Nos Disparus

By R.C. Tino Bella

Joshua Daniel Edgerton Cinnamon

Joshua Daniel Edgerton Cinnamon was born on a sunny day in 1977 in Tête Jaune Cache, British Columbia, an unincorporated rural area on the Fraser River, embedded in the Rocky Mountains near Jasper. The temperature that day was -40 degrees.

Josh was the second born in a family of six children. A family of this size implemented a team effort to finish chores at the farm. With responsibilities handled, the Cinnamon kids then took full advantage of the rugged recreational paradise of the Rocky Mountains. Swimming in the Fraser River, playing hockey on their home-ice frozen field and sledding down their infamous and dangerous local hill were some of the Cinnamon family’s activities. Apparently on the more extreme end of “kids” fun (that carried into adulthood) was pulling each other around on inner tubes, behind a snowmobile, in the dark.

After learning to skate at the age of three, Josh discovered hockey and was hooked. He left the family farm at age 15 to play junior hockey in Invermere, and then in the Rocky Mountain Junior Hockey League with the Nelson Leafs. This time in Josh’s life was pure Canadiana. He was a scrappy farm kid, spending weekends on wintry mountain bus rides going to smalltown hockey rinks. As a billeted high school student playing junior hockey, Josh made time to work as a wildland firefighter for the BC Forest Service. He excelled on all fronts. League statistics reveal a career-high 120 penalty minutes in the ’95/’96 season, as Josh quickly developed a reputation as a disciplined leader and the glue of the team.

Josh went on to play for the UBC varsity hockey team while pursuing an undergraduate degree in English and anthropology. He then attended the University of Calgary for law school. If being done with hockey left a sports

void in his life, Josh filled it by cycling absurd distances. His first big beginner ride was a solo trip from Calgary to Vancouver.

Josh articled at the Calgary office of Borden Ladner Gervais, focusing his first years of practice on being a corporate commercial solicitor. During these early years of practice in a lively oil market, Josh met the woman that he would eventually marry. After a few years of practice in Calgary, Josh and his then-girlfriend Amanda moved to Vancouver, where they would continue their legal careers and expand their whopping list of travel destinations. Josh’s practice, health, personal life and relationship with Amanda all thrived. The greatest challenge I recall from those heady post-Olympic days was that Josh had accumulated far too many bicycles for a one-bedroom apartment, and had commandeered the bathtub for storage.

Josh’s legal career in Vancouver began at Blakes. His work ethic in Blakes’ corporate and commercial transactions group was, from the viewpoint of anyone who knew him socially, low-key and understated. Josh had the stoic grit of his father, who maintains the Tête Jaune Cache family farm to this day, and in any given week he could commit demanding hours to a corporate closing, and then log a couple hundred kilometres of cycling over the weekend while finishing professional-grade home renos (having outgrown the bike storage in the one-bedroom). Josh’s billable hours, like his athleticism, demonstrated a baffling endurance that was fuelled by coffee and pastry. Still, Josh was so calm about everything in life that his exploits almost went unnoticed. Josh had genuine interest in his friends and his family, and his social grace overwhelmed his remarkable personal accomplishments. He cared so much and asked so many questions of his friends that the topic of Josh almost never came up. Living this way meant that everyone who knew Josh loved him because he made everyone feel so good about themselves.

Even though he would never rattle off a list like this, dabbling in the anecdotes of Josh is the stuff of legend: • Josh renovated an entire townhouse by hand, by himself, in all the “free time” he had as a solicitor at one of Canada’s largest law firms. • Josh and Amanda travelled extensively and remarkably. Josh’s most memorable trips include a motorcycle trip to Mexico, summiting Kilimanjaro, cycling from Geneva to Nice, hitchhiking through Morocco, watching the winter Olympics in Sochi and attending the first Obama inauguration in Washington, D.C. Regular trips to Maui sound almost boring by comparison, so Josh would liven things up by cycling either the west Maui loop or Mount Haleakala at 4 a.m., every day of vacation.

• Josh figured out how to swim, so he decided to try a triathlon.

Thinking a normal tri was barely a warmup on a bike, he signed up for Ironman Canada. As a beginner swimmer, he inefficiently flailed through the four-kilometre swim and was at the back of the field of 2,800 participants. Then, during the 180-kilometre bike leg,

Josh pedalled past more than 2,200 ultra-fit people, and capped the day by nonchalantly running a 3:40 marathon. • Josh completed faculty extension courses in beginner Arabic and

Egyptian Coptic history as a precursor to being married in, and more fully understanding, his fiancée’s home church. • Josh rode his bike by himself from Vancouver to San Francisco.

Professionally, Josh became corporate counsel at Methanex Corporation, and then moved on to the role of general counsel at Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies. Josh was equal parts corporate lawyer and business advisor at Ostara. He worked closely with the CEO, who described Josh as

a team player admired by his colleagues as a senior executive who provided strategic legal and business advice that helped propel Ostara to becoming the leading global producer of slow release phosphate fertilizers. Josh was instrumental in developing and negotiating international distribution/partnership agreements as well as contracts with governments in various global jurisdictions. He also was a key player in the negotiation and sale of Ostara to Grosvenor Food & AgTech, part of Grosvenor, UK, a large family office headed by the Duke of Westminster.

Josh and Amanda became parents to Bennett and Deacon (now ages three and six). This meant more than anything to Josh. Everything described above was a lower priority to Josh than the beautiful little moments in parenting. Josh always read an extra story at bedtime, always sang an extra song and was silly, loving and engaged in every moment with his boys.

Josh took up cross-country skiing, and a perfect winter weekend day in North Vancouver would include a morning bike ride, followed by an afternoon toting the boys around in a chariot on cross-country skis. Putting his prolific lung capacity to use, Josh had just begun cross-country skiing, and had a few loppets under his belt despite a technique that could have used some improvement.

In spring 2021, Josh felt some numbness in his hands and received a sudden and devastating diagnosis of cancer. He passed away in a matter of weeks. True to himself to the very end, in this short timeframe Josh was determined to conquer cancer as if it were yet another mountain that he would calmly summit. It seemed there was never a hint of desperation or

even sadness in him. To the end, Josh expressed love for Amanda and his boys, appreciation for the remarkable care he received at Lions Gate Hospital and an intention to get back to what he called his “normal”—exceptional—way of life.

