Guelph Alumnus Magazine, Fall 1993

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ALUMNU Fa ll 1993

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lnour new pool.

Please Forward

Until six years ago, most Canadians did nolhing more lhan Lake pictures of emus - across a moat atlhe city zoo or lhrough the car window at a wildlife reserve.

Today, however, farmers across lhe country arc taking a more serious look at these long-necked birds wilh skinny legs and fleshy bodies. And many - like University of Guelph graduate Stephen Thomson足 have opted to raise emus for lhe commercial meat market. So many, in fact, lhatlhe em u industry is now one of the fastes t-gro wing segments of Canadian agriculture, despite lhe facl lhat not a kilogram of emu meal has ever made iL~ way to a supermarket shelf.

Enthusiastic newcomers are paying as much as $45,000 for a pair of birds lO start their own emu足 breeding operations. They're betting lhat consumers will one day relish the beefy taste and the low-fat, low足 cholesterol nutrition of emu meat.

On page IS, you ' ll find out why lhese fl ightless birds from Australia have caused the entrepreneurial spirit to soar over Canada.

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ALUMNUS

Fall 1993

COVE R Why are th ese people ' 0 happy? Because they're first in line for LI dip in G ue lph's long-awaited eight- lane . wimming pool.

The pool party s tarts with the oftkialopeni ng OCI. 1 a t II a.m . Holding the umbrell a is Gryphon swimmi ng coach Alan Fairweather and, dod, wise. re tired botany chair H ugh Dale. microbio logy profes~o r Fred Rampra~had, gradua te studen t and head lifeguard D awn Kelk. alumni affairs dir ctor T rish W a lJ..er, varsity swimmer Stev Sweetn am and student liaison director Chuck Cunni ngham.

Cuver phlll<l b} Russ Davilbun-Pilon: 1'(1)1 :II;<;cs,urie, coune,} of Eaton, Canada FEATURE How much time does it taJ..c - and ta lent and money and commitment - to become one of the fastest in Canadian waters?

Swimming against time

Emu ranching. Some say ir~ <l way for Canadian farmers to make money and comumers to eat hea lt hy .

Try it, you ' II like it

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Scholarshi~s: Who

Everybody wi ns when someone sponsor'; a scholarship.

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Campus Opinion

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A proven leader, Deborah Poll says we're losing control of our country .

Profile . . . . . . . . 18 Le R oy Blake to win.

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\'ul. 26, No. J Editor Mary Dick ""on Execulh'e Editur Sundra Wehster, CSS '75 Ad v erti~inl: CIl-\Irdinator eS~il B~lInan Cllnlributor~ B<lrllarll Chance. CSS '74. Mallrk~ Oi,hi, CBS PhD '92, Owen R(1~ns. Manin Sell" alII.:, lanha Tanco\:k DesignlProduction Cesl.a Brennan, Ian Caulhcl), An, 'Q2, Mal) Dickic~nn,l.indu Gr.lha!l1. Ans '77 Editorial Ad viwry Board Tri~h Walker, C55 ' 77, M.Sc, '90. Cil<IIr: llsan Blair. (,SS 'X~: Lynn Jamieson, FACS ' XX: Sh~,la Le\al., HAFA '83; Denb L}lIn, CBS '(,4; Kar.:n Maille I, An, ' In: Rohin-Lee Nnrri,.

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ove opens learning centre OVe's new Lifetime Learning Centre was officially opened during Alumni Weekend, an appropri ate occasion be­ cause college alumni have been maj or donors to the $4.9- million project and wi ll be primary users of the facility.

The learning centre boasts a ISO-seat lec ture thea tre, a 44-seat seminar room , two interact ive classrooms, six break­ out rooms. a lounge, a ca fet eria and a food service area . The centre is ex­ pected to welcome 10,000 to 15,000 visitors a year for educational programs, alumni gat herings and meeti ngs of spe­ cial-interest groups.

Long -range plans in c Iude a seco nd phase of construction that will more than double the space of the existing OVC library and will add compute r labs, case-study room s, office space for st udent groups and rental space for Lifel earn V Inc., a new campus-based company th at wi Jl be contracted to develop and market OVe's co ntinuing education programs.

Co-founded by Jim Stowe, OVC '69, former head of veterinary con tinuin g ed ucati on , and Chas Povey, former head of the co llege development group, Lifelearn V is a co llaboration of academic institutions, individual veterin arians, professional groups and industry, with U of G as a major shareholder.

Environmental safety focus of new complex The impact of genetically engineered plants on the environment is a focal point of the new $1.5-lllillion Guelph Tran sgenic Plant Researc h Comple,,,.

Officially opened in May, the 7,000­ square-foot complex offers unprece­ dented opportunities to safe ly develop and evaluate new plant vari eti es developed through genetic eng ineer ing, says crop science professor Bryan McKe rsi e. The compl ex will help universities and industry meet stringent federal protocols without any potential environ mental risk, he says.

The heart of the complex is a com­ puter-controlled greenhouse - de­ signed by horticu ltural sc ience professor Mike Dixon - that regulates its own at­ mospheric ~ondit io ns. Two growth Cue/p h AlllmlJus

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rooms , eight ca binet-type grow th cham­ bers and a preparatory fa ci lit y make up the rest of the facility.

It was built with an $875,000 grant from th e Natural Scie nces and En gineer­ ing Research Council and contributions t'rolllthe Ont ar io Mini stry of Agricul­ ture and Food and the Uni versi ty.

Tran sgenic plants have been modified in th e lab to contain a sma ll ponion of th e genetic code of ano th er ol·ganism.

T hi s results in new traits not normally assoc iated with their specie s, suc h as disease resistance and stress tolerance.

Guelph has been active in transgenic plant research for nearl y a decade.

On with the show U of G 's th eatre archives, whic h house the archives of major Canadian theatres, actors. playwrights and even a lock of George Bernard Shaw's beard , turned 10 this spring. Located in the library , the archives are home to 79 separate col­ lecti ons , wi th em pha s i ~ on Canadian theatre.

Hou sed in the archives are the wor ld­ renowned Sha w co llection , which in­ clud es th e Shaw Festiva l arclli ves and the Dan H. Laurence Collection , th e so urce of the stra nds of Shaw's beard.

Othcr theatres represented include Theatre Passe Muraille, the Blyth Fes­ tival, Native Earth Pcrforming Arts , the

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Royal Alexandra Theatrc and Lond on 's Grand Theatre.

Recognizing the Scots In cOlljunction wi th it~ annual series of Scottish worksh ops, Guelph 's Scottish Studies Program will award an annLlal pri ze in Scottish history. The pl'i ze is nam ed for FranK Wat son, <J regular par­ ticipa nt in the Sc otti~ h workshop series.

II will be awarded for the first lime next sprin g to the best book. mono­ graph, dissertation or edited set 01' papers on Scottish studies publ ished since Jan. 1, 199 1. Preference will be given to ori gin al works on ear ly Scot­ ti.'ih hi story or to any area of Scottish his­ tory that is still largely unexplored. The recipient wi ll be in vited to present a lec­ ture and seminar at G uelph . Entries must be submitted by Nov. 30. 1993, to Ihe chair of Sco tti sh Studies , Depart ­ ment of History, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ont. N I G 2W I. U of G is known internationally for its program in Scot tish st udies and its library col lecti on of Scotti sh material ­ the largest outside Scotland. The Depart­ ment o t' Hi sto ry otlers Scottish literature and history courses at the undergraduate level, as well as MA and PhD programs.

It also promotes student exchange programs with th e University of Aber­ deen and Strathel yde.

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European program unique in Canada Close to 2,000 graduate Some 1,958 stu- ...-~~ dents grad­ uated at spring convoc ation ce remonies in June. Hono rary cioc tor of sci­ ence deg rees we nt to nutritionIst LeUIl Sal/lldr,.; Joyce BeareRogers, form er chief of nutri ­ tion research with Health and Welfare Canada ; Uni­ versityof Western On­ tario engineer Alan Da ve n­ port , a consul- H elen Abell tant on many of the world 's larges t en­ gineering struc tures; and ve terinary pathologist Leon Saunders, OVC '43, whose distin gu ished ca ree r has included research, teac hin g and writing.

Honorary doctor of luws degrees went to Helen Abell , Mac '38 0 , a former OAC fa culty member and intern ational consultant on nutrition, rural ex tens ion and socio logy in the Third World ; and agriculturi st George Mo rri s, whose man y co ntributions [0 U of G ha ve in­ cluded establ ishment of the George Morri s Cen tre, a think tank for agricul­ tural policy resea rch and education.

A unique new degree program in European studies co uld be just the ticket for stucients looking ~'or international careers. The BA program co mbines European culture and business studies with language courses and a year of .study abroad.

The 40-course honors major will in­ clude a core o f six lang uage co urses anci four European c ulture and civili za tion courses. There will be two areas of e m­ ph as is - Europea n c ulture and civili za­ tion or European business studies.

In thei r third yea r, stude nts will study abroad as part of Guel ph 's exc hange programs with universities in Germany, France, Italy ane! Spain.

Squirrelling away for the future After a hal f-ce ntury's abse nce, so uthern fl ying squirre ls ha ve re turn ed to Point Pe lee National Park, thanks to U of G re­ sea rc hers and Parks Ca naela .

This spr ing, zoo logy professor Tom Nudds, gradua te studen t Ian Adam s and an entourage of Parks Canada officials and media watchecl anxiously as 17 southe rn flying sq uirre ls - chipmunk­ sized rodents capab le of spread-eagled leaps and glid es of 30 to 40 feet ­

emerged inqui siti ve ly from nes tin g boxes wired [ 0 tree» in ~ ]n iso lated pari of Point Pe lee NatIonal P ~]rk .

Th e animal s had been tran sported from the Lon g Po int area to Point Pelee, the southernmost point of Canada, where th e ,mall mammal was WIped out in the 1930s. The relocation project is part of a general mov ement at the park to res tore the Caro linian ecosystem that crumbl ed there in the rclce of a booming cOllage \\l(lu,try, , ubseq uent habitat devastc]tion and cl concerted pclrk policy to e rad ica te ceria III mammal s con­ side red pests. Adams and N udd s hope to reintroduce 100 »outhe rn flying sq uir­ rels to th e park.

Career services for alumni Remember th e Counselling clnd Stud ent Reso urce Ce ntre" It's al,o an allll7lni reso urce cen tre that ()~lers career work­ shops, a job-referral ,ervice and a recruiting service.

On Ocr. 7, the CSRC wil l host a ca ree r fair in the UnI ve rsit y Centre fmm 10 a.m. to 3 p.l11. There IS a S225 charge for employers who want to se t up a booth , but admis,ion for vis itors is i'rce.

For more informati o n, call Bonnie Patteson at SI9-824-4120, Ext. 2394.

The annual fa ir draws up to 50 em­ ployer» - gove rnment anci privat e-sec ­ tor compan ies, franchise organi/.a ti ons and educati onal institutions.

Honorary doctor of letters degrees went to literary scholar Gilles Marcotte, a professor of French studies at the University of Mont real; and renowned economist Richard Lipsey, a professor at Sim on Fraser Uni vers ity and director of the economic grow th and resea rch program at the Ca nadian Institute for Advanced Resea rch .

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Three retired Guelph fac ult y members we re also ho no red at convocation. The title of Uni versi ty professor emeritus was bestowed on botanist Donald Britto n and eng in ee r Walter Bilansk i.

Pathologist Tom Hullancl received a meda l of merit.

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CSRC resources on campus are avail­ able to alumni without charge, including career co unse lling for six mon ths aFter gradu ation. In add ition, the ce ntre offers a fall and winter series of workshops on res ume writing, intervie w sk ills, career planning and teachers ' co llege. Mos t workshops are free or carry a minimum ch arge of $10. Pick up a sc hedule of wo rk shops at Alumni Hou se or th e CSRC offi ce or call Ext. 2214.

Alumni can also participate as emp loyer or employee in a job-referral service. There is no charge to employ­ ers, but job hun te rs pay $60 to enrol, then receive notices of all job openings received by the CSRC, including posi­ tion s at U of G and within the public sector. Call Ext. 2394 for informa ti on .

OMAF/Guelph agreement under review For almost a yea r, U of G has been in ­ volved in an exe rci se to restructure its research agreement with th e Ontario Mini st ry of Agric ulture and Food (OMAF). Inter im program leaders ap­ pointed by the University are working

out details for structu ri ng, operating and implementing ne w research programs.

The more than 20 prog ram s that make up the long-standin g agreement are bein g consolidated into six programs ­ rural communities, plants, animals, food, sys tems and resou rces/e nviron­ ment - to help streamline operations and address fi nancia l issue.,;.

The restructuring process was prompted by OMAF's announcement last year that it would cut core funding in th e research agreement by $1.5 mil­ lion - an e ffol1 to reduce the ministry's operating budget by three per cent. This was in line with a budget-cutting direc ­ tive sen t out to all govelllJl1ent minis­ tri es and included the provisi on of another $500,000 reduction in funding for the research ag reeme nt in I993jl)4.

Current discussions centre aro und the relati ons hips between the new program areas and the way OMAF-supported re­ search projects will ht in. "The restruc­ turing exercise is designed to enhance flexibility, responsive ness and efficien­ cy in the management and deployment of agreeme nt fund.,;," says research vice ­ president Larry Milligan.

This ye[1r, the agreement will provide $30 Jlli.lJi on to agri-food research and ed ucati on at Guelph, the sin gle largest extern al so urce of researc h support.

Faculty briefs vir Prof.

Leonard Conoll y, actin g academic vice -presidenr, wi ll be­ come president of Trent Uni vers ity Jan. I , 1994. Conolly, who came 10 U ofG in 19R1 aschailoftheDepart­ ment of Drama , ha s abo se rv ed as ac ­ ting dean of the College of Arts and associate vice-president.

L1 <1" Prof. Jim Taylor is the new direc tor of the School of Landscape Architec­ ture. He has been acting di rec tor and und ergrad uat e co-ord inato r, ha s chaired the Cruickston Park Farm Advisory Committee and has served on the Arboretum com mitt ee. t-Y Pmf. Murray Brown, OAC '51, MSA '53, retired this sp rin g. after 27 years in the Department of Land Resou rce Science. T he first to link ag ron omy with meteorology . Brown was the founder of the Canad ian­ Society of Agro met eorology.

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teve Sweetnam lea med to swi m lon g before he could tell tim e.

But the clock has bee n hi s taskmaste r ever since. Each practice, each swim meet, he tries to beat the c lock ... tries to swim faster than the day before.

All competitive swimmers are clock watc hers. At the end of every race, they look fo r the time cJock' s verdict before they check the coac h's fac e. The clock doesn ' t lie, and it doesn't accept ex­ cuses.

Ranked among the top 100 mal e swimmers in the world, Sweetnam ca n cross a 2S-m etre pool eight times in two minutes and 4.R seconds. He 's faster than Alberta swimmer Graham Smith , who became a national hero when he won six go ld medals at the J 978 COill­ monwealth Games, but Sweetnam's time is still eight seconds off the current world record fo r the 200-metre in­ dividual medley .

That 's the story of competiti ve sport.

Yesterday's unbelievab le performances are tomorrow's routine practice times.

Gryphon swim coach Alan Fair­ weather, HK ' 7S, was a nat ional finalist

in the early 1970s , but even his best time in the spri nt freestyl e e vent would make him only an average sw immer among today's Gryphons. The IS -year difference in speed is the result of train­ ing efficiency , says Fairweather. Plus a better und ersta nding of the relation ship among body mechanics, physiology , nutrition and psyc hologi ca l preparation.

Fairw eather was a top-rank ed uni ver­ sity swimmer and a stude nt of physiol­ ogy, but he didn't connec t the two di sc iplines until after he began coach­ ing. His plans for medical sc hool evaporated shon ly after he signed on with the Gryphon s in the fall of 1975, but he's st ill using hi s degree in human kinetics to train the human bod y to go faster. And eac h year, he continues to learn more.

What he learns, he shares. He says "an educated sw immer is a more com­ mitted athlete and a better performer."

Fairweather frequently consu lts his former physiology professor Jack Barclay and other Guelph faculty. He refers swimmers to nutrition consultant Marg Hedley, Mac '64 and M.Sc. '8 1, to Prof. Evelyn Bird's relaxation clinic

and to Gryphon ath letic therap ist Gunner Oberascou s.

Sports psychology has a tloating posi­ tion on Fairweather 's coac hing hierar­ chy. It's an ongoi ng part of the coac h-athlete relationship, not a quick fi x yo u can buy in a two-hour workshop, he says. His approacllto swim training is all encompa ss ing, geared to producing athletes who are bo th ph ys ically and me ntally fit.

For Fairweathe r, a train ing regimen is second in importance only to stroke mec hanics. " Why train for months or yea rs to take a second off your time if one slight change in the pitch of your hand will accompli sh the same thing? " Guelph swimmers will see even more emphasi s on stroke mechanics in the com ing season because of the addi tion of tw o part-time coac hes. Anne Ottenbrit e, 1984 Olympic gold medallist in the 200-metre breasts trok e, joined the Guelph swim team in August, and Guelph Marlins coach Ke vin Au ge r will be helping out thi s fall in a reciprocal agreement with Fairweather.

With at least two coac hes on deck, the team 's 60 swimmers will get more in­ dividual atte ntion. Th ey 'll al so have more room following the opening of Gue lph 's ne w eight-lane pool.

The Gryphons have been ranked among the top 10 university swim teams in Canada for the past four yea rs, and the J 991/92 varsity team included eight sw imme rs who made it to the last Olym­ pic trials. But Fairweather says this new­ found success has more to do with th e University 's academic programs than it does with his coach ing skills. Guelph is no w one of the first three choices for most Ontario high sc hool graduates , he says , and that mean s more swimmers are being attrac ted to campus.

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How swimmers go faster ...

During physical exertion, the body U'ie~ both aerobic and anaerobic energy sys­ tems. Sprinler!> rely on anacrobi(; energy for quick stans and top speed over a shon distance. Long-distance runners and swimmer' push their bodies illlo the aerobic energy system, enabling them to go farther longer.

The body fatigues quickly when using anaerobic energy. You may have a lot uf speed, but you can't maintain it for more than a few sc(;onds. With exercise. your body become!! more fit and tretches its aerobic energy capacity. so you can hold that speed for a longer period before fatigue sets in.

Fatigue can push the body into the anaerobic !lystem for a last surge of trength before e haustiun sets in. Stretch­ ing the limits of your aerobic energy sys­ tem (;an mean even greater speed when your body calls on the anaerobic system during the linalmoments of a race.

Even !-pecific muscle), can bc trained to work in the aerobic or anaerobic end of the energy sy~tem.

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Fairweather hate s rec ruitin g. "J rea lly think students - including \w immers ­ should choose a univ ersity beca use of it s degree programs. I want to coach pe ople who ha ve made a considered dec isi on to come here .. . not because J sold them a bill of goods."

He says his tea m is heavily indebted to other coaches in Ontario's club sy stem and to former Gryphon swimmers who are now rhe parents, teachers and coaches of a new ge neration of athletes. Sweetnam came from thc Linds ay, Ont. , Li ghtningbolt s, where he was coac hed by Canada's 1990 swim coach of the yea r, hi s mother, Marian, a 1965 nutl'iri on graduate of Maccl o llakl [n ~ titute . 11 i, father, (;eorge , OAC '66, anu

grandmother al so ha ve Gu e lph degrees, That ' s why he kn ew about Guelph, he .';ays, but it' s not why he chose it. More im­ portant was hi s plan to pursue a ca reer in ergonomics.

