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2 in and Around the University

FROM SCHOLARS

and researchers who excel to race cars and

apple slices that don't

turn brown, the convoca­

tion season brought a raft

of awards and honours to the University communi­

ty. Outgoing president

Mordechai Rozanski lends his name to the new

classroom facility, and the

Bullring gets a facelift and

a new gig.

on the Cover

One of the most skilled

scientific glassblowers in

Canada, Yves-Marie Savoret

shapes glass tubing heated

to 1200°C in a hard-to-find

basement shop at U of G.

Photo by Martin Schwalbe

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FALL 2003

RESEARCH

A TALE OF TWO GENETICISTS Disparate careers and interests lead two Guelph researchers to simi­lar goals of making their research benefit people worldwide.

PLACES AND SPACES

THE UNSEEN U OF G Photographer Martin Schwalbe takes us behind closed doors and

into nooks and crannies to show a side of the University that most

people don't see.

10 PRESIDENTIAL PROFILE

A FAVOURITE PROFESSOR BECOMES PRESIDENT

Guelph's new president starts his tenure by winning a prestigious

award for teaching.

8

alumni Matters

I T WAS THE biggest alumni turnout ever

for Alumni Weekend, and

everybody had a great time at the numerous class reunions and Mac

100 parties. The Universi­

ty of Guelph Alumni

Association recognizes some of its distinguished

members and looks for new ways for alumni to

participate in campus life.

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FLOWER POWER

PROF. STEVE LEESON,

Animal and Poultry Sci­ence, is studying whether feeding chickens a pig­ment found naturally in the petals of marigolds can improve human eye health.

Leeson says adding pure lutein- one of the pigments that give egg yolk its yellow-orange colour- to chicken feed may produce eggs with higher levels of lutein.

At high levels, such as four to six milligrams a day, lutein helps prevent cataracts and macular degeneration, which affects 30 per cent of people over 60.

Currently, the average daily lutein intake 1s about half a milligram. "If we can significantly improve the lutein con­tent in eggs, it would be easier for Canadians to naturally consume their recommended daily intake," Leeson says.

2 GuELPH ALUMN US

ALEXANDER REAPPOINTED

THE HON . LINCOLN ALEXANDER HAS

been appointed to an unprecedented fifth term as chancellor of U of G. The reappoint­ment was approved by Senate Jan. 28.

position that I love, and I will continue to try my best to further enhance the image of this great university."

The former Ontario lieutenant -governor first became chancellor of the University in 1991 and will begin his next three-year term in October.

"I am tremendously proud and over­whelmed," says Alexander. "It is a challenging

During his years as chancellor, he has con­ferred degrees and diplomas on more than 30,000

graduates at convocation. He serves on the Uni­versity's external relations committee, Board of Trustees and Board of Governors, and has been an active public supporter of the University.

Guelph students excel

• Geography PhD candidate Anna Stanley, BA '00, is one of the first students in Canada selected to receive a Trudeau Scholarship from the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation. She will receive $35,000 a year for four years, with an additional $ 15,000 available for travel expenses. The funds will sup­port her research on how cur­rent nuclear fuel waste man­agement practices affect the First Nations in Canada.

"I feel really honoured to get a scholarship that supports crit­ical thinking and research that aim to change society for the better," says Stanley, whose

undergraduate degree is m international development.

• Microbiology graduate Andrew Perrin, B.Sc. '03, will move a step closer to his career goal of clini­cal research by spending the next year in research laboratories in England under a Common­wealth Scholarship. He wiJJ study at Imperial College, University of London, learning sophisticated methods of studying the struc­tures of macromolecules.

The prestigious Common­wealth Scholarship and Fellow­ship Plan is awarded to students with high intellectual promise who are expected to make a sig­nificant contribution upon their return to their home country. The scholarship covers all major expenses, including airfare, tuition and living costs.

• Second-year co-op student Anna Allen is one of 25 univer­sity students across Canada to receive a 2003 Women in Engi­neering and Science Award from the National Research Council (NRC). Under the pro­gram, NRC hires female stu ­dents for two to three years to work in its laboratories across Canada during summer or co­op work terms.

"The NRC institutes are world-class facilities;' says Allen, who is majoring in chemistry and computing science. ''I'll get a chance to be in three different institutes if I choose."

She is the daughter of Guelph graduates Brian and Linda Allen, both B.Sc. '72 and M.Sc. '73.

• • n1vers1 PEOPLE IN THE NEWS • CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS • UNIVERSITY NOTES

Rozanski tribute creates legacy

From left: Michael Walsh, Bill Brock, Lincoln Alexander, Mordechai and Bonnie Rozanski, Doug Dodds and

Simon Cooper.

BOARD OF GOVERNORS

hosted a farewell party for U of G president Mordechai

Rozanski June 5 and marked

the occasion by announcing that the University's new class­

room facility will be named

Rozanski Hall in recognition

of the president's leadership

over the past 10 years.

Provost and incoming

president Alastair Summerlee

said it's fitting that the facili­ty be named for Rozanski.

"He has overseen the design

WOMEN RECOGNIZED

FOUR MEMBERS OF THE

U of G community were

recipients of the 2003 Women of Distinction Awards present­

ed in May by the YMCA-YWCA of Guelph.

Pari Basrur, a retired faculty

member in the Department of

of every corner, every brick and

every stone in the building. But more important, he is a pas­

sionate advocate of the power

and importance of education.

A classroom complex that will

be the heart of teaching and learning for students on this

campus should carry his name."

In another tribute, B of G

chair Michael Walsh announced

that two doctoral scholarships worth up to $45,000 each will

be awarded in the name of

Bonnie and Mordechai

Biomedical Sciences, received the lifetime achievement award. She

was the first female professor in

a Canadian veterinary college

when she joined OVC in 1959. The award for business,

labour, the professions and entre­

preneurs was presented to Nancy Sullivan, vice-president

Rozanski. The scholarships were established by Walsh,

former B of G chairs Simon

Cooper, Bill Brock and Doug

Dodds, and chancellor Lin­

coln Alexander. Rozanski said he was

"overwhelmed and humbled:'

He added that "any successes

that may be attributed to me are, in fact, the cumulative

product of the wise counsel,

the initiative and the actions of my outstanding colleagues at U of G."

(finance and administration). Graduate studies dean and engi­

neering professor Isobel Heath­

cote received the award for edu­

cation, training and development. The arts and culture award went

to Tannis Slimmon, a research technician in the Department of

Plant Agriculture.

GRAPE EXPECTATIONS

"FROM VINE TO

wine" might be the tag line

for a new interdisciplinary research group formed at

U of G. Prof. Judy Strom­mer, Plant Agriculture, says the goal of the Guelph

Grape and Wine Group is

to foster more research

partnerships leading to better vineyard practices,

higher grape and wine

quality, and improved fer­

mentation and processing. The network brings

together about 20 U of G

researchers, government

and industry collabora­

tors and scientists at Ridgetown College, Agri­culture and Agri-Food Canada and the Vineland

Research Station. Strommer's own

research explores the

molecular genetics of anthocyanins and stil­

benes in grapes, com­

pounds that impart colour to red wines and

act as antioxidants.

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SOUNDS

PROF. DAN MEEGAN,

Psychology, is investigat­

ing how sounds and sig­

nals that stimulate brain

activity affect patients

who are suffering from

neurological disorders

and are undergoing

physical rehabilitation.

Meegan is using an

electromyography system

to monitor how the brain

reacts when a magnetic

pulse is administered

outside the patient's skull.

He's hoping that if he can

present someone who

has a motor problem

with a certain type of

sensory rhythm, it might

modify that signal in

some way, affecting the

motor pathway.

SUBURBS

PROF. HARALD Baud­

er, Geography, has found

that Canada's immigrant

and minority populations

are increasingly settling in

the suburbs rather than

in major cities.

Most new Canadians

still head for Canada's

gateway cities of Toron­

to, Montreal and Van­

couver, he says, but they

are now bypassing the

downrown core because

of higher living costs.

4 GuELPH ALUMNus

Broadcaster drew a crowd

Honorary degree recipient Sir David Attenborough,

left, accepts congratulations from chancellor

Lincoln Alexander at summer convocation. A well·

known British biologist, naturalist and filmmaker,

Attenborough drew a large crowd of admirers when

he spoke in War Memorial Hall later the same day.

During three days of convocation ceremonies,

honorary degrees were also awarded to renowned

Canadian historian John M. Beattie; Michel Georges

of Belgium, a pioneer in the field of domestic ani·

mal genomics; and Jo an Hunt, a leading U.S.

researcher in immunology aspects of pregnancy.

Some 2,300 Guelph students received degrees and

diplomas, and U of G bestowed University profes·

sor emeritus status on retired faculty members Bill

James, Engineering; Mary Rubio, English and Th e·

atre Studies; and George Thurtell, Land Resource

Science.

BULLRING GETS A JAVA JOLT

ALL -N IGHTERS ARE NO

longer on the menu, but

the former Bullring pub is now

open most days and evenings as

a student-run coffee shop and

lounge. The building has been

renovated to provide patrons

with a new spot on campus to

unwind and grab a coffee, light

lunch or dinner.

Project manager Michael

Teppo says the coffee shop will

attract many of the thousands

of students streaming in and

out of Rozanski Hall, the new

classroom complex located just

metres away along a concrete

walk. The glass entryway of the

complex neatly reflects the Bull­

ring's distinctive red roof and

cupola and yellow-brick fa~ade.

The Central Student Asso-

ciation runs the coffee shop as

a tenant of the University. It 's

open six days a week and avail­

able for Sunday rental for spe­

cial functions .

PREAINVESTS IN YOUNG FACULTY

SEV EN MORE U OF G

professors have received

Premier's Research Excellence

Awards (PREAs), designed to

allow gifted young faculty to

expand the scope of their

research and attract talented

people to their research teams.

To date, 26 Guelph faculty have

won the awards, worth more

than $4 million when matching

funds are included.

These researchers receive

$100,000 each from PREA and

$50,000 in matching funds

from U of G: France-Isabelle

Auzanneau, Chemistry and

Biochemistry; Marica Bakovic

and Co ral Murrant, Human

Biology and Nutritional Sci­

ences; Nicholas Bernier and

Jinzhong Fu, Zoology; Robert

de Loe, Geography; and Man­

ish Raizada, Plant Agriculture.

SECOND TERM FOR RIDGETOWN DIRECTOR

GARY ABLETT, M.Sc.

'78 and PhD '87, director

of Ridgetown College, has been

reappointed for a second five­

year term. An expert in soybean

genetics and breeding, he was

first appointed director in 1997

when Ridgetown became part

of the University under the

enhanced partnership with the

Ontario Ministry of Agriculture

and Food.

FouR CANADA RESEARCH CHAIRS NAMED

THE UNIV ERSI TY OF Guelph has added four

more Canada Research Chairs (CRCs) to its grow­ing cohort of distinguished CRC researchers.

