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from the West Indies to Texas got together over the winter to celebrate their Guelph connections, while a group of students started a new tradition to build their own sense of community. Alumni-in-Action receive a well-deserved thank you, and the campus is gearing up for Alumni Weekend when the University of Guelph Alumni Association will celebrate its 35th anniversary.

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government rewards U of G for increasing enrolment, the University launches a major review of the campus master plan, and alumnus Peter Hannam gives $1 million to support research on new and innovative uses for soybeans. In addition, the campus community congratulates alumnus Ken Murray, who has been named to the Order of Canada.

RESEARCH WH E R E W I LL R ESEAR C H TAKE US NEXT? U o f G scientists exa m ine so me o f o ur most pro mising resea rch areas to fo recast tec hn ology breakthro ughs and a nti cipate wh ere Guelp h in gen uity and explo rati o n are headed .

HISTORY LOOKING BA C K Th e first chairman o f th e Boa rd of Gove rn o rs reca lls the exc item ent o f th e fo undin g o f th e Unive rsity o f Guelph.

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SCHOLARSHIP THE TRUTH S EE KERS U o f G philoso ph y gradu ates build caree rs in th e new fi eld of bioethi cs to help society develop a se nse of science consciousness.

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that's a sure thing. Not only do es it promise a significant rate of return, but it also acts as a catalyst for a vibrant eco nomy, society and culture. And its val ue and

among non-medical schools, U of G attracts an estimated $92.7 million in research funding annually. just five years ago, the total was about $60 million .

Our campus is a hub for a rapidly growing cluster of life sciences/agri-food education, research and laboratory services, all contributing to the " bio-economy." This

potential are championed by top business leaders.

This outstanding investme nt is our universities. issue of the Alitnnws explores key U of G research areas An Enterprise Ca nada Resea rch that promise to have a significant 1m pact report, The Economic Impact of on the quality of life for Canadians and Ontario 's Universities, commissioned people around the world over the next by the Co uncil of Ontario Universities, decade. Read about our work on better shows that for every dollar the provinvaccines, "designer" foods , soft materi cial government spends on universities, als, advanced analysis, reproductive tech it gets $ 1.50 back in direct and indirect nologies and upcommg technolog1es that revenu es to the provincial treas ury. affect community h\路mg.

Furthermore, Ontario universities With our strong tradition in the life generate more than $ 10 billion in ecosciences, Guelph is well positioned to lead nomic activity each year - a gross the next wave of econom1c growth and domestic product that's larger tha n any development. The burgeoning bio-econof the province's plastic products, texomy is expected to transform everything tiles, paper products, fabricated from health care and pharma metal, electrical and electronic ceutical development to agn fOR EVERY DOLLAR products, communications or culture and food production At THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT chemical products industries. the same time, U of G remains

And Ontario universiti es highly cognizant of the cth1cal SPENDS ON UNIVERSITIES, are provincial leaders in job and moral responsibilities that IT GETS $1 .50 BACK. creation, directly or indirectl y arise from scientific advance sustaining more than 375,000 ment. The Alimlnlls feature on jobs in this province.

Prof. David Castle and Christine In addition, a university education benefits Ontario Harrison explores the contribution of biocthiCists as we as a whole by developing a high-calibre workforce that is consider and debate the issues raised by scientific advances. one of the greatest attractors for new economic investGovernment is already demonstrating its willingment. As graduates yourselves, you know that such an ness to invest in U ofG's vision for the future through education prepares you to contribute to society in the arts, funding for new infrastructure and research . Significant humanities, social sciences and sciences as creative and reinvestment by government in basic operating grants well-rounded individuals. Our students and their parents is also necessary to enable Ontario's universities to move realize that a university education increases employment forward and provide the necessary tools for teaching, and income prospects and stimulates personal growth. learning and research, particularly in light of growing The evidence clearly illustrates that a hi ghly educated enrolment demand over the next several years. population and a dynamic research culture are vita l to With such significant and far-reaching economic, positioning a jurisdiction to compete in the new knowlsocial and cultural dividends, the evidence is clear: an edge-based economy and to contribute to the improveinvestment in Ontario universities is an essential investment of the quality of life of all Ontarians. Among its ment in this province. many benefits, research spawns innovation , commercialization and technology tran sfer and attracts investment.

The report The Economic Impact of Ontario's UniverThe University of Guelph is a case in point. As the secsities is available 011 the Council of Ontario Unl\'crsitics ond-most research -intensive university in Canada, the first Web site at http://www.cou.an.m.

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PROVINCE REWARDS ENROLMENT INCREASE The Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (MTCU) has awarded U of G $4.56 million in accessibility funding for the 2000/01 fiscal year in recognition of the University's increase in enrolment.

Guelph received the most funding of the nine Ontario universities that shared in the province's $16.5-million Accessibility Fund, which was designed to address the growing demand for admission to university programs. To be eligible, universities were required to increase or match their fall 1999 first-year admissions in fall 2000.

"This funding is welcome news for U of G, and we are thankful for it;' said president Mordechai Rozanski. "It will help us address the extraordinary challenges we face in this

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year's budget related to enrolment growth. This funding will help cover the costs we have already incurred for teaching, classroom improvements, increased student assistance and other student services that contribute to our quality learning experience."

Brenda Elliott, minister of intergovernmental affairs and MPP for Guelph-Wellington, announced the funding on behalf of MTCU minister Dianne Cunningham. Elliott said the initiative is one component of the government's plan to prepare universities

and colleges to meet the anticipated increase in enrolment due to the implementation of the province's new high school program.

"The Ontario government will continue to work with universities and colleges on new initiatives to support growth in the post-secondary sector," she pledged.

Over the next decade, an additional 90,000 students are likely to be seeking admission to Ontario universities. As soon as 2003, there will be 33,500 new students eligible for university admission province-wide, in addition to the usual first-year intake of 50,000 students.

Rozanski stressed that stable multi-year operating funding is essential to support growth and the quality education that students demand.

Campus master plan under review oF G HAs launched a review of the campus master plan in an effort to create a physical blueprint for the future.

"We need to ensure that our facilities are a welcoming environment for learning, teaching, research, work and living, because this attracts and retains high-quality faculty, staff and students," says Nancy Sullivan, vice-president (finance and administration ).

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master plan dates back to 1964, with the last review in 1987.

Chri s Pickard, director of planning, engineering and constr uction , and Prof. Jim Taylor, Landscape Architecture- who has been seconded to act as plan co-o rdinator - will oversee the campus master plan review.

A steering committee chaired

by Board of Governors member Mary-Elizabeth Flynn and made up of faculty, sen ior administration, staff and stu-

dents has been established.

Their work will focus on the University's core academic lands between Edinburgh and Victoria roads. The review is expectcd to last a year, with a plan ready by spring 2002. A consu ltation process will keep the University community involved in the review at key points.

"A comprehensive campus master plan will show all of our constituents that we have a road map for the future," says Taylor.

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Senate has approYed a new four year honours degree program that integrates study in the arts and sciences.

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Soybean research gets $1-million boost

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G HAS received a $1million gift from 1962 OAC alumnus Peter Hannam and his family to launch a new research fund that could accelerate the rising demand for soybean

The HSUF will provide $100,000 to $150,000 a year for 10 years to support research. The first grant recipients are Prof.

Bruce Holub, Human Biology and Nutritional Sciences; Prof.

products. The Hannam Soybean Utilization Fund (HSUF) will be used to award annual research grants to faculty and students to promote new and innovative uses for soybeans.

"We are profoundly grateful for the Hannams' faith in our university's research capability;' says president Mordechai Rozanski. "This is a tremendous example of an alumnus giving back to U of G so that our students and faculty can continue to conduct innovative research."

Hannam, who founded First

Peter Pauls, Plant Agricu lture; and Kemptville College faculty Allen Hills and Dean Donaldson.

Holub's award of $50,000 " I 0 will fund research on an enzyme (j in soybeans that can slow down ~

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the progression of kidney dis- ~ ease. Pauls, who received ~ $25,000, will conduct research on a line of soybeans for soy ~ rn milk that don't taste "beany." "' Hills and Donaldson received $25,000 to study marketing soy biodiesel fuel, an organic renewable alternative to fossil fuels.

First Line Seeds is a founding sponsor of Project SOY (Soybean Opportunities for Youth), a contest that encourages students to create new uses for soybeans.

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Peter and Sandra Hannam, centre, officially announced their gift of $1 million for U of G soybean research Feb. 27. At left is president Mordechai Rozanski. At right is Prof. Bruce Holub, one of the first recipients of research support from the Hannam Soybean Utilization Fund.

industry as it is today. "Soybeans are very well-suited to growing in Ontario and have lots of potential for new uses;' he says.

"For the long-term prosperity of the industry, you have to expand demand and consumption beyond just food and fuel."

Two chosen for NRC program ECOND-YEAR Students Kelly Ogilvie, left, and Cynthia Pun have been selected for the National Research Council's Women in Engineering and Science Program.

Pun, a biological engineering student, and Ogilvie, a biomedical sciences major and 1999 President's Scholar, were chosen from a total of I 03 candidates across Canada.

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They will work in NRC laboratories during their co-op work terms over the next three years, and will benefit from being paired with an NRC scientist or engineer who will act as a mentor.

Participation in the program has become an annual tradition for U of G students; since 1993/94, a total of 15 have received the award.

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in and around the University GREENHOUSE GASES UNDER STUDY Two U oF G researchers are among only 15 nationwide to receive first-round fundin g from a new federal initia tive to study clean air and climate change.

Profs. Claudia WagnerRiddl e and jon Warland, Land Resource Science, were awarded more than $350,000 from the Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences (CFCAS) to study ag riculturally produced greenhouse gases.

Wa gn er-Riddle will receive $240,000 over three years to investigate the causes and effects of greenhouse gases and best practices for soil management. Her colleagues in this project, all from the Department of Land Resource Science, are Profs. Bev Kay, Paul Voroney and Ga ry Parkin.

Warl and will receive $ 110,700 over three years to examine how trace gases such as carbon dioxide, ozone and m ethan e are absorbed and emitted by forests and vegetated farmland. He has also received $72,605 from the Canada Foundation for Innovation's New Opportunities program for infra structure to support his research project, a figure that was subsequently matched by the Ontario Innovation Trust.

The 2000 federal budget established CFCAS with a one-time grant of $60 mil lion . The initiative aims to help Canada meet its environmental goals, including those of the Kyoto Protocol.

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direc tor of U of G's Food System Biotechnology Centre, wi ll assume the position of vicep res ident (research ) on July 1 as Prof. Larry Mi ll igan completes h is term.

"Given the exceptional leadership provided by Dr. Larry Milligan over the past IS years and the continuing achievements of U of G's research community, the search commi ttee was committed to recru iting an individual of the hi ghest calib re," says president Mordechai Roza nski. "We were seeking so m eone w ith v isionary and st ra tegic leadership to help the Un iversity's researchers and sc h o lars achieve instituti onal and individual research asp irat ions - locally, nationa lly and in ternationally."

Wildeman , who holds B.Sc. and M .Sc. degrees in biology from the University of Saskatchewan and a PhD in molecular genetics from U of G, joined Guelph in 1985 as a professor in the Department of tvlolecular Biology and Genet-

ics. He has held a Natural Sci ences and Engineering Research Council Industrial Re search C hair in biotechnology, has been a participant in many national and international peerreview panels in the biomedical sCiences, was named director of the Food System Biotechnology Centre in 1999 and is Guelph's lead participant in the Ontario Genome Project.

"The University of Guelph contains many of the elements that a leading research institu tion needs," says Wildeman .

"While our reputation in agri food and veterinary medicine grows , research excellence in social sciences, life sciences, physical sciences and humani ties increasingly highlights the multi - faceted nature of schol arship on this campus."

Tomatosphere brings space science to children

GRADUATE STUDENTS EXCEL

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graduate students are among the recipients of the Canadian International Development Agency's (CIDA) Awards for Canadians for 2000. The awards allow master's students to conduct field research abroad.

Three of the Guelph recipients are in the School of Rural Planning and Development. Barbara Johnson will do research in South Africa, Jana Kelly in Mozambique and Shawn Stonehouse in Nicaraugua.

Two recipients are collaborative international development students: Marian Biasutti, who will study in Brazil, and Paula Binnie, heading for the Republic of Chad.

Romi Oshier of the Department of Land Resource Science received a CIDA award to study in Eastern Uganda. Christopher Slade of the Department of Agricultural Economics and Business will travel to China, and Laura Thomas of the School of Engineering will work in Mexico.

PhD level: Six U of G PhD students were winners in the 2000 national competition for doctoral fellowships from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council: Sarah Allen, Family Relations and Applied Nutrition; Douglas AJ-Maini and James Brouwer, Philosophy; Tracy Cocivera and John Robinson, Psychology; and Rebecca Sutherns, Rural Extension Studies.

12-day space mission last November, comparing them with seeds that stayed on Earth. The experiments are part of a University of Guelph research project to determine the effects of microgravity and cosmic radiation on plant germination and growth. The project, dubbed Tomatosphere, is "a great opportunity for young scientists to learn about the exciting world of science, space exploration, food and nutrition," says Prof. Mike Dixon, who leads Guelph's Space and Advanced LifeSupport Agriculture research group.

Murray named Officer of the Order of Canada

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ORMER BoARD OF GovERNORS chair and longtime U of G supporter Ken Murray has been named to the Order of Canada. Murray, who graduated from OAC in 1950 and received an honorary doctorate of laws from Guelph in 1996, has distinguished himself as a respected business executive (retired CEO of J.M. Schneider Inc.), comn1unity leader, philanthropist and volunteer. A former chair of the Homewood Corporation, he founded the Homewood Foundation and established the Murray Alzhein1er Research and Education Project at the University of Waterloo. He also initiated the Science and Society Project at U of G and Waterloo. Over the years, Murray has served U of G in many roles- as a member and

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Murray was congratulated by Uof G and Chancellor Lincoln Alexander whan he attended February convocation ceremonies with his wife, Marilyn Robinson-Murray, B.H.Sc '55. In March, she was recognized for lifetime achievement by the Guelph UM-YWCA Women of Distinction Awards program.

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SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY • SCHOLARSHIP • SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTS DINOSAUR CLUES UNCOVERED FoR THE FI RST time, researchers have used tech nology normally used in designing cars, bridges and airplanes to uncover answers long buried in the fossil record about how dinosaurs ate and hunted.

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findings demon strate the potential of using the technique to test mechanical behaviour of fossils in ways that until now have been impossible.

FEA is commonly used to estimate performance in structures such as bridges, airplanes and cars. Thomason has also used FEA in his research at OVC, which has included examining the strain horses' hooves experience during different activities and specific measurements of horses' strides.

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"This is definitely the most ambitious study to date dealing with the fossil record," says Thomason, add in g that the

ONTARio's RURAL communities lack the wherewithal to maintain or improve their declining economic circumstances, and the problem is likely to become more widespread and intense, according to a new report by U of G researchers. " In many communities, the interrelatedness of economy, community survival and quality of ru rallife is the pivotal issue," says Prof. David Douglas, School of Rural Planning and Development. "What we discovered is a

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Only 38 per cent of rural Ontario municipalities have an economic development plan.

dangerous picture requiring our immediate attention."

The researchers note that Ontario's recent economic prosperity has not filtered down to rural communities. More than two-thirds of communities responding complai ned of economic stagnation and population decline in the period 1996 to 1999.

The two-volume report, "An Integrated Analysis of Changing Municipal and Community Roles and Practices," is part of a three-year research project ca lled "Toward More Effective Rural Economic Development in Ontario." The survey of all 495 of Ontario's rural municipalities (128 responded) found that without provincial help, rural communities are flagging and at risk.

ANCIENT COURT RECORDS REVEAL SCOTTISH HISTORY SCOTTISH STUDIES professor Elizabeth Ewan has undertaken a three-year project to study the nature of insult and social order in 16th-ce ntury Scotland from the perspective of women.

Her study is sponsored by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council , and will be based primarily on court documents and historical and literary material. The goal of the project is to increase availab le resources about women's history in Scotland and gain a better understanding of Scottish life.

