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UNIVERSITY grGUELPH

ALUMNUS Winter 1988 Vol, 21 , No. 1 Diversily of Guelph

Alumni Association

Honorary I'n;siul: nt

Prc.''iiul' nt

Past Prcs ilil:nr

Vi(,:c:· Pn.:sidt·nt s

Dr. Burt Matth t"w :,>. OAC '47

I)r Ron Oowm:y.

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Hos.s Parry, (SS 'HO

adahn, Ans 'Xl I{Ulhannc SmlJc.:r, FACS '7':;

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/Unn Oa\'idson-Tct)'lo[. CHS 'H:\ I\ rt I't'rrio. OAC '4 I Dr. Ton)' V:1n »n:umt'l , OV( '6:\ Ruth Milner, CP:-, 'HS U~rhara Ch:.tnn:. C~ '74

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[h rry Sm ith . CI~ '72

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NJllcy Fit/patrick . ArtS 'X(l ~k:.Hhc r Whinington , ;\ rb 'HS .Jlnci (S ( Jnlc~ ') Crl',Hlll' r, rAe..; ·~u ,J o:tnnc IJud , h \ CS 'H2 Pell'r S. Smjlll. CHS M.Se 'HS Gacy Ch3pman . ens 'HO Kdth {I.'l um1r. OAC '6SA Wolly Knapp . OAC '4 H Or. ~')(,:()Il (;i lltngham , nvc 'H6 Dr. Uill Harri:-., nvc '6H Garry ~Inl(h. CPS '72 Chri'\wphl:[ Cou ltllJrd. CI'S 'H()

Evelyn Kellman , C::SS '79 ( Bc.:II<li) V:ln H:l t.:n,:n, C;S,."; 'H';

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Gu.elph-London House

John Alviano, C:S '74, I-·rcside n l~ Coil gC' of Soda I Scie nce Al umni ASsociation Dr. Jim t\tkJn!'loO n, CBS '7H, Pr-esldent , CoUege of Bio logical Sdence Alumn i 'ociation Oc.:nnb Hbkt.:.

Prt:sldcnt. Graduate Students Association Dought, Hanes, 11 K 79, President, Human Khlet lcs Al umni Associatio n

Lo rrJinc Holulng, fACS '7 1,

President, Mnc·fACS Alumni Assoc iat ion Wcs l.an<.." OAC 7 1,

Preside nt, OAC Alumni Association Tin.l Hlng.'i(() n, HAF,\ 'HS, n.· pre.:S(.: nling Morag t" kKcn7.It". HA FA 'H2,

President, lIottllt Food Adml n lstraLion Alumni AssoclatJon Linda McKt'nzic·c'ordk:k, An., 'M I , ColieR" of A.rts Al umn i Association

Guelph-London House Do your travel plans for summer 1988 include London, England? If so, you could stay at Guelph-London House, 105 Albert Street ( near Regent's Park), a student residence owned and operated by the niversily of Guelph. Three single and two double rooms, as well as two apartments suitable for four persons each, are available at reasonable rental rates from June 17 to September 15. For further information, contact Property Manager John Wills, ni­ versity Centre, niversity of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N 1G 2W 1; ('519) 824 -4120, ext. 2734.

,"larjo rit' Millar.

Directo r, Departm e nt o f Alumni Affairs and Ikveropment Ji m Kra n, An~ 'H7.

Pre"ildent, CcnlrclJ Student A5s0cia tlon Dr. No nie.: ~nJ :m, nvc 'H4.

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On The Cover

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Pre.ldent, College of Physical Scie nce AJumni AMocialion Alumn i ·in -t\L' t II)!)

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Arthur C ruhhc. ( lAC '4 1 ROSL'fl) JfY Cla rk. M:.tl" ' ,9

'1llL' Guelph Alu mnus is puhl ishcd in FL'hruary·. :\1:.1)', August :tnU No\'cmhc r,

hy tht.: Ikp<t rlment uf Alumni AJhirs and Dl'\,l'II)pml'nJ ;

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For circ ulatio n inqui ries, co ntact:

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Linin.:r.-.i[y (I[ (; .. dph

Gudph, ()nr;mo N I (j 2W I

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What 's brewing? Frank Dosegar, OAC '83, is! As head brewer at Carling O'Keefe's Montreal plant, he is respon­ sibLe for the quality of as much as a quarter million gallons of beer brewed daily. On the cover, photographed by Fran~ois LebLond, he measures sugar concentration in one of the brewing kettles with a saccharometer. The full story on this successful young grad can be fou nd on page 2. By the way, Frank i a second generation Guelph grad.

His father Hank graduated fro m the class of OAC '51 and is a district manager for abisco Brand .

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SUCCESS IS BREWING FOR

GUELPH GRAD

Before beginning his apprenticeship as a brewer at Carling O'Keefe Brew­ eries of Canada Ltd. in Toronto in 1983, Frank Dosegar, OAC '83, admits he knew almost nothing about beer.

"All I knew was that it was made from malted barley, hops, yeast and water and ] wasn't quite sure what a hop was," he says.

But Frank was a quick study - a fact now borne out by his brewing success. InJuoe 1986, he earned the highest mark world-wide on the British [n titute of Brewing's associate exams. His company flew him to England where he attended a black­ tie affair to accept the John S. Ford Award in recognition of this accom­ plishment. It was the British Institute's 100th anniversary and also the first time that someone from outside the Uni ted Kingdom had won the award.

"I was concerned about how they (the Institute ) wou ld react to a Canat!ian winning but they were very receptive. It said to them that their exams are becoming more inter­ national," explains Frank.

. . . there is still ''a little romanticism n left in the business.

Carling O'Keefe sets its brewing standards by the British Institute's standards and , based on thiS, an apprenticeship to become a qualified brewmaster at Carli ng O'Keefe takes between four and five years.

Frank transferred to the Montreal plant in July 1987 and by October hat! been named head brewer ­ quite an accomplishment for someone who is just 27, doesn't speak much French, and still has to pass the British Institute's final exams this June. However, Frank takes it in stride.

He says the people he works with are very co-operative and he is expanding on his "basic French" quickly. He

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Frank Dosegar, OA C '83, with hoppellets used in brewing. (Photo by Pranfois Leblond)

plans to take some language courses as soon as he fi nishes studying for his brewer's finals.

As head brewer, Frank oversees a dep artment with more than 100 employees. He is responsil Ie for the quality of up to a quarter mi llion gall os of beer brewed daily. This includes routine tasting at eadl stage of the operation. "My appreciation of beer has changed a lot," he says. He explains that beer is one of the most natural food products on the market today.

Like many int!ustries, brewing is becoming less art and more science says Frank, but there is still "a little romanticism" left in the business and he thoroughly enjoys working with the product for that reason. "The product is important to me. I li ke making it conform to the standards] want, in the right amount of ti me and at the right cost."

Becoming a brewer was a career option Frank had not given much consideration. He worked for two food companies before Carling O'Keefe called in response to a resume he sent out after graduation. Now that he is involved in the brewing industry, he would recommend it as an interesting field for other food science grads. He says Guelph pre­ pared him well for his brewer's apprenti ' eship by giving him sound knowledge and appreciation for food chemistry. Carling O'Keefe hires many Guelph grads and, infact, Frank appren­ ticed under OAC '51 grad W.T. ( Bill) Barnes, who was head brewer in Tor nto.

Learning the brewing business has involved a lor of hard work but it's been fun too, says Frank. As for the future, he looks forward to learning more ahout brewing on an inter­ national scal .

GET INVOLVED IN ANIMAL

WELFARE ISSUES

"The Animal WelJare Bete Noire in Veterinary Medicine," was delivered

by Dr. Franklin Loew, dean oj the School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, Massachusetts, Jor the 1987 Schofield Memorial Lecture at ave. This is an edited version.

On every significant issue of our time related to animal welfare, organized veterinary medicine has been amazingly reluctant to engage itself. The Canadian Veterinary Medi­ cal Association's committee on humane practices tends to react to issues rather than lead. And individual veterinarians who speak out are viewed with suspicion.

What accounts for the profession's clear reluctance to study and act on controversial animal welfare issues? I believe the veterinary profession undelWent two modifications oforgaru­ zational and professional behavior in the last part of the 19th century and the first part ofthis one, whjch account for this reluctance and influence it.

During the heady achievements of the golden age of medical research from 1875 to 1900, it became clear that medical practice was valued more - in monetary terms - for human patients than animal patients. People, not unreasonahly, spend more on themselves than other beings.

Thus, although human and veter­ inary research often overlapped, prac­ tice didn't. Veterinarians, ignoring their professional roots in compassion, strove for professional respectability by denying compassion or empha­ sizing objectivity.

The human medical profession began to realize that research, often in animals, led directly to improve­ ments in its practice. The Canadian work on insulin is an obvious exan1ple.

Thus, when the human societies tradj­ tionally concerned with cruelty to pets and livestock turned some of their attentions to abuses oflaboratory animals, physicians reacted defen­ sively. Every critic was branded a know-nothing or worse. Ever desirous

Dr. Franklin Loew

ofprofessional respectability, veterin­ arians followed suit, even though hum ane societ ies should and mjght have been their strongest allies.

Serve As Forums People care deeply about the way animals are cared for, not just about their injuries and diseases, important as these are. Veterinary schools should serve as forums where issues related (Q anin1als and their welfare are widely discussed.

Some of the most importam current animal welfare issues are the use of animals in research, the raising of livestock under confined conditions, the f'dcing of young horses, and huming and trapping. There are legi­ timate scientific and veterinary medical questions in need ofanswers in connection with all of these.

In the case of animals used in research , how should research be evaluated in terms ofany animal pain, d iscomfort or suffering? Are our veterinary schools prOviding time for students to discuss these issues as well as evaluating their own teaching and research programs? I hope the answers to both are "yes".

To me, however, the most problem­ atic issue is intensive livestock production. Far more animals are used for food than for any other purpose. For two centuries, the goals of livestock production have been increased total production by genetiC

and environmental means and in ­ creased efficiency of production, especially in terms oflabar and space.

I believe a third goal is emerging ­ meeting the animal's behavioral needs and the need to concern ourselves with pajn prevention and relief.

In making animal research de­ ciSions, the usual rule is that anaes­ thesia or analgeSia must be provided in painful experiments unless their prOvision would interfere with the purpose of research. In animal agriculture, it appears pain relief can be trumped by cost. Ifthat is the case, how best should society decide when the cost is too high?

The racing of yOllng horses or horses with pajnful arthritic condi­ tions requires more veterinary scru­ tiny. The profession is divided over the use ofanti-inflammatory and other drugs in race horses for the purpose of enabling them to run when they otherwise couldn't.

In our reluctance to openly discuss these and similar issues, veterinarians risk losing society's respect in the in c reasingly newsworthy animal welfare arena. Veterinary medicine needs to exorcise the bete noire from its belly and Icad, not follow, ~ociety's evolving relationship with its fellow creatures.

None of what I have said should be construed as urging veterinarians to give turtles the vote. I merely urge our profession to temper its science w ith compassion and commitment to study the ethical treatment ofarumals.

I applaud the efforts of ove to establish a chair in animal welfare. It is the most important veterinary issue ofthe late 20th century. In conclUSion, I urge ove to help the profession deal with animal welfare as well as it has dealt with infectious disease , surgery and clinical medicine. Make it a legitimate issue and subject in the panoply ofproper veterinary subjects, and use the College's presence in the mjdst of a fine university to serve the public's interest in issues while at the same t ime serving the animals themselves.

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UNIVERSITY'S FOUNDING PRESIDENT DIES

The University of Guelph's founding president and vice-chancellor, Or. John Douglas MacLachlan , died in Kingston , October 13, 1987 at the age of 81.

In 1931 , Or. MacLachlan received a B.A. from Queen's University. He did post-graduate research at Harvard University, receiving an A.M. degree in 1934 and a Ph.D. in 1935, specia· lizing in plant pathology Before returning to Canada, he was assistant professor of botany, Clemson College, South Carolina.

He joined the faculty of OAC in 1939 as assistant professor of botany, becoming associate professor in 1944, professor in 1946, head of the depart­ ment in 1948 and president of the College in 1950. During those years, he earned the respect of his peers as an inspiring teacher and meticulous researcher.

In 1962 , Dr. MacLach lan w as appointed president of the Federated Colleges of the Ontario Department of Agricu lture and Food. Two years later, he was appointed first president

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of the Universi ty ofGuelph, a pOSition he held until retiring in 1967 when he became an education consultant to the Kingston School of Agriculture in Jamaica.

A fe llow of the Agricultural Insti ­ tute of Canada, Dr. MacLachlan was named one of the first two recipients of the new honorary fellow of the niversity of Guelph award in 1969.

In 1984, the niversity paid homage

STRATEGIC PLAN TO IMPLEMENT

AIMS DOCUMENT PHILOSOPHY

n October 1985 the University set down a blueprint to direct it into the next century. Toward 2000: Chal­ lenges and Responses, Aims oj the University ojGuelph emphasizes the purpose of the University to serve society through the excellence of its tea ching , research , co mm unity invo lve m ent and interna ti onal commitment.

At Senate's request, through the Committee on University Planning ( CUP ) , th is documen t has bee n followed by the first-ever strategic plan. It implements the philosophy of Toward 2000 in a practical manner.

President Burt Matthews says requesting the plan was "an excellent thing for Senate to do ... to force its president to put it out on the table."

He appointed an ad hoc group to write the plan in the fall of 1986.

Chaired by Jack MacDonald, vice­ preSi dent , academic , the group

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Tbe late J.D. Maclachlan on the Jront campus he helped expand.

(Photo by Ken Barton, 1969).

to him by nami ng the agricultural economics and extension education b u ild ing the "J. D. MacLac h lan bu i1ding."

Paying tribute to a colleague and personal frie nd, President Burt Matthews says Dr. Maclachlan "will be remembered as the person who worked untiringly for many years to bring the Federated Colleges to an integrated, multi-facu lty university.

TIl e firm foundation on which the University stands today is very much a resul t of his vision, tenacity and understanding of the fundamental concept of a university."

Dr. Mac lach lan is sUlYived by his wife Agnes, Mac '29, children, Richard of Kingston and Bonnie of Ottawa and five grandchildren. He was pre­ deceased by his first wife Hildred who died in 1974.

A memorial fu nd has been estab­ lished in Dr. Maclachlan's name.

Do nat ion s payable to the J. O. MacLachlan Memorial Fund may be sent to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development.

included OAC Dean Fr e ema n McEwen, FACS Dean Richard Barham , Cha rles Ferg uson , vice -preside nt , administration, and Derek Jamieson, director of Institutional Analysis and Planning.

The group presented its report to the president in May 1987 and he referred it to CUP for review and comment. A draft was released in June to give members of the University community a chance to respond be­ fore Senate discussion and approval.

Or. Matthews says the strategiC planning process is essential. The University must develop strategies to make the most effective use of all its human and fin ancial resources. It is important that all members of the University have some understanding and appreciation of where the insti­ tution .is going and what will be required to get it there.

The plan will guide the University in its deliberations ancl preparation of the annual budget. It is timed to come forward each fall just before work begins on the budget.