U of G now has a total of 18 CRCs. Established in 2000 to enable Canadian universi­ties to attract and retain excel­lent faculty, the CRC program supports faculty who are acknowledged as internation­al experts as well as younger researchers who have the potential to become world leaders in their fields . • Zoologist Kevin McCann, who came to U of G from McGill University, plans to develop an internationally

RACE CAR IN TOP 50

recognized research program that he hopes will begin to unfold the role and function of biodiversity in ecosystems. • James France, currently a professor in the School of Agri­culture, Policy and Develop­ment at the University of Read­ing in the United Kingdom, will join U of G this fall to establish a Centre for Nutritional Mod­elling in Animal Production Systems. He plans to develop methods and software to pre­dict and manage prudent nutrient use on farms to min­imize potential land, water and air pollution. • Also joining U of G in the fall is Edward McBean, cur­rently a vice-president with

Key members of the Gryphon racing team are, from left, Rob Battiston,

Jeremy Goertz, Ben Beacock and Jason Griffith .

ATEAM OF ENGINEERI NG students who custom-built

a race car to enter in the For­mula Society of Automotive Engineers competition in Pon­tiac, Mich., in May placed 47th overall out of 125 university entries. Formula SAE is the

largest prototype race in the world, but this was the first time U of G had entered. They were recognized as the third-place rookie team and won the per­severence award. The 12-mem­ber team was advised by Prof. John Runciman .

Conestoga-Rovers & Associ­ates, an engineering and envi­ronmental consulting firm. McBean, who has been on fac­ulty at the University of Water­loo and taught at universities in California, received a CRC chair to study water supply security and risk management in the School of Engineering. • U of G botany professor John Klironomos will use CRC support to establish an advanced soil ecology analysis lab and training centre. Scien­tists will explore the biology and ecology of soil organisms, as well as the interactions and feedbacks between below­ground and above-ground communities and ecosystems.

APPLE DUNKS TAKE PRIZE

APPLE DUNKS PROVED to be a winning recipe for

U of G students who became the first Canadian team to bring home top prize from the National Agri-Marketing Asso­ciation Student Marketing Competition.

One of only two Canadian teams among 35 competitors at the 2003 competition in San Diego, the Guelph students portrayed the Ontario Apple Co-operative and presented a marketing plan for Apple Dunks, a fresh apple snack for children's lunches. They worked with U of G food scientists who are developing a mineral and vitamin solution that prevents apples from turning brown when sliced and packaged. For greater appeal to children. the team proposed adding a flavoured dipping sauce.

CANCER

PROF. MICHAEL Wirth, Computing and Infor­mation Science, says up to 30 per cent of breast cancer cases go unde­tected in mammograms, usually because a clini­cian or radiologist mis­reads or misinterprets the information con­tained in the results. He is writing computer algo­rithms intended to help in computer-aided detec­tion and diagnosis of breast cancer.

He hopes automated screening will provide a second pair of eyes for physicians.

WASTE

BACTERIA ARE remark­able evolutionary life forms, says Prof. Stephen Seah, Microbiology, and many have evolved into efficient and versatile consumption engines that can turn an array of carbon sources into a meal. To take advantage of their natural abilities, Seah is genetically mod­ifying bacteria to "eat" some common chemical compounds known to damage human health, wildlife and the environ­ment.

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Campaign rewards change the £ HE U oF G cAMPAIGN has been "shouted from campus rooftops;' so to speak, since

the installation 16 months ago of32-foot-high banners proclaiming"The Science of Life

and the Art of Living" theme. But the first day of classes this fall was the first time that

most ofU of G's 16,000 students could actually feel the impact on their own education.

With every class change, up to 1,500 students enter the new classroom complex- now named

Rozanski Hall- where they enjoy one of the most innovative teaching and learning facilities

in the country. Many students have also received financial support from campaign gifts to the

University's scholarship endowments, and they're taking courses with talented new faculty. They

will benefit from renovations to numerous campus facilities, and the enlarged construction site

for the new science complex makes it even more evident that their university will be forever

changed by the Campaign for the University of Guelph.

They all said: "Wow!"

ALMOST THREE MONTHS

before the doors officially opened to students, former U

of G students streamed into the Uni-~ 5: versity's new state-of-the-art classroom

The UGAA logo dominates the concourse floor, and the back wall­made of stone salvaged from the barn originally located on the site- sports display cases dedicated to alumni involvement. Named Rozanski Hall as a tribute to former president Mordechai Rozanski, the building is a prominent reminder that being a member of the U of G family extends well beyond graduation.

bution of $500,000, individual alumni gifts are still being received. About 8,000 of the University's 70,000 alumni have been called to date; the remainder will hear from a student caller before the end of December, when the Campaign for the University of Guelph officially ends.

~ facility to cut the ribbon on its impres-z ~ sive alumni concourse. ~ The ceremony took place on Alum­En ni Weekend before the University of (j)

8 Guelph Alumni Association's (UGM) 0 I "- annual general meeting.

6 GUELPH ALUMNUS

While the opening of Rozanski Hall highlights the UGM campaign contri-

The goal for alumni contributions is $20 million. Alumni are being asked to support University-wide projects such as the classroom facility, learning commons and science complex or the priority project for their college.

e of campus Family issues capture donor's imagination

AN ENDOWED ACADEMIC CHAIR

dealing with work and family issues has been established at U of G

through a $500,000 leadership gift to th e University's campaign from the Jarislowsky Foundation, which is headed by Stephen Jarislowsky, chair of the investment coun­sel firm Jarislowsky Fraser Limited.

The Jarislowsky Chair in Families and Work will be held by Prof. Donna Lero, co­founder of the University's Centre for Fam­ilies, Work and Well-Being and a longtime faculty member in the Department of Fam­ily Relations and Applied Nutrition. It's the first such academic chair in Canada address­ing the healthy integration of work and fam­ily responsibilities as critical economic and social policy issues.

The establishment of this academic posi­tion at Guelph provides a unique opportuni­ty to capitalize on innovative research, policy analysis, teaching expertise and collaborative activities in an area of profound significance for all Canadians, says Lero, who credits the foresight of the Jarislowsky Foundation for recognizing the potential at U of G.

"There is growing recognition of the importance of individual and family well-

being as a foundation for both economic growth and strong communities," she says.

An outspoken proponent of business ethics and the accountability of corporate gov­ernance, Jarislowsky is president of the Jaris­lowsky Foundation, which was established to support university chairs and medical equip­ment and research. The Jarislowsky Chair in Families and Work is the lOth Canadian uni­versity chair funded by the foundation.

"My work as the Jarislowsky chair will dovetail with other research investments to increase the capacity of Guelph's Centre for Families, Work and Well-Being to function as the premier facility for such work in Canada;' says Lero.

Syngenta supports agri-food initiatives

A$300,000 CAMPAIGN gift from Syngenta Crop Protection Canada Inc. will support graduate student

research in sustainable agriculture, as well as a new agricultural communication pro­gram planned for U of G.

The Syngenta scholarship endowment will leverage additional funds from the Ontario Graduate Scholarships and Ontario Graduate Scholarships in Science and Tech­nology programs to support two annual awards of $15,000 each.

The scholarships will be awarded to PhD students in the Ontario Agricultural College who are conducting research on sustainable agriculture, with emphasis on environmen­tal quality and resources management, inte­grated pest management, new technologies, economic viability and rural community sustainability.

A portion of the Syngenta gift will also help launch Canada's first specialized agri­cultural communications program at U of G to train undergraduate students and oth­ers how to communicate about the agri­food industry in an informed, balanced way.

The communications initiative would also facilitate the creation of a professional

development centre for industry commu­nicators that would offer training work­shops for professionals and connect stu­dents and employers through "experiential education" positions similar to those in U of G's co-op program.

Bosch clock goes up

U OF G GRADUATE Martin Bosch, B.Sc. '69 and M.Sc. '71, has made sure that students who dally too long in the

new Bullring coffee shop will have no excuse

if they're late for a lecture in Rozanski Hall. Part of his campaign donation provided the large monologue clock now positioned four storeys high on the front of the classroom facil-ity, directly across from the Bullring entrance. "

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By Lori Bona Hunt and Mary Dickieson

0 NE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS of

Prof. Alastair Summerlee's term

as U of G president has already

happened, even though his installation ceremony won't take place until Oct. 10.

While Summerlee was still president­elect, he received a prestigious 3M Teach­

ing Fellowship, which recognizes years of commitment to education, teaching and

student success. He was nominated for the

award by his colleagues at the Ontario Vet­erinary College, where he began his U of G

career in 1988.

Twelve U of G faculty have received the

honour, but Summerlee is the only one to

do so while serving as an administrator.

In addition, he is the first president-elect

in Canada to be named a 3M Fellow. Now in his 11th year of administrative

work at U of G, Summerlee still teaches in the Department of Biomedical Sciences,

and many of his former students wrote

letters to support his 3M nomination.

The letters call him a pioneer in cur­

riculum development and a tireless advo­

cate for university education. They also mention an unrivalled and infectious pas­

sion for teaching and learning.

Summerlee's efforts in the classroom

are legendary. There are stories of "loud,

raucous and enthusiastic" seminars, of his

ability to write on a blackboard with both

hands at the same time, and of sometimes teaching in bare feet to illustrate his belief

in stepping away from stereotypical and

traditional teaching styles.

One of the most telling letters came from doctoral candidate joanne Hewson, DVM

8 GuELPH ALUMNus

'92, who said his teaching methods were so innovative and effective that 10 years later,

she still remembers the material clearly. His

energy and enthusiasm "captured the atten­tion of every student in the class. I didn't

attend his class on neuroanatomy because I had to but because I wanted to."

For his part, Summerlee says:"! value

every moment with students as precious

and as an opportunity to challenge them.

We each have to have a reason to want to learn, and the teacher has to provide the

circumstances or the situations to moti­vate that learning."

His skill in the classroom was recog­

nized with a 1991 Distinguished Profes­

sorial Teaching Award from the U of G

Faculty Association.

Raised in Britain and educated at the University of Bristol, Summerlee became

a member of the Royal College of Veteri­

nary Surgeons in 1977. He lectured in anatomy, served as pre-clinical dean in the

School of Veterinary Science and was also

responsible for the residence halls at Bris­

tol. Four years after arriving at Guelph, he

was appointed associate dean at OVC, then

went on to become dean of graduate stud­ies in 1995, associate vice-president (acad­

emic) in 1999 and provost and vice-presi­

dent (academic) in 2000.

At OVC, he launched an extensive

review of the veterinary program and

pushed for a curriculum that focused on problem-based learning, a model later

adopted as part of the University's learn­

er-centred approach to teaching. As asso­ciate VP and provost, he helped create the

University of Guelph-Humber, which

allows students to earn an honours degree

and a college diploma in only four years.

As president, Summerlee plans to con­tinue with his teaching and his interna­

tionally recognized research."! believe that

research informs teaching and vice versa,"

he says. "And I want to continue to uphold

Guelph's reputation as a university where

professors and staff are approachable for students, regardless of position or area of expertise."

