacklock graduate scholarship in sociology was also made Wilda earned her BA and honors BA in 1973 and 1975 while working as a secretary in the Departshyment ofSociology and Anthropology She resigned from the Department to study for her MA which she earned in 1978 She then renlrned to the Department as computer co shyordinator retiring in January The scholarship was established in honor of her service to the Department and to graduate studems over the years In her thank you speech she said Its not so bad getting old if we can leave something to the young
Retired Economics Professor Jack Madden died March 14 1988 in Guelph at 68
Born in leeds England and raised in Winnipeg Dr Madden served overshyseas with the RCAF from 1939 to 1945 After the war he received his BA from the niversity of Manitoba his MA from the niversity of Toronto and his Ph D from Cambridge University
He began teaching at Guelph in 1965 He was a founding faculty member of Wellington College and a member of Senate He was also actively involved in health care planning at both the regional and federal level and served as economic advisor to the Hall Commission on Health Services
In 1974 Dr Madden received the
Ontario Confederation of niversiry Faculty Associations teaching award and in 1983 he received the University ofGuelph Faculty Association college award
The Jack Madden Medal in Econoshymic History is presented annually to a Semester 8 student who has mainshytained the highest grades in that subject
Dr Madden retired from the Unishyversity inJanuary 1985 but continued to teach part-time at the Universities of Guelph and Toronto
He is survived by his wife Andrea and four children
Donations may be madc in his memory to The Jack Madden Memorial Fundand forwarded to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development
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SABBATICAL FULFilLS SCIENTIFIC DREAMS FOR HUSBAND-WIFE RESEARCH TEAM
Ahusband and wife teanl of Guelph biologists Professor Eugene Balon and Dr Christine Flegler-Balon have returned to the University after an eight-month sabbatical at the )LB Smith Institute of Ichthyology and Rhodes niversity Grahamstown South Africa They introduced a new type of research design to institute staff while studying the early deveshylopment of several fish species
The Balons received a Rhodes University Hugh Kelly Fellowship and grants from the Departmem of National Education and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
While in Grahamstown they made a comparative study of the developmiddot ment of two species oftilapine cichlids and of a ciarias Gltfish These species are common in aquacu lture although no detailed observations of their development had been made prior to this study
One of the fish we were obselVing Oreocbromis mossambicus (preshyviously known as Tilapia mossamshybica) is a mouthbrooder the other Tiapia rencalli lays its eggs on the substrate and guards tbem and the young as they develop explained Dr Flegler-Balon We wanted to test a theory on altricial-prccocial altershynatives developed earlier in Guelph says Professor Balon
InJune a conference on Alternative Life History Styles (ALHS) in organshyisms was held in Grahamstown and the Balons were among 12 invited foreign speakers
The Balons also participated in thrilling expeditions into the interior ofBotlWana by small plane observing the amazing landscape of the Karoo Kimberley diamond mines and Kalahari Desert The Kalahari absorbs all the waters of the large Okavango River which flows from Angola and forms a magnificent inland delta
I can bardly believe that I have seen the papyrus flats and channels the fishes and wildlife and in addition have met Tsodillo Hill bushmen and
Professor Eugene Balon and Dr Christine Regler-Balon bave returned to the University from an eXciting eight month sabbatical
have seen the recently discovered rock paintings of their ancestors says Dr Flcgler-BaLon The altricial bushmen are one of the important features in the tested ALHS theory
Okavango the last paradise is soon to be lost by diversion of waters via canals for the new dian10nd mines in the Kalahari and cattle ranching TIle
JLB Smith Institute is involved in desperate ecological studies
The Balons along with Instirute director Mike Bruton and scientist Robin Swbbs participated in an expedition to the Comoro Islands home of the coelacanth nicknamed old four legs the only living member ofa group representing the evolution of all terrestrial vertebrates ll1ey intelViewed coelacanth fishermen and measured eight specimens tvo of which are the largest so far recorded They also took samples from the fish communities of a river on Anjouan from its volcanic slopes over 15shymetre high waterfalls to its entry into the coelacanth sea They joined up with the yacht Metoka carrying a submersible and wert first to view the films taken from this submersible ofcoelacanths moving in their natural habitat Professor Balon conveys excitement as he describes thc slow motion flight-walk of this fascinating creaturc When the Balons realized how threatened this living fossil is they established the Coelacanth ConselVation Council The newsktter of this council will be published in Professor Balons international journal Elluironmental Biology ofFishes
TOUR MARINE BIOLOGY LABORATORY DURING ALUMNI WEEKEND
The CBS Alumni Association has added something new to its program of activities during Alumni Weekend this year A LOur of the Marine Biology Laboratory (Zoology Annex 2) wiU be conducted by faCility supelVisor Ted White CBS 78 The tour will follow the guided walk at Elord Gorge and picnic lunch at Biology House on June 18 at 1 30 pm Marine and Fisheries grads can reminisce while others can discover one of the hidden attractions of these programs at Guelph
Last years picnic saw the rerurn of a group of Micro 82 grads who took advantage of the Alumni Weekend festivities to send classmate Rick Clark off to his new job at King Faisal Research Centre and Specialist Hosshypital in Riyadh Saudia Arabia
While such auspicious occasions are bound to be infrequem yOll could make plans to get together with the old gang anyhow especially if yOll are a 1973 1978 or 1983 grad who has the extra motivation of a 15th 10th or 5th year reunion
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UNO ONE DESERVES IT MORE RESEARCH TECHNOLOG ST RECEIVES AWARD
By j anne Pengelly Public Relations and In fo rmation
Amost a quarter cemury of hard work late nights and long hours were recognized when research technoloshygist Uta Srrelive Zoology received Sigma Xis Support of Research Award Professor Roy Anderson chair of Zoology told the 70 people at the awards ceremony No one deserves it more
The local chapter of the scientific society Sigma Xi has only awarded the prize once before in 1985 It recognizes researchers who make a significant contribution to the societys goal of excellence in research but are seldom known to the research community at large
During her 22 years at the Univershysity Uta has taught the laboratory sections of LWO invertebrate zoology courses and helped more than 30 graduate students complete their theses She has co-authored several papers on neurotropic nematodes and is currently responsible for the day-to-day running of Professor Andersons parasitology lab where she works with graduate and undershygraduate students
Uta completed her undergraduate degree in textile research at the University of Gera East Germany In 1961 she came to Canada to join her parents and obtained a job in electron microscopy in the anatomy departshyment of the faculty of medicine ni shyversity of Saskatchewan She learned the basics in a field that was growing fast She did everything from preparing experimems to photographing and writing them up
She married became a mother and was widowed - all within three years of arriving in Canada After her husshyband died she wanted to be closer to her homeland Toronto had good job opportunities so she and the baby moved east just to make enough money to go to West Germany
At the Ontario Research Foundashytion where she went to look for a job Uta found Professor Anderson in the middle of an experiment The young
Uta Strelive with her Support of Research Award certificate
parasitologist was so engrossed in his work he didnt ask why she was there He just asked her to give him a hand When they were finished Uta had a job Later the same year Proshyfessor Anderson came to Guelph and Uta came along to run his lab
Utas nomination for the Sigma Xi award was supported by several proshy
fessors and many students I love the students and have a good rapport with them she says People ask ifl get bored but there are always new faces new problems new classifishycations new data to organize Parashysitology is a very exciting field because nothing ever stands still
Bird Carvings Uta is internationally known for
her magnificent wood carvings of birds Each carving takes about 100 homs work and sells for between $500 and pound1 000 She has won 28 awards since she started carving in 1981 including tlrst prize at the World Champ ionship Wildfowl Carving Competition in Maryland She had her first show in her own studio in Guelph last year
Carving could tum into a profitable retirement project for Uta Kaiser Porcelain in Germany has approached her about test marketing one of her birds
But Uta says her hours at the Univershysity are just as satisfying in their own vay When students recognize
theyve learned something thal is the biggest reward she says
More than 125 CBS students galbered for a Careers and Faclilty Night coshysponsored by the CBS Student Council and CBS Alumni Association in FebnUllJI Here Dr Dazrid Rodger CBS PhD 82 answers questions about his work in aquatic biology Other CBS alumni speakers included Petra Patczllr 82 who works with (be dezelopmental(v disabled Les StaHfield 81 a community adl isorfor the Commwzity Fisheries Involvement Program and julia Stanley Weille1~ 82 acting manager offhlishedproducts ill the hepatitis diagnostics division Connaught Laboratories Ltd
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SECOND VOLUME OF LM MONTGOMERY JOURNALS PUBLISHED
By Mary Dickieson Public Relations and Information
The second volume of ]be Selected j ournals ofLM Montgomery records the best and worst experiences in the life of one ofthe worlds most popular authors of childrens books Edited by Professor Mary Rubio English Lanshyguage and Literature and now-retired English professor Elizabeth Waterston the book is expected to repeat the popularity of Volume I which jumped to the best seller list immediately after its November 1985 release and is now in its second printing
Volume II covers 1910 to 1921 and records Montgomerys new life as a mother and wife of a minister in an Ontario village This is a varied and complicated period in which she has achieved world-wide acclaim and a following of readers devoted to her heroine Anne Shirley
Like Anne Montgomery revels in motherhood She also reveals her thoughts on the death of the grandshymother who restricted her life so severely and her feelings for a husband whose mental illness enslaved her in an increasingly unhappy marriage
During th is II -yea r period Montgomery produced four additional Anne novels and a book ofpoetry She initiated and won two bitter lawsuits against her first publisher in a fight
SCOTTISH COLLECTION EXPANDED
Prof essors Elizabeth Waterston and Mary Rubio with the second volume of The Selected journals of LM Montgomery
over the exploitation of women writers
Volume 11 contains more than 100 of Montgomerys own photographs including many of hcr two sons and scenes of Leaksdale the village where she kept up the facade of being a happy Presbyterian ministers wife
The First World War had a profound effect on village life and is a major theme in Montgomerys journal Six of her neighbors sons died and her beloved half-brother lost a leg
Professors Rubio and Waterston edited the handwritten journals at the request of the authors son the late Dr Stuart Macdonald who arranged for his mothers journals
The Scottish Collection in the Unishyversity Library has received a 525000 boost from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Counci l (SSHRC) moving it a step closer to becoming the major Canad ian centre for Scottish studies
The collection already includes Scottish manuscripts from the last three centuries many Scottish literary journals and some parish records from the late 18th and 19th centuries
The SSHRC grant will buy a collecshy
tion of Scottish newspapers from the late 19th and early 20th cennlries Sir Walter Scotts diaries and records of the Darien Company - the Scottish trailing company that caused financial ruin in Scotland when it went bankshyrupt in lhe early 18th cennlry
Emphasis in Scottish studies stems from Guelph faculty interests and the influence of Guelphs Scottish settlers and founder John Galt The Library collection is the largest in Canada and among the top five in the world
scrapbooks and other memorabilia to become part ofthe Mclaughlin Library archives
TIle remaining unedited journals cover the last 22 years of Montshygomerys life and include the devshyelopment of a new heroine Emily based on herself She obviou Iy saw her life as an ongOing story and one she wanted to teU Professor Rubio says They expect to publish a third and possibly a fourth volume
MONTGOMERY COLLECTION
EXPANDED
T he Lucy Maud Montgomery Collection in the University Library now includes the newsshypap rs the author read all her life This addition is being funded by a S10000 grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council ( SSHRC)
The Library collection already hal) Montgomerys cHaries and scrapbooks various published editions of her works in different languages 5000 photographs mostly taken by Montgomery herself some personal papers and a few artifacts including examples of her needlework and the china dogs she loved and wrote about in her books - Gog and Magog
The newspapers including microfiche records of Charshylottetowns ]be Island Patriot from 1892 to 1942 are a connecshytion with Montgomerys history that is valuable to researchers now says Acquisition Librarian Tim Sauer Montgomery continshyued to receive newspapers from her native province Prince Edward Island during the many year she lived in Ontario
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MAJOR CANADIAN THEATRE COLLECTIONS JOIN FORCES TO PRODUCE EXHIBITION
Putting It Back Together which opens May 21 at the Macdonald tewart An Centre in conjunction
with the Guelph Spring Festival represents the first time that major Canadian theatre collections have joined forces to produce a unique and timely exhibition about the preshyservation of our performing arts heritage The exhihition is curated and designed by Daniel Ladell ardlishyvist Stratford Festival with Len Conolly chair Department of Drama acting as associate curator
Putting II Back Together wi il educate and entertain But it also has an urgent message By shOWing what is being kept the exhibition conshyversely draws attention to what is being 10st and emphasizes the need to preserve the vast remainder of Canadas performing arts heritage
Confirmed lenders to the exhibition include The Canadian (Opera) Company Archives Dance Canada Danse The Metropolitan Toronto
DRAMA REUNION HELD
Over 100 former drama students attended a reunion at the Cutten Club in Novemher It was a roaring success says HarryLane acting chair Department of Drama and one of the organizers of the event This was the second drama reunion in five years and Professor Lane hopes a third can be organized in another five years
Several alumni speakers were feashytured during the reunion dinner including the well-known Canaclian stage deSigner Sue lePage Arts 73 who is designing Richard III for the Stratford Festival this year Professor Donald Mullin was presented with an Irish lead crystal bowl circa 1800 as a retirement gift after 20 years with the Department of Drama A dance followed clinner
If you would like to know about future drama reunions or other Department ofDrama events contact Marlene Neal at ( 519) 824-4120 ext 3147
Library Theatre Collection The National Ballet Ardtives The Public Archives of Canada (Social and Culshytural Archives) The Stratford Festival Archives and the Theatre Arcl1ives of the University of Guelph It is hoped that major collections in other regions will agree to participate giving the project more national scope
The exhibition is specifically designed for louring It leaves Guelph July 10 and will be at the Gallery Stratford from September 9 to October 16 Other venues in Canada and a projecLed international tour are under negotiation
PuttingItBack Togetberwill feature
rare printed phowgraphic and manushyscript materials and Lhree-dimenshysional and design materials (such as renderings set models costumes and properties ) These customarily comprise theatrical xhibitions but this exhibit will also feature audioshyvisual recordings and a special handsshyon computer module showing how modern technology is creating new forms of documentation and making these collections accessible to a wider public than ever before
Putting It Back Togetber is proshyduced hy the Stratford Festival Archives in collaboration with the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre
NEW CHAIR HOPES TO CARRY ON JOHN BELLS TRADITION
When Professor Manfred Kremer assumed the chair of the Department of L1nguages and Literatures last fall he knew it wouldnt be easy to follow in the footsteps of his close friend Professor]ohn Bell who had died the previous spring
John was one of the -niversitys finest teachers and is sorely missed says Professor Kremer I hope I can carry on the tradition of excellence that was his hallmark
Enrolment in Languages and Litershyatures one of the largest departments in the College ofArts has been steady for the past decade with 1300 to 1400 students a semester
With the help of his colleagues Professor Kremer is revising the currishyculum ofsome programs The French Studie section is investigating the establishment of a masters program in co-operation with other univershysities With more than half the departments enrolment in the French progranl the student base is broad enough to justify a masters program he says Guelph already works jointly with Wilfrid Laurier Western and Windsor universities in mooing a French Studies program in Nice France
Professor Manfred Kremer
Professor Kremer received his undergraduate degree and PhD degrees at the University of Cologne in West Germany He taught at the
niversity of Wales for a year before coming to Guelph as a lecturer in 1966
Editors Note The John Bell -Memorial Fund will provide an annual scholarship to a student majoring in Classics Donations can be sent to the Office of the dean College ofArts Income tax receipts will be issued
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ALUMNI HONORED AT CHEMISTRY IBIOCHEMISTRY
AWARDS NIGHT
Martin Bosch CPS 69 MSe 7J ( left) andPrOfessor Hamish Rattray chair of the University Awards Committee chat during the 1987 annual Chemistry mul Biochemistry awards night
Aumni were in the spotlight when the Department of ChemistI) and BiochemistI) and the Chemistry Biochemistry Club held their 1987 annual dinner and awards night recently
1987 graduates Dorothy Bakker (chemistry) Karen Graham (chemical tOXicology) Donna (Fackoury) Meagher ( applied chemistry) and Lauretta Williams (biochemistry) each received a Society of Chemical Industry Merit Award
Dorothy now studying medicine at McMaster University said The Guelph semester system and deshymanding undergraduate workload gave me the ability and confidence to be well organized in high pressure situations
Karen who is pursuing pharmashy
cology and toxicology studies at the University of Toronto commented that Guelph offered a tremendous toxicology program and said she would have stayed to do her graduate work at Guelph had it offered a graduate toxicology program
Donna a full-time research assistant for Mc eil Consumer Produc ts Company and winner of the EB Mac aughtOn Convocation Prize as the Winegard nominee for 1987 reflected on her studies at Guelph saying My four yCdfS at Guelph helped me develop skills I require to fmd answers
Lauretta who also received the CPS Graduation Prize and prestigious NSERC 1967 Science Scholarship said her undergraduate training at Guelph prepared me with a very solid foundation and competitive edge for graduate studies and encouraged me in the joy oflcarning and desire to study She now attends York University
Brock Chittim CPS MSc 77 pre shysident and general manager of Wellington Laboratories Guelph presented Joanne Ryks with the newly established WeUington Laboratories Prize in Environmental Chemistry
Martin Bosch 69 MSc 71 preshysident of Tricorp Chemical Speci shyalities Guelph announced the new Tricorp Chemical Specialties Award in organiC chemistry The first presentation of this annual scholarship of S I 200 will be made in 1989
Dr Lind Mrs Harold Suderman presented H] Suderman Demonstrashytor Awards to PhD students Clint Chapple CPS 82 MSc 84 and Carl Decicco CPS 84 for their excellent work in teaching undergraduate lahoratories
Thirty-two additional awards were presented to undergraduate students for their outstanding efforts in 1987
Professor Innes MacKltnzie Physics chats with Dr Steve Berko Brandeis f
University Waltham Mass one Of the speakers at a sympOSium held in Professor MacKenzies honor
PROFESSOR HONORED
November was quite a month for Professor Innes MacKenzie Physics
first he received the 1987 Sigma Xi Excellence in Research Award for his outstanding contribution to re shysearch The award was presented at the Guelph chapter of Sigma Xi s annual banquet At the chapters annual meeting Professor MacKenzie presented the lecture Non-invasive Analyses by Gamma-ray BackshyscatteJing
Later in November a symposium New Demands on Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy wai organized by Proshyfessor MacKenzies research assoshyciates The symposium held at the University in Professor MacKenzies honor featured ten speakers from rhe United States Canada Africa England and Finland A banquet and reception followed in the evening
Professor MacKenzie is now retired but continues to do research at the University as an adjunct professor
NAMED TO STATS INSTITUTE
Professor Hendrick Malik Mathematics and Statistics has been elected a member of the International Statistical Institute in recognition of his contribushytions to the field of statistical methods TIle institute is an autonomous society whose obshyjective is the development and improvement of statistical methods throughout the world
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LEADING CANCER RESEARCHER DELIVERS FIRST CHAPPEL LECTURE
Anoted medical scientist in cancer research delivered the inaugural address in a new lecture series on campus - the Chappel Lecture in Biomedical Sciences
Dr Harry Rubin spoke February 4 the night before winter convocation ceremonies at which he received an honorary doctor of science degree Dr Michael Smith a leading Canadian molecular biologist also received an honorary degree at winter convoshycation
The Chappel Lecture will be an annual event on campus bringing scholars of international repute to address students faculty and the public It was established by Dr
D1~ Harry Rubin hooded by Umversity secretay Barbara Abercrombie is congratulatedby Chancellor William A Stewart
CLifford 1 Chappel OVC 50 and hLi wife in memory ofhis father Herbert James Chappel and was hosted in its first year by OVe
Dr Rubin began his work in the area of viruses in Mexico after gradu shyating from Cornell University as a veterinarian in 1947 He later joined the S Public Health Service became senior research fellow at the California Institute ofTechnology and has held several research pOSitions at the ni shyversity of California Berkeley where he is now professor of molecular biology and research virologist He is known for his contributions to the field of cell growth regulation and malignanqr
Dr Rubins lecture Is Cancer Caused by Cancer Gerzes or the Folly ofReductionism explored popular theories of cancer-causing genes
OVC GRAD WORKS TOWARD BILINGUAL EDUCATION IN CANADA
Dr Susan (Tilt ) Purdy OVC 68 strongly believes that Canada can be a bilingual nation To that end he is serving as national president of Canadian Parents for French (CPF) a 16500-mcmber nation-wide volunshytary association of parents intere ted in promoting the best possible french second language programs at all educational levels
CPF acts as an information-sharing resource for parents educators governments and the general public on French education opportunities in Canada Sue says it is a unique organization because it represents the majority language group advoshycating the language of the minority and thus is a bridge between the two solitudes
Sue moved to New Brunswick after graduation from OVC and practised veterinary medicine in Moncton with her husband Dr James G Purdy OVC 50 until 1974 when they sold their hospital and moved ro Sackville Presently Sue is in small animal prac shytice with her husband in Sackvillc on
Susan (Tilt) Pu-dy OVC 68 sbaresa conversation with Fernand Robichaud MP for West Moreland Kent (left) and DIberville Fortier CommissionerofOffidaI Languages at the 10th anniversary ofCanadian Parents for Frerzch in 1987
a limited part-time basis as she serves her second year as CPF president
Sue became involved in educational issues and joined CPF 10 years ago when her two children started school Now n and 16 both children are enrolled in continuing French immershyion programs and Sue says shes satist1ed that she has given them the
best start she can at becoming bilinshygual J now devotc most of my time to ensuring that other Canadian hildren have a right and opportunity
to learn both of Canadas official languages in the public school sysshyteOl she explains
Sue ha fond memories of Guelph and her fellow students at OVC in the sixties Our paths have continued to cross over the years and I always look forward to such encounters she says Although I am not lIsing my formal training a great deal at the moment the education I received at Guelph has fitted me well for the advocacy role I play poundOday My only wish is that [ could have graduated a bilingual veterinarian - but alas those were different times That is why I work so hard to ensure future graduates from all our universities will not be Limited to expression in only one language
Editors Note Ifyou would like more illformation about CPF write to 309 Cooper Street Suite 2OJ Ottawa Ontalio K2P OG5
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OVC GRAD FOUNDS WORLD WOMENS VETERINARY
ASSOCIATION DrBetsy McGregor OVC 87 didnt expect to become president of the worlds ftrst association for professhysional women veterinarians when she auended her first World Veterinary Congress in Montreal last summer But when she discovered that the only female vet group the womens auxiliary was not designed to address specific professional issues for women vets she invited interested women to a meeting Sixty-eight women from 24 countries attended When the meeting was over Betsy had been elected founding president of the World Womens Veterinary Associashytion (WWV A) and a set of objectives had been struck
Career enhancement is the core objective The WWVA will promote awareness of professional opportunishyties for women veterinarians on difshyferent continents and within the United ations international agencies A quarterly WWVA Newsletter will list such opportunities around the world
The WWVA is also committed to professional and personal developshy
ment through practice exchanges betshyween countries university visits leave opporrunities and house exchanges For example the founding member fro m Kenya suggested hOliday or academic exchanges between her colleagues in Africa and women veterinarians interested in wildlife The iWVA Newsletter will contain a listing of members wishing to partishycipate in s1lch exchanges
Above all the WWVAis committed to a humanitarian contribution to international agriculture About half of the 24 countries represented in the Asso ciation are developing nations Recognizing that in many of these countries women contribute signiftcantly to livestock production the WWV A wants to provide support to these women who because of cultural constraints may not have the same access to services as men To this end Betsy contacted the president of the Associated Country Women of the World Dr Ellen McLean also a Canadian The two organizations will work as affiliates in international aid projects to deliver livestock and
Dr Betsy McGregor ove 87 and son at last years convocation ceremonies
veterinary medical care to Third World nations
Following a masters degree in rural farming systems from McMaster -nishyversity Betsy worked for the United Nations Food and Agr icultural Organization around the world during the 1970s She returned from overseas and commenced studies at OVC in the 1980s Upon graduation she worked as a special assistant to OVC Dean Ole ielsen co -ordinating OVCs international programs She is currently working as a eterinarian with Agriculture Canada
For more information about the WWVA contact Betsy at PO Box 6069 Station J Ottawa K2A ITl
OVC STUDENTS HOST FIRST CONFERENCE The first Canadian Veterinary Stushydents Conference hosted by OVC in January was a big success according to OVC student Andrea Ellis president of the Central Vcterinary Students Association (CVSA)
There is a student conference in the United States but the Canadians get lost in the crowd We decided it was a good time being OVCs 125th anniversary in 1987 to have something right in our own backyard Andrea explains
The OVC snldent council of the CVSAhad been preparing since Mar h 1987 for the two full days of scientific
sessions and recreational events About 60 students and faculty attenshyded from the Atlantic Veterinary College University of Prince Edward Island the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Montreal St Hyacinthe and the Western College of Veterinary Medicine niversity of Saskatchewan Attendance from avc students ranged from 180 to 300 depending on the event
OVC has always had a FrenchshyEnglish student exchange with St HyaCinthe and we knew there was enthusiasm in the West because they talked for years about organizing a hockey tournament But we were
really surprised by the Atlantic Veterinary College Their school has only been operating a few years and out of about 96 students 19 came to conference says Andrea
A conference fund has now been set up and will be administered by the Students of the Canadian Vetershyinary Medical Association n1e conshyference location will be rotated among the four colleges with St Hyacinthe probably hosting next year says Andrea Weve been told that weve started something big Everyone had a really good time and we hope the conference will continue for a long tinle
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DR IAN TAYLOR DOING HIS ullONS SHARE Dr Ian W Taylor avc 43 of Wheeling Illinois puts enthusiasm into everything he does [ figure if Im going to do it Im going to be enthusiastic he was quoted recently in a local newspaper article
As OVC class of 43 president Ian co-chaired the 40th reunion of his class at Alumni Weekend in 1983 along with Dr Archie MacKinnon He acted as master of ceremonies for the program and arranged a display of memorabilia Fourteen out ofa possishyble 31 members of the class were present
TIlis year [an is pushing for 100 per cent attendance at the 45th reunion during Alumni Weekend Perfect attendance is something Ian knows about
He has served the community of Wheeling as a veterinarian for over 30 years Although most of his work has been with dogs cats and a few birds he has also dedicated a great amount of time to lions - bUl nol the four legged kind He recently received
GOOD EWES Three sets of genetically identical lambs are the first anio1aJs bom from bisected embryos at the University
]n December six surrogate ewes delivered nine lambs - three sets of twins and three singles - that had developed from embryos micro shysurgically bisected and implanted five months earlier
Project leader Dr Calhy Gartley ove 82 now completing a DVSc degree in the Department of Clinical Studies says the accomplishment is a milestone for the University
1 find it exciting that these are the first genetically identical animals created and born at the University of Guelph she says They represent the first ofmany such twins in several species that University researchers hope to soon realize
Besides maximizing embryo use this project demonstrates the potenshytial to create Significant numbers of
Dr Ian Taylor OVC 43 with some of the hundreds ofpins hehas collected on visits to Lions CLubs a1(mnd the world
a special award from the International Lions Club for exemplary work in lhe field of international relations He has attended Lions Club meetings in 57
Twin lambs Mutton and jeff who began life as the same embryo am shown with Dr Cathy Gartley avc 82 under the watChful eye of their sutTOgate mothet Q2
genetically identical aninlals that are vital for consistent research results
Dr Gartleys project is supported by the Ontario Ministry ofAgricu Iture and Food (OMAF) and the Eleanor Gartshore Memorial Shnp Trust
different countries and hasnt missed a monthly meeting in 29 years
He has served the Wheeling Club as preSident newsletter editor and public relations chairnlan and has twice been named Lion of the Year In 1982he received tbe MeJvinJones Fellowship award for dedication to humanitarian services and recently he was recognized by a resolution in the Illinois House of Representatives for his Lions Club work He says his greatest pleasure is watching the joy that d isabled children get from a Lions-sponsored camp in Lake Villa each year He has been involved in ftmd-raising for the disabled which is the Lions main objective both locally and abroad
Ian would like to hear from alumni who are members of Lions Intershynational to exchange information and souvenirs used by the clubs throughout the world of Lionism He would also like his OVC class of 43 members to immediately send back the questionnaires mailed to them by the Alumni Office in December for the purpose of producing a class anniversary newsletter These may be sent [0 him at 7695 Milwaukee Ave Wheeling lllinois 60090 or to Dr Archie MacKinnon RR 4 Cambridge Onto 1R 555
SPEAKERS TOUR
The OVC Alumni Association invites alumni to hear two dynashymic guest speakers and tour the Equine Research Centre during Alumni Weekend June 18
Dr Bruce Fogle OVC 70 of London England practitioner and author will speak on The Changing Role Of the Veterinshyarian in SmallAnimalPractice and Dr Brian Brandenburg OVC 68 M Sc 71 president of Guelph International Developshyment Consultants will speak on Veterinary Medicine in the Third World
The progranl will conclude with a dinner and dance
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FROM THE PRESIDENT
While writing this message at the end ofJanuary I realize the mid-point of this years board of directors acti shyvities has arrived I reflect on two goals I set at our annual meeting last June to evaluate our contact with Mac-FACS alumni and increase memshybership in our alumru association
Upon graduation you do not autoshymatically become a member f the Mac-FACS Alumni Association You become a member by paying an annultll or life membership fee This money helps the board ofdirectors carry out activities on your behalf for both students and aluo1ni
At (he January board meeting we discussed the services our Association provides Our visibility with students is quite high through schOlarship presentations careers night and a reception for the graduating class Our services to alumni may need to be redefined What would you like us to provide orgaruze or sponsor
Our annual seminar was cancelled in October 1986 due to a lack of registrants Should we attempt to organize another
LOnYline Holding 71
Your board wants to increase its ConLlct with a greater number ofyou Where and when would you like us to be active7 What projects would you like us to consider
Please send your comments to us at Alumni House University ofGuelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2Wl Also why not come to our 1988 annual meeting June 18 J hope to hear from you soon
Sincerely Lorraine Holding 71 MacmiddotFACS Alu m ni As ociation President
FACS students Suzie Chin and Tracey Vent chat with Barb Stuart FAGS 71 faculty representative on the Mac-FACS Alumni Association s board Of directors at the annual party for graduating students hosted by the Assodation in February Sixty-five students 15 board members and several faCUlty members attended this yems party
CALLING ALL HOME
ECONOMISTS Towards 2000 Challenges and Opportunities is the theme of the Canadian Home Economics Associashytion (CHEA) National Conference at the Univer-ity July 10-13 The conshyference will be of intere t to alumni who graduated in programs related to family and consumer studies foods and nutrition home economics or human ecology
CHEA with a membership of2000 is committed to provide professional development for its members through programs workshops and special interest sessions A major part fits mandate is to create an awareness of new products and services in the market place
Frank Feather a well-known global futurist with a business-like approach will be the keynote speaker at the CIlEA conference He will address the challenges and opportunities of the future Dr Ehler Park a consultant with A5A willexplainhowplanning for outer _pace affects everything from the food we eat to how children will play
Other topics at the conference will include artificial vs natural sweetshyeners issues of an aging population space-age textiles SMART house - a totally computerized environment human sexuality free trade and agri shycu lture food irrJdiatjon and financ ial p lanning
Well-known Canadian entertainer Nanlt-Y White whose satirical songs arc often heard on CBC radio will perform following the opening ceremonies
Many pre and post-conference actishyvities are planned including trips to the Stratford Festival Niagara-on-theshyLake and Niagara Falls Waterloo County ( Farmer Market ) and the village of Elora
The conference offers an excellent opportunity for professional deveshylopment and networking For more information contact Wilda Waldron registration chair CHEA Conference 88 168 Maple Street Guelph Ontario N I G 2G7 ( 519) 836-9551
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FACS GRAD FINDS HEART IN THE ARTS
I ts strange how things work Ollt
Im glad r received a well-rounded education at Guelph It prepared me for th e future reflects Eva Eichenbaum FACS 75
Eva is one often Niagara Peninsula poets featured in Voices from the Niagara a book of local poems colshylelttcd by Pcter and Brenda Baltensperger and published in 1987 ( Moonstone Press 8795 )
Reviewing the book in the Hamilton Spectator John Terpstra writcs Thcre are some very good poems here and a few are standouts I especia lly enjoyed those of Eva Eichenbaum and David Haskins
Eva was born in Sweden the daughter of Estonian refugees who escaped their homeland during the Second World War She camc to Canada with ber family at age two and grew up in Niagara Falls where she attended Stamford Collegiate and won the Upper Scbool English Award at graduation
After a year of travel in 1969 as Miss iagara Hospitality for the Niagara
Promotion Association she enrolled at the University of Guelph to earn a Bachelor of Applied Science degrce and also took some courses at the
niversity of Helsinki Finland She then earned her Bachelor of Education degree at the College of Education Brock n iversity St Catharines and now teaches English and Television Arts at Merritton High School in that city
She started her career in education as a Family Studies teacher and was once head of the Family Studies Department at Merritton but found that her heart was really in English and the creative arts She used to teach theatre arts and also formed the Merriuon High School Dance Commiddot pany Sht teaches ballet and has written several musical comedies for her theatre and dance students
I got the idea for the style and format of the musicals fro m College Royals Curtain Call at Guelph I had a role in the production Der Keller a take-off on Cabaret in my final year she explains
NEW CHAIR TO BROADEN FOCUS IN
CONSUMER STUDIES Teaching and research in the Department ofConsumer Studies has focused on consumer affairs particushylarly consumer behavior and the basic necessities - food clothing and housing New department chairJohn Pratschke sees a need to review and perhaps expand this focus
Professor Pratschke says he was drawn to Guelph because of his interest in consumer economics The University has one of the few departmiddot ments in Canada with a consumer emphasis He plans to preserve the departments unusual linking ofsocial SCience business and technology but broaden the rangt ofstudy to include other products and services important
to the budgets of Canadian house shyholds
The employer market is happy with Consumer Studies graduates says Promiddot fessor Pratschke but there is a need for better communication about the program w ith secondary school stushyden ts We must get across the message that marketing is an inter shyesting challenge and that the program is professionally oriented without lOSing its base in product technology
Born in Ireland Professor Pratschke received his bachelor of commerce master ofeconomic science and PhD at University College Cork He has taught at the University of Waterloo University College Ga lway and
Eva EiclJenbaum FACS 75
Five of Evas poems are featured in tht 63 middotpage Voices f1Om the Niagara and she has donated a copy of the book to the University Lihrary She has also had poems published in Souldust and Pearls Sixth Edition ( Moonstone Press) and There Is a book productd by the Niagara Chapter of the Canadian Authors Association In the future she hopes to take some tinle out from teaching to study broadshycasting
PrOfessorjohn Pratschke
Memorial University Newfoundland He has published widely on the economics ofconsumer expenditures and on European housing policy agrimiddot culture banking and business education
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Mike Traub HAF-A 78 general manager Victoria Place Retirement Lodge Kitchenel discusses his career with a group ofstudents at the HAFA Alumni Assodatiolls annual Careers Night held on campus in January Thirty-seven alumni involved in a vanmiddotety ofcareers volunteered their time to the popular event
HAFA ALUMNI EXCHANGE SEMINAR HELD
Nancy Plato FACS 81
FACS PEOPLE Naney Plato FACS 81 ( Consumer Studies ) the new OAC liaison coshyordinator will acquaint high school students and guidance counsellors with opportunities in the agricultural sciences at Guelph
Enrolment at OAC has declined over the past few years and _ aney will work at increasing student numbers through recruitment and marketing
The position ofliaison co-ordinator is a new one for OAe Nancy says one of her main objectives is to broaden the understanding high school stushydents have ofGuelphs programs She plans to use her well-rounded view of agriculture and its related proshygrams combined with her recruitshyment experience
Nancy is back in Guelph from a position in secondary school liaison at Mount Royal College Calgary She is married to Paul Thiel OAC 82 and is an active member of the Mac-FACS Alumni Association board of directors
Professors Kathleen Brown Lila Engberg and Griffith Morgan have all retired from the Department of Family Studies Professor Elizabeth Upton HAFA will retire in July
Professor John Auld Consumer Studies has produced the Human Settlements Audio-Visual Resources Catalogue It is published by the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Warren Adamson vice-president development Delta Hotels gave the keynote address What is the Canadian Tourism Industry Anyway at the annual HAFA Alumni Exchange Seminar held November 4 at the DelL Chelsea Inn Toronto
This professional development event was sponsored by the HAFA
MOllica Hrybko HAFA 88 (left) received Ci HAFA AlumniAssociation Life Membership from Association president Morag McKenzie 82 The membership is given to a graduating student as selected by his or her peers with a minimum 70 per cent accumulative average who has had outstanding involvement ill the School andor University
Alumoi Association in co-operation with Pannell Kerr Forster lL gave lIAFA grads an opportunity to listen to experts in the field speak 00 various topical hospitality issues including pay equity the human resource risis trends in the hotel and foodservice industry and business planning
CONFERENCE
In Search of Healthy Sexuality
June 13-15 1988
The University of Guelphs 10th an nual sexua li ty conference sponshysor d byThe Department of Fami ly Studies wil l examine current issues in human sex u lily tea hing approaches in sexducation and counse llin g m thod for sexual problems
Keynote Ad dress by Dr Ruth Westheimer
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OAC ALUMNI NEWS Editor Richard Buck 76A
OAC GRAD GIVES GIFT OF WATER TO THAI VILLAGERS
By janet Dumo
Water is not taken for granted in northeast Thailand Usually there is too little of it The sandy laterite soils do not hold water They crack and parch during the hot dry season Ponds shrink Streams and some wells dry up Even in the rainy season the rains are often late or insufficient and the rice crops wither in the fields
But sometimes there is too much water Heavy rains cause flash floods Which drown crops and wash pesti shycides and decaying organic matter into unprotected pit wells There is not enough clean drinking water to ensure good health
A CUSO priority in Thailand is to increase village self-sufficiency and improve the standard of living through the development ofsmall-scale water resources particularly in the north and northeast the poorest regions of the country CUSO engineers placed with departments of local adminisshytration survey and design small spillways dams and piped water systems They develop an under shystanding of indigenous water proshyblems and help viUagers develop water resource technology to deal with these problems
In most villages in Surin province the water is imprisoned under a 20shymetre thick layer of heavy clay comshypacted into red brick-like rock
Ed von Euw OAC 84 returned to Canada in December after two years as a CUSO water resources engineer in Surin While there he worked with two percussion water-jet well-drilling rigs one an Appropriate Technology Association ( A TA) rig originally used in India and Africa the other based on an indigenous village model
Ed found theATA rig needed modi shyfications to make it easier for villagers to operate Most important was the change from a hand to foot-powered lever which the villagers found much less exhausting to work But at $625 the ATA rig is expensive to buy and the Honda motor which pushes water
Ed von EllW and co-worker teaching pump maintenance ill Surin Thailand
down the hole to tlush out the soil and rock particles can use up to $4 of fuel a day
Ed spent several months looking at rigs used by Surin farmers and finally adapted a model from one used by Khun Hong of Muang Pet a village near Surin town Khun Hongs rig uses a pole and beam arrangement making it less durable and steady than the tripod form used in Eds adapted rig The new rig uses a hand-powered Lucky pump made in Taiwan and fanliliar to villagers
The Honda pump used in the ATA drilling rig must be repaired in town and a smaU repair may cost $10 while a repair to the Lucky pump can be done by villagers for less than a doUar Spare parts are available everywhere The drill bilS are made from truck springs in the same Surin shop that made the rig to Eds specillcations They cost only 96 ccors each as opposed to the S7-bits used in the ATA rig
Using smaller pipe and bit than the ATA rig Eds adapted rig drills more quickly through rock and is lighter and easier to use It requires only two people to ope(dte the foot lever The ATA rig requires four or five Eds rig cost $192 to make including pump and accompanying tools and can be constructed by villagers in a small weldingmachine shop if there is a demand for more
Eds rig was tested in Ban Se Jaruk on a site divined by a villager Working
intermittently the villagers went d wn 25 metres in one and a half weeks much of the time grinding through the red rock When water they were pumping down the hole suddenly disappeared and didnt come up again they were afraid they had damaged the rig But instead it was a sign of having broken into a vein of water which was now absorbing any other water poured down So water had been found delicious and abundant right behind the assistant headmans house
The Ban Se Jaruk well has been capped with a rower pump purchased from ATA for S17 The pump is based on a bamboo model used in fndia The tubewell pipe and pump are made of plastic - more acceptable than steel which gives the water an unpleasant taste
Ed carried out a four-month wellshydrilling project in co-operation with Khun Darune of the Northeast Thailand ( ET) Project Funded by the Canadian Internat ional Deve shylopment Agency and assisted by CUSO it is a rural development program in operation since 1981 in 52 villages along the Thai-Kampuchean border The villagers of Ban Se Jaruk elated with their initial success borrowed Eds rig to drill more wells In total seven rigs were built from Eds proto shytype and distributed to four other villages Over 100 successful wells have been drilled in the area to date
EdilO1-S NoteanetDuma is a CUSO special program officer in Malaysia Sbe bas worked as an Englisb teacber witb CUSO in fi)aiand andMaaysia
Ed von Euw a Stratford native graduated from Guelpb witb a BSc in engineering in December J984He llas 011 tbe deans bonor roll three times and received an engineering scbolarsbip in 1983 Before going overseas in November 1985 be workedfor Enllironment Canada as a bydrornettic engineer He is now studying f01 a masters degree in engineering at Guelph
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Professor Harold Crawford OAC 58 MSc 7 0
OAC PEOPLE ProfessorJohn Burton OAC 62 and Brian McBride CBS 78 OAC MSA 80 Department of Animal and Poultry Science have received $400000 from the Ministry ofColleges and niversities Research Incentive Fund for contract research in partnershyship with Cyanamid Canada Inc of Toronto They will examine the effecshytiveness of the hormone BST in increasing milk production in dairy cattle as well as any other effects of the agent
Gordon MacLeod OAC 50 has retired from the Department ofAnimal and Poultry Science after 31 years at the UniversityJohn Summers OAC 53 MSA 59 has also retired from the Department of Animal and Poultry Science after 25 years at the University
Harold Crawford OAC 58 MSc 70 who recently retired as coshyordinator of the Ontario Diploma in Horticulture Program Independent Study Division after 29 years at the University has received the Ontario Parks Association (OPA) recognition award for Significant contribution to the betterment of parks the proshyfession and the envirorunent through his work in continuing education He has been a member of the educational committee of the OPA for 14 years The Ontario Diploma in Horticulture program graduated its first students in 1963 and now has 500 alumni
Marilyn Dykstra OAC 78 is new director of the Universitys Pest
Marilyn Dykstra OAC 78
Diagnostic and Advisory Clinic The clinic is working at maximum capacity with marc than 30000 inquiries to its credit since it opened nine years ago says Marilyn It receives everyshything from live specimens of earwigs and spiders to diseased ornamentals and fruit and vegetable crops Most specimens come from home gar shydeners she ays but the clinic has a growing clientele among commercial growers landscape businesses and other industries Through its service and extension functions the clinic has accumulated a reference collecshytion of more than 10000 slides and specimens as well as a list of resource people from across campus
Dr R Keith (Chip) Chapman OAC 40 has retired from the Department ofEntomoJogy University of Wisconsin Madison following a distinguished areer spanning 40 years A two-day symposium was held in his honor last June and The R Keith Chapman Vegetable Entomology SchOlarship was established with funds collected in lieu ofa retirement gift He has also been named professor emeritus Attending the symposium and retirement recognition party in Madison were Keiths brothers Ross also OAC 40 and Douglas OAC 44 and sister Helen Stockwell a graduate of Macdonald College McGiJl Univershysity Montreal and OAC Dean Freeman McEwen
When Bruce Brown OAC 85 received his degree from former agri shyculture minister William A Stewart chancellor ofthe Universi tyofGuelph he asked what steps he could take to
Dr R Keith (Chip) Chapman andhis brother Ross both OAC 40
become the minister of agriculture and food Little did he know that two and a half years later he would be minister - if only for a day
In December he shared the duties of Ontarios minister Jack RiddeD OAC 57 as his prize for winning a public speaking contest at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Bruce who operates a Newcastle dairy beef and cash crop farm with his father spoke on the survival of the farm family in Ontario
ETHICS IN AGRICULTURE Ethical issues in agriculture such as animal welfare are generally debated from an emotional viewpoint Proshyfessor Frank Hurnik OAC PhD 71 Animal and Poultry Science and Pro shyfessor Hugh Lehman Philosphy are hoping to change that through the journal of Agricultural Ethics an international quarterly publication which offers a forum for discussing moral issues related to food and food production
We hope this publication will act as a bridge between those who philo shysophize about agricu ltural ethics and those actively involved in plant and animal use says Professor Hurnik Its a scholarly refereed journal but it wont be bogged down with speciashylized technical jargon As a result we believe it will be useful to the farm community and we expect leaders from that field will be contributors not just readers
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Professor Fredjelome and his wife Faye look over a catalogue of the Universitys art collection
ALOVEOFART Back in 1968 Fred N Jerome OAC 33 established a trust fund to purshychase art produced by promising young Canadian artists
I was a full professor then and I could afford to do it (set up a trust fund) I felt art deserved a little push and I wanted to see the niversitys art collection expand explains the now retired professor ofgenetics and poultry science at Guelph
Forty-two Canadian works have been purchased to date through lhe F - Jerome Trust Fund and a special exhibi t of these works will be featured at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre beginning Alumni WeekendJune 18 and continuing throughout the sununer
Professorjeromes personal favorite in the collection is Ken Danbys silkshyscreen The Skates
I like Danbys technique His work is almost as realistic as a color photoshygraph but you can still tell its a painting he explains
He is also fond ofDiego Drawing a lithography by Jack Chanlbers a London Ontario artist and Gene Chus delicate Spider Series
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre Director Judith Nasby says Fred Jerome has made an outstanding contribution to the growth of the Universitys Canadian art collection - one of the largest univer itycollecshytions in the province He has recogshynized the tremendous growth and vitality of the art community in Canada by specifying that works be purchased from young artists
A LOVE OF LI LI ES The expression lily white has little meaning for Bill Evans His favorite lilies are bright orange and yellow I like the ones that almost glow and catch your eye from 100 yards away says the retired Department of Horti shycultural Science professor
Professor Evans lilies are certainly eye-catching for anyone travelling north of Guelph on Highway 6 betshyween mid-June and mid-August Splashes of spectacular color glow from his field of lilies near Marden (behind the home of Marjorie and the late George Durnford ) - a welshycome surprise for those accustomed to seeing only the popular Easter white variety
Im obsessed with lilies admits Professor Evans who retired in 1985 after 28 years of researching phult breeding and teaching small fruit proshyduction at the University of Guelph ) like their variety and scope They are perennial plants that grow at different heights Some have flowers that face up some face down and some face out Some are trumpet shaped some have petals that curve back Some are scented and some are unscented
As a child Professor Evans grew flowers and vegetables in his parents big garden north of Calgary After six years in the army he enrolled at the
niversity of Alberta to study hortishycu lture During his second year in 1947 he began hybridizing lilies Following graduation he worked as a fruit breeder for the federal governshyment in Alberta for eight years before coming to Guelph in 1957 He conshytinued to breed and grow lilies at the
niversity and on plots of land that friends like Professor Ted Me inch (and now Mrs Durnford) let him use
The University has quite a history of lily breeding says Professor Evans The late Isabella Preston a lecturer at Guelph before Professor Evans time went on the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa and to world fame for her ornamental crabapples lilacs and lilies The late Jc Taylor a professor at Guelph was well-known for his lily breeding and introduced Professor Evans to many other breeders He
told me that my lilies needed more vigor and let me use some of his plants in my work
Professor Evans introduced three new varieties of lilies through the University and registered some of Professor Taylors They were marshyketed in the United States So far Professor Evans has had 17 varieties of lilies internationally registered Anyone can do this he says modestly You just write a full desshycription of the plant pick a name that hasn t been used before and send it to the Royal Horticultural Society in England prekrrably with a photo The new names are published every year
It s hard coming up with new nanles though says Professor Evans He has named some of his varieties after the area in which they were grown shyArkel Marden Gold Aberfoyle He named one after his granddaughter Bronwen and one after his wife Ethelwaite ( her first and maiden names ) She gets a thrill whenever she sees that name on a ( flower show) prize list somewhere he says
Pink and pastel lilies are Professor Evans speciality and his favorite is a variety he caBs Blusbing Maiden It has mauvey pink tips with a white centre
Professor Evans and his wife edH a newsletter three times yearly for the Ontario Regional Lily Society and Professor Evans has just ended a two year term as president of the North American lily Society He has judged at nower shows all over Canada and the nited States and will preside at an international show in Hamilton in July
Because of his hobby Professor Evans is enjoying retirement He spends about 25 hours a week on his lilies in the summer months During the off season he grows seeds and works on his records He is working on increasing the number ofvarieties including spotless ones ( most lilies have spots which are dominant ) He is pleased that some of his former students are now growing lilies entering shows and joining li ly societies
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RURAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT GRADS TO FORM ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
The University School ofRural Planshyning and Development ( USRPampD ) was inaugurated at Guelph in 1980
USRPampD is built on the strengths of past Guelph initiatives such as the Centre for Resources Development and the Rural Development Outreach Project It is formally recognized by the Canadian Institute of Planners and offers Masters level programs in rural planning rural development international rural development and resources management It is also actively engaged in research and community outreach
Recent research topics have in shycluded land availabi Iityfor agricu lture
local economic development strateshygies rural aging northern and native community plannjng and developshyment rural transportation computer applications in planning and deve shylopment and water and waste management to name a few This research was conducted throughout Canada and arollnd the world inshycluding Nepal Kenya Indonesia St Lucia Belize and Botswana
The outreach interests ofthe School are fully integrated with its teaching and research activities Recent out shyreach projects have included the Childcare Network Project for families in rural Wellington County an evaJu shy
ation of the rural development proshygrams ofa Jesuit mission in southern Ethiopia a heritage strategy for the Town of IngerSOll and a recreation needs assessment for Sault Ste Marie
Graduates of USRPampD as well as graduates of the former Centre for Resource Development are now being invited to form an alumni association to keep members updated on School activities their fellow alumni and issues concerning rural planning and development For further information contact Professor Harry Cummings USRampD University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N1G 2WI ( 519) 824-4120 ext 6783
JOIN YOUR OAC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NOW Did you know that as a graduate of OAC you are not automatically a member of the OAC Alumni Assoshyciation However anyone involved in a formal agricultural education at OAC ( past present or future ) is not only eligible to become a member but is encouragetl to do so
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ARTS Joanna Black 81 Ls aisistant direclOr curator The Marietta-Cobb Fine Arts Centre Marietta Georgia
Richard Hoffman 78 a Canadian Press journalist in Toronto is married pound0 Martine Bracey CBS 77
Laura Mezey-Hamid 82 administrative assistant to the vice-president of finance Penningtons Stores Umjted Toronto is married to Shaheed Hamid CSS 82
John Laurence (Stash) Stasiw 76 is marketing manager Philips Electronics Ltd Scarborough
Dirk Vanbattum 75 is vice-president Eddie May Mysteries Ottawa
CBS Michael Best 77 is a research technician Cross Cancer Institute Edmonton
GRAD NEWS EUzabeth Jane (Kempe) Coker 82 a resource worker CaJedon Parent-ChiId Centre Bolton is married to Dr Ted Coker OVC 87
Janet Ebanks 86 is a medical social worker Cayman overnment Health Sershyvices George Town Grand Cayman Cayman Islands British West Indies
Kevin Ferguson 80 supervisor of Outdoor Education for the Elgin County Board of Education married Suzanne Schmid BEd (Nipissing) 82 in April 1987 She works for the Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority They live near Aylmer
Michael Hackenberger 81 is president Canadian Zoological Systems Toromo
Heather Hattin 84 (HK) whose rowing accomplishments were featured in the winter 1987 issue ofthe GuelphAlumnus won Canadas first-ever gold medal in womens rowing in the double-scull event at the world championships in Copenhagen last summer
Cynthia (Porter)JefIrey 85 is studying for an MSc in Food Science at the University of Manitoba She is married to ScottJefIrey OAC 82 assistant professor ofAgncul tural Economics at the University of Manitoba They live in Winnipeg
Dr Gord Kennedy 85 senior chemist Union Carbine Corp Bound Brook New Jersey is married to Carrie Feaver CPS 84
Steven Kerr 77 is regional fisheries biologist Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources KemptviUe
Jim Lee 73 is director Research Services Min istry of Tourism Recreation and Culture Victoria BC
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Larry Patterson 76 is Grand Forks and District Aquatic Centre Manager Grand Forks Bc
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Stephen Rabbetts 79 is a zookeeper Metro Toronto Zoo Wcsthill
Cathy Oohnson) Rewcastle 80 is a fur biologist Manitoba atural Rcsources Winnipcg
Brian Sntith 78 micro ~)Stcms manager Natural Sciences Centre The University ofWestcrn Ontario London is married to Debra Bond CSS 79
Bradly Veitch 86 is second brewer Wellington County Brewery Guelph
Michael Wade 87 is responsible for aquaculture programs at Kpong Farms Volta River Authority Akuse Ghana the site of a major hydro-electric installation
P Allen Woodliffe 76 is the first and only district ecologist with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Chatham Districr He is married to Marie Gedcke FACS 75 and has a son Timothy TIl y Jive in Rondeau Provincial Park here Allen was park naturalist for 10 years before moving to the Chatham office
CPS Dr Syed Ahmed 87 is assistant proshyfessor Departme nt of Statistical and AClUarial Sciences University of Western Ontario London
Susan (Bishop) GraJ1am R3 a fourth year medical student Faculty ofMcdicinc University of Toronto is marri ed fO Don Graham CSS 83 CBS MSc 87 who is a ftl ll-time parent to their threc-year-old twins
Robert Lake 77 a self-employed conshysulting geolOgist is married to Susan Kay OAC 77 a human relations specialist with Petro Canada They live in Calgary
Robert Whitehead 79 is a mi ncr Denison Mines Ell iot Lake
Caroline (Carly) Williams 85 is a software engineer Wild Leitz Canada Toronto
CSS John Babcock 8 is special cabinet assistant Office of Minister of State (Forestry and Mines ) Ottawa
Jana Fie MA 87 i a neuropsychological associate Brazos Valley Rehabilitat ion Center Bl)an Texas
Danny Leung R6 is news submiddoteditor Asia Television Limited Hong Kong
Allison (Shaughnessy) Scanlan 84 production supervisor G I of Canada shyTruck Assltmbly Oshawa is mlITied [() Michael Scanlan 84 directo r of pur hasing Arbor Capital Rltsources
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Patricia Sorbam 80 is executive assisshytant to the Ontario Minister of Energy Toronto
G Llewellyn Watson MA 70 a proshyfessor at the University of Prince Edward Island has written a texthook Dilemmas and Contradictions in Sucial 7beor) published by University Press of America
Terry Wright 76 is account manager John Logan National Leasing Bramptoll
MAC-FACS Marie (Tomelin) Cowlin 78 is brand manager Distillers Co Canada Ltd Toronto
Debbie Foster MSc 87 is medical coshyordi natorsex educator Youth Clinical Services Inc Down~view
Marilyn (Shirley) Goodwin 75 MSc 77 a research officer for CSC Ottawa h ma rricd to Fred Goodwin HAFA 75
Margaret (CJark)Jordan 82 manager Agricultural Employment Services Cmada Farm Iabour Pool Newmarkct is married to BrianJordan OAC 81
Margo (Payne) Langan 83 marketing communications co-ordinator Moore Response Technologies Mississauga is married toJohn Langan CBS 75
Nancy (Howard) Martin 81 senior contract managemcnt officer Consumer Products and Trtffic Management Brmch DepartJllent of Supply and Service~ Hull Que is marriltd to Phillip Martin CBS ( HK) 82
Helga (Strenzke) McDonald 84 public relations officer Centrilia Collegc Huron Park is married to Ian McDonald OAC 83
Marilyn Sewell-Kelley 78 is agriculshytura l health and safel) comiddotordinacor Rural Organizations and Services Branch OMAF Guelph and lives near Paris
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Martin Bohl 85 is policy advisor OMAJ Toronto
Guy Bonnetta 79 manager Pioneer Overseas CorpJohnston Iowa is married to Carolyn Knowles CBS 78
Stew Carpenter 50 president ofDivershysity Farms Inc Paw Paw Midligan is married to Olive McEwan 79A scltretary-tnasurer ofDiversity Farms Inc
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111e University of Guelph is now olkring a Masters of Agribusiness Management for people interested in a comprehensive training program for manlgemel1l positions in modern agrihusiness
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Ifyou have an agricultural background and wish to funher your career in management of farm or nonmiddotfarm agribuiiiness this program could he for you
For fu nhcr information on this program pleL~e contact
Professor Tom Funk Department of Agricultural Economics and Business University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl (519) 824middot4120 ext 3427
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Dr Elenimo Khonga PhD 87 is a lecturer University ofMalawi Chancellor College Zomba Malawi
Kevin Laidley 82 MSc 85 resource technician Niagara Peninsula Consershyvation Authority Allanburg is married to Lesley Nicholson FACS 83 child life specialist McMaster University Medical Centre Hamilton
Dr Monique Leclerc MSc 82 PhD 87 is assistant professor Department of Soil Science and Biometeorology Utah State University Logan
Maurice Marwood 64 MSc 66 is vicemiddot preSident sales and marketing Canadian Kenworth Company Mississauga He is responsible for all aspects of sales and marketing ofKenworth trucks and product support in Canada
Dr Giancarlo Mosch1ni PhD 86 is [caching in the Economics Department Iowa State University Ames not the Unimiddot versity of Iowa as stated in the fall 1987 issue oflhe GuelpbAlurnnus Our apolomiddot gie~ for [his error
Reid Palmer 63 is a research geneticist and professor Departments ofAgronomy and Genetics Iowa State University Ames
Dr Yousef Papadopoulos 80 MSc 82 PhD 87 a research scientist Agrimiddot cu lture Canada Nappan NS i$ married to Kathleen Glover 80 MSc 83
Andy Robinson 80 MSc 83 a genetimiddot cist Livestock Developmcnt Division Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Christine Howe Arts 81
Dr A Hamid Saleemi MSc 73 has received a PhD in Educational Psychology from Bayero UniverSity Kana Nigeria His thesis was Islamic Values and Commitment among HallSa Muslim Youtb Au Empirical Study and his reo search has been hailed as a pioneering study in the measurement of reJjgious commitment anlong MusJjms Dr Saleemi is principal tutor Department of Adult Education and Community Services Faculty of Education Bayero University
James Sampa MLA 86 is a lecturer in landscape design and natul 1 resource conservation School of Environmental Studies Copperbelt University Zambia
Bill Shotyk 81 completed his PhD in 1986 in the Geology Department at The University ofWestern Ontario and spent a year as visiting postdoctoral researcher at the UniverSity of California to study
thennodynamic stability of organic commiddot plexes of aluminum In Sept 1987 he married Beth Haas and they live in London where Bill is a postdoctoral research associate in the Geology Department UWO studying the surface chemistry of minerals He is also writing his first book The Geochemistry OfPeatandPeatlands to be published by Elsevier Amsterdam
jack Thompson OAC 81 is a firemiddot fighter Station No 1 Thomhlll
Susan Watkins 81 is program offi cer Horn of Africa Oxfam Canada She is in charge ofOxfams overseas development projects in Eutrea and Tigray prOvince of Ethiopia the majori ty of which are in agriculture and health
Dve Dr Ian Alexander 86 is a dmg evalumiddot ator Bureau of Veterinary Dmgs Health and Welfare Canada Ottawa
Dr Cheng Hock Choong PhD 72 is director Semex Canada Guelph
Dr Ann Davis 75 a graduate student at the University of Toronto has won the Hardi Cinader Prize for 1987 The award is given to the graduate student in the process of completing doctor-A work who most resembles renowned immunomiddot logist Dr Bernhard Cinaders originality and versatility
Dr john Debbie 65 is an epidemiomiddot logist New York State Health Department Albany
Dr jean Dodds 64 in addition to her research on blood clotting mechanisms has chaired several national and intermiddot national task forces on assorted topics
Dr Doug Galt 62 is laboratory head OMAF Brighton
Dr Maria Koller CBS 75 DVM 79 chief control programs Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Dr Robert Georgeson 72
Dr Darwin Lund 60 is veterinarian in charge Agriculture Canada Lethbridge Alta
Dr David Murphy 56 is director cardiovascular surgical unit Dalhousie
niversity Halifax
Dr Gary Nash 77 veterinary research officer Institute of Aquaculture University
ofStirling Stirling Scotland is married to Marilyn Klein CBS 77
Dr HG Rees 55 joined the faculty of Massey University New Zealand after 10 years ofgeneral practice Upon completion of his masters degree he as appointed senio r lect urer at the University of Melbourne In 1970 he returned to prac shytice in his native Wales and has spent the past 12 years on the faculty at SeaJe-Hayne College there He has a small sheep farm
ARTS Bruce Westheuser 76 ofToronto died Dec 7 1987 He was a teacher Toronto Montessori Schools Hlt is survived by his father Ronald and stcpmodlcr Dorothy two sisters and a brodumiddotr
CSS Robert A Dodd MA 75 of Victoria BC died Oct 8 1987 He had been employed by the Ministry of Health He is survived by his wife Wendy
Bruce G Miller 72 of Aurora Ont died Sept 2 1987 He was a teacher with York Region Board of Education He is survived by his wife
MAC-FACS Etta (Birdsall) Garnham 17D of Tillsonhurg Ont died Jan 11 1988 She is survi ed by her sister Doris Oatman
Kathleen (Coggs) Hallam 120 of Toronto died jan 23 1988
Katherine L (Williamson) Killmaster 35D of Southfield Michigan died jan 31 1988
GAdora(Beemer)McFadyen 29Dof Port Elgin Ont died Apri l 8 L987 She is Survived by her son George S McFadyen OAC 50A
Anne E Spera 280 of Dundas Ont died Jan 26 1988
Dora M (Dies) Terryberry 260 of Weston Ont died Jan 22 1988 She is survived by her son Douglas
and maintains a single man general pracshytice Sheep health and production are his main interests and in the fall he was admitted to the Cert SHP by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons In 1989 he plans to retrace his footsteps to learn about his main interests in the countries in which he was trained
Dr Duncan Sinclair 58 OAC MSc 60 (nutrition ) Schofield lecturer 1983 will become Queens University Dean of
IN MEMORIAM
OAC Aimee A (Ups) Acklen 36 of Irving Texas died Feb 2 1987 She is survived by her husband Robert and one son
George K Beare 37 A of xbridge Ont died Oct 30 1987 He is survived by his wife Ruby
Dr J Ritchie Cowan 39 of Corvallis Oregon died Nov 12 1987 He was a retired professor of agronomy and proshyfessor emeritus Oregon State University He received his MS and a doctorate in plant genetics from the University of Minnesota He served as national president of the Crop Science Socicty of America the American Society of Agronomy the American Forage and Graosland Council the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology and the League for Intershynational Food Education He was pre shydeceased by his first wife DorothyWhite Mac 39 He is survived by his second wife Ruth and two children
WUliam M Croskery 15 of Ottawa died Nov 17 1987 He was a retired agricultural representative for Carleton County He is survived by three children
Walter C Fisher 26 of Sf Catharines Ont died jan 20 1988 He is survived by his wife Alice ( Petrie ) and three children
William A Hammond 18 Port Dovers oldest World War I veteran died Sept 29 1987 at 95 Prior to entering OAC he farmed worked in a lumber camp in BC and fought forest fires in Montana During the war he served in France and Belgium with the 55th l3atteryofthe Royal Canadian Art illery advancing from gunner to sergeant In 1920 he married Minerva Mitchell and they farmed in Woodhouse Township Mter retir ing he became clerk-treasurer of the township and later
Medicine and Vice-Principal ( Health Sciences) onJuly 1 He has served Queens in various capacities since joining the departme nt of physiolo gy in 1966 Nationally he has been invo lved with the Medical Research Council of Canada for many years includ ing a term as its director-genera1
Dr Anne Marie Taylor 81 is direc tor of an imal care Animal Care Centre Dalhousie niversity Halifax
held the san1e position with the Town of Port Dover He also served on the Ontario Assessment Appeal Board and was a fanner chai rman of the Simcoe High School Board In 1967 he received a Centennial Medal for service to his communi ty He was predeceased by bis wife and a son and is survived by two daughters Betty Murton ofWatetiord and Doris LlIldon of listoweI
Kandappar NJeyasseelan MSA 56 of Peradeniya Sri Lanka died Oct 22 1987 He is survived by two children
Frank J King 33 of Thornhill One died Dec 19 1987 He was a pioneer of Canadas broiler chicken industry and retired senior executive and director of Ralston Purina Canada Inc He is survived by his wife Rachel and a son
Robert C (Bob) lGrkness 56 of Maple Ridge BC died Oct 10 1987 He is survived by his wife
] Morley Lawrence 1 7 of Windsor died Oct 4 1987
John S Lennox 66A of Shallow Lake Ont died as the result of a farm accident Nov 4 1987 He is survived by his wife Ada and a son
Alex T Macnab 36 of North Fort Myers Fla died Dec 18 1987 He is survived by his wife Vella
NormanJ Myles 39 of Guelph died j an 24 1988 He had been a second lieutenant 11 th Field Brigade Royal Canadian Artillery He is survived by his wife Luella Beverley (Highan1 ) and two children
Robert W Phillips 39 of Belleville Ont died Sept 21 1987 -John W Robertson 38 of Thorold Ont died Oct 21 1987 He is survived by his wife Elizabeth and daughter Janice Partlow Arts 70
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Henry H Rooke 8 of Barrie Ont died Dec 16 1987 lIe was retired from the Department of National Health and Welfare He is survived by his wife Harriet Mac 40 and daughters Jane Lennox and Nancy RookemiddotAllen CBS 73
Robert H See 65A ofBohon Ont died Nov 14 1987 He was the son of Margaret (Huston) See Mac 33 and the late Dr John N See OAC 35 OVC 38 He is survived by his wife Brenda and two sisters
WilliamT (Bill) Smith 35 ofStfJtford Ont died Sept 19 1987 He is survived by his wife Maude and five children
Annie H Tasi MSc 72 ofGuelph died Dec 9 1987 She received her BSc in Agriculture from the National Taiwan University in 1965 After receiving her masters in horticulture from Guelph she worked as a research technician in the Universipound) Department of Horticultural Science Shc is survived by her hu~band Benjamin and two children
William G Toner 20A and 22 of Guelph died Jan 30 1988 He is survived by hi wife Eileen and four children
W Benson (Ben) Vair 55 of Sarnia died Jan 6 1988 He taught science at Northern Collegiate in Sarnia for 25 years retiring in 1987
A Gordon O Whiteside 20A and 22 of Ottawa died June 2 1987 Ht was retired after 42 years as a cerealist with Agriculture Canada and wa~ a Fellow of thc Agricultural Institute of Canada lie developed sevedl varieties of Canadian whtat one of which bears his namt Gordon He is su rvived byhis wife Irene and three children
Joseph H Willmott 22A of Milton died Oct 23 1987 He is survived by his sonJohn c Willmott 55
PROFESSORS
Dr Denis H Stott professor emeritus since 1980 diedJan 22 1988 in England at 78 He was ftrst chair Department of Psychology from 1966-68 and was intershyna tionally known as a pioneer in deve shyloping learning techniques for hardmiddottOmiddot teach children He founded the Centre for Educational Disabilities which he directed until h is retirement in 1975 His research focused on the causes and promiddot
blems of delinquent school boys He is survived by hiswifeJane and tw children
Dr Robert D Whiteford of Qualicum Beach Vancouver Island former professor Department of Biomedical Sciences died Feb ] 0 1988 He is survived by his wife Beatrice and one son
STAFF Ray Catchpole a member of the Unj middot versitys Sulawesi Regional Development Project team in Indonesia died Nov 27 1987 in Jakarta at 46 He had been with the project sinet its inception in 1984 He is survived by his wife Ani and his mother Muriel Lucas A mcmorial fund has been established in his nanle Contributions may be forwarded to the Department of
Alumni Affairs and Development The fund will provide a bursary for Indonesians and Canadians involved in exchange between the two ountries It will be adminbtered by the niversity School of Rural Planning and Development
FRIENDS
Joseph Arlen of Guelph died Sept 5 1987 He pursued studies at OAC from 1957 to ) 959 before completing an engineering degree at the University of Toronto He is survived by his wife Judy who works in Photographic Services on campus and two children A Joseph Arlen Memorial Prize in Horticulture has been established Contributions may be forshywarded to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development
ASPARAGUS RESEARCHER DIES IN GUELPH
Herman (Herm) Tiessen OAC 51 onc of Canadas fore middot most aspard1t1s researdlers rued in Guelph Dec 10 1987 at 63 Or Ticsscn had been a horticul shyture professor at the University since 1955 and was co-ordinator of the National Asparagus Reshysearch Program
At its fiftieth anniversary meeting in london the day of his death the Ontario Asparagus Growers Marketing Board honored Dr Tiessen as the pershyson who had made the greatest contributions to the industry over the last 50 years He was also weU known for his work on greehouse tOmatoes and for a collaborative project with Texaco that used waste energy from the companys refinery to heat greenhouses
After graduating from OAC Dr Tiessen received his masters and PhD degrees from Michigan State University and returned to his alma mater to join the Department of Horticultural Science He traveUed widely to share his knowledge on veget-
The late Professor Herm Tiessen OAC51
able growing with scientists around the world most recently to New Zealand and Taiwan He -wa a member of the Agricultural Institute of Canada and the Canadjm American and Intermiddot national Societies for Horticulmiddot tural Science He was also an active member of the OAC Alumni Association
He is sUlvived by his wife Marjorie and two children
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JlAVIeuro 17 18 19 GOlf Tournament
The classic confrontation on the green the Gryphon Club Golf Tournament will start things rolling on Friday at the Cutten Club Prizes will be awarded
Barbecue amp CasinO Night
Meet your friends at Alumni House Friday evening for a barbecued feast and try your llck at the casino tables
SIOwpitch Tournament
The Grad loungers will defendtheir championship title at the alumnistudent co-ed slowpitch tournament Why not get a team together to compete for the first-place trophy and other awards Teams should consist of 12 to 20 players with at least six females per team Three one-hour games are guaranteed for each team
Tours Lectures Demonstrations
Tour the new Equine Research Centre see computer laboratory demonstrations at the College of Family and Consumer Studies or catch an enlightening lecture If its nature you enjoy visit the Arboretum the Marine Biology Laboratory or the Elora Gorge Conservation Area
Celebrity Auction
Join in the fun and bid on a fascinating assortment of articles donated by local celebriti~s Lots of surprises in store All proceeds will go to Alumni House
Awards Presentations
At the Presidents Picnic at noOn on Saturday the Alumnus of Honor award and the Alumni Medal of Achievement will be presented Come and celebrate with the recipients
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See page 7 for your Alumni Weekend reservation form For further information see your College section inside or call the Alumni Weekend hotline (519) 824-4120 ext 2102
Class Reunions
Is your class having a reunion Check page 7 to find out Reunions are a great opportunity to meet old
friends and renew acquaintshyances The Alumni Associations will host their graduates of 50
years or more at a Golden Anniversary Din ner
Champagne Brunch
Toast Alumni Weekend 88 at a champagne brunch held on the Alumni House patio Sunday The Guelph Concert Band will provide entertainment
CANADIAN SENATOR SPEAKS AT CSS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION DINNER
Senator Lorna Marsden wore both her political and academic hats when she spoke at the second annual CSS Alumrti is50ciation dinner in March More than 100 alumni students faculty and guests were present
Named to the Canadian Senate in 1984 Senator Marsden is also a proshyfessor of sociology at the niversity of Toronto A Liberal she is a recognized expert on social change in Canada in particular the changing circumstances of women in Canadian economic and social life
In her address ]he Social Scientist in the State The Case for OPen Boundmies Senator Marsden argued that the influence of intellectuals on Canadian public policy is far too restricted Something is very wrong The intellectuals of Canada many of them at universities are excluded just at the moments when they are needed most Our causes arent led by great thinkers We dont regularly send scholars to parliament That lively exchange of ideas is missing
The difference is striking south of the border and in Europe where politicians and intellectuals are regularly joined In the US it would be unthinkable for the president not to have a brains tmst in one or more universities
Senator Marsden said the Meech Lake Accord the Free Trade Agreeshyment and the recent revision to Bill C-60 which amends the copyright act are examples of public policy meashysures which were diminished by the lack of input from intellectuals
In the case of Meech Lake Senator Marsden said inadequate use was made of people with knowledge about Ilistory and constitutional law She called Meech Lake an underhanded unsatisfactory method of constitushytional reform which puts the rights ofCanadians at risk She said a different approach would have been taken if the historians and constishytutional experts had been consulted first and she feels the Accord should be amended in consultation with these intellectuals
With free Trade Senator Marsden said the opposite had happened A
wealth of research had been done by experts on the potential ofFrce Trade but this research had not been carried through to help Canadians debate the issue once the deal was stmck ]n this case the experts were at the front end of the project only At Meech Lake it was the other way around
With regards to Bill C-60 she warned that intellectuals and univershysities should wake up Although she said the 1924 copyright act was badly in need of change she claimed many of the changes would cause financial and administrative problems for universities affecting things like distance education exams art exhibitions photocopying and intershylibrary loans In this case the intellectuals have been Sitting apart from the process and not protecting their own interests
Although Senator Marsden conshycluded that she didnt know the solution she said that intellectuals must move collectively into the cen shytral life of Canada and develop a closer relationship with the politicians to create better public policy
Sena tor Marsden turned her speakers fee back into the proceeds
RETIRED ECONOMICS PROFESSOR DIES
Wilda Blacklock and Senator Lorna Marsden
from the dinner which will fu nd a CSS graduate student scholarship The CSSAlumniAssociation now presents five annual undergraduate scholarshyships to social science snldents
An announcement of the estabshylishment of rhe Wilda Blacklock graduate scholarship in sociology was also made Wilda earned her BA and honors BA in 1973 and 1975 while working as a secretary in the Departshyment ofSociology and Anthropology She resigned from the Department to study for her MA which she earned in 1978 She then renlrned to the Department as computer co shyordinator retiring in January The scholarship was established in honor of her service to the Department and to graduate studems over the years In her thank you speech she said Its not so bad getting old if we can leave something to the young
Retired Economics Professor Jack Madden died March 14 1988 in Guelph at 68
Born in leeds England and raised in Winnipeg Dr Madden served overshyseas with the RCAF from 1939 to 1945 After the war he received his BA from the niversity of Manitoba his MA from the niversity of Toronto and his Ph D from Cambridge University
He began teaching at Guelph in 1965 He was a founding faculty member of Wellington College and a member of Senate He was also actively involved in health care planning at both the regional and federal level and served as economic advisor to the Hall Commission on Health Services
In 1974 Dr Madden received the
Ontario Confederation of niversiry Faculty Associations teaching award and in 1983 he received the University ofGuelph Faculty Association college award
The Jack Madden Medal in Econoshymic History is presented annually to a Semester 8 student who has mainshytained the highest grades in that subject
Dr Madden retired from the Unishyversity inJanuary 1985 but continued to teach part-time at the Universities of Guelph and Toronto
He is survived by his wife Andrea and four children
Donations may be madc in his memory to The Jack Madden Memorial Fundand forwarded to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development
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SABBATICAL FULFilLS SCIENTIFIC DREAMS FOR HUSBAND-WIFE RESEARCH TEAM
Ahusband and wife teanl of Guelph biologists Professor Eugene Balon and Dr Christine Flegler-Balon have returned to the University after an eight-month sabbatical at the )LB Smith Institute of Ichthyology and Rhodes niversity Grahamstown South Africa They introduced a new type of research design to institute staff while studying the early deveshylopment of several fish species
The Balons received a Rhodes University Hugh Kelly Fellowship and grants from the Departmem of National Education and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
While in Grahamstown they made a comparative study of the developmiddot ment of two species oftilapine cichlids and of a ciarias Gltfish These species are common in aquacu lture although no detailed observations of their development had been made prior to this study
One of the fish we were obselVing Oreocbromis mossambicus (preshyviously known as Tilapia mossamshybica) is a mouthbrooder the other Tiapia rencalli lays its eggs on the substrate and guards tbem and the young as they develop explained Dr Flegler-Balon We wanted to test a theory on altricial-prccocial altershynatives developed earlier in Guelph says Professor Balon
InJune a conference on Alternative Life History Styles (ALHS) in organshyisms was held in Grahamstown and the Balons were among 12 invited foreign speakers
The Balons also participated in thrilling expeditions into the interior ofBotlWana by small plane observing the amazing landscape of the Karoo Kimberley diamond mines and Kalahari Desert The Kalahari absorbs all the waters of the large Okavango River which flows from Angola and forms a magnificent inland delta
I can bardly believe that I have seen the papyrus flats and channels the fishes and wildlife and in addition have met Tsodillo Hill bushmen and
Professor Eugene Balon and Dr Christine Regler-Balon bave returned to the University from an eXciting eight month sabbatical
have seen the recently discovered rock paintings of their ancestors says Dr Flcgler-BaLon The altricial bushmen are one of the important features in the tested ALHS theory
Okavango the last paradise is soon to be lost by diversion of waters via canals for the new dian10nd mines in the Kalahari and cattle ranching TIle
JLB Smith Institute is involved in desperate ecological studies
The Balons along with Instirute director Mike Bruton and scientist Robin Swbbs participated in an expedition to the Comoro Islands home of the coelacanth nicknamed old four legs the only living member ofa group representing the evolution of all terrestrial vertebrates ll1ey intelViewed coelacanth fishermen and measured eight specimens tvo of which are the largest so far recorded They also took samples from the fish communities of a river on Anjouan from its volcanic slopes over 15shymetre high waterfalls to its entry into the coelacanth sea They joined up with the yacht Metoka carrying a submersible and wert first to view the films taken from this submersible ofcoelacanths moving in their natural habitat Professor Balon conveys excitement as he describes thc slow motion flight-walk of this fascinating creaturc When the Balons realized how threatened this living fossil is they established the Coelacanth ConselVation Council The newsktter of this council will be published in Professor Balons international journal Elluironmental Biology ofFishes
TOUR MARINE BIOLOGY LABORATORY DURING ALUMNI WEEKEND
The CBS Alumni Association has added something new to its program of activities during Alumni Weekend this year A LOur of the Marine Biology Laboratory (Zoology Annex 2) wiU be conducted by faCility supelVisor Ted White CBS 78 The tour will follow the guided walk at Elord Gorge and picnic lunch at Biology House on June 18 at 1 30 pm Marine and Fisheries grads can reminisce while others can discover one of the hidden attractions of these programs at Guelph
Last years picnic saw the rerurn of a group of Micro 82 grads who took advantage of the Alumni Weekend festivities to send classmate Rick Clark off to his new job at King Faisal Research Centre and Specialist Hosshypital in Riyadh Saudia Arabia
While such auspicious occasions are bound to be infrequem yOll could make plans to get together with the old gang anyhow especially if yOll are a 1973 1978 or 1983 grad who has the extra motivation of a 15th 10th or 5th year reunion
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UNO ONE DESERVES IT MORE RESEARCH TECHNOLOG ST RECEIVES AWARD
By j anne Pengelly Public Relations and In fo rmation
Amost a quarter cemury of hard work late nights and long hours were recognized when research technoloshygist Uta Srrelive Zoology received Sigma Xis Support of Research Award Professor Roy Anderson chair of Zoology told the 70 people at the awards ceremony No one deserves it more
The local chapter of the scientific society Sigma Xi has only awarded the prize once before in 1985 It recognizes researchers who make a significant contribution to the societys goal of excellence in research but are seldom known to the research community at large
During her 22 years at the Univershysity Uta has taught the laboratory sections of LWO invertebrate zoology courses and helped more than 30 graduate students complete their theses She has co-authored several papers on neurotropic nematodes and is currently responsible for the day-to-day running of Professor Andersons parasitology lab where she works with graduate and undershygraduate students
Uta completed her undergraduate degree in textile research at the University of Gera East Germany In 1961 she came to Canada to join her parents and obtained a job in electron microscopy in the anatomy departshyment of the faculty of medicine ni shyversity of Saskatchewan She learned the basics in a field that was growing fast She did everything from preparing experimems to photographing and writing them up
She married became a mother and was widowed - all within three years of arriving in Canada After her husshyband died she wanted to be closer to her homeland Toronto had good job opportunities so she and the baby moved east just to make enough money to go to West Germany
At the Ontario Research Foundashytion where she went to look for a job Uta found Professor Anderson in the middle of an experiment The young
Uta Strelive with her Support of Research Award certificate
parasitologist was so engrossed in his work he didnt ask why she was there He just asked her to give him a hand When they were finished Uta had a job Later the same year Proshyfessor Anderson came to Guelph and Uta came along to run his lab
Utas nomination for the Sigma Xi award was supported by several proshy
fessors and many students I love the students and have a good rapport with them she says People ask ifl get bored but there are always new faces new problems new classifishycations new data to organize Parashysitology is a very exciting field because nothing ever stands still
Bird Carvings Uta is internationally known for
her magnificent wood carvings of birds Each carving takes about 100 homs work and sells for between $500 and pound1 000 She has won 28 awards since she started carving in 1981 including tlrst prize at the World Champ ionship Wildfowl Carving Competition in Maryland She had her first show in her own studio in Guelph last year
Carving could tum into a profitable retirement project for Uta Kaiser Porcelain in Germany has approached her about test marketing one of her birds
But Uta says her hours at the Univershysity are just as satisfying in their own vay When students recognize
theyve learned something thal is the biggest reward she says
More than 125 CBS students galbered for a Careers and Faclilty Night coshysponsored by the CBS Student Council and CBS Alumni Association in FebnUllJI Here Dr Dazrid Rodger CBS PhD 82 answers questions about his work in aquatic biology Other CBS alumni speakers included Petra Patczllr 82 who works with (be dezelopmental(v disabled Les StaHfield 81 a community adl isorfor the Commwzity Fisheries Involvement Program and julia Stanley Weille1~ 82 acting manager offhlishedproducts ill the hepatitis diagnostics division Connaught Laboratories Ltd
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SECOND VOLUME OF LM MONTGOMERY JOURNALS PUBLISHED
By Mary Dickieson Public Relations and Information
The second volume of ]be Selected j ournals ofLM Montgomery records the best and worst experiences in the life of one ofthe worlds most popular authors of childrens books Edited by Professor Mary Rubio English Lanshyguage and Literature and now-retired English professor Elizabeth Waterston the book is expected to repeat the popularity of Volume I which jumped to the best seller list immediately after its November 1985 release and is now in its second printing
Volume II covers 1910 to 1921 and records Montgomerys new life as a mother and wife of a minister in an Ontario village This is a varied and complicated period in which she has achieved world-wide acclaim and a following of readers devoted to her heroine Anne Shirley
Like Anne Montgomery revels in motherhood She also reveals her thoughts on the death of the grandshymother who restricted her life so severely and her feelings for a husband whose mental illness enslaved her in an increasingly unhappy marriage
During th is II -yea r period Montgomery produced four additional Anne novels and a book ofpoetry She initiated and won two bitter lawsuits against her first publisher in a fight
SCOTTISH COLLECTION EXPANDED
Prof essors Elizabeth Waterston and Mary Rubio with the second volume of The Selected journals of LM Montgomery
over the exploitation of women writers
Volume 11 contains more than 100 of Montgomerys own photographs including many of hcr two sons and scenes of Leaksdale the village where she kept up the facade of being a happy Presbyterian ministers wife
The First World War had a profound effect on village life and is a major theme in Montgomerys journal Six of her neighbors sons died and her beloved half-brother lost a leg
Professors Rubio and Waterston edited the handwritten journals at the request of the authors son the late Dr Stuart Macdonald who arranged for his mothers journals
The Scottish Collection in the Unishyversity Library has received a 525000 boost from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Counci l (SSHRC) moving it a step closer to becoming the major Canad ian centre for Scottish studies
The collection already includes Scottish manuscripts from the last three centuries many Scottish literary journals and some parish records from the late 18th and 19th centuries
The SSHRC grant will buy a collecshy
tion of Scottish newspapers from the late 19th and early 20th cennlries Sir Walter Scotts diaries and records of the Darien Company - the Scottish trailing company that caused financial ruin in Scotland when it went bankshyrupt in lhe early 18th cennlry
Emphasis in Scottish studies stems from Guelph faculty interests and the influence of Guelphs Scottish settlers and founder John Galt The Library collection is the largest in Canada and among the top five in the world
scrapbooks and other memorabilia to become part ofthe Mclaughlin Library archives
TIle remaining unedited journals cover the last 22 years of Montshygomerys life and include the devshyelopment of a new heroine Emily based on herself She obviou Iy saw her life as an ongOing story and one she wanted to teU Professor Rubio says They expect to publish a third and possibly a fourth volume
MONTGOMERY COLLECTION
EXPANDED
T he Lucy Maud Montgomery Collection in the University Library now includes the newsshypap rs the author read all her life This addition is being funded by a S10000 grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council ( SSHRC)
The Library collection already hal) Montgomerys cHaries and scrapbooks various published editions of her works in different languages 5000 photographs mostly taken by Montgomery herself some personal papers and a few artifacts including examples of her needlework and the china dogs she loved and wrote about in her books - Gog and Magog
The newspapers including microfiche records of Charshylottetowns ]be Island Patriot from 1892 to 1942 are a connecshytion with Montgomerys history that is valuable to researchers now says Acquisition Librarian Tim Sauer Montgomery continshyued to receive newspapers from her native province Prince Edward Island during the many year she lived in Ontario
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MAJOR CANADIAN THEATRE COLLECTIONS JOIN FORCES TO PRODUCE EXHIBITION
Putting It Back Together which opens May 21 at the Macdonald tewart An Centre in conjunction
with the Guelph Spring Festival represents the first time that major Canadian theatre collections have joined forces to produce a unique and timely exhibition about the preshyservation of our performing arts heritage The exhihition is curated and designed by Daniel Ladell ardlishyvist Stratford Festival with Len Conolly chair Department of Drama acting as associate curator
Putting II Back Together wi il educate and entertain But it also has an urgent message By shOWing what is being kept the exhibition conshyversely draws attention to what is being 10st and emphasizes the need to preserve the vast remainder of Canadas performing arts heritage
Confirmed lenders to the exhibition include The Canadian (Opera) Company Archives Dance Canada Danse The Metropolitan Toronto
DRAMA REUNION HELD
Over 100 former drama students attended a reunion at the Cutten Club in Novemher It was a roaring success says HarryLane acting chair Department of Drama and one of the organizers of the event This was the second drama reunion in five years and Professor Lane hopes a third can be organized in another five years
Several alumni speakers were feashytured during the reunion dinner including the well-known Canaclian stage deSigner Sue lePage Arts 73 who is designing Richard III for the Stratford Festival this year Professor Donald Mullin was presented with an Irish lead crystal bowl circa 1800 as a retirement gift after 20 years with the Department of Drama A dance followed clinner
If you would like to know about future drama reunions or other Department ofDrama events contact Marlene Neal at ( 519) 824-4120 ext 3147
Library Theatre Collection The National Ballet Ardtives The Public Archives of Canada (Social and Culshytural Archives) The Stratford Festival Archives and the Theatre Arcl1ives of the University of Guelph It is hoped that major collections in other regions will agree to participate giving the project more national scope
The exhibition is specifically designed for louring It leaves Guelph July 10 and will be at the Gallery Stratford from September 9 to October 16 Other venues in Canada and a projecLed international tour are under negotiation
PuttingItBack Togetberwill feature
rare printed phowgraphic and manushyscript materials and Lhree-dimenshysional and design materials (such as renderings set models costumes and properties ) These customarily comprise theatrical xhibitions but this exhibit will also feature audioshyvisual recordings and a special handsshyon computer module showing how modern technology is creating new forms of documentation and making these collections accessible to a wider public than ever before
Putting It Back Togetber is proshyduced hy the Stratford Festival Archives in collaboration with the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre
NEW CHAIR HOPES TO CARRY ON JOHN BELLS TRADITION
When Professor Manfred Kremer assumed the chair of the Department of L1nguages and Literatures last fall he knew it wouldnt be easy to follow in the footsteps of his close friend Professor]ohn Bell who had died the previous spring
John was one of the -niversitys finest teachers and is sorely missed says Professor Kremer I hope I can carry on the tradition of excellence that was his hallmark
Enrolment in Languages and Litershyatures one of the largest departments in the College ofArts has been steady for the past decade with 1300 to 1400 students a semester
With the help of his colleagues Professor Kremer is revising the currishyculum ofsome programs The French Studie section is investigating the establishment of a masters program in co-operation with other univershysities With more than half the departments enrolment in the French progranl the student base is broad enough to justify a masters program he says Guelph already works jointly with Wilfrid Laurier Western and Windsor universities in mooing a French Studies program in Nice France
Professor Manfred Kremer
Professor Kremer received his undergraduate degree and PhD degrees at the University of Cologne in West Germany He taught at the
niversity of Wales for a year before coming to Guelph as a lecturer in 1966
Editors Note The John Bell -Memorial Fund will provide an annual scholarship to a student majoring in Classics Donations can be sent to the Office of the dean College ofArts Income tax receipts will be issued
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ALUMNI HONORED AT CHEMISTRY IBIOCHEMISTRY
AWARDS NIGHT
Martin Bosch CPS 69 MSe 7J ( left) andPrOfessor Hamish Rattray chair of the University Awards Committee chat during the 1987 annual Chemistry mul Biochemistry awards night
Aumni were in the spotlight when the Department of ChemistI) and BiochemistI) and the Chemistry Biochemistry Club held their 1987 annual dinner and awards night recently
1987 graduates Dorothy Bakker (chemistry) Karen Graham (chemical tOXicology) Donna (Fackoury) Meagher ( applied chemistry) and Lauretta Williams (biochemistry) each received a Society of Chemical Industry Merit Award
Dorothy now studying medicine at McMaster University said The Guelph semester system and deshymanding undergraduate workload gave me the ability and confidence to be well organized in high pressure situations
Karen who is pursuing pharmashy
cology and toxicology studies at the University of Toronto commented that Guelph offered a tremendous toxicology program and said she would have stayed to do her graduate work at Guelph had it offered a graduate toxicology program
Donna a full-time research assistant for Mc eil Consumer Produc ts Company and winner of the EB Mac aughtOn Convocation Prize as the Winegard nominee for 1987 reflected on her studies at Guelph saying My four yCdfS at Guelph helped me develop skills I require to fmd answers
Lauretta who also received the CPS Graduation Prize and prestigious NSERC 1967 Science Scholarship said her undergraduate training at Guelph prepared me with a very solid foundation and competitive edge for graduate studies and encouraged me in the joy oflcarning and desire to study She now attends York University
Brock Chittim CPS MSc 77 pre shysident and general manager of Wellington Laboratories Guelph presented Joanne Ryks with the newly established WeUington Laboratories Prize in Environmental Chemistry
Martin Bosch 69 MSc 71 preshysident of Tricorp Chemical Speci shyalities Guelph announced the new Tricorp Chemical Specialties Award in organiC chemistry The first presentation of this annual scholarship of S I 200 will be made in 1989
Dr Lind Mrs Harold Suderman presented H] Suderman Demonstrashytor Awards to PhD students Clint Chapple CPS 82 MSc 84 and Carl Decicco CPS 84 for their excellent work in teaching undergraduate lahoratories
Thirty-two additional awards were presented to undergraduate students for their outstanding efforts in 1987
Professor Innes MacKltnzie Physics chats with Dr Steve Berko Brandeis f
University Waltham Mass one Of the speakers at a sympOSium held in Professor MacKenzies honor
PROFESSOR HONORED
November was quite a month for Professor Innes MacKenzie Physics
first he received the 1987 Sigma Xi Excellence in Research Award for his outstanding contribution to re shysearch The award was presented at the Guelph chapter of Sigma Xi s annual banquet At the chapters annual meeting Professor MacKenzie presented the lecture Non-invasive Analyses by Gamma-ray BackshyscatteJing
Later in November a symposium New Demands on Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy wai organized by Proshyfessor MacKenzies research assoshyciates The symposium held at the University in Professor MacKenzies honor featured ten speakers from rhe United States Canada Africa England and Finland A banquet and reception followed in the evening
Professor MacKenzie is now retired but continues to do research at the University as an adjunct professor
NAMED TO STATS INSTITUTE
Professor Hendrick Malik Mathematics and Statistics has been elected a member of the International Statistical Institute in recognition of his contribushytions to the field of statistical methods TIle institute is an autonomous society whose obshyjective is the development and improvement of statistical methods throughout the world
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LEADING CANCER RESEARCHER DELIVERS FIRST CHAPPEL LECTURE
Anoted medical scientist in cancer research delivered the inaugural address in a new lecture series on campus - the Chappel Lecture in Biomedical Sciences
Dr Harry Rubin spoke February 4 the night before winter convocation ceremonies at which he received an honorary doctor of science degree Dr Michael Smith a leading Canadian molecular biologist also received an honorary degree at winter convoshycation
The Chappel Lecture will be an annual event on campus bringing scholars of international repute to address students faculty and the public It was established by Dr
D1~ Harry Rubin hooded by Umversity secretay Barbara Abercrombie is congratulatedby Chancellor William A Stewart
CLifford 1 Chappel OVC 50 and hLi wife in memory ofhis father Herbert James Chappel and was hosted in its first year by OVe
Dr Rubin began his work in the area of viruses in Mexico after gradu shyating from Cornell University as a veterinarian in 1947 He later joined the S Public Health Service became senior research fellow at the California Institute ofTechnology and has held several research pOSitions at the ni shyversity of California Berkeley where he is now professor of molecular biology and research virologist He is known for his contributions to the field of cell growth regulation and malignanqr
Dr Rubins lecture Is Cancer Caused by Cancer Gerzes or the Folly ofReductionism explored popular theories of cancer-causing genes
OVC GRAD WORKS TOWARD BILINGUAL EDUCATION IN CANADA
Dr Susan (Tilt ) Purdy OVC 68 strongly believes that Canada can be a bilingual nation To that end he is serving as national president of Canadian Parents for French (CPF) a 16500-mcmber nation-wide volunshytary association of parents intere ted in promoting the best possible french second language programs at all educational levels
CPF acts as an information-sharing resource for parents educators governments and the general public on French education opportunities in Canada Sue says it is a unique organization because it represents the majority language group advoshycating the language of the minority and thus is a bridge between the two solitudes
Sue moved to New Brunswick after graduation from OVC and practised veterinary medicine in Moncton with her husband Dr James G Purdy OVC 50 until 1974 when they sold their hospital and moved ro Sackville Presently Sue is in small animal prac shytice with her husband in Sackvillc on
Susan (Tilt) Pu-dy OVC 68 sbaresa conversation with Fernand Robichaud MP for West Moreland Kent (left) and DIberville Fortier CommissionerofOffidaI Languages at the 10th anniversary ofCanadian Parents for Frerzch in 1987
a limited part-time basis as she serves her second year as CPF president
Sue became involved in educational issues and joined CPF 10 years ago when her two children started school Now n and 16 both children are enrolled in continuing French immershyion programs and Sue says shes satist1ed that she has given them the
best start she can at becoming bilinshygual J now devotc most of my time to ensuring that other Canadian hildren have a right and opportunity
to learn both of Canadas official languages in the public school sysshyteOl she explains
Sue ha fond memories of Guelph and her fellow students at OVC in the sixties Our paths have continued to cross over the years and I always look forward to such encounters she says Although I am not lIsing my formal training a great deal at the moment the education I received at Guelph has fitted me well for the advocacy role I play poundOday My only wish is that [ could have graduated a bilingual veterinarian - but alas those were different times That is why I work so hard to ensure future graduates from all our universities will not be Limited to expression in only one language
Editors Note Ifyou would like more illformation about CPF write to 309 Cooper Street Suite 2OJ Ottawa Ontalio K2P OG5
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OVC GRAD FOUNDS WORLD WOMENS VETERINARY
ASSOCIATION DrBetsy McGregor OVC 87 didnt expect to become president of the worlds ftrst association for professhysional women veterinarians when she auended her first World Veterinary Congress in Montreal last summer But when she discovered that the only female vet group the womens auxiliary was not designed to address specific professional issues for women vets she invited interested women to a meeting Sixty-eight women from 24 countries attended When the meeting was over Betsy had been elected founding president of the World Womens Veterinary Associashytion (WWV A) and a set of objectives had been struck
Career enhancement is the core objective The WWVA will promote awareness of professional opportunishyties for women veterinarians on difshyferent continents and within the United ations international agencies A quarterly WWVA Newsletter will list such opportunities around the world
The WWVA is also committed to professional and personal developshy
ment through practice exchanges betshyween countries university visits leave opporrunities and house exchanges For example the founding member fro m Kenya suggested hOliday or academic exchanges between her colleagues in Africa and women veterinarians interested in wildlife The iWVA Newsletter will contain a listing of members wishing to partishycipate in s1lch exchanges
Above all the WWVAis committed to a humanitarian contribution to international agriculture About half of the 24 countries represented in the Asso ciation are developing nations Recognizing that in many of these countries women contribute signiftcantly to livestock production the WWV A wants to provide support to these women who because of cultural constraints may not have the same access to services as men To this end Betsy contacted the president of the Associated Country Women of the World Dr Ellen McLean also a Canadian The two organizations will work as affiliates in international aid projects to deliver livestock and
Dr Betsy McGregor ove 87 and son at last years convocation ceremonies
veterinary medical care to Third World nations
Following a masters degree in rural farming systems from McMaster -nishyversity Betsy worked for the United Nations Food and Agr icultural Organization around the world during the 1970s She returned from overseas and commenced studies at OVC in the 1980s Upon graduation she worked as a special assistant to OVC Dean Ole ielsen co -ordinating OVCs international programs She is currently working as a eterinarian with Agriculture Canada
For more information about the WWVA contact Betsy at PO Box 6069 Station J Ottawa K2A ITl
OVC STUDENTS HOST FIRST CONFERENCE The first Canadian Veterinary Stushydents Conference hosted by OVC in January was a big success according to OVC student Andrea Ellis president of the Central Vcterinary Students Association (CVSA)
There is a student conference in the United States but the Canadians get lost in the crowd We decided it was a good time being OVCs 125th anniversary in 1987 to have something right in our own backyard Andrea explains
The OVC snldent council of the CVSAhad been preparing since Mar h 1987 for the two full days of scientific
sessions and recreational events About 60 students and faculty attenshyded from the Atlantic Veterinary College University of Prince Edward Island the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Montreal St Hyacinthe and the Western College of Veterinary Medicine niversity of Saskatchewan Attendance from avc students ranged from 180 to 300 depending on the event
OVC has always had a FrenchshyEnglish student exchange with St HyaCinthe and we knew there was enthusiasm in the West because they talked for years about organizing a hockey tournament But we were
really surprised by the Atlantic Veterinary College Their school has only been operating a few years and out of about 96 students 19 came to conference says Andrea
A conference fund has now been set up and will be administered by the Students of the Canadian Vetershyinary Medical Association n1e conshyference location will be rotated among the four colleges with St Hyacinthe probably hosting next year says Andrea Weve been told that weve started something big Everyone had a really good time and we hope the conference will continue for a long tinle
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DR IAN TAYLOR DOING HIS ullONS SHARE Dr Ian W Taylor avc 43 of Wheeling Illinois puts enthusiasm into everything he does [ figure if Im going to do it Im going to be enthusiastic he was quoted recently in a local newspaper article
As OVC class of 43 president Ian co-chaired the 40th reunion of his class at Alumni Weekend in 1983 along with Dr Archie MacKinnon He acted as master of ceremonies for the program and arranged a display of memorabilia Fourteen out ofa possishyble 31 members of the class were present
TIlis year [an is pushing for 100 per cent attendance at the 45th reunion during Alumni Weekend Perfect attendance is something Ian knows about
He has served the community of Wheeling as a veterinarian for over 30 years Although most of his work has been with dogs cats and a few birds he has also dedicated a great amount of time to lions - bUl nol the four legged kind He recently received
GOOD EWES Three sets of genetically identical lambs are the first anio1aJs bom from bisected embryos at the University
]n December six surrogate ewes delivered nine lambs - three sets of twins and three singles - that had developed from embryos micro shysurgically bisected and implanted five months earlier
Project leader Dr Calhy Gartley ove 82 now completing a DVSc degree in the Department of Clinical Studies says the accomplishment is a milestone for the University
1 find it exciting that these are the first genetically identical animals created and born at the University of Guelph she says They represent the first ofmany such twins in several species that University researchers hope to soon realize
Besides maximizing embryo use this project demonstrates the potenshytial to create Significant numbers of
Dr Ian Taylor OVC 43 with some of the hundreds ofpins hehas collected on visits to Lions CLubs a1(mnd the world
a special award from the International Lions Club for exemplary work in lhe field of international relations He has attended Lions Club meetings in 57
Twin lambs Mutton and jeff who began life as the same embryo am shown with Dr Cathy Gartley avc 82 under the watChful eye of their sutTOgate mothet Q2
genetically identical aninlals that are vital for consistent research results
Dr Gartleys project is supported by the Ontario Ministry ofAgricu Iture and Food (OMAF) and the Eleanor Gartshore Memorial Shnp Trust
different countries and hasnt missed a monthly meeting in 29 years
He has served the Wheeling Club as preSident newsletter editor and public relations chairnlan and has twice been named Lion of the Year In 1982he received tbe MeJvinJones Fellowship award for dedication to humanitarian services and recently he was recognized by a resolution in the Illinois House of Representatives for his Lions Club work He says his greatest pleasure is watching the joy that d isabled children get from a Lions-sponsored camp in Lake Villa each year He has been involved in ftmd-raising for the disabled which is the Lions main objective both locally and abroad
Ian would like to hear from alumni who are members of Lions Intershynational to exchange information and souvenirs used by the clubs throughout the world of Lionism He would also like his OVC class of 43 members to immediately send back the questionnaires mailed to them by the Alumni Office in December for the purpose of producing a class anniversary newsletter These may be sent [0 him at 7695 Milwaukee Ave Wheeling lllinois 60090 or to Dr Archie MacKinnon RR 4 Cambridge Onto 1R 555
SPEAKERS TOUR
The OVC Alumni Association invites alumni to hear two dynashymic guest speakers and tour the Equine Research Centre during Alumni Weekend June 18
Dr Bruce Fogle OVC 70 of London England practitioner and author will speak on The Changing Role Of the Veterinshyarian in SmallAnimalPractice and Dr Brian Brandenburg OVC 68 M Sc 71 president of Guelph International Developshyment Consultants will speak on Veterinary Medicine in the Third World
The progranl will conclude with a dinner and dance
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FROM THE PRESIDENT
While writing this message at the end ofJanuary I realize the mid-point of this years board of directors acti shyvities has arrived I reflect on two goals I set at our annual meeting last June to evaluate our contact with Mac-FACS alumni and increase memshybership in our alumru association
Upon graduation you do not autoshymatically become a member f the Mac-FACS Alumni Association You become a member by paying an annultll or life membership fee This money helps the board ofdirectors carry out activities on your behalf for both students and aluo1ni
At (he January board meeting we discussed the services our Association provides Our visibility with students is quite high through schOlarship presentations careers night and a reception for the graduating class Our services to alumni may need to be redefined What would you like us to provide orgaruze or sponsor
Our annual seminar was cancelled in October 1986 due to a lack of registrants Should we attempt to organize another
LOnYline Holding 71
Your board wants to increase its ConLlct with a greater number ofyou Where and when would you like us to be active7 What projects would you like us to consider
Please send your comments to us at Alumni House University ofGuelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2Wl Also why not come to our 1988 annual meeting June 18 J hope to hear from you soon
Sincerely Lorraine Holding 71 MacmiddotFACS Alu m ni As ociation President
FACS students Suzie Chin and Tracey Vent chat with Barb Stuart FAGS 71 faculty representative on the Mac-FACS Alumni Association s board Of directors at the annual party for graduating students hosted by the Assodation in February Sixty-five students 15 board members and several faCUlty members attended this yems party
CALLING ALL HOME
ECONOMISTS Towards 2000 Challenges and Opportunities is the theme of the Canadian Home Economics Associashytion (CHEA) National Conference at the Univer-ity July 10-13 The conshyference will be of intere t to alumni who graduated in programs related to family and consumer studies foods and nutrition home economics or human ecology
CHEA with a membership of2000 is committed to provide professional development for its members through programs workshops and special interest sessions A major part fits mandate is to create an awareness of new products and services in the market place
Frank Feather a well-known global futurist with a business-like approach will be the keynote speaker at the CIlEA conference He will address the challenges and opportunities of the future Dr Ehler Park a consultant with A5A willexplainhowplanning for outer _pace affects everything from the food we eat to how children will play
Other topics at the conference will include artificial vs natural sweetshyeners issues of an aging population space-age textiles SMART house - a totally computerized environment human sexuality free trade and agri shycu lture food irrJdiatjon and financ ial p lanning
Well-known Canadian entertainer Nanlt-Y White whose satirical songs arc often heard on CBC radio will perform following the opening ceremonies
Many pre and post-conference actishyvities are planned including trips to the Stratford Festival Niagara-on-theshyLake and Niagara Falls Waterloo County ( Farmer Market ) and the village of Elora
The conference offers an excellent opportunity for professional deveshylopment and networking For more information contact Wilda Waldron registration chair CHEA Conference 88 168 Maple Street Guelph Ontario N I G 2G7 ( 519) 836-9551
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FACS GRAD FINDS HEART IN THE ARTS
I ts strange how things work Ollt
Im glad r received a well-rounded education at Guelph It prepared me for th e future reflects Eva Eichenbaum FACS 75
Eva is one often Niagara Peninsula poets featured in Voices from the Niagara a book of local poems colshylelttcd by Pcter and Brenda Baltensperger and published in 1987 ( Moonstone Press 8795 )
Reviewing the book in the Hamilton Spectator John Terpstra writcs Thcre are some very good poems here and a few are standouts I especia lly enjoyed those of Eva Eichenbaum and David Haskins
Eva was born in Sweden the daughter of Estonian refugees who escaped their homeland during the Second World War She camc to Canada with ber family at age two and grew up in Niagara Falls where she attended Stamford Collegiate and won the Upper Scbool English Award at graduation
After a year of travel in 1969 as Miss iagara Hospitality for the Niagara
Promotion Association she enrolled at the University of Guelph to earn a Bachelor of Applied Science degrce and also took some courses at the
niversity of Helsinki Finland She then earned her Bachelor of Education degree at the College of Education Brock n iversity St Catharines and now teaches English and Television Arts at Merritton High School in that city
She started her career in education as a Family Studies teacher and was once head of the Family Studies Department at Merritton but found that her heart was really in English and the creative arts She used to teach theatre arts and also formed the Merriuon High School Dance Commiddot pany Sht teaches ballet and has written several musical comedies for her theatre and dance students
I got the idea for the style and format of the musicals fro m College Royals Curtain Call at Guelph I had a role in the production Der Keller a take-off on Cabaret in my final year she explains
NEW CHAIR TO BROADEN FOCUS IN
CONSUMER STUDIES Teaching and research in the Department ofConsumer Studies has focused on consumer affairs particushylarly consumer behavior and the basic necessities - food clothing and housing New department chairJohn Pratschke sees a need to review and perhaps expand this focus
Professor Pratschke says he was drawn to Guelph because of his interest in consumer economics The University has one of the few departmiddot ments in Canada with a consumer emphasis He plans to preserve the departments unusual linking ofsocial SCience business and technology but broaden the rangt ofstudy to include other products and services important
to the budgets of Canadian house shyholds
The employer market is happy with Consumer Studies graduates says Promiddot fessor Pratschke but there is a need for better communication about the program w ith secondary school stushyden ts We must get across the message that marketing is an inter shyesting challenge and that the program is professionally oriented without lOSing its base in product technology
Born in Ireland Professor Pratschke received his bachelor of commerce master ofeconomic science and PhD at University College Cork He has taught at the University of Waterloo University College Ga lway and
Eva EiclJenbaum FACS 75
Five of Evas poems are featured in tht 63 middotpage Voices f1Om the Niagara and she has donated a copy of the book to the University Lihrary She has also had poems published in Souldust and Pearls Sixth Edition ( Moonstone Press) and There Is a book productd by the Niagara Chapter of the Canadian Authors Association In the future she hopes to take some tinle out from teaching to study broadshycasting
PrOfessorjohn Pratschke
Memorial University Newfoundland He has published widely on the economics ofconsumer expenditures and on European housing policy agrimiddot culture banking and business education
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Mike Traub HAF-A 78 general manager Victoria Place Retirement Lodge Kitchenel discusses his career with a group ofstudents at the HAFA Alumni Assodatiolls annual Careers Night held on campus in January Thirty-seven alumni involved in a vanmiddotety ofcareers volunteered their time to the popular event
HAFA ALUMNI EXCHANGE SEMINAR HELD
Nancy Plato FACS 81
FACS PEOPLE Naney Plato FACS 81 ( Consumer Studies ) the new OAC liaison coshyordinator will acquaint high school students and guidance counsellors with opportunities in the agricultural sciences at Guelph
Enrolment at OAC has declined over the past few years and _ aney will work at increasing student numbers through recruitment and marketing
The position ofliaison co-ordinator is a new one for OAe Nancy says one of her main objectives is to broaden the understanding high school stushydents have ofGuelphs programs She plans to use her well-rounded view of agriculture and its related proshygrams combined with her recruitshyment experience
Nancy is back in Guelph from a position in secondary school liaison at Mount Royal College Calgary She is married to Paul Thiel OAC 82 and is an active member of the Mac-FACS Alumni Association board of directors
Professors Kathleen Brown Lila Engberg and Griffith Morgan have all retired from the Department of Family Studies Professor Elizabeth Upton HAFA will retire in July
Professor John Auld Consumer Studies has produced the Human Settlements Audio-Visual Resources Catalogue It is published by the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Warren Adamson vice-president development Delta Hotels gave the keynote address What is the Canadian Tourism Industry Anyway at the annual HAFA Alumni Exchange Seminar held November 4 at the DelL Chelsea Inn Toronto
This professional development event was sponsored by the HAFA
MOllica Hrybko HAFA 88 (left) received Ci HAFA AlumniAssociation Life Membership from Association president Morag McKenzie 82 The membership is given to a graduating student as selected by his or her peers with a minimum 70 per cent accumulative average who has had outstanding involvement ill the School andor University
Alumoi Association in co-operation with Pannell Kerr Forster lL gave lIAFA grads an opportunity to listen to experts in the field speak 00 various topical hospitality issues including pay equity the human resource risis trends in the hotel and foodservice industry and business planning
CONFERENCE
In Search of Healthy Sexuality
June 13-15 1988
The University of Guelphs 10th an nual sexua li ty conference sponshysor d byThe Department of Fami ly Studies wil l examine current issues in human sex u lily tea hing approaches in sexducation and counse llin g m thod for sexual problems
Keynote Ad dress by Dr Ruth Westheimer
For further info rmation write Co ntinu ing Education Di ISlon Univers ity of Guelph Gu Iph
nta ri N 1 G 2W1 or telephone (5 19) 824-4120 ex 3956
Registration Limit d Apply early
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OAC GRAD GIVES GIFT OF WATER TO THAI VILLAGERS
By janet Dumo
Water is not taken for granted in northeast Thailand Usually there is too little of it The sandy laterite soils do not hold water They crack and parch during the hot dry season Ponds shrink Streams and some wells dry up Even in the rainy season the rains are often late or insufficient and the rice crops wither in the fields
But sometimes there is too much water Heavy rains cause flash floods Which drown crops and wash pesti shycides and decaying organic matter into unprotected pit wells There is not enough clean drinking water to ensure good health
A CUSO priority in Thailand is to increase village self-sufficiency and improve the standard of living through the development ofsmall-scale water resources particularly in the north and northeast the poorest regions of the country CUSO engineers placed with departments of local adminisshytration survey and design small spillways dams and piped water systems They develop an under shystanding of indigenous water proshyblems and help viUagers develop water resource technology to deal with these problems
In most villages in Surin province the water is imprisoned under a 20shymetre thick layer of heavy clay comshypacted into red brick-like rock
Ed von Euw OAC 84 returned to Canada in December after two years as a CUSO water resources engineer in Surin While there he worked with two percussion water-jet well-drilling rigs one an Appropriate Technology Association ( A TA) rig originally used in India and Africa the other based on an indigenous village model
Ed found theATA rig needed modi shyfications to make it easier for villagers to operate Most important was the change from a hand to foot-powered lever which the villagers found much less exhausting to work But at $625 the ATA rig is expensive to buy and the Honda motor which pushes water
Ed von EllW and co-worker teaching pump maintenance ill Surin Thailand
down the hole to tlush out the soil and rock particles can use up to $4 of fuel a day
Ed spent several months looking at rigs used by Surin farmers and finally adapted a model from one used by Khun Hong of Muang Pet a village near Surin town Khun Hongs rig uses a pole and beam arrangement making it less durable and steady than the tripod form used in Eds adapted rig The new rig uses a hand-powered Lucky pump made in Taiwan and fanliliar to villagers
The Honda pump used in the ATA drilling rig must be repaired in town and a smaU repair may cost $10 while a repair to the Lucky pump can be done by villagers for less than a doUar Spare parts are available everywhere The drill bilS are made from truck springs in the same Surin shop that made the rig to Eds specillcations They cost only 96 ccors each as opposed to the S7-bits used in the ATA rig
Using smaller pipe and bit than the ATA rig Eds adapted rig drills more quickly through rock and is lighter and easier to use It requires only two people to ope(dte the foot lever The ATA rig requires four or five Eds rig cost $192 to make including pump and accompanying tools and can be constructed by villagers in a small weldingmachine shop if there is a demand for more
Eds rig was tested in Ban Se Jaruk on a site divined by a villager Working
intermittently the villagers went d wn 25 metres in one and a half weeks much of the time grinding through the red rock When water they were pumping down the hole suddenly disappeared and didnt come up again they were afraid they had damaged the rig But instead it was a sign of having broken into a vein of water which was now absorbing any other water poured down So water had been found delicious and abundant right behind the assistant headmans house
The Ban Se Jaruk well has been capped with a rower pump purchased from ATA for S17 The pump is based on a bamboo model used in fndia The tubewell pipe and pump are made of plastic - more acceptable than steel which gives the water an unpleasant taste
Ed carried out a four-month wellshydrilling project in co-operation with Khun Darune of the Northeast Thailand ( ET) Project Funded by the Canadian Internat ional Deve shylopment Agency and assisted by CUSO it is a rural development program in operation since 1981 in 52 villages along the Thai-Kampuchean border The villagers of Ban Se Jaruk elated with their initial success borrowed Eds rig to drill more wells In total seven rigs were built from Eds proto shytype and distributed to four other villages Over 100 successful wells have been drilled in the area to date
EdilO1-S NoteanetDuma is a CUSO special program officer in Malaysia Sbe bas worked as an Englisb teacber witb CUSO in fi)aiand andMaaysia
Ed von Euw a Stratford native graduated from Guelpb witb a BSc in engineering in December J984He llas 011 tbe deans bonor roll three times and received an engineering scbolarsbip in 1983 Before going overseas in November 1985 be workedfor Enllironment Canada as a bydrornettic engineer He is now studying f01 a masters degree in engineering at Guelph
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Professor Harold Crawford OAC 58 MSc 7 0
OAC PEOPLE ProfessorJohn Burton OAC 62 and Brian McBride CBS 78 OAC MSA 80 Department of Animal and Poultry Science have received $400000 from the Ministry ofColleges and niversities Research Incentive Fund for contract research in partnershyship with Cyanamid Canada Inc of Toronto They will examine the effecshytiveness of the hormone BST in increasing milk production in dairy cattle as well as any other effects of the agent
Gordon MacLeod OAC 50 has retired from the Department ofAnimal and Poultry Science after 31 years at the UniversityJohn Summers OAC 53 MSA 59 has also retired from the Department of Animal and Poultry Science after 25 years at the University
Harold Crawford OAC 58 MSc 70 who recently retired as coshyordinator of the Ontario Diploma in Horticulture Program Independent Study Division after 29 years at the University has received the Ontario Parks Association (OPA) recognition award for Significant contribution to the betterment of parks the proshyfession and the envirorunent through his work in continuing education He has been a member of the educational committee of the OPA for 14 years The Ontario Diploma in Horticulture program graduated its first students in 1963 and now has 500 alumni
Marilyn Dykstra OAC 78 is new director of the Universitys Pest
Marilyn Dykstra OAC 78
