Obituary: Bill Badger

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Academic Excellence. It was a pleasure hearing President Eisgruber’s inspiring remarks and interacting with students across the University. Immense thanks to all those who have contributed to my intellectual development!”

In July of 2017 Nick 2015 was awarded the Princeton University Class of 1883 English Prize for Freshmen in the Princeton School of Engineering for having written the best paper and having completed the best work in English for the year. He has been hired as a Writing Fellow in Princeton’s Writing Center. In this paid position, he will offer undergraduate and graduate students one-on-one workshop/ conferences to improve their writing skills.

Nick reports having a very good year academically, achieving a 4.0 GPA for having received fours A’s and five A+’s in the nine courses he completed in the 2016-2017 year.

“I am working as an undergraduate researcher in the University of Oxford’s Integrative Computational Biology and Machine Learning Laboratory at the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine under the supervision of Dr. Aleksandr Sahakyan.” Nick with Princeton President Eisgruber

Obituary: Bill Badger

BADGER, William 1934-2018 It is with great sadness that the family of William Wright Badger announces his passing on July 1, 2018, at the Institut universitaire gériatrie de Montréal. He is survived by his wife Carolyn, his children Stacy (Réal), Jill (Cash), Willy (Sumie), and Robyn Badger; and his stepchildren Christy (Tom), Gregory (Eglantine) and Natalie (Bill) Lavers. He is survived as well by eleven grandchildren and stepgrandchildren: Thomas, Hugh, Sho, Kai, Ruby, Callum, Jasper, Edwin, Maxwell, Cary and Jonathan. Bill was preceded in death by his brother Barry (David) and is survived by his brothers Bryan (Janet) and Brandon (Rosemary), nieces, nephews, friends and the mother of his children, Janet Rattray Matthews. Bill was the much-loved and respected patriarch of the family, who was known for his kindness and humour right to the end. In addition to his family, music and athletics brought him joy throughout his life. He was a fearless athlete who played many sports. Bill was raised in Sherbrooke, Quebec and educated at Royal Military College and Bishop’s University. He inspired young people as a teacher of mathematics and as a pioneer in the teaching of computer science for over thirty-five years at Bishop’s College School, St. George’s School, and Selwyn House School. A celebration of his life was held at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 7, 2018, at Collins Clarke MacGillivray White Funeral Home. If desired, donations can be made in Bill’s name to the Institut universitaire gériatrie de Montréal. A heartfelt thanks to the exceptional and compassionate team on four east at this hospital. Montreal Gazette obituary

Bill taught at Selwyn House School from 1990 until his retirement in 1998. He taught computer science to both the Elementary and Senior Schools, Math to Grade 7, and coached football and curling. After his retirement he continued to coach curling until 2002.