Class Notes

1960s

MARG (MOODY) MCCOUBREY (’68), JANET (HOPPER)

MOULTON (’69), DIANNA (NEWTON) LIM (’69) and PAM (WILLIAMS) LOUGHEAD (’69) still managed to get together for their annual summer reunion at Mountain Gap Inn in Nova were proudly worn! JANETTE (SMITH) BENT (’69) was unable thanks for sharing!

1980s

In November 2019, ROBIN KEIRSTEAD (’81) retired as University Archivist at Western University in his BA with Honours (History) from Acadia, he went on to complete Master’s degrees at Queen’s (History) and UBC (Archival professional career with the BC government and subsequently worked for the Legal Archives of BC, Archives of Ontario, Region of Waterloo, and City of Kitchener before being appointed Western’s first University Archivist in 2001 . During his time at Western Robin led a dedicated team in developing an archival program that became a model for many other universities . Throughout his career he was also active with several professional organizations, most notably the Canadian Council of Archives . His contributions were recognized with awards from the Archives Association of Ontario and the Association of Canadian Archivists . Upon his retirement from Western, he received the designation University Archivist Emeritus and The Western Award of Excellence, presented by University President Alan Shepard .

ROBERT BALCOM (’83)

graduated from the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto at the 2019 Fall Convocation with a Master of Laws specializing in international business law . He is the General Counsel of Wittington Investments, Limited, a holding company Company’s holdings include the controlling interest in George Weston Limited, which in turn operates through a number of subsidiaries food processing businesses, supermarket and pharmacy retailing businesses and real estate development and leasing businesses . These entities include Loblaw Companies, Shoppers Drug Mart, Weston Foods and Choice Properties REIT . In addition, Wittington owns a number of private companies involved in commercial real estate development activities in North America and the United Kingdom and fashion retail stores in Canada, UK, Ireland and the Netherlands . Prior to his current role, Rob held senior legal positions with George Weston and Loblaw Companies . He lives in Toronto with his wife, Shari, and their three children:

Scotia despite the global pandemic . Acadia masks and T-shirts to attend due to travel restrictions at the time . Great photos –

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of the Weston family . The Leah, Brett and Carlie .

The Class of 1988 President and Vice-President both moved back to Wolfville from the U .S . within a couple of weeks of one another, without knowing each other’s plans . Pictured here with DEBBIE SUTER, also from the Class of 1988, MARTIN SUTER (’88) and TIM PRESCOTT (’88) tell us why they each made the

move . After 17 years out of Canada (and 32 away from Nova Scotia), Martin says, “I was inspired by Paul Tom when I was a student, and over the years would joke about ‘Doing a PT’, which meant coming back to Wolfville for what we are calling Life 3 .0 . We’ve been lucky to have traveled around the world and to have lived in some cool places, most recently Shanghai for three years and New York City . But the gravitational pull to come home to Nova Scotia, and Wolfville especially, has increased in strength . With a working-from-home trend now possible due to COVID-19, we decided that now was the right time to accelerate the move .” Martin is a Global VP, Digital Commerce for AnheuserBusch InBev (the parent company of Labatt) and will work remotely from their newly renovated home on Main Street while looking for ways to become actively involved in the community . Since graduating from Acadia, Martin and Debbie have raised two sons and now have a four-year-old granddaughter as well . “There is also a puppy in our future, making the transition to life in Wolfville complete!”

Tim follows up with: “2020 started off with a New Year’s Eve flight into Tampa from Halifax, with my 83- and 84-year-old parents . Just a reminder of how blessed I am . To be honest, I’ve been homesick for about three years and, during that period, I found myself spending more and more time in Nova Scotia . Oneweek trips became three, particularly during the summer/fall months . When the world quickly changed, I think we all took a little time to do some personal inventory and reflection . For me, I had been moving in the direction of returning home and when the Canadian/ American border was closed, I did not like the feeling of being locked out . It made me realize that if I was to be trapped on one side or the other, Nova Scotia is where I’d rather be . I later learned that I, as a Canadian, would not be denied re-entry, but would be required to quarantine for a fortnight . A small price to pay, I felt . That prompted me to come home and figure things out . Live here and visit there . There’s a lot that this area has to offer, and it has always felt like home . At 54, I’ve spent 27 years in both countries, and this has always been my home . I’m looking forward to spending more time on this side of the border .”

