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Tel: 519-824-4120 Ext. 52323 www.coop.uoguelph.ca

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THE PORTICO • SUMMER 2006

CONTENTS [ president's page - 3 ] • [ great grad - 18 ] • [ grad news - 28 ]

IN AND AROUND THE UNIVERSITY

A PUBLIC DIALOGUE

on the role of the media was held on cam­

pus in conjunction with winter convocation cere­

monies that honoured

leading members of the Canadian media. This

spring, the University

hosted 1997 graduate

and women's hockey

4star Cassie Campbell, who signed autographs

for fans and spoke to

the 2006 graduating class.

on the cover Deanna Russell joins an elite

group of Guelph grads who

hold a Doctor of Veterinary

Science degree from the

Ontario Veterinary College.

PHOTO BY DEAN PALMER AND JOHN RUSK

[ 10 - cover story ]

RAR E BuT NoT ENDANGERED

Their few numbers belie the broad spectrum of veterinary roles played by graduates of Guelph's

one-of-a-kind D.V.Sc. program

[ 22 ]

u OF G BLOOMS

With 28 varieties of flowering crab trees

on the main campus, thousands of spring bulbs and

a few rare varieties of perennials and flowering shrubs,

U of G is a kaleidoscope of colour as spring

turns to summer.

[ 15 ]

FORMER 0NTARION EDITOR WINS GEMINI

CTV reporter David Akin recalls his early journalism experience at U of G's student newspaper.

[ 7 1 STUDENTS GET THE PICTURE

Guelph students search the campus for signs of

civic engagement and find a sense of responsibility.

ALUMNI MATTERS

U OF G IS READY

for Alumni Week­

end, and we're counting

the ways we can benefit

alumni through off­

campus events, discount

offerings, workshops and career networking. The

new Adopt-A-Gryphon program is rece1vmg

praise from grads and Gryphon fans who want

to maintain a connection to varsity sports.

Meet nine talented & ambitious

U of G students

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.s PQRTICO Summer 2006 • VOLUME 38 ISSUE 2

Editor Mary Dickieson

Director Charles Cunningham

Art Direction Peter Enneson Design Inc.

Contributors Jennifer Brett Fraser

Barbara Chance, BA '74

Lori Bona Hunt

Rebecca Kendall, BA '99

SPARK Program Writers

Andrew Vowles, B.Sc. '84

Advertising Inquiries Scott Anderson

519-827-9169

Direct all other correspondence to:

Communications and Public Affairs

University of Guelph

Guelph, Ontario, Canada N I G 2W I

E-mail m.dickieson@exec.uoguelph.ca

www.uoguelph.ca/theportico/

The Portico magazine is pub lished three

times a year by Communications and Pub­

lic Affairs at the University of Guelph. Its

mission is to enhance the relationship

between the University and its alumni and

friends and promote pride and commit­

ment within the University community. All

material is copyright 2006. Ideas and opin­

ions expressed in the articles do not neces­

sarily reflect the ideas or opinions of the

University or the editors.

Publications Mail Agreement # 40064673

Printed in Canada - ISSN 1714-873 1

To update your alumni record, contact:

Alumni Affairs and Development

Phone 519-824-4120, Ext. 56550

Fax 519-822-2670

E-mail alumnirecords@uoguelph.ca

STRONG LEADERSHIP IS PART OF THE GUELPH DIFFERENCE

I T WOULD BE INTERESTING totravelbackintime

to the University of Guelph's first convocation in

May 1965 and eavesdrop on conversations between john

K. Galbraith and Thomas McEwan. Prof. Galbraith was

a distinguished graduate of the Ontario Agricultural

College returning to his alma mater as the new Uni­

versity's first honorary degree recipient. Mr. McEwan

was inaugural chair of the Board of Governors.

By the time they met on the convocation stage, both

men had already made a tremendous impact on the

University's development and reputation. Yet that was

just the beginning of their relationships with U of G,

and both continued to mentor the University until their

deaths earlier this spring.

Although we mourn the loss of such friends, we cel­

ebrate the spirit of accomplishment they championed.

Both were visionaries who had little time or thought

for things that didn't matter. In 1965, they might have

talked about their desire for the University of Guelph

to make important contributions to education and the

well-being of our society. Today we are thankful that

both men continued to push us for more than 40 years

to achieve their aspirations.

They were not alone, of course. The desire to suc­

ceed- to make a difference where a difference really

matters- is the historical mantra for Guelph. It's an

attitude that reflects our institutional values and dis­

tinguishes us from other institutions of higher learning.

Over the years, the decision-making process at U of

G has always been focused on the quality of the learning

experience. And we've built a research environment based

on our roots of providing practical solutions to real­

world problems. Our strengths in the life sciences, our

understanding of family, community and cultural devel­

opment, and our experience in the international arena

have provided unique opportunities to improve human

health, enrich our culture, promote a global perspective

and have an impact on the sustainability of our planet.

I invite you to read the 2006 President's Report for

a more detailed picture of University of Guelph achieve­

ments and our ambitions for the future.

The report highlights how Guelph students, facul­

ty, staff and alumni are making a difference as educa­

tors and researchers both in and out of the classroom.

You'll see how people around the world are bene­

fiting from U of G research and action, and discover

what national and global contributions our students

and graduates are making.

In particular, the report outlines the specific efforts

we're making to make a difference at the institutional

level. We are re-evaluating our approach to under­

graduate education, increasing international opportu­

nities for U of G students and adopting a fully inte­

grated planning process to ensure that academic

programs are developed in concert with our financial

and human resources.

The President's Report also reveals, through pictures

and words, how we've created a university atmosphere

where diversity is welcomed, where there's a commit­

ment to cultivating leadership through scholarship and

to developing a sense of global citizenship.

Underpinning it all is that drive for excellence and

the need to make a difference in the world.

You can find the report on the University's website

at www.uoguelph.ca/president/report. l hope it will

remind you- as so many of Guelph's alumni and

friends often remind me- of this university's unity of

vision and purpose and our potential to do even more.

ALASTAIR SUMMERLEE

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PEOPLE IN THE NEWS • RESEARCH • CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS

IN &AROUND

Convocation puts focus on media

U oF G HE L o its first thematic

convocation Feb. 20 to 23, with all

five honorary degree recipients being

leading members of the Canadian

media. Close to 750 undergraduate and

graduate students also received degrees

and diplomas.

Honorary degrees were presented

to the following:

4 THE PoRTICO

Adrienne Clarkson, Canada's 26th

governor general and a renowned

journalist;

Gwynne Dyer, one of Canada's most

respected and prolific freelance jour­

nalists;

Scott Griffin, founder of the Griffin

Prize for poetry and director of

Anansi Press;

Michael MacMillan, CEO of Alliance

Atlantis; and

Pamela Wallin, broadcast journalist

and consul general to ew York City.

University professor emeritus status

was bestowed on botanist Derek Bew­

ley and philosopher john McMurtry.

Dyer, Griffin, MacMillan and

McMurtry also participated in a pub­

lic dialogue on the role of the media in

a changing global community Feb. 22.

The free forum- titled "The Media:

Communicators, Conscience, Cre­

ators?"- filled a large classroom in

Rozanski Hall and could also be viewed

live via the Internet.

This was the first 111 what will

become an annual "President's Dia­

logue" that will bring leading experts

to U of G to discuss important con­

temporary issues.

"It's our belief that universities should

be active participants in the discussion

of pressing social issues and should help

ensure ongoing free and open public

debate," says president Alastair Sum­

merlee, who moderated the dialogue. "To

that end, we created this new dimension

of our convocation program:'

Also participating in the dialogue

were Arthur Carty, national science

adviser and former president of the

National Research Council of Canada;

Marci McDonald, a freelance journal­

ist and contributing editor to The Wal­ms magazine; and Stephen Strauss, for­

mer Globe and Mail reporter and

science journalist.

Police horse honoured

THE ToRONTO PoLICE SERVICE

and the Ontario Veterinary College

have created a special memorial fund

following the death of Brigadier, a

police horse that died in the line of

duty after being struck by a hit-and­

run driver Feb. 24.

After being euthanized because of

the severity of his injuries, Brigadier

was transported to Guelph for an

autopsy. One of the investigators on the

case, Det. Const. Kimberley Greener, is

an OVC graduate, and it was she who

suggested the police service might want

to acknowledge the support from OVC

and the Animal Health Laboratory.

Gifts made in the horse's memory

will be used to support clinical care for

horses at the Large-Animal Clinic.

UNIVERSITY CAMPBELL ENCOURAGES

NEW GuELPH GRADS

THE UNIVERSITY's fifthannual

"Last Lecture" for graduating stu­

dents featured Canadian hockey play­

er Cassie Campbell, arts student Talya

Postan and outgoing College of Arts

dean jacqueline Murray.

The lecture ended a full week of

activities and events designed to help

prepare students for life after universi­

ty. Alumni Affairs and Development

offered information on career planning,

advanced studies and programs, ser­

vices and benefits that are available to

them as Guelph alumni.

Campbell, a 1997 sociology and

nutrition graduate, is one of the most

recognizable female hockey players in

the world. She's been captain of the

national women's team since 200 I and

is a six-time world champion and three­

time Olympic medallist.

At the "Last Lecture;' which this year

focused on "The journey Is the

Reward," Campbell tried to give stu­

dents a sense of what it feels like to win

an Olympic medal by showing a video

clip of the Canadian women's hockey

team listening to the national anthem

after capturing a second consecutive

gold medal in Turin, Italy.

U of G remembers Tom McEwan

A funeral service was held May 17 in

War Memorial Hall for U of G Honorary

Fellow Thomas McEwan, first chair of the

University's Board of Governors, who died

May 13 in Guelph.

Mr. McEwan was an RCAF pilot during

the Second World War and a graduate of

Queen's University and the University of

Toronto. He spent most of his business

career as president of the Sterling Rubber

Company and Becton Dickinson Canada

and served for many years as a school

trustee and chair of the local board of edu·

cation.

He saw the potential for Guelph's

founding colleges to form a full-fledged

university and worked with other busi·

nessmen, alumni and professors to encour·

age then Ontario premier John Robarts to

establish a university in Guelph, arguing

it would help to accommodate a project­

ed increase in post-secondary enrolments.

After the University of Guelph was

established in 1964, Mr. McEwan served

as inaugural B of G chair until 1968 and

later helped launch U of G's Heritage Trust.

In 2ooo, he donated a collection of mate­

rial about the University's founding years

to the U of G Library.

He is survived by his wife, Bessie; two

children, lan and Melanie; and three grand­

children, Tyler, Austin and Ecclesia.

• U of G has reduced its consump­

tion of natural gas and its C02 emissions by an estimated 10 per

cent over the last six months by

implementing two new energy­

saving initiatives: a heat-recovery

unit located in the chimney of

the Central Utilities Plant and an

improvement in the building

automation system that is used

to control heating, cooling and

ventilation.

• Over the past decade, fair-trade

coffee has become increasingly

visible on campus, and its reach

has recently expanded into all

residence cafeterias, as well as

coffee service for meetings and

conferences.

• The Ontario Agricultural College's

Horticultural Experiment Station

at Vineland is celebrating its cen­

tennial this year. Once part of the

Horticultural Research Institute of

Ontario, Vineland joined the

Department of Plant Agriculture

in 1998.

• The Skip a Meal campaign orga­

nized by Guelph students during

the winter semester generated

donations of meal points and

cash to the tune of $13,671 to

support 17 local organizations in

Guelph, including men's and

women's shelters and food banks.

• U of G has signed a memorandum

of understanding with the Royal

Botanical Gardens in Hamilton,

Ont., establishing a research

partnership that will explore the

importance of horticulture and

plants in fostering healthy urban

environments, protection and

rehabilitation of natural areas,

academic opportunities for stu­

dents, and the development

of new sites for plant trials and

testing.

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IN &AROUND the UNIVERSITY In April, U of G sponsored a two-day symposium called "Making Poverty History: Doing More of

What Works." It featured a roster of internationally recognized experts who provided candid accounts

of the real challenges facing the victims of poverty around the world.

Betsy Martin, senior adviser for the Community Foundations of Canada, and Phocus Ntayombya,

PhD '93, a UNICEF project officer in Rwanda, pictured at left, participated in panel discussions with

representatives from World Vision, the Pauktuutit Inuit Women's Association and the Canadian Coun­

cil for International Co-operation, as well as scholars, business leaders and others.

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Keynote speakers were Agnes Wakesho Mwang'ombe of the University of Nairobi in Kenya and

Elisabeth Tankeu, the African Union's Commissioner for Trade and Industry. Mwang'ombe said the

continent's food insecurity continues to deter economic growth and limits progress in reducing

poverty. Tankeu expressed frustration with the inability of governments in African countries to sup­

port research and development, leaving people struggling with insufficient resources. Without invest­

ments in science and technology, the continent will remain on the periphery, she said.

