Vic Report, Autumn 2010

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Never at a loss for an arresting turn of phrase, Oscar Wilde once opined, “Anybody can make history. Only a great man can write it.” His quip takes aim at the “great man” view of history, according to which the determining shapers of civilizations and cultures are a few powerful (and usually male) individuals; but he also reminds us how complicated and difficult the business of writing history is.

Victoria University has a good deal of history to celebrate as we begin our 175th year this October. Our history is made, not by just anybody, but by that large community, spread over time and space, that is constituted by all members of Victoria. It is folly to characterize that

history succinctly, but if I had only three words, they would be “historic,” “distinctive,” and “committed.”

“Historic,” first. Vic’s royal charter of 1836 places it among the oldest universities in Canada. The Maritimes saw earlier foundations, and McGill received its charter in 1821. King’s College, the predecessor of the University of Toronto, was founded in 1827, but did not admit students until 1842, the same year as Victoria. Age alone does not make very interesting history. But it provides time for growth and distinctive achievement.

Next, “distinctive.” A couple of distinctions stand out. Victoria—unlike some sister institutions—was adamant that there would be no test of religious belief for faculty or students. In the early decades of encounter between Darwin and Genesis, Victoria’s leaders were unequivocally supportive of interpretative principles which respected truth found in science as well as in scripture. Victoria also claimed some important firsts in the education of women: Nellie Greenwood, for example, was

the first woman to earn a bachelor’s degree in Ontario, graduating with a B.Sc. from Victoria in 1884—the same year that U of T first admitted women.

The third word, “committed,” refers to Vic’s educational mission. Although respect for science education was always present (Vic’s Faraday Hall in Cobourg, Ontario, was the first purpose- built science building in Upper Canada), the hallmark of an education at Victoria has always been in the liberal arts, including theology. We have a disproportionate share of the “great names” of Canadian arts, culture and public life whose contributions have been built upon a solid education in the humane sciences.

Now in the 21st century, Victoria finds itself in changed circumstances. No longer does Vic educate primarily the reformed church sons and daughters of rural Ontario; our student body reflects the many stances towards religious and humanistic beliefs found in contemporary society. In this modern world, openness to diversity continues to serve both of our colleges well. Where once our campus was local in its perspective, our horizons are now global.

In the midst of such changes, the one constant is the persistent value of a liberal education. If there is one overriding lesson I have learned from the many histories of our alumni, it is the worth of a broad education; one that teaches appreciation for human history and values, that stretches the mind and fires the imagination and that hones thought and encourages debate. These are our historic and enduring values.

Celebrating one’s history is not so much an act of self-congratulation as an occasion for self-reflection and resolution. With its rich inheritance of alumni, friends and resources, Victoria must repay the trust of the past by building for the future. We must become the very best place on this continent for liberal education in the humane sciences including theology. That is how we will continue to make history, not for the sake of “making history,” since anyone can do that, but for the welfare of civil society, here and wherever Vic people are to be found.

Continuing its strong history of women in education, Vic is pleased to welcome our new chancellor, Wendy Cecil Vic 7T1, and executive director of advancement, Deborah Scott.

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Making Historyby paul w. gooch

Autumn 2010 Volume XXXIX No. 1

Published under the authority of the Board of Regents of Victoria University in the University of Toronto.

Publisher: Deborah Scott, Executive Director of Advancement

Editor: Alison (Massie) Broadworth Vic 9T7, Associate Director, Alumni Affairs and University Advancement

Managing Editor: Jennifer Pugsley Vic 0T1, Communications Officer

Copy Editor: Frank Collins

Design: DDB Canada

Cover: Wendy Cecil Vic 7T1 in front of Old Vic. Photography by Babak.

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In a generous show of support for theological study, Toronto’s Deer Park United Church has donated $1.5 million to Victoria University’s Emmanuel College. The momentous gift provides crucial aid to two key areas of Emmanuel’s work by establishing the Deer Park Professorship in Church Music and the Deer Park Scholarship.

A personal connection to church music is at the heart of Deer Park’s decision to secure an enduring faculty presence for Emmanuel’s Master of Sacred Music program. “For decades now, Deer Park United has enjoyed an excellent repertoire of beautiful liturgical music under the leadership of William Wright Vic 6T1, Emm 6T4,” says Margaret Pillar, chair of the church’s board of trustees. “A gift that would help develop future leaders of music in the church was a natural one for us to make.”

It was also important to the congregation of Deer Park to see its gift foster a love of learning and theological education, adds Pillar. “The scholarship takes that extra step by helping to attract doctoral students of the highest calibre to a future in teaching in the church.”

Deer Park’s gift is made possible through the recent sale of the church’s former location, the funds from which have been used to aid the operations and lives of agencies and partners supported by the church over the years. For Emmanuel, the gift is one of infinite value.

“This is indeed a lasting legacy that will serve both church and academy for generations to come,” says Emmanuel College principal Mark Toulouse.

$1.5 Million Gift for Emmanuel CollegeDeer Park United Church Supports Music and Scholarship

Members of the congregation of Deer Park United Church at a reception at Victoria University in honour of the $1.5 million gift to Emmanuel College.

This past May, Victoria University marked the passing of William (Bill) Fennell Vic 3T9, Emm 4T2. A professor and principal emeritus of Emmanuel College, Fennell was a faithful scholar and wise administrator who shared himself

generously with his community and the university he loved.

Emmanuel College professor of homiletics Paul Wilson Vic 7T2, Emm 7T9 remembers Fennell as a caring and visionary principal. “Professor Fennell devoted his time selflessly to students, faculty, the university and the church,” says Wilson. “I loved him as a teacher. He was a theologian who

respected the founding traditions of the College and influenced hundreds of students in their ability to articulate the faith clearly and passionately.”

Fennell joined the faculty of Victoria University in 1946, where he taught systematic theology at Emmanuel College for 35 years. He also served as the College’s principal from 1972 until his retirement in 1982, after which he rarely missed an opportunity to return to the campus for Vic and Emmanuel class reunions and university events.

Active in the ecumenical movement at home and abroad, Fennell was a longtime supporter of the World University Service of Canada. In 1960, he was elected to the WUSC’s international committee, helping the organization’s efforts to foster human development and global understanding through education and training. Fennell also chaired the committee that brought the Toronto School of Theology into existence in 1970.

Fennell’s accomplishments earned him many honorary degrees, including doctorates of divinity from the University of Winnipeg, the University of Trinity College, Knox College and Victoria University.

Bill Fennell: Teacher and VisionaryFaithful Scholar Influenced Generations of Students

Principal Bill Fennell in his Emmanuel College office in 1972.

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Scott held successive leadership roles during her 12-year tenure at UB Law. Notably, she helped close a transformational campaign that realized the endowments of two professorships, the establishment of six research fellowships, the creation of scholarships and awards, the construction of the first fully operational courtroom in a law school in the United States, a $1-million campus technology upgrade and a three-fold increase in funds raised annually.

Scott earned a BA in psychology from Queen’s University and pursued graduate studies at McMaster University. She succeeds Larry Davies, who retired in March 2010 after a long and distinguished career at Victoria University (see Vic Report, Winter 2010).

New executive director of advancement Deborah Scott.

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There was little time for Deborah Scott to settle into her role as Victoria University’s executive director of advancement this past May. Joining Vic directly from the University at Buffalo Law School, where she served as vice dean and director of development, Scott’s first few weeks involved a steady stream of meetings and reunion events with the alumni of Victoria College and Emmanuel College.

For the new senior administrator of the Office of Alumni Affairs and University Advancement, there could have been no better introduction to one of the most engaged alumni communities at the University of Toronto. Scott’s early days were a rewarding confirmation of the university and people she had admired as the parent of a Vic graduate. “I am thrilled to be joining such a distinguished institution as Victoria University,” she says.

“In searching for our new executive director of advancement, we were looking for someone who possessed the necessary experience and record of success in advancement, an outstanding commitment to higher education, a deep appreciation for students and alumni, and the ability to work in a complex system that includes two colleges federated with a large university,” says President Paul Gooch. “Deb embodies all these qualities.”

Deborah Scott New Executive Director of AdvancementExperience, Success and Commitment to Higher Education

Editor’s Note: Thank you to David Brown Vic 7T1 for bringing to the attention of Vic Report that his father, Kenneth C. Brown Vic 4T5, was named a Rhodes scholar in 1946. Kenneth received one of five special Canadian Forces Overseas Rhodes Scholarships, which were in addition to those awarded on a provincial basis that year. Vic Report was unaware of Kenneth’s Rhodes scholarship; consequently he was not listed with Vic’s other 13 scholars in the summer 2010 cover story.

2010 Keith Davey Forum on Public Affairs

Faith and Politics: Religion and the Secular Statefeaturing

Jean Bethke ElshtainAmerican Political Philosopher and Contributing Editor of The New Republic

Ahmet KuruScholar of Religion and Politics

Patrick WeilFrench Historian and Political Scientist

Daniel WeinstockCanada Research Chair in Ethics and Political Philosophy moderated by

Simone ChambersAuthor and Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto

November 4, 2010 • 5 p.m.Doors open at 4:45 p.m.Reception to follow

Isabel Bader Theatre93 Charles St. W., Toronto

Admission [email protected]

The Keith Davey Forum on Public Affairs is named in honour of former senator Keith Davey Vic 4T9, in recognition of his contribution to public life. The forum is organized by Victoria University in partnership with the University of Toronto’s political science department and Association of Political Science Students.


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2010 Distinguished Alumni Award

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

Victoria University president Paul Gooch took a significant step forward in increasing undergraduate access to international experience this past April. He travelled to China to establish an exchange program between Victoria University and Beijing Foreign Languages School for students in the Victoria College/OISE Concurrent Teacher Education Program. The agreement between the two schools grew out of the Isabel Crook Student Exchange established in 2009 by President Gooch with BFLS-affiliated Beijing Foreign Studies University. Educator and activist Isabel Crook Vic 3T6 is one of BFSU’s founding instructors.

The first students to participate in this study abroad opportunity travel to China in February, where they will gain valuable teaching experience. They will complete a four-month internship at BFLS as well as take two courses in Chinese culture or language and a course in comparative literature.

“Our students will benefit from the exchange on a number of fronts,” says Sheila Cook, coordinator of the Victoria College/OISE Concurrent Teacher Education Program. “Not only will they get to completely immerse themselves in another culture and learn another language, the exchange will help to prepare them for teaching in highly diverse environments. Also, in teaching Chinese students about the English language and Canadian culture, our students will

develop a whole new perspective on Canada.”Students taking part in the exchange will fulfill 12 hours

of in-class instruction a week at BFLS, teaching at the primary and secondary education levels. They will also receive a monthly stipend and accommodation as part of the exchange program.