The plan doesn't address every issue, admits Or. Matthews, but selects the ones considered most important to be addressed in 1987-88. The strategic planning paper for 1988-89 w ill raise othe r issues for c on­ sideration.

The president says he's "delighted that the University and Senate are facing up to these very important issues. It's one thing to approve an aims and objectives document . .. but it's just a bunch of words unless we get some action. And that's what this is supposed to prompt. lfwe don't get that , then we've got an aims and objectives document gathering dust."

NINETY PER CENT AND GOING STRONG

Aumni, foundations and Canadian corporations have responded quickJy and with generosity to the University of Guelph's capital campaign. By the end of 1987, The Campaign had achieved more than 90 per cent of its objective of S60,000,000, and the fruits of the volunteers' labors are starting to show on campus.

The Equine Research Centre is nearing completion, with occupancy scheduled for early 1988. The Toronto architectural firm of Rodd Robbie is finalizing plans for the Environmental Biology/Horticulture building. The project will go to tender in the faU of 1988 and construction can begin by the end of 1988. This major project will take about two and half years to build.

Gryphon fans, athletes and fitness enthusiasts eagerly await the ground breaking for the athletics facilities.

Architect Trevor GarWOOd-Jones is finalizing plans for the dual ice rink and renovations to the existing athle­ tics facilities. AI Brown, the Univer­ sity's Director of Physical Resources, expects construction to start in the spring and be completed in about 12 to 15 months.

The following corporation s, foundations, associations, individuals and governments had made major donations to The Campaign by the end of December, 1987.

FOUNDERS - $1,000,000 and up City of Guelph Government of Canada Government of Ontario IBM Canada Limited Members of the Ontario Dairy Pro­ cessing Industry Ontario Egg Producers' Marketing Board Ontario Racing Commission University of Guelph Central and Graduate Student Associations BUILDERS - $500,000 to $999,000 Max Bell Foundation ].W. McConnell Family Foundation Nestle Enterprises Ltd. Mr. Benjamin P. Newman Semex Canada

BENEFACTORS - $250,000 to $499,000 Canada Packers Inc. Canadian Imperial Bank ofCommerce The Eaton Foundation Mr. Cecil H. Franklin Imperial Oil Linlited The Royal Bank of Canada ].M. Schneider Inc. County ofWeUington Windfields Farm Ltd. PATRONS - $100,000 to $249,000

Allelix Inc.

Armstrong Holdings Brampton Ltd.

The Bank of Montreal

The Bank of Nova Scotia

Campbell Soup Company Ltd.

Canada Trustco Mortgage Co.

Donner Canadian Foundation

Imasco Ltd.

John Laban Limited

Kerr Farms Ltd.

Nabisco Brands Ltd.

Ontario Cattlemen's Association

Pioneer Hi-Bred Ltd.

Sam-Son Farm, Division of Samuel

Son & Co. Ltd. The Toronto-Dominion Bank Mr. David Willmot ASSOCIATES - $50,000 to $99,000 Bell Canada Canadian Association of Animal Breeders CGC Charitable Foundation Consolidated-Bathurst Inc. Continental Can Canada IncJCCL Industries Inc. Cuddy Farms Ltd. Dofasco Inc. F.W. Fearman Company Limited GEAC Computer Corp.

H.]. Heinz Company of Canada Ltd. Mr. H. Hindmarsh Richard and Jean Ivey Fund The McLean Foundation The Molson Companies Limited ( Research Award) Virginia Parker Moore Foundation Mr. George F. Morris Mumal Life Assurance Co. Canada Noranda Inc.

Omark Canada, Ltd.

Protein Foods Group Inc.

Southam Inc. E.P. Taylor Equine Research Fund Varity Corporation ( Gift in Kind) Windhaven Farms Ltd. FRIENDS - $25,000 to $49,000 Anntec Inc. Baton Broadcasting Inc. ].P. Bickell Foundation Mr. Edmund C. Bovey C-I-L Inc. Dr. Clifford I. Chappel Dr. J. Raymond Currey Dominion Securities Foundation Domtar Inc. George R. Gardiner Foundation Guaranty Trust Company of Canada Jackman Foundation ( Mrs. Mary R Jackman) Mr. James D. Hunter John Deere Ltd. Dr. and Mrs. B.C. Matthews R. Samuel Mclaughlin Foundation Mr. Kenneth G. Murray National Trust Company Limited A.C. Nielsen Company of Canada The Ontario Chicken Producers' Marketing Board Dr. Alan C. Secord Mr. Harry T. Seymour Dr. Donald McQ. Shaver, C.M .

The Statler Foundation The Toronto Star W .e. Wood Company and its employees

Goal: $60,000,000

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GRAD SPEAKS OUT ON GRAVEL PIT PLANS

Dear Editor, As an alumna ( OAC M.Sc. '82; Ph.D. '86), it was with considerable concern that I read the University's position on the proposed rezoning of agricultural land for aggregate extraction.

The Mineral Aggregate Resource Policy Statement of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources ( OMNR) and the Ontario Foodland guidelines state that extraction from prime agricultural land be an interim land use and the land must be returned to agricultural production after extraction. Extraction from the Uni ­ versity property will only be econo­ mica l if aggregate is removed below the water table and the land is not fully rehabilitated but will be left with a 35'5 acre pond up to 30 feet deep. Although Dr. Matthews dis­ paragingJy refers to the low quality and productivity of the land, it is, by definition, "prime agricultural land" Class 2. Only 0.5 per cent of prime agricultural land in Canada is desig­ nated Class 1 and more than half is within the "Golden Horseshoe" and is being lost at an alarming rate. Why is it that an adjacent property, also Class 2, can achieve Significantly greater yields than a University that prides itself on its agricultural heritage?

The hydrogeological report con­ cluded there would be no discernible impact on ground water levels, yet they projected a potential drop of 15­ 16 inches per year. The University property is adja<.:ent to and part of the recharge area of Mill or Galt Creek, an Environmentally Sensitive Area as designated by the OMNR. TIle pro­ posed 355-acre pond will 'on tribute to the warming of the Gall Creek, as was found by existing extraction operations upstream and will jeo­ pardize the self-sustaining populations of brook and brown trout.

The Puslinch property may be a "golden research opportunity" for Dr. Matrhews, but there is no margin for error next to an environmentally sensitive one. 1f the University wants to study the effects of extraction and rehabilitation, it could be done with

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other sites al ready zoned for extraction.

In August the niversity signed agreements with St. Lawrence Cement Inc. and Forwell Brothers Ltd. to extract and market the aggregate. In mid-October it formally filed a Pits and Quarries application with the OMNR It has also formally objected to the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) regarding the extractive indus­ try policies of the Puslinch Council and has requested the rezoning through the OMB. I feel that alumni should be made

aware of both sides of this issue. I do

not feel the University is acting in an

environmentally responsible manner

and witi do my utmost to present the

toregoing and other concerns to the

OMB.

Sincerely,

Virginia Hildebrandt, Ph.D.

Cambridge, Ontario

Editor's Note: The University's posi­

tion on the above matter was

aired in the Winter 1987 edition

of the Guelph Alumnus, on pages

10 and 11.

APPOINTMENTS

William P. Greer has joined the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development as Development Officer, Corporate and Foundation Relations.

He is responsible for development strategies for the University's capital campaign.

Bill has becn a consultant to manage­ ment since the mid 1960s when he joined Johnson & Higgins, Willis Faber Group, International Risk Manage­ ment Consultants as an account exe­ cutive in their Milan, Italy office. His 10 years in this business provided him with broad-based experience in corporate and m anufa c turing operations.

In 1975 he received his M.BA from Boston niversity with honors in the Behavioral Sciences. Since that time, he has been an executive in the Human Resources field, at one time managing fOllr officcs for a division of Hay Associates of Philadelphia. He speaks Italian and French.

Paulette Samson is the new Manager, Alma Mater Fund, Department of Alumni Affairs and Development.

Paulette joined the department 13 years ago and has held variollS posi­ tions , induding administrative se<.:retary to the director and adminis­ trative assistant in research. In the former capacity, she supervised the set -up of the tlrst computer system in the department, and in the latter, she established the research section in support ofthe capital campaign. Most recently, she served as administrative assistant in development.

Paulette is no stranger to alumni.

She has worked with alumni volun ­ teers on commemorative and special projects, attended alumni association meetings, assisted with awards and scholarship programs, and helped with registration and banquets at several Alumni Weekends. She looks forward to working even more closely with alumni in her new position.

CURTAIN CALL

REUNION PLANNED

Remember Singing in the Grain?

How about Gidget Goes To Guelph, Unigoo Rewo, The Wizard of VG, Oliver Twisted, Vg/ahoma, My Fair Aggie, The Unteachables, Bye Bye Artsie, or Piddler on the Roof?

These are some of the classic Cur足 tain CaU productions staged at War Memorial Hall over the past 30 years during College Royal weekend. It all began in 1957 with Hometown Fair, "the story of a girl in love with one man and wooed by another". Since then, Curtain Call has become a tradi足 tion at Guelph.

This year as students busily prepare for the 31 st production, T c.p W (Too Cool For Words), a reunion is being planned for all former cast and crew members of previous Curtain Call

productions. It will be held at the Faculty Club in the University Centre on Saturday, March 12 at 10 p.m.

Advance tickets for the reunion ( S8.50 ) and Saturday'S performance ( 4.50) are available until Thursday, February 26. Cheques should be made payable to College Royal and sent to:

Diana Langmuir, Room 228, University Centre, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario NIG 2Wl. For further information, Diana may becontactedat(519)824-4120 ext.

8366. After February 26, tickets for hoth this year's production and the reuni o n will be available at the University Centre box office, ext.

3940. Tickets will also be available at the door.

Roya l Curtai n Cal l '88

and

College Roya l'88 presents

T.C.F.W.

(Too Cool For Words) March 9, 10, 11, 12

7:30 p.m.

Saturday (7 p.m.)

War Memorial Hall

Tickets In advance at the

University Centre

Box Office $4.50

At the door $5.00

Cast and Alumni

(Reun ion) Party following

Saturday's performance

at 10 p.m.

Faculty Club,

University Centre

$8.50 per person

Price includes buffet table and refreshment DJ - Cash Bar For further information, call (519) 824-4120, Ext. 8366

The finale from the 1958 Curtain Call production, "The Ambassadors Abroad': with Gail Lehrbass, Mac '60, on piano and Mac Taylor, OAC '58, on drum. (Photo courtesy Of Robert Mercer, OAC '59)

(Terry says "This is a rock and roll show!")

ALUMNI INVITED TO COLLEGE ROYAL

"S

earch For Excellence" is the theme for this year's College Royal.

Alumni are invited to participate in the 64th annual student-organized College Royal Open House weekend March 12 and 13. The University of Guelph Alumni Association will host

a display, information centre, and hospitality suite in the University Centre and all visiting alumni are encouraged to drop by.

The alumni square dancing compe足 tition is one of the most popular College Royal events. The competition

is open to all Guelph alumni but the sets need not be made up totally from alumni. Come on out and have some fun , Sunday, March 13.

For further information, contact the College Royal office at (519) 824 -4120, ext. 8366.

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ALUMNI CHAPTER EVENTS

ALUMNI ENJOY VARIETY

OF CHAPTER EVENTS

GUelPh alumni enjoyed a varieryof chapter events during the fa ll. Plans arc underway for many marc vents th is year. Watch your mail and the Guelph Alumnus for details.

Despite the rainy day, 60 Ottawa Chapter alumni and their families turned out for a picnic September 20.

Thanks go to Pau l and Margo t Humphreys, CSS '80 and Arts '80, for their heIp in organizing this event. A new executive for the Ottawa Chapter wi ll be formed soon. For further information, call Greg Dothan, HAFA '81 , at ( 613 ) 839-5749.

Alumni and their families enjoyed the crisp fall weather during the Toronto Chapter's first historic walking tour October 18. Guides Anne Keyes and Jack Lukaski led the group through the streets of old Toronto and spoke about the history, architecture and e arly fam ilies of the area . Fo ll owing the wa lk , David Houghton, HAFA '75, arranged for hot choc late around the fireplace at Oakhanl House.

The London Chapter held a "Night at the Races" October 21 . The races were exciting and even lucrative for some of the 33 alumni and guests who attended. l11anks go to Maureen Higa, OAC '78, for helping with the event. This new Chapter is recruiting committee members.lfyou can volun 足 teeryour time and energy, please call Maureen at ( 519) 473 -5744 Many alumni attended the opening night ofthe Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto November 13.

1he Universiry had an exhibit at the Fair from ovember 11 to 22. h focused on Guelph's global involve足 ment in areas as diverse as environ 足 mental management, food proouction, health, nmrition and the arts. Faculry were also on hand to answcr questions about various programs.

Marge Millar, Director of Alumni Affairs and Development, will visit Saskatoon inJune. Alumni in the ciry w ill be invited to a dinner at that time. Watch your mail and the Guelph Alumnus for details.

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VANCOUVER Guelphites Unite Cake & Coffee Drop-in Sunday, Febru ary 14 2:00- . :00 p.m .

Spec ia l G uest: Be tsy Allan, Alumn i Office H os ted by Janey Bennett, CSS '75 & Rod Clark, CBS '77 1816 Ma hon Avenue NO rlh Va nco uve r -:~ RSVP (60 4) c)86 -484 .1

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Tour guide Jack Lukaski pOints out some locations 01 in teres! to alumni and tbeir guests on tbe Toronto Chapter's historic walking tour.

Sunday, Marc h 6 Auberge Bromont (45 minutes o ut of Montrea l) $20 inc lude s lift ti cke t and li ght meal.

Hot din ner can be arranged .

RSVP Helene Paquet, HAFA '8 4 (5 14) 53 4- 25 55 (ho m e) or (5 14) 534-2200 (work )

LONDON Evening at "Second City"

Pictured at the London Chapter's "Night at the Races" are, left to right, june Klassen, Mac '56, Helmut Gaertnet; GAC '64 and Geraldine Gaertner (standing at back), David jenkins, CSS 78, Maureen Higa, GAC 79 (organizer), Rosetuaty Clark, Mac '59, director, Alumni Affairs and Don Millar, OAC 76. _.

GUelPh students in London, England are in need of accorn- .. modation. If you can board a student or have a suggestion, contact Professor Leslie Marshall at Guelph-London House, l05 Albert Street, London, NW17LY, or phone 4859273. , . Alumni in London will be .invited to join student:$. for a gathering soon. Watch your mail for details or c3ll Guelph-London House. .

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CALGARY Alumni interes ted in having a w inter even t, co ntac t Joe & Sa ll y Ma nc hu rek, CS S '7 1 & f\ rts '70 at (403 ) 2 5-29')2

Alumni-In-Action invites all senior alumni to

STAGE WEST LUNCHEON THEATRE Wednesday, May 18 $22 per person For more information, ca ll Henry Orr, (5 19) 824-2 300 or Alumni HousE', (5 19) 824-4120, ex t. 6.')揃14 .

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7he Student AlumniAssoLiation spon­ sored an ice cream eating contest durillg fall semester to increase ils profile. All set to chow do wll are, left to right, engineeling students Stephen Tobey, john Szentimt'ey, Roger SChll ll'd.~ and Rick Rabb,

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Outdoor Church Service Arboretu m

Noon

Golf Tournament Cutten Club

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a.m.

