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ALUMNUS Winter 1990 VoL 23, No.1 Mary Dick ieson Editor Executive Editor Sandra Webster, CSS '75 Contributors Barbara Chance , CSS '74, Dorothy Hadfield, John Majorossy, Alvin Ng, Herb Rauscher, Owen Robens, David Thomas, Debbie Wilson, Arts '77 College Representatives Richard Buck, OAC '76A; Dr. Denis Lynn, CBS '69; Agnes Van Haeren, CSS '86; Karen Mantel, Arts '83; Carolyn Moore, FAeS '84; Dr. Harold Reed, ove '55; Susan Sagansk i, HAFA '86; Bob Winkel, CPS '60

UnIversIty of Guelph Alumni Association Honorary President

Dr. Brian Segal

Karin Davidson-Taylor, CBS '83 President Past President Dan Rose, OAC '57A & '60 Senior Vice-President Dr. Jim Atkinson , CBS PhD '78 Vice-Presidents Dr. Susy Carman, ove '76; Wally Knapp, OAC '48; Grant Lee, CSS '73; Bruce Richardson, CPS '82; Margo Shoemaker, Arts '81; RUlhanne Snider , FACS '75; Zhaoming Xu, CBS '88 Secretary Maureen IIiga, OAe '79 TrcasurCJ' Art Grubbe, OAC '41 Directors Christopher Coulthard, CPS '86; Donna (Luce) Gracey, Mac '60; Ric Jordan, CSS '75; Eric Manin, FACS '87, David Poirier, CBS '83 , wry Reid, Ans '69; Brenda Trask , OAC '80

Ex-Officlo Directors Kevin Cockell, cns '83, President, College of Dlolog) cal Science Alumni Association; Doug Hanes, CBS (HK) '79, President, Human Klnetles Alumni Assocla tlon; Ed Livingstone, President, Graduate Students Association; Pat (Mennell) Seyfried, OAC '57, Presi dent, OACAlumnJAssocJatJon; Sarah (Wyatt) Nadalin, Ans '82, President, College of Arts Alumni Associa tion; Nancy Plato, PACS '81 , President, Mac-FACS Alumni Association; Susan Saganski, FACS O-IAFA) '86, President, Hote.• &; Food Administration Alumni As socIation; Agnes (BellaO Van lIaeren , CSS '86, Prcsi dent, College of Social Science Alumni Association; Marty Williams, President, Central Student Associa tion; Dr. Don Wilson, OVC '66, President, ove Alumni Association; Gerry Quinn, Director, External Rela tions, Rosemary Clark, Mac '59, Director, Alumni Af fairs and Community Relations

Alumni-in-Action Chair

Hcnry Orr, OAC '43

The University of Guelph Alumnus is published in February, May, August and November by the University of Guelph College Press. Subscription rate: $4.00 per year, ISSN 0830-3630. For circulation and advertiSing in qu iries, contact the Editor, External Relations, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario NIG 2Wl 519-824-4 120, Ext. 8706.

Editor's note: This issue of the Guelph Alumnus is a firs t for me as its new editor, and it reports on some exciting "firsts" for the University and its alumni . .. An unusual donor makes an even more

unusual gift to the University . • The Gryphons are finally skating in the new twin-pad arena . . . . . . . . . .. • The UGAA organizes a workshop to dis cuss the future of alumni assodalions • An alumnus remembers his college years and his friends with a new sculpture . . • OAC names a new dean • Finally, someone gives seniors a chance to say what they like about getting older

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In future issues of the Guelph Alumnus, we hope to feature stories about alumni who are working in the hospitality or travel industries, alumni who li ve outside Canada and those who've made a hobby ou t of restoring an older home or building. If you'd like to share your experiences in these areas - or if you've got another story to tell - let us hear from you. You can write to us at the Guelph Alumnus, Creative Services, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario NIG 2W1, or call 519-824-4120, Ext. 8706.

On the cover One hundred and ten million years old, the fish fossils pictured on our cover have much to teach us about evolu tion, the environment and pOSSibly the future. They are part of a major fossil coIIection donated to the University by an American explorer who hopes the gift will spawn a new institute of ichthyology. Careful examination of the large fossil coelacanth fISh on the cover reveals the characteristic jointed skull and the leglike fins of this ancient fish, believed to be a d irect ancestor of all land vertebrates. The other fossils are the first of some 20,000 specimens that will be catalogued over the next few years. It's exciling Lo think lhat they, too, may represent ancient species of fish made extinct by some unknown catastrophic movement within lhe Earth. Il'S almost as exciting as finding 110-mil lion-year-old fish fossi ls on top of a mountain in South America (see story, page 3). Cover photo by Herb Rauscher.

Letters to the Editor I am writing this letter to express my frustration. Month after month, issue after issue, I receive my Guelph Alumnus, but every time I read it, it contains an uneven distribu tion of materials. OAC, Mac-FACS and OVC get ali the coverage while Arts and Social Science get relatively little. This month's issue (September '89), for instance, contains not even one story about the social science faculty .. . grad news excluded. I hope this situation will not be prolonged in the future . Eddle Chan, CSS '87

Liaison Officer Hong Kong Government attended Homecoming I Weekend last fall, and although the weather made the football game very enjoyable, I was quite disap pointed with the overall atmosphere on the campus, especially the Brass Taps and the Bullring. I realize the University has been under considerable pressure to tighten restrictions on alcohol con sumption, but the controls the University has opted for have cer tainly had a cooling effect on the social atmosphere usually present at Homecoming. I find it repulsive when the majority is forced to suffer as a result of the stupidity of the minute minority. The legal drinking age in Ontario is 19 years, and I assume it' was set so to reflect the responsibility ex pected of people this age. If this is, in fact, the assumption, I fail to un derstand why the University and its students (alumni included) must su f fer for an event that should not be their responsibility. After all, doesn 't the saying go: ·You are your own liquor control board"?

Michael]anjlc, CSS '84 Hamilton, Ont.

The summer 1989 issue of the Guelph Alumnus has an article on page 2, ·Student Life at the Univcr

sity of Guelph. ~ It sounds like a very sheltered existence, but it is some what bland and tasteless, like yesterda y's rice pudding micro waved. Contrast it with what student life was like in 1926. We were assigned rooms in the Old Residence, now known as Johnston Hall. The accom modations were spartan, but on our first night, we finally got to sleep. At midnight, we were rousted out of our rooms by a gang of shouting sophomores who hustled us to the common room. We were made to get up on the table and dance the Charleston, a vigorous exercise of that era, to the music of "Bye, Bye, Blackbird.' This marked the begin ning of our initiation week. There were three floors to the bedrooms, Upper Hunt, Lower I Iunt and Grub Alley. Life in Upper Hunt was remote and rarefied. Lower Hunt was vigorous , noisy and democratic. Grub Alley was rough and ready, and in a constant state of warfare with Lower Hunt. We slept on iron beds with thin mattresses and, by placing two beds end to end against the door and wall, we kept intruders out. The doors had locks, but several master keys were circulating. Friendly struggles some times ended in a tub of cold water. Another favorite exercise was dump ing occu pied beds. The denizens of Grub Alley had a campaign in which Lower Hunt oc cupants were individually kid napped, and subjected to having their hair snipped. The procedure was immortalized by Alexander Pope in "The Rape of the Lock." Grub Alley affixed the trophies to a large board, with the name of each victim below the sample. Eventually, the trophy was purloined by an adroit inhabitant of Lower Hunt Pandemoniu m broke loose that eve ning until someone intervened and asked what the trouble was. The reply from Grub Alley was: "1hey stole our hair.' And the answer: "Give them back their hairs and let them go to bed. · We ate our meals in the dining hall, later named Creelman Hall, un less we were thrown out of residence for rioting, in which case

we had to eat in a restaurant in Guelph. The dining hall food was nutritious, substantial and high in saturated fats. A current college song was uThey give us fish on friday that's been six: months out at sea.' This was uncomplimentary and un true, but one day at noon, a fellow student threw the fish out the win dow. Many years later, that student became a magistrate. We had to wear funny litlle green caps during our freshman years. There were no electives. There was a full program of courses, and many of them were frankly utilitarian, but we got a good grounding in biology. How many university graduates today have had courses in botany, entomology and zoology? We had all of these in our freshman year and, without them, one can not truly un derstand the biosphere. I see that today there is a "student environment study group" that gathers information on student char acteristics and needs and uses that information to compile a database. Ho-hum!

Thomas H. Jukes, OAC '30 Professor of Biophysics/Medical Physics, Univer ity of California

Directory in progress An alumni directory is in progress as a means for alumni to keep in touch with each other, says Rosemary Clark, Mac '59, director of alumni affairs and community relations. The 650-page, soft-cover directory will have four listings of alumni alphabetical, by college and class, geographic and by employer, she says. It will list all companies and businesses that employ Guelph alumni. The directory will be available in April, and alumni will be asked to update and return a questionnaire with their orders, says Clark. ·We need your help LO make the directory as complete and accurate as pos sible .•

University receives major fossil collection

by Mary Dlckieson The University has received one of !.he most unusual and most valuable gifts ever presented by an individual to a Canadian university. The gift is a collection of museum quality fossils 110 million years old. Its value is well over $24 miUion. And the donor is Dr. Herbert Axelrod, an American scientist, explorer, author and publisher. Axelrod collected !.he fossils from the Santana Formation in north eastern Brazil. He donated a similar collection to !.he American Museum of Natural History in New York in the early 1980s. His gift to lhe University includes funding for a curator to catalogue the collection, which is expected to con lain close to 20,000 items. As each shipping crate is unpacked, it yields new surprises , say professors Eugene Balon and David Noakes, ich!.hyologists in the Department of Zoology. They say the fossils are extraordi nary because of !.he exceptional quality and variety of spedmens. Most of lhem are encased in a matrix of limestone and wiu yield a com plete skeleton when removed. The proof is in the picture . The fossils pictured on our cover were taken off !.he top of lhe first shipping crate !.hat was opened, yet they are nearly perfect spedmens. Although primarily fish fossils, !.he collection also includes plants, in sects, birds and reptiles. Balon is confident it wiU also yield some un known species to be classified. The sibling collection in New York has produced several individuals that belong to a new genus, as well as spedes of coelacanth fishes . The donor Now an adjunct professor in !.he Department of Zoology. Axelrod is no stranger to Guelph classrooms. He has presented many guest lec tures in ichthyology and has col laborated wilh faculty and graduate students. Through the years, he has provided unique materials for teach

Dr. HerbertAxelrod displays the fOSSi l

coelacanth j'lSh pic tured on our front cover. Found on the Araripe Plateau in northeastern Brazi4 it represents a new gen us and species named, in his honor, Axelrodichthys araripensis.

ing programs here and regularly donates books to the University library from his New Jersey publish ing company. TFH, the world's largest producer of books on animals. An international authority on bo!.h living and fossil fish, Axelrod was awarded an honorary degree from !.he University in 1978. He has writ ten 16 definitive texts on ichthyol ogy, more than 30 books on individual species of fish and numerous papers. He has also dis covered many new species of plants and animals. ]n addition, Axelrod is highly regarded as an authority on music and musical instruments and is an accomplished violinist. Among his gifts to other institutions is a unique quartet of decorated Stradivarius in struments, now on permanent loan to the Smithsonian Institution. Balon describes Axelrod as "a doer and a dreamer whose sense of adventure and enthusiasm enables him to materialize his dreams." Why GueJph? When Axelrod officially an nounced lhe gift last December, he said he was donating the fossil col lection to Guelph because of its ex-

tensive teaching and research pro gram in ichthyology. "Guelph has lhe largest and most capable faculty of ichthyologiSts in the world," said Axelrod. "J see Guelph as one of the great colleges of the world," especially in the biological sciences . The University's ichthyology pro gram includes seven professors, Axelrod as adjunct professor, trained instructors. laboralory staff and graduate students. (See "CBS News," page 17.) Two international scientific jour nals, Ftsh Phystology and Biochemtstry and Envtronmental Biology ofFtshes, are edited here. "When J gave lectures here, I was impressed by the qua lily of the Slu denl body. n said Axelrod. He recalled a class of students who sat through his two-hour leclure on col lecting fish in Africa and then stayed for another two hours to ask ques tions. Axelrod hopes his collection will spawn an institute of ichthyology that will serve leaching and basic research needs, as well as !.he ap plied research needs of North America's large commercial, or namental and recreational fish in dustries.

Creating a campus that is barrier-free

With construclion of the environmental bioJogy/borliculJural science complex under way in the background, President Brian Sesa4 centre, joins Minister ofAgriculture and Food David Ramsey, right, and Minister of Government Servic8s Chris Ward at the October 1989groundbreakingfor OMAF's head office and laboratory complex on Stone Road West.

Picture the campus without Gordon Street Picture the University of Guelph campus without Gordon Street. That's one of the recommenda tions of a University task force that examined the status of the Gordon Street corridor after the city publish ed a proposal to widen the street to four lanes. On the basis of the task force reporl, the University asked the city to abandon plans that would lead to a widening of Gordon Street north of Stone Road. The report also says that the University favors a long-term plan to close Gordon Street through the campus. In turn, city council passed a resolution calling for the city and the University to co-operate in a long range plan to determine the road and transit needs in the campus area. The city will undertake measures to ease traffic congestion near the University , improve pedestrian safety and review bus service (0 the campus. The University will con sider diversion of parking lot entran ces away from Gordon Street. The University task force ex amined a number of alternatives to

determine their potential impact on the campus and sought the views of the University community. Almost 90 per cent of the respondents were opposed to widening Gordon Street to four lanes. Some of their concerns included the added danger to pedestriansj the increase in noisej the potential for salt-contaminated dust, toxic chemi cals and vibrations to damage sden tific equipment in nearby buildingsj and the probability ofattracting even more traffic to the area.

