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FALL WINTER 1999

8 in and around the University

UOF G FACULTY have

received broad recogshy

nition in recent months

including a Royal Society

designation a 3M Teachshy

ing Fellowship and

unprecedented success in

winning national research

support The University

has also celebrated fundshy

raising partnerships with

government and business

that modernized food scishy

ence facilities and has

honoured the diverse

achievements of several

distinguished alumni

28 alumni Matters

COMPARATIVE RESEARCH 14 VETERINAR IANS CONTRI BUTE

TO IUMAN HEALTH Guelph scientists are practitioners of medical research that

transcends species boundaries

by Gayle Anderson Andrew Vowles Alexander Wooley

20 FACULTY PROFI LE

A GE TLEMAN AND A SCHOLAR Political Science professor OP Dwivedi is tb e 19th Guelph

professor to be named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

by Alexander Wooley

EXPAND I NG KNOWLEDGE 22 EXTRATERRESTRIAL E COUNTERS

Prof John Simpson and his colleagues in the Department of

Physics are contributing to the underground Sudbury Neutrino

Observatory to find answers about the fate o f our universe

by Andrew Vowles

BECOMING 1

FOR THE FIRST TIME

the University of

Guelph has been named

the top comprehensive

university in the country

by Macleans magazine in

its ann ual ranking of

Canadian universities

High quality programs

outstanding fa culty who

excel in both teaching

and research and talented

students were among the

reasons cited for Guelphs

first-place ranking A

three-page reprint from

Macleans

Macleans shows how

U of G results compare

to 11 other u niversi ties

in the comprehensive

category

4 -research Notes

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2 GUELPH ALU jvlNUS

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

message from the President MORDECHAI ROZANSKI

As IM SURE MANY OF YOU already know the nishy

vers ity of Guelph has just been named the top comshyprehensive university in Ca nada by Iv[accans magazine

in its 1999 ranki ng of universities

High-qua lit) programs outstanding faculty who excel in both teach ing and research and talented students were

among rhe reasons cited for Guelphs first-place rankin g

in faculty research and scholarly success

O ur delight wlth tillS recogn[tlon of our qu ality is

temp ered by the knowledge that it may not be sustainshy

abl e In rece nt years we have made some painful dec ishy

sions to protect the qualit y of oUl teaching research and

scholarly inquiry vVe have restructured depanments and

colleges we have reallocated resources we ha ve had to

This is great news and welco me make substa ntial reductions in our fa cshy

recognition of Guelphs distinctiveness ult y Jnd staff we have cut programs to

as a high-quality student-foc used resshy foc us limited resources on arelS of key

identi al uni ve rsity that is committed strengt h and we have been forced to

to innova tive programs dyn amic stushy in crease tuiti on Simp ly pu t in th e

dent- fac ul ty interact ion and an inteshy abse nce of rein ves tm ent we ha ve

gration of learning and research More reac hed th e limit of wha t we call clo

impo rtant it is a tribute to our fa culshy without seriousl) Jeopardizing the future ty staff aca demic and adm ini strati ve quality of our institution

leadership University-wide and to our Ontar io universities face enormous

students and alumni The cred it for challenges ove r the next few years includshy

our high standing rests wirh all memshy ing an increase in student del11and due

bers of the University community and to an ant icipated enrolment surge aging

I am imm ense ly proud to be infrast ructure and internationshy

part of it al competition for faculty as

I am especiall y delighted to HIGH-QUALITY PROGRAMS Canadian facu lt y retire in largf

present this good news in the numbers or are lured away to OUT STANDl G FACULTY AND

same issue of the Ceph Alumshy better-supported jurisdictions

nus that brings you the Univershy TALEN TED ST UD ENTS ARE THE O ur governmen t has mad e

sity of Guelph Donor Repon an exphcit co mmitment that REAS ONS IO R OUR SUCCESS

The ongoing financial support o f alumni and fr iends is an

important factor in our success

and we thank yo u for helping to make us number one

Macleans classifies 12 Ca nad ian uni versi ties as co mshy

prehensive in stitutions de fin ed as those with a signi fi shy

can t amo unt of research activity and a wide range of

programs including professional degrees at the gradshyuate and undergrad uate levels Gue lph finished seco nd

in this category in each of the las t two years

This year U of G improved or maintained its perfolm shyance in 75 per cent of the 21 performance indicators lIsed

by lvlacleans to measure overa ll qu ali ty T he magazine cited the quality of Guelph studen ts - ranked number one in the proportion of enter ing stud ents with averages

of75 per cent or higher and number one in graduatio n rates - and the quauty of Guelph faculty - number one

in the proportion who hold PhD degrees Macleans also cited the quality of Guelphs resea rch

and scholarsh ip and its move from 10th to third pl ace

eve ry willing and qualified

Ontario stud ent will be able to

attend co llege or univers it y but

we ca nn ot meet th at co mmitment witho ut substan tial

increases in con fund in g to post-seconda ry education

At Guelph we are encouraged by the genero us finanshy

cia gifts of aluillni Jnd friends Your donations have

Illade it possible for us to offer more fil1ltH1cial aid to st ushydents to upgrade our multimedia fac iliti es and to COIll shy

plete campus projects that sim ply co uld not be funded

through our operating budget

To sustain quality and access ibili ty as we contemshy

plate growth we will work diligent ly to persuade uur

partncrs in governm ent to co ntinu e to build on their recent reinvcstllents in pos t-secondary educat ion by

supporting core operating needs with increased mulshyti -yea r funding This we owe to th e Un ive rsity lOnUHUshy

nity that has ea rned LIS recognition as Ca nadas top COIll shy

prehensive universi ty - our aluillni and friends o ur faculty and staff and our students

Fa llWinte r 1999 3

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UNIVERSITIES 1999

The M acleans ranking takes a meashysure of the undergraduate experience at Canadian universities comparing schools in three peer groupings The Comprehensive universities are those with a significant amount of research activity and a wide range of progralTIS at the undergraduate and graduate levels including prot ssional degrees

12 7

Sim on Fraser 3 2 6 7 4 8 8 9

e Waterloo 1 4 2 5 6 1 11 8 6

Victoria 4 3 2 4 4 5 3 7 11

York 6 6 4 11 12 9 9 11 1

Memorial 5 5 11 9 2 11 5 2 2

Carleton 7 9 9 3 11 3 9 8 7

Windsor 10 11 5 10 1 12 12 5 3

New Brunswick 8 8 1 6 -shy9 5 4 4 5

Concordia 11 7 10 2 8 7 2 3 12

Regina 8 10 12 8 3 10 1 1 10

UQAM 12 12 7 7 9 7 6 12 8

INDICATES A TIE

Reputational Winners Macleans surveyed highshy

school guidance counsellors university officials CEOs and recruiters at corporations across the country

Highest Most Quality Innovative 1 Waterloo 1 Waterloo

2 Simon Fraser 2 Simon Fraser

3 Guelph 3 Guelph

4 Victoria 4 Victoria

5 New Brunswick 5 York

10 2

5 7 2 5

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6 2 9 12

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Leaders of Tomorrow 1 Waterloo

2 Simon Fraser

3 Guelph

4 York

5 Victoria

10 12 10

Best Overall 1 Waterloo

2 Simon Fraser

3 Guelph

4 Victoria

5 Yo rk

12 2 7

Reprinted with permission from Macleans Nov 15 1999

UNIVERSIT1 ES 199 9

Students Aviva

Leber left and

Laurie Ha lfpennymiddot

Mitchell pres id ent

Mordechai Rozanski

and student Dominic

Gregori o b ilding

0 11 tradit ional

strengths

Ilorticulturalist r- ike Di xon has a secret desire to grow

rose on the moon Dont Llugh - he may just [lull it

off In the past five yea rs th~ Un iversity of Guel ph scishyent i~t has p1 r iJ y~d J modest SOOOO gr8 nt in to what is

on its way to hc ing J $ IO-lli llion annu al reselICh [lroshygram one of the Iargs t of its kind in the world This

week top sc ientists from th e Europea n Canadian 8nd

American space agencies are descendi ng on Guel[lh Onl to disc uss ho w to sustain cosmic crops during a

long s[lJce mission to the moo n or Mars They wi ll tour th e unive rsitys h igh-tech life-supp ort sys tem fo r

plants where th e light from the microwave-powered lamps is so [lhotosyn thetically pure that even the sun

hb nches with envy

This is the new Guelph Buudi ng on its strengths as the

countrys oldest ltlgricultu ra l college preoccupied with the

Sa fd) Jnd quality of food the new Guel[lh is branchi ng

out dramatically into the la test biologlcJ I and environshymentJI tickl s It wants to be on the cu tting edge oi gtLi enc(

wit h l lOJlScit IKC Hedd in the clouds lict on the ground

tha ts th e right prescription for universit y presidcnt i lordcchai ROJnski Guelph has one of the largest reshy

search budgets for its size in the co untry but it is also a

tight -knit cOllll1lunity ofjust over 14000 students and 620

fac ult ) with 13 la rge residences encircli ng the grounds

Nctrly 4600 people live on cam[lus 1I1d an almost equal

number of studen ts work there part time as well This balshyancc betlNccn high-tech research and undergraduate int ishy

Inac) - not to mention a vigorous thea tre and fin e-art

program - is what has made Guelph the winner in th e

co mprehens ive catego ry overtaking Simon Fraser last

yedrs willller It also explltl ins how Guelph ca n boast both

the transgen ic pig whose custo m-designed organs may be

used in hUmJIl trallsp lants and the two recent winners of the North Amnican Debati ng Championship

To strengthen its sense of colllmunity Guelph has become one of the most lgs rc ss ive uni versities in enshy

suring that studen ts succeed in that all-important first

yea r Ne w students are cl ustered in dor ms with those

taking the sarne courscs creating partn ersh ips fo r newshycomers A recent innovation the Offi ce of First-Year

Studies has identified the seven courses with the highe~t

dropoLlt rate and train ed seni or students to he lp turn the tide Th ese third- wd fo urth-yeu stud ents ho ld

weekly seminars to tr y to determine who is ge tting the

mate rial len years ago on ly about 70 per ce nt of Guelph

st udents went on to seco nd year says Rozlt1l1S ki Now

our rete ntion rate is ove r 90 per cmt

O ne of th ose who will surely go on is 19-year-old

Av iva Leber ofOttJa a first-yea r stlldent in molecular biology A top sc holar an d fi eld-hockey player as we ll as

a dedicated vo lunteer Leber chose Guelph because of its resea rch strengths - and because she wa nted a univershy

sity tow n to help fO ClIS her goals Says Leber [ get the

feeling they rea ll y wa nl us to succeed Success is in the

air After a severe retrenchment in the eMly 90s - alshy

most 70 progra ms were merged o r dropped - It is

time for eX [l3ns ioll Rozansk i insis ts Rooted in the fertile farming co un try of so uthern Ontar io the sky is

the limit 1aybe eve n the moon

Robert Sheppard

Reprinted w ith permissi on from Macleans Nov 15 1999

TYPE OF GIFT

Sell Demutualized Give Demutualized Stock amp Give Cash StockPROTECT YOUR Fair Market Value $20000 $20000

Cost Nil Nil FAMILYS FUTURE Taxa ble Gain $15000 $7500INVEST IN Estim ated Tax Redu ction $10000 $10000

Capital Ga ins Tax $7500 $3)50U OF GS FUTURE Tax Saving s $2500 $6250

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Food Science Building Opens THE NEWLY RENOVATED Food Science Buildshying was opened Sept 17 with a ribbon -cutshyting ceremony and a special lunch that fea shytured foods developed or improved by OAC scientists

Prof Rick Yada chair of the Department of Food Science said the modernt zat ion of research and teaching fac ilities brings all 36 food science facul ty under one roof where they can work more effec ti ve ly with staff and students to continue the departments worldshyclass leading-edge teaching and resea rch

In total th e project spanned eight yea rs and represe nts more than $ 15 million in su pport from alumni friends industry and government

Ernie Hardeman Onta l io minister of agr icult ure food and rural affairs and Guelph M P Brenda Chamberlain were on hand to unveil a plaque recognizin g a $2 8 - The Guelph Food Technology Centre Dairy Counc il and Maple Lodge Farms million allocation from the federal and was an early su pporter of the renova tion Also marking the opening was a special provincial gove rnments CanadaOntario project and several of its industry partners two-day conference that brought together Infrastructure Works progra m contributed to a campaign led by food scishy key foo d resea rchers to discuss iss ues critishy

A special guest was lo-Anne Wolach ence g rad uate Mo ni Eino PhD 75 that cal to the future success of Canadas agri shyBComm 8 1 a third- genera tion U of G raised more than $ 1 25 million Those partshy food industr y In addition the Uni versity graduate and a granddaughter of James ners included Pa rmalat Canada Du Pont was recognized fo r its careful restoration of Christen sen BSA 2 1 who bequea th ed a Canada Te tr a Pak Wes ton Bakeri es the the heritage building by the presentation of $100000 gift that initiated the renovation Da iry Farmers of Ontario the Ontario a Guelph Arts Council awa rd

METALS RESEARCH NETWORK GETS BOOST IN FACT Resea rchers investiga ting the 12 universities industry and The NSERC announce shy U of G professors impact of metals on the envishy three federal departments ment brings total support for have won more than 100 ronment have received a Based at Guelph MITE MlTE to $64 million includshy teaching awards and 35- million boost from the brings scientists together to ing $ 15 million from th e hold more 3M Teaching lat mal Sciences and Engishy study how metals affect the Mining Association of Canashy Fellowships per 1000

neering Resea rch Council environment to assess th e da and Ontario Power Genshy faculty members than (NSERC) The funding was risks posed by metals and to eration Inc and about $14 at any other university awarded to the Metals in the propose management strateshy million from Environment in Ontario Environment (MITE) gies to ensure that findin gs Ca nada the Department of Resea rch Network a part shy reach key policy- makers in Fisher ies and Oceans and nership of resea rchers from government Natural Resources Canada

8 GU ELPH AL M NUS

Food science chair Rick Yada left provides a lou r of the departments new faci lities to Ron Zelonka

of Du Pont Canada Ernie Hardeman Ontario minister of agriculture food and rural affairs and

U of G president Mordechai Rozanski

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS UNIVERSITY NOTES

Excellence in Research Five U of G facul~y have received Premiers

Research Excellence Awards from the Minshy

istry of Energy Science and Technology The

awards are designed to help talented young

researchers build their research teams The

recipients are Profs John Dutcher Physics

Qi Li Economics Patricia Wright Zoology

John Gibso n Animal and Poultry Science

and Alejandro Marangoni Food Science

With matching contribution s the value

of these awards approaches $650000 and

wiH cover the costs of hiring new graduate

students post-doctoral fellows and research

associates on each faculty members intershy

disciplinary research team

Dutcher wi ll use the money to conduct

further studies in the growing field of polyshy

mer physics specifically thin film polymers

Li is developing new methods for estimatmiddot

ing nonmiddot and semiparametric economic

models used in analysing financial and

labourmiddotmarket data and in creating and testshy

ing economic policy Working with the Hagan

Aqualab Wright is continuing her studies of

the early life stages or fish to help fish farmshy

ers improve their operations Gibson a key

researcher in U of Gs Centre for the Genetshy

ic Improvement of Livestock is helping to

improve Canadas role in international liveshy

stock l inkage-mapping efforts Marangonis

research focuses on the physical properties

of fats and oils such as milk fat and cocoa

butter making a significant contribution to

developments in fat-containing products

such as chocolate confections butter marshy

garine and spreads

INNOVATIVE TEACHER WINS 3M AWAR D Landsca pe architecture profes shysor Ron Stoltz ha s received a pres tigiou s 3M Teaching Felshylowship from 3M Canada and th e Society fo r Tea chin g and Lea rning in Highe r Educatio n The annual fe ll owships recogshynize 10 sc holars across Canada who excel in teac hin g leadershyship and the deve lopment of

academic programs Stoltz is known for his innoshy

va tive approaches to tea ching landscape arch itec tural design and engineering In 25 yea rs of teaching at Guelph he has worked with va rio Lis U of G departments and alumni to

provide hands-on work experishyences for students in the actual des ign and cons tru ct ion of ca mpus and com munity landshyscape projects