Grypho n teammate Jeff Sumner won a Pres ident's Scholarship to U of G, and Jill Lutz ca me after seei ng how much fun her older brothe r Mark h,ld a.,; a Grypl10n sw immer. Most varsity sw immers develop their tal ent s in the ir home tow n pool , but a notabl e exce pti on i.,; Anne Marie Shrouder, who walked into U of G \ poo l "a poor I'ecreati o na.l swimmer" and grad ­ uated thi s spring a national finalist. Watch­ ing he r compere last March in the CIAU championship was "o ne of my proud es t mo ment s w, a coach," sa ys Fairweather. <j

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U of G swim coach Alan Fairweat her says muscle fatigue is often the greatest calise of swim injurie~ - the result of overuse and repetition. A ' wimmer covering 5,500 metres in a prat·tice will complete more than 2,100 aml movements. in­ cluding both internal and external rotation of the shoulder joint.

Most of Wi have far greater strength in our inter­ nal rotators, so swimmcrs use weight training to build strength in external rotator muscles. Prema­ ture fatigue in the external rotators can cause muscle strain or tendonitis. Other preventive measure~ include a lengthy wannup before and after practice.

Fairweather tells athletes not to force them­ selves to work at thc extremes of their flexibility every time. And if it starts to hUl1. he tells them to look after the injury quickly.

A swim coach's bug of tricks includes another technique that fools the body sO that it over­ compensates for muscle fatigue. Mike Gu rgol, head coach at the North York Aquatics Club in Toronto, says this strategy moved a 16-year­ old female swimmer from 150th to 50th place in the world in one competition.

During peak truining time. lhis 400-metre freestyler spends 24 hours a week in training - I I sessions in the pool. dry-land weight training to build upper body and leg ~.trcngth. 200 to 300 ab­ dominal exercise:, a d~,y, massage therapy weekly to help muscles recover from the heavy workload and maybe.l 'pot check on her diet to verify a bal'lOced intake of 35-pcr-ccnt protein, 60-pcr­ cent carbohydrates and five-per-cent fat.

Early in the sea. on. she'll swim 20 kilometres a week. building up to 80 km ( 120 at spring-break training camp in Florida) and dropping back to 10 or 12 km the h<;t week before a major meet. This technique drops the fatigue level. but foob the body into thinking it is still in heavy training, ays Gurgol. As a result, the body overcompen­ sates and give. the swimmer an e,\ tra hoost of energy and strength when it counts mosl. 0

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Like Fairwea ther, Marian Sweetnam never intended to be a swimming coach. "But if you want somethin g done in a small town, you have to do it yourself, " she says . Both she and George , a dentist who is currently pres ident of the Ontario Dental Associ a­ tion , are boating enthusiasts who believed their chi ldren should know how to swim for their ow n snfety. The y enrolled Steve in a leanHo-swim program more than 17 years ago.

Around the sa me time , Marian volunteered to coac h the fiv e­ yenr-olds at th e Lind say pool and eventually followed Steve and her other children, Nancy and Peter, all the way up the competi­ tive ranks. As th ey learned, she lea rned. She read articles and books and took coaching cer­ tification courses to try to stay ahead of the kids.

The chall enge got greater when Nanc y broke into the na ­ t ional sw im scene at age 12. " I didn't want her to leave home to train," says Marian, "so I worked harder, too."

One step at a time , they worked their way to the 1992 Olympic Game s. Nancy now trains at Laurentian University, and Marian is still a volunteer coach for 84 members of the Lindsay Li ghtningbo lts. [n August, she was assi stant coac h for the Ontario women's tcam at the Canada Games in Kamloops, B.C. Head Ontario coac h was Mike Gurgol, a 1979 g raduate of Guelph's human kinetics program who coaches full time at the North York Aquatics Club in Toronto.

Gurgol's first yearon th e

Guelph vars ity team was Fairweather's last. He was later coach ed by Fairweather and served as his assistant coach.

G urgol coac hed at Queen's University for two yea rs while at­ tendin g teac hers' college, then coached for the Prince George, B.C. , Barracudas and the Trent

Swim Club in Peterborough,

Ont., before joining th e North

York c lub as youth coach in 1986.

He is now head coach at North York , perennially one of the top five clubs in Canada. It is also Ontario' s larges t swim club, with 180 competitive and 120 pre­ competitive swimmers, three full­ ti me and 16 part-tim e sta ff and an annual budget of $300,000.

The club runs two major interna­ tional meets every year, and com­ petitive swimmers travel seve ral ti mes a year.

Gurgol estimates the total cost for a competitive swimmer who is an Ontario finali st is about $5,000 a yea r. Most swimmers in Lind say spend about a ten th of that, yet both clubs have produced Olympic contenders.

The differences between the two clubs Jie in quantity, rather than quality. Talented swimmers will surfac e in any pool, but the larger swim clubs hav e more talent to draw on.

Despite the obviou s differen­ ces in the ir clubs , Gurgol and Marian Sweetnam hav e surpris­ ingly SImilar ieleas about how to coach sw immers. Both are oriented towards excellence , both believe in goal setting and both say the real key to succe ss is a committed swimmer and support­ ive parents.

Sweetnam claims she can tell when a new member walks on to the pool deck whether he or she will drop out or become a good swimm er. And Gurgol tells swim­ mers that missing three training sessions a week mean s they're happy to be at 70 per cent of their capacity.

He expec ts swimm ers to put in 100 per cent every day. A free-

Lejl. 199J CBS graduate SCOff Sumller is a /}III­ "?ljlr specialist - tite aquatic variety .

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styler who achi eves a li fe time best is congrat ulated, but if she's still sw im­ min g at the same speed a week later, then she's only average.

"We try to get kids goi ng and go ing fast," says G urgo l. He moti vates swim­ me rs by highlighting ach ievements on a wall cha rt, posti ng an inspirational qu ote each day and telling bad jo kes when someone needs a littl e nudge.

In Lindsay - where the pop ulation is sma ll er than the U of G student body ­ the re's Jess pressu re on individual swim­ mers and more emphasis on serving the recreat ional needs of the community.

Swimmers are encouraged to partic ipate in other sport s, and coach Sweetnam doesn't compl ai n if they mi ss practice to study for ex am s. She's proud of the fac t that the Lind say Li gh tnin gbo lts have produced seve ra l university swim­ mers. She says some of the m actu ally do better when they mov e away fro m home ... and discover how im portant swimming rea ll y is to them.

Fairweather kn ows how important sw imming is to most of them - it's third on thei r priority li st behind sc hoo l­ work and soc ial li fe . As a coach, he's a re laxed disciplinarian. He nev er hold s tryout s and seldom cu ts anyone from the team. ''I'm work ing with young adu lts who have to dec ide for them sel ­ ves how much practice time is enou gh. " The pool is open fo r 16 practices a week. Mos t of the women swim 12 to 14 hours a week; the men average nine.

And the cl ock determines lane ass ign­ ments. Eve ryone know s who's the slowest in th e pool, says Fairweather, and a sw immer who wants to move up a

lan e work s harder.

"At Gue lph , we try to stress tea m spiri t, but swi mmin g is still basically an individual sport. And it's the individual who wants to get faster."

A successfu l Gryphon sw immer has commitment. So do successful club swi mme rs, but they're getting harde r to find.

Gurgol says worl d record times may be getting faster , bu t there are fewer and fewer challen gers . As a group, Canadian swimmers are slower than they were in the 1980s, and he blames society. The demands of training - telling yo un g­ sters to work harder and hard er - go against th e grain of a society that ex­ pec ts everythin g to come eas ier and easier, he say s. Kid s are used to com ­ puter games and remote controls and a new stimulation every 30 seconds. "In sport , you ha ve to do thin gs over and over again."

All three coac hes try to ma ke ch arac­ te r trai ning a pa rt of thei r program.

They teach that there are no sho rtcuts to success and hope to develop athletes who will become re sponsib le ad ults.

Swimmers lea rn th at if you fa il . you try to fig ure out why, then try again . The highs and lows of competitive swim­ ming - like any sport - arc phen om­ enal. Within one one -hundredth of a second. two swim mers can experience the grea tes t thrill and the mos t devastat­ ing dIsappointment of a lifetime .

Still, the coac hes don't overlook the fact that swimmin g should be fun. Both the North York and Guelph team s enjoy a regu lar off- seaso n train ing camp in Florida. For that one week , sw immin g is num ber one, says Fairweather.

"We get a lot of work do ne and it build s team sp irit and so me of thc be st swimming memories." 0

Life after • • sWImmIng As a shivering tive-year-old. Steve Sweetnam got into the Lindsay pool for his first swimming lesson only hecause his mother made him.

But after he eros ed that first hur­ dle. he swam because h~ wanted to.

More inten 'ive training might have pushed him into national finals at a younger age. but he thinks things havc been timed pret­ ty well. Last year, he won the OUAA gold medal and a silver in the 50-metre butterfly at the Canadian University-t'hampion­ ·hips. He was also a member or Canada 's Olympic development team and a finalist at the May 1992 Olympic trials.

Now 22, Sweetnam is in his last ycar of eligibility for the univer­ sity swim progr.tm and says he's ready to try something else. Recent­ ly, he 's become inter­ I!sted in the triathlon adventures of his Guelph teammate Jeff Krar. a member of Guelph' s OUAA silver med'll relay teanl .md Canadian Junior Champion in the triathlon . ..,

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She passed the test

of future leaders

Spinning between extremes in Northern Ireland,

Guelph graduate Deborah Poff

discovered her own naivete

and developed the ability to negotiate with people

she adamantly disagreed with.

by M a rtha Tancoc k

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rived in Northern Ireland, she was spir­ ited to the roof of the BBC building in B e lfast to watch the Orange Day parade.

In the "heady" compony of other pote ntial leaders from 29 Common­ w ea lth countries, the university ad­ ministrator and U of G graduate spent 10 days in the summer of 1992 spinning be tween Irish extremes.

The re as part of the Duke of Edinburg h ' s Seventh Commonwealth Study Conference, Poff and 15 others in he r g roup were bu sed to different loca­ tion s daily , reminded at every turn of the sectarian violence that wracks th e Briti s h protectorate. It was an inte nse and so metimes uncomfortabl e ex ­ perience designed to shak e up old pe rspectives and spark creative new ones in people who had been iden tifi ed as future leaders.

Treated like VIPs, they began thei r odyssey with a five-cours e banquet in a castle near Belfast. The stately candl e lit affair cast an unreal light on th e polari­ ties they would witness durin g th e ir sub­ sequent travels throughout the troubled colony.

Pofr's study group toured state-of-the ­ art industries and stepped into textile 12

factories re mini scent of Dickens's 19th­ ce ntury workhouses. They visited univ e rsities ancl met with officials of the Briti sh inte lli ge nce se rvice in Northern Ire land. In County Armagh, the most violent arena for te nsions, they ex­ am in ed confiscated bombs and equip­ ment supplied to outlawed organizations

by Libya 's Moammar Khadafy.

They vis ited political prisoners in a maximum-security prison and met vic­ tim s o f vio le nce . They saw a Londonder­ ry Catho lic whose son died in the violence <lnd who has devoted the pas t 12 years to rebuildin g his devas tated city. In B e lfast, they learned that 50 pe r cent of me n under 25 are unemployed.

Poff came away from the experience stimulated, in spired, exhausted and wiser.

She was nominated to attend th e study conference by the president of Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, where she was associate profes­ sor of women's studies and director of th e Institute for the Study of Wom e n.

Less than a year after the Iri sh ex ­ pelience, she was named professor and dean of arts and sciences at the ne w University of Northern Briti sh C ol um­ bia in Prince George.

Poff ea rn ed a BA in psyc hology in J974 and a PhD in th e philosophy of science in 1987 from U of G. She we nt to Halifax in 1984 , but maintain s her Guelph ties through her hu sband, Alex M icholos , who is a professo r in the Department of Philoso phy.

Some 230 de legates from Africa, India, A s ia and Au str81 ia attended the Commonwea lth conrerence, which is held every s ix years in different countri es. Participants w e re welcomed at O xfo rd University by Prince Philip, who initiate d th e confe rence in 1956.

And they hea rd e minent speakers ex­ pound on the theme of finding local solutions to problems ari s ing in a g lobal ­ ly vulnerable econom y.

Divided into groups of 16, delega tes th e n fanned out across the British Isl es for inten sive 19-hour days tourin g ond talking to people involved in busine ss, industry, construction, community and go vernment projects. They retumed to Ox ford to present their findings. pofr travelled with a mostly mal e group that included an engineer, lawyer, doctor, academic, civil servant, trade unionist, business executive, author and aspiring politician - oil. people she didn't know and with whom she hod lit­ C II r/ph Ailimnus

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Reconciling the irreconcilable: the global economy and the environment C ollc/e/l.l cdti"()/Il (/ /JOP ('/" prepared b\' DeiJomh Pott/c)r a 1l0/iOIlO/ S\'I7I/H)silll7l Oil

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tie in common. Ine vitably, there were clashes. ''I'm sure they found me a pushy, lefty feminist," she says, "but we got so tbat we actually liked each other. " It was a lesso n in diplomacy. "I learned to be more tol erant and to negotiate with people I adamantl y disagreed with."

Tension could hardly be avoided. Poft' was up at 7 a.m. each day , off to a new city for another round of tours and talks, followed by a formal dinner, then bed by 2 a.m. Confe rence organizers packed the schedule for maximum stress and press ure - all part of the leadership ex­ pe rtence.

Poff also se nsed her own nai vete as a "Canadian colonia!." Th e protoco l was "all rath er stal11ing and nothing J par­ ticularly think I'll need." It included fiv e-course dinners and changing three times a day for formal and semi-formal

occas ions. " Non e of this was part of my expe rience.

From the beginning, Poft" disagreed with conference pllndits. She didn't ac­ cept tbat downsizing had to mean a "PCI'­ manentthreshold displacement"­ permanent unemployment - of 20 per cent of the workforce. Back at home in Halifax, she pl'epared her counter offen­ sive. She spent months reading every­ thing she co uld on the North Ame rican Free Trade Agreement , for instance, anel is now " far more engaged in the de­ bate." Th e res ult was a cautionary paper on how democracy can be erod ed if citi­ zens don ' t gel a handl e on how nations are bargaining away theil' bJsic rights. A condensed version of that paper follows.

This is Poff's area of political , not aca­ demic , interes l. "I came away thinking this is the critical iss ue to be ad­ dressed." 0

For the past decade, we have been li s­ tening to a number of incon sistent recomm endations for solving the serious economic and environmental problem s in Canada and around the world. Although government s profes s to suppo rt environmentalmeaslII"es, many business ent erprises seem to be tell ing us that environmental sustainability is a barrier 1"0 competitiveness.

This paper will examine the policies and practi ces of today's new breed of capitalists - who first look ed to the world ' s democraci es for bread and are now turning to bite the hand that fed them .

A capitalist as defined by 18th-cen­ tury economist Adam Smith is one who is committed to investing in his or her own domestic economy. But in rec ent yei.lrs , dom es tic inv es tmcnt has been eroded by transnationi.l .1companies and international money managers who ha ve rec eived limited liability and apparent immortaltty - the gi f't of governments to whom they give no national al­ Icgiance.

These capitalists mov e their invest­ ment s ab road for even a smal) increase in th e rate of return. Globalt zation has left us wondering if national cconomies are mere ly remnants of an earlier in­ du strial period or agents for globa I economic negotiation.

Those familiar with th e literature on the current economic crisis know that a complete picture starts with the Bretton Wood s conferenc e of 1SJ44, which set guidelines for what was to become the International Monetary Fund and the prec ursor of the World Bank. Bretton Wooels also guaranteed the dominance orthe United States in the world economy and recognized the U.S. dollar - linked to gold - as the wOI'lcI's most important reserve cmrency.

What occ urred in the nex t 40-plus years is too complex to ex amin e here.

But Japan and Germany rebuilt. The 13

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United Sta tes . [<lced with growi ng trade and budget de ficits. abandoned the go ld standard. And an unprecedented ex ­ change of world currency as com­ modi ties ensued. Thi s W<lS followed by ex tensive loans to Third World countries. ca rrying the co ndi tion of ec onomic and politic<ll re structuring within the borrow ing nation.

Structural adju st ment, as it is ca ll ed, was a natural byproduct of the Reaga nfTh atc her/ Mul roney era. It comes from <l fa ith in the rat ionali zi ng effect of globa l market forces <lnd invol­ ves a number of complement ary actions targe ted to prod uc in g a so-call ed level pl<:l ying field. These actions inclu de priv ati zation, deregu latio n and liberali zati o n of national economies.

Much of thi s is famili ar to Canadians because th is is precisely what th e Can<ldian govel11ment ha s been pursu­ in g in concert with the Canadian­ America n and No rth American free trade agree ments.

It is ass umed that the impact of struc­ tural adju stment will remove th e artifi­ c ial b<lrri ers to natural mark et fo rces.

But part of the adju stment to create a level playing fi e ld means a weakened labor force with lower ex pectations.

And part of the restructu rin g for globa l compatitiveness has mea nt deregulating uni ons in th e United Kin gdom, New Zealand and e lsewhere in the dev e loped world.

In th e developing world, it has meant deva lued domestic currenc ies, high un­ employment, increased poverty and star­ vation. in flat ion and the establ ishmen t of free trade zo nes.

WHAT DOES STRUCTURAL adj ustment mean for env ironmenta l sus­ rainability') Any attempt to remain competitiv e in such a global market is almost imposs ible for a Thi rd World country and increas ingly diffic ult for developed nations like Canad a. Environ­ mental protecti on is a rel ati ve ly recent phenome non. and eve n within the boun­ daries of a nation state where a confli ct arises betwee n bu si ness inte rests and en­ vironmental protection. bu siness wi ns.

Wh en we add to this the power of transnation<ll co rporations to change both law and qU <llity of life within a country, we begin to rea lize the res is­ tance th at any attempt to protect the en­ vironment meets.

In deve lop in g countri es, th e situation is ex acerbated by the very nature of their so-call ed co mpetitive edge. i. e., /4

chcap labor an d l<l x environme nta l regulations. With heavy debt loads and depre ssed economies, most Third World countri es cannot put the environment before economic surviva l. So th ey are caught li p in a des perate and vic io us process of destroying their natu ra l re sources to servi ce debt and a ll ow short-term surviv al. And they are doing so beca use the y have lost control of na­ tional se lf-gove rnance.

The environmental dam age brings to mind images of the pollutio n that was endemi c to th e Indus trial Revol uti on.

The di fferenc e here is that the negot ia­ ti ons and damages incurred by develop­ ment are global in nature and go beyond the capacit y of nation states to effec tiv e­ ly control. Thi s is not just a difference in scale , but a difference in kind.

Multinational companies are respon­ sibl e for man y hazardous ventures in the Third Wor ld , of which mining and mineral proce ss ing are among the most lucrative. And many coun tri es are so desperate to attract investm ent that the y provide an open door for companies to disregard hea lth Clnd safety regulat ions and meas ures of env ironmental pro­ tection.

FOR THOSE CONCERNED WITH Canada 's inv olveme nt in free trade agreements and the protection of the country's natural reso urces in th ose agree ments, the qu est ion of Can ad ian sove reignty is central. Some economi sts be lieve that the emerging global economy has rendered nationa I eco nomi es irre lev ant. Many als o believe that tru e sovereign ty is lost as we rep lace political debate and dec isi on making for communi ty goals with th e absolute rule of the mark et.

But when we look at th e literature on the los s of national economi c autonomy and sove re ignty, it's important to remember th at nations are the key agents in negoti ating deregulation and free trade deal s. Nation states th at in liberal democracies are viewed as protectors of basic rights are, in fact , in­ volved in global regulati ons that may erode the very principles they are based on. This not onl y affects ri ght s meant to ensure the qual ity o f life within given nati ons, but al so diminishes the pos ­ sibility fo r the growth o f democracy and dem ocra ti c rig hts on a globaJ sca Ie. Forward -loo king princ iples of human rights get und ermined as nat ion arkr na­ ti on position s for a com petitiv e <ld ­ van tage. The res ult is the lowest

common denominat or and a bottom­ run g pos ition for the environment and social programs. We ' re see ing unbridl ed co rruption and crime in deve loped countri es and Th ird World nati ons will­ in g to accept toxic waste in cont rave n­ ti on of intcrnation all aw.

