Guelph Alumnus Magazine, Winter 1993

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IN MEMORIAM Collegiate, vice-principal at Burford Di strict High School and Pauline Johns on Collegiate and principal at Helman E. FawcetL Second­ ary School. He is survived by his wife, Carolyne, hi s son, Scott, and three daughters, Carol, CBS '89, Susan and Sharon. Peter Kinnear, '37 , of Largo, Fla. , died of a heart attack Aug. 14, 1992, at his summer home near Sarnia , Ont. Following gradua­ tion and a stint in the appliance business, he joined the marketing department of Imperial Oil Ltd. in 1940. In 1952, he was transferred to Exxon Corp. in New York Cit y and spent the remninder of his career with Exxon , the final 18 yeMS as director of Argentine opera­ tions. He retired in 1976. Mr. Kinnear was a life member of the OAC Alumni Association and a regular participant with his wife, Enid, at re uniom. in Florida and Guelph . He is al so survived by four sons, Brock, Peter, Jack and Paul. Ronald MacKay, '81, died as the res ult of an auto accident in 1991. He operated Faralary Hill s Farm at Embro, Ont., and is survived by hi s wife, Anne Marie. Keith McRuer, '46, of Alliston , Ont., died Sept. 12, 1992. He had bee n a long-time employee of th e OntaJ'io Ministry of Agricul­ ture and Food , serving as agri cultural repre­ sentative in Grey and Simcoe counties. He retired in 1988, but continued in consulting and community service work. He is survived by hi s wife, Margaret Anne (Peg), two son s, Jerrrey, CBS '72 , and Bob, and four daughters, Anne, Janet. Mary Wallace and Joan McFarland , OAC '84 . Mervyn T, Napper, ' 38 and friend of '3 7, died Oct. 2, 1992, in Campbellford, Ont. A former employee of th e Ontario Mini stry of Agriculture and Food, he is survived by hi s wife, Fran , and sons, Terry anci Bill. Grant North, '67, died suddenl y Jun e 28 , 1992, in Mi ss tssauga , Ont. He was president of Culligan Canada Ltd. and is survi ved by his wife, Susan, and tht'ee children. Ernest Patterson, '34 , of St. Thomas, Ont., died Aug. 22, 1992. He is survived by his wife, Eld a, his daughter, Joanne, Mac '66, and hi s so n, Ted . Douglas Petty, '30, of Winnipeg, di ed July 9, 1992. He had a lifetime career with Agriculture Canada in th e product marketing branch . Frederic Potter, '49, of Halifax di ed Aug. 14 , 1992. During hi s caree r, he was a microbiologist , oe nologi st and teacher. He is survived by hi s wife , Carmen , and Ihree sons. Brian Roberts, '76A, of Binbrook, Ont. ,

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died Jan. 21 , 1991. He is survived by his wife, Karyn. He was a welder at Hill Cook Industries in Stoney Creek.

Bernard, OVC '79, three sons, Stuart, Logan and Lucas, her fath er, Jack Kay , and one sister, Jody (Kay) Morgan, CBS 'X2.

Ewart Sinclair, '35, of Owen Sound, On!. , died Oct. II, 1992. He is survived by three dau ght ers , including Ruth Hill, FACS '74 , and a son, Angus, Arts ' 76.

Adrian Gross, '54 , died June 28, 1992, in Silver Spring, Md. He had been a ve terinarian with the U.S. Food and Drug Admini stration and tile Environmental Protec tion Agenc y and Gross is survi ved by his wife, Dora . The Dr. M. Adrian Gross Memorial Bursary has been establi shed in his memory for undergraduat e slUdent s III the DVM program at OVc. Gifts may be sent to th e U of G Alma Mater Fund.

Ernest Smith, '34, of Hamilton, Ont., died July 20, 1992. He retired in 1976 aft er a 41­ year career with the Haldill1and County Board of Education. He is surviv ed by hi s wife , Dori s, and two children.