Beijing Foreign Languages School is one of China’s premier schools for pre-university study in foreign languages. Since 1959, the school has been providing elementary and high school-level education under the leadership of Beijing Foreign Studies University, China’s first institution specializing in foreign language studies, founded in 1941.

Vic Students to Teach in China Canada’s Future Teachers to Get International Experience

President Gooch (seated, second from left) was joined by Victoria College principal David Cook and Vic’s concurrent teacher education program coordinator Sheila Cook (seated, far right) in China to finalize the international exchange with Beijing Foreign Languages School.

Do you know a Victoria College graduate who has distinguished her or himself through extraordinary contribution to:

Nominate her or him today. Visit www.vicu.utoronto.ca/alumni.

The Victoria College Distinguished Alumni Award is presented in recognition of a graduate’s recent or lifetime achievement. The scope of her or his contribution may be at the local, national or international level.

Nominations for the Distinguished Alumni Award’s 2010 recipient must be received by Nov. 19, 2010.

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END OF LIFE DECISIONS: ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVESOctober 28, 2010 • Isabel Bader Theatre • 8 p.m.

Join world-renowned bioethicist Abdulaziz Sachedina, the Frances Myers Ball Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia, in his exploration of End of Life Decisions: Islamic Perspectives. In the last 10 years, Sachedina’s work has explored issues of social and political ethics, including

interfaith and intrafaith relations, Islamic biomedical ethics and Islam and human rights. His lecture will be followed by a panel discussion involving eminent thinkers and scholars in the areas of moral theology, religion, philosophy and primary care research.

FREE

BOB REVUE RETROSPECTIVE AND 2010 BOB REVUENovember 18, 2010 • Old Vic • 6 p.m.

Look back on the history of Canada’s longest running comedy revue at the Bob Revue Retrospective. Relearn the Subway Song and toast Robert “Bob” Beare and Vic’s days in Cobourg. The evening concludes with the opening night performance of the 2010 Bob Revue at the Isabel Bader Theatre.

$30 per person

GRADUATES CHRISTMAS LUNCHEONDecember 4, 2010 • Old Vic • Noon

Join with alumni and friends to celebrate the holidays. Hear “The Object(s) of Christmas” with guest speaker, historian Adrienne Hood.Noon, cash bar reception • 12:30 p.m., luncheon

$25 per person

SAVE THE DATEJanuary 19, 2011Beyond Watchdog: Engaging Business for Change with World Wildlife Fund Canada president emeritus Monte Hummel Vic 6T9.

February 27, 2011Oscar Night Party! Come celebrate film, Vic filmmakers and the 10th anniversary of the Isabel Bader Theatre.

March 23, 2011Pelham Edgar Lecture: An evening with celebrated author Margaret Atwood Vic 6T1.

STILL TO COME...• Announcements about Vic’s thought-provoking education-

themed forum that explores the state of education today • Emmanuel College Alumni/ae Days 2011: May 11-12, 2011• Victoria College Spring Reunion 2011: May 27-29, 2011• Vic Family Day: June 11, 2011• Fall 2011 events, including the closing celebrations from

October 12-16, 2011

Visit www.vicu.utoronto.ca for the latest Vic 175 news.

PROGRAM OF EVENTS Don’t miss out on any part of Victoria University’s 175th anniversary in 2010-2011. The 175th planning committees have been working on an exciting program of events inspired by Vic’s history.

JOIN THE CELEBRATIONA PICNIC IN THE PARkSometime early during my first term at Victoria College I got up my courage to ask a girl out for a picnic. She lived in Annesley Hall and we had met at one of the evening “hops.” I called for her one lovely sunny Sunday afternoon, equipped with a picnic basket that contained some nice food, napkins and a bottle of wine. We went to Queen’s Park, where I had already picked out a singularly stately oak as an appropriate setting. We had a pleasant time but then, suddenly, I saw this large pair of black boots in front of the blanket. Looking up, I discovered a policeman looking down on us. He asked us what we thought we were doing, and we both smiled up at him, saying that we were having a Sunday picnic. At this point, I fear, this tale changes its tone…

Submitted by Vernon Brooks Vic 4T6

126 YEARS APARTIn my great-great-great-grandmother Ann Eliza McClatchie’s autobiography, she writes:

Hoarded earnings for more education and I resolved to accompany my brother Alfred to Cobourg, whither he was going to take an Arts course at Victoria College, and where I also expected to attend the same college…. Accordingly, we two started out together on the morning of Aug. 23, 1857, a distance of 250 miles. On the evening of the same day reached our destination in safety. Imagine my feelings of disappointment on being told that the Halls of Victoria College were closed to lady students.*

One hundred twenty-six years later, in 1983, I enrolled in Victoria University, not giving a second thought to the fact that, as a woman, I had the right to a higher education.

Submitted by Anne Adair Vic 8T7

* Editor’s Note: Women began taking lectures with the male students of Victoria College in the 1870s, and, in 1884, Nellie Greenwood became the first woman to complete an undergraduate degree in Ontario.

MEMORIES FROM VIC 2T7Living in residence, we had to sign-out in the evening—even if it was just to go to the library—and sign-in before 10:30 p.m. We were allowed one day a week to be out until 12:30 a.m. and one night a year to be out as late as 1:30 a.m.

Four of us shared a room on the top floor of Oak Lawn, one of the Bloor Street residences. One of the girls was very reticent. One night she went to bed early while the rest of us continued to talk. She started to talk in her sleep, so we started asking her questions, which she answered. We never mentioned anything about the evening as we were afraid she might have been pulling our leg.

Submitted by Beth Nicholson Vic 6T7 on behalf of Dorothy (Carver) Nicholson Vic 2T7

Want to read about how Vernon’s picnic turned out and how he survived the day or the rest of Anne’s story and what happened next to Ann McClatchie or more of Dorothy’s recollections of life at Vic in the 1920s? Visit www.vicu.utoronto.ca where Vic: A People’s History is being written with every alumni story submitted.

Add your story to the collection. Send it to [email protected], by fax to 416-585-4594 or by mail to the Victoria Alumni Office at 73 Queen’s Park Cres., Toronto, Ontario M5S 1K7.

Story submissions may be edited for use in displays and promotion of Vic’s 175th anniversary.

CALLING ALL ARTISTS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS Vic is hosting two visual arts contests—one in art and one in photography— in honour of the 175th anniversary. Both are open to all Vic alumni, students, faculty and staff. Cash prizes will be awarded for first place. Deadline for entries is June 30, 2011. Visit www.vicu.utoronto.ca for contest rules.

Follow Vic and the 175th anniversary celebrations on Twitter and Facebook. Visit www.vicu.utoronto.ca and start today.

VIC: A PEOPLE’S HISTORy


Wendy Cecil broke new ground on October 13, 2010, when she was installed as Victoria

University’s 13th—and first woman—chancellor.

Her commitment to not-for-profit causes started at the age of five and never stopped. Growing up in Willowdale, Ont., Cecil was the daughter of a travelling hardware salesman and a homemaker, both of whom were extremely active in the community. “Whether it was the horticultural society or the North York Home & School, my parents were always

involved at the grassroots level, and they took my sister and me along to help. It was just a part of family life for us.”

Time spent delivering pamphlets and meeting new people would pay off. After graduating with a BA from Victoria College in 1971, Cecil embarked on a successful career in management and corporate public relations, and was among the first women to serve on a Canadian corporate board of directors. She first worked for the Toronto Stock Exchange and rose to be vice-president of business development for natural

resources and investment giant Brascan Ltd. She is now chair and president of Brookmoor Enterprises Ltd.

Alongside her success in business, Cecil has nurtured an equally strong dedication to public service. Her engagement with the community is legion: St. Michael’s Hospital, the Canadian Opera Company, the Canadian Stage Company, the Fraser Institute, the Olympic Trust, the YMCA, Branksome Hall and the Royal Ontario Museum, among others. The Government of Canada recognized Cecil’s invaluable

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contributions as a volunteer, presenting her with the 2009 Thérèse Casgrain Volunteer Award, in the category of lifetime commitment. “I’ve always been interested in organizations that prevent people from being totally isolated,” she says. The arts, education and healthcare all fall squarely into that category.

Cecil’s volunteer involvement with the University of Toronto stretches back to 1983, when she first became engaged in the university’s fundraising efforts through the Presidents’ Circle. In 1998, she was appointed a U of T governor, and

eventually served as chair of Governing Council from 1998 until 2002. Cecil says she has remained grateful to the university that educated her and treated her with exceptional kindness. The first in her family to attend a university, Cecil was almost forced to drop out in second year due to financial problems, but Victoria University’s bursar, Fred Stokes Vic 4T3, came through with a parcel of financial aid for her—something she has never forgotten. “I am keenly aware of how different my life would have been had I not gone to U of T,” she affirms, adding with excitement and pride that her son, Malcolm, and his wife, Kyra, currently fourth-year students, will become the second generation of her family to graduate from Vic.

As chancellor, Cecil will be filling what she calls “very big shoes.” Her immediate predecessors— filmmaker Norman Jewison Vic 4T9 and former diplomat Ken Taylor Vic 5T7—both exhibited an amazing level of dedication. Living not far from campus, she intends to be a frequent participant in both formal functions and student activities. During her time in office, Cecil looks forward to fostering Vic’s tradition of nurturing “life skills,” which she believes to be a natural complement to academic excellence. “Even the small decisions we make and the actions we take on a daily basis, really do determine the shape of our future, both as an individual and as a country.”

“When you are on the Vic campus, people always hold the door for you,” she says. “It’s a tiny thing, but a huge indicator of the consideration and civility you find at Vic. It must be encouraged and treasured. I never wanted to be a person who just stands back and doesn’t do anything, and I know Vic has a history of producing graduates who feel the same way.” On a recent U of T alumni trip to Kenya, the chief purpose of which was to build a local school, Cecil noted that the majority of participants were Vic grads. She wants to see that kind of commitment to national and international engagement in making the world a better place continue to be something that comes naturally to Vic graduates.

Cecil was instrumental in helping President Paul Gooch and his team

create Victoria’s Vic One program. The successful and transformational initiative for first-year students, which launched in 2003, features multi-disciplinary study within a personalized, small-class setting. As chancellor, she would like to see this informal, cohort-based approach applied outside the classroom as well, on a campus-wide level. Whether through fireside chats or arranged dinners at the homes of professors and community mentors, she believes that mentoring is essential for students to learn how best to apply their knowledge in the broader world after graduation. With many friends and colleagues who are experienced in diverse professions, Cecil’s ambition is to create a “pool of people” who will come and talk with students in an intimate and personal setting.

