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Pride of place
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Over a 40-year career, Drew Peck worked hard to make Acadia’s campus a showpiece that feels like home.
Alumni Profiles............................. 4 Eye on Acadia............................... 8 Development............................... 12 Research...................................... 14 Athletics....................................... 35 Class Notes.................................. 38 Acadia Remembers.................... 44
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The McNally Bursaries create a lasting legacy and help to pay forward a positive Acadia experience.
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Centennial celebration
The Acadia Bulletin celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. Check out our Special Section that commemorates this historic milestone.
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What a year!
Acadia enjoyed a banner year in Athletics, with championships and individual accolades galore. Athletic Director Kevin Dickie sums things up.
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Hitting our stride I have said many times since coming to Acadia that our long and distinguished history feels like a wave pushing us forward. With the 201112 academic year now behind us, I feel even more strongly that this is an accurate depiction of the interplay between our past and our future. Of course, our alumni know that Acadia is an institution built on the tradition of preserving what each generation cherishes about this place while challenging the next to make it even better. For 100 of Acadia’s 173 years, the Bulletin has recorded the pride and accomplishments of successive classes and generations. This is an important milestone in our institution’s history and forms part of the wave that pushes us forward. While reflecting on what is past and what lies ahead, I want to thank Charles Coll for his leadership as President of the AAAU and for his meaningful contribution to Acadia’s Board of Governors. During his tenure, Charles ensured that the interests of Acadia’s alumni family were thoughtfully considered during discussions of strategic importance about the life and future of our University. He is a tireless and enthusiastic supporter of all things Acadia, and I look forward to our continuing collaboration as he moves into the role of Past President. I am also very pleased to congratulate Hugh Bray on his election as President of the AAAU and welcome the opportunity to work together as stewards of the institution. The recent 10th Anniversary Alumni Gala Dinner is proof that our alumni are more engaged than ever before in Acadia’s success today and into the future. I want to thank the many volunteers who committed countless hours to planning and executing the biggest and best Gala in our history. In addition to honouring Rev. Dr. Peter Paris and Dr. Cynthia Trudell, we welcomed Dr. Rod Morrison as our new VicePresident Advancement, a role that is taking on increased importance as we pursue new funding models that can sustain Acadia’s historic reputation for quality. Finally, I urge all alumni to look forward to 2013 when Acadia will celebrate its 175th birthday. We’ve already begun to make plans for how best to celebrate this remarkable milestone that represents our enduring quality as an institution. No doubt the Bulletin, as it has for 100 years, will be your best source of information. Stand Up and Cheer!
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SPRING 2012 Volume 95 Issue 1 Publisher Office of Advancement, Acadia University Editor Fred Sgambati (’83) Executive Director, Alumni Affairs and Advancement Strategy Ian Murray (’88) Advertising and Production Manager Sandra Symonds AAAU Board of Directors Hugh Bray (’75) Doug Jackson (’99) Mike Kennedy (’05) Geoff Irvine (’87) Charles Coll (’84) Chris Kavanagh (’75) Christine White (’97) Michelle Gerard (’88) Jeff Wright (’95) Kiersten Amos (’96) Gillian Latham (’92) Darren Macleod (’84) Malcolm Smith (’76) Meaghan Sim (’01) Angela Harris (’10) Collette O’Hara (’02) Scott MacIntyre (’89) Paul MacIsaac (’88) Bev Richardson (’60) Matt Gray (’06) Suzanne Seaman (’02) Andrea Mosher (’03) Graphic Designer Cathy Little Printing Transcontinental Printing Distributor Russell House Marketing The Bulletin is published twice a year, Fall/Winter and Spring/Summer, by the Office of Advancement, Acadia University. It is distributed on the Acadia campus and by mail to more than 27,000 alumni. All material is copyright ©2012 Acadia University, and may be reprinted with written permission. Acadia Bulletin welcomes letters to the Editor: Acadia Bulletin Editor Office of Advancement Acadia University, Wolfville, NS B4P 2R6 alumni.office@acadiau.ca Advertising inquiries: Advertising and Production Manager Communications and Marketing Acadia University, Wolfville, NS B4P 2R6 902.585.1708 sandra.symonds@acadiau.ca
Centennial celebration! There is a lot of excitement right now in our alumni community, a sense of momentum that makes me proud of what we have accomplished and thrilled to carry the torch in my new role as President of the Associated Alumni of Acadia University (AAAU). Acadia announced recently that Dr. Rod Morrison has joined our campus community as VicePresident of Advancement, effective July 1. Convocation, Spring Reunion and the Acadia Recreation Reunion have just concluded and I am delighted to welcome approximately 700 Acadia graduates as new alumni. The promise with which you began your university careers has been fulfilled and the stories you take with you to share with others will recommend your academic and social experience at Acadia to prospective students in Canada and abroad. Stories of academic, athletic and personal achievement are hallmarks of this publication, and have been since its inception in 1912. This edition of the Bulletin celebrates 100 years, 1912-2012, as the official voice of Acadia’s associated alumni. We take a fond look back and highlight some representative landmarks, and offer also a sense of the Bulletin’s value to its ever-increasing alumni audience and the University itself. It has evolved and changed in direct proportion to how the University has grown, and continues to
reflect the rare educational opportunities that Acadia offers. It profiles the people and personalities that have made and continue to make a difference both on and offcampus and showcases the rich history and diversity that makes Acadia one of the premier undergraduate universities in Canada. The Bulletin was billed in Vol., 1, No. 1, Feb. 1, 1912 as ‘worth reading’ and ‘within reach of all,’ and we have not strayed from those initial tenets of currency and accessibility. We are committed to capturing the stories that tell the tale of this remarkable institution and are grateful to those who have established so admirably such an enduring tradition of excellence. The many outstanding stories contributed by members of our campus and Alumni communities provide ongoing dialogue of academic and personal success that stands the test of time and will continue to inform Acadia alumni for years to come. I am proud to be a part of it and look forward to even greater things during my tenure as President of the AAAU. Stand Up and Cheer! Hugh Bray (’75) President Associated Alumni of Acadia University
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Alumni Profiles
Acadia alumni trek to Tanzania to teach teachers By Lisa Gregoire
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hims can take you anywhere. Sometimes they take you to the other side of the world. A year or so ago, teacher and Acadia University graduate Peter Martyn (B.A. ‘73, B.Ed. ‘74) pulled up the Cuso International website on a whim to explore volunteer opportunities overseas for veteran educators. Less than a year later, in October 2011, he and his wife Debra (Hayman) Martyn (B.Sc. Home Economics, ‘72) are speaking enough Kiswahili to haggle prices at the local market in Kibaya, Tanzania, a small village twoand-a-half hours from the nearest pavement, by bus, down a rutted dirt track. It feels like the middle of nowhere sometimes, but the middle of nowhere can be an interesting destination, Peter says on the phone from Zanzibar, a semi-autonomous clutch of islands in the Indian Ocean belonging to the United Republic of Tanzania. He and Debra were in the spice island paradise for a week recently to assist with a teacher professional development training course.
Teaching teachers
The pair will be instructing teachers for a year in participatory teaching methods that help children get active and engaged in their learning. Up until now, Tanzania’s schools have been dominated by lecture style “chalk-and-talk” instruction, something the government, in partnership with Cuso, is trying to reform. “We take it for granted in Canada, but here it’s revolutionary,” Peter says. The Martyns are also helping teachers gain confidence and proficiency in speaking and teaching in English. This is important because in primary school Tanzanian students learn and are taught in Kiswahili, but in secondary school the entire curriculum is taught in English. Peter and Debra are no strangers to working abroad, but it has been a slowly evolving journey. Raising two children, Heather and Alexander, conspired to keep
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them rooted mostly in Montreal, where Peter was teaching high school and Debra was an integration aide for challenged students. They had always wanted to live and teach in developing countries and once their kids were older they started taking sabbaticals every five years to teach and travel. They’ve taught kindergarten in South Korea and twice taught English at university in China.
Perfect fit
After retirement, Peter and Debra decided it was time to look more closely at education volunteering. Cuso International seemed like the perfect fit. Now settled in their modest but comfortable accommodations in Kibaya, in the central region of the country, they are accustomed to being two of only five conspicuous Caucasians in a town of a few thousand. They reflect a little on how far they’ve come in only two months: “I was quite apprehensive about things before I came. Would I like it? What would the culture be like? And I was pleasantly surprised at how gracious the people are and how much I’ve enjoyed myself so far,” Debra says. “Tanzania has been a real eye-opener. The people have so little, they’re so poor, but all the religious groups get along very well.” Tanzanians are roughly one-third Muslim, onethird Christian and about one-third follow indigenous spirituality. “Other countries could take a look at what’s going on here — peaceful co-existence and mutual respect.” While life may be peaceful for the most part, it’s still a daily struggle for locals to keep a roof overhead, pay for a child’s secondary schooling and stave off malaria, HIV, cholera and tuberculosis when every trip to the hospital costs money. According to Unicef, nearly 90 per cent of Tanzanians live below the international poverty line of $1.25 U.S. per day. Life expectancy is 56. In Canada, it is 81.
Photos courtesy of Peter and Debra Martyn
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Above: Reading with kids at the local library where the Martyns have an office. Left: A workshop for Tanzanian teachers.
“When we first arrived, we were quite shocked. It was incredibly dusty and very, very poor. Kiteto (region) is one of the poorest areas in one of the poorest countries in the world, so we were taken aback by the poverty,” Peter says. “But the area is growing on us. We’re really starting to like it here. People are kind and welcoming. Now we know the lady who sells us vegetables in the market, we have a good relationship with the butcher and, more importantly, the teachers we work with.”
Trials of transportation
A hardscrabble life under the equatorial sun is challenging and the pair is adapting to scarcity of many familiar foods, unclean water and power outages. But one of the biggest adjustments was simply getting used to the trials of transportation. At 940,000 or so square kilometres, Tanzania is equivalent in size to British Columbia. Roads are rarely paved or straight, and they skirt rivers, mountains, plateaus, lakes and other features. Weather, especially during the rainy season, traffic accidents and the sorry state of some Tanzanian vehicles also hinder domestic travel. In Canada, driving from Wolfville to Halifax might take an hour, but driving the same distance in Tanzania would take double or triple that time or even longer.
“Tanzania doesn’t seem that big, but it takes an incredible amount of time to get anywhere,” Peter says. “Here, a 10-, 12- or 15-hour bus ride is not unusual, but you’re more resilient than you think and you find kindred spirits wherever you go. You never know that, of course, until you leave your zone of comfort and leap into the unknown.” That takes confidence and curiosity about the world, two things Peter says they both developed at Acadia. “There’s no question Acadia helped to shape who I am.” He singles out Acadia history professor James Stokesbury as one of many teachers who made a lasting impact on his life and career. “He was an inspiring teacher. He gave me and other students a sense of what could be, how you could try to do interesting things with your life. That was the main thing I got from Acadia, that sense of possibility.” You may follow their journey at: debra-peter-martyn.blogspot.com Unicef stats can be found at: www.unicef.org/infobycountry/tanzania_statistics.html www.unicef.org/infobycountry/canada_statistics.html ACADIA BULLETIN Spring 2012
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n Acadia alumnus has been appointed Commander, Land Force Doctrine and Training System for the Canadian army. Major-General Steve Bowes, MSC, MSM, CD (’81) will be responsible for the planning and management of the intellectual development and training of all army personnel. The appointment makes Bowes the third highest ranking officer in the Canadian army. Bowes left his Land Force Atlantic Command in the summer of 2011 to assume his new duties in Kingston, ON. He brings with him a distinguished service record that has seen him serve in a variety of positions and locations during his career. In his formative years, Bowes did tours in Petawawa, Germany and Moncton with the 8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise’s) and also served in Gagetown with the Armour School and later with the 12e Regiment Blinde du Canada in Valcartier as a Squadron Commander. He was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in 2000 and took command of the Armour School in 2003. In 2005, Bowes became a Colonel and was subsequently
appointed first Commander of the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team. In May 2006 he was appointed Deputy Commander Standing Contingency Force in Halifax and in June 2007 he assumed formation command and was appointed Commander Combat Training Centre Gagetown. He was promoted to the rank of Brigadier-General in 2009 and appointed Deputy Chief of Staff Plans and Project for the standup of the new International Security Assistance Force Joint Command Headquarters in Kabul. He returned to Canada in September 2010, assumed command of Land Force Atlantic Area and, simultaneously, Deputy Commander Joint Task Force Atlantic. He was promoted to his current rank and appointed as Commander of the Land Force Doctrine and Training System in June 2011. Bowes has a BA in History and BA (Honours) in Political Science from Acadia and an MA from Queen’s. He is also a graduate of the Canadian Land Forces Command and Staff Course and the Canadian Forces College Command and Staff Course.