Stoltz has also been active in curriculum and instruction al development and so me of his designs are used in profession shyal programs at other universishyties In addition he pbyed a sigshynifica nt role in develop ing materials to include tea chin g eva lu at ion in U of Gs promoshytion merit and tenure process He served as director of Teachshying Support Services from 1992 to 1997

SCIENTISTS FOCUS ON FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY U of G sc ientists wi ll accelerate studies in food safety functi ollshyal foods and industrial applicashyti ons for soft materials as the result of a $6-milliol1 allocation from the Ca nad a Fo undati oll for Innovations (CF) Institu shytio nal Innova tio n Fund

Thi s gra nt brin gs U of Gs total cn awards to $1 32 milshylion which triggers a IOO-pershycent match by th e Ontario Research and Developme nt Challenge Fund and requ ires a 50-per-cent ma tch from privateshysec tor fu nd 1I1g

U of G will es tablish a Cana shydian Research Institute in Food SaFety that will bring toget he r top resea rchers fro m across camshypus Health Canad a and Agri shyculture and Agr i-Food 3llada This gro up is uniqu e because it can ltl ddrtss food-safety iss ues at all levels of the food chai n says Prof Mansel Griffiths Food Sc ience who holds a Gue lpll research chair in dJ ir y microbishyology and will co -direct the new institute with Prof Scott McEwe n Populati on Medicine

A Centre for Food and Soft Materials will be direc ted by Prof Rick Yada chair of the Department of Food Sc ience and Prof John Dutcher Phys ics The goa l of this new ce ntre will U

be to assernble () tea rn of scien- 5b

tists to explore the structure and ~

fun ction of va rious foods and ltgt ~

soft materials Their work will z

leltld to alte rnative uses fo r (011 - j~

ventional soft malcr iais

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in and around the University

MATHEMATICS NETWORK LINKS Convocation Speakers WITH INDUSTRY

Inspire Graduates PROFS ANNA Lawniczak and Bill Langford Mathematics

When Canadian author Jane Urquhartand Statistics have pla yed received an honorary degree at springintegral roles in the first fedshy

convocation June 8 she reminisced about erally funded resea rch netshywork of academic and cor shy her own student days at U of G her 1971

graduation and her life as a person luckyporate mathematicians The Mathematics of Information enough to be able to pursue her lifes vocashyTechnology and Complex tion as a full-time job Urquhart spoke from Systems involves researchers th e heart but her words were often echoed

by other honourees during the four days of

ceremonies Us criminologist William

Chambliss Canadian medical researcher

Michel Chretien former Swedish president

Ola Ullsten and Stanley Falkow a pioneer

in molecular genetics w (]) At the final ceremony June 11 U of G

~ presented the first posthumous honorary I U V degree in its history to Charles Zavitz

-uZ rgt= who graduated in the Ontario Agricultural o --ltlaquo o2 VlColleges first degree class in 1881 and

gtshy(]) -ltheaded its field crop research programo I shy ~ o r for 35 years Zavitzs honorary degree was ~ -shy z

accepted by his grandson James Zavitz Vgt

in recognition of OACs 125th anniversary from 22 Canadian universi shy ~

mties and will receive $145 m illion in federal funding over the next four years Family Stress Under Study Ottawa will then review the project before providing U OF Gs CENTRE for Families small and medium-sized compashy The principal in vestigator another $105 million Work and Well-Being wi ll nies with fewer than 500 employshy will be Prof Kerry Daly Famishy

This research cen tre of investigate the stresses that face ees Researchers will use nation shy ly Relations and Applied Nutri shyexcellence will focus on forgshy working families across Canashy wide focu s groups to id entify tion who is co-di rector of the ing links between universities da tha nks to a recent $185000 practices that help reduce fumil y centre He says the project fits and industry and on training award from the JW McCo nnell stress and will di sse minate recshy well with th e cen tres aim to young researchers Universi shy Family Foundation one of ommenda tions to business and co nduct research thal exp lores ty researchers will work with Canadas largest private char ishy goverrullent The project may elisa the work- famil y ba lance allows applied mathematicians from table organizations lead to an awards system for faculty to establish connections private and public institutions The mon ey will fund an Ca nadian businesses exempli fy shy witl business organizations and on everything from designing eight-month researcll project ing the integration of work and involves students in th e process drug therapy and telephone examining best work practices in family for healthy li ving of social change networks to understandi ng complex new materials A prishymary goal of the network is IN FA(T U of G is one of Canadas premier research institutions to shor ten the lead time

Guelph faculty have attracted the second-largest per-capita share of research funding under between discovery and applishy

the Canada Foundation for Innovation cation of research knowledge

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NEW WEB SITE SAVES TIME COMPUTER USERS turning to the

World Wide We b for informa shy

tion about U of G will fi nd it

eas ier and faster to ge t answers

they need when they click on to

the University s new Web site

Visitors at wwwuoguelph ca wiil

fi nd a new horne pa ge design

and a quick-link toolb ar that

fea tures a direct link to alumni

inform ation and immediate

access to campus news a nd

coming events Other new fea shy

tures includ e a ca mpu s news

page and a three-dime nsio nal

map that a ll ows us ers to dick

directly on a building or to

search by either department or

building name U of G s Web

Steering Committee includ ed a

us er feedba ck functi o n and

hopes visitors will use it to comshy

ment on the site and to seek

more in forma tion abo ut Guelph

programs and se rvices

APPOINTMENTS PROF ALASTAIR Summerlee

has been named associate

vice-president (acad em ic)

following the departure of

Prof Co nstance Rooke who

left U of G to become presishy

dent of the University of

Winnipeg Summerlee was

formerly dean of graduate

studies In his new posit ion

he will oversee the quality

and development of undershy

graduate programs at U of G

PATRICK CASE form er

equity adviser for the Toronshy

to District School Board has

been appointed director ofU

of Gs Human Rights and

Equity Office A 1986 gradshy

uate of Osgoode Hall Law

School Case practised fam shy

ily human rights and immishy

gration law before joining the

Toronto school board in

1991 and is now completing

a masters degree in consti shy

tutionallaw

B OF G WElCOMES NEW CHAIR SIMON COOPER pres ident of

Marriott Hotels of Canada in

Etobicoke Ont is the new chair

of U of Gs BOlld of Governors

He succeeds Doug Dodds chair

and CEO of Schneider Corporashy

tion in Kitchener who has served

as chair since 1995 Cooper who

Join ed the board in 1995 was

vice -chair in 199899 and was

instrumental in raising more than

$1 50000 with in the 110spi tali ty

industry to benefit U of Gs

ACCESS campaign for student

fInancial assistance The board

also welcom es new members

Mary-Eli7abeth Flynn CEO of

KM2 Holdings Ltd Hank Va nshy

der Pol president of Rol-Land

Farms Ltd Prof Chris McKenshy

na chair of the Department of

Eco nomics food science gradushy

ate student Susa n Abraham and

undergradua te students Juli e

Cugalj and Jeff Ramlogan

ROYAL SOCIETY FELLOWS WELCOME DWIVEDI POLITICA L SC IENCE professor

OP Dwivedi has been named a

Fellow of th e Royal Society of

Ca nada the high es t scho larl y

recogniti on a Canadian academshy

ic can receive He joins 18 other

U of G facult y (current and

retired ) who have earned tbe title

Herbert Armstrong (deceased)

Te rry Beveridge Microbiology

Derek Bewley Botany Peter Egelshy

staff Physics Chris Gray Physics

Paul Hebert 70010g y Gabri el

Karl Physics Ke n Kasha Plant

Agriculture John Leslie Philosshy

oph) Donald Masters History

Larry IVlilligan vice-president

(research) Jay Newman Philosshy

ophy Bernhard Nickel Physics

Ann Oaks Botany Larry Pe tershy

so n Botany Michael Ruse Phishy

losophy Bruce Sells Molecular

Biology amp Genetics an d Joh n

Simpson Physics

Faculty Association and the Col shy

lege of Arts

bull Sonya Go ldberg an MA student

in the Depa rtmen t of His to ry

has won th e prestigious Sir

lohn A Macdonald Grad uate

Fellowsh ip in Canadian History

bull U of Gs School of Engineering

is the first in Canada to be recshy

ognized by the Canadian Engi shy

neering Memorial Foundation

with an award for providing a

women middotfriendly environment

Cre ated to mark the 10th

anniversary of the fatal shootshy

ing of 14 women at Montreals

Ecole Poly technique th e award

recog nizes U of Gs collegial

atmosphere an d the schools

4o-per-cent femal e enrolment

which is twice the nation al

average

Fa llWinter 1999 11

bull Philosophy professor Michael cultural Hall of Fame in June as

Ruse is one of seven sc holars a North American leader in the

- and the only Canadian - to production processing and ma rshy

recei ve a special writing grant keting of turkey and chicken

from the John Templeton Foun shy Cuddy received an hono rary

dation and Philade lphia Centre degree from U of G in 1994 for Religion and Science He bull Don Zira ldo BSc(Agr) 71 coshy

will use the $100000 US award founder of In niskillin Wines Inc

to writ e a book about science of Niagara-on-the middotLake Ont

and religion captu red a gold meda l from

bull AM Mac Cuddy BSA 42 was Vine xpo 99 in Bordeaux

inducted into the Ontario Agri- France for the co mpanys 1997

ice wine Inniskillin also

recei ve d the CIVART Award for

Excellence for Out standing

Selection of the Best Wines of

the World

bull Prof Daniel Fischlin Literatures

and Performance Studies in

English has won three teac hshy

ing awa rds in the last year shy

from the Ontario Confederation

of University Facu lty Associa shy

tions the University of Guelph

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SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERYmiddot SCHOLARSHIpmiddot SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTS

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

esearc

ENVIROPIGS AN ENVIRONMENTAL

BOON U OF G R ES E A RC HERS have ge netically engineered pigs that should help solve th e biggest environmental problem facing hog farmers

The Envi roplgs developed by Pcof Cecil forsbecg M icroshybiol og y Prof Jo hn Philli ps Molec ular Biology and Ge ne tshyics and microbiology graduate stud ent Serguei Golova n proshyduce manure containing 50 per cent less phosphorus Phosshyphorus is a wdter pollutant th at promotes the growth of a lgae in rivers lakes and strea ms ultishymately de pleting oxygen in the water and affect ing fi sh stocks

Enviropigs shou ld help solve the pro blem Norm all y pigs cannot digest phyta tr a form of phosphorus WI th direc t su pshyport from O ntario pork proshyduce rs the Guelph sc ientists took an E coli gene tha t makes the enzyme phytase and spliced it wi th a fragm ent of a mo use gene th at cont ro ls the producshytion of a protein secreted in the sa livar y glands The cOlllposite gene was then inse rted into th e nucl eus of a on e-celled pig

12 GU ELPH ALUMNUS

embr)To via a tiny needle The tran sgene will allow the

Envirop ig to make ph ytase in th e saliva ry gland and secrete it into the saliva where it is swa lshylowed with food The phy ta se

releases orga nic phospho rus so it can be absor bed by the bloodstream ins tead of being excreted in manu re

Th ree transgenic pigs have been born and are bein g monshyitoced by the resea rchers but it will likely be stveraJ yea rs befo re Envirop igs are ready to be comshymercialized

COMPUTER SIMULATIONS

BENEFIT MEDICAL RESEARCH

Two U OJ G SC IENTJ STS are using computer simulations to help medica l and ve terinar y researchers deve lop treatments for diseases caused by iOll chanshynels gone awr y

Profs Saul Go ldman Chemi stry and Biochemistry and Chri s Gray Phys ics are using computer pro gra ms to simulate the workings of tin y passages in cell membranes that serve as ga tekeepers passin g ions such as sodium and potas-

IN FACT Scientists build on knowledge that mlY lead to the ability to repair DNA

otes sium into and out of cell s

Sc ien ti sts have uncovered dozen s of hum an ion channel mutations tha t underlie diseases in heart brain muscle and othshyer tissues

The Guelph researchers modshyel the Aow of ions through chanshynels an d stu dy the microscop ic workings of iOll channel proteins Th ey hope to ga in informat ion useful to ph armaceutical comshypanies an d gene docto rs

The U of G co mputer modshyel is curre ntl y the only way to simu late the workings of ion chl1lnel proteins and the effects of alteri ng th eir stru ctu re dnd function The resea rchers say that over th e long term lear nshy

ing more about th e ge netic un derpi nnin gs of io n channel diseases such as cyst ic fib rosis might allow sCIe nti sts to rep air DNA itself

LITERARY RESEARCH CLICKS WITH TECHNOLOGY

U DF G E N GLI S H PR OFESSO R Susan Brow n is helping to cli ck on a new way to pub lish and stud y sc holarship in the humanit ies

Brown is one of six co-invesshytigators on th e Orlando Project which involves p ro fe sso rs and students trom the universities of Guelph and Alberta who are developing th e first full scholarshyly history of wo mens writings in the Britisb Isles Th ey will pubshyLsh it in an electronic format that wi ll allow users to search vast volumes ofbiog rltlphical inforshy

mation critical discussion and contextual mate rial in seconds

The pIoject will prov ide an account or wo me ns wri ting across the cen turies that addressshyes issu es raised by recent fe mishynist tbinkers and scholars of womens wr iting Brown and other inves tigators are not mereshyly col lecting primary mater ial but are also encoding literalY hisshytory as they wr ite it lllcluding references to literary reviews and analysis of write rs work Comshyputers will store and manipulate

basic rtsea rch materia l Named for the Virgin ia Woolf

fictiona l character who begins to write as an Elizabethan man and emerges as a full y developed fema le writer the Orlando Proshyjec t has been funded by a $16shymillion gran t from the Social Scishyences and Hu manit ies Resea rch Counci l and by th e uni ve rsities of Albe rta and Guelph

CANADIANS VALUE THEIR PETS

VIE A LL KNO W TJ-JiT Ca nadians -love their dogs and cats but did you know that keeping Fido and Fluffy happ) and healthy is worth billions to the nations economy

A fi rst -ever stud y by LJ of G

economics professo r John Livshyernois reveals that Canad ian pet ow ners spend nearly $3 billion annually on food veterinary care and supplies for their comshypanion animals - almost $1

billion in Ontario alone Th e pet industry also supports nearshyly 40000 jobs nati onally

The study commissioned by the Ontario Veterinary College revea ls that pets are an imporshytant family budget item across all income classes and aU provinces Nearly half of Canadia n house shyholds have a companion animal and the average family spends a few hundred dollars a year on pets an amou nt that rises with in come levels

The magni tud e of pet expenditures is an indicator of the value of companion ani shymals in society says Live rnois

The study also identified the intangible benefits of pets including emotional support companionship improved socializa ti on skills in children and th erapeutic effects

Animals are companions and confidants says OVC proshyfessor Cindy Adams a speciaJist in the human-animal bond We are very much a buying-orishyented society but the relationship with our pets is still very pure

People are also becomi ng more sensit ive to their pers needs she says The y are demanding the same type of care and service from their ve tshyerinarians as they do from their docto rs

The study notes that most

veterinary practices depend on peoples attachment to their pets Of the]] 06 veterinary practices in Ontar io 726 are exclusively companion-animal practices Even mixed-animal practices derive about half th eir income from companion animal services

NEW CANCER TEST MAY IMPROVE

SURVIVAL RATES U N IVER S llY OF GUELPH

researchers have helped develshyop a new blood test that detects ovar ian cancer at a stage when it is still treatable by surgery and chemotherapy