“When I was in university, I wouldn’t have minded having someone to talk to about my future,” she says. “Someone of experience, who would push me to consider the different paths I might explore by giving me just a few guideposts along the way. Without that, you sometimes feel like a piece of flotsam in the ocean, and you can be intimidated by the opportunities that await you.” This is more true now than ever before, with a greatly expanded campus and many new Canadian students who, like Cecil, are the first in their families to attend university. As a former commuter who spent extremely long hours on campus, she sees the upcoming Goldring Student Centre as a superior innovation. “It will give all our students, including our commuters, a welcome place where they can feel at home and be part of campus life.”

Cecil aims to be a chancellor who acts not only as the ceremonial head of Victoria University, but also as a worthy proponent of its supportive, community-minded traditions. “I recently received an e-mail from a Vic classmate,” she muses. “He said, ‘I hope you won’t see this [appointment] as a reward for things you’ve done in the past, but as an opportunity to work even harder.’ I told him, that’s exactly how I feel— and I promise to act on it!”

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CAREERS, AUTHORS, HONOURSRosalind Cartwright Vic 4T5 has published The Twenty-Four Hour Mind: The Role of Sleep and Dreaming in Our Emotional Lives (Oxford University Press). Cartwright, a sleep scientist,

brings together decades of research into the bizarre sleep disorders known as parasomnias to propose a new theory of how the human mind works consistently throughout waking and sleeping hours.

Hilary Davidson Vic 9T4 has published her first novel, The Damage Done (St. Martin’s Press). The Damage Done is the first of a two-book deal and the start of a new mystery series.

Caryn Douglas Vic 8T1 and Carolyn Whitney-Brown Vic 8T3 are co-recipients of the 2010 McGeachy Senior Scholarship. The scholarship is awarded annually by The United Church of Canada to develop leaders with discernment and direction to inspire the church toward creative and faithful mission.

Under the leadership of Gideon Forman Vic 8T7, executive director, the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment recently won a public service award from conservation group Ontario Nature.

Judy Goldring Vic 8T7 is co-chair of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s 2010 Toronto Ride for Research. This is her second year serving as co-chair of the Toronto ride, which raised over $2.7 million for diabetes research in 2009.

Linda Haldenby-Thorogood Vic 7T8 recently completed a M.Ed. at Brock University. She is working as the director of programs and community development for the Ontario Victim Services Secretariat, a division of the Ministry of the Attorney General.

Karin Helmstaedt Vic 9T0 was inducted into the University of Toronto’s Sports Hall of Fame on May 27, 2010, in recognition of her accomplishments in swimming.

William Hewitt Vic 6T3 has been named a co-recipient of the 2010 Frank S. Capon Distinguished Service Award. Presented annually by Financial Executives International Canada, the award seeks to identify and reward an FEI Canada member who has had a significant impact on FEI Canada over

the years through promotion of the FEI Canada brand in the marketplace, delivery of programs to the membership and participation in chapter or national committees.

Christopher Hopkins Vic 8T5 was appointed chief financial officer of U.S. Silver Corporation on June 29, 2010.

Marni Jackson Vic 6T8 has published her third book, Home Free: The Myth of The Empty Nest (Thomas Allen & Son). A family memoir, Home Free explores how the desire to “close the gap” between parents and their children has made growing up more complicated.

Kenneth Lopata Vic 0T4 has been named the first William Wiley Distinguished Post-Doctoral Fellow at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory.

John Mighton Vic 7T8, award-winning playwright and founder of Junior Undiscovered Mathematical Prodigies, was named an officer of the Order of Canada on June 30, 2010.

Philip Mulder Vic 8T9 was recently named an honorary fellow of Engineers Canada, in recognition of his communications and public relations contributions toward raising the public profile of professional engineers and the engineering profession in Canada.

SAVE THE DATEGraduates Christmas Lunch Saturday, December 4, 2010

Join with alumni and friends to celebrate the holidays. Hear “The Object(s) of Christmas” with guest speaker historian Adrienne Hood.12 noon • Cash bar reception 12:30 p.m. luncheon Alumni Hall, Old Vic $25 per person

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More than 350 alumni and friends came back to the Vic campus to take part in Spring Reunion this year, which ran from May 28 to May 30. Over the three days, graduates from 1935 to 1985, with class years ending in 0 or 5, were reacquainted with old haunts and caught up with friends and former classmates. Seen here (top to bottom) are alumni from the classes of Vic 6T0, 5T0 and 8T5.


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Alan Rodgman Vic 4T9 and colleague Thomas Perfetti recently received the 2010 Coresta Prize for their book The Chemical Components of Tobacco and Tobacco Smoke at the Coresta Conference in Edinburgh. The prize is presented in recognition of their extensive work documenting the literature on the chemical composition of tobacco and tobacco smoke.

Herbert Schutz Vic 5T9 recently published Mystic Nuns and Lyric Poets in Medieval Society: The Literary View of Medieval Culture in Central Europe, 900-1300 and The Medieval Empire in Central Europe: Dynastic Continuity in the Post-Carolingian Frankish Realm, 900-1300.

Barbara Wickens Vic 7T6 is the co-author of the recently published Now

What? A Practical Guide to Dealing with Aging, Illness and Dying (Novalis Publications).

MARRIAGESAdam John Borovilos Vic 0T5 and Veronika Sergyeyeva married on June 26, 2010, in Toronto.

Reem Ismail Vic 0T4 and Rani Saadeh married on Aug. 7, 2010, in Toronto.

Betty (Goslett) Treleaven Vic 4T9 and W.H. “Trev” Treleaven celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on May 20, 2010.

BIRTHSTo Alexa (Borovilos) Aivaliotis Vic 0T4 and Chris Aivaliotis, a daughter, Sophia Anastasia, on July 29, 2010, in Toronto.

To Trische Kell Vic 8T6 and John Rasmussen, a son, Alexander John, on Sept. 26, 2009, in Ottawa. A brother for Zachary and grandson of the late George S. Kell Vic 5T5.

To Rosemary Newman Vic 9T0, member of Victoria University’s Board of Regents, and Amin Murji, twins, Ariana Alexandria and Miles Marcus, on June 14, 2010, in Hamilton, Ont. A granddaughter and grandson for Richard Newman Vic 5T7 and Florence (Emerson) Newman Vic 5T7.

IN MEMORIAMBrian Aitken Vic 6T4, Emm 6T7, in Sudbury, Ont., Aug. 23, 2010.

Karen E. Ballentine Vic 8T6, in New York, July 23, 2010.

Gordon F. Cheesbrough Vic 7T4, in Toronto, June 23, 2010.

William O. Fennell Vic 3T9, Emm 4T2, professor and principal emeritus of Emmanuel College, in Toronto, May 25, 2010 (see page 3).

Arthur M. Fox Vic 4T1, in Kingston, Ont. May 18, 2010.

Laura Louise (Ockley) Griffiths Vic 3T7, in Toronto, June 21, 2010.

Doreen Elizabeth Henderson Vic 4T8, in Toronto, May 14, 2009.

Kenneth L. Morrison Vic 4T8, in Thunder Bay, Ont., July 29, 2010.

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It is a great pleasure to be the new executive director of advancement at Victoria University. After spending the last 30 years living near Buffalo, N.Y., it is personally gratifying to come “back to my roots” in southern Ontario.

I would be remiss if I did not tip my cap to my predecessor, Larry Davies, who devoted much of his career to building an outstanding alumni and advancement program here at Vic. I am fortunate indeed to join the highly skilled and professional team that Larry developed over the years.

If I could sum up my impression of Vic so far, I would say, “Great things lie ahead for this institution.” Victoria University has a president who is a true visionary and an outstanding leader. President Gooch envisions Vic as leading the way in transforming undergraduate education in Canada. Several pieces of his plan are already in place and demonstrate what can be done to give students a full appreciation of all the possibilities of an excellent university experience.

“…the loyal support of alumni…have transformed the Vic campus and the lives of the Vic community.”

Vic also has the loyalty, commitment and generosity of so many of its alumni. Despite the continued difficulties of the economy, 2,380 alumni contributed $4,191,584 in 2009-2010. These gifts are a clear sign that Vic students will continue to benefit from the advantages of being a member of the Vic community: from a sustainable scholarship and bursary fund and support of student services to the care of campus buildings

and maintenance of academic resources, to name a few of the many ways the student experience has been enhanced by these contributions. This is a testament to Victoria’s quality, reputation and ability to endure over time.

This donor report recognizes everyone who contributed $100 or more to Victoria College or Emmanuel College between May 1, 2009, and April 30, 2010. Only gifts to Victoria College or Emmanuel College are included. An asterisk (*) following a name indicates that the donor has passed away subsequent to making his or her donation. I also wish to thank those donors who have chosen to remain anonymous. Every effort has been made to list names accurately. If your name has been omitted or displayed incorrectly, or if you wish to change your preferred recognition name in university publications, please notify the Victoria Alumni Office at 416-585-4500, toll-free: 1-888-262-9775 or [email protected]. While all gifts are appreciated, space limitations preclude the listing of all donors. For the complete donor report, I encourage you to visit www.vicu.utoronto.ca/alumni.

As Vic enters its 175th anniversary year, it behooves us to celebrate the impact that Vic and its graduates have had both locally and globally.

With that commemorative spirit in mind, this year’s donor report honours the loyal support of alumni in 2009-2010 and reflects on the acts of philanthropy of the last 175 years that have transformed the Vic campus and the lives of the Vic community. I hope the pictorial account that appears throughout this report will give you, as it did me, a sense of the tremendous impact that has resulted from 175 years of giving.

The Philanthropy of Vic Alumni and Friendsby deborah j. scott

1836

After six years of planning, Victoria University, then called Upper Canada Academy, opens in Cobourg, Ont. George B. Spencer donates the four acres of land on which the school is built and an estimated 2,000 donors contribute a total of £1,272. A number of sizable farms, varying in cash value, are also given.

1892

“There can be no more suitable time for all [Victoria’s] friends to rally around her... rendering her their united support by giving her that aid which will place her on a proper basis,” said Hart A. Massey at the opening of Victoria’s new building in Toronto (early rendering of Old Vic seen here). He makes a gift of $40,000, providing an endowment for the College’s theological department. Massey attended three sessions at Victoria College from 1842 to 1845.

