5:00 p.m. – Junior Café Bleu 5:30 p.m. – Annual Art Exhibition and Reception 6:30 p.m. – Junior Music Night
Saturday, April 28, 2012 5:30 p.m. – Annual Art Exhibition and Reception 6:30 p.m. – Senior Music Night 9:30 p.m. – Senior Café Bleu For more information, contact Judy Kay (music) at jkay@utschools.ca or 416-978-6802 or Charlie Pullen (art) at Charlie.Pullen@utschools.ca
President John B. A. Wilkinson ’78 416-947-5010
Vice-President Mark Opashinov ’88 416-865-7873
Past President Peter Neilson ’71 416-214-5431
Treasurer Bob Cumming ’65 416-926-0944
Secretary
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
UTSAA Annual General Meeting 6:00 p.m. in the UTS Library Contact: alumni@utschools.ca
Saturday, June 9, 2012
337 Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps Centennial Celebration 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Varsity Arena, Toronto Alumni, veterans, students, and staff are invited to attend as the Annual Ceremonial Parade returns to Varsity Arena for the first time in 40 years! For more information, contact Captain Warren Ralph ’71 at warrenralph71@rogers.com or 416-901-8123.
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
UTSAA Golf Tournament
Nina Coutinho ’04 647-284-3701
Contents
Honorary President Rosemary Evans 416-946-5334
Mark Your Calendars
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Honorary Vice-President
Bits & Pieces
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President’s Report
8
Directors
Principal’s Message
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Don Ainslie ’84 416-910-9360
UTS Board Report
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Jonathan Bitidis ’99 416-703-7918
Advancement Report
11
Annual Alumni Dinner
20
Remembrance Day
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Rick Parsons 416-978-3684
Don Borthwick ’54 705-436-3452 Aaron Chan ’94 416-788-5566
Aaron Dantowitz ’91 416-465-4827
Photography: Cover, Jim Fleck interview, and Branching Out, Jamie Day Fleck; Remembrance Day and Annual Alumni Dinner, Victor Yeung.
Robert Duncan ’95 416-809-2488
Looking Back background: © iStockphoto.com/Peter Zelei
Alumni Dinner and Awards
Peter Frost ’63 416-867-2035
Special Anniversary Year Celebrations 1937, 1942, 1947, 1952, 1957, 1962, 1967, 1972, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1997, 2002, 2007 All years are welcome! UTS Hall of Fame Inductees will be honoured. The fourth H.J. Crawford Award will be presented and the recipient honoured. Guests will also have an opportunity to visit the UTS Open House during the day. More information TBA. Location TBA. 5:30 p.m. – Reception; 6:30 p.m. – Awards Ceremony and Dinner. Registration will open in April at: www.utschools.ca/rsvp Contact: email alumni@utschools.ca or call 416-978-3919
Penny Harbin ’78 416-691-9793
Our thanks to this issue’s contributors: Don Borthwick ’54, Alex Chung ’12, Nina Coutinho ’04, Martha Drake, Rosemary Evans, Bob Lord ’58, Michelle Liu, John Lynch ’59, Michael Macaulay, Joseph B. McArthur ’46, Lily McGregor, Tom MacMillan ’67, Maria Niño-Soto, Warren Ralph ’71, Jane Rimmer, Diana Shepherd ’80, Lindsay Stollery, Tori Stollery, Ian Sturdee ’59, Tibor Szandtner ’59, John Wilkinson ’78, Marilyn Verghis ’12, and Carole Zamroutian.
Join us at St. Andrew’s Valley for our 17th Annual Tournament. Tee-offs from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Contact: alumni@utschools.ca or call 416-978-3919 for more information.
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Oliver Jerschow ’92 416-691-5725 Emily Rix ’96 416-447-6340
Editor: Diana Shepherd ’80
Jennifer Suess ’94 416-654-2391
Printed in Canada by Colour Systems Inc.
Philip Weiner ’01 647-262-6247
Design: PageWave Graphics Inc.
An interview with Jim Fleck ’49: entrepreneur, professor, and philanthropist.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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The Art of the Teacher We asked alumni who had become teachers to share their stories: here’s what they had to say. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Alumni News All the latest in the lives of your classmates, including In Memoriam and tributes to the lives of five distinguished alumni. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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On the cover: Jim Fleck ’49 in the Rotman School of Management’s Fleck Atrium
A Serendipitous Life
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George V. Crawford ’72 416-499-0090
Jim Slotta
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Art and Music Nights
UTSAA
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Mark Your Calendars
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