Alumna blazed a trail for female political scientists By Laura Churchill Duke (’98)
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he year was 1966 and Janet (Melville) Newton made history when she became the first woman at Acadia to graduate with a degree in political science. That academic year was the first in which students could complete a major in political science thanks to the addition of a second professor in the department, and Janet took advantage of the opportunity. Until then, only a few courses in the field had been offered, but “since I already had two credits, I was able to take three more to earn a double major in political science and history,” Newton says. “Given the discipline’s historical bias against women’s participation in politics, Janet Newton’s success demonstrates her distinctive tenacity and dedication,” says Dr. Geoffrey Whitehall, Chair of Acadia’s Department of Political Science. “Acadia’s Political Science Department now champions its women graduates, many of whom have gone on to prestigious graduate schools and distinguished careers, with the hope that they have
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progressively shaped the world beyond Acadia’s campus.” Newton is still involved in political life. As Whitehall suggests, she has done much to shape the world beyond Acadia, specifically the political environment in Kings County, Nova Scotia. Newton has won elected office six times - three times to the school board, where she served as Chairperson of the Kings District and later Annapolis Valley Regional Board for four years – and three terms on Kings County Council, where she was chosen recently by her colleagues as Deputy Warden. “I am proud,” Newton says. “I was one of many who got the new Horton High School and the Kentville soccer dome built when there was opposition.” Newton joins the ranks of many other prestigious graduates from her class, including former ambassadors Ardyn Todd, Garv Hardy, and John Noble; Deputy Minister of the Treasury Board of Nova Scotia Rick Williams; and criminal defense lawyer Joel Pink.
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cadia University President and Vice-Chancellor Ray Ivany announced April 10, 2012 that Dr. Rod Morrison has been appointed the University’s new Vice-President Advancement. Morrison’s appointment is effective July 1, 2012. “I want to welcome Rod to the Acadia family and to our community,” Ivany said. “Building our advancement capacity is a critical priority for Acadia and our search committee was looking for an individual who had a demonstrated track record of success and a progressive approach to both fundraising and alumni relations. “Rod’s background in academia combined with his broad experience inside and outside the university sector make him an ideal fit for Acadia,” Ivany added. “He will be a tremendous addition to our community as a whole. I want to thank our search committee for their work on Acadia’s behalf and especially thank our alumni for their continued support.” Morrison earned his BA and MA from McMaster University and his D.Phil. from Oxford University. After a brief academic career at Memorial University, he joined the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation in 1990 before becoming the Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Huntington Society of Canada in 1997.
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Acadia names Rod Morrison new Vice-President of Advancement In 2002, he joined McMaster as Director of Alumni Advancement before being named Director of International Advancement in 2006, adding the Major Gifts portfolio in 2011. While at McMaster, he led individual and annual fund campaigns that achieved significant growth, securing individuals gifts of up to $3 million, and made breakthroughs in emerging international markets, particularly the Asia-Pacific region. Under Morrison’s leadership, McMaster’s alumni team earned awards from the Canadian Council for the Advancement of Education and the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education for alumni programming and volunteer recognition. “I’m honoured to be joining the team at Acadia as Vice-President, Advancement,” Morrison said. “I’m very much looking forward to working closely with Ray Ivany, and with alumni, supporters, faculty, students, and staff in the years ahead. “ He added, “Acadia is one of the real gems among our Canadian universities, with a long history, a proud tradition, an outstanding reputation, dynamic leadership, and a unique sense of community. I think we’ve got an extraordinary opportunity to build for the future, and I am very excited at the prospect of helping to lead that effort.”
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EYE on ACADIA
Pride of place Over a 40-year career, Drew Peck helped to make Acadia’s campus a showpiece that feels like home
By Fred Sgambati (’83)
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rew Peck (’68), grew up in the shadow of Acadia University, and the campus was his playground. From the family home on Highland Avenue, he would run through the orchard that stretched from just above Raymond House to where Crowell Tower is today. He explored farm fields west of that, scouted trails in what was known as College Woods, and coasted down Seminary hill in winter. Peck retired officially as Director of Facilities at Acadia in October last year, but his association with the University started long before that. His parents, Ron (’35) and Jean (Rand, ’41), were Acadia grads and his father, an architect, designed a number of buildings and renovations on campus, including the first iteration of the Acadia Students’ Union Building. Ron was also a member of Acadia’s Board of Governors for 21 years. His mom lectured in the School of Home Economics and later the School of Education, and was acting dean of the School of Home Economics toward the end of her career.
Waited tables at McConnell Hall
Peck grew up in the house his great-grandfather purchased in 1901, when his great-grandfather moved the family to Wolfville from New Brunswick so two of his daughters could attend Acadia: Annie Peck (‘05) and Eva Peck (‘09). Some of the property on which he set up his fruit tree nursery are now part of the south lands of Acadia. When Drew was a boy, his mother used to take him and his brother to see Audubon films projected on a big screen at University Hall. He enjoyed swimming lessons at the old Acadia pool and attended a Saturday basketball program run by legendary coach Stu Aberdeen in the old gym. As he got older, he waited tables in McConnell Dining Hall during Convocation banquets to get a bit of extra money. It’s interesting that he would forge from such humble beginnings a remarkable career at Acadia that spanned more than 40 years. Peck entered Acadia in 1965. While taking a prearchitecture certificate, he was active in student government and was a rep on the high-rise residence planning committee. He also co-chaired the Students’ Union Centre planning committee that resulted in the SUB expansion. His first job was working as a labourer for the contractor remodeling McConnell Hall (now Fountain
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Commons) in 1967. “I followed in Dad’s footsteps the next year and joined the Physical Plant grounds crew, mowing lawns.” With the exception of one year, he adds, “I have worked part-time (while attaining my architecture and business degrees - BBA, ’75), full-time temporary (as a draftsperson) and full-time here at Acadia as Project Manager, Facilities Manager and Facilities Director. “During these past 40-plus years, I believe that I have been in every accessible space of every building and tunnel. A walk across campus for me has a bit of a unique perspective as I can envision what’s behind all the facades and under the lawns, streets and walkways.” He notes that the campus has changed quite a bit since he was a boy, suggesting that its layout in the early 1960s was more compact. Enrolment was smaller then, students didn’t have the kind of independence they enjoy today, and the campus was focused on the south quad, south of University Hall. However, “in the ‘60s and ‘70s there was a real push on; government funding was available and things just went crazy.” Universities built fancier structures and there was an urgency to provide facilities to accommodate burgeoning enrolment. At one point, the War Memorial Gym expansion, construction of Huggins Science Hall and Chase Court, and renovations to McConnell Hall and University Hall were occurring at the same time. Crowell Tower and Cutten House were added in the early ‘70s. Now, “like every other institution,” Peck says, “the biggest part is trying to address capital renewal requirements with the funds you have.” Add current technology demands from students who expect a full suite of electronic capability and the further challenge of using available space more efficiently and there’s no question that facility management issues remain. Peck’s primary responsibility over the final few years of his tenure involved the oversight of campus maintenance carried out by Physical Plant. He managed capital renewal and was involved in various planning and construction projects also.
Irving Centre a highlight
A highlight, though, was being taken into Arthur Irving’s confidence very early on in the deliberations concerning the gift of the K.C. Irving Environmental Science Centre to Acadia. Peck says then University President Kelvin Ogilvie came to see him and they took two secret trips
Photo: Fred Sgambati
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on Irving’s private jet from Saint John to architect Robert Stern’s offices in New York City to review the proposed project’s design. “Mr. Irving looked after the construction process,” Peck says, “and I was the liaison with all services on campus. It was fun to watch that come together.” Much has transpired on campus during his career, but Peck is proud of what has been accomplished in a workplace that covers 200 acres, has more than 60 buildings and 1.7 million square feet of space, not counting off-campus properties. However, he knew it was time to retire when he began renovating buildings he was involved in constructing in the first place. “Perhaps it was time to let somebody else take over,” he says with a smile. “It certainly was a fantastic career and I never felt a need to move away. There were never any two days alike and there was never any risk of being bored. “Acadia provides so many opportunities not found in other rural communities. I can continue to partake in lifelong learning, fitness activities, sports and the performing arts, and to be in a small community and have those things available is wonderful. It’s a big draw.” He says he worked with a “whole bunch of wonderful people. There are so many who are so dedicated to this place, and that is what has made it successful. Mine is a hometown type of story, and with Dad’s involvement with the buildings and the Board of Governors and my office in Emmerson Hall beside the Jean Peck Room, it’s almost like a living museum for me when I walk around campus.” Peck lives at Lumsden Dam now with his wife Patti in a family cottage that they took over and converted into a home. A framed print of an original piece of artwork, Inspiration, by Vadim Dolgov, inspired by a Mike Dembeck (’98) aerial photo, given to Peck at a retirement ceremony as a gift, has pride of place. The picture captures most if not all of the buildings on campus and illustrates beautifully his contributions and career: a mix of history and innovation; towering traditions and pristine landscapes. They describe a second home, really, one he has helped to build over the past 40 years and upon which he has certainly left an indelible mark.
Drew Peck: “there were never any two days alike.”
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Eye on Acadia
Convocation celebrations feature outstanding citizenship Accomplishments and care for our communities tie honorary degree recipients with grad class Acadia University awarded approximately 700 degrees during Spring Convocation May 13 and 14, 2012 at Convocation Hall in Wolfville. Students graduated from the faculties of Arts, Pure and Applied Science, Professional Studies, and Theology. During the ceremonies, Acadia also granted honorary degrees to six individuals who have made outstanding contributions in their communities and beyond. This year’s recipients are:
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Rev. Dr. Allison Trites, Doctor of Divinity
Dr. Dennis Magill, Doctor of Humanities
Dr. George Elliott Clarke, Doctor of Letters
The Rev. Dr. Allison Trites was awarded a Doctor of Divinity. He has made a lasting contribution to the Wolfville and Acadia communities through his ministry and teaching. In the span of his 37-year career in Acadia’s Faculty of Theology, Trites has published works, been a visiting lecturer, and a leader of the Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches.
Distinguished scholar and teacher Dr. Dennis Magill (’61) was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humanities. His areas of academic expertise are urban sociology, ethnic relations, and Canadian communities. He has given a lifetime of commitment to education – teaching, research, and university administration. He is one of the founders of the Wellesley Institute, a major Canadian, Toronto-based non-profit and non-partisan research and policy institute. Recently, Toronto City Council named one of the city’s newest parks the Wellesley Magill Park.
Revered poet Dr. George Elliott Clarke was awarded a Doctor of Letters. He is currently the inaugural E.J. Pratt Professor of Canadian Literature at the University of Toronto. Among his many honours include the Portia White Prize for Artistic Achievement, GovernorGeneral’s Award for Poetry, and appointment to the Order of Nova Scotia. In 2008, he was appointed an officer of the Order of Canada. He delivered the Convocation address to Acadia’s graduating class in the Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Theology.
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Mr. Hans Klohn, Doctor of Civil Laws
Dr. Allen Eaves, Doctor of Science
Ms. Alexa McDonough, Doctor of Civil Laws
Engineer Mr. Hans Klohn was awarded an honorary Doctor of Civil Laws. He first came to Canada from Germany to assist with the expansion of the Irving Pulp & Paper Mill. Over time, he developed a close working relationship with K.C. Irving, which helped shaped the construction industry in the region. An honorary lifetime member of the Saint John Construction Association and selected as an Industry Titan in the advancement of Canadian precast concrete, Mr. Klohn is a man whose expertise has touched many of the places where we work, live, and play.
