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On the cover October 1997 Editor Mary Dickieson Contributors Barbara Chance, BA '74 Renee Tavuscia, BA '85 Office of Research Design /production Mary Dickieson Linda Graham, BA '77 Debbie Thompson Wibon, Ans '77 Editorial Advisory Board

Winning a top provincial business prize hasn' t changed the hand s-on style of Guelph entrepreneur Wolf Haessler, B .Sc.(Eng.) '66. His small metal­ working shop has grown into a multi-million-dol­ lar manufacturing company, but he still prefers to

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spend hi s time walking the shop floor and talking

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with employees about how to improve their product.

Cover photo by Vern McGrath

Susan Blair, BA '83 Guus Hazalaar, BA ' 76 Klari Kalkman, B.Sc. '79 Sheila Lcvak , B.Comm. '83 Denis Lynn , B.Sc. '69 Paulette Samson Rita Sterne, B.Comm . '87

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Charlene van Leellwen, BASe. '87

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Rozanski reappointed to second term Mordechai Rozanski has been reappointed pres i­ dent of the University of Guelph, extending his tenn to 2003, Board of Governors announced June 25 . Rozanski, U of G' s sixth president, was first ap­ pointed in 1993.

In announcing the reappointment, B of G chair Doug Dodds said Rozanski has done " an outstand­ ing job of leading the Unive rsity of Gue lph during very challenging times. He has provided strong , in­ novative leade rship and is an enthusi astic spokes­ perso n for the University. He is the ideal person to lead the University of Guelph into the new millen­ nium."

B of G commended Rozans ki for his co ntribu­ tions and achiev eme nts during a pe riod of fis ca l c hallen ge. He has advanced a series of institutional initiatives de signe d to attract superior stud ents, sup­ port research and generate new sources of re venue.

Guelph 's e ndowment has grown more than 100 per cent during Rozanski's four-y ear te nn.

At the same time, he has led th e Unive rsity throu g h one of the most intensi ve planning proc­ esses in its history, restruc turing academic pro­ grams and administrative units.

In accepting the reappointment, Roza nski said : "It is a privilege to serve as president of the Univer­ sity of Guelph. I am gratified by the confidence and support I hav e receiv ed from Doug Dodds , th e Board of Governors and the Univ ersity commu­ nity . I am well aware that our university' s success is built on the dedication of its faculty, staff, ad­ ministration , stud ents, alumni and fri end s, and 1 greatly value their many contributions."

Convocation celebrates 1,931 grads Sunny skies reigned on Johnston Green June 3 to 6 as U of G awarded more than 1,900 deg rees and di­ plomas durin g seven con­ vocation ceremonies.

The University also pre ­ sented honorary degrees to Nobe l Prize-winning hu­ manitarian Elie Wiesel, Pulitzer Prize-winning bi­ ologist Edward Wilson and John Ke an, president and CEO of the Canadian Standa rd s Assoc iation. Re­ tired OVC dean Ole Nie lsen was named an hon­ orary fellow of the Univer­ sity .

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New college takes shape

Mordechai Rozanski

When the convocation cere­ mony is over, graduates and their families take over Johnston Green for a mam­ moth photo session iull of hugs and smiles and great Kodak moments.

Photo by Martin Schwalbe

The University of Guelph Senate may soon con­ sider a proposal to cre ate a new college that incor­ porates all the acade mic departments now part of the colleges of Social Scie nce (CSS) and Famil y and Consumer Studies (FACS). With input fro m many faculty, staff, students and a lumni over the pas t year, the dean's councils ofCSS and FACS hav e jointly developed a proposal to integrate the activities of the two college s and develop a long­ telm vision for the new entity. A fonnal proposal is now being distributed acro ss the two colJege communities for review and di sc ussion be fore be­ ing fin alized and submitted to Senate.

Prof. lain Campbell, provost and vice-president (academic), says the move is a mea ns of position­ ing the Univers ity and building on its strengths for the long tenn. " We c urre ntl y have a well-deserved reputation in whi c h our premier programs in agri­ culture, veterinary medicine, the sciences and the humanities playa large part. We also have great strength in the behavioral and social sciences and related profess ional and applied fields. But they're mainl y in two colleges, and therefore divided.

Let 's remove the walls between them ."

Campbell says the new college would crea te "one stronger unit that can buil.d on the synergy and energy of both its partners."

CSS dean David Knight and FACS dean Michael Ni ghtingale are enthusiastic about the po­ tential bene fits of the new academic structure.

Says Knight: " It will g ive U of G a critical mass of faculty and students working in the human sci­ ences with a very strong tradition for exce llent ba­ s ic and applied resea rch and service to socie ty."

Adds Ni ghtingale: " What I see is a better future for the things FACS is concerned with inside the ne w college structure than with the status quo."

FACS now offers interdisciplinary prog rams in health, family studi es and bu siness. Ni g htingale says there are obvious benefits from a closer link with th e base disciplines of sociology and anthro­ pology, psychology , economics, geograph y, politi­ ca l science and inte rnational dev e lopment studies. " We 've seen c loser li nks developing in these fields outside the University," he says. "Indu stry and government. for exa mple, are both recogni zin g that social , economic and political iss ues have to be dealt with together if we are to find the solu­ tions that will Jead to improvements in society. As academics, we should be on the le ading e dge of such c hanges. " The proposal deals only with administrative structure, says Knight. All academic units (depart­ ments and sc hools) and all ex istin g degree pro­ grams will continue in thei r present form.

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Removin g administrative walls, however, will in­ c rease student mo bility and make interdisciplinary study much easier. Knight says the new stl1lc ture will provide greater oppol1unities for collaboration among facult y and enhance th e quality of teachin g fo r students. It ma y ultimate ly generate new pro­ grams that w ill be more respo nsive to soc ietal needs and better prepare students fo r the work­ place. Few professional caree rs are static, say the deans. University g rad uates need multiple skills that w ill enable them to adapt to a varie ty of di sci­ plines and work situations.

Both colleges have a hi story of c hange leadin g to progress. The programs and academic units in FACS are much diffe rent f rom th ose es tablished in 1903, when the coll ege focus was on household science, o r in 1969, when Macdonald In stitute evolved into FACS. Likewi se, CSS grew out of the fOlm e r Welling ton College, which itself was estab­ li s hed by draw ing facult y and departments from the founding colleges.

The proposal is also consistent w ith U of G' s strateg ic objectiv es outlined in 1995 and build s on simil ar res tl1lcturing in other colleges. The Depart­ me nt of Music and DepaI1ment of Fine Art ha ve brought their distinctive units together into a new School of Music and Fine Art. OVe's former de­ partments of pathology an d veterin ary microbiol­ ogy and immunology are now operating as o ne adminis trative unit ca lled the Department of Patho­ biol ogy. A s imilar move created the Depal1m ent of Human Biology and Nutritional Sciences.

Changes like these improve the academic stre ngth of the University, e na bling the camp us to attract top students and faculty and increasing its ability to attrac t fin ancial supp0I1 for research and scholarsh ip, says Campbe ll. The c hanges Guelph can make to improve the ov erall vigor of the Uni­ versity are a benefit to future students and to alumni, he says.

Board members of the various alumni associa­ tions and a number of individual alumni have par­ ticipated in the restru ctu rin g process for CSS and FACS, whic h included a well-attended community­ wide infOimation meeting in Febl1lary 1997.

"We are grateful for their input," says Knight.

He and Nig htinga le welcome comments on the pro­ posal now before the University conununity.

Later thi s fa ll , the proposal will be formally re­ viewed by the Sena te Committee on University Planning. If approved, it will be presented to the entire Senate membe rship for consideration. Cop­ ies can be requ es ted by calling Kni ght 's office at 51 9-824-4120 , Ext. 3077, or Nightingale's office at Ext. 2400. Their e-mail add resses are: dbkni g ht@css. uoguelph .ca and mnight@facs. uoguelph.ca.

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The Unive rsity of Guelph has be­ the social and behavio ral sc iences come the destination of choice for and in the related professional a nd many of Canada' s most outstand ing applied field s. Not only will it stud en ts. The overall admission av­ stre ng then o ur current programs in e rage of our first-yea r stude nts rose these areas, but it will also open the to 81 per cent this fall. More than door for new ac ademi c oppo rtuni ­ 66 per cent of those new students ties th at add ress the inte rests of fac ­ had applied to Guelph as their first ulty and students and the needs of choice , contributing to a IS-per­ the soc iety they will ultimately cent inc rease in applications at a serve. time when most On tario univ e rsities we re ex perienc­ ing a decline. As of the be­ gi nning of the fa ll semester, our first-year and total und e rg rad uate enrol­ ments are again hig he r than ou r targets.

These facts, I believe, re­ flect the strategic direc­ tions that g uide the University of Guelph in its pursuit of excellence. Th is in stitution and its fac ulty are committed to a n in­ creasingly learner-centred approach to education th at U of G president Mordechai Rozanski, right, joined with alumni organizers to welcome guests to the 25th­ opens the door to man y Anniversary Reunion celebration at Alumni Weekend. new opportunities for our From left: Lorie Jocius, B.A.Se. '72, Dale Downey, students. We recogni ze that lea rning is not just fac­ B.Sc.(Eng.) '77, and Judy Maddren, B.A.Sc. '72.

Photo by Mary Dickieson ult y di sseminating knowl­ edge , but creating an Service to society is often seen as atmosphe re where ideas can be de­ the measure of a great university , veloped and discussed and tested and we recognize th at ou r stature as through experience. A Guelph edu­ an insti tution is en hanced by the cation is enhanced by our efforts to achie ve ments of our graduates. I become mo re research-inten sive never tire of hea ri ng the stories of and more internationa l in scope, by Guelph alumni and their accom­ increased collabora tion with other plishments. The cover story in this scho lars and by our commitment to iss ue profiles the bus iness ac hieve­ li felo ng learning. ments of Wolf Haessler, a gradua te In thi s iss ue of the Gue lph Alum­ of the engineerin g program. He and nus, you'll read ho w Guelph fa cu lty other al umni share the ir experiences are in volv ing stude nts more direc tly in the professional world , a nd their in the learning process , combinin g words encourage us in our eff0l1s to th eory with practical kno wledge. prepare tod ay's students to meet We a re prepa rin g students not just similar challenges. for their first job, but also fo r life And , finally, in this iss ue, J am and the many changes and careers it pleased to introduce Dale Downey, will offer. the ne w preside nt of your alumni as­ Change also takes place in th e socia tion. I join him in encouraging life of the University, and we share yo u to stay connected with yo ur with you in this iss ue a proposal for alma mater. We welcome the oppor­ the creation of a new college tunity to se rve yo u through alumni through the union of the co ll eges o f programs or perhaps ou r open lea rn ­ Family and Consumer Studies and ing courses. Write to us at the U ni­ Social Science. I believe the new versity or use the e-mail add ress college will draw natio nal attention developed exc lusively for alumni to U of G as a powerhouse of teach­ ing, resea rch and public service in use : alumni@ uoguelph. ca .

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R o.vaJ rello\ - Professor emeritus John Leslie has bee n named fl fellow of the Roya l Society of m Canad a, the 22 U of G professor to be so hon­ 0red. Retired from th e Depat1me nt of Phi losophy, Lesli e is inte rnationally know n for his writings o n cosmology (the s tu dy of the struc ture and workings of the universe) and the philoso phy ot· reli gion .

Te r rifi c teaching - The College of Arts is on a roll' Two of the college 's faculty have won teach­ ing awards from the Ontari o Confederati on of Uni­ versi ty Facu lty Associations (OC FA) - Prof.

Marga ret Priest, Fine Art , and Prof. Donna Pal­ mateer Pennee, Eng lish. The ir wi n comes just a year after their College of Ans colleague Prof. Alan Filewod, Drama, was honored by the confederation.

More terrific teaching - Phy sics professor E rnie McFarland has earned top marks for his teac h­ in g from the Canadian Associatio n of Physicists , which recently prese nte d him with its [997 Medal of Exce llence in Teaching. A faculty member at Guelph s ince [974, McFarland also holds a 3M Teac hing Fellowship , an OCUFA award and a spe­ c ial me rit awa rd from th e U o f G Fac ulty Associa­ tion.

Supporting youth - The Uni ve rsi ty of Guelph has bee n recogni zed for 25 years of me mbership in the Canadian 4- H Cou nc il. A silver a nni versary plaque will be prese nted to the Un iversity at the an­ nu a l Friends of 4- H banquet in Toron to in Novem­ ber. For more info rma tion abo ut the 4-H program in Canad a, visit th e na ti o nal Web site at www.4- h-can­ ada.ca.

P.-omoting science - As the ne w cha ir of the C hemica l In stitute of Canada, Prof. Bryan Henry, Chemistry and Bioche mistry, ho pes to attract a hi gher profile fo r U of G and inc rea se sc ientific in­ terest on a naliona l scale.

"Trad itionally in Ca nada, we haven't done muc h to promote science," says Henry. "I think we can do a 10L more to e ncourage our young people to be in­ terested in science. "

Let's make music The Department of Music invites alu m ni to jo in a music en se mble this fall to part ici pa te in a 1998 re­ cord ing project. With funds provided by the depart­ ment 's Student Life Enh a ncement Fund. five mus ic ense mbles will record a nd re lease a compact disc in the new yea r. The U o f G Choir, Concert Win ds , Early Mu sic E nsemb le, Jazz. Ense mble and Orches­ tra will all take pa rt in this project. th In addition, this fall marks the 30 anni versary of th e Department of Music 's Thu rsd ay noon -hour c oncerts. The depmtment invites a lumni to attend any Thu rsday at 12: [0 p. m. in Room 107 of the M ac Kinnon Buil ding.

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For Skyjack president

Wolf Haessier,

business success didn't happen

overnight . .. and

it isn't over yet.

Extraordinary

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by Mary Dickieson

Wolf Haessler in the boardroom at Skyjack head office in Guelph.

Photo by Studio Photography

ngineering was the program or c hoice for W olf Haess le r when he ca me to Guelph in the I 960s with th e desire to become a designer and manufact urer. He bypassed the graduation interviews that mi ght have led to a consult­ ing career o r a mana ge me nt job in some body else's com­ pany , and chose the entrepreneur's path instead. Haess le r be ­ gan with a small metal-working shop in Brampto n, Ont., that has grown into a world leader in th e des ign, manufac ture, ma r­ ketin g and di stribution of e levated work pl atforms. Skyjack Inc. reported $197 million in sa les in fiscal 1997 - the fourth yea r in a row that sales have increased by more than 50 per cent.

The compa ny has ex pe rien ced phenome nal grow th since the first of Haessler's scissor lifts rolled off the line in 1985 .

At first, the growth was in Canada , but more recently, it's been in the United States , Europe and Asia. Skyjack now com­ mands 25 per cent of the world market for scissor-lift work platforms.

There's a troph y case full of awards in the lobby of Skyjac k's head office in Guelph that applaud the e n­ treprene urial spirit and success of th e company. In 1994, Haessler was re cognized as a finali st for the Canadia n Awards for Business Excellence and received an award for outstand­ ing bus iness achievement fro m the Ontario Chamber of Com-

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merce. Last fall, he was g iven a spec ial citation for en­ treprene uriall eadership - one of nine national awa rds ­ fro m Canadian Business magazine' s En trepre ne ur of the Year program , which was launc hed in 1994 and is co-sponsored by Ernst & Young, Bank of Mo ntre al, Nesbitt Burns, McCarth y Tetrault and Air Canada .

H aessler' s success can be an inspiration to today's univer­ sity graduates and to educational instituti ons, where en­ trepre ne urship ap pears to be th e buzzword for th e nex t mill ennium. A tighte ning of th e publi c purse string has ca used universities them se lves to become more entrepreneurial in finding ways to secure their own financial future, and many univ ers ity progra ms are packaging bus iness and co mmuni ca­ ti o n skills with knowl edge-bui lding courses.

