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ReflectionsReflections

Above: Lois Hole, ’00 LLD (Honorary), sits with Desmond Tutu, ’00 LLD (Honorary). In thebackground are, L to R: Jim Hole, Jim’s wife, Marcia, George Rogers, and George’s wife.

hen sod was first turnedto plant the seed that would

grow into the University weknow today, it was as much an act ofphysical willfulness as it was an act ofthe imagination. In fact, the 1909groundbreaking ceremony you see pic-tured here is actually a bit of an illusionas well as a rare example of the U of A’sfirst president, Henry Marshall Tory,’28 LLD (Honorary)*, not getting his way.

The General TeachingBuilding was supposed tobe the first to rise oncampus, scheduled tobe completed in1911. But, followingthe sod breaking, thehole excavated forthe building satempty (save for therain water that col-lected and turned it intoa muddy mess) for a fewyears before the Arts Buildingwas opened on the site in 1915, afterarguments about its design and changesin funding and governance delayed thebuilding’s construction.

The Arts Building was also con-structed in a plainer style than thatadvocated by Tory, but no one couldsay to this day that it is any the lessstriking in its appearance for not gettingthe full ‘Tory Treatment.’ In this rareinstance of Tory not getting exactlywhat he wanted we see a man whosevision, although uncompromising, wasstill focused on what really mattered in

the end—building a univer-sity that would become oneof the world’s top educa-tional institutions.

That university awarded itsfirst degrees in 1921, creatingthe constituency for theUniversity of Alberta AlumniAssociation, an associationthat now serves over 200,000 livingalumni. Over the years that I’ve been

associated with the AlumniAssociation I’ve taken great

delight in meeting fellowalumni, especially dur-

ing Reunion Week -end, and at othercelebratory events.But this year prom-ises to be somethingeven more special.

As we begin ourcelebration of 100

years of excellence,I encourage all of

you to come back to theUniversity to take advantage of the

many intellectually stimulating,thought-provoking, memory-inducing,and just plain fun events that theAlumni Asso ciation and the CentenaryCommittee have planned for through-out the year. Inside this special com-memorative issue you’ll find a completelist of all we have planned, plus a pull-out calendar of all the events (you canalso keep track of anything new atwww.100years.ualberta.ca).

And as we move forward into oursecond century it is also with great

pride that I inform you that the AlumniAssociation has also done a little movingof its own—downtown into EnterpriseSquare, the historic Bay Building thatthe U of A purchased and renovated tohouse many of its departments as wellas some non-U of A tenants.

Look for your Alumni Associationto be putting out the welcome mat for each and every one of you to dropin and take a look at our new digs inthe near future—when all the dust (lit-erally) has settled. In the meantime,we’re still open for business and if wecan assist you in some way, feel free tocontact us or make your way toEnterprise Square (Bay LRT stop) andwe’ll do our best to make you feel athome in our new home.

Jim Hole, ’79 BSc(Ag)Alumni Association PresidentChair Centenary Committee

* (Throughout this issue we have attemptedto note U of A degree status on the firstmention of someone’s name and to the bestof our ability to verify this information.)

Above: Breaking ground for theArts Building foundation in 1909,with University President HenryMarshall Tory and AlexanderCameron Rutherford at the reins.

Left: The University Act of 1906sought to officially “Establishand Incorporate a University forthe Province of Alberta.”

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Executive CommitteePresidentJim Hole, ’79 BSc(Ag)Past-President / Vice-PresidentNominating & BylawsHeike Juergens, ’72 BA, ’79 MEd, ’87 PhDVice-President: AwardsJudy Zender, ’67 BAVice-President: CentenaryJim Hole, ’79 BSc(Ag)Vice-President: ScholarshipsStephen Leppard, ’86 BEd, ’92 MEd, ’03EdDBoard of Governors RepresentativesRuth Kelly, ’78 BADick Wilson, ’74 BA, ’75 LLBVice-President: Strategic PlanningKurian Tharakan, ’86 BComSenate RepresentativesJennifer Rees, ’80 BSc(PT)Kerry Day, ’80 LLBVice-President: Student Life Mark Polet, ’77 BScSecretaryDoug Irwin, ’73 BPE

Faculty RepresentativesAgriculture, Forestry, & Home EconomicsAnand Pandarinath, ’93 BSc(For), ’00 MBA,’00 MFor ArtsJudy Zender, ’67 BA AugustanaStacey Denham Gibson, ’95 BA (Augustana), ’98 LLB BusinessKurian Tharakan, ’86 BCom DentistryTom Mather, ’69 DDSEducationStephen Leppard, ’86 BEd, ’92 MEd, ’03EdDEngineeringJim Funk, ’78 BCom, ’86 BSc(Eng)Graduate StudiesvacantLawBryan Kickham, ’71 BA, ’74 LLBMedicineLarry Jewell, ’63 BA, ’68 MDNative StudiesHeather Taylor, ‘97 BA (NS)NursingCarol Duggan, ’59 Dip(Nu)Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical SciencesRose Anne Lawton, ’73 BSc(Pharm)Physical Education and RecreationGerry Glassford, ’64 MARehabilitation MedicineGrant Fedoruk, ’99 BSc(PT) Campus Saint-JeanDeni Lorieau, ’73 BA ScienceMark Polet, ’77 BSc

Member at LargeC.H. William Cheung, ’86 LLB

Academic Representativevacant

Ex OfficioExecutive Director Susan Peirce, ’70 BA Graduate Students’ AssociationJulianna Charchun, ‘04 BA Students’ Union Michael JanzU of A Vice-President (External Relations) Sandra ConnHonorary PresidentDr Indira Samarasekera

DirectorSusan Peirce, ’70 BASupervising EditorRick PilgerEditorKim GreenAssociate EditorShelagh Kubish, ’85 BAContributing EditorJodeen Litwin, ’90 BScArt DirectorLisa Hall, ’89 BA

O F F I C E O FA L U M N I A F FA I R SExecutive DirectorSusan Peirce, ’70 BAAssociate Director/Manager, Alumni Education ProgramsRick PilgerAssociate Director/Manager, Alumni BranchesGina Wheatcroft, ’94 BEdExecutive Project ManagerColeen Graham, ’88 BSc(HEc), ’93 MEdAdministrative CoordinatorJacquie ReinprechtAssistant, Alumni BranchesAndrea Dunnigan, ’03 BComAssistant, Alumni Branches Cristine MyhreCoordinator, Alumni ChaptersJohn Perrino, ’93 BA(RecAdmin)Assistant, Alumni ChaptersVi Warkentin Communications ManagerKim GreenCommunications AssociateShelagh Kubish, ’85 BAAssistant to the DirectorDiane TougasAssistant, Alumni Education Angela Tom, ’03 BACoordinator, Graphic CommunicationsLisa Hall, ’89 BACoordinator, Alumni RecognitionJodeen Litwin, ’90 BScCoordinator, Research & MarketingTracy Salmon, ’91 BA, ’96 MScAssistant, Alumni Services/ReceptionAnn MilesCoordinator, Alumni Special EventsColleen Elliott, ’94 BEd Assistant, Alumni Special EventsAshley Hunka, ’05 BACoordinator, Students & Young AlumniChloe Chalmers, ’00 BACoordinator, Homecoming Volunteers & Class GivingErin Hasenbank, ’07 BSc(Human Ecol)

How to contact the Office of Alumni AffairsWrite to us at: University of Alberta, 1st Floor,Enterprise Square, 10230 Jasper AvenueEdmonton, AB T5J 4P6Call us toll-free in Canada and the U.S.A. at1-800-661-2593 or in Edmonton at 492-3224Fax: (780) 492-1568E-mail your comments, questions, addressupdates, and class notes to [email protected] the Alumni Association’s online communityat www.ualberta.ca/alumni.

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New Trail, the University of Alberta AlumniAssociation magazine, is published quarterly(circulation: 125,000). The views and opinionsexpressed in the magazine are those of the authorsand do not necessarily represent the views of theUniversity or the Alumni Association. All materialCopyright©. New Trail cannot be held responsiblefor unsolicited manuscripts or photographs.

Campbell ConferenceI wish to compliment all

involved on the first-rate publi-

cation you are producing. I do

appreciate hearing of the friends

and colleagues of my salad

days, and also of the remark-

able contribution the U of A is

making to humanity in a multi-

tude of fields. I am proud of all

of you and the institution.

However, there are some

details in the Clarence Campbell

story [Autumn ’07] that sent me

to my books. Campbell never

commanded the 4th Canadian

Armoured Division and D-Day,

of course, was June 6, 1944, not

in 1945. And while Campbell

was a prosecutor at the trial

of Kurt Meyer for atrocities

committed by members of the

12th S.S. Panzer Division he

commanded in Normandy,

that trial was a General Court

Martial under Canadian law at

Aurich, Germany, and not at

Nuremberg under the mandate

of the International War

Crimes Commission.

And apropos of hockey, I

particularly enjoyed the article

on my friend Clare Drake in the

same issue. Drake was playing

for the UBC Thunderbirds when

I managed the Golden Bears.

Patrick M. Mahoney, ’50 BA,

’51 LLB

Vancouver, BC

Line MateAnother reader, who actually

took part in the 1944 D-Day

invasion, also wrote to address

our errors in the piece on

Clarence Campbell and to

point out even more. Campbell

“may have taken a reduction in

rank, but it was not because of

the D-Day invasion as that date

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the article ‘succeeded’ should

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A.G. Lynch-Staunton, ’50

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Got You CoveredI finally worked my way fromcover to cover of the Autumnissue of New Trail. Congratu -lations on both the quantityand the quality of the contentyou’ve produced for the maga-zine. It’s a really fine piece ofwork, and for me personally,by far the most interesting issueI’ve seen in a long time.

Derek Drager, ’75 BA, ’81 MA

Edmonton, AB

Hockey HeroI had the great fortune to notonly be instructed by ClareDrake in two of my courses butto also work with him when Iwas a student publicity and pro-motions coordinator for GoldenBears hockey back in the ’80s.

From the courses, I foundout that Coach Drake stronglyadhered to the belief that “Whenyou lose, say little. When youwin, say less.” So despite the

fact that the greatestcoach in Canadianuniversity hockeywas guiding one ofthe strongest hockeyprograms in Canada,the attendance atGolden Bear hockeygames was below what itdeserved to be.

Despite his modesty, Coach

Drake cooperated fully with me

(and other students who fol-

lowed) in helping promote the

hockey team and soon the con-

fines of what was then known

as Varsity Arena were rocking

from the rafters. To this day I

cannot imagine any Oilers game

being louder than some of the

great Bears-Dinosaurs clashes

at Varsity/Clare Drake Arena.

I also remember the great

kindness that Clare Drake

showed to me—not only help-

ing me promote his team, but

also offering me the opportunity

to accompany the team on spe-

cial trips at times. Thank you

for capturing such an incredi-

ble man and his story on paper.

Byron King, ’88 BPE, ’84 BSc

Wetaskiwin, AB

ThanksThank you for continuously

producing a quality magazine!

Darryl Barton, ’02 BA

Edmonton, AB

Hockey Night inEdmontonCongratulations to the

New Trail staff for an

excellent Autumn 2007

issue. Your stories on

the Golden Bears and

Pandas athletic teams were well

done. However, I would like to

point out two items. On page

12 it says the first organized

practice for a U of A athletic

game was a rugby practice on

October 22, 1910. This is

incorrect, as the Golden Bears

hockey team played its first

game on January 8, 1909, in the

Edmonton Collegiate League.

Also, on page 24 it states that

Shane Bodgen was a one-time

Edmonton Oilers draft pick.

Mr. Bodgen was never a draft

pick of the Oilers. Thanks

again for an excellent issue.

Steve Knowles, ’81 BPE

Information Coordinator,

Edmonton Oilers Hockey Club

Canada West Hockey Statistician

Edmonton, AB


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including 15 correct answers. Our two

winners, whose names were pulled out of a hat,

are Alison Poole, ’80 BSc(MedLabSci), and

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On the cover: Freshmen inhazing outfits at theUniversity of Alberta, 1926;Glenbow Archives M-2879-3

Photographs used with per-mission of the University ofAlberta Archives, City ofEdmonton Archives (EA)and U of A’s CreativeServices are listed along withtheir identifying numbers.For pages with multiple pho-tographs, photos are desig-nated a, b, c, etc., followinga left to right or top to bot-tom placement. Unless notedotherwise, photographslisted are from the Universityof Alberta Archives.

Making the CutI thoroughly enjoyed the

Autumn 2007 issue of New

Trail. I would like to submit a

candidate for recognition not

mentioned in the article “Great

Teams at the University of

Alberta.” I was fortunate

enough to be a member of the

1980 Golden Bears cross-

country team that won the

CIAU national championship.

That accomplishment has yet

to be repeated by a Golden

Bears squad. I continue to cherish the

memories of my time as aVarsity athlete at the Universityof Alberta. My career as amember of four Canada Westchampionship teams in cross-country and track and field,

ending as a member of the 1980national championship cross-country team, came as a com-plete surprise. I had initiallycome to the U of A from theUnited States and from 1972 to1975 tried out for, and was cutfrom, the Golden Bears hockeyteam on four successive occa-sions. I finally decided to giverunning a try, and thanks tohead track coach Gabor Simonyiand cross-country coach JamesHaddow, achieved a level ofsuccess in competitive runningthat far exceeded my expecta-tions. I will always be gratefulfor my experiences as an ath-lete, and for the superior educa-tion I received while attendingthe University of Alberta.

Jim McGavin, ’77 BEd, ’80 MSc Snohomish, WA

Perm ... Pome?Thanks for New Trail, which

provides interesting reading

material, as always. I noticed

on page 3 of the Alumni News

Autumn 2007 insert there was

reference to “potassium pome-

granate.” Should this be

“potassium permanganate?”

My chemistry is not great, so I

might be mistaken.

Vivienne Jones, ’06 MEd

Edmonton, AB

(Editor’s note: Yes, we believe

you are correct.)

Holding the FortYour article on Tom Morimoto

[Autumn ’07] was very well

done. As a lifetime friend of the

Morimoto family, I know they

will all appreciate the article.

Also in this same

issue was a

mention of Joe

Couture (Dr.

Joe) on his

recent 2006

National

Aboriginal

Achievement

Award. I found it

quite a coincidence that the

first and second ‘McMurray

Homegrown’ to receive an

undergraduate degree, Tom and

Joe, were mentioned in the same

issue. Another bit of trivia is I

was the third.

Ken Hill, ’55 BSc(Pharm)

Calgary, AB

P.S.: My wife was a 40-year

resident and I was a lifetime

resident of Fort McMurray.


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A Place in TimeA Place in TimeVV isionaries are rare. Visionaries who

can turn dreams into reality are rarerstill. In 1905, two such visionaries metin a tiny Albertan town on the NorthSaskatchewan River at a meeting ofthe McGill Graduates Society ofStrathcona and Edmonton. There, overtea, Alexander Cameron Rutherford andHenry Marshall Tory forged a friend-ship that would lead to the establish-ment of the University of Alberta threeyears later in 1908.

Rutherford, a Strathcona lawyer, andTory, an academic touring the west onbehalf of McGill University, happenedto meet at just the right moment. Theyboth believed passionately in the criticalrole of the university in modern society,and through letters, they created a visionfor a university on the Canadian prairies.

Shortly after their meeting,Rutherford become the first premier ofAlberta, and set plans in motion toestablish the University of Alberta. Toryeagerly accepted the position of presi-

dent when Rutherford formally madethe offer in 1907.

