Universiry and the Universit y of Sas katchewan and is now working o n a PhD at Michigan State University, where she works.as a research assistant. Duane McCartney, '69 and M.Sc. '71, is sectio n head of Agriculture Canada's beef forage research group in Melfo rt, Sask. Robert McGee, '54A, is a retired public school principal and lives in Courtrig ht, O nt. Christopher McIntosh, '81A and Arts '88, is assistant ge neral manage r at Geor gia n Triangle Re ntal Inc. in Col lingwood , O nt. His wife, Bonnie (Arnott), FACS '82, is a homemaker. Peter, '75, and Colleen Mumford, Arts '74, life in White Plains, N.Y., where Peter is inte rnational marketing manage r for Pfizer Inc. George Musgrove, '63, is chef de mis sion at the Ca nadian Consulate in Buf falo, N.Y . Bryan Neaves, '75, is director of production fo r Scotsburn Co-ope rative Services in Antigonish, N.S. Janet Panford, PhD '89, is head o f analytical che mistry services for the Canadian Gra in Commission in Win nipeg. She writes that she is proud to be a Guelph alumnus and looks for ward to full participation in alumni ac tivities. Rev. Donald Pietsch, '61 and M.Sc. '66, is a United Church minister in Markda le, Ont o Ross Proctor, '50, was last yea r's recipient of the Cattleman of the Year Award, presented by the Ontario Cattlemen'S Association. In addition to his farming business, he is an active me mber o f the steering committee for the Unive rsity's George Morris Centre. Russell Redshaw, '78, is manage r of technology and business developme nt for Nordi on International Inc. in Kan ata, Ont. He and his wife, Mardi , live in Nepean. Adrian Rehorst, '81A, operates a broiler/cash cro p farm operation nea r Teeswater, Ont., and is a procurement representative for Cuddy Food Products in London. He is married to Helen . Christine (Preece) Robertson, '79 Eng., recently moved from Halifax to Ottawa, where she is an engineer at the National Defe nce Headquarters. Her husband, Drew, is also an enginee r, a graduate o f the Royal Military College. Henri Rondot, '41 , is retired from Green Giant Ca nada Ltd . and Jives wi th his wife, Agathe, in Mercier, Que . Kenneth and Geraldine Rounds , both '84, have moved from Edmon to n Guelph Atumnus
to Sca rboro ugh, Ont. , where he is employed as corpora te training as sociate for Eli Lilly Canada , Inc. Vince Souza-Machado, PhD '76, is a Guelph professor of horticultural science. Earlier this year , he was awarded the DowElanco Canada Inc. Excellence in Weed Scie nce Awarel for the eastern Canada division. T he award recognized Sou za-Machado's ge netic re sea rch on weeei s and his discovery that resistance to herbicides is passed on thro ugh material inhe ritance. Bruce Ward, '79A, a nd his w ife. Shonna , operate a dai ry farm near Woodstock, Ont. Frank Willock, '50 , is a retired educator and lives in Toronto. Stephen and Therese Wright, hoth '82, live in Guelph, where Stephe n is a loans officer with the Farm Cred it Corp. Therese works as a sales representative for Green Cross in Mississa uga. Bernard Zebarth, '82 a nd M.Sc. '84, is a research scientist at a Ca nad ia n gove rnment resea rch station in Agass iz, B.C. He is married to Donna, FACS '84, and they live in Chilli wack. ,
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Dr. William (Bill) Barnes, '59, was recently congratulated by rhe [ilinois State Veterinary Medical Associa ti on (ISVMA) for receiving an o utstanding practitioner award presented by the American Animal Hospital Associa tion . The awa rd recognizes his contributio ns to veterinary medicine while in private pra ctice . Barnes was also the recipient of the University of Illinois Alu mni Foundation "Non-Alumnus Award." He is past president of both ISVMA and the Chicago Veterinary Medica l Associa tion, and is treasurer of "Friends of the Universiry of Gue lph ." Barnes is "an alumnus that we are all proud of," says Dr. A. Grant Misener, '38 and OAC '35, who w ro te to tell us about the awa rd . Misener and his wife , Mildred (Taylor) , Mac '35. live in Niles , III. , but came to Alumni Weekend 1990 to celebrate the ir 55th year of graduation. "IVIy wife and I e njoy the Guelph Atumnus," writes Misener. "We both read it fro m cover to cover and appreciate the articles and the grad news "
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Drs . Rachael and Sagiv Ben·Yakir, both '86, have a veterinary practice in Hod-Hasharon , Is rae L Dr. Alain Bouvet, M.Sc. '85 and PhD '88, finished a postdoctoral period at the Cytogenics Laboratory of the French National Institute of Agrono mical Re
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