1896

Hart A. Massey passes away and bequeaths $200,000 to Victoria, $50,000 of which is to go towards a residence for women students.



chancellor’s council/presidents’ circle

$5,000 or more

1936 Doris M. (Chisholm) McBean

1938 Margaret G. Chambers V1946 C. Douglas and

Ruth (Crooker) Jay V1947 Freda M. Eickmeyer V Dorrine Robertson

Macnab Alastair McKinnon1949 Isabel (Overton) and

Alfred Bader V Norman Jewison V1950 Patricia L. Pearson

Hannah Patricia and Alan

Marchment V Pauline and

Newton Reed V J. Michael G. Scott* V1952 Graeme and Phyllis

Ferguson V Richard Iorweth

Thorman V1953 The Hon. Henry N. R.

Jackman Ralph Scane V1954 Anne Weldon Tait1957 Kenneth W. Inkster V Alastair McD and

Jennifer Murray1959 David P. Silcox and

Linda Intaschi V1960 Paul D. Warner1961 Murray A. Corlett V

Alexandra F. Johnston V1963 W. Robert and Gail

Farquharson William E. Hewitt1964 Jean (Reilly) O’Grady V1966 John H. Watson Edward B. White1968 Frank and Patricia Mills Elizabeth (Eastlake)

Vosburgh V1971 Wendy M. Cecil V1972 Terence R. Collins-

Williams David M. Gilmour1974 Gordon F. Cheesbrough* J. A. (Sandy) McIntyre Margaret and

Andrew Stephens V1975 Larry F. Chapman1977 Marnie Kinsley V1978 John C. Field V Sharon L. Todd2000 Katherine Corlett V2002 Coral and William Martin

$2,500 – $4,999

1936 MacFeeters Family V1937 Marion I. Miller1938 Arthur C. Dayfoot V1939 William O.* and Jean

(Birkenshaw) Fennell V1940 Doris (Brown) Stokes V1944 Gwendolyn S. Young1945 Ruth L. Brown1946 Mary E. Vandewater*

1948 Isabella (Alexander) Troop V

1949 Ruth (Hunt) Clarke V Marion (Irwin)

O’Donnell V Daphne Brooke

O’Sullivan1950 Robert C. Dowsett V R. Alison (Jeffries) Hall V1953 Larry Lundy and

Elizabeth (Langford) Julian V

1954 Ronald J. L. and Shirley (Couke) Cornfield

1956 Donald West Stevenson V1957 Nancy Bailey-Bligh Joyce A. McLean V1958 David Bernhardt V Stanley Nelson Farrow V Edward D. Hill Frances Bond McElroy V1962 James M. Babcock Robert E. Lord V1964 Peter L. Mitchelson Lois E. Scott Leonard A. Wilkinson V1966 Marvi and John Ricker Peter and Joan Wyatt V1968 Jean Griffiths James M. Parks V1973 I. Christopher Carter1974 Marilyn (Ferguson)

Adamson Stephen R. Coxford Marilyn J. Legge1984 Sonia A. Baxendale1986 Janet Wong

1992 Kelly Battle1993 Mark L. Pathy2004 Roy Ambury Stuart2007 Robert McGavin2008 Peter A. Armstrong

$1,827 – $2,499

1940 T. H. Glynn Michael V1943 Ruth M. Bentley V1947 David W. Pretty V1950 Robert and

Jacquelin Trimble V1951 Lois (Sutherland)

Fleming V Donald G. Lawson1953 Thora B. Edwards V1954 Edgar F. File V1959 Anne E. (Foote)

Liphardt V1960 Carol Diane Nunn V1961 Thomas G. Bastedo V1963 Ronald G. Macdonald1968 Mary L. Rankine1970 Gillian (Smiley) and

Kenneth Bartlett V1972 Terence Dalgleish V1975 Richard and Sue

(Hanbidge) Harris V Roger C. Hutchinson V Charles A. Webster V1981 Paul and Judith Huyer V2001 Stephanie A. Corbet V

principal’s circle

$1,000 – $1,826

1933 Ruth D. Hebb V1941 Alexander D. Mackay V1943 Ruth Bolt V1945 E. Marion (Cooper)

Brancaccio V1945 Muriel C. (Brown) Milne V1946 William C. Wonders V1947 Paul M. Deighton V Millicent E. Naito Douglas T. Sloan V Helen (McConkey)

Thomson1948 H. E. Buzz Neal S. M. Parkhouse V1949 Ethel (Upton) Lapp V Dorothy J. Madge V Heather McCallum V1950 M. Lorne Bell V Dorothy A. (Ross) Geiger Charles Rathé V Anna J. Rundle Douglas P. Thomas Bernice Ujjainwalla1951 Walter Buleychuk V Robert W. Worthy V1952 R. William Andrew1953 Donna I. Bell A. Phelps and Judy

(McGill) Bell V

1903

Annesley Hall, the first residence building purpose-built for women in the British Commonwealth, opens. The Victoria Women’s Association, which formed in 1897, provides for the building’s furnishings.

1910

Victoria University’s Birge-Carnegie Library is completed and the library collection moves from its “cramped” quarters in Alumni Hall at Old Vic. Birge-Carnegie is made possible through the joint generosity of U.S. industrialist Andrew Carnegie and Cyrus A. Birge, a former medical student at Victoria and the founder of the Steel Company of Canada (later Stelco Inc.). The architecture of Birge-Carnegie set the pattern for several later buildings at the University.

1913

Burwash Hall, made possible by donor Chester D. Massey (son of Hart), opens. At the time of its construction, there is nothing comparable to Burwash Hall in Canada—in design and structure, and for the inclusion of a dining hall.

V 5 years or more of consecutive giving to VictoriaV 10 years or more of consecutive giving to Victoria



1925

Mrs. E.R. Wood donates her home, Wymilwood, to Victoria to be used as a social centre for women students. Lady Flavelle, a friend of Wood, donates the funds to remodel and furnish the residence. The original Wymilwood is now the Faculty of Law’s Falconer Hall.

1929

Victoria University launches a campaign to raise $1.5 million for the building of Emmanuel College, additional men’s and women’s residences and a chapel for Victoria and Emmanuel Colleges. The onset of the depression forces the campaign to halt one-third fulfilled, but Vic is able to proceed with Emmanuel College’s building (seen here) and the lower houses of Burwash Hall, all of which open in 1931.

Wallace and Elizabeth McLeod V

Nancy (Jamieson) and Walter Pridham V

1954 Dick Cousland V1955 D. R. (Rundle) Toller1956 Paul C. Harris V Barbara E. (Schultz)

Phelps V1957 Patricia J. Hughes V1959 Gwen M. Farrow V Garfield and Janet

(Macrae) MacInnis V Nancy Claire Salter Robert A. Taylor1960 Robert and Marilyn

(Daly) Beamish1962 Philip and Mary

McDougall Maude V1963 Bob Wong V1964 MacGregor David

Sinclair V1966 Harold Dixon Bridge V Lorraine I. Carthew Barbara J. McGregor V Carolyn Jean (Werry)

Sinclair V1967 Harvey Botting1968 Solomon A. Nigosian V1969 Jodi S. White1970 D. Eleanor Westney1971 David Eugene Clark V1972 Marlene C. Auspitz V Garth M. Girvan V Victor and Brenda Kruklis1973 Shirley Hoy Nancy J. (Adams) Ruhnke

1975 William Friend1979 Mary Beth Currie Alison M. Schofield1980 Jane Field and H. Dore Greer Anne Wenh-In Ng V Kim Shannon and

Ho Sung Jeffrey C. Shin V1983 John D. Grant V1984 Mary C Fowke Gary S. Love V1985 Ali Rezaizadeh1987 Benjamin Chan V Yvonne Y W Tsang2000 John and Gail

MacNaughton V Sarah Anne Williams2001 Sarah K. Hirschorn Jennifer Elizabeth Pugsley2002 Natalie Treboute2003 Kelly Park2008 Astrid-Maria Ciarallo

cornerstone circle

$500 – $999

1936 George N. Watson1944 Edgar B. Thomson V1945 Charles W. Brown Shirley A.

Darrach-Pearse V Barbara (Jones)

Michasiw V1946 Vernon and

Nancy Brooks Paul H. Morris V

1947 Helen Dunlop V Betty McCamus Jean I. Parkhouse Jean M. Reeve V1948 James H. Clarke* V George W. Edmonds Isobel (Morgan) Mentall Helen E. and John D.

Pearse V1949 Richard B. Batten Fred C. Farr V Albert H. Fast V Mary (Pearson) and

C. Roy Horney V G. Beverley Johnston Alan Rodgman V Agnes (Johnston) Ruhl V Cecily Stone Ellen J. Timbrell Margaret R. Zavitz1950 Gwen M. Davenport Thomas H. Inglis V Mary E. Robertson Margaret S. Veall V Arthur Waters V1951 Malcolm S. Archibald V Harris J. and

Ann (Blain) Bixler Donald C. Dique V Hugh E. Zimmerman1952 H. Bernice

(Copson) Bell V1952 Joan Black Jean Gordon Campbell V Charles Elliott V Sheila Frances Robertson

1953 Donald W. Hall V Roy E. Schatz V William Tynkaluk1954 Ronald J. L. and

Shirley Cornfield V David A. Creighton Eleanor L. Ellins V Diana M. Schatz V1955 John Becker and

Gwenne Becker Margaret A. Pinkerton V Sheila K. Seymour1956 Catherine Young Bates Kenneth Brian Burnham V Martha A. Dynna V Joanne (Langdon)

Morris V R. Bruce Scott Lars H. Thompson John Roy and Catherine

Inez Edith Wilson V1957 Elaine (Barrett) Billings V R. James Elder R. Alan Harris G. Edmund King Roger MacQueen Thomas Patrick

McQuillan V Richard and Florence

(Emerson) Newman V A. Bruce Stevenson1958 Cameron D. E. Tolton Patricia Warner1959 Patricia E. Legate Dougald McDermid J. Clair Peacock V

1960 David A. Lemmon V Pamela (Matthews) and

Thomas McPherson George M. Walker1961 Alan and

Judy (Caldecott) Fleming Elaine M. (Westheuser)

Godwin Judy A. Hunter V Roy Shoji Oiye V1962 Carol F. Danbrook Peter J. George and

Allison Barrett Freda D. Wilson V1964 Murray and Susan

Armitage Foundation Carolyn B. Bowker Allan H. T. Crosbie Eleanor I. Currie1965 Margaret (Duffett) and

John Coleman V Nancy (Caldecott)

Sutherland1966 Clifford Allan Ottaway William D. G. Rose V Mary L. Tigert V Peter G. F. Young V1967 Peter M Ennals N. Jane Pepino Virginia R. Robeson1969 Ronald George Bull Dawn C. Maruno V Marlene (Solomcoe)