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"Making Poverty History" is part of a series of ongoing events U of G is sponsoring to engage

the public in stimulating discussions about emerging global issues. For more information and

news of future events, visit the website www.open.uoguelph.ca/poverty.

SCIENTISTS TACKLE OBESITY

GUELPH RESEARCHERS wi!lp\ay

a key role in a new national group

intended to help fight a growing epi­

demic in obes ity that threatens the

health of millions of Canadians.

The Canadian Obesity Network, one

of five new federal Networks of Centres

of Excellence, will include about a dozen

scientists from the departments of

Human Health and Nutritional Sciences,

Food Science, and Family Relations and

Applied Nutrit ion.

In total, the network involves 21 uni ­

vers it ies, more than 10 international

institutes in North America and Europe,

15 non-profit organizations and 20

industry partners.

Gue lph will contribute to the net­

work through studies of nutrition,

metabolism and obesity interactions.

Gift of land to boost research

A n u n precedent e d gift to U of G of almost 700 acres of farmland in eastern Ontario

is expected to help the University develop and strengthen innovative programs in

organic agriculture and environmental management.

In early February, Guelph finalized the anonymous donation of 693 acres of vacant farm­

land worth about $52o,ooo. The parcel is located southeast of Ottawa, a to-minute drive

from the University's Alfred Campus and so minutes from the Kemptville Campus.

Under a five-year development plan for the property, U of G will develop research sites

for organic agriculture and the restoration of natural vegetation and wild life. Plans to expand

Guelph expertise in dairy science would also make the property the only certified organic

dairy farm designed for teaching and research in Canada, says Prof. Mary Buhr, associate

dean (academic) for the Ontario Agricultu ral Co llege.

"This gives us a new land base we can readily use for our organic work," she says, refer­

ring to last fall's launch of an organic agriculture major with in OAC's B.Sc.(Agr.) program.

A public announcement in 2003 affirming OAC's commitment to organic and conven­

tional agriculture led the farm's owner to propose the donation to U of G.

6 THE PORTICO

Heritage Trust pays dividends for U of G What does U of G's new telephone system

have in common with the Village by the

Arboretum and the Ontario AgriCentre

located in the Research Park?

The telephone system was paid for in part

from the endowment fund created from the

lease of these and other University properties

that are managed through the Heritage Trust

Fund. It's just one example of the special U

of G initiatives that have benefited from the

fund. Others include the Library Learning

Commons, the tri-university library system

TRELLIS and enhanced student information

systems, and classroom improvements.

The Heritage Trust, believed to be the

only one of its kind at a Canadian universi­

ty, was created in 1989 by the Board of Gov­

ernors as a way for U of G to pay for strate­

gic one-time investments. It cannot be used

for ongoing operating expenses.

The trust oversees the monetization of

the land assets to create an endowment,

wh ich grows as funds are generated from

the real estate. The Heritage Trust Fund

now exceeds $45 million and has provid­

ed over time $15 mil li on in dividends to

help U of G pay for strategic initiatives.

by Rebecca Kendall

hey say a picture is

worth a thousand words, and with that in

mind, Cheryl Rose has set out to discover what

university students have to "say" about being

part of their communities. Rose is working on

a master's degree in capacity development and

extension through the School of Environmental

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Design and Rural Development. She

began her thesis project, titled "Civic

Visions;' by asking Guelph students to

take photographs on campus that illus­

trate the University's commitment to

civic engagement.

Since then, she's armed students with

cameras at the University of Toronto and

Nipissing University in North Bay to

compare the perspectives of students at

institutions of various sizes and in dif­

ferent environments and locations.

The data collection method is known

as reflexive photography or photo voice.

Rather than have participants decon­

struct images presented to them by the

researcher, Rose has invited students to

choose images that they consider impor­

tant. She then interviews each partici­

pant to discuss the meaning of the pho­

to they took.

" It 's often difficult to explain in

words what it means to be civically

engaged," she says. "It's a pretty complex

concept."

Photography offers students a way to

express their ideas and messages about

how their university contributes to life

beyond campus borders, she says.

Guelph students were inspired by a

variety of campus landmarks and struc­

tures, including the johnston Hall clock,

the cannon that sits in Branion Plaza and

a cedar pole located just north of Zavitz

Hall that holds messages of peace in

French, English, Braille and a language

indigenous of the aboriginal people who

historically lived in this region.

"Students said they saw more images

representing civic engagement than they

expected and chose things they wouldn't

normally have thought of as representing

that," says Rose. " Based on the pictures

they're taking, they seem to recognize that

we're on a continuum and we have a lega­

cy from the past, and that makes us think

about what legacy we're leaving for the

future. To them, that speaks about being

committed to making a difference."

Rose has a long-standing interest in

youth and civic engagement. In addition

to her studies, she is a service-learning

specialist in the office of the provost and

executive director of the Canadian Asso­

ciation for Community Service-Learn-

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ing, which is based at U of G.

She says the ideas expressed by the

students participating in her project are

teaching her about the way young peo­

ple empower themselves.

'Tm learning so much about what is

meaningful to them around this concept

of civic responsibility and what inspires

them."

There's a glimpse of her findings in

the images reproduced here, but she

hopes the final data will help post-sec­

ondary professionals develop curricu­

lum geared to the interests of today's stu­

dents. It's important that programming

for this generation be designed with this

generation in mind, she says.

"As educators, we need to know if

we're hitting our mark by creating learn­

ing opportunities that will be of interest

to them and will motivate them to

become engaged." •

What students say:

1 - "The cannon is a perfect symbol

to show that this campus has a

strong sense of civic commitment.

Every layer of paint is one more

voice sharing with this campus."

2 - "These are the hands of stu­

dents and staff wearing bracelets

with messages that represent their

belief in a cause or organization."

3 • "This dancer is a Canadian stu­

dent who feels a responsibility to

raise awareness and share her cul­

ture with others."

4 • "I think it's important to have

this memorial to students who gave

their lives in war. It encourages me

to do what I can to make this world

better."

5 • "Garbasaurus was created from

garbage pulled from the Speed

River during the annual city-wide

cleanup. Students join in every year.

It's something 'done,' not just an

idea."

6 - "So many students, staff and

faculty ride bikes to campus. It feels

like many of us care about the envi­

ronment."

RARE BUT NOT D. V. Sc. grads expand the veterinar)

From farm to field to research lab to balance of disciplinary training and thesis

private practice: That's where you'll find research, this one-of-a-kind program has

graduates of Guelph's doctor of veterinary turned out a variety of graduates since it

science (D.V.Sc.) degree. Described as a was launched in 1980. Even the scope

ENDANGERED Story by Andrew Vowles

Photo Illustrations by john Rusk, Dean Palmer and Tony Fouhse

implied in that opening catchphrase- studies to the vet clinic- fails to capture

from food animals on the farm to wildlife, the breadth of experience represented

including species that may harbour the across the roughly 250 students who have

next zoonotic disease after bird flu, to lab completed the D.V.Sc. at Guelph.

U OF G GRADUATED its first O.V.Sc.

students in 1983, but the degree itself

has existed since the early 1900s. The early

graduate program was offered by the

Ontario Veterinary College, with degrees

granted by the University of Toronto.

One of the first D.V.Sc. graduates was

Francis Schofield, DVM 1910, who earned

recognition as a veterinary pathologist and

fame as a medical missionary in Korea. He

taught at OVC for 30 years and published

more than 100 papers on animal diseases.

When U ofG was established in 1964

and began granting its own degrees, the

D.V.Sc. went into hiatus, and veterinary stu­

dents interested in specialist training were

offered a two-year residency program. The

D.V.Sc. program was redesigned- com­

bining research and residency training­

and re-established at OVC in 1980.

As with the more conventional PhD, this

doctoral program takes at least three years to

complete. Candidates must take a qualifying

exam, conduct a research project and defend

their thesis. The program has 30 to 40 stu­

dents at any one time. Graduates in every­

thing from surgical specialties to pathology,

microbiology and immunology and animal

health management work in diagnostic labs,

universities, industry, private practice, gov­

ernment, zoos- even a travelling circus or

two. Small wonder that at least a few gradu­

ates see their D.V.Sc. as an embodiment of

the "one medicine" theme linking studies of

human, animal and ecosystem health across

those disciplines at OVC.

PROF. ScoTT McEwEN,Population

Medicine, has seen his career turn in

unexpected directions since completing his

DVM here in 1981. He worked as a horse vet

in Toronto right after graduation, but real­

ized he didn't really enjoy clinical practice

and wanted to do research instead. He

returned to U of G to earn a D.V.Sc., study­

ing a muscle disease called "tying up" in hors­

es. After graduating in 1985, he accepted a

post as a lecturer in the former department

of veterinary microbiology and immunolo­

gy, filling a gap left by a retired faculty mem­

ber in food hygiene- a term that may con­

jure up a mental picture of veterinarians

inspecting cuts of meat to ensure suitability

for the supermarket. Today it's called food

safety, a term that covers everything from the

12 THE p 0 R TIc 0

Scott McEwen

"Veterinarians

are needed to manage

human health

problems."

Deanna Russell

"'Wherever my career

leads, it will involve public

health and studies of

infectious diseases."

farm field to your dinner plate. McEwen says

he's witnessed a sea change in how veterinary

medicine views food safety and public health.

During his career, he has studied food

safety and microbial risks posed by such

pathogens as E. coli 0157:H7, Campylobacter and Salmonella. A key theme of his research

involves antimicrobial resistance, or how

these bugs learn to defend themselves against

drugs developed to fight them in such barn­

yard animals as pigs, cows and chickens.

Besides research, McEwen's expertise has

found its way into advisory roles with gov­

ernments and non-governmental organi­

zations in North America and Europe. He

has chaired an advisory committee to

Health Canada on animal uses of antimi­

crobials and their impact on resistance and

human health. He says that group has affect­

ed public policy by ensuring that the feder­

al health agency considers not just risks

from drug residues in foods but also risks

of antimicrobial resistance.

Globally, McEwen discusses anti-micro­

bial risk with food-animal industry groups,

the World Health Organization, the United

Nations Food and Agriculture Organization

and the U.S. Food and Drug Administra­

tion. How to assess risks? How to manage

those risks? How to ensure that food ani­

mals receive appropriate treatments while

protecting public health?

"You'd have to be blind not to see the

great opportunities;' he says, pointing to the

growing understanding of the need for vet­

erinarians to help in managing these human

health problems.

T HE PAST TWO DECADES have also

seen significant changes, globally and

domestically, in risk analysis and regulato­

ry requirements in foods of all kinds. just

ask Tom Feltmate, DVM '72, GO '80 and

D.V.Sc. '83, who was working at Agriculture

and Agri-Food Canada in Ottawa when the

D.V.Sc. program was re-introduced in 1980.

The D.V.Sc. "was focused on practical

coursework rather than being a research­

oriented PhD," he said. "That fit well with

the regulatory veterinarian approach." For

his research, Feltmate studied ways of mon­

itoring antibiotic residues in slaughtered

calves, a food safety issue in Canada.

Since the formation of the Canadian

Food Inspection Agency in 1997, Feltmate

has been manager of its food safety risk

analysis unit. That position has drawn on

his studies of epidemiology and food safe­

ty, including everything from toxicology and

pesticides to sampling theory and statistics

needed for investigating animal health or

food safety. Risk analysis is key for him and

for the agency, including examining risks

involved with specific hazards in plant or

animal health and food safety. They also

consider approaches to deal with those risks

and the economic impact of solutions on

the industry they're regulating.

"We're now developing risk analysis

approaches that are applicable internation­

ally," says Feltmate. That's being done to

ensure that "as countries develop food safe­

ty standards, they apply similar approaches

to assess risk and measures to deal with them:'

Feltmate enrolled in the new D.V.Sc. pro­

gram with Brent Hoff, DVM '69, GD '70,

D.V.Sc. '83 and GD '98. Hoff had worked in

private practice in Oshawa and had already

done a graduate diploma in small-animal

medicine. For his doctorate, Hoff studied

hematology and bone marrow abnormali­

ties in dogs, including leukemia, other can­

cers and infections. He was attracted by the

opportunity for broad research training.

"The D.V.Sc. degree and Guelph are

well-recognized by other institutions," says

Hoff, now a clinical pathologist and toxi­

cologist at the Animal Health Laboratory

(AHL), a diagnostic veterinary lab within

U of G's Laboratory Services Division.

There, he interprets results of hematology,

biochemistry and cytology tests on samples

sent by veterinarians in private practice.

Hoff divides his time between the clini­

cal pathology laboratory in OVC and the

AHL toxicology lab on Stone Road. This

spring, he spread his expertise even farther

when he did a locum at a private veterinary

pathology laboratory in Hamilton, New

Zealand. His international reach has also

included helping to establish the central clin­

ical pathology laboratory at the Norwegian

College of Veterinary Medicine in Oslo.