Diagnostic and Advisory Clinic The clinic is working at maximum capacity with marc than 30000 inquiries to its credit since it opened nine years ago says Marilyn It receives everyshything from live specimens of earwigs and spiders to diseased ornamentals and fruit and vegetable crops Most specimens come from home gar shydeners she ays but the clinic has a growing clientele among commercial growers landscape businesses and other industries Through its service and extension functions the clinic has accumulated a reference collecshytion of more than 10000 slides and specimens as well as a list of resource people from across campus
Dr R Keith (Chip) Chapman OAC 40 has retired from the Department ofEntomoJogy University of Wisconsin Madison following a distinguished areer spanning 40 years A two-day symposium was held in his honor last June and The R Keith Chapman Vegetable Entomology SchOlarship was established with funds collected in lieu ofa retirement gift He has also been named professor emeritus Attending the symposium and retirement recognition party in Madison were Keiths brothers Ross also OAC 40 and Douglas OAC 44 and sister Helen Stockwell a graduate of Macdonald College McGiJl Univershysity Montreal and OAC Dean Freeman McEwen
When Bruce Brown OAC 85 received his degree from former agri shyculture minister William A Stewart chancellor ofthe Universi tyofGuelph he asked what steps he could take to
Dr R Keith (Chip) Chapman andhis brother Ross both OAC 40
become the minister of agriculture and food Little did he know that two and a half years later he would be minister - if only for a day
In December he shared the duties of Ontarios minister Jack RiddeD OAC 57 as his prize for winning a public speaking contest at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Bruce who operates a Newcastle dairy beef and cash crop farm with his father spoke on the survival of the farm family in Ontario
ETHICS IN AGRICULTURE Ethical issues in agriculture such as animal welfare are generally debated from an emotional viewpoint Proshyfessor Frank Hurnik OAC PhD 71 Animal and Poultry Science and Pro shyfessor Hugh Lehman Philosphy are hoping to change that through the journal of Agricultural Ethics an international quarterly publication which offers a forum for discussing moral issues related to food and food production
We hope this publication will act as a bridge between those who philo shysophize about agricu ltural ethics and those actively involved in plant and animal use says Professor Hurnik Its a scholarly refereed journal but it wont be bogged down with speciashylized technical jargon As a result we believe it will be useful to the farm community and we expect leaders from that field will be contributors not just readers
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Professor Fredjelome and his wife Faye look over a catalogue of the Universitys art collection
ALOVEOFART Back in 1968 Fred N Jerome OAC 33 established a trust fund to purshychase art produced by promising young Canadian artists
I was a full professor then and I could afford to do it (set up a trust fund) I felt art deserved a little push and I wanted to see the niversitys art collection expand explains the now retired professor ofgenetics and poultry science at Guelph
Forty-two Canadian works have been purchased to date through lhe F - Jerome Trust Fund and a special exhibi t of these works will be featured at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre beginning Alumni WeekendJune 18 and continuing throughout the sununer
Professorjeromes personal favorite in the collection is Ken Danbys silkshyscreen The Skates
I like Danbys technique His work is almost as realistic as a color photoshygraph but you can still tell its a painting he explains
He is also fond ofDiego Drawing a lithography by Jack Chanlbers a London Ontario artist and Gene Chus delicate Spider Series
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre Director Judith Nasby says Fred Jerome has made an outstanding contribution to the growth of the Universitys Canadian art collection - one of the largest univer itycollecshytions in the province He has recogshynized the tremendous growth and vitality of the art community in Canada by specifying that works be purchased from young artists
A LOVE OF LI LI ES The expression lily white has little meaning for Bill Evans His favorite lilies are bright orange and yellow I like the ones that almost glow and catch your eye from 100 yards away says the retired Department of Horti shycultural Science professor
Professor Evans lilies are certainly eye-catching for anyone travelling north of Guelph on Highway 6 betshyween mid-June and mid-August Splashes of spectacular color glow from his field of lilies near Marden (behind the home of Marjorie and the late George Durnford ) - a welshycome surprise for those accustomed to seeing only the popular Easter white variety
Im obsessed with lilies admits Professor Evans who retired in 1985 after 28 years of researching phult breeding and teaching small fruit proshyduction at the University of Guelph ) like their variety and scope They are perennial plants that grow at different heights Some have flowers that face up some face down and some face out Some are trumpet shaped some have petals that curve back Some are scented and some are unscented
As a child Professor Evans grew flowers and vegetables in his parents big garden north of Calgary After six years in the army he enrolled at the
niversity of Alberta to study hortishycu lture During his second year in 1947 he began hybridizing lilies Following graduation he worked as a fruit breeder for the federal governshyment in Alberta for eight years before coming to Guelph in 1957 He conshytinued to breed and grow lilies at the
niversity and on plots of land that friends like Professor Ted Me inch (and now Mrs Durnford) let him use
The University has quite a history of lily breeding says Professor Evans The late Isabella Preston a lecturer at Guelph before Professor Evans time went on the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa and to world fame for her ornamental crabapples lilacs and lilies The late Jc Taylor a professor at Guelph was well-known for his lily breeding and introduced Professor Evans to many other breeders He
told me that my lilies needed more vigor and let me use some of his plants in my work
Professor Evans introduced three new varieties of lilies through the University and registered some of Professor Taylors They were marshyketed in the United States So far Professor Evans has had 17 varieties of lilies internationally registered Anyone can do this he says modestly You just write a full desshycription of the plant pick a name that hasn t been used before and send it to the Royal Horticultural Society in England prekrrably with a photo The new names are published every year
It s hard coming up with new nanles though says Professor Evans He has named some of his varieties after the area in which they were grown shyArkel Marden Gold Aberfoyle He named one after his granddaughter Bronwen and one after his wife Ethelwaite ( her first and maiden names ) She gets a thrill whenever she sees that name on a ( flower show) prize list somewhere he says
Pink and pastel lilies are Professor Evans speciality and his favorite is a variety he caBs Blusbing Maiden It has mauvey pink tips with a white centre
Professor Evans and his wife edH a newsletter three times yearly for the Ontario Regional Lily Society and Professor Evans has just ended a two year term as president of the North American lily Society He has judged at nower shows all over Canada and the nited States and will preside at an international show in Hamilton in July
Because of his hobby Professor Evans is enjoying retirement He spends about 25 hours a week on his lilies in the summer months During the off season he grows seeds and works on his records He is working on increasing the number ofvarieties including spotless ones ( most lilies have spots which are dominant ) He is pleased that some of his former students are now growing lilies entering shows and joining li ly societies
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RURAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT GRADS TO FORM ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
The University School ofRural Planshyning and Development ( USRPampD ) was inaugurated at Guelph in 1980
USRPampD is built on the strengths of past Guelph initiatives such as the Centre for Resources Development and the Rural Development Outreach Project It is formally recognized by the Canadian Institute of Planners and offers Masters level programs in rural planning rural development international rural development and resources management It is also actively engaged in research and community outreach
Recent research topics have in shycluded land availabi Iityfor agricu lture
local economic development strateshygies rural aging northern and native community plannjng and developshyment rural transportation computer applications in planning and deve shylopment and water and waste management to name a few This research was conducted throughout Canada and arollnd the world inshycluding Nepal Kenya Indonesia St Lucia Belize and Botswana
The outreach interests ofthe School are fully integrated with its teaching and research activities Recent out shyreach projects have included the Childcare Network Project for families in rural Wellington County an evaJu shy
ation of the rural development proshygrams ofa Jesuit mission in southern Ethiopia a heritage strategy for the Town of IngerSOll and a recreation needs assessment for Sault Ste Marie
Graduates of USRPampD as well as graduates of the former Centre for Resource Development are now being invited to form an alumni association to keep members updated on School activities their fellow alumni and issues concerning rural planning and development For further information contact Professor Harry Cummings USRampD University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N1G 2WI ( 519) 824-4120 ext 6783
JOIN YOUR OAC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NOW Did you know that as a graduate of OAC you are not automatically a member of the OAC Alumni Assoshyciation However anyone involved in a formal agricultural education at OAC ( past present or future ) is not only eligible to become a member but is encouragetl to do so
The OAC Alumni Association is a separate entity from the University of Guelph Alumni Association anti has specific responsibilities It awards
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ARTS Joanna Black 81 Ls aisistant direclOr curator The Marietta-Cobb Fine Arts Centre Marietta Georgia
Richard Hoffman 78 a Canadian Press journalist in Toronto is married pound0 Martine Bracey CBS 77
Laura Mezey-Hamid 82 administrative assistant to the vice-president of finance Penningtons Stores Umjted Toronto is married to Shaheed Hamid CSS 82
John Laurence (Stash) Stasiw 76 is marketing manager Philips Electronics Ltd Scarborough
Dirk Vanbattum 75 is vice-president Eddie May Mysteries Ottawa
CBS Michael Best 77 is a research technician Cross Cancer Institute Edmonton
GRAD NEWS EUzabeth Jane (Kempe) Coker 82 a resource worker CaJedon Parent-ChiId Centre Bolton is married to Dr Ted Coker OVC 87
Janet Ebanks 86 is a medical social worker Cayman overnment Health Sershyvices George Town Grand Cayman Cayman Islands British West Indies
Kevin Ferguson 80 supervisor of Outdoor Education for the Elgin County Board of Education married Suzanne Schmid BEd (Nipissing) 82 in April 1987 She works for the Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority They live near Aylmer
Michael Hackenberger 81 is president Canadian Zoological Systems Toromo
Heather Hattin 84 (HK) whose rowing accomplishments were featured in the winter 1987 issue ofthe GuelphAlumnus won Canadas first-ever gold medal in womens rowing in the double-scull event at the world championships in Copenhagen last summer
Cynthia (Porter)JefIrey 85 is studying for an MSc in Food Science at the University of Manitoba She is married to ScottJefIrey OAC 82 assistant professor ofAgncul tural Economics at the University of Manitoba They live in Winnipeg
Dr Gord Kennedy 85 senior chemist Union Carbine Corp Bound Brook New Jersey is married to Carrie Feaver CPS 84
Steven Kerr 77 is regional fisheries biologist Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources KemptviUe
Jim Lee 73 is director Research Services Min istry of Tourism Recreation and Culture Victoria BC
David Lemon 79 is senjor wildlife biologist S Fudge and Altsociates Ltd Saint Johns Nfld
Larry Patterson 76 is Grand Forks and District Aquatic Centre Manager Grand Forks Bc
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Stephen Rabbetts 79 is a zookeeper Metro Toronto Zoo Wcsthill
Cathy Oohnson) Rewcastle 80 is a fur biologist Manitoba atural Rcsources Winnipcg
Brian Sntith 78 micro ~)Stcms manager Natural Sciences Centre The University ofWestcrn Ontario London is married to Debra Bond CSS 79
Bradly Veitch 86 is second brewer Wellington County Brewery Guelph
Michael Wade 87 is responsible for aquaculture programs at Kpong Farms Volta River Authority Akuse Ghana the site of a major hydro-electric installation
P Allen Woodliffe 76 is the first and only district ecologist with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Chatham Districr He is married to Marie Gedcke FACS 75 and has a son Timothy TIl y Jive in Rondeau Provincial Park here Allen was park naturalist for 10 years before moving to the Chatham office
CPS Dr Syed Ahmed 87 is assistant proshyfessor Departme nt of Statistical and AClUarial Sciences University of Western Ontario London
Susan (Bishop) GraJ1am R3 a fourth year medical student Faculty ofMcdicinc University of Toronto is marri ed fO Don Graham CSS 83 CBS MSc 87 who is a ftl ll-time parent to their threc-year-old twins
Robert Lake 77 a self-employed conshysulting geolOgist is married to Susan Kay OAC 77 a human relations specialist with Petro Canada They live in Calgary
Robert Whitehead 79 is a mi ncr Denison Mines Ell iot Lake
Caroline (Carly) Williams 85 is a software engineer Wild Leitz Canada Toronto
CSS John Babcock 8 is special cabinet assistant Office of Minister of State (Forestry and Mines ) Ottawa
Jana Fie MA 87 i a neuropsychological associate Brazos Valley Rehabilitat ion Center Bl)an Texas
Danny Leung R6 is news submiddoteditor Asia Television Limited Hong Kong
Allison (Shaughnessy) Scanlan 84 production supervisor G I of Canada shyTruck Assltmbly Oshawa is mlITied [() Michael Scanlan 84 directo r of pur hasing Arbor Capital Rltsources
middotoronto
Patricia Sorbam 80 is executive assisshytant to the Ontario Minister of Energy Toronto
G Llewellyn Watson MA 70 a proshyfessor at the University of Prince Edward Island has written a texthook Dilemmas and Contradictions in Sucial 7beor) published by University Press of America
Terry Wright 76 is account manager John Logan National Leasing Bramptoll
MAC-FACS Marie (Tomelin) Cowlin 78 is brand manager Distillers Co Canada Ltd Toronto
Debbie Foster MSc 87 is medical coshyordi natorsex educator Youth Clinical Services Inc Down~view
Marilyn (Shirley) Goodwin 75 MSc 77 a research officer for CSC Ottawa h ma rricd to Fred Goodwin HAFA 75
Margaret (CJark)Jordan 82 manager Agricultural Employment Services Cmada Farm Iabour Pool Newmarkct is married to BrianJordan OAC 81
Margo (Payne) Langan 83 marketing communications co-ordinator Moore Response Technologies Mississauga is married toJohn Langan CBS 75
Nancy (Howard) Martin 81 senior contract managemcnt officer Consumer Products and Trtffic Management Brmch DepartJllent of Supply and Service~ Hull Que is marriltd to Phillip Martin CBS ( HK) 82
Helga (Strenzke) McDonald 84 public relations officer Centrilia Collegc Huron Park is married to Ian McDonald OAC 83
Marilyn Sewell-Kelley 78 is agriculshytura l health and safel) comiddotordinacor Rural Organizations and Services Branch OMAF Guelph and lives near Paris
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James Allen 77 (ODH ) is president of Allens Turf Services Ltd Calgary
Martin Bohl 85 is policy advisor OMAJ Toronto
Guy Bonnetta 79 manager Pioneer Overseas CorpJohnston Iowa is married to Carolyn Knowles CBS 78
Stew Carpenter 50 president ofDivershysity Farms Inc Paw Paw Midligan is married to Olive McEwan 79A scltretary-tnasurer ofDiversity Farms Inc
Harold Cau 60A and 67 is viceshypreSident Barnes Wines Limited St Catharines
Elroy Cober 85 and his wife Rhoda have begun three-year Mennonite Central Committee assignments inKabwe Zambia Elroy is working as provincial o ilseed office r and Rhoda as a general health worker
Eileen (Emmett) Cole 79 a registered
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nurse Colchester Hospital Truro 5 is married to Bill Cole 79 regional sales manager Clarence Farm Services L(vcr Truro
laura Cole 80 is a conservJLion planner Mississippi Vall y Conservation Authority Lanark
UoydCurtis 71 MSc 74 ofCalgary is national sales manager Agricultural Chem icals Division BASF Canada Inc BASF markets a wide range of crop proshyLection products Lloyd directs dle aCLivi shyties of BASFs liales force throughout Canada
James Donison H I is proje L engineer Costello Lomagney amp Denapoli ConshysulL ing Engineers Mancheste r New Hampshire
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Richard Graham 71 of Rrampton is naLional marketing maI111gcr Agricultural Chcmicab Divisi n f3ASF Canada Inc
Richard Helmer 62A married Marilyn Hogue in Oct 19R7 They live in Windsor Richard is supply tcaching for the Essex COllnty Board of Education and doing freclanltx horLicultural work during the summer months
Brian and Brigitte (Brunetzky) Kaufman 84 are pltased to announce the safe arrival of their son Nathaniel Brian All are reSiding at Bright
Dr Houchang Khatamian MSc 71 PhD 8 is associate professor Depart shyment of Horticul rure Kansas State Unishyversity Manhattan
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May 19-June 5 Guel ph Spring Festival
May 31-June 3 Convocation
June 13-15 Human Sexuality Conference
June 17-19 Alumni Weekend
July 10-13 Canadian Home Economics Association Con ference
July 26 Al um ni Assoc iation Executives O rientation Meeting
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The program runs over I () months and is highly structured so that studenrs receive intensive practical training in all facets of agribusiness managemel1l
Ifyou have an agricultural background and wish to funher your career in management of farm or nonmiddotfarm agribuiiiness this program could he for you
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Dr Elenimo Khonga PhD 87 is a lecturer University ofMalawi Chancellor College Zomba Malawi
Kevin Laidley 82 MSc 85 resource technician Niagara Peninsula Consershyvation Authority Allanburg is married to Lesley Nicholson FACS 83 child life specialist McMaster University Medical Centre Hamilton
Dr Monique Leclerc MSc 82 PhD 87 is assistant professor Department of Soil Science and Biometeorology Utah State University Logan
Maurice Marwood 64 MSc 66 is vicemiddot preSident sales and marketing Canadian Kenworth Company Mississauga He is responsible for all aspects of sales and marketing ofKenworth trucks and product support in Canada
Dr Giancarlo Mosch1ni PhD 86 is [caching in the Economics Department Iowa State University Ames not the Unimiddot versity of Iowa as stated in the fall 1987 issue oflhe GuelpbAlurnnus Our apolomiddot gie~ for [his error
Reid Palmer 63 is a research geneticist and professor Departments ofAgronomy and Genetics Iowa State University Ames
Dr Yousef Papadopoulos 80 MSc 82 PhD 87 a research scientist Agrimiddot cu lture Canada Nappan NS i$ married to Kathleen Glover 80 MSc 83
Andy Robinson 80 MSc 83 a genetimiddot cist Livestock Developmcnt Division Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Christine Howe Arts 81
Dr A Hamid Saleemi MSc 73 has received a PhD in Educational Psychology from Bayero UniverSity Kana Nigeria His thesis was Islamic Values and Commitment among HallSa Muslim Youtb Au Empirical Study and his reo search has been hailed as a pioneering study in the measurement of reJjgious commitment anlong MusJjms Dr Saleemi is principal tutor Department of Adult Education and Community Services Faculty of Education Bayero University
James Sampa MLA 86 is a lecturer in landscape design and natul 1 resource conservation School of Environmental Studies Copperbelt University Zambia
Bill Shotyk 81 completed his PhD in 1986 in the Geology Department at The University ofWestern Ontario and spent a year as visiting postdoctoral researcher at the UniverSity of California to study
thennodynamic stability of organic commiddot plexes of aluminum In Sept 1987 he married Beth Haas and they live in London where Bill is a postdoctoral research associate in the Geology Department UWO studying the surface chemistry of minerals He is also writing his first book The Geochemistry OfPeatandPeatlands to be published by Elsevier Amsterdam
jack Thompson OAC 81 is a firemiddot fighter Station No 1 Thomhlll
Susan Watkins 81 is program offi cer Horn of Africa Oxfam Canada She is in charge ofOxfams overseas development projects in Eutrea and Tigray prOvince of Ethiopia the majori ty of which are in agriculture and health
Dve Dr Ian Alexander 86 is a dmg evalumiddot ator Bureau of Veterinary Dmgs Health and Welfare Canada Ottawa
Dr Cheng Hock Choong PhD 72 is director Semex Canada Guelph
Dr Ann Davis 75 a graduate student at the University of Toronto has won the Hardi Cinader Prize for 1987 The award is given to the graduate student in the process of completing doctor-A work who most resembles renowned immunomiddot logist Dr Bernhard Cinaders originality and versatility
Dr john Debbie 65 is an epidemiomiddot logist New York State Health Department Albany
Dr jean Dodds 64 in addition to her research on blood clotting mechanisms has chaired several national and intermiddot national task forces on assorted topics
Dr Doug Galt 62 is laboratory head OMAF Brighton
Dr Maria Koller CBS 75 DVM 79 chief control programs Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Dr Robert Georgeson 72
Dr Darwin Lund 60 is veterinarian in charge Agriculture Canada Lethbridge Alta
Dr David Murphy 56 is director cardiovascular surgical unit Dalhousie
niversity Halifax
Dr Gary Nash 77 veterinary research officer Institute of Aquaculture University
ofStirling Stirling Scotland is married to Marilyn Klein CBS 77
Dr HG Rees 55 joined the faculty of Massey University New Zealand after 10 years ofgeneral practice Upon completion of his masters degree he as appointed senio r lect urer at the University of Melbourne In 1970 he returned to prac shytice in his native Wales and has spent the past 12 years on the faculty at SeaJe-Hayne College there He has a small sheep farm
ARTS Bruce Westheuser 76 ofToronto died Dec 7 1987 He was a teacher Toronto Montessori Schools Hlt is survived by his father Ronald and stcpmodlcr Dorothy two sisters and a brodumiddotr
CSS Robert A Dodd MA 75 of Victoria BC died Oct 8 1987 He had been employed by the Ministry of Health He is survived by his wife Wendy
Bruce G Miller 72 of Aurora Ont died Sept 2 1987 He was a teacher with York Region Board of Education He is survived by his wife
MAC-FACS Etta (Birdsall) Garnham 17D of Tillsonhurg Ont died Jan 11 1988 She is survi ed by her sister Doris Oatman
Kathleen (Coggs) Hallam 120 of Toronto died jan 23 1988
Katherine L (Williamson) Killmaster 35D of Southfield Michigan died jan 31 1988
GAdora(Beemer)McFadyen 29Dof Port Elgin Ont died Apri l 8 L987 She is Survived by her son George S McFadyen OAC 50A
Anne E Spera 280 of Dundas Ont died Jan 26 1988
Dora M (Dies) Terryberry 260 of Weston Ont died Jan 22 1988 She is survived by her son Douglas
and maintains a single man general pracshytice Sheep health and production are his main interests and in the fall he was admitted to the Cert SHP by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons In 1989 he plans to retrace his footsteps to learn about his main interests in the countries in which he was trained
Dr Duncan Sinclair 58 OAC MSc 60 (nutrition ) Schofield lecturer 1983 will become Queens University Dean of
IN MEMORIAM
OAC Aimee A (Ups) Acklen 36 of Irving Texas died Feb 2 1987 She is survived by her husband Robert and one son
George K Beare 37 A of xbridge Ont died Oct 30 1987 He is survived by his wife Ruby
Dr J Ritchie Cowan 39 of Corvallis Oregon died Nov 12 1987 He was a retired professor of agronomy and proshyfessor emeritus Oregon State University He received his MS and a doctorate in plant genetics from the University of Minnesota He served as national president of the Crop Science Socicty of America the American Society of Agronomy the American Forage and Graosland Council the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology and the League for Intershynational Food Education He was pre shydeceased by his first wife DorothyWhite Mac 39 He is survived by his second wife Ruth and two children
WUliam M Croskery 15 of Ottawa died Nov 17 1987 He was a retired agricultural representative for Carleton County He is survived by three children
Walter C Fisher 26 of Sf Catharines Ont died jan 20 1988 He is survived by his wife Alice ( Petrie ) and three children
William A Hammond 18 Port Dovers oldest World War I veteran died Sept 29 1987 at 95 Prior to entering OAC he farmed worked in a lumber camp in BC and fought forest fires in Montana During the war he served in France and Belgium with the 55th l3atteryofthe Royal Canadian Art illery advancing from gunner to sergeant In 1920 he married Minerva Mitchell and they farmed in Woodhouse Township Mter retir ing he became clerk-treasurer of the township and later
Medicine and Vice-Principal ( Health Sciences) onJuly 1 He has served Queens in various capacities since joining the departme nt of physiolo gy in 1966 Nationally he has been invo lved with the Medical Research Council of Canada for many years includ ing a term as its director-genera1
Dr Anne Marie Taylor 81 is direc tor of an imal care Animal Care Centre Dalhousie niversity Halifax
held the san1e position with the Town of Port Dover He also served on the Ontario Assessment Appeal Board and was a fanner chai rman of the Simcoe High School Board In 1967 he received a Centennial Medal for service to his communi ty He was predeceased by bis wife and a son and is survived by two daughters Betty Murton ofWatetiord and Doris LlIldon of listoweI
Kandappar NJeyasseelan MSA 56 of Peradeniya Sri Lanka died Oct 22 1987 He is survived by two children
Frank J King 33 of Thornhill One died Dec 19 1987 He was a pioneer of Canadas broiler chicken industry and retired senior executive and director of Ralston Purina Canada Inc He is survived by his wife Rachel and a son
Robert C (Bob) lGrkness 56 of Maple Ridge BC died Oct 10 1987 He is survived by his wife
] Morley Lawrence 1 7 of Windsor died Oct 4 1987
John S Lennox 66A of Shallow Lake Ont died as the result of a farm accident Nov 4 1987 He is survived by his wife Ada and a son
Alex T Macnab 36 of North Fort Myers Fla died Dec 18 1987 He is survived by his wife Vella
NormanJ Myles 39 of Guelph died j an 24 1988 He had been a second lieutenant 11 th Field Brigade Royal Canadian Artillery He is survived by his wife Luella Beverley (Highan1 ) and two children
Robert W Phillips 39 of Belleville Ont died Sept 21 1987 -John W Robertson 38 of Thorold Ont died Oct 21 1987 He is survived by his wife Elizabeth and daughter Janice Partlow Arts 70
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Henry H Rooke 8 of Barrie Ont died Dec 16 1987 lIe was retired from the Department of National Health and Welfare He is survived by his wife Harriet Mac 40 and daughters Jane Lennox and Nancy RookemiddotAllen CBS 73
Robert H See 65A ofBohon Ont died Nov 14 1987 He was the son of Margaret (Huston) See Mac 33 and the late Dr John N See OAC 35 OVC 38 He is survived by his wife Brenda and two sisters
WilliamT (Bill) Smith 35 ofStfJtford Ont died Sept 19 1987 He is survived by his wife Maude and five children
Annie H Tasi MSc 72 ofGuelph died Dec 9 1987 She received her BSc in Agriculture from the National Taiwan University in 1965 After receiving her masters in horticulture from Guelph she worked as a research technician in the Universipound) Department of Horticultural Science Shc is survived by her hu~band Benjamin and two children
William G Toner 20A and 22 of Guelph died Jan 30 1988 He is survived by hi wife Eileen and four children
W Benson (Ben) Vair 55 of Sarnia died Jan 6 1988 He taught science at Northern Collegiate in Sarnia for 25 years retiring in 1987
A Gordon O Whiteside 20A and 22 of Ottawa died June 2 1987 Ht was retired after 42 years as a cerealist with Agriculture Canada and wa~ a Fellow of thc Agricultural Institute of Canada lie developed sevedl varieties of Canadian whtat one of which bears his namt Gordon He is su rvived byhis wife Irene and three children
Joseph H Willmott 22A of Milton died Oct 23 1987 He is survived by his sonJohn c Willmott 55
PROFESSORS
Dr Denis H Stott professor emeritus since 1980 diedJan 22 1988 in England at 78 He was ftrst chair Department of Psychology from 1966-68 and was intershyna tionally known as a pioneer in deve shyloping learning techniques for hardmiddottOmiddot teach children He founded the Centre for Educational Disabilities which he directed until h is retirement in 1975 His research focused on the causes and promiddot
blems of delinquent school boys He is survived by hiswifeJane and tw children
Dr Robert D Whiteford of Qualicum Beach Vancouver Island former professor Department of Biomedical Sciences died Feb ] 0 1988 He is survived by his wife Beatrice and one son
STAFF Ray Catchpole a member of the Unj middot versitys Sulawesi Regional Development Project team in Indonesia died Nov 27 1987 in Jakarta at 46 He had been with the project sinet its inception in 1984 He is survived by his wife Ani and his mother Muriel Lucas A mcmorial fund has been established in his nanle Contributions may be forwarded to the Department of
Alumni Affairs and Development The fund will provide a bursary for Indonesians and Canadians involved in exchange between the two ountries It will be adminbtered by the niversity School of Rural Planning and Development
FRIENDS
Joseph Arlen of Guelph died Sept 5 1987 He pursued studies at OAC from 1957 to ) 959 before completing an engineering degree at the University of Toronto He is survived by his wife Judy who works in Photographic Services on campus and two children A Joseph Arlen Memorial Prize in Horticulture has been established Contributions may be forshywarded to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development
ASPARAGUS RESEARCHER DIES IN GUELPH
Herman (Herm) Tiessen OAC 51 onc of Canadas fore middot most aspard1t1s researdlers rued in Guelph Dec 10 1987 at 63 Or Ticsscn had been a horticul shyture professor at the University since 1955 and was co-ordinator of the National Asparagus Reshysearch Program
At its fiftieth anniversary meeting in london the day of his death the Ontario Asparagus Growers Marketing Board honored Dr Tiessen as the pershyson who had made the greatest contributions to the industry over the last 50 years He was also weU known for his work on greehouse tOmatoes and for a collaborative project with Texaco that used waste energy from the companys refinery to heat greenhouses
After graduating from OAC Dr Tiessen received his masters and PhD degrees from Michigan State University and returned to his alma mater to join the Department of Horticultural Science He traveUed widely to share his knowledge on veget-
The late Professor Herm Tiessen OAC51
able growing with scientists around the world most recently to New Zealand and Taiwan He -wa a member of the Agricultural Institute of Canada and the Canadjm American and Intermiddot national Societies for Horticulmiddot tural Science He was also an active member of the OAC Alumni Association
He is sUlvived by his wife Marjorie and two children
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JlAVIeuro 17 18 19 GOlf Tournament
The classic confrontation on the green the Gryphon Club Golf Tournament will start things rolling on Friday at the Cutten Club Prizes will be awarded
Barbecue amp CasinO Night
Meet your friends at Alumni House Friday evening for a barbecued feast and try your llck at the casino tables
SIOwpitch Tournament
The Grad loungers will defendtheir championship title at the alumnistudent co-ed slowpitch tournament Why not get a team together to compete for the first-place trophy and other awards Teams should consist of 12 to 20 players with at least six females per team Three one-hour games are guaranteed for each team
Tours Lectures Demonstrations
Tour the new Equine Research Centre see computer laboratory demonstrations at the College of Family and Consumer Studies or catch an enlightening lecture If its nature you enjoy visit the Arboretum the Marine Biology Laboratory or the Elora Gorge Conservation Area
Celebrity Auction
Join in the fun and bid on a fascinating assortment of articles donated by local celebriti~s Lots of surprises in store All proceeds will go to Alumni House
Awards Presentations
At the Presidents Picnic at noOn on Saturday the Alumnus of Honor award and the Alumni Medal of Achievement will be presented Come and celebrate with the recipients
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See page 7 for your Alumni Weekend reservation form For further information see your College section inside or call the Alumni Weekend hotline (519) 824-4120 ext 2102
Class Reunions
Is your class having a reunion Check page 7 to find out Reunions are a great opportunity to meet old
friends and renew acquaintshyances The Alumni Associations will host their graduates of 50
years or more at a Golden Anniversary Din ner
Champagne Brunch
Toast Alumni Weekend 88 at a champagne brunch held on the Alumni House patio Sunday The Guelph Concert Band will provide entertainment
Editor Ma rie (Bo issonneault) Rush 80
SABBATICAL FULFilLS SCIENTIFIC DREAMS FOR HUSBAND-WIFE RESEARCH TEAM
Ahusband and wife teanl of Guelph biologists Professor Eugene Balon and Dr Christine Flegler-Balon have returned to the University after an eight-month sabbatical at the )LB Smith Institute of Ichthyology and Rhodes niversity Grahamstown South Africa They introduced a new type of research design to institute staff while studying the early deveshylopment of several fish species
The Balons received a Rhodes University Hugh Kelly Fellowship and grants from the Departmem of National Education and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
While in Grahamstown they made a comparative study of the developmiddot ment of two species oftilapine cichlids and of a ciarias Gltfish These species are common in aquacu lture although no detailed observations of their development had been made prior to this study
One of the fish we were obselVing Oreocbromis mossambicus (preshyviously known as Tilapia mossamshybica) is a mouthbrooder the other Tiapia rencalli lays its eggs on the substrate and guards tbem and the young as they develop explained Dr Flegler-Balon We wanted to test a theory on altricial-prccocial altershynatives developed earlier in Guelph says Professor Balon
InJune a conference on Alternative Life History Styles (ALHS) in organshyisms was held in Grahamstown and the Balons were among 12 invited foreign speakers
The Balons also participated in thrilling expeditions into the interior ofBotlWana by small plane observing the amazing landscape of the Karoo Kimberley diamond mines and Kalahari Desert The Kalahari absorbs all the waters of the large Okavango River which flows from Angola and forms a magnificent inland delta
I can bardly believe that I have seen the papyrus flats and channels the fishes and wildlife and in addition have met Tsodillo Hill bushmen and
Professor Eugene Balon and Dr Christine Regler-Balon bave returned to the University from an eXciting eight month sabbatical
have seen the recently discovered rock paintings of their ancestors says Dr Flcgler-BaLon The altricial bushmen are one of the important features in the tested ALHS theory
Okavango the last paradise is soon to be lost by diversion of waters via canals for the new dian10nd mines in the Kalahari and cattle ranching TIle
JLB Smith Institute is involved in desperate ecological studies
The Balons along with Instirute director Mike Bruton and scientist Robin Swbbs participated in an expedition to the Comoro Islands home of the coelacanth nicknamed old four legs the only living member ofa group representing the evolution of all terrestrial vertebrates ll1ey intelViewed coelacanth fishermen and measured eight specimens tvo of which are the largest so far recorded They also took samples from the fish communities of a river on Anjouan from its volcanic slopes over 15shymetre high waterfalls to its entry into the coelacanth sea They joined up with the yacht Metoka carrying a submersible and wert first to view the films taken from this submersible ofcoelacanths moving in their natural habitat Professor Balon conveys excitement as he describes thc slow motion flight-walk of this fascinating creaturc When the Balons realized how threatened this living fossil is they established the Coelacanth ConselVation Council The newsktter of this council will be published in Professor Balons international journal Elluironmental Biology ofFishes
TOUR MARINE BIOLOGY LABORATORY DURING ALUMNI WEEKEND
The CBS Alumni Association has added something new to its program of activities during Alumni Weekend this year A LOur of the Marine Biology Laboratory (Zoology Annex 2) wiU be conducted by faCility supelVisor Ted White CBS 78 The tour will follow the guided walk at Elord Gorge and picnic lunch at Biology House on June 18 at 1 30 pm Marine and Fisheries grads can reminisce while others can discover one of the hidden attractions of these programs at Guelph
Last years picnic saw the rerurn of a group of Micro 82 grads who took advantage of the Alumni Weekend festivities to send classmate Rick Clark off to his new job at King Faisal Research Centre and Specialist Hosshypital in Riyadh Saudia Arabia
While such auspicious occasions are bound to be infrequem yOll could make plans to get together with the old gang anyhow especially if yOll are a 1973 1978 or 1983 grad who has the extra motivation of a 15th 10th or 5th year reunion
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UNO ONE DESERVES IT MORE RESEARCH TECHNOLOG ST RECEIVES AWARD
By j anne Pengelly Public Relations and In fo rmation
Amost a quarter cemury of hard work late nights and long hours were recognized when research technoloshygist Uta Srrelive Zoology received Sigma Xis Support of Research Award Professor Roy Anderson chair of Zoology told the 70 people at the awards ceremony No one deserves it more
The local chapter of the scientific society Sigma Xi has only awarded the prize once before in 1985 It recognizes researchers who make a significant contribution to the societys goal of excellence in research but are seldom known to the research community at large
During her 22 years at the Univershysity Uta has taught the laboratory sections of LWO invertebrate zoology courses and helped more than 30 graduate students complete their theses She has co-authored several papers on neurotropic nematodes and is currently responsible for the day-to-day running of Professor Andersons parasitology lab where she works with graduate and undershygraduate students
Uta completed her undergraduate degree in textile research at the University of Gera East Germany In 1961 she came to Canada to join her parents and obtained a job in electron microscopy in the anatomy departshyment of the faculty of medicine ni shyversity of Saskatchewan She learned the basics in a field that was growing fast She did everything from preparing experimems to photographing and writing them up
She married became a mother and was widowed - all within three years of arriving in Canada After her husshyband died she wanted to be closer to her homeland Toronto had good job opportunities so she and the baby moved east just to make enough money to go to West Germany
At the Ontario Research Foundashytion where she went to look for a job Uta found Professor Anderson in the middle of an experiment The young
Uta Strelive with her Support of Research Award certificate
parasitologist was so engrossed in his work he didnt ask why she was there He just asked her to give him a hand When they were finished Uta had a job Later the same year Proshyfessor Anderson came to Guelph and Uta came along to run his lab
Utas nomination for the Sigma Xi award was supported by several proshy
fessors and many students I love the students and have a good rapport with them she says People ask ifl get bored but there are always new faces new problems new classifishycations new data to organize Parashysitology is a very exciting field because nothing ever stands still
Bird Carvings Uta is internationally known for
her magnificent wood carvings of birds Each carving takes about 100 homs work and sells for between $500 and pound1 000 She has won 28 awards since she started carving in 1981 including tlrst prize at the World Champ ionship Wildfowl Carving Competition in Maryland She had her first show in her own studio in Guelph last year
Carving could tum into a profitable retirement project for Uta Kaiser Porcelain in Germany has approached her about test marketing one of her birds
But Uta says her hours at the Univershysity are just as satisfying in their own vay When students recognize
theyve learned something thal is the biggest reward she says
More than 125 CBS students galbered for a Careers and Faclilty Night coshysponsored by the CBS Student Council and CBS Alumni Association in FebnUllJI Here Dr Dazrid Rodger CBS PhD 82 answers questions about his work in aquatic biology Other CBS alumni speakers included Petra Patczllr 82 who works with (be dezelopmental(v disabled Les StaHfield 81 a community adl isorfor the Commwzity Fisheries Involvement Program and julia Stanley Weille1~ 82 acting manager offhlishedproducts ill the hepatitis diagnostics division Connaught Laboratories Ltd
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SECOND VOLUME OF LM MONTGOMERY JOURNALS PUBLISHED
By Mary Dickieson Public Relations and Information
The second volume of ]be Selected j ournals ofLM Montgomery records the best and worst experiences in the life of one ofthe worlds most popular authors of childrens books Edited by Professor Mary Rubio English Lanshyguage and Literature and now-retired English professor Elizabeth Waterston the book is expected to repeat the popularity of Volume I which jumped to the best seller list immediately after its November 1985 release and is now in its second printing
Volume II covers 1910 to 1921 and records Montgomerys new life as a mother and wife of a minister in an Ontario village This is a varied and complicated period in which she has achieved world-wide acclaim and a following of readers devoted to her heroine Anne Shirley
Like Anne Montgomery revels in motherhood She also reveals her thoughts on the death of the grandshymother who restricted her life so severely and her feelings for a husband whose mental illness enslaved her in an increasingly unhappy marriage
During th is II -yea r period Montgomery produced four additional Anne novels and a book ofpoetry She initiated and won two bitter lawsuits against her first publisher in a fight
SCOTTISH COLLECTION EXPANDED
Prof essors Elizabeth Waterston and Mary Rubio with the second volume of The Selected journals of LM Montgomery
over the exploitation of women writers
Volume 11 contains more than 100 of Montgomerys own photographs including many of hcr two sons and scenes of Leaksdale the village where she kept up the facade of being a happy Presbyterian ministers wife
The First World War had a profound effect on village life and is a major theme in Montgomerys journal Six of her neighbors sons died and her beloved half-brother lost a leg
Professors Rubio and Waterston edited the handwritten journals at the request of the authors son the late Dr Stuart Macdonald who arranged for his mothers journals
The Scottish Collection in the Unishyversity Library has received a 525000 boost from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Counci l (SSHRC) moving it a step closer to becoming the major Canad ian centre for Scottish studies
The collection already includes Scottish manuscripts from the last three centuries many Scottish literary journals and some parish records from the late 18th and 19th centuries
The SSHRC grant will buy a collecshy
tion of Scottish newspapers from the late 19th and early 20th cennlries Sir Walter Scotts diaries and records of the Darien Company - the Scottish trailing company that caused financial ruin in Scotland when it went bankshyrupt in lhe early 18th cennlry
Emphasis in Scottish studies stems from Guelph faculty interests and the influence of Guelphs Scottish settlers and founder John Galt The Library collection is the largest in Canada and among the top five in the world
scrapbooks and other memorabilia to become part ofthe Mclaughlin Library archives
TIle remaining unedited journals cover the last 22 years of Montshygomerys life and include the devshyelopment of a new heroine Emily based on herself She obviou Iy saw her life as an ongOing story and one she wanted to teU Professor Rubio says They expect to publish a third and possibly a fourth volume
MONTGOMERY COLLECTION
EXPANDED
T he Lucy Maud Montgomery Collection in the University Library now includes the newsshypap rs the author read all her life This addition is being funded by a S10000 grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council ( SSHRC)
The Library collection already hal) Montgomerys cHaries and scrapbooks various published editions of her works in different languages 5000 photographs mostly taken by Montgomery herself some personal papers and a few artifacts including examples of her needlework and the china dogs she loved and wrote about in her books - Gog and Magog
The newspapers including microfiche records of Charshylottetowns ]be Island Patriot from 1892 to 1942 are a connecshytion with Montgomerys history that is valuable to researchers now says Acquisition Librarian Tim Sauer Montgomery continshyued to receive newspapers from her native province Prince Edward Island during the many year she lived in Ontario
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MAJOR CANADIAN THEATRE COLLECTIONS JOIN FORCES TO PRODUCE EXHIBITION
Putting It Back Together which opens May 21 at the Macdonald tewart An Centre in conjunction
with the Guelph Spring Festival represents the first time that major Canadian theatre collections have joined forces to produce a unique and timely exhibition about the preshyservation of our performing arts heritage The exhihition is curated and designed by Daniel Ladell ardlishyvist Stratford Festival with Len Conolly chair Department of Drama acting as associate curator
Putting II Back Together wi il educate and entertain But it also has an urgent message By shOWing what is being kept the exhibition conshyversely draws attention to what is being 10st and emphasizes the need to preserve the vast remainder of Canadas performing arts heritage
Confirmed lenders to the exhibition include The Canadian (Opera) Company Archives Dance Canada Danse The Metropolitan Toronto
DRAMA REUNION HELD
Over 100 former drama students attended a reunion at the Cutten Club in Novemher It was a roaring success says HarryLane acting chair Department of Drama and one of the organizers of the event This was the second drama reunion in five years and Professor Lane hopes a third can be organized in another five years
Several alumni speakers were feashytured during the reunion dinner including the well-known Canaclian stage deSigner Sue lePage Arts 73 who is designing Richard III for the Stratford Festival this year Professor Donald Mullin was presented with an Irish lead crystal bowl circa 1800 as a retirement gift after 20 years with the Department of Drama A dance followed clinner
If you would like to know about future drama reunions or other Department ofDrama events contact Marlene Neal at ( 519) 824-4120 ext 3147
Library Theatre Collection The National Ballet Ardtives The Public Archives of Canada (Social and Culshytural Archives) The Stratford Festival Archives and the Theatre Arcl1ives of the University of Guelph It is hoped that major collections in other regions will agree to participate giving the project more national scope
The exhibition is specifically designed for louring It leaves Guelph July 10 and will be at the Gallery Stratford from September 9 to October 16 Other venues in Canada and a projecLed international tour are under negotiation
PuttingItBack Togetberwill feature
rare printed phowgraphic and manushyscript materials and Lhree-dimenshysional and design materials (such as renderings set models costumes and properties ) These customarily comprise theatrical xhibitions but this exhibit will also feature audioshyvisual recordings and a special handsshyon computer module showing how modern technology is creating new forms of documentation and making these collections accessible to a wider public than ever before
Putting It Back Togetber is proshyduced hy the Stratford Festival Archives in collaboration with the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre
NEW CHAIR HOPES TO CARRY ON JOHN BELLS TRADITION
When Professor Manfred Kremer assumed the chair of the Department of L1nguages and Literatures last fall he knew it wouldnt be easy to follow in the footsteps of his close friend Professor]ohn Bell who had died the previous spring
John was one of the -niversitys finest teachers and is sorely missed says Professor Kremer I hope I can carry on the tradition of excellence that was his hallmark
Enrolment in Languages and Litershyatures one of the largest departments in the College ofArts has been steady for the past decade with 1300 to 1400 students a semester
With the help of his colleagues Professor Kremer is revising the currishyculum ofsome programs The French Studie section is investigating the establishment of a masters program in co-operation with other univershysities With more than half the departments enrolment in the French progranl the student base is broad enough to justify a masters program he says Guelph already works jointly with Wilfrid Laurier Western and Windsor universities in mooing a French Studies program in Nice France
Professor Manfred Kremer
Professor Kremer received his undergraduate degree and PhD degrees at the University of Cologne in West Germany He taught at the
niversity of Wales for a year before coming to Guelph as a lecturer in 1966
Editors Note The John Bell -Memorial Fund will provide an annual scholarship to a student majoring in Classics Donations can be sent to the Office of the dean College ofArts Income tax receipts will be issued
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ALUMNI HONORED AT CHEMISTRY IBIOCHEMISTRY
AWARDS NIGHT
Martin Bosch CPS 69 MSe 7J ( left) andPrOfessor Hamish Rattray chair of the University Awards Committee chat during the 1987 annual Chemistry mul Biochemistry awards night
Aumni were in the spotlight when the Department of ChemistI) and BiochemistI) and the Chemistry Biochemistry Club held their 1987 annual dinner and awards night recently
1987 graduates Dorothy Bakker (chemistry) Karen Graham (chemical tOXicology) Donna (Fackoury) Meagher ( applied chemistry) and Lauretta Williams (biochemistry) each received a Society of Chemical Industry Merit Award
Dorothy now studying medicine at McMaster University said The Guelph semester system and deshymanding undergraduate workload gave me the ability and confidence to be well organized in high pressure situations
Karen who is pursuing pharmashy
cology and toxicology studies at the University of Toronto commented that Guelph offered a tremendous toxicology program and said she would have stayed to do her graduate work at Guelph had it offered a graduate toxicology program
Donna a full-time research assistant for Mc eil Consumer Produc ts Company and winner of the EB Mac aughtOn Convocation Prize as the Winegard nominee for 1987 reflected on her studies at Guelph saying My four yCdfS at Guelph helped me develop skills I require to fmd answers
Lauretta who also received the CPS Graduation Prize and prestigious NSERC 1967 Science Scholarship said her undergraduate training at Guelph prepared me with a very solid foundation and competitive edge for graduate studies and encouraged me in the joy oflcarning and desire to study She now attends York University
Brock Chittim CPS MSc 77 pre shysident and general manager of Wellington Laboratories Guelph presented Joanne Ryks with the newly established WeUington Laboratories Prize in Environmental Chemistry
Martin Bosch 69 MSc 71 preshysident of Tricorp Chemical Speci shyalities Guelph announced the new Tricorp Chemical Specialties Award in organiC chemistry The first presentation of this annual scholarship of S I 200 will be made in 1989
Dr Lind Mrs Harold Suderman presented H] Suderman Demonstrashytor Awards to PhD students Clint Chapple CPS 82 MSc 84 and Carl Decicco CPS 84 for their excellent work in teaching undergraduate lahoratories
Thirty-two additional awards were presented to undergraduate students for their outstanding efforts in 1987
Professor Innes MacKltnzie Physics chats with Dr Steve Berko Brandeis f
University Waltham Mass one Of the speakers at a sympOSium held in Professor MacKenzies honor
PROFESSOR HONORED
November was quite a month for Professor Innes MacKenzie Physics
first he received the 1987 Sigma Xi Excellence in Research Award for his outstanding contribution to re shysearch The award was presented at the Guelph chapter of Sigma Xi s annual banquet At the chapters annual meeting Professor MacKenzie presented the lecture Non-invasive Analyses by Gamma-ray BackshyscatteJing
Later in November a symposium New Demands on Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy wai organized by Proshyfessor MacKenzies research assoshyciates The symposium held at the University in Professor MacKenzies honor featured ten speakers from rhe United States Canada Africa England and Finland A banquet and reception followed in the evening
Professor MacKenzie is now retired but continues to do research at the University as an adjunct professor
NAMED TO STATS INSTITUTE
Professor Hendrick Malik Mathematics and Statistics has been elected a member of the International Statistical Institute in recognition of his contribushytions to the field of statistical methods TIle institute is an autonomous society whose obshyjective is the development and improvement of statistical methods throughout the world
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LEADING CANCER RESEARCHER DELIVERS FIRST CHAPPEL LECTURE
Anoted medical scientist in cancer research delivered the inaugural address in a new lecture series on campus - the Chappel Lecture in Biomedical Sciences
Dr Harry Rubin spoke February 4 the night before winter convocation ceremonies at which he received an honorary doctor of science degree Dr Michael Smith a leading Canadian molecular biologist also received an honorary degree at winter convoshycation
The Chappel Lecture will be an annual event on campus bringing scholars of international repute to address students faculty and the public It was established by Dr
D1~ Harry Rubin hooded by Umversity secretay Barbara Abercrombie is congratulatedby Chancellor William A Stewart
CLifford 1 Chappel OVC 50 and hLi wife in memory ofhis father Herbert James Chappel and was hosted in its first year by OVe
Dr Rubin began his work in the area of viruses in Mexico after gradu shyating from Cornell University as a veterinarian in 1947 He later joined the S Public Health Service became senior research fellow at the California Institute ofTechnology and has held several research pOSitions at the ni shyversity of California Berkeley where he is now professor of molecular biology and research virologist He is known for his contributions to the field of cell growth regulation and malignanqr
Dr Rubins lecture Is Cancer Caused by Cancer Gerzes or the Folly ofReductionism explored popular theories of cancer-causing genes
OVC GRAD WORKS TOWARD BILINGUAL EDUCATION IN CANADA
Dr Susan (Tilt ) Purdy OVC 68 strongly believes that Canada can be a bilingual nation To that end he is serving as national president of Canadian Parents for French (CPF) a 16500-mcmber nation-wide volunshytary association of parents intere ted in promoting the best possible french second language programs at all educational levels
CPF acts as an information-sharing resource for parents educators governments and the general public on French education opportunities in Canada Sue says it is a unique organization because it represents the majority language group advoshycating the language of the minority and thus is a bridge between the two solitudes
Sue moved to New Brunswick after graduation from OVC and practised veterinary medicine in Moncton with her husband Dr James G Purdy OVC 50 until 1974 when they sold their hospital and moved ro Sackville Presently Sue is in small animal prac shytice with her husband in Sackvillc on
Susan (Tilt) Pu-dy OVC 68 sbaresa conversation with Fernand Robichaud MP for West Moreland Kent (left) and DIberville Fortier CommissionerofOffidaI Languages at the 10th anniversary ofCanadian Parents for Frerzch in 1987
a limited part-time basis as she serves her second year as CPF president
Sue became involved in educational issues and joined CPF 10 years ago when her two children started school Now n and 16 both children are enrolled in continuing French immershyion programs and Sue says shes satist1ed that she has given them the
best start she can at becoming bilinshygual J now devotc most of my time to ensuring that other Canadian hildren have a right and opportunity
to learn both of Canadas official languages in the public school sysshyteOl she explains
Sue ha fond memories of Guelph and her fellow students at OVC in the sixties Our paths have continued to cross over the years and I always look forward to such encounters she says Although I am not lIsing my formal training a great deal at the moment the education I received at Guelph has fitted me well for the advocacy role I play poundOday My only wish is that [ could have graduated a bilingual veterinarian - but alas those were different times That is why I work so hard to ensure future graduates from all our universities will not be Limited to expression in only one language
Editors Note Ifyou would like more illformation about CPF write to 309 Cooper Street Suite 2OJ Ottawa Ontalio K2P OG5
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OVC GRAD FOUNDS WORLD WOMENS VETERINARY
ASSOCIATION DrBetsy McGregor OVC 87 didnt expect to become president of the worlds ftrst association for professhysional women veterinarians when she auended her first World Veterinary Congress in Montreal last summer But when she discovered that the only female vet group the womens auxiliary was not designed to address specific professional issues for women vets she invited interested women to a meeting Sixty-eight women from 24 countries attended When the meeting was over Betsy had been elected founding president of the World Womens Veterinary Associashytion (WWV A) and a set of objectives had been struck
Career enhancement is the core objective The WWVA will promote awareness of professional opportunishyties for women veterinarians on difshyferent continents and within the United ations international agencies A quarterly WWVA Newsletter will list such opportunities around the world
The WWVA is also committed to professional and personal developshy
ment through practice exchanges betshyween countries university visits leave opporrunities and house exchanges For example the founding member fro m Kenya suggested hOliday or academic exchanges between her colleagues in Africa and women veterinarians interested in wildlife The iWVA Newsletter will contain a listing of members wishing to partishycipate in s1lch exchanges
Above all the WWVAis committed to a humanitarian contribution to international agriculture About half of the 24 countries represented in the Asso ciation are developing nations Recognizing that in many of these countries women contribute signiftcantly to livestock production the WWV A wants to provide support to these women who because of cultural constraints may not have the same access to services as men To this end Betsy contacted the president of the Associated Country Women of the World Dr Ellen McLean also a Canadian The two organizations will work as affiliates in international aid projects to deliver livestock and
Dr Betsy McGregor ove 87 and son at last years convocation ceremonies
veterinary medical care to Third World nations
Following a masters degree in rural farming systems from McMaster -nishyversity Betsy worked for the United Nations Food and Agr icultural Organization around the world during the 1970s She returned from overseas and commenced studies at OVC in the 1980s Upon graduation she worked as a special assistant to OVC Dean Ole ielsen co -ordinating OVCs international programs She is currently working as a eterinarian with Agriculture Canada
For more information about the WWVA contact Betsy at PO Box 6069 Station J Ottawa K2A ITl
OVC STUDENTS HOST FIRST CONFERENCE The first Canadian Veterinary Stushydents Conference hosted by OVC in January was a big success according to OVC student Andrea Ellis president of the Central Vcterinary Students Association (CVSA)
There is a student conference in the United States but the Canadians get lost in the crowd We decided it was a good time being OVCs 125th anniversary in 1987 to have something right in our own backyard Andrea explains
The OVC snldent council of the CVSAhad been preparing since Mar h 1987 for the two full days of scientific
sessions and recreational events About 60 students and faculty attenshyded from the Atlantic Veterinary College University of Prince Edward Island the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Montreal St Hyacinthe and the Western College of Veterinary Medicine niversity of Saskatchewan Attendance from avc students ranged from 180 to 300 depending on the event
OVC has always had a FrenchshyEnglish student exchange with St HyaCinthe and we knew there was enthusiasm in the West because they talked for years about organizing a hockey tournament But we were
really surprised by the Atlantic Veterinary College Their school has only been operating a few years and out of about 96 students 19 came to conference says Andrea
A conference fund has now been set up and will be administered by the Students of the Canadian Vetershyinary Medical Association n1e conshyference location will be rotated among the four colleges with St Hyacinthe probably hosting next year says Andrea Weve been told that weve started something big Everyone had a really good time and we hope the conference will continue for a long tinle
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DR IAN TAYLOR DOING HIS ullONS SHARE Dr Ian W Taylor avc 43 of Wheeling Illinois puts enthusiasm into everything he does [ figure if Im going to do it Im going to be enthusiastic he was quoted recently in a local newspaper article
As OVC class of 43 president Ian co-chaired the 40th reunion of his class at Alumni Weekend in 1983 along with Dr Archie MacKinnon He acted as master of ceremonies for the program and arranged a display of memorabilia Fourteen out ofa possishyble 31 members of the class were present
TIlis year [an is pushing for 100 per cent attendance at the 45th reunion during Alumni Weekend Perfect attendance is something Ian knows about
He has served the community of Wheeling as a veterinarian for over 30 years Although most of his work has been with dogs cats and a few birds he has also dedicated a great amount of time to lions - bUl nol the four legged kind He recently received
GOOD EWES Three sets of genetically identical lambs are the first anio1aJs bom from bisected embryos at the University
]n December six surrogate ewes delivered nine lambs - three sets of twins and three singles - that had developed from embryos micro shysurgically bisected and implanted five months earlier
Project leader Dr Calhy Gartley ove 82 now completing a DVSc degree in the Department of Clinical Studies says the accomplishment is a milestone for the University
1 find it exciting that these are the first genetically identical animals created and born at the University of Guelph she says They represent the first ofmany such twins in several species that University researchers hope to soon realize
Besides maximizing embryo use this project demonstrates the potenshytial to create Significant numbers of
Dr Ian Taylor OVC 43 with some of the hundreds ofpins hehas collected on visits to Lions CLubs a1(mnd the world
a special award from the International Lions Club for exemplary work in lhe field of international relations He has attended Lions Club meetings in 57
Twin lambs Mutton and jeff who began life as the same embryo am shown with Dr Cathy Gartley avc 82 under the watChful eye of their sutTOgate mothet Q2
genetically identical aninlals that are vital for consistent research results
Dr Gartleys project is supported by the Ontario Ministry ofAgricu Iture and Food (OMAF) and the Eleanor Gartshore Memorial Shnp Trust
different countries and hasnt missed a monthly meeting in 29 years
He has served the Wheeling Club as preSident newsletter editor and public relations chairnlan and has twice been named Lion of the Year In 1982he received tbe MeJvinJones Fellowship award for dedication to humanitarian services and recently he was recognized by a resolution in the Illinois House of Representatives for his Lions Club work He says his greatest pleasure is watching the joy that d isabled children get from a Lions-sponsored camp in Lake Villa each year He has been involved in ftmd-raising for the disabled which is the Lions main objective both locally and abroad
Ian would like to hear from alumni who are members of Lions Intershynational to exchange information and souvenirs used by the clubs throughout the world of Lionism He would also like his OVC class of 43 members to immediately send back the questionnaires mailed to them by the Alumni Office in December for the purpose of producing a class anniversary newsletter These may be sent [0 him at 7695 Milwaukee Ave Wheeling lllinois 60090 or to Dr Archie MacKinnon RR 4 Cambridge Onto 1R 555
SPEAKERS TOUR
The OVC Alumni Association invites alumni to hear two dynashymic guest speakers and tour the Equine Research Centre during Alumni Weekend June 18
Dr Bruce Fogle OVC 70 of London England practitioner and author will speak on The Changing Role Of the Veterinshyarian in SmallAnimalPractice and Dr Brian Brandenburg OVC 68 M Sc 71 president of Guelph International Developshyment Consultants will speak on Veterinary Medicine in the Third World
The progranl will conclude with a dinner and dance
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Editor Carol yn (Redden) Moore 84
FROM THE PRESIDENT
While writing this message at the end ofJanuary I realize the mid-point of this years board of directors acti shyvities has arrived I reflect on two goals I set at our annual meeting last June to evaluate our contact with Mac-FACS alumni and increase memshybership in our alumru association
Upon graduation you do not autoshymatically become a member f the Mac-FACS Alumni Association You become a member by paying an annultll or life membership fee This money helps the board ofdirectors carry out activities on your behalf for both students and aluo1ni
At (he January board meeting we discussed the services our Association provides Our visibility with students is quite high through schOlarship presentations careers night and a reception for the graduating class Our services to alumni may need to be redefined What would you like us to provide orgaruze or sponsor
Our annual seminar was cancelled in October 1986 due to a lack of registrants Should we attempt to organize another
LOnYline Holding 71
Your board wants to increase its ConLlct with a greater number ofyou Where and when would you like us to be active7 What projects would you like us to consider
Please send your comments to us at Alumni House University ofGuelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2Wl Also why not come to our 1988 annual meeting June 18 J hope to hear from you soon
Sincerely Lorraine Holding 71 MacmiddotFACS Alu m ni As ociation President
FACS students Suzie Chin and Tracey Vent chat with Barb Stuart FAGS 71 faculty representative on the Mac-FACS Alumni Association s board Of directors at the annual party for graduating students hosted by the Assodation in February Sixty-five students 15 board members and several faCUlty members attended this yems party
CALLING ALL HOME
ECONOMISTS Towards 2000 Challenges and Opportunities is the theme of the Canadian Home Economics Associashytion (CHEA) National Conference at the Univer-ity July 10-13 The conshyference will be of intere t to alumni who graduated in programs related to family and consumer studies foods and nutrition home economics or human ecology
CHEA with a membership of2000 is committed to provide professional development for its members through programs workshops and special interest sessions A major part fits mandate is to create an awareness of new products and services in the market place
Frank Feather a well-known global futurist with a business-like approach will be the keynote speaker at the CIlEA conference He will address the challenges and opportunities of the future Dr Ehler Park a consultant with A5A willexplainhowplanning for outer _pace affects everything from the food we eat to how children will play
Other topics at the conference will include artificial vs natural sweetshyeners issues of an aging population space-age textiles SMART house - a totally computerized environment human sexuality free trade and agri shycu lture food irrJdiatjon and financ ial p lanning
Well-known Canadian entertainer Nanlt-Y White whose satirical songs arc often heard on CBC radio will perform following the opening ceremonies
Many pre and post-conference actishyvities are planned including trips to the Stratford Festival Niagara-on-theshyLake and Niagara Falls Waterloo County ( Farmer Market ) and the village of Elora
The conference offers an excellent opportunity for professional deveshylopment and networking For more information contact Wilda Waldron registration chair CHEA Conference 88 168 Maple Street Guelph Ontario N I G 2G7 ( 519) 836-9551
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FACS GRAD FINDS HEART IN THE ARTS
I ts strange how things work Ollt
Im glad r received a well-rounded education at Guelph It prepared me for th e future reflects Eva Eichenbaum FACS 75
Eva is one often Niagara Peninsula poets featured in Voices from the Niagara a book of local poems colshylelttcd by Pcter and Brenda Baltensperger and published in 1987 ( Moonstone Press 8795 )
Reviewing the book in the Hamilton Spectator John Terpstra writcs Thcre are some very good poems here and a few are standouts I especia lly enjoyed those of Eva Eichenbaum and David Haskins
Eva was born in Sweden the daughter of Estonian refugees who escaped their homeland during the Second World War She camc to Canada with ber family at age two and grew up in Niagara Falls where she attended Stamford Collegiate and won the Upper Scbool English Award at graduation
After a year of travel in 1969 as Miss iagara Hospitality for the Niagara
Promotion Association she enrolled at the University of Guelph to earn a Bachelor of Applied Science degrce and also took some courses at the
niversity of Helsinki Finland She then earned her Bachelor of Education degree at the College of Education Brock n iversity St Catharines and now teaches English and Television Arts at Merritton High School in that city
She started her career in education as a Family Studies teacher and was once head of the Family Studies Department at Merritton but found that her heart was really in English and the creative arts She used to teach theatre arts and also formed the Merriuon High School Dance Commiddot pany Sht teaches ballet and has written several musical comedies for her theatre and dance students
I got the idea for the style and format of the musicals fro m College Royals Curtain Call at Guelph I had a role in the production Der Keller a take-off on Cabaret in my final year she explains
NEW CHAIR TO BROADEN FOCUS IN
CONSUMER STUDIES Teaching and research in the Department ofConsumer Studies has focused on consumer affairs particushylarly consumer behavior and the basic necessities - food clothing and housing New department chairJohn Pratschke sees a need to review and perhaps expand this focus
Professor Pratschke says he was drawn to Guelph because of his interest in consumer economics The University has one of the few departmiddot ments in Canada with a consumer emphasis He plans to preserve the departments unusual linking ofsocial SCience business and technology but broaden the rangt ofstudy to include other products and services important
to the budgets of Canadian house shyholds
The employer market is happy with Consumer Studies graduates says Promiddot fessor Pratschke but there is a need for better communication about the program w ith secondary school stushyden ts We must get across the message that marketing is an inter shyesting challenge and that the program is professionally oriented without lOSing its base in product technology
Born in Ireland Professor Pratschke received his bachelor of commerce master ofeconomic science and PhD at University College Cork He has taught at the University of Waterloo University College Ga lway and
Eva EiclJenbaum FACS 75
Five of Evas poems are featured in tht 63 middotpage Voices f1Om the Niagara and she has donated a copy of the book to the University Lihrary She has also had poems published in Souldust and Pearls Sixth Edition ( Moonstone Press) and There Is a book productd by the Niagara Chapter of the Canadian Authors Association In the future she hopes to take some tinle out from teaching to study broadshycasting
PrOfessorjohn Pratschke
Memorial University Newfoundland He has published widely on the economics ofconsumer expenditures and on European housing policy agrimiddot culture banking and business education
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Mike Traub HAF-A 78 general manager Victoria Place Retirement Lodge Kitchenel discusses his career with a group ofstudents at the HAFA Alumni Assodatiolls annual Careers Night held on campus in January Thirty-seven alumni involved in a vanmiddotety ofcareers volunteered their time to the popular event
HAFA ALUMNI EXCHANGE SEMINAR HELD
Nancy Plato FACS 81
FACS PEOPLE Naney Plato FACS 81 ( Consumer Studies ) the new OAC liaison coshyordinator will acquaint high school students and guidance counsellors with opportunities in the agricultural sciences at Guelph
Enrolment at OAC has declined over the past few years and _ aney will work at increasing student numbers through recruitment and marketing
The position ofliaison co-ordinator is a new one for OAe Nancy says one of her main objectives is to broaden the understanding high school stushydents have ofGuelphs programs She plans to use her well-rounded view of agriculture and its related proshygrams combined with her recruitshyment experience
Nancy is back in Guelph from a position in secondary school liaison at Mount Royal College Calgary She is married to Paul Thiel OAC 82 and is an active member of the Mac-FACS Alumni Association board of directors
Professors Kathleen Brown Lila Engberg and Griffith Morgan have all retired from the Department of Family Studies Professor Elizabeth Upton HAFA will retire in July
Professor John Auld Consumer Studies has produced the Human Settlements Audio-Visual Resources Catalogue It is published by the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Warren Adamson vice-president development Delta Hotels gave the keynote address What is the Canadian Tourism Industry Anyway at the annual HAFA Alumni Exchange Seminar held November 4 at the DelL Chelsea Inn Toronto
This professional development event was sponsored by the HAFA
MOllica Hrybko HAFA 88 (left) received Ci HAFA AlumniAssociation Life Membership from Association president Morag McKenzie 82 The membership is given to a graduating student as selected by his or her peers with a minimum 70 per cent accumulative average who has had outstanding involvement ill the School andor University
Alumoi Association in co-operation with Pannell Kerr Forster lL gave lIAFA grads an opportunity to listen to experts in the field speak 00 various topical hospitality issues including pay equity the human resource risis trends in the hotel and foodservice industry and business planning
CONFERENCE
In Search of Healthy Sexuality
June 13-15 1988
The University of Guelphs 10th an nual sexua li ty conference sponshysor d byThe Department of Fami ly Studies wil l examine current issues in human sex u lily tea hing approaches in sexducation and counse llin g m thod for sexual problems
Keynote Ad dress by Dr Ruth Westheimer
For further info rmation write Co ntinu ing Education Di ISlon Univers ity of Guelph Gu Iph
nta ri N 1 G 2W1 or telephone (5 19) 824-4120 ex 3956
Registration Limit d Apply early
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OAC ALUMNI NEWS Editor Richard Buck 76A
OAC GRAD GIVES GIFT OF WATER TO THAI VILLAGERS
By janet Dumo
Water is not taken for granted in northeast Thailand Usually there is too little of it The sandy laterite soils do not hold water They crack and parch during the hot dry season Ponds shrink Streams and some wells dry up Even in the rainy season the rains are often late or insufficient and the rice crops wither in the fields
But sometimes there is too much water Heavy rains cause flash floods Which drown crops and wash pesti shycides and decaying organic matter into unprotected pit wells There is not enough clean drinking water to ensure good health
A CUSO priority in Thailand is to increase village self-sufficiency and improve the standard of living through the development ofsmall-scale water resources particularly in the north and northeast the poorest regions of the country CUSO engineers placed with departments of local adminisshytration survey and design small spillways dams and piped water systems They develop an under shystanding of indigenous water proshyblems and help viUagers develop water resource technology to deal with these problems
In most villages in Surin province the water is imprisoned under a 20shymetre thick layer of heavy clay comshypacted into red brick-like rock
Ed von Euw OAC 84 returned to Canada in December after two years as a CUSO water resources engineer in Surin While there he worked with two percussion water-jet well-drilling rigs one an Appropriate Technology Association ( A TA) rig originally used in India and Africa the other based on an indigenous village model
Ed found theATA rig needed modi shyfications to make it easier for villagers to operate Most important was the change from a hand to foot-powered lever which the villagers found much less exhausting to work But at $625 the ATA rig is expensive to buy and the Honda motor which pushes water
Ed von EllW and co-worker teaching pump maintenance ill Surin Thailand
down the hole to tlush out the soil and rock particles can use up to $4 of fuel a day
Ed spent several months looking at rigs used by Surin farmers and finally adapted a model from one used by Khun Hong of Muang Pet a village near Surin town Khun Hongs rig uses a pole and beam arrangement making it less durable and steady than the tripod form used in Eds adapted rig The new rig uses a hand-powered Lucky pump made in Taiwan and fanliliar to villagers
The Honda pump used in the ATA drilling rig must be repaired in town and a smaU repair may cost $10 while a repair to the Lucky pump can be done by villagers for less than a doUar Spare parts are available everywhere The drill bilS are made from truck springs in the same Surin shop that made the rig to Eds specillcations They cost only 96 ccors each as opposed to the S7-bits used in the ATA rig
Using smaller pipe and bit than the ATA rig Eds adapted rig drills more quickly through rock and is lighter and easier to use It requires only two people to ope(dte the foot lever The ATA rig requires four or five Eds rig cost $192 to make including pump and accompanying tools and can be constructed by villagers in a small weldingmachine shop if there is a demand for more
Eds rig was tested in Ban Se Jaruk on a site divined by a villager Working
intermittently the villagers went d wn 25 metres in one and a half weeks much of the time grinding through the red rock When water they were pumping down the hole suddenly disappeared and didnt come up again they were afraid they had damaged the rig But instead it was a sign of having broken into a vein of water which was now absorbing any other water poured down So water had been found delicious and abundant right behind the assistant headmans house
The Ban Se Jaruk well has been capped with a rower pump purchased from ATA for S17 The pump is based on a bamboo model used in fndia The tubewell pipe and pump are made of plastic - more acceptable than steel which gives the water an unpleasant taste
Ed carried out a four-month wellshydrilling project in co-operation with Khun Darune of the Northeast Thailand ( ET) Project Funded by the Canadian Internat ional Deve shylopment Agency and assisted by CUSO it is a rural development program in operation since 1981 in 52 villages along the Thai-Kampuchean border The villagers of Ban Se Jaruk elated with their initial success borrowed Eds rig to drill more wells In total seven rigs were built from Eds proto shytype and distributed to four other villages Over 100 successful wells have been drilled in the area to date
EdilO1-S NoteanetDuma is a CUSO special program officer in Malaysia Sbe bas worked as an Englisb teacber witb CUSO in fi)aiand andMaaysia
Ed von Euw a Stratford native graduated from Guelpb witb a BSc in engineering in December J984He llas 011 tbe deans bonor roll three times and received an engineering scbolarsbip in 1983 Before going overseas in November 1985 be workedfor Enllironment Canada as a bydrornettic engineer He is now studying f01 a masters degree in engineering at Guelph
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Professor Harold Crawford OAC 58 MSc 7 0
OAC PEOPLE ProfessorJohn Burton OAC 62 and Brian McBride CBS 78 OAC MSA 80 Department of Animal and Poultry Science have received $400000 from the Ministry ofColleges and niversities Research Incentive Fund for contract research in partnershyship with Cyanamid Canada Inc of Toronto They will examine the effecshytiveness of the hormone BST in increasing milk production in dairy cattle as well as any other effects of the agent
Gordon MacLeod OAC 50 has retired from the Department ofAnimal and Poultry Science after 31 years at the UniversityJohn Summers OAC 53 MSA 59 has also retired from the Department of Animal and Poultry Science after 25 years at the University
Harold Crawford OAC 58 MSc 70 who recently retired as coshyordinator of the Ontario Diploma in Horticulture Program Independent Study Division after 29 years at the University has received the Ontario Parks Association (OPA) recognition award for Significant contribution to the betterment of parks the proshyfession and the envirorunent through his work in continuing education He has been a member of the educational committee of the OPA for 14 years The Ontario Diploma in Horticulture program graduated its first students in 1963 and now has 500 alumni
Marilyn Dykstra OAC 78 is new director of the Universitys Pest
Marilyn Dykstra OAC 78
Diagnostic and Advisory Clinic The clinic is working at maximum capacity with marc than 30000 inquiries to its credit since it opened nine years ago says Marilyn It receives everyshything from live specimens of earwigs and spiders to diseased ornamentals and fruit and vegetable crops Most specimens come from home gar shydeners she ays but the clinic has a growing clientele among commercial growers landscape businesses and other industries Through its service and extension functions the clinic has accumulated a reference collecshytion of more than 10000 slides and specimens as well as a list of resource people from across campus
Dr R Keith (Chip) Chapman OAC 40 has retired from the Department ofEntomoJogy University of Wisconsin Madison following a distinguished areer spanning 40 years A two-day symposium was held in his honor last June and The R Keith Chapman Vegetable Entomology SchOlarship was established with funds collected in lieu ofa retirement gift He has also been named professor emeritus Attending the symposium and retirement recognition party in Madison were Keiths brothers Ross also OAC 40 and Douglas OAC 44 and sister Helen Stockwell a graduate of Macdonald College McGiJl Univershysity Montreal and OAC Dean Freeman McEwen
When Bruce Brown OAC 85 received his degree from former agri shyculture minister William A Stewart chancellor ofthe Universi tyofGuelph he asked what steps he could take to
Dr R Keith (Chip) Chapman andhis brother Ross both OAC 40
become the minister of agriculture and food Little did he know that two and a half years later he would be minister - if only for a day
In December he shared the duties of Ontarios minister Jack RiddeD OAC 57 as his prize for winning a public speaking contest at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Bruce who operates a Newcastle dairy beef and cash crop farm with his father spoke on the survival of the farm family in Ontario
ETHICS IN AGRICULTURE Ethical issues in agriculture such as animal welfare are generally debated from an emotional viewpoint Proshyfessor Frank Hurnik OAC PhD 71 Animal and Poultry Science and Pro shyfessor Hugh Lehman Philosphy are hoping to change that through the journal of Agricultural Ethics an international quarterly publication which offers a forum for discussing moral issues related to food and food production
We hope this publication will act as a bridge between those who philo shysophize about agricu ltural ethics and those actively involved in plant and animal use says Professor Hurnik Its a scholarly refereed journal but it wont be bogged down with speciashylized technical jargon As a result we believe it will be useful to the farm community and we expect leaders from that field will be contributors not just readers
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Professor Fredjelome and his wife Faye look over a catalogue of the Universitys art collection
ALOVEOFART Back in 1968 Fred N Jerome OAC 33 established a trust fund to purshychase art produced by promising young Canadian artists
I was a full professor then and I could afford to do it (set up a trust fund) I felt art deserved a little push and I wanted to see the niversitys art collection expand explains the now retired professor ofgenetics and poultry science at Guelph
Forty-two Canadian works have been purchased to date through lhe F - Jerome Trust Fund and a special exhibi t of these works will be featured at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre beginning Alumni WeekendJune 18 and continuing throughout the sununer
Professorjeromes personal favorite in the collection is Ken Danbys silkshyscreen The Skates
I like Danbys technique His work is almost as realistic as a color photoshygraph but you can still tell its a painting he explains
He is also fond ofDiego Drawing a lithography by Jack Chanlbers a London Ontario artist and Gene Chus delicate Spider Series
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre Director Judith Nasby says Fred Jerome has made an outstanding contribution to the growth of the Universitys Canadian art collection - one of the largest univer itycollecshytions in the province He has recogshynized the tremendous growth and vitality of the art community in Canada by specifying that works be purchased from young artists
A LOVE OF LI LI ES The expression lily white has little meaning for Bill Evans His favorite lilies are bright orange and yellow I like the ones that almost glow and catch your eye from 100 yards away says the retired Department of Horti shycultural Science professor
Professor Evans lilies are certainly eye-catching for anyone travelling north of Guelph on Highway 6 betshyween mid-June and mid-August Splashes of spectacular color glow from his field of lilies near Marden (behind the home of Marjorie and the late George Durnford ) - a welshycome surprise for those accustomed to seeing only the popular Easter white variety
Im obsessed with lilies admits Professor Evans who retired in 1985 after 28 years of researching phult breeding and teaching small fruit proshyduction at the University of Guelph ) like their variety and scope They are perennial plants that grow at different heights Some have flowers that face up some face down and some face out Some are trumpet shaped some have petals that curve back Some are scented and some are unscented
As a child Professor Evans grew flowers and vegetables in his parents big garden north of Calgary After six years in the army he enrolled at the
niversity of Alberta to study hortishycu lture During his second year in 1947 he began hybridizing lilies Following graduation he worked as a fruit breeder for the federal governshyment in Alberta for eight years before coming to Guelph in 1957 He conshytinued to breed and grow lilies at the
niversity and on plots of land that friends like Professor Ted Me inch (and now Mrs Durnford) let him use
The University has quite a history of lily breeding says Professor Evans The late Isabella Preston a lecturer at Guelph before Professor Evans time went on the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa and to world fame for her ornamental crabapples lilacs and lilies The late Jc Taylor a professor at Guelph was well-known for his lily breeding and introduced Professor Evans to many other breeders He
told me that my lilies needed more vigor and let me use some of his plants in my work
Professor Evans introduced three new varieties of lilies through the University and registered some of Professor Taylors They were marshyketed in the United States So far Professor Evans has had 17 varieties of lilies internationally registered Anyone can do this he says modestly You just write a full desshycription of the plant pick a name that hasn t been used before and send it to the Royal Horticultural Society in England prekrrably with a photo The new names are published every year
It s hard coming up with new nanles though says Professor Evans He has named some of his varieties after the area in which they were grown shyArkel Marden Gold Aberfoyle He named one after his granddaughter Bronwen and one after his wife Ethelwaite ( her first and maiden names ) She gets a thrill whenever she sees that name on a ( flower show) prize list somewhere he says
Pink and pastel lilies are Professor Evans speciality and his favorite is a variety he caBs Blusbing Maiden It has mauvey pink tips with a white centre
Professor Evans and his wife edH a newsletter three times yearly for the Ontario Regional Lily Society and Professor Evans has just ended a two year term as president of the North American lily Society He has judged at nower shows all over Canada and the nited States and will preside at an international show in Hamilton in July
Because of his hobby Professor Evans is enjoying retirement He spends about 25 hours a week on his lilies in the summer months During the off season he grows seeds and works on his records He is working on increasing the number ofvarieties including spotless ones ( most lilies have spots which are dominant ) He is pleased that some of his former students are now growing lilies entering shows and joining li ly societies
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RURAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT GRADS TO FORM ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
The University School ofRural Planshyning and Development ( USRPampD ) was inaugurated at Guelph in 1980
USRPampD is built on the strengths of past Guelph initiatives such as the Centre for Resources Development and the Rural Development Outreach Project It is formally recognized by the Canadian Institute of Planners and offers Masters level programs in rural planning rural development international rural development and resources management It is also actively engaged in research and community outreach
Recent research topics have in shycluded land availabi Iityfor agricu lture
local economic development strateshygies rural aging northern and native community plannjng and developshyment rural transportation computer applications in planning and deve shylopment and water and waste management to name a few This research was conducted throughout Canada and arollnd the world inshycluding Nepal Kenya Indonesia St Lucia Belize and Botswana
The outreach interests ofthe School are fully integrated with its teaching and research activities Recent out shyreach projects have included the Childcare Network Project for families in rural Wellington County an evaJu shy
ation of the rural development proshygrams ofa Jesuit mission in southern Ethiopia a heritage strategy for the Town of IngerSOll and a recreation needs assessment for Sault Ste Marie
Graduates of USRPampD as well as graduates of the former Centre for Resource Development are now being invited to form an alumni association to keep members updated on School activities their fellow alumni and issues concerning rural planning and development For further information contact Professor Harry Cummings USRampD University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N1G 2WI ( 519) 824-4120 ext 6783
JOIN YOUR OAC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NOW Did you know that as a graduate of OAC you are not automatically a member of the OAC Alumni Assoshyciation However anyone involved in a formal agricultural education at OAC ( past present or future ) is not only eligible to become a member but is encouragetl to do so
The OAC Alumni Association is a separate entity from the University of Guelph Alumni Association anti has specific responsibilities It awards
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ARTS Joanna Black 81 Ls aisistant direclOr curator The Marietta-Cobb Fine Arts Centre Marietta Georgia
Richard Hoffman 78 a Canadian Press journalist in Toronto is married pound0 Martine Bracey CBS 77
Laura Mezey-Hamid 82 administrative assistant to the vice-president of finance Penningtons Stores Umjted Toronto is married to Shaheed Hamid CSS 82
John Laurence (Stash) Stasiw 76 is marketing manager Philips Electronics Ltd Scarborough
Dirk Vanbattum 75 is vice-president Eddie May Mysteries Ottawa
CBS Michael Best 77 is a research technician Cross Cancer Institute Edmonton
GRAD NEWS EUzabeth Jane (Kempe) Coker 82 a resource worker CaJedon Parent-ChiId Centre Bolton is married to Dr Ted Coker OVC 87
Janet Ebanks 86 is a medical social worker Cayman overnment Health Sershyvices George Town Grand Cayman Cayman Islands British West Indies
Kevin Ferguson 80 supervisor of Outdoor Education for the Elgin County Board of Education married Suzanne Schmid BEd (Nipissing) 82 in April 1987 She works for the Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority They live near Aylmer
Michael Hackenberger 81 is president Canadian Zoological Systems Toromo
Heather Hattin 84 (HK) whose rowing accomplishments were featured in the winter 1987 issue ofthe GuelphAlumnus won Canadas first-ever gold medal in womens rowing in the double-scull event at the world championships in Copenhagen last summer
Cynthia (Porter)JefIrey 85 is studying for an MSc in Food Science at the University of Manitoba She is married to ScottJefIrey OAC 82 assistant professor ofAgncul tural Economics at the University of Manitoba They live in Winnipeg
Dr Gord Kennedy 85 senior chemist Union Carbine Corp Bound Brook New Jersey is married to Carrie Feaver CPS 84
Steven Kerr 77 is regional fisheries biologist Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources KemptviUe
Jim Lee 73 is director Research Services Min istry of Tourism Recreation and Culture Victoria BC
David Lemon 79 is senjor wildlife biologist S Fudge and Altsociates Ltd Saint Johns Nfld
Larry Patterson 76 is Grand Forks and District Aquatic Centre Manager Grand Forks Bc
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Stephen Rabbetts 79 is a zookeeper Metro Toronto Zoo Wcsthill
Cathy Oohnson) Rewcastle 80 is a fur biologist Manitoba atural Rcsources Winnipcg
Brian Sntith 78 micro ~)Stcms manager Natural Sciences Centre The University ofWestcrn Ontario London is married to Debra Bond CSS 79
Bradly Veitch 86 is second brewer Wellington County Brewery Guelph
Michael Wade 87 is responsible for aquaculture programs at Kpong Farms Volta River Authority Akuse Ghana the site of a major hydro-electric installation
P Allen Woodliffe 76 is the first and only district ecologist with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Chatham Districr He is married to Marie Gedcke FACS 75 and has a son Timothy TIl y Jive in Rondeau Provincial Park here Allen was park naturalist for 10 years before moving to the Chatham office
CPS Dr Syed Ahmed 87 is assistant proshyfessor Departme nt of Statistical and AClUarial Sciences University of Western Ontario London
Susan (Bishop) GraJ1am R3 a fourth year medical student Faculty ofMcdicinc University of Toronto is marri ed fO Don Graham CSS 83 CBS MSc 87 who is a ftl ll-time parent to their threc-year-old twins
Robert Lake 77 a self-employed conshysulting geolOgist is married to Susan Kay OAC 77 a human relations specialist with Petro Canada They live in Calgary
Robert Whitehead 79 is a mi ncr Denison Mines Ell iot Lake
Caroline (Carly) Williams 85 is a software engineer Wild Leitz Canada Toronto
CSS John Babcock 8 is special cabinet assistant Office of Minister of State (Forestry and Mines ) Ottawa
Jana Fie MA 87 i a neuropsychological associate Brazos Valley Rehabilitat ion Center Bl)an Texas
Danny Leung R6 is news submiddoteditor Asia Television Limited Hong Kong
Allison (Shaughnessy) Scanlan 84 production supervisor G I of Canada shyTruck Assltmbly Oshawa is mlITied [() Michael Scanlan 84 directo r of pur hasing Arbor Capital Rltsources
middotoronto
Patricia Sorbam 80 is executive assisshytant to the Ontario Minister of Energy Toronto
G Llewellyn Watson MA 70 a proshyfessor at the University of Prince Edward Island has written a texthook Dilemmas and Contradictions in Sucial 7beor) published by University Press of America
Terry Wright 76 is account manager John Logan National Leasing Bramptoll
MAC-FACS Marie (Tomelin) Cowlin 78 is brand manager Distillers Co Canada Ltd Toronto
Debbie Foster MSc 87 is medical coshyordi natorsex educator Youth Clinical Services Inc Down~view
Marilyn (Shirley) Goodwin 75 MSc 77 a research officer for CSC Ottawa h ma rricd to Fred Goodwin HAFA 75
Margaret (CJark)Jordan 82 manager Agricultural Employment Services Cmada Farm Iabour Pool Newmarkct is married to BrianJordan OAC 81
Margo (Payne) Langan 83 marketing communications co-ordinator Moore Response Technologies Mississauga is married toJohn Langan CBS 75
Nancy (Howard) Martin 81 senior contract managemcnt officer Consumer Products and Trtffic Management Brmch DepartJllent of Supply and Service~ Hull Que is marriltd to Phillip Martin CBS ( HK) 82
Helga (Strenzke) McDonald 84 public relations officer Centrilia Collegc Huron Park is married to Ian McDonald OAC 83
Marilyn Sewell-Kelley 78 is agriculshytura l health and safel) comiddotordinacor Rural Organizations and Services Branch OMAF Guelph and lives near Paris
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James Allen 77 (ODH ) is president of Allens Turf Services Ltd Calgary
Martin Bohl 85 is policy advisor OMAJ Toronto
Guy Bonnetta 79 manager Pioneer Overseas CorpJohnston Iowa is married to Carolyn Knowles CBS 78
Stew Carpenter 50 president ofDivershysity Farms Inc Paw Paw Midligan is married to Olive McEwan 79A scltretary-tnasurer ofDiversity Farms Inc
Harold Cau 60A and 67 is viceshypreSident Barnes Wines Limited St Catharines
Elroy Cober 85 and his wife Rhoda have begun three-year Mennonite Central Committee assignments inKabwe Zambia Elroy is working as provincial o ilseed office r and Rhoda as a general health worker
Eileen (Emmett) Cole 79 a registered
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University of Guelph
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Thursday July 14
For more information ontact Anita McManamna
(5 19) 824-4120 ext 2896
OVC CONFERENCE October 14 amp 15 1988
Details to follow in August issue of the Guelph Alumnus
For further in formation contact Dr Ron S_ Downey
Assist nt Dean ave at (5 19) 824-41 20 ext 441 1
or 441 3
CHOOSE A WINNER
TODAY NORTH AMERICAN LIFE 5650 Yong St North YoriltoOntario M2M G4
Lloyd Curtis OAC 7J MSc 74
nurse Colchester Hospital Truro 5 is married to Bill Cole 79 regional sales manager Clarence Farm Services L(vcr Truro
laura Cole 80 is a conservJLion planner Mississippi Vall y Conservation Authority Lanark
UoydCurtis 71 MSc 74 ofCalgary is national sales manager Agricultural Chem icals Division BASF Canada Inc BASF markets a wide range of crop proshyLection products Lloyd directs dle aCLivi shyties of BASFs liales force throughout Canada
James Donison H I is proje L engineer Costello Lomagney amp Denapoli ConshysulL ing Engineers Mancheste r New Hampshire
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Richard Graham OAC7J
Richard Graham 71 of Rrampton is naLional marketing maI111gcr Agricultural Chcmicab Divisi n f3ASF Canada Inc
Richard Helmer 62A married Marilyn Hogue in Oct 19R7 They live in Windsor Richard is supply tcaching for the Essex COllnty Board of Education and doing freclanltx horLicultural work during the summer months
Brian and Brigitte (Brunetzky) Kaufman 84 are pltased to announce the safe arrival of their son Nathaniel Brian All are reSiding at Bright
Dr Houchang Khatamian MSc 71 PhD 8 is associate professor Depart shyment of Horticul rure Kansas State Unishyversity Manhattan
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J cE~~~~f May 11 - Presidents Counc il Executive Luncheon
May 19-June 5 Guel ph Spring Festival
May 31-June 3 Convocation
June 13-15 Human Sexuality Conference
June 17-19 Alumni Weekend
July 10-13 Canadian Home Economics Association Con ference
July 26 Al um ni Assoc iation Executives O rientation Meeting
Masters of Agribusiness Management
111e University of Guelph is now olkring a Masters of Agribusiness Management for people interested in a comprehensive training program for manlgemel1l positions in modern agrihusiness
The program runs over I () months and is highly structured so that studenrs receive intensive practical training in all facets of agribusiness managemel1l
Ifyou have an agricultural background and wish to funher your career in management of farm or nonmiddotfarm agribuiiiness this program could he for you
For fu nhcr information on this program pleL~e contact
Professor Tom Funk Department of Agricultural Economics and Business University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl (519) 824middot4120 ext 3427
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Dr Elenimo Khonga PhD 87 is a lecturer University ofMalawi Chancellor College Zomba Malawi
Kevin Laidley 82 MSc 85 resource technician Niagara Peninsula Consershyvation Authority Allanburg is married to Lesley Nicholson FACS 83 child life specialist McMaster University Medical Centre Hamilton
Dr Monique Leclerc MSc 82 PhD 87 is assistant professor Department of Soil Science and Biometeorology Utah State University Logan
Maurice Marwood 64 MSc 66 is vicemiddot preSident sales and marketing Canadian Kenworth Company Mississauga He is responsible for all aspects of sales and marketing ofKenworth trucks and product support in Canada
Dr Giancarlo Mosch1ni PhD 86 is [caching in the Economics Department Iowa State University Ames not the Unimiddot versity of Iowa as stated in the fall 1987 issue oflhe GuelpbAlurnnus Our apolomiddot gie~ for [his error
Reid Palmer 63 is a research geneticist and professor Departments ofAgronomy and Genetics Iowa State University Ames
Dr Yousef Papadopoulos 80 MSc 82 PhD 87 a research scientist Agrimiddot cu lture Canada Nappan NS i$ married to Kathleen Glover 80 MSc 83
Andy Robinson 80 MSc 83 a genetimiddot cist Livestock Developmcnt Division Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Christine Howe Arts 81
Dr A Hamid Saleemi MSc 73 has received a PhD in Educational Psychology from Bayero UniverSity Kana Nigeria His thesis was Islamic Values and Commitment among HallSa Muslim Youtb Au Empirical Study and his reo search has been hailed as a pioneering study in the measurement of reJjgious commitment anlong MusJjms Dr Saleemi is principal tutor Department of Adult Education and Community Services Faculty of Education Bayero University
James Sampa MLA 86 is a lecturer in landscape design and natul 1 resource conservation School of Environmental Studies Copperbelt University Zambia
Bill Shotyk 81 completed his PhD in 1986 in the Geology Department at The University ofWestern Ontario and spent a year as visiting postdoctoral researcher at the UniverSity of California to study
thennodynamic stability of organic commiddot plexes of aluminum In Sept 1987 he married Beth Haas and they live in London where Bill is a postdoctoral research associate in the Geology Department UWO studying the surface chemistry of minerals He is also writing his first book The Geochemistry OfPeatandPeatlands to be published by Elsevier Amsterdam
jack Thompson OAC 81 is a firemiddot fighter Station No 1 Thomhlll
Susan Watkins 81 is program offi cer Horn of Africa Oxfam Canada She is in charge ofOxfams overseas development projects in Eutrea and Tigray prOvince of Ethiopia the majori ty of which are in agriculture and health
Dve Dr Ian Alexander 86 is a dmg evalumiddot ator Bureau of Veterinary Dmgs Health and Welfare Canada Ottawa
Dr Cheng Hock Choong PhD 72 is director Semex Canada Guelph
Dr Ann Davis 75 a graduate student at the University of Toronto has won the Hardi Cinader Prize for 1987 The award is given to the graduate student in the process of completing doctor-A work who most resembles renowned immunomiddot logist Dr Bernhard Cinaders originality and versatility
Dr john Debbie 65 is an epidemiomiddot logist New York State Health Department Albany
Dr jean Dodds 64 in addition to her research on blood clotting mechanisms has chaired several national and intermiddot national task forces on assorted topics
Dr Doug Galt 62 is laboratory head OMAF Brighton
Dr Maria Koller CBS 75 DVM 79 chief control programs Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Dr Robert Georgeson 72
Dr Darwin Lund 60 is veterinarian in charge Agriculture Canada Lethbridge Alta
Dr David Murphy 56 is director cardiovascular surgical unit Dalhousie
niversity Halifax
Dr Gary Nash 77 veterinary research officer Institute of Aquaculture University
ofStirling Stirling Scotland is married to Marilyn Klein CBS 77
Dr HG Rees 55 joined the faculty of Massey University New Zealand after 10 years ofgeneral practice Upon completion of his masters degree he as appointed senio r lect urer at the University of Melbourne In 1970 he returned to prac shytice in his native Wales and has spent the past 12 years on the faculty at SeaJe-Hayne College there He has a small sheep farm
ARTS Bruce Westheuser 76 ofToronto died Dec 7 1987 He was a teacher Toronto Montessori Schools Hlt is survived by his father Ronald and stcpmodlcr Dorothy two sisters and a brodumiddotr
CSS Robert A Dodd MA 75 of Victoria BC died Oct 8 1987 He had been employed by the Ministry of Health He is survived by his wife Wendy
Bruce G Miller 72 of Aurora Ont died Sept 2 1987 He was a teacher with York Region Board of Education He is survived by his wife
MAC-FACS Etta (Birdsall) Garnham 17D of Tillsonhurg Ont died Jan 11 1988 She is survi ed by her sister Doris Oatman
Kathleen (Coggs) Hallam 120 of Toronto died jan 23 1988
Katherine L (Williamson) Killmaster 35D of Southfield Michigan died jan 31 1988
GAdora(Beemer)McFadyen 29Dof Port Elgin Ont died Apri l 8 L987 She is Survived by her son George S McFadyen OAC 50A
Anne E Spera 280 of Dundas Ont died Jan 26 1988
Dora M (Dies) Terryberry 260 of Weston Ont died Jan 22 1988 She is survived by her son Douglas
and maintains a single man general pracshytice Sheep health and production are his main interests and in the fall he was admitted to the Cert SHP by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons In 1989 he plans to retrace his footsteps to learn about his main interests in the countries in which he was trained
Dr Duncan Sinclair 58 OAC MSc 60 (nutrition ) Schofield lecturer 1983 will become Queens University Dean of
IN MEMORIAM
OAC Aimee A (Ups) Acklen 36 of Irving Texas died Feb 2 1987 She is survived by her husband Robert and one son
George K Beare 37 A of xbridge Ont died Oct 30 1987 He is survived by his wife Ruby
Dr J Ritchie Cowan 39 of Corvallis Oregon died Nov 12 1987 He was a retired professor of agronomy and proshyfessor emeritus Oregon State University He received his MS and a doctorate in plant genetics from the University of Minnesota He served as national president of the Crop Science Socicty of America the American Society of Agronomy the American Forage and Graosland Council the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology and the League for Intershynational Food Education He was pre shydeceased by his first wife DorothyWhite Mac 39 He is survived by his second wife Ruth and two children
WUliam M Croskery 15 of Ottawa died Nov 17 1987 He was a retired agricultural representative for Carleton County He is survived by three children
Walter C Fisher 26 of Sf Catharines Ont died jan 20 1988 He is survived by his wife Alice ( Petrie ) and three children
William A Hammond 18 Port Dovers oldest World War I veteran died Sept 29 1987 at 95 Prior to entering OAC he farmed worked in a lumber camp in BC and fought forest fires in Montana During the war he served in France and Belgium with the 55th l3atteryofthe Royal Canadian Art illery advancing from gunner to sergeant In 1920 he married Minerva Mitchell and they farmed in Woodhouse Township Mter retir ing he became clerk-treasurer of the township and later
Medicine and Vice-Principal ( Health Sciences) onJuly 1 He has served Queens in various capacities since joining the departme nt of physiolo gy in 1966 Nationally he has been invo lved with the Medical Research Council of Canada for many years includ ing a term as its director-genera1
Dr Anne Marie Taylor 81 is direc tor of an imal care Animal Care Centre Dalhousie niversity Halifax
held the san1e position with the Town of Port Dover He also served on the Ontario Assessment Appeal Board and was a fanner chai rman of the Simcoe High School Board In 1967 he received a Centennial Medal for service to his communi ty He was predeceased by bis wife and a son and is survived by two daughters Betty Murton ofWatetiord and Doris LlIldon of listoweI
Kandappar NJeyasseelan MSA 56 of Peradeniya Sri Lanka died Oct 22 1987 He is survived by two children
Frank J King 33 of Thornhill One died Dec 19 1987 He was a pioneer of Canadas broiler chicken industry and retired senior executive and director of Ralston Purina Canada Inc He is survived by his wife Rachel and a son
Robert C (Bob) lGrkness 56 of Maple Ridge BC died Oct 10 1987 He is survived by his wife
] Morley Lawrence 1 7 of Windsor died Oct 4 1987
John S Lennox 66A of Shallow Lake Ont died as the result of a farm accident Nov 4 1987 He is survived by his wife Ada and a son
Alex T Macnab 36 of North Fort Myers Fla died Dec 18 1987 He is survived by his wife Vella
NormanJ Myles 39 of Guelph died j an 24 1988 He had been a second lieutenant 11 th Field Brigade Royal Canadian Artillery He is survived by his wife Luella Beverley (Highan1 ) and two children
Robert W Phillips 39 of Belleville Ont died Sept 21 1987 -John W Robertson 38 of Thorold Ont died Oct 21 1987 He is survived by his wife Elizabeth and daughter Janice Partlow Arts 70
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Henry H Rooke 8 of Barrie Ont died Dec 16 1987 lIe was retired from the Department of National Health and Welfare He is survived by his wife Harriet Mac 40 and daughters Jane Lennox and Nancy RookemiddotAllen CBS 73
Robert H See 65A ofBohon Ont died Nov 14 1987 He was the son of Margaret (Huston) See Mac 33 and the late Dr John N See OAC 35 OVC 38 He is survived by his wife Brenda and two sisters
WilliamT (Bill) Smith 35 ofStfJtford Ont died Sept 19 1987 He is survived by his wife Maude and five children
Annie H Tasi MSc 72 ofGuelph died Dec 9 1987 She received her BSc in Agriculture from the National Taiwan University in 1965 After receiving her masters in horticulture from Guelph she worked as a research technician in the Universipound) Department of Horticultural Science Shc is survived by her hu~band Benjamin and two children
William G Toner 20A and 22 of Guelph died Jan 30 1988 He is survived by hi wife Eileen and four children
W Benson (Ben) Vair 55 of Sarnia died Jan 6 1988 He taught science at Northern Collegiate in Sarnia for 25 years retiring in 1987
A Gordon O Whiteside 20A and 22 of Ottawa died June 2 1987 Ht was retired after 42 years as a cerealist with Agriculture Canada and wa~ a Fellow of thc Agricultural Institute of Canada lie developed sevedl varieties of Canadian whtat one of which bears his namt Gordon He is su rvived byhis wife Irene and three children
Joseph H Willmott 22A of Milton died Oct 23 1987 He is survived by his sonJohn c Willmott 55
PROFESSORS
Dr Denis H Stott professor emeritus since 1980 diedJan 22 1988 in England at 78 He was ftrst chair Department of Psychology from 1966-68 and was intershyna tionally known as a pioneer in deve shyloping learning techniques for hardmiddottOmiddot teach children He founded the Centre for Educational Disabilities which he directed until h is retirement in 1975 His research focused on the causes and promiddot
blems of delinquent school boys He is survived by hiswifeJane and tw children
Dr Robert D Whiteford of Qualicum Beach Vancouver Island former professor Department of Biomedical Sciences died Feb ] 0 1988 He is survived by his wife Beatrice and one son
STAFF Ray Catchpole a member of the Unj middot versitys Sulawesi Regional Development Project team in Indonesia died Nov 27 1987 in Jakarta at 46 He had been with the project sinet its inception in 1984 He is survived by his wife Ani and his mother Muriel Lucas A mcmorial fund has been established in his nanle Contributions may be forwarded to the Department of
Alumni Affairs and Development The fund will provide a bursary for Indonesians and Canadians involved in exchange between the two ountries It will be adminbtered by the niversity School of Rural Planning and Development
FRIENDS
Joseph Arlen of Guelph died Sept 5 1987 He pursued studies at OAC from 1957 to ) 959 before completing an engineering degree at the University of Toronto He is survived by his wife Judy who works in Photographic Services on campus and two children A Joseph Arlen Memorial Prize in Horticulture has been established Contributions may be forshywarded to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development
ASPARAGUS RESEARCHER DIES IN GUELPH
Herman (Herm) Tiessen OAC 51 onc of Canadas fore middot most aspard1t1s researdlers rued in Guelph Dec 10 1987 at 63 Or Ticsscn had been a horticul shyture professor at the University since 1955 and was co-ordinator of the National Asparagus Reshysearch Program
At its fiftieth anniversary meeting in london the day of his death the Ontario Asparagus Growers Marketing Board honored Dr Tiessen as the pershyson who had made the greatest contributions to the industry over the last 50 years He was also weU known for his work on greehouse tOmatoes and for a collaborative project with Texaco that used waste energy from the companys refinery to heat greenhouses
After graduating from OAC Dr Tiessen received his masters and PhD degrees from Michigan State University and returned to his alma mater to join the Department of Horticultural Science He traveUed widely to share his knowledge on veget-
The late Professor Herm Tiessen OAC51
able growing with scientists around the world most recently to New Zealand and Taiwan He -wa a member of the Agricultural Institute of Canada and the Canadjm American and Intermiddot national Societies for Horticulmiddot tural Science He was also an active member of the OAC Alumni Association
He is sUlvived by his wife Marjorie and two children
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JlAVIeuro 17 18 19 GOlf Tournament
The classic confrontation on the green the Gryphon Club Golf Tournament will start things rolling on Friday at the Cutten Club Prizes will be awarded
Barbecue amp CasinO Night
Meet your friends at Alumni House Friday evening for a barbecued feast and try your llck at the casino tables
SIOwpitch Tournament
The Grad loungers will defendtheir championship title at the alumnistudent co-ed slowpitch tournament Why not get a team together to compete for the first-place trophy and other awards Teams should consist of 12 to 20 players with at least six females per team Three one-hour games are guaranteed for each team
Tours Lectures Demonstrations
Tour the new Equine Research Centre see computer laboratory demonstrations at the College of Family and Consumer Studies or catch an enlightening lecture If its nature you enjoy visit the Arboretum the Marine Biology Laboratory or the Elora Gorge Conservation Area
Celebrity Auction
Join in the fun and bid on a fascinating assortment of articles donated by local celebriti~s Lots of surprises in store All proceeds will go to Alumni House
Awards Presentations
At the Presidents Picnic at noOn on Saturday the Alumnus of Honor award and the Alumni Medal of Achievement will be presented Come and celebrate with the recipients
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See page 7 for your Alumni Weekend reservation form For further information see your College section inside or call the Alumni Weekend hotline (519) 824-4120 ext 2102
Class Reunions
Is your class having a reunion Check page 7 to find out Reunions are a great opportunity to meet old
friends and renew acquaintshyances The Alumni Associations will host their graduates of 50
years or more at a Golden Anniversary Din ner
Champagne Brunch
Toast Alumni Weekend 88 at a champagne brunch held on the Alumni House patio Sunday The Guelph Concert Band will provide entertainment
UNO ONE DESERVES IT MORE RESEARCH TECHNOLOG ST RECEIVES AWARD
By j anne Pengelly Public Relations and In fo rmation
Amost a quarter cemury of hard work late nights and long hours were recognized when research technoloshygist Uta Srrelive Zoology received Sigma Xis Support of Research Award Professor Roy Anderson chair of Zoology told the 70 people at the awards ceremony No one deserves it more
The local chapter of the scientific society Sigma Xi has only awarded the prize once before in 1985 It recognizes researchers who make a significant contribution to the societys goal of excellence in research but are seldom known to the research community at large
During her 22 years at the Univershysity Uta has taught the laboratory sections of LWO invertebrate zoology courses and helped more than 30 graduate students complete their theses She has co-authored several papers on neurotropic nematodes and is currently responsible for the day-to-day running of Professor Andersons parasitology lab where she works with graduate and undershygraduate students
Uta completed her undergraduate degree in textile research at the University of Gera East Germany In 1961 she came to Canada to join her parents and obtained a job in electron microscopy in the anatomy departshyment of the faculty of medicine ni shyversity of Saskatchewan She learned the basics in a field that was growing fast She did everything from preparing experimems to photographing and writing them up
She married became a mother and was widowed - all within three years of arriving in Canada After her husshyband died she wanted to be closer to her homeland Toronto had good job opportunities so she and the baby moved east just to make enough money to go to West Germany
At the Ontario Research Foundashytion where she went to look for a job Uta found Professor Anderson in the middle of an experiment The young
Uta Strelive with her Support of Research Award certificate
parasitologist was so engrossed in his work he didnt ask why she was there He just asked her to give him a hand When they were finished Uta had a job Later the same year Proshyfessor Anderson came to Guelph and Uta came along to run his lab
Utas nomination for the Sigma Xi award was supported by several proshy
fessors and many students I love the students and have a good rapport with them she says People ask ifl get bored but there are always new faces new problems new classifishycations new data to organize Parashysitology is a very exciting field because nothing ever stands still
Bird Carvings Uta is internationally known for
her magnificent wood carvings of birds Each carving takes about 100 homs work and sells for between $500 and pound1 000 She has won 28 awards since she started carving in 1981 including tlrst prize at the World Champ ionship Wildfowl Carving Competition in Maryland She had her first show in her own studio in Guelph last year
Carving could tum into a profitable retirement project for Uta Kaiser Porcelain in Germany has approached her about test marketing one of her birds
But Uta says her hours at the Univershysity are just as satisfying in their own vay When students recognize
theyve learned something thal is the biggest reward she says
More than 125 CBS students galbered for a Careers and Faclilty Night coshysponsored by the CBS Student Council and CBS Alumni Association in FebnUllJI Here Dr Dazrid Rodger CBS PhD 82 answers questions about his work in aquatic biology Other CBS alumni speakers included Petra Patczllr 82 who works with (be dezelopmental(v disabled Les StaHfield 81 a community adl isorfor the Commwzity Fisheries Involvement Program and julia Stanley Weille1~ 82 acting manager offhlishedproducts ill the hepatitis diagnostics division Connaught Laboratories Ltd
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SECOND VOLUME OF LM MONTGOMERY JOURNALS PUBLISHED
By Mary Dickieson Public Relations and Information
The second volume of ]be Selected j ournals ofLM Montgomery records the best and worst experiences in the life of one ofthe worlds most popular authors of childrens books Edited by Professor Mary Rubio English Lanshyguage and Literature and now-retired English professor Elizabeth Waterston the book is expected to repeat the popularity of Volume I which jumped to the best seller list immediately after its November 1985 release and is now in its second printing
Volume II covers 1910 to 1921 and records Montgomerys new life as a mother and wife of a minister in an Ontario village This is a varied and complicated period in which she has achieved world-wide acclaim and a following of readers devoted to her heroine Anne Shirley
Like Anne Montgomery revels in motherhood She also reveals her thoughts on the death of the grandshymother who restricted her life so severely and her feelings for a husband whose mental illness enslaved her in an increasingly unhappy marriage
During th is II -yea r period Montgomery produced four additional Anne novels and a book ofpoetry She initiated and won two bitter lawsuits against her first publisher in a fight
SCOTTISH COLLECTION EXPANDED
Prof essors Elizabeth Waterston and Mary Rubio with the second volume of The Selected journals of LM Montgomery
over the exploitation of women writers
Volume 11 contains more than 100 of Montgomerys own photographs including many of hcr two sons and scenes of Leaksdale the village where she kept up the facade of being a happy Presbyterian ministers wife
The First World War had a profound effect on village life and is a major theme in Montgomerys journal Six of her neighbors sons died and her beloved half-brother lost a leg
Professors Rubio and Waterston edited the handwritten journals at the request of the authors son the late Dr Stuart Macdonald who arranged for his mothers journals
The Scottish Collection in the Unishyversity Library has received a 525000 boost from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Counci l (SSHRC) moving it a step closer to becoming the major Canad ian centre for Scottish studies
The collection already includes Scottish manuscripts from the last three centuries many Scottish literary journals and some parish records from the late 18th and 19th centuries
The SSHRC grant will buy a collecshy
tion of Scottish newspapers from the late 19th and early 20th cennlries Sir Walter Scotts diaries and records of the Darien Company - the Scottish trailing company that caused financial ruin in Scotland when it went bankshyrupt in lhe early 18th cennlry
Emphasis in Scottish studies stems from Guelph faculty interests and the influence of Guelphs Scottish settlers and founder John Galt The Library collection is the largest in Canada and among the top five in the world
scrapbooks and other memorabilia to become part ofthe Mclaughlin Library archives
TIle remaining unedited journals cover the last 22 years of Montshygomerys life and include the devshyelopment of a new heroine Emily based on herself She obviou Iy saw her life as an ongOing story and one she wanted to teU Professor Rubio says They expect to publish a third and possibly a fourth volume
MONTGOMERY COLLECTION
EXPANDED
T he Lucy Maud Montgomery Collection in the University Library now includes the newsshypap rs the author read all her life This addition is being funded by a S10000 grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council ( SSHRC)
The Library collection already hal) Montgomerys cHaries and scrapbooks various published editions of her works in different languages 5000 photographs mostly taken by Montgomery herself some personal papers and a few artifacts including examples of her needlework and the china dogs she loved and wrote about in her books - Gog and Magog
The newspapers including microfiche records of Charshylottetowns ]be Island Patriot from 1892 to 1942 are a connecshytion with Montgomerys history that is valuable to researchers now says Acquisition Librarian Tim Sauer Montgomery continshyued to receive newspapers from her native province Prince Edward Island during the many year she lived in Ontario
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MAJOR CANADIAN THEATRE COLLECTIONS JOIN FORCES TO PRODUCE EXHIBITION
Putting It Back Together which opens May 21 at the Macdonald tewart An Centre in conjunction
with the Guelph Spring Festival represents the first time that major Canadian theatre collections have joined forces to produce a unique and timely exhibition about the preshyservation of our performing arts heritage The exhihition is curated and designed by Daniel Ladell ardlishyvist Stratford Festival with Len Conolly chair Department of Drama acting as associate curator
Putting II Back Together wi il educate and entertain But it also has an urgent message By shOWing what is being kept the exhibition conshyversely draws attention to what is being 10st and emphasizes the need to preserve the vast remainder of Canadas performing arts heritage
Confirmed lenders to the exhibition include The Canadian (Opera) Company Archives Dance Canada Danse The Metropolitan Toronto
DRAMA REUNION HELD
Over 100 former drama students attended a reunion at the Cutten Club in Novemher It was a roaring success says HarryLane acting chair Department of Drama and one of the organizers of the event This was the second drama reunion in five years and Professor Lane hopes a third can be organized in another five years
Several alumni speakers were feashytured during the reunion dinner including the well-known Canaclian stage deSigner Sue lePage Arts 73 who is designing Richard III for the Stratford Festival this year Professor Donald Mullin was presented with an Irish lead crystal bowl circa 1800 as a retirement gift after 20 years with the Department of Drama A dance followed clinner
If you would like to know about future drama reunions or other Department ofDrama events contact Marlene Neal at ( 519) 824-4120 ext 3147
Library Theatre Collection The National Ballet Ardtives The Public Archives of Canada (Social and Culshytural Archives) The Stratford Festival Archives and the Theatre Arcl1ives of the University of Guelph It is hoped that major collections in other regions will agree to participate giving the project more national scope
The exhibition is specifically designed for louring It leaves Guelph July 10 and will be at the Gallery Stratford from September 9 to October 16 Other venues in Canada and a projecLed international tour are under negotiation
PuttingItBack Togetberwill feature
rare printed phowgraphic and manushyscript materials and Lhree-dimenshysional and design materials (such as renderings set models costumes and properties ) These customarily comprise theatrical xhibitions but this exhibit will also feature audioshyvisual recordings and a special handsshyon computer module showing how modern technology is creating new forms of documentation and making these collections accessible to a wider public than ever before
Putting It Back Togetber is proshyduced hy the Stratford Festival Archives in collaboration with the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre
NEW CHAIR HOPES TO CARRY ON JOHN BELLS TRADITION
When Professor Manfred Kremer assumed the chair of the Department of L1nguages and Literatures last fall he knew it wouldnt be easy to follow in the footsteps of his close friend Professor]ohn Bell who had died the previous spring
John was one of the -niversitys finest teachers and is sorely missed says Professor Kremer I hope I can carry on the tradition of excellence that was his hallmark
Enrolment in Languages and Litershyatures one of the largest departments in the College ofArts has been steady for the past decade with 1300 to 1400 students a semester
With the help of his colleagues Professor Kremer is revising the currishyculum ofsome programs The French Studie section is investigating the establishment of a masters program in co-operation with other univershysities With more than half the departments enrolment in the French progranl the student base is broad enough to justify a masters program he says Guelph already works jointly with Wilfrid Laurier Western and Windsor universities in mooing a French Studies program in Nice France
Professor Manfred Kremer
Professor Kremer received his undergraduate degree and PhD degrees at the University of Cologne in West Germany He taught at the
niversity of Wales for a year before coming to Guelph as a lecturer in 1966
Editors Note The John Bell -Memorial Fund will provide an annual scholarship to a student majoring in Classics Donations can be sent to the Office of the dean College ofArts Income tax receipts will be issued
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ALUMNI HONORED AT CHEMISTRY IBIOCHEMISTRY
AWARDS NIGHT
Martin Bosch CPS 69 MSe 7J ( left) andPrOfessor Hamish Rattray chair of the University Awards Committee chat during the 1987 annual Chemistry mul Biochemistry awards night
Aumni were in the spotlight when the Department of ChemistI) and BiochemistI) and the Chemistry Biochemistry Club held their 1987 annual dinner and awards night recently
1987 graduates Dorothy Bakker (chemistry) Karen Graham (chemical tOXicology) Donna (Fackoury) Meagher ( applied chemistry) and Lauretta Williams (biochemistry) each received a Society of Chemical Industry Merit Award
Dorothy now studying medicine at McMaster University said The Guelph semester system and deshymanding undergraduate workload gave me the ability and confidence to be well organized in high pressure situations
Karen who is pursuing pharmashy
cology and toxicology studies at the University of Toronto commented that Guelph offered a tremendous toxicology program and said she would have stayed to do her graduate work at Guelph had it offered a graduate toxicology program
Donna a full-time research assistant for Mc eil Consumer Produc ts Company and winner of the EB Mac aughtOn Convocation Prize as the Winegard nominee for 1987 reflected on her studies at Guelph saying My four yCdfS at Guelph helped me develop skills I require to fmd answers
Lauretta who also received the CPS Graduation Prize and prestigious NSERC 1967 Science Scholarship said her undergraduate training at Guelph prepared me with a very solid foundation and competitive edge for graduate studies and encouraged me in the joy oflcarning and desire to study She now attends York University
Brock Chittim CPS MSc 77 pre shysident and general manager of Wellington Laboratories Guelph presented Joanne Ryks with the newly established WeUington Laboratories Prize in Environmental Chemistry
Martin Bosch 69 MSc 71 preshysident of Tricorp Chemical Speci shyalities Guelph announced the new Tricorp Chemical Specialties Award in organiC chemistry The first presentation of this annual scholarship of S I 200 will be made in 1989
Dr Lind Mrs Harold Suderman presented H] Suderman Demonstrashytor Awards to PhD students Clint Chapple CPS 82 MSc 84 and Carl Decicco CPS 84 for their excellent work in teaching undergraduate lahoratories
Thirty-two additional awards were presented to undergraduate students for their outstanding efforts in 1987
Professor Innes MacKltnzie Physics chats with Dr Steve Berko Brandeis f
University Waltham Mass one Of the speakers at a sympOSium held in Professor MacKenzies honor
PROFESSOR HONORED
November was quite a month for Professor Innes MacKenzie Physics
first he received the 1987 Sigma Xi Excellence in Research Award for his outstanding contribution to re shysearch The award was presented at the Guelph chapter of Sigma Xi s annual banquet At the chapters annual meeting Professor MacKenzie presented the lecture Non-invasive Analyses by Gamma-ray BackshyscatteJing
Later in November a symposium New Demands on Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy wai organized by Proshyfessor MacKenzies research assoshyciates The symposium held at the University in Professor MacKenzies honor featured ten speakers from rhe United States Canada Africa England and Finland A banquet and reception followed in the evening
Professor MacKenzie is now retired but continues to do research at the University as an adjunct professor
NAMED TO STATS INSTITUTE
Professor Hendrick Malik Mathematics and Statistics has been elected a member of the International Statistical Institute in recognition of his contribushytions to the field of statistical methods TIle institute is an autonomous society whose obshyjective is the development and improvement of statistical methods throughout the world
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LEADING CANCER RESEARCHER DELIVERS FIRST CHAPPEL LECTURE
Anoted medical scientist in cancer research delivered the inaugural address in a new lecture series on campus - the Chappel Lecture in Biomedical Sciences
Dr Harry Rubin spoke February 4 the night before winter convocation ceremonies at which he received an honorary doctor of science degree Dr Michael Smith a leading Canadian molecular biologist also received an honorary degree at winter convoshycation
The Chappel Lecture will be an annual event on campus bringing scholars of international repute to address students faculty and the public It was established by Dr
D1~ Harry Rubin hooded by Umversity secretay Barbara Abercrombie is congratulatedby Chancellor William A Stewart
CLifford 1 Chappel OVC 50 and hLi wife in memory ofhis father Herbert James Chappel and was hosted in its first year by OVe
Dr Rubin began his work in the area of viruses in Mexico after gradu shyating from Cornell University as a veterinarian in 1947 He later joined the S Public Health Service became senior research fellow at the California Institute ofTechnology and has held several research pOSitions at the ni shyversity of California Berkeley where he is now professor of molecular biology and research virologist He is known for his contributions to the field of cell growth regulation and malignanqr
Dr Rubins lecture Is Cancer Caused by Cancer Gerzes or the Folly ofReductionism explored popular theories of cancer-causing genes
OVC GRAD WORKS TOWARD BILINGUAL EDUCATION IN CANADA
Dr Susan (Tilt ) Purdy OVC 68 strongly believes that Canada can be a bilingual nation To that end he is serving as national president of Canadian Parents for French (CPF) a 16500-mcmber nation-wide volunshytary association of parents intere ted in promoting the best possible french second language programs at all educational levels
CPF acts as an information-sharing resource for parents educators governments and the general public on French education opportunities in Canada Sue says it is a unique organization because it represents the majority language group advoshycating the language of the minority and thus is a bridge between the two solitudes
Sue moved to New Brunswick after graduation from OVC and practised veterinary medicine in Moncton with her husband Dr James G Purdy OVC 50 until 1974 when they sold their hospital and moved ro Sackville Presently Sue is in small animal prac shytice with her husband in Sackvillc on
Susan (Tilt) Pu-dy OVC 68 sbaresa conversation with Fernand Robichaud MP for West Moreland Kent (left) and DIberville Fortier CommissionerofOffidaI Languages at the 10th anniversary ofCanadian Parents for Frerzch in 1987
a limited part-time basis as she serves her second year as CPF president
Sue became involved in educational issues and joined CPF 10 years ago when her two children started school Now n and 16 both children are enrolled in continuing French immershyion programs and Sue says shes satist1ed that she has given them the
best start she can at becoming bilinshygual J now devotc most of my time to ensuring that other Canadian hildren have a right and opportunity
to learn both of Canadas official languages in the public school sysshyteOl she explains
Sue ha fond memories of Guelph and her fellow students at OVC in the sixties Our paths have continued to cross over the years and I always look forward to such encounters she says Although I am not lIsing my formal training a great deal at the moment the education I received at Guelph has fitted me well for the advocacy role I play poundOday My only wish is that [ could have graduated a bilingual veterinarian - but alas those were different times That is why I work so hard to ensure future graduates from all our universities will not be Limited to expression in only one language
