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The team will enter the car in the GM Sunrayce to be run in June, 1999. See page 4. Chris Petty photo Features Maria Klawe has made her mark as head of Computer Science and as VP Student and Academic Services. Now, as Dean of Science, she gets back to her research roots. UBC grads make a big splash all around the world. Even in Nova Scotia. Meet some. 16 For 80 years, UBC's School of Nursing has been turning out top-notch caregivers. Doreen Hatton is one of the best. 21 chronicle Editor Chris Petty, MFA'86 I5B The University of British Columbia Alumni Association Assistant Editor Shari Ackerman ■SB Contributors Don Wells, BA'89, Marjorie Simmins, BA'84 m Advertising Gord Smart/The Keegan Group Board of Directors Q 4 14 25 President Haig Farris, BA'60, LLD'97 Senior VP tinda Thorstad, BSc'77, MSc'84 Research News Board of Directors Books Past President Tricia Smith, BA'80, LLB'85 Treasurer Thomas Hasker, BA'86 A digest of news from UBC Meet the Alumni Association Board UBC alumni write books. We try Members at Large '98-'00 Reports and elsewhere: the CAN that will be in charge when the clock to show you some of them. It's Gregory Clark, BCom'86, LLB'89 Jean Forrest, BPE'83 m opener, Smokey's mistake and ticks over to 2000. No Y2K scare here: hopeless: too many writers, too Thomas Hobley, MBA'83 the $50 million gift. they're ready. much talent. Members at Large '97-'99 Peter Ladner, BA'70 Don Wells, BA'89 Lome Whitehead, BSc'77, MSC80, PhD'89 28 18 31 Executive Director Agnes Papke, BSc(Agr)'66 Alumni News Annual Dinner Class Acts Editorial Committee Don Wells, BA'89, Chair From division gatherings to A page of pics to show you what What's going on with those Ron Burke, BA'82 reunions and Young Alumni you missed (or what you saw) at people who sat beside you in Paula Martin Sue Watts, MF'75, PhD'81 events, here's all the information last year's Alumni Recognition and English 101? Here's the place to Design Consultation you need to stay in touch. Sports Hall of Fame Dinner. find out. Chris Dahl Design Communications Printed In Canada by /Mitchell Press ISSN 0824-1279 Visit our website: www.alumni.ubc.ca chroniclenews Raven Learns to Fly Matthew van Wollen and Andrew Booth wanted to do something meaningful in their senior engineering project courses. The story goes that van Woolen and Booth were sitting in the Elbow Room in early 1995 mulling over ideas when Booth said, "How about something to do with solar energy?" The idea was born. A year later they embarked on mission to design, build and race a solar car. The UBC Solar Car Project became an unstoppable force. By the fall of 1996, the project had become part of the curriculum of a number of engineering courses, and a team of 30-plus dedicated undergrads emerged, managed by Booth and van Wollen. A year later, funding came through from the President's Office and from a number of industrial donors including Westcoast Energy, BC Bearing Engineers Ltd., Statpower Technologies Corp., and BCTEL Mobility. UBC funding also comes from the faculty of Science, the department of engineering physics and the Alumni Association. The project's first vehicle is Raven. It weighs less than 500 lbs and can reach speeds of up to 100 km/h. More than 700 UBC's Raven: getting ready for a day at the races. black solar cells collect the sun's energy and convert it to electricity, which is then stored in seven lead-acid batteries that drive the motor. The car has been put together by team members working in groups of two to five, each working on a different section. Many of the team members are earning credit towards their degrees, but the excitement of the project has moved many to come on as volunteers. The ultimate goal of the team is to VOC Oldtimers Out There Again Few clubs at UBC are as active as the Varsity Outdoor Club, and fewer still groups of alumni spend more time together than VOC oldtimers. Every year a crowd of intrepid hikers and mountaineers gathers to take on a local mountain. And there's nothing like a warm sunny September day to bring them out. Fifty of them showed up on Sept. 9 for their annual hike from the Cypress Bowl to the downhill ski area parking lot. Following a stop at the Cypress cafeteria, the group split into two: one for a hike up Black Mountain to Cabin Lake for a swim and lunch (pictured), and the other to Yew Lake and Howe Sound lookout. The next hike is set for Sept. 8, 1999, 10 am, at Cypress Bowl downhill parking lot. For more info, contact Ingrid Blomfield, 926-1156, Iola Knight, 922- 7358 or Marg Merler, 922-8973. Long may they climb. race the car in the GM Sunrayce, a 10- day 1,200 km solar car race, scheduled for June, 1999. Teams from more than 40 other colleges and universities compete in the race, and it's a showcase of solar car technology. The project team is currently preparing Raven for road tests. The suspension is being modified to increase its load capacity, and the shell, seen here in its bare fibre glass state, is being painted and polished for final improvements in aerodynamic performance. One of the most difficult modifications the team has to make is turn the vehicle from its current three-wheeled system to a 4-wheeled system. New rules for Sunrayce 1999 make the change mandatory. Engineering students aren't the only ones to benefit from the Solar Car Project. Recently, seven commerce students came on board, as part of their Commerce 468 course, to develop a marketing project for the car. The Raven will be on display in locations around the Lower Mainland before it heads off to the Sunrayve. Check the Solar Car website, www.physics.ubc.ca/~solarcar for upcoming events. Chronicle Rehab Student Invents CAN Opener What do kitchen shelves and backpacks have in common? Together, they can open doors. Pamela Andrews, third-year Rehab Sciences student, was diagnosed with MS last year, and since then she has found doors to be restrictive and frustrating. "I couldn't find a tool to help me and I couldn't adapt various existing ones," says Andrews, who uses an electric scooter. So she made one. She needed a device that was esth- etically pleasing, small enough to carry in her pocket, and cheap enough for a student. Her solution is a tool she calls the CAN opener, made from backpack strapping lined with the rubberized netting used to line kitchen shelves. Total cost: $1.63. Andrews loops one end of the strap around her upper arm and the other end around the door handle. The end connected to the door turns the knob and she is able to pull the door towards her. The name refers to both its Canadian origin and how it is used to open washroom doors. The opener won first prize in Solutions '98, BC's annual health technology contest. Andrews is working with a consulting company to bring the product to market. "It's probably the reason I'm in occupational therapy," says Andrews, "I like figuring things out." share your views "INK " . "*'■' : '• •'■'•■'■-' " :. Freddy Wood Stars on Granville Street The BC Entertainment Hall of Fame Society has a new member: the late Freddy Wood. Wood was a UBC professor of English and a driving force in theatre development at UBC and in the province. He came to the university in 1915 and founded the UBC Players Club, the longest continuing dramatic society in Canada. His namesake theatre, the 400-seat Frederic Wood Theatre, opened on campus in 1963. Wood died in 1976 at the age of 89. "Freddy was a very ascetic, intelligent, stern man—a perfectionist," says ir. swamps* Your best conference venue is right at home. Let the UBC Conference Centre work behind the scenes on your next convention. We'll register delegates, plan meetings, manage abstracts, and attend to every nuance of your event. Show your colleagues how UBC's scenic settings and first-rate facilities create a uniquely satisfying convention experience. And the perfect venue for sharing your views. Call the UBC Conference Centre today. UBC CONFERENCE CENTRE The University of British Columbia 5961 Student Union Boulevard, Vancouver, B.C., V6T 2C9 Tel: (604) 822-1060 Fax: (604) 822-1069 Web site: www.conferences.ubc.ca jSj Norman Young, Hall of Fame Society '$ it vice-president and a professor emeritus ■■'.-- "»*I of Theatre. "He demanded that every- *' - - ■ thing put on the stage be perfect, from props to people." He mentored many UBC students who went on to be stage and screen performers and writers, such as playwright and host of CBC Radio's Ideas Lister Sinclair, actor Arthur Hill, Theatre Under the Stars leader Bill Buckingham and Dorothy Somerset, first head of the UBC Theatre Dept. His name is inscribed on the Starwalk outside the Orpheum Theatre on Granville St. Chronicle chronicle news Wine May Beat Cancer The good news is that wine may indeed provide some protection from certain kinds of cancers. Third-year student Hin Hin Ko won this year's Alan C. Hayman Summer Student Research Competition, held annually at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Ko, supervised by assistant professor Thomas Chang, demonstrated for the first time that the compound resveratrol, found in some grape skins and red wine, inhibits enzymes that could form cancer- causing agents. "Hin Hin showed she really understood the science behind her research," says Asst. Prof. Kishor Wasan, director of the summer student research program. Ko says she got involved in the program to help her make an informed decision about pursuing graduate work. "Listening to other people's experiences in the lab can never compare to discovering something new on my own," says Ko. Ko's study may lead to further testing of resveratrol on human enzymes to see if it can indeed prevent cancer. The bad news? Everything, including cancer fighters, in moderation. Smokey Was Wrong: Forest Fires Aren't Always the Enemy £i f ~""V nly YOU can prevent forest fires," intoned the big bear wearing the I I forest ranger hat. Print, TV and radio ads featured Smokey the Bear ^^*^S warning us that forest fires of any kind were catastrophes that we could prevent. But visions of Bambi racing through the devastated woods notwithstanding, forest fires aren't the big villian we've always been told they are. They can be catastrophic, but they are also necessary in maintaining ecosystems and ensuring the survival of certain plants and animals, a UBC Forest Sciences professor says. "Smokey the Bear made people feel that fire was strictly the enemy of the forest. It killed animals, destroyed trees and plants, caused soil erosion, and fouled streams," says associate professor Mike Feller. "But fire has positive effects which are very much part of the natural ecological cycle." Some trees and plants rely on fire for germination, and deer and elk thrive on the vegetation in burned sites, he says. Early successional conditions, which happen immediately after a forest fire when vegetation reappears, are important to the cycle. As a result, food is provided for deer, moose and elk, who eat low-lying shrubs, grasses and flowers. "Without fire, you would have fewer early successional plants, and far fewer of these animals," says Feller. He points out that forest fires leave a natural mosaic of burned and unburned forest, and