So does all of thi s mean that the no­ tion of statehood has been eroded ') [ would say unequivocally not. What has been eroded here is not statehood but democracy and the ability of c it ize ns within democratic states to exercise democratic righ ts. Not on ly is Can ada less democratic to the ex tent that deregulation . pri va tization and econ omi c liberalization have been ac­ comp li shed, but also 10 the ex tent that nation s are willing to use such fac tors as economic bargaining chips. Environ­ menta l sustainabilit y ha s become one more barr ier to competi tiv eness.

ASSUMING THAT DEM OCR ACY is a good thing , what should be done abo ut this'! Esse nti a ll y, all nati ons need to negotiate intematio nally from a posi­ tion where they can set th ei r own nation­ al priori ti es . This is something that has increas ingly been giv en up, eve n in na­ lion s lik e Canada whe re there is still the possibility of exe rc ising co ll ec tiv e politi­ ca l will. Transnati ona l corporati o ns have an und emocrat ic message th at citize ns in all nati ons have to becom e more compe titive by di smantling nati on­ al institutions and prog rams. The facl that comp e ti t i ve n es~ wi th out the protec­ tion of natural reso urces. in fras tructure and soc ial programs amounts to mass suicide is rarely conside red .

Thi s may sound re mini scent of the cultural imperialism of a for mer era , but it behoov es those of LIS with th e privil ege to still resist the erosion of en ­ vironment and human freedom s to do so and not all ow our nation s to bargain away the world.

As John Maynard Keynes said in 1933 : "The divorce betwee n o wners hip and the rea l respo nsibility of manage­ ment is serious within a co unt ry when ownershi p is broken up betwee n in­ dividuals who buy their inte rest toclay and sell it tom o rrow and lack altogether both knowledge and res ponsibilit y towards what th ey monetaril y own. " The so.luti on to th e prob le m of divorce here is reconc iliati on rather than re signation - and res istance to the fal se and alarmin g rhetoric of global greed that has benumbed our better sen­ sibiliti es. 0 C lie/I'/I/~/l1l7/ nll.\

Try it, you 'II like it Story hy Mary Dickiesol1 isappointed with the financial return s from traditional farming , o perations , many Canadian fanners are looking for alterna­ • . tive commodities to help im­ prove their bottom line, Paul Witmer, OAC 73, is one of them , After se lling the family dairy herd in 1990, Witme r looked at several new ventures, includ­ ing mushrooms and deer, be fore turning hi s Cambridge, OnL, farm into an emu ranch, "We felt the re was a lot of potential in these bird s," he says, "They produce a red meat similar in taste to beef, with fat and cholesterol levels comparable to chicken ," In addition to its meat, each bird produce s a hide for leather and oil that has commercial pote nti a l for use in hypoalJ ergenic cosmetics, sunscreens and phar­ maceuticals or as a lubricating oiL A lot of other farmers al so see the potenti a l in thi s Australian bird, In fact, the e mu indu stry in Ontario is boo ming, despite the fa ct that there is no commercial marke t for the birds, , ' and not likely to be for seve ral years , Nevertheless, the val ue o f emu breeding stock has increased se ve n­ fold since the bird s were first introduced in On­ tari o about 1989, Ju st over a year ago, Witmer bought hi s first pair of breeding bird s for $15,000, T oday , they're worth almost $45.000.

These stock prices are the envy of Bay Street.

But, like paper stocks in 1987, this marke t is headed for a crash, Tony ten Westeneind, OAC ' 81, is a bu siness adv iser with the Ontario Minis­ try of Agriculture and Food (OMAF), He says low supply and hi g h de mand for birds have pushed emu prices to artifi c ial heights. But eve n­ tually, the breed ing-stock marke t will become saturated and producers will be forced to sell bird s at lowe r prices or won't be able to sell Emu can he prelly choosy when it comes to selecting a mate , Blit after handing together, a breeding pair can he expected to produce more than 20 fl'J"tile I'ggs each Sl'ason, and may them at all. live lip to 30 years.

Photo by Vel11 McGrath The industry's future depends on the develop­ ment of a consumer market for emu meat and by­ products. To this end , Ontario breeders have Western Canada and in the United States, whe re Texas formed the Ontario Ratite A ssoc iation (ORA) - ratites are ranchers were among the first to promote ratites as mea t birds. flightl ess birds - with Stephen Thomson, OAC '78, as its The ostrich , a native of Africa, is the largest of the flightless first preside nt. They ' ll aim their marke ting strategy at the res­ birds, followed by the e mu , the South American rhe a, the cas­ taurant industry and speci a lty meat marke ts, hoping to ensure sowary of New Guinea and Au stralia and the ki wi of New that your first taste of emu will be at the hand s of a competent Zea land, Ostriches were commercially domesti cated in So uth chef. Because of its low fat conte nt, the meat mu st be roasted Ame rica in the mid-19th century , first for feathers a nd late r or seared to retain moisture and tenderness. And they think for leathe r and meat. Despite a sizeable industry in South you'll ge t a chance to order it before the year 2000.

A frica, there is littl e international trade in ostrich products be­ The ORA is following the lead of emu producers in ca use of economic sanctions against the country.

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The interest in ratites began to mu sh­ room in the United States the e arly 1980s, spread into Western Canada abo ut six ye ars ago and exploded into Ontario by 1989. The re are now an es ­ .Li ke many other livestock op~nlli(jns, [(nake alocik' i'nside the ~gg>Ostric.h timated 100 ratite owne rs in Ontario and rais ing e mlJs looks easy to tti~ 'lIni. eggs can be candled tp see ifthe 'c!'lick .

Albe rta , with small er numbers in British ··.· nitiated, blit don,'! undere stiIllHtethe " isgrowillg normally, outellllJcggs ' Columbia , Saskatchewan and Manitoba. riskorthc alTiount.of work Involved.. . ctreopaqlie, so incubatiollis a wait­ Th e re is also g row ing interest in eastern and~seepr:i.iposilion " ." .

'I n te rms offime comiliitment. I'Lli'iparts of the country. ning anerTllt~bteedingoperation 'i; ." · .Youngeml\ chicks havebrmvl1und ' Ironically , Australians didn't start cul­ similar to a cow/calf or sheep f,irni beige fe,itllers ·thatlic in ast6iJed COI1- .. tivating emu s unti I th ey saw what was There ' s a lot of activity during the .. . .. figLlJ'afion. A nd;they makY' ;ll1 odd · . happe ning in the United States, but the breedin g seas6n,whichrunsfromOc \vhistling sound, so[tofl~k'e wind ' indu stry down under is now the largest, roberto ApriL bIO\:VingthmLJgha~rack in thedQor. aided by nativ e populations of em us. {)n likc mo~t d()t1le.~ tic I.i vestock.

Adult birds have molt,!ed plumage . .

For mo re than 30 years , Austral ia has emll~ ~re ·moI16gamolls. They bond ... .

Ol1ebreedcl'says nn a'lillltetnu ji)oks enforced a ban on the export of emus togethei: as ycar! ings and begin l!)lay lIk-ea IIO"polli'id (five-kilograril) , " and their eggs, so the birds in North . feathe red l11uslir:()oiilwith slickclike . eggs a t two or threc',years or age, America are all derived from zoo stoc ks Some emus are known tofi've 30 skirinylegs .and along slender neck ; imported before 1960. . Qther,sessiOlisar the JUlle ye.ai·sandlay upio 5,0 eggs ljeiThomson and Witmer attended the sea 'on, butmost ncw breeders con. work~~9P i nc(ucled .denl()nslj·ati OilS Ame rican Emu Association 's annual s ider 20 a good yeatsexing (makandfem1tle bil'dshitve . convention in Jul y and came ho me con­ iQ~i1ti(' ,d pltlIn~tge) alldhbw lohQkl At a, workshop held ()n Gil rnpusiri . vinced that they're in the right business, June for 'members of thcOnLario . tijj'd~forvaccii1atioilsandnLgging;. At "This is the business for farming tod ay Ratiie,. Association, Woodst()ck · 'il(oreight w~ks,an enmhas the leg ' and for the future," says Thomson. They breedefStephen Thomson, OAC '78, ' strength ofa:fu1J:grOWl1I1Jiili,so ex- ' •. spent three days in Dal las, in the com­ ,descri bed the. hatc hing process. T he , .... pe.rienced ilatid\ersahvu)'s w()rkhotll .' pany of 3,000 American emu producers emu :s d ark green eggsm:e. 'removed ., · be.hindthebi,:cb;; away from theirfe¢t . . and 160 second ary ag ricultural indus­ from the nest a nd inc ubated for 48 10 . Oi1C~ they're past:lhec/lickstage, tries - feed manufacturers, equipment 62 days ; T he eggs an., .positioned ,1\ ,1 emusJiaveJew health pmblenls and dealers, cons ultants and research com­ 45,-deg ree a ngle: .c arerully tu myct ' , doweHin ~tlmosku1yenvironmenl. panies work ing in product development. every tWQ hou rs f()rthe firstthi'ee says Canlbridge Veterinarian .Peter .

They inspected e mu lea ther prod ucts, we~k.<; and monitored in the'le.rilper~Rlch.OVC ;81. Jusf like his ntrmer .. cosmetics made from e mu oil and t,t.ire - a.ild hUln~dityccolitrolledin~ ' . clients, R ich:teamed about'ennis on of meat processed and pack­ sa mpl e s cubator. Wi.th a neweggheillglaid the job :- first atti\c Ileai'by A rrican . aged in plastic for sale in spec ialty meat ev~ry three to five days,\lcHching re", . LiolrSafari,lhenOli einufa.nllSslJread markets. And the y were cou rted by com­ · quires acc urate record keeping; The ' .

Hsfarapart ;\s the Ni~£antand Bt'llce panies looking for di stributors for procedure is si milar'for other ratite ' . " peninsulas. Tt)day: emusaccouritfor Austral ian emu meat and byproducts. . Jf the chioks don'tenlerge a ' . abciurl5 percent his pra(:tiq:.

Witme r thinks imported products may · schedule d, ThoillSOIl gets out the. sur.. '. F()rm6~ttifR.ich's clients, ern us are help de velop a consumer market in · gical sci ' SOl'S, tweezers ai'iliantlsepli¢ .. ":secondarYlivestock; TI~cy're gel)ei'al~ Canada while the domestic indu stry is IYcol11patitile with other . ' building numbers for commercia l pro­ :spe¢ies,bufhe;advises , , . duction. . ,farmers to Isohlleemllsfroill T e n Westenei nd says producers hav e poultrY ,(lsu' precalltioi)' ;';, . th e advantage of a con sumer trend ngaii1:';t disease. He offers his ' ciienrs'apreventiveJle;tlth' . toward the consumption of ethnic food s and exotic cuisine. Peop le like to try dif­ . progi'a(11. .

.'" Rich. wa~ oil hand a! the ' . ' ferent foods, he says, and an aggress ive marke ting program could carv e o ut a 'Jfi:iIl!lIIItl~ .. (iuelph;works-hbptolrispect sma ll niche m ark et. But it will take birds that \verc s()ld.al ~HlC- ' more tim e than the seven years pre­ tioIi.Ma,;y ,newcomeTs to the ' dicted by the ORA, he says. He think s emLI ihdllstryshya\vay from ... it's more lik e ly that his g randchildren, if , th~ $45,000 price rag.ofa · anyone , wiJl see emu meat ga in popular infavoi; .prQvenbreecling acceptance. ofyehftings i)r ohicks. Yeitr" .. 1i t1g females sold at top .

His OMAF co lle ague Robert prices of $ J 3;(J()0~ 'chi.c ks Wright, OA C '73 and OVC '78, is rangeQfr(,)ll1$3 ,OUO,t() . more skeptical. As program manager for '$5.400. :J .. equine and alternative livestock , he 's A /lewly hatcbed emu c/ric/" in. SI~,pJ/('n

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Perhaps a better way to predict success is to look at the experience of other altemative livestock species in Ontario.

And there are many to choose from, including deer, elk, bison, wild boar, squab and pheasants.

The deer industry began expand­ ing about 1986, and there are now an estimated 16,000 red and fallow deer on Ontario farms. The price of breedin g stock peaked in 1991, when a fallow doe sold for $1 ,200.

Today , those prices are on par with the market value of deer sold for meat.

Primal cuts now sell for $12 to $17 a pound, twice the retail price pred icted for e mu meat.

Th e farm-gate value of deer sold in Ontario in 1992 was about $2 million, while Canada still im­ ports veni son.

The e lk industry al so makes an interesting comparison be­ Ahove: Like many other ratite producers. Paul Witm er prefers emus to their more aggressive ostrich cause it, too, is on the upswing, cousins. Below right: Emu chicks and adult hirds are held from hehind to protect the handler from heing with prices for breeding stock kicked.

Photos by Vern McGralh and Mary Dickieson ranging from $8,000 to $15,000 per animal. Elk are not sold in familiarity to segments of the North American population , he Canada for meat, but there is an expanding export market for say s, but emus have no cultural or ethnic following anywhere velve t - antlers re moved in the soft stage of growth (within in the world . Even Au stralians hadn ' t considered eating emus the first 60 days). Most Canadian velvet eventually end s up in until the idea hatched in the United States , he says. the Ori ent for use in herbal medic ines.

Emu producers also have to clear the hurdles of slaughte r, Te n Westeneind advises emu producers to pursue an aggres ­ meat inspection and process ing. The bird s are too large for sive marketing plan. As hard as it is to come up with a great conventional poultry facilities, and most abbatoirs are not idea, he says , the idea always turn s out to be the eas iest part of equipped to hand Ie feathers. The ORA has approv a l for pro­ any new bu sines s. vincial meat inspection, but to sell meat outside the province , The ORA will hold its annual convention at Rid getown Col­ members mu st gain approval for federal meat inspection. lege in Kemptville Nov. 6. It won ' t have the numbers ORA me mbers believe the uniqueness of their product will Thomson saw in Dallas, but he say s the enthusiasm will be be its advantage. If you try rati te meat once, you'll keep there . Everyone is welcome to attend the ORA mee ting , buying it, predicts Thomson. He says emu, ostrich and rhea production seminars, trade fair and banquet. The cost is $60 offer everything consumers want - red meat taste and lower for the whole day, $45 for lunch and seminars and $5 to vi ew fat and cholesterol than any o ther meat on the market. exhibits. To register, call the ORA office at 519-662-4271. 0 Produce rs hope to provide this new product at a retail cost of $6 to $7 a pound ($13 to $15 a kilogram).

Despite the ine vitable downward adjustment in breeding­ stock prices, Thom son and Witmer predict a viable long- term future. They say ratite producers who stick with the industry can expect a ne t profit of about $200 per chick.

Estimates on the value of product in a single bird range from $500 to $1,000, but Witme r says some U.S. breeders are already receiving up to $700 eac h for cull birds. " If you have one breeding pair that produces 20 chicks a year, that's a $4,000 profit ," he says. That looks good when compared with a beef operation, where overhead is greater and each cow produces only one calf that might se ll for $500.

The proble m with this estimate is that it's based on prices U.S. emu producers are paying themse lves. Almost all the birds are purchased by a ranchers ' co-operative or by private researc h companies, which use the m for end-product resea rch and development.

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U of Gwas his launch pad LeRoy Blake admits he's no rocket scientist. But since graduating from Guelph, he has launched into his own luminous orbit at work and in his com­ munity.

The 1982 chemistry grad sets sales records wherever he works and has been applauded by his church for his work with youth. His most recent "win" was a Canada 125 prize for an essay on "What Canada Means To Me." Canada, he wrote, is a country "where an adult can dream like a child." In his essay to celebrate the nation's l25th an­ niversary, B lake described hi s im­ migrant mother's odyssey from Jamaica to Canada via Britain in search of pos­ sibilities. She found them in Toronto, where she spent six years upgrading her Grade 6 education at night school and another three at college learning to be a nurse. Her determination ha s been Blake 's inspiration .

As a child, Blake and hi s sister, Jean, moved with their divorced mother to Southampton, En gland. Unhappy with the lack of prospects in Britain, she left to take her chances in Canada, but Blake stayed on with an uncle to com­ plete elementary school. He then joined his mother in Toronto and attended Bloor Collegiate. On graduation, he was offered a soccer scholarship at Lauren­ tian University, but turned it down to

come to Guelph - so he could be close to Toronto and " Mom' s fridge ."

He didn ' t stop playing soccer. At Guelph , he played varsity football and soccer, was on the Lettermen ' s Club ex­ ec utiv e and coached the Powderpuffs, a women's tackle football team that pl ayed annual charity matches against York and University of Toronto stu­ dents.

To pay for his education, Blake spent hi s summers playing semi-professional soccer with two National Soccer League teams , Toronto Italia and Hamilton Italia, looking after parking at a Toronto yacht club and working as a lab tech­ nician. During the school year, he bar­ tended in W ater.!oo.

Pros pects were bleak for graduates in recession-plagued 1982. More than 100 resumes failed to land him a job in the chemistry and biochemistry fields, so Blake turned to bartending again. He was serv ing drinks at Jake ' s Boathouse in Toronto one day when a customer noticed hi s flare for mixing Singapore Slings. " LeRoy , you make that drink just like a chemist," he said. "I am a chemist," responded Blake. The cus­ tomer was Frank Golden of British Drug Houses, and three days later Blake was on a plane to the Maritimes, hired to sell research chemicals in New­ foundland and Nova Scotia.

Four years later, Beckman Instru­

ments (Canada) Inc. scooped him up to sell analytical instruments for biomedi­ cal research to corporations, univers ities and government laboratories throu ghout the Maritimes. He rose to the challenge, becoming the top sales performer for Be­ ckman in Canada for 1987 and 1988 .

In 1991 , Blakejoined Hew lett-Pack­ ard Company to market analytical in stru­ ments to an expanded clientele that included petrole um and e nvironm e ntal industries. In his second year with the in­ ternational conglom e rate, he rocketed into the 100-Per-Cent Club, ac hi ev ing his quota in a year marked by bankruptcies.

Blake likes to succeed. "I play to win.

I've always driven mys e lf that way."

That drive comes from hi s mother's ex­ ample and from the ego-building adrenalin rush of competitive sports.

But it' s hi s persona lity that really gives him the winning edge. ''I' m a people person," he says. " Good sa les people, I believe, have to relate to people. And building re lation ships te nds to make the selling side eas ier. " While Blake 's career has been taking off, his family has been taking root in Sackville, N.S. A year after he started work in Halifax, his fian­ cee, Janet Lilliman, HAFA '83, arrived and immediately took over as food and beverage controller at the Nova Scotian Hotel. She later became auditor of the Halifax Sheraton.

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The two me t while Bl ake was training the Powde rpuffs on Jo hn ston Gree n. He spotted Lilliman and a friend saunte rin g across the field and tried to recruit them for the team. Re luc tant at first but in­ trigued by the invitation, they e ventu al­ ly signed on .

Married in 1985, Bl ake and Lilli ma n have three chi ldren : Janson, 6; Jane lle, 4; and Lia May, 2 . Bl ake calls Lilliman , who comes from Winona , Ont. , his " per­ fect matc h." He r rese rve and restraint compleme nt hi s o wn "intrepid s pirit" and life-of-the-party natu re , he says.

They bought a house two years ago in the Halifax suburb, whe re they have be­ come ac tive members of the local Catholic church. Throughout hi s life , the church has been a con stant for Blake. Whereve r he's li ved , he's been comforted by the famili arit y of Sund ay

mass and has e mbraced the c hurch' s reve rence for family values.