Senior research associate Dong Gaudette and Prof Bruce Holub Human Biology and Nutritional Sciences collaboratshyed with doctors from Texas and Ohio on the patented blood test [t will be devel oped by Atairgin Technologies Inc in Irvine Calif Clinical trials begin tbis yea r

Diagnosis of ovarian canshycer during tbe eady stages could mea n dramatically higher SLlrshyvival rates says Ga ud ette The blood test detected 75 per cen t

IN FACT A new blood test detected 75 per cent of early-stage ovarian cancer

of the ea rly-stage ovaria n canshycer samples

Currently diagn os is in abo ut 70 per cen t of women occ urs during the more

advanced stages of the disease Each yea r ovarian cance r kill s ]500 women in Ca nada and

14500 in the United States T I e two researchers discovshy

ered a fat called lyso phosphatidic acid that is prese nt in higher

quantities in ca ncerous tissue It is also detected in the blood

DEVELOPING A NEW VACCINE FOR CATTLE

KIND ER GEN TLER CATTLE vacshyc ines may become a reality thanks to the development of an oral cattle vacci ne by a U of G research tea m

Profs Reggi e Lo Microbiolshyogy Patricia Shewen Pathobiolshyogy and Judith Strommer Plant

Agri cultu re are tryi ng to pro shyduce a transgenic lin e of alfalfa that calTies a bacterial gene The alfalfa is designed to produce a natural antigen to help boost bovine immune response to a type of pneumonia in ca ttle

Traditional vaccina tion b)

needl e injection requires rounding up and restra ining the cattle and is costly and stressful to animals says Lo If we ca n create an o ral deli very system using transgenic alfalfa we can simply add th e alfalfa to tbe regul ar feed

The team is creating the oral

vacci ne system using a gene from a well-known bacterium and is transferring tbe bacterishyal D--1 into the recip ient alfalshy

fa plant s Once tb e transgenic alfalfa line is es tabli shed and the ge ne is producing the bacshyteri al ant igens as planned th ey will feed the transgenic alfalfa to th e cattle to see whether an immun e response occurs If the o ral vaccine works it will mea n healthier cattle with less use of antibiotics in livestock being fed for hum an consul11ption

GENETIC TEST COULD BOOST

SOYBEAN EXPORTS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN Canada testing is available to detect the presence of geneticall ) modified orga nisms (CMOs) in soybea n products Th e testin g wi ll be overseen by U of Gs Laboratoshyr) Serv ices The uelph Mole shycular Supercentre will offer the GMO-check Soya Iest Kit

There is a stron g need for such a commercial tes t in Ca nashyda especially with the increase in produc tion of Givl so) beans says rcsclrciler Shu Chen Its estishymated that 10 to 20 pe r cent of the 21 111illion acres of soybeans planted in the province this year were gendi(all y modified

The test deteels the protein expressed In Monsantos Roundup Read y v1[ia nt of soyshy

beans The most popular GM soybean secds on th e market a re res is tant to Roundup a com l11only used herbicide The test has been va lidated for aCCllshy

rac y by 37 laborator ies in th e Eu ropean Union (EU )

The te st is poised to be a boon for soybean exp orte rs Currently food products co nshytainin g CIvIC) that are exportshyed to the EU mu st be clearly labell ed and many consumers are now dem anding the option to choose between genetically modified and non-geneticall y l110dified foods Previously th e sampl es had to be se nt to th e United Sta te s for testi ng a process that was both cosuy and ti me-consu m i ng

IN FACT Up to 20 per cent of the soybeans grown in -Ontario this year were genetically modified

Fa UW inter 1999 13

bull bull

Gayle Anderson Andrew Vowles Alexander Wooley

IClne Guelph scientists strengthen the role ofveterinary medicine

in solving human health problems

Pre-eclampsia in pregnant women Organ

transplants Human colorectal cancer Bactershy

ial resistan ce to antibiotics Theyre all topics

you might expect to hear discussed in a human

medical lab or teaching hospital but in the corshy

ner office of the Ontario Veterinary College

OVC dean Alan Meek smiles and acknowlshy

edges the apparent paradox of discussing the

effects on human medicine of resea rch conshy

ducted in his corner of the University of Guelph

campus But you dont need too powerful a

microscope to reveal the research connections

among dogs cats horses and well humans

Referring to his hefty copy of Veterinary

Medicine and Human Health written by his Unishy15 co versity of California colleague Calvin Schwabe laquo

~ Meek says the distinction between animal and w

~ human is rather misleading Go back far enough

~ - before the Judeo-Christian concept of human z

~ uniqueness and superiority - and youll find o

~ no clear line sepa ra t ing the practitioners of

14 GUELPH AWYI K US

human and animal health The healers made

no distinction between whether they were lookshy

ing after the owner of the ca ttle or the cattle

says Meek It was the notion of one medicine

Of course theres no denying that animal

health rem ains the domain of the veterinary

researcher an d practitioner As ve terinarians

we have a mandate to understand animals and

things that affect their health so we can preshy

vent problems and care for th em says Meek

I suspect that when most people think about

veterinary medicine thats th e first piece they

think about

But animal heal th is only one of the four pilshy

lars of the veterinary profession - th e others

are public health environmental health and bioshy

medical sciences - whose research and teachshy

ing rest on the base of comparative medicine -We are the only medical profession that looks

at medicine across species he says Thats one

of the great strengths of veterinary medicine

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Fa llWinter 1999 15

Public health con cerns range from food SJfft) to zoonotic diseases (diseases that can be traLl smi tted from anim als to humans) and antibiotic resistance amon g diseaseshyca using bacteria It was this pillar that occushypied many veterinarians during the earlier decades of this century o ften as health inspectors

Iith the ad vent of antibiotics and varshyious advances in technology seemingly more stimulating research avenues beckshyoned for vete rin ary scientists But at this end of the 20th cen tury says Meek we find ourselves again confronting many of those earlier problems such as tuberculosis and medical professionals are refocllsing on the importance of public health issues

Veterinarians have also played a signifishycant role in th e evolution and application of ecosystem healt h practices because of their expe rtise in co mp arative medicine toxicology ep idemiology and wildlife disshyease Changes in wildlife health are the first results and so metimes the first signs of envishyronmental problems We dont live in a box reserved for one species says Meek gtle live in the same env ironment We interact in very intimate ways with other an imals in the environment so its not surp rising there are all kinds of crossovers and that you can learn J lot tbat can improve the heal th and lovell-being of peo ple and other animals

That trutl is becoming more ev ident as biomedical science uses new and more speshyci fic technologic As yo u start looking at the cellular and subcellular levels and the chromosomes and the genes it doesnt realshyly mat ter that much whether youre lookshyin g at a ge ne chromosome or cell that came ou t of a person or a dog says Meek vVhen YOLi get down to that level the fundamenshytal building blocks are the same - nucleic acids dnd blse units I think we as a professhysion have a tremendou s amount to offer there becJuse of our mand ate wlich is so broad Vete rinar ians look after all animals excep t for people in th e sense of providing handS-Oil care We can learn a lot from these othe r species There are diseases in other animals that have analogies to human disshyeases so we can learn from that and use th em as n1tural models

He expec ts to see mor e collaboration IIlJ information sharing alllong human medical and veterinary researchers Its not

16 G UELPH ALUMNUS

so amazing to understand that we would ha ve folks working on things that have a human application It co mes from our manshydate our responsibilities and histo ry and the comparative approach

The fourth pillar of veterinary medicine offers many impressive examples of co mshyparative medicine In the next few pages we present a small sample of current OVC research initiat ives that are providing immeshydiate and direct benefit to human medicine and health

disease similar to pre-eclampsia In mice lacking these lymphocy te cells she grafted bone marrow containing gra ft s with NK cells and found that the implantation sites returned to a no rmal state

Croys research has gained worldwide recognition for its considerable applicabilshyity to human fetal development and because it provides a useful animal model for this gestational disease Her work may eventu shyall) show scientists how to eliminate preshyeclampsia during human pregnancy It will also help vets and farmers understand how

Reproductive technologies

Prof Anne Croy Biomedical Sciences is intent on discovering why pregnant women develop pre-eclampsia a serious illn ess that typically occurs during th e second half of pregnancy High blood pressure is the major symptom If pre-eclampsia occurs th e baby must be delivered immediately or the mothshyer may experience convulsions or even die To better understand the ilness Croy is examining lymphocytes in the uterus par shyticularlya group of specialized lymphocyte cells that multiply during early pregnancy

These NK cells or natural killers regushylate gene expression and attack foreign invaders such as cancerous tumours Their main r01 e during pregnancy is to dilate blood vessels as the uterus grows preventshying blood pressure from rising to dangershyous levels Croy and her research team have discovered that lack of NK ceUs in the uterus may cause reproductive problems and lead to smaller infants whose growth is retard shyed into adulthood

Working with mice Croy found th at removing NK cells before mating led to a

uterine lymphoc ytes work in lives tock which is why her studies are funded by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs as well as the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council

How much can mice teU us about human reproductive immunology Croy says the importance of the mouse as a tool for studyshying disease progression or therapy was brought home to her in the 1960s when she was an OVC student of Prof Tom Hulland then chair of pathology and an ea rly enthushysiast of using mice as resea rch models

She says the two reproductive systems are remarkably similar Because mice reach adulthood after six to seven weeks and proshyduce about 10 offspring every three weeks researchers can monitor successive generashytions of mice over a short period to discovshyer the long-term ramifi ca tions of health problems And she is able to study an indishyvidual tissue section of an entire fetu s under -the microscope For these reasons mice play a central role in another of Croys research projects one thats found mothers pass along to their children more of themselves than was previously thought

Until recently the placenta was thought

to be impenetrable Then some Us

researchers discovered that cells travelled

from the fetus to the mother In research

funded by the Hospital for Sick Children

Foundation in Toronto Croy recently found

that the flow is two-way unidentified cells

We are the only medical profession that looks at medicine across species Thats one of the great strengths of veterinary medicine

are also transferred from the mother to the

bone marrow of the fetus

Unlike most earlier studi es Croys

focused on the bone marrow where the

bodys blood and autoimmune disea ses

develop She found that 90 per cent of the

mouse fetuses contained the mothers cells

in their marrow Because maternal cel ls

remain in offspring into adu lthood (a nalshy

ogous to humans) it suggests the cells may

affect the chi lds response to a bone marshy

row transplant during cancer treatment or

to treatment for HIV ma laria or burns For

example immune-deficient children often

receive marrow transplants from a parent

but if the mothers cells are already present

they can reject th at transplant Undershy

standing the nature of those cells is critical

As in Croys work with uterine lymp hoshy

cytes this research is receiving worldwide

recogn ition although the Guelph researcher

down plays that accla im This is so me of

the most interesting work of my career she

says but Im a relatively small player in the

bigger sc hem e of things

Croy has repeatedly crossed boundaries

in her pursuit of knowledge and has been

recognized by a variety of scientific discishy

plines She recent ly completed a term as a

permanent study sec tion member of the

National Institutes of Health (N1H) in th e

United States one of the few Canadians

appointed since the N1H opened permashy

nent membership to non -citizens in 1995

She teaches a summer course on reproducshy

tion mostly to medical doctors at the

Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratoshy

ry in Massachusetts This June she recei ved

the JCB Grant Senior Scientist Award from

the Canadian Society of Anatomy Cell Biolshy

ogy and Neurobiology - an unusual honshy

our for a vet And she recently prese nted

reproductive immunology findings to meetshy

ings of obstetricians and gynecologists

Organ transplants

A silent crisis is what one member of Parshy

liament has called Canadas organ donor

rate now among the lowest in the indusshy

trialized world More than 3000 Canadians

wait for organ transp lants each year and

143 of them die awaiting a transplant

One potential so lution being examined

at OVC is xenotransplantation or transshy

plan ting of organs from one sp ecies to

another - specifica ll y from pigs to

humans Its not as far-fetched as it sounds

For more than 10 years people have

received living pig tissue including porcine

pancreatic islet cells for diabetes and pig

skin for burns

Because of its faculty expertise its outshy

standing record in animal ca re and welfare

and its 30-year history o f research in

pathogen-free swine for breeding and food

purposes OVC was approached by Imutran

Ltd of the United Kingdom a xenotran sshy

plantation research leader to assis t in pre-

clinical (non-human) trials

OVCs role in this leading-edge research

being co-led by Prof Danny Butler Clinishy

cal Studies is to breed and suppl y a sma ll

group of tran sgenic pigs for research trials

at partner institutions in the project - the

University of Toronto and the University of

Western Ontario ove was also instrushy

mental in ensur in g that the pig li tte rs were

of defined health status or pathoge n-free

- an integral aspect of this proJect These

transgenic pigs resemble any other pig on

the outside but on the inside Lhey diff r in

one smaJl but very important way

Ordinarily when a blood vessel ruptures

the bodys natural reaction is to clot and

patch the leak During this pro cess someshy

times called a cascade the body produces

chemicals sequentially to form the c lot But

clotting is a delicate FlOcess Until now

organ transplants betwee n species have proshy

voked hyper-acute rejection caus ing a

clotting-like cascade to continue until wit hshy

in min utes or hours th e patient rejec ts the

animal organ Blood entering the newly

received organ recognizes that tissue as forshy

eign and immediately begins the clotting

process quickly shutting down the o rg3 1l

By contrast the ce ll s of lmutran pigs conshy

tain a human gen e that produces a prote in

that stops the clotting casca d e In a transshy

planted pig organ c3tTying this gene the

protein fool s the pat ients blood into trelt shy

ing the organ as though its from the same

species thus preventing clotti ng

Butler believes oves expertise in surgishy

cally deriving and raising germ-free littetmiddots

was a key reason the college was approached

to undertake this re sea rch Fro m 1958 to

1989OVC took th e scientific lead with the

Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Fo od and

Ruralfffairs in supplying speci[Jc-pathogen shy

free animals to the provinces pig farms Prof

Paul Miniat of the Departmcnt of C linical

Studies and later th e Depa rtment of Popshy

ulation Medicine led that projec t

Tl1is current research is cutting-edge

says Butler and you have to be absolutely

meticulous about everything you do

Because these animals dont ha ve dn actishy -vated immune system any path oge n th lt

comes into play would be fatal to thesc pigs

Butler notes that the resea rch is stil l at

the pre-clinical (non-human) trial stage

and it will likely be years before trials ca n

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take place in hum ans And other forms of transplant rejec tion besides the hyper-acute

va ri ety will requ ire furth er research Along the way Butler and fellow OVC researchers - Prof Bonnie Mall ard and Byram Bridle PathobioJogy who are stud y director and projec t mana ger re spec tivel y Jud y Bell Clinical Studies a projec t mana ge r and

Prof Bob Fri endship Population Medicine - hope to gain new insight into breeding

pigs of exemplary health status for both anishymal breeding and food sa fe ty

Genetic diseases

Pro f Mark Baker Path obi ology hopes to enh ance gene th erapy used in treating

human and animal ge net ic d iseases by improving the effi ciency of gene targeting Using thi s procedure and the tools of biotechnology researchers hope to zero in on spec ific points in an o rgani sms DNA and insert or repair genes invol ved in sll ch

diseases as cancer AID S mu sc ular dystroshyphy cys tic fibrosis and sickl e-cell anemia

Gene targeting is a very important techshy

nology for gene modifi ca tion in all species - plants animals and micro-organisms says Baker who began tbi s work in the 1980s The nice thing about thi s tecbnolshyogy is th at yo u can make changes in the

ge ne right in its norm al position in the chromosom e

He hopes to make gene targe ting more effi cient by studying the underlyi ng process of homologo us reco mbi nation in whi ch