UGAA Annual Meeting foUowed by Champagne Brunch & Outdoor Concen Alumni I lOll, e Patio & Gardens

4 p.m.

Hospitality SuUe Alu mni I louse

6 p.m.

Barbecue Alumni Jlouse

8 p.ol.

Reception Al unmi House

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9 a. m.­ 5 p.rn.

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Registration Alumn i Hou e Reception & Tours of Alumni House Elora Gorge Walk Elora Gorge (huses from campus )

Morning Alumni Association Annual Meetings Arts, HAfA, Mac -FACS, OAe, OVC, CSS

Residence Life held its first staff rell nioll tbis past slimmer. Approxi­ mateZy IRO people wbo had heen bOllse a(/uisors Ol'er the past I()years elljoyeda ll'eekelldoff"n al/dgarnes alld gelling ,'e­acquainted. Some of thosejJeop{e Il'et'e, left to right, Alltlrew Forsyth, CSS '85, Marnie Soute1; PACS '8.3, lIlld Phil Denton, allArts student and house adlrisor.

NEW ALUMNI

CHAPTER CONTACTS

Niagara

Irene Good, FACS '82 (416) 735- 1158 (home)

Chatham Vicki Bouman, CBS '77 (519) 892 -3 772 (hom e)

Brantford / Simcoe Heath er Li ni ngton, OAC '80 (519) 42 6-14 22 (home)

9:30

Slowpitch Tournament

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Picnic & Alumni Awards Presentations Crcd man Plaza

Noon

Class Reunion Luncheons

Noon

CBS Picnic Biology House

6 p.m.

Class Reunion Dinners

9 p .m.

Alumni Dance

Major Donors Reception en: Iman Ha ll

2 p ,m.

The f()llowing cla~ses will be -clehrating rc uniOI s: OAC '48 OAC ', 5 OAC '')8

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immcdiatt'ly.

Full program and registration details in May issue of the Guelph Alumnus

Nominations are requested by April 1, 1988 for the

following UCAA Awards

ALUMNI MEDAL OF

ACHIEVEMENT

ALUMNUS OF HONOR - an alumnus who has brought great honor to his or her alma mater and fell ow alumni th ro ugh significa nt co ntributi ons to:

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hi s or her alma mat er through con tributi o ns to country, community or profession.

Nomination form s may be ob tained from the Chairm an, Honors & Awards Co mmittee, Alumni House, Univers ity of Guelph N I G 2 WI , (5 19) 824 -4120. ext. 6544.

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DON AND CAROL LANGFORD:

FEEDING THE WORLD

Thefollowing article, written byMary Redmond, about Don and Carol ( Stu.art) Langford, OAC'69andMac '69, is edited and reprinted from the London Free Press Encounter magazine.

The scenc suggests a Southwestern Ontario version of American Gothic.

But the international connections branching from this Kerwood, Ontario farmhouse might make the Canadian Security Intelligence Service envious.

Farmer Don Langford, 41 , is taking a mid-morning break at the kitchen table as his wife, Carol, also 41 , cook" and kibitzes. The children divide their time between ealing freshly baked cookies and picking raspberries beside the house - the Waltons, minus the mountains and a few kids.

But if you look closely, some things don't quite fit. Daughter Molly's p~mda bear T-shirt has Chinese characters on it. Turns out her dad brought the shirt from China where he represented Canada at a United Nations World Food Council meeting last summer.

It's food, our common need for daily bread, that helps explain the global scope of the Lmgford connec­ tions. Don hit headlines locally at the height of publicity over the horrors inflicted by the Ethiopian famine. He organized iocal farmers to donate com through the Canadian Foodgrains Bank and later travelled to Ethiopia to check on the distribution.

Charles Mayer, minister of state responSible for the Canadian Wheat Board, asked Don to attend the meeting in China because of his experience in the production and distribution of food. One of the high­ lights of his visit was observing the vast rice paddies and wheat fields that help feed more than a billion Chinesc.

One large conmlllnaJ .farm had 9,000 acres and 50,000 farmers. But these "civil servant" workers have recently been joined by farmers who work smaller lots and sell produce them­ selves in "free markets" in the city.

"It's interesting that more and more

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as an agricultural consultant. He has also visited Mozambique, Niger, So malia, Kenya , Madagascar, and Zimbabwe.

On the domestic front , the family has been host to 14 volunteers from developing countries in the last seven years. During the flood of refugees [Q Canada from Laos and Cambodia, they had a refugee fam ily living with them. Molly and Julie, the Langford daughlers, joined the family through internation al adopti o n from an orphanage in India.

Their life together started out traditionally enough. Don is a fourth­ generation fanner and Carol is the student he met on a bus trip from the University of Guelph to the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair.

"I always wanted to go to Guelph and then come back and farm and that's what 1 eventually did," says Don.

Langford United Nations Don Langford and daughter julie. foodstuffs are being produced on land where the farm fanilly has control over decisions. There's an increased awareness of the link between the fanner and his land," says Don. By contrast, in Canada, one-ftfth of families now farming may be off the land by 1990, according to some estimates. The Langfonls, who are seed farmers, have been affected by the farm crisis themselves. Their equity has eroded because of dropping land values.

From where Don sits, "the impor­ tant thing about all this ( world food) work for me - is the commonality between the aspirations of Canadians and those of people in developing countries. We want to have enough to meet our basic needs, see our families grow up and give them the opportunity to earn their livelihood."

China and Ethiopia aren't the only links in the Langford food chain. Don spent last January in Algeria, a country where he earlier worked three years

So how did they become the "Langford United Nations," as Carol says the neighbors like to call them?

Between his second and third year of crop science at OAC, Don worked as a volumeer in Niger with Crossroads International - an apt title, since it set him on a different path. He decided he wanted to work in a developing country. " It was a response to people."

After he and Carol graduated from Guelph, they went to Algeria. He worked as a United Church agriculture missionary and she taught health and nutrition. The Langford's first son, Joe l, was born while they were taking language training in France. The first of three "homemade" sons, Joel, is now 18, Rob , 15 and Alan, 14 .

Thirteen-year-old Molly and 11 -year­ old Julie made it to Canada in 1978 after two years of red tape and four social workers.

"We wouldn't necessarily advise people to graduate, get married, have a child and go overseas, and do it all in the space of a year," Don says. "But if you survive that, then there's a good

chance your marriage is going to survive."

During that thret: -year "honey­ moon," as he refers to it ironically, the couple ironed out a working partnership. Today, each of them relies on that partnership. They both work on the 2'50-acre farm, do volun­ teer service, raise their family and have jobs off the farm, which is 45 kilometres west of London. Don is a mission consultant for the London conference ofthe United Church and Carol works in the kitchen of Strathmere Lodge, the county home for the agt:d.

111e timc in Algeria also introduced them to complex and often conflicting theories of international development.

Don deals with those issues today as vice-chairman of the Canadian Food­ grains Bank, an interdenominational Christian group st:nding food aid to developing nations. The experience also helps in his nited Church posi ­ tion as a reSOlln:e person on "m ission" in Canada and the developing world .

The basis ofany solution to the Canadian farm en'sis must be an acceptance on the part of the rest ofsociety that fOOd is a priority item.

The I.angfords saw the problems for the 80 to 8'5 per cent of the population who farm when the Algerian government decided to follow the Western model of progreSo.'> by hllilding industry. The push to get ahead through industry didn't work.

But Don and Carol haven't been caught up in the general despair over post-independence Africa. When they returned to Algeria last]anuary (Carol went for 10 days of the trip ) , the government had begun to shift priority to food production.

The Langfords see many parallels between agriculture in Algeria and Canada, and Algeria doesn't always suffer in the comparison.

"At least they'v~ stopped to realizt:," Carol says. "We haven't got that far here. We still think that if we don't have enough food in this country,

we'll just import it from the U.S." Don agrees. "It's also something we've got to face in this country. We have to become more self-sufficient."

He says the basis of any solution to the Canadian farm crisis must be "an acceptance on the part of the rest of society that food is a priority item - because food is taken for granted."

The urban complacency affccts farmers - not just financially, but personally. "When you're working to pay the bank and produce surplus food which people don't seem to appreciate, you lose a sense of self­ worth in the process," Don says.

Next , he wants to bridge the North -South gap by arranging a part ncring program between the London conference and the Ethiopian

Orthodox Church . Eventually Londoners may go to Ethiopia for 10­ day visits.

"What we're really intent on is ammging a partnership, so our peoplt: will know what it's like to he a farmer in Ethiopia. It's not to save Ethiopia.

It's so we can better understand. It's for our own salvation, to see what we're missing in community, in family."

(Editor's Note: At time of publi­ cation, Don and carol Langford were co-ordinating outlets in southwestern Ontario for a com collection for Ethiopia through the Canadian Foodgrains Bank.

By the time this article is pub­ lished, that corn will be distributed).

SCIENTISTS APPOINTED TO

RESEARCH CHAI RS

Three intermltionally recognized scientists were recently appointed [Q research chairs which will strengthen animal b iotechnology and egg research.

Dr. Charles Smith, formerly of the Animal Breeding Research Organi­ zation, Edinburgh, Scotland, hol ds the J,c. Ren n ie chair in animal breeding and will develop futuristic breeding strategies. Professor Alan Wildeman, Department of Biology and GenetiCS, accepts tl1C SERC/ ScOlex chai r in molecular biology and will conduct research ai med at desigrting genetic information and regulation to yield better livestock.

Both chairs will complement work being done by Professor Keith Betteridge, Department of Biomedical Sciences, who holds the Smiley­ Reeds-McDonald senior chair in ani­ mal biotechnolOgy. The animal biotechnology chairs are supported by five-year, 2 mjllion research grants from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Cou ncil and Semex Canada. Seventy per cent of the funding comes from NSERC and 30 per cent from Semex, which has built a new faCility at the University's Research Park.

Professor Les Ferrier, OAC '63, M.Sc. '65, who holds the Ontario Egg

Professor Les Ferrie1~ left, with OAC Deall Freemall McEwen, following presentation of a Sl -million cheque fat· egg research.

Producers chair funded by the Ontario Egg Producers Marketing Board in the Department ofAnimal and Poultry Science, will initiate research into additional uses for eggs in both food and non-food products. "OUf ultimate objective will be to capture a larger share of the world market by putting Onta.rio egg producers and processors in a more competitive position," says Professor Ferrier.

The egg board estimates that if research can encourage industry to "use eggs instead" and increase egg use by one egg per bird each year in Canada, that would represent in­ creased annual revenue of$2 million .

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OAC

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Professor James Wilton, OAC '65, Animal and Poultry SCience, received the Animal Breeding and Genetics Award at the American Society of Animal Science annual meeting, Utah State niversity. He is internationally known for his scholarship and re­ search in animal breeding.

Cathie Lowry, OAC '78, a M.Agr. student in agricultural economics and business and fIrst vice-president of the OAC Alumni Association, is the first recipient of the Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers Award of $1,000.

To be eligible, a student must be conducting or planning to conduct research in farm management or appraisal. Selection is based on aca­ demic standing and quality of research.

Kathe Gray, president of the En­ gineering Society at Guelph, is chairing the organizing committee of the Ontario section of the Engineering Design Competition to be hosted by the University this year. Last year, Kathe and her partner Dan Sheehan, earned fIrst place in the Canadian Engineering Comp e tition in Edmonton. Their projecl dealt with wind effects on buildings.

Professo1"s Wilton, Funk and Proctor received awards.

soils. His recent research demons­ trated that this aspect of soil degrad­ ation can be reversed ifproper cultural practices are followed .

Alf Hales, OAC ' 34 , a former Wellington-South Progressive Conser­ vative MP for more than 17 years, has had a special award named in his honor. The Alf Hales Award will be presented annually to the best parlia­ mentary intern by the Canadian Poli­ tical Science Association and Speaker of the House.

Alf spawned the intern program in 1965 through a private members bill.

Of 250 applicants each year, 12 uni­ versity students in political SCience, law, history and journalism programs across the country are chosen for internship.

her paper Evaluation of Effective Fibre Content ofa Silage-Based Dairy Cow Diet. M.Sc . student Leah Braithwaite placed third . At the annual meeting of the Poultry Science Association in Oregon, Leah, whose supelVisor is Professor Doug Morrison, won first in the environment -manage­ ment section with her paper A Techniquefor the Exposure ofBroiler Eggs to Microwave RadUition During Incubation.

Don Rickard, OAC '68, of Bowman­ ville, Ont. , was elected president of the Canadian Seed Growers Associa­ tion. The CSGA supervises the pro­ duction of more than a million acres of seed by about 5,000 growers. Don is past president of the Ontario Seed Growers Association and has been a national director of CSGA since 1981 .

Professor Glen Anderson, OAC '54, M.S.A. '58, Crop Science, received the Excellence in Weed Science award sponsored by Elanco, Division of Eli Lilly Canada Inc. The award recognizes contributions made to weed science in research, teaching and extension.

Professor Tom Funk, Agricultural Economics and Business, has received the Stewart Lane Commemorative Award for 1987. The award, made in honor of retired facu lty member Stewart Lane, recognizes the contri­ bution by a faculty member in Agri­ cultural Economics to the develop­ ment a n d communication of information of practical value to the agricultural community.

John Proctor, chair, Horticultural SCience, was elected a Fellow of the AmeriGtn Society for Horticultural Science for his contributions to the profession and industry.

Professor Proctor, the first Guelph faculty member and only the fourth Canadian to receive this honor, is internationally recognized as a leader in research on fruit tree physiology and ginseng culture and physiology.

Dr. Con Campbell, OAC '60, of Swift Current, Sask. , has received an Agronomy Merit Award. Dr. Campbell is a soil scientist highly respected for his research which addresses a wide range of soil and crop management topics. Much of his research has focused on the problem of declining soil organic matter levels of prairie

Two graduate students in the Depart­ ment of Animal and Poultry Science won recognitio n at scient ific meetings. At the annual meeting of the Canad ian Society of Animal Science, Karen Beauchemin, a PhD. candidate studying under Professor Jock Buchanan-Smith, placed first in the graduate student competition with

John Tayloe, '88, is Student Feder­ ation President on the OAC Alumni Association Board of Directors for 1987 -88. Also joining the board are Bob Hunsberger '68, as a director for a three-year term, WilfStrenzke, '83, as a director for a onc-year term, and Wally Knapp, '48, as a UGAA board director.

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Editor: Carolyn (Redden ) Moore, '84

FUND FINDING

FOR FACS

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ApproximateLy 255 students attended the 1987 FAC5 Careers Night sponsored this faLL by the Mac-FACS Alumni Assodation. Here, Mary Anne Sersen, FAC5 '80, m.anager~ dietetic internship, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, discusses her career. She was one of 23 alumni to participate in the event.

3.5 million additi n to the Family and Consumer Studies bu il ding is a priority on The Campaign's list for academic buildings. ow that provincial fund ing is assured for the 24 -million building to house the departments of Environ­ mental Biology and Horticultural Science, attention has been turned to obtaining funds for the FACS project, which will include replacing the old Textiles building and renovating and rearranging spacc in Macdonald Hall.