In May 2020, LORIE KANE (’88, ’18 HON) was named as part of the Class of 2020-21 to be inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame and receive the Order of Sport award, Canada’s highest sporting honour . Due to the coronavirus pandemic, however, the induction celebration was postponed to 2021 . After an illustrious amateur career, Kane turned pro in 1993 and forged an enviable resume that featured numerous LPGA victories and Canadian Women’s PGA Championship wins . She has been named Canada’s Female Athlete of the Year twice (in 1997 and 2000) and received the Order of Canada in 2006 . One of Canada’s most admired athletes and passionate humanitarians, Kane was granted an Honorary Degree – Doctor of Humanities – from Acadia in 2018 for her remarkable achievements on and off the golf course .

1990s

WANDA LYNN OTTAR

PFEIFER (’90) has been involved in vision screening for the past 28 years . She moved to Iowa in 1992 and travelled throughout the state, performing automated photoscreening with the “Eyecor” camera (prototype to the first commercial automated photoscreener, MTI Photoscreener) . Since then she has authored and co-authored 12 papers on vision screening in journals such as Ophthalmology, Binoc Vision Strabismus Quarterly, AOJ, Insight and Pediatrics . She has also conducted over 30 presentations on vision screening to area education agencies, school nurses, nurse practitioners, optometrists, pediatricians, ophthalmic nurses and technicians . And in 2005 speaking at the AAO Sunday night symposium on the use of automated vision screening devices . In 2000, Wanda was a founding member of Iowa Kidsight, a state-wide vision screening program . In 2012, she was awarded the Warren Coleman Iowa Foundation award for her dedication to screening the children of Iowa, and was nominated for the Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children’s Vision Award in both 2018 and 2019 . In 2019, she was presented with a banner for her work with Iowa Lions by the president of Lions Club International Foundation, Dr . Jung-You Choi . Currently, Wanda serves as a committee member of the America Association of Certified Orthoptists vision screening committee . Wanda is pictured receiving the Warren Coleman Award from the Iowa Lions Leadership for her dedication to vision screening .

DR. TREVOR JAIN (’93), an emergency room specialist at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital on Prince Edward Island, has been a regular guest on CBC Prince Edward Island’s monthly ‘Talk With the Doc’ series . The medical show, which began on July 6, 2020, airs the first Monday of each month . Stand Up and Cheer!

CLASS NOTES

1990s

LT. COL. CHRISTIAN “PANCHO” LICHTER (’93)

has pinned on his “full-bird” wings after being promoted to Colonel April 1, 2020 . Col . Lichter works as the Director STEPHANIE MURRAY (‘94) and her father, DR. CLIFF MURRAY (‘58), hold their certificates of completion at the end of the lives in Halifax with his wife GLENDA (nee BARNSTEAD ‘57) . of Staff at the 58 Special Operations Wing, directing 56 officers, enlisted and civilian staff on behalf of the Wing Commander, Col . Justin Hoffman . The Wing, one of Air Education and Training Command’s most complex wings, is comprised of six geographically separated units, 2,400 Airmen, and 67 aircraft . Col . Lichter grew up on Maple Hill in Auburn, Maine and is a 1993 BSc graduate of Acadia University .