Since his appointment was announced

Jan. 8, Summerlee has "received hundreds

of congratulatory e-mails from people­

past presidents, students, city officials, for­

mer colleagues in England, people who

teach my kids. When I came into work the next day at 5 a.m., housekeeping staff were

waiting to say congratulations and a cam­pus police officer was outside the Universi­

ty Centre to shake my hand. That's very

important to me. I'm passionate about the

people here at Guelph. They are the reason

it was very easy for me to make the decision

to want to do this job." Summerlee's appointment came after a

nine-month international search by the Pres­

idential Search Committee, chaired by Michael Walsh, BA '69, MA '70 and PhD '92,

and made up of students, faculty and staff. Summerlee is married to Catherine, who

worked on campus for several years as com­munications co-ordinator for Admission

Services. They have two daughters, Madeleine, a student at U of G, and Lydia,

a senior high school student; and a son,

Max, who enters university this fall. ga

President's Message I AM DELIGHTED and honoured to be appointed the seventh president of the Uni­versity of Guelph, and I look forward to meeting and working with alumni and all members of the University community, past and present.

Over the last decade, U of G has estab­lished a strong reputation as a leader in Canada. It is this reputation that attracts some of the best faculty, staff and students to this campus. They, in turn, provide the foundation for our future.

Guelph is known for its outstanding research, teaching and innovation. It is also known for its friendly and committed atmosphere. The values and attitudes that created this caring environment- focused on innovation- are priceless and must be fostered and nurtured.

U of G is ideally poised to take a leading role on the international stage. A number of discrete areas of the University already com­mand an international reputation, but recent developments in all aspects and disciplines of the University in teaching and research

open the prospects of new horizons. Over the next five years, l will work with the Uni­versity community to realize the potential offered by these opportunities.

The University of Gu~lph has a rich inher­itance that must be promoted. Our roots in agriculture, veterinary medicine and home economics and social conditions provide a pioneering spirit in which intellectual drive is permeated with a sense of creating knowl­edge that can be applied and used in the com­munity. This concept now radiates from every

aspect of our research and teaching. Our inheritance also comes in the form

of a beautiful campus. We must find ways to preserve the intellectual essence and phys­ical manifestation of that history. The cam­pus master plan developed by the Board of Governors in the past year will be an impor­tant blueprint for campus development.

The progress of our university has bene­fited from a commitment to interdiscipli­nary study. Our community has shown that some of the best ideas can be generated by working collaboratively between disciplines. We have a number of strong interdiscipli­nary programs in the arts, sciences and social sciences, and it's clear that this approach must be maintained and developed to keep Guelph at the forefront of research and teaching. As society faces a number of complex issues involving development in the sciences, our

willingness to explore the social, cultural and environmental effects of such developments will be vital.

In research, teaching, student services and service to society, the U of G commu­nity has shown time and again its willing­ness to experiment with new ideas and take risks. To remain in the vanguard of teach­ing and research, we must continue to fos­ter this approach.

And to remain as Canada's most caring educational community, we must continue to welcome the voices of our alumni in all areas of campus life - inside and outside ~

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and staff in the spirit of shared learning. ~ The University of Guelph is the place to ~

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Fall2003 9

THE UNSEEN u OF G

THE NEXT FEW PAGES offer a selection of campus scenes you won't see in the

University of Guelph viewbook or on our Internet home page. Yet, they're no less

important than the idyllic image of Johnston Green when it comes to defining

the University of Guelph.

Often, it's the people and things you don't see that make the difference between

a good university and a great one. Behind the scenes at Guelph, we've got inno-

vative ideas like the tri-university library annex, an award-winning food service

program, and dedicated staff and tradespeople who take pride in their jobs.

Some of them opened doors to us that normally say ((Do Not Enter" or ((Employ­

ees Only" to help us put together this scrapbook of seldom-seen places.

PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARTIN SCHWALBE

WHAT A SCI EN TIST SK E TCHES on paper, Yves-Marie Savoret turns into a work of art from his glass shop in the basement of the MacNaughton Building. Savoret has designed and built numerous pieces of glassware ­including a unique vacuum line ­often starting with only a sketch, a glass tube and a blowtorch. In this photo, he attaches a 120-mm tube to a 140-mm tube and builds a groove into the seam that will support an electrode or other piece of equipment.

10 GuELPH ALUMNus

You CAN TRUST the quality of the

milk you buy partly because of the work of Laboratory Services techni­

cians such as Daniel Holmes, B.Sc.

'03. Up to 800 samples of raw milk

from Ontario dairy farms are tested each day for analysis of fat, protein and lactose concentrations, as well as

the bacterial levels Holmes is doing

here. Milk testing, however, is just

one of many analytical services pro­vided by "the problem solvers" in U of G's Lab Services division. Located

across Stone Road from the Univer­sity's Research Park, the commercial

lab offers a complete range of ana­

lytical, research, regulatory testing and consultative services geared to

agriculture and the agri-food indus­

try- all under one roof.

BECAUSE OF GOOD PREVENTIVE

maintenance, Rod Morrison won't

be changing the bearings in this Uni­versity Centre exhaust fan today, but

he will continue to monitor its oper­ation, as he does all exhaust and ven­

tilation fans - the UC alone has

about 20- in every campus build­

ing. He troubleshoots problems and

checks every fan motor about four times a year to predict when the bear­

ings should be replaced.

Fall 2003 11

A TRADITIONAL BANK BARN

built in 1912 still serves as an animal holding facility for the Department of Animal and Poultry Science. Ani­mals housed in the barn for teaching purposes from mid-August to mid­May include dairy and beef cattle, farrowing sows and weaner and growing pigs, a flock of sheep, broil­er chickens and laying hens. Fill ing the hay mow are veterinary student Katy Sullivan, left, and employee Amanda Holt, B.Sc.(Agr.)'Ol.

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INSIDE THE U OF G OBS E RVATORY

located on top of the MacNaughton Building is a 34-year-old telescope that's worn out. "Many amateur astronomists have better telescopes than we do," says Prof. Bob Brooks, Department of Physics. Its condition doesn't stop it from being well-used, however. Some 600 people use the 12-inch instrument each year, includ­ing up to 300 students, the U of G Astronomy Club and numerous community groups that come for a tour of the Milky Way. A $45,000 fundraising drive is under way to buy a modern telescope of Schmidt­Cassegrain design and an Astro­physics mount with computer con­trol. "It will give us a clearer view and more convenient viewing for large groups of users," Brooks says.

"MAD E FROM SCRAT CH"could

well be the motto of University chefs

such as Carlos Di Lello, who prepare

all entrees and more than 90 per cent

of the baked goods and desserts

served on campus. No wonder U of

G is the recognized leader in food ser­

vice innovation and quality among

Canadian universities. More than

14,000 students and staff eat on cam­

pus daily, with up to 1,000 served

weekly at special events and banquets.

ASSISTANT SHIFT ENG I NEER

Darin Par ise completes a routine

check of chilled water pipes in the

University's Central Utilities Plant.

The plant heats and cools most build­

ings on campus with four gas-fired

boilers and 9,500 tons of chillers. It

also provides de-ioni zed water for

labs, treated domestic water, rainwa­

ter for fish research, compressed air

and emergency electricity.

Fall 2003 13

THE WELLINGTON WooDs

housing complex was "like our own little United Nations," say Wood and

Rose Marie Salele of Samoa, who

spent almost five years in Guelph with their four children while he complet­

ed a PhD in agricultural economics

and business. Wood, who earned a

Commonwealth Scholarship to study

at U of G, returned to the South Pacific with his family in June. "We loved living in Wellington Woods and

made many good friends from all

over the world," he says. Pictured on the neighbourhood basketball court on their last day in Guelph are, from

left: Maila, Angelica, Rose Marie,

Wood and Paul. Ben is out of camera range waiting for the rebound.

14 GUELPH ALUMNUS

FOR RESEARCH ON bacterial infections such as salmonella, patho­

biology professor Carlton Gyles,

DVM '64, M.Sc. '66 and PhD '68,

makes use of animal facilities at the Arkell Research Station, which has

the capacity to house 6,000 birds as

well as swine and sheep. The Arkell facility is one of 16locations around

Ontario where U of G manages agri­cultural research stations through its

partnership with the Ontario Min­istry of Agriculture and Food.

THE HALLOWED HALLS oflearn­

ing get cleaned nightly by staff such as Tammy Reynen, who works from

10:30 p.m. to 7 a.m. in the Axelrod

Building. U of G's housekeeping

department employs 158 full-time people who clean everything on

campus from lecture halls and offices to operating rooms and labs.

SuSAN IRvINE, BA '77, replaces a

document in the stacks of the library

annex opened in 1997 as part of the Tri-University Library Consortium,

a collaboration of U of G, the Uni­

versity of Waterloo and Wilfrid Lau­

rier University. Located in the north end of Guelph, the annex holds more

than one million volumes of lower­

use holdings from the three univer­

sities. All three campuses have access

to the annex holdings through an

electronic catalogue and receive

requested material within 24 hours.

Fal l 2003 15

OUTSIDE

Geneticists Ann Gibbins and Manish Raizada frame their careers with a shared desire to benefit humankind

By Andrew Vowles

N THE cAP r TAL of a former Soviet republic,

gunfire crackles within earshot of Guelph animal

and poultry scientist Ann Gibbins as she partici­

pates in a meeting of an international science com­

mittee designed - rather ironically in light of the

coup attempt taking place outside - to achieve "peace

through science."

Years earlier, nascent plant geneticist Manish Raizada,

now a faculty member in Guelph's Department of Plant

Agriculture, sees a young girl in his ancestral India beam­

ing over her find- a half-rotted head of cauliflower scav-

enged from a market- and thinks: "At the dawn of the

21st century, no one should have to live like this."

Today, Gibbins and Raizada are still separated in oth­

er ways. She's nearing retirement after 35 years spent in

studying, teaching, research and administration at U of

G. He's setting up a new research laboratory using fed­

eral and provincial funding intended to launch talented

young scientists. Her recent research has seen her prob­

ing at the genetic roots of farm animals, particularly

chickens and pigs. His genetic studies are designed to

tease apart the mysteries of plant regeneration.

As a respected senior scientist, Gibbins

serves on a global advisory panel intended

to help bridge gaps between researchers in

NATO countries and less-developed nations

-and, not incidentally, to help foster peace

among peoples. Impelled by an idealistic fire

lit as a high school student just over a decade

ago, Raizada hopes to help feed the world.

metaphorically, is here at the University of

Guelph, where their different paths within

the Ontario Agricultural College have led

them toward a common goal: making a dif­

ference in billions of lives in less-developed

parts of the world.

varied career path. After studying biochem­

istry in her native England, Gibbins lived in

Saskatoon and New Zealand before coming

to U of Gin 1967 when her late husband, Nor­

man, joined the faculty of the Department of

Microbiology. At Guelph, she completed grad­

uate degrees in microbiology and genetics in

the College of Biological Science, earning a

master's degree in 1971 and a PhD in 1980. Where both scientists meet, at least

16 GuELPH ALUMNUS

The call from NATO headquarters just

four years ago was unexpected, even for an

animal geneticist who had already followed a

Eager to apply her education, she embarked

on independent research, initial ly in a post­

doctoral position in biomedical sciences in the

Ontario Veterinary College, then as a faculty

member in OAC. Reflecting on the twists and

turns that led almost a decade ago to her cur­

rent appointment as chair of the Department

of Animal and Poultry Science, she describes

herself as the proverbial jack of all trades.

