Guelph Alumnus Magazine, Spring 1988

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UNIVERSITY WCGUELPH

ALUMNUS

Spring 1988 Vol. 2] , No.2 University of Guelph

Al umni Association

Hon o rary P r C~ldent President

P;l'it Prc~u.lt:nt Senior v lu:-Pn.:siLlcnt Vicc: ·Pre"iidl.:nts

Or. Burr \f;lIlht:ws, OAC 47 Dr. Ron DOI,I,rrJt:y , O Vc. '(, I

Ro.'..'" Parry. CSS 'HO Dan Rose . OAC 'S7A & '6 0 ~ ( \XIyan )

N:ldaJin . Art s 'H2 RUl h:mn c ~niu<.: r . rACS '7,) Ka rin O:J.vi d"l()O ."' :Aylor, C R ~ 'H3

Art Peppi n. O AC '4 I Dr. Tuny va n Dn:ufllt::I. OVC '6.1 !( uth Milnl'r. C1 ~ 'AS RarharA <"'h~rK:c..' , CS.S '74

Sen ct ary

Lyn McLeod

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Barf)' ~ mit h , CPS '72

Dln:ctors

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EDITOR'S NOTE

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r k athcr Wlu Ut ng lo n. An ~ 'H '; Janet (Stanley ) Crtam e r. FM:S ·R.l JO'dnne Pod. FACS ' ~ 2

Pete r S. Smith. C II~ M '-<: . '8' G3ry Chilpml n, e li ' 'RO Ke ith Murr~l\' . OA C 'C) ,\ Wally

Dr.

Knapp. OAC '4A 'ot!

Gill ingham. OVC 'H(,

Dr Hill HarTi:">.

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B<lrT)' 'imirh, CPS '72 Chrl!oti opht"r Coulth anl, CPS '86 Eveiyn Ke llman . C ,S '79 Agnc..:s (fklJai) V<tn H.1t-'(<.: n, Cs." 'H'; Ex ·Oftk io Din..':G o rs

John AJviano, (. ~ '74 ,

Presidenl. CoU e8~ o f SOCial Science AJumnJ Ai\soclation Or . Jim Atkln.-;on ,

cas ' 711,

President, CoUcge of Bio logical Science Alumni Assocullion Dennis OIake..

President, Graduate: Stud ents Associatio n O()ugl:L"I " ;m ~!' . HK 79, ~Idem, Human Kin etics Alumni Association '~ 1 ,

Lorraine Hold ing. FAC..s

Pres ident , Mac-fACS Alumni A.<>ociation Wc...; L we, OAC 7 1, Presld~nt , OAC Alumni Msod atlo n Tiln Ili ng,.<OlOl1, I WA ·H,), rc.:pn: S<::'n ling M OrJg ~1c Kt n z. I t' . H A FA '82 , President. HOld & Food AdminbC r.1 lion Alumni Al)Soci.otlon

LiIH.i;l M l." K~ nz l(,.>Co rd( ck, Art..'" '8 1, College of Arts AlUntnl 1\.. ."",,13110 n

L\1..1 Ijoric M Lilar,

or AJumo i

Directo r , Ocpanmt: m

Affal ... and D .....e1opme nt Ji m R)':1n , Art :s 'H7 ,

President, ~ntrn.l St ude nt As..'iOCiation Or. Nonie SOlan , QVe '84 ,

PreSide n t, OVC Al u m n i AssodatJon 1..1.1<': !Ii

Van Vec..: n, CPS '7 4,

Pre.<lde nt. CoUegc o f Alumni Association AJumni ·in·Ac..·l ion Chai rman A.c;sociatt: St:c..:relary

Dr. Briall Segal

Nancy Fil 7parrick, A.rt ~ ' H()

Pb~lcal

Science

Dr. Brian Segal becomes Guelph 's fifth president and vice-chancellor September 1.

Dr. Segal, 44, president of Ryerson Polytechnical Insti­ tute in Toronto since 1980, succeeds Dr. Burt Matthews, OAC '47, University of Guelph president for the past five years. He has a B.Se. from McGill and a Ph.D. in sodal welfare from the University of Pittshurgh.

The Montreal-born president designate says he is bonored ro be selected as Guelph's next president and look... forward with excitement and optimism to his tenure. Commenting on his leadership style, he describes himself as people-oriented. "I believe that a university is its people. Everyone counts - students, faculty, staff, alumn i and volunteers."

The Guelph Alumnus will feature a detailed introduc­ tion to Dr. Segal in a future issue.

Another new person at the helm is Lyn McLeod, 45, Ontario's minister of COlleges and universities. wbo succeeded Greg Sorbara. Mcleod, MP for the riding of Fort William, is an 18-year veteran of the former Fort William, now Lakehead board of education and was chair for seven of tbose years.

She graduated from the University of Manitoba with a bachelor's degree in English and French and worked with the Winnipeg Children'S Aid Society. After leaving the board of education, she completed a master's degree in psychology and counselled hi ldren and teenagers at McKellar General Hospital, Thunder Bay. In 1979, she received the lamp of I.earning, the highest honor con­ ferred by the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Assodation.

Arthur G ruhbe, OAC. "4 1

Ros<:m ary Clark , Mac

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The <..i u clp h AJ u m n mi IS puhli shcd in February , May, Augusl and Now mh<..' r,

by the tx.:partm cnt of Alumn i Affairs and Devel opm ent

Ed ilOr: Joanne Wa ll er:>

For circulatIo n inq uiries , co ntact: Department o f Alu mn.i Affairs and Dcvd opml:n c Voi \'cr.,iry of G udph , Guelph, O ntariu N 1(; 2W I ( 51 9 ) 824-41 20 . ex t. .181 0 I>,' N 01130·5630

ON THE COVER Spring is here! What better time to feature olorful flowers with a Guelph connection. The lilies on the cover were bred by retired horticullUre professor Bill Evans who was photographed by Herb Rauscher at a test plot north of Guelph. The full story is on page 25.

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RECORD SET FOR ANNUAL GIVING

am pleased to announce the Alma Mater Fund ( AMF ) has set another record for annual giving in 1987, exceeding its goal oU750,000 by 1.6 per cent for a total of $762,450.91.

On behalf of th AMF Advisory Council, I thank the 3,491 graduates and 1,090 friends , faculty, staff, corporations and foundations who contributed to the 1987 campaign.

I would like to recognize several specific accomplishments in 1987.

OVC and Mac degree graduates increased their rate of participation and most of the colleges' average gift amounts also increased. Matching gift contributions increased 61 per cent over the previous year. friends increased their participation by almost eight per cent and donated 19 per cent more than in 1986. A special thanks to those who made these accomplishments possible.

Almost 83 per cent of all annual gifts in 1987 were designated to specific University prOjects. For this reason, because of our commitment to Alumni House, and because alumni giving was down slightly this year, the AMF Advisory Council could not con­ sider any additional projects in 1987.

An ad hoc comm.ittee, established last year to study this problem, recommended that Council review its policy guidelines regarding types of projects eligibl for alumni support.

It also recommended that Council increase communication with alumni, the alumni associations and respective COlleges. Council unanimously accepted these recommendations at its January 1988 meeting and is becoming more active in its liaison efforts with alumni and University personnel to establish goals and cri­ teria for allocation of fund' .

Council is made up of two persons from each of the seven college alumni associations , a chairman, vice ­ chairman, and ex-officio members who include the preSident, University of Guelph; president, University of Guelph AlmnniAssociation; chairman, OACAlumni Foundation; and starting in 1988, a representative, HAFA Alumni Association. In addition, the director, Alumni Affairs and the

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Gordon I.E Nixon, OAC37

manager, Alma Mater fund , serve as resource persons.

Members meet a minimum ofthree times a year to review fund perfor­ mance, audit the previous year's allocations, discuss alUOlni fundraising issues and examine projects for future alumni support.

Alumni gifts to the AMF can be unrestricted gifts for priority needs of the University, unrestricted gifts to a college, or designated gifts to specific projects.

Projects to receive alumni support are determined at the close of the fund year when total dollars available arc known. TIle representatives from each college consult with their res­ pective deans regarding the allocation of college funds. Their recommen­ dations then go to the full Council for final approval.

On your behalf, I would like to thank my dedicated Council collea­ gues for their time and effort in implementing the ad hoc commiltee's recommendations and achieving success this year. On their behalf, I would like to thank all of yOll who contributed to the 1987 campaign.

We believe you will rise to the occa­ sion again in 1988 as we continue our tradition of supporting the University in its pursuit of excellence.

Sincerely, Gordon L.E. Ni.'(on, OAC '37 Chairman, AMF Advisory Council

1987 ALMA MATER FUND ADVISORY COUNCIL

Chairman: Gord

Norm McCollum, OAC '66A

ixon, OAC '37

Vice-Chairman: Tom Sawyer, OAC '64

Ex-Officio Members:

Members: Ar~~ Alumni Mlsociation

Terty Ayer, Arts '84 Rohin Baird leWis, Arts '73 CBS Alumni AssoCiatiO~

Roman [anno, CBS '81 Kelly Murikittrick, CBS '80

CPS A1unmi Association Bob Winkel., OAC '60 CSS Alumni Associ;nion

E. Sue (Bell-tty) Davidson, CSS '82 Dorothy (Hoathet)

ove Alumni Association

Dr. Ken Gadd, OVC '56

Dr. Nonie; Smart, OVC '84

BarneS, CSS '78 .

Mac-FACS Alumni Association LOrraine Holding, -Mac'71 Pat $mit Vanderkooy, FACS '7H OAC Alumnj Association Dave Barrie, OAC '53A

Honorary Presidcnt,UGAA

Dr. Burt Matthews, OAC '47

GAA Pre Went

Dr. Ron Downey, avc

'61

OAC Alumni Foundation Chairman

Peter Lindley, OAC '57

Director: Alumni Affairs and

·Development

Marjork Millar DirectOr, Alumni Affitirs · Rosemary Clark, Mac '59 Dire~or,

Development

· Do~ livingSton Manager, Alma Mater Fund · Paulette amson

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COMPANIES MATCH ALUMNI GIFTS

Many companies support educa足 tion by matching their employees' contributions to universities. Most of these companies also match donations made by employees' spouses. Through matching gift programs, many Guelph graduates have had their contributions to their alma mater doubled or even tripled.

As more graduates and friends of Guelph participate in matching gift programs, the benefits are becoming evident. To deterimine if your don足 ation to the University is eligible for matching, contact your employer's personnel officer.

Following is a list of 29 companies who matched 5S separate gifts to Guelph's Alma Mater Fund in 1987 for a total of n6,105. We thank. the individual donors and their companies for the support!

Akzo America Inc.

Alcan Aluminum limited

Alchem Inc.

American Home Products

Corporation The Bank of Montreal CI-L Inc. Campbell Soup Company Ltd. Chevron Canada Resources Ltd.

LEADERSHIP GIFTS Donors of annual leadership gifts to the University of Guelph are recognized through membership in clubs reflecting their level ofsupport: President's Council support of $1 ,000 or more

Dow Chemical Canada Inc.

Dow Chemical U.S.A.

Ford Motor Company of Canada,

Limited IBM Canada limited International Mineral & Chemicals Corporation (Canada) Limited John Deere Ltd. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Monsanto Canada Incorporated Murphy Oil Company Ltd. Nabisco Brands ltd.

Nacan Products Limited

Noranda Inc.

Northern Telecom Limited

Pioneer Hi-Bred Ltd.

Pratt & Whitney Canada Inc.

Procter & Gamble Inc.

Prudential In!;urance Company of

America Rolun and Haas Canada Inc. The Seagram Company Ltd. Sunoco Inc. Tuco Products Company

College Report College Arts

CBS CPS CSS FACS HAFA MAC MAC DIP OAC OAC DIP

ove

Number of Alumni

Percentage of Participation

Average Gift

4,464 5,288 2,04 [ 6,557 3,220 971 1,032 1,812 10,703 4,045 3.739

3.6 4.0 4.6 4.2 5.7 5.3 16.7 14.8 11 9 6.1 14.6

S 73.5R 46.02 60.05 42.87 36.55 40.49 250.00 109.36 126.82 56.29 125.40

Total

Giving

$ 11,846.02

10,049.2 1 5,830.00 11,888.75 6 ,942.04 2,1 15 .00 14,466.46 29,308.17 161,824.85 13,959.50 68,718.91

How You Designated Your Gifts 1987 Alma Mater Fund 42.7%

18.4%

16.7%

9.1%

9.0%

3.7%

.4%

annual

Dean's Associates - donations of $500 to $999 Second Century Circle - donations of $200 to 5499

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Century Club - donations of S100 $199

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Members are invited to an annual reception hosted by the President on Alumni Weekend.

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ALUMNI SUPPORT

ALUMNI HOUSE

AUl11ni are continuing their gener­ ous support of Alumni lIouse whidl officially opened during Alumni Weekend last June. The historic Pre­ sident's Carriage House, laler a sheep barn, now renovated ~Uld expanded, is the permanent headquarters for Guelph's alumni and alumni associa­ tions anu also home to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development.

The renovations plus expansion will eventually total S800,000, with the University providing 300,000 of this cost and alumn i provid ing S500,OUO. The Alma Mater fund Ad­ visory Council is commitLed to raising SlOO,OOO per year over a three-year period (for a total of BOO,OOO). The remaining 5200,000 will be raised through contributions from alumni associations, special ~lL'tivitie and class projects.

The Alma Maler Fund met its 1987 objective of 100,000 for a two-year total of 200,000. The portion raised through other contrihutions is

THANKS TO THE VOLUNTEERS

T he strength of Guelph's annual giving program derives from a found ­ Top to bottom:Alumni House ground breaking in 1986 by Preside1lt Burt Matthews and then UGI1A President Ross Parry as Dave Bam'e, then OA C Alumni Association Past President, looks on; construction; and grand opening at Alumni Weekend 1987.

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ation ofvolunteerisl11. More than 250 class agents and other representatives gave freely of their time and energy to encourage the nearly 4 ,000 graduates who supported their alma mater in 1987. They are listed starting here and continuing onto the next page, in recognition of their efforts.

growing, although at a slower pace.

Individual graduates, friends and allillUli associations made gifts toward Alumni I louse totalling S27,90 1.65 in 1987. Unrestricted donations helped achieve the S 100,000 ALma Mater Fund goal for 1987.

Many class projects have helped with renovations and furnishings at Alu mni House, while others are in the phmning stage or under con­ sideration. Recently, the CSS Alumni Assoc iation donated audio visual equipment for lise in the boardroom at Alumni House, and the class of OAC '64 set a goal of 825,000 for an alumni lounge.

In the second year of this three­ year project, Alumni House continues to catch the imagination and interest of graduatcs and friends of Guelph.

TIl0se who have seen the building have been captivated. If you haven't visited yct, drop by. It belongs to all alumn i.