Together, they believed that theyhad been given a grand task—“to laythe foundations of [a] great institu-tion,”—one that would rival the bestin North America. A truly remarkabledream, especially if one considers thatAlberta was then still a very sparselypopulated province, and Edmonton, avery small city.

And, yet, with energy and wit (andwith Rutherford’s support),Tory quicklybegan to turn dream into reality, as hehired four professors from the conti-nent’s top universities, recruited stu-dents, and began classes. I can onlyimagine that Tory’s rhetorical skillsmust have been impressive and his pas-sion irresistible. E.K. Broadus, one ofthe original four professors, describedTory’s enthusiasm in this way: “Therewas something about him that mademe feel that to whatever no-man’s landhe went, there—somehow— the kind

of university I should like to have ahand in would get to be.”

Now 100 years after Tory firstbegan to remake a “no-man’s land”into a great university, we have a won-derful opportunity to reflect upon thekind of university that has been built.New Trail will mark the University ofAlberta’s centenary with special issues,celebrating its people and its achieve-ments. In this first issue, images fromthe past 100 years fill the pages, paint-ing a story of the campus’ transforma-tion over the years.

It is a story of greatphysical change, asbuildings have beenconstructed, torndown, replaced orrenovated. And, it isa story of extraordi-nary social change,moving throughtwo worldwars, the flu

Below: Design by the Montreal architect firm of Nobbs and Hyde of the first proposed buildings for the U of A.

RIght: Alberta’s first premier, Alexander Cameron Rutherford. As premier, the first appointment he made was of himself — to the post of minister of education. Wanting to establish a state-supported, co-educationalprovincial institution, on April 23, 1906, he introduced a bill in the legislature to create the University ofAlberta. The bill was passed into law on May 9 of the same year.

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Officially opened in 1913, the High Level Bridge (with Alberta Legislature Building to the right and proposed U of A General Teaching Building onleft) was designed to accommodate train, car, streetcar and pedestrian traffic.

pandemic, the tumultuous changes inthe 1960s and the influx of babyboomers. The campus has grown from a homogeneous group of 45 students enrolled in one faculty to an incred-ibly diverse group of more than 36,000, enrolled in 18 faculties and schools.

As you will see (and no doubt remem-ber), campus life at theUniversity of Alberta hasnever been restricted to the classroom.From the early days to the present, students have constantly reshaped andenriched the extracurricular landscapeof the University, gradually building aslate of more than 300 clubs, from theestablishment of the Wauneita Club in1909 through to Engineers withoutBorders in 2004.

As we embark into our second century, Tory’s vision for the Universityof Alberta continues to guide us. Wehave selected the University motto,Quaecumque vera or “whatsoeverthings are true,” for our Centenarytheme. Chosen in 1911, the motto has graced the coat of arms and every

graduate’s parchment since the firstconvocation. Wonderfully enig-

matic, yet profoundly inspir-ing, our motto asks all of

us—the alumni, students,faculty, and staff of theUniversity—to engagein the continual pur-suit and thoughtfulcontemplation of thetruth, wherever it maylie and whatever form

it may take. Meeting this challenge is not easy

but I believe we must. A great institu-tion and its community are distin-guished precisely by their willingnessto grapple with philosophically signifi-cant questions. As we look back uponour past and plan for the future, then,let us consider and debate with eachother how the pursuit and contem-plation of “whatsoever things aretrue” might guide our journeyinto our second century.

I invite you to come back tocampus throughout 2008 for ayear of celebration and deliber-ation. As never before, theUniversity of Alberta is

planning a tremendous schedule ofevents. We will host thought-provokingspeeches from each of Canada’s livingprime ministers, great writers likeMargaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie,and cultural leaders such as MaryRobinson. We hope you will attend spe-cial conferences, such as “The Festivalof Ideas” or the “Canadian ArcticSummit.” We invite you to listen toincredible music, enjoy the best in newCanadian drama and so much more.

We, the students, faculty, staff, andalumni of the University of Alberta, arethe beneficiaries of Premier Rutherford’sand President Tory’s ambitious visionof a great Alberta university, and assuch, we have a great responsibility. At the threshold of our University’s second century, we too must become

visionaries, dreaming into being anextraordinary future in keeping

with our extraordinary past.

U of A classes began on September 23,1908, in the Duggan Street School, now

called Queen Alexandra School

Indira V. Samarasekera, O.C. President and

Vice-Chancellor


Seven of the 45 students who registered in 1908 were women. Most female students, referred to as co-eds, pursued a BA but there were some exceptions. By 1914, the University had awarded 52 degrees to men and 17 to women. Pictured here is a co-ed on campus in 1919.

One of the first problems Tory had to address was the shortage of houses in Strathcona, so he had 10 “ring houses” built (in an area known as Campus Circle) for faculty and deans to live in. Here, workers take a break during construction of Henry Marshall Tory’s house, Ring House 1, in 1910 (the house was complete in 1911). Ring House 1 became a residence for women students in 1959 and today is home to the U of A’s Museums and Collections Services. Two other ring houses also survive.

A student A student playing tennis playing tennis on the site of on the site of where the Arts where the Arts Building would Building would eventually be eventually be built.built.

A student playing tennis on the site of where the Arts Building would eventually be built.


The first train to arrive in Edmonton in 1902wended its way through the Mill Creek ravineand crossed the Low Level Bridge to give thecity access to the Canadian Pacific Railway line whose Calgary & Edmonton spur line hadstopped in Strathcona. The fledgling city nowhad direct rail access to all of North America.

Seven of the 45 students who registered in 1908 were Seven of the 45 students who registered in 1908 were women. Most female students, referred to as co-eds, women. Most female students, referred to as co-eds, pursued a BA but there were some exceptions. By 1914pursued a BA but there were some exceptions. By 1914, , the University had awarded 52 degrees to men and 17 the University had awarded 52 degrees to men and 17 to women. Pictured here is a co-ed on campus in 1919.to women. Pictured here is a co-ed on campus in 1919.

Seven of the 45 students who registered in 1908 were women. Most female students, referred to as co-eds, pursued a BA but there were some exceptions. By 1914, the University had awarded 52 degrees to men and 17 to women. Pictured here is a co-ed on campus in 1919.

One of the first problems Tory had to address was the shortage of houses in One of the first problems Tory had to address was the shortage of houses in Strathcona, so he had 10 “ring houses” built (in an area known as Campus Strathcona, so he had 10 “ring houses” built (in an area known as Campus Circle) for faculty and deans to live in. Here, workers take a break during Circle) for faculty and deans to live in. Here, workers take a break during construction of Henry Marshall Tory’s house, Ring House 1, in 1910 (the house construction of Henry Marshall Tory’s house, Ring House 1, in 1910 (the house was complete in 1911). Ring House 1 became a residence for women students was complete in 1911). Ring House 1 became a residence for women students in 1959 and today is home to the U of A’s Museums and Collections Services. in 1959 and today is home to the U of A’s Museums and Collections Services. Two other ring houses also survive.Two other ring houses also survive.

One of the first problems Tory had to address was the shortage of houses in Strathcona, so he had 10 “ring houses” built (in an area known as Campus Circle) for faculty and deans to live in. Here, workers take a break during construction of Henry Marshall Tory’s house, Ring House 1, in 1910 (the house was complete in 1911). Ring House 1 became a residence for women students in 1959 and today is home to the U of A’s Museums and Collections Services. Two other ring houses also survive.

A student playing tennis on the site of where the Arts Building would eventually be built.

12 new trail

he U of A crest–created by

James Adam, ’12BA, ’15 MA –wason the first Calendarprinted in 1908. Itssimple mountains,wheat fields, andcross of St. Georgewere replaced by a modified provincial Coat ofArms the following year, includingthe provincial motto Lux et Lex (Light and Law). The University’s motto,Quaecumque Vera (Whatsoever Thingsare True), was adopted in 1911.

(Right) Pencil sketch of original crestincludes annotations of dimensions, coloursand materials. (Above) One of several ver-sions of the Quaecumque Vera U of A crestsdesigned by Cecil Scott Burgess, ’58 LLD(Honorary), in 1923.

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These early students are known by theirfirst names written on the photograph.

(Below) Detail from an ad in the U of A’sEvergreen and Gold yearbook, 1922–23.


Boardwalks—such as this one leadingto Athabasca Hall —were often used inthe early years to keep clothing out ofthe muck, like the long dresses onthese early women students.

The ‘Halls’—Athabasca and Assiniboia.

(Left) Students from 1930: Back row, L to R:Alice Stewart; Helen Faull, ’36 BA; DorothyCopp; Edith Moorehouse, ’34 BSc(HEc); LukieWalters; Marjorie Hunter; Beth Watson, ’34BA; Dorothy Jones. Front row: Olive Young, ’34BSc(HEc); Dorothy Davies.

1908 Student enrollment: 45

Tuition (full load undergraduate): $20


HENRY MARSHALL TORY: President, 1908 – 1928

“Positions of responsibility

and opportunity come to few

men and when they do tradition

has usually marked out a way,

a path well trodden by other

men which it is fairly safe to

follow. But seldom is it given

a man or group of men to lay

the foundations of great

institutions, and while doing so,

to blaze a path into which an

established order shall compel

other men to walk.”

(Address to the

first convocation.)

HENRY MARSHALL TORY: President, 1908 – 1928

“Positions of responsibility

and opportunity come to few

men and when they do tradition

has usually marked out a way,

a path well trodden by other

men which it is fairly safe to

follow. But seldom is it given

a man or group of men to lay

the foundations of great

institutions, and while doing so,

to blaze a path into which an

established order shall compel

other men to walk.”

(Address to the

first convocation.)

The first Students’ Union Executive. Back row, L to R, Albert Ottewell, ’12 BA, ’15 MA; Ada J. Johnston;S B. Montgomery; Ethel Anderson, ’12 BA; Jim Law. Seated: W. Muir Edwards; Cecil Rutherford (the pre-mier’s son); President Tory; Premier Rutherford; Kathleen Wilson; and F. Stacey McCall, ’12 BA, presidentof the Students’ Council.

First graduating class.


SS even of the 45 students who regis-tered in 1908 were women. One of the

first things the women did was organizethe SIS — “Seven Independent Spinsters.”This group was effectively the precursorto the Wauneita Society, which all femalestudents were automatically part of. TheWauneita tradition, including an initiationof all new female undergraduates whowould parade before a fire into whichthey would contribute some sticks tosymbolize their inclusion into a tribe ofkindred spirits. The society continueduntil 1972 when changed times saw itfade from campus traditions.

In the centre of this 1911 picture of theoriginal Wauneitas (left) is DecimaRobinson, ’12 MSc (wearing glasses).Surrounding her, L to R, are Sylvia Robinson;Libby Lloyd, ’12 BA; Helen Montgomery,’14 BA; Kathleen Lavell, ’13 BA; AgnesWilson, ’12 BA; and Mary Millar.

In the centre of this picture is Lynn Penrod, ’80 LLB, ’86 LLM (wearing glasses). Surrounding her, L to R, are Grace Elaine Wiebe,’78 BA, ’83 MA, ’92 PhD; Heidi Julien,’83 BEd, ’94 MSIS; CatherineSwindlehurst, ’93 BA, ’95 MA; Holli Bjerland; Lauren M. Comin, ’07BSc; and Maureen Engel.

All of the women in the above picture — taken in November 2007— are members of the Academic Women’s Association, a groupthat had been meeting informally for two years before taking on itsofficial name in 1975. The Association meets regularly to discussissues of relevance to female academics and to provide a forumfor advocacy to improve the status and conditions for women oncampus as well as provide opportunities for networking and nurtur-ing among women from different disciplines and at different levelsof their academic careers.

(Left) Cecil Scott Burgess, ’58 LLD (Honorary), designed it all. Duringhis 27 years at the U of A (including a break for active service in theFirst World War), the Bombay-born professor of architecture—the onlyarchitecture professor the U of A has ever known —was responsible forthe design of Pembina Hall and the first indoor ice rink (Varsity Rink),and collaborated in the design of the Arts and Medical buildings. Healso designed on-campus housing and various other Edmonton buildings,in addition to acting as consulting architect to the Government ofAlberta for their administrative offices. This photo was taken in 1919.

16 new trail

y 1912, a new (unsanctioned) tradition was establishing itself oncampus—initiation of freshmen

into the student body. Some of these initiations, long since banned, includedpushing blindfolded “Freshies” out of awindow and down a wooden slide, madeslick with soap, into a tub of water wherethey could also expect to be dunkedagain. Tarring and feathering might alsooccur along with other high jinks.

The initiation hazing rituals were officially banned in the 1934 Calendarfollowing an incident that made its wayto court as a lawsuit known as “Powlettand Powlett v. University of Alberta.” C. Armand Powlett was distressed by hisweek-long hazing experience, so much sohe ended up in the psychopathic ward ofthe University hospital and dropped outof school.

Powlett’s father later sued the Univer -sity “for breach of contract and torturousneglect” and won Armand an award of$50,000 as well as $6,800 for himself.In the cross appeal by all parties thefather kept his money while Armand’saward was reduced to $15,000 — theUniversity also paid for his year in amental hospital as well as his legal fees.(The award to Armand was purportedlyreduced because of his mental historyprior to enrolling at the U of A, and littleis known of what became of him otherthan that he was admitted for treatmentat the Homewood Sanitarium in Guelph,Ontario, and later transferred to a long-term care facility in the same city.)

Freshman initiation was officially over.

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Freshmen, blindfolded and in pajamas, stand in Quad (top) while thesoaped wooden slide awaits its next victim (centre), and students findthemselves in another fine mess (bottom).

Check the website at www.ualberta.ca/alumni for updates and more info.

AND THERE’S MORE...Alumni Association Events throughout the year

Feb 1 International Week — Career reflections by alumnusand distinguished Canadiandiplomat Stanley Gooch

Feb 27 President’s Reception —Lethbridge

May 7 President’s Reception —Toronto

Nov 1 Centenary Celebration—Hong Kong

Centenary Road Trip We’re taking the celebration on the road. Look for us in your town!

Feb 19 CamroseFeb 20 DrumhellerMar 2 CalgaryMar 18 Grande PrairieMar 19 FairviewMar 19 Peace RiverApr 16 Cold LakeApr 17 St. PaulNov 3 LethbridgeNov 4 Medicine Hat

e’re celebrating with the biggest reunion ever —Homecoming 2008 — and

everyone is invited! Homecoming 2008 promises to be the party of the century!

Thursday, September 18

� Alumni RecognitionAwards

� Tuck Shop Welcome Tent

Friday, September 19

� Tuck Shop Welcome Tent� Faculty Receptions

� Bears & Pandas Reunion� Tours

� Golden Bears Football & pre-game party

Saturday, September 20

� Tuck Shop Welcome Tent

� Faculty Receptions

� Tours & Lectures

� Centenary HomecomingGala featuring Ian Tyson,Tommy Banks & live band

Sunday, September 21

� President’s Breakfast

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� Get the gang together! If you’d like to help bring yourclass or group together to celebrate, contact

[email protected] for info on being a Class Organizer.

In 2008 the University of Alberta will celebrate its 100th birthday!


U of A soldiers in 1915. Front row, L to R: F. Philip Galbraith (future U of A chancellor),’59 LLD (Honorary); Harvey Beecroft; G.Stanley Fife; Robert M. Martin, ’16 BSc; A.Ear; F. Robinson; F. Reg Henry. Centre row:E. C. Salteau; Earl German Peters; J. B.McCubbin; Larry H. Crawford. Back row:Donald S. Edwards (whose son, Jim, ’62 BA,’06 LLD (Honorary), would later chair the U of A Board of Governors); A. Hutchinson.