Haessle r laud s these efforts, say ing th ey demonstrate both a sense of responsibility and an acceptance of economic rea lity.

In ed ucation , as in the business world , success or failure can be determin ed by ho w quickly you ca n accept real ity and re­ spond to it.

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Haessle r earned a B.Sc. in e ng ineering from Guelph in 1966, the n a mas te r 's from the Uni ve rsity of Weste rn Ontario .

He says his educa tion has been a tremendous benefit to him, giving him the skills he needed to deve lop the technical side of his manufacturin g company , but he concedes that the real

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Elgin Featherston, B.Sc.(Eng.) '66, was a Guelph classmate of Wolf Haessler's who joined the company in 1990 and shares the same philosophy in manufacturing: satisfy your customers, reward your employees, and watch your business grow. As vice-president of manufacturing, Featherston directly oversees the Skyjack operations in Guelph ; Emmetsburg and Atlantic, Iowa; and L6bau, Germany. The scissor-lift platforms like this one still claim BO per cent of the company's total sales, but Skyjack's truck-mounted and self-propelled boom-type work platforms are predicted to make up 35 per cent of sales in 199B. Featherston also manages the manufacture of a series of new telescopic knuckle booms that will lead the company into the next century.

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value of an ed ucation is determined by how you use it. "Universities can teach many of the skills that an entrepreneur needs , but the dri ve and the ambition must come from the individual. " A positive personal attitude and determination are key elements of entrepreneurship, and these are characteristics that ha ve eamed Haessler the respect of competitors and employees alike. But in manufac turin g, as in any other type of busi­ ness , customers ran k number one . Haessler' s original strategy was to find a product the mar­ ket needs and build a better one. Ove r the years, he has built on his own expertise in maChinery design , expanding Skyjack's product line to meet add itional customer needs. The company 's growth , he says, is a natural part of doing bu si­ ness.

Haess ler de ve loped the sc issor prototype in 1979 after se veral years of searc hing for a pro­ prieta!)1 product tllat could lift hi s manufacturing shop out of the financial doldrums. He waited until the company had survived the recession of the early 1980s, then launched the sc issor lift in ] 984 and watched it ri se above the competition.

Today, Skyjack manufac tures several mod els of se lf-propelled scissor-lift platform s that reach up as high as 50 feet and can hold up to 2,500 pounds. They are sold primaril y to equipment dea lers who rent the li ft:; to contrac tors, but Sky­ jack platforms are al so widely used in th e auto­ moti ve and aircraft industries and to suppon mov ie-making equipment.

The scissor li ft is Sk yjack's premier product and still cl aims 80 per cent of total sales, but the company now offers a more extensive prod uct line that includes sma ller lifts - perfect for use in shopping mali s, hotel lobbies and school gym­ nasiums - and both truc k- mounted and self­ propelled boom-type work platforms. Whereas the scissor lifts have a straight up-and-down move ment, these booms take workers up , out and even down to help them get into spots they couldn 't otherwise reach. The booms are a good complement to Skyjac k' s elev ated platforms, says Haessler, and he expects them to make up 35 per cent of sales in ] 998. He won't be sur­ prised if they enable the company to triple its sales by the year 2000.

Skyjac k is also deve loping a series of tele­ scopic knuckle booms that will lead the com­ pany' s next growth spun. The largest mod el has a horizontal reach of 53 feet and a vertic al heigbt of 72 feet. It can also be extended 37 fee t below grade (off a bridge or down the side of a building).

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Skyjack executives pose outside the company's service facility in Illinois with a sampling of Skyjack products: a scissor-lift platform, small personnel lift and self-propelled boom-type work platforms. Each is designed with a simple concept in mind - get the worker up to the job.

Photo courtesy Skyjack

In preparation for that growth, Skyjack has expanded its physical plant and its marketing effol1s outside Canada. The Guelph plant is still the largest manufacturing site, but Skyjack also has facilities in Brampton and Georgetown; in Emmetsburg and Atlantic, Iowa; in St. Charles, Illinois; and in Lobau, Gelmany. During the next year, the company plan s to construct a new facility in Weissenberg, Germany, for pal1 sales, product support, research and development activities.

When the company moved to Guelph in 1989, SO per cent of its business was still Canadian, but today Canadian sales ac­ count for only about 10 per cent of total business, with U.S. sales leading the way at 73 per cent and sales in Europe and Japan coming in at 17 per cent.

When Haessler bought out his original partner in 1985, he implemented several policies that have given the company a reputation for fairness and innovation . Fifteen per cent of Skyjack 's before-tax profits are paid out each year as employee bonuses . "Those who help your company grow should also profit from that growth," he says. In recent yea rs , as nel earn­ ings grew by more than SO percent annu ally, those bonu ses boosted some employee salaries as much as 25 per cenl.

In a sen se, Haessler has charged his employees with an en­ trepreneurial spirit, and th ey have respond ed by taking an ac­ live role in expansion efforts. In 1986, an employee-owned company financed the purchase of new facilities in Brampton and leased them bac k to Skyjack. A similar arrangement facili­ tated the company's expansion to Guelph in 1989. The com­ pany eventually bought out the employee investors, u sing

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proceeds from its 1994 initial public offering on the Toronto Stock Exc hange.

Next to the entrepreneurial awards in Skyjack 's trophy case are a plaque commemorating the company 's public launch and more than a dozen minor-league base ball and hockey trophi es contributed by local teams the company has sponsored. Despite its inte rnational scope and nearly 1,000 employees, thi s is a company that still looks and acts like a small private enterpri se .

It 's not surpri sing that employee turnover is virtually zero.

Haessler is proud that he has built a team of plant manage rs who s hare his business phil.osophy - satisfy your cu stome rs and generate value for the company.

Despite the busy schedule of a CEO , Haessler still spends most of his time in Guelph walking the factory floor. He also does a lot of travel! ing between Skyjack locations, bUI stays in louch wilh e mployees at all seven facilities through a weekly newslette r. Haessler's column tell s everyone what he's doin g and what they can do to ensure future success for the company.

In a recent message , he told his employees that changes made in the last fiscal year have resulted in lower net earnings, but will help the company continue to grow over the next few years as productivily increases and new products are intro­ duced. "We cannot wait until someone or something comes along 10 force us to ch ange," he said. "We must initiate il our­ selves so that we kee p control of our destiny and can enjoy the results of our efforts."

This is a tried-and-true philosophy at Skyjack Inc. and one that rings true for university-bo und entrepreneurs as well.

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ne of the primary strategic directions outlined in U of G's 1995 repon Making Change calls for the implementation of an increasingly learner-centred ap­ proach to education. This isn't so much a change in direction as it is an expansion of the roadway into a multi-lane bigbway. In tbi s analogy, a learner-centred curriculum asks fac­ ulty to play the role of driving in­ structors who share their knowledge of the discipline while giving stu­ dents more res ponsibility for their own learning and more opportuniti es to practi se the skills they will need throughout the rest of life 's journey.

Among the avenues to be ex­ panded in U of G ' s pursuit of learner­ centredness is the concept of experiential learning. It 's one of the current buzzword s in North Ameri­ can education circles, proving that everything old is new again.

Learning throu gh ex perience was the basis of medieval apprenticeships tbat trained masons and gold smiths.

Renaissance painters learned their an by copying and filling in their mas­ ters' drawings. In thi s century, agri­ culture and veterinary students at Guelph took their studies into the fields and stables ... and they still do. But the U of G tradition of com­ bining theory and practicality has taken many new turns - sometimes at Internet speeds - as all of the Uni­ versity 's academic programs look for new ways to demonstrate relevance.

"Guelph is a university whose time has come in a lot of different ways," says Prof. Julia Christensen Hughes of the School of Hotel and Food Administration . She is a strong advocate of experiential learning and the newly appointed director of Teaching Support Serv­ ices (TSS), the campus group charged with providing profes ­ sional development oPPol1unities for teachers at Guelph.

"U of G has a strong history of combining theory with practicality and relevance," she says.

"G uelph 's approach is now being appreciated beyond the campus Julia Christensen Hughes community."

Photo by Martin Schwalbe Christensen Hughes says the whole education sector and indus­ students and faculty to remain lead­ try are realizing that learning is en­ ing edge. " hanced when knowing is combined Christensen Hughes heeds this ad­ with doing. Just as co rporation s are vice in her own classes and when she sharing decision making and author­ teaches industry executives in ity through the empowerment of em­ HAFA 's Hospit;:tlity Managers De­ ployees , many educators are calling velopment Course (HMDC). She on students to contribute their own in­ often uses a fac ilitation model that in­ sights and experiences to the learning vites studenrs - or HMDC execu­ process , she says. tives - to share their varied experiences, first in small-group dis­ "Learning is not just faculty dis­ cussion s, then in a larger group. seminating knowledge, but creating a context in which knowl edge can be " It' s very different from going into gained by both student and professor. a classroom with a plan on a page The rate of change is increasing. We and just putting the information in need to continue to move toward the front of students," sa ys Christensen community of learners concept for Hughes.

The move from passive to active learning is a big adjus t­ ment for some students. They have to deve lop communica­ tion sk ills, self-discipline and good time management as well as the ability to work effectively w ith other students. In turn , facul ty must accommodate the development of these skills in the cUlTiculum, regard less of the discipline th ey teach and without sacrificin g the theoretical aspects of the subject. "Experiential learni ng left at ex perience is falling short of its potential," says Christensen Hughes.

That's what brings those corporate executives back to campus to take the HMDC program. From their viewpoint in the job market, they recognize the importance of marrying theory with professional experience.

If the best way to learn is to combine theory and practical work, then the best way to define Guelph 's teaching strategy is to offer examples o f how faculty implement the conce pt of experiential learnin g .

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Prof. Ron Stoltz has taught landscape architecture for 22 yea rs , and he preceded Julia Clu'istensen Hu ghes as director of Teach­ ing Support Services (TSS). He' s convinced that students learn by doing .. . and so do faculty.

Stoltz has helped T SS assemble a team of expen sources for 10 pedagogical interest groups who focus on experiential too ls like case-based learning and problem-based learning, as well as iss ues suc h as team-based teac hing and teachin g large classes.

TSS is also developing a peer con sultation program th rough which trained faculty consu ltants wi ll help co lleagues examine various aspects of their teaching.

Other examples of instructional SUppOJ1 include a teaching and learn ing notebook library ava ilable to faculty , and an an nual teaching and innov ations conference that offers participants an instructional show and telJ TSS al so offers an orientation pro­ gram for new faculty, and Stoltz is collaborating with Prof.

Terry Gillespie, Land Resource Science, on an instructional de­ velopment video directed at new sessional lecturers .Videotapes are a flexible information tool that can help them learn qui ckly about Univers ity poli cies and regulations and equa lity and hu­ man rights issues. The videos will also offer practical tips on lec­ turing to large c lasses and conducting seminars, tutori als and labs .

Prof. Ron Stoltz, right, took an alumni plan to develop ornamental gardens around the University's historical conservatory greenhouse and turned it into a hands-on experience for students. From left, Theresa Barclay, Lori­ anne Bonham, Curtis Bilyea and Sarah Ward spent the summer preparing the garden sites, laying a brick walkway and planting trees, shrubs and flowers. Their work experience provides credits toward graduation require­ ments, a fact Stoltz says was instrumental in attracting corporate dona­ tions to the project.

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TSS also offers a year-long credit course called "Universi ty Teaching: Theory and Practice" for graduate teach ing assistants.

Last year, it drew about 70 pal1icipants from across campus.

In general at uni versities, there has been <1 c lea r growth in the importance of active learning . Resea rch indic<1 tes thm studen ts invol ved in le<1ll1e r-centred teachin g work in teams more effec­ tively , sharing different learning methods and comparin g notes.

"We ca ll it integ rati ve threads," says Stoltz. ''I'm keen on this ensemble idea where you tie different types of learnin g to­ ge ther."

He says educ ators who use experiential learni ng at Guelph aren't gea ring students to fi ll just one slot in the job market.

"We wan t our students to go out and challenge ne w ideas and thin k about new ways of doing things."

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Winning teachers Profs. Donna Palmateer Pennee, English, and Margaret Priest, Fine Art, are U of G 's latest recipients of teaching awards from the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations.

Pennee, left, says she's learned a lot from her students, like how to relinquish authority in the classroom without relinquishing responsibi 1­ ity. "Students bring all different kinds of experience and knowledge into the classroom. If I were to teach autocratically, all of that wonder­ ful experience and knowledge wouldn't come to the fore and wouldn't be valued as pal1 of the teaching experience."

Using technology Thinking globally Those students who have taken ad­ vantage of Gue lph' s overseas study opportunities have counted them among their most relevant university experiences. Guelph offers formal se­ mesters in England, Poland, France, India and Latin America, has ex­ change programs with more than 60 universities in 30 countries and makes it poss ible for students to de­ sign their own study-abroad program at any accredited university in the world .

U of G was the first university in Canada to estab­ lish a Centre for International Programs in 1967. Di­ rected by Prof. Jim Shute (pictured above), it 's the first step for students interested in overseas study.

Students have access to several campus resources , including the services of study-abroad and ex­ change manager Lynne Mitchell and a resource cen­ tre that provides information about study and work opportunities as well as country, visa and health in­ formation. In addition, the InfoCentre carries news­ letters, annual reports and other resources from governmental and non-governmental organizations.

Last year, some 270 students pal1icipated in Guelph 's study-abroad programs.

Shute says that public perceptions have shifted.

People now understand that development doesn't happen only in developing countries, but also in their own backyard. The culture, politics and cus­ toms of different countries are all part of the global development process.

He predicts that information technology will be a dominant educational SUpp0l1 in the future and says students should make the most of the avenues avail­ able to them, enrolling in seminars and studies and volunteering to learn more about other cultures.

Web-based learning is a relativ ely new teaching tool, but authors of distance education courses have bee n using it for some time, says Linda Gibson, the mediated learning designer for Web courses in the Office of Open Learning. Course authors have designed their own Web sites to augment their courses.

More than half of the distance education courses offered by U of G include some form of electronic communication.

Online learning has some distino advantages - students re­ ceive feedback more rapidly and can access libraries and other information sites directly online. This is especia lly helpful for students living in isolated areas.

Because technology changes so quickly , the route to Web de­ sign starts with mee ting the needs of students, not by trying to find a way to use new technologies, says Gibson. Just putting a course on the Web doesn't make it learner-centred. Learner-cen­ tredness needs to be designed by choosing the right learning strategies.

Four new Web-based courses get Gibson 's stamp of approval for interactive learning: • "The Development of Human Sex uality" helps students re­ search and critically evaluate varied resources in the fi eld, particularly those available through the World Wide Web. Group di scussion and collaborative projects are central to this course.

• "Contemporary Cinema" enhances students' critical viewing skills. Students are encouraged to meet their colleagues on­ line through a cinema viewer profile. Students can also ac­ cess and use many film resources found on the Web. • "Forest Ecology" lets students choose whether to work indi­ vidually or in groups on t.he Internet. It encourages them to develop knowledge of the ecological aspects of forests. The course uses a problem-based case study related to shoreline development and disturbance and includes videotapes of ac­ tual situations.

• "Technology in Extension" allows the user to survey technol­ ogy functions in extension education. Students can use the In­ ternet, completing several small projects with an e lectronic learning partner, and partic ipate in group discuss ions using a Web-based conferencing system. A case study using original broadcasts and materials from the 1960s Farm Radio Forum is one of the highlights of this course.