Editors Note Ifyou would like more illformation about CPF write to 309 Cooper Street Suite 2OJ Ottawa Ontalio K2P OG5
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OVC GRAD FOUNDS WORLD WOMENS VETERINARY
ASSOCIATION DrBetsy McGregor OVC 87 didnt expect to become president of the worlds ftrst association for professhysional women veterinarians when she auended her first World Veterinary Congress in Montreal last summer But when she discovered that the only female vet group the womens auxiliary was not designed to address specific professional issues for women vets she invited interested women to a meeting Sixty-eight women from 24 countries attended When the meeting was over Betsy had been elected founding president of the World Womens Veterinary Associashytion (WWV A) and a set of objectives had been struck
Career enhancement is the core objective The WWVA will promote awareness of professional opportunishyties for women veterinarians on difshyferent continents and within the United ations international agencies A quarterly WWVA Newsletter will list such opportunities around the world
The WWVA is also committed to professional and personal developshy
ment through practice exchanges betshyween countries university visits leave opporrunities and house exchanges For example the founding member fro m Kenya suggested hOliday or academic exchanges between her colleagues in Africa and women veterinarians interested in wildlife The iWVA Newsletter will contain a listing of members wishing to partishycipate in s1lch exchanges
Above all the WWVAis committed to a humanitarian contribution to international agriculture About half of the 24 countries represented in the Asso ciation are developing nations Recognizing that in many of these countries women contribute signiftcantly to livestock production the WWV A wants to provide support to these women who because of cultural constraints may not have the same access to services as men To this end Betsy contacted the president of the Associated Country Women of the World Dr Ellen McLean also a Canadian The two organizations will work as affiliates in international aid projects to deliver livestock and
Dr Betsy McGregor ove 87 and son at last years convocation ceremonies
veterinary medical care to Third World nations
Following a masters degree in rural farming systems from McMaster -nishyversity Betsy worked for the United Nations Food and Agr icultural Organization around the world during the 1970s She returned from overseas and commenced studies at OVC in the 1980s Upon graduation she worked as a special assistant to OVC Dean Ole ielsen co -ordinating OVCs international programs She is currently working as a eterinarian with Agriculture Canada
For more information about the WWVA contact Betsy at PO Box 6069 Station J Ottawa K2A ITl
OVC STUDENTS HOST FIRST CONFERENCE The first Canadian Veterinary Stushydents Conference hosted by OVC in January was a big success according to OVC student Andrea Ellis president of the Central Vcterinary Students Association (CVSA)
There is a student conference in the United States but the Canadians get lost in the crowd We decided it was a good time being OVCs 125th anniversary in 1987 to have something right in our own backyard Andrea explains
The OVC snldent council of the CVSAhad been preparing since Mar h 1987 for the two full days of scientific
sessions and recreational events About 60 students and faculty attenshyded from the Atlantic Veterinary College University of Prince Edward Island the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Montreal St Hyacinthe and the Western College of Veterinary Medicine niversity of Saskatchewan Attendance from avc students ranged from 180 to 300 depending on the event
OVC has always had a FrenchshyEnglish student exchange with St HyaCinthe and we knew there was enthusiasm in the West because they talked for years about organizing a hockey tournament But we were
really surprised by the Atlantic Veterinary College Their school has only been operating a few years and out of about 96 students 19 came to conference says Andrea
A conference fund has now been set up and will be administered by the Students of the Canadian Vetershyinary Medical Association n1e conshyference location will be rotated among the four colleges with St Hyacinthe probably hosting next year says Andrea Weve been told that weve started something big Everyone had a really good time and we hope the conference will continue for a long tinle
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DR IAN TAYLOR DOING HIS ullONS SHARE Dr Ian W Taylor avc 43 of Wheeling Illinois puts enthusiasm into everything he does [ figure if Im going to do it Im going to be enthusiastic he was quoted recently in a local newspaper article
As OVC class of 43 president Ian co-chaired the 40th reunion of his class at Alumni Weekend in 1983 along with Dr Archie MacKinnon He acted as master of ceremonies for the program and arranged a display of memorabilia Fourteen out ofa possishyble 31 members of the class were present
TIlis year [an is pushing for 100 per cent attendance at the 45th reunion during Alumni Weekend Perfect attendance is something Ian knows about
He has served the community of Wheeling as a veterinarian for over 30 years Although most of his work has been with dogs cats and a few birds he has also dedicated a great amount of time to lions - bUl nol the four legged kind He recently received
GOOD EWES Three sets of genetically identical lambs are the first anio1aJs bom from bisected embryos at the University
]n December six surrogate ewes delivered nine lambs - three sets of twins and three singles - that had developed from embryos micro shysurgically bisected and implanted five months earlier
Project leader Dr Calhy Gartley ove 82 now completing a DVSc degree in the Department of Clinical Studies says the accomplishment is a milestone for the University
1 find it exciting that these are the first genetically identical animals created and born at the University of Guelph she says They represent the first ofmany such twins in several species that University researchers hope to soon realize
Besides maximizing embryo use this project demonstrates the potenshytial to create Significant numbers of
Dr Ian Taylor OVC 43 with some of the hundreds ofpins hehas collected on visits to Lions CLubs a1(mnd the world
a special award from the International Lions Club for exemplary work in lhe field of international relations He has attended Lions Club meetings in 57
Twin lambs Mutton and jeff who began life as the same embryo am shown with Dr Cathy Gartley avc 82 under the watChful eye of their sutTOgate mothet Q2
genetically identical aninlals that are vital for consistent research results
Dr Gartleys project is supported by the Ontario Ministry ofAgricu Iture and Food (OMAF) and the Eleanor Gartshore Memorial Shnp Trust
different countries and hasnt missed a monthly meeting in 29 years
He has served the Wheeling Club as preSident newsletter editor and public relations chairnlan and has twice been named Lion of the Year In 1982he received tbe MeJvinJones Fellowship award for dedication to humanitarian services and recently he was recognized by a resolution in the Illinois House of Representatives for his Lions Club work He says his greatest pleasure is watching the joy that d isabled children get from a Lions-sponsored camp in Lake Villa each year He has been involved in ftmd-raising for the disabled which is the Lions main objective both locally and abroad
Ian would like to hear from alumni who are members of Lions Intershynational to exchange information and souvenirs used by the clubs throughout the world of Lionism He would also like his OVC class of 43 members to immediately send back the questionnaires mailed to them by the Alumni Office in December for the purpose of producing a class anniversary newsletter These may be sent [0 him at 7695 Milwaukee Ave Wheeling lllinois 60090 or to Dr Archie MacKinnon RR 4 Cambridge Onto 1R 555
SPEAKERS TOUR
The OVC Alumni Association invites alumni to hear two dynashymic guest speakers and tour the Equine Research Centre during Alumni Weekend June 18
Dr Bruce Fogle OVC 70 of London England practitioner and author will speak on The Changing Role Of the Veterinshyarian in SmallAnimalPractice and Dr Brian Brandenburg OVC 68 M Sc 71 president of Guelph International Developshyment Consultants will speak on Veterinary Medicine in the Third World
The progranl will conclude with a dinner and dance
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FROM THE PRESIDENT
While writing this message at the end ofJanuary I realize the mid-point of this years board of directors acti shyvities has arrived I reflect on two goals I set at our annual meeting last June to evaluate our contact with Mac-FACS alumni and increase memshybership in our alumru association
Upon graduation you do not autoshymatically become a member f the Mac-FACS Alumni Association You become a member by paying an annultll or life membership fee This money helps the board ofdirectors carry out activities on your behalf for both students and aluo1ni
At (he January board meeting we discussed the services our Association provides Our visibility with students is quite high through schOlarship presentations careers night and a reception for the graduating class Our services to alumni may need to be redefined What would you like us to provide orgaruze or sponsor
Our annual seminar was cancelled in October 1986 due to a lack of registrants Should we attempt to organize another
LOnYline Holding 71
Your board wants to increase its ConLlct with a greater number ofyou Where and when would you like us to be active7 What projects would you like us to consider
Please send your comments to us at Alumni House University ofGuelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2Wl Also why not come to our 1988 annual meeting June 18 J hope to hear from you soon
Sincerely Lorraine Holding 71 MacmiddotFACS Alu m ni As ociation President
FACS students Suzie Chin and Tracey Vent chat with Barb Stuart FAGS 71 faculty representative on the Mac-FACS Alumni Association s board Of directors at the annual party for graduating students hosted by the Assodation in February Sixty-five students 15 board members and several faCUlty members attended this yems party
CALLING ALL HOME
ECONOMISTS Towards 2000 Challenges and Opportunities is the theme of the Canadian Home Economics Associashytion (CHEA) National Conference at the Univer-ity July 10-13 The conshyference will be of intere t to alumni who graduated in programs related to family and consumer studies foods and nutrition home economics or human ecology
CHEA with a membership of2000 is committed to provide professional development for its members through programs workshops and special interest sessions A major part fits mandate is to create an awareness of new products and services in the market place
Frank Feather a well-known global futurist with a business-like approach will be the keynote speaker at the CIlEA conference He will address the challenges and opportunities of the future Dr Ehler Park a consultant with A5A willexplainhowplanning for outer _pace affects everything from the food we eat to how children will play
Other topics at the conference will include artificial vs natural sweetshyeners issues of an aging population space-age textiles SMART house - a totally computerized environment human sexuality free trade and agri shycu lture food irrJdiatjon and financ ial p lanning
Well-known Canadian entertainer Nanlt-Y White whose satirical songs arc often heard on CBC radio will perform following the opening ceremonies
Many pre and post-conference actishyvities are planned including trips to the Stratford Festival Niagara-on-theshyLake and Niagara Falls Waterloo County ( Farmer Market ) and the village of Elora
The conference offers an excellent opportunity for professional deveshylopment and networking For more information contact Wilda Waldron registration chair CHEA Conference 88 168 Maple Street Guelph Ontario N I G 2G7 ( 519) 836-9551
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FACS GRAD FINDS HEART IN THE ARTS
I ts strange how things work Ollt
Im glad r received a well-rounded education at Guelph It prepared me for th e future reflects Eva Eichenbaum FACS 75
Eva is one often Niagara Peninsula poets featured in Voices from the Niagara a book of local poems colshylelttcd by Pcter and Brenda Baltensperger and published in 1987 ( Moonstone Press 8795 )
Reviewing the book in the Hamilton Spectator John Terpstra writcs Thcre are some very good poems here and a few are standouts I especia lly enjoyed those of Eva Eichenbaum and David Haskins
Eva was born in Sweden the daughter of Estonian refugees who escaped their homeland during the Second World War She camc to Canada with ber family at age two and grew up in Niagara Falls where she attended Stamford Collegiate and won the Upper Scbool English Award at graduation
After a year of travel in 1969 as Miss iagara Hospitality for the Niagara
Promotion Association she enrolled at the University of Guelph to earn a Bachelor of Applied Science degrce and also took some courses at the
niversity of Helsinki Finland She then earned her Bachelor of Education degree at the College of Education Brock n iversity St Catharines and now teaches English and Television Arts at Merritton High School in that city
She started her career in education as a Family Studies teacher and was once head of the Family Studies Department at Merritton but found that her heart was really in English and the creative arts She used to teach theatre arts and also formed the Merriuon High School Dance Commiddot pany Sht teaches ballet and has written several musical comedies for her theatre and dance students
I got the idea for the style and format of the musicals fro m College Royals Curtain Call at Guelph I had a role in the production Der Keller a take-off on Cabaret in my final year she explains
NEW CHAIR TO BROADEN FOCUS IN
CONSUMER STUDIES Teaching and research in the Department ofConsumer Studies has focused on consumer affairs particushylarly consumer behavior and the basic necessities - food clothing and housing New department chairJohn Pratschke sees a need to review and perhaps expand this focus
Professor Pratschke says he was drawn to Guelph because of his interest in consumer economics The University has one of the few departmiddot ments in Canada with a consumer emphasis He plans to preserve the departments unusual linking ofsocial SCience business and technology but broaden the rangt ofstudy to include other products and services important
to the budgets of Canadian house shyholds
The employer market is happy with Consumer Studies graduates says Promiddot fessor Pratschke but there is a need for better communication about the program w ith secondary school stushyden ts We must get across the message that marketing is an inter shyesting challenge and that the program is professionally oriented without lOSing its base in product technology
Born in Ireland Professor Pratschke received his bachelor of commerce master ofeconomic science and PhD at University College Cork He has taught at the University of Waterloo University College Ga lway and
Eva EiclJenbaum FACS 75
Five of Evas poems are featured in tht 63 middotpage Voices f1Om the Niagara and she has donated a copy of the book to the University Lihrary She has also had poems published in Souldust and Pearls Sixth Edition ( Moonstone Press) and There Is a book productd by the Niagara Chapter of the Canadian Authors Association In the future she hopes to take some tinle out from teaching to study broadshycasting
PrOfessorjohn Pratschke
Memorial University Newfoundland He has published widely on the economics ofconsumer expenditures and on European housing policy agrimiddot culture banking and business education
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Mike Traub HAF-A 78 general manager Victoria Place Retirement Lodge Kitchenel discusses his career with a group ofstudents at the HAFA Alumni Assodatiolls annual Careers Night held on campus in January Thirty-seven alumni involved in a vanmiddotety ofcareers volunteered their time to the popular event
HAFA ALUMNI EXCHANGE SEMINAR HELD
Nancy Plato FACS 81
FACS PEOPLE Naney Plato FACS 81 ( Consumer Studies ) the new OAC liaison coshyordinator will acquaint high school students and guidance counsellors with opportunities in the agricultural sciences at Guelph
Enrolment at OAC has declined over the past few years and _ aney will work at increasing student numbers through recruitment and marketing
The position ofliaison co-ordinator is a new one for OAe Nancy says one of her main objectives is to broaden the understanding high school stushydents have ofGuelphs programs She plans to use her well-rounded view of agriculture and its related proshygrams combined with her recruitshyment experience
Nancy is back in Guelph from a position in secondary school liaison at Mount Royal College Calgary She is married to Paul Thiel OAC 82 and is an active member of the Mac-FACS Alumni Association board of directors
Professors Kathleen Brown Lila Engberg and Griffith Morgan have all retired from the Department of Family Studies Professor Elizabeth Upton HAFA will retire in July
Professor John Auld Consumer Studies has produced the Human Settlements Audio-Visual Resources Catalogue It is published by the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Warren Adamson vice-president development Delta Hotels gave the keynote address What is the Canadian Tourism Industry Anyway at the annual HAFA Alumni Exchange Seminar held November 4 at the DelL Chelsea Inn Toronto
This professional development event was sponsored by the HAFA
MOllica Hrybko HAFA 88 (left) received Ci HAFA AlumniAssociation Life Membership from Association president Morag McKenzie 82 The membership is given to a graduating student as selected by his or her peers with a minimum 70 per cent accumulative average who has had outstanding involvement ill the School andor University
Alumoi Association in co-operation with Pannell Kerr Forster lL gave lIAFA grads an opportunity to listen to experts in the field speak 00 various topical hospitality issues including pay equity the human resource risis trends in the hotel and foodservice industry and business planning
CONFERENCE
In Search of Healthy Sexuality
June 13-15 1988
The University of Guelphs 10th an nual sexua li ty conference sponshysor d byThe Department of Fami ly Studies wil l examine current issues in human sex u lily tea hing approaches in sexducation and counse llin g m thod for sexual problems
Keynote Ad dress by Dr Ruth Westheimer
For further info rmation write Co ntinu ing Education Di ISlon Univers ity of Guelph Gu Iph
nta ri N 1 G 2W1 or telephone (5 19) 824-4120 ex 3956
Registration Limit d Apply early
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OAC GRAD GIVES GIFT OF WATER TO THAI VILLAGERS
By janet Dumo
Water is not taken for granted in northeast Thailand Usually there is too little of it The sandy laterite soils do not hold water They crack and parch during the hot dry season Ponds shrink Streams and some wells dry up Even in the rainy season the rains are often late or insufficient and the rice crops wither in the fields
But sometimes there is too much water Heavy rains cause flash floods Which drown crops and wash pesti shycides and decaying organic matter into unprotected pit wells There is not enough clean drinking water to ensure good health
A CUSO priority in Thailand is to increase village self-sufficiency and improve the standard of living through the development ofsmall-scale water resources particularly in the north and northeast the poorest regions of the country CUSO engineers placed with departments of local adminisshytration survey and design small spillways dams and piped water systems They develop an under shystanding of indigenous water proshyblems and help viUagers develop water resource technology to deal with these problems
In most villages in Surin province the water is imprisoned under a 20shymetre thick layer of heavy clay comshypacted into red brick-like rock
Ed von Euw OAC 84 returned to Canada in December after two years as a CUSO water resources engineer in Surin While there he worked with two percussion water-jet well-drilling rigs one an Appropriate Technology Association ( A TA) rig originally used in India and Africa the other based on an indigenous village model
Ed found theATA rig needed modi shyfications to make it easier for villagers to operate Most important was the change from a hand to foot-powered lever which the villagers found much less exhausting to work But at $625 the ATA rig is expensive to buy and the Honda motor which pushes water
Ed von EllW and co-worker teaching pump maintenance ill Surin Thailand
down the hole to tlush out the soil and rock particles can use up to $4 of fuel a day
Ed spent several months looking at rigs used by Surin farmers and finally adapted a model from one used by Khun Hong of Muang Pet a village near Surin town Khun Hongs rig uses a pole and beam arrangement making it less durable and steady than the tripod form used in Eds adapted rig The new rig uses a hand-powered Lucky pump made in Taiwan and fanliliar to villagers
The Honda pump used in the ATA drilling rig must be repaired in town and a smaU repair may cost $10 while a repair to the Lucky pump can be done by villagers for less than a doUar Spare parts are available everywhere The drill bilS are made from truck springs in the same Surin shop that made the rig to Eds specillcations They cost only 96 ccors each as opposed to the S7-bits used in the ATA rig
Using smaller pipe and bit than the ATA rig Eds adapted rig drills more quickly through rock and is lighter and easier to use It requires only two people to ope(dte the foot lever The ATA rig requires four or five Eds rig cost $192 to make including pump and accompanying tools and can be constructed by villagers in a small weldingmachine shop if there is a demand for more
Eds rig was tested in Ban Se Jaruk on a site divined by a villager Working
intermittently the villagers went d wn 25 metres in one and a half weeks much of the time grinding through the red rock When water they were pumping down the hole suddenly disappeared and didnt come up again they were afraid they had damaged the rig But instead it was a sign of having broken into a vein of water which was now absorbing any other water poured down So water had been found delicious and abundant right behind the assistant headmans house
The Ban Se Jaruk well has been capped with a rower pump purchased from ATA for S17 The pump is based on a bamboo model used in fndia The tubewell pipe and pump are made of plastic - more acceptable than steel which gives the water an unpleasant taste
Ed carried out a four-month wellshydrilling project in co-operation with Khun Darune of the Northeast Thailand ( ET) Project Funded by the Canadian Internat ional Deve shylopment Agency and assisted by CUSO it is a rural development program in operation since 1981 in 52 villages along the Thai-Kampuchean border The villagers of Ban Se Jaruk elated with their initial success borrowed Eds rig to drill more wells In total seven rigs were built from Eds proto shytype and distributed to four other villages Over 100 successful wells have been drilled in the area to date
EdilO1-S NoteanetDuma is a CUSO special program officer in Malaysia Sbe bas worked as an Englisb teacber witb CUSO in fi)aiand andMaaysia
Ed von Euw a Stratford native graduated from Guelpb witb a BSc in engineering in December J984He llas 011 tbe deans bonor roll three times and received an engineering scbolarsbip in 1983 Before going overseas in November 1985 be workedfor Enllironment Canada as a bydrornettic engineer He is now studying f01 a masters degree in engineering at Guelph
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Professor Harold Crawford OAC 58 MSc 7 0
OAC PEOPLE ProfessorJohn Burton OAC 62 and Brian McBride CBS 78 OAC MSA 80 Department of Animal and Poultry Science have received $400000 from the Ministry ofColleges and niversities Research Incentive Fund for contract research in partnershyship with Cyanamid Canada Inc of Toronto They will examine the effecshytiveness of the hormone BST in increasing milk production in dairy cattle as well as any other effects of the agent
Gordon MacLeod OAC 50 has retired from the Department ofAnimal and Poultry Science after 31 years at the UniversityJohn Summers OAC 53 MSA 59 has also retired from the Department of Animal and Poultry Science after 25 years at the University
Harold Crawford OAC 58 MSc 70 who recently retired as coshyordinator of the Ontario Diploma in Horticulture Program Independent Study Division after 29 years at the University has received the Ontario Parks Association (OPA) recognition award for Significant contribution to the betterment of parks the proshyfession and the envirorunent through his work in continuing education He has been a member of the educational committee of the OPA for 14 years The Ontario Diploma in Horticulture program graduated its first students in 1963 and now has 500 alumni
Marilyn Dykstra OAC 78 is new director of the Universitys Pest
Marilyn Dykstra OAC 78
Diagnostic and Advisory Clinic The clinic is working at maximum capacity with marc than 30000 inquiries to its credit since it opened nine years ago says Marilyn It receives everyshything from live specimens of earwigs and spiders to diseased ornamentals and fruit and vegetable crops Most specimens come from home gar shydeners she ays but the clinic has a growing clientele among commercial growers landscape businesses and other industries Through its service and extension functions the clinic has accumulated a reference collecshytion of more than 10000 slides and specimens as well as a list of resource people from across campus
Dr R Keith (Chip) Chapman OAC 40 has retired from the Department ofEntomoJogy University of Wisconsin Madison following a distinguished areer spanning 40 years A two-day symposium was held in his honor last June and The R Keith Chapman Vegetable Entomology SchOlarship was established with funds collected in lieu ofa retirement gift He has also been named professor emeritus Attending the symposium and retirement recognition party in Madison were Keiths brothers Ross also OAC 40 and Douglas OAC 44 and sister Helen Stockwell a graduate of Macdonald College McGiJl Univershysity Montreal and OAC Dean Freeman McEwen
When Bruce Brown OAC 85 received his degree from former agri shyculture minister William A Stewart chancellor ofthe Universi tyofGuelph he asked what steps he could take to
Dr R Keith (Chip) Chapman andhis brother Ross both OAC 40
become the minister of agriculture and food Little did he know that two and a half years later he would be minister - if only for a day
In December he shared the duties of Ontarios minister Jack RiddeD OAC 57 as his prize for winning a public speaking contest at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Bruce who operates a Newcastle dairy beef and cash crop farm with his father spoke on the survival of the farm family in Ontario
ETHICS IN AGRICULTURE Ethical issues in agriculture such as animal welfare are generally debated from an emotional viewpoint Proshyfessor Frank Hurnik OAC PhD 71 Animal and Poultry Science and Pro shyfessor Hugh Lehman Philosphy are hoping to change that through the journal of Agricultural Ethics an international quarterly publication which offers a forum for discussing moral issues related to food and food production
We hope this publication will act as a bridge between those who philo shysophize about agricu ltural ethics and those actively involved in plant and animal use says Professor Hurnik Its a scholarly refereed journal but it wont be bogged down with speciashylized technical jargon As a result we believe it will be useful to the farm community and we expect leaders from that field will be contributors not just readers
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Professor Fredjelome and his wife Faye look over a catalogue of the Universitys art collection
ALOVEOFART Back in 1968 Fred N Jerome OAC 33 established a trust fund to purshychase art produced by promising young Canadian artists
I was a full professor then and I could afford to do it (set up a trust fund) I felt art deserved a little push and I wanted to see the niversitys art collection expand explains the now retired professor ofgenetics and poultry science at Guelph
Forty-two Canadian works have been purchased to date through lhe F - Jerome Trust Fund and a special exhibi t of these works will be featured at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre beginning Alumni WeekendJune 18 and continuing throughout the sununer
Professorjeromes personal favorite in the collection is Ken Danbys silkshyscreen The Skates
I like Danbys technique His work is almost as realistic as a color photoshygraph but you can still tell its a painting he explains
He is also fond ofDiego Drawing a lithography by Jack Chanlbers a London Ontario artist and Gene Chus delicate Spider Series
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre Director Judith Nasby says Fred Jerome has made an outstanding contribution to the growth of the Universitys Canadian art collection - one of the largest univer itycollecshytions in the province He has recogshynized the tremendous growth and vitality of the art community in Canada by specifying that works be purchased from young artists
A LOVE OF LI LI ES The expression lily white has little meaning for Bill Evans His favorite lilies are bright orange and yellow I like the ones that almost glow and catch your eye from 100 yards away says the retired Department of Horti shycultural Science professor
Professor Evans lilies are certainly eye-catching for anyone travelling north of Guelph on Highway 6 betshyween mid-June and mid-August Splashes of spectacular color glow from his field of lilies near Marden (behind the home of Marjorie and the late George Durnford ) - a welshycome surprise for those accustomed to seeing only the popular Easter white variety
Im obsessed with lilies admits Professor Evans who retired in 1985 after 28 years of researching phult breeding and teaching small fruit proshyduction at the University of Guelph ) like their variety and scope They are perennial plants that grow at different heights Some have flowers that face up some face down and some face out Some are trumpet shaped some have petals that curve back Some are scented and some are unscented
As a child Professor Evans grew flowers and vegetables in his parents big garden north of Calgary After six years in the army he enrolled at the
niversity of Alberta to study hortishycu lture During his second year in 1947 he began hybridizing lilies Following graduation he worked as a fruit breeder for the federal governshyment in Alberta for eight years before coming to Guelph in 1957 He conshytinued to breed and grow lilies at the
niversity and on plots of land that friends like Professor Ted Me inch (and now Mrs Durnford) let him use
The University has quite a history of lily breeding says Professor Evans The late Isabella Preston a lecturer at Guelph before Professor Evans time went on the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa and to world fame for her ornamental crabapples lilacs and lilies The late Jc Taylor a professor at Guelph was well-known for his lily breeding and introduced Professor Evans to many other breeders He
told me that my lilies needed more vigor and let me use some of his plants in my work
Professor Evans introduced three new varieties of lilies through the University and registered some of Professor Taylors They were marshyketed in the United States So far Professor Evans has had 17 varieties of lilies internationally registered Anyone can do this he says modestly You just write a full desshycription of the plant pick a name that hasn t been used before and send it to the Royal Horticultural Society in England prekrrably with a photo The new names are published every year
It s hard coming up with new nanles though says Professor Evans He has named some of his varieties after the area in which they were grown shyArkel Marden Gold Aberfoyle He named one after his granddaughter Bronwen and one after his wife Ethelwaite ( her first and maiden names ) She gets a thrill whenever she sees that name on a ( flower show) prize list somewhere he says
Pink and pastel lilies are Professor Evans speciality and his favorite is a variety he caBs Blusbing Maiden It has mauvey pink tips with a white centre
Professor Evans and his wife edH a newsletter three times yearly for the Ontario Regional Lily Society and Professor Evans has just ended a two year term as president of the North American lily Society He has judged at nower shows all over Canada and the nited States and will preside at an international show in Hamilton in July
Because of his hobby Professor Evans is enjoying retirement He spends about 25 hours a week on his lilies in the summer months During the off season he grows seeds and works on his records He is working on increasing the number ofvarieties including spotless ones ( most lilies have spots which are dominant ) He is pleased that some of his former students are now growing lilies entering shows and joining li ly societies
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RURAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT GRADS TO FORM ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
The University School ofRural Planshyning and Development ( USRPampD ) was inaugurated at Guelph in 1980
USRPampD is built on the strengths of past Guelph initiatives such as the Centre for Resources Development and the Rural Development Outreach Project It is formally recognized by the Canadian Institute of Planners and offers Masters level programs in rural planning rural development international rural development and resources management It is also actively engaged in research and community outreach
Recent research topics have in shycluded land availabi Iityfor agricu lture
local economic development strateshygies rural aging northern and native community plannjng and developshyment rural transportation computer applications in planning and deve shylopment and water and waste management to name a few This research was conducted throughout Canada and arollnd the world inshycluding Nepal Kenya Indonesia St Lucia Belize and Botswana
The outreach interests ofthe School are fully integrated with its teaching and research activities Recent out shyreach projects have included the Childcare Network Project for families in rural Wellington County an evaJu shy
ation of the rural development proshygrams ofa Jesuit mission in southern Ethiopia a heritage strategy for the Town of IngerSOll and a recreation needs assessment for Sault Ste Marie
Graduates of USRPampD as well as graduates of the former Centre for Resource Development are now being invited to form an alumni association to keep members updated on School activities their fellow alumni and issues concerning rural planning and development For further information contact Professor Harry Cummings USRampD University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N1G 2WI ( 519) 824-4120 ext 6783
JOIN YOUR OAC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NOW Did you know that as a graduate of OAC you are not automatically a member of the OAC Alumni Assoshyciation However anyone involved in a formal agricultural education at OAC ( past present or future ) is not only eligible to become a member but is encouragetl to do so
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ARTS Joanna Black 81 Ls aisistant direclOr curator The Marietta-Cobb Fine Arts Centre Marietta Georgia
Richard Hoffman 78 a Canadian Press journalist in Toronto is married pound0 Martine Bracey CBS 77
Laura Mezey-Hamid 82 administrative assistant to the vice-president of finance Penningtons Stores Umjted Toronto is married to Shaheed Hamid CSS 82
John Laurence (Stash) Stasiw 76 is marketing manager Philips Electronics Ltd Scarborough
Dirk Vanbattum 75 is vice-president Eddie May Mysteries Ottawa
CBS Michael Best 77 is a research technician Cross Cancer Institute Edmonton
GRAD NEWS EUzabeth Jane (Kempe) Coker 82 a resource worker CaJedon Parent-ChiId Centre Bolton is married to Dr Ted Coker OVC 87
Janet Ebanks 86 is a medical social worker Cayman overnment Health Sershyvices George Town Grand Cayman Cayman Islands British West Indies
Kevin Ferguson 80 supervisor of Outdoor Education for the Elgin County Board of Education married Suzanne Schmid BEd (Nipissing) 82 in April 1987 She works for the Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority They live near Aylmer
Michael Hackenberger 81 is president Canadian Zoological Systems Toromo
Heather Hattin 84 (HK) whose rowing accomplishments were featured in the winter 1987 issue ofthe GuelphAlumnus won Canadas first-ever gold medal in womens rowing in the double-scull event at the world championships in Copenhagen last summer
Cynthia (Porter)JefIrey 85 is studying for an MSc in Food Science at the University of Manitoba She is married to ScottJefIrey OAC 82 assistant professor ofAgncul tural Economics at the University of Manitoba They live in Winnipeg
Dr Gord Kennedy 85 senior chemist Union Carbine Corp Bound Brook New Jersey is married to Carrie Feaver CPS 84
Steven Kerr 77 is regional fisheries biologist Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources KemptviUe
Jim Lee 73 is director Research Services Min istry of Tourism Recreation and Culture Victoria BC
David Lemon 79 is senjor wildlife biologist S Fudge and Altsociates Ltd Saint Johns Nfld
Larry Patterson 76 is Grand Forks and District Aquatic Centre Manager Grand Forks Bc
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Stephen Rabbetts 79 is a zookeeper Metro Toronto Zoo Wcsthill
Cathy Oohnson) Rewcastle 80 is a fur biologist Manitoba atural Rcsources Winnipcg
Brian Sntith 78 micro ~)Stcms manager Natural Sciences Centre The University ofWestcrn Ontario London is married to Debra Bond CSS 79
Bradly Veitch 86 is second brewer Wellington County Brewery Guelph
Michael Wade 87 is responsible for aquaculture programs at Kpong Farms Volta River Authority Akuse Ghana the site of a major hydro-electric installation
P Allen Woodliffe 76 is the first and only district ecologist with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Chatham Districr He is married to Marie Gedcke FACS 75 and has a son Timothy TIl y Jive in Rondeau Provincial Park here Allen was park naturalist for 10 years before moving to the Chatham office
CPS Dr Syed Ahmed 87 is assistant proshyfessor Departme nt of Statistical and AClUarial Sciences University of Western Ontario London
Susan (Bishop) GraJ1am R3 a fourth year medical student Faculty ofMcdicinc University of Toronto is marri ed fO Don Graham CSS 83 CBS MSc 87 who is a ftl ll-time parent to their threc-year-old twins
Robert Lake 77 a self-employed conshysulting geolOgist is married to Susan Kay OAC 77 a human relations specialist with Petro Canada They live in Calgary
Robert Whitehead 79 is a mi ncr Denison Mines Ell iot Lake
Caroline (Carly) Williams 85 is a software engineer Wild Leitz Canada Toronto
CSS John Babcock 8 is special cabinet assistant Office of Minister of State (Forestry and Mines ) Ottawa
Jana Fie MA 87 i a neuropsychological associate Brazos Valley Rehabilitat ion Center Bl)an Texas
Danny Leung R6 is news submiddoteditor Asia Television Limited Hong Kong
Allison (Shaughnessy) Scanlan 84 production supervisor G I of Canada shyTruck Assltmbly Oshawa is mlITied [() Michael Scanlan 84 directo r of pur hasing Arbor Capital Rltsources
middotoronto
Patricia Sorbam 80 is executive assisshytant to the Ontario Minister of Energy Toronto
G Llewellyn Watson MA 70 a proshyfessor at the University of Prince Edward Island has written a texthook Dilemmas and Contradictions in Sucial 7beor) published by University Press of America
Terry Wright 76 is account manager John Logan National Leasing Bramptoll
MAC-FACS Marie (Tomelin) Cowlin 78 is brand manager Distillers Co Canada Ltd Toronto
Debbie Foster MSc 87 is medical coshyordi natorsex educator Youth Clinical Services Inc Down~view
Marilyn (Shirley) Goodwin 75 MSc 77 a research officer for CSC Ottawa h ma rricd to Fred Goodwin HAFA 75
Margaret (CJark)Jordan 82 manager Agricultural Employment Services Cmada Farm Iabour Pool Newmarkct is married to BrianJordan OAC 81
Margo (Payne) Langan 83 marketing communications co-ordinator Moore Response Technologies Mississauga is married toJohn Langan CBS 75
Nancy (Howard) Martin 81 senior contract managemcnt officer Consumer Products and Trtffic Management Brmch DepartJllent of Supply and Service~ Hull Que is marriltd to Phillip Martin CBS ( HK) 82
Helga (Strenzke) McDonald 84 public relations officer Centrilia Collegc Huron Park is married to Ian McDonald OAC 83
Marilyn Sewell-Kelley 78 is agriculshytura l health and safel) comiddotordinacor Rural Organizations and Services Branch OMAF Guelph and lives near Paris
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James Allen 77 (ODH ) is president of Allens Turf Services Ltd Calgary
Martin Bohl 85 is policy advisor OMAJ Toronto
Guy Bonnetta 79 manager Pioneer Overseas CorpJohnston Iowa is married to Carolyn Knowles CBS 78
Stew Carpenter 50 president ofDivershysity Farms Inc Paw Paw Midligan is married to Olive McEwan 79A scltretary-tnasurer ofDiversity Farms Inc
Harold Cau 60A and 67 is viceshypreSident Barnes Wines Limited St Catharines
Elroy Cober 85 and his wife Rhoda have begun three-year Mennonite Central Committee assignments inKabwe Zambia Elroy is working as provincial o ilseed office r and Rhoda as a general health worker
Eileen (Emmett) Cole 79 a registered
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nurse Colchester Hospital Truro 5 is married to Bill Cole 79 regional sales manager Clarence Farm Services L(vcr Truro
laura Cole 80 is a conservJLion planner Mississippi Vall y Conservation Authority Lanark
UoydCurtis 71 MSc 74 ofCalgary is national sales manager Agricultural Chem icals Division BASF Canada Inc BASF markets a wide range of crop proshyLection products Lloyd directs dle aCLivi shyties of BASFs liales force throughout Canada
James Donison H I is proje L engineer Costello Lomagney amp Denapoli ConshysulL ing Engineers Mancheste r New Hampshire
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Richard Graham 71 of Rrampton is naLional marketing maI111gcr Agricultural Chcmicab Divisi n f3ASF Canada Inc
Richard Helmer 62A married Marilyn Hogue in Oct 19R7 They live in Windsor Richard is supply tcaching for the Essex COllnty Board of Education and doing freclanltx horLicultural work during the summer months
Brian and Brigitte (Brunetzky) Kaufman 84 are pltased to announce the safe arrival of their son Nathaniel Brian All are reSiding at Bright
Dr Houchang Khatamian MSc 71 PhD 8 is associate professor Depart shyment of Horticul rure Kansas State Unishyversity Manhattan
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May 19-June 5 Guel ph Spring Festival
May 31-June 3 Convocation
June 13-15 Human Sexuality Conference
June 17-19 Alumni Weekend
July 10-13 Canadian Home Economics Association Con ference
July 26 Al um ni Assoc iation Executives O rientation Meeting
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Ifyou have an agricultural background and wish to funher your career in management of farm or nonmiddotfarm agribuiiiness this program could he for you
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Dr Elenimo Khonga PhD 87 is a lecturer University ofMalawi Chancellor College Zomba Malawi
Kevin Laidley 82 MSc 85 resource technician Niagara Peninsula Consershyvation Authority Allanburg is married to Lesley Nicholson FACS 83 child life specialist McMaster University Medical Centre Hamilton
Dr Monique Leclerc MSc 82 PhD 87 is assistant professor Department of Soil Science and Biometeorology Utah State University Logan
Maurice Marwood 64 MSc 66 is vicemiddot preSident sales and marketing Canadian Kenworth Company Mississauga He is responsible for all aspects of sales and marketing ofKenworth trucks and product support in Canada
Dr Giancarlo Mosch1ni PhD 86 is [caching in the Economics Department Iowa State University Ames not the Unimiddot versity of Iowa as stated in the fall 1987 issue oflhe GuelpbAlurnnus Our apolomiddot gie~ for [his error
Reid Palmer 63 is a research geneticist and professor Departments ofAgronomy and Genetics Iowa State University Ames
Dr Yousef Papadopoulos 80 MSc 82 PhD 87 a research scientist Agrimiddot cu lture Canada Nappan NS i$ married to Kathleen Glover 80 MSc 83
Andy Robinson 80 MSc 83 a genetimiddot cist Livestock Developmcnt Division Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Christine Howe Arts 81
Dr A Hamid Saleemi MSc 73 has received a PhD in Educational Psychology from Bayero UniverSity Kana Nigeria His thesis was Islamic Values and Commitment among HallSa Muslim Youtb Au Empirical Study and his reo search has been hailed as a pioneering study in the measurement of reJjgious commitment anlong MusJjms Dr Saleemi is principal tutor Department of Adult Education and Community Services Faculty of Education Bayero University
James Sampa MLA 86 is a lecturer in landscape design and natul 1 resource conservation School of Environmental Studies Copperbelt University Zambia
Bill Shotyk 81 completed his PhD in 1986 in the Geology Department at The University ofWestern Ontario and spent a year as visiting postdoctoral researcher at the UniverSity of California to study
thennodynamic stability of organic commiddot plexes of aluminum In Sept 1987 he married Beth Haas and they live in London where Bill is a postdoctoral research associate in the Geology Department UWO studying the surface chemistry of minerals He is also writing his first book The Geochemistry OfPeatandPeatlands to be published by Elsevier Amsterdam
jack Thompson OAC 81 is a firemiddot fighter Station No 1 Thomhlll
Susan Watkins 81 is program offi cer Horn of Africa Oxfam Canada She is in charge ofOxfams overseas development projects in Eutrea and Tigray prOvince of Ethiopia the majori ty of which are in agriculture and health
Dve Dr Ian Alexander 86 is a dmg evalumiddot ator Bureau of Veterinary Dmgs Health and Welfare Canada Ottawa
Dr Cheng Hock Choong PhD 72 is director Semex Canada Guelph
Dr Ann Davis 75 a graduate student at the University of Toronto has won the Hardi Cinader Prize for 1987 The award is given to the graduate student in the process of completing doctor-A work who most resembles renowned immunomiddot logist Dr Bernhard Cinaders originality and versatility
Dr john Debbie 65 is an epidemiomiddot logist New York State Health Department Albany
Dr jean Dodds 64 in addition to her research on blood clotting mechanisms has chaired several national and intermiddot national task forces on assorted topics
Dr Doug Galt 62 is laboratory head OMAF Brighton
Dr Maria Koller CBS 75 DVM 79 chief control programs Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Dr Robert Georgeson 72
Dr Darwin Lund 60 is veterinarian in charge Agriculture Canada Lethbridge Alta
Dr David Murphy 56 is director cardiovascular surgical unit Dalhousie
niversity Halifax
Dr Gary Nash 77 veterinary research officer Institute of Aquaculture University
ofStirling Stirling Scotland is married to Marilyn Klein CBS 77
Dr HG Rees 55 joined the faculty of Massey University New Zealand after 10 years ofgeneral practice Upon completion of his masters degree he as appointed senio r lect urer at the University of Melbourne In 1970 he returned to prac shytice in his native Wales and has spent the past 12 years on the faculty at SeaJe-Hayne College there He has a small sheep farm
ARTS Bruce Westheuser 76 ofToronto died Dec 7 1987 He was a teacher Toronto Montessori Schools Hlt is survived by his father Ronald and stcpmodlcr Dorothy two sisters and a brodumiddotr
CSS Robert A Dodd MA 75 of Victoria BC died Oct 8 1987 He had been employed by the Ministry of Health He is survived by his wife Wendy
Bruce G Miller 72 of Aurora Ont died Sept 2 1987 He was a teacher with York Region Board of Education He is survived by his wife
MAC-FACS Etta (Birdsall) Garnham 17D of Tillsonhurg Ont died Jan 11 1988 She is survi ed by her sister Doris Oatman
Kathleen (Coggs) Hallam 120 of Toronto died jan 23 1988
Katherine L (Williamson) Killmaster 35D of Southfield Michigan died jan 31 1988
GAdora(Beemer)McFadyen 29Dof Port Elgin Ont died Apri l 8 L987 She is Survived by her son George S McFadyen OAC 50A
Anne E Spera 280 of Dundas Ont died Jan 26 1988
Dora M (Dies) Terryberry 260 of Weston Ont died Jan 22 1988 She is survived by her son Douglas
and maintains a single man general pracshytice Sheep health and production are his main interests and in the fall he was admitted to the Cert SHP by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons In 1989 he plans to retrace his footsteps to learn about his main interests in the countries in which he was trained
Dr Duncan Sinclair 58 OAC MSc 60 (nutrition ) Schofield lecturer 1983 will become Queens University Dean of
IN MEMORIAM
OAC Aimee A (Ups) Acklen 36 of Irving Texas died Feb 2 1987 She is survived by her husband Robert and one son
George K Beare 37 A of xbridge Ont died Oct 30 1987 He is survived by his wife Ruby
Dr J Ritchie Cowan 39 of Corvallis Oregon died Nov 12 1987 He was a retired professor of agronomy and proshyfessor emeritus Oregon State University He received his MS and a doctorate in plant genetics from the University of Minnesota He served as national president of the Crop Science Socicty of America the American Society of Agronomy the American Forage and Graosland Council the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology and the League for Intershynational Food Education He was pre shydeceased by his first wife DorothyWhite Mac 39 He is survived by his second wife Ruth and two children
WUliam M Croskery 15 of Ottawa died Nov 17 1987 He was a retired agricultural representative for Carleton County He is survived by three children
Walter C Fisher 26 of Sf Catharines Ont died jan 20 1988 He is survived by his wife Alice ( Petrie ) and three children
William A Hammond 18 Port Dovers oldest World War I veteran died Sept 29 1987 at 95 Prior to entering OAC he farmed worked in a lumber camp in BC and fought forest fires in Montana During the war he served in France and Belgium with the 55th l3atteryofthe Royal Canadian Art illery advancing from gunner to sergeant In 1920 he married Minerva Mitchell and they farmed in Woodhouse Township Mter retir ing he became clerk-treasurer of the township and later
Medicine and Vice-Principal ( Health Sciences) onJuly 1 He has served Queens in various capacities since joining the departme nt of physiolo gy in 1966 Nationally he has been invo lved with the Medical Research Council of Canada for many years includ ing a term as its director-genera1
Dr Anne Marie Taylor 81 is direc tor of an imal care Animal Care Centre Dalhousie niversity Halifax
held the san1e position with the Town of Port Dover He also served on the Ontario Assessment Appeal Board and was a fanner chai rman of the Simcoe High School Board In 1967 he received a Centennial Medal for service to his communi ty He was predeceased by bis wife and a son and is survived by two daughters Betty Murton ofWatetiord and Doris LlIldon of listoweI
Kandappar NJeyasseelan MSA 56 of Peradeniya Sri Lanka died Oct 22 1987 He is survived by two children
Frank J King 33 of Thornhill One died Dec 19 1987 He was a pioneer of Canadas broiler chicken industry and retired senior executive and director of Ralston Purina Canada Inc He is survived by his wife Rachel and a son
Robert C (Bob) lGrkness 56 of Maple Ridge BC died Oct 10 1987 He is survived by his wife
] Morley Lawrence 1 7 of Windsor died Oct 4 1987
John S Lennox 66A of Shallow Lake Ont died as the result of a farm accident Nov 4 1987 He is survived by his wife Ada and a son
Alex T Macnab 36 of North Fort Myers Fla died Dec 18 1987 He is survived by his wife Vella
NormanJ Myles 39 of Guelph died j an 24 1988 He had been a second lieutenant 11 th Field Brigade Royal Canadian Artillery He is survived by his wife Luella Beverley (Highan1 ) and two children
Robert W Phillips 39 of Belleville Ont died Sept 21 1987 -John W Robertson 38 of Thorold Ont died Oct 21 1987 He is survived by his wife Elizabeth and daughter Janice Partlow Arts 70
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Henry H Rooke 8 of Barrie Ont died Dec 16 1987 lIe was retired from the Department of National Health and Welfare He is survived by his wife Harriet Mac 40 and daughters Jane Lennox and Nancy RookemiddotAllen CBS 73
Robert H See 65A ofBohon Ont died Nov 14 1987 He was the son of Margaret (Huston) See Mac 33 and the late Dr John N See OAC 35 OVC 38 He is survived by his wife Brenda and two sisters
WilliamT (Bill) Smith 35 ofStfJtford Ont died Sept 19 1987 He is survived by his wife Maude and five children
Annie H Tasi MSc 72 ofGuelph died Dec 9 1987 She received her BSc in Agriculture from the National Taiwan University in 1965 After receiving her masters in horticulture from Guelph she worked as a research technician in the Universipound) Department of Horticultural Science Shc is survived by her hu~band Benjamin and two children
William G Toner 20A and 22 of Guelph died Jan 30 1988 He is survived by hi wife Eileen and four children
W Benson (Ben) Vair 55 of Sarnia died Jan 6 1988 He taught science at Northern Collegiate in Sarnia for 25 years retiring in 1987
A Gordon O Whiteside 20A and 22 of Ottawa died June 2 1987 Ht was retired after 42 years as a cerealist with Agriculture Canada and wa~ a Fellow of thc Agricultural Institute of Canada lie developed sevedl varieties of Canadian whtat one of which bears his namt Gordon He is su rvived byhis wife Irene and three children
Joseph H Willmott 22A of Milton died Oct 23 1987 He is survived by his sonJohn c Willmott 55
PROFESSORS
Dr Denis H Stott professor emeritus since 1980 diedJan 22 1988 in England at 78 He was ftrst chair Department of Psychology from 1966-68 and was intershyna tionally known as a pioneer in deve shyloping learning techniques for hardmiddottOmiddot teach children He founded the Centre for Educational Disabilities which he directed until h is retirement in 1975 His research focused on the causes and promiddot
blems of delinquent school boys He is survived by hiswifeJane and tw children
Dr Robert D Whiteford of Qualicum Beach Vancouver Island former professor Department of Biomedical Sciences died Feb ] 0 1988 He is survived by his wife Beatrice and one son
STAFF Ray Catchpole a member of the Unj middot versitys Sulawesi Regional Development Project team in Indonesia died Nov 27 1987 in Jakarta at 46 He had been with the project sinet its inception in 1984 He is survived by his wife Ani and his mother Muriel Lucas A mcmorial fund has been established in his nanle Contributions may be forwarded to the Department of
Alumni Affairs and Development The fund will provide a bursary for Indonesians and Canadians involved in exchange between the two ountries It will be adminbtered by the niversity School of Rural Planning and Development
FRIENDS
Joseph Arlen of Guelph died Sept 5 1987 He pursued studies at OAC from 1957 to ) 959 before completing an engineering degree at the University of Toronto He is survived by his wife Judy who works in Photographic Services on campus and two children A Joseph Arlen Memorial Prize in Horticulture has been established Contributions may be forshywarded to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development
ASPARAGUS RESEARCHER DIES IN GUELPH
Herman (Herm) Tiessen OAC 51 onc of Canadas fore middot most aspard1t1s researdlers rued in Guelph Dec 10 1987 at 63 Or Ticsscn had been a horticul shyture professor at the University since 1955 and was co-ordinator of the National Asparagus Reshysearch Program
At its fiftieth anniversary meeting in london the day of his death the Ontario Asparagus Growers Marketing Board honored Dr Tiessen as the pershyson who had made the greatest contributions to the industry over the last 50 years He was also weU known for his work on greehouse tOmatoes and for a collaborative project with Texaco that used waste energy from the companys refinery to heat greenhouses
After graduating from OAC Dr Tiessen received his masters and PhD degrees from Michigan State University and returned to his alma mater to join the Department of Horticultural Science He traveUed widely to share his knowledge on veget-
The late Professor Herm Tiessen OAC51
able growing with scientists around the world most recently to New Zealand and Taiwan He -wa a member of the Agricultural Institute of Canada and the Canadjm American and Intermiddot national Societies for Horticulmiddot tural Science He was also an active member of the OAC Alumni Association
He is sUlvived by his wife Marjorie and two children
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JlAVIeuro 17 18 19 GOlf Tournament
The classic confrontation on the green the Gryphon Club Golf Tournament will start things rolling on Friday at the Cutten Club Prizes will be awarded
Barbecue amp CasinO Night
Meet your friends at Alumni House Friday evening for a barbecued feast and try your llck at the casino tables
SIOwpitch Tournament
The Grad loungers will defendtheir championship title at the alumnistudent co-ed slowpitch tournament Why not get a team together to compete for the first-place trophy and other awards Teams should consist of 12 to 20 players with at least six females per team Three one-hour games are guaranteed for each team
Tours Lectures Demonstrations
Tour the new Equine Research Centre see computer laboratory demonstrations at the College of Family and Consumer Studies or catch an enlightening lecture If its nature you enjoy visit the Arboretum the Marine Biology Laboratory or the Elora Gorge Conservation Area
Celebrity Auction
Join in the fun and bid on a fascinating assortment of articles donated by local celebriti~s Lots of surprises in store All proceeds will go to Alumni House
Awards Presentations
At the Presidents Picnic at noOn on Saturday the Alumnus of Honor award and the Alumni Medal of Achievement will be presented Come and celebrate with the recipients
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See page 7 for your Alumni Weekend reservation form For further information see your College section inside or call the Alumni Weekend hotline (519) 824-4120 ext 2102
Class Reunions
Is your class having a reunion Check page 7 to find out Reunions are a great opportunity to meet old
friends and renew acquaintshyances The Alumni Associations will host their graduates of 50
years or more at a Golden Anniversary Din ner
Champagne Brunch
Toast Alumni Weekend 88 at a champagne brunch held on the Alumni House patio Sunday The Guelph Concert Band will provide entertainment
Editor Karen (Hawkins) Mantel 83
SECOND VOLUME OF LM MONTGOMERY JOURNALS PUBLISHED
By Mary Dickieson Public Relations and Information
The second volume of ]be Selected j ournals ofLM Montgomery records the best and worst experiences in the life of one ofthe worlds most popular authors of childrens books Edited by Professor Mary Rubio English Lanshyguage and Literature and now-retired English professor Elizabeth Waterston the book is expected to repeat the popularity of Volume I which jumped to the best seller list immediately after its November 1985 release and is now in its second printing
Volume II covers 1910 to 1921 and records Montgomerys new life as a mother and wife of a minister in an Ontario village This is a varied and complicated period in which she has achieved world-wide acclaim and a following of readers devoted to her heroine Anne Shirley
Like Anne Montgomery revels in motherhood She also reveals her thoughts on the death of the grandshymother who restricted her life so severely and her feelings for a husband whose mental illness enslaved her in an increasingly unhappy marriage
During th is II -yea r period Montgomery produced four additional Anne novels and a book ofpoetry She initiated and won two bitter lawsuits against her first publisher in a fight
SCOTTISH COLLECTION EXPANDED
Prof essors Elizabeth Waterston and Mary Rubio with the second volume of The Selected journals of LM Montgomery
over the exploitation of women writers
Volume 11 contains more than 100 of Montgomerys own photographs including many of hcr two sons and scenes of Leaksdale the village where she kept up the facade of being a happy Presbyterian ministers wife
The First World War had a profound effect on village life and is a major theme in Montgomerys journal Six of her neighbors sons died and her beloved half-brother lost a leg
Professors Rubio and Waterston edited the handwritten journals at the request of the authors son the late Dr Stuart Macdonald who arranged for his mothers journals
The Scottish Collection in the Unishyversity Library has received a 525000 boost from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Counci l (SSHRC) moving it a step closer to becoming the major Canad ian centre for Scottish studies
The collection already includes Scottish manuscripts from the last three centuries many Scottish literary journals and some parish records from the late 18th and 19th centuries
The SSHRC grant will buy a collecshy
tion of Scottish newspapers from the late 19th and early 20th cennlries Sir Walter Scotts diaries and records of the Darien Company - the Scottish trailing company that caused financial ruin in Scotland when it went bankshyrupt in lhe early 18th cennlry
Emphasis in Scottish studies stems from Guelph faculty interests and the influence of Guelphs Scottish settlers and founder John Galt The Library collection is the largest in Canada and among the top five in the world
scrapbooks and other memorabilia to become part ofthe Mclaughlin Library archives
TIle remaining unedited journals cover the last 22 years of Montshygomerys life and include the devshyelopment of a new heroine Emily based on herself She obviou Iy saw her life as an ongOing story and one she wanted to teU Professor Rubio says They expect to publish a third and possibly a fourth volume
MONTGOMERY COLLECTION
EXPANDED
T he Lucy Maud Montgomery Collection in the University Library now includes the newsshypap rs the author read all her life This addition is being funded by a S10000 grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council ( SSHRC)
The Library collection already hal) Montgomerys cHaries and scrapbooks various published editions of her works in different languages 5000 photographs mostly taken by Montgomery herself some personal papers and a few artifacts including examples of her needlework and the china dogs she loved and wrote about in her books - Gog and Magog
The newspapers including microfiche records of Charshylottetowns ]be Island Patriot from 1892 to 1942 are a connecshytion with Montgomerys history that is valuable to researchers now says Acquisition Librarian Tim Sauer Montgomery continshyued to receive newspapers from her native province Prince Edward Island during the many year she lived in Ontario
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MAJOR CANADIAN THEATRE COLLECTIONS JOIN FORCES TO PRODUCE EXHIBITION
Putting It Back Together which opens May 21 at the Macdonald tewart An Centre in conjunction
with the Guelph Spring Festival represents the first time that major Canadian theatre collections have joined forces to produce a unique and timely exhibition about the preshyservation of our performing arts heritage The exhihition is curated and designed by Daniel Ladell ardlishyvist Stratford Festival with Len Conolly chair Department of Drama acting as associate curator
Putting II Back Together wi il educate and entertain But it also has an urgent message By shOWing what is being kept the exhibition conshyversely draws attention to what is being 10st and emphasizes the need to preserve the vast remainder of Canadas performing arts heritage
Confirmed lenders to the exhibition include The Canadian (Opera) Company Archives Dance Canada Danse The Metropolitan Toronto
DRAMA REUNION HELD
Over 100 former drama students attended a reunion at the Cutten Club in Novemher It was a roaring success says HarryLane acting chair Department of Drama and one of the organizers of the event This was the second drama reunion in five years and Professor Lane hopes a third can be organized in another five years
Several alumni speakers were feashytured during the reunion dinner including the well-known Canaclian stage deSigner Sue lePage Arts 73 who is designing Richard III for the Stratford Festival this year Professor Donald Mullin was presented with an Irish lead crystal bowl circa 1800 as a retirement gift after 20 years with the Department of Drama A dance followed clinner
If you would like to know about future drama reunions or other Department ofDrama events contact Marlene Neal at ( 519) 824-4120 ext 3147
Library Theatre Collection The National Ballet Ardtives The Public Archives of Canada (Social and Culshytural Archives) The Stratford Festival Archives and the Theatre Arcl1ives of the University of Guelph It is hoped that major collections in other regions will agree to participate giving the project more national scope
The exhibition is specifically designed for louring It leaves Guelph July 10 and will be at the Gallery Stratford from September 9 to October 16 Other venues in Canada and a projecLed international tour are under negotiation
PuttingItBack Togetberwill feature
rare printed phowgraphic and manushyscript materials and Lhree-dimenshysional and design materials (such as renderings set models costumes and properties ) These customarily comprise theatrical xhibitions but this exhibit will also feature audioshyvisual recordings and a special handsshyon computer module showing how modern technology is creating new forms of documentation and making these collections accessible to a wider public than ever before
Putting It Back Togetber is proshyduced hy the Stratford Festival Archives in collaboration with the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre
NEW CHAIR HOPES TO CARRY ON JOHN BELLS TRADITION
When Professor Manfred Kremer assumed the chair of the Department of L1nguages and Literatures last fall he knew it wouldnt be easy to follow in the footsteps of his close friend Professor]ohn Bell who had died the previous spring
John was one of the -niversitys finest teachers and is sorely missed says Professor Kremer I hope I can carry on the tradition of excellence that was his hallmark
Enrolment in Languages and Litershyatures one of the largest departments in the College ofArts has been steady for the past decade with 1300 to 1400 students a semester
With the help of his colleagues Professor Kremer is revising the currishyculum ofsome programs The French Studie section is investigating the establishment of a masters program in co-operation with other univershysities With more than half the departments enrolment in the French progranl the student base is broad enough to justify a masters program he says Guelph already works jointly with Wilfrid Laurier Western and Windsor universities in mooing a French Studies program in Nice France
Professor Manfred Kremer
Professor Kremer received his undergraduate degree and PhD degrees at the University of Cologne in West Germany He taught at the
niversity of Wales for a year before coming to Guelph as a lecturer in 1966
Editors Note The John Bell -Memorial Fund will provide an annual scholarship to a student majoring in Classics Donations can be sent to the Office of the dean College ofArts Income tax receipts will be issued
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ALUMNI HONORED AT CHEMISTRY IBIOCHEMISTRY
AWARDS NIGHT
Martin Bosch CPS 69 MSe 7J ( left) andPrOfessor Hamish Rattray chair of the University Awards Committee chat during the 1987 annual Chemistry mul Biochemistry awards night
Aumni were in the spotlight when the Department of ChemistI) and BiochemistI) and the Chemistry Biochemistry Club held their 1987 annual dinner and awards night recently
1987 graduates Dorothy Bakker (chemistry) Karen Graham (chemical tOXicology) Donna (Fackoury) Meagher ( applied chemistry) and Lauretta Williams (biochemistry) each received a Society of Chemical Industry Merit Award
Dorothy now studying medicine at McMaster University said The Guelph semester system and deshymanding undergraduate workload gave me the ability and confidence to be well organized in high pressure situations
Karen who is pursuing pharmashy
cology and toxicology studies at the University of Toronto commented that Guelph offered a tremendous toxicology program and said she would have stayed to do her graduate work at Guelph had it offered a graduate toxicology program
Donna a full-time research assistant for Mc eil Consumer Produc ts Company and winner of the EB Mac aughtOn Convocation Prize as the Winegard nominee for 1987 reflected on her studies at Guelph saying My four yCdfS at Guelph helped me develop skills I require to fmd answers
Lauretta who also received the CPS Graduation Prize and prestigious NSERC 1967 Science Scholarship said her undergraduate training at Guelph prepared me with a very solid foundation and competitive edge for graduate studies and encouraged me in the joy oflcarning and desire to study She now attends York University
Brock Chittim CPS MSc 77 pre shysident and general manager of Wellington Laboratories Guelph presented Joanne Ryks with the newly established WeUington Laboratories Prize in Environmental Chemistry
Martin Bosch 69 MSc 71 preshysident of Tricorp Chemical Speci shyalities Guelph announced the new Tricorp Chemical Specialties Award in organiC chemistry The first presentation of this annual scholarship of S I 200 will be made in 1989
Dr Lind Mrs Harold Suderman presented H] Suderman Demonstrashytor Awards to PhD students Clint Chapple CPS 82 MSc 84 and Carl Decicco CPS 84 for their excellent work in teaching undergraduate lahoratories
Thirty-two additional awards were presented to undergraduate students for their outstanding efforts in 1987
Professor Innes MacKltnzie Physics chats with Dr Steve Berko Brandeis f
University Waltham Mass one Of the speakers at a sympOSium held in Professor MacKenzies honor
PROFESSOR HONORED
November was quite a month for Professor Innes MacKenzie Physics
first he received the 1987 Sigma Xi Excellence in Research Award for his outstanding contribution to re shysearch The award was presented at the Guelph chapter of Sigma Xi s annual banquet At the chapters annual meeting Professor MacKenzie presented the lecture Non-invasive Analyses by Gamma-ray BackshyscatteJing
Later in November a symposium New Demands on Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy wai organized by Proshyfessor MacKenzies research assoshyciates The symposium held at the University in Professor MacKenzies honor featured ten speakers from rhe United States Canada Africa England and Finland A banquet and reception followed in the evening
Professor MacKenzie is now retired but continues to do research at the University as an adjunct professor
NAMED TO STATS INSTITUTE
Professor Hendrick Malik Mathematics and Statistics has been elected a member of the International Statistical Institute in recognition of his contribushytions to the field of statistical methods TIle institute is an autonomous society whose obshyjective is the development and improvement of statistical methods throughout the world
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LEADING CANCER RESEARCHER DELIVERS FIRST CHAPPEL LECTURE
Anoted medical scientist in cancer research delivered the inaugural address in a new lecture series on campus - the Chappel Lecture in Biomedical Sciences
Dr Harry Rubin spoke February 4 the night before winter convocation ceremonies at which he received an honorary doctor of science degree Dr Michael Smith a leading Canadian molecular biologist also received an honorary degree at winter convoshycation
The Chappel Lecture will be an annual event on campus bringing scholars of international repute to address students faculty and the public It was established by Dr
D1~ Harry Rubin hooded by Umversity secretay Barbara Abercrombie is congratulatedby Chancellor William A Stewart
CLifford 1 Chappel OVC 50 and hLi wife in memory ofhis father Herbert James Chappel and was hosted in its first year by OVe
Dr Rubin began his work in the area of viruses in Mexico after gradu shyating from Cornell University as a veterinarian in 1947 He later joined the S Public Health Service became senior research fellow at the California Institute ofTechnology and has held several research pOSitions at the ni shyversity of California Berkeley where he is now professor of molecular biology and research virologist He is known for his contributions to the field of cell growth regulation and malignanqr
Dr Rubins lecture Is Cancer Caused by Cancer Gerzes or the Folly ofReductionism explored popular theories of cancer-causing genes
OVC GRAD WORKS TOWARD BILINGUAL EDUCATION IN CANADA
Dr Susan (Tilt ) Purdy OVC 68 strongly believes that Canada can be a bilingual nation To that end he is serving as national president of Canadian Parents for French (CPF) a 16500-mcmber nation-wide volunshytary association of parents intere ted in promoting the best possible french second language programs at all educational levels
CPF acts as an information-sharing resource for parents educators governments and the general public on French education opportunities in Canada Sue says it is a unique organization because it represents the majority language group advoshycating the language of the minority and thus is a bridge between the two solitudes
Sue moved to New Brunswick after graduation from OVC and practised veterinary medicine in Moncton with her husband Dr James G Purdy OVC 50 until 1974 when they sold their hospital and moved ro Sackville Presently Sue is in small animal prac shytice with her husband in Sackvillc on
Susan (Tilt) Pu-dy OVC 68 sbaresa conversation with Fernand Robichaud MP for West Moreland Kent (left) and DIberville Fortier CommissionerofOffidaI Languages at the 10th anniversary ofCanadian Parents for Frerzch in 1987
a limited part-time basis as she serves her second year as CPF president
Sue became involved in educational issues and joined CPF 10 years ago when her two children started school Now n and 16 both children are enrolled in continuing French immershyion programs and Sue says shes satist1ed that she has given them the
best start she can at becoming bilinshygual J now devotc most of my time to ensuring that other Canadian hildren have a right and opportunity
to learn both of Canadas official languages in the public school sysshyteOl she explains
Sue ha fond memories of Guelph and her fellow students at OVC in the sixties Our paths have continued to cross over the years and I always look forward to such encounters she says Although I am not lIsing my formal training a great deal at the moment the education I received at Guelph has fitted me well for the advocacy role I play poundOday My only wish is that [ could have graduated a bilingual veterinarian - but alas those were different times That is why I work so hard to ensure future graduates from all our universities will not be Limited to expression in only one language
Editors Note Ifyou would like more illformation about CPF write to 309 Cooper Street Suite 2OJ Ottawa Ontalio K2P OG5
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OVC GRAD FOUNDS WORLD WOMENS VETERINARY
ASSOCIATION DrBetsy McGregor OVC 87 didnt expect to become president of the worlds ftrst association for professhysional women veterinarians when she auended her first World Veterinary Congress in Montreal last summer But when she discovered that the only female vet group the womens auxiliary was not designed to address specific professional issues for women vets she invited interested women to a meeting Sixty-eight women from 24 countries attended When the meeting was over Betsy had been elected founding president of the World Womens Veterinary Associashytion (WWV A) and a set of objectives had been struck
Career enhancement is the core objective The WWVA will promote awareness of professional opportunishyties for women veterinarians on difshyferent continents and within the United ations international agencies A quarterly WWVA Newsletter will list such opportunities around the world
The WWVA is also committed to professional and personal developshy
ment through practice exchanges betshyween countries university visits leave opporrunities and house exchanges For example the founding member fro m Kenya suggested hOliday or academic exchanges between her colleagues in Africa and women veterinarians interested in wildlife The iWVA Newsletter will contain a listing of members wishing to partishycipate in s1lch exchanges
Above all the WWVAis committed to a humanitarian contribution to international agriculture About half of the 24 countries represented in the Asso ciation are developing nations Recognizing that in many of these countries women contribute signiftcantly to livestock production the WWV A wants to provide support to these women who because of cultural constraints may not have the same access to services as men To this end Betsy contacted the president of the Associated Country Women of the World Dr Ellen McLean also a Canadian The two organizations will work as affiliates in international aid projects to deliver livestock and
Dr Betsy McGregor ove 87 and son at last years convocation ceremonies
veterinary medical care to Third World nations
Following a masters degree in rural farming systems from McMaster -nishyversity Betsy worked for the United Nations Food and Agr icultural Organization around the world during the 1970s She returned from overseas and commenced studies at OVC in the 1980s Upon graduation she worked as a special assistant to OVC Dean Ole ielsen co -ordinating OVCs international programs She is currently working as a eterinarian with Agriculture Canada
For more information about the WWVA contact Betsy at PO Box 6069 Station J Ottawa K2A ITl
OVC STUDENTS HOST FIRST CONFERENCE The first Canadian Veterinary Stushydents Conference hosted by OVC in January was a big success according to OVC student Andrea Ellis president of the Central Vcterinary Students Association (CVSA)
There is a student conference in the United States but the Canadians get lost in the crowd We decided it was a good time being OVCs 125th anniversary in 1987 to have something right in our own backyard Andrea explains
The OVC snldent council of the CVSAhad been preparing since Mar h 1987 for the two full days of scientific
sessions and recreational events About 60 students and faculty attenshyded from the Atlantic Veterinary College University of Prince Edward Island the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Montreal St Hyacinthe and the Western College of Veterinary Medicine niversity of Saskatchewan Attendance from avc students ranged from 180 to 300 depending on the event
OVC has always had a FrenchshyEnglish student exchange with St HyaCinthe and we knew there was enthusiasm in the West because they talked for years about organizing a hockey tournament But we were
really surprised by the Atlantic Veterinary College Their school has only been operating a few years and out of about 96 students 19 came to conference says Andrea
A conference fund has now been set up and will be administered by the Students of the Canadian Vetershyinary Medical Association n1e conshyference location will be rotated among the four colleges with St Hyacinthe probably hosting next year says Andrea Weve been told that weve started something big Everyone had a really good time and we hope the conference will continue for a long tinle
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DR IAN TAYLOR DOING HIS ullONS SHARE Dr Ian W Taylor avc 43 of Wheeling Illinois puts enthusiasm into everything he does [ figure if Im going to do it Im going to be enthusiastic he was quoted recently in a local newspaper article
As OVC class of 43 president Ian co-chaired the 40th reunion of his class at Alumni Weekend in 1983 along with Dr Archie MacKinnon He acted as master of ceremonies for the program and arranged a display of memorabilia Fourteen out ofa possishyble 31 members of the class were present
TIlis year [an is pushing for 100 per cent attendance at the 45th reunion during Alumni Weekend Perfect attendance is something Ian knows about
He has served the community of Wheeling as a veterinarian for over 30 years Although most of his work has been with dogs cats and a few birds he has also dedicated a great amount of time to lions - bUl nol the four legged kind He recently received
GOOD EWES Three sets of genetically identical lambs are the first anio1aJs bom from bisected embryos at the University
]n December six surrogate ewes delivered nine lambs - three sets of twins and three singles - that had developed from embryos micro shysurgically bisected and implanted five months earlier
Project leader Dr Calhy Gartley ove 82 now completing a DVSc degree in the Department of Clinical Studies says the accomplishment is a milestone for the University
1 find it exciting that these are the first genetically identical animals created and born at the University of Guelph she says They represent the first ofmany such twins in several species that University researchers hope to soon realize
Besides maximizing embryo use this project demonstrates the potenshytial to create Significant numbers of
Dr Ian Taylor OVC 43 with some of the hundreds ofpins hehas collected on visits to Lions CLubs a1(mnd the world
a special award from the International Lions Club for exemplary work in lhe field of international relations He has attended Lions Club meetings in 57
Twin lambs Mutton and jeff who began life as the same embryo am shown with Dr Cathy Gartley avc 82 under the watChful eye of their sutTOgate mothet Q2
genetically identical aninlals that are vital for consistent research results
Dr Gartleys project is supported by the Ontario Ministry ofAgricu Iture and Food (OMAF) and the Eleanor Gartshore Memorial Shnp Trust
different countries and hasnt missed a monthly meeting in 29 years
He has served the Wheeling Club as preSident newsletter editor and public relations chairnlan and has twice been named Lion of the Year In 1982he received tbe MeJvinJones Fellowship award for dedication to humanitarian services and recently he was recognized by a resolution in the Illinois House of Representatives for his Lions Club work He says his greatest pleasure is watching the joy that d isabled children get from a Lions-sponsored camp in Lake Villa each year He has been involved in ftmd-raising for the disabled which is the Lions main objective both locally and abroad
Ian would like to hear from alumni who are members of Lions Intershynational to exchange information and souvenirs used by the clubs throughout the world of Lionism He would also like his OVC class of 43 members to immediately send back the questionnaires mailed to them by the Alumni Office in December for the purpose of producing a class anniversary newsletter These may be sent [0 him at 7695 Milwaukee Ave Wheeling lllinois 60090 or to Dr Archie MacKinnon RR 4 Cambridge Onto 1R 555
SPEAKERS TOUR
The OVC Alumni Association invites alumni to hear two dynashymic guest speakers and tour the Equine Research Centre during Alumni Weekend June 18
Dr Bruce Fogle OVC 70 of London England practitioner and author will speak on The Changing Role Of the Veterinshyarian in SmallAnimalPractice and Dr Brian Brandenburg OVC 68 M Sc 71 president of Guelph International Developshyment Consultants will speak on Veterinary Medicine in the Third World
The progranl will conclude with a dinner and dance
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FROM THE PRESIDENT
While writing this message at the end ofJanuary I realize the mid-point of this years board of directors acti shyvities has arrived I reflect on two goals I set at our annual meeting last June to evaluate our contact with Mac-FACS alumni and increase memshybership in our alumru association
Upon graduation you do not autoshymatically become a member f the Mac-FACS Alumni Association You become a member by paying an annultll or life membership fee This money helps the board ofdirectors carry out activities on your behalf for both students and aluo1ni
At (he January board meeting we discussed the services our Association provides Our visibility with students is quite high through schOlarship presentations careers night and a reception for the graduating class Our services to alumni may need to be redefined What would you like us to provide orgaruze or sponsor
Our annual seminar was cancelled in October 1986 due to a lack of registrants Should we attempt to organize another
LOnYline Holding 71
Your board wants to increase its ConLlct with a greater number ofyou Where and when would you like us to be active7 What projects would you like us to consider
Please send your comments to us at Alumni House University ofGuelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2Wl Also why not come to our 1988 annual meeting June 18 J hope to hear from you soon
Sincerely Lorraine Holding 71 MacmiddotFACS Alu m ni As ociation President
FACS students Suzie Chin and Tracey Vent chat with Barb Stuart FAGS 71 faculty representative on the Mac-FACS Alumni Association s board Of directors at the annual party for graduating students hosted by the Assodation in February Sixty-five students 15 board members and several faCUlty members attended this yems party
CALLING ALL HOME
ECONOMISTS Towards 2000 Challenges and Opportunities is the theme of the Canadian Home Economics Associashytion (CHEA) National Conference at the Univer-ity July 10-13 The conshyference will be of intere t to alumni who graduated in programs related to family and consumer studies foods and nutrition home economics or human ecology
CHEA with a membership of2000 is committed to provide professional development for its members through programs workshops and special interest sessions A major part fits mandate is to create an awareness of new products and services in the market place
Frank Feather a well-known global futurist with a business-like approach will be the keynote speaker at the CIlEA conference He will address the challenges and opportunities of the future Dr Ehler Park a consultant with A5A willexplainhowplanning for outer _pace affects everything from the food we eat to how children will play
Other topics at the conference will include artificial vs natural sweetshyeners issues of an aging population space-age textiles SMART house - a totally computerized environment human sexuality free trade and agri shycu lture food irrJdiatjon and financ ial p lanning
Well-known Canadian entertainer Nanlt-Y White whose satirical songs arc often heard on CBC radio will perform following the opening ceremonies
Many pre and post-conference actishyvities are planned including trips to the Stratford Festival Niagara-on-theshyLake and Niagara Falls Waterloo County ( Farmer Market ) and the village of Elora
The conference offers an excellent opportunity for professional deveshylopment and networking For more information contact Wilda Waldron registration chair CHEA Conference 88 168 Maple Street Guelph Ontario N I G 2G7 ( 519) 836-9551
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FACS GRAD FINDS HEART IN THE ARTS
I ts strange how things work Ollt
Im glad r received a well-rounded education at Guelph It prepared me for th e future reflects Eva Eichenbaum FACS 75
Eva is one often Niagara Peninsula poets featured in Voices from the Niagara a book of local poems colshylelttcd by Pcter and Brenda Baltensperger and published in 1987 ( Moonstone Press 8795 )
Reviewing the book in the Hamilton Spectator John Terpstra writcs Thcre are some very good poems here and a few are standouts I especia lly enjoyed those of Eva Eichenbaum and David Haskins
Eva was born in Sweden the daughter of Estonian refugees who escaped their homeland during the Second World War She camc to Canada with ber family at age two and grew up in Niagara Falls where she attended Stamford Collegiate and won the Upper Scbool English Award at graduation
After a year of travel in 1969 as Miss iagara Hospitality for the Niagara
Promotion Association she enrolled at the University of Guelph to earn a Bachelor of Applied Science degrce and also took some courses at the
niversity of Helsinki Finland She then earned her Bachelor of Education degree at the College of Education Brock n iversity St Catharines and now teaches English and Television Arts at Merritton High School in that city
She started her career in education as a Family Studies teacher and was once head of the Family Studies Department at Merritton but found that her heart was really in English and the creative arts She used to teach theatre arts and also formed the Merriuon High School Dance Commiddot pany Sht teaches ballet and has written several musical comedies for her theatre and dance students
I got the idea for the style and format of the musicals fro m College Royals Curtain Call at Guelph I had a role in the production Der Keller a take-off on Cabaret in my final year she explains
NEW CHAIR TO BROADEN FOCUS IN
CONSUMER STUDIES Teaching and research in the Department ofConsumer Studies has focused on consumer affairs particushylarly consumer behavior and the basic necessities - food clothing and housing New department chairJohn Pratschke sees a need to review and perhaps expand this focus
Professor Pratschke says he was drawn to Guelph because of his interest in consumer economics The University has one of the few departmiddot ments in Canada with a consumer emphasis He plans to preserve the departments unusual linking ofsocial SCience business and technology but broaden the rangt ofstudy to include other products and services important
to the budgets of Canadian house shyholds
The employer market is happy with Consumer Studies graduates says Promiddot fessor Pratschke but there is a need for better communication about the program w ith secondary school stushyden ts We must get across the message that marketing is an inter shyesting challenge and that the program is professionally oriented without lOSing its base in product technology
Born in Ireland Professor Pratschke received his bachelor of commerce master ofeconomic science and PhD at University College Cork He has taught at the University of Waterloo University College Ga lway and
Eva EiclJenbaum FACS 75
Five of Evas poems are featured in tht 63 middotpage Voices f1Om the Niagara and she has donated a copy of the book to the University Lihrary She has also had poems published in Souldust and Pearls Sixth Edition ( Moonstone Press) and There Is a book productd by the Niagara Chapter of the Canadian Authors Association In the future she hopes to take some tinle out from teaching to study broadshycasting
PrOfessorjohn Pratschke
Memorial University Newfoundland He has published widely on the economics ofconsumer expenditures and on European housing policy agrimiddot culture banking and business education
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Mike Traub HAF-A 78 general manager Victoria Place Retirement Lodge Kitchenel discusses his career with a group ofstudents at the HAFA Alumni Assodatiolls annual Careers Night held on campus in January Thirty-seven alumni involved in a vanmiddotety ofcareers volunteered their time to the popular event
HAFA ALUMNI EXCHANGE SEMINAR HELD
Nancy Plato FACS 81
FACS PEOPLE Naney Plato FACS 81 ( Consumer Studies ) the new OAC liaison coshyordinator will acquaint high school students and guidance counsellors with opportunities in the agricultural sciences at Guelph
Enrolment at OAC has declined over the past few years and _ aney will work at increasing student numbers through recruitment and marketing
The position ofliaison co-ordinator is a new one for OAe Nancy says one of her main objectives is to broaden the understanding high school stushydents have ofGuelphs programs She plans to use her well-rounded view of agriculture and its related proshygrams combined with her recruitshyment experience
Nancy is back in Guelph from a position in secondary school liaison at Mount Royal College Calgary She is married to Paul Thiel OAC 82 and is an active member of the Mac-FACS Alumni Association board of directors
Professors Kathleen Brown Lila Engberg and Griffith Morgan have all retired from the Department of Family Studies Professor Elizabeth Upton HAFA will retire in July
Professor John Auld Consumer Studies has produced the Human Settlements Audio-Visual Resources Catalogue It is published by the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Warren Adamson vice-president development Delta Hotels gave the keynote address What is the Canadian Tourism Industry Anyway at the annual HAFA Alumni Exchange Seminar held November 4 at the DelL Chelsea Inn Toronto
This professional development event was sponsored by the HAFA
MOllica Hrybko HAFA 88 (left) received Ci HAFA AlumniAssociation Life Membership from Association president Morag McKenzie 82 The membership is given to a graduating student as selected by his or her peers with a minimum 70 per cent accumulative average who has had outstanding involvement ill the School andor University
Alumoi Association in co-operation with Pannell Kerr Forster lL gave lIAFA grads an opportunity to listen to experts in the field speak 00 various topical hospitality issues including pay equity the human resource risis trends in the hotel and foodservice industry and business planning
CONFERENCE
In Search of Healthy Sexuality
June 13-15 1988
The University of Guelphs 10th an nual sexua li ty conference sponshysor d byThe Department of Fami ly Studies wil l examine current issues in human sex u lily tea hing approaches in sexducation and counse llin g m thod for sexual problems
Keynote Ad dress by Dr Ruth Westheimer
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OAC ALUMNI NEWS Editor Richard Buck 76A
OAC GRAD GIVES GIFT OF WATER TO THAI VILLAGERS
By janet Dumo
Water is not taken for granted in northeast Thailand Usually there is too little of it The sandy laterite soils do not hold water They crack and parch during the hot dry season Ponds shrink Streams and some wells dry up Even in the rainy season the rains are often late or insufficient and the rice crops wither in the fields
But sometimes there is too much water Heavy rains cause flash floods Which drown crops and wash pesti shycides and decaying organic matter into unprotected pit wells There is not enough clean drinking water to ensure good health
A CUSO priority in Thailand is to increase village self-sufficiency and improve the standard of living through the development ofsmall-scale water resources particularly in the north and northeast the poorest regions of the country CUSO engineers placed with departments of local adminisshytration survey and design small spillways dams and piped water systems They develop an under shystanding of indigenous water proshyblems and help viUagers develop water resource technology to deal with these problems
In most villages in Surin province the water is imprisoned under a 20shymetre thick layer of heavy clay comshypacted into red brick-like rock
Ed von Euw OAC 84 returned to Canada in December after two years as a CUSO water resources engineer in Surin While there he worked with two percussion water-jet well-drilling rigs one an Appropriate Technology Association ( A TA) rig originally used in India and Africa the other based on an indigenous village model
Ed found theATA rig needed modi shyfications to make it easier for villagers to operate Most important was the change from a hand to foot-powered lever which the villagers found much less exhausting to work But at $625 the ATA rig is expensive to buy and the Honda motor which pushes water
Ed von EllW and co-worker teaching pump maintenance ill Surin Thailand
down the hole to tlush out the soil and rock particles can use up to $4 of fuel a day
Ed spent several months looking at rigs used by Surin farmers and finally adapted a model from one used by Khun Hong of Muang Pet a village near Surin town Khun Hongs rig uses a pole and beam arrangement making it less durable and steady than the tripod form used in Eds adapted rig The new rig uses a hand-powered Lucky pump made in Taiwan and fanliliar to villagers
The Honda pump used in the ATA drilling rig must be repaired in town and a smaU repair may cost $10 while a repair to the Lucky pump can be done by villagers for less than a doUar Spare parts are available everywhere The drill bilS are made from truck springs in the same Surin shop that made the rig to Eds specillcations They cost only 96 ccors each as opposed to the S7-bits used in the ATA rig
Using smaller pipe and bit than the ATA rig Eds adapted rig drills more quickly through rock and is lighter and easier to use It requires only two people to ope(dte the foot lever The ATA rig requires four or five Eds rig cost $192 to make including pump and accompanying tools and can be constructed by villagers in a small weldingmachine shop if there is a demand for more
Eds rig was tested in Ban Se Jaruk on a site divined by a villager Working
intermittently the villagers went d wn 25 metres in one and a half weeks much of the time grinding through the red rock When water they were pumping down the hole suddenly disappeared and didnt come up again they were afraid they had damaged the rig But instead it was a sign of having broken into a vein of water which was now absorbing any other water poured down So water had been found delicious and abundant right behind the assistant headmans house
The Ban Se Jaruk well has been capped with a rower pump purchased from ATA for S17 The pump is based on a bamboo model used in fndia The tubewell pipe and pump are made of plastic - more acceptable than steel which gives the water an unpleasant taste
Ed carried out a four-month wellshydrilling project in co-operation with Khun Darune of the Northeast Thailand ( ET) Project Funded by the Canadian Internat ional Deve shylopment Agency and assisted by CUSO it is a rural development program in operation since 1981 in 52 villages along the Thai-Kampuchean border The villagers of Ban Se Jaruk elated with their initial success borrowed Eds rig to drill more wells In total seven rigs were built from Eds proto shytype and distributed to four other villages Over 100 successful wells have been drilled in the area to date
EdilO1-S NoteanetDuma is a CUSO special program officer in Malaysia Sbe bas worked as an Englisb teacber witb CUSO in fi)aiand andMaaysia
Ed von Euw a Stratford native graduated from Guelpb witb a BSc in engineering in December J984He llas 011 tbe deans bonor roll three times and received an engineering scbolarsbip in 1983 Before going overseas in November 1985 be workedfor Enllironment Canada as a bydrornettic engineer He is now studying f01 a masters degree in engineering at Guelph
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Professor Harold Crawford OAC 58 MSc 7 0
OAC PEOPLE ProfessorJohn Burton OAC 62 and Brian McBride CBS 78 OAC MSA 80 Department of Animal and Poultry Science have received $400000 from the Ministry ofColleges and niversities Research Incentive Fund for contract research in partnershyship with Cyanamid Canada Inc of Toronto They will examine the effecshytiveness of the hormone BST in increasing milk production in dairy cattle as well as any other effects of the agent
Gordon MacLeod OAC 50 has retired from the Department ofAnimal and Poultry Science after 31 years at the UniversityJohn Summers OAC 53 MSA 59 has also retired from the Department of Animal and Poultry Science after 25 years at the University
Harold Crawford OAC 58 MSc 70 who recently retired as coshyordinator of the Ontario Diploma in Horticulture Program Independent Study Division after 29 years at the University has received the Ontario Parks Association (OPA) recognition award for Significant contribution to the betterment of parks the proshyfession and the envirorunent through his work in continuing education He has been a member of the educational committee of the OPA for 14 years The Ontario Diploma in Horticulture program graduated its first students in 1963 and now has 500 alumni
Marilyn Dykstra OAC 78 is new director of the Universitys Pest
Marilyn Dykstra OAC 78
Diagnostic and Advisory Clinic The clinic is working at maximum capacity with marc than 30000 inquiries to its credit since it opened nine years ago says Marilyn It receives everyshything from live specimens of earwigs and spiders to diseased ornamentals and fruit and vegetable crops Most specimens come from home gar shydeners she ays but the clinic has a growing clientele among commercial growers landscape businesses and other industries Through its service and extension functions the clinic has accumulated a reference collecshytion of more than 10000 slides and specimens as well as a list of resource people from across campus
Dr R Keith (Chip) Chapman OAC 40 has retired from the Department ofEntomoJogy University of Wisconsin Madison following a distinguished areer spanning 40 years A two-day symposium was held in his honor last June and The R Keith Chapman Vegetable Entomology SchOlarship was established with funds collected in lieu ofa retirement gift He has also been named professor emeritus Attending the symposium and retirement recognition party in Madison were Keiths brothers Ross also OAC 40 and Douglas OAC 44 and sister Helen Stockwell a graduate of Macdonald College McGiJl Univershysity Montreal and OAC Dean Freeman McEwen
When Bruce Brown OAC 85 received his degree from former agri shyculture minister William A Stewart chancellor ofthe Universi tyofGuelph he asked what steps he could take to
Dr R Keith (Chip) Chapman andhis brother Ross both OAC 40
become the minister of agriculture and food Little did he know that two and a half years later he would be minister - if only for a day
In December he shared the duties of Ontarios minister Jack RiddeD OAC 57 as his prize for winning a public speaking contest at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Bruce who operates a Newcastle dairy beef and cash crop farm with his father spoke on the survival of the farm family in Ontario
ETHICS IN AGRICULTURE Ethical issues in agriculture such as animal welfare are generally debated from an emotional viewpoint Proshyfessor Frank Hurnik OAC PhD 71 Animal and Poultry Science and Pro shyfessor Hugh Lehman Philosphy are hoping to change that through the journal of Agricultural Ethics an international quarterly publication which offers a forum for discussing moral issues related to food and food production
We hope this publication will act as a bridge between those who philo shysophize about agricu ltural ethics and those actively involved in plant and animal use says Professor Hurnik Its a scholarly refereed journal but it wont be bogged down with speciashylized technical jargon As a result we believe it will be useful to the farm community and we expect leaders from that field will be contributors not just readers
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Professor Fredjelome and his wife Faye look over a catalogue of the Universitys art collection
ALOVEOFART Back in 1968 Fred N Jerome OAC 33 established a trust fund to purshychase art produced by promising young Canadian artists
I was a full professor then and I could afford to do it (set up a trust fund) I felt art deserved a little push and I wanted to see the niversitys art collection expand explains the now retired professor ofgenetics and poultry science at Guelph
Forty-two Canadian works have been purchased to date through lhe F - Jerome Trust Fund and a special exhibi t of these works will be featured at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre beginning Alumni WeekendJune 18 and continuing throughout the sununer
Professorjeromes personal favorite in the collection is Ken Danbys silkshyscreen The Skates
I like Danbys technique His work is almost as realistic as a color photoshygraph but you can still tell its a painting he explains
He is also fond ofDiego Drawing a lithography by Jack Chanlbers a London Ontario artist and Gene Chus delicate Spider Series
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre Director Judith Nasby says Fred Jerome has made an outstanding contribution to the growth of the Universitys Canadian art collection - one of the largest univer itycollecshytions in the province He has recogshynized the tremendous growth and vitality of the art community in Canada by specifying that works be purchased from young artists
A LOVE OF LI LI ES The expression lily white has little meaning for Bill Evans His favorite lilies are bright orange and yellow I like the ones that almost glow and catch your eye from 100 yards away says the retired Department of Horti shycultural Science professor
Professor Evans lilies are certainly eye-catching for anyone travelling north of Guelph on Highway 6 betshyween mid-June and mid-August Splashes of spectacular color glow from his field of lilies near Marden (behind the home of Marjorie and the late George Durnford ) - a welshycome surprise for those accustomed to seeing only the popular Easter white variety
Im obsessed with lilies admits Professor Evans who retired in 1985 after 28 years of researching phult breeding and teaching small fruit proshyduction at the University of Guelph ) like their variety and scope They are perennial plants that grow at different heights Some have flowers that face up some face down and some face out Some are trumpet shaped some have petals that curve back Some are scented and some are unscented
As a child Professor Evans grew flowers and vegetables in his parents big garden north of Calgary After six years in the army he enrolled at the
niversity of Alberta to study hortishycu lture During his second year in 1947 he began hybridizing lilies Following graduation he worked as a fruit breeder for the federal governshyment in Alberta for eight years before coming to Guelph in 1957 He conshytinued to breed and grow lilies at the
niversity and on plots of land that friends like Professor Ted Me inch (and now Mrs Durnford) let him use
The University has quite a history of lily breeding says Professor Evans The late Isabella Preston a lecturer at Guelph before Professor Evans time went on the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa and to world fame for her ornamental crabapples lilacs and lilies The late Jc Taylor a professor at Guelph was well-known for his lily breeding and introduced Professor Evans to many other breeders He
told me that my lilies needed more vigor and let me use some of his plants in my work
Professor Evans introduced three new varieties of lilies through the University and registered some of Professor Taylors They were marshyketed in the United States So far Professor Evans has had 17 varieties of lilies internationally registered Anyone can do this he says modestly You just write a full desshycription of the plant pick a name that hasn t been used before and send it to the Royal Horticultural Society in England prekrrably with a photo The new names are published every year
It s hard coming up with new nanles though says Professor Evans He has named some of his varieties after the area in which they were grown shyArkel Marden Gold Aberfoyle He named one after his granddaughter Bronwen and one after his wife Ethelwaite ( her first and maiden names ) She gets a thrill whenever she sees that name on a ( flower show) prize list somewhere he says
Pink and pastel lilies are Professor Evans speciality and his favorite is a variety he caBs Blusbing Maiden It has mauvey pink tips with a white centre
Professor Evans and his wife edH a newsletter three times yearly for the Ontario Regional Lily Society and Professor Evans has just ended a two year term as president of the North American lily Society He has judged at nower shows all over Canada and the nited States and will preside at an international show in Hamilton in July
Because of his hobby Professor Evans is enjoying retirement He spends about 25 hours a week on his lilies in the summer months During the off season he grows seeds and works on his records He is working on increasing the number ofvarieties including spotless ones ( most lilies have spots which are dominant ) He is pleased that some of his former students are now growing lilies entering shows and joining li ly societies
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RURAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT GRADS TO FORM ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
The University School ofRural Planshyning and Development ( USRPampD ) was inaugurated at Guelph in 1980
USRPampD is built on the strengths of past Guelph initiatives such as the Centre for Resources Development and the Rural Development Outreach Project It is formally recognized by the Canadian Institute of Planners and offers Masters level programs in rural planning rural development international rural development and resources management It is also actively engaged in research and community outreach
Recent research topics have in shycluded land availabi Iityfor agricu lture
local economic development strateshygies rural aging northern and native community plannjng and developshyment rural transportation computer applications in planning and deve shylopment and water and waste management to name a few This research was conducted throughout Canada and arollnd the world inshycluding Nepal Kenya Indonesia St Lucia Belize and Botswana
The outreach interests ofthe School are fully integrated with its teaching and research activities Recent out shyreach projects have included the Childcare Network Project for families in rural Wellington County an evaJu shy
ation of the rural development proshygrams ofa Jesuit mission in southern Ethiopia a heritage strategy for the Town of IngerSOll and a recreation needs assessment for Sault Ste Marie
Graduates of USRPampD as well as graduates of the former Centre for Resource Development are now being invited to form an alumni association to keep members updated on School activities their fellow alumni and issues concerning rural planning and development For further information contact Professor Harry Cummings USRampD University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N1G 2WI ( 519) 824-4120 ext 6783
JOIN YOUR OAC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NOW Did you know that as a graduate of OAC you are not automatically a member of the OAC Alumni Assoshyciation However anyone involved in a formal agricultural education at OAC ( past present or future ) is not only eligible to become a member but is encouragetl to do so
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ARTS Joanna Black 81 Ls aisistant direclOr curator The Marietta-Cobb Fine Arts Centre Marietta Georgia
Richard Hoffman 78 a Canadian Press journalist in Toronto is married pound0 Martine Bracey CBS 77
Laura Mezey-Hamid 82 administrative assistant to the vice-president of finance Penningtons Stores Umjted Toronto is married to Shaheed Hamid CSS 82
John Laurence (Stash) Stasiw 76 is marketing manager Philips Electronics Ltd Scarborough
Dirk Vanbattum 75 is vice-president Eddie May Mysteries Ottawa
CBS Michael Best 77 is a research technician Cross Cancer Institute Edmonton
GRAD NEWS EUzabeth Jane (Kempe) Coker 82 a resource worker CaJedon Parent-ChiId Centre Bolton is married to Dr Ted Coker OVC 87
Janet Ebanks 86 is a medical social worker Cayman overnment Health Sershyvices George Town Grand Cayman Cayman Islands British West Indies
Kevin Ferguson 80 supervisor of Outdoor Education for the Elgin County Board of Education married Suzanne Schmid BEd (Nipissing) 82 in April 1987 She works for the Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority They live near Aylmer
Michael Hackenberger 81 is president Canadian Zoological Systems Toromo
Heather Hattin 84 (HK) whose rowing accomplishments were featured in the winter 1987 issue ofthe GuelphAlumnus won Canadas first-ever gold medal in womens rowing in the double-scull event at the world championships in Copenhagen last summer
Cynthia (Porter)JefIrey 85 is studying for an MSc in Food Science at the University of Manitoba She is married to ScottJefIrey OAC 82 assistant professor ofAgncul tural Economics at the University of Manitoba They live in Winnipeg
Dr Gord Kennedy 85 senior chemist Union Carbine Corp Bound Brook New Jersey is married to Carrie Feaver CPS 84
Steven Kerr 77 is regional fisheries biologist Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources KemptviUe
Jim Lee 73 is director Research Services Min istry of Tourism Recreation and Culture Victoria BC
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Larry Patterson 76 is Grand Forks and District Aquatic Centre Manager Grand Forks Bc
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Stephen Rabbetts 79 is a zookeeper Metro Toronto Zoo Wcsthill
Cathy Oohnson) Rewcastle 80 is a fur biologist Manitoba atural Rcsources Winnipcg
Brian Sntith 78 micro ~)Stcms manager Natural Sciences Centre The University ofWestcrn Ontario London is married to Debra Bond CSS 79
Bradly Veitch 86 is second brewer Wellington County Brewery Guelph
Michael Wade 87 is responsible for aquaculture programs at Kpong Farms Volta River Authority Akuse Ghana the site of a major hydro-electric installation
P Allen Woodliffe 76 is the first and only district ecologist with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Chatham Districr He is married to Marie Gedcke FACS 75 and has a son Timothy TIl y Jive in Rondeau Provincial Park here Allen was park naturalist for 10 years before moving to the Chatham office
CPS Dr Syed Ahmed 87 is assistant proshyfessor Departme nt of Statistical and AClUarial Sciences University of Western Ontario London
Susan (Bishop) GraJ1am R3 a fourth year medical student Faculty ofMcdicinc University of Toronto is marri ed fO Don Graham CSS 83 CBS MSc 87 who is a ftl ll-time parent to their threc-year-old twins
Robert Lake 77 a self-employed conshysulting geolOgist is married to Susan Kay OAC 77 a human relations specialist with Petro Canada They live in Calgary
Robert Whitehead 79 is a mi ncr Denison Mines Ell iot Lake
Caroline (Carly) Williams 85 is a software engineer Wild Leitz Canada Toronto
CSS John Babcock 8 is special cabinet assistant Office of Minister of State (Forestry and Mines ) Ottawa
Jana Fie MA 87 i a neuropsychological associate Brazos Valley Rehabilitat ion Center Bl)an Texas
Danny Leung R6 is news submiddoteditor Asia Television Limited Hong Kong
Allison (Shaughnessy) Scanlan 84 production supervisor G I of Canada shyTruck Assltmbly Oshawa is mlITied [() Michael Scanlan 84 directo r of pur hasing Arbor Capital Rltsources
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Patricia Sorbam 80 is executive assisshytant to the Ontario Minister of Energy Toronto
G Llewellyn Watson MA 70 a proshyfessor at the University of Prince Edward Island has written a texthook Dilemmas and Contradictions in Sucial 7beor) published by University Press of America
Terry Wright 76 is account manager John Logan National Leasing Bramptoll
MAC-FACS Marie (Tomelin) Cowlin 78 is brand manager Distillers Co Canada Ltd Toronto
Debbie Foster MSc 87 is medical coshyordi natorsex educator Youth Clinical Services Inc Down~view
Marilyn (Shirley) Goodwin 75 MSc 77 a research officer for CSC Ottawa h ma rricd to Fred Goodwin HAFA 75
Margaret (CJark)Jordan 82 manager Agricultural Employment Services Cmada Farm Iabour Pool Newmarkct is married to BrianJordan OAC 81
Margo (Payne) Langan 83 marketing communications co-ordinator Moore Response Technologies Mississauga is married toJohn Langan CBS 75
Nancy (Howard) Martin 81 senior contract managemcnt officer Consumer Products and Trtffic Management Brmch DepartJllent of Supply and Service~ Hull Que is marriltd to Phillip Martin CBS ( HK) 82
Helga (Strenzke) McDonald 84 public relations officer Centrilia Collegc Huron Park is married to Ian McDonald OAC 83
Marilyn Sewell-Kelley 78 is agriculshytura l health and safel) comiddotordinacor Rural Organizations and Services Branch OMAF Guelph and lives near Paris
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Martin Bohl 85 is policy advisor OMAJ Toronto
Guy Bonnetta 79 manager Pioneer Overseas CorpJohnston Iowa is married to Carolyn Knowles CBS 78
Stew Carpenter 50 president ofDivershysity Farms Inc Paw Paw Midligan is married to Olive McEwan 79A scltretary-tnasurer ofDiversity Farms Inc
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111e University of Guelph is now olkring a Masters of Agribusiness Management for people interested in a comprehensive training program for manlgemel1l positions in modern agrihusiness
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Ifyou have an agricultural background and wish to funher your career in management of farm or nonmiddotfarm agribuiiiness this program could he for you
For fu nhcr information on this program pleL~e contact
Professor Tom Funk Department of Agricultural Economics and Business University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl (519) 824middot4120 ext 3427
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Dr Elenimo Khonga PhD 87 is a lecturer University ofMalawi Chancellor College Zomba Malawi
Kevin Laidley 82 MSc 85 resource technician Niagara Peninsula Consershyvation Authority Allanburg is married to Lesley Nicholson FACS 83 child life specialist McMaster University Medical Centre Hamilton
Dr Monique Leclerc MSc 82 PhD 87 is assistant professor Department of Soil Science and Biometeorology Utah State University Logan
Maurice Marwood 64 MSc 66 is vicemiddot preSident sales and marketing Canadian Kenworth Company Mississauga He is responsible for all aspects of sales and marketing ofKenworth trucks and product support in Canada
Dr Giancarlo Mosch1ni PhD 86 is [caching in the Economics Department Iowa State University Ames not the Unimiddot versity of Iowa as stated in the fall 1987 issue oflhe GuelpbAlurnnus Our apolomiddot gie~ for [his error
Reid Palmer 63 is a research geneticist and professor Departments ofAgronomy and Genetics Iowa State University Ames
Dr Yousef Papadopoulos 80 MSc 82 PhD 87 a research scientist Agrimiddot cu lture Canada Nappan NS i$ married to Kathleen Glover 80 MSc 83
Andy Robinson 80 MSc 83 a genetimiddot cist Livestock Developmcnt Division Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Christine Howe Arts 81
Dr A Hamid Saleemi MSc 73 has received a PhD in Educational Psychology from Bayero UniverSity Kana Nigeria His thesis was Islamic Values and Commitment among HallSa Muslim Youtb Au Empirical Study and his reo search has been hailed as a pioneering study in the measurement of reJjgious commitment anlong MusJjms Dr Saleemi is principal tutor Department of Adult Education and Community Services Faculty of Education Bayero University
James Sampa MLA 86 is a lecturer in landscape design and natul 1 resource conservation School of Environmental Studies Copperbelt University Zambia
Bill Shotyk 81 completed his PhD in 1986 in the Geology Department at The University ofWestern Ontario and spent a year as visiting postdoctoral researcher at the UniverSity of California to study
thennodynamic stability of organic commiddot plexes of aluminum In Sept 1987 he married Beth Haas and they live in London where Bill is a postdoctoral research associate in the Geology Department UWO studying the surface chemistry of minerals He is also writing his first book The Geochemistry OfPeatandPeatlands to be published by Elsevier Amsterdam
jack Thompson OAC 81 is a firemiddot fighter Station No 1 Thomhlll
Susan Watkins 81 is program offi cer Horn of Africa Oxfam Canada She is in charge ofOxfams overseas development projects in Eutrea and Tigray prOvince of Ethiopia the majori ty of which are in agriculture and health
Dve Dr Ian Alexander 86 is a dmg evalumiddot ator Bureau of Veterinary Dmgs Health and Welfare Canada Ottawa
Dr Cheng Hock Choong PhD 72 is director Semex Canada Guelph
Dr Ann Davis 75 a graduate student at the University of Toronto has won the Hardi Cinader Prize for 1987 The award is given to the graduate student in the process of completing doctor-A work who most resembles renowned immunomiddot logist Dr Bernhard Cinaders originality and versatility
Dr john Debbie 65 is an epidemiomiddot logist New York State Health Department Albany
Dr jean Dodds 64 in addition to her research on blood clotting mechanisms has chaired several national and intermiddot national task forces on assorted topics
Dr Doug Galt 62 is laboratory head OMAF Brighton
Dr Maria Koller CBS 75 DVM 79 chief control programs Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Dr Robert Georgeson 72
Dr Darwin Lund 60 is veterinarian in charge Agriculture Canada Lethbridge Alta
Dr David Murphy 56 is director cardiovascular surgical unit Dalhousie
niversity Halifax
Dr Gary Nash 77 veterinary research officer Institute of Aquaculture University
ofStirling Stirling Scotland is married to Marilyn Klein CBS 77
Dr HG Rees 55 joined the faculty of Massey University New Zealand after 10 years ofgeneral practice Upon completion of his masters degree he as appointed senio r lect urer at the University of Melbourne In 1970 he returned to prac shytice in his native Wales and has spent the past 12 years on the faculty at SeaJe-Hayne College there He has a small sheep farm
ARTS Bruce Westheuser 76 ofToronto died Dec 7 1987 He was a teacher Toronto Montessori Schools Hlt is survived by his father Ronald and stcpmodlcr Dorothy two sisters and a brodumiddotr
CSS Robert A Dodd MA 75 of Victoria BC died Oct 8 1987 He had been employed by the Ministry of Health He is survived by his wife Wendy
Bruce G Miller 72 of Aurora Ont died Sept 2 1987 He was a teacher with York Region Board of Education He is survived by his wife
MAC-FACS Etta (Birdsall) Garnham 17D of Tillsonhurg Ont died Jan 11 1988 She is survi ed by her sister Doris Oatman
Kathleen (Coggs) Hallam 120 of Toronto died jan 23 1988
Katherine L (Williamson) Killmaster 35D of Southfield Michigan died jan 31 1988
GAdora(Beemer)McFadyen 29Dof Port Elgin Ont died Apri l 8 L987 She is Survived by her son George S McFadyen OAC 50A
Anne E Spera 280 of Dundas Ont died Jan 26 1988
Dora M (Dies) Terryberry 260 of Weston Ont died Jan 22 1988 She is survived by her son Douglas
and maintains a single man general pracshytice Sheep health and production are his main interests and in the fall he was admitted to the Cert SHP by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons In 1989 he plans to retrace his footsteps to learn about his main interests in the countries in which he was trained
Dr Duncan Sinclair 58 OAC MSc 60 (nutrition ) Schofield lecturer 1983 will become Queens University Dean of
IN MEMORIAM
OAC Aimee A (Ups) Acklen 36 of Irving Texas died Feb 2 1987 She is survived by her husband Robert and one son
George K Beare 37 A of xbridge Ont died Oct 30 1987 He is survived by his wife Ruby
Dr J Ritchie Cowan 39 of Corvallis Oregon died Nov 12 1987 He was a retired professor of agronomy and proshyfessor emeritus Oregon State University He received his MS and a doctorate in plant genetics from the University of Minnesota He served as national president of the Crop Science Socicty of America the American Society of Agronomy the American Forage and Graosland Council the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology and the League for Intershynational Food Education He was pre shydeceased by his first wife DorothyWhite Mac 39 He is survived by his second wife Ruth and two children
WUliam M Croskery 15 of Ottawa died Nov 17 1987 He was a retired agricultural representative for Carleton County He is survived by three children
Walter C Fisher 26 of Sf Catharines Ont died jan 20 1988 He is survived by his wife Alice ( Petrie ) and three children
William A Hammond 18 Port Dovers oldest World War I veteran died Sept 29 1987 at 95 Prior to entering OAC he farmed worked in a lumber camp in BC and fought forest fires in Montana During the war he served in France and Belgium with the 55th l3atteryofthe Royal Canadian Art illery advancing from gunner to sergeant In 1920 he married Minerva Mitchell and they farmed in Woodhouse Township Mter retir ing he became clerk-treasurer of the township and later
Medicine and Vice-Principal ( Health Sciences) onJuly 1 He has served Queens in various capacities since joining the departme nt of physiolo gy in 1966 Nationally he has been invo lved with the Medical Research Council of Canada for many years includ ing a term as its director-genera1
Dr Anne Marie Taylor 81 is direc tor of an imal care Animal Care Centre Dalhousie niversity Halifax
held the san1e position with the Town of Port Dover He also served on the Ontario Assessment Appeal Board and was a fanner chai rman of the Simcoe High School Board In 1967 he received a Centennial Medal for service to his communi ty He was predeceased by bis wife and a son and is survived by two daughters Betty Murton ofWatetiord and Doris LlIldon of listoweI
Kandappar NJeyasseelan MSA 56 of Peradeniya Sri Lanka died Oct 22 1987 He is survived by two children
Frank J King 33 of Thornhill One died Dec 19 1987 He was a pioneer of Canadas broiler chicken industry and retired senior executive and director of Ralston Purina Canada Inc He is survived by his wife Rachel and a son
Robert C (Bob) lGrkness 56 of Maple Ridge BC died Oct 10 1987 He is survived by his wife
] Morley Lawrence 1 7 of Windsor died Oct 4 1987
John S Lennox 66A of Shallow Lake Ont died as the result of a farm accident Nov 4 1987 He is survived by his wife Ada and a son
Alex T Macnab 36 of North Fort Myers Fla died Dec 18 1987 He is survived by his wife Vella
NormanJ Myles 39 of Guelph died j an 24 1988 He had been a second lieutenant 11 th Field Brigade Royal Canadian Artillery He is survived by his wife Luella Beverley (Highan1 ) and two children
Robert W Phillips 39 of Belleville Ont died Sept 21 1987 -John W Robertson 38 of Thorold Ont died Oct 21 1987 He is survived by his wife Elizabeth and daughter Janice Partlow Arts 70
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Henry H Rooke 8 of Barrie Ont died Dec 16 1987 lIe was retired from the Department of National Health and Welfare He is survived by his wife Harriet Mac 40 and daughters Jane Lennox and Nancy RookemiddotAllen CBS 73
Robert H See 65A ofBohon Ont died Nov 14 1987 He was the son of Margaret (Huston) See Mac 33 and the late Dr John N See OAC 35 OVC 38 He is survived by his wife Brenda and two sisters
WilliamT (Bill) Smith 35 ofStfJtford Ont died Sept 19 1987 He is survived by his wife Maude and five children
Annie H Tasi MSc 72 ofGuelph died Dec 9 1987 She received her BSc in Agriculture from the National Taiwan University in 1965 After receiving her masters in horticulture from Guelph she worked as a research technician in the Universipound) Department of Horticultural Science Shc is survived by her hu~band Benjamin and two children
William G Toner 20A and 22 of Guelph died Jan 30 1988 He is survived by hi wife Eileen and four children
W Benson (Ben) Vair 55 of Sarnia died Jan 6 1988 He taught science at Northern Collegiate in Sarnia for 25 years retiring in 1987
A Gordon O Whiteside 20A and 22 of Ottawa died June 2 1987 Ht was retired after 42 years as a cerealist with Agriculture Canada and wa~ a Fellow of thc Agricultural Institute of Canada lie developed sevedl varieties of Canadian whtat one of which bears his namt Gordon He is su rvived byhis wife Irene and three children
Joseph H Willmott 22A of Milton died Oct 23 1987 He is survived by his sonJohn c Willmott 55
PROFESSORS
Dr Denis H Stott professor emeritus since 1980 diedJan 22 1988 in England at 78 He was ftrst chair Department of Psychology from 1966-68 and was intershyna tionally known as a pioneer in deve shyloping learning techniques for hardmiddottOmiddot teach children He founded the Centre for Educational Disabilities which he directed until h is retirement in 1975 His research focused on the causes and promiddot
blems of delinquent school boys He is survived by hiswifeJane and tw children
Dr Robert D Whiteford of Qualicum Beach Vancouver Island former professor Department of Biomedical Sciences died Feb ] 0 1988 He is survived by his wife Beatrice and one son
STAFF Ray Catchpole a member of the Unj middot versitys Sulawesi Regional Development Project team in Indonesia died Nov 27 1987 in Jakarta at 46 He had been with the project sinet its inception in 1984 He is survived by his wife Ani and his mother Muriel Lucas A mcmorial fund has been established in his nanle Contributions may be forwarded to the Department of
Alumni Affairs and Development The fund will provide a bursary for Indonesians and Canadians involved in exchange between the two ountries It will be adminbtered by the niversity School of Rural Planning and Development
FRIENDS
Joseph Arlen of Guelph died Sept 5 1987 He pursued studies at OAC from 1957 to ) 959 before completing an engineering degree at the University of Toronto He is survived by his wife Judy who works in Photographic Services on campus and two children A Joseph Arlen Memorial Prize in Horticulture has been established Contributions may be forshywarded to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development
ASPARAGUS RESEARCHER DIES IN GUELPH
Herman (Herm) Tiessen OAC 51 onc of Canadas fore middot most aspard1t1s researdlers rued in Guelph Dec 10 1987 at 63 Or Ticsscn had been a horticul shyture professor at the University since 1955 and was co-ordinator of the National Asparagus Reshysearch Program
At its fiftieth anniversary meeting in london the day of his death the Ontario Asparagus Growers Marketing Board honored Dr Tiessen as the pershyson who had made the greatest contributions to the industry over the last 50 years He was also weU known for his work on greehouse tOmatoes and for a collaborative project with Texaco that used waste energy from the companys refinery to heat greenhouses
After graduating from OAC Dr Tiessen received his masters and PhD degrees from Michigan State University and returned to his alma mater to join the Department of Horticultural Science He traveUed widely to share his knowledge on veget-
The late Professor Herm Tiessen OAC51
able growing with scientists around the world most recently to New Zealand and Taiwan He -wa a member of the Agricultural Institute of Canada and the Canadjm American and Intermiddot national Societies for Horticulmiddot tural Science He was also an active member of the OAC Alumni Association
He is sUlvived by his wife Marjorie and two children
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JlAVIeuro 17 18 19 GOlf Tournament
The classic confrontation on the green the Gryphon Club Golf Tournament will start things rolling on Friday at the Cutten Club Prizes will be awarded
Barbecue amp CasinO Night
Meet your friends at Alumni House Friday evening for a barbecued feast and try your llck at the casino tables
SIOwpitch Tournament
The Grad loungers will defendtheir championship title at the alumnistudent co-ed slowpitch tournament Why not get a team together to compete for the first-place trophy and other awards Teams should consist of 12 to 20 players with at least six females per team Three one-hour games are guaranteed for each team
Tours Lectures Demonstrations
Tour the new Equine Research Centre see computer laboratory demonstrations at the College of Family and Consumer Studies or catch an enlightening lecture If its nature you enjoy visit the Arboretum the Marine Biology Laboratory or the Elora Gorge Conservation Area
Celebrity Auction
Join in the fun and bid on a fascinating assortment of articles donated by local celebriti~s Lots of surprises in store All proceeds will go to Alumni House
Awards Presentations
At the Presidents Picnic at noOn on Saturday the Alumnus of Honor award and the Alumni Medal of Achievement will be presented Come and celebrate with the recipients
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See page 7 for your Alumni Weekend reservation form For further information see your College section inside or call the Alumni Weekend hotline (519) 824-4120 ext 2102
Class Reunions
Is your class having a reunion Check page 7 to find out Reunions are a great opportunity to meet old
friends and renew acquaintshyances The Alumni Associations will host their graduates of 50
years or more at a Golden Anniversary Din ner
Champagne Brunch
Toast Alumni Weekend 88 at a champagne brunch held on the Alumni House patio Sunday The Guelph Concert Band will provide entertainment
MAJOR CANADIAN THEATRE COLLECTIONS JOIN FORCES TO PRODUCE EXHIBITION
Putting It Back Together which opens May 21 at the Macdonald tewart An Centre in conjunction
with the Guelph Spring Festival represents the first time that major Canadian theatre collections have joined forces to produce a unique and timely exhibition about the preshyservation of our performing arts heritage The exhihition is curated and designed by Daniel Ladell ardlishyvist Stratford Festival with Len Conolly chair Department of Drama acting as associate curator
Putting II Back Together wi il educate and entertain But it also has an urgent message By shOWing what is being kept the exhibition conshyversely draws attention to what is being 10st and emphasizes the need to preserve the vast remainder of Canadas performing arts heritage
Confirmed lenders to the exhibition include The Canadian (Opera) Company Archives Dance Canada Danse The Metropolitan Toronto
DRAMA REUNION HELD
Over 100 former drama students attended a reunion at the Cutten Club in Novemher It was a roaring success says HarryLane acting chair Department of Drama and one of the organizers of the event This was the second drama reunion in five years and Professor Lane hopes a third can be organized in another five years
Several alumni speakers were feashytured during the reunion dinner including the well-known Canaclian stage deSigner Sue lePage Arts 73 who is designing Richard III for the Stratford Festival this year Professor Donald Mullin was presented with an Irish lead crystal bowl circa 1800 as a retirement gift after 20 years with the Department of Drama A dance followed clinner
If you would like to know about future drama reunions or other Department ofDrama events contact Marlene Neal at ( 519) 824-4120 ext 3147
Library Theatre Collection The National Ballet Ardtives The Public Archives of Canada (Social and Culshytural Archives) The Stratford Festival Archives and the Theatre Arcl1ives of the University of Guelph It is hoped that major collections in other regions will agree to participate giving the project more national scope
The exhibition is specifically designed for louring It leaves Guelph July 10 and will be at the Gallery Stratford from September 9 to October 16 Other venues in Canada and a projecLed international tour are under negotiation
PuttingItBack Togetberwill feature
rare printed phowgraphic and manushyscript materials and Lhree-dimenshysional and design materials (such as renderings set models costumes and properties ) These customarily comprise theatrical xhibitions but this exhibit will also feature audioshyvisual recordings and a special handsshyon computer module showing how modern technology is creating new forms of documentation and making these collections accessible to a wider public than ever before
Putting It Back Togetber is proshyduced hy the Stratford Festival Archives in collaboration with the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre
NEW CHAIR HOPES TO CARRY ON JOHN BELLS TRADITION
When Professor Manfred Kremer assumed the chair of the Department of L1nguages and Literatures last fall he knew it wouldnt be easy to follow in the footsteps of his close friend Professor]ohn Bell who had died the previous spring
John was one of the -niversitys finest teachers and is sorely missed says Professor Kremer I hope I can carry on the tradition of excellence that was his hallmark
Enrolment in Languages and Litershyatures one of the largest departments in the College ofArts has been steady for the past decade with 1300 to 1400 students a semester
With the help of his colleagues Professor Kremer is revising the currishyculum ofsome programs The French Studie section is investigating the establishment of a masters program in co-operation with other univershysities With more than half the departments enrolment in the French progranl the student base is broad enough to justify a masters program he says Guelph already works jointly with Wilfrid Laurier Western and Windsor universities in mooing a French Studies program in Nice France
Professor Manfred Kremer
Professor Kremer received his undergraduate degree and PhD degrees at the University of Cologne in West Germany He taught at the
niversity of Wales for a year before coming to Guelph as a lecturer in 1966
Editors Note The John Bell -Memorial Fund will provide an annual scholarship to a student majoring in Classics Donations can be sent to the Office of the dean College ofArts Income tax receipts will be issued
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ALUMNI HONORED AT CHEMISTRY IBIOCHEMISTRY
AWARDS NIGHT
Martin Bosch CPS 69 MSe 7J ( left) andPrOfessor Hamish Rattray chair of the University Awards Committee chat during the 1987 annual Chemistry mul Biochemistry awards night
Aumni were in the spotlight when the Department of ChemistI) and BiochemistI) and the Chemistry Biochemistry Club held their 1987 annual dinner and awards night recently
1987 graduates Dorothy Bakker (chemistry) Karen Graham (chemical tOXicology) Donna (Fackoury) Meagher ( applied chemistry) and Lauretta Williams (biochemistry) each received a Society of Chemical Industry Merit Award
Dorothy now studying medicine at McMaster University said The Guelph semester system and deshymanding undergraduate workload gave me the ability and confidence to be well organized in high pressure situations
Karen who is pursuing pharmashy
cology and toxicology studies at the University of Toronto commented that Guelph offered a tremendous toxicology program and said she would have stayed to do her graduate work at Guelph had it offered a graduate toxicology program
Donna a full-time research assistant for Mc eil Consumer Produc ts Company and winner of the EB Mac aughtOn Convocation Prize as the Winegard nominee for 1987 reflected on her studies at Guelph saying My four yCdfS at Guelph helped me develop skills I require to fmd answers
Lauretta who also received the CPS Graduation Prize and prestigious NSERC 1967 Science Scholarship said her undergraduate training at Guelph prepared me with a very solid foundation and competitive edge for graduate studies and encouraged me in the joy oflcarning and desire to study She now attends York University
