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CLASS NOTES AND EVENTS
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1970s Ken Shimizu DMD 1979 Alan Lowe DMD 1972 Alan retired on June 23, 2016. He and fellow retiree Dr. Rosamund Harrison shared their celebrations with faculty, staff and friends at Sage Bistro on the UBC Point Grey campus. Read both Alan and Rosamund’s retirement announcements on page 13.
Kenji and April are now first-time grandparents: daughter Andrea and son-in-law Greg welcomed their cute little son, Alexander Kiyoshi, on Friday, July 15, 2016.
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Joan Eaton DMD 1987 Joan, pictured here in 2012 with fellow classmate Lange Soo in Vietnam, returned to the Southeast Asian country this past May to volunteer with several other alumni and senior-year dental students as part of a UBC Dentistry fourth-year travel elective.
DMD AND DIP DH 1972 REUNIONS The DMD and Dip DH classes of 1972 are each planning a 45-year reunion dinner to follow the Annual Alumni Reception at the 2017 Pacific Dental Conference. The DMD 1972 reunion leader is Susan Chow. For information, email alumni@dentistry.ubc.ca
John Fraser DMD 1976 John returned to the school for a tour to see an operatory named for his class and to visit the new Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre.
Bob Paterson DMD 1981 Bob, with his three daughters from left to right: Kimberly is a third-year dental student at UBC, Cassandra holds a Juris Doctor degree and was called to the bar, and Madelyn graduated from UBC last year with a Bachelor of Human Kinetics degree.
DMD AND DIP DH 1982 REUNIONS The DMD and Dip DH classes of 1982 are each planning a 35-year reunion dinner to follow the Annual Alumni Reception at the 2017 Pacific Dental Conference. For information, email alumni@dentistry.ubc.ca
DMD AND DIP DH 1977 REUNIONS The DMD and Dip DH classes of 1977 are each planning a 40-year reunion dinner to follow the Annual Alumni Reception at the 2017 Pacific Dental Conference. For information, email alumni@dentistry.ubc.ca
DMD 1987 REUNION The DMD Class of 1987 is planning a 30year reunion dinner to follow the Annual Alumni Reception at the 2017 Pacific Dental Conference. The reunion leader is Joan Eaton. For information, email alumni@dentistry.ubc.ca
She writes: “The group was really great, and we had a lot of laughs in spite of the heat and humidity. We worked at a school outside of Da Nang where we saw over 600 children in three-and-a-half days. Our time was cut short due to problems with the government allowing us to work in our originally planned area of Da Lat. As a result, we extended our work days in Da Nang so that we worked the same number of hours as a five-day week. Apparently we are the hardest-working group that Da Nang-based East Meets West Dental Center brings in, and we always manage to treat far more children than the next-most-productive group. East Meets West is hoping we can return in 2018.” Pictured in the back row from left to right: Fiona Roth DMD 2016, Joan Eaton, Bill Riddell DMD 1987, Les Ennis DMD 1987, Melanie Mattson MSc/ Dip Ortho 2013 and Nancy Vertel MSc/Dip Pedo 2013; and in the front row left to right: Alexandra Moore DMD 2016, Kevin Urness DMD 2016, Jiya Jung DMD 2016, David Larsen DMD 1987 and Dr. Ken Stones.
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