A leader in cancer diagnosis and treatment, Dr. Allen Eaves (’62), received a Doctor of Science. He founded the Terry Fox Laboratory for Hematology/Oncology Research, now an internationallyrecognized centre for the study of leukemia and stem cell research. He also headed Hematology at UBC, the Vancouver General Hospital, and the British Columbia Cancer Agency, building one of the first Leukemia/Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) programs in Canada. Dr. Eaves is also the founder of STEMCELL Technologies Inc., the largest biotech company in BC. He delivered the Convocation address to Acadia’s graduating class in the Faculty of Pure and Applied Science.
Transformational political leader Ms. Alexa McDonough received an honorary Doctor of Civil Laws. She made significant contributions to public life in Nova Scotia and throughout Canada as the only woman to have successfully led a provincial and federal political party. As a New Democratic Party leader, she concentrated on foreign affairs, international development and peace advocacy. An officer of the Order of Canada, Ms. McDonough chose not to re-offer in 2008 to create opportunities for younger and more diverse candidates to succeed her. She delivered the Convocation address to Acadia’s graduating class in the Faculty of Professional Studies.
“Convocation marks the culmination of years of effort and accomplishment by each of our students,” said Mr. Ray Ivany, Acadia’s president and vice-chancellor. “Like our distinguished honorary degree recipients, our graduates have made a difference through their individual contributions to society. We’re proud to share this Convocation with each of them.” Acadia Chancellor Libby Burnham (’60) presided over her second Convocation. Three Convocation ceremonies followed the Baccalaureate Service on Sunday, May 13 in Convocation Hall. Each of the Convocation ceremonies was live-streamed on Acadia’s Alumni Affairs website. To download a copy of each ceremony, please visit: http://alumni.acadiau.ca/convocation-download.html Following each Convocation ceremony, participants and their guests joined the Acadia community in the Sheldon L. Fountain Learning Commons for a reception.
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DEVELOPMENT
McNally Bursaries create lasting legacy, help pay it forward By Laura Churchill Duke (’98)
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here was never any question that our children wouldn’t go to university. It was a foregone conclusion,” says James McNally about his and wife Dorothy’s children. Not an easy statement to make, especially when you have seven children! However, it was fantastic news for Acadia. All the McNally kids went to university and five of the seven to Acadia, with many more grandchildren, relatives and in-laws having attended or currently attending as well. “Our parents made it very easy for us to go to university and were very encouraging,” says Dan McNally (’77), the first of the siblings to come to Acadia after receiving a football scholarship. “There was no pressure from them attached to education, but looking back it seems as if it was a given that we would all go to university.” Daughter Mary McNally, who attended Acadia in the late ’70s, says that “growing up, education was the priority and our parents would do whatever they could to make it happen.” Son Stephen McNally (’80) says at times there were three siblings attending university at once. “It wasn’t uncommon for one of us to take a year off studies to work and save to give our parents a bit of a break and to allow them to support a younger sibling entering university.” In the end, attending Acadia became a family tradition. Dan was the first, followed by Stephen, Mary, Ed (’87) and John (’91). This love for Acadia extended into the next generation too, with Dan’s three daughters (Corinne ’06; Danielle ’06; and Leah ‘07); Stephen’s two sons (Patrick ’07; and Thomas ‘07); and elder sister Carole’s son Adam Meating having attended or graduated. “I can’t remember a time when I didn’t want to go to Acadia, although my parents never pushed me to go there,” Corinne says. “As kids, we spent all of our summer vacations on the east coast and in Wolfville. It’s just a really special place to us. I always felt drawn to it and wanted to find a way to spend more time there.”
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Even the youngest of James and Dorothy McNally’s grandchildren can’t wait to get to Acadia. In fact, many of them have been looking forward to attending for years! “No one tries to convince anyone to attend Acadia,” Corinne says, “but everything about it, and Wolfville, are so much fun that we all end up falling in love with it.”
Created bursaries
To honour their parents and to recognize the sacrifices made by James and Dorothy to ensure that their children had the opportunity to attend university, the siblings have created the James and Dorothy McNally Bursaries. “It seemed to be a fitting way to say thank you for the safe, supportive family life we enjoyed,” Dan says. The bursaries were presented last fall at James McNally’s 80th birthday party and “it was definitely a surprise!” James said. For son Ed (’87), it was about paying it forward. “I received a scholarship in my second year at Acadia,” he says. “This was very important to me and my family at the time as I was the sixth of seven going to university with the seventh in Grade 12, ready to start the following year. I remember the great feeling and relief when I received the award and someday, I’d owe it back. It is even more special that I was able to do this with my siblings in honouring my parents’ commitment to our education.” “We all contributed financially in different ways to the various universities we have attended,” Stephen says, “but wanted to provide a more focused and substantial way to contribute to Acadia. It also provides a fund to which our children will be able to contribute in years to come after they get established.” Two bursaries will be provided to two students from the Atlantic Provinces in their second or subsequent year. One recipient is to be a varsity athlete and the second must be involved in extra-curricular activities other than athletics. The bursaries were awarded this academic year and the first recipients were Shelby Nickerson, a multiple
Photo courtesy of the McNally family
DEVELOPMENT
The McNally family, from left to right: front row kneeling: Carole Meating (eldest daughter), Dan McNally, Kathy and Greg McNally; middle row: Bob Trainor and Mary McNally, Dorothy and James McNally, Crystal Gamble, Suzanne Drapeau and Stephen McNally; and tucked in the back row: Ed and Janice McNally, John McNally.
volunteer in the community, notably with Acadia’s S.M.I.L.E. program and the Acadia Children’s Wish Society; and Ed McNally (’12), a member of the Acadia Axemen football team, who is James’ and Dorothy’s great-nephew. “As a student athlete you have a ton of extracurricular commitments and very little room in your daily schedule to work or find a source of income,” Ed says. “So this bursary was very helpful in managing my year financially. It’s always nice to receive this type of financial support.” “Forming these types of bursaries are a nice way to create a lasting legacy for that person, organization or family,” says Donnie Ehler (’83), Development Officer
at Acadia. If someone is interested in setting up such an award in honour of a loved one or parents as a lasting legacy, contact the Development Office directly or visit http://giving.acadiau.ca/Creating_an_Award. html. Ultimately, the James and Dorothy McNally Bursaries are a way to honour the legacy of two remarkable people. “The seven siblings,” Corinne suggests, “have experienced a lot of success in their lives and careers. They are very proud of their parents and how they were raised, and feel that my grandparents played a big role in their ultimate success.” In the end, who wouldn’t want to celebrate that?
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Acoustic ecology: transforming natural sounds into music Juno Award-winning composer Derek Charke creates new music from natural sounds that have been heard on Earth for thousands of years
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Multiple awards, commissions and grants
Charke’s interest in acoustic ecology developed in 2001, when he began his PhD. “I took two years of courses on computers and electronics and music so I could actually teach the history of electronic music, and I think that’s where it got started,” he says. Although many of his musical compositions do not involve soundscapes at all, he enjoys going out and recording sounds and then using them in compositions. His music has been heard 14
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throughout Canada, the USA and Europe, and he has received multiple awards, commissions and grants. Using found sound and electronic creations in music is not new, Charke says. It dates back to the 1940s and 1950s with pioneers such as Karlheinz Stockhausen. “Fast-forward to today and you’ve got computers and laptops, and it’s very simple for anyone to go out now with a little zoom microphone. It really has become ubiquitous in contemporary music to use sound from other sources.” The world-renowned Kronos Quartet, based in San Francisco, commissioned a piece from him in 2005 called “Cercle du Nord III”. “It’s a piece that uses the sounds from the north and throat-singing,” he says. “It has sounds of ice cracking and of the dogs howling and dog-sledding and all kinds of bird sounds.” Kronos commissioned another northern piece called “Tundra Songs” that uses the music of throat-singer Tanya Tagaq Gillis. In 2006, his second year at Acadia, Charke used sounds from the Bay of Fundy in “Song of the Tides,” which was commissioned by Mark Hopkins for the Acadia Wind Ensemble. “It’s a piece that has received a lot of play and is still being played across Canada and the U.S.,” he says.
Showcases new music
Charke and Hopkins also set up and have co-directed Acadia’s annual Shattering the Silence festival of new music for the past five years. The festival showcases new music by Acadia music faculty and students as well as by other composers. Charke’s “Symphony Number 1 – Transient Energies” premiered last April with Symphony Nova Scotia at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium in Halifax. A 45-minute work with four movements, the symphony incorporates sounds of energy production and use around Nova Scotia. It can be heard online, free, at CBC Concerts on Demand (this and other web links are listed at the end of the article). For the first movement, “Highways,” Charke stood on Highway 101 near Exit 12 and recorded the sounds
Photo: David Reid
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Dr. Derek Charke at Pond Inlet, Nunavut: Recording sounds in June 2011 under the ice, at the floe edge, Baffin Bay; and, inset, with his Juno Award in 2012. of the traffic. “That’s a way we’re using energy,” he says, “but the sound itself of the cars going by is very melancholic.” The second movement, “Dis-shovel’d,” is about coal and incorporates sounds of shoveling, rocks, and the train. The third movement, “Rotations,” starts with the sound of wind turbines in the auditorium; by its end, the sound transforms into sounds of turbines under water. The last movement, “Crude,” transitions the sound of water to a sound of burbling, primordial oil. “It’s fascinating,” Charke says. “We hear these sounds and they resonate with us.” Acadia research funds helped pay for him to go to Pond Inlet. “I’ve had a lot of support from my colleagues and from the university as a whole,” he says. The Arctic holds a fascination for Charke, and the trip to Pond Inlet is still on his mind. “We had a pack
of narwhals come in; it was just an amazing clicking sound. Under the water, the constant sound of the ringed seals, the descending tones, would go on for hours and hours.”
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Audio samples from Pond Inlet, Nunavut, June 2011 www.charke.com/ecology/pond/pond.htm Symphony no. 1 – Transient Energies (CBC Concerts on Demand) www.cbc.ca/radio2/cod/concerts/20110407chark Song of the Tides www.charke.com/comp/comp/band/tides.htm Shattering the Silence – Annual Acadia New Music Festival www.shatteringthesilence.ca ACADIA BULLETIN Spring 2012
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Photo: Ian Murray
REUNIONS
The Annual Acadia Alumni and Friends Luncheon took place March 20, 2012 at the Stoneybrook Golf Club in Bradenton, Florida. A group of 40 alumni and friends were on hand to share in the fun, including Ian Murray, Executive Director of Alumni Affairs, and special guests Acadia Students’ Union VP Communications Ashley Margeson and Gail Petrykanyn. Bob Kieran (‘60) was in attendance also and wrote in an e-mail after the event, “I am amazed that a (small) school (600 students my freshman year 1954) can produce 40 people at a reunion 2,500 miles away in a foreign country (USA) 58 years later. Speaks to the success of Acadia grads and their health and, of course, their fondness for their Alma Mater and the lifelong friendships they made!”
Acadia University hosted a special evening on Nov. 24, 2011 for 20 alumni and friends at the JAR Restaurant in Hong Kong’s Central District. Dr. Robert Perrins, Dean of Arts, and Jim Darnbrough, Executive Director of Enrolment Services, were on hand to represent Acadia. It was an exciting evening of fun and fellowship, and having alumni representation from the 1960s to 2006 made it extra special. Due to the high enthusiasm and tremendous support, organizers hope to host another special evening for members of Acadia’s Hong Kong alumni family in 2012.
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great reason to Stand Up and Cheer!