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Adding relevance Back in September 1995, Erin Morgan of Toronto and Fred Preston of Alberta may have been a little hesitant about entering the Ontario Agricultural College' s new undergraduate program in agriculture ­ especially because of the increased writ­ ing component - but both say the pro­ gram gets more relevant every year.

Morgan credits it for helping her get her summer job at Semex Canada, and Pre­ ston is now studying in Scotland because he picked up on faculty encouragement to add a global perspective to his education.

The new B.Sc.(Agr.) program was de­ signed in part to better meet the needs of the agri-food industry, whi ch seeks em­ ployee skills in such areas as problem solving, negotiation, communications and teamwork . The changes are also in keep­ ing with U of G's mandate to place more emphasis on self-directed learning and in­ stilling a lifelong love of learning.

This is the first academic program any­

where in Canada that has used a set of learning objectives in its overall design.

The curriculum contains all of the famil­ iar scientific courses pertinent to agricul­ ture, but it also includes components that focus on work skills and progressive com­ munication skills. "Experience Agricul­ ture" is the component that combines theoretical work with practical experi­ ence. Students have the option of taking a paid work ternl, studying abroad, volun­ teering, doing in-course project work for an external employer, or arranging a job­ shadow experience with an employer in the agJi-food industry. A series of work­ shops helps build communication skills, and each student compiles a skills pOJ·tfo­ lio that is reviewed regularly by faculty and often becomes a dossier of experi­ ence to help in the job search after gradu­ ation.

"I like the idea of having our skills vali­ dated," says Morgan . " The point of the program is to give us an edge besides the

Co-op helps students move ahead Co-op education programs were probably invented by someone cau ght in the spiral of not having enough work ~~:.;:... experience to get a job and not being able to get a job to acquire work expe­ rience. By interspersing academic .:,.=~. . , terms with job placements, Guelph co­ .:.... . op students graduate with a full year or more of work experience rel evant to their field. This is really "l earning to do by doing" and getting paid for it.

Co-op education began at the Uni­ versity of Guelph in 1981 in the On­ tario Agricultural College. Today, 26 departments are active in the pro­ gram, supervising more than 800 co­

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There are obvious benefits for stu­ dents in the areas of job development and career counselling.

The program includes a 12-week worshop on self-assessment, how to write a resume and covering letter, in­ terview skills and success in the work­ place. Students are well prepared before they face their first job inter­ view, says co-op liai son Tricia Bertram Gallant.

The flip side of the co-op program is the employer's perspective . Al­ though co-op programs have gener­ ally suffered from corporate and government downsizing, Bertram Ga llant says they are on the upswing again. The co-op program now reaches out farther and faster to poten­ tial employers and students with im­ provements to the hiring process and an online newsletter that can be ac­ cessed through the University of Guelph home page at ,..

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Nisreen (Ka ri mjee) Haki mjee, B.Sc. '97, says th e co-op prog ram in co mputer scie nce made a bstract princ iples tang ible. "Co-op c hanged my approac h to stud ying.

After my work te rm, I reali zed th at it wasn ' t what J alread y knew that m attered. It's the pote ntial to lea rn and how to lell l11 th ll t mll tte rs."

She be lieves e mployers wa nt c reati ve students who va lue new ideas and initiati ves. "Co-op is a two-way street. What yo u p ut in is what you ge t out. ·' All he r work terms we re wi th ClBC , f irst in sys tems manage ment with Cl utomated ba nk ing mac hi nes and late r in loans and mo rtgages.

Wh at she got o ut of the experie nce was a full-time jo b w ith C lBC in Toronto. She lives in G ue lph with he r husba nd , N uru dd in , a B.Sc. grad uate in chemistry who is now wo rk ing o n a second deg ree ­ via th e co-op program ­ in compute r sc ience.

R ob Kop pel of­ fers this adv ice to stu de nts con­ te mplat ing th e co­ op prog ra m: " Make the mos t of a ll oppo nuni ­ ties that yo u are g iven. Wh at may loo k li ke a tri via l job to begin w ith may lead to exc it­ ing things."

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Koppel says co-o p a lso made him more proac ti ve in class. " In the pas t, I wo ul d have go ne to a class and just sat the re and pass ive ly tried to abso rb as mu ch as I coul d. r now go w ith an open mind and integ rate my expe ri e nces with what th e p ro­ fess or is prese nting."

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Juli e Weinste in , B.A.Sc . '97, en­ ro lled in the co-op prog ram beca use she wa nted to develop her " human tOLl c h" with childre n. In her first work te rm as a presc hool teac hin g assistant, she ha ndled children's hea lth and safety needs at a day­ care centre. She has also worked as a program co-o rdin ato r a t a day camp fo r o lde r c hildre n and mos t re­ centl y at a pare nt and c hil d resource centre.

We inste in says these ex perie nces have changed the way she lea rn s. " I no w lea rn di ffe rentl y beca use I often appl y what I le arn in sc hool to ac tu al expe rie nces th at I have gained."

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" Work is a pl ace w he re yo u learn more abo ut you rself," says Tammy Lee, a fou rth- yea r s tudent in the psyc ho logy co-op progra m. She has comple ted two work te rms as a Ji ve­ in residenti al co unsellor to fO Ll r mentally challenged people a t L ' A rche in Stratford , Ont. , and a thi rd place ment at a Pres by te ri an day cam p in Sa uble Beac h, O nt. , where she co-ord inated reg ul ar classes as well as prog ram s for spe­ cial-needs c hildre n.

Lee says th e co-op prog rCl m has taught her a lot abou t he r ow n ac ­ ce ptan ce of othe r people and her ability to wo rk as a team mem ber.

She says he r sk ills are now mo re ma rketa ble, and she's lea rned to he lp othe rs by helpin g herself.

"One other moti va ti on was the ba l­ ance th at co-op p rov ides betwee n academics and prac tical ski 11 devel­ op ment. I li ke to learn by do ing."

In additi on to he r co-op studies, Lee is a co-op li aiso n peer he lper, a job she holds during her on-ca mp us semes te rs. This has g iven he r a chance to deve lop he r communi ca­ tio n and des ig n ski lls working on the co-op We b s ite , co ntri butin g to the co-op newsle tte r and making presentations to hig h sc hool stu ­ dents.

All in all , she sums up th e co-op lea rning experience this way: "U n­ less we c halle nge o urselves, we w ill never grow."

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Building character Chris Duenc h, BA '97, was an economics major who had co-op placements with both the federal and provincial ag­ riculture minis­ tries. He worked for the market and industry serv ices division of Agri­ culture and Agri­ Food Canada, helping to promote Cana­ dian agri-food exp0l1s. At the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, he was assigned to the policy branch , where he did background re­ search on the profitability of farms.

Duench says the co-op program gives more than work experience; it al so build s character. You don ' t al ways ge t the job you want, he says.

The recess ion made co-op an eco­ nomic necessity for Ruth Tanner, B.Sc. '97. Co-op work terms helped pay the tuition for her degree in chemical physics.

Became of com­ pany downsizing, competition for jobs has become more fierce , but it also makes stu­ dents take more responsibility for -" their goals, she says. ·'Co-op encour­ ages students to diversify their skills • -­ and apply for as many different kinds __ of jobs as poss ible."

This summer, she worked as a re­ search technician in the Depal1ment of Physics, but in an ea rlier pl ace­ ment, she experienced life as a teach­ ing assistant and lec turer in math and computing sci ence. Tanner has also worked as a tec hnical writer in a gov­ ernment pesticide office, where she produced a manual now used by gov­ ernment offices to show how a pesti­

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that work experience gives is confi­ dence. Once you have held down a full-time job, yo u realize you can support yo urself and be independent.

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"Patience and perseverance are very important. You get about an hour to im­ press so meone in an interview. I also get a sense of how political and competitive people are about their jobs." ,

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Developing skills Sandra Gammond of Thunde r Bay, Ont. , applied di ­ rectly to the co-op program in agri­ cultural business.

She says co-op brings out a stu­ dent's natural tal ­ ents. " One of the key aspects I look for in a job is that it provides a chal­ lenge for me and allows me to help people."

She has worked as a seeds regula­ tion assistant with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Ottawa and as a beef entry clerk with the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto. "Growing up on a pick­ your-own strawbe rry farm, I had al­ ready gained many valuable customer-service skills," she says.

"The se jobs built on those skills and developed them even furthe r."

Her last work term was al the Ag­ ri cul tural Adaptation Council in Guelph. "I developed proposals and presented them to the council. I'm excited abollt using all my s kills­ business knowledge gained in class and inte rpersonal and agricultural knowledge from work ."

Like many other co-op students, Gammond has become a resource of job-search sk ills for her class­ mates. " I have critiqued resumes and conducted mock inte rviews with many of my f·riend s." In co­ op, she 's had more than 30 job in­ terviews, whereas many of her friends are just going for their first.

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CO-OP EDUCATION meant so much to Andre Baribeau that he transferred into Guelph's hotel and food pro­ gram from Acadia University. " Interactive learning is cru­ cial. Like Voltaire said, you can only learn so much by what you experience, but you can learn much more by lis­ tening and learning from oth­ ers. " For Baribeau, each work placement offered new skills

he could apply in hi s next job.

He stal1ed as a junior server in a lodge in Jasper, Alta. , but quickJy worked his way up to a front office job. On his next work term in a chateau in Brit­ ish Columbia, he worked as a night auditor.

The culmi.nation of his co­ op experience was being re­ cruited for a m~nagement position by the Jasper hotel where he worked first.

"IF YOU HA VE ANY CHANCE TO BE IN­ VOLVED IN A CO-OP PRO­ GRAM, TAKE IT'" That's the advice of 1997 food sc ience graduate Kevin O'Rourke from Perth, Ont. He gained work experience with fou r Canadian food com­ panies: National Cheese, Nabisco, Nealanders Interna­ tional Incorporated and the Guelph Food Technology

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His work tenns also he lped him build a contact base that will benefit his future career.

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David Ward, ADA '84 , h as managed a tree­ care business, is a certified arbori st and hosts a garden­ ing program on Kitch ener' s CHYM Radio.

ber, he lectures in horticultural fi eld studies at Guelph -the same course he took as a student 14 years ago.

Hi s classes reflect the need fo r prac ti cal education without sacrifi c­ ing academic motivation. The course introduces students to differ­ ent seg ments of the horticultural in­ du stry by visiting a golf course, mushroom farm, hydroponic vege­ table grower and greenhouse, retail and wholesale flower sales outlets , a conserv ation authority, a munici­ pal parks de partment, a consulting arborist's o ffice and the U of G Ar­ boretum.

Ward encourages students to ap­ ply their own experience to assign­ ments and to explore a wide range of topics in their assignments. He delivers lectures more casually dur­ ing the horticulture field trip or a campus tour with landscape archi­ tecture students charged with identi­ fying woody plants. "Student involvement in the lecture is criti­ cal. TIle day when the lecturer stand s at the front and talks while students take notes is go ne. Stu­ dents are so much more aware of their own needs than in the past."

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U ofG veterinarian Karol Mathews remembers being a tired intern and trying, with difficulty. to calcul ate an animal 's dmg dosage at 3 a.m.

Years later, the ex perience hel ped inspire her to write a manual offer­ ing practical information on e mer­ gency and critical care that is already be ing used widely by stu­ dents and veterinary clinics ac ross North America. " I started the manual initiall y to he lp fourth- year students, interns, residents - and me - as a quick reference during the busy times and late nights ," says Mathews, who is director of the inten sive-care unit at the Ontario Veterinary College Vet­ erinary Teaching Hospital.

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U of G has created an electronic tool called IDSNet for unde rgradu­ ate students enrolled in interna­ tional development programs at Canadian universities. IDSNet, which is both an interactive We b site and a li stserv e (electronic net­ work), is part of a two-y ear project funded by the Internati onal Devel­ opment Research Centre to train a new generation of scholars and practitione rs. The project aims to enhance dev el.opment studies pro­ grams through the use of informa­ tion technologies. T welve unive rsities across Canada sub­ scribe to the Guelph-based list­ serv e, enhancing th e potential for students and faculty to exc hange in­ form ati on related to international deve lopment iss ues.

Engineerin g professor Bill James teaches Internet courses that use gues t speakers who log on for two weeks and an swer questions from students. It 's a way of getting ex­ pert involvement in a course and adding timeliness.

When Ontario fi shers were stranded on an ice fl oe last winter, James ' students had already pre­ dicted - usin g a Canadi an weather information site that provides daily entrie s of data - that the ice would break away from shore just as it did. The exerci se ga ve students a real-life example of how to apply theory to a practical situation.

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Sleeping Giant Productions of T oronto and the Univer­ sity of Guelph' s Office of Open Learning have entered into an agreement to produce the first of a series of tele­ vision documentaries based on core curriculum require­ ments of U of G courses.

The collaboration will significantly contribute to pub­ lic education. says Vi rginia Gray, director of open learn­ ing. The materials developed for the TV series will be used to enhance course curriculum, beginning with a 10­ part series titled " A Personal Understanding of Death ," based on a highly regarded course by Brend a Kenyon of

the Department of Psychology.

Although production is at an earl y stage, the series has al­ ready been sold for broadcast by public television in the United States, and worldwide distribution is anticipated. This reflects a new trend in distance education across North America and repre­ sents a major advance for U of G in the field of documentary production.

Another program in development with U of G faculty is "Television and Society," based on a non-credit course that fo ­ cuses on the relationsh ip between society and TV, print and other mass media.

Uof G has one of the leading dairy research programs in North America, with more than 30 faculty covering the gamut from building a better cow to putting more flavor in your ice cream.

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he coffee pot had to m-o-o-ve over for a milk cooler when 1,500 members of the American Dairy Science Association came to campus in June. It was the largest conference hosted by U of G this sum­ mer and turned an international spotlight on Guelph's expertise in the production and processing of milk and dairy products.

The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture , Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) is the major supporter of this re­ search, but other sponsorship comes from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and members of the dairy industry, including the Dairy Farmers of Ontario, Dairy Farn1ers of Canada. Cattle Breeding Research Council, Ontario Dairy Council, Holstein Association of Canada, Ontario Association of Bovine Practitioners and SEMEX. Dairy research at Guelph falls into three main areas - genetics, health management and milk processing and analysis.

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U of G geneticists and reproductive biologists have played an integral role in improving dairy genetics in Ontario. Together, they 're applying knowledge in a way that' s practical and economical. Their success is borne out by Canada 's respected position in the global dairy genetics market.

At the Centre for the Genetic Improvement of Live­ stock (CGIL), researchers are involved in many facets of dairy cattle improvement. Work is under way in the areas of milk recording, conformation and production evaluations of Al sires and the conversion of interna­ tional sire proofs to a common base.

For close to 50 years, animal geneticists in the De­ partment of Animal and Poultry Science (home to CGIL) have calculated genetic evaluations for the con­ fOlmation of dairy cattle as a service to the Ontario gov­ ernment and the Holstein Association of Canada. This led to a formal working arrangement with the Canadian Dairy Network (CDN), a privatized version of the for­ merly government-run domestic genetic evaluation pro­ gram. This partnership has given CGIL researchers me opportunity to focu s their research and development ef­ forts on all the economically important traits of the dairy cow, says CGIL director Prof. Jim Wilton. "One of CGIL's objectives is to try to create efficient animals with the fewest possible health problems," he says.

The work of the centre 's researchers benefits all Ca­ nadian dairy producers, says Wilton. It gives producers

better information on their animals and allows them to make more informed genetic selection decisions, thereby improving their animals and increasing their sustainability. This results in increased profits for Cana­ dian dairy producers and expanded worldwide exports of genetic material , he says.