F oR ALL 1 T s headline-generating

import today, food safety- as it relates

to animal health and laboratory services­

is only one branch of the doctor of veteri­

nary science tree. Most D.V.Sc. graduates

still pursue careers as clinicians and acade-

Dale Smith

"Employers in zoological

medicine look for skills

in research training as well

as clinical practice."

Tom Feltmate

"We're developing

risk analysis approaches

that are applicable

internationally."

mics, reflecting their enrolment as students

in one of three OVC departments.

Within Clinical Studies, students spe­

cialize in small- or large-animal surgery or

medicine, anesthesia/clinical pharmacolo­

gy, cardiology, critical care, neurology and

ophthalmology. The main interests of

D.V.Sc. students in Population Medicine are

ruminant health management, theri­

ogenology (reproduction), clinical epi­

demiology and swine health management.

In Pathobiology, specializations include

anatomical or clinical pathology, zoologi­

cal medicine, avian or fish pathology, micro­

biology/virology and lab animal science.

A review of the program completed in

2003 by Wayne McDonell, professor emer­

itus in Clinical Studies, found that almost

two out of three grads worked as faculty or

staff in a veterinary school, research facility

or government agency. Most of the others

were working in private practice or in indus­

try, says McDonell. "It's well-recognized that

D.V.Sc. graduates have made an important

contribution to core areas of advanced clin­

ical training in veterinary medicine."

Wander the halls of the veterinary col­

lege at Guelph and you may bump into sev­

eral faculty members who earned a D.V.Sc.

Among them are these professors in Clini­

cal Studies:

Alex Valverde, D.V.Sc. '90, an anesthesi­

ologist in the OVC Veterinary Teaching

Hospital;

Tony Abrams-Ogg, D.V.Sc. '92, head of

the OVC small-animal clinic;

Lynn O'Sullivan, D.V.Sc. '03, an expert in

veterinary cardiology;

Carolyn Kerr, DVM '89 and D.V.Sc. '95,

who studies lung diseases in cattle and

horses;

Roberto Poma, D.V.Sc. '02, now leading

comparative studies of canine and human

epilepsy; and

Brigitte Brisson, D.V.Sc. '00, a small-ani­

mal surgeon.

In Population Medicine:

Tracey Chenier, DVM '92 and D.V.Sc. '89,

theriogenology of horses;

Alejandro Estrada, D.V.Sc. '03, and Cathy

Gartley, DVM '82 and D.V.Sc. '89, theri­

ogenology of dogs and cats;

jeffrey Wilson, DVM '82, D.V.Sc. '87 and

PhD '91, food and water safety and pub­

lic health epidemiology;

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Todd Duffield, DVM '90 and D.V.Sc. '97;

Stephen LeBlanc, DVM '97 and D.V.Sc.

'01; and Kerry Lissemore, DVM '84 and

D.V.Sc. '88; ruminant health management.

In Pathobiology:

Jeff Caswell, DVM '90 and D.V.Sc. '95,

resistance to bacterial pneumonia in cat­

tle and pigs; and

Pat Turner, DVM '92 and D.V.Sc. '97, who

plays a central role in preparing new

graduates for the growing, if often-over­

looked, field of lab animal medicine.

More intensive use of lab animals for

research in industry, government and uni­

versities means rising demand for veteri­

narians able to look after them. "Nobody

thinks about it;' says Turner, contrasting lab

animal medicine with the kinds of front­

line practice embodied, say, in OVC's large­

and small-animal clinics. "But we have very

strong regulations and legislation that

requires animals to be cared for humanely

and appropriately" in research laboratories.

Having completed undergrad and grad

degrees before coming to vet school, Turn­

er had acquired a taste for research, and she

returned to it after gaining some experience

in large-animal medicine and in the phar­

maceutical industry. Along with her grad

students, she looks for ways to refine ani­

mal models for human diseases. "It's an

exciting voyage of discovery," she says, not

to mention a practical way to explore the

continuum between human and animal

medicine and disease.

Turner also manages the campus diag­

nostic lab animal service for Guelph

researchers, examining the effects of study

parameters on lab animals for various research

projects- from assessing new drug therapies

to developing new animal models for specif­

ic human or animal diseases to refining the

husbandry and management of lab animals.

She runs the D.V.Sc. program in lab ani­

mal medicine- the only grad program in

this area in Canada and the only one outside

the United States to be accredited by the

American College of Laboratory Animal Med­

icine. In addition, Turner oversees Guelph's

diploma program for full-time vets and has

developed a distance education program in

lab animal medicine for practitioners.

B ACK OUT IN THE FIELD -but

also rooted in pathobiology- is Prof.

14 T H E p 0 R T I c 0

Brent Hoff

"Our diagnostic lab

analyses samples sent by

veterinarians in private

practice."

Pat Turner

"We have strong

legislation governing the

care of animals in research

laboratories."

Dale Smith, DVM '80 and D.V.Sc. '84, one

of various grads who find themselves work­

ing with animals that often become reser­

voirs of human infections.

She has seen something of the world and

its wildlife since completing her own D.V.Sc.

She taught at the University of Zimbabwe

for two years in the late 1980s and, since

joining the faculty of U of Gin 1990, has

returned to Zimbabwe twice to teach big­

game immobilization techniques to wildlife

managers.

Smith did her doctorate in zoo animal

medicine and pathology in concert with a

residency at the Toronto Zoo. Her thesis was

on wound healing in snakes.

Although she says employers in zoolog­

ical medicine aren't necessarily seeking out

the D.V.Sc. specifically, they do look for a

high-quality zoo medicine education pro­

gram that includes research training as well

as the practical clinical side. There are clin­

ical residencies available in zoo animal med­

icine and avian and exotic medicine, but

nothing else that combines that training

with the academic research degree, she says.

Since joining the faculty of U of G,

Smith has supervised D.V.Sc. students in

both pathobiology and clinical medicine.

One of her most recent grad students is

Deanna Russell, D.V.Sc. '06, a medical doc­

tor turned veterinarian who spent her clin­

ical residency in zoo animal medicine and

pathology at the Toronto Zoo's animal

health centre.

Drawing the connections among field,

farm and human health, Russell points to

the current global watch on bird flu . That's

an example of a zoonotic illness that under­

lines the importance of considering animals

and ecosystems in human health , she says.

Or look at her own doctoral studies of a rac­

coon roundworm that recently killed a

number of the zoo's rainbow lorikeets. The

same parasite landed a seven-year-old boy

in a Toronto hospital in 2005 in the first

known case of human infection caused by

the roundworm in Canada.

Russell says her career plans are open­

ended, but she will probably combine epi­

demiology and public health in a career

involving infectious diseases. Looking back

at the career paths of her D. V.Sc. predeces­

sors, she confirms what all of these gradu­

ates have said: "The options are huge." •

[alumni profile]

REMEMBER THE WOOD NYMPH ?

Former Ontarian editor brings home a Gemini by Rebecca Kendall

"Cheating, like most forms of dishonesty, has its place and its purpose. In fact, in some cases, cheat­

ing is the only option available if ... one wants to stay in the game. Right now, our federal govern­

ment doesn't believe in cheating- they think there's something inherently bad about it, I suppose

~-so they have presented a bill to axe our National Policy on Cheating. And so we have free trade." "' ~ >--z ::g Those words were written in the summer of

~ 1988 by David Akin, a young reporter for the >--~ student newspaper at the University of Guelph. ~ Back then, Akin's byline most often appeared <(

;'i! in the Ontarian on stories about U of G and z 5 campus life, but as editor, he also dabbled in

~ voicing his views on government. Now he trav­

;;1 els around North America covering the hottest

~ political topics of our day and can be heard >--~ and read daily through the national media. If

~ he wants to share his point of view on today's

8 political agenda, there's his daily blog. 0 is: Akin's humour and insight made him a

notable force in student journalism at

Guelph until he graduated from the Uni-

versity in 1989. He went on to work at news­

papers in Orangeville, Orillia, Thunder Bay

and Hamilton before being hired as a mem­

ber of the inaugural staff of the National Post in 1998 and later as a technology

reporter for the Globe and Mail in 2001.

His work at the Globe spun off into a

reporting gig with CTV, and Akin became

one of the few reporters in Canada to hold

concurrent roles in national print and tele­

vision forums. After eight years at three

papers writing about technology, he moved

to Ottawa in February 2005 to cover poli­

tics full time for CTV.

Last fall, Akin was honoured for hi s

achievements with a Gemini Award for best

reportage from the Academy of Canadian

Cinema and Television. He was nominated

alongside Lisa LaFlamme, Janis Mackey

Frayer, Adrienne Arsenault and David Com-

mon, and says he didn't anticipate the win.

"It was a huge surprise. To be honest , I

couldn't stop laughing when they announced

my name because I couldn't believe I'd won."

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I

A PHOTO ESSAY OF DAVID AKIN ON THE JOB BEGINS IN PETTY HARBOUR, N. L., DUR­

ING LAST WINTER'S FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN. lN DECEMBER, HE REPORTED

FROM NEwFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR, WHERE CoNSERVATIVE LEADER STEPHEN

HARPER ANNOUNCED A COMMITMENT TO HELP ATLANTIC FISHERS. AFTER THE ELEC­

TION, AKIN DID A LAST-MINUTE HIT FOR CTV NEWSNET BEFORE BOARDING THE

PLANE BEHIND HIM FOR CANCUN, MEXICO, WHERE HE COVERED A MEETING OF THE

In the line of fire in Akin's award-win­

ning story was the CIBC. For more than three years, the bank faxed confidential informa­

tion about hundreds of its clients to a West

Virginia scrapyard, despite complaints from

the scrapyard owner. The sheer volume of

faxes being sent each day kept the fax line so busy, the owner couldn't communicate with

his own customers. Eventually, he was forced

to shut down one of his businesses. Akin talked about the Cl BC privacy

breach and its implications for organizational

communications when he addressed a home­

town crowd at the Guelph Cutten Club in

April. In a presentation peppered with

humour, he provided insight into how the

story came together from start to finish, and shared much of the back story that didn't

make it to air.

"This story wasn't about bashing big business;' he said. "It was about a problem

they were having with a very simple task that people in business use on an everyday basis."

He asked the group, made up of members

of the Guelph and District Human Resource Professionals Association, to consider the

16 T H E p 0 R T I c 0

lessons learned through the CIBC case and

how those lessons might relate to their own decision-making. He also discussed the impor­

tance of properly informing employees at all

levels about company policy and procedures

and providing a way for them to access that

information quickly should an issue arise.

Even though Akin's byline started appearing in the Ontarian when he was still

in high school, the life of a journalist was not what he had in mind when he enrolled

at U of G in 1985 to study history. In fact,

he figured he'd become a university profes­

sor one day. "I sort of liked the idea of read­

ing and writing history books."

He credits his days at the Ontarian with

helping him find his direction and passion in life. He wrote sports, music reviews and news stories for the paper, and moved up the chain from volunteer writer to associ­

ate news editor and news editor and final­

ly to editor-in-chief in May 1988. During the six years he spent working on

the Ontarian, his byline evolved from ).D.

Akin to}. David Akin and his talent devel­oped. His column "Dance of the Wood Nymph" was a standard feature of the week-

ly paper, and the stories that appeared among

the pages included the introduction of male

cheerleaders; a campus visit by then Ontario premier David Peterson and Princess Anne,

who attended the grand opening of the

Equine Research Centre; and the installation

of Brian Segal as U of G president following

the retirement of Burt Matthews. "I was there for a long time," says Akin,

who also worked as a D) on campus. "At the

time, my life revolved around two things­the Bullring and the Ontarian. If I wasn't

spinning tunes, I was making papers."

Since leaving the haven of the student press, Akin has interviewed everyone from

computer hackers and computer software innovators to lawmakers and lawbreakers. His work has taken him from the deserts of Nevada to dining with World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee to interviewing

Microsoft founder Bill Gates. This winter,

he travelled the campaign trail following the people and stories that shaped Canada's

2006 federal election. We aren't sure if he shared his "Wood

Nymph" column on cheating and dishon­esty in politics.

NEW PM, U.S. PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH AND MEXICAN PRESIDENT VICENTE

fox. IN THE NEXT PHOTO, AKIN TRIES OUT A COYOTE DURING A VISIT BY DEFENCE

MINISTER GoRDON O'CoNNOR To CFB PETAWAWA. CoYOTES ARE ONE OF THE

VEHICLES THAT HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED IN AFGHANISTAN . AND SITTING AT HIS DESK

IN THE OTTAWA NEWS BUREAU OF CTV, AKIN HAS ONE OF THE BEST VIEWS OF THE

PARLIAMENTARY PRECINCT. • PHOTOS COURTESY DAVID AKIN

"It's a great part of the job, meeting peo­

ple- some famous, some not-so-famous,

people about to be famous, people doing

something interesting;' says Akin.

But being personable and having the abil­ity to mingle with all sorts of people doesn't

make someone a good reporter, he adds. Nor

do excellent writing skills. Identifying a good

story and being able to get it to an audience quickly are what matters, he says.