Brock Chittim CPS MSc 77 pre shysident and general manager of Wellington Laboratories Guelph presented Joanne Ryks with the newly established WeUington Laboratories Prize in Environmental Chemistry
Martin Bosch 69 MSc 71 preshysident of Tricorp Chemical Speci shyalities Guelph announced the new Tricorp Chemical Specialties Award in organiC chemistry The first presentation of this annual scholarship of S I 200 will be made in 1989
Dr Lind Mrs Harold Suderman presented H] Suderman Demonstrashytor Awards to PhD students Clint Chapple CPS 82 MSc 84 and Carl Decicco CPS 84 for their excellent work in teaching undergraduate lahoratories
Thirty-two additional awards were presented to undergraduate students for their outstanding efforts in 1987
Professor Innes MacKltnzie Physics chats with Dr Steve Berko Brandeis f
University Waltham Mass one Of the speakers at a sympOSium held in Professor MacKenzies honor
PROFESSOR HONORED
November was quite a month for Professor Innes MacKenzie Physics
first he received the 1987 Sigma Xi Excellence in Research Award for his outstanding contribution to re shysearch The award was presented at the Guelph chapter of Sigma Xi s annual banquet At the chapters annual meeting Professor MacKenzie presented the lecture Non-invasive Analyses by Gamma-ray BackshyscatteJing
Later in November a symposium New Demands on Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy wai organized by Proshyfessor MacKenzies research assoshyciates The symposium held at the University in Professor MacKenzies honor featured ten speakers from rhe United States Canada Africa England and Finland A banquet and reception followed in the evening
Professor MacKenzie is now retired but continues to do research at the University as an adjunct professor
NAMED TO STATS INSTITUTE
Professor Hendrick Malik Mathematics and Statistics has been elected a member of the International Statistical Institute in recognition of his contribushytions to the field of statistical methods TIle institute is an autonomous society whose obshyjective is the development and improvement of statistical methods throughout the world
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LEADING CANCER RESEARCHER DELIVERS FIRST CHAPPEL LECTURE
Anoted medical scientist in cancer research delivered the inaugural address in a new lecture series on campus - the Chappel Lecture in Biomedical Sciences
Dr Harry Rubin spoke February 4 the night before winter convocation ceremonies at which he received an honorary doctor of science degree Dr Michael Smith a leading Canadian molecular biologist also received an honorary degree at winter convoshycation
The Chappel Lecture will be an annual event on campus bringing scholars of international repute to address students faculty and the public It was established by Dr
D1~ Harry Rubin hooded by Umversity secretay Barbara Abercrombie is congratulatedby Chancellor William A Stewart
CLifford 1 Chappel OVC 50 and hLi wife in memory ofhis father Herbert James Chappel and was hosted in its first year by OVe
Dr Rubin began his work in the area of viruses in Mexico after gradu shyating from Cornell University as a veterinarian in 1947 He later joined the S Public Health Service became senior research fellow at the California Institute ofTechnology and has held several research pOSitions at the ni shyversity of California Berkeley where he is now professor of molecular biology and research virologist He is known for his contributions to the field of cell growth regulation and malignanqr
Dr Rubins lecture Is Cancer Caused by Cancer Gerzes or the Folly ofReductionism explored popular theories of cancer-causing genes
OVC GRAD WORKS TOWARD BILINGUAL EDUCATION IN CANADA
Dr Susan (Tilt ) Purdy OVC 68 strongly believes that Canada can be a bilingual nation To that end he is serving as national president of Canadian Parents for French (CPF) a 16500-mcmber nation-wide volunshytary association of parents intere ted in promoting the best possible french second language programs at all educational levels
CPF acts as an information-sharing resource for parents educators governments and the general public on French education opportunities in Canada Sue says it is a unique organization because it represents the majority language group advoshycating the language of the minority and thus is a bridge between the two solitudes
Sue moved to New Brunswick after graduation from OVC and practised veterinary medicine in Moncton with her husband Dr James G Purdy OVC 50 until 1974 when they sold their hospital and moved ro Sackville Presently Sue is in small animal prac shytice with her husband in Sackvillc on
Susan (Tilt) Pu-dy OVC 68 sbaresa conversation with Fernand Robichaud MP for West Moreland Kent (left) and DIberville Fortier CommissionerofOffidaI Languages at the 10th anniversary ofCanadian Parents for Frerzch in 1987
a limited part-time basis as she serves her second year as CPF president
Sue became involved in educational issues and joined CPF 10 years ago when her two children started school Now n and 16 both children are enrolled in continuing French immershyion programs and Sue says shes satist1ed that she has given them the
best start she can at becoming bilinshygual J now devotc most of my time to ensuring that other Canadian hildren have a right and opportunity
to learn both of Canadas official languages in the public school sysshyteOl she explains
Sue ha fond memories of Guelph and her fellow students at OVC in the sixties Our paths have continued to cross over the years and I always look forward to such encounters she says Although I am not lIsing my formal training a great deal at the moment the education I received at Guelph has fitted me well for the advocacy role I play poundOday My only wish is that [ could have graduated a bilingual veterinarian - but alas those were different times That is why I work so hard to ensure future graduates from all our universities will not be Limited to expression in only one language
Editors Note Ifyou would like more illformation about CPF write to 309 Cooper Street Suite 2OJ Ottawa Ontalio K2P OG5
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OVC GRAD FOUNDS WORLD WOMENS VETERINARY
ASSOCIATION DrBetsy McGregor OVC 87 didnt expect to become president of the worlds ftrst association for professhysional women veterinarians when she auended her first World Veterinary Congress in Montreal last summer But when she discovered that the only female vet group the womens auxiliary was not designed to address specific professional issues for women vets she invited interested women to a meeting Sixty-eight women from 24 countries attended When the meeting was over Betsy had been elected founding president of the World Womens Veterinary Associashytion (WWV A) and a set of objectives had been struck
Career enhancement is the core objective The WWVA will promote awareness of professional opportunishyties for women veterinarians on difshyferent continents and within the United ations international agencies A quarterly WWVA Newsletter will list such opportunities around the world
The WWVA is also committed to professional and personal developshy
ment through practice exchanges betshyween countries university visits leave opporrunities and house exchanges For example the founding member fro m Kenya suggested hOliday or academic exchanges between her colleagues in Africa and women veterinarians interested in wildlife The iWVA Newsletter will contain a listing of members wishing to partishycipate in s1lch exchanges
Above all the WWVAis committed to a humanitarian contribution to international agriculture About half of the 24 countries represented in the Asso ciation are developing nations Recognizing that in many of these countries women contribute signiftcantly to livestock production the WWV A wants to provide support to these women who because of cultural constraints may not have the same access to services as men To this end Betsy contacted the president of the Associated Country Women of the World Dr Ellen McLean also a Canadian The two organizations will work as affiliates in international aid projects to deliver livestock and
Dr Betsy McGregor ove 87 and son at last years convocation ceremonies
veterinary medical care to Third World nations
Following a masters degree in rural farming systems from McMaster -nishyversity Betsy worked for the United Nations Food and Agr icultural Organization around the world during the 1970s She returned from overseas and commenced studies at OVC in the 1980s Upon graduation she worked as a special assistant to OVC Dean Ole ielsen co -ordinating OVCs international programs She is currently working as a eterinarian with Agriculture Canada
For more information about the WWVA contact Betsy at PO Box 6069 Station J Ottawa K2A ITl
OVC STUDENTS HOST FIRST CONFERENCE The first Canadian Veterinary Stushydents Conference hosted by OVC in January was a big success according to OVC student Andrea Ellis president of the Central Vcterinary Students Association (CVSA)
There is a student conference in the United States but the Canadians get lost in the crowd We decided it was a good time being OVCs 125th anniversary in 1987 to have something right in our own backyard Andrea explains
The OVC snldent council of the CVSAhad been preparing since Mar h 1987 for the two full days of scientific
sessions and recreational events About 60 students and faculty attenshyded from the Atlantic Veterinary College University of Prince Edward Island the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Montreal St Hyacinthe and the Western College of Veterinary Medicine niversity of Saskatchewan Attendance from avc students ranged from 180 to 300 depending on the event
OVC has always had a FrenchshyEnglish student exchange with St HyaCinthe and we knew there was enthusiasm in the West because they talked for years about organizing a hockey tournament But we were
really surprised by the Atlantic Veterinary College Their school has only been operating a few years and out of about 96 students 19 came to conference says Andrea
A conference fund has now been set up and will be administered by the Students of the Canadian Vetershyinary Medical Association n1e conshyference location will be rotated among the four colleges with St Hyacinthe probably hosting next year says Andrea Weve been told that weve started something big Everyone had a really good time and we hope the conference will continue for a long tinle
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DR IAN TAYLOR DOING HIS ullONS SHARE Dr Ian W Taylor avc 43 of Wheeling Illinois puts enthusiasm into everything he does [ figure if Im going to do it Im going to be enthusiastic he was quoted recently in a local newspaper article
As OVC class of 43 president Ian co-chaired the 40th reunion of his class at Alumni Weekend in 1983 along with Dr Archie MacKinnon He acted as master of ceremonies for the program and arranged a display of memorabilia Fourteen out ofa possishyble 31 members of the class were present
TIlis year [an is pushing for 100 per cent attendance at the 45th reunion during Alumni Weekend Perfect attendance is something Ian knows about
He has served the community of Wheeling as a veterinarian for over 30 years Although most of his work has been with dogs cats and a few birds he has also dedicated a great amount of time to lions - bUl nol the four legged kind He recently received
GOOD EWES Three sets of genetically identical lambs are the first anio1aJs bom from bisected embryos at the University
]n December six surrogate ewes delivered nine lambs - three sets of twins and three singles - that had developed from embryos micro shysurgically bisected and implanted five months earlier
Project leader Dr Calhy Gartley ove 82 now completing a DVSc degree in the Department of Clinical Studies says the accomplishment is a milestone for the University
1 find it exciting that these are the first genetically identical animals created and born at the University of Guelph she says They represent the first ofmany such twins in several species that University researchers hope to soon realize
Besides maximizing embryo use this project demonstrates the potenshytial to create Significant numbers of
Dr Ian Taylor OVC 43 with some of the hundreds ofpins hehas collected on visits to Lions CLubs a1(mnd the world
a special award from the International Lions Club for exemplary work in lhe field of international relations He has attended Lions Club meetings in 57
Twin lambs Mutton and jeff who began life as the same embryo am shown with Dr Cathy Gartley avc 82 under the watChful eye of their sutTOgate mothet Q2
genetically identical aninlals that are vital for consistent research results
Dr Gartleys project is supported by the Ontario Ministry ofAgricu Iture and Food (OMAF) and the Eleanor Gartshore Memorial Shnp Trust
different countries and hasnt missed a monthly meeting in 29 years
He has served the Wheeling Club as preSident newsletter editor and public relations chairnlan and has twice been named Lion of the Year In 1982he received tbe MeJvinJones Fellowship award for dedication to humanitarian services and recently he was recognized by a resolution in the Illinois House of Representatives for his Lions Club work He says his greatest pleasure is watching the joy that d isabled children get from a Lions-sponsored camp in Lake Villa each year He has been involved in ftmd-raising for the disabled which is the Lions main objective both locally and abroad
Ian would like to hear from alumni who are members of Lions Intershynational to exchange information and souvenirs used by the clubs throughout the world of Lionism He would also like his OVC class of 43 members to immediately send back the questionnaires mailed to them by the Alumni Office in December for the purpose of producing a class anniversary newsletter These may be sent [0 him at 7695 Milwaukee Ave Wheeling lllinois 60090 or to Dr Archie MacKinnon RR 4 Cambridge Onto 1R 555
SPEAKERS TOUR
The OVC Alumni Association invites alumni to hear two dynashymic guest speakers and tour the Equine Research Centre during Alumni Weekend June 18
Dr Bruce Fogle OVC 70 of London England practitioner and author will speak on The Changing Role Of the Veterinshyarian in SmallAnimalPractice and Dr Brian Brandenburg OVC 68 M Sc 71 president of Guelph International Developshyment Consultants will speak on Veterinary Medicine in the Third World
The progranl will conclude with a dinner and dance
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Editor Carol yn (Redden) Moore 84
FROM THE PRESIDENT
While writing this message at the end ofJanuary I realize the mid-point of this years board of directors acti shyvities has arrived I reflect on two goals I set at our annual meeting last June to evaluate our contact with Mac-FACS alumni and increase memshybership in our alumru association
Upon graduation you do not autoshymatically become a member f the Mac-FACS Alumni Association You become a member by paying an annultll or life membership fee This money helps the board ofdirectors carry out activities on your behalf for both students and aluo1ni
At (he January board meeting we discussed the services our Association provides Our visibility with students is quite high through schOlarship presentations careers night and a reception for the graduating class Our services to alumni may need to be redefined What would you like us to provide orgaruze or sponsor
Our annual seminar was cancelled in October 1986 due to a lack of registrants Should we attempt to organize another
LOnYline Holding 71
Your board wants to increase its ConLlct with a greater number ofyou Where and when would you like us to be active7 What projects would you like us to consider
Please send your comments to us at Alumni House University ofGuelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2Wl Also why not come to our 1988 annual meeting June 18 J hope to hear from you soon
Sincerely Lorraine Holding 71 MacmiddotFACS Alu m ni As ociation President
FACS students Suzie Chin and Tracey Vent chat with Barb Stuart FAGS 71 faculty representative on the Mac-FACS Alumni Association s board Of directors at the annual party for graduating students hosted by the Assodation in February Sixty-five students 15 board members and several faCUlty members attended this yems party
CALLING ALL HOME
ECONOMISTS Towards 2000 Challenges and Opportunities is the theme of the Canadian Home Economics Associashytion (CHEA) National Conference at the Univer-ity July 10-13 The conshyference will be of intere t to alumni who graduated in programs related to family and consumer studies foods and nutrition home economics or human ecology
CHEA with a membership of2000 is committed to provide professional development for its members through programs workshops and special interest sessions A major part fits mandate is to create an awareness of new products and services in the market place
Frank Feather a well-known global futurist with a business-like approach will be the keynote speaker at the CIlEA conference He will address the challenges and opportunities of the future Dr Ehler Park a consultant with A5A willexplainhowplanning for outer _pace affects everything from the food we eat to how children will play
Other topics at the conference will include artificial vs natural sweetshyeners issues of an aging population space-age textiles SMART house - a totally computerized environment human sexuality free trade and agri shycu lture food irrJdiatjon and financ ial p lanning
Well-known Canadian entertainer Nanlt-Y White whose satirical songs arc often heard on CBC radio will perform following the opening ceremonies
Many pre and post-conference actishyvities are planned including trips to the Stratford Festival Niagara-on-theshyLake and Niagara Falls Waterloo County ( Farmer Market ) and the village of Elora
The conference offers an excellent opportunity for professional deveshylopment and networking For more information contact Wilda Waldron registration chair CHEA Conference 88 168 Maple Street Guelph Ontario N I G 2G7 ( 519) 836-9551
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FACS GRAD FINDS HEART IN THE ARTS
I ts strange how things work Ollt
Im glad r received a well-rounded education at Guelph It prepared me for th e future reflects Eva Eichenbaum FACS 75
Eva is one often Niagara Peninsula poets featured in Voices from the Niagara a book of local poems colshylelttcd by Pcter and Brenda Baltensperger and published in 1987 ( Moonstone Press 8795 )
Reviewing the book in the Hamilton Spectator John Terpstra writcs Thcre are some very good poems here and a few are standouts I especia lly enjoyed those of Eva Eichenbaum and David Haskins
Eva was born in Sweden the daughter of Estonian refugees who escaped their homeland during the Second World War She camc to Canada with ber family at age two and grew up in Niagara Falls where she attended Stamford Collegiate and won the Upper Scbool English Award at graduation
After a year of travel in 1969 as Miss iagara Hospitality for the Niagara
Promotion Association she enrolled at the University of Guelph to earn a Bachelor of Applied Science degrce and also took some courses at the
niversity of Helsinki Finland She then earned her Bachelor of Education degree at the College of Education Brock n iversity St Catharines and now teaches English and Television Arts at Merritton High School in that city
She started her career in education as a Family Studies teacher and was once head of the Family Studies Department at Merritton but found that her heart was really in English and the creative arts She used to teach theatre arts and also formed the Merriuon High School Dance Commiddot pany Sht teaches ballet and has written several musical comedies for her theatre and dance students
I got the idea for the style and format of the musicals fro m College Royals Curtain Call at Guelph I had a role in the production Der Keller a take-off on Cabaret in my final year she explains
NEW CHAIR TO BROADEN FOCUS IN
CONSUMER STUDIES Teaching and research in the Department ofConsumer Studies has focused on consumer affairs particushylarly consumer behavior and the basic necessities - food clothing and housing New department chairJohn Pratschke sees a need to review and perhaps expand this focus
Professor Pratschke says he was drawn to Guelph because of his interest in consumer economics The University has one of the few departmiddot ments in Canada with a consumer emphasis He plans to preserve the departments unusual linking ofsocial SCience business and technology but broaden the rangt ofstudy to include other products and services important
to the budgets of Canadian house shyholds
The employer market is happy with Consumer Studies graduates says Promiddot fessor Pratschke but there is a need for better communication about the program w ith secondary school stushyden ts We must get across the message that marketing is an inter shyesting challenge and that the program is professionally oriented without lOSing its base in product technology
Born in Ireland Professor Pratschke received his bachelor of commerce master ofeconomic science and PhD at University College Cork He has taught at the University of Waterloo University College Ga lway and
Eva EiclJenbaum FACS 75
Five of Evas poems are featured in tht 63 middotpage Voices f1Om the Niagara and she has donated a copy of the book to the University Lihrary She has also had poems published in Souldust and Pearls Sixth Edition ( Moonstone Press) and There Is a book productd by the Niagara Chapter of the Canadian Authors Association In the future she hopes to take some tinle out from teaching to study broadshycasting
PrOfessorjohn Pratschke
Memorial University Newfoundland He has published widely on the economics ofconsumer expenditures and on European housing policy agrimiddot culture banking and business education
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Mike Traub HAF-A 78 general manager Victoria Place Retirement Lodge Kitchenel discusses his career with a group ofstudents at the HAFA Alumni Assodatiolls annual Careers Night held on campus in January Thirty-seven alumni involved in a vanmiddotety ofcareers volunteered their time to the popular event
HAFA ALUMNI EXCHANGE SEMINAR HELD
Nancy Plato FACS 81
FACS PEOPLE Naney Plato FACS 81 ( Consumer Studies ) the new OAC liaison coshyordinator will acquaint high school students and guidance counsellors with opportunities in the agricultural sciences at Guelph
Enrolment at OAC has declined over the past few years and _ aney will work at increasing student numbers through recruitment and marketing
The position ofliaison co-ordinator is a new one for OAe Nancy says one of her main objectives is to broaden the understanding high school stushydents have ofGuelphs programs She plans to use her well-rounded view of agriculture and its related proshygrams combined with her recruitshyment experience
Nancy is back in Guelph from a position in secondary school liaison at Mount Royal College Calgary She is married to Paul Thiel OAC 82 and is an active member of the Mac-FACS Alumni Association board of directors
Professors Kathleen Brown Lila Engberg and Griffith Morgan have all retired from the Department of Family Studies Professor Elizabeth Upton HAFA will retire in July
Professor John Auld Consumer Studies has produced the Human Settlements Audio-Visual Resources Catalogue It is published by the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Warren Adamson vice-president development Delta Hotels gave the keynote address What is the Canadian Tourism Industry Anyway at the annual HAFA Alumni Exchange Seminar held November 4 at the DelL Chelsea Inn Toronto
This professional development event was sponsored by the HAFA
MOllica Hrybko HAFA 88 (left) received Ci HAFA AlumniAssociation Life Membership from Association president Morag McKenzie 82 The membership is given to a graduating student as selected by his or her peers with a minimum 70 per cent accumulative average who has had outstanding involvement ill the School andor University
Alumoi Association in co-operation with Pannell Kerr Forster lL gave lIAFA grads an opportunity to listen to experts in the field speak 00 various topical hospitality issues including pay equity the human resource risis trends in the hotel and foodservice industry and business planning
CONFERENCE
In Search of Healthy Sexuality
June 13-15 1988
The University of Guelphs 10th an nual sexua li ty conference sponshysor d byThe Department of Fami ly Studies wil l examine current issues in human sex u lily tea hing approaches in sexducation and counse llin g m thod for sexual problems
Keynote Ad dress by Dr Ruth Westheimer
For further info rmation write Co ntinu ing Education Di ISlon Univers ity of Guelph Gu Iph
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Registration Limit d Apply early
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OAC ALUMNI NEWS Editor Richard Buck 76A
OAC GRAD GIVES GIFT OF WATER TO THAI VILLAGERS
By janet Dumo
Water is not taken for granted in northeast Thailand Usually there is too little of it The sandy laterite soils do not hold water They crack and parch during the hot dry season Ponds shrink Streams and some wells dry up Even in the rainy season the rains are often late or insufficient and the rice crops wither in the fields
But sometimes there is too much water Heavy rains cause flash floods Which drown crops and wash pesti shycides and decaying organic matter into unprotected pit wells There is not enough clean drinking water to ensure good health
A CUSO priority in Thailand is to increase village self-sufficiency and improve the standard of living through the development ofsmall-scale water resources particularly in the north and northeast the poorest regions of the country CUSO engineers placed with departments of local adminisshytration survey and design small spillways dams and piped water systems They develop an under shystanding of indigenous water proshyblems and help viUagers develop water resource technology to deal with these problems
In most villages in Surin province the water is imprisoned under a 20shymetre thick layer of heavy clay comshypacted into red brick-like rock
Ed von Euw OAC 84 returned to Canada in December after two years as a CUSO water resources engineer in Surin While there he worked with two percussion water-jet well-drilling rigs one an Appropriate Technology Association ( A TA) rig originally used in India and Africa the other based on an indigenous village model
Ed found theATA rig needed modi shyfications to make it easier for villagers to operate Most important was the change from a hand to foot-powered lever which the villagers found much less exhausting to work But at $625 the ATA rig is expensive to buy and the Honda motor which pushes water
Ed von EllW and co-worker teaching pump maintenance ill Surin Thailand
down the hole to tlush out the soil and rock particles can use up to $4 of fuel a day
Ed spent several months looking at rigs used by Surin farmers and finally adapted a model from one used by Khun Hong of Muang Pet a village near Surin town Khun Hongs rig uses a pole and beam arrangement making it less durable and steady than the tripod form used in Eds adapted rig The new rig uses a hand-powered Lucky pump made in Taiwan and fanliliar to villagers
The Honda pump used in the ATA drilling rig must be repaired in town and a smaU repair may cost $10 while a repair to the Lucky pump can be done by villagers for less than a doUar Spare parts are available everywhere The drill bilS are made from truck springs in the same Surin shop that made the rig to Eds specillcations They cost only 96 ccors each as opposed to the S7-bits used in the ATA rig
Using smaller pipe and bit than the ATA rig Eds adapted rig drills more quickly through rock and is lighter and easier to use It requires only two people to ope(dte the foot lever The ATA rig requires four or five Eds rig cost $192 to make including pump and accompanying tools and can be constructed by villagers in a small weldingmachine shop if there is a demand for more
Eds rig was tested in Ban Se Jaruk on a site divined by a villager Working
intermittently the villagers went d wn 25 metres in one and a half weeks much of the time grinding through the red rock When water they were pumping down the hole suddenly disappeared and didnt come up again they were afraid they had damaged the rig But instead it was a sign of having broken into a vein of water which was now absorbing any other water poured down So water had been found delicious and abundant right behind the assistant headmans house
The Ban Se Jaruk well has been capped with a rower pump purchased from ATA for S17 The pump is based on a bamboo model used in fndia The tubewell pipe and pump are made of plastic - more acceptable than steel which gives the water an unpleasant taste
Ed carried out a four-month wellshydrilling project in co-operation with Khun Darune of the Northeast Thailand ( ET) Project Funded by the Canadian Internat ional Deve shylopment Agency and assisted by CUSO it is a rural development program in operation since 1981 in 52 villages along the Thai-Kampuchean border The villagers of Ban Se Jaruk elated with their initial success borrowed Eds rig to drill more wells In total seven rigs were built from Eds proto shytype and distributed to four other villages Over 100 successful wells have been drilled in the area to date
EdilO1-S NoteanetDuma is a CUSO special program officer in Malaysia Sbe bas worked as an Englisb teacber witb CUSO in fi)aiand andMaaysia
Ed von Euw a Stratford native graduated from Guelpb witb a BSc in engineering in December J984He llas 011 tbe deans bonor roll three times and received an engineering scbolarsbip in 1983 Before going overseas in November 1985 be workedfor Enllironment Canada as a bydrornettic engineer He is now studying f01 a masters degree in engineering at Guelph
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Professor Harold Crawford OAC 58 MSc 7 0
OAC PEOPLE ProfessorJohn Burton OAC 62 and Brian McBride CBS 78 OAC MSA 80 Department of Animal and Poultry Science have received $400000 from the Ministry ofColleges and niversities Research Incentive Fund for contract research in partnershyship with Cyanamid Canada Inc of Toronto They will examine the effecshytiveness of the hormone BST in increasing milk production in dairy cattle as well as any other effects of the agent
Gordon MacLeod OAC 50 has retired from the Department ofAnimal and Poultry Science after 31 years at the UniversityJohn Summers OAC 53 MSA 59 has also retired from the Department of Animal and Poultry Science after 25 years at the University
Harold Crawford OAC 58 MSc 70 who recently retired as coshyordinator of the Ontario Diploma in Horticulture Program Independent Study Division after 29 years at the University has received the Ontario Parks Association (OPA) recognition award for Significant contribution to the betterment of parks the proshyfession and the envirorunent through his work in continuing education He has been a member of the educational committee of the OPA for 14 years The Ontario Diploma in Horticulture program graduated its first students in 1963 and now has 500 alumni
Marilyn Dykstra OAC 78 is new director of the Universitys Pest
Marilyn Dykstra OAC 78
Diagnostic and Advisory Clinic The clinic is working at maximum capacity with marc than 30000 inquiries to its credit since it opened nine years ago says Marilyn It receives everyshything from live specimens of earwigs and spiders to diseased ornamentals and fruit and vegetable crops Most specimens come from home gar shydeners she ays but the clinic has a growing clientele among commercial growers landscape businesses and other industries Through its service and extension functions the clinic has accumulated a reference collecshytion of more than 10000 slides and specimens as well as a list of resource people from across campus
Dr R Keith (Chip) Chapman OAC 40 has retired from the Department ofEntomoJogy University of Wisconsin Madison following a distinguished areer spanning 40 years A two-day symposium was held in his honor last June and The R Keith Chapman Vegetable Entomology SchOlarship was established with funds collected in lieu ofa retirement gift He has also been named professor emeritus Attending the symposium and retirement recognition party in Madison were Keiths brothers Ross also OAC 40 and Douglas OAC 44 and sister Helen Stockwell a graduate of Macdonald College McGiJl Univershysity Montreal and OAC Dean Freeman McEwen
When Bruce Brown OAC 85 received his degree from former agri shyculture minister William A Stewart chancellor ofthe Universi tyofGuelph he asked what steps he could take to
Dr R Keith (Chip) Chapman andhis brother Ross both OAC 40
become the minister of agriculture and food Little did he know that two and a half years later he would be minister - if only for a day
In December he shared the duties of Ontarios minister Jack RiddeD OAC 57 as his prize for winning a public speaking contest at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Bruce who operates a Newcastle dairy beef and cash crop farm with his father spoke on the survival of the farm family in Ontario
ETHICS IN AGRICULTURE Ethical issues in agriculture such as animal welfare are generally debated from an emotional viewpoint Proshyfessor Frank Hurnik OAC PhD 71 Animal and Poultry Science and Pro shyfessor Hugh Lehman Philosphy are hoping to change that through the journal of Agricultural Ethics an international quarterly publication which offers a forum for discussing moral issues related to food and food production
We hope this publication will act as a bridge between those who philo shysophize about agricu ltural ethics and those actively involved in plant and animal use says Professor Hurnik Its a scholarly refereed journal but it wont be bogged down with speciashylized technical jargon As a result we believe it will be useful to the farm community and we expect leaders from that field will be contributors not just readers
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Professor Fredjelome and his wife Faye look over a catalogue of the Universitys art collection
ALOVEOFART Back in 1968 Fred N Jerome OAC 33 established a trust fund to purshychase art produced by promising young Canadian artists
I was a full professor then and I could afford to do it (set up a trust fund) I felt art deserved a little push and I wanted to see the niversitys art collection expand explains the now retired professor ofgenetics and poultry science at Guelph
Forty-two Canadian works have been purchased to date through lhe F - Jerome Trust Fund and a special exhibi t of these works will be featured at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre beginning Alumni WeekendJune 18 and continuing throughout the sununer
Professorjeromes personal favorite in the collection is Ken Danbys silkshyscreen The Skates
I like Danbys technique His work is almost as realistic as a color photoshygraph but you can still tell its a painting he explains
He is also fond ofDiego Drawing a lithography by Jack Chanlbers a London Ontario artist and Gene Chus delicate Spider Series
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre Director Judith Nasby says Fred Jerome has made an outstanding contribution to the growth of the Universitys Canadian art collection - one of the largest univer itycollecshytions in the province He has recogshynized the tremendous growth and vitality of the art community in Canada by specifying that works be purchased from young artists
A LOVE OF LI LI ES The expression lily white has little meaning for Bill Evans His favorite lilies are bright orange and yellow I like the ones that almost glow and catch your eye from 100 yards away says the retired Department of Horti shycultural Science professor
Professor Evans lilies are certainly eye-catching for anyone travelling north of Guelph on Highway 6 betshyween mid-June and mid-August Splashes of spectacular color glow from his field of lilies near Marden (behind the home of Marjorie and the late George Durnford ) - a welshycome surprise for those accustomed to seeing only the popular Easter white variety
Im obsessed with lilies admits Professor Evans who retired in 1985 after 28 years of researching phult breeding and teaching small fruit proshyduction at the University of Guelph ) like their variety and scope They are perennial plants that grow at different heights Some have flowers that face up some face down and some face out Some are trumpet shaped some have petals that curve back Some are scented and some are unscented
As a child Professor Evans grew flowers and vegetables in his parents big garden north of Calgary After six years in the army he enrolled at the
niversity of Alberta to study hortishycu lture During his second year in 1947 he began hybridizing lilies Following graduation he worked as a fruit breeder for the federal governshyment in Alberta for eight years before coming to Guelph in 1957 He conshytinued to breed and grow lilies at the
niversity and on plots of land that friends like Professor Ted Me inch (and now Mrs Durnford) let him use
The University has quite a history of lily breeding says Professor Evans The late Isabella Preston a lecturer at Guelph before Professor Evans time went on the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa and to world fame for her ornamental crabapples lilacs and lilies The late Jc Taylor a professor at Guelph was well-known for his lily breeding and introduced Professor Evans to many other breeders He
told me that my lilies needed more vigor and let me use some of his plants in my work
Professor Evans introduced three new varieties of lilies through the University and registered some of Professor Taylors They were marshyketed in the United States So far Professor Evans has had 17 varieties of lilies internationally registered Anyone can do this he says modestly You just write a full desshycription of the plant pick a name that hasn t been used before and send it to the Royal Horticultural Society in England prekrrably with a photo The new names are published every year
It s hard coming up with new nanles though says Professor Evans He has named some of his varieties after the area in which they were grown shyArkel Marden Gold Aberfoyle He named one after his granddaughter Bronwen and one after his wife Ethelwaite ( her first and maiden names ) She gets a thrill whenever she sees that name on a ( flower show) prize list somewhere he says
Pink and pastel lilies are Professor Evans speciality and his favorite is a variety he caBs Blusbing Maiden It has mauvey pink tips with a white centre
Professor Evans and his wife edH a newsletter three times yearly for the Ontario Regional Lily Society and Professor Evans has just ended a two year term as president of the North American lily Society He has judged at nower shows all over Canada and the nited States and will preside at an international show in Hamilton in July
Because of his hobby Professor Evans is enjoying retirement He spends about 25 hours a week on his lilies in the summer months During the off season he grows seeds and works on his records He is working on increasing the number ofvarieties including spotless ones ( most lilies have spots which are dominant ) He is pleased that some of his former students are now growing lilies entering shows and joining li ly societies
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RURAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT GRADS TO FORM ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
The University School ofRural Planshyning and Development ( USRPampD ) was inaugurated at Guelph in 1980
USRPampD is built on the strengths of past Guelph initiatives such as the Centre for Resources Development and the Rural Development Outreach Project It is formally recognized by the Canadian Institute of Planners and offers Masters level programs in rural planning rural development international rural development and resources management It is also actively engaged in research and community outreach
Recent research topics have in shycluded land availabi Iityfor agricu lture
local economic development strateshygies rural aging northern and native community plannjng and developshyment rural transportation computer applications in planning and deve shylopment and water and waste management to name a few This research was conducted throughout Canada and arollnd the world inshycluding Nepal Kenya Indonesia St Lucia Belize and Botswana
The outreach interests ofthe School are fully integrated with its teaching and research activities Recent out shyreach projects have included the Childcare Network Project for families in rural Wellington County an evaJu shy
ation of the rural development proshygrams ofa Jesuit mission in southern Ethiopia a heritage strategy for the Town of IngerSOll and a recreation needs assessment for Sault Ste Marie
Graduates of USRPampD as well as graduates of the former Centre for Resource Development are now being invited to form an alumni association to keep members updated on School activities their fellow alumni and issues concerning rural planning and development For further information contact Professor Harry Cummings USRampD University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N1G 2WI ( 519) 824-4120 ext 6783
JOIN YOUR OAC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NOW Did you know that as a graduate of OAC you are not automatically a member of the OAC Alumni Assoshyciation However anyone involved in a formal agricultural education at OAC ( past present or future ) is not only eligible to become a member but is encouragetl to do so
The OAC Alumni Association is a separate entity from the University of Guelph Alumni Association anti has specific responsibilities It awards
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ARTS Joanna Black 81 Ls aisistant direclOr curator The Marietta-Cobb Fine Arts Centre Marietta Georgia
Richard Hoffman 78 a Canadian Press journalist in Toronto is married pound0 Martine Bracey CBS 77
Laura Mezey-Hamid 82 administrative assistant to the vice-president of finance Penningtons Stores Umjted Toronto is married to Shaheed Hamid CSS 82
John Laurence (Stash) Stasiw 76 is marketing manager Philips Electronics Ltd Scarborough
Dirk Vanbattum 75 is vice-president Eddie May Mysteries Ottawa
CBS Michael Best 77 is a research technician Cross Cancer Institute Edmonton
GRAD NEWS EUzabeth Jane (Kempe) Coker 82 a resource worker CaJedon Parent-ChiId Centre Bolton is married to Dr Ted Coker OVC 87
Janet Ebanks 86 is a medical social worker Cayman overnment Health Sershyvices George Town Grand Cayman Cayman Islands British West Indies
Kevin Ferguson 80 supervisor of Outdoor Education for the Elgin County Board of Education married Suzanne Schmid BEd (Nipissing) 82 in April 1987 She works for the Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority They live near Aylmer
Michael Hackenberger 81 is president Canadian Zoological Systems Toromo
Heather Hattin 84 (HK) whose rowing accomplishments were featured in the winter 1987 issue ofthe GuelphAlumnus won Canadas first-ever gold medal in womens rowing in the double-scull event at the world championships in Copenhagen last summer
Cynthia (Porter)JefIrey 85 is studying for an MSc in Food Science at the University of Manitoba She is married to ScottJefIrey OAC 82 assistant professor ofAgncul tural Economics at the University of Manitoba They live in Winnipeg
Dr Gord Kennedy 85 senior chemist Union Carbine Corp Bound Brook New Jersey is married to Carrie Feaver CPS 84
Steven Kerr 77 is regional fisheries biologist Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources KemptviUe
Jim Lee 73 is director Research Services Min istry of Tourism Recreation and Culture Victoria BC
David Lemon 79 is senjor wildlife biologist S Fudge and Altsociates Ltd Saint Johns Nfld
Larry Patterson 76 is Grand Forks and District Aquatic Centre Manager Grand Forks Bc
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Stephen Rabbetts 79 is a zookeeper Metro Toronto Zoo Wcsthill
Cathy Oohnson) Rewcastle 80 is a fur biologist Manitoba atural Rcsources Winnipcg
Brian Sntith 78 micro ~)Stcms manager Natural Sciences Centre The University ofWestcrn Ontario London is married to Debra Bond CSS 79
Bradly Veitch 86 is second brewer Wellington County Brewery Guelph
Michael Wade 87 is responsible for aquaculture programs at Kpong Farms Volta River Authority Akuse Ghana the site of a major hydro-electric installation
P Allen Woodliffe 76 is the first and only district ecologist with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Chatham Districr He is married to Marie Gedcke FACS 75 and has a son Timothy TIl y Jive in Rondeau Provincial Park here Allen was park naturalist for 10 years before moving to the Chatham office
CPS Dr Syed Ahmed 87 is assistant proshyfessor Departme nt of Statistical and AClUarial Sciences University of Western Ontario London
Susan (Bishop) GraJ1am R3 a fourth year medical student Faculty ofMcdicinc University of Toronto is marri ed fO Don Graham CSS 83 CBS MSc 87 who is a ftl ll-time parent to their threc-year-old twins
Robert Lake 77 a self-employed conshysulting geolOgist is married to Susan Kay OAC 77 a human relations specialist with Petro Canada They live in Calgary
Robert Whitehead 79 is a mi ncr Denison Mines Ell iot Lake
Caroline (Carly) Williams 85 is a software engineer Wild Leitz Canada Toronto
CSS John Babcock 8 is special cabinet assistant Office of Minister of State (Forestry and Mines ) Ottawa
Jana Fie MA 87 i a neuropsychological associate Brazos Valley Rehabilitat ion Center Bl)an Texas
Danny Leung R6 is news submiddoteditor Asia Television Limited Hong Kong
Allison (Shaughnessy) Scanlan 84 production supervisor G I of Canada shyTruck Assltmbly Oshawa is mlITied [() Michael Scanlan 84 directo r of pur hasing Arbor Capital Rltsources
middotoronto
Patricia Sorbam 80 is executive assisshytant to the Ontario Minister of Energy Toronto
G Llewellyn Watson MA 70 a proshyfessor at the University of Prince Edward Island has written a texthook Dilemmas and Contradictions in Sucial 7beor) published by University Press of America
Terry Wright 76 is account manager John Logan National Leasing Bramptoll
MAC-FACS Marie (Tomelin) Cowlin 78 is brand manager Distillers Co Canada Ltd Toronto
Debbie Foster MSc 87 is medical coshyordi natorsex educator Youth Clinical Services Inc Down~view
Marilyn (Shirley) Goodwin 75 MSc 77 a research officer for CSC Ottawa h ma rricd to Fred Goodwin HAFA 75
Margaret (CJark)Jordan 82 manager Agricultural Employment Services Cmada Farm Iabour Pool Newmarkct is married to BrianJordan OAC 81
Margo (Payne) Langan 83 marketing communications co-ordinator Moore Response Technologies Mississauga is married toJohn Langan CBS 75
Nancy (Howard) Martin 81 senior contract managemcnt officer Consumer Products and Trtffic Management Brmch DepartJllent of Supply and Service~ Hull Que is marriltd to Phillip Martin CBS ( HK) 82
Helga (Strenzke) McDonald 84 public relations officer Centrilia Collegc Huron Park is married to Ian McDonald OAC 83
Marilyn Sewell-Kelley 78 is agriculshytura l health and safel) comiddotordinacor Rural Organizations and Services Branch OMAF Guelph and lives near Paris
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James Allen 77 (ODH ) is president of Allens Turf Services Ltd Calgary
Martin Bohl 85 is policy advisor OMAJ Toronto
Guy Bonnetta 79 manager Pioneer Overseas CorpJohnston Iowa is married to Carolyn Knowles CBS 78
Stew Carpenter 50 president ofDivershysity Farms Inc Paw Paw Midligan is married to Olive McEwan 79A scltretary-tnasurer ofDiversity Farms Inc
Harold Cau 60A and 67 is viceshypreSident Barnes Wines Limited St Catharines
Elroy Cober 85 and his wife Rhoda have begun three-year Mennonite Central Committee assignments inKabwe Zambia Elroy is working as provincial o ilseed office r and Rhoda as a general health worker
Eileen (Emmett) Cole 79 a registered
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OVC CONFERENCE October 14 amp 15 1988
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Assist nt Dean ave at (5 19) 824-41 20 ext 441 1
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TODAY NORTH AMERICAN LIFE 5650 Yong St North YoriltoOntario M2M G4
Lloyd Curtis OAC 7J MSc 74
nurse Colchester Hospital Truro 5 is married to Bill Cole 79 regional sales manager Clarence Farm Services L(vcr Truro
laura Cole 80 is a conservJLion planner Mississippi Vall y Conservation Authority Lanark
UoydCurtis 71 MSc 74 ofCalgary is national sales manager Agricultural Chem icals Division BASF Canada Inc BASF markets a wide range of crop proshyLection products Lloyd directs dle aCLivi shyties of BASFs liales force throughout Canada
James Donison H I is proje L engineer Costello Lomagney amp Denapoli ConshysulL ing Engineers Mancheste r New Hampshire
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Richard Graham OAC7J
Richard Graham 71 of Rrampton is naLional marketing maI111gcr Agricultural Chcmicab Divisi n f3ASF Canada Inc
Richard Helmer 62A married Marilyn Hogue in Oct 19R7 They live in Windsor Richard is supply tcaching for the Essex COllnty Board of Education and doing freclanltx horLicultural work during the summer months
Brian and Brigitte (Brunetzky) Kaufman 84 are pltased to announce the safe arrival of their son Nathaniel Brian All are reSiding at Bright
Dr Houchang Khatamian MSc 71 PhD 8 is associate professor Depart shyment of Horticul rure Kansas State Unishyversity Manhattan
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J cE~~~~f May 11 - Presidents Counc il Executive Luncheon
May 19-June 5 Guel ph Spring Festival
May 31-June 3 Convocation
June 13-15 Human Sexuality Conference
June 17-19 Alumni Weekend
July 10-13 Canadian Home Economics Association Con ference
July 26 Al um ni Assoc iation Executives O rientation Meeting
Masters of Agribusiness Management
111e University of Guelph is now olkring a Masters of Agribusiness Management for people interested in a comprehensive training program for manlgemel1l positions in modern agrihusiness
The program runs over I () months and is highly structured so that studenrs receive intensive practical training in all facets of agribusiness managemel1l
Ifyou have an agricultural background and wish to funher your career in management of farm or nonmiddotfarm agribuiiiness this program could he for you
For fu nhcr information on this program pleL~e contact
Professor Tom Funk Department of Agricultural Economics and Business University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl (519) 824middot4120 ext 3427
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Dr Elenimo Khonga PhD 87 is a lecturer University ofMalawi Chancellor College Zomba Malawi
Kevin Laidley 82 MSc 85 resource technician Niagara Peninsula Consershyvation Authority Allanburg is married to Lesley Nicholson FACS 83 child life specialist McMaster University Medical Centre Hamilton
Dr Monique Leclerc MSc 82 PhD 87 is assistant professor Department of Soil Science and Biometeorology Utah State University Logan
Maurice Marwood 64 MSc 66 is vicemiddot preSident sales and marketing Canadian Kenworth Company Mississauga He is responsible for all aspects of sales and marketing ofKenworth trucks and product support in Canada
Dr Giancarlo Mosch1ni PhD 86 is [caching in the Economics Department Iowa State University Ames not the Unimiddot versity of Iowa as stated in the fall 1987 issue oflhe GuelpbAlurnnus Our apolomiddot gie~ for [his error
Reid Palmer 63 is a research geneticist and professor Departments ofAgronomy and Genetics Iowa State University Ames
Dr Yousef Papadopoulos 80 MSc 82 PhD 87 a research scientist Agrimiddot cu lture Canada Nappan NS i$ married to Kathleen Glover 80 MSc 83
Andy Robinson 80 MSc 83 a genetimiddot cist Livestock Developmcnt Division Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Christine Howe Arts 81
Dr A Hamid Saleemi MSc 73 has received a PhD in Educational Psychology from Bayero UniverSity Kana Nigeria His thesis was Islamic Values and Commitment among HallSa Muslim Youtb Au Empirical Study and his reo search has been hailed as a pioneering study in the measurement of reJjgious commitment anlong MusJjms Dr Saleemi is principal tutor Department of Adult Education and Community Services Faculty of Education Bayero University
James Sampa MLA 86 is a lecturer in landscape design and natul 1 resource conservation School of Environmental Studies Copperbelt University Zambia
Bill Shotyk 81 completed his PhD in 1986 in the Geology Department at The University ofWestern Ontario and spent a year as visiting postdoctoral researcher at the UniverSity of California to study
thennodynamic stability of organic commiddot plexes of aluminum In Sept 1987 he married Beth Haas and they live in London where Bill is a postdoctoral research associate in the Geology Department UWO studying the surface chemistry of minerals He is also writing his first book The Geochemistry OfPeatandPeatlands to be published by Elsevier Amsterdam
jack Thompson OAC 81 is a firemiddot fighter Station No 1 Thomhlll
Susan Watkins 81 is program offi cer Horn of Africa Oxfam Canada She is in charge ofOxfams overseas development projects in Eutrea and Tigray prOvince of Ethiopia the majori ty of which are in agriculture and health
Dve Dr Ian Alexander 86 is a dmg evalumiddot ator Bureau of Veterinary Dmgs Health and Welfare Canada Ottawa
Dr Cheng Hock Choong PhD 72 is director Semex Canada Guelph
Dr Ann Davis 75 a graduate student at the University of Toronto has won the Hardi Cinader Prize for 1987 The award is given to the graduate student in the process of completing doctor-A work who most resembles renowned immunomiddot logist Dr Bernhard Cinaders originality and versatility
Dr john Debbie 65 is an epidemiomiddot logist New York State Health Department Albany
Dr jean Dodds 64 in addition to her research on blood clotting mechanisms has chaired several national and intermiddot national task forces on assorted topics
Dr Doug Galt 62 is laboratory head OMAF Brighton
Dr Maria Koller CBS 75 DVM 79 chief control programs Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Dr Robert Georgeson 72
Dr Darwin Lund 60 is veterinarian in charge Agriculture Canada Lethbridge Alta
Dr David Murphy 56 is director cardiovascular surgical unit Dalhousie
niversity Halifax
Dr Gary Nash 77 veterinary research officer Institute of Aquaculture University
ofStirling Stirling Scotland is married to Marilyn Klein CBS 77
Dr HG Rees 55 joined the faculty of Massey University New Zealand after 10 years ofgeneral practice Upon completion of his masters degree he as appointed senio r lect urer at the University of Melbourne In 1970 he returned to prac shytice in his native Wales and has spent the past 12 years on the faculty at SeaJe-Hayne College there He has a small sheep farm
ARTS Bruce Westheuser 76 ofToronto died Dec 7 1987 He was a teacher Toronto Montessori Schools Hlt is survived by his father Ronald and stcpmodlcr Dorothy two sisters and a brodumiddotr
CSS Robert A Dodd MA 75 of Victoria BC died Oct 8 1987 He had been employed by the Ministry of Health He is survived by his wife Wendy
Bruce G Miller 72 of Aurora Ont died Sept 2 1987 He was a teacher with York Region Board of Education He is survived by his wife
MAC-FACS Etta (Birdsall) Garnham 17D of Tillsonhurg Ont died Jan 11 1988 She is survi ed by her sister Doris Oatman
Kathleen (Coggs) Hallam 120 of Toronto died jan 23 1988
Katherine L (Williamson) Killmaster 35D of Southfield Michigan died jan 31 1988
GAdora(Beemer)McFadyen 29Dof Port Elgin Ont died Apri l 8 L987 She is Survived by her son George S McFadyen OAC 50A
Anne E Spera 280 of Dundas Ont died Jan 26 1988
Dora M (Dies) Terryberry 260 of Weston Ont died Jan 22 1988 She is survived by her son Douglas
and maintains a single man general pracshytice Sheep health and production are his main interests and in the fall he was admitted to the Cert SHP by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons In 1989 he plans to retrace his footsteps to learn about his main interests in the countries in which he was trained
Dr Duncan Sinclair 58 OAC MSc 60 (nutrition ) Schofield lecturer 1983 will become Queens University Dean of
IN MEMORIAM
OAC Aimee A (Ups) Acklen 36 of Irving Texas died Feb 2 1987 She is survived by her husband Robert and one son
George K Beare 37 A of xbridge Ont died Oct 30 1987 He is survived by his wife Ruby
Dr J Ritchie Cowan 39 of Corvallis Oregon died Nov 12 1987 He was a retired professor of agronomy and proshyfessor emeritus Oregon State University He received his MS and a doctorate in plant genetics from the University of Minnesota He served as national president of the Crop Science Socicty of America the American Society of Agronomy the American Forage and Graosland Council the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology and the League for Intershynational Food Education He was pre shydeceased by his first wife DorothyWhite Mac 39 He is survived by his second wife Ruth and two children
WUliam M Croskery 15 of Ottawa died Nov 17 1987 He was a retired agricultural representative for Carleton County He is survived by three children
Walter C Fisher 26 of Sf Catharines Ont died jan 20 1988 He is survived by his wife Alice ( Petrie ) and three children
William A Hammond 18 Port Dovers oldest World War I veteran died Sept 29 1987 at 95 Prior to entering OAC he farmed worked in a lumber camp in BC and fought forest fires in Montana During the war he served in France and Belgium with the 55th l3atteryofthe Royal Canadian Art illery advancing from gunner to sergeant In 1920 he married Minerva Mitchell and they farmed in Woodhouse Township Mter retir ing he became clerk-treasurer of the township and later
Medicine and Vice-Principal ( Health Sciences) onJuly 1 He has served Queens in various capacities since joining the departme nt of physiolo gy in 1966 Nationally he has been invo lved with the Medical Research Council of Canada for many years includ ing a term as its director-genera1
Dr Anne Marie Taylor 81 is direc tor of an imal care Animal Care Centre Dalhousie niversity Halifax
held the san1e position with the Town of Port Dover He also served on the Ontario Assessment Appeal Board and was a fanner chai rman of the Simcoe High School Board In 1967 he received a Centennial Medal for service to his communi ty He was predeceased by bis wife and a son and is survived by two daughters Betty Murton ofWatetiord and Doris LlIldon of listoweI
Kandappar NJeyasseelan MSA 56 of Peradeniya Sri Lanka died Oct 22 1987 He is survived by two children
Frank J King 33 of Thornhill One died Dec 19 1987 He was a pioneer of Canadas broiler chicken industry and retired senior executive and director of Ralston Purina Canada Inc He is survived by his wife Rachel and a son
Robert C (Bob) lGrkness 56 of Maple Ridge BC died Oct 10 1987 He is survived by his wife
] Morley Lawrence 1 7 of Windsor died Oct 4 1987
John S Lennox 66A of Shallow Lake Ont died as the result of a farm accident Nov 4 1987 He is survived by his wife Ada and a son
Alex T Macnab 36 of North Fort Myers Fla died Dec 18 1987 He is survived by his wife Vella
NormanJ Myles 39 of Guelph died j an 24 1988 He had been a second lieutenant 11 th Field Brigade Royal Canadian Artillery He is survived by his wife Luella Beverley (Highan1 ) and two children
Robert W Phillips 39 of Belleville Ont died Sept 21 1987 -John W Robertson 38 of Thorold Ont died Oct 21 1987 He is survived by his wife Elizabeth and daughter Janice Partlow Arts 70
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Henry H Rooke 8 of Barrie Ont died Dec 16 1987 lIe was retired from the Department of National Health and Welfare He is survived by his wife Harriet Mac 40 and daughters Jane Lennox and Nancy RookemiddotAllen CBS 73
Robert H See 65A ofBohon Ont died Nov 14 1987 He was the son of Margaret (Huston) See Mac 33 and the late Dr John N See OAC 35 OVC 38 He is survived by his wife Brenda and two sisters
WilliamT (Bill) Smith 35 ofStfJtford Ont died Sept 19 1987 He is survived by his wife Maude and five children
Annie H Tasi MSc 72 ofGuelph died Dec 9 1987 She received her BSc in Agriculture from the National Taiwan University in 1965 After receiving her masters in horticulture from Guelph she worked as a research technician in the Universipound) Department of Horticultural Science Shc is survived by her hu~band Benjamin and two children
William G Toner 20A and 22 of Guelph died Jan 30 1988 He is survived by hi wife Eileen and four children
W Benson (Ben) Vair 55 of Sarnia died Jan 6 1988 He taught science at Northern Collegiate in Sarnia for 25 years retiring in 1987
A Gordon O Whiteside 20A and 22 of Ottawa died June 2 1987 Ht was retired after 42 years as a cerealist with Agriculture Canada and wa~ a Fellow of thc Agricultural Institute of Canada lie developed sevedl varieties of Canadian whtat one of which bears his namt Gordon He is su rvived byhis wife Irene and three children
Joseph H Willmott 22A of Milton died Oct 23 1987 He is survived by his sonJohn c Willmott 55
PROFESSORS
Dr Denis H Stott professor emeritus since 1980 diedJan 22 1988 in England at 78 He was ftrst chair Department of Psychology from 1966-68 and was intershyna tionally known as a pioneer in deve shyloping learning techniques for hardmiddottOmiddot teach children He founded the Centre for Educational Disabilities which he directed until h is retirement in 1975 His research focused on the causes and promiddot
blems of delinquent school boys He is survived by hiswifeJane and tw children
Dr Robert D Whiteford of Qualicum Beach Vancouver Island former professor Department of Biomedical Sciences died Feb ] 0 1988 He is survived by his wife Beatrice and one son
STAFF Ray Catchpole a member of the Unj middot versitys Sulawesi Regional Development Project team in Indonesia died Nov 27 1987 in Jakarta at 46 He had been with the project sinet its inception in 1984 He is survived by his wife Ani and his mother Muriel Lucas A mcmorial fund has been established in his nanle Contributions may be forwarded to the Department of
Alumni Affairs and Development The fund will provide a bursary for Indonesians and Canadians involved in exchange between the two ountries It will be adminbtered by the niversity School of Rural Planning and Development
FRIENDS
Joseph Arlen of Guelph died Sept 5 1987 He pursued studies at OAC from 1957 to ) 959 before completing an engineering degree at the University of Toronto He is survived by his wife Judy who works in Photographic Services on campus and two children A Joseph Arlen Memorial Prize in Horticulture has been established Contributions may be forshywarded to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development
ASPARAGUS RESEARCHER DIES IN GUELPH
Herman (Herm) Tiessen OAC 51 onc of Canadas fore middot most aspard1t1s researdlers rued in Guelph Dec 10 1987 at 63 Or Ticsscn had been a horticul shyture professor at the University since 1955 and was co-ordinator of the National Asparagus Reshysearch Program
At its fiftieth anniversary meeting in london the day of his death the Ontario Asparagus Growers Marketing Board honored Dr Tiessen as the pershyson who had made the greatest contributions to the industry over the last 50 years He was also weU known for his work on greehouse tOmatoes and for a collaborative project with Texaco that used waste energy from the companys refinery to heat greenhouses
After graduating from OAC Dr Tiessen received his masters and PhD degrees from Michigan State University and returned to his alma mater to join the Department of Horticultural Science He traveUed widely to share his knowledge on veget-
The late Professor Herm Tiessen OAC51
able growing with scientists around the world most recently to New Zealand and Taiwan He -wa a member of the Agricultural Institute of Canada and the Canadjm American and Intermiddot national Societies for Horticulmiddot tural Science He was also an active member of the OAC Alumni Association
He is sUlvived by his wife Marjorie and two children
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JlAVIeuro 17 18 19 GOlf Tournament
The classic confrontation on the green the Gryphon Club Golf Tournament will start things rolling on Friday at the Cutten Club Prizes will be awarded
Barbecue amp CasinO Night
Meet your friends at Alumni House Friday evening for a barbecued feast and try your llck at the casino tables
SIOwpitch Tournament
The Grad loungers will defendtheir championship title at the alumnistudent co-ed slowpitch tournament Why not get a team together to compete for the first-place trophy and other awards Teams should consist of 12 to 20 players with at least six females per team Three one-hour games are guaranteed for each team
Tours Lectures Demonstrations
Tour the new Equine Research Centre see computer laboratory demonstrations at the College of Family and Consumer Studies or catch an enlightening lecture If its nature you enjoy visit the Arboretum the Marine Biology Laboratory or the Elora Gorge Conservation Area
Celebrity Auction
Join in the fun and bid on a fascinating assortment of articles donated by local celebriti~s Lots of surprises in store All proceeds will go to Alumni House
Awards Presentations
At the Presidents Picnic at noOn on Saturday the Alumnus of Honor award and the Alumni Medal of Achievement will be presented Come and celebrate with the recipients
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See page 7 for your Alumni Weekend reservation form For further information see your College section inside or call the Alumni Weekend hotline (519) 824-4120 ext 2102
Class Reunions
Is your class having a reunion Check page 7 to find out Reunions are a great opportunity to meet old
friends and renew acquaintshyances The Alumni Associations will host their graduates of 50
years or more at a Golden Anniversary Din ner
Champagne Brunch
Toast Alumni Weekend 88 at a champagne brunch held on the Alumni House patio Sunday The Guelph Concert Band will provide entertainment
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ALUMNI HONORED AT CHEMISTRY IBIOCHEMISTRY
AWARDS NIGHT
Martin Bosch CPS 69 MSe 7J ( left) andPrOfessor Hamish Rattray chair of the University Awards Committee chat during the 1987 annual Chemistry mul Biochemistry awards night
Aumni were in the spotlight when the Department of ChemistI) and BiochemistI) and the Chemistry Biochemistry Club held their 1987 annual dinner and awards night recently
1987 graduates Dorothy Bakker (chemistry) Karen Graham (chemical tOXicology) Donna (Fackoury) Meagher ( applied chemistry) and Lauretta Williams (biochemistry) each received a Society of Chemical Industry Merit Award
Dorothy now studying medicine at McMaster University said The Guelph semester system and deshymanding undergraduate workload gave me the ability and confidence to be well organized in high pressure situations
Karen who is pursuing pharmashy
cology and toxicology studies at the University of Toronto commented that Guelph offered a tremendous toxicology program and said she would have stayed to do her graduate work at Guelph had it offered a graduate toxicology program
Donna a full-time research assistant for Mc eil Consumer Produc ts Company and winner of the EB Mac aughtOn Convocation Prize as the Winegard nominee for 1987 reflected on her studies at Guelph saying My four yCdfS at Guelph helped me develop skills I require to fmd answers
Lauretta who also received the CPS Graduation Prize and prestigious NSERC 1967 Science Scholarship said her undergraduate training at Guelph prepared me with a very solid foundation and competitive edge for graduate studies and encouraged me in the joy oflcarning and desire to study She now attends York University
Brock Chittim CPS MSc 77 pre shysident and general manager of Wellington Laboratories Guelph presented Joanne Ryks with the newly established WeUington Laboratories Prize in Environmental Chemistry
Martin Bosch 69 MSc 71 preshysident of Tricorp Chemical Speci shyalities Guelph announced the new Tricorp Chemical Specialties Award in organiC chemistry The first presentation of this annual scholarship of S I 200 will be made in 1989
Dr Lind Mrs Harold Suderman presented H] Suderman Demonstrashytor Awards to PhD students Clint Chapple CPS 82 MSc 84 and Carl Decicco CPS 84 for their excellent work in teaching undergraduate lahoratories
Thirty-two additional awards were presented to undergraduate students for their outstanding efforts in 1987
Professor Innes MacKltnzie Physics chats with Dr Steve Berko Brandeis f
University Waltham Mass one Of the speakers at a sympOSium held in Professor MacKenzies honor
PROFESSOR HONORED
November was quite a month for Professor Innes MacKenzie Physics
first he received the 1987 Sigma Xi Excellence in Research Award for his outstanding contribution to re shysearch The award was presented at the Guelph chapter of Sigma Xi s annual banquet At the chapters annual meeting Professor MacKenzie presented the lecture Non-invasive Analyses by Gamma-ray BackshyscatteJing
Later in November a symposium New Demands on Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy wai organized by Proshyfessor MacKenzies research assoshyciates The symposium held at the University in Professor MacKenzies honor featured ten speakers from rhe United States Canada Africa England and Finland A banquet and reception followed in the evening
Professor MacKenzie is now retired but continues to do research at the University as an adjunct professor
NAMED TO STATS INSTITUTE
Professor Hendrick Malik Mathematics and Statistics has been elected a member of the International Statistical Institute in recognition of his contribushytions to the field of statistical methods TIle institute is an autonomous society whose obshyjective is the development and improvement of statistical methods throughout the world
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LEADING CANCER RESEARCHER DELIVERS FIRST CHAPPEL LECTURE
Anoted medical scientist in cancer research delivered the inaugural address in a new lecture series on campus - the Chappel Lecture in Biomedical Sciences
Dr Harry Rubin spoke February 4 the night before winter convocation ceremonies at which he received an honorary doctor of science degree Dr Michael Smith a leading Canadian molecular biologist also received an honorary degree at winter convoshycation
The Chappel Lecture will be an annual event on campus bringing scholars of international repute to address students faculty and the public It was established by Dr
D1~ Harry Rubin hooded by Umversity secretay Barbara Abercrombie is congratulatedby Chancellor William A Stewart
CLifford 1 Chappel OVC 50 and hLi wife in memory ofhis father Herbert James Chappel and was hosted in its first year by OVe
Dr Rubin began his work in the area of viruses in Mexico after gradu shyating from Cornell University as a veterinarian in 1947 He later joined the S Public Health Service became senior research fellow at the California Institute ofTechnology and has held several research pOSitions at the ni shyversity of California Berkeley where he is now professor of molecular biology and research virologist He is known for his contributions to the field of cell growth regulation and malignanqr
Dr Rubins lecture Is Cancer Caused by Cancer Gerzes or the Folly ofReductionism explored popular theories of cancer-causing genes
OVC GRAD WORKS TOWARD BILINGUAL EDUCATION IN CANADA
Dr Susan (Tilt ) Purdy OVC 68 strongly believes that Canada can be a bilingual nation To that end he is serving as national president of Canadian Parents for French (CPF) a 16500-mcmber nation-wide volunshytary association of parents intere ted in promoting the best possible french second language programs at all educational levels
CPF acts as an information-sharing resource for parents educators governments and the general public on French education opportunities in Canada Sue says it is a unique organization because it represents the majority language group advoshycating the language of the minority and thus is a bridge between the two solitudes
Sue moved to New Brunswick after graduation from OVC and practised veterinary medicine in Moncton with her husband Dr James G Purdy OVC 50 until 1974 when they sold their hospital and moved ro Sackville Presently Sue is in small animal prac shytice with her husband in Sackvillc on
Susan (Tilt) Pu-dy OVC 68 sbaresa conversation with Fernand Robichaud MP for West Moreland Kent (left) and DIberville Fortier CommissionerofOffidaI Languages at the 10th anniversary ofCanadian Parents for Frerzch in 1987
a limited part-time basis as she serves her second year as CPF president
Sue became involved in educational issues and joined CPF 10 years ago when her two children started school Now n and 16 both children are enrolled in continuing French immershyion programs and Sue says shes satist1ed that she has given them the
best start she can at becoming bilinshygual J now devotc most of my time to ensuring that other Canadian hildren have a right and opportunity
to learn both of Canadas official languages in the public school sysshyteOl she explains
Sue ha fond memories of Guelph and her fellow students at OVC in the sixties Our paths have continued to cross over the years and I always look forward to such encounters she says Although I am not lIsing my formal training a great deal at the moment the education I received at Guelph has fitted me well for the advocacy role I play poundOday My only wish is that [ could have graduated a bilingual veterinarian - but alas those were different times That is why I work so hard to ensure future graduates from all our universities will not be Limited to expression in only one language
Editors Note Ifyou would like more illformation about CPF write to 309 Cooper Street Suite 2OJ Ottawa Ontalio K2P OG5
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OVC GRAD FOUNDS WORLD WOMENS VETERINARY
ASSOCIATION DrBetsy McGregor OVC 87 didnt expect to become president of the worlds ftrst association for professhysional women veterinarians when she auended her first World Veterinary Congress in Montreal last summer But when she discovered that the only female vet group the womens auxiliary was not designed to address specific professional issues for women vets she invited interested women to a meeting Sixty-eight women from 24 countries attended When the meeting was over Betsy had been elected founding president of the World Womens Veterinary Associashytion (WWV A) and a set of objectives had been struck
Career enhancement is the core objective The WWVA will promote awareness of professional opportunishyties for women veterinarians on difshyferent continents and within the United ations international agencies A quarterly WWVA Newsletter will list such opportunities around the world
The WWVA is also committed to professional and personal developshy
ment through practice exchanges betshyween countries university visits leave opporrunities and house exchanges For example the founding member fro m Kenya suggested hOliday or academic exchanges between her colleagues in Africa and women veterinarians interested in wildlife The iWVA Newsletter will contain a listing of members wishing to partishycipate in s1lch exchanges
Above all the WWVAis committed to a humanitarian contribution to international agriculture About half of the 24 countries represented in the Asso ciation are developing nations Recognizing that in many of these countries women contribute signiftcantly to livestock production the WWV A wants to provide support to these women who because of cultural constraints may not have the same access to services as men To this end Betsy contacted the president of the Associated Country Women of the World Dr Ellen McLean also a Canadian The two organizations will work as affiliates in international aid projects to deliver livestock and
Dr Betsy McGregor ove 87 and son at last years convocation ceremonies
veterinary medical care to Third World nations
Following a masters degree in rural farming systems from McMaster -nishyversity Betsy worked for the United Nations Food and Agr icultural Organization around the world during the 1970s She returned from overseas and commenced studies at OVC in the 1980s Upon graduation she worked as a special assistant to OVC Dean Ole ielsen co -ordinating OVCs international programs She is currently working as a eterinarian with Agriculture Canada
For more information about the WWVA contact Betsy at PO Box 6069 Station J Ottawa K2A ITl
OVC STUDENTS HOST FIRST CONFERENCE The first Canadian Veterinary Stushydents Conference hosted by OVC in January was a big success according to OVC student Andrea Ellis president of the Central Vcterinary Students Association (CVSA)
There is a student conference in the United States but the Canadians get lost in the crowd We decided it was a good time being OVCs 125th anniversary in 1987 to have something right in our own backyard Andrea explains
The OVC snldent council of the CVSAhad been preparing since Mar h 1987 for the two full days of scientific
sessions and recreational events About 60 students and faculty attenshyded from the Atlantic Veterinary College University of Prince Edward Island the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Montreal St Hyacinthe and the Western College of Veterinary Medicine niversity of Saskatchewan Attendance from avc students ranged from 180 to 300 depending on the event
OVC has always had a FrenchshyEnglish student exchange with St HyaCinthe and we knew there was enthusiasm in the West because they talked for years about organizing a hockey tournament But we were
really surprised by the Atlantic Veterinary College Their school has only been operating a few years and out of about 96 students 19 came to conference says Andrea
A conference fund has now been set up and will be administered by the Students of the Canadian Vetershyinary Medical Association n1e conshyference location will be rotated among the four colleges with St Hyacinthe probably hosting next year says Andrea Weve been told that weve started something big Everyone had a really good time and we hope the conference will continue for a long tinle
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DR IAN TAYLOR DOING HIS ullONS SHARE Dr Ian W Taylor avc 43 of Wheeling Illinois puts enthusiasm into everything he does [ figure if Im going to do it Im going to be enthusiastic he was quoted recently in a local newspaper article
As OVC class of 43 president Ian co-chaired the 40th reunion of his class at Alumni Weekend in 1983 along with Dr Archie MacKinnon He acted as master of ceremonies for the program and arranged a display of memorabilia Fourteen out ofa possishyble 31 members of the class were present
TIlis year [an is pushing for 100 per cent attendance at the 45th reunion during Alumni Weekend Perfect attendance is something Ian knows about
He has served the community of Wheeling as a veterinarian for over 30 years Although most of his work has been with dogs cats and a few birds he has also dedicated a great amount of time to lions - bUl nol the four legged kind He recently received
GOOD EWES Three sets of genetically identical lambs are the first anio1aJs bom from bisected embryos at the University
]n December six surrogate ewes delivered nine lambs - three sets of twins and three singles - that had developed from embryos micro shysurgically bisected and implanted five months earlier
Project leader Dr Calhy Gartley ove 82 now completing a DVSc degree in the Department of Clinical Studies says the accomplishment is a milestone for the University
1 find it exciting that these are the first genetically identical animals created and born at the University of Guelph she says They represent the first ofmany such twins in several species that University researchers hope to soon realize
Besides maximizing embryo use this project demonstrates the potenshytial to create Significant numbers of
Dr Ian Taylor OVC 43 with some of the hundreds ofpins hehas collected on visits to Lions CLubs a1(mnd the world
a special award from the International Lions Club for exemplary work in lhe field of international relations He has attended Lions Club meetings in 57
Twin lambs Mutton and jeff who began life as the same embryo am shown with Dr Cathy Gartley avc 82 under the watChful eye of their sutTOgate mothet Q2
genetically identical aninlals that are vital for consistent research results
Dr Gartleys project is supported by the Ontario Ministry ofAgricu Iture and Food (OMAF) and the Eleanor Gartshore Memorial Shnp Trust
different countries and hasnt missed a monthly meeting in 29 years
He has served the Wheeling Club as preSident newsletter editor and public relations chairnlan and has twice been named Lion of the Year In 1982he received tbe MeJvinJones Fellowship award for dedication to humanitarian services and recently he was recognized by a resolution in the Illinois House of Representatives for his Lions Club work He says his greatest pleasure is watching the joy that d isabled children get from a Lions-sponsored camp in Lake Villa each year He has been involved in ftmd-raising for the disabled which is the Lions main objective both locally and abroad
Ian would like to hear from alumni who are members of Lions Intershynational to exchange information and souvenirs used by the clubs throughout the world of Lionism He would also like his OVC class of 43 members to immediately send back the questionnaires mailed to them by the Alumni Office in December for the purpose of producing a class anniversary newsletter These may be sent [0 him at 7695 Milwaukee Ave Wheeling lllinois 60090 or to Dr Archie MacKinnon RR 4 Cambridge Onto 1R 555
SPEAKERS TOUR
The OVC Alumni Association invites alumni to hear two dynashymic guest speakers and tour the Equine Research Centre during Alumni Weekend June 18
Dr Bruce Fogle OVC 70 of London England practitioner and author will speak on The Changing Role Of the Veterinshyarian in SmallAnimalPractice and Dr Brian Brandenburg OVC 68 M Sc 71 president of Guelph International Developshyment Consultants will speak on Veterinary Medicine in the Third World
The progranl will conclude with a dinner and dance
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Editor Carol yn (Redden) Moore 84
FROM THE PRESIDENT
While writing this message at the end ofJanuary I realize the mid-point of this years board of directors acti shyvities has arrived I reflect on two goals I set at our annual meeting last June to evaluate our contact with Mac-FACS alumni and increase memshybership in our alumru association
Upon graduation you do not autoshymatically become a member f the Mac-FACS Alumni Association You become a member by paying an annultll or life membership fee This money helps the board ofdirectors carry out activities on your behalf for both students and aluo1ni
At (he January board meeting we discussed the services our Association provides Our visibility with students is quite high through schOlarship presentations careers night and a reception for the graduating class Our services to alumni may need to be redefined What would you like us to provide orgaruze or sponsor
Our annual seminar was cancelled in October 1986 due to a lack of registrants Should we attempt to organize another
LOnYline Holding 71
Your board wants to increase its ConLlct with a greater number ofyou Where and when would you like us to be active7 What projects would you like us to consider
Please send your comments to us at Alumni House University ofGuelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2Wl Also why not come to our 1988 annual meeting June 18 J hope to hear from you soon
Sincerely Lorraine Holding 71 MacmiddotFACS Alu m ni As ociation President
FACS students Suzie Chin and Tracey Vent chat with Barb Stuart FAGS 71 faculty representative on the Mac-FACS Alumni Association s board Of directors at the annual party for graduating students hosted by the Assodation in February Sixty-five students 15 board members and several faCUlty members attended this yems party
CALLING ALL HOME
ECONOMISTS Towards 2000 Challenges and Opportunities is the theme of the Canadian Home Economics Associashytion (CHEA) National Conference at the Univer-ity July 10-13 The conshyference will be of intere t to alumni who graduated in programs related to family and consumer studies foods and nutrition home economics or human ecology
CHEA with a membership of2000 is committed to provide professional development for its members through programs workshops and special interest sessions A major part fits mandate is to create an awareness of new products and services in the market place
Frank Feather a well-known global futurist with a business-like approach will be the keynote speaker at the CIlEA conference He will address the challenges and opportunities of the future Dr Ehler Park a consultant with A5A willexplainhowplanning for outer _pace affects everything from the food we eat to how children will play
Other topics at the conference will include artificial vs natural sweetshyeners issues of an aging population space-age textiles SMART house - a totally computerized environment human sexuality free trade and agri shycu lture food irrJdiatjon and financ ial p lanning
Well-known Canadian entertainer Nanlt-Y White whose satirical songs arc often heard on CBC radio will perform following the opening ceremonies
Many pre and post-conference actishyvities are planned including trips to the Stratford Festival Niagara-on-theshyLake and Niagara Falls Waterloo County ( Farmer Market ) and the village of Elora
The conference offers an excellent opportunity for professional deveshylopment and networking For more information contact Wilda Waldron registration chair CHEA Conference 88 168 Maple Street Guelph Ontario N I G 2G7 ( 519) 836-9551
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FACS GRAD FINDS HEART IN THE ARTS
I ts strange how things work Ollt
Im glad r received a well-rounded education at Guelph It prepared me for th e future reflects Eva Eichenbaum FACS 75
Eva is one often Niagara Peninsula poets featured in Voices from the Niagara a book of local poems colshylelttcd by Pcter and Brenda Baltensperger and published in 1987 ( Moonstone Press 8795 )
Reviewing the book in the Hamilton Spectator John Terpstra writcs Thcre are some very good poems here and a few are standouts I especia lly enjoyed those of Eva Eichenbaum and David Haskins
Eva was born in Sweden the daughter of Estonian refugees who escaped their homeland during the Second World War She camc to Canada with ber family at age two and grew up in Niagara Falls where she attended Stamford Collegiate and won the Upper Scbool English Award at graduation
After a year of travel in 1969 as Miss iagara Hospitality for the Niagara
Promotion Association she enrolled at the University of Guelph to earn a Bachelor of Applied Science degrce and also took some courses at the
niversity of Helsinki Finland She then earned her Bachelor of Education degree at the College of Education Brock n iversity St Catharines and now teaches English and Television Arts at Merritton High School in that city
She started her career in education as a Family Studies teacher and was once head of the Family Studies Department at Merritton but found that her heart was really in English and the creative arts She used to teach theatre arts and also formed the Merriuon High School Dance Commiddot pany Sht teaches ballet and has written several musical comedies for her theatre and dance students
I got the idea for the style and format of the musicals fro m College Royals Curtain Call at Guelph I had a role in the production Der Keller a take-off on Cabaret in my final year she explains
NEW CHAIR TO BROADEN FOCUS IN
CONSUMER STUDIES Teaching and research in the Department ofConsumer Studies has focused on consumer affairs particushylarly consumer behavior and the basic necessities - food clothing and housing New department chairJohn Pratschke sees a need to review and perhaps expand this focus
Professor Pratschke says he was drawn to Guelph because of his interest in consumer economics The University has one of the few departmiddot ments in Canada with a consumer emphasis He plans to preserve the departments unusual linking ofsocial SCience business and technology but broaden the rangt ofstudy to include other products and services important
to the budgets of Canadian house shyholds
The employer market is happy with Consumer Studies graduates says Promiddot fessor Pratschke but there is a need for better communication about the program w ith secondary school stushyden ts We must get across the message that marketing is an inter shyesting challenge and that the program is professionally oriented without lOSing its base in product technology
Born in Ireland Professor Pratschke received his bachelor of commerce master ofeconomic science and PhD at University College Cork He has taught at the University of Waterloo University College Ga lway and
Eva EiclJenbaum FACS 75
Five of Evas poems are featured in tht 63 middotpage Voices f1Om the Niagara and she has donated a copy of the book to the University Lihrary She has also had poems published in Souldust and Pearls Sixth Edition ( Moonstone Press) and There Is a book productd by the Niagara Chapter of the Canadian Authors Association In the future she hopes to take some tinle out from teaching to study broadshycasting
PrOfessorjohn Pratschke
Memorial University Newfoundland He has published widely on the economics ofconsumer expenditures and on European housing policy agrimiddot culture banking and business education
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Mike Traub HAF-A 78 general manager Victoria Place Retirement Lodge Kitchenel discusses his career with a group ofstudents at the HAFA Alumni Assodatiolls annual Careers Night held on campus in January Thirty-seven alumni involved in a vanmiddotety ofcareers volunteered their time to the popular event
HAFA ALUMNI EXCHANGE SEMINAR HELD
Nancy Plato FACS 81
FACS PEOPLE Naney Plato FACS 81 ( Consumer Studies ) the new OAC liaison coshyordinator will acquaint high school students and guidance counsellors with opportunities in the agricultural sciences at Guelph
Enrolment at OAC has declined over the past few years and _ aney will work at increasing student numbers through recruitment and marketing
The position ofliaison co-ordinator is a new one for OAe Nancy says one of her main objectives is to broaden the understanding high school stushydents have ofGuelphs programs She plans to use her well-rounded view of agriculture and its related proshygrams combined with her recruitshyment experience
Nancy is back in Guelph from a position in secondary school liaison at Mount Royal College Calgary She is married to Paul Thiel OAC 82 and is an active member of the Mac-FACS Alumni Association board of directors
Professors Kathleen Brown Lila Engberg and Griffith Morgan have all retired from the Department of Family Studies Professor Elizabeth Upton HAFA will retire in July
Professor John Auld Consumer Studies has produced the Human Settlements Audio-Visual Resources Catalogue It is published by the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Warren Adamson vice-president development Delta Hotels gave the keynote address What is the Canadian Tourism Industry Anyway at the annual HAFA Alumni Exchange Seminar held November 4 at the DelL Chelsea Inn Toronto
This professional development event was sponsored by the HAFA
MOllica Hrybko HAFA 88 (left) received Ci HAFA AlumniAssociation Life Membership from Association president Morag McKenzie 82 The membership is given to a graduating student as selected by his or her peers with a minimum 70 per cent accumulative average who has had outstanding involvement ill the School andor University
Alumoi Association in co-operation with Pannell Kerr Forster lL gave lIAFA grads an opportunity to listen to experts in the field speak 00 various topical hospitality issues including pay equity the human resource risis trends in the hotel and foodservice industry and business planning
CONFERENCE
In Search of Healthy Sexuality
June 13-15 1988
The University of Guelphs 10th an nual sexua li ty conference sponshysor d byThe Department of Fami ly Studies wil l examine current issues in human sex u lily tea hing approaches in sexducation and counse llin g m thod for sexual problems
Keynote Ad dress by Dr Ruth Westheimer
For further info rmation write Co ntinu ing Education Di ISlon Univers ity of Guelph Gu Iph
nta ri N 1 G 2W1 or telephone (5 19) 824-4120 ex 3956
Registration Limit d Apply early
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OAC ALUMNI NEWS Editor Richard Buck 76A
OAC GRAD GIVES GIFT OF WATER TO THAI VILLAGERS
By janet Dumo
Water is not taken for granted in northeast Thailand Usually there is too little of it The sandy laterite soils do not hold water They crack and parch during the hot dry season Ponds shrink Streams and some wells dry up Even in the rainy season the rains are often late or insufficient and the rice crops wither in the fields
But sometimes there is too much water Heavy rains cause flash floods Which drown crops and wash pesti shycides and decaying organic matter into unprotected pit wells There is not enough clean drinking water to ensure good health
A CUSO priority in Thailand is to increase village self-sufficiency and improve the standard of living through the development ofsmall-scale water resources particularly in the north and northeast the poorest regions of the country CUSO engineers placed with departments of local adminisshytration survey and design small spillways dams and piped water systems They develop an under shystanding of indigenous water proshyblems and help viUagers develop water resource technology to deal with these problems
In most villages in Surin province the water is imprisoned under a 20shymetre thick layer of heavy clay comshypacted into red brick-like rock
Ed von Euw OAC 84 returned to Canada in December after two years as a CUSO water resources engineer in Surin While there he worked with two percussion water-jet well-drilling rigs one an Appropriate Technology Association ( A TA) rig originally used in India and Africa the other based on an indigenous village model
Ed found theATA rig needed modi shyfications to make it easier for villagers to operate Most important was the change from a hand to foot-powered lever which the villagers found much less exhausting to work But at $625 the ATA rig is expensive to buy and the Honda motor which pushes water
Ed von EllW and co-worker teaching pump maintenance ill Surin Thailand
down the hole to tlush out the soil and rock particles can use up to $4 of fuel a day
Ed spent several months looking at rigs used by Surin farmers and finally adapted a model from one used by Khun Hong of Muang Pet a village near Surin town Khun Hongs rig uses a pole and beam arrangement making it less durable and steady than the tripod form used in Eds adapted rig The new rig uses a hand-powered Lucky pump made in Taiwan and fanliliar to villagers
The Honda pump used in the ATA drilling rig must be repaired in town and a smaU repair may cost $10 while a repair to the Lucky pump can be done by villagers for less than a doUar Spare parts are available everywhere The drill bilS are made from truck springs in the same Surin shop that made the rig to Eds specillcations They cost only 96 ccors each as opposed to the S7-bits used in the ATA rig
Using smaller pipe and bit than the ATA rig Eds adapted rig drills more quickly through rock and is lighter and easier to use It requires only two people to ope(dte the foot lever The ATA rig requires four or five Eds rig cost $192 to make including pump and accompanying tools and can be constructed by villagers in a small weldingmachine shop if there is a demand for more
Eds rig was tested in Ban Se Jaruk on a site divined by a villager Working
intermittently the villagers went d wn 25 metres in one and a half weeks much of the time grinding through the red rock When water they were pumping down the hole suddenly disappeared and didnt come up again they were afraid they had damaged the rig But instead it was a sign of having broken into a vein of water which was now absorbing any other water poured down So water had been found delicious and abundant right behind the assistant headmans house
The Ban Se Jaruk well has been capped with a rower pump purchased from ATA for S17 The pump is based on a bamboo model used in fndia The tubewell pipe and pump are made of plastic - more acceptable than steel which gives the water an unpleasant taste
Ed carried out a four-month wellshydrilling project in co-operation with Khun Darune of the Northeast Thailand ( ET) Project Funded by the Canadian Internat ional Deve shylopment Agency and assisted by CUSO it is a rural development program in operation since 1981 in 52 villages along the Thai-Kampuchean border The villagers of Ban Se Jaruk elated with their initial success borrowed Eds rig to drill more wells In total seven rigs were built from Eds proto shytype and distributed to four other villages Over 100 successful wells have been drilled in the area to date
EdilO1-S NoteanetDuma is a CUSO special program officer in Malaysia Sbe bas worked as an Englisb teacber witb CUSO in fi)aiand andMaaysia
Ed von Euw a Stratford native graduated from Guelpb witb a BSc in engineering in December J984He llas 011 tbe deans bonor roll three times and received an engineering scbolarsbip in 1983 Before going overseas in November 1985 be workedfor Enllironment Canada as a bydrornettic engineer He is now studying f01 a masters degree in engineering at Guelph
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Professor Harold Crawford OAC 58 MSc 7 0
OAC PEOPLE ProfessorJohn Burton OAC 62 and Brian McBride CBS 78 OAC MSA 80 Department of Animal and Poultry Science have received $400000 from the Ministry ofColleges and niversities Research Incentive Fund for contract research in partnershyship with Cyanamid Canada Inc of Toronto They will examine the effecshytiveness of the hormone BST in increasing milk production in dairy cattle as well as any other effects of the agent
Gordon MacLeod OAC 50 has retired from the Department ofAnimal and Poultry Science after 31 years at the UniversityJohn Summers OAC 53 MSA 59 has also retired from the Department of Animal and Poultry Science after 25 years at the University
Harold Crawford OAC 58 MSc 70 who recently retired as coshyordinator of the Ontario Diploma in Horticulture Program Independent Study Division after 29 years at the University has received the Ontario Parks Association (OPA) recognition award for Significant contribution to the betterment of parks the proshyfession and the envirorunent through his work in continuing education He has been a member of the educational committee of the OPA for 14 years The Ontario Diploma in Horticulture program graduated its first students in 1963 and now has 500 alumni
Marilyn Dykstra OAC 78 is new director of the Universitys Pest
Marilyn Dykstra OAC 78
Diagnostic and Advisory Clinic The clinic is working at maximum capacity with marc than 30000 inquiries to its credit since it opened nine years ago says Marilyn It receives everyshything from live specimens of earwigs and spiders to diseased ornamentals and fruit and vegetable crops Most specimens come from home gar shydeners she ays but the clinic has a growing clientele among commercial growers landscape businesses and other industries Through its service and extension functions the clinic has accumulated a reference collecshytion of more than 10000 slides and specimens as well as a list of resource people from across campus
Dr R Keith (Chip) Chapman OAC 40 has retired from the Department ofEntomoJogy University of Wisconsin Madison following a distinguished areer spanning 40 years A two-day symposium was held in his honor last June and The R Keith Chapman Vegetable Entomology SchOlarship was established with funds collected in lieu ofa retirement gift He has also been named professor emeritus Attending the symposium and retirement recognition party in Madison were Keiths brothers Ross also OAC 40 and Douglas OAC 44 and sister Helen Stockwell a graduate of Macdonald College McGiJl Univershysity Montreal and OAC Dean Freeman McEwen
When Bruce Brown OAC 85 received his degree from former agri shyculture minister William A Stewart chancellor ofthe Universi tyofGuelph he asked what steps he could take to
Dr R Keith (Chip) Chapman andhis brother Ross both OAC 40
become the minister of agriculture and food Little did he know that two and a half years later he would be minister - if only for a day
In December he shared the duties of Ontarios minister Jack RiddeD OAC 57 as his prize for winning a public speaking contest at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Bruce who operates a Newcastle dairy beef and cash crop farm with his father spoke on the survival of the farm family in Ontario
ETHICS IN AGRICULTURE Ethical issues in agriculture such as animal welfare are generally debated from an emotional viewpoint Proshyfessor Frank Hurnik OAC PhD 71 Animal and Poultry Science and Pro shyfessor Hugh Lehman Philosphy are hoping to change that through the journal of Agricultural Ethics an international quarterly publication which offers a forum for discussing moral issues related to food and food production
We hope this publication will act as a bridge between those who philo shysophize about agricu ltural ethics and those actively involved in plant and animal use says Professor Hurnik Its a scholarly refereed journal but it wont be bogged down with speciashylized technical jargon As a result we believe it will be useful to the farm community and we expect leaders from that field will be contributors not just readers
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Professor Fredjelome and his wife Faye look over a catalogue of the Universitys art collection
ALOVEOFART Back in 1968 Fred N Jerome OAC 33 established a trust fund to purshychase art produced by promising young Canadian artists
I was a full professor then and I could afford to do it (set up a trust fund) I felt art deserved a little push and I wanted to see the niversitys art collection expand explains the now retired professor ofgenetics and poultry science at Guelph
Forty-two Canadian works have been purchased to date through lhe F - Jerome Trust Fund and a special exhibi t of these works will be featured at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre beginning Alumni WeekendJune 18 and continuing throughout the sununer
Professorjeromes personal favorite in the collection is Ken Danbys silkshyscreen The Skates
I like Danbys technique His work is almost as realistic as a color photoshygraph but you can still tell its a painting he explains
He is also fond ofDiego Drawing a lithography by Jack Chanlbers a London Ontario artist and Gene Chus delicate Spider Series
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre Director Judith Nasby says Fred Jerome has made an outstanding contribution to the growth of the Universitys Canadian art collection - one of the largest univer itycollecshytions in the province He has recogshynized the tremendous growth and vitality of the art community in Canada by specifying that works be purchased from young artists
A LOVE OF LI LI ES The expression lily white has little meaning for Bill Evans His favorite lilies are bright orange and yellow I like the ones that almost glow and catch your eye from 100 yards away says the retired Department of Horti shycultural Science professor
Professor Evans lilies are certainly eye-catching for anyone travelling north of Guelph on Highway 6 betshyween mid-June and mid-August Splashes of spectacular color glow from his field of lilies near Marden (behind the home of Marjorie and the late George Durnford ) - a welshycome surprise for those accustomed to seeing only the popular Easter white variety
Im obsessed with lilies admits Professor Evans who retired in 1985 after 28 years of researching phult breeding and teaching small fruit proshyduction at the University of Guelph ) like their variety and scope They are perennial plants that grow at different heights Some have flowers that face up some face down and some face out Some are trumpet shaped some have petals that curve back Some are scented and some are unscented
As a child Professor Evans grew flowers and vegetables in his parents big garden north of Calgary After six years in the army he enrolled at the
niversity of Alberta to study hortishycu lture During his second year in 1947 he began hybridizing lilies Following graduation he worked as a fruit breeder for the federal governshyment in Alberta for eight years before coming to Guelph in 1957 He conshytinued to breed and grow lilies at the
niversity and on plots of land that friends like Professor Ted Me inch (and now Mrs Durnford) let him use
The University has quite a history of lily breeding says Professor Evans The late Isabella Preston a lecturer at Guelph before Professor Evans time went on the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa and to world fame for her ornamental crabapples lilacs and lilies The late Jc Taylor a professor at Guelph was well-known for his lily breeding and introduced Professor Evans to many other breeders He
told me that my lilies needed more vigor and let me use some of his plants in my work
Professor Evans introduced three new varieties of lilies through the University and registered some of Professor Taylors They were marshyketed in the United States So far Professor Evans has had 17 varieties of lilies internationally registered Anyone can do this he says modestly You just write a full desshycription of the plant pick a name that hasn t been used before and send it to the Royal Horticultural Society in England prekrrably with a photo The new names are published every year
It s hard coming up with new nanles though says Professor Evans He has named some of his varieties after the area in which they were grown shyArkel Marden Gold Aberfoyle He named one after his granddaughter Bronwen and one after his wife Ethelwaite ( her first and maiden names ) She gets a thrill whenever she sees that name on a ( flower show) prize list somewhere he says
Pink and pastel lilies are Professor Evans speciality and his favorite is a variety he caBs Blusbing Maiden It has mauvey pink tips with a white centre
Professor Evans and his wife edH a newsletter three times yearly for the Ontario Regional Lily Society and Professor Evans has just ended a two year term as president of the North American lily Society He has judged at nower shows all over Canada and the nited States and will preside at an international show in Hamilton in July
Because of his hobby Professor Evans is enjoying retirement He spends about 25 hours a week on his lilies in the summer months During the off season he grows seeds and works on his records He is working on increasing the number ofvarieties including spotless ones ( most lilies have spots which are dominant ) He is pleased that some of his former students are now growing lilies entering shows and joining li ly societies
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RURAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT GRADS TO FORM ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
The University School ofRural Planshyning and Development ( USRPampD ) was inaugurated at Guelph in 1980
USRPampD is built on the strengths of past Guelph initiatives such as the Centre for Resources Development and the Rural Development Outreach Project It is formally recognized by the Canadian Institute of Planners and offers Masters level programs in rural planning rural development international rural development and resources management It is also actively engaged in research and community outreach
Recent research topics have in shycluded land availabi Iityfor agricu lture
local economic development strateshygies rural aging northern and native community plannjng and developshyment rural transportation computer applications in planning and deve shylopment and water and waste management to name a few This research was conducted throughout Canada and arollnd the world inshycluding Nepal Kenya Indonesia St Lucia Belize and Botswana
The outreach interests ofthe School are fully integrated with its teaching and research activities Recent out shyreach projects have included the Childcare Network Project for families in rural Wellington County an evaJu shy
ation of the rural development proshygrams ofa Jesuit mission in southern Ethiopia a heritage strategy for the Town of IngerSOll and a recreation needs assessment for Sault Ste Marie
Graduates of USRPampD as well as graduates of the former Centre for Resource Development are now being invited to form an alumni association to keep members updated on School activities their fellow alumni and issues concerning rural planning and development For further information contact Professor Harry Cummings USRampD University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N1G 2WI ( 519) 824-4120 ext 6783
JOIN YOUR OAC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NOW Did you know that as a graduate of OAC you are not automatically a member of the OAC Alumni Assoshyciation However anyone involved in a formal agricultural education at OAC ( past present or future ) is not only eligible to become a member but is encouragetl to do so
The OAC Alumni Association is a separate entity from the University of Guelph Alumni Association anti has specific responsibilities It awards
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ARTS Joanna Black 81 Ls aisistant direclOr curator The Marietta-Cobb Fine Arts Centre Marietta Georgia
Richard Hoffman 78 a Canadian Press journalist in Toronto is married pound0 Martine Bracey CBS 77
Laura Mezey-Hamid 82 administrative assistant to the vice-president of finance Penningtons Stores Umjted Toronto is married to Shaheed Hamid CSS 82
John Laurence (Stash) Stasiw 76 is marketing manager Philips Electronics Ltd Scarborough
Dirk Vanbattum 75 is vice-president Eddie May Mysteries Ottawa
CBS Michael Best 77 is a research technician Cross Cancer Institute Edmonton
GRAD NEWS EUzabeth Jane (Kempe) Coker 82 a resource worker CaJedon Parent-ChiId Centre Bolton is married to Dr Ted Coker OVC 87
Janet Ebanks 86 is a medical social worker Cayman overnment Health Sershyvices George Town Grand Cayman Cayman Islands British West Indies
Kevin Ferguson 80 supervisor of Outdoor Education for the Elgin County Board of Education married Suzanne Schmid BEd (Nipissing) 82 in April 1987 She works for the Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority They live near Aylmer
Michael Hackenberger 81 is president Canadian Zoological Systems Toromo
Heather Hattin 84 (HK) whose rowing accomplishments were featured in the winter 1987 issue ofthe GuelphAlumnus won Canadas first-ever gold medal in womens rowing in the double-scull event at the world championships in Copenhagen last summer
Cynthia (Porter)JefIrey 85 is studying for an MSc in Food Science at the University of Manitoba She is married to ScottJefIrey OAC 82 assistant professor ofAgncul tural Economics at the University of Manitoba They live in Winnipeg
Dr Gord Kennedy 85 senior chemist Union Carbine Corp Bound Brook New Jersey is married to Carrie Feaver CPS 84
Steven Kerr 77 is regional fisheries biologist Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources KemptviUe
Jim Lee 73 is director Research Services Min istry of Tourism Recreation and Culture Victoria BC
David Lemon 79 is senjor wildlife biologist S Fudge and Altsociates Ltd Saint Johns Nfld
Larry Patterson 76 is Grand Forks and District Aquatic Centre Manager Grand Forks Bc
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Stephen Rabbetts 79 is a zookeeper Metro Toronto Zoo Wcsthill
Cathy Oohnson) Rewcastle 80 is a fur biologist Manitoba atural Rcsources Winnipcg
Brian Sntith 78 micro ~)Stcms manager Natural Sciences Centre The University ofWestcrn Ontario London is married to Debra Bond CSS 79
Bradly Veitch 86 is second brewer Wellington County Brewery Guelph
Michael Wade 87 is responsible for aquaculture programs at Kpong Farms Volta River Authority Akuse Ghana the site of a major hydro-electric installation
P Allen Woodliffe 76 is the first and only district ecologist with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Chatham Districr He is married to Marie Gedcke FACS 75 and has a son Timothy TIl y Jive in Rondeau Provincial Park here Allen was park naturalist for 10 years before moving to the Chatham office
CPS Dr Syed Ahmed 87 is assistant proshyfessor Departme nt of Statistical and AClUarial Sciences University of Western Ontario London
Susan (Bishop) GraJ1am R3 a fourth year medical student Faculty ofMcdicinc University of Toronto is marri ed fO Don Graham CSS 83 CBS MSc 87 who is a ftl ll-time parent to their threc-year-old twins
Robert Lake 77 a self-employed conshysulting geolOgist is married to Susan Kay OAC 77 a human relations specialist with Petro Canada They live in Calgary
Robert Whitehead 79 is a mi ncr Denison Mines Ell iot Lake
Caroline (Carly) Williams 85 is a software engineer Wild Leitz Canada Toronto
CSS John Babcock 8 is special cabinet assistant Office of Minister of State (Forestry and Mines ) Ottawa
Jana Fie MA 87 i a neuropsychological associate Brazos Valley Rehabilitat ion Center Bl)an Texas
Danny Leung R6 is news submiddoteditor Asia Television Limited Hong Kong
Allison (Shaughnessy) Scanlan 84 production supervisor G I of Canada shyTruck Assltmbly Oshawa is mlITied [() Michael Scanlan 84 directo r of pur hasing Arbor Capital Rltsources
middotoronto
Patricia Sorbam 80 is executive assisshytant to the Ontario Minister of Energy Toronto
G Llewellyn Watson MA 70 a proshyfessor at the University of Prince Edward Island has written a texthook Dilemmas and Contradictions in Sucial 7beor) published by University Press of America
Terry Wright 76 is account manager John Logan National Leasing Bramptoll
MAC-FACS Marie (Tomelin) Cowlin 78 is brand manager Distillers Co Canada Ltd Toronto
Debbie Foster MSc 87 is medical coshyordi natorsex educator Youth Clinical Services Inc Down~view
Marilyn (Shirley) Goodwin 75 MSc 77 a research officer for CSC Ottawa h ma rricd to Fred Goodwin HAFA 75
Margaret (CJark)Jordan 82 manager Agricultural Employment Services Cmada Farm Iabour Pool Newmarkct is married to BrianJordan OAC 81
Margo (Payne) Langan 83 marketing communications co-ordinator Moore Response Technologies Mississauga is married toJohn Langan CBS 75
Nancy (Howard) Martin 81 senior contract managemcnt officer Consumer Products and Trtffic Management Brmch DepartJllent of Supply and Service~ Hull Que is marriltd to Phillip Martin CBS ( HK) 82
Helga (Strenzke) McDonald 84 public relations officer Centrilia Collegc Huron Park is married to Ian McDonald OAC 83
Marilyn Sewell-Kelley 78 is agriculshytura l health and safel) comiddotordinacor Rural Organizations and Services Branch OMAF Guelph and lives near Paris
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James Allen 77 (ODH ) is president of Allens Turf Services Ltd Calgary
Martin Bohl 85 is policy advisor OMAJ Toronto
Guy Bonnetta 79 manager Pioneer Overseas CorpJohnston Iowa is married to Carolyn Knowles CBS 78
Stew Carpenter 50 president ofDivershysity Farms Inc Paw Paw Midligan is married to Olive McEwan 79A scltretary-tnasurer ofDiversity Farms Inc
Harold Cau 60A and 67 is viceshypreSident Barnes Wines Limited St Catharines
Elroy Cober 85 and his wife Rhoda have begun three-year Mennonite Central Committee assignments inKabwe Zambia Elroy is working as provincial o ilseed office r and Rhoda as a general health worker
Eileen (Emmett) Cole 79 a registered
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OVC CONFERENCE October 14 amp 15 1988
Details to follow in August issue of the Guelph Alumnus
For further in formation contact Dr Ron S_ Downey
Assist nt Dean ave at (5 19) 824-41 20 ext 441 1
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TODAY NORTH AMERICAN LIFE 5650 Yong St North YoriltoOntario M2M G4
Lloyd Curtis OAC 7J MSc 74
nurse Colchester Hospital Truro 5 is married to Bill Cole 79 regional sales manager Clarence Farm Services L(vcr Truro
laura Cole 80 is a conservJLion planner Mississippi Vall y Conservation Authority Lanark
UoydCurtis 71 MSc 74 ofCalgary is national sales manager Agricultural Chem icals Division BASF Canada Inc BASF markets a wide range of crop proshyLection products Lloyd directs dle aCLivi shyties of BASFs liales force throughout Canada
James Donison H I is proje L engineer Costello Lomagney amp Denapoli ConshysulL ing Engineers Mancheste r New Hampshire
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Richard Graham 71 of Rrampton is naLional marketing maI111gcr Agricultural Chcmicab Divisi n f3ASF Canada Inc
Richard Helmer 62A married Marilyn Hogue in Oct 19R7 They live in Windsor Richard is supply tcaching for the Essex COllnty Board of Education and doing freclanltx horLicultural work during the summer months
Brian and Brigitte (Brunetzky) Kaufman 84 are pltased to announce the safe arrival of their son Nathaniel Brian All are reSiding at Bright
Dr Houchang Khatamian MSc 71 PhD 8 is associate professor Depart shyment of Horticul rure Kansas State Unishyversity Manhattan
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J cE~~~~f May 11 - Presidents Counc il Executive Luncheon
May 19-June 5 Guel ph Spring Festival
May 31-June 3 Convocation
June 13-15 Human Sexuality Conference
June 17-19 Alumni Weekend
July 10-13 Canadian Home Economics Association Con ference
July 26 Al um ni Assoc iation Executives O rientation Meeting
Masters of Agribusiness Management
111e University of Guelph is now olkring a Masters of Agribusiness Management for people interested in a comprehensive training program for manlgemel1l positions in modern agrihusiness
The program runs over I () months and is highly structured so that studenrs receive intensive practical training in all facets of agribusiness managemel1l
Ifyou have an agricultural background and wish to funher your career in management of farm or nonmiddotfarm agribuiiiness this program could he for you
For fu nhcr information on this program pleL~e contact
Professor Tom Funk Department of Agricultural Economics and Business University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl (519) 824middot4120 ext 3427
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Dr Elenimo Khonga PhD 87 is a lecturer University ofMalawi Chancellor College Zomba Malawi
Kevin Laidley 82 MSc 85 resource technician Niagara Peninsula Consershyvation Authority Allanburg is married to Lesley Nicholson FACS 83 child life specialist McMaster University Medical Centre Hamilton
Dr Monique Leclerc MSc 82 PhD 87 is assistant professor Department of Soil Science and Biometeorology Utah State University Logan
Maurice Marwood 64 MSc 66 is vicemiddot preSident sales and marketing Canadian Kenworth Company Mississauga He is responsible for all aspects of sales and marketing ofKenworth trucks and product support in Canada
Dr Giancarlo Mosch1ni PhD 86 is [caching in the Economics Department Iowa State University Ames not the Unimiddot versity of Iowa as stated in the fall 1987 issue oflhe GuelpbAlurnnus Our apolomiddot gie~ for [his error
Reid Palmer 63 is a research geneticist and professor Departments ofAgronomy and Genetics Iowa State University Ames
Dr Yousef Papadopoulos 80 MSc 82 PhD 87 a research scientist Agrimiddot cu lture Canada Nappan NS i$ married to Kathleen Glover 80 MSc 83
Andy Robinson 80 MSc 83 a genetimiddot cist Livestock Developmcnt Division Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Christine Howe Arts 81
Dr A Hamid Saleemi MSc 73 has received a PhD in Educational Psychology from Bayero UniverSity Kana Nigeria His thesis was Islamic Values and Commitment among HallSa Muslim Youtb Au Empirical Study and his reo search has been hailed as a pioneering study in the measurement of reJjgious commitment anlong MusJjms Dr Saleemi is principal tutor Department of Adult Education and Community Services Faculty of Education Bayero University
James Sampa MLA 86 is a lecturer in landscape design and natul 1 resource conservation School of Environmental Studies Copperbelt University Zambia
Bill Shotyk 81 completed his PhD in 1986 in the Geology Department at The University ofWestern Ontario and spent a year as visiting postdoctoral researcher at the UniverSity of California to study
thennodynamic stability of organic commiddot plexes of aluminum In Sept 1987 he married Beth Haas and they live in London where Bill is a postdoctoral research associate in the Geology Department UWO studying the surface chemistry of minerals He is also writing his first book The Geochemistry OfPeatandPeatlands to be published by Elsevier Amsterdam
jack Thompson OAC 81 is a firemiddot fighter Station No 1 Thomhlll
Susan Watkins 81 is program offi cer Horn of Africa Oxfam Canada She is in charge ofOxfams overseas development projects in Eutrea and Tigray prOvince of Ethiopia the majori ty of which are in agriculture and health
Dve Dr Ian Alexander 86 is a dmg evalumiddot ator Bureau of Veterinary Dmgs Health and Welfare Canada Ottawa
Dr Cheng Hock Choong PhD 72 is director Semex Canada Guelph
Dr Ann Davis 75 a graduate student at the University of Toronto has won the Hardi Cinader Prize for 1987 The award is given to the graduate student in the process of completing doctor-A work who most resembles renowned immunomiddot logist Dr Bernhard Cinaders originality and versatility
Dr john Debbie 65 is an epidemiomiddot logist New York State Health Department Albany
Dr jean Dodds 64 in addition to her research on blood clotting mechanisms has chaired several national and intermiddot national task forces on assorted topics
Dr Doug Galt 62 is laboratory head OMAF Brighton
Dr Maria Koller CBS 75 DVM 79 chief control programs Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Dr Robert Georgeson 72
Dr Darwin Lund 60 is veterinarian in charge Agriculture Canada Lethbridge Alta
Dr David Murphy 56 is director cardiovascular surgical unit Dalhousie
niversity Halifax
Dr Gary Nash 77 veterinary research officer Institute of Aquaculture University
ofStirling Stirling Scotland is married to Marilyn Klein CBS 77
Dr HG Rees 55 joined the faculty of Massey University New Zealand after 10 years ofgeneral practice Upon completion of his masters degree he as appointed senio r lect urer at the University of Melbourne In 1970 he returned to prac shytice in his native Wales and has spent the past 12 years on the faculty at SeaJe-Hayne College there He has a small sheep farm
ARTS Bruce Westheuser 76 ofToronto died Dec 7 1987 He was a teacher Toronto Montessori Schools Hlt is survived by his father Ronald and stcpmodlcr Dorothy two sisters and a brodumiddotr
CSS Robert A Dodd MA 75 of Victoria BC died Oct 8 1987 He had been employed by the Ministry of Health He is survived by his wife Wendy
Bruce G Miller 72 of Aurora Ont died Sept 2 1987 He was a teacher with York Region Board of Education He is survived by his wife
MAC-FACS Etta (Birdsall) Garnham 17D of Tillsonhurg Ont died Jan 11 1988 She is survi ed by her sister Doris Oatman
Kathleen (Coggs) Hallam 120 of Toronto died jan 23 1988
Katherine L (Williamson) Killmaster 35D of Southfield Michigan died jan 31 1988
GAdora(Beemer)McFadyen 29Dof Port Elgin Ont died Apri l 8 L987 She is Survived by her son George S McFadyen OAC 50A
Anne E Spera 280 of Dundas Ont died Jan 26 1988
Dora M (Dies) Terryberry 260 of Weston Ont died Jan 22 1988 She is survived by her son Douglas
and maintains a single man general pracshytice Sheep health and production are his main interests and in the fall he was admitted to the Cert SHP by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons In 1989 he plans to retrace his footsteps to learn about his main interests in the countries in which he was trained
Dr Duncan Sinclair 58 OAC MSc 60 (nutrition ) Schofield lecturer 1983 will become Queens University Dean of
IN MEMORIAM
OAC Aimee A (Ups) Acklen 36 of Irving Texas died Feb 2 1987 She is survived by her husband Robert and one son
George K Beare 37 A of xbridge Ont died Oct 30 1987 He is survived by his wife Ruby
Dr J Ritchie Cowan 39 of Corvallis Oregon died Nov 12 1987 He was a retired professor of agronomy and proshyfessor emeritus Oregon State University He received his MS and a doctorate in plant genetics from the University of Minnesota He served as national president of the Crop Science Socicty of America the American Society of Agronomy the American Forage and Graosland Council the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology and the League for Intershynational Food Education He was pre shydeceased by his first wife DorothyWhite Mac 39 He is survived by his second wife Ruth and two children
WUliam M Croskery 15 of Ottawa died Nov 17 1987 He was a retired agricultural representative for Carleton County He is survived by three children
Walter C Fisher 26 of Sf Catharines Ont died jan 20 1988 He is survived by his wife Alice ( Petrie ) and three children
William A Hammond 18 Port Dovers oldest World War I veteran died Sept 29 1987 at 95 Prior to entering OAC he farmed worked in a lumber camp in BC and fought forest fires in Montana During the war he served in France and Belgium with the 55th l3atteryofthe Royal Canadian Art illery advancing from gunner to sergeant In 1920 he married Minerva Mitchell and they farmed in Woodhouse Township Mter retir ing he became clerk-treasurer of the township and later
Medicine and Vice-Principal ( Health Sciences) onJuly 1 He has served Queens in various capacities since joining the departme nt of physiolo gy in 1966 Nationally he has been invo lved with the Medical Research Council of Canada for many years includ ing a term as its director-genera1
Dr Anne Marie Taylor 81 is direc tor of an imal care Animal Care Centre Dalhousie niversity Halifax
held the san1e position with the Town of Port Dover He also served on the Ontario Assessment Appeal Board and was a fanner chai rman of the Simcoe High School Board In 1967 he received a Centennial Medal for service to his communi ty He was predeceased by bis wife and a son and is survived by two daughters Betty Murton ofWatetiord and Doris LlIldon of listoweI
Kandappar NJeyasseelan MSA 56 of Peradeniya Sri Lanka died Oct 22 1987 He is survived by two children
Frank J King 33 of Thornhill One died Dec 19 1987 He was a pioneer of Canadas broiler chicken industry and retired senior executive and director of Ralston Purina Canada Inc He is survived by his wife Rachel and a son
Robert C (Bob) lGrkness 56 of Maple Ridge BC died Oct 10 1987 He is survived by his wife
] Morley Lawrence 1 7 of Windsor died Oct 4 1987
John S Lennox 66A of Shallow Lake Ont died as the result of a farm accident Nov 4 1987 He is survived by his wife Ada and a son
Alex T Macnab 36 of North Fort Myers Fla died Dec 18 1987 He is survived by his wife Vella
NormanJ Myles 39 of Guelph died j an 24 1988 He had been a second lieutenant 11 th Field Brigade Royal Canadian Artillery He is survived by his wife Luella Beverley (Highan1 ) and two children
Robert W Phillips 39 of Belleville Ont died Sept 21 1987 -John W Robertson 38 of Thorold Ont died Oct 21 1987 He is survived by his wife Elizabeth and daughter Janice Partlow Arts 70
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Henry H Rooke 8 of Barrie Ont died Dec 16 1987 lIe was retired from the Department of National Health and Welfare He is survived by his wife Harriet Mac 40 and daughters Jane Lennox and Nancy RookemiddotAllen CBS 73
Robert H See 65A ofBohon Ont died Nov 14 1987 He was the son of Margaret (Huston) See Mac 33 and the late Dr John N See OAC 35 OVC 38 He is survived by his wife Brenda and two sisters
WilliamT (Bill) Smith 35 ofStfJtford Ont died Sept 19 1987 He is survived by his wife Maude and five children
Annie H Tasi MSc 72 ofGuelph died Dec 9 1987 She received her BSc in Agriculture from the National Taiwan University in 1965 After receiving her masters in horticulture from Guelph she worked as a research technician in the Universipound) Department of Horticultural Science Shc is survived by her hu~band Benjamin and two children
William G Toner 20A and 22 of Guelph died Jan 30 1988 He is survived by hi wife Eileen and four children
W Benson (Ben) Vair 55 of Sarnia died Jan 6 1988 He taught science at Northern Collegiate in Sarnia for 25 years retiring in 1987
A Gordon O Whiteside 20A and 22 of Ottawa died June 2 1987 Ht was retired after 42 years as a cerealist with Agriculture Canada and wa~ a Fellow of thc Agricultural Institute of Canada lie developed sevedl varieties of Canadian whtat one of which bears his namt Gordon He is su rvived byhis wife Irene and three children
Joseph H Willmott 22A of Milton died Oct 23 1987 He is survived by his sonJohn c Willmott 55
PROFESSORS
Dr Denis H Stott professor emeritus since 1980 diedJan 22 1988 in England at 78 He was ftrst chair Department of Psychology from 1966-68 and was intershyna tionally known as a pioneer in deve shyloping learning techniques for hardmiddottOmiddot teach children He founded the Centre for Educational Disabilities which he directed until h is retirement in 1975 His research focused on the causes and promiddot
blems of delinquent school boys He is survived by hiswifeJane and tw children
Dr Robert D Whiteford of Qualicum Beach Vancouver Island former professor Department of Biomedical Sciences died Feb ] 0 1988 He is survived by his wife Beatrice and one son
STAFF Ray Catchpole a member of the Unj middot versitys Sulawesi Regional Development Project team in Indonesia died Nov 27 1987 in Jakarta at 46 He had been with the project sinet its inception in 1984 He is survived by his wife Ani and his mother Muriel Lucas A mcmorial fund has been established in his nanle Contributions may be forwarded to the Department of
Alumni Affairs and Development The fund will provide a bursary for Indonesians and Canadians involved in exchange between the two ountries It will be adminbtered by the niversity School of Rural Planning and Development
FRIENDS
Joseph Arlen of Guelph died Sept 5 1987 He pursued studies at OAC from 1957 to ) 959 before completing an engineering degree at the University of Toronto He is survived by his wife Judy who works in Photographic Services on campus and two children A Joseph Arlen Memorial Prize in Horticulture has been established Contributions may be forshywarded to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development
ASPARAGUS RESEARCHER DIES IN GUELPH
Herman (Herm) Tiessen OAC 51 onc of Canadas fore middot most aspard1t1s researdlers rued in Guelph Dec 10 1987 at 63 Or Ticsscn had been a horticul shyture professor at the University since 1955 and was co-ordinator of the National Asparagus Reshysearch Program
At its fiftieth anniversary meeting in london the day of his death the Ontario Asparagus Growers Marketing Board honored Dr Tiessen as the pershyson who had made the greatest contributions to the industry over the last 50 years He was also weU known for his work on greehouse tOmatoes and for a collaborative project with Texaco that used waste energy from the companys refinery to heat greenhouses
After graduating from OAC Dr Tiessen received his masters and PhD degrees from Michigan State University and returned to his alma mater to join the Department of Horticultural Science He traveUed widely to share his knowledge on veget-
The late Professor Herm Tiessen OAC51
able growing with scientists around the world most recently to New Zealand and Taiwan He -wa a member of the Agricultural Institute of Canada and the Canadjm American and Intermiddot national Societies for Horticulmiddot tural Science He was also an active member of the OAC Alumni Association
He is sUlvived by his wife Marjorie and two children
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JlAVIeuro 17 18 19 GOlf Tournament
The classic confrontation on the green the Gryphon Club Golf Tournament will start things rolling on Friday at the Cutten Club Prizes will be awarded
Barbecue amp CasinO Night
Meet your friends at Alumni House Friday evening for a barbecued feast and try your llck at the casino tables
SIOwpitch Tournament
The Grad loungers will defendtheir championship title at the alumnistudent co-ed slowpitch tournament Why not get a team together to compete for the first-place trophy and other awards Teams should consist of 12 to 20 players with at least six females per team Three one-hour games are guaranteed for each team
Tours Lectures Demonstrations
Tour the new Equine Research Centre see computer laboratory demonstrations at the College of Family and Consumer Studies or catch an enlightening lecture If its nature you enjoy visit the Arboretum the Marine Biology Laboratory or the Elora Gorge Conservation Area
Celebrity Auction
Join in the fun and bid on a fascinating assortment of articles donated by local celebriti~s Lots of surprises in store All proceeds will go to Alumni House
Awards Presentations
At the Presidents Picnic at noOn on Saturday the Alumnus of Honor award and the Alumni Medal of Achievement will be presented Come and celebrate with the recipients
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See page 7 for your Alumni Weekend reservation form For further information see your College section inside or call the Alumni Weekend hotline (519) 824-4120 ext 2102
Class Reunions
Is your class having a reunion Check page 7 to find out Reunions are a great opportunity to meet old
friends and renew acquaintshyances The Alumni Associations will host their graduates of 50
years or more at a Golden Anniversary Din ner
Champagne Brunch
Toast Alumni Weekend 88 at a champagne brunch held on the Alumni House patio Sunday The Guelph Concert Band will provide entertainment
Editor Dr Harold Reed ave 55
LEADING CANCER RESEARCHER DELIVERS FIRST CHAPPEL LECTURE
Anoted medical scientist in cancer research delivered the inaugural address in a new lecture series on campus - the Chappel Lecture in Biomedical Sciences
Dr Harry Rubin spoke February 4 the night before winter convocation ceremonies at which he received an honorary doctor of science degree Dr Michael Smith a leading Canadian molecular biologist also received an honorary degree at winter convoshycation
The Chappel Lecture will be an annual event on campus bringing scholars of international repute to address students faculty and the public It was established by Dr
D1~ Harry Rubin hooded by Umversity secretay Barbara Abercrombie is congratulatedby Chancellor William A Stewart
CLifford 1 Chappel OVC 50 and hLi wife in memory ofhis father Herbert James Chappel and was hosted in its first year by OVe
Dr Rubin began his work in the area of viruses in Mexico after gradu shyating from Cornell University as a veterinarian in 1947 He later joined the S Public Health Service became senior research fellow at the California Institute ofTechnology and has held several research pOSitions at the ni shyversity of California Berkeley where he is now professor of molecular biology and research virologist He is known for his contributions to the field of cell growth regulation and malignanqr
Dr Rubins lecture Is Cancer Caused by Cancer Gerzes or the Folly ofReductionism explored popular theories of cancer-causing genes
OVC GRAD WORKS TOWARD BILINGUAL EDUCATION IN CANADA
Dr Susan (Tilt ) Purdy OVC 68 strongly believes that Canada can be a bilingual nation To that end he is serving as national president of Canadian Parents for French (CPF) a 16500-mcmber nation-wide volunshytary association of parents intere ted in promoting the best possible french second language programs at all educational levels
CPF acts as an information-sharing resource for parents educators governments and the general public on French education opportunities in Canada Sue says it is a unique organization because it represents the majority language group advoshycating the language of the minority and thus is a bridge between the two solitudes
Sue moved to New Brunswick after graduation from OVC and practised veterinary medicine in Moncton with her husband Dr James G Purdy OVC 50 until 1974 when they sold their hospital and moved ro Sackville Presently Sue is in small animal prac shytice with her husband in Sackvillc on
Susan (Tilt) Pu-dy OVC 68 sbaresa conversation with Fernand Robichaud MP for West Moreland Kent (left) and DIberville Fortier CommissionerofOffidaI Languages at the 10th anniversary ofCanadian Parents for Frerzch in 1987
a limited part-time basis as she serves her second year as CPF president
Sue became involved in educational issues and joined CPF 10 years ago when her two children started school Now n and 16 both children are enrolled in continuing French immershyion programs and Sue says shes satist1ed that she has given them the
best start she can at becoming bilinshygual J now devotc most of my time to ensuring that other Canadian hildren have a right and opportunity
to learn both of Canadas official languages in the public school sysshyteOl she explains
Sue ha fond memories of Guelph and her fellow students at OVC in the sixties Our paths have continued to cross over the years and I always look forward to such encounters she says Although I am not lIsing my formal training a great deal at the moment the education I received at Guelph has fitted me well for the advocacy role I play poundOday My only wish is that [ could have graduated a bilingual veterinarian - but alas those were different times That is why I work so hard to ensure future graduates from all our universities will not be Limited to expression in only one language
Editors Note Ifyou would like more illformation about CPF write to 309 Cooper Street Suite 2OJ Ottawa Ontalio K2P OG5
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OVC GRAD FOUNDS WORLD WOMENS VETERINARY
ASSOCIATION DrBetsy McGregor OVC 87 didnt expect to become president of the worlds ftrst association for professhysional women veterinarians when she auended her first World Veterinary Congress in Montreal last summer But when she discovered that the only female vet group the womens auxiliary was not designed to address specific professional issues for women vets she invited interested women to a meeting Sixty-eight women from 24 countries attended When the meeting was over Betsy had been elected founding president of the World Womens Veterinary Associashytion (WWV A) and a set of objectives had been struck
Career enhancement is the core objective The WWVA will promote awareness of professional opportunishyties for women veterinarians on difshyferent continents and within the United ations international agencies A quarterly WWVA Newsletter will list such opportunities around the world
The WWVA is also committed to professional and personal developshy
ment through practice exchanges betshyween countries university visits leave opporrunities and house exchanges For example the founding member fro m Kenya suggested hOliday or academic exchanges between her colleagues in Africa and women veterinarians interested in wildlife The iWVA Newsletter will contain a listing of members wishing to partishycipate in s1lch exchanges