You may not know it, but what you hold in your hands today is a piece of history. This edition of the Bulletin celebrates 100 years, 1912-2012, as the official voice of Acadia’s associated alumni. What started as a small leaflet has grown over the past century into a 48-page glossy magazine that continues to be “a meeting place for all of the University’s sons and daughters”: a reflection of campus life and an acknowledgement of outstanding alumni achievement. The world was different when the first edition was produced in 1912. Poet Irving Layton, folk singer Woody Guthrie, Pope John Paul I, dancer Gene Kelly and TV chef Julia Child were born during this leap year. Irish novelist Bram Stoker, Canadian strongman Louis Cyr and Swedish playwright August Strindberg died. The Titanic took its ill-fated maiden voyage and the Olympic Games were contested in Stockholm, Sweden. Acadia was 74 years old and the Associated Alumni of Acadia College had been in place for more than two decades, having been duly incorporated in June 1860. The Bulletin arrived with little fanfare: no editor or editorial board was identified and it was only five-by-eight inches in size. No matter: it was chocked full of information “useful to many” and expected to be welcomed monthly by the University’s alumni. Indeed, Acadia’s alumni cohort was growing, with 800 members by 1923. We now number more than 27,000 in 60 countries around the world. Ever aware of its audience, the Bulletin responded by increasing in size from eight to 16 pages, publishing on better paper and offering larger type. In June 1931, English Professor Harold Sipprell (’27) became the first officially appointed editor and the Bulletin was published jointly by the University and the Associated Alumni. Sipprell guided the publication until 1945 and was succeeded by Dr. R. S. Longley on an interim basis. Rev. Dr. George E. Levy (’27), a professor of English Bible, was editor from 1947-64. Political Science Professor Duncan Fraser took over from 1964-68,
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followed by Bill Parker (1968-72) and then Levy’s niece, Linda Cann (1973 to late 1990s.) Parker (’56) and Cann (’62) among others share their stories with us in this special section. Other editors have included Sue Cox Roberts (’83), Jim Prime (’69), Kathleen Martin (’03), Jill Wagner (’99), Oonagh Proudfoot (’93) and Kristen Loyst (’02) to name a few. According to library records, the Bulletin has changed names twice. It started originally as the Acadia Bulletin, changed to the Acadia University Alumni Bulletin in 1985 and then back to Acadia Bulletin in 2002. Each iteration has detailed the University’s successes and challenges, and provided remarkable insight into not only the rare educational experience Acadia offers, but the people and personalities that have distinguished it both on and off campus. Our goal in presenting a series of cover photos and context in this special section to commemorate the publication’s 100th anniversary is to illustrate some of Acadia’s milestone moments as reported in the Bulletin. Did we capture all the highlights? Of course not. A hundred years is a long time and, like every other edition of the Bulletin prior to this, we have only so much space. However, I think you’ll agree we’ve risen admirably to the challenge. Also, a project as ambitious as this could not have been undertaken without considerable help, and I am grateful to University archivist Pat Townsend and alumna Alix Shield (’10) for their unflagging interest and support. It’s a fond look back at Acadia and its alumni through the Bulletin’s unblinking eye, and a look ahead toward a new century of promise and achievement that we hope to represent with the same verve, accuracy and ambition as our predecessors. Stand Up and Cheer! Fred Sgambati (’83) Editor
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Bulletin From the first edition of the Acadia Bulletin: Feb. 1, 1912, Vol. 1, No. 1
OUR BOW
The Acadia Bulletin is a monthly publication devoted to educational work. It is to be small in size and therefore quickly read; it is to present its news in concentrated form and therefore worth reading; its subscription price is to be low and therefore within reach of all. It is to be useful to many and therefore we expect many to welcome it as a monthly visitor. Other notes: Articles in this edition focused on Politics; Athletics; Branch Information; and Personals.
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From the Acadia Bulletin: October, 1919, Vol. VIII, No. 9
From the Acadia Bulletin: October, 1919, Vol. VIII, No. 9
A NEW START
OPENING
MEMORIAL GYMNASIUM
In this number we begin our sixth year. During this past year editorial supervision has been hurried and somewhat scanty, and we feel that the same progress has not been made as in the years gone by; however, in this as with all other things that we do not like which happen nowadays, we will have to blame the War. One Department which has been well kept up during the past year, however, is that dealing with Acadia men who have enlisted. We have tried to keep all of our friends informed about friends and class-mates at the Front. Not infrequently the Acadia graduates and those who read the Bulletin send us in their flattering words concerning it. The paper evidently has a place in keeping the graduates and former students informed of the work which the Acadia men are doing. Additional financial support would be appreciated.
The opening of the University brought a large number of students. The registration is about 320. The largest previous registration was 244, so this year exceeds that by 25 per cent. In the Academy and University together, we have about 100 men from the army, some of whom are being educated by the Soldiers’ Civil Re-Establishment Department of the Canadian Government. Of our registration, over 90 are young women.
The contract for the Memorial Gymnasium has been let to Mr. Charles Wright of Wolfville. The cost of the building will be about $110,000. The plans were prepared by Mr. S. P. Dumaresq ‘99 of Halifax, and denote a building most useful for a student body, and well worthy a memorial for our boys, who died. The foundation plans show the dimensions over all, to be 160 feet long, and 51 to 60 feet wide, two stories high. It will be constructed of local quartzite, similar to the Academy Residence and will be trimmed with lndianna limestone. The Gymnasium floor will be 74 x 49 feet, with running track, nine feet above the floor. The swimming tank will be 60 x 21 feet. Locker rooms for men and women, a dressing room for athletic teams, a director’s room, apparatus room, faculty room, wrestling and other exercise room, and a trophy room, complete the Gymnasium equipment. A chief feature of the building is the Memorial hall 60 x 20 feet, the whole width of the building, and through which one must pass to enter the building. Here will be placed bronze tablets in memory of the sixty Acadia students, who sacrificed their lives, and also some record of all Acadia men who served.
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From the Acadia Bulletin: December, 1920, Vol. IX, No. 12
From the Acadia Bulletin January, 1921, Vol. IX, No. 12
COLLEGE HALL
THE CAMPAIGN
On the night of December 1st and 2nd the white building on the hill, known as the College Building, College Hall, and University Hall, was totally destroyed by fire. The fire, which was probably caused by defective wiring, was discovered at about eleven-thirty. Notwithstanding the efforts which were made by the students for the first half hour and after that by the town firemen, the building could not be saved. Through the heroic efforts of the students and professors, most of the records of the College office and of the Treasurer’s office, together with some of the furniture on the ground floor, were salvaged. By early morning nothing but a smouldering mass of ruins marked the place where the historic building had been. By a strange coincidence, it was burned on the anniversary of the destruction of the former College building by fire, namely December 2nd. The former fire took place in 1877.
To many of the old graduates this was Acadia College. With the exception of Chipman Hall, it was the only building they knew, and it formed a link between the present and the past. Undoubtedly many of the hearts of former students will be stirred when they hear of the destruction of this building, and many memories of former days will crowd in upon them. It was in the Assembly Hall that all the College functions took place: receptions, entertainments, and convocations. It was here that graduates for the past forty years received their diplomas, and many distinguished lecturers and visitors were entertained in this Hall‌. The destruction of it means a very distinct loss to the University.
As announced in the December Bulletin, the Governors of the University after carefully considering the matter, have decided that to meet the present imperative needs One Million Dollars is necessary and they decided to ask the friends of Acadia for this amount. It looks like a big task to secure this, and it is, but not so large but that we can accomplish it if every Acadia man and woman and all our friends combine in one united effort. It is comparatively not so great a task as that which faced the governors in 1877 when the first College was burned and does not call for one tithe of the sacrifice demanded when the first building was constructed. Numerous letters have been received offering aid, and all seem to be enthusiastic concerning the campaign.
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From the Acadia Bulletin: March to May 1930, Vol. 16, No. 2
From the Acadia Bulletin: January, 1938, Vol. XXIV, No. 2
With this issue the Acadia Bulletin is enlarged and becomes a bi-monthly. A better quality of paper is used and the general appearance greatly improved. It is the hope of the Alumni Executive that these changes, together with certain changes in editorial policy, may enable the Bulletin to serve its constituency even more effectively than in the past.
The new science building for biology and geology, later named Patterson Hall, warranted a cover shot in the March to May, 1930 edition of the Bulletin. The building was constructed in 1928 and opened in 1929. Other notes: The four-storey structure underwent a significant $4.2 million renovation that began in 2008 and was officially re-opened Jan. 26, 2012. The renovation saw it completely stripped down to its structural floors, columns and outside walls and included the removal of all materials containing asbestos. The building now houses Acadia’s School of Business, but continues to honour its namesake, Reverend Dr. Frederic William Patterson, Acadia’s president from 1923 to 1948.
The covers during the 1930s depicted views of University Hall, and this one is no exception. However, this edition of the Bulletin is remarkable in that it denotes Acadia’s entrance into its Centennial Year. It was reported: “Founders’ Day, observed on 16 November, was of unusual interest this year. Ninety-nine years ago 15 November last, the decision to found the University was reached; Founders’ Day, therefore, marked the first day of Acadia’s centennial year. The enthusiasm and optimism displayed on that occasion boded well for the success of the programmes planned for next August. Even the heavy rains failed to dampen the ardour of the large number of friends and alumni from Wolfville and the Maritimes who gathered to honour the memory of the Founders and to attend the events of the day.”
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From the Acadia Bulletin: January, 1940, Vol. XXVI, No. 2
From the Acadia Bulletin: April, 1946, Vol. XXXIL, No. 4
From the Acadia Bulletin: March 1952, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 2
The headline told the tale: “Alumni Acknowledge Debt to Isaac Chipman”. The Bulletin reported: “This year the Associated Alumni devoted its annual Founders’ Day to the commemoration of the sacrificial service of Professor Isaac Chipman, who, one hundred years ago this month, came to Acadia as the infant college’s first professor of natural science, and remained to become the builder of the first college hall and saviour of Acadia. Dr. H. T. DeWolfe, ’89, the speaker of the day, told, with characteristic clarity, of the consecrated life and devoted service of Professor Chipman and closed by publicly voicing the expressed wish of the Associated Alumni for an adequate memorial to Isaac Chipman at the university he loved so well and served so devotedly. Such a memorial might fittingly be dedicated in this, Chipman’s centennial year.”
Regarding the construction of War Memorial House: “The new memorial residence is not any residence. The memorial fund is not just another routine canvass. This project is something very important to every alumnus of Acadia. This is Acadia’s sincere tribute to the young men and women of the campus who have given their lives; this is Acadia’s expression of gratitude to those who have served.” The building was estimated to cost $300,000 and alumni set a fundraising goal of $75,000. “The residence will be a definite asset to the campus and a memorial which will be a credit to the Acadia tradition.”
Although there are no references in this edition to the passing of King George VI on February 6, 1952, his influence and strong sense of duty during his reign and particularly throughout WWII were noteworthy enough to warrant the cover of this edition after his death. George ascended to the throne in December 1936 following the death of his father King George V and the abdication of his brother, Edward VIII. Other notes: Interestingly, the story of his impromptu ascension to the throne and subsequent relationship with speech therapist Lionel Logue, who helped the king overcome a stutter, was made into a feature film in 2010 entitled The King’s Speech.
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From the Acadia Bulletin: April, 1963, Vol. XLIX, No. 2
From the Acadia Bulletin: December, 1968
Founders’ Day observances have been a long-standing tradition at Acadia and this cover runs the gamut. It depicts the 121st anniversary on Oct. 31, 1959 of the founding of Acadia and includes images from the football game between Acadia and St. Thomas; Convocation exercises; a morning service in Convocation Hall; and a welcoming handshake for R. Blair Fraser, B.A. ’28, D.C.L. ’53, Ottawa editor of Maclean’s Magazine, who was guest speaker at the Founders’ Day Dinner in the University Dining Hall.
Completing the steeple: Wednesday, March 13, gave the campus an exciting kind of afternoon when the upper section of the steeple on the Manning Memorial Chapel was put in place. Acadia Street from Horton Avenue west had been blocked off to traffic and signs erected here and there bidding all and sundry to take due precautions for the safety of life and limb. Shortly the two-ton white steel section had been secured to the top of the crane and mechanical lift moved into place (see cover photo). Once the steel section of the steeple had been secured in its resting place … two workmen went up to place the six-foot-high gold cross on top…. By five p.m., quitting time for the day, the cross had been secured in its position and this phase of the construction of the chapel had been completed, without a hitch or an accident.