Robinson1970 Joseph W Bolla Peter G. Kyle Pamela McCallum



1971 George W. Bell Mary (Ballachey) Hobbs Mary Louise Work1972 David Davidson Robert J. Dawson1973 C. Michael Harpur V1974 Margaret E. Devitt V David Allan Harris V1975 Deborah (Hearst) and

Dough Herridge1976 Stephen W. Bowman V John D. Denisavitch Larry W. Marshall1978 Virginia E. Arnott Nancy K. (Railton)

Dorrington1979 Emily F. Braun Carolyn V. E. Hitchman Garfield R Mitchell1980 Ian Currie1981 Brian K Johnston V Grace Ann Westcott1982 Robert Farquharson1983 Elaine Ishibashi and Keith

Smithers V John Sotirakos1984 B. Lynne Golding Valerie Scane V1992 Jane A. Langford1993 Laura Elizabeth (Gareth)

Anagnostakos1995 Laura Roberta Shaw1997 Alison (Massie)

Broadworth V1999 Constance Ruth Boldt

purple and gold circle,scarlet and gold circle

$100 – $499

1927 Dorothy E. (Carver) Nicholson V

1932 Jane (Brien) Bateman V1935 Helen S. Wadge V1936 Elizabeth Anglin1937 William D. Howison1938 Mildred I. (Lloyd)

Brockie V L. Eveleigh Smith V Florence H. (Lugsdin)

Walker V1939 Genevieve F. Carder V Melba F. Munholland V1940 E. Patricia Andrews C. Lenore (Wilson) Baker Philip D. Carman V Isobel M. Cork V Jean Findlay Ruth Louise Maxine

(Smith) Lonergan Lois T. (Bradley) Lynd Jean (Lennox) McFall V John F. G. Morris Donald G. Ray V Dorothy E. A. Robertson David Woodsworth V1941 Lois Bobier K. Royal Buscombe Enid M. Ewart V Donald Ewing Arthur M. Fox* Margaret Eagleson Gould Anne H. Jones

Betty I. McLean V1942 Melville H. Anderson V Noreen M. Clark V Jean S. (Walwin) Collins Yvonne L. Froud V Alan E. Roffey V1943 Jeanie C. (Sweet) and

Rodger S. Bishop Barbara E. Cass John R. Coleman Harold F. Cunningham Helen R. Gray Ruth E. Gregory M. Isabel Hodgkinson Edithe K. (McGeachy)

Lewis V Agnes E. Masters V Pauline A. Potts Dorothy M. Valliant V J. Robert Watt V Isobel R. Waugh1944 M. Isabell Asselstine V Dorothy F. Blair Goldwin French V Isobel R. Henderson J. T. Horricks W. Geoffrey Julian V Mary Keyes V Elizabeth G. (Ross)

Lenehan V Arthur N. Murch Dorothy (Rock) Parish M. Jewitt Parr V Barton and Orpha

Teasdale V1945 Mildred S. Barrie V

M. Eleanor (Hammond) Broadus

Kenneth Charles and Ruth Brown

Rosalind Cartwright Ellen J. Clayson Jean M. (Nicholls) Dunn Richard Jeanes Margaret M. Knittl Nina M. McFarland M. Barbara Rooke V Pauline M. Scott V1946 Eleanor C. Breuls Thurza (Swinnerton)

Dawkins V Margaret A. (Fawcett)

Parker Mary E. Robinson V John A. Schell Grace A. Wardlaw Janet M. Wardlaw1947 Ruth E. Balmer V Mary Louise

(Naylor) Black Adrian and Margaret

Brook V William Carmichael V Dorothy J. Cooke Lorine E. Danahy Betsie (Ewing) Gerber V Colleen O. Gildner V Mary Hintzman W. Gordon Hume E. Margaret Jackman V Shirley S. Mann Robert L. Marwick Shirley J. McAndless

Jean E. (Duncan) Moore V

Jack Pearse Gordon G. Pickell Mary Patricia Raymond A. Douglas and

M. Helen Small V Charles A. Tipp John B. Vickery V1948 Carol E. (Dick) Calvert Paul Chester* V James F. Cole Mary E. Cook V Robert H. Crawford V Doris J. (Black)

Davidson V Wilma J. Friend Gwendolyn J. Gardner V Edward J. Glover Edward T. Hill V William Arliss Hoag* Marion (Zoellner)

Johnston V Ralph E. King V Mary W. Laurence V Joan (Peck) McDonald V Stanley McNeill Donald R. Milne Kenneth L. Morrison Elizabeth F. (Purdie)

Pepper Mary E. (Schweitzer)

Pleasance Shirley E. Pollard William W. Reid Margaret J. Riches V M. June Sabiston

1940-1949

Responding to the increase in tuition fees (from $40 in 1924 to $150 in 1939), Vic sees an increase in alumni and friends support for scholarship and bursaries. In 1940, $2,653 is distributed among deserving students based on need; in 1949, $6,480 is distributed.

1952

Following the transfer of the original Wymilwood to U of T, a new Wymilwood is built at 150 Charles St. W. (the laying of the cornerstone ceremony seen here). Much of the success of Wymilwood’s creation can be attributed to Clara Flavelle McEachren (descendent of Lady Flavelle), chair of the women’s building committee.



J. Douglas Snedden Dorothy I. Stirling D. Graham Tipple V William E. Toye V Norma M. Warren Lorne H. Watson* A. Ruth Watt V Jennie I. (Ballantyne)

Wildridge V Kenneth F. Wormald V1949 Jean I. Aceti Jeanne Beck C. Marie Brickenden John L. Cummins Keith and

Dorothy Davey V Eleanor M. David V Marjorie L. Ewing V Barbara A. Fulford Onalee J. and

Donald Eric Gage James C. Gardner V Jean E. Gray Thora J. Harvey V Helen W. Inglis M. Margaret Irvine V Edward J. Kersey Frederick Manson Margaret E. McLean Gordon and Claire

McLellan V John S. Morgan* V Anne H. Nethercott Helen J. (Anderson)

Nighswander William D. Powrie John F. Ronald

Patricia (Mills) Shield V Margaret E. Stafford V Anna M. Strike James A. Taylor A. E. John Thompson V Dawn W. Wanless V Bruce W. Whitehouse V Leonard G. Wilson Isabel C. Young1950 Florence E. Anderson G. William Bahen George S. Barkley M. Patricia Boe E. Beryl (Sanderson)

Brazier M. Elizabeth Chapman V James Cruise C. Isobel Davey Harry M. Denning V Donald B. Dodds V Elizbeth (Coulter)

Dodds V Michael H. Finnell Douglas G. Gardner Harold Goss Alan F. Gregory V Barbara M.

(Harris) Hardy* John L. Harvey V John C. and

Nettie I. J. Hoffman V Beth Holt V Margaret Ann Lorimer V John P. MacGregor V Carlton L. Mateer Thomas A. Milburn V Donald B. Montgomery

Joan M. Neilson V Robert Donald Ralph Helen B. Sing V Jean Sonnenfeld A. Alan H. Strike Betty Mary Tudor1951 Mary I. Alford Rosemary A. (Willard)

Ambrose V Bruce Charles Bone V Aileen A. C. (Fritz)

Bowyer V Joan F. Brent V Charles R. Catto W. Charles Dean V W. Thomas Delworth and

Pamela Osler Delworth A. Paul Dilks and

Carol Dilks Dorothy I. Forbes V Peggy (Locke) Fry G. Ellen Hall V Joyce E. Hall J. Douglas Head V Gerald L. Hill Barbara Anne Holt V Richard V. Howson V Margaret I. J. (Malcolm)

Jackson John and Inna

MacDougall V Florence E. Anderson V Ivan R. Pike V M. Samuel Tokiwa Bruce H. Weppler V Joan I. Williams Josephine A. Willsie

1952 Mildred A. Alexander V H. Bruce Brown Jean E. Cawkwell V G. Bernice Clark Helen K. Fisher V Ardath M. Francis V Margaret L. Huckle Walter W. Kuz V Arthur J. Lepper V Kenneth and Mary

(Harvey) Lund V Mary P. Mallory E. Elizabeth Matheson Carol F. McDermott Donald D. Mooney V Margaret H. Parker Barbara R. Reid V Elizabeth Rochester Mary E. Sarjeant V Valerie M. Sharpe V Donald R. Stoll John Sturgess Keith L. Sumner V Dorothy I. Wilson V Maxwell and

Janice Yalden1953 Herbert A. Batstone V Anne G. Burnett V Virginia Cresswell-Jones John A. Good V Wm Dennis Harper V L. Joyce Howlett Stanley E. Hunt V

Marion G. Langford Malcolm D. MacKinnon V Wallace and

Elizabeth McLeod V Melvin Moyer Hugh L. Nugent V John G. Reid Allen E. Robinson V C. Shirley J. Sims and

C. Glenna J. Sims-Bonk Margaret L. Waddington W. Douglas Waite V1954 Jeanine C. Avigdor Diana Bacon Philip B. Cooke Patricia A. Doney George H. Gregg Olga T. Griffin V Dennis and Sandra Lane Rosemary Ludvigsen Nancy J. (Bennett)

Lyons V Bruce and Donna

Mackey V Elizabeth Myles V Caryl J. Peterson Marjorea K. Roblin V L. Jean Stewart V1955 Arnold T. Bailey V Suzanne Cousland C. Joan (Haggert) Ellis James Gaskin V Patricia A. Green V

1962-1963

Vic’s annual fund campaign (launched in 1952) raises over $35,000 for bursaries, alumni fund scholarships and library books, and other university projects. More than 2,400 alumni in the York, Halton and Peel region receive phone calls from former classmates explaining the needs of the College.

1968

The Victoria College Chapel is remodeled and redecorated, largely due to the efforts of Vic’s music club, which used the space for rehearsals and meetings. For 10 years, music club members (as students and then as alumni) contributed towards a renovation fund that would see a brightness and sense of spaciousness restored to the chapel.

1975 – 1977

Bill Wheler Vic 4T1 joins Victoria University in 1975 as its first director of external relations and development. At the end of the 1976-1977 academic year, Vic’s annual fundraising efforts raise more than $100,000 for the first time.