Above all the WWVAis committed to a humanitarian contribution to international agriculture About half of the 24 countries represented in the Asso ciation are developing nations Recognizing that in many of these countries women contribute signiftcantly to livestock production the WWV A wants to provide support to these women who because of cultural constraints may not have the same access to services as men To this end Betsy contacted the president of the Associated Country Women of the World Dr Ellen McLean also a Canadian The two organizations will work as affiliates in international aid projects to deliver livestock and
Dr Betsy McGregor ove 87 and son at last years convocation ceremonies
veterinary medical care to Third World nations
Following a masters degree in rural farming systems from McMaster -nishyversity Betsy worked for the United Nations Food and Agr icultural Organization around the world during the 1970s She returned from overseas and commenced studies at OVC in the 1980s Upon graduation she worked as a special assistant to OVC Dean Ole ielsen co -ordinating OVCs international programs She is currently working as a eterinarian with Agriculture Canada
For more information about the WWVA contact Betsy at PO Box 6069 Station J Ottawa K2A ITl
OVC STUDENTS HOST FIRST CONFERENCE The first Canadian Veterinary Stushydents Conference hosted by OVC in January was a big success according to OVC student Andrea Ellis president of the Central Vcterinary Students Association (CVSA)
There is a student conference in the United States but the Canadians get lost in the crowd We decided it was a good time being OVCs 125th anniversary in 1987 to have something right in our own backyard Andrea explains
The OVC snldent council of the CVSAhad been preparing since Mar h 1987 for the two full days of scientific
sessions and recreational events About 60 students and faculty attenshyded from the Atlantic Veterinary College University of Prince Edward Island the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Montreal St Hyacinthe and the Western College of Veterinary Medicine niversity of Saskatchewan Attendance from avc students ranged from 180 to 300 depending on the event
OVC has always had a FrenchshyEnglish student exchange with St HyaCinthe and we knew there was enthusiasm in the West because they talked for years about organizing a hockey tournament But we were
really surprised by the Atlantic Veterinary College Their school has only been operating a few years and out of about 96 students 19 came to conference says Andrea
A conference fund has now been set up and will be administered by the Students of the Canadian Vetershyinary Medical Association n1e conshyference location will be rotated among the four colleges with St Hyacinthe probably hosting next year says Andrea Weve been told that weve started something big Everyone had a really good time and we hope the conference will continue for a long tinle
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DR IAN TAYLOR DOING HIS ullONS SHARE Dr Ian W Taylor avc 43 of Wheeling Illinois puts enthusiasm into everything he does [ figure if Im going to do it Im going to be enthusiastic he was quoted recently in a local newspaper article
As OVC class of 43 president Ian co-chaired the 40th reunion of his class at Alumni Weekend in 1983 along with Dr Archie MacKinnon He acted as master of ceremonies for the program and arranged a display of memorabilia Fourteen out ofa possishyble 31 members of the class were present
TIlis year [an is pushing for 100 per cent attendance at the 45th reunion during Alumni Weekend Perfect attendance is something Ian knows about
He has served the community of Wheeling as a veterinarian for over 30 years Although most of his work has been with dogs cats and a few birds he has also dedicated a great amount of time to lions - bUl nol the four legged kind He recently received
GOOD EWES Three sets of genetically identical lambs are the first anio1aJs bom from bisected embryos at the University
]n December six surrogate ewes delivered nine lambs - three sets of twins and three singles - that had developed from embryos micro shysurgically bisected and implanted five months earlier
Project leader Dr Calhy Gartley ove 82 now completing a DVSc degree in the Department of Clinical Studies says the accomplishment is a milestone for the University
1 find it exciting that these are the first genetically identical animals created and born at the University of Guelph she says They represent the first ofmany such twins in several species that University researchers hope to soon realize
Besides maximizing embryo use this project demonstrates the potenshytial to create Significant numbers of
Dr Ian Taylor OVC 43 with some of the hundreds ofpins hehas collected on visits to Lions CLubs a1(mnd the world
a special award from the International Lions Club for exemplary work in lhe field of international relations He has attended Lions Club meetings in 57
Twin lambs Mutton and jeff who began life as the same embryo am shown with Dr Cathy Gartley avc 82 under the watChful eye of their sutTOgate mothet Q2
genetically identical aninlals that are vital for consistent research results
Dr Gartleys project is supported by the Ontario Ministry ofAgricu Iture and Food (OMAF) and the Eleanor Gartshore Memorial Shnp Trust
different countries and hasnt missed a monthly meeting in 29 years
He has served the Wheeling Club as preSident newsletter editor and public relations chairnlan and has twice been named Lion of the Year In 1982he received tbe MeJvinJones Fellowship award for dedication to humanitarian services and recently he was recognized by a resolution in the Illinois House of Representatives for his Lions Club work He says his greatest pleasure is watching the joy that d isabled children get from a Lions-sponsored camp in Lake Villa each year He has been involved in ftmd-raising for the disabled which is the Lions main objective both locally and abroad
Ian would like to hear from alumni who are members of Lions Intershynational to exchange information and souvenirs used by the clubs throughout the world of Lionism He would also like his OVC class of 43 members to immediately send back the questionnaires mailed to them by the Alumni Office in December for the purpose of producing a class anniversary newsletter These may be sent [0 him at 7695 Milwaukee Ave Wheeling lllinois 60090 or to Dr Archie MacKinnon RR 4 Cambridge Onto 1R 555
SPEAKERS TOUR
The OVC Alumni Association invites alumni to hear two dynashymic guest speakers and tour the Equine Research Centre during Alumni Weekend June 18
Dr Bruce Fogle OVC 70 of London England practitioner and author will speak on The Changing Role Of the Veterinshyarian in SmallAnimalPractice and Dr Brian Brandenburg OVC 68 M Sc 71 president of Guelph International Developshyment Consultants will speak on Veterinary Medicine in the Third World
The progranl will conclude with a dinner and dance
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Editor Carol yn (Redden) Moore 84
FROM THE PRESIDENT
While writing this message at the end ofJanuary I realize the mid-point of this years board of directors acti shyvities has arrived I reflect on two goals I set at our annual meeting last June to evaluate our contact with Mac-FACS alumni and increase memshybership in our alumru association
Upon graduation you do not autoshymatically become a member f the Mac-FACS Alumni Association You become a member by paying an annultll or life membership fee This money helps the board ofdirectors carry out activities on your behalf for both students and aluo1ni
At (he January board meeting we discussed the services our Association provides Our visibility with students is quite high through schOlarship presentations careers night and a reception for the graduating class Our services to alumni may need to be redefined What would you like us to provide orgaruze or sponsor
Our annual seminar was cancelled in October 1986 due to a lack of registrants Should we attempt to organize another
LOnYline Holding 71
Your board wants to increase its ConLlct with a greater number ofyou Where and when would you like us to be active7 What projects would you like us to consider
Please send your comments to us at Alumni House University ofGuelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2Wl Also why not come to our 1988 annual meeting June 18 J hope to hear from you soon
Sincerely Lorraine Holding 71 MacmiddotFACS Alu m ni As ociation President
FACS students Suzie Chin and Tracey Vent chat with Barb Stuart FAGS 71 faculty representative on the Mac-FACS Alumni Association s board Of directors at the annual party for graduating students hosted by the Assodation in February Sixty-five students 15 board members and several faCUlty members attended this yems party
CALLING ALL HOME
ECONOMISTS Towards 2000 Challenges and Opportunities is the theme of the Canadian Home Economics Associashytion (CHEA) National Conference at the Univer-ity July 10-13 The conshyference will be of intere t to alumni who graduated in programs related to family and consumer studies foods and nutrition home economics or human ecology
CHEA with a membership of2000 is committed to provide professional development for its members through programs workshops and special interest sessions A major part fits mandate is to create an awareness of new products and services in the market place
Frank Feather a well-known global futurist with a business-like approach will be the keynote speaker at the CIlEA conference He will address the challenges and opportunities of the future Dr Ehler Park a consultant with A5A willexplainhowplanning for outer _pace affects everything from the food we eat to how children will play
Other topics at the conference will include artificial vs natural sweetshyeners issues of an aging population space-age textiles SMART house - a totally computerized environment human sexuality free trade and agri shycu lture food irrJdiatjon and financ ial p lanning
Well-known Canadian entertainer Nanlt-Y White whose satirical songs arc often heard on CBC radio will perform following the opening ceremonies
Many pre and post-conference actishyvities are planned including trips to the Stratford Festival Niagara-on-theshyLake and Niagara Falls Waterloo County ( Farmer Market ) and the village of Elora
The conference offers an excellent opportunity for professional deveshylopment and networking For more information contact Wilda Waldron registration chair CHEA Conference 88 168 Maple Street Guelph Ontario N I G 2G7 ( 519) 836-9551
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FACS GRAD FINDS HEART IN THE ARTS
I ts strange how things work Ollt
Im glad r received a well-rounded education at Guelph It prepared me for th e future reflects Eva Eichenbaum FACS 75
Eva is one often Niagara Peninsula poets featured in Voices from the Niagara a book of local poems colshylelttcd by Pcter and Brenda Baltensperger and published in 1987 ( Moonstone Press 8795 )
Reviewing the book in the Hamilton Spectator John Terpstra writcs Thcre are some very good poems here and a few are standouts I especia lly enjoyed those of Eva Eichenbaum and David Haskins
Eva was born in Sweden the daughter of Estonian refugees who escaped their homeland during the Second World War She camc to Canada with ber family at age two and grew up in Niagara Falls where she attended Stamford Collegiate and won the Upper Scbool English Award at graduation
After a year of travel in 1969 as Miss iagara Hospitality for the Niagara
Promotion Association she enrolled at the University of Guelph to earn a Bachelor of Applied Science degrce and also took some courses at the
niversity of Helsinki Finland She then earned her Bachelor of Education degree at the College of Education Brock n iversity St Catharines and now teaches English and Television Arts at Merritton High School in that city
She started her career in education as a Family Studies teacher and was once head of the Family Studies Department at Merritton but found that her heart was really in English and the creative arts She used to teach theatre arts and also formed the Merriuon High School Dance Commiddot pany Sht teaches ballet and has written several musical comedies for her theatre and dance students
I got the idea for the style and format of the musicals fro m College Royals Curtain Call at Guelph I had a role in the production Der Keller a take-off on Cabaret in my final year she explains
NEW CHAIR TO BROADEN FOCUS IN
CONSUMER STUDIES Teaching and research in the Department ofConsumer Studies has focused on consumer affairs particushylarly consumer behavior and the basic necessities - food clothing and housing New department chairJohn Pratschke sees a need to review and perhaps expand this focus
Professor Pratschke says he was drawn to Guelph because of his interest in consumer economics The University has one of the few departmiddot ments in Canada with a consumer emphasis He plans to preserve the departments unusual linking ofsocial SCience business and technology but broaden the rangt ofstudy to include other products and services important
to the budgets of Canadian house shyholds
The employer market is happy with Consumer Studies graduates says Promiddot fessor Pratschke but there is a need for better communication about the program w ith secondary school stushyden ts We must get across the message that marketing is an inter shyesting challenge and that the program is professionally oriented without lOSing its base in product technology
Born in Ireland Professor Pratschke received his bachelor of commerce master ofeconomic science and PhD at University College Cork He has taught at the University of Waterloo University College Ga lway and
Eva EiclJenbaum FACS 75
Five of Evas poems are featured in tht 63 middotpage Voices f1Om the Niagara and she has donated a copy of the book to the University Lihrary She has also had poems published in Souldust and Pearls Sixth Edition ( Moonstone Press) and There Is a book productd by the Niagara Chapter of the Canadian Authors Association In the future she hopes to take some tinle out from teaching to study broadshycasting
PrOfessorjohn Pratschke
Memorial University Newfoundland He has published widely on the economics ofconsumer expenditures and on European housing policy agrimiddot culture banking and business education
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Mike Traub HAF-A 78 general manager Victoria Place Retirement Lodge Kitchenel discusses his career with a group ofstudents at the HAFA Alumni Assodatiolls annual Careers Night held on campus in January Thirty-seven alumni involved in a vanmiddotety ofcareers volunteered their time to the popular event
HAFA ALUMNI EXCHANGE SEMINAR HELD
Nancy Plato FACS 81
FACS PEOPLE Naney Plato FACS 81 ( Consumer Studies ) the new OAC liaison coshyordinator will acquaint high school students and guidance counsellors with opportunities in the agricultural sciences at Guelph
Enrolment at OAC has declined over the past few years and _ aney will work at increasing student numbers through recruitment and marketing
The position ofliaison co-ordinator is a new one for OAe Nancy says one of her main objectives is to broaden the understanding high school stushydents have ofGuelphs programs She plans to use her well-rounded view of agriculture and its related proshygrams combined with her recruitshyment experience
Nancy is back in Guelph from a position in secondary school liaison at Mount Royal College Calgary She is married to Paul Thiel OAC 82 and is an active member of the Mac-FACS Alumni Association board of directors
Professors Kathleen Brown Lila Engberg and Griffith Morgan have all retired from the Department of Family Studies Professor Elizabeth Upton HAFA will retire in July
Professor John Auld Consumer Studies has produced the Human Settlements Audio-Visual Resources Catalogue It is published by the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Warren Adamson vice-president development Delta Hotels gave the keynote address What is the Canadian Tourism Industry Anyway at the annual HAFA Alumni Exchange Seminar held November 4 at the DelL Chelsea Inn Toronto
This professional development event was sponsored by the HAFA
MOllica Hrybko HAFA 88 (left) received Ci HAFA AlumniAssociation Life Membership from Association president Morag McKenzie 82 The membership is given to a graduating student as selected by his or her peers with a minimum 70 per cent accumulative average who has had outstanding involvement ill the School andor University
Alumoi Association in co-operation with Pannell Kerr Forster lL gave lIAFA grads an opportunity to listen to experts in the field speak 00 various topical hospitality issues including pay equity the human resource risis trends in the hotel and foodservice industry and business planning
CONFERENCE
In Search of Healthy Sexuality
June 13-15 1988
The University of Guelphs 10th an nual sexua li ty conference sponshysor d byThe Department of Fami ly Studies wil l examine current issues in human sex u lily tea hing approaches in sexducation and counse llin g m thod for sexual problems
Keynote Ad dress by Dr Ruth Westheimer
For further info rmation write Co ntinu ing Education Di ISlon Univers ity of Guelph Gu Iph
nta ri N 1 G 2W1 or telephone (5 19) 824-4120 ex 3956
Registration Limit d Apply early
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OAC ALUMNI NEWS Editor Richard Buck 76A
OAC GRAD GIVES GIFT OF WATER TO THAI VILLAGERS
By janet Dumo
Water is not taken for granted in northeast Thailand Usually there is too little of it The sandy laterite soils do not hold water They crack and parch during the hot dry season Ponds shrink Streams and some wells dry up Even in the rainy season the rains are often late or insufficient and the rice crops wither in the fields
But sometimes there is too much water Heavy rains cause flash floods Which drown crops and wash pesti shycides and decaying organic matter into unprotected pit wells There is not enough clean drinking water to ensure good health
A CUSO priority in Thailand is to increase village self-sufficiency and improve the standard of living through the development ofsmall-scale water resources particularly in the north and northeast the poorest regions of the country CUSO engineers placed with departments of local adminisshytration survey and design small spillways dams and piped water systems They develop an under shystanding of indigenous water proshyblems and help viUagers develop water resource technology to deal with these problems
In most villages in Surin province the water is imprisoned under a 20shymetre thick layer of heavy clay comshypacted into red brick-like rock
Ed von Euw OAC 84 returned to Canada in December after two years as a CUSO water resources engineer in Surin While there he worked with two percussion water-jet well-drilling rigs one an Appropriate Technology Association ( A TA) rig originally used in India and Africa the other based on an indigenous village model
Ed found theATA rig needed modi shyfications to make it easier for villagers to operate Most important was the change from a hand to foot-powered lever which the villagers found much less exhausting to work But at $625 the ATA rig is expensive to buy and the Honda motor which pushes water
Ed von EllW and co-worker teaching pump maintenance ill Surin Thailand
down the hole to tlush out the soil and rock particles can use up to $4 of fuel a day
Ed spent several months looking at rigs used by Surin farmers and finally adapted a model from one used by Khun Hong of Muang Pet a village near Surin town Khun Hongs rig uses a pole and beam arrangement making it less durable and steady than the tripod form used in Eds adapted rig The new rig uses a hand-powered Lucky pump made in Taiwan and fanliliar to villagers
The Honda pump used in the ATA drilling rig must be repaired in town and a smaU repair may cost $10 while a repair to the Lucky pump can be done by villagers for less than a doUar Spare parts are available everywhere The drill bilS are made from truck springs in the same Surin shop that made the rig to Eds specillcations They cost only 96 ccors each as opposed to the S7-bits used in the ATA rig
Using smaller pipe and bit than the ATA rig Eds adapted rig drills more quickly through rock and is lighter and easier to use It requires only two people to ope(dte the foot lever The ATA rig requires four or five Eds rig cost $192 to make including pump and accompanying tools and can be constructed by villagers in a small weldingmachine shop if there is a demand for more
Eds rig was tested in Ban Se Jaruk on a site divined by a villager Working
intermittently the villagers went d wn 25 metres in one and a half weeks much of the time grinding through the red rock When water they were pumping down the hole suddenly disappeared and didnt come up again they were afraid they had damaged the rig But instead it was a sign of having broken into a vein of water which was now absorbing any other water poured down So water had been found delicious and abundant right behind the assistant headmans house
The Ban Se Jaruk well has been capped with a rower pump purchased from ATA for S17 The pump is based on a bamboo model used in fndia The tubewell pipe and pump are made of plastic - more acceptable than steel which gives the water an unpleasant taste
Ed carried out a four-month wellshydrilling project in co-operation with Khun Darune of the Northeast Thailand ( ET) Project Funded by the Canadian Internat ional Deve shylopment Agency and assisted by CUSO it is a rural development program in operation since 1981 in 52 villages along the Thai-Kampuchean border The villagers of Ban Se Jaruk elated with their initial success borrowed Eds rig to drill more wells In total seven rigs were built from Eds proto shytype and distributed to four other villages Over 100 successful wells have been drilled in the area to date
EdilO1-S NoteanetDuma is a CUSO special program officer in Malaysia Sbe bas worked as an Englisb teacber witb CUSO in fi)aiand andMaaysia
Ed von Euw a Stratford native graduated from Guelpb witb a BSc in engineering in December J984He llas 011 tbe deans bonor roll three times and received an engineering scbolarsbip in 1983 Before going overseas in November 1985 be workedfor Enllironment Canada as a bydrornettic engineer He is now studying f01 a masters degree in engineering at Guelph
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Professor Harold Crawford OAC 58 MSc 7 0
OAC PEOPLE ProfessorJohn Burton OAC 62 and Brian McBride CBS 78 OAC MSA 80 Department of Animal and Poultry Science have received $400000 from the Ministry ofColleges and niversities Research Incentive Fund for contract research in partnershyship with Cyanamid Canada Inc of Toronto They will examine the effecshytiveness of the hormone BST in increasing milk production in dairy cattle as well as any other effects of the agent
Gordon MacLeod OAC 50 has retired from the Department ofAnimal and Poultry Science after 31 years at the UniversityJohn Summers OAC 53 MSA 59 has also retired from the Department of Animal and Poultry Science after 25 years at the University
Harold Crawford OAC 58 MSc 70 who recently retired as coshyordinator of the Ontario Diploma in Horticulture Program Independent Study Division after 29 years at the University has received the Ontario Parks Association (OPA) recognition award for Significant contribution to the betterment of parks the proshyfession and the envirorunent through his work in continuing education He has been a member of the educational committee of the OPA for 14 years The Ontario Diploma in Horticulture program graduated its first students in 1963 and now has 500 alumni
Marilyn Dykstra OAC 78 is new director of the Universitys Pest
Marilyn Dykstra OAC 78
Diagnostic and Advisory Clinic The clinic is working at maximum capacity with marc than 30000 inquiries to its credit since it opened nine years ago says Marilyn It receives everyshything from live specimens of earwigs and spiders to diseased ornamentals and fruit and vegetable crops Most specimens come from home gar shydeners she ays but the clinic has a growing clientele among commercial growers landscape businesses and other industries Through its service and extension functions the clinic has accumulated a reference collecshytion of more than 10000 slides and specimens as well as a list of resource people from across campus
Dr R Keith (Chip) Chapman OAC 40 has retired from the Department ofEntomoJogy University of Wisconsin Madison following a distinguished areer spanning 40 years A two-day symposium was held in his honor last June and The R Keith Chapman Vegetable Entomology SchOlarship was established with funds collected in lieu ofa retirement gift He has also been named professor emeritus Attending the symposium and retirement recognition party in Madison were Keiths brothers Ross also OAC 40 and Douglas OAC 44 and sister Helen Stockwell a graduate of Macdonald College McGiJl Univershysity Montreal and OAC Dean Freeman McEwen
When Bruce Brown OAC 85 received his degree from former agri shyculture minister William A Stewart chancellor ofthe Universi tyofGuelph he asked what steps he could take to
Dr R Keith (Chip) Chapman andhis brother Ross both OAC 40
become the minister of agriculture and food Little did he know that two and a half years later he would be minister - if only for a day
In December he shared the duties of Ontarios minister Jack RiddeD OAC 57 as his prize for winning a public speaking contest at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Bruce who operates a Newcastle dairy beef and cash crop farm with his father spoke on the survival of the farm family in Ontario
ETHICS IN AGRICULTURE Ethical issues in agriculture such as animal welfare are generally debated from an emotional viewpoint Proshyfessor Frank Hurnik OAC PhD 71 Animal and Poultry Science and Pro shyfessor Hugh Lehman Philosphy are hoping to change that through the journal of Agricultural Ethics an international quarterly publication which offers a forum for discussing moral issues related to food and food production
We hope this publication will act as a bridge between those who philo shysophize about agricu ltural ethics and those actively involved in plant and animal use says Professor Hurnik Its a scholarly refereed journal but it wont be bogged down with speciashylized technical jargon As a result we believe it will be useful to the farm community and we expect leaders from that field will be contributors not just readers
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Professor Fredjelome and his wife Faye look over a catalogue of the Universitys art collection
ALOVEOFART Back in 1968 Fred N Jerome OAC 33 established a trust fund to purshychase art produced by promising young Canadian artists
I was a full professor then and I could afford to do it (set up a trust fund) I felt art deserved a little push and I wanted to see the niversitys art collection expand explains the now retired professor ofgenetics and poultry science at Guelph
Forty-two Canadian works have been purchased to date through lhe F - Jerome Trust Fund and a special exhibi t of these works will be featured at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre beginning Alumni WeekendJune 18 and continuing throughout the sununer
Professorjeromes personal favorite in the collection is Ken Danbys silkshyscreen The Skates
I like Danbys technique His work is almost as realistic as a color photoshygraph but you can still tell its a painting he explains
He is also fond ofDiego Drawing a lithography by Jack Chanlbers a London Ontario artist and Gene Chus delicate Spider Series
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre Director Judith Nasby says Fred Jerome has made an outstanding contribution to the growth of the Universitys Canadian art collection - one of the largest univer itycollecshytions in the province He has recogshynized the tremendous growth and vitality of the art community in Canada by specifying that works be purchased from young artists
A LOVE OF LI LI ES The expression lily white has little meaning for Bill Evans His favorite lilies are bright orange and yellow I like the ones that almost glow and catch your eye from 100 yards away says the retired Department of Horti shycultural Science professor
Professor Evans lilies are certainly eye-catching for anyone travelling north of Guelph on Highway 6 betshyween mid-June and mid-August Splashes of spectacular color glow from his field of lilies near Marden (behind the home of Marjorie and the late George Durnford ) - a welshycome surprise for those accustomed to seeing only the popular Easter white variety
Im obsessed with lilies admits Professor Evans who retired in 1985 after 28 years of researching phult breeding and teaching small fruit proshyduction at the University of Guelph ) like their variety and scope They are perennial plants that grow at different heights Some have flowers that face up some face down and some face out Some are trumpet shaped some have petals that curve back Some are scented and some are unscented
As a child Professor Evans grew flowers and vegetables in his parents big garden north of Calgary After six years in the army he enrolled at the
niversity of Alberta to study hortishycu lture During his second year in 1947 he began hybridizing lilies Following graduation he worked as a fruit breeder for the federal governshyment in Alberta for eight years before coming to Guelph in 1957 He conshytinued to breed and grow lilies at the
niversity and on plots of land that friends like Professor Ted Me inch (and now Mrs Durnford) let him use
The University has quite a history of lily breeding says Professor Evans The late Isabella Preston a lecturer at Guelph before Professor Evans time went on the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa and to world fame for her ornamental crabapples lilacs and lilies The late Jc Taylor a professor at Guelph was well-known for his lily breeding and introduced Professor Evans to many other breeders He
told me that my lilies needed more vigor and let me use some of his plants in my work
Professor Evans introduced three new varieties of lilies through the University and registered some of Professor Taylors They were marshyketed in the United States So far Professor Evans has had 17 varieties of lilies internationally registered Anyone can do this he says modestly You just write a full desshycription of the plant pick a name that hasn t been used before and send it to the Royal Horticultural Society in England prekrrably with a photo The new names are published every year
It s hard coming up with new nanles though says Professor Evans He has named some of his varieties after the area in which they were grown shyArkel Marden Gold Aberfoyle He named one after his granddaughter Bronwen and one after his wife Ethelwaite ( her first and maiden names ) She gets a thrill whenever she sees that name on a ( flower show) prize list somewhere he says
Pink and pastel lilies are Professor Evans speciality and his favorite is a variety he caBs Blusbing Maiden It has mauvey pink tips with a white centre
Professor Evans and his wife edH a newsletter three times yearly for the Ontario Regional Lily Society and Professor Evans has just ended a two year term as president of the North American lily Society He has judged at nower shows all over Canada and the nited States and will preside at an international show in Hamilton in July
Because of his hobby Professor Evans is enjoying retirement He spends about 25 hours a week on his lilies in the summer months During the off season he grows seeds and works on his records He is working on increasing the number ofvarieties including spotless ones ( most lilies have spots which are dominant ) He is pleased that some of his former students are now growing lilies entering shows and joining li ly societies
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RURAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT GRADS TO FORM ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
The University School ofRural Planshyning and Development ( USRPampD ) was inaugurated at Guelph in 1980
USRPampD is built on the strengths of past Guelph initiatives such as the Centre for Resources Development and the Rural Development Outreach Project It is formally recognized by the Canadian Institute of Planners and offers Masters level programs in rural planning rural development international rural development and resources management It is also actively engaged in research and community outreach
Recent research topics have in shycluded land availabi Iityfor agricu lture
local economic development strateshygies rural aging northern and native community plannjng and developshyment rural transportation computer applications in planning and deve shylopment and water and waste management to name a few This research was conducted throughout Canada and arollnd the world inshycluding Nepal Kenya Indonesia St Lucia Belize and Botswana
The outreach interests ofthe School are fully integrated with its teaching and research activities Recent out shyreach projects have included the Childcare Network Project for families in rural Wellington County an evaJu shy
ation of the rural development proshygrams ofa Jesuit mission in southern Ethiopia a heritage strategy for the Town of IngerSOll and a recreation needs assessment for Sault Ste Marie
Graduates of USRPampD as well as graduates of the former Centre for Resource Development are now being invited to form an alumni association to keep members updated on School activities their fellow alumni and issues concerning rural planning and development For further information contact Professor Harry Cummings USRampD University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N1G 2WI ( 519) 824-4120 ext 6783
JOIN YOUR OAC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NOW Did you know that as a graduate of OAC you are not automatically a member of the OAC Alumni Assoshyciation However anyone involved in a formal agricultural education at OAC ( past present or future ) is not only eligible to become a member but is encouragetl to do so
The OAC Alumni Association is a separate entity from the University of Guelph Alumni Association anti has specific responsibilities It awards
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ARTS Joanna Black 81 Ls aisistant direclOr curator The Marietta-Cobb Fine Arts Centre Marietta Georgia
Richard Hoffman 78 a Canadian Press journalist in Toronto is married pound0 Martine Bracey CBS 77
Laura Mezey-Hamid 82 administrative assistant to the vice-president of finance Penningtons Stores Umjted Toronto is married to Shaheed Hamid CSS 82
John Laurence (Stash) Stasiw 76 is marketing manager Philips Electronics Ltd Scarborough
Dirk Vanbattum 75 is vice-president Eddie May Mysteries Ottawa
CBS Michael Best 77 is a research technician Cross Cancer Institute Edmonton
GRAD NEWS EUzabeth Jane (Kempe) Coker 82 a resource worker CaJedon Parent-ChiId Centre Bolton is married to Dr Ted Coker OVC 87
Janet Ebanks 86 is a medical social worker Cayman overnment Health Sershyvices George Town Grand Cayman Cayman Islands British West Indies
Kevin Ferguson 80 supervisor of Outdoor Education for the Elgin County Board of Education married Suzanne Schmid BEd (Nipissing) 82 in April 1987 She works for the Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority They live near Aylmer
Michael Hackenberger 81 is president Canadian Zoological Systems Toromo
Heather Hattin 84 (HK) whose rowing accomplishments were featured in the winter 1987 issue ofthe GuelphAlumnus won Canadas first-ever gold medal in womens rowing in the double-scull event at the world championships in Copenhagen last summer
Cynthia (Porter)JefIrey 85 is studying for an MSc in Food Science at the University of Manitoba She is married to ScottJefIrey OAC 82 assistant professor ofAgncul tural Economics at the University of Manitoba They live in Winnipeg
Dr Gord Kennedy 85 senior chemist Union Carbine Corp Bound Brook New Jersey is married to Carrie Feaver CPS 84
Steven Kerr 77 is regional fisheries biologist Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources KemptviUe
Jim Lee 73 is director Research Services Min istry of Tourism Recreation and Culture Victoria BC
David Lemon 79 is senjor wildlife biologist S Fudge and Altsociates Ltd Saint Johns Nfld
Larry Patterson 76 is Grand Forks and District Aquatic Centre Manager Grand Forks Bc
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Stephen Rabbetts 79 is a zookeeper Metro Toronto Zoo Wcsthill
Cathy Oohnson) Rewcastle 80 is a fur biologist Manitoba atural Rcsources Winnipcg
Brian Sntith 78 micro ~)Stcms manager Natural Sciences Centre The University ofWestcrn Ontario London is married to Debra Bond CSS 79
Bradly Veitch 86 is second brewer Wellington County Brewery Guelph
Michael Wade 87 is responsible for aquaculture programs at Kpong Farms Volta River Authority Akuse Ghana the site of a major hydro-electric installation
P Allen Woodliffe 76 is the first and only district ecologist with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Chatham Districr He is married to Marie Gedcke FACS 75 and has a son Timothy TIl y Jive in Rondeau Provincial Park here Allen was park naturalist for 10 years before moving to the Chatham office
CPS Dr Syed Ahmed 87 is assistant proshyfessor Departme nt of Statistical and AClUarial Sciences University of Western Ontario London
Susan (Bishop) GraJ1am R3 a fourth year medical student Faculty ofMcdicinc University of Toronto is marri ed fO Don Graham CSS 83 CBS MSc 87 who is a ftl ll-time parent to their threc-year-old twins
Robert Lake 77 a self-employed conshysulting geolOgist is married to Susan Kay OAC 77 a human relations specialist with Petro Canada They live in Calgary
Robert Whitehead 79 is a mi ncr Denison Mines Ell iot Lake
Caroline (Carly) Williams 85 is a software engineer Wild Leitz Canada Toronto
CSS John Babcock 8 is special cabinet assistant Office of Minister of State (Forestry and Mines ) Ottawa
Jana Fie MA 87 i a neuropsychological associate Brazos Valley Rehabilitat ion Center Bl)an Texas
Danny Leung R6 is news submiddoteditor Asia Television Limited Hong Kong
Allison (Shaughnessy) Scanlan 84 production supervisor G I of Canada shyTruck Assltmbly Oshawa is mlITied [() Michael Scanlan 84 directo r of pur hasing Arbor Capital Rltsources
middotoronto
Patricia Sorbam 80 is executive assisshytant to the Ontario Minister of Energy Toronto
G Llewellyn Watson MA 70 a proshyfessor at the University of Prince Edward Island has written a texthook Dilemmas and Contradictions in Sucial 7beor) published by University Press of America
Terry Wright 76 is account manager John Logan National Leasing Bramptoll
MAC-FACS Marie (Tomelin) Cowlin 78 is brand manager Distillers Co Canada Ltd Toronto
Debbie Foster MSc 87 is medical coshyordi natorsex educator Youth Clinical Services Inc Down~view
Marilyn (Shirley) Goodwin 75 MSc 77 a research officer for CSC Ottawa h ma rricd to Fred Goodwin HAFA 75
Margaret (CJark)Jordan 82 manager Agricultural Employment Services Cmada Farm Iabour Pool Newmarkct is married to BrianJordan OAC 81
Margo (Payne) Langan 83 marketing communications co-ordinator Moore Response Technologies Mississauga is married toJohn Langan CBS 75
Nancy (Howard) Martin 81 senior contract managemcnt officer Consumer Products and Trtffic Management Brmch DepartJllent of Supply and Service~ Hull Que is marriltd to Phillip Martin CBS ( HK) 82
Helga (Strenzke) McDonald 84 public relations officer Centrilia Collegc Huron Park is married to Ian McDonald OAC 83
Marilyn Sewell-Kelley 78 is agriculshytura l health and safel) comiddotordinacor Rural Organizations and Services Branch OMAF Guelph and lives near Paris
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James Allen 77 (ODH ) is president of Allens Turf Services Ltd Calgary
Martin Bohl 85 is policy advisor OMAJ Toronto
Guy Bonnetta 79 manager Pioneer Overseas CorpJohnston Iowa is married to Carolyn Knowles CBS 78
Stew Carpenter 50 president ofDivershysity Farms Inc Paw Paw Midligan is married to Olive McEwan 79A scltretary-tnasurer ofDiversity Farms Inc
Harold Cau 60A and 67 is viceshypreSident Barnes Wines Limited St Catharines
Elroy Cober 85 and his wife Rhoda have begun three-year Mennonite Central Committee assignments inKabwe Zambia Elroy is working as provincial o ilseed office r and Rhoda as a general health worker
Eileen (Emmett) Cole 79 a registered
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TODAY NORTH AMERICAN LIFE 5650 Yong St North YoriltoOntario M2M G4
Lloyd Curtis OAC 7J MSc 74
nurse Colchester Hospital Truro 5 is married to Bill Cole 79 regional sales manager Clarence Farm Services L(vcr Truro
laura Cole 80 is a conservJLion planner Mississippi Vall y Conservation Authority Lanark
UoydCurtis 71 MSc 74 ofCalgary is national sales manager Agricultural Chem icals Division BASF Canada Inc BASF markets a wide range of crop proshyLection products Lloyd directs dle aCLivi shyties of BASFs liales force throughout Canada
James Donison H I is proje L engineer Costello Lomagney amp Denapoli ConshysulL ing Engineers Mancheste r New Hampshire
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Richard Graham 71 of Rrampton is naLional marketing maI111gcr Agricultural Chcmicab Divisi n f3ASF Canada Inc
Richard Helmer 62A married Marilyn Hogue in Oct 19R7 They live in Windsor Richard is supply tcaching for the Essex COllnty Board of Education and doing freclanltx horLicultural work during the summer months
Brian and Brigitte (Brunetzky) Kaufman 84 are pltased to announce the safe arrival of their son Nathaniel Brian All are reSiding at Bright
Dr Houchang Khatamian MSc 71 PhD 8 is associate professor Depart shyment of Horticul rure Kansas State Unishyversity Manhattan
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May 19-June 5 Guel ph Spring Festival
May 31-June 3 Convocation
June 13-15 Human Sexuality Conference
June 17-19 Alumni Weekend
July 10-13 Canadian Home Economics Association Con ference
July 26 Al um ni Assoc iation Executives O rientation Meeting
Masters of Agribusiness Management
111e University of Guelph is now olkring a Masters of Agribusiness Management for people interested in a comprehensive training program for manlgemel1l positions in modern agrihusiness
The program runs over I () months and is highly structured so that studenrs receive intensive practical training in all facets of agribusiness managemel1l
Ifyou have an agricultural background and wish to funher your career in management of farm or nonmiddotfarm agribuiiiness this program could he for you
For fu nhcr information on this program pleL~e contact
Professor Tom Funk Department of Agricultural Economics and Business University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl (519) 824middot4120 ext 3427
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Dr Elenimo Khonga PhD 87 is a lecturer University ofMalawi Chancellor College Zomba Malawi
Kevin Laidley 82 MSc 85 resource technician Niagara Peninsula Consershyvation Authority Allanburg is married to Lesley Nicholson FACS 83 child life specialist McMaster University Medical Centre Hamilton
Dr Monique Leclerc MSc 82 PhD 87 is assistant professor Department of Soil Science and Biometeorology Utah State University Logan
Maurice Marwood 64 MSc 66 is vicemiddot preSident sales and marketing Canadian Kenworth Company Mississauga He is responsible for all aspects of sales and marketing ofKenworth trucks and product support in Canada
Dr Giancarlo Mosch1ni PhD 86 is [caching in the Economics Department Iowa State University Ames not the Unimiddot versity of Iowa as stated in the fall 1987 issue oflhe GuelpbAlurnnus Our apolomiddot gie~ for [his error
Reid Palmer 63 is a research geneticist and professor Departments ofAgronomy and Genetics Iowa State University Ames
Dr Yousef Papadopoulos 80 MSc 82 PhD 87 a research scientist Agrimiddot cu lture Canada Nappan NS i$ married to Kathleen Glover 80 MSc 83
Andy Robinson 80 MSc 83 a genetimiddot cist Livestock Developmcnt Division Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Christine Howe Arts 81
Dr A Hamid Saleemi MSc 73 has received a PhD in Educational Psychology from Bayero UniverSity Kana Nigeria His thesis was Islamic Values and Commitment among HallSa Muslim Youtb Au Empirical Study and his reo search has been hailed as a pioneering study in the measurement of reJjgious commitment anlong MusJjms Dr Saleemi is principal tutor Department of Adult Education and Community Services Faculty of Education Bayero University
James Sampa MLA 86 is a lecturer in landscape design and natul 1 resource conservation School of Environmental Studies Copperbelt University Zambia
Bill Shotyk 81 completed his PhD in 1986 in the Geology Department at The University ofWestern Ontario and spent a year as visiting postdoctoral researcher at the UniverSity of California to study
thennodynamic stability of organic commiddot plexes of aluminum In Sept 1987 he married Beth Haas and they live in London where Bill is a postdoctoral research associate in the Geology Department UWO studying the surface chemistry of minerals He is also writing his first book The Geochemistry OfPeatandPeatlands to be published by Elsevier Amsterdam
jack Thompson OAC 81 is a firemiddot fighter Station No 1 Thomhlll
Susan Watkins 81 is program offi cer Horn of Africa Oxfam Canada She is in charge ofOxfams overseas development projects in Eutrea and Tigray prOvince of Ethiopia the majori ty of which are in agriculture and health
Dve Dr Ian Alexander 86 is a dmg evalumiddot ator Bureau of Veterinary Dmgs Health and Welfare Canada Ottawa
Dr Cheng Hock Choong PhD 72 is director Semex Canada Guelph
Dr Ann Davis 75 a graduate student at the University of Toronto has won the Hardi Cinader Prize for 1987 The award is given to the graduate student in the process of completing doctor-A work who most resembles renowned immunomiddot logist Dr Bernhard Cinaders originality and versatility
Dr john Debbie 65 is an epidemiomiddot logist New York State Health Department Albany
Dr jean Dodds 64 in addition to her research on blood clotting mechanisms has chaired several national and intermiddot national task forces on assorted topics
Dr Doug Galt 62 is laboratory head OMAF Brighton
Dr Maria Koller CBS 75 DVM 79 chief control programs Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Dr Robert Georgeson 72
Dr Darwin Lund 60 is veterinarian in charge Agriculture Canada Lethbridge Alta
Dr David Murphy 56 is director cardiovascular surgical unit Dalhousie
niversity Halifax
Dr Gary Nash 77 veterinary research officer Institute of Aquaculture University
ofStirling Stirling Scotland is married to Marilyn Klein CBS 77
Dr HG Rees 55 joined the faculty of Massey University New Zealand after 10 years ofgeneral practice Upon completion of his masters degree he as appointed senio r lect urer at the University of Melbourne In 1970 he returned to prac shytice in his native Wales and has spent the past 12 years on the faculty at SeaJe-Hayne College there He has a small sheep farm
ARTS Bruce Westheuser 76 ofToronto died Dec 7 1987 He was a teacher Toronto Montessori Schools Hlt is survived by his father Ronald and stcpmodlcr Dorothy two sisters and a brodumiddotr
CSS Robert A Dodd MA 75 of Victoria BC died Oct 8 1987 He had been employed by the Ministry of Health He is survived by his wife Wendy
Bruce G Miller 72 of Aurora Ont died Sept 2 1987 He was a teacher with York Region Board of Education He is survived by his wife
MAC-FACS Etta (Birdsall) Garnham 17D of Tillsonhurg Ont died Jan 11 1988 She is survi ed by her sister Doris Oatman
Kathleen (Coggs) Hallam 120 of Toronto died jan 23 1988
Katherine L (Williamson) Killmaster 35D of Southfield Michigan died jan 31 1988
GAdora(Beemer)McFadyen 29Dof Port Elgin Ont died Apri l 8 L987 She is Survived by her son George S McFadyen OAC 50A
Anne E Spera 280 of Dundas Ont died Jan 26 1988
Dora M (Dies) Terryberry 260 of Weston Ont died Jan 22 1988 She is survived by her son Douglas
and maintains a single man general pracshytice Sheep health and production are his main interests and in the fall he was admitted to the Cert SHP by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons In 1989 he plans to retrace his footsteps to learn about his main interests in the countries in which he was trained
Dr Duncan Sinclair 58 OAC MSc 60 (nutrition ) Schofield lecturer 1983 will become Queens University Dean of
IN MEMORIAM
OAC Aimee A (Ups) Acklen 36 of Irving Texas died Feb 2 1987 She is survived by her husband Robert and one son
George K Beare 37 A of xbridge Ont died Oct 30 1987 He is survived by his wife Ruby
Dr J Ritchie Cowan 39 of Corvallis Oregon died Nov 12 1987 He was a retired professor of agronomy and proshyfessor emeritus Oregon State University He received his MS and a doctorate in plant genetics from the University of Minnesota He served as national president of the Crop Science Socicty of America the American Society of Agronomy the American Forage and Graosland Council the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology and the League for Intershynational Food Education He was pre shydeceased by his first wife DorothyWhite Mac 39 He is survived by his second wife Ruth and two children
WUliam M Croskery 15 of Ottawa died Nov 17 1987 He was a retired agricultural representative for Carleton County He is survived by three children
Walter C Fisher 26 of Sf Catharines Ont died jan 20 1988 He is survived by his wife Alice ( Petrie ) and three children
William A Hammond 18 Port Dovers oldest World War I veteran died Sept 29 1987 at 95 Prior to entering OAC he farmed worked in a lumber camp in BC and fought forest fires in Montana During the war he served in France and Belgium with the 55th l3atteryofthe Royal Canadian Art illery advancing from gunner to sergeant In 1920 he married Minerva Mitchell and they farmed in Woodhouse Township Mter retir ing he became clerk-treasurer of the township and later
Medicine and Vice-Principal ( Health Sciences) onJuly 1 He has served Queens in various capacities since joining the departme nt of physiolo gy in 1966 Nationally he has been invo lved with the Medical Research Council of Canada for many years includ ing a term as its director-genera1
Dr Anne Marie Taylor 81 is direc tor of an imal care Animal Care Centre Dalhousie niversity Halifax
held the san1e position with the Town of Port Dover He also served on the Ontario Assessment Appeal Board and was a fanner chai rman of the Simcoe High School Board In 1967 he received a Centennial Medal for service to his communi ty He was predeceased by bis wife and a son and is survived by two daughters Betty Murton ofWatetiord and Doris LlIldon of listoweI
Kandappar NJeyasseelan MSA 56 of Peradeniya Sri Lanka died Oct 22 1987 He is survived by two children
Frank J King 33 of Thornhill One died Dec 19 1987 He was a pioneer of Canadas broiler chicken industry and retired senior executive and director of Ralston Purina Canada Inc He is survived by his wife Rachel and a son
Robert C (Bob) lGrkness 56 of Maple Ridge BC died Oct 10 1987 He is survived by his wife
] Morley Lawrence 1 7 of Windsor died Oct 4 1987
John S Lennox 66A of Shallow Lake Ont died as the result of a farm accident Nov 4 1987 He is survived by his wife Ada and a son
Alex T Macnab 36 of North Fort Myers Fla died Dec 18 1987 He is survived by his wife Vella
NormanJ Myles 39 of Guelph died j an 24 1988 He had been a second lieutenant 11 th Field Brigade Royal Canadian Artillery He is survived by his wife Luella Beverley (Highan1 ) and two children
Robert W Phillips 39 of Belleville Ont died Sept 21 1987 -John W Robertson 38 of Thorold Ont died Oct 21 1987 He is survived by his wife Elizabeth and daughter Janice Partlow Arts 70
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Henry H Rooke 8 of Barrie Ont died Dec 16 1987 lIe was retired from the Department of National Health and Welfare He is survived by his wife Harriet Mac 40 and daughters Jane Lennox and Nancy RookemiddotAllen CBS 73
Robert H See 65A ofBohon Ont died Nov 14 1987 He was the son of Margaret (Huston) See Mac 33 and the late Dr John N See OAC 35 OVC 38 He is survived by his wife Brenda and two sisters
WilliamT (Bill) Smith 35 ofStfJtford Ont died Sept 19 1987 He is survived by his wife Maude and five children
Annie H Tasi MSc 72 ofGuelph died Dec 9 1987 She received her BSc in Agriculture from the National Taiwan University in 1965 After receiving her masters in horticulture from Guelph she worked as a research technician in the Universipound) Department of Horticultural Science Shc is survived by her hu~band Benjamin and two children
William G Toner 20A and 22 of Guelph died Jan 30 1988 He is survived by hi wife Eileen and four children
W Benson (Ben) Vair 55 of Sarnia died Jan 6 1988 He taught science at Northern Collegiate in Sarnia for 25 years retiring in 1987
A Gordon O Whiteside 20A and 22 of Ottawa died June 2 1987 Ht was retired after 42 years as a cerealist with Agriculture Canada and wa~ a Fellow of thc Agricultural Institute of Canada lie developed sevedl varieties of Canadian whtat one of which bears his namt Gordon He is su rvived byhis wife Irene and three children
Joseph H Willmott 22A of Milton died Oct 23 1987 He is survived by his sonJohn c Willmott 55
PROFESSORS
Dr Denis H Stott professor emeritus since 1980 diedJan 22 1988 in England at 78 He was ftrst chair Department of Psychology from 1966-68 and was intershyna tionally known as a pioneer in deve shyloping learning techniques for hardmiddottOmiddot teach children He founded the Centre for Educational Disabilities which he directed until h is retirement in 1975 His research focused on the causes and promiddot
blems of delinquent school boys He is survived by hiswifeJane and tw children
Dr Robert D Whiteford of Qualicum Beach Vancouver Island former professor Department of Biomedical Sciences died Feb ] 0 1988 He is survived by his wife Beatrice and one son
STAFF Ray Catchpole a member of the Unj middot versitys Sulawesi Regional Development Project team in Indonesia died Nov 27 1987 in Jakarta at 46 He had been with the project sinet its inception in 1984 He is survived by his wife Ani and his mother Muriel Lucas A mcmorial fund has been established in his nanle Contributions may be forwarded to the Department of
Alumni Affairs and Development The fund will provide a bursary for Indonesians and Canadians involved in exchange between the two ountries It will be adminbtered by the niversity School of Rural Planning and Development
FRIENDS
Joseph Arlen of Guelph died Sept 5 1987 He pursued studies at OAC from 1957 to ) 959 before completing an engineering degree at the University of Toronto He is survived by his wife Judy who works in Photographic Services on campus and two children A Joseph Arlen Memorial Prize in Horticulture has been established Contributions may be forshywarded to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development
ASPARAGUS RESEARCHER DIES IN GUELPH
Herman (Herm) Tiessen OAC 51 onc of Canadas fore middot most aspard1t1s researdlers rued in Guelph Dec 10 1987 at 63 Or Ticsscn had been a horticul shyture professor at the University since 1955 and was co-ordinator of the National Asparagus Reshysearch Program
At its fiftieth anniversary meeting in london the day of his death the Ontario Asparagus Growers Marketing Board honored Dr Tiessen as the pershyson who had made the greatest contributions to the industry over the last 50 years He was also weU known for his work on greehouse tOmatoes and for a collaborative project with Texaco that used waste energy from the companys refinery to heat greenhouses
After graduating from OAC Dr Tiessen received his masters and PhD degrees from Michigan State University and returned to his alma mater to join the Department of Horticultural Science He traveUed widely to share his knowledge on veget-
The late Professor Herm Tiessen OAC51
able growing with scientists around the world most recently to New Zealand and Taiwan He -wa a member of the Agricultural Institute of Canada and the Canadjm American and Intermiddot national Societies for Horticulmiddot tural Science He was also an active member of the OAC Alumni Association
He is sUlvived by his wife Marjorie and two children
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JlAVIeuro 17 18 19 GOlf Tournament
The classic confrontation on the green the Gryphon Club Golf Tournament will start things rolling on Friday at the Cutten Club Prizes will be awarded
Barbecue amp CasinO Night
Meet your friends at Alumni House Friday evening for a barbecued feast and try your llck at the casino tables
SIOwpitch Tournament
The Grad loungers will defendtheir championship title at the alumnistudent co-ed slowpitch tournament Why not get a team together to compete for the first-place trophy and other awards Teams should consist of 12 to 20 players with at least six females per team Three one-hour games are guaranteed for each team
Tours Lectures Demonstrations
Tour the new Equine Research Centre see computer laboratory demonstrations at the College of Family and Consumer Studies or catch an enlightening lecture If its nature you enjoy visit the Arboretum the Marine Biology Laboratory or the Elora Gorge Conservation Area
Celebrity Auction
Join in the fun and bid on a fascinating assortment of articles donated by local celebriti~s Lots of surprises in store All proceeds will go to Alumni House
Awards Presentations
At the Presidents Picnic at noOn on Saturday the Alumnus of Honor award and the Alumni Medal of Achievement will be presented Come and celebrate with the recipients
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See page 7 for your Alumni Weekend reservation form For further information see your College section inside or call the Alumni Weekend hotline (519) 824-4120 ext 2102
Class Reunions
Is your class having a reunion Check page 7 to find out Reunions are a great opportunity to meet old
friends and renew acquaintshyances The Alumni Associations will host their graduates of 50
years or more at a Golden Anniversary Din ner
Champagne Brunch
Toast Alumni Weekend 88 at a champagne brunch held on the Alumni House patio Sunday The Guelph Concert Band will provide entertainment
OVC GRAD FOUNDS WORLD WOMENS VETERINARY
ASSOCIATION DrBetsy McGregor OVC 87 didnt expect to become president of the worlds ftrst association for professhysional women veterinarians when she auended her first World Veterinary Congress in Montreal last summer But when she discovered that the only female vet group the womens auxiliary was not designed to address specific professional issues for women vets she invited interested women to a meeting Sixty-eight women from 24 countries attended When the meeting was over Betsy had been elected founding president of the World Womens Veterinary Associashytion (WWV A) and a set of objectives had been struck
Career enhancement is the core objective The WWVA will promote awareness of professional opportunishyties for women veterinarians on difshyferent continents and within the United ations international agencies A quarterly WWVA Newsletter will list such opportunities around the world
The WWVA is also committed to professional and personal developshy
ment through practice exchanges betshyween countries university visits leave opporrunities and house exchanges For example the founding member fro m Kenya suggested hOliday or academic exchanges between her colleagues in Africa and women veterinarians interested in wildlife The iWVA Newsletter will contain a listing of members wishing to partishycipate in s1lch exchanges
Above all the WWVAis committed to a humanitarian contribution to international agriculture About half of the 24 countries represented in the Asso ciation are developing nations Recognizing that in many of these countries women contribute signiftcantly to livestock production the WWV A wants to provide support to these women who because of cultural constraints may not have the same access to services as men To this end Betsy contacted the president of the Associated Country Women of the World Dr Ellen McLean also a Canadian The two organizations will work as affiliates in international aid projects to deliver livestock and
Dr Betsy McGregor ove 87 and son at last years convocation ceremonies
veterinary medical care to Third World nations
Following a masters degree in rural farming systems from McMaster -nishyversity Betsy worked for the United Nations Food and Agr icultural Organization around the world during the 1970s She returned from overseas and commenced studies at OVC in the 1980s Upon graduation she worked as a special assistant to OVC Dean Ole ielsen co -ordinating OVCs international programs She is currently working as a eterinarian with Agriculture Canada
For more information about the WWVA contact Betsy at PO Box 6069 Station J Ottawa K2A ITl
OVC STUDENTS HOST FIRST CONFERENCE The first Canadian Veterinary Stushydents Conference hosted by OVC in January was a big success according to OVC student Andrea Ellis president of the Central Vcterinary Students Association (CVSA)
There is a student conference in the United States but the Canadians get lost in the crowd We decided it was a good time being OVCs 125th anniversary in 1987 to have something right in our own backyard Andrea explains
The OVC snldent council of the CVSAhad been preparing since Mar h 1987 for the two full days of scientific
sessions and recreational events About 60 students and faculty attenshyded from the Atlantic Veterinary College University of Prince Edward Island the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Montreal St Hyacinthe and the Western College of Veterinary Medicine niversity of Saskatchewan Attendance from avc students ranged from 180 to 300 depending on the event
OVC has always had a FrenchshyEnglish student exchange with St HyaCinthe and we knew there was enthusiasm in the West because they talked for years about organizing a hockey tournament But we were
really surprised by the Atlantic Veterinary College Their school has only been operating a few years and out of about 96 students 19 came to conference says Andrea
A conference fund has now been set up and will be administered by the Students of the Canadian Vetershyinary Medical Association n1e conshyference location will be rotated among the four colleges with St Hyacinthe probably hosting next year says Andrea Weve been told that weve started something big Everyone had a really good time and we hope the conference will continue for a long tinle
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DR IAN TAYLOR DOING HIS ullONS SHARE Dr Ian W Taylor avc 43 of Wheeling Illinois puts enthusiasm into everything he does [ figure if Im going to do it Im going to be enthusiastic he was quoted recently in a local newspaper article
As OVC class of 43 president Ian co-chaired the 40th reunion of his class at Alumni Weekend in 1983 along with Dr Archie MacKinnon He acted as master of ceremonies for the program and arranged a display of memorabilia Fourteen out ofa possishyble 31 members of the class were present
TIlis year [an is pushing for 100 per cent attendance at the 45th reunion during Alumni Weekend Perfect attendance is something Ian knows about
He has served the community of Wheeling as a veterinarian for over 30 years Although most of his work has been with dogs cats and a few birds he has also dedicated a great amount of time to lions - bUl nol the four legged kind He recently received
GOOD EWES Three sets of genetically identical lambs are the first anio1aJs bom from bisected embryos at the University
]n December six surrogate ewes delivered nine lambs - three sets of twins and three singles - that had developed from embryos micro shysurgically bisected and implanted five months earlier
Project leader Dr Calhy Gartley ove 82 now completing a DVSc degree in the Department of Clinical Studies says the accomplishment is a milestone for the University
1 find it exciting that these are the first genetically identical animals created and born at the University of Guelph she says They represent the first ofmany such twins in several species that University researchers hope to soon realize
Besides maximizing embryo use this project demonstrates the potenshytial to create Significant numbers of
Dr Ian Taylor OVC 43 with some of the hundreds ofpins hehas collected on visits to Lions CLubs a1(mnd the world
a special award from the International Lions Club for exemplary work in lhe field of international relations He has attended Lions Club meetings in 57
Twin lambs Mutton and jeff who began life as the same embryo am shown with Dr Cathy Gartley avc 82 under the watChful eye of their sutTOgate mothet Q2
genetically identical aninlals that are vital for consistent research results
Dr Gartleys project is supported by the Ontario Ministry ofAgricu Iture and Food (OMAF) and the Eleanor Gartshore Memorial Shnp Trust
different countries and hasnt missed a monthly meeting in 29 years
He has served the Wheeling Club as preSident newsletter editor and public relations chairnlan and has twice been named Lion of the Year In 1982he received tbe MeJvinJones Fellowship award for dedication to humanitarian services and recently he was recognized by a resolution in the Illinois House of Representatives for his Lions Club work He says his greatest pleasure is watching the joy that d isabled children get from a Lions-sponsored camp in Lake Villa each year He has been involved in ftmd-raising for the disabled which is the Lions main objective both locally and abroad
Ian would like to hear from alumni who are members of Lions Intershynational to exchange information and souvenirs used by the clubs throughout the world of Lionism He would also like his OVC class of 43 members to immediately send back the questionnaires mailed to them by the Alumni Office in December for the purpose of producing a class anniversary newsletter These may be sent [0 him at 7695 Milwaukee Ave Wheeling lllinois 60090 or to Dr Archie MacKinnon RR 4 Cambridge Onto 1R 555
SPEAKERS TOUR
The OVC Alumni Association invites alumni to hear two dynashymic guest speakers and tour the Equine Research Centre during Alumni Weekend June 18
Dr Bruce Fogle OVC 70 of London England practitioner and author will speak on The Changing Role Of the Veterinshyarian in SmallAnimalPractice and Dr Brian Brandenburg OVC 68 M Sc 71 president of Guelph International Developshyment Consultants will speak on Veterinary Medicine in the Third World
The progranl will conclude with a dinner and dance
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Editor Carol yn (Redden) Moore 84
FROM THE PRESIDENT
While writing this message at the end ofJanuary I realize the mid-point of this years board of directors acti shyvities has arrived I reflect on two goals I set at our annual meeting last June to evaluate our contact with Mac-FACS alumni and increase memshybership in our alumru association
Upon graduation you do not autoshymatically become a member f the Mac-FACS Alumni Association You become a member by paying an annultll or life membership fee This money helps the board ofdirectors carry out activities on your behalf for both students and aluo1ni
At (he January board meeting we discussed the services our Association provides Our visibility with students is quite high through schOlarship presentations careers night and a reception for the graduating class Our services to alumni may need to be redefined What would you like us to provide orgaruze or sponsor
Our annual seminar was cancelled in October 1986 due to a lack of registrants Should we attempt to organize another
LOnYline Holding 71
Your board wants to increase its ConLlct with a greater number ofyou Where and when would you like us to be active7 What projects would you like us to consider
Please send your comments to us at Alumni House University ofGuelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2Wl Also why not come to our 1988 annual meeting June 18 J hope to hear from you soon
Sincerely Lorraine Holding 71 MacmiddotFACS Alu m ni As ociation President
FACS students Suzie Chin and Tracey Vent chat with Barb Stuart FAGS 71 faculty representative on the Mac-FACS Alumni Association s board Of directors at the annual party for graduating students hosted by the Assodation in February Sixty-five students 15 board members and several faCUlty members attended this yems party
CALLING ALL HOME
ECONOMISTS Towards 2000 Challenges and Opportunities is the theme of the Canadian Home Economics Associashytion (CHEA) National Conference at the Univer-ity July 10-13 The conshyference will be of intere t to alumni who graduated in programs related to family and consumer studies foods and nutrition home economics or human ecology
CHEA with a membership of2000 is committed to provide professional development for its members through programs workshops and special interest sessions A major part fits mandate is to create an awareness of new products and services in the market place
Frank Feather a well-known global futurist with a business-like approach will be the keynote speaker at the CIlEA conference He will address the challenges and opportunities of the future Dr Ehler Park a consultant with A5A willexplainhowplanning for outer _pace affects everything from the food we eat to how children will play
Other topics at the conference will include artificial vs natural sweetshyeners issues of an aging population space-age textiles SMART house - a totally computerized environment human sexuality free trade and agri shycu lture food irrJdiatjon and financ ial p lanning
Well-known Canadian entertainer Nanlt-Y White whose satirical songs arc often heard on CBC radio will perform following the opening ceremonies
Many pre and post-conference actishyvities are planned including trips to the Stratford Festival Niagara-on-theshyLake and Niagara Falls Waterloo County ( Farmer Market ) and the village of Elora
The conference offers an excellent opportunity for professional deveshylopment and networking For more information contact Wilda Waldron registration chair CHEA Conference 88 168 Maple Street Guelph Ontario N I G 2G7 ( 519) 836-9551
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FACS GRAD FINDS HEART IN THE ARTS
I ts strange how things work Ollt
Im glad r received a well-rounded education at Guelph It prepared me for th e future reflects Eva Eichenbaum FACS 75
Eva is one often Niagara Peninsula poets featured in Voices from the Niagara a book of local poems colshylelttcd by Pcter and Brenda Baltensperger and published in 1987 ( Moonstone Press 8795 )
Reviewing the book in the Hamilton Spectator John Terpstra writcs Thcre are some very good poems here and a few are standouts I especia lly enjoyed those of Eva Eichenbaum and David Haskins
Eva was born in Sweden the daughter of Estonian refugees who escaped their homeland during the Second World War She camc to Canada with ber family at age two and grew up in Niagara Falls where she attended Stamford Collegiate and won the Upper Scbool English Award at graduation
After a year of travel in 1969 as Miss iagara Hospitality for the Niagara
Promotion Association she enrolled at the University of Guelph to earn a Bachelor of Applied Science degrce and also took some courses at the
niversity of Helsinki Finland She then earned her Bachelor of Education degree at the College of Education Brock n iversity St Catharines and now teaches English and Television Arts at Merritton High School in that city
She started her career in education as a Family Studies teacher and was once head of the Family Studies Department at Merritton but found that her heart was really in English and the creative arts She used to teach theatre arts and also formed the Merriuon High School Dance Commiddot pany Sht teaches ballet and has written several musical comedies for her theatre and dance students
I got the idea for the style and format of the musicals fro m College Royals Curtain Call at Guelph I had a role in the production Der Keller a take-off on Cabaret in my final year she explains
NEW CHAIR TO BROADEN FOCUS IN
CONSUMER STUDIES Teaching and research in the Department ofConsumer Studies has focused on consumer affairs particushylarly consumer behavior and the basic necessities - food clothing and housing New department chairJohn Pratschke sees a need to review and perhaps expand this focus
Professor Pratschke says he was drawn to Guelph because of his interest in consumer economics The University has one of the few departmiddot ments in Canada with a consumer emphasis He plans to preserve the departments unusual linking ofsocial SCience business and technology but broaden the rangt ofstudy to include other products and services important
to the budgets of Canadian house shyholds
The employer market is happy with Consumer Studies graduates says Promiddot fessor Pratschke but there is a need for better communication about the program w ith secondary school stushyden ts We must get across the message that marketing is an inter shyesting challenge and that the program is professionally oriented without lOSing its base in product technology
Born in Ireland Professor Pratschke received his bachelor of commerce master ofeconomic science and PhD at University College Cork He has taught at the University of Waterloo University College Ga lway and
Eva EiclJenbaum FACS 75
Five of Evas poems are featured in tht 63 middotpage Voices f1Om the Niagara and she has donated a copy of the book to the University Lihrary She has also had poems published in Souldust and Pearls Sixth Edition ( Moonstone Press) and There Is a book productd by the Niagara Chapter of the Canadian Authors Association In the future she hopes to take some tinle out from teaching to study broadshycasting
PrOfessorjohn Pratschke
Memorial University Newfoundland He has published widely on the economics ofconsumer expenditures and on European housing policy agrimiddot culture banking and business education
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Mike Traub HAF-A 78 general manager Victoria Place Retirement Lodge Kitchenel discusses his career with a group ofstudents at the HAFA Alumni Assodatiolls annual Careers Night held on campus in January Thirty-seven alumni involved in a vanmiddotety ofcareers volunteered their time to the popular event
HAFA ALUMNI EXCHANGE SEMINAR HELD
Nancy Plato FACS 81
FACS PEOPLE Naney Plato FACS 81 ( Consumer Studies ) the new OAC liaison coshyordinator will acquaint high school students and guidance counsellors with opportunities in the agricultural sciences at Guelph
Enrolment at OAC has declined over the past few years and _ aney will work at increasing student numbers through recruitment and marketing
The position ofliaison co-ordinator is a new one for OAe Nancy says one of her main objectives is to broaden the understanding high school stushydents have ofGuelphs programs She plans to use her well-rounded view of agriculture and its related proshygrams combined with her recruitshyment experience
Nancy is back in Guelph from a position in secondary school liaison at Mount Royal College Calgary She is married to Paul Thiel OAC 82 and is an active member of the Mac-FACS Alumni Association board of directors
Professors Kathleen Brown Lila Engberg and Griffith Morgan have all retired from the Department of Family Studies Professor Elizabeth Upton HAFA will retire in July
Professor John Auld Consumer Studies has produced the Human Settlements Audio-Visual Resources Catalogue It is published by the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Warren Adamson vice-president development Delta Hotels gave the keynote address What is the Canadian Tourism Industry Anyway at the annual HAFA Alumni Exchange Seminar held November 4 at the DelL Chelsea Inn Toronto
This professional development event was sponsored by the HAFA
MOllica Hrybko HAFA 88 (left) received Ci HAFA AlumniAssociation Life Membership from Association president Morag McKenzie 82 The membership is given to a graduating student as selected by his or her peers with a minimum 70 per cent accumulative average who has had outstanding involvement ill the School andor University
Alumoi Association in co-operation with Pannell Kerr Forster lL gave lIAFA grads an opportunity to listen to experts in the field speak 00 various topical hospitality issues including pay equity the human resource risis trends in the hotel and foodservice industry and business planning
CONFERENCE
In Search of Healthy Sexuality
June 13-15 1988
The University of Guelphs 10th an nual sexua li ty conference sponshysor d byThe Department of Fami ly Studies wil l examine current issues in human sex u lily tea hing approaches in sexducation and counse llin g m thod for sexual problems
Keynote Ad dress by Dr Ruth Westheimer
For further info rmation write Co ntinu ing Education Di ISlon Univers ity of Guelph Gu Iph
nta ri N 1 G 2W1 or telephone (5 19) 824-4120 ex 3956
Registration Limit d Apply early
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OAC GRAD GIVES GIFT OF WATER TO THAI VILLAGERS
By janet Dumo
Water is not taken for granted in northeast Thailand Usually there is too little of it The sandy laterite soils do not hold water They crack and parch during the hot dry season Ponds shrink Streams and some wells dry up Even in the rainy season the rains are often late or insufficient and the rice crops wither in the fields
But sometimes there is too much water Heavy rains cause flash floods Which drown crops and wash pesti shycides and decaying organic matter into unprotected pit wells There is not enough clean drinking water to ensure good health
A CUSO priority in Thailand is to increase village self-sufficiency and improve the standard of living through the development ofsmall-scale water resources particularly in the north and northeast the poorest regions of the country CUSO engineers placed with departments of local adminisshytration survey and design small spillways dams and piped water systems They develop an under shystanding of indigenous water proshyblems and help viUagers develop water resource technology to deal with these problems
In most villages in Surin province the water is imprisoned under a 20shymetre thick layer of heavy clay comshypacted into red brick-like rock
Ed von Euw OAC 84 returned to Canada in December after two years as a CUSO water resources engineer in Surin While there he worked with two percussion water-jet well-drilling rigs one an Appropriate Technology Association ( A TA) rig originally used in India and Africa the other based on an indigenous village model
Ed found theATA rig needed modi shyfications to make it easier for villagers to operate Most important was the change from a hand to foot-powered lever which the villagers found much less exhausting to work But at $625 the ATA rig is expensive to buy and the Honda motor which pushes water
Ed von EllW and co-worker teaching pump maintenance ill Surin Thailand
down the hole to tlush out the soil and rock particles can use up to $4 of fuel a day
Ed spent several months looking at rigs used by Surin farmers and finally adapted a model from one used by Khun Hong of Muang Pet a village near Surin town Khun Hongs rig uses a pole and beam arrangement making it less durable and steady than the tripod form used in Eds adapted rig The new rig uses a hand-powered Lucky pump made in Taiwan and fanliliar to villagers
The Honda pump used in the ATA drilling rig must be repaired in town and a smaU repair may cost $10 while a repair to the Lucky pump can be done by villagers for less than a doUar Spare parts are available everywhere The drill bilS are made from truck springs in the same Surin shop that made the rig to Eds specillcations They cost only 96 ccors each as opposed to the S7-bits used in the ATA rig
Using smaller pipe and bit than the ATA rig Eds adapted rig drills more quickly through rock and is lighter and easier to use It requires only two people to ope(dte the foot lever The ATA rig requires four or five Eds rig cost $192 to make including pump and accompanying tools and can be constructed by villagers in a small weldingmachine shop if there is a demand for more
Eds rig was tested in Ban Se Jaruk on a site divined by a villager Working
intermittently the villagers went d wn 25 metres in one and a half weeks much of the time grinding through the red rock When water they were pumping down the hole suddenly disappeared and didnt come up again they were afraid they had damaged the rig But instead it was a sign of having broken into a vein of water which was now absorbing any other water poured down So water had been found delicious and abundant right behind the assistant headmans house
The Ban Se Jaruk well has been capped with a rower pump purchased from ATA for S17 The pump is based on a bamboo model used in fndia The tubewell pipe and pump are made of plastic - more acceptable than steel which gives the water an unpleasant taste
Ed carried out a four-month wellshydrilling project in co-operation with Khun Darune of the Northeast Thailand ( ET) Project Funded by the Canadian Internat ional Deve shylopment Agency and assisted by CUSO it is a rural development program in operation since 1981 in 52 villages along the Thai-Kampuchean border The villagers of Ban Se Jaruk elated with their initial success borrowed Eds rig to drill more wells In total seven rigs were built from Eds proto shytype and distributed to four other villages Over 100 successful wells have been drilled in the area to date
EdilO1-S NoteanetDuma is a CUSO special program officer in Malaysia Sbe bas worked as an Englisb teacber witb CUSO in fi)aiand andMaaysia
Ed von Euw a Stratford native graduated from Guelpb witb a BSc in engineering in December J984He llas 011 tbe deans bonor roll three times and received an engineering scbolarsbip in 1983 Before going overseas in November 1985 be workedfor Enllironment Canada as a bydrornettic engineer He is now studying f01 a masters degree in engineering at Guelph
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Professor Harold Crawford OAC 58 MSc 7 0
OAC PEOPLE ProfessorJohn Burton OAC 62 and Brian McBride CBS 78 OAC MSA 80 Department of Animal and Poultry Science have received $400000 from the Ministry ofColleges and niversities Research Incentive Fund for contract research in partnershyship with Cyanamid Canada Inc of Toronto They will examine the effecshytiveness of the hormone BST in increasing milk production in dairy cattle as well as any other effects of the agent
Gordon MacLeod OAC 50 has retired from the Department ofAnimal and Poultry Science after 31 years at the UniversityJohn Summers OAC 53 MSA 59 has also retired from the Department of Animal and Poultry Science after 25 years at the University
Harold Crawford OAC 58 MSc 70 who recently retired as coshyordinator of the Ontario Diploma in Horticulture Program Independent Study Division after 29 years at the University has received the Ontario Parks Association (OPA) recognition award for Significant contribution to the betterment of parks the proshyfession and the envirorunent through his work in continuing education He has been a member of the educational committee of the OPA for 14 years The Ontario Diploma in Horticulture program graduated its first students in 1963 and now has 500 alumni
Marilyn Dykstra OAC 78 is new director of the Universitys Pest
Marilyn Dykstra OAC 78
Diagnostic and Advisory Clinic The clinic is working at maximum capacity with marc than 30000 inquiries to its credit since it opened nine years ago says Marilyn It receives everyshything from live specimens of earwigs and spiders to diseased ornamentals and fruit and vegetable crops Most specimens come from home gar shydeners she ays but the clinic has a growing clientele among commercial growers landscape businesses and other industries Through its service and extension functions the clinic has accumulated a reference collecshytion of more than 10000 slides and specimens as well as a list of resource people from across campus
Dr R Keith (Chip) Chapman OAC 40 has retired from the Department ofEntomoJogy University of Wisconsin Madison following a distinguished areer spanning 40 years A two-day symposium was held in his honor last June and The R Keith Chapman Vegetable Entomology SchOlarship was established with funds collected in lieu ofa retirement gift He has also been named professor emeritus Attending the symposium and retirement recognition party in Madison were Keiths brothers Ross also OAC 40 and Douglas OAC 44 and sister Helen Stockwell a graduate of Macdonald College McGiJl Univershysity Montreal and OAC Dean Freeman McEwen
When Bruce Brown OAC 85 received his degree from former agri shyculture minister William A Stewart chancellor ofthe Universi tyofGuelph he asked what steps he could take to
Dr R Keith (Chip) Chapman andhis brother Ross both OAC 40
become the minister of agriculture and food Little did he know that two and a half years later he would be minister - if only for a day
In December he shared the duties of Ontarios minister Jack RiddeD OAC 57 as his prize for winning a public speaking contest at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Bruce who operates a Newcastle dairy beef and cash crop farm with his father spoke on the survival of the farm family in Ontario
ETHICS IN AGRICULTURE Ethical issues in agriculture such as animal welfare are generally debated from an emotional viewpoint Proshyfessor Frank Hurnik OAC PhD 71 Animal and Poultry Science and Pro shyfessor Hugh Lehman Philosphy are hoping to change that through the journal of Agricultural Ethics an international quarterly publication which offers a forum for discussing moral issues related to food and food production
We hope this publication will act as a bridge between those who philo shysophize about agricu ltural ethics and those actively involved in plant and animal use says Professor Hurnik Its a scholarly refereed journal but it wont be bogged down with speciashylized technical jargon As a result we believe it will be useful to the farm community and we expect leaders from that field will be contributors not just readers
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Professor Fredjelome and his wife Faye look over a catalogue of the Universitys art collection
ALOVEOFART Back in 1968 Fred N Jerome OAC 33 established a trust fund to purshychase art produced by promising young Canadian artists
I was a full professor then and I could afford to do it (set up a trust fund) I felt art deserved a little push and I wanted to see the niversitys art collection expand explains the now retired professor ofgenetics and poultry science at Guelph
Forty-two Canadian works have been purchased to date through lhe F - Jerome Trust Fund and a special exhibi t of these works will be featured at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre beginning Alumni WeekendJune 18 and continuing throughout the sununer
Professorjeromes personal favorite in the collection is Ken Danbys silkshyscreen The Skates
I like Danbys technique His work is almost as realistic as a color photoshygraph but you can still tell its a painting he explains
He is also fond ofDiego Drawing a lithography by Jack Chanlbers a London Ontario artist and Gene Chus delicate Spider Series
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre Director Judith Nasby says Fred Jerome has made an outstanding contribution to the growth of the Universitys Canadian art collection - one of the largest univer itycollecshytions in the province He has recogshynized the tremendous growth and vitality of the art community in Canada by specifying that works be purchased from young artists
A LOVE OF LI LI ES The expression lily white has little meaning for Bill Evans His favorite lilies are bright orange and yellow I like the ones that almost glow and catch your eye from 100 yards away says the retired Department of Horti shycultural Science professor
Professor Evans lilies are certainly eye-catching for anyone travelling north of Guelph on Highway 6 betshyween mid-June and mid-August Splashes of spectacular color glow from his field of lilies near Marden (behind the home of Marjorie and the late George Durnford ) - a welshycome surprise for those accustomed to seeing only the popular Easter white variety
Im obsessed with lilies admits Professor Evans who retired in 1985 after 28 years of researching phult breeding and teaching small fruit proshyduction at the University of Guelph ) like their variety and scope They are perennial plants that grow at different heights Some have flowers that face up some face down and some face out Some are trumpet shaped some have petals that curve back Some are scented and some are unscented
As a child Professor Evans grew flowers and vegetables in his parents big garden north of Calgary After six years in the army he enrolled at the
niversity of Alberta to study hortishycu lture During his second year in 1947 he began hybridizing lilies Following graduation he worked as a fruit breeder for the federal governshyment in Alberta for eight years before coming to Guelph in 1957 He conshytinued to breed and grow lilies at the
niversity and on plots of land that friends like Professor Ted Me inch (and now Mrs Durnford) let him use
The University has quite a history of lily breeding says Professor Evans The late Isabella Preston a lecturer at Guelph before Professor Evans time went on the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa and to world fame for her ornamental crabapples lilacs and lilies The late Jc Taylor a professor at Guelph was well-known for his lily breeding and introduced Professor Evans to many other breeders He
told me that my lilies needed more vigor and let me use some of his plants in my work
Professor Evans introduced three new varieties of lilies through the University and registered some of Professor Taylors They were marshyketed in the United States So far Professor Evans has had 17 varieties of lilies internationally registered Anyone can do this he says modestly You just write a full desshycription of the plant pick a name that hasn t been used before and send it to the Royal Horticultural Society in England prekrrably with a photo The new names are published every year
It s hard coming up with new nanles though says Professor Evans He has named some of his varieties after the area in which they were grown shyArkel Marden Gold Aberfoyle He named one after his granddaughter Bronwen and one after his wife Ethelwaite ( her first and maiden names ) She gets a thrill whenever she sees that name on a ( flower show) prize list somewhere he says
Pink and pastel lilies are Professor Evans speciality and his favorite is a variety he caBs Blusbing Maiden It has mauvey pink tips with a white centre
Professor Evans and his wife edH a newsletter three times yearly for the Ontario Regional Lily Society and Professor Evans has just ended a two year term as president of the North American lily Society He has judged at nower shows all over Canada and the nited States and will preside at an international show in Hamilton in July
Because of his hobby Professor Evans is enjoying retirement He spends about 25 hours a week on his lilies in the summer months During the off season he grows seeds and works on his records He is working on increasing the number ofvarieties including spotless ones ( most lilies have spots which are dominant ) He is pleased that some of his former students are now growing lilies entering shows and joining li ly societies
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RURAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT GRADS TO FORM ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
The University School ofRural Planshyning and Development ( USRPampD ) was inaugurated at Guelph in 1980
USRPampD is built on the strengths of past Guelph initiatives such as the Centre for Resources Development and the Rural Development Outreach Project It is formally recognized by the Canadian Institute of Planners and offers Masters level programs in rural planning rural development international rural development and resources management It is also actively engaged in research and community outreach
Recent research topics have in shycluded land availabi Iityfor agricu lture
local economic development strateshygies rural aging northern and native community plannjng and developshyment rural transportation computer applications in planning and deve shylopment and water and waste management to name a few This research was conducted throughout Canada and arollnd the world inshycluding Nepal Kenya Indonesia St Lucia Belize and Botswana
The outreach interests ofthe School are fully integrated with its teaching and research activities Recent out shyreach projects have included the Childcare Network Project for families in rural Wellington County an evaJu shy
ation of the rural development proshygrams ofa Jesuit mission in southern Ethiopia a heritage strategy for the Town of IngerSOll and a recreation needs assessment for Sault Ste Marie
Graduates of USRPampD as well as graduates of the former Centre for Resource Development are now being invited to form an alumni association to keep members updated on School activities their fellow alumni and issues concerning rural planning and development For further information contact Professor Harry Cummings USRampD University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N1G 2WI ( 519) 824-4120 ext 6783
JOIN YOUR OAC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NOW Did you know that as a graduate of OAC you are not automatically a member of the OAC Alumni Assoshyciation However anyone involved in a formal agricultural education at OAC ( past present or future ) is not only eligible to become a member but is encouragetl to do so
The OAC Alumni Association is a separate entity from the University of Guelph Alumni Association anti has specific responsibilities It awards
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ARTS Joanna Black 81 Ls aisistant direclOr curator The Marietta-Cobb Fine Arts Centre Marietta Georgia
Richard Hoffman 78 a Canadian Press journalist in Toronto is married pound0 Martine Bracey CBS 77
Laura Mezey-Hamid 82 administrative assistant to the vice-president of finance Penningtons Stores Umjted Toronto is married to Shaheed Hamid CSS 82
John Laurence (Stash) Stasiw 76 is marketing manager Philips Electronics Ltd Scarborough
Dirk Vanbattum 75 is vice-president Eddie May Mysteries Ottawa
CBS Michael Best 77 is a research technician Cross Cancer Institute Edmonton
GRAD NEWS EUzabeth Jane (Kempe) Coker 82 a resource worker CaJedon Parent-ChiId Centre Bolton is married to Dr Ted Coker OVC 87
Janet Ebanks 86 is a medical social worker Cayman overnment Health Sershyvices George Town Grand Cayman Cayman Islands British West Indies
Kevin Ferguson 80 supervisor of Outdoor Education for the Elgin County Board of Education married Suzanne Schmid BEd (Nipissing) 82 in April 1987 She works for the Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority They live near Aylmer
Michael Hackenberger 81 is president Canadian Zoological Systems Toromo
Heather Hattin 84 (HK) whose rowing accomplishments were featured in the winter 1987 issue ofthe GuelphAlumnus won Canadas first-ever gold medal in womens rowing in the double-scull event at the world championships in Copenhagen last summer
Cynthia (Porter)JefIrey 85 is studying for an MSc in Food Science at the University of Manitoba She is married to ScottJefIrey OAC 82 assistant professor ofAgncul tural Economics at the University of Manitoba They live in Winnipeg
Dr Gord Kennedy 85 senior chemist Union Carbine Corp Bound Brook New Jersey is married to Carrie Feaver CPS 84
Steven Kerr 77 is regional fisheries biologist Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources KemptviUe
Jim Lee 73 is director Research Services Min istry of Tourism Recreation and Culture Victoria BC
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Larry Patterson 76 is Grand Forks and District Aquatic Centre Manager Grand Forks Bc
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Stephen Rabbetts 79 is a zookeeper Metro Toronto Zoo Wcsthill
Cathy Oohnson) Rewcastle 80 is a fur biologist Manitoba atural Rcsources Winnipcg
Brian Sntith 78 micro ~)Stcms manager Natural Sciences Centre The University ofWestcrn Ontario London is married to Debra Bond CSS 79
Bradly Veitch 86 is second brewer Wellington County Brewery Guelph
Michael Wade 87 is responsible for aquaculture programs at Kpong Farms Volta River Authority Akuse Ghana the site of a major hydro-electric installation
P Allen Woodliffe 76 is the first and only district ecologist with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Chatham Districr He is married to Marie Gedcke FACS 75 and has a son Timothy TIl y Jive in Rondeau Provincial Park here Allen was park naturalist for 10 years before moving to the Chatham office
CPS Dr Syed Ahmed 87 is assistant proshyfessor Departme nt of Statistical and AClUarial Sciences University of Western Ontario London
Susan (Bishop) GraJ1am R3 a fourth year medical student Faculty ofMcdicinc University of Toronto is marri ed fO Don Graham CSS 83 CBS MSc 87 who is a ftl ll-time parent to their threc-year-old twins
Robert Lake 77 a self-employed conshysulting geolOgist is married to Susan Kay OAC 77 a human relations specialist with Petro Canada They live in Calgary
Robert Whitehead 79 is a mi ncr Denison Mines Ell iot Lake
Caroline (Carly) Williams 85 is a software engineer Wild Leitz Canada Toronto
CSS John Babcock 8 is special cabinet assistant Office of Minister of State (Forestry and Mines ) Ottawa
Jana Fie MA 87 i a neuropsychological associate Brazos Valley Rehabilitat ion Center Bl)an Texas
Danny Leung R6 is news submiddoteditor Asia Television Limited Hong Kong
Allison (Shaughnessy) Scanlan 84 production supervisor G I of Canada shyTruck Assltmbly Oshawa is mlITied [() Michael Scanlan 84 directo r of pur hasing Arbor Capital Rltsources
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Patricia Sorbam 80 is executive assisshytant to the Ontario Minister of Energy Toronto
G Llewellyn Watson MA 70 a proshyfessor at the University of Prince Edward Island has written a texthook Dilemmas and Contradictions in Sucial 7beor) published by University Press of America
Terry Wright 76 is account manager John Logan National Leasing Bramptoll
MAC-FACS Marie (Tomelin) Cowlin 78 is brand manager Distillers Co Canada Ltd Toronto
Debbie Foster MSc 87 is medical coshyordi natorsex educator Youth Clinical Services Inc Down~view
Marilyn (Shirley) Goodwin 75 MSc 77 a research officer for CSC Ottawa h ma rricd to Fred Goodwin HAFA 75
Margaret (CJark)Jordan 82 manager Agricultural Employment Services Cmada Farm Iabour Pool Newmarkct is married to BrianJordan OAC 81
Margo (Payne) Langan 83 marketing communications co-ordinator Moore Response Technologies Mississauga is married toJohn Langan CBS 75
Nancy (Howard) Martin 81 senior contract managemcnt officer Consumer Products and Trtffic Management Brmch DepartJllent of Supply and Service~ Hull Que is marriltd to Phillip Martin CBS ( HK) 82
Helga (Strenzke) McDonald 84 public relations officer Centrilia Collegc Huron Park is married to Ian McDonald OAC 83
Marilyn Sewell-Kelley 78 is agriculshytura l health and safel) comiddotordinacor Rural Organizations and Services Branch OMAF Guelph and lives near Paris
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James Allen 77 (ODH ) is president of Allens Turf Services Ltd Calgary
Martin Bohl 85 is policy advisor OMAJ Toronto
Guy Bonnetta 79 manager Pioneer Overseas CorpJohnston Iowa is married to Carolyn Knowles CBS 78
Stew Carpenter 50 president ofDivershysity Farms Inc Paw Paw Midligan is married to Olive McEwan 79A scltretary-tnasurer ofDiversity Farms Inc
Harold Cau 60A and 67 is viceshypreSident Barnes Wines Limited St Catharines
Elroy Cober 85 and his wife Rhoda have begun three-year Mennonite Central Committee assignments inKabwe Zambia Elroy is working as provincial o ilseed office r and Rhoda as a general health worker
Eileen (Emmett) Cole 79 a registered
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OVC CONFERENCE October 14 amp 15 1988
Details to follow in August issue of the Guelph Alumnus
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Assist nt Dean ave at (5 19) 824-41 20 ext 441 1
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CHOOSE A WINNER
TODAY NORTH AMERICAN LIFE 5650 Yong St North YoriltoOntario M2M G4
Lloyd Curtis OAC 7J MSc 74
nurse Colchester Hospital Truro 5 is married to Bill Cole 79 regional sales manager Clarence Farm Services L(vcr Truro
laura Cole 80 is a conservJLion planner Mississippi Vall y Conservation Authority Lanark
UoydCurtis 71 MSc 74 ofCalgary is national sales manager Agricultural Chem icals Division BASF Canada Inc BASF markets a wide range of crop proshyLection products Lloyd directs dle aCLivi shyties of BASFs liales force throughout Canada
James Donison H I is proje L engineer Costello Lomagney amp Denapoli ConshysulL ing Engineers Mancheste r New Hampshire
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Richard Graham OAC7J
Richard Graham 71 of Rrampton is naLional marketing maI111gcr Agricultural Chcmicab Divisi n f3ASF Canada Inc
Richard Helmer 62A married Marilyn Hogue in Oct 19R7 They live in Windsor Richard is supply tcaching for the Essex COllnty Board of Education and doing freclanltx horLicultural work during the summer months
Brian and Brigitte (Brunetzky) Kaufman 84 are pltased to announce the safe arrival of their son Nathaniel Brian All are reSiding at Bright
Dr Houchang Khatamian MSc 71 PhD 8 is associate professor Depart shyment of Horticul rure Kansas State Unishyversity Manhattan
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J cE~~~~f May 11 - Presidents Counc il Executive Luncheon
May 19-June 5 Guel ph Spring Festival
May 31-June 3 Convocation
June 13-15 Human Sexuality Conference
June 17-19 Alumni Weekend
July 10-13 Canadian Home Economics Association Con ference
July 26 Al um ni Assoc iation Executives O rientation Meeting
Masters of Agribusiness Management
111e University of Guelph is now olkring a Masters of Agribusiness Management for people interested in a comprehensive training program for manlgemel1l positions in modern agrihusiness
The program runs over I () months and is highly structured so that studenrs receive intensive practical training in all facets of agribusiness managemel1l
Ifyou have an agricultural background and wish to funher your career in management of farm or nonmiddotfarm agribuiiiness this program could he for you
For fu nhcr information on this program pleL~e contact
Professor Tom Funk Department of Agricultural Economics and Business University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl (519) 824middot4120 ext 3427
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Dr Elenimo Khonga PhD 87 is a lecturer University ofMalawi Chancellor College Zomba Malawi
Kevin Laidley 82 MSc 85 resource technician Niagara Peninsula Consershyvation Authority Allanburg is married to Lesley Nicholson FACS 83 child life specialist McMaster University Medical Centre Hamilton
Dr Monique Leclerc MSc 82 PhD 87 is assistant professor Department of Soil Science and Biometeorology Utah State University Logan
Maurice Marwood 64 MSc 66 is vicemiddot preSident sales and marketing Canadian Kenworth Company Mississauga He is responsible for all aspects of sales and marketing ofKenworth trucks and product support in Canada
Dr Giancarlo Mosch1ni PhD 86 is [caching in the Economics Department Iowa State University Ames not the Unimiddot versity of Iowa as stated in the fall 1987 issue oflhe GuelpbAlurnnus Our apolomiddot gie~ for [his error
Reid Palmer 63 is a research geneticist and professor Departments ofAgronomy and Genetics Iowa State University Ames
Dr Yousef Papadopoulos 80 MSc 82 PhD 87 a research scientist Agrimiddot cu lture Canada Nappan NS i$ married to Kathleen Glover 80 MSc 83
Andy Robinson 80 MSc 83 a genetimiddot cist Livestock Developmcnt Division Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Christine Howe Arts 81
Dr A Hamid Saleemi MSc 73 has received a PhD in Educational Psychology from Bayero UniverSity Kana Nigeria His thesis was Islamic Values and Commitment among HallSa Muslim Youtb Au Empirical Study and his reo search has been hailed as a pioneering study in the measurement of reJjgious commitment anlong MusJjms Dr Saleemi is principal tutor Department of Adult Education and Community Services Faculty of Education Bayero University
James Sampa MLA 86 is a lecturer in landscape design and natul 1 resource conservation School of Environmental Studies Copperbelt University Zambia
Bill Shotyk 81 completed his PhD in 1986 in the Geology Department at The University ofWestern Ontario and spent a year as visiting postdoctoral researcher at the UniverSity of California to study
thennodynamic stability of organic commiddot plexes of aluminum In Sept 1987 he married Beth Haas and they live in London where Bill is a postdoctoral research associate in the Geology Department UWO studying the surface chemistry of minerals He is also writing his first book The Geochemistry OfPeatandPeatlands to be published by Elsevier Amsterdam
jack Thompson OAC 81 is a firemiddot fighter Station No 1 Thomhlll
Susan Watkins 81 is program offi cer Horn of Africa Oxfam Canada She is in charge ofOxfams overseas development projects in Eutrea and Tigray prOvince of Ethiopia the majori ty of which are in agriculture and health
Dve Dr Ian Alexander 86 is a dmg evalumiddot ator Bureau of Veterinary Dmgs Health and Welfare Canada Ottawa
Dr Cheng Hock Choong PhD 72 is director Semex Canada Guelph
Dr Ann Davis 75 a graduate student at the University of Toronto has won the Hardi Cinader Prize for 1987 The award is given to the graduate student in the process of completing doctor-A work who most resembles renowned immunomiddot logist Dr Bernhard Cinaders originality and versatility
Dr john Debbie 65 is an epidemiomiddot logist New York State Health Department Albany
Dr jean Dodds 64 in addition to her research on blood clotting mechanisms has chaired several national and intermiddot national task forces on assorted topics
Dr Doug Galt 62 is laboratory head OMAF Brighton
Dr Maria Koller CBS 75 DVM 79 chief control programs Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Dr Robert Georgeson 72
Dr Darwin Lund 60 is veterinarian in charge Agriculture Canada Lethbridge Alta
Dr David Murphy 56 is director cardiovascular surgical unit Dalhousie
niversity Halifax
Dr Gary Nash 77 veterinary research officer Institute of Aquaculture University
ofStirling Stirling Scotland is married to Marilyn Klein CBS 77
Dr HG Rees 55 joined the faculty of Massey University New Zealand after 10 years ofgeneral practice Upon completion of his masters degree he as appointed senio r lect urer at the University of Melbourne In 1970 he returned to prac shytice in his native Wales and has spent the past 12 years on the faculty at SeaJe-Hayne College there He has a small sheep farm
ARTS Bruce Westheuser 76 ofToronto died Dec 7 1987 He was a teacher Toronto Montessori Schools Hlt is survived by his father Ronald and stcpmodlcr Dorothy two sisters and a brodumiddotr
CSS Robert A Dodd MA 75 of Victoria BC died Oct 8 1987 He had been employed by the Ministry of Health He is survived by his wife Wendy
Bruce G Miller 72 of Aurora Ont died Sept 2 1987 He was a teacher with York Region Board of Education He is survived by his wife
MAC-FACS Etta (Birdsall) Garnham 17D of Tillsonhurg Ont died Jan 11 1988 She is survi ed by her sister Doris Oatman
Kathleen (Coggs) Hallam 120 of Toronto died jan 23 1988
Katherine L (Williamson) Killmaster 35D of Southfield Michigan died jan 31 1988
GAdora(Beemer)McFadyen 29Dof Port Elgin Ont died Apri l 8 L987 She is Survived by her son George S McFadyen OAC 50A
Anne E Spera 280 of Dundas Ont died Jan 26 1988
Dora M (Dies) Terryberry 260 of Weston Ont died Jan 22 1988 She is survived by her son Douglas
and maintains a single man general pracshytice Sheep health and production are his main interests and in the fall he was admitted to the Cert SHP by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons In 1989 he plans to retrace his footsteps to learn about his main interests in the countries in which he was trained
Dr Duncan Sinclair 58 OAC MSc 60 (nutrition ) Schofield lecturer 1983 will become Queens University Dean of
IN MEMORIAM
OAC Aimee A (Ups) Acklen 36 of Irving Texas died Feb 2 1987 She is survived by her husband Robert and one son
George K Beare 37 A of xbridge Ont died Oct 30 1987 He is survived by his wife Ruby
Dr J Ritchie Cowan 39 of Corvallis Oregon died Nov 12 1987 He was a retired professor of agronomy and proshyfessor emeritus Oregon State University He received his MS and a doctorate in plant genetics from the University of Minnesota He served as national president of the Crop Science Socicty of America the American Society of Agronomy the American Forage and Graosland Council the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology and the League for Intershynational Food Education He was pre shydeceased by his first wife DorothyWhite Mac 39 He is survived by his second wife Ruth and two children
WUliam M Croskery 15 of Ottawa died Nov 17 1987 He was a retired agricultural representative for Carleton County He is survived by three children
Walter C Fisher 26 of Sf Catharines Ont died jan 20 1988 He is survived by his wife Alice ( Petrie ) and three children
William A Hammond 18 Port Dovers oldest World War I veteran died Sept 29 1987 at 95 Prior to entering OAC he farmed worked in a lumber camp in BC and fought forest fires in Montana During the war he served in France and Belgium with the 55th l3atteryofthe Royal Canadian Art illery advancing from gunner to sergeant In 1920 he married Minerva Mitchell and they farmed in Woodhouse Township Mter retir ing he became clerk-treasurer of the township and later
Medicine and Vice-Principal ( Health Sciences) onJuly 1 He has served Queens in various capacities since joining the departme nt of physiolo gy in 1966 Nationally he has been invo lved with the Medical Research Council of Canada for many years includ ing a term as its director-genera1
Dr Anne Marie Taylor 81 is direc tor of an imal care Animal Care Centre Dalhousie niversity Halifax
held the san1e position with the Town of Port Dover He also served on the Ontario Assessment Appeal Board and was a fanner chai rman of the Simcoe High School Board In 1967 he received a Centennial Medal for service to his communi ty He was predeceased by bis wife and a son and is survived by two daughters Betty Murton ofWatetiord and Doris LlIldon of listoweI
Kandappar NJeyasseelan MSA 56 of Peradeniya Sri Lanka died Oct 22 1987 He is survived by two children
Frank J King 33 of Thornhill One died Dec 19 1987 He was a pioneer of Canadas broiler chicken industry and retired senior executive and director of Ralston Purina Canada Inc He is survived by his wife Rachel and a son
Robert C (Bob) lGrkness 56 of Maple Ridge BC died Oct 10 1987 He is survived by his wife
] Morley Lawrence 1 7 of Windsor died Oct 4 1987
John S Lennox 66A of Shallow Lake Ont died as the result of a farm accident Nov 4 1987 He is survived by his wife Ada and a son
Alex T Macnab 36 of North Fort Myers Fla died Dec 18 1987 He is survived by his wife Vella
NormanJ Myles 39 of Guelph died j an 24 1988 He had been a second lieutenant 11 th Field Brigade Royal Canadian Artillery He is survived by his wife Luella Beverley (Highan1 ) and two children
Robert W Phillips 39 of Belleville Ont died Sept 21 1987 -John W Robertson 38 of Thorold Ont died Oct 21 1987 He is survived by his wife Elizabeth and daughter Janice Partlow Arts 70
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Henry H Rooke 8 of Barrie Ont died Dec 16 1987 lIe was retired from the Department of National Health and Welfare He is survived by his wife Harriet Mac 40 and daughters Jane Lennox and Nancy RookemiddotAllen CBS 73
Robert H See 65A ofBohon Ont died Nov 14 1987 He was the son of Margaret (Huston) See Mac 33 and the late Dr John N See OAC 35 OVC 38 He is survived by his wife Brenda and two sisters
WilliamT (Bill) Smith 35 ofStfJtford Ont died Sept 19 1987 He is survived by his wife Maude and five children
Annie H Tasi MSc 72 ofGuelph died Dec 9 1987 She received her BSc in Agriculture from the National Taiwan University in 1965 After receiving her masters in horticulture from Guelph she worked as a research technician in the Universipound) Department of Horticultural Science Shc is survived by her hu~band Benjamin and two children
William G Toner 20A and 22 of Guelph died Jan 30 1988 He is survived by hi wife Eileen and four children
W Benson (Ben) Vair 55 of Sarnia died Jan 6 1988 He taught science at Northern Collegiate in Sarnia for 25 years retiring in 1987
A Gordon O Whiteside 20A and 22 of Ottawa died June 2 1987 Ht was retired after 42 years as a cerealist with Agriculture Canada and wa~ a Fellow of thc Agricultural Institute of Canada lie developed sevedl varieties of Canadian whtat one of which bears his namt Gordon He is su rvived byhis wife Irene and three children
Joseph H Willmott 22A of Milton died Oct 23 1987 He is survived by his sonJohn c Willmott 55
PROFESSORS
Dr Denis H Stott professor emeritus since 1980 diedJan 22 1988 in England at 78 He was ftrst chair Department of Psychology from 1966-68 and was intershyna tionally known as a pioneer in deve shyloping learning techniques for hardmiddottOmiddot teach children He founded the Centre for Educational Disabilities which he directed until h is retirement in 1975 His research focused on the causes and promiddot
blems of delinquent school boys He is survived by hiswifeJane and tw children
Dr Robert D Whiteford of Qualicum Beach Vancouver Island former professor Department of Biomedical Sciences died Feb ] 0 1988 He is survived by his wife Beatrice and one son
STAFF Ray Catchpole a member of the Unj middot versitys Sulawesi Regional Development Project team in Indonesia died Nov 27 1987 in Jakarta at 46 He had been with the project sinet its inception in 1984 He is survived by his wife Ani and his mother Muriel Lucas A mcmorial fund has been established in his nanle Contributions may be forwarded to the Department of
Alumni Affairs and Development The fund will provide a bursary for Indonesians and Canadians involved in exchange between the two ountries It will be adminbtered by the niversity School of Rural Planning and Development
FRIENDS
Joseph Arlen of Guelph died Sept 5 1987 He pursued studies at OAC from 1957 to ) 959 before completing an engineering degree at the University of Toronto He is survived by his wife Judy who works in Photographic Services on campus and two children A Joseph Arlen Memorial Prize in Horticulture has been established Contributions may be forshywarded to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development
ASPARAGUS RESEARCHER DIES IN GUELPH
Herman (Herm) Tiessen OAC 51 onc of Canadas fore middot most aspard1t1s researdlers rued in Guelph Dec 10 1987 at 63 Or Ticsscn had been a horticul shyture professor at the University since 1955 and was co-ordinator of the National Asparagus Reshysearch Program
At its fiftieth anniversary meeting in london the day of his death the Ontario Asparagus Growers Marketing Board honored Dr Tiessen as the pershyson who had made the greatest contributions to the industry over the last 50 years He was also weU known for his work on greehouse tOmatoes and for a collaborative project with Texaco that used waste energy from the companys refinery to heat greenhouses
After graduating from OAC Dr Tiessen received his masters and PhD degrees from Michigan State University and returned to his alma mater to join the Department of Horticultural Science He traveUed widely to share his knowledge on veget-
The late Professor Herm Tiessen OAC51
able growing with scientists around the world most recently to New Zealand and Taiwan He -wa a member of the Agricultural Institute of Canada and the Canadjm American and Intermiddot national Societies for Horticulmiddot tural Science He was also an active member of the OAC Alumni Association
He is sUlvived by his wife Marjorie and two children
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JlAVIeuro 17 18 19 GOlf Tournament
The classic confrontation on the green the Gryphon Club Golf Tournament will start things rolling on Friday at the Cutten Club Prizes will be awarded
Barbecue amp CasinO Night
Meet your friends at Alumni House Friday evening for a barbecued feast and try your llck at the casino tables
SIOwpitch Tournament
The Grad loungers will defendtheir championship title at the alumnistudent co-ed slowpitch tournament Why not get a team together to compete for the first-place trophy and other awards Teams should consist of 12 to 20 players with at least six females per team Three one-hour games are guaranteed for each team
Tours Lectures Demonstrations
Tour the new Equine Research Centre see computer laboratory demonstrations at the College of Family and Consumer Studies or catch an enlightening lecture If its nature you enjoy visit the Arboretum the Marine Biology Laboratory or the Elora Gorge Conservation Area
Celebrity Auction
Join in the fun and bid on a fascinating assortment of articles donated by local celebriti~s Lots of surprises in store All proceeds will go to Alumni House
Awards Presentations
At the Presidents Picnic at noOn on Saturday the Alumnus of Honor award and the Alumni Medal of Achievement will be presented Come and celebrate with the recipients
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See page 7 for your Alumni Weekend reservation form For further information see your College section inside or call the Alumni Weekend hotline (519) 824-4120 ext 2102
Class Reunions
Is your class having a reunion Check page 7 to find out Reunions are a great opportunity to meet old
friends and renew acquaintshyances The Alumni Associations will host their graduates of 50
years or more at a Golden Anniversary Din ner
Champagne Brunch
Toast Alumni Weekend 88 at a champagne brunch held on the Alumni House patio Sunday The Guelph Concert Band will provide entertainment
DR IAN TAYLOR DOING HIS ullONS SHARE Dr Ian W Taylor avc 43 of Wheeling Illinois puts enthusiasm into everything he does [ figure if Im going to do it Im going to be enthusiastic he was quoted recently in a local newspaper article
As OVC class of 43 president Ian co-chaired the 40th reunion of his class at Alumni Weekend in 1983 along with Dr Archie MacKinnon He acted as master of ceremonies for the program and arranged a display of memorabilia Fourteen out ofa possishyble 31 members of the class were present
TIlis year [an is pushing for 100 per cent attendance at the 45th reunion during Alumni Weekend Perfect attendance is something Ian knows about
He has served the community of Wheeling as a veterinarian for over 30 years Although most of his work has been with dogs cats and a few birds he has also dedicated a great amount of time to lions - bUl nol the four legged kind He recently received
GOOD EWES Three sets of genetically identical lambs are the first anio1aJs bom from bisected embryos at the University
]n December six surrogate ewes delivered nine lambs - three sets of twins and three singles - that had developed from embryos micro shysurgically bisected and implanted five months earlier
Project leader Dr Calhy Gartley ove 82 now completing a DVSc degree in the Department of Clinical Studies says the accomplishment is a milestone for the University
1 find it exciting that these are the first genetically identical animals created and born at the University of Guelph she says They represent the first ofmany such twins in several species that University researchers hope to soon realize
Besides maximizing embryo use this project demonstrates the potenshytial to create Significant numbers of
Dr Ian Taylor OVC 43 with some of the hundreds ofpins hehas collected on visits to Lions CLubs a1(mnd the world
a special award from the International Lions Club for exemplary work in lhe field of international relations He has attended Lions Club meetings in 57
Twin lambs Mutton and jeff who began life as the same embryo am shown with Dr Cathy Gartley avc 82 under the watChful eye of their sutTOgate mothet Q2
genetically identical aninlals that are vital for consistent research results
Dr Gartleys project is supported by the Ontario Ministry ofAgricu Iture and Food (OMAF) and the Eleanor Gartshore Memorial Shnp Trust
different countries and hasnt missed a monthly meeting in 29 years
He has served the Wheeling Club as preSident newsletter editor and public relations chairnlan and has twice been named Lion of the Year In 1982he received tbe MeJvinJones Fellowship award for dedication to humanitarian services and recently he was recognized by a resolution in the Illinois House of Representatives for his Lions Club work He says his greatest pleasure is watching the joy that d isabled children get from a Lions-sponsored camp in Lake Villa each year He has been involved in ftmd-raising for the disabled which is the Lions main objective both locally and abroad
Ian would like to hear from alumni who are members of Lions Intershynational to exchange information and souvenirs used by the clubs throughout the world of Lionism He would also like his OVC class of 43 members to immediately send back the questionnaires mailed to them by the Alumni Office in December for the purpose of producing a class anniversary newsletter These may be sent [0 him at 7695 Milwaukee Ave Wheeling lllinois 60090 or to Dr Archie MacKinnon RR 4 Cambridge Onto 1R 555
SPEAKERS TOUR
The OVC Alumni Association invites alumni to hear two dynashymic guest speakers and tour the Equine Research Centre during Alumni Weekend June 18
Dr Bruce Fogle OVC 70 of London England practitioner and author will speak on The Changing Role Of the Veterinshyarian in SmallAnimalPractice and Dr Brian Brandenburg OVC 68 M Sc 71 president of Guelph International Developshyment Consultants will speak on Veterinary Medicine in the Third World
The progranl will conclude with a dinner and dance
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Editor Carol yn (Redden) Moore 84
FROM THE PRESIDENT
While writing this message at the end ofJanuary I realize the mid-point of this years board of directors acti shyvities has arrived I reflect on two goals I set at our annual meeting last June to evaluate our contact with Mac-FACS alumni and increase memshybership in our alumru association
Upon graduation you do not autoshymatically become a member f the Mac-FACS Alumni Association You become a member by paying an annultll or life membership fee This money helps the board ofdirectors carry out activities on your behalf for both students and aluo1ni
At (he January board meeting we discussed the services our Association provides Our visibility with students is quite high through schOlarship presentations careers night and a reception for the graduating class Our services to alumni may need to be redefined What would you like us to provide orgaruze or sponsor
Our annual seminar was cancelled in October 1986 due to a lack of registrants Should we attempt to organize another
LOnYline Holding 71
Your board wants to increase its ConLlct with a greater number ofyou Where and when would you like us to be active7 What projects would you like us to consider
Please send your comments to us at Alumni House University ofGuelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2Wl Also why not come to our 1988 annual meeting June 18 J hope to hear from you soon
Sincerely Lorraine Holding 71 MacmiddotFACS Alu m ni As ociation President
FACS students Suzie Chin and Tracey Vent chat with Barb Stuart FAGS 71 faculty representative on the Mac-FACS Alumni Association s board Of directors at the annual party for graduating students hosted by the Assodation in February Sixty-five students 15 board members and several faCUlty members attended this yems party
CALLING ALL HOME
ECONOMISTS Towards 2000 Challenges and Opportunities is the theme of the Canadian Home Economics Associashytion (CHEA) National Conference at the Univer-ity July 10-13 The conshyference will be of intere t to alumni who graduated in programs related to family and consumer studies foods and nutrition home economics or human ecology
CHEA with a membership of2000 is committed to provide professional development for its members through programs workshops and special interest sessions A major part fits mandate is to create an awareness of new products and services in the market place
Frank Feather a well-known global futurist with a business-like approach will be the keynote speaker at the CIlEA conference He will address the challenges and opportunities of the future Dr Ehler Park a consultant with A5A willexplainhowplanning for outer _pace affects everything from the food we eat to how children will play
Other topics at the conference will include artificial vs natural sweetshyeners issues of an aging population space-age textiles SMART house - a totally computerized environment human sexuality free trade and agri shycu lture food irrJdiatjon and financ ial p lanning
Well-known Canadian entertainer Nanlt-Y White whose satirical songs arc often heard on CBC radio will perform following the opening ceremonies
Many pre and post-conference actishyvities are planned including trips to the Stratford Festival Niagara-on-theshyLake and Niagara Falls Waterloo County ( Farmer Market ) and the village of Elora
The conference offers an excellent opportunity for professional deveshylopment and networking For more information contact Wilda Waldron registration chair CHEA Conference 88 168 Maple Street Guelph Ontario N I G 2G7 ( 519) 836-9551
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FACS GRAD FINDS HEART IN THE ARTS
I ts strange how things work Ollt
Im glad r received a well-rounded education at Guelph It prepared me for th e future reflects Eva Eichenbaum FACS 75
Eva is one often Niagara Peninsula poets featured in Voices from the Niagara a book of local poems colshylelttcd by Pcter and Brenda Baltensperger and published in 1987 ( Moonstone Press 8795 )
Reviewing the book in the Hamilton Spectator John Terpstra writcs Thcre are some very good poems here and a few are standouts I especia lly enjoyed those of Eva Eichenbaum and David Haskins
Eva was born in Sweden the daughter of Estonian refugees who escaped their homeland during the Second World War She camc to Canada with ber family at age two and grew up in Niagara Falls where she attended Stamford Collegiate and won the Upper Scbool English Award at graduation
After a year of travel in 1969 as Miss iagara Hospitality for the Niagara
Promotion Association she enrolled at the University of Guelph to earn a Bachelor of Applied Science degrce and also took some courses at the
niversity of Helsinki Finland She then earned her Bachelor of Education degree at the College of Education Brock n iversity St Catharines and now teaches English and Television Arts at Merritton High School in that city
She started her career in education as a Family Studies teacher and was once head of the Family Studies Department at Merritton but found that her heart was really in English and the creative arts She used to teach theatre arts and also formed the Merriuon High School Dance Commiddot pany Sht teaches ballet and has written several musical comedies for her theatre and dance students
I got the idea for the style and format of the musicals fro m College Royals Curtain Call at Guelph I had a role in the production Der Keller a take-off on Cabaret in my final year she explains
NEW CHAIR TO BROADEN FOCUS IN
CONSUMER STUDIES Teaching and research in the Department ofConsumer Studies has focused on consumer affairs particushylarly consumer behavior and the basic necessities - food clothing and housing New department chairJohn Pratschke sees a need to review and perhaps expand this focus
Professor Pratschke says he was drawn to Guelph because of his interest in consumer economics The University has one of the few departmiddot ments in Canada with a consumer emphasis He plans to preserve the departments unusual linking ofsocial SCience business and technology but broaden the rangt ofstudy to include other products and services important
to the budgets of Canadian house shyholds
The employer market is happy with Consumer Studies graduates says Promiddot fessor Pratschke but there is a need for better communication about the program w ith secondary school stushyden ts We must get across the message that marketing is an inter shyesting challenge and that the program is professionally oriented without lOSing its base in product technology
Born in Ireland Professor Pratschke received his bachelor of commerce master ofeconomic science and PhD at University College Cork He has taught at the University of Waterloo University College Ga lway and
Eva EiclJenbaum FACS 75
Five of Evas poems are featured in tht 63 middotpage Voices f1Om the Niagara and she has donated a copy of the book to the University Lihrary She has also had poems published in Souldust and Pearls Sixth Edition ( Moonstone Press) and There Is a book productd by the Niagara Chapter of the Canadian Authors Association In the future she hopes to take some tinle out from teaching to study broadshycasting
PrOfessorjohn Pratschke
Memorial University Newfoundland He has published widely on the economics ofconsumer expenditures and on European housing policy agrimiddot culture banking and business education
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Mike Traub HAF-A 78 general manager Victoria Place Retirement Lodge Kitchenel discusses his career with a group ofstudents at the HAFA Alumni Assodatiolls annual Careers Night held on campus in January Thirty-seven alumni involved in a vanmiddotety ofcareers volunteered their time to the popular event
HAFA ALUMNI EXCHANGE SEMINAR HELD
Nancy Plato FACS 81
FACS PEOPLE Naney Plato FACS 81 ( Consumer Studies ) the new OAC liaison coshyordinator will acquaint high school students and guidance counsellors with opportunities in the agricultural sciences at Guelph
Enrolment at OAC has declined over the past few years and _ aney will work at increasing student numbers through recruitment and marketing
The position ofliaison co-ordinator is a new one for OAe Nancy says one of her main objectives is to broaden the understanding high school stushydents have ofGuelphs programs She plans to use her well-rounded view of agriculture and its related proshygrams combined with her recruitshyment experience
Nancy is back in Guelph from a position in secondary school liaison at Mount Royal College Calgary She is married to Paul Thiel OAC 82 and is an active member of the Mac-FACS Alumni Association board of directors
Professors Kathleen Brown Lila Engberg and Griffith Morgan have all retired from the Department of Family Studies Professor Elizabeth Upton HAFA will retire in July
Professor John Auld Consumer Studies has produced the Human Settlements Audio-Visual Resources Catalogue It is published by the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Warren Adamson vice-president development Delta Hotels gave the keynote address What is the Canadian Tourism Industry Anyway at the annual HAFA Alumni Exchange Seminar held November 4 at the DelL Chelsea Inn Toronto
This professional development event was sponsored by the HAFA
MOllica Hrybko HAFA 88 (left) received Ci HAFA AlumniAssociation Life Membership from Association president Morag McKenzie 82 The membership is given to a graduating student as selected by his or her peers with a minimum 70 per cent accumulative average who has had outstanding involvement ill the School andor University
Alumoi Association in co-operation with Pannell Kerr Forster lL gave lIAFA grads an opportunity to listen to experts in the field speak 00 various topical hospitality issues including pay equity the human resource risis trends in the hotel and foodservice industry and business planning
CONFERENCE
In Search of Healthy Sexuality
June 13-15 1988
The University of Guelphs 10th an nual sexua li ty conference sponshysor d byThe Department of Fami ly Studies wil l examine current issues in human sex u lily tea hing approaches in sexducation and counse llin g m thod for sexual problems
Keynote Ad dress by Dr Ruth Westheimer
For further info rmation write Co ntinu ing Education Di ISlon Univers ity of Guelph Gu Iph
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OAC ALUMNI NEWS Editor Richard Buck 76A
OAC GRAD GIVES GIFT OF WATER TO THAI VILLAGERS
By janet Dumo
Water is not taken for granted in northeast Thailand Usually there is too little of it The sandy laterite soils do not hold water They crack and parch during the hot dry season Ponds shrink Streams and some wells dry up Even in the rainy season the rains are often late or insufficient and the rice crops wither in the fields
But sometimes there is too much water Heavy rains cause flash floods Which drown crops and wash pesti shycides and decaying organic matter into unprotected pit wells There is not enough clean drinking water to ensure good health
A CUSO priority in Thailand is to increase village self-sufficiency and improve the standard of living through the development ofsmall-scale water resources particularly in the north and northeast the poorest regions of the country CUSO engineers placed with departments of local adminisshytration survey and design small spillways dams and piped water systems They develop an under shystanding of indigenous water proshyblems and help viUagers develop water resource technology to deal with these problems
In most villages in Surin province the water is imprisoned under a 20shymetre thick layer of heavy clay comshypacted into red brick-like rock
Ed von Euw OAC 84 returned to Canada in December after two years as a CUSO water resources engineer in Surin While there he worked with two percussion water-jet well-drilling rigs one an Appropriate Technology Association ( A TA) rig originally used in India and Africa the other based on an indigenous village model
Ed found theATA rig needed modi shyfications to make it easier for villagers to operate Most important was the change from a hand to foot-powered lever which the villagers found much less exhausting to work But at $625 the ATA rig is expensive to buy and the Honda motor which pushes water
Ed von EllW and co-worker teaching pump maintenance ill Surin Thailand
down the hole to tlush out the soil and rock particles can use up to $4 of fuel a day
Ed spent several months looking at rigs used by Surin farmers and finally adapted a model from one used by Khun Hong of Muang Pet a village near Surin town Khun Hongs rig uses a pole and beam arrangement making it less durable and steady than the tripod form used in Eds adapted rig The new rig uses a hand-powered Lucky pump made in Taiwan and fanliliar to villagers
The Honda pump used in the ATA drilling rig must be repaired in town and a smaU repair may cost $10 while a repair to the Lucky pump can be done by villagers for less than a doUar Spare parts are available everywhere The drill bilS are made from truck springs in the same Surin shop that made the rig to Eds specillcations They cost only 96 ccors each as opposed to the S7-bits used in the ATA rig
Using smaller pipe and bit than the ATA rig Eds adapted rig drills more quickly through rock and is lighter and easier to use It requires only two people to ope(dte the foot lever The ATA rig requires four or five Eds rig cost $192 to make including pump and accompanying tools and can be constructed by villagers in a small weldingmachine shop if there is a demand for more
Eds rig was tested in Ban Se Jaruk on a site divined by a villager Working
intermittently the villagers went d wn 25 metres in one and a half weeks much of the time grinding through the red rock When water they were pumping down the hole suddenly disappeared and didnt come up again they were afraid they had damaged the rig But instead it was a sign of having broken into a vein of water which was now absorbing any other water poured down So water had been found delicious and abundant right behind the assistant headmans house
The Ban Se Jaruk well has been capped with a rower pump purchased from ATA for S17 The pump is based on a bamboo model used in fndia The tubewell pipe and pump are made of plastic - more acceptable than steel which gives the water an unpleasant taste
Ed carried out a four-month wellshydrilling project in co-operation with Khun Darune of the Northeast Thailand ( ET) Project Funded by the Canadian Internat ional Deve shylopment Agency and assisted by CUSO it is a rural development program in operation since 1981 in 52 villages along the Thai-Kampuchean border The villagers of Ban Se Jaruk elated with their initial success borrowed Eds rig to drill more wells In total seven rigs were built from Eds proto shytype and distributed to four other villages Over 100 successful wells have been drilled in the area to date
EdilO1-S NoteanetDuma is a CUSO special program officer in Malaysia Sbe bas worked as an Englisb teacber witb CUSO in fi)aiand andMaaysia
Ed von Euw a Stratford native graduated from Guelpb witb a BSc in engineering in December J984He llas 011 tbe deans bonor roll three times and received an engineering scbolarsbip in 1983 Before going overseas in November 1985 be workedfor Enllironment Canada as a bydrornettic engineer He is now studying f01 a masters degree in engineering at Guelph
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Professor Harold Crawford OAC 58 MSc 7 0
OAC PEOPLE ProfessorJohn Burton OAC 62 and Brian McBride CBS 78 OAC MSA 80 Department of Animal and Poultry Science have received $400000 from the Ministry ofColleges and niversities Research Incentive Fund for contract research in partnershyship with Cyanamid Canada Inc of Toronto They will examine the effecshytiveness of the hormone BST in increasing milk production in dairy cattle as well as any other effects of the agent
Gordon MacLeod OAC 50 has retired from the Department ofAnimal and Poultry Science after 31 years at the UniversityJohn Summers OAC 53 MSA 59 has also retired from the Department of Animal and Poultry Science after 25 years at the University
Harold Crawford OAC 58 MSc 70 who recently retired as coshyordinator of the Ontario Diploma in Horticulture Program Independent Study Division after 29 years at the University has received the Ontario Parks Association (OPA) recognition award for Significant contribution to the betterment of parks the proshyfession and the envirorunent through his work in continuing education He has been a member of the educational committee of the OPA for 14 years The Ontario Diploma in Horticulture program graduated its first students in 1963 and now has 500 alumni