DNA sequences exchange information Norshymally this process helps ce lls repai r DNA da mage and govern s mixing of gen es durshy

ing cell di vision including th e p rocess of meios is whi ch produces egg and sperm

cells But homologous recombination can also lead to can cer durin g th e exchange of informati on bet ween a mutan t ch romoshyso me and its no rmal co unterpart Bes ides

stud ying what goes wrong durin g recomshybinat ion sc ientists are in te res ted in using th e process to co rr ect defe cts Baker s

research for exa mple has shown that gene targe ting th ro ugh homolo gous recombinashytion can correc t a mu ta tion to resto re proshyducti on of an immunoglobulin found in

an tibodies We want to und ers tand the mec hashy

nisms of recombination in mammalian cells

18 G U ELP H A LUMNUS

and how homologo us reco mbin ati on ca n

be used to shape and manipu late th e genome he says ex plaining that gene tarshygeting all ows researchers to make animal

model s of hum an gene ti c diseases study hum an ge ne th erapy and modify plant and an imal ge nomes to benefit agri culture biotechnology and medi cine

Cancer research

Ca ncer reaches into the lives of many Ca nashydian s A number of researchers are wo rkshying in this area and their research spans the spectrum from basic molecul ar bio techshy

nology to applied therapy says Pro f Wayne

improve our understa ndin g of how to modshy

ify the level of damage done by co litis He explains th at by detoxify ing dieta ry

mu tagens and ca rcinogen s CST enzymes provi de protection against va rious insul ts inflicted on th e stom ach Thats an imporshy

tant role gJven th e kno wn link be tween so me chemical s co nsumed by humans and the dama ge to DNA and tis sues th at ma y

lead to cancer Hi gh levels of the em ymes are good because th ey pro tect says Ki rby

In pre vious studi es conducted with the Je wish General Hospital in MontlCal Ki rshyby discove red th at man y peo pl e with col shyo rec tal ca ncer lack th e ge neti c codes fo r

GSTs He is now in vestigatin g th e role of the

At the cellular and subcellular levels it doesnt really matter

whether youre looking at a gene chromosome or cell that came out of a person or an animal

McDonnell OVC ass istant dean (resea rch)

Although OVC research usually fo cuses on can cer in anim als incl uding using animal models th e res ult s also touch th e human

realm of oncology research Colorec tal ca nce l is th e third most comshy

mon can cer in humans th e Canadian Ca nshy

cer Society estim ates th at more than 16000 new cases will be d iagnosed in 1999 and more th an 6000 deaths will occur Key fa cshy

tors in its development are d ie tary carc inoshyge ns and colitis a bowe l inflammatio n In Guelphs Departm ent of Bio medi cal Scishy

ences Prof Gordon Kirby is studying glu shytathione S-transferase (GST) emymes that

are fo und in the hea lthy human intestinal tract but are abse nt in colorec tal ca ncer patients This research co uld help impleshyment pre ve ntive st ra teg ies for people who might be at high risk for ca nce r or it may

help in co unselling people in proper dietary habits he says In addi tio n we may

enzy mes and how th eir level alte rs as th e

disease develops B) und erst andin g how th ese enz) l11 es

work and how th ey change dur ing the proshygression from co liti s to can cer Kirby ultishymately hopes to lea rn ho w to co ntro l th e leve l of th e enzymes Understandin g how

th e enzym es work ca n lead LI S to wa ys to

prevent cancer he SlyS

Radiation treatment

Veterll1ar ians using the technique o f halfshy

body ra dia tion may cut th e time needed to treat lymphoma in dogs acco rd ing to th e

re sul ts of a st ud y by OVC re sea rchers in cludin g Prof To n) Abr1Jl1s-0gg Pro f -Stephen Kruth Paul Woods Geri Ottewe ll and Kim Stewa rt - aU of th e Department of Clini cal Studi es - and Al Norris of th e

Veterinary Referral Cli nic And although the groups recent six-year tr ial was directed at

do gs the resu lts of thi s veterinary resea rch

may have implica tions for trea tin g cance r

in hum ans

Trea tin g lym ph oma traditionally Iequires up to two yea rs of chemoth erap)

An alternative to prolonged chemotherapy is tota l-body ra diat io n and bone mar row

transplantation The procedullt lI SLS the patien ts own marrow extracted before the

trea tment One drawback is the possi bilit y

of transpb nt ing s ick malTOw co ntaining lymphoma (ells back in to the patien t A secshy

o nd drawbac k is th e ex tcnsive ca re and

Icngthy recovery time required By co ntrast ha lf-body radiation takes

onl y three mon ths Ab rams- Ogg explains that became only half of th e body is treatshy

ed at one time enough healthy bone marshy

row remain s to negate a tra nsp lan t By the

time th e seco nd hal f o f the body is irradishyated 30 da ys late r th e pa tien t has hld

eno urh line to recover fro m the first trea tshyment Hes also found that dogs receivi ng

half-bod) radiation generally avoid the sideshyeffects of tull-body trea tment

Abra ms-Ogg says ha lf- body radi ation

has been used on humans to alleviate pain in advanced cancer cases but not to treat

lymphoma The results of this trial do have hUl )la n health implications he SJ) Halt~

hody radilti o n may be used to treat the

sa me types of cancers in people

Resistance to antibiotics

Ensuring the hea lth of farm animals is an

im po rtant fac tor in ensuring th e health of our food supply T hrough col labo ratio ns wi th the Un iversity of Guelphs Department

of Food Science and l1calth Canada a dedshy

icated group of ove resea rch ers is improvshying public health through [ood -sa fe ty

research OnL of those sc ienti sts is Prof Sco tt

McEwen Population Med icine who studies food-animal prod uct io n and on-fa rm issues

by investigati ng microb ial resistance to antib ishyotics and ways to co ntrol pathoge ns such as

E coli during food-animal production Were try ing to red uce the level of exposhy

sure or people to these pathogens an d in tu rn red uce the level of food-borne illness

says I IcEwe n Our goal is to im prove

human health and improve the health of the animal industr )

Microbia l resista nce in pa rticular is a

co mpelli ng issue for agriculture rigbt no w because of a number of eve nts occurring

worldwide that have focus ed attenti on o n the use of antibi otics in foo d-a ni mal pro shy

du ct ion and the po tential impact on h um ans through meat conu mption

McEwen and h is st ud ents are looking at

what types of animals are being exposed to

va ll o us drugs and for how long to better

measure bacterial resistance to antibiot ics Because the agricu ltu ra l industry accounts [or half of to tal antib io tic lls e he says it s

important to look for new ways to improve on-farm manage ment of livestock that wIll

reduce disease Jnd the need for treatme nt

with antibiotics ga

Veterinary medicine contributes to human health sector

The Ontario Veteri nary Co llege (OVC) is at the centre of Ontarios

$44 billion knowledge-based ecoshy

nomic secto r foc using on animal

health and related food qualitysafeshy

ty and biomedicalbiotechnology activities

Although veterinal) medicine is

the main focus of studies at OVC the biomedical science o ption has

the bjgh est enrolment among

Guelphs 30 BSe degree programs

Employers in Canadas $I -billion biotechnology indust ry sa y a degree in ve ter inary med icine will

be an impor tant first step in filling

new positions created by the pracshytical application of current revelashy

tions in molecular biology and cloning technology

OVC is a founding college of the

Universit y of Guelph which receives mo re resea rch funding

from the Medica l Research Co unshycil than any other Ca nadi an uni shy

versity with o ut a medica l school

More than ISO studies have been condu cted using fund s donated

throug h OVes Pet Tr ust by ve tshy

erinarians and pet owners who recshy

ognize the th erapeutic value of the

bond betwee n people and com shypa nion animal s

100 per cent of OVC gradu ates

find em ploymen t withi n six months of gradu ation

50 per cen t of veterinary patholoshygists in North America are -employed directly or indirectly by the pharmaceutical industr y

Fa llWinter 1999 19

a The Royal Society of Canada recognizes an acndelnic career

by Alexander Wooley a scholar Funny hOWasingle pi ece of paper can summarize a lifet ime of study and aCJ demic work that has already fi ll ed

29 books and 85 book chapters an d Journal articles

In june U of G polit ica l science profes~

sor Onkar P Dwivedi received a letter invit~

ing hi m to become a Fello w of th e Royal Society of Canada Its an invitation reserved

for Canadas ltlCJde11i c elite an an nounceshy

men t thM brought congratul atio ns tinged with envy fiom colleagues across Ca nada and

left th is U of G professor answeri ng quips from Guelph collcgues such as Are we still

allowed to share the elevator wi th such an illuSlrious scholar

Dwivedi is indeed an ill ustrious scholar

- th e FRSC is th e hi ghest scholJriy recog~ nition1 Canad ian ~ cad emic ca n recei ve shy

but he is also a personable man who has a deer concern fo r o thers and a sense of humour that allows h illl to ceremo ni ously

wave oth er facult ) and students on to the

elevator as it ri ses to his s ix1h~f1oor offi ce ill the JvlacKi nn on Bu ilding

Known across camp us simply as OP he says its o nl y natural that hlS colleagues

wo uld be a bi t envi ous of th e Royal Society

designation he has felt th at envy himself when congratultting previous recip ien ts

Dwivedi SI) he is d~ep l ) honoured to bL one of 19 U of C lilCul ty wh o hold thl tilk (see page II ) The entire U of C cJm pl co mmunity shOlIcs in Prof l)iveciis dd igh t at bei ng l1amed a fel low I) pruv()t tin

Campbe ll It is a we ll~d lsencd mark of recognition for his distinguished caree r Jnd

vJ lua ble slr vice to i II I l 1Ila I ional dlTlop Ill en t an d the en viron men t

Being n~mcd I Fello of the Rnl11 oci

101) of CI1a d ~ is testimony 10 tile prnrcsnr ~

beli e-I Lhat if you work hard enough you L11l

achieve an ythi ng Th~Is 11) hi colilltr)

is so great he says o f his adopted C~nIJ1 Born in India Dwi ved i came 1( ( anadl

in the early [960 as a gruduatc lttuden Hl co mpl eted a mdst 15 de grec al Carl etull University ~nd a Ph D at QUlln l middot ni~r ishy

ty ~l1 d jo incd the U o f C tJLlti lyin 1967

He hJS advanccd Ihe CallldilI1 view of

political eth ics 111d public scnicc Wl11pI(d

pol icy~mak ing t nd administralioll hetwlcn natio ns and l11aintl ined world iew of enli~

ronll1ental pol iei sand pl1blie alti ludes toward pollu tion And ltI ll the wh ile haring his in sight wilh the l h (l u~llld nf tlllkilts

who halt vied for se1ts ill his classroom

Alt hough C1I1 3d is now hi~ IWll1l Dwivedi main tai ns ~Irong lies with his lill

mer homeland He has mon itored dCIdol

mtnh Ind ehtnge~ ill IndilS pol lulion lt111U

lto INrl ation pol i ~ic ror lll1lo~t 0 )Cltlrs and sucd h J ltnio r ad iser 1(1 Ih (OUlllr )

lin ilr) of rl1limnl11tllt dnd Fltlr~ I S I Ii lIll rc~c nl hook publi1 d in I))7 i ntro ~

Jl1C~ r~ldr tlt1 Ih cnVil 0 l1nlCnl11 p(lli~yshy

mll-ing and manf~mll1t prelL n Ind i1 b) cxamining vlri()u~ Jill1cl1iol15 of lhlt

tl1Iironrncn lal chIIltI1ampes faced h)lhe nali()n Farber th is )Lar hc 1 in Ind i JS par t

or a hll1lli(Ia l lroICL looking at reg ulal middot ing cmironmcnlal ri there with I Spc

eiJI fO LlI on htrlil lll i hmlsehrllJ producls

and thiJ ill1 tI~1 Oil (Imen ltlnd hiidren

Tht resClreh p rQin t i locattd ill Kll1 pur

lt1 cil ) of Ih rec million HId IS funded b) the Sha tri In do CJnldi111 Imti lutc

[)wi lldi mother and othl lamily mtlllhLI sl illl iC in In d i li e pcrsollally

Ufporh eh olt)I Ihne and hell he retire in tl1 Icars hl plan to SCI up I L~c n tre fo r

drug HldiLliOl I 1I11lI11Llll11 healt h

Fnn in C lllJdI hl is working to help

olher or Indiall illlllry bui ld bella lives I lc offen hi serliccI~ I parl -timc Hindu

pries t lIith U ofe CGl11pUS minislry and I~ 1 spir iluJ I ou l1 1I0 [ Jor inm lles It Ihe

Cudl h Corrldinnd (ntrc The Roal Soc ielY Litdtion d~ )Lribes

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ndti( nal distinction and international recogshy

nit ion Just this spring he vis ited Loyo la l [a rymollnt Universit-y in Los An-des as that

insti tutions 1999 Internati onal Scho lJ r

Es tabli shed 117 years lgO the Roya l Society or Canada enco mpasse d ra nge of

discip lin es including the natural and ap plied sc iences medi cine soc ial scien ces MId hu manit ies

Dwi vedi sa) The s()c ic tys invitation is

an honour for me and also a wonderful recogshy

nition for our new coll ege (U of Gs College

of Social and All lied Human Sciences )

A for mer chair of Guel lhs Department of Political Science Dwivedi is pres id ent of

the Ca nadian Asian Stud ies Associa tion and

past lresident of the Canadian Po litica l Scishyence Association He also chairs th e resea rch committee of the International Poli tical Scishy

ence Associat io n

During hi s 32-year career at Guellh he ha s served on the Enviro nm ental Assess shy

)]lent Boa rd of Ontario as a co nsultan t to

the Ca nadian gove rnment as an adviser to th e Wo rld Health Organi za ti o n an d the

Wo rld Bank in In dia Papua New Guinea and Mau ritiu s an d as a sc ientific panel

member with UNESCO In J 99 8 he

received an honorary degree fro m the Unishyve rsity of Leth bridge ga

fa llWinter 1999 21

-

-

ANDREvV VOWLES

m Tiny flashes of blue

light caught by U of G

to physicists in an

undergro und

observatory may eg

tell us the

fate of our

universerunch First tighf wasnt long in coming even in a mine shaft some two kiloshy

metres beneath the Earths surface Within days of turning on a multishy

million-dollar li ght detector near the bottom of a Sudbury nickel mine

scientists from Canada the nited States and the United Kingdom recordshy

ed their first even t Thats physicists lingo for a collision between a tiny

extraterrestrial particle called a neutrino and a molecule of heavy water

Actually what they witnessed last spring was not the encounter itself

- marked by a tell tale fl ash of blue light - but data trickling in quishy

etly from the detectors elaborate instruments sometime after the fact

Still that was enou h to set a few hearts pounding among the collabshy

orators in the Sudb u r y eutrin o Observatory particularly among

Guelph physicists John Simpson Robin Ollerhead and Jimmy Law who

appJaude 1 those early results not just for what they might reveal about

the universe but also as a validation of their painstaking care in conshy

structing and preparing the detector

Fall Winter 1999 23

-

[J This is without a doubt the climax of my

career says Simpson whos been invo lved

with the Sudbury N eu trin o Observa to ry

(SNO) project since it was fir s t moo ted by

Canadian physicis ts in th e early 1980s Hes

been studying neutrinos for almost two

decades beginning with experiments in a

Windsor-area sa lt mine

It s th e las t unkn own low-energy area

left he says N eutrin os are s till th e least

understood elementa ry particle of a ll

Thats not for lac k of them T hey re co nshy

sidered to be th e most commo n particles in

the universe and the fund amenta l building

blocks of matter Each seco nd bi lli ons of

neutrinos generated during fusion reactions

in the sun and in sou rces far beyond our

galaxy bombard every square ce ntim etre of

the Earths surface undetected But just try

to catch one So ephemeral a re Ih ey th at

they pass without a mmmur through most

objects including solid rock ni ckel ni ckel

miners - even throu gh the SNO sc ientis ts

monitoring their giant acry li c ball s usshy

pended in a 22-metre-wide cavern two kiloshy

metres down the mine shaft

The $70-million o bse rva to ry s it s nea r

the bottom of Inco Ltd s C reighton nicke l

mine the deepes t wo rkin g min e in North

America and one tha t has opera ted co ntinshy

uously for the last ce ntury

Today the only eAtra terreslrial objects hitshy

ting the site - or more co rrect ly passi ng

through it - are neutrinos Seemingly against

astronomical odds those scientists hope to

use that ball as a kind of cosmic-sized catchshy

ers mitt to stop or deflect enough of these

particles to learn more about them and about

the big wide universe that spawned them

Inside that 12-foot ball are 1000 tonnes

of heavy water which is also used as coolant

inside nuclear reactors Tn fact th e watershy

all $300 million worth - is on loan from

Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (AECL)