that even a severe one will leave some vertical trees that play a role as wildlife habitat. Even Smokey benefits. Areas opened by fire provide ideal conditions for the growth of tasty berries. THINKING ABOUT HUMAN PASS! SELF AND SOCIETY HUMAN VALUES AUTHORITY ♦ ( RELIGIOUS .APACITY AND LIMITS OF REASOI ) MODERNITY R WORLD VIEWS SCIENCE ANt LIBERTY ANE ORGANIZING SOC i-mr:!L-'ii> ES: GENDER, CLASS, RACE, NATIOl Master of Arts T IBERAL STUDIES Simon Fraser University at Harbour Centre Simon Fraser University is pleased to offer the ninth class of its graduate program for adults returning to study on a part time basis. The program is offered during evening hours at the University's downtown campus. ♦ Join a community of learning ♦ Re-discover the world of ideas ♦ Study classic texts ♦ Develop new perspectives on contemporary issues ♦ Earn an advanced degree through a structured, intellectually challenging, interdisciplinary program Applications are invited from individuals holding an undergraduate degree in any field. Applications must be completed by April 15 for September entry. The Graduate Liberal Studies Program Simon Fraser University at Harbour Centre 515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver V6B 5K3 Telephone (604) 291-5152 Fax (604) 291-5159 E-mail glsp@sfu.ca HUMAN VALUES RELIGIOUS AND SECULAR WORLD VIEWS LIBERTY ANE Chronicle Message from the President Learning and Community at Canada's Best University In the Summer, 1998 issue of the Chronicle, I described the new vision for UBC we have developed over the past year. Trek 2000, the document that resulted from our vision process, combines the spirit of the Great Trek with UBC's achievements over the past 80 years, and is our blueprint for taking this university into the next century. I would like to expand on three elements of Trek 2000 here: our determination to be the best university in Canada; the renewal of the learning environment; and our community outreach. Most universities aspire to be 'one' of the best, or the best in a certain area. After looking closely at all the elements that make up UBC—the quality of our faculty and students, the level of our research compared to that of other universities in Canada, our geographical position—I am convinced that this university is destined to become the top university in Canada by any system of measurement you care to use. The potential is all there, the necessary pieces are all in place. We shall establish that goal in both real and anecdotal terms: by the numbers and by popular consensus. We are building new classrooms and refurbishing old ones, but renewing the learning environment isn't limited to physical structures. It also means changing the way we teach and the way students learn. Ours is a dynamic research university, and research will become an important element of our teaching efforts. We are expanding our commitment to interdisciplinarity— using many disciplines to teach in each academic area—and to the use of information technology in classrooms across the campus. The key here is learning, rather than teaching in the traditional sense. We are continuing our evolution toward a learner-centred environment. UBC has always been a community- oriented university. Continuing Studies programs draw people from all areas of the city, and our campus is one of Vancouver's major tourist destinations. Our sports and arts events are part of the Lower Mainland's entertainment fabric. UBC has also been a major contributor to the economy of British Columbia. We have transferred ideas, research and technology to more than 70 spinoff companies—more than have been produced Alumna Receives MBE-Queen's Honours Bi arbara Large BA'54 received an MBE . in the Queen's Birthday Honour's List on June 16, 1998. She is an educational consultant for HM Prison Service and is conference director for the 18th Annual Writers' Conference at King Alfred's University College. The award was presented to her by Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace on October 30, 1998. After she graduated from UBC, Barbara taught at a secondary school in New Westminster. She and her husband then moved to Seattle and subsequently to England, where she continued to teach at two local colleges as a senior lecturer. by any other Canadian university— which generate wealth, provide employment and help diversify our economy. Trek 2000 spells out initiatives for even greater community involvement including an expanded student co-op program, greater emphasis on alumni branch activities and strengthened links with the GVRD in community planning. We are also establishing a strong presence in Vancouver's downtown core. Our research in the Health Sciences, as well as in the Social Sciences and Humanities, gives us a unique insight into the social, cultural and economic needs of the region. We are developing educational programs, policy analysis and outreach projects to meet these needs. Such involvement will, as well, provide opportunities for further research, learning and student placements. The Great Trek in 1922 defined UBC as a dynamic institution, ready to take risks, to develop new ideas and to be a forceful presence in the community. Trek 2000 continues that tradition. Included in this issue of the Chronicle is a pamphlet outlining the TREK 2000 initiatives. Your input and involvement are welcome. Martha Piper, President Chronicle chronicle news People J^ Patricia Marchak BA'58, PhD'70 has been elected by faculty to the Board of Governors. A former dean of Arts, Marchak is a professor in the Anthropology and Sociology department and the Institute for Resources and Environment. She served as head of Anthropology and Sociology from 1987-1990. Marchak is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and president of its Humanities and Social Sciences Academy. y Suzanne Dodson BA '54, BLS'63 UBC Library's facilities and preservation manager, received an Honorary Life Membership Award from the BC Library Association. Dodson played a leading role in a lft-year campaign to secure the free deposit of provincial government publications for academic libraries. She was also honoured for an award- winning program of preserving microfiTm of historical materials. The award is given to people who have made substantial long-standing contributions to the association and to library service in BC. A UBC Commerce professor Tae Own MBA'74, PhD'79 and two former PhD students have been awarded the "best paper" prize at the recent World Conference on Transportation Research in Antwerp, Belgium. Optimal Demand for Operating Lease of Aircraft was chosen as the top paper out of 893 entries presented to the 14 members of the prize committee. Prof. Oum, Anming Zhang and Timing Zhang analyzed profitable methods of leasing and ownership of aircraft based on data from 10 major North American carriers. The award, which included $1,000, is given once every three years. Research Battles Depression Helping people deal with their depression is important to Vancouver clinical pychologist Randy Paterson. So important, in fact, that he is willing to teach his techniques to mental health professionals, who in turn teach them to their patients. He does this through a program he coordinates called Changeways, located at UBC Hospital. "Every community can expect to have a fair number of people experience depression—any community of over five people, at least," says Paterson. "What many of the professionals are asking for is more strategies, based on the research literature, to help clients." Changeways is a system of cognitive- behavioural techniques which psychologists or counsellors teach to groups of people with depression in eight to 10 hour sessions. Six months after learning Changeways techniques, eight per cent of people prone to major depression are readmitted to hospital, compared with 30 per cent of similar people who haven't taken the program. So far, about 700 mental health workers have been trained in the techniques, and they've passed them on to approximately 1,700 people with major depression. The program has proved so effective that it is now being franchised to communities across BC, as well as Alberta and Ontario. The cognitive part of the system works on understanding and changing negative thought patterns, while the behavioural part focuses on lifestyle factors that might trigger or prolong depression such as excessive drinking, poor sleep habits, lack of exercise and threadbare social networks. Chronicle Stewart Blusson BSc'60, Gives $50 Million to UBC UBC has received the largest single donation ever made to a Canadian university. Stewart Blusson BSc'60 donated $50 million to further UBC's research capacity. "It is an extraordinary gift not simply because of the amount, but because Dr. Blusson has granted us the privilege of allocating the money specifically to research and academic excellence," says President Martha Piper. Blusson, a geologist and diamond explorer, is principal shareholder in Archon Minerals Ltd., a mining exploration company based in Vancouver. "The most important research is often the most basic research, which the public doesn't get excited about because by itself, it's simply another piece of the puzzle," says Blusson. Basic research often focusses on questions that don't necessarily have commercial applications, but are, rather, interesting and important of themselves. Some of the most significant scientific discoveries have been made in this way. Blusson says he made his donation partly because of the federal government's creation last year of the $800 million Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) fund, a five-year program to help universities, colleges, and hospitals upgrade their research facilities. The donation will support the funding of infrastructure and equipment that will take UBC to a new level of research and academic excellence, says Piper. 