" If you don't look for women, you won't find them," Ewan says. "Uncovering life in Scotland as to ld from a female voice will enlarge our understanding of that era."

In the first part of the project, Ewan is researching the life of a woman with a slanderous tongue and aggressive nature

Elizabeth Ewan named Alison Rouch, who lived in Edinburgh during the first half of the 16th cent ury. Then, with help from two doctoral students, she will examine the nature of insult and social order as seen from a woman's perspect ive. The insults used by men and women reveal contemporary ideas about appropriate male and female roles, says Ewa n. Documents show that misbehaviour in 16th-century Scotland was punished by public humiliation and shame.

After being paraded around town , deviants were forced to apo logize publicly.

The third part of her study is dedicated to increasing the number of resources avai lable on women's history in Scotland, including a Web bibliography.

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EAT MORE FISH TO AVOID ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE EATING FISH MAY beaway to ward off Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia and cognitive afflictions, according to new research by a team led by U of G adjunct professor Julie Conquer, Human Biology and Nutritional Sciences.

The study, reported in the U.S. journal Lipids, found that Alzheimer's sufferers as well as elderly subjects with other forms of dementia or cognitive impairments all had lower levels of DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) in blood samples than did ~ elderly subjects with normal ~ cognitive functioning.

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of cardiovascular disease, depression and attention deficit disorder. Eggs also contain omega-3 fatty acids.

"Our research suggests that the need to increase fish, fish products or other sources of omega-3 fatty acids in the diet of both the population at large and the elderly seems prudent," says Conquer, director of the Human Nutraceutical Research Unit.

Previous evidence had suggested that lower DHA levels serve as a predicting factor for Alzheimer's disease, but the new findings confirm this and are the first to also link low DHA levels to other forms of de mentia as well as cognitive impairments among the elderly.

ARE GAMBLING AND PARENTING LINKED? J S T H ER E A LI N K between authoritarian parenting and risk-taking behaviours such as

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gambling? U of G professor Gerald Adams is about to find out.

Adams, a faculty member in the Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition, has received a $168,000 grant from the Ontario Problem Gambling Research Centre to study whether certain parenting styles - especially strict authoritarian parenting could be encouraging children to seek risk-taking activities. " If we can find a relationship between such factors, then

we can predict such prob lematic behaviours and find ways to prevent them," says Adams, who wrote a series of books on the effect parenting styles have on childhood and adolescent behaviour.

He and graduate student Anne-Marie Cantwell, who is specializing in addictive behaviours, will study the gamb ling habits of students attending the universities of Guelph, Windsor, Brock and Wilfrid Laurier.

"We will cover the spectrum, examining a broad range of gambling, from betting to casinos, to game wagers and poker;' says Adams. University students are ideal research candidates because many of them are living away from home for the first time, yet remain strongly connected to their families, he says.

It's also a crucial time for selfdevelopment and self-identification, and the influence of parenting styles is still strong.

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GETTING A GRASP ON SHOULDER INJURIES AU OF G ENGINEERING professor and graduate student are using sophisticated computer modelling techniques to get a grasp on the most complex and least understood joint in the human body- the shoulder.

Prof. john Runciman and student john Phillips are studying the individual and combined roles of the various structures of the shou lder using computerbased mode!Jing. Shoulders have the greatest range of motion of all human joints, making them more prone to injury. Almost 45 per cent of all joint dislocations are shoulder-related. A shoulder that is dislocated or badly pulled is rendered unstable for life.

The researchers plan to investigate each component of the shoulder joint in detail, then examine the structure as an integrated whole.

They hope that by identifying the relationships between the structures of the shoulder joint, they can develop a firm foundation for better understanding the active contributors to stability and joint function.

STEP-PARENT MOTIVES AFFECT ADOPTION SUCCESS THE MOTIVE OF step-parents to adopt their stepchildren has much to do with whether the adoption is experienced as a success or failure. This was a key finding of a first -ever study on the subject by psychology professor Michael Sobol.

Preliminary findings of Sobol's research also reveal that children should offer uncoerced consent as to whether they will be adopted by a step-parent and whether they will have contact with the birth parent or other relatives.

"There are few good data on

step-parent adoptions, despite the fact that there are four times as many step-adoptions as 'full' ones," says Sobol, who has been studying Canadian adoption laws and policies for more than 20 years.

"We can't ignore step-parent adoptions or pretend they're just legal acts of little significance, nor can we lump them in with other kinds of adoptions, because the circumstances are unique."

The study was based on

a step-parent when they were between the ages of six and 12.

"Our study shows that even in cases where the adoptive parent and biological parent later divorced, if the adoption was originally motivated by love, the relationship endured," he says.

The research also found that in the vast majority of"unsuccessful" adoptions, consent was imposed and the resulting resentment often carried over into adulthood.

"Many of our participants felt that the adoption represented a loss of self and that it was a betrayal of their past relationships," says Sobol. By contrast, in adoptions rated a "success," there was no coercion to give consent.

The study also showed that continued contact with the birth parent or birth parent's family influenced whether an adoptee considered his or her adoption a "success."

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and like what they see by Suzanne Soto ating and transmitting this future knowledge but also in applying it to improve the health and the social, cultural and economic quality of life of all Canadians.

On the following pages, we examine some of our most promising research areas to forecast technology breakthroughs and anticipate where Guelph ingenuity and exploration may take us next.

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Technology transfer

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he University of Guelph has a history of successfully transferring research knowledge to the marketplace, but the future promises even more efficient technology transfer and greater financial rewards that will fuel new research initiatives.

Guelph's Business Development Office (BDO) has shown strong positive results in its effort to protect the University's intellectual property, license U of G inventions, develop industrial partnerships and promote the creation of spinoff companies. "I believe our statistics speak for themselves;' says BDO head Connie Hearty.

The BDO has achieved 117 invention disclosures and 336 industrial research contracts worth $ 16 million . U of G currently holds 75 issued patents, with 143 applications in progress. To date, the office has also successfully negotiated 30 licensee agreements with an associated annual royalty revenue of $1.5 million.

With help from GUARD (Guelph Alumni Research and Development Inc. ), the University has also generated more than 10 start-up companies that are in various stages of development. Originally an alumni initiative, GUARD is a unique collaboration among the scientific, financial and industrial sectors. It operates as a forprofit company that is publicly traded on

Health-enhancing Foods ice that improves eyesight, broccoli that targets cancer, corn th at prevents heart disease, fruit packed not only with new antioxidants but also with vaccines, milk rich in antibodies, soybeans that deliver insulin- the list of"designer foods" that could be produced in the near future through biotechnology see ms endless.

"There's a big push right now in both science and society to produce food that promotes better health and prevents disease," says food science professor Rick Yada, assistant vice-president (agri-food programs).

Over the next decade, he predicts more and more of these health-enhancing foods will start making their way on to supermarket she lves. And U of G will be a key player in the ongoing development of these products. "We currently have people all over this campus working on these functional foods and nutraceuticals, trying to advance our knowledge in these areas," he says.

Two of these researchers are food science professor Gopi Paliyath, who's trying to find the "on" switch that produces antioxidants and ant ioxidant enzymes in fruit and vegetables, and plant agriculture professor Larry Erickson, who hopes to identifY and engineer plant proteins that cou ld cure both animal and human diseases. And faculty

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from 11 different departments are working under the umbrella of U of G's new Food System Biotechnology Centre (FSBC), whose mandate is to apply recent advances in mol ecu lar genetic technology to develop improved crops, plants and animal production systems.

Just as important as discoveries geared to enhancing human and animal health, says Yada, are future breakthroughs that will improve crop yields, add new varieties with better stress tolerance and disease resistance, promote environmental stability and open new economic markets for plant-based nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals and industrial enzymes.

It's expected that over the next decade, more sophisticated modification of plant metabolism will be engineered, including the controlled expression of introduced genes in a cell or tissue-specific manner and regulated by environmental or developm ental cues.

"We are designing those crops now," he

the Canadian Venture Exchange. U of G owns 20 per cent of GUARD, says president and CEO Brian Cox. GUARD has stimulated the commercialization of Guelph inventions and discoveries by helping to found companies such as Elite Display Systems Inc., which produces colour inorganic electroluminescence for flat panel displays; Magnos Technologies Inc., which has commercialized X-ray backscatter technology; Integragen, which owns exclusive rights to High Immune Response, a technology that improves livestock's genetic ability to resist infectious diseases; and the drugdesign firm Nanodesign, sold last year to Montreal's SignalGene for $15 million.

says. "We expect to continue to develop new approaches for detecting plant diseases, isolating plant genes, producing transgenic plants and selecting new cultivars. We further expect that the work will greatly increase our understanding of plant physiology from the level of the gene to the whole plant."

Yada and his collaborators hope to eventually establish U of Gas a world centre for private- and public-sector agricultural research.

"We want to be recognized internationally as a hub for life sciences research, especially as it applies to developing food, plants, animals and processes that conform to the highest standards of quality and safety."

Bioinformatics ata mining- defined by its practitioners as "the extraction of implicit, previously unknown and potentially useful information from data" - is quickly emerging as one of the most important computer technologies of the new millennium.

Long a staple of marketers- who've used data to develop new products and track consumer preferences and spending habits-- this research is now becoming essential for human biologists, geneticists, epidemiologists and a host of other biological scientists. They're using it to map out genes and proteins, identify behaviour palterns of living organisms, predict and pre-

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vent disease, model events and antic ipate outcomes, and formulate better drugs and other products.

"Informatics, but more important, bioinformatics and biocomputing, are the wave of the future," says Prof. Deborah Stacey, Computing and Information Science, who is head of Guelph's SHARC-Net (Shared Hierarchical Academic Research Computing Network) team. The network -consisting of several university and college partners- is committed to advancing large-scale computing in Canada.

U of G has the expertise to make a big contribution in this rapidly expand ing area, says Stacey, who expects biocomputing to transform pharmaceut ical development, health care, agriculture and food production research.

"We already have a very strong tradition

in the life sciences- plant agriculture, animal research, food technology," she says.

"We're also experts at collaborating with industry and other institutions to generate knowledge. And we have a small but vibrant computational community. In 10 years' time, if things continue the way they are, U of G could be a Canadian front-runner in bioscience."

Stacey is currently spearheading efforts to establish a Canadian Centre for Biocomputing on campus. Its goa ls would include developing a software library of biologically inspired techniques to analyse biological data and creating databases for animal biological data.

"Canada urgently needs an Internetbased network of searchable, documented and linked biodiversity, ecosystem and bioinformatics databases;' she says. "The University of Guelph could be one of the key institutions providing this invaluable resource.

And I believe that, in time, we will."

New vaccines and disease treatments cientists agree that finding cures for terrifying illnesses such as hemorrhagic fevers or "mad cow" disease are still a long way off, but reversing the alarming rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria first detected in the 1990s is definitely something they hope to achieve in the next few years.

Prof. Terry Beveridge and researcher Fu Hun gwen of the Department of Microbiology have developed a vaccine and drugdelivery system they believe will immunize animals and humans against a wide range of bacterial pathogens as well as deliver antibiotics directly to antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Beveridge says the technology should be ready for use by the agricultural and medical industries in about a decade.

In its simplest form, the technology works like this: there are two basic types of bacteria, gram-positive and gram-negative. A significant difference between the two is that gram-negative bacteria- such as salmonella and Escherichia coli, which can cause serious intestinal-tract infections- constantly shed membrane vesicles, which Beveridge likens to tiny balloons. He's found that these balloons can be inserted into live attenuated vaccine strains, which then become effective oral vaccines againstthe gram-negative bacteria.

The membrane vesicles can also carry powerful enzymes that allow them to search out and destroy infecting bacteria.

Perhaps more important, the membrane vesicles can be packed with antibiotics. The loaded vesicles then penetrate gram-negative bacteria resistant to other drugs or embedded in hard-to-reach tissue. Once inside, they burst, releasing their "cargo" and killing the bacteria.

"What all of this means," says Beveridge, "is that in future, you and I could either take an oral concoction that would immunize us against a wide range of pathogens, including cholera, dysentery and Helicobacter pylori, or we could package antibiotics in the vesicles and then send them right to the infected tissue to inhibit the growth of pathogens."

The technology should work in humans as well as in farm animals and pets, he adds.

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ularly promising for humans because it could also conceivably be used to deliver any chemical to parts of the body, including antitumour drugs to malignant cells. "Ten years downstream, we might be at a stage where we can package almost any protein or small biomolecule we want in the vesicles;' he says.

"We could clone a human hormone, for example, and use the vesicles to send hormones to tissue where they're required."

Another possibility is that Beveridge's technology may someday be available in aerosol form. "An animal or person would simply breathe the vaccines in, which would then elicit an immune response;' he explains.

"We're in very preliminary studies for that right now. Aerosol vaccines are very new.

They're beginning to be used for some farm animals, but have not progressed to human use because researchers have to figure out a way of packaging them for effective use. But maybe in I 0 years' time, we' ll be there."

High-tech humanities research uch of the incubation and dissemination of cultural knowledge was once primarily confined to learned conferences, letters between academics and conversations among scholars. Information technology, however, has not only transformed these exchanges but has also brought cultural studies to a much greater audience, including the general public.

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This trend is likely to continue in the first years of the 21st century, says Prof. Susan Brown, Literatures and Performance Studies in English. "I believe that because of electronic media, humanities scholarship is going to be opened up in ways we can only imagine."

Brown heads U of G's team on the Orlando Project, an electronic scholarly his-

tory of British women's writing being compiled with research ers at the University of Alberta. When it's launched in 2003, this electronic resource is expected to be the definitive guide to biographical information, critical discussion and contextual material on women's writing in Britain.

She says it's now possible to obtain

The Last 10 Years Expertise developed through past U of G research initiatives will provide the building blocks for future achievements.

Human health

• determining how cancers originate • reducing the side effects of cancer drugs • preventing mu lti-drug resistance in cancer patients • a diagnost ic blood test to detect ovarian cancer at an early stage • cancer tests that don't require the sacrifice of animals • artifi cial skin to study wound hea li ng

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images of engravings and art, audio-visual materials, transcriptions, and published and unpublished texts- including electronic "chats" that may have taken place years ago and been archived- right off the Internet.

This material, she notes, can often be accessed not only by humanities scholars but also by students at all educational levels and anyone interested in cultural studies.

Libraries and their role in humanities research, meanwhile, will also continue to be revolutioni zed by technology. Just last year, the international Research Libraries Group- which includes libraries at Cornell, Oxford and Yale universities announced it was creating shared access to high-quality images and descriptions of the works and artifacts that document culture and civilization. The result is expected to be a globally accessible Web-based research resource drawn from the pre-eminent collections of the group's member institutions.

"Computers have allowed us to cross great distances and to collaborate more easily than before," says Brown. She's looking ahead to more integrated and responsive humanities research projects like Orlando, whose electronic form will permit readers to pursue

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• identifying bacteria that can be used to teach metals from ores • identifying milk proteins as emulsifiers and texturing agents in infant formula, soups and new health drinks.

• PIXE software to measure the distributions of ai r poll utants, determine the commercial viab ility of ore samples and test integrated circuits.

• a substance-specific sensor that detects conta mi nation in chemical manufacturing plants • a fluid and electrolyte replacement supplement for horses to increase performance • a computer-based model to identify and generate chemical compounds for use in developing new drugs • us ing soil microbes to clean

individual inquiries in searching, sorting and moving through the literary history. " I rea lly believe we're only at the very beginning of exploring what computers can do for the humanities;' she says. "B ut also, the humanities have much to contribute to make computers speak to us in ways that make sense to us and that contribute to our understanding of our culture and history."

Reproductive technologies loning research for medical applications on humans has recently become an acceptable- albeit highly controversialscientific pursuit. just this March, European and American researchers announced they were close to cloning a human. They were swiftly condemned by other scientists and the religious community.

Bu t although cloning a whole person remains questionable, scientists from around the world have replicated tissue, which they believe will one day be used to repair damaged skin, among other things.