COLLEGE/SECTION REPRESENTATIVES Mike Streib, '69, Arts Gary Partlow, '69, CBS David Jackson, '70, CPS John Vanderkamp, Dean, CSS Edyth Bray, '5 2, Mac FACS Jim Bates, '22, OAC James Gillies, '26, OVC Norm Hawkins, '57, OVC Robert J Peachey, '84, BlA Harold Crawford, '58, OAC for ODA/ODII John PoweU, Retired Faculty/Professional Staff Doug Ormrod, Dean, Graduate Studies

Class Agents OAC James A. Bates, '22 Hugh C. Elliott , '23 Jonathan 13. elson, '24 Bower F. Forward, '25 A. Bruce Medd, '26 Edward H. Garrard, '27 Thoma~ O. Graham, '28 W . Edward Heming, '29 Michael W Chl1)e uik, ' 30 C Earl Migllton , '31 ). Harvey Pettit, '32 'nleodorc). Hecg, '33 Alfred 0 Hales, '34 Gladstone Ridler, '35 William G. Tolton, '36 Arthur L 'Thompson, '37 Gordon F. Townsend, '38 Leslie Laking, '39 John A. Eccles, '40 Donald N. lIuntley, '41 Glen L Warlow, '42 Philip W Burke, '4 3 J. Leonard McQuay, '44 Stephen J. Beckley, '45 Alexander A. Hunt, '46 Gordo r. Ougl1lred, '47 Douglas Cunningllam, '48 Robert M. Murr:1Y, '49 William 5 Kilmer, '50 Donald M. Rutherford, '51 G. AJlan Fisher, '52 William A.M. Gregg, OVC '6 L for OAC '53 ) Lloyd ] Ros:i, '54 Ronald E. Litchfield, '55 Charles S I3aldwin, ' 56 Vincent A. Eagan, '57 Dougla~ C COlquhoun, '58 D . Owen Gibb, '59 Harry L WaLter, '60 Sarah L Banbury '61 George It Gree~'lees, '62 Harvey J. Brown, '63 Harold U. Bent ley '64 Palrick J. Tucker: :65 David A. Jones, '66 Mary V. McEwen , '67 Graham T Hart, '68 Robert H. Cobbledick, '69 Margaret E. Auld, '70 Roben L Ross, '71 Donald N. McCallum '72 Roderick ED McKay' '73 J Murray Brownridg~, '74 Roben G. McFarlane, '75 Ellen L. Heale, '76 I. Douglas Balsillie, '77 Douglas C. Murphy, '78 Peter J Brown, '79 Linda A.K. Teasdale, 'SO James P. Poel, '81 Marie E. Hartley, 'S2 Joscph A. Omic\an , 'S3

Bradley J Bandeen , '84 Shirley J Gallaugher , '85 David W.G Lucas, '86

OAC ASSOCIATES Stewart A. Anderson , '49A John E. Northwood, '50A James N. Bell, '5 1A Allison H. FUlcher, '52A David W Barrie, '53A Robert G. McGee, '54A Barry N, James, '55A Arthur F. Johnson, '56A Donald M. Dodds, '57A Gary J Powell, ' 58A Peter J McCarthy, '59A Alan C Mclean, '60A ]. Paul Fish, '6 5 (for '61 A ) Walter H. Atkinson, '62A Grant H. Fish, '03A Charles W.H. Clughill, '64A John G. Zenel , '65A Donald AA ReynOlds, '66A Ronald B. Steele, '67A James F Hunter, '68A D. Jean ROlllenburg, '69A Gordon R. Weeden , '70A Roger S. Will iams, '71A Robert B. Yungblut, '72A Bruce W . Cressman, '73A David Mayberry, '74A Adrian Dykstra, '75A Richard E. Buck, '76A Garry R. Milne, '77A Alice Laine, '7SA Deborah L Hill, '79A Paul F Quinton, '80A Douglas F GrieYe, '81A Peler J Haakman, '82A J Scott McGeachy, '83A Brian McGavin, '84A Donald M. Dann, '85A B. Jean Moffat, '86A

MAC DEGREE Jean R King, '52 Nancy L Raithby, '53 Frances L Bowen, '54 Lorraine E. Oliver, '55 Barhara J Cline, '56 Marilyn A. MacQuarrie, '57 Patricia J Steele, '58 Jo MA unan, '59 Donna M . Gracey '60 B. Kathleen Johri~ton, '61 Anne M. Alton, '62 Nancy M. Brown, '63 Elizabeth A. Jamieson, '64 Nina M . Elliot, '65 Carol E. McArthur, '66 Margaret A. Winslow, '67 Barbara S. Dell, '68 Joanne M . Harris, '69 Margaret L Willis, '70 Marianne Bakker-Bromley, '71

FACS Judith M. Maddren, '72 Karen E. Ross, '7:' Loralee E. Marshall , '74 Jane E. Stolz, '75 Karen Bennett, '76 Rohyn G. Bach, '77 Janet L Taylor, '78 M. Heather Martin, '79 Suzanne E. Judges, '80 orma J. Poel, '8 1 Joan K Dawdy-McHale, '82 Irene M. Good, '82 Paula E. Kerr, '83 Edina J van der Widen '84 Janice M. 路n1Ompson, '85 Mary J Gooyers, '80 MAC DIPLOMA Grace Sharpe, '24 0 Jessie l. Rumney, ' 250 M . Frances Hucks, '260 M. Lois Clipsham, ' 270 Alice I\t Garrard, '280 Grace M . Gibson, '290 Mi ured V Scott, '300 Viola M . Binkley, '310 Mary C;. Hales, '32D Jean M . S<:Olt, '330 Marjorie H. Thomas, ' 340 A. Olive Thomp.~on, '.350 C Joan Nixon, '36D F1on:nce E. Moodie, '370 Margaret E. Black, '380 Eila R. Lawson, '39D Ellen C ScOlt, '400 Marion G, Aitkin, '41D A, Ruth Fleming, '420 Mary L Procter, '470 Florence Rilett, '480 Mary K Williams, '49D Gwen P. Curtis, 'SOD Elizabeth J M;u1Oing, '5 ID FrJnces 1. Peister, '520 Margaret B. Clark, '')30 Noreen M . Broadv'!dl, '5 40 Muriel G. Taylor, '55D Lillian F. Emberson, '560 Linda E. McLeod, '570 Neil M . .Jones, '580 Jane A. Hurst, '590 P. Ann ])obbin, '600 Patricia A. Black, '6l0 Stephanie.r. Powell, '62D Margaret A.R. Drew, '6:30 HAFA Ronald N . Taylor, '73 Jennifer A. Chadsey, '74 David.r. lfougl1wn , '75 Allan [) Scott, '76 Timmhy J Lipa, '77 Marlene [ . Boland, '78 Da\~d W Cobban , '79 Amanda S. Lee, '80

Gregory D . Oolhan, '81 Morag L McKenzie, '82 Joan E. Shaw, '83 \-leIene P Paquet, '84 Anita M . O 'Mara, '8 ') Karen E. Maki , '85 Susan T Sagan ski, '86

OVC James Gillies, '26-'30 Robert H. Henry, '3 1 Renu/e E. Bowness, '32 T Lloyd Jones, ,34 Wesley B. Coxon, '35 Albert L Geffen, '36 Fr;mcis]. Fitzgerald, '37 Vince11l W . Ru th, '38 orman J I. McAninch, '39 Richard lIellings, '40 Gifford A.V. Barker, '41 James D. Schroder, '42 Leo). Shuctt, '43 Melvin E. Poland, '44 W Murray Mutrie, '45 C Robert Buck, '46 Sidney Brown, '4 7 Peter C. Wang, '48 William R. Mitchell , '49 D. Cam MacKay, '50 W . James Lennox, '5 L T. Rus~eJl Furness, '52 TIlomas R. D e Gen, '54 William 1-1. Vivian, '55 Kenneth R. Gadd, '56 R Denis O'Connor, '57 Roderick R Davies, '58 L Guy Giddings, '5 9 Willianl W. Combe, '60 Owen J Slocombe, '61 Robert Z . Ubukata '62 Rohin S. Knuuson," 6.3 James N. Lott, '64 Andrew L Fletch, '65 I Jugh W . Clugston , '66 Neil G. Anderson, '67 Brian C. BuckI'd!, '68 A l W . Bowness, '69 Robert W . BrJndt, '70 Bruce W . Green, '71 Allen G. Binnington, '72 David G. Horton , '73 W. D'Arcy Reade, '74 Patricia E. Shewen, '75 Wayne M. Murray, '76 D . Gregory Usher, '77 Diane M. Smilh, '78 Janet L lewison, '79 David M . Alves, '80 Kenneth G. Bateman, '81 Susan C Read , '82 Jacob Druif, '83 Judith A Taylor, '84 ])onna M . Flanagan, '85 Dawn M. Hughes颅 Bissonnette, '86

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TELEPHONE CAMPAIGN

SURPASSES GOAL

At 9:15 p.m. November 25, The Campaign's telephone campaign reached its $3.85 million larget, seven months ahead of schedule. At that point, student callers had talked to alumni of only five of the seven colleges. By Febnaary 29, $4 ,315,977 had been raised and Sue Egles, director of the telephone campaign, predicts the student employees will raise well over $5 million by June 15, 1988, the end of the telephone campaign.

Response from Guelph alumni has been overwhelming, Sue says, with 40 per cent of those called making a pledge. The average pledge is in excess ofS400. College ofAns alumnj wrote the formula for success by contributing $303,000 - 553,000 more than the college alumni goal.

CBS alumni were called next and pledged $430,000. OAC alumni don­

ated almost $2 million; HAFA, $90,000; and FACS, $570,000. avc pledges of more lhan $500,000 put the telephone campaign over the top. Students are now \vrapping up calls to CSS alumni and will end with calls to CPS alunmi.

A total of more than 42,000 graduates will be called in North America.

The studcnt caller represents a friendly voice from the University and doesn 't try to pressure the alumnus who has decided not to contribute, says Sue. "We want to updare alumni fLIcs and leave every alumnus with a good feeling about the Universiry."

"Alumni also leave the student callers with good feelings and oftcn some helpful career advice," says Sue. Guelph graduates have some very interesting careers and are excellent sources of information on graduate schools job openings and interview

Seventeen major donors to the University's capital campaign and campaign volUnleersjohn Bassett, Ken Murray and Hany Seymour, were honored at a januarypress conference in Toronto to celebrate completion of92 per cent of The Campaign goal. Representing the City Of Guelph was Mayo" john Counsell; the Cotmty ofWellington, Warden Murray Cox; andSemex Canada, Dr. Moe Freeman, OAC '55, president. They are posed with Marjorie Millar, director, Alumni Affairs and Development, and the framed dtations each honoree received. The citations bear a first-edition copy Of the Library's CD­ ROM (Compact Disk -Read Only Memory) catalogue, one of the University s newest products. Weighing only 19 gram:;~ the disk holds the equivalent of 200,000 pages - the Library's entire card catalogue.

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Sheila Hollidge, fu.nd-raiser extra­ ordinaim procedures. More than one caller has been offered a job over the phone, she says. In return, alumni often ask the I..:allers to describe how the campus has changed over the years or to pass on greetings to a favorite professor.

"Despite the informality of the telephone canlpaign , it's not an easy job," Sue says. A rrunimum of 25 students are employed at anyone time and incentives keep up morale.

Each caller averages 1,700 in pledges during a four-hour evening. Psycho­ logy major Janet Campbell still holds the record with over S15,000 pledged in one rught and $329,000 in total pledges. In second place is FACS student Sheila Hollidge, who had $311 ,369 in pledges as of Febmary 29. Their success and that of other student aUers has helped drop the cost of the telephone campaign, says Sue. It costs the University less than 15 cents for every dollar raised.

Editor's Note: Sue Egles left Guelph in March to become associate vice­ president, IDe C.anada PHONE/MAlL Inc. HersuccessorisAnne Thibodeau.

AhAVYlVli Wee~eVld ~8 ReservatioVl form FIRST

SURNAME(S)

AME( S)

College & Year

FULL MAIUNG ADDRESS:

Postal Code Business ( _

TliLEPHONE: Home ( _) TIME

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reunion I will be attending (Co\lege/Year/D1plom. /Dqree)

FRIDAY,)UJiII! 17

PElt PERSON COST

NO.

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OFACE USE

10 a.m.

REGI STRATIO N, Alumni House

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Noon

GolfToumament, Cutten Club

40.00

11

Gp.m.

Alumni Barbecue, Alumni House

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21

8p.m.

Night of Casioo games and music

300

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1000

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Darbecue & Casino package SATURDAY,JUNE 18

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8:30 a.m.

DreaJd'ast, Creelman Hall

9·5 p.m.

REGISTRATION. Alumni HOllse

Cash basis

9 a.m.

Elora Gorge Walk (buses fro m campus)

9 a.m.

Alumni Association annual meetings: Mac FACS (I ,:,rA Rm. 209); OAC (Mac Hall Rm. 149); OVC ( MacNaughtOn Bldg. Rm. 113)

9:30 a.m.

Slowpitc h Tournament, South Quad

No Cost 600 No Cost 40.00/ team

10 a.m.

Lectures by Dr. Bruce Fogle, OVC '70 and Dr. Brian Brandenburg, OVC '68

No Cost

10:30 a.m.

FACS Tour and Demonsuation

No Cost

II a.m.

Alumni Association aculUa! meetings: Arts (Johnston Hall Rm. 104 ) ; CSS ( FACS Rm. 101 ); HAFA(HAFA Rrn.IOI)

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Noon

President's Picnic and awa rds presentatio n, Creelman Plaza (check in at Picnic )

Noon

CBS Picnic, Biology House

I pm .

Tours of Equine Research Centre

2:30 p.m.

Gro und Breaki ng Ceremo ny for Atbletics fac ilities

3·4:30 p.rn.

Celebrity Auction, Alumni House

6p.m.

Golden Anniversary Dinner, Creelma.n Hall (Golden Alumnus +

CI= llcunion Dinner(s )

6p.m.

OVC Alumni Dinner, Peter Clark Hall

9 p.m.

Cost

6 50

30

5.00 / 3.00·child

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Complimcotary

60

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61

18.00

3500

Alumni Dance, University Centre SUNDAY, )UNE.19

28

No Cost

Others atte nding Golden Anniversary' Dinner Gp.m.

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7:30 a. m.

Breakfast, Der Ke ller

9 a. m.

Churcb Service, Arboretum

u Cost

lOjO a.m.

UGAA Annual Mccting, Alumni House

'0

11 :3 0 a.m.

Champagne Brunch and Outdoor Concert, Alumni House Patio

12.00

Ca.-.h Ba.s is

Cost 87

TOTAl. COST Re sidence Accommodation: No. of Rooms Required

June 17 June 18

Couple @ 533.00 x _ _ = Single @ S20.00 x _ _ = Pe r St udent @ S14 .00 x _ _ =

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TOTAL COST OF ACCOMMODATION TOTAL AMOUNT ENCLOSED Enclosed is my cheque for S

payable to "Alumn; Events". Mail to : Laurie Malleau, Alumni Ho use , University of Guelph , Guelph, O ntario N I G 2Wl

Please order before June 3, 1988. Continuation of reservations wiU be mailed upon receipt of orde rs .

• Por exact price Of class reunion dinners, consult the registration f onn in your cUJss IU'Ws/eUer or phone (519) 8244 120. ext

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ClASS REUNIONS: CBS '78 & '8 3, Mac '28, Mac '3 3, Mac '38, Mae '48, Mac '58 , Mac '63 , Mac '6 3D, FACS '78, FACS '83, OAC '28 & '33, OAC '38, OAC '43, OAC '48, OAC ' 53 , OAC '53A, OAC '58, OAC '6j, OAC '63A, OAe '68, OAC 'GSA, OAe '78 , OAC '7SA, OAC '83, OAC '88, O VC '38 avc '43, ove '4 7, OVC '48 , OVC '58 ~

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COLLEGE ROYAL '88:

SEARCH FOR EXCELLENCE

COllege Royal '88 drew about 30,000 visitors to campus in March.