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Ron Clowes has spent the last ten years leading a project examining the structure and evolution of Canada's landmass and continental margins. He is a geophysicist and professor in the department of Earth and Ocean Sciences. As director of UBC's Institute for Hearing Accessibility Research, Charles Laszlo created a unique environment where engineers, audiologists, physicians, educators, psychologists and hard-of- hearing consumers worked together on hearing accessibility problems. Paul Lin has strengthened the diplomatic and commercial relationships between Canada and China. He was appointed to UBC's Senate by BC's lieutenant governor in 1994 and reappointed to a second term in 1997. Dinodrop Correction In our last issue we profiled Dino drops, a candy coated sour cherry confection created by grad students at UBC. The candy, which uses technology developed by DRI Technology, a UBC spin-off company, was recognized at the Institute of Food Technologist's Student Association Product Development Comptetion last June. We mentioned Jill Richardson in the article, but neglected to mention that another grad student, George Aliphtiras, was also involved in the creation of the candies. Congratulation to both Jill and George for their sweet teeth. CGRP Helps BC's Seniors UBC's department of Family Practice is concerned with providing the best care possible to BC's older population. So they decided to do something about it: they created the Community Geriatrics Research Partnership (CGRP). The CGRP began in 1997 and focuses on a continuum of geriatric care, from the active, healthy senior to the bed-ridden frail elderly. The project hopes to develop research that will help doctors across BC provide effective care for seniors in various stages of their lives. The research includes a study on the health benefits of exercise by older women, a survey of seniors' own interest in health promotion, the role of creativity in maintaining health and the development of a treatment protocol for the care of elderly in nursing homes. The CGRP is generously funded by Liberal Arts Degrees Make for Good Jobs Liberal Arts degrees are more valuable on the job market than you might think. According to a recently released study by UBC Economics professor Robert Allen, liberal arts graduates to do better than people with trade, technical or vocational training. "Graduates in these areas find good jobs and earn high incomes compared to people with less education," says Allen. The purpose of the study was to determine whether graduates of liberal arts programs lack the skills needed to find good jobs and face high unemployment. Data shows 50 to 60 per cent of men and women with bachelor degrees in the humanities and social sciences work in managerial and professional jobs. Women grads from 20 to 29 years old earned from $30,000 to $32,000 per year compared to $25,519 for those with a post-secondary diploma. Male grads the same age are slightly higher: from $32,000 to $39,000 compared to $34,000 for those with post-secondary diplomas. CCRP helps senior citizens take a more active role in their health. Pacific Command, the Royal Canadian Legion. For more info, contact Pamela Brett, Geriatrics Researcher, at 875-4111, ext. 61438. Economics professor Robert Allen. 10 Chronicle *t ^l*1**, UBC ALUMNI: SCORE A THREE POINTER WITH THE GRIZZLIES. The Grizzlies have offered all UBC ALUMNI and their family and friends a terrific ticket offer that lets you make a Three Pointer! 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February 15 We will begin to process completed applications after this date April 1 April 15 Final You must write your GMAT by this date to meet the April 15" final application deadline date We must have your application, official transcripts, three letters of reference and GMAT scores by this date Simon Fraser University at Harbour Centre phone: (604) J91-5013 " f ' "' fax. (604)291-5122 ' toll ftee: 1-888-SFU-EMBA "— '•■' e-mail, cmba programSsfu ca .,*?< ■■ ■ ,» internet: www.liarbour.sfu.ca/EMBA -'-"•'•" Chronicle 11 tlffllt Simon Fraser University AT HARBOUR CENTRE an online solution. GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION ■ Three semesters I Courses you take where you are, when you can I University courses on finance, accounting, economics, marketing, human relations, management, information technology I "My degree didn't include business courses. When I got into the real world I found out I needed them." ■ "/ want to work from home, but don't want to study in isolation. Faculty of Business Administration • Tel (604) 291-5256 » Fax (604) 291-5153 • Email gdba©sfu.ca • Web www.bus.sfii.ca/gdba/ 12 Chronicle Notes from the East Coast: UBC in Nova Scotia by Marjorie Simmins It's twice as far to Vancouver as it is to England from Nova Scotia, yet at last count, there were more than 500 UBC alumni living in the province. Some grads were Nova Scotians returning home; some came east for new jobs, new lives, new experiences. Most live in or around Halifax, population 320,000, but some live in small villages on the coast or nestled into the densely wooded hillsides of the Cape Breton Highlands. Social workers, lawyers, professors, researchers, farmers, writers, poets and television producers: the professions and work choices of these people are as varied as the urban and rural homescapes they live in. But just who are these grads, anyway? And what do they remember of their UBC years? "My fondest memory of UBC was living in Fort Camp," says Yoginder Joshi, PhD'64, a professor of physics at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigo- nish. Fort Camp and Fort Acadia were the army huts used for student residences. "A third of the student population lived in those huts," he says. "That was in the 1960s. There were only about 20,000 students on campus. Fort Camp had six to 20 rooms in each hut, and they were near the beach. We loved looking out over the cliffs at the sunset." Joshi, following friends who were enrolled in graduate studies at UBC, came to Canada from India, where he had already completed a BSc and an MSc at Punjab University. "BC is beautiful," says Joshi. "The weather is great, and I still have friends from India who live there, so there's a spiritual tie." But Joshi is quite happy with life in the Maritimes, and particularly satisfied with teaching at St. FX. Joshi enjoys the continuity of family life on the east coast. "I've taught fathers and sons," he says, "and mothers and daughters." It is a pattern of stability he hopes carries into the future. Dr. David Lawless, MAW, served as president of St. FX from 1990 to 1996. "St. FX influenced my way of thinking of a small university," says Lawless, who is currently the president of St. Mary's College, a private university college in Calgary, now in its second year of operation. "We need this sort of university in the west." Born and raised in Victoria, BC, Lawless earned his BA from Assumption University, now the University of Windsor, an MA from UBC, and a second MA and a PhD from the University of London. He returned to Canada in 1963, where he became VP Academic at the University of Manitoba, and was rector of St. Paul's UBC's Nova Scotians. From top, clockwise: David Lawless, MA'60; Eleonore Schonmaier, MFA'92; Peter Waite, BA'48, MA'50; Allan Kipp, BSc'68. College. "Communities are more established in the Maritimes," he says. He enjoyed this aspect of east coast life during the six years he lived in Antigonish. "Mari- timers have very strong roots. Several successive generations will even live in the same house." He has many fond memories of UBC: "Friends, the good spirit among grad students at that time, and excellent teachers such as Doug Kenny." Lawless has family in Victoria and Vancouver, and visits whenever he can. "I go for the fishing, too," he laughs. Eleonore Schonmaier, MFA'92, lives in Ketch Harbour, a 25-minute drive Chronicle 13 from Halifax, and is a contract teacher of creative writing at Mount. St. Vincent and St. Mary's universities. "I like being near the city," she says, "yet still enjoy the rural world. We can see the ocean from our house, and we're surrounded by trees." Raised in Madsen, in northwestern Ontario, Schonmaier has a BA and BScN from Queen's. She came to Nova Scotia in 1986, when husband Bruce MacLennan, an engineer, found work. Of Nova Scotia she says, "I love the landscape, the people and the sea." Schonmaier is the author of Passionfruit Tree, a collection of short stories, and Treading Fast Rivers, a book of poetry to be published this year by McGill-Queen's University Press. "I went to UBC for my MFA because I had heard good things about the creative writing program there," she says. The rumours were right. "The only negative thing I could say is that I wish I had been there longer," laughs Schonmaier. As for Vancouver itself, "I miss the mountains, the Pacific, Granville Island and Stanley Park—and I'd love to see the new library," she says. "I guess it was fate," laughs Powell River-born and Kamloops-raised Allan Kipp, BSc'68, looking down and over his family's 50 acres of land to the rippled waters of Chedabucto Bay near Port Royal on the southwest corner of Isle Madame. "The wind dropped us here." But not before Kipp had crewed aboard a sloop to England, laboured on a fruit farm in Norway, spent a year in the navy, worked as a welfare officer in northern Labrador and taught high school in Newfoundland. It was on the Rock that he met his wife, Ethel. The couple have three children. And a puppy, ducks, chickens, turkeys, sheep, Highland cattle and a bountiful vegetable garden. "You can do more with less here," says Kipp of his family's rich but self-sufficient existence in Nova Scotia. "It's a much simpler lifestyle." Simple perhaps, but with work to be done both on and off the farm, extremely busy. Following his studies at UBC, Kipp 14 Chronicle "I went to UBC for my MFA because I heard good things about the creative writing program there. The rumours were right." obtained a diploma in education from Memorial and an OD (Doctor of Optometry) from Waterloo. He currently practices optometry in near-by Port Hawkesbury on Cape Breton Island. Once a year Kipp also journeys to South or Central America as a member of the Remote Area Medical team, which distributes used glasses to those in need. Other than missing family members who still live in BC, Kipp is thoroughly content with his life. He remembers with pleasure the view over Georgia Strait from UBC, but also remembers how, at 16 years of age, that same large campus felt a bit overwhelming. "I enjoy visiting BC," Kipp says. "But after 30 years away, this is home." Born in Toronto, brought up in Ontario and New Brunswick, and educated at UBC and the U of Toronto (PhD), Peter Waite, BA'48, MA'50, lives in Halifax, a city he says he fell in love with in 1951 when he first taught at Dalhousie. He was head of the history department there from 1960-1968, and has been Professor Emeritus since 1988. He and his wife Ma- sha have two grown daughters. Perhaps the best-known of Waite's numerous historical studies is The Life and Times of Confederation, 1864-1867. Of special interest to UBC grads, however, is his biography of one of UBC's greatest presidents: Lord Of Point Grey: Larry MacKenzie 7%a>utte iyslkk im.ymout kp i)()D(;k trucks 450 S.E. Marine Drive of UBC. Waite is a member of the Order of Canada, and has a long list of honours in the Canadian Who's Who. Waite's years on the east coast have not dimmed his memories of UBC, or his affection for the west coast. "I miss the mountains," he says, "but we do go skiing each year in Banff, and also visit my brother in Victoria." He and his wife enjoy Halifax as much as ever, often going for walks in the city's Point Pleasant Park, which is a dog-friendly, smaller version of Stanley Park, ribboned with walking paths. "My fondest memory of UBC was being introduced to Louis St. Laurent by Norman MacKenzie," he says. "That was a day." Perhaps the only linkage among these alumni was a time of learning in a common venue that was uncommonly lovely. A time too of life-enhancing relationships with friends, mentors and family, some of whom remain cherished, either in memory or during bi-coastal visits. Beyond these factors, memories remain of red cedar and Douglas fir, their pungent evergreen scents carried on Pacific-skimmed breezes. • Marjorie Simmins, BA'84, is a writer and editor living in D'Escousse, Nova Scotia