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up soil contaminants and plants to take up metal toxins • software to predict the behaviour and potentia l health hazards from industrial chemicals • laser technology to meas ure greenhouse gas levels in the environment Computer technology

• co mputer-contro lled greenhouses that respond to plant stress • software to assess poll utio n sources in the deve loping world • models to help farmers assess the potential co mm unity im pact of farm practices • mi nicomp uter for hearing aids • surgical tool for back surgeries to co rrect con ditions like scoliosis

• evaluation of animal and human movement in joints like the shoulder • models to evaluate cattle, pigs and sheep genetics • instrument to measure foot pressure that helps diagnose health problems like cerebral pa lsy, back problems and diabetes • software that mimics human sense of smell and taste to measure consumer preferences for everything from whisky to potato chips • modelling the structure and function of ion channels responsible for heart rhythms • linking atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide to respiratory allergies • software program to teach grammar and punctuation

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and kidneys for eventual transplantation, and to find ways of using healthy human stem cells to treat disease and maybe even reverse the aging process.

"That's what the future holds," says biomedical sciences professor Allan King, an expert on animal ferti lization, cloning, embryo culture and early development.

U of G has long been a leader in animal reproductive technologies - the wellknown precursors to human advancements in this area. "Our focus is on animals, but obviously, the research has direct applications to humans," King says.

Last year, Guelph received federal and provincial funding to establish a Genome

Transgenic • protoplast fusion to replace the slow po llination process in cano la breedin g

Manipulation Laboratory- part of the FSBC- and to hire PhD graduate Dean Betts as a professor. He'll join King in the Department of Biomedical Sciences this fall and be dedicated to animal cloning research.

King sees Guelph research in this area going in two possible directions: continuing to be an invaluable tool for agricultural animal production and leading to a much better understanding of basic reproductive biology. The two scientists are currently using cloning techniques to produce elite calves with high production potential and fertility, good reproduction qualities and sound health.

"We hope to provide the livestock industry with a way of making copies of genetically valuable cattle, which in turn will reduce production costs," says King.

Their work has led them to interesting discoveries in the area of cell aging and death. For some reason, in cloned cows, an enzyme responsible for telomeres- which regulate chromosome production- reverses its course during the first week of the clone's embryonic development. The result is that, unlike other cloned animals, which inherit the adult telomeres of their predecessors, cloned calves end up with newborn-

• "super seeds" for mass propagation of new varieties • rapid test to detect salmonelIa in fection in horses

• plants wit h hi gh levels of beneficial proteins • plants that grow we ll in low-light cond itio ns • winte r-hardiness in alfalfa and canola • improved shelf life for tomatoes

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and clay into usable products like lumber, steel and concrete. Now, researchers are applying these same principles to "soft"

tor temperatures • finding the active agents that enable oats, garlic and fish oils to reduce heart disease • omega-3 enriched eggs

Food safety • che mi ca l-free ways to store fresh fruit and vegetables • pasteurization by electrical current • automated system for grading meat carcasses • a rapid test for bacterial

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like telomeres. King and Betts are studying this phenomenon to see what possible implications it has for animal and human aging.

Another important research focus is embryo development and loss. In cattle, 40 per cent of all embryos die before birth, leading to huge economic losses in the cattle industry.

"By studying embryos produced in the lab through in vitro fertilization and cloning, we are trying to determine what goes wrong and what prevents an embryo from developing normally," says King.

"From a human perspective, the research could provide answers to the agony and heartbreak of failed pregnancies."

detection in meat

• evaluating soy proteins as health promoters; e.g., immune system, kidney disease, Alzheimer's • new treatments for lung

crops, vegeta bles and fruit rice and barley more t ole rant of heat and drought • biologica l controls to thwart mould

antibodies to vaccinate cattle against respiratory infection • understanding how E.coli survives in the bladder and kidney • speeding up the development of vaccines by eliminating the need for genetic manipulation

infections in people with cys· tic fibrosis • Vitamin A-enriched vegetable oils

• genetic im proveme nt of field • seed t reat ment to make co rn,

related to cystic fibrosis • transgenic alfalfa that carries

Reproduction • improved genetic selection of livestock through genetic evaluation identification of

Functional foods

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additives in ice cream • edible soy coating that pre· vents fat absorption in fried foods

cattle pneumonia • rotavirus vaccine producible in chicken egg yolks

genetic markers and repro· ductive technologies like embryo manipulation and cryopreservation • transgenic chimeric chicks

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• increasing nutrient values in milk

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materials such as biological membranes, proteins, polymers and even food components, to develop the products of the future: biofuels from starch and sugars, therapeutic proteins and carbohydrates for pharmaceutical application, polymer films to keep bacteria away and fat crystals for healthier food.

"The use and development of soft materials such as polymers and proteins is expected to revolutionize many sectors of the Canadian industry," says physics professor john

be developed from any conventio nal m aterial, but an area expected to grow dramatically in the next few years is the reuse of raw agricultural products to add value. A good example of this is what an Australian researcher is doing with milk, says food scientist Yada. "He has isolated co mpounds

carcinogen in breast milk that has been linked to the development of breast cancer.

His research team has also demonstrated a potential link between smoking and breast cancer and is now looking at the different ways first - and second-hand smoke affect the body. In the Department of Biomedical

from milk that he has then used to repair skin on burn patients."Yada adds that many food products will probably make their way into the health-care system in the future.

Dutcher, director of U of G's Centre for Food and Soft Materials Science. "These sectors include the aerospace, pharmaceutical, microelectronics and packaging industries."

Two important areas of research in soft materials are food and the discovery of completely different, or new, uses for either

At U of G, researchers are co nducting fundamental studies of the stru cture and function of food compo nent s in eggs to develop vaccines, trying to extract soybea n proteins that may eventua ll y prevent dia betes, and working with fat crys tals to cre ate better dairy products and infant formula, among other projects.

In addition, says Dutcher, fundamental studies of bacterial surfaces, thin polymer films and biological membranes wil l provide a deeper understanding of these important systems, which will have a direct impact on their technological app li cations. "The whole area of biological macromolecules is ve ry exciting," he says. "The scientific, economic and health-related advances we co uld make through this type of research are exte nsive."

Sciences, Prof. Gordon Kirby is trying to determine if colitis is involved in the reduction of certain enzymes that have also been associated with colon cancer.

Prof. Alan Wildeman, Molecular Biology and Genetics, is trying to stop the spread of cancer by studying the expression of molec ules from the surface of cells that are important for cell movement and migration.

"Ca ncer cells spread because they can migrate throughout the body;' he explains.

"We're looking at ways we can alter the pattern of expression of these molecules, so we

Cancer research existing materials or waste products something scientists call "value-added" products. Dutcher says researchers are developing better ways of monitoring quality during food processing and distribution, such as improved sensors for detecting harmful bacteria or pathogens and "smart" packaging that alerts buyers when meat or other food contains bacteria.

A Mississauga company has already developed and is trying to commercialize this U of G technology, basically a multi-layered packaging film that tells consumers when bacteria are present by changing colour. This, however, is just one product. Dutcher says there are huge advances to be made in this area. "It's conceivable that one day, everything we buy will alert us of possible dangers."

Technically, value-added products could

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ust as we can now determine some people's predisposition to cancer through their genes, it may soon be possible to pre-

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vent some cancers by altering ge n es or to treat them through gene- or protein-specific therapies and drugs. In fact, so m e of this is already happening. Acco rdin g to a recent article in The National Post, an international pharmaceutical company is seeking U.S. Food and Drug Adm ini stration approval for a compound that thwarts the development of tyrosine kinase proteins, known to ease cancer cell interaction.

At U of G, a number of researchers are trying to unravel cancer's mysteries and develop new treatments. Prof. Frances Sharom, Chemistry and Biochemistry, is working to develop new treatments for improving chemotherapy in drug-resistant forms of cancer. Prof. David )osephy in the same department was the first to detect a

can eliminate those that are more abundant, like tumour cells, and those that cause migration ."

Wildeman believes that within a decade, researchers might be able to start regulating these mol ecules to stop their growthat least in th e laboratory. "This will make it easier to develop new therapies for cancer;' he says. "As we know more about protein structures, it will be possible to understand better what kinds of drugs should be used to fight cancer, and we' ll be able to make drugs that selectively kill cancer cells."

Another area that will grow in importance is gene therapy, he adds. The possi bilities include inducing genes to create proteins that inhibit cancer cells or that produce other beneficial effects, and using gene therapy to stimulate the body's natural defences against abnormal cells. ga

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versity of Guelph enrolment projections pushing 15,000 students. These sound like modern-day iss ues preoccupying administrators, faculty and staff at U of G and other universities across the province as they anticipate a 40-per-cent increase in student demand over the next decade.

But these same issues faced the founders of the University of Guelph more than 35 years ago, according to documents in a collection of material about the University's founding years that was recently donated to the U of G Library archives by Thomas A. McEwan, founding chairman of the University of Guelph's Board of Governors in 1964. A former Guelph businessman a nd past chairman of the city's public board of education, McEwan is now retired and lives in Mississauga, Ont., with his wife, Bessie.

"Tom was a central player in the founding of the University in 1964 and a proponent of public education in general," says president Mordechai Rozanski. " His papers

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provide an important view of the social and political forces that helped shape the education system in Ontario."

Among the reports, correspondence and personal notes fillin g a number of boxes in the archives are McEwan's annotated copy of the long-ran ge master plan for the campus, budget documents and detailed plans for the University's fund-raising campaign in the mid - 1960s.

The collection also includes materials from McEwan's tenure on the Guelph board of education, as well as correspondence and documents from throughout the 1970s when he served as chairman of the provincial Committee on the Costs of Education, including hi s handwritten draft of the 1979 Education Reform Policy for Ontario.

McEwan says it was while se rving on the board of education that he became concerned that post-secondary institutions in the province would not be able to accommodate the post-war influx of students that he and other trustees were dealing with at the elementary level. He voiced his concerns and received support locally from Guelph

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There was also strong support for uni versity expansion in the office of then -premier John Robarts. McEwan lobbied the board of regents of the Federated Colleges and the premier, pointing out that the colleges provided an excellent base for the establishment of university programs and that the citizens of Guelph would participate and provide a good home for a university.

"We were looking for ways to expand Ontario universities;' says John R. McCarthy, deputy minister on university affairs at the time, "and we could never have accomplished what we did without the impetus and help of people like Tom McEwan at the local level."

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The Robarts government moved ahead with the creation of the University of Guelph, and the premier invited McEwan to sit on the inaugural Board of Governors, which elected him its first chairman.

McEwan's memories of those heady days include reviewing with Robarts the draft bill that would establish the University of Guelph and a dramatic II th-hour phone call from agriculture minister William Stewart, saying he wanted to retain Johnston Green, Johnston Hall and War Memorial Hall as government property. McEwan replied that the proposal "would be completely unacceptable," and Stewart, who eventually served as U of G chancellor from 1983 to 1989, withdrew the amendment at a hastily arranged meeting in Toronto. Thus, the campus remained intact.

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Robarts appointed former OAC principal john MacLachlan the University's first president and announced lofty plans to expand enrolment as high as 15,000 students. Those plans have particular resonance for today's administration as Guelph's enrolment approaches the 15,000 mark.

Over the next few years, McEwan continued to encourage the growth of the University, the launch of development activities and the establishment of the U of G Alumni Association. He stepped down as B of G chairman in 1968 and was named a U of G Fellow in 1969.

McEwan's professional career was also advancing. A 1950 graduate of Queen's University, he worked with Toronto's Union Carbide and Carbon, was president of the Sterling Rubber Company Ltd., then vicepresident and general manager of Howmet of Canada before joining Becton Dickinson & Company Canada Ltd. in 1968 as executive vice-president and chief operating officer. He was named president of the company in 1970.

McEwan also devoted many volunteer

hours to his community through the Rotary Club, his work on the school board and as a member and president of the Ontario Society for Crippled Children.

He felt his responsibility to support public education all the way down to his pocketbook. In addition to helping his class sponsor a scholarship at his Queen's alma mater, McEwan helped launch U of G's Heritage Trust in 1991. He and three other Guelph supporters- Emmanuel Birnbaum, jack Skov and Ossic Downes- donated 26 acres of land that was sold for $4.4 million to provide a significant portion of the capital used to establish the Heritage Trust. Today, it has a total endowment of more than $30 million.

"Tom's foresight in addressing the financial needs of the University of Guelph is obviously as adept as his original desire to launch a university that would address a very real need in post-secondary education;' says Rozanski. "We are grateful for his leadership and support, and his donation of historical documents to the library archives is a valuable addition to the rich history of the University of Guelph." ga

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The Truth Seekers U of G philosophy graduates meet the demands of a society desperate to develop a new sense of science consciousness.

by Alexander Wooley FTER ToRONTo's Hospitalfor Sick Children established its department ofbioethics in 1991, hospital staff put up a sign in one of the operating rooms. It read: "The ethics police have arrived:' According to Christine Harrison, BA '76 and MA '85, director of Sick Kids' bioethics department, that attitude can still be found occasionally lurking, but less so as the profession takes hold. "There was some initial suspicion," she says. "Some doctors didn't realize that we're there to help them."

That's changed, however, fuelled by a technological tsunami that seemingly has the moral compass of many innocent bystanders spinning out of control and in search of direction. "Bioethics is not just about health care any more," says Harrison.

"The pace of scientific discovery means there is an expanded role for bioethicists to play. Take cloning, for example, or the development of chemical and bacteriological weapons of mass destruction or science's impact on wildlife and the environment."

Philosophy, one of the purest forms of inquiry, is enjoying a renaissance precisely because of the explosion of one of the most applied forms of inquiry - technology.

When Harrison was appointed bioethics director in 1994, her first consultation involved two conjoined children. As it happens, her PhD thesis (through the joint Guelph-McMaster PhD program) had involved the concept of the "person" in medical ethics, so her first task was determining

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whether the children were singular or plural "persons," from an ethical perspective.

"Some people think of philosophy as all metaphysical, up in the air," she says, "whereas here was a real-world example I was dealing with in my first week as director."

Bioethicists are in demand because technology has gone democratic, affecting the many rather than the few. On the cutting edge of this phenomenon is U of G philosophy professor David Castle, PhD '98, who is associated with the University's Food System Biotechnology Centre, which brings together more than 70 Guelph researchers involved in genomics and biotechnology research.

Consider the current convergence of agriculture and medicine, where advances in genetics and biotechnology are giving us the scientific possibility of things like plantgrown vaccines, says Castle.

"The emerging bio-economy means that these technologies are going to have a pervasive influence on people's lives, in a way that earlier technological advances did not.

For example, the aerospace revolutionhumans flying to the moon - arguably did not have an effect on people's everyday lives."

Castle completed a B.Sc in biology and chemistry before he switched to philosophy, earning a BA, MA and PhD. "I was interested in the sciences, but not just the 'how' questions" he says. "I wanted to understand the macroscopic 'why' questions. I wanted to conduct the big-picture analysis of why

we're doing what we do in the sciences."

The arts/science combination of degrees makes Castle well-qualified to tackle issues like biotechnology and genetics. He co-teaches with Prof. john Phillips a course called "Genetics: Our Uncertain Heritage" in Phillips's Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics. The course has 175 students each term learning how ethical issues in genetics and biotechnology arise and are resolved.

The course teaches the fundamentals of moral reasoning, then incorporates these into a series of case studies examining substantial ethical issues posed by genetics and biotechnology.

Students look worldwide to evaluate technological advances on the basis of the scientific thought and reasoning behind them.

If you're thinking of a career as a bioethicist, expect to deal with difficult cases. There aren't any cream puffs here.

Each year, Sick Kids treats more than 12,000 in-patients, most of whom Harrison will never have to deal with. "The hardest part of my job is that the cases that come to us are really bad- the complications are extreme," she says. "We've passed the point where there's an outcome that will make all sides happy. So we look instead for an end point where people can live with the result."

She cites examples of parents who may make a moral or religious decision to choose naturopathic treatments for their child over conventional medicine, which they may view as invasive. Harrison says this can be a particular problem where the child is

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N THE SPRING of 1904, four young women scratched their names into the glass pane of a window inside Macdonald Institute, where they were studying domestic science in the province's first school for women.