The theme, Search For Excellence, was carried through displays of stu­ dent clubs and academic units all over campus, including an Alumni Affairs and Development display of

Dynamic Duo Andy Willemsen and Kathy Cunnington, both FACS '88, worz the CBS-sponsored Egg Drop competition.

Human Kinetics student Todd BIJJant helped.Erica Clausen, 4, test her lung volume al the School Of Human Bio­ logy display.

Medievaljousting was demonstrated by the Sodety For Creative Ana­ chronism.

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24 graduates who have excelled in their diverse careers and activities.

The 64th annual student -organized event was offiCially opened March 12

by Michael Enright, CBC Radio's 0­ host of As It Happens. Laura Gillard, FACS '88, served as president and

Nancy Scheer, OAC '91 , presided as hostess after being elected Celebrant at the College Royal Ball March 4.

Curtain Call, College Royal's annual musical, was followed bya reunion of fomler cast and crew members after the final show Saturday night.

People and cows met face to face at Old MacDonald's Farm.

Guelph student Melissa Meisinger and her Samoytl, Snowball, partici­ pated in the dog show.

Former Curtain Callers Margaret Calder, Mac '60, DtmRose, OAC '57A and '60, and Nancy (Turk) Cum's, Mac '59, enjoyed themselves at the Curtain Call reunion.

The square dancing competition continued its popularity. Both stu­ dents and alumni cOtnpeted.

College Royal visitors tested equljJ­ ment at the chool of Engineering display.

The woodsman competition tested strength.

ALUMNI GATHER

IN WESTERN CANADA

Enthusiastic alumni gathered in Edmonton and Vancouver for chapter events in February.

Harley Deeks, OAC '50, president of Molson Alberta Brewery Ltd. and Molson Saskatchewan Brewery Ltd. , and his wife Barbara (Herring), Mac '48, hosted a reception for 36 alumni and friends at Molson House in Edmonton. Vincent MacDonald and Don Lavender, hoth OAC '36, repre­ sented the earliest graduating class present and ShouliangDong,Arts '87, was the most recent grad attending.

Don Welch, CPS '78, organizer of the event, spoke about his memories of the University and, before the evening was over, had fOffiled a volun­ teer committee to plan future

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Edmonton Chapter events. If you are ' interested, contact Don at 15824 8Ist Street, Edmonton, T5Z ISS; ( 403) 473-5237.

Janey Bennett, CSS '75, and Rod Clark, CBS '77, hosted a reception for 27 alumni and guests at their home in Vancouver on Valentine's Day. Plans were made for a Vancouver Chapter wine and cheese party in April and a barbecue in summer. For further information, contact Janey at 1816 Mahon Avenue, North Vancouver, V7M 2T3; (604 ) 986-8177.

Betsy Allan, CSS '83, Alumni Affairs office, attended both receptions. She brought greetings from the University and spoke on chapter development and the latest campus happenings.

janey Bennett, CSS 75. and Rod Clark, CBS 77, hosted a receptionfor Vancouver alumni at thei,' home in February with some help ft-om their 18-month-old son Graeme. Daughter Amy, 4, was also at the event.

VISA VOLUNTEERS:

GOODWILL AMBASSADORS

the residence washrooms co­ ed? How do 1 get onto the volleyball team?TIlese are some of the questions prospective University ofGuelph stu­ dents ask and former students are the best sources for answers.

Through VISA (Volunteers in Support of Admissions), Guelph alumni help high school students become more aware of the niversity's curriculum, spirited campus life and community amenities.

"We reinforce what the niversity's admissions office does in the high schools, and we add the personal element," says VISA co-ordinator Betsy Allan, CSS '83. "I see us as goodwill anlbassadors. " VISA chapters in six Ontario cities each hold an annual information ses­ sion for high school students, their parents and friends. Alumni talk about what attracted them to Guelph, what they enjoyed, how their education helped in their careers, and what they are doing now. Admissions coun­ sellors also attend.

"The information sessions have been an effective way to reach students who have not bad an opportunity to visit campus. It also gives them a

chance to talk one on one with someone from the University," says Betsy. "We welcome new alumni volunteers in the established VISA chapters. The time commitment is small and those involved will tell you . the work is rewarding."

Established chapters and their leaders include: Ottawa, Greg DOUlatl, HAFA '81 and I.arry Meek, CPS '77; Toronto, Debbie Chang, CSS '82; London, Maureen Higa, OAC '79; Niagara, Irene Good, FACS '82; Chatham, Vicki Bouman, CBS '77; and 8rantford/ Simcoe, Heather Linington, OAC '80.

As part of the VISA progranl this year, Betsy wants to hold "send-off" barbecues across Canada. She is looking for alumni willing to help organize and/ or host such an event in their backyards. Students attending Guelph in the faU, their parents and alumnj from the community would be invited. The idea is to ~ish the students well before they embark on the path to univerSity. For further inJormation about this, or any aspect ofthe VISA program, contact lktsyat Alumni House, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario NIG 2WI; (519 ) 824-4120, ext. 6533.

Enjoying the-mse/lles at a reception for Edmonton alu.nmi at Molson HOllse ill February are, left to right, joyce Welch and her husband Don, CP,) 78, Betsy Allan, OS '83, and Harley Deeks, OAC '5 0 and his wife Barbara (Herring), Mac '48.

ALUMNI CHAPTER

EVENT

SASKATOON Dinner Sa turday, June 11 6:00 p.m. reception 7:00 p. m. dinner Rena issance Hotel Meet M arge M illar, Direc tor, Alu m ni Affa irs and Develop ment and Rose ma ry Clark, Director, A lu mni A ff~l irs

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For furtiJ pr inform ation, conlac t f3elsy A I/an, Alum ni H o use,

U n iversity of Cuelph,

(5 19) 824-4 f 20, ext. 6533.

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Editor: Sandra Couch, '84, M.A. '87

WHY DO STUDENTS LEAVE

UNIVERSITY? GUELPH STUDY

AIMS TO FIND OUT

By Marla Stewart, Public R lations and In formation

RECEPTION

HELD

The CSS Alu mni Association hosted its annual wine and cheese reception for graduating students at the Faculty lub in January. Agnes (BelIai) Van Haeren, '85, first vice-president, and Susan Blair, '83, director, helped organize the event and greeted students at the door.

President John Alviano, '74 , spoke briefly about the Associa­ tion and asked for the support of those present. CSS Oean)ohn Vanderkamp and faculty advisor Victor Ujirnoto were also prescnt to mingle with students.

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Why do students leavc university before they complete their degrees?

A Guelph study, Career and Education Achievement in the Student Environ­ ment ( CEASE), aims to find out.

Principal investigator Sid Gilbert, Sociology and Amhropology, has finished collecting data and will spend the summer and fall analyzing it.

Professor Gilbert began the longi­ tudinal study of student progress at Guelph three years ago with a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council grant. Through question­ naires and interviews, he contacted every new ftrst -year Guelph student in the fall of 1986, and fo llowed them over their next four semesters.

The purpose of the study is to determine how many students leave and their reasons for leaving. says Professor Gilbert. On the other hand, he wants to "mea­ sure program success, completion and academic achievement."

So far, the study indicates that a student's pre-entry characteristics (ethnicity, secondary school grades, financial status and parental educa­ tion) are not as crucial as the univer­ sity experience itself in determining whether he or she will stay.

In other words, says Professor Gilbert, . tudent attrition is related to "academic and social integration at the University. What students bring with them is not as important as what happens while they're here."

Throughout the three years of the study, a remarkable 70 per cent of the 2,800 students who received the initial questionnaire have responded, says Professor Gilbert. In year one, first term students completed a question­ naire measuring attitudes, intentions, background and demographic infor­ mation. 10 second term, these students were re-surveyed on their experience,

feelings and performance at the UniverSity.

In the fall of year two, those students who remained at Guelph were sur­ veyed on their first-year experiences and how much they had learned and developed at the UniverSity.

All students from the initial group who left the University before com­ pleting their programs, were then contacted to determine whether they had withdrawn temporarily or per­ manently, transferred to another university, were ineligible to return or had changed from fuU -time to part­ time status. Reasons for any change of plans were explored by interviews.

. . . ((a love of learning" is not a strong factor . ..

To date, the study indicates that "a love of1carning" is not a strong factor initially influencing students to attend university. TIley attend to gain know­ ledge and skills directly applicable to a career and to increase their chances of tlnding good paying jobs. More than half the females surveyed said they attended universiry to increase their chances of finding challenging work after graduation. Only 39 per cent of the males said this was their reason.

The overall purpose of Professor Gilbcrt's project is to measure volun­ tary change and departure, capture the process of attrition, compare the experiences of stayers and leavers, and suggest remedies when appro­ priate. He believes his findings will be beneficial to other universities, all of which experience varying rates of attrition anlOng student'). The findings will help educators develop retention programs for students who, despite their talents and ambitions, do not complete their degrees.

CANADIAN SENATOR SPEAKS AT

CSS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION DINNER

Senator Lorna Marsden wore both her political and academic hats when she spoke at the second annual CSS Alumrti i\s..50ciation dinner in March.

More than 100 alumni, students, faculty and guests were present.

Named to the Canadian Senate in 1984, Senator Marsden is also a pro­ fessor of sociology at the niversity of Toronto. A Liberal, she is a recognized expert on social change in Canada, in particular the changing circumstances of women in Canadian economic and social life.

In her address ]he Social Scientist in the State: The Case for OPen Boundmies, Senator Marsden argued that the influence of intellectuals on Canadian public policy is far too restricted. "Something is very wrong.

The intellectuals of Canada, many of them at universities, are excluded just at the moments when they are needed most. Our causes aren't led by great thinkers. We don't regularly send scholars to parliament. That lively exchange of ideas is missing."

"The difference is striking south of the border and in Europe where politicians and intellectuals are regularly joined. In the U.S. , it would be unthinkable for the president not to have a brains tmst in one or more universities."

Senator Marsden said the Meech Lake Accord, the Free Trade Agree­ ment and the recent revision to Bill C-60 which amends the copyright act are examples of public policy mea­ sures which were diminished by the lack of input from intellectuals.

In the case of Meech Lake, Senator Marsden said inadequate use was made of people with knowledge about Ilistory and constitutional law. She called Meech Lake "an underhanded, unsatisfactory method of constitu­ tional reform . . . which puts the rights ofCanadians at risk." She said a different approach would have been taken if the historians and consti­ tutional experts had been consulted first and she feels the Accord should be amended in consultation with these intellectuals.

With free Trade, Senator Marsden said the opposite had happened. A

wealth of research had been done by experts on the potential of Frce Trade but this research had not been carried through to help Canadians debate the issue once the deal was stmck. "]n this case, the experts were at the front end of the project only. At Meech Lake it was the other way around."

With regards to Bill C-60, she warned that intellectuals and univer­ sities should "wake up". Although she said the 1924 copyright act was badly in need of change, she claimed many of the changes would cause financial and adm.inistrative problems for universities, affecting things like distance education, exams , art exhibitions, photocopying and inter­ library loans. " In this case , the intellectuals have been Sitting apart from the process and not protecting their own interests."

Although Senator Marsden con­ cluded that she didn't know the solution, she said that intellectuals must move collectively into the cen­ tral life of Canada and develop a closer relationship with the politicians to create better public policy.

Sena tor Marsden turned her speakers' fee back into the proceeds

Wilda Blacklock and Senator Lorna Marsden from the dinner which will fu nd a CSS graduate student scholarship. The CSSAlumniAssociation now presents five annual undergraduate scholar­ ships to social science snldents.

An announcement of the estab­ lishment of rhe Wilda Blacklock graduate scholarship in sociology was also made. Wilda earned her B.A. and honors B.A. in 1973 and 1975 while working as a secretary in the Depart­ ment of Sociology and Anthropology.

She resigned from the Department to study for her MA. which she earned in 1978. She then renlrned to the Department as computer co ­ ordinator, retiring in January. The scholarship was established in honor of her service to the Department and to graduate studems over the years.

In her thank you speech, she said, "It's not so bad getting old if we can leave something to the young."

RETIRED ECONOMICS PROFESSOR DIES

Retired Economics Professor Jack Madden died March 14, 1988 in Guelph at 68.

Born in leeds, England, and raised in Winnipeg, Dr. Madden served over­ seas with the RCAF from 1939 to 1945. After the war, he received his B.A. from the niversity of Manitoba, his M.A. from the niversity of Toronto, and his Ph .D. from Cambridge University.

He began teaching at Guelph in 1965. He was a founding faculty member of Wellington College and a member ofSenate. He was also actively involved in health care planning at both the regional and federal level." and served as economic advisor to the Hall Commission on Health Services.

In 1974, Dr. Madden received the

Ontario Confederation of niversiry Faculty Associations teaching award and in 1983, he received the University ofGuelph Faculty Association college award.

The Jack Madden Medal in Econo­ mic History is presented annually to a Semester 8 student who has main­ tained the highest grades in that subject.

Dr. Madden retired from the Uni­ versity inJanuary 1985, but continued to teach part-time at the Universities of Guelph and Toronto.

He is survived by his wife Andrea and four children.

Donations may be madc in his memory to The Jack Madden Memorial Fund and forwarded to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development.

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Editor: Ma rie (Bo isso nneault) Rush, '80

SABBATICAL FULFilLS SCIENTIFIC DREAMS

FOR HUSBAND-WIFE RESEARCH TEAM

A husband and wife teanl of Guelph biologists, Professor Eugene Balon and Dr. Christine Flegler-Balon, have returned to the University after an eight-month sabbatical at the ).L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology and Rhodes niversity, Grahamstown , South Africa. They introduced a new type of research design to institute staff while studying the early deve­ lopment of several fish species.

The Balons received a Rhodes University Hugh Kelly Fellowship and grants from the Departmem of National Education and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research.

While in Grahamstown, they made a comparative study of the develop· ment of two species oftilapine cichlids and of a ciarias Gltfish. These species are common in aquacu lture, although no detailed observations of their development had been made prior to this study.

"One of the fish we were obselVing, Oreocbromis mossambicus (pre­ viously known as Tilapia mossam­ bica) is a mouthbrooder, the other, Ti/apia renc/alli, lays its eggs on the substrate and guards tbem and the young as they develop," explained Dr. Flegler-Balon. "We wanted to test a theory on altricial-prccocial alter­ natives developed earlier in Guelph," says Professor Balon.

InJune a conference on Alternative Life History Styles (ALHS) in organ­ isms was held in Grahamstown and the Balons were among 12 invited foreign speakers.

The Balons also participated in thrilling expeditions into the interior of Bot'lWana by small plane, observing the amazing landscape of the Karoo, Kim b erley diamond mines and Kalahari Desert. The Kalahari absorbs all the waters of the large Okavango River which flows from Angola and forms a magnificent inland delta.

"I can bardly believe that I have seen the papyrus flats and channels, the fishes and wildlife, and in addition have met Tsodillo Hill bushmen and

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Professor Eugene Balon and Dr. Christine Regler-Balon bave returned to the University from an eXciting eight.month sabbatical. have seen the recently discovered rock paintings of their ancestors," says Dr. Flcgler-BaLon. "The altricial bushmen are one of the important features in the tested ALHS theory."