Frank Hamilton Mewburn was a pioneersurgeon in the West who started practice as a company doctor for the Galt Coal Mine in Lethbridge, Alberta, in 1881. He was one of the first to practise aseptic surgery at his private practice in Calgary, which he gave up in 1914 (when this picture was taken) to enlist as a soldier in WWI where he was in charge of hospitals overseas. Upon his return from the war he became professor of surgery at the U of A, where he was known as a brilliant surgeon, and spent the last decade of his life teaching and practising at University Hospital.

WWIWWIOO f the 438 students, alumni and staff from the

University of Alberta who served in WWI, 82were killed in action. Their names are etched on atablet that now rests outside Convocation Hall inthe Arts Building. During the war The Gatewaywould run on its front page the names and pictures of U of A graduates and students killed or missing in action.


When WWI broke out in 1914, new engineering lecturer Hector MacLeod (front row, second from right, with the Captain’s insignia on his hat)was asked by President Tory (who knitted socks for soldiers overseas) to command the Canadian Officers Training Company, known asCompany C of the Princess Patricia’s Light Infantry, a position he reluctantly accepted as he thought himself too young to command oldermen. Seated with him are, top, G. T. Riley; J.A. Carswell, ’20 BSc(Eng); President Tory; J.S. Kerr. Middle: A. McQueen; E. Parsons, ’21 BA; C. Beck MacLeod. Bottom: N. McArthur; R. Stevens; A.T. Glanville, ’14 BA, ’21 LLB.

University of Alberta Canadian Officers Training Corp, WWI.


The University’s first engineering labs (top) and St. Joseph’s College under construction in September 1926.The University’s first engineering labs (top) and St. Joseph’s College under construction in September 1926.The University’s first engineering labs (top) and St. Joseph’s College under construction in September 1926.

First aerial photograph of the campusshot in the early 1920s by almost-graduate Wop May (a U of A studentbefore he enlisted to fight in theFirst World War). May becamefamous for his flying exploits,including delivering a much-neededdiphtheria vaccine to Fort Vermilion,Alberta, in an open cockpit planeduring -35°F weather, a feat forwhich he was awarded the Order of the British Empire.




This was certainly not standard medical procedure at the time and you can rest assured that’s not a real body these U of A medical studentsare ‘practising’ on.

U of A medical students in 1917 at the Faculty of Medicine dinner; President Tory is seated in the first chair on the left side of the table against the wall. (Note the human skull centrepiece).


(Above) Freshie cap, 1929.

(RIght) Page from 1924Evergreen and Gold yearbook.

(Below) Civil Engineeringclass, Spring 1910. Tory is in the centre.

1929 Student e

nrollment: 1,591

Tuition (fu

ll load undergr

aduate): $85


The on-campus broadcast towers forradio station CKUA outside Pembina Hallin 1927, the year the radio station—Canada’s first educational broadcasterand first public broadcaster— wasfounded on the U of A campus. The station was brought into being to com-plement the work the Department ofExtension was already doing in reaching out to people throughout theprovince and has evolved from a govern-ment of Alberta operation to a public,not-for-profit foundation financially sup-ported by listener donations, programsponsorships, subscriptions, and corpo-rate partnerships.

Two of radio station CKUA’s early on-airpersonalities.

ROBERT C. WALLACE:President, 1928–1936

“The university is the training

ground for clear, consecutive,

courageous thinking... It is the

place for untrammeled thinking

in the fundamentals of human

life and conduct and for unbi-

ased appreciation of the values

in the aesthetic and moral

spheres. It is probably the only

place where thinking is free in

the deepest sense of the word.

At the university men examine

the things that have been

handed down from the past in

the light of their applicability to

the present and the future.”

(From a 1934 speech

delivered in Edmonton.)

ROBERT C. WALLACE:President, 1928–1936

“The university is the training

ground for clear, consecutive,

courageous thinking... It is the

place for untrammeled thinking

in the fundamentals of human

life and conduct and for unbi-

ased appreciation of the values

in the aesthetic and moral

spheres. It is probably the only

place where thinking is free in

the deepest sense of the word.

At the university men examine

the things that have been

handed down from the past in

the light of their applicability to

the present and the future.”

(From a 1934 speech

delivered in Edmonton.)


Some members of the Pandas hockey team from the 2007–08 season, from L to R:Mia Mucci, Kathleen Keen, Brodie MacDonald, Trisha McNeill, Dana Vinge, Jessica Kolopenuk, Lindsie Fairfield, Alanna Donahue, Jennifer Newton.

(Below and in background) Interior of the Varsity rink (1927) designed by Cecil Scott Burgess. The span of the Varsity Rink measured 104 feet (31 metres), making it the largest wooden span roof in Alberta at the time of its construction.

Before Varsity Rink was constructed, hockey was an all-outdoors affair, as these women demonstrate on a University rink in 1915.

The Pandas hockeyThe Pandas hockeyteam from theteam from the

1927–28 season.1927–28 season.

The Pandas hockeyteam from the

1927–28 season.



Before Varsity Rink was constructed, hockey was an all-outdoors affair, Before Varsity Rink was constructed, hockey was an all-outdoors affair, as these women demonstrate on a University rink in 1915.as these women demonstrate on a University rink in 1915.Before Varsity Rink was constructed, hockey was an all-outdoors affair, as these women demonstrate on a University rink in 1915.


1927–28 season.



(Below and in background) Interior of the Varsity rink (1927) designed by Cecil (Below and in background) Interior of the Varsity rink (1927) designed by Cecil Scott Burgess. The span of the Varsity Rink measured 104 feet (31 metres), Scott Burgess. The span of the Varsity Rink measured 104 feet (31 metres), making it the largest wooden span roof in Alberta at the time of its construction.making it the largest wooden span roof in Alberta at the time of its construction.




1927–28 season.

Some members of the Some members of the Pandas hockey team from Pandas hockey team from the 2007–08 season, the 2007–08 season, from L to R:from L to R:Mia Mucci, Kathleen Keen, Mia Mucci, Kathleen Keen, Brodie MacDonald, Trisha Brodie MacDonald, Trisha McNeill, Dana Vinge, McNeill, Dana Vinge, Jessica Kolopenuk, Lindsie Jessica Kolopenuk, Lindsie Fairfield, Alanna Donahue, Fairfield, Alanna Donahue, Jennifer Newton.Jennifer Newton.





1927–28 season.


1939 Student e

nrollment: 1,995

Tuition (fu

ll load undergr

aduate): $110

AroundcampusAroundcampus(RIght) Aggies 1920.

(Below) The Garneau bus in March 1941 — getting students to class on time.

Pictured with his bus is driver Bill Greig.

WILLIAM A. R. KERR:President, 1936–1941

“Mindful of the many lessonslearned in the last war, the

Government of the Dominionhas, with great wisdom,

determined to conserve anduse as fully as possible in thebest interest of the countrythe special training and abili-ties of her citizens. Through the Department of National

Defence, Canada has thereforeannounced a policy of restricted

enlistment, designed to conserve her trained personnelfor the many purposes for whichtheir services are required bythe nation. Her first call to thestudents of our universities fornational service is thereforethat they carry on with their

academic work with enhancedvigour and earnestness. Whilethis applies with special forceto students in Medicine andEngineering who are within

measurable distance of graduation, it applies also, as circumstances are at present, to all students.”

(The Gateway, October 2, 1939.)

WILLIAM A. R. KERR:President, 1936–1941

“Mindful of the many lessonslearned in the last war, the

Government of the Dominionhas, with great wisdom,

determined to conserve anduse as fully as possible in thebest interest of the countrythe special training and abili-ties of her citizens. Through the Department of National

Defence, Canada has thereforeannounced a policy of restricted

enlistment, designed to conserve her trained personnelfor the many purposes for whichtheir services are required bythe nation. Her first call to thestudents of our universities fornational service is thereforethat they carry on with their

academic work with enhancedvigour and earnestness. Whilethis applies with special forceto students in Medicine andEngineering who are within

measurable distance of graduation, it applies also, as circumstances are at present, to all students.”

(The Gateway, October 2, 1939.)


Students on the steps of the Normal School — now Corbett Hall and home to the Faculty of RehabilitationMedicine (circa 1930). (Inset) The ‘crowded’ parking lot of the U of A in 1923.


(Top) The one-time Medical SciencesBuilding, now Dentistry-Pharmacy, inJanuary 1929. The Faculty of Medicine wasestablished in 1913, and until 1922 con-ducted a three-year undergraduate programin the basic sciences, with students com-pleting the final two years at McGill or the

University of Toronto. Tory wanted a full medical faculty

but his request for money from theprovincial government for an instruc-

tional building was turned down.Luckily for the U of A, Tory had also

requested funds from a source that didcome through— the Rockefeller

Foundation in New York donated $500,000.The Medical Sciences Building was built in1921. In 1923 a full program of clinicalinstruction began and the first Doctor ofMedicine degrees were awarded in 1925.

(Far left) Edgerton L. Pope.

(Left) Edgerton L. Pope’s self-portraitdone around 1925, part of a series ofsketches Pope drew of professors inthe Faculty of Medicine, of which hewas a notable one.


(Left) Harry Bulyea (right) and H.A.Gilchrist (centre) stand behind a gradu-ating class of dentists, circa 1938. In1922, Bulyea and Gilchrist were the firstto be given permanent appointments inDentistry at the U of A. In a 1976 inter-view in New Trail, Bulyea, who was then102 years old, recalled being asked by apatient — Henry Marshall Tory — to cometo the U of A to teach dentistry in themiddle of the 1919–1920 term. Heaccepted and went on to build the dentalschool where he taught for 22 years.Bulyea was the first dentist in Albertato practise block anesthesia, the first tobring an X-ray machine into the province,and the first to set up a group clinic.

(Bottom left) Edgerton L. Pope’s portrait of J. B. Collip, circa 1925.

(Bottom right) James Bertram Collip,’24 DSc, ’26 MD, ’46 LLD (Honorary).Collip worked with Frederick Bantingand Charles Best to refine their pancre-atic extract (insulin) and isolate theactive ingredient so that it could beadministered to a diabetic patient.


ROBERT NEWTON:President, 1941–1950

(Newton became acting president in1941 when William Kerr resigned

because of poor health. In 1942 hewas installed as president.)

“Life is rarely easy, and the

University as training ground

for life necessarily reflects that

condition. Now especially, when

our country and its associates

of like mind are struggling to

preserve for ourselves and our

children the things we prize

above all others — freedom,

justice, and the dignity of the

individual — I know we shall

take up gladly our full share of

the common burden. Even our

play we shall try to keep on a

level of quality worthy of the

times. . . . As Colonel Ralston

said recently, the most that is

asked of us is self-denial, surely

a small thing in comparison

with the pledge of life which so

many of our kith and kin have

freely offered.”

(The Gateway,

October 10, 1941.)

ROBERT NEWTON:President, 1941–1950

(Newton became acting president in1941 when William Kerr resigned

because of poor health. In 1942 hewas installed as president.)

“Life is rarely easy, and the

University as training ground

for life necessarily reflects that

condition. Now especially, when

our country and its associates

of like mind are struggling to

preserve for ourselves and our

children the things we prize

above all others — freedom,

justice, and the dignity of the

individual — I know we shall

take up gladly our full share of

the common burden. Even our

play we shall try to keep on a

level of quality worthy of the

times. . . . As Colonel Ralston

said recently, the most that is

asked of us is self-denial, surely

a small thing in comparison

with the pledge of life which so

many of our kith and kin have

freely offered.”

(The Gateway,

October 10, 1941.)

In the mid-1920s Archbishop O’Leary (with President Tory to his right) blessed the site where St. Joseph’sCollege was to be built; the University farm is seen in the background.

A University farm grain storage facility.


Snake DanceSnake Dance

SS nake Dancing was a freshman initiation ritual

practised in the University’searly years. It started off

contained to campus; latershots show the dancers snaking in front of the

Garneau Theatre, which is playing a 1950 Esther

Williams film, and surrounding a car

on a downtown street. By the ’50s over 3,000

students would participate at once until the ritual was banned in 1957.

White bonnets were often wornwhile doing the Snake Danceand during other ‘newbie’ rituals... sometimes (top left) in less-than-flattering circumstances.


(Top) The U of A Orchestra Group in Convocation Hall, 1924; and Dance Orchestra, 1932.


(Above) William Rowan arrived in Alberta from Switzerland just asthe U of A was opening its doors in 1908. But it wasn’t until 1920that President Tory persuaded him to come to the U of A. AlthoughRowan and Tory had diametrically opposed ideas about how scien-tific research should be pursued, Rowan eventually became chair ofthe University’s Department of Zoology for 35 years and waselected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Rowan was one ofthe most colourful characters in the history of the U of A and wasparticularly known for his work with crows in unlocking the centralriddle of migration.

(Right) Karl Clark, seen here in 1927, left his position at theCanadian Geological Survey Mining Department in Ottawa in 1920to work at the Research Council of Alberta. Upon arrival he immedi-ately began researching the Athabasca oilsands, and in 1929 hepatented a hot water and caustic soda mixture to extract bitumenfrom oilsands. Clark’s patented oil extraction method was firstused in a small-scale oil extraction plant near Fort McMurray,Alberta, in 1949.

Athletes at theU AofAthletes at theU Aof


A U of A long jumper — our guess is JeanThurston (Holowach), ’38 BA, ’41 MD, basedon yearbook photos of the time — competes inthe intervarsity track meet in October 1938.

A U of A long jumper — our guess is JeanThurston (Holowach), ’38 BA, ’41 MD, basedon yearbook photos of the time — competes inthe intervarsity track meet in October 1938.

They’re team players...“It’s amazing what can be accomplished when no onecares who gets the credit.” At the U of A that inspirational

statement —painted on the wall of the U of A hockey team dressing room — is most oftenassociated with the legendary coach ClareDrake, ’58 BEd, ’98 LLD (Honorary), butreflects a team approach that has brought alot of success to U of A sports.

They’re champions...The U of A is the only university to have won a nationalchampionship in each of the 11 team sports under theCanadian Interuniversity Sports (CIS) umbrella.

They’re smart...Since the inception of the Academic All Canadian programin 1990 — which recognizes student-athletes who main-tain an 80 percent average — the U of A has had close to1,500 student-athletes (second only to McGill University)named Academic All Canadians.

They’re active...In addition to the pursuit of excellence in competitive inter-university sports, the U of A has a fantastically successfulcampus recreation program, recognized as one of thestrongest in the country. Recreational opportunities foreveryone in the U of A community include intramural teamsports and fitness classes.

Intervarsity track meet, October 1924. The University of Manitoba wonthe overall track meet hosted by The U of A. “With a typical Alberta sunshining down, records were broken like peanut shells at a circus,” areporter wrote in The Gateway about the event.

Inter-fraternity relay race, 1928 (yes, those men in dresses are carryingblocks of ice instead of relay batons). Fraternities continue to regularlycompete in sports events on campus.


Calling all cars...Calling all cars...

(Top and middle left) Car loads of Aggies in some Bar None antics. (Top right) “Steve’s Car,” that’s all we know — from what’s written onthe back of the picture — except for the fact that the car is a Chevy and the beer (in Steve’s hand?) is named Calgary. (Bottom) A car witha “Ladies Entrance” is parked behind Assiniboia Hall, 1930.