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Herbert Carlson, '46, died Aug. 13, 1992, in Victoria, B.C. During hi s career, he prac­ ti sed in Ohio, Kentucky, Montana and North Dakota. From 1946 to 1948 , he served as captain in the U.S. army veterinary corps. In 1954, he returned to Canada to Alberta Veterinary Services, where he helped estab­ lish the auction market inspection program. He became head of the poultry di seases sec­ ti on in 1961. During his lime in Alberta, he undertook studies leading to a master 's de­ gree. ~ A long-time proponent und worker for th e es tablishment of a veterinary college in Western Canada, Dr. Carlson joined the fa c ult y of th e Western College of Veterinary Medicine at the Universit y of Saskatchewan as associ ate professor of pathology in 1965 and acce pted a similar position at OVC in 1968. At both unive rsitie s, he was ac tive in poultry and comparative pathology, under­ graduate and graduate teaching and re search , including electron microscopy. In 1977 , he became the first head of th e Aidrie Veteri­ nary Laboratory of the Alberta Department of Agriculture . In 1980, he was named direc­ lOr of the poultry branch of the B.C. Ministry of Agriculture and Food . Dr. Carl son was known internationall y through his participation in man y profes ­ sional associations and the alumni associa­ tion s of the universities of Guelph, Alberta, Saskatch ewan and Toronto. He is surviv ed by his wife, Tvy , two daughters and two sons. Cecil Doige, '59, of Saskatoon , Sask., died Oct. 28, 1992. He was associate dean of ['e­ search at the Uni versity of Saskatchewan's We stern Coll ege of Veterinary Medicine , which has es tablished a graduate student travel scholarship in his name. Janis (Kay) Ferguson, ' 82 and CBS '78, of Chatham , Ont., di ed July 22, 1992. She was a ve t at the Harwi ch Veterinary Clinic in Blenheim and is surviv ed by her husband,

..John (Jack) Lange, ' 7 1. of Trenton. Ont. , died July 1,1 992 . He had an equine practice in Trenton and is survived by hi s wife, Tawni. Frie nds and class mates ha ve estab­ lished the Jack Lange Me morial Fund at U orG. Hugh Sproston, '40, of Burnaby, B.C., di ed Sept. 18, 1992. He was a past president of the B.C. Veterinary Association and a past president and honorary member of the Van­ couver Executive Associ ation. He is sur­ vived by his wife, Gertrude, and four children.

Friends Esther (Osburn) Dickson, friend of OAC '23, of Guelph died July 18, 1992 She was predeceased by her first hu sband , entomol­ ogy professor Reginald Osbur n, OAC '24, in 1967 and her second husband , Roy Dick­ son, OAC '23, in 19X4. Memorial contribu ­ tions may be made to the R.l-I. Osburn Scholarship Fund through the Development Office at U of G. Arthur Kearn s of Gu elph di ed July 20, 1992. A partner in the law filln Keams Mc Kinnon until his retirement last June , he was a mem­ ber of the Universit y's Board of Gov ernors from 1971 to 1976 and a past pres ident of the Rotary Club. He is survi ved by hi s wife, Edith, two daughters, Kathrine Ecklet' and Ann Grant, and two sons, Geoffrey, Eng. '77, and Michae!. Winnifred Rose, widow of the late Gordon Rose, OVC '15 , died Jul y 10, 1992, in Pic­ ton,Ont. Beryl ( Bradley) Thomas of Oakville, Ont. , di ed Jul y 25, 1992 . Sh e was a life member of the University 's President's Council. She is survived by her sisters, Emma Lewis and Vera Goldring. He r estat e will establish th e Earl A. Thomas Scholarship for research in oenology in her late husband' s name .

Donations given in memory of the above alumni will help support scholarships

at the University ofGuelph !f directed to the Alumni Memorial Fund,

Al! memorial gifts should be directed to the Development Office at Alumni House,

University ofGuelph, Guelph, Ontario N 1G 2W J,

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