"There are editors who will correct your

writing and make it better, but there's no

substitute for being curious. To be a good

reporter, you must be insatiable about every

single detail and, like a two-year-old, ask:

'Why, why, why?' Second to that is being fast if you want to do this for a living."

Much like the subject that earned him

the Gemini, Akin has covered other stories

that grew in importance far beyond what

they first appeared to be. "I started covering the Conrad Black

scandal when it was still a business story,

before it exploded on the front pages of

papers around the world." He also cites the rise of the Internet as

another story with legs that few could have

predicted. Back when he was filing stories from the second floor of the University Cen­

tre, "most people didn't have a due what the

Internet was," he says. "And look what it's

become. My interest in it actually started at

U of G with TCoSy, which was a fairly ear­

ly e-mail system that was in place in the mid-l980s at the University:'

Technology and the Internet have fed Akin's curiosity for more than two decades,

but they've also become tools he uses to

enhance his reporting and to engage his

audience long after they close the pages of

the Globe and Mail or watch his clip on

CTV. For the past few years, he has pro­

duced a blog at http://davidakin.blog­

ware.com that can also be accessed through his personal website at www.davidakin.ca.

"With most media, you write, you pub­lish, you broadcast, and that's the end of it;'

he says. "But with a blog, those interested

in your work or in whatever you're report­

ing on tend to respond by making com­ments, amplifying the discussion or offer­

ing tips for future stories. Blogging extends

the reportage you're doing. Through blog­ging, you can become a better reporter on

your beat and know more about whatever you're reporting on."

Akin's blog is another way to stay in touch

with the viewpoints of people in his home­

town and at his alma mater. He visits Guelph

frequently because his parents still live here.

"Every time I show up on campus, I'm

certainly amazed by the amount of build­ing and development," he says. "And I do

make a point of picking up the Ontarian.

Believe it or not, I still have every issue that

was published while I was editor-in-chief

packed in a box in my basement."

His basement is just outside Ottawa,

where he lives with his wife, Colleen Bax­

ter, whom he met in Thunder Bay at the

Chronicle journal. She was an editor there. They now have two children: Anne, 4, and

Henry, 2. Not surprisingly, one of their

favourite Guelph events is the University's

annual student-run open house.

"I try to make College Royal whenever

I can;' says Akin, noting that he was pleased

to see College Royal and the University pro­filed in a segment of the Rick Mercer Report that aired March 28. "It was terrifically fun­

ny and a great profile for the school:' •

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18 THE PORTICO

REMEMBERING A GRADUATE, A CRITIC AND AN ADVOCATE FOR U OF G

JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH,

ADA '28, BSA '31 and H.D.La. '65,

has a permanent place on my list of "Guelph's most famous graduates."

When he died April 29 at the age of

97, most major papers in the United

States and Canada confirmed his

stature as a liberal economist, back­

stage politician and talented writer.

Dr. Galbraith held senior posts in four Democratic presidential admin­

istrations, was professor emeritus at

Harvard University and wrote more

than 40 books. His most influential

work, The Affluent Society, was pub­

lished in 1958 but still resonates today. It focused on the imbalance between

private opulence and public impov­

erishment in the United States and indicted the "conventional wisdom"

(he coined the phrase) that more con­

sumption is always better.

An Ontario farm boy who wanted to get away from the farm, Dr. Galbraith

once wrote that he came to the Ontario Agricultural College because

his father thought he should. Here he

studied agricultural economics and

then moved on to graduate work at

the University of California. He

became a U.S. citizen in 1937, but

spoke often to Canad ian audiences about politics in Canada and at OAC, which he blasted for its "horse and buggy teaching" in

a 1948 article in Saturday Night magazine.

With historical hindsight, we might thank him for

his early admonishments and his ongoing interest in

his alma mater. As OAC historian Alexander Ross wrote:

"Galbraith's argument never descends to the trivial for

he is too concerned with what is fundamental to waste time on unimportant side issues."

Dr. Galbraith's biographers tend to reflect that opin­

ion of his character and his prose.

As OAC left behind its civil service traditions and

helped to form today's research-intensive University of

Guelph, the opinion of our famous alumnus also pro­

gressed. In June 200I, he wrote to commend even this

publication: " I have just read the summer edition. It stirs, as so much, my admiration for my alma mater in

its highly distinguished form. You offer a wonderfully

interesting account of life on this beautiful and in tel -

lectually sparkling campus."

Until his death, Dr. Galbraith served as honorary

patron of the University's science complex fundraising

campaign and wrote to president Alastair Summerlee

every couple of months "to give me advice about what

he thought I should be doing."

One of Summerlee's favourite stories about Dr. Galbraith involves a visit by former U of G president

Mordechai Rozanski to the professor's home in Mass­

achusetts, where he lived with his wife, Kitty, and raised

three sons, John Alan, Peter and James.

At a local event, Rozanski was introduced by Dr.

Galbraith to Senator Ted Kennedy. When Kennedy

ignored the introduction, Dr. Galbraith put his hand on Kennedy's arm and said, " I don't think you under­

stand. This man is the president of a Canadian univer­

sity you should know about." Mary Dickieson, Editor

--------------------------------

Meet a few of Guelph's talented and ambitious students Photos by Martin Schwalbe, Rebecca Kendall and the students profiled

MAKING AN IMPACT IN SCIENCE

URING THE PAST THREE

years, Marc Lamoureux has learned about science in a way

that's resulted in a patent application and his work being published in the Canadian Journal of Chemistry. The patent, which lists him as co-inventor, is related to a chemical structure that will be useful in identifying and targeting an organism that's a major cause of bacterial food poisoning.

In addition, Lamoureux was acknowl­edged for technical assistance in articles published in Molecular Microbiology, FEBS Journal and Journal of Bacteriology, and he co-authored research posters that were pre­sented at an international Campylobacter conference in Australia.

Lamoureux spent four co-op work terms at the National Research Council (NRC) of Canada's Institute for Biological Sciences

before finishing his B.Sc. degree in Febru­ary. He was honoured in the spring with U of G's Co-op Student of the Year Award and received an honourable mention at the national level.

"My experience at NRC has given me such an academic advantage," says Lam­oureux, "and my co-op experience has built up my confidence not only as a scientist but also as a public speaker and a team member:'

He is currently working at NRC with his former supervisor and will begin graduate work in medical physics this fall, armed with a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) graduate scholarship. He will enrol at the Ottawa-Carleton Institute for Physics.

Lamoureux is engaged to Laura Zadro, B.Sc. '05, who held a prestigious President's Scholarship throughout her Guelph stud­ies in biomedical sciences. She has held a position at Health Canada since graduating and was also awarded an NSERC scholar­ship to pursue graduate studies in cellular and molecular medicine.

A large contingent of Guelph graduates will be at their 2007 wedding, including Zadro's father, Richard, BA '70; and her brother, Matthew, B.Comm. '03 and MA'05.

SO MANY POSSIBILITIES

ECOND-YEAR psychology student Chantal Huinink is the 2006 recip­ient of the Tara Lynn Giuliani

Memorial Award at U of G. Tara Lynn Giuliani was aU of G student

who died at age 25 from juvenile diabetes. Her family established the award in 1995

for students who have a disability, demon­strate financial need, have significant acad­emic standing and are involved in extracur­ricular activities.

"It means a lot to me to be selected for this award," says Huinink, who has spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy, a condition that affects her fine-motor and gross-motor skills and her eyesight.

She says U of G's psychology program coupled with the University's welcoming environment made choosing to study here an easy decision.

"Guelph has one of the most accessible campuses in Canada, and I was confident my disability wouldn't get in my way. To this day, I'm grateful that the majority of my energy can be spent enjoying the important aspects of my life, rather than worrying about my disability."

Huinink is a volunteer with U of G's Centre for Students With Disabilities (CSD) and speaks at CSD workshops on topics such as physical challenges and inclusive language.

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--------------------------------In her spare time, she enjoys swimming,

cheering for the Gryphon men's basketball

team and spending time with friends, most

of whom are able-bodied. "The only signif­

icant difference between us is that I spend

most of my time sitting down," she says.

She also writes a bimonth ly column on

disability and access-related issues called

"Wheels in the City" for the Wheelchair Site,

an independent online consumers' guide to

scooters, wheelchairs and accessories.

When she completes her BA, Huinink

plans to either pursue a master's degree in

disabi lity studies or go to law school before

becoming a child and youth counsellor.

BELIEVE IN CHANGE

ELANIE MULLEN,anenvi­

ronmental engineering student,

is one of eight women across

the co u nt ry to receive a 2006 Canadian

Engineering Memorial Foundation Schol­

arship. The awards were created to encour­

age women to choose a career in engineer­

ing and to honour the memory of the 14

women who were slai n at Montreal's Ecole

Polytechnique in 1989.

Mullen, who was recognized for being a

community leader, active volunteer and role

model for girls and young women, says the

scholarship will allow her to continue speak­

ing to elementary and high school students

about engineering, uni ty and well-being.

"I believe in being active, and l believe

in change. That's why this award means so

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much to me."

Mullen has been active in environmental

work since her early teens. She's a member of

the Sierra Youth Coalition of Canada, vice­

president of Guelph Students for Environ­

mental Change and a volunteer with Envi­

ronment Radio on U of G's CFRU 93.3 FM.

PHYSICS AND POETRY BLEND WELL

HARLENE ELSBY,amemberof

the Canadian Poetry Society,

released her first chapbook last

fall. The 40-page collection of short stories

called Dirt Wet With Blood was published

by the society and is available in Guelph at

Bibliomania Books.

Elsby, who has finished three years of

study in theoretical physics, has been writ­

ing for seven years."! love writing because

it's a manner of expression and you can use

all sorts of methods to communicate your

thoughts."

She's also a member of the U.S.-based

American Physica l Society. She's never

attended a meeting but says:"! receive a free

subscription to Physics Today, and as a stu­

dent with limited funds, I find it's a pretty

good perk."

Elsby also works part time on campus

and is a member of Mensa Canada. She gets

together occasionally with other members

from Guelph, Kitchener, Waterloo and

Cambridge "to play Scrabble and invent new

puns," she says.

FOLLOW YOUR DREAM

H ERE'S N 0 BETTE R WAY to

spend a summer than following a

dream and showcasing your home-

town. At least that's Thomas Gofton's view.

The third-year psychology and theatre stud­

ies student is making his debut film in

Guelph this summer, with U of G as one of

its main backdrops.

"I want to use Guelph and U of Gas set­

tings because I take pride in them and I

want to give them both recognition and

appreciation;' says Gofton, who finished the

script for Four Aces while taking Prof. Paul

Salmon's course on Canadian film.

Four Aces is a romantic comedy about

four young men who fall for the same

woman, a student from Australia. Cast

members include Guelph students and

grads Casey Outfield, john Battye, Andrew

Ferguson, Christina Maio and Gofton him­

self. The film is being directed by U of G

graduate Michael Chudnovsky.

A WEEK WELL SPENT

URING READING WEEK 111

February, more than l 00 U of G

students spent the week doing

volunteer work for Project Serve.

About 40 students partnered with stu­

dents from the University of Southern Mis­

sissippi to help with ongoing hurricane relief

efforts and to explore themes related to

--------------------------------Black History Month, the civil rights move­

ment and education.

A second group travelled to Pikangikum,

a fly-in reserve located in the middle of the

Berens River 250 kilometres north of Dry­

den, Ont. They volunteered in the native com­

munity and learned about aboriginal issues.

A third group of students flew to Cal­

gary to work with an agency that supports

the needs of homeless and at-risk youth.

They spent one night in the streets taking

food to homeless youth and talking to them

about resources they could access.

DESIRE TO HELP EARNS AWARDS

I EFORE )ODY CHROBAK'S pic­

ture appeared in the Globe and Mail with other recipients of the Ontario

Hostelry Institute's "Top 30 Under 30" award,

the B.Comm. graduate was planning to con­

tinue working as a server in a local chain

restaurant. Within a week of receiving the

award, she got three job offers.

Chrobak accepted a position at Oliver

Bonacini Restaurants in Toronto, a compa­

ny that operates several haute cuisine restau­

rants. "I couldn't let an opportunity like that

slide," she says. ''I'm so honoured that they

would even consider tracking me down to

offer me a job."

During the past year, Chrobak served as

president of the Hotel and Tourism Man­

agement Student Association. Her team

launched a bookstore in the school, started

a monthly newsletter, certified more than

5,000 high school students to legally serve

alcohol in Ontario, and raised money for

breast cancer, juvenile diabetes and the

Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation.

Last summer, she and four friends spent

40 days walking the world's longest thor­

oughfare- Yonge Street. The "Five With

Drive" walked 1,900 kilometres and raised

$48,000 for Big Brothers Big Sisters.

Her volunteer work, student leadership

roles and holding down three jobs to sup­

port herself through five years of universi­

ty clearly didn't affect Chrobak's academic

performance. She graduated this summer

at the top of her class.