Heavy water ho lds the key to SNOs opera-

Taken during construction the photo above

shows the SNO cavity and acrylic vessel At

right the acrylic vessel is surrounded by an 18shy

metre diameter geodesic sphere that supports

nearly 10000 light sensors and reftectors

Scientists hope to U~

tion Because its molecules contain one more

n eutron than in ordinary water its more

likely to in tercept a phantom neutrino That

co llis ion will be marked by faint but telltale

fla shes of light - forma lly kno wn as

Cerenkov radia tion th e characteris tic blu e

glow emitted in a nuclear reactor - to be

picked up by a few of th e 10000 detectors

studding the panels on th e sphere s surface

Perhaps more impo rtan t SNO resea rchers

anticipate that the wa ter will catch all three

types o f neut rinos no t just the o ne captured

by other detec tors around the world

N eutr in os come in three species or

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24 GUELPH ALUMN U S

agiant acrylic ball as a kind of cosmic-sized catchers mitt

flavou rs based on th e kind s of subatomshy

ic particl es tlleyre dssociated with electro n

neutrinos muon neutrinos and tau neu trishy

nos Referring to earlier experiments that

have detected far fewer neutrinos than

expected based on our understanding of

how the universe works Simpso n says most

scientists believe that neutrinos have mass

and the) change type as th ey leave the sun

and thats why Ne havent seen enough of

them Being able to detect the other two

flavours at SNO might allow sc ientis ts to

account for the so -called missing neutrinos

Proving that neutrinos can change their

stripes might als o tell us more about the

likely fate of th e universe itself by solving

another mystery the question of the missshy

ing mass Referring to basic laws of physics

Law says If neutrinos convert th at means

th ey must have mass Why is that imporshy

ta nt Explai ns Ollerhead The amount of

mass thats accounted fo r by the sta rs that

you can see is only about one-tenth of the

total mass the re must be in the universe in

order to cause the interactions and motions

you see W hen people talk about mis si ng

mass thats what th ey re talking about

So the question is where is it l Because

every s tar produces billions of neut rin os

every second the universe is full of neutr ishy

nos These van ishingly small particles could

collectively exert a gravitational pull out of

all proportion to th eir size - enough to

eventually slow the expa nsion of the universe

If neutrin os have ma ss it means the

universe may be heavier than we think says

Simpso n The universe will eventually stop

expanding in a few billion years and collapse

back in on itself Thi s is known as the Big

Crunch Finding evidence of the smoking

gun to either prove or di sprove that theoshy

ry is the purpose of the observatory he says

SNO research bombards other areas of science Adapting physics tools to build SNO

An expert in X-ray back-scattering Guelph

physicist Innes Mackenzie helped the SNO

team about six years ago by adapting his

back-scattering technique to determine the

thickness of a plastic liner that su rrounds

th e entire observatory cavity Made of a

substance called urylon (produced by a

Guelph company) the liner was sp rayed

on to the cavitys concrete surface to screen

ou t radon a radioactive gas that diffuses

even through soLd rock In a project where

an extra millimetre could skew results scishy

entists needed to ensure that the material

was the same thickness all the way arou nd

Mackenzie used X-ray back-scattering

a techniq ue he has developed that might

be llsed to determine say the thickness of

paint applied in an auto assembly plant or

ice buildup on aircraft wings Laurentian

University physicist Doug Hallman says

his research group has worked with

Mackenzie to set up a unique hand- held

monitor and data-recording system which

found the actual thickness of the eightshy

millimetre-dlick polyurethane material to

an accuracy of about 10 per cent

Building new tools from SNO physics

During his graduate studies in physics at

Guelph Tom Andersen helped his PhD

supervisor Prof John Simpson design

devices used to detect background

radioactivity of the heavy wa ter in the

Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO)

and worked on software that simulates

th e movement of high -energy muons

particles created when cos mic rays

encounter the Earths atmosphere All the

while he had his eye on a not-unrelated

topic that became his full-time job after

graduating in 1998

It a desk top planetarium says

Andersen of his astro nomy software

which allows users to view the simulated

night sky - including comets asteroids

satellites a nd stars - on a computer

screen With it yo u can observe the sky

as it appears from your backyard tonight

o r from Jupiter 100 years ago or from

Egypt 3000 years ago

He and his partners a t Toronto-based

Sienna Software Inc have so ld about

10000 copies of Sta rry Night software

dming the past 18 months They began

by selling software that users could down shy

load from the Internet but now make two

CD-ROM versions of the package Starshy

ry Night Deluxe and Starry Night Pro

The first allows users to look at more than

19 million objects from anywh ere in the

solar system and to examin e deta iled

graphics of such things as constellations

Serious astronomy afic ionados use the

pro version to track as teroids learn more

about star motions or create their own

planets to study orbital mechanics

Generally anyone who owns an

as tronomical telesco pe owns a piece of

astronomy software says Andersen You

can take your telescope to your backyard

and connect it to your laptop and then

point to something with Starry Night and

have the telescope steer to it

Applying SNO tools to business

Former phys ics graduate student Myung

Chol Chon now works in the Royal Banks

corporate and investmen t banking offices

in Toronto Modelling the behaviour of

financial assets and pricing derivative secushy

rities might appear removed from the task

of capturing neutrinos but Chon says the

Guelph SNO group gave him an opporshy

tunity to learn various quantitative ana lyshy

sis tools including Monte Carlo simulashy

tion and artificial neural networks I also

gained understanding and experience in

software production via working with the

SNO Monte Carlo Analysis (SNO MAN )

software development team - tools

applicable not only in physical science but

in other areas as well

Fa llWinter 1999 25

-Simpson says ea rly detection of SNOs first

neutrino this summer reflects the high qUJIshy

ity of the obselva tory itself incl uding th t conshy

tribution of the Guelph scientists involved in

designi ng its sophist icated instrum ents Thats why theres a lot of noise abo ut the

fi rst measurem en ts he sa ys Some o ther

detectors have to work harder to get the backshyground radioactivity down Weve shown that

we constructed a very clea n detector

Along with several PhD studen ts and resea rch associates he and his coUeagues buiJt

inst ruments used to monitor and ensure an acceptable level of background radi oactivishy

ty in SNOs innards fiom the hea l) watcr to all the components orthe detector itse lf

The Guelph group developed a very senshy

sitive technique for the measurement of ultrashylow levels of ra dioactivit y in water whi ch is

essential for th e SNO detector to reach its

goals says SNO project director Art McDonshy

ald a phys icist at Queens Universit y Meas uring radioact ivity is our ga me

says resea rch ass oc iate Pillalamarr Jaga m during a tour of Sim psons lab in th e baseshy

ment of the MacNaughton Build in g home

to whJt Jaga m calls the only ul tra-low backshy

ground radi ation research and development

group in Ca nada Po inting to a det ector resemblin g a stainless-steel salad bowl with

a matchin g lid he says the Guelph -made

de vice JS with its co usins on perm anent du ty at SNO picks lip infinitesimally small

amounts of ra dioactivity emitted naturall y

by the observa torys compo nents

Ja ga m helps run th ose dev ices at SNO

fo llowin g up on his role as superv iso r of a

cl ea nin g crew d urin g SNOs constru ction SNO is the larges t clean-room ever olltside

of the electron ics industry he says Its

cleaner th an yo ur avera ge dinner plate

Above Muon neutrinos produced from cosmic

rays which strike Earths abnosphere are detectshy

ed by the SNO light sensors producing a coneshy

shaped pattern of energy Right An artists

sketch of the SNO detector shows the central

acrytic vessel now filled with 1000 tons of heavy

water and surrounded by 7000 tons of ultra

pure regular water Scientists monitor the obsershy

vatory from the room located above the sphere

26 GU ELP H ALUM NUS

In two years we mayI

Unlike th eir fell ow labourers in the m in e

who normall y hit the sbowers aft er a lo ng

day on the ore face th e scientists monitorshy

ing th e o bse rvatory must shower bef ore enterin g their facility Simil ar standa rds are mlintained tor the heavy water in th e acrylic

vessel which is fil tered dail y Jnd tested for ambient rad ioactivit y It s the purcst water

in th e wo rld says Jian Wang for merly J

research associate in Simpsons lab and now a consultant wi th U of Gs GUA RD In c

The Guelph-dc-signed instruments h ave

prove n lIseful in rela ted but more fa r-flung

applications JagaJl1 says scientists building

lgt

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ly know if the universe will eventually collapse

ye t an oth er neutrino observatory in Italy consulted with U of G physicists on radia shyti on measurement Closer to home he has helped Prof Richard Protz Land Reso urce Science quantify minute amounts of radioac tive cesium in so il samples taken from the Ecuadorean Andes an d from the Chernobyl site in Ukrain e

Law a particle physicist [las been involved since 1991 in writin g and test ing simulation software used by the project colshylaborators to model the workings of th e SNO detecto r With the detector now opershyating the package - dubbed SNOMAN shywill be used to analyse the data it generates OUerhead who first encountered SNO while chair of the Department of Physics has long worked in expe rim en tal nuclear physics using accelerators such as th e one run by AECL in Cbalk River Ont Todays investishygations at SNO draw on at least one aspect of his ea rlier resea rch in Los Alamos New Mexico where he developed neutral current detectors of the sort expec ted to help SNO sn iff out all three neutrino flavo urs

Sim psons graduate student Nathaniel Tagg is studying cosmic ray particles called muons which are detected as a byproduct in the obse rvatory Unlike neutrinos muons come from cosmic rays - or ionized nuclei - which begin Jife far beyond the solar sysshytem perhaps generated by stars exploding into supernovas or by shock waves emanating from collapsing black holes When these cosmic rays hit the Earths atmosp here th ey create extremely high-energy particles that can be detected by SNO some alon e or in pairs like bullets others in a shower like shotgun pelshylets Comparing the ratio of single bullets to shotgun blas ts may tell Tagg something about how the particles originated When you build a detector you get a lot of things for free he says Muons are considered background to most of the collaboration but there are some interes ting physics you ca n do with them

Beyond Guelph the SNO collaboration brings together almost 100 scientists from II universi ties and labs in Canada the United Sta tes and the United Kingdom Canad ian participants includ e university resea rchers from Queens Car leton Laurentian Britisll

Columbia and Guelph Wby Ca nada Canashyda has a lot of heavy water because of its nuclear power reactor development the CANshyDU reactor says OUerhead Basically Canashyda is tbe only country that can do the expershyiment using heavy water which is what gives this its unique flavour The other thing is the undergro und aspect All the neutrino expershyimen ts are done underground for shielding from cosm ic rays and other sources of backshyground radiation The nickel mine in Sudbury is the deepest site in North America

Its al so important that Creighton mine is a working facility says Si mpson [t has

Physics faculty

and students are

an integral part of (PES

Physics is one of five departments and schools in the College of Physshyical and Engineeri ng Science ( CPES) Physics has more Roya l Society fellows than any other department on campus Since 1993 ten CPES students including two in physics have received National Research Coun shycil awards under the agen cys Women in Engin eering and Scishyence Program In 1999 CPES laun ched an inteshygrated four-year degree program in technology with Seneca College in Toronto majors in physics and technology or applied pharmace ushytical chemistry CPES plans to launch a new undershygraduate degree in computing scishyence next year to promote U of G strengths in bioinfomatics neural networks genetic algo rithm s and embedded systems CPES offers a unique program called MPC2 that provides enriched studies in mathematics physics chemistry and computing science

to be active because its the only way you can maintain the safety of th e mine SNOs control room occupies a drift (miners talk for a corridor) 6800 fee t below the surface deep enough to accommodate a stack of about five CN Towers

Dw-ing the observatorys construction a regular express ca ge whisked visitors directly down No9 shaft to the detector as fast as a car travelling on a cit) street The shaft also served as the delivery conduit for the SNO components Site manager Dunshycan Hepburn recall s es pecially the three months that it took to ship the [000 tonnes of heavy water underground The eleva tor could take six tonnes at a time he says so we had an elaborate schedule involving six tanker cars fill ed overnight and sent down early in th e morning on a specially schedshyuled cage Adds mine manage r John Gill J dont think we spilled a drop

Now using regularly scheduled cages scishyentists crowd shoulder to sho ulder in the elevator with up to 40 miners during the 20-minute ride along the sloping ore seam Everyone in the collaboration is expected to spend a certain number of shifts actualshyly operating the detec tor says O llerhead This is partly to save money but also par tshyly because th e physicists are the ones with the vested interes t and should be involved Collaborators might spend seve ral weeks in Sudbury at a time for up to six weeks a year

SNO scien tists expect to learn definitiveshyly within two years whether or not neutrishynos have mass They also anticipate that the observatory will yield information about the sun and about other st ructures far beyond our galaA) The missing mass question is a way of studying supnnovas notes Ollershyhead There are many applications of this detector beyond just neutrinos from the sun

Why should anyone ca re about what these infinitesimally small particles teU us about cosshymic-sized questions If youre going to be an ad vance d and civilized country then you should be thinking about fundamental quesshy shytions and not just about where your next meal is coming from says Simpson Thats the difshyference I think between a civili7ed society and a society that just lives from day to day ga

FallWinter 1999 27

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

alU bull

ALUMNI PROFILES

ALUMNUS OF HONOUR

FORMER OAC DEA N Rick Richards BSA 38 was recogn ized for

his lifelong commi tment to excellence in admini stration teachshy

ing research and ex tension wh en he vas named 1999 AlumLlus of Honour by th e Un ive rsity o f Guelph Alumn i Associat ion The preshy

sen tation was made durin g Alumni Weekend in lun e

Ri chard s bega n hi s ca ree r in soil sc ience and pion ee red the

process of soil classifi ca ti on and map pin f for Ontario As head of

th e Un iversitys Depa rtm ent of Land Resou rce Science he spearshyheaded the constr uct ion o f new fa cili ties provided leadership in

the deve lopment of broader more sc ientifi c program s and th e

expansioLl o f fa culty and obta ined more lan d areas for departshymental resea rch He was appointed the first dea n of OAC in 1962

and was one o r the fou r principal academi c leade rs ho shared in

es tab lishin g the Universit y of Guelph After co mpleting two terms as dean he return ed to teac hing and retired in [98 1

As a professiona l agrologist Richards impleme nted pl ans ror

the Canadian Agri cultural Researc h Co un ci l as it s fi rst president

and was pres id ent o f the Ca nadian Soc iety of Su il Science th e Ontari o Institute of Ag rologists and tht Agricu ltural Institu te of

Can ada He was also the Canadian representa ti ve to th e United

Nations Food and Agricu lture O rga nizltJtion

ALUMNI VOLUNTEER AWARD

DAv ID ADAMS BSA 49 has always made his alma mater a pri shy

o ri t) and in 1999 th e Unive rsity of Guelph Alumni Associashy

tion app lauded th at loya lty by presentin g him with its 1999 Alulll shyni Volu nteer Awa rd

Adams has demo nstrated a devot ion to volun teer excellence

through his com mitment to the Universit y OAC and hi s alumni

ii class OAC 49 He was UGAA pres ident in 196869 president of

d the OAC Alu Jllni Associatio n in 196566 and a member of the Unishy

~ versi ty Senate and Boa rd of Governors fro m 1970 to 1973 In add ishy

~ tion he has Jllade mu ltiple contr ibu tions to OAC 49 ac tivities He

~ was instrumenta l in orga ni zin g 50th-anniversary class celebrations ~ for Alumni middotWeekend 99 which included the ded ication of the Yea r