Chris Schulz

Eugene (Gene) E.P. Macchi

Hey there now Where’d you go You left me here So unexpected You changed my life I hope you know ’Cause now I’m lost So unprotected In the blink of an eye I never got to say goodbye … Shine on Shine on On to a better place

Lyrics and Music by: C-A. Comeau, E. Kiriakou, P. Bouvier, recorded by Simple Plan

Eugene (Gene) Macchi came into the world on February 23, 1952 in Teaneck, New Jersey, the oldest of seven children. The Macchi clan was raised in Hohokus, NJ. Gene’s father had a company that manufactured cardboard shipping boxes. His mom and dad separated. Gene’s mom moved to Florida (giving Gene many opportunities to visit Disney World), and his dad moved to Florida after retirement. Gene had a great love of family and told many stories about growing up.

When Gene was 16, he and his brother Tommy were skeet shooting at Thunder Mountain State Park. Gene made a bet that, for $1 each, Gene would get two clay pigeons. Gene ended up blowing up the entire clay pigeon house.

In 1969, the family drove to Shamrock Village, Florida in a Mercury station wagon to watch the moonshot, which gave Gene a fascination of astronomy and space science. His love of space led to a string of increasingly powerful telescopes. Integrated with software on his laptop, they enabled him to quickly find and observe his celestial treasures. He talked enthusiastically about his latest purchase, a Dobsonian telescope, in the months before his passing.

His brother Tommy tells how the family visited the Catskill Mountains in New York every August. There, Gene fell in love with fishing. Gene went on a salmon fishing trip to Maine, which had no catch limit provided you practised “catch and release”. This was Gene’s biggest fishing story: he caught 42 fish in one hour and released all but the biggest one.

In his late teens, an event forever changed Gene’s life: he became eligible for the Vietnam War draft. Once a year, a lottery drew all birthdates in the year in random order. Young men were called up based on the order of the birthdates drawn until they filled their quota. While Gene’s birthdate was the second last to be drawn, and he had absolutely no chance of going to Vietnam, the whole process had left an indelible mark on Gene, as it had for so many others.

Gene left the United States to go to Western University in London, Ontario—first for business, then for law. Except for family visits and Disneyland, Gene never returned to the States. He acquired dual citizenship and the USA’s loss was Canada’s gain.

Following graduation, Gene articled in 1981/82 with McLean Hungerford & Simon in Vancouver and then practised as a solo practitioner on the North Shore until his passing. During his articles and afterwards, Gene had to appear in civil chambers, typically over foreclosure applications. Lawyers practising in the 1980s will recall civil chambers was frequently presided over by the Honourable J. Peter van der Hoop. Many current lawyers should consider themselves lucky or perhaps fortunate never to have appeared before Justice van der Hoop, who was precise and a stickler for proper procedure. The Professional Legal Training Course materials provide an example of his keen attention to matters of procedure:

Judge van der Hoop, at a CLE seminar held in February 1982, stated: “The first question you want to ask yourselves is, ‘Is the application necessary?’ There have been a number of comments from the judges about the frequency of applications which do not appear to the judges to be

really necessary. Sometimes these are contested. They are an unnecessary consumption of time. A number of these problems can be cleared up by cooperation between counsel. It is not a happy occasion to realize that an application is being brought and contested simply because there is illfeeling between counsel. That should never be the basis for an application. Counsel should strive to cooperate with one another. I always felt, when I was practising, that the practice of law was tough enough without counsel making it more difficult than necessary.” … Judge van der Hoop added that counsel should ask themselves, “Do I have a proper basis for the order I am seeking?”

Pity the poor articled student or lawyer who had the misfortune to appear before Justice van der Hoop and whose material, or whose argument, did not support a proper basis for the order they were seeking. It would have been, in the words of Justice van der Hoop, “not a happy occasion”.

Gene never had a problem with Justice van der Hoop; he preferred to appear before him. Such is a testament to his preparation, his demeanour before the court and his treatment of fellow counsel.

Gene’s principal client was the North Shore Credit Union (“NSCU”) (now BlueShore Financial). Ejaz Shamshuddin, NSCU’s CFO for many years and Gene’s frequent golf buddy, says that Gene’s passing represented a great loss of a very good friend who will be missed greatly by all those who knew him. Ejaz recalls that Gene was well known for his professional advice, and that Gene did not hesitate to refer a client to a specialist if he felt the client would benefit. Gene was generous, always making time to listen to client issues. Gene was held in high regard as an ethical and very capable professional lawyer, who was able to deal with a wide spectrum of legal issues, whether personal or corporate.

Anyone who even had just a passing acquaintance with Gene would recognize his wicked sense of humour. He did not miss an opportunity to poke a bit of fun at his friends, or himself most of all. While Gene was always a sole practitioner, he proposed I share an office with him and Dr. Toby Snelgrove on Lonsdale in North Vancouver. This brought together two lawyers and a psychologist into an entity we affectionately referred to as “Shyster, Shyster & Shrink”.

Gene was a dedicated and lifelong bachelor, or so it seemed. Gene and his good friend and golf buddy Keith Kawamoto bought houses together, lived in them, fixed them up and then sold them. Both seemed content to be carefree bachelors.

On one golf date, Gene, Keith’s father and I were all waiting for Keith to make up the foursome. We remarked that Keith would never miss a golf date. Gene replied that Keith must have been out with Sue. Shocked, all of

us replied in one voice: “Who is Sue?” Keith caught up on the second hole. That was the beginning of the end. Keith and Sue were soon happily married (in a drive-thru wedding chapel in Las Vegas, but that is another story … ). Keith and Gene sold their last house, and Gene moved into a condo to live the solitary bachelor lifestyle.

We often joked about what Gene’s “want ad” for a suitable lady would say: “Wanted: good woman who can cook, clean fish, has boat and motor. P.S. Send picture of boat and motor.”

Lo and behold, Gene met Marie, who seemed to be even more of an outdoorsy person than Gene himself. Gene was well and truly hooked, and Marie reeled him in. Together they went on many fishing trips with family and friends. Marie put a much-needed female touch on Gene’s fishing cabin out on Lac des Roches in the Cariboo.

Gene and Marie never had kids, which was unfortunate as Gene had a heart as big as a whale and would have made a great dad. While Gene never had pets growing up, Gene and Marie started raising puppies intended to be service dogs. Their first puppy was Clark. Gene and Clark formed a tight bond. Gene was ecstatic when Clark failed the final service exam. Marie joked that Gene loved Clark more than her. Then Gene and Marie acquired Finn, another Labrador, as company for Clark. This time, Finn and Marie could not be peeled apart. Gene and Marie recognized that perhaps giving up service puppies was not in the cards, but they continued to support service puppies. Marie continues to support service puppies in Gene’s memory.