As a yo uth direc tor at the churc h and for the churc h-affili ated Kni g hts of Columbu s, Blake can relate to the "dark­ ness in hav ing pa rents who are not togeth e r" whe n he ta lks to yo ung people . Emergi ng from his own roo tless c hildhood , he believes his ex perience is a good example of how a person ca n overcome the odds. And he delivers a powe rful mess age a bout "res pecting who 's rais ing you. " Tha t's his payback to a ca rin g mothe r, he says. " Kids li ste n to messages 1ike that."

Year, the high es t honor besto wed by the Kni g hts of Columbus, for hi s work with the Halifax Yo uth Commi ss ion setting up retreats and Bible and music camps.

Until three years ago, Blake pl ayed soccer with the men ' s senior leag ue in Hali fax . Althou g h " I like tea m sports and I alway s like to win," he's learning to substitute team activiti es with home­ o ri e nted inte res ts like gardening on hi s 1 1/4-acre lot. But he continues to coach c hildren , including hi s son, in the Sack­ v ille Saints, and expects hi s olde r dau ghte r to start kic king the ball next yea r.

In hi s wo rk with teenage rs, Blake e n­ courages peer interac ti o n, o rgani zes food dri ves and projects to he lp the dis­ advantaged, sc hedules tourn ame nts and administers scholars hips and bursaries.

Las t year, he was dubbed Knight of the

Blake recentl y s ig ned up for seminars o n time m anagement because his stellar orbit has bec ome crowded w ith sate l­ lites. " M y weakness is that I te nd not to say no when I s ho uld. I like to help . I enj oy living. " 0

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A fri end of mine who has teenage children once told me that a university

scholarship is money that someone else's child wins. His kids aren't hook­ wo rms, so he thinks th ey' II need the lu ck of the Iri sh to win a scholarship.

Th ere are a lot of things wronft with this parent' s point of view , heg inning with his p erception of who really wins when scholarship dollars are handed out. L eI me tell you a story to explain what I mean.

AC's spiri ted sen io r cl ass hos ted a v ictory ce lebrati on for the Redme n ru gby team in No ve mber 1932- a dance he ld at the Roya I Yo rk Ho te lin T o ronto on the Saturda y ni g ht of the Royal Ag ri cultural Win te r Fair. They c harged $2 a coup le and da nced aJi ni ght to the music of Leo Ro mane lli.

By the fo ll owi ng Novembe r, those se ni or students we re new O AC g rad uates , so the Cl ass of '33 turned the da nce in to a re unio n . .. a nd it beca me an annua l e ve nt.

Reve nue f rom those da nces se nt pac kages to all OAC men o verseas durin g the Second World W ar a nd , in 1948, esta b­ li shed an e ndowme nt fund th at has sin ce prov id ed 47 sc ho la rships fo r OAC gradu ate stude nts .

A t its 60th- annive rsary re unio n thi s sum­ me r, the C lass of '33 ann o unced tha t the e ndow me nt fund now totals mo re th an $40 ,000 a nd is still cl imb ing.

The first sc ho larships we re $200 each ­ no t a large amo un t, but a n inva lu abl e sum to Henry Ive, OAC '48, whose na ti ve J amaica wouldn ' t a ll ow him to brin g mo ney into Ca nada , a nd to 1949 winne r Thomas Angus, w ho was re lyin g o n ve te rans' be nefits to atte nd g rad uate sc hoo l.

Th e sc holarships are now $ 1,000 each, bu t OAC '33 al umni plan to inc rease th at a mou nt as the ir e ndow me nt f und g ro ws.

T his c lass has turned comradeshi p into comm itme nt. They've go tten toge th er every year fo r the pas t 6 I yea rs and have neve r fa il ed to promo te th e ir c lass project.

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''In those De pressio n years, studen t loa ns came o ut of the o ld man 's poc ket," says c lass pres ide nt Gord Wright. "Go ing to coll ege was a pri v il ege, and dee p dow n, eve ryo ne of us knew it. " Th e 47 g rad uate stud e nts they ' ve he lped a lso fee l privileged . Man y say the do ll ar va lue of the ir sc holarship has been over­ shadowed by th e recogni tion Cl nd the con­ tac ts th at acco m pa ni ed th e awa rd .

Says 196 1 wi nne r David Hume: " It gave me a rea l fee ling of confide nce to kn ow tha t the re we re peo ple w illin g to sup­ po rt stud ents like me as we ve ntured into the unc ha rted wate rs of g ra duate studi es."

The first fe ma le winne r was Mary Ruth McDonald in 1978: "The mo ne y was im­ po rt ant, of course, but I think the recogni ­ ti on w as even more va luabl e."

Stephen Miller, the 1993 rec ipie nt , says he stand s in awe of the acco mpli shme nt s of hi s p redecessors . As he begi ns a grad uate progra m in anim al breed in g and genetics, he knows that 18 ot he rs before h im have used the ir gradu ate deg rees to prope l the mse lves into acad e mic resea rc h and teac hing. Eve n more hav e became re­ searc h sc ie nti sts in go vernme nt a nd in ­ du stry, and th e othe rs ha ve ve ntured into profess io ns li ke bank ing a nd real estate.

Who are th e wi nn e rs he re? Ce rta in ly lve, Mc Do na ld and Mill er. Bu t w hat abo ut Wrig ht and hi s c lass mates? T hey share a fee ling of c lass pride a nd the sati sfact io n yo u ge t fro m ex te nding a help ing hand.

And the Uni vers it y o f G ue lph? Sc ho la r­ shi ps he lp recruit the most ta le nted stu ­ de nts. A nd those stud ents attract good GUI"/"h Alulllnus

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Dear fellow' graduate: We are members of an elite group -

theIS,ODO living alumni ofOAC..

'. OAC graduates occupyleadel:ship positions in al1 parts of the Canadian agri-food system and . ~ral society. Many of our fellow alumni have move~ into occupations outside agriculture and are to be foundmatdng major contributions in all branches .of Canadian society and, indeed, around .' .. the world . . Whatever your chosen profession, youi' career andyourvallieshave been influenced by the time

you'spenr at OAC.

We alumni are the most important product ofOAC.. . Weare also its best hope for thefuture..

Throughout its 120c.Y~arhjstory; the college has maintained its leadership position in agricultural education and'reseaich by successfully responding to the challenges and opportunities of changing times. It has cons~antly bro~dened the range of soCietal is ues it programs addressed, equipped its graduates withappr()priate technical competencies and enduring values. and built ". effective partnerships with a widening group of constituencies in Ontario and beyond.

. OAC has always looked to its alumni/or guidance and support.

The high expectations and informed counsel of the,alumni have helped dri ve the constaIit .earch' . â&#x20AC;˘. forexcellence and relevance inthe college 's programs.

OAC is ploning its course for the next century. The challenges facing the college are many. The need for the experience insights of alumni in helping the college manage change and design its future has never been gr ater.

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If you care about the future of your alma mater, there 's never been a better time to become There will be more involved. Please take the few minutes necessary to read the attached. . . to come. .

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For almost 120 years,OAC has :been an'integral pa.rt of theCanadianagri-food system and Ontario'srurat . . . " , . ".,

... OAC's traditioJ)al dedication lothe advancement primary ~gri~ulluie in ,Ontario has beeT1 e~­ IJandedto iTIcLude the interests of all stakeholt:ters ; . in the agri-foodsystem. The college ' s prograrI1S . '. ". .. .reach;'fromgate to plate.~" .

-+ . The historical cQn~ern wilh~'oi l arid wateririfood productionhaSwidenCdinto the sr~wafdship of natural re~ources and prot~ction?f the env'it~on~ , ' .' ment.

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. ' . OACwas orieof the first educational instituti'onsto. transfer: .. .,offer faculty expertisdn food~lI1dagricu ltlrre to less­ A unique partnership with the OntarioMinl~try of '. Agriclllture ,ai1(l FoOd (bMAFYenabl~ OAC faclllty , developed c()untries: Now,the intei'n ~ti(:)flaI focus Of to become w orld leaders in technology developll1ent •..... the college's progranis has,broadened to'incIude heJp:- ' in~ the Onthrioagri ~foodjndustry prosper in COlTipeti~ in agriculture and food. ThecJose relationship aTilOrig" .. 'faclilty, farmers and agribusiness'allowed the rapid .•... . ·tive global f ood i11(lrkets and giVing OACstudents an .' inrernational perspecti~e. ' ,adoption of jniproved techllologj esand~nSut~dlhe . . .• '.' competitiveness of the agri-food sector in Ontario. .. The' OMAFJOAC relaiionshiphas enabled the Univer­ Graduate education · sityof Guelph to beone ofCanada 's mostresearch- '. intensive universities." ... . . . . . . . . . ...

J3ecauseof the b;eadth ofthe subject matt~r covej'ed +A key player in the development ofthe Unjversity : ' .in its programs and the depth of its facu lty expertise, ' ofGuelph. . . '. . . .... . . " . OAC offers unparalleled opportunities for graduate .

The contributionsOAC has madeto'the Uni versity , .· '. educat,ibn.. ~moston<:HhirdofG'l1elphOs, graduate stu'; ' extend far beyond thebigh staridardof its profeSSionaL dents are regIstered in OACdepartments. '. '. .. '., . .. . . '. . programs an:d the distinction and depth of its scholarly' ., .. Interdependen~e and growth . research. The clarity of purpose and dedicadon of its · faculty, the spirit of its students, the devotion and ". . .~ . , . , generosityoi' its alumni, its buildings, its alt ~ol1ectj()n ' Si?ce th~ fonnalion of the Univ~rsity, OAC has relied , _ . all have contributed to tbe' UniversitY.of GueLph's' '.' on th~ ot~~ colleges t~ ~rovide its stude~ts wi th in- : '. ..' . ,. ,. ...., •... struCtlQnul thehumamuesandthe basic phys,i dtland' . distinctive personality. . . ' . ' . " ... social sCiences. Iutum,the college has shal~ed its ex ~ . '. peTtise inagriculture. resources, enVirOnnlent and bus i~ '. '. nesswith the "",iderUn'iversity community." ..

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... .. addressin g consumers; concems about nutlition, developme~t; bioteclmology, res,Olirce d ~eloplllent, food . 'afet}' and health; . . . environmerltirl prot~cti()n, n:~tritiOli, toxicology, food. .. ' d' signing.ecologicalJy sound,ethi{:allyacceptable safety ·.. :. . . these are aU · xamples of leading-edge' . " . an l economjcally. viable agric ultural production University-wide progralT1s that wen!pioI1eered by .'. . . 'sys tems: OAC. .. • translating adVances in ba!;ic sc ience into u:sable . technologies;' .. .' ., Similarly , OAC faculty, cataJysed thef~rm,itio.nof such campus-wide mechanism" f6r collaborative re~ ' .. . responding tothe pressures on ru ral resources; and search and se.rvice as the Fo()d Council, 'the Blisiness . ... ' promo tihg siable rural communities;and ~. estheti- ' Council, theGll Iph Food Te~hno16gy Centre, the ." '. cally pleasing c(mntryside. ;. '..• . , ' .

Cenrre f of lirtemational l'Tograms, the Centre forT()Xl­ co logy, the C entre lot Resources Develo pment.and,· '. Pn~paringstudents . most recentl y, the Fa ulty 'of Environn1enialScience~. ,

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Asky()urself these questions. Do I care about the fu ­ tiJfe ormy alma mater? Does its mandate address my , hopes for the agri-food industry and for ruralpeople?

Can we who have benefited so greatly from our as~ , sociation with OAC - collectively and as indi­ viduals - declIne the invitation toheJp shape its future?

Association members provide sustained support for college scholarships through the OAC Alumni Foun:. . dation. Individual OAC classes have financed a num­ ber of important projects. The as 'ociation recently sponsored a think tllilk on lhe future mi sion of OAe. And in a crucial and exciting initiative, the OACAlumni Foundation has devel oped a vehicle for commercializing the scientific discoveries and technological advance; made in the University.

These involvements - along with the networking , and social functions of the as ociation - will , .remain impOltant. But now. as the college moves The college needs the advice; encourage­ , into a new era that will see further changes in its ". mentandinvolvement of its alumni role, its programs and its funding, there i' an oppor­

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.,' No one is bett~r placed than we are OAC alum - ,,' ship between the college and its alumni .

ni to help the college design teaching programs.t.hat wiIlbest prepare today's y oung people to be rhe"in'- ,' dustry leaders of tomorrow. Our experience and in- ' The college is asking the OAC Alumni Association to , sights are needed to help the college target the be an active partner in the redefinition of its mis­ priorityiss\les on which it should focus its scarce re­ , sion~ in the redesign of i~s teaching, research and ser­ " search'resources. ' . , vice programs, and in the creation of innovative new

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'sources ofexternaJ funding. :, If you're not already a member of the association, this is a wonderful time to get involved.

You are invited to bec()tDean active participant in the strengthened alliance betw-een the OAC Alumni Association and your alma mater by completing the membership form and returning it to Alumni House .

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professors , who bring in more researc h grants. Good faculty and research dol­ lars help a univ e rsity maintain the qu a lity of its teac hing programs. Univer­

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The Mac ' 38 class , for exampl e, has inves ted almost $50,000 in an e ndo w­ ment fund that provides two annual graduate scholarships in gerontology.

L as t year alone , a lumni and fri e nds of th e University gave more th a n $283 ,000 towards scholarships. And Guelph's $ 15­ million scholarship endowment fund continu es to grow beca use of just thi s kind of gene rosity.

So, how do you win some of this sc holars hip money? Again, le t' s look at the concept of w inning. Universities don't run lotterie s. And scholarships are awarded to stude nts who eom them.

U ofG's 13 Pre side nt's Scholarships are the most valuable aw a rds offe red by thi s unive rsity - $ 16,000 eac h ove r

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four years . The se lection committee looks for good mark s, but equall y impor­ tant a re high motivation and leade rs hip qualitie s. he re 's more to a unive rsity than c lassrooms, and U of G wants to attract students who will contrihutc to the overall life of the campus.

So th e best advice for scholarship hopefuls is olso the hest advicc for any high school student - - ge t involved.

You won 't see man y locker lea ners co l­ lectin g scholarships at commenccment.

The winners will be the students who m ade th e most of their high school years.

To sec how well thi s rrogram works , turn to page 31 , w here yo u'll read ahout 1988 Pres ident 's Sc ho lar Tim Mall, CSS ' 92 ond MA '93, who was an all­ star student in man y w,lys and rece ivcd this yea r ' s Win egard Mecl;d .

U of G also se lec ts ahout 90 stude nts each yeor as recipi c nts of $10,000 Canada Scholarsh ips. Sponsored by In­ dustry, Science and Technology Canada, th ese awards are designed to en­ co urage yo ung Canadians to ex plore careers in sc ience. Rec ipient s mu st e nrol in a sc ience or engincering program and m ai ntain an flO-p e r-cent average. In reolity , says Pete r Lancloni, assistant regi strar, student financ e and aw,lrds, a 90-pe r-c e nt average is more typical ,It. Guelph , ond he believes the c utoff for Canada Scholarships on thi s campus could rise to 92 per cent this f,1I1.

In addition to these hig-m o ney awards, up to 400 other first- year stu­ dents rece iv e U of G entra nce scholar­ ships each year - - ,I total value of ,I hout $2 million.

Th e Council of Ontario Unive rsitie s se ts g uid e lines that limit the numbcr of e ntronee scholarships a unive rsit y ca n offer to 10 per cent of its tirst-yeal- stu­ dent hody. There ,Ire no limits on thc dollar value of those <Iwarci s, howe ve r, and Gu e lph ranks third in Ontari o in the number of e ntrance sch o larsh i ps over $3,1 00.

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In -course award s are gi ve n at the end of a student's first , second or third year.

U of G offers more than 400 in-course awa rd s totallin g $7 50,000 a year. Many are spo nsored by private-sector com­ pani es and indiv iduals wh o want to en­ courage a particular di scipline. The Kenneth W. Hammo nd A ward , fo r ex­ ampl e, goes to the stude nt who writes the best essa y for the environme ntal course 'The 5,000 Days." And the On­ tario Food Protec tion Assoc iation prov ides scholarships for o utstandin g students in da iry science , food sc ie nce or applied mic robiol ogy. In most cases, applic atio ns aren ' t required he re either.

Stude nts who need financi al assist­ ance can also a pply for a hUJ'sary any time afte r the ir first yea r at univer­ sity . U of G has a bud get of $75,000 eac h year to provide bursaries.

Recipients also qu a li fy for student loans under the Ontari o Student Ass istance Prog ram (OSAP).

Do n't wait un til your son or daugh te r gets into univers ity to fin d out about OSAP . Ask your high sc hool g uid ance counsello r for info rm ation on ho w to apply fo r student loans. nd whil e you're in the guidance offi ce , ask about sc ho larships th at aren ' t tied to a partic ul ar universi ty.

You'll find some un us ual op­ portuni ties. Milli o ns of dollars a re g iven away each year by service clubs, com­ munity g roups, businesses and special­ inte rest groups. Most are a warded on the basis of hi gh school m arks and com­ munity in vo lvement.

Tim Near of Ch ath am , Ont., ca me to Gue lph with a scholarship from Tall

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Clubs Inte rnational. He qualified be­ cause he 's 6'6" ta ll and he won because of hi s academic record and leadership abilities. Nicole G a udet of Bra mpton, Ont. , recei ved a sc holarship from the local Rotary Club to pursue environmen­ tal studies at Guelph.

Scholarship program s are also offe red by groups like the Canadian La bor Con­ gress, Pe tro Canada Inc., the C anadian Fi g ure Skating Assoc iation , M ensa C anada , the C anadian Nati ve Arts Foun­ dation, the Kni g hts of Columbus, Flowers Canada and the Registered Nur­ ses Association of Ontario. And there are many more. You just have to ask abo ut the m.

Because I work for U of G , any of my children who apply to Gue lph will be e li gible for a staff scholarship and bu r­ sa ry fund . Your employe r ma y have a similar fund or your inquiry mig ht stimulate the company to start one.

Most sc holarship and univ ersity ap­ plication s are due in February or March , so the summe r before a stude nt' s OAC yea r is a good time to deve lop a com­ pl ete resume and line up some refe r­ e nces. Tell your kid s to include all extrac urric ular activiti es - mu s ic and sports awards, summe r and afte r-sc hool employment, volunteer work, c lub me m­ be rs hips . Some sc holarship application form s ma y also ask for an essay that can be drafted we ll ahead of deadline dates .

Pay close attention to those deadlines , es pec ially if you ' re not the person who 's going to drop your a pplication in the m ail. Gr yphon swimmin g coach Al an Fairwea the r relates the story of a Gue lph swimmer who has all the at­ tributes of a President 's Sc holar but wasn ' t even conside red because he r high schoo l principa l missed the dead­ line.

Thi s is the one th ing scholarships have in common with lo tte ries . You can't win if you don't buy a ticke t.

More enli g htened princ ipals en­ courage students to appl y for seve ral sch olarships. Eve n if a stude nt isn ' t of­ fered a big-money university award , the application can still be a winne r.

Murray Froebe is a fo urth -year stu­ de nt in agric ultural econo mics . He 's from Ho me wood, Ma n., and Gue lph was only one of fo ur universities he ap­ plied to. He liked what he saw when he came to visit the campu s, ta lked to alum­ ni and applied fo r scholarships.

He says hi s te ntative decision to come he re became definite when he was of­ fe red an Alma Mater Fund entrance

sc hol arship. "It made me fee l as if they really wanted me at Guel ph, that I mig ht not be just a number."

It ' s been a happy decision all around .

Last year, Froebe was College Royal vice-pres ident for public relations. He's involved in several student organiza­ tions and will serve as a stude nt senator this year. He' s met man y alumni by at­ tending OAC college fun ctions and says that's how he landed his summ e r job in the sales and marketing division of Funk Seeds.