~ 49 OAC po nd ga rden at th e Arbo retum Cent re and the res torashy

~ ti on of the Johnston Hall portico u ~ Adamss giving sp irit car ri es over into his pro(ess iona lli fc He

~ has had a distingu ished career in the ag ri -food indust ry and was laquo ~ general manager of the Canadian Meat Co uncil whe n hL reti red in

~ 1993 He cont inues to share hi s expertise with the co unc il and as

~ a volu ntee r for th e Royal Ag ri cultural inter Fair and th e Ca nashy~ dian Nat ional Exhibition FARlv

28 G UHPH ALU I NUS

HIGHLIGHTS middot GRAD NEWSmiddot OBITUARIESmiddot CALENDAR

ALUMNI MEDAL OF ACHIEVEMENT

DR AD RIAN P ARKS WO RK in th e area o f minimally invasive

surge ry has earned him international recogniti on as a leading surgeo n and educa tor in his fi eld His advancements in the use of

laparoscop ic techniques have improved treatm ent for an ex tensive

range of med ica l disorders that in the past could only be handled

thro ugh trad itional sur gery [n 1997 he was recruited to establish a new program at th e Uni ve rsity of Kentucky

Pa rk was honoured th is spring wit h the Universit y of Guelph flumni Associati ons Alumni Medal of Achievem ent He received

a bachelor of science fro m Gu elph in 1985 and a doctor o f med ishycine from McMaster University in 1987

He completed his training at St Josephs Hos pital and rilcMasshy

ter Uni ve rsity Affiliated Hosp ital s in Hamilto n O nt and at the

Uni versit) of Montrea l before Jo ining St Jose phs as a ge neral surshy

geo n in 1994

The Guelph meda l recognizes th e professional leadership and achievements demons trated in Parks still- yo un g career and his

compassionate ca re of pati ents He and his wife Jennifer 8A 84 have three children Hilary Meredith and Evan

ove DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS

DUNCAN SINC LAIRS CONTR IB UTIO NS to career an d soc iety have prove n bis leadersh ip and expe rtise in hea lth sciences He gradshy

uated fro m OVC in 1958 and received a master of sc ience fro m OAC in 1960 specializing in nutriti on He then earn ed a PhD in

physiology at Queens University in 1963 and bega n a ca reer focused

primaril y on human health Sinclair was ltl consultant to th e Ontario Ministry of Agriculture

Food and Rural Affairs on the Animals for Research Act ilnd bega n

his academic career at Q uee ns as dean of arts and science in 1974 He went on to serve as vice-principal institutional relati ons sershy

vices an d hea lth sciences before assum ing the role of dea n of medshy

icine He ret ired from Queens in 1996 He has heJd other prestishy

gious positi ons including directo r general of the Medical Resea rch

Council and was tile recipient of OVes Schofield ]V[edal in 1983

Sinclair is now deeply involved in advising the Ontario minisshy

ter of hea l til on ways to reinvest and res tructure th e delivery of health services in the province He chairs the Hea lth Services

Restr ucturin g Co mmission an independent body of health

experts and professionals appointed to redesign tbe provincial

health system

FallWinter 1999 29

alumni Matters

-ORDER OF OACU of G Can1pus ESTABLISHED MARY AND RlCK RICHARDS longtime OAC supporterWelcoilles Alumni

ABSA 38 are the first inductees Membership in the order is

into the Order of OAC estabshy limited to the first 50 individshy

LUMNI WEEKEND J999 orga nizing committee and says lished ea rli er thi s year by the uals who give $1 00000 or more

brought more th an 1300 proceeds will be used to help the OAC Alumni Fo undation to as bequests irrevocable insurshy

visitors to campus June 18 to 20 class establi sh a mille nnium recognize significant contribushy ance policies planned gifts or

In addition to th e traditi o nal scholarship to co mmemorate its tions to its end owment fund cash donations Gifts may be

awards luncheon hosted by U of 25 th anni versar)1 of graduation Rick served as dean of OAC applied as endowments to the

G president Mordech ai Rozanshy The Uni vers it y of Guelph [Tom 1964 to 1972 (see sto ry OAC Alumni Foundation or to

ski there we re man y spec ial Alumni Associat ion held its on page 28) Mary also worked the college as approved by the

events and cla ss reunions The ann ual meeting during Alumni in the college and has been a fou ndation directors

new Order of OAC was preshy Wee kend and elected a new slate

sented to Mary and Rick of offi cers for 1999 2000 Scott

Richards BSA 38 at th e Go ldshy va nEnge n BSc(Ag r) 88 presshy

en Anniversary Dinner and the id ent Robin-Lee Norris BA 80

Class of J974 hosted a reuni on first vice-pres ident John Tatson

dinner with Calgary Flames BA 69 seco nd vice-president

Hockey Club CEO Ron Bremshy Rita Sterne BComm 87 secshy

ner BA 7 J as guest speaker Bill Imiddotetar) and Brad Hull BA 89

Laidlaw BA 74 chaired the treasurer

President Mordechai Rozanski and representatives of the alumni

classes and individuals who supported U of Gs six new themati c

gardens cut the ribbon to officially open them duri ng Alumni Weekshy

end From left are Bill Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 61 Don Gri eve

BSA 55 and MSA 57 Harold Shield BSA 51 Sandra Hannam uJ CD Clay Switze r BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rozanski Marilyn Robinson ~ I Murray BH5c 55 Ted McNinch BSA 49 Bruce Stone BSA 53 u VI

Z and MSA 54 Harold Bentley BSA 64 and MSc 66 Craig Hunter lt

B5c(AgL) 74 and MSc 77 and Les Laking BSA 39 and HDSC 71 The conservatory greenhouse was unveiled moments later by gtshyCD

Don Rutherford BSA 51 who gave the leadership gift ensuring VI o

it s res toration on behalf of his famil y 5 I -

Ginty jocius BSc(Agr) 70 left chair of the OAC Alumni Foundation

presents the Order of OAC to Mary and Rick Richards BSA 38

Enjoying the Class of 1974 re union dinner are from left jerry Orga n

BSc(PE) 71 Ron Bremner BA 71 Gail Bremner Paul Henry MA 71

and Bill Laidlaw BA 74

30 GUELPH ALUMNUS

GRYPHON SPIRIT DOMINATES HOMECOMING

UOF G students shared the stands with alumni who came to campus Sept 25

to watch the football Gryphons defeat their long- standing varsity rival the University of Toronto Blues During the weeke nd the Gryphon Club Hall of Fame inducted five Gryphon swimmers filled the gold pool at the 21st ann ual Alumni Relay Swim Meet

and president Mordechai Rozanski hostshyed a luncheon attended by more than 200 alumni and current students who have received sc holarships and awards or who

participated in the volunteer peer helper prog ram

ALUMNI SWIM TO THE TOP

FORMER GRYPHON SW IMMER S Peter Koli snyk BSc(HK) 83 and Denise

(FarndaJe) vVatso n BASe 85 were recogshyni zed at the ann ual Homecoming sw im mee t for having attended more often th an any other alumni Other participants includshyed 1999 graduates Nico le Weber BSe CEng ) Greg Steinberg BSc(HK) and Nancy Sweetnam BComm who has been a memshy

ber of two Canadian Ol ympic teams ( 1992 and 1996) The alumni team defeated the stud ent teams with the help of Leo n

Homecoming J

r ~

Form er Guelph mayor and sports broadcaster Norm la ry received the Gryphon Club Hall of

Fame Merit Award Sept 24 at the annual induction c re mony that also honoured five former

Gryphon athletes From left are Paul Willi ams a cross-country and track athlete and three-time

Canadian Olympian Bob Pronk BComm 82 Ontario and Canadian cham pionship wrestler

Dave Guest BComm 87 a former all middotstar soccer and vo lleyba ll player Gladys Williams BA

69 MVP in both wo menS fi eld hockey and ice hockey lary and Mark Brown BComm 81

Wi ldman Trophy winner and football capta in The Gryphon Club also recognized the 1974 mens

rugby OUAA championship team

Garstecki Gryphon diving coach in the midshy Dale a longtime Gryp hon supporter and a I 970s and retired botany professo r Hugh national record-b olding masters swimmer

bull49 VETS MEET AT TRAlEE The OVC Cla ss of 1949 produced a la sting memory of its 50th

anni versary by filming the lune 18 gathering held at Tralee Farms

the home of class member Ray Cormack Classmates travelled from

across Canada and the United States to attend th e reunion which

included a luncheon a visit from U of G president Mordechai Rozanshy

ski and a tour of Cormacks farm and antique carriage collection

The organizing committee of Dave House Bill Mitchell Ken Fisk

and lim Arch ibald succeeded in producing a golden-anniversary

memento that captu res the days events and everyone in attendance

as they comment on their lives since graduating from OVe -Proceeds from the sale of the v ideos will support the OVC 49

Memorial Scholarship Fund Cost is $25 each To place an order call

Vikki Tremblay at Alumni House 519-824-4120 Ext 65 44 I D

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FallWinter 1999 31

alumni Matters

2000 Coming Events

Jan 26 - Careers Night hostshyed by Mac-FACS Alumni Assoshy

ciation For informatio call Laurie MalleaLi at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Careers Night hostshyed by HAFA Alumni Associashy

tion For information call Laushyrie Malleau at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Aggie Good Times Banquet Call the OAC Studwl Federation at Ext 8321 for tickshyet information Feb 3 - Job hir at Bingeman Park in Kitchener complishy

mentary bus service from Unishyversity Centre for students and

alumni For directions and a list of employers call U of G

Career Services at Ext 22 13

Feb 11 - Deadline for nomshy

ina tions for U of G Alumni Association Alumnus of Honshy

our Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment and Alumni Volunteer

Award and the OVC Distinshy

guished Alumnus Call Carla Bradshaw at Ext 6657 for details March 1 - Annual alumni

Florida reunion at Maple Leaf

Estates Port C harlotte Florishyda For information call alumshyni programs at 519-824-4120

Ext 6657 send e-mail to alumshyniuoguelphca or call Jack Hanna in Florida after Jan 1

at 813-645-0905

March 18 amp 19 - College

Ro yal

March 31 amp April 1 - OAC

Alumni Association annual

bonspiel at the Guelph Curlshy

ing Club and Guelph Country w Club Call Carla Bradshaw at ~ txt 6657 to register c u bull For more information on anyU)

z alumni event call the U of G ltC extension listed at 519- 824shy20 r 4120 or send e-mail to al11111shyCD

o niCvzlOguelphcab c a

32 CUEIPH ALUM N US

EA RLIER THIS YEAR U ofG

introduced a new approacll to fund-raising that centres on

academic priorities identified by

the ix colleges Now the Unishy

ve rsit y expa nds this initiative

through the formation of a new Annual Fund Cou ncil that will

recruit volunteers to proactiveshy

ly help meet tll0se funding goals

By enlarging the partnershy

ship between academics and fund-raisers we arc focusing our

efforts more clearly on the Un ishy

versi tys overall stra tegic objecshy

tives says Rudy Putns executive

director of campaign progra ms

We are calling on coUege deans to help ensure that our annual

giving programs are providing

the grea test possible benefit to

students Our volunteer and pro-

ALUMNI CElEBRATE NEW HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE CENTRE

The Human KineticsHuman Biology Alumni Association

presented a sketch of the John T Powell Building to U of Cs

new Health and Perfor mance Centre at a June 19 reunion of alumni and former staff Artist Joan Harper BSe(HK)

82 left and retired professor John Powell right witnessed

a presentati on by association pres ident Janet Leonhard BSe(HK) 82 to Prof Terry Graham

SilENT AUCTION MAKES NOISE

A silent auction held Sept 14 to 16 a t the Ou tdoo r Farm

Show in Woods tock Ont ge nshy

erated a lot of excitement and

goodwill in OACs 125th shyanniversary year and raised

$51000 that wi ll support stu shy

dent recruitm ent programs in

the college The auction was organized by Cinty Jocius BSc(Agr) 70 president of

Ginty Jocius amp Associates of

Guelph on behalf of the OAC Alumni Foundation

Auction items donated by friends and exhibitors at th e

farm show included everylhing

from farm equipment and supshyplies to a seven-month-old lla shyma named (-i nty Lorie Jocius

BASe 72 purchased her husshy

bands namesake and gave it to

OAC as an anniversary presen t at th e Sept 25 Heritage Banshy

quet and Ball

FUND-RAISI NG PARTNERSHIPS GROW

fessional fund -raislls wiJl spend

more of thei r time making pershy

so nal requ es ts for gifts to the University and less time on inshy

house administra tion

Members of the Annual Fund

Council will invite donations

Crom alumni members of the campu~ community the paren ts

of current students graduating

classes members of the various

gift clu bs (Presidents Council

etc) and selected corporations

foundations and associations

Development and Public Affairs staff will help target vol unteer

efforts where they wi ll have the

stronges t impact on growin g don or particip ation and fund shy

razsing results

Annual giving is one of the

most crucial parts of an institushy

tion s developmen t agenda says Putns Annu al donors help

maintain the quali ty of estabshylished academic programs espeshy

cially in times of reduced pubshy

lic fundin g he says They also

provide a foundation for special

fun cl-rai sing cam paigns shycampaigns that enable the Unishy

ve rsity to grow by providi ng

funds for major projects that do

not ha ve a traditional so urce of support Tbe ACCESS endowshy

ment for student financial assistshy

ance and the rece nt campaign to upgrade th e Food Science

Building are notable examples For more illjormation aboLit

the An17ual FUlld Co ullcil call Al111tal Fund 17l1lnager Tara George at 519-824-4 120 Ex t

390 1 or Putl7S at ext 6384

GRAD NEWS

U of G Degrees ADA = Associate diploma

in agriculture BA =Bachelor of arts BASe = Bachelor of applied

science BComm = Bachelor of

commerce BHSe Bachelor of houseshy

hold science BLA =Bachelor of

landscape architecture BSA = Bachelor of science in

agriculture (pre-196s) BSe(Agr) Bachelor of

science in agriculture BoSe = Bachelor of science BSe(Eng) =Bachelor of

science in engineering BSc(Env) =Bachelor of

19405

bull The Macdonald Institute

Class of 1941 met each other

for the firsl lime in 1939 and

theyve been gelling logelher rvice a year siIlce gradual ion

Celebrating 60 yea rs of fri end shy

ship this year are Mary (Hcx imer) MacLeln Beth

(jackson) Ca rdifF Mo lly

(Pattrson) Nix Frances

(Pellet) Smith Dorolhy

(Pond) Dunn Jeanne (Taylor )