Four other HTM graduates and a cur­

rent student are also among the top 30 indi­

viduals who will "make a difference" in the

hospitality industry: fourth-year student

Iris Lam, Karalyn Ferdinands ('03), Anson

Kwok ('03), Darcy MacDonell ('02) and

Quentin Lewonas ('01).

AND ALL THAT JAZZ

HEN HANNA SMITH didn't

have her nose buried in a text­

book last semester, she was

working part time for an online music jour­

nal called Critical Studies i11 Improvisatio11 and in the children's department at the

Guelph Public Library.

"It great to see the same kids come in

year after year and feel comfortable and

connected to the library," says Smith, who

enjoys watching a child's love of reading

develop. She's reading more for herself this

summer since completing her BAS degree.

While enrolled at U of G, Smith played

water polo and co-hosted a Sunday-evening

radio show called Return to Soulsville on

CFRU 93.3 FM. "''m a big-time nerd when it

comes to funk and soul;' she says.

An avid music lover, she is also a "big-time

nerd" when it comes to jazz and worked for

the annual Guelph jazz Festival as co-ordi­

nator of an on-campus jazz colloquium.

MAKE THE CONNECTION

1 A o WANG, a graduate student

from China, thought the best way

to enjoy his time in Guelph was

to immerse himself in Canadian culture by

volunteering. While working on a master's

degree in sociology and anthropology, he

has found time to join the Gryphons Toast­

master Club, the Chinese Students and

Scholars Association, the Graduate Students'

Association and CFRU radio, where he hosts

a program in Mandarin.

Wang is also a volunteer with the Hill­

side Music Festival in Guelph and Best Bud­

dy Canada, which supports mentally chal­

lenged adults. He maintains homeland

connections by continuing to write for a

Shanghai newspaper and helping with pub­

licity for the Shanghai Grand Theatre.

In 2005, he was awarded the first Uni­

versity of Guelph Alumni Association Stu­

dent Volunteer Award. •

-Stories from At Guelph

Summer 2006 21

ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENTS • EVENTS • NETWORKING

uofguetph ALUMNI Why I thought this was this and that was that

ONE OF GUELPH'S newest

philosophy graduates is an

old hand at getting people to question their own observations and

ideas. A professional prestidigitator for

more than 25 years, David Peck, MA '05, is also a poet and writer, a corpo­

rate relations manager and a speaker

much in demand on topics such as

fear, comedy, choice, wonder and ideas.

It seems perfectly natural that some­one ski lled in the magical and philo­

sophical arts is also a licensed electri­cian, capable of manipulating yet

another unseen power.

In recent years, Peck has devoted

his energies to altering the way people

see the world. This is not magic but

one person's discovery of the power of each individual.

He spent several weeks in Southeast

Asia in 2002, primarily in Cambodia

-a country virtua.lly destroyed by the Khmer Rouge. He was left feeling that

he needed to do something positive for those whose voices aren't heard.

"I realized that if a very small group

of people could change the world in such a negative way, it shou ld also

work in reverse," says Peck. "Often

referred to as the 'sideshow' of the

Vietnam War, Cambodia is a country

that has been largely forgotten by the international community."

In an opinion piece for the cam­

pus newspaper, he wrote: "Thousands

dead from mindless, disinterested,

video-game-like bombing, seven to 10

million land mines still lying active

~and dormant like a raw and lethal

~ tumour. Designed to maim and not ~ kill, they have inflicted a horrific 0

(;; degree of physical and psychological ~ pain on small rural communities ::::J

8 throughout the country.

5 "Genocide. Thirty years of civil war, il: a war crimes trial still pending and one

24 THE PORTICO

David Peck's passion, more than his magic, can change the way people think.

in three dead as a result of an idea. An

idea about Marxism that went horribly wrong- a hyper-communistic, intel­

lectual, academic idea. Some sideshow:'

Peck says it was the power of such

ideas that led him to study philosophy. "! wanted to be able to stand on the oth­

er side of an idea and say with a great deal of historical and philosophical con­

fidence that the idea must be examined

and that it may be wrong. I had a deep desire to sharpen my skills as a critical

thinker. I am honing a keen interest in

knowing exactly why it was I thought

this was this and that was that."

He relied on sleight of hand to

entertain the children of Cambodia and to improve therapy programs for brain­

injured children in Toronto. In both cases, he advocates for volunteers and

donors to bring about positive changes.

While at U of G, Peck was presi-

dent of the Philosophy Graduate Stu­

dents Association. He organized a con­ference on fostering dialogue between philosophy and religion and initiated

an event in Toronto called "Comedi­

ans for Cambodia" to bring a number

of non-governmental organizations

together to spark dialogue, increase

awareness of the country's plight and raise funds.

Peck also took on the task of invit­

ing Stephen Lewis, UN special envoy for HIV/ AIDS in Africa, to speak at U

of G. That visit by Lewis inspired the

creation of the Guelph AIDS Aware­

ness Partnership, made up of people

from across campus and the sur­

rounding community. Proof of the power of an individual with an idea.

To read more of Peck's ideas, see an

opinion piece he wrote while studying

at U of G: www.uoguelph.ca/portico.

TERS ADOPT-A-GRYPHON TAKES FLIGHT

Head coach Chris O'Rourke with the men's varsity basketball team.

SINCE MAY 2005, Guelph alum­

ni and other Gryphon supporters

have been raising the profile of the

University's varsity sports teams

through donations to the new Adopt­

A-Gryphon program.

The program was initiated by

director of athletics Tom Kendall and

executed by development manager Sue

Lawrenson, who took the Gryphon

football program's fundraising model

and revised it to provide an opportu­

nity for all teams to generate additional

funding for varsity student-athletes.

"Gryphon alumni have great pas­

sion for the University and their for­

mer teams;' says Joanne Shoveller, vice­

president (alumni affairs and

development). "Many alumni actually

thanked Sue and Guelph coaches for

the opportunity to support Gryphon

athletics in a meaningful, tangible way:' Kendall says it's important for uni­

versities to pursue excellence, whether

through academics, research or athletics.

"Universities are places where

excellence is within everyone's reach,

and high-performance training and

elite competition are crucial if that is

to be achieved."

The Adopt-A-Gryphon program

directs 100 per cent of its donations

into varsity teams and has generated

more than $13 7,000 to date. Revenues

help pay for things that aren't covered

by the department's operating budget,

including expenses incurred through

exhibition tournaments and out-of­

conference competitions, equipment

and training aids.

Cynthia McQueen, B.Sc. '98, who

played soccer for the Gryphons from

1995 to 1997, and her husband, Ian,

B.Comm. '98, are two of the many

alumni who have supported the

Adopt-A-Gryphon program in its first

year. "Our time at Guelph was made

all the more valuable because of the

sports we played," says Cynthia.

Ian, who played football from 1995

to 1997, says he's still as competitive

now as he was as a student-athlete and

contributes to the Adopt-A-Gryphon

program because he wants to see ~

Guelph do well. "I didn't like to lose ~ 0

back then, and now that we're in the ~

stands, we still want U of G to win." ~

For more information about the ~ Adopt-A-Gryphon program, visit ~

~ www.gryphons.ca. z

U OF G ALUMNI ASSOCIATION alumni@uoguelph.ca

ALUMNI AFFAIRS AND DEVELOPMENT Vice-president, joanne Shoveller jshovell@uoguelph .ca

ALUMNI AFFAIRS Acting Director, Susan Lawrenson slawrens@uoguelph.ca College of Arts, Deborah Maskens dmaskens@uoguelph.ca CBS/CPES, Alesia Tessari atessa ri@ uogue lph .ca CSAHS, Karen Bertrand karenber@uoguelph.ca OAC, Carla Bradshaw cb radsha@uo guelph. ca OVC, Laurie Malleau lmalleau@uoguelph.ca Events, Heather lves, ivesh@uoguelph.ca Chapters, Mary Feldskov mfeldsko@uoguelph.ca Young Alumn i, Jason Moreton jmoreton@uoguelph.ca

DEVELOPMENT Assistant vice-president, Pam Healey phealey@uoguelph.ca College of Arts, Deborah Maskens dmaskens@uoguelph.ca CBS/CPES, Richard Manning rmanning@uoguelph.ca CSAHS, Jennifer Barrett j eba rret@uoguel ph .ca OAC, Paulette Samson psamson@uoguelph.ca OVC, Stephen Woeller swoeller@uoguelph.ca Ath letics, Susan Lawrenson slawrens@uoguelph.ca Library, Lynn Campbell lynn.campbell@uoguelph.ca

SCIENCE COMPLEX CAMPAIGN Director, Alice Michaud amichaud@uoguelph.ca

GRAD NEWS UPDATES alumnirecords@uoguelph.ca

ALUMNI ONLINE COMMUNITY www.olcnetwork.net/uoguelph

U OF G CONTACTS www.uoguelph.ca

519-824-4120, Ext. 56934

Summer 2006 25

ALUMNI WEEKEND 2006 Alumni Weekend brings more than 1,500 grads and their families back to campus. join us this year for educational lectures, a star party and tours of campus facilities. Catch up with what's new at the University and connect with other alumni. Bring your family or arrange to meet up with old friends. A full schedule and registration are available online at www.alumni.uoguelph.t . Tickets for some events are limited, so we encourage alumni to RSVP quickly to avoid disappointment.

Afternoon Women's Golf Classic

4:30 p.m. OAC Alumni Association AGM

6 p.m. OACAA Past Presidents' Dinner

7 p.m. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics Lecture. Leading physicist )oao Magueijo will

question the speed of light and challenge this tenet of science. This event is tailored for the

general public, so no mathematical or scientific knowledge is necessary or assumed.

8 to 10 p.m. Jazz at the Bullring

9:30 p.m. Star Party

8:30 a.m. OVC Alumni Association AGM and Breakfast

9 a.m. Campus Walking Tour

9 a.m. HK/HB Alumni Association Breakfast and AGM

9 a.m. CBS Alumni Association Breakfast in the Arboretum and AGM

9 to 10:30 a.m. Macdonald Institute Restoration Donor Recognition

10:30 a.m. Mac-FACS-FRAN Alumni Association AGM

Noon President's Lunch. President Alastair Summerlee will highlight the University's recent

accomplishments, priorities and challenges. The lunch will include a celebration of the

golden anniversary classes to toast alumni of 1956. Tickets are $25 .

2 p.m. Campus Walking Tour

2 p.m. Faculty of Environmental Sciences Open House and Alumni Meeting

2 to 4 p.m. Campus Bus Tours

2:30 to 3:30 p.m. President's House Tours

2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Hagen Aqualab Tour

2:30 to 5:30 p.m. Alumni @ Your Library

3 to 5 p.m. Science Complex Tours

3:30 to 4:30 p.m. University of Guelph Alumni Association AGM

4:30 p.m. Faculty of Environmental Sciences 1oth-Anniversary Celebration

6 p.m. Alumni Reception

7 p.m. Alumni Dinner. Celebrate the past and present with great friends, games and a delicious

three-course dinner. Tickets are $40.

9 p.m. Pub Party

5 9 a.m. Ecumenical Service

9:45 a.m. Farewell Breakfast. A last chance to visit with friends at this casual event, featuring

a full buffet breakfast and exhibition cooking. Tickets are $15 .

Classes celebrating reunions at Alumni Weekend include: All 1956 and 1981 classes; OAC '49,

'51, '61,'66 and '71; MAC '71; Faculty of Environmental Sciences 1996 to 2006; OVC 2001.

Visit our website or drop by Alumni House when you arrive on campus for information about

other facilities open during Alumni Weekend, including the Rutherford Conservatory and Alumni

Gardens, Arboretum, Library, Bullring, Bookstore, Athletics and Macdonald Stewart Art Centre.

u of g A UMNI MATTERS 10 THINGS u OF G CAN DO FOR YOU

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JUNE 28:

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FALL 2006:

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U OF G SENDS STUDENTS ABROAD More than 2oo,ooo Aeroplan miles

were donated last year to a new pro­

gram supporting undergraduate and

graduate students who travel to do

research or study as part of their

degree program. Although 450 Guelph

students study abroad in 25 countries

each year, there are many others for

whom travel costs are prohibitive.

Donations of Aeroplan miles will

be accepted again this fall, and the

next issue of The Portico wi ll provide

details on how to make your donation.

UGAA HONOURS GRADS The University of Guelph Alumni Asso­

ciation will honour several grads at the

Presidenfs Lunch on Alumni Weekend.

Peter Hannam, BSA '62, will be named

Alumnus of Honour. The Alumni Vol­

unteer Award will be presented to Mar­

tin Bosch, M.Sc. '71 and PhD '04, and

the Alumni Medal of Ach ievement will

go to Crystal Mackay, B.Sc.(Agr.) '93·

Tickets for the President's Lunch are

$25 and can be purchased on line at

www.alumn i.uoguelph.ca.