Despite that varied experience - or

maybe because of it- she fielded a query

for her CV on behalf of NATO as just anoth­

er routine request. "It seemed rather bizarre;'

she concedes, adding that she sent off the

information, then promptly forgot about the

call. "The next thing I knew, I got a call from

NATO headquarters telling me I was the

Canadian representative on the NATO Life

Science and Technology Committee."

Coincidentally, Gibbins's Canadian career

parallels the lifespan of the Brussels-based ~ 0

North Atlantic Treaty Organization. In 1960, ~ around the time she first arrived in Canada ~

from England with her husband, then for- ~ )>

eign minister Lester Pearson was helping to ~

found the NATO science organization under ~ the guiding principle of"peace through sci- ~

Fall 2003 17

J

BACON AND EGG GENETICS

P ROF. ANN GIBBINS says her four-year term on a NATO sci­

entific committee has stimulated her own curiosity as a researcher and

framed her work.

Since completing her doctorate at

age 40 here at Guelph - delayed

somewhat by the arrival of her three

sons - she has studied the genetics

of domestic animals, notably poul­

try and swine. Her signature research with chickens has involved engi­

neering changes in the genetic make­

up of developing embryos to make

useful products that are deposited in

the egg. She and her colleagues devel­oped a groundbreaking technique

now used widely for getting past the

eggshell to alter the embryo's DNA. Most recently, Gibbins and her stu­

dents have used genetic engineering to

promote production of various useful

types of lysozyme, a natural antibiotic

that protects the embryo from bacteria

ence." Says Gibbins: "This was a visionary

move in an attempt to help stabilize nations

through co-operative science programs, lead­ing to improved food production and health

and improved economic growth."

Her own appointment to the advisory

body in 1999 came during a watershed year for NATO's entire science program. Origi­

nally established to foster collaborative pro­

jects between scientists in NATO countries only- Gibbins herself had held a four-year

collaborative NATO project with a Dutch col­

league- the program was altered that year. "After the breakdown of the former

U.S.S.R., there was a real effort on the part

of NATO to establish links with countries in the former Soviet Union, as well as with

a handful of nations bordering the Mediter­

ranean Sea," she says.

Today, the program supports only col­

laborations between NATO-country scien­

tists and their counterparts in two groups of developing nations: "Partners" in East­

ern Europe and Central Asia and the so­called "Mediterranean Dialogue" countries.

18 GUELPH ALUMNUS

during development. Canada produces about a fifth of the world's supply of nat­

urallysozyme extracted from egg white, and Gibbins's research opens the door for

the production of variations of the

lysozyme gene that will code for antibi-

Partnerships under the umbrella science

program now take one of four main forms:

science fellowships, research infrastructure

support, science for peace (involving indus­trial research and development), and co-oper­

ative science and technology. Gibbins's involve­

ment has been with co-operative science and

technology collaborations intended to foster personal links between scientists of NATO and

partner countries. She was invited to join the

Life Science and Technology Advisory Panel, which reviews project applications in biolo­

gy, agricultural and food sciences, medicine

and the behavioural sciences. Gibbins has helped develop and review

applications for various initiatives, includ­

ing study institutes and research workshops

that bring together scientists investigating everything from environmental challenges

in the Caspian Sea to risk assessments fol­

lowing the Chernobyl nuclear accident.

Among the projects: Studies of fox populations in Siberia to

zero in on a possible single gene govern­ing aggressive canine behaviour. She says

otics with greater stability and effec­tiveness against pathogens.

During the past fbur years, Gib­bins has also collaborated in

genomics research aimed at discov­

ering major genes involved in

improving meat quality and repro­

ductive success of pigs.

Beyond bacon and eggs, she's seen plenty of other research ideas as a

review panellist for agencies such as

the Canada Foundation for Innova­

tion, the Natural Sciences and Engi­

neering Research Council, Agricul­

ture and Agri-Food Canada and various U.S. organizations. Interna­

tionally recognized for her contribu­tions in avian genetics and biotech­

nology, she has been in demand as a

speaker at international conferences and

workshops. "I became a scientist because there are

all these intriguing puzzles that need to be

solved;' says Gibbins.

the proposed collaboration between sci­

entists in Novosibirsk and Cornell Uni­

versity is "an unusual opportunity to deter­

mine the scientific basis for aggressive behaviour in mammals in general."

Investigations of camel production in Cen­

tral Asia, where camel and desert sciences are economically important in many coun­

tries, such as Turkmenistan.

Recording heart activity of Mediterranean

sandhoppers to monitor environmental problems. Fitting these tiny insects with

diodes and phototransistors allows scien­

tists in Poland and the United Kingdom to test relationships between heart rate and

environmental stress factors, both natural (humidi ty, temperature) and human­

induced (pollution).

Gibbins says a key partnership mecha­

nism is a system of collaborative linkage

grants that provide several years' worth of funding to help scientists establish joint

research projects. They're particularly aimed at enabling young researchers from the part­

ner nations to spend a period working in

PLANTS THAT KEEP ON GROWING

Hack a dandelion out of your lawn and you know it'll be only a matter

of time before the weed erupts anew.

From roots to stems to leaves, plants and their constituent parts have a

resiliency that fascinates Prof. Man­

ish Raizada, Plant Agriculture. His

research program, funded over the

past year by the Canada Foundation for Innovation, the Ontario Innova­

tion Trust and a Premier's Research

Excellence Award, is intended to find

the gene or genes that allow plants of

all stripes to regenerate themselves.

Recently, his U of G lab mapped its first regeneration gene found on one

of the chromosomes of Arabidopsis or the wild mustard family (what

Raizada calls the "fruit fly of the plant world"). He plans to continue work on that

and other genes, hoping to prove that the

same handful of genes governs the regen­eration trick in plants from dandelions to

wheat, corn and other crops needed to feed

NATO countries, learning about ideas and

methods they can take back home.

This fall, Gibbins will complete her four­

year term on the international advisory pan­el, which she currentl y chairs. She's one of

three women sitting on the committee and

its first female chair. Its 15 members include eminent clinical psychologists, cancer spe­

cialists, immunologists, cell biologists and plant physiologists, all hailing from differ­

ent countries, including Germany, the Unit­

ed States, the United Kingdom, jordan,

Ukraine, Portugal and Romania. "It was a completely novel experience

for me;' says Gibbins, who is as well-known

internationally for her straightforward, no­nonsense demeanour as for her own genet­

ics research. ''I've been on international

committees before, but not one with this

range of expertise and cultural background:' Earlier, she had chaired federal panels in

Canada as well as a U.S. Department of Agri­

culture major program review of genetics and genomics research across the United States.

"The NATO committee has been the pinna-

growing populations in developing nations. In what might appear a bizarre connec­

tion, he hunts for the regeneration genes by

inserting into a plant's genetic material the

bit of firefly DNA that makes the luciferase

enzyme responsible for allowing the insect

cle of my scientific career in my own eyes because I've been privileged to work with an

extraordinary group of people;' she says.

If Gibbins was surprised by the turn her

career was taking only four years before retirement, Raizada sees his current research

path as a natural progression from his ear­

lier humanitarian efforts. Horrified by tele­vision images of famine-stricken Ethiopi­

ans during the early 1980s and angered at

the apparent apathy in his Brampton, Ont.,

high school, he ran successfully for school council president, then led fundraising

efforts for UNICEF and to sponsor foster children in Mali and India. Later at the Uni­

versity of Western Ontario, he encouraged

his residence mates to adopt a foster child. "] knew I wanted to do something to help

the developing world," Raizada says.

Maybe it was in his genes. His great­

grandfather had started two schools in India

during the early 1900s. One early student was Raizada's maternal grandmother, who now runs one of the schools- a college

called Kanya Gurukul for 300 girls ranging

to light up. Out of tens of thousands of

copies of the plants, he expects the light­up gene will wind up riext to the regen­

eration gene in at least a few plants.

By exposing the plants to different

environmental factors- changing

temperature or salt concentrations, toxic metals or pathogens, mechani­

cal stress - he hopes to determine

which genes are switching on or off by

watching for the plants that "light up:'

Raizada thinks outside the box when looking for ways to apply his

work- helping Third World farmers

develop new plants from rootstock

rather than buying new seeds each year, turning plants into mini-facto­

ries to make industrial or medicinal

compounds, helping farmers develop more intensive practices to produce more food

with fewer resources. "In the next 20 or 30 years, we need to

produce more food than we have in the entire history of humanity;' he says.

from Grade 5 students to adults. Shortly after Raizada's birth, his family left for Nigeria,

then moved to Canada when he was three.

Still, he's no stranger to the desperation born of poverty and hunger in the conti­

nents left behind. "Sub-Saharan Africa is in desperate need;' he says. "It's the only place

in the world where agricultural production has gone down in the past 20 years."

A turning point came during the visit to

India when he encountered that enduring

image of the young girl in the marketplace.

Raizada had considered becoming a doctor, but realized the problem was less a health

issue than one of economics. "If they had more income, they could afford health care.

1 decided my interest in international devel­

opment was to get at the root of this." He

hopes to do that by untangling the genetic

myster ies of how plants regenerate.

Fascinated by the process that enables a plant to grow a new part, he's convinced that

finding the gene or set of genes responsible for regeneration will ultimately help improve

plant breeding and agricultural pract ices.

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He believes genetic manipulation of food

crops based on his work will enable farmers

to grow food more cheap ly and easi ly for

quickly expanding Third World populations.

"Our biggest goal is to eliminate the need

for farmers to plant seed each year;' he says,

adding that the technology might also help

reduce the need for tilling and attendant soil

erosion and help farmers conserve scarce

resources such as nitrogen and water.

Raizada hopes to see farmers using the

results of his research in five to l 0 years, espe­

cially in corn, wheat, rice and soybeans. Key

to that technology transfer would be work­

ing through international research breeding

institutes such as the International Maize and

Wheat Improvement Centre in Mexico, con­

sidered by many as the birthplace of the

Green Revolution. Raizada did a post-doc­

toral fellowship there in 2000 after complet­

ing a doctorate in plant molecular genetics at

Stanford University. He sees himself one day

serving on a board or advisory committee of

a biotech company or a worldwide agency

such as the International Rice Institute. "These

institutes are the direct conduits to the devel­

oping world;' he says.

Gibbins says her experience on the

NATO advisory committee has given her a

bird's-eye view of development issues,

although there have occas ionally been

unsettling close-ups. In late 2001, she was

in Tbilisi attending one of the committee's

thrice-yearly meetings when political unrest

boiled over in Georg ia . "There was an

attempted coup while we were there. We

heard gunshots right outside our hotel."