Over the next five years , the University will renovate major bu ild ings in the central campus area to ensure they are fully accessible to disabled students and visitors. A priority list with a $500,000 price tag has been established by the University's Committee on Campus Accessibility for the Disabled. Top priority items are renovations to the McLaughlin building, which needs automatic door openers and modifications to the entrance ramp, the continuation of a program of curb cuts and small entrance ramps, and the introduction of braille elevator buttons to assist the visually impaired. In total, the committee's priority list includes renovations to 23 dif ferent buildings on campus. Some are as simple as modifications to washrooms. Others would involve major construction and the installa tion of elevators. To alumni and most other campus visitors, Creelman Hall presents the biggest obstacle because it is fre quently used for conference dinners, receptions and other special events. Because of its design, Creelman does not lend itself La ramping, so a grade-level entrance and elevalOr must be built at an estimated cost of $75,000. Some of the recommendations have already been implemented, such as reserved parking spaces near the University Centre, War Memorial Hall and OVC's small animal clinic.

Buildings honor former dean. chancellor The University has honored two men who were key players in the formation of the University of Guelph with the official naming of the Richards building, formerly Land Resource Science, and the Stewart building, the new wing of OVC's large animal fadlity. The Richards building honors N.R. "Rick" Richards, OAC '38, who became !.he first dean of OAC when the Federated Colleges were

formed in 1962. He had been a professor and head of the Depart ment of Soils since 1951. The Stewart building honors former chancellor William A . Stewart. While serving as Ontario'S minister of agricu !ture, Stewart sponsored the 1965 act ofiegisla ture that created the University. I Ie was awarded an honorary degree in 1976 and was chancellor of the University from 1983 to 1989.

lace 'em up! The ice is in. by Mary Dickieson The next time you visit the Univer sity, bring your skates! The ice is in at the new twin-pad arena, and hundreds of studenlS have already felt the thrill of skating around an Olympic-sized ice surface. There are only about half a dozen ice rinks this size in the whole country, says athletics director Dave Copp, who was no doubt one of the first to "lace 'em up." The smaller of the two ice surfaces is regulation size, suitable for NHL and varsity team play. The twin-pad combina tion gives the University one of the best hockey facilities in the country, says Copp. "International hockey teams will be interested in coming to Guelph for training programs, and the larger ice surface will provide excellent hockey experience for Gryphon players, as well as visiting intercol legiate teams," he says. "Many of Canada s top varsity players have plans for an international hockey career." Most of the hockey games played in the new arena, however, will be intramural games. During the cur rent semester, there are more than 50 intramural hockey games scheduled each week, involving well over 100 teams and almost 1,500 players. The arena is also home to the University figure skating team and a faculty/staff oldtimers team . Il's open to students and staff daily for recreational skating, and ice time can be rented for scrimmage games and skating parties. "More than 90 per cent of the on-ice activity will involve student athletics and recrea tion," says Copp.

More than ice The arena's main floor will house ticket and lobby areas, change rooms, a referees' room, a pro shop, administrative offices and a snow mel ling pil. The second floor provides entrance to the 1,300 seats overlooking the large rink, an enclosed lounge that offers an end-

This is only practice for the Gryphons, but the men's vanity team will play Ryenon at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 10 and the women's team will host Toronto at 7p.m. Feb. 15.

zone view of the small rink and a concession area. The facility will offer year-round ice in both rinks. During the summer months, it will host the CAN-AM Hockey School and could also ac commodate N1 IL training programs and figure skating schools. With the ice surface covered, the facility will seat up to 3,000 people for concerts, convocation and other events, says Copp. It can also be used to host trade shows, home and sports shows and other large ex hibilS. College Royal '90 will be the first non-sports event in the new arena.

Student project The new athletics facility will be remembered as the biggest student project ofthe 1980s. The University's student population was the driving force behind the project and the 1985 CSA referendum that com mitted $2.5 million to the project. Students are contributing $5 each per semester during the two years of planning and construction, and will continue to pay $10 per semester for the first 10 years of operation. The University is now implement ing Phase IT of the athletics project. When renovations are completed, the ·old arena" area of the Athletics Centre will house major fieldhouse facilities, complete with an indoor jogging track, general fitness and weight training areas, squash courts, a sports injury clinic and additional

gymnasium space. Future plans in clude the construction of a second swimming pool.

Intramural sports Hockey is only one of 10 in tramural sports offered on campus during the fall and winter semesters, with more than 500 intramural teams competing. Last year, the program had 6,000 participants, representing 51 per cent of the University popula tion, and hired 150 to 200 student referees each semester. Guelph's program is probably the largest in any Canadian university, says Shirley Peterson, co-ordinator of women's sports. One of the reasons is Guelph 's large residence population; some 40 per cent of the student body live on campus. Another reason is Guelph's long tradition of campus sports and com petition . Many alumni can still remember what it felt like to hit their head on the steel trusses in the old OAC arena, and many University friendships were formed on the ice, in the gym or on an outdoor playing field. In addition to the imramural pro gram, some 2,000 students are taking classes in fitness, kayaking, dancing, martial arts, swimming and a host of other activities. Several thousand in dividuals use the Athletics Centre weekly for independent pursuits such as swimming, squash, weight training and jogging.

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OFFERS EXCITING NEW 1990 INTRAV ADVENTURES

UGAA puts survey into action Last spring, the UGAA conducted a survey of Guelph alumni and later published a report to summarize the comments, suggestions and ideas of respondents. That report, "Facing the Nineties: Alumni Perceptions, Inter ests and Challenges A Mandate jor Change, • is the subject of this month's alumni association workshop. Representatives of the UGAA, college alumni assodations and other alumni are meeUng near Barrie Feb. 9 and 10 to review the results of the survey and to discuss, in deplh, the issues raised by the survey report The workshop will help the various alumni assodations to identify lhe particular concerns of their alumni and to develop plans for action in response, says Margaret Hedley, Mac '64, chair of the ad hoc committee on the alumni survey. Through the workshop seuing, the various alumni associations will be able to put the survey results into action and will begin long-range planning of activities that will eventually strengthen alumni networks and build a stronger University/alumni relationship," she says.

OAe grad speaks at ethics conference

One of the keynote speake rs at last October's conference on thics and technology was celebrated Guelph alumnus John Kenneth Galbraith, OAC '31 . A distinguished economist of Harvard University, Galbraith received the University's first honorary degree in 1965. Galbraith began his speech at the conference by recounting his first experience of Guelph: "I must be allowed to express my pleasure at being once again on this lovely and spacious hill. It was here that I had my nrst encounter with intended and publicly supported technological innovation, the sub ject I address today. That, perhaps needless to say, was in agriculture. It was not at the time in a tradition of which, in ensuing years, I was whol ly uncritical. "Part of my pleasure is in knowing of the large and useful progress that has been made in these matters, and notably in this institution, in the 60 years and more since my first ex posure. "My concern today is with the rela tion of the state to technology, not excluding the ethical concerns that arise. 1£ is a subject marked by per haps the greatest inconsistencies, even absurdities, of our day." Galbraith went on to discuss the benefi ts of technology and innova tion and to point out how society has turned a blind eye to the potential dangers.

·We had the scientific and techni cal competence to foresee, as one example, the problems of atmos pheric pollution that we now face . We should have had the public foresight and will to have acted before rather than after. ' He ended on a positive note, sug gesting that the easing of Cold War hostilities may provide the oppor tunity to redistribute resources, reducing military spending. "Theee is a window of oppor tun.ity. A five-pee-cent reduction in military spending by the super powers ... could allow a doubling of health expenditures for four billjon people in the Third World - the miracle of leverage."

LEGENDS OF THE NILE March 20-31 - $4,075 from Toronto Visit Cairo and !he Pyramids. Cruise from A_an to LuxOf. Stops in Kom Ombo, Edlu and Karnook. ROMAtfTlC RIVERS a. CASTLES July 18-31-$3,809fromToronto A dramatic new itinerary to a different Europe most travellers miss. Munich, West Germany . Optional excursion to the famous Passion Play at Oberammerg au. Visi t Rothenburg en roule to Wurzburg for a six-night cruise aboard the M.S. Olympia on !he Main, Rhine and Mosal rlvars . Cruise to the historic German river towns o f Wert heim, Miltanberg, Rudashelm, Koblenz, Cochem, Bamkastal and Trlar. Visit Luxambourg en route to Brussels, Belgium. ROMANCE OF THE SEINE Sept. 9-2 t - $4, 150 from Toronto See the splendor and sights of Paris. Then bask in !he magic of a slx·night Selna Rlvar cruise through Normandy. Visit London for three days of sightseeing and shopping. TURKEY/GREEK ISLES Sept. 19.()ct. 1 - $4,549 from Toronto Excluslva New Chartar Itinerary Aboard tha Luxury Yacht Renll/ssllncein ils maiden season. Athans, Greeca. Seven-night cruise aboard the Renaissance, chartered exdusively for these cruises through the Aegean Sea 10 !he Turkis h coasl. Sail to Mykonos, Creta, Santorlnl, Kos, Marmarls, AntalyaIPerge, Rhodas, KUAdasllEphasus, DlkllllPergqamon, OardanallasiSO$porua and ISlanbul. WINGS OVER THE NILE Fourteen Days in October - $4 ,780 fro m Toronto Cairo. Fly over !he Gull 01 Suaz to St. Calharlna'. Monastary. Alaxandrla_ Four-night cruise aboard a Sheraton Nile Riverboat from Luxor to Esna, Edfu, Kom Ombo and Aswan, Induding three meals each day and al l shore excursions during the cruise. Special round-trip air excursion to Abu Simbal included.

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Drenters sculpture to be unveiled at art centre byAlvinNg A major sculpture gift to the University's art collection will be un veiled April 28 at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre. Sponsored by Ginty Jocius, OAC '70, and LorieJocius, FACS '72, the sculpture is entitled "Pioneer Fami Iy.· It was built by Rockwood sculptor Andreas Drenters in memory of his brother, Yosef, who created the original ·Pioneer Family" for Expo '67 in Montreal. The steel and copper work depicts four figures on a horse. It contains material from the original, pieces of which were rescued from destruc tion in a Toronto scrap yard several years ago. It wiIJ be the ninth piece to be installed at the Donald Forster Sculpture Park. Ginty Jocius says the donation of the «Pioneer Family' is a way for his family "to say thanks for everything OAC and the University of Guelph did for us." He says coming to the University helped him see new perspectives. "It introduced me to so many things other people, other points of view, other cultures - the many things that are important to life .• Although the art centre didn't exist when Jocius studied here, he says having the centre on campus is im portant to present and future stu dents. "It's a place to reflect, a place to expose yourself to the thinking that we wouldn't otherwise know of." The donation is also a way of honoring Yosef, a personal friend, says Jocius. The unveiling of the sculpture during the first weekend of the Guelph Spring Festival will coincide with the opening of an exhibition of 23 drawings by Yosef Drenters. Given to the art centre by his brother, the drawings form a representative sample of Yosers work from 1946 until just before his death in 1983. Fine an professor Chandler Kirwin says these drawings are "the tip of his graphic iceberg ." In

Andreas Drenten:S "Pioneer Family" will be unveiled in the Donald For-ster Sculpture Park April 28 atJ p .m. Ali alumni are invited to attend.

numerical terms, they are a modest sample ofYosers work. But qualita tively, they represent the best of his graphic ability, says Kirwin, who is compiling a catalogue of the exhibi tion drawings and is writing a book about the history behind the original "Pioneer Family" sculpture. This important donation comes as the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre celebrates its 10th anniversary. It's been a "to-year success story," says director Judy Nasby. The relation ship between the four sponsoring bodies - the University, the City of Guelph, the County of Wellington and the Wellington County Board of Educatio n - is unique in North America. More than 27,000 people visited the art centre in 1989, and more than 20 exhibitions from Canada and around the world are shown each year. The University's art collection most of which has been donated by alumni - forms the bulk of its hold ings. Acquisitions, gifts and commis sions have built the ceOlre's collection to more than 3,000 works, with 200 new pieces added each year. The size of the collection and the ambitious nature of the exhibition program have contributed (0 the centre's reputation as one of Canada's more prominent univer sity-affiliated art galleries. Nasby

says this wouldn't have been pos sible without alumni support. "This (alumni) commitment can be traced to the firsl work purchased when students sold used newspapers to raise the $500 pur chase price of Tom Thomson's 'The Drive' in 1926," she says.

Coming Events FLORIDAAlumni Picnic, March 3 North Port Yacht Club Speaker: Dr. Richard Barham, Dean , College of Family & Consumer Studies For reservations, call Don Moffa", OAC '46, at 813-624-2064; Bob Skipper, OAC '48A and B.Sc. '51 , at 904-588-2013; or Rosemary Clark , Mac '59, at Alumni House, University of Guelph, 519-824-4120. LONDONAlumni Dinner Theatre Second City Performance Feb. 17, 1990 For details, call Noreen Broadwell, Mac '540, at 519-473-5708. OACDlpioma Hockey Tournament Feb. 17 and 18 at U of G's new rink. Call Greg Cornforth , OAC '81 A, at 416-659-1906.

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Fun

Homecomtng '89 was the biggest ever, wtlh an estimated 15,000 people taking part tn the Sept. 28 to 30 weekend acttvlties.

More than 2,000 people auended a Bruce Cockburn concert held Friday night. Earlier in his career, Cockburn was a popular performer on campus, giving several concerts here in Ihe 1970s. A number of alumni took ad vantage of Ihe dinner Ihealre held Saturday evening at The Arboretum. Graduates of OAC '64A used the event to stage a special class reunion. Browsing at Ihe Guelph Collec tibles Fair was a popular activity on Sunday. And the afternoon Eric Nagler concert was a favorite with the next generation of Guelph alumni.

Football The Gryphons made Homecom ing '89 memorable wilh a 20 to 3 win over Ihe McMaster Marauders. It was a greal year for Gryphon football. The team finished Ihe season wilh a 5-2 record and lost to Toronto by only one point in the semi-final round of the Ontario University Ath letic Association (OUAA) playoffs. Gryphon quarterback Mike Shoemaker was named the OUAA Omega Award winner as most out standing player in the league and was a finalist for the Hec Crighton Award, given annually to the most outstanding college football player in Canada. Mike is enrolled in Ihe bachelor of commerce program in consumer studies.