The Department of Extension (now a faculty)was started in 1912, with a mandate to carry

the University to the people. Department staff took travellinglibraries and “magic lantern” slide shows to rural Alberta.Below, Extension’s first director, A.E. Ottewell, ’12 BA, ’15MA, at his desk in the crowded confines of Athabasca Hall.

During a single year in the ’50s, Extension operated 490travelling libraries and circulated more than 50,000 volumesthroughout the province. It continued to serve Albertansresiding in areas where there was no local library until 1987.

During the Depression the Extension Library receivedgrateful letters from teachers returning boxes of books andrequesting more, since there was a shortage of books inschools. Many books would be returned, long overdue, frommembers of the general public, with a note explaining thatthey could not return the books on time because they hadno money for postage.

(Top) Students from the Cheese Short Course, 1941.

(RIght) Lawrence Twigge taking Extension’s travelling library onthe road in the ’40s.


ExtensionExtension

(Left) Participants of Farm Young People’s Week,1951. During the ’50s the Department of Extensionalso strove to respond to the changing needs ofAlbertans. It offered ‘short courses’ for engineers,factory foremen, and land inspectors, among others.The oldest short course was the annual Farm YoungPeople’s Week, during which up to 200 young peoplefrom across rural Alberta gathered at the U of A totake courses in agriculture, home economics, history,community organization, and recreation.


1949 Student enrollment: 2,935


(Top) Engineering professor L.E. Gads lecturingin the Medical Sciences Building; circa 1940.

(Middle) Student nurses in training. The firstU of A nursing courses were public health cer-tificate courses for graduates of hospitalnurse training programs who wished to enterthe new field of public health. The nursingcertificates were offered from 1918 to 1922before the University’s Board of Governorsapproved the School (now Faculty) of Nursingin 1923. The first graduate program in nurs-ing in Alberta was introduced at theUniversity in 1975, and the first PhD programin Canada was introduced in 1991.

(Bottom) Unidentified medical students in1914, with their instructor, Herbert C.Jamieson (in white lab coat). Jamieson cameto Edmonton in 1911 to join the ProvincialLaboratory and became a part-time instructorin the newly formed U of A Faculty of Medicinein 1913 before becoming a full professor ofthe history of medicine in 1925 and, in 1943,professor of clinical medicine.

ANDREW STEWART:President, 1950–1959

“You are here primarily for an

educational purpose. The

University must provide you

with the conditions which will

aid you in achieving your pur-

pose. But what you take with

you when you leave will be

mainly the result of your own

efforts. I would urge you to

do the utmost for yourselves.

...You are preparing yourself

for the responsibilities of

citizenship. In our days these

responsibilities may be heavy;

but there is nothing new about

that. We will, I trust hopefully,

prepare to live with purpose

in this ‘the best of all

possible worlds.’ ”

(Convocation address.)

ANDREW STEWART:President, 1950–1959

“You are here primarily for an

educational purpose. The

University must provide you

with the conditions which will

aid you in achieving your pur-

pose. But what you take with

you when you leave will be

mainly the result of your own

efforts. I would urge you to

do the utmost for yourselves.

...You are preparing yourself

for the responsibilities of

citizenship. In our days these

responsibilities may be heavy;

but there is nothing new about

that. We will, I trust hopefully,

prepare to live with purpose

in this ‘the best of all

possible worlds.’ ”

(Convocation address.)


(Top) An Egyptian motif transforms the dining room in Athabasca Hall prior to one of the annual dances. (Bottom) The circumstances of this photo are unknown to us, but it seems to have ‘Drama Club’ writtenall over it!


(Top) Harry Bulyea, the first dean and founderof the Faculty of Dentistry at the University ofAlberta, and an early dentistry class.

(Middle) Pharmacy class of 1953 in Latin lecture.

(Bottom) Early students buckle down to work.


ConvocationConvocationT

uring WWII military training on campus was compulsory. Male students participated in 110 hours of training during the academic year and

another two weeks of summer boot camp in Calgary (women, at their own request, completed 60 hours of training over one year). On-campusdrill instruction took place in the seconded Covered (Varsity) Rink whileAthabasca, Assiniboia and Pembina residences, as well as the NormalSchool, were also taken over by the military so students had to board in private homes in Edmonton.

Many disciplines were deemed essential to the war effort and their students encouraged to stay in school as the best way to serve their

country—not so law, whose student numbers fell to a low of only nine in 1944.

Getting good grades was also of paramount importanceto those who wished to stay in class as a 65 per cent average was required to avoid conscription and, in 1943,failure of just one class resulted in your name beingreported to the Mobilization Board.

Of the over 42,000 Canadians killed during WWII,University of Alberta student, alumni, faculty and staffcasualties numbered 156. Their names are etchedon a tablet that now rests outside Convocation Hallin the Arts Building.


(Top) A poster advertising volunteer service.

(Middle left) Women were given four choices of militaryinvolvement during WWII on campus — stay in armytraining, work in the blood bank, knit clothing, or serve coffee to the boys at the canteen during their5:00 p.m. break in training.

(Middle right) During WWI, the campus communityformed the Soldiers’ Comforts Club. This group sentpresents of cakes, candy, and hand-knit socks to soldiers overseas. (Reportedly among the best knitterswere President Tory and former librarian Frank Bowers.)A similar effort was undertaken on campus during theSecond World War, when items such as cigarettes and“victory cakes” were sent to Canadian soldiers overseas.

(Bottom) Newspaper from September 1, 1939. Five cents a paper.

WWIIWWIIDD


(Top) COTC rifle training, 1941.

(Middle) U of A navy recruits handling mechanicalequipment, 1942.

(Bottom) Varsity girls in military drill, 1941.

1959

Student enrollm

ent: 7,663

Tuition (fu

ll load undergr

aduate): $215


FFrom 1941 to 1945 an RCAF training facility operated out of Corbett Hall —at

the time known as the Edmonton NormalSchool — for the British CommonwealthAir Training Plan, a plan that provided auniform system of training and laid thebasis for the pooling of Commonwealthair power in WWII. The landscaping infront of the landmark building at thesouth end of the U of A campus markedit for its temporary purpose: Number 4I.T.S. (Initial Training School), RCAF.

The building was designed by aprovincial Department of Public Workdraftsman named W.W. Butchard andopened in 1930 as the EdmontonNormal School, the centre for teachertraining in Alberta. In the decades since,the building has housed various facul-ties and departments, including theFaculty of Education, the School of

Nursing and Rehabilitation,the Drama Department,Department of Extension,and, today, the Faculty ofRehabilitation Medicine. In 1963 the building wasrenamed in honour of E.A.(Ned) Corbett, the seconddirector of the Faculty ofExtension.

Born in Nova Scotia,Ned Corbett first came toAlberta as a missionary, part of his the-ology studies at McGill. Serving over-seas during WWI, Corbett assisted atHenry Marshall Tory’s Khaki Universitybefore being sent home late in 1918suffering from the effects of mustardgas and tuberculosis. Two years later,he had recovered sufficiently to accept ajob offer from Tory, and was named

assistant to the director of Extension,A.E. Ottewell. Corbett took over whenOttewell became registrar.

“... on the prairies in the 1920s and1930s, when the dust blew, and thecrops failed, he saved many a family andmany a little village from the depths ofdespair.” — George V. Ferguson, CBCRadio broadcast in tribute to Ned Corbett.

Ned Corbett and family.


TT he first issue of The New Trailis published in 1942. Although

The Trail had been around in oneform or another since the ’20s, itcame under financial duress inthe early ’40s, which promptedan alliance between the AlumniAssociation and the Departmentof Extension to produce The NewTrail with the voluntary assistanceof English Department professorF.M. Salter as editor and Extensionand Alumni Association personneltaking over other positions.

Varsity spirit was on full display during parades held to kick off the fall sports season. Starting on campus,students in decorated cars and floats travelled across the High Level Bridge to Jasper Avenue and back intime for the start of the first football game of the year. Each faculty was responsible for decorating at leastone float. (Top) The medicine students parade in 1939 and (bottom) the Commerce float in 1940 passesthe Hudson’s Bay building, now home to the Alumni Association and the Faculty of Extension.


(Top) A dance card from 1926, andthe junior prom, 1937.

(Bottom) Agriculture formal, circa1950s.

WALTER H. JOHNS:President, 1959–1969

“The past thirty-one years at

The University of Alberta have

been interesting, challenging,

frustrating, and rewarding,

and in retrospect I would not

have wished to miss any of

the experiences I have had,

not only on this campus, but

in university affairs nationally

and internationally. I still

think a university career is

the most rewarding anyone

can have, and I could wish

for no other.”

(New Trail, Autumn, 1969.

For many years Johns was also

a U of A professor of classics.)

WALTER H. JOHNS:President, 1959–1969

“The past thirty-one years at

The University of Alberta have

been interesting, challenging,

frustrating, and rewarding,

and in retrospect I would not

have wished to miss any of

the experiences I have had,

not only on this campus, but

in university affairs nationally

and internationally. I still

think a university career is

the most rewarding anyone

can have, and I could wish

for no other.”

(New Trail, Autumn, 1969.

For many years Johns was also

a U of A professor of classics.)


Exam TimeExam Time

(Top) Writing exams in what is now Clare Drake Arena. (Bottom) Writing exams in a gym.




Clubs and activities have always played an important role in students’ lives. According to the yearbook of the time, the 1942 version of theOutdoor Club (above) enjoyed “ ‘Work Afternoons’ spent at the cabin; the hike along the river bank to Whitemud; fall days tinged with thescent of burning leaves within five minutes of the campus; skating parties with moonlight bands ... the squeaky old gramophone grinding outsquare-dances; smoke-flavoured coffee in front the fireplace; the final sleigh ride before the spring break-up.”

(Left) Women line up in a gym as participantsin a 1950’s sweater contest.

(Above) This woman making a snowball out-doors in her bathing suit is doing so as atongue-in-cheek protest against the peoplewho want to abolish the sweater contest,which was, of course, eventually abolished.


(Right) A couple of studentsin the swim of things.

(Middle right) Football runningback Joe Shoctor, ’45 BA, ’48LLB, ’81 LLD (Honorary) onthe left, with teammate ArthurFollett, in 1942. Shoctor wasinstrumental in starting up theEdmonton Eskimos in theCanadian Football League, ateam that still wears greenand gold uniforms, a colourscheme they adopted whenthe U of A sold its green andgold uniforms to the fledgingfranchise because the varsitysquad could find no competi-tion in the west.

(Far right) The U of A swimteam, 1942.


L to R: The former premier of Alberta, Peter Lougheed, gets into his Golden Bearsfootball stance in 1947 with teammates Kenneth Moore, '49 BA, '52 LLB, '88 LLD(Honorary), former Chief Justice of the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta; HarryDuguid, ’50 BSc(Eng); and R. W. “Bud” Milner.


(Top) The first football grid was staked out on campus by professor Muir Edwards in 1913. (Bottom) Hockey, circa mid-1960s.

MAX WYMAN:President, 1969–1974

“The University is growing old

and growing big, and these are

two events which tend to make

it resist change. We must find

a way of reforming it. I don’t

know how. It has been

suggested that we could do

it by getting greater student

participation in General

Faculties Council. One difficulty

here is that student members

would change every year, but

I’m quite prepared to support

the move; I’m prepared to try

the method. If it turns out not

to be the right way to reform,

we’ll just have to find one.”

MAX WYMAN:President, 1969–1974

“The University is growing old

and growing big, and these are

two events which tend to make

it resist change. We must find

a way of reforming it. I don’t

know how. It has been

suggested that we could do

it by getting greater student

participation in General

Faculties Council. One difficulty

here is that student members

would change every year, but

I’m quite prepared to support

the move; I’m prepared to try

the method. If it turns out not

to be the right way to reform,

we’ll just have to find one.”


(Right) Hand-stitchedin Wantage, England,this St. George’s ban-ner was presented tothe University in1911 by the gover-nor general as theemblem for studentauthority and eachspring was taken toConvocation Hall tosymbolize the trans-fer of power fromone student admin-istration to another.It disappeared inthe 1980s.

(Middle) Universitydirectory (with dialtelephone), 1943.

(Bottom) Womennew to the campusparticipate in theWauneita initia-tions (1949).

HARRY GUNNING:President, 1974–1979

“Under the dynamic leadership

of Walter Johns, this University

gradually emerged from the

chrysalis of parochialism into a

fully developed centre for cre-

ative education. He worked

tirelessly to make the

University better known and

more highly respected. ...

Under Max Wyman we have

developed a new awareness of

the importance of treating all

people with justice and human-

ity. To me this represents a

giant step toward true

institutional maturity.”

(Installation speech.)

HARRY GUNNING:President, 1974–1979

“Under the dynamic leadership

of Walter Johns, this University

gradually emerged from the

chrysalis of parochialism into a

fully developed centre for cre-

ative education. He worked

tirelessly to make the

University better known and

more highly respected. ...

Under Max Wyman we have

developed a new awareness of

the importance of treating all

people with justice and human-

ity. To me this represents a

giant step toward true

institutional maturity.”



A helicopter makes a landing in front of the University Hospital, 1964.

University hospital employee Slim Waters, an original staff member — note the sign on the wall (“SURE, I’LLHELP YOU OUT! WHICH WAY DID YOU COME IN?”)


Alberta’s first premier, A.C. Rutherford, had this beautiful familyhome built near the corner of 112th Street and Saskatchewan Drivein 1911. As the inspiration behind the University’s establishment, afounding member of its senate, and its chancellor from 1927 until hisdeath in 1941, Rutherford took great pleasure in entertaining thegrowing number of graduates, and Rutherford House was the sceneof the annual Founder’s Day Tea for the graduating University class.

When his wife died in 1940, Rutherford sold the house and mostof its furnishings to the Delta Upsilon fraternity and went to live withhis son. He died on June 11 of the following year, just three weeksafter presiding over that year’s Convocation.

During the ’60s, the University was planning an eastward expan-sion that would involve the demolition of Rutherford House. A publiccampaign opposing the demolition was launched and in 1970 thedecision to preserve and restore the house was made. The restora-tion, complicated by vandalism during the preceding winter when thehouse sat empty, began in 1971, and on June 10, 1973, the house-museum was opened to the public.

(Bottom right) Sophomore Marcel Goldenberg, ’50 BSc(Eng), fromCairo, and freshman Russ Powell, ’51 BSc(Eng), of Calgary, in resi-dence, 1947.



Fine Arts in BanffFine Arts in Banff


(Above) Ted (Cohen) Corday, ’30 LLB, in Banff in the1930s — the creator of the soap opera Days of Our Lives,and one of the forces behind the creation of the BanffSchool of Fine Arts.

(Top) A painting class in Banff, 1946.

(Bottom) A University art class.

In 1932 the Carnegie Corp gave the Department of Extension $30,000 todevelop Drama and the Fine Arts at Banff School of Fine Arts, which for yearshad operated as a satellite campus of the U of A. The Banff School of Fine Artsbecame an independent entity in 1956 and still flourishes at its current TunnelMountain location, albeit now with an annual budget of around $40 million.

MYER HOROWITZ:President, 1979–1989

“We serve society well when ourgraduates leave us with a richand rigorous general education

that helps them to become sensitive to the problems ofsociety and appreciative of a

myriad of cultural possibilities.We serve society well when

many of our undergraduates areprepared for the demands ofgraduate study and when our

graduate students and studentsin professional programs are perceived by government, by

business and labour groups, byprofessional associations, andgenerally by fellow employees

as extremely well-prepared teachers, lawyers, physicians,engineers, and numerous otherprofessionals — not just mastertechnicians, but also thinking

and feeling and committed people. And we serve society

well when we are involved in theexploration of the frontiers ofknowledge in many fields.”