Inspired by those scratched names, another group of young women who take classes today in that same red brick building found a way to reconnect with the history of their college and build a sense of community among their own classmates. On March 24, they hosted a unique Heritage Night event that drew almost 200 people, mostly students, to a reception in the former Macdonald Institute building, now home to the office of the dean of the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences.

Beth-Anne Tsourounis, Amie Phillips, Sarah Hill, Paula Black and Lyndsay Armstrong spearheaded the effort to build a new tradition among their classmates. "] didn't really know what Macdonald Institute was until l did some research in the library;' says Tsourounis, who launched the idea. "It's amazing how far women's education has come in a hundred years, and many of the Mac Institute grads went on to do some really incredible things."

The student group enlisted help from college staff and alumni to help them put together a display of memorabilia and a slide show that highlighted the experiences ofMacdon-

Mac-FACS AA president Patsy Marshall, left, with Heritage Night organizer Beth-Anne Tsourounis. aid Institute students from 1903 to the mid1960s. Their committee included Shirley Surgeoner, B.A.Sc. '72; Kate Revington, former B.A.Sc. academic counsellor; applied nutrition professor Marg Hedley, B.H.Sc. '64 and M.Sc. '8 1; and Laurie Malleau, B.Comm. '83, alumni program manager for CSAHS. A dinner held after the reception welcomed students, faculty and several former board members of the Mac-FACS Alumni Association. Guest speakers included Patricia "Patsy" Marshall, B.A.Sc. '74 and M.Sc.

'78, president of the Mac-FACS AA, CSAHS dean Alun Joseph and history professor Jamie Snell. Marshall talked about her experiences at U of G and the career moves that have taken her from social work to human resources specialization and teaching. She currently runs her own business, offering a variety of business training courses.

The committee plans to expand the Heritage Night event next year to cover college history after the establishment of the University of Guelph.

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NE OF THE GREAT pleasures of being a dean is having the opportunity to present new graduates to the University chancellor at convocation. There will be more than I ,000 CSAHS graduates to congratulate in June as they collect their degrees and progress from student to alumni status.

They'll be joining a large family of more than 20,000 alumni under the CSAHS umbrella, the biggest alumni population of any college at U of G. And what a diverse group it is.

Our earliest alumni classes are all women, graduates of Macdonald Institute.

A group of today's students recently probed the history of this founding college and hosted a highly successful Heritage Night to showcase our historical roots and help build a sense of appreciation for the experiences of the Mac women. l believe "inspired" is an accurate word to describe the way students felt about that evening.

The alumni membersh ip of our coll ege broadens as we add some 30 graduating classes from the former College of Family and Consumer Studies. We have social science graduates from the six years of We ll ington College and 29 years of classes from the College of Social Science. Still growing, our alumni family includes 2,171more recent gradu-

ates who completed programs in CSAHS. As an alumni family, we are both distinguished and challenged by our diversity. The

challenge is to maintain meaningful relationships with graduates from every corner of the college. We're making a renewed effort to do that by involving alumni in the core activities of our academic programs and by fostering friendships that began here among students.

In this issue of the CSAHS Bulletin, you will find stories about the many different ways alumni are contributing to the life of the college- mentoring students, providing work experiences, facilitating research projects, supporting scholarships and bursaries, and creating networking opportunities for faculty and students.

We also introduce some exciting new opportunities for alumni, such as a "virtual" alumni gathering on the Department of Geography Web site and a networking club (the 5:30 Club) for those interested in business and marketing.

Equa ll y important, we're taking steps to ensure that current students are aware and appreciative of alumni contributions and financial support.

As alumni, you are always welcome in the departments where you studied as well as throughout the college. We hope to hear from you often.

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HEN EACH ISSUE OF the CSAHS Bulletin is mailed out, we're struck by the large number of alumni who work on campus, especially here in our own college.

More than 25 of our faculty have Guelph degrees, including Prof. Donna Woolcott, B.H.Sc. '69 and PhD '79, who is now serving as assistant vicepresident (academic); Prof. julia Christensen Hughes, B.Comm.

'81, who is director of Teaching Support Services; Brenda Whiteside, BA '82 and MA '83, now serving as associate vicepresident (student affairs); and

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one of our newest faculty, Peter Hausdorf, MA '90, of the Department of Psychology.

Academic counsellors Diane Dobbins, B.A.Sc. '91, Donna Reimer, BA '78, and Susan

Turner, BA '78 and MA '83, are among our students' greatest resources, while dozens of professional and clerical staff are the right hands of faculty.

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'83, and Tim Mau, BA '92 and MA '93, who are work ing in CSAHS as alumni program and development managers. Their presence in the college is a constant reminder to faculty and students that alumni have been and continue to be our most loyal supporters and are among our greatest resources.

In turn, Laurie and Tim are resources for alumni who want to become more involved in their alma mater. You can reach them by calling 519-824-4120 or by sending e-mai l to lmalleau@uoguelph.ca and tmau @uoguelph.ca.

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HECK OUT THE NEW geography alumni Web page to see this photo of a 1981 undergraduate field trip to Devon and South Wales. It's one of many photos posted on the site to bring back great memories of the undergraduate experience in the Department of Geography and to help launch a new virtual Guelph Geography Alumni Association (GGAA).

The idea for a virtual alumni office was developed by geography chair Prof. Richard Kuhn, retired professor Phil Keddie and alumnus Grant Lee, BA '73.

"We've had more than 2,000 graduates of the geography program since it was established in 1966, and now the technology is in place to regroup," says Kuhn. "The Web site gives faculty and alumni a way to stay in touch and continue relationships started at U of G. We hope our alumni will bookmark the GGAA Web site at www.uoguelph.ca/geography/alumni/ggaa

and come back often to check out college events, contact colleagues and share career and continued learning opportunities."

The photo shows geography students and faculty; who scaled cliffs and descended into a coal mine together. Prof. Alun joseph orga-

nized the field trip to his home territory in South Wales while supervising U of G's London semester, but says the first overseas excursion for geography students still would not have been possible without financial support from alumni through the Annual Fund.

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HEN SHE GRADUATED from Guelph nearly 20 years ago, Shelley Macdermid received a gift from a family she had never met: a Harshman Foundation scholarsh ip.

The foundation, established by businessman H.H. Harshman and now run by his great-nephew Peter Harshman, B.Sc.(Agr. ) '71, and Peter's wife, Grace, has been providing scholarships to undergraduate and graduate students in the Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition since the early 1960s.

Macdermid says the money and recognition were a "big confidence booster." It's fitting, then, that she was invited back to her alma mater nearly two decades later as guest speaker in the Harshman Lecture Series, supported by the same family and foundation that provided her with that scholarship those many years ago. ln her November 2000 lecture, Macdermid spoke about families and work, a topic that she

studied as an w1dergraduate at U of G and that is now a primary focus of her work as director of the Center for Families at Purdue Un iversity. The centre is similar to Guelph's Centre for Families, Work and Well-Being, a co-sponsor of the Harshman Lecture Series.

Macdermid says her visit to Guelph was truly a "coming full circle" experience for her and others. "I was born and raised in Stratford, but this was my first official visit back to Guelph since I graduated."

After receiving her B.A.Sc. in 1982, she attended graduate school at Penn State and later joined Purdue's faculty. She has directed its Center for Families for seven years.

"I'm very pleased that U of G has the Centre for Families, Work and Well-Being now;' she says. "! think it's a wonderful step."

Macdermid says the purpose of facilities like those at U of G and Purdue are to help educate and influence those who dictate the kind of struggles families will face.

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Fred Kan, BA '99, and judy Duncan, BA '91, centre, shared career experiences with HAFA students at a February careers night. Kan is a project manager with the Tea Council of Canada, and Duncan is owner of JD Marketing.

SHARING CAREER EXPERIENCES

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HEN IT COMES to making career decisions, it's a big bonus for students to be able to talk with someone who's "been there, done that," says Lyndsay Armstrong, president of the CSAHS Student Alliance.

"Having access to alumni from our programs who are involved in a range of careers offers students a broader picture of what's available to them after graduation;' she says.

"That alone is reason enough for the college to make a greater effort to get alumni involved."

Forty alumni participated in careers night events held in February and March.

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TUDENTS IN GUELPH'S housing and real estate management (HREM) program tend to be a close-knit group of highly motivated students who usually stay in touch with each other and with faculty long after graduation .

Terry Ellery, B.Comm. '96, says his graduating class tries to get together a couple of times a year.

"You might be surprised how powerful and handy a network of individuals specializing in various aspects of the real estate industry can be;' he says. "''ve taken advantage of

it in setting up and growing my company."

Ellery is president of Guelph-based Biltmore Homes, which posted annual revenues of more than $3.7 million last year.

Many HREM alumni are key players in the business and real estate industrymajor banks, trust companies, property management firms- and generally can't say enough good things about the program.

"I feel the HREM B.Comm. gave me an edge by educating me on the history of past real estate and economic cycles and what future trends may lie ahead," says Ellery. "I put the lessons learned to use every day."

Prof. Marjorie Wall, chair of the Department of Consumer Studies, hopes to capitalize on those positive remarks and the strength of alumni relationships as the department looks to double the program's enrolment over the next few years and enlarge its co-op stream.

that has been funded by the Harshman Fellowships Society and Pfizer Canada Inc. Firestone is now vice-president, government and public affairs, at Pfizer in Montreal.

The inaugural award was presented to Darlene "Dee" Cober, B.A.Sc. '99, who is now studying at Conestoga College in Waterloo to be a nurse practitioner. The 2000 winner, Allison Broostad, will graduate from U of G in 2002 with a B.A.Sc. in nutrition.

SUPPORTING STUDENT TALENT

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HEN MEMBERS OF THE Macdonald Institute class of 1949 went looking for a 50th-anniversary project, they decided to commission a piece of artwork that would provide work for a U of G fine art student while commemorating their days at the college. A proposal from graduate student Lori Newdick won the commission; her photo piece Essentially now hangs on the walls of a CSAHS meeting room, where it provides a glimpse of what college life was like for women in 1949.

In doing research for the project, Newdick says she found incredible stories in a scrapbook lent to her by Nony (Hogarth) Denison, who is pictured in the piece.

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SAHS PROFESSOR Elizabeth O'Neil, B.A.Sc. '74 and M.Sc. '83, is finding success with a new marketing idea. The 5:30 Club is a regular networking opportunity for alumni, students, faculty and community professionals in marketing. The gatherings begin with industry experts invited to talk about hot topics in marketing- a recent example was a discussion of how the Internet is transforming market research. If you're interested in attending the 5:30 Club, call 519-824-4120, Ext. 25 72.

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Memorials HE FAMILY AND FRIENDS of the late Jean Carter, DHE '38, have established a $1,000 annual undergraduate scholarship for a gerontology student in CSAHS. The first award will be made in September.

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HEN SHE WAS A STUDENT at U of G, Theresa Firestone, B.A.Sc. '78, spent up to 30 hours a week engaged in volunteer activities in the community. Recognizing the value of those experiences 20 years later, she inspired the 1999 establishment of an annual CSAHS Student Volunteer Award

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and support of alumni Carter family and donations made to the Jean Carter Memorial Fund after her death in 1999. She is survived by her sons, John and Robert, B.Comm. '84.

Jean Carter was a former teacher, a master weaver and an active community volunteer in Kitchener, Ont. At U of G, she served on Senate and was president of the Mac-FACS Alumni Association. She was instrumental in working with her Mac '38 classmates to establish a scholarship that provides $6,000 annually to graduate students in gerontology.

Funding for bursaries and scholarships is absolutely crucial to the mission of CSAHS if the college is to ensure accessibility and quality, says development manager Tim Mau, BA '92 and MA '93.

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TUDENTS IN MANY CSAHS programs are benefiting from undergraduate and graduate scholarships provided by the estates of Audrey Yeandle, DHE '25, and Katherine Beck, DHE '22.

The bequest from the Yeandle estate was matched by the provincial government through the University's ACCESS Fund, providing $1.1 million to the college endowment for student aid. The Beck estate will add $500,000 to the endowment for graduate scholarships.

Like jean Carter, these women were lifelong Guelph supporters. Audrey Yeandle and her sister, Mary, DHE '27, taught for many years at the john Fisher School in Toronto. Katherine Beck enjoyed a career as a professional dietitian and was in charge of the kitchen in Creelman Hall for well over a quarter of a century.

"When you bear in mind the time in which these women obtained their degrees and embarked on careers, you realize that they were true pioneers," says Mau. "The relationships they made early on in life carried through the decades, and they never forgot the friends they made at Mac, the quality of their education or the faculty and staff. Their generosity is heartwarming and serves as an example to us all."

That's a bonus for the Department of Economics, which is actively engaged in building alumni contacts. An event he ld last fall drew 35 graduates from as far away as Ottawa.

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G ALUMNI ARE OFTEN our best co-op employers," says co-op field co-ordinator janet Brydges. "They're certainly our most loy2.l employers, typically because they had a nice experience when they were students at Guelph and because they understand our programs."

Alumni employers often notice the coop ad in the Guelph Alumnus magazine or hear about the University's programs through Career Services, or they're former co-op students themselves, she says.

All employers today are looking for a wide set of skills, says Brydges, and the coop program gives them a unique opportunity to see the skills Guelph students have to offer. In turn, co-op students find an easier transition to the workplace, and many graduate with a job offer already in hand.

Such is the case for Jessica McCullough, one of the first students in U of G's master's-level co-op program in economics. She spent two co-op placements at Ontario Power Generation and will begin work there when she completes her degree this spring.

"The job experience was great in terms of providing what you can never really learn at school- first-hand experience of how the business world functions,' she says.

This new master's co-op program has received a lot of response from economics alumni, says Brydges. "It's been very nice because we're able to connect with employers who are aware of Guelph's economics program and what it's capable of producing:'

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ELPING HANDS FROM ALL quarters are supporting a new effort to strengthen ties between the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences and its alumni.

U of G's new college-based approach to alumni programming is supported by the University of Guelph Alumni Association (UGAA), which recently committed $30,000 in operating funds to support alumni initiatives in CSAHS over the next three years.

Both established and emerging alumni groups will benefit from the resources as the college focuses on greater alumni involvement, says alumni program manager Laurie Malleau, B.Comm. '83.

"The more we can do to involve alumni in the academic life of our college, the more our students will benefit," she says. "And the more our students benefit, the greater the rewards alumni will receive. We think that's a key to strengthening relationships."

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YN DSAY ARMSTRONG, president of the CSAHS Student Alliance, says she thinks alumni support has increased during her three years as a student in the college, but admits that her student government role gives her a privileged view of alumni involvement.

"Seeing the commitment that alumni still have even 20 to 30 years down the road tells me that something here left a lasting impression," she says. "I hope that impression is left for me as well."

Armstrong believes it's important that students know how much alumni contribute to the University, "whether it's renovating a building, sponsoring a lecture series or financing a scholarship. And students who feel they're being supported now are more likely to have a continuing interest when they graduate."

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UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY that taps the valuable resources of the Credit River Watershed provides University of Guelph students and faculty with the means to atta in hands-on experience in education, research and field work.

U of G and the Credit Valley Conservation (CVC)- a publicly funded organization whose mandate is the protection and environmental management of the Credit River Watershed- have established a partnership that involves two-way sharing of resources, knowledge and expertise. This flow of information has helped meet the research needs of both organizations.

"The partnership gives the CVC access to research expertise from the University," says geography professor John Smithers, MA '89 and PhD '95. "And it provides research and learning opportunities for U of G gradua te and undergraduate students and faculty. It satisfies objectives on both sides of the fence."

Helping to facilitate this partnership are a number of Guelph alumni who work for the CVC, including senior planner Mike Puddister, MA '83. His personal connection to the U of G faculty has been instrumental in furthering and building new collaborative projects. Together, authorities from the eve and students and faculty from U of G have been working on projects such as lake management plans, door-to-door

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surveys, and targeting sites for restoration and water-quality enhancement.

The Credit River Watershed runs from the town of Orangeville through Erin, Caledon, Brampton and Mississauga to Lake Ontario, spanning a total of 1,000 square kilometres. The Credit River itself supports l ,500 km of tributaries, streams and creeks.