Okavango, the last paradise, is soon to be lost, by diversion of waters via canals for the new dian10nd mines in the Kalahari and cattle ranching. 'TIle

JL.B. Smith Institute is involved in desperate ecological studies.

The Balons, along with Instirute director Mike Bruton and scientist Robin Swbbs, participated in an expedition to the Comoro Islands, home of the coelacanth, nicknamed "old four legs", the only living member of a group representing the evolution of all terrestrial vertebrates. ll1ey intelViewed coelacanth fishermen and measured eight specimens, tv.'o of which are the largest so far recorded.

They also took samples from the fish communities of a river on Anjouan, from its volcanic slopes, over 15­ metre high waterfalls, to its entry into the coelacanth sea. The y joined up with the yacht Metoka, carrying a submersible, and wert: first to view the films taken from this submersible ofcoelacanths moving in their natural habitat. Professor Balon conveys excitement as he describes thc slow motion flight-walk of this fascinating creaturc. When the Balons realized how threatened this "living fossil " is, they established the Coelacanth ConselVation Council. The newsktter of this council will be published in Professor Balon's international journal,

Elluironmental Biology ofFishes.

TOUR MARINE BIOLOGY LABORATORY

DURING ALUMNI WEEKEND

T he CBS Alumni Association has added something new to its program of activities during Alumni Weekend this year. A LOur of the Marine Biology Laboratory (Zoology Annex 2) wiU be conducted by faCility supelVisor, Ted White, CBS '78. The tour will follow the guided walk at Elord Gorge and picnic lunch at Biology House on June 18 at 1:30 p. m. Marine and Fisheries grads can reminisce, while others can discover one of the hidden attractions of these programs at Guelph.

Last year's picnic saw the rerurn of a group of Micro '82 grads who took advantage of the Alumni Weekend festivities to send classmate Rick Clark off to his new job at King Faisal Research Centre and Specialist Hos­ pital in Riyadh, Saudia Arabia.

While such auspicious occasions are bound to be infrequem, yOll could make plans to get together with the old gang anyhow, especially if yOll are a 1973, 1978 or 1983 grad who has the extra motivation of a 15th, 10th or 5th year reunion'

UNO ONE DESERVES IT MORE": RESEARCH

TECHNOLOG ST RECEIVES AWARD

fessors and many students. "I love the students, and have a good rapport with them," she says. "People ask ifl get bored but there are always new faces, new problems, new classifi­ cations, new data to organize. Para­ sitology is a very exciting field because nothing ever stands still"

By j anne Pengelly, Public Relations and In fo rmation Amost a quarter cemury of hard work, late nights and long hours were recognized when research technolo­ gist Uta Srrelive, Zoology, received Sigma Xi's Support of Research Award.

Professor Roy Anderson , chair of Zoology, told the 70 people at the awards ceremony, "No one deserves it more."

The local chapter of the scientific society Sigma Xi has only awarded the prize once before, in 1985 It recognizes researchers who make a signific ant c o ntribution to the society's goal of "excellence in research", but are seldom known to the research community at large.

During her 22 years at the Univer­ sity, Uta has taught the laboratory sections of LWO invertebrate zoology courses and helped more than 30 graduate students complete their theses. She has co-authored several papers on neurotropic nematodes, and is currently responsible for the day-to-day running of Professor Anderson's parasitology lab, where she works with graduate and under­ graduate students.

Uta completed her undergraduate degree in textile research at the University of Gera, East Germany. In 1961, she came to Canada to join her parents, and obtained a job in electron microscopy in the anatomy depart­ ment of the faculty of medicine, ni ­ versity of Saskatchewan. She learned the basics in a field that was growing fast. She did everything from preparing experimems to photographing and writing them up.

She married, became a mother and was widowed - all within three years of arriving in Canada. After her hus­ band died, she wanted to be closer to her homeland. Toronto had good job opportunities, so she and the baby moved east, "just to make enough money to go to West Germany."

At the Ontario Research Founda­ tion, where she went to look for a job, Uta found Professor Anderson in the middle of an experiment. The young

Uta Strelive with her Support of Research Award certificate. parasitologist was so engrossed in his work, he didn't ask why she was there. He just asked her to give him a hand. When they were finished, Uta had a job. Later the same year, Pro­ fessor Anderson came to Guelph, and Uta came along to run his lab.

Uta's nomination for the Sigma Xi award was supported by several pro­

Bird Carvings Uta is internationally known for her magnificent wood carvings of birds. Each carving takes about 100 homs work and sells for between $500 and £1 ,000. She has won 28 awards since she started carving in 1981 , including tlrst prize at the World Champ ionship Wildfowl Carving Competition in Maryland.

She had her first show in her own studio in Guelph last year.

Carving could tum into a profitable retirement project for Uta. Kaiser Porcelain in Germany has approached her about test marketing one of her birds.

But Uta says her hours at the Univer­ sity are just as satisfying in their own vay. "When students recognize they've learned something, thal is the biggest reward," she says.

More than 125 CBS students galbered for a Careers and Faclilty Night co­ sponsored by the CBS Student Council and CBS Alu.mni Association in FebnUllJI. Here, Dr. Dazrid Rodger, CBS PhD. '82, answers questions about his work in aquatic biology. Other CBS alu.mni speakers included Petra Patczllr, '82, who works with (be dez'elopmental(v disabled; Les StaHfield, '81, a community adl isorfor the Commwzity Fisheries Involvement Program; and julia Stanley Weille1~ '82, acting manager offhlishedproducts ill the hepatitis diagnostics division, Connaught Laboratories Ltd.

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Editor: Karen (Hawkins) Mantel, '83

SECOND VOLUME OF L.M. MONTGOMERY

JOURNALS PUBLISHED

By Mary Dickieson, Public Relations and Informa tion

The second volume of ]be Selected j ournals ofL.M.Montgomery records the best and worst experiences in the life of one ofthe world's most popular authors of children's books. Edited by Professor Mary Rubio, English Lan­ guage and Literature, and now-retired English professor Elizabeth Waterston, the book is expected to repeat the popularity ofVolume I, which jumped to the best seller list immediately after its November 1985 release and is now in its second printing.

Volume II covers 1910 to 1921 and records Montgomery's new life as a mother and wife of a minister in an Ontario village. This is a varied and complicated period, in which she has achieved world-wide acclaim and a following of readers devoted to her heroine Anne Shirley.

Like Anne, Montgomery revels in motherhood. She also reveals her thoughts on the death of the grand­ mother who restricted her life so severely, and her feelings for a husband whose mental illness enslaved her in an increasingly unhappy marriage.

During th is II -yea r period , Montgomery produced four additional Anne novels and a book ofpoetry. She initiated and won two bitter lawsuits against her first publisher in a fight

scrapbooks and other memorabilia to become part ofthe Mclaughlin Library archives.

TIle remaining unedited journals cover the last 22 years of Mont­ gomery's life, and include the dev­ elopment of a new heroine, Emily, based on herself. "She obviou Iy saw her life as an ongOing story and one she wanted to teU," Professor Rubio says. They expect to publish a third, and possibly a fourth volume.

Prof essors Elizabeth Waterston and Mary Rubio with the second volume of The Selected journals of L.M. Montgomery. over the exploitation of women writers.

Volume 11 contains more than 100 of Montgomery's own photographs, including many of hcr two sons and scenes of Leaksdale, the village where she kept up the facade of being a happy Presbyterian minister's wife.

The First World War had a profound effect on village life and is a major theme in Montgomery's journal. Six of her neighbors' sons died and her beloved half-brother lost a leg.

Professors Rubio and Waterston edited the handwritten journals at the request of the author's son, the late Dr. Stuart Macdonald, who arranged for his mother's journals,

SCOTTISH COLLECTION EXPANDED

The Scottish Collection in the Uni­ versity Library has received a 525,000 boost from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Counci l ( SSHRC), moving it a step closer to becoming the major Canad ian centre for Scottish studies.

'The collection already includes Scottish manuscripts from the last three centuries, many Scottish literary journals and some parish records from the late 18th and 19th centuries.

The SSHRC grant will buy a collec­

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tion of Scottish newspapers from the late 19th and early 20th cennlries, Sir Walter Scott's diaries, and records of the Darien Company - the Scottish trailing company that caused financial ruin in Scotland when it went bank­ rupt in lhe early 18th cennlry.

Emphasis in Scottish studies stems from Guelph faculty interests and the influence of Guelph's Scottish settlers and founder John Galt. 'The Library collection is the largest in Canada and among the top five in the world .

MONTGOMERY

COLLECTION

EXPANDED

T he Lucy Maud Montgomery Collection in the University Library now includes the news­ pap rs the author read all her life. This addition is being funded by a S10,000 grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council ( SSHRC).

The Library collection already hal) Montgomery's cHaries and scrapbooks, various published editions of her works in different languages, 5,000 photographs mostly taken by Montgomery herself, some personal papers, and a few artifacts, including examples of her needlework and the china dogs she loved and wrote about in her books - Gog and Magog.

The newspapers, including microfiche records of Char­ lottetown's ]be Island Patriot from 1892 to 1942, are a connec­ tion with Montgomery's history that is valuable to researchers now, says Acquisition Librarian Tim Sauer. Montgomery contin­ ued to receive newspapers from her native province, Prince Edward Island, during the many year she lived in Ontario.

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MAJOR CANADIAN THEATRE COLLECTIONS

JOIN FORCES TO PRODUCE EXHIBITION

Putting It Back Together, which opens May 21 at the Macdonald tewart An Centre in conjunction with the Guelph Spring Festival, represents the first time that major Canadian theatre collections have joined forces to produce a unique and timely exhibition about the pre­ servation of our performing arts heritage. The exhihition is curated and designed by Daniel Ladell, ardli­ vist , Stratford Festival, with Len Conolly, chair, Department of Drama, acting as associate curator.

Putting II Back Together wi il educate and entertain. But it also has an urgent message. By shOWing what is being kept, the exhibition con­ versely draws attention to what is being 10st, and emphasizes the need to preserve the vast remainder of Canada's performing arts heritage.

Confirmed lenders to the exhibition include: The Canadian (Opera) Company Archives, Dance Canada Danse, The Metropolitan Toronto

DRAMA REUNION

HELD Over 100 former drama students attended a reunion at the Cutten Club in Novemher. "It was a roaring success," says Harry Lane, acting chair, Department of Drama, and one of the organizers of the event. This was the second drama reunion in five years and Professor Lane hopes a third can be organized in another five years.

Several alumni speakers were fea­ tured during the reunion dinner, including the well-known Canaclian stage deSigner, Sue lePage, Arts '73, who is designing Richard III for the Stratford Festival this year. Professor Donald Mullin was presented with an Irish lead crystal bowl, circa 1800, as a retirement gift after 20 years with the Department of Drama. A dance followed clinner.

If you would like to know about future drama reunions or other Department ofDrama events, contact Marlene Neal at ( 519) 824-4120, ext. 3147.

Library Theatre Collection, The National Ballet Ardtives, The Public Archives of Canada ( Social and Cul­ tural Archives ), The Stratford Festival Archives, and the Theatre Arcl1ives of the University of Guelph. It is hoped that major collections in other regions will agree to participate, giving the project more national scope.

The exhibition is specifically designed for louring. It leaves Guelph July 10 and will be at the Gallery/ Stratford from September 9 to October 16. Other venues in Canada and a projecLed international tour are under negotiation .

Putting It Back Togetberwill feature

rare printed, phowgraphic and manu­ script materials, and Lhree-dimen­ sional and design materials (such as renderings, set models, costumes and properties ). These customarily comprise theatrical xhibitions, but this exhibit will also feature audio­ visual recordings and a special hands­ on computer module showing how modern technology is creating new forms of documentation and making these collections accessible to a wider public than ever before.

Putting It Back Togetber is pro­ duced hy the Stratford Festival Archives, in collaboration with the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre.

NEW CHAIR HOPES TO CARRY

ON JOHN BELL'S TRADITION

When Professor Manfred Kremer assumed the chair of the Department of L1.nguages and Literatures last fall , he knew it wouldn't be easy to follow in the footsteps of his close friend , Professor]ohn Bell, who had died the previous spring.

"John was one of the -niversity's finest teachers and is sorely missed," says Professor Kremer. "I hope I can carry on the tradition of excellence that was his hallmark."

Enrolment in Languages and Liter­ atures, one of the largest departments in the College of Arts, has been steady for the past decade with 1,300 to 1,400 students a semester.

With the help of his colleagues, Professor Kremer is revising the curri­ culum ofsome programs. The French Studie section is investigating the establishment of a master's program in co-operation with other univer­ sities. With more than half the department's enrolment in the French progranl, the student base is broad enough to justify a master's program, he says. Guelph already works jointly with Wilfrid Laurier, Western and Windsor universities in mooing a French Studies program in Nice, France.

Professor Manfred Kremer Professor Kremer received his undergraduate degree and Ph.D . degrees at the University of Cologne in West Germany. He taught at the niversity of Wales for a year before coming to Guelph as a lecturer in 1966.

Editor's Note: The John Bell Memorial Fund will provide an annual scholarship to a student majoring in Classics. Donations can be sent to the Office of the dean, College ofArts. Income tax receipts will be issued.

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ALUMNI HONORED AT

CHEMISTRY IBIOCHEMISTRY

AWARDS NIGHT

Martin Bosch, CPS '69, M.Se. '7 J ( left), andPrOfessor Hamish Rattray, chair of the University Awards Committee, chat during the 1987 annual Chemistry mul Biochemistry awards night.

Aumni were in the spotlight when the Department of ChemistI)' and BiochemistI)' and the Chemistry!

Biochemistry Club held their 1987 annual dinner and awards night recently.

1987 graduates Dorothy Bakker ( chemistry), Karen Graham (chemical tOXicology), Donna (Fackoury) Meagher ( applied chemistry) , and Lauretta Williams (biochemistry), each received a Society of Chemical Industry Merit Award.

Dorothy, now studying medicine at McMaster University, said, "The Guelph semester system and de­ manding undergraduate workload gave me the ability and confidence to be well organized in high pressure situations."

Karen, who is pursuing pharma­

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cology and toxicology studies at the University of Toronto, commented that "Guelph offered a tremendous toxicology program" and said she would have stayed to do her graduate work at Guelph had it offered a graduate toxicology program.

Donna, a full-time research assistant for Mc eil Consumer Produc ts Company, and winner of the E.B. Mac aughtOn Convocation Prize as the Winegard nominee for 1987, reflected on her studies at Guelph, saying, "My four yC"'d.fS at Guelph helped me develop skills I require to fmd answers."

Lauretta, who also received the CPS Graduation Prize and prestigious NSERC 1967 Science Scholarship, said her undergraduate training at Guelph "prepared me with a very solid foundation and competitive edge for graduate studies" and "encouraged me in the joy oflcarning and desire to study ." She now attends York University.

Brock Chittim, CPS M.Sc. '77, pre­ sident and general manager of Wellington Laboratories Guelph, presented Joanne Ryks with the newly established WeUington Laboratories Prize in Environmental Chemistry.

Martin Bosch, '69, M.Sc. '71, pre­ sident of Tricorp Chemical Speci­ alities, Guelph, announced the new Tricorp Chemical Specialties Award in organiC chemistry. The first presentation of this annual scholarship of S I ,200 will be made in 1989 Dr. Lind Mrs. Harold Suderman presented H.]. Suderman Demonstra­ tor Awards to Ph.D. students Clint Chapple, CPS '82, M.Sc. '84 and Carl Decicco, CPS '84, for their excellent work in teaching undergraduate lahoratories.