On the cover, another illustration of the many facets of life on the Acadia campus. “Top left: Honourable Chief Justice (L.D.) Currie receives Honorary Degree of Doctor of Civil Laws; Bottom left: Miss Joan Havey receives the Alumni Centennial Scholarship from Mrs. Jeanette Denton, ’42, vice-president of the Associated Alumni of Acadia University; Centre Right: Homecoming Queen, Miss Chris Hart of Dartmouth.”
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From the Acadia Bulletin: Spring, 1971
From the Acadia Bulletin: Fall, 1976
From the Acadia Bulletin: Winter, 1977
Acadia wins Canadian title: The Canadian Intercollegiate basketball championship has returned to the Wolfville campus after a five-year absence. The Acadia Axemen defeated the University of Manitoba Bisons 72-48 to win the coveted title. Acadia had gained their berth in the final with a 59-42 win over Loyola Warriors and an 84-55 romp over the Windsor Lancers.
Royal Visit to Acadia ‘76. On the cover: Gathering outside Wheelock Hall, from left: Prince Phillip, Premier Gerald Regan, Queen Elizabeth, Mrs. Beveridge, President Dr. J.M.R. Beveridge, Mrs. Morley Taylor, Chairman of the Board Dr. Morley Taylor, Mrs. Charles Huggins, Chancellor Dr. Charles Huggins. This was the first Royal Visit to Acadia since 1912 when the Duke of Connaught, a great-great uncle of the Queen, arrived with the Duchess and their daughter Princess Patricia, who planted an elm tree on the front lawn of the campus. Other notes: the Queen’s visit attracted more than 8,000 spectators to Acadia; security was tight, with 130 Mounties on campus; and three busloads of media covered the event.
Acadia wins first Atlantic Bowl: Topping the Atlantic Conference for the second straight year, Acadia won our first-ever Atlantic Bowl Championship, a berth in the national College Bowl finals in Toronto and for Bob Stracina, the Hec Creighton Award as Canada’s most valuable college football player. Other notes: Three team members made the Canadian All-Stars: Bob Cameron as the country’s number one quarterback, with Stracina as wide receiver and Cliff Steeves as defensive back; and head coach Bob Vespaziani was named top Atlantic coach for the second year in a row.
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From the Acadia Bulletin: Summer, 1984, Vol. 67, No. 2
From the Acadia Bulletin: Summer, 1985, Vol. 69, No. 3
Convocation has been a popular and recurring subject on numerous covers. Graduands have been captured many times in cap and gown ascending the steps to University Hall; sitting and listening to Honourary Degree recipients; or posing with family members after receiving their diplomas. But this photo of Rolfe Jones (’81), shot by Class Valedictorian Steve Thorne (’81) during Spring Convocation, captures the joy, excitement and sense of accomplishment on a job well done that typifies graduation at Acadia.
Acadia’s Woman of the Century Dr. Marion E. Grant.
Our Cover: The last time she was in Wolfville, she was 12 years old, visiting her grandmother on Summer Street. This time Shirley MacLaine became Acadia’s most famous honorary graduate. She is shown with the chairman of the board of governors A. Lloyd Caldwell, Q.C., left, and Dr. Charles Taylor ’51, who received an honorary doctorate of divinity. Other notes: the Bulletin reported, “Along with the parents and relatives of 800 other graduates in the crowded auditorium, Kathlyn McLean Beaty ’28 was back in University Hall, this time as her daughter became the most famous person ever to receive an honorary degree from Acadia. Mrs. Beaty was one of a family of four, all graduates of Acadia, where their mother Mrs. Blanche McLean was Dean of Women. ‘From this University sprang the dreams and theatrical human expressions that so influenced me when I was growing up,’ Miss MacLaine said.”
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Psychologist and educator Dr. Marion Elder Grant ’21 was honored at the alumni banquet as Acadia’s ‘woman of the century’ and recipient of the Associated Alumni Gold Medal. After a stint as Dean of Women at Baylor College for Women in Texas, Dr. Grant returned to Wolfville in 1936 to begin her career of 27 years at Acadia, 24 of which as Dean of Women. She also taught in the school of education and department of psychology from 1936 until 1960 at which time she was named full professor and head of the psychology department. During her tenure at Acadia, Dr. Grant served on the University Senate and numerous committees, was a founding director of the Acadia University Institute, held a twoyear term as president of the Associated Alumni and served as a member of the Board of Governors.
From the Acadia Bulletin: Spring, 1987, Vol. 71, No. 2
From the Acadia Bulletin: Summer, 1988, Vol. 72, No. 3
From the Acadia Bulletin: Winter, 1991
Our Cover: It was 1912 at Acadia. Dr. George Barton Cutten was president, an observatory was built on campus, and the Bulletin started publishing. The Athenaeum had this note of welcome for her sister publication: “We note with interest the establishment of the Acadia Bulletin. Modest in appearance and size; well printed and containing much valuable information to Acadians the Bulletin ought to meet with general support.” For our 75th anniversary, we asked former editor Duncan Fraser for a retrospective of the early years. Other notes: In his essay, Fraser notes that the Bulletin “keeps the Acadia family in touch with one another – wherever they may be in the world…. The Bulletin is a meeting place for all of the University’s sons and daughters. But it is more than a meeting place: it is a continuing narrative of what is going on on the Hills of Horton. To later generations it may be useful as part of the chronological history of the University. To its current readership it is a link with the changes that take place.”
Our Cover: The Anniversary Garden Party on the majestic front lawn of Acadia was in keeping with a tradition of 50 years ago when a similar affair was held to celebrate the University’s 100th anniversary. President Dr. J.R.C. Perkin and Mrs. Perkin, in period costume, hosted this year’s memorable occasion attended by close to 1,000. The Stadacona Band of Maritime Command set a festive mood and colorful tents provided welcome shade on one of the warmest days of August. (Alex Murchison photo)
Axettes win national soccer title: The 1991 season will be remembered by many as the year the Acadia Soccer Axettes not only won the CIAU title, but also demolished their opposition every step of the way en route to the national crown. The Axettes finished season play with a 16-0-1 record. In the 12 regular season games they scored an incredible 52 goals and allowed their competition only one goal. Pictured during play in the CIAU championship game in Vancouver is Cindy Montgomerie of Truro, who was named AUAA rookieof-the-year. The photograph was taken by Bruce Cohoon, Acadia’s director of information services.
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From the Acadia Bulletin: Spring, 1996
From the Acadia Bulletin: Spring, 1998
Cover: We’ve got the team! This was the photo of Canada’s collegiate hockey champions, the Acadia Axemen, that made headlines in the Toronto Sun after their stunning 12-1 victory over the University of Toronto Blues. It was the first national title in the 44-year history of Acadia hockey, and the first time a Nova Scotia university has ever won the CIAU top prize. You got spirit? Let’s hear it! Thousands of alumni fans travelled from all over to support the team. Toronto Sun Photo
Cover: Beginning this fall, Acadia becomes the first electronic campus in Canada. Unanimously approved by the board of governors, Acadia Advantage will make computer technology an integral part of almost every aspect of campus life. Using course-specific software, the Acadia network, and the Internet, students will use notebook computers as tools to enhance discussion and for work inside and outside the classroom. (Cover by Semaphor Design; photography, Dan Callis)
Cover: Thanks to the gift of land on Heckman’s Island, Lunenburg Co., by Dr. Harry and Rachel Morton, Acadia students enjoy hands-on experience in the university’s burgeoning program in environmental science. On a field trip to the Morton Centre, Molly Miranda and Peter Morse gather data for their interdisciplinary studies. The program exemplifies the leadership role in the environmental movement that Acadia has accepted for most of the past century. (Mike Dembeck photo)
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From the Acadia Bulletin: Winter, 2002-2003
From the Acadia Bulletin: Fall 2007
From the Bulletin: Fall 2010
On the cover: Looking up into the cupola of the K.C. Irving Environmental Science Centre. Other notes: In March, 1999 Acadia announced the gift from Arthur, Jim and Jack Irving and their families of an Environmental Science Research Centre, Botanical Gardens and a Campus Meeting Place. Under the heading ‘Achievement’, stories in this edition detailed the opening of the K.C. Irving Environmental Science Centre and the Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens.
Cover photo: Students gather in the Fountain Commons for group meetings, group projects and studying. (Photo: Deborah Nicholson) Other notes: A feature story on the opening of the Sheldon L. Fountain Learning Commons connects Acadia’s past with its future. Sheldon L. Fountain, who graduated from Acadia in 1939, arrived in Wolfville in 1935 with only $35 in his pocket. He took a job as a waiter in the former McConnell Dining Hall before meals shifted to cafeteria style. After earning an MBA at Boston University, Sheldon returned to Acadia in 1957 as a faculty member. He established the Commerce Dept., which later became the Fred C. Manning School of Business Administration, and remained on faculty for 13 years. His wife Marjorie (HON. ’99) and their children wished to have a tribute to honour Sheldon’s contributions, and it was determined that the concept of a Learning Commons would be fitting.
The Associated Alumni of Acadia University celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2010. AAAU President Charles Coll (’84) noted in the Bulletin, “Over the past 150 years, we have consistently demonstrated our love for, and commitment to, our institution. The course has not always been smooth, but our association and the university continue to support each other and to endure. “I hope you will join our mission to strengthen the Associated Alumni of Acadia University and to help fulfill the crucial role alumni play in the success of Acadia and its students. We need your ideas and your support to take action and make the next 150 years just as wonderful as the last.” 10 FALL 20
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what make the Bulletin special: Parker By Fred Sgambati (’83)
Whether it’s academic articles, alumni success stories or the Class Notes, the Bulletin reminds people what’s special at Acadia University. That’s what Bill Parker (’56), former Vice-President External Relations at Acadia, had to say when asked to comment on the publication’s 100th anniversary. Parker enjoyed a 33-year career at Acadia, from 196396. Originally from Quebec, Parker says he used to come to Nova Scotia as a youngster and visit his grandmother, who lived in Wolfville. He always liked the look and feel of Acadia and that’s what attracted him to pursue an undergraduate degree here. After earning his diploma, he returned briefly to Quebec and worked for the Iron Ore Company of Canada, but saw an ad in the Bulletin for a Director of Alumni Affairs, applied for the position and got it. He was directed by then-President of the Associated Alumni Dr. Erik Hansen (’49), whose career at Acadia spanned more than 40 years, to establish an office that recognized people both on and off-campus where alumni knew they had a place to go and make contact.
Critical piece
“Then they wanted to project Acadia’s image through alumni to various areas throughout Canada and internationally,” Parker says. “The Alumni Association had a Board of Directors and I worked with them to establish a program to expand our horizons.” The Bulletin was a critical tool to keep alumni involved with the University. It reminded people about Acadia’s uniqueness and provided a history that connected readers in the present to traditions of the past. “My hat is off to the people who established the Bulletin,” Parker says. “It was the first major piece of communication with the alumni and the outside world, and I find it very important. That Bulletin, when it comes, sits on the coffee table or kitchen table of our alumni, and is a very sincere and appropriate
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way for the University and the Alumni Association to communicate with alumni. “The loyalty of the alumni is so strong that when the magazine arrives, in my opinion, it’s like a Time or Maclean’s magazine. Acadia alumni are that loyal and interested that they look forward to receiving the magazine.” Content is what keeps it relevant, Parker adds. “When you can put in stories on athletic teams and individuals, distinguished alumni and the occasional message from the President and the Alumni President,” it provides touchstones that in combination forge solid and enduring bonds among alumni. At its heart, however, “it’s a people magazine,” Parker said. “No doubt about it. The stories make this thing come alive.” He knows what he’s talking about. Parker edited the Bulletin from 1968-72 and says he couldn’t have done it without the assistance of stalwarts such as Bruce Cohoon (’69) and Winnie Horton (’64), to name only two of many. “I had a lot of help, and it was a real team effort.” He cited the contributions of editors before him, including Dr. Harold Sipprell (1931-47), Rev. Dr. George Levy (1947-64), Professor Duncan Fraser (1964-68), and applauded the outstanding efforts of Levy’s niece Linda Cann (1973-2000). “She was a crackerjack,” Parker says, “and I thought she did a great job.” Looking ahead, Parker says the Bulletin has a major role to play in the University’s future. One hundred years of publication has established “a tradition and history. I was a great believer that it was the most important communication piece we had in the alumni office and I still think it’s very important. Times have changed, but the content of the Bulletin is still interesting, readable and valuable, not only for the people you write about, but for the University itself. In my mind, the history and tradition is so prevalent and I hope it carries on with today’s students, too.”