His scholarship and job opportunities mean he will fini sh his undergraduate degree without ha ving to rely on stude nt loans. anadian students m ay also find scho larship opportunities outside the country. Most notable are the ma ny Canadian athletes who accept sports scholars hips at unive r­ sities in the United States . These are great opportunities fo r some athletes, but students Who accept them mu st reme mber that they will be expec ted to perfo rm at a certa in level. If their performance drops or the y a re injured and cannot compete, they ma y ri sk losing the scholarship.

Gryphon swimme r Steve Sweetnam says he turned down se veral U.S. sc holarships because he realized his career in competitive swimming was not as important as hi s life 's work - and the program he wanted in human biol ­ ogy was at Guelph.

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The Ontario Colleges Athletic Associa­ tion enforces reg ulation s that limit the

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amount of athletic scholarships to the cost of tuition and prohibits other types of in­ duc ements or player privileges. he cost of education is rising.

Most undergraduates at Guelph spend between $9,000 and $10,000 a year whether they live on campus or off.

Kirsten, a first-year environmental scie nce student, pays out $1,230 a se mester for residence, $1,260 for a meal plan , $1,189 for tuition and fee s and $350 for book s and supplies. That add s up to $4,029 and doesn't even include clothing, enter­ tainment or eating out.

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Jeff is a third-year veterinary student who lives off campus in a small apartment within walking distance of OVe. His ex­ penses run $3,160 a semester for rent and groceries, $1 ,220 for tuition and fees and $350 for book s and supplies. Total: $4,730.

Because of rising costs, some financial planners are suggesting that tomorrow's students will need to enter university or col­ lege with a well-developed financial portfolio that includes parents' savings, stu­ dent earnings, grants, loans, bursa ries and scholarships. (See "Tax Tips" for more in­ formation on educational savings plans.)

Scholarships are clearly an avenue of op­ portunity for students. There are no limits on the amount of scholarship money an On­ tario student can accumulate. The first $500 of scholarship earnings is ta x exempt, so it's ben eficial to have scholarship funds paid out over sev era l years. If your son or daughter is a scholarship winner who also holds down a lucrative summer job, you might want to talk to a financial advise r about how to minimize taxable income.

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Scholarships are also an opportunity to make postsec ondary education available to more people. But it 's an avenu e Canadians haven't fully explored. Scholarship oppor­ tunities are mu ch greater in countries like the United States, where people generally give twice what the average Canadian gi ves to charity .

Some people -like the OAC Class of '33 - are trying to change that. Scholar­ ship s are a priority for Guelph's Alma Mater Fund , which has increased its level of support by 25 per cent since 1991. And Don Stephenson, manager of bequests and planned giving, has helped many senior alumni who want to share part of thcir wealth with future generations of Guelph students. 0 Guelph Alumnus

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by Don Slephensol1 Ul1il'crsity Aflairs and Del'c/o/711l(,l1 t

Paying for education As a unive rsity graduate, you know that a postsecondary educa­ tion is vitally important for people who want to lead rewarding lives and compete in our globally ex­ panding info-tech world. The cost of acquiring a univ ersi ty or col ­ lege education is increasing an­ nually. Studies indicate th at your one-year-old child will face an an­ nual cost - including tuition, room and board - of $25,000 by age 18.

Planning ahead and taking ac­ tion are the keys to being in a posi­ tion to help your children or grandchildren financially. There are a number of financial vehicles you can use: family allowance cheques, registered ed ucation sav ings plans or an informal non­ registered education tru st. A full discu ss ion of each is beyond the scope of this column, so the focu s wilJ be limited to tax implications.

Family allowance cheques: If you receive monthly family al­ lowance payments under the new Child Benefits Program (effective Jan. 1, 1993 ), you can simply set aside these fund s in a separate sav ings account in the ch ild's name or in the nam e of a parent as trustee. The latter applies if equity investments are used. The annual investment income is declared by the child , which normally results in tax-free growth.

Registered education savings plans: Companies like the Canadian Scholarship Trust Fund , Heritage Scholarship Trust Foun­ dation and Unive rsity Scholarship Foundation offcr RESPs. More fle xible versions are marke ted by investment dealers and insuran ce com panies. Investigate these care­ fully with the help of a profes­ sional adviser. No tax deduction is

allowed for each annual deposit, but RESPs accumulate income on a tax-sheltered basis . Income from RESPs , not including any return of capital, is taxabl e to the child on rece ipt.

In for mal non-registered edu ca­ tion trust: Inv esting in a mutual fund owned by the parent on be­ half of the child ofters an attrac­ ti ve option to R 'sPs because there are no annual deposit limits and no restrictions on investments or final use. In addition, if capital­ gains income is earned exc lusive­ ly, as in an equity fund , the investment income is attributed to the child, not back to the parents.

Scholarships Scholarships offered by educa­ tiomil institutions are another source of money to help fund your child 's education. Vjichael Howell has written an exce llent book ca ll ed Winning ScholorshifJs.' A SI/.tc!enl's Guide 10 Entl(lnU' A wards at Onto rio Unil'ersilies and Co/leges, which offers 257

pages of information on what scholarships are ava ilable, how to apply and much more. To order, call the Albert Britnell Bookshop, 1-1::00-387-1417. Cost is $ 19.95 plu s tax.

More free information Univ ers ity Affairs and Develop­ ment publishes it s own financial­ planning newslette r called Pariners, which aims to benefit readers financially through ar­ ticles , services and addi tional material s that are available on re­ quest. If you'd like to receive POill1 ers, write to DOll Stephen­ son, Alumni House, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ont. N I G 2W I, or call 519-824-4120, Ex t. 649g.

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Taylor named distinguished alumnus

Jean Sleckle is congratuloted hy memllers of her Mac' 52 class. Front row, Ie/I 10 ri ghi , are Jean (Davis) Norry, Sfeckle alld .leun (K ellough) King; middle ro w, Lenore (C ornish) Woods , Edylh Bray and Helen (Sh ow) Mc Pherson; hack row, Jacqueline (H eyland) Moir. Eileen (Ma cL eod) Dolson. Dorothy (Allan) Switzer and Leith (Crozier) Whilfy.

Phot os by Mary D ic k ieson

Mac '52 grad honored Jean Steck Ie, M ac ' 52, is a leader in he r fi e ld of ho usehold science, a n innovator a nd a huma nita ri an - adm irable qualifi c ation s fo r the A lumnus of Ho nour a ward presented to her during Alumni W eeke nd 1993 .

Steckle's role at the forefro nt of househo ld science began in 1948 wh en she enro lled in the first deg ree cl ass a t Macdonald Institute. She went on to earn g raduate deg rees at Cornell Univer­ sity and the University o f Reading in Engl and, the n began a distin g ui shed caree r that led her to a ffect th e lives of many peo pl e, parti cularl y in West Africa and the C anadian No rth.

Working prima ril y with the Food and Agric ulture O rga nizatio n of the United Nati ons, she spe nt 18 years se rvin g the people of Wes t Afri ca, devel oping po lic ies , material s and techni q ues to im ­ prove nutritio n. In 1976, she re turned to Can~da to work with Health and We l­ fare Canada's Indian and North ern Health Serv ices .

She recog ni zed th e problem o f dia betes amo ng nati ve people, c haired the Nati o na l Native Diabe tes Educati o n Working G roup and was a key me mbe r o f the fi rs t intern ational confe rence o n 24

dia be tes and native peo pl e in 1990.

Und e r her direc tion, o ne of the most th o rough d ataba ses on infant-feedin g prac tices of native women was compiled.

Steckle was appointed Canadian re pre­ sentati ve to the U.S. Admini strati ve Co mmittee on Nutrition held in Pa ris in 1980 a nd in W ashin gto n in 1987. Recog­ ni zed inte rn ationally for her work in A frica, she has al so been recog nized in Canada by the C anadian Home Eco­ nomics Associatio n and the Assembly of First Nations.

When the OvC Cl ass of 1943 got togethe r at Alumni W eeke nd , they real­ ly had some thing to cele brate ­ the 50th anniversary of the ir year and the naming of class mate Ian Taylor as Ove's Dis tin gui shed Alumnu s for 1993 .

Taylor grew up in Hamilto n, Ont. , and says he raised some ske ptical eyebro ws at OvC because he wanted to work with cats and dogs. After g raduation , he moved to Detroit to do antihistamine re­ searc h for the pharmace uti cal company Parke-Davi s. In 1947, he joined a s ma ll anima l prac tice in Chicago, then worked for the Anti-Cruelty Soc ie ty and eve n­ tually opened his o wn ve te rinary cl inic in the Chicago suburb o f Whee ling.

Over the nex t 32 years, T ay lo r treate d cats and dogs for three gene ratio ns o f so me famili es, who ca me to know him as a pe t' s best fri end. He re tired in 19 90, which gave him more time to pursue his othe r li fe's work - be ing the wo rld' s 1110St dedicated Lion.

A le tter o f commendation fro m former U.S. President George Bush tes ­ tifies to the significa nce of T a ylor' s work with Lions Club Inte rn a tion al. He has attended meetin gs in 57 countries, has a 33-year record of pe rfect atte nd­ ance and is a fund rai ser ex trao rd inaire

Steckle now lives in retirement o n the 1. Steckle He ritage Ho mestead near Kitchener, where she has esta blis hed a children' s intern atio nal cultu ra l centre to promo te gardening , crafts and per­ formin g arts amo ng children.

She was elec te d to the Gryphon Hall of Fame in 1988 to recognize he r under­ g raduate contributi ons to th e esta b­ li shment o f intercollegiate spo rts for wo me n on campu s. She and he r brothe r, John, OAC ' 52 , sponsored a fe llows hip for g raduate stude nts in memory of their pa rents, Susan Chase, OAC '21 , and John Steck Ie, OAC ' 20, and have do nated sculptu res ho no ring Chase as the first fem a le gradu a te of OAC and fo ur gene rations o f G uelph graduates in the Stec kle famil y.

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fo r Lion s projec ts, inc lu ding an eye re­ search cen tre at the University of Il­ linois. No wonder he was named goodwi ll ambassador by Whee lin g Lion s and the Town of Whee ling.

OAC alumni spearhead research foundation The OAC Alumni Foundation is lay ing the ground work fo r establ ishment of an alu mni resea rch fo undati on that wo uld take respons ibility for commerciali zing U of G research deve lopments. The alumni foundation will give $ 10,000 a year for the nex t fi ve years to deve lop the new orga ni zation , says chair Tom Sawyer, OAC '64 and 59A .

Although OAC alumni - Sawyer, Bob Murray, '49, Tom Cowan, '51, and OAC Dean Rob McLaughlin, '69 and PhD '77 - are spearhead ing the in­ iti ative, the proposed resea rch fou nd a­ tion wo uld be separate from the OAC Alumni Associati on and Found ation and would function as an ambassador fo r University-wide resea rch acti vities.

The concept is modelled after a 60­ year-old resea rch foundation at the University of Wi sconsin, which has put more th an $200 million back int o re­ search programs on th at ca mpus.

Gu elph alumni can look fo rward to more news on the progress of this proj ec t in the next few months.

UGAA names first honorary member At its annual meeti ng June 20, th e UGAA prese nted its first honorary membership to Paul ette Sam­ son, associate direc tor of an­ nua l giving and sup port services.

Samson has Pall/cUe Sal7l50n worked in Guelph' s alumni office since 1974 and manages financial affa irs fo r the Alma Mater Fund , the OAC Alumni Found ation and scho larship fund s. She has also been a strong personal sup­ porter of Guelph sc holarsh ip programs.

The honorary designation was made possible by rev isions to UGAA bylaws enacted in 1992.

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OAC alumni support college spirit The OAC Class of 1938 has spent $ 18,000 to redecorate and furni sh a boa rdroom on the second floor of Joh nston Hall to be used as a meeti ng pl ace for student groups. The boardroom is part of a suite that in­ clud es a lounge area and office space for the OAC student assoc iati on. And the stairwe ll lead ing up to the suite has been adorned with murals painted by students fro m the School of Land scape Architecture.

Alumni support student initiatives Four U of G stude nt initi ati ves wil l share $ I 0,000 from the Alma Mater Fund (AM F). The awa rd s wiJI bene fit a lale-n ight bu s se rvice prov id ed by the CSS stud ent government, sup port a help­ and-safety hotl ine and prov id e seed money to launch an environmental theme hOll se in East Residences an d a lecture seri es on leaders hip training.

Th ese are the first projects suppo rted by al umni through the Gordon Nixon Leadership Award , es tab lished by the AMF to hono r Ni xon for hi s longtime in volvement with the University. A 1937 gradu ate of OAC, Nixon is honorary chair of th e A MF.

Chapter news The first alumni gathe ring ever held in Victoria , B.C., attracted 50 Guelph alumni to an eveni ng reception June 15.

The event was hosted by Stephen Burchert, HAFA '79 , at Somerset House, a se ni ors' res idence where he is general manager. Among the alumni at­ tend ing were fonner OVC dea n Trevor Lloyd Jones, OVC '34, and Evelyn Williams, Arts '73, fonn er pres iden t of th e College of Art s Alumni Association.

The Edmonton chapter held a barbec ue June 26. The event was organized and hosted by Paul Valentine, OAC '67 and M.Sc . ' 69, and his wife, Anne (Baker), CBS ' 69.

The Ottawa-Carleton alumni chapte r hosts a mi xed bridge eve ry yea r be­ tween September and April. T he 1993­ J994 season wiJl begin Sept. 25 with a 6 p.m. potluck at the Kingsway United

Brenda Warson, FACS '87, incoming prl!si­ dl!l1I oflhe Moc-FACS A/umni AssociOlioll. /fjt, accepls IiiI' gm'c/ li-o/1/ rei iring presi ­ denl , Chery/ (Grf('n/el!s) BeITI'. FACS '86.

Church Hall , 630 Is land Park Dr. at the Queen sway. Couples, singles and players of all leve ls are welcome. To RSVP, ca ll Marga ret and John McGowa n at 6 13-828-7038 .

UGAA report At the UGAA an nual meeting in June, Ric Jordan , CSS '75 , was elec ted to a second te rm as chair. His report ou tlines the organiza ti on 's c urrent programs and future plans: ([,,( The UGAA ha s establi shed a volun­ teer award to recognize the con tribu­ tion s of alumn i. The first presen­ tation wi ll be made in April 1994.

1& In Jun e, the UGAA he ld a str<ltegic­ planning works hop attend ed by retir­ ing and incoming boards. Thi s is the beginning of an ongoing planning process to map out the associ:.l tion's fu ture acti v ities. neil Landscape arc hitecture professor Cece li a Paine, in co-operation with the UGAA, the Department of Phy si ­ ca l Reso urces and the OAC dean 's office, will cond uct a su rvey of alum ­ ni to id enti fy places of historic and nosta lgic va lu e on campus.

11..'if College and sc hool assoc iations report an increase in membershi p, partly due to the COl1p,rolu/ariol1s' packages handed out by alu mni :.I t convoca tion .

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Alumni continue to be represented on the University Senate, Board of Governo rs and the University Centre

in stitution," sa id Rozan ski. "You' ve made us proud by your success ... and we owe it to you to co ntinue to build thi s institution further."

Spec ial guest Herbert Axelrod, D.Sc. '78, spoke about hi s adve ntures as an ex plorer in Brazil and the di scovery of I I O-mi lIion-year-old fish fossils. He donated many of those fos sil s to th e University in 1989 and has continued to support development of the Ichthyology Institute. 0

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Active alumni meet Alumni-in-Action volunteers met U of G's new presid ent, Mordechai Rozanski, at their annual meeting last spri ng. "A lumni are the bedrock of an

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This highly successful workshop. dcveloped by Dr. Sharon Crozier, University Counselling Services, University of Calgary, is the first step for an a lumnus who is con sidering a career move. Discussion, structured exercises and expe riential activities will lead alumni to gain insight into a personal caree r/lifestyle analysis and assessment. career information resources, networking skills and mu ch more.

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In order to provide individualizcd carecr information, rcgi stran ts arc requircd to atte nd one of two pre -testi ng sessions. The Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory and thc Myers-Briggs Type Indicator will be admi nistc rcd and rcsults tabulated prior to the workshop. Pre-testing dates arc as follows: Toronto: Wedncsday, October 13. 1993; 7:00-8:30 p.m.

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'Tuition fees in cxeess of $100 are income tax dcductible.

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Misene r could find 1'0 tu m board 's"M ilk Ladf' for 10 her ideas i'nto p ractical " years anu wtis the first ,lu -' proo'rams. She was w ork­ derlf from IheUnivcrsity or ing for the John Howard New Brunswic k' l',Facuity .

Society, de ve loping pro­ of Ed uci.lti llll 16 cOJllpie te a . gnlms for youn,g offend­ master's de grc,e in ho.rn~ . ers. w hen she decided to ' '. ecollolnics.That's wheri': . " start he r own voc ational :;he real ized that honic " , school that would com- , economics should be plac~~. bine life skiUs w ith job ing rnore emphasis o n life lrairiing . "I landed a small skills and less o n le<ldlil)l! . ' contr'~ct for a baking ' the bas ic skills, ·Oi;e:of th~ ' COU fj;e !It the Legion and lIndedying prill~ipres of took o ff from there." s h JOT is that empl oyable says. Her,co mpany offers train,ing programs in ' people are those w\roc an:· seilthemselves as we ll as.. baking and food service, their skills: and JOT empl oys 15 , JeiTY is still with AgriCi.il- . . ' . people who feed 250 t11fe Canada utn. i:es(:arch ' ITlilitary personnel d aily station in Fre dericton. His ' unde r a military contract. work invorves har\lcsiing .

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JOT Of leam English as a Adeline. "'/'Ont /'O il' . dr:llIgllt cr-in-/ol\' Jil(/v with .Ie.l'si<:a. CaUl/an · laboration '\1'ith sci~nlisIS l!l seco nd language. It offe rs andBecky.

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In addition to its regular Sunday after­ noon fa mily walk s, the Arboretum has sc hedul ed the following workshops for fall 1993 : Ferns of Ontario, Sept. 15 ; Restoration and Grow in g of Native Plants from Seed, Sept. 14, J6,21 or 25: Gourmet Delights for Birds, Oct. 20; and Practical Hom e Gardening , Dec . I & 2. Ca ll 5 19-824-4120, E xt. 2 113, for info rm at ion on work shop fees and tim es.

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College Ro yal w ill celebrate its 70th an­ niversary in 1994, and its popular fashion show will be 40 yea rs old. The College Royal co mmittee is planning a retrospec tive fa sh ion show to depict clothing worn on ca mpu s in the Jast 70 years. If yo u have fo rmal wear, sc hool wear or athletic uniform s th at you cou ld le nd for th e fashion sho w, call College Royal pres ide nt Karen Dou g laS at 519­ 766-4 146 o r write to the Coll ege R oyal o ffi ce, Box 4153 , Univ e rsity Ce ntre , Univers ity of Guelph, Gu e lph , Ontario NIG 2WI.

Be a mentor The Engin eerin g Alumni Association is developing a mentor prog ram that will pair rece nt graduates with a lumni who have IS or more years of professional ex pe rience. If you ' re one of those e x­ perienced alumni, ca ll Jim Feilders, En g. '70, for more info rmati on at 416­ 225-864 1.

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Aug. 18 to Sept. 6 - Watch for a U of G display at the CNE in Toronto and learn all about nutritional pizza.

Sept. 16 - Canadian University Night in Milan, Italy. Call Trish Walker at Alumni House, 519-824-4120 , Ext. 2122, for details: in Italy, call Leonar­ do O'Grady, 39-2-809816.

Sept. 17 - OAC alumni annual golf tournament, Victoria West Golf Club in Guelph. To register, call 519-824­ 4120. Ext. 6533.

Sept. 18 - OVC's Pet Trust Super­ Match dog show will be held on col­ lege grounds - 700 show dogs, demonstrations by professional groups, free clinics for eyes, skin, blood and heart. For information, call the SuperMatch Hotline at 519-824­ 4120, Exl. 6880.