Marie remembers Gene telling stories about when he was a teenager. He and his friend Ronny would skip school to go fishing in West Virginia. Some kids skip school to smoke or drink, but only fishing would tempt a straight arrow like Gene. Gene loved Disneyland. He and Marie visited as much as they could. Gene said that Disneyland was so much fun that they should rent kids at the entrance so people could share the joy of the experience.

Gene’s consideration for others rose over everything. He gave his time and resources in support of causes: people, puppies and others. He supported a spawning channel up in Lac des Roches to promote trout populations. He helped numerous friends with legal problems, no charge. He raised service dogs, or at least tried. He was a lifelong catch and release fisherman who squeezed down the barbs on his flies to minimize any injury and used special nets that were designed to minimize any impact on the fish.

He was a golfer, a fly-fisherman, a husband, a lawyer, a lifelong friend and much more. His values and ethics were above reproach. He supported in time, attention and finances those close to him and others whom he

never knew. He supported his and Marie’s family and had many wonderful fishing trips with his father-in-law. He made friends easily, and those friends stuck with him.

Gene may be gone, but his influence continues. He changed countless lives, all for the better. In the movie It’s a Wonderful Life, Clarence, George Bailey’s guardian angel, says: “Strange, isn’t it? Each man’s life touches so many other lives. When he isn’t around, he leaves an awful hole, doesn’t he?” You left us, Gene, so unexpectedly. I didn’t get to say goodbye. But I know you are in a better place, with your fly line in the water, saying: “I’ve got another one!”

David J. Bilinsky

Walter Richard Dacre Underhill

Richard (Dick) Underhill was a member of the Law Society of British Columbia from 1958. He reached the end of his long, productive and eventful life on July 9, 2022, passing away peacefully during his afternoon nap in Perpignan, France at the age of 90.

Richard and I were longtime friends starting in high school (Prince of Wales) and continuing for the rest of his days. I have spoken with many of the people with whom he was associated and they all voiced views that he was a man of immense intellect, physically very strong, a good athlete, a true gentleman, an extremely good lawyer, a tireless contributor to the community, open to new challenges, a good father and grandfather—I could go on, but enough said to get across the point that he was quite an amazing person.

Richard was born in Vancouver on June 8, 1932. His parents were Richard Walter Underhill and Caroline Mary Underhill. Much of the Second World War years were spent in Ottawa and Toronto as a result of his father’s naval assignments. After the war, his family returned to Vancouver. At Prince of Wales High School, Richard was awarded the Boys’ Merit Trophy as the top male student in terms of scholastics, sports and leadership.

He took his law degree at the University of British Columbia and was a first-class student. In 1954, he was elected as president of the Alma Mater Society (the student body) of UBC.

He also married fellow student Beverly Cook.

In 1955, he graduated with his law degree. He was also awarded the Mackenzie King Scholarship. This took him and Beverly to London, where he attended the London School of Economics. In addition, he and Beverly toured throughout post-war Europe in their green VW Beetle.

They returned to Vancouver in 1957. He was called to the bar in 1958, and commenced the practice of law with the Ladner Downs firm. During this period, Richard and Beverly were blessed with the arrival of their three children, Graham, Geoffrey and Frances.

In 1964, the Government of Canada appointed Richard to provide development assistance to the newly formed Republic of Tanzania. The work was in a setting of political instability, danger and excitement. It included the conversion of the country’s legal system from that of a colony to that of an independent state, the drafting of Tanzania’s constitution, the establishment of the law faculty at the University of Dar es Salaam and the training of the bench. Richard and Beverly and their three children lived in Dar es Salaam during this time.

On their return to Vancouver, Richard joined the firm Cumming Richards and settled down to the practice of law. Among others, he worked closely with the late George Cumming, Q.C. (later J.A.). With the passage of time, the addition of new lawyers and the amalgamation of three law firms, the name of the firm became Richards Buell Sutton. His practice was mainly business law. By all reports from lawyers and staff with whom he practised, he was a brilliant solicitor and highly respected by and helpful to those around him. The law for Richard was never just a means to earn a living— it was truly his passion.

One aspect of Richard’s practice was to instruct and help prepare counsel on litigation matters, much like the system in England. In this regard, Richard’s former partner, Bruce Fraser, K.C., gave me a good example. Richard had as clients the Egg Marketing Board and the Chicken Marketing Board. He did the general solicitor’s work for them. Some of the work involved significant litigation. Richard would instruct Bruce as counsel and prepare him in detail for hearings. This system suited Bruce because early on in his career he had been a pupil to a barrister named Peter Dow, Q.C., of the Middle Temple at Two Garden Court in London, and watched firsthand this approach to the English practice. As an aside, Bruce is now retired from the practice of law and has become a noted author (see his Chilcotin trilogy).

Richard was a founder and prime mover of the Pacific Rim Advisory Council (the “PRAC”). The PRAC is an international law firm association that provides the clients of the PRAC with the exchange of knowledge and expertise in respect of the business and legal issues in the Asia and Pacific Rim areas. The PRAC remains to this day a significant organization contributing to international business and legal relations.

Richard was a member of the Twenty Club, a group of lawyers that meet regularly to present and discuss papers on issues of significance to the law. He authored and presented many papers to the Twenty Club.

Richard was actively involved in the community life of Vancouver. He was president of the Shaughnessy Heights Property Owners Association, president of the Centennial Vancouver Monuments and Planetarium Association, a prime mover of the Look of Music exhibition and a member of the board of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. He also taught law at the UBC law school and gave tutorials to young lawyers.

In 1988, Richard left Richards Buell Sutton and set up practice on his own in Vancouver and then on Bowen Island. For many years, he continued to act for longstanding clients. He also continued his association with the PRAC. He retired from practice in 2015.

Bowen Island had been Richard’s childhood summer home. It was there where he taught his children everything from fishing to swimming to boating and water-skiing. He was active in the community life of Bowen Island. He was part of the campaign to cause Bowen Island to become an independent municipality and was an elected member of the Bowen Island municipal council.

Richard’s marriage to Beverly ended in divorce in 1980. She died in 2000.

In 1984, Richard married Lana Hills. They had met while they were both taking a French language course in Villefranche-sur-Mer. Together, they built the house of their dreams on Finisterre at Hood Point on Bowen Island. They also had a second home: a house near Perpignan in the south of France.