Marilyn Dykstra OAC 78 is new director of the Universitys Pest
Marilyn Dykstra OAC 78
Diagnostic and Advisory Clinic The clinic is working at maximum capacity with marc than 30000 inquiries to its credit since it opened nine years ago says Marilyn It receives everyshything from live specimens of earwigs and spiders to diseased ornamentals and fruit and vegetable crops Most specimens come from home gar shydeners she ays but the clinic has a growing clientele among commercial growers landscape businesses and other industries Through its service and extension functions the clinic has accumulated a reference collecshytion of more than 10000 slides and specimens as well as a list of resource people from across campus
Dr R Keith (Chip) Chapman OAC 40 has retired from the Department ofEntomoJogy University of Wisconsin Madison following a distinguished areer spanning 40 years A two-day symposium was held in his honor last June and The R Keith Chapman Vegetable Entomology SchOlarship was established with funds collected in lieu ofa retirement gift He has also been named professor emeritus Attending the symposium and retirement recognition party in Madison were Keiths brothers Ross also OAC 40 and Douglas OAC 44 and sister Helen Stockwell a graduate of Macdonald College McGiJl Univershysity Montreal and OAC Dean Freeman McEwen
When Bruce Brown OAC 85 received his degree from former agri shyculture minister William A Stewart chancellor ofthe Universi tyofGuelph he asked what steps he could take to
Dr R Keith (Chip) Chapman andhis brother Ross both OAC 40
become the minister of agriculture and food Little did he know that two and a half years later he would be minister - if only for a day
In December he shared the duties of Ontarios minister Jack RiddeD OAC 57 as his prize for winning a public speaking contest at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Bruce who operates a Newcastle dairy beef and cash crop farm with his father spoke on the survival of the farm family in Ontario
ETHICS IN AGRICULTURE Ethical issues in agriculture such as animal welfare are generally debated from an emotional viewpoint Proshyfessor Frank Hurnik OAC PhD 71 Animal and Poultry Science and Pro shyfessor Hugh Lehman Philosphy are hoping to change that through the journal of Agricultural Ethics an international quarterly publication which offers a forum for discussing moral issues related to food and food production
We hope this publication will act as a bridge between those who philo shysophize about agricu ltural ethics and those actively involved in plant and animal use says Professor Hurnik Its a scholarly refereed journal but it wont be bogged down with speciashylized technical jargon As a result we believe it will be useful to the farm community and we expect leaders from that field will be contributors not just readers
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Professor Fredjelome and his wife Faye look over a catalogue of the Universitys art collection
ALOVEOFART Back in 1968 Fred N Jerome OAC 33 established a trust fund to purshychase art produced by promising young Canadian artists
I was a full professor then and I could afford to do it (set up a trust fund) I felt art deserved a little push and I wanted to see the niversitys art collection expand explains the now retired professor ofgenetics and poultry science at Guelph
Forty-two Canadian works have been purchased to date through lhe F - Jerome Trust Fund and a special exhibi t of these works will be featured at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre beginning Alumni WeekendJune 18 and continuing throughout the sununer
Professorjeromes personal favorite in the collection is Ken Danbys silkshyscreen The Skates
I like Danbys technique His work is almost as realistic as a color photoshygraph but you can still tell its a painting he explains
He is also fond ofDiego Drawing a lithography by Jack Chanlbers a London Ontario artist and Gene Chus delicate Spider Series
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre Director Judith Nasby says Fred Jerome has made an outstanding contribution to the growth of the Universitys Canadian art collection - one of the largest univer itycollecshytions in the province He has recogshynized the tremendous growth and vitality of the art community in Canada by specifying that works be purchased from young artists
A LOVE OF LI LI ES The expression lily white has little meaning for Bill Evans His favorite lilies are bright orange and yellow I like the ones that almost glow and catch your eye from 100 yards away says the retired Department of Horti shycultural Science professor
Professor Evans lilies are certainly eye-catching for anyone travelling north of Guelph on Highway 6 betshyween mid-June and mid-August Splashes of spectacular color glow from his field of lilies near Marden (behind the home of Marjorie and the late George Durnford ) - a welshycome surprise for those accustomed to seeing only the popular Easter white variety
Im obsessed with lilies admits Professor Evans who retired in 1985 after 28 years of researching phult breeding and teaching small fruit proshyduction at the University of Guelph ) like their variety and scope They are perennial plants that grow at different heights Some have flowers that face up some face down and some face out Some are trumpet shaped some have petals that curve back Some are scented and some are unscented
As a child Professor Evans grew flowers and vegetables in his parents big garden north of Calgary After six years in the army he enrolled at the
niversity of Alberta to study hortishycu lture During his second year in 1947 he began hybridizing lilies Following graduation he worked as a fruit breeder for the federal governshyment in Alberta for eight years before coming to Guelph in 1957 He conshytinued to breed and grow lilies at the
niversity and on plots of land that friends like Professor Ted Me inch (and now Mrs Durnford) let him use
The University has quite a history of lily breeding says Professor Evans The late Isabella Preston a lecturer at Guelph before Professor Evans time went on the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa and to world fame for her ornamental crabapples lilacs and lilies The late Jc Taylor a professor at Guelph was well-known for his lily breeding and introduced Professor Evans to many other breeders He
told me that my lilies needed more vigor and let me use some of his plants in my work
Professor Evans introduced three new varieties of lilies through the University and registered some of Professor Taylors They were marshyketed in the United States So far Professor Evans has had 17 varieties of lilies internationally registered Anyone can do this he says modestly You just write a full desshycription of the plant pick a name that hasn t been used before and send it to the Royal Horticultural Society in England prekrrably with a photo The new names are published every year
It s hard coming up with new nanles though says Professor Evans He has named some of his varieties after the area in which they were grown shyArkel Marden Gold Aberfoyle He named one after his granddaughter Bronwen and one after his wife Ethelwaite ( her first and maiden names ) She gets a thrill whenever she sees that name on a ( flower show) prize list somewhere he says
Pink and pastel lilies are Professor Evans speciality and his favorite is a variety he caBs Blusbing Maiden It has mauvey pink tips with a white centre
Professor Evans and his wife edH a newsletter three times yearly for the Ontario Regional Lily Society and Professor Evans has just ended a two year term as president of the North American lily Society He has judged at nower shows all over Canada and the nited States and will preside at an international show in Hamilton in July
Because of his hobby Professor Evans is enjoying retirement He spends about 25 hours a week on his lilies in the summer months During the off season he grows seeds and works on his records He is working on increasing the number ofvarieties including spotless ones ( most lilies have spots which are dominant ) He is pleased that some of his former students are now growing lilies entering shows and joining li ly societies
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RURAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT GRADS TO FORM ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
The University School ofRural Planshyning and Development ( USRPampD ) was inaugurated at Guelph in 1980
USRPampD is built on the strengths of past Guelph initiatives such as the Centre for Resources Development and the Rural Development Outreach Project It is formally recognized by the Canadian Institute of Planners and offers Masters level programs in rural planning rural development international rural development and resources management It is also actively engaged in research and community outreach
Recent research topics have in shycluded land availabi Iityfor agricu lture
local economic development strateshygies rural aging northern and native community plannjng and developshyment rural transportation computer applications in planning and deve shylopment and water and waste management to name a few This research was conducted throughout Canada and arollnd the world inshycluding Nepal Kenya Indonesia St Lucia Belize and Botswana
The outreach interests ofthe School are fully integrated with its teaching and research activities Recent out shyreach projects have included the Childcare Network Project for families in rural Wellington County an evaJu shy
ation of the rural development proshygrams ofa Jesuit mission in southern Ethiopia a heritage strategy for the Town of IngerSOll and a recreation needs assessment for Sault Ste Marie
Graduates of USRPampD as well as graduates of the former Centre for Resource Development are now being invited to form an alumni association to keep members updated on School activities their fellow alumni and issues concerning rural planning and development For further information contact Professor Harry Cummings USRampD University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N1G 2WI ( 519) 824-4120 ext 6783
JOIN YOUR OAC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NOW Did you know that as a graduate of OAC you are not automatically a member of the OAC Alumni Assoshyciation However anyone involved in a formal agricultural education at OAC ( past present or future ) is not only eligible to become a member but is encouragetl to do so
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ARTS Joanna Black 81 Ls aisistant direclOr curator The Marietta-Cobb Fine Arts Centre Marietta Georgia
Richard Hoffman 78 a Canadian Press journalist in Toronto is married pound0 Martine Bracey CBS 77
Laura Mezey-Hamid 82 administrative assistant to the vice-president of finance Penningtons Stores Umjted Toronto is married to Shaheed Hamid CSS 82
John Laurence (Stash) Stasiw 76 is marketing manager Philips Electronics Ltd Scarborough
Dirk Vanbattum 75 is vice-president Eddie May Mysteries Ottawa
CBS Michael Best 77 is a research technician Cross Cancer Institute Edmonton
GRAD NEWS EUzabeth Jane (Kempe) Coker 82 a resource worker CaJedon Parent-ChiId Centre Bolton is married to Dr Ted Coker OVC 87
Janet Ebanks 86 is a medical social worker Cayman overnment Health Sershyvices George Town Grand Cayman Cayman Islands British West Indies
Kevin Ferguson 80 supervisor of Outdoor Education for the Elgin County Board of Education married Suzanne Schmid BEd (Nipissing) 82 in April 1987 She works for the Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority They live near Aylmer
Michael Hackenberger 81 is president Canadian Zoological Systems Toromo
Heather Hattin 84 (HK) whose rowing accomplishments were featured in the winter 1987 issue ofthe GuelphAlumnus won Canadas first-ever gold medal in womens rowing in the double-scull event at the world championships in Copenhagen last summer
Cynthia (Porter)JefIrey 85 is studying for an MSc in Food Science at the University of Manitoba She is married to ScottJefIrey OAC 82 assistant professor ofAgncul tural Economics at the University of Manitoba They live in Winnipeg
Dr Gord Kennedy 85 senior chemist Union Carbine Corp Bound Brook New Jersey is married to Carrie Feaver CPS 84
Steven Kerr 77 is regional fisheries biologist Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources KemptviUe
Jim Lee 73 is director Research Services Min istry of Tourism Recreation and Culture Victoria BC
David Lemon 79 is senjor wildlife biologist S Fudge and Altsociates Ltd Saint Johns Nfld
Larry Patterson 76 is Grand Forks and District Aquatic Centre Manager Grand Forks Bc
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Stephen Rabbetts 79 is a zookeeper Metro Toronto Zoo Wcsthill
Cathy Oohnson) Rewcastle 80 is a fur biologist Manitoba atural Rcsources Winnipcg
Brian Sntith 78 micro ~)Stcms manager Natural Sciences Centre The University ofWestcrn Ontario London is married to Debra Bond CSS 79
Bradly Veitch 86 is second brewer Wellington County Brewery Guelph
Michael Wade 87 is responsible for aquaculture programs at Kpong Farms Volta River Authority Akuse Ghana the site of a major hydro-electric installation
P Allen Woodliffe 76 is the first and only district ecologist with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Chatham Districr He is married to Marie Gedcke FACS 75 and has a son Timothy TIl y Jive in Rondeau Provincial Park here Allen was park naturalist for 10 years before moving to the Chatham office
CPS Dr Syed Ahmed 87 is assistant proshyfessor Departme nt of Statistical and AClUarial Sciences University of Western Ontario London
Susan (Bishop) GraJ1am R3 a fourth year medical student Faculty ofMcdicinc University of Toronto is marri ed fO Don Graham CSS 83 CBS MSc 87 who is a ftl ll-time parent to their threc-year-old twins
Robert Lake 77 a self-employed conshysulting geolOgist is married to Susan Kay OAC 77 a human relations specialist with Petro Canada They live in Calgary
Robert Whitehead 79 is a mi ncr Denison Mines Ell iot Lake
Caroline (Carly) Williams 85 is a software engineer Wild Leitz Canada Toronto
CSS John Babcock 8 is special cabinet assistant Office of Minister of State (Forestry and Mines ) Ottawa
Jana Fie MA 87 i a neuropsychological associate Brazos Valley Rehabilitat ion Center Bl)an Texas
Danny Leung R6 is news submiddoteditor Asia Television Limited Hong Kong
Allison (Shaughnessy) Scanlan 84 production supervisor G I of Canada shyTruck Assltmbly Oshawa is mlITied [() Michael Scanlan 84 directo r of pur hasing Arbor Capital Rltsources
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Patricia Sorbam 80 is executive assisshytant to the Ontario Minister of Energy Toronto
G Llewellyn Watson MA 70 a proshyfessor at the University of Prince Edward Island has written a texthook Dilemmas and Contradictions in Sucial 7beor) published by University Press of America
Terry Wright 76 is account manager John Logan National Leasing Bramptoll
MAC-FACS Marie (Tomelin) Cowlin 78 is brand manager Distillers Co Canada Ltd Toronto
Debbie Foster MSc 87 is medical coshyordi natorsex educator Youth Clinical Services Inc Down~view
Marilyn (Shirley) Goodwin 75 MSc 77 a research officer for CSC Ottawa h ma rricd to Fred Goodwin HAFA 75
Margaret (CJark)Jordan 82 manager Agricultural Employment Services Cmada Farm Iabour Pool Newmarkct is married to BrianJordan OAC 81
Margo (Payne) Langan 83 marketing communications co-ordinator Moore Response Technologies Mississauga is married toJohn Langan CBS 75
Nancy (Howard) Martin 81 senior contract managemcnt officer Consumer Products and Trtffic Management Brmch DepartJllent of Supply and Service~ Hull Que is marriltd to Phillip Martin CBS ( HK) 82
Helga (Strenzke) McDonald 84 public relations officer Centrilia Collegc Huron Park is married to Ian McDonald OAC 83
Marilyn Sewell-Kelley 78 is agriculshytura l health and safel) comiddotordinacor Rural Organizations and Services Branch OMAF Guelph and lives near Paris
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Martin Bohl 85 is policy advisor OMAJ Toronto
Guy Bonnetta 79 manager Pioneer Overseas CorpJohnston Iowa is married to Carolyn Knowles CBS 78
Stew Carpenter 50 president ofDivershysity Farms Inc Paw Paw Midligan is married to Olive McEwan 79A scltretary-tnasurer ofDiversity Farms Inc
Harold Cau 60A and 67 is viceshypreSident Barnes Wines Limited St Catharines
Elroy Cober 85 and his wife Rhoda have begun three-year Mennonite Central Committee assignments inKabwe Zambia Elroy is working as provincial o ilseed office r and Rhoda as a general health worker
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laura Cole 80 is a conservJLion planner Mississippi Vall y Conservation Authority Lanark
UoydCurtis 71 MSc 74 ofCalgary is national sales manager Agricultural Chem icals Division BASF Canada Inc BASF markets a wide range of crop proshyLection products Lloyd directs dle aCLivi shyties of BASFs liales force throughout Canada
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Richard Helmer 62A married Marilyn Hogue in Oct 19R7 They live in Windsor Richard is supply tcaching for the Essex COllnty Board of Education and doing freclanltx horLicultural work during the summer months
Brian and Brigitte (Brunetzky) Kaufman 84 are pltased to announce the safe arrival of their son Nathaniel Brian All are reSiding at Bright
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Dr Elenimo Khonga PhD 87 is a lecturer University ofMalawi Chancellor College Zomba Malawi
Kevin Laidley 82 MSc 85 resource technician Niagara Peninsula Consershyvation Authority Allanburg is married to Lesley Nicholson FACS 83 child life specialist McMaster University Medical Centre Hamilton
Dr Monique Leclerc MSc 82 PhD 87 is assistant professor Department of Soil Science and Biometeorology Utah State University Logan
Maurice Marwood 64 MSc 66 is vicemiddot preSident sales and marketing Canadian Kenworth Company Mississauga He is responsible for all aspects of sales and marketing ofKenworth trucks and product support in Canada
Dr Giancarlo Mosch1ni PhD 86 is [caching in the Economics Department Iowa State University Ames not the Unimiddot versity of Iowa as stated in the fall 1987 issue oflhe GuelpbAlurnnus Our apolomiddot gie~ for [his error
Reid Palmer 63 is a research geneticist and professor Departments ofAgronomy and Genetics Iowa State University Ames
Dr Yousef Papadopoulos 80 MSc 82 PhD 87 a research scientist Agrimiddot cu lture Canada Nappan NS i$ married to Kathleen Glover 80 MSc 83
Andy Robinson 80 MSc 83 a genetimiddot cist Livestock Developmcnt Division Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Christine Howe Arts 81
Dr A Hamid Saleemi MSc 73 has received a PhD in Educational Psychology from Bayero UniverSity Kana Nigeria His thesis was Islamic Values and Commitment among HallSa Muslim Youtb Au Empirical Study and his reo search has been hailed as a pioneering study in the measurement of reJjgious commitment anlong MusJjms Dr Saleemi is principal tutor Department of Adult Education and Community Services Faculty of Education Bayero University
James Sampa MLA 86 is a lecturer in landscape design and natul 1 resource conservation School of Environmental Studies Copperbelt University Zambia
Bill Shotyk 81 completed his PhD in 1986 in the Geology Department at The University ofWestern Ontario and spent a year as visiting postdoctoral researcher at the UniverSity of California to study
thennodynamic stability of organic commiddot plexes of aluminum In Sept 1987 he married Beth Haas and they live in London where Bill is a postdoctoral research associate in the Geology Department UWO studying the surface chemistry of minerals He is also writing his first book The Geochemistry OfPeatandPeatlands to be published by Elsevier Amsterdam
jack Thompson OAC 81 is a firemiddot fighter Station No 1 Thomhlll
Susan Watkins 81 is program offi cer Horn of Africa Oxfam Canada She is in charge ofOxfams overseas development projects in Eutrea and Tigray prOvince of Ethiopia the majori ty of which are in agriculture and health
Dve Dr Ian Alexander 86 is a dmg evalumiddot ator Bureau of Veterinary Dmgs Health and Welfare Canada Ottawa
Dr Cheng Hock Choong PhD 72 is director Semex Canada Guelph
Dr Ann Davis 75 a graduate student at the University of Toronto has won the Hardi Cinader Prize for 1987 The award is given to the graduate student in the process of completing doctor-A work who most resembles renowned immunomiddot logist Dr Bernhard Cinaders originality and versatility
Dr john Debbie 65 is an epidemiomiddot logist New York State Health Department Albany
Dr jean Dodds 64 in addition to her research on blood clotting mechanisms has chaired several national and intermiddot national task forces on assorted topics
Dr Doug Galt 62 is laboratory head OMAF Brighton
Dr Maria Koller CBS 75 DVM 79 chief control programs Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Dr Robert Georgeson 72
Dr Darwin Lund 60 is veterinarian in charge Agriculture Canada Lethbridge Alta
Dr David Murphy 56 is director cardiovascular surgical unit Dalhousie
niversity Halifax
Dr Gary Nash 77 veterinary research officer Institute of Aquaculture University
ofStirling Stirling Scotland is married to Marilyn Klein CBS 77
Dr HG Rees 55 joined the faculty of Massey University New Zealand after 10 years ofgeneral practice Upon completion of his masters degree he as appointed senio r lect urer at the University of Melbourne In 1970 he returned to prac shytice in his native Wales and has spent the past 12 years on the faculty at SeaJe-Hayne College there He has a small sheep farm
ARTS Bruce Westheuser 76 ofToronto died Dec 7 1987 He was a teacher Toronto Montessori Schools Hlt is survived by his father Ronald and stcpmodlcr Dorothy two sisters and a brodumiddotr
CSS Robert A Dodd MA 75 of Victoria BC died Oct 8 1987 He had been employed by the Ministry of Health He is survived by his wife Wendy
Bruce G Miller 72 of Aurora Ont died Sept 2 1987 He was a teacher with York Region Board of Education He is survived by his wife
MAC-FACS Etta (Birdsall) Garnham 17D of Tillsonhurg Ont died Jan 11 1988 She is survi ed by her sister Doris Oatman
Kathleen (Coggs) Hallam 120 of Toronto died jan 23 1988
Katherine L (Williamson) Killmaster 35D of Southfield Michigan died jan 31 1988
GAdora(Beemer)McFadyen 29Dof Port Elgin Ont died Apri l 8 L987 She is Survived by her son George S McFadyen OAC 50A
Anne E Spera 280 of Dundas Ont died Jan 26 1988
Dora M (Dies) Terryberry 260 of Weston Ont died Jan 22 1988 She is survived by her son Douglas
and maintains a single man general pracshytice Sheep health and production are his main interests and in the fall he was admitted to the Cert SHP by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons In 1989 he plans to retrace his footsteps to learn about his main interests in the countries in which he was trained
Dr Duncan Sinclair 58 OAC MSc 60 (nutrition ) Schofield lecturer 1983 will become Queens University Dean of
IN MEMORIAM
OAC Aimee A (Ups) Acklen 36 of Irving Texas died Feb 2 1987 She is survived by her husband Robert and one son
George K Beare 37 A of xbridge Ont died Oct 30 1987 He is survived by his wife Ruby
Dr J Ritchie Cowan 39 of Corvallis Oregon died Nov 12 1987 He was a retired professor of agronomy and proshyfessor emeritus Oregon State University He received his MS and a doctorate in plant genetics from the University of Minnesota He served as national president of the Crop Science Socicty of America the American Society of Agronomy the American Forage and Graosland Council the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology and the League for Intershynational Food Education He was pre shydeceased by his first wife DorothyWhite Mac 39 He is survived by his second wife Ruth and two children
WUliam M Croskery 15 of Ottawa died Nov 17 1987 He was a retired agricultural representative for Carleton County He is survived by three children
Walter C Fisher 26 of Sf Catharines Ont died jan 20 1988 He is survived by his wife Alice ( Petrie ) and three children
William A Hammond 18 Port Dovers oldest World War I veteran died Sept 29 1987 at 95 Prior to entering OAC he farmed worked in a lumber camp in BC and fought forest fires in Montana During the war he served in France and Belgium with the 55th l3atteryofthe Royal Canadian Art illery advancing from gunner to sergeant In 1920 he married Minerva Mitchell and they farmed in Woodhouse Township Mter retir ing he became clerk-treasurer of the township and later
Medicine and Vice-Principal ( Health Sciences) onJuly 1 He has served Queens in various capacities since joining the departme nt of physiolo gy in 1966 Nationally he has been invo lved with the Medical Research Council of Canada for many years includ ing a term as its director-genera1
Dr Anne Marie Taylor 81 is direc tor of an imal care Animal Care Centre Dalhousie niversity Halifax
held the san1e position with the Town of Port Dover He also served on the Ontario Assessment Appeal Board and was a fanner chai rman of the Simcoe High School Board In 1967 he received a Centennial Medal for service to his communi ty He was predeceased by bis wife and a son and is survived by two daughters Betty Murton ofWatetiord and Doris LlIldon of listoweI
Kandappar NJeyasseelan MSA 56 of Peradeniya Sri Lanka died Oct 22 1987 He is survived by two children
Frank J King 33 of Thornhill One died Dec 19 1987 He was a pioneer of Canadas broiler chicken industry and retired senior executive and director of Ralston Purina Canada Inc He is survived by his wife Rachel and a son
Robert C (Bob) lGrkness 56 of Maple Ridge BC died Oct 10 1987 He is survived by his wife
] Morley Lawrence 1 7 of Windsor died Oct 4 1987
John S Lennox 66A of Shallow Lake Ont died as the result of a farm accident Nov 4 1987 He is survived by his wife Ada and a son
Alex T Macnab 36 of North Fort Myers Fla died Dec 18 1987 He is survived by his wife Vella
NormanJ Myles 39 of Guelph died j an 24 1988 He had been a second lieutenant 11 th Field Brigade Royal Canadian Artillery He is survived by his wife Luella Beverley (Highan1 ) and two children
Robert W Phillips 39 of Belleville Ont died Sept 21 1987 -John W Robertson 38 of Thorold Ont died Oct 21 1987 He is survived by his wife Elizabeth and daughter Janice Partlow Arts 70
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Henry H Rooke 8 of Barrie Ont died Dec 16 1987 lIe was retired from the Department of National Health and Welfare He is survived by his wife Harriet Mac 40 and daughters Jane Lennox and Nancy RookemiddotAllen CBS 73
Robert H See 65A ofBohon Ont died Nov 14 1987 He was the son of Margaret (Huston) See Mac 33 and the late Dr John N See OAC 35 OVC 38 He is survived by his wife Brenda and two sisters
WilliamT (Bill) Smith 35 ofStfJtford Ont died Sept 19 1987 He is survived by his wife Maude and five children
Annie H Tasi MSc 72 ofGuelph died Dec 9 1987 She received her BSc in Agriculture from the National Taiwan University in 1965 After receiving her masters in horticulture from Guelph she worked as a research technician in the Universipound) Department of Horticultural Science Shc is survived by her hu~band Benjamin and two children
William G Toner 20A and 22 of Guelph died Jan 30 1988 He is survived by hi wife Eileen and four children
W Benson (Ben) Vair 55 of Sarnia died Jan 6 1988 He taught science at Northern Collegiate in Sarnia for 25 years retiring in 1987
A Gordon O Whiteside 20A and 22 of Ottawa died June 2 1987 Ht was retired after 42 years as a cerealist with Agriculture Canada and wa~ a Fellow of thc Agricultural Institute of Canada lie developed sevedl varieties of Canadian whtat one of which bears his namt Gordon He is su rvived byhis wife Irene and three children
Joseph H Willmott 22A of Milton died Oct 23 1987 He is survived by his sonJohn c Willmott 55
PROFESSORS
Dr Denis H Stott professor emeritus since 1980 diedJan 22 1988 in England at 78 He was ftrst chair Department of Psychology from 1966-68 and was intershyna tionally known as a pioneer in deve shyloping learning techniques for hardmiddottOmiddot teach children He founded the Centre for Educational Disabilities which he directed until h is retirement in 1975 His research focused on the causes and promiddot
blems of delinquent school boys He is survived by hiswifeJane and tw children
Dr Robert D Whiteford of Qualicum Beach Vancouver Island former professor Department of Biomedical Sciences died Feb ] 0 1988 He is survived by his wife Beatrice and one son
STAFF Ray Catchpole a member of the Unj middot versitys Sulawesi Regional Development Project team in Indonesia died Nov 27 1987 in Jakarta at 46 He had been with the project sinet its inception in 1984 He is survived by his wife Ani and his mother Muriel Lucas A mcmorial fund has been established in his nanle Contributions may be forwarded to the Department of
Alumni Affairs and Development The fund will provide a bursary for Indonesians and Canadians involved in exchange between the two ountries It will be adminbtered by the niversity School of Rural Planning and Development
FRIENDS
Joseph Arlen of Guelph died Sept 5 1987 He pursued studies at OAC from 1957 to ) 959 before completing an engineering degree at the University of Toronto He is survived by his wife Judy who works in Photographic Services on campus and two children A Joseph Arlen Memorial Prize in Horticulture has been established Contributions may be forshywarded to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development
ASPARAGUS RESEARCHER DIES IN GUELPH
Herman (Herm) Tiessen OAC 51 onc of Canadas fore middot most aspard1t1s researdlers rued in Guelph Dec 10 1987 at 63 Or Ticsscn had been a horticul shyture professor at the University since 1955 and was co-ordinator of the National Asparagus Reshysearch Program
At its fiftieth anniversary meeting in london the day of his death the Ontario Asparagus Growers Marketing Board honored Dr Tiessen as the pershyson who had made the greatest contributions to the industry over the last 50 years He was also weU known for his work on greehouse tOmatoes and for a collaborative project with Texaco that used waste energy from the companys refinery to heat greenhouses
After graduating from OAC Dr Tiessen received his masters and PhD degrees from Michigan State University and returned to his alma mater to join the Department of Horticultural Science He traveUed widely to share his knowledge on veget-
The late Professor Herm Tiessen OAC51
able growing with scientists around the world most recently to New Zealand and Taiwan He -wa a member of the Agricultural Institute of Canada and the Canadjm American and Intermiddot national Societies for Horticulmiddot tural Science He was also an active member of the OAC Alumni Association
He is sUlvived by his wife Marjorie and two children
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JlAVIeuro 17 18 19 GOlf Tournament
The classic confrontation on the green the Gryphon Club Golf Tournament will start things rolling on Friday at the Cutten Club Prizes will be awarded
Barbecue amp CasinO Night
Meet your friends at Alumni House Friday evening for a barbecued feast and try your llck at the casino tables
SIOwpitch Tournament
The Grad loungers will defendtheir championship title at the alumnistudent co-ed slowpitch tournament Why not get a team together to compete for the first-place trophy and other awards Teams should consist of 12 to 20 players with at least six females per team Three one-hour games are guaranteed for each team
Tours Lectures Demonstrations
Tour the new Equine Research Centre see computer laboratory demonstrations at the College of Family and Consumer Studies or catch an enlightening lecture If its nature you enjoy visit the Arboretum the Marine Biology Laboratory or the Elora Gorge Conservation Area
Celebrity Auction
Join in the fun and bid on a fascinating assortment of articles donated by local celebriti~s Lots of surprises in store All proceeds will go to Alumni House
Awards Presentations
At the Presidents Picnic at noOn on Saturday the Alumnus of Honor award and the Alumni Medal of Achievement will be presented Come and celebrate with the recipients
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See page 7 for your Alumni Weekend reservation form For further information see your College section inside or call the Alumni Weekend hotline (519) 824-4120 ext 2102
Class Reunions
Is your class having a reunion Check page 7 to find out Reunions are a great opportunity to meet old
friends and renew acquaintshyances The Alumni Associations will host their graduates of 50
years or more at a Golden Anniversary Din ner
Champagne Brunch
Toast Alumni Weekend 88 at a champagne brunch held on the Alumni House patio Sunday The Guelph Concert Band will provide entertainment
Editor Carol yn (Redden) Moore 84
FROM THE PRESIDENT
While writing this message at the end ofJanuary I realize the mid-point of this years board of directors acti shyvities has arrived I reflect on two goals I set at our annual meeting last June to evaluate our contact with Mac-FACS alumni and increase memshybership in our alumru association
Upon graduation you do not autoshymatically become a member f the Mac-FACS Alumni Association You become a member by paying an annultll or life membership fee This money helps the board ofdirectors carry out activities on your behalf for both students and aluo1ni
At (he January board meeting we discussed the services our Association provides Our visibility with students is quite high through schOlarship presentations careers night and a reception for the graduating class Our services to alumni may need to be redefined What would you like us to provide orgaruze or sponsor
Our annual seminar was cancelled in October 1986 due to a lack of registrants Should we attempt to organize another
LOnYline Holding 71
Your board wants to increase its ConLlct with a greater number ofyou Where and when would you like us to be active7 What projects would you like us to consider
Please send your comments to us at Alumni House University ofGuelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2Wl Also why not come to our 1988 annual meeting June 18 J hope to hear from you soon
Sincerely Lorraine Holding 71 MacmiddotFACS Alu m ni As ociation President
FACS students Suzie Chin and Tracey Vent chat with Barb Stuart FAGS 71 faculty representative on the Mac-FACS Alumni Association s board Of directors at the annual party for graduating students hosted by the Assodation in February Sixty-five students 15 board members and several faCUlty members attended this yems party
CALLING ALL HOME
ECONOMISTS Towards 2000 Challenges and Opportunities is the theme of the Canadian Home Economics Associashytion (CHEA) National Conference at the Univer-ity July 10-13 The conshyference will be of intere t to alumni who graduated in programs related to family and consumer studies foods and nutrition home economics or human ecology
CHEA with a membership of2000 is committed to provide professional development for its members through programs workshops and special interest sessions A major part fits mandate is to create an awareness of new products and services in the market place
Frank Feather a well-known global futurist with a business-like approach will be the keynote speaker at the CIlEA conference He will address the challenges and opportunities of the future Dr Ehler Park a consultant with A5A willexplainhowplanning for outer _pace affects everything from the food we eat to how children will play
Other topics at the conference will include artificial vs natural sweetshyeners issues of an aging population space-age textiles SMART house - a totally computerized environment human sexuality free trade and agri shycu lture food irrJdiatjon and financ ial p lanning
Well-known Canadian entertainer Nanlt-Y White whose satirical songs arc often heard on CBC radio will perform following the opening ceremonies
Many pre and post-conference actishyvities are planned including trips to the Stratford Festival Niagara-on-theshyLake and Niagara Falls Waterloo County ( Farmer Market ) and the village of Elora
The conference offers an excellent opportunity for professional deveshylopment and networking For more information contact Wilda Waldron registration chair CHEA Conference 88 168 Maple Street Guelph Ontario N I G 2G7 ( 519) 836-9551
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FACS GRAD FINDS HEART IN THE ARTS
I ts strange how things work Ollt
Im glad r received a well-rounded education at Guelph It prepared me for th e future reflects Eva Eichenbaum FACS 75
Eva is one often Niagara Peninsula poets featured in Voices from the Niagara a book of local poems colshylelttcd by Pcter and Brenda Baltensperger and published in 1987 ( Moonstone Press 8795 )
Reviewing the book in the Hamilton Spectator John Terpstra writcs Thcre are some very good poems here and a few are standouts I especia lly enjoyed those of Eva Eichenbaum and David Haskins
Eva was born in Sweden the daughter of Estonian refugees who escaped their homeland during the Second World War She camc to Canada with ber family at age two and grew up in Niagara Falls where she attended Stamford Collegiate and won the Upper Scbool English Award at graduation
After a year of travel in 1969 as Miss iagara Hospitality for the Niagara
Promotion Association she enrolled at the University of Guelph to earn a Bachelor of Applied Science degrce and also took some courses at the
niversity of Helsinki Finland She then earned her Bachelor of Education degree at the College of Education Brock n iversity St Catharines and now teaches English and Television Arts at Merritton High School in that city
She started her career in education as a Family Studies teacher and was once head of the Family Studies Department at Merritton but found that her heart was really in English and the creative arts She used to teach theatre arts and also formed the Merriuon High School Dance Commiddot pany Sht teaches ballet and has written several musical comedies for her theatre and dance students
I got the idea for the style and format of the musicals fro m College Royals Curtain Call at Guelph I had a role in the production Der Keller a take-off on Cabaret in my final year she explains
NEW CHAIR TO BROADEN FOCUS IN
CONSUMER STUDIES Teaching and research in the Department ofConsumer Studies has focused on consumer affairs particushylarly consumer behavior and the basic necessities - food clothing and housing New department chairJohn Pratschke sees a need to review and perhaps expand this focus
Professor Pratschke says he was drawn to Guelph because of his interest in consumer economics The University has one of the few departmiddot ments in Canada with a consumer emphasis He plans to preserve the departments unusual linking ofsocial SCience business and technology but broaden the rangt ofstudy to include other products and services important
to the budgets of Canadian house shyholds
The employer market is happy with Consumer Studies graduates says Promiddot fessor Pratschke but there is a need for better communication about the program w ith secondary school stushyden ts We must get across the message that marketing is an inter shyesting challenge and that the program is professionally oriented without lOSing its base in product technology
Born in Ireland Professor Pratschke received his bachelor of commerce master ofeconomic science and PhD at University College Cork He has taught at the University of Waterloo University College Ga lway and
Eva EiclJenbaum FACS 75
Five of Evas poems are featured in tht 63 middotpage Voices f1Om the Niagara and she has donated a copy of the book to the University Lihrary She has also had poems published in Souldust and Pearls Sixth Edition ( Moonstone Press) and There Is a book productd by the Niagara Chapter of the Canadian Authors Association In the future she hopes to take some tinle out from teaching to study broadshycasting
PrOfessorjohn Pratschke
Memorial University Newfoundland He has published widely on the economics ofconsumer expenditures and on European housing policy agrimiddot culture banking and business education
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Mike Traub HAF-A 78 general manager Victoria Place Retirement Lodge Kitchenel discusses his career with a group ofstudents at the HAFA Alumni Assodatiolls annual Careers Night held on campus in January Thirty-seven alumni involved in a vanmiddotety ofcareers volunteered their time to the popular event
HAFA ALUMNI EXCHANGE SEMINAR HELD
Nancy Plato FACS 81
FACS PEOPLE Naney Plato FACS 81 ( Consumer Studies ) the new OAC liaison coshyordinator will acquaint high school students and guidance counsellors with opportunities in the agricultural sciences at Guelph
Enrolment at OAC has declined over the past few years and _ aney will work at increasing student numbers through recruitment and marketing
The position ofliaison co-ordinator is a new one for OAe Nancy says one of her main objectives is to broaden the understanding high school stushydents have ofGuelphs programs She plans to use her well-rounded view of agriculture and its related proshygrams combined with her recruitshyment experience
Nancy is back in Guelph from a position in secondary school liaison at Mount Royal College Calgary She is married to Paul Thiel OAC 82 and is an active member of the Mac-FACS Alumni Association board of directors
Professors Kathleen Brown Lila Engberg and Griffith Morgan have all retired from the Department of Family Studies Professor Elizabeth Upton HAFA will retire in July
Professor John Auld Consumer Studies has produced the Human Settlements Audio-Visual Resources Catalogue It is published by the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Warren Adamson vice-president development Delta Hotels gave the keynote address What is the Canadian Tourism Industry Anyway at the annual HAFA Alumni Exchange Seminar held November 4 at the DelL Chelsea Inn Toronto
This professional development event was sponsored by the HAFA
MOllica Hrybko HAFA 88 (left) received Ci HAFA AlumniAssociation Life Membership from Association president Morag McKenzie 82 The membership is given to a graduating student as selected by his or her peers with a minimum 70 per cent accumulative average who has had outstanding involvement ill the School andor University
Alumoi Association in co-operation with Pannell Kerr Forster lL gave lIAFA grads an opportunity to listen to experts in the field speak 00 various topical hospitality issues including pay equity the human resource risis trends in the hotel and foodservice industry and business planning
CONFERENCE
In Search of Healthy Sexuality
June 13-15 1988
The University of Guelphs 10th an nual sexua li ty conference sponshysor d byThe Department of Fami ly Studies wil l examine current issues in human sex u lily tea hing approaches in sexducation and counse llin g m thod for sexual problems
Keynote Ad dress by Dr Ruth Westheimer
For further info rmation write Co ntinu ing Education Di ISlon Univers ity of Guelph Gu Iph
nta ri N 1 G 2W1 or telephone (5 19) 824-4120 ex 3956
Registration Limit d Apply early
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OAC ALUMNI NEWS Editor Richard Buck 76A
OAC GRAD GIVES GIFT OF WATER TO THAI VILLAGERS
By janet Dumo
Water is not taken for granted in northeast Thailand Usually there is too little of it The sandy laterite soils do not hold water They crack and parch during the hot dry season Ponds shrink Streams and some wells dry up Even in the rainy season the rains are often late or insufficient and the rice crops wither in the fields
But sometimes there is too much water Heavy rains cause flash floods Which drown crops and wash pesti shycides and decaying organic matter into unprotected pit wells There is not enough clean drinking water to ensure good health
A CUSO priority in Thailand is to increase village self-sufficiency and improve the standard of living through the development ofsmall-scale water resources particularly in the north and northeast the poorest regions of the country CUSO engineers placed with departments of local adminisshytration survey and design small spillways dams and piped water systems They develop an under shystanding of indigenous water proshyblems and help viUagers develop water resource technology to deal with these problems
In most villages in Surin province the water is imprisoned under a 20shymetre thick layer of heavy clay comshypacted into red brick-like rock
Ed von Euw OAC 84 returned to Canada in December after two years as a CUSO water resources engineer in Surin While there he worked with two percussion water-jet well-drilling rigs one an Appropriate Technology Association ( A TA) rig originally used in India and Africa the other based on an indigenous village model
Ed found theATA rig needed modi shyfications to make it easier for villagers to operate Most important was the change from a hand to foot-powered lever which the villagers found much less exhausting to work But at $625 the ATA rig is expensive to buy and the Honda motor which pushes water
Ed von EllW and co-worker teaching pump maintenance ill Surin Thailand
down the hole to tlush out the soil and rock particles can use up to $4 of fuel a day
Ed spent several months looking at rigs used by Surin farmers and finally adapted a model from one used by Khun Hong of Muang Pet a village near Surin town Khun Hongs rig uses a pole and beam arrangement making it less durable and steady than the tripod form used in Eds adapted rig The new rig uses a hand-powered Lucky pump made in Taiwan and fanliliar to villagers
The Honda pump used in the ATA drilling rig must be repaired in town and a smaU repair may cost $10 while a repair to the Lucky pump can be done by villagers for less than a doUar Spare parts are available everywhere The drill bilS are made from truck springs in the same Surin shop that made the rig to Eds specillcations They cost only 96 ccors each as opposed to the S7-bits used in the ATA rig
Using smaller pipe and bit than the ATA rig Eds adapted rig drills more quickly through rock and is lighter and easier to use It requires only two people to ope(dte the foot lever The ATA rig requires four or five Eds rig cost $192 to make including pump and accompanying tools and can be constructed by villagers in a small weldingmachine shop if there is a demand for more
Eds rig was tested in Ban Se Jaruk on a site divined by a villager Working
intermittently the villagers went d wn 25 metres in one and a half weeks much of the time grinding through the red rock When water they were pumping down the hole suddenly disappeared and didnt come up again they were afraid they had damaged the rig But instead it was a sign of having broken into a vein of water which was now absorbing any other water poured down So water had been found delicious and abundant right behind the assistant headmans house
The Ban Se Jaruk well has been capped with a rower pump purchased from ATA for S17 The pump is based on a bamboo model used in fndia The tubewell pipe and pump are made of plastic - more acceptable than steel which gives the water an unpleasant taste
Ed carried out a four-month wellshydrilling project in co-operation with Khun Darune of the Northeast Thailand ( ET) Project Funded by the Canadian Internat ional Deve shylopment Agency and assisted by CUSO it is a rural development program in operation since 1981 in 52 villages along the Thai-Kampuchean border The villagers of Ban Se Jaruk elated with their initial success borrowed Eds rig to drill more wells In total seven rigs were built from Eds proto shytype and distributed to four other villages Over 100 successful wells have been drilled in the area to date
EdilO1-S NoteanetDuma is a CUSO special program officer in Malaysia Sbe bas worked as an Englisb teacber witb CUSO in fi)aiand andMaaysia
Ed von Euw a Stratford native graduated from Guelpb witb a BSc in engineering in December J984He llas 011 tbe deans bonor roll three times and received an engineering scbolarsbip in 1983 Before going overseas in November 1985 be workedfor Enllironment Canada as a bydrornettic engineer He is now studying f01 a masters degree in engineering at Guelph
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Professor Harold Crawford OAC 58 MSc 7 0
OAC PEOPLE ProfessorJohn Burton OAC 62 and Brian McBride CBS 78 OAC MSA 80 Department of Animal and Poultry Science have received $400000 from the Ministry ofColleges and niversities Research Incentive Fund for contract research in partnershyship with Cyanamid Canada Inc of Toronto They will examine the effecshytiveness of the hormone BST in increasing milk production in dairy cattle as well as any other effects of the agent
Gordon MacLeod OAC 50 has retired from the Department ofAnimal and Poultry Science after 31 years at the UniversityJohn Summers OAC 53 MSA 59 has also retired from the Department of Animal and Poultry Science after 25 years at the University
Harold Crawford OAC 58 MSc 70 who recently retired as coshyordinator of the Ontario Diploma in Horticulture Program Independent Study Division after 29 years at the University has received the Ontario Parks Association (OPA) recognition award for Significant contribution to the betterment of parks the proshyfession and the envirorunent through his work in continuing education He has been a member of the educational committee of the OPA for 14 years The Ontario Diploma in Horticulture program graduated its first students in 1963 and now has 500 alumni
Marilyn Dykstra OAC 78 is new director of the Universitys Pest
Marilyn Dykstra OAC 78
Diagnostic and Advisory Clinic The clinic is working at maximum capacity with marc than 30000 inquiries to its credit since it opened nine years ago says Marilyn It receives everyshything from live specimens of earwigs and spiders to diseased ornamentals and fruit and vegetable crops Most specimens come from home gar shydeners she ays but the clinic has a growing clientele among commercial growers landscape businesses and other industries Through its service and extension functions the clinic has accumulated a reference collecshytion of more than 10000 slides and specimens as well as a list of resource people from across campus
Dr R Keith (Chip) Chapman OAC 40 has retired from the Department ofEntomoJogy University of Wisconsin Madison following a distinguished areer spanning 40 years A two-day symposium was held in his honor last June and The R Keith Chapman Vegetable Entomology SchOlarship was established with funds collected in lieu ofa retirement gift He has also been named professor emeritus Attending the symposium and retirement recognition party in Madison were Keiths brothers Ross also OAC 40 and Douglas OAC 44 and sister Helen Stockwell a graduate of Macdonald College McGiJl Univershysity Montreal and OAC Dean Freeman McEwen
When Bruce Brown OAC 85 received his degree from former agri shyculture minister William A Stewart chancellor ofthe Universi tyofGuelph he asked what steps he could take to
Dr R Keith (Chip) Chapman andhis brother Ross both OAC 40
become the minister of agriculture and food Little did he know that two and a half years later he would be minister - if only for a day
In December he shared the duties of Ontarios minister Jack RiddeD OAC 57 as his prize for winning a public speaking contest at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Bruce who operates a Newcastle dairy beef and cash crop farm with his father spoke on the survival of the farm family in Ontario
ETHICS IN AGRICULTURE Ethical issues in agriculture such as animal welfare are generally debated from an emotional viewpoint Proshyfessor Frank Hurnik OAC PhD 71 Animal and Poultry Science and Pro shyfessor Hugh Lehman Philosphy are hoping to change that through the journal of Agricultural Ethics an international quarterly publication which offers a forum for discussing moral issues related to food and food production
We hope this publication will act as a bridge between those who philo shysophize about agricu ltural ethics and those actively involved in plant and animal use says Professor Hurnik Its a scholarly refereed journal but it wont be bogged down with speciashylized technical jargon As a result we believe it will be useful to the farm community and we expect leaders from that field will be contributors not just readers
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Professor Fredjelome and his wife Faye look over a catalogue of the Universitys art collection
ALOVEOFART Back in 1968 Fred N Jerome OAC 33 established a trust fund to purshychase art produced by promising young Canadian artists
I was a full professor then and I could afford to do it (set up a trust fund) I felt art deserved a little push and I wanted to see the niversitys art collection expand explains the now retired professor ofgenetics and poultry science at Guelph
Forty-two Canadian works have been purchased to date through lhe F - Jerome Trust Fund and a special exhibi t of these works will be featured at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre beginning Alumni WeekendJune 18 and continuing throughout the sununer
Professorjeromes personal favorite in the collection is Ken Danbys silkshyscreen The Skates
I like Danbys technique His work is almost as realistic as a color photoshygraph but you can still tell its a painting he explains
He is also fond ofDiego Drawing a lithography by Jack Chanlbers a London Ontario artist and Gene Chus delicate Spider Series
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre Director Judith Nasby says Fred Jerome has made an outstanding contribution to the growth of the Universitys Canadian art collection - one of the largest univer itycollecshytions in the province He has recogshynized the tremendous growth and vitality of the art community in Canada by specifying that works be purchased from young artists
A LOVE OF LI LI ES The expression lily white has little meaning for Bill Evans His favorite lilies are bright orange and yellow I like the ones that almost glow and catch your eye from 100 yards away says the retired Department of Horti shycultural Science professor
Professor Evans lilies are certainly eye-catching for anyone travelling north of Guelph on Highway 6 betshyween mid-June and mid-August Splashes of spectacular color glow from his field of lilies near Marden (behind the home of Marjorie and the late George Durnford ) - a welshycome surprise for those accustomed to seeing only the popular Easter white variety
Im obsessed with lilies admits Professor Evans who retired in 1985 after 28 years of researching phult breeding and teaching small fruit proshyduction at the University of Guelph ) like their variety and scope They are perennial plants that grow at different heights Some have flowers that face up some face down and some face out Some are trumpet shaped some have petals that curve back Some are scented and some are unscented
As a child Professor Evans grew flowers and vegetables in his parents big garden north of Calgary After six years in the army he enrolled at the
niversity of Alberta to study hortishycu lture During his second year in 1947 he began hybridizing lilies Following graduation he worked as a fruit breeder for the federal governshyment in Alberta for eight years before coming to Guelph in 1957 He conshytinued to breed and grow lilies at the
niversity and on plots of land that friends like Professor Ted Me inch (and now Mrs Durnford) let him use
The University has quite a history of lily breeding says Professor Evans The late Isabella Preston a lecturer at Guelph before Professor Evans time went on the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa and to world fame for her ornamental crabapples lilacs and lilies The late Jc Taylor a professor at Guelph was well-known for his lily breeding and introduced Professor Evans to many other breeders He
told me that my lilies needed more vigor and let me use some of his plants in my work
Professor Evans introduced three new varieties of lilies through the University and registered some of Professor Taylors They were marshyketed in the United States So far Professor Evans has had 17 varieties of lilies internationally registered Anyone can do this he says modestly You just write a full desshycription of the plant pick a name that hasn t been used before and send it to the Royal Horticultural Society in England prekrrably with a photo The new names are published every year
It s hard coming up with new nanles though says Professor Evans He has named some of his varieties after the area in which they were grown shyArkel Marden Gold Aberfoyle He named one after his granddaughter Bronwen and one after his wife Ethelwaite ( her first and maiden names ) She gets a thrill whenever she sees that name on a ( flower show) prize list somewhere he says
Pink and pastel lilies are Professor Evans speciality and his favorite is a variety he caBs Blusbing Maiden It has mauvey pink tips with a white centre
Professor Evans and his wife edH a newsletter three times yearly for the Ontario Regional Lily Society and Professor Evans has just ended a two year term as president of the North American lily Society He has judged at nower shows all over Canada and the nited States and will preside at an international show in Hamilton in July
Because of his hobby Professor Evans is enjoying retirement He spends about 25 hours a week on his lilies in the summer months During the off season he grows seeds and works on his records He is working on increasing the number ofvarieties including spotless ones ( most lilies have spots which are dominant ) He is pleased that some of his former students are now growing lilies entering shows and joining li ly societies
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RURAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT GRADS TO FORM ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
The University School ofRural Planshyning and Development ( USRPampD ) was inaugurated at Guelph in 1980
USRPampD is built on the strengths of past Guelph initiatives such as the Centre for Resources Development and the Rural Development Outreach Project It is formally recognized by the Canadian Institute of Planners and offers Masters level programs in rural planning rural development international rural development and resources management It is also actively engaged in research and community outreach
Recent research topics have in shycluded land availabi Iityfor agricu lture
local economic development strateshygies rural aging northern and native community plannjng and developshyment rural transportation computer applications in planning and deve shylopment and water and waste management to name a few This research was conducted throughout Canada and arollnd the world inshycluding Nepal Kenya Indonesia St Lucia Belize and Botswana
The outreach interests ofthe School are fully integrated with its teaching and research activities Recent out shyreach projects have included the Childcare Network Project for families in rural Wellington County an evaJu shy
ation of the rural development proshygrams ofa Jesuit mission in southern Ethiopia a heritage strategy for the Town of IngerSOll and a recreation needs assessment for Sault Ste Marie
Graduates of USRPampD as well as graduates of the former Centre for Resource Development are now being invited to form an alumni association to keep members updated on School activities their fellow alumni and issues concerning rural planning and development For further information contact Professor Harry Cummings USRampD University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N1G 2WI ( 519) 824-4120 ext 6783
JOIN YOUR OAC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NOW Did you know that as a graduate of OAC you are not automatically a member of the OAC Alumni Assoshyciation However anyone involved in a formal agricultural education at OAC ( past present or future ) is not only eligible to become a member but is encouragetl to do so
The OAC Alumni Association is a separate entity from the University of Guelph Alumni Association anti has specific responsibilities It awards
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ARTS Joanna Black 81 Ls aisistant direclOr curator The Marietta-Cobb Fine Arts Centre Marietta Georgia
Richard Hoffman 78 a Canadian Press journalist in Toronto is married pound0 Martine Bracey CBS 77
Laura Mezey-Hamid 82 administrative assistant to the vice-president of finance Penningtons Stores Umjted Toronto is married to Shaheed Hamid CSS 82
John Laurence (Stash) Stasiw 76 is marketing manager Philips Electronics Ltd Scarborough
Dirk Vanbattum 75 is vice-president Eddie May Mysteries Ottawa
CBS Michael Best 77 is a research technician Cross Cancer Institute Edmonton
GRAD NEWS EUzabeth Jane (Kempe) Coker 82 a resource worker CaJedon Parent-ChiId Centre Bolton is married to Dr Ted Coker OVC 87
Janet Ebanks 86 is a medical social worker Cayman overnment Health Sershyvices George Town Grand Cayman Cayman Islands British West Indies
Kevin Ferguson 80 supervisor of Outdoor Education for the Elgin County Board of Education married Suzanne Schmid BEd (Nipissing) 82 in April 1987 She works for the Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority They live near Aylmer
Michael Hackenberger 81 is president Canadian Zoological Systems Toromo
Heather Hattin 84 (HK) whose rowing accomplishments were featured in the winter 1987 issue ofthe GuelphAlumnus won Canadas first-ever gold medal in womens rowing in the double-scull event at the world championships in Copenhagen last summer
Cynthia (Porter)JefIrey 85 is studying for an MSc in Food Science at the University of Manitoba She is married to ScottJefIrey OAC 82 assistant professor ofAgncul tural Economics at the University of Manitoba They live in Winnipeg
Dr Gord Kennedy 85 senior chemist Union Carbine Corp Bound Brook New Jersey is married to Carrie Feaver CPS 84
Steven Kerr 77 is regional fisheries biologist Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources KemptviUe
Jim Lee 73 is director Research Services Min istry of Tourism Recreation and Culture Victoria BC
David Lemon 79 is senjor wildlife biologist S Fudge and Altsociates Ltd Saint Johns Nfld
Larry Patterson 76 is Grand Forks and District Aquatic Centre Manager Grand Forks Bc
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Stephen Rabbetts 79 is a zookeeper Metro Toronto Zoo Wcsthill
Cathy Oohnson) Rewcastle 80 is a fur biologist Manitoba atural Rcsources Winnipcg
Brian Sntith 78 micro ~)Stcms manager Natural Sciences Centre The University ofWestcrn Ontario London is married to Debra Bond CSS 79
Bradly Veitch 86 is second brewer Wellington County Brewery Guelph
Michael Wade 87 is responsible for aquaculture programs at Kpong Farms Volta River Authority Akuse Ghana the site of a major hydro-electric installation
P Allen Woodliffe 76 is the first and only district ecologist with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Chatham Districr He is married to Marie Gedcke FACS 75 and has a son Timothy TIl y Jive in Rondeau Provincial Park here Allen was park naturalist for 10 years before moving to the Chatham office
CPS Dr Syed Ahmed 87 is assistant proshyfessor Departme nt of Statistical and AClUarial Sciences University of Western Ontario London
Susan (Bishop) GraJ1am R3 a fourth year medical student Faculty ofMcdicinc University of Toronto is marri ed fO Don Graham CSS 83 CBS MSc 87 who is a ftl ll-time parent to their threc-year-old twins
Robert Lake 77 a self-employed conshysulting geolOgist is married to Susan Kay OAC 77 a human relations specialist with Petro Canada They live in Calgary
Robert Whitehead 79 is a mi ncr Denison Mines Ell iot Lake
Caroline (Carly) Williams 85 is a software engineer Wild Leitz Canada Toronto
CSS John Babcock 8 is special cabinet assistant Office of Minister of State (Forestry and Mines ) Ottawa
Jana Fie MA 87 i a neuropsychological associate Brazos Valley Rehabilitat ion Center Bl)an Texas
Danny Leung R6 is news submiddoteditor Asia Television Limited Hong Kong
Allison (Shaughnessy) Scanlan 84 production supervisor G I of Canada shyTruck Assltmbly Oshawa is mlITied [() Michael Scanlan 84 directo r of pur hasing Arbor Capital Rltsources
middotoronto
Patricia Sorbam 80 is executive assisshytant to the Ontario Minister of Energy Toronto
G Llewellyn Watson MA 70 a proshyfessor at the University of Prince Edward Island has written a texthook Dilemmas and Contradictions in Sucial 7beor) published by University Press of America
Terry Wright 76 is account manager John Logan National Leasing Bramptoll
MAC-FACS Marie (Tomelin) Cowlin 78 is brand manager Distillers Co Canada Ltd Toronto
Debbie Foster MSc 87 is medical coshyordi natorsex educator Youth Clinical Services Inc Down~view
Marilyn (Shirley) Goodwin 75 MSc 77 a research officer for CSC Ottawa h ma rricd to Fred Goodwin HAFA 75
Margaret (CJark)Jordan 82 manager Agricultural Employment Services Cmada Farm Iabour Pool Newmarkct is married to BrianJordan OAC 81
Margo (Payne) Langan 83 marketing communications co-ordinator Moore Response Technologies Mississauga is married toJohn Langan CBS 75
Nancy (Howard) Martin 81 senior contract managemcnt officer Consumer Products and Trtffic Management Brmch DepartJllent of Supply and Service~ Hull Que is marriltd to Phillip Martin CBS ( HK) 82
Helga (Strenzke) McDonald 84 public relations officer Centrilia Collegc Huron Park is married to Ian McDonald OAC 83
Marilyn Sewell-Kelley 78 is agriculshytura l health and safel) comiddotordinacor Rural Organizations and Services Branch OMAF Guelph and lives near Paris
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James Allen 77 (ODH ) is president of Allens Turf Services Ltd Calgary
Martin Bohl 85 is policy advisor OMAJ Toronto
Guy Bonnetta 79 manager Pioneer Overseas CorpJohnston Iowa is married to Carolyn Knowles CBS 78
Stew Carpenter 50 president ofDivershysity Farms Inc Paw Paw Midligan is married to Olive McEwan 79A scltretary-tnasurer ofDiversity Farms Inc
Harold Cau 60A and 67 is viceshypreSident Barnes Wines Limited St Catharines
Elroy Cober 85 and his wife Rhoda have begun three-year Mennonite Central Committee assignments inKabwe Zambia Elroy is working as provincial o ilseed office r and Rhoda as a general health worker
Eileen (Emmett) Cole 79 a registered
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Lloyd Curtis OAC 7J MSc 74
nurse Colchester Hospital Truro 5 is married to Bill Cole 79 regional sales manager Clarence Farm Services L(vcr Truro
laura Cole 80 is a conservJLion planner Mississippi Vall y Conservation Authority Lanark
UoydCurtis 71 MSc 74 ofCalgary is national sales manager Agricultural Chem icals Division BASF Canada Inc BASF markets a wide range of crop proshyLection products Lloyd directs dle aCLivi shyties of BASFs liales force throughout Canada
James Donison H I is proje L engineer Costello Lomagney amp Denapoli ConshysulL ing Engineers Mancheste r New Hampshire
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Richard Graham 71 of Rrampton is naLional marketing maI111gcr Agricultural Chcmicab Divisi n f3ASF Canada Inc
Richard Helmer 62A married Marilyn Hogue in Oct 19R7 They live in Windsor Richard is supply tcaching for the Essex COllnty Board of Education and doing freclanltx horLicultural work during the summer months
Brian and Brigitte (Brunetzky) Kaufman 84 are pltased to announce the safe arrival of their son Nathaniel Brian All are reSiding at Bright
Dr Houchang Khatamian MSc 71 PhD 8 is associate professor Depart shyment of Horticul rure Kansas State Unishyversity Manhattan
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J cE~~~~f May 11 - Presidents Counc il Executive Luncheon
May 19-June 5 Guel ph Spring Festival
May 31-June 3 Convocation
June 13-15 Human Sexuality Conference
June 17-19 Alumni Weekend
July 10-13 Canadian Home Economics Association Con ference
July 26 Al um ni Assoc iation Executives O rientation Meeting
Masters of Agribusiness Management
111e University of Guelph is now olkring a Masters of Agribusiness Management for people interested in a comprehensive training program for manlgemel1l positions in modern agrihusiness
The program runs over I () months and is highly structured so that studenrs receive intensive practical training in all facets of agribusiness managemel1l
Ifyou have an agricultural background and wish to funher your career in management of farm or nonmiddotfarm agribuiiiness this program could he for you
For fu nhcr information on this program pleL~e contact
Professor Tom Funk Department of Agricultural Economics and Business University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl (519) 824middot4120 ext 3427
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Dr Elenimo Khonga PhD 87 is a lecturer University ofMalawi Chancellor College Zomba Malawi
Kevin Laidley 82 MSc 85 resource technician Niagara Peninsula Consershyvation Authority Allanburg is married to Lesley Nicholson FACS 83 child life specialist McMaster University Medical Centre Hamilton
Dr Monique Leclerc MSc 82 PhD 87 is assistant professor Department of Soil Science and Biometeorology Utah State University Logan
Maurice Marwood 64 MSc 66 is vicemiddot preSident sales and marketing Canadian Kenworth Company Mississauga He is responsible for all aspects of sales and marketing ofKenworth trucks and product support in Canada
Dr Giancarlo Mosch1ni PhD 86 is [caching in the Economics Department Iowa State University Ames not the Unimiddot versity of Iowa as stated in the fall 1987 issue oflhe GuelpbAlurnnus Our apolomiddot gie~ for [his error
Reid Palmer 63 is a research geneticist and professor Departments ofAgronomy and Genetics Iowa State University Ames
Dr Yousef Papadopoulos 80 MSc 82 PhD 87 a research scientist Agrimiddot cu lture Canada Nappan NS i$ married to Kathleen Glover 80 MSc 83
Andy Robinson 80 MSc 83 a genetimiddot cist Livestock Developmcnt Division Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Christine Howe Arts 81
Dr A Hamid Saleemi MSc 73 has received a PhD in Educational Psychology from Bayero UniverSity Kana Nigeria His thesis was Islamic Values and Commitment among HallSa Muslim Youtb Au Empirical Study and his reo search has been hailed as a pioneering study in the measurement of reJjgious commitment anlong MusJjms Dr Saleemi is principal tutor Department of Adult Education and Community Services Faculty of Education Bayero University
James Sampa MLA 86 is a lecturer in landscape design and natul 1 resource conservation School of Environmental Studies Copperbelt University Zambia
Bill Shotyk 81 completed his PhD in 1986 in the Geology Department at The University ofWestern Ontario and spent a year as visiting postdoctoral researcher at the UniverSity of California to study
thennodynamic stability of organic commiddot plexes of aluminum In Sept 1987 he married Beth Haas and they live in London where Bill is a postdoctoral research associate in the Geology Department UWO studying the surface chemistry of minerals He is also writing his first book The Geochemistry OfPeatandPeatlands to be published by Elsevier Amsterdam
jack Thompson OAC 81 is a firemiddot fighter Station No 1 Thomhlll
Susan Watkins 81 is program offi cer Horn of Africa Oxfam Canada She is in charge ofOxfams overseas development projects in Eutrea and Tigray prOvince of Ethiopia the majori ty of which are in agriculture and health
Dve Dr Ian Alexander 86 is a dmg evalumiddot ator Bureau of Veterinary Dmgs Health and Welfare Canada Ottawa
Dr Cheng Hock Choong PhD 72 is director Semex Canada Guelph
Dr Ann Davis 75 a graduate student at the University of Toronto has won the Hardi Cinader Prize for 1987 The award is given to the graduate student in the process of completing doctor-A work who most resembles renowned immunomiddot logist Dr Bernhard Cinaders originality and versatility
Dr john Debbie 65 is an epidemiomiddot logist New York State Health Department Albany
Dr jean Dodds 64 in addition to her research on blood clotting mechanisms has chaired several national and intermiddot national task forces on assorted topics
Dr Doug Galt 62 is laboratory head OMAF Brighton
Dr Maria Koller CBS 75 DVM 79 chief control programs Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Dr Robert Georgeson 72
Dr Darwin Lund 60 is veterinarian in charge Agriculture Canada Lethbridge Alta
Dr David Murphy 56 is director cardiovascular surgical unit Dalhousie
niversity Halifax
Dr Gary Nash 77 veterinary research officer Institute of Aquaculture University
ofStirling Stirling Scotland is married to Marilyn Klein CBS 77
Dr HG Rees 55 joined the faculty of Massey University New Zealand after 10 years ofgeneral practice Upon completion of his masters degree he as appointed senio r lect urer at the University of Melbourne In 1970 he returned to prac shytice in his native Wales and has spent the past 12 years on the faculty at SeaJe-Hayne College there He has a small sheep farm
ARTS Bruce Westheuser 76 ofToronto died Dec 7 1987 He was a teacher Toronto Montessori Schools Hlt is survived by his father Ronald and stcpmodlcr Dorothy two sisters and a brodumiddotr
CSS Robert A Dodd MA 75 of Victoria BC died Oct 8 1987 He had been employed by the Ministry of Health He is survived by his wife Wendy
Bruce G Miller 72 of Aurora Ont died Sept 2 1987 He was a teacher with York Region Board of Education He is survived by his wife
MAC-FACS Etta (Birdsall) Garnham 17D of Tillsonhurg Ont died Jan 11 1988 She is survi ed by her sister Doris Oatman
Kathleen (Coggs) Hallam 120 of Toronto died jan 23 1988
Katherine L (Williamson) Killmaster 35D of Southfield Michigan died jan 31 1988
GAdora(Beemer)McFadyen 29Dof Port Elgin Ont died Apri l 8 L987 She is Survived by her son George S McFadyen OAC 50A
Anne E Spera 280 of Dundas Ont died Jan 26 1988
Dora M (Dies) Terryberry 260 of Weston Ont died Jan 22 1988 She is survived by her son Douglas
and maintains a single man general pracshytice Sheep health and production are his main interests and in the fall he was admitted to the Cert SHP by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons In 1989 he plans to retrace his footsteps to learn about his main interests in the countries in which he was trained
Dr Duncan Sinclair 58 OAC MSc 60 (nutrition ) Schofield lecturer 1983 will become Queens University Dean of
IN MEMORIAM
OAC Aimee A (Ups) Acklen 36 of Irving Texas died Feb 2 1987 She is survived by her husband Robert and one son
George K Beare 37 A of xbridge Ont died Oct 30 1987 He is survived by his wife Ruby
Dr J Ritchie Cowan 39 of Corvallis Oregon died Nov 12 1987 He was a retired professor of agronomy and proshyfessor emeritus Oregon State University He received his MS and a doctorate in plant genetics from the University of Minnesota He served as national president of the Crop Science Socicty of America the American Society of Agronomy the American Forage and Graosland Council the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology and the League for Intershynational Food Education He was pre shydeceased by his first wife DorothyWhite Mac 39 He is survived by his second wife Ruth and two children
WUliam M Croskery 15 of Ottawa died Nov 17 1987 He was a retired agricultural representative for Carleton County He is survived by three children
Walter C Fisher 26 of Sf Catharines Ont died jan 20 1988 He is survived by his wife Alice ( Petrie ) and three children
William A Hammond 18 Port Dovers oldest World War I veteran died Sept 29 1987 at 95 Prior to entering OAC he farmed worked in a lumber camp in BC and fought forest fires in Montana During the war he served in France and Belgium with the 55th l3atteryofthe Royal Canadian Art illery advancing from gunner to sergeant In 1920 he married Minerva Mitchell and they farmed in Woodhouse Township Mter retir ing he became clerk-treasurer of the township and later
Medicine and Vice-Principal ( Health Sciences) onJuly 1 He has served Queens in various capacities since joining the departme nt of physiolo gy in 1966 Nationally he has been invo lved with the Medical Research Council of Canada for many years includ ing a term as its director-genera1
Dr Anne Marie Taylor 81 is direc tor of an imal care Animal Care Centre Dalhousie niversity Halifax
held the san1e position with the Town of Port Dover He also served on the Ontario Assessment Appeal Board and was a fanner chai rman of the Simcoe High School Board In 1967 he received a Centennial Medal for service to his communi ty He was predeceased by bis wife and a son and is survived by two daughters Betty Murton ofWatetiord and Doris LlIldon of listoweI
Kandappar NJeyasseelan MSA 56 of Peradeniya Sri Lanka died Oct 22 1987 He is survived by two children
Frank J King 33 of Thornhill One died Dec 19 1987 He was a pioneer of Canadas broiler chicken industry and retired senior executive and director of Ralston Purina Canada Inc He is survived by his wife Rachel and a son
Robert C (Bob) lGrkness 56 of Maple Ridge BC died Oct 10 1987 He is survived by his wife
] Morley Lawrence 1 7 of Windsor died Oct 4 1987
John S Lennox 66A of Shallow Lake Ont died as the result of a farm accident Nov 4 1987 He is survived by his wife Ada and a son
Alex T Macnab 36 of North Fort Myers Fla died Dec 18 1987 He is survived by his wife Vella
NormanJ Myles 39 of Guelph died j an 24 1988 He had been a second lieutenant 11 th Field Brigade Royal Canadian Artillery He is survived by his wife Luella Beverley (Highan1 ) and two children
Robert W Phillips 39 of Belleville Ont died Sept 21 1987 -John W Robertson 38 of Thorold Ont died Oct 21 1987 He is survived by his wife Elizabeth and daughter Janice Partlow Arts 70
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Henry H Rooke 8 of Barrie Ont died Dec 16 1987 lIe was retired from the Department of National Health and Welfare He is survived by his wife Harriet Mac 40 and daughters Jane Lennox and Nancy RookemiddotAllen CBS 73
Robert H See 65A ofBohon Ont died Nov 14 1987 He was the son of Margaret (Huston) See Mac 33 and the late Dr John N See OAC 35 OVC 38 He is survived by his wife Brenda and two sisters
WilliamT (Bill) Smith 35 ofStfJtford Ont died Sept 19 1987 He is survived by his wife Maude and five children
Annie H Tasi MSc 72 ofGuelph died Dec 9 1987 She received her BSc in Agriculture from the National Taiwan University in 1965 After receiving her masters in horticulture from Guelph she worked as a research technician in the Universipound) Department of Horticultural Science Shc is survived by her hu~band Benjamin and two children
William G Toner 20A and 22 of Guelph died Jan 30 1988 He is survived by hi wife Eileen and four children
W Benson (Ben) Vair 55 of Sarnia died Jan 6 1988 He taught science at Northern Collegiate in Sarnia for 25 years retiring in 1987
A Gordon O Whiteside 20A and 22 of Ottawa died June 2 1987 Ht was retired after 42 years as a cerealist with Agriculture Canada and wa~ a Fellow of thc Agricultural Institute of Canada lie developed sevedl varieties of Canadian whtat one of which bears his namt Gordon He is su rvived byhis wife Irene and three children
Joseph H Willmott 22A of Milton died Oct 23 1987 He is survived by his sonJohn c Willmott 55
PROFESSORS
Dr Denis H Stott professor emeritus since 1980 diedJan 22 1988 in England at 78 He was ftrst chair Department of Psychology from 1966-68 and was intershyna tionally known as a pioneer in deve shyloping learning techniques for hardmiddottOmiddot teach children He founded the Centre for Educational Disabilities which he directed until h is retirement in 1975 His research focused on the causes and promiddot
blems of delinquent school boys He is survived by hiswifeJane and tw children
Dr Robert D Whiteford of Qualicum Beach Vancouver Island former professor Department of Biomedical Sciences died Feb ] 0 1988 He is survived by his wife Beatrice and one son
STAFF Ray Catchpole a member of the Unj middot versitys Sulawesi Regional Development Project team in Indonesia died Nov 27 1987 in Jakarta at 46 He had been with the project sinet its inception in 1984 He is survived by his wife Ani and his mother Muriel Lucas A mcmorial fund has been established in his nanle Contributions may be forwarded to the Department of
Alumni Affairs and Development The fund will provide a bursary for Indonesians and Canadians involved in exchange between the two ountries It will be adminbtered by the niversity School of Rural Planning and Development
FRIENDS
Joseph Arlen of Guelph died Sept 5 1987 He pursued studies at OAC from 1957 to ) 959 before completing an engineering degree at the University of Toronto He is survived by his wife Judy who works in Photographic Services on campus and two children A Joseph Arlen Memorial Prize in Horticulture has been established Contributions may be forshywarded to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development
ASPARAGUS RESEARCHER DIES IN GUELPH
Herman (Herm) Tiessen OAC 51 onc of Canadas fore middot most aspard1t1s researdlers rued in Guelph Dec 10 1987 at 63 Or Ticsscn had been a horticul shyture professor at the University since 1955 and was co-ordinator of the National Asparagus Reshysearch Program
At its fiftieth anniversary meeting in london the day of his death the Ontario Asparagus Growers Marketing Board honored Dr Tiessen as the pershyson who had made the greatest contributions to the industry over the last 50 years He was also weU known for his work on greehouse tOmatoes and for a collaborative project with Texaco that used waste energy from the companys refinery to heat greenhouses
After graduating from OAC Dr Tiessen received his masters and PhD degrees from Michigan State University and returned to his alma mater to join the Department of Horticultural Science He traveUed widely to share his knowledge on veget-
The late Professor Herm Tiessen OAC51
able growing with scientists around the world most recently to New Zealand and Taiwan He -wa a member of the Agricultural Institute of Canada and the Canadjm American and Intermiddot national Societies for Horticulmiddot tural Science He was also an active member of the OAC Alumni Association
He is sUlvived by his wife Marjorie and two children
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JlAVIeuro 17 18 19 GOlf Tournament
The classic confrontation on the green the Gryphon Club Golf Tournament will start things rolling on Friday at the Cutten Club Prizes will be awarded
Barbecue amp CasinO Night
Meet your friends at Alumni House Friday evening for a barbecued feast and try your llck at the casino tables
SIOwpitch Tournament
The Grad loungers will defendtheir championship title at the alumnistudent co-ed slowpitch tournament Why not get a team together to compete for the first-place trophy and other awards Teams should consist of 12 to 20 players with at least six females per team Three one-hour games are guaranteed for each team
Tours Lectures Demonstrations
Tour the new Equine Research Centre see computer laboratory demonstrations at the College of Family and Consumer Studies or catch an enlightening lecture If its nature you enjoy visit the Arboretum the Marine Biology Laboratory or the Elora Gorge Conservation Area
Celebrity Auction
Join in the fun and bid on a fascinating assortment of articles donated by local celebriti~s Lots of surprises in store All proceeds will go to Alumni House
Awards Presentations
At the Presidents Picnic at noOn on Saturday the Alumnus of Honor award and the Alumni Medal of Achievement will be presented Come and celebrate with the recipients
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See page 7 for your Alumni Weekend reservation form For further information see your College section inside or call the Alumni Weekend hotline (519) 824-4120 ext 2102
Class Reunions
Is your class having a reunion Check page 7 to find out Reunions are a great opportunity to meet old
friends and renew acquaintshyances The Alumni Associations will host their graduates of 50
years or more at a Golden Anniversary Din ner
Champagne Brunch
Toast Alumni Weekend 88 at a champagne brunch held on the Alumni House patio Sunday The Guelph Concert Band will provide entertainment
FACS GRAD FINDS HEART IN THE ARTS
I ts strange how things work Ollt
Im glad r received a well-rounded education at Guelph It prepared me for th e future reflects Eva Eichenbaum FACS 75
Eva is one often Niagara Peninsula poets featured in Voices from the Niagara a book of local poems colshylelttcd by Pcter and Brenda Baltensperger and published in 1987 ( Moonstone Press 8795 )
Reviewing the book in the Hamilton Spectator John Terpstra writcs Thcre are some very good poems here and a few are standouts I especia lly enjoyed those of Eva Eichenbaum and David Haskins
Eva was born in Sweden the daughter of Estonian refugees who escaped their homeland during the Second World War She camc to Canada with ber family at age two and grew up in Niagara Falls where she attended Stamford Collegiate and won the Upper Scbool English Award at graduation
After a year of travel in 1969 as Miss iagara Hospitality for the Niagara
Promotion Association she enrolled at the University of Guelph to earn a Bachelor of Applied Science degrce and also took some courses at the
niversity of Helsinki Finland She then earned her Bachelor of Education degree at the College of Education Brock n iversity St Catharines and now teaches English and Television Arts at Merritton High School in that city
She started her career in education as a Family Studies teacher and was once head of the Family Studies Department at Merritton but found that her heart was really in English and the creative arts She used to teach theatre arts and also formed the Merriuon High School Dance Commiddot pany Sht teaches ballet and has written several musical comedies for her theatre and dance students
I got the idea for the style and format of the musicals fro m College Royals Curtain Call at Guelph I had a role in the production Der Keller a take-off on Cabaret in my final year she explains
NEW CHAIR TO BROADEN FOCUS IN
CONSUMER STUDIES Teaching and research in the Department ofConsumer Studies has focused on consumer affairs particushylarly consumer behavior and the basic necessities - food clothing and housing New department chairJohn Pratschke sees a need to review and perhaps expand this focus
Professor Pratschke says he was drawn to Guelph because of his interest in consumer economics The University has one of the few departmiddot ments in Canada with a consumer emphasis He plans to preserve the departments unusual linking ofsocial SCience business and technology but broaden the rangt ofstudy to include other products and services important
to the budgets of Canadian house shyholds
The employer market is happy with Consumer Studies graduates says Promiddot fessor Pratschke but there is a need for better communication about the program w ith secondary school stushyden ts We must get across the message that marketing is an inter shyesting challenge and that the program is professionally oriented without lOSing its base in product technology
Born in Ireland Professor Pratschke received his bachelor of commerce master ofeconomic science and PhD at University College Cork He has taught at the University of Waterloo University College Ga lway and
Eva EiclJenbaum FACS 75
Five of Evas poems are featured in tht 63 middotpage Voices f1Om the Niagara and she has donated a copy of the book to the University Lihrary She has also had poems published in Souldust and Pearls Sixth Edition ( Moonstone Press) and There Is a book productd by the Niagara Chapter of the Canadian Authors Association In the future she hopes to take some tinle out from teaching to study broadshycasting
PrOfessorjohn Pratschke
Memorial University Newfoundland He has published widely on the economics ofconsumer expenditures and on European housing policy agrimiddot culture banking and business education
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Mike Traub HAF-A 78 general manager Victoria Place Retirement Lodge Kitchenel discusses his career with a group ofstudents at the HAFA Alumni Assodatiolls annual Careers Night held on campus in January Thirty-seven alumni involved in a vanmiddotety ofcareers volunteered their time to the popular event
HAFA ALUMNI EXCHANGE SEMINAR HELD
Nancy Plato FACS 81
FACS PEOPLE Naney Plato FACS 81 ( Consumer Studies ) the new OAC liaison coshyordinator will acquaint high school students and guidance counsellors with opportunities in the agricultural sciences at Guelph
Enrolment at OAC has declined over the past few years and _ aney will work at increasing student numbers through recruitment and marketing
The position ofliaison co-ordinator is a new one for OAe Nancy says one of her main objectives is to broaden the understanding high school stushydents have ofGuelphs programs She plans to use her well-rounded view of agriculture and its related proshygrams combined with her recruitshyment experience
Nancy is back in Guelph from a position in secondary school liaison at Mount Royal College Calgary She is married to Paul Thiel OAC 82 and is an active member of the Mac-FACS Alumni Association board of directors
Professors Kathleen Brown Lila Engberg and Griffith Morgan have all retired from the Department of Family Studies Professor Elizabeth Upton HAFA will retire in July
Professor John Auld Consumer Studies has produced the Human Settlements Audio-Visual Resources Catalogue It is published by the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Warren Adamson vice-president development Delta Hotels gave the keynote address What is the Canadian Tourism Industry Anyway at the annual HAFA Alumni Exchange Seminar held November 4 at the DelL Chelsea Inn Toronto
This professional development event was sponsored by the HAFA
MOllica Hrybko HAFA 88 (left) received Ci HAFA AlumniAssociation Life Membership from Association president Morag McKenzie 82 The membership is given to a graduating student as selected by his or her peers with a minimum 70 per cent accumulative average who has had outstanding involvement ill the School andor University
Alumoi Association in co-operation with Pannell Kerr Forster lL gave lIAFA grads an opportunity to listen to experts in the field speak 00 various topical hospitality issues including pay equity the human resource risis trends in the hotel and foodservice industry and business planning
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The University of Guelphs 10th an nual sexua li ty conference sponshysor d byThe Department of Fami ly Studies wil l examine current issues in human sex u lily tea hing approaches in sexducation and counse llin g m thod for sexual problems
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OAC ALUMNI NEWS Editor Richard Buck 76A
OAC GRAD GIVES GIFT OF WATER TO THAI VILLAGERS
By janet Dumo
Water is not taken for granted in northeast Thailand Usually there is too little of it The sandy laterite soils do not hold water They crack and parch during the hot dry season Ponds shrink Streams and some wells dry up Even in the rainy season the rains are often late or insufficient and the rice crops wither in the fields
But sometimes there is too much water Heavy rains cause flash floods Which drown crops and wash pesti shycides and decaying organic matter into unprotected pit wells There is not enough clean drinking water to ensure good health
A CUSO priority in Thailand is to increase village self-sufficiency and improve the standard of living through the development ofsmall-scale water resources particularly in the north and northeast the poorest regions of the country CUSO engineers placed with departments of local adminisshytration survey and design small spillways dams and piped water systems They develop an under shystanding of indigenous water proshyblems and help viUagers develop water resource technology to deal with these problems
In most villages in Surin province the water is imprisoned under a 20shymetre thick layer of heavy clay comshypacted into red brick-like rock
Ed von Euw OAC 84 returned to Canada in December after two years as a CUSO water resources engineer in Surin While there he worked with two percussion water-jet well-drilling rigs one an Appropriate Technology Association ( A TA) rig originally used in India and Africa the other based on an indigenous village model
Ed found theATA rig needed modi shyfications to make it easier for villagers to operate Most important was the change from a hand to foot-powered lever which the villagers found much less exhausting to work But at $625 the ATA rig is expensive to buy and the Honda motor which pushes water
Ed von EllW and co-worker teaching pump maintenance ill Surin Thailand
down the hole to tlush out the soil and rock particles can use up to $4 of fuel a day
Ed spent several months looking at rigs used by Surin farmers and finally adapted a model from one used by Khun Hong of Muang Pet a village near Surin town Khun Hongs rig uses a pole and beam arrangement making it less durable and steady than the tripod form used in Eds adapted rig The new rig uses a hand-powered Lucky pump made in Taiwan and fanliliar to villagers
The Honda pump used in the ATA drilling rig must be repaired in town and a smaU repair may cost $10 while a repair to the Lucky pump can be done by villagers for less than a doUar Spare parts are available everywhere The drill bilS are made from truck springs in the same Surin shop that made the rig to Eds specillcations They cost only 96 ccors each as opposed to the S7-bits used in the ATA rig
Using smaller pipe and bit than the ATA rig Eds adapted rig drills more quickly through rock and is lighter and easier to use It requires only two people to ope(dte the foot lever The ATA rig requires four or five Eds rig cost $192 to make including pump and accompanying tools and can be constructed by villagers in a small weldingmachine shop if there is a demand for more
Eds rig was tested in Ban Se Jaruk on a site divined by a villager Working
intermittently the villagers went d wn 25 metres in one and a half weeks much of the time grinding through the red rock When water they were pumping down the hole suddenly disappeared and didnt come up again they were afraid they had damaged the rig But instead it was a sign of having broken into a vein of water which was now absorbing any other water poured down So water had been found delicious and abundant right behind the assistant headmans house
The Ban Se Jaruk well has been capped with a rower pump purchased from ATA for S17 The pump is based on a bamboo model used in fndia The tubewell pipe and pump are made of plastic - more acceptable than steel which gives the water an unpleasant taste
Ed carried out a four-month wellshydrilling project in co-operation with Khun Darune of the Northeast Thailand ( ET) Project Funded by the Canadian Internat ional Deve shylopment Agency and assisted by CUSO it is a rural development program in operation since 1981 in 52 villages along the Thai-Kampuchean border The villagers of Ban Se Jaruk elated with their initial success borrowed Eds rig to drill more wells In total seven rigs were built from Eds proto shytype and distributed to four other villages Over 100 successful wells have been drilled in the area to date
EdilO1-S NoteanetDuma is a CUSO special program officer in Malaysia Sbe bas worked as an Englisb teacber witb CUSO in fi)aiand andMaaysia
Ed von Euw a Stratford native graduated from Guelpb witb a BSc in engineering in December J984He llas 011 tbe deans bonor roll three times and received an engineering scbolarsbip in 1983 Before going overseas in November 1985 be workedfor Enllironment Canada as a bydrornettic engineer He is now studying f01 a masters degree in engineering at Guelph
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Professor Harold Crawford OAC 58 MSc 7 0
OAC PEOPLE ProfessorJohn Burton OAC 62 and Brian McBride CBS 78 OAC MSA 80 Department of Animal and Poultry Science have received $400000 from the Ministry ofColleges and niversities Research Incentive Fund for contract research in partnershyship with Cyanamid Canada Inc of Toronto They will examine the effecshytiveness of the hormone BST in increasing milk production in dairy cattle as well as any other effects of the agent
Gordon MacLeod OAC 50 has retired from the Department ofAnimal and Poultry Science after 31 years at the UniversityJohn Summers OAC 53 MSA 59 has also retired from the Department of Animal and Poultry Science after 25 years at the University
Harold Crawford OAC 58 MSc 70 who recently retired as coshyordinator of the Ontario Diploma in Horticulture Program Independent Study Division after 29 years at the University has received the Ontario Parks Association (OPA) recognition award for Significant contribution to the betterment of parks the proshyfession and the envirorunent through his work in continuing education He has been a member of the educational committee of the OPA for 14 years The Ontario Diploma in Horticulture program graduated its first students in 1963 and now has 500 alumni
Marilyn Dykstra OAC 78 is new director of the Universitys Pest
Marilyn Dykstra OAC 78
Diagnostic and Advisory Clinic The clinic is working at maximum capacity with marc than 30000 inquiries to its credit since it opened nine years ago says Marilyn It receives everyshything from live specimens of earwigs and spiders to diseased ornamentals and fruit and vegetable crops Most specimens come from home gar shydeners she ays but the clinic has a growing clientele among commercial growers landscape businesses and other industries Through its service and extension functions the clinic has accumulated a reference collecshytion of more than 10000 slides and specimens as well as a list of resource people from across campus
Dr R Keith (Chip) Chapman OAC 40 has retired from the Department ofEntomoJogy University of Wisconsin Madison following a distinguished areer spanning 40 years A two-day symposium was held in his honor last June and The R Keith Chapman Vegetable Entomology SchOlarship was established with funds collected in lieu ofa retirement gift He has also been named professor emeritus Attending the symposium and retirement recognition party in Madison were Keiths brothers Ross also OAC 40 and Douglas OAC 44 and sister Helen Stockwell a graduate of Macdonald College McGiJl Univershysity Montreal and OAC Dean Freeman McEwen
When Bruce Brown OAC 85 received his degree from former agri shyculture minister William A Stewart chancellor ofthe Universi tyofGuelph he asked what steps he could take to
Dr R Keith (Chip) Chapman andhis brother Ross both OAC 40
become the minister of agriculture and food Little did he know that two and a half years later he would be minister - if only for a day
In December he shared the duties of Ontarios minister Jack RiddeD OAC 57 as his prize for winning a public speaking contest at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Bruce who operates a Newcastle dairy beef and cash crop farm with his father spoke on the survival of the farm family in Ontario
ETHICS IN AGRICULTURE Ethical issues in agriculture such as animal welfare are generally debated from an emotional viewpoint Proshyfessor Frank Hurnik OAC PhD 71 Animal and Poultry Science and Pro shyfessor Hugh Lehman Philosphy are hoping to change that through the journal of Agricultural Ethics an international quarterly publication which offers a forum for discussing moral issues related to food and food production
We hope this publication will act as a bridge between those who philo shysophize about agricu ltural ethics and those actively involved in plant and animal use says Professor Hurnik Its a scholarly refereed journal but it wont be bogged down with speciashylized technical jargon As a result we believe it will be useful to the farm community and we expect leaders from that field will be contributors not just readers
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Professor Fredjelome and his wife Faye look over a catalogue of the Universitys art collection
ALOVEOFART Back in 1968 Fred N Jerome OAC 33 established a trust fund to purshychase art produced by promising young Canadian artists
I was a full professor then and I could afford to do it (set up a trust fund) I felt art deserved a little push and I wanted to see the niversitys art collection expand explains the now retired professor ofgenetics and poultry science at Guelph
Forty-two Canadian works have been purchased to date through lhe F - Jerome Trust Fund and a special exhibi t of these works will be featured at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre beginning Alumni WeekendJune 18 and continuing throughout the sununer
Professorjeromes personal favorite in the collection is Ken Danbys silkshyscreen The Skates
I like Danbys technique His work is almost as realistic as a color photoshygraph but you can still tell its a painting he explains
He is also fond ofDiego Drawing a lithography by Jack Chanlbers a London Ontario artist and Gene Chus delicate Spider Series
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre Director Judith Nasby says Fred Jerome has made an outstanding contribution to the growth of the Universitys Canadian art collection - one of the largest univer itycollecshytions in the province He has recogshynized the tremendous growth and vitality of the art community in Canada by specifying that works be purchased from young artists
A LOVE OF LI LI ES The expression lily white has little meaning for Bill Evans His favorite lilies are bright orange and yellow I like the ones that almost glow and catch your eye from 100 yards away says the retired Department of Horti shycultural Science professor
Professor Evans lilies are certainly eye-catching for anyone travelling north of Guelph on Highway 6 betshyween mid-June and mid-August Splashes of spectacular color glow from his field of lilies near Marden (behind the home of Marjorie and the late George Durnford ) - a welshycome surprise for those accustomed to seeing only the popular Easter white variety
Im obsessed with lilies admits Professor Evans who retired in 1985 after 28 years of researching phult breeding and teaching small fruit proshyduction at the University of Guelph ) like their variety and scope They are perennial plants that grow at different heights Some have flowers that face up some face down and some face out Some are trumpet shaped some have petals that curve back Some are scented and some are unscented
As a child Professor Evans grew flowers and vegetables in his parents big garden north of Calgary After six years in the army he enrolled at the
niversity of Alberta to study hortishycu lture During his second year in 1947 he began hybridizing lilies Following graduation he worked as a fruit breeder for the federal governshyment in Alberta for eight years before coming to Guelph in 1957 He conshytinued to breed and grow lilies at the
niversity and on plots of land that friends like Professor Ted Me inch (and now Mrs Durnford) let him use
The University has quite a history of lily breeding says Professor Evans The late Isabella Preston a lecturer at Guelph before Professor Evans time went on the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa and to world fame for her ornamental crabapples lilacs and lilies The late Jc Taylor a professor at Guelph was well-known for his lily breeding and introduced Professor Evans to many other breeders He
told me that my lilies needed more vigor and let me use some of his plants in my work
Professor Evans introduced three new varieties of lilies through the University and registered some of Professor Taylors They were marshyketed in the United States So far Professor Evans has had 17 varieties of lilies internationally registered Anyone can do this he says modestly You just write a full desshycription of the plant pick a name that hasn t been used before and send it to the Royal Horticultural Society in England prekrrably with a photo The new names are published every year
It s hard coming up with new nanles though says Professor Evans He has named some of his varieties after the area in which they were grown shyArkel Marden Gold Aberfoyle He named one after his granddaughter Bronwen and one after his wife Ethelwaite ( her first and maiden names ) She gets a thrill whenever she sees that name on a ( flower show) prize list somewhere he says
Pink and pastel lilies are Professor Evans speciality and his favorite is a variety he caBs Blusbing Maiden It has mauvey pink tips with a white centre
Professor Evans and his wife edH a newsletter three times yearly for the Ontario Regional Lily Society and Professor Evans has just ended a two year term as president of the North American lily Society He has judged at nower shows all over Canada and the nited States and will preside at an international show in Hamilton in July
Because of his hobby Professor Evans is enjoying retirement He spends about 25 hours a week on his lilies in the summer months During the off season he grows seeds and works on his records He is working on increasing the number ofvarieties including spotless ones ( most lilies have spots which are dominant ) He is pleased that some of his former students are now growing lilies entering shows and joining li ly societies
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RURAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT GRADS TO FORM ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
The University School ofRural Planshyning and Development ( USRPampD ) was inaugurated at Guelph in 1980
USRPampD is built on the strengths of past Guelph initiatives such as the Centre for Resources Development and the Rural Development Outreach Project It is formally recognized by the Canadian Institute of Planners and offers Masters level programs in rural planning rural development international rural development and resources management It is also actively engaged in research and community outreach
Recent research topics have in shycluded land availabi Iityfor agricu lture
local economic development strateshygies rural aging northern and native community plannjng and developshyment rural transportation computer applications in planning and deve shylopment and water and waste management to name a few This research was conducted throughout Canada and arollnd the world inshycluding Nepal Kenya Indonesia St Lucia Belize and Botswana
The outreach interests ofthe School are fully integrated with its teaching and research activities Recent out shyreach projects have included the Childcare Network Project for families in rural Wellington County an evaJu shy
ation of the rural development proshygrams ofa Jesuit mission in southern Ethiopia a heritage strategy for the Town of IngerSOll and a recreation needs assessment for Sault Ste Marie
Graduates of USRPampD as well as graduates of the former Centre for Resource Development are now being invited to form an alumni association to keep members updated on School activities their fellow alumni and issues concerning rural planning and development For further information contact Professor Harry Cummings USRampD University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N1G 2WI ( 519) 824-4120 ext 6783
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Richard Hoffman 78 a Canadian Press journalist in Toronto is married pound0 Martine Bracey CBS 77
Laura Mezey-Hamid 82 administrative assistant to the vice-president of finance Penningtons Stores Umjted Toronto is married to Shaheed Hamid CSS 82
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Dirk Vanbattum 75 is vice-president Eddie May Mysteries Ottawa
CBS Michael Best 77 is a research technician Cross Cancer Institute Edmonton
GRAD NEWS EUzabeth Jane (Kempe) Coker 82 a resource worker CaJedon Parent-ChiId Centre Bolton is married to Dr Ted Coker OVC 87
Janet Ebanks 86 is a medical social worker Cayman overnment Health Sershyvices George Town Grand Cayman Cayman Islands British West Indies
Kevin Ferguson 80 supervisor of Outdoor Education for the Elgin County Board of Education married Suzanne Schmid BEd (Nipissing) 82 in April 1987 She works for the Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority They live near Aylmer
Michael Hackenberger 81 is president Canadian Zoological Systems Toromo
Heather Hattin 84 (HK) whose rowing accomplishments were featured in the winter 1987 issue ofthe GuelphAlumnus won Canadas first-ever gold medal in womens rowing in the double-scull event at the world championships in Copenhagen last summer
Cynthia (Porter)JefIrey 85 is studying for an MSc in Food Science at the University of Manitoba She is married to ScottJefIrey OAC 82 assistant professor ofAgncul tural Economics at the University of Manitoba They live in Winnipeg
Dr Gord Kennedy 85 senior chemist Union Carbine Corp Bound Brook New Jersey is married to Carrie Feaver CPS 84
Steven Kerr 77 is regional fisheries biologist Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources KemptviUe
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Stephen Rabbetts 79 is a zookeeper Metro Toronto Zoo Wcsthill
Cathy Oohnson) Rewcastle 80 is a fur biologist Manitoba atural Rcsources Winnipcg
Brian Sntith 78 micro ~)Stcms manager Natural Sciences Centre The University ofWestcrn Ontario London is married to Debra Bond CSS 79
Bradly Veitch 86 is second brewer Wellington County Brewery Guelph
Michael Wade 87 is responsible for aquaculture programs at Kpong Farms Volta River Authority Akuse Ghana the site of a major hydro-electric installation
P Allen Woodliffe 76 is the first and only district ecologist with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Chatham Districr He is married to Marie Gedcke FACS 75 and has a son Timothy TIl y Jive in Rondeau Provincial Park here Allen was park naturalist for 10 years before moving to the Chatham office
CPS Dr Syed Ahmed 87 is assistant proshyfessor Departme nt of Statistical and AClUarial Sciences University of Western Ontario London
Susan (Bishop) GraJ1am R3 a fourth year medical student Faculty ofMcdicinc University of Toronto is marri ed fO Don Graham CSS 83 CBS MSc 87 who is a ftl ll-time parent to their threc-year-old twins
Robert Lake 77 a self-employed conshysulting geolOgist is married to Susan Kay OAC 77 a human relations specialist with Petro Canada They live in Calgary
Robert Whitehead 79 is a mi ncr Denison Mines Ell iot Lake
Caroline (Carly) Williams 85 is a software engineer Wild Leitz Canada Toronto
CSS John Babcock 8 is special cabinet assistant Office of Minister of State (Forestry and Mines ) Ottawa
Jana Fie MA 87 i a neuropsychological associate Brazos Valley Rehabilitat ion Center Bl)an Texas
Danny Leung R6 is news submiddoteditor Asia Television Limited Hong Kong
Allison (Shaughnessy) Scanlan 84 production supervisor G I of Canada shyTruck Assltmbly Oshawa is mlITied [() Michael Scanlan 84 directo r of pur hasing Arbor Capital Rltsources
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G Llewellyn Watson MA 70 a proshyfessor at the University of Prince Edward Island has written a texthook Dilemmas and Contradictions in Sucial 7beor) published by University Press of America
Terry Wright 76 is account manager John Logan National Leasing Bramptoll
MAC-FACS Marie (Tomelin) Cowlin 78 is brand manager Distillers Co Canada Ltd Toronto
Debbie Foster MSc 87 is medical coshyordi natorsex educator Youth Clinical Services Inc Down~view
Marilyn (Shirley) Goodwin 75 MSc 77 a research officer for CSC Ottawa h ma rricd to Fred Goodwin HAFA 75
Margaret (CJark)Jordan 82 manager Agricultural Employment Services Cmada Farm Iabour Pool Newmarkct is married to BrianJordan OAC 81
Margo (Payne) Langan 83 marketing communications co-ordinator Moore Response Technologies Mississauga is married toJohn Langan CBS 75
Nancy (Howard) Martin 81 senior contract managemcnt officer Consumer Products and Trtffic Management Brmch DepartJllent of Supply and Service~ Hull Que is marriltd to Phillip Martin CBS ( HK) 82
Helga (Strenzke) McDonald 84 public relations officer Centrilia Collegc Huron Park is married to Ian McDonald OAC 83
Marilyn Sewell-Kelley 78 is agriculshytura l health and safel) comiddotordinacor Rural Organizations and Services Branch OMAF Guelph and lives near Paris
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Guy Bonnetta 79 manager Pioneer Overseas CorpJohnston Iowa is married to Carolyn Knowles CBS 78
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Richard Graham 71 of Rrampton is naLional marketing maI111gcr Agricultural Chcmicab Divisi n f3ASF Canada Inc
Richard Helmer 62A married Marilyn Hogue in Oct 19R7 They live in Windsor Richard is supply tcaching for the Essex COllnty Board of Education and doing freclanltx horLicultural work during the summer months
Brian and Brigitte (Brunetzky) Kaufman 84 are pltased to announce the safe arrival of their son Nathaniel Brian All are reSiding at Bright
Dr Houchang Khatamian MSc 71 PhD 8 is associate professor Depart shyment of Horticul rure Kansas State Unishyversity Manhattan
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J cE~~~~f May 11 - Presidents Counc il Executive Luncheon
May 19-June 5 Guel ph Spring Festival
May 31-June 3 Convocation
June 13-15 Human Sexuality Conference
June 17-19 Alumni Weekend
July 10-13 Canadian Home Economics Association Con ference
July 26 Al um ni Assoc iation Executives O rientation Meeting
Masters of Agribusiness Management
111e University of Guelph is now olkring a Masters of Agribusiness Management for people interested in a comprehensive training program for manlgemel1l positions in modern agrihusiness
The program runs over I () months and is highly structured so that studenrs receive intensive practical training in all facets of agribusiness managemel1l
Ifyou have an agricultural background and wish to funher your career in management of farm or nonmiddotfarm agribuiiiness this program could he for you
For fu nhcr information on this program pleL~e contact
Professor Tom Funk Department of Agricultural Economics and Business University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl (519) 824middot4120 ext 3427
UNIVERSITY ffGUELPH
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Dr Elenimo Khonga PhD 87 is a lecturer University ofMalawi Chancellor College Zomba Malawi
Kevin Laidley 82 MSc 85 resource technician Niagara Peninsula Consershyvation Authority Allanburg is married to Lesley Nicholson FACS 83 child life specialist McMaster University Medical Centre Hamilton
Dr Monique Leclerc MSc 82 PhD 87 is assistant professor Department of Soil Science and Biometeorology Utah State University Logan
Maurice Marwood 64 MSc 66 is vicemiddot preSident sales and marketing Canadian Kenworth Company Mississauga He is responsible for all aspects of sales and marketing ofKenworth trucks and product support in Canada
Dr Giancarlo Mosch1ni PhD 86 is [caching in the Economics Department Iowa State University Ames not the Unimiddot versity of Iowa as stated in the fall 1987 issue oflhe GuelpbAlurnnus Our apolomiddot gie~ for [his error
Reid Palmer 63 is a research geneticist and professor Departments ofAgronomy and Genetics Iowa State University Ames
Dr Yousef Papadopoulos 80 MSc 82 PhD 87 a research scientist Agrimiddot cu lture Canada Nappan NS i$ married to Kathleen Glover 80 MSc 83
Andy Robinson 80 MSc 83 a genetimiddot cist Livestock Developmcnt Division Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Christine Howe Arts 81
Dr A Hamid Saleemi MSc 73 has received a PhD in Educational Psychology from Bayero UniverSity Kana Nigeria His thesis was Islamic Values and Commitment among HallSa Muslim Youtb Au Empirical Study and his reo search has been hailed as a pioneering study in the measurement of reJjgious commitment anlong MusJjms Dr Saleemi is principal tutor Department of Adult Education and Community Services Faculty of Education Bayero University
James Sampa MLA 86 is a lecturer in landscape design and natul 1 resource conservation School of Environmental Studies Copperbelt University Zambia
Bill Shotyk 81 completed his PhD in 1986 in the Geology Department at The University ofWestern Ontario and spent a year as visiting postdoctoral researcher at the UniverSity of California to study
thennodynamic stability of organic commiddot plexes of aluminum In Sept 1987 he married Beth Haas and they live in London where Bill is a postdoctoral research associate in the Geology Department UWO studying the surface chemistry of minerals He is also writing his first book The Geochemistry OfPeatandPeatlands to be published by Elsevier Amsterdam
jack Thompson OAC 81 is a firemiddot fighter Station No 1 Thomhlll
Susan Watkins 81 is program offi cer Horn of Africa Oxfam Canada She is in charge ofOxfams overseas development projects in Eutrea and Tigray prOvince of Ethiopia the majori ty of which are in agriculture and health
Dve Dr Ian Alexander 86 is a dmg evalumiddot ator Bureau of Veterinary Dmgs Health and Welfare Canada Ottawa
Dr Cheng Hock Choong PhD 72 is director Semex Canada Guelph
Dr Ann Davis 75 a graduate student at the University of Toronto has won the Hardi Cinader Prize for 1987 The award is given to the graduate student in the process of completing doctor-A work who most resembles renowned immunomiddot logist Dr Bernhard Cinaders originality and versatility
Dr john Debbie 65 is an epidemiomiddot logist New York State Health Department Albany
Dr jean Dodds 64 in addition to her research on blood clotting mechanisms has chaired several national and intermiddot national task forces on assorted topics
Dr Doug Galt 62 is laboratory head OMAF Brighton
Dr Maria Koller CBS 75 DVM 79 chief control programs Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Dr Robert Georgeson 72
Dr Darwin Lund 60 is veterinarian in charge Agriculture Canada Lethbridge Alta
Dr David Murphy 56 is director cardiovascular surgical unit Dalhousie
niversity Halifax
Dr Gary Nash 77 veterinary research officer Institute of Aquaculture University
ofStirling Stirling Scotland is married to Marilyn Klein CBS 77
Dr HG Rees 55 joined the faculty of Massey University New Zealand after 10 years ofgeneral practice Upon completion of his masters degree he as appointed senio r lect urer at the University of Melbourne In 1970 he returned to prac shytice in his native Wales and has spent the past 12 years on the faculty at SeaJe-Hayne College there He has a small sheep farm
ARTS Bruce Westheuser 76 ofToronto died Dec 7 1987 He was a teacher Toronto Montessori Schools Hlt is survived by his father Ronald and stcpmodlcr Dorothy two sisters and a brodumiddotr
CSS Robert A Dodd MA 75 of Victoria BC died Oct 8 1987 He had been employed by the Ministry of Health He is survived by his wife Wendy
Bruce G Miller 72 of Aurora Ont died Sept 2 1987 He was a teacher with York Region Board of Education He is survived by his wife
MAC-FACS Etta (Birdsall) Garnham 17D of Tillsonhurg Ont died Jan 11 1988 She is survi ed by her sister Doris Oatman
Kathleen (Coggs) Hallam 120 of Toronto died jan 23 1988
Katherine L (Williamson) Killmaster 35D of Southfield Michigan died jan 31 1988
GAdora(Beemer)McFadyen 29Dof Port Elgin Ont died Apri l 8 L987 She is Survived by her son George S McFadyen OAC 50A
Anne E Spera 280 of Dundas Ont died Jan 26 1988
Dora M (Dies) Terryberry 260 of Weston Ont died Jan 22 1988 She is survived by her son Douglas
and maintains a single man general pracshytice Sheep health and production are his main interests and in the fall he was admitted to the Cert SHP by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons In 1989 he plans to retrace his footsteps to learn about his main interests in the countries in which he was trained
Dr Duncan Sinclair 58 OAC MSc 60 (nutrition ) Schofield lecturer 1983 will become Queens University Dean of
IN MEMORIAM
OAC Aimee A (Ups) Acklen 36 of Irving Texas died Feb 2 1987 She is survived by her husband Robert and one son
George K Beare 37 A of xbridge Ont died Oct 30 1987 He is survived by his wife Ruby
Dr J Ritchie Cowan 39 of Corvallis Oregon died Nov 12 1987 He was a retired professor of agronomy and proshyfessor emeritus Oregon State University He received his MS and a doctorate in plant genetics from the University of Minnesota He served as national president of the Crop Science Socicty of America the American Society of Agronomy the American Forage and Graosland Council the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology and the League for Intershynational Food Education He was pre shydeceased by his first wife DorothyWhite Mac 39 He is survived by his second wife Ruth and two children
WUliam M Croskery 15 of Ottawa died Nov 17 1987 He was a retired agricultural representative for Carleton County He is survived by three children
Walter C Fisher 26 of Sf Catharines Ont died jan 20 1988 He is survived by his wife Alice ( Petrie ) and three children
William A Hammond 18 Port Dovers oldest World War I veteran died Sept 29 1987 at 95 Prior to entering OAC he farmed worked in a lumber camp in BC and fought forest fires in Montana During the war he served in France and Belgium with the 55th l3atteryofthe Royal Canadian Art illery advancing from gunner to sergeant In 1920 he married Minerva Mitchell and they farmed in Woodhouse Township Mter retir ing he became clerk-treasurer of the township and later
Medicine and Vice-Principal ( Health Sciences) onJuly 1 He has served Queens in various capacities since joining the departme nt of physiolo gy in 1966 Nationally he has been invo lved with the Medical Research Council of Canada for many years includ ing a term as its director-genera1
Dr Anne Marie Taylor 81 is direc tor of an imal care Animal Care Centre Dalhousie niversity Halifax
held the san1e position with the Town of Port Dover He also served on the Ontario Assessment Appeal Board and was a fanner chai rman of the Simcoe High School Board In 1967 he received a Centennial Medal for service to his communi ty He was predeceased by bis wife and a son and is survived by two daughters Betty Murton ofWatetiord and Doris LlIldon of listoweI
Kandappar NJeyasseelan MSA 56 of Peradeniya Sri Lanka died Oct 22 1987 He is survived by two children
Frank J King 33 of Thornhill One died Dec 19 1987 He was a pioneer of Canadas broiler chicken industry and retired senior executive and director of Ralston Purina Canada Inc He is survived by his wife Rachel and a son
Robert C (Bob) lGrkness 56 of Maple Ridge BC died Oct 10 1987 He is survived by his wife
] Morley Lawrence 1 7 of Windsor died Oct 4 1987
John S Lennox 66A of Shallow Lake Ont died as the result of a farm accident Nov 4 1987 He is survived by his wife Ada and a son
Alex T Macnab 36 of North Fort Myers Fla died Dec 18 1987 He is survived by his wife Vella
NormanJ Myles 39 of Guelph died j an 24 1988 He had been a second lieutenant 11 th Field Brigade Royal Canadian Artillery He is survived by his wife Luella Beverley (Highan1 ) and two children
Robert W Phillips 39 of Belleville Ont died Sept 21 1987 -John W Robertson 38 of Thorold Ont died Oct 21 1987 He is survived by his wife Elizabeth and daughter Janice Partlow Arts 70
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Henry H Rooke 8 of Barrie Ont died Dec 16 1987 lIe was retired from the Department of National Health and Welfare He is survived by his wife Harriet Mac 40 and daughters Jane Lennox and Nancy RookemiddotAllen CBS 73
Robert H See 65A ofBohon Ont died Nov 14 1987 He was the son of Margaret (Huston) See Mac 33 and the late Dr John N See OAC 35 OVC 38 He is survived by his wife Brenda and two sisters
WilliamT (Bill) Smith 35 ofStfJtford Ont died Sept 19 1987 He is survived by his wife Maude and five children
Annie H Tasi MSc 72 ofGuelph died Dec 9 1987 She received her BSc in Agriculture from the National Taiwan University in 1965 After receiving her masters in horticulture from Guelph she worked as a research technician in the Universipound) Department of Horticultural Science Shc is survived by her hu~band Benjamin and two children
William G Toner 20A and 22 of Guelph died Jan 30 1988 He is survived by hi wife Eileen and four children
W Benson (Ben) Vair 55 of Sarnia died Jan 6 1988 He taught science at Northern Collegiate in Sarnia for 25 years retiring in 1987
A Gordon O Whiteside 20A and 22 of Ottawa died June 2 1987 Ht was retired after 42 years as a cerealist with Agriculture Canada and wa~ a Fellow of thc Agricultural Institute of Canada lie developed sevedl varieties of Canadian whtat one of which bears his namt Gordon He is su rvived byhis wife Irene and three children
Joseph H Willmott 22A of Milton died Oct 23 1987 He is survived by his sonJohn c Willmott 55
PROFESSORS
Dr Denis H Stott professor emeritus since 1980 diedJan 22 1988 in England at 78 He was ftrst chair Department of Psychology from 1966-68 and was intershyna tionally known as a pioneer in deve shyloping learning techniques for hardmiddottOmiddot teach children He founded the Centre for Educational Disabilities which he directed until h is retirement in 1975 His research focused on the causes and promiddot
blems of delinquent school boys He is survived by hiswifeJane and tw children
Dr Robert D Whiteford of Qualicum Beach Vancouver Island former professor Department of Biomedical Sciences died Feb ] 0 1988 He is survived by his wife Beatrice and one son
STAFF Ray Catchpole a member of the Unj middot versitys Sulawesi Regional Development Project team in Indonesia died Nov 27 1987 in Jakarta at 46 He had been with the project sinet its inception in 1984 He is survived by his wife Ani and his mother Muriel Lucas A mcmorial fund has been established in his nanle Contributions may be forwarded to the Department of
Alumni Affairs and Development The fund will provide a bursary for Indonesians and Canadians involved in exchange between the two ountries It will be adminbtered by the niversity School of Rural Planning and Development
FRIENDS
Joseph Arlen of Guelph died Sept 5 1987 He pursued studies at OAC from 1957 to ) 959 before completing an engineering degree at the University of Toronto He is survived by his wife Judy who works in Photographic Services on campus and two children A Joseph Arlen Memorial Prize in Horticulture has been established Contributions may be forshywarded to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development
ASPARAGUS RESEARCHER DIES IN GUELPH
Herman (Herm) Tiessen OAC 51 onc of Canadas fore middot most aspard1t1s researdlers rued in Guelph Dec 10 1987 at 63 Or Ticsscn had been a horticul shyture professor at the University since 1955 and was co-ordinator of the National Asparagus Reshysearch Program
At its fiftieth anniversary meeting in london the day of his death the Ontario Asparagus Growers Marketing Board honored Dr Tiessen as the pershyson who had made the greatest contributions to the industry over the last 50 years He was also weU known for his work on greehouse tOmatoes and for a collaborative project with Texaco that used waste energy from the companys refinery to heat greenhouses
After graduating from OAC Dr Tiessen received his masters and PhD degrees from Michigan State University and returned to his alma mater to join the Department of Horticultural Science He traveUed widely to share his knowledge on veget-
The late Professor Herm Tiessen OAC51
able growing with scientists around the world most recently to New Zealand and Taiwan He -wa a member of the Agricultural Institute of Canada and the Canadjm American and Intermiddot national Societies for Horticulmiddot tural Science He was also an active member of the OAC Alumni Association
He is sUlvived by his wife Marjorie and two children
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JlAVIeuro 17 18 19 GOlf Tournament
The classic confrontation on the green the Gryphon Club Golf Tournament will start things rolling on Friday at the Cutten Club Prizes will be awarded
Barbecue amp CasinO Night
Meet your friends at Alumni House Friday evening for a barbecued feast and try your llck at the casino tables
SIOwpitch Tournament
The Grad loungers will defendtheir championship title at the alumnistudent co-ed slowpitch tournament Why not get a team together to compete for the first-place trophy and other awards Teams should consist of 12 to 20 players with at least six females per team Three one-hour games are guaranteed for each team
Tours Lectures Demonstrations
Tour the new Equine Research Centre see computer laboratory demonstrations at the College of Family and Consumer Studies or catch an enlightening lecture If its nature you enjoy visit the Arboretum the Marine Biology Laboratory or the Elora Gorge Conservation Area
Celebrity Auction
Join in the fun and bid on a fascinating assortment of articles donated by local celebriti~s Lots of surprises in store All proceeds will go to Alumni House
Awards Presentations
At the Presidents Picnic at noOn on Saturday the Alumnus of Honor award and the Alumni Medal of Achievement will be presented Come and celebrate with the recipients
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See page 7 for your Alumni Weekend reservation form For further information see your College section inside or call the Alumni Weekend hotline (519) 824-4120 ext 2102
Class Reunions
Is your class having a reunion Check page 7 to find out Reunions are a great opportunity to meet old
friends and renew acquaintshyances The Alumni Associations will host their graduates of 50
years or more at a Golden Anniversary Din ner
Champagne Brunch
Toast Alumni Weekend 88 at a champagne brunch held on the Alumni House patio Sunday The Guelph Concert Band will provide entertainment
Mike Traub HAF-A 78 general manager Victoria Place Retirement Lodge Kitchenel discusses his career with a group ofstudents at the HAFA Alumni Assodatiolls annual Careers Night held on campus in January Thirty-seven alumni involved in a vanmiddotety ofcareers volunteered their time to the popular event
HAFA ALUMNI EXCHANGE SEMINAR HELD
Nancy Plato FACS 81
FACS PEOPLE Naney Plato FACS 81 ( Consumer Studies ) the new OAC liaison coshyordinator will acquaint high school students and guidance counsellors with opportunities in the agricultural sciences at Guelph
Enrolment at OAC has declined over the past few years and _ aney will work at increasing student numbers through recruitment and marketing
The position ofliaison co-ordinator is a new one for OAe Nancy says one of her main objectives is to broaden the understanding high school stushydents have ofGuelphs programs She plans to use her well-rounded view of agriculture and its related proshygrams combined with her recruitshyment experience
Nancy is back in Guelph from a position in secondary school liaison at Mount Royal College Calgary She is married to Paul Thiel OAC 82 and is an active member of the Mac-FACS Alumni Association board of directors
Professors Kathleen Brown Lila Engberg and Griffith Morgan have all retired from the Department of Family Studies Professor Elizabeth Upton HAFA will retire in July
Professor John Auld Consumer Studies has produced the Human Settlements Audio-Visual Resources Catalogue It is published by the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Warren Adamson vice-president development Delta Hotels gave the keynote address What is the Canadian Tourism Industry Anyway at the annual HAFA Alumni Exchange Seminar held November 4 at the DelL Chelsea Inn Toronto
This professional development event was sponsored by the HAFA
MOllica Hrybko HAFA 88 (left) received Ci HAFA AlumniAssociation Life Membership from Association president Morag McKenzie 82 The membership is given to a graduating student as selected by his or her peers with a minimum 70 per cent accumulative average who has had outstanding involvement ill the School andor University
Alumoi Association in co-operation with Pannell Kerr Forster lL gave lIAFA grads an opportunity to listen to experts in the field speak 00 various topical hospitality issues including pay equity the human resource risis trends in the hotel and foodservice industry and business planning
CONFERENCE
In Search of Healthy Sexuality
June 13-15 1988
The University of Guelphs 10th an nual sexua li ty conference sponshysor d byThe Department of Fami ly Studies wil l examine current issues in human sex u lily tea hing approaches in sexducation and counse llin g m thod for sexual problems
Keynote Ad dress by Dr Ruth Westheimer
For further info rmation write Co ntinu ing Education Di ISlon Univers ity of Guelph Gu Iph
nta ri N 1 G 2W1 or telephone (5 19) 824-4120 ex 3956
Registration Limit d Apply early
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OAC ALUMNI NEWS Editor Richard Buck 76A
OAC GRAD GIVES GIFT OF WATER TO THAI VILLAGERS
By janet Dumo
Water is not taken for granted in northeast Thailand Usually there is too little of it The sandy laterite soils do not hold water They crack and parch during the hot dry season Ponds shrink Streams and some wells dry up Even in the rainy season the rains are often late or insufficient and the rice crops wither in the fields
But sometimes there is too much water Heavy rains cause flash floods Which drown crops and wash pesti shycides and decaying organic matter into unprotected pit wells There is not enough clean drinking water to ensure good health
A CUSO priority in Thailand is to increase village self-sufficiency and improve the standard of living through the development ofsmall-scale water resources particularly in the north and northeast the poorest regions of the country CUSO engineers placed with departments of local adminisshytration survey and design small spillways dams and piped water systems They develop an under shystanding of indigenous water proshyblems and help viUagers develop water resource technology to deal with these problems
In most villages in Surin province the water is imprisoned under a 20shymetre thick layer of heavy clay comshypacted into red brick-like rock
Ed von Euw OAC 84 returned to Canada in December after two years as a CUSO water resources engineer in Surin While there he worked with two percussion water-jet well-drilling rigs one an Appropriate Technology Association ( A TA) rig originally used in India and Africa the other based on an indigenous village model
Ed found theATA rig needed modi shyfications to make it easier for villagers to operate Most important was the change from a hand to foot-powered lever which the villagers found much less exhausting to work But at $625 the ATA rig is expensive to buy and the Honda motor which pushes water
Ed von EllW and co-worker teaching pump maintenance ill Surin Thailand
down the hole to tlush out the soil and rock particles can use up to $4 of fuel a day
Ed spent several months looking at rigs used by Surin farmers and finally adapted a model from one used by Khun Hong of Muang Pet a village near Surin town Khun Hongs rig uses a pole and beam arrangement making it less durable and steady than the tripod form used in Eds adapted rig The new rig uses a hand-powered Lucky pump made in Taiwan and fanliliar to villagers
The Honda pump used in the ATA drilling rig must be repaired in town and a smaU repair may cost $10 while a repair to the Lucky pump can be done by villagers for less than a doUar Spare parts are available everywhere The drill bilS are made from truck springs in the same Surin shop that made the rig to Eds specillcations They cost only 96 ccors each as opposed to the S7-bits used in the ATA rig
Using smaller pipe and bit than the ATA rig Eds adapted rig drills more quickly through rock and is lighter and easier to use It requires only two people to ope(dte the foot lever The ATA rig requires four or five Eds rig cost $192 to make including pump and accompanying tools and can be constructed by villagers in a small weldingmachine shop if there is a demand for more
Eds rig was tested in Ban Se Jaruk on a site divined by a villager Working
intermittently the villagers went d wn 25 metres in one and a half weeks much of the time grinding through the red rock When water they were pumping down the hole suddenly disappeared and didnt come up again they were afraid they had damaged the rig But instead it was a sign of having broken into a vein of water which was now absorbing any other water poured down So water had been found delicious and abundant right behind the assistant headmans house
The Ban Se Jaruk well has been capped with a rower pump purchased from ATA for S17 The pump is based on a bamboo model used in fndia The tubewell pipe and pump are made of plastic - more acceptable than steel which gives the water an unpleasant taste
Ed carried out a four-month wellshydrilling project in co-operation with Khun Darune of the Northeast Thailand ( ET) Project Funded by the Canadian Internat ional Deve shylopment Agency and assisted by CUSO it is a rural development program in operation since 1981 in 52 villages along the Thai-Kampuchean border The villagers of Ban Se Jaruk elated with their initial success borrowed Eds rig to drill more wells In total seven rigs were built from Eds proto shytype and distributed to four other villages Over 100 successful wells have been drilled in the area to date
EdilO1-S NoteanetDuma is a CUSO special program officer in Malaysia Sbe bas worked as an Englisb teacber witb CUSO in fi)aiand andMaaysia
Ed von Euw a Stratford native graduated from Guelpb witb a BSc in engineering in December J984He llas 011 tbe deans bonor roll three times and received an engineering scbolarsbip in 1983 Before going overseas in November 1985 be workedfor Enllironment Canada as a bydrornettic engineer He is now studying f01 a masters degree in engineering at Guelph
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Professor Harold Crawford OAC 58 MSc 7 0
OAC PEOPLE ProfessorJohn Burton OAC 62 and Brian McBride CBS 78 OAC MSA 80 Department of Animal and Poultry Science have received $400000 from the Ministry ofColleges and niversities Research Incentive Fund for contract research in partnershyship with Cyanamid Canada Inc of Toronto They will examine the effecshytiveness of the hormone BST in increasing milk production in dairy cattle as well as any other effects of the agent
Gordon MacLeod OAC 50 has retired from the Department ofAnimal and Poultry Science after 31 years at the UniversityJohn Summers OAC 53 MSA 59 has also retired from the Department of Animal and Poultry Science after 25 years at the University
Harold Crawford OAC 58 MSc 70 who recently retired as coshyordinator of the Ontario Diploma in Horticulture Program Independent Study Division after 29 years at the University has received the Ontario Parks Association (OPA) recognition award for Significant contribution to the betterment of parks the proshyfession and the envirorunent through his work in continuing education He has been a member of the educational committee of the OPA for 14 years The Ontario Diploma in Horticulture program graduated its first students in 1963 and now has 500 alumni
Marilyn Dykstra OAC 78 is new director of the Universitys Pest
Marilyn Dykstra OAC 78