Despite the proximity of the firefight, she

and her colleagues remained calm. "When

you've been chair of a department for about 10

years, you're prepared for anything;' she quips.

Even so, she's often been shocked by the

conditions endured by local people and some

of the scientists in these countries. In Geor­

gia, for example, she visited a microbiologi­

cal institute with a "fantastic collection" of

microbial cultures that she says would be the

envy of any biologist. Although that materi­

al needs to be kept cool, the institute has only

enough electricity to run the refrigerators for

up to three hours a day. From research infra­

structure to access to chemical reagents or the

Internet, the circumstances are "absolutely

dire" in many countries, she says.

Paradoxically, many of those same nations

offered better working conditions and travel

opportunities for their scientists before the

fall of the Iron Curta in in 1989. "It's a sad

thing to see such talented and committed

people struggling;' she says. Hoping to lessen

the struggle, her advisory panel has helped in

everything from bringing scientists together

to advising on the development of intellec­

tual property rights to avoid exploitation.

In her own eyes, Gibbins's main achieve­

ment during her career has been helpin g

young people, both through her international

work and through her research and teaching

at Guelph. "Promoting young people has been

the most meaningful part of my career!'

Raizada's young career took a twist this

spring when he left behind his lab in

Guelph's Crop Science Building to begin a

research leave in chemistry and chemical

engineering at the Ca lifornia Institute of

Technology in Pasadena. Working in what

he calls a pioneering lab in the field, he is

learning about protein engineering in order

to make materials that might help plants

conserve water and essential nutrients.

"Water is the biggest problem in agri­

culture in the developing world. I want to

gain skills to produce certain materials that

will save water and nitrogen."

His early experiences have already taught

Raizada that helping to feed the world will

involve more than genetics or engineerin g

alone, or even any clever combination of the

two. Beyond science, he says, the complex

problems of hun ger and poverty in the

developing world will require expert ise in

a wide range of fields, from political science

to sociology to health care to economics.

Similarly, Gibbins says achieving inter­

national co-operation and peace will mean

not just partnerships in science but a lso

understanding of disparate and ever-evolv­

ing political and cultural agendas, all of which

come together in NATO's science program.

There are more changes afoot. Even as

Gibbins prepares to chai r her last meeting

in Kyrgysztan this fall, NATO is working on

merging the science program into a new

public diplomacy division. By then, she' ll

be back in Guelph to wrap up her tenure as

department chair, then retire to her lOG­

acre farm, where she hopes to have the time

and space to contemplate the world through

new eyes. ''I'll be very happy to be anony­

mous in Rockwood." ga

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Gryphon wrestler sets her sights on the

2004 Olympics

Y ou'v EXPECT, Tara Hedican to

be larger than life. In 2001 the

fourth-year history student became

the first Canadian woman to win a world junior wrestling championship. Last year,

she received the Tom Longboat Award, a

national honour recognizing aboriginal excellence in sport. This year, she won a gold

medal at the Pan American Championships

and a silver medal at the Commonwealth

Wrestling Championships. A two-time Canadian junior national champion and

three-time Canadian senior national silver medallist, she also represented Canada this

spring at the Hans von Zons International Wrestling Tournament in Germany and the

Austrian Ladies Open in Austria, events that

featured top international wrestlers.

Such credentials might conjure up an image of a towering muscle-bound athlete,

but in Hedican's case, nothing could be fur­

ther from the truth. Short and small, with a

quiet voice and shy smile, she is a refreshing

reminder that stereotypes are usually just that. Wrestling, she says, is a sport that relies

as much on intellectual strength as physical

prowess. "That's what I like about it. When you're out there on the mat, it's just you and

your opponent. You don't have a team with

you. I just take it one point at a time, one match at a time."

22 GUELPH ALUMNUS

By Lori Bona Hunt

That's the secret of Hedican's success,

says Doug Cox, who coaches both the Guelph Wrestling Club and the Gryphon

team. "Tara is strong and her technique is good, but her mental state is the best."

Along with high school coach Mark Howlett and fellow Guelph Wrestling Club

coach Dave Mair, Cox has worked with

Hedican since her mid-teens. "Once you're

among the top 100 wrestlers, you're all basi­

cally at the same level and it becomes a mental game;' he says. "This is where Tara

shines. She thrives on competition. I think she likes the pressure."

During her years at U of G, where women's wrestling has been a varsity sport

since 1997, Hedican has captured gold at

both the Canadian Interuniversity Sport

(CIS) and the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) championships and was named most

outstanding wrestler at both competitions.

She won gold at the Dave Shultz Memorial Tournament in Colorado and was the 2001

Junior National's most outstanding wrestler

and the senior provincial 2001 champion.

She was also the OUA's nominee this year for a Borden, Ladner and Gervais LLP (BLG)

Award, which stresses the importance of ath­

letics to a university education. Her U of G honours have included being named Rook­

ie of the Year, Female Athlete of the Year and

Most Valuable Player. But there's one honour she's longing to

add to her resume- an Olympic medal.

"When I was still in high school, I told my coach: 'I want to be in the Olympics.'

Women's wrestling wasn't even on its way

to becoming an Olympic sport, but he just said: 'Go for it.'"

The 2004 Olympics in Athens will be the

first games to include women's wrestling,

and Hedican wants to be there. First, how­ever, she must compete at the Olympic tri­

als in Alberta in December. "From now until the trials, I will go 'undercover: so to speak,

and put all my attention towards being a student of wrestling."

Hedican, who is sponsored by Rowe

Farm Meats, which she has incorporated

into her diet, is hoping to attend as many

tournaments as possible to prepare for the trials and the Olympics.

''I'm looking for additional sponsors and

support in the upcoming year to help make that possible;' she says, adding that the Uni­

versity has been a strong supporter, most

recently by renovating the wrestling prac­

tice room. Cox, himself a former Olympian,

believes Hedican has what it takes to com­pete at that level."! knew it from the start.

Here was this 15-year-old kid showing up

five nights a week to practise with the uni­versity students. She was always here on time, ready to get the job done."

Hedican, who is the daughter of U of G professor Ed Hedican of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, has been wrestling since she was 12. She discovered the sport by chance. "I was in junior high and heard they were looking for girls for the wrestling team, so I just thought I'd give it a try."

She didn't realize just how good she was until high school, when "I hardly ever lost any matches. I have a bit of natural talent, but the main reason I do well is that I work a lot harder than most people do."

She practises six days a week, in addition to running about six hours a week and weight training before competitions. She

competes in the 64-kilogram weight class. "Wrestlers come in all different shapes

and sizes. Being short can be an advantage, being tall can be an advantage. There is room for all body types. It just depends on what you do with your body type."

Although she's always understood the importance of training and mental disci­pline, Hedican has only recently begun to realize what it means to be a champion. With each medal and award, there are more requests for speaking engagements and tele­vision appearances, and she was a torch bearer at the Ontario Winter Games. After winning the Longboat Award, she began to understand the effect her accomplishments might have on other aboriginal athletes.

"!want to be someone other aboriginal kids can look up to;' she says.

Hedican, whose mother is Ojibwa, was a flag bearer for the North American Indige­nous Games in Winnipeg, and last year, she flew into her reserve north of Thunder Bay to speak at a Chiefs of Ontario Conference. She also attended an Ontario Youth Pow­wow in Hagersville and was on a panel at the Canadian Indigenous Native Studies at UofT.

For Cox, seeing Hedican flourish in this new role is more satisfying than any of her athletic successes. "When I first met her, she was so shy, she would look at the ground when you talked to her. Now she's very dif­ferent. That's what's so great about sports­they can convert a kid from being shy to being self-confident by building up his or her self-esteem. With Tara, that's the great­est thing for me to have witnessed." ga

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UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

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ALUMNI PROFILES

ALUMNUS OF HONOUR

C LIPFORD CHAPPEL, DVM '50, a

renowned medical researcher and

entrepreneur, received two awards during

Alumni Weekend. The University of Guelph

Alumni Association (UGAA) Alumnus of

Honour and the OVC Distinguished Alum­

nus awards were presented at the June 21

President's Luncheon.

Chappel is a Guelph native who studied

veterinary medicine at OVC, then earned a

PhD in investigative medicine at McGi ll

University. He joined Ayerst Laboratories

in Montreal as director of biological

research and began a distinguished research

career that has saved numerous lives and

contributed immeasurably to the develop­

ment of safer drug therapies.

In 1965, Chappel formed his own com­

pany, Bio-Research Laboratories Ltd., to

provide biological research services to

industry and government. He later found­

ed a Montreal company now known as

Technitrol Eco, which conducts environ­

mental research; a toxicology consulting

company in Mississauga called Cantox Inc.;

and an animal breeding facility in Ottawa

that developed the BB rat, the first animal

model for juvenile diabetes.

He has also written more than 60 scien­

tific papers and has consulted for the brew­

ing industry and the International Life Sci­

ences Institute in Washington, D.C.

In 1987, he established the Chappel

Memorial Lecture at OVC in memory of his

father. The lecture series allows Guelph fac­

ulty and students to learn from world­

renowned biomedical scientists.

~ VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR ~ THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF OAC ~ alumnus Bruce Christie, BSA ,58, were >-~ also recognized during Alumni Weekend

2 with the presentation of the UGAA's Alum­o :r: (l_ ni Volunteer Award.

24 GuELPH ALUMNUS

During his 43-year career with Shur­

Gain (formerly Canada Packers), Christie

gained a reputation as a dedicated profes­

sional and a manager who demonstrated a

high level of personal commitment to those

who worked with him. Christie mentored

many young people at Shur-Gain (a mem-

ber of Maple Leaf Foods Inc.) and in the

broader agri-food industry.

He is past national chair of the Canadi­

an Feed Industry Association and a recipi ­

ent of its Golden Award for leadership. He

has held leadership roles in numerous agri­

food organizations as well as the OAC

atters HIGHLIGHTS • GRAD NEWS • OBITUARIES • CALENDAR

Alumni Association and Foundation. Cur­rently, he is chair of the national Expert Committee on Farm Animal Welfare and Behaviour and is a mentor for the Intern­ship of Young Leaders program at U of G.

Christie has been active in the OAC Alumni Association since graduation, serv­ing in several executive positions and tak­ing an active role in fundraising. His dedi­

cation was highlighted in 2000 with the establishment of the Bruce Christie Recog­nition Fund, an OAC endowment desig­nated for student enhancement purposes.

MEDAL OF ACHIEVEMENT

THE UGAA MEDAL OF Achievement is presented to a graduate of the last 15

years for professional and community con­tributions. Janey (Piroli) Dobson, B.Sc.(Eng.) '96, received the 2003 award at the June 10 convocation ceremony for the College of Physical and Engineering Science.

Dobson is well-known to many on cam­pus for her involvement with the School of

Engineering program Creative Encounters with Science, for her athletic ability as a member of the varsity rugby and wrestling teams and for her work as a peer helper and volunteer with Guelph-Wellington Women in Crisis.