Mike Shoemaker

Past winners 0/ the Wildman trophy got together lor brunch during Jlomecoming '89. PU:tured in the front row are (left to right): Jack Cote, 50-51; Rob KCI'th, 59-60; Steve Stewart, 69 70; Ah Folland, 34-35; Frank MacDonald, 36 37; and Bob Mclay, 88 89. In the back row are (left to right): Dar;d Copp, director 0/ athletics; Ray German, 62-63; Bitt Sproule, 58-59; Dave Ilume, 61-62; Jim Farrell, 87-88; Mike Knighton, 86-87; Bill MitcheiJ, 37-38; Bob Bil lin, 56-57,. and Murray Stewart, representing Canada Packers, which sponsored the get together.

Fans The Gryphon spirit was at it best during Homecoming '89. About 500 students and alumni mended a foot ball pep rally at noon Friday. The Gryphon cheerleading squad and comedian Mark Labelle - a favorite at campus events - helped build the enthusiasm. A parade of 12 floats led everyone to Alumni Stadium in time for the pre-game warm-up. The Central Stu dent Association (CSA) organized the parade and awarded a prize for best float to the CBS student govern ment entry.

The parade led Gryphon supporters 10 the gates oJAlumni Stadium .

Fitness The annual swim meet on Satur day morning hosted 25 alumni swimmers in compeliLion with cur rent Guelph swimmers, who, at press lime , were ranked fifth (women's team) and sixth (men's team) in Canada. Seven different relay events helped competitors build up an ap petite for the pancake breakfast hosted by swim coach Alan Fairweather, CBS '75 , afler the meeL

Jocelyn wants a peek, too, as big brother, Malcolm, chats with Griffat the alu mnistudent barbecue. Mom is UGM president Karin Davidson-Taylor.

Friendships

Gnffgives a new student his first tour oJ Alumnillouse.

Alumni who came to I Iomecoming to renew old friendships also made some new oncs at the Student Alumni Association barbecue on Thursday evening. More than 1,000 hot dogs were served in less than an hour, and Griff made a surprise visiL Held at Alumni House, the event also served as an open house for students and alumni making their first visit to the building. Many others dropped in at Alumni House before the game on Saturday to see the facility. In addition to several class reunions, Homecoming '89 featured a special student leaders' reunion that brought together about 70 past and present members of CSA, Interhall council and other student organizations. It was a time LO recount the special memories of working together to organize and host campus events. A number of hospitality rooms, sponsored by business and industry groups, drew alumni together to enjoy complimentary pizza and refreshments.

Guelph researchers part of selected centres of excellence

by Owen Roberts Eight University researchers will take part in the $240-million federal networks of centres of excellence program, and four more who ap plied to the program are likely to receive funding from other sources to support their network. The networks, which integrate the research efforts of Canadian univer sities, industry and government, were announced last fall by Guelph MP Bill Winegard, minister of state for science and technology, and are considered the flagship of the federal government's new thrust into science and technology. Funded researchers at Guelph in clude Profs. Terry Beveridge. Anthony Clarke, Joe Lam, Reggie Lo, Roselynn Stevenson and Chris Whitfield of the Department of Microbiology; Mary Mcleish, Com puting Information and Science; and Bryan Henry, Chemistry and Biochemistry. In addition. Profs. Victor Ujimoto. Sociology and Anthropology; Alun Joseph, Geography; Benjamin Gottlieb, Psychology; and Anne

Martin Matthews, director of the Gerontology Research Centre, ap pear destined to receive support out side of the program. "Networking - bringing together scientists from various disciplines and institutions without constraint on distance - is a relatively new concept," says Dean of Research Larry Milligan. •Amalgamating some of the best scientific minds from across Canada will yield great benefits in science, and I think the federal government will see it as one good start for science into the next decade." Guelph researchers were in volved in two dozen applications. The three receiving funding were: "Bacterial Disease: Molecular Strategies for the Study and Control of Bacterial Pathogens of Humans, Animals, Fish and Plants," which in volves scientists at 11 olher Canadian universities, government research organizalions and in dustries and has a proposed budget of $21.7 million; the Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems, which has a team of] 9 collaborators

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and a proposed budget of $31.7 mil lion; and the Centre of Excellence for Molecular and Interfacial Dynamics. involving 15 other research institu tions and a proposed budget of$21.5 million. Winegard is seeking funding else where for the Guelph project "Promoting Independence a n d Productivity in an Aging Society," which involves Ujimoto. Joseph, Gottlieb and Martin Matthews. The successful applications were selected by a peer review committee of23 leading international scientists, as well as an advisory comminee of eminent Canadians. Scientific excel lence was the basis for the evalua tion. with industrial relevance , networking and adminislra tion being the other important factors. Winegard, whose ministry co ordinated the application a nd review process, said the netw rks are an integral part of the national science and technology strategy, and will begin a new era of col laboration and networking among researchers at institutions and com panies across Canada.

If you care about this planet Study the issues confronting the world today in the University of Guelph course "The 5,000 Days." By the year 2000. our resources could be close to depletion as population saturation approaches and quality of life decreases. You can learn how to make a difference by studying the realities and the alternatives. "The 5,000 Days" focuses on environmental, population and food issues, religion and war. Whether you live in Kamloops or Kitchener, this challenging distance education course is open to you. It is available for credit towards a degree or may be taken for general interest only.

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Continuing Education plans to meet alumni needs

by Judith A. Colbert (Editor's note: This is the second of a two-parl series on the history of Contlnutng Education.) When Mark Waldron became director of the Office of Continuing Education in August 1971, there were few signs offuture growth. The correspondence courses in horticul ture and agriculture had been moved from the Department of Ex tension Education to Continuing Education, and some community education courses were being of fe red. "The office was new, n says Waldron. "There was no co-ordinat ing structure for the whole campus, no committee system, no approval stru ctures, no program as such. The director's office was in Room 143 in Johnston Hall , where it is today, and there were just two staff members, who are still associated with the school - my secretary, Laura Peters, and Virginia Gray, who is now chair of the Division ofContinuing Educa tion. "Then, as now, there was a good deal of activity in the professional

Mark Waldron

development area within both OVC and OAC. I remember particularly the leadership of Tom Hulland at avc and Stan Young, OAC '49, who continues to administer OAC's extension programs. n Two of the first faculty that Waldron met were Percy Smith and John Melby. Smith had much to do with shap ing the academic character of the developing University in his position as academic vice-preSident Melby is author of the Atms and Objecttves of the UntversttyofGuelph, which was published in 1972. That document affirmed the prin ciple of continuing education as an integral part of the University's philosophy. In 1985, Toward2000: Challenges and Responses stated that Guelph would "continue to develop im aginaLive and inventive programs for education for life. n But the tone of the 1980s is dif ferent, says Waldron. "The '80s have been years of consolidation and refinement, moving toward more professionally oriented courses that provide certification and relate to immediate job situations. " This changing character of con tinuing education fits well with the mandate of what is now known as the University School of Continuing Education to provide professional development opportunities for a wide range of people. "Part of our three-year plan is to determine the needs of alumni, to find out what we can do for them," says Gray. "In addition to our focus on the community, we have a responsibility to keep our graduates current in their chosen fields. Whether they be teachers, agrologists, veterinarians, re searchers, counsellors, pu blic health inspectors or food industry person nel, we want them to be able to return to the campus to get the addi tional information they need to keep up to date. n And alumni are responding. Of the more than 300 participants in "All in the Family, n a 1987 program spon

sored by Continuing Education and FACS, about half were Mac-FACS grads. The Division of Continuing Education must also provide a "neutral forum for the expression of ideas and use campus resources to allow people to make enlightened decisions about the social, economic and political issues of the day," says Gray. Indeed, timeliness is a charac teristic of many continuing educa tion courses, including those offered for degree credit. "Distance educa tion courses can be developed rela tively quickly,· says Richa rd Leavens, chair of the Division of Dis tance EducaLion. "For that reason, they are able to deal with timely sub ject matter. Because people from a variety of fields can be brought together in the development stage, they are also particularly able to reflect the interdiSciplinary nature of current thought." The Division of Independent Study has always been in the forefront in the use of audio-visual materials - audiotapes, slides, visi strips and videotape. Indeed, current Indepe n de nt Study chair Bill Culp has just an nounced the launch of the division's first video-delivered co u rse, "Managing Rural Enterprise." "What's special about this project is that people will be able to use their own home VCRs as learning tools," he says. Like continuing education, the community has changed in 20 years. Boards of education a nd other groups are now offering programs of their own for general education. "We helped found the Guelph and Region Association for Continuing Education (GRACE) and spawned what has become a highly successful Third Age Learning program,· says Waldron. In particular, the school is inter ested in serving the learning needs of Guelph alumni, at home and abroad. "Let us know how we can help,· says Waldron, "and we will do OUf best."

Alumni Weekend '90 will bring

Reunions

University friendships can last forever. And the 1990s can be a time of renewal for friendships established at the University of Guelph. Alumni Weekend, scheduled this year for June 22,t024, is the traditional time for . .. class reunions, and many are already planned. Celebrating special anniv.ersaries are: . • OAC '25, '30, '35,.'40, '45, 'SO, '~5;

. 'SSA, '60, '60A, '65, '6SA,.

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, 'lOA, '75, '80 ari~ '85 .. Mac '25, '30, '35, '55, '65 and'70 • OVC '40, '50 ,ail~ '55 . • CBS '75, 'So and "SS These classes will hold reu:nion hrncheons on Saturday, foUowed that evening by a. Golden Aimiversiuy Dinner. ... . Former residents of Glengarry, East ResidenCe, suites are also invited , to altend an Alumni Weekend reunibn,

Alumni make the most ofa reunion .

Awards A hjghlight of Alumni Weekend is the President's ' Picnic and the presentation of the' URiversityof Guelph Alll:nlni A;ssociation (UdAA) ,awards. The.A.lumnus of Honour citation recogniZes Significant contribu ,tions ,to a Canadian cause, tommunity service, science or education, business, industry, the arts or ~umni .affairs. The Alt.irilni Medal of Achievement is presentedlo a graduate of last 10 years for contrlb.u tions to country, community, profession or the world of arts and letters, . Nominations for both awards will be accepted un,til April 1. To obtain a nomination form, pllone or writf:: ' ' , Honou11> & Awards Committee Alumni House, University of Guelph . Guelph; Ontario Nl G 2Wl 519-824-4120, Ext. 6544.

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Kids enjoy themselves.

Association meetings The UGAA and individual college alumni associations will hold th~ir . annual meetings. June Weekend. . .23 and 24 at Alumni . ,

Speciol events , Special activities planned for All;JIllfli Weekend '89·inc1ucIe: facilities at Alumni Ifouse . ' a children's prQgram that will and the University's new child-care faciljty. • a family-oriented n~ture walk through The Arboretum, spon sQred by the CBS Alumni AssOCiation. , '. conce.riS..onFriday evening after the welcoming alumni bar becue and again Suridayafternoon as' part of the champagne brunch served on the Alumni HoUse patio. • . baseball at the annual slo-pitch tournament • 'spedal programs offered by the Di~ion ofContinuing Edu<4 tion to fill in free time between ~ctivities.

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June 22-24 'Alumni Weekend . Highlights •

Friday

All Day- Registration Evening - Welcome barbecue Concert. and dessert partY

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Doug Martin, Maurice Wiancko and Russell Fontaine, all OAC '39, prove that remembering old times leads to good times at Alumni Weekend,

Saturday

All Day - Registration · Tours of Alumni House Tours of campus . Children's program .. . Sio-pitch lO)Jmament Morning - Nature walk , A1unm,1 association meetings' . Continuing education progr;uns Noon President's Picnic Award presentations CBS picnic ClasS reunion luncheons Evening - Golden Anniversary Dinner Class reunion dinners

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Sunday

Morning - Church serVice Tours of Alumni House UGAA annu,al meeting . Farewell brunch and concert

The President s Picnic is a time Jor goodJood and good times,

Ajina/program with reunion aclMty details and locations, as well as' a , rilgiStration form, will be printed in April and mailed to a'll reunion classes and groups. Ifyou are,not pan, oJOne oJ these groups but would like to plan a get-together, pleasefiJI in the Jorm below orpbone (519) 824-4120, ExI.2102.

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Agricultural research explores the non-traditional

Infont research Researchers in the Department of Animal and Poultry Science are studying the response of piglets to intravenous solutions as a model for premature babies. Supported by the Medical Re search Council of Canada, the col laborative effort with Toronto's Hospital for Sick Chlldren may help to decrease the incidence of health problems in Wants. Many of the problems faced in the management of premature babies are related to nutritional problems, says graduate student Linda Wykes. "In their nutritional requirements, pigs resemble humans in more ways than any other non-primate mam malian species. " And premature babies share spe cial traits with their porcine counter parts. Both have a lower fat content and less thermal insulation and ener

gy reserve, higher metabolic rates and hlgher rates of protein turnover.

An artificlol discovery A serendipitous event has led Guelph researchers to the discovery of "artificial" geraniums, which could be a boon to the worldwide $700-million-a-year geranium in dustry. Horticultural science research as sociate Albert Marsolais, OAC M.Sc. '82, master'S student David Wilson and technician TannJs SUm mon, OAC '82 and M.Sc. '88, were surprised to fmd that cell culture ex periments they were conducting on resistance to bacterial blight had ac cidentally produced somatic embryos, the basis ofartificial seeds. "Bacterial blight nearly wiped out the entire geranium industry three years ago ," says research co- ordinator ProE. Jim Tsujita . •Artificial

Ducks: a better flyswatter?