It's estimated that over the next 25 years, urban land use within the watershed will increase from 16 to 40 per cent. This pressure makes environmental management of this vital resource even more important.

Through the partnership, Guelph researchers have the opportunity to focus their work on identified research priorities in local resources management. The partnership also provides hands-on training to undergraduate students who want to learn about ecological systems and the application of research in management.

In return, the CVC has access to the environmental data and understanding that result from this research. This knowledge helps the eve practise informed management and make the most-educated management decisions possible. The exchange of information also allows the organization to explore important issues and areas it normally wouldn't be able to cover because of limited expertise and resources.

For example, a group of undergraduate students recently developed a system used

eve Forester Bob Baker, with U of G geography students Michelle De eiccio, centre, and Shannon Stephens.

to visually evaluate the appearance of ponds in order to monitor the performance of new storm -water management facilities being implemented in the Credit Valley Watershed.

"We like to think of the watershed as a laboratory," says Puddister. "We're always looking for new opportunities to work with university departments and faculty."

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Hotel executive offers insights OHN SHARPE, former president and chief operating officer of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, was executive-in-residence at HAFA during the winter semester.

He spent a week on campus, offering insights on a var iety of topics to about 15 classes of students at all course levels.

Sharpe, centre, also presented the inaugural Four Seasons Entrance Scholarships to first-year students Brennan Quesnele, left, and Elizabeth Hilliard. Azra Bajric was the

third recipient of the $5,000 scholarsh ips, which are awarded each year to students entering the B.Comm. program in hotel and food administration or tourism management.

Alumni donations to the University's Annual Fund have helped support HAFA's executive-in-residence program, which brings two industry executives to campus each year, giving students the opportunity to hear success stories from an industry perspective.

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RO F. JEFF STEWART, School of Hotel and Food Administration, says it was a long-term effort to manage costs while maintaining quality and value that enabled students in the HAFA restaurant program to generate the funds needed to purchase new chairs for the HAFA restaurant.

"It was certainly a real-world business experience for the students and for faculty and staff,' says Stewart, who attributes the new fur-

niture to a team effort in restaurant management. Next on his wish list are a new paint job, silverware, new tables and more kitchen space.

"Next semester, we'll be running a full lab of 24 students five days a week," he says.

Enrolment projections for the restaurant class, which accommodates both HAFA and

HAFA already has a renovation plan that will double the capacity of the kitchen and enlarge the seating area from 40 to 85 patrons.

CSAHS development manager Tim Mau says renovation costs will exceed $2.5 million.

"We hope to enlist private-sector support for this project, which will enable the

nutrition students, suggest the demand could nearly double to 200 students a

HAFA program to grow with the demands of students and the needs of the hospitality industry," he says.

semester over the next few years.

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ber of the Gerontology Students' Association and has worked for both the Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition (FRAN) and U of G's Admission Services to

SAH S G E RO NTOLOG Y student BethAnne Tsourounis is the first recipient of a U ofG citizenship award established last year to recognize an undergraduate or graduate student who demonstrates through volunteer efforts a sense of personal responsibility and commitment towards the community.

The Andre Auger Citizenship Award was established to honour the contributions of Andre Auger during his 27 years of service to U of Gas director of the Counselling and Student Resource Centre.

Tsourounis was nominated by the CSAHS Student Alliance because of her involvement in the University and the community. In addition to spearheading the recent Heritage Night event, Tsourounis is an executive mem-

promote the B.A.Sc. program.

She has been the gerontology representative for several FRAN committees, and is a member of the gerontology task force participating in discussions about a family relations degree proposed as part of the new Guelph-Humber College initiative.

Tsourounis also works with the GuelphWellington Association for Community Living assisting adults with specia l needs, visits nursing home residents in Guelph, and is the campus co-ordinator for the Best Buddies Canada Program.

STUDENTS WORK TOGETHER TO RENOVATE LOUNGE

The first major project of the CSAHS Student Alliance - created through

and vice路president Jeff Hyslop move out the old furniture. Centre: Mar路

an amalgamation of the former FACS and CSS student governments

keting student Sean Holiday and HAFA students Karen Morrison and

- was to redecorate and furnish a student lounge. The Alliance received

lan Ricci (at the back) assemble new chairs. Right: Enjoying the fin 路

support from the Student Life Enhancement Fund, the CSAHS Dean's

ished project are, from left, marketing student Mike Hakomaki and

Office and Jostens Photography. At left, president Lyndsay Armstrong

HAFA students Romana Miokovic, Andrew Excel and An ish Mehra.

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HIRLEY SuRGEON ER, B.A.Sc. '72, says she jumped at the chance to help students plan the March 24 Heritage Night, but admits she was initially surprised by their enthusiasm to dig into the history of Macdonald Institute, a name they may know only from the facade of an old red brick buildin g.

"Today's students are part of a much bigger and more diversified college, so it surprises me that they have such interest in the past;' she says, "yet many seem to be looking for roots to anchor their place in the new College of Social and App lied Human Sciences."

Surgeoner is working not just with students, but also with alumni to prepare for the 10oth anniversary of the founding of Macdonald Institute, slated for 2003. She and Sarah Davenport, B.A.Sc. '90, began collecting photos, stories and memorabilia for a book now being written by Prof. Jamie Snell, History.

"It's important for us to record our history so that it's not forgotten," says Surgeoner. "What would have happened if Macdonald Institute hadn't been established? It's important to remember that the educational programs that started here in 1903 have grown and unfolded into today's dynamic college, one that we totally support as alumni. Througho ut its history, our college has had an impact around the world."

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Surgeoner and Rosemary Clark, B.H.Sc. '59, both longtim e members of the MacFACS Alumni Association, have volunteered to represent a lumni on a planning committee for the 2003 anniversary celebrations.

If you have ideas or time to volunteer, call Surgeonerat 519-843-5236.

The anniversary will also include a fund-

raising project to help finance major reno vations to the turn-of-the-century building that housed Macdonald Institute.

"We've now turned yet another century," says dean Alun Joseph, "and find our heritage building in need of restoration and upgrades that will address academic needs into the future."

Food for Thought A one-day seminar sponsored by the Mac-FACS Alumni Association June 15, noon to 5 p.m.

Springfield Golf & Country Club, Gordon Street South, Guelph Speakers

Contact: Carmelina Ridi, Tel: 519·824·4120, Ext. 3078 Fax: 519·766·4797 E-mail: cridi@uoguelph.ca Web site: www.csahs.uoguelp h.ca

Deborah Whale

Lois Ferguson, B.A.Sc. '71

Vice-president of Clovermead Farms

President of Malibu Consulting

"Putting Food on Your Table"

"Eating for En ergy and Ecstasy"

Anita Stewart

Shirley Ann Holmes, B.H.Sc. '62

Founder of Cuisine Canada

Home economist and Food sty list

"Distinctively Canadian Food"

"Easy Bread Machine Baking"

Cost $so per person, includes lunch. Send cheque payable to Mac-FACS AA to Rosemary Clark, 143 College Ave., Guelph, ON N1G 1S5. E-mail: rhclark@uoguelph.ca

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placed at risk over the length of a long-term ill ness. Short-term life-or-death cases, such as refusing a b lood transfusion for a child injured in an auto accident, rarely make it to her, she says, because the child lives or d ies within the space of a few hours.

" In the cases where a child has a longterm illness, you have to be careful and try and maintain that relationship with the parents, because otherwise the parents could take the child and disappear. You want to remain engaged and see a resolution to the

case that all sides can live with."

Castle faces similar challenges on the genomics and biotechnology front. "We're in a period right now where we have quite entrenched positions, especially about crop biotechnology," he says. "We have the pro-

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GMO multinationals on one side and the anti-GMO organizations on the other, and there's not much movement from either polarized position."

What will ease tensions, he predicts, are such things as incentives for multinational companies to adopt policies that meet their financial goals while allowing them to donate biotechnology to poorer countries or to create biotechnology specifically aimed at helping developing nations.

"The University of Guelph is an incubator for industry/university collaboration on projects that can meet these objectives," he says. "We must think now about how to develop and deliver these emerging technologies so they will do the most good possible."

Harrison's education and expertise are in constant demand. In addition to being a departmental director, she is on the faculty

"There was some initial suspicion.

Some doctors didn't realize that we're there to help them."

of pediatrics at the University of Toronto, as well as at the School of Graduate Studies, and she belongs to that university's )oint Centre for Bioethics. She teaches all levels of doctors-in-training, from first-year medical students to doctors taking upgrade courses at Toronto, and also gives courses in the occupational therapy department and at the Michener Institute in Toronto. She says bioethics is an area of growing interest to students, and she's seen a steady increase in the number of med students who want to study bioethics as part of their training.

Harrison also sits on a number of hospital task forces. Two current ones deal with disclosure of medical error and whether newborn babies should be tested for drugs if their mother was a drug user.

Expectations can run high. "The challenge still is explaining to people what it is we do;'

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she says, recalling an incident several years ago when a doctor said to her:"! hope you're going to be able to give us some answers."

"Sometimes there is a definite answer," says Harrison. "Other times, we're involved in helping people reach a decision. Our expertise is not what's right or wrong, but knowledge of ethical theory, decision-making processes and human psychology. Sometimes we solve a problem simply by getting both sides to sit down and listen to each other."

Castle points out that "resolve" is a term that doesn't always mean everyone ends up happy. "To resolve an ethical issue means that it is no longer a question as to what constitutes a right action. Sometimes that means all parties are satisfied and come to an agreement. Other times, the resolution is identified by all parties, but one side remains dissatisfied with what the right action entails."

Harrison is also the president of the 600member Canadian Bioethics Society, where a chief goal of her mandate will be increasing the credibility of the profession. She thinks this will be achievable, in part, by the development of standards for the profession.

Harrison points out that, despite the title, bioethicists are not saints, although to the misinformed or self-conscious, they may appear as modern-day equivalents of priest-confessors or nuns. Sometimes at social gatherings, for example, people will stop swearing if she comes into a room. On another occasion, when she was a visitor in an operating room and a mistake was made, one of the masked health-care professionals said: "That would have to happen when the bioethicist was here:' Instead, other qualities are necessary to the bioethicist's makeup. Both Castle and Harrison emphasize the importance of being able to speak your mind honestly and openly.

The personality of the organization they work in is also critical. Harrison and Castle say they feel fortunate that Sick Kids and U of G are both institutions where the organizational atmosphere invites open questioning and discussion.

Harrison did her MA at Guelph under Prof. Carole Stewart, now dean of the College of Arts. She also fondly remembers courses with Prof. Jay Newman, Philosophy.

"The philosophy I learned at Guelph gave me the conceptual tools to work in this pro-

fession," she says.

Harrison recalls one case where she was able afterwards to deconstruct a consultation based entirely on pure philosophical concept.

"This was the case of a child who ultimately died. It was very sad. The doctors disagreed with each other about whether or not to respect the family's wishes and continue providing aggressive but futile treatment, or to do what all health-care team members believed was best for the child- to let her die peacefully. Upon reflecting later as to why the situation went so badly, I realized that the two sides were using different philosophy in their thinking. Some of the doctors had a deontological philosophy, meaning dutybased, so they felt duty-bound to respect the comfort and dignity of the child, whereas the other doctors had a consequentialist philosophy. They didn't want conflict with the

"We have the pro-GMO multinationals on one side and the anti-GMO organizations on the other, and there's not much movement from either." health-care team to be the final memory the family had of their child's last days."

Harrison says the Sick Kids environment is one of family-centred care. "We think of the child in terms of the whole family, that the child is part of that family, and all treatment is provided with this principle in mind.

So in this particular situation, the healthcare team respected the parents' wishes but afterwards experienced moral distresswhat we refer to as a 'moral residue."'

Despite these individual cases that Harrison describes as sometimes "agonizing," it seems she wouldn't have it any other way.

"There are so many applications for bioethics and so much potential for this field that it seems in my day-to-day work, I'm always at the bottom of the learning curve. It's one of the factors that makes mine an incredibly interesting job." ga

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by Mary Dickieson

Alumni involvement in the life of the University has taken centre stage with the launch of a new team of alumni program officers who have moved their computers and their ideas into the colleges to rub shoulders with faculty and staff and the next generation of alumni.

"It's wonderful to be part of the academic scene, the scurrying of students, bumping into faculty in the halls and picking up a real sense of their priorities," says Laurie Malleau, alumni program officer for the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences. A staff member in Alumni Programs since 1987, she says being closer to the dean's office is also helping to increase awareness in the college of the role alumni play in the life of the University.

The college-based approach to alumni programming mirrors the decentralized structure of U of G's development team, launched almost two years. Alumni and development staff are now active partici.pants in the college communities, but still maintain a close connection to Alumni House to facilitate major events and fund~ raising initiatives. ~ "U of G has a large and diverse alumni :r: ~ population, and we believe grassroots i§ involvement is the best way for our gradu~ ates to stay in touch with their college and i'i:i the best way for us to encourage new rela~ tionships;' says Rob McLaughlin, vice-presiS: ident (alumni affairs and development).

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If you're looking for a way to get involved in your college, to connect with students or to contribute as a U of G alumni volunteer, call one of the alumni officers.

Eventually, they'll be spreading their wings across the country to meet and work with you on your own turf, helping to create new alumni groups and strengthening U of G's existing alumni associations.

Alumni involvement at U of G takes many forms, from speaking at a careers night to sitting on an academic advisory board, mentoring students, hiring students in co-op jobs, taking a position within an alumni association, serving as a class agent/contact, providing scholarships, being a contact for international students, funding student leadership initiatives, advocating on behalf of the University and welcoming new graduates at convocation.

Meet the cast

of alumni professionals at U of G: • Laurie Malleau, B.Comm. '83, has worked for several years with alumni of the School of Hotel and Food Administration and the former College of Family and Consumer Studies (FACS) and Macdonald Institute.

She has previous experience in the hospitality industry and is enjoying a new old office in the 1904 Macdonald Institute building.

• Carla Bradshaw, BA '88, has worked on campus since 1987, first in the liaison area,

then moving to Alumni Programs in 1992.

She has provided professional support to staff and alumni in several academic areas, focusing on alumni activities in OAC since 1999. She says her new location in johnston Hall has met with approval from alumni .

• Sam Kosakowski, B.Sc. (H.K. ) '92 and BA '94, is alumni program officer for the College of Biological Science and College of Physical and Engineering Science. AU of G employee since 1990, he has worked as a program co-ordinator and assistant BA counsellor. He also coaches the varsity men's lacrosse team and is currently completing an M.Sc. in rural extension studies.

• Susan Rankin, BA '92, is a newcomer to the University's staff but not to alumni programming. She has worked in alumni programs, alumni advancement and donor relations at McMaster University since 1995.

At U of G, she is responsible for developing alumni programs in the College of Arts and, through Student Affairs, will stimulate alumni involvement in varsity athletics, career mentoring, co-op placements and residence life.

• Another newcomer to the alumni staff, Andrea Pavia, B.Comm. '97, brings experience as a manager in the hospitality industry and as a manager of customer service for the Royal Bank Financial Group. As aU of G student, she was co-ordinator of the jobshadowing program and president of the FACS student association. She is now facili-

Keep in touch with your college: Carla Bradshaw, OAC alumni officer .... ..... cbradsha@oac.uoguelph.ca Sam Kosakowski, CBS/CPES alumni officer ...... skosakow@uoguelph.ca Laurie Malleau, CSAHS alumni officer .. ......... lmalleau@uoguelph.ca Andrea Pavia, OVC alumni officer ............... apavia@uoguelph.ca Susan Rankin, Arts alumni officer

....... .. .. srankin@arts.uoguelph.ca

tating alumni program activities for OVC. â&#x20AC;˘ Supporting this team from Alumni House are Vikki Tremblay as alumni program ass istan t and Jennifer Brett, recently hired in a new position as alumni events and communications co-ordinator. Trem-

blay has worked in administrative positions at U of G for the past seven years.

Brett comes to Guelph from UN ICEF Ontario and brings experience in community relations, event co-ordina ti on and communications.