After graduation, she was a director and program co-ordinator for the national orga­nization Youth Engineering and Science Camps of Canada. She joined Frito Lay Canada in 1997 and has since risen to the position of Ontario sales training manag­er. Her leadership skills were also put to use in a special projects role to develop a com­munity investment strategy and co-ordinate the company's community contributions. She also led a successful United Way cam­paign within Frito Lay.

Dobson is active in the Big Sister Asso­ciation of Guelph, coaches with the Guelph Wrestling Club and is a director of the Canadian Amateur Wrestling Association. In addition, she serves as a resource and role model for U of G engineering students.

Coming Events

Sept. 26 and 27- Homecoming. Oct. 20 - Hospitality reception in Toronto at the Westin Harbour Castle, hosted by the HAFA Alumni Association and the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management. For details of this annual event, contact Beth Dandridge at bdandridge@hersheys.com or call 905-602-8999, Ext. 558. Nov. 21- Mac-FACS Alumni Associa­tion coffee and dessert reception, 10:30 a.m., Macdonald Institute Faculty Lounge. Nov. 29 and 30 - U of G Alumni Hock­ey Tournament; contact Brad Stephenson to register your team at 519-826-3223 or brad.stephenson@omaf.gov.on.ca. December 2003- Mistletoe Pub. Con­tact Carla Bradshaw at Ext. 56657 for details. jan. 19 to 23, 2004- OAC Career Week. Check the OAC Web site for details: www.oac.uoguelph.ca/alumni. jan. 23, 2004 - 13th annual Aggie Good times Banquet. Contact the Student Federation of OAC at Ext. 58321 for details and tickets. March 3, 2004 - Florida Reunion. Alumni visiting or living in Florida are invited to Port Charlotte for a lunch and get-together with fellow grads. Contact Jemlifer Brett at Ext. 53540 for information. june 25 to 27, 2004-AlumniWeek­end. Planning meetings for reunion orga­nizers will be held in November 2003. For information, contact Alumni Affairs at Ext. 53540 or jbrett@uoguelph.ca.

For more information about these and other alumni events, visit the Alumni Affairs Web site at www.uoguelph.ca/alum­ni or call519-824-4120, Ext. 56544.

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VOLUNTEERS MAKE A DIFFERENCE AT U OF G

IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO

count the hours of volunteer work that alumni contribute to the University each year. But even if you could tally the hours, the value would be immeasurable.

Alumni volunteers work with stu­dents, participate in University adminis­tration, preserve our institutional histo-

U of G alumni recently welcomed OVC stu·

dents for a tour of Alta Vista Animal Hospi·

tal in Ottawa during OVC's Summer Leader·

ship Program. Front row, from left: DVM

students John Williamson, Vicky Langford and

Laura Palumbo and 1988 graduate Hilary

Mellor. Back row: Hospital director Stephen

Sidoli, DVM students Aaron Shackleton and

Babak Faramarzi, Prof. Keith Betteridge,

student Ashley Whitehead and 1977 grad

Anthony Sekeres. During the trip, students

also visited alumni at the National Research

Council's Centre for Biological Sciences and

the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

Now in its fourth year, the Summer Lead­

ership Program is designed to expose stu­

dents to opportunities outside of tradtional

veterinary practice, including graduate study

and careers in industry, government, research

and teaching. Key to the program are men­

torship and work experiences.

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ry and contribute to many other activi­ties that enhance the life and mission of the University of Guelph.

Alumni associations thrive because Guelph graduates are willing to contribute their time to sit on boards, usher at con­vocation, organize reunions and host career events. Many alumni hire U of G

As chair of the Heritage Trust board, Bill

Brock, BSA '58, presents outgoing U of G

president Mordechai Rozanski with a citation

denoting growth of more than 300 per cent

in the University's endowment fund during

the president's 10-year tenure. In another vol­

unteer capacity, Brock was chair of the Board

of Governors that hired Rozanski in 1993.

co-op students, serve as mentors and open their workplaces to provide experi­entiallearning opportunities for the next generation of Guelph grads.

There are opportunities for all U of G alumni to get involved. Contact Alumni Affairs at 519-824-4120, Ext. 56544, or alumni @uoguel ph. ca.

Bruce McCorquodale and student alumni

ambassador Jill Prodenchuk worked togeth­

er to organize a memorable class reunion

for OAC '53 at Alumni Weekend .

Don Beam, B.Sc.(Eng.) '68, centre, talked

about entrepreneurial opportunities for engi­

neering graduates at a spring careers night

hosted by the School of Engineering. He

runs his own company, Hall Telecommuni­

cations Supply Limited, in Guelph.

alumni Matters

ALUMNI WEEKEND 2003 SETS NEW RECORDS Attendance: 1,500 Class reunions: 47

Distance: Grads came from eight

provinces, 11 U.S. states and the U.K.

largest class turnout: OAC '78

largest reunion event: OAC '63 dinner

Best singers: Members of OAC '53 shar-

ing their class song at the President's

Luncheon Best dressed: A group of Mac '68 grads

wearing vintage hats

Mac '30 was the earliest class represented

at Alumni Weekend by Marie Hardacre of

Willowdale, Ont.

FACS '78 grads celebrated their 25th

anniversary. From left: Janet Taylor, Mary

Anne Deanike, Heather Wattam and Jenny

Hickers.

Best food: Mac 100 gala dinner was a

four-course wonder Proud moment: Unveiling the Universi­

ty of Guelph Alumni Association logo

embedded in the floor of Rozanski

Hall's alumni concourse

Historic moment: Introducing a Canada Post commemorative stamp to recog­

nize the 100th anniversary of the

founding of Macdonald Institute Photo gallery: View Alumni Weekend

photos at www.uog_uelph.ca/ alumni

New in 2003: Members of OAC '33

attended the President's Luncheon for the first time in their 71 years of annu­

al reunions.

More in 2004: We will honour grads

from years ending in four or nine. To

plan a 2004 reunion for your group,

contact Jennifer Brett in Alumni

Affairs at 519-824-4120, Ext. 53540, or jbrett@uoguelph.ca.

Enjoying lunch at the President's Luncheon are, from left: Fred Ramprashad, associate dean of the

College of Biological Science; Nancy Sullivan, vice-president (finance and administration); Martin

Bosch, B.Sc '69 and M.Sc. '71; Trevor Bosch; B.Sc. '01 grads Sarah Kinlin, Cindy Graham and

Meeghan Nolasco; and Peter Tremaine, dean of the College of Physical and Engineering Science.

Alumni, faculty and staff enjoyed a wine and

cheese in the Powell Building honouring the

human biology I human kinetics class of

1983 and the physical education class of

1973. From left: 1982/83 alumni Carolyn

Moore, Janet Leonhard, Glen Stevens and

Barbara Kelly.

Members of OAC '68 added special touch­

es to the cannon in Branion Plaza. From left:

Alexander "Arnie" Armstrong, John Vanden­

berg, Verne Brinsmead and Jim "Chomper"

Hayward.

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GRAD NEWS

Online community shortens distance to Nepal

Rabindra Man Tamarakar on vacation in the Kathmandu Valley.

Rabindra Man Tamrakar of

Nepal was one of the first grads

to sign up for U of G's Online Community. He wanted to stay

in touch with the campus he

hasn't been able to visit since

graduating in 1989 with a B.Sc.

in agriculture. A land-use specialist with 24

years of experience, he is cur­rently working with Nepal's Min­

istry of Land Reforms and Man­

agement on a national project to

implement land-use planning,

zoning laws and regulations gov-

1950 • George Arnold, BSA '59,

received a Distinguished Agrol­

ogist Award from the Ontario

Institute of Agrologists. He has served the agricultural commu­nity through his work with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture

and Food and as Ontario man­

ager of agricultural services for

28 GUELPH ALUMNUS

erning land-use classification.

Such policy decisions, he

says, must be based on land

capability and socio-economic

conditions, but planners face challenges from climate, popu­

lation growth and environ­

mental damage caused by inap­propriate farming practices.

Nepal's population is grow­

ing at a rate of almost 2.25 per

cent per year, says Tamrakar, while farming practices such as

terracing steep mountain slopes

and cutting down forests are

the Royal Bank of Canada,

where he trained a staff of bank

agrologists. He has also been

involved with 4-H, Ontario's

Country Heritage Park and the Ontario Farm Products Mar­

keting Board.

1960 • Ronald Austin, DVM '67, is retiring from a position as vet-

accelerating the country's prob­lems with loss of soil fertility,

landslides, flooding and

decreases in agricultural pro­

ductivity. All of these factors

accelerate the poverty level in a

country where land is the prin­

cipal source of income and

employment for about 90 per

cent of the population. Tamrakar works with farm­

ers and government officials alike

and lives with his family in the

capital city of Kathmandu. He and his wife, Ani! Tara, have two

daughters, 14-year-old Smarika

and 13-year-old Angela.

In addition to his Guelph degree, Tamrakar holds a B.Sc.

from Nepal's Tribhuvan Uni­

versity and has studied at Col­

orado University in the United States and the International Institute for Ceo-information

Science and Earth Observation in the Netherlands.

His career has given him wide

experience in natural resources

planning and management in Nepal, Canada, the Netherlands,

Thailand and jamaica. Alumni with similar profes­

sional interests or classmates

who would just like to send

greetings can contact Tamrakar

through the Online Communi­

ty at www.olcnetwork.net/ uoguelph.

erinary diagnostic pathologist with Manitoba Agriculture and

Food in Winnipeg after serving

with the veterinary services

branch since 1979. He and his wife, Norma, plan to move to

Vancouver Island later this year.

1970 • Ken Anderson, BA '77, is

director of training at Delta

COME ON HOME Friday, Sept. 26

Gryphon Club Hall of

Fame Dinner. Call janis

Macpherson at Ext. 56133 for ticket information.

Saturday, Sept. 27 Alumni Swim Meet, 9:30 a.m. Call Alan Fair­

weather at Ext. 52220 for

details.

Alumni Glory Bowl, 10 a.m., Alumni Stadium.

Gryphon football alumni

brunch, 11 :30 a.m. Call

Ross Butler at Ext. 56196

for details. Men's lacrosse alumni

match, noon. Call Sam Kosakowski at Ext. 54703

for details. Gryphons host the Queen's

University Gaels, 2 p.m.,

Alumni Stadium. Both squads will be coached by

U of G alumni: Tom Arnott, B.Sc. (H.K.) '80

on the Guelph bench and Pat Tracey, ADA '83 and BA '87, for Queen's. Dis­

count alumni tickets will be available at the gate.

Macdonald Institute recep­

tion and centenary awards,

10 a.m.; Mac-FACSAlum­

ni Association AGM at ll

a.m; tours of the building

and gardens, 11:30 a.m.

Media Inc. 111 Ottawa and

recently helped the company

secure an exclusive contract to

provide media spokesperson

and presentation skills training for Canada's MPs, their execu­

tive staff and senior officers of

the House of Commons.

• Rosemary Bonanno, BA '77, is CEO of Vaughan Public

Libraries in Thornhill, Ont., and

was recently awarded the W.J.