Last summer, several Ontario farmers tried something new to con trolllies inside their dairy and swine barns. Ducks. Jake Bouwman, OAC 'BOA, ex perimented with Muscovy ducks on his Belwood-area dairy farm and says he'll stick with them. Bouwman has a 40-cow milking herd, housed in a free -stall barn with com puterized feeding stalls. He says he cut back on the use of insecticides by 75 to BO per cent and had better fly control with the ducks. The on-farm trials were part of a research project conducted by en vironmental biology graduate stu dent Barry Glofcheskie, under the direction of Prof. Gord Surgeoner, OAC '71 and M.Sc. '73. "Sanitation is still the number one consideration,n says Surgeoner, "but for supplementary fly control, Mus covy ducks appear to outperfo rm everything else. " In one lab test, a five-week-old Muscovy duck devoured 326 flies in less than an hour. In another test, du cks placed in separate eight cubic-foot cages containing 1()() flies

Muscovy ducks at work .

each were able to eliminate S(l per cent of the flies in only 30 minutes. Part of the ducks' success lies in the fact that they can get close to livestock and actually pluck flies 01T the animals' hides, without harming or alarming them. Economically, the ducks make more sense than other fly-control devices, says Glofcheskie. Season long fl y removal by mechanical means costs between $171 and $155, but Muscovy ducks cost only about $2 each ... and can be sold fo r a profit when mature.

seeds could be a surprise solution to the problem. The researchers have produced artificial seeds for two popular bed ding varieties and, through a process developed by crop scientists Bryan McKersie and Tissa Senaratna, OAC M.Sc. '82 and PhD '85, they've been able to dry the seeds fo r storage. The process may eliminate the plant health problems created by propagation through cuttings or cloning.

Reducing chemical use A three -year research strategy co ordinated by crop scientis t Clarence Swanton, OAC M.Sc. '77, has won support from OMAF's pest management program, whi ch is designed to cut in half the use of pesticides and herbicides in Ontario by the turn of the century. A $620,000 grant will be used to mount four separate studies. The first, directed by Swanton, deals with determining the critical period for weed control in corn and soybeans. The second study, led by Prof. DavId Hume, OAC '61 and M.Sc. '63, involves organic crop produc tion and reduced herbicide use. The trurd part of the research pro gram deals with a computer simula tion of the effect of weed competition in corn and soybeans, Jed by Prof. MatthJjs Tollenaar, OACPhD '76. The final study , directed by agri cultural e conomist Peter Stonehouse, OAC '70 and M. Sc. '71, will analyse the economics of low input agriculture and alternative sys tems for weed managemen t in Ontario field crops.

OACANNUAL

CURLING BONSPIEL

March 30 and 31 Guelph Curling Club and

Guelph Country Club

For details, call Betsy Allan,

Alumni Office, 519-824-4 120,

Ext. 6533.

OAC News

Robert McLaughlin named new OAe dean ogy, soil conservation programs, the Ontario Institute of Pedology and the Ontario Agriculture Energy Centre. Mclaughlin was close to the workings of the OAC dean's office even during his student years. While in graduate school, he was a hall adviser in Johnston Hall. He and his wife, KathIe Oohnson), CBS '75, lived in an apartment located direct ly over the dean's office. Kathie is now working for the Guelph Humane Society, where she co-ordinates an educational pro gram for elementary schoolchildren. The McLaughlins have two children: Andrew, 7; and Mary Beth, 5.

Robert (Rob) Mclaughlin, OAC

'69 and PhD 77. will be OAC's new dean, effective Aug. 1. He succeeds Dean Freeman McEwen. McLaughlin brings to the position experience in primary agriculture, agricultural education and research, policy development and fmancial management. Since 1985, he has served as the executive director of OMAF's Guelph-based education and research division. In that capacity, he is responsible for an $80-million education and re search program through a decentral ized network of eight line branches, including five colleges, 22 research stations and the contract for research and services with U of G. McLaughlin says his first priority as dean will be to change the exter nal attitude towards Guelph 's agricultural programs. "Demographics show that stu dents aren't going to come from the farm anymore and fill up OAC," he says. ·We must do a better job of promoting our non -traditional strengths - our involvement in such socially significant areas as environ mental research, animal welfare, rural development, and food safety, quality and nutritional value.• These strengths reflect a change in both potential job opportunities for OAC graduates and a shift in the college's traditional clients, he says. Guelph alumni may be the best indicators of the changes taking place in the agricultural industry, says Mclaughlin. The career paths of early OAC graduates and the new job opportunities open to more recent graduates demonstrate that both the college and the industry have expanded well beyond production agriculture, he says. Alumni can help to improve public perceptions of the University'S strengths, says Mclaughlin, who believes alumni should be better informed about academic and research programs that cut across college boundaries. Mclaughlin believes the public is also interested in the massive range and amount of research taking place

Dr. Robert Mclaughlin

at the University, and he is anxious to promote it. "The dean has to raise the pronte of this research to show people how the resulting new knowledge relates to their lives and their concerns,» he says. Mclaughlin has a lifelong associa tion with Ontario agriculture and OAe. His father, George, OAC '46, earned membership in the Order of Canada for his contributions to agriculture, and now chairs the On tario Farm Debt Review Board Rob Mclaughlin earned a bachelor's degree in crop science in 1969, then returned to the family farm. Four years later, he was back on campus to complete a PhD in plant breeding and genetics. He stayed with the University for five more years. He developed and co-ordinated the Department of Crop Science's extension activities, directed its research station program and held a part-time teaching posi tion, including an appointment to the Faculty of Graduate Studies. In 1982, MCLaughlin was ap pointed director of OMAF's plant in dustry branch, which was responsible for advisory services in field and horticulttl rc crops, and soil and pest management. This branch was also responsible for administra tion of the Weeds Act, agroclirnatol

Soil conservationist honored The 1989 H.R. MacMillan Laureate in Agriculture has been awarded to Saskatchewan senator Herbert O. Sparrow for his leadership in soil conservation. The award recognizes the most significant contribution to Canadian agriculture during the past five years. Sparrow is the founder of Soil Conservation Canada and author of the 1984 report Sot! at Risk, Canada's Eroding Future. Credited with raising the public's awareness of the need for soil conservation, he has travelled throughout the world highlighting the problems of soil degradation and promoting solu tions. Sparrow farms in the North Bat tle ford , Sask.. area and has been a senator since 1968. He has served as chair of the standing Senate commit tee on agriculture, fisheries and forestry, as well as comminees on foreign affairs, transportation and communications, poverty and mass media. The H.R. MacMillan Laureate in Agriculture consists of a cash award of $10,000 and an engraved scroll. It is presented at five-year intervals from a trust fund established by the late H.R. MacMillan, OAC '06, and administered by the University.

Alumni innovations feature newspapers, videos. computers

"Bundle Buddy"

Blue ribbon video

Motivated by the age-old problem of having mountains of newspapers pile up, Steven and June Smlth, OAC '75 and FACS '74, have found a way to make newspaper recycling painless. They call their invention "Bundle Buddy.· It's a plastic-coated wire frame unit that hold the newspapers until they are ready to be bundled. The unit comes com plete with built-in string dispenser and safety cutter to make bundling in small or large piles an easy task. Bundle Buddy was designed to complement blue box recycling pro grams, which require that news papers be bundled separately, says Steven, a Guelph microbiology major. June used her consumer studies background to condu ct a market survey and an in-home trial program for the gadget.

Helmut Spleser, OAC '77 (Eng.), was the writer, producer and host of an award-winning educational video that was a joint venture of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food and the University's Inde pendent Study Division. The video, "Field Crop Sprayer Calibration," won a blue ribbon from the American Sodety of Agricultural Engineers. "The video shows a systematic technique to accurately calibrate field sprayers," says Spieser, an OMAF agricultural engineer. "The technique utilizes a graduated cylinder and a simple formula to determine nozzle application rate." Independent Study now has 40 educational videos available to adult learners interested in agriculture and horticulture. Many of these videos are available at county OMAF offices or can be purchased on campus at $35 a copy.

Steven Smith Buggy.

demonstr~s

the Bundle

Steven says most users like it be cause it offers a neat and organized way to recycle newspapers.

Turfgras$ centre to be built In January, the Ontario Turfgrass Research Foundation . launched a campaign to complete furj.ding of a $1. 5-miUion research and iruorrna,tion centre that will house the Guelph Turfgrass In. '. stitute (GU). Under the chairm:1nShipof Clay Switzer; OAC '51, the fund-raising committee of the fou.ndanon Will build on the $200,000 that' has al ready been committed by. mem~ bers of the turfgrass industry. . Construction is expected to begin this summer on a 53-acre OMAF site on Victoria Road, ad jacent to tlie Universitl"s Ar~ boretum. The centre will include research ~acilities, public . areas for exten sion efforts, office space and eqUipment storage. It will offer publk access to publications and computer referen~ and a direct computerlink tp otherinternation al turfg~ centres. GTI was established in 1987 to ' conduct research and extensi,o n

,and provide ' information on, turf'grass production and manage- ' ment to members of the $l -billion a-year Canadian business. " Theftrst of its kind in Canada, the institute is already recognized as a .world-class centre for re search, extension and profes sidnal ' development, says environmental biology professor Chris Hall, GTI's new director. The new research and information centre will aid in the transfer of technology to the industry and the generat'public. Gn is a joint project of the On tario Turfgrass Research Founda tion, whose industry members are funding Construction of the new researCh and information centre, as well as contributing on an on going basis to turf research; OMAP, which has donated the land and will maintain the new building; and the University, which provides research and management st'a1T to carry out the ,institute's mandate.

Computer sniffing Chris Findlay, OAC M.Sc. '83, is computerizing the sdence of sniff ing. And tasting. And touching. And listening. A computer software package developed on campus through a re search contract with Findlay's Guelph-based company, Com pusense Inc. , is being used by ma jor multinational companies like General Foods and Avon to deter mine what will find i[S way to the supper table, snack bowl or vanity. "Virtually any sort of consumer preference can be measured this way," says Findlay. "This product is flexible enough to assess everything from the smoothness of whiskey to the crunch of pataCO chips." Sealed in front of a video display terminal, subjects taste a cookie, smell a piece ofcheese or rub a facial tissue on their cheek, then touch a light-sensitive pen to a point on a graduated line on the screen that parallels their preference for the product. The resulting signal is relayed electronically to a central computer source for tabulation.

CBS News

Fossil collection expands research focus The efforts ofCBSfaculty in the Depart ment ofZoology have produced a teach ing andresearch program in ichthyology that is one ofthe largest atany academic institution in Canada.

Eugene Balon For Prof. Eugene Balon, whose current research is on the develop mental and evolutionary biology of fish, the Axelrod collection will be particularly valuable to his work on the coelacanth. The living coelacanth is

descended from a grou p of fish

whose physical characteristics could

mean they are ancestors of all land

vertebrates. Fossils of its relatives

exist from about 400 million to 70

million years ago, when they disap

peared from the fossil record. It was thought they were extinct, but a trawler crew caught a live one in 1938 ofT the eastern cape of South Africa. That discovery of a living coelacanth is more important than if someone came across a li ve dinosaur, Balon says. The coelacanth's family history is much older and more relevant to evolution than that of the dinosaurs. Since 1938, about 180 specimens have been caught off the coast of the Comoro Islands. During his last sab batical, Balon collaborated with col leagues in South Africa and West Germany to compile a comprehen sive summary of coelacanth re search. He co-founded the Coelacanth Conservation Council to

protect the fish from human com mercial exploitation. Balon holds an honorary cross appointment as a research associate at the Royal Ontario Museum, and was a visiting research fellow at the

].L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology and Rhodes University in 1986/87. He also founded and edits the in ternational journal Environmental

Biology ofFtshes.

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Eugene Balon and David Noakes with one of the Axelrodfossils .

says Prof. David Noakes, a specialist in fish behavior. "It's like a detective story," he says. "Fossils are the most compelling evidence in biological history. I study 'dead' fish to learn more about living ones, and vice versa." Animal behavior is determined both by the animal's physical charac teristics and its Su ' ~oundings . The size and shape of a fISh's fins, for example, influence where it will live and how fast it can swim. That's why it's possible to draw conclusions about the behavior of the fossil species, says Noakes . Through a comparative study of the physical attributes ofliving and fossil species, scientists can make inferen ces about the ways the fossil species behaved when they were living. Noakes studies a number of fish species such as charr, lrout and min nows. He's also doing research on a member of the killifish group, the only vertebrate that is a self fertiliZing, functioning her maphrodite. Noakes is interested in

how these fish behave towards

others ofthe same species and, more fundamentally, how they manage to survive without the genetic diversity

of male/ female coupling.

represents a "tremendous oppor tunity" to learn more about the origins of physiologicallraits seen in modem fish species . "There are a lot of question marks around physiological evolution that we're only beginning to interpret," says Leathcrland. "Access to these fossils will help physiologists under stand the role environmental forces had in shaping the physiology of modern fish ." Leatherland believes the collec tion will create a new focus on paleontology at Guelph, which will be beneficial to the Department of Zoology as a whole. "Up until now, we've dealt with paleontology in a general way as part of our interest in the process of evolution, but we haven't had a col lection to use. n

Lcatherland is founder and editor in-chief of the scientific journal Fish

David Noakes Using fossils to determine how fish behaved 100 million years ago may seem impossible, but it's not,

John Leathertand

For Prof. John Leatherland, the ar

rival of the Axelrod fossil collection

John Leatherland

PhystologyandB1ocbemlstry. His re search deals primarily with how hor mones regulate the growth and development of fish.

Bill Beamish As a zoologist, Prof. Bill Beamish is anxious to study the fossils con tained in the Axelrod collection. So far, "most fossils have been looked at by geologists and not many zoologists," says Beamish. But he believes the Axelrod collection will provide an opportunity for a variety of experts to pool their perspectives. Beamish's research involves the study oflamprey biology. The primi tive fishes in the collection may pro vide answers to some of the questions we have about today's lamprey species, he says. In addition to his teaching and research commitments at the Univer sity, Beamish is a Canadian commis sioner on the Great Lakes Fisheries Commission. He is also a director of the Canadian Wildlife Federation, a member of Ontario Hydro's En vironmental Advisory Panel, the Na tional Research Council of Canada's Committee on Scientific Criteria for Environmental Quality, and the On tario Renewable Resources Research Grants Program.

Bill Beamish

Don Stevens Prof. Don Stevens says having the Axelrod fossil collection come to Guelph is great not just because of what it is, but because of what it isn't - high tech. ·People [end to get a little over hyped with the bio-tech business," sa ys Stevens, a comparative phYSiologist. "Looking at fossils is at

the other end of the spectrum. " nus is important, he says, because "it puts biology back into perspec tive, and will help people to ap preciate that there are scientists interested in the biology of whole animals in addition to those inter ested in just molecules and genes. " Stevens, who is on sabbatical at Texas A & M University, is ex perimentally testing a computer model of fish respiratory systems. Focusing on the red drum, a sport and food fish native to Texas, he is trying to learn how to predict the determining factors, environmental and otherwise, that limit the amount of oxygen a fish can extract from the water. He is also an assistant editor for the journal Flsb Physiology and Biochemistry.