BulletinReminiscence:
Addressograph made lasting impression By Laura Churchill Duke (’98)
Technology has changed so much that standard pieces of office equipment that were once de rigueur are no longer relevant or remembered. For Winnie (King) Horton (’64), however, equipment like the addressograph was the one and only way back when to keep things rolling at Alumni Hall. Horton started working for Alumni in 1965 as secretary to the director and remained at Alumni Hall until 1990. During that time she witnessed many changes to the Acadia Bulletin, including its increase in size and going from black and white to colour photos. However, one thing that stands out the most for Horton is the change in technology. “I would often help with stories for the Bulletin,” Horton says, “and would be the one to use a typewriter to transcribe all the Class Notes.” In those days, there was a form that could be cut out of the Bulletin and mailed back to update people’s personal information. It was one of the few ways to keep connected (before e-mail) and it was a big part of the Bulletin. “I don’t remember a lot of the details about the Bulletin,” Horton adds, “but I certainly remember the addressograph.” Before the days of computer addressing, an addressograph was used to label the thousands of Bulletins that were mailed out. “When the Bulletins came from having been printed at Kentville Publishing, they would arrive in boxes,” Horton says. “I would then load the addressograph with metal plates – each plate containing the address of an alumnus.”
Using a foot pedal, she would feed the Bulletins through the machine, printing the mailing address on the back of each copy. “The metal plates were stored by geographical location in a drawer. When an alumnus had a change of address, we had to send the plate to Halifax to be reprinted and then file it in the appropriate drawer.” Alumni produced four to six Bulletins a year during this time, so Horton’s addressograph services were required constantly! Despite the changes in technology, Horton says that the Bulletin’s mandate has remained the same and it is an important information piece for the University. “We have always covered Homecoming and Convocation,” Horton notes. “The aim will always be to give information to alumni about Acadia and about other alumni. It’s only how we do it that will change.”
Winnie Horton (left) shares a moment in this undated photo with the late Jerry Porter (’40) and his wife, Mary (Robinson) Porter (’40). Photo courtesy of Winnie Horton
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has left indelible mark on Alumni Bulletin By Fred Sgambati (’83)
Linda (Levy) Cann (’62) always knew she wanted to work in newspapers, but it wasn’t until she took over as editor of the Bulletin in 1973 that her interest in journalism became a vocation. It’s not like it didn’t run in the family. Her uncle, Rev. Dr. George Levy, a former President of the Alumni Association, edited the Bulletin for 17 years, from 194764. His replacement, Professor Duncan Fraser, noted in a 75th anniversary Bulletin retrospective in spring 1987 that Levy “left a tough act to follow.” Levy (’27) was a professor of English Bible at Acadia. He had been editor of the Maritime Baptist and Forward, a newsletter for the Nova Scotia Temperance Movement, and penned a regular column for The Chronicle-Herald for more than 10 years. Fraser assumed the helm at the invitation of then Alumni Association President Dr. Erik Hansen (’49) and managed the publication until 1968, when he turned it over Bill Parker (’56). Linda, after cutting her teeth at The Athenaeum and then The Chronicle-Herald, was approached by Parker in 1973 and served Acadia’s alumni audience as editor until the late 1990s.
Direct impact
Between her contributions and those of her uncle, the Levy family has had a direct impact on the Bulletin’s editorial direction for almost half of its 100 years. It’s not surprising, with such a pedigree, that Linda built on what her uncle helped to create: a lively publication full of personal touches that profiled the people, places and events of interest to a growing and engaged alumni. “My uncle was very thorough in the coverage,” Linda says, “and had a very personal touch. If there was a convocation, he would have pictures. There was a more news-like approach to it and it was kind of like the paper of record. He recognized things that should be on the record.” Levy guided the Bulletin toward a more pronounced emphasis on feature stories that profiled people and personalities, and it was a direction that resonated with Linda. She kept a file on feature possibilities and enjoyed a lot of freedom then to do the stories she
believed represented Acadia and its alumni community. Parker, who was then Vice-President External Relations, and Steve Pound (‘72), Executive Director of Alumni Affairs, would touch base with her regularly, but relied mostly on her good judgment regarding content and rarely intervened. “There was never a shortage and I was never left wondering what I was going to do for the next edition,” Linda says. The people profiled always had good things to say about Acadia and she believed it was her duty to keep that going to encourage other alumni to support the University. “I was never under the illusion that I wasn’t in the fundraising business,” she says. Fundraising is one of the reasons why a university publishes an alumni magazine, “but I never felt it governed the articles.” She notes too that although the job was overwhelming at times, she had tremendous support from an outstanding roster of designers and freelancers. “I had good freelancers,” she says, “like Jim Prime (’69) in sports, Wendy Elliott (‘75), Sue Cox Roberts (‘83) and Penny Green Murdock (’91).” Cox Roberts and Prime also edited the Bulletin at different points in time.
Tremendous support
She noted the substantial contributions of Steve MacDonald (‘98) and Mike Dembeck (’98), who in some ways were like her dynamic duo. “I used to call them my Woodward and Bernstein,” Linda says, smiling. MacDonald would generate the copy and Dembeck would shoot the photos. “You could have a five-minute conversation with those guys,” she added, “and they would just get it. “And let’s not forget Glen Hancock (’41). I always depended on him for beautifully written things, and I felt it was a privilege to direct these people and get their stuff in. Another big thing I appreciated was that they provided a budget for Steve Slipp (’76) to do the design. He was a major part of the Bulletin for sure, and I never felt that I was in it on my own. There was great esprit de corps in the Alumni office; people did things for each other and they were happy.” Continued on next page
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Bulletin Reminiscence: By Laura Churchill Duke (’98)
Pat Townsend “When the Bulletin began 100 years ago,” says University Archivist Pat Townsend, “alumni magazines were quite common. It was just a given that an institution had one!” Up until the Bulletin came out in 1912, however, the only way for alumni to stay connected was through class reunions. “The Bulletin was therefore seen as a consistent way to reach alumni whose numbers were ever-increasing,” Townsend says. The reason why the Bulletin continues to thrive is because it still fulfills its original purpose: to present news about Acadia in a concentrated form. “The Bulletin provides a link to alumni that can’t be done any other way,” she says. Although the format and delivery methods may have changed over time, the intent is still the same. “The Alumni Bulletin is a gold mine of historical information about Acadia,” adds Townsend. “I probably refer to it at least once a week. The Bulletin contains information on buildings, professors, campus events, and alumni themselves. It is an important resource.” Many of the Bulletins are now part of a digital archive at Acadia. The collection can be found at http://library.acadiau.ca/ContentDM/ under Acadia Communities.
Clara Jefferson (’48) “I can’t wait to receive the Bulletin in the mail! When it arrives, it takes precedence over everything else!” exclaims Clara (Nowlan) Jefferson (’48). Jefferson has long been familiar with the Bulletin. The daughter of two alumni, George Nowlan (’20) and Miriam (Chisholm) Nowlan (’20), the Bulletin was always in her
Wolfville home. “Back in my parents’ time, the Bulletin was physically smaller and printed in black and white with a coloured crest on the front.” “After I graduated,” she says, “the Bulletin was still the same small size, but the content shifted from having been prepared by alumni to an editorial staff. They started using a glossier paper, too.” But the publication was much as it is today; a forum to tell alumni about Acadia. She says she reads the Bulletin from cover to cover, but not in the traditional sense. “I start at the back, looking at the list of those who have died, followed by the Class Notes. I literally read it from the back cover to the front cover!” Jefferson loves reading about Acadia and wonders if recent Alumni follow the Bulletin to the same extent as those from her generation, noting, “I hope they do. If not, they are missing a valuable link with Acadia.”
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She says that was characteristic until the late 1990s through the early stages of the new millennium, when Pound and Acadia parted company and then a rift developed between the Alumni Association and the University. A great deal of acrimony resulted that perhaps has not yet been completely resolved. It was a difficult and challenging time that tinged the fondness of Linda’s recollections, but she says, “this does bring back some good memories for me.” She met her husband Andy (’63), who was an editor at The Athanaeum at one time and went on to be a professor in Acadia’s School of Business, while working at The Ath and her experiences at The Chronicle-Herald were a factor in her being hiring to oversee the Bulletin. “I got a husband and a job out of that, so it wasn’t too bad,” Linda says. Reflecting on the publication’s centenary, she
believes the stories are what makes the Bulletin come alive. “They’re everything,” she notes. “We did it for very little money; it was never well-paid, and when I think of what I paid the freelancers and the great job they did….” She recalls the incredible excitement of Shirley MacLaine’s arrival to receive an honorary degree in 1985, or trying to talk then Chancellor Arthur Irving into a photo shoot on a motorcycle at the old Irving Station in Grand-Pre. Just part of the job, after all, elements of capturing and sharing a wonderful story. “I love stories. Everybody loves stories,” she concludes. “That was what made the job so great.” It also defines the remarkable legacy left by Linda and her uncle George; a template of excellence that continues to be celebrated and enjoyed by Acadia alumni around the world each time they receive the Bulletin.
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AlumnI NEWS
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1. Chancellor Libby Burnham (’60), left, chats with the new VicePresident of Advancement Dr. Rod Morrison and his wife, Lynda. 2. Chancellor Libby Burnham (’60), left, University President Ray Ivany, centre, and AAAU President Charles Coll (’84), right, 34
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5 share a moment with 2012 Distinguished Alumni Dr. Cynthia Trudell (’74) and Rev. Dr. Peter Paris (’55). 3. Pictured, left to right, are incoming Associated Alumni of Acadia University (AAAU) President Hugh Bray (’75), outgoing President Charles Coll (’84), AAAU Board member Geoff Irvine (’87) and Gala Committee member Oonagh Proudfoot (’93) leading the crowd in a rousing rendition of ‘Stand Up and Cheer’. 4. Associated Alumni of Acadia University Board member Bruce Phinney (’81) shows off a successful Silent Auction bid; a basketball signed by the AUS championship men’s basketball team. 5. Gala attendees bid early and often during the Silent Auction. It was a huge hit, with over 85 items on display.
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Fred G. Kelly Awards Night honours Acadia student-athletes Duinker and Clark highlight evening’s winners By Eric Cederberg (’94)
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cadia’s Department of Athletics celebrated one of its most successful years with three AUS championship titles at the Fred. G. Kelly Awards Night in March. Prior to this past season, Acadia had not won three titles in one season since 1977-78 when football, men’s basketball and women’s swimming posted championship seasons. This season was highlighted by the women’s basketball team capturing their first AUS championship since a Maritime title in 1951. The Axemen basketball team shocked university basketball fans with a championship game win over the CIS ranked #6 and first-seeded St. F.X. X-men. The football Axemen began the three title sweep in the fall with a convincing championship game win over the Saint Mary’s Huskies after posting a 7-1 regular season record. The Fred G. Kelly Awards evening was highlighted by the announcement of Male and Female Athletes of the Year. Basketball’s Emma Duinker (Cambridge, N.S.) was honoured for the second year in a row as the Jean Marsh Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year. Chosen by AUS tournament organizers as the Most Valuable Player of the AUS tournament, Duinker was the clear leader on a team that has enjoyed historic accomplishments this season. Duinker’s versatility – like her rise to become one of the best players in the AUS - is subtle, and as much a tribute to incredible dedication and work ethic. She is among the leaders in virtually every statistical category this past season and became Acadia’s all-time scoring leader with 1,328 career points over her five years with the Axewomen basketball team. Named as an AUS first team All-Star and only the second women’s basketball player to be honoured as a CIS All-Canadian, Duinker led the Axewomen in scoring with a 16.7 points per game average, good enough for fifth overall in the AUS scoring race. She also led the Axewomen in rebounding and was fifth overall in the AUS with 7.6 rebounds per game average.