FACS nceds space to accommodate expanded programs in child studies and gerontology, enhance fanlily and child services, and allow for more extensive professional development programs for teachers, social service professionals, consumer aJlairs specia­ lists and hospitality managers.

HAFA: FOCUS ON SERVICE QUALITY

What's important to the customer is importa nt to the hosp itality manager, but it's not always easy to get the quality of service just right.

Professor Michael Nightingale, the new director of the School of Hotel and Food Administration, hopes to develop a course on service quality for the school.

Known for his research in service quality man agement , Professor Night ingale was attracted to Guelph

by HAFA's rcputation and the Univer­ sity's respect fo r the hospitality discipline. He left his job as a manage­ ment consultant in the nited Kingdom to assume his new post last summer.

Professor Nightingale says there arc a number of new directions open to HAFA, including tourism and retail management, and he hopes his experi­ ence will help in choosing the right options.

With eight people seeking adntis­ sion for every place available in HAFA, recruitment is no problem for the school, and the calibre of students is

high, says Professor ightingale.

Graduates also have no problem finding jobs in the growing hospitality industry.

Professor Nightingal sees his task as picking directions that match most closely with the resources available on campus. "With 400 students enrolled, the school is perating at capacity and there is concern about a lack of physical resources to permit further growth," he says.

One option open to HAFA is the development of a master's program.

AJthough the school has a great tradi­ tion of writing case studies, and Professor -ightingale is impressed with the Advanced Management Pro­ gram for the Hospitality Industry, he sees a need to expand research that can be linked to graduate studies.

After qualifying at Westminster Hotel School in London, England, Professor ightingale completed an M.Phil. in the department of manage­ ment studies for tourism and hotel industries at the University of Surrey.

He taught food and beverage opera-

J-lAFA Director Michael Nightingale

tions and lodging management at Manchester Polytechnic in England and has also been a visiting lecturer in Italy, India and throughout the nited Kingdom.

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DIVORCE: IT'S THE CHILDREN

WHO SUFFER

ByAnn Middleton, Public Relations

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Pat ( Wright) Hughes presents the Mac-FACS '59 Scholarship to 1987 reCipient Andrew CrOtnbie.

Jean (Naim) Carter presents tbe Mac ~)8 Gerontology Grad­ uale Scbolarship to 1987 recipien I Nancy Knudsell.

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION PRESENTS AWARDS The Mac-FACS Alumni Asso­ ciation presented its annual student awards in the fall. They are as follows: Donna Matheson - Margaret S. McCready Scholarship John Farlow -Graduate Scholar­ ship Cara Thompson -Alumnus Grad­ uale Scholarship Janet Pepper - Anne E. Barber Memorial Scholarship Alicia Bennett - Katherine Fuller Scholarship Faith Alexander - Class of 1930 Scholarship Margaret Wallace - Mac-FACS Alumni Association Scholarship (Semester 4 and 5 ) linda Kelly - Guelph Branch Scholarship Karen Markham - Mac-FACS Alumni Association Scholarship (Semester 2) Lisa Toth, Tammy Green and Kate Edwards - Entrance Scho­ larships Linda Angus and Karyn Sandlos - Centennial Scholarships

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and fnformation ivorce is often good for adults, but it's seldom good for children," says Martin Richards, head of the child care and development group, University of Cambridge, England.

Professor Richards, whose work on family relationships goes back 20 years, spoke on the subject of children and divorce during his two-week term as Wi negard Visiting Professor in FACS. Although most of his data con­ cerned British famil ies, Professor Richards said divorce rates in Canada fall somewhere between the British figure of one-third and the American figure of one-half of all marriages. A dramatic change in the divorce rate became evident after the Second World War. Although the rate levelled off in the late 70s, it has not dedined.

Professor Richards said researchers attribute the post-war increase to the changing expectations of marriage, the social acceptability of divorce and the increased ability of women to support themselves and their children, either in the workforce or on welfare.

Modern couples expect their part­ ners to provide complete emotional support - to be, in fact, their best friend - as well as their sexual partner, said Professor Richards. Not so long ago, couples, women in parti­ cular, relied on fam ilies and friends for compani onship and support in raising their children. Now, dissatis· fied wives and mothers complain of lack ofcompanionship and emotional support. In Britain, 70 per cent of divorce petitions come from women, a figure that has completely reversed in 25 years.

Many researchers believe the divorce rate has levelled off in the past 10 years beeau e of a growing realization that divorce has many negative effects , pa rt icula rly on children and finances, said Professor Richards. Children are involved in 60 per cent of all divorces in Britain and the .S. Eighty per cent of British children in divorces remain with their mothers,

ten per cent with their fathers and five per cent see both parents, some in shared custody. The remainder live with relatives or are placed in state care.

Within two years of the divorce, however, only 50 per cent of fathers are in regular contact with their children, said Professor Ri chards.

Some believe their children will be better off making a fresh start.

Remarriage of either spouse can dis­ turh contact, he said, and some fathers seek to avoid support payments by cutting contact.

Chi ldren frequently suffer seriou, consequences when the family breaks up, said Professor Richards. Studies show that the death of a father is less cmotionally damaging than the loss of a father through divorce.

When parents divorce, children commonly feel a sense of abandon­ ment, said Professor Richards. Young children have dift1culty coping with day-to-day situations ofnormal separ­ ation such as nursery school or bed­ time. Four to nine-year-olds feel anger that can lead to depression. An older child many informally adopt another family; a teenage girl may enter sexual relationships earlier than she other­ wise would havc.

Long-term effec ts can include depression in adulthood and a down­ ward social mobility, thought to be caused by school problems that diminish educational opportunities, said Professor Richards. Children of divorced parents are themselves more likely to divorce.

The most important factor in lessening these difficulties is the maintenance of a good relationship between children and both parents, he said.

Social policy, however, assumes that what's good for the parents is good for the children, said Professor Richards. "You often find access and custody arrangements that take no account of what is good for the children" He suggested using a conciliation-based system for divor­ cing couples, with the courtroom "the very last resort."

CARIBOU HAIR: THE NATURAL

FIBRE OF THE NORTH

Professor Elizabeth Miles

FACS PEOPLE

Professor Elizabeth Miles, Family Studies, received the award of honor from the Ontario Dietetic Association in recognition of her dedication to the advancement of the dietetic pro­ fession. Prior to this, she received the Stouffer's Award for excellence in nutrition education at the Canadian Dietetic Association's annual meeting.

Professor Miles has taught thou­ sands of students who are now pro­ fessional nutritionists and dietitians.

Family Studies chair Bruce Ryan says she is dedicated to her students and the profession.

Professor Grant McCracken, Con­ sumer Studies, received an award for the most outstanding conceptual/ empirical contribution to thejoumal ofConsumer Reseanh from 1984 to 1986. He received the award for his paper Culture ana Consumption: A Theoretical Account of the Structure and Movement of the Cultural Meaning ofConsumer Goods, which appears in Vol. 13, Issue 1, 1986.

Dr. Janet WardJaw has retired. She joined the niversity in 1966 and went on to become dean ofFACS and associate vice-president, academic.

ProfessorJean Henderson Sabry, Fanlily Studies, has retired.

Nancy Plato, '81, is welcomed to the Mac-FACS Alu mni Association Board of Directors for 1987-88. She holds the position of second vice-president.

More than a million caribou range the tundra of northern Canada and Alaska. These animals are hunted for their meat, but their hair is usually discarded. Professor Keith Slater, Consumer Studies, would like to change that. He has tested samples of caribou hair to see if it can be deve­ loped as a textile and possibly as the ba 'is of a commercial production line in the Canadian Arctic.

Professor Slater's study was initiated at the request of Robin Goodfellow, a freelance radio broadcaster who has Jived in the nonh and learned about caribou fr o m the loca l people .

Goodfellow provided knitted, felted and woven samples of a caribou/ sheep's wool blend, which Pr fessor Slater tested for strength, thickness, and thermal and abrasion resistance.

He discovered that the blend is stable, lightweight and warm, only slightly inferior to pure wool in , trength and abr'tlsion and superior in thickness and thermal resistance. On its own, caribou hair is weak and brittle and can't be used as a material for spinning and weaving.

The warmth comes from many enclosed cells in the caribou hair

fibres. The wool!caribou fabric has double the warmth and thickness of an all-wool sample but just a little over half the weight. This combination of light weight and good thermal insulation is ideal for winter clothing.

Professor Slater says caribou fabrics are also pleasant to touch and dye well, producing a tweed -like effect.

The knitted and woven cloth is strong enough to be used alone for mitts or blankets. Felted fabrics, with their added bulk and thermal insulation, are suitable for boot liners or inter­ lining materials.

In the past, Inuit stuffed caribou hair into pouches in their clothing for insulation from the cold. Now the Inuit usually leave the hair on the skin for a warm leeping mat.

Goodfellow has talked to the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs and Development and the government of the Northwest Terri­ tories about initiating commercial production of cloth made from cari­ bou hair and wool. The biggest problem to overcome, says Professor Slater, is the cost of transporting sheep's wool to the Arctic.

MEAT CONSUMPTION UNDER STUDY

A S40,OOOgrant from the University's research excellence fund has launched a four-year study to determine the mea t consumpt io n patterns of Canadians.

Re earchers in the depanments of Consumer Studies, Family Studies and Food Science began work this fall on the study, which will involve surveys of Canadians over all four seasons in five regions - B.c. , the Prairies, Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes.

Professor Trevor Watts, Consumer Studies, says the research, which will look at Canadian consumption of meat and close meat products such as fish, poultry and eggs, is an extension of a study done about two years ago that examined the consumption of

fresh and processed vegetables in Ontario and Quebec. The researchers will measure attitudes and perceptions related to meat consumption, and examine some of the lifestyle factors involved.

"There are a lot of myths about who eats meat and who doesn't," says Professor Watts. "Clearing up tho e myths is part of what we're trying to do. " With the data, the researchers expect to constmct a model that can be used to predict Canadian meat consumption patterns at different times of the year. This will benefit meat producers, retailers and govern­ ment policy makers, and provide direc­ tion fo r product development needs and marketing strategies, he says.

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WIND EROSION DAMAGE IN

AFRICA MAY BE REDUC ED

THROUGH RESEARCH

Professor Bill Nickling, Geography, has received a 5295,000 contract from the Intemational Development Research Centre ( 10 RC ) to study the effects on wind erosion in Mali, Africa.

He expects to start working in Mali this spring with Dr. Mamadou Diallo o f Ec o le Normale Superieur in Bamako, Mali.

Although wind erosion is not gener­ ally as widespread or severe a problem as water erosion, it can have major economic and social Significance in dry climates. The Sahel region on the fringe of the Sahara is one of the areas

most severely affected by desertifi­ cation, says Professor Nickling.

"There has been an increase in the frequency and severity ofdust storms over the last 10 years, and although dust storms can't be stoppeu, some of the sources and causes of them can be identified."

The purpose of his study is to investigate the frequent.)', magnjtude and potential source areas of the harmattan dust in the Sahel region of Mali and come up with recommen­ dations on when, where and how to

stabilize ertain areas to reduce wind erosion risk and damage.

Professor Nickling, who developed and bu ilt the only portable field wind tunnel in Canada, will be uesigning one appropriate to the needs of the Mali project. By controlling air flow charactt:ristics, the wind tunnel pro­ vides a stable environnlent for studying

SEARCHING FO R BIRTH PARENTS:

SURVEY SHOWS MIXED REACTIONS

Ontario's new adoption legislation, which makes it easier for adoptees and birth relatives to get information about each other, is a major step forward , says Professor Michael So bol , Psychology.

"Society is beginning to recogn ize that adoption is a lifetime experience, not simply a legal contract between adopt ive parents and the state," says Professor Sobol, who has done exten· sive research on the adoption exper­ ience. Previous legislation did not recognize the psychological needs of rhe adult who Was adopted as a child, nor those of the biological and adop­ tive parents, he says.

Amendments passed in July allow for the release of non·idem ilYing information, such as family back· ground and medical history, to adopted persons over IR Birth reLa­ tives can receive similar information about an adoptive family's background.

Consent of the adoptive parents is no longer required.

An adoptee can learn the identity of birth parents if hoth parties have

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entered their names with the Adoption Disclosure Register, or can request the Ministry ofCommunity and Social Services to conduct a search and let birth re latives know a reunion is desired.

... many had no desire to

meet their naturalparents.

The expectation that all adoptees will wan t to embark on such a search is unrealistic, says Professor Sobol. In a survey of adoptees, he found many had no desire to meet their natural parents, and only 25 per cent ofthose searching actuaUywanted to establish a relationshjp with their parents. More than ha lf simply wanted factual infor· mation sllch as their identity and place of origin. Some were searching because they fcl t there was a gap in their lives, says Professor Sobol. Others wanted to locate lost Sibli ngs and some were seeking a greater sense of ident ity. A few simply wanted to

assure thdr birth parents that [heir adoptions were slIccessful.

Of the adoptees who said they would not seareh for their hiological parents, onc third said they werc afraid of hurting their adoptive par­ ents, says Professor Sobol. Others feared rejection, weren't prepared to face the emotional conseqm:nces ofa search or didn 't w;mt to d isrupt the lives of birth re latives.

Many said th ey sim ply had no interest in learning the identity of their natural parents. "Some people have very successful adoptions, tee! totally rooted w ith their adoptive parents, anu for them it is not a concern ," he says.

Whether they were searchers or non-searchers, the adoptees in Pro­ fesso r Sobol's survey always made a distinct ion between "biological" parenrs and "real" parents. 111e people who did the psychological nurturi ng, took them to the hathroom ;lS tOddlers, waited up for them as teenagers and gave them love and support are the people they relate to as "parents", he says.

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particle flow movement. The tunnel has already been used in southern Ontari to look at the effects of different tillage and cropping tech · niques on wind erosion ofagricultural soils.

Professor Nidding has also cleve­ lopeLl a laser threshold monitoring system that counts the velocity and number of grains moving off the bed at the moment the wind becomes strong enough to pick them up.

Because sources ofdust storm are often found in areas where people, animal or agricultural factors have

had an environmental impact, there is much that can be done to decrease w ind erosion, at least on a localized scale, says Professor ickling. It's a misconcept ion that desert dust is generated from the entire land surtace, because desert landscapes are actually relatively stable, he says. Desert sur· faces have stabilized over time in many different ways, incluLling the crusting caused by the precipitation of salts and continual wetting and drying from the rain and sun.

It's the "people factors" that hurt the desert surface, says Professor

Nickling. People break up the suliace crust with off-road vehicles, cut down the trees for cooking fuel ;tnd over· graze the land . "You have all these interrelated factors that come into play, and then must decide which is causing most of the problem."

Professor ickling says interest in the e miSSion transport, deposilion and climatological influence of dust has emerged in the past decade.

C ncern is now growing over the effects of dust pollution on light extinction, visibility, air quality, cli­ mate and human health.

RACISM IN CANADA

Racism is alive and well and living in Canada. That's the fi nding of Pro­ fessor Stan Barrett, Sociology and Anthropology, author of Is Gud a Racist: The Right Wing in Canada, published this fal l by 'niversity f Toronto Press.