Glen Van Der Kraak

Supported by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, the project focuses on the effects of pulp mill effluent. The researchers have found sub lethal effects of the toxins on reproduction in the white sucker. ·We're thinking of it as an early monitoring system of the effects of toxins on the fish in a body ofwater," he says, ·and it could have implica tions for humans. "

Moira Ferguson

Don Stevens

Glen Van Der Kraak Dr. Glen Van Der Kraak, an NSERC research fellow in zoology, studies reproductive physiology in fish. The long-term objective of his re search program is to understand how multiple hormone signals are integrated to co-ordinate ovarian growth and development Ilis re search also addresses practical ap plicatiOns dealing with aquaculture and environmental concerns. Van Oer Kraak is looking at ways to control and improve reproduction in several varieties of carp in China. Carp are an important food source there, but the success of aquaculture projects is limited because the ftsh don't reproduce well in captivity. He is also working with col leagues at the University of Waterloo to study environmental effects on reproductive physiology of fish.

The Axelrod fossil collection will promote a greater cohesiveness among the ichthyologists at the University, says Prof. MoIra Ferguson, CBS '79 and M.Sc. 82. It will provide a focus for people with similar interests and give the University a higher profUe in this re search area, she says. Having an identifiable group of ichthyologists and the unique study materials offered by the collection will also help to attract research grants and students to the University, she says. Ferguson's research focuses on the adaptive significance of struc tural and regu latory gene variation in salmonid fishes, and the genetics of morphological variation in Arctic charr.

Moira Ferguson

ove News

Eagles move into new residence

In the reading room of the o ve Library hangs a new portrait of the late Dr. Andrew L. McNabb. At the Dve '49 reunion last summer, the class presented the portrait and a donation ofmore than S3, (X)() to sup port the development of a learning centre at 0 Vc. McNabb became prin cipal of ove the year the class en rolled.

Trust fund honors Canadian horse

OVC has launched a new effort to help fund equine-related research with the Dynasty Equine Trust Named for the famous dressage horse that led the Canadian team [Q a bronze medal at the Seoul Olym pics, the trust fund is aimed at ad vancing health care for horses through the generation of new knowledge and the training of equine specialists. It will support in vestigations into common develop mental, health and behavior problems in horses. The Ontario government and the organized horse industry are the traditional sponsors of equine re search (primarily through the Equine Research Centre), but the equine trust will provide an avenue of support for horse owners, horse clubs, organizations and the general public. Dynasty was admitted to OVC's Teaching Hospital last summer for treatment ofsurgical colic. Despite a concerted effort by veterinarians and technicians, the horse's condition was found to be untreatable. Dynasty died, but his memory lives on among thousands of Canadians who remember the ex citement of watching him compete with rider Cindy Ishoy. Ishoy and Dynasty's owner, Janet Burns, have voiced appreciation for the honor of

having the equine trust named after their horse. The Dy nasty Equine Trust is similar in concept to OVC's highly successful Pet Trust, which supports companio n-animal research, and will also be operated by a board of trustees. Donations can be made "in memoriam " to acknowledge a relationship someone has had with an animal, "in appreciation" for high-quality veterinary care or to honor someone and "by bequest," leaving a donation through a w ill. Contri b utors to the Dynasty Equine Trust can also allocate dona tions to an area of special interest or perceived need. Donations are tax deductible and can be made through the OVC dean's office.

30-year veteran

moves on Dr. Ted Valli, OVC '62, M.Sc. '66 and PhD '70, has been appointed dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the University ofIllinois. Valli's administrative roles at OVC have included aSSistant, associate and full professor of pa thology, department chair 0979-84) and as sociate dean. He taught a graduate course in hematology for 19 years, supervised 20 doctoral students and helped lay the groundwork for OVC's irradiation therapy unit.

Three bald eagles will be the first inhabitants of some speCially designed flight cages that will im prove the rehabilitation capabilities of OVC's Wild Bird Clinic. The cages were designed by Catherine McKeever, director of the Owl Rehabilitation Research Foun dation in Vineland, and were built by volunteers under the direction of Brian RatclHfe, CBS '79, a biologist at Vineland. The spacious cages will permit injured birds to exercise their wings and gain strength before returning to the wild. The eagles were injured in the wild, probably by hunters - one on the west coast of British Columbia, one in Northern Ontario and one in New Brunswick, says clinic director Dr. Bruce Hunter. Two of the eagles will remain permanently at the Wild Bird Clinic. Chinook's injury has left him blind in one eye, and Buster has become "human-imprinted" because of his lengthy rehabilitation. Handlers tried to release him to the wild in a B.C. park, but he preferred the com pany of humans and w ould land on a hiker's shoulder or drop in unex pectedly at a picniC lunch. The third eagle will be released when its wing injury has healed and flight capabilities are restored. Financial support for the Oight cage project came as money and materials from indi viduals, busi nesses and foundations .

Educational opportunities The Dairy Health Manage me nt Certificate Program is offering three workshops this spring - "Microcomputing for Bovine Practitioners" in March, "Advanced Dairy Nutrition" in May and "Food Animal Prac tice" inJune. For more informa tion , call Jim Stowe, OVC's coordinator of professional af fairs and extension, at 519-824 4120, Ext. 4426.

ove research evc faculty receive bronze trophy The shipping fever vaccine for cat tle developed on campus by OVC professors PatricIa Shewen, '75, M.Sc. '79, PhD '82 , and Bruce WilkJe, '65, was awarded a bronze trophy last November by the Canadian government. The vaccine, developed at Guelph in conjunction with the Ontario Min istry of Agriculture and Food, placed third in the "inventions" category of the 1989 Canada Awards for Busi ness Excellence. Guelph was the only un iversity among the 27 finalists. A story in the summer 1988 issue of the Alumnus described the work of Shewen and Wilkie in the development of the vaCcine, which is licensed with Langford Inc. of Guelph. It has been sold in Canada under the brand name Presponse since late 1988 and in the United States since last summer. Early field results show the product can save cattle producers an average of $16.32 per animal in los ses from shipping fever. It is es timated the respiratory disease costs North American producers of feedlot cattle $600 million a year.

Research brings hope for asthmatics Guelph scientists are involved in a study of equine asthma. or heaves. that will provide a better under standing of human asthma. A stumbling block in asthma re search has been the inability of scientists to study samples of muscle and tissues from human lungs during episodes of coughing, wheezing or gagging, says David Tesarowski, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Clinical Studies. "Although the symptoms of asthma are well documented, no one has been able to show why the airways in asthmatics go into spasm while the airways in people without

asthma do not, even when breathing the identical air, • he says. Under the supervision of profes sors laurent Viet, M.Sc. 'BO, PhD '84, and Wayne McDonell, '65, M.Sc. '69, Tesarowski is developing unprecedented humane techniques for collecting and studying tracheal muscle tissue samples from horses during bouts of the heaves. The potential for advancing knowledge in human asthma is significant, he says.

Commitment to embryo research A major commitment from the On tario governme n t and Semex Canada has advanced the University's leadership in animal embryo transfer technology. A $6.5-million, four-year research project to develop procedures for cost-effective sexing, preservation, transfer and cloning of cattle embryos has received support from the Premier's Council Technology Fund, the Ministry ofAgriculture and Food and the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Technology, as well as Semex Canada and the Canadian As sociation of Animal Breeders. The ability to eventually market sexed, frozen or cloned embryos is regarded as the next plateau for the Canadian artificial insemination in dustry, says Prof. Keith Betteridge, Department of Biomedical Sciences. This new technology will help Ontario dairy and beef callie breeders maintain their leadership

evc Distinguished Alumnus Award The deadline for nomina tions for the OVC Distin guished Alumnus Award is April 30. Write or call in your nomination to OVC Awards, Alumni House, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ont. N1G 2W1, 519-824-4120, Ext. 6544.

ALUMNI CHAPTER NEWS The London, Ont., Alumni Chapter held a family picnic last September in London's Springbank Park. Eighty adults and children took advantage of the good weather to enjoy a barbecue, relay races and lots of laughs. Organizers Noreen Broadwell, Mac '54D, and Charles Broadwell, OAC '54, write that "the event proved once again that, no maller what your age, picnics and games can be fun." position in the field of artificial in semination and help increase ex ports, says Monte Kwinter, minister of industry, trade and technology.

Calling all authors Retired OVC professor Cliff Barker, '41, is looking for informa tion about OVC alumni who are also authors. He and David Hull, OAe '63, in the University library hope to com pile a listing of books and other pub lications written by alumni. Whatever the topic or the year, if you 've written a book - or you know of an ove alumnus who has - they'd like to hear from you. Provide as much information as you can, says Hull. Include the exact title, the author's name, publisher and place and date of publication. Contact Barker through the OVC Museum, or Hull at the library.

Good teaching recognized Former ove professor Amreek Singh has been named winner of the University of Prince Edward Island's faculty association teaching award Singh won the Guelph Faculty Association's Professorial Award in 1984. He taughl histology and embryology at OVC for 11 years before moving to the new Atlantic Veterinary College in P.E.I.

CPES News

25th anniversary reflected in stained glass A new stained glass window adorns the College of Physical and Engineering Science in the main foyer. As part of the University's 25th anniversary celebrations last year, the co llege commissioned Neil Hanscomb of Elora, Ont., to design and build the 150-square -foot stained glass work. It is the first rnajar public commission for Hanscomb and the first contemporary leaded glass work to be added to the University's art collection. Before beginning the design, Hanscomb studied some of the modern aspects of the physical and mathematical sciences, as we 11 as the site itself. He talked to campus scien tists to get the background needed to transform modern scientific theories into a design.

A close-up look at one section 0/ the new CPES window.

The glass panel, tilled "Neuer Fak tor,· acknowledges Isaac Newton, chaos, strange attractors, non-linear

functions , new insights in modern scie nti fic theory and questions posed by these new insights.

Recycling idea starts new business

CPS graduates Bruce and Dan Hawkins, '87 and '88, have put recy cling to work for them in a new business that can save money for other business people who use laser printers. Don't throwaway the used cartridge from your laser printer when you can recycle it up to eight times at half the cost of buying a new

one, says Bruce Hawkins, who runs the Guelph-based Upper Canada Computer Systems. Hawkins took advantage of the University's co-op program in com puting sdencc and picked up the idea for his recycling business while working for Ontario Hydro in Toronto.

Bruce Hawkins, CPS '8 7, recycles used cartridges/rom laser printers.

"Most people arc just throwing out thei r used-up cartridges without realizing they could be used again," he says. To recharge - or recycle - a cartridge, Hawkins replenishes the to ner a nd cleans out the toner residue chamber. He also puts new felt on the bar that cleans the roller. There's no trouble with com patibility - most la ser printer brands, including Hewlett Packard, Apple and QMS, use one of two types of cartridges designed by Canon. Considering that new cartridges cost from $139 to $159, the recharged units are a good buy at about half the cost. TIle University has added Hawkins's service to its recycling program. Although recycling the cartridges saves money and garbage, the units do have a limited life, and Hawkins is working with the City of Guelph on how to best dispose of the cartridges that have been recharged the maximum number of times.

Disposable coveralls for farmers A disposable coverall to protect farmers against pesticides has been designed through a joint project of U of G and the University of Alberta. Unlike in other industries, there are no safety or cleaning procedures for garments contaminated by farm cherrucals. The garments are often washed with the family laundry. Alberta master's student Holly van Schoor designed the coveralls under the supervision of consumer studies professor Marjorie Wall, FACS '68 and M.Sc. '70, using a computer assisted design program. The new disposable coveralls are made from a non-w o ven spun bonded polypropylene fabri c, similar to disposable garments worn in hospitals. When field testing is complete, van Schoor pla ns to market the design herself.

Home support for the aged Thousands of elderly people are telling us that "older is better" (see story, page 26), and one of the reasons they feel that way is because many have avoided institutionaliza tion by relying on home support ser vices. There is growing concern, how ever, about the capacity of existing support services to cope with the needs of an increasingly aging population. Family studies professor Anne Martin Matmews, director of the Gerontology Research Centre, and assistant Ardith Shipsides are con ducting a study to determine the ap propriate role ofvisiting homemaker scrvices for the future. "There is a widespread belief that older people have relatively easy ac cess to homemaker services such as meal preparation, cleaning, shop ping and personal care," says Martin Matthews. "People are building this expectation into their strategies for coping with old age. But we don't actually know if ex.isting services are sufficient, or as available, as people think." This study will coincide with another research project the centre is undertaking to review all home sup port services in Ontario.

A woman's 'double day'

creates stress are less likely to have difficulties by Carolyn (Redden) Moore, FACS '84 In the past 30 years, participation by women in the workforce has in creased by 300 per cent. More than half of all women are now working outside the home while they con tinue to be the main caretakers of the home and children. The stress that this "double day" places on women, their families and relationships was the focus of a prese ntation by Marlene Oatman, FACS '7S and CSS MA '78, at the education seminar held in conjunc tion with last year's Mac-FACS an nual meeting. Oatman is a lecturer in the Depart ment of Family Stu dies and a facu lty represe ntative on the Mac-FACS Alumni Association board of direc tors. She des cribed two types of families - the dual worker family and the dual career family. In the dual worker family, both spouses work outside the home, but only one is committed to that work. It is a traditional farruly in that the wife looks after the home, children and domestic chores, and the husband is responsible for home repairs. Husbands in these fa rrulies are be coming more involved in child care, said Oatman, but the wives still do seven times more work at home than their husbands. In the d ual-career family, both spouses are highly committe d to their careers. A major part of their identities is tied in w ith what they do at work, and they constantly seek opportunities to fu rther their educa tion and career. Oatman said dual-career spouses tend to be more equalitarian in their roles at home, bu t wives still con tinue to put three times as much effort into housework and child rearing activities as their husbands. Both worklhome scenarios have affected spousal relationships, said Oatman. But dual-worker families

than dual-career families because both spouses have a greater under standing of their roles and a higher degree of satisfaction with th e relationship. Husbands in dual-career relation ships often feel threatened because the wife is sharing more of the "providing" role, while the wives may feel guilty about not spending more time at home caring for the children. Wives also feel anger be cause they expect, but don't always get, equality both at work and at home. Dual-career spouses have the greater potential for a powerful and rewarding relationship , said Oatman, but they must work harder to make it successfu l. If these couplcs don't have the time or ener gy to spend on their relationships, or if they fail to work out respon sibilities and schedules, they may tend to drift apart and are at risk for separation, she said.