The Animal Biotechnology Embryo Laboratory in the Department of Biomedical Sciences is dedicated to making embryo biotechnology procedures less compli­ cated and more available to Canadian producers. Its re­ searchers are all working towards the same goal­ increasing the intensity and accuracy of genetic selec­ tion while decreasing the generation interval of dairy cattle. They're doing this by perfecting a variety of tech­ niques for use in dairy herds, working under the direc­ tion of Prof. Stanley Leibo.

These techniques range from al1ificial insemination (AI), the backbone of dairy cattle improvement pro­ grams since the 1950s, to others developed since the 1970s, including multiple ovulation and embryo tran s­ fer, in vitro embryo production and manipulation.

Other dairy research with a genetic bent at Guelph in­ cludes a study of the genetic connection to foot and leg disorders, computerized statistical models to improve genetic evaluation methods for production traits and work on eliminating a biochemical genetic deficiency in Holstein cattle.

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Once th e geneticists have done their wo rk and produced a better cow , it 's up to the specialists in manage ment research to keep the cow hea lth y and help it produce milk as e ffici e ntly as possible.

On the milk fro nt, U of G researc h includes a study of th e role of water in milk production and an attempt to decrease the proportion of fat in milk by changing co ws' feed .

In the health arena, Guelph researchers are evalu­ ati ng a home test to he lp producers and ve te rinari­ ans tre at mastiti s in dairy cows and dete rmining if phosphorus supple ments help cows recover from low calcium leve ls after calving.

On th e theo ry that a happy co w is a health y cow, researchers at Kemptville Agricultural College con­ ducted a stud y of what cows like to have underfoot in their stalls. Denni s Mc Knight, Jonathan M orga n and Paul Sharpe we re res ponding to producers' de­ mand for an alternative to an ealthen stall base, which is comfortable and safe but an endl ess chore to maintain. Producers were looking for so me thing Profs. Kerry Lissemore and David Kelton Photo by Victor Wong inexpens ive and easy to maintain , but still comfOJt­ able and safe for the ir cows. farm business allows us to help dairy producers reach that goa l. " The researc hers compared six di fferent bases for use in free Sometimes the after-effects of milk production are over­ stall s and found that dairy cows prefer commerc ially avail able looked , but not at this univ ersity. At Alfred College, for exam­ livestock mattresses to any other base . When cows had access to ple, enginee rin g resea rchers Ian Malco lm and William KoJlaard each stall base, they c hose the stalls with mattresses most often. have found a way to clea n up milkho use was te. Milkhouse wash­ A nd th ey tended to lie down - a ge ne ral indicator of comfort. water has posed a pro blem in the dairy indus try for years. It is laden with phosp ho rus, which ca n co ntaminate nearby surface " Based on this research , we sugges t that dairy falmers co n­ waters, and the fat from milk residues clogs up tile fie lds. sider installation of cow mattresses in free-stall dairy barns," But things are loo king up with a small c he mical reactor called says McKnight. " Mainte nance requirements are lo w, and if the a " flocc ulator," developed by M alcolm and Kollaard after four decis io n were up to the cows, they would choose mattresses." years of research. It' s the first chemical trea tment sys te m o n the To help producers with the ir manage ment decisions, Profs . marke t and works by combining washwa ter and lime in a taflk. It Kerry Lissemore and David Ke lton, Po pulatio n Medicine, are can remove up to 99 pe r cent of the harmful phosphorus, as well workin g with dairy industry panners to develop a comprehen­ as most of the milk residues left behind in wash water, says sive information sys te m o n dairy farm health and production Koll aard. In addition, the remaining water can pote ntially be re­ across Canada. They hav e seve ral projec ts on the go th at they cycled. call co llective ly " A Dec ision Support System for the Ontario Dairy Industry." As pan of this overall sche me, they are develop­ ing guide lines and nati onal standards for dairy cattle di sease re­ cording and presentation. These guidelines will he lp researchers inves tigate the genetic compone nt of di sease, compare di sease occurrence nationally and reg ionall y, and mOdify manage me nt prac tices to promote animal health.

"One of o ur goals is to combine biological informati on with fi­ nancial data," says Lissemore. " Ultimately, th e goal of dairy pro­ ducers is to preserve the health of their he rds and inc rease their enterprise profitability. Understanding the interrelationship be­ twee n the biology of the dairy herd and the economics of th e

Milk processing and analysis After milk has been produced, it's time for anothe r set of re­ search ers to step in. They get involved in everything from testin g the quality of milk to finding ways to use milk outside the food industry .

U of G's Laborato ry Se lvices division, whi ch recently became part of the Unive rsity through its enhanced partne rship with OMAFRA, has an analytical, regul atoJY, research co-ordination and animal-health mandate. Tts ex pans ive milk-testing program is its largest regulatory focus.

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Graduate student Wenrong Sun, right, is working with food science professor Mansel Griffiths to improve the nutritional value of dairy products by adding benefi­ cial fatly acids made from "friendly bacteria." They are using gel beads to protect the survival of bacteria such as Bifdobacterium in the acidic environment of the human digestive system. When delivered to the gut, it can protect against infection by food-borne pathogens and produce other positive health effects.

Photo by Victor Wong

" Laboratory Services is unique in that it combines innovative research with standard province-wide mil k-testing function s," says the division's research manager, John Lynch.

The lab tests milk samples from more than 7,000 dairy produc­ ers across the province. Fift-een samples are collected randomly from every farm each month. One goes for regulatory testing, four are for compositional testing and 10 are available for special investigations as information samples or for research purposes.

The entire testing program sees two million samples pass through Laboratory Services' facilities every year.

Other U of G researchers are working to enhance th e nutri­ tional value of dairy products. Prof. Brian McBride and graduate student Tom Wright, Animal and Poultry Science, have discov­ ered how to enrich milk with docosahe xaenoic acid (DHA), an essential nutrient miss ing in many peopl e ' s diets. They've devel­ oped a s pecial feed s upplement for dairy herds and teamed up with Prof. Bruce Holub, Human Biology and Nutritional Sci­ ences, to determine its effects on the composition of milk fat.

The milk these herds produce after being fed the supplement will be enriched with DHA, an omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid that is needed in the eye and brain for optimal visual per­ formance and mental functioning. Recent studies also show that as DHA consumption increases, the risks of cardiovascular dis­ ease go down. Food sources of DHA are limited, and cow's milk normally has zero to trace amounts.

Tn the Department of Food Science, Prof. Mansel Griffiths is leading a team that is investigating more efficient ways to deliver beneficial bacteria to the gut of humans and animals.

It ' s been suggested that when certain bacteria such as Bijidohacterium colonize the g ut, they pro­ tect against infection by food-borne pathogens and produce other pos itive health effects . The trick is to get them to sites whe re they can grow without being harmed by adverse conditions in the food or the stomach.

Other U of G dairy researche rs have set their sights on finding ways to e xpand milk beyond its original uses as food ing redients or products, translating it into ne w and profitable opportunities for the dairy industry. This includes efforts to use milk compo­ nents in a growing variety of creamy food s and drinks and to use milk and dairy products as ingredients for non-food industries such as phannaceuticals, cosme tics and packaging. Other re­ search into value-added products includes studies aimed at im­ proving the structure of ice cream and increasing the spreadability of butter.

Whatever products are created by the dairy industry , U of G will be working alon gside to e nsure their marke ting success. The Unive rsity is getting a boost in this direction from th e Dairy Farme rs of Ontario, which is s pearheading an $800,000 chair program in dairy policy research at Guelph. As a leading policy analyst, the chair will have the crucial res ponsibility of providing leadership in research and analysis in dairy policy as the dairy in­ dustry addresses the future . A search is on now for a candidate.

There are already two dairy industry research chairs at Guelph, with home base in the Department of Food Science. Griffiths hold s a chair in dairy microbiology funded by NSERC and the Ontario Milk Marketing Board. Prof. Douglas Dalglei sh holds a chair in dairy technology funded by NSERC, OMAFRA, the Ontario Dairy Council and several industrial sponsors.

Condensedfrom rh e summer 1997 issue oj Research, a puhlica­ lion of U of C' s Office of Research.

The approach used by Griffith s' s team is mod­ elled on a non-dairy beverage being targeted in the United States for teenagers. The drink consists of a fluid component containing gel beads (about the size of a pinhead) suspended within, to impart differ­ ent flavors to the drink. The bead sus pe nsion tech­ nique could be applied to dairy products for probiotics - bacterial cultures with beneficial health properties. This involves using beads that pro­ tect the bacteria from the harsh acidic environment of human stomachs, so the nutrients can be deliv­ ered intact.

"We intend to use the beads to immobilize bacte­ ria and tailor th e system to a variety of dairy prod­ ucts, such as fermented beverages and cheeses," says Griffiths.

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stride, but it's his go-ahead attitude that keeps most people running to keep up.

Downey, the new president of the University of Guelph As­ sociation. admits he's the kind of person who thrives when tackling a new challenge or project. The association will surely benefit from the confidence and enthusiasm that his business clients have come to rely on .

As president of an engineering consultancy based in Toronto, Downey provides specialized water resources serv­ ices to a variety of private, corporate and public-sector cli­ ents. But he says the engineering part of his job is easy. It's dealing with people that provides the biggest challenge ­ and the greatest satisfaction - in his work.

Many of Downey's clients are municipal governments charged with designing a master drainage plan for their com­ munity, corporations that need an array of government ap­ provals for an expansion project, or land developers preparing to answer the inevitable questions and concerns from environmentalists and neighboring home-owners.

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says it's all a matter of knowing and following the rules. On any new project, his first goal is to understand and then pre­ sent the big picture to all pcu1ies involved. As an advocate for his corporate client, Downey considers himself pCU1 of a water resource team that may include representatives from several branches of government, such as the Ministry of Natu­ ral Resources, Ministry of the Environment, municipal gov­ ernments and local conservation authorities.

Communication skills and leadership ability play an impor­ tant role in Downey's profession - a necessary complement, he says, to his engineering knowledge. His comments will elicit a knowing nod from other alumni who have said virtu­ ally the same thing ... and from U of G faculty engaged in the ongoing process of curriculum review. Academic pro­ grams across campus are pairing the accumulation of knowl­ edge with the development of professional and personal skills. Downey's experience - and that of other graduates and employers - tells us we're moving in the right direction.

There's another lesson here, one that Downey will try to convey during his tenure as president of the U of G Alumni Association. It relates to the variety and value of alumni in­ volvement in the life of the University.

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"People tend to think about alumni support only in telms of ing an international palette of phys ica l and cultural landscapes. money ," he says. Although it 's true that Guelph needs the finan­ It was at the end of that trip that Downey stillted his own con­ cial support of its graduates, he wants alumni to reali ze they can sultancy business in Toronto. Over th e years , he 's helped pre­ contribute to the University in many other ways - as speakers vent many of the erosion, flood-control and water-quality at career nights, as organizers of alumni events and as members problems that urbanization can cause if development isn ' t well of any number of University and alumni association committees. engineered from an environmental standpoint. He says he's His own involvement started when he was asked to chair an come to appreciate Canada's high - but reasonable - environ­ ad hoc committee looking at networking opportunities for gradu­ mental standards. Now he'd like to do more intern ational consult­ ing and is looking for oppol1unities to diversify his business into ates and students. As first vice-president of the U of G Alumni Association, he chaired its strategic-planning committee, which the food sector, education, entertainment and perhaps the health­ care industry. finalized its repOlt in May. Implementation of the recommenda­ tions will be a focu s for Downey during his term as president.

Considering the pace he sets, it's not surprising that he re­ cently volunteered his time to help Toronto's Women's College Key among the alumni association's goals are plans to involve Hospital with its fund-raising campaign. The Downeys' three students in the association's activities and to open its doors wider to graduates around the world. daughters - Nancy, Allison and Laura - were born there.

"I believe we need to look at the alumni association from the For the past II years, he 's also been volunteer show director for the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair horse show, an interest outside in , so that people outside the boundaries of the campus that stems from his youth, when hi s father owned standard-bred can understand and know what we do and how the U of G Alumni Association interacts with the University and the con­ race horses. Downey spent most of his teenage years grooming, training, exercising and racing horses at tracks in eastem Ontario. stituent alumni gro ups," says Downey.

The association's mission state me nt outlines its purpose and The Downeys have many close friends from their stud ent goals, but he wants to "get more people involved and recon­ days, but Dale says his alumni involvement has created even nected to Guelph." There are no real barriers to alumni involve­ more ties to Guelph. He says the people associated with the U of G Alumni Association are dedicated and loyal, notably the mem­ ment, he says. With the telecommunication capabilities available bers of hi s execlltive committee - James Weeden, B.Sc.(Eng.) today, even alumni on the other side of the globe can participate in a committee or contribute to a discussion. "I think of this as an '71 and M.Sc.(Eng.) '86; Rita Sterne, B.Comm. '87; and Scott international association." vanEngen, B.Sc.(Agr.) '88. "It's exciting to work with them and see the respect with which everyone treats each other," he says.

Downey also wants to see the association become more user friendly - using e-mail to reduce the time commitment required for meetings, provid­ ing child care for on-campus gatherings University of Guelph Alumni Association Mission and taking alumni association events off campus and into the communities where Our mission is to sustain and strengthen the University of Guelph by: alumni live and work. It 's also important,

encouraging communication among alumni and between alumni and the

he says, to look at ways of serving the needs of alumni - - whether they be edu­

University community; promoting opportunities for lifelong relationships; cational, social or professional- and us­

facilitating participation in the affairs and activities of the University; and

ing the talents of Guelph's graduates to benefit the University's current students.

fostering partnerships between the University and the public.

Downey says his involvement in the alumni association is a way of saying As an association, we will accomplish this by working together to thank you for the education that launched mobilize all our human and financial resources. his professional career. He chose U of G because of its unique engineering pro­ grams, graduated in 1977 with a speciali­ zation in water resource management, and

"We are part of a university that has a lot of talent within its started his career in Toronto with the firm Marshall, Macklin,

community. It' s rewarding to find ways of working together to Monaghan. His wife, Katherine, a 1978 human kinetics gradu­

help alumni reconnect with the campus and to maintain the qual­ ate, taught secondary school and then at George Brown College.

ity that we value in the University of Guelph."

Dale eventually switched from employee to employer, and Kath­

erine recently made a career move of he r o'vn, into an internship

Downey invites Guelph grads eve rywhe re to join the ranks of in funeral services management.

alumni who have connected throu gh the U of G Alumni Associa­ Perhaps the world seems a smaller place to the Downeys than tion . Mail and phone messages can be directed to Alumni House, to other people because they've travelled around it, mostly by bi­ and even if you have trouble keeping up with Downey's pace, cycle. They spent nearly all of 1983 cycling, camping and enjoyyou can always catch him on the infOlmation highway at downeyh20@sympatico.ca.

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ALUMNI CELEBRATE THEIR OWN Medal of Achievement

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eborah O'Connor, B.A.Sc. '83, is a gifted teacher and dedicated re­

searcher whose work in human nutrition is making a difference in the

lives of infants and families around the world .

She began her teaching career at U of G in 1988 as an assistant professor in

applied human nutrition in the Department of Family Studies. During her seven

years on faculty, she was recognized as an outstanding teacher and supervised

more than 10 graduate students. An equally energetic and competitive re­

searcher, she quickly gained an intemational reputation for her research on fo­

lic acid.

While at Guelph, O'Connor palticipated in several international congresses

and was a consultant to Health and Welfare Canada on a number of projects, in­

cluding new national dietary guidelines for pregnancy. She was co-investigator

on a large inter-university research program that involved the study of children

in different care alTangements and the influence of type of care on social and

nutritional development.

In 1995, she moved to the private sector, where she is a leader in pediatric re­

search at the Ross Products Division of Abbott Laboratories in Columbus,

Ohio. She is also an adjunct professor at Ohio State University and co-teaches

a graduate course in the nutrition program .