During their last visit to Perpignan, Richard’s health deteriorated. He needed special help and he received it at home and then at the Korian care home in Perpignan. It was there that he died peacefully on July 9, 2022.

Richard is survived by his wife Lana, his sister Mary Nichols, his three children Graham, Geoffrey and Frances (Frost), son-in-law Max, stepdaughter Alexandra Norris (James), grandchildren Antonia, Patrick, Simon, Devin, Tristan, Jamie and Katrina and step-grandchildren Harry and Chloe.

Richard was truly an amazing person.

The Honourable Duncan Shaw

Peter Andrew Allard, Q.C.

Peter Andrew Allard, Q.C., passed away unexpectedly in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico on June 11, 2022 as a result of injuries suffered by him in a fall. He was 75 years old.

Peter was one of a kind. Warm-hearted and generous, with a great, quick-witted sense of humour and a rather distinctive giggle and accompanying face rub, he was an independent thinker with a grand vision for making the world a better place; an endearing, sometimes quirky, approach; and a very clear sense of what is just. He was a lawyer, benefactor (he hated the word “philanthropist”, though he was one), passionate advocate, news buff and world traveller, and a much-loved brother, uncle, great uncle and friend.

Peter and his twin brother, Charles (Chuck), were born in Boston, Massachusetts on October 29, 1946. Their father, Dr. Charles Allard, a medical doctor and later a celebrated entrepreneur, broadcaster and philanthropist, was completing his post-graduate degree in surgery there. Their mother, Bettie Allard, was a force, too—smart, strong and hardworking, and ahead of her time in her concern for the environment. Both Dr. Allard and Bettie Allard were from Edmonton.

The family, which also included an older brother Cam and sister Judy, returned to Canada in 1947, first to Montreal and then to Edmonton, where Dr. Allard became Chief of Surgery at Edmonton General Hospital.

Peter’s parents separated in 1950, and his mother and the four children moved to Vancouver. They stayed with relatives there until they found a house of their own on Highbury Street at 12th Avenue, in Point Grey. Peter and Chuck attended Mrs. Timberlee’s kindergarten, then Queen Elizabeth Elementary School, followed by Lord Byng Secondary School, graduating in 1964. Peter was active in drama class in school, and both he and Chuck were active in Boy Scouts.

After high school, Peter attended the University of British Columbia, just a short bus ride (and sometimes hitchhike) up the road from his home. After receiving his bachelor of arts degree with a major in history in 1968, Peter attended UBC Law, graduating with his bachelor of laws degree in 1971. His brother Chuck graduated from UBC Law the following year. Peter spoke fondly of his days at UBC Law, and of his respect for many of his professors, including George Curtis, Bertie McClean, Jim MacIntyre and Tony

Sheppard. Peter maintained friendships with several of his classmates throughout the rest of his life. He said that in his law school days, the “hip” students brought their dogs to the library to sit under their desks while they studied, while the “cool” students played bridge in the common room all day long. He recalled that law school was full of characters, which suited Peter fine. Peter’s law school experience transformed him, as he came to recognize the impact of law on every aspect of society.

Peter’s father had wanted both Peter and Chuck to move to Edmonton to work for law firms there once they completed law school. However, while Chuck moved to Edmonton, Peter stayed in Vancouver. He articled and then practised with Barbeau, McKercher, Collingwood and Hanna, with Jacques Barbeau as his mentor. Later on, Peter built a home next to the Barbeau family home in Point Roberts, Washington.

In 1976, Peter formed Allard & Company, specializing in real estate law, with two other partners. It was a busy practice, and he recognized and very much valued the important contribution of the support staff and, in particular, that of Dennie Flynn, who remained his faithful and extremely diligent assistant and friend for the rest of his life.

Even in those days, busy as he was, Peter never missed an opportunity to help where he could. One day, a group of ducks was stranded on the terrace of his office on Hornby Street. Work demands were calling. However, without missing a beat, Peter scooped up the ducks in his suit jacket, put them in his car, and drove them to a sanctuary. He would get to the conveyancing work later.

In 1993, two years after the death of his father, Peter established The Highbury Foundation—which, over the past 30 years, has provided many millions of dollars in support to countless charities, largely in British Columbia and Alberta. Some of the beneficiaries include the British Columbia Institute of Technology, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Brentwood College School, Vancouver Aquarium, several YMCAs, St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation, BC Women’s Health Foundation, BC Cancer Foundation, University of Alberta Diabetic Chair and research support for the fights against cancer, diabetes, Hepatitis B and C, and HIV/AIDS. The Highbury name was very significant to Peter, not only because it was the street on which he grew up and his mother lived for the rest of her life, but also because it symbolized for him the struggles his mother faced raising him and his siblings on her own.

Peter became a non-practising lawyer in late 1993 and sold his interest in Allard & Company to his remaining partners. From that point on, he focused on managing his investments and his philanthropic pursuits, both

through The Highbury Foundation and personally. Internationally, he worked to protect wildlife habitats and biodiversity, while promoting stronger environmental standards and education. He also worked to protect human rights.

In business, it wasn’t making money that drove him. What he loved was the process of working out the challenges. The ultimate financial success was anticlimactic to Peter, and he usually looked for a way to donate his profits to those he thought could use them.

Deeply influenced by the example of his mother, whose indomitable spirit, commitment and social conscience he so admired, Peter sought to make the world a better place, both in his own community and internationally, in big ways and small. He was often a champion of the underdog and the vulnerable, with a particular focus on youth. If someone needed something, Peter was there, whether with a kind note, a helping hand or otherwise. He was always thoughtful and inclusive, and his generosity reached far and wide. There were big gifts that made headlines, but also hundreds of small gifts each year to charities he thought were doing great work but were not well funded. He did not want them to be forgotten. His brand of philanthropy was active. He thought carefully about which causes he wanted to support, and he engaged directly with many of the organizations that received his support.

When UBC was looking to build a new law school building, and Bob Lee approached Peter for a significant gift (Peter jokingly referred to their meeting as the most expensive free lunch he ever had), Peter agreed to contribute $10 million. However, while he recognized the need for bricks-and-mortar funding, he had a broader vision for the project, and he asked that $175,000 of his gift support a new Faculty of Law history project to develop, maintain and publish a database of information about the faculty. And he coupled his gift with $1.75 million in additional funding for the establishment of a new international anti-corruption and human rights prize at the Faculty of Law—what became the Allard Prize for International Integrity. Peter was an avid art collector, and he also donated a sculpture for display in the upper-floor courtyard of the new building, which was named Allard Hall.