with another UBC grad, Silver Donald Cameron, BA'60. (604) 321-1236 I-800-565-2590 - IF YOU'RE MARRIED it's a sleek and sexy car that'll go 160,000 km before its first tune up which means your Chrysler Intrepid will still be around when you finally meet someone special and you suddenly need it's a spacious family car that'll go 160,000 km before its first tune up which means your Chrysler Intrepid will still be around when you finally have your mid-life crisis and you suddenly need - A SPAC CHRYSLER INTREPID Engineered to be great cars If you're a recent grad: Chrysler Canada is offering $750 towards the purchase or lease of a new vehicle. For more information call 1-800-361-3700 or visit our website at www.chryslercanada.ca *■ Offer applies fo select models excluding Dodge Viper and Plymouth Prowler Rebate includes GST. Limited time offer applies to university and college graduates between October 1, 1996 and Septembe' 30, 1999 Maria Klawe, Dean of Science, with her watercolour, "Looking South from Medicine Beach." If current research into combating the aging process allowed for significantly longer life spans, how long would Maria Klawe want to live in order to fulfill all of her ■ interests? Would, say, 200 years be enough? Maybe. Following eight years with IBM Research, four as a research manager, she came to UBC where she was head of Computer Sciences from 1988-1995. She succeeded K.D. Srivastava as VP Student and Academic Services in 1995, a post she held until mid September of last year, and took over as dean of Science on November 1. She is a very serious and gifted painter. The eclectic array of works on her office walls back her claim that art is more than a hobby for her. She is also a marathon runner, a guitarist and ... oh yes, a mother of two. She holds the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Chair for Women in Science and Engineering. Then there is the directorship of a large-scale collabo rative project that develops interactive multimedia and curriculum materials to teach math and science, plus a bevy of boards and advisory councils on which she serves. Asked where she will be in five years, the answer is a single word: exhausted. But exhaustion is something that marathoners learn to combat. Fueled by an even mixture of her love for scientific research and an irrepressible desire to make a difference for students and the university, she'll go the distance and then some. The key is balance, and balance was what was missing in her life as a vice president. While it offered her an opportunity to effect change for the better, particularly for students, it also meant less time for her research activities. She wanted both, and the dean of Science's office offered a more suitable balance between having a hand on the levers of administration and pursuing her own research. by Don Wells "Being the dean of Science is much more compatible to maintaining an active research life and making something happen," she says. "Making something happen" is a phrase she uses a lot. She uses it to describe her decision to move back to Canada with husband Nick Pippenger, an American theoretical scientist she met while working at the U of T, and then moved with to IBM's Almaden Research Centre in San Jose, California, the heart of the Silicon Valley. There were other more lucrative offers extended to the extraordinarily gifted pair, but Klawe, who admits to a great love of her native land, longed to return to Canada. But it couldn't be just anywhere, it had to be a place where they could "make something happen." A phone call from then Academic vice president Dan Birch convinced her that UBC's Computer Science department was such a place. "I wanted to build a good computer science department, but I also wanted 16 Chronicle UBC to think differently about students and about computers," she said. Having accomplished the former objective, she carried the vision about students and about computers into the vice presidential office. Specifically, she wanted students to have a stronger voice in university matters and to widen consultation processes to include students to a greater degree, and she also wanted everyone to have improved access to information technology. During her term, she worked with the Advisory Committee on Information Technology, resulting in e-mail and Internet access for all students, faculty and staff. She also worked with the Campus Advisory Board on Student Development to increase students' communication and involvement with the university through a variety of means, including open forums on a variety of issues, surveys, and the hugely successful campus-wide first- year orientation program, Imagine UBC. "Students are at a point in their lives when they are learning, changing, growing, exploring, pushing," says Klawe. "I like interacting with people like that. I've always wanted students to have a sense that they could effect change." Allison Dunnet, who was a fourth- year arts student and the AMS coordinator of external affairs in 1996-97, masterminded the Imagine UBC project and credits Klawe with providing the support and enthusiasm to make it happen, right down to providing office space. More than 500 upper level undergraduate students volunteered to help out in the inaugural event, which took place on the first day of classes the following September. Imagine UBC is a day-long festival with food, music and orientation sessions for new students. More than 4000 new students attended, sparking a sense of community among them and easing the often difficult transition to campus life. "She's very good at supporting people and their ideas and she is willing to take risks," said Dunnet, who was given the Alumni Association's 1998 Outstanding Student Award for her efforts in coor dinating Imagine UBC. "She's done wonders for students because she is very respectful of their opinions. The open forums symbolized what she was accomplishing as a VP—bringing faculty, staff and administrators together and letting students ask them questions—that was unheard of." As for the faculty of Science, Klawe is, as usual, ready to tackle a number of challenges, including a pledge to develop new b interdisciplinary programs such as the new Integrated Sciences program, (see article page 20) which began this year, are at the top of her agenda. She is quick to emphasize that these programs cannot be developed at the expense of core disciplines. She does, however, want to see opportunities expanded for students who want to cross very different disciplines. "A student who is, for example, very gifted in physics and music currently cannot major in both. Students should be given the opportunity to cross very different disciplines. Another important reason for emphasis on interdisciplinary education is that so many research breakthroughs are happening at the interface between disciplines. The Integrated Sciences program is particularly important because it has been designed with this principle in mind." As for her own research endeavours, her primary focus will continue to be on how interactive multimedia can be effectively used in education. In particular, she currently leads a collaborative project called E-GEMS (Electronic Games for Education in Math and Science) involving computer scientists, mathematics educators, teachers, children and professional game developers. If what was lacking in her time as vice president was a healthy balance between research and "making something happen," it appears as though taking over as dean of Science has enabled her to adjust the scales to her taste. But those who are close to her will know that a condensed and demanding professional life will not fulfill all of her interests and passion. Is Maria Klawe unique? "I'm a bizarre person!" she laughs after a moment of reflection. "I guess I'm unique in that I'm very open about the breadth of my interests." First and foremost among her personal interests is maintaining her close relationship with her children Janek and Sasha. But besides the obvious, there has always been and will always be a deep passion for art and music. Clearly she's not the type to run off to the tropics and lie on the beach for months on end, but if she were stranded on a tropical island, the three items she says she would most want to have are "my guitar, my paints and my laptop." She won't say in what order. • Chronicle 17 V, Yes, being a member of the UBC Alumni Association does have its privileges. Aside frc organizing reunions, branch and division evei bestowing awards on our successful grads, si porting current students and helping recrui students here and abroad, the Alumni Association also offers great services to you UBC Museum of Anthropology ... tums 50 this year. To celebrate, we are publishing Objects and Expressions: Celebrating the Collections of the MOA, and launching a major new exhibition featuring the works of the book and other MOA gems. UBC Alumni Acard holders receive 10% off on membership and admission costs and on gift shop purchases. 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Visit the campus store or shop lyww.ubcboakstore. ----.. v.v£.<.«»r. -51 .^i-?-J ; For more information on the benefits of your membership or to order, call toll free 1-800-220-9022 or 822-3313 in the Lower Mainland UBC Library ♦ 3rd largest research library in Canada ♦ over 10 million books & other media ♦ community borrower library cards: $70/year with Alumni A card online resources, services & information: www.library.ubc.ca The Lesser Antilles and Orinoco Jungle River ^E^iar^-22^ March "From Machu Picchu to the ialapaps 199! Far East Odyssey April 25, 1999 lumni College in Scotland ?April 31-l/lay8, 1999 Alumni A""* You can use the A™1 to get discounts on hotels, car rentals, and many other services including: UBC BirdCoop Fitness membership for $160/year UBC Aquatic Centre discounts UBC Internet connection for $7.50/month UBC Museum of Anthropology 10% savings UBC Library card savings Business in Vancouver savings ... and savings from more than 50 other businesses from auto parts to golf equipment and copying services. All for $25/year! fe June 29-July 12, 1999 "Alumni College in Tuscany July 6-14, 1999 Journey of the Czars August 8, 1999 America's Maritime Heritage September 18, 1999 Alumni College in Greece October 11-20, 1999 h --** ...