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alumni , students and staff.

Sawyer eamed a diploma in agriculture from

OAC in 1959 and a BSA in 1964 before begin­

ning a career in the agri-food industry that has

kept him in close contact with U of G. Now

president of the Fertilizer Institute of Ontario,

Sawyer has served on college committees and

as president of both his OAC classes. He spent

several years on the executive of the OAC

Alumni Association and later the OAC Alumni

Foundation and the U of G Alma Mater Fund .

His wife, Nancy (West), B.H.Sc. '62, has also

devoted many volunteer hours to the Mac­

FACS Alumni Association and the College of

Family and Consumer Studies, making U of G

an ongoing family affair.

For the past six years, Tom has chaired a

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fund-raising committee, and he helped the recent ACCESS Fund campaign raise close to $1 mil­

lion in financial aid endowments for U of G 's

four diploma programs.

Sawyer was also one of the key players in the OAC initiative that led to the formation of GUARD Inc. and in the alumni review of the early 1990s that supported the college in its re­ cent curriculum changes.

Above: Deborah O'Connor is can· gratulated by U of G Chancellor Lincoln Alexander. Below: Alumni Volunteer of the Year Tom Sawyer, centre, with his wife, Nancy, and sons, Rob, left, and Roy. Photos by Martin Schwalbe

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hen Cam Clark and Eleanor Smye met on the Guelph campus In 1950, they could neve r have predicted the future th at lay ahead of them - marriage, raising a famil y of four children and living in Asia and Africa for almost 30 yea rs. The re they worked with some of the world 's poorest farmers and earned the respect o f many fo r their leadership sk ills and their ge nu ine commitment to helping people help themselves.

Cam earned a BSA from OAC in 1953; E leanor rece ived a B.H.Sc. from Macdona ld Institute in 1954. They were man'ied a yea r later, and Cam completed a master's degree at Corne ll Uni ve rsity that led to a job in agricultural extension work with the Food and Agricu lture Organiza tion (FAO) of the United Nations. His first overseas assignment to Korea in 1956 was the sta l1 of a life time commit­ ment to he lping rural falmers in the de veloping world .

The Clarks spent time in Ghana and Rome be­ fo re settling in Thailand in 1965. They stayed there almost 20 years as Cam ass umed the positions o f FAO regio nal officer for agricultura l ex tension and then rural development fo r countries in Asia and the Pac ific.

He he lped launch FAO 's innovative Small Farm­ e rs Development Program in 1975 and adv ocated a regional approach to development that has been in­ corporated into many other FAO prog rams.

While Cam was working with Asian fa rmers, Elea nor took on volunteer positions w ith the Inte r­ national Church of Bangkok. He r leadership ro le with the Hilltribes Handic rafts Committee (HHC) he lped launch monthly sales to marke t handicrafts for local people who might not otherwise have a place to selJ their goods. In the 18 years Eleanor was with HHC, the organization returned abo ut $1.5 miiJion to cra ft p roducers. Although the sale IS now run by a registered Thai foundation, the origil~ al vi sion of helping hill-country craftspeople re ma lllS strong.

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After retiring to Kingston, Onl., in early 1985, the Clarks continued to share their experience and kn o w~ed ge in th e fie ld of rural extension and g roup organI zatIOn. FAO , the World Bank and othe r de­ velopment organi za tions have called Cam o ut of re­ tirement to help with projects in e ight different countries. He also sits on the re lief and deve lop­ ment workin g group of the Canadian Baptist Minis­ tries and is invo lved w ith a program dedi cated to integratin g ex-convicts into society.

The couple was nominated for the Uni vers ity of Guelph Alumni Assoc iation award by friends and cl ass mates in OAC '5 3.

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agrologist-in-residence

Both the OVC Alumni Association and Ontario Veterinary Medical Association (OVMA) have

honored William "Bill" Mitchell, DVM '49, this year for his contributions to veterinary medicine.

The OVMA Award of Merit was presented earlier this year, and he received the OVC Distinguished Alumnus Award at Alumni Weekend.

Profess ional agrologist Crystal Mackay ,

B.Sc.(Ag.r.) '92, is spending a wee k on campus this semester as agrologist-in-residence. Orig inally from Renfrew County, Mackay now lives on a broiler farm near Milton, Ont., and work s as pro­ gram co-ordinator for the Ontario Farm Animal Council in Guelph. She also recently started her own business, Crystal Clear Communications, as a public speaker and workshop facilitator.

Mitchell enjoyed a 36-year career at OVC, where he played a s ig nificant role in deve loping extension activities and continuing education opportunities . His first job at the college ranged from talking to farm groups about new trends and developments to supervising subsidized veterinary practices in remote parts of Ontario. He later created popular short courses that attracted vete rinarians from all over North America and established an

audio-visual section at OVC to produce teaching films.

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The agrologist-in-residence program is spon­

sored by the Ontario Institute of Agrologists and

the Ontario Agricultural College. Mackay will ad­

dress stude nts on various agricultural iss ues, ani­

mal care, food safety and the environment and will

meet with facult y and students.

New to Guelph alumni

The U of G Department of Alumni Affairs and De­ velopment announces the launch of a new home and auto insurance program for alumni in partner­ ship with Monnex Insurance Brokers Ltd. The Monnex program offers competitive rates and a high level of customer service.

After the college became part of the University of Guelph, he transferred to the DepaItment of Vet­ e rinary Micro biology and Immunology and began a new phase in his career as an educator and re­ searcher. He helped develop OVC's first graduate course in epidemiology and later designed a course for a graduate diploma, which evolved into the M.Sc. degree in epidemiology. Mitchell steered many OVC students into his di scipline, including current dean Alan Meek, DVM '7 I , and the chair of the Department of Population Medicine, Prof.

Wayne Ma rtin, DVM '67 and M.Sc. '70.

The Meloche/Monnex Group - Monne x is lo­ cated in Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax and Toronto, and Meloc he in Montreal - offe rs its home and automobile ins urance program to the alumni of 23 other Canadian universities. The company has bee n in business s ince 1949 and serves 175 ,000 profess ionals and unive rsity alumni in Canada.

Outs ide the class room , Mitchell was deeply in­ volved in several veterinary professional associa­ tions. In retirement, he has been a leader for Class of '49 activities.

The new home and auto insurance program is one of many services available to U of G graduates throu g h the University'S affinity prog ram (see back cover). All affinity programs are carefully re­ searched and selected in an attempt to provide U of G graduates with an 0ppoItunity to purchase essen­ tial services from quality companies at a group di s­ count price. The Unive rsity benefits from an administrative fee paid by the affinity company to Alumni Affairs and Development that is used to support alumni and student-related activities.

Bill Mitchell, left, is con­ gratulated by OVC dean Alan Meek after receiving his OVC Distinguished Alumnus award at Alumni Weekend.

Services available through Meloche/Monnex in­ clude: • Automobile Insurance - Includes free automatic coverage up to $20,000 and a 10 per cent reduc­ tion on collision deductibles of $500 or Jess for each claim-free year of driving.

• Home Insurance - A range of coverage options for house or condominium owners and tenants.

For more information , call Monnex toll-free at J800-268-8955 or Meloche in Quebec at 1-800-361­ 3821.

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Ottawa chapter meets The Ottawa-Carleton alumni chapter kicked off the season for its social bridge club Sept. 27. Newcom­ ers are always welcome to join. To register for bridge or to confirm your interest in future chapter events, call John, DVM '54, or Margaret (Fenton) McGowan, B.H.Sc. '54, at 613-828-7038.

Hall of Fame welcomes six The Gryphon Club inducted four athletes, an alum­ nus builder and a former U of G employee into its Hall of Fame Oct. 3.

Athletes admitted to the Hall of Fame were John Ghetti, BSA '5 I; John Jansen, B.Sc.(Agr.) '66; Kellie Sanderson, B.Sc. '89; and Tom Sawyer, ADA '59 and BSA '64. Mary Ann Grape, B.Sc.(H.K.) '76, was inducted as a builder, and Bi II Devorski received tIle Medal of Honor.

Ghetti was captain of the fencing team and ended his college career with 22 victories and only three defeats. He was also heavyweight boxing champion in 1950 and played on the Ontario/Que­ bec Athletic Association (OQAA) and Dominion championship football teams in 1947, '48 and '49.

Jansen won three OQAA individual medals in wrestling while helping the Guelph soccer team win silver and gold in the OQAA championships from 1962 to 1965. He was the OQAA most out­ standing wrestler in 1963, U of G MVP in soccer and Male Athlete of the Year in 1965.

Sanderson won U of G athletic awards as MVP in both ice hockey and field hockey. She received four Ontario West Intercollegiate Athletic Associa­ tion conference awards in ice hockey and two in field hockey, and was named to the Canadian Inter­ collegiate Athletic Union all-Canadian field hockey teams in 1987 and 1988.

Sawyer played on the 1958 and 1959 football teams that were finalists at the Atlantic Bowl. His hockey team captured the Ontario provincial cham­ pionship in 1958, and the 1961 OAC rugby team won the Intercollegiate Carling Rugger Champion­ ship. Sawyer served on the athletic advisory board and of the men's athletics council.

Grape is a chiropractor in Guelph who has served on the Gryphon Club executive, provided chiropractic treatments for athletes and contributed to fund-raising efforts. Currently club vice-chair, Grape is a member of the Hall of Fame organizing committee, a former senator and a founding mem­ ber of the President's Council.

Devorski was honored by the Ontario Hockey Association and the City of Guelph for his contri­ butions as an on-ice official. He was also a major soccer official and wa~ often head official for U of G games in both soccer and hockey.

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OAC professors Ron Ball, left, Doug Goff, centre, and Tom Michaels go to the head of the class as win­ ners of the OAC Alumni Foundation's distinguished faculty awards for 1997.

Photo by Martin Schwalbe

OAe alumni honor three Three OAC faculty earned top marks from college alumni recently when they were named winners of the OAC Alumni Association's distinguished fac­ ulty awards for 1997.

For almost 25 years, the association has been rec­ ognizing and encouraging scholarly excellence in OAC by selecting faculty who excel in teaching, re­ search and extension. Winner of this year's Distin­ guished Researcher A ward is Prof. Ron BaH, PhD '84, Animal and Poultry Science. The Distin­ guished Teaching A ward goes to Prof. Tom Michaels, Crop Science. Winner of the Distin­ guished Extension Award is Prof. Doug Goff, B.Sc.(Agr.) '82, Food Science.

Ring returned The May 1997 issue of the Guelph Alumnus con­ tained a request from Ronald Van Camp of Michigan for help in lo-·~i'i-:: .. A ~ cating the owner of an ~~ OAC '67 class ring that :. ~ - -.... .' he found while snorkeling in the Caribbean.

Richard Poth, B.Sc.(Agr.) '67, claimed the ring in a matter of hours after his wife, Joyce, read the item in the magazine. "She noticed this article and brought it to me while I was using the computer. I sent an e-mail message to Ron, he replied the same night, and the ring was mailed to me the next day.

The wonders of modern communication."

The rest of the story is that Poth had lost the ring in March 1994 when he swished away some sea­ weed while snorkeling. He was on vacation with his wife and daughter and friends Russ, B.Sc. (Agr.) '67, and Roberta Boyles, B.H.Sc. '68, and their son. Their search for the lost ring was fruit­ less, and it Jay on the ocean floor until Van Camp noticed its sparkle.

Poth lives in Milton, Onl., and works for Ralston Purina Canada Inc.

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At left: Eleven past presidents of the U of GAlumni Association were on hand for the unveiling of a Presidents' Portrait Gal足 lery at Alumni House. Sitting from left are: Clay Switzer, BSA '51 and MSA '53; Harold Whiteside, BA '82; Elizabeth O'Neil, BASc. '74 and M.Sc. '83; Karin Davidson-Taylor, B.Sc. '83; and Janice Partlow, BA '70. Standing from left: Dave Adams, BSA '49; Peter Anderson , BA '68; Rowan Walker, DVM '47; Gordon Nixon, BSA '37; and Glenn Powell, BSA '62.

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Photos by Martin Schwalbe and Mary Dickieson

At left: Celebrating the 25th Anniversary Dinner, from left: Bob and Dianne Wilson, Jim and Wendy McLarty, Bill Allen, Amy Cousineau, Merv and Barbara Reynolds and Beverly Bacon. Right: Mabel McGowan of Cornwall, Ont., enjoys an ice cream cone during a tour of the Guelph Food Technology Centre.

Lower right: At the Golden Anniversary Dinner, from left: George McGowan, DVM '47 ; Edith (Houck) Laird, DHE '47; Duncan McGugan, ADA '47; Paulette Samson, director for alumni affairs and develop足 ment; and Jack Gallin, BSA '47.

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Above: U of Gpresident Mordechai Rozanski, right, congratulates William Brennand on 75 years as a Guelph alumnus. Joining the celebration are, from left, past UGAA president Harold Whiteside, BA '82, Brennand's wife, Margaret, and grandson Scott Roberts, BA '85.

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Cuelph Alumnus

Members of the OAC Class of 1947 gathered on cam­ pus this summer to celebrate their 50th anniversary.

Photo by Martin Schwalbe

For more information on calendar events, call the number listed or the University of Guelph extension at 519-824-4120.

Send e-mail toalumni@uoguelph.ca.

Sept. 2910 Oct. 9 - U of G staff will be attending edu cation fairs in New York State, and alumni are invited to join them. For more information , call Ad­ miss ion Services at 519-82 1-2 130.

Oct. 6 10 9 - Co nvoc ation at War Me­ mori al Hall . Alumni vo lunteers are needed to greet new graduates; call E xt. 6936 o r se nd e -mail to alumni@ uogue lph.ca.

Oct. 18 - Ca nadi a n barito ne Kevin McMillan gives a solo recital with pi­ anist John G reer, 8 p.m., War Memo­ ri al Hall.

Oct. 18 and 19 - U of G will sponsor a booth at the Canadian Education Centre (CEC) Hong Kong Education Fair in Wancha i. Alumni are encour­ aged to visi t the fa ir. In Hong Kon g, call the CEC at 2867-73 16 fo r in forma­ tion.

Oct. 21 - Fourth annu al all-Canadian alu mni reception in New York City, 6 p.m., Ca nad ian Club R oom at 15 West 43 rd St. , Man hattan. To register, ca ll 212-596-1320.

Oct. 24 - Arboretum Gala Dinner and Aucti on. For detai ls, ca ll Joy Douga n at 5 19-853 -0605.

Oct. 30 - Music alum ni perform at the Thursdays at Noon free concert seri es , 12: 10 p.m ., MacKinnon 107.

Nov. 3 10 9 - National 4-H Week. To partic ipate, ca ll yo ur local 4 -H leader Cuelph Alumn us

or send e-mail to afri end@4-h-can­ ada.ca.

Nov. 8 - Frie nd s of U ni vers ity of Guelph dinner and annual meeting in Chicago. Fo r detail s, call Ext. 6674 o r send e -m a il to ka thr y ne@a lumni . uogue lph.ca.

Nov. 20 10 23 - Fair November craft show and sale in the Uni ve rsity Centre, admission free.

Nov. 22 - Va nier Cup '97 at Sky Dome.

For detail s about earl y-bird ticket spe­ c ia ls, call Ext. 6544 o r Va nie r Cup direct at 4 16-341-3902.

March 4, 1998 - Florida Alumni Re un­ ion, Maple Leaf Estates in Port Char­ lotte. To ge t your name on the mailing list, ca ll Ext. 65 33 or send e-mail to alumni@ uoguel ph .ca.