Clark Acadia’s Male Athlete of the Year
The Athenaeum Outstanding Male Athlete of the Year was a more difficult choice with two outstanding individuals who captured the top honour as MVP of their respective sport, but hockey’s Andrew Clark (Brandon, Man.) was chosen over football’s Kyle Graves. Clark, who was named the AUS and CIS men’s hockey Most Valuable Player, capped his third season at Acadia with the AUHC scoring title. Thanks to 15 goals and 24 assists for 39 points in 28 games, Clark edged UPEI’s Matt Carter by a single point in the conference race. Named an All-Canadian for the first time in his career, the five-foot-10, 180-pound forward tied for the league lead with four game-winning goals, led the conference with 129 shots and was an important part of Acadia’s power play and penalty kill units, scoring four times with the man advantage and twice shorthanded. He helped the Axemen finish second in the AUS in penalty killing and third in power play efficiency. In three seasons of university hockey, the Kinesiology student has amassed an impressive 99 points in 83 league contests. Prior to joining the Axemen, Clark spent four campaigns with the Brandon Wheat Kings of the Western Hockey League, recording 40 goals and 78 points in 72 games in his final major junior season in 2008-09. Clark was nominated also for a BLG Award as CIS Athlete of the Year. Additionally, recipients of the Outstanding FirstYear Athlete of the Year awards were Basketball’s Sean Stoqua (Ottawa, Ont.) and Rugby’s Deidre Rees (St. John’s, Nfld.) The Roger Prentice Citizen Award honoured two Acadia students for their work beyond their sport. Soccer’s Cathleen Bleakney (Canning, N.S.) and Basketball’s Tom Filgiano (Markham, Ont.) were both AUS winners for Community Service in their respective sports. Bleakney was honoured this past season as the CIS women’s soccer Community Service Award recipient. ACADIA BULLETIN Spring 2012 35
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Award winners, from left to right: Deidre Rees, Sean Stoqua, Emma Duinker, Andrew Clark, Tom Filgiano and Cathleen Bleakney.
ATHLETICS
Collective vision key factor in outstanding 2011-12 season By Fred Sgambati (’83)
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t was a season unlike any other in recent memory, “a perfect storm of events, for sure,” says Acadia Athletic Director Kevin Dickie. He’s referring, of course, to the outstanding 201112 season in Acadia Athletics, which for starters saw three teams capture Atlantic University Sport (AUS) championships. Prior to this past season, Acadia had not won three titles in one season since 1977-78, when football, men’s basketball and women’s swimming won championships. This year, the women’s basketball team claimed its first title since a Maritime championship in 1951; the men’s basketball team stunned CIS #6-ranked St. F.X. to claim the AUS crown; and the football Axemen got the ball rolling last fall by topping St. Mary’s in the AUS title contest. Football coach Jeff Cummins was CIS coach-ofthe-year. Women’s basketball coach Bev Greenlaw was AUS coach-of-the-year. Acadia has 85 Academic All-Canadians, but if you consider the comparative group in the top 10 nationally it’s not even close in terms of size of school or athletic programs. Eighty-five students relative to the number of student-athletes clearly puts Acadia number one in the country out of that top 10 group. new women’s Additionally, Acadia hired a volleyball coach in April. Michelle Wood was recently an assistant coach at the University of Toronto, and the Ontario Volleyball Association has named her their Canada Games Coach for 2013. A significant number of student-athletes received AUS and CIS individual recognition this season, including hockey Axemen and CIS male athlete of the year Andrew Clark, who was also one of eight finalists for the CIS Athlete of the Year (BLG Award) that was named April 30 in Calgary; Cathleen Bleakney, cocaptain of the Axewomen soccer team and CIS Women’s Soccer Community Service Award recipient; and Emma Duinker, Acadia’s Jean Marsh Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year, who is now Acadia’s all-time scoring leader with 1,328 career points over her five years with
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the Axewomen basketball team. Dickie suggests that a couple of factors contributed to the program’s success. “There’s a quote I believe in,” he says. “If somebody is convinced they’re Superman, they can fly for a while. Right now, our student-athletes are proud and feel extremely significant and special, regardless of their sport. I’d be lying to you if I said, when I got here, that each team had a swagger to it. But now we have a collectiveness of all our teams to achieve the highest standard they can.” A strategic planning process last year began with everyone realizing a shared vision, Dickie noted; “the pursuit of excellence. That provided clear areas of focus, different goals within those areas and strategies to achieve those goals. It also included a focus on providing an outstanding experience for our student-athletes. “If you want to be a pro, you’ve got to look like a pro,” Dickie says. “I think that our student-athletes and facilities are branding what we are, what we look like and what Acadia is supposed to be. That pursuit of excellence is straightforward and more transparent right now for our 250 student-athletes. “We had all of the different parts before, but at times the parts were working independent of each other. Now it doesn’t matter whether your sport is fall or winter, indoor or outdoor. If you’re a varsity athlete, then you’re real important to our department.” Dickie cites great staff and coaches, great leadership and great support on campus as key factors in this season’s outcomes. There is a desire to be the best and he cites three pillars as the foundation upon which his program rests: • Athletic success • Academic success • Community success “Take a look at these different areas,” Dickie says. “From the athletic team perspective, we have three championships and significant athlete and coach recognition, so check that box off. In the academic box, we just celebrated 85 Academic All-Canadians. We’re top 10 volume-wise, but per capita we’re number one.
Photo: Eric Cederberg
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Acadia Athletics celebrated one of its most successful seasons in 2011-12 with three AUS championships. This year was highlighted by the women’s basketball team (pictured here with their male counterparts) capturing its first AUS championship since a Maritime title in 1951. The Axemen basketball team shocked fans with a championship game win over the CIS ranked #6 St. F.X. X-men. The football Axemen began the three title sweep in the fall with a championship game win over Saint Mary’s after posting a 7-1 regular season record.
Photo: Fred Sgambati
“Finally, as the community service piece, it’s just incredible what our student-athletes do. From causal fundraising, to working with youth, to people less fortunate or challenged, there’s a lot of selflessness and giving of time. It’s inspiring. That has been happening at Acadia for years, so check that box off too.” The whole, he says, is greater than the sum of the parts. “That’s just the type of season we had.” Has it been satisfying for him personally? “I’d be trying to fool you if I told you that it doesn’t feel great,” he says. “However, what we need to do is find a model that will not only sustain, but grow where we are right
now. People have asked me in the past, ‘What’s the value of athletics on a university campus?’ All I know, through my experience as a student-athlete, coach and athletic director, is that it’s invaluable. I know it’s invaluable if it’s done right. “There is an ability in athletics to enhance the esprit de corps of our alumni and market and profile our University,” Dickie says, “but that can only happen if there’s tremendous support.” Dickie sees that support on many levels and says, “there’s such a synergy here right now. It’s a great template to move forward with.”
The stars were out at noon on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011 when approximately 100 people, including the 2011-12 men’s hockey team, coaches and staff, alumni, family and friends came together to welcome four former ice Axemen to the Acadia Hockey Honour Roll. University President Ray Ivany and Director of Athletics Kevin Dickie brought greetings and former varsity hockey coaches Tom Coolen and Mark Hanneman joined forces with past Honour Roll Inductee Ward Carlson (’90) to applaud and introduce this year’s inductees, (pictured left to right): George Dupont (’92), Paul Sutcliffe (’93); Sean O’Reilly (’97) and Colin Gregor (’98). ACADIA BULLETIN Spring 2012
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BARBARA (WALKER) GIRLING (‘67) and BRIAN GIRLING (‘69) have recently retired from Kitchener, Ontario and have moved to Miramichi, NB. They look forward to hearing from Acadia friends and can be reached by e-mail at BarbG@WriteMe.com or BrianG@WriteMe.com.
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RON BAXTER (‘70) and SHARON (‘69) have become the grandparents of three granddaughters (Nova - 2005 and Quinn Baxter - 2007, Adrienne Peace - 2011) and one grandson (Samuel Baxter - 2010). In 2011 Ron completed a decade of service as Regional Minister with the Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches in Region 2 (the Annapolis Valley), and effective Dec. 31, 2011 completed his work with CABC. Ron and Sharon are enjoying a new phase in life as quarter-century residents in the Town of Wolfville, Nova Scotia.
STEVE POUND (’72), vice-chair of the Maine State Board of Education and associate director for workforce development at Cianbro, has been chosen to serve with a national panel of experts on a group that will examine how students learn and demonstrate their knowledge. Pound is part of the Deeper Learning Focus Group, a diverse national panel of experts, for a series of meetings targeting what students learn, how they learn it and how they demonstrate their knowledge.
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STUART MACLEAN (’83, BBA) was appointed effective Jan. 11, 2012 as Chief Executive Officer of the Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) of Nova Scotia. MacLean has been with the WCB since 1986. His career spans a number of leadership roles across the organization, including assessments, prevention and claims management, culminating in his most recent position as Vice President of Service Delivery. He has served the organization as CEO in an acting capacity since August 2011.
STANLEY SIU (‘86) of Toronto has been on the Board of Directors of the SPE of Ontario for the last four years. SPE is a home to nearly 20,000 professionals in more than 70 countries. He is also a Development Manager for PolyOne Corporation, the largest Polymers Services Company in the world. He has lived in Toronto since 1992. DEFENCE MINISTER PETER MACKAY (‘87) married Nazanin AfshinJam on Jan. 4, 2012. The couple reportedly wed at a private ceremony in Mexico. “I am overjoyed to announce Nazanin Afshin-Jam and I married at a private ceremony surrounded by family and loved ones,” MacKay wrote in a posting on his constituency website following the ceremony.
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SHARON GRIFFIN (’93) has recently left private practice in intellectual property law and has joined Accenture, a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, where she has enthusiastically taken on the role of legal counsel and is a manager in the Enterprise workforce . Sharon and her husband, Bernard Letarte, live and work in Ottawa, Ontario, and generally visit the Annapolis Valley every summer to see her family and old friends.
SCOTT SULLIVAN (‘96) and wife Tammy Riddell (Mount Allison) welcomed their first child, Josie Marian Sullivan, on Jan. 6, 2011. Scott and Tammy are both teachers working in the Halifax Regional School Board.
Natalie Davis and SCOTT LANDRY (’96) are happy to welcome a new addition to their family. Taleah Marie Landry was born on Jan. 15, 2012. Scott is currently a Kinesiology professor at Acadia, a former varsity soccer player and current women’s varsity team assistant coach.
Since graduating from Acadia with a vocal performance degree, NICOLE JORDAN (’98), PhD, has followed a career which has immersed her in all aspects of singing. She moved to Toronto in 1998 where she sang soprano with the award-winning Nathaniel Dett Chorale, was a soloist with the Orpheus Choir of Toronto, and was a founding member of the Canadian Chamber Choir. In 2002 she left Canada for the UK, where she completed a Master’s in Music Psychology (Keele University, 2003) and PhD in Music Performance Studies (Sheffield University, 2009). Since 2007, Nicole has been based in The Netherlands. This summer (2012) Nicole will be singing Belinda in Purcell’s ‘Dido and Aeneas’ at the Copenhagen Opera Festival. She will be back in Nova Scotia this fall to perform in ‘In Vocation’, a compelling program of early songs and dances transcribed by Acadia’s own Professor Gordon Callon.
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ELIZABETH BARLOW (’89) is very passionate about the continuing growth of the aquaculture industry in the Coast of Bays. Originally from Cape Breton, she is the provincial Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture’s (DFA) Regional Aquaculture Manager in the Coast of Bays, Newfoundland and Labrador, and directs the department’s activities in the area. Her venture in the Newfoundland aquaculture industry began in 1989 when she graduated from Acadia with a Bachelor of Science and Biology degree. Barlow has been with the DFA since 1999. (Reprinted with permission from The Coaster)
LORI BARKER (’98) and DENNY BARKHOUSE (’94) were pleased to return home to Prince Edward Island this past year. Lori assumed the role of Executive Director of the Canadian Cancer Society, PEI Division in September and Denny opened a new business in Charlottetown - OT Haircutters – in 2010. You can reach Lori at loribarker@eastlink.ca and Denny at gm@othaircutters.com. Lori and Denny are also pleased to announce the arrival of their second child, Becca Rose, on March 5th, 2012.
