GRAD NEWS
Guelph grads are habit-forming
If you take a look at th e diplom as hang ing on the offi ce wall s at the environmen tUlmanageme nt firm Gartner Lee imited, yo u'll see a lot th at ~ a y "Univer sity of Guelph." Of 120 employees at the Markham, Ont.. company, 13 hold deg rees from Guelph. Their fi elds r<l nge frol11 agri cul ture and earth science to consuiller studies. Thc company does not senrch specifi all y for G uell h grads. says human resou rces co-ordi nator Nancy Halinda , FA "X9, but Guelph's programs can be an adv <lntage for those seekin g work. "Guelph is Ill <lki ng great stri des ill focli. ing on progra ms on the environmcnt and cnvironmentalmanagcmcn!." she says. "The cou rses are bro ad and give a good overv iew , anclthey prepare stude nts for up-and-c )ming issues ." Ganner Lee em ploys people frO I11 a wide range of fields for its mu ltidisc ipli nary cnvi ro nmcnta l m<1nage ment projects, The 01l1 pany is o rten "sked by municipali ties to do the environmental studies and obtain appro als for new landfi ll sites. Indu str ies may contact them to in v stigat and aid in the cleanup of chem ica l spills. The Cl)ll1pany al so hand les enviro nment<ll projects for th e federal and prov incia l govCIll Il1Cnts, Tn additi on to Halinda , whose deg ree is in con~ U ll1cr studies. the other Iuelph graduates at G<l rtner Lee are senior wa ter reso urces engi nee r Brian A dcl1l~~' , OAC 'X2: landscape arch itect Norm De Fraeye, OA MLA ' )'\2; senior environ
mental economi st Catherine Dowling, CS S '!) I and M. Sc. '8!): sen ior biologi st and shareholder Tom Hilditch, OAC ' SI : se nior hydrol og ist Richard Hubbard, C BS ' SO; marketin g co-or dinator Alison Johns, FACS 'X7: en gineering geo logist Gary Markotich, CPS ' 77 : senior carth sc ienti st and prin ci pal of the firm, Dun McQuay, OAC '68A and CSS ' 72; seni or environmental pl anner Paul Neals, OAC ' 71); senior biologist and director of thc Vancouve r branch, David Osmund , OAC '69; scnior hydrogeo log ist and principal of the finn . Glenn Reynolds, OAC 'n: and seni or hyd rogeologist/geoph ys icist, principal of th e finn and mana!!cr of the New York of fice, David Siaint!: CB S ' 78. At th c Uni ve rsit y of Guclph . th ey were enrolled in programs as div erse as agricu l ture, consumer studies , earth science, fi sheries biology, geomorphol ogy , landscape arch itecture, resource economics and plann ing. water resources engineerin g and zool o"y. The strength of G uelph' s programs, especi all y in earth 'cience, biology and agriculture, lies in thei r 4uality and di ver sity, says Rey nold ,. Hi s own deg ree in earth science gave him a backgro und in soil chemi stry, hydrogeology, meteorol ogy and geology that has proved useful in his wo rk with ground water problems, He says the num ber of G uelph grads on staff is a credit to the Uni versity, ·' ....Ve are very kee n on hi ring very good people, and good people come out of Guelph and ap ply hcre."
tary Sc hoo l. Pete r ow ns and operates Pro moserv Plus in Miss issauga. oHel'ing prom otional and adve rtisin g services to co r pOt'ate clients. They als o have two da ughte rs, Andrea and Heather. Paul Nichol , 'S 7 and MA ' 9 1 USRPD. is co mmu nity development co-ordinator for the Count y of Hu ro n. He and his wife, Kathl ee n MacNeil, FACS 'S 9 HAFA, li ve in Bru sse ls. Ont. Makha n Pandita, OAC PhD '69, is cl ean of the co ll ege of agricult ure at Haryana AgricullU ra l Univer sity in Hisar, Hary ana , Indi a. After grad uat ing from Gue lph , he worked as a fed eral re sea rch sc ientist at Chalk Rive r and in Ma klwl7 Po ndita Ott aw a until 197 1,
when he relU med to Ind ia as a professor of
vegeta ble botany. He was head of th e depart
ment fro m 1977 to 1985, was on fore ign as
sign me. n Iraq from 19RI to 19S3 , and
, erved a, a con sulta nt in Sri Lanka in 1989.
Gordon Riddle, ' 86 and M.S c. 'SI) , has
been appointed reg istra tion spec ialist at Ciba
Geigy Canada Li mited in Mi s s i ~s auga , Ont.
He is marri ed to Claudi a, who is compl eti ng
doctoral stud ies in th e Depa rtm ent of Land
Resource Science.
Fransjan Roesink, ' 85, an d Donna
Cleland , Arts ' 85, rece ntl y Illoved from
Toronto to th e Netherland s. A chartered ac
co un ta nt with Arthur Anderson & Co "
Fransj all rece ived a three-yea! transfer to the
company's Hag ue offi ce, DOlln a has le ft the
wo rk force temporari ly to care fO I· th eir
daug hter, Ki rstell , born in ju ly. Bunita (Kelly), OAC 'S4, and Joseph S turgeun, OAC ' 4A, wo ul d li ke to hear from classmates . Wri te to th em at Bo x 63. Sussex, N.B. EOE lPO. Rhod erick Trainor, ' 76A , is wo rking at th e Hamilton Golf and Co untry C lub in An caster, Ont. He is ma rried to S usan (Lillie), FACS 'S O. J ohn Wallace, '53A. ' S\! anci MSA '62, recentl y retu rn ed to his home in Pri nce Ed ward Isla nd a['ter 3 1/2 years in Tanz.a ni a. where he worked as a train ing ad vise r on a Canadia n [tllern ati onal Deve lo pment Age n cy-sponsored wheat project admi ni stered by Agric ullll re Canada . Before Tanzani a, John w~ rked in Ind ia wit h thc DI'yland Ag ri cul tural. ProJect , anoth er ClD AlAgCa n proJec t.
U (J{ C gmds at Carlil eI' Lce Lilll iled are, seatedfrofl/ I('ji, Don Mc Quay , Tom Hilditch. Catherine D(IIl'ling (,I nd DO I'id Osmond . Ston dil1g are Nancv /l alinda , Ric hl/rd I-Iuhhard. Alison J oh ns . Pa ul l ea ls , G lenn Reynolds , Norm DeFru f!ye and Brian Adency.
Photo Courtesy N"ncy Hal inoa
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Willia m, ' 73 , and Rose mary (Stinson ) Woods, CBS '72 , wrot e to tell us they are enjoying th ei r Alul1I ni D ir(!('/ (J ry and to up da te us on their farmi ng operatio n. They raise bro il er chickens at Belwood, Ont. . and WlI Jiam works as a co nsultant/ field person for th e Farm De bt Rev iew Board . CU eiph AI/lilli/ liS