D. Ross Holden V Shirley Johnson Geoffrey D. Johnston Marion Laurena

Kirkwood V Sandra E. Langman William P. Magee V Ria J. McMurtry V J. Peter and

Olga Mracek Mitchell Mary E. (Gibson) Polak V Allan T. Shaw V Patricia V. Simpson Margaret Stoicheff V R. K. Stokes Nora R. Wilson William E. Wilson V1956 D. Carl Anderson V Joan M. Breukelman V Barbara A. Burbidge V Eleanor J. Burton V Raymond G. Carl V Gordon Alexander

Coyne V John Crawford V Colin Graham Frederick G. Howlett V Lois I. Jempson Joan M. Lawson V Margaret M. Lewis V Gordon Neil

MacKinnon V Donald C. Morton V Donald F. Pounsett Patricia Reynolds Beverley Rhodes Shirley Ann Shortt

Frank Shuttleworth V. Marilyn Turner V Mary Janet

van den Bergh V1957 Donald G. M. Coxe K. Allan Cuzen V John D. Lane Patricia (Pyne) Lane V Vita Macins Nadine M. Nowlan Ronald G. Ostic V Frederick Pamenter Patricia Rodgers V Robert E. Saunders Helen E. Shepherd Robert G. Stevenson Richard Verity V1958 Grace K. Arai Margaret Baily Douglas G. Brewer V Helen Virginia Finley Gerald and Georgia

Helleiner V M. Gordon Hueston Michael B. Hutchison Donald A. Johns V C. T. Craig Kamcke V Barbara (Meisner) Kohl V Elizabeth D. Lawson V Victor G. Lotto Olga McKellar V William and Elizabeth

Metcalfe Alan and Louise Redway V Robert Remnant V R. Gary Seagrave V Donald R. Stadler V

Sheila Summerhays V Margot Wojciechowski1959 Phyllis M. O’Brien Marina A. E. (Hahn)

Bieler James and Suzanne

Bradshaw V Elizabeth J. Chambers Gilbert Y. Chu Daryl L. Cook V Lorne E. Creighton David MacMurchy

Cullen V Marjorie Marilyn Devine V David Gault Hugh Gemmell V Donald Grant Patricia E. Grant Frances K. Groen Laurence Hebb Donna M. Heyland V John D. Humphreys Beverley L. (Kidd) Judson Evelyn M. (Rivaz) Kalff C. Kaye Kleine-Ahlbrandt Barbara Lawson Patricia Ruth Leach Barbara A. (Pinkham)

Manrique V Elaine Mason and

Donald J. McVicar Rhoda M. S. Melinyshyn M. Jean Pardo V Marian Jean Russell James Douglas Sharples V Ronald B. Turner V M. H. Vandenbroucke

Bruce Wright1960 Margaret Jane Barnum V Douglas Bosomworth Marilyn R.

Brewer-Patterson Thomas Charlton Michael Cross R. A. Francis V Helen J. Hitchcock Donald E. Inkpen Thomas Gordon

Jamieson John Lazier J. Annette Lindsay L. Maureen Maguire Donald Charles

Matheson James Maxwell V Mary-Ellen McColl Nancy H. Murphy V Daniel and Marilyn

Norman V Derek W. Quin Mary C. Redekop David G. A. Rosevear D. Gail Wallace Sally Diane White Norman L. Williams1961 Peter T. Alexander Douglas H. and

Marylys Brown V J. Douglas Bryden V Margaret A. J. Cameron

Jane E. (Bastedo) Conner V

Thomas Coulston Helenmaria L. M.

(Steiger) Darker Helen Eunice Devereux Frank Friesen V Marian Dingman Hebb V Eileen T. Laker Dorothy Landells V Helen (Truscott)

Mitchell V Mary E. Neal V Owen F. H. Smith Dorothea A. Sprung V Michael G. Thorley Marilyn Y. (Ramasra)

White William Wright1962 Janette H. (Lindsay)

Johnston V Joyce A. Ballagh Elizabeth J. Black V Jean-Marc and

Stephanie L. Charron Eileen E. Doner L. Diane Dyer V Beverley A. Edgecombe V M. Margaret Fisher V Lois M. Irvine John A. McIntosh James Ralph Mills Stanley F. B. Neal Lynda L. Newmarch

1986

Victoria University celebrates its sesquicentennial anniversary and launches the Renewing the Heritage campaign, raising funds to renovate Old Vic and Emmanuel College, renovate and expand student social and dining services, renovate the Annesley and Burwash residences and construct a new residential space. Vic’s apartment-style residence, Rowell Jackman Hall, is made possible by a gift from the Jackman Foundation, through the generosity of Mary (Rowell) Jackman Vic 2T5 (here at the building’s 1992 groundbreaking with sons Hal Jackman Vic 5T3 and Edward Jackman Vic 6T2). More than 1,750 grads and friends contribute to the $6 million campaign.

1990

The Vic classes of 1920, 1925, 1930, 1935, 1940, 1950, 1960 and 1965 raise more than $11,000 for their Spring Reunion gift for the restoration of “The Truth Shall Make You Free” inscription over the south entrance of Old Vic.




Iliff L. Peck John Rae V Shelagh M. J. Roberts V David Snow James T. Watt Brian C. Westlake V Florence C. White V Glen D. Wright Toshio Yamamoto V1963 Marion Adams M. Dianne Bird V Elizabeth J. Bliss Al Brereton V John Clipsham V Catherine M. Davison Marilyn R.

(Houslander) Dippell Kenneth Fisher David G. Hobbs* Helen Hopper David M. Horman Robert Lawson V William D. Lord V Audrey E. A. Matheson Mary McDougall

Maude V Heather J. Millar Mary Jane Miller William C. Moore Helen S. L. Reid J. Barry Riddell V William R. Townsley V Lorna J. Whitty1964 F. L. James Beal V Catherine K. and

Peter B. Canham Linda J. Clarke V

Anthony Tudor Eyton Janette M. MacDonald V F. Douglas Freeland Elizabeth A. Gerrie and

David Yeung Mary Eleanor Gooley Benjamin Johnson V Dave and Jan Ledson Pamelia E. Lock V Linda E. Pella Judith A. Ramsay G Connie

Sebris-Upenieks Bruce Taylor V Douglas Ward V Lawrence A. Ward George E. Waters1965 Barbara R. Bogle John T. Dunning Boone Paul R. Dempsey V Judith and Peter Drake Cynthia Elson Carol Finch V Leslie David Foreman Lynda A. H. (Hughes)

Franklin V John B. Green John Hall V David J. Holdsworth V John A. Hutchinson V David Macleod Carl W. Mollins Wilfried Neidhardt V Robert Joel Rahn Brian Ridley V Phylip D. Tinning V Donald Waterfall V

1966 Doris A. Arnold V John M. Baty John Beaton Andrea V. Diplock Robert K. Graham V M. Louise Howe Garry Kushner W. Ronald and

Maureen McCallum V C. Marilyn McCowan V Donald A. McMaster V Roy A. Seel Donald G. Smith Eleanor L. Smith Paul Reginald Stott Susan J.

(Simpson) Taylor Helen I. Whidden V1967 Helena M. Bastedo V Gerald C. Bird Carole A. (Peacock)

Brenner V Donald W. Carter Katherine L. Ennis Elizabeth A. (Bindon)

Graham V Joan E. Hart Mervyn A. Lawless Linda E. MacRae V Katherine A. McTavish Marie L. Pyper Gordon R. Richards Lawrence G. Young1968 Lynn D. Bennett Peter Bennett V Ian B. Buttars M. Ann (Taylor) Dewees

Michael N. Durisin Michael Eben Barbara A. English John and Lynne Glenney James Gregory V John D. Gregory V Patricia Kathleen Higgins Phyllis L. Kurylo V Wendy R. Lawrence V Grant E. Lewis Belle-Anne Luce John A. Miller Mary E. Morton A. H. Harry Oussoren Susan E. R. Rumsey Lynn and Ray Smith Janet E. Webber V Catherine A. Williams Mark V. H. Wilson1969 Joanna Bechtold J. Edwin F. Bryan Janet E. Clark Elspeth M. Deir Dorothy M. Farr Calvert L. Francis John B. Geale Mel and Carmen Greif Lorna M. Harris Gordon K. Harrison Donald A. Jackson Emrys R. Lloyd-Roberts Joan H. Miles Alice M. Robins Catherine A. Scott Charles F. Scott Linda A. Seath

Susan E. Zaryski1970 Carole A. Belgiorgio R. Michael Benton Aris Birze V Lesley J. (Boorman)

Friedmann J. Roger Giroux V Janet and Donald Karn Wendy A. Leaney Shirley H. Moebus Jana S. L. (Ballantyne)

Nilsson Bruce Pritchard Gerald S. Solursh Valerie A. Story V Susan E. Vogl Blakelock Margot Young1971 David and

Heather (Reid) Bichan D. Michael Fertile V C. G. James Hewitt V Carmen Holbrough Robert James Maureen R. Kaukinen Norma M. MacIntyre John G. Richardson V R. Margaret Robertson Alexander Sosna Doreen Sproule1972 Bruce A. Avery V Joan D. Catterson V Lawrence R. Cohen V Thomas I. Elek David J. Gilmour Susan L. Helwig V Bruce P. King Michael C. Locke V

1992

The Friends of Victoria University Library, founded in 1991, hold the first Victoria College Book Sale and raise $12,450. In 2006, the book sale marks the raising of more than $1 million since its inception. All funds support library initiatives.

1995

Vic’s reunion executive establishes the Victoria Reunion Award to provide bursary support to students who are experiencing financial difficulty in their final year of study at Victoria College. As of 2010, reuniting classes have raised more than $200,000 for the award.

1997

The Victoria Women’s Association celebrates its 100th anniversary by creating an endowed bursary fund, valued at more than $300,000 in 2010.



David Martin William J. H. Ostrander Sandra D. Pett V Margaret E. Smith Patricia Young1973 Scott K. Agur Vincent D. Alfano Caroline D. Arcuri Bronwyn R. Best V Susanne Busse V Barbara D. Forsyth Panagiotis Grouios Diane E. (Caughie)

Hammond Judith G. Hocking Pauline J. Houlden V Robert M. Jackson V Heather MacDougall V Clinton Mooney V Donald A. Sharpe V Ann Marie Sluga V R. Peter Tomczak1974 Wanda Zemler-Cizewski David L. Farrington V Jane C. Freed Barbara E. French Christopher John Hains V Richard K. Kanaya Francis O. E. G.