Michael Somerville also played a central role in establishing the new staff structure as director for alumni programs, but has since left the Un iversity.

The five

alumn i officers will support constituent alumni groups, co-o rdin ate alumni participation in co llege activities, and work with Alumni House staff to maintain U of G's long tradition of hosting popular events suc h as Alumni Weekend and Homecoming, supporting class reunions and providing direct support for the University of Gue lph Alumni Association. ga

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UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

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1\lumni路in-Action board members and volunteers. Front row, front left: Barbara Colter, BA '83 ; Dorothy Collin, B.H.Sc. '6o; and Jean King, B.H.Sc. '52. Ba

row: Doug King; Bill Brack, DVM '49; Russ McDonald, DVM '45; Stan Young, BSA '49; Paul Pennock, DVM '58; George Fleming, DVM '52; and Bruce Stan BSI\ '53 and MSA '54. Board members who were absent: Earl Gagnon, ADA '58; Ann Smith, BSA '52; Bill Richard s, BSA '63; and Murray Woods, BSA '5

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effective alumni groups at U of G is called simply Alumni-in-Action. Its members are primarily retired people who work often behind the scenes with NE OF THE MOST

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~ ties. jean King, B.H.Sc. '52, and her husband, ~ Doug, have been readers for three years, and

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she has recruited many other alumni volunteers for the U of G Library program. The Kings have read a variety of material from economics and geography to agriculture and English, and teamed up last year to read an entire English novel of th e 1700s.

Multiply their effort by a group of up to 22 volunteer readers. In one semester alone, the group taped five full textb ooks, 136 chapters and 47 individual articles, an estim ated 5,500 pages representing more than 500 hours of work.

"Doug and I do a lot of volunteer work;'

says King. "We're both retired teachers. 0 all the vo lunteer work I've done, I cancertainly say this is the most gratifying." It 's also interesting work and h elps ho n e read in and diction ski lls, she says. ''I'll continue to read as long as there is read ing required."

Although these volunteers may never mee the students they're helping, another Alum路 ni-in-Action project brings students an alumni face to face. Twice a year, the o rga ni路 zation hosts a dinner for international stu路 dents. The alumni hosts tell stories about cam pus history, share folklore and offer a friendly

atters HIGHLIGHTS • GRAD NEWS • OBITUARIES • CALENDAR

LACROSSE PLAYERS FORM ASSOCIATION

I\ GRouP oF FoRM E R U of G lacrosse players got together t"\I ast summer to form the Gryphon Lacrosse Alumni Association. Their goals are to foster interest and support for the current lacrosse program at the University and to provide an opportunity for lacrosse alumni to stay in touch with one another.

An inaugural event Sept. 29 to Oct. 1 had 24 alumni players challenging the current U of G varsity men's lacrosse team. Alumni came from as far away as Texas and Nova Scotia, says organizer Sam Kosakowski, B.Sc. (H.K.) '92 and BA '94, who is the current vars ity coach and aU of G alumni program officer.

With their families, the lacrosse alumni enjoyed a Friday night

face to answer questions and help Guelph's international students feel at home. Alumniin-Action president Stan Young, BSA '49, says the fall event draws up to 150 students.

Young is also a new recruit for a longstanding Alumni-in-Action service program with the library archives. For many years, alumni have volunteered in the archives to help care for rare leather books, identify photographs and classify new material. The Rural Heritage Collection transferred from the Ontario Farm Museum last summer is

get-together, dinner at Gryphs Lounge after Saturday's game and an evening at the Great Canadian Brewing Festival, an annual community event held in the U of G arena. The lacrosse weekend was supported by U of G's Department of Athletics, Gryphs Lounge, the Process Mechanical Group and Molson's.

The newly elected Gryphon Lacrosse Alumni Association executive includes Kosakowski; jeff Snyder; Dave Campbell, BA '97; Mark Walker, B.Comm. '91 and M.Sc '95; and john VanSlingerland, B.Comm '99. If you're a U of G lacrosse alumni, visit the group's Web site at www.uoguelph.ca/-lacrosse or call Kosakowski at 519-824-4120, Ext. 4703.

a current project.

"It takes a long time to go from a pile of boxes to a format that can be catalogued in the library and made available so people can use it;' says Young. "I hope to do more work on that collection."

The project for which Alumni-in-Action may be best known is a collection of historical audio tapes containing interviews with several dozen alumni, faculty and volunteers about their early campus experiences. Two of the most recent additions were contributed

by Ed Brubaker, BSA '49. He recorded the memories of Tom McEwan, the first person to chair the University's Board of Governors, and travelled to Massachusetts to interview retired economist john K. Galbraith, BSA '31.

The Alumni-in-Action oral history tapes are available at Alumni House and in the library archives.

If you're interested in joining this active helping group, contact U of G Alumni Programs at 519-824-4120, Ext. 6544, or by e-mail at alumni@uoguelph.ca.

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alumni Matters TEXAS GRADS MAKE THE GUELPH CONNECTION

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U OF G Texas alumni reunion drew 24 people to San Antonio March 10. Grads came from Arthur City, Deer Park, Dallas, Houston, Austin, Brownsville and surrounding areas to make the Guelph connection .

Ted Freeman, ADA '56, and his wife, Shirley, organized the event, and OAC acting dean Tom Michaels was guest speaker.

Those attending were enthusiastic about making the Texas reunion an annual event, so an organizing committee for next year was formed: Elaine Hernandez, Charlotte Kerr Jorgensen, George Sprankle, Paul Bayer, Federico Villamayor and Freeman.

If you'd like to receive information on this newly established Texas alumni chapter or to ensure you're on the mailing list for the 2002 reunion, call Carla Bradshaw at 519-824-4120, Ext. 6657, or send e-mail to cbradsha@oac.uo guelph.ca.

HE FIRST

Front row, from left: Paulette Samson, OAC director of development; Elaine Hernandez, BA '74; Anne Louise McPhail-Smith, BA '89; Charlotte Kerr Jorgensen, BA '73; Carla Bradshaw, OAC alumni program officer. Back row: Tom Michaels, OAC acting dean; Paul Bayer, ADA '61; Janet Hunter, BA '74; Greg Levens, DVM '95; Federico Villamayor, PhD '84; Ted Freeman, ADA '56; and George Sprankle, DVM '51.

HONG KONG ALUMNI MEET CSAHS STUDENTS HOST HERITAGE EVENT

A group of College of Social and Applied Human Sciences students enlisted help from college staff and alumni to host a unique heritage event March 24 that highlighted the beginnings of the college as Macdonald Institute. Almost 200 people attended.

Members of the Heritage Night committee were, from left: student Paula Black; Laurie Malleau, B.Comm. '83, and alumni program officer for CSAHS; Kate Revington, former B.A.Sc. academic counsellor; Shirley Surgeoner, B.A.Sc. '72; and students Lyndsay Armstrong, president of the CSAHS Student Alliance, Arnie Phillips, Sarah Hill and Beth-Anne Tsourounis. Prof. Marg Hedley, Family Relations and Applied Nutrition, was unavailable for the photo.

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MAY 19 RECEPTION for U of G alumni in Hong Kong was hosted by Prof. Alun joseph, dean of the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences, and Prof. John Walsh, associate dean of the Faculty of Management Studies, who introduced Guelph's new Internet-based master of management studies program (MMS) .

The distance education program is geared to mid-career professionals in the hospitality and tourism industries and builds on a residential MMS launched in 1992.

Hong Kong alumni who helped organize the event include Douglas Barber, vice-president and general manager of the Century Hong Kong Hotel and a certificate holder from Guelph's Advanced Management Programs m the Hospitality Industry; Patsy Leung, B.Comm. '95, business development manager for the Grand Hyatt; and Kallista Wong, BA '92, who works for the English School Foundation in Hong Kong.

If you live in Hong Kong and want to ensure that your name is on the mailing list for future alumni events, send e-mail to Laurie Malleau at lmalleau@uoguelph.ca.

UGAA HONOURS GOLDEN GRADS

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o LY w1 LL THE OAC Class of 1951 celebrate its 50th anniversary during Alumni Weekend june IS to 17, but it will also celebrate the individual achievements of class members Ken Hammill and Clayton Switzer as they receive special honours from the University of Gue lph Alumni Association (UGAA).

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Hammill will be named Alum n us of Honour, and Switzer will receive the UGAA Alumni Volunteer Award during the June 16 President's Luncheon.

Hammill will be recognized for his contributions to education, research, environmental conservation and culture. His relationship with his alma mater has intertwined with a professional career in business, involvement in municipal government, membership in the National Research Council and his persona l interest in bui lding an important collection of Inuit art at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre.

Switzer's OAC '51 classmates have brought attention to his volunteer leadership on behalf of their class, the many agricultural organizations that have benefited from his involvement and his work to address the financial needs of OAC and the University.

Student scholarships, the Turfgrass Research Institute, the Rutherford Conservatory greenhouse, the OAC '51 garden and the University's Annual Fund have all benefited from Switzer's enthusiasm and fund-raising skills.

Also at the President's Luncheon, the Ontario Veterinary Col lege Alumni Association will recognize jim Archibald, DVM '49, as its Distinguished Alumnus. A pioneering surgeon during his faculty career at OVC, he has made innumerable contributions to the profession and to veterinary education, including his work on an OVC '49 class committee that raised more than $200,000 for scholarships and bursaries. Archibald has also been active in politics and charitable work.

U OF G NEEDS SKI COACH T H E U oF G NoR o 1c sk i team needs a coach so it can reapply for varsity status for the 2001/2002 season. If you're interested in physical activity, Nordic skiing and work ing with young athletes, contact team members at phook@uoguelph.ca.

Alumni Weekend 2001 Through the Lens of Time

FRIDAY, JUNE 15 10 a.m . OVC Symposium, Cliff Barker, DVM '41 1:30 p.m. Food for Thought Luncheon and Lecture Series 5:30p.m. Welcome Barbecue • 9:15p.m. Stargazing Party Class Reunions and Hospitality Events

SATURDAY, JUNE 16 Constituent Alumni Association Meetings 11 a.m. College of Arts Alumni Association Recognition Noon President's Luncheon and Alumni Awards Presentation 2 p.m . Trolley Tours of Campus 3 p.m. UGAA 35th -Anniversary Celebration and AGM 3 p.m. Mills Hall Plaque Dedication to OAC '71 Launch of OAC '71 and '72 Anniversary Project 6 p.m . Golden Anniversary Dinner • Silver Anniversary Dinner Class Reunions and Hospitality Events

SUNDAY, JUNE 17 9:30a.m. Ecumenical Service • 9:45a .m. Farewell Breakfast For program details, contact Alumni Programs at 519-824-4120, Ext. 6544, or vikkit@alumni .uoguelph .ca.

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alumni Matters FIRST-TIME ALUMNI GATHERINGS HELD IN WEST INDIES

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OF G's INTERNATIONAL liaison co-ordinator, Mary Haggar-

out why when she got back to Guelph- the invitations hadn't

ty, BA '90, donned her alumni hat last fall during a recruit-

arrived on time. "I guess Canada isn't the only co_untry with sna il mail;' says Haggarty, who hosted these first-ever West Indies

ment visit to the West Indies. She hosted successful alumni gatherings in Trinidad, Barbados and St. Lucia, but was disappointed when no one showed up in the Bahamas and Jamaica. She found

alumni events on behalf of Guelph's Alumni Programs office.

"Next time we'll mail the invitations much earlier."

The Canadian High Commission helped co-ordinate the Barbados

In St. Lucia, Mary Haggarty met, from left, Francis Leonce, BSA '62

event, which included, from left, Sandra Hastings, B.H.Sc. '69; Jean

and MSA '64; Jahn Sifflet, B.Comm. '99; Keith Scotland, DVM '79;

McCardle, M.Sc. '93; Geoffrey Goddard, ADA '79; Katalin Goddard,

Trudy Leonce-Joseph, B.Sc. '85; Michael Montrose, DVM '79; a guest;

B.A.Sc. '8o; and Martin Taylor, B.Sc.(Agr.) '88.

and Donnalyn Charles, B.Sc.(Agr.) '97.

OVC alumni John Fernandes, DVM '8o, and Roger D'Abadie, DVM '81, organized a large gathering of almost so people in Trinidad.

NOTICE OF AGM

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the most members in attendance.

meeting June 16 at 3 p.m. at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre. Members

FLORIDA REUNION DRAWS 88

FINDING BEAUTY IN THE ARBORETUM

ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL Florida alumni

THE CLASS OF OAC '56 will commemorate

will consider an amendment to the bylaws

reunion was held March 7 at Maple Leaf

of the association.

Estates in Port Charlotte. Organizers Donald,

its 45th anniversary June 16 by dedicating the OAC '56 Park in the Garden project at

DVM '49, and Betty Way welcomed 88 guests,

the Arboretum.

including U of G's vice-president (a lumni affairs and development), Rob McLaughlin,

than $69,000 to the project, which includes

Association will hold its annual general

Bylaw # 3 a) Classification. Regular Members.

Under the section titled " Regular Members," add a new clause: "All persons who have completed a certificate/diploma program offered by the University of

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Class members have contributed more

B.Sc.(Agr.) '69 and PhD '77, who was the

dedication of the park, 13 specimen trees

guest speaker. Morley Funston, BSA '32, rep-

and a double arbour at the southwest corner of the park boundary.

resented the earliest class, and OAC '51 had

GRAD N EWS

What's after Gryphon hockey?

From left: Matt Mullin, Kevin MacDonald, Paul Rosebush and Jason Reesor

• There's no doubt about it.

Winning the 1997 University Cup championship ranks as the all-time Gryphon hockey highlight.

The Gryphons dominated Canadian university hockey during the 1990s, finishing second in Canada in 1994 and 1995 and defeating the University of New Brunswick in Maple Leaf Gardens to win their first national championship in March 1997.

Where are those hockey Gryphons now? Amazingly, five members of the 1997 championship team are still playing

hockey together... in sunny California! J.P. Davis, Matt Mullin, jason Reesor, Paul Rosebush and Bill Monkman skate with the Bakersfield Condors in the West Coast Hockey League, which includes professional teams based in eight cities stretching from Phoenix, Ariz., up the west coast to Anchorage, Alaska.

The Bakersfield team boasts 14 Canadian players, most from southern Ontario, and head coach Kevin MacDonald grew up in Guelph. He played hockey in Ottawa and with several AHL teams and began coaching

in the Colorado Avalanche system. MacDonald was well aware of Gryphon hockey talent, having worked for Gryphon coach Marlin Muylaert at several U of G training camps in the 1990s.

MacDonald signed Reesor, Rosebush and Briane Thompson in 1999, Davis and Mullin in 2000, and Monkman in 2001. Thompson has since moved from California to Florida, where he's a member of the Pensacola Solar Bears of the East Coast Hockey League.

What's next for these players? Apart from the obvious hope of making the NHL, the five Condors have a variety of options. Rosebush is already branching into other sports. He played on the Canadian softball team at the 1999 Pan Am Games and plays professional fastball each summer. Davis gained some modelling experience while playing hockey in Europe, and Monkman did some radio broadcasting while playing in Georgia. Reesor plans to become a teacher, and Mullin hopes to return to Guelph, possibly as a firefighter.

• William Shaw, BSA '57, is retired but enrolled in a school of Scottish studies. He is also a member of Lions International, the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the C!Jnadian Historical Society and is a volunteer for the Canadian Cancer Society.

• Ted Wiffen, BSA ' 54, and his wife, Joan, live in Guelph's Village by the Arboretum, where they are enjoying retirement and their three grandchildren. Their son, David, B.Comm. 1986, is an area manager with Payless Shoes and lives in Georgetown, Ont., with his wife, Diane, and son, Scott. The Wiffens' daughter, Janice Schweizer, B.A.Sc. '82, is a senior human resources consultant in Mississauga, Ont., and has two children, Kristy and Andrew.

1960 • Mary (Jarrott) Cassar, BA '68, is retired after a 25-year career as a court reporter. She lives in St. George, Ont., with her husband, Ted, and is returning to an earlier interest in painting and sketching.

