Guelph Alumnus Magazine, Spring 1991

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Arts

Michael Westhead, '84, is a surveyor in North Carolina. He and his wife, Janet, had their second child last October.

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David Airdrie, '82, is a writer for The Medical Group in Mississauga, Ont. David Anderson, '80 H.K., lives in New­ market, Ont., with his wife, Heather, and their children, Amber and William. He is a chiropractor at Davis Chiropractic Clinic.

Actors, musicians and song writers David Archibald, '76, and James Gordon, '75, are touring schools and children's festivals in Canada with their new musical, Jim and Dave '5 A wesome Environmental Adven­ ture. It's about two boys whose summer vacation plans are thwarted by the sorry state of the environment. During the skit, Jim and Dave find poisoned fishing holes, garbage-covered campsites and deforesta­ tion, and they vow to mend their ways and turn themselves into environmental crusaders. The one-hour musical is their first col­ laborative venture, although Archibald has wrilten music for"SesameStreet" and Gordon is known as a member of the folk group Tamarack. Promoting their musical is Sue Richards, CSS '84, of SG B Produc­ tions in Guelph. The duo says the idea for Jim and Dave's adventure came from a desire to teach kids about environmental degrada­ tion and what they can do to help stop it. So far, they've taken the message to more than 15,000 schoolchildren in Ontario.

Derin Aylin, '87, is a technical manager in product development for Procter and Gamble Co. in Istanbul, Turkey. He has been working in Europe for three years and says he'd like to hear from former classmates. "I would be a willing guide to anyone who might wish to see the beauti­ ful, 'unspoilt' Mediterranean coast." Nancy (Forbes) Blake, '80, is a speech and language pathologist at Mico College CARE Centre in Kingston, Jamaica, where she lives with her husband, Balfour. Linda Boot/and, '82 and PhD '90, is a postdoctoral research associate in microbiology at Oregon State University in Corvallis. Her current research involves the study of a fish virus, its molecular biol­ ogy and life cycle in salmonid fish. Gordon Devries, '82, operates Naturescape Ltd., a landscaping company in Cobourg, Ont. Jim Empringham, '7 I, is superintendent of schools for the Oxford County Board of Education. He and his wife, Charlotte (Whitehead), FACS '72, live in Woodstock, Ont., where she is a microwave cooking consultant.

Ronald Berlett, '75, is an enrolment agent for University Scholarships of Canada and owner of Berlett Tax Consultants in Listowel,Ont.

Susan Farlinger, '74 and M.Sc. '77, is a management biologist in marine species for the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans in Prince Rupert, B.C.

Stephen Coopman, '89, is associate direc­ tor of the Solar Stage Northstar Theatre in North York, Ont.

Spencer Greenwood, '87 and M.Sc. '90, is a doctoral student in the department of biochemistry at Dalhousie University in Halifax.

MaUhewHenry, '86, MA '90 and CBS '86, and Florence Rodwell, Arts '88, have moved to Lake Harbour, Baffin Island, N. W.T. Matthew teaches grades 7, 8 and 9; Florence is working as an adult educator for Arctic College. Alison Taylor , '87, has been working in Toronto for four years as a community relations field officer for Ontario Hydro. She plans to marry John Palmer May 2:' and move to Ottawa. Christian Varela, '83 and MA '85, lives in West Vancouver, B.C., ar,d works as a freelance translator. 30

John Gunn, PhD '87, is a biologist for the Ministry of Natural Resources co-opera­ tive fisheries unit in Sudbury, Ont. His wife, Kristen (Adamson), Arts '87, is co­ ordinator of a workplace literacy program for the Sudbury Board of Education's con­ tinuing education centre. Gayle Jesperson, '82, is a plant pathologist for the British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. She is married to Bon Wah Choo, CSS '84. David Lewars, '86, is a production super­ visor for Nestle Enterprises in Brockville,

Ont. He and his wife, Barbara (Edwards), OVC '86, live in Kemptville. Robert Lipman, '88, and his wife, Beatrice (Hoekstra), OAC '88, are living in Cal­ gary. He is a senior real estate appraiser for Linnell Taylor and Associates. Catharine (Cook) McDermid, '77, is an in­ come maintenance officer for the Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Ser­ vices. She works in Owen Sound and lives in Port Elgin with her husband, Murray. Mary Power, '85, is a technician with the department of microbiology and biochemistry at the University of Victoria in British Columbia. Richard Procter, '80, says he may dust off his old Guelph biology notes someday, but for now he's enjoy­ ing his work as a computer consultant in Sydney, Australia. He's on contract to a large investment and insurance com­ pany, AMP, but also does freelance work. After five years in Australia, he says he feels out of touch with family and friends and "things back home in Canada." But he and other Canadian ex pa tria tes recen tly had a sm all reunion with Jane Siberry, '79, after she performed in a Sydney bar. Ross Rains, '74, is director of the Navigators of Canada, a Christian or­ ganization serving university students on

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