Robertson Medallion as Librari­an of the Year by the Ontario

Library Boards' Association. The

award recognizes her efforts to develop a strategic plan for the

Vaughan libraries, initiate new

technologies and foster an inter­

national partnership with libraries

in British Columbia, the United

Kingdom and Australia to provide

24/7 electronic reference service. • Ralph Brown, B.Sc.(Agr.) '75,

M.Sc. '77, B.Sc.(Eng.) '86 and

PhD '89, was honoured by the

Canadian Society for Engi­

neering in Agricultural, Food

and Biological Systems for his contributions to research and

teaching in the area of energy

and processing systems. A pro­fessor in U of G's School of

Engineering, Brown is involved

in research aimed at improving

corn quality and developing a

viable food-grade corn indus­try in Ontario. One of the main innovations coming from that

work is "damp corn" storage

technology. During his career

at Guelph, he has also devel­

oped an effective research pro­

gram in application technolo­

gy for herbicides and pesticides.

• Palmiro Campagna, B.Sc. (Eng.) '77, recently published a

book titled Requiem for a Giant: A. V. Roe Canada and the Avro Arrow. Published by the Dun­

durn Group, this history follows

Campagna's best-selling Storms of Controversy: The Secret Avro Arrow Files Revealed as well as

The UFO Files: The Canadian Connection Exposed. In addition to writing, he works for the

Department of National Defence in Ottawa and has act­

ed as Canadian representative

to NATO in the area of electro­

magnetics in military aircraft. He is currently involved in pro­

gram evaluation and audit.

• Margaret Carter, B.Sc. '78, has

been appointed executive direc­

tor of the Ontario Dental

Hygienists' Association. Previ­

ously, she was director of pro­

fessional practice for the College of Respiratory Therapists of

Margaret Carter

Ontario. She has also been a

senior instructor in the respira­

tory therapy program at the Michener Institute in Toronto, a

consultant for the Ontario Min­

istry of Health and a staff thera­

pist at hospitals in Toronto,

Hamilton and Victoria, B.C. She currently lives in Thornhill, Ont.

• Bob Desautels, B.Comm. '75 and MA '84, is president of the

Arrow Neighbourhood Pub

Group, which has restaurant

locations in Guelph, Toronto

and Ottawa. Committed to

serving locally produced foods and beverages, the group is now

launching its own draft beer. Brewed under licence by

Guelph's F&M Brewery, it is

called Harvest Pa le Ale and is made with Ontario-grown bar­

ley. Desautels notes that using local products not only pro­

vides patrons with fresh, high­

quality food and beverages, but can also help reduce environ­

mental damage by eliminating

the need to truck food long dis­

tances. For more information

about the group, visit the Web

site www.arrowpubs.com.

• John Durham, B.Sc. '78, is the new president of DRAXIS

Pharma Inc., a specialized phar­maceutical contract manufac­

turing subsidiary of DRAXIS

19305 Memories

Ernie Kendall, BSA '32, and Etta Stackhouse shared Guelph mem·

ories at her September 2002 birthday party in Elmira, Ont. She is

the widow of Steve Stackhouse, a member of the 1933 OAC class.

Health Inc. in Montreal.

• Deborah Frame, BA '78, has been appointed chief investment

officer of Empire Life Insurance

Company in Toronto. She over­sees Empire's entire investment

division, with total assets under

management of $4.8 billion. Pre­viously, she was a partner with

Morrison Williams, a pension

portfolio manager and sub­

adviser to Talvest Funds.

• Ginty Jocius, B.Sc. (AGR.) '70, of Guelph owns Canada's out­

door Farm Show, which was the

lead sponsor of an OAC student

team that won first place at the

National Agri-Marketing Asso­ciation's annual competition in

California. Competing against 33 U.S. teams and another Cana­

dian team, the OAC stuents won with their marketing plan for a

product called Apple Dunks.

• Robert Kains, B.Sc.(Agr.) '78,

is president of Robert Kains Golf

Course Design Ltd. in Canmore,

Alta. The company has com­

pleted projects in British Colum­bia, Alberta and Saskatchewan

and has also designed golf cours­es in Sweden. For more infor­

mation, visit the Web site

www.kainsgolfdesign.com.

• Anne Ker, B.Sc. '77, received a

diploma in recreation and leisure

services from Niagara College this spring and was awarded the

Governor General of Canada

Academic Award for top marks

in the graduating class.

• Bill Mathison, BA '70 and MA '75, is a retired teacher in

Markham, Ont., and would like

to hear from former classmates and friends at wmathi.5235@

rogers.com.

• Mary Ruth McDonald, B.Sc.(Agr.) '78, M.Sc. '82 and

PhD '94, is an assistant profes-

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sor in U of G's Department of

Plant Agriculture. She lives in

Orangeville with her husband, Doug Schaefer, BA '88, who

works in U of G's Teaching

Support Services, and their six­year-old twin sons, Alex and

Cameron.

• Catherine Slaney, BA '78,

recently published Family Secrets: Crossing the Colour Line through Natural Heritage

Books. The book narrates her

personal journey through a

family history that revealed a

lineage of celebrated black ancestors unknown to her as she

was growing up in Toronto in a

"white" family. She currently

lives in Georgetown, Ont., and

is pursuing a doctorate in soci­ology and equity studies in edu­

cation at the University of Toronto. For more information,

visit the Web site www.natural­

heritagebooks.com.

1980 • Christine Alford, B.Sc. 'SO, has been appointed Canadian

leader and partner at IBM Busi­

ness Consulting Services for IBM Canada. She joined IBM in

1981 and is an appointed offi­

cer of IBM Canada Ltd. She was most recently vice-president of

business information services.

• Daryl Aitken, BA '82, was

recently elected to the board of

directors of the Canadian Mar­

keting Association. She is head

of marketing and category management for eBay Canada.

• Victoria Busche, DVM '81, wants to let her U of G friends

and colleagues know that her

husband, John Matthews, died Oct. 15, 2002, after an 18-

month battle with cancer. She is a small-animal veterinarian

at Borderview Veterinary Hos­

pital in Fort Erie, Ont.

• Dave Courtemanche, BA '88,

is running for mayor in Sudbury, Ont., where he has been a city

councillor since 1997. A political

science graduate, he will have

campaign help from his wife,

Julia, and daughters, Josee and France. Election day is Nov. 10.

• Antony John, B.Sc. '83, is an

organic farmer in the Stratford, Ont., area and host of a new

show on the Food Network

called The Organic Manic. Part gardening show, part food

show, it tells the story of organ­

ic produce as it makes its jour­

ney from farm field to dinner

table. John supplies top restau­rants in Toronto, Niagara and

Stratford with organic produce.

He supplies TV viewers with

information about nutrients and flavour and best seasonal

food values. Visit the Web site

www.TheManicOrganic.com.

• Biodun Olaniyi Kehinde, BLA '86, is head of the parks and

city beautification unit of the

Abuja Environmental Protection Board in Nigeria's capital city.

His unit is responsible for parks development and management

as well as the environment.

• John Kelly, B.Sc.(Agr.) '81 and PhD '93, was recently named

first executive director of MaRS

Landing, a joint project involv-

John Kelly

ing the University of Guelph, the City of Guelph, Ontario Agri­

Food Technologies and the

MaRS Discovery District in

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Toronto. MaRS Landing -Medical and Related Sciences Links to Agricultural Network for Development and Innova­tion With Guelph- hopes to link biomedical research locat­ed primarily in Toronto to bio­medical and agri-food innova­tion in rural communities. Kelly has held various positions with multinational companies, including Land O'Lakes Feeds,

Ralston Purina, Rh6ne-Poulenc Canada Inc. and Aventis Crop­Sciences Inc., as well as the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. He is a former vol­leyball Gryphon. • Shelly Krobanik, B.Sc. '85, left the OPP after nine years and went to Georgian College in Barrie, Ont., to earn a diploma in computer programming/ analysis. After completing a post-graduate diploma m cyberspace security, she accept­ed a job in British Columbia. • Desmond Layne, B.Sc.(Agr. '86), has been tenured and pro­moted to associate professor of pomology in the horticulture department at Clemson Univer­sity in Clemson, South Carolina. He recently returned from two weeks in China, where he gave invited seminars on his peach studies at research institutes and universities in Wuhan and Zhengzhou. He lives in Seneca with his wife, Cheryl, and four children: Stephen, 14; Michael, 11; Daniel, 8; and Olivia, 6.

• Reagan Pratt, BA '86, is the proud father of Sophia Acker­mann Pratt, born Oct. 22, 2002. The family lives in Chicago, where he works for Heitman Financial as a portfolio manag­er and financial analyst manag-

GRAD NEWS UPDATE

Safe Boating in a Small World

From left: Louise and Lyle Rea, Jeff Evans and Cecily Chiles.

Almost 20 years apart in their Guelph experi­ences and living on opposite sides of the 49th parallel, Lyle Rea, DVM '62, and Jeff Evans, BA '80, nevertheless became partners in their efforts to promote safe boating and sailing on the Great Lakes and other waterways.

During the past year, Rea served as district commander for the Michigan district of the U.S. Power Squadrons, while Evans led the Southwest Ontario district of the Canadian Sail and Pow­er Squadrons. The sister organizations provide educational services to the boating public in an

effort to reduce boating accidents and injuries. The U of G connection runs deeper still

because both men are married to Guelph grad­uates: Louise (Miller) Rea, DHE '60, and Ceci­ly Chiles, B.Sc. '90. Chiles and Evans live in Brights Grove, Ont., with their children, Owen and Andris. He is Canadian manager of Siemens Applied Automation. She works for LEHDER Environmental of Sarnia. The Reas are both retired and recently moved from Kalamazoo, Mich., to Punta Gorda, Fla. They have five children and five grandchildren.

ing public real estate investments on behalf of pension clients.

and have two children, Elias and Madelynn.

Ontario Pork's board since 1999. He and his wife, Nancy, were recently voted Pork Producers of the Year for Perth County.

• Margret Schubert, BA '84, teaches at an Edmonton public school that offers the interna­tional baccalaureate program. She and her husband, Daryl Williams, were married in 1995

• Larry Skinner, B.Sc.(Agr.) 'SO,

was recently elected chair of the Ontario Pork Producers' Mar­keting Board. He has been a county councillor for Ontario Pork since 1991 and a director on

• Brenda Watson, B.A.Sc. '87, received the Ontario Institute of Agrologists' (OIA) annual Dis­tinguished Young Agrologist

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award. Watson grew up on a mixed-beef farm in Dufferin

County and has been an active

member of OIA for 13 years. She

was recognized for service to the agricultural industry through her

work with the Ontario Agricul­

tural Training Institute. She is

also a graduate of the Advanced Agricultural Leadership Program

and is involved with the Mac­

FACS Alumni Association.

1990 • Alison Allan, B.Sc. '97 and

PhD '02, received the presti­

gious H.L. Holmes Award for

post-doctoral studies from Canada's National Research

Council. She will receive more

than $180,000 over two years to

fund research that examines an

important prognostic indicator and potential therapeutic target

in breast cancer patients. Allan is a post-doctoral researcher at

the London Regional Cancer

Centre in London, Ont., and is

affiliated with the University of

Western Ontario and London

Health Sciences Centre.