Thirty-two additional awards were presented to undergraduate students for their outstanding efforts in 1987.

Professor Innes MacK<:nzie, Physics, chats with Dr. Steve Berko, Brandeis f University, Waltham, Mass., one Of the speakers at a sympOSium held in Professor MacKenzie's honor.

PROFESSOR

HONORED

November was quite a month for Professor Innes MacKenzie, Physics. first, he received the 1987 Sigma Xi Excellence in Research Award for his outstanding contribution to re­ search. The award was presented at the Guelph chapter of Sigma Xi 's annual banquet. At the chapter's annual meeting, Professor MacKenzie presented the lecture, Non-invasive Analyses by Gamma-ray Back­ scatteJing.

Later in November, a symposium, New Demands on Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy, wa'i organized by Pro­ fessor MacKenzie's research asso­ ciates. The symposium, held at the University in Professor MacKenzie's honor, featured ten speakers from rhe United States, Canada, Africa, England and Finland . A banquet and reception followed in the evening.

Professor MacKenzie is now retired but continues to do research at the University as an adjunct professor.

NAMED TO

STATS INSTITUTE Professor Hendrick Malik, Mathematics and Statistics, has been elected a member of the International Statistical Institute in recognition of his contribu­ tions to the field of statistical methods. TIle institute is an autonomous society whose ob­ jective is the development and improvement of statistical methods throughout the world.

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Edit or. Dr. Harold Reed,

ave '55

LEADING CANCER RESEARCHER DELIVERS

FIRST CHAPPEL LECTURE

A noted medical scientist in cancer research delivered the inaugural

address in a new lecture series on campus - the Chappel Lecture in Biomedical Sciences.

Dr. Harry Rubin spoke February 4, the night before winter convocation ceremonies at which he received an honorary doctor of science degree.

Dr. Michael Smith, a leading Canadian molecular biologist, also received an honorary degree at winter convo­ cation.

The Chappel Lecture will be an annual event on campus, bringing scholars of international repute to address students, faculty and the. public. It was established by Dr.

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Harry Rubin, hooded by Um'versity secreta,y Barbara Abercrombie, is congratulatedby Chancellor William A. Stewart.

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CLifford 1. Chappel, OVC '50, and hL'i wife, in memory ofhis father, Herbert James Chappel, and was hosted in its first year by OVe.

Dr. Rubin began his work in the area of viruses in Mexico after gradu­ ating from Cornell University as a veterinarian in 1947 He later joined the .S. Public Health Service, became senior research fellow at the California Institute of Technology and has held several research pOSitions at the ni­ versity of California, Berkeley, where he is now professor of molecular biology and research virologist. He is known for his contributions to the field of cell growth regulation and malignanqr.

Dr. Rubin's lecture, Is Cancer Caused by Cancer Gerzes, or the Folly ofReductionism?, explored popular theories of cancer-causing genes.

OVC GRAD WORKS TOWARD BILINGUAL

EDUCATION IN CANADA

Dr. Susan (Tilt ) Purdy, OVC '68, strongly believes that Canada can be a bilingual nation. To that end he is serving as national president of Canadian Parents for French (CPF), a 16,500-mcmber nation-wide volun­ tary association of parents intere ted in promoting the best possible french second language programs at all educational levels.

CPF acts as an information-sharing resource for parents, educators, governments and the general public on French education opportunities in Canada. Sue says it is a unique organization because it represents the majority language group advo­ cating the language of the minority and thus, is a bridge between the two solitudes.

Sue moved to New Brunswick after graduation from OVC and practised veterinary medicine in Moncton with her husband , Dr. James G. Purdy, OVC '50, until 1974 when they sold their hospital and moved ro Sackville.

Presently, Sue is in small animal prac­ tice with her husband in Sackvillc on

Susan (Tilt) Pu,-dy, OVC '68, sbaresa conversation with Fernand Robichau.d, MP for West Moreland Kent (left) and D'Iberville Fortier, Commissioner ofOffidaI Languages, at the 10th anniversary ofCanadian Parents for Frerzch in 1987. a limited part-time basis as she serves her second year as CPF president.

Sue became involved in educational issues and joined CPF 10 years ago when her two children started school.

Now n and 16, both children are enrolled in continuing French immer­ ,ion programs and Sue says she's satist1ed that she has given them the

best start she can at becoming bilin­ gual. "J now devotc most of my time to ensuring that other Canadian hildren have a right and opportunity to learn both of Canada's official languages in the public school sys­ teOl," she explains.

Sue ha fond memories of Guelph and her fellow students at OVC in the sixties. "Our paths have continued to cross over the years and I always look forward to such encounters," she says. "Although I am not lIsing my formal training a great deal at the moment, the education I received at Guelph has fitted me well for the advocacy role I play £Oday. My only wish is that [ could have graduated a bilingual veterinarian - bu t alas, those were different times. That is why I work so hard to ensure future graduates from all our universities will not be Limited to expression in only one language."

Editor's Note: Ifyou would like more illformation about CPF, write to 309 Cooper Street, Suite 2/OJ Ottawa, Ontalio K2P OG5.

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OVC GRAD FOUNDS WORLD

WOMEN'S VETERINARY

ASSOCIATION

Dr. Betsy McGregor, OVC '87, didn't expect to become president of the wo rld's ftrst association for profes­ sional women veterinarians when she auended her first World Veterinary Congress in Montreal last summer.

But when she discovered that the only female vet group, the women's auxiliary, was not designed to address specific professional issues for women vets, she invited interested women to a meeting. Sixty-eight women from 24 countries attended. When the meeting was over, Betsy had been elected founding president of the World Women's Veterinary Associa­ tion (WWVA), and a set of objectives had been struck.

Career enhancement is the core objective. The WWVA will promote awareness of professional opportuni­ ties for women veterinarians on dif­ ferent continents and within the United ations international agencies.

A quarterly WWVA Newsletter will list such opportunities around the world.

'The WWVA is also committed to professional and personal develop­

ment through practice exchanges bet­ ween countries, university visits, leave opporrunities and house exchanges.

For example, the founding member fro m Kenya suggested hOliday or academic exchanges between her colleagues in Africa and women veterinarians interested in wildlife.

The '\i.'WVA Newsletter will contain a listing of members wishing to parti­ cipate in s1.lch exchanges.

Above all, the WWVA is committed to a humanitarian contribution to international agriculture. About half of the 24 countries represented in the Ass o ciation are developing nations. Recognizing that in many of these countries, women contribute signiftcantly to livestock production, the WWVA wants to provide support to these women who, because of cultural constraints, may not have the same access to services as men. To this end, Betsy contacted the president of the Associated Country Women of the World, Dr. Ellen McLean, also a Canadian. The two organizations will wo rk as affiliates in international aid projects to deliver livestock and

Dr. Betsy McGregor, ove '87, and son at last year's convocation ceremonies. veterinary medical care to Third World nations.

Following a master's degree in rural farming systems from McMaster -ni­ versity, Betsy worked for the United Nations Food and Agr icultural Organization around the world during the 1970s. She returned from overseas and commenced studies at OVC in the 1980s. Upon graduation, she worked as a special assistant to OVC Dean Ole ielsen, co -ordinati ng OVC's international programs. She is currently working as a eterinarian with Agriculture Canada.

For more information about the WWVA, contact Betsy at P.O, Box 6069, Station J, Ottawa, K2A ITl.

OVC STUDENTS HOST FIRST CONFERENCE

The first Canadian Veterinary Stu­ dents Conference, hosted by OVC in January, was a big success, according to OVC student Andrea Ellis, president of the Central Vcterinary Students' Association (CVSA).

"There is a student conference in the United States but the Canadians get lost in the crowd. We decided it was a good time, being OVC's 125th anniversary in 1987, to have something right in our own backyard," Andrea explains.

The OVC snldent council of the CVSAhad been preparing since Mar h 1987 for the two full days of scientific

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sessions and recreational events.

About 60 students and faculty atten­ ded from the Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island; the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Montreal, St. Hyacinthe; and the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, niversity of Saskatchewan. Attendance from avc students ranged from 180 to 300, depending on the event.

"OVC has always had a French­ English student exchange with St. HyaCinthe and we knew there was enthusiasm in the West because they talked for years about organizing a hockey tournament. But we were

really surprised by the Atlantic Veterinary College. Their school has only been operating a few years and out of about 96 students. 19 came to conference," says Andrea.

A conference fund has now been set up and will be administered by the Students of the Canadian Veter­ inary Medical Association. "n1e con­ ference location will be rotated among the four colleges with St. Hyacinthe probably hosting next year, says Andrea. "We've been told that we've started something big. Everyone had a really good time and we hope the conference will continue for a long tinle."

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DR. IAN TAYLOR: DOING HIS ullONS SHARE"

Dr. Ian W. Taylor, avc '43, of Wheeling, Illinois, puts enthusiasm into everything he does. "[ figure if I'm going to do it, I'm going to be enthusiastic," he was quoted recently in a local newspaper article.

As OVC class of '43 president, Ian co-chaired the 40th reunion of his class at Alumni Weekend in 1983, along with Dr. Archie MacKinnon. He acted as master of ceremonies for the program and arranged a display of memorabilia. Fourteen out of a possi­ ble 31 members of the class were present.

TIlis year, [an is pushing for 100 per cent attendance at the 45th reunion during Alumni Weekend.

Perfect attendance is something Ian knows about!

He has served the community of Wheeling as a veterinarian for over 30 years. Although most of his work has been with dogs, cats and a few birds, he has also dedicated a great amount of time to lions - bUl nol the four legged kind. He recently received

Dr. Ian Taylor, OVC '43, with some of the hundreds ofpins he has collected on visits to Lions CLubs a1"(mnd the world. a special award from the International Lions Club for exemplary work in lhe field of international relations. He has attended Lions Club meetings in 57

GOOD EWES!

Three sets of genetically identical lambs are the first anio1aJs bom from bisected embryos at the University. ]n December, six surrogate ewes delivered nine lambs - three sets of twins and three singles - that had developed from embryos micro ­ surgically bisected and implanted five months earlier.

Project leader Dr. Calhy Gartley, ove '82 , now completing a DVSc. degree in the Department of Clinical Studies, says the accomplishment is a milestone for the University. " 1find it exciting that these are the first genetically identical animals created and born at the University of Guelph," she says. "They represent the first ofmany such twins in several species that University researchers hope to soon realize."

Besides maximizing embryo use, this project demonstrates the poten­ tial to create Significant numbers of

different countries and hasn't missed a monthly meeting in 29 years.

He has served the Wheeling Club as preSident, newsletter editor and public relations chairnlan and has twice been named Lion of the Year.

In 1982,he received tbe MeJvinJones Fellowship award for "dedication to humanitarian services" and recently he was recognized by a resolution in the Illinois House of Representatives for his Lions Club work. He says his greatest pleasure is watching the joy that d isabled children get from a Lions-sponsored camp in Lake Villa each year. He has been involved in ftmd-raising for the disabled , which is the Lions' main objective, both locally and abroad.

Ian would like to hear from alumni who are members of Lions Inter­ national, to exchange information and souvenirs used by the clubs throughout the world of Lionism. He would also like his OVC class of '43 members to immediately send back the questionnaires mailed to them by the Alumni Office in December for the purpose of producing a class anniversary newsletter. These may be sent [0 him at: 7695. Milwaukee Ave ., Wheeling, lllinois 60090 or to Dr. Archie MacKinnon, RR 4 Cambridge, Onto 1R 555

SPEAKERS / TOUR

Twin lambs Mutton and jeff, who began life as the same embryo, am shown with Dr. Cathy Gartley, avc '82, under the watChful eye of their sutTOgate mothet; Q2. genetically identical aninlals that are vital for consistent research results.

Dr. Gartley's project is supported by the Ontario Ministry ofAgricu Iture and Food (OMAF) and the Eleanor Gartshore Memorial Shn'p Trust.

The OVC Alumni Association invites alumni to hear two dyna­ mic guest speakers and tour the Equine Research Centre during Alumni Weekend June 18.

Dr. Bruce Fogle, OVC '70, of London, England, practitioner and author, will speak on The Changing Role Of the Veterin­ arian in SmallAnimalPractice, and Dr. Brian Brandenburg, OVC '68, M .Sc. '71 , president of Guelph International Develop­ ment Consultants, will speak on Veterinary Medicine in the Third World.

The progranl will conclude with a dinner and dance.

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FROM THE

CALLING

ALL HOME

PRESIDENT

ECONOMISTS

Editor: Carol yn (Redde n) M oore, '84

While writing this message at the end ofJanuary, I realize the mid-point of this year's board of directors' acti ­ vities has arrived. I reflect on two goals I set at our annual meeting last June: to evaluate our contact with Mac-FACS alumni and increase mem­ bership in our alumru association.

Upon graduation, you do not auto­ matically become a member f the Mac-FACS Alumni Association. You become a member by paying an annu<ll or life membership fee . This money helps the board of directors carry out activities on your behalf for both students and aluo1ni.

At (he January board meeting, we discussed the services our Association provides. Our visibility with students is quite high through schOlarship presentations, careers night and a reception for the graduating class.

Our services to alumni may need to be redefined. What would you like us to provide, orgaruze or sponsor?

Our annual seminar was cancelled in October 1986 due to a lack of registrants. Should we attempt to organize another?

LOnYline Holding, 71 Your board wants to increase its ConL'lct with a greater number ofyou.

Where and when would you like us to be active 7 What projects would you like us to consider?

Please send your comments to us at Alumni House, University ofGuelph, Guelph, Ontario N I G 2Wl . Also, why not come to our 1988 annual meeting June 18? J hope to hear from you soon' Sincerely, Lorraine Holding, '71 Mac·FACS Alu m ni As ociation President

FACS students Suzie Chin and Tracey Vent chat with Barb Stuart, FAG'S 71, faculty representative on the Mac-FACS Alumni Association s board Of directors, at the annual party for graduating students hosted by the Assodation in February. Sixty-five students, 15 board members and several faCUlty members attended this yem"s party.

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Towards 2000: Challenges and Opportunities is the theme of the Canadian Home Economics Associa­ tion (CHEA) National Conference at the Univer-ity July 10-13. The con­ ference will be of intere, t to alumni who graduated in programs related to family and consumer studies, foods and nutrition, home economics, or human ecology.

CHEA, with a membership of 2,000, is committed to provide professional development for its members through programs, workshops and special interest sessions. A major part fits mandate is to create an awareness of new products and services in the market place.

Frank Feather, a well-known global fu turist with a business-like approach, w ill be the keynote speaker at the CIlEA conference. He will address the challenges and opportunities of the future . Dr. Ehler Park, a consultant with. A5A, willexplainhowplanning for outer _pace affects everything from the food., we eat to how children will play.

Other topics at the conference will include artificial vs. natural sweet­ eners; issues of an aging population; space-age textiles; SMART house - a totally computerized environment; human sexuality; free trade and agri ­ cu lture; food irrJdiatjon; and financ ial p lanning.

Well-known Canadian entertainer, Nan<-'Y White, whose satirical songs arc often heard on CBC radio, will perform following the o pening ceremonies.

Many pre and post-conference acti­ vities are planned, including trips to the Stratford Festival, Niagara-on-the­ Lake and Niagara Falls, Waterloo County ( Farmer ' Market ) and the village of Elora.