MYER HOROWITZ:President, 1979–1989

“We serve society well when ourgraduates leave us with a richand rigorous general education

that helps them to become sensitive to the problems ofsociety and appreciative of a

myriad of cultural possibilities.We serve society well when

many of our undergraduates areprepared for the demands ofgraduate study and when our

graduate students and studentsin professional programs are perceived by government, by

business and labour groups, byprofessional associations, andgenerally by fellow employees

as extremely well-prepared teachers, lawyers, physicians,engineers, and numerous otherprofessionals — not just mastertechnicians, but also thinking

and feeling and committed people. And we serve society

well when we are involved in theexploration of the frontiers ofknowledge in many fields.”



(Top) Students work for a worthy cause—the fight against polio.

(Left) Students count votes for the student elections, 1968.

Students gather in the Students’ Union Building in 1952.


SUBSUBTT he first Students’ Union Building was

officially opened September 28, 1950,15 years after its conception. In 1935student councillors began a building fundthat had grown to $143,000 by 1940. In1944, with the help of University adminis-tration, plans for the building had begunto take place and the University agreed tomatch costs with the Students’ Union.The result was the creation of a buildingfund of $750,000 dollars. Constructionbegan in August 1948. The first SUB fea-tured a cafeteria, student lounges, studentoffices, games rooms and a faculty lounge.The Faculty Lounge was provided for by theBoard of Governors to thank the staff fortheir service during the war.

As early as 1962 it was realized thatthe existing SUB was becoming too small,and it was eventually remodelled into anadministration building at a cost of$630,000. Once completed, this buildingwas renamed University Hall.

In 1967 the currently operating SUBwas opened. The building’s facilitiesincluded an art gallery, a music listeningroom, a curling rink, a bowling alley and a720-seat theatre. Thenew building was featuredin Time magazine, whichdescribed the membersof the Students’ Union as“Campus capitalists…with the savvy of countryhorse traders and ashrewd business sense.”

The students at thetime accepted architec-tural proposals from 14firms—eventually choos-ing Edmonton architectHerbert Richards — andunderwrote the $6.5 million project with$2.25 million from the University’s capital-grants fund and the rest of the moneyborrowed from the province at 5 1/2 percentinterest over 30 years paid for by an annual$11 student levy.

Over the years SUB has changed dra-matically. Two major renovations in theearly 1990s have helped shape SUB intothe building that it is today. The currentSUB has the highest foot traffic of all build-ings on campus with approximately 18,000people a day passing through the building.

Students gathered around the fire onSUB’s main floor, and (right) taking inan event at time when smoking wasallowed in University buildings.


(Top) The bowling alley that used to be in SUB’s basement. (Inset) The six sheets of curling ice that also used to be in the basement of SUB.(Bottom left) Workers pouring metal for ... (right) the artwork that graces the outside of SUB.


Quad provides open spacein the heart of campus.



Tuition (full load undergraduate): $1,068

(Left) Students in the ’60s.

(Below) Getting around campus during all the con-struction has sometimes proven difficult.. . butnever insurmountable, while hanging out on thegrass around campus has always been a studentfavourite and begins as soon as the snow has leftthe ground.

PAUL T. DAVENPORT:President, 1989–1994

“In universities, research in the

humanities and social sciences

will continue to probe the

depths of human feelings and

beliefs and explore the complex

interactions among individuals,

groups, and nations. Universities

are among the most enduring of

humanity’s institutions because

the human imagination has no

boundaries. As a species we

will never tire in our efforts to

understand better who we are

and how the natural world

around us works.”

(University of Toronto

convocation address.)

PAUL T. DAVENPORT:President, 1989–1994

“In universities, research in the

humanities and social sciences

will continue to probe the

depths of human feelings and

beliefs and explore the complex

interactions among individuals,

groups, and nations. Universities

are among the most enduring of

humanity’s institutions because

the human imagination has no

boundaries. As a species we

will never tire in our efforts to

understand better who we are

and how the natural world

around us works.”

(University of Toronto

convocation address.)


(Top) Joyce Mitchell tries to convince Dave Jantzie, ’51 BSc(Ag), that the weather is right for skating,in front of frat house, 1950. (Middle) Some fraternal brothers pose for the camera and.. . (bottom)some other frats take care of a little housekeeping.

FF or its first two decades the U of Aimposed a ban on “secret societies”on campus, effectively barring stu-dents from belonging to fraternities.When the ban was lifted in 1929,three women’s and two men’s frater-nities were formed.

The number of men’s fraternitiesgrew to about 10 during their heydayin the ’60s. For the women, theypeaked at five groups at one time:Kappa Alpha Theta, Delta Gamma,Pi Beta Phi, Alpha Gamma Delta,and Delta Delta Delta. Some of thefraternities folded at different times,some new ones were added.

Delta Phi Chapter of the DeltaKappa Epsilon fraternity celebratedits 75th anniversary in October 2007.



Tuition (full load undergraduate): $3,551

Sometimes during all the construction constantlygoing on at the U of A things don’t always go asplanned ... as this truck that fell into theAgricultural Building site demonstrated in 1979.



Looking out from aresidence in HUB.Looking out from aresidence in HUB.Looking out from aresidence in HUB.

After the completion of the second SUB, theStudents’ Union shifted its focus towards thehousing crisis of the 1970s. As a result theHousing Union Building (HUB) was constructedin 1972. The building straddles 112th Streetfor four city blocks and houses approximately50 commercial tenants and 850 student resi-dences. HUB is also a showpiece building. At one time HUB claimed the title of longestbuilding of its type in the world, a ‘skyscraperon its side.’ But HUB quickly acquired a $1.8million deficit and in 1975 the Universityagreed to purchase it from the Students’Union — for just one dollar.



ill Smith opened the original Tuck Shop (pictured left) in 1917 (where the Fine Arts

Centre now stands). He sold snacks and books to recu-perating soldiers and was also rumoured to dabble inbookmaking and bootlegging. In 1919, he sold his estab-lishment to two of his best customers. Known simply asEyrl and Warren, they rebuilt and reopened it in 1924,turning it into what The Gateway described as “a largeand commodious and uniquely designed bungalow.”

Sam (the “Jolly Undertaker”) McCoppen bought Tuck in 1928, and added a dining room and a dance hall inthe basement. Over time, new owners came and wentbut Tuck continued to thrive as the privately owned con-gregating place of choice for students and, for many, asort of second home, albeit one without parental orteacher supervision. It is remembered with great affection by alumni from the ’20s though to the ’60swhen it was torn down in the name of progress.

Tuck ShopTuck Shop BB

Very early U of Astudents in ‘Tuck.’

Very early U of Astudents in ‘Tuck.’



Background pictures: ‘Tuck’ ages alongwith the automotive industry

(Middle left) Students in a ‘Tuck’ booth with (we think) famous cinnamon bun creator and long-time Tuck employee Joyce Kerr to the left; and,Tuck sits forlorn and abandoned (top) awaiting its demolition (middle right).


The GatewayThe GatewayTT he first edition of The Gateway, the

U of A student newspaper, appearedon campus in 1910. The editorial staff,pictured here, was — Back row L to R: P. Young; Laurence Y. Cairns, ’12 BA;A.S. Cummins; A. Caldwell; W. Davidson.Middle row (L to R) Blanche McLaughlin,’14 BA (lady editor); Henry G. Nolan,’14 BA; Albert E. Ottewell, ’12 BA, ’15MA (editor); A. Wilson. Seated (L to R)W.H.D. Miller; J.F.C. Sells.

At first The Gateway was a monthlynewsletter, and its production was haltedat the beginning of WWI. When it resumedpublication in November 1915, it cameout as a weekly.

The Gateway has seen many of itseditors and writers go on to nationaland international renown, including for-mer prime minister and conservativeparty leader Joe Clark, ’60 BA, ’73 MA,’85 LLD (Honorary); former Alberta pre-mier Peter Lougheed; chief justice ofthe Supreme Court of Canada BeverleyMcLachlin, ’65 BA, ’68 LLB, ’68 MA,’91 LLD (Honorary); and former CBCradio reporter Matthew Halton, ’29 BA,’56 LLD (Honorary), whose every wordCanadians hung on to as he reportedfrom the battlefields of WWII includinglive coverage from Normandy of the D-Day Invasion, the liberation of Paris,and reporting from the signing of thearmistice that ended the war in Europe.

In 2007, The Gateway’s editorial staff included— Back row L to R: Paul Blinov, A&E editor;Conal Pierse, opinion editor; Mike Otto, photoeditor; Steve Smith, business manager;Middle L to R: Natalie Climenhaga, seniornews editor; Paul Owen, managing editor;Adam Gaumont, editor-in-chief; Robin Collum,sports editor; Front L to R: Ryan Heise,deputy news editor; Mike Kendrick, design &production editor.

A scene from A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum (1970–71)with Eve Crawford, ’71 BFA, in the middle.


(Top) A scene from The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum ofCharenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade (1982–83).This play was probably one of the biggest productions StudioTheatre has produced and was a huge success.

(Bottom) A scene from The Pirates of Penzance, 1942.

TheatreTheatreTT

EEhe Drama Department first came into being in

the 1940s, but long before that regular productionsgraced the stage in Convocation Hall. They were puton by students from every faculty and meticulouslyreported on by The Gateway.

In 1921 the Dramatic Shield was introducedand fiercely competed for by students from everydiscipline. In an age where live theatre was prettymuch the only entertainment option, four one-actplays would be prepared and performed by groupsof freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniorswho would compete against each other in front of

packed houses from the University andthe community at large for the fun of

it, and for the honour of takinghome the Dramatic Shield.

lizabeth Sterling Haynes (left) was the Faculty of Extension’s

first drama specialist and a co-founder of the Banff School ofFine Arts. An incredibly influentialpresence on campus, she arrivedfrom Toronto in the early 1920sand revolutionized theatre in

Alberta, helping to spread the “Little Theatre” movementas well as founding the Alberta Drama League, establish-ing the first high school drama organization in Edmontonand organizing theatre workshop classes for adults andchildren. She also persuaded the provincial Departmentof Education to have drama be an accredited course in schools and taught in the Drama Department at the U of A as well as directing and acting in Studio Theatre productions. In 1986, the “Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Awards Celebrating Theatre in Edmonton” were established to recognize the important role she played in creating such a vibrant theatre culture in Edmonton.


2006

Student enrollm

ent: 34,617

Tuition (fu

ll load undergra

duate): $4,537

In the years following World War II, the University of Albertahoused an interesting and sometimes bewildering mix ofmen and women returned from overseas duty and newlygraduated teenagers. It was often difficult for students tofind some common ground, even within small faculties.The Aggies got together in 1946 for a party that set thetone for those to follow, and within a couple of years theyextended the invite beyond their faculty. It was that spiritof hospitality that prevailed one spring afternoon in 1948when a group of Aggies got together to plan the upcomingAgriculture Club dance. In the spirit of excluding no one,they named their party Bar None and held the old-fash-ioned barn dance in the old Drill Hall. Complete withsquare dancers, live orchestras, mock “branding,” astaged bullfight, and a (non-alcoholic) saloon, the high-spir-ited hoedown became a popular annual fixture of campuslife that to this day is still known as Bar None.

This 3-metre-wide piece of Douglas fir is more than 900 years old and now rests inthe foyer of the Agriculture-Forestry Centre.

RODERICK D. FRASER:President, 1995–2005

“Let me tell you a short story — a true story about a

famous violinist.Nicolo Paganini is considered

to be one of the greatest violinists of all time. One day as he was about to perform

before a sold-out concert hall,he walked out on stage to ahuge ovation and realizedsomething was wrong. The violin in his hands belonged

to someone else.Horrified, but knowing he hadno choice, he began to play.

That day, he gave theperformance of his life. Afterthe concert, Paganini was in

his dressing room speaking toa fellow musician and he

reflected, ‘Today, I learned themost important lesson of myentire career. Before today,

I thought the music was in theviolin. Today I learned that the

music is in me.’There is a message in thisstory for every graduate of

this University.The music is in you.”

(2004 convocation address.)

(W. John McDonald was briefly

acting president for a transition period

between Davenport and Fraser.)

RODERICK D. FRASER:President, 1995–2005

“Let me tell you a short story — a true story about a

famous violinist.Nicolo Paganini is considered

to be one of the greatest violinists of all time. One day as he was about to perform

before a sold-out concert hall,he walked out on stage to ahuge ovation and realizedsomething was wrong. The violin in his hands belonged

to someone else.Horrified, but knowing he hadno choice, he began to play.

That day, he gave theperformance of his life. Afterthe concert, Paganini was in

his dressing room speaking toa fellow musician and he

reflected, ‘Today, I learned themost important lesson of myentire career. Before today,

I thought the music was in theviolin. Today I learned that the

music is in me.’There is a message in thisstory for every graduate of

this University.The music is in you.”

(2004 convocation address.)

(W. John McDonald was briefly

acting president for a transition period

between Davenport and Fraser.)


(Above) Up with People performs on campus in 1968.The group started in 1965and featured singers and performers travelling aroundthe world with their messageof, well, up with people. Thegroup (which actually grewinto three touring shows goingat once) played in venuesthat ranged from universitiesand high schools to hockeyrinks and football stadiums.Up With People was also astaple of Super Bowl halftimeshows from 1976 to 1986.

(Left) President Myer Horowitzprepares to take a dunkingduring Freshman IntroductionWeek, circa 1983.

Freshmen intro week in the Quad, 1971.

Handicrafts on sale in the Quad for the‘pipe’ smokers in the crowd, 1970s.







(Top) Raymond Lemieux, ’43 BSc,shown here in 1967 alongside thebespectacled future University presi-dent Harry Gunning, ’83 DSc(Honorary), enjoyed a brilliant careerin carbohydrate science research. In1953, he and a post-doctoral fellow,George Huber, announced the firstsynthesis of sucrose, a challengeconsidered the “Mount Everest” ofcarbohydrate chemistry. His work hasbeen credited with being largelyresponsible for the birth of Alberta’shigh-tech industry.

(Bottom) A native of Medicine Hat,Alberta, Richard E. Taylor, ’50 BSc,’52 MSc, ’91 DSc (Honorary),became interested in particle physicswhile a student at the University ofAlberta. He went on to get his PhDfrom Stanford and later won a NobelPrize in physics. Writing a messagefor students of the 21st century inEllen Schoeck’s book, I Was There: A Century of Alumni Stories About theUniversity of Alberta, 1906-2006, hesaid that “while luck is an importantfactor in success, many people have

noticed that luck is sometimescorrelated with dedication

and hard work. There isa famous story about

a lawyer who wasasked if luck hadplayed much of arole in his life. He replied, ‘Yes,indeed! I’ve

been lucky several times;usually about 4 o’clock inthe morning in

my law library.”

The first Rhodes scholarfrom the U of A wasWalters Dyde, ’12 MA, in 1913. Since then theUniversity has sent 23students to Oxford asRhodes scholars. They include JeeshanChowdhury, ’05 BSc(MedSci), pictured herein 2005 holding a U of Abanner while doing someexperimental eye researchin the ‘vomit comet,’ aplane that simulatesweightlessness in space.

