H.J. Crawford Award UTS is excited to announce that Al Fleming ’54 is this year’s recipient of the H.J. Crawford Award. Over the course of five decades, Al has assumed many roles at UTS: student, alumnus, teacher, coach, and principal – as well as being an expert on UTS history! As a student, Al excelled academically and athletically; he was the goalie for the hockey team that eventually became TDIAA champions. Al returned to UTS in 1961 as a math teacher, and also coached hockey, tennis, baseball, and volleyball – and nearly 30 years later, he became the school’s seventh principal. As both a teacher and principal, his leadership inspired hundreds of students. In the final months before his retirement in 1994, when UTS was rocked by significant cuts to funding, Al provided a steady hand at the helm, holding the school together during a difficult and challenging time. Since his retirement, Al has remained engaged and active in the life of the school. This includes rarely missing an alumni event. He can be found behind the bench coaching at the Alumni Hockey Match, teeing off at the Alumni Golf Tournament, showing his respect for our alumni veterans during the Remembrance Day assembly, and reuniting with former students and colleagues at the Annual Alumni Dinner. Please join us when we honour Al at the 2016 Annual Alumni Dinner. For tickets, call 416-978-3919 or go to www.utschools.ca/rsvp.
Hall of Fame In the words of Pheidippides, who ran 26 miles with the news of Athens’ victory over the massive Persian invasion at Marathon: “Rejoice, we have conquered!” The UTS Classics team has won first place at the Ontario Students Classics Conference for 21 years in a row (See “Gaudeamus, Vicimus!”, p. 4). This year, the UTS Hall of Fame will induct students who earned the Conference’s John Bell Memorial Award for achieving the greatest number of first-place victories in all areas of competition: Sujit Roy ’99 (1999), David Lizoain ’00 (1998), Carl Shulman ’01 (2000, 2001), Leon Grek ’04 (2001), Mackenzie Tan ’05 (2005), Rafael Krichevsky ’08 (2007, 2008), Jeremy Zung ’08 (2007), Jenny Gu ’09 (2005, 2006, 2009), Jessica Zung ’12 (2009, 2011, 2012), Joshua Zung ’14 (2010, 2011, 2013, 2014), Zhenglin Liu ’15 (2011, 2014), and Spencer Zhao ’16 (2013) – as well as former teacher, Eugene Di Sante, who was instrumental in the school’s success at the conference during his 25 years at UTS.
REGISTER NOW FOR THIS YEAR’S
Annual Alumni Dinner Saturday, October 22, 2016 Marriott Downtown Eaton Centre Hotel, 525 Bay Street, Toronto 5:30 p.m. Reception • 6:30 p.m. Dinner
All alumni are welcome – especially those celebrating anniversary years:
1936 • 1941 • 1946 • 1951 1956 • 1961 • 1966 • 1971 1976 • 1981 • 1986 • 1991 1996 • 2001 • 2006 • 2011 As part of our dinner program, the seventh H.J. Crawford Award will be presented and UTS Hall of Fame inductees will be honoured. Come early to attend these events at the school: 10 a.m.–2 p.m.: Enjoy a tour and meet staff and students at the UTS Admissions Open House. 1:30 p.m.: Attend the UTSAA AGM in Room 137.
RESERVE NOW! www.utschools.ca/rsvp or call 416-978-3919
Interested in joining the Branching Out program and mentoring senior UTS students? Contact Carrie Flood for more details: carrie.flood@utschools.ca.
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