The conference offers an excellent opportunity for professional deve­ lopment and networking. For more information, contact Wilda Waldron, registration chair, CHEA Conference '88, 168 Maple Street, Guelph, Ontario N I G 2G7, ( 519) 836-9551.

FACS GRAD FINDS HEART IN

THE ARTS

"I

t's strange how things work Ollt.

I'm glad r received a well-rounded education at Guelph. It prepared me for th e future," reflects Eva Eichenbaum, FACS '75.

Eva is one often Niagara Peninsula poets featured in Voices from the Niagara , a book of local poems col­ le<.:tcd by Pcter and Brenda Baltensperger and published in 1987 ( Moonstone Press, 87.95 ).

Reviewing the book in the Hamilton Spectator, John Terpstra writcs, "Thcre are some very good poems here, and a few are standouts. I especia lly enjoyed those of Eva Eichenbaum and David Haskins."

Eva was born in Sweden, the daughter of Estonian refugees who escaped their homeland during the Second World War. She camc to Canada with ber family at age two and grew up in Niagara Falls where she attended Stamford Collegiate and won the Upper Scbool English Award at graduation.

After a year of travel in 1969 as Miss iagara Hospitality for the Niagara

Promotion Association, she enrolled at the University of Guelph to earn a Bachelor of Applied Science degrce and also took some courses at the niversity of Helsinki, Finland. She then earned her Bachelor of Education degree at the College of Education , Brock n iversity, St. Catharines and now teaches English and Television Arts at Merritton High School in that city.

She started her career in education as a Family Studies teacher and was once head of the Fam ily Studies Department at Merritton but found that her "heart was really in English and the creative arts. " She used to teach theatre arts and also formed the Merriuon High School Dance Com· pany. Sht: teaches ballet and has written several musical comedies for her theatre and dance students.

"I got the idea for the style and format of the musicals fro m College Royal's Curtain Call at Guelph. I had a role in the production, Der Keller, a take-off on Cabaret, in my final year," she explains.

Eva EiclJenbaum, FACS 75 Five of Eva's poems are featured in tht: 63 ·page Voices f1'Om the Niagara and she has donated a copy of the book to the University Lihrary. She has also had poems published in Souldust and Pearls, Sixth Edition ( Moonstone Press) and There Is, a book product:d by the Niagara Chapter of the Canadian Authors Association.

In the future. she hopes to take some tinle out from teaching to study broad­ casting.

NEW CHAIR TO BROADEN

FOCUS IN

CONSUMER STUDIES

Teaching and re search in the Department of Consumer Studies has focused on consumer affairs, particu­ larly consumer behavior and the basic necessities - food, clothing and housing. New department chair John Pratschke sees a need to review and perhaps expand this focus.

Professor Pratschke says he was drawn to Guelph because of his interest in consumer economics. The Un iversity has one of the few depart· ments in Canada with a consumer emphasis. He plans to "preserve the department's unusual linking ofsocial SCience, business and technology, but broaden the rangt: ofstudy to include other products and services important

to the budgets of Canadian house­ holds."

The employer market is happy with Consumer Studies graduates, says Pro· fessor Pratschke, but there is a need for better communication about the program w ith secondary school stu­ d en ts. "We must get across the message that marketing is an inter­ esting challenge and that the program is professionally oriented without lOSing its base in product technology" Born in Ireland, Professor Pratschke received his bachelor of commerce, master ofeconomic science and Ph.D. at University College Cork. He has taught at the University of Waterloo, University College Ga lway and

PrOfessorjohn Pratschke Memorial University, Newfoundland.

He has published widely on the economics ofconsumer expenditures, and on European housing policy, agri· culture, banking and business education.

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Nancy Plato, FACS '81

FACS PEOPLE

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aney Plato, FACS '81 ( Consumer Studies ), the new OAC liaison co­ ordinator, will acquaint high school students and guidance counsellors with opportunities in the agricultural sciences at Guelph.

Enrolment at OAC has declined over the past few years, and _ aney w ill work at increasing student numbers through recruitment and marketing.

The position ofliaison co-ordinator is a new one for OAe. Nancy says one of her main objectives is to broaden the understanding high school stu­ dents have ofGuelph's programs. She plans to use her "well-rounded view of agriculture and its related pro­ grams" combined with her "recruit­ ment experience."

Nancy is back in Guelph from a position in secondary school liaison at Mount Royal College, Calgary. She is married to Paul Thiel, OAC '82 and is an active member of the Mac-FACS Alumni Association board of directors.

Professors Kathleen Brown, Lila Engberg, and Griffith Morgan have all retired from the Department of Family Studies. Professor Elizabeth Upton, HAFA, will retire in July.

Professor John Auld, Consumer Studies, has produced the Human Settlements Audio-Visual Resources Catalogue. It is published by the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation.

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Mike Traub, HAF-A 78 general manager, Victoria Place Retirement Lodge, Kitchenel; discusses his career with a group of students at the HAFA Alumni Assodatioll's annual Careers Night held on campus in January. Thirty-seven alumni involved in a van·ety ofcareers volunteered their time to the popu.lar event.

HAFA ALUMNI EXCHANGE

SEMINAR HELD

Warren Adamson, vice-president, development, Delta Hotels, gave the keynote address , What is the Canadian Tourism Industry Anyway, at the annual HAFA Alumni Exchange Seminar held November 4 at the DelL, Chelsea Inn, Toronto.

This professional development event was sponsored by the HAFA

Alumoi Association in co-operation with Pannell Kerr Forster. lL gave lIAFA grads an opportunity to listen to experts in the field speak 00 various topical hospitality issues, including pay equity, the human resource risis, trends in the hotel and foodservice industry, and business planning.

CONFERENCE "In Search of Healthy Sexuality" June 13-15, 1988

MOllica Hrybko, HAFA '88 (left), received Ci HAFA Alumni Association Life Membership from Association president Morag McKenzie, '8 2. The membership is given to a graduating student, as selected by his or her peers, with a minimum 70 per cent accumulative average who has had outstanding involvement ill the School and/or University

The Unive rsity of Guelph's 10th an nual sexua li ty confe rence, spon­ sor d byThe Departmen t of Fami ly Studies, wil l exam ine c urrent issues in human sex u lily, tea hing approaches in sexducation, and counse llin g m thod for sex ual problems.

Keynote Ad dress by " Dr. Ruth " West heimer.

For further info rmation, write Co ntinu ing Educa tion Di ISlon, Univers ity of Guelph, Gu Iph , nta ri , N1G 2W1, or telep hone (5 19) 824-4120, ex . 3956.

Registration Limit d. Apply early.

OAC ALUMNI NEWS Editor: Richard Buck, 76A

OAC GRAD GIVES GIFT OF WATER

TO THAI VILLAGERS

By janet Dumo Water is not taken for granted in northeast Thailand. Usually there is too little of it. The sandy laterite soils do not hold water. They crack and parch during the hot dry season.

Ponds shrink. Streams and some wells dry up. Even in the rainy season, the rains are often late or insufficient and the rice crops wither in the fields.

But sometimes there is too much water. Heavy rains cause flash floods Which drown crops and wash pesti­ cides and decaying organic matter into unprotected pit wells. There is not enough clean drinking water to ensure good health.

A CUSO priority in Thailand is to increase village self-sufficiency and improve the standard of living through the development ofsmall-scale water resources, particularly in the north and northeast, the poorest regions of the country. CUSO engineers, placed with departments of local adminis­ tration , survey and design small spillways, dams and piped water systems. They develop an under­ standing of indigenous water pro­ blems and help viUagers develop water resource technology to deal with these problems.

In most villages in Surin province, the water is imprisoned under a 20­ metre thick layer of heavy clay com­ pacted into red, brick-like rock.

Ed von Euw, OAC '84 , returned to Canada in December after two years as a CUSO water resources engineer in Surin. While there, he worked with two percussion water-jet well-drilling rigs, one an Appropriate Technology Association ( ATA) rig originally used in India and Africa; the other based on an indigenous village model.

Ed found theATA rig needed modi ­ fications to make it easier for villagers to operate. Most important was the change from a hand to foot-powered lever which the villagers found much less exhausting to work. But, at $625, the ATA rig is expensive to buy and the Honda motor which pushes water

Ed von EllW and co-worker teaching pump maintenance ill Surin, Thailand. down the hole to tlush out the soil and rock particles, can use up to $4 of fuel a day.

Ed spent several months looking at rigs used by Surin farmers and finally adapted a model from one used by Khun Hong of Muang Pet, a village near Surin town. Khun Hong's rig uses a pole and beam arrangement. making it less durable and steady than the tripod form used in Ed's adapted rig. The new rig uses a hand-powered Lucky pump made in Taiwan, and fanliliar to villagers.

The Honda pump used in the ATA drilling rig must be repaired in town and a smaU repair may cost $10, while a repair to the Lucky pump can be done by villagers for less than a doUar. Spare parts are available everywhere.

'The drill bilS are made from truck springs in the same Surin shop that made the rig to Ed's specillcations.

They cost only 96 ccors each as opposed to the S7-bits used in the ATA rig.

Using smaller pipe and bit than the ATA rig, Ed's adapted rig drills more quickly through rock and is lighter and easier to use. It requires only two people to ope(""dte the foot lever. The ATA rig requires four or five. Ed's rig cost $192 to make, including pump and accompanying tools and can be constructed by villagers in a small welding/machine shop if there is a demand for more.

Ed's rig was tested in Ban Se Jaruk on a site divined by a villager. Working

intermittently, the villagers went d wn 25 metres in one and a half weeks, much of the time grinding through the red rock. When water they were pumping down the hole suddenly disappeared and didn't come up again, they were afraid they had damaged the rig. But instead, it was a sign of having broken into a vein of water, which was now absorbing any other water poured down. So, water had been found, delicious and abundant, right behind the assistant headman's house!

The Ban Se Jaruk well has been capped with a rower pump purchased from ATA for S 17. The pump is based on a bamboo model used in fndia.

The tubewell pipe and pump are made of plastic - more acceptable than steel which gives the water an unpleasant taste.

Ed carried out a four-month well­ drilling project in co-operation with Khun Darune of the Northeast Thailand ( ET) Project. Funded by the Canadian Internat ional Deve­ lopment Agency and assisted by CUSO, it is a rural development program in operation since 1981 in 52 villages along the Thai-Kampuchean border.

The villagers of Ban Se Jaruk, elated with their initial success, borrowed Ed's rig to drill more wells. In total, seven rigs were built from Ed's proto­ type and distributed to fo ur other villages. Over 100 successful wells have been drilled in the area to date.

EdilO1-'S Note:}anet Duma is a CUSO special program officer in Malaysia.

Sbe bas worked as an Englisb teacber witb CUSO in 'fi)ai/and andMa/aysia.

Ed von Euw, a Stratford native, graduated from Guelpb witb a B.Sc, in engineering in December J984. He ll'as 011 tbe dean's bonor roll three times and received an engineering scbolarsbip in 1983. Before going overseas in November 1985, be workedfor Enllironment Canada as a bydrornetti.c engineer. He is now studying f01" a master's degree in engineering at Guelph.

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Marilyn Dykstra, OAC 78

Dr. R. Keith (Chip) Chapman and his brother Ross, both OAC '40

Diagnostic and Advisory Clinic. The clinic is working at maximum capacity with marc than 30,000 inquiries to its credit since it opened nine years ago, says Marilyn. It receives every­ thing from live specimens of earwigs and spiders to diseased ornamentals and fruit and vegetable crops. Most specimens come from home gar­ deners, she ays, but the clinic has a growing clientele among commercial growers, landscape businesses and other industries. Through its service and extension functions, the clinic has accumulated a reference collec­ tion of more than 10,000 slides and specimens, as well as a list of resource people from across campus.

become the minister of agriculture and food . Little did he know that two and a half years later, he would be minister - if only for a day.

In December he shared the duties of Ontario's minister, Jack RiddeD, OAC '57, as his prize for winning a public speaking contest at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair. Bruce, who operates a Newcastle dairy, beef and cash crop farm with his father, spoke on the survival of the farm family in Ontario.

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Professor John Burton, OAC '62 and Brian McBride, CBS '78, OAC MSA '80, Department of Animal and Poultry Science , have received $400,000 from the Ministry ofColleges and niversities Research Incentive Fund for contract research in partner­ ship with Cyanamid Canada Inc. of Toronto. They will examine the effec­ tiveness of the hormone BST in increasing milk production in dairy cattle, as well as any other effects of the agent.

Gordon MacLeod, OAC '50, has retired from the Department ofAnimal and Poultry Science after 31 years at the University.John Summers, OAC '53, MSA '59, has also retired from the Department of Animal and Poultry Science after 25 years at the University.

Harold Crawford, OAC '58, M.Sc. '70, who recently retired as co­ ordinator of the Ontario Diploma in Horticulture Program, Independent Study Division after 29 years at the University, has received the Ontario Parks Association ( OPA) recognition award for Significant contribution to the betterment of parks, the pro­ fession, and the envirorunent through his work in continuing education. He has been a member of the educational committee of the OPA for 14 years.

The Ontario Diploma in Horticulture program graduated its first students in 1963, and now has 500 alumni.

Marilyn Dykstra, OAC '78, is new director of the University's Pest

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Dr. R. Keith (Chip) Chapman, OAC '40, has retired from the Department of EntomoJogy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, following a distinguished are::er spanning 40 years. A two-day symposium was held in his honor last June and "The R. Keith Chapman Vegetable Entomology SchOlarship" was established with funds collected in lieu ofa retirement gift. He has also been named professor emeritus. Attending the symposium and retirement recognition party in Madison were Keith's brothers, Ross, also OAC '40 and Douglas, OAC '44 , and sister Helen Stockwell, a graduate of Macdonald College, McGiJl Univer­ sity, Montreal, and OAC Dean Freeman McEwen.

When Bruce Brown, OAC '85, received his degree from former agri­ culture minister William A. Stewart, chancellor ofthe Universi ty ofGuelph, he asked what steps he could take to

ETHICS IN

AGRICULTURE

Ethical issues in agriculture, such as animal welfare, are generally debated from an emotional viewpoint. Pro­ fessor Frank Hurnik, OAC Ph.D. '71 , Animal and Poultry Science, and Pro­ fessor Hugh Lehman, Philosphy, are hoping to change that through the journal of Agricultural Ethics, an international quarterly publication which offers a forum for discussing moral issues related to food and food production.

"We hope this publication will act as a bridge between those who philo­ sophize about agricu ltural ethics and those actively involved in plant and animal use," says Professor Hurnik.

"It's a scholarly, refereed journal , but it won't be bogged down with specia­ lized technical jargon. As a result, we believe it will be useful to the farm community, and we expect leaders from that field will be contributors, not just readers."

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T he expression "lily white" has little meaning for Bill Evans. His favorite

Professor Fredjel'ome and his wife Faye look over a catalogue of the University's art collection.

ALOVEOFART

Back in 1968, Fred N. Jerome, OAC '33, established a trust fund to pur­ chase art produced by promising young Canadian artists.

"I was a full professor then and I could afford to do it (set up a trust fund) . I felt art deserved a little push and I wanted to see the niversity's art collection expand," explains the now retired professor ofgenetics and poultry science at Guelph.

Forty-two Canadian works have been purchased to date through lhe F. -. Jerome Trust Fund and a special exhibi t of these works will be featured at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre beginning Alumni Weekend,June 18 and continuing throughout the sununer.