2008 Student enrolment

(full-time & part-time):Approx. 36,500

Tuition (full loadundergraduate):

$5,042

Full-time Academic Staff:

3,353

Full-time Support Staff:

6,061

Total full & part-time employees:

Approx. 13,000


(Top left) Pembina Hall pajama party, Christmas 1959.

(Top right) Steve Drake Day. Drake, ’83 BSc(Eng), was an electri-cal engineering student who reportedly always wore a Hawaiianshirt while working towards his degree—a feat some say took10 years. He was also fond of the game of mini-putt so in hishonour the electrical engineering club plays mini-putt while wear-ing Hawaiian shirts during what they call “Steve Drake Day.”

(Middle) Pembina House Committee, 1971–72. The propellercommemorates the building’s use by the military in WWII.

(Bottom) Students at St. Joseph’s College in 2006 hanghockey jerseys out their windows in tribute to former residentDean Mortensen, who disappeared in January 1992. The fate ofMortensen, who played on the St. Joseph’s Rangers intramuralhockey team, has never been determined.

(Top) His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Prince Charles,received an honorary degree in 1983 — perhaps more impor-tantly to local royal watchers, he arrived in town with the latePrincess Diana. While here, Charles also officially openedthe World University Games (Universiade) and addressed aspecial convocation. His trip across the Atlantic also markedthe last time the ship HMS Britannia came to Canada.

(Middle) On receiving an honorary degree in 1968,Pierre Elliot Trudeau said, “This is a fortunate set-ting for a community of scholars; a place wherethere is a disposition to open-mindedness andenquiry; a place not tied up in a monotone cul-ture or restricted by narrow horizons; a placewith an outlook as broad as your prairie land-scapes and an awareness as high as your skies.Scholars know that only in such a setting can auniversity pursue its proper purpose; to seekout, as the motto of the University of Albertastates, Quaecumque vera.”

(Bottom) Mother Teresa receives an honorarydegree in 1982 at a special convocation held inSt. Paul, Alberta.

INDIRA SAMARASEKERA:President, 2005–

“I envision our institution as a

world-class, dynamic centre

for learning and discovery.

Quite simply, I imagine creating

one of the world’s great univer-

sities right here: A university

that inspires momentous

achievements and elevates the

human spirit. Dream to do it.

The more we define and

describe our dreams, the more

straightforward it is to turn

them into step-by-step plans for

action. We must create from

our vision and values statement

a roadmap for our path to the

second century— or better yet,

a blueprint for building the

University’s future.”

INDIRA SAMARASEKERA:President, 2005–

“I envision our institution as a

world-class, dynamic centre

for learning and discovery.

Quite simply, I imagine creating

one of the world’s great univer-

sities right here: A university

that inspires momentous

achievements and elevates the

human spirit. Dream to do it.

The more we define and

describe our dreams, the more

straightforward it is to turn

them into step-by-step plans for

action. We must create from

our vision and values statement

a roadmap for our path to the

second century— or better yet,

a blueprint for building the

University’s future.”


30sMargaret Shortliffe (Aldwinckle)of Victoria, B.C., is in search of aLiterary A pin. In 1935 or ’36 shewas awarded one at the U of A forbest actress, but she has misplacedit. If anyone has a Literary A pin—Margaret describes it as “aboutthree-quarters of an inch and in anOld English or even Gothic kind offont”—contact us at New Trail and wecan pass a photo on to Margaret soshe can get a copy made. Margaretalso notes that she did keep up herinterest in dramatics after her uni-versity days. “For eight years I waswith the International Players inKingston-area summer stock. I got$25 a week!” In 1965 Margaretbecame the first teacher in Ontarioto teach Theatre Arts for Grade 12.

40s’45 Michael Skuba, BEd, ’55MEd,’65 PhD, was honoured by the LionsClubs International at a district con-vention in Lethbridge in May 2007 bybeing named to the District 37 Hall ofFame. Michael was recognized for hisnearly 60 years in Lionism and forestablishing a hearing aid recyclingprogram in Alberta. Hearing aidswere collected, tested, and for-warded to countries including Chile,the Philippines, Belarus, and China.Michael was one of five Lions so hon-oured in District 37, which consists ofAlberta, Montana, part of northernB.C., and the Northwest Territories.

’49 J. Larry Way, BEd,’48 BCom, ofCalgary, writes that he’s looking for-ward to next year’s U of A centenarycelebrations as well as the 60thanniversary of his graduation fromthe 1948 Commerce class.“I am stillfeeling keenly the loss in August of mydear wife of 53 years, Martha Way(Kochalyk), ’51 BEd,” he writes. “Herpassing coincided closely with thearrival of our first great grandchild.”

50s’54 M. Shirley Thomas (Bonnell),BSc, ’53 Dip(Nu), of Mission, B.C.,is semi-retired but still working sev-eral shifts a month in an intensivecare unit. She also does foot reflex-ology and continues to be busypainting. “My ‘retirement’ years,” shewrites, “are very full and interesting.”

’56 Jack Calkins, BEd, ’69Dip(Ed), received a 2007 HistoricalRecog nition Award from theEdmonton Historical Board. Jack wasrecognized for his lifelong commit-ment to the preservation and devel-opment of history as a volunteer atEdmonton’s Victoria Composite HighSchool Museum and Archives.

Dianne W. Ferguson, BSc(Nu),received a distinguished serviceaward from the Royal CanadianCollege of Organists at the convoca-tion held in Edmonton in August.After studying piano as a child,Dianne took organ lessons while anursing student at the U of A. Shebecame very involved in the activi-ties of the College of Organists whileliving in both Ottawa and Edmontonand has played in numerous recitals.Dianne has championed Canadiancomposers and commissioned sev-eral organ pieces, notably by VioletArcher, a former U of A professoremerita and a prolific composer.

60s’61 J. F. Dormaar, PhD, ofLethbridge, on his retirement in1997, started to summarize the datahe had collected over the years con-cerning the landscapes of southernAlberta and northern Montana.Some of that data ended up in vari-ous publications, and he also wroteSweetgrass Hills: A Natural andCultural History (Lethbridge HistoricalSociety, 2003) and co-authored OilCity: Black Gold in Waterton Park(Lethbridge Historical Society, 2007).

’66 Alastair Lucas, LLB, ’65 BA,has been appointed dean of theFaculty of Law at the U of Calgary. He has served as acting dean since2006 and the term of his appoint-ment will run to June 30, 2011. Inaddition to his administrative respon-sibilities and his role as professorand chair of Natural Resources Lawat the U of Calgary, he has served asan adjunct professor of environmen-tal science and as coordinator of thegraduate program in NaturalResources Energy and EnvironmentalLaw. He is also an active member ofthe Law Society of Alberta and con-sults on a number of Canadianenergy and environmental boards.

’67 Dwayne Skoye, BSc(Ag), ’72MSc, ’88 Dip(Ed), of Edmonton,received a BEd in 1973 from the Uof Lethbridge and implemented andtaught experimental science curric-ula in two isolated northern reserveManitoba schools. Now retired fromteaching, he recently carved out acareer at Tim Hortons.

’68 Patrick Daniel, BSc(Eng), ’70MSc, of Calgary, was recently namedthe 2007 Canadian Energy Personof the Year by the Energy Council ofCanada. Patrick is president and CEOof Enbridge Inc. and was honouredfor his remarkable accomplishmentsin the energy sector, as well as hiscontributions to the community.

’68 Allan E. Scott, BSc(Eng), waselected to the board of directors ofMelcor Developments Ltd. in April. Hewas president and CEO of EdmontonEconomic Development Corporationfor the past five years and currentlyserves on several boards for bothprivate and charitable groups.

’69 Bob Tannas, BEd, ’75 BA, andhis wife, Carole Tannas, ’83 MEd,’72 Dip(Ed), of Athabasca, AB, bothrecently retired from their teachingpositions with the Athabasca SchoolBoard. They plan to travel, andCarole says she will keep Bob “fromgetting too lost by acting as chiefnavigator during their wanderings.”Besides travelling, Bob says he alsoplans to “reduce the length of the‘Honey, Do’ job list.”

70sThe chartered accountancy firm ofJervis Afanasiff & Redinger recentlymerged with Meyers Norris Penny.Murray Redinger, ’78 BCom; DougAfanasiff, ’75 BCom; and GregHamilton, ’80 BCom, are partnersat a new Edmonton location ofMeyers Norris Penny.

Patrick G. Binns, ’69BA, ’72 MA, wasrecently appointedCanadian ambassa-dor to Ireland. Patrickhas made a life of pub-lic service in Prince Edward Island,beginning in 1972 when he workedfor the P.E.I. Rural DevelopmentCouncil. After several years workingwith the government of P.E.I., Patrickwas elected to the provincial legisla-ture and served from 1978 to 1984.He then ventured into federal poli-tics and, after some time away frompolitics, returned to provincial gover-nance in 1996 as leader of theProgressive Conservative party andpremier of P.E.I. for 11 years.

’69 Bob Steadward, BPE, ’71 MSc,’02 LLD (Honorary), U of A professoremeritus in the Faculty of PhysicalEducation and Recreation, wasinducted into Canada’s Sports Hallof Fame in the builder category inOctober. A longtime advocate forParalympic sports, Bob founded theInternational Paralympic Committeein 1989. Its president until 2001,he lobbied to have the ParalympicGames run parallel to the OlympicGames. At the same time he wasalso teaching at the U of A and cre-ated the fitness centre that nowbears his name.

’70 Darrel Howell, MEng, ’68 BSc(Eng), of Lloydminster, AB, has beenappointed the president and directorof Tartan Canada Corporation, whichhas provided construction andmaintenance services since 1953.

Claudia Bain, ’42 BA, of Burnaby, B.C., who recentlyturned 90, just published her memoirs. Called Liliesof My Field, her book includes descriptions of her“happy years on the U of A campus” — first getting ateaching certificate at the Normal School, thenreturning after a few years of teaching to receive aBA, and then working at the Registrar’s Office for twoyears. (Coincidentally, Claudia’s uncle Cecil Race wasthe University’s first Registrar.) Personal photos and

reproductions ofpaintings Claudiadid complementdescriptions of the adventures ofthis Edmonton-born “high school poet, one-roomschoolhouse teacher, sophomore actress, studentartist, bride, mother of four, unstoppable adventurer.”Claudia is selling copies of her book and can bereached by e-mail at [email protected] .

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An unsettling fact motivates Shar Levine, ’74 BA,of Vancouver, in her writing and speaking endeav-ours: that while 100 percent of students goinginto Grade 1 are interested in science, by Grade12, the level of interest drops to 11 percent. “Thekids don’t get the joy of science,” says Shar (a.k.a.The Science Lady). Through her Science Lady demos in classroomsand her lectures to teachers and teacher librarians, Shar is hopingto change that.

Shar recently finished writing her 60th science book for kids, teachersand parents. Most were written with a writing partner who is an educationadministrator with a science background. After 20 years and a millioncopies sold, the two of them have the process of writing and publishing downto a science, working on plans and pitching them to different publishers who

do different kinds of books. In 2006 the pair won the prestigiousEve Savory Award for Science Communication from the B.C.Innovation Council for their work inspiring children to explore

and investigate the fascinating world of science. One of theirrecent publications, Backyard Science, was shortlisted for the

book of the year in the hands-on activity category for ScienceBooks and Films by the American Association for the

Advancement of Science. When her own sons (now 27 and 24) gravitated toward all the

science toys in a local store, Shar realized there was a market for coolscience toys, games and books, so in 1987 she created Einstein’s the ScienceCentre Ltd. Connections there led her into both the world of publishing andher speaking engagements, and soon she found her niche— explaining theworld of science in fun, clear concepts for kids and their teachers.

James F. Lavers, MEd, ’58 BEd, ofEdmonton, has designed two edu-cational seminars that havereceived approval from theResearch and Development Divisionof Revenue Canada (indicating ascientific breakthrough). These sem-inars discuss people’s differentlearning modes and are innovativein that they tap into how people’slearning styles influence the order inwhich they internalize information.James delivers the programs toorganizations that want to improvethe way information is delivered andabsorbed. Also, three of James’sprograms have been approved bythe Alberta Continuing EducationAccreditation Committee so they areavailable to various groups workingthrough certification processes.

’71 Ronald Hopp, LLB, ’62 BEd, U of A professor emeritus of law,recently received a distinguishedservice award from the Law Societyof Alberta. Ronald, who taught in theU of A law school for decades,received his award for pro bono legal

service. Since 1976 he has providednumerous hours of pro bono legalservice to Student Legal Services ofEdmonton, routinely working 30hours a month of unpaid time.

’72 Joe Ruggiero, BSc, ’74BCom, ’95 MBA, recently retiredfrom Suncor Energy in Calgary andnow provides advice on oilsandsroyalty matters. He and his wife,Marnie Ruggiero, ’74 BEd, areplanning to relocate to B.C.’sOkanagan Valley in the near future.

Gerald Conaty, BA, of Calgary, wasgranted an honorary Doctor of Lawsby the U of Lethbridge at its Spring2007 convocation. Gerald is thedirector/curator of the GlenbowMuseum and was recognized for hisoutstanding contributions to thecause of building a special relation-ship with the Blackfoot Confederacy.

Anthony Fields, MD, former head ofthe National Cancer Institute ofCanada, recently received the pres-tigious R.M. Taylor Medal andAward, sponsored by the Canadian

Cancer Society. This award recog-nizes outstanding contributions tothe cancer field.

Robert Franz, MEd, ’68 BEd, ofBrooks, AB, retired after 40 years ineducation, the last 24 as chief deputysuperintendent of schools with theGrasslands regional division. At theSoutheast Alberta Teacher’s Conven -tion in Medicine Hat, he received theConvention Zone’s Honoured Teacherof 2007 Award. Since retiring, he isenjoying reading, fiction writing, andcamping and occasionally undertak-ing speaking engagements.

’76 Katherine Campbell, BEd, ofSomerville, Australia, has beenteaching Down Under since 1976.She writes, “Since 2000, I havebeen concentrating on my children’sbooks and my ‘farm dream.’ I wouldlove U of A visitors.”

Jayant M. Kembhavi, MBA, ofEdmonton, was recently namedchief administrative officer forAlberta Investment Management atAlberta Finance.

’77 Catherine M. Roozen, BCom,was elected to the board of directorsof Melcor Developments Ltd. in April.Catherine is the corporate secretaryof Cathton Holdings Ltd. and theAllard Foundation. She has servedon numerous boards, both privateand public, and remains a directorof the Alberta Cancer Board and theStrategy Council of the MazankowskiAlberta Heart Institute.

Schuyler V. Wensel, LLB, ’73 BCom,of Calgary, has been appointed chiefexecutive officer of the Alberta NewHome Warranty Program. He is also adirector of the Calgary Home BuildersFoundation and CHBA–Alberta.

’79 Pam Anderson (Holden), BA, and Larry Anderson, ’78 BPE,have relocated to Florence, SouthCarolina. Pam is the senior vice-president, people management, forFirst Reliance Bank, and Larry is aregional sales representative for aCanadian-based industrial solarenergy company, Menova Energy.Their son Scott is a sophomore atEast Carolina U.

Lawrence Martz, MSc, ’76 BSc, ofSaskatoon, has been appointeddean of the College of GraduateStudies and Research at the U ofSaskatchewan, effective January 1,2008. Lawrence, who received hisPhD from the U of Saskatchewan,initially joined that university as alecturer in 1984 and was named fullprofessor in 1995. He has taughtcourses in geography, geomorphol-ogy, and cartography. His areas ofresearch expertise include geograph-ical information systems, hydrologicmodelling, digital terrain analysis,soil erosion, climate impact on waterresources, and computer mapping.