Hamel Phyllis (Weren) Sobel and Evelyn (Eatun ) Pond

bull Jim Morton BSA 47 posed with his son Robert SA 70

and grandsons Jeff Bell 13A

9 1 and Greg Mo rton

SSc( Eng) 99 at Gregs U of

G convocation in June Retired

from a career in the lumber

business Jim is an OAC llu mmiddot ni volunteer al Guclph and is

aClive in cOm11lUnily work in

Burlington Onto Rob ert is

CEO of the Community Care

Access Centre in Simcoe

Coullly Jeff lcaches in Elmvalc

for the Simcoe County Dislricl School Board and Greg is

working Wilh the COnSlliling

engineering firm of Proclor

science in environmental sciences

BSe(HK) Bachelor of science in human kinetics

BSc(pE) = Bachelor of science in physical education

DHE = Diploma in home economics

DVSc = Doctor of veterinary science

DVM =Doctor of veterinary medicine

GO = Graduate diploma MA = Master of arts MAgr = Master of agriculture MBA = Master of business

admininstration MEng =Master of engineering

and Redfern at its Kitchener

office The Guelph lineage

aCl ually bega n in the Morton fami ly with Greg great shy

grantimoliln Anne Pringle

Morton DH E 1914

Greg Morton Jeff Bell and Jim and

Robert Morton

19505

bull Harold Baker BSA 50

writes to w rrect the e-mail

address publi shed in the last

iss lle of the Clepll Alunnls

Friends (111 conlact the retired

University of Saskatchewan

professo r and Il is wife Phyllis

at ha kc r hdukeL1sa~k ca

bull Barney Goodwin-Wilson BSA 50 is serving a two-year

krm as chair of the hoard of

lhe Onta rio Foocllerminal

The Iomnlo facility is the

MFA = Master of fine art MLA Master of landscape

architecture MMS = Master of management studies MSc =Master of science MSc(Aqua) = Master of

science in aquaculture ODA = Ontario diploma in

agriculture ODH =Ontario diploma in

horticulture OdR = Ontario Diploma in

recreation PhD = Doctor of philosophy

larges t who lesale fruit proshy

duce and flower market in

Canada and one of the largest

in orrh America He was forshymerly director and vice-cha ir

of the board

bull Gary Powell ADA 58

stopped at a remote motel in

western klahoma last

Janu ary and stanee a convershysation with th e only other cusshy

tomer at breakfa st the next

morning Turns out they were

both U of G grads Powell and Joe Deli BSc (Agr ) 64 had a

great time reminiscing abo Llt

ca mpus perso nalities they

both knew I guess one is never really very far from home says Powell

bull Dave Valentine BSA 59 has

retired as (o unty engineer for

the County of Brant in

Ontario He previously spent

23 years with Sir Sandford

Fleming College in Peterborough and has served 8S

engineer for the coun ties of Haliburton and Victoria He

and his wife Carole are now

Jiving near Carlisle Send e-mail

to valcntinworldchatcom

19605

bull Manuel Garcia PhD 67 was

recognized by the government

of the Ph ilippines in December

1998 with one of the highest

honours given to Filipinos Jivshy

ing outside the cou ntr y Garcia

is a senior consulting mi crobishy

ologist with lAS Bioshy

Diagnostic and a former

research scientist with

Agriculture and Agri-Food

Canada in Ottawa He is intershy

nationally recognized for his work in veterinary med icin e

and public health on the early detection of ca mpylobacter

salmonella and other foodshy

borne pathogens He is a memshy

ber of several learned profes shy

sional societies and has been involved in a number of intershy

national developm ent projects

He is also a community volunshy

teer and a pioneer in establishshying the National Council of

Canadian Filipino Associations

as the official voice of Filipino

Canadians nationwide bull Tom Hutchison DVM 65 is

a veterinary pathologist with the Nova Scotia provincial

diagnostic lab In 1998 he

passed the board cer tification exa ms for the American

College of Poultry Veterinarians in Baltimore but

the years highlights came in

late summer - a first grandshy

child for Tom and his wife

Eileen in August and the birth

of their own son Scott in

September bull Brian Little ADA 67 BSc(Agr) 72 and MSc 78

was elected president of the

Canadian 4-H Foundation in

May He was previously presishy -dent of the Ca nadian 4-H

Co uncil and a co uDcil represhysentative for his employe r the

Royal Bank of Canada He has been a fou ndation trustee for

f allWinter 1999 33

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several years and has a strong

4-H background as a member

and a club leader

19705

bull Doug Franklin SA 72 was

recen tly a ppoin led execu tive

director of the Multiple

Sclerosis Association of

America its hea d office is in

Cherry Hill NJ He was forshy

merly with the International

Youth Foundation in

Baltimore Md

bull Cathie Leimbach

SSc(Agr) 78 and MAgr 88

visi ted U of G this fa ll as

agrologist-in-residence It was

the sixth year of the program

co-sponsored by OAC and the

Ontario Institute of

Agrologists (OlA ) Raised on

an Ontario dairy and swine

farm Leimbach is past presishy

dent of the OI A and a partner

in STRIVE a team specializshy

in g in training facilitation and

consulting She now lives on a

cash-crop farm in Ohio

bull Willem Moolenbeek BSe

77 and MSe 8 1 studied biolshy

ogy and entomology at U of G

at the same time he was learnshy

ing to play the saxophone with

the Royal Conservatory of

Mu sic He says he still loves

science but music has become

his career A recitalist soloist

and clinician he has been a

saxophone instructor at

McMaster University in

Hamilton Ont fo r 15 years

He also teaches at the 19805

University of Waterloo pri- bull Bruce Brown BSe(Agr)

vately and at the National 85 and his wife Claudia

Music Ca mp of Canada where (Liebscher) BA 84 have three

he sometimes offers an infor- children who are beginning to

mal course on in sect identifi- display their dads musical

cation There are always a few prowess on the kazoo After 14

kids who really dig that he years of dairy farming Bruce

says U of G music lovers want back to school to earn an

enjoyed his saxophone music education degree and is now

at a noon-hour concert in teaching science with the

October Durham District School

bull Peter Vaughan SA 77 and Board

MA 77 was appointed secre- bull Tom Burns BA 89 and MA

tar y general and CEO of the 91 is a member of the

Canadian Medical Association Victoria Police in Melbourne

in June A fa culty member in Australia Last summer he

two departments at John s welcomed visitors from the

Hopkins University and in the RCMP including Kevin Durie

Department of Family BA 93 They quickly estab-

Medicine at the University of lished a U of G connection

Ottawa he is a fo rmer presi- including Duries student

dent of the medical staff at employment at Dcr Keller

Guelph General Hospital and a which was Burns s favourite

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the job says Burns but this

time we spent most of our

time talking about the great

times we had at U of G In

still another coincidence

Durie is married to Christine

Blake-Durie BA 91 and MA

93 who was a member of

Burnss MA group Burns says

other U of G grads travelling

to Melbourne are more than

welcome to drop in

bull Stuart Jackson ADA 87 is

distribution manager for

Burnbrae Farms Ltd in Delta

Onto He sends greetings to all

OAC friends including the

diploma classes of 1979 and

1980

bull Laurel (Murdoch) Koumarelas BComm 84 is

an ESL teacher with the

Toronto School Board She

and her husband Gus live in

Mississauga with their sons

Robert and Evan

bull Trish Looman BA 87

works for Royal LePageshy

Vantage in Guelph She speshy

cializes in residential multishy

unit real estate

bull Laima (Karosas) Laffitte

BSe(Agr) 85 and MAgr 91

lives in Wendover Ont with

her husband Vincent MAgr

91 and their children Yohan

and Marina Laima is the

advertising manager for The

Canadian Veterinary Journal and Vincent is an account

manager at the St Isidore

branch of Scotiabank Theyd

like to hear from classmates

via e-mail at Iaffitteonsymshy

paticoca They also want to let

OAC 85 grads know that the

class executive is building a

Web page at wwwrkdecom

oac85 and needs updated

names and addresses (includshy

ing e-mail) to add to the

directory f IS-year reunion

is being planned for Dec 2

and 32000

bull Cheryl Miller-Oh BASe

91 and her husband Tae live

in Southfield Mich with their

twins Nathalie and Nathan

born in October 1998 She is a

health-care consultant with

Computer Sciences

Corporation Send e-mail to

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bull Vijay Singh MSe 70 has

been awarded the Arthur K Barton Endowed Professorship

at Louisiana State University

He also recently received an

honorary degree and a

Fulbright Award for his work

in the area of entropy

bull Gayle (Barton) Tapper BSe

81 (biological science) and 83

(computing science) has been

employed at Memorial

University in St Johns Nfld

for 14 years in the Department

of Computing and

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pleting graduate work in phishy

losophy and humanities at

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bull Carolyn Riddell BA 85 is

running an active arts educashy

tion and paintingprintmaking

studio in Fergus Ont

bull Laura Wilkinson BSe 85

and MSe 87 is a coroner in

British Columbia and lives on

a cattle ranch near 70 Mile

House

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bull Kristi Adamo BSc(HK)

96 and MSc 98 and Rob

McMullin BSe 95 were

married in May 1999 and Jive

in Ottawa

bull Michelle (Pilon) Bacon BA

90 has been living in London

England with her husband

Tim and children Juliette and

Lucien but they are planning a

return to Canada They will be

AIRBORNE ALUMNUS Olive Thompson DHE 35 celebrated her 85th birthday

with her head in the clouds She made her first parachute

jump with instructor Scott Borghese in Simcoe Ont in June

and says it was the most exciting thing shes done in her life

Thompson lives in Dunnville and has four children and three

grandchildren When she asked them about the paracbute

jump they told her to go for it Shes considering a repeat I U

jump next year and hopes her adventure will be a good S o

example for other seniors A dedicated member of the class -lt CD

of Mac 35 Thompson was president of the University of s Guelph Alumni Association in 197778 and keeps busy now VI

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with volunteer work for the Salvation Army Z

living in Calgary and welcome

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and friends from Guelph Send

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bull Deborah (Panton) Bodden

BASc 93 and her husband

Lyndhurst were married in

1998 and live in Grand

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schoo

bull Elizabeth Cardno MSe 99

is working with the Rural

Health Research Consortium

at the University of

Saskatchewan developing

research projects on rural

health issues in relation to the

Canadian Institute for Health

Research

bull Jeannine Cote BA 9 J lives

in Hamilton Ont and works

o -lt

as a health -care aide and

home-support worker

bull Jeremy Debling BSe 94 is

a formulation chemist in the

pharmaceutical development

department at Novopharm

Limited in Toronto

bull Angela Dodd BA 93 and

Christopher Kemp

BSe(HK) 94 were married

Aug 14 Theyve bought a new

home in Etobicoke Ont

where he works for Canada

3000 Airlines and at Kingsway

Physiotherapy as a kinesioloshy

gist She is employed at

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bull Sheryl Harding Friedrich

BASe 85 is a full-time mom

and part-time nutrition conshy

sultant in Cannington Onto

She and her husband Cal

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have three child ren Jonathan

Daniel and Anna

bull Anne Marie (Henwood)

Harman BA 95 is enjoying

her time at home with one shy

year-old Jenna She and her

husband Murray can be

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bull Rosaleen Heffernan BA 96

and Barry Liboiron BSe 97

were married in August

Theyre both studying at the

University of British

Co lumbia where Liboiron is

doing a PhD in chemistry and

He ffe rnan is completing a

degree in educati on

bull Krista Hilton BASe 95

lives in Halifax with her hlls shy

band Michael Galloway She is

a priest in the Anglican Church

of Canada and serves as curate

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bull Michael Kennard BA 86

starred as Mump the Clown in

the Canadian Stage Company

production of Mump amp Smoo t

in Something Else With Zug last

winte r at tbe Canadian Stage

Theatre in Toronto

bull Sharon McConnell BSe 90

and MSe 93 went on from U

of G to earn a diploma in

business management from

Wilfrid Laurier University

Since 1995 she has worked in

Toronto as a project director at

Burak Ja co bson Market

Resea rch Partners Ine

bull Michael McKay-Fleming BA

92 has launched two daily

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bull Andrew Nicholls MA 90 nications in Cambridge

and PhD 97 is an assistant bull Christine (Rogers) Patten

professor of history at Buffalo BA 9 1 lives in Toronto and

State College in Buffalo N Y has been working as a sales

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Reconsideration of British Civil uation She and her husband

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bull Jennifer (Pope) Parney physical therapy at the

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bull Lisa Ranacher BSe 98

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as a physiological modelling

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bull Jamie Rickard BSe(Agr)

96 and Laura Summerfeldt

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bull Pamela (Thompson) BASe

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bull Ian Sandler DVM 9 5 was

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bull Baijit Singh PhD 94 comshy

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the University of Saskatchewan

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bull Cyndy Stencill ADA 93 is a

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bull Steve Tanner BA 82

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bull Cheryl (Kellman) Thompson BA 95 run s a

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bull Donald PhD 94 and

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bull Wendla Westerberg BASc

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OBITUARIES

W illiam Ba rnes DVM 59 died Sept 7

1999 He grew up in th e N iagara area

but spent his professio nal ca ree r in a

ve terina ry prac ti ce in Ill inois He was a

dr ivi ng force in the American Ve ter inary

Medica l Assooatio n and in bo th the

Chicago and IlJin o is assoc iatio ns He

was also a fo un ding mem ber o f the

Ch icago-based Friends of Unicerslty of

Guelph a char itable o rga nizat ion

founded in 1975 to serve Guelph a lumni

living in the United Sta tes

George Dickson BSA 38 di ed Oct 9

1999 H e spen t h is entire career w ith

Canada Packers moving up f[Om mai l

cle rk to exec lltive vice-presid ent and

d irector After retirin g in 1976 he

devoted ma ny vo lu ntee r hours to U of

G 3S a memb er of Boa rd o f Gove rno rs

and the OAC Alumni Associatio n

Jam es Pinkney DVM 37 died July 3

1999 A respected ve ter in aria n in his

hom e to~ll o f Cooksv il le O nt he was

also recog nized as a p remier swi ne

breeder showman and judge He was

active in m any agricultural o rga niza shy

tio ns and in both the Ontario and

Canadian Vete rinary Med ical assoc iashy

tio ns He was a lo ngti me supporte r o f

th e Unive rsity especially the OVC

museum and was named OVC

Di stinguished Alumnus in 1987

Audrey Yea nd le DHE 25 di ed March

17 1999 in St ratford O nto A profes shy

sio nal diet it ia n she wo rked to two hosshy

p itals and tau ght home eco no m ics at

the Jo hn Fi he r School In Toro nto

Active In com munity orga nizatio ns and

her chu rch she was a lo ng time U of G

suppo rter and left an es ta te gift of over

$475000 to p rov ide bursaries for future

Gu elph students

Alumni

Jo hn Andrews DVM 38 June 27 1999

Harris Baker BSA 33 Febru ary 1998

Hu gh Balkwill BSA 53 June 27 1999

John Bowles BA 72 Sept 23 1999

Edward Bowness DVM 32 May 13 1999

Rud y Brown BSA 59 June 29 1999

Walter Bunn BSA 52 Sept 2 1999

Margaret Byrnes DHE 40 Apr il 22 1999

Joa n Cameron DH E 36 April 10 1999

Wil liam Cape ll BSA 54 Aprd 25 1999

T homas Ca rd BSA 47Ju ne 20 1999

Jean a rter DH E 38 Jun e 28 1999

Loi Clipsham D H E 27 Ju ne 23 1999

Bruce Cohoe BSA 3 3 Feb 2 1999

Geoffrey Collins BSA 28 May 21 1999

Al exander C o nnell ADA 60 Ju ly 26

1999

John Currie BA 74 Sep t 18 1999

William C u rrie BSA 59 Nov 27 1998

C arma n Davey DVM 39 Apr il 15 1999

D oug Doerksen ADA 84 Ju ne 5 1999

Joann e DU ll can -Robinson BA 81 and

MA 86 July 22 1999

Robert Erskine BSA 41 May 2 1999

Will ia m Fisher BSA 48 Aug 5 1999

Norm Freeman BSA 49 July 2 1999

Alexander Gc ncr BSA 32 Dee 27 1998

Rudy Goltz BSA 33 July 28 1 999

Tom Grah am BS 50 Dee 3 1998

Ed na Has tings D H E 32 July 11 1999

Jack Hea theringto n DVM 54 April 18

1999

Pa tric ia Hill BSc 96 MMch 9 1999

Ralph Hills BSA 54 June 14 1999

Murray Ho ltby ADA 47 O ct 29 1998

Shawn H owden B 9 1July81 999

james j ackson BSA 34 April 29 1999

Karen ( Re ichardt ) Kister B H Se 70

Ap rilll 1999

Albert Kristjanson BSA 50 Dec 7 1998

John Laffert ) BSA 5 1 Aug II 1999

Ron Lawrence DVM 43 Mel) 4 1999

Ann e Legate BSe 89 March 1999

Tsu-Peng Stephen i iu M Sc 65 Ma)