Professorjerome's personal favorite in the collection is Ken Danby's silk­ screen, The Skates.

"I like Danby's technique. His work is almost as realistic as a color photo­ graph but you can still tell it's a painting," he explains.

He is also fond of Diego Drawing, a lithography by Jack Chanlbers, a London, Ontario artist and Gene Chu's delicate Spider Series.

Macdonald Stewart Art Centre Director Judith Nasby says, "Fred Jerome has made an outstanding contribution to the growth of the University's Canadian art collection - one of the largest univer itycollec­ tions in the province. He has recog­ nized the tremendous growth and vitality of the art community in Canada by specifying that works be purchased from young artists."

lilies are bright orange and yellow. "I like the ones that almost glow and catch your eye from 100 yards away," says the retired Department of Horti­ cultural Science professor.

Professor Evans' lilies are certainly eye-catching for anyone travelling north of Guelph on Highway 6 bet­ ween mid-June and mid-August .

Splashes of spectacular color glow from his field of lilies near Marden (behind the home of Marjorie and the late George Durnford ) - a wel­ come surprise for those accustomed to seeing only the popular Easter white variety.

"I'm obsessed with lilies," admits Professor Evans who retired in 1985 after 28 years of researching phult breeding and teaching small fruit pro­ duction at the University of Guelph. ") like their variety and scope. They are perennial plants that grow at different heights. Some have flowers that face up, some face down and some face out. Some are trumpet shaped, some have petals that curve back. Some are scented and some are unscented ."

As a child, Professor Evans grew flowers and vegetables in his parents' big garden north of Calgary. After six years in the army, he enrolled at the niversity of Alberta to study horti­ cu lture. During his second year, in 1947, he began hybridizing lilies.

Following graduation, he worked as a fruit breeder for the federal govern­ ment in Alberta for eight years before coming to Guelph in 1957. He con­ tinued to breed and grow lilies at the niversity and on plots of land that friends like Professor Ted Me inch (and now Mrs. Durnford) let him use.

The University has quite a history of lily breeding says Professor Evans.

The late Isabella Preston, a lecturer at Guelph before Professor Evans' time, went on the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa and to world fame for her ornamental crabapples, lilacs and lilies. The late J. c. Taylor, a professor at Guelph , was well-known for his lily breeding and introduced Professor Evans to many other breeders. "He

told me that my lilies needed more vigor and let me use some of his plants in my work. " Professor Evans introduced three new varieties of lilies through the University and registered some of Professor Taylor's. They were mar­ keted in the United States. So far, Professor Evans has had 17 varieties of lilies internationally registered. " Anyone can do this ," he says modestly. "You just write a full des­ cription of the plant, pick a name that hasn 't been used before and send it to the Royal Horticultural Society in England, prekrrably with a photo.

The new names are published every year."

It's hard coming up with new nanles though , says Professor Evans. He has named some of his varieties after the area in which they were grown ­ Arke/l, Marden Gold, Aberfoyle. He named one after his granddaughter, Bronwen and one after his wife, Ethelwaite ( her first and maiden names ). "She gets a thrill whenever she sees that name on a ( flower show) prize list somewhere," he says.

Pink and pastel lilies are Professor Evans' speciality and his favorite is a variety he caBs Blusbing Maiden. It has mauvey pink tips with a white centre.

Professor Evans and his wife edH a newsletter three times yearly for the Ontario Regional Lily Society and Professor Evans has just ended a two year term as president of the North American lily Society. He has judged at nower shows all over Canada and the nited States and will preside at an international show in Hami lton in July.

Because of his hobby, Professor Evans is enjoying retirement. He spends about 25 hours a week on his lilies in the summer months. During the off season, he grows seeds and works on his records. He is working on increasing the number ofvarieties, including spotless ones ( most lilies have spots which are dominant ). He is pleased that some of his former students are now growing lilies, entering shows and joining li ly societies.

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local economic development strate­ gies, rural aging, northern and native community plannjng and develop­ ment. rural transportation, computer applications in planning and deve­ lopment, and water and waste management, to name a few. This research was conducted throughout Canada and arollnd the world, in­ cluding Nepal, Kenya, Indonesia, St. Lucia, Belize and Botswana.

The outreach interests ofthe School are fully integrated with its teaching and research activities. Recent out­ reach projects have included the Childcare Network Project for families in rural Wellington County, an evaJu­

was inaugurated at Guelph in 1980.

USRP&D is built on the strengths of past Guelph initiatives such as the Centre for Resources Development and the Rural Development Outreach Project. It is formally recognized by the Canadian Institute of Planners and offers Master's level programs in rural planning, rural development, international rural development, and resources management . It is also actively engaged in research and community outreach.

Recent research topics have in­ cluded land availabi Iity for agricu lture,

ation of the rural development pro­ grams of a Jesuit mission in southern Ethiopia, a heritage strategy for the Town of IngerSOll, and a recreation needs assessment for Sault Ste. Marie.

Graduates of USRP&D, as well as graduates of the former Centre for Resource Development, are now being invited to form an alumni association to keep members updated on School activities, their fellow alumni, and issues concerning rural planning and development. For further information, contact Professor Harry Cummings, USR&D, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2WI; ( 519) 824-4120, ext. 6783.

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EUzabeth Jane (Kempe) Coker, '82, a resource worker, CaJedon Parent-Ch.iId Centre, Bolton, is married to Dr. Ted Coker, OVC '87.

ARTS

Joanna Black, '81, Ls a'isistant direclOr/ curator, The Marietta-Cobb Fine Arts Centre, Marietta, Georgia.

Richard Hoffman, '78, a Canadian Press journalist in Toronto, is married £0 Martine Bracey, CBS '77.

Laura Mezey-Hamid, '82, administrative

assistant to the vice-president of finance , Pennington's Stores Umjted, Toronto, is married to Shaheed Hamid, CSS '82.

John Laurence (Stash) Stasiw, '76, is marketing manager, Philips Electronics Ltd., Scarborough.

Dirk Vanbattum, '75 , is vice-president, Eddie May Mysteries, Ottawa.

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Michael Best, '77, is a research technician, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton.

Janet Ebanks, '86, is a medical social worker, Cayman .overnment Health Ser­ vices, George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies.

Kevin Ferguson, '80, supervisor of Outdoor Education for the Elgin County Board of Education, married Suzanne Schmid, B.Ed. (Nipissing) '82, in April 1987. She works for the Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority. They live near Aylmer.

Michael Hackenberger, '81 , is president, Canadian Zoological Systems, Toromo.

Heather Hattin, '84 (HK), whose rowing accomplishments were featured in the winter 1987 issue ofthe Guelph Alumnus, won Canada's first-ever gold medal in women's rowing in the double-scull event at the world championships in Copenhagen last summer.

Cynthia (Porter)JefIrey, '85, is studying for an M.Sc. in Food Science at the University of Manitoba. She is married to ScottJefIrey, OAC '82, assistant professor ofAgncul tural Economics at the University of Manitoba. They live in Winnipeg.

Dr. Gord Kennedy, '85, senior chemist, Union Carbine Corp., Bound Brook, New Jersey, is married to Carrie Feaver, CPS '84 , Steven Kerr, '77, is regional fisheries biologist, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, KemptviUe. Jim Lee, '73, is director, Research Services, Min istry of Tourism, Recreation and Culture, Victoria, B.C. David Lemon, '79, is senjor wildlife biologist, S. Fudge and A<;sociates Ltd., Saint Johns, Nfld.

Larry Patterson, '76, is Grand Forks and District Aquatic Centre Manager, Grand Forks, B.c'

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Stephen Rabbetts, '79, is a zookeeper, Metro Toronto Zoo, Wcsthill.

Danny Leung, 'R6, is news sub·editor, Asia Television Limited, Hong Kong.

Cathy Oohnson) Rewcastle, '80, is a fur biologist, Manitoba atural Rcsources, Winnipcg.

Allison (Shaughnessy) Scanlan, '84, production supervisor, G I of Canada ­ Truck Ass<:mbly, Oshawa , is m;lITied [() Michael Scanlan , '84 , directo r of pur ' hasing, Arbor Capital R<:sources, ·oronto.

Brian Sntith, '78, micro ~)'Stc ms manager, Natural Sciences Centre, The University ofWestcrn Ontario, London, is married to Debra Bond, CSS '79.

Bradly Veitch, '86, is second brewer, Wellington County Brewery, Guelph.

Michael Wade, '87, is responsible for aquaculture programs at Kpong Farms, Volta River Authority, Akuse, Ghana, the site of a major hydro-electric installation.

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P. Allen Woodliffe, '76, is the first and only district ecologist with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Chatham Districr. He is married to Marie Gedcke, FACS '75, and has a son, Timothy. TIl y Jive in Rondeau Provincial Park here Allen was park naturalist for 10 years before moving to the Chatham office.

Terry Wright, '76, is account manager.

John Logan National Leasing, Bramptoll.

MAC-FACS

Marie (Tomelin) Cowlin , '78, is brand manager, Distillers Co. Canada Ltd., Toronto.

Dr. Syed Ahmed, '87, is assistant pro­ fessor, Depart me nt of Statistical and AClUarial Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London.

Debbie Foster, M.Sc. '87, is medical co­ ordi nator/sex educator, Youth Clinical Services Inc., Down~view .

Susan (Bishop) GraJ1am, 'R3, a fourth year medical student, Faculty ofMcdicinc, University of Toronto, is marri ed f O Don Graham, CSS '83, CBS M.Sc '87, who is a ftl ll-time parent to their threc-year-old twins.

Marilyn (Shirley) Goodwin, '75 , M.Sc. '77, a research officer for CSC, Ottawa, h ma rricd to Fred Goodwin , HAFA '75.

Robert Whitehead, '79, is a mi ncr, Denison Mines, Elliot Lake.

Caroline (Carly) Williams, '85 , is a software engineer, Wild Leitz Canada, Toronto.

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Robert Lake, '77, a self-employed con­ sulting geolOgist, is married to Susan Kay, OAC '77, a human relations specialist with Petro Canada. They live in Calgary.

Mark Your Calendar Now September 23,24& 25

G. Llewellyn Watson, MA '70, a pro­ fessor at the University of Prince Edward Island, has written a texthook, Dilemmas published by University Press of America.

We offer similar programs in Spainand Germany Call or write for details.

Ship's School Educational Tours lid.

Patricia Sorbam, '80, is executive assis­ tant to the Ontario Minister of Energy, Toronto.

John Babcock, '8 !, is special cabinet assistant , Office of Minister of State (Forestry and Mines ) , Ottawa.

Jana Fie, MA '87, i. a neuropsychological associate, Brazos Valley Rehabilitation Center, Bl),an, Texas.

Margaret (CJark)Jordan, '82, manager, Agricultural Employment Services/ C;mada Farm I.abour Pool, Newmarkct, is married to Brian Jordan, OAC '81.

Margo (Payne) Langan, '83 , marketing com munications co-ordinator, Moore Response Technologies, Mississauga, is married toJohn Langan, CBS '75 Nancy (Howard) Martin, '81 , senior contract managemcnt officer, Consumer Products and Tr..tffic Management Br.mch, DepartJllent of Supply and Servic e ~ , Hull, Que., is marri<.:d to Phillip Martin, CBS ( HK) '82 .

Helga (Strenzke) McDonald, '84, public relations office r, Centr.ilia Collegc, Huron Park, is married to Ian McDonald, OAC '83

Marilyn Sewell-Kelley, '78 , is agricul­ tura l health and safel)' co·ordinacor, Rural Organizations and Services Branch, OMAF, Guelph and lives near Paris.

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James Allen, '77 ( ODH ), is president of Allen's Turf Services Ltd., Calgary.

Martin Bohl, '85, is policy advisor, OMAJ;, Toronto.

Guy Bonnetta, '79, manager, Pioneer Overseas Corp.,Johnston, Iowa, is married to Carolyn Knowles, CBS '78.

Stew Carpenter, '50, president of Diver­ sity Farms, Inc., Paw Paw, Midligan, is married to Olive McEwan, ' 7 9A, sc<:retary-tn:asurer ofDiversity Farms, Inc. Harold Cau, '60A and '6 7, is vice­ preSident, Barnes Wines Limited, St. Cathari nes.

Elroy Cober, '85, and his wife Rhoda, have begun three-year Mennonite Central Committee assignments i.n Kabwe, Zambia.

Elroy is working as provincial o ilseed office r and Rhoda as a general health worker.

Eileen (Emmett) Cole, '79, a registered

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nurse, Colchester Hospital, Truro" .5., is married to Bill Cole, '79, regional sales manage r, Clarence Farm Services, L(}\vcr Truro. l.aura Cole, '80, is a conservJLion planner, Mississippi Vall ' y Conservation Authority,

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UoydCurtis, '71, M.Sc. '74 , of Calgary, is nati onal sales manager, Agricultural Chem icals Division, BASF Ca nada Inc. BASF markets a wide range of crop pro­ Lection prod ucts. Lloyd directs dle aCLivi­ ties of BASF's liales force thro ughout Canada.

James Donison. 'HI, is proje 'L engineer, Costello, Lomagney & Denapoli Con­ s ulL ing Engineers , Mancheste r, New Hampshire.

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Richard is supply tcaching for the Essex COllnty Board of Education and do ing freclan<x: horLicultural work during the summer months.

Brian and Brigitte (Brunetzky) Kaufman, '84 , are plt:ased to announce the safe arrival of their son Nathaniel Brian . All are reSiding at Bright.

Dr. Houchang Khatamian, 'M.Sc. '71, Ph.D. ' 8, is associate professor, Depart­ ment of Horticul rure, Kansas State Uni­ versity, Manhattan.

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Master's of Agribusiness Management

Dr. Elenimo Khonga. Ph.D. '87, is a lecturer, University of Malawi, Chancellor College, Zomba, Malawi.

Kevin Laidley, '82, M.Sc. '85 , resource technician , Niagara Peninsula Conser­ vation Authority, Allanburg, is married to Lesley Nicholson, FACS '83 , child life specialist, McMaster University Medical Centre, Hamilton.

Dr. Monique Leclerc, M.Sc. '82, Ph.D. '87 , is assistant professor, Department of Soil Science and Biometeorology, Utah State University, Logan.

Maurice Marwood, '64 , M.Sc. '66, is vice· preSident , sales and marketing, Canadian Kenworth Company, Mississauga. He is responsible for all aspects of sales and marketing ofKenworth trucks and product support in Canada.

Dr. Giancarlo Mosch1ni, Ph.D. '86, is [caching in the Economics Department, Iowa State University, Ames, not the Uni· versity of Iowa as stated in the fall 1987 issue oflhe GuelpbAlurnnus. Our apolo· gie~ for [his error.

Reid Palmer, '63, is a research geneticist and professor, Departments ofAgronomy and Genetics, Iowa State University, Ames.

Dr. Yousef Papadopoulos, '80, M.Sc.

111e University of Guelph is now olkring a Master's of Agribusiness Management for people interested in a comprehensive training program for man;lgemel1l positions in modern agrihusiness.

'The program runs over I () months and is highly structured so that studenrs receive intensive practical training in all facets of agribusiness managemel1l If you have an agricultural background and wish to funher your career in management of farm or non·farm agri buiiiness, this program could he for you.