In some ways, to Peter, one of the most important parts of the gift was the support for the creation of the Allard Prize. He was not sure exactly how the Allard Prize would evolve, but core to his goals was highlighting the efforts of the countless courageous individuals and organizations worldwide who fight for transparency, accountability, the rule of law, and basic human rights, often at great personal cost and sacrifice, and risk to their personal

safety and that of their families. He wanted to tell their stories, with the goal of inspiring change—not just in our systems, but in each of us personally in our own lives. And he always emphasized that corruption is not a Third World problem, but rather a human problem. He wanted to challenge people to spend less time on pure commentary, and more time on progressive action. The biennial $100,000 Allard Prize was launched in 2012 and became independent of the Allard School of Law in 2019. In its recently completed 2022 cycle, it received 279 nominations from 78 countries.

During its initial development and first three award cycles in 2013, 2015 and 2017, the Allard Prize was administered by a prize committee composed of three individuals appointed by a new foundation established by Peter, The Allard Prize Foundation, and three individuals appointed by the Faculty of Law. The goal, in part, was to significantly elevate the international profile of the Faculty of Law. The process was very positive and highly collaborative, and Peter admired and was inspired by the leadership and commitment of Dean Mary Anne Bobinski (with the wonderful support of Kari Streelasky, Assistant Dean, External Relations), for whom he maintained admiration and respect to the end. This was so much so that when Dean Bobinski approached Peter about a possible naming gift in relation to the Faculty of Law, he was interested. Peter’s vision was for the Faculty of Law to establish and maintain “pillars of excellence” in human rights and international integrity and ethics, and take a leadership role with global reach and impact in issues relevant to the Allard Prize. The Faculty of Law’s dedication of its belief and energies in the vision through the Allard Prize drew him to this further level of commitment.

In January 2015, UBC announced a gift from Peter valued at $30 million, the largest gift ever made to a Canadian law school, and a transformational moment in the law school’s history. The gift established permanent endowments for faculty recruitment and retention, student support, and experiential learning and clinical opportunities for students, and included further funding for the Allard Prize. For Peter, it was critical that a significant part of the funds support students. In recognition of the gift, UBC named the Faculty of Law the Peter A. Allard School of Law. Initially, Peter had wanted the family name as the name of the law school, and not his own, but he was ultimately persuaded to allow his own name to be used. The Allard School of Law website states that “Mr. Allard’s efforts reflect a defining characteristic of UBC law graduates: a commitment to the pursuit of justice. Like others before him and generations to follow, Mr. Allard has sought to inspire and provoke, to persuade and persevere, and to pursue justice at the local and international levels. UBC is proud to recognize Mr. Allard’s inspiring

example to future generations through the law school and building that bear his name.” At the announcement ceremony, Peter said:

The monies that are being committed today are to establish one of the world’s truly great law schools, in significant part by giving this law school the ability to steadfastly and rigorously advance the principles of the Allard Prize, encourage their adoption and multiply the beneficial effects in our day-to-day life, and work with those in the legal community and beyond, locally, nationally and internationally, to make a better world. I believe these principles, which respect the concept that all human beings are of value and worthy of our energies, are critical to the success of our societies. We have the power and ability to follow the path of honesty and integrity and restore (or, in many cases, introduce) these principles to our institutions. My desire is that, now and hereafter, the Peter A. Allard School of Law use my gifts to secure its leadership role in this campaign to move the principles of the Allard Prize forward to a concept of “we” versus “I”, and be a beacon of hope, and a catalyst for positive change, around the world.

Peter was an advocate of free speech, equality and justice. He often fought uphill battles on points of principle, even when he knew that success was unlikely. He was a realist. He had unfortunate disputes with UBC in recent years, but he fought for what he believed was right. He was disappointed with the direction of the Allard School of Law following Dean Bobinski’s departure, and also UBC’s withdrawal from involvement with the Allard Prize, but he remained hopeful that, in time, the school would achieve the vision on which his gifts were founded.

Peter was modest, unassuming and self-effacing, with a complete lack of pretention. He was in some ways shy, and in social situations preferred to be in the background, if present at all. He spent the vast majority of his time wearing baggy jeans and a hoodie (preferably Allard School of Law) and, if given the choice of restaurant, would invariably select White Spot or Earls.

An avid e-mailer, he made unparalleled use of cc and bcc, with a randomness as to who was included that was impossible to understand. He was curious about and interested in everything, and thought that everyone else would be too.

Peter’s greatest love was his family. He took many of his 12 nieces and nephews on special trips, and he loved his 24 grandnieces and grandnephews as if they were his grandchildren, which by all important standards they were. He never grew tired of asking about their achievements, delighting in their successes and worrying about their challenges. There were photographs of all of them in his homes in Los Angeles and Cabo San Lucas.

Peter acknowledged and was deeply appreciative of all those who had helped him in his life. He credited his ability to support so many causes to

the labours of three generations of family members, sometimes working together, starting with his father, and continuing with his siblings (including his younger siblings Cathy and Tony), and then his nieces and nephews, including his nephew Rob King, with whom he worked so closely in recent years. When he made his gift to UBC in 2015, he said it was very much a gift on their behalf as well.

One of Peter’s last acts of philanthropy was support for the new Coquitlam YMCA, a 55,000 square foot community centre that opened in November 2022, named the Bettie Allard YMCA for Peter’s mother. It is the first YMCA in Canada named for a woman alone. This is such a fitting tribute to a woman who so greatly influenced Peter.

At the entrance to Allard Hall is a photograph of Peter and Chuck with a quote from their father: “It is not how far I walked, but how many lives I touched along the way.” Peter touched incalculable lives during his life, and will continue to do so for generations to come.

Geoff Lyster

James P. Shumka

James P. Shumka passed away unexpectedly from a sudden illness on August 23, 2022, just days shy of his 59th birthday. James had just returned home to White Rock from a week of fun in Kelowna with Susan, the love of his life for nearly 40 years, and a few close friends. He had been enjoying some of the things he loved to do the most: playing golf, spending time on the lake and partaking in summer barbeques and winery dinners.