Sept. 26 - First Sunday in the Arbo­ retum 's fall and winter program of family nature walks. 2 p.m., free .

Topics for the 1993/94 season in­ clude creepy crawlies, autumn's rain­ bow, seeds for survival and paw prints and tail trails. Call 519-824-4120, Ext. 2133, for complete details.

Sept. 30 - New student barbecue kicks off Homecoming. 5:30 p.m., Alumni House patio, sponsored by the UGAA and Student Alumni As­ sociation .

Oct. 1 to 3 - HOMECOMING! Friday: Hall of Fame dinner, 6 p.m., tickets $50 (includes $25 tax-deduct­ ible receipt). call 519-824-4120, Ext. 6133.

Inner tube water polo tournament, 6 to 9 p.m ., $20 registration per team , call Ext. 2160.

Saturday: Alumni Welcome Wagon , all day in the UC courtyard.

Alumni swim meet and brunch, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., call Alan Fairweather. Ext. 2220, to register.

Human Kinetics Alumni Association an­ nual meeting, 9 a.m. , Human Biology faculty lounge.

Engineering Alumni Association annual meeting, 10 a.m., Thornbrough 100.

Pool opening with 1984 Olympic gold medallist Anne Ottenbrite, 11 a.m.

Inner tube water polo tournament, noon to 2 p.m .

Mills Hall reunion barbecue, noon. call Brad Whittich at Ext. 77825 for infor­ malion.

Walking parade , gather at noon on Johnston Green , ends at the stadium at 2 p.m.

Gryphons vs. Windsor Lancers, 2 p.m., Alumni Stadium. Get tickets in ad­ vance for student price of $3 each at Alumni House or Welcome Wagon.

Coffee and cocktails at the Faculty Club, UC, from 3:30 to 6 p.m.

HAFA '82 reunion barbecue, 4 p.m . at Alumni House, call Ext. 2102 to register.

Homecoming dance. 9 p.m., PCH , tick­ ets $5; social, 9 p.m., Athletics, tickets $10.

Sunday: Post-Homecoming fun at the new gold pool , 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. family swim , free.

Oct. 3 - Bonsai Show at the Ar­ boretum Centre , 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Bonsai displays and demonstrations, ch ildren ' s workshops , Japanese music , Ikebana (flower arranging), Shiatsu (massage) , laido (swords­ manship) and Koi fish demonstra­ tions , sales area , $4 adult , $2 children .

Oct. 7 - Bonnie Beaver of the College of Veterinary Medicine. Texas A & M, will give an insider's perspective on animal behavior at OVC's annual Schofield Memorial Lecture, 3 p.m.

Oct. 7 - Career Fair at U of G, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., University Centre . open to everyone .

Oct. 12 - A ceremony to rename the Human Biology Building in honor of retired professor John Powell will be held on site at 4: 15 p.m. Everyone welcome.

Nov. 9 to 20 - Meet U of G faculty and staff during the Royal Agricultural Fair in Toronto. U of G's display will be in the East Annex of the Coliseum , in Knobhill Lanes.

Nov. 12 to 14 - Alumni Career Development Workshop. See page 22 for details or call 519-824-4120, Ext. 3956.

Nov. 18to 21-FairNovember, a craft show and sale in the UC. Open Thursday and Friday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. , Saturday till 6 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free admission .

Nov. 20 - Join other U of G grads at the SkyDome for the 1993 Vanier Cup . Call 519-824-4120, Ext. 2122 , to join the Guelph Parade of Colors. For tickets, call the Vanier Cup Hotline at 416-288-9546.

Nov. 30 - Deadline for submission of Scottish papers for the Watson Memorial Prize in Scottish Studies.

For details, see story on page 5.

Dec. 3 to 5 - U of G alumni hockey tournament. To register a team , call Brian Tapscott, OAC '81 , at 519­ 767-3566.

March 2 - Florida Picnic , North Port Yacht Club, 11 a.m. For details, call Sue Lawrenson at Alumni House, 519-824-4120 , Ext. 6963.

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Arts Flor Maria Buitrago, '88, ha s left the facul­ ty of Washburn University in Topeka, Kan ., to teac h at La fayett e College in Easton, Pa. She and her hu sba nd, George, are e njoy ing living in th e east.

Lynne Jordon, '79, is chief librarian at the public library in Kingston, Ont. Shari Ann (Clarke) Wortel, '82, shares some en­ couraging news for alumni who are con­ siderin g ret urning to .... school for an ad­ vanced degree. She graduated thi s spring with an , MB A from the Shari Ann Worfel University of Western Ontario and moved in July with her husband, Rene, to K reu z lingen, Switzerland. There, Wortel is workin g in a management position with a heav y-v ehicle manufacturer. " My main duties involve acti ng as a liaison between the compa ny and its suppli ers in Fra nce and En g­ land, as we ll as he lpin g to restructure and develop the documentation department."

Worre l had worked in severa l jobs , some unre lated to her fine art degree, and fi nall y as a technical illustrator at General Motors in London, Ont. " I eventuall y decided th a t I didn't want to turn into one of those il­ lustrators I saw sitting next to me who had been do ing the exac t same job for 35 years."

So she went back to sc hoo l.

While work in g for GM again last sum mer, s he was sent overseas fo r a trainin g sessi on and used the 0ppOllunity to make business con tact s that event ually led to th e pos ition in Switzerland.

"I would like to tell my fe llow a lumni who may be co ns idering a ca reer change that returning to sc hoo l ca n be a ve ry small move. It doesn't matter how long o ne has been away from sc hoo l, th e mindset and dis­ c ipli ne come back very quickly. A new de­ gree can c hange a career pat h in a frac tion of the time it would take to do so by corporate climbing or job hopping. It is also a wonder­ ful break from the real world , to meet new friends and challenge one's mind academ ica l­ Iyagain."

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Kyle Cachagee, '89, has been working in Chapleau, Ont., since graduation as a conser­ vation officer for the Ministry of Nat ural Re­ sources. He writes that he is soon to marry and that he misses his time spent at Guelph - the social atmosphere, not the homework.

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Rick Cawthorn, '73, M.S c. ' 76 and PhD '79, is a professor of parasitology in the At­ lant ic Veterinary College at the Ull\versity of P.E.1. Hi s wife, Els, is a veterinarian and re­ searc h scie nti st at the univers ity. They ha ve two so ns, Thomas and Bryan, and are avid outd oo r people who enjoy living in Atlantic Canada.

Michael Connor, '91, has completed an M .Sc. at York Universi ty and will begin PhD studies in biology there this fall.

Kevin Ferguson, '80, a nd his wife, Suzanne, announce the arrival of the ir second daughter, Megan, Jan . 22, 1993.

Their o lder daughter is named Ca itlin. The family li ves on a small farm near Aylme r, Ont. Kevin is si te manager of th e Elgin County Outdoo r Education Cen tre and Suzanne is an e lem en tary school teacher.

David Galbraith, '82 and M.Sc. '86 , was recently named director of the Centre fo r En­ dangered Reptile s in G ranby, Que. Formerly known as the Reptile Breeding Foundation, the centre moved from Picton, Ont. , to Gran­

by in 1992. It is dedicated to ca pti ve breed­ ing, conse rvation an d educ ation abollt en ­ dangered rept il es and a mphibian s.

Before the move to Granby, Galbraith spen t two years in England on a NATO postdoctoral research fellowship at the Dur­ rell In stitute of Conservation and Eco logy at the University of Kent. There, he worked o n the population eco logy and gene ti cs of tor­ toi ses and taught conserva ti on biology.

Karen .Johnson, '9 1, says th at a lth oug h he r degree in hum an kineti cs didn 'tl and her a job, it di d prepare her for her current studi es in pros the tics an d ort hot ics at thc B.C. In­ stitute of Technology.

Vicky Johnston, ' 84, mo ved to Ye l­ lowknife, N .W.T.,j ust over a yea r ago to work as a habitat bi ologis t for the Canadian Wildlife Service. She says it 's an ex citing job with fic ld wo rk in the Arctic and a ch ance to work with Inuit in th e new te r­ ritory of Nun avut. " I am keen to fi nd out if any of my G ue lph classmates are living in the Northwest Te rritori es or Yukon. Write to me at Box 637, Ye llowkni fe X JA 2NS."

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While studying for a BA al Guelph, Charles Courville designed a ~culpture called Reill­ renting The Wh£'el that was selected as the 1990 finalisl in a three-year competition SPOIl­ sored hy the Toronto Sculpture Garden. amed grand wilUler of the competition in 1993, Courville's piece was on display in Toronto over the summer.

The 25-foot sculpture is reminiscent of a tumbleweed rolling along, picking up bit of debris in tlle wind. In fact. the sculpture is made of debris - wire, willow twigs. rags and plastic - woven together to make people rerhink their abuse of the land. In time. says Courville. part of the sculpture would biodegrade, leaving behind the wire and plastic ai'> a stark reminder that we hllvc not found a way to conserve and recycle our precious resources.

A graduate of the Ontario Collt:ge of Art, COUlvilie has done some Leaching in his home town of Sudbury since leaving Guelph. has worked as a stockbro"-er and has set up a studio in Toronto. He ill now con~idering a move to the United States to earn a master's degree in art. Another Guelph student. Ruthanne Henry. wa~ recently named 1993 finalist in the Odelle Student Competition.

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Douglas LOllcks, '75, recently received a maste r of divinit y from the University of Toro nto. Hc and his wi fe, Jan et, Art s '76, and their family moved to South River, Onl., durin g the summer.

Tara- L)'11 McCready. '93, is enroll ed in a PhD program in biochemistry at the Univer­ sity of Alberta in Edmonton. "I enJoy gradu ate stu dies ," she says, " and j've nlet many other graduates of Guelph here."

Janis Milliken, 'n, eam ed a DVM from th e Atlantic Veterinary College in P.E.I. in 199 1 and is now completin g graduate work at Lo ui siana State University in Baton Rouge. " ]'11 be here until. Jul y 1995 , completin g a combin ed residency in thcrioge nology and a master's in epi demi o log y," she says.

Sa muel Nsembul<ya-Ka tur<tmu , M.Sc. ' 7'11" returned to his native Uga nda afte r gl'adua­ tion to work as a fi she ries bio log ist. From 1979 to 19!\9, he was in charge of lakes George and Ed ward in wes tern Uga nda, havin g rcplaced the late M.M. Male, CBS '76. In 1989 , Nsembukya-Katuramu was hospitalized beca usc of diabetes and has since lost his sight. He is now enrolled in a retrain ing prog mm sponsored by the Roya l Commonwealth Society for th e Blind. But he says the society, I ike th e fisheries deparr­ ment in Ugand a, is seve rely short of funding and has made a public ap peal fo r aid to sup­ POl1 Nse mb uky a-Katuramu 's trainin g.

He hopes to return to a productive life and once again supp ort his family. He would also like to publi sh a scientific revi ew - co m­ pleted some years ago - on the fi sheri es of lakes Geo rge and Edwa rd. The two lakes present a challenge to fi sheries biologists be­ cause of th eir shallo wness and pollution from large herds of hippopota n1u ses, he says.

"A ll of this causes a great chall enge and in­ teresting sched ul e for work for a fisheries sc ien tist responsible for the conlrol and management of the lakes. It requires environ ­ mental and biological manage ment strategies , including th e social and economic aspects, as we ll as law enforcement. " Classmates interes ted in lea rnin g more about Nsembukya- Katuramu 's fi s heries re view or th e wo rk of th e Victoria Nil e Rehabilitati on Centre can write to him there at P.O. Box 1263, Jinja, Uga nda.

Cindy Wright, '90, li ves in Vanco uv er and is attendin g the Uni ve rsity of Victori a's School of Earth and Ocean Sc ience, pursu­ ing a master's degree in paleobiogeo­ chemislry.

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Fenella Barclay, '84, has earned the desig­ nation of Associate of the Society of Ac­ tuaries by comp letin g a series of examination s that tes t mathem atical and statistica l skills underlying actuarial sc ien ce and th eir applications to techni ca l actuarial probl ems. Ac tu aries design and evalu ate fi ana ncial programs usin g stat istical and eco nomic tec hniques to ana lyse ri sk and evaluate the probabilities of future events.

Barclay and her hu sba nd, Scott Reid, OVC 'R7, live in Dunnville, Om., where he is prac­ tis ing at th e Dunnville Veterinary Clinic.

Marshall Chipman, '74, of 5t. Catharines, Ont., is back on campus to complete an honors mathematics deg ree.

Robert Gossage, '89, is completing gradua te studies in chemistry at the Univer­ sity of Victoria .

Jain Lambert, '82, is a biology professor at Ca rlet on Univ ers it y. He is married to Karen (Gillespie), CSS '8 3.

Mona Osman-Khatib, '84 and M.Sc. '89, is wor kin g for Ericsson Communications Inc. in Mount Roya l, Que .

David Salter, '~2 and OAC '~4 , is super­ visor of a United Nations development pro­ gram in Cambodia.

CSS

Debbie Chang, '82, and her husband,

Richard Ouellette, are th e new parents of

Christopher, born in Dece mber 1992. Chang

says she will soon retu rn to work at the Infor­

m<ltlon Man agement Corporation in Missis­

sa uga, Ont., as a client se rvices

re prese ntati ve.

Marjory (Rigby) Furkalo, '73, says it's al­

way s good to hear about U ofG. She li ves in

Dryden, Ont. , with her husband , Dennis, and

th ei r three ch i1dren , Mel issa , Sarah and

Jonathan , and has tau ght sc hool th ere for 16

yea rs.

Andre Gaudreault, '93, of G ue lph, got his

academic supervisors thinkin g when he

recently prepared a PhD di sse rtation on the

Iimit of sc ien ce anel th e problems created by

the fact that scien tists are not awa re of this

I illl i t.

Andrew Kissick, '82, and hi s wife, Barbara , have found a new home in Colorado Springs, Col. , where they both teach tennis at the Broaelm oor Hotel. " It 's a grand old hotel with breathtaking landsca pe at th e foot of the C he yenne Mountains," says Ki ss ick, wh o is al so a financial anal yst.

Fisheries biologist nets major alumni award

During lun!! l:onvrn:atton cercmoni.:s. the Ut;iversity 1)1' Gudph Alumni As­ s<x;iatioll a\\lankd its allnual Medal of Al'hievement to John Gunn. CBS PhD '1:\7, of Sudbury. Onl. The award recog­ niles it gradll;ttc of the lu,t 15 years for outswnding contributions and servh.:e.

search C'1ll bring results. He works with scientil.ts from ~everal uniVt:rsities ru; wdl as Iho 'c from fedel'lll and provin­ cial agencies. And he has forged productive relationships with indmitry, local government~ and private-interest groups. establishing the tirst co-opera­ tive unit between OM R and Lauren­ Gunn is unit-ially employed as a r~' ­ tian University. search scil'nlist with the thhcrics policy Public education is an important part branch uf the Ontario Mini'\trv of of Gunll's work . He hilS shared the alUml Resources (0 'INR), hut he findings from his Sudbury research ca..ls hi... net much wid!!r th:tn a single with the community at open house ses­ ministry. Ili~ contrit'llltions to the siudy ,ions at Sl:ience orth. He urganized or acid rain and the rehabilil:llion of in­ an annual one-day rehabilitation dustrially t1amagetl eCI1sY'itcm, is rccog­ .lohn Gllnll , lefr. willi U o/G CIUlI/cI'I/(Ir Linco/n wmkshop to bring together all par­ ni/ed worldwide.

Alexander.

Photo hy Hl'rh Rau~e1ll'r ticipants involved in ecosystem reslora­ He has worked for a number or years tion in the Sudbury area. lin the impHl:t llf acid prl:l:ipilalion on reversed. His resean:h is rCl:ogniled around He is also editing a book about the Sud­ lakes and streams in the Sudbury region. the world fllr its applicability 10 CC(l~ys­ bury experience that will be both a success He d!!termined rhe mechanisms by which t~ml> t1amaged by indusllial pollutants. in­ story in restoration ecology and a manual acitl rain and adtl 'tlllwmt:ll lead to the ex­ cluding those in developing cOllnlrie~. for other municipalities and regions inter­ tindion uf nlllive fish popul:ltions :Illd has Tllthc scientific community. Gunn of­ in reversing the cl:ological effects of eSled shown how such n!!g:ltive effects can be fers an example of how I:o-operarivc re­ industrial pollutants.

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Linda (Arney), '82, and Gary Pascoe, OAC '84, announce the arrival of their first child, a daughter named Kenzie Rae, who was born March 27, 1993.

Steve Voyda, '88, and his wife, Siew, are en­ joying a new home in Kitchener, Ont., with their year-old daughter, Seerna Gosia. Voyda is territory manager for Huntington La boratories.

Jeff "Woodie" WoodyaU, '79, his wife, Lori, and their two sons have moved from Aurora, Ont., to Scottsda le, Ariz., "to enjoy the sun, the mountains and maybe a bit of golf." Woodyatt was in the insurance busi­ ness in Ontario, but says he always wanted to be a cowboy and thought Arizona was the best place to relocate. He sends greetings to fellow Guelph hockey players.

Mac-FACS

Mary Daly, '78, is one graduate who keeps coming back to campus. She and her hus­ band, Walter van Veen , brought their baby daughter, Johanna Beatrice, for a nature walk in the Arboretum before she was two months old. They live in Kitchener, where Daly works for the Waterloo Regional Health Unit.

Lee Ann (Gage) DiI, '81, teaches science at Hitherfield Preparatory School in Campbellville, Ont. She and her husband , Pierre, have two children.

Jeri jakovac, '89, is living in Vancouver and working in Richmond as an elementary school resource teacher. She says she loves the mountains - a real contrast from her home town of Chatham, Onto Sisters jodi, Arts '91, and Jani, Arts '93, are also Guelph graduates. "And there's one more sister at home who would probably enjoy the Guelph experience just as much."

CSS grads capture top medals CSS graduates Tim Mau and Paul Van Katwyk were this year's winner of the Winegard and Forster medal . U ofG's most prestigious undergraduate and graduate awards, Established to honor fonner Guelph presidents Bill Winegard and the late Donald Forster. the medals recognize academic achievement. motiva­ tion. leader hip and citizenship.

Mau came to Guelph from orth York, Ont.. as a President's Scholar and a new recruit for the basketball Gryphons.

Today, he's known as the all-time Gryphons ' coring champion. a member of Senate. president of the campus Liberal or­ ganization and a 1991 candidate for Guelph city council.

Mau was named CIAU Freshman of the Year in his first year and All-Canadian in each subsequent year. Gryphon leam cap­ tain. mo t valuable player and athlete of the year several times over, he led U of G to three national championships, was namc:d to the OUAA first team five times and to the QUAA all-star team of the dec­ ade.

Off the court, Mau was a five-year member of the dean's honor Ii ·t, winner of the CSS Skinner Medal and recipient of an Ontario Graduate Scholarship. He brought recognition to the University by winning a Commonwealth Scholarship and was the Ontario finalist in competition for a Rhodes Scholarship.

Mau completed a double major in politi­ cal studies and sociology. then enrolled in a joint U ofG/McMaster University MA program with specialization in public ad­ ministration. This fall, he begins a doctor

Catherine (Armstrong) jewson, '41 D, says her ye ar at Guelph was a valuable one - it's where she met her husband , james, OAC '43. They live in Islington, Ont. Barb Patriarche, '89, lives in Oshawa, Ont., with her husband , Darryn Reay , and their three children: Rebecca, 5; Coltyn , 3; and Nicholas, five months. She works as a home day-care provider with Durham Regional Social Services.

Florence Partridge, '260, former chief librarian at U of G, was recently honored by the Government of Canada for her years of service as a cultural volunteer in Guelph.

She was named 1993 winner of the Lescar­ bot Award , named for Marc Lescarbot, a 16th-century playwright and author who is considered to be this country's first cultural volunteer.