>?n •The Kenneth Coutts-Smith Fond* •The Eric Metcalfe Fonds (picture^) CaH 822-2759 for more info. Top: The Eric Metcalfe Fonds consists ofthe papers ofthe Canadian artist known as Dr. Brute, associated with Leopard Reality. The fond contains multiple media material largely from 1968-72. Part of Belkin Art Gallery's archives. Left: Animals, by Ruth Annaqtuusi Tulurialik. Fibre and wool. Part of MOA's March Exhibition of Inuit art. Photo by Bill McLennan. The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts Mar. 10-20 The Bacchae Mar. 14 The Chan Centre Chamber Players Mar. 14 Rachmaninoff Vespers Mar. 19&21 Handel & Mozart Mar. 20C"! Ttjafie Coop Mar. 25&26 UBC Symphonic Wind Ensemble Mar. 27&28 UBC Opera Mar. 29 „VSS String Orches- ftta Concert April 8&9 UBC Symphony Orchestra April 11 Vancouver Philhar monic Orchestra & Fraser Valley Symphony April 11 Octagon '99 April 13 Gil Shaham April 16&17 VSO April 23 Tommy Banks Orchestra April 25 Steven Isserlis, Stephen Hough, Vancouver Recital Society April 28 Johann Strauss * Capelle April 30 Beethoven Trio Vienna May! Phoenix Chambet ' Choir JHay2 |a&iard String' .Quartet May 3 ■&B<|fjgi#iyer iSrcaestra May 4 Glenn Miller Orchestra May 7 Janny-Percussion Choir May 16 Elektra Women's Choir May 23 Benefit Concert for Children with AIDS Call 822-2697 for tickets & info. books received UBC's Writers White Stone: The Alice Poems by Stephanie Bolster BFA'91, MFA'94. Vehicule Press, $12 **»«% -w^^^m ^ne Poems move '^^jJI^^Fj from the icon of Alice in Wonderland to the imagined figure of Alice on a West Coast beach, underground with Persephone, in Memphis with Elvis. They also explore the life of the real Alice Liddell, who sat for Charles Dodgson's camera and inspired the Alice books which prompted his rise to fame as Lewis Carroll. The author won the Governor General's Award for Poetry for 1998. A Fight to the Finish by Elaine Podovinikoff BEd'98. Vantage Press, Inc. $13.95 Gradually lifting her own curtain of silence, the author reveals a panoramic view of her life through poetry. Here are offerings of a versatile and highly original poet who provides personal perspectives in universal experiences. Our Forgotten North by Leslie Leong BASc'86. Leslie Leong Ent. Ltd. $29.95 For six years in Canada's magnificent subarctic, Leong used her camera and pen to share this intimate relationship with others, successfully recreating the wild beauty and profound emotion of this remote land. It is a reflection of this personal journey and an appeal for humanity to recognize the great spiritual importance of the natural world. GUIDING LIGHTS Making Your Second Marriage a First-Class Success by Doug MA'83 & Naomi Moseley. Prima Publishing, $21.95 Husband and wife therapists show you how to get past the disappointment of a broken marriage and take positive control of your romantic life. You'll learn to identify what went wrong the first time and embrace the joys and rewards that only a successful marriage can offer. Guiding Lights by Lynn Tanod BEd'98, Photography by Chris Jaksa. Harbour Publishing. Four-colour photographs and firsthand accounts from lightkeepers on every part of the coast captures the romance and beauty of BC's lighthouses. It is a moving tribute to the people who have lived and worked on the BC lights and a valuable portrait of what continues to be a proud maritime heritage. On Laughter Silvered Wings by Thomas P. Millar BA'47. Palmer Press. $24.95 This is a collection of the author's nervy humour. For those particularly interested in humour, stand up comics, creative writing teachers, novelists and playwrights, this book has instructional value. It examines what's funny about funny, and why. Great entertainment value. The SMART Way by Glennis Zilm BSN'58. Harcourt Brace This book examines the essential elements of written communication with the needs of nurses and nursing students in mind. Applications to various forms of written communication such as essays, letters, memos, resumes, reports and research appears are discussed. Inward to the Bones: Georgia O'Keeffe's Journey with Emily Carr by Kate Braid MFA'92. Polestar Book Publishers, $16.95 Inspired by the idea of a bond between these two powerful painters, the author has expanded the momentary meeting into a passionate, revolutionary friendship. Thus begins an extraordinary journey through landscape, art and desire, and inward to the bones. From Kamenets- Podolsk to Winnipeg by Reuven Lexier MD'79. Lexier Editions. $39.95 The Lechtzier family was among the first group of 24 Russian-Jewish immigrants to come to Winnipeg in 1882, as part of the movement to settle what was then known as Rupert's Land. They survived the drought and depression of the 1890s to establish themselves as small businessmen in the developing cities of the West. Shows family trees through four generations as well as nearly 200 photographs. Chronicle 25 a umni news President's Message The Young Alumni group is made up of recent grads who want to stay in touch with each other and the university. We get together for networking, skills development, sports and just plain fun. Join us and become part of a dynamic group. Investment Club Now YA members can join up with others to learn about investing in stocks, bonds, money market funds or even GICs. The club meets every second Thursday of the month to analyze industries and select stocks and mutual funds. Contact Len Clarke len@helikon.com or James Dungate james.dungate@nbpcd.com for more info. A Cliffhanger Mystery Trek 2000 Shapes Alumni Priorities One of the most popular alumni activities is solving mysteries at Cecil Green Park. More than 100 alumni played detective on a creepy Friday, Oct. 13 at the "house on the cliff." A Cliffhanger Mystery was hosted by Young Alumni, with Guy Fauchon BFA'91 playing Shearluck Holmes and the one-and-only Dr. Witless was Gerald Vanderwoude MFA'95. If you would like to organize your own murder, call Murder Unlimited at 649-GUNS. For more information on YA, contact our offices at 822-3313, or e-mail: alumni@alumni.ubc.ca. Check out our website: www.helinet.com/va. On behalf of all us I would like to acknowledge the incredible $50 million gift of Stewart Blusson Bsc'60 in support of basic research at UBC. This gift will allow researchers to study the fundamental issues in science, medicine and engineering to produce the knowledge that will ultimately benefit society in ways we can only dream about. Mr Blusson, your Alumni Association salutes you for your visionary gift. The UBC Board of Governor's has endorsed UBC President Martha Piper's TREK 2000 vision for UBC. Alumni have the opportunity to play a powerful role in the future development of the university and we are currently completing our own strategy on your behalf to help make TREK 2000 a reality and a success. You will find more details about Trek 2000 in a brochure included in this issue, and in Dr. Piper's column on page 7. Our priorities will include increasing our presence on the campus by developing an Alumni Centre in the heart of the campus where we can serve our present and future alumni more effectively. We will also find ways to provide more access to university facilities, such as the library, for our graduates. An important priority will be to forge a strong branch system that will allow our graduates to participate in the power of a global UBC alumni network. Recently I had the pleasure of attending a UBC Young Alumni dinner in the "Big Apple" and witnessed first hand how energetic young graduates from diverse fields can help each other succeed in one of the most competitive environments in the world. A strong internet linked network of UBC grads will accomplish amazing things. Another priority will be to establish an e-mail mentor program for students and recent grads to help them deal with the challenges of continuing education and career opportunities. I am personally hopeful that we will develop our web site so that it can provide live video and audio of important UBC events to our grads around the world and give them the opportunity to communicate directly with the Alumni Association and the university. I believe that one of the great challenges UBC faces is to find ways to take advantage of the internet to develop a truly global and virtual educational institution that will serve its students, graduates and society in the manner contemplated by the vision of TREK 2000. Universities in the next millennium will have to adapt to the dramatic changes brought upon us by the increasing impact of the internet and the ever expanding ability to create and share knowledge due to ever increasing bandwith. As always, "It is up to us." I am most grateful for the opportunity to serve as the President of the Alumni Association for the last 2 years. I wish my energetic and talented successor, Linda Thorstad, every success and I thank our Board, our volunteers and Agnes Papke and her dedicated and hardworking staff for all their support. Haig Farris, President Visit our web site www.alumni.ubc.ca 26 Chronicle UI Branch Events Recent branch activities: During the first part of 1999, we held branch events in Prince George, Nanaimo, Calgary and Japan. Student Send-Offs Student Send Offs took place in Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Kelowna, Kamloops and Hong Kong. We need hosts and participants this summer for the above as well as Prince George, Victoria, Hong Kong, Singapore ft Japan. Call our offices, toll free, at 1-800-883-3088. Jakarta, Indonesia Alumni, friends and family met at the Regent Hotel in Jakarta, Nov. 12, 1998. Pictured are (l-r): Yuyu ft Marc Winfield, Chris Bendl, Brian Cellars, Peyvand Bayzae, and Jaimie Willis. For more info on Branches contact Catherine Newlands at 822-8917 or newlands®alumni.ubc.ca Nursing is planning its Alumni Dinner and General Meeting for May, 1999. The Young Alumni Award, the Alumni Recognition Award and the Award of Distinction will be presented. For more info, please contact the UBC Nursing Information Line at 822-7468. AOII had an eventful year with a fashion show and sale, a Pottery- Painting Party, a performance of Swing, and Founders' day at CGP. If you would like to be added to their cyber-list, e- mail: stevema@axionet.com Theatre, Film and Creative Writing alumni interested developing a division for professional and social activities should contact Jane Merling at 822-8918 or at merling@alumni.ubc.ca. Upcoming events: Annual All-Canadian Universities Event Washington, DC, Apr. 16, 6 pm. All-Canadian Universities Dinner, Chicago, May 5. Martha Piperwill visit branches around the world in April and May: Beijing April 12, Shanghai April 14, Singapore April 16, Hong Kong April 20, Montreal April 27. New Reps a Contacts: Nanaimo: Johanna Scott BSc'88 joins Jim Slater PhD'71 as branch rep. (250)390-1085, dscott@fairwinds.bc.ca. Malaysia: Zulkifli Ali BSc'73, MSc'75 (603) 408-5668, zulkifli@publicbank.com.my. Philippines: Bob Gothong BCom'77, new e-mail is dg@wga.mozcom.com New York Salmon BBQ Alumni enjoy a NY BBQ, Sept. 13 at Reifs Tavern. Toronto: Great Trekker Kathleen Trent BA'28, meets Martha Piper at the Toronto Branch reception on Nov. 9. Grads turned out in record numbers, and can look forward to a return engagement in November, 1999. 1999 Reunions Reunion Weekend, October 2 & 3, 1999 The campus comes to life on Alumni Day, October 2 with visitors from all over. If you're planning to get together this year, aim at Reunion Weekend. This year, special reunions are planned for 1989, 1974 and 1949. The following reunions are in the planning stages: •Chemical Engineering '49 CGP, May 25. •Chem Eng '59 CGP, June 12. •Class of '49, UBC Campus, Oct. 2. •Pharmacy '49, Oct. 2. •Class of '39 Reunion, CGP, Nov. 26; Applied Science '39, reception prior to luncheon. Contact Jane Merling at 822-8918 or merling®>alumni. ubc.ca Celebrating UBC's Pioneers Great Trek Remembered Lunch, Oct. 16 at CGP. 1938 Diamond Anniversary Reunion was held to coincide with Fall graduation Nov. 27. 