VERNON WHITE (’98) has been appointed to the Senate by Prime Minister Stephen Harper. White, 52, was one of seven people appointed on Jan. 6, 2012 by the PM to the Red Chamber. His appointment fills an Ontario Senate vacancy, effective Feb. 20, 2012. Originally from New Waterford, Nova Scotia, and former Chief of the Ottawa Police Service, White has a diploma in Business Administration from the College of Cape Breton, a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Acadia, and a Masters from Royal Roads University in B.C.
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ROBERT A. ARMSTRONG (99’) and ALISON O’MARRA-ARMSTRONG (99’) are thrilled to announce the arrival of Ella Jane and Sadie Penelope on Sept. 30, 2011 in Nanaimo, British Columbia. Big brother Jake and big sister Georgia are excited to have new siblings (and promise to share their toys!). The Armstrong clan (which has now grown exponentially) lives in beautiful Youbou on Lake Cowican, Vancouver Island, where Rob is a coastal pilot for Salt Spring Air and Alison teaches senior Humanities at Queen Margaret’s School.
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STEVE MANTROP (2000) and Sarah Geddes were married June 18, 2011 at Rouge Restaurant in Calgary, accompanied by their son, Hayes Mantrop, and Acadia friends Andrew Wilson, John Sedgwick, Blair Macpherson, Rob Biggar, Chris Gooderham, Tim Campbell, Andrew Bews and Iain Ferguson.
KELLY PLESMAN (WILSON, ’04) married Eric Plesman on July 16, 2011 in Toronto, ON, at Canoe Restaurant. Kelly sends a photo taken that day of her, her sister and eight of her closest girlfriends, whom she met while attending Acadia. The group graduated with the Class of 2004 except for Andi Carey, who graduated in 2003, and all have remained very close since. Pictured, left to right, 40
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HAI ZHANG (‘05, ‘08 - BCS, MCS) and his wife Wen would like to share the latest addition to their family, their first child, Claudia. Claudia was born on July 10, 2011 in Ottawa. Hai is working currently as a software developer in the nation’s capital. In his spare time he changes diapers and sleeps whenever he gets a chance! Claudia was three months old when the photo was taken.
Shannon (nee Black) D’Eon (‘07) and Joseph D’Eon welcomed their daughter Scotia Rose D’Eon on Dec. 12, 2011. Rebecca D’Eon (‘13) loved meeting her new niece over the Christmas holidays.
DARREN HARVIEUX (‘07) and JADA (PATEY) HARVIEUX (’07), married Aug. 1, 2009, are happy to announce the arrival of their first child on Jan. 9, 2012: a baby boy, Landon Jamie Harvieux. In attendance at the wedding were: Alicia McNeil (‘05), Justin Oliver (‘06), Bobby Morgan (‘07), Kristen Penney (‘07), and Suzanne Kalin (‘07).
ROSS GARTLEY (’02) and Maude Jasmin, who is a lawyer (Quebec Bar) and SuperMom, welcomed their daughter Juliette Gartley on Jan. 18, 2011. She was 13.5 months old at the time of the photo. Ross is a Disaster Risk Management Specialist with the World
LINDSEY REEDER (’06) recently achieved national recognition for her blog about books, aptly named, Reeder Reads. This past January she won first place for the “Best Weblog About Arts and Culture” category and second place for “Best Weblog About Pop Culture and Entertainment” from the 2012 Canadian Weblog Awards. Lindsey lives in Toronto and works for Random House of Canada. Check out her blog! (http://reederreads.com/)
JEREMY MOULE (BA, ’05) and JULIA (ARMSTRONG) MOULE (BA, ’04, MED ’10) are pleased to announce the birth of their first child, Phineas Jeremy, born on Dec. 16, 2011.
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Jeremy and Julia met at Acadia nine years earlier and they exchanged vows on July 24, 2010 on the South Shore of Nova Scotia, nearby where they currently reside.
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Mark your calendar! Upcoming Acadia Alumni Events Atlantic University Pub Night June 7, 2012 LOCATION: Hooley’s, Ottawa, ON
SHAN AN (‘10 DMin), was appointed by the government of South Korea as the distinguished speaker for an important international event in Seoul, South Korea in February. Hundreds of scientists (mainly in forestry and pulp and paper) from all over the world attended and he was the opening speaker (in English) for the symposium (in remembrance of Dr. Sin-Kyoo Hyun, who was the father of forestry in Korea; he supported my education for many years). Shan An left South Korea in 1967, was a scientist, studied at Acadia and is now the pastor at Dixie Baptist Church in the Toronto area.
1st Annual East Coast Lobster Dinner June 8, 2012 LOCATION: Gossip Restaurant, Toronto, ON
Acadia Celebrity Hockey Dinner June 14, 2012 LOCATION: Acadia Arena
Celebrating 50 years of Wildlife Biology at Acadia July 20–21, 2012 K.C. Irving Environmental Science Centre Contact peggy.crawford@acadiau.ca for details, or join us on Facebook at “Celebrating 50 years of Wildlife Biology at Acadia University”
31st Annual Alumni Golf Tournament July 27, 2012 LOCATION: Ken-Wo, New Minas, NS
Kristin Pipe Memorial Golf Tournament October 12, 2012 LOCATION: Ken-Wo, New Minas, NS
S.M.I.L.E. 30th Anniversary Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012, 5-11 p.m. LOCATION: Fountain Commons For information, contact Kevin Duffie, Program Coordinator, at 902-585-1477; e-mail: smile@acadiau.ca; on Twitter: smileacadia; or visit their website: http://smile.acadiau.ca
Homecoming October 12-14, 2012 LOCATION: Acadia University More information on these events can be found on our website http://alumni.acadiau.ca/
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VALERIE (STEVENS) BELL (’75), lost her husband David Bell in 2009 and decided shortly afterwards to return to university after 30 years of working around the world in international business. She completed a Masters of International Business and Emerging Markets (MSc IBEM) at the University of Edinburgh Business School with Distinction in November, 2011 (picture). Her dissertation research into the Internationalisation of Canadian Natural Health Products SMEs was presented recently in Australia at the Acere Diana International Entrepreneurship Conference and was published this spring in a number of other leading international academic journals. Valerie is currently teaching Global Strategy, Foundations of International Business and International Marketing Management at Centennial College and Humber College in Toronto and has accepted enrollment in the PhD Management Program at the University of Edinburgh commencing September 2012.
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Life Officers for the Graduating Class of 2012 took time out from their busy schedules for a photo recently. They are, left to right: Life VicePresident – Matt Doidge; Life Secretary – Kaycee Morrison; Life President – Krista Friesen; and Life Treasurer – Yvette Belliveau.
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Acadia Remembers We are saddened to report the following deaths in the Acadia community:
Harrington (Silver, Elsie), Rose, (’31) MacDougall (Sutherland), Evangeline M. (’31), Pictou, NS Fisher, Wilfred I. (’33), Antigonish, NS Gilroy (Giles), Alice P. (’33), Southampton, NS Gillis (Sanford), Doris M. (’34), Baddeck, NS Morrison (Campbell), Edna (’34), Saint John, NB Rogers, Thomas Lewis (’36), Shelburne, NS deWitt, George H. (’39), Halifax, NS Dillon, Eldridge A. (’39), Bridgewater, NS Howland (Wile), Valerite V. (’39), Fresno , CA MacKeen, Charles H. (’39) Hancock, Glen N. (’41), Wolfville, NS MacLeod, Murdock (’41), Wolfville, NS Wilson (Young), Jean D. (’42), St. John’s, NL Hawkesworth, Earle K. (’44), Edmonton, AB Reid, Everett C., (’44), L’Ile-Bizard, QC Keddy, D. Bruce (’46), Bedford, NS Kinsman, Gerald F. (’46), Ottawa, ON Harris, Robert W. (’47), Bridgewater, NS Jackson, Donald E. (’47), Wolfville, NS Keirstead, G. Richard (’47), Newport, NS Livingstone, Angus J. (’47), Georgetown, ON Mahar, Keith E. (’47), New Minas, NS Robertson, Robert A. (’47), Dartmouth, NS Rudolph, S. James (’47), Bridgewater, NS Thompson (MacKay), Anna M. (’47), Eureka, NS Trask, F. Stuart (’47), Yarmouth, NS MacNevin, Noel A. (’48), Murray River, PE Findlay (MacLeod), Helen J. (’49), Whitby, ON Holmes (McBride), Marjorie S. (’49), Ottawa, ON Miller (Stronach), A. June (’49), Bridgetown, NS Wood (Weston), Mary E . (’50), USA Holman (Pye), Sigrid A. E. (’51), Halifax, NS Skinner, James Maxwell R. (’51), Wolfville, NS Mullings (Pearman), Ruth S. (’52), Bowmanville, ON McGowan, Sidney M. (’53), Ottawa, ON Kinnaird, E. Louise (’55), Plantation, FL Lewis, James L. (’56), Edmonton, AB English, J. Karl (’57), Calgary, AB
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Dickson, Frederick J., Q.C. (’58), Truro, NS Matheson, Holmes A. (’58), Brampton, ON Veinotte, Dennis Maynard (’59), New Minas, NS Carey, E. Frank (’60), Wolfville, NS Reside, David A. (’60), Lantzville, BC Bromley (Sircom), Joan E. (’62), Wolfville, NS White, Lloyd A. (’62), Nanaimo, BC Trenholm (Hamilton), Margaret J. (’64), Godmanchester, QC Shannon, Charles S. (’64), Bridgewater, NS Shields, Philip G. (’65), Mississauga, ON Patterson (Cantelope), Linda Lee (’65), Lunenburg, NS Race (Perry), Rilla A. (’67), Shelburne, NS Pound, Robert D. (’67), Nanaimo, BC Foster, Gary R. (’68), Shelburne, NS Allwright, James Ernest (’71) Parsons (Wetmore), Thelma M. (’71) Appleby, Lester George (’72), Bedford, NS Theriault, Philip Murray (’74), Halifax, NS Cooper, Robert Cameron (’78), Sydney River, NS Curley, Arthur Brendan (’79), Charlottetown, PE Webb, Marion Lorraine (’82) Forand, Richard (’85), Falmouth, NS d’Entremont, Marilynn Margie (’94), Yarmouth, NS Robichaud, Marc Andre (’97), Meteghan Centre, NS Cayley (Munn), Jennifer (’97), Hamilton, ON Smith, Anthony Audley Edward (’01), Nassau, Bahamas Peacock, Lindsay Jean Marie (’07), Halifax, NS Langley, Thelma Irene, Wolfville, NS Dennis, Graham W., Halifax, NS Wadds (Cassleman), Jean C., Prescott, ON Jodrey, John J., Hantsport, NS Rayski-Kietlicz, Krystyna, Grand Pre, NS Steeves, Audrey, Moncton, NB Hughes, John W., Wolfville, NS DeWolfe (Ross), Jean F., Wolfville, NS Zinck, Robert Morgan MacLeod, Thomas Gordon, Fredericton, NB
Final Frame In each edition of the Bulletin, we reserve space on our final page for a fond look back at the way we were. Can you tell us who is presenting and receiving the bouquet of roses? Bonus points if you can identify the occasion, too! E-mail your answers to me at fred.sgambati@acadiau.ca. First person to identify the people in the photo will win an Acadia sweatshirt (valued at $70.00). Please include your name, address and phone number in your response. We will reveal the answer and have another image for you in the fall edition. Have fun!
In our last edition, Cindy MacDonald (’87) of Port Williams was our big winner! She identified Rob McGregor (’87) as the popular ‘Pope of Acadia’ and is shown here with Executive Director of Alumni Affairs Ian Murray (’88), who presented her prize. We had a great response to the last photo, and even The Pope himself dropped us a line. “I thought you may find it interesting,” McGregor said in an e-mail,” the driver in the photo is none other than Canada’s Minister of Defence, Peter MacKay. The car is his 1963 Corvette, which he still owns. I met Pete for the first time the night before that event and I asked him if he and his Corvette would like to take part the following evening. He showed up at the last second with the car all washed and we have been good friends ever since.”
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