YOUNG ALUMNI ARE GOLD Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD)

make up a large portion of the alum­

ni population. A recent survey in the

Alumni E-news asked alumni for feed·

back on programming geared to

recent graduates. As a result, Alumni

Affairs and Development has set new

goals for networking, educational and

social activities in major Ontario cities.

Earlier this year, workshops, lec­

tures and a learn-to-salsa night were

held in Guelph, and a pub night drew

recent grads and current students in

Ottawa. Other activities are being

scheduled for Toronto and Guelph th is

fall. To receive invitations to events in

your area, keep your e-mail and mai l­

ing addresses up to date by contacting

alumn i records@uoguelph.ca or visit·

ing www.alumni.uoguelph.ca.

Summer 2006 27

CAREERS • FAMILIES • LIFE EXPERIENCES • MEMORIES

university of guelph 10 YEARS AND 12 KIDS LATER

THIS GROUP OF GRADS

and their families share a

common bond of friendship that began with one member from

each couple being a '96 aggie. They

Take a virtual farm tour

GUELPH AGRICULTURE GRAD

Crystal Mackay, B.Sc. '93, and

~ Kelly Daynard are the instiga-<(

gj tors of virtual farm tours offered online ~

o to give city dwellers a look at a real-life b 1l: farming operation. Their goal is to dis-

~ pel some of the myths about farming ~ and show urban consun1ers how a ::::l

~ farm works in the 21st century. The

"' <( tours also demonstrate how modern

~ farm practices help protect the coun­~ try,s food supply from contan1ination. u Li Mackay is executive director of the 0 iii Ontario Farm Animal Council (OFAC), w f-

"' ::::l 0 u

2 0 I Cl.

and Daynard is program manager, but they first discussed the idea several

years ago when Mackay was working

for Ontario Pork and Daynard for the

28 THE PORTICO

have maintained a close friendship

since graduation and try to get togeth­er as a group (which just keeps grow­

ing with the additions of more and more children) at least three times a

Ontario Cattlemen's Association. Now

brought to fruition by the OFAC, the website is partly sponsored by provin­

ciallivestock producers and offers vir­tual tours of beef, sheep, and deer and

elk operations. They're also planning

year. They always spend New Year's

together, which is when this photo was

taken, and they attend College Royal

together each year. At one time, almost

all the grads were members of the

College Royal executive. They say they're thankful for their years spent

at Guelph and even more thankful for

the friendships made here.

Back row, from left: Chuck Baresich and

Ben Willemse, both B.Sc.(Agr.) '96; Dave

Wright, B.Sc. '93; Kevin Abell, B.Sc.(Agr.)

'96; and Michael Boileau. Middle row: Heather Baresich, BA '98, with Kate; Kim

Willemse with Caleb and Megan; Lesley

Wright, B.Sc.(Agr.) '96, with Carter and

Mackenzie; Barb Abell, B.Sc.(H.K.) '96,

with Jeremiah; and Kirsten Boileau,

B.Sc.(Agr.) '96, with Mitchell. Front row: Jacob and Joshua Willemse and Rebec·

ca, Matthew and Nathaniel Abell.

to add a pig farm to show you how

farmers really move their pigs, as well as veal, goat and emu operations.

If you want to visit a real Ontario farm from your own computer, head

for www.farmissues.com.

DNEWS

Meeting on the gridiron is for those who bleed red and gold For the past several years, Friends of

Gryphon Football (FGF) has hosted

an indoor touch football tournament as

a way fo r alumni, current players and

FGF members to interact in a semi-com­

petitive sporting event.

FG F commissioner Bill Brown says

the tou rnament is designed to generate

and fuel a constant excitement about

Gryphon football and boost community

support. The 2006 tournament drew six

teams with players ranging in age from

20 to their mid-4os. Sprinkled through­

out the teams were four CFL players and

almost a dozen players from the 1996

Gryphon Yates Cup team.

Alumni from Waterloo, Windsor and

Wilfrid Laurier also played in the tour­

nament. Referees were Brown, Geoff

Angle, Kyle Walte rs, lan McQueen, Ger­

rit Stam, Rob Kitching and Marc Beattie.

The tournament ra ised $1,200 to

support Gryphon football.

Brown says most of the players have

been participating for more than five years.

The last three tournaments were won by

the "Kitching Utensils," but this year a

team of current players entered and proved

that "youth can outlast experience."

Division winners were the IFFL Allstars

and the Gryphon Selects, with the latter

winn ing the championship 36 to 6.

Brown writes about footba ll and the

annual tournament: " Footba ll is a sport

like no other. Now as a coach, I under­

stand this.

"The demands of the game physi­

cally and mentally force players to reach

deep within themselves and draw on

support from those who share the same

experience. This sport has helped build

my character, moulded my vision and

gifted me with an experience that I

would never trade for any other.

" I bleed red and gold, and I share

this bond with thousands of others who

played before me and who have played

after me. This is why events such as th is

tournament are so important."

Back row, from left: Trevor Sma ll, Dave

McCoy, Lorne Foster, Jeff Keeghan, Chris

Hrladich, Shane Dougherty, jason

Mansell, Chuck Assma n, Geo rge Bo r­

to loto, Chris Kopachanski, Geoff Angle

and Kris Reeve. Front row: Shaun Arbuck­

le, Peter Degow, Adam Wigdor, Rob

Kitch ing, Billy Brown and Adam Dunk.

Family Connections

Catherine Currier Francis present­

ed a copy of the book james Wil­

son Robertson, Canada's Chore Boy

to Lorne Bruce, head of archival and

special collections in the U of G

Library. Robertson was the first dairy

professor appointed at OAC in 1886

and was the father of the book's

author, Mary lshbel Robertson Curri­

er, and grandfather of Francis.

Many of the members of this fam­

ily have attended Guelph, including

Francis's father, William Little Currier,

BSA '22; her sister Ann Currier, DVM

'48; her sister-in-law Joanne Husgins

Currier, DVM '55; and her great­

nephew Gavin Grusnick, who is cur­

rently studying horticulture at U of G

Copies of the book are available from

Francis for $32 plus shipping by con­

tacting her at cfrancis@sympatico.ca.

Coach retires A fter 36 years in the Department of

1"\Athletics, Doug Dodd is stepping

down as head coach of men's voll­

leyball. During his career, Dodd has

been named " OUA Coach of the Year''

four times.

Summer 2006 29

Bob Williams, DVM '48, of Bolton, Ont., was awarded the Ontario

Senior Achievement Award for providing outstanding leadership

to the Caledon community. That leadership led to the building of

a 6,ooo-square-foot Rotary Place civic club for seniors.

Don Whillans, BSA 'so, sent this photo from the OAC Alumni Curl­

ing Bonspiel held in 1960 on a two-sheet ice surface attached to

the campus arena. At the 48th-annual bonspiel this winter, the

"best-dressed" team won a trophy for curling in their shorts. There

was no "best-dressed" prize in 1960, but the Whillans rink was

pretty dapper in bowler hats and spats, complete with cigars and

corn brooms. The curlers are Jack Nesbitt, BSA 'so; Gord McKay,

BSA '41; Whillans; and Jim McGregor, BSA 'ss-

19205 • Errol Hancock, DVM '24, will

celebrate his I 04th birthday July

19 at his Munroe Lodge home

in Truro, N.S. He graduated

from the Ontario Veterinary

College just two years after it

moved from Toronto to Guelph

and began his career with the

health of animals branch of the

federal government. In the

1930s, he transferred to Nova

Scotia to become the director of

30 THE PORTICO

veterinary services and was

instrumental in establishing

Nova Scotia's first anima l

pathology laboratory. He was

also involved in one of the first

artificial cattle-breeding faci li­

ties; the first tuberculosis testing

of cattle; the recognition and

reporting of cobalt deficiency in

cattle; and setting up Veticare

programs for Nova Scotia farm­

ers, which worked to eliminate

pullorum disease in poultry and

brucellosis in cattle. Hancock is

a founding member and past

president of the Nova Scotia Vet­

erinary Association, as well as a

founding and life member of the

Canadian Veterinary Medical

Association. Scholarships hon­

ouring him are awarded each

year to graduate students at

OVC and the Atlantic Veterinary

College. Fourteen OVC students

have received the award, the

most recent being Beth Hansel­

man, DVM '01, who is now

doing graduate research in the

Department of Clinical Studies.

19405 • Steve Bennett, ADA '41,

remembers arriving in Guelph

after travelling from his home in

Trinidad and eating his first ham­

burger. The price was 15 cents-

20 cents if you had it with cheese.

A pop was five cents, and his

room and board in Guelph cost

him $15 a month. After gradua­

tion, Bennett returned home to

serve for the West Indies during

the Second World War. He later

earned a veterinary degree at Col­

orado State College. He credits

his Guelph cliploma with launch­

ing his career achievements,

which include his country's high­

est award and recognition from

Italy, Bulgaria and Brazil. His

daughter, Charlene Costelloe, BA

'79, followed him to Guelph, then

went to Cambridge University in

England before heading back to

Trinidad to teach geography.

19505 Among the new inductees to the

Ontario Agricultural Hall of

Fame are several OAC gradu­

ates, including retired U of G

engineering professor Ross

Irwin, BSA '51, and plant breed­

er George Jones, BSA '50 and

MSA '52, of Fergus. Deceased

inductees include Harvey

Brown, BSA '63; Stanley Knapp,

BSA '14; Keith Collver, BSA '49;

and Stan Young, BSA '49.

• Don Dodds, ADA '57, is a

Huron County 4-H leader

recently recognized by 4-H

Ontario for his leadership in the

county swine program. He is also

an active member of the Huron

Plowmen's Association and the

Seaforth Agricultural Society.

• Bertram Stewart, ADA '54, of

Hornsby, Ont., recently received

the Syngenta 4-H Ontario

Arbor Award for his many years

of volunteer work with the

provincial 4-H program. He is

currently president of the

Canadian 4-H Council.

19605 • David Brewster, BA '69, has

been named a member of the

Order of Australia. A medical

doctor and dean of medicine at

the Fiji School of Medicine, he

was cited for his service to med­

icine as a pediatrician, particu­

larly through developing

indigenous child health care

and the treatment of malnutri­

tion in developing countries.

He was also lauded for his con­

tributions to medical education.

• Janis Eichmanis, MA '68, is

Latvia's new ambassador to the

NATO defence alliance, begin­

ning his duties in Brussels, Bel­

gium, in January. He was pre­

viously Latvia's ambassador to

Greece. Eichmanis had earlier

experience with NATO as an

adviser at the Latvian Embassy

in Washington. He is an expe­

rienced diplomat who has also

served Latvia as non-resident

ambassador in Bosnia and

Herzegovina and in Cyprus. He

was honoured in 2004 for his

contributions to Latvia's inte­

gration into the European

Union and NATO.

• Peter Hannam, BSA '62, has

received a prestigious commu­

nications award from the Asso­

ciation for Communication

Excellence (ACE), a U.S.-based

group of communicators and

information technologists who

work in the areas of agriculture,

natural resources and life and

human sciences. Hannam was

honoured by ACE for his con­

tributions to agricultural com­

munications and for developing the Ontario AgriCentre in

Guelph, which contains a media centre used as a communica­

tions base and training centre

for industry professionals and

agriculture students. He received

the award at ACE's annual con­

ference in Quebec City and

spoke to delegates about his

commitment to promoting understanding between the agri­

food sector and urban commu­

nities. He is only the second

Canadian recipient of the award.

• James McDonald, ADA '67, and his wife, Sharon, are both

retired and living on the family farm near Teeswater, Ont. He

retired last June after working for

Shaver Poultry Breeding Farms

in Cambridge for 37 years, the

James McDonald

last few in hatchery manage­ment. Their son, Greg, ADA '00,

also lives in Culross Township

and works for Thacker Farms.

19]05 • Geoffrey Cochrane, DVM '76, qualified as a Diplomate of the American College of

Applied Animal Behavior Sci­ences and is a professor in the Faculty of Health, Public Safe­ty and Community Studies at Algonquin College in Ottawa.

• Phil Dunkerly, B.Sc.(Agr.) '76, is a soap wizard and own­

er of a family business in Strathroy, Ont. Stratford

Soapcraft specializes in hand­

crafted luxury soap sold in

select gift stores and used by

high-end business establish­

ments in tourism, hospitality, theatre and special events. • Robert Krul, BA '77, and his

wife sold their company Kt

Industries in 2004 and have

since started a new business making tea, coffee and choco­

late in Winnipeg. He says they're trying to develop tea blends that

have a sustainable aspect and

use herbs and berries picked by

native harvesters in northern

Manitoba and northern

Saskatchewan. They hope to export their first tea blends in

2007 and plan to develop a line

of spa products under the Cor­nelia Spa Collection banner lat­

er this year. Their teas will be

part of the wellness aspect of the

collection. To find out more, visit www.corneliabean.com.