University Centre Programming presents these fall shows at the Ri ver Run Centre (Guelph's new civic centre) . Call 519-763-3000 for tickets.

Oct. 17 & 18 p.m.

Michael Burgess, 8

Oct. 29 - Mary Jane Lamond, 8 p.m.

Oct. 30 p.m.

Wingfield's Prog,.ess, 8

Dec. 11 - Leahy , 8 p.m.

Homecoming:

A time for alumni

and community

to celebrate

• The University of G uelph Alumni As­

soc iation took adva ntage of the Home­

coming spi rit again thi s year to

welcome first-year stude nts at an Oc t.

2 barbecue he ld on the law n at Alumni

House. Alumn i volunteers we re o n

hand to welco me about 800 new stu­

dents to ca mpus .

• Alumni S tadium was the scene offoot­

ba ll frenzy durin g Ho mecomin g '97.

Alumni and the ir fa milies enjoyed the

10 a. m. Glory Bowl and th e 2 p. m. var­

s ity game between the G ue lph

Gryph ons and the York Yeome n.

• F ootball was n' t the onl y sport to bli ng

alumni back to campus for Homecom­

ing. A number of ex -varsi ty G uelph

swimmers met current members of the

Gry ph on swim team in the annu al

alumni swim meet. LI ter in the after­

noon, the pool was open for a free fa m­

ily swim.

• Members of the Guelph community joined alumni on campu s fo r a pre-foo t­

ball Streetfair that featured draw pri zes ,

pony rides , a petting zoo , clown s and

face painting, Griff, baUoons and pom­

poms, tractor/wagon rides, games and contests of skill, food ve ndors , a carica­

ture painter and bu skers.

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Clark AdamsQC, BSA '56, of Orangeville, Ont., was appointed a deputy judge in 1993. This year, he received the Law Society of Upper Canada Award of Merit for contri­ butions to community activities.

Johan Dormaar, BSA '57 and MSA '58, retired in May from the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Re­ search Centre in Lethbridge, Alta., as emeritus re­ search scientist. He will continue with some of his rangeland soils work, but also plans to branch more into understanding pre-settlement people and land­ scape interactions by studying ethnobotany, geophagy and geospirituality. He is still an adjunct professor at the University of Lethbridge, where he received an honorary degree in 1991.

Peter Lindley, BSA '57, received a Distinguished Agrologist Award last spring from the Ontario Insti­ tute of Agrologists in recognition of his contributions to agriculture through his involvement in local and prov incial fruit and vegetable organizations and a va­ riety of committees and task forces dealing with agri­ cultural issues. He and his family operate a pick-your­ own fruit and vegetable farm near Ancaster with a farm market on site.

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McMaster University in 1996 and IS now a sOCIal worker wltll the Hamilton Civic Hospitals Emer­ gency Department.

Alumni in the Ottawa area may remember an article in the Ottawa Citizen last spring about gourmet cook Margaret (Boyko) Dickenson, B.H.Sc. Her culi­ nary skills were developed during 28 years of accom­ panying her husband, Lawrence, B.Sc.(Agr.) '68, to diplomatic postings around the world. Most recently Canadian ambassador to Indonesia, he returned to Ottawa in 1996 to serve as director general of interna­ tional relations for Agriculture and Agri-Food Can­ ada. According to the Ottawa paper, Margaret has become one of the most popular hostesses in the capi­ tal and, due to popular demand, has written a book, From the Ambassador's Table, that offers recipes and entertaining secrets. It is scheduled to be published by Random House in Canada this fall.

Allan Hamill, B.Sc.(Agr.) '67, is a research scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Harrow Re­ search Station, where he has worked since 1971. Tllis spring, his contributions to agriculture were recog­ nized by the Ontario Institute of Agrologists with its Distinguished Agrologist Award. Hamill's specialty is the development of improved, practical weed-con­ trol technologies. His research has had a substantial impact on the field-crop and vegetable industries of Ontario.

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Lyle Vanclief, B.Sc.(Agr. '67), centre, is Canada's new minister of agriculture and agri-food.

Not long after his June appointment, Vanclief visited the campus and was greeted by presi­ dent Mordechai Rozanski, left, and OAC dean Rob McLaughlin, B.Sc.(Agr.) '69 and PhD '77. Vanclief came to university from a farm in Prince Edward County, where he still lives with his wife, Sharon, and two children. Active in numerous agricultural organizations, he was first elected to Parliament in November 1988 and was re-elected in October 1993 and June 1997.

Photo by Martin Schwalbe

John Jansen, B.Sc.(Agr.) '66, retired in June from 30 years of teaching at John F. Ross CYI in Guelph.

After answering many requests to "fix this, build that," he finally found time to notify his classmates through the Alumnus. He says his participation in soc­ cer and wrestling has been replaced by horseshoes and bridge.

John Leyenaar, B.Sc.(Agr.) '67, has been working in the Philippines with SEND International since 1970 and is currentl y on a two-year assignment as business manager with the home office near London, Ont. He and his wife, Lillian, live in Komoka.

Carl Moore, BSA '66, and his wife, Sharon (Carroll) Hart, B.H.Sc. '66, farm at Woodstock, Ont. He is involved in farrow-to-finish hogs; she runs a large cash-crop, elevator, seed sales and roasted soys operation. Moore is chair of the Ontario Pork Producers Marketing Board, a provincial director of the board and second vice-chair of the Canadian Pork Council. Last year, the couple hosted the 30th-anni­ versary reunion of the OAC Class of '66.

The May 1997 Guelph Alumnus incorrectly listed the degrees earned at Guelph by Anne (Heslop) Guelph Alumnus

Simmons, B.H.Sc. '61 nnd M.Sc. '68. She is a dieti­ tian nt Queen Alexandra Cen tre for Children 's Health in Victoria, B.C., and was recentl y recognized as an ourstanding employee who demonstrates extraordi­ nary carin g toward s cl ients,

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Alan Barkley, BA '75, has left his position as president of the On­ tario Co llege of Art and Design (OCAD) III Toron to to accept a , ;mil,,· po;;,;oo " 'ho Me 10";"" of Southern California in Laguna Bench. A we ll-known scu lptor, Barkley has led OCAD through two years of restru cturing, during which time the name was changed from the Ontario College of Art. He has also been dean of the Nova Scotia College of An and Design in Halifax and presi­ dent of the Emil y Carr Institute of Art and Design in Vancouver.

Lynda (Sievert) Bowles, BASc. '72 and M.Sc. '74, was recently elected a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario. Fellowship is the highest des ignation the institute confers on its mem­ bers. Bowles is a partner with Deloine & Touche in Toronto.

Jim Davies, BA '76, is an art ist who earned a master' s degree from the University of Alberta in 1979 and still li ves in Edmonton. He has exhib­ ited his pai ntings througho ut Western Canada and in On­ tario. He teaches drawing and painting at U of A and has served as guest lecturer at sev­ eral other institutions, includ­ ing U of Gin 1989. Davies Jim Davies

was rece ntly awarded a public

commission to produce original artwork for Edmon­

ton 's new Francis Winspear Centre for Music.

George Hillis and James Young

George Hillis, DVM '79, and James Young, DVM '90, who share a practice at the East Oshawa Animal Hospital in COUrlice, Ont., have earned diplomate status from the American Board of VeteriGuelph Alumnus

The Paterson/Nix/Burnside family from left: John BurnSide, Nancy (Nix) Burnside (hold­

ing a photo of her uncle, George Paterson), Matt Burnside, Molly (Paterson) Nix (holding

a photo of her father, Frank), Bob Burnside and Garnet Nix (holding the 1970 graduation

Photo by Martin Schwalbe

photo of his son, Peter, who now lives in Vancouver).

Family ties to Guelph Paterson, Nix and Burnside are surnames within a four-generation family that has an 85-year relationship with the University of Guelph. The story of this connection began in 1910 when a Scarborough Township farm boy made up his mind to attend the agricultural college at Guelph. Frank Paterson was the 1,000th graduate of the two-year agriculture program that had started in 1874. He received his diploma in 1912 and went on to earn a degree in 1915 when he was 21. He was followed to Guelph by his brother, George, who graduated in 1924.

Frank Paterson's daughter, Molly, later enrolled at Macdonald Institute in the diploma class of 1941. There were good reasons why it was called the wed­ ding ring course. Molly got her engagement ring from an Aggie student, Garnet Nix, BSA '42, who managed to court Molly and graduate at the top of his class, earning the 1942 Governor General's Medal. Garnet worked in the food uldustry, retu'ing as vice-president of Canada Packers (formerly Maple Leaf Foods Inc.). They now live in North York, Ont., and frequently share Guelph memories with their children, Peter, B.Sc. '70, and Nancy, B.H.Sc. '67, who carried on the tradition by attending the newly formed University of Guelph.

Peter lives in Vancouver and works as a microbiologist at Golder Consult­ ing, but Nancy is still in Ontario, carrying on another family tradition. Like her mother, Nancy met and married an Aggie, Bob Burnside, BSA '64 and M.Sc. '66. Bob is a consulting engineer and president of R.1. Burnside & Associates in Orangeville, Onto This branch of the family has produced the fourth genera­ tion of Guelph graduates: John earned an M.Sc. in eng ineering in February 1997, and Matt is a third-year student in human kinetics.

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Gerald Lemmon, B.Sc. '78, is director of the Banff Centre for Man­ ageme nt, Canada Centre for Environ­ me ntal Leaders hip Prog ram s, a no n-profit o rgan iza tion in Banff, Alta.

Rev. Marilyn (McKennedy) Leuty. B.Sc.(Agr.) '74, was installed as president of the Toronto Conference of th e United Church of Canada Jun e I . She and he r hu sband, Rod, also B.Sc .(Agr.) '74, cele brated the ir 25 th wedding ann ive rsa ry this s ummer.

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Frank Little, B .Sc. '72 , of Woodslee , Ont., has been named an honorary life member of the Ontario Institu te of Agrologi s ts in recognition of hi s con tri ­ butions to agriculture in the province.

He operates a cas h-crop opera ti on in Essex County and has taken a leader­ sh ip role in se vera l agricultural organ i­ zations, in c luding the Ontario Soil a nd Crop Improveme nt Associa ti on, On­ tario Soybean Growers' M.arket ing Board , Soil Manage ment Research Committee, Ontario Seed Comm ittee and the Harrow Resea rc h Station's Ad­ visory Committee. earned a computer programmer ana lyst diploma from Georg ia n Co llege in 1995 and now works with the Corel Corporation in Ottawa as a softwa re

qual ity assurance specia lis t. She is mar­ ried and has one son.

Kent Moore, B.Sc. ' 79, was recently appoi nted to a three-year term as asso­ ciate dean of sc iences at the Univer si ty of T oron to. After completing hi s Guelph degree, he earned a PhD at Princeton and held a one-year postdoc­ toral fe ll owship at T o ro nto before join­ ing the faculty as a professor of a tm ospheric physics.

Anne Muckle, DVM '79, M.Sc. '81 and PhD '83 , jo ined Vita -Tec h Canada Inc. in Markh am , Ont., in August as a veterinary mic robio logist. She had been work ing since 1991 in food­ sa fety diagnosi s and ri sk assessment wi th the G uelp h Health of Ani ma ls Laboratory of Ag ric ulture and Agri­ Food Canada. Prior to th at, she was a faculty member in OVC's Department of Veterinary Mi crobiol ogy and Immu­ nology for s ix yea rs. She li ves in Eden Mills with her hu sba nd , Mark van Ryn , and their three childre n, Tra vis, Nicholas and Madison.

Madame Justice Mary Anne Sanderson, BA '73, presides at the Ontario Co urt of Jus tice in Toron to.

She was a partner in the Toronto law firm Lerner & Associates before being appointed to th e bench.

David Stanley, BA '72. has crossed six con tin en ts ove rland in th e past three decades and visi ted 168 of the planet's 247 countries and territories.

All that travel was resea rch for the many travel g uide books he has wr itte n.

He is best known for his South PaCific Handhook and has ju st released the first editi on of a new guidebook , Cuba.

Pub lis hed by Ra incoast Books in Van­ couver, the Lone ly Planet guide to Cuba provides information fo r inde­ pendent trave ll e rs who want to venture beyond the walls of lu xury reso rt s.

Peter, B.Sc.(Agr.) '78 and M.Sc . ' 80, and Alison (Humphreys) Toivonen, B.Sc .(Agr.) '77 , moved to Summerland, B.C. , from Chilliwack in August 1995. Pe ter, who earned hi s PhD in biological science from S im o n Fraser University, is a researc h scien­ tist with Agriculture and Agr i-Food Canada' s Pac ific Agri-Food Research Centre in Summerland. Ali so n is activ­ ity co-ordi nator at the Cherry Park Re­ tirement Reside nce in Penticton.

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Deborah (Curtis), B.A.Sc '87, and Scott Banks, B.Sc.(Agr. ) '87, of Kemptville, Ont. , hav e lived in so uthwestern, western, ce ntral and now easte rn Ontano since gradu­ ation. They have two children: Ke lsey, 4; and Jacob, 2. A B.Ed. graduate o f the University of Toronto and M. Ed. graduate of the University of Weste rn Ontari o, Debo rah now does occasional supply teachin g in addi­ ti on to her role as mom.

John Bowyer, B.Sc. '83, and hi s wife, Janine, are living in Whitby, Onl. , with their three children.

Bowyer is vice-principa l at Ajax High School.

Nicki Brockamp, B.Sc. '88, li ves in Vancouve r and wo rks for an organic cerea l manufacturer, Na­ ture 's Path Foods, as a qua lity ass urance manager.

She welcomes e- mail from fri ends and c lass mates at nbrockamp@ao l.coill .

Nancy Fischer, B.Sc.(Agr. ) '87, is doing her PhD in anima l and poultry science at th e University of Sas­ katchewa n. Pri or to that, she was manager of techni­ cal se rvices with the Canadian Feed Industry Assoc iation in Ottawa for more than four yea rs.

Michele (Harrison) Foster, B.Sc . '89, went on from Guelph to Mohaw k College and ea rned a radiog­ raphy diploma in 1992. She is now an X-ray tec hn olo­ g ist in an urgent-ca re cli nic in Kitchener, Ont. , and al so works at St. Tho mas Elg in General Hospital. In add ition, she operates a cash-crop fann with her hus­ band, Robert.

Jay Gedir, B.Sc. '88, is doing a PhD in wildlife con­ sen 'alion at the Uni versity of Alberta in Edmonton.

His e -mai l addressis jgedir@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca.

Scott Harvie, B.Sc.(H.K.) '87, ow ns and operates Oakv ille Ortho tics, a foot-care ce ntre in Oakville, Ont. , where he li ves with his wife , Larissa, and their children, Am an da and Ryan.

Jessica Holtz, B.Comm . '87, rece ntl y moved from Ottawa to Vancouver to accept a pos itio n as mark et­ ing comm unications manager for Starvision Multime­ dia Corp., a high-tech company in Burnaby that speciali zes in multimedia conferencing over high­ speed networks. Their application products are often used by organizations providi ng di stance ed ucation and telem edicine .

Hamish Johnston, B.Sc. '89, ma rr ied Ciara Mullen in Warrenpoint, Northern Island , in August 1996.

They now live in En gland, where Johnston is ass istant ed itor of Scien lificCompuling. Friends ca n reac h them at 49 Nevil, Bristol, Eng land , or bye-mail at c iara­ mul@aol.com.

Paul Kernan, B.Sc. ' 83 , lives in Oakville, Ont. , and is a firefighter/ medic with the City of Mississauga. He is marr ied to Michele (Forget) , B.A.Sc. '83, a sec­ ondary sc hool teacher with the Peel Board of Educa­ Gue/ph Alumnus

Canadian marriage is symbol of hope The J945 wedding photo of Leo na rd, BSA '36, and Josephine John son has be­ come a symbol of hope for a Second World War exhibit at the Canadi an War Muse um in Ottawa. The photo , taken on June 30, 1945, has been used on a promotional poster for the museum's ex hibit We'll Meel Ag ain. The show will run throu gh ne xt summer.