Seven years in preparation, the book is an overview of the organized far right and fringe right in Canada, with chapters on specific organiza­ tions such as the Ku Klux Klan and Western Guard, as well as individuals who have recently been in the lime­ light, such as Ernst Zundel and Jim Keegstra.

ProviLling a synthesis of personal interviews and literature produced by many of the organizations, Professor Barre tt goes beyo nd reporting to point out the implications of right­ wing altitudes for Canadian society.

He conclude. that right-wing organi­ zations complemem institutionalized racism an d anti-Semitism in Canada and suggests they are "two sides of the same coin."

Professor Barrett was surprised and distressed by many of his findings, which contradict the common myths that white supremists are few and far between in Canada and that those who espouse such views are high school dropouts. There are at least 130 different groups existing in Canada today, he says, and many membe rs and leaders have some post-secondary education. A substan­ tial number are university graduates.

It is almost impossible to arrive at total figures for people involved in

right-w ing organizations, he says, because the groups exaggerate their numbers while politicians mini mize them. However, he h, data on 586 individuals intensely involved in white supremist or anti-Semitic activities.

Another surprise, says Professor Barrett, was the link between Chris­ tianity, racism and anti-Semitism. Most of the right-Wing groups he enco un­ tered gave Biblical justifications for th eir beliefs and believed their teachings are "God's will," he says.

Professor Barrett says his view of Canada as a liberal and to lerant COllntry has been exploded in terms of institutiona lized racism and the number of people involved in extreme groups.

Many ideas contained in Is God Racist go against most published literature. "This is an honest book with honest data," says Professor Barrett, "but I think reaction will be negat ive, because it flies against the myth of equality in Canada."

Although the book will be valuable for university courses dealing with prejudice, discrimination, inequality and stratification, Professor Barrett says he will not use it himself for a few years because he is still too emotion­ ally involved. "TIlis is the first thing I've written tbat I didn't like L1oing," he says.

GEOGRAPHY

REUNION

T he Dep:trtment ofGe graphy reunion on campus in October attracted 230 alumni , faculty and ::"pouses. Alwnni represented classes from as early as ] 968 and as recent as 1987. Event!'; included a car rally, an open house display, a lour of the department's new computing and graphicS facility, a reception, a dinner followed by skits and slides, and danc ing to a live band . Prof 'ssor Phil Keddie organized this very successful reun ion.

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Editor: Kare n (Hawkins) Mantel, '83

GERMAN STAGE DIRECTOR

IMPRESSED BY CANADA

Professor Heinz-Uwe Haus, from the German Democratic Republic, was s impressed with his two-month stay in Canada this fall that he wants to return for a longer visit.

Before arriving in September, the Winegard Visiting Professor in the College of Arts, bought a book about Canada and read it on the plane. Ht:: viewed this country as "somewhere in the north where it is cool and the nature is still wild, somewhere less inten.:sting than the Unitcd States".

He was pleasantly surprised by Canada's "multicultural acceptance" and "a civilization based on gentle­ men's agreements." He now has an impression of Canada and the United States as two distinct countries with separate cultures and ideologies.

Professor Haus, who has taught at the Institute for Stage Direction in Berli n since 1975, was educated at the Babelsberg Film Academy, Berlin's Humbo ldt Un ivers i ty a nd the Deutsches Theatre, Berlin. He has directed prod uct ions at leading German theatres, as well as in Cyprus, Greece, England and the United States.

In the United States, he has taught at I larvard, New York, Come Il, Stanford,

Tufts and Wisconsin universities. He has written on many aspects of drama and theatre, e, pccially Brecht and Shakespeare, and his book n theatre in Cyprus is expected to be published in the Un ited States this year. He is an honorary member of the American Brecht Society and the Cyprus Inter­ national Hleatre Institute, and a direc­ tor of the Inte rnational Thea tre Wo rkshop for An cient Drama in Oiniadt::s, Greece.

While at Guelph, Professor Haus directed students in Shakespt::are's Richard JII, performed at the Inner Stage in October. Professor Harry lane, acting chair, Department of Drama, believes it was the fir t time for a German Dt::mocratic Republic national to direct a play at a Canadian university.

"For Germans, Shakespeare is very much our own. He is not considered a foreign playwright. He is part of the popular classics. His language and themes arc timeless. Contemporary theatre cannot live withopt the heri­ tage of the classics," Professor Haus explained about his choice of a Shakespearean play for his first Canadian production.

PROFESSOR EMERITUS Reti recl Engli sh Language and Literature Professor Alexander Ross was named professor emeritus at fall convocation.

Professor Ross is the author of th ree books: WH Bartlett, Artist, Author and T1"avellel~ The College on the Hill, a History of the Ontario Agricultural College, and The Imprint of the Picfw'esque on 19th·Century British Fiction, which was published in 1986.

While on faculty, Proft::ssor Ross played a major role in establishing the department of English at the newly created niversity in 1964 ancl served as it, chair until 1974 . He also served

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PrOfessor Heinz-Uwe HailS Professor Haus was impressed by "the devotion of faculty members ( at Guelph) towards theatre in Canada and their practical and emotional devotion toward teaching." German professors tend to be more isolated.

"In Canada, I notice the professors go more with their students than their books:' he said.

Hc feels students in the College of Arts get a well-rounded education .

For those who want to pursuc a career in theatre, he says talent is not enough. They will also need devotion and self-diScipline.

Professor I laus said every aspect of his trip to Canada was pleasurable.

"People don 't know how good their working conditions are here. That is not normal everywhere. Here, people are allowed to think what they want and, as long as they are creative and original in their thoughts, there is a spacc for them."

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Professor Emetitus Alexander Ross, leJt, with MP Bill Winegard, former Unil'ersity oj Guelph preSident, and Dean oJArts David Murray. as a member of Senate and chair of the Guelph chapter ofthe Humanities Association.

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FINE ART PROFESSOR DONATES

ALEX COLVILLE COLLECTION TO AGO

F ine An Professor Helen Dow has donated a collection of works by Alex Colville to the Art Gallery of Omalio.

Professor Dow's gift includes 27 pieces, many of them preparatory pieces for such well-known Colville paintings as "Horse & Train" ( 1954 ), "Athletes" (1961) , " Swimmer" ( 1962), "Woman & Terrier" ( 1963 ) and "Stop For Cows" ( 1967 ).

A specialist in medieval and Cana­ dian art, Professor Dow first met Colville as a colleague while teaching at Mount Allison University in the early 1960s. Although she began collecting fine art works, including native pieces, "as an encouragement to others who would presumably look to me for leadership in this field ," her interest in Colville's work became a fascination that culminated in a major illustrated scholarly book, The Art ofAlex Coiuille, published in 1972.

"Colville's work, whatever its con­ tent may be, consistently presents such a perceptive awareness that the spectator is left with the impression that he has never really observed the world before," Professor Dow writes in her book.

"Colville often chooses ani mals as subjects for his painting because they automatically perform their funct ion, without the complications of moral choice for which man is constantly responsible," says Professor Dow. "111ey become a model for behavior."

In the preface to her book on Colville, Professor Dow says: "There can . . . only be one real purpose in anempting to write ahout painting, that of urging the reader to go and look at the work itself."

A former chair of the Department of Fine Art, Professor Dow came [() Guelph in 1972 after teaching at several universities in Canada and the

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nited States. A graduate of the Univer­ sity of Toronto and Bryn Mawr COllege, she has published extensively in fine art journals.

PROFESSIONAL THEATRE IN CANADA RES EARCHED

Canadian theatre, from its infd.ncy to today, is being researched at Guelph.

The Univers ity has committed 890,000 for the tlrst three years of a " Records of Canadian Theatre" (ROCT ) project based in the Depart­ ment of Drama. It will be much more than a three-year projn:t though, says director Leonard Conolly, acting dean of the College of Arts.

1he first two phases will he Canada on Stage and Shaw in Canada.

Canada Oil Stage is a revival of annual volumes listing every professional pro­ duction done in the country. 'fhe initial series of volumes covers 1974 to 1981 . The Universitywi ll provide a catch-Up volume covering 1982-86.

Once caught up, the University will campiIe a book each year covering a11 profe,' ional theatre activity in Canada, including performance data and full details of artistic personnel from per­ formers to directors to set deSigners.

Sha w in Canada will record and evaluate a11 George Bernard Shaw plays done in the country. This re­ search w ill draw from the Dan H.

Laurence Shaw collection at the Uni­ versity and information uncovered by Professors Conolly and Eugene Benson for their publication, The O:JI./ ord Cmnpallion to Canadian Theatre.

Futu re plan ' for ROCT include having each professional theatre in the country compile its own hiSlOrical data base fro m which University researchers can draw.

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PHYSICS PROFESSOR NAMED

TEACHING FELLOW

Professor Ernie McFarland, Physics, was named one of ten 3M Teaching Fellows in Canada for 1987. Offered for the first time in 1986, the fellow­ ships recognize university faculty members who practise and promote high-quality instruction.

Professor McFarland was a major contributor to the development of the Department of Physics person­ alized system of instruction for first ­ year students and in new courses for outstanding fust -year students in the physical sciences. He has been in­ volved in the development of com­ puter-assisted tutorials and written physics manuals for high school teachers, and was the founding pre­ sident of the Ontario section of the American Association of Physics Teachers.

Professor McFarland tries to plan his lectures so students will find

Professor Emie McFarland with stu­ dent Beth Janzen. them interesting. "Although content is important, it isn't the only end," he says. "I want my students to be able to think, to take analytical skills away that will serve them through time."

CPS GRADUATE

STUDENT EARNS

RECOGNITION

Jocelyn Richer, a Ph.D. student in thc Guelph-Waterloo Centre for Graduate Work in Chemistry, was honored by the Electrochemical Society Inc. at its annual meeting in Honolulu in the fall. He received the society's Young Authors' Award for Measurement ofPhysicalAdsorption Of Neutral Organic Species at Solid Electrodes, which was published in the Society's journal in January 1986.

A native of Montreal ,Jocelyn earned his B.Se. in chemistry from the Uni­ versity ofSherbrooke in 1983 and his M.Sc. from Guelph in 1986. He is currently studying the adsorption and electrocatalytic oxidation of small organic molecules on gold single crystals using electrochemical and spectroscopic methods of investi­ gation. His research is supervised by Professor J acek Lipkowski, Chemistry anti Biochemistry.

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Jocelyn Richer, seated, with Professor Jacek Lipkowski, Chemistry and Bio­ chemistry, right, and CPS Dean lain Campbell.

Joce lyn 's academic career has earned him several prestigiolls awards, including a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council gradu ­ ate scholarship, a 1986 Xerox Canada Ine. fellowship award for best research proposal and the Bruker Spectrospin Graduate Scholarship for best paper in chemical instrumentation.

ROBOT-WATCHING FOR GENERAL MOTORS

By Owen Roberts,

Office of Research

AccuratelY predicting production line performance at General Motors' $30-million robotized assembly line in Oshawa was once difficult. Re­ searchers in the Math and Statistics Clin ic have designed a computer soft­ ware package for the company that will tell its engineers precisely where to expect problems long before they occur.

The clinic 's 14-person research team, led by Professor Bob Chapman, has been working with GM for over two years. The original contract between the partners, worth $65,000, called for the developme nt of a mathematical model of an assembly line process. On the strength of that success, the cl inic was awarded a $75,000 contract in 1986 to create a computer simulation model for the Oshawa plant's assembly line. To supplement those studies, the team received a matching 875,000 Univer­ sity Research Incentive Fund grant from the provincial government.

"111at makes almost a quarter of a million dollars worth of industrial research that's being conducted in our clinic," says Professor Chapman.

"In these times of tight funding , research support of this scale is of great benefit to our department's operation, and has supported the work of many graduate and under­ graduate students."

The clinic was formed in 1981 to offer math and statistics students first-hand exposure to current tech­ nologies and problems facing industry.

The GM contract is the most signifi­ cant and detailed undertaking for the clinic so far, explains Professor Chapman. Data is collected from assorted probes which electronically relay p erformance information on the plant's 140 assembly robots to a central receiving area. 'There, the information is fed into a computer and interfaced with the clinic's model which assesses how the production line w o uld perform under any scenario.

CHEMIST SEARCHES FOR

CURRENT FROM

PLATINUM AND GOLD

Research by Professor Jacek Lipkowski, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, may mean more abundant and cheaper energy for Canadi ans. Professor Lipkowski is working on the development of fuel cells using platinum and gold elec­ trode material, which could improve the present methods of electrical energy storage.

The advantage of fuel cells over ordinary batteries is that they produce energy continuou ly and do not need recharging. Usually they arc powered by oxygen and hydrogen.

This knowledge should make itpossible to design a platinum or gold elec­ trode to convert chemical energy to electricity extremely efficiently.

Such fuel cells consist of two platinum electrodes placed in separate containers of phosphoric acid (or polymer electrolyte ) joined by a semi-permeable membrane. Hydrogen is supplied to the anode, where it oxidizes to produce hydrogen ions and electrons. Oxygen is reduced at the cathode where it takes the elec­ trons, then reacts with the hydrogen ions to produce water.

To balance the two reactions, the protons produced by the hydrogen oxidation move towards the cathode to react with the product of oxygen reduction. The result is an electrical current.

"The power generated in the fuel cell is governed by the efficiency of the chemical reactions at the two electrode surfac e s, " Profe sor Upkowski says. In an effort to opti­ mize this power, he is studying the influence of the structure of platinum and gold surfaces on the rate ofoxida­ tion and reduction processes.

The microscopic defects and cavi­ ties common to the surfaces of all metals serve as the active sites for electro-chemical reactions. If Pro­ fessor Lipkowski can determine which sites arc involved in oxidation of hydrogen and reduction of oxygen, he'll be able to make a more efficient platinum electrode and increase the power generated in the hydrogen/ oxygen fuel cell.

Professor Lipkowski and his group arc producing single platinum and gold cI)'Stals, each cut at a different angle, in an attempt to simulate different surface co-ordinations. By taking these single crystals , the researchers are producing a variety of irregular surfaces and trying to deter­ mine whidl of these structures has the best rate of oxidation of hydrogen.

This knowledge should make it possi­ ble to design a platinum or gold electrode to convert chemical energy to electricity extremely efficiently.

If Professor Lipkowski can figure out how to regulate the voltage of the fuel celis, th is technology could be used to balance the peaks and valleys of electrical usc. During low periods, surplus electricity could convert water into its component hydrogen and oxygen. Jn peak periods, the hydrogen and oxygen could be bubbled into acid to make electricity. Thus Ontario Hydro would be able to supply com­ mercial and private needs with smaller generators.

Fuel cell' also have medical uses, says Professor Lipkowski. Implantable cells powered by glucose and oxygen could be lIseo to run heart pace­ makers, alleviating the expense and discomfort of operations to replace the batteries. There is even the possi­ bility that an artificial heart could be powered by a portable fuel cell carried in a briefcase.

Professor Upkowski's research is supported by the atural Sciences and Engineering Research Council.

At his retirement party, PrOfessor Katsurni ''Kats'' Okashimo proudly shou'ed offan outfit knit for him by Department ofComputing andInfor­ mation Science secretary Bonnie Miller. He also received a gift ofInuit art from the department. Professor Okashimo spent his first 10 years at Guelph as director Of the Institute of computer Science and his latter 10 as a professor in the Department Of Compu.ting andInformation Science.