Diagnostic and Advisory Clinic The clinic is working at maximum capacity with marc than 30000 inquiries to its credit since it opened nine years ago says Marilyn It receives everyshything from live specimens of earwigs and spiders to diseased ornamentals and fruit and vegetable crops Most specimens come from home gar shydeners she ays but the clinic has a growing clientele among commercial growers landscape businesses and other industries Through its service and extension functions the clinic has accumulated a reference collecshytion of more than 10000 slides and specimens as well as a list of resource people from across campus
Dr R Keith (Chip) Chapman OAC 40 has retired from the Department ofEntomoJogy University of Wisconsin Madison following a distinguished areer spanning 40 years A two-day symposium was held in his honor last June and The R Keith Chapman Vegetable Entomology SchOlarship was established with funds collected in lieu ofa retirement gift He has also been named professor emeritus Attending the symposium and retirement recognition party in Madison were Keiths brothers Ross also OAC 40 and Douglas OAC 44 and sister Helen Stockwell a graduate of Macdonald College McGiJl Univershysity Montreal and OAC Dean Freeman McEwen
When Bruce Brown OAC 85 received his degree from former agri shyculture minister William A Stewart chancellor ofthe Universi tyofGuelph he asked what steps he could take to
Dr R Keith (Chip) Chapman andhis brother Ross both OAC 40
become the minister of agriculture and food Little did he know that two and a half years later he would be minister - if only for a day
In December he shared the duties of Ontarios minister Jack RiddeD OAC 57 as his prize for winning a public speaking contest at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Bruce who operates a Newcastle dairy beef and cash crop farm with his father spoke on the survival of the farm family in Ontario
ETHICS IN AGRICULTURE Ethical issues in agriculture such as animal welfare are generally debated from an emotional viewpoint Proshyfessor Frank Hurnik OAC PhD 71 Animal and Poultry Science and Pro shyfessor Hugh Lehman Philosphy are hoping to change that through the journal of Agricultural Ethics an international quarterly publication which offers a forum for discussing moral issues related to food and food production
We hope this publication will act as a bridge between those who philo shysophize about agricu ltural ethics and those actively involved in plant and animal use says Professor Hurnik Its a scholarly refereed journal but it wont be bogged down with speciashylized technical jargon As a result we believe it will be useful to the farm community and we expect leaders from that field will be contributors not just readers
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Professor Fredjelome and his wife Faye look over a catalogue of the Universitys art collection
ALOVEOFART Back in 1968 Fred N Jerome OAC 33 established a trust fund to purshychase art produced by promising young Canadian artists
I was a full professor then and I could afford to do it (set up a trust fund) I felt art deserved a little push and I wanted to see the niversitys art collection expand explains the now retired professor ofgenetics and poultry science at Guelph
Forty-two Canadian works have been purchased to date through lhe F - Jerome Trust Fund and a special exhibi t of these works will be featured at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre beginning Alumni WeekendJune 18 and continuing throughout the sununer
Professorjeromes personal favorite in the collection is Ken Danbys silkshyscreen The Skates
I like Danbys technique His work is almost as realistic as a color photoshygraph but you can still tell its a painting he explains
He is also fond ofDiego Drawing a lithography by Jack Chanlbers a London Ontario artist and Gene Chus delicate Spider Series
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre Director Judith Nasby says Fred Jerome has made an outstanding contribution to the growth of the Universitys Canadian art collection - one of the largest univer itycollecshytions in the province He has recogshynized the tremendous growth and vitality of the art community in Canada by specifying that works be purchased from young artists
A LOVE OF LI LI ES The expression lily white has little meaning for Bill Evans His favorite lilies are bright orange and yellow I like the ones that almost glow and catch your eye from 100 yards away says the retired Department of Horti shycultural Science professor
Professor Evans lilies are certainly eye-catching for anyone travelling north of Guelph on Highway 6 betshyween mid-June and mid-August Splashes of spectacular color glow from his field of lilies near Marden (behind the home of Marjorie and the late George Durnford ) - a welshycome surprise for those accustomed to seeing only the popular Easter white variety
Im obsessed with lilies admits Professor Evans who retired in 1985 after 28 years of researching phult breeding and teaching small fruit proshyduction at the University of Guelph ) like their variety and scope They are perennial plants that grow at different heights Some have flowers that face up some face down and some face out Some are trumpet shaped some have petals that curve back Some are scented and some are unscented
As a child Professor Evans grew flowers and vegetables in his parents big garden north of Calgary After six years in the army he enrolled at the
niversity of Alberta to study hortishycu lture During his second year in 1947 he began hybridizing lilies Following graduation he worked as a fruit breeder for the federal governshyment in Alberta for eight years before coming to Guelph in 1957 He conshytinued to breed and grow lilies at the
niversity and on plots of land that friends like Professor Ted Me inch (and now Mrs Durnford) let him use
The University has quite a history of lily breeding says Professor Evans The late Isabella Preston a lecturer at Guelph before Professor Evans time went on the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa and to world fame for her ornamental crabapples lilacs and lilies The late Jc Taylor a professor at Guelph was well-known for his lily breeding and introduced Professor Evans to many other breeders He
told me that my lilies needed more vigor and let me use some of his plants in my work
Professor Evans introduced three new varieties of lilies through the University and registered some of Professor Taylors They were marshyketed in the United States So far Professor Evans has had 17 varieties of lilies internationally registered Anyone can do this he says modestly You just write a full desshycription of the plant pick a name that hasn t been used before and send it to the Royal Horticultural Society in England prekrrably with a photo The new names are published every year
It s hard coming up with new nanles though says Professor Evans He has named some of his varieties after the area in which they were grown shyArkel Marden Gold Aberfoyle He named one after his granddaughter Bronwen and one after his wife Ethelwaite ( her first and maiden names ) She gets a thrill whenever she sees that name on a ( flower show) prize list somewhere he says
Pink and pastel lilies are Professor Evans speciality and his favorite is a variety he caBs Blusbing Maiden It has mauvey pink tips with a white centre
Professor Evans and his wife edH a newsletter three times yearly for the Ontario Regional Lily Society and Professor Evans has just ended a two year term as president of the North American lily Society He has judged at nower shows all over Canada and the nited States and will preside at an international show in Hamilton in July
Because of his hobby Professor Evans is enjoying retirement He spends about 25 hours a week on his lilies in the summer months During the off season he grows seeds and works on his records He is working on increasing the number ofvarieties including spotless ones ( most lilies have spots which are dominant ) He is pleased that some of his former students are now growing lilies entering shows and joining li ly societies
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RURAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT GRADS TO FORM ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
The University School ofRural Planshyning and Development ( USRPampD ) was inaugurated at Guelph in 1980
USRPampD is built on the strengths of past Guelph initiatives such as the Centre for Resources Development and the Rural Development Outreach Project It is formally recognized by the Canadian Institute of Planners and offers Masters level programs in rural planning rural development international rural development and resources management It is also actively engaged in research and community outreach
Recent research topics have in shycluded land availabi Iityfor agricu lture
local economic development strateshygies rural aging northern and native community plannjng and developshyment rural transportation computer applications in planning and deve shylopment and water and waste management to name a few This research was conducted throughout Canada and arollnd the world inshycluding Nepal Kenya Indonesia St Lucia Belize and Botswana
The outreach interests ofthe School are fully integrated with its teaching and research activities Recent out shyreach projects have included the Childcare Network Project for families in rural Wellington County an evaJu shy
ation of the rural development proshygrams ofa Jesuit mission in southern Ethiopia a heritage strategy for the Town of IngerSOll and a recreation needs assessment for Sault Ste Marie
Graduates of USRPampD as well as graduates of the former Centre for Resource Development are now being invited to form an alumni association to keep members updated on School activities their fellow alumni and issues concerning rural planning and development For further information contact Professor Harry Cummings USRampD University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N1G 2WI ( 519) 824-4120 ext 6783
JOIN YOUR OAC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NOW Did you know that as a graduate of OAC you are not automatically a member of the OAC Alumni Assoshyciation However anyone involved in a formal agricultural education at OAC ( past present or future ) is not only eligible to become a member but is encouragetl to do so
The OAC Alumni Association is a separate entity from the University of Guelph Alumni Association anti has specific responsibilities It awards
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ARTS Joanna Black 81 Ls aisistant direclOr curator The Marietta-Cobb Fine Arts Centre Marietta Georgia
Richard Hoffman 78 a Canadian Press journalist in Toronto is married pound0 Martine Bracey CBS 77
Laura Mezey-Hamid 82 administrative assistant to the vice-president of finance Penningtons Stores Umjted Toronto is married to Shaheed Hamid CSS 82
John Laurence (Stash) Stasiw 76 is marketing manager Philips Electronics Ltd Scarborough
Dirk Vanbattum 75 is vice-president Eddie May Mysteries Ottawa
CBS Michael Best 77 is a research technician Cross Cancer Institute Edmonton
GRAD NEWS EUzabeth Jane (Kempe) Coker 82 a resource worker CaJedon Parent-ChiId Centre Bolton is married to Dr Ted Coker OVC 87
Janet Ebanks 86 is a medical social worker Cayman overnment Health Sershyvices George Town Grand Cayman Cayman Islands British West Indies
Kevin Ferguson 80 supervisor of Outdoor Education for the Elgin County Board of Education married Suzanne Schmid BEd (Nipissing) 82 in April 1987 She works for the Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority They live near Aylmer
Michael Hackenberger 81 is president Canadian Zoological Systems Toromo
Heather Hattin 84 (HK) whose rowing accomplishments were featured in the winter 1987 issue ofthe GuelphAlumnus won Canadas first-ever gold medal in womens rowing in the double-scull event at the world championships in Copenhagen last summer
Cynthia (Porter)JefIrey 85 is studying for an MSc in Food Science at the University of Manitoba She is married to ScottJefIrey OAC 82 assistant professor ofAgncul tural Economics at the University of Manitoba They live in Winnipeg
Dr Gord Kennedy 85 senior chemist Union Carbine Corp Bound Brook New Jersey is married to Carrie Feaver CPS 84
Steven Kerr 77 is regional fisheries biologist Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources KemptviUe
Jim Lee 73 is director Research Services Min istry of Tourism Recreation and Culture Victoria BC
David Lemon 79 is senjor wildlife biologist S Fudge and Altsociates Ltd Saint Johns Nfld
Larry Patterson 76 is Grand Forks and District Aquatic Centre Manager Grand Forks Bc
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Stephen Rabbetts 79 is a zookeeper Metro Toronto Zoo Wcsthill
Cathy Oohnson) Rewcastle 80 is a fur biologist Manitoba atural Rcsources Winnipcg
Brian Sntith 78 micro ~)Stcms manager Natural Sciences Centre The University ofWestcrn Ontario London is married to Debra Bond CSS 79
Bradly Veitch 86 is second brewer Wellington County Brewery Guelph
Michael Wade 87 is responsible for aquaculture programs at Kpong Farms Volta River Authority Akuse Ghana the site of a major hydro-electric installation
P Allen Woodliffe 76 is the first and only district ecologist with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Chatham Districr He is married to Marie Gedcke FACS 75 and has a son Timothy TIl y Jive in Rondeau Provincial Park here Allen was park naturalist for 10 years before moving to the Chatham office
CPS Dr Syed Ahmed 87 is assistant proshyfessor Departme nt of Statistical and AClUarial Sciences University of Western Ontario London
Susan (Bishop) GraJ1am R3 a fourth year medical student Faculty ofMcdicinc University of Toronto is marri ed fO Don Graham CSS 83 CBS MSc 87 who is a ftl ll-time parent to their threc-year-old twins
Robert Lake 77 a self-employed conshysulting geolOgist is married to Susan Kay OAC 77 a human relations specialist with Petro Canada They live in Calgary
Robert Whitehead 79 is a mi ncr Denison Mines Ell iot Lake
Caroline (Carly) Williams 85 is a software engineer Wild Leitz Canada Toronto
CSS John Babcock 8 is special cabinet assistant Office of Minister of State (Forestry and Mines ) Ottawa
Jana Fie MA 87 i a neuropsychological associate Brazos Valley Rehabilitat ion Center Bl)an Texas
Danny Leung R6 is news submiddoteditor Asia Television Limited Hong Kong
Allison (Shaughnessy) Scanlan 84 production supervisor G I of Canada shyTruck Assltmbly Oshawa is mlITied [() Michael Scanlan 84 directo r of pur hasing Arbor Capital Rltsources
middotoronto
Patricia Sorbam 80 is executive assisshytant to the Ontario Minister of Energy Toronto
G Llewellyn Watson MA 70 a proshyfessor at the University of Prince Edward Island has written a texthook Dilemmas and Contradictions in Sucial 7beor) published by University Press of America
Terry Wright 76 is account manager John Logan National Leasing Bramptoll
MAC-FACS Marie (Tomelin) Cowlin 78 is brand manager Distillers Co Canada Ltd Toronto
Debbie Foster MSc 87 is medical coshyordi natorsex educator Youth Clinical Services Inc Down~view
Marilyn (Shirley) Goodwin 75 MSc 77 a research officer for CSC Ottawa h ma rricd to Fred Goodwin HAFA 75
Margaret (CJark)Jordan 82 manager Agricultural Employment Services Cmada Farm Iabour Pool Newmarkct is married to BrianJordan OAC 81
Margo (Payne) Langan 83 marketing communications co-ordinator Moore Response Technologies Mississauga is married toJohn Langan CBS 75
Nancy (Howard) Martin 81 senior contract managemcnt officer Consumer Products and Trtffic Management Brmch DepartJllent of Supply and Service~ Hull Que is marriltd to Phillip Martin CBS ( HK) 82
Helga (Strenzke) McDonald 84 public relations officer Centrilia Collegc Huron Park is married to Ian McDonald OAC 83
Marilyn Sewell-Kelley 78 is agriculshytura l health and safel) comiddotordinacor Rural Organizations and Services Branch OMAF Guelph and lives near Paris
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James Allen 77 (ODH ) is president of Allens Turf Services Ltd Calgary
Martin Bohl 85 is policy advisor OMAJ Toronto
Guy Bonnetta 79 manager Pioneer Overseas CorpJohnston Iowa is married to Carolyn Knowles CBS 78
Stew Carpenter 50 president ofDivershysity Farms Inc Paw Paw Midligan is married to Olive McEwan 79A scltretary-tnasurer ofDiversity Farms Inc
Harold Cau 60A and 67 is viceshypreSident Barnes Wines Limited St Catharines
Elroy Cober 85 and his wife Rhoda have begun three-year Mennonite Central Committee assignments inKabwe Zambia Elroy is working as provincial o ilseed office r and Rhoda as a general health worker
Eileen (Emmett) Cole 79 a registered
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Lloyd Curtis OAC 7J MSc 74
nurse Colchester Hospital Truro 5 is married to Bill Cole 79 regional sales manager Clarence Farm Services L(vcr Truro
laura Cole 80 is a conservJLion planner Mississippi Vall y Conservation Authority Lanark
UoydCurtis 71 MSc 74 ofCalgary is national sales manager Agricultural Chem icals Division BASF Canada Inc BASF markets a wide range of crop proshyLection products Lloyd directs dle aCLivi shyties of BASFs liales force throughout Canada
James Donison H I is proje L engineer Costello Lomagney amp Denapoli ConshysulL ing Engineers Mancheste r New Hampshire
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Richard Graham 71 of Rrampton is naLional marketing maI111gcr Agricultural Chcmicab Divisi n f3ASF Canada Inc
Richard Helmer 62A married Marilyn Hogue in Oct 19R7 They live in Windsor Richard is supply tcaching for the Essex COllnty Board of Education and doing freclanltx horLicultural work during the summer months
Brian and Brigitte (Brunetzky) Kaufman 84 are pltased to announce the safe arrival of their son Nathaniel Brian All are reSiding at Bright
Dr Houchang Khatamian MSc 71 PhD 8 is associate professor Depart shyment of Horticul rure Kansas State Unishyversity Manhattan
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J cE~~~~f May 11 - Presidents Counc il Executive Luncheon
May 19-June 5 Guel ph Spring Festival
May 31-June 3 Convocation
June 13-15 Human Sexuality Conference
June 17-19 Alumni Weekend
July 10-13 Canadian Home Economics Association Con ference
July 26 Al um ni Assoc iation Executives O rientation Meeting
Masters of Agribusiness Management
111e University of Guelph is now olkring a Masters of Agribusiness Management for people interested in a comprehensive training program for manlgemel1l positions in modern agrihusiness
The program runs over I () months and is highly structured so that studenrs receive intensive practical training in all facets of agribusiness managemel1l
Ifyou have an agricultural background and wish to funher your career in management of farm or nonmiddotfarm agribuiiiness this program could he for you
For fu nhcr information on this program pleL~e contact
Professor Tom Funk Department of Agricultural Economics and Business University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl (519) 824middot4120 ext 3427
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Dr Elenimo Khonga PhD 87 is a lecturer University ofMalawi Chancellor College Zomba Malawi
Kevin Laidley 82 MSc 85 resource technician Niagara Peninsula Consershyvation Authority Allanburg is married to Lesley Nicholson FACS 83 child life specialist McMaster University Medical Centre Hamilton
Dr Monique Leclerc MSc 82 PhD 87 is assistant professor Department of Soil Science and Biometeorology Utah State University Logan
Maurice Marwood 64 MSc 66 is vicemiddot preSident sales and marketing Canadian Kenworth Company Mississauga He is responsible for all aspects of sales and marketing ofKenworth trucks and product support in Canada
Dr Giancarlo Mosch1ni PhD 86 is [caching in the Economics Department Iowa State University Ames not the Unimiddot versity of Iowa as stated in the fall 1987 issue oflhe GuelpbAlurnnus Our apolomiddot gie~ for [his error
Reid Palmer 63 is a research geneticist and professor Departments ofAgronomy and Genetics Iowa State University Ames
Dr Yousef Papadopoulos 80 MSc 82 PhD 87 a research scientist Agrimiddot cu lture Canada Nappan NS i$ married to Kathleen Glover 80 MSc 83
Andy Robinson 80 MSc 83 a genetimiddot cist Livestock Developmcnt Division Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Christine Howe Arts 81
Dr A Hamid Saleemi MSc 73 has received a PhD in Educational Psychology from Bayero UniverSity Kana Nigeria His thesis was Islamic Values and Commitment among HallSa Muslim Youtb Au Empirical Study and his reo search has been hailed as a pioneering study in the measurement of reJjgious commitment anlong MusJjms Dr Saleemi is principal tutor Department of Adult Education and Community Services Faculty of Education Bayero University
James Sampa MLA 86 is a lecturer in landscape design and natul 1 resource conservation School of Environmental Studies Copperbelt University Zambia
Bill Shotyk 81 completed his PhD in 1986 in the Geology Department at The University ofWestern Ontario and spent a year as visiting postdoctoral researcher at the UniverSity of California to study
thennodynamic stability of organic commiddot plexes of aluminum In Sept 1987 he married Beth Haas and they live in London where Bill is a postdoctoral research associate in the Geology Department UWO studying the surface chemistry of minerals He is also writing his first book The Geochemistry OfPeatandPeatlands to be published by Elsevier Amsterdam
jack Thompson OAC 81 is a firemiddot fighter Station No 1 Thomhlll
Susan Watkins 81 is program offi cer Horn of Africa Oxfam Canada She is in charge ofOxfams overseas development projects in Eutrea and Tigray prOvince of Ethiopia the majori ty of which are in agriculture and health
Dve Dr Ian Alexander 86 is a dmg evalumiddot ator Bureau of Veterinary Dmgs Health and Welfare Canada Ottawa
Dr Cheng Hock Choong PhD 72 is director Semex Canada Guelph
Dr Ann Davis 75 a graduate student at the University of Toronto has won the Hardi Cinader Prize for 1987 The award is given to the graduate student in the process of completing doctor-A work who most resembles renowned immunomiddot logist Dr Bernhard Cinaders originality and versatility
Dr john Debbie 65 is an epidemiomiddot logist New York State Health Department Albany
Dr jean Dodds 64 in addition to her research on blood clotting mechanisms has chaired several national and intermiddot national task forces on assorted topics
Dr Doug Galt 62 is laboratory head OMAF Brighton
Dr Maria Koller CBS 75 DVM 79 chief control programs Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Dr Robert Georgeson 72
Dr Darwin Lund 60 is veterinarian in charge Agriculture Canada Lethbridge Alta
Dr David Murphy 56 is director cardiovascular surgical unit Dalhousie
niversity Halifax
Dr Gary Nash 77 veterinary research officer Institute of Aquaculture University
ofStirling Stirling Scotland is married to Marilyn Klein CBS 77
Dr HG Rees 55 joined the faculty of Massey University New Zealand after 10 years ofgeneral practice Upon completion of his masters degree he as appointed senio r lect urer at the University of Melbourne In 1970 he returned to prac shytice in his native Wales and has spent the past 12 years on the faculty at SeaJe-Hayne College there He has a small sheep farm
ARTS Bruce Westheuser 76 ofToronto died Dec 7 1987 He was a teacher Toronto Montessori Schools Hlt is survived by his father Ronald and stcpmodlcr Dorothy two sisters and a brodumiddotr
CSS Robert A Dodd MA 75 of Victoria BC died Oct 8 1987 He had been employed by the Ministry of Health He is survived by his wife Wendy
Bruce G Miller 72 of Aurora Ont died Sept 2 1987 He was a teacher with York Region Board of Education He is survived by his wife
MAC-FACS Etta (Birdsall) Garnham 17D of Tillsonhurg Ont died Jan 11 1988 She is survi ed by her sister Doris Oatman
Kathleen (Coggs) Hallam 120 of Toronto died jan 23 1988
Katherine L (Williamson) Killmaster 35D of Southfield Michigan died jan 31 1988
GAdora(Beemer)McFadyen 29Dof Port Elgin Ont died Apri l 8 L987 She is Survived by her son George S McFadyen OAC 50A
Anne E Spera 280 of Dundas Ont died Jan 26 1988
Dora M (Dies) Terryberry 260 of Weston Ont died Jan 22 1988 She is survived by her son Douglas
and maintains a single man general pracshytice Sheep health and production are his main interests and in the fall he was admitted to the Cert SHP by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons In 1989 he plans to retrace his footsteps to learn about his main interests in the countries in which he was trained
Dr Duncan Sinclair 58 OAC MSc 60 (nutrition ) Schofield lecturer 1983 will become Queens University Dean of
IN MEMORIAM
OAC Aimee A (Ups) Acklen 36 of Irving Texas died Feb 2 1987 She is survived by her husband Robert and one son
George K Beare 37 A of xbridge Ont died Oct 30 1987 He is survived by his wife Ruby
Dr J Ritchie Cowan 39 of Corvallis Oregon died Nov 12 1987 He was a retired professor of agronomy and proshyfessor emeritus Oregon State University He received his MS and a doctorate in plant genetics from the University of Minnesota He served as national president of the Crop Science Socicty of America the American Society of Agronomy the American Forage and Graosland Council the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology and the League for Intershynational Food Education He was pre shydeceased by his first wife DorothyWhite Mac 39 He is survived by his second wife Ruth and two children
WUliam M Croskery 15 of Ottawa died Nov 17 1987 He was a retired agricultural representative for Carleton County He is survived by three children
Walter C Fisher 26 of Sf Catharines Ont died jan 20 1988 He is survived by his wife Alice ( Petrie ) and three children
William A Hammond 18 Port Dovers oldest World War I veteran died Sept 29 1987 at 95 Prior to entering OAC he farmed worked in a lumber camp in BC and fought forest fires in Montana During the war he served in France and Belgium with the 55th l3atteryofthe Royal Canadian Art illery advancing from gunner to sergeant In 1920 he married Minerva Mitchell and they farmed in Woodhouse Township Mter retir ing he became clerk-treasurer of the township and later
Medicine and Vice-Principal ( Health Sciences) onJuly 1 He has served Queens in various capacities since joining the departme nt of physiolo gy in 1966 Nationally he has been invo lved with the Medical Research Council of Canada for many years includ ing a term as its director-genera1
Dr Anne Marie Taylor 81 is direc tor of an imal care Animal Care Centre Dalhousie niversity Halifax
held the san1e position with the Town of Port Dover He also served on the Ontario Assessment Appeal Board and was a fanner chai rman of the Simcoe High School Board In 1967 he received a Centennial Medal for service to his communi ty He was predeceased by bis wife and a son and is survived by two daughters Betty Murton ofWatetiord and Doris LlIldon of listoweI
Kandappar NJeyasseelan MSA 56 of Peradeniya Sri Lanka died Oct 22 1987 He is survived by two children
Frank J King 33 of Thornhill One died Dec 19 1987 He was a pioneer of Canadas broiler chicken industry and retired senior executive and director of Ralston Purina Canada Inc He is survived by his wife Rachel and a son
Robert C (Bob) lGrkness 56 of Maple Ridge BC died Oct 10 1987 He is survived by his wife
] Morley Lawrence 1 7 of Windsor died Oct 4 1987
John S Lennox 66A of Shallow Lake Ont died as the result of a farm accident Nov 4 1987 He is survived by his wife Ada and a son
Alex T Macnab 36 of North Fort Myers Fla died Dec 18 1987 He is survived by his wife Vella
NormanJ Myles 39 of Guelph died j an 24 1988 He had been a second lieutenant 11 th Field Brigade Royal Canadian Artillery He is survived by his wife Luella Beverley (Highan1 ) and two children
Robert W Phillips 39 of Belleville Ont died Sept 21 1987 -John W Robertson 38 of Thorold Ont died Oct 21 1987 He is survived by his wife Elizabeth and daughter Janice Partlow Arts 70
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Henry H Rooke 8 of Barrie Ont died Dec 16 1987 lIe was retired from the Department of National Health and Welfare He is survived by his wife Harriet Mac 40 and daughters Jane Lennox and Nancy RookemiddotAllen CBS 73
Robert H See 65A ofBohon Ont died Nov 14 1987 He was the son of Margaret (Huston) See Mac 33 and the late Dr John N See OAC 35 OVC 38 He is survived by his wife Brenda and two sisters
WilliamT (Bill) Smith 35 ofStfJtford Ont died Sept 19 1987 He is survived by his wife Maude and five children
Annie H Tasi MSc 72 ofGuelph died Dec 9 1987 She received her BSc in Agriculture from the National Taiwan University in 1965 After receiving her masters in horticulture from Guelph she worked as a research technician in the Universipound) Department of Horticultural Science Shc is survived by her hu~band Benjamin and two children
William G Toner 20A and 22 of Guelph died Jan 30 1988 He is survived by hi wife Eileen and four children
W Benson (Ben) Vair 55 of Sarnia died Jan 6 1988 He taught science at Northern Collegiate in Sarnia for 25 years retiring in 1987
A Gordon O Whiteside 20A and 22 of Ottawa died June 2 1987 Ht was retired after 42 years as a cerealist with Agriculture Canada and wa~ a Fellow of thc Agricultural Institute of Canada lie developed sevedl varieties of Canadian whtat one of which bears his namt Gordon He is su rvived byhis wife Irene and three children
Joseph H Willmott 22A of Milton died Oct 23 1987 He is survived by his sonJohn c Willmott 55
PROFESSORS
Dr Denis H Stott professor emeritus since 1980 diedJan 22 1988 in England at 78 He was ftrst chair Department of Psychology from 1966-68 and was intershyna tionally known as a pioneer in deve shyloping learning techniques for hardmiddottOmiddot teach children He founded the Centre for Educational Disabilities which he directed until h is retirement in 1975 His research focused on the causes and promiddot
blems of delinquent school boys He is survived by hiswifeJane and tw children
Dr Robert D Whiteford of Qualicum Beach Vancouver Island former professor Department of Biomedical Sciences died Feb ] 0 1988 He is survived by his wife Beatrice and one son
STAFF Ray Catchpole a member of the Unj middot versitys Sulawesi Regional Development Project team in Indonesia died Nov 27 1987 in Jakarta at 46 He had been with the project sinet its inception in 1984 He is survived by his wife Ani and his mother Muriel Lucas A mcmorial fund has been established in his nanle Contributions may be forwarded to the Department of
Alumni Affairs and Development The fund will provide a bursary for Indonesians and Canadians involved in exchange between the two ountries It will be adminbtered by the niversity School of Rural Planning and Development
FRIENDS
Joseph Arlen of Guelph died Sept 5 1987 He pursued studies at OAC from 1957 to ) 959 before completing an engineering degree at the University of Toronto He is survived by his wife Judy who works in Photographic Services on campus and two children A Joseph Arlen Memorial Prize in Horticulture has been established Contributions may be forshywarded to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development
ASPARAGUS RESEARCHER DIES IN GUELPH
Herman (Herm) Tiessen OAC 51 onc of Canadas fore middot most aspard1t1s researdlers rued in Guelph Dec 10 1987 at 63 Or Ticsscn had been a horticul shyture professor at the University since 1955 and was co-ordinator of the National Asparagus Reshysearch Program
At its fiftieth anniversary meeting in london the day of his death the Ontario Asparagus Growers Marketing Board honored Dr Tiessen as the pershyson who had made the greatest contributions to the industry over the last 50 years He was also weU known for his work on greehouse tOmatoes and for a collaborative project with Texaco that used waste energy from the companys refinery to heat greenhouses
After graduating from OAC Dr Tiessen received his masters and PhD degrees from Michigan State University and returned to his alma mater to join the Department of Horticultural Science He traveUed widely to share his knowledge on veget-
The late Professor Herm Tiessen OAC51
able growing with scientists around the world most recently to New Zealand and Taiwan He -wa a member of the Agricultural Institute of Canada and the Canadjm American and Intermiddot national Societies for Horticulmiddot tural Science He was also an active member of the OAC Alumni Association
He is sUlvived by his wife Marjorie and two children
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JlAVIeuro 17 18 19 GOlf Tournament
The classic confrontation on the green the Gryphon Club Golf Tournament will start things rolling on Friday at the Cutten Club Prizes will be awarded
Barbecue amp CasinO Night
Meet your friends at Alumni House Friday evening for a barbecued feast and try your llck at the casino tables
SIOwpitch Tournament
The Grad loungers will defendtheir championship title at the alumnistudent co-ed slowpitch tournament Why not get a team together to compete for the first-place trophy and other awards Teams should consist of 12 to 20 players with at least six females per team Three one-hour games are guaranteed for each team
Tours Lectures Demonstrations
Tour the new Equine Research Centre see computer laboratory demonstrations at the College of Family and Consumer Studies or catch an enlightening lecture If its nature you enjoy visit the Arboretum the Marine Biology Laboratory or the Elora Gorge Conservation Area
Celebrity Auction
Join in the fun and bid on a fascinating assortment of articles donated by local celebriti~s Lots of surprises in store All proceeds will go to Alumni House
Awards Presentations
At the Presidents Picnic at noOn on Saturday the Alumnus of Honor award and the Alumni Medal of Achievement will be presented Come and celebrate with the recipients
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See page 7 for your Alumni Weekend reservation form For further information see your College section inside or call the Alumni Weekend hotline (519) 824-4120 ext 2102
Class Reunions
Is your class having a reunion Check page 7 to find out Reunions are a great opportunity to meet old
friends and renew acquaintshyances The Alumni Associations will host their graduates of 50
years or more at a Golden Anniversary Din ner
Champagne Brunch
Toast Alumni Weekend 88 at a champagne brunch held on the Alumni House patio Sunday The Guelph Concert Band will provide entertainment
OAC ALUMNI NEWS Editor Richard Buck 76A
OAC GRAD GIVES GIFT OF WATER TO THAI VILLAGERS
By janet Dumo
Water is not taken for granted in northeast Thailand Usually there is too little of it The sandy laterite soils do not hold water They crack and parch during the hot dry season Ponds shrink Streams and some wells dry up Even in the rainy season the rains are often late or insufficient and the rice crops wither in the fields
But sometimes there is too much water Heavy rains cause flash floods Which drown crops and wash pesti shycides and decaying organic matter into unprotected pit wells There is not enough clean drinking water to ensure good health
A CUSO priority in Thailand is to increase village self-sufficiency and improve the standard of living through the development ofsmall-scale water resources particularly in the north and northeast the poorest regions of the country CUSO engineers placed with departments of local adminisshytration survey and design small spillways dams and piped water systems They develop an under shystanding of indigenous water proshyblems and help viUagers develop water resource technology to deal with these problems
In most villages in Surin province the water is imprisoned under a 20shymetre thick layer of heavy clay comshypacted into red brick-like rock
Ed von Euw OAC 84 returned to Canada in December after two years as a CUSO water resources engineer in Surin While there he worked with two percussion water-jet well-drilling rigs one an Appropriate Technology Association ( A TA) rig originally used in India and Africa the other based on an indigenous village model
Ed found theATA rig needed modi shyfications to make it easier for villagers to operate Most important was the change from a hand to foot-powered lever which the villagers found much less exhausting to work But at $625 the ATA rig is expensive to buy and the Honda motor which pushes water
Ed von EllW and co-worker teaching pump maintenance ill Surin Thailand
down the hole to tlush out the soil and rock particles can use up to $4 of fuel a day
Ed spent several months looking at rigs used by Surin farmers and finally adapted a model from one used by Khun Hong of Muang Pet a village near Surin town Khun Hongs rig uses a pole and beam arrangement making it less durable and steady than the tripod form used in Eds adapted rig The new rig uses a hand-powered Lucky pump made in Taiwan and fanliliar to villagers
The Honda pump used in the ATA drilling rig must be repaired in town and a smaU repair may cost $10 while a repair to the Lucky pump can be done by villagers for less than a doUar Spare parts are available everywhere The drill bilS are made from truck springs in the same Surin shop that made the rig to Eds specillcations They cost only 96 ccors each as opposed to the S7-bits used in the ATA rig
Using smaller pipe and bit than the ATA rig Eds adapted rig drills more quickly through rock and is lighter and easier to use It requires only two people to ope(dte the foot lever The ATA rig requires four or five Eds rig cost $192 to make including pump and accompanying tools and can be constructed by villagers in a small weldingmachine shop if there is a demand for more
Eds rig was tested in Ban Se Jaruk on a site divined by a villager Working
intermittently the villagers went d wn 25 metres in one and a half weeks much of the time grinding through the red rock When water they were pumping down the hole suddenly disappeared and didnt come up again they were afraid they had damaged the rig But instead it was a sign of having broken into a vein of water which was now absorbing any other water poured down So water had been found delicious and abundant right behind the assistant headmans house
The Ban Se Jaruk well has been capped with a rower pump purchased from ATA for S17 The pump is based on a bamboo model used in fndia The tubewell pipe and pump are made of plastic - more acceptable than steel which gives the water an unpleasant taste
Ed carried out a four-month wellshydrilling project in co-operation with Khun Darune of the Northeast Thailand ( ET) Project Funded by the Canadian Internat ional Deve shylopment Agency and assisted by CUSO it is a rural development program in operation since 1981 in 52 villages along the Thai-Kampuchean border The villagers of Ban Se Jaruk elated with their initial success borrowed Eds rig to drill more wells In total seven rigs were built from Eds proto shytype and distributed to four other villages Over 100 successful wells have been drilled in the area to date
EdilO1-S NoteanetDuma is a CUSO special program officer in Malaysia Sbe bas worked as an Englisb teacber witb CUSO in fi)aiand andMaaysia
Ed von Euw a Stratford native graduated from Guelpb witb a BSc in engineering in December J984He llas 011 tbe deans bonor roll three times and received an engineering scbolarsbip in 1983 Before going overseas in November 1985 be workedfor Enllironment Canada as a bydrornettic engineer He is now studying f01 a masters degree in engineering at Guelph
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Professor Harold Crawford OAC 58 MSc 7 0
OAC PEOPLE ProfessorJohn Burton OAC 62 and Brian McBride CBS 78 OAC MSA 80 Department of Animal and Poultry Science have received $400000 from the Ministry ofColleges and niversities Research Incentive Fund for contract research in partnershyship with Cyanamid Canada Inc of Toronto They will examine the effecshytiveness of the hormone BST in increasing milk production in dairy cattle as well as any other effects of the agent
Gordon MacLeod OAC 50 has retired from the Department ofAnimal and Poultry Science after 31 years at the UniversityJohn Summers OAC 53 MSA 59 has also retired from the Department of Animal and Poultry Science after 25 years at the University
Harold Crawford OAC 58 MSc 70 who recently retired as coshyordinator of the Ontario Diploma in Horticulture Program Independent Study Division after 29 years at the University has received the Ontario Parks Association (OPA) recognition award for Significant contribution to the betterment of parks the proshyfession and the envirorunent through his work in continuing education He has been a member of the educational committee of the OPA for 14 years The Ontario Diploma in Horticulture program graduated its first students in 1963 and now has 500 alumni
Marilyn Dykstra OAC 78 is new director of the Universitys Pest
Marilyn Dykstra OAC 78
Diagnostic and Advisory Clinic The clinic is working at maximum capacity with marc than 30000 inquiries to its credit since it opened nine years ago says Marilyn It receives everyshything from live specimens of earwigs and spiders to diseased ornamentals and fruit and vegetable crops Most specimens come from home gar shydeners she ays but the clinic has a growing clientele among commercial growers landscape businesses and other industries Through its service and extension functions the clinic has accumulated a reference collecshytion of more than 10000 slides and specimens as well as a list of resource people from across campus
Dr R Keith (Chip) Chapman OAC 40 has retired from the Department ofEntomoJogy University of Wisconsin Madison following a distinguished areer spanning 40 years A two-day symposium was held in his honor last June and The R Keith Chapman Vegetable Entomology SchOlarship was established with funds collected in lieu ofa retirement gift He has also been named professor emeritus Attending the symposium and retirement recognition party in Madison were Keiths brothers Ross also OAC 40 and Douglas OAC 44 and sister Helen Stockwell a graduate of Macdonald College McGiJl Univershysity Montreal and OAC Dean Freeman McEwen
When Bruce Brown OAC 85 received his degree from former agri shyculture minister William A Stewart chancellor ofthe Universi tyofGuelph he asked what steps he could take to
Dr R Keith (Chip) Chapman andhis brother Ross both OAC 40
become the minister of agriculture and food Little did he know that two and a half years later he would be minister - if only for a day
In December he shared the duties of Ontarios minister Jack RiddeD OAC 57 as his prize for winning a public speaking contest at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Bruce who operates a Newcastle dairy beef and cash crop farm with his father spoke on the survival of the farm family in Ontario
ETHICS IN AGRICULTURE Ethical issues in agriculture such as animal welfare are generally debated from an emotional viewpoint Proshyfessor Frank Hurnik OAC PhD 71 Animal and Poultry Science and Pro shyfessor Hugh Lehman Philosphy are hoping to change that through the journal of Agricultural Ethics an international quarterly publication which offers a forum for discussing moral issues related to food and food production
We hope this publication will act as a bridge between those who philo shysophize about agricu ltural ethics and those actively involved in plant and animal use says Professor Hurnik Its a scholarly refereed journal but it wont be bogged down with speciashylized technical jargon As a result we believe it will be useful to the farm community and we expect leaders from that field will be contributors not just readers
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Professor Fredjelome and his wife Faye look over a catalogue of the Universitys art collection
ALOVEOFART Back in 1968 Fred N Jerome OAC 33 established a trust fund to purshychase art produced by promising young Canadian artists
I was a full professor then and I could afford to do it (set up a trust fund) I felt art deserved a little push and I wanted to see the niversitys art collection expand explains the now retired professor ofgenetics and poultry science at Guelph
Forty-two Canadian works have been purchased to date through lhe F - Jerome Trust Fund and a special exhibi t of these works will be featured at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre beginning Alumni WeekendJune 18 and continuing throughout the sununer
Professorjeromes personal favorite in the collection is Ken Danbys silkshyscreen The Skates
I like Danbys technique His work is almost as realistic as a color photoshygraph but you can still tell its a painting he explains
He is also fond ofDiego Drawing a lithography by Jack Chanlbers a London Ontario artist and Gene Chus delicate Spider Series
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre Director Judith Nasby says Fred Jerome has made an outstanding contribution to the growth of the Universitys Canadian art collection - one of the largest univer itycollecshytions in the province He has recogshynized the tremendous growth and vitality of the art community in Canada by specifying that works be purchased from young artists
A LOVE OF LI LI ES The expression lily white has little meaning for Bill Evans His favorite lilies are bright orange and yellow I like the ones that almost glow and catch your eye from 100 yards away says the retired Department of Horti shycultural Science professor
Professor Evans lilies are certainly eye-catching for anyone travelling north of Guelph on Highway 6 betshyween mid-June and mid-August Splashes of spectacular color glow from his field of lilies near Marden (behind the home of Marjorie and the late George Durnford ) - a welshycome surprise for those accustomed to seeing only the popular Easter white variety
Im obsessed with lilies admits Professor Evans who retired in 1985 after 28 years of researching phult breeding and teaching small fruit proshyduction at the University of Guelph ) like their variety and scope They are perennial plants that grow at different heights Some have flowers that face up some face down and some face out Some are trumpet shaped some have petals that curve back Some are scented and some are unscented
As a child Professor Evans grew flowers and vegetables in his parents big garden north of Calgary After six years in the army he enrolled at the
niversity of Alberta to study hortishycu lture During his second year in 1947 he began hybridizing lilies Following graduation he worked as a fruit breeder for the federal governshyment in Alberta for eight years before coming to Guelph in 1957 He conshytinued to breed and grow lilies at the
niversity and on plots of land that friends like Professor Ted Me inch (and now Mrs Durnford) let him use
The University has quite a history of lily breeding says Professor Evans The late Isabella Preston a lecturer at Guelph before Professor Evans time went on the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa and to world fame for her ornamental crabapples lilacs and lilies The late Jc Taylor a professor at Guelph was well-known for his lily breeding and introduced Professor Evans to many other breeders He
told me that my lilies needed more vigor and let me use some of his plants in my work
Professor Evans introduced three new varieties of lilies through the University and registered some of Professor Taylors They were marshyketed in the United States So far Professor Evans has had 17 varieties of lilies internationally registered Anyone can do this he says modestly You just write a full desshycription of the plant pick a name that hasn t been used before and send it to the Royal Horticultural Society in England prekrrably with a photo The new names are published every year
It s hard coming up with new nanles though says Professor Evans He has named some of his varieties after the area in which they were grown shyArkel Marden Gold Aberfoyle He named one after his granddaughter Bronwen and one after his wife Ethelwaite ( her first and maiden names ) She gets a thrill whenever she sees that name on a ( flower show) prize list somewhere he says
Pink and pastel lilies are Professor Evans speciality and his favorite is a variety he caBs Blusbing Maiden It has mauvey pink tips with a white centre
Professor Evans and his wife edH a newsletter three times yearly for the Ontario Regional Lily Society and Professor Evans has just ended a two year term as president of the North American lily Society He has judged at nower shows all over Canada and the nited States and will preside at an international show in Hamilton in July
Because of his hobby Professor Evans is enjoying retirement He spends about 25 hours a week on his lilies in the summer months During the off season he grows seeds and works on his records He is working on increasing the number ofvarieties including spotless ones ( most lilies have spots which are dominant ) He is pleased that some of his former students are now growing lilies entering shows and joining li ly societies
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RURAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT GRADS TO FORM ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
The University School ofRural Planshyning and Development ( USRPampD ) was inaugurated at Guelph in 1980
USRPampD is built on the strengths of past Guelph initiatives such as the Centre for Resources Development and the Rural Development Outreach Project It is formally recognized by the Canadian Institute of Planners and offers Masters level programs in rural planning rural development international rural development and resources management It is also actively engaged in research and community outreach
Recent research topics have in shycluded land availabi Iityfor agricu lture
local economic development strateshygies rural aging northern and native community plannjng and developshyment rural transportation computer applications in planning and deve shylopment and water and waste management to name a few This research was conducted throughout Canada and arollnd the world inshycluding Nepal Kenya Indonesia St Lucia Belize and Botswana
The outreach interests ofthe School are fully integrated with its teaching and research activities Recent out shyreach projects have included the Childcare Network Project for families in rural Wellington County an evaJu shy
ation of the rural development proshygrams ofa Jesuit mission in southern Ethiopia a heritage strategy for the Town of IngerSOll and a recreation needs assessment for Sault Ste Marie
Graduates of USRPampD as well as graduates of the former Centre for Resource Development are now being invited to form an alumni association to keep members updated on School activities their fellow alumni and issues concerning rural planning and development For further information contact Professor Harry Cummings USRampD University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N1G 2WI ( 519) 824-4120 ext 6783
JOIN YOUR OAC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NOW Did you know that as a graduate of OAC you are not automatically a member of the OAC Alumni Assoshyciation However anyone involved in a formal agricultural education at OAC ( past present or future ) is not only eligible to become a member but is encouragetl to do so
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ARTS Joanna Black 81 Ls aisistant direclOr curator The Marietta-Cobb Fine Arts Centre Marietta Georgia
Richard Hoffman 78 a Canadian Press journalist in Toronto is married pound0 Martine Bracey CBS 77
Laura Mezey-Hamid 82 administrative assistant to the vice-president of finance Penningtons Stores Umjted Toronto is married to Shaheed Hamid CSS 82
John Laurence (Stash) Stasiw 76 is marketing manager Philips Electronics Ltd Scarborough
Dirk Vanbattum 75 is vice-president Eddie May Mysteries Ottawa
CBS Michael Best 77 is a research technician Cross Cancer Institute Edmonton
GRAD NEWS EUzabeth Jane (Kempe) Coker 82 a resource worker CaJedon Parent-ChiId Centre Bolton is married to Dr Ted Coker OVC 87
Janet Ebanks 86 is a medical social worker Cayman overnment Health Sershyvices George Town Grand Cayman Cayman Islands British West Indies
Kevin Ferguson 80 supervisor of Outdoor Education for the Elgin County Board of Education married Suzanne Schmid BEd (Nipissing) 82 in April 1987 She works for the Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority They live near Aylmer
Michael Hackenberger 81 is president Canadian Zoological Systems Toromo
Heather Hattin 84 (HK) whose rowing accomplishments were featured in the winter 1987 issue ofthe GuelphAlumnus won Canadas first-ever gold medal in womens rowing in the double-scull event at the world championships in Copenhagen last summer
Cynthia (Porter)JefIrey 85 is studying for an MSc in Food Science at the University of Manitoba She is married to ScottJefIrey OAC 82 assistant professor ofAgncul tural Economics at the University of Manitoba They live in Winnipeg
Dr Gord Kennedy 85 senior chemist Union Carbine Corp Bound Brook New Jersey is married to Carrie Feaver CPS 84
Steven Kerr 77 is regional fisheries biologist Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources KemptviUe
Jim Lee 73 is director Research Services Min istry of Tourism Recreation and Culture Victoria BC
David Lemon 79 is senjor wildlife biologist S Fudge and Altsociates Ltd Saint Johns Nfld
Larry Patterson 76 is Grand Forks and District Aquatic Centre Manager Grand Forks Bc
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Stephen Rabbetts 79 is a zookeeper Metro Toronto Zoo Wcsthill
Cathy Oohnson) Rewcastle 80 is a fur biologist Manitoba atural Rcsources Winnipcg
Brian Sntith 78 micro ~)Stcms manager Natural Sciences Centre The University ofWestcrn Ontario London is married to Debra Bond CSS 79
Bradly Veitch 86 is second brewer Wellington County Brewery Guelph
Michael Wade 87 is responsible for aquaculture programs at Kpong Farms Volta River Authority Akuse Ghana the site of a major hydro-electric installation
P Allen Woodliffe 76 is the first and only district ecologist with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Chatham Districr He is married to Marie Gedcke FACS 75 and has a son Timothy TIl y Jive in Rondeau Provincial Park here Allen was park naturalist for 10 years before moving to the Chatham office
CPS Dr Syed Ahmed 87 is assistant proshyfessor Departme nt of Statistical and AClUarial Sciences University of Western Ontario London
Susan (Bishop) GraJ1am R3 a fourth year medical student Faculty ofMcdicinc University of Toronto is marri ed fO Don Graham CSS 83 CBS MSc 87 who is a ftl ll-time parent to their threc-year-old twins
Robert Lake 77 a self-employed conshysulting geolOgist is married to Susan Kay OAC 77 a human relations specialist with Petro Canada They live in Calgary
Robert Whitehead 79 is a mi ncr Denison Mines Ell iot Lake
Caroline (Carly) Williams 85 is a software engineer Wild Leitz Canada Toronto
CSS John Babcock 8 is special cabinet assistant Office of Minister of State (Forestry and Mines ) Ottawa
Jana Fie MA 87 i a neuropsychological associate Brazos Valley Rehabilitat ion Center Bl)an Texas
Danny Leung R6 is news submiddoteditor Asia Television Limited Hong Kong
Allison (Shaughnessy) Scanlan 84 production supervisor G I of Canada shyTruck Assltmbly Oshawa is mlITied [() Michael Scanlan 84 directo r of pur hasing Arbor Capital Rltsources
middotoronto
Patricia Sorbam 80 is executive assisshytant to the Ontario Minister of Energy Toronto
G Llewellyn Watson MA 70 a proshyfessor at the University of Prince Edward Island has written a texthook Dilemmas and Contradictions in Sucial 7beor) published by University Press of America
Terry Wright 76 is account manager John Logan National Leasing Bramptoll
MAC-FACS Marie (Tomelin) Cowlin 78 is brand manager Distillers Co Canada Ltd Toronto
Debbie Foster MSc 87 is medical coshyordi natorsex educator Youth Clinical Services Inc Down~view
Marilyn (Shirley) Goodwin 75 MSc 77 a research officer for CSC Ottawa h ma rricd to Fred Goodwin HAFA 75
Margaret (CJark)Jordan 82 manager Agricultural Employment Services Cmada Farm Iabour Pool Newmarkct is married to BrianJordan OAC 81
Margo (Payne) Langan 83 marketing communications co-ordinator Moore Response Technologies Mississauga is married toJohn Langan CBS 75
Nancy (Howard) Martin 81 senior contract managemcnt officer Consumer Products and Trtffic Management Brmch DepartJllent of Supply and Service~ Hull Que is marriltd to Phillip Martin CBS ( HK) 82
Helga (Strenzke) McDonald 84 public relations officer Centrilia Collegc Huron Park is married to Ian McDonald OAC 83
Marilyn Sewell-Kelley 78 is agriculshytura l health and safel) comiddotordinacor Rural Organizations and Services Branch OMAF Guelph and lives near Paris
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James Allen 77 (ODH ) is president of Allens Turf Services Ltd Calgary
Martin Bohl 85 is policy advisor OMAJ Toronto
Guy Bonnetta 79 manager Pioneer Overseas CorpJohnston Iowa is married to Carolyn Knowles CBS 78
Stew Carpenter 50 president ofDivershysity Farms Inc Paw Paw Midligan is married to Olive McEwan 79A scltretary-tnasurer ofDiversity Farms Inc
Harold Cau 60A and 67 is viceshypreSident Barnes Wines Limited St Catharines
Elroy Cober 85 and his wife Rhoda have begun three-year Mennonite Central Committee assignments inKabwe Zambia Elroy is working as provincial o ilseed office r and Rhoda as a general health worker
Eileen (Emmett) Cole 79 a registered
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laura Cole 80 is a conservJLion planner Mississippi Vall y Conservation Authority Lanark
UoydCurtis 71 MSc 74 ofCalgary is national sales manager Agricultural Chem icals Division BASF Canada Inc BASF markets a wide range of crop proshyLection products Lloyd directs dle aCLivi shyties of BASFs liales force throughout Canada
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Richard Graham 71 of Rrampton is naLional marketing maI111gcr Agricultural Chcmicab Divisi n f3ASF Canada Inc
Richard Helmer 62A married Marilyn Hogue in Oct 19R7 They live in Windsor Richard is supply tcaching for the Essex COllnty Board of Education and doing freclanltx horLicultural work during the summer months
Brian and Brigitte (Brunetzky) Kaufman 84 are pltased to announce the safe arrival of their son Nathaniel Brian All are reSiding at Bright
Dr Houchang Khatamian MSc 71 PhD 8 is associate professor Depart shyment of Horticul rure Kansas State Unishyversity Manhattan
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Ifyou have an agricultural background and wish to funher your career in management of farm or nonmiddotfarm agribuiiiness this program could he for you
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Dr Elenimo Khonga PhD 87 is a lecturer University ofMalawi Chancellor College Zomba Malawi
Kevin Laidley 82 MSc 85 resource technician Niagara Peninsula Consershyvation Authority Allanburg is married to Lesley Nicholson FACS 83 child life specialist McMaster University Medical Centre Hamilton
Dr Monique Leclerc MSc 82 PhD 87 is assistant professor Department of Soil Science and Biometeorology Utah State University Logan
Maurice Marwood 64 MSc 66 is vicemiddot preSident sales and marketing Canadian Kenworth Company Mississauga He is responsible for all aspects of sales and marketing ofKenworth trucks and product support in Canada
Dr Giancarlo Mosch1ni PhD 86 is [caching in the Economics Department Iowa State University Ames not the Unimiddot versity of Iowa as stated in the fall 1987 issue oflhe GuelpbAlurnnus Our apolomiddot gie~ for [his error
Reid Palmer 63 is a research geneticist and professor Departments ofAgronomy and Genetics Iowa State University Ames
Dr Yousef Papadopoulos 80 MSc 82 PhD 87 a research scientist Agrimiddot cu lture Canada Nappan NS i$ married to Kathleen Glover 80 MSc 83
Andy Robinson 80 MSc 83 a genetimiddot cist Livestock Developmcnt Division Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Christine Howe Arts 81
Dr A Hamid Saleemi MSc 73 has received a PhD in Educational Psychology from Bayero UniverSity Kana Nigeria His thesis was Islamic Values and Commitment among HallSa Muslim Youtb Au Empirical Study and his reo search has been hailed as a pioneering study in the measurement of reJjgious commitment anlong MusJjms Dr Saleemi is principal tutor Department of Adult Education and Community Services Faculty of Education Bayero University
James Sampa MLA 86 is a lecturer in landscape design and natul 1 resource conservation School of Environmental Studies Copperbelt University Zambia
Bill Shotyk 81 completed his PhD in 1986 in the Geology Department at The University ofWestern Ontario and spent a year as visiting postdoctoral researcher at the UniverSity of California to study
thennodynamic stability of organic commiddot plexes of aluminum In Sept 1987 he married Beth Haas and they live in London where Bill is a postdoctoral research associate in the Geology Department UWO studying the surface chemistry of minerals He is also writing his first book The Geochemistry OfPeatandPeatlands to be published by Elsevier Amsterdam
jack Thompson OAC 81 is a firemiddot fighter Station No 1 Thomhlll
Susan Watkins 81 is program offi cer Horn of Africa Oxfam Canada She is in charge ofOxfams overseas development projects in Eutrea and Tigray prOvince of Ethiopia the majori ty of which are in agriculture and health
Dve Dr Ian Alexander 86 is a dmg evalumiddot ator Bureau of Veterinary Dmgs Health and Welfare Canada Ottawa
Dr Cheng Hock Choong PhD 72 is director Semex Canada Guelph
Dr Ann Davis 75 a graduate student at the University of Toronto has won the Hardi Cinader Prize for 1987 The award is given to the graduate student in the process of completing doctor-A work who most resembles renowned immunomiddot logist Dr Bernhard Cinaders originality and versatility
Dr john Debbie 65 is an epidemiomiddot logist New York State Health Department Albany
Dr jean Dodds 64 in addition to her research on blood clotting mechanisms has chaired several national and intermiddot national task forces on assorted topics
Dr Doug Galt 62 is laboratory head OMAF Brighton
Dr Maria Koller CBS 75 DVM 79 chief control programs Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Dr Robert Georgeson 72
Dr Darwin Lund 60 is veterinarian in charge Agriculture Canada Lethbridge Alta
Dr David Murphy 56 is director cardiovascular surgical unit Dalhousie
niversity Halifax
Dr Gary Nash 77 veterinary research officer Institute of Aquaculture University
ofStirling Stirling Scotland is married to Marilyn Klein CBS 77
Dr HG Rees 55 joined the faculty of Massey University New Zealand after 10 years ofgeneral practice Upon completion of his masters degree he as appointed senio r lect urer at the University of Melbourne In 1970 he returned to prac shytice in his native Wales and has spent the past 12 years on the faculty at SeaJe-Hayne College there He has a small sheep farm
ARTS Bruce Westheuser 76 ofToronto died Dec 7 1987 He was a teacher Toronto Montessori Schools Hlt is survived by his father Ronald and stcpmodlcr Dorothy two sisters and a brodumiddotr
CSS Robert A Dodd MA 75 of Victoria BC died Oct 8 1987 He had been employed by the Ministry of Health He is survived by his wife Wendy
Bruce G Miller 72 of Aurora Ont died Sept 2 1987 He was a teacher with York Region Board of Education He is survived by his wife
MAC-FACS Etta (Birdsall) Garnham 17D of Tillsonhurg Ont died Jan 11 1988 She is survi ed by her sister Doris Oatman
Kathleen (Coggs) Hallam 120 of Toronto died jan 23 1988
Katherine L (Williamson) Killmaster 35D of Southfield Michigan died jan 31 1988
GAdora(Beemer)McFadyen 29Dof Port Elgin Ont died Apri l 8 L987 She is Survived by her son George S McFadyen OAC 50A
Anne E Spera 280 of Dundas Ont died Jan 26 1988
Dora M (Dies) Terryberry 260 of Weston Ont died Jan 22 1988 She is survived by her son Douglas
and maintains a single man general pracshytice Sheep health and production are his main interests and in the fall he was admitted to the Cert SHP by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons In 1989 he plans to retrace his footsteps to learn about his main interests in the countries in which he was trained
Dr Duncan Sinclair 58 OAC MSc 60 (nutrition ) Schofield lecturer 1983 will become Queens University Dean of
IN MEMORIAM
OAC Aimee A (Ups) Acklen 36 of Irving Texas died Feb 2 1987 She is survived by her husband Robert and one son
George K Beare 37 A of xbridge Ont died Oct 30 1987 He is survived by his wife Ruby
Dr J Ritchie Cowan 39 of Corvallis Oregon died Nov 12 1987 He was a retired professor of agronomy and proshyfessor emeritus Oregon State University He received his MS and a doctorate in plant genetics from the University of Minnesota He served as national president of the Crop Science Socicty of America the American Society of Agronomy the American Forage and Graosland Council the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology and the League for Intershynational Food Education He was pre shydeceased by his first wife DorothyWhite Mac 39 He is survived by his second wife Ruth and two children
WUliam M Croskery 15 of Ottawa died Nov 17 1987 He was a retired agricultural representative for Carleton County He is survived by three children
Walter C Fisher 26 of Sf Catharines Ont died jan 20 1988 He is survived by his wife Alice ( Petrie ) and three children
William A Hammond 18 Port Dovers oldest World War I veteran died Sept 29 1987 at 95 Prior to entering OAC he farmed worked in a lumber camp in BC and fought forest fires in Montana During the war he served in France and Belgium with the 55th l3atteryofthe Royal Canadian Art illery advancing from gunner to sergeant In 1920 he married Minerva Mitchell and they farmed in Woodhouse Township Mter retir ing he became clerk-treasurer of the township and later
Medicine and Vice-Principal ( Health Sciences) onJuly 1 He has served Queens in various capacities since joining the departme nt of physiolo gy in 1966 Nationally he has been invo lved with the Medical Research Council of Canada for many years includ ing a term as its director-genera1
Dr Anne Marie Taylor 81 is direc tor of an imal care Animal Care Centre Dalhousie niversity Halifax
held the san1e position with the Town of Port Dover He also served on the Ontario Assessment Appeal Board and was a fanner chai rman of the Simcoe High School Board In 1967 he received a Centennial Medal for service to his communi ty He was predeceased by bis wife and a son and is survived by two daughters Betty Murton ofWatetiord and Doris LlIldon of listoweI
Kandappar NJeyasseelan MSA 56 of Peradeniya Sri Lanka died Oct 22 1987 He is survived by two children
Frank J King 33 of Thornhill One died Dec 19 1987 He was a pioneer of Canadas broiler chicken industry and retired senior executive and director of Ralston Purina Canada Inc He is survived by his wife Rachel and a son
Robert C (Bob) lGrkness 56 of Maple Ridge BC died Oct 10 1987 He is survived by his wife
] Morley Lawrence 1 7 of Windsor died Oct 4 1987
John S Lennox 66A of Shallow Lake Ont died as the result of a farm accident Nov 4 1987 He is survived by his wife Ada and a son
Alex T Macnab 36 of North Fort Myers Fla died Dec 18 1987 He is survived by his wife Vella
NormanJ Myles 39 of Guelph died j an 24 1988 He had been a second lieutenant 11 th Field Brigade Royal Canadian Artillery He is survived by his wife Luella Beverley (Highan1 ) and two children
Robert W Phillips 39 of Belleville Ont died Sept 21 1987 -John W Robertson 38 of Thorold Ont died Oct 21 1987 He is survived by his wife Elizabeth and daughter Janice Partlow Arts 70
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Henry H Rooke 8 of Barrie Ont died Dec 16 1987 lIe was retired from the Department of National Health and Welfare He is survived by his wife Harriet Mac 40 and daughters Jane Lennox and Nancy RookemiddotAllen CBS 73
Robert H See 65A ofBohon Ont died Nov 14 1987 He was the son of Margaret (Huston) See Mac 33 and the late Dr John N See OAC 35 OVC 38 He is survived by his wife Brenda and two sisters
WilliamT (Bill) Smith 35 ofStfJtford Ont died Sept 19 1987 He is survived by his wife Maude and five children
Annie H Tasi MSc 72 ofGuelph died Dec 9 1987 She received her BSc in Agriculture from the National Taiwan University in 1965 After receiving her masters in horticulture from Guelph she worked as a research technician in the Universipound) Department of Horticultural Science Shc is survived by her hu~band Benjamin and two children
William G Toner 20A and 22 of Guelph died Jan 30 1988 He is survived by hi wife Eileen and four children
W Benson (Ben) Vair 55 of Sarnia died Jan 6 1988 He taught science at Northern Collegiate in Sarnia for 25 years retiring in 1987
A Gordon O Whiteside 20A and 22 of Ottawa died June 2 1987 Ht was retired after 42 years as a cerealist with Agriculture Canada and wa~ a Fellow of thc Agricultural Institute of Canada lie developed sevedl varieties of Canadian whtat one of which bears his namt Gordon He is su rvived byhis wife Irene and three children
Joseph H Willmott 22A of Milton died Oct 23 1987 He is survived by his sonJohn c Willmott 55
PROFESSORS
Dr Denis H Stott professor emeritus since 1980 diedJan 22 1988 in England at 78 He was ftrst chair Department of Psychology from 1966-68 and was intershyna tionally known as a pioneer in deve shyloping learning techniques for hardmiddottOmiddot teach children He founded the Centre for Educational Disabilities which he directed until h is retirement in 1975 His research focused on the causes and promiddot
blems of delinquent school boys He is survived by hiswifeJane and tw children
Dr Robert D Whiteford of Qualicum Beach Vancouver Island former professor Department of Biomedical Sciences died Feb ] 0 1988 He is survived by his wife Beatrice and one son
STAFF Ray Catchpole a member of the Unj middot versitys Sulawesi Regional Development Project team in Indonesia died Nov 27 1987 in Jakarta at 46 He had been with the project sinet its inception in 1984 He is survived by his wife Ani and his mother Muriel Lucas A mcmorial fund has been established in his nanle Contributions may be forwarded to the Department of
Alumni Affairs and Development The fund will provide a bursary for Indonesians and Canadians involved in exchange between the two ountries It will be adminbtered by the niversity School of Rural Planning and Development
FRIENDS
Joseph Arlen of Guelph died Sept 5 1987 He pursued studies at OAC from 1957 to ) 959 before completing an engineering degree at the University of Toronto He is survived by his wife Judy who works in Photographic Services on campus and two children A Joseph Arlen Memorial Prize in Horticulture has been established Contributions may be forshywarded to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development
ASPARAGUS RESEARCHER DIES IN GUELPH
Herman (Herm) Tiessen OAC 51 onc of Canadas fore middot most aspard1t1s researdlers rued in Guelph Dec 10 1987 at 63 Or Ticsscn had been a horticul shyture professor at the University since 1955 and was co-ordinator of the National Asparagus Reshysearch Program
At its fiftieth anniversary meeting in london the day of his death the Ontario Asparagus Growers Marketing Board honored Dr Tiessen as the pershyson who had made the greatest contributions to the industry over the last 50 years He was also weU known for his work on greehouse tOmatoes and for a collaborative project with Texaco that used waste energy from the companys refinery to heat greenhouses
After graduating from OAC Dr Tiessen received his masters and PhD degrees from Michigan State University and returned to his alma mater to join the Department of Horticultural Science He traveUed widely to share his knowledge on veget-
The late Professor Herm Tiessen OAC51
able growing with scientists around the world most recently to New Zealand and Taiwan He -wa a member of the Agricultural Institute of Canada and the Canadjm American and Intermiddot national Societies for Horticulmiddot tural Science He was also an active member of the OAC Alumni Association
He is sUlvived by his wife Marjorie and two children
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JlAVIeuro 17 18 19 GOlf Tournament
The classic confrontation on the green the Gryphon Club Golf Tournament will start things rolling on Friday at the Cutten Club Prizes will be awarded
Barbecue amp CasinO Night
Meet your friends at Alumni House Friday evening for a barbecued feast and try your llck at the casino tables
SIOwpitch Tournament
The Grad loungers will defendtheir championship title at the alumnistudent co-ed slowpitch tournament Why not get a team together to compete for the first-place trophy and other awards Teams should consist of 12 to 20 players with at least six females per team Three one-hour games are guaranteed for each team
Tours Lectures Demonstrations
Tour the new Equine Research Centre see computer laboratory demonstrations at the College of Family and Consumer Studies or catch an enlightening lecture If its nature you enjoy visit the Arboretum the Marine Biology Laboratory or the Elora Gorge Conservation Area
Celebrity Auction
Join in the fun and bid on a fascinating assortment of articles donated by local celebriti~s Lots of surprises in store All proceeds will go to Alumni House
Awards Presentations
At the Presidents Picnic at noOn on Saturday the Alumnus of Honor award and the Alumni Medal of Achievement will be presented Come and celebrate with the recipients
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See page 7 for your Alumni Weekend reservation form For further information see your College section inside or call the Alumni Weekend hotline (519) 824-4120 ext 2102
Class Reunions
Is your class having a reunion Check page 7 to find out Reunions are a great opportunity to meet old
friends and renew acquaintshyances The Alumni Associations will host their graduates of 50
years or more at a Golden Anniversary Din ner
Champagne Brunch
Toast Alumni Weekend 88 at a champagne brunch held on the Alumni House patio Sunday The Guelph Concert Band will provide entertainment
Professor Harold Crawford OAC 58 MSc 7 0
OAC PEOPLE ProfessorJohn Burton OAC 62 and Brian McBride CBS 78 OAC MSA 80 Department of Animal and Poultry Science have received $400000 from the Ministry ofColleges and niversities Research Incentive Fund for contract research in partnershyship with Cyanamid Canada Inc of Toronto They will examine the effecshytiveness of the hormone BST in increasing milk production in dairy cattle as well as any other effects of the agent
Gordon MacLeod OAC 50 has retired from the Department ofAnimal and Poultry Science after 31 years at the UniversityJohn Summers OAC 53 MSA 59 has also retired from the Department of Animal and Poultry Science after 25 years at the University
Harold Crawford OAC 58 MSc 70 who recently retired as coshyordinator of the Ontario Diploma in Horticulture Program Independent Study Division after 29 years at the University has received the Ontario Parks Association (OPA) recognition award for Significant contribution to the betterment of parks the proshyfession and the envirorunent through his work in continuing education He has been a member of the educational committee of the OPA for 14 years The Ontario Diploma in Horticulture program graduated its first students in 1963 and now has 500 alumni
Marilyn Dykstra OAC 78 is new director of the Universitys Pest
Marilyn Dykstra OAC 78
Diagnostic and Advisory Clinic The clinic is working at maximum capacity with marc than 30000 inquiries to its credit since it opened nine years ago says Marilyn It receives everyshything from live specimens of earwigs and spiders to diseased ornamentals and fruit and vegetable crops Most specimens come from home gar shydeners she ays but the clinic has a growing clientele among commercial growers landscape businesses and other industries Through its service and extension functions the clinic has accumulated a reference collecshytion of more than 10000 slides and specimens as well as a list of resource people from across campus
Dr R Keith (Chip) Chapman OAC 40 has retired from the Department ofEntomoJogy University of Wisconsin Madison following a distinguished areer spanning 40 years A two-day symposium was held in his honor last June and The R Keith Chapman Vegetable Entomology SchOlarship was established with funds collected in lieu ofa retirement gift He has also been named professor emeritus Attending the symposium and retirement recognition party in Madison were Keiths brothers Ross also OAC 40 and Douglas OAC 44 and sister Helen Stockwell a graduate of Macdonald College McGiJl Univershysity Montreal and OAC Dean Freeman McEwen
When Bruce Brown OAC 85 received his degree from former agri shyculture minister William A Stewart chancellor ofthe Universi tyofGuelph he asked what steps he could take to
Dr R Keith (Chip) Chapman andhis brother Ross both OAC 40
become the minister of agriculture and food Little did he know that two and a half years later he would be minister - if only for a day
In December he shared the duties of Ontarios minister Jack RiddeD OAC 57 as his prize for winning a public speaking contest at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Bruce who operates a Newcastle dairy beef and cash crop farm with his father spoke on the survival of the farm family in Ontario
ETHICS IN AGRICULTURE Ethical issues in agriculture such as animal welfare are generally debated from an emotional viewpoint Proshyfessor Frank Hurnik OAC PhD 71 Animal and Poultry Science and Pro shyfessor Hugh Lehman Philosphy are hoping to change that through the journal of Agricultural Ethics an international quarterly publication which offers a forum for discussing moral issues related to food and food production
We hope this publication will act as a bridge between those who philo shysophize about agricu ltural ethics and those actively involved in plant and animal use says Professor Hurnik Its a scholarly refereed journal but it wont be bogged down with speciashylized technical jargon As a result we believe it will be useful to the farm community and we expect leaders from that field will be contributors not just readers
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Professor Fredjelome and his wife Faye look over a catalogue of the Universitys art collection
ALOVEOFART Back in 1968 Fred N Jerome OAC 33 established a trust fund to purshychase art produced by promising young Canadian artists
I was a full professor then and I could afford to do it (set up a trust fund) I felt art deserved a little push and I wanted to see the niversitys art collection expand explains the now retired professor ofgenetics and poultry science at Guelph
Forty-two Canadian works have been purchased to date through lhe F - Jerome Trust Fund and a special exhibi t of these works will be featured at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre beginning Alumni WeekendJune 18 and continuing throughout the sununer
Professorjeromes personal favorite in the collection is Ken Danbys silkshyscreen The Skates
I like Danbys technique His work is almost as realistic as a color photoshygraph but you can still tell its a painting he explains
He is also fond ofDiego Drawing a lithography by Jack Chanlbers a London Ontario artist and Gene Chus delicate Spider Series
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre Director Judith Nasby says Fred Jerome has made an outstanding contribution to the growth of the Universitys Canadian art collection - one of the largest univer itycollecshytions in the province He has recogshynized the tremendous growth and vitality of the art community in Canada by specifying that works be purchased from young artists
A LOVE OF LI LI ES The expression lily white has little meaning for Bill Evans His favorite lilies are bright orange and yellow I like the ones that almost glow and catch your eye from 100 yards away says the retired Department of Horti shycultural Science professor
Professor Evans lilies are certainly eye-catching for anyone travelling north of Guelph on Highway 6 betshyween mid-June and mid-August Splashes of spectacular color glow from his field of lilies near Marden (behind the home of Marjorie and the late George Durnford ) - a welshycome surprise for those accustomed to seeing only the popular Easter white variety
Im obsessed with lilies admits Professor Evans who retired in 1985 after 28 years of researching phult breeding and teaching small fruit proshyduction at the University of Guelph ) like their variety and scope They are perennial plants that grow at different heights Some have flowers that face up some face down and some face out Some are trumpet shaped some have petals that curve back Some are scented and some are unscented
As a child Professor Evans grew flowers and vegetables in his parents big garden north of Calgary After six years in the army he enrolled at the
niversity of Alberta to study hortishycu lture During his second year in 1947 he began hybridizing lilies Following graduation he worked as a fruit breeder for the federal governshyment in Alberta for eight years before coming to Guelph in 1957 He conshytinued to breed and grow lilies at the
niversity and on plots of land that friends like Professor Ted Me inch (and now Mrs Durnford) let him use
The University has quite a history of lily breeding says Professor Evans The late Isabella Preston a lecturer at Guelph before Professor Evans time went on the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa and to world fame for her ornamental crabapples lilacs and lilies The late Jc Taylor a professor at Guelph was well-known for his lily breeding and introduced Professor Evans to many other breeders He
told me that my lilies needed more vigor and let me use some of his plants in my work
Professor Evans introduced three new varieties of lilies through the University and registered some of Professor Taylors They were marshyketed in the United States So far Professor Evans has had 17 varieties of lilies internationally registered Anyone can do this he says modestly You just write a full desshycription of the plant pick a name that hasn t been used before and send it to the Royal Horticultural Society in England prekrrably with a photo The new names are published every year
It s hard coming up with new nanles though says Professor Evans He has named some of his varieties after the area in which they were grown shyArkel Marden Gold Aberfoyle He named one after his granddaughter Bronwen and one after his wife Ethelwaite ( her first and maiden names ) She gets a thrill whenever she sees that name on a ( flower show) prize list somewhere he says
Pink and pastel lilies are Professor Evans speciality and his favorite is a variety he caBs Blusbing Maiden It has mauvey pink tips with a white centre
Professor Evans and his wife edH a newsletter three times yearly for the Ontario Regional Lily Society and Professor Evans has just ended a two year term as president of the North American lily Society He has judged at nower shows all over Canada and the nited States and will preside at an international show in Hamilton in July
Because of his hobby Professor Evans is enjoying retirement He spends about 25 hours a week on his lilies in the summer months During the off season he grows seeds and works on his records He is working on increasing the number ofvarieties including spotless ones ( most lilies have spots which are dominant ) He is pleased that some of his former students are now growing lilies entering shows and joining li ly societies
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RURAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT GRADS TO FORM ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
The University School ofRural Planshyning and Development ( USRPampD ) was inaugurated at Guelph in 1980
USRPampD is built on the strengths of past Guelph initiatives such as the Centre for Resources Development and the Rural Development Outreach Project It is formally recognized by the Canadian Institute of Planners and offers Masters level programs in rural planning rural development international rural development and resources management It is also actively engaged in research and community outreach
Recent research topics have in shycluded land availabi Iityfor agricu lture
local economic development strateshygies rural aging northern and native community plannjng and developshyment rural transportation computer applications in planning and deve shylopment and water and waste management to name a few This research was conducted throughout Canada and arollnd the world inshycluding Nepal Kenya Indonesia St Lucia Belize and Botswana
The outreach interests ofthe School are fully integrated with its teaching and research activities Recent out shyreach projects have included the Childcare Network Project for families in rural Wellington County an evaJu shy
ation of the rural development proshygrams ofa Jesuit mission in southern Ethiopia a heritage strategy for the Town of IngerSOll and a recreation needs assessment for Sault Ste Marie
Graduates of USRPampD as well as graduates of the former Centre for Resource Development are now being invited to form an alumni association to keep members updated on School activities their fellow alumni and issues concerning rural planning and development For further information contact Professor Harry Cummings USRampD University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N1G 2WI ( 519) 824-4120 ext 6783
JOIN YOUR OAC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NOW Did you know that as a graduate of OAC you are not automatically a member of the OAC Alumni Assoshyciation However anyone involved in a formal agricultural education at OAC ( past present or future ) is not only eligible to become a member but is encouragetl to do so
The OAC Alumni Association is a separate entity from the University of Guelph Alumni Association anti has specific responsibilities It awards
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ARTS Joanna Black 81 Ls aisistant direclOr curator The Marietta-Cobb Fine Arts Centre Marietta Georgia
Richard Hoffman 78 a Canadian Press journalist in Toronto is married pound0 Martine Bracey CBS 77
Laura Mezey-Hamid 82 administrative assistant to the vice-president of finance Penningtons Stores Umjted Toronto is married to Shaheed Hamid CSS 82
John Laurence (Stash) Stasiw 76 is marketing manager Philips Electronics Ltd Scarborough
Dirk Vanbattum 75 is vice-president Eddie May Mysteries Ottawa
CBS Michael Best 77 is a research technician Cross Cancer Institute Edmonton
GRAD NEWS EUzabeth Jane (Kempe) Coker 82 a resource worker CaJedon Parent-ChiId Centre Bolton is married to Dr Ted Coker OVC 87
Janet Ebanks 86 is a medical social worker Cayman overnment Health Sershyvices George Town Grand Cayman Cayman Islands British West Indies
Kevin Ferguson 80 supervisor of Outdoor Education for the Elgin County Board of Education married Suzanne Schmid BEd (Nipissing) 82 in April 1987 She works for the Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority They live near Aylmer
Michael Hackenberger 81 is president Canadian Zoological Systems Toromo
Heather Hattin 84 (HK) whose rowing accomplishments were featured in the winter 1987 issue ofthe GuelphAlumnus won Canadas first-ever gold medal in womens rowing in the double-scull event at the world championships in Copenhagen last summer
Cynthia (Porter)JefIrey 85 is studying for an MSc in Food Science at the University of Manitoba She is married to ScottJefIrey OAC 82 assistant professor ofAgncul tural Economics at the University of Manitoba They live in Winnipeg
Dr Gord Kennedy 85 senior chemist Union Carbine Corp Bound Brook New Jersey is married to Carrie Feaver CPS 84
Steven Kerr 77 is regional fisheries biologist Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources KemptviUe
Jim Lee 73 is director Research Services Min istry of Tourism Recreation and Culture Victoria BC
David Lemon 79 is senjor wildlife biologist S Fudge and Altsociates Ltd Saint Johns Nfld
Larry Patterson 76 is Grand Forks and District Aquatic Centre Manager Grand Forks Bc
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Stephen Rabbetts 79 is a zookeeper Metro Toronto Zoo Wcsthill
Cathy Oohnson) Rewcastle 80 is a fur biologist Manitoba atural Rcsources Winnipcg
Brian Sntith 78 micro ~)Stcms manager Natural Sciences Centre The University ofWestcrn Ontario London is married to Debra Bond CSS 79
Bradly Veitch 86 is second brewer Wellington County Brewery Guelph
Michael Wade 87 is responsible for aquaculture programs at Kpong Farms Volta River Authority Akuse Ghana the site of a major hydro-electric installation
P Allen Woodliffe 76 is the first and only district ecologist with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Chatham Districr He is married to Marie Gedcke FACS 75 and has a son Timothy TIl y Jive in Rondeau Provincial Park here Allen was park naturalist for 10 years before moving to the Chatham office
CPS Dr Syed Ahmed 87 is assistant proshyfessor Departme nt of Statistical and AClUarial Sciences University of Western Ontario London
Susan (Bishop) GraJ1am R3 a fourth year medical student Faculty ofMcdicinc University of Toronto is marri ed fO Don Graham CSS 83 CBS MSc 87 who is a ftl ll-time parent to their threc-year-old twins
Robert Lake 77 a self-employed conshysulting geolOgist is married to Susan Kay OAC 77 a human relations specialist with Petro Canada They live in Calgary
Robert Whitehead 79 is a mi ncr Denison Mines Ell iot Lake
Caroline (Carly) Williams 85 is a software engineer Wild Leitz Canada Toronto
CSS John Babcock 8 is special cabinet assistant Office of Minister of State (Forestry and Mines ) Ottawa
Jana Fie MA 87 i a neuropsychological associate Brazos Valley Rehabilitat ion Center Bl)an Texas
Danny Leung R6 is news submiddoteditor Asia Television Limited Hong Kong
Allison (Shaughnessy) Scanlan 84 production supervisor G I of Canada shyTruck Assltmbly Oshawa is mlITied [() Michael Scanlan 84 directo r of pur hasing Arbor Capital Rltsources
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Patricia Sorbam 80 is executive assisshytant to the Ontario Minister of Energy Toronto
G Llewellyn Watson MA 70 a proshyfessor at the University of Prince Edward Island has written a texthook Dilemmas and Contradictions in Sucial 7beor) published by University Press of America
Terry Wright 76 is account manager John Logan National Leasing Bramptoll
MAC-FACS Marie (Tomelin) Cowlin 78 is brand manager Distillers Co Canada Ltd Toronto
Debbie Foster MSc 87 is medical coshyordi natorsex educator Youth Clinical Services Inc Down~view
Marilyn (Shirley) Goodwin 75 MSc 77 a research officer for CSC Ottawa h ma rricd to Fred Goodwin HAFA 75
Margaret (CJark)Jordan 82 manager Agricultural Employment Services Cmada Farm Iabour Pool Newmarkct is married to BrianJordan OAC 81
Margo (Payne) Langan 83 marketing communications co-ordinator Moore Response Technologies Mississauga is married toJohn Langan CBS 75
Nancy (Howard) Martin 81 senior contract managemcnt officer Consumer Products and Trtffic Management Brmch DepartJllent of Supply and Service~ Hull Que is marriltd to Phillip Martin CBS ( HK) 82
Helga (Strenzke) McDonald 84 public relations officer Centrilia Collegc Huron Park is married to Ian McDonald OAC 83
Marilyn Sewell-Kelley 78 is agriculshytura l health and safel) comiddotordinacor Rural Organizations and Services Branch OMAF Guelph and lives near Paris
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Martin Bohl 85 is policy advisor OMAJ Toronto
Guy Bonnetta 79 manager Pioneer Overseas CorpJohnston Iowa is married to Carolyn Knowles CBS 78
Stew Carpenter 50 president ofDivershysity Farms Inc Paw Paw Midligan is married to Olive McEwan 79A scltretary-tnasurer ofDiversity Farms Inc
Harold Cau 60A and 67 is viceshypreSident Barnes Wines Limited St Catharines
Elroy Cober 85 and his wife Rhoda have begun three-year Mennonite Central Committee assignments inKabwe Zambia Elroy is working as provincial o ilseed office r and Rhoda as a general health worker
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laura Cole 80 is a conservJLion planner Mississippi Vall y Conservation Authority Lanark
UoydCurtis 71 MSc 74 ofCalgary is national sales manager Agricultural Chem icals Division BASF Canada Inc BASF markets a wide range of crop proshyLection products Lloyd directs dle aCLivi shyties of BASFs liales force throughout Canada
James Donison H I is proje L engineer Costello Lomagney amp Denapoli ConshysulL ing Engineers Mancheste r New Hampshire
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Richard Graham 71 of Rrampton is naLional marketing maI111gcr Agricultural Chcmicab Divisi n f3ASF Canada Inc
Richard Helmer 62A married Marilyn Hogue in Oct 19R7 They live in Windsor Richard is supply tcaching for the Essex COllnty Board of Education and doing freclanltx horLicultural work during the summer months
Brian and Brigitte (Brunetzky) Kaufman 84 are pltased to announce the safe arrival of their son Nathaniel Brian All are reSiding at Bright
Dr Houchang Khatamian MSc 71 PhD 8 is associate professor Depart shyment of Horticul rure Kansas State Unishyversity Manhattan
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J cE~~~~f May 11 - Presidents Counc il Executive Luncheon
May 19-June 5 Guel ph Spring Festival
May 31-June 3 Convocation
June 13-15 Human Sexuality Conference
June 17-19 Alumni Weekend
July 10-13 Canadian Home Economics Association Con ference
July 26 Al um ni Assoc iation Executives O rientation Meeting
Masters of Agribusiness Management
111e University of Guelph is now olkring a Masters of Agribusiness Management for people interested in a comprehensive training program for manlgemel1l positions in modern agrihusiness
The program runs over I () months and is highly structured so that studenrs receive intensive practical training in all facets of agribusiness managemel1l
Ifyou have an agricultural background and wish to funher your career in management of farm or nonmiddotfarm agribuiiiness this program could he for you
For fu nhcr information on this program pleL~e contact
Professor Tom Funk Department of Agricultural Economics and Business University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl (519) 824middot4120 ext 3427
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Dr Elenimo Khonga PhD 87 is a lecturer University ofMalawi Chancellor College Zomba Malawi
Kevin Laidley 82 MSc 85 resource technician Niagara Peninsula Consershyvation Authority Allanburg is married to Lesley Nicholson FACS 83 child life specialist McMaster University Medical Centre Hamilton
Dr Monique Leclerc MSc 82 PhD 87 is assistant professor Department of Soil Science and Biometeorology Utah State University Logan
Maurice Marwood 64 MSc 66 is vicemiddot preSident sales and marketing Canadian Kenworth Company Mississauga He is responsible for all aspects of sales and marketing ofKenworth trucks and product support in Canada
Dr Giancarlo Mosch1ni PhD 86 is [caching in the Economics Department Iowa State University Ames not the Unimiddot versity of Iowa as stated in the fall 1987 issue oflhe GuelpbAlurnnus Our apolomiddot gie~ for [his error
Reid Palmer 63 is a research geneticist and professor Departments ofAgronomy and Genetics Iowa State University Ames
Dr Yousef Papadopoulos 80 MSc 82 PhD 87 a research scientist Agrimiddot cu lture Canada Nappan NS i$ married to Kathleen Glover 80 MSc 83
Andy Robinson 80 MSc 83 a genetimiddot cist Livestock Developmcnt Division Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Christine Howe Arts 81
Dr A Hamid Saleemi MSc 73 has received a PhD in Educational Psychology from Bayero UniverSity Kana Nigeria His thesis was Islamic Values and Commitment among HallSa Muslim Youtb Au Empirical Study and his reo search has been hailed as a pioneering study in the measurement of reJjgious commitment anlong MusJjms Dr Saleemi is principal tutor Department of Adult Education and Community Services Faculty of Education Bayero University
James Sampa MLA 86 is a lecturer in landscape design and natul 1 resource conservation School of Environmental Studies Copperbelt University Zambia
Bill Shotyk 81 completed his PhD in 1986 in the Geology Department at The University ofWestern Ontario and spent a year as visiting postdoctoral researcher at the UniverSity of California to study
thennodynamic stability of organic commiddot plexes of aluminum In Sept 1987 he married Beth Haas and they live in London where Bill is a postdoctoral research associate in the Geology Department UWO studying the surface chemistry of minerals He is also writing his first book The Geochemistry OfPeatandPeatlands to be published by Elsevier Amsterdam
jack Thompson OAC 81 is a firemiddot fighter Station No 1 Thomhlll
Susan Watkins 81 is program offi cer Horn of Africa Oxfam Canada She is in charge ofOxfams overseas development projects in Eutrea and Tigray prOvince of Ethiopia the majori ty of which are in agriculture and health
Dve Dr Ian Alexander 86 is a dmg evalumiddot ator Bureau of Veterinary Dmgs Health and Welfare Canada Ottawa
Dr Cheng Hock Choong PhD 72 is director Semex Canada Guelph
Dr Ann Davis 75 a graduate student at the University of Toronto has won the Hardi Cinader Prize for 1987 The award is given to the graduate student in the process of completing doctor-A work who most resembles renowned immunomiddot logist Dr Bernhard Cinaders originality and versatility
Dr john Debbie 65 is an epidemiomiddot logist New York State Health Department Albany
Dr jean Dodds 64 in addition to her research on blood clotting mechanisms has chaired several national and intermiddot national task forces on assorted topics
Dr Doug Galt 62 is laboratory head OMAF Brighton
Dr Maria Koller CBS 75 DVM 79 chief control programs Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Dr Robert Georgeson 72
Dr Darwin Lund 60 is veterinarian in charge Agriculture Canada Lethbridge Alta
Dr David Murphy 56 is director cardiovascular surgical unit Dalhousie
niversity Halifax
Dr Gary Nash 77 veterinary research officer Institute of Aquaculture University
ofStirling Stirling Scotland is married to Marilyn Klein CBS 77
Dr HG Rees 55 joined the faculty of Massey University New Zealand after 10 years ofgeneral practice Upon completion of his masters degree he as appointed senio r lect urer at the University of Melbourne In 1970 he returned to prac shytice in his native Wales and has spent the past 12 years on the faculty at SeaJe-Hayne College there He has a small sheep farm
ARTS Bruce Westheuser 76 ofToronto died Dec 7 1987 He was a teacher Toronto Montessori Schools Hlt is survived by his father Ronald and stcpmodlcr Dorothy two sisters and a brodumiddotr
CSS Robert A Dodd MA 75 of Victoria BC died Oct 8 1987 He had been employed by the Ministry of Health He is survived by his wife Wendy
Bruce G Miller 72 of Aurora Ont died Sept 2 1987 He was a teacher with York Region Board of Education He is survived by his wife
MAC-FACS Etta (Birdsall) Garnham 17D of Tillsonhurg Ont died Jan 11 1988 She is survi ed by her sister Doris Oatman
Kathleen (Coggs) Hallam 120 of Toronto died jan 23 1988
Katherine L (Williamson) Killmaster 35D of Southfield Michigan died jan 31 1988
GAdora(Beemer)McFadyen 29Dof Port Elgin Ont died Apri l 8 L987 She is Survived by her son George S McFadyen OAC 50A
Anne E Spera 280 of Dundas Ont died Jan 26 1988
Dora M (Dies) Terryberry 260 of Weston Ont died Jan 22 1988 She is survived by her son Douglas
and maintains a single man general pracshytice Sheep health and production are his main interests and in the fall he was admitted to the Cert SHP by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons In 1989 he plans to retrace his footsteps to learn about his main interests in the countries in which he was trained
Dr Duncan Sinclair 58 OAC MSc 60 (nutrition ) Schofield lecturer 1983 will become Queens University Dean of
IN MEMORIAM
OAC Aimee A (Ups) Acklen 36 of Irving Texas died Feb 2 1987 She is survived by her husband Robert and one son
George K Beare 37 A of xbridge Ont died Oct 30 1987 He is survived by his wife Ruby
Dr J Ritchie Cowan 39 of Corvallis Oregon died Nov 12 1987 He was a retired professor of agronomy and proshyfessor emeritus Oregon State University He received his MS and a doctorate in plant genetics from the University of Minnesota He served as national president of the Crop Science Socicty of America the American Society of Agronomy the American Forage and Graosland Council the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology and the League for Intershynational Food Education He was pre shydeceased by his first wife DorothyWhite Mac 39 He is survived by his second wife Ruth and two children
WUliam M Croskery 15 of Ottawa died Nov 17 1987 He was a retired agricultural representative for Carleton County He is survived by three children
Walter C Fisher 26 of Sf Catharines Ont died jan 20 1988 He is survived by his wife Alice ( Petrie ) and three children
William A Hammond 18 Port Dovers oldest World War I veteran died Sept 29 1987 at 95 Prior to entering OAC he farmed worked in a lumber camp in BC and fought forest fires in Montana During the war he served in France and Belgium with the 55th l3atteryofthe Royal Canadian Art illery advancing from gunner to sergeant In 1920 he married Minerva Mitchell and they farmed in Woodhouse Township Mter retir ing he became clerk-treasurer of the township and later
Medicine and Vice-Principal ( Health Sciences) onJuly 1 He has served Queens in various capacities since joining the departme nt of physiolo gy in 1966 Nationally he has been invo lved with the Medical Research Council of Canada for many years includ ing a term as its director-genera1
Dr Anne Marie Taylor 81 is direc tor of an imal care Animal Care Centre Dalhousie niversity Halifax
held the san1e position with the Town of Port Dover He also served on the Ontario Assessment Appeal Board and was a fanner chai rman of the Simcoe High School Board In 1967 he received a Centennial Medal for service to his communi ty He was predeceased by bis wife and a son and is survived by two daughters Betty Murton ofWatetiord and Doris LlIldon of listoweI
Kandappar NJeyasseelan MSA 56 of Peradeniya Sri Lanka died Oct 22 1987 He is survived by two children
Frank J King 33 of Thornhill One died Dec 19 1987 He was a pioneer of Canadas broiler chicken industry and retired senior executive and director of Ralston Purina Canada Inc He is survived by his wife Rachel and a son
Robert C (Bob) lGrkness 56 of Maple Ridge BC died Oct 10 1987 He is survived by his wife
] Morley Lawrence 1 7 of Windsor died Oct 4 1987
John S Lennox 66A of Shallow Lake Ont died as the result of a farm accident Nov 4 1987 He is survived by his wife Ada and a son
Alex T Macnab 36 of North Fort Myers Fla died Dec 18 1987 He is survived by his wife Vella
NormanJ Myles 39 of Guelph died j an 24 1988 He had been a second lieutenant 11 th Field Brigade Royal Canadian Artillery He is survived by his wife Luella Beverley (Highan1 ) and two children
Robert W Phillips 39 of Belleville Ont died Sept 21 1987 -John W Robertson 38 of Thorold Ont died Oct 21 1987 He is survived by his wife Elizabeth and daughter Janice Partlow Arts 70
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Henry H Rooke 8 of Barrie Ont died Dec 16 1987 lIe was retired from the Department of National Health and Welfare He is survived by his wife Harriet Mac 40 and daughters Jane Lennox and Nancy RookemiddotAllen CBS 73
Robert H See 65A ofBohon Ont died Nov 14 1987 He was the son of Margaret (Huston) See Mac 33 and the late Dr John N See OAC 35 OVC 38 He is survived by his wife Brenda and two sisters
WilliamT (Bill) Smith 35 ofStfJtford Ont died Sept 19 1987 He is survived by his wife Maude and five children
Annie H Tasi MSc 72 ofGuelph died Dec 9 1987 She received her BSc in Agriculture from the National Taiwan University in 1965 After receiving her masters in horticulture from Guelph she worked as a research technician in the Universipound) Department of Horticultural Science Shc is survived by her hu~band Benjamin and two children
William G Toner 20A and 22 of Guelph died Jan 30 1988 He is survived by hi wife Eileen and four children
W Benson (Ben) Vair 55 of Sarnia died Jan 6 1988 He taught science at Northern Collegiate in Sarnia for 25 years retiring in 1987
A Gordon O Whiteside 20A and 22 of Ottawa died June 2 1987 Ht was retired after 42 years as a cerealist with Agriculture Canada and wa~ a Fellow of thc Agricultural Institute of Canada lie developed sevedl varieties of Canadian whtat one of which bears his namt Gordon He is su rvived byhis wife Irene and three children
Joseph H Willmott 22A of Milton died Oct 23 1987 He is survived by his sonJohn c Willmott 55
PROFESSORS
Dr Denis H Stott professor emeritus since 1980 diedJan 22 1988 in England at 78 He was ftrst chair Department of Psychology from 1966-68 and was intershyna tionally known as a pioneer in deve shyloping learning techniques for hardmiddottOmiddot teach children He founded the Centre for Educational Disabilities which he directed until h is retirement in 1975 His research focused on the causes and promiddot
blems of delinquent school boys He is survived by hiswifeJane and tw children
Dr Robert D Whiteford of Qualicum Beach Vancouver Island former professor Department of Biomedical Sciences died Feb ] 0 1988 He is survived by his wife Beatrice and one son
STAFF Ray Catchpole a member of the Unj middot versitys Sulawesi Regional Development Project team in Indonesia died Nov 27 1987 in Jakarta at 46 He had been with the project sinet its inception in 1984 He is survived by his wife Ani and his mother Muriel Lucas A mcmorial fund has been established in his nanle Contributions may be forwarded to the Department of
Alumni Affairs and Development The fund will provide a bursary for Indonesians and Canadians involved in exchange between the two ountries It will be adminbtered by the niversity School of Rural Planning and Development
FRIENDS
Joseph Arlen of Guelph died Sept 5 1987 He pursued studies at OAC from 1957 to ) 959 before completing an engineering degree at the University of Toronto He is survived by his wife Judy who works in Photographic Services on campus and two children A Joseph Arlen Memorial Prize in Horticulture has been established Contributions may be forshywarded to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development
ASPARAGUS RESEARCHER DIES IN GUELPH
Herman (Herm) Tiessen OAC 51 onc of Canadas fore middot most aspard1t1s researdlers rued in Guelph Dec 10 1987 at 63 Or Ticsscn had been a horticul shyture professor at the University since 1955 and was co-ordinator of the National Asparagus Reshysearch Program
At its fiftieth anniversary meeting in london the day of his death the Ontario Asparagus Growers Marketing Board honored Dr Tiessen as the pershyson who had made the greatest contributions to the industry over the last 50 years He was also weU known for his work on greehouse tOmatoes and for a collaborative project with Texaco that used waste energy from the companys refinery to heat greenhouses
After graduating from OAC Dr Tiessen received his masters and PhD degrees from Michigan State University and returned to his alma mater to join the Department of Horticultural Science He traveUed widely to share his knowledge on veget-
The late Professor Herm Tiessen OAC51
able growing with scientists around the world most recently to New Zealand and Taiwan He -wa a member of the Agricultural Institute of Canada and the Canadjm American and Intermiddot national Societies for Horticulmiddot tural Science He was also an active member of the OAC Alumni Association
He is sUlvived by his wife Marjorie and two children
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JlAVIeuro 17 18 19 GOlf Tournament
The classic confrontation on the green the Gryphon Club Golf Tournament will start things rolling on Friday at the Cutten Club Prizes will be awarded
Barbecue amp CasinO Night
Meet your friends at Alumni House Friday evening for a barbecued feast and try your llck at the casino tables
SIOwpitch Tournament
The Grad loungers will defendtheir championship title at the alumnistudent co-ed slowpitch tournament Why not get a team together to compete for the first-place trophy and other awards Teams should consist of 12 to 20 players with at least six females per team Three one-hour games are guaranteed for each team
Tours Lectures Demonstrations
Tour the new Equine Research Centre see computer laboratory demonstrations at the College of Family and Consumer Studies or catch an enlightening lecture If its nature you enjoy visit the Arboretum the Marine Biology Laboratory or the Elora Gorge Conservation Area
Celebrity Auction
Join in the fun and bid on a fascinating assortment of articles donated by local celebriti~s Lots of surprises in store All proceeds will go to Alumni House
Awards Presentations
At the Presidents Picnic at noOn on Saturday the Alumnus of Honor award and the Alumni Medal of Achievement will be presented Come and celebrate with the recipients
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See page 7 for your Alumni Weekend reservation form For further information see your College section inside or call the Alumni Weekend hotline (519) 824-4120 ext 2102
Class Reunions
Is your class having a reunion Check page 7 to find out Reunions are a great opportunity to meet old
friends and renew acquaintshyances The Alumni Associations will host their graduates of 50
years or more at a Golden Anniversary Din ner
Champagne Brunch
Toast Alumni Weekend 88 at a champagne brunch held on the Alumni House patio Sunday The Guelph Concert Band will provide entertainment
Professor Fredjelome and his wife Faye look over a catalogue of the Universitys art collection
ALOVEOFART Back in 1968 Fred N Jerome OAC 33 established a trust fund to purshychase art produced by promising young Canadian artists
I was a full professor then and I could afford to do it (set up a trust fund) I felt art deserved a little push and I wanted to see the niversitys art collection expand explains the now retired professor ofgenetics and poultry science at Guelph
Forty-two Canadian works have been purchased to date through lhe F - Jerome Trust Fund and a special exhibi t of these works will be featured at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre beginning Alumni WeekendJune 18 and continuing throughout the sununer
Professorjeromes personal favorite in the collection is Ken Danbys silkshyscreen The Skates
I like Danbys technique His work is almost as realistic as a color photoshygraph but you can still tell its a painting he explains
He is also fond ofDiego Drawing a lithography by Jack Chanlbers a London Ontario artist and Gene Chus delicate Spider Series
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre Director Judith Nasby says Fred Jerome has made an outstanding contribution to the growth of the Universitys Canadian art collection - one of the largest univer itycollecshytions in the province He has recogshynized the tremendous growth and vitality of the art community in Canada by specifying that works be purchased from young artists
A LOVE OF LI LI ES The expression lily white has little meaning for Bill Evans His favorite lilies are bright orange and yellow I like the ones that almost glow and catch your eye from 100 yards away says the retired Department of Horti shycultural Science professor
Professor Evans lilies are certainly eye-catching for anyone travelling north of Guelph on Highway 6 betshyween mid-June and mid-August Splashes of spectacular color glow from his field of lilies near Marden (behind the home of Marjorie and the late George Durnford ) - a welshycome surprise for those accustomed to seeing only the popular Easter white variety
Im obsessed with lilies admits Professor Evans who retired in 1985 after 28 years of researching phult breeding and teaching small fruit proshyduction at the University of Guelph ) like their variety and scope They are perennial plants that grow at different heights Some have flowers that face up some face down and some face out Some are trumpet shaped some have petals that curve back Some are scented and some are unscented
As a child Professor Evans grew flowers and vegetables in his parents big garden north of Calgary After six years in the army he enrolled at the
niversity of Alberta to study hortishycu lture During his second year in 1947 he began hybridizing lilies Following graduation he worked as a fruit breeder for the federal governshyment in Alberta for eight years before coming to Guelph in 1957 He conshytinued to breed and grow lilies at the
niversity and on plots of land that friends like Professor Ted Me inch (and now Mrs Durnford) let him use
The University has quite a history of lily breeding says Professor Evans The late Isabella Preston a lecturer at Guelph before Professor Evans time went on the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa and to world fame for her ornamental crabapples lilacs and lilies The late Jc Taylor a professor at Guelph was well-known for his lily breeding and introduced Professor Evans to many other breeders He
told me that my lilies needed more vigor and let me use some of his plants in my work
Professor Evans introduced three new varieties of lilies through the University and registered some of Professor Taylors They were marshyketed in the United States So far Professor Evans has had 17 varieties of lilies internationally registered Anyone can do this he says modestly You just write a full desshycription of the plant pick a name that hasn t been used before and send it to the Royal Horticultural Society in England prekrrably with a photo The new names are published every year
It s hard coming up with new nanles though says Professor Evans He has named some of his varieties after the area in which they were grown shyArkel Marden Gold Aberfoyle He named one after his granddaughter Bronwen and one after his wife Ethelwaite ( her first and maiden names ) She gets a thrill whenever she sees that name on a ( flower show) prize list somewhere he says
Pink and pastel lilies are Professor Evans speciality and his favorite is a variety he caBs Blusbing Maiden It has mauvey pink tips with a white centre
Professor Evans and his wife edH a newsletter three times yearly for the Ontario Regional Lily Society and Professor Evans has just ended a two year term as president of the North American lily Society He has judged at nower shows all over Canada and the nited States and will preside at an international show in Hamilton in July
Because of his hobby Professor Evans is enjoying retirement He spends about 25 hours a week on his lilies in the summer months During the off season he grows seeds and works on his records He is working on increasing the number ofvarieties including spotless ones ( most lilies have spots which are dominant ) He is pleased that some of his former students are now growing lilies entering shows and joining li ly societies
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RURAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT GRADS TO FORM ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
The University School ofRural Planshyning and Development ( USRPampD ) was inaugurated at Guelph in 1980
USRPampD is built on the strengths of past Guelph initiatives such as the Centre for Resources Development and the Rural Development Outreach Project It is formally recognized by the Canadian Institute of Planners and offers Masters level programs in rural planning rural development international rural development and resources management It is also actively engaged in research and community outreach
Recent research topics have in shycluded land availabi Iityfor agricu lture
local economic development strateshygies rural aging northern and native community plannjng and developshyment rural transportation computer applications in planning and deve shylopment and water and waste management to name a few This research was conducted throughout Canada and arollnd the world inshycluding Nepal Kenya Indonesia St Lucia Belize and Botswana
The outreach interests ofthe School are fully integrated with its teaching and research activities Recent out shyreach projects have included the Childcare Network Project for families in rural Wellington County an evaJu shy
ation of the rural development proshygrams ofa Jesuit mission in southern Ethiopia a heritage strategy for the Town of IngerSOll and a recreation needs assessment for Sault Ste Marie
Graduates of USRPampD as well as graduates of the former Centre for Resource Development are now being invited to form an alumni association to keep members updated on School activities their fellow alumni and issues concerning rural planning and development For further information contact Professor Harry Cummings USRampD University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N1G 2WI ( 519) 824-4120 ext 6783
JOIN YOUR OAC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NOW Did you know that as a graduate of OAC you are not automatically a member of the OAC Alumni Assoshyciation However anyone involved in a formal agricultural education at OAC ( past present or future ) is not only eligible to become a member but is encouragetl to do so
The OAC Alumni Association is a separate entity from the University of Guelph Alumni Association anti has specific responsibilities It awards
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ARTS Joanna Black 81 Ls aisistant direclOr curator The Marietta-Cobb Fine Arts Centre Marietta Georgia
Richard Hoffman 78 a Canadian Press journalist in Toronto is married pound0 Martine Bracey CBS 77
Laura Mezey-Hamid 82 administrative assistant to the vice-president of finance Penningtons Stores Umjted Toronto is married to Shaheed Hamid CSS 82
John Laurence (Stash) Stasiw 76 is marketing manager Philips Electronics Ltd Scarborough
Dirk Vanbattum 75 is vice-president Eddie May Mysteries Ottawa
CBS Michael Best 77 is a research technician Cross Cancer Institute Edmonton
GRAD NEWS EUzabeth Jane (Kempe) Coker 82 a resource worker CaJedon Parent-ChiId Centre Bolton is married to Dr Ted Coker OVC 87
Janet Ebanks 86 is a medical social worker Cayman overnment Health Sershyvices George Town Grand Cayman Cayman Islands British West Indies
Kevin Ferguson 80 supervisor of Outdoor Education for the Elgin County Board of Education married Suzanne Schmid BEd (Nipissing) 82 in April 1987 She works for the Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority They live near Aylmer
Michael Hackenberger 81 is president Canadian Zoological Systems Toromo
Heather Hattin 84 (HK) whose rowing accomplishments were featured in the winter 1987 issue ofthe GuelphAlumnus won Canadas first-ever gold medal in womens rowing in the double-scull event at the world championships in Copenhagen last summer
Cynthia (Porter)JefIrey 85 is studying for an MSc in Food Science at the University of Manitoba She is married to ScottJefIrey OAC 82 assistant professor ofAgncul tural Economics at the University of Manitoba They live in Winnipeg
Dr Gord Kennedy 85 senior chemist Union Carbine Corp Bound Brook New Jersey is married to Carrie Feaver CPS 84
Steven Kerr 77 is regional fisheries biologist Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources KemptviUe
Jim Lee 73 is director Research Services Min istry of Tourism Recreation and Culture Victoria BC
David Lemon 79 is senjor wildlife biologist S Fudge and Altsociates Ltd Saint Johns Nfld
Larry Patterson 76 is Grand Forks and District Aquatic Centre Manager Grand Forks Bc
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Stephen Rabbetts 79 is a zookeeper Metro Toronto Zoo Wcsthill
Cathy Oohnson) Rewcastle 80 is a fur biologist Manitoba atural Rcsources Winnipcg
Brian Sntith 78 micro ~)Stcms manager Natural Sciences Centre The University ofWestcrn Ontario London is married to Debra Bond CSS 79
Bradly Veitch 86 is second brewer Wellington County Brewery Guelph
Michael Wade 87 is responsible for aquaculture programs at Kpong Farms Volta River Authority Akuse Ghana the site of a major hydro-electric installation
P Allen Woodliffe 76 is the first and only district ecologist with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Chatham Districr He is married to Marie Gedcke FACS 75 and has a son Timothy TIl y Jive in Rondeau Provincial Park here Allen was park naturalist for 10 years before moving to the Chatham office
CPS Dr Syed Ahmed 87 is assistant proshyfessor Departme nt of Statistical and AClUarial Sciences University of Western Ontario London
Susan (Bishop) GraJ1am R3 a fourth year medical student Faculty ofMcdicinc University of Toronto is marri ed fO Don Graham CSS 83 CBS MSc 87 who is a ftl ll-time parent to their threc-year-old twins
Robert Lake 77 a self-employed conshysulting geolOgist is married to Susan Kay OAC 77 a human relations specialist with Petro Canada They live in Calgary
Robert Whitehead 79 is a mi ncr Denison Mines Ell iot Lake
Caroline (Carly) Williams 85 is a software engineer Wild Leitz Canada Toronto
CSS John Babcock 8 is special cabinet assistant Office of Minister of State (Forestry and Mines ) Ottawa
Jana Fie MA 87 i a neuropsychological associate Brazos Valley Rehabilitat ion Center Bl)an Texas
Danny Leung R6 is news submiddoteditor Asia Television Limited Hong Kong
Allison (Shaughnessy) Scanlan 84 production supervisor G I of Canada shyTruck Assltmbly Oshawa is mlITied [() Michael Scanlan 84 directo r of pur hasing Arbor Capital Rltsources
middotoronto
Patricia Sorbam 80 is executive assisshytant to the Ontario Minister of Energy Toronto
G Llewellyn Watson MA 70 a proshyfessor at the University of Prince Edward Island has written a texthook Dilemmas and Contradictions in Sucial 7beor) published by University Press of America
Terry Wright 76 is account manager John Logan National Leasing Bramptoll
MAC-FACS Marie (Tomelin) Cowlin 78 is brand manager Distillers Co Canada Ltd Toronto
Debbie Foster MSc 87 is medical coshyordi natorsex educator Youth Clinical Services Inc Down~view
Marilyn (Shirley) Goodwin 75 MSc 77 a research officer for CSC Ottawa h ma rricd to Fred Goodwin HAFA 75
Margaret (CJark)Jordan 82 manager Agricultural Employment Services Cmada Farm Iabour Pool Newmarkct is married to BrianJordan OAC 81
Margo (Payne) Langan 83 marketing communications co-ordinator Moore Response Technologies Mississauga is married toJohn Langan CBS 75
Nancy (Howard) Martin 81 senior contract managemcnt officer Consumer Products and Trtffic Management Brmch DepartJllent of Supply and Service~ Hull Que is marriltd to Phillip Martin CBS ( HK) 82
Helga (Strenzke) McDonald 84 public relations officer Centrilia Collegc Huron Park is married to Ian McDonald OAC 83
Marilyn Sewell-Kelley 78 is agriculshytura l health and safel) comiddotordinacor Rural Organizations and Services Branch OMAF Guelph and lives near Paris
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James Allen 77 (ODH ) is president of Allens Turf Services Ltd Calgary
Martin Bohl 85 is policy advisor OMAJ Toronto
Guy Bonnetta 79 manager Pioneer Overseas CorpJohnston Iowa is married to Carolyn Knowles CBS 78
Stew Carpenter 50 president ofDivershysity Farms Inc Paw Paw Midligan is married to Olive McEwan 79A scltretary-tnasurer ofDiversity Farms Inc
Harold Cau 60A and 67 is viceshypreSident Barnes Wines Limited St Catharines
Elroy Cober 85 and his wife Rhoda have begun three-year Mennonite Central Committee assignments inKabwe Zambia Elroy is working as provincial o ilseed office r and Rhoda as a general health worker
Eileen (Emmett) Cole 79 a registered
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Community ~ Barbecue ~
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(5 19) 824-4120 ext 2896
OVC CONFERENCE October 14 amp 15 1988
Details to follow in August issue of the Guelph Alumnus
For further in formation contact Dr Ron S_ Downey
Assist nt Dean ave at (5 19) 824-41 20 ext 441 1
or 441 3
CHOOSE A WINNER
TODAY NORTH AMERICAN LIFE 5650 Yong St North YoriltoOntario M2M G4
Lloyd Curtis OAC 7J MSc 74
nurse Colchester Hospital Truro 5 is married to Bill Cole 79 regional sales manager Clarence Farm Services L(vcr Truro
laura Cole 80 is a conservJLion planner Mississippi Vall y Conservation Authority Lanark
UoydCurtis 71 MSc 74 ofCalgary is national sales manager Agricultural Chem icals Division BASF Canada Inc BASF markets a wide range of crop proshyLection products Lloyd directs dle aCLivi shyties of BASFs liales force throughout Canada
James Donison H I is proje L engineer Costello Lomagney amp Denapoli ConshysulL ing Engineers Mancheste r New Hampshire
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Richard Graham OAC7J
Richard Graham 71 of Rrampton is naLional marketing maI111gcr Agricultural Chcmicab Divisi n f3ASF Canada Inc
Richard Helmer 62A married Marilyn Hogue in Oct 19R7 They live in Windsor Richard is supply tcaching for the Essex COllnty Board of Education and doing freclanltx horLicultural work during the summer months
Brian and Brigitte (Brunetzky) Kaufman 84 are pltased to announce the safe arrival of their son Nathaniel Brian All are reSiding at Bright
Dr Houchang Khatamian MSc 71 PhD 8 is associate professor Depart shyment of Horticul rure Kansas State Unishyversity Manhattan
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J cE~~~~f May 11 - Presidents Counc il Executive Luncheon
May 19-June 5 Guel ph Spring Festival
May 31-June 3 Convocation
June 13-15 Human Sexuality Conference
June 17-19 Alumni Weekend
July 10-13 Canadian Home Economics Association Con ference
July 26 Al um ni Assoc iation Executives O rientation Meeting
Masters of Agribusiness Management
111e University of Guelph is now olkring a Masters of Agribusiness Management for people interested in a comprehensive training program for manlgemel1l positions in modern agrihusiness
The program runs over I () months and is highly structured so that studenrs receive intensive practical training in all facets of agribusiness managemel1l
Ifyou have an agricultural background and wish to funher your career in management of farm or nonmiddotfarm agribuiiiness this program could he for you
For fu nhcr information on this program pleL~e contact
Professor Tom Funk Department of Agricultural Economics and Business University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl (519) 824middot4120 ext 3427
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Dr Elenimo Khonga PhD 87 is a lecturer University ofMalawi Chancellor College Zomba Malawi
Kevin Laidley 82 MSc 85 resource technician Niagara Peninsula Consershyvation Authority Allanburg is married to Lesley Nicholson FACS 83 child life specialist McMaster University Medical Centre Hamilton
Dr Monique Leclerc MSc 82 PhD 87 is assistant professor Department of Soil Science and Biometeorology Utah State University Logan
Maurice Marwood 64 MSc 66 is vicemiddot preSident sales and marketing Canadian Kenworth Company Mississauga He is responsible for all aspects of sales and marketing ofKenworth trucks and product support in Canada
Dr Giancarlo Mosch1ni PhD 86 is [caching in the Economics Department Iowa State University Ames not the Unimiddot versity of Iowa as stated in the fall 1987 issue oflhe GuelpbAlurnnus Our apolomiddot gie~ for [his error
Reid Palmer 63 is a research geneticist and professor Departments ofAgronomy and Genetics Iowa State University Ames
Dr Yousef Papadopoulos 80 MSc 82 PhD 87 a research scientist Agrimiddot cu lture Canada Nappan NS i$ married to Kathleen Glover 80 MSc 83
Andy Robinson 80 MSc 83 a genetimiddot cist Livestock Developmcnt Division Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Christine Howe Arts 81
Dr A Hamid Saleemi MSc 73 has received a PhD in Educational Psychology from Bayero UniverSity Kana Nigeria His thesis was Islamic Values and Commitment among HallSa Muslim Youtb Au Empirical Study and his reo search has been hailed as a pioneering study in the measurement of reJjgious commitment anlong MusJjms Dr Saleemi is principal tutor Department of Adult Education and Community Services Faculty of Education Bayero University
James Sampa MLA 86 is a lecturer in landscape design and natul 1 resource conservation School of Environmental Studies Copperbelt University Zambia
Bill Shotyk 81 completed his PhD in 1986 in the Geology Department at The University ofWestern Ontario and spent a year as visiting postdoctoral researcher at the UniverSity of California to study
thennodynamic stability of organic commiddot plexes of aluminum In Sept 1987 he married Beth Haas and they live in London where Bill is a postdoctoral research associate in the Geology Department UWO studying the surface chemistry of minerals He is also writing his first book The Geochemistry OfPeatandPeatlands to be published by Elsevier Amsterdam
jack Thompson OAC 81 is a firemiddot fighter Station No 1 Thomhlll
Susan Watkins 81 is program offi cer Horn of Africa Oxfam Canada She is in charge ofOxfams overseas development projects in Eutrea and Tigray prOvince of Ethiopia the majori ty of which are in agriculture and health
Dve Dr Ian Alexander 86 is a dmg evalumiddot ator Bureau of Veterinary Dmgs Health and Welfare Canada Ottawa
Dr Cheng Hock Choong PhD 72 is director Semex Canada Guelph
Dr Ann Davis 75 a graduate student at the University of Toronto has won the Hardi Cinader Prize for 1987 The award is given to the graduate student in the process of completing doctor-A work who most resembles renowned immunomiddot logist Dr Bernhard Cinaders originality and versatility
Dr john Debbie 65 is an epidemiomiddot logist New York State Health Department Albany
Dr jean Dodds 64 in addition to her research on blood clotting mechanisms has chaired several national and intermiddot national task forces on assorted topics
Dr Doug Galt 62 is laboratory head OMAF Brighton
Dr Maria Koller CBS 75 DVM 79 chief control programs Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Dr Robert Georgeson 72
Dr Darwin Lund 60 is veterinarian in charge Agriculture Canada Lethbridge Alta
Dr David Murphy 56 is director cardiovascular surgical unit Dalhousie
niversity Halifax
Dr Gary Nash 77 veterinary research officer Institute of Aquaculture University
ofStirling Stirling Scotland is married to Marilyn Klein CBS 77
Dr HG Rees 55 joined the faculty of Massey University New Zealand after 10 years ofgeneral practice Upon completion of his masters degree he as appointed senio r lect urer at the University of Melbourne In 1970 he returned to prac shytice in his native Wales and has spent the past 12 years on the faculty at SeaJe-Hayne College there He has a small sheep farm
ARTS Bruce Westheuser 76 ofToronto died Dec 7 1987 He was a teacher Toronto Montessori Schools Hlt is survived by his father Ronald and stcpmodlcr Dorothy two sisters and a brodumiddotr
CSS Robert A Dodd MA 75 of Victoria BC died Oct 8 1987 He had been employed by the Ministry of Health He is survived by his wife Wendy
Bruce G Miller 72 of Aurora Ont died Sept 2 1987 He was a teacher with York Region Board of Education He is survived by his wife
MAC-FACS Etta (Birdsall) Garnham 17D of Tillsonhurg Ont died Jan 11 1988 She is survi ed by her sister Doris Oatman
Kathleen (Coggs) Hallam 120 of Toronto died jan 23 1988
Katherine L (Williamson) Killmaster 35D of Southfield Michigan died jan 31 1988
GAdora(Beemer)McFadyen 29Dof Port Elgin Ont died Apri l 8 L987 She is Survived by her son George S McFadyen OAC 50A
Anne E Spera 280 of Dundas Ont died Jan 26 1988
Dora M (Dies) Terryberry 260 of Weston Ont died Jan 22 1988 She is survived by her son Douglas
and maintains a single man general pracshytice Sheep health and production are his main interests and in the fall he was admitted to the Cert SHP by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons In 1989 he plans to retrace his footsteps to learn about his main interests in the countries in which he was trained
Dr Duncan Sinclair 58 OAC MSc 60 (nutrition ) Schofield lecturer 1983 will become Queens University Dean of
IN MEMORIAM
OAC Aimee A (Ups) Acklen 36 of Irving Texas died Feb 2 1987 She is survived by her husband Robert and one son
George K Beare 37 A of xbridge Ont died Oct 30 1987 He is survived by his wife Ruby
Dr J Ritchie Cowan 39 of Corvallis Oregon died Nov 12 1987 He was a retired professor of agronomy and proshyfessor emeritus Oregon State University He received his MS and a doctorate in plant genetics from the University of Minnesota He served as national president of the Crop Science Socicty of America the American Society of Agronomy the American Forage and Graosland Council the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology and the League for Intershynational Food Education He was pre shydeceased by his first wife DorothyWhite Mac 39 He is survived by his second wife Ruth and two children
WUliam M Croskery 15 of Ottawa died Nov 17 1987 He was a retired agricultural representative for Carleton County He is survived by three children
Walter C Fisher 26 of Sf Catharines Ont died jan 20 1988 He is survived by his wife Alice ( Petrie ) and three children
William A Hammond 18 Port Dovers oldest World War I veteran died Sept 29 1987 at 95 Prior to entering OAC he farmed worked in a lumber camp in BC and fought forest fires in Montana During the war he served in France and Belgium with the 55th l3atteryofthe Royal Canadian Art illery advancing from gunner to sergeant In 1920 he married Minerva Mitchell and they farmed in Woodhouse Township Mter retir ing he became clerk-treasurer of the township and later
Medicine and Vice-Principal ( Health Sciences) onJuly 1 He has served Queens in various capacities since joining the departme nt of physiolo gy in 1966 Nationally he has been invo lved with the Medical Research Council of Canada for many years includ ing a term as its director-genera1
Dr Anne Marie Taylor 81 is direc tor of an imal care Animal Care Centre Dalhousie niversity Halifax
held the san1e position with the Town of Port Dover He also served on the Ontario Assessment Appeal Board and was a fanner chai rman of the Simcoe High School Board In 1967 he received a Centennial Medal for service to his communi ty He was predeceased by bis wife and a son and is survived by two daughters Betty Murton ofWatetiord and Doris LlIldon of listoweI
Kandappar NJeyasseelan MSA 56 of Peradeniya Sri Lanka died Oct 22 1987 He is survived by two children
Frank J King 33 of Thornhill One died Dec 19 1987 He was a pioneer of Canadas broiler chicken industry and retired senior executive and director of Ralston Purina Canada Inc He is survived by his wife Rachel and a son
Robert C (Bob) lGrkness 56 of Maple Ridge BC died Oct 10 1987 He is survived by his wife
] Morley Lawrence 1 7 of Windsor died Oct 4 1987
John S Lennox 66A of Shallow Lake Ont died as the result of a farm accident Nov 4 1987 He is survived by his wife Ada and a son
Alex T Macnab 36 of North Fort Myers Fla died Dec 18 1987 He is survived by his wife Vella
NormanJ Myles 39 of Guelph died j an 24 1988 He had been a second lieutenant 11 th Field Brigade Royal Canadian Artillery He is survived by his wife Luella Beverley (Highan1 ) and two children
Robert W Phillips 39 of Belleville Ont died Sept 21 1987 -John W Robertson 38 of Thorold Ont died Oct 21 1987 He is survived by his wife Elizabeth and daughter Janice Partlow Arts 70
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Henry H Rooke 8 of Barrie Ont died Dec 16 1987 lIe was retired from the Department of National Health and Welfare He is survived by his wife Harriet Mac 40 and daughters Jane Lennox and Nancy RookemiddotAllen CBS 73
Robert H See 65A ofBohon Ont died Nov 14 1987 He was the son of Margaret (Huston) See Mac 33 and the late Dr John N See OAC 35 OVC 38 He is survived by his wife Brenda and two sisters
WilliamT (Bill) Smith 35 ofStfJtford Ont died Sept 19 1987 He is survived by his wife Maude and five children
Annie H Tasi MSc 72 ofGuelph died Dec 9 1987 She received her BSc in Agriculture from the National Taiwan University in 1965 After receiving her masters in horticulture from Guelph she worked as a research technician in the Universipound) Department of Horticultural Science Shc is survived by her hu~band Benjamin and two children
William G Toner 20A and 22 of Guelph died Jan 30 1988 He is survived by hi wife Eileen and four children
W Benson (Ben) Vair 55 of Sarnia died Jan 6 1988 He taught science at Northern Collegiate in Sarnia for 25 years retiring in 1987
A Gordon O Whiteside 20A and 22 of Ottawa died June 2 1987 Ht was retired after 42 years as a cerealist with Agriculture Canada and wa~ a Fellow of thc Agricultural Institute of Canada lie developed sevedl varieties of Canadian whtat one of which bears his namt Gordon He is su rvived byhis wife Irene and three children
Joseph H Willmott 22A of Milton died Oct 23 1987 He is survived by his sonJohn c Willmott 55
PROFESSORS
Dr Denis H Stott professor emeritus since 1980 diedJan 22 1988 in England at 78 He was ftrst chair Department of Psychology from 1966-68 and was intershyna tionally known as a pioneer in deve shyloping learning techniques for hardmiddottOmiddot teach children He founded the Centre for Educational Disabilities which he directed until h is retirement in 1975 His research focused on the causes and promiddot
blems of delinquent school boys He is survived by hiswifeJane and tw children
Dr Robert D Whiteford of Qualicum Beach Vancouver Island former professor Department of Biomedical Sciences died Feb ] 0 1988 He is survived by his wife Beatrice and one son
STAFF Ray Catchpole a member of the Unj middot versitys Sulawesi Regional Development Project team in Indonesia died Nov 27 1987 in Jakarta at 46 He had been with the project sinet its inception in 1984 He is survived by his wife Ani and his mother Muriel Lucas A mcmorial fund has been established in his nanle Contributions may be forwarded to the Department of
Alumni Affairs and Development The fund will provide a bursary for Indonesians and Canadians involved in exchange between the two ountries It will be adminbtered by the niversity School of Rural Planning and Development
FRIENDS
Joseph Arlen of Guelph died Sept 5 1987 He pursued studies at OAC from 1957 to ) 959 before completing an engineering degree at the University of Toronto He is survived by his wife Judy who works in Photographic Services on campus and two children A Joseph Arlen Memorial Prize in Horticulture has been established Contributions may be forshywarded to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development
ASPARAGUS RESEARCHER DIES IN GUELPH
Herman (Herm) Tiessen OAC 51 onc of Canadas fore middot most aspard1t1s researdlers rued in Guelph Dec 10 1987 at 63 Or Ticsscn had been a horticul shyture professor at the University since 1955 and was co-ordinator of the National Asparagus Reshysearch Program
At its fiftieth anniversary meeting in london the day of his death the Ontario Asparagus Growers Marketing Board honored Dr Tiessen as the pershyson who had made the greatest contributions to the industry over the last 50 years He was also weU known for his work on greehouse tOmatoes and for a collaborative project with Texaco that used waste energy from the companys refinery to heat greenhouses
After graduating from OAC Dr Tiessen received his masters and PhD degrees from Michigan State University and returned to his alma mater to join the Department of Horticultural Science He traveUed widely to share his knowledge on veget-