Jan Selman, MFA, chair of the U ofA’s drama department, recentlyreceived the first-ever University ofAlberta Award for Excellence inLeadership. This award recognizesoutstanding leaders or leadershipteams for their attention to issuesand concerns that have an impacton the work and learning environ-ment. Jan has been artistic directorat Catalyst Theatre in Edmontonand has written academic articleson theatre. She is the principalinvestigator for the project Are WeThere Yet?: Using Theatre in TeenSexuality Education.


Russell Cherneskey, ’74 BCom, ofEdmonton, was invested as aKnight of Justice with theSovereign Order of the Knights ofJustice, a world-wide organizationthat traces its history back to the10th century in Great Britain.Russell notes that there are only19 such knights in Canada andapproximately 600 in the world.Knights are recognized for theirservice to peace and the humancause and are devoted to carryingon the tradition of King Arthur,defending truth and justice. Russell with wife, Julie, ’73 BEd

80s’80 Barry James, BCom, wasrecently awarded the prestigiousFellow of the Chartered Accountantsdesignation, the highest honour theprofession can bestow. Barry is amanaging partner at the Edmontonoffice of PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Margaret King, MSc(Nu), ’74BSc(Nu), has been named assistantdeputy minister of public health forthe Province of Alberta. Margaretwas the second graduate of the U ofA’s master’s in nursing program andcompleted most of the work towarda PhD in sociology. Margaret hasworked in the health care field forover 30 years, 15 with AlbertaHealth and Wellness. Before work-ing with the government, she was anephrology nurse technician withthe U of A’s Department of Medicineand a nurse epidemiologist with theEdmonton Board of Health.

Bob Tory, BEd, of Richland,Washington, is general manager andpartner of the Tri-City Americanshockey club. He writes, “Many of our

former players are now on the U of AGolden Bears hockey team (DylanStanley, Ben Kilgour, Ian McDonald,Richard Kelly, etc.).”

’81 Stan Blade, BSc, is the man-aging director of the Alberta Agricul -tural Research Institute in Edmonton.The AARI works with stakeholders inthe research-development continuumto provide strategic leadership anddirection to create a prosperousagricultural sector. Before this, Stanhad been working with the Interna -tional Institute of Tropical Agriculturebased in Nigeria.

Anthony Tam, MBA, ’74 BSc(Pharm),of Hong Kong, is now president ofthe Chinese University of HongKong–Tung Wah Group of HospitalsCommunity College (CUTW). TheCollege offers 25 associate degreecourses through its four schools, inaddition to one pre-associatedegree. All courses are validated,and quality assured by the ChineseUniversity of Hong Kong, one of thetop universities in the region.Details of the CUTW can be foundat www.cutw.edu.hk

’82 Terry Freeman, BCom,recently joined Northern PlainsCapital, a private equity firm spe-cializing in oilfield services, as theEdmonton-based managing directorafter 14 years as chief financial offi-cer of Flint Energy Services and itspredecessors.

Kevin Neveu, BSc(Eng), was recentlyappointed chief executive officerand director of Precision DrillingCorporation in Calgary. Kevin hasheld executive management posi-tions in London, Moscow, Houston,Edmonton, and Calgary. He wasmost recently president of the RigSolutions Group of National OilwellVarco in Houston, Texas.

Darren Schemmer, BEd, wasappointed in July as high commis-sioner to the Republic of Ghana andnow lives in Accra. Darren joined theCanadian International DevelopmentAgency in 1989 and received anMBA from Royal Roads University in2002. Before his appointment toGhana he was with CIDA as directorgeneral for the areas of Haiti, Cuba,and the Dominican Republic.


Curtis Gillespie, ’85BA, of Edmonton,recently publishedhis first novel,Crown Shyness(Brindle & Glass),in which he explores theintersection of family and poli-tics and ideology and theeffects they have on each other.Referring to Crown Shyness,noted Canadian author AlistairMacLeod wrote, “CurtisGillespie is a beautiful writer,with an exquisite touch… . Hecan describe the ephemera ofthe natural world and thefragility of human relationshipswith the same sure hand.”

Curtis is also a well-regarded,award-winning writer of short sto-ries (a collection, The Progressof an Object in Motion, waspublished in 1997 by CoteauBooks), non-fiction (PlayingThrough, 2002; Someone LikeThat, 2000), and magazine arti-cles. He was the U of A writer-in-residence in 2005-06.

For more information phone 1-800-661-2593 or visit www.ualberta.ca/alumni.

Inspired by the

splendour of the

autumn colours

of the river valley

below campus, the

University of Alberta

chose green and gold

for its colours. The green

represents the wide

stretches of prairie

flanked by deep spruce

forests and symbolizes

hope and optimism.

The gold represents

the golden harvest

fields and

symbolizes the

light of knowledge.

Win great prizes for your greenand gold flower display or veggie garden. Even if you don’t havea green thumb you can still win in our photography or floralarrangement contests. All are eligible to win the grand prize for the entry that best celebrates Growing Green & Gold!

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’83 Eamonn Callan, PhD, a pro-fessor of education at Stanford U inPalo Alto, California, is now chair ofthe Faculty Senate at Stanford.After he received his PhD, he taughtat the U of A for nearly 20 yearsbefore leaving for Stanford in 1999.In 2006 he was appointed to anendowed chair at Stanford.

Don J. Manderscheid, LLM, ’79 LLB,’75 BA, received the Canadian BarAssociation’s John Tait Award ofExcellence in August 2007. Thisaward is given annually to a publicsector lawyer who has achieved thehighest standards of professionalconduct and competence and madesignificant contributions to socialjustice or community affairs, andwho exemplifies pre-eminent publicservice. “Needless to say, I am hum-bled by this honour,” Don notes.

Robert Seidel, LLB, ’80 BCom, ofEdmonton, has been named nationalmanaging partner at Davis LLP.

’85 Barbara Hergott (Nowacki),BSc, of Edmonton, and her husband,Glenn Hergott, have announced the“surprise” birth of their son,Aleksander Jakob. Born in May 2006,he was “18 years in the waiting.”Glenn studied science at the U of A inthe ’70s and was part of the DeltaUpsilon chapter during that time. Hehas been a certified financial plannerfor over 24 years and now works withBarbara (who worked for over adecade with Alberta Education in theNational and International EducationDivision) running their own financialplanning practice.

’86 James Sarros, PhD, of Victoria,Australia, is currently the acting headof the Department of Management,Faculty of Business and Economics,at Monash U.

Marija Skerlj, MSc, of Ljubljana,Slovenia, received a PhD in Sciencefrom the U of Ljublana in 1990.

’87 Linda Banister (Taylor), MPM,’83 BCom, was recently inducted asa Fellow of the Canadian EvaluationSociety (CES). Linda is one of eightCEA Fellows in Canada, the first inwestern Canada and the only female.The fellowship recognizes lifetimeachievement, excellence in practice,and contributions to the field of evaluation. The CES has over 2,000Canadian and international mem-bers dedicated to the advancementof evaluation theory and practice.Linda is the principal at BanisterResearch & Consulting Inc., whichprovides market research and evalu-ation consulting services to the pub-lic and private sectors.

John Kozole, BA, has been appointedthe chief operating officer at theAlberta New Home Warranty Program.

Nick Parkinson, BPE, previously avice-president with the Calgary YMCA,has been named a principal in theEdmonton office of Conroy RossPartners, an executive search andmanagement consulting company.

’88 Darcy Tkachuk, BA, ’92 LLB,completed a master’s degree in busi-ness administration at the Ivey Schoolof Business, U of Western Ontario.

’89 David Bryan, BA, of Edmonton,has been named a partner in theadvisory services practice ofPricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP. Davidspecializes in transaction support,including financial due diligenceand post-merger integration.

Todd Hirsch, BA, of Calgary, has beenappointed senior economist with ATBFinancial. Todd, who received his MAmajoring in economics from the U ofCalgary, previously served as chiefeconomist with the Canada WestFoundation. He is also a sessionalinstructor at U of Calgary.

John Stevens, BCom, is the newpresident and chief operating officerand member of the board of direc-tors of Northern Crane Services, thelargest independent full-servicecrane-operating company in Alberta.


RhondaDraper, ’88 BA[Augustana], ofKelowna, B.C.,recently wonthe GovernorGeneral’s Awardfor excellence

in teaching Canadian history tochildren. After receiving herBA, Rhonda got her certificatein education from the U of A in1990 and is taking classesfrom Athabasca U to completeher bachelor of education. “Ihave a great deal of gratitudefor the education I received atthe U of Alberta which inspiredme in this direction.”

The Capital Region Rotary Clubs recently acknowledged several notablecommunity members with Capital Region Integrity Awards. Among therecipients were the following U of A graduates: Beverley Edwards-Sawatzky,’87 PhD, ’66 BPE, ’76 MEd; Bruce Reith, ’79 BA(RecAdmin); Kris Wells,’03 MEd, ’94 BEd; and Morag Pansegrau, ’83 PhD, ’79 MEd.

90s’90 Tom Chiu, LLB, ’84 BCom, ’86BA, of Edmonton, celebrated thegrand opening of the downtown lawfirm of Chiu & Company in October2007. Visit www.chiucompany.com tolearn more. Tom has enjoyed prac-tising law for the past 17 years. Helikes to curl, golf, and spend timewith his family.

’91 Carmen Berg, BEd, of Calgary,was married in November 1997. Sheand her husband, Randall, welcomedtheir second child, Noah PatrickAleczandr, on May 31, 2006, a brotherfor Chanel. Carmen notes that shewould love to hear from other gradu-ates through [email protected].

’92 Linda Thorsen, MEd, ofTaichung, Taiwan, recently finished 10years of teaching Grade 4 at MorrisonAcademy in Taiwan. She is currentlytaking a one-year leave of absence.

Dorothy Ryan, PhD, ’85 MEd, entereda convent after high school in Ontarioand became known as Sister St.Matthew. She had been running aprivate practice as a psychologist inLloydminster, AB, for 15 years, butin the summer of 2007 returned toOntario when she was elected MotherGeneral of the Sisters of St. Josephin Peterborough. Through her yearsin the church and as a teacher, anacademic, and a psychologist, SisterSt. Matthew also excelled at basket-

ball, starting in the late 1950s withher Ontario high school team. Whenshe worked as a nun/lab technologistat St. Joseph’s Hospital in the ’70s,she returned to basketball, and atthe age of 31 was named rookie ofthe year in the Peterborough LadiesBasketball League. After receivingher PhD from the U of A, Sister St.Matthew did post-graduate work atOhio State U, taught on the OnionLake Reserve in Saskatchewan, andtaught university psychology classes.

’93 Allen Fuller, ’93 BEd, is now thesenior pastor at Mountain Park Com -munity Church in Phoenix, Arizona. Hefollowed up his U of A studies withclasses at a seminary in Indiana andworked at various churches. His plansfor Mountain Park, where he conductstwo Sunday services in the largeauditorium and oversees severaloutreach events, include providing a resource for community membersto strengthen their families. Eventhough he describes himself as a“hardcore Edmonton Oilers fan,” as a resident of Phoenix, he nowsupports Wayne Gretzky’s Coyotes.

Gail Sidonie Sobat, ’91 MA, ’83BEd, is the current writer-in-residence for the CanadianAuthors Association–Alberta Branch. Shewelcomes membersof the public to talkabout their writing inher office at the U of Abookstore in the Students’Union Building. Gail is also look-ing forward to the 2008 publicationof Gravity Journal, a novella she wroteabout young women struggling witheating disorders and living in the hos-pital (Great Plains Publications).

In addition to her own writing,Gail is devoted to nurturing

young writers, through in-class presentations

and through theunique summercamp Youth

Write. Youth Write,which Gail founded

and coordinated, is in its12th year of welcoming

young writers and helping them improve their writing skills

through workshops presented by agroup of dynamic and establishedCanadian artists.


The International School of Macao(TIS) in southeast China wasestablished in 2002 to provide aCanadian curriculum and accredi-tation to local and expatriate stu-dents. By 2006, when U of A gradReal Hryhirchuk, ’98 BEd, ’06MEd, was appointed principal, theSchool had grown to over 500 stu-dents and had become accreditedwith the Alberta government. Partlybecause of the rapid growth ofMacau, the student population isnow about 700, from preschool toGrade 11. Next year Grade 12 willbe added, so that by 2009 stu-dents can graduate from TIS withan Alberta high school diploma.

A large number of the teachersat the school are from Alberta,with many being graduates of theU of A. “This is the first, and cur-

rently only, out-of-province schoolaccredited by Alberta Education,”Real explains. “I am a proudAlberta educator and am excitedto have the opportunity to be apart of creating an excellent schoolprogram that meets the rigorousexpectations of Alberta Education.”

U of A grads teaching at theInternational School of Macao:Back row (l-r) Dale McGinnis,’86 MEd, ’76 BEd, ’81 Dip(Ed);Vance Boisjoli, ’04 BEd; MelVarga, ’94 BEd; DavidSpreadbury, ’77 BSc(Ag); andChris Lee, ’05 BEd, ’05 BSc.Front row (l-r) Principal RealHryhirchuk, ’98 BEd, ’06 MEd;Corina Chan, ’05 BEd; KateGale, ’83 BEd, ’94 Dip(Ed);Yvonne Grieve, ’69 BEd; andStephanie Bertholet, ’98 BEd.

Rod Neumann, MBA, of Calgary,has been named a partner atConroy Ross Partners, an executivesearch and management consultingcompany.

’94 Rhonda Clark, PhD, ’88BSc(Ag), of Calgary, writes that “lifeis good. Since 1994 I have used myPhD to coordinate a centennial cat-tle drive, raise 11-year-old twins,and now am teaching and research-ing at the U of C.”

Darren Wagner, BCom, of Edmonton,has been appointed vice-president,operations development, for west-ern Canada for Pizza 73.

’95 Steve Hollinger, BCom, hasbeen named a partner at Pricewater - houseCoopers LLP of Edmonton.Steve, who obtained his CA desig-nation in 1998, specializes in con-sumer and industrial products.

’96 Blain R. Banick, MBA, ’89BA, of Dallas, Texas, was namedchief marketing officer of Haynesand Boone LLP, on September 1,2007. Blain notes that Haynes andBoone is a “prominent Texas-basedlaw firm with almost 500 attorneysand 10 offices in Texas, New York,Washington, D.C., Mexico City, andMoscow.” Before joining Haynesand Boone, Blain served for threeyears as the CMO of Philadelphia-based Ballard Spahr Andrews andIngersoll LLP.

’97 Jordan Davis, BSc(Eng), ofEdmonton, was recently appointedregional manager, Edmonton North,for Melcor Developments Ltd.

Leela Gilday, BMus, won the awardfor outstanding Aboriginal recordingfor Sedze at the Western CanadianMusic Awards in October.

In September 2007 SeanVerret, ’04 MSc, ’00 BSc(Eng),won the 24-hour world cham-pionship race in his age cate-gory in endurance cycling. The race was held inMonterey, California, andinvolved cycling 242 kilome-tres in just over 23 hours.Sean works for DefenceResearch and DevelopmentCanada in Medicine Hat, AB,and says training duringMedicine Hat’s hot summerdays prepared him well for thehot portions of his race.