We who knew James are all heartbroken and devastated by his passing. James passed away far too soon. But James would want us to remember all the amazing times we had together, not to put off for tomorrow the fun we can have today, and to live life to the fullest. Those were certainly words James lived by. Along with his wife and best friend Susan, James is dearly missed by his sons Trevor and Adam, daughter-in-law Emily, his mother

Rosemary, brother Dave, sister Beth and many nieces, nephews, in-laws, friends and colleagues. James was predeceased by his father, Bob, and his parents-in-law, Bill and Helen.

James was born in New Westminster and always remained in the Lower Mainland where he could enjoy the West Coast lifestyle close to the ocean. Growing up, James combined his great intellect and natural athletic ability with an exceptional work ethic, which led to his many academic, personal and professional achievements. Throughout his life, James loved to play and watch a variety of sports, including hockey, baseball and golf. He was also an avid reader and loved history and current events.

James attended the University of British Columbia and graduated with honours in 1988 with combined degrees in law and business. James met Susan on their very first day at UBC and knew immediately she was his soulmate. They married at the age of 20 and never looked back. James and Susan built a wonderful life together raising their two boys, Trevor and Adam. James was never happier than when he was with his family; Susan, Trevor and Adam were his world.

It was also at UBC where James met several of his lifelong friends, whom James valued greatly. Many of his close friends were divided into two groups—those living in Vancouver and those living in Calgary—which led to rivalries on the golf course and much banter during the NHL playoffs. For years, James would organize the annual “guys’ golf trip” to Las Vegas, Phoenix and San Diego, to name just a few of the fabulous destinations over the years. For James, planning those trips was often like herding cats, trying to get everyone to agree on dates and venues. But when the flights and hotels were finally booked, the trips were the highlight of the spring. James could also often be spotted on Fridays with the Vancouver contingent of his UBC Law friend group, enjoying a lively discussion over lunch at one of the many beautiful patios around the city.

James had a clever sense of humour, a curious mind and a passion for adventure. For a time, Susan was involved in the travel business, which allowed James, Susan and their friends to travel to the four corners of the world. Together they explored the beaches of Tahiti, toured around Europe, sailed the Caribbean, and rode camels and dune buggies through the Egyptian desert. Closer to home, James loved boating and golfing with his family and friends both locally and in the Okanagan, which in earlier years included houseboat trips to the Shuswap and summers spent at Boucherie Beach Resort in Kelowna. During winter months, Puerto Vallarta became James’s happy place, but any place where James could be with Susan, his family and friends was truly his happy place.

Following graduation from UBC Law, James began his career as a brilliant tax lawyer in 1989 at the Vancouver firm of Campney & Murphy, where he practised for ten years. He then became a founding principal of Legacy Tax + Trust Lawyers, also based in Vancouver, where he was instrumental in the formation of the firm in 2000 and coined the firm’s name. For his entire career, James took on a leading role at Legacy and helped grow the firm into one of Vancouver’s leading boutiques in the areas of estate and tax planning, cross-border advice, and estate and tax litigation. James was extremely proud of his colleagues at Legacy and would often boast of how lucky he was to work with the best team in the city.

James was universally respected by his colleagues at Legacy and by many others at law and accounting firms across the country. His superior intellect and talent for working through the most complex of transactions and tax matters would greatly benefit his clients. James also regularly volunteered his time to teaching continuing legal education courses at numerous workshops and conferences over the years. Tributes and accolades were not important to James. He was happy being a quiet mentor and advisor, and everyone, both at Legacy and across the table from James, greatly admired James and considered him an absolute pleasure with whom to work.

One of James’s partners noted: “I had the pleasure of working with James for over 20 years. He was truly a class act, always a perfect gentleman, completely dignified and utterly decent. He will be terribly missed, and we are very saddened by his passing. His legacy will live on, and his guiding principles are a large part of the DNA of our firm. More importantly, he was universally revered as a person. I hope Sue and James’s family can in due time find peace and comfort knowing of James’s exceptional reputation and contribution.”

James’s true legacy is his family and friends. James was a wonderful husband, father, son, brother and friend. James would take great pride in their successes and achievements. Trevor and Adam have grown up into fine young men, and James was always incredibly proud of his sons. James never missed a game, practice, debate, concert or other activity in which Trevor and Adam were involved. He loved to participate with them as coach or mentor or to cheer them on from the bleachers. Trevor is currently employed in the real estate industry in Vancouver at Marcus & Millichap. Adam followed in his father’s footsteps and is currently an associate at the Vancouver office of Bennett Jones LLP, where he practises corporate law. Adam recently married Emily Thorpe, a lawyer at Whitelaw Twining in Vancouver. Emily and her family were fortunate to have been able to get to

know James and will also miss him dearly. James was incredibly selfless and would do anything to help others. He was a loyal friend and gave terrific advice. Whether professionally or personally, he was always calm and composed in every situation and helped others to put things into perspective. James was truly someone to aspire to be like. We are all better people for the time we shared with James.

Ron Barron

Rodney Hepburn Hawkins

Rodney Hepburn Hawkins passed away peacefully at his Williams Lake home on June 22, 2022.

Rod was born on April 3, 1944 in Claremont, New Hampshire. His parents were members of longestablished New England families. As a boy, Rod did not seem to be motivated to succeed, but that changed when, at age 14, he was enrolled in a Massachusetts private school, the Williston Academy. He excelled there as a student, an athlete and a leader of extramural activities. Upon graduation, Rod was selected as an exchange student to Germany. He was returning home by ship in 1964 when he met his wife-to-be, Sandra Andresen, as she boarded the ship in Galway Bay, Ireland. They married in 1965.

Rod attended Dartmouth College and graduated in 1968 with a degree in German. While he was at Dartmouth, Rod was surprised when the CIA attempted to recruit him. He turned them down. After his graduation, Rod was notified that he was being drafted. Both Rod and Sandra were entirely opposed to the war in Vietnam and, in 1969, they decided to join the flood of young Americans heading to Canada.

In Canada, Rod found work as an insurance adjuster, but this did not challenge him. He chose to begin law school at UBC in 1970. As graduation approached in 1973, the Law Society required assurance that Rod, although a draft dodger for whom a U.S. indictment was still outstanding, was a suit-

able person to commence articles and become a member of the Law Society. Rod therefore sought the assistance of Professor Dave Huberman, who introduced him to the partners of Freeman, Freeman, Silvers and Koffman, where Rod articled and then worked as a junior solicitor until 1975. At that time, he and Sandra decided to leave the big city and settle in the Cariboo town of Williams Lake.