• Muthusamy Kopalasun­tharam, M.Sc. '72, is retired

from a position as director of development for the Ministry

of Livestock Development in Sri

Lanka. He is also a past presi­

dent of the Organization of Professional Associations. He is

currently serving as a member of the National Police Com­

mission; his appointment was

made by the Sri Lankan presi­dent in December 2003.

• Barry McCarthy, BA '75, has

worked continually as an artist

and art instructor since gradu­

ation. He credits the University

for providing him with a strong foundation "during four years

of study, living night and day in Zavitz Hall." He recently retired

after 31 years as an art instruc­tor at Waterloo Collegiate Insti­

tute and is enjoying retirement in his countryside home near Elora. While teaching, he estab­lished an art collection and stu­dent-created stained-glass

murals for the school. As an

artist, McCarthy has worked

with many media over the years

and is currently working with

oils. His art is collected by museums, corporations and art

galleries across Canada, includ­ing Guelph's Macdonald Stew­

art Art Centre. He currently

shows with Toronto's Loch

Gallery and will have an exhibi­

tion there next spring. A retro­

spective of his work will open at

the Burlington Art Centre this

fall and at the Wellington Coun­

ty Museum and Archives in 2007. McCarthy participates in

the annual Elora-Fergus Studio

Tour, which this year runs Sept.

23, 24 and 30 and Oct. l.

19805 • Trevor Barton, BA '84, super­vises waste-management pro­grams for the Region of Peel, a

position he began in january

after 16 years with the City of

Guelph Solid Waste Resources

Division. He was responsible for Guelph's leading-edge wet-dry

recycling programs and is now

launching a region-wide curb­side collection program in Peel

with the aim of reaching 70-per­

cent waste diversion by 2016.

• John Bonardelli, B.Sc. '81,

lives in Norway, where he is

working to develop and struc­ture the blue mussel industry in

mid-Norway.

• John Brown, BA '82, is an

artist in Toronto and one of nine

experts chosen by RBC Finan­

cial Group as panellists for the

annual Canadian Painting Com­petition, which recognizes Cana­

da's emerging professional artists. Brown has been exhibit­ing internationally for more than 20 years. His work has been collected by both public and pri­vate collections, including the

National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Canada Council Art Bank. He is

also a graduate of the Ontario

College of Art and Design.

• Mark Cochran, M.Sc. '80, has

been named CEO and executive

director of the Blanchette Rock­

efeller Neurosciences Institute

in Morgantown, West Va. The institute was founded in 1999 by

U.S. Senator jay Rockefeller in

memory of his mother, who died from Al zheimer's disease,

and has already secured patents

on several approaches to Alzheimer's treatment, particu­

larly the use of bryostatin, a drug

originally developed for cancer

patients. Cochran most recent­

ly was managing director of the

$16-million NeuroVentures

Fund based in Charlottesville, Va. During the past six years, the

venture capital group has invest­

ed in companies developing drugs, devices and other med­

ical technologies for clinical neu­roscience. His previous experi­

ence in the pharmaceutical

industry includes work for Bay­

er Corp., Miles Inc. and Micro­

GeneSys Inc., doing both labo­

ratory research and business development. After doing his

master's at Guelph, Cochrane went on to do a PhD in micro­

biology and immunology at Queen's University and post­

doctoral research at the Nation­

al Institutes of Health.

• Tom Droppo, B.Sc.(Agr.) '80 and M.Sc. '82, spent 21 years in

government dairy extension spe­

cialist positions with both the

Ontario and Manitoba govern­

ments, then moved to the private

industry in 2003 to work for a

leading dairy industry services provider in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. He returned to government dairy extension in

November 2005 as British Columbia's dairy and pork

industry specialist, based in Abbotsford. He has two daugh­

ters, Megan and Samantha. Droppo welcomes old classmates to give him a shout if ever pass­ing through tl1e Abbotsford area.

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• John Drummond, B.Sc.(Agr.) '85, of Breslau, Ont., is a dairy

specialist for Floradale Feed Mill

and leader of the Floradale senior

4-H dairy club. He also leads a county 4-H veterinary club and

recently started a fundraising club that was the driving force

behind the successful 90th­

anniversary party held for 4-H

Ontario last June. The provincial

organization recently awarded

him an Arbor Award for his vol­unteer service to 4-H.

• Laur ie Gough , BA '87, was recently lauded by Time maga­

zine as "one of the new genera­

tion of intrepid young female

travel writers." She has taken her

degree in international devel­opment on the road numerous

times to gather material for travel stories and books, includ­ing Kite Strings of the Southern

Cross: A Woman's Travel

Odyssey, shortlisted for the

Thomas Cook Travel Book

Award and winner of a silver

medal in ForeWord Magazine's

Travel Book of the Year compe­

tition. Her newest book,

released this spring by Penguin Canada, is called Kiss the Sun­

set Pig: An American Road Trip

With Exotic Detours. She is

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• David Green, B.A.Sc. '89, is

an actor living in Los Angeles,

where he has a recurring role on the medical drama ER as

Det. Greider. He has also appeared on the CBS show CSI

and UPN's Veronica Mars.

• Ida Mutoigo, B.Sc. (Agr.) '85,

was recently appointed director

of the Christian Reformed

World Relief Committee

(CRWRC), Canada. She is cur­

rently CRWRC team leader for east and southern Africa, but will begin her new duties July l,

becoming the first female direc­

tor in the development and relief

agency's 44-year history. Mutoi­

go has served with CRWRC for 21 years in the areas of commu­

nity and leadership develop­ment, starting in 1985 as plan­ning and development adviser

in Uganda, which led to her

appointment as Uganda field

director in 1989. She moved to

the organization's Canadian

office in Burlington, Ont., in

1995 to develop volunteer man­

agement and service opportuni­

ties before accepting the position as Africa team leader in 2000. Originally from Alymer, Ont.,

she holds undergraduate degrees

in agriculture from Dordt Col­lege and U of G and a master's

degree in volunteer management

from McGill. She and her hus­band, James, have three children.

• Eytan Ornstein, MLA '80, has lived in the small village of

Shorashim in northern Israel for

25 years. Over the last 10 years,

he has shifted from landscape

design to teaching tai chi and

yoga and currently leads the course "Tai Chi: Philosophy and Self-Defence" at the University

of Haifa. He and his wife, Tina,

have two teenage daughters.

Guelph friends can contact him at ornstein@galilan.com.

• Laurene Livesey Park, B.A.Sc.

'81, started her professional

organizing business, Orga­

nizeMe10l.com in 1999. She's

a founding member and past

president of Professional Orga­nizers in Canada and is cur­

rently corporate secretary for the U.S.-based National Study

Group on Chronic Disorgani­

zation. She is an active com­

munity volunteer, married to

the brother of her U of G

roommate and has two chil­

dren, Brenna, 16, and James, 14.

• Howard Thwaites, DVM '87, changed careers because of

chronic allergies. He is now a

holistic rebirther in Surrey, B.C.,

using breath to assist clients in

emotional healing and chang­ing their lives. He says

rebirthing is a powerful tool for those who wish to reframe their

past and their experiences in a

new and positive way.

• Mike Wallace, BA '87, was

elected to Parliament in January as MP for Burlington, Ont. His

early leadership experiences

included serving as president of U of G's Central Student Associ­

ation and being a hall adviser in

South Residences. He is married

to Caroline (Sorbara), BA '86.

• Doug Yungblut, B.Sc.(Agr.) '72 and PhD '79, joined Myco­

gen Seeds March 1 after con­

sulting with the company for several months. As a livestock

nutrition adviser, he will pro­

mote silage feeding manage­

ment with dairy and beef pro­

ducers, Mycogen staff and feed

company advisers. Over the past

25 years, he has held manage­ment positions with leading

corporations- Hoechst Cana­da Inc., Hoffman-LaRoche Lim­

ited and Pioneer Hi-Bred Lim­

ited. He is currently president of

the Ontario Institute of Agrol­ogists and past president of the

Ontario Forage Council and the OAC Alumni Association.

19905 • Barb (Welsand), B.Sc.(H.K.)

'96, and Kevin Abell, B.Sc.(Agr.)

'96, found each other at U of G,

married and now have four children: Rebecca, 8; Matthew

and Nathaniel, 4; and Jeremiah, born last August. Kevin is assis­

tant manager at the St. Thomas

Mufflerman, and Barb home­

schools their three oldest chil­

dren. They can be reached at bkabell@amtelecom.net.

• Feria Bacchus, B.A.Sc. '95, and Chris Howie, BA '93, were

recently married in Bermuda.

They met on the steps of the

Bullring in 1992. She went on to

earn a master's degree in health

administration at the University

of Toronto and was a director of health services in Alberta before

joining Cancer Care Ontario as a planning officer. He is vice-pres­

ident of sales for a North Amer­

ican marketing services firm.

• Chuck, B.Sc.(Agr.) '96, and

Heather (Malcolmson) Baresich, BA '98, live on a farm near Both­

well, Ont., and have been married

since 1998. They are the proud parents of Kate Elizabeth, 2, and

are looking forward to the birth

of their second child in June.

Chuck works for Farm Credit

Canada. Friends can reach them at chuck.baresich@sympatico.ca.

• Kirsten (Tank), B.Sc.(Agr.) '96, and Michael Boileau were

married in 1997 and live in Fer­

gus, Ont., with their son,

Mitchell, almost five. Kirsten is

food and beverage manager at the Elmira Golf Club and teach­

es in the food and beverage man­

agement program at Conestoga College. She can be reached at

mkb_northstar@sympatico.ca.

• Kirsten Bradley, B.A.Sc. '93, is the mother of four children:

Robert, 11; Kendra, 8; Rayleigh,

4; and infant Daniel. They live in Victoria, B.C., where her hus­

band is stationed with the Canadian Forces.

• Peter Emtage, B.Sc. '93 and M.Sc. '95, recently became vice­

president of research and devel­

opment for Stressgen Biotech­

nologies Corporation in San Diego, Calif. Previously, he led

the research, development and

technical operations at Biomi­

ra Inc. and held an earlier posi­

tion as director of biology research at Nuvelo Inc., a

biotech company in southern California. During 2001 and

2002, he was an instructor in

medicine at the Harvard Insti­

tutes of Health, Harvard Med­

ical School. He has also held positions at Aventis Pasteur and

the National Cancer Institute.

• Audrey Jamal, BA '98, recent­ly joined the Guelph Down­town Board of Management as

general manager. She went on

from Guelph to earn an MA in

conflict analysis management

from Royal Roads University in

British Columbia in 2002 and won the Governor General's

Gold Medal. She has several years of experience in non­

profit management, project

development and conflict reso­lution, as well as a proven track

record in relationship building

and community development. She lives in Guelph with her

husband and son and volun­teers with the U of G Alumni

Association and the Canadian

Centre for Political Leadership.

• Andy Koch, B.Sc.(Agr.) '96,

attended Humber College in

Toronto after graduating from U

of G and obtained a funeral director's licence in 1998. Since

then, he has worked at Mark

Jutzi Funeral Home in his home­town of New Hamburg, Ont. He

married Kristi Schwartzentruber in 2000, and they live in New

Hamburg with their sons, Ezra

and Caleb. They have a small cow-calf herd on Koch's family

farm in North Easthope Town­

ship in Perth County.

• Giselle Kovary, BA '96, is a

managing partner of n-gen Peo­ple Performance Inc. and an

educator who helps clients understand and build programs

to motivate and engage younger generations for better workplace

performance. She also volun­

teers on the Provincial Partner­

ship Council, an advisory com­

mittee of top business and

community leaders who help

create work experience oppor­

tunities for high school students.

• Mark Lutz, BA '91, was a competitive swimmer who set

some provincial and national

records and competed in the

World Cup and Olympic trials.

When a shoulder injury forced him into early retirement from

sport, he turned to his child­hood ambition to be an actor.

Television viewers know him

best for his recurring role on the

series Angel as Groosalugg and

guest appearances on Friends

and ER. He also had a starring role in the CTV movie Power

Play as Jukka Branny-Acke a.k.a. Brainiac.

• Elsa Mann, B.A.Sc. '90,

recently opened Styli, a fine

craft gallery, in Elora, Ont. She

and her husband, Paul Kaye, live in Mount Forest, where

they work from their home stu­

dio. She invites fellow grads to visit during the annual Autumn

Leaves Studio Tour in October.

• Jonathan Martin, B.Sc. '98 and PhD '02, has been an assis­

tant professor in the Depart­

ment of Public Health Sciences

at the University of Alberta for the past year and is establishing

a research lab focused on ana­

lyticalmethod development in

support of environmental

chemistry and human exposure

to persistent environmental organic contaminants. He

received the Society of Envi­ronmental Toxicology and

Chemistry's Roy F. Weston

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Environmental Chemistry Award, which is

intended to encourage the advancement of

environmental problem solving and to sup­

port the professional development of young

scientists.