Partridge, who was nominated by the Guelph Arts Council, has played a major role in the council's heritage program , in­ cluding work in researching and preparing historical walking tours of the city. A found­ ing member and first president of the vol unGuelph Alumnus

TimMau

Paul Vall Katl1'yk Phtlll) by

Martin Sd)walbe

of philosophy at Oxford University, He is now a member of the board of directors of the CSS Alumni As ociation and say he hopes to one day seek uffice as an MP. Other nominees for the Winegard medal were Shirley Senoff. Arts '93: Paula Wend ling, CBS '93: Helena Dryillout, CPES '93; Lynne Walker. FACS '93; Pamela JooSsee. OAC '93: and Nancy Charlton, OVC '93.

A dedicated and innovative researcher.

Van Katwyk won two major external awards for his graduate research in or­ ganizational psychology. including the prestigious Wherry Award, He was also the first recipient of the CSS John Vanderkamp Graduate Medal.

He ha~ done consulting work for the mini. tel' of the solicitor general of On­ tario, nationaltelecommuni('ations cor­ porations and a retail chain operation.

Originally from Waterloo, OUl.. Van Katwyk also earned his BA at Guelph and is now completing doctoral studies in industrial organizational psychology at the University of South Florida.

While at Guelph. he organized a North American conference for graduate students: was a project manager. research assistant and teach­ ing assistant in th . Depanment of Psychology; and erved on the graduate studies committee, He was alsu a coun­ sellor atlhe Guelph Wellington A ­ sociation for Community Living.

Van Katwyk was featured with his wife. Chris. FACS '92, and their son.

Sasha, in the spring J 992 GLlefph AII/I11­ III1S in a lOt)' about funding university education for the next generation.

Other nominees for the Forster Medal were Jeannette Grant, Arts '91 and MA '93; Eric Brown, OAe '87 and M.Sc. '89 and CPES PhD '93; Mary Goettler, Arts '78 and FACS M.Sc. '93; Peter Amer, OAe PhD '93; and Chris O'Callaghan, OV '89, Photo by Chri. Black M,Sc. '92 and PhD '93.

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tee I' group bene fit­ ing the Guelph Muse um s, she was the first docent and first head of th e vo luntee r group at the Macdonald Stewart Art Cent re .

Partrid ge has bee n on illlportant benefactor of the Uni versity of Guelph art co llec­ Florellce Purlri (l.~e tion. She began de­ ve loping a co llec­ ti on while serv ing as chi ef li bra rian ot th e Mas't:y Library and later started the Florence Part rid ge Fund , which has added 17 major works to the Uni versity co llectio n.

She is abo an m:tivt: membe r and vo lun­ tee r for the UGAA, fo unuing president of the Univel'sity Wome n' s Club of Guelph (now rhe Canadian Fede ration of University Women) and a former president of the Guelph Trail C lub.

OAC

A 11.llIllIi ideiilijied by un (/sll!I'isk w('/'e ul! win 11('1.\ ola ,~l'CldUale sciwl(/J'.\iJ ip awardee! hy Ihe UAC C la.ls of ' 33. Thl'i r accul7lp li.lh­ IIlei71S dell/ullslra le lite Il'lIe I'uille oflhe S('/w/u/'.\/tip.

" Thomas An g us, '49 and MSA '50, of Sault Ste. Marie, Onr., was dirt:c tor of the Canad ian Forest Pest Manage ment Instit ut e until I9~0. He received an honora ry degree I'r01l1 Lourentio n Uni versi ty in 1992 fo r hi s ctl ntribu tio llS to fores t pest Jl)onagement and the stud y of' bacte ri al di seases of Lepidup ­

into teach ing. He retired in 1985 as principa l of John Diefenbaker Secondary School in Ayto n,Ont. " Pascale Dennery, ' 89, work ed two yea rs in agricu ltural ex te nsion in Africa after earn­ ing his Guelph deg ree . He is now an ex ­ aminer in the plant breede rs' ri g ht s office in Otta wa, but plans to beg in a master's pro­ gram in sustainable agri culture thi s fa ll in the Netherla nds. '" Ruth Hall, '84, went on from G uel ph to study regio nal planni ng at Ka nsas State Univers ity and so il c hemi stry at the Uni ver­ sit y of Alberta. She the n moved to Whitehorse , Yukon, to work as a tec hni cal

!!cochemi st and is now an environme ntal as­

~ess ment off'icer for th e federal Departlllcnt

of Indian Affa irs ond No rthern Deve lopment. " David Hume, '61 and MS A '63, is acting chai r of Guel ph 's Department of Crop Sc ience . He say s he is a prociuct of th e OAC Class of 1933. Not only did he receive th e ir gradua te scholars hip in 195 1, but four of his Guelph professors we re also members of the class - Gordon Ashton, Ted Heeg, Fred Jerome and Bruce Twamley. " Murray Hunt, '69 and M.Sc. '70, work ed for th e Ontari o Ministry of Agric ulture and Food (O MA F) from 1970 to 1973 , was genera l man ager of ge ncti c im provement for

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';' Stephen Stenabaugh, '92 , is an env iron­ ment planne r with Eeo loglCal Services Plan­ nin g Ltd. in Kapu skasin g , Ont, but hopes to re turn to ca mpu s to do g t'adu ate work in th e Uni vers ity Sch oo l of Rura l Plan­ ning and De­ ve lopme nt.

Murray Stewart, ' 57 A , has been e lected c hair of Ontario's Ad­ va nced Ag ri ­ c ultural Leade rship Program (A ALP), a Canadian ast,.onaut Roher/a Banda,. , who was named Alumnus of Hono,. il1 JUl1e 1992,final­ partne rship of Murray Stewort Iy received he,. awa,.d Ap,.il 22 - on the sal1le Wa,. Memo,.ial Hall stage whe,.e she rint COI1­ th e Ontario vacated in 1968 and was gral1l ed an honora,.y deg,.ee il1 1990 . Sh e is pictu,.ed here with some Federation of Agriculture , OMAF, th e Foun ­ of he,. OAC '68 classmates. Leji to ,.i/<l1t: Kath,.yn Land,.idge, John McG ee, Ma,.y (j ones) dation of Rural Li ving and U of G. He suc­ Ta,.ea/.!, Alex McDonald, Bonda,. , Bob !-Iul1 sherge,., Don Ricka,.d, Jack Burr and Gail ceeds Peter Hannam , OAC '62 , presid ent (Williams) Ricka,.d.

Ph oto by Mary Dicki eson of First Lin e Seeds of Guelph. Stewart is a founding membe r of th e AALP , a tw o -year Hol stein Canada from 1973 until 199 1 and is " Jacob Leyenaar, '67 and M .Sc. '69, is training progra m for people acti ve in Ontario now direc tor of marke t developm ent for the a rea treasurer with S END Internati onal in agri cu lture. Man y of the program ' s I 16 Canadian Association of Animal Breeders. the Philippines. g radu<ttes a re al so OAC a lumni. " Henry Ive, '48 and MSA '49, helped pay * Mary Ruth McDonald, '78 and M.Sc . his way through graduate school by workin g '8 2, has just complet ed a PhD in plant pathol­ as an analy st fo r th e soil survey that pre ­ ogy at Gue lph and is working as mana ge r ceded cons truction of To ronto 's international and researc h sc ientist at the OMAFMuck airport. After g raduati o n, he re turned to Ja­ Resea rc h Stati o n near Ke ltl eby. maica and enj oyed a 25 -year career with the Independen t study graduate Roger

*' David Mitchell, '56, is a partne r in West Indies Sugar Company. He then be­ S lomon has gone the uistancc in more

Mit c he ll Ma nagem ent Se rvices in Mi ss is­ came manag ing director of a loca l subsidiary ways tha n one.

sauga, Ont. , but his caree r inc ludes both re­ of Seagra m Co. Limited and s till work s in Solnmon. wh lives in Lain, Genna n v.

search and manag em ent experience a t th e se mi-ret irem e nt as a rum buyer for Seagram ha C'..Imed fo ur horticult ura l cliplomas ­ Campbell Sou p Co. of Ne w Jersey, Kan sas distill e ries. lve wa s recentl y nam ed me mber from G ue lph, hut he came to campus for

State Uni versi ty , John Labatt Ltd. in Lon­ emeritus of the Ag ricultural Soc ie ty of the tirst tillle this year to attend his

ci o n, Ont., and the Ontario Gra in ancl Feed Jamai ca. graduat ion. He was here June I to collec t

Association. a diploma in pa rk horticulture .

Terrence Johnson, M.Sc . '88, of Jamai ca re­ He congratulates the Class of 193 3 for its S lomon began his journey through

cently rece ived a doctorate in environmental fores ight in initiating and mainta ining the the worl d of correspondence stuliie . by

e ng inee ring from Virginia Po ly technic In s ti­ graduate sc hol a rship. completing Grade 13 through the Min is­

tute. A member of the American Union of " Robert Neill, '8 1, has a position in th e in­ lry of Educmiol1 . He began trave llin g U

Geoph ys ici sts, he co mpl e ted hi s undergradu­ ternational strategic planning group of of G 's independe nt study path in 1982.

ate degree at the Uni versity of the W es t In­ Sandoz Agro in Switzerland. In Ma y 1993, A long the way. he's ma naged to grow

dies in St. Au gustine, Trinidad , in 1983 . He he wa s ma rri ed to Karen Kelsey, HAFA 12.5 acres grapes and _.5 acres frui l

plans to wo rk as a containment hydrogeo l­ '8 1. trees in Lahr. and nlIl h is own nist ro.

og ist for Environmental System s an d Tec h­ " Joe Omielan, '83, liv es in Wate rloo, Ont., nol og ies in Blacks burg , Va. , and will be and work s in on-farm rese arc h wi th involv ed in computer modelling of co ntain­ Resource Effic ie nt Agricultural Prod uction­ ment transport and o il-s pill recovery in th e Canada. subsurface e nvironment.

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* David Jordan, 'SO and MSA ' 5 I, is retired from the Department of Mi c robiology in Gu e lph 's College of Biological Science .

Edward Kendall, PhD ' 88, is a n assoc iate re search officer with the National Research Counc il, livin g in Saskatoon. He no tes th at U of G ' s degree des ignati o n does not g iv e an acc urate description of many interdiscipli­ nary prog ram s . " As far as I know , I am the first OAC g raduat e of the biophysics interde­ partmental program. Gu e lph ha s so many in­ terdepart me nta l a nd int eruni vers ity program s (that) perhaps there s hould be a prog ram des­ ignat ion ra t he r than a major, a t least for grad­ uat e studi es ."

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" Alison Paine, '80 and M.Sc. ' 83, began he r caree r with DuPont Canada as a pes­ ticid e registration s pecialist. She th e n moved to th e parent company in the United Sta tes and work ed th ere unti I 1988 . Today she wo rk s part tim e as a pesticid e cons ultant at the Argonne National Labo ratory in Illin o is.

The late Ed Ridley, '27, was recently named to the Sas kat che wan Dairy Ha ll of Fame for his 40 years of service to th e province ancl its dairy indu stry. He ret ired in 1967 as dairy commiss io ner, onl y to take on a ne w role of service to the Animal Breeding Co-o pera­ tives of Saskatc hewan. He died in 1986; hi s wife, Leila , in 1988.

IlIdep(,lIdeJ1l SlUdy chair Bill eli lp. I(ji .

('ollgralll/ates long-distClllcl' stl/dcnt

Roger S%moll.

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OVC museum named for Cliff Barker

"If any university president walllS to know how to operate without a budget. come and see me."jokes Cli IT Ba rke r ,OVC '41. as he explains how he's been able to acculllulate more (han 4 .000 items for the OVC museum.

"1'111 always suggesting thal alulllni designate their University gifts to the museum. and I've borrowed innumerable things from facu Ity and slaff .. . . They never go ba!:k."

Today, those innumerable thing are stored omewhere at OVC - only Barker knows where - but it was announced during Alumni Weekend that thc OVC museum will find a pemlanent home during Phase 2 con~truction of the college'~ Lifetime Learning entre.

Now officially named the C.A .V. Burkel' Musculll of Canadian Veterinary Hislory, the collection will be housed in what is now the OVC libraty when new libraty space i~ added to Ihe learning centre.

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Stewart ~rc nt 1ll 0~ t hi s professional ca reer w ith C,mada Packers and has main­ tained a pe rsonal interes t in gras,roots leader­ ship within th e a!!rifood industry. He is c ur­ re ntly pres id e nt o f the National 4-H Council. ,. Brllce Stone, '53 illld MSA '54, beQa n hi s academi c clrce r at Cornell University~, but he eventually I'c turn ed to OAC. where he ha s l)Cell on Ll c ulty for:14 years - 24 in the De ­ partmc nt of Animal and Poultry Sciencc <1nd J () il ~ assoc iat e dCilil . ,. (;Icnn Strallon, '77. M.Sc . ' 78 and PhD '8 1, is a prol'c '~ or of mi cro biology at the Nova Sco tia Agn c ultural College ill Truro.

Roh, '79, and Dianna (Gamble) Sutherland, CSS 'X I and MA '83, liv e in Waterloo. Ont. , with their children, Kilthlecn, Willi am and Robert. Rob works forOMAF.

* Catherine (Leitner) Sl'etec, 'in, is an ac­ count lIlilnaf!t:I' in pe rsona l financial se rvi ccs w ith the Toron\() Dominion Rank in Lind­ say, Ont. She also hold s a education degree from the l lnivers it y of Waterloo and an MBA from I);tlholl s ic Uni ve rsi ty. She is mar­ ricd to Andrew, 'R3, who is 7.o ne manager fOI· Ford Ncw Holland Canada Ltd. in Guelph. Th cy liv e in O'lkwood. " Steve Szabo, 'R 2 ilil d M.Sc. '85, began

working for th c P.E.!. Department of

Agriculture in I ()~6 as an e xtension

specialist and be cam e manager of tec hnol­

ogy ,lIld inno V,llion for the Department of In­

du stry in 19119.

Hdty Szilassy, '82, is a volunleer wi th Ihe

Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) in

drought-stricken northeas te rn Brazil.

Originally i'rolll [-lililove r. Ollt .. S7.ilassy

lives in the runil <lITa o~'Taeai mbo, aboul

140 kilometres from Recife.

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The college has had a museum of sorts since 1870, when principal Andrew Smith opened a new building for OVC in Toron­ to . Mo I ea rl y graduate remember it as jars of pickled specimen a nd ke letons strung on wircs. T oday. however. the mu cum is a Iiving hi tory of veterinary medic ine in Canada . valuab le for research and education.

W hile he was a faculty membcr in the Department of Clinical Studies. Barker fell heir to a box of donated items - a diploma, oxen shoes, OVC badges - be­ cause he was neat, organized and able to keep track or Ihings. In the mid 1970s. alumn i began to 'upport the museum financially. and when Barker retired in 1984, he was g iven a room ill the bllse­ melll of Me abb House LO develop lind catalogue the museum co llection. [n 1979. he publi$hed a book on the his­ tory of the Omario Veterinary Medical As­ socialion, followed 10 years later by II book on the Canadian associution.

Catherine Dewey, '79, is an ass istant profes­ so r o f e pidemiology and swin e health management at the Great Plains Ve le rinary Educa tional Centre al the Unive rs it y of Nebmska-L incoln .

Jeannine Gauthier, M.S c, '84, came to Guelph with a DVM from th e Univ e rsity of Montrea l. She is now in veterinary profes­ s ioned sc rviees with the Quebec Mini slry of Agriculture in Quebec City.

George Joseph, '69, is a professor of pathol­ ogy and microbiology in the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at Univers it y Perta nian Mal ays in.

Karen Kelly, '79 , ha s moved out of the medical field ancl is CEO at DLS Environ­ me ntal Des igns Inc. in New Lis keard , Ont. Andrew Madeiros, '87, is at th e Ettrick Animal Hosp ital in Warwick , Be rmuda.

Stacey Warren, ' 92, and Jeff Willshire, CBS '119, we re married in May. She is prac­ ti s in g at the Lindsay Animal Clinic in Lindsay, Ont., and at BobcaygeoJl Ve teri­ nary Services. He is a fisheries biol ogis t for the Mini stry of Natural Re so urces in Lindsay.

Peter Vanderkooy, '8 1, and hi s wi fe, Olive (Burton), OAC '80. ope rate Az ilda Green­ houses in Azilda, Ont. SCOIl Wales, '79A, operates a 56-acre tobac­ co farm in Aylmer, Ont. The family farm of Herbert Webster, '29A, was the focal point of centennial ce lebrations in Vernon, R.C. . last year. Like the ci ty , the Webster faillily orchard was eswb lished in IRn. Webster' s g rand sons still li ve <It the or­ cha rd , originall y establi shed by hi s father, John Webster, OAC 1880.

John Webster brok e o ne family tradition - hi s father and grandfathe r were doctors ­ and started a new one when he ca me to Guelph to attend OAC. Two of hi s so ns, John Jr. and Herbert, also earned OAC degrees. John Jr. went onlO become th e B.C. provincial seed inspector during th e Second Wor ld War and Herbert took ove r man age ­ men t of the faillily farm , now o ne of th e few B.C. orc hard s thar hilS produced fruit con­ tinu a ll y for more than 100 yea rs.

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.Jennifer Devey, 'R8, is completing an inter­ nship at th e Veterinary Institute of Emergen­ cy and Critical Care in Mil wa uk ee , Wi s., and will swy o n for a three-year re sid ency in e mergen cy medicine. Guelph alumni w ho hnd themse lves in Milwaukee are in vit ed to g ive her a ca ll althe institut e.

Thomas De Geer, ' 54, of Coboconk , Ont. , and George Fisher, '44, of Kemptvill e, Ont., were both recog nized last year by Rotal'Y Inte rnational t·or their service to th e organi za ti on and were awarded Rotary Foun­ dation citations for meritorious service.

James Pinkney, OVC '37, of Millon. anI. , allended Ihe Alumni Weekend opening of ave s new Lifelime LeaJ'l1ing Cenlre and ven lured inlo the rain 10 visil 1111' courlyard garden thaI hears his name . Pinkney's $ 100,000 ('onlrilntlion 10 Ih l' Il'oming cenlre was Ihl' largesl omounl g iven hy an in­ dil·idual. A long -lime supporll'r oj Ihe eol­ lege, hI' is known worldwide Jor his e,\[Jt'l'lise in showing, hreeding andjudging /ivesrock, parlicu/arly Landrace swine.

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The following death s ha ve been re ported since the las t issue of the Guelph Alumnus.

Full noti ces, which are usually submi tted by fam il y o r class mate s, Illay a ppear in thi s issue or in a later o ne.

Franklin Belcher, O AC ' 40A, Feb. 22, 1993.

Josephine (Farrow) Campbell, Mac '420 .

Ju ne 28, 1993.

Hazel (Dunham) Cleghorn, Mac '33 0, March 23 , J 993.

Gwyneth (Dent) Cullen, Mac '360 , March 2, 1993.

Victor Demetrick, OVC '59, A ug. 3. 1992.

Steven Egan, OVC '47 , Feb. 9, 1993.

Florence Elford, M ac '52, April 16, 1993.

Elwood Free, OA C '29A, Jan . I, 1992.

Catherine (Rawlings) Galbraith, Arts '77, May 5, 1993 .

Ernest Hamel, OAC OOH '81 , February 1993 .

Margaret Hamilton, Mac '240, Oct. 26, 1992 .

Gerald Harvey, OAC ' 59 , Nove mbe r 1992.

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Bryan Mulvihill, ' 80 and M.S c. '83. d ied Jun e 2, 1993. in Guelph. He was seafood manager at Sobeys In c. and is survived by his wife, fam ily st udies professo r Deborah O 'Co nnOl-, FACS '83, and hi s daughter, Bridge t.