Rod’s introduction to the practice of criminal and family law came in 1975 when the Legal Aid Society opened a clinic in Williams Lake. He was the manager and maintained that position for 17 years. Many of the clients that Rod had as a legal aid lawyer in Williams Lake were Indigenous persons from nearby Indian reserve communities. These clients were properly represented: no more uninformed guilty pleas or quick-and-dirty child apprehensions. Joan Gentles, a Tsilhqot’in woman who was a truly remarkable early Native courtworker, recalls that Rod played a large role in causing necessary changes to happen.

The 1976 case of Louisa Michel was a proud achievement for Rod. She was a chronic alcoholic who told fantastic stories when seeking money to buy more wine. The Crown sought an order under s. 64A of the Summary Convictions Act that she be detained for the purpose of rehabilitative treatment. Such orders were then being made with notorious frequency against Indigenous men in Prince Rupert, Prince George, Kamloops and Vancouver. Rod called witnesses who established that the legislation was misused in a racist manner. No order was made against Louisa, and the entire scheme soon ended after the decision in her case: R v. Michel (1976), 6 B.C.L.R. 1.

In 1995, the Attorney General necessarily sought an experienced person to take charge of the Crown Counsel office in Williams Lake and Rod—to the surprise of some—applied and was selected. He quickly demonstrated that the right choice had been made. Ray Hall was the Regional Crown who selected Rod to run the Williams Lake office. He recalls that Rod was appointed because he knew and understood the Williams Lake area and was the right person to bring stability to a troubled office. He accomplished that long before he reluctantly retired in 2012. Jennifer Johnson, a former Williams Lake Crown and the current Administrative Crown in Quesnel, recalls, “Rod was the kindest and calmest mentor a Crown could have. I shall miss him.”

Retired Provincial Court judge Victor Galbraith, who began his work as a Crown counsel in the Williams Lake office, comments:

Rod kept a file cabinet of law on every obscure topic you could think of. As a junior Crown, you could always drop into Rod’s office and tell him you had an issue involving the co-conspirator rule or something equally odd, and he’d pull out a file folder of cases on topic to help you out.

During his retirement years, Rod was much involved in the creation of the Williams Lake Indigenous Court, which opened in 2020.

During the many years that Rod, Sandra and their two sons lived along the shore of Williams Lake, Rod planted a multitude of lilac bushes and trees. They will bloom again in the spring of 2023 and stand as a beautiful memorial to a man whose life was well lived.

Cunliffe Barnett

Alan Eric Vanderburgh, Q.C.

Alan Vanderburgh, Q.C., died peacefully at home on December 29, 2021, surrounded by family. Alan described himself as a lucky man, in his marriage, his family, his friends and colleagues, his legal career and his community.

Alan was born in Welland, Ontario on March 17, 1931 and grew up in Allanburg, a village on the Welland canal. His father, Harry Vanderburgh, had in his youth gone to Florida to play semi-professional baseball, returning home in 1919 when Harry’s father died. In 1924, Harry married Oread Sheppard, who was a teacher in the Allanburg Public School. Alan was one of five children.

Alan attended school in Allanburg, where for a time his mother continued to teach, and attended high school in Thorold. He graduated from high school in 1948 and went on to attend Queen’s University for his undergraduate studies.

Baseball was a favourite pastime of the Vanderburgh boys, and Alan and his older brother Ken played on the Allanburg team. It was while playing a game against a neighbouring village, Beaverdams, that Alan met Shirley Robins. Alan and Shirley were married in July 1953 and celebrated their 61st wedding anniversary before Shirley’s death in August 2014. Alan often said that meeting and marrying Shirley was the greatest piece of good fortune in his life.

In the fall of 1953, Alan and Shirley moved across the country to Vancouver, and Alan entered first-year law at the University of British Columbia. Alan was 22, and Shirley was 17 and expecting their first child. They had very little money, and after the arrival of their daughter Cathy, there were hospital bills to pay. At one point, Alan went to Walter Gage, the Dean of Arts, to let him know that he might have to drop out because he was going to run out of money. Dean Gage came through with a bursary, and Alan was able to complete his first year.

In April 1954, in debt and very homesick, they pawned Shirley’s wedding ring for train tickets and headed home to Ontario. Alan took a year away from law school and worked to support his family. The following year, he enrolled in second-year law at the University of Toronto. He lived rent-free in a fraternity house on the campus in exchange for tending bar, while Shirley and their growing family, which now included Barbara and David, lived with her mother in Beaverdams.

In September 1956, Alan returned to Vancouver for his final year at UBC. Shirley and the family followed in December. Money remained tight, and Alan worked part-time at the liquor store. He made many lifelong friends in law school, including the late Alec Robertson and Jim MacIntyre, who quickly became a part of the family. After graduation, Alan commenced his articles at Bourne Desbrisay Bourne.

Alan was called to the bar in 1958 and practised with Bourne Desbrisay Bourne until 1960. By then, the family included Eileen and Ken.

Alan described landing in Williams Lake in 1961 as “fortuitous”:

I had been practising with a law firm in Vancouver since my call to the bar in 1958 and we were living in North Vancouver. At that time, especially in North Vancouver, it seemed to start raining around the 1st of November and continue steadily until the 1st of May, after which it would only rain every other day. In the summer of 1960, a friend of the family, Peter Oloffs, and I took a very short tour of the interior of the Province and ended up in Williams Lake. It appeared that it hadn’t rained in Williams Lake for months, unlike North Vancouver. I later found out that was not completely correct as it could be counted on to rain heavily during haying seasons and at the Williams Lake Stampede but the rest of the time it was hot and sunny from May 1st through September 30th. So it came about that I noticed an advertisement posted in the Barrister’s Room at the Courthouse in Vancouver, that one Lee Skipp of Williams Lake wanted to hire a lawyer. In the course of events, Lee interviewed me and offered me the job and I arrived without family in Williams Lake on January 21, 1961. The temperature at the train station was -35 and I had some thoughts about my decision but I was treated warmly by Lee and Mary Skipp. Shirley and the children joined me at Easter.

The firm, which was founded in 1948, became Skipp & Vanderburgh, later Skipp, Vanderburgh & Darcy. On Lee’s appointment to the County Court of Vancouver in 1973, the firm became Vanderburgh, Scott & Darcy, then Vanderburgh, Scott, Halpin & O’Brien. The firm then became Vanderburgh & Company, with Alan, Angela Ammann and Julian Trycynski as partners.