Coming Events

FRANCE The University's 24 al umni living in France have expressed a desire to get together for a social event. The first gathering of this group will be hosted by consumer studies professor Keith Slater, who is supervising the 1990 winter Paris semester. Watch your mail for more information, or contact Slater at the student residence, Maison des Etudiants Canadien, 31 Boulevard Jordan, 75014 Paris. CHICAGO -

All Canada

Unlvershy Dinner (Friends of University of Guelph, Inc.) May 4, $35 per person University Club of Chicago Speaker: Dr. Arnold Naimark President, University of Manitoba Contact: Libbie Kolt Hagen, 608 D. Kinsington Ave., La Grange, Illinois 60525.

Mac - FACS News

Marriage and family therapy program gains accreditation by David Thomas There are two sides to the Mar riage and Family Therapy Centre and they complement each other in a way thal's unique in this country. For families, couples or in dividuals with relationship problems, it's a facility where they can get help. For graduate students studying marriage and family therapy, it's a classroom where they can get hands-on clinical ex perience. The centre, under the auspices of the Department of Family Studies, offers the only master's program in marriage and family therapy in Canada and recently obtained ac creditation from the American As sociation for Marriage and Family Therapy. A PhD program is also under development in the depart ment. The fact that the program was recognized for five years in its initial accreditation is an indication of the strength of the University's master of science program. The program is directed by Prof. Claude Guldner, who is also the centre's director of clinical training, and involves profs. Marshall Fine and Judy Myers Avis. All are clinical members and approved supervisors

of the American Association of Mar riage and Family Therapy. When the centre opened in 1980, it Hlled a gap for Canadian social agencies, says Guldner. There's a trend towards systemic methodol ogy, so agencies are looking for people with the kind of training the centre provides, he says. Myers Avis says it's important that there be a program in Canada so that students can study therapy in the Canadian social context. More than 40 people have graduated from the program and are now working for social agencies nationwide. The M.Sc. program differs from a master's of social work in its em phasis on clinical training and its use of a systemic framework - examin ing all the relational factors that con tribute to a client's problem, and treating the problem in this context. Students conduct eight to 10 hours of therapy with clients each week, under close supervision. They also observe taped and live sessions through one-way mirrors. It is crucial for the students to witness the inter action between the therapist and client, Guldner says. Clients don't usually feel ill-at ease about being observed, says

Fine. In fact, they're usually grateful for the presence of the observers, because they act as additional resources for the therapy process, he says. When students work directly with clients, results can be quite impres sive. Research shows that people who get therapy from students often progress faster, perhaps because stu dents can empathize more with the clients, says Myers Avis. Therapists treat a whole range of problems from communication dif ficulties to incest Marriage and fami ly therapy involves "looking at the complex interactions of family rela tions, n says Guldner. It's quite com mon for the therapiSts to bring in the whole family. They also emphasize what goes on within the family be tween sessions. This may involve family members developing new skills to bring about change. Most clients are referred by physicians, schools or social workers, or they see one of the centre's advertisements. Treatment isn't covered by OHIP. Clients pay on a sliding scale, but those who can't pay are not turned away. The centre also supports faculty research and the development of new directions in teaching and treat ment.

Mac grad wins NDP leadership

The 1989 Alumni Medal ofAchievement went to Mary Ann (Amadio) Rangam FACS '79, executive director ofthe Ontario Dietelic Association. She is shown receiving a U of G tampfrom Karin Davidson-Taylor, CBS '83, president ofthe UGAA .

Many of the University'S degree and diploma graduates have opted for the political arena, but Audrey (Brown) McLaughlin, Mac '55D, is one of the few to lead a major politi cal party in Canada. The new leader of the federal New Democratic Party earned a diploma at Macdonald Institute in 1955. Mclaughlin moved (0 the Yukon in 1979, after a varied career that included mink farming, tcaching English in Africa and working as a social worker in Toronto. She won a byelection in 1987 and was re elected to the Yukon parliamentary seat in the 1988 federal election.

Understanding fashion marketing

by Owen Roberts Free trade and an influx ofimports may spell trouble for the Canadian cIotlting and textile industry, but a trio of Guelph researchers is looking for strategies to keep the sometimes unpredictable fashion business vibrant. Consumer studies professors Marjorie Wall, FACS '68 and M.Sc. '70, Monty Sommers and Anne WUcock, FACS '73, are looking at

the marketing practices and plan ning strategies for clothing produc tion and distribution in Canada. "The fashion mystique - con stantly changing styles, colors and consumer preferences - makes the adoption of exact marketing plans very difficult and challenging," says Wall. And the Canadian textile and ap parel industry appears to be a "lag gard" in implementing the kind of

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marketing plans that could stem the tide of the past decade 's steady decline in the fashion market, she says. The net market share held by Canadian manufacturers has fallen by more than 10 per cent, while im ports gained the balance. One reason for the foot dragging is that the industry is highly frag mented, made up of more than 3,000 manufacturers, of which 80 per cent are small, with fewer than 100 employees, says Wall. Adding to the problem has been the bombardment of imports from "low-cost" countries like South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong, she says. Almost SO per cent of all gar ments purchased in Canada are made outside the country. The industry is challenged further by the free trade deal with the United States, says Wall. Although tariffs will generally be eliminated over a lO-year period, the powerful U.S. textile lobby has succeeded in in fluenci ng negotiators to eliminate the exempt status of apparel from non-North American fabrics. Instead, the agreement has set a quota for allowable limits of non North American fabriCS, which make up 40 per cent of all material used in Canadian-made garments. That's a problem, she says, because Canada sends 80 per cent of its current $400 million-plus worth of dothing ex ports to the United States. The scenario isn't totally bleak, however. "Much effort has gone into the modernization of industrial plants," says Wall. "As a result, there are now many produ ction faci lities rivalling those ofany other country. " But, she warns, technology must be combined with sound marketing strategies. "Perhaps more than most other sectors, the clothing industry must produce what is wanted by con sumers in terms of style, quality and availability, not just price." The new research will expand on past studies that showed a great diversity in the levels of marketing activity among manufacturers of dresses and sportswear.

Arts News

Theatre books launched

Capturing the moment "Theatre is very ephemeral - you can never really capture the mo ment," says catherine Smalley, Arts '77, executive director of the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres. But a new database compiled by the University 's Department of Drama as a PACf project does pro vide a permanent record of who was there and what was done, says Smalley. "It's a wonderful framework for looking at theatre." Canada on Stage: 1982-1986is a comprehensive record of profes sional theatre productions in Canada during those years. The database and companion volume will be es sential references for scholars doing research in Canadian theatre. Researcher Jennifer Sumner, OAC '74A, and several graduate stu dents pored over material from hundreds of productions to compile the database. It contains information on the organization and performan ces of professional theatre com panies across the country. There is also a series of essays written by academics, critics and theatre profes sionals. York University published similar annual volumes from 1974 to 1981, but the project was suspended. Whe n PACT officials decided to rev ive it, they approached the Department of Drama for help, and the Records of Canadian Theatre project was established under the leadership of Prof. Leonard Conolly, associate vice-president, academic. This edition is a catch-up volume, says Conolly. The next one, covering 1986 to 1988, is due to be published in 1991.

Jennifer Sumner, OAC 74A

Royal Alex launching Toronto's Royal Alexandra Theatre provided the stage for last November's launching of the Oxford Companion to Canadian Theatre, edited by English professor Eugene Benson and associate vice-president Leonard Conol\y. It is the first reference book to document the growth and develop ment of Canadian drama and theatre in English and French and contains more than 700 entries. It includes biographics of actors and playwrights, directors and designers and descriptions of major theatres and companies. Many ofthe Canadian actors and authors who attended the Royal Alex launching appear as entries in the book. More than four years in the making, the Oxford Companion to Canadian 1beatrewas published by Oxford University Press Canada and will be used as a resource guide for schools, libraries and theatre lovers.

CHAPTER EVENT The Stratford chapter of the University Women's Club invites all Guelph graduates living in the Stratford area to atten~ i.ts March ~7 meeting. The discussion will focus on issues related to subSidized housmg. Meetings begin at 8 p.m. and are held in members' homes. For more information, call Charlene Gordon, Arts '76, at 519-273-5126.

Arts grad publishes church history Canadian church history and the development of the Free Church in mid-Victorian Canada is the topic of a new book by Richard Vaudry, Arts M.Sc. '79. Tbe Free Church in Victorian Canada, 1844-1861 was published last fall by Wilfrid Laurier University Press. An assistant professor of history at Camrose Lutheran College in Alber ta, Vaudry has traced the develop ment of the denomination, its intellectual life and its attitudes towards the political and social questions of its day. Hc covers such topics as worship, missionary ac tivity, theological education and the church's union in 1861 with the United Presbyterian Synod. Vaudry argues that an evangelical world view undergirded the church, determining the shape and direction of its activities. According to WLU Press, the book "illuminates an im portant facet of the religious and in tellectual relalionship between Scotland and Canada."

GRP continues

The University-based Guelph

Regional Project (GRP) has publish

ed its second resource piece for

people studying the history of the

Upper Grand Valley region.

The Inventory of Primary and

Archival Sources: Guelph and

Wellington County to 1940 is a com

panion to GRP's Guelph and Wel lington County: A Bibliography of

Settlement and Development Since

1800. Both are available to the

public through the University library

or any public library or museum in

the county.

They are used by historians, ar

chivists, genealogiSts, museum staff,

municipal offices, heritage groups

and others seeking historical infor

mation about local businesses, in

dustries, families or service groups.

CSS News

Seniors tell us to live for the future Joanne Duncan-Robinson, CSS '83 and MA '86, has co-authored a book with psychology professor Richard Lonetto about the positive side of aging. Age Is Just a Number is the com pilation of more than 7,000 letters from men and women over 65 who offered their advice, their wisdom and their insights on how to cope with the natural process of growing older. "It's a biased book," admits Duncan-Robinson. "We thought the time was long overdue for older men and women who are living active lives in their own communities to ha ve their say and to be listened to." Fewer than 10 per cent of people over 65 are in institutions, yet these are the people who have been studied and written about most often, she says. A,ge IsJust a Number is about the more than 90 per cent of older people who do not fit the negative stereotype of the elderly. Their comments were written and are presented with humor, honesty and humanity, says Duncan Robinson. "We hope that everyone who reads this book will feel better about themselves. " The book contains 54 chapters, moving alphabetically from aging to friends to health to love to sexuality and wisdom. No introductory psychology textbook has ever had a chapter de voted to being happy, says Lonetto, but this book describes it The CSS Alumni Association has streamlined its instalment plan for life memberships to save you some paperwork. The plan calls for an initial payment of $30, followed by two payments of $30 each for a total life membership fee of $90. Under the single payment plan, the life membership fee is $75. The annual membership fee is $10. Send your cheque payable to the CSS Alumni Association to Alumni House, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario NIG 2Wl.

"Happiness is the art of not getting annoyed that the rosebush bears thorns, but to be glad that the thorn bush bears roses, n says a 72-year-old woman. Other thoughts on aging: "I believe it is of the utmost importance that a person prepare for retirement at least 10 years before it happens,· writes a 68-year-old retired farmer. "Have nothing to do with drop-in centres, unless you are running the place," advises a 74-year-old man. And according to a 67-year-old woman: "Growing older is the best form of contraception." Each comment induded in the book represents a feeling or an idea that was commonly expressed in the letters, says Lonetto. "We wanted the voice of the men and women who wrote to us to corne through. n

More than 7,000 seniors wanted to telt

Joanne Duncan-Robinson the good

things about getting older

leave the lakes alone

There's a perception that Great Lakes water levels are fluctuating wildly and must be controlled. But rising and falling lake levels are ac tually quite normal, and interference would be costly and unwise, accord ing to a study by the U.S.-Canadian International Joint Commission. Geography professors Barry Smit, Robin Davidson-Arnott and Reid Kreutzwiser are three of the more than 200 scientists and resource per sonnel involved in a major water levels reference study by the com mission. The study was initiated in response to the concerns of frustrated shoreline residents throughout the G rea t Lakes-St. Lawrence River system, who have been hoping for some moderation in lake levels for the past two decades. But they haven't been getting it, so they petitioned Canadian and U.S. governments for artificial control. Smit is co-chairing the group studying the environmental and socioeconomic effects of water levels and possible government ac tion to manage them. He is against tampering with lake levels. "Ours is an uncertain environ ment," he says. "People are taking

risks when choosing to use the lakes and related land resources. Govern ments have to get that message out" The initial commission report rejects the notion of artificial lake level control because there are no sdentific grounds for such regula tions. Fluctuations in lake levels are a natural response Lo shifts from "wet~ to "dry" years, and phenomena such as erosion and storms would occur regardless of lake levels. There are also engineering limita tions to altering the lake levels. Reducing fluctuations at a given point would cause greater changes upstream and downstream, says Smit. And environmentally, the ef fects on wetlands and other biologi cal systems would be severe. Smit says people must be made aware of the implications of shoreline living, before they invest in a cottage or lakeside home. "Governments don't assume responsibility for bailing you out if you take unreasonable risks," he says. "But right now, people are con fused about what they can expect from both their physical environ ment and the political environment. •

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Dr. BI)oy Boruah, PhD '84, has two new developments in his career. He is now an assistant professor of philosophy at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur, and has published a book called Fiction and Emotion: A Study in Es thetics and the Philosophy of Mind w ith Clarendon Press, Oxford.