• Mansoor Mohammed, PhD '95, recently

joined CombiMatrix Molecular Diagnostics

as its chief scientific officer and a member of

its board of directors. He has been at the fore­

front of research and development in the

fields of comparative genomic hybridization

and microarray technologies for his entire

professional career. Between 2001 and 2003,

he produced the world's first commercially

viable whole-genome BAC array and co­

authored one of its seminal clinical applica­

tions. A bacterial artificial chromosome array

is a highly efficient and accurate means of

detecting genetic abnormalities responsible

for a variety of human maladies, such as

Down syndrome, autism and cancer. Trained

as a molecular immunologist/geneticist at

Guelph, Mohammed received post-doctor­

al training at the University of California, Los

Angeles. He was recruited by Baylor College

of Medicine and later directed the advanced

technologies and genomics program at Quest

Diagnostics Incorporated. He received a

patent innovation award in 2005 and serves

as an ambassador of the sciences to the

Toronto Genome Centre of the Toronto Hos­

pital for Sick Children.

• Chantal Murray, B.Sc. '97, is a genetics

lab technologist at the Credit Valley Hospi­

tal in Mississauga, Ont. After U of G, she

completed a post-diploma course at the

Michener Institute for Applied Health Sci­

ences in Toronto. She married Nirushan

Philip in September 2004, and they have a

daughter born Sept. 27, 2005.

• Alison Pick, BA '99, a CBC Literary Award

winner, has made the leap from poetry to

novels. Her new book, The Sweet Edge, has

received positive reviews as "a seamless mar­

riage of poetic language and engaging dia­

logue." Born in Sarnia, Ont., she has trav­

elled most of Canada and now lives in

Newfoundland. Last year, she won accolades

for a collection of poetry called Question

and Answer.

• Jenny Ryan, BA '98, says it's been quite a

ride since her U of G days. She earned a

diploma in dental hygiene from Fanshawe

College in London, Ont., and is now a reg­

istered dental hygienist in Kitchener-Water-

loo. "I always think fondly of

my U of G days and am glad I

was there to experience it with

some of my closest friends;' she

says. "Feel free to contact me at

jrrdh@hotmail.com."

• Christine Willcox, BA '91,

recently received tenure as an

associate professor in the art

department ofMacalester Col­

lege in St. Paul, Minn. She

began teaching there in 2000

after completing studies at the

Ontario College of Art and

Design and earning an MFA

from Rutgers University. She is

an established mural painter

and scenic artist in Toronto and

has participated in group paint­

ing exhibits at Oberlin College

and the Soo Visual Arts Center

in Minneapolis, as well as pub­

lic art spaces and commercial

galleries in both Canada and

the United States. Her work

merges natural science and art.

• Ben Willemse, B.Sc.(Agr.) '96,

lives in Parkhill, Ont., with his

wife, Kim, and their four chil­

dren: Joshua, 10; jacob, 7; Caleb,

4; and Megan, 2. Ben helps

manage the dairy division of

Dortmans Bros. Barn Equip­

ment and is the dairy sales rep­

resentative. In off-hours, he and

classmate Kevin Abell continue

to strive for world domination.

Says Willemse: "We're a little

behind schedule; we're building

our armies."

• David, B.Sc.(H.K.) '93, and

Lesley (Wearing) Wright,

B.Sc.(Agr.) '96 and M.Sc. '0 1,

work together at Engage Agro

Corporation in Guelph. They

live in Ayr, Ont., with one-year­

old Carter and three-year-old

Mackenzie. Friends can write

to them at dlm.wright@

sympatico.ca.

2000 • Paula Cypas Antunes, B.Sc.(Agr.) '04, was awarded an

industrial research fellowship by

the Natural Sciences and Engi-

neering Research Council. She

has taken up her fellowship at

Stantec Consulting Ltd., where

she is working to improve cur­

rent technologies for site-spe­

cific environmental risk assess­

ments involving metals.

• Darcy Belisle, BA '03 and MA

'04, hails from White River,

Ont., but is currently teaching

English at a university in the

Czech Republic. He's been

accepted at three Canadian law

schools and has chosen to

attend the University of Toron­

to when he returns to Canada.

• Darrell Boverhof, B.Sc. '00,

and Nadia Scornaienchi,

B.Sc.(H.K.) '99, were married

last September in Oakville, Ont.,

and now live in Okemos, Mich.

He earned a PhD in biochem­

istry and molecular biology with

a specialization in toxicology

from Michigan State University

(MSU) and is now a visiting sci­

entist there. Scornaienchi com­

pleted an MBA at the Universi­

ty of Ottawa in 2003 and is now

working for an insurance com­

pany while studying at MSU's

College of Law. Friends and

classmates can reach them at

nadias_mail@yahoo.com.

• Amy Cook, B.Sc. '01, is com­

pleting a PhD in oncology at

the University of Western

Ontario in London, but in her

spare time, she's co-creator of

CRAM Science, an online sci­

ence magazine for Canadians

teens. Cook says the website

invites teenagers to learn how

science plays a part in their

everyday lives, from the prod­

ucts they use to the movies they

watch. CRAM combines Cook's

initials with those of co-creator

and lab colleague Mira Ray.

They launched the website in

January to fill what they per­

ceived as a gap in the market­

place for educational science

material. Cook's PhD research

looks at the molecules involved

Faces of "Grad" Farmers

T HE 20 o 6 Faces of Farming calendar produced by the

Ontario Farm Animal Counci l pictures at least nine

University of Guelph graduates as representatives of livestock

and poultry farmers in Ontario. Tobin Schlegel, B.Sc. '06, of

Tavistock and his fiancee, Erin Greenall, BA '05, of Vineland,

were pictured in May, representing meat goat farmers. If you

have the calendar at home, you'll see David Kikkert, B.Comm.

'04, of Smithville in July, representing turkey producers; beef

producer Shane Williams, B.Sc.(Agr.) '95, of Orton in August;

deer and elk farmer Elaine Parkinson, B.Sc.(Agr.) '79, of Rock­

wood in September; and chicken farmer Verena Hengemuh­

le, B.Sc. '9 1, of Bin brook in December. jeremy, ADA '00, and

Jason Malcolm, ADA '0 1, of Lindsay kicked off the year in

January, representing pork producers. It was Ontario Pork

that launched the popular calendar in 2002. To look for oth­

er farmers you know, visit www.ofac.org

in breast cancer progression and

aims to develop methods to bet­

ter image and track their growth

and spread. To view CRAM Sci­

ence, visit www.cramscience.ca.

• Nicola Crick, BA '0 1, married

Nicholas Dingle May 25 in

Cuba. She is currently complet­

ing studies to become a CGA.

• Tamara Kearns, BA '03, and

Jason Child, B.Comm. '03, were

married Dec. 10, 2005, and

spent their honeymoon in Thai­

land. They had met five years

earlier at the Brass Taps. She

works for the RCMP, and he

sells development properties for

CB Richard Ellis in Toronto.

Juli and Andrew Langhorne

• Juli (Biro) Langhorne, B.Sc.

'95 and M.Sc. '00, has been liv­

ing in Toronto since 2003 and

expanding her Body Wise busi­

ness in nutritional counselling

and personal training. She is

Summer 2006 35

Leonard Atchison, BSA '38, Sept. 5, 2004

Michael Baker Pearce, BA '85, April 24,

2006 Marguerite (Kenney) Banting, DHE '33,

Feb.23,2006

Christopher Bigland, DVM '41, Dec. 16,

2005

John Bradley, B.Sc. '72, March 6, 2006

Enid Bray, DHE '48, May 26,2005

Stewart Carpenter, ADA '49, Jan. 18,

2006 George Coleman, DVM '41, March 14,

2006

Graham Comly, BSA '48, Dec. 23,2005 William Cooper, B.Sc.(Agr.) '65, in 2002

Carman Craig, ADA '52, May 21, 2005

Ivan Dowdall, B.Sc.(Agr.) '65, July 2005 Kevin Durie, BA '93, Feb. 16,2006

Solomon Dworkin, BSA '42, Dec. 27,

2005 Margaret Finlayson, PhD '70, june 11,

2005

Douglas Fisher, ADA '69, Oct. 17,2005

John Kenneth Galbraith, ADA '29 and BSA '31, April29, 2006

Edwin Gillin, BSA '46, Feb. 9, 2006

Thomas Hall, ADA '63, Dec. 2, 2004 Charles Hickman, BSA '48, Feb. 23,2006

Violet Johnston, DHE '34, Nov. 12,2005

Grant Kalbfleisch, BSA '43, Dec. 15,

2005

Elaine Kirby, BA '71, April26, 2006

PASSAGES

Richard Kostuk, ADA '62, July 25, 2005 Maurice L'Heureux, DVM '50, Dec. 27,

2005 Lee Lane, DHE '48, Feb. 22,2006 Ron Litchfield, BSA '55, March 18, 2006

Robert Little, BA '75, date unknown

Ross Main, DVM '49, February 2004

James McCabe, DVM '42, April12, 2005

Samuel McLeod, BSA '40, December

2004 Yvonne McPherson, DHE '40, Sept. 11,

2005 Graeme Moffat, DVM '46, Jan. 25, 2006

William Moore, DVM '49, July 13,2005

Martin Mooy, ODH '70, Dec. 20, 2005

Raymond Morris, BSA '50, Feb. 26, 2004 Alexander Muir, BSA '35, February 2003

James Nairn, BSA '49, August 2005 Leo Niilo, DVM '57, Dec. 10,2004 judith Otis, MA '99, Jan. 3, 2006

Walter Packman, BSA '49, Nov. 27,2005

Michael Rinaldo, BA '68, June 2, 2005

Eric Webb, BA '99, Jan. 18, 2006

Michael Weeks, BA '73, Aug. 17, 2005

Kevin Brown, BA '82, May 11, 2005 Taylor Coombs, BSA '49, Dec. 24,2005

John Gnay, BSA '58, Dec. 22, 2005

Donna Petersen, DVM '88, Jan. 29, 2006 Robert Pierce, ADA '48, date unknown

Harry Rowsell, DVM '49, Feb. 3, 2006

William Saunders, DVM '50, Dec. 16,

2005

• Ron Shaw, BA '00, is a retire­

ment consultant for Paychex Inc. in Rochester, N.Y. He and

his wife have a new baby boy,

Henry Smith Shaw. "I'm hop­

ing he will attend Guelph to

carry on the tradition;' says the

proud dad.

Archana Shrestha

Keith Schaefer, BSA '55, Oct. 1, 2005

Herbert Schneider, BSA '48, jan. 29,

2006 Arthur Shantz, BSA '36, jan. 15,2006

Stanley Shipsides, DVM '43, Nov. 17,

2005 Albert Sitch, ODH '65, jan. 14, 2006

Barry Thomas Speaker, B.Sc.(Eng.) '95,

Dec. 9, 2005

Edwin Stula, DVM '55, Nov. 13, 2005

Gordon Strang, B.Sc. '67, July 8, 2005 Robert Taggart, DVM '50, Dec. 17, 2005

Ian Taylor, DVM '43, Oct. 2, 2005

June Taylor, DHE '47, Sept. 27,2005

Charles Watson, BSA '39, Jan. 5, 2006

Dalton Willard, BSA '51, Dec. 19,2005 Muriel Wyatt, DHE '36, Sept. 7, 2005

Elmer Young, DVM '50, Aug. 22, 2005

FACULTY Prof. Victor Chanasyk, Landscape Archi­

tecture, Feb. 8, 2006

Prof. Alan DeRoo, Food, Agricultural

and Resource Economics, April16,

2006

Prof. Ann Oaks, Botany, Jan. 13, 2006 Prof. Reginald Shuel, BSA '41 and

MSA '48, Environmental Biology,

March 30

Send deceased notices to Alumni Records at alumnirecords@uoguelph.ca.

Tim, just finished doctoral pro­

grams at Dalhousie University and will be doing post-doctor­

al research at the University of

Connecticut Health Center for

the next few years.

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married to Andrew Langhorne and says she would "love to hear

from any of my classmates I've lost touch with. Please e-mail me

at vitalityforlife@rogers.com."

This is a second marriage for

Juli, who was married to Jason Hayden, B.Sc.(Agr.) '95, for two

years before he died of cancer

in 2001. During their marriage,

Hayden worked for Cormdale

Genetics and she for Growmark

Inc. in Guelph. Note: The Por­

tico apologizes to the Lang­homes and Haydens for

improperly identifying the pho­to printed in the last issue.

• Archana Shrestha, M.Sc. '03,

has received a major award in

her home country of Nepal as

a result of her master's research.

She was awarded the Royal

Nepal Academy of Science and Technology Crown Prince Young Scientist Award, which

was presented by Nepal's king

and queen. Her research topic was "ENSO Impact on Stream

Flows in Nepal."

In the last issue of The

Portico, we ran the wrong

aggie photo with a story

about the 50th·anniversary

reunion of the OAC diplo·

ma class of 1955. We apol·

ogize for the error.

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