McInerney K. D. Casey McKibbon Mary Nastis Donald L. Richmond V Rodney J. Russell Lesley J. Simpson Donald F. Thompson

Dianne E. Woods1975 Melanie C. W. Campbell R. William Dunn V John E. Engeland V L. Jane Featherston-Ferch M. Noel James V Harry Manning V E. McRae Linda I. Parsons Karen J. Perry Beverlee Ritchie Mary A. Spencer V Patricia A. Teterus V Markku Tapio Virsunen1976 Harold J. Alston David G. Cowper-Smith Raymond A. K. Cox V David A. Dennis Lesley Evans V Leslie A. Gould Diane J. Hill V Ronald R. Holden Robin M. A. MacKie V Jane P. Morris Gary W. Newhouse Eleanor A. O’Flynn Cleve Sheffield Frederick M. Vettese Robert D. Wardlaw Martha J. Wilk1977 John C. Adams V Brenda M. Bloberg Holz Michael J. Donnan Gordon D. Fulton V Constance J. Green Ronald Harris

William C. Howes Patricia A. Jackson Donald K. Johnston Stephen A. MacLachlan Thomas W. McCullough William E. Steadman V Astrid L.Taim Marie A. Vaillant Adam J. Wadon Dorothy M. White1978 D. Kim Deighton David Fallis and

Alison MacKay V David P. Finley Jeffrey Gollob V Michael A. Greason Gregory W. Hall Robert K. Lapp Diane K. J. Oki V Kevin A. O’Neill George Renfrey Cheryl A. Rhodes Michele M. S.

(Jones) Ward1979 Heather and

Pau Conolly-Mingay V Silvia (Carbone) Devlin Robert Hanna Michael E. Owen Graydon W. Paulin Joy L. Rosen Flora M. Wardlaw1980 Boudina Braches David G. Burgess V Sara J. Comerford

Randolph W. Cousins and Anne E. Condie V

Helen N. Elmer Mary Ellen Heller Shelly Jamieson Barbara Laing-Hiseler Laura L. Lalonde Marie C. Roche Charlotte R. Rose Geoffrey W. H. Vernon1981 David Allan Hilda F. Buisman Paul K. Clarry Steve J. Craig Jonathan Cutmore Tony Fiorino Susan E. Gunton Susan Evelyn

(Broadbent) Hogan Adele L. Jackson

Zwimpfer Graham D. Layne Marcia S. Mahood Steven H. Paikin Cynthia E. (Vokes) Scott D. Alan Smith V Tamara (Morris) Smith V David E. Stanley David L. Swail1982 Kenneth C. Bahen Lenna M. Bradburn Douglas H. Brown V Douglas C. Cornett Alison Leighton David Lorne E. Farr V Stephen J. Lautens

Elizabeth S. Marmura Margaret A. Reid V Kimberly Ann Turner Elizabeth A. Yanow1983 Dan Camposano V Munro J. Ferguson V Katherine A.

(Horton) Ives V David Kotler Kelly Miller Lisa M. Miettinen Peter A. Sprukulis Hamish Stewart V K. Jane Watt Douglas Wright1984 David F. Barrows V Dwayne H. Benjamin Marilyn C. Dunnill Hillary J. Geller Janet E. Heisey Alison M. Kelford Smith Colin A. Kemp-Jackson Carolyn J. McBean Cynthia G. Morton Scott C. Northey Deborah A. Peacock Carol A. K. Preston Julie A. Richards Mark D. Rollins Norman P. Seurukas Neil Smith Elizabeth Stinson Richard P. Strangway1985 David A. Barker V Christine L. Comi Monica Hofmann

1997-2000

Alumni and friends contribute to Victoria’s Campaign for the Dedicated Mind, raising $38 million for residence and campus life needs, scholarships and bursaries and the renovation of the E.J. Pratt Library. As part of the campaign, George and Helen Vari establish a renewable scholarship for students planning a career in teaching (seen here with the 2009 Vari scholars).

The Campaign for the Dedicated Mind’s 1,000 donors have their names engraved on a bronze rail overlooking the newly created Lester B. Pearson Garden for Peace and Understanding.



Cynthia and Brian Langille

R. Greg McKnight V John E. McLeod V Amanda Walton Jeff J. Wilker1986 Taras W. Ciomyk V Ross Leckie Morag I. McMurray Robert J. Saffrey1987 Paul A. Brundage V Nils F. N. Clarke Micheal J. Cyrwus Nancy E. Hardy V Brenda S. Miles Marian Ollila V Robert A. Sider Ian Willson1988 Teri S. Aboud Steven Elder Wai K. Fung Joan McCalmont Lillian and John Perigoe J. Anthony Skuce Iria Statiris1989 Janet E. Davison Paul Fraser Thompson1990 Rachel K. Baker Janice E. Franklin1991 Beatrice L. Arnill Jason R. Farris Sascha Hastings George M. John Bradley T. Morrison V Christine I. (McLachlin)

Watkins V

1992 Ping Ying Chung Connie E. Fennell Ellen Grace

McIntosh-Green J. Matthew Wood1993 Anita (Grigal) Gaide Kate L. Harkness Marc Johnstone and

Kristene Steed V Robbin Elyssa

Tourangeau1994 Chien M. Chin Marilyn J. Leuty V Young-Joon Rhee V Nicole M. Nolan Angela Stoddart1995 Nelsona Constance

Dundas V Anita L. Gower Philip W. Locke V1996 Anne L. Simmonds Leeor Z. Sommer1997 Carolyn R. Kopeechuk Don Lang Elizabeth Sangster Diane E. (Dubé) Slater1998 Kyong-Ja Choi Cho1999 James Malcolm Finlay Kent Douglas James

Garrett V2000 Judith Campbell V Francesco Triolo2001 Alexandra J. Bates-Toth Fiona Chang Jonathan G. Davies Izabella Gabowicz Akil A. Sadikali

2002 Kristina J. Campbell Mary Lee Laing V2003 Scott Edmond Jahnke Raadei Kugarajah Kathleen Anne and

Charles Ian Mack V Robert Stephen

Isaac Mercer V Jonathan Richards

Midgley2004 Catherine Dorna Dale Estey V Erin Ashley McDonald Kevin G. Tam Gregory P. Vermeulen Mary Elizabeth Wilson2006 Rahul Bhat Linda Ka Yan Tung2007 Kayley Collum Townsend Haines Brian La2008 Zinzi DeSilva2009 Leslie Hills

faculty, friends and corporations

$5,000 and more

Alumni of Victoria CollegeNora Aufreiter and Lawrence PentlandEvelyn D. BayefskyMargaret A. BennettRobert C. Brandeis VBurgundy Asset Management Ltd.Clara Carletti

Marina CarlettiDeer Park United ChurchFriends of Victoria University Library and Victoria College Book Sale VPaul W. Gooch and Pauline Thompson VHustler Young Men’s Bible ClassJackman Foundation VThe Norman and Margaret Jewison Charitable Foundation VEva Kushner VPaola MayerAlbert MoritzD. Jean OrpwoodAnn RobsonLorne S. ShieldsCathy SinclairGordon ThompsonUniversity of Toronto – Division of University AdvancementVancouver Foundation VVictoria Women’s Association V

$2,500 – $4,999

Robert D. BaldwinDavid A. Blostein and Kerry DeanLarry Davies VSusan McDonaldJean J Shilton

Nicholas Terpstra VJ. Michael and Naomi TomczakMark ToulouseAnne UrbancicWellington Square United ChurchRoy Wolfe

$1,827 – $2,499

Kenneth R. ThompsonCatherine E. HeronJames M. Estes VPatricia Romans VToronto South Presbyterial United Church WomenLarry and Colleen Kurtz V

$1,000 – $1,826

Paul Bouissac VMarcel Danesi VRobert A. DavidsonKonrad Eisenbichler VCatherine A. Fallis VDoris Galbraith VMichael B. HanrahanPeter D. Harris VJohn HepburnIsles Foundation IncorporatedBernadette KuMarsh & McLennan CompaniesJohn Muston

2001

Alfred Bader, in honour of his wife, Isabel (Overton) Bader Vic 4T9, donates $6 million to create Vic’s 500-seat Isabel Bader Theatre. The state-of-the-art facility for student drama and music performances opens in 2001.

Victoria University receives its largest bequest to date, over $4 million in addition to a producing oil well in Weyburn, Sask., from Mary Mounfield Vic 4T4.

2004

James Morrow Vic 6T3 bequeaths $2.56 million in support of general purpose in-course scholarships and awards for study abroad.



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2006

Emmanuel College receives $1.5 million from Jane Brushey Martin Emm 0T2 and her husband Geoff Martin (seen here, centre), creating the Jane and Geoffrey Martin Chair in Church and Community. The gift is the first of its kind for an academic teaching and research chair at Victoria University.

2006

Blake Goldring Vic 8T1 and Judy Goldring Vic 8T7 make an inspiring gift of $4 million to create the Goldring Student Centre, a renovation and expansion of Wymilwood that will transform student life at Victoria University. Fundraising continues for this new addition to the campus.

2007

Annual support for Vic athletes is significantly expanded with a bequest of $600,000 from William Webster Vic 6T3.

Helen M. OstovichThe Procter & Gamble FundStephen Riggins VRio Tinto AlcanB. J. Romans VGeoffrey Leonard Stagg*The Toronto StarUniversity of Toronto-Records of Early English DramaGermaine Warkentin VStephen Dale WilliamsonDavid S. Wright

$500 – $999

Andrew J. Graham Professional CorporationElizabeth Anne and Hugh Anson-CartwrightSarah M. Anson-CartwrightThe Bank of New York Mellon Community PartnershipMarisa BarlasDavid P. BarrettJosiah BlackmoreWilliam R. Bowen and Sandra J. GavinchukTD Bank Financial GroupSandra M. CockfieldJane CouchmanSuzanne DePoeMartha Drake VWilliam Edwards VEmmanuel College Alumni Association and Emmanuel CollegeChristopher W. W. FieldPeter D. Goddard

Aida GraffFred K. GrahamM. Elizabeth MartinW. Andrew OliverOsler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLPOlga L. Pugliese VManuela ScarciJan ShuckardR. Paul ThompsonUnited Way of York RegionJean de Verteuil

$100 – $499

Phyllis D. and Mr. Matthew AirhartLois AllenDorothy AmosMuriel E. AndersonRuth Publow ArmstrongJean A. Ballinger VBMO Financial Group VWendy BannermanBeach United Church WomenW. T. Beckett VAndrew BeelikGerald E. Bentley Jr. and Elizabeth B. BentleyHelen BestAnn BlackWilliam A. BlaikieEllen and Murray Blankstein VBMO Employee Charitable FoundationPatti and Dave BondeKenneth Harry BorrisHoratio Bot

Elva P. BoteMarc-Andre BraultGarry and Sonia BrodyElizabeth BrouckmanLeslie BuehnerMr. & Mrs. J. CarfagniniBen CataudellaCentennial Japanese United Church WomenLorna Goodison and Ted ChamberlinLouis CharpentierVera and John ChauFrank CollinsM. Sheila CookChristopher George CunninghamMarie D’IorioNeil H. Dobbs and Susan GirardNeil A. DonnellyAnne M. Langford and Peter DotsikasDufferin Peel Presbyterial VEshrat Sayani and Peter DunganNicholas EbenLesley ElliottR. H. FarquharsonRivi M. FrankleSally P. GarnerCarolyn GuertinH. Donald GuthrieDavid HallmanAnn M. HatchMarilyn J. HawkriggAdrienne Hood