He was acting chair Ofthe department when he retired August 31.

Raymone Tai, a first-year student, CO'mputing and Information Science, is congratulated by CIS chair Jay Majithfa, for his second-place finish in thedeparlmellt 's 1987 high school software development contest. While a student at Timmins High and VocatiollalSchool, Raymone designed an assembler program that earned him a /,000 fellowship to Guelph and a plaque commemorating his achievement. tbe a nnllal competition is open to high school students across Ontario a1ui has attracted the suppOtt of the computing industry by stimu­ lating interest in computing science outside the classroom.

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Editor' Marie (Bo isso nneault) Rush, '80

TROUT FARMING IN CENTRAL AMERICA

GuelPh-style fish and chips, the main dish at a restaurant in the tiny village ofCopey, Costa Rica, is winning rave reviews from Mexico to South America. But the home-grown rain­ bow (roU[ is the real reason customers are attracted to the out-of-the-way business. ntil 1979, when a Guelph Zoology team helped begin the Tropical Trout Farming Project in Costa Rica, there were almost no fish in the mountain­ ous region of Central Amerka. The region had Ii ttle agricu lture and tourism was hit-ana-miss at best.

Low-income farming was the shaky foundation for dozens of small communities, like Copey, throughout Costa Rica's interior highland region.

Today, the region is building an international reputation with its thriving , community-run fish farm industry. TIle restaurant and a sport fishing enterprise are two of the industry'S successful spinoffs.

Cos/a Rican fcnmers process trolll for m.arkef.

"When we arrived, there were no indigenous fish of any kind, says Zoo­ logy Professor Hugh MacCrimmon, project director. "Today, there an:: 77 trout farms throughollt the Costa Rica highland region and they arc considered the prototype for fish

SCHOOL OF HUMAN BIOLOGY GETS NEW LAB FACILITIES

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ew laboratory facilities were opened in the School of Human Biology in the fal l. The disciplines of human anatomy and human physiology moved from OVe's Department of Biomedical Sciences to the School.

Director Stan Blecher says the trans -, . fer reflects the School's strengths in the basic human biological sciences.

Faculty members Jack Barclay and

farms starting up in Mexico, Panama, Jamaica ~U1d South America."

In addition to the involvement of Professor MacCrimmon and other niversity tlsh specialists, the project is currently supported by a grant fro m the Canadian International De ciopment Agency. CIDA money also helped in the projecl's initial stages. The Costa Rican governnlent has also made a substantial financial investment, and the project is ex­ pected to be self-sufficient by 1989.

Professor MacCrimmon says the CIDA gram wiU continue the training of Costa Rican biologists and techni­ cians in fish pond design and management, fish diets and harvesting and marketing technology.

"It's developing into one of Costa Rica's main growth industries. We can barely keep up with the domestic market ( for tlsh) and the farms have doubled the income of residents in many communities."

ZYGOTE PLUS,

William Boyd , and undergraduate courses in hwnan anatomy and physiology, have also moved from hiomedical sciences to human biology.

The new laboratory facilities , l()"ated in the east end of the Human 'Biology building, will accommodate instruction in anatomy dissecti.on, biomechanics and related subjects.

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RESEARCHERS STUDY

LOU GEHRIG'S DISEASE

With the help of some brave volun­ teers who are suffering an incurable illness, a two-year study is under way at the University to investigate the progression of Amyotroph ic Latera l Sclerosis (ALS ), commonly known as "Lou Gehrig's Disease."

A research team led by Professor John Brooke, School of Human Bio­ logy, and Dr. Ranjit Singh, a Guelph neuro logist and associate fa c ulty member, is monitoring the progres­ sion of this fatal disease in about 20 patients.

"Understanding the progression and neural damage caused by this disease is essential to finding a cure," says graduate student Peter Yoon, CBS '86, the project's research officer.

'The cause of the disease, named after the former major-league haseball star stricken by it, remains largely unknown. Statistics indicate that 80 to 90 per cent of all cases are sporadic, with Just 1 per cent identifiable as being hered itary. The one in 100,000 Canadians who develop ALS each year can die in as little as six months if

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it afflicts the brain, or within 36 months if it is confined to the spine.

Typically, ALS attacks people in their mid-50s, affecting the upper and lower motor neurons that control movement. One of the fi rst symptoms is muscle weakness, which progresses until the muscles irreversibly atrophy because of a depleting nerve base.

Death is inevitable because essential muscles, such as those required for respiration, fail to perform.

As a comparative measure , the researchers will also ~tudy loss of nerve and muscle ceUs in healthy, aging people. In ALS sufferers, this proce s is rapidly accelerated.

The study, funded by the AlS Society of Canada, involves momhly visits by patients from Toronto, Kitchener­ Waterloo, Cambridge and Guelph to the school's neurophysiology lab and Dr. Singh's neurology clinic.

"These patients are very brave people," says Peter. "It's a terribly traumatic disease and they know they will die, but they are still interested in making this contribution w know­ ledge about the disease."

A CO-OP APPROACH

TO BIOTECHNOLOGY

AS500,ooo co-operative education and training program in molecular biology and biotechnology, sponsored by the atura l Sciences and Engineering Researc h C unci l ( SERC), is in full swing at Guelph. peacheaded by CBS Dean Bruce ells, the program is designed to create a supply of Canadian scientists who can lead the country in these growing fields .

The three-year Universitylindustry co -operative graduate and post­ doctoral program in molecular biology and biotechnology involves six grad­ uate students and four post-doctoral fellows. Participants w ill spend two years doing basic research at the University, then another year applying their skills in industry and laboratories.

NSERC is providing 75 per cent of

the program funding. The remainder is being contributed by participating industries - Connaught Research Institute, Labatt Brewing Co Ltd., Allelix Inc., Weston Research Centre, Meiogenics Inc., Molson Breweries of Canada Ltel., Pioneer Hi -Bred Ltd., Semex Canada and C-J-L Inc. Students are involved in studies such ,L5 vaccine production as a means ofguarding against viral infecti on and a cancer-related investigation of fac ­ wrs important in the control of cell growth.

Dean of Research Larry Milligan says the co-op program is an important initiative. "The graduates fro m the program will gain the experience that allows them to feel comfortable in both university and industry re­ search settings."

PrOfessor Norman Gibbins

NAMED 3M TEACHING FELLOW Professor Norman Gibbins, acting chair, Microbiology, was named one of ten 3M Teaching Fellows in Canada in 1987. The fellowsh ips, offered for the first time in 1986, recognize university faculty members who prac­ t ise an d pr om ote h igh -qua li ty instruction.

'We arc all students and all teachers.

J don't see how teaching can be effective if it's not a mutual learning experience," says Professor Gibbins.

He has been involved with curri­ culum and educational policy dev­ elop ment at the department, program and niversity levels for many years.

In 1985, he received the CBS Award for Teaching Excell e nce and the Ontario Confederat ion of University Faculty Associations Award.

Attention CBS Class of '77 Members W e would like your bipgraphica l update for you r 1Oth ann ive~sary yearbook.

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Pl ease send inform ati on to:

A. John Joyner, .Clo Department of .

Alumni Affairs and .

Development.

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Editor. Dr. Harold Reed,

ove '55

OVC'S 125TH ANNIVERSARY:

A YEAR OF LIVELY CELEBRATION

The Ontario Veterinary College celebrated its 125(h anniversary in fine style this past year. The celebra­ tions commenced in February with a special lecture by eminent Scotti h sc ientist Dr. Will iam F.H . Jarrett.

Du ring Alumni Weekend in June, a new computer teaching lab, large ani mal admission and examination areas and "state-of-the-art" diagnostic and surgical facilities were dedicated in a ceremony attended by hund reds of OVC grads and numerous digni­ taries.

During Homecoming Weekend in September, OVC mounted a 125th Ann iversary Conference - one of its most ambitious continuing education evcnts ever. The conference featured 38 speakers from Canada, the United Kingdom and the nited States.

Approximately 275 eterinarians returned to OVC for scientific and lifestyle sessions that included "hands-on" laboratory workshops in Ultrasound, equine ophthalmology and compurcr application .

OVC also held a special convocation ceremony September 25. Honorary doctor of law degrees were bestowed on Dr. Harry Rowsell, OVC '49, exe­ cut ive Llirector of the Canadian Council on An imal Care, Dr. Robert Dunlop, OVC '56, dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at the Univer­ sity of Minnesota, and Dr. Douglas Dlood, who retired in 1985 from the chair of veterinary medicine at the University of Melhourne, Australia.

Dr. Franklin locw, dean of the School of Veterinary Mcdicine at Tufts Un i­ verSity, Massachusetts, presented the 1987 Schofield J\llemorial Lecture at the convocation (see page 3). [n the evening, about 400 people attended an Oldtime Creelm,m Dinner and a capacity au die nce gave a standi ng ovat ion to Vets, a musical trihute to the 125-year h istory of OVe. Written and directed by David Archihald, Arts '76, son of Professor Emeritus James Archibald, OVC '49,

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The musical ,'evlle, Vets, featured earm Redmond and his Higb..Lellel Boys.

Deall Ole Nielsen, avc '56, at the J2 5th AlmilJersm:>' Conference with delegates.

Dallcing ''lJorses '' in Ibe skit "The End of lbe Horse", /Jart of aves 11lllsical re/llte, Vets.

Honorat)' doctor oflaw degree recip­ ientsDr.RobertDulllop, ave '56, Dr. Hatry Rowsell, ave '49, and Dr. Douglas Blood.

Vets starred undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and stafl The 125th anniversary year came to a close with a recognition party at the Faculty Cluh ovemher 12 for long-service OVC employees. They included Dr. Bob Buck, OVC '46, Hank Hanlon, Bob McColl,)ack Sites, Michael Bake r pearce , Bever[cy Dahamer , Orvar Remmlcr , Rita Maclssac, Kars Biel, Dr. Vicki deKJeer, Jean Guisso, Dr. Peter Mann, Helen Randa ll, Marie Rossit , Dr. Robert Whiteford , Forence RiJett, lac '48 and Beulah McGowan.

OVC ANNIVERSARY

PROCEEDINGS

AVAILABLE

The proceedings of tbe ove ' l25th Anniyersary Conference are now available. Included are lecture notes and material from 23 presentations. To order, send cheque or money order for $25 made out to: niversity of Guelph tor OVC Armiversary Conference , Gary Nadalin, director, Central Reservations and Conferences, Johnston Hall, ruversity ofGuelph Nl G 2W 1.

NEW CHAIRS FOR OVC DEPARTMENTS

Dr. Wayne Martin, ove '67, is th!.: first chair of OVC's new Department of Popu lation Medicine. The epide· miologist moved over from the De· partment of Veterinary Microbiology and Inununology to head a department he helped create.

After completing his undergraduate work at OVC, Dr. Martin earned his M.Sc. and Ph.D. at the University of California at Davis. He returned to OVC as a professor in VMI in 1974.

Dr. Martin is proud to have played a major role in the creation of OVC's fifth department. And to be founding chair is, he admits, exciting. Over the next five years, he wants to "estahlish an academically strong department, inereJ.'>c the amOllnt of re earch, main· tain the calibre ofservice and graduaUy shift the emphasis .. from the individual animal to the herd."

Medicine. The :.plit allows Clinical Studies to concentrate its teaching and research on small and large animal medicine and ~urgery, anaesthesiology and radiol0f,'Y, he says.

Dr. Butler'Splans for the dl:partmem include more research w,e of cases coming through OVC's veterinary medi­ cal teaching hospital. He also sees the need for a continued curricu lum review with a broad perspective. The amount of material a veterinary stu· dent must absorb before graduation is immense and increasing yearly with new developments in medicine, says Dr. But ler. He helieves faculty must identifY essential core material and develop new and innovative ways of exposing students to this material so they "become lifelong learners and don't burn out."

After working in private practice for several years, Dr. Butler returned to Guelph to do his M.Sc. and later completed a Ph.D. at the University of Toronto. A faculty member in OVC for 17 years, he spent the past five years as chair of the department of medical sc ie nces, niversity of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medi­ cine. His maio area of interest is gastroenterology, especially 110 ine infectious diseases.

Dr. Bruce Wilkie, OVC '6'), is new chair, Department ofVeterinary Micro· biology and Immunology. He succeeds Professor A1l:m Meek, now acting associate dean of research tor OVe. He is also director of the AnimaL Biotechnology Centre.

Dr. Wilkie believes VMI "is already a very cohesive unit where the people have similar ideas about how things should be done ." He sees his task as keeping up the good work and trying to maintain a good working/academic environment.

VM! has received a funding com· m itment from 'nle Campaign for a new physical lab, "and now we need to find the money for faculty and technical pOSitions to run it," says Dr. Wilkie. ''I'll he working hard at that. " Dr. Wilkie received his Ph.D. from Cornell in 197! and spent tv.:o years practising in Switzerland before reo turning to OVC as an immunologist in 197~.

Dr. Brent Matthew, CBS '80, OVC '84, is new medical director, Veter· inary Teaching Hospital.

FollOwing graduation from OVe, Dr. Matthew worked as associate veterinarian in Fergus Veterinary Hospital. During the summer of 1986, he performed veterinary Jocums for seven different veterinary clinics in the London area. He also acted as consu ltant fo r a proposal for a new veterinary clinic in London an d worked as a veteri n ary practice valuator for veterinary clinics.

Dr. Daniel Butler, OVC '63, new chair, Department of Clinical Studies, says Clinical Studies has become a more manageable and clearly defined unit following the split that created the new Department of Population

Dr. David Porter, is new chai r, Department of Biomedical Sciences.

A native of London, England , he holds B.Se. and M.Sc. degrees in physiology and B. Vet. Med. and Ph.D. degrees from the niversityofLondon. He has

Drs. Martin and Wilkie.

worked as research instructor and b lor Fellow in obstetrics and gyne· cology, Washington niversity ofMcdi· ci ne , St . Lo uis , lecturer in the Depart ment of Anatomy, HarYard Medical School , senior lecturer, Department of Anatomy, The Medical Sc hool, Bristol, and professor of Pre· Clinical Veterinary Studies at the S;U11e institution until com ing to Guelph earlier this year.

There are still some items left for sale from avc's 125th Anniversary Celebration

Bowler Hats Ti es (b urgundy & bl ue) Sweate rs (incl udes two crests) Large OVC Crest Sma ll avc Crest Silk Scarves (lad ies)

$ 15 $25 $60 $1 2 $ 2 $35

Please call (51 9) 824 -4 120, ext. 4424 if yo u wi h to order any of the above.

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HISTORIC MOMENT? This photo from spring 1987 convo足 ca tion brings up an inte1'esting ques足 tion for alumni. From left are Dr. David Kelton, OVC '84, currently in postgraduate studies at OVc, Dr. j ana Kelton, OVC '87, i n small animal practice in King City, Ont., Dr. Oswald Kelton, DVC '57, head of Animal Health Operations for Ontario, Agri足 culture Canada, and Dr. Richard Urban, a graduate of the University of Pellnsylvania, who is in equine practice in New Y01'k. David and jana are Oswald's son and daughter and Richard is his nephew. Oswald wonders if, prior to this in OVc, a son, a daughter and their f ather have all graduated fro m OVC ? Does anyone know?