65 alumni and guests reaquainted themselves at a CGP luncheon before proceeding to the Chan Centre to cross the stage and join in the graduation ceremony. Acadia Camp Residence Reunion A group of alumni who lived in a trailer park in the 50s get together for annual reunions.,this year on Aug. 29. (l-r) Holly Holiday, Dennis Patrick BASc'55, George Tolhurst BA'52 and Judge John Davis. Chronicle 27 a umni news Don't miss the 5th Annual Alumni Achievement and Sports Hall of Fame Dinner, Oct. 14, 1999 28 Chronicle 4th Annual Dinner Brings Out the Best As parties go, it was a good one. The 4th Annual Alumni Recogni- .tion and Sports Hall of Fame Dinner might have changed its name ('Recognition' used to be 'Achievement'), but it didn't appear to make a difference. The evening was full of short, spirited speeches, lots of laughs and plenty of time to talk with old friends and tablem- ates. The dinner raised a good deal of money for student scholarships and sent more than a few people home with some great door prizes and some great memories. The pics, opposite page, show some of the goings on. 1) Students Megan Stubbs and Tim Peterson, winners of scholarships generated by proceeds of the evening showed everyone why supporting students is so important. 2) Everyone's favourite librarian, Catherine Quinlan hob nobs with fundraiser Ron Burke and Kelly Chen from International Relatons. 3) Big cheeses: UBC president Martha Piper, Alumni Association president Haig Farris, Lyall Knott (who single-handedly brought all our sponsors on board) and Bob Philip, Athletics head. 4) Two Murder Mystery entertainers made unsuspecting patrons don tutus, dance, sing, and ... well, you had to be there. 5) Hall of Fame inductee Nora McDermot, a top athlete from the 1940s. 6) Smiling hosts Jack Lee and Dheena George took on the near-impossible job of keeping the noise down while people talked and had fun. 7) Bob Philip with Frances Owen and her children Fern and Allan. The late John Owen was inducted into the Hall of Fame for his work as a builder of UBC athletics. 8) Perennial party-goer Buzz Moore tells Stan Knight and his unidentified friend to take a hike. 9) Every party needs music, and Mr. Flood's Party did the trick. 10) Norm Watt, who can talk faster than anyone on the planet, scooped up the dough at the end-of-evening auction. A very classy Maria Klawe watercolour went for a couple of hun. 11) The lineup of some of the Alumni Award Winners: Milton Wong, Jennifer Roosma (accepting for her brother, Peter Dolman), Allison Dunnet, Lica Chui, Andrew Booth, Paul Stanwood, Carol Herbert and Jim Stich. 12) Tara O'Hare, standing in for brother Turlough, a top swimmer, who was inducted in to the Hall of Fame. 13) Author, teacher, doctor Bill Gibson, gets his Lifetime Achievement award from Haig Farris. 14) The entire 1977-78 women's volleyball team poses with Martha Piper. The team was one of the winningest in UBC's history. Alumni Day, Oct.17, 1998 Alumni Day started off with torrential rain and ended up in bright sunshine. That didn't stop grads from taking in the exhibits, sights and sounds of the day. Above, Kitty's Kombo wailed dance tunes from the Big Band era while, left, Haig Farris keeps his eyes open and his head up for falling balls. Next year's Alumni Day will be held on October 2, 1999. Imagine '98... Your First Day So there you are, 18 years old, plopped down in the middle of a campus as big as the small town you came from, with 35,000 other people. Do you remember the "what the heck do I do NOW?" feeling you had on that first day at UBC? Sure, a week or two passes and you're cool: you know where your classes are, where to find the library and where to buy a hamburger. But that first day is a shocker. Now, that's all changed. Imagine UBC is a day devoted entirely to orienting the new person on campus. Above, students teem in front of Main Library where booths from AMS, the Alumni Association, clubs and faculties helped newbies find their way around. Free popcorn and drinks didn't hurt either. Below, student alumni coordinator Kristin Smith gets ready to pass out UBC hot drink mugs. Chronicle 29 class acts 20s Stanley Carver BASc'29 is living in Capetown, South Africa. He retired from the British Colonial Service in 1960 after 23 years of service ... the late Harry Warren BA'26, BASc'27, DSc'78, was inducted, posthumously, into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame in January. 30s E.G. Edgar BA'34, MA'39, BEd'53 took his first UBC lecture in the summer of 1926 and did all of his studie: by summer session. He took evening and afternoon courses while carrying a full teaching load in West Vancouver. 40s Cora-May (Stafford) Jensen BASc'48 received the American Red Cross Clara Barton Award, a volunteer leadership honour award for Hawaii. She's been with the Red Cross for 44 years ... Philip A. Jones BScA'49 is an entomologist with agriculture, forestry and environmental issues ... Samuel Aubrey Kerr BA'40, MA'42, a member of the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists since 1945, was awarded honorary membership in April 1998. He was also inducted into the Canadian Petroleum Hall of Fame this fall in recognition of his historical research ... Jacquelyn Stephenson Olmstead BSA'47 and Grant Larkin BSA'47 were married at Redfish Lake, Stanley, Idaho on June 28, 1998 ... Bill Paterson BA'49, BSW'50, MSc'53 has been very busy since December, 1997 as a first time grandfather. 50s U of Toronto Professor of Zoology David G. Butler BSc'59, MSc'61 was recently appointed Professor of Physiology in the Faculty of Medicine. He spent the past year on research leave in the Department of Physiology, Cambridge University, where he was a Member of King's College ... Anita (Jay) Dadson BA'52 is a recipient of the YWCA Woman of Distinction Award, selected in the category of Voluntary, Community and Humanitarian Service. She volunteers with people with disabilities ... Douglas Henderson BA'56, PhD'61 has just completed a year as a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow. He will receive the American Chemical Society Joel Henry Hildebrand Award for his research achievements ... AAerill Leckie BCom'57, LLB'58 was named the first BC recipient of the Canadian Bar Association Louis St. Laurent Award of Excellence, in recognition of his outstanding service to the association ... Siegfried W. Pape BA'57, MA'59 worked in the planning departments of Bonn and Dusseldorf, Germany from 1959- 66, at Bad Godesberg and Cologne from 1966-68, and as head of a deptartment of statistics, development planning and public relations in Witten from 1969-94. He retired in 1994 and joined the Senior Experts Service, seated in Bonn ... Robert E. Pedersen BASc'59 recently retired after serving 35 years with the Canadian Diplomatic Service. He's had postings from Tel Aviv to Washington, but for now he and wife Terri will make Richmond, BC, their home ... Elizabeth Anne (Acheson) Viau BA'56, BEd'61 is a tenured full professor in the Charter School of Education at California State University, Los Angeles. She is the author of World Builders, a science and technology web-based course: http://curriculum.calstatela.edu/ courses/builders/. ... Carl Ian Walker BA'54, LLB'55, MA'73 retired after a 38 year stint as a part-time magistrate/full time provincial court judge in Squamish. Mary Fallis 60s John Blom BA'68 has taught in secondary schools in Holland since 1969, and retired last year. He married in 1972 and has three boys ... Dennis W. Burnham BASc'63 is now president and CEO of Dominion Construction & Development Inc. ... Barry Buzan BA'68 is research professor of International Studies at the University of Westminster in London, and project director at the Copenhagen Peace Research Institute. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1998, and celebrated the silver anniversary of his marriage to Deborah Skinner in March, 1998 ... W. John Dawson BCom'64 has been elected as the first chair of the Council of Presidents, an advisory group to the Board of Directors of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants. He is the 1998/99 president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of BC and was named a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants ... Judith Grossman Felix BA'62 and husband Robert Louis Felix MA'62 live in South Carolina , where Judith has retired from teaching at Cardinal Middle School in Columbia so she can spend more time with her nine grandchildren ... Grant Frame BASc'61 established himself in the Republic of Cuba as an assessor to the Minister of Industry and as a university level educator at the University of Las Villas. He then worked for more than 20 years in Canada as an environmental engineer with government, private industry ... Ann (Craig) Turner BMus'66, MBA'85 and Thomas F. Petrowitz BMus'66, MMus'71 were married in Victoria on Aug. 15, 1998. They divide their time between Vancouver, where Ann is financial and budget manager for the UBC Library and Ucluelet, BC where Tom's forest services and timber valuation companies are based. 70s After five years in Indonesia as assistant director general of the Center for International Forestry Research, Neil Byron MA'76, PhD'76 was appointed by the Australian Parliament as the environmental commissioner of the Productivity Commission ... After many years working in libraries, Kathleen Mae Ellis MLS'78 expanded her experiences to management positions in the nonprofit sector. She is now executive director of the One-time vice-president of the UBC Alumni Association, Mary Fallis BA'32, DEd'34 was also chair of the Alumni Committee on Women's Residences, and early Women's Editor of the Chronicle. She was an elected member of Senate from 1951-60. She was also instrumental in the establishment of two regional colleges, Vancouver (Langara) and the College of New Caledonia in Prince George. Mary's honours include an Honorary Life Member, BC English Teachers, and the Canada 125 Medal. After retiring, Mary spent time as a nature photographer. Her pictures have been published in Professor Brough's Wild Trees of British Columbia and in Ocean to Alpine, a British Columbia nature guide. Southwestern Ontario Chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation ... Larry G. Epstein PhD'77 has been appointed professor of economics at the University of Rochester. Most recently, he was visiting professor at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology ... LCol Bruce Gemmill BSc'71 has been elected president of the Winnipeg Chapter of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association. He is currently deputy chief of staff for Telecommunications and Information Management Services at 1 Canadian Air Division Headquarters in Winnipeg ... Donna Hayward BScA'78 and husband Brett Hayward BScA'79, BSc'84 have moved to Minnesota for three years where Brett is studying veterinary oncology at the University of Minnesota in St. Paul. Donna is temporarily working in the veterinary teaching hospital's pharmacy ... Blair Hewitt BA'76 is a facilitator for 'The Orphanage', a computerized hotel for children, designed to provide the highest quality of care possible for a reasonable cost. He invites input from positive and concerned alumni: (604) 826-7608 ... Richard J. Kachur BA'76 recently signed a book contract with a major publishing house. His data warehouse management handbook should be in 30 Chronicle class acts Doug F. Robinson Doug Robinson BCom'71, LLB'72 was born in Vancouver. After graduating from UBC, he was called to the BC Bar in 1973. He served as an executive ofthe Vancouver Bar Association from 1980-82 and was elected to two terms as member for Vancouver County of the BC Branch Provinical Council from 1992-94, serving on the Branch Committee in 1992 and again in 1994. He was elected Secretary/Treasurer of the BC Branch in 1996. Doug is currently chair ofthe Branch Legal Aid Committee, and is a past chair of the BC and National Membership Committees. He is also a director of the BC Law Institute and serves on the steering committee of the Coalition for Access to Justice. Doug is director on the board of several private companies and is a past director of Foundation Inc. He is also active in a variety of community groups, clubs and organizations. bookstores by now ... Kirk Lambrecht BA'75, LLB'83 has assumed the office of president of the Canadian Bar Association, Alberta branch, for a one-year term. His book, The Administration of Dominion Lands 1870- 1930 was published by the University of Saskatchewan in 1991 ... Gabriel Niccoli BA'70, MA'73, PhD'83 received the University of Waterloo 1998 Distinguished Teacher Award. He recently attended the Toronto alumni reception ... Thomas Quigley BMus'76, MLS'78 was appointed by the Canadian Library Association to represent them on the Board of Directors for the National Adult Literacy Database. He spoke on Brahms Bibliography at the International Brahms Congress in Gmunden, Austria ... Malcolm R. O'Neill-Fischer MEd'76 is teaching Native Literature, communications, and ethics at Confederation College of Applied Arts and Technology in Fort Frances, Ont. His grandson, Gregory R. Shepherd, graduated last year with a BSc in Pharmacy ... Maurice Prevost BSc'72 has been with Northern Telecom for 25 years doing software development for telecommunications switching systems ... Ginny Russell BEd'78 had her third children's story published, The Money Boot, a chapter book for beginning readers in the new Fitzhenry Whiteside "First Flight" series ... Karin Storey BEd'71, MA'73 and George Storey BASc'50 took their family to Greece to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. The ceremony to reconfirm their vows was held in the small and beautiful Agios Pangratious Chapel in Santorini. Karin and George formed their own travel agency and have been escorting groups to Europe since 1981 ... Bjarni Tryggvason BASc'72 received an honorary degree from Western last October. He became the sixth Canadian astronaut to fly into space in August, 1997. Bjarni is being honoured for his achievements as a scientist, engineer and astronaut... Conrad L.H. Winkelman BASc'74 started his own company in 1978 called Vortex Engineering Ltd., and taught mechanical engineering in Zimbabwe. He currently lives in Holland where his company recycles toxic waste and produces ultra clean synthetic fuels from garbage. 80s Lilian Alessa BSc'89, PhD'98 is an asst. prof, of biology at Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia. Previously, Alessa was a postdoctoral fellow and lecturer at the University of Utah ... Ian Bakshi BASc'81 and wife Margaret Mumford had a second daughter, Sarah, born August 15, 1998. They have lived in Chicago for five years ... Brian Beach BASc'86, Rhonda (Sampson) Beach BPE'86 and their two sons moved to Kelowna last July. Brian is working for Reid Crowther & Partners and Rhonda will join School District #23 ... Sean Donald Blackburn BA'89 completed the certificate of business administration at the University of Ottawa and received his CMA. He is taxation manager at Met Life in Ottawa. He and wife Julie had their first child, Nicolas Martin, on Oct. 10, 1997 ... Wah Ken Chew BSc'88 married Monica Doughtery last July, and is now pharmacy manager of Save on Foods in Victoria ... Terence David MB A'88 currently lives in Vancouver and is a pilot with Air Canada, flying the Boeing 767 on North American, European and Asian routes ... Andrea Demchuk BA'87, MA'85 is the outreach coordinator for the National Broadcast Reading Service ... Doug Ford BA'86 married Alyson McPhee in October 1996. Their daughter, Hayley Anne Ford (class of 2020), was born May 23, 1998 ... Henry M. Fowlds BA'89 is a commercial trade officer for the Australian Consulate. He is responsible for marketing Australian food and beverage products to firms across Canada and NW United States ... Sylvia Gajdics BPE'85 had her second child Jessica, on December 31, 1997. Sylvia has been a business manager for BCTEL for ten years ... Marlen Haley MEd'87 is a career counsellor and owner of Conscious Career Choices in Vancouver. Her company recently celebrated its tenth year in business. You can contact her at 737-3955 ... Anita Hildebrandt BHK'87 spent the past 10 years in San Francisco, where she studied chiropractic medicine. She is now back in Vancouver in her new practice, Crossroads Chiropractic, 872-4476. Her emphasis is on sports care and wellness care ... After teacher training, Ted Howe BSc'88, Subscribe Now ... and give your mouse a treat That's right! For just $25 you can be sure to get the Chronicle on your doorstep regularly and get a genuine UBC Alumni mousepad. $15 for the sub, $10 for the pad. I have enclosed: Q $25 for the sub and the pad Q $15 for the sub, keep the pad Name UBC degree(s), year Address Code I D# (from label) Phone: (h) fax e-mail. □visa* □m/c# Expiry: (o) . Qcheq ue Signature Please make cheque payable to the UBC Alumni Association and return to: 6251 Cecil Green Park Rd., Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1 BEd'92 taught for one year in Surrey, and then for two years in Japan. He is teaching physics/junior science at Enver Creek Secondary in Surrey while completing a MA in EDST at UBC. He and wife Emmy are proud to announce the birth of their first child, James Hiroki, born Nov. 6, 1998 ... Dieter W. Jentsch BScA'81, MBA'83 is now senior vice president Toronto region, of Scotiabank. He is responsible for retail and Commercial Banking within the greater Toronto area ... Vicki Kerr- Wilson BSR'84 and Greg Kerr-Wilson BASc'85 and their three children moved from Toronto to Edmonton, where Greg is now dean and rector of All Saint's Cathedral ... Connie (Kilian) Klimek BSN'87, MSN'95 and husband Bob Klimek BCom'89, CA'92 are pleased to announce the birth of their third son, Ryan Robert, born March 22, 1998. Bob is the senior internal auditor for the City of Burnaby, and Connie works casually as a community health nurse in home care with the Vancouver-Richmond Health Board while looking after the kids ... Robert Komlos BCom'87 Chronicle 31 class acts Annette Behan After receiving her UBC degree in South East Asian politics, Annette Behan BA'88 earned her chartered accountant designation from the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants in Toronto in 1993. She was manager in the Telecommunications ft Media practice with Deloitte ft Touche Consulting Group before joining The North Highland Company, a Management and Technology Consulting Services company located in Atlanta, Georgia. There she was recently promoted to a manager, and specializes in helping young companies build their financial infrastructure. Annette is a member of BETA and the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, and was a volunteer for the Georgia Technology Forum in 1998. and his wife Jill (Kempton) Komlos BCom'89 welcomed their first child, Alexa Rose, on August 13, 1998 ... Dean Neumann BCom'82, LLB'83 and his wife Julie are pleased to announce the birth of Raquel Kay Neumann, born on Nov. 6, 1998, a sister for Ellis Daniel ... Paul Pigeon BA'87 was recently appointed vice-president at CIBC Wood Gundy in Vancouver... Gail (Purdy) Puentes BSN'81 is a clinical research associate for Bristol-Myers Squibb, monitoring phase 2 and 3 clinical trails in Southern California ... Guy Roberts BASc'82 is a project engineer at the GVRD. He and his wife Jane have three boys, Joseph, Geoffrey and David ... Back in BC is Illoana Smith BCom'80 who has relocated her business from London, Ont. It provides energizing marketing and sales keynotes, workshops and talks for corporations. Husband Steve Blair is working for Ledcor... Natalie Mary (Bland) Spearing BSN'88 has been living in Australia with husband Geoff for four years. She is currently working as a clinical nurse specialist in infection control at the Mater Hospital in Brisbane, Queensland ... Anthony Tolcher MD'86 joined the "Brain Drain" and left Vancouver with wife Marilyn and their children. They went to San Antonio, Texas, where Anthony works at the Institute for Drug Development, Cancer Therapy and Research Center. Y'all can reach him at: atolcher@saci.org ... Denise Tupman BEd'85 has returned to teaching after a nine year absence during which she raised her three children. She is teaching music in a primary school in Terrace, BC ... Mike Vanchu BCom'83, MBA'87 left his position as director of Client Services with Phonettix Intelecom to become vice president, Marketing and Product Development for ICS Couriers, a division of Amtelecom Ltd ... Valerie Young BA'87 and Phil Young BA'83 are living in North Vancouver where Valerie is still working for BC Hydro and Phil is a manager for Fisheries Renewal BC. They have two children, Jacqueline and Scott. 90s Two colleagues and Anjili Bahadoorsingh BCom'90, LLB'94 recently left a local downtown law firm to form the Financial Service Group at Heenan Blaikie, a national law firm. Her practise emphasizes corporate financing, commercial banking, entertainment financing and secured transactions ... Tanis Bestland MA/96 and husband Johannes Malminen MA/97 are living in Sweden where Johannes is a defence analyst with the Swedish Defence Research Establishment. Tanis is project manager for Tomorrow Essentials, a newsletter from Tomorrow Global Business Environment Magazine for environmental managers ... Correction from last issue: Andrea L. Brawner got her BEd in 1991, not 1997 .... Danielle Bretton BA'90, LLB'94 has joined the Richmond law firm Altman, Kahn, Zack, and is a prosecutor for the Department of Justice ... Laura Lee (Hart) Farnham BA'95 and husband Andy had a daughter, Michaela Jade, born March 19, 1997, and most recently a son, Kadin Andrew, born April 15, 1998 ... Cheryl Fieguth BA'97 has returned to Canada after three years of nursing on Apache and Navajo reservations in Arizona and New Mexico. She is writing a collection of nurse stories, three of which have been published ... Elizabeth Keller MA/96 has been a research associate for Environics Research in Toronto for the past two years. She married Rob Huot in August and they spent their honeymoon in Thailand trekking and scuba diving. She would like to hear from you: elizabeth_keller@environics.ca ... Jeff Kozoris BA'96 went to Western and received his Master of Library and Information Science this past June. He is now a consultant/internet specialist at the National Library of Canada in Ottawa ... Garett Kutcher