Heather Boyd, '88, lives in Ottawa and is self-employed as a clothing and jewel ry designer. Sandra Curtis Arnot. '86, is a reg istered nurse with the Women's College Hospi tal in Toronto, Ont. Marla <:arere, '85, is studying music in Germany. Laura Cutler-Robbins, '85 , is a psychometrist with the Kent County Roman Catholic School Board and lives on a farm near Chatham, Ont. , with her husband, Tim Robbins, OAC 'SOA, and their two children, Andrae and Stephany. They send greetings to the "old harbor gang" and to Gloria. Alan Garrett, '87, and his wife, Wendy

(Brlx), FACS '84, are living in Kilchener, Ont., where Alan teaches high school. Ute Gerbrandt. 'SO, is working for the Canadian International Development Agency in Hull, Que., and wriles that she is always interested in Guelph Alumnus coverage of international development activities. "It's gratifying to see our educatio n system looking and reach ing out beyond national boundaries to the larger world abroad," she says. Ute lives in Ottawa with her husband, Leonard, Arts 70. Gary MacDougaU. 76, received an UB from Osgoode Hall in 1979 and has been

registrar of land titles, companies and securities for the Northwest Territories since 1981. He is married to Audrey (Chadwick), '78, who earned a B.Ed. from the University of Toronto in 1979 and has been teaching junior high school. They live in Yellowknife with their daughter, Kelsey, who was born in AUgust 1988. Susan McNeU. 76, is a freelance stage manager in White Rock, B.C.

David Mullen, PhD '85, is an assistant professor in the department of humanities at the University College of Cape Breton in Sydney, N.S. His wife, Arlene, OAC M.Sc. '85, is a trainer with the Glace Bay YMCA Enterprise in Glace Bay, N.S.

Robert Parkinson, '85, is an officer with the Metro Police in Toronto . He is married to Anna.

George Rolland, '86, works with the mentally handicapped in a community based group home in Scarborough, Ont. , for the Metropolitan Toronto Association for Community Living. Fred Sheldon, ' 70, and Claudia JamIeson, 7 0, were married last sum mer in Oakville, Ont. Attendants at the wedding were WUl1am Banks, 70, and his wife,Janet (Saunders), 7 0, and the bride's children - Dave, Mariah, Ryan and Giselle . Pred is general counsel for Royal LePage, Toronto, and Claudia teac hes French at the St. Mildred 's Lightboum School in Oakville. Joanne Stanbrldge. '83, is a librarian at Westmount Publ ic library in Montreal. Janis SVUpis, 71 , is an associate profes sor In the English depanment at the University of Calgary.

Valerie (Zack) Storlmans, '87, is an editorial assistant for the Law Society of Upper Can ada at Osgoode Hall in Toronto.

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Patrick Andau, '76, is the director of the Wildlife Depanmenl in Sabah, Malaysia. He is married to Tina Osir. Patrick Bazylenski, '78, owner of Paddy's Chips, tells us he is Saskatoon's first french fry vendor. He is married to Susan. Harvey Brush, '78, is a teacher with the Halton Board of Education in George town, Ont. He is married to Celeste (Schofield), Arts '73. Dr. Francisca Campos, '84 , earned a PhD in entomology from the University of Ottawa and is now a researcher at Safer Ltd. , a manufacturer of natural pes ticides, in Victoria, B.C. Randal Glaholt. '81, has moved from Inuvik, N.W.T., to Calgary, where he is an environmental consultant with Ursus Biotechnics Ltd. Dr. Stuart Inncs, '75, is a marine mam mal population biology research scien

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GETTOGETHER~ G'ET' INVOLVED

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CSS & Arts Alumni Associations Dinner

March 22

Arboretum Centre, UnJversity of ~uelph

The CSS and Arrs Alumni Associations are breaking new gr~und py co-sponsoring a dinnet theatre at the University of Guelph Arboretum's Theatre tn the Trees. You'Uenjoy dinner wi1h ~ellow'alumni and the Bernard Slade play

Romantic Comedy, directed by John Liddle.

Cocktails, 6 p.m.

Buffet, 7 p.m.

Ticke~s: $35

Seating is' limited, so

reserv~ 'your

tickets will) Betsy Allan or Laurie Malleau at

519-824-4120, Ext. 6533 or 2102.

tist with the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans for the Central and Arctic Region. H is home is in St. Norbert, Man. Craig Jessop. M.Sc. 72, is hatchery manager of the Hills Lake Fish CUlture Station near Engleha.rt, Ont. , for the Min istry of Natural Resources. Anne Johnston, '79, Is a forensi c biologist with the Centre for Forensic Sciences in Toronto. GavinJohnston, 'SO, is the president of Polar Sear Fisheries Ltd. in Whitehorse, Y.T . He is married to Catherine McEwen., CBS 'SO. Tim Lesnick, '82, is completing a PhD in biostatistics in the department of public health at the University of Michigan. His wife, Connie, CBS '84, is wo rking for the university's medical school in the the micro and immunology department. Ron Maher, '82, is a biologist with Ducks Unlimited Canada in Timmins, Ont., where he lives with his wife Patti (Strachan), FAGS '85.

Shunock, GSS '89, a family and crisis intervention counsellor at the Plummer Memorial Public Hospital. Lisa and Joey write that they have great memories of their university experience here and will always be Guelph advocates. Jack Trumlcy, '79, is manager of the Dundas Street branch of the Royal Bank of Canada in Toronto. He is married to Chris.

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Chris Brittan, '86, is a computer expert with the Northern Territory Department ofMines and Energy. He lives in Darwin, Australia, with his wife, Andrea, and their sons, Karl and Adrian. Charles Duncan, '77, is teaching math in Halifax, N.S. He is married to Patricia. Robert Esch, '70, is the director of the Espanola Board of Education in Espanola, Ont.

Dr. Lena Measures, '79, M.Sc. '82 and PhD '87, is a research scientist in parasitology with the federal Depart ment of Fisheries and Oceans. She lives in Mont-Joli, Que.

Sheila Park, '87, is working for the Department of National Defence in the Air Transportable Communication and Control Unit at CFB Trenton, Ont.

John Murray, 'SO, is a biology teacher in Vancouver. Annette (Vracls) Mydak, '83, is a lab technologist at the general hospital in Port Col borne, Ont. , where she lives with her husband, Eugene. Stephen Peacock, '7 2, is a sen ior biologist with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans in Prince Rupert, B.C. Joseph Shunock, '87, is director of operations for Grand Central Develop ments in Sault Ste. Marie , Ont, where he lives with his wife, Usa Vaughan-

Vaughan Wright, '78, is a manager for the National Bank of Canada in Van couver. He and his Wife, Laurie, live in Surrey, B.C.

Andrew Vowles, '84, is the special projects editor for Benefits Canada, published by Maclean Hunter for the country's pension fund investment and employee benefits communities.

Phlllp Marsh, '83, is a science teacher with the Peel Board of Education in Mis sissauga, Ont.

Craig Mullen, '85, is a senior sales repre sentative with Canada Packers Inc. in Edmonton . He is married to Karen (Clarke), CBS '85, who is a technical sales representative for Mandel Scientific Co. Ud.

Debbie OeWcoe) Volpe, '88, is work ing at the Chester Lejunior Public School In Agincourt, Ont. She is married to Jeff, GSS '87, a sales representative for Epson Canada Ltd. They live in Keswick, Ont.

Fenella (Barclay) Reid, '84, was mar ried last fall to Scott, OVC '87, and they are living in Dunnville, Ont. Janice Smith, '82 and M.Sc. '85, is a biostatisticiao in the Clinical Epidemiol ogy Unit at the Mount Sinai Hospital Research Institute in Toronto.

Sherry Yundt, CSS '69

Sherry Yundt, '69, has established a consulting company offering services re lated to aggregate resources a nd the ag gregate industry. She is drawing on her past experiences as a planning co nsu lt ant in London, England, as co-ordinator of economic policy with the Ontario government and as director of the land management branch and the industrial minerals sectio n of the Ministr y of Natural Resources. She was heavil y in volved in the development of the Ag gregate Resources Act, which received royal assent in Ontario last su mmer. Sherry's new company, S.E. Yundt Ltd., is located in Mississauga, Ont.

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Susan Ballantyne.Topp, '79, is a manager with TAG Apparel in Woodstock, Ont. She is married to Kimbe rly.

Terry Bryant, 77, and his Wife, Ann (Platt), FACS '78, are stationed in Breg ga, Libya, where Terry works as a group safety supervisor for the Sirte Oil Co.

Kathleen Beeton, '88, is a marital therapist with the Family Services As sociation of Edmonton .

Deborah Frame, '78, is vice-president, Canadian equities, for Manufacturers Life Insurance Co. Ltd. She manages the company's Canadian eqUities portfolio and investment of funds in the Canadian stock market

Janke (FUson) Beattie, '66, teaches family studies at Ingersoll District Col legiate Institute in Ingersoll, Ont. She is married to Jack.

Kathryn (McLean) Moffat, HAFA '74, is a retailer for Texaco in Bramplon, Ont. Susan Morgan, 'SO, has recently moved with her husband, Claude Bilodeau, from Calgary to North Vancouver. Gail (MacIntosh) Nowlckyj, '75, works part time as a dietitian and hospi tal librarian at the general hospital in Cornwall, Ont. She is married to Michael . Alfred O'Rourke, 'SO, is assistant ad ministrator, operations, at the Kingston Psychiatric Hospital in Kingston, Onto Joan Ramsay, HAPA '85, is a marketing manager with Kenner Parker Tonka in Concord, Ont.

Doug Robinson, OAe :53, shows a leacher and some schoolchildren a worm farm at the University's exhibit aJ Ihe Royal Winter Fai,.last November. Dr. Gursh Bindra. PhD '86, is a techni cal brand manager for Proctor & Gamble and has recently moved from Geneva, Switzerland, to the company's Middle East division in Saudi Arabia. James Brown, '73, is senior vice-presi dent of Pour Seasons Hotels, Ltd., in Toronto. He is married to Kathy. Cameron Burechalis, HAfA '81 , is manager of Blue Mountain Resorts in Collingwood, Ont. He and his wife, Usa (Wlnterbourne), HAPA '82, have one daughter, Lauren. Florence (Gold) Bush, '380, is retired and lives in Creston, B.C. Catherine (Winter) Clarke, 76, lives with her husband, Michael, and family in Newtonville, Ont. MarIe Clysdale, '81, went back to nurs ing school at Fanshawe College and graduated as a registered nurse last June. She is working at Victoria Hospital in London,Ont. Eva Elchenbaru, '75, was married last June to Dr. John Barnes of the University of Waterloo. She has retired from a high school teaching career to embark on a new career in broadcasting, and will be moving to Victoria, B.C., this summer.

Joanne Fisher, '87, is a quality as.. surance supervisor with Weston Bakeries in Kingston, Ont. Pauline (de Giesbrecht, '78,

Montmorency) is a part-time

teacher/ librarian with the Wellington County Board of Education. She is mar ried to Peter. Lynda Godfrey. '73 , c ompleted a master's in divinity last year at Emannuel College, Toronto, and is now a minister with the United Church in Sudbury, Onto She is married to Thorn Davies. Beverly Hendry, ' 84, is the cc:r ordinator of cabinet liaison with the Min istry of Municipal Affairs in Toronto. She is married to Lawrence Servos, CBS '84. Barbara Oackson) Irving, '84 , is the food service manager ofthe department of food service for Eaton's in Sheridan Place, Mississauga, Ont. She is married to Brent. Lesley Larsen, 77, is a senior manage ment consultant with Harcourt, Mat thews & Associates Ltd. in Edmonton. Mary (Kerwin) Lockridge, '54, lives in

Manchester, N.H., with her husband, Thomas, OVC '54. Katherine (BeauUeu) LowickI. '78, is a cc:roperative education consultant with the Halton Roman Catholic Separate School Board in Burlington , Ont. She is married to John. Loci (Scott) Lowry, '82, is an occupa tional therapist with the general hospital in St.John's, Nfld. She is married to Mark. Beverley (Muckle) Mannering, '81, is a business services manager with IBM in Toronto. She is married to Mark.

Janice Rcid, '78, is a family stud ies teacher in Mississauga, Ont. Marilyn Robinson, '55, is director of development for the University of Guelph , with responsibility for co- ordinating all private support for the UniverSity. She is also president of the Guelph Chamber of Commerce. Her husband, Doug, OAC '53, is manager of the University's Soil and Water Conser vation Information Bureau. Kimberly (NicoO Scholl, '86, is work ing as a sensory analyst technician in the University's Department of Consumer Studies. She is married to Murray, OAC '85 , and they live in Monkton, Ont. Marlon (Rogers) Thomson, '370, is retired and lives in Toronto. Edina van der Wielen, '84, is a family studies teache r at Holy Trinity High School in Bradford, Ont. David Valllancourt and Christopher Wadham, HAFA '81, are cc:rowners of Rotu nda Food Services Inc. in Van couver. Joan (Balgent) Whitman, '80, is a sys tems manager w ith Campbell Soup Co. in To ronto. She is married to Gerald. Joan Winters, 'SO, is a qual ity assurance director with Parmadale ramily Services in Cleveland, Ohio. She is married to Eric Davis. Brenda Wiseman, '73, is a caseworker with the Big Brothers Association in Guelph.

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Dr. Karen Baller, 'SO and M.Sc. '83, is a research scientist with Agriculture Canada. She and Ramesh Mahablr, CBS '81, live on a farm near Saskatoon, where he operates a market garden and business called "Better Herbs and Gar dens." Randy Brooks, 'n, is sales manager for AAP-Tek Ingredients of Elmira, Ont. He ahs his wife, Doreen (Anderson), FACS '77, live in Freelton with their daughters, Meghan and Katelyn.

Janice CerveUJ, BLA '81 , is an associate professor of landscape architecture at the University of Kentucky. Curtis Cooper, '79, is manager of the Huron County Agricultural Centre in Ex eter,Ont. Dave Daclington, '68A, workes for the Markdale Co-Op in Markdale, Ont. Paul Duff, '7S, is a senior territory manager for Cyanamid Canada Inc. in Nanton, Alta. He is married to Janet. Mary Faught, BLA 'SO, is a landscape architect with the City of Kanata.