Dr. Bill Harris, OVC '68, M.Sc. 71, holds the Norden Distinguished Teacher Award for 1987, presented to him by jerry Gilroy of N01'den Laboratories.

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Dr. Bntce Robb, OVC 71, vicepresident of the OVC Alumni Association, presented the Association 'sproficiency scholarships to Arnie Drudik, '88, Chris o 'Callaghan, '8 9 aud Shelley Newman, '90.

CLASS DONATION

OVC '4 7, on the occasion of its 40th anniversary and the College 's 125th annive1'SatY, donated nine stone alls byprominentInuit artistsfrom Cape Dorset on Baffin Islancl, to the Uni足 Ve1'sity art collection for display il1 the OVC teaching hospital lounge area. Class metnbers are, aboveJront row, left to nght, Hsill Kall Chell, Richard Melton, Wilbert Wa lk el~ Garnet Hyslop, George Lambert; second row, Douglas McKelvie, Howard Mume, George McGowan, james Hutchinson,}ohn Findley,}ohn Dippel; and third row, Cosimo Fen-aro, Wilson Henderson, Harold Abbey, JL. Seguin, George Herlihey, R. Hugh Best, Rowan Walker. Absent: Sidney

BrowIl, Althea (Burton) Dryden,}ohn Chassels, Steven Egan, james Gil/, Ralph Hawkins, june Hylton, john McGregor, Neil Mendelson, Clifford Plant, Ormand Raymond, Robert Smiley,joseph Vandane, AD. Veroni, William Whiteside and Richard Wi/son.

GRAD NEWS

ARTS Jason Fallaise, '85, leaches art at Preston High School.

Jim Paul, '80, is assist ant architect, Trehearne & orman Architects, London, England.

Pam Smith, '84, is communications edi­ tor, Confederation Life, Toronto.

Peter Ward, '76, is a deck officer, British Columbia Ferry Corp., Victoria.

CPS Leslie Demal, '79, i s a fish cul ture bio­ logist, Mi nistry of Natura l Resources, Maple, Om. Dr. Kathy Gilles, M.Sc. 'RI ( HK), is a physician specializing in neurology althe University of Toronto.

Dr. Brian Goslin, '70 ( HK ), has ret urnnl from Africa where he taught at Rhodes Un iversity and thd lniver ity of lhe mth and is now in the Department of lI uman Movement Studies, Wayne Slate lln i\'ersiry, .\llichigan.

Dr. Dave Hackett, '75 , has joined the faculty of Arts at Nipissing l 'ni\'ersit)' Col lege, North Bay as as-"istant professor of Environment:tl Studies.

TomJohnston and Karen Broughton, '85, were married in Ottawa Sept. 5, 1987. n ey live in Winn ipeg and arc presently in M.Sc. programs at the Unive r­ sity of M:U1iloha in conjunction with the Freshwater Institute , Oepartment of Fisheries and Oceans.

Dr. Ka Yin Leung, '87, a research fellow, Department of Medical Mic.:robioloh'Y and ImmunOlogy, University of Kentucky, is married to Gai Ying (Cheng), FACS '85 Dr. Brian Macintosh, '75 ( HK ), is in the Oepartment of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon.

Mark McAnally, '77 , is ma nager of accounting for the Canadian operations of Marmon/ Keystone Corporation, a major distributo r of steel. aluminum and nickel alloy tubular products throughout the US. and eastern Canada. Mark and his

wi.li: Patricia live in Grimsby with their three clliklren.

Donald McLeod, '80, is a teaching maste r in the acqual..·ulture program , School of atural Resources, Sir Sandford Fleming College, lindsay. From 1983-86, he Wa5 hatchery manager at Blue Spring Trout Farms Ltd., Hanover.

Kim Middleton, ' 8 _~ ( HK), swam across Lake Simcoe to rabe money for the men­ tally handicapped. She was coached by Alan Fairweather, '75 (H K).

J!·.···CE~~~~ Feb. 11 FACS part y for graduatin g stud ent s

Feb. 12-13 OAC D ip. H oc key To urnament

March 5 Coll ege Royal Ba ll

Dr. Ashley Park, '82 , is a physician doing residency at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis, speciali­

March 12-13

zing in internal medicine. He g,dduated last June from St. George's University School of Medicine in Grenada at a cere­ monyat the United Nalions, ew York.

March 17-19

Dr. Beth Rivingron, '8 1, a physician at Family Medicine Cemre, Queen's Un i­ versity, Kingston, is married to Samuel D.R. Moss, '81 (11K).

April 8-9

Karen Saunders, '77, is a laboratory technici<m in Clinical Immunology at ave. She participated in a veterinary immunology course in Malaysia and has shal ed her Divema.,ler scuba skills with students on two trips [0 the Carihbean .

Coll ege Roya l Open H ouse

ClAU Vo ll eyba ll ham p io nships (hosted by Guelph)

OAC A lumni Bonspiel

April 21 Pre sid nt's Coun c il Ann ual D inner

April 22 A ll -Canadian (Chi cago )

niversiti es

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April 26

Dr. J. Leslie Shipp, '7 5, is a research scientist, Agriculture Canada, Ilarrow.

HAFA Hostex Hospi ta lity Suite (Toro nto)

Tim Sleigh, '79, is an RCMP 'onstable, Coquitlam, B.C. detachment.

May 19-June 5

Dr. Douglas Woolley, '7 1 (J-IK ), is an orthopedic surgeon at The Western Montana Clinic, _\1issoula . He welcomes any fellow grads to yisit "if down our way".

CBS Mlchael Bayliss, '7 5, is sale manager, CGE Medical Systems, VanCOllVt:r. cathy Kirchmeyer, '71 , is a lecturer, Wilfrid L1urier University, Waterloo.

Ruth Mllner, '85 , is systems manager at the Physics/ Astro nomy/CiTA Computing facility, Department ofPhysics, University of Toronto. rn August 1986, she married Dale Frail, a Ph.D. student in astronomy at the Cniversity of Toronto.

.uelph

pring Festi val

All-Canadian Universities Night Washington, D.C. Saturday. April 16 5:30 p.m. reception 6:30 p.m. dinner Cost: $20 (U.S.) per person

For details, contact Cpt. Wanda Quirk, Canadian Defence Liaison Staff, Canadian Embassy, (202) 483-5505, ext. 225 RSVP by April 9

Ray Stericker, '82, a programmer/analyst,

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Immersion in France The University of Tours in the fabulous Chateaux Country oHers one month language courses lor beginners to advanced students of French. Afternoons are free to enjoy fac ulty·conducted excursions in the beautiful Loire Valley, Brittany, Normandy, etc.

Our low rate inc ludes scheduled return firghts to Paris, unive rsity residence accommodation, most meals, tuition, group transfers Irom Paris' Departures on July 1, July 31 and September 2 Inclusive prices from Toronto , Montreal

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Other language programs oHered: Immersion in Spain and Immersion in Germany. Departure dates available upon request. Regular monthly departures now available. Call or write for full details

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Florida Alumni Picnic Wednesd ay, March 2, Noon North Port Yacht Club North Port, Florida (Note the change in location) Cost: $7,50 (U,S,) $10 ( Canadian) The mea l will be catered this year, Reservations by February 15 to:

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Dofusco, Hamilton, is married to Darlene Hazel, FACS '8 1

Linda Gerger, '73, is executive director, Distress Line Peel, Mississauga.

Jim Sturdy, '77, is president, Idealogic Corporation, Toronto.

Debbie Gillespie, '83, received her M.£d. in Montessori from the College of Notre Dame Bel mo nt. California. Her theSis was "(:omparison of the Preschool-Aged Child 's Development of Self-Concept in a Montessori Environment and a Nursery School En irofUllent." She is curricul um development officer and head teacher at Montessori Children's House, Hayward and is married to Dave Allen, Arts '72, a freelance writer who publishes regularly in the Brantford Expositor travel section and is working on "the great Canadian novel. "

Kheng Yap, '85 , is a computer consuLtant, Compex Systems, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

CSS Andre Bordeleau, '79, M.A '85, has qualified for the Olympic trials in running game target shooting Andre, who was featured in the summer 1987 issue of the Guelph Al umnus, shot 561 out of 600 at the International Shooting Union world cup event in Seoul, Korea to advance to the trials.

Brian Cosier, '79, moved to Yellowknife in 1982 to work for the Government of the Northwest Territories. He is employed as a program analyst with the Financial Management Secretariat. He writes: HI have become very attached to living in Canada's Arctic. My only regret is the di tance to family and friendS in the Guelph and Ha.milton area."

Suk Cheung, '87, is assistant treasury officer, Dober Investment Ltd., Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Indra (Ramcharan) Crossman, '72, is assistant publisher, Goldstream Gazette, Victoria, B.C Stephen Kuhl, '8 1, is an x-ray technician student at Mohawk College, Hamilton comp let in g h is clinical training at Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital.

John McGuire, M.A. '79, an information systems consultant, Digital EqUipment of Canada, Vancouver, is married to Teresa (Terry) Bingham, '81. They have three children, including four-year- old twin boys.

MAC-FACS Heather Beattie , '81 , M.Ed . ' 84 ( Western ), married Paul EHingham last July. They Live in Listowel where Heather teaches a general learning disabilities class of 8 to 12-year-olds and Paul has a three-point ministerial charge ( Atwood, Trowbridge and Donegal).

Kirby Brown, '80 ( HAFA ), resident general man ager, Wheels River Inn, Chatham, is married to Dianne Wraight, '80.

Susan Green, '74, is a therapeu tic dieti­ tian , St. Joseph 's Hospital, Chatham.

Nancy Hunter, '82, is director, Nutrition Services, Publ ic Gener al Hos pit al, Chatham.

Christina Ikeno, '81, is director, client service, Research Initiatives, Mississauga.

Lauren)ackson, '77, is a d ietitian, Beach Hill Lodges Ltd, West Vancouver.

Laurie (Holomego) Jackson, '80, is manager, Great Lakes Hostelling Assoc. , Niagard Falls.

Nancy (Baldwin) Jaroszonek, '75 , is supervisor, Medical Audit and Utilization, Peterborough Civic Hospital. In Sept.

1986, she married Ridlard )aroszonek, a generaL su rgeon practising in Peter­ borough and Campbellford .

Nancy (Headon) King, '80, is director of d ietetics, Ajax-Pickering Ge nera l Hospitai , Ajax.

Sharon Klinck, '78, is a family therapist, Beechgrove Childre n'SCentre, Belleville.

Rosemarie ( Golob) Lavrisa, '84, is a researcher, Consumers Association of Canada, Ottawa.

Neil "Hub" Lester, '77 ( HAFA ) , is area ma nage r, Burge r King Canada In c., Mississauga.

Laurene Livesay, '81, is a family worker, Victoria Day Care Services, Toronto.

Carol (McCallum) O'Gorman, '79 (HAFA ), is marketing rep resentative, Computerland, Windsor.

Johanna (Passchier) Pepneck, '82, is literacy co·ordinator, Further Education Council, Taber, Alta.

Debra Oones) Reed, '83, is director of nutrition, Kent-Chatham Health Unit, Chatham.

Pat Sparrer, '76, is tenant placement manager, Halton Housing Corporation, Oakville.

Eleanor (Sharpe) Steele, '75 , is a dieti­ tian, St. Joseph's Hospital, Peterborough.

Mary (Downey) Vanderwielen, '82, is assessment and training instructor, Barrie & District Association for People with Special eeds, Barrie. cathy Vautour, '85, is a therapeutic dietitian, Hotel Oieu Hospital, Chatham, N.B. Jill (Devaney) Weston, '79, supervisor of policy owner service, Financial Life Assurance Co. of Canada, Etobicoke, is married to Dr.J. Richard Weston, CBS '79, ove '86, associate veterinarian , Rcnforth Veterinary Clinic.

Jane Wright, '78, is director of publicity and promotion, International Spectrafilm Distribution Inc., ew York, N.Y. Mary Ann Yaromich, '75, is food and nutrition specialist, Beef Information Centre, Toronto.

OAC Dr. SallmAbboud, PhD. '87, is aresearch o ffice r, Alberta Resea rc h Council, Edmonton.

Dr. Howie Abrams, '78, is a physician and assistant professor, Toronto General Hospital.

Bert and Ruth (Van Mossel) Adema, M.Sc. '84 ;md Arts '84 , are working in Sierra Leone, West Africa, with Christian Extension Services, a special hunger pro­ ject of the Christian Reformed Church's Worl d Relief Committee and Wo rld Missions.

Joanne (Zylstra) Caldecott, '84, and her husband are working a cow/calf operation which they purchased JastJuly.

She also works in quality control, Horizon Chicks, Hanover.

Gerald Oerry) Claesseos, '80, is product manager, feeding and management sys­ tems, with Alia-Laval Agri, a manufacturer and wholesaler of milking, feedi ng and cooling equipment for dairy farms world­ wide. He has responsibilities fo r the

Canadian market and says he looks forward to visiting Alumni House now that he is back in Ontario ( Peterborough). He and his wife Valerie have a daughter Jaelene, almost two.

Mark Coulthard, '87A, is groundskeeper at Millcroft Inn, Alton, and is planning a ski and snowmobile trail in the 100 acres of pine fo rest which is part of the establishment.

Marion Creery, '84, is preSident, Old Sun Communi ty College, Gldchen , Alta.

Dr. Joseph Deli, '64, is Europe/Africa project manager, Biochemicals, PPG Indus· tries, France.

Patrick Dickey, '57A, and his wife Eleanor (Cooke), '57D, own Gallagher House Lakeside Country Inn, Portland­ on-the-Rideau, Ont. They have added Peter Breese House and a spa. The Dickeys had been in business a year in 1 ovember, during which ti me Patrick reports they "served over 4,000 lunches, 6,000 dinners, 8,000 desserts, washed 78,000 dishes, and made 1,500 beds." The Dickeys say they have had many Guelph grads stay at their inn and look fo rward to greeting many more.

Rex Eng, M.Sc. '82, is researching contain­ erized conifer production for the B.C. Mini try of Forests and Lands, Prince George.

Matthew (Edge) Evans, '83, is a Depart­ ment of National Defence p ilot, 44 0 squadron detachment, Yellowknife, NWT. Ron Ferguson, '81 , is vice-president, Ferguson-Alder Investment Counsel Ltd., Ottawa.

Dr. Mary Ann Filadelfl-Keszi, '80, is assistant professor, Department of Food Science and Human utrition, Michigan State University, East Lansing.

Ronda Fisher, '85 , is a geo logist, Groundwater Technology Inc. , Montreal.

Peter Hopps, '69, is production and distrib ution directo r, Baskin Robbi ns Canada, Peterborough. He wants to know what's new with Ernest and Joe of the class of '69 engineers.

Rodrigue Hurtubise, '81, is French­ language services co-ordi nator for OMAF. He is in Charge of gu iding the development of the mini stry's French services for Ontario.

Alexander Koch, '77, is a pLanner, City of Cambridge. Previously as the landscape

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PRESENTS: FOR ADULTS The Importance of Being Earnest W ed., Feb. 17, 8 p.m.