• Tracy Bachellier, BA '99, is co­owner and operator of Island

Automation Inc., a fluid power

company in Stratford, Ont. She and her husband, Dean, run the company and care for their

three children, four-year-old

Isabel and two-year-old twins,

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Guelph degree in psychology

followed an undergraduate

degree in English from McMas­

ter.

• Jackie Fraser, B.Sc.(Agr) '94

and M.Sc. '96, has bought a

farm with her boyfriend, Derek

Roberts, southeast of Fergus,

Ont. She has also returned to

her aggie roots career-wise as

executive director of AGCare

(Agricultural Groups Con­

cerned About Resources and the

Environment). Her new e-mail

address is jfraser@agcare.org.

• Lisa Lisson, B.Comm. '91,

was recently appointed a vice­

president at Federal Express

Canada Ltd. in Mississauga,

Ont. She will lead and direct all

aspects of Canadian sales, mar­

keting, customer service, elec­

tronic commerce and both

internal and external commu­

nication activities.

• Catherine (Pollock), BA '97,

and Martyn Mallick, B.Sc.(Eng.)

'98, were married in June 2000

and had their first child in March

2003. They live in Waterloo,

Ont., where Martyn is a senior

software engineer at iAnywhere

Solutions. He recently published

a book on mobile computing

called Mobile and Wireless Design Essentials, available at www.

amazon.com/mallick.

• Thomas Matthews, B.Comm. '95, received the 2003 award for

outstanding doctoral dissertation

from the American Accounting

Association. After completing his

Guelph degree in management

economics, he earned an MA at

Queen's University and a PhD in

accounting at the University of

Waterloo. He has also been a vis­

iting scholar m the federal

Department of Finance. While at

Guelph, Matthews received schol­

arships from the Certified Gen-

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• Jodie (Brownson), B.Sc. '95,

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ents of Laura Anne, born Jan. 28,

2003. Jodie is on maternity leave

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• Tammy (Tipler) Priolo,

B.A.Sc. '90, would like to cor­

rect the e-mail address printed

in the last issue of the Guelph Alumnus. To reach her in North

Bay, Ont., or her genealogical

research firm GenAdventures,

write to ttpriolo@hotmail.com.

• Anne Robinson, B.Sc. '96,

graduated from medical school

at the University of Western

Ontario in May 2000 and mar­

ried med school classmate Scott

Bon neville in September of the

same year. The couple did a rur­

al family medicine residency

together in Thunder Bay, Ont.,

after which Scott completed a

year of anesthesia training in

Hamilton. They are currently

spending a year doing short-term

locums in Canada's north before

returning to Hamilton, where

Scott will do an anesthesia resi­

dency and Anne will do a mas­

ter's degree in medical education.

They plan to settle in Thunder

Bay. Anne can be reached at anne

mrobinson@yahoo.ca.

• Janet Sunohara-Neilson, B.Sc.

'97, married Shane Neilson in

2001. They have a daughter,

Zdenka, and live in Halifax.

• Lesia (Zacerkowny) Truppe,

B.Sc. '92, and her husband,

Conrad, had their first child,

Wolfgang Wolodomyr, in March

2002. They live in Windsor,

Ont., where she is a social work­

er specializing in trauma.

• Rob White, B.Sc. '97, is begin­

ning a master of arts degree in law and diplomacy at Tufts Uni­

versity in Boston, where he will

be specializing in international

environment and resource poli­

cy. He spent the last two years

working for the Alberta Depart­

ment of Environment on climate

change issues and a greenhouse gas reporting program. He hopes

to become more involved with

international climate change

issues, especially as they relate to developing countries.

2000 • Manodip Ray Chaudhuri,

MA '00, is a faculty member at the ICFAI Business School in

Calcutta. He teaches courses in

human resource management,

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several articles on business ethics, crisis management, career devel­

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• Maria Gallo, B.Sc. '00, a for­

mer rugby Gryphon, was recently recognized as one of

the top eight RBC Academic

All-Canadians. Representing

the Canada West athletic con­

ference, she is pursuing gradu­

ate studies in physical educa­tion and recreation at the University of Alberta. While at

Guelph, she received many

accolades, including OUA All­

Star, CIAU All-Canadian and MVP of the CIAU Rugby

Championships in 1998. In 1999, she was U of G's Female

Athlete of the Year.

• Annie Hurley, BA '01, attract-

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ed the attention of the Boston

Globe when she ran the April

2003 Boston Marathon dressed

as Wonder Woman. An English teacher in Deep River, Ont., she

dressed as a superhero on the

advice of a friend and qualified

for the Massachusetts race by

completing the 2002 Toronto

Marathon in 3:37. • lone Smith, B.Sc. (Env.) '01 ,

was recently awarded the Soil

and Water Conservation Soci­

ety's Melville H. Cohee Student

Leader Conservation Scholar­

ship for her graduate work in

resource management and envi­ronmental studies at the Uni­

versity of British Columbia.

Nominations for this award

come from all over the world.

Smith's thesis work focuses on the effects of non-point source

pollution in the Sumas River

watershed along the B.C. and

Washington State border.

Dorothy Freure, DHE '60, died March 28, 2003, in Toronto. She taught with the former North York Board of Education for 36 years, spending most of her career at St. Andrews Junior High. Most recent­ly, she was head of guidance at Northview Heights until her retirement in 1998. She is survived by her brother, Thomas, and sister, Heather Barnes.

Mary (Boyle) Hudson, B.H.Sc. '54, died June 29, 2003. A member of the Mac­FACS Alumni Association, she was active in the operation ofBurnbrae Farms Lim­ited in Lyn, Ont., with her husband, Joe. She also raised Angus beef cattle and Clydesdale horses, was an expert quilter and former Lyn Citizen of the Year. She is survived by her husband, five children and eight grandchildren.

Kathleen Metcalf died May 5, 2003, in Guelph. She was predeceased by her hus­band, Frederick, in 1996. Together they endowed a U of G President's Scholar­ship that awards $20,000 each year to an entering student of high academic achievement and leadership.

Allan Peever, DVM '96, died of cancer March 20, 2003. He is remembered by his family and many friends in the veterinary community, including clients at Mitchell Veterinary Services in Stratford, Ont., where he practised. He is survived by his wife, Morag Maskery, DVM '98, and daughter, Erica.

Eleanor Archibald, DHE '34, Feb. 17,2003

Donald Ainsworth, ADA '51, April2003

Robert Anderson, B.Sc.(Agr.) '71, March 11, 2003

Rowell Arnott, DVM '55,

March 8, 2003 Norman Bagg, BSA '41, April26, 2003 Pearl Barker, DHE '39, June 2, 2003 Edwin Beaton, BSA '41, january 2003 James Black, DVM '42, Dec. 20, 2002 Harvey Branton, DVM '54,

OBITUARIES

June 1, 2003 Betty Brown, DHE '41, June 17,2003 Elizabeth Caudwell, DHE '37, in 1996 Bill Cawker, DVM '42, April 10, 2003 John "Jack" Chassels, DVM '47,

May 20,2003 Stanley Clark, DVM '41, May 17, 2003 Ross Croucher, DVM '50,

March 19,2003 Arthur Davis, BSA '36, March 31,2003 Jean Dewer, DHE '28, in 2003 John Domanski, B.Sc.(Agr.) '68,

in 2003 Vincent Eagon, BSA '57, May 6, 2003 Andrew Ellenberger, BSA '50,

September 2000 Norman Elliott, ADA '52, in 2003 Bertha Finlayson, DHE '36, in 2003

John Ford, ADA '69, in 2003 Andrew Fraser, ADA '61, Dec. l, 2000 William Frederick, BSA '44, in 2001 Edward Garrard, BSA '27,

June 23, 2003 Catherine Glynn, DHE '38,

April 29, 2003 Vergne Gordon, B.Sc.(Agr.) '66,

in 2003 Sherry Ann Hall, B.Comm. '81,

March 10,2003 Edwin Halliday, ODH '63, in 1999 Sheila Hamilton, DHE '49,

Feb.26,2003 Gordon Harris, BSA '58, Feb. 8, 2001 Lynne Holland, BA '74, April4, 2003 Earl Johnson, BSA '49, Aprill4, 2003 Autumn Jones, DHE '33,

March 16,2002 Thomas Karr, BSA '32, May 2, 2003 Douglas Kennedy, BSA '39,

May 26,2003 Amanda King, B.Sc. '03, July 2, 2003 Thomas Kitchen, ADA '64, in 2003 Heinz Kresin, B.Sc.(Eng.) '67,

date unknown Donald Kulba, ADA '65, February 2003 Jacqueline LeCouteur, DVM '76,

April27, 2003 Agnes MacLachlan, DHE '28,

April 2001 Douglas MacMillan, BSA '44, in 2001 Leslie Marshall, BSA '33, in 2001

Peter Martin, ADA '52, March 24, 2003 Betty Marwood, B.H.Sc. '65,

Feb. 24,2003 David Maxwell, BA '81, April27, 2003 Kenneth McDermid, DVM '51,

March 4, 2003 Hugh McElroy, BSA '49, June 4, 2002 Kenneth McFarland, BSA '62, in 2000 Maurice McKenna, M.Sc. '70,

Feb. 16,2003 Greta McKercher, DHE '32,

March 17, 2003 John McManus, DVM '50,

Nov. 21,2002 Donald McLean, BSA '43, May, 5, 2003 William McLean, DVM '55,

May 1, 2003 Ron McNeil, BSA '42, March 18,2003 Louis Meyer, DVM '39, in 2003 Patricia Miller, B.Sc. '80, in 2003 John Nicol, BSA '45, date unknown Hugh Owen, ODH '81, December 2002 Bruce Petti pas, B.Sc. '83, May 4, 2003 George Pickard, BSA '35, January 2003 George Richardson, ADA '32, in 1985 Dmytro Rodyniuk, DVM '56,

March 2003 Patricia Rothmel, DHE '38,

Jan. 23, 2003 Jean Scott, DHE '33, April 5, 2003 Keith Segsworth, BSA '39, Dec. 6, 2002 Guy Shultz, DVM '39, Feb. 23, 2003 Jeffrey Silver, DVM '73, April 21, 2003 Bartell Simpson, BSA '41, May 10, 2003 Keith Smith, DVM '55, January 2003 David Stirling, DVM '92, Oct. 18, 2002 Calvin Sullivan, BSA '49,

March 27, 2003 William Sutherland, BSA '39,

Oct. 16, 2002 Goodwin Sveinston, DVM '50,

March 4, 2003 Brent Swail, ADA '79, March 5, 2002 Mary Trudell, B.A.Sc. '83, in 2001 Willem Vanderwekken, DVM '66,

May 23,2003 Kenneth Warren, DVM '50, in 2002 Bev Watson, ADA '68, July 7, 2003 Lester Wilker, ADA '57, in 2003 Henry Willoughby, BSA '44,

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