MONICA (’94) and SABRINA SGAMBATI (’24) had some fun in their ‘family bubble’ this fall, modeling Acadiabranded face masks given to Sabrina by the University as part of her first-year orientation experience on campus . The masks were elements of Acadia’s COVID-19 health and safety protocol strategy to help keep students, faculty, staff and administration safe as classes began on September 21 . Great news from SARAH

KRISTEN LIIS SALONIUS

(nee JONES, ’98)! She asked, “I was wondering if you could include the birth of my first baby in the next Bulletin?” We sure can! Sarah’s husband is Mark Salonius and they welcomed Scarlett Myracle Liis Salonius into the world on Thursday, June 25, 2020 at 11:57 a .m . She weighed in at six pounds, 12 ounces, and all are doing well . Congratulations!

2000s

In May 2020, ANDREW SNOOK (’05) was awarded a 2020 B2B National Magazine Award (Honourable Mention) for his article,

“Black Hat Hacker: The Dark Side of Connectivity,” which was featured as the cover story for the July/August 2019 issue of OHS Canada Magazine . The article also received an Honourable Mention Award from The Tabbie Awards for being ranked in the Top 25 B2B Features Articles from Englishspeaking publications around the world (ranked #20) . Andrew says he is “proud to represent Canada and Acadia on the world stage .” In April 2019, he left his permanent position as editor with Annex Business Media to start up his own content creation company,

Camino de Santiago pilgrimage trail in Spain (2016) . Stephanie is a real estate broker residing in Montreal . Cliff, a retired dentist,

Snookbooks Publishing .

SUZANNE (KIANI) KNIGHT

(‘07) and her husband, Bradley Knight, are thrilled to announce the birth of their daughter, Norah Margit . Norah was born at home on April 23, 2020, and her older brothers, Miles and Jacob, eagerly welcomed her to the family .

2010s

CASSANDRA MACDONALD (’16) and CORY MACLEAN (’16), both BBA alumni, were married on September 12, 2020 . Both Cassandra and Cory are from Pictou County, N .S . They met in high school and both decided to attend Acadia to complete their BBAs . Cory has since become a CPA and Cassandra is working in HR . The wedding took place in MacLellans Brook, N .S .

SHAQUILLE SMITH (’16) was appointed to the Board of Directors of Nova Scotia Business Inc . (NSBI) in June 2020 . NSBI is a Crown Corporation and a lead business development agency for the Province of Nova Scotia . With aspirations to thrive in Nova Scotia, NSBI helps businesses across the province discover new exporting opportunities and attract new companies to invest in the province . “Led by the private sector,” Smith said, “the NSBI board is composed of many great business leaders in Nova Scotia who I am eager to learn from and collaborate with . I am looking forward to working with the NSBI to continue to build a strong, thriving and globally competitive Nova Scotia . ”

ACADIA WRITES

ANDREW SNOOK (’05) recently released his second full-length novel, Remy’s Dilemma: Special Delivery (Book II of The Remy Delemme Story) . This past March, Snook also set up Remy’s Dilemma (Book I of the The Remy Delemme Series) as a free download on his author website for the duration of the pandemic for anyone looking for a light, silly read during these tense times . Both books can be found at www . snookbooks .com, as well as at: Indigo Chapters, Kobo, Amazon, iBooks and Google Books .

JIM PRIME (’69, ’71) has co-authored a book of humourous fiction with Ben Robicheau entitled Fish and Dicks: Case Files from the Digby Neck and Islands Fish-Gutting Service and Detective Agency . Jim’s daughter, Catherine Prime, a NSCAD graduate, produced the cover image and interior illustrations . The book describes the hilarious misadventures of two Digby County fishery workers who decide to diversify and become private detectives . It’s available for ordering from Moose House Publications (https://www .moosehousepress .com/catalog) .

CHARLIE FOX (’66, ’67) is pleased to announce the publication of Fox Tales II, a nostalgic review of the author’s ‘coming of age’ in the turbulent ’60s, documenting significant political and sociological events throughout that volatile decade of change . In addition to the historical highlights, Charlie invites readers to accompany him on many of his personal travels and exploits through a span of time that remains one of the most meaningful and memorable of the last century . He writes with insight, compassion and a sprinkling of humour . For purchase information, contact the author at bayheadfoxes@gmail .com .