• Anthony "Tony" Crocker, B.Sc.(Agr.) '67, of Lindsay, Ont., retired from teaching at Lindsay Collegiate and Vocational Institute in 1998 after teaching secondary school physics for 31 years. He has started a new career as a freelance photographer.

1970 1940 • John Kerr, ADA '40, lives in retirement in Barry, South Glamorgan, Wales. He was formerly self-employed in gardening, painting and decorating enterprises. Friends can contact him by e-mail at irvine.kerr@ tesco.net.

• Ian Taylor, DVM '43, says this photo captures the first time he's treated a horse since graduation from OVC. The fibreglass pony is covered with hands spelling out sign language for the deaf,

feet attendance record with the Illinois Lions Club for 42 years.

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and was the Arlington Heights Lions Club entry in the community's 2000 Ponies on Parade Festival. Taylor has posted a per-

• Charles "Chuck" Broadwell, BSA '54, received a citation last fall from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs for his contributions to Ontario's agri-food industry as chair of the Farm Organizations Accreditation Tribunal, vicechair of the Farm Products Appeal Tribunal, and member of the Ontario Drainage Tribunal and Board of Negotiations.

• Ewen Ferguson, DVM '77, was recognized last fall for contributions to his profession and community when he received the practitioner of the year award from the An1erican Association of Bovine Practitioners.

He is the first Ontario veterinarian to be so honoured. After graduation, Ferguson bought into a vet practice in Campbellford, Ont., became sole owner in 1980 and sold the practice to Kathy Wilkins, B.Sc.(Agr.) '83 and DVM '87, in 1994. He continues to consult for Ontario

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Biomedical Toxicology Environmental Toxicology Food Science Microbiology

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Dairy Herd Improvement and is active as a community volunteer, currently chairing the Campbellford Health Centre Board.

• On Jan. 13, 2001, Maureen (Stonestreet) Hair, BA '77, was ordained to holy orders at St. James Anglican Church in Gravenhurst, Ont. She and her husband, Ralph, live in Dorset, and she is ministering to the Lake of Bays Anglican Parish on a part-time basis. Hair is also a self-employed registered rehabilitation professional, helping workers return to the labour market after injury or illness.

• Don Massey, B.Sc.(Agr.) '78, is seed distribution manager for Mycogen Seeds in Illinois. He lives in Normal with his wife, Sharon, and children, Chris, Kyle and Alicia.

• Jay Nisbet, B.Comm. '76, accepted a new position last fall as director of international business development for U.S.based Healthpoint, Ltd., a manufacturer and distributor of tissue management and infection prevention products. He was formerly director of international franchise development at

Johnson & Johnson for 21 years. Nisbet lives in Colleyville, Tex., with his wife, Anne, and their three sons.

• Bill Parish, ADA '72, is one of the organizers of a 50th-anniversary celebration for Pickering High School in Ajax, Ont. He says many of his high school classmates also attended U of G and he hopes to see them at the June 8 to 10 reunion. For more information, call him at 905683-2003 or send e-mail to www.pickeringhighschool.com.

• Helen (Campbell) Pelton, M.Sc. '74, is a lawyer in Hamilton, Ont. • Margaret Peter, BA '74, has retired from teaching in the elementary school system, but continues to teach printmaking at Wilfrid Laurier University in

Waterloo, Ont. She plans several exhibitions of her own work this year and will be part of the Guelph Studio Tour. To view some of her work, visit the Web sites www.art-in-guelph.com and www.artcanadiana.com • Christopher Terry, BA '70, was recently appointed director of the Canada Science and Technology Museum Corporation in Ottawa. The corporation oversees the Canada Science and Technology Museum, the Canada Agriculture Museum and the Canada Aviation Museum, of which Terry had served as director general since june 1989.

• Lynne VanWyck, B.A.Sc. '73, and her husband, Peter, built a reputation in the hospitality industry as owners of the Gingerbread House, a restaurant and bakery in Port Dover, Ont. Last summer, they moved the business to Cayuga near the Ruthven Park National Historic Site on Highway 54. The Gingerbread House is now a country inn and restaurant, open daily for lunch and dinner and welcoming overnight visitors to its Grand River location. Contact the VanWycks at gbhouse@yahoo.com.

• Fred Vaughn, B.Sc.(Agr.) '78, is president and general manager of Vaughn Agricultural Research Services Ltd. in Cambridge, Ont. He and his wife, Annette, have two teen-aged children.

• Heidi (Higgon) Wilker, B.Comm. '76, left the Delta Meadowvale in Mississauga, Ont., in 1999 after almost 10 years in conference services to start her own home-based business as an event planner. Blessed Events provides meeting and conference planning tailored for religious organizations. Her husband, Don, B.Comm. '75, is a chartered accountant and has worked in Brampton for the past 19 years. They invite Guelph alumni to get in touch.

1980 • Amarinder Singh Bawa, PhD '83, is director of the Defence Food Research Laboratory in Mysore, India, under the Ministry of Defence. He has three children: a son in lOth class; a daughter studying electronics and communication engineering; and a son working in Canada as an electrical engineer.

• Cindy Brewer, BA '83, is an

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associate professor of geography at Pennsylvania State University. She is currently on sabbatical in Washington, D.C., working with the U.S. Census Bureau on an atlas of the 2000 census. She is married to David DiBiase.

• Wayne Bridge, BA '85, is a music teacher and performer who lives in Fergus, Ont. His latest CD is A Year on the Grand, on which he performs his own compositions on solo guitar.

• Terry (Male) Christiansen, B.Sc.(Agr.) '83, was married last August, with OAC classmates Alice, Heather and Jan helping to celebrate the occasion with friends and family. Terry and her husband, Robert, live in Ajax, Ont. After 15 years of working at the Toronto Zoo, she left to pursue a new career in respiratory therapy.

• Mich el Delorme, B.Sc.(Agr.) '88, is a greenhouse adviser at the Quebec Institute for the Development of Ornamental Horticulture. He lives in lverville with his wife, Danielle, and daughters, Marie-Eve and Amelie.

• Paul Doig, B.Sc.(H.K.) '83, teaches high school chemistry and biology in Peterborough, Ont. He has three sons, and he and his wife, Edwina, are planning to open a bed and breakfast in 2004.

• Lim-Lim (Yap) Dwm,BA '86, has worked in the financial industry for the past 12 years, has been a certified financial p lanner for three years and is currently a financial adviser with Imperial Services of CIBC in Waterloo, Ont. She is married to Gary Dunn, BA '88, and they share their home with Duke and Max, a yellow lab cross and a chocolate lab.

• Brendan Elder, ADA '85, is a landscape technologist at the University of British Columbia.

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anniversary in August.

• Paul Gicheru, M.Sc.(Eng.) '86, is a water resources engineer with Kenya's Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources water department in Nairobi.

He'd like to hear from former U of G colleagues at P.O. Box 30828, 00100-Nairobi, Kenya.

• Tom Goodwin, B.Sc. '84, is a wildlife biologist who has worked in offshore fisheries data collection and surveillance, as well as in whale research and rescue from fishing nets. He is currently running Ocean Explorations Whale Cruises in Tiverton, N.S. • Eric Griffin, BA '82, went on from U of G to earn an M.Div. from the University of Toronto in 1985, an M.Th. from the University of Waterloo in 1993 and a doctor of theology in systematic theology from Toronto in 2000. His dissertation, "Daniel Brevint and the Eucharistic Calvinism of the Caroline Church of England, 1603-1674;' was recommended for publication, and an abridgement of the first chapter was published in the fall2000 edition of Anglican and Episcopal History. He has been rector of St. Margaret's Church in Hamilton, Ont., for six years, has guest lectured in history at McMaster University and supervised field education students for McMaster Divinity.

His wife, Margaret, is project manager of the Collected Works of Florence Nightingale Project located at U of G. • Michael Jones, BA '81, teaches Eng Iish in a private girls' school in Sendai, Japan.

• Grant Joyce, B.Sc.(Agr.) '80, operates a small pineapple farm in Antigua. He is married with three children, Elizabeth, David and Kay Ia, and invites U of G alumni to visit Claremont Farms outside Old Road Village, Antigua, West Indies.

• Heather (Reese) Koerber, is a sales representative with Merck Frosst Canada and recently transferred from Ontario to Nova Scotia. She now lives in Stillwater Lake with her husband, Rob, and three children, Lauren, Reese and Drew. She would love to hear from former classmates at rhkoerber@sympatico.ca.

• Angela (Morton) Littkemann, ADA '81, has been married for 11 years to Martin, a graduate of Kemptville College.

They operate a dairy farm near Stirling, Ont., where she says they "m ilk 45 Ayrshires and pander to about 70 purebred barn cats protected by watchdogs Sam and Weezy!"

• Wally MacDonell, B.Sc.(Agr.) '89, works in client services for ScotiaMcLeod in Kanata, Ont. He married Catherine Dawn Lisson April26, 2000, at Crane Beach in the Barbados. Their family includes four children.

• Mary McBeath , BA '83, is teaching English at a small private school in the Bahamas. She says life is busy but enjoyable as a single mother to Rebecca, Thomas and Dylan. Spare time is spent on the beach or acting and directing drama productions at a community church. She would love to hear from former classmates at Mary_mama@ yahoo. com.

• Alan Metcalfe, ADA '83, works as a millwright and lives in Oshawa, Ont., with his wife, Deb Dart, and son, Mitchell.

• Christopher Minard, B.A.Sc. '89, is a strategic accounts manager in San Jose, Calif. Over the past 10 years, he's also Jived in South Africa, Montreal and San Diego and would like to catch up with U of G friends and football teammates. He can be contacted by e-mail at cminard@nypac.com.

• Albert O'Donnell, BA '82, is a retired teacher and artist liv-

ing in Burlington, Ont. • Leo Pellizzari, BA '84 and MA '86, is an elementary school principal for the Waterloo Catholic District School Board.

He lives in Guelph with his wife, Renee, and two children, Nathan and Kaela, and says he's often reminded of his good times as a student when biking through the campus with his family.

• Kathleen (Beeton) Power, M.Sc. '88, has three children and is a marriage and family therapist in Edmonton.

• Julia (Vousden) Ruhl, B.Sc. '88, is a regional co-ordinator with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. She lives in Tottenham, Ont., with her husband, Jeff, and son, Noah. They enjoy travelling, hiking and skiing, and she is training a young horse for show.

• Roger Russell, B.Sc.(Agr.) '81, is a program director for the Canadian Co-operative Association, working on a three-year community development project in Indonesia. His wife, Catherine, and daughters, Allison and Catrina, are also enjoying the experience in Jakarta. Contact him at rrussell@cca jak.or.id.

• Shelley, B.A.Sc. '88, and Freeman Sweazey, B.Sc.(Agr.) '87, moved to Barrie, Ont., last summer when he was transferred from Pangnirtung, Nunavut, to Newmarket with the RCMP. They have four children: Luke, Ash lee, Sam and jack.

• Elizabeth "Betty" Szilassy, B.Sc.(Agr.) '82, is an agronomist and has been a rural development worker with the Mennonite Central Committee in Brazil's northeast region for 18 years. She recently moved from Tacaimb6 to Brejo da Madre de Deus, where she is involved in a sustainable agriculture program with small-scale farmers, concerned with organic vegetable production and marketing and water resource devel-

opment, especially cistern construction. She will visit Canada this summer, and friends can contact her in Ontario at 519369-5392 or 519-659-4274.

• David Waltner-Toews, PhD '85, a professor in OVC's Department of Population Medicine, published a new poetry book last fall. The Fat Lady Struck Dumb is available in most bookstores.

• Yvonne Tremblay, B.A.Sc. '80, is a freelance food and nutrition consultant in Toronto. She recently published her first cookbook, Prizewinning Preserves, with Prentice Hall.

1990 • Tim Abercrombie, B.Comm.

'94, worked for an independent telecommunications company in Toronto for 2 1/2 years after graduation, then moved to Bell Canada in a similar position. He served the southwestern Ontario market, then the greater Toronto area. Last fall, he joined Nortel Networks as a senior marketing specialist, focusing on corporate marketing. He lives in Caledon and can be reached by e-mail at tsabercro@yahoo.com.

• Kelly Brisbin-Harris, BA '96, is a claims adjuster in Toronto and is married to Brian Harris.

She welcomes notes from friends at kbrisbin@na.cunninghamlindsey.com.

• Duncan Burns, B.Sc.(Agr.) '93, is a police constable with the city police service in Edmonton.

• Alain Carriere, B.Sc. '95, and Alanna Wall announce the birth of their son, Thomas, on jan.

14,2001. Carriere is a technical representative with Dionex Canada Ltd. in Calgary and can be reached by e-mail at alain.carriere@dionex.com.

• Paul Clutterbuck, B.Comm.

'93, is manager of technology for the AMG Group and has lived in Woodbridge, Ont., since getting married last year. He

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• Jenn (Broome) Cousineau, ADA '99, lives in Guelph with her husband, Jean-Paul, and son, Jake, and works at ESG International. Contact her byemail at jcousineau@esg.net.

• Jeff Emch, B.Sc. '96, and Gillian (Barrick), BA '96, moved from Toronto to Stewartsville, N.J., when he received a promotion with Roche D iagnostics.

She recently earned a certificate in marketing from Ryerson University and plans to continue her career in marketing in the States.

• Tom Everitt, BA '92, says hello to fellow drama graduates.

"Gosh, how I miss Guelph sometimes (sigh)." He is a real estate agent in Vancouver.

• David Gibson, BA '95, is writing and producing a series of children's history programs for TVOntario and is the head writer for a new television talk show.

• David Heath, BA '95, and his wife, Rhea, recently moved from Toronto to Cambridge, Ont. He is the operations manager at Teknic 88 Marketing, a company focused on e-business.

• Craig Hennigar, MA '95, and his wife, Susan, had their first child, Lauren Victoria, Jan. 19, 2001. They live in North Vancouver, B.C., where Craig is a real estate consultant.

• Robert Intine, PhD '99, is a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Scientific Discovery at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in Bethesda, Md. He published an article on molecular growth regulation in the journal Molecular Cell in August 2000.

• Jennifer Jackson, B.Sc. '92, is an environmental lawyer with the newly amalgamated City of Ottawa. She says she's a proud homeowner with two "awesome" cats and enjoys paddling

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her homemade sea kayak around eastern Ontario. U of G friends can contact her at Jennifer.}ackson@city.ottawa.on.ca.

• Ruth Johnson, BA '91, and her partner, Alex Campbell, work for J.P. Morgan in London, England, in investment banking.

• Thomson Kalinda, M.Sc. '93 and PhD '97, was recently appointed head of the Department of Agricultural Econom. ics and Extension Education at the University of Zambia. He was the first graduate of Guelph's PhD program in rural extension studies.

• Susan Kloepper, BA '92, taught English and German in the Czech Republic for two years after graduating from U of G. She

then went on to obtain certification in translation in Wiirzburg, Germany. In 2000, she received her post-graduate certificate in education in English, drama and information technology from the University of Exeter in Devon, England. She is now teaching English at Bideford College in Devon and working on a master's degree in education from Exeter.

• Donna (Leonard) Lange, ADA '97, is a communication programs co-ordinator for the Dairy Farmers of Ontario. She was married in October to Karl Lange.

• Elizabeth Leal, BA '93, is associate director of residence life at Queen's University in Kingston, Ont. She was formerly in residence facilities at the University of Windsor.

• Joe Marino, BA '92, was a teacher and department head of music at two schools in Sweden for five years, but is now a computer consultant for Sigma Information Designs in Stockholm.

He and his wife, Susanne, have a two-year-old son, Alexander.

• Becky (Miller) Madill, B.A.Sc. '95, and her husband, David, welcomed their first child, Alexandria Hannah Belle, Nov. 3, 2000. Madill lives in Fordwich, Ont., teaches Grade 3 for the Avon Maitland District School Board and can be reached by email at bdmadill@wightman.net.

• Laura Majic, BA '91, is the owner of Majic Farms near Mount Forest, Ont., where she raises alternative livestock and exotic animals such as Bengal cats, sugar gliders and hedgehogs. She sells organic meat, emu and ostrich meat and natural products such as soaps, lip balms and bath accessories at the St. Jacob's Farmers' Market and via the Internet at www.emu majic.com.

