Alumni matters Steve Stasko, B.Sc. (Agr.) ’11, head grower for Orangeline Farms, received an Ontario Premier’s Award for Agri-Food Innovation Excellence for the farm’s SurpriZingly Sweet Strawberries, which are available year-round. The farm was one of the first to grow greenhouse strawberries in Ontario.
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Victoria Struthers, BA ’12, was married in May 2016.
1940s Mary McLean, DHE ’41, Nov. 11, 2016. Laurence Roulston, B.Sc. (Agr.) ’42, Nov. 1, 2015. Russell McKay, Dipl. (Agr.) ’47, March 29, 2016. Thomas Lane, B.Sc. (Agr.), ’49, M.Sc. (Agr.) ’51, June 28, 2016.
Maureen Beech, B.Comm. ’14, was married in May 2016 at the Basilica of Our Lady in Guelph. She and her husband also purchased a new home in the city. Jessica Luksts, B.Sc. ’15, is attending the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine at McMaster University (2019 doctor of medicine candidate). Baljinder Sabharwal, M.Sc. ’15, recently bought her first house and enjoys being a new homeowner. Erica Pollard, BA ’16, says: “You never realize how much you will miss the University of Guelph until you move to a different province. The U of G will always be home to me!”
ALUMNI 1930s Katherine Lake, DHE ’38, Dec. 18, 2014.
1950s Alfred Anderson, Dipl. ’51, Oct. 9, 2016. William Carroll, B.Sc. (Agr.) ’51, July 28, 2016. Garth Schnittker, Dipl. ’51, Oct. 20, 2016. George Fleming, DVM ’52, Nov. 18, 2016. Thompson Wright, DVM ’52, Sept. 27, 2016. Harry Fried, B.Sc. (Agr.) ’54, Nov. 17, 2016. August Kloppenburg, Dipl. ’55, Jan. 20, 2017. David Courtice, DVM ’56, Nov. 11, 2016. Frederick (Neil) van Nostrand, B.Sc. (Agr.) ’56, Oct. 3, 2016. Alan Christie, B.Sc. (Agr.) ’58, M.Sc. (Agr.) ’60, Jan. 10, 2017. Harvey Grenn, DVM ’58, Aug. 13, 2016. Christopher Greenhous, Dipl. ’59, Nov. 5, 2016.
1990s Gilles Marcotte, Hon.DLet. ’93, Oct. 20, 2015. Ralph Manning, M.Sc. ’94, Oct. 26, 2015. Joanna Waugh, B.Sc. (Eng.) ’96, Oct. 9, 2016. David Yemchuk, B.Sc. ’94, DVM ’98, July 8, 2016. 2000s Rebecca Wheatley, Dipl. ’02, Jan. 4, 2017. Maggie Davies, B.Sc. ’05, Aug. 4, 2015. Stephanie May, B.Comm. ’11, Jan. 20, 2017. FACULTY, STAFF & STUDENTS Kyle Coleman, student, Dec. 10, 2016. Madison Gough, student, Nov. 1, 2016. Andrea Humphrey, staff, Jan. 2, 2017. Riley Lynch, student, Jan. 19, 2017. Kayleigh Shannon, student, Jan. 24, 2017. Farzom Zarifi-Rad, student, Jan. 7, 2017.
1960s Henry Bowers, B.Sc. (Agr.) ’60, M.Sc. (Agr.) ’61, Nov. 23, 2016. C. Ernest Pritchard, B.Sc. (Agr.) ’62, April 8, 2014. John (Jack) Debbie, DVM ’65, Dec. 4, 2016. George Sweetnam, B.Sc. (Agr.) ’66, July 12, 2016. 1970s Paul Anderton, B.Sc. (Agr.) ’70, Feb. 23, 2016. John (Doug) Holmes, B.Sc. (Agr.) ’70, Oct. 1, 2016. Gretchen Day, BA ’71, Jan. 8, 2017. Donald Harfield, Dipl. ’72, June 24, 2014. Donald Smith, DVM ’74, Oct. 29, 2016. 1980s Joyce Robinson, BA ’82, Nov. 9, 2015. Peter Soloman, B.Sc. ’84, Dec. 27, 2015. Scott McLean, Dipl. ’85, Jan. 18, 2016.
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