For fu nhcr information on this program ple;L~e contact: Professor Tom Funk Department of Agricultural Economics and Business University of Guelph Guelph, Ontario NIG 2Wl (519) 824·4120, ext. 3427

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'82, Ph.D. '87, a research scientist, Agri·

cu lture Canada, Nappan, N.S., i$ married to Kathleen Glover, '80, M.Sc. '83.

Andy Robinson, '80, M.Sc. '83, a geneti· cist, Livestock Developmcnt Division, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, is married to Christine Howe, Arts '81 .

Dr. A. Hamid Saleemi, M.Sc. '73, has received a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Bayero UniverSity, Kana, Nigeria.

His thesis was Islamic Values and Commitment among HallSa Muslim Youtb: Au Empirical Study and his reo search has been hailed as a pioneering study in the measurement of reJjgious commitment anlong MusJjms. Dr. Saleemi is principal tutor, Department of Adult Education and Community Services, Faculty of Education , Bayero University.

James Sampa, M.LA. '86, is a lecturer in landscape design and natul"'.. 1 resource conservation , School of Environmental Studies, Copperbelt University, Zambia.

Bill Shotyk, '81 , completed his Ph.D. in 1986 in the Geology Department at The University ofWestern Ontario and spent a year as visiting postdoctoral researcher at the UniverSity of California to study

thennodynamic stability of organic com· plexes of aluminum. In Sept. 1987 he married Beth Haas and they live in London where Bill is a postdoctoral research associate in the Geology Department, U.WO., studying the surface chemistry of minerals. He is also writing his first book, The Geochemistry OfPeat and Peatlands, to be published by Elsevier, Amsterdam. jack Thompson, OAC '81, is a fire· fighter, Station No. 1, Thomhlll.

Susan Watkins, '81, is program offi cer, Horn of Africa, Oxfam Canada. She is in charge ofOxfam's overseas development projects in Eutrea and Tigray prOvince of Ethiopia, the majori ty of which are in agriculture and health.

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Dr. Ian Alexander, '86, is a dmg evalu· ator, Bureau of Veterinary Dmgs, Health and Welfare Canada, Ottawa.

Dr. Cheng Hock Choong, Ph.D. '72 , is director, Semex Canada, Guelph .

Dr. Ann Davis, '75, a graduate student at the University of Toronto, has won the Hardi Cinader Prize for 1987. The award is given to the graduate student in the process of completing doctor-A! work who most resembles renowned immuno· logist Dr. Bernhard Cinader's originality and versatility.

Dr. john Debbie, '65 , is an epidemio· logist, New York State Health Department, Albany.

Dr. jean Dodds, '64, in addition to her research on blood clotting mechanisms, has chaired several national and inter· national task forces on assorted topics.

Dr. Doug Galt, '62, is laboratory head , OMAF, Brighton.

Dr. Maria Koller, CBS '75, DVM '79, chief, control programs , Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, is married to Dr. Robert Georgeson, '72.

Dr. Darwin Lund, '60, is veterinarian in charge, Agric ulture Canada, Lethbridge, Alta.

Dr. David Murphy, '56, is director, cardiovascular surgical unit, Dalhousie niversity, Halifax.

Dr. Gary Nash, '77, veterinary research officer, Institute of Aquaculture, University

ofStirling, Stirling, Scotland, is married to Marilyn Klein, CBS '77.

Dr. H.G. Rees, '55 , joined the faculty of Massey University, New Zealand after 10 years ofgeneral practice. Upon completion of his master's degree, he ,,,as appo inted sen io r lect urer at the University of Melbourne. In 1970, he returned to prac­ tice in his native Wales and has spent the past 12 years on the faculty at SeaJe-Hayne Co llege there. He has a small sheep farm

and mai ntains a single man general prac­ tice. Sheep health and production are his main interests and in the fall, he was admitted to the Cert. SHP, by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. In 1989, he plans to retrace his footsteps to learn about his main interests in the countries in which he was trained.

Medicine and Vice-Principal ( Health Sciences) onJuly 1. He has served Queen's in vario us capacities since joining the depart m e nt of physiolo gy in 1966.

Natio nally he has been invo lved with the Medical Research Counc il of Canada for m any years, includ ing a term as its director-ge nera1.

Dr. Duncan Sinclair, '58, OAC, M.Sc. '60 ( nutrition ), Schofield lecturer 1983, will become Queen's University Dean of

Dr. Anne Marie Taylor, '81, is direc tor of an imal care, Ani mal Care Centre, Dalhousie niversity, Halifax.

IN MEMORIAM

ARTS

OAC

Bruce Westheuser, '76, ofToronto, died Dec. 7, 1987. He was a teacher, Toronto Montessori Schoo ls. H<: is survived by his father Ronald and stcpmodlc r Dorothy, two sisters and a brodu .· r.

Aimee A. (Ups) Acklen, '36, of Irving, Texas, died Feb. 2, 1987. She is survived by her husband Robert and one son.

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Robert A. Dodd , M.A. '75, of Victo ria, B.C., died Oct. 8, 1987. He had been employed by the Ministry of Health. He is survived by his wife Wendy.

Bruce G. Miller, '72, of Aurora, Ont. , died Sept 2, 1987 He was a teacher with York Region Board of Education. He is survived by his wife.

MAC-FACS

Etta (Birdsall) Garnham, , 17D, of Tillsonhurg, Ont. , died Jan. 11, 1988. She is survi ed by her sister, Doris Oatman.

Kathleen (Coggs) Hallam, ' 120, of Toronto, died jan. 23, 1988 Katherine L. (Williamson) Killmaster, '35D, of Southfield, Michigan, died jan.

3 1, 1988.

G.Adora(Beemer)McFadyen, '29 D, of Port Elgin, Ont., died April 8 , L987. She is Survived by her son, George S. McFadyen, OAC '50A. Anne E. Spera, '280, of Dundas, Ont., died Jan. 26, 1988.

Dora M. (Dies) Terryberry, '260, of Weston, Ont. , died Jan. 22, 1988 She is survived by her son, Douglas.

George K. Beare, '37A, of xbridge, Ont. , died Oct. 30, 1987. He is survived by his wife Ruby.

Dr. J. Ritchie Cowan, '39, of Corvallis, Oregon, died Nov. 12, 1987. He was a retired professor of agronomy and pro­ fesso r emeritus, Oregon State University.

He receive d his M.S. and a doctorate in plant genetics from the Unive rsity of Minneso ta. He served as national president of the Crop Science Socicty of America, the American Society of Agro nomy, the American Forage and Gra.o;sland Counc il, the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology, and the League fo r Inter­ national Food Education. He was pre­ deceased by his first wife, DorothyWhite, Mac '39. He is survived by his second wife Ruth and two children.

WUliam M. Croskery, '15 , of Ottawa, died Nov 17, 1987. He was a retired agricultural representative for Carleton County. He is survived by three children.

Walter C. Fisher, '26, of Sf. Catharines, Ont., died jan. 20, 1988 He is survived by his wife Alice ( Petrie ) and three children.

William A. Hammond, , 18, Port Dover's o ldest World War I veteran, died Sept. 29, 1987 at 95. Prior to entering OAC, he farmed, worked in a lumber camp in B.C. and fo ught forest fires in Montana. During the war, he served in France and Belgium with the 55th l3atteryofthe Royal Canadian Art illery, advan cing fro m gunner to sergeant. In 1920, he married Minerva Mitche ll and they farmed in Woodhouse Township . Mter retiring, he became clerk-treasurer of the township and later

held the san1e position with the Town of Port Dover. He also served on the Ontario Assessment Appeal Board and was a fanne r chai rman of the Simcoe High School Board. In 1967, he received a Cente nnial Medal for service to his communi ty. He was predeceased by bis wife and a son and is survived by two daughters, Betty Murton ofWatetiord and Doris LlIldon of listowe I. Kandappar N.Jeyasseelan, MSA '56, of Pera deniya, Sri Lanka, d ied Oct. 22, 1987.

He is survived by two children.

Frank J. King, '33, of 'Thornhill, One, died Dec. 19 , 1987. He was a pioneer of Canada's broiler chicken industry and retired senior executive and d irecto r of Ralston Purina Canada Inc. He is survived by his wife Rachel and a son.

Robert C. (Bob) lGrkness, '56, of Maple Ridge, B.C , died Oct 10, 1987 He is survived by his wife. ]. Morley Lawrence, '1 7, of Windsor, died Oct. 4, 1987 John S. Lennox, '66A, of Shallow Lake, Ont. , died as the result of a farm accident Nov. 4, 1987 He is survived by his wife Ada and a son.

Alex T. Macnab, '36, of North Fort Myers, Fla., died Dec. 18, 1987. He is survived by his wife Vella.

NormanJ. Myles, '39, of Guel ph , died j an. 24 , 1988. He had been a second lieutenant, 11th Field Brigade, Royal Canadian Artillery. He is survived by his wife Luella Beverley (Highan1 ) and two childre n.

Robert W. Phillips, '39, of Belleville,

Ont, died Sept. 21 , 1987.

John W. Robertson, '38, of Thorold , Ont., died Oct. 21 , 1987. He is survived by his wife Elizabeth and daughter Janice Partlow, Arts '70.

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Henry H. Rooke. '';8, of Barrie, Ont. , died Dec. 16, 1987. lIe was retired from the Department of National Health and Welfare. He is survived by his wife Harriet, Mac '40, and daughters Jane Lennox and Nancy Rooke·Allen, CBS '73.

Robert H. See, '6'5A, ofBohon, Ont., died Nov. 14, 1987. He was the son of Margaret (Huston) See, Mac '33 and the late Dr. John N. See, OAC '35, OVC '38. He is survived by his wife Brenda and two sisters.

WilliamT. (Bill) Smith, '35, ofStf'Jtford , Ont. , died Sept. 19, 1987. He is survived by his wife, Maude and five children.

Annie H. Tasi, M.Sc. '72, ofGuelph, died Dec. 9, 1987. She received her B.Sc. in Agriculture from the National Taiwan University in 1965. After receiving her master's in horticulture from Guelph, she worked as a research technician in the Universi£)". Department of Horticultural Science. Shc is survived by her hu~band Benjamin and two children.

William G. Toner, '20A and '22, of Guelph, died Jan. 30, 1988. He is survived by hi wife Eileen and four children.

W. Benson (Ben) Vair, '55, of Sarnia, died Jan. 6, 1988. He taught science at Northern Collegiate in Sarnia for 25 years, retiring in 1987.

A. Gordon O. Whiteside, '20A and '22,

of Ottawa, died Ju ne 2, 1987. Ht: was retired after 42 years as a cerealist with Agriculture Canada and wa~ a Fellow of thc Agricultural Institute of Canada. lie developed seve.dl varieties of Canadian wht:at, one of which bears his namt: "Gordon". He is su rvived byhis wife Irene and three children.

Joseph H. Willmott, '22A, of Milton , died Oct. 23, 1987. He is survived by his sonJohn c. Willmott, '55.

PROFESSORS

Dr. Denis H. Stott, professor emeritus since 1980, diedJan. 22 , 1988, in England at 78. He was ftrst chair, Department of Psychology, from 1966-68 and was inter­ na tionally known as a pioneer in deve­ loping learning techniques for hard·tO· teach children. He founded the Centre for Educational Disabilities which he directed until h is retirement in 1975. His research focused on the causes and pro·

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blems of delinquent school boys. He is survived by hiswifeJane and tw children.

Dr. Robert D. Whiteford, of Qualicum Beach, Vancouver Island, former professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, died Feb. ] 0, 1988. He is survived by his wife Beatrice and one son.

Alumni Affairs and Development. The fund will provide a bursary for Indonesians and Canadians involved in exchange between the two 'ountries. It will be adminb.tered by the niversity School of Rural Planning and Development.

FRIENDS

STAFF

Ray Catchpole, a member of the Unj · versity's Sulawesi Regional Development Project team in Indonesia, died Nov. 27, 1987, in Jakarta at 46. He had been with the project sinet: its inception in 1984 . He is survived by his wife Ani and his mother Muriel Lucas. A mcmorial fund has been established in his nanle. Contributions may be forwarded to the Department of

Joseph Arlen, of Guelph, died Sept. 5.

1987. He pursued studies at OAC from 1957 to ) 959 before completing an engineering degree at the University of Toronto. He is survived by his wife Judy, who works in Photographic Services on campus, and two children. AJoseph Arlen Memorial Prize in Horticulture has been established. Contributions may be for­ warded to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development.

ASPARAGUS RESEARCHER

DIES IN GUELPH

Herman (Herm) Tiessen , OAC '51 , onc of Canada's fore · most aspard!,1t1s researdlers, rued in Guelph Dec. 10, 1987 at 63.

Or. Ticsscn had been a horticul­ ture professor at the University since 1955 and was co-ordinator of the National Asparagus Re­ search Program.

At its fiftieth anniversary meeting in london the day of his death , the Ontario Asparagus Growers' Marketing Board honored Dr. Tiessen as the per­ son who had made the greatest contributions to the industry over the last 50 years. He was also weU known for his work on greehouse tOmatoes and for a collaborative project with Texaco that used waste energy from the company's refinery to heat greenhouses.

After graduating from OAC, Dr. Tiessen received his master's and Ph.D. degrees from Michigan State University and returned to his alma mater to join the Department of Horticultural Science. He traveUed widely to share his knowledge on veget-

The late Professor Herm Tiessen, OAC'51

able growing with scientists around the world, most recently to New Zealand and Taiwan. He -wa', a member of the Agricultural Institute of Canada and the Canadj,m, American and Inter· national Societies for Horticul· tural Science. He was also an active member of the OAC Alumni Association.

He is sUlvived by his wife Marjorie and two children.

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GOlf Tournament

Tours, Lectures, Demonstrations

The classic confrontation on the green, the Gryphon Club Golf Tournament, will start things rolling on Friday at the Cutten Club. Prizes will be awarded.

Tour the new Equine Research Centre, see computer laboratory demonstrations at the College of Family and Consumer Studies, or catch an enlightening lecture. If it's nature you enjoy, visit the Arboretum, the Marine Biology Laboratory or the Elora Gorge Conservation Area.

Barbecue & CasinO Night Meet your friends at Alumni House Friday evening for a barbecued feast and try your l':lck at the casino tables.

SIOwpitch Tournament . The Grad loungers will defendtheir championship title at the alumni/student co-ed slowpitch tournament. Why not get a team together to compete for the first-place trophy and other awards? Teams should consist of 12 to 20 players with at least six females per team. Three one-hour games are guaranteed for each team.

. Celebrity Auction Join in the fun and bid on a fascinating assortment of articles donated .by local celebriti~s .. Lots of surprises in store! All proceeds will go to Alumni House.

Awards Presentations At the President's Picnic at noOn on Saturday, the Alumnus of Honor award and the Alumn i Medal of Achievement will be presented. Come and celebrate with the recipients.

Class Reunions

Champagne Brunch

Is your class having a reunion? Check page 7 to find out.

Reunions are a great opportunity to meet old friends and renew acquaint­ ances. The Alumni Associations will host the ir graduates of 50 years or more at a Golden Anniversary Din ner.

Toast Alumni Weekend '88 at a champagne brunch held on the Alumn i House patio Sunday.

The Guelph Concert Band will provide entertainment.

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*See page 7 for your Alumni Weekend reservation form.

For further information, see your College section inside or call the Alumni Weekend hotline: (519) 824-4120, ext. 2102.