The late Professor Herm Tiessen OAC51
able growing with scientists around the world most recently to New Zealand and Taiwan He -wa a member of the Agricultural Institute of Canada and the Canadjm American and Intermiddot national Societies for Horticulmiddot tural Science He was also an active member of the OAC Alumni Association
He is sUlvived by his wife Marjorie and two children
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JlAVIeuro 17 18 19 GOlf Tournament
The classic confrontation on the green the Gryphon Club Golf Tournament will start things rolling on Friday at the Cutten Club Prizes will be awarded
Barbecue amp CasinO Night
Meet your friends at Alumni House Friday evening for a barbecued feast and try your llck at the casino tables
SIOwpitch Tournament
The Grad loungers will defendtheir championship title at the alumnistudent co-ed slowpitch tournament Why not get a team together to compete for the first-place trophy and other awards Teams should consist of 12 to 20 players with at least six females per team Three one-hour games are guaranteed for each team
Tours Lectures Demonstrations
Tour the new Equine Research Centre see computer laboratory demonstrations at the College of Family and Consumer Studies or catch an enlightening lecture If its nature you enjoy visit the Arboretum the Marine Biology Laboratory or the Elora Gorge Conservation Area
Celebrity Auction
Join in the fun and bid on a fascinating assortment of articles donated by local celebriti~s Lots of surprises in store All proceeds will go to Alumni House
Awards Presentations
At the Presidents Picnic at noOn on Saturday the Alumnus of Honor award and the Alumni Medal of Achievement will be presented Come and celebrate with the recipients
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See page 7 for your Alumni Weekend reservation form For further information see your College section inside or call the Alumni Weekend hotline (519) 824-4120 ext 2102
Class Reunions
Is your class having a reunion Check page 7 to find out Reunions are a great opportunity to meet old
friends and renew acquaintshyances The Alumni Associations will host their graduates of 50
years or more at a Golden Anniversary Din ner
Champagne Brunch
Toast Alumni Weekend 88 at a champagne brunch held on the Alumni House patio Sunday The Guelph Concert Band will provide entertainment
RURAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT GRADS TO FORM ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
The University School ofRural Planshyning and Development ( USRPampD ) was inaugurated at Guelph in 1980
USRPampD is built on the strengths of past Guelph initiatives such as the Centre for Resources Development and the Rural Development Outreach Project It is formally recognized by the Canadian Institute of Planners and offers Masters level programs in rural planning rural development international rural development and resources management It is also actively engaged in research and community outreach
Recent research topics have in shycluded land availabi Iityfor agricu lture
local economic development strateshygies rural aging northern and native community plannjng and developshyment rural transportation computer applications in planning and deve shylopment and water and waste management to name a few This research was conducted throughout Canada and arollnd the world inshycluding Nepal Kenya Indonesia St Lucia Belize and Botswana
The outreach interests ofthe School are fully integrated with its teaching and research activities Recent out shyreach projects have included the Childcare Network Project for families in rural Wellington County an evaJu shy
ation of the rural development proshygrams ofa Jesuit mission in southern Ethiopia a heritage strategy for the Town of IngerSOll and a recreation needs assessment for Sault Ste Marie
Graduates of USRPampD as well as graduates of the former Centre for Resource Development are now being invited to form an alumni association to keep members updated on School activities their fellow alumni and issues concerning rural planning and development For further information contact Professor Harry Cummings USRampD University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N1G 2WI ( 519) 824-4120 ext 6783
JOIN YOUR OAC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NOW Did you know that as a graduate of OAC you are not automatically a member of the OAC Alumni Assoshyciation However anyone involved in a formal agricultural education at OAC ( past present or future ) is not only eligible to become a member but is encouragetl to do so
The OAC Alumni Association is a separate entity from the University of Guelph Alumni Association anti has specific responsibilities It awards
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ARTS Joanna Black 81 Ls aisistant direclOr curator The Marietta-Cobb Fine Arts Centre Marietta Georgia
Richard Hoffman 78 a Canadian Press journalist in Toronto is married pound0 Martine Bracey CBS 77
Laura Mezey-Hamid 82 administrative assistant to the vice-president of finance Penningtons Stores Umjted Toronto is married to Shaheed Hamid CSS 82
John Laurence (Stash) Stasiw 76 is marketing manager Philips Electronics Ltd Scarborough
Dirk Vanbattum 75 is vice-president Eddie May Mysteries Ottawa
CBS Michael Best 77 is a research technician Cross Cancer Institute Edmonton
GRAD NEWS EUzabeth Jane (Kempe) Coker 82 a resource worker CaJedon Parent-ChiId Centre Bolton is married to Dr Ted Coker OVC 87
Janet Ebanks 86 is a medical social worker Cayman overnment Health Sershyvices George Town Grand Cayman Cayman Islands British West Indies
Kevin Ferguson 80 supervisor of Outdoor Education for the Elgin County Board of Education married Suzanne Schmid BEd (Nipissing) 82 in April 1987 She works for the Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority They live near Aylmer
Michael Hackenberger 81 is president Canadian Zoological Systems Toromo
Heather Hattin 84 (HK) whose rowing accomplishments were featured in the winter 1987 issue ofthe GuelphAlumnus won Canadas first-ever gold medal in womens rowing in the double-scull event at the world championships in Copenhagen last summer
Cynthia (Porter)JefIrey 85 is studying for an MSc in Food Science at the University of Manitoba She is married to ScottJefIrey OAC 82 assistant professor ofAgncul tural Economics at the University of Manitoba They live in Winnipeg
Dr Gord Kennedy 85 senior chemist Union Carbine Corp Bound Brook New Jersey is married to Carrie Feaver CPS 84
Steven Kerr 77 is regional fisheries biologist Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources KemptviUe
Jim Lee 73 is director Research Services Min istry of Tourism Recreation and Culture Victoria BC
David Lemon 79 is senjor wildlife biologist S Fudge and Altsociates Ltd Saint Johns Nfld
Larry Patterson 76 is Grand Forks and District Aquatic Centre Manager Grand Forks Bc
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Our low price includes return flights to Paris group transfers to Tours university residence accommodation most meals tuition and certifi shycate of course completion Departures - July 1 July 31 Sept 2 1988 Inclusive prices from Toronto Montreal $244500 Edmonton Calgary $269800 Vancouver $274800
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September 2324amp 25
Stephen Rabbetts 79 is a zookeeper Metro Toronto Zoo Wcsthill
Cathy Oohnson) Rewcastle 80 is a fur biologist Manitoba atural Rcsources Winnipcg
Brian Sntith 78 micro ~)Stcms manager Natural Sciences Centre The University ofWestcrn Ontario London is married to Debra Bond CSS 79
Bradly Veitch 86 is second brewer Wellington County Brewery Guelph
Michael Wade 87 is responsible for aquaculture programs at Kpong Farms Volta River Authority Akuse Ghana the site of a major hydro-electric installation
P Allen Woodliffe 76 is the first and only district ecologist with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Chatham Districr He is married to Marie Gedcke FACS 75 and has a son Timothy TIl y Jive in Rondeau Provincial Park here Allen was park naturalist for 10 years before moving to the Chatham office
CPS Dr Syed Ahmed 87 is assistant proshyfessor Departme nt of Statistical and AClUarial Sciences University of Western Ontario London
Susan (Bishop) GraJ1am R3 a fourth year medical student Faculty ofMcdicinc University of Toronto is marri ed fO Don Graham CSS 83 CBS MSc 87 who is a ftl ll-time parent to their threc-year-old twins
Robert Lake 77 a self-employed conshysulting geolOgist is married to Susan Kay OAC 77 a human relations specialist with Petro Canada They live in Calgary
Robert Whitehead 79 is a mi ncr Denison Mines Ell iot Lake
Caroline (Carly) Williams 85 is a software engineer Wild Leitz Canada Toronto
CSS John Babcock 8 is special cabinet assistant Office of Minister of State (Forestry and Mines ) Ottawa
Jana Fie MA 87 i a neuropsychological associate Brazos Valley Rehabilitat ion Center Bl)an Texas
Danny Leung R6 is news submiddoteditor Asia Television Limited Hong Kong
Allison (Shaughnessy) Scanlan 84 production supervisor G I of Canada shyTruck Assltmbly Oshawa is mlITied [() Michael Scanlan 84 directo r of pur hasing Arbor Capital Rltsources
middotoronto
Patricia Sorbam 80 is executive assisshytant to the Ontario Minister of Energy Toronto
G Llewellyn Watson MA 70 a proshyfessor at the University of Prince Edward Island has written a texthook Dilemmas and Contradictions in Sucial 7beor) published by University Press of America
Terry Wright 76 is account manager John Logan National Leasing Bramptoll
MAC-FACS Marie (Tomelin) Cowlin 78 is brand manager Distillers Co Canada Ltd Toronto
Debbie Foster MSc 87 is medical coshyordi natorsex educator Youth Clinical Services Inc Down~view
Marilyn (Shirley) Goodwin 75 MSc 77 a research officer for CSC Ottawa h ma rricd to Fred Goodwin HAFA 75
Margaret (CJark)Jordan 82 manager Agricultural Employment Services Cmada Farm Iabour Pool Newmarkct is married to BrianJordan OAC 81
Margo (Payne) Langan 83 marketing communications co-ordinator Moore Response Technologies Mississauga is married toJohn Langan CBS 75
Nancy (Howard) Martin 81 senior contract managemcnt officer Consumer Products and Trtffic Management Brmch DepartJllent of Supply and Service~ Hull Que is marriltd to Phillip Martin CBS ( HK) 82
Helga (Strenzke) McDonald 84 public relations officer Centrilia Collegc Huron Park is married to Ian McDonald OAC 83
Marilyn Sewell-Kelley 78 is agriculshytura l health and safel) comiddotordinacor Rural Organizations and Services Branch OMAF Guelph and lives near Paris
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James Allen 77 (ODH ) is president of Allens Turf Services Ltd Calgary
Martin Bohl 85 is policy advisor OMAJ Toronto
Guy Bonnetta 79 manager Pioneer Overseas CorpJohnston Iowa is married to Carolyn Knowles CBS 78
Stew Carpenter 50 president ofDivershysity Farms Inc Paw Paw Midligan is married to Olive McEwan 79A scltretary-tnasurer ofDiversity Farms Inc
Harold Cau 60A and 67 is viceshypreSident Barnes Wines Limited St Catharines
Elroy Cober 85 and his wife Rhoda have begun three-year Mennonite Central Committee assignments inKabwe Zambia Elroy is working as provincial o ilseed office r and Rhoda as a general health worker
Eileen (Emmett) Cole 79 a registered
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CALL TOLL FREE 1-800-668-0195 for a free brochure from North American Life describing this important association benefit You can also contact your NAt representative or call Jeff Jennings the GueJph Alumni Insurance Consultant at (416) 491-4046
University of Guelph
Community ~ Barbecue ~
Thursday July 14
For more information ontact Anita McManamna
(5 19) 824-4120 ext 2896
OVC CONFERENCE October 14 amp 15 1988
Details to follow in August issue of the Guelph Alumnus
For further in formation contact Dr Ron S_ Downey
Assist nt Dean ave at (5 19) 824-41 20 ext 441 1
or 441 3
CHOOSE A WINNER
TODAY NORTH AMERICAN LIFE 5650 Yong St North YoriltoOntario M2M G4
Lloyd Curtis OAC 7J MSc 74
nurse Colchester Hospital Truro 5 is married to Bill Cole 79 regional sales manager Clarence Farm Services L(vcr Truro
laura Cole 80 is a conservJLion planner Mississippi Vall y Conservation Authority Lanark
UoydCurtis 71 MSc 74 ofCalgary is national sales manager Agricultural Chem icals Division BASF Canada Inc BASF markets a wide range of crop proshyLection products Lloyd directs dle aCLivi shyties of BASFs liales force throughout Canada
James Donison H I is proje L engineer Costello Lomagney amp Denapoli ConshysulL ing Engineers Mancheste r New Hampshire
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Richard Graham OAC7J
Richard Graham 71 of Rrampton is naLional marketing maI111gcr Agricultural Chcmicab Divisi n f3ASF Canada Inc
Richard Helmer 62A married Marilyn Hogue in Oct 19R7 They live in Windsor Richard is supply tcaching for the Essex COllnty Board of Education and doing freclanltx horLicultural work during the summer months
Brian and Brigitte (Brunetzky) Kaufman 84 are pltased to announce the safe arrival of their son Nathaniel Brian All are reSiding at Bright
Dr Houchang Khatamian MSc 71 PhD 8 is associate professor Depart shyment of Horticul rure Kansas State Unishyversity Manhattan
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J cE~~~~f May 11 - Presidents Counc il Executive Luncheon
May 19-June 5 Guel ph Spring Festival
May 31-June 3 Convocation
June 13-15 Human Sexuality Conference
June 17-19 Alumni Weekend
July 10-13 Canadian Home Economics Association Con ference
July 26 Al um ni Assoc iation Executives O rientation Meeting
Masters of Agribusiness Management
111e University of Guelph is now olkring a Masters of Agribusiness Management for people interested in a comprehensive training program for manlgemel1l positions in modern agrihusiness
The program runs over I () months and is highly structured so that studenrs receive intensive practical training in all facets of agribusiness managemel1l
Ifyou have an agricultural background and wish to funher your career in management of farm or nonmiddotfarm agribuiiiness this program could he for you
For fu nhcr information on this program pleL~e contact
Professor Tom Funk Department of Agricultural Economics and Business University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl (519) 824middot4120 ext 3427
UNIVERSITY ffGUELPH
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Dr Elenimo Khonga PhD 87 is a lecturer University ofMalawi Chancellor College Zomba Malawi
Kevin Laidley 82 MSc 85 resource technician Niagara Peninsula Consershyvation Authority Allanburg is married to Lesley Nicholson FACS 83 child life specialist McMaster University Medical Centre Hamilton
Dr Monique Leclerc MSc 82 PhD 87 is assistant professor Department of Soil Science and Biometeorology Utah State University Logan
Maurice Marwood 64 MSc 66 is vicemiddot preSident sales and marketing Canadian Kenworth Company Mississauga He is responsible for all aspects of sales and marketing ofKenworth trucks and product support in Canada
Dr Giancarlo Mosch1ni PhD 86 is [caching in the Economics Department Iowa State University Ames not the Unimiddot versity of Iowa as stated in the fall 1987 issue oflhe GuelpbAlurnnus Our apolomiddot gie~ for [his error
Reid Palmer 63 is a research geneticist and professor Departments ofAgronomy and Genetics Iowa State University Ames
Dr Yousef Papadopoulos 80 MSc 82 PhD 87 a research scientist Agrimiddot cu lture Canada Nappan NS i$ married to Kathleen Glover 80 MSc 83
Andy Robinson 80 MSc 83 a genetimiddot cist Livestock Developmcnt Division Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Christine Howe Arts 81
Dr A Hamid Saleemi MSc 73 has received a PhD in Educational Psychology from Bayero UniverSity Kana Nigeria His thesis was Islamic Values and Commitment among HallSa Muslim Youtb Au Empirical Study and his reo search has been hailed as a pioneering study in the measurement of reJjgious commitment anlong MusJjms Dr Saleemi is principal tutor Department of Adult Education and Community Services Faculty of Education Bayero University
James Sampa MLA 86 is a lecturer in landscape design and natul 1 resource conservation School of Environmental Studies Copperbelt University Zambia
Bill Shotyk 81 completed his PhD in 1986 in the Geology Department at The University ofWestern Ontario and spent a year as visiting postdoctoral researcher at the UniverSity of California to study
thennodynamic stability of organic commiddot plexes of aluminum In Sept 1987 he married Beth Haas and they live in London where Bill is a postdoctoral research associate in the Geology Department UWO studying the surface chemistry of minerals He is also writing his first book The Geochemistry OfPeatandPeatlands to be published by Elsevier Amsterdam
jack Thompson OAC 81 is a firemiddot fighter Station No 1 Thomhlll
Susan Watkins 81 is program offi cer Horn of Africa Oxfam Canada She is in charge ofOxfams overseas development projects in Eutrea and Tigray prOvince of Ethiopia the majori ty of which are in agriculture and health
Dve Dr Ian Alexander 86 is a dmg evalumiddot ator Bureau of Veterinary Dmgs Health and Welfare Canada Ottawa
Dr Cheng Hock Choong PhD 72 is director Semex Canada Guelph
Dr Ann Davis 75 a graduate student at the University of Toronto has won the Hardi Cinader Prize for 1987 The award is given to the graduate student in the process of completing doctor-A work who most resembles renowned immunomiddot logist Dr Bernhard Cinaders originality and versatility
Dr john Debbie 65 is an epidemiomiddot logist New York State Health Department Albany
Dr jean Dodds 64 in addition to her research on blood clotting mechanisms has chaired several national and intermiddot national task forces on assorted topics
Dr Doug Galt 62 is laboratory head OMAF Brighton
Dr Maria Koller CBS 75 DVM 79 chief control programs Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Dr Robert Georgeson 72
Dr Darwin Lund 60 is veterinarian in charge Agriculture Canada Lethbridge Alta
Dr David Murphy 56 is director cardiovascular surgical unit Dalhousie
niversity Halifax
Dr Gary Nash 77 veterinary research officer Institute of Aquaculture University
ofStirling Stirling Scotland is married to Marilyn Klein CBS 77
Dr HG Rees 55 joined the faculty of Massey University New Zealand after 10 years ofgeneral practice Upon completion of his masters degree he as appointed senio r lect urer at the University of Melbourne In 1970 he returned to prac shytice in his native Wales and has spent the past 12 years on the faculty at SeaJe-Hayne College there He has a small sheep farm
ARTS Bruce Westheuser 76 ofToronto died Dec 7 1987 He was a teacher Toronto Montessori Schools Hlt is survived by his father Ronald and stcpmodlcr Dorothy two sisters and a brodumiddotr
CSS Robert A Dodd MA 75 of Victoria BC died Oct 8 1987 He had been employed by the Ministry of Health He is survived by his wife Wendy
Bruce G Miller 72 of Aurora Ont died Sept 2 1987 He was a teacher with York Region Board of Education He is survived by his wife
MAC-FACS Etta (Birdsall) Garnham 17D of Tillsonhurg Ont died Jan 11 1988 She is survi ed by her sister Doris Oatman
Kathleen (Coggs) Hallam 120 of Toronto died jan 23 1988
Katherine L (Williamson) Killmaster 35D of Southfield Michigan died jan 31 1988
GAdora(Beemer)McFadyen 29Dof Port Elgin Ont died Apri l 8 L987 She is Survived by her son George S McFadyen OAC 50A
Anne E Spera 280 of Dundas Ont died Jan 26 1988
Dora M (Dies) Terryberry 260 of Weston Ont died Jan 22 1988 She is survived by her son Douglas
and maintains a single man general pracshytice Sheep health and production are his main interests and in the fall he was admitted to the Cert SHP by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons In 1989 he plans to retrace his footsteps to learn about his main interests in the countries in which he was trained
Dr Duncan Sinclair 58 OAC MSc 60 (nutrition ) Schofield lecturer 1983 will become Queens University Dean of
IN MEMORIAM
OAC Aimee A (Ups) Acklen 36 of Irving Texas died Feb 2 1987 She is survived by her husband Robert and one son
George K Beare 37 A of xbridge Ont died Oct 30 1987 He is survived by his wife Ruby
Dr J Ritchie Cowan 39 of Corvallis Oregon died Nov 12 1987 He was a retired professor of agronomy and proshyfessor emeritus Oregon State University He received his MS and a doctorate in plant genetics from the University of Minnesota He served as national president of the Crop Science Socicty of America the American Society of Agronomy the American Forage and Graosland Council the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology and the League for Intershynational Food Education He was pre shydeceased by his first wife DorothyWhite Mac 39 He is survived by his second wife Ruth and two children
WUliam M Croskery 15 of Ottawa died Nov 17 1987 He was a retired agricultural representative for Carleton County He is survived by three children
Walter C Fisher 26 of Sf Catharines Ont died jan 20 1988 He is survived by his wife Alice ( Petrie ) and three children
William A Hammond 18 Port Dovers oldest World War I veteran died Sept 29 1987 at 95 Prior to entering OAC he farmed worked in a lumber camp in BC and fought forest fires in Montana During the war he served in France and Belgium with the 55th l3atteryofthe Royal Canadian Art illery advancing from gunner to sergeant In 1920 he married Minerva Mitchell and they farmed in Woodhouse Township Mter retir ing he became clerk-treasurer of the township and later
Medicine and Vice-Principal ( Health Sciences) onJuly 1 He has served Queens in various capacities since joining the departme nt of physiolo gy in 1966 Nationally he has been invo lved with the Medical Research Council of Canada for many years includ ing a term as its director-genera1
Dr Anne Marie Taylor 81 is direc tor of an imal care Animal Care Centre Dalhousie niversity Halifax
held the san1e position with the Town of Port Dover He also served on the Ontario Assessment Appeal Board and was a fanner chai rman of the Simcoe High School Board In 1967 he received a Centennial Medal for service to his communi ty He was predeceased by bis wife and a son and is survived by two daughters Betty Murton ofWatetiord and Doris LlIldon of listoweI
Kandappar NJeyasseelan MSA 56 of Peradeniya Sri Lanka died Oct 22 1987 He is survived by two children
Frank J King 33 of Thornhill One died Dec 19 1987 He was a pioneer of Canadas broiler chicken industry and retired senior executive and director of Ralston Purina Canada Inc He is survived by his wife Rachel and a son
Robert C (Bob) lGrkness 56 of Maple Ridge BC died Oct 10 1987 He is survived by his wife
] Morley Lawrence 1 7 of Windsor died Oct 4 1987
John S Lennox 66A of Shallow Lake Ont died as the result of a farm accident Nov 4 1987 He is survived by his wife Ada and a son
Alex T Macnab 36 of North Fort Myers Fla died Dec 18 1987 He is survived by his wife Vella
NormanJ Myles 39 of Guelph died j an 24 1988 He had been a second lieutenant 11 th Field Brigade Royal Canadian Artillery He is survived by his wife Luella Beverley (Highan1 ) and two children
Robert W Phillips 39 of Belleville Ont died Sept 21 1987 -John W Robertson 38 of Thorold Ont died Oct 21 1987 He is survived by his wife Elizabeth and daughter Janice Partlow Arts 70
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Henry H Rooke 8 of Barrie Ont died Dec 16 1987 lIe was retired from the Department of National Health and Welfare He is survived by his wife Harriet Mac 40 and daughters Jane Lennox and Nancy RookemiddotAllen CBS 73
Robert H See 65A ofBohon Ont died Nov 14 1987 He was the son of Margaret (Huston) See Mac 33 and the late Dr John N See OAC 35 OVC 38 He is survived by his wife Brenda and two sisters
WilliamT (Bill) Smith 35 ofStfJtford Ont died Sept 19 1987 He is survived by his wife Maude and five children
Annie H Tasi MSc 72 ofGuelph died Dec 9 1987 She received her BSc in Agriculture from the National Taiwan University in 1965 After receiving her masters in horticulture from Guelph she worked as a research technician in the Universipound) Department of Horticultural Science Shc is survived by her hu~band Benjamin and two children
William G Toner 20A and 22 of Guelph died Jan 30 1988 He is survived by hi wife Eileen and four children
W Benson (Ben) Vair 55 of Sarnia died Jan 6 1988 He taught science at Northern Collegiate in Sarnia for 25 years retiring in 1987
A Gordon O Whiteside 20A and 22 of Ottawa died June 2 1987 Ht was retired after 42 years as a cerealist with Agriculture Canada and wa~ a Fellow of thc Agricultural Institute of Canada lie developed sevedl varieties of Canadian whtat one of which bears his namt Gordon He is su rvived byhis wife Irene and three children
Joseph H Willmott 22A of Milton died Oct 23 1987 He is survived by his sonJohn c Willmott 55
PROFESSORS
Dr Denis H Stott professor emeritus since 1980 diedJan 22 1988 in England at 78 He was ftrst chair Department of Psychology from 1966-68 and was intershyna tionally known as a pioneer in deve shyloping learning techniques for hardmiddottOmiddot teach children He founded the Centre for Educational Disabilities which he directed until h is retirement in 1975 His research focused on the causes and promiddot
blems of delinquent school boys He is survived by hiswifeJane and tw children
Dr Robert D Whiteford of Qualicum Beach Vancouver Island former professor Department of Biomedical Sciences died Feb ] 0 1988 He is survived by his wife Beatrice and one son
STAFF Ray Catchpole a member of the Unj middot versitys Sulawesi Regional Development Project team in Indonesia died Nov 27 1987 in Jakarta at 46 He had been with the project sinet its inception in 1984 He is survived by his wife Ani and his mother Muriel Lucas A mcmorial fund has been established in his nanle Contributions may be forwarded to the Department of
Alumni Affairs and Development The fund will provide a bursary for Indonesians and Canadians involved in exchange between the two ountries It will be adminbtered by the niversity School of Rural Planning and Development
FRIENDS
Joseph Arlen of Guelph died Sept 5 1987 He pursued studies at OAC from 1957 to ) 959 before completing an engineering degree at the University of Toronto He is survived by his wife Judy who works in Photographic Services on campus and two children A Joseph Arlen Memorial Prize in Horticulture has been established Contributions may be forshywarded to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development
ASPARAGUS RESEARCHER DIES IN GUELPH
Herman (Herm) Tiessen OAC 51 onc of Canadas fore middot most aspard1t1s researdlers rued in Guelph Dec 10 1987 at 63 Or Ticsscn had been a horticul shyture professor at the University since 1955 and was co-ordinator of the National Asparagus Reshysearch Program
At its fiftieth anniversary meeting in london the day of his death the Ontario Asparagus Growers Marketing Board honored Dr Tiessen as the pershyson who had made the greatest contributions to the industry over the last 50 years He was also weU known for his work on greehouse tOmatoes and for a collaborative project with Texaco that used waste energy from the companys refinery to heat greenhouses
After graduating from OAC Dr Tiessen received his masters and PhD degrees from Michigan State University and returned to his alma mater to join the Department of Horticultural Science He traveUed widely to share his knowledge on veget-
The late Professor Herm Tiessen OAC51
able growing with scientists around the world most recently to New Zealand and Taiwan He -wa a member of the Agricultural Institute of Canada and the Canadjm American and Intermiddot national Societies for Horticulmiddot tural Science He was also an active member of the OAC Alumni Association
He is sUlvived by his wife Marjorie and two children
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JlAVIeuro 17 18 19 GOlf Tournament
The classic confrontation on the green the Gryphon Club Golf Tournament will start things rolling on Friday at the Cutten Club Prizes will be awarded
Barbecue amp CasinO Night
Meet your friends at Alumni House Friday evening for a barbecued feast and try your llck at the casino tables
SIOwpitch Tournament
The Grad loungers will defendtheir championship title at the alumnistudent co-ed slowpitch tournament Why not get a team together to compete for the first-place trophy and other awards Teams should consist of 12 to 20 players with at least six females per team Three one-hour games are guaranteed for each team
Tours Lectures Demonstrations
Tour the new Equine Research Centre see computer laboratory demonstrations at the College of Family and Consumer Studies or catch an enlightening lecture If its nature you enjoy visit the Arboretum the Marine Biology Laboratory or the Elora Gorge Conservation Area
Celebrity Auction
Join in the fun and bid on a fascinating assortment of articles donated by local celebriti~s Lots of surprises in store All proceeds will go to Alumni House
Awards Presentations
At the Presidents Picnic at noOn on Saturday the Alumnus of Honor award and the Alumni Medal of Achievement will be presented Come and celebrate with the recipients
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See page 7 for your Alumni Weekend reservation form For further information see your College section inside or call the Alumni Weekend hotline (519) 824-4120 ext 2102
Class Reunions
Is your class having a reunion Check page 7 to find out Reunions are a great opportunity to meet old
friends and renew acquaintshyances The Alumni Associations will host their graduates of 50
years or more at a Golden Anniversary Din ner
Champagne Brunch
Toast Alumni Weekend 88 at a champagne brunch held on the Alumni House patio Sunday The Guelph Concert Band will provide entertainment
ARTS Joanna Black 81 Ls aisistant direclOr curator The Marietta-Cobb Fine Arts Centre Marietta Georgia
Richard Hoffman 78 a Canadian Press journalist in Toronto is married pound0 Martine Bracey CBS 77
Laura Mezey-Hamid 82 administrative assistant to the vice-president of finance Penningtons Stores Umjted Toronto is married to Shaheed Hamid CSS 82
John Laurence (Stash) Stasiw 76 is marketing manager Philips Electronics Ltd Scarborough
Dirk Vanbattum 75 is vice-president Eddie May Mysteries Ottawa
CBS Michael Best 77 is a research technician Cross Cancer Institute Edmonton
GRAD NEWS EUzabeth Jane (Kempe) Coker 82 a resource worker CaJedon Parent-ChiId Centre Bolton is married to Dr Ted Coker OVC 87
Janet Ebanks 86 is a medical social worker Cayman overnment Health Sershyvices George Town Grand Cayman Cayman Islands British West Indies
Kevin Ferguson 80 supervisor of Outdoor Education for the Elgin County Board of Education married Suzanne Schmid BEd (Nipissing) 82 in April 1987 She works for the Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority They live near Aylmer
Michael Hackenberger 81 is president Canadian Zoological Systems Toromo
Heather Hattin 84 (HK) whose rowing accomplishments were featured in the winter 1987 issue ofthe GuelphAlumnus won Canadas first-ever gold medal in womens rowing in the double-scull event at the world championships in Copenhagen last summer
Cynthia (Porter)JefIrey 85 is studying for an MSc in Food Science at the University of Manitoba She is married to ScottJefIrey OAC 82 assistant professor ofAgncul tural Economics at the University of Manitoba They live in Winnipeg
Dr Gord Kennedy 85 senior chemist Union Carbine Corp Bound Brook New Jersey is married to Carrie Feaver CPS 84
Steven Kerr 77 is regional fisheries biologist Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources KemptviUe
Jim Lee 73 is director Research Services Min istry of Tourism Recreation and Culture Victoria BC
David Lemon 79 is senjor wildlife biologist S Fudge and Altsociates Ltd Saint Johns Nfld
Larry Patterson 76 is Grand Forks and District Aquatic Centre Manager Grand Forks Bc
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Dont Miss Homecoming
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Mark Your Calendar Now
September 2324amp 25
Stephen Rabbetts 79 is a zookeeper Metro Toronto Zoo Wcsthill
Cathy Oohnson) Rewcastle 80 is a fur biologist Manitoba atural Rcsources Winnipcg
Brian Sntith 78 micro ~)Stcms manager Natural Sciences Centre The University ofWestcrn Ontario London is married to Debra Bond CSS 79
Bradly Veitch 86 is second brewer Wellington County Brewery Guelph
Michael Wade 87 is responsible for aquaculture programs at Kpong Farms Volta River Authority Akuse Ghana the site of a major hydro-electric installation
P Allen Woodliffe 76 is the first and only district ecologist with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Chatham Districr He is married to Marie Gedcke FACS 75 and has a son Timothy TIl y Jive in Rondeau Provincial Park here Allen was park naturalist for 10 years before moving to the Chatham office
CPS Dr Syed Ahmed 87 is assistant proshyfessor Departme nt of Statistical and AClUarial Sciences University of Western Ontario London
Susan (Bishop) GraJ1am R3 a fourth year medical student Faculty ofMcdicinc University of Toronto is marri ed fO Don Graham CSS 83 CBS MSc 87 who is a ftl ll-time parent to their threc-year-old twins
Robert Lake 77 a self-employed conshysulting geolOgist is married to Susan Kay OAC 77 a human relations specialist with Petro Canada They live in Calgary
Robert Whitehead 79 is a mi ncr Denison Mines Ell iot Lake
Caroline (Carly) Williams 85 is a software engineer Wild Leitz Canada Toronto
CSS John Babcock 8 is special cabinet assistant Office of Minister of State (Forestry and Mines ) Ottawa
Jana Fie MA 87 i a neuropsychological associate Brazos Valley Rehabilitat ion Center Bl)an Texas
Danny Leung R6 is news submiddoteditor Asia Television Limited Hong Kong
Allison (Shaughnessy) Scanlan 84 production supervisor G I of Canada shyTruck Assltmbly Oshawa is mlITied [() Michael Scanlan 84 directo r of pur hasing Arbor Capital Rltsources
middotoronto
Patricia Sorbam 80 is executive assisshytant to the Ontario Minister of Energy Toronto
G Llewellyn Watson MA 70 a proshyfessor at the University of Prince Edward Island has written a texthook Dilemmas and Contradictions in Sucial 7beor) published by University Press of America
Terry Wright 76 is account manager John Logan National Leasing Bramptoll
MAC-FACS Marie (Tomelin) Cowlin 78 is brand manager Distillers Co Canada Ltd Toronto
Debbie Foster MSc 87 is medical coshyordi natorsex educator Youth Clinical Services Inc Down~view
Marilyn (Shirley) Goodwin 75 MSc 77 a research officer for CSC Ottawa h ma rricd to Fred Goodwin HAFA 75
Margaret (CJark)Jordan 82 manager Agricultural Employment Services Cmada Farm Iabour Pool Newmarkct is married to BrianJordan OAC 81
Margo (Payne) Langan 83 marketing communications co-ordinator Moore Response Technologies Mississauga is married toJohn Langan CBS 75
Nancy (Howard) Martin 81 senior contract managemcnt officer Consumer Products and Trtffic Management Brmch DepartJllent of Supply and Service~ Hull Que is marriltd to Phillip Martin CBS ( HK) 82
Helga (Strenzke) McDonald 84 public relations officer Centrilia Collegc Huron Park is married to Ian McDonald OAC 83
Marilyn Sewell-Kelley 78 is agriculshytura l health and safel) comiddotordinacor Rural Organizations and Services Branch OMAF Guelph and lives near Paris
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James Allen 77 (ODH ) is president of Allens Turf Services Ltd Calgary
Martin Bohl 85 is policy advisor OMAJ Toronto
Guy Bonnetta 79 manager Pioneer Overseas CorpJohnston Iowa is married to Carolyn Knowles CBS 78
Stew Carpenter 50 president ofDivershysity Farms Inc Paw Paw Midligan is married to Olive McEwan 79A scltretary-tnasurer ofDiversity Farms Inc
Harold Cau 60A and 67 is viceshypreSident Barnes Wines Limited St Catharines
Elroy Cober 85 and his wife Rhoda have begun three-year Mennonite Central Committee assignments inKabwe Zambia Elroy is working as provincial o ilseed office r and Rhoda as a general health worker
Eileen (Emmett) Cole 79 a registered
~~~ 0 ~ When it comes to choosing life and
n Health Insurance you have an advantage T You can choose a winner - your Alumni
i n~Urance program
This plan offers you
ECONOMY - you get low group rates
PORTABILI1Y - coverage that s not tied to your job
FLEXIBILllY - build a life insurance plan OR protect your income through disability coverage
AND MORE
CALL TOLL FREE 1-800-668-0195 for a free brochure from North American Life describing this important association benefit You can also contact your NAt representative or call Jeff Jennings the GueJph Alumni Insurance Consultant at (416) 491-4046
University of Guelph
Community ~ Barbecue ~
Thursday July 14
For more information ontact Anita McManamna
(5 19) 824-4120 ext 2896
OVC CONFERENCE October 14 amp 15 1988
Details to follow in August issue of the Guelph Alumnus
For further in formation contact Dr Ron S_ Downey
Assist nt Dean ave at (5 19) 824-41 20 ext 441 1
or 441 3
CHOOSE A WINNER
TODAY NORTH AMERICAN LIFE 5650 Yong St North YoriltoOntario M2M G4
Lloyd Curtis OAC 7J MSc 74
nurse Colchester Hospital Truro 5 is married to Bill Cole 79 regional sales manager Clarence Farm Services L(vcr Truro
laura Cole 80 is a conservJLion planner Mississippi Vall y Conservation Authority Lanark
UoydCurtis 71 MSc 74 ofCalgary is national sales manager Agricultural Chem icals Division BASF Canada Inc BASF markets a wide range of crop proshyLection products Lloyd directs dle aCLivi shyties of BASFs liales force throughout Canada
James Donison H I is proje L engineer Costello Lomagney amp Denapoli ConshysulL ing Engineers Mancheste r New Hampshire
oI
Richard Graham OAC7J
Richard Graham 71 of Rrampton is naLional marketing maI111gcr Agricultural Chcmicab Divisi n f3ASF Canada Inc
Richard Helmer 62A married Marilyn Hogue in Oct 19R7 They live in Windsor Richard is supply tcaching for the Essex COllnty Board of Education and doing freclanltx horLicultural work during the summer months
Brian and Brigitte (Brunetzky) Kaufman 84 are pltased to announce the safe arrival of their son Nathaniel Brian All are reSiding at Bright
Dr Houchang Khatamian MSc 71 PhD 8 is associate professor Depart shyment of Horticul rure Kansas State Unishyversity Manhattan
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J cE~~~~f May 11 - Presidents Counc il Executive Luncheon
May 19-June 5 Guel ph Spring Festival
May 31-June 3 Convocation
June 13-15 Human Sexuality Conference
June 17-19 Alumni Weekend
July 10-13 Canadian Home Economics Association Con ference
July 26 Al um ni Assoc iation Executives O rientation Meeting
Masters of Agribusiness Management
111e University of Guelph is now olkring a Masters of Agribusiness Management for people interested in a comprehensive training program for manlgemel1l positions in modern agrihusiness
The program runs over I () months and is highly structured so that studenrs receive intensive practical training in all facets of agribusiness managemel1l
Ifyou have an agricultural background and wish to funher your career in management of farm or nonmiddotfarm agribuiiiness this program could he for you
For fu nhcr information on this program pleL~e contact
Professor Tom Funk Department of Agricultural Economics and Business University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl (519) 824middot4120 ext 3427
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Dr Elenimo Khonga PhD 87 is a lecturer University ofMalawi Chancellor College Zomba Malawi
Kevin Laidley 82 MSc 85 resource technician Niagara Peninsula Consershyvation Authority Allanburg is married to Lesley Nicholson FACS 83 child life specialist McMaster University Medical Centre Hamilton
Dr Monique Leclerc MSc 82 PhD 87 is assistant professor Department of Soil Science and Biometeorology Utah State University Logan
Maurice Marwood 64 MSc 66 is vicemiddot preSident sales and marketing Canadian Kenworth Company Mississauga He is responsible for all aspects of sales and marketing ofKenworth trucks and product support in Canada
Dr Giancarlo Mosch1ni PhD 86 is [caching in the Economics Department Iowa State University Ames not the Unimiddot versity of Iowa as stated in the fall 1987 issue oflhe GuelpbAlurnnus Our apolomiddot gie~ for [his error
Reid Palmer 63 is a research geneticist and professor Departments ofAgronomy and Genetics Iowa State University Ames
Dr Yousef Papadopoulos 80 MSc 82 PhD 87 a research scientist Agrimiddot cu lture Canada Nappan NS i$ married to Kathleen Glover 80 MSc 83
Andy Robinson 80 MSc 83 a genetimiddot cist Livestock Developmcnt Division Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Christine Howe Arts 81
Dr A Hamid Saleemi MSc 73 has received a PhD in Educational Psychology from Bayero UniverSity Kana Nigeria His thesis was Islamic Values and Commitment among HallSa Muslim Youtb Au Empirical Study and his reo search has been hailed as a pioneering study in the measurement of reJjgious commitment anlong MusJjms Dr Saleemi is principal tutor Department of Adult Education and Community Services Faculty of Education Bayero University
James Sampa MLA 86 is a lecturer in landscape design and natul 1 resource conservation School of Environmental Studies Copperbelt University Zambia
Bill Shotyk 81 completed his PhD in 1986 in the Geology Department at The University ofWestern Ontario and spent a year as visiting postdoctoral researcher at the UniverSity of California to study
thennodynamic stability of organic commiddot plexes of aluminum In Sept 1987 he married Beth Haas and they live in London where Bill is a postdoctoral research associate in the Geology Department UWO studying the surface chemistry of minerals He is also writing his first book The Geochemistry OfPeatandPeatlands to be published by Elsevier Amsterdam
jack Thompson OAC 81 is a firemiddot fighter Station No 1 Thomhlll
Susan Watkins 81 is program offi cer Horn of Africa Oxfam Canada She is in charge ofOxfams overseas development projects in Eutrea and Tigray prOvince of Ethiopia the majori ty of which are in agriculture and health
Dve Dr Ian Alexander 86 is a dmg evalumiddot ator Bureau of Veterinary Dmgs Health and Welfare Canada Ottawa
Dr Cheng Hock Choong PhD 72 is director Semex Canada Guelph
Dr Ann Davis 75 a graduate student at the University of Toronto has won the Hardi Cinader Prize for 1987 The award is given to the graduate student in the process of completing doctor-A work who most resembles renowned immunomiddot logist Dr Bernhard Cinaders originality and versatility
Dr john Debbie 65 is an epidemiomiddot logist New York State Health Department Albany
Dr jean Dodds 64 in addition to her research on blood clotting mechanisms has chaired several national and intermiddot national task forces on assorted topics
Dr Doug Galt 62 is laboratory head OMAF Brighton
Dr Maria Koller CBS 75 DVM 79 chief control programs Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Dr Robert Georgeson 72
Dr Darwin Lund 60 is veterinarian in charge Agriculture Canada Lethbridge Alta
Dr David Murphy 56 is director cardiovascular surgical unit Dalhousie
niversity Halifax
Dr Gary Nash 77 veterinary research officer Institute of Aquaculture University
ofStirling Stirling Scotland is married to Marilyn Klein CBS 77
Dr HG Rees 55 joined the faculty of Massey University New Zealand after 10 years ofgeneral practice Upon completion of his masters degree he as appointed senio r lect urer at the University of Melbourne In 1970 he returned to prac shytice in his native Wales and has spent the past 12 years on the faculty at SeaJe-Hayne College there He has a small sheep farm
ARTS Bruce Westheuser 76 ofToronto died Dec 7 1987 He was a teacher Toronto Montessori Schools Hlt is survived by his father Ronald and stcpmodlcr Dorothy two sisters and a brodumiddotr
CSS Robert A Dodd MA 75 of Victoria BC died Oct 8 1987 He had been employed by the Ministry of Health He is survived by his wife Wendy
Bruce G Miller 72 of Aurora Ont died Sept 2 1987 He was a teacher with York Region Board of Education He is survived by his wife
MAC-FACS Etta (Birdsall) Garnham 17D of Tillsonhurg Ont died Jan 11 1988 She is survi ed by her sister Doris Oatman
Kathleen (Coggs) Hallam 120 of Toronto died jan 23 1988
Katherine L (Williamson) Killmaster 35D of Southfield Michigan died jan 31 1988
GAdora(Beemer)McFadyen 29Dof Port Elgin Ont died Apri l 8 L987 She is Survived by her son George S McFadyen OAC 50A
Anne E Spera 280 of Dundas Ont died Jan 26 1988
Dora M (Dies) Terryberry 260 of Weston Ont died Jan 22 1988 She is survived by her son Douglas
and maintains a single man general pracshytice Sheep health and production are his main interests and in the fall he was admitted to the Cert SHP by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons In 1989 he plans to retrace his footsteps to learn about his main interests in the countries in which he was trained
Dr Duncan Sinclair 58 OAC MSc 60 (nutrition ) Schofield lecturer 1983 will become Queens University Dean of
IN MEMORIAM
OAC Aimee A (Ups) Acklen 36 of Irving Texas died Feb 2 1987 She is survived by her husband Robert and one son
George K Beare 37 A of xbridge Ont died Oct 30 1987 He is survived by his wife Ruby
Dr J Ritchie Cowan 39 of Corvallis Oregon died Nov 12 1987 He was a retired professor of agronomy and proshyfessor emeritus Oregon State University He received his MS and a doctorate in plant genetics from the University of Minnesota He served as national president of the Crop Science Socicty of America the American Society of Agronomy the American Forage and Graosland Council the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology and the League for Intershynational Food Education He was pre shydeceased by his first wife DorothyWhite Mac 39 He is survived by his second wife Ruth and two children
WUliam M Croskery 15 of Ottawa died Nov 17 1987 He was a retired agricultural representative for Carleton County He is survived by three children
Walter C Fisher 26 of Sf Catharines Ont died jan 20 1988 He is survived by his wife Alice ( Petrie ) and three children
William A Hammond 18 Port Dovers oldest World War I veteran died Sept 29 1987 at 95 Prior to entering OAC he farmed worked in a lumber camp in BC and fought forest fires in Montana During the war he served in France and Belgium with the 55th l3atteryofthe Royal Canadian Art illery advancing from gunner to sergeant In 1920 he married Minerva Mitchell and they farmed in Woodhouse Township Mter retir ing he became clerk-treasurer of the township and later
Medicine and Vice-Principal ( Health Sciences) onJuly 1 He has served Queens in various capacities since joining the departme nt of physiolo gy in 1966 Nationally he has been invo lved with the Medical Research Council of Canada for many years includ ing a term as its director-genera1
Dr Anne Marie Taylor 81 is direc tor of an imal care Animal Care Centre Dalhousie niversity Halifax
held the san1e position with the Town of Port Dover He also served on the Ontario Assessment Appeal Board and was a fanner chai rman of the Simcoe High School Board In 1967 he received a Centennial Medal for service to his communi ty He was predeceased by bis wife and a son and is survived by two daughters Betty Murton ofWatetiord and Doris LlIldon of listoweI
Kandappar NJeyasseelan MSA 56 of Peradeniya Sri Lanka died Oct 22 1987 He is survived by two children
Frank J King 33 of Thornhill One died Dec 19 1987 He was a pioneer of Canadas broiler chicken industry and retired senior executive and director of Ralston Purina Canada Inc He is survived by his wife Rachel and a son
Robert C (Bob) lGrkness 56 of Maple Ridge BC died Oct 10 1987 He is survived by his wife
] Morley Lawrence 1 7 of Windsor died Oct 4 1987
John S Lennox 66A of Shallow Lake Ont died as the result of a farm accident Nov 4 1987 He is survived by his wife Ada and a son
Alex T Macnab 36 of North Fort Myers Fla died Dec 18 1987 He is survived by his wife Vella
NormanJ Myles 39 of Guelph died j an 24 1988 He had been a second lieutenant 11 th Field Brigade Royal Canadian Artillery He is survived by his wife Luella Beverley (Highan1 ) and two children
Robert W Phillips 39 of Belleville Ont died Sept 21 1987 -John W Robertson 38 of Thorold Ont died Oct 21 1987 He is survived by his wife Elizabeth and daughter Janice Partlow Arts 70
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Henry H Rooke 8 of Barrie Ont died Dec 16 1987 lIe was retired from the Department of National Health and Welfare He is survived by his wife Harriet Mac 40 and daughters Jane Lennox and Nancy RookemiddotAllen CBS 73
Robert H See 65A ofBohon Ont died Nov 14 1987 He was the son of Margaret (Huston) See Mac 33 and the late Dr John N See OAC 35 OVC 38 He is survived by his wife Brenda and two sisters
WilliamT (Bill) Smith 35 ofStfJtford Ont died Sept 19 1987 He is survived by his wife Maude and five children
Annie H Tasi MSc 72 ofGuelph died Dec 9 1987 She received her BSc in Agriculture from the National Taiwan University in 1965 After receiving her masters in horticulture from Guelph she worked as a research technician in the Universipound) Department of Horticultural Science Shc is survived by her hu~band Benjamin and two children
William G Toner 20A and 22 of Guelph died Jan 30 1988 He is survived by hi wife Eileen and four children
W Benson (Ben) Vair 55 of Sarnia died Jan 6 1988 He taught science at Northern Collegiate in Sarnia for 25 years retiring in 1987
A Gordon O Whiteside 20A and 22 of Ottawa died June 2 1987 Ht was retired after 42 years as a cerealist with Agriculture Canada and wa~ a Fellow of thc Agricultural Institute of Canada lie developed sevedl varieties of Canadian whtat one of which bears his namt Gordon He is su rvived byhis wife Irene and three children
Joseph H Willmott 22A of Milton died Oct 23 1987 He is survived by his sonJohn c Willmott 55
PROFESSORS
Dr Denis H Stott professor emeritus since 1980 diedJan 22 1988 in England at 78 He was ftrst chair Department of Psychology from 1966-68 and was intershyna tionally known as a pioneer in deve shyloping learning techniques for hardmiddottOmiddot teach children He founded the Centre for Educational Disabilities which he directed until h is retirement in 1975 His research focused on the causes and promiddot
blems of delinquent school boys He is survived by hiswifeJane and tw children
Dr Robert D Whiteford of Qualicum Beach Vancouver Island former professor Department of Biomedical Sciences died Feb ] 0 1988 He is survived by his wife Beatrice and one son
STAFF Ray Catchpole a member of the Unj middot versitys Sulawesi Regional Development Project team in Indonesia died Nov 27 1987 in Jakarta at 46 He had been with the project sinet its inception in 1984 He is survived by his wife Ani and his mother Muriel Lucas A mcmorial fund has been established in his nanle Contributions may be forwarded to the Department of
Alumni Affairs and Development The fund will provide a bursary for Indonesians and Canadians involved in exchange between the two ountries It will be adminbtered by the niversity School of Rural Planning and Development
FRIENDS
Joseph Arlen of Guelph died Sept 5 1987 He pursued studies at OAC from 1957 to ) 959 before completing an engineering degree at the University of Toronto He is survived by his wife Judy who works in Photographic Services on campus and two children A Joseph Arlen Memorial Prize in Horticulture has been established Contributions may be forshywarded to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development
ASPARAGUS RESEARCHER DIES IN GUELPH
Herman (Herm) Tiessen OAC 51 onc of Canadas fore middot most aspard1t1s researdlers rued in Guelph Dec 10 1987 at 63 Or Ticsscn had been a horticul shyture professor at the University since 1955 and was co-ordinator of the National Asparagus Reshysearch Program
At its fiftieth anniversary meeting in london the day of his death the Ontario Asparagus Growers Marketing Board honored Dr Tiessen as the pershyson who had made the greatest contributions to the industry over the last 50 years He was also weU known for his work on greehouse tOmatoes and for a collaborative project with Texaco that used waste energy from the companys refinery to heat greenhouses
After graduating from OAC Dr Tiessen received his masters and PhD degrees from Michigan State University and returned to his alma mater to join the Department of Horticultural Science He traveUed widely to share his knowledge on veget-
The late Professor Herm Tiessen OAC51
able growing with scientists around the world most recently to New Zealand and Taiwan He -wa a member of the Agricultural Institute of Canada and the Canadjm American and Intermiddot national Societies for Horticulmiddot tural Science He was also an active member of the OAC Alumni Association
He is sUlvived by his wife Marjorie and two children
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JlAVIeuro 17 18 19 GOlf Tournament
The classic confrontation on the green the Gryphon Club Golf Tournament will start things rolling on Friday at the Cutten Club Prizes will be awarded
Barbecue amp CasinO Night
Meet your friends at Alumni House Friday evening for a barbecued feast and try your llck at the casino tables
SIOwpitch Tournament
The Grad loungers will defendtheir championship title at the alumnistudent co-ed slowpitch tournament Why not get a team together to compete for the first-place trophy and other awards Teams should consist of 12 to 20 players with at least six females per team Three one-hour games are guaranteed for each team
Tours Lectures Demonstrations
Tour the new Equine Research Centre see computer laboratory demonstrations at the College of Family and Consumer Studies or catch an enlightening lecture If its nature you enjoy visit the Arboretum the Marine Biology Laboratory or the Elora Gorge Conservation Area
Celebrity Auction
Join in the fun and bid on a fascinating assortment of articles donated by local celebriti~s Lots of surprises in store All proceeds will go to Alumni House
Awards Presentations
At the Presidents Picnic at noOn on Saturday the Alumnus of Honor award and the Alumni Medal of Achievement will be presented Come and celebrate with the recipients
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See page 7 for your Alumni Weekend reservation form For further information see your College section inside or call the Alumni Weekend hotline (519) 824-4120 ext 2102
Class Reunions
Is your class having a reunion Check page 7 to find out Reunions are a great opportunity to meet old
friends and renew acquaintshyances The Alumni Associations will host their graduates of 50
years or more at a Golden Anniversary Din ner
Champagne Brunch
Toast Alumni Weekend 88 at a champagne brunch held on the Alumni House patio Sunday The Guelph Concert Band will provide entertainment
Improve your French in France One month courses at theUniversi ty of Tours offer essential ingredients for effective language learning INSTRUCTION - courses for beginners to advanced students of French ATMOSPHERE - live in French with the people of France OPPORTUNITY - afternoons are free to enjoy conducted excursions to the nearby Chateaux of the Loire Brittany Nomnandy etc
Our low price includes return flights to Paris group transfers to Tours university residence accommodation most meals tuition and certifi shycate of course completion Departures - July 1 July 31 Sept 2 1988 Inclusive prices from Toronto Montreal $244500 Edmonton Calgary $269800 Vancouver $274800
Special add-on rates from other major ci ties
We offer similar programs in Spainand Germany Call or write for details
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Dont Miss Homecoming
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Mark Your Calendar Now
September 2324amp 25
Stephen Rabbetts 79 is a zookeeper Metro Toronto Zoo Wcsthill
Cathy Oohnson) Rewcastle 80 is a fur biologist Manitoba atural Rcsources Winnipcg
Brian Sntith 78 micro ~)Stcms manager Natural Sciences Centre The University ofWestcrn Ontario London is married to Debra Bond CSS 79
Bradly Veitch 86 is second brewer Wellington County Brewery Guelph
Michael Wade 87 is responsible for aquaculture programs at Kpong Farms Volta River Authority Akuse Ghana the site of a major hydro-electric installation
P Allen Woodliffe 76 is the first and only district ecologist with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Chatham Districr He is married to Marie Gedcke FACS 75 and has a son Timothy TIl y Jive in Rondeau Provincial Park here Allen was park naturalist for 10 years before moving to the Chatham office
CPS Dr Syed Ahmed 87 is assistant proshyfessor Departme nt of Statistical and AClUarial Sciences University of Western Ontario London
Susan (Bishop) GraJ1am R3 a fourth year medical student Faculty ofMcdicinc University of Toronto is marri ed fO Don Graham CSS 83 CBS MSc 87 who is a ftl ll-time parent to their threc-year-old twins
Robert Lake 77 a self-employed conshysulting geolOgist is married to Susan Kay OAC 77 a human relations specialist with Petro Canada They live in Calgary
Robert Whitehead 79 is a mi ncr Denison Mines Ell iot Lake
Caroline (Carly) Williams 85 is a software engineer Wild Leitz Canada Toronto
CSS John Babcock 8 is special cabinet assistant Office of Minister of State (Forestry and Mines ) Ottawa
Jana Fie MA 87 i a neuropsychological associate Brazos Valley Rehabilitat ion Center Bl)an Texas
Danny Leung R6 is news submiddoteditor Asia Television Limited Hong Kong
Allison (Shaughnessy) Scanlan 84 production supervisor G I of Canada shyTruck Assltmbly Oshawa is mlITied [() Michael Scanlan 84 directo r of pur hasing Arbor Capital Rltsources
middotoronto
Patricia Sorbam 80 is executive assisshytant to the Ontario Minister of Energy Toronto
G Llewellyn Watson MA 70 a proshyfessor at the University of Prince Edward Island has written a texthook Dilemmas and Contradictions in Sucial 7beor) published by University Press of America
Terry Wright 76 is account manager John Logan National Leasing Bramptoll
MAC-FACS Marie (Tomelin) Cowlin 78 is brand manager Distillers Co Canada Ltd Toronto
Debbie Foster MSc 87 is medical coshyordi natorsex educator Youth Clinical Services Inc Down~view
Marilyn (Shirley) Goodwin 75 MSc 77 a research officer for CSC Ottawa h ma rricd to Fred Goodwin HAFA 75
Margaret (CJark)Jordan 82 manager Agricultural Employment Services Cmada Farm Iabour Pool Newmarkct is married to BrianJordan OAC 81
Margo (Payne) Langan 83 marketing communications co-ordinator Moore Response Technologies Mississauga is married toJohn Langan CBS 75
Nancy (Howard) Martin 81 senior contract managemcnt officer Consumer Products and Trtffic Management Brmch DepartJllent of Supply and Service~ Hull Que is marriltd to Phillip Martin CBS ( HK) 82
Helga (Strenzke) McDonald 84 public relations officer Centrilia Collegc Huron Park is married to Ian McDonald OAC 83
Marilyn Sewell-Kelley 78 is agriculshytura l health and safel) comiddotordinacor Rural Organizations and Services Branch OMAF Guelph and lives near Paris
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OAC
James Allen 77 (ODH ) is president of Allens Turf Services Ltd Calgary
Martin Bohl 85 is policy advisor OMAJ Toronto
Guy Bonnetta 79 manager Pioneer Overseas CorpJohnston Iowa is married to Carolyn Knowles CBS 78
Stew Carpenter 50 president ofDivershysity Farms Inc Paw Paw Midligan is married to Olive McEwan 79A scltretary-tnasurer ofDiversity Farms Inc
Harold Cau 60A and 67 is viceshypreSident Barnes Wines Limited St Catharines
Elroy Cober 85 and his wife Rhoda have begun three-year Mennonite Central Committee assignments inKabwe Zambia Elroy is working as provincial o ilseed office r and Rhoda as a general health worker
Eileen (Emmett) Cole 79 a registered
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University of Guelph
Community ~ Barbecue ~
Thursday July 14
For more information ontact Anita McManamna
(5 19) 824-4120 ext 2896
OVC CONFERENCE October 14 amp 15 1988
Details to follow in August issue of the Guelph Alumnus
For further in formation contact Dr Ron S_ Downey
Assist nt Dean ave at (5 19) 824-41 20 ext 441 1
or 441 3
CHOOSE A WINNER
TODAY NORTH AMERICAN LIFE 5650 Yong St North YoriltoOntario M2M G4
Lloyd Curtis OAC 7J MSc 74
nurse Colchester Hospital Truro 5 is married to Bill Cole 79 regional sales manager Clarence Farm Services L(vcr Truro
laura Cole 80 is a conservJLion planner Mississippi Vall y Conservation Authority Lanark
UoydCurtis 71 MSc 74 ofCalgary is national sales manager Agricultural Chem icals Division BASF Canada Inc BASF markets a wide range of crop proshyLection products Lloyd directs dle aCLivi shyties of BASFs liales force throughout Canada
James Donison H I is proje L engineer Costello Lomagney amp Denapoli ConshysulL ing Engineers Mancheste r New Hampshire
oI
Richard Graham OAC7J
Richard Graham 71 of Rrampton is naLional marketing maI111gcr Agricultural Chcmicab Divisi n f3ASF Canada Inc
Richard Helmer 62A married Marilyn Hogue in Oct 19R7 They live in Windsor Richard is supply tcaching for the Essex COllnty Board of Education and doing freclanltx horLicultural work during the summer months
Brian and Brigitte (Brunetzky) Kaufman 84 are pltased to announce the safe arrival of their son Nathaniel Brian All are reSiding at Bright
Dr Houchang Khatamian MSc 71 PhD 8 is associate professor Depart shyment of Horticul rure Kansas State Unishyversity Manhattan
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J cE~~~~f May 11 - Presidents Counc il Executive Luncheon
May 19-June 5 Guel ph Spring Festival
May 31-June 3 Convocation
June 13-15 Human Sexuality Conference
June 17-19 Alumni Weekend
July 10-13 Canadian Home Economics Association Con ference
July 26 Al um ni Assoc iation Executives O rientation Meeting
Masters of Agribusiness Management
111e University of Guelph is now olkring a Masters of Agribusiness Management for people interested in a comprehensive training program for manlgemel1l positions in modern agrihusiness
The program runs over I () months and is highly structured so that studenrs receive intensive practical training in all facets of agribusiness managemel1l
Ifyou have an agricultural background and wish to funher your career in management of farm or nonmiddotfarm agribuiiiness this program could he for you
For fu nhcr information on this program pleL~e contact
Professor Tom Funk Department of Agricultural Economics and Business University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl (519) 824middot4120 ext 3427
UNIVERSITY ffGUELPH
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Dr Elenimo Khonga PhD 87 is a lecturer University ofMalawi Chancellor College Zomba Malawi
Kevin Laidley 82 MSc 85 resource technician Niagara Peninsula Consershyvation Authority Allanburg is married to Lesley Nicholson FACS 83 child life specialist McMaster University Medical Centre Hamilton
Dr Monique Leclerc MSc 82 PhD 87 is assistant professor Department of Soil Science and Biometeorology Utah State University Logan
Maurice Marwood 64 MSc 66 is vicemiddot preSident sales and marketing Canadian Kenworth Company Mississauga He is responsible for all aspects of sales and marketing ofKenworth trucks and product support in Canada
Dr Giancarlo Mosch1ni PhD 86 is [caching in the Economics Department Iowa State University Ames not the Unimiddot versity of Iowa as stated in the fall 1987 issue oflhe GuelpbAlurnnus Our apolomiddot gie~ for [his error
Reid Palmer 63 is a research geneticist and professor Departments ofAgronomy and Genetics Iowa State University Ames
Dr Yousef Papadopoulos 80 MSc 82 PhD 87 a research scientist Agrimiddot cu lture Canada Nappan NS i$ married to Kathleen Glover 80 MSc 83
Andy Robinson 80 MSc 83 a genetimiddot cist Livestock Developmcnt Division Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Christine Howe Arts 81
Dr A Hamid Saleemi MSc 73 has received a PhD in Educational Psychology from Bayero UniverSity Kana Nigeria His thesis was Islamic Values and Commitment among HallSa Muslim Youtb Au Empirical Study and his reo search has been hailed as a pioneering study in the measurement of reJjgious commitment anlong MusJjms Dr Saleemi is principal tutor Department of Adult Education and Community Services Faculty of Education Bayero University
James Sampa MLA 86 is a lecturer in landscape design and natul 1 resource conservation School of Environmental Studies Copperbelt University Zambia
Bill Shotyk 81 completed his PhD in 1986 in the Geology Department at The University ofWestern Ontario and spent a year as visiting postdoctoral researcher at the UniverSity of California to study
thennodynamic stability of organic commiddot plexes of aluminum In Sept 1987 he married Beth Haas and they live in London where Bill is a postdoctoral research associate in the Geology Department UWO studying the surface chemistry of minerals He is also writing his first book The Geochemistry OfPeatandPeatlands to be published by Elsevier Amsterdam
jack Thompson OAC 81 is a firemiddot fighter Station No 1 Thomhlll
Susan Watkins 81 is program offi cer Horn of Africa Oxfam Canada She is in charge ofOxfams overseas development projects in Eutrea and Tigray prOvince of Ethiopia the majori ty of which are in agriculture and health
Dve Dr Ian Alexander 86 is a dmg evalumiddot ator Bureau of Veterinary Dmgs Health and Welfare Canada Ottawa
Dr Cheng Hock Choong PhD 72 is director Semex Canada Guelph
Dr Ann Davis 75 a graduate student at the University of Toronto has won the Hardi Cinader Prize for 1987 The award is given to the graduate student in the process of completing doctor-A work who most resembles renowned immunomiddot logist Dr Bernhard Cinaders originality and versatility
Dr john Debbie 65 is an epidemiomiddot logist New York State Health Department Albany
Dr jean Dodds 64 in addition to her research on blood clotting mechanisms has chaired several national and intermiddot national task forces on assorted topics
Dr Doug Galt 62 is laboratory head OMAF Brighton
Dr Maria Koller CBS 75 DVM 79 chief control programs Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Dr Robert Georgeson 72
Dr Darwin Lund 60 is veterinarian in charge Agriculture Canada Lethbridge Alta
Dr David Murphy 56 is director cardiovascular surgical unit Dalhousie
niversity Halifax
Dr Gary Nash 77 veterinary research officer Institute of Aquaculture University
ofStirling Stirling Scotland is married to Marilyn Klein CBS 77
Dr HG Rees 55 joined the faculty of Massey University New Zealand after 10 years ofgeneral practice Upon completion of his masters degree he as appointed senio r lect urer at the University of Melbourne In 1970 he returned to prac shytice in his native Wales and has spent the past 12 years on the faculty at SeaJe-Hayne College there He has a small sheep farm
ARTS Bruce Westheuser 76 ofToronto died Dec 7 1987 He was a teacher Toronto Montessori Schools Hlt is survived by his father Ronald and stcpmodlcr Dorothy two sisters and a brodumiddotr
CSS Robert A Dodd MA 75 of Victoria BC died Oct 8 1987 He had been employed by the Ministry of Health He is survived by his wife Wendy
Bruce G Miller 72 of Aurora Ont died Sept 2 1987 He was a teacher with York Region Board of Education He is survived by his wife
MAC-FACS Etta (Birdsall) Garnham 17D of Tillsonhurg Ont died Jan 11 1988 She is survi ed by her sister Doris Oatman
Kathleen (Coggs) Hallam 120 of Toronto died jan 23 1988
Katherine L (Williamson) Killmaster 35D of Southfield Michigan died jan 31 1988
GAdora(Beemer)McFadyen 29Dof Port Elgin Ont died Apri l 8 L987 She is Survived by her son George S McFadyen OAC 50A
Anne E Spera 280 of Dundas Ont died Jan 26 1988
Dora M (Dies) Terryberry 260 of Weston Ont died Jan 22 1988 She is survived by her son Douglas
and maintains a single man general pracshytice Sheep health and production are his main interests and in the fall he was admitted to the Cert SHP by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons In 1989 he plans to retrace his footsteps to learn about his main interests in the countries in which he was trained
Dr Duncan Sinclair 58 OAC MSc 60 (nutrition ) Schofield lecturer 1983 will become Queens University Dean of
IN MEMORIAM
OAC Aimee A (Ups) Acklen 36 of Irving Texas died Feb 2 1987 She is survived by her husband Robert and one son
George K Beare 37 A of xbridge Ont died Oct 30 1987 He is survived by his wife Ruby
Dr J Ritchie Cowan 39 of Corvallis Oregon died Nov 12 1987 He was a retired professor of agronomy and proshyfessor emeritus Oregon State University He received his MS and a doctorate in plant genetics from the University of Minnesota He served as national president of the Crop Science Socicty of America the American Society of Agronomy the American Forage and Graosland Council the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology and the League for Intershynational Food Education He was pre shydeceased by his first wife DorothyWhite Mac 39 He is survived by his second wife Ruth and two children
WUliam M Croskery 15 of Ottawa died Nov 17 1987 He was a retired agricultural representative for Carleton County He is survived by three children
Walter C Fisher 26 of Sf Catharines Ont died jan 20 1988 He is survived by his wife Alice ( Petrie ) and three children
William A Hammond 18 Port Dovers oldest World War I veteran died Sept 29 1987 at 95 Prior to entering OAC he farmed worked in a lumber camp in BC and fought forest fires in Montana During the war he served in France and Belgium with the 55th l3atteryofthe Royal Canadian Art illery advancing from gunner to sergeant In 1920 he married Minerva Mitchell and they farmed in Woodhouse Township Mter retir ing he became clerk-treasurer of the township and later
Medicine and Vice-Principal ( Health Sciences) onJuly 1 He has served Queens in various capacities since joining the departme nt of physiolo gy in 1966 Nationally he has been invo lved with the Medical Research Council of Canada for many years includ ing a term as its director-genera1
Dr Anne Marie Taylor 81 is direc tor of an imal care Animal Care Centre Dalhousie niversity Halifax
held the san1e position with the Town of Port Dover He also served on the Ontario Assessment Appeal Board and was a fanner chai rman of the Simcoe High School Board In 1967 he received a Centennial Medal for service to his communi ty He was predeceased by bis wife and a son and is survived by two daughters Betty Murton ofWatetiord and Doris LlIldon of listoweI
Kandappar NJeyasseelan MSA 56 of Peradeniya Sri Lanka died Oct 22 1987 He is survived by two children
Frank J King 33 of Thornhill One died Dec 19 1987 He was a pioneer of Canadas broiler chicken industry and retired senior executive and director of Ralston Purina Canada Inc He is survived by his wife Rachel and a son
Robert C (Bob) lGrkness 56 of Maple Ridge BC died Oct 10 1987 He is survived by his wife
] Morley Lawrence 1 7 of Windsor died Oct 4 1987
John S Lennox 66A of Shallow Lake Ont died as the result of a farm accident Nov 4 1987 He is survived by his wife Ada and a son
Alex T Macnab 36 of North Fort Myers Fla died Dec 18 1987 He is survived by his wife Vella
NormanJ Myles 39 of Guelph died j an 24 1988 He had been a second lieutenant 11 th Field Brigade Royal Canadian Artillery He is survived by his wife Luella Beverley (Highan1 ) and two children
Robert W Phillips 39 of Belleville Ont died Sept 21 1987 -John W Robertson 38 of Thorold Ont died Oct 21 1987 He is survived by his wife Elizabeth and daughter Janice Partlow Arts 70
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Henry H Rooke 8 of Barrie Ont died Dec 16 1987 lIe was retired from the Department of National Health and Welfare He is survived by his wife Harriet Mac 40 and daughters Jane Lennox and Nancy RookemiddotAllen CBS 73
Robert H See 65A ofBohon Ont died Nov 14 1987 He was the son of Margaret (Huston) See Mac 33 and the late Dr John N See OAC 35 OVC 38 He is survived by his wife Brenda and two sisters
WilliamT (Bill) Smith 35 ofStfJtford Ont died Sept 19 1987 He is survived by his wife Maude and five children
Annie H Tasi MSc 72 ofGuelph died Dec 9 1987 She received her BSc in Agriculture from the National Taiwan University in 1965 After receiving her masters in horticulture from Guelph she worked as a research technician in the Universipound) Department of Horticultural Science Shc is survived by her hu~band Benjamin and two children
William G Toner 20A and 22 of Guelph died Jan 30 1988 He is survived by hi wife Eileen and four children
W Benson (Ben) Vair 55 of Sarnia died Jan 6 1988 He taught science at Northern Collegiate in Sarnia for 25 years retiring in 1987
A Gordon O Whiteside 20A and 22 of Ottawa died June 2 1987 Ht was retired after 42 years as a cerealist with Agriculture Canada and wa~ a Fellow of thc Agricultural Institute of Canada lie developed sevedl varieties of Canadian whtat one of which bears his namt Gordon He is su rvived byhis wife Irene and three children
Joseph H Willmott 22A of Milton died Oct 23 1987 He is survived by his sonJohn c Willmott 55
PROFESSORS
Dr Denis H Stott professor emeritus since 1980 diedJan 22 1988 in England at 78 He was ftrst chair Department of Psychology from 1966-68 and was intershyna tionally known as a pioneer in deve shyloping learning techniques for hardmiddottOmiddot teach children He founded the Centre for Educational Disabilities which he directed until h is retirement in 1975 His research focused on the causes and promiddot
blems of delinquent school boys He is survived by hiswifeJane and tw children
Dr Robert D Whiteford of Qualicum Beach Vancouver Island former professor Department of Biomedical Sciences died Feb ] 0 1988 He is survived by his wife Beatrice and one son
STAFF Ray Catchpole a member of the Unj middot versitys Sulawesi Regional Development Project team in Indonesia died Nov 27 1987 in Jakarta at 46 He had been with the project sinet its inception in 1984 He is survived by his wife Ani and his mother Muriel Lucas A mcmorial fund has been established in his nanle Contributions may be forwarded to the Department of
Alumni Affairs and Development The fund will provide a bursary for Indonesians and Canadians involved in exchange between the two ountries It will be adminbtered by the niversity School of Rural Planning and Development
FRIENDS
Joseph Arlen of Guelph died Sept 5 1987 He pursued studies at OAC from 1957 to ) 959 before completing an engineering degree at the University of Toronto He is survived by his wife Judy who works in Photographic Services on campus and two children A Joseph Arlen Memorial Prize in Horticulture has been established Contributions may be forshywarded to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development
ASPARAGUS RESEARCHER DIES IN GUELPH
Herman (Herm) Tiessen OAC 51 onc of Canadas fore middot most aspard1t1s researdlers rued in Guelph Dec 10 1987 at 63 Or Ticsscn had been a horticul shyture professor at the University since 1955 and was co-ordinator of the National Asparagus Reshysearch Program
At its fiftieth anniversary meeting in london the day of his death the Ontario Asparagus Growers Marketing Board honored Dr Tiessen as the pershyson who had made the greatest contributions to the industry over the last 50 years He was also weU known for his work on greehouse tOmatoes and for a collaborative project with Texaco that used waste energy from the companys refinery to heat greenhouses
After graduating from OAC Dr Tiessen received his masters and PhD degrees from Michigan State University and returned to his alma mater to join the Department of Horticultural Science He traveUed widely to share his knowledge on veget-
The late Professor Herm Tiessen OAC51
able growing with scientists around the world most recently to New Zealand and Taiwan He -wa a member of the Agricultural Institute of Canada and the Canadjm American and Intermiddot national Societies for Horticulmiddot tural Science He was also an active member of the OAC Alumni Association
He is sUlvived by his wife Marjorie and two children
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BERT BELL
Outward Bound is a wilderness adventure that helps you understand
test and learn to use inner resources you may never have known
you had Five to 24-day courses are run all year for students teachers
executives and professionals Cali 1-800-268-7329 for abrochure
canadian Outward Bound Wilderness School PO Box 11 5 Slalion S Toronlo Onl M5M4L5 787 middot1721
The Canadian Outward Bound School IS anon-profit educationat organizallon Course fees are tax deductible
think had forgotten that
learning to add two plus two is not
the most important thing
in the classroom that giving kids the support they need to get through) is
whats important - Alice Buchanan Teacher -
JlAVIeuro 17 18 19 GOlf Tournament
The classic confrontation on the green the Gryphon Club Golf Tournament will start things rolling on Friday at the Cutten Club Prizes will be awarded
Barbecue amp CasinO Night
Meet your friends at Alumni House Friday evening for a barbecued feast and try your llck at the casino tables
SIOwpitch Tournament
The Grad loungers will defendtheir championship title at the alumnistudent co-ed slowpitch tournament Why not get a team together to compete for the first-place trophy and other awards Teams should consist of 12 to 20 players with at least six females per team Three one-hour games are guaranteed for each team
Tours Lectures Demonstrations
Tour the new Equine Research Centre see computer laboratory demonstrations at the College of Family and Consumer Studies or catch an enlightening lecture If its nature you enjoy visit the Arboretum the Marine Biology Laboratory or the Elora Gorge Conservation Area
Celebrity Auction
Join in the fun and bid on a fascinating assortment of articles donated by local celebriti~s Lots of surprises in store All proceeds will go to Alumni House
Awards Presentations
At the Presidents Picnic at noOn on Saturday the Alumnus of Honor award and the Alumni Medal of Achievement will be presented Come and celebrate with the recipients
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See page 7 for your Alumni Weekend reservation form For further information see your College section inside or call the Alumni Weekend hotline (519) 824-4120 ext 2102
Class Reunions
Is your class having a reunion Check page 7 to find out Reunions are a great opportunity to meet old
friends and renew acquaintshyances The Alumni Associations will host their graduates of 50
years or more at a Golden Anniversary Din ner
Champagne Brunch
Toast Alumni Weekend 88 at a champagne brunch held on the Alumni House patio Sunday The Guelph Concert Band will provide entertainment
OAC
James Allen 77 (ODH ) is president of Allens Turf Services Ltd Calgary
Martin Bohl 85 is policy advisor OMAJ Toronto
Guy Bonnetta 79 manager Pioneer Overseas CorpJohnston Iowa is married to Carolyn Knowles CBS 78
Stew Carpenter 50 president ofDivershysity Farms Inc Paw Paw Midligan is married to Olive McEwan 79A scltretary-tnasurer ofDiversity Farms Inc
Harold Cau 60A and 67 is viceshypreSident Barnes Wines Limited St Catharines
Elroy Cober 85 and his wife Rhoda have begun three-year Mennonite Central Committee assignments inKabwe Zambia Elroy is working as provincial o ilseed office r and Rhoda as a general health worker
Eileen (Emmett) Cole 79 a registered
~~~ 0 ~ When it comes to choosing life and
n Health Insurance you have an advantage T You can choose a winner - your Alumni
i n~Urance program
This plan offers you
ECONOMY - you get low group rates
PORTABILI1Y - coverage that s not tied to your job
FLEXIBILllY - build a life insurance plan OR protect your income through disability coverage
AND MORE
CALL TOLL FREE 1-800-668-0195 for a free brochure from North American Life describing this important association benefit You can also contact your NAt representative or call Jeff Jennings the GueJph Alumni Insurance Consultant at (416) 491-4046
University of Guelph
Community ~ Barbecue ~
Thursday July 14
For more information ontact Anita McManamna
(5 19) 824-4120 ext 2896
OVC CONFERENCE October 14 amp 15 1988
Details to follow in August issue of the Guelph Alumnus
For further in formation contact Dr Ron S_ Downey
Assist nt Dean ave at (5 19) 824-41 20 ext 441 1
or 441 3
CHOOSE A WINNER
TODAY NORTH AMERICAN LIFE 5650 Yong St North YoriltoOntario M2M G4
Lloyd Curtis OAC 7J MSc 74
nurse Colchester Hospital Truro 5 is married to Bill Cole 79 regional sales manager Clarence Farm Services L(vcr Truro
laura Cole 80 is a conservJLion planner Mississippi Vall y Conservation Authority Lanark
UoydCurtis 71 MSc 74 ofCalgary is national sales manager Agricultural Chem icals Division BASF Canada Inc BASF markets a wide range of crop proshyLection products Lloyd directs dle aCLivi shyties of BASFs liales force throughout Canada
James Donison H I is proje L engineer Costello Lomagney amp Denapoli ConshysulL ing Engineers Mancheste r New Hampshire
oI
Richard Graham OAC7J
Richard Graham 71 of Rrampton is naLional marketing maI111gcr Agricultural Chcmicab Divisi n f3ASF Canada Inc
Richard Helmer 62A married Marilyn Hogue in Oct 19R7 They live in Windsor Richard is supply tcaching for the Essex COllnty Board of Education and doing freclanltx horLicultural work during the summer months
Brian and Brigitte (Brunetzky) Kaufman 84 are pltased to announce the safe arrival of their son Nathaniel Brian All are reSiding at Bright
Dr Houchang Khatamian MSc 71 PhD 8 is associate professor Depart shyment of Horticul rure Kansas State Unishyversity Manhattan
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J cE~~~~f May 11 - Presidents Counc il Executive Luncheon
May 19-June 5 Guel ph Spring Festival
May 31-June 3 Convocation
June 13-15 Human Sexuality Conference
June 17-19 Alumni Weekend
July 10-13 Canadian Home Economics Association Con ference
July 26 Al um ni Assoc iation Executives O rientation Meeting
Masters of Agribusiness Management
111e University of Guelph is now olkring a Masters of Agribusiness Management for people interested in a comprehensive training program for manlgemel1l positions in modern agrihusiness
The program runs over I () months and is highly structured so that studenrs receive intensive practical training in all facets of agribusiness managemel1l
Ifyou have an agricultural background and wish to funher your career in management of farm or nonmiddotfarm agribuiiiness this program could he for you
For fu nhcr information on this program pleL~e contact
Professor Tom Funk Department of Agricultural Economics and Business University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl (519) 824middot4120 ext 3427
UNIVERSITY ffGUELPH
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Dr Elenimo Khonga PhD 87 is a lecturer University ofMalawi Chancellor College Zomba Malawi
Kevin Laidley 82 MSc 85 resource technician Niagara Peninsula Consershyvation Authority Allanburg is married to Lesley Nicholson FACS 83 child life specialist McMaster University Medical Centre Hamilton
Dr Monique Leclerc MSc 82 PhD 87 is assistant professor Department of Soil Science and Biometeorology Utah State University Logan
Maurice Marwood 64 MSc 66 is vicemiddot preSident sales and marketing Canadian Kenworth Company Mississauga He is responsible for all aspects of sales and marketing ofKenworth trucks and product support in Canada
Dr Giancarlo Mosch1ni PhD 86 is [caching in the Economics Department Iowa State University Ames not the Unimiddot versity of Iowa as stated in the fall 1987 issue oflhe GuelpbAlurnnus Our apolomiddot gie~ for [his error
Reid Palmer 63 is a research geneticist and professor Departments ofAgronomy and Genetics Iowa State University Ames
Dr Yousef Papadopoulos 80 MSc 82 PhD 87 a research scientist Agrimiddot cu lture Canada Nappan NS i$ married to Kathleen Glover 80 MSc 83
Andy Robinson 80 MSc 83 a genetimiddot cist Livestock Developmcnt Division Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Christine Howe Arts 81
Dr A Hamid Saleemi MSc 73 has received a PhD in Educational Psychology from Bayero UniverSity Kana Nigeria His thesis was Islamic Values and Commitment among HallSa Muslim Youtb Au Empirical Study and his reo search has been hailed as a pioneering study in the measurement of reJjgious commitment anlong MusJjms Dr Saleemi is principal tutor Department of Adult Education and Community Services Faculty of Education Bayero University
James Sampa MLA 86 is a lecturer in landscape design and natul 1 resource conservation School of Environmental Studies Copperbelt University Zambia
Bill Shotyk 81 completed his PhD in 1986 in the Geology Department at The University ofWestern Ontario and spent a year as visiting postdoctoral researcher at the UniverSity of California to study
thennodynamic stability of organic commiddot plexes of aluminum In Sept 1987 he married Beth Haas and they live in London where Bill is a postdoctoral research associate in the Geology Department UWO studying the surface chemistry of minerals He is also writing his first book The Geochemistry OfPeatandPeatlands to be published by Elsevier Amsterdam
jack Thompson OAC 81 is a firemiddot fighter Station No 1 Thomhlll
Susan Watkins 81 is program offi cer Horn of Africa Oxfam Canada She is in charge ofOxfams overseas development projects in Eutrea and Tigray prOvince of Ethiopia the majori ty of which are in agriculture and health
Dve Dr Ian Alexander 86 is a dmg evalumiddot ator Bureau of Veterinary Dmgs Health and Welfare Canada Ottawa
Dr Cheng Hock Choong PhD 72 is director Semex Canada Guelph
Dr Ann Davis 75 a graduate student at the University of Toronto has won the Hardi Cinader Prize for 1987 The award is given to the graduate student in the process of completing doctor-A work who most resembles renowned immunomiddot logist Dr Bernhard Cinaders originality and versatility
Dr john Debbie 65 is an epidemiomiddot logist New York State Health Department Albany
Dr jean Dodds 64 in addition to her research on blood clotting mechanisms has chaired several national and intermiddot national task forces on assorted topics
Dr Doug Galt 62 is laboratory head OMAF Brighton
Dr Maria Koller CBS 75 DVM 79 chief control programs Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Dr Robert Georgeson 72
Dr Darwin Lund 60 is veterinarian in charge Agriculture Canada Lethbridge Alta
Dr David Murphy 56 is director cardiovascular surgical unit Dalhousie
niversity Halifax
Dr Gary Nash 77 veterinary research officer Institute of Aquaculture University
ofStirling Stirling Scotland is married to Marilyn Klein CBS 77
Dr HG Rees 55 joined the faculty of Massey University New Zealand after 10 years ofgeneral practice Upon completion of his masters degree he as appointed senio r lect urer at the University of Melbourne In 1970 he returned to prac shytice in his native Wales and has spent the past 12 years on the faculty at SeaJe-Hayne College there He has a small sheep farm
ARTS Bruce Westheuser 76 ofToronto died Dec 7 1987 He was a teacher Toronto Montessori Schools Hlt is survived by his father Ronald and stcpmodlcr Dorothy two sisters and a brodumiddotr
CSS Robert A Dodd MA 75 of Victoria BC died Oct 8 1987 He had been employed by the Ministry of Health He is survived by his wife Wendy
Bruce G Miller 72 of Aurora Ont died Sept 2 1987 He was a teacher with York Region Board of Education He is survived by his wife
MAC-FACS Etta (Birdsall) Garnham 17D of Tillsonhurg Ont died Jan 11 1988 She is survi ed by her sister Doris Oatman
Kathleen (Coggs) Hallam 120 of Toronto died jan 23 1988
Katherine L (Williamson) Killmaster 35D of Southfield Michigan died jan 31 1988
GAdora(Beemer)McFadyen 29Dof Port Elgin Ont died Apri l 8 L987 She is Survived by her son George S McFadyen OAC 50A
Anne E Spera 280 of Dundas Ont died Jan 26 1988
Dora M (Dies) Terryberry 260 of Weston Ont died Jan 22 1988 She is survived by her son Douglas
and maintains a single man general pracshytice Sheep health and production are his main interests and in the fall he was admitted to the Cert SHP by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons In 1989 he plans to retrace his footsteps to learn about his main interests in the countries in which he was trained
Dr Duncan Sinclair 58 OAC MSc 60 (nutrition ) Schofield lecturer 1983 will become Queens University Dean of
IN MEMORIAM
OAC Aimee A (Ups) Acklen 36 of Irving Texas died Feb 2 1987 She is survived by her husband Robert and one son
George K Beare 37 A of xbridge Ont died Oct 30 1987 He is survived by his wife Ruby
Dr J Ritchie Cowan 39 of Corvallis Oregon died Nov 12 1987 He was a retired professor of agronomy and proshyfessor emeritus Oregon State University He received his MS and a doctorate in plant genetics from the University of Minnesota He served as national president of the Crop Science Socicty of America the American Society of Agronomy the American Forage and Graosland Council the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology and the League for Intershynational Food Education He was pre shydeceased by his first wife DorothyWhite Mac 39 He is survived by his second wife Ruth and two children
WUliam M Croskery 15 of Ottawa died Nov 17 1987 He was a retired agricultural representative for Carleton County He is survived by three children
Walter C Fisher 26 of Sf Catharines Ont died jan 20 1988 He is survived by his wife Alice ( Petrie ) and three children
William A Hammond 18 Port Dovers oldest World War I veteran died Sept 29 1987 at 95 Prior to entering OAC he farmed worked in a lumber camp in BC and fought forest fires in Montana During the war he served in France and Belgium with the 55th l3atteryofthe Royal Canadian Art illery advancing from gunner to sergeant In 1920 he married Minerva Mitchell and they farmed in Woodhouse Township Mter retir ing he became clerk-treasurer of the township and later
Medicine and Vice-Principal ( Health Sciences) onJuly 1 He has served Queens in various capacities since joining the departme nt of physiolo gy in 1966 Nationally he has been invo lved with the Medical Research Council of Canada for many years includ ing a term as its director-genera1
Dr Anne Marie Taylor 81 is direc tor of an imal care Animal Care Centre Dalhousie niversity Halifax
held the san1e position with the Town of Port Dover He also served on the Ontario Assessment Appeal Board and was a fanner chai rman of the Simcoe High School Board In 1967 he received a Centennial Medal for service to his communi ty He was predeceased by bis wife and a son and is survived by two daughters Betty Murton ofWatetiord and Doris LlIldon of listoweI
Kandappar NJeyasseelan MSA 56 of Peradeniya Sri Lanka died Oct 22 1987 He is survived by two children
Frank J King 33 of Thornhill One died Dec 19 1987 He was a pioneer of Canadas broiler chicken industry and retired senior executive and director of Ralston Purina Canada Inc He is survived by his wife Rachel and a son
Robert C (Bob) lGrkness 56 of Maple Ridge BC died Oct 10 1987 He is survived by his wife
] Morley Lawrence 1 7 of Windsor died Oct 4 1987
John S Lennox 66A of Shallow Lake Ont died as the result of a farm accident Nov 4 1987 He is survived by his wife Ada and a son
Alex T Macnab 36 of North Fort Myers Fla died Dec 18 1987 He is survived by his wife Vella
NormanJ Myles 39 of Guelph died j an 24 1988 He had been a second lieutenant 11 th Field Brigade Royal Canadian Artillery He is survived by his wife Luella Beverley (Highan1 ) and two children
Robert W Phillips 39 of Belleville Ont died Sept 21 1987 -John W Robertson 38 of Thorold Ont died Oct 21 1987 He is survived by his wife Elizabeth and daughter Janice Partlow Arts 70
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Henry H Rooke 8 of Barrie Ont died Dec 16 1987 lIe was retired from the Department of National Health and Welfare He is survived by his wife Harriet Mac 40 and daughters Jane Lennox and Nancy RookemiddotAllen CBS 73
Robert H See 65A ofBohon Ont died Nov 14 1987 He was the son of Margaret (Huston) See Mac 33 and the late Dr John N See OAC 35 OVC 38 He is survived by his wife Brenda and two sisters
WilliamT (Bill) Smith 35 ofStfJtford Ont died Sept 19 1987 He is survived by his wife Maude and five children
Annie H Tasi MSc 72 ofGuelph died Dec 9 1987 She received her BSc in Agriculture from the National Taiwan University in 1965 After receiving her masters in horticulture from Guelph she worked as a research technician in the Universipound) Department of Horticultural Science Shc is survived by her hu~band Benjamin and two children
William G Toner 20A and 22 of Guelph died Jan 30 1988 He is survived by hi wife Eileen and four children
W Benson (Ben) Vair 55 of Sarnia died Jan 6 1988 He taught science at Northern Collegiate in Sarnia for 25 years retiring in 1987
A Gordon O Whiteside 20A and 22 of Ottawa died June 2 1987 Ht was retired after 42 years as a cerealist with Agriculture Canada and wa~ a Fellow of thc Agricultural Institute of Canada lie developed sevedl varieties of Canadian whtat one of which bears his namt Gordon He is su rvived byhis wife Irene and three children
Joseph H Willmott 22A of Milton died Oct 23 1987 He is survived by his sonJohn c Willmott 55
PROFESSORS
Dr Denis H Stott professor emeritus since 1980 diedJan 22 1988 in England at 78 He was ftrst chair Department of Psychology from 1966-68 and was intershyna tionally known as a pioneer in deve shyloping learning techniques for hardmiddottOmiddot teach children He founded the Centre for Educational Disabilities which he directed until h is retirement in 1975 His research focused on the causes and promiddot
blems of delinquent school boys He is survived by hiswifeJane and tw children
Dr Robert D Whiteford of Qualicum Beach Vancouver Island former professor Department of Biomedical Sciences died Feb ] 0 1988 He is survived by his wife Beatrice and one son
STAFF Ray Catchpole a member of the Unj middot versitys Sulawesi Regional Development Project team in Indonesia died Nov 27 1987 in Jakarta at 46 He had been with the project sinet its inception in 1984 He is survived by his wife Ani and his mother Muriel Lucas A mcmorial fund has been established in his nanle Contributions may be forwarded to the Department of
Alumni Affairs and Development The fund will provide a bursary for Indonesians and Canadians involved in exchange between the two ountries It will be adminbtered by the niversity School of Rural Planning and Development
FRIENDS
Joseph Arlen of Guelph died Sept 5 1987 He pursued studies at OAC from 1957 to ) 959 before completing an engineering degree at the University of Toronto He is survived by his wife Judy who works in Photographic Services on campus and two children A Joseph Arlen Memorial Prize in Horticulture has been established Contributions may be forshywarded to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development
ASPARAGUS RESEARCHER DIES IN GUELPH
Herman (Herm) Tiessen OAC 51 onc of Canadas fore middot most aspard1t1s researdlers rued in Guelph Dec 10 1987 at 63 Or Ticsscn had been a horticul shyture professor at the University since 1955 and was co-ordinator of the National Asparagus Reshysearch Program
At its fiftieth anniversary meeting in london the day of his death the Ontario Asparagus Growers Marketing Board honored Dr Tiessen as the pershyson who had made the greatest contributions to the industry over the last 50 years He was also weU known for his work on greehouse tOmatoes and for a collaborative project with Texaco that used waste energy from the companys refinery to heat greenhouses
After graduating from OAC Dr Tiessen received his masters and PhD degrees from Michigan State University and returned to his alma mater to join the Department of Horticultural Science He traveUed widely to share his knowledge on veget-
The late Professor Herm Tiessen OAC51
able growing with scientists around the world most recently to New Zealand and Taiwan He -wa a member of the Agricultural Institute of Canada and the Canadjm American and Intermiddot national Societies for Horticulmiddot tural Science He was also an active member of the OAC Alumni Association
He is sUlvived by his wife Marjorie and two children
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BERT BELL
Outward Bound is a wilderness adventure that helps you understand
test and learn to use inner resources you may never have known
you had Five to 24-day courses are run all year for students teachers
executives and professionals Cali 1-800-268-7329 for abrochure
canadian Outward Bound Wilderness School PO Box 11 5 Slalion S Toronlo Onl M5M4L5 787 middot1721
The Canadian Outward Bound School IS anon-profit educationat organizallon Course fees are tax deductible
think had forgotten that
learning to add two plus two is not
the most important thing
in the classroom that giving kids the support they need to get through) is
whats important - Alice Buchanan Teacher -
JlAVIeuro 17 18 19 GOlf Tournament
The classic confrontation on the green the Gryphon Club Golf Tournament will start things rolling on Friday at the Cutten Club Prizes will be awarded
Barbecue amp CasinO Night
Meet your friends at Alumni House Friday evening for a barbecued feast and try your llck at the casino tables
SIOwpitch Tournament
The Grad loungers will defendtheir championship title at the alumnistudent co-ed slowpitch tournament Why not get a team together to compete for the first-place trophy and other awards Teams should consist of 12 to 20 players with at least six females per team Three one-hour games are guaranteed for each team
Tours Lectures Demonstrations
Tour the new Equine Research Centre see computer laboratory demonstrations at the College of Family and Consumer Studies or catch an enlightening lecture If its nature you enjoy visit the Arboretum the Marine Biology Laboratory or the Elora Gorge Conservation Area
Celebrity Auction
Join in the fun and bid on a fascinating assortment of articles donated by local celebriti~s Lots of surprises in store All proceeds will go to Alumni House
Awards Presentations
At the Presidents Picnic at noOn on Saturday the Alumnus of Honor award and the Alumni Medal of Achievement will be presented Come and celebrate with the recipients
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See page 7 for your Alumni Weekend reservation form For further information see your College section inside or call the Alumni Weekend hotline (519) 824-4120 ext 2102
Class Reunions
Is your class having a reunion Check page 7 to find out Reunions are a great opportunity to meet old
friends and renew acquaintshyances The Alumni Associations will host their graduates of 50
years or more at a Golden Anniversary Din ner
Champagne Brunch
Toast Alumni Weekend 88 at a champagne brunch held on the Alumni House patio Sunday The Guelph Concert Band will provide entertainment
J cE~~~~f May 11 - Presidents Counc il Executive Luncheon
May 19-June 5 Guel ph Spring Festival
May 31-June 3 Convocation
June 13-15 Human Sexuality Conference
June 17-19 Alumni Weekend
July 10-13 Canadian Home Economics Association Con ference
July 26 Al um ni Assoc iation Executives O rientation Meeting
Masters of Agribusiness Management
111e University of Guelph is now olkring a Masters of Agribusiness Management for people interested in a comprehensive training program for manlgemel1l positions in modern agrihusiness
The program runs over I () months and is highly structured so that studenrs receive intensive practical training in all facets of agribusiness managemel1l
Ifyou have an agricultural background and wish to funher your career in management of farm or nonmiddotfarm agribuiiiness this program could he for you
For fu nhcr information on this program pleL~e contact
Professor Tom Funk Department of Agricultural Economics and Business University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl (519) 824middot4120 ext 3427
UNIVERSITY ffGUELPH
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Dr Elenimo Khonga PhD 87 is a lecturer University ofMalawi Chancellor College Zomba Malawi
Kevin Laidley 82 MSc 85 resource technician Niagara Peninsula Consershyvation Authority Allanburg is married to Lesley Nicholson FACS 83 child life specialist McMaster University Medical Centre Hamilton
Dr Monique Leclerc MSc 82 PhD 87 is assistant professor Department of Soil Science and Biometeorology Utah State University Logan
Maurice Marwood 64 MSc 66 is vicemiddot preSident sales and marketing Canadian Kenworth Company Mississauga He is responsible for all aspects of sales and marketing ofKenworth trucks and product support in Canada
Dr Giancarlo Mosch1ni PhD 86 is [caching in the Economics Department Iowa State University Ames not the Unimiddot versity of Iowa as stated in the fall 1987 issue oflhe GuelpbAlurnnus Our apolomiddot gie~ for [his error
Reid Palmer 63 is a research geneticist and professor Departments ofAgronomy and Genetics Iowa State University Ames
Dr Yousef Papadopoulos 80 MSc 82 PhD 87 a research scientist Agrimiddot cu lture Canada Nappan NS i$ married to Kathleen Glover 80 MSc 83
Andy Robinson 80 MSc 83 a genetimiddot cist Livestock Developmcnt Division Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Christine Howe Arts 81
Dr A Hamid Saleemi MSc 73 has received a PhD in Educational Psychology from Bayero UniverSity Kana Nigeria His thesis was Islamic Values and Commitment among HallSa Muslim Youtb Au Empirical Study and his reo search has been hailed as a pioneering study in the measurement of reJjgious commitment anlong MusJjms Dr Saleemi is principal tutor Department of Adult Education and Community Services Faculty of Education Bayero University
James Sampa MLA 86 is a lecturer in landscape design and natul 1 resource conservation School of Environmental Studies Copperbelt University Zambia
Bill Shotyk 81 completed his PhD in 1986 in the Geology Department at The University ofWestern Ontario and spent a year as visiting postdoctoral researcher at the UniverSity of California to study
thennodynamic stability of organic commiddot plexes of aluminum In Sept 1987 he married Beth Haas and they live in London where Bill is a postdoctoral research associate in the Geology Department UWO studying the surface chemistry of minerals He is also writing his first book The Geochemistry OfPeatandPeatlands to be published by Elsevier Amsterdam
jack Thompson OAC 81 is a firemiddot fighter Station No 1 Thomhlll
Susan Watkins 81 is program offi cer Horn of Africa Oxfam Canada She is in charge ofOxfams overseas development projects in Eutrea and Tigray prOvince of Ethiopia the majori ty of which are in agriculture and health
Dve Dr Ian Alexander 86 is a dmg evalumiddot ator Bureau of Veterinary Dmgs Health and Welfare Canada Ottawa
Dr Cheng Hock Choong PhD 72 is director Semex Canada Guelph
Dr Ann Davis 75 a graduate student at the University of Toronto has won the Hardi Cinader Prize for 1987 The award is given to the graduate student in the process of completing doctor-A work who most resembles renowned immunomiddot logist Dr Bernhard Cinaders originality and versatility
Dr john Debbie 65 is an epidemiomiddot logist New York State Health Department Albany
Dr jean Dodds 64 in addition to her research on blood clotting mechanisms has chaired several national and intermiddot national task forces on assorted topics
Dr Doug Galt 62 is laboratory head OMAF Brighton
Dr Maria Koller CBS 75 DVM 79 chief control programs Agriculture Canada Ottawa is married to Dr Robert Georgeson 72
Dr Darwin Lund 60 is veterinarian in charge Agriculture Canada Lethbridge Alta
Dr David Murphy 56 is director cardiovascular surgical unit Dalhousie
niversity Halifax
Dr Gary Nash 77 veterinary research officer Institute of Aquaculture University
ofStirling Stirling Scotland is married to Marilyn Klein CBS 77
Dr HG Rees 55 joined the faculty of Massey University New Zealand after 10 years ofgeneral practice Upon completion of his masters degree he as appointed senio r lect urer at the University of Melbourne In 1970 he returned to prac shytice in his native Wales and has spent the past 12 years on the faculty at SeaJe-Hayne College there He has a small sheep farm
ARTS Bruce Westheuser 76 ofToronto died Dec 7 1987 He was a teacher Toronto Montessori Schools Hlt is survived by his father Ronald and stcpmodlcr Dorothy two sisters and a brodumiddotr
CSS Robert A Dodd MA 75 of Victoria BC died Oct 8 1987 He had been employed by the Ministry of Health He is survived by his wife Wendy
Bruce G Miller 72 of Aurora Ont died Sept 2 1987 He was a teacher with York Region Board of Education He is survived by his wife
MAC-FACS Etta (Birdsall) Garnham 17D of Tillsonhurg Ont died Jan 11 1988 She is survi ed by her sister Doris Oatman
Kathleen (Coggs) Hallam 120 of Toronto died jan 23 1988
Katherine L (Williamson) Killmaster 35D of Southfield Michigan died jan 31 1988
GAdora(Beemer)McFadyen 29Dof Port Elgin Ont died Apri l 8 L987 She is Survived by her son George S McFadyen OAC 50A
Anne E Spera 280 of Dundas Ont died Jan 26 1988
Dora M (Dies) Terryberry 260 of Weston Ont died Jan 22 1988 She is survived by her son Douglas
and maintains a single man general pracshytice Sheep health and production are his main interests and in the fall he was admitted to the Cert SHP by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons In 1989 he plans to retrace his footsteps to learn about his main interests in the countries in which he was trained
Dr Duncan Sinclair 58 OAC MSc 60 (nutrition ) Schofield lecturer 1983 will become Queens University Dean of
IN MEMORIAM
OAC Aimee A (Ups) Acklen 36 of Irving Texas died Feb 2 1987 She is survived by her husband Robert and one son
George K Beare 37 A of xbridge Ont died Oct 30 1987 He is survived by his wife Ruby
Dr J Ritchie Cowan 39 of Corvallis Oregon died Nov 12 1987 He was a retired professor of agronomy and proshyfessor emeritus Oregon State University He received his MS and a doctorate in plant genetics from the University of Minnesota He served as national president of the Crop Science Socicty of America the American Society of Agronomy the American Forage and Graosland Council the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology and the League for Intershynational Food Education He was pre shydeceased by his first wife DorothyWhite Mac 39 He is survived by his second wife Ruth and two children
WUliam M Croskery 15 of Ottawa died Nov 17 1987 He was a retired agricultural representative for Carleton County He is survived by three children
Walter C Fisher 26 of Sf Catharines Ont died jan 20 1988 He is survived by his wife Alice ( Petrie ) and three children
William A Hammond 18 Port Dovers oldest World War I veteran died Sept 29 1987 at 95 Prior to entering OAC he farmed worked in a lumber camp in BC and fought forest fires in Montana During the war he served in France and Belgium with the 55th l3atteryofthe Royal Canadian Art illery advancing from gunner to sergeant In 1920 he married Minerva Mitchell and they farmed in Woodhouse Township Mter retir ing he became clerk-treasurer of the township and later
Medicine and Vice-Principal ( Health Sciences) onJuly 1 He has served Queens in various capacities since joining the departme nt of physiolo gy in 1966 Nationally he has been invo lved with the Medical Research Council of Canada for many years includ ing a term as its director-genera1
Dr Anne Marie Taylor 81 is direc tor of an imal care Animal Care Centre Dalhousie niversity Halifax
held the san1e position with the Town of Port Dover He also served on the Ontario Assessment Appeal Board and was a fanner chai rman of the Simcoe High School Board In 1967 he received a Centennial Medal for service to his communi ty He was predeceased by bis wife and a son and is survived by two daughters Betty Murton ofWatetiord and Doris LlIldon of listoweI
Kandappar NJeyasseelan MSA 56 of Peradeniya Sri Lanka died Oct 22 1987 He is survived by two children
Frank J King 33 of Thornhill One died Dec 19 1987 He was a pioneer of Canadas broiler chicken industry and retired senior executive and director of Ralston Purina Canada Inc He is survived by his wife Rachel and a son
Robert C (Bob) lGrkness 56 of Maple Ridge BC died Oct 10 1987 He is survived by his wife
] Morley Lawrence 1 7 of Windsor died Oct 4 1987
John S Lennox 66A of Shallow Lake Ont died as the result of a farm accident Nov 4 1987 He is survived by his wife Ada and a son
Alex T Macnab 36 of North Fort Myers Fla died Dec 18 1987 He is survived by his wife Vella
NormanJ Myles 39 of Guelph died j an 24 1988 He had been a second lieutenant 11 th Field Brigade Royal Canadian Artillery He is survived by his wife Luella Beverley (Highan1 ) and two children
Robert W Phillips 39 of Belleville Ont died Sept 21 1987 -John W Robertson 38 of Thorold Ont died Oct 21 1987 He is survived by his wife Elizabeth and daughter Janice Partlow Arts 70
31
Henry H Rooke 8 of Barrie Ont died Dec 16 1987 lIe was retired from the Department of National Health and Welfare He is survived by his wife Harriet Mac 40 and daughters Jane Lennox and Nancy RookemiddotAllen CBS 73
Robert H See 65A ofBohon Ont died Nov 14 1987 He was the son of Margaret (Huston) See Mac 33 and the late Dr John N See OAC 35 OVC 38 He is survived by his wife Brenda and two sisters
WilliamT (Bill) Smith 35 ofStfJtford Ont died Sept 19 1987 He is survived by his wife Maude and five children
Annie H Tasi MSc 72 ofGuelph died Dec 9 1987 She received her BSc in Agriculture from the National Taiwan University in 1965 After receiving her masters in horticulture from Guelph she worked as a research technician in the Universipound) Department of Horticultural Science Shc is survived by her hu~band Benjamin and two children
William G Toner 20A and 22 of Guelph died Jan 30 1988 He is survived by hi wife Eileen and four children
W Benson (Ben) Vair 55 of Sarnia died Jan 6 1988 He taught science at Northern Collegiate in Sarnia for 25 years retiring in 1987
A Gordon O Whiteside 20A and 22 of Ottawa died June 2 1987 Ht was retired after 42 years as a cerealist with Agriculture Canada and wa~ a Fellow of thc Agricultural Institute of Canada lie developed sevedl varieties of Canadian whtat one of which bears his namt Gordon He is su rvived byhis wife Irene and three children
Joseph H Willmott 22A of Milton died Oct 23 1987 He is survived by his sonJohn c Willmott 55
PROFESSORS
Dr Denis H Stott professor emeritus since 1980 diedJan 22 1988 in England at 78 He was ftrst chair Department of Psychology from 1966-68 and was intershyna tionally known as a pioneer in deve shyloping learning techniques for hardmiddottOmiddot teach children He founded the Centre for Educational Disabilities which he directed until h is retirement in 1975 His research focused on the causes and promiddot
blems of delinquent school boys He is survived by hiswifeJane and tw children
Dr Robert D Whiteford of Qualicum Beach Vancouver Island former professor Department of Biomedical Sciences died Feb ] 0 1988 He is survived by his wife Beatrice and one son
STAFF Ray Catchpole a member of the Unj middot versitys Sulawesi Regional Development Project team in Indonesia died Nov 27 1987 in Jakarta at 46 He had been with the project sinet its inception in 1984 He is survived by his wife Ani and his mother Muriel Lucas A mcmorial fund has been established in his nanle Contributions may be forwarded to the Department of
Alumni Affairs and Development The fund will provide a bursary for Indonesians and Canadians involved in exchange between the two ountries It will be adminbtered by the niversity School of Rural Planning and Development
FRIENDS
Joseph Arlen of Guelph died Sept 5 1987 He pursued studies at OAC from 1957 to ) 959 before completing an engineering degree at the University of Toronto He is survived by his wife Judy who works in Photographic Services on campus and two children A Joseph Arlen Memorial Prize in Horticulture has been established Contributions may be forshywarded to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development
ASPARAGUS RESEARCHER DIES IN GUELPH
Herman (Herm) Tiessen OAC 51 onc of Canadas fore middot most aspard1t1s researdlers rued in Guelph Dec 10 1987 at 63 Or Ticsscn had been a horticul shyture professor at the University since 1955 and was co-ordinator of the National Asparagus Reshysearch Program
At its fiftieth anniversary meeting in london the day of his death the Ontario Asparagus Growers Marketing Board honored Dr Tiessen as the pershyson who had made the greatest contributions to the industry over the last 50 years He was also weU known for his work on greehouse tOmatoes and for a collaborative project with Texaco that used waste energy from the companys refinery to heat greenhouses
After graduating from OAC Dr Tiessen received his masters and PhD degrees from Michigan State University and returned to his alma mater to join the Department of Horticultural Science He traveUed widely to share his knowledge on veget-
The late Professor Herm Tiessen OAC51
able growing with scientists around the world most recently to New Zealand and Taiwan He -wa a member of the Agricultural Institute of Canada and the Canadjm American and Intermiddot national Societies for Horticulmiddot tural Science He was also an active member of the OAC Alumni Association
He is sUlvived by his wife Marjorie and two children
32
BERT BELL
Outward Bound is a wilderness adventure that helps you understand
test and learn to use inner resources you may never have known
you had Five to 24-day courses are run all year for students teachers
executives and professionals Cali 1-800-268-7329 for abrochure
canadian Outward Bound Wilderness School PO Box 11 5 Slalion S Toronlo Onl M5M4L5 787 middot1721
The Canadian Outward Bound School IS anon-profit educationat organizallon Course fees are tax deductible
think had forgotten that
learning to add two plus two is not
the most important thing
in the classroom that giving kids the support they need to get through) is
whats important - Alice Buchanan Teacher -
JlAVIeuro 17 18 19 GOlf Tournament
The classic confrontation on the green the Gryphon Club Golf Tournament will start things rolling on Friday at the Cutten Club Prizes will be awarded
Barbecue amp CasinO Night
Meet your friends at Alumni House Friday evening for a barbecued feast and try your llck at the casino tables
SIOwpitch Tournament
The Grad loungers will defendtheir championship title at the alumnistudent co-ed slowpitch tournament Why not get a team together to compete for the first-place trophy and other awards Teams should consist of 12 to 20 players with at least six females per team Three one-hour games are guaranteed for each team
Tours Lectures Demonstrations
Tour the new Equine Research Centre see computer laboratory demonstrations at the College of Family and Consumer Studies or catch an enlightening lecture If its nature you enjoy visit the Arboretum the Marine Biology Laboratory or the Elora Gorge Conservation Area
Celebrity Auction
Join in the fun and bid on a fascinating assortment of articles donated by local celebriti~s Lots of surprises in store All proceeds will go to Alumni House
Awards Presentations
At the Presidents Picnic at noOn on Saturday the Alumnus of Honor award and the Alumni Medal of Achievement will be presented Come and celebrate with the recipients
-
See page 7 for your Alumni Weekend reservation form For further information see your College section inside or call the Alumni Weekend hotline (519) 824-4120 ext 2102
Class Reunions
Is your class having a reunion Check page 7 to find out Reunions are a great opportunity to meet old
friends and renew acquaintshyances The Alumni Associations will host their graduates of 50
years or more at a Golden Anniversary Din ner
Champagne Brunch
Toast Alumni Weekend 88 at a champagne brunch held on the Alumni House patio Sunday The Guelph Concert Band will provide entertainment
ofStirling Stirling Scotland is married to Marilyn Klein CBS 77
Dr HG Rees 55 joined the faculty of Massey University New Zealand after 10 years ofgeneral practice Upon completion of his masters degree he as appointed senio r lect urer at the University of Melbourne In 1970 he returned to prac shytice in his native Wales and has spent the past 12 years on the faculty at SeaJe-Hayne College there He has a small sheep farm
ARTS Bruce Westheuser 76 ofToronto died Dec 7 1987 He was a teacher Toronto Montessori Schools Hlt is survived by his father Ronald and stcpmodlcr Dorothy two sisters and a brodumiddotr
CSS Robert A Dodd MA 75 of Victoria BC died Oct 8 1987 He had been employed by the Ministry of Health He is survived by his wife Wendy
Bruce G Miller 72 of Aurora Ont died Sept 2 1987 He was a teacher with York Region Board of Education He is survived by his wife
MAC-FACS Etta (Birdsall) Garnham 17D of Tillsonhurg Ont died Jan 11 1988 She is survi ed by her sister Doris Oatman
Kathleen (Coggs) Hallam 120 of Toronto died jan 23 1988
Katherine L (Williamson) Killmaster 35D of Southfield Michigan died jan 31 1988
GAdora(Beemer)McFadyen 29Dof Port Elgin Ont died Apri l 8 L987 She is Survived by her son George S McFadyen OAC 50A
Anne E Spera 280 of Dundas Ont died Jan 26 1988
Dora M (Dies) Terryberry 260 of Weston Ont died Jan 22 1988 She is survived by her son Douglas
and maintains a single man general pracshytice Sheep health and production are his main interests and in the fall he was admitted to the Cert SHP by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons In 1989 he plans to retrace his footsteps to learn about his main interests in the countries in which he was trained
Dr Duncan Sinclair 58 OAC MSc 60 (nutrition ) Schofield lecturer 1983 will become Queens University Dean of
IN MEMORIAM
OAC Aimee A (Ups) Acklen 36 of Irving Texas died Feb 2 1987 She is survived by her husband Robert and one son
George K Beare 37 A of xbridge Ont died Oct 30 1987 He is survived by his wife Ruby
Dr J Ritchie Cowan 39 of Corvallis Oregon died Nov 12 1987 He was a retired professor of agronomy and proshyfessor emeritus Oregon State University He received his MS and a doctorate in plant genetics from the University of Minnesota He served as national president of the Crop Science Socicty of America the American Society of Agronomy the American Forage and Graosland Council the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology and the League for Intershynational Food Education He was pre shydeceased by his first wife DorothyWhite Mac 39 He is survived by his second wife Ruth and two children
WUliam M Croskery 15 of Ottawa died Nov 17 1987 He was a retired agricultural representative for Carleton County He is survived by three children
Walter C Fisher 26 of Sf Catharines Ont died jan 20 1988 He is survived by his wife Alice ( Petrie ) and three children
William A Hammond 18 Port Dovers oldest World War I veteran died Sept 29 1987 at 95 Prior to entering OAC he farmed worked in a lumber camp in BC and fought forest fires in Montana During the war he served in France and Belgium with the 55th l3atteryofthe Royal Canadian Art illery advancing from gunner to sergeant In 1920 he married Minerva Mitchell and they farmed in Woodhouse Township Mter retir ing he became clerk-treasurer of the township and later
Medicine and Vice-Principal ( Health Sciences) onJuly 1 He has served Queens in various capacities since joining the departme nt of physiolo gy in 1966 Nationally he has been invo lved with the Medical Research Council of Canada for many years includ ing a term as its director-genera1
Dr Anne Marie Taylor 81 is direc tor of an imal care Animal Care Centre Dalhousie niversity Halifax
held the san1e position with the Town of Port Dover He also served on the Ontario Assessment Appeal Board and was a fanner chai rman of the Simcoe High School Board In 1967 he received a Centennial Medal for service to his communi ty He was predeceased by bis wife and a son and is survived by two daughters Betty Murton ofWatetiord and Doris LlIldon of listoweI
Kandappar NJeyasseelan MSA 56 of Peradeniya Sri Lanka died Oct 22 1987 He is survived by two children
Frank J King 33 of Thornhill One died Dec 19 1987 He was a pioneer of Canadas broiler chicken industry and retired senior executive and director of Ralston Purina Canada Inc He is survived by his wife Rachel and a son
Robert C (Bob) lGrkness 56 of Maple Ridge BC died Oct 10 1987 He is survived by his wife
] Morley Lawrence 1 7 of Windsor died Oct 4 1987
John S Lennox 66A of Shallow Lake Ont died as the result of a farm accident Nov 4 1987 He is survived by his wife Ada and a son
Alex T Macnab 36 of North Fort Myers Fla died Dec 18 1987 He is survived by his wife Vella
NormanJ Myles 39 of Guelph died j an 24 1988 He had been a second lieutenant 11 th Field Brigade Royal Canadian Artillery He is survived by his wife Luella Beverley (Highan1 ) and two children
Robert W Phillips 39 of Belleville Ont died Sept 21 1987 -John W Robertson 38 of Thorold Ont died Oct 21 1987 He is survived by his wife Elizabeth and daughter Janice Partlow Arts 70
31
Henry H Rooke 8 of Barrie Ont died Dec 16 1987 lIe was retired from the Department of National Health and Welfare He is survived by his wife Harriet Mac 40 and daughters Jane Lennox and Nancy RookemiddotAllen CBS 73
Robert H See 65A ofBohon Ont died Nov 14 1987 He was the son of Margaret (Huston) See Mac 33 and the late Dr John N See OAC 35 OVC 38 He is survived by his wife Brenda and two sisters
WilliamT (Bill) Smith 35 ofStfJtford Ont died Sept 19 1987 He is survived by his wife Maude and five children
Annie H Tasi MSc 72 ofGuelph died Dec 9 1987 She received her BSc in Agriculture from the National Taiwan University in 1965 After receiving her masters in horticulture from Guelph she worked as a research technician in the Universipound) Department of Horticultural Science Shc is survived by her hu~band Benjamin and two children
William G Toner 20A and 22 of Guelph died Jan 30 1988 He is survived by hi wife Eileen and four children
W Benson (Ben) Vair 55 of Sarnia died Jan 6 1988 He taught science at Northern Collegiate in Sarnia for 25 years retiring in 1987
A Gordon O Whiteside 20A and 22 of Ottawa died June 2 1987 Ht was retired after 42 years as a cerealist with Agriculture Canada and wa~ a Fellow of thc Agricultural Institute of Canada lie developed sevedl varieties of Canadian whtat one of which bears his namt Gordon He is su rvived byhis wife Irene and three children
Joseph H Willmott 22A of Milton died Oct 23 1987 He is survived by his sonJohn c Willmott 55
PROFESSORS
Dr Denis H Stott professor emeritus since 1980 diedJan 22 1988 in England at 78 He was ftrst chair Department of Psychology from 1966-68 and was intershyna tionally known as a pioneer in deve shyloping learning techniques for hardmiddottOmiddot teach children He founded the Centre for Educational Disabilities which he directed until h is retirement in 1975 His research focused on the causes and promiddot
blems of delinquent school boys He is survived by hiswifeJane and tw children
Dr Robert D Whiteford of Qualicum Beach Vancouver Island former professor Department of Biomedical Sciences died Feb ] 0 1988 He is survived by his wife Beatrice and one son
STAFF Ray Catchpole a member of the Unj middot versitys Sulawesi Regional Development Project team in Indonesia died Nov 27 1987 in Jakarta at 46 He had been with the project sinet its inception in 1984 He is survived by his wife Ani and his mother Muriel Lucas A mcmorial fund has been established in his nanle Contributions may be forwarded to the Department of
Alumni Affairs and Development The fund will provide a bursary for Indonesians and Canadians involved in exchange between the two ountries It will be adminbtered by the niversity School of Rural Planning and Development
FRIENDS
Joseph Arlen of Guelph died Sept 5 1987 He pursued studies at OAC from 1957 to ) 959 before completing an engineering degree at the University of Toronto He is survived by his wife Judy who works in Photographic Services on campus and two children A Joseph Arlen Memorial Prize in Horticulture has been established Contributions may be forshywarded to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development
ASPARAGUS RESEARCHER DIES IN GUELPH
Herman (Herm) Tiessen OAC 51 onc of Canadas fore middot most aspard1t1s researdlers rued in Guelph Dec 10 1987 at 63 Or Ticsscn had been a horticul shyture professor at the University since 1955 and was co-ordinator of the National Asparagus Reshysearch Program
At its fiftieth anniversary meeting in london the day of his death the Ontario Asparagus Growers Marketing Board honored Dr Tiessen as the pershyson who had made the greatest contributions to the industry over the last 50 years He was also weU known for his work on greehouse tOmatoes and for a collaborative project with Texaco that used waste energy from the companys refinery to heat greenhouses
After graduating from OAC Dr Tiessen received his masters and PhD degrees from Michigan State University and returned to his alma mater to join the Department of Horticultural Science He traveUed widely to share his knowledge on veget-
The late Professor Herm Tiessen OAC51
able growing with scientists around the world most recently to New Zealand and Taiwan He -wa a member of the Agricultural Institute of Canada and the Canadjm American and Intermiddot national Societies for Horticulmiddot tural Science He was also an active member of the OAC Alumni Association
He is sUlvived by his wife Marjorie and two children
32
BERT BELL
Outward Bound is a wilderness adventure that helps you understand
test and learn to use inner resources you may never have known
you had Five to 24-day courses are run all year for students teachers
executives and professionals Cali 1-800-268-7329 for abrochure
canadian Outward Bound Wilderness School PO Box 11 5 Slalion S Toronlo Onl M5M4L5 787 middot1721
The Canadian Outward Bound School IS anon-profit educationat organizallon Course fees are tax deductible
think had forgotten that
learning to add two plus two is not
the most important thing
in the classroom that giving kids the support they need to get through) is
whats important - Alice Buchanan Teacher -
JlAVIeuro 17 18 19 GOlf Tournament
The classic confrontation on the green the Gryphon Club Golf Tournament will start things rolling on Friday at the Cutten Club Prizes will be awarded
Barbecue amp CasinO Night
Meet your friends at Alumni House Friday evening for a barbecued feast and try your llck at the casino tables
SIOwpitch Tournament
The Grad loungers will defendtheir championship title at the alumnistudent co-ed slowpitch tournament Why not get a team together to compete for the first-place trophy and other awards Teams should consist of 12 to 20 players with at least six females per team Three one-hour games are guaranteed for each team
Tours Lectures Demonstrations
Tour the new Equine Research Centre see computer laboratory demonstrations at the College of Family and Consumer Studies or catch an enlightening lecture If its nature you enjoy visit the Arboretum the Marine Biology Laboratory or the Elora Gorge Conservation Area
Celebrity Auction
Join in the fun and bid on a fascinating assortment of articles donated by local celebriti~s Lots of surprises in store All proceeds will go to Alumni House
Awards Presentations
At the Presidents Picnic at noOn on Saturday the Alumnus of Honor award and the Alumni Medal of Achievement will be presented Come and celebrate with the recipients
-
See page 7 for your Alumni Weekend reservation form For further information see your College section inside or call the Alumni Weekend hotline (519) 824-4120 ext 2102
Class Reunions
Is your class having a reunion Check page 7 to find out Reunions are a great opportunity to meet old
friends and renew acquaintshyances The Alumni Associations will host their graduates of 50
years or more at a Golden Anniversary Din ner
Champagne Brunch
Toast Alumni Weekend 88 at a champagne brunch held on the Alumni House patio Sunday The Guelph Concert Band will provide entertainment
Henry H Rooke 8 of Barrie Ont died Dec 16 1987 lIe was retired from the Department of National Health and Welfare He is survived by his wife Harriet Mac 40 and daughters Jane Lennox and Nancy RookemiddotAllen CBS 73
Robert H See 65A ofBohon Ont died Nov 14 1987 He was the son of Margaret (Huston) See Mac 33 and the late Dr John N See OAC 35 OVC 38 He is survived by his wife Brenda and two sisters
WilliamT (Bill) Smith 35 ofStfJtford Ont died Sept 19 1987 He is survived by his wife Maude and five children
Annie H Tasi MSc 72 ofGuelph died Dec 9 1987 She received her BSc in Agriculture from the National Taiwan University in 1965 After receiving her masters in horticulture from Guelph she worked as a research technician in the Universipound) Department of Horticultural Science Shc is survived by her hu~band Benjamin and two children
William G Toner 20A and 22 of Guelph died Jan 30 1988 He is survived by hi wife Eileen and four children
W Benson (Ben) Vair 55 of Sarnia died Jan 6 1988 He taught science at Northern Collegiate in Sarnia for 25 years retiring in 1987
A Gordon O Whiteside 20A and 22 of Ottawa died June 2 1987 Ht was retired after 42 years as a cerealist with Agriculture Canada and wa~ a Fellow of thc Agricultural Institute of Canada lie developed sevedl varieties of Canadian whtat one of which bears his namt Gordon He is su rvived byhis wife Irene and three children
Joseph H Willmott 22A of Milton died Oct 23 1987 He is survived by his sonJohn c Willmott 55
PROFESSORS
Dr Denis H Stott professor emeritus since 1980 diedJan 22 1988 in England at 78 He was ftrst chair Department of Psychology from 1966-68 and was intershyna tionally known as a pioneer in deve shyloping learning techniques for hardmiddottOmiddot teach children He founded the Centre for Educational Disabilities which he directed until h is retirement in 1975 His research focused on the causes and promiddot
blems of delinquent school boys He is survived by hiswifeJane and tw children
Dr Robert D Whiteford of Qualicum Beach Vancouver Island former professor Department of Biomedical Sciences died Feb ] 0 1988 He is survived by his wife Beatrice and one son
STAFF Ray Catchpole a member of the Unj middot versitys Sulawesi Regional Development Project team in Indonesia died Nov 27 1987 in Jakarta at 46 He had been with the project sinet its inception in 1984 He is survived by his wife Ani and his mother Muriel Lucas A mcmorial fund has been established in his nanle Contributions may be forwarded to the Department of
Alumni Affairs and Development The fund will provide a bursary for Indonesians and Canadians involved in exchange between the two ountries It will be adminbtered by the niversity School of Rural Planning and Development
FRIENDS
Joseph Arlen of Guelph died Sept 5 1987 He pursued studies at OAC from 1957 to ) 959 before completing an engineering degree at the University of Toronto He is survived by his wife Judy who works in Photographic Services on campus and two children A Joseph Arlen Memorial Prize in Horticulture has been established Contributions may be forshywarded to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development
ASPARAGUS RESEARCHER DIES IN GUELPH
Herman (Herm) Tiessen OAC 51 onc of Canadas fore middot most aspard1t1s researdlers rued in Guelph Dec 10 1987 at 63 Or Ticsscn had been a horticul shyture professor at the University since 1955 and was co-ordinator of the National Asparagus Reshysearch Program
At its fiftieth anniversary meeting in london the day of his death the Ontario Asparagus Growers Marketing Board honored Dr Tiessen as the pershyson who had made the greatest contributions to the industry over the last 50 years He was also weU known for his work on greehouse tOmatoes and for a collaborative project with Texaco that used waste energy from the companys refinery to heat greenhouses
After graduating from OAC Dr Tiessen received his masters and PhD degrees from Michigan State University and returned to his alma mater to join the Department of Horticultural Science He traveUed widely to share his knowledge on veget-
The late Professor Herm Tiessen OAC51
able growing with scientists around the world most recently to New Zealand and Taiwan He -wa a member of the Agricultural Institute of Canada and the Canadjm American and Intermiddot national Societies for Horticulmiddot tural Science He was also an active member of the OAC Alumni Association
He is sUlvived by his wife Marjorie and two children
32
BERT BELL
Outward Bound is a wilderness adventure that helps you understand
test and learn to use inner resources you may never have known
you had Five to 24-day courses are run all year for students teachers
executives and professionals Cali 1-800-268-7329 for abrochure
canadian Outward Bound Wilderness School PO Box 11 5 Slalion S Toronlo Onl M5M4L5 787 middot1721
The Canadian Outward Bound School IS anon-profit educationat organizallon Course fees are tax deductible
think had forgotten that
learning to add two plus two is not
the most important thing
in the classroom that giving kids the support they need to get through) is
whats important - Alice Buchanan Teacher -
JlAVIeuro 17 18 19 GOlf Tournament
The classic confrontation on the green the Gryphon Club Golf Tournament will start things rolling on Friday at the Cutten Club Prizes will be awarded
Barbecue amp CasinO Night
Meet your friends at Alumni House Friday evening for a barbecued feast and try your llck at the casino tables
SIOwpitch Tournament
The Grad loungers will defendtheir championship title at the alumnistudent co-ed slowpitch tournament Why not get a team together to compete for the first-place trophy and other awards Teams should consist of 12 to 20 players with at least six females per team Three one-hour games are guaranteed for each team
Tours Lectures Demonstrations
Tour the new Equine Research Centre see computer laboratory demonstrations at the College of Family and Consumer Studies or catch an enlightening lecture If its nature you enjoy visit the Arboretum the Marine Biology Laboratory or the Elora Gorge Conservation Area
Celebrity Auction
Join in the fun and bid on a fascinating assortment of articles donated by local celebriti~s Lots of surprises in store All proceeds will go to Alumni House
Awards Presentations
At the Presidents Picnic at noOn on Saturday the Alumnus of Honor award and the Alumni Medal of Achievement will be presented Come and celebrate with the recipients
-
See page 7 for your Alumni Weekend reservation form For further information see your College section inside or call the Alumni Weekend hotline (519) 824-4120 ext 2102
Class Reunions
Is your class having a reunion Check page 7 to find out Reunions are a great opportunity to meet old
friends and renew acquaintshyances The Alumni Associations will host their graduates of 50
years or more at a Golden Anniversary Din ner
Champagne Brunch
Toast Alumni Weekend 88 at a champagne brunch held on the Alumni House patio Sunday The Guelph Concert Band will provide entertainment
BERT BELL
Outward Bound is a wilderness adventure that helps you understand
test and learn to use inner resources you may never have known
you had Five to 24-day courses are run all year for students teachers
executives and professionals Cali 1-800-268-7329 for abrochure
canadian Outward Bound Wilderness School PO Box 11 5 Slalion S Toronlo Onl M5M4L5 787 middot1721
The Canadian Outward Bound School IS anon-profit educationat organizallon Course fees are tax deductible
think had forgotten that
learning to add two plus two is not
the most important thing
in the classroom that giving kids the support they need to get through) is
whats important - Alice Buchanan Teacher -
JlAVIeuro 17 18 19 GOlf Tournament
The classic confrontation on the green the Gryphon Club Golf Tournament will start things rolling on Friday at the Cutten Club Prizes will be awarded
Barbecue amp CasinO Night
Meet your friends at Alumni House Friday evening for a barbecued feast and try your llck at the casino tables
SIOwpitch Tournament
The Grad loungers will defendtheir championship title at the alumnistudent co-ed slowpitch tournament Why not get a team together to compete for the first-place trophy and other awards Teams should consist of 12 to 20 players with at least six females per team Three one-hour games are guaranteed for each team
Tours Lectures Demonstrations
Tour the new Equine Research Centre see computer laboratory demonstrations at the College of Family and Consumer Studies or catch an enlightening lecture If its nature you enjoy visit the Arboretum the Marine Biology Laboratory or the Elora Gorge Conservation Area
Celebrity Auction
Join in the fun and bid on a fascinating assortment of articles donated by local celebriti~s Lots of surprises in store All proceeds will go to Alumni House
Awards Presentations
At the Presidents Picnic at noOn on Saturday the Alumnus of Honor award and the Alumni Medal of Achievement will be presented Come and celebrate with the recipients
-
See page 7 for your Alumni Weekend reservation form For further information see your College section inside or call the Alumni Weekend hotline (519) 824-4120 ext 2102
Class Reunions
Is your class having a reunion Check page 7 to find out Reunions are a great opportunity to meet old
friends and renew acquaintshyances The Alumni Associations will host their graduates of 50
years or more at a Golden Anniversary Din ner
Champagne Brunch
Toast Alumni Weekend 88 at a champagne brunch held on the Alumni House patio Sunday The Guelph Concert Band will provide entertainment
JlAVIeuro 17 18 19 GOlf Tournament
The classic confrontation on the green the Gryphon Club Golf Tournament will start things rolling on Friday at the Cutten Club Prizes will be awarded
Barbecue amp CasinO Night
Meet your friends at Alumni House Friday evening for a barbecued feast and try your llck at the casino tables
SIOwpitch Tournament
The Grad loungers will defendtheir championship title at the alumnistudent co-ed slowpitch tournament Why not get a team together to compete for the first-place trophy and other awards Teams should consist of 12 to 20 players with at least six females per team Three one-hour games are guaranteed for each team
Tours Lectures Demonstrations
Tour the new Equine Research Centre see computer laboratory demonstrations at the College of Family and Consumer Studies or catch an enlightening lecture If its nature you enjoy visit the Arboretum the Marine Biology Laboratory or the Elora Gorge Conservation Area
Celebrity Auction
Join in the fun and bid on a fascinating assortment of articles donated by local celebriti~s Lots of surprises in store All proceeds will go to Alumni House
Awards Presentations
At the Presidents Picnic at noOn on Saturday the Alumnus of Honor award and the Alumni Medal of Achievement will be presented Come and celebrate with the recipients
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See page 7 for your Alumni Weekend reservation form For further information see your College section inside or call the Alumni Weekend hotline (519) 824-4120 ext 2102
Class Reunions
Is your class having a reunion Check page 7 to find out Reunions are a great opportunity to meet old
friends and renew acquaintshyances The Alumni Associations will host their graduates of 50
years or more at a Golden Anniversary Din ner
Champagne Brunch
Toast Alumni Weekend 88 at a champagne brunch held on the Alumni House patio Sunday The Guelph Concert Band will provide entertainment