Like many other Guelph graduates , Leonard intelTupted his ca ree r to help the Canadian wa r e ffort overseas. He met his future bride, Jose phine de Vries, in Holland after the Allied victory. She had been a member of the Dutch under­ gro und during the wa r, helping to shelter Jewish students li vi ng in Amster­ da m. She had spent months hiding in the Dutch countryside, survived a se rious injury and was a prisone r at the Dutch camp W esterbork when it was liberated by Canadian AJmy troups in April 1945. B ecause she knew short­ hand, Josep hine vo lunteered to work for the camp commande r afte r the libera­ tion , and that's where she met Capta in John son. He had spent most of the wa r in Ital y w ith an anti-tank al1illery division.

Thei r courtship lasted a me re five weeks before they were married in Gron­ inge n in the Nethe rlands. The Dutch peo ple displayed grea t generosity toward the couple; the ir wedding was an elaborate party with both a civilian and Cana­ dian Almy band.

Whe n the ne wlyweds returned to Canada, it was to Johnson' s home in Goose B ay, Ont. , but they later establi s hed th eir home in London and s till li ve there. Jo hnson put his Guelph degree to work as one of Onta rio's first conser­ vati o ni sts and is retired from the Departme nt of Energy and Resource Manage­ ment. The Johnsons raised three sons and have 12 grandchildren , m any of whom have accompanied them on trip s back to the N eth e rlands.

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U of G friendships are destined to last a lifetime. From left are Gary Toop, MA '88; Milena Corredig, OAC M.Sc '95 ; Deborah Rumble, BA '95; and John Kleingebbinck, MBA '96.

tion. They have two sons: Ben, 7; and Adam, S.

David, BA '8 1, and Maggie (Marren) Laidlaw, B.A.Sc. '83 and M.Sc . '85 . of Guelph hit the road thi s summer to raise money for victims of Manit oba 's Red River flood. Leaving July I, they biked wi th the ir child ren, Meghan and Garth , from Guelph to Winn ipeg ill 3 1/2 weeks. They cov ­ ered the 2, 100 kilometres by biking two at a time, wit h the other two fol­ lowing in a support vehicle. Because of their link to education - Dav id is a teacher and Maggie is a sc hoo l board trustee - the $ 1,000 they raised wi ll go towards damaged schoo ls and lost sc hool supplies. Magg ie, who taught in Guelph 's Department of Family Stud­ ies for 10 yea rs, has rellirned to cam­ pus this fall to start work on a PhD. Desmond Layne, B.Sc.(Agr. ) ' 86. earned hi . MS and PhD in horticulture at Michi gan State University and be­ come principal inves ti ga tor of horticul­ ture at Kentuck y State University . In Augusl, he moved to Clemson, S.c. , with his wife, Cheryl, and the ir three children (S te phen , 8, Michael, 6, and baby Olivia) to become an assistan t professor of horticulture at Clemson University. Desmond recenll y spent three weeks in the People's Republic of China to es tab lish co-operati ve re­ search wi th the Chinese Academy of Science on tree-fruit crops. He re­ ceived a grant from Ihe U.S. Depart­ ment of Agriculture for his wo rk on pawpaw ge rmplasm and is cu rator of the USDA National Clonal Germpl asm Re pository for AsiminG spp. He is also pres ident of the Paw paw Founda ti on.

Lori-Ann (Peter), B.A.Sc. '87, and Adam Leigh, BA '85, li ve in Ajax , Onl. , are both teaching hi gh school for Ihe Durham Board of Education. Their first child , Addison, was born in De­ cember 1996.

Morven McLean, M.Sc. '88, earned his PhD at the University of Brili sh Co­ lumbia in [993 and is a resea rch sc ien­ li st with Euro Nursery and Vineyard (West) Inc. in Sidney , B.C. He wri tes th ai he is "enjoying life on Ihe west coasl wilh our fi ve girl s (Kirsten, 15, Meghan, 13, Caillin, 9, Emma,S , and Isobel, 2). I don ' f mi ss the winters at Gu elp h."

Kim Marchessault, BA '82, is an­ olher drama grad to acid to our li sl of Guelph alu mni working in Ihe Cana­ dian ans indu slry . After grad uating from Guelph , he was lechn ical director at Ihe Adelaide Court Theatre in Toro nlo, then producl ion manage r at Thealre Fran<;:aise and later display manager with t.he Queen' s Quay Termi­ nal and First Canad ian Place. He is cur­ renlly senior tec hnician and part-time fac ullY member wil h York Uni ve rsity'S drama departmen t and production man­ ager at Theatre Orangeville.

Artur Moeller, ADA '87 , bega n a new posilion thi s April as an opera­ liona l tri als techn ic ian wilh the B.C. Ministry of Foresls' Nursery Extension Services in Surrey. He li ves in Langley.

Lisa (West) Monkhouse, B.A.Sc. '89. li ves in Kanara, Om. , with her hu s­ band, Stephen . She can be reached via e-mail at slmonk@magmacol1l .coJl1.

David Moore, BLA '87. is nursery manager at While Rose Crafts and Nursery Sales LId. in Barrie, Ont. He and his wife, Ann , I iv e in Orillia and have one child , Bryso n, born in Janu­ ary 1996.

Stella (Thuemen) Mott, B.Sc .( Agr. ) '86 and M.Sc. '89, li ves in Guelph with her husband, Dwayne, and their fo ur children: Patrick, 10; Daniel, 7; Emi ly, 4; and baby Teresa . Slella is in her sixth year of home schooling her children.

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Carol (Hickey) Ne umann, B.Sc.(Agr.) '84, is a rural planne r with the Ontari o Minis try of Agricul~ ture, Food and Rural Affairs in Fergus, Ont. She lives with her hu sba nd, Martin , and their one-year-old daughter on a I OO~ acre farm at Moorefield.

Gayle Valeriote, BA ' 86, was one of eight "Women of Di stinction" hon ored thi s spring in Guelph. She received the Comm unity Life Award fo r her professional and personal efforts to help di sad van~ taged groups. S in ce high sc hoo l, she has worked ex­ tensively on allti-racism and diversity iss ues through local and international act ivities, th e Interna tional Women 's Day COTllmittee, Ten D"ys for Global Ju s­ tice , the Guelph International Resource Centre and rhe Non-Governmental Organizations Networking Group. Since 1992, she has chaired the Guelph Police Services Board and is supel"viso r of the Onward Wil­ low Better Begin nin gs, Belter Futures program.

Vilis Ozols, B.Sc. '85. founde d and is pres ident of the Ozols Business G roup in Golden, Colorado. He earned an MBA from the U ni versity of Colorado in 1992. His company pro vides business leadership tra in­ ing, professional speaking servi ces and business con ­ sulting to clients interna ti ona ll y. "As a motivational business speaker, 1 have certain ly leveraged the educa­ tion and in for mation attained wh ile at th e Unive rsity of Gue lph , and I am constantly passing it on to audi­ ences, both locall y and worldwide," he says. One of the aven ues he uses in his business is a World Wide Web home page - www.ozo ls.com.

Dan Piercy, B.Comm . '83 , is an account m,lIlage r with Lion Business Mach ines in Edmonton and lives in Silerwood Park. He invires any c lass mates visiring in th e area to get in tou ch.

Joy Shinn, M.Sc . '88, is a food sc ientist with the P.E.!. Food Techno logy Centre in Charlottetown. She is married with two daughters.

Carrie Thomson, B.Sc.(Agr.) '86, ea rned her M.Sc. at the University of British Co lumbia and her PhD at the Uni versity of Al be rta and is now a researc h scien­ tist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Sum­ merland, B.C. " I've been to three uni versities in Canada, but U of Gis still my favorite," she sa ys.

Kimberly Williams, B.Sc . '8 J, earned a PhD in medical sc iences from McMa ster Universi ty in 1989 and is now a research associate with the wellness pro­ gram in the Department of COlll munity Med icine at West Virginia Uni vers ity in Morgantown. She is mar­ ri ed to Siegfried Bleher.

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'92 , has bee n teaching Grade .1 at Eenchokay Birchsti ck School in Pi­ kangikum, Ont., for the past three yea rs, but began a new pos ition in September teaching Grade 3 at

Sakatcheway Ani shinabe School in Grass y Narrows,

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MNR team enforces laws doggedly

Sometimes Cody is asked to locate a moose carcass , find d isc harged shell casings in thick brush or track sus­ pects flee ing from a crime sce ne . And he does it all wi ll­ ingly for the prom­ ise of a game of ball.

Cody is a tllree­ year-old ye llow Labrador re trie ver th at works for the Ontario Ministry of Natural Reso urce s (MNR ) call.ine unit in Timmins. Hi s partner is Kyle Cachagee, B.Sc. '90, a con se rvation offi ce r now trained as a dog haJld!er.

Cachagee and Cody , one of three canine units work­ ing to deter poaching in Northern Omario, got together two years ago when Cachagee and hi s wife, Carol , Il1 0ved from Chapleau , where he had been work­ ing as an MNR conservation officer.

Cachagee says he and Cody have worked on numerou s poaching inves tiga­ tions in northeas tern Onta rio. MNR do gs are used to detect fish and game that have been h idden - in sleep ing bags and tents, ins ide hubcaps or even stuffed in a duffe l bag in an airport lu ggage eompaltment. Cody is also tra ined to track humans and is often recruited by police agencies to loca te firearms u sed in a crime. "If a police service dog is not readily ava ilable, we will also be called on to assist in apprehending the suspects," says Cachagee.

He notes that service dogs have been known to find evidence in a matter of minutes, after officers have spent several hours searc hing the same area. A de­ tector dog team takes less than nine hours to search one square mile, whe rea s it can take up to 616 hours for officers on foo t to cover the same g round.

"The dogs are not used to replace field officers ," he says. "They are s imply used as another enforce ment tool to catch and deter poachers from breaking the law."

Like their counterpa rts in the police se rvice, MNR detector dogs are ha rd­ working and loyal enforcement partners. Cody lives in a kennel at Cachagee's home. When not investigating a crime scene, the two partners spend time visit­ ing schools. "A big part of the MNR's detector-clog program.is publi c educa­ tion," says Cachagee. "It's a big hit with the kids when we bring our dogs into the schools and talk about conservation and how we use trained service dogs to combat poacbing in Ontario."

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Giuseppina (Guidoccio) Allinson, B.A.Sc. '9 1, is a nutrition lect urer at Warringto n Collegiate Insti­ tu te in Eng land and lives in Ches hire with he r hus­ band, James. She se nds "<I big thank you to all the sta ff at FACS for their suppo rt. " Adam Bergman, BA '93, has ass umed a new posi­ tion as a com merc ial officer at the C<l nadian embassy in Warsaw. Po land. Hi s role is to roster economic lin ks bet wee n Canada and Po lan d by enco urag ing Ca­ nad ian compan ies interes ted in in vestin g in Poland and/or· fo rming links wit h Poli sh co mpan ies. As a U of G politics stude nt, Bergman pa rticipated in th e 1993 Krakow Semester, finished his G ue lph deg ree and then completed an M.Sc. in econom ics <It the Lon­ don School of· Economics and Po litica l Sc ience. He has offered his ass istance to othe r Gue lph slude nts and al umni who may be in teres ted in visi ting Po land.

Contact him bye-mail atAKBergman@ hotmai l.com . or thro ugh the C<l nad ian embas sy in Warsaw 48 -22­ 629-8051.

Kathryn Bherer, B.A.Sc. ' 96. earned he r Gue lph de­ gree in child stu dies and has s ince added a B.Ed. from Quee n's Unive rsity. She is now teachin g fo r the Dur­ ham Board of Educa ti on at Woodc res l Public School In Oshawa, Ont. Anja (Oussoren) Buwalda, B. Sc.(Agr. ) '93 and M.Sc . '96, is a ho rticu ltura l project directo r in Nai­ rob i. Keny a, whe re she lives wit h her husband, Bi ll .

She inv ites cl assma tes to co me visit or to contact her bye-mail at buwa lda@ maF.org.

Heather (Murray), BA '92, and Michael Chwastiak, BA '9 1, li ve in Tu rkey Po in t, Ont. Hea ther, who atte nded Nipissing Univers it y Teac h­ ers' Coll ege , is an e lementa ry mu sic tcac her with the Norfo lk Board o f Educa tio n. Mi chae l, who wen t on from Gue lph to earn a dip lo ma in radio andle lev i.,io n prod ucti on at Seneca College, i., a self-emp loyed In­ terne t We b page producer. Se nd e-ma il to rogues@ne­ troute. net or check o ut the home page http://www. ne troute.net/ - rogues.

Benjamin Cooperman, BA ' 95, has taught Eng­ lis h in Korea and is now teach ing in Ta iwan. He plans to ret urn to Canada in 1998 to enro l in grad uate school.

Greg DeVos, B.Sc. (Agr.) '97, is thi s year 's winner of th e Daw n Mor ri s Memo ria l Awa rd, whic h is pre­ sented an nu all y in memo ry of th e driving force be­ hin d the Canad ian Internat ional Farm Eq uipm en t Show. DeVos is curre ntl y working with Du Pont Can­ ada, but wil l re turn to U of G in Jan uary to obtain hi s maste r's in agricu ltural econo mics.

Ann Eastman, B.Sc. '9 1, earned her Ph D in botany from the Un iversity of British Colu mbia in 1996 and is now a research sc ien tist with Britis h Co lumbia Re­ search Inc. She li ves in Vancouve r wit h her hu sba nd, Scoff Hoy/and, BA '83.

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Barb Groom, BA '94, moved to Whitehorse, Yu ­ kon, for her A ug us t weddi ng to Da n Bisson, B.Sc. '91 , who leac hes Grades 8 to lOin bo th Eng li s h a nd French. Groo m sa ys I'hey always read th e Alumnus magaz ine "cover to cover to kee p in touch with the place tha t we love so much ."

Laurie Handforth, BA '9 1, g raduated from Sheri­ dan ollege 's c la.';s ica l an imatio n program in 1994 and is now a production co-ordinator at the Toronto studio of Walt Disney Animation.

Linda Hillie r-Farrell, BA '90 ancl MA '92, li ves in Dra yto n, Ont., and is a psyc hothera pist in pri vate practice in Kitchener. O wne r of Hillier Therape uti c Learning, s he works prim mily w ith wom e n.

Douglas Crews, ADA '67, far right, was a proud father this June when his daughter Linda , B.Sc.(H.K.), received a degree in veterinary medicine. Attending with Crews were his wife, Wendy, left, and daughter Susan, B.Sc. '96. A third daughter, Elizabeth, is a nursing stu­ dent in Sudbury, Ont. The Crews family operates a farm near Trenton, Ont.

Rob, BA '95 , and Jill (Livsey) Khashmanian , B.Sc. '91, liv e in R ichmond , B .C., where Rob works

the Univers ity of New Hampshire, where she al so co­ ordinate s ocea nographic research Cl'u ises .

close ly wi th commercial fishe rs as part of th e manage­ ment team at Stevesto n Harbor. Jill is al home wi lh Iheir I 1/2 -year-old son, Jacob, and is pursui ng a free­ lance wr iting career in c hildren's literature.

Asep Saefuddin, M .Sc . '9 1 and OVC Ph D '96, is an ass ista nt professor at Bogor Agricultural Un iver­ sity in Bogor, Indo nes ia.