In the summer of 1961, the manager of the Bank of Montreal invited Alan to join him on a “business development trip” into the Chilcotin and to Bella Coola to visit his customers, many of whom were clients of the law firm as well. The route involved navigating “the Hill”, the recently built road from Anahim Lake down into the Bella Coola valley. The trip was an introduction for Alan to the Chilcotin and the people who lived and worked there. They were warmly welcomed and offered hospitality wherever they went. This trip made a tremendous impression on Alan, and was the start of a lifelong love affair with the Cariboo-Chilcotin and the people who lived there.

Alan’s practice was varied, serving local ranchers, business owners and other residents in all areas of the law. Over 61 years of practice, his clients included multiple generations of local families. He also advised many Americans and Europeans drawn to the lure of a ranching life in the Cariboo-Chilcotin or dreams of running a resort or fishing lodge on a remote lake. In the early years, he had a criminal law practice, both as defence counsel and as prosecutor. He often attended the assizes in Prince George and Kamloops on criminal and civil matters, sometimes for weeks at a time. In later years, Alan restricted his practice to solicitor’s work, but it continued to be a broad practice: advising clients on corporate, real estate, family and wills and estate matters, including acting as the administrator of estates on behalf of the Public Trustee.

Alan was a mentor to the many articled students and young lawyers who worked with him or were part of the Williams Lake legal community. He valued his colleagues and appreciated the loyalty and friendship of his office family—in particular, his long-time assistant Valerie Hoyland and his partner Angela Ammann, who supported him as a law partner and friend in the years before his retirement. Tom Smith, Alan’s former articled student and colleague, now a retired Provincial Court judge, said that Alan “cared for the people who worked with him, both the staff and the lawyers, and for his clients. And those people cared for Alan.”

Elizabeth Bayliff, a member of one of the long-time Chilcotin ranching families, articled for Alan before going on to be a Crown prosecutor and then Provincial Court judge. She said of Alan:

He was quiet and unpretentious in his dealings with support staff and lawyers in the office. No tantrums. No micro-managing. He gave the people who worked for him and with him a lot of freedom to go about their

work in the way they thought best. When you worked for Mr. Vanderburgh, you wanted to do well rather than feeling compelled to do well.

Tom Smith, speaking at Alan’s memorial service, said:

One day I told Alan, “I’m worried that a client may ask me a question and I won’t know the answer”. “I love it when a client asks me a question that I don’t know the answer to,” said Alan, “because that is a challenge.” Those few words seared into my mind and changed my life. After that, instead of feeling down, when I faced a daunting task, I turned it into a challenge and my attitude changed from worry to problem solving and sometimes to excitement.

Angela and Julian, his partners in Vanderburgh & Company, and Clare Hauser, an associate in the firm, said that Alan always made everyone see the interesting side of any file, work was never a drudgery and his sense of humour always lifted them up. It was clear to his colleagues that Alan loved the practice of law, and his enthusiasm was infectious.

Alan was active in the community, including the Kiwanis club and the Williams Lake Golf Club. In July 1971, Alan was instrumental in the creation of the Cariboo Foundation and served as its president for 50 years. The foundation got its start because Alan and others saw the need for local scholarships for local graduating students. In the beginning, the total annual scholarships were in the hundreds of dollars. By the time Alan retired from the foundation in 2021, the foundation had paid out over $1.5 million in scholarships.

Alan was an active member of the Cariboo Bar Association, including serving as its president. His long-time friend and fellow member of the Cariboo bar, Bob Dick, said on hearing of Alan’s death:

The Cariboo Bar Association is comprised of lawyers from roughly the whole northwest quarter of British Columbia. Alan Vanderburgh was one of the last, and one of the best known, of the true “characters” of the Cariboo Bar. These characters were the lawyers that other lawyers would seek out and spend time with, both on a professional and a personal level. I consider myself fortunate to have known Alan, and I have many fond memories of the times we spent together at Cariboo Bar Association meetings throughout the county, and at Law Society meetings throughout the province while we were serving as benchers of the Law Society, and later as governors of the Law Foundation. In between all of that, we spent countless happy hours on golf courses all over British Columbia. He had a quick wit and a droll sense of humour that endeared him to all who knew him. He will be sorely missed.

Alan was elected as a bencher of the Law Society for the County of Cariboo in 1988, and served for many years on the Discipline Committee. He also served as a governor of the Law Foundation of British Columbia. During his time as a bencher, he developed many lifelong friendships, includ-

ing with Grant Burnyeat, Bob Johnston, Jane Shackell, Karen Nordlinger and the late Jack Webster. Grant summed up Alan’s contribution as a bencher as follows:

Alan was a life bencher, but more than that he was the longest serving member of the Discipline Committee, a trusted voice at the benchers’ table and the social chair for many years. Annual meetings in Williams Lake were highlighted by his generosity with wife Shirley at barbeques at the family acreage. His counsel was always available, and he was able to inject the reality of up-country practice into bencher deliberations.

Alan was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1998. He retired in 2019 at the age of 88 after 61 years of practice, most of those years spent in Williams Lake. Some of his clients considered this an early retirement. Despite threatening retirement for years, when he announced his definitive retirement at the end of 2019, many of his clients were reluctant to accept that they would no longer have the benefit of his counsel.

In 1978, Alan and Shirley moved to a ranch property west of Williams Lake in the Chimney Creek valley. Alan pursued his passion for farming in his extensive garden and became a gentleman rancher, raising cattle and, with the help of any of his children or friends who were available, putting up hay. Shirley wisely had insisted on a pool at the new house, and their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren spent many summer holidays at Grandma and Pa’s house. Although Alan did not play hockey as a child, he enthusiastically played goal in the outdoor hockey games at the ranch during the Christmas holidays, only occasionally hearing recriminations from a grandchild about a shot he should have stopped. He delighted in each of his grandchildren and great-grandchildren, encouraging and often provoking debate on a myriad of issues, from politics to sports. One of his grandsons said of his Pa: “It was never enough to just have an opinion or idea around Pa. He would ask you questions. He would challenge you. He would demand that you speak with grace, compassion and understanding.”

Alan was a respected lawyer, a trusted advisor to his clients, a mentor and friend to his colleagues and staff, a community leader, and a leader and contributor to the legal profession. Most importantly, he was a loving and much-loved husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He is missed.

Eileen Vanderburgh and Barbara Vanderburgh, with assistance from Michael Griffin