Ian G. M. HoweyHumbercrest United Church Women VGlyn HuxterMargaret M. Imrie VBetty J. IsbisterPatrick KieransMartin L. KingMichael Laine VRalph E. LeanGeorge Earl LeardLawrence D. LedermanJoseph LeinwandMonique LéonOdilia T. LewisK. LillicoLynne MagnussonChristopher MarkouMaria M. V. MarujoJennifer McCannMalcolm J. McKechnieBrian MerrileesMinistry of Children and Youth Services – Toronto RegionElias Ramirez MiramontezLouise MoorhouseBeverley M. MorganMarguerite NobleMichelle M. B. OsborneLarry and Jean O’TooleLawrence K. PorterDavid and Angela PredigerAlice Rathé

Magdalene RedekopMichele RizoliWilliam RobinsRoyal York Road United ChurchHans-Martin RumscheidtAllen D. RussellF. Michah RynorV. Martyn SadlerJudy SchrummGeoffrey B. SeabornCalvin SeerveldSouth West PresbyterialSt. Andrew’s United ChurchSt. Paul’s United Church Women VSt. Andrews United UCWShawn St. MichaelL. Faye StephensonPaul StevensJean StewartStikeman ElliottGerald S. SwinkinToronto West Presbyterial UCWJacqueline A. TrimbleTrinity United Church Women VUnited Church WomenIan WalkerMr. and Mrs. D. WatsonDonald WhitakerDonald R. Wilson VTimothy Woodrow



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Throughout its history, alumni, faculty, staff and friends have contributed to the vibrancy of student life at Victoria University by remembering Vic in their wills. In 1992, the Victoria Heritage Donor Society was founded to honour those who have made provisions for Victoria through a planned gift. Society benefits include invitations to special Vic and University of Toronto campus events as well as recognition in annual donor listings. Victoria University recognizes with gratitude the following individuals who have declared their intention to include Victoria in their estate’s charitable giving plans:

Phyllis D. Airhart Ruth M. (Manning) Alexander 5T0 E. Patricia Andrews 4T0 Wm. John and Barbara Armstrong 8T2 Doris A. (Jessinghouse) Arnold 6T6 Jeanine C. (MacDonald) Avigdor 5T4 G. William Bahen 5T0 Gillian (Smiley) Bartlett 7T0 Kenneth R. Bartlett 7T1 John Baty 6T6Phelps Bell 5T3Bernice and Claude Bell 5T2 Ruth M. Bentley 4T3 David K. Bernhardt 5T8Dorothy I. M. Black 3T5 William R. Bowen and Sandra J. GavinchukKenneth Brian Burnham 5T6Eleanor J. Burton 5T6 Dan Camposano 8T3 Margaret G. Chambers 3T8 Ben Chan 8T7 Dick Cousland 5T4 Gwen Davenport 5T0 Larry Davies Marion (Chatterjee) Davies 5T5Margaret J. Davis 4T2 Robert C. Dowsett 5T0 Martha Drake

Peggy Duhig 4T7 L. Diane Dyer 6T2 Freda M. Eickmeyer 4T7 Konrad Eisenbichler Lesley Evans 7T6 Jean (Birkenshaw) Fennell 4T8 Judy M. (Caldecott) Fleming 6T1 Goldwin French 4T4 Douglas G. Gardner 5T0 Elaine (Westheuser) Godwin 6T1 Paul W. Gooch Fred Kimball Graham John Bryan Green 6T5 Wilfrid P. Gregory 3T3V. Jean Griffiths 6T8 Ruth F. (Andrew) Hammond 4T3 Patricia Lillian Hannah 5T0 Barbara M. (Harris) Hardy 5T0 Elaine M. (Hirtle) Hayden 5T4 Diana L. (Rieder) Heard 8T2 Robert Heard 8T3 Kim and Alex Heath 9T9 Glenn and Debby (Petrie) Hickling 7T7 R. M. Hill 4T4 John C. Hoffman 5T4 Beth Holt 5T0 Gwendolyn Neal Hopper 4T3Dorothy (Flannery) Horwood 4T8

Gilbert E. Howey 5T6 Ian G. M. Howey Kenneth W. Inkster 5T7J. Ruth Jackson 5T0 C. Douglas Jay 4T6, 5T0 Ruth H. (Crooker) Jay 4T5 Lynda L. Jenner 6T2Alexandra F. Johnston 6T1 Craig T. Kamcke 5T8 Patricia Kennedy 6T9 F. H. Kim Krenz Eva Kushner Ethel (Upton) Lapp 4T9 Donald G. Lawson 5T1 Janet G. (Macrae) MacInnis 5T9Murdo MacKinnon 3T8 Barbara (Beath) MacLennan 5T5 Linda E. MacRae 6T7 Helen (Miscevich) Mandarich 4T0 Larry W. Marshall 7T6 Frances Bond McElroy 5T8 Joyce A. (Morley) McLean 5T7Gordon and Clair McLellan 4T9 Douglas Graham McTaggart Jane Millgate Sharon Gregory and Andrew Mitrovica 8T3Elizabeth (Holgate) Myles 5T4 H.E. Buzz Neal 4T8

Mary Neal 6T1 and Stan Neal 6T2Joan M. Neilson 5T0 Anne (Templeton) Nethercott 4T9Paul W. Newman 5T7 Jean (Reilly) O’Grady 6T4 Maryleah (Bulloch) Otto 4T9W. Michael S. Philp 6T4 David W. Pretty 4T7 Eileen Prettyman 4T8 Nancy (Jamieson) Pridham 5T3Walter Pridham 5T3 Phyllis M. (Pope) Purves 5T3 Ann Saddlemyer Louise Schryver 3T6 C. Anderson SilberShirley Sims 5T3Miriam Anne Skey 5T9 Lilly (Offenbach) Strauss Nancy (Caldecott) Sutherland 6T5 Mary Elizabeth (Teskey) Sykes 4T7 Anne Weldon Tait 5T4Brian Tennyson 6T2 Pauline A. Thompson 6T3Irene A. Uchida 4T6 Elizabeth (Eastlake) Vosburgh 6T8 Germaine Warkentin Margaret W. Warner 3T9 Arthur and Ruby Waters 5T0

Dorothy (Joblin) Westney 3T9 Nora R. Wilson 5T5 Paula (Mitas) Zoubek 6T2 All those who wish to remain anonymous.

If you included Victoria in your will but do not see your name listed above, please contact the Victoria Alumni Office at 416-585-4500, toll-free: 1-888-262-9775 or [email protected].

The Board of Regents gratefully acknowledges the thoughtful bequests of the following Vic alumni and friends whose gifts were received in the past year:

Dorothy J. Ball Vic 3T6R. Alfred Best Vic 3T7John F. Flinn Vic 4T2Ruth (Hawkins) Ford Vic 3T4Grace L. Irwin Vic 2T9Mary O. Miller Love Vic 4T1Marjorie (Deans) Misener Vic 4T4Helen M. Woodliffe Vic 5T6

Victoria University Heritage Donors

2008

Victoria University celebrates the opening of the Norman Jewison Archive at E.J. Pratt Library. The Jewison archive (display seen here) joins a prestigious collection, which includes the works of Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Group, started by Mary (Rowell) Jackman Vic 2T5; E.J. Pratt’s manuscript and papers, contributed by Viola (Whitney) Pratt Vic 1913; and more than 2,500 items relating to the life and times of William Blake, donated by G.E. Bentley Jr. and his wife, Elizabeth B. Bentley.

2010

Victoria University completes its 2009-2010 year having raised $4,191,584, including a $1.5 million gift from Deer Park United Church for a professorship in church music and an advanced degree scholarship at Emmanuel College (see page 3).

Photography: Pages 13-23 courtesy Victoria Alumni Office and Victoria University Archives: File photo; 1991.161/P377; 1976.001/P3938; 1991.161/P0405; 1994.104/P0003; 1991.161/P0462; 1987.050/P0038; 1991.161/P0551; 1991.161/P1050; 1987.052/P0062; 1992.031/P0038; 1991.161/P0691; Vic Report Vol. XXI, No.2; Vic Report Vol. XIX, No. 1; File Photo; Vic Report Vol. XXIX, No.2; File Photo; Vic Report Vol. XXXV, No.2; File Photo; File Photo; File Photo.

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Alumni Calendar of Events October 27VWA “The International Political Scene” delivered by David Wright, Kenneth and Patricia Taylor Distinguished Professor of Foreign Affairs. Alumni Hall, Old Vic, 2 p.m.

November 4Keith Davey Forum on Public Affairs “Faith and Politics: Religion and the Secular State.” Isabel Bader Theatre, 5 p.m. FREE (see page 4).

November 17VWA “Memorable Mosaics in the GTA and Beyond” delivered by Olga Pugliese, U of T professor of Italian and Renaissance studies. Alumni Hall, Old Vic, 2 p.m.

November 21Vic Chorus Fall Concert An afternoon of classical choral works. Victoria College Chapel, Old Vic, 4:30 p.m.

December 6Friends of Victoria University Library Christmas carols and stories around the fireplace. Private Dining Room, Burwash Hall, 7 p.m.

January 12VWA “Vic Now” delivered by dean of students Kelley Castle, VUSAC president Akash Goel and Board of Regents chair Paul Huyer Vic 8T1. Alumni Hall, Old Vic, 2 p.m.

February 16VWA “Seeking Ethical Neutrality in Health-Care Choices” an illustrated talk with William Harvey, U of T professor emeritus of philosophy. Alumni Hall, Old Vic, 2 p.m.

To subscribe to Vic’s e-newsletter, contact [email protected].

See pages 6 and 7 for news of Vic’s 175th anniversary program of events. Visit www.vicu.utoronto.ca for the latest event details and announcements.

Reading Garden UnveiledThe fencing and construction equipment that surrounded the entrance to E.J. Pratt Library over the summer was removed in September to reveal the addition of a reading garden. Wooden benches now dot the west side of the walkway leading to the library, all placed beneath a trellis made of Douglas fir. The reading garden is among several enhancements to the library’s landscape: steps have been removed from the walkway’s front and a ramp has been recast, improving the building’s accessibility; the walkway has been expanded to provide more bicycle parking; and the surrounding green space has been refreshed with a variety of shrubs, groundcovers and perennials. The reading garden and the other new features were made possible, in part, with support from the Friends of Victoria University Library.

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Vic Report, Autumn 2010