• Monique (Fasan) Martin, BA '93, teaches English at St. James High School in Guelph. She and her husband, LeRoy, returned to Guelph after living in Bermuda for three years.

• Peggy Norris-Robinson, M.Sc. '94, is a consultant on seniors' issues for the New Brunswick government. She lives in Fredericton with her husband, Clarence, and daughter, Brianna, and is expecting a second child in July.

• Jacquie Pankatz, B.Sc. '92 and DVM '97, worked for three years in a small-animal clinic before opening her own business, Harbourview Veterinary Hospital, in her home town of Collingwood, Ont. • Robert Pelton, B.Sc. '70 and M.Sc. '72, is a professor at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont., and director of the

McMaster Centre for Pulp and Paper Research. He is also chair of the scientific program committee of the federal mechanical wood pulps Network for Centres of Excellence.

• Dean Plummer, B.Sc. '90, was awarded Canada's Star of Courage posthumously during an investiture ceremony Feb. 2 at Rideau Hall in Ottawa. Gov-

ernor General Adrienne Clarkson presented the award to his brother, David. Dean Plummer drowned Feb. 6, 1999, while trying to save the life of a friend who had been washed into Lake Huron near Sauble Beach.

Although fully aware, as an experienced scuba diver, of the rapid effects of hypothermia, he removed his heavy boots and mitts and, with complete disregard for his own safety, jumped into the rough waters. Despite valiant efforts, he was unable to locate his friend and was eventually overcome by exhaustion and hypothermia. He was recognized by the governor general for his heroic act of bravery.

"Buck" Preston, • Fred B.Sc.(Agr.) '99, is an equipment operator for Agricore, formerly the Alberta Wheat Pool, in Lethbridge. He was married last October to Marilyn Retzlaff of Rosemary, Alta.

• Deborah Rumble, BA '95, recently received a Courage to Come Back Award recognizing the nobility of the human spirit. She is hoping to pursue a master's degree.

• Robin Schafer, B.A.Sc. '96, is a sales representative for furniture, cooking equipment and small wares for the food-service and hospitality industry in Ontario. He plans to move back to Guelph this summer.

• Sherry Smith, B.Sc.(Agr.) '91 , is a horticulturist with JEA Perennials in Thedford, Ont., and is engaged to Gary Peters, B.Sc.(Agr.) '92. Their wedding is planned for July 27.

• Andrea Taylor, B.A.Sc. '96, earned a master's degree in library and information science from the University of Western Ontario and is now a children's librarian in Naples, Fla. • Bruce Tester, B.Sc. '91, is the environmental co-ordinator for Chetwynd Pulp Co. 111 Chetwynd, B.C. He and his wife, Tracey, have a son, Owen, and a daughter, Erin Christine.

• Michelle (Ward) Tomlinson, BA '96, was married in 1999 and is currently attending teachers college at Redeemer in Ancaster, Ont. • Karen VanderLaan, BA '98, is a customer service represen tative for the Bank of Montreal in Hamilton, Ont., and became a new mom Sept. 10, 2000, with the birth of her son, Matthew David.

• Cati (Bourgeois) VanVeen, BA ' 92, teaches high school visual arts and drama in Kincardine, Ont. Her husband, Tom, is a sheep farmer, and they have three children: Jenna, Noah and Annika. Her e-mail address is tcvanveen @bmts.com.

• Robyn (Bezaire) Watts, B.A.Sc. '93, teaches kindergarten in Kingston, Ont. She and her husband, Robin, have an 18month-old son, Colin Anthony.

• Gillian Webster-Groenewegen, B.Sc. '92, and her husband, Bill, welcomed baby Liam to their family in July 2000.

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1 2 - All-Canadian Universities dinner in Washington, D .C., Fort McNair Officers' Club, entertainment by Dave Broadfoot. For information, call Ext. 6544.

May 14 - Deadline for applications to the next class of the Advanced Agricultural Leadership Program, September 2001 through April 2003. For more information, call519-826-4204 or visit the Web site www.aalp.on.ca. june 7 - HAFA alumni annual general meeting. 7 p.m., Royal York Hotel, Toronto. june 15 to 17 - Alumni Weekend. june 17 - Alumni association meetings: 9 a.m. OAC in Mac Hall 149 10 a.m. OVC in OVC 1714 2 p.m. Mac-FACS in HAFA 129 3 p.m. Engineering Alumni Association 4 p.m. HK/HB in Powell 207 4 p.m. CBS in Powell212. june 18 to 20 - 23rd Annual Guelph Conference and Training Institute on Sexuality. For information, call the Office of Open Learning at 519-767-5000 or send e-mail to info@openlrng.uoguelph.ca. july 14 - OAC '51A reunion at the Arboretum Centre, University of Guelph .

Call Everett Daboll at 905-892-6283. july 21 - OAC '59 A reunion at Alumni House. Call Tom Sawyer at 905-689-5982. july 27 & 28 - OAC '91 reunion in Albany, P.E.I. Call Mary Catherine Lamond at 519-655-3199.

Sept. 7 - OACAA annual golf tournament at Victoria Park West Golf Club in Guelph. Contact Carla Bradshaw at Ext. 6657 or cbradsha@oac.uoguelph.ca.

Aug. 29 to 31 - OAC '58 mid-term reunion, Kempen felt Conference Centre, Barrie, Ont. Call Bill Stevens at 519-8249912.

August 2001 - Look for an OAC engineers' reunion for classes 1948 to 1966.

Contact Carla Bradshaw at Ext 6657.

Sept. 29 - Homecoming.

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OBITUARIES Teacher and Student Shirley Raymont, DHE '47, died Sept. 28, 2000. A retired elementary school teacher, she went back to university when her children were young and was in the first graduating class at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, B.C. She later earned an MA through night school. She is survived by her husband, Chuck.

Business woman Margaret Mitchell Gannon, DHE '27, died Feb. 24, 2001, in Escondido, Calif.

She worked for Stouffer Corporation of Cleveland, Ohio, for 42 years, serving as vice-president and general manager of the restaurant division and later assistant to the president. She spent her retirement years in California as an active community volunteer, with emphasis on the needs of the elderly.

Entomologist and beekeeper Donald Peer, BSA '51, died Oct. 4, 2000.

A professional entomologist, he was a professor at the University of Wisconsin and a research scientist with both the Canadian and U.S. governments, but what he enjoyed most was his work as a commercial beekeeper near Nipawin, Sask., where he ran a honey business for 35 years.

Remembered by friends Alice (Plum ley) Snider, B.Sc.(Agr.) '83, died in September 2000. Her OAC classmates will dedicate a memorial tree to her memory june 16 at the U of G Arboretum. The 11:30 a.m. ceremony at "Alice's Tree" will be followed by a buffet lunch at the Ramada Hotel in Guelph. To make a donation to the memorial project, send a cheque to class treasurer Eleanor Anwender at RR#l, Sebringville, ON NOK lXO. For details about the day's events, call Anwender at 519-271-7055 or Heather Lang at 613-972-6736.

Alumni Seymour Allen, BSA '46, Dec. 15, 2000 Robert Anderson, DVM '66, Dec. 31, 2000 W inston Anderson, BSA '43, date unknow n

Peter Beamish, BA '72, Aug. 25, 2000 Carolyn Beattie, B.H.Sc. '55, Nov. 26, 2000 Frank Bernt, ODH '70, jan. 9, 2001 John Best, DVM '48, jan. 5, 2001 William Blackball, B.Sc. '75, April 1997 Lisa Borne, B.A.Sc. '94, Dec. 1, 2000 Lina Borsoi, BA '80, Aug 24, 1999 Robert Carroll, BSA '54, Nov. 24, 2000 Edith Chamberlayne, DHE '37, March 4, 2001 Ross Chapman, BSA '40, Oct. 8, 2000 Harvey Cowan, DVM '42, Feb. 11, 2001 Paul Crouch, BA '73, )an. 23, 2001 Doris Darling, DHE '27, Feb. 9, 2001 Bill Dyment, ADA '65, jan. 31, 2001 Beverly Easton, BSA '36, Feb. 26, 2001 Peter Ellis, BA '72, Oct. 7, 2000 Margaret Filgiano, B.H.Sc. '51, june 5, 1999 Agnes McDonald (Hogarth) Fleming, DHE '41, july 24,2000 Helen Fraser, DHE '35, Nov. 5, 2000 Margaret Gilbert, DHE '31, April 15, 2000 David Hamilton, B.Sc.(Agr.) '63, April 9, 2000 Patrick Hanlon, DVM '41, )an . 11, 2001 Ralph Harrop, DVM '46, Dec. 24, 2000 Donald Hewer, BSA '30, date unknown Bruce Howe, B.Sc. (Agr.) '66 Feb. 12,2001 Helen Innes, DHE '37, jan 1, 2001 Gladys james, DHE '28, May 2000 Hubert Jasmin, DVM '51, Oct. 6, 2000 James Jeffery, BA '80, in 1995 Shirley Johnson, BA '97, March 22,2001 Philip Keller, BSA '43, July 20, 1997 William Laing, BSA '50, Oct. 25, 2000 Robert Landon, BSA, '35, july 31,2000 Mark Lawrence, DVM '83, Feb. 23,2001 Grace Lund, DHE '37, April 21, 1998 Wilfred MacDonald, BSA '36, Feb. 15, 2000 Walter Macdougall, BA '70, Sept. 6, 2000 John MacPherson, DVM '45, jan. 24, 2001 Bruce Matheson, BSA '41, Feb. 27,2001 Murray McGill, BSA '38, Feb. 15, 2001 Beverly Miller, BSA '49, March 17, 2000 Robert Miller, BSA '37, September 2000 Bob Milne, BSA '55, jan. 12, 2001 Helen Misener, DHE '25, Dec. 26, 2000

Edward Moore, BSA '34, March 1, 2001 Bruce Murray, DVM '41, Feb. 4, 200 1 Maureen Newell, DVM '78, March 2, 2001 Gopala Nirmalan, DVM '72, in 1993 Anthony O'Marra, BA '74, Mar 14,2000 Christopher Perry, BA '95, jan. 26,2001 Nicholas Prouse, BA '70, April 8, 2000 Leonard Reid, BSA '33, Feb. 19, 2001 John Reynolds, BSA '35, july 4, 2000 Harm Schaap, ODH '71, in 1998 Charles Seal, DVM '51, Feb. 24,2001 David Shelton, ADA '85, Sept. 21, 2000 Robert Skipper, BSA '51, Dec. 30, 2000 Sanford Smith, B.Sc.(Agr.) '75, jan. 4, 2001 Jeffery Stevens, B.A.Sc. '83, Oct. 17,2000 Nicholas Sweetman, ADA '76, Sept. 23, 2000 Ruth Thorn, DHE '40, june 28,2000 John Thomas, BSA '46, Dec. 27, 2000 Robert Thompson, ADA '66, Feb. 10, 2001 Mary Thomson, DHE '39, Feb. 2, 2001 Edmund Turlej, BA '70, November 1998 Robert Warren, BSA '48, Feb. 9, 2001 Frederick Wellington, ADA '30, in 1998 Marjorie White, DHE '41, February 2000 Douglas Wright, BSA '43, Dec. 5, 2000 Mary Yeandle, DHE '27, jan. 2, 2001 Paul Yellin, BA '72, March 12, 2000 Murray Young, BSA '39, Feb. 28, 2001 Harry Zlotnick, DVM '52, October 2000

Faculty David Arnott, Food Science, April 1, 2001 Jean Hill, U ofG Library, Jan. 1, 2001 Margaret Hauser, BSA '46 and MSA '48, Microbiology, jan. 12, 2001 George Leibbrandt, Mathematics a nd Statistics, April 3, 2001 Katsumi Okashimo, Computing a n d Information Science, March 12,2001 Robert Stinson, BSA '53 and MSA '57, Physics, jan. 13, 2001 Marjorie White, Family Stud ies, Dec. 4, 2000 Friends: Mary Brent, Dec. 2, 2000 jean Gosling, Dec. 6, 2000 Thomas Landon, july 2000

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Letters Rich Culture EACH ISSUE OF THE Gue/phA/1111111115 brings me fresh and great memories of my life as a student at this beautiful university.

I did my M.Sc. between September 1990 and january 1993 in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Business and the School of Rural Planning and Development.

The magazine evokes so many wonderful memories of the Guelph campus. l enjoyed every part of my life as a foreign student mingling freely with Canadian and other international students. What a rich mixture of cultures!

The lecturers were social, accessible and articulate. The learning facilities and the library were excellent, and I genuinely miss the gym with all its sporting facilities. The landscape of the whole Un ivers ity wasand I hope still is - beautiful. And the spring and early summer weather were great. )ECKONES DoNGE, M.Sc. '93 NAIROBI Football Strategy

How SAD FOR ME TO readinyourwinter edition of the death of Bill Mitchell, BSA '38. Bill and I were teammates at the Ontario Agricultural College, now the University of Guelph, and played together on the 1935 football team. We had a fabulous record that year, beating out McMaster, the University of Western Ontario and the University of

Toronto intermediate teams, and winning an exhibition game at St. Thomas, Ont. Syl Apps, one of Canada's greatest hockey players, played for McMaster, and joe Krol, later of Argonaut fame, played for Western.

An amusing incident occurred while playing the University of Toronto. The playing field at Guelph was frozen solid, but there was no snow. Our wily coach, Fred "Baldy" Baldwin, held us back until one minute to game time, then our whole team appeared in running shoes. The result was historic as we beat Toronto in the first half by more than 40 points. The Toronto team panicked and bought up every pair of running shoes they could find. Cleats on regular shoes wouldn't hold up, and some players took their shoes off and played in stocking feet.

The second half was more even, but we again dominated the play and won by a respectable margin. No one had ever seen this before, and our win was a sensation in Canadian football.

Bill Mitchell was our excellent quarterback and was a natural leader. His record as director of athletics will be hard to beat.

On behalf of all the former players, I extend deepest sympathy to his wife and family. Bill will always be remembered as a fine, intelligent man and will go down in history as one of Guelph's greatest athletes.

BEVERLY "BuTcH" EAsTON, BSA '36 CHATHAM, 0NT.

Remember Mills

As I oo WITH EVERY A/unnluspublication, I search for some feature, item or event that serves as a link back to what I would describe as the four most pivotal years of my life.

I finally found it on page 18 of your winter 2001 issue. It was the gold /buff brick banding in the background of the photograph. Since graduation, I have been involved in the new-home industry and have seen countless brick walls and assemblies, but I immediately recognized this Mills hallway.

I don't think you can imagine how painful it was to also take note of the young women who obviously now reside within.

I can certainly appreciate that time brings change and that the first casua lty of change is tradition. But by ignoring and, in some cases, desecrating tradition, you disenfranchise those of the past - those you are trying to have involved in the ever-so-important financial support of the Un iversity.

How much funding and corporate sponsorship Guelph could have obtained by organizing Mills Hall reunions, golf and weekend hockey tournaments and other such events is something the University obviously did not have (a nd now will not have) the vision to realize.

DA N "T ilE WoP" GABRIELE, B.Sc. '88 STONEY CREEK, Owr. (MILLS HALL, 1982 TO 1985)

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LUMNI HAVE BEEN gatheringoncampussince 1906 when the OAC Class of 1904 held the first reunion, but the campus-wide Alumni Weekend tradition began with the establishment of the University of Guelph Alumni Association (UGAA) in 1966. This photo shows a 1983 Alumni Weekend picnic.

Unlike most university alumni associations, UGAA began with a membership of more than I0,000 and a campus heritage dating back a full century. Today, there are over 70,000 U of G alumni, and the organization works harder than ever to support the goals of the University.

On its first anniversary, UGAA supported the University's newly established development fund by

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At its 20th anniversary, UGAA was involved in planning and fund-raising to support the restoration of Alumni House, which opened in 1987 as a permanent home for U of G alumni.

UGAA will celebrate its 35th anniversary during Alumni Weekend 200!.

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