Brenda Fraser, USRPD '89, is a consult ant with the Canadian Association of Occupational TherapiSlS in Toronto. She is married to NeaJ Grady, USRPD '90. cameron Grant, 'SO and M.Sc. '8S, is working with the Commonwealth Scien tillc and Industrial Research Organiza tion in Australia. He and his wife, Rosemary, live in Nailsworth, South Australia, and have one child. Murray Hawkins, '83, and his wife, Nora, are in Australia until July while he holds the Wesfarmers Distinguished Professor Chair in Agribusiness at the Muresk Institute of Agriculture. Murray is on faculty at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. Adam Hayes, '84, is married to StephaoJe (Bates), HAFA '8S. They live in Ridgetown, Ont., with their nine month-old son, Andrew. Maryse Hudon, '81 and M.Sc. '84, is co-owner of Constant Creation Gourmet Cuisine in Canning, N.S. She is married to Greg Brooks.

AJ.F. Humphries, '67, has retired from the Department of External Affairs, sta tioned in Hong Kong, and is now a senior consulting partner in the firm Overseas Investment Consultants in Taipei , Taiwan. He would like to hear from other Guelph graduates in the area. Mack Ishoy, '78, is a partner in MGI Packing Inc. of Kitchener, Ont. He is married to Dr. Penny (Tulk), OVC '81. Jane Kerr, '78, has been working in Holland as a medical analyst for the past three years. She recently began a new job as a desk editor for biomedical pub lications. She writes that her hobbies include restoring an old canal house in Amsterdam. Edwlo Kozicki. 'S6, is an engineer at Fencast Industries in St. Catharines, Ont. He is married to Margaret (Uddle), Mac '56.

al division of extension services at Olds College. Velmurugan Pillay, M.Sc . '77, is a qual ity assurance director with Cobi Foods Inc. in Port Williams, N.S. Frederick "Eric" Potter, '49, is vice president of Les Sous Bois, Mont Shef ford, Que. He is married to Carmen. Martha Rogers, BLA '81 , is an architect with Sortun-Vos Architects in Seattle, Wash.

Dr. Wllllam Shotyk, '81, has been ap pointed to the faculty of the Geological Institute at the University of Berne, Swit zerland. He would like to hear from fel low OAC '81 alumni who have fallen out of touch.

Alan Leek, '79, has started his own con sulting firm, A. G. Leek Financial Consult ants. He lives in New Glasgow, N.S., with his wife, Barb, and their children, Krista and Glen.

Anne MacKeUac, '74 and M.Sc. '79, is a children's librarian at the public library In St. Catharines, Ont. Ian MacNaughton, '66, is head of science at Ottawa Technical High School. He is married to Muriel. Murray Nash, '7S, is general manager of Wilson's Mill White vale Ltd. in Whitevale , Ont. He is married to Eleanor (Burkholder), FACS '73.

Mark SlaufJer, OAC '67, rigbt, presents a cheque to professor Les Evans, land Resource Science, in support of soil re search on campus.

Dr. Forster Ndublsl, '82, is an assistant professor in the School of Environmen tal Design at the University of Georgia.

Dr. Mack Stauffer. '67, moved back to Ontario last summer to become Eastern Canada director for the Potash & Phos phate Institute (PPI). He had been direc tor for the western region, stationed in Saskatoon since May 1988. Shortly after the move, Mark was on campus to present an $18,000 cheque to Land Resource Science professor Les Evans on behalf of the U.S. Borax Corporation, a member of PPI, which sponsors Guelph research on the soil chemistry of boron .

Margaret Packer, '87A, manages a gar den centre for Thackwray's Home Hardware in Orangeville, Ont. Margaret says she looks forward to the "Grad news n section of the Alumnus to help her keep in touch with classmates.

WUlJam Tolton, '36, of Mississauga, Onl., and his wife, Alma, celebrated their SOth wedding anniversary Oct 27, 1989. He is a former editor ofthe "OAC Alumni News.-

Rosemary Peer, M.Sc. '89, has resumed her position as assistant dean o f exten sion services at Olds College in Olds, Alta. She recently returned from an as Signment in Thailand for the internation

Dr. J.5. Townsend, Engineering '56, is on sabbatical from the University of Manitoba, working at the International Rice Research Institute in Los Banos, Philippines. His research includes the

John Nederand, '84, and cathy Staples, OAC '84, were married last summer in Maryhill, Onl., where they operate a dairy farm.

design of appropriate machines for crop establishment in rice farming systems.

LyleVancUef, '66, of Belleville, P.E.I., is MP for tbe Prince Edward-Hastings riding, associate agricultural critic and member of tbe House of Commons standing committee on agriculture. Bill Wharry, '54, is technical director at Kraft Ltd. in Montreal. He is married to Isabell (Unwin), Mac '51 . Lorne Yeo, '75 , is assistant direct manager for the Farm Credit Corp. in Yorkton, Sask. He is married to Paula.

Donald ZIraldo, '71, co-owneroflnnis killin Wines Inc., was awarded the 1989 Toronto Culinary Guild's Silver Ladle Award for bis unique contributions to the food and beverage industry.

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Dr. Clifford L Gf'cy, '59, is in private practice in Kingston,Jamaica. He is mar ried to Murdell. Dr. Daniel Guillet, '88, and his Wife, Dr. Barbara Bougie, OVC '89, are practis ing in Lancaster, Ont. Dr. Donald Hamllton, '61, is the veterinarian in charge ofmeat inspection for Agriculture Canada in Lethbridge, Alta. Dr. Okeana Hrushy, '88, is practising at the Fenelon Animal Clinic in Fenelon Falls,Ont. Dr. Cheryl James, '83, is with Agricul ture Canada in Charlottetown, P.E.I. Dr. Peter Kennedy, '82, is with the R.W. Kennedy Animal Hospital Ltd. in Syd ney, N.S. Dr. George Korln, '85, is a velerinarian in New York, N.V. He is married to Ar leen. Dr. Lue Leger, '79, is a partner in the Hospital Veterinaire Rive-Sud in Bros sard, Que. Dr. Alex McKay, '49, is an equine prac titioner in Erin, Onto He is married to Terrecca.

In connection with the 1989 SchoJwld Memorial Lecture, ove }Josted a dinner to commemorate the 100th anniversary ofthe birth ofDr. Frank SchoJwld, 0 ve '10. Some familiar faces appeared around the dinner table. Pictured here are, left /.0 right, Dr. James Gilles, ove '26; his daughter-in-law Nancy Gilles; Dr. Archie (A J.) MacKinnon, ove '43; his wife, Pat; Dr. Bill Mitchell, ove '49; his wife, Gladys; (hidden person unknown); Rita (Strickland) Morris, who workedfor Schofield and the ove dean, and her husband andJean McDonald, a 4O-year employee in the dean's offICe who is back on campus helping with special projects. Dr. Paul Mercer, '59, has been a profes sor of physiology at the University of Western Ontario for the past 20 years. Last fall, he received an Excellence in Teaching Award from the university for his teaching of undergraduate courses that cross various health science facul ties and for his contributions to course design and curriculum development.

in June 1989. He now makes his home in Renfrew, Ont.

Dr. Margaret (Schcrk) Nixon, '82, practises in Vancouver at the Cats Only Veterinary Clinic. Dr. George Peck, '50, operates a busi ness called Two Auks Photography in Thornbury, Ont. He is married to Diane. Dr. Cornells Poppe, '89, is a veterinary bacteriologist with the Health of An imals Laboratory in Guelph. He is married to Mary Roorda . Dr. Steven Snider, '85, is employed at the Wilson Road Veterinary Office in Oshawa, Ont. His wife, Dr. Melissa CaUbeck-Snlder, '87, works at the Baker Animal Clinic in Whitby. They live in Oshawa. Dr. c.K. Spence, '51, recently com pleted a funeral service education pro gram at Humber College and passed the Ontario Board of Funeral Services exam

e.K. Spence ove '51 Dr. James Stephenson, '86, is an as sociate veterinarian with Beattie Animal Hospital in Brantford, Onto He is married to KIm (De Luca), FACS '81. Dr. Arthur WUlis, '49, is a veterinary medical officer in Springdale, Ark. He and his wife, Eunice, live in Rogers.

Correction The Fall 1989 issue of the Guelph Alumnus incorrectly stated that Dr. Amanda Crowe, OVC '88, is with the Buckley, Combe and Richards Animal IIospital in 5t. Catharines, Ont. We apologize for the error.

In Memoriam

John T. Griffiths, '20A and BSA '22, of FonthiU, OnL, died Sept. 16, 1989.

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Peter M. Mbisa, MA '70, of Karonga, Malawi, died Oct . 29, 1988.

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May Duff, '29, of Burlington, Onl., died Aug. 27, 1989. She is survived by her daughter, Beverley Dashner, Mac '53.

Allee E. Emmett, '25, of Creemore, Ont., died June I, 1989. Her brother, Gordon Webster (deceased 1988), received an OAC diploma in 1925. Gladys W&on, '32, of Springhill , N.S., died April 4, 1989.

James H. Hare, 'OS, of Mississauga, Ont., died Oct. 10, 1989. He was one of the first OAC graduates to work in rural Ontario as an agricultural representative and teacher and led an early econo mic study of egg production and marketing in Ontario. Mr. Hare was the subject of a 1980 Guelph Alumnus story when he was 93.

w. Elgin McCutcheon, '39A, of Proton Station, Ont., died 0cL 10, 1989. He is survived by his wife, Grace. Graham M. McGuIre, '72, of Queensville, Ool., died Aug. 25, 1988. He is survived by his wife, Madeline. Frank M. Murphy, '39A, of Barrie, Onl., died Sepl. 6, 1989. He is survived by his Wife, Lucinda.

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Norman I. Clark. '27, of Berwick, N.S., died Aug. 8, 1989. He is survived by one d aughter and two sons, including Robert, 'OAC 62. Dr. lloyd V. Edgington, of Walkerton, Ont., retired professor of environmental biology, died OcL 23. He was named professor emeritus at the spring 1989 convocation. A plant pathologist, Dr. Edgington joined the Department of Botany in 1965 and later moved to Environmental Biol ogy. He was recognized internationally fo r his research on systemic fungicides and was a past president of the Canadian Phytopathological Society. Dr. Edgington authored many publica tions on chemical control of plant dis ease and was sought after as a consultant to Industry, government and other educational institutions for his expertise on the use, activity and significance of fu ngicides in agriculture.

H. Francis Partridge, '28, of Niagara Falls, Ont, died Sept. 19, 1989. He is

survived by his s ister, Florence Partridge, Mac '26, a former chief librarian of the University. Dr. Clifford G. Rlley, '21A and '23 BSA, of Saskatoon died in Orillia, Ont., Oct. 16, 1989. He is survived by his Wife, Dorothy, a son and a daughter. Robert H. Strong, '48, died suddenly last fall in Kelowna, B.C., where he is survived by his wife, Lois, and his children, Judy, Michael and Marilyn. Contact the OAC Alumni Association about donations to a campus project in memory of Mr. Strong.

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Dr. DavId J. Berberick, '64, of Hanover, Onl., drowned last fall while on a hunting trip in Northern Ontario.

Physics history wriHen Prof. Jim Hunt, Department of Physics, has written a history of the department while it was part of OAC. The story begins with the first cour~s taught in 1877 and fo llows the development of the teaching and research curriculum up to the formation of the University in 1964. In addition to the text and lists of faculty and graduate students, there are six pages of historical photographs. Entitled Wisdom from the Pasl- Physics at the Ontario Agricultural College: 1877-1964, the book is available at a cost of $5 from the Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2Wl.

He was employed at the Walkerton Hanover Veterinary Clinic and is sur vived by his Wife, Mary, and two daughters. Dr. M. Kumar Bhatnagar, a professor in the Department of Biomedical Scien ces, died suddenly Oct. 4. His distin guished career began in 1959 after he graduated from Vikram University in India. He was a research assistant in genetics and reproduction with the In dian Veterinary Research Institute in lzatnagar before coming to Guelph as a graduate student. He earned an M.Sc. in 1965 and a PhD in 1968. In 1968, Dr. Bhatnagar joined the faculty of the Department of Anatomy, then moved to Biomedical Sciences in 1970. He was h ighly respected both as a teacher and researcher, winning the Norden Distinguished Teacher Award in 1973 and the U of G Faculty Association teachi ng award in 1985. He is survived by his w ife, Therese laChapelle and two sons, as well as six b rothers and sisters in India. Dr. John Oack) H. Cady, '41, of Swan ton, Vermont, died Aug. 5, 1989. He is survived by his wife, Mary.

FRIENDS

Joan C. Connell of Scarborough, Ont., friend and honorary member of OVC ' 50, died June 29, 1989. She was predeceased by her husband, Murray. Chester (Ches) Eves of Cumberland, B.C., died July 2,1989. Mr. Eves started at OAC with the Class of '42, but left before graduation to join the RCMP and was deputy commissioner RCMP at retirement. He is survived by his Wife, Marguerite, and two children. Dr. George IgnatlcffofToronto, fr iend and honorary degree recipient in 1970, died in August 1989.

Mills Hall reunion A Mills Hall reu nion/open house will be held during College Royal, March 10 and 11. Mills Hall alumni are invited to drop in for a visit. Bring your scrapbooks, photos and Mills Hall sto ries, says hall council president Jim Fata.

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Many alumni helped build the College Royal reputation for hospitality that now draws more than 30 ,000 visitors to the annual two-day event. Why not share the fun? Bring your family to College Royal 1990 - Saturday and Sunday, March 10 and 11 and see what 's new on campus .

College Royal 1990 will entertain you with displays and activities in all academic areas . The seven colleges will also participate in a College Royal discussion of food and the role the University plays in providing food - and food for thought - for Canadians.

This year's open house will be an Olympic-sized thrill for many visitors who will get their first look at the new arena complex. Several events will take place on the large ice surface as College Royal 1990 kicks off a new decade with the them e "Caring for Our World." • •

a rt show liv e surgery

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pet show

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liv estock show square dancing

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Popsicle stick bridges •

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shuttle bus service

HAFA restaurant

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Curtain Call

Visit Alumni House during College Royal

Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m & Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.