War M em orial Hall Ti cket s (rom $8.50 to $ 11.50 Jane Siberry Concert Sa t., March 19, 8 p.m.

Wa r Memorial Ha ll

FOR CHILDREN Romper Room and Friends SJ t., M arch 26, 1 & 3 p.m.

Wa r Memorial Hall All seats $6

Tickets ava ilable at th e UC box office, Sam The Record Man, Boo ksh elf Cafe, and Th e Corner in Stone Road Mall. Stories Children 's Bookstore and Acton Public Library sell ticket s to children's shows only. A handling cha rge of 50 cents will be levied on the sa le of each tick et.

architect, he worked on numerous river­ bank developments in that city.

ror of l'rJ.irie Swine Center, Saskatoon, Sask., is married to Ann Gennan, '74 .

Nancy Krieg, '76, is a theme park planner, Forrec International, Toronto.

Michael Payne , '76, manager, United Co -Operatives of Ontario, Onawa , is married to Anita Knuuttila, '77.

Chris and Leslie Lemire , '79 , and children Rebecca and Benjamin, are living in the United Kingdom for the next lhree years where Chris has been appointed Brewing Manager for Labau 's United Kingdom Operation.

Donald Longworth, '47, went lO Costa Rica after grad ual ion as a missionary with the Latin American Mission . In recent years he has been o n loan to the Salvation Army as Agriculmra l Director of the Rehabilitation Center for Alcoholics at Tres Rios.

Don Low, '79, is ge neral manager ofYoro Cocoa De elopers, Madang province, Papua, New Guinea (a CUSO posting ) and his wife Susan (Hamula), '79A, is agric ultural project co-ordinator. Sons Eric, four, and Corey, two, are accom­ panying their parents as "compact CUSO co-operants". Yom Cocoa Developers is a nationally-owned company with an 80 ha. cocoa pl antation and sawmill which markets exotic and mixed hardwoods.

Ken Maclean, '58, is president, K. 1'.

Maclean Limited, Canadian Tire Associate Store, Prince Albert, Sask.

DON'T MISS Expressions '88 - A show & sale of fine art March 18-20 U nive rsity Centre Free I~dmi ss i o n For inform at ion, ca ll (519) 82 4­ 41 20, ext 3940. VISA and M asterCard accepted.

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Paul Mandziuk, '87, is Farm Advisor, Manitoba Indian Agriculture Program, Win nipeg.

Kevin Martin , '81 , married Nancy Messerschm idt in 1986 and thev are fanning in partnership widl Kevin's p~ents at Atwood.

Ken Nentwig, '86, has started CadpIan, a consulting c ompany specializing in com­ purer applicatio ns for p rofessional design offices. Sharing quarters is his other company, Ke nwood Design Associates, a landscape architectural and site planning fi rm in Kitche ner. Ken was exposed to computers while attending Guelph to earn his degree in landscape architecture, after nearly two decades spent worki ng in the field.

Melville Palmer, '50, retired from [he Department of Agricultural Engineering at Ohio State University inJ une 1987 after almost 34 years of teaching. He has been named Professor Emeritus.

Marg Parker, '87A, is a crop specialist, Peace Valley Ranch ltd., Shelburne.

Dr.John Patience, '74 , M.Sc. '76, Direc­

BiU Pelton, '52 , M.S.A. '54, is directOr general ( west ), Research Br-anch, Agri­ culture Canada, Ottawa.

Frank Robinson, '87, ao;sistant professor,

Department ofAnimal Science, University ofAlberta, Edmonton, is married lO Nancy Martineau, '83 , M.Sc. '87.

Judy RusseU , M.Sc '85 , is a food pro­ cessing eXlension co-ordinator, Oepart­ melH of Applied Microbiology and Food Science , Universi ty of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon.

Parveen Setia, '81 , is an economist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, WaShingto n, D.C. Vincent Stutzki, '84 , and his wife Heather Manders, CSS '84 , are living near Durham, Ont. , where Vince is (he crop specialist for ONTARBIO, OrganiC Food Product Inc. Dr. Ross Weill, '65 , is directOr of the University ofAlherta's Bore;L1lnstitute for Northern Studies for a five year term. Hc will also hold appointments in thl:: faculties of agriculture, forestry and sciencc. He is married to Eleanor Schmidt, Mac '6 7.

Tim and Joan (Elder) Weller, '80, are the proud parents of a daughter, Julie.

Dve Dr. Deborah Boyd, '86, owns Grey­ Bruce Pel Hospital, Owen Sound.

Dr. Steven Blair Carley, '86, practises at Orangt:ville Animal HospitaL He is married to Mary Richardson, '86.

Dr. Tyrrel DeLangley, '83 , owns Willowdale Central Animal Hospital, North York.

Dr. Doris Feitler, '82 , is a research associate, University of Toronto.

Dr. Jim Ferrier, '82 , practises at Perth Veterinary Cli nic. He is married to Brenda Coleman, fACS '80.

Dr. Eric Foot, '79, is a vetcrinary consul­ tant, Montreal.

Dr. Joyce Fredericks, '87, practises at Olson Ani mal Hospital, Prince George, B.C. Dr. Barry Heath, '72, is a Remedial Measures Specialist with Transport Canada. He enforces the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act and regulations in AJta., ask., Man. and NWf. He is married to Yvette Ewert, a fourth year home econom ics student at the University of Saskatchewan and they live in Saskatoon with their daughters, 15, 13, 11 and R.

Dr. Steven Snider, '85 , practises at New Hamburg Vet Clin ic. He is married to Melissa Callbeck. '87.

Mount Forest and later in l istowel, where his area of interest was swine health management. He returned to OVC in 198 2 as supervi or of the research station and rece ntly accepted the added respon ­ sibility of co-ordinato r of the College Extemship Program. He is a past president of the Ontar io Veterinary Association.

Dr. Tom Sanderson, OVC '61, has been el ected president of the Canadian Veter­ inary Medical Association. He spent more than 20 years in clinical pra<:tice, first in

Dr. Rhoda (MacKay) Speare, '84, prac­ tises with the Emergency Vete ri nary Clinic of Waterloo Region. She is married to Dr. David Speare, '84.

Dr. William Moore, '85, practises at South ridge Veterinary Clinic, Morpeth, Ont. lie is married to Dr. Irene Slyzys, '86, who also practises at Southridge.

IN MEMORIAM

ARTS

DAC

Hellen Schwarz, '85, of George town, died Aug. 24 . 1987 as the resu lt of a car ac<:ident ncar North Bay. She is survivt:d by her part:nts, Paul and Helga Schwarz.

Edwin F. (Bud) Brackenborough, '50, of Owen Sound, died ov. 7, 1987. He was retired as principal of Bayview Ju nio r High School, North York. I Ie is survived by his wiLe Mary and three chi ldre n.

CSS

Dr. William W. Brookins, '24, of Sl. Paul , Minnesota, died Aug. 16, 1987.

Eleanor (Elly) C. Wilman, '7 1. OAC '73, of Dundalk, Ont., died Sept. 6, 1987.

She is survived by her hushand Peter A. Richards, OAC '72 and siSler, Phyllis (Wilroan)Johnston, Mac '65 and Mary (Wilman) Norman, OAC '68.

Donald R. Cassie, '43 , M.Sc. ( Extension Education ) '76, of fergus, died Oct. 6, 1987. He is survived by his w ife Dorothy (Bond) and fi ve children.

MAC-FACS Louise C. (Baird) Britt, '33D, of South River, Ollt., died Sept. 6, ] 987.

EleanorJ. (Ramage) Gilchrist, '6 1D, of Waterloo, died 0<:(. ] 7, ! 987. She i' su rvived by her husband Ian and two daughters.

Esther A. Oohns) Hepburn, '33D, of Ori llia, died Sept. 13, 1987. She was predeceased by her first husband, Ilugh Gran t. She is survived by her sewnd husband, James Hepbu rn and sister Mary Li ttle.

Audrey E. (Brien) Klaehn, '3 5D, of Toronto, died Oct. 13, 1987 She was predeceased by her husband Lt. Col. Robert Klaehn. She is survived by daugh­ ters Nancy Hoke and Robin Cordner.

Marion (McConvry) Montgomery, ,31 D, of london, died Sept. 12, 1987.

Kevin M. Lang, '79 , of Ariss, Ont o (formerly of Hillsbllrgh), died Sept. 17, 1987. He was a sire analyst with United Breeders Incorporated, Guelph. He is sur vived by hi s w ife Klmberlee (Hughes), '79, pa.rents IJoyd and Mildred, brother Brian Lang, '78 and sisters Lauril1da Lang, '83 and Valerie lang, FACS '86.

Gerald W. Montgomery, '43A and '46, of london, dkd Feb. 2, 1987. He was a sales representative for Mutual Life Assur­ ance Company. He is survived by his wife Arlie.

James O. Packard, '53 , of Simcoe, dk d in Aug. 1987. He is survived by his daugh ter Jean Pac~1rd .

Salim Rahemtulla, '84, of Willowdale, died in an accident while orki ng as a <:onsuItant for the Aga Kha n Rural Support Program in Pakistan in 19R7.

Wilfred J. Schneller, '24A, of Baden, Ont. , died Nov. 7, 1987. He is survived by his wife Edna and children , C. Bradley Schneller, '53A, and Marion Summers.

He was a past president of the On tario Soil and Crop Imp rovell1t: nt Association, an honorary member of the Soil Conse r­ vatio n Society of Anlt:rican and longtime mem b er of the Cana d ia n Ay rsh ire Association.

Cyril A. Tregillus, '1 1A and ' 13, of Safety Harhor, Fla., died Sept. 7, 1987. He was a re ti re d ad min istrato r with Argo nne National l aboratories, Chicago and a Canadian Army World War I vcteran. He is survived by sons Kenne th and I.eonard and daughter Margaret.

Lt. Col. John S. lJssher, ' 36A, of ()wcn

Sound, died Oct. 13, 1987. He is survived by his wife Hazel (Haugh ) and one daughter.

Oliver HJ. White, '20A and '22 , of London, died Sept. 15, 1987. He is urvivcd by his wife, Doris Evangeline ( Wilcox ).

Franklin D. Willows, '38, of Lyn, Onl., died in Ju ly 1987 He was employed by Clart: nce N. Edgar Insurance and is ~ lIr ­ vived hy his wife.

DVC Dr. Charles W. Gollehon, 'B, of Kerrville, Texas, died April 17, 19H7 He was retired after 30 years service as a U. S. army colonel. He b survived hy his w ife Mary (Borland), Mac '33 Dr. Donald H. Hancock, '70, of Ken tvilk, .5., died Aug. 18, 1987. He practised at Cornwallb Veterinarians Ltd. He is sur­ vived by his wife Susan.

Dr. Martin Patrick Maher, '35 , of Vesta, Minnesota, died July 17, 1987. He retired in 1986 fro m a general practice he started

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in Vesta in 1940 I-Ie was a World War II veteran . He is survived by his w ife Doroth y

and a son.

Dr, Everett McNutt. '79, of Sli rling, O m ., died Aug. 20, 1986 Dr. Uoyd H. Squirrel], '34, ofEdm nton, dicd in Barrie March 22, 1987 lie was the son of the late Professor W.J, Squirrel! of Guelph's Fidd Husbandry Departmenl.

He was a World War II vderan and retired from Canada Packers Ltd. He i~ survived by his sister Oowthy Malkin .

Dr, George A. Symington, ''S O, of Melli­ cine Hat, Alta., d ied Dec 2R, 1986. He worked for Agriculture Canada, Health of Animals Branch, Edmonton. I k is survived hy his son Alex.

FRIENDS

Vincent L. Scherer, of St. C1emenrs, died Sept. I , 1l)87. He worked in the car industry in the KilchentT- Waterloo ar t-"a for many years. He is survived by his wife An ne and three daughters.

STAFF

Lowell D. Gifford, of Guelph, died O cr.

50 , Il)H7. He wo rked in the Counselling and Studt'nt Resource CClll re. J Ie is sur· vived by his sisters.]eanine Joncs and l ois Nickell

DISTINGUISHED GRADUATE DIES Distinguished Guelph grad, uateJames Gibbard, OAC '23, tlied at Smiths Falls, Ont., Sept.

13, 1987. He had a lengthy and outstanding career in public health.

A Toronto native, he entered ()AC with the class of 1921 in 1917 at age 16. After completing the associate diploma course, he took two years off to gain agricu ltural experience, and re­ entered to earn his degree with the class of 1923. lie spent a' year at Amherst College in Massachusetts on scho­ larship, and transferred to the

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FORMER

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The man who projected the Univer­ sity of Guelph into the international scene, Dr. Dennis G. Howell, died Oct. 29, 1987 at Guelph. lie was 67.

He is survived hy his wife Elsie and two daughters, Dr. Jane Howell of Toronto and Dr. Susan TIlompson, OVC '78, of Vancouver.

Dr. Howell was dean of OVC from 1969 to 1979. During his tenure, new facilities were built and tbe curJi· c ulum was revised and updated.

From 1980 to 1985, he was head of external projects for the Un iversity, and in J 986 he became chair and chief executive officer of Guelph International Development Consu l­ tants, a group established to develop, promote and market the University's expertise internationally.

In 1974 , Dr. Howcll headed a joint project of the Canadian International Development Agency for the deve ­ lopment of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Ani mal Science at Universiti Pertan ian Malaysia ( Agri· cultural University of Malaysia ). In 1975 , he cha ired a c o m miuee appointed by the Maritime Provinces Highcr Educatio n Commission to carry out a feasibility tudy for a veteri nary school in the Atlantic region. 'nle Atlantic Veterin31]' School

University of Ch icago where he graduat cI with his M.S. in chemistry and microbiology in 1926. He worked briefly for the Ontario Ministry of Health and then joined the newly-created Federal Laboratory of Hygiene under its first chief, Dr. orman Mcleod H;u'ris. He was named assistant chief in 1946 and two years later, became chief.

For many years, Jim was a member of the Conference of State and Provincial Laboratory Directors, and in 1959 its chairman. He was a Fell ow of the AmeJican Public Health Association , and in 1952 its Canadian vice-president. Also in 1952, in recognition of his contribution in the development and quali ty control ofpenicillin

DIES

The late Dr. Dellnis G. Howell.

at the niversity of Prin e Edward Island was the result.

During his lifetime, Dr. Howell received many honors, including the Order of Canada in 1986. He was made an honorary-fellow of the niver­ sit)' of Guelph in February 1987 A memorial fund has been estab· lished in Dr. Howell's name. Please send donations payable to the Dr. Dennis Howell Memorial Fund to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Devel )prnc:nt.

and Salk vaccine production in Canada, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

He retin:d in 1964 to accept a job as consultant w ith the World Hea lth Organization .

Between 1964 and 1969, he carried out missions for that organization in Taiwan, Iraq, Pakistan , Malays ia , and Switzerland. OnJuly 1, ] 967, he received Canada's Centennial Medal in recognition of his ser· vice to the nation.

He was pre<.Jeceased by his first wife Amy Gertrude Gunn in 1960, and eldest son James in 1977 I Ie is , U1-vived by his w ife Helen I. Coleman, daughter Janet Gibbard West of Toronto, and son Dr. Bru c e Gibbard of Burlington, Veml ont.

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