BSc'97 works in Japan as an English teacher while writing SpecFic. He made his first fiction sale last August... Serguey Makarinov MA/92 is working in Sofia, Bulgaria at the European Union office as its press and information person ... Murray McCutcheon BSc'97 won this year's Rhodes Scholarship for BC. He is currently completing his masters in physics at UBC ... After seven years in Montreal and Victoria, Torsten Nielsen BSc'91 returned to Vancouver as a resident in Anatomical Pathology. He recently won the KJR Wightman Award for Research in Biomedical Ethics §||§k. #^ Donald J. MacLaurin 1909-1998 Donald James MacLaurin BASc'32 held various senior positions in the pulp and paper industry in Canada and other countries before joining the chemistry department ofVictoria College in 1961. Donald retired from the University of Victoria a? vice-president and professor emeritus. He was honoured by the university with a DSc' (Honoris Causal SriH306. ; Donald served in the Aero-Engineer branch of the RCAF from 1940-45 in Canada and the UK, leaving the service as Squadron Leader. In hi| community he was elected alderman and CRD director for Central Saanich. He was a dedicated freemason for 65 years and was elected Grand Master for BC in 1981. from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada for his paper Cuidelines for Legalized Euthanasia in Canada: A Proposal ... Chris Pincott BSW'90 is working for the Ministry for Children and Families in Kamloops. He is married and has two children, 3 and 5 ... Christine G. (Nunweiler) Shuen BSc PT'93 and Patrick B. Shuen BPE'93 were married on September 2, 1995. Patrick graduated from Western States Chiropractic College in December 1997 with a Doctor of Chiropractic degree. Christine is studying medicine at the U of A ... Murali Srinivasan PhD'96 and wife Elisa Ulrika Stabell Srinivasan MSc'95 live in Norway ... Noah Third MASc'96 works in Portland, Oregon, as part engineer with PCC Structurals Inc. He says that Portland is nice but not nearly as nice as Vancouver ... Karen Wilkinson MBA'93, former president of the Commerce Graduate Society, is an international officer with Hongkong Bank of Canada. She has been posted all over the world, most recently in Hong Kong. She welcomes any correspondence from fellow alumni: weston@bom5.vsnl.in ... Jana (Chu) Wong BSW'91 and husband Edward are pleased to announce the birth of their son, Andrew Bill Wong, born December 8, 1997. 32 Chronicle class acts A.W.R. Carrothers 1924-1998 Fred Carrothers BA'47, LLB'48 grew up in Vancouver, where he was a star member of the first class ofthe UBC Faculty of Law. He went on to Harvard Law School in 1950, returning in 1962 to get his SJ.D. He devoted himself to labour law and industrial relations as an academic at both Dalhousie and UBC. In 1964, he became dean of Law at the University of Western Ontario. Five years later he became president of the University of Calgary, and then president of the new Institute of Research for Public Policy. He then became Dean of Common Law at the University of Ottawa. His interest in arbitration and industrial relations continued after his retirement. Winston A. Shilvock 1908-1998 Winston Shilvock BA'31, BCom'32 enlisted in the RCAF in 1941, retiring in 1945 as a Squadron Leader. One of the highlights of his military career was meeting and talking with Winston Churchill, after whom he had been named. He served as president ofthe Alumni Association in 1948-49, and was a charter member of the Kelowna Shrine Club in 1953, serving as president in 1956, and a member of the Gizeh Temple of BC. He was also a member of the Kelowna Club, serving as president in 1965. From 1969-1998 he researched the history of the Okanagan, publishing 254 articles. Winston was chosen as one of 75 UBC graduates to be given a special award of merit to acknowledge his high level of personal and professional success. Henry M. Rosenthal 1920-1998 Henry Rosenthal, Prof. Emeriti, graduated from the U ofT, where he was a brilliant student, majoring in sociology. There he did graduate studies, and then directed youth activities at both the Winnipeg and the Montreal YMHA. He was an active member of the Canadian Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament In 1962, he was appointed director of social studies at UBC's Centre of Continuing Education. Here he pioneered educational travel, an innovation that has since become widespread. W. Harry Hickman 1909-1997 Harry Hickman, BA'30 was a distinguished graduate, having earned the Governor General's Gold Medal in 1930. He had a long career as a French scholar and teacher, and a mentor of many UBC, Victoria High School, Victoria College, and UVic students. He served as first Acting President of UVic from 1963-64, and was former principal ofVictoria College from 1952-63. He married his top student, the late Grace (Parkinson) Hickman BA'33. After he retired, Harry was named honorary consul of France in Victoria. Oscar Sziklai 1924-1998 Oscar Sziklai was born in Repashuta, Hungary. He was educated in Egar, a town close by, and entered the Sopron Forestry School after graduation. In 1951 he joined the faculty ofthe school, and taught there until the Communist invasion in 1956. He left Hungary at that time and settled in Vancouver and, along with other Sopron foresters, became part of UBC's forestry faculty. He maintained a lifelong connection with the Sopron school, and travelled there frequently to share research and promote UBC. It was on such a trip that he died. He was a popular and respected teacher and researcher, and spent much of his time in international work in Europe, Egypt and China. As a professor and as an innovator in forest management, he was in great demand around the world will into his retirement. He was the first Westerner to be admitted to the Chinese Society of Forestry. While at UBC, he pioneered the field of forest tree breeding and helped develop the nursery silvaculture program. Oscar was also active with the Professors Emeriti division of the Alumni Association, and visited our offices often. He was an immensely friendly man, with a quick wit and a sparkle in his eye. He was one of a rare breed, the European gentleman, and he will be missed by all who knew him. Chronicle 33 Andy McConkey 1942-1998 Andy McConkey BCom'67, LLB'68 was born in Exeter, England, and moved to Vancouver in T945. He was called to the BC Bar in 1969. Andy practised motor vehicle personal injury at the firm of G. Roy Long and then in 1973 he began his partnership with Thompson Et McConnell, practising in Vancouver and White Rock until 1991. Andy was an ardent basketball fan and announced the Thunderbird games at UBC in the T960's and '70s. His contributions to basketball in BC were recognized by his appointment as a director of Sport BC. He is survived by his wife Marie and daughter Claire. Frank Eastham 1944-1998 Frank Eastham, Associate Vice-president, Human Resources, passed away Nov. 11, 1998. Frank joined UBC in April 1991, and provided distinctive leadership in the areas of human resources and labour relations. His intelligence, dedication, infectious sense of humour, and special ability to turn a phrase made him a delight to work with for many. Frank was a recipient of the 1996 Award of Distinction from the BC Human Resources Management Association. He demonstrated the highest degree of professional practice. His contribution to UBC's students, faculty and staff will be missed by all. Rejean W. Racine 1924-1998 Rejean Wilfrid Racine passed away June 29, 1998. Reg was a registered professional engineer. He worked as an apprentice for Jarvis Electric, supervisor of Technical Services, and manager of Electric Use Engineering for the BC Electric/ BCHydro Electric and Gas Utility, and did some engineering consulting after retirement. Reg served on many industry committees including chairmanship of two Engineering Society BC Chapters. He was president of the Vancouver Electric Club and vice-chairman of the Canadian Standards Association Steering Committee on the Performance of Electrical Products. He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Delores, and their four children. In Memoriam Hans Allgaier BA'63, MA'66 of Prince George, BC, April 16, 1998 ... Thomas A. Blackwood BSW'53 of Victoria, BC, Mar. 31, 1998 ... Donald Edmund Brister LLB'52 of North Vancouver, July 17, 1998 ... Robert S. Brown BASc'48 of Modesto, CA, August 30, 1998 ... Mildred Grace (Teeple) Caple BA'24 of Vancouver, Aug. 20, 1998 ... Mary Elizabeth Richenda Crawford Clinical Associate Professor Emerita, Dept. of Family Practice, Dec. 17, 1998 ... Dr. Robert John Gregg Prof Emeritus, Linguisitics, Nov. 15, 1998 ... Cy Groves BA'49 of Calgary, AB, June 17, 1998 ... John (Jack) Hamilton BCom'55 of Vancouver, June 14, 1998 ... John Inge Hansen BCom'55 of Surrey, July 1, 1998 ... Rizwanul Haque PhD'66 of McLean, Virginia, Sept. 27, 1998 ... James F. Helme BASc'59 ofVictoria, BC, Nov. 10, 1998 ... Dr. John L. Kask BA'28 of San Diego, CA, Aug. 8, 1998 ... Wilfrid E. Kenny BASc'46 of Duncan, BC, Dec. 4, 1998 ... Mary MacKay Lawrence BA'26 of Vancouver, April 12, 1998 ... Peggy Leckie BHE'52 of Vancouver... Susan Elizabeth Le Neve BHE'56 of Sechelt, BC, July 2, 1998 ... William Lindsay BASc'41 Oct. 2, 1998 ... John (Jack) McAllister BA'57, B£d'58 of Richmond, BC, Sept 11, 1998 ... Jessica Louise McArthur BA'86 of North Vancouver, August 15, 1998 ... Gerald McLaren BA'75, LLB'80 of Yellowknife, NWT, Jan. 1997 ... Hugh McPherson BA'45, BSW46, MSW'62 of Vancouver, BC, June 27, 1998 ... David M.A. Macaree MA'60 Assoc. Prof. English, Dec. 9, 1998 ...Donald J. MacLaurin BASc'32 of Victoria, April 23,1998 ... Edward Geoffrey Marples BA'47, BSF'46 of Prince George, Sept. 26, 1998 ... Dr. Dennis C. Martin BASc'73, Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Aug. 30, 1998 ... Eldred A. Murphy BA'79 one of the original Great Trekkers, died Jan. 4, 1999 at the age of 99. He was one of UBC's first graduates and studied at the university's old location at Fairview slopes. After graduating, he taught for a year and then worked at Empire Shipping for 44 years, eventually becoming their treasurer. He retired in 1966. Eldred was a long-term member of Mt. Hermon Masonic Lodge in Vancouver, and was awarded the 50 year medal before he went into hospital ... Bruce C. Petersen BSc'68, BEd'69, MEd'72, of Mill Bay, BC, May 24, 1998 ... F. Tony Pletcher BSc'5S, MSC63, MEd'70 of Delta, BC ... Steven Rettig, PhD'74 Manager, Structural Chem Facility, Oct. 27, 1998 ... Gordon E. Rogers BA'37, BEd'50 of Vancouver, April, 1998 ... Dr. Jack Shadbolt OC, OBC, LLD(Hon)'78 of Vancouver, Nov. 23, 1998 ... Casey Smith BPE'88, MPE'92, coach of the T-Birds football team, Nov. 24, 1998 ... Ray E. Signorello BCom'88 of San Francisco, Nov. 1998 ... Arthur Leslie Sutton BASc'39 of Guelph, Ont., Feb. 21, 1998 ... Rick Thompson BASc'74 of Kamloops, July 10, 1998 ... Clyde Underwood Lt. Colonel, Retired, BASc'48 Nov. 15, 1998 ... John Walsh BMus'74 of Vancouver, Feb. 15, 1997 ... Elizabeth WeUburn BEd'60, MEd'76 of Vancouver, Jan. 21, 1998 ... Donald Williamson BA'49, LLB'50 of Victoria, BC ... Jack (John T.) 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