Sean competes on a team called Lost in Transition.“We compete as a team offour racers and do all theevents together. The bike racewas a solo effort physically onmy part, but my support teamincluded my fiancée, TanyaWilkins, and my mechanic,Dustin Rainey [’02 BSc(HonsCert), ’00 BSc].”

In October the team com-peted in the five-day, 400-kmEcomotion Pro in Brazil. Though they had a disappointing 42nd-place finish (mostly because they lost their map and directions during the firstpaddling leg so missed a vital turnoff during the biking leg) and got atotal of six hours of sleep between paddling, biking, hiking, and kayaking,Sean says, “I’d do this race again any day!” More information on theteam’s pursuits is on the website www.teamlostintransition.ca

Parlee McLaws LLP of Edmonton and Calgary recently welcomed the fol-lowing U of A graduates to the firm: Suzanne Sjovold, ’06 LLB, ’03 PhD,will work on intellectual property law and business law; Avery Saunders,’06 LLB, will work in the area of business law; and Dean Hitesman, ’06LLB, ’03 BCom, will focus on banking and financial law and commercialreal estate law.

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Sean celebrating his first-place finishin Monterey (top) and dealing withthe muddy parts of an adventurerace in Brazil.

Faculty of Science Research AwardWe are seeking nominations for the Faculty’s most promising young scientists for this annual award, which recognizes outstanding research achievement. Nominees must have obtained their doctorates in 1996 or later.

Deadline:January 15, 2008

For details of eligibility and conditions, please contact:

Dr. Renée ElioAssociate Dean (Research)E-mail: [email protected](780) 492-3169

or

Crystal Moore(780) [email protected]

Faculty of Science Award for Excellent TeachingWe are seeking nominations from students and departments in the Faculty of Science for this annual award for individuals with outstanding qualities in undergraduate teaching.

Deadline:January 18, 2008

For details of eligibility and conditions, please contact:

Dr. Brenda LeskiwAssociate DeanE-mail: [email protected](780) 492-9452


00s’00 Thaddeus K.T. Sim, BCom, ’98BSc, of Iowa City, Iowa, has joined LeMoyne College in Syracuse, N.Y., asassistant professor of businessadministration. Thaddeus also hasdegrees from UBC and U of Iowa.

’01 Sudha Chinniah, BCom,received an award from the U of ASchool of Business as an outstand-ing alumnus with a career in retail-ing. The award was part of the 16thannual Henry Singer Awards cele-bration held in Edmonton in October.Now 29, Sudha followed up hisBCom with a two-year course at theFashion Institute of Technology inNew York, one of the top fashionschools in the world. He currentlyworks with the luxury menswearhouse Ermenegildo Zegna as anaccount executive for Z Zegna.

Joel Kroeker, MA, of Vancouver,won the award for outstanding poprecording of the year at the WesternCanadian Music Awards in Octoberfor his most recent album, Closer tothe Flame. As well, his version ofNeil Young’s “God Made Me” is on atribute album called BorrowedTunes II. In February 2008 Joel willbe travelling to southeast Asia on aMennonite Central Committee learn-

ing tour delegation. He will be visit-ing water-related relief projects toget a better understanding of howthe international community cancontribute to the work being doneby local organizations regardingissues such as health, education,agriculture, food security, andincome generation.

’02 Bryce Kelly, BSc, received adoctor of physiotherapy degree fromthe U of North Dakota in May 2007.Bryce will be residing and practisingin his hometown of Fort St. John, B.C.

Sarah Lang, BA, of Chicago, Illinois,recently toured North America in sup-port of her first book of poetry, TheWork of Days (Coach House Books).A review in the Edmonton Journalcalled the book “a terrific debut” andstated that Sarah is “a brilliant newtalent already at the top of hergame.” Sarah, who got a Master ofFine Arts at Brown U in Rhode Island,says that she will continue to travelextensively—she plans to work onher next book in and about airports.

Tracie LeBlanc, BA, is working inmedia relations with the CanadaBorder Services Agency in Ottawa.

’03 Graham Arndt, BA, ofAmherst, Massachusetts, recentlypassed Level 1 of the Chartered

Financial Analyst program. Graham,an associate financial advisor atJeffrey M. Goldfarb & Associates inWilliamsville, N.Y., earned a mas-ter’s degree in economics from theU of Buffalo in 2005.

Rodney Chudyk, BCom, and FancyC. Poitras, ’05 BA, of Burnaby,B.C., are happy to announce theirengagement, with the wedding tofollow in September 2008.

’06 Georgette Reed, MA, GoldenBears and Pandas head track andfield coach, trained and accompa-nied a team of Paralympic athletesto the Paralympic PanamericanGames in Brazil. She returned withher team having done very well.Overall the athletes brought home12 medals— four gold, two silver,and six bronze.

’07 Taheer Alibhai, BA, is studyingat the B.C. Institute of Technologytoward a Bachelor of Technology inForensic Investigation. “My intentionsare to work for either RCMP or CSISin the future and develop my skillsas an intel analyst.”

Three UA grads entered the Pennsyl -vania College of Optometry’s doctorof optometry program in Fall ’07.They are Sara Constantine, ’07BEd; Kavitha Jayachandra, ’07 BSc;and Angrisha Sharma, ’07 BSc.

Tyler Vreeling, ’07 BDes, anda few of his U of A classmateshave formed a design companythey call Fat Crow Design. LastJuly the company showcased aline of furniture called WhiteMoose at the World MarketCenter in Las Vegas. “An entireline of furniture was somethingthat I knew I couldn’t domyself,” Tyler says, “so I wentand found the craziest peoplethat I could to help me.” Thosepeople are Mark Oswald, ’05BA; Joanna Goszczynski, ’07 BDes; and Joel Harding,’06 BDes. Together they puttogether a line of quirky, hipfurniture, and the response in Vegas was great.

The quartet will keep working on White Moose but also, Tyler says,hope to “have Fat Crow Design grow to become a multi-faceted designfirm in Edmonton, designing such things as graphics, products, designfor disability and, eventually, architecture.” The group’s website iswww.fatcrowdesign.ca

Don Iveson, ’01 BA,won a seat onEdmonton’s citycouncil in the elec-tion October 15.Don’s win in the hotly contested ridingof Ward 5 was considered the biggestsurprise of the civic election. Ivesonworked at the Gateway during hisUniversity days and is president of theGateway Alumni Chapter. His cam-paign manager, Chris Henderson, ’05BA, worked with Don at the U of AStudents’ Union.

Ben Henderson,’84 MFA, also won aseat in the civic elec-tion. Don and Ben joinre-elected U of A grad-uates Linda Sloan,’03 BSc(Nu) and KimKrushell, ’95 MLIS, on Edmonton’s CityCouncil. Andrew Knack, ’06 BCom,also ran in the civic election.

Fat Crow: back row (l-r), MarkOswald, Tyler Vreeling, intern KendelVreeling; front row, Joel Harding,Joanna Goszczynski.

In MemoriamThe Alumni Association notes with sorrow the passing of the followinggraduates:

’27 Marion (Ida) Sullivan(Jamieson), BSc, of Guelph, ON, inJuly 2007

’33 Sylvia Isabel Evans, BA, ofEdmonton, AB, in July 2007

’37 Belva Winnifred Piercy (Bailey),BA, of Edmonton, AB, in July 2007

’39 Eric Donald Wilson, BSc(Eng),of Calgary, AB, in July 2007

’40 Janet Logie Younie, BA, ofEdmonton, AB, in August 2007

’41 Samuel Robert Moscovich,BA, of Richmond, BC, in July 2007

’45 Arthur Lawrence Stevinson,BSc(Eng), of Winnipeg, MB, inSeptember 2007

Joe Tredger, Dip(Pharm), ofBonnyville, AB, in July 2007

’46 Joseph Mathias Lauerman,BSc, ’48 MD, of Edmonton, AB, inJuly 2007

’47 Jean Elizabeth Kerr(Robertson), BSc(HomEc), ’75 BEd,of Victoria, BC, in April 2007

James Brown Ritchie, BA, ’49 LLB,of Edmonton, AB, in August 2007

’48 Jack Wadsworth Allen, BEd,’55 BA, of Edmonton, AB, in July 2007

Allan Clayton Burnard, BSc(Eng),of Calgary, AB, in June 2007

Walter Hrynchuk, BSc(Eng), ofEdmonton, AB, in July 2007

Orville E. White, BEd, of Victoria,BC, in February 2007

’49 Malcolm William MacDonald,BSc(Eng), of Tsawwassen, BC, in April2007

Alexander Blair McPherson, BA,’52 BDiv, ’71 MEd, of Edmonton, AB,in July 2007

Laughlin B. Taylor, BSc, ’51 BEd, ofMontreal, QC, in April 2007

Anthony B. Wacowich, BSc(Eng), ofSt. Albert, AB, in June 2007

’50 Barney Adair, BSc(Eng), ofLadysmith, BC, in June 2007

James Clarke Hunter, BEd, ofEdmonton, AB, in July 2007

Clarence Oscar Jevne, BSc(Ag), ’52BEd, of Ponoka, AB, in July 2007

’51 Martha Way (Kochalyk), BEd,of Calgary, AB, in August 2007

Doris K. Worden, BEd, of Edmonton,AB, in July 2007

’52 Maurice Murray Bright,BSc(Eng), of Oak Harbor, WA, in July 2007

’53 Alvina L. Clutton (Dallaire),Dip(Ed), of Red Deer, AB, in June 2007

Gladys Marie Donelon (Matthews),BEd, of Edmonton, AB, in August 2007

R. Jim Shaul, BSc, of Spruce Grove,AB, in July 2007

Ellen Alberta Wright (Laws), BEd,’58 BA, ’62 MEd, of Langley, BC, inJune 2007

’55 William Donald Kirstine, DDS,of Victoria, BC, in August 2007

Terrence Neil Traff, BSc, ’59 MD, ofEdmonton, AB, in August 2007

’56 Charles George Cochrane,BSc(Eng), of Calgary, AB, in August2007

Harry Stephen Graschuk, BCom, ofEdmonton, AB, in August 2007

Russell Edward Nawolsky,BSc(Eng), of Calgary, AB, in April 2007

’57 Neill Macmillan Boyd, BSc(Eng),of Edmonton, AB, in August 2007

Myrlene Joyce Kyle, Dip(Nu), ofAlberta Beach, AB, in July 2007

’58 Jack Lee Leavitt, BPE, ofCanmore, AB, in July 2007

J. Barry Smith, BA, ’64 BEd, ofRichmond Hill, ON, in August 2007

’59 Gerald Ernest Patsula,BSc(Ag), ’74 MBA, of Beaumont, AB,in July 2007

Norman Earl Treleaven, BSc, ’71MEd, of Banff, AB, in June 2007

’61 Stephen Russel Ramsankar,BSc, ’63 BEd, ’89 LLB (Honorary), ofEdmonton, AB, in July 2007

Kin Seto, BSc(Eng), of Montreal, QC,in August 2007

’62 Frederick Daniel Gorgichuk,BEd, ’66 Dip(Ed), ’73 MEd, ofEdmonton, AB, in July 2007

Donald Korpus, DDS, of Regina, SK,in June 2007

John R. Low, BSc(Eng), of Portland,OR, in March 2007

Eunice M. Mattson (Mattson),BPE, of Edmonton, AB, in July 2007

Alexander Robb, MEd, of Regina, SK,in June 2007

Metro Spasiuk, BEd, of Glendon,AB, in August 2007

’63 Michel Kalinowsky, MA, ’68PhD, of Edmonton, AB, in July 2007

Irma Rose Smith (Strifler), BA, ’73BEd, of Edmonton, AB, in April 2007

Lubow Oksana Tatuch, BSc, ofOshawa, ON, in July 2007

’65 Donald Afton Green, BEd, ofCamrose, AB, in June 2007

Kenneth Lyle Ward, BEd, ’67 MEd,of Edmonton, AB, in August 2007

’66 Judy Mary Thom, Dip(Nu), ofSherwood Park, AB, in July 2007

Arthur Wing C. C. Koh, BSc(Pharm),of Edmonton, AB, in July 2007

’67 Halyna Freeland (Chomiak), BA,’70 LLB, of Edmonton, AB, in July 2007

’68 Marie Kapicki, BEd, ofEdmonton, AB, in July 2007

Winston Joseph P. Ramsankar,BSc, ’76 BEd, of Grande Prairie, AB,in August 2007

’69 F. Henry Breau, MEd, ofDieppe, NB, in July 2007

Isabel Elsie Molyneux, Dip(Ed), ’75Dip(Ed), of Clyde, AB, in August 2007

’70 Helen Barbara Anderson, BEd,of Edmonton, AB, in July 2007

Jules Francois Brassard, BSc(Eng),of Hinton, AB, in August 2007

Jean Roberta Robson, BEd, ofEdmonton, AB, in July 2007

’71 Graydon S. Dennis, BEd, ofPeace River, AB, in June 2007

Janis Adele Shaw (Heath),Dip(RehabMed), ’88 BSc(OT), ’99MSc, of Edmonton, AB, in August2007

Robert Norman Pickrell, BEd, ofPenticton, BC, in March 2007

’72 Aletha Iris Dempsey(Thurston), BSc(HEc), of Irma, AB,in April 2007

Dmytro Kyselytzia, BA, of Edmonton,AB, in February 2007

David John Wilson, BSc, of Calgary,AB, in July 2007

’73 David John Evasiuk, BSc, ’77BCom, of Athabasca,AB, in June 2007

Albert Kam-Hing H. H. Man, BSc,’75 BCom, of Kowloon Tong, HK, inAugust 2007

’74 Terry James Butler, BA, ’79 MA,of Edmonton, AB, in August 2007

Denis Joseph Lemay, BEd, ’91 LLB,of Bentley, AB, in May 2007

Robert Leo Lemieux, BCom, ofEdmonton, AB, in August 2007

Wanda Lorea Tennant, MSLP, ofEdmonton, AB, in August 2007

’75 Donna Ann Bell, BA, ofCanmore, AB, in July 2007

’76 Ronald William Lowe, BA, ofEdmonton, AB, in August 2007

’77 Kathleen Ethel Kolthammer(MacKenzie), BCom, of Edmonton,AB, in August 2007

’78 Larry Wayne Cochet, BSc, ofFort Saskatchewan, AB, in July 2007

’79 Bruce Stewart Fitzsimmons,BA, of St Albert, AB, in July 2007

Barbara Hope Kupka, BEd, ’03Dip(Ed), of Hay Lakes, AB, in July 2007

Stuart Raymond L. Millman, BEd,of Edmonton, AB, in June 2007

Christopher John Worthy, BCom, ofVancouver, BC, in August 2007

’81 Brian William J. Pimblett,BSc(Eng), ’90 MBA, of Abbotsford,BC, in August 2007

’83 Judith Mary McGechen, BEd,of Lloydminster, SK, in July 2007

Linda Margaret Jackson, BEd, ofEdmonton, AB, in August 2007

Douglas Edwin Johnson, BSc, of St.Albert, AB, in August 2007

Gail Vanterpool, BA, ’85 BEd, ’97MA, of Edmonton, AB, in June 2007

’86 Erika Helene Schmitz(Bergrath), BA, of Edmonton, AB, in August 2007

Elaine Anne Ripley (Backhouse),BEd, of Calgary, AB, in June 2007

’97 Robin Christine Kochorek, BA,’00 MSLP, of Calgary, AB, in July 2007

’98 Emery Forest, Dip(Ed), ofEdmonton, AB, in August 2007

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[email protected]. Tributes are

posted on the ‘In Memoriam’

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