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Diane (White) Foyston, '490, of Oak v ille, Ont. , died Jan . 2 1. 1993. She is s urvi ve d by her hu sband, Donald , OAC 'SO, and daughter, Janet Jones, OVC '8S. Marion (Marsh) McConachie, '330, died May 13 , 1993, in Gu e lph. Sh e was an hon orary life member of the Guelph G ene ral Ho spital Auxi liary , life mem ber of Ch a lmers Un it ed Church UCW and a mem ber of the Univers it y Century Club. She \-vas an activ e member of the Ma c-FA CS Alumni Ass oc ia­ tion and wa s it vo lunteer c la ss agent fo r ma ny yea rs. Sh e is s urvived by her hu sband , John , OAC '32 , one daughte r, Ann John so n, and a son, Don.

Ross K e nney, OVC '43 and OAC '35A, May 20, 1993.

Charles "C huck" Kingsbury, OAC ' 49 and MSA '5 I , June 29, 1993 .

Harold Klinck, OAC '47A and 'SO, March 29, 1993.

Mabel (Clapp) Lewis, Ma c '260 , Jun e 24, 1993.

Dorothy Lowe, Mac '270, Jul y 10, 1992.

John McCulloch, OAC '43, Nov e mber 199 2.

Alexander McKay, OVC '5 8 and OAC MSA ' 54, Marc h 17, 1993.

Gertrude (Anderson) McNeil, Mac ' 37, Jun e 18 , 1993.

John Monroe, OAC '35, May 30, 1993.

Carl Mumby, OAC '41, Jul y 8, 1993.

Murray Nixon, OAC '37, April 17, 1993.

C arl Oestreicher, OAC '4 3A, March I, 1993.

Murray Phillipson, OVC'49 , April 12 , 1993.

Maurice Plamondon, O AC MSA '4 3, December 1992.

Douglas Sleep, OAC 'S 5D, Ma y 1992.

Marion Steele, Mac '270, March 9 , 1993 .

John Teasdale, OAC '37, April 22 , 1993.

Louis Vandersteen, OAC '6 1A, Dec. 30, 1992 Hugh WaU, O AC '31 , May I S, 1990.

Grant Webb, OAC ' 60, October 1992.

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James MacFarlane Bates, '20A and '22, of Burlington, Ont. , died Marcil 24, 1993.

Ontario 's lo ngest-serv in g high sc hool princi­ pal , he retired after 40 yems fro m Central Hi g h School in Burlington in 1963. He was a life tim e me mbe r of the Burlin gton Central Lions C lub, a Ma so n, a me mber of th e Horti ­ c ultural Society a nd chair of the Joseph Brant Memo rial Hospita l board. He was C lass o f '22 president for many years and se rved as the class agent for the Al ma Mate r Fund. He is survived by hi s w ife , Marjorie, and tw o sons , ,james, OAC '60, an d John .

Donald Belyea, ' 52, died May 16, 1993, in Burlingto n, Ont. [n 1985 , he re tired as direc­ tor o f en ginee rin g at Memorinl Gardens (On­ ta rio Limited) after 33 yea rs w ith the co mpan y. He was res pon s ible fo r e stabli sh­ ing and main taini ng new ceme te ries ac ross Canada . He is survived by hi s w ife, Magg ie, and three so ns, Rand y, Ri c nnd Gary.

William Brechin, '36 , died Jul y 8, 1993, in Burlington, Ont. His commitm e nt to preserv­ ing wa te r and so il qu a lity rema in ed a cent ral focus of hi s li fe throug hou t hi s cnreer with Canad a Packe rs and in retirem en t. He is sur­ vived by hi s wi fe, Maryon (Bell), Mac '38.

Me mo rial do nat ions ca n be made to the Alma Mater Fund , c/o Alumni House, Uni­ ve rs ity of Guelph, Guelph, Ont. N I G 2W I. Alexander Campbell, '36, d ied April 4, 1993 , in Ott aw a. A n M .Sc. and PhD gradu­ ate of McG ill University, he was a former di­

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recto r of the nutrition burea u at Health a nd Welfare Canada. In 1962, he was nam ed vis ­ itin g pmfes)o r at the American Uni ve rsity o f Beirut in Lebanon a nd , fmm 1970 to 1972, was in c hargc o f th e Nutrition Canada S ur­ vey, the most comprehe ns ive sut'vey eve r conducted here. On hi s retirement in 1973, he W<lS ap pointed deput y directo r or the Ca r­ ibbean Food a nd Nutrition In stitut e in Ja­ maica and , until 1976, was respons ibl e for deve lopin g a food and nutrition po li cy for Ja­ maica a nd food com pos ition tab les an d rec­ o mmen ded dietary a llo wanc es fo r th e Caribbean.

A foun d in g member of th e Ca nadian Soci­ e ty of Nutritional Sc iences, Dr. Campbell received the Eal·l e W. McH e nry A ward for hi s ser vice to nutrition in Canada in 198 2 and the Ha rve y W. Wil ey Award in 1966.

He also se rved as chair of th e committe e o n fo od stan dard s of th e Inte rnntion a l Uni on of Nutritional Sciences and was treasurer o f th e organization from 1975 to 19 ~5 . He is sur­ vi ved by his wife, Betty, one daughter , Barbnra Thomas, a nd a so n, Willi 'lIn. Michael Chepesuik, '3 0, died Marc h 20, 1993 , in Kelow na , B.C. He work ed fOI' th e federal c iv il se rvice in T oront o , Mon cton, St. Jo hn and Frederi cto n from 19 30 to 1968, in th e depart ment s of agr ic ulture and defence.

He th en served on e yea l' with th e World Counc il of C hurc hes in Tunisia before re locatin g to Kc lowna , where he spen t 10 years as a real es tate age nt .

An o utstandin g w restl e r in th e lig ht ­ heavywe ight class in uni ve rsit y ci rcl es . he wo n a go ld meda l in wres tlin g at th e first Co mm o nwealth Gam es in Ha milton, Onl. , in 1930. He played with th e Toronto Argonaut Footba ll C lub as a n ins ide (now call ed gua rd) fro m 1930 to 193 4 and was a sta rte r under famed foot ball coac h Lew Ha y m an.

He was indu c ted int o the U o f G Sports Hall of Fame in 1984 and (h e Ukraini<ln Spons Hall of Fa me in Vancouver in 1992 .

Mr. C hepes uik was a life mem be r of th e OA C A lumni Assoc iatio n ,mel the Pres ­ id ent's Co uncil and is s urvived by hi s wi fe, Olive, a nd three dau ght e rs, Ca rol Bryson , Barba ra Hop kin s a nd M arj o rie Macqu een .

Harold Danforth, '39, of Bl en he im , Ont. , di ed May 7,1993. He was a fonn e r MP for Kent-Esse x, c haired th e Conservation Com­ mitt ee of Agr ic ul ture and the Com mi ttee of Trad e and Commerce, was c hi e f agr ic ulture cri ti c in th e shad ow cabinet and wa s secre ­ tary, then chair, of th e Co nservati ve ca uc us.

Also a for mer counc ill o r for the T ow nship o f Harwi c h, Mr. Danforth was acti ve in th e Leamington Kin sme n Club, the Essex Co un­ ty Fede rati o n o f Agric ulture , the Ontario Fruit and Vege tab le Growe rs Association, th e Seacliff Growers Co-op Exc han ge , South Essex G rowe rs and th e Ke nt-Elgin New Potato Mark e tin g Board. He is s urvived by hi s w ife, Isa bel , and da ughters, S haron Yates, Dianne Hogan a nd Den ise St ro ude.

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William (Bill) Fox, '36, di ed April 30, 1993, in Burlington , Onl. He was Ontario's first ex tension specialist for fruits and vegetables and late r became director of fruit, vegetable and tobacco ex tension, station ed at Vineland. He was co-ordinator of extension for Ontario on th e U of G campu~ from 1964 to 1974 and, during the formativ e days of the University, provided close li aison between U of G and the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF). He is survived by his wife, Gwen, and two sons, Ian and Bruce.

Allan Dempsey, '30, of Belleville, Ont. , died March 13, 1993. He was an RAF physi­ cal training instructor in England and India during the Second World War. When he return ed to Ontario in 1946, he became a technician at the Dominion Entomological Lab in Belleville, where he remained until re tirement in 1969. He is survived by hi s wife, Ethel, and four children.

Orazio Gualtieri, '82 Eng., of WeI­ land, Onl., died as the res ult of an auto acc ident Dec. 2, 1991. He had bee n e mployed as an en­ gineer in the SI. Catharines area and had establi shed G.O. Engineering Development Ser­

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vices. He was ac tive in th e Niagara Squash/Racquet Association and taught ath­ leti cs at the YMCA, the Ni agara Regional Youth Home and Brock University. He IS survived by his parents, Gaetano and Ida, a sister, Genny, Hnd a brother, Tony.

Maynard Harrison, ' 30, of Maugerville, N.B., died May 2,1993. Before com ing to Guelph, he taught school near Fredericton and attended the Nova Scotia Agricultural College in Truro. He was a horticulturist with the New Brunswick Department of Ag­ riculture from 1930 until his retireme nt in 1965. At th e same time, he ran a vegetable farm at Mauge rville and was involved in a number of organizations, including th e Fred­ eri cton Gladiolius Society, th e agr icultural society and 4-H. He was a hortic ulture judge at fall fairs throughout the Maritimes and was on the SI. John River Basin Advisory Board and the board of Sheffield United Church. He is survived by his dau ghters, Margaret Drew and Mary Lou Dunca n, son, Charles, and a brother, Arthur, OAC '29.

Darb)' Hayes, '34A , of Kelowna, B.C., dIed June 2, 1992. A pioneer in the Okanagan fruit industry, he work ed as general man ager for the Occidental Fruit Company for more than 20 years. He helped establish the Kelowna Yacht Club in 1950 and served as club co mmodore. He is su rviv ed by his wife, Janet, and son, Eric.

Reginald Hoskins, '4 1A, of Claremont, Ont., died March 28 , 1993. A lIfe member of th e OAC Alumni ASSOCIati on. he farmed nea l' Claremont and was past master of Brougham Union Lodge. He is survived by IllS wife , Doris (Kingsmill), Mac '4 J, and six daughters, Ruth Taylor, FACS '76, Anne Hoskins-Reid, OAC '78 , Mary Haapa la, Doris Denney . Margaret McGill and Susan Olfsen. ..Joseph McCulloch, '4 1A, of Cbes iey, Ont. , died June 13 , 1993. After college, he served as a mechani ca l engi neer with the Canadian Armed Forces in Europe, then returned to Canada to run the family farm near Ches ley.

He was active in the co-operative movement and was president of the board of directors of the Saugeen Valle y Co-op. He is survived by hi s wife . Mary Alice , and six children, Mary, BIll , Nancy, Joanne, Frances and Janet. ..John Pennington, '38, dIed May 4 , 1993, in North Bay, Ont. He Joined th e Canadian Army in 1942 and was on loan to the British army in the Highland division. After the wa r, he became involved in th e dairy industry and was production manage r at seve ral large plants. In 1964, he joined OMAF as field rep­ resentative for t.he milk industry branch and served the count ies of BraIlt , NoIi:olk and Haldim and until he was tran sferred to North Bay , where he worked until his retirement in 1980 . He was a volunteer with Mea ls on

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Wheels and at the city hosp ital in N0\1h Bay. He is survi ved by his wife, Janice (Scott), Mac '38, Hnd his daughters , Lesley Leroux and Lynn Colotelo.

Joseph Pires, '53 and MSA ' 54, died April 4, 1993 , in Port of Spain , Trinidad . He was founder and managing director of Caribbean Chemicals and Agencies Limited, a large manufacturer and distributor of agricultural products in the Caribbean. He is survived by his wife, Angelica , three so ns, Joe Jr., OAC '86A, Anthony and Basil , one daughter, Joanne Pires-Straatsma, CSS '79, and her hu sba nd, John, HAFA '79.

Archie Rintoul, '26, of East Longmeado w, Mass. , died March 25, 1993 . Raised on a farm near Carleton Place, Olll., he took a job with the Blue Valley Creamery Co. of Chicago after graduation. His sal es territory cove red the midwestern United States. Mr. Rinto ul mo ved to the Quaker Oats Company in Hartford. Conn., as anim al feed sa lesma n and became general manager when the com­ pany started the Community Feed Stores in Massachu se tts, Connecticut and Vermon t.

He bought the East Longmeadow and Eas­ thampton stores fro m the company in 1932 and eventually operated the East Longmeadow store with hi s so n.

He was a member of the Springfield Boys Club, the Masonic Lod ge , the Scottish Rits Bodies and th e Melha Templ e Shrine. He at­ tended both Kiwanis and Lions Clubs for 50 years and was a 30-year member of the East Longmeadow Finance Committee.

Longtime supporters of th e Alma Mater Fund, the President's Council and U ofG, he and his wife, Isabelle (Cook), Mac '26, recently establi shed the Archie and Isabelle Rintoul Fell ows hips in OAC and FA CS. Be­ sides his wife, he is survived by a so n, James, and two daughters, Mary Rintoul Quilling and Elizabeth Rintoul Farneth.

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Carl Gobert, '40, of Bard stown, Ky. , died March 10, 1993 . He operated a mixed prac­ tice in Kentucky from 1940 until he re tired in 1982. He was a member of the American Veterinary Association and American As­ soc iation of Equine Pract itioners, a Shriner and a Mason. He is surv ived by his wife, Glenna, and four daughters.

Peter Konkin, '64, of Kamsack , Sask., died Feb. 18, 1993 , after a shon illness with ca n­ cer. Before altending OVC, he served two years in the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm and attended one year of med ical sc hool at th e University of Western Ontario. He dropped out when needed at home on the family farm and spent 16 years there. Jn 1960, he was ac­ cepted into the second year at OVC and graduated in 1964. He moved back to Sas­

katchewan to practise, was one of the first vets in Canada to become involved in embl'Yo transfe r techniqu es in cattle and went on to establish an emb ryo trans plant set'vice in conjunction with hi s large-animal practice . His transpl ant work took him to Germany , New Zealand, Australia, China, the United States, Central America and East­ ern Europe.

Dr. Konkin was a member of the Interna­ ti onal Embryo Transfer Society , the Canadian Embryo Transfer Association and the Saskatch ewan Veterinary Medical As­ soci ation and its president in 1970/71. He also establi shed one of th e first Simmental herd s in Canada and, in recent years, worked wi th the Saskatchewan Horse Racing Com­ miss ion. He is survived by hi s wife, Irene, two so ns, Douglas and Daniel, and a daughter, Jill.

Bernard Tonken, '54, died in Calgary, Alta., Feb. 4, 1993. Following graduation, he began it practice in Vulcan and moved it to Calgary in 1962 . In 1969, he bought into Diamond Laboratories, a veterinary drug Illanufacturer, and remained as general manager when it was sold to Syntex. He left a few years later to join Vexco as a consult­ ant. He is survived by his wife, Lil. Donald MacDonald, '42, of Amherstburg, Ont., died May 6,1993. After ea rnin g his DVM , he obtained a diploma in veterinary public hea lth from the University of Toronto an d work ed for the health unit now known as the Windsor-Essex Co unty Health Unit until retireme nt in 1954. He is survived by hi s wife , Shirley, two sons, Ian and Robert, CBS '82, and two dau ghte rs, Catherine and Wend y.

Alan Secord, '29, D.Sc. '83, died May 1, 1993, in Toronto. Kno wn acros s Canada, Secord was a proponent of the co ntributions pets make toward improving a human 's physical and emotional well-being. He and his class mate, Raymond Currey, estab­ li shedt he Secord-Currey Fellowship in Com­ panion Animal-Human Bonding to support graduate students studying the human­ animal bond. Dr. Secord served on Guelph 's Board of Governors from 1973 to 1977, on the Heritage Fund boa rd of trustees, as honorary president of the OVC Pet Trust Fund and as class agent for the Alma Mater Fund. A member of th e MacLachlan Society and it lifetime member of th e President's Council , he received the OVC Alumni Association's Di stingui shed Alumnu s Award in 1978 and an honorary degree in 1983. He was inducted into the Gryphon Hall of Fame for track and field.

Dr. Secord was a life member of the Toronto Humane Society and past pres ident of th e Toronto Academy of Veterinary Medicine and was affiliated with the Ontario Veterinary Association.

He is survived by his Wife, Ingeborg, one son, David, OVC '58, and two dau ghters, Beverly O 'Sullivan and Diane. Memorial gi fts can be sent to the Secord-Currey Fel­ lowsh ip, c/o Alumni House, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ont. N I G 2W I.

Faculty Herbert Armstrong, retired dean of graduate stud­ ies , died March 3, 1993 . Before coming to U of Gin 1968, he was dea n of arts and sc ience at McMaster Uni­ versity for 12 years , dean of He,.herl A,.ms/,.ong science and academic vicepresident at the Universit y of Alberta, th en the first preside nt and vice-chancellor of the University of Calgary. At Guelph, he played a crucial role in developing a flouri sh ing pro­ gram of postgraduate studie~. Dr. Arm ~ trong officially retired in 1980, but con tinu ed to work on special ass ign ment s for the Univer­ si ty. He was a Fellow of the Roy al Society of Canada and the Roya l Canadian Geogra phical Society. He wa.> made an honorary fellow of U of Gin 1985. He is sur­ vived by his wife, Kathleen, and his chil­ dren , Catherine Lynden and Margaret Shera.

Stephen Fu shtey of Agassi z, B.C.. a fac ulty member in the late 19605 and 19705 in botany and environmental biology, di ed March II , 1993. He owned and operated th e Fushtey Nut Farm in Agass iz. He is survived by his wife, Ruth , three daughters, Elizabeth Nieman , FACS '85, Patricia, OAC '82A, and Mary, and one son , David, BLA '80.

Professor emeritus John Melby died Dec. 18, 1992, in Guelph. He was named the first chair of the Depa rtm ent of Politica l Studi es at U of G in 1967 and retired in 1977. He came to Canada after being fired in 1954 from the U.S . Stat e Department for havin g a relationship with playwri ght Lillian Hellman , who was cha rged with bein g a Communi st. He and Hellman began an affair in Mosco w in 1944 that turned into a long friend ship, documented in Th e Cold War Romance ofLillian Hellman and .lohn Melhy

by Robert Newman. Dr. Melby's class ifica­ tion as a sec urity ri sk in the United States was not lifted until 1977. He is surviv ed by hi s wi fe , Roxa na, and one son, Ev eret t. Con­ tri butions to a memorial fund can be sent to Alumni House , University of Guelph, Guelph , Ont. NIG 2WI.

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You've burned the midnight oil, crammed countless ElCts - all in the pursuit of your education. And Chrysler wants to give you a graduation present - incredible savings on your first new ca r or truc k.

Make the best dea l yo u can at any Chrysler Dodge, Plymouth or Jeep/Eagle dealership, then present the ce rtifi cate below fo r an add itional savll1gs of 5750 I You ca n defer your paymentsfor three months on Chrysler Cred it approved finan ced purchases on 48-month term s on selected offers. You 11'111 pay the full amount, but Chrysler understands that wh en you're first starting out, this deferral option gIves you a little extra time to start you on your way.t Visit your Chrysler Dodge, Plym outh or Jeep/Eagle dealer today for a test drive .Expe rience the Chrysler differen ce for yourse lf Buy with confidence. With Chrysler's Owner's Choice Protection Plan, you can choose between our 7-yea r/ 11 5,000 kil ometre Powertra1l1 Warra ntycombined wi th a I yea r/20,000 kilome tre bumper-to­ bumper Basic Warranty, OR our 3­ yea r/60,000 kilometre bumper-to-bumper Warra nty. (Fo r Import s and Laser/Talon models, the 3/60 option also inclu des 5-1'earIl00 ,000 km Powerlrain coverage.) It's your chOICe and there's no ded uctible I"

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Jeep Cherokee

Plymouth Laser

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Dakota

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