Jennifer King, B.Sc. '90, went back to sc hool in

Sergio Serrano, M.S c. ' 82, is a profess or of hyd ro­

1994 and e arned a veter ina ry techni c ia n diploma fr om Se neca Co ll ege. She is now li censed and work­ ing at a s ma ll-anim a l practi ce in Ottawa, where she lives w ith her hu sband, Patri c k Gauc h.

Dave Klassen , BA '90, is off to Kam pa la, Uganda, wit h his wife, Mary Lou , and thei r three daughters fo r a four-yea r assignm en t w ith th e Me nnonite Central Committee . Pre vio usly, Dave a nd Mary Lou worked as g lobal educators for MCC Ontario in Kitc h­ e ner, Onto Th ey have also se rved wi th M CC in Ni ge­ ria .

neers, Geologists and En vilonmel1lal ProfeSSion als was publi shed by HydroScien ce Inc. in Lexingto n.

Valerie (Kegel) Sikkema, B.Sc .(Agr. ) '90, went on to ea rn her B.Ed. at the Univers ity of Wes te rn On­ tario. She now li ves in Gain es ville , Fla ., wit h her hu s ­ band , Arn old. and is a fu II- time mom to the ir two c hildren: William, 5; and Kristin, 3. ,4­

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Amy Wei Ling Kwok, B.Sc.(H. K. ) '94, is doing graduate work in Halifax. !

Her first re search paper as Dave and Mary Lou Klassen with daughters Aleda , Kara first author will be publi sh­ and Hannah. e d in the November iss ue of Spine.

Darlene Monkman, BA ' 90, ea rned her B.Ed. from Queen 's Unive rsity and has been teaching Grades 8 to 10 science and math in a Frenc h-immer­ s ion program in Nanaimo , B.C. , for fiv e yea rs. She re­ ce ntly took a five -month leave of ab se nce to travel to Southeasl Asia and Au stra lia .

Vicki Pilon, B.Sc. '94, used her deg ree in marine bi­ ology at th e Banfie ld Marine Station on the wes t coast of Vancouv e r Island , wh e re she wa s a research technic ian fo r mo re than two years. She is now pursu­ ing a ma ste r's degree in chem ica l oceanogra phy at

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log ic engi nee ring at th e Univ e rsit y of Ke ntucky. Af­ ter leaving Guelph , he completed a PhD and tau g ht for severa l yea rs at the University of Waterl oo. H e has mo re than 20 years of interna ti onal ex perie nce in hydro logic e ngineering and modell ing and has writte n more tha n 50 journa l article s and books in the field.

Hi s late st pu blicat ion is a book on hyd ro logy that pro­ vides an integrated treatm e nt of surfa ce, subsurfa ce and co ntainm e nt hydrology. Hydrology ff!!' En gi ­

Spiro Theologos, B .A. Sc. '94 , com pleted a two ­ year education degree at Ac adia Univers ity in Nova Scotia thi s sprin g and plans to leac h e lemen ta ry sc hool. He lives in Kitc hener, On t.

Alan Thoms-Chesley, CBS PhD '96, is a visiting research fe ll ow w ith the Gero nto logy Re search Cen­ tre at th e Nati onal In stitute of A g in g at tbe National Institutes of Health in Ba ltimore . H e is ma rried to Heather (Thoms) , BA '92.

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Andrea, BASe. '95, and Janice Van Kampen, BA '9 I , are a U of G s iste r ac t. Andre a wen t on to ea rn an education degree from the Univ e rs ity o f Toro nto in 1996 and now teaches in Toronto. Janice co mpl eted a n MA at Lake head Universi ty in 1994 and an MD at McMil ster this sprin g. S he is an in te rn a t SI. Mi c hael 's H os pital in T oron to.

Erin White , B.Sc.(H.K.) '92 , graduated from the Ca­ nildian Memori a l Chiropracti c Co ll ege in 1996 and is now practi s in g in Sa rni a , Ont. 35

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Herbert Arbuckle, BSA '49, May 29,1 997 Harold Boer, DVM ' 58, May 8, 1997 Rita Biden, DHE ' 27, May 13, 1997

David Simon, ADA '33 and BSA '36, March 15, 1997 Karen Skead, BASc. ' 76, Jan. 31, 1997

Gregg Brierley, B.Sc. ' 83, date unknown

John Sproule, BSA '47 , Novembe r 1996

Gordon Campbell, ADA '21, Jul y 26,1997

Lynda Stewart, B.Sc. '74, Dec . 28, 1996

Clarice (Ferris) Cook, DHE '25 , dale unknown

Atilla Stirling, DVM ' 64 , May 3, 1997

Wesley Coxon, DVM '3 5, July 24, 1997

Mary Tufford, DHE '30, March 28, 1997

Cleveland Cunningham, DVM ' 59, Jan. 20, 1997

Neil Thomas, ODH '96, Fe b. 23 , 1997

Dorothy (Troup) Dale, DHE ' 32, Jan. 4, 1997

James Usher-Wilson, ADA '29 and BSA '32, April 24, 1997

John Donovan, DVM '41 , April 1997 Britton Dunsmore, ADA '29 and BSA '32, Feb. 9, 1997 Gail Fletcher, B.Sc.(H.K .) '77, Feb. 16, 1997 Sandy Forsyth, BSA '49, Jan. 13, 1997 Gordon Fowler, DVM ' 51 , June 4 , 1997 Richard Fuoco, B.Sc. '88, May 25,1997 Kevin Grant, OAC M.Sc. '89, April 1997 Bertha Grobb, DHE '30, Jan. 22, 1997 Virginia Hay, DHE '47, date unknown Thomas Henderson, BA '70, Aug. 15 , 1996 Rupert James, ADA ' 58,1991 Ernest Jarvis, BSA '41, Dec . 16,1996 GlynneJones, DVM '41, May I , 1997 George Lindblad, BSA ' 50 and MSA ' 52, April 6, 1997 Betty (Black) Lochead, DHE ' 39, Jan. 13, 1997 Gerald Locking, BSA '38, April 3, 1997 Kenneth MacGregor, DVM '49, May 11 , 1997 Jean (Robertson) Martin, DHE '37 , Ma y 6, 1997 Andrew McCormick, DVM ' 82 , Aug. 25, 1997 Charles McHaffie, BSA '45, May 8, 1997 John Morrow, ADA '59, May 24,1997 Nathalie Morsch, B .Sc. '94, Aug. 9 , 1996 Dorothy (Fisher) Morton, DHE '36, May 31 , 1997 Colin MWiindilila, PhD ' 91 , 1994 Allan Osborne, B.Sc.(Eng.) ' 67, May 3, 1997 Leonard Peer, BSA '35, Aug. 12,1997 Eduards Peterson!:, MSA '64 and PhD '75, June 26, 1997 Richard Reist, BA '95, March 1997 Irad Rikley, BSA '38, June 28,1997 Neville Rivington, DVM '41 , April 13 , 1997

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Rev. Charles Wood, BSA ' 38 , April 30, 1997 Clarence Young, ADA '32 and BSA ' 35, May 2, 1997 Wayne Abbott, BA '89, died suddenly June 13, 1997, at hi s home in Guelph. He and hi s wife , Patricia, both returned to U of G as mature students and earned honors degrees from the College of Soc ial Science in 1989 . Mr. Abbott is survived by his wife; his son, Mark; his parents, Sophie and Nonn Death ; a brother, Ron; and a sister, Janice Kraemer. A tree will be planted in hi s memory at the Wall-Custance Me­ morial Forest at the Arboretum Sept. 21 at 2:30 p.m.

Friends and classmates can make a memorial dona­ tion in hi s name by calling Alumni Affairs and Deve l­ opment at 519-824-4120, Ext. 61 83.

William Archibald, ADA ' 3 1 and BSA '33 , of Guelph died Aug. 28,1997. He is surviv ed by his wife, Eleanor, DHE '34 , and brother, Frank , BSA '39 . The family has reque sted memorial donations be se nt to the University of Gu elph Memorial Scholar­ ship Fund at Alumni Hou se .

Kenneth Charlton, DVM ' 66 , of Carleton Pl ace, Ont. , died June 24, 1997. He was retired from a posi­ tion as head of pathology fo r Agri culture and Agri ­ Food Canada' s Animal Disease Research Institute and is survived by hi s wife, Sigrid.

Willa (Couse) Funston, DHE '31, dJed March 20, 1997. A gifted singe r, she performed on campus in se vera l perfo rmances of the Philharmonic Society.

She and her husband , Morley, BSA '32 , celebrated their 62nd wedding anniversary in July. She is also survived by three children, Gail. Paul and Mary, ADA ' 60, nine grandchildren and two great-grand­ children.

Donations given in memory of deceased alumni will help support scholarships at the University of Guelph if directed to the Alumni Memorial Fund. Send c/o Alumni House, University of Guelph, Guelph,Ont. N1G 2W1.

For information, call 519-824-4120, Ext. 6183.

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Frank Hart, ADA '54 , of Zimbabwe di ed Feb. 25 , 1997. A we ll-known fanner in the Mushangwa area, he was a tobacco grower and introduced Charo lais cattle to the country. He developed the Shangwa Stud bloodline, served as chair of the national Charolais Soc iety and was inv olved in es tabli shing and comput­ eri zing th e Zimbabwe !-IeI'd Book. He also chaired th e Tobacco Seed Associati on. He is survi ved by hi s 37

wife, Ann; hi s daughter, Geralde ne ; and three sons,

Michael, A DA '85 , Andrew, ADA ' 89 , and Patrick .

Francis Kristoff, A DA '47 and BSA '50, died April 8, 1997, in Ch ill iwack, B.e. Known by OAC Redmen footba ll fan s as "Legs Kri stoff," he became a hi g h school teac her and taught for 19 yea rs at Base Bor­ den, Ont. He and hi s wife , E va , re tired to Vanco uv er in 198 1, where he work ed for the Wood Gundy b ro­ kerage firm. He is also surv ived by dau g hters Te rry and Kimberly; son Michae l; and s ix g randChildren.

Gerhard Lang, M .Sc. '62, a for mer Guelph profes­ sor in the D e partment of Veterinary Microbio logy and Immun o logy, died Aug. 12, 1997. H e is survived by hi s w ife, Ursula, two children and one g randso n.

Etheridge Leonard, BSA '35, of Winnipeg d ied Dec. 22, 1996. After servi ng in th e Second World War, he operated a farm and ra ised Angu s cattl e near Oa k Bank, Man. He is surv ived by hi s wife, Adelene, and children, Barba ra and Bruce .

Kenneth MacGregor, DVM '49, of Anca ste r, Ont.. died May 11 , 1997. He practi sed veterinary medicine in H am ilto n for 33 years with partner a nd OVC c lassmate D avid Ho us e and is s urvived by his wife, D oris, three chi Id re n an d seven grandchildren.

James Marshall, BSA ' 25 , died in 1996 in Sum­ merland, B.e. He was one of the pioneers in bringing orchard technology to the tree-fr uit gro wers of the Ok anaga n Va lley. After Gu e lph , he com pleted a PhD at McGill Uni versi ty, then developed a control pro­ gram for codd ling moth in W ash ington Sta te. In 1938 , he became head of the fruit-in sect la borato ry in Vernon, B.e., w hi c h eventually moved to the s ite of the current Agri c ulture and Ag ri-Food Canada Re­ search Sta tion at Tro ut Creek. He a lso played a lead­ ing ro le in the estab lish ment of a pu bli c park on Gi ants Head Mountain near S umme rland . He was pre­ decea sed by his wife , Jewel.

Arthur Musgrave, BSA '20 , of Clarksburg , Ont. , died June 18, 1997, at age 102. He served with the RCAF in both wo rld wa rs and wa s discharged in 1945 w ith th e rank of fli g ht lieu ten ant. He operated a farm in On tario's Beaver Va ll ey for many years, se rved 12 yea rs on th e board of th e Unite d Co-opera­ tives of Ontario and was instrumen tal in forming the Co-operators Ins urance Company. Predeceased by three wi ves and a son, he is survived by a daughter , Nan Maitl and.

Vincent Ruth, DVM ' 38, died April 29, 1997 , in Lansdale , Penn . He worked in his ho me state of Penn­ sy lvani a durin g the ea rly years of the Depress ion, the n came to Gu e lph to stud y ve terin ary med icine , fol­ low ing in the foot steps of three uncles w ho had also grad uated from O Ve. With the help of hi s late wife, Mary, he operated an animal c linic in Lansdale fo r al­ most 50 years. He was acti ve in community affai rs and in loca l. state and U.S. vete rinary assoc iat ions.

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Elsie (Taylor) Taylor, DHE ' 35, di ed May 2 1, 1997, in Timmins, On t. S he was predeceased by her hu s­ band, Willi am, but is survived by her brot her- in-l aw , Ian Taylor, D VM '43, of Whee ling , Ill.

Faculty Professor Ib Nonnec ke , former cha ir of the De part­ me nt ofJ-lorticultural Scie nce, died Jul y 13, 1997.

Born in Denmark, Prof. Nonnecke gre w up in West­ e rn Canada and grad uated from the Un ivers ity o f A l­ berta and Orego n University. Before coming to G uelph in 1968, he headed the horticulture de part­ ment in the federa l researc h sta tion in Le thbridge, A lta., and wo rked in the pri vate sector. He reti red in 1988, and in 1995 was na med ~ fe llo w o f the Agri cul­ tura iins titute of Canada. He is surv ived by hi s w ife, A lice, three ch ildren and two gra ndchildren .

Professor eme ritus Charles S mith of the De partme nt of Animal <lnd Poultry Scie nce d ied June 16 in Gu e lph. Prof. Smith studied 8n imal husbandry at Ab­ e rdeen University and ea rned hi s Ph D in genet ics and s tati s ti cs at Iowa S tate. He worked fo r the Anim<l l Breedin g Resea rc h Orga ni zation (A BRO) in Edin­ burgb , lectured at Edinburgh Universi ty, then re­ turned to ABRO as hea d of applied genetics. He joined U of G in 1987 to ho ld the J.e. Re nnie Chair in Animal-Breeding Strategies. He is survived by hi s w ife, Bonnie, two child ren a nd three ste pch ildren.

Professor e meritu s M arian Soltys died April5, 1997 , in Gu elph . Born and ed ucated in Au stria-Hun gary, he escaped from a military post in Poland during the Sec­ ond World War, earned a PhD a nd ta ught at the Un i­ ve rsity of Edinburgh. An a uthority on tro pical disea ses, he ta ug ht veterinary microbiology at Gue lph from 1966 to 1974. H e is s urv ived by hi s wife, A udrey, three c hild re n and five gra nd ch ildre n.

Re tired F rench studies professor Al a n Wil s he re died May 9, 199 7, in M anoti ck, Ont. He tau ght in the Col­ lege o f Arts from 1967 until hi s retire ment in 1983 and is survived by his wife , Alliso n, and three so ns , Anthony , Donald and Ma rtin.

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The best of the best are U of G's President's Scholars.

The 1997 winners each received a $20,000 entrance scholarship awarded on the basis of their academic achievements and leadership potential.

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human rights activist, student council president Tyson Beach:

football MVP, team captain, tutor D.J. Coole

science fair winner, musician, athlete Emily Cowan:

yearbook editor, peer helper, hospital volunteer Paula Fagan:

AIDS volunteer, basketball coach, dancer Alexandra Holbrool<:

global outreach and food drive volunteer, drama award winner in languages Praseedha Janal<iram:

concert bond, volunteer for elderly and disabled Julia Macisaac:

peer mediator, athlete, student council president Silvia Magnotta:

gymnastics champion, student council, valedictorian Daniel Petrie:

help line volunteer, school newspaper, recycling

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school board representative, actor & musician Nadia Zelisl<o:

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