Hl 1998

Rober t Luckham ADA 58 Jan IS 1999

Jam es Lyons BSA 59 Au g 2~ 1999

Willia m M ack BSc(Eng) 84 Ju ne 7

1999

T helma M artin D HE 41 July 131999

Helen McBratney D lI E 34 in 1998

Allan Bud McCardle BSA 52 May 10

1999

Ri chard M cDonald O AC C la ss of 47

lV1arch 24 1999

john Meeuse ADA 58 July 19 1999

Ra ymond Parr D VM 3 7 Ap ril 7 999

George Plakidas MA 93 date unknown

Virgini a Reed ODH 66 1arch 1 1999

Rose Reynold s D HE 28 Apri l 17 1999

Ern es t Ro bertso n BSA 37 Aug 6 1999

Jam es Ross BSA 34 Au g 23 1999

Gra nt Savage D VM 48 Ma rch 2 1999

Earl Shuh BSA 36 July 5 1999

Eu gene Smith BSA 3 1 Jan 27 1999

Will iam Smyth MA 90 Oc tober 1997

Ch er yl Ann Somerville BSe(Agr) 96

Sept IS 1999

Carl Stevenson BSA 46 Aug 26 1999

Robert Tennant BSA 49 May 5 1999

Gregory Tostevin BA 93 Feb 10 1999

Gerald Trant BSA 51 Sept 1 1999

Bennie Urquhart DV M 54 April 4 1999

Ga il Wamsl ey BA 70 July 24 1998

Gladys Ward D IlE 27 Apri l 8 1999

Catherine Welch BSA 22 Ma rch 3 1998

M abel ( McCa rthy) Ziegler DH E 26

Apr il 29 1999

Facu lty amp Staff Pro f Sid Gilbert Sociolog) and An thro shy

polog) Sept 8 1999

Rev Canon Ritchie McMurray

eCllm enical ch aplain 1968 to 1983

Aug 19 1999

Frie nds

Yvonne Alexander M~y 15 1999

jerry lkirnes Sept 2 1999

Marga ret C urran Dec 28 1998

John Godwin in 1999

viark G renville Nov 6 1998

Peter Hallm an Ju ne 22 1999

Elsie Mae johnston Sept 12 1999

C lover Helena Ladouceur Sept 4 1999

Ed it h Pa tterson in 1993

Andrew Peterson Aug 26 1999

Edgar St rin ger March 1999

Gerry Vandergri ft Sep t 28 1999

Frank Watson March 23 1999

Barry Woods Jul y 30 1999

Me m orial fun ds have bee n se t up to

establi sh a U o f G scho larship in 1))CJ)lO r)

of Jea n Caner and ~ Jack and Gerry Van shy

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UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

the CWay CWe CWere FROM THE ARCHIVES

HISTORIANS CANT PINPOINT the date that the Unishy

versity o f Gu elphs landmark portico was carved

from Ontario limesto ne but its familiar columns preshy

date the 1874 fo und ing o f the Ontario Agricu ltural Colshy

lege by several yea rs

Originally fronting a fa rmh ouse on Moreton Lodge

Farm the orna te front porch stoo d at the entrance of

the main co ll ege building until the O ld Res idence was

demolished in 1929 to make way for the co nstruction

of Johnston Hall Its believed the portico was erected

on Johnston Green in 1934

Because the ravages of time and weather had weakshy

ened the limestone structure to a dan gerous point it

was dismantled earlier this fall and underwent muchshy

needed repairs to the stonework ceiling and roof The

OAC Class of 1949 raised $75000 to fund the p roject

as a 50th-anniversa ry gift to the ca mpu s and a way to

commemo rate the 125th anniversa ry of OAC

Now completely restored the portico is back in place

on Johnston Green whe re it co ntinues to se rve as an

elegant reminder of ca mpus histor y and a favour ite

pla ce fo r convocation and wedding photographs

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FALL WINTER 1999

8 in and around the University

UOF G FACULTY have

received broad recogshy

nition in recent months

including a Royal Society

designation a 3M Teachshy

ing Fellowship and

unprecedented success in

winning national research

support The University

has also celebrated fundshy

raising partnerships with

government and business

that modernized food scishy

ence facilities and has

honoured the diverse

achievements of several

distinguished alumni

28 alumni Matters

COMPARATIVE RESEARCH 14 VETERINAR IANS CONTRI BUTE

TO IUMAN HEALTH Guelph scientists are practitioners of medical research that

transcends species boundaries

by Gayle Anderson Andrew Vowles Alexander Wooley

20 FACULTY PROFI LE

A GE TLEMAN AND A SCHOLAR Political Science professor OP Dwivedi is tb e 19th Guelph

professor to be named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

by Alexander Wooley

EXPAND I NG KNOWLEDGE 22 EXTRATERRESTRIAL E COUNTERS

Prof John Simpson and his colleagues in the Department of

Physics are contributing to the underground Sudbury Neutrino

Observatory to find answers about the fate o f our universe

by Andrew Vowles

BECOMING 1

FOR THE FIRST TIME

the University of

Guelph has been named

the top comprehensive

university in the country

by Macleans magazine in

its ann ual ranking of

Canadian universities

High quality programs

outstanding fa culty who

excel in both teaching

and research and talented

students were among the

reasons cited for Guelphs

first-place ranking A

three-page reprint from

Macleans

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UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

message from the President MORDECHAI ROZANSKI

As IM SURE MANY OF YOU already know the nishy

vers ity of Guelph has just been named the top comshyprehensive university in Ca nada by Iv[accans magazine

in its 1999 ranki ng of universities

High-qua lit) programs outstanding faculty who excel in both teach ing and research and talented students were

among rhe reasons cited for Guelphs first-place rankin g

in faculty research and scholarly success

O ur delight wlth tillS recogn[tlon of our qu ality is

temp ered by the knowledge that it may not be sustainshy

abl e In rece nt years we have made some painful dec ishy

sions to protect the qualit y of oUl teaching research and

scholarly inquiry vVe have restructured depanments and

colleges we have reallocated resources we ha ve had to

This is great news and welco me make substa ntial reductions in our fa cshy

recognition of Guelphs distinctiveness ult y Jnd staff we have cut programs to

as a high-quality student-foc used resshy foc us limited resources on arelS of key

identi al uni ve rsity that is committed strengt h and we have been forced to

to innova tive programs dyn amic stushy in crease tuiti on Simp ly pu t in th e

dent- fac ul ty interact ion and an inteshy abse nce of rein ves tm ent we ha ve

gration of learning and research More reac hed th e limit of wha t we call clo

impo rtant it is a tribute to our fa culshy without seriousl) Jeopardizing the future ty staff aca demic and adm ini strati ve quality of our institution

leadership University-wide and to our Ontar io universities face enormous

students and alumni The cred it for challenges ove r the next few years includshy

our high standing rests wirh all memshy ing an increase in student del11and due

bers of the University community and to an ant icipated enrolment surge aging

I am imm ense ly proud to be infrast ructure and internationshy

part of it al competition for faculty as

I am especiall y delighted to HIGH-QUALITY PROGRAMS Canadian facu lt y retire in largf

present this good news in the numbers or are lured away to OUT STANDl G FACULTY AND

same issue of the Ceph Alumshy better-supported jurisdictions

nus that brings you the Univershy TALEN TED ST UD ENTS ARE THE O ur governmen t has mad e

sity of Guelph Donor Repon an exphcit co mmitment that REAS ONS IO R OUR SUCCESS

The ongoing financial support o f alumni and fr iends is an

important factor in our success

and we thank yo u for helping to make us number one

Macleans classifies 12 Ca nad ian uni versi ties as co mshy

prehensive in stitutions de fin ed as those with a signi fi shy

can t amo unt of research activity and a wide range of

programs including professional degrees at the gradshyuate and undergrad uate levels Gue lph finished seco nd

in this category in each of the las t two years

This year U of G improved or maintained its perfolm shyance in 75 per cent of the 21 performance indicators lIsed

by lvlacleans to measure overa ll qu ali ty T he magazine cited the quality of Guelph studen ts - ranked number one in the proportion of enter ing stud ents with averages

of75 per cent or higher and number one in graduatio n rates - and the quauty of Guelph faculty - number one

in the proportion who hold PhD degrees Macleans also cited the quality of Guelphs resea rch

and scholarsh ip and its move from 10th to third pl ace

eve ry willing and qualified

Ontario stud ent will be able to

attend co llege or univers it y but

we ca nn ot meet th at co mmitment witho ut substan tial

increases in con fund in g to post-seconda ry education

At Guelph we are encouraged by the genero us finanshy

cia gifts of aluillni Jnd friends Your donations have

Illade it possible for us to offer more fil1ltH1cial aid to st ushydents to upgrade our multimedia fac iliti es and to COIll shy

plete campus projects that sim ply co uld not be funded

through our operating budget

To sustain quality and access ibili ty as we contemshy

plate growth we will work diligent ly to persuade uur

partncrs in governm ent to co ntinu e to build on their recent reinvcstllents in pos t-secondary educat ion by

supporting core operating needs with increased mulshyti -yea r funding This we owe to th e Un ive rsity lOnUHUshy

nity that has ea rned LIS recognition as Ca nadas top COIll shy

prehensive universi ty - our aluillni and friends o ur faculty and staff and our students

Fa llWinte r 1999 3

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UNIVERSITIES 1999

The M acleans ranking takes a meashysure of the undergraduate experience at Canadian universities comparing schools in three peer groupings The Comprehensive universities are those with a significant amount of research activity and a wide range of progralTIS at the undergraduate and graduate levels including prot ssional degrees

12 7

Sim on Fraser 3 2 6 7 4 8 8 9

e Waterloo 1 4 2 5 6 1 11 8 6

Victoria 4 3 2 4 4 5 3 7 11

York 6 6 4 11 12 9 9 11 1

Memorial 5 5 11 9 2 11 5 2 2

Carleton 7 9 9 3 11 3 9 8 7

Windsor 10 11 5 10 1 12 12 5 3

New Brunswick 8 8 1 6 -shy9 5 4 4 5

Concordia 11 7 10 2 8 7 2 3 12

Regina 8 10 12 8 3 10 1 1 10

UQAM 12 12 7 7 9 7 6 12 8

INDICATES A TIE

Reputational Winners Macleans surveyed highshy

school guidance counsellors university officials CEOs and recruiters at corporations across the country

Highest Most Quality Innovative 1 Waterloo 1 Waterloo

2 Simon Fraser 2 Simon Fraser

3 Guelph 3 Guelph

4 Victoria 4 Victoria

5 New Brunswick 5 York

10 2

5 7 2 5

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3

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Leaders of Tomorrow 1 Waterloo

2 Simon Fraser

3 Guelph

4 York

5 Victoria

10 12 10

Best Overall 1 Waterloo

2 Simon Fraser

3 Guelph

4 Victoria

5 Yo rk

12 2 7

Reprinted with permission from Macleans Nov 15 1999

UNIVERSIT1 ES 199 9

Students Aviva

Leber left and

Laurie Ha lfpennymiddot

Mitchell pres id ent

Mordechai Rozanski

and student Dominic

Gregori o b ilding

0 11 tradit ional

strengths

Ilorticulturalist r- ike Di xon has a secret desire to grow

rose on the moon Dont Llugh - he may just [lull it

off In the past five yea rs th~ Un iversity of Guel ph scishyent i~t has p1 r iJ y~d J modest SOOOO gr8 nt in to what is

on its way to hc ing J $ IO-lli llion annu al reselICh [lroshygram one of the Iargs t of its kind in the world This

week top sc ientists from th e Europea n Canadian 8nd

American space agencies are descendi ng on Guel[lh Onl to disc uss ho w to sustain cosmic crops during a

long s[lJce mission to the moo n or Mars They wi ll tour th e unive rsitys h igh-tech life-supp ort sys tem fo r

plants where th e light from the microwave-powered lamps is so [lhotosyn thetically pure that even the sun

hb nches with envy

This is the new Guelph Buudi ng on its strengths as the

countrys oldest ltlgricultu ra l college preoccupied with the

Sa fd) Jnd quality of food the new Guel[lh is branchi ng

out dramatically into the la test biologlcJ I and environshymentJI tickl s It wants to be on the cu tting edge oi gtLi enc(

wit h l lOJlScit IKC Hedd in the clouds lict on the ground

tha ts th e right prescription for universit y presidcnt i lordcchai ROJnski Guelph has one of the largest reshy

search budgets for its size in the co untry but it is also a

tight -knit cOllll1lunity ofjust over 14000 students and 620

fac ult ) with 13 la rge residences encircli ng the grounds

Nctrly 4600 people live on cam[lus 1I1d an almost equal

number of studen ts work there part time as well This balshyancc betlNccn high-tech research and undergraduate int ishy

Inac) - not to mention a vigorous thea tre and fin e-art

program - is what has made Guelph the winner in th e

co mprehens ive catego ry overtaking Simon Fraser last

yedrs willller It also explltl ins how Guelph ca n boast both

the transgen ic pig whose custo m-designed organs may be

used in hUmJIl trallsp lants and the two recent winners of the North Amnican Debati ng Championship

To strengthen its sense of colllmunity Guelph has become one of the most lgs rc ss ive uni versities in enshy

suring that studen ts succeed in that all-important first

yea r Ne w students are cl ustered in dor ms with those

taking the sarne courscs creating partn ersh ips fo r newshycomers A recent innovation the Offi ce of First-Year

Studies has identified the seven courses with the highe~t

dropoLlt rate and train ed seni or students to he lp turn the tide Th ese third- wd fo urth-yeu stud ents ho ld

weekly seminars to tr y to determine who is ge tting the

mate rial len years ago on ly about 70 per ce nt of Guelph

st udents went on to seco nd year says Rozlt1l1S ki Now

our rete ntion rate is ove r 90 per cmt

O ne of th ose who will surely go on is 19-year-old

Av iva Leber ofOttJa a first-yea r stlldent in molecular biology A top sc holar an d fi eld-hockey player as we ll as

a dedicated vo lunteer Leber chose Guelph because of its resea rch strengths - and because she wa nted a univershy

sity tow n to help fO ClIS her goals Says Leber [ get the

feeling they rea ll y wa nl us to succeed Success is in the

air After a severe retrenchment in the eMly 90s - alshy

most 70 progra ms were merged o r dropped - It is

time for eX [l3ns ioll Rozansk i insis ts Rooted in the fertile farming co un try of so uthern Ontar io the sky is

the limit 1aybe eve n the moon

Robert Sheppard

Reprinted w ith permissi on from Macleans Nov 15 1999

TYPE OF GIFT

Sell Demutualized Give Demutualized Stock amp Give Cash StockPROTECT YOUR Fair Market Value $20000 $20000

Cost Nil Nil FAMILYS FUTURE Taxa ble Gain $15000 $7500INVEST IN Estim ated Tax Redu ction $10000 $10000

Capital Ga ins Tax $7500 $3)50U OF GS FUTURE Tax Saving s $2500 $6250

bullI arou

Food Science Building Opens THE NEWLY RENOVATED Food Science Buildshying was opened Sept 17 with a ribbon -cutshyting ceremony and a special lunch that fea shytured foods developed or improved by OAC scientists

Prof Rick Yada chair of the Department of Food Science said the modernt zat ion of research and teaching fac ilities brings all 36 food science facul ty under one roof where they can work more effec ti ve ly with staff and students to continue the departments worldshyclass leading-edge teaching and resea rch

In total th e project spanned eight yea rs and represe nts more than $ 15 million in su pport from alumni friends industry and government

Ernie Hardeman Onta l io minister of agr icult ure food and rural affairs and Guelph M P Brenda Chamberlain were on hand to unveil a plaque recognizin g a $2 8 - The Guelph Food Technology Centre Dairy Counc il and Maple Lodge Farms million allocation from the federal and was an early su pporter of the renova tion Also marking the opening was a special provincial gove rnments CanadaOntario project and several of its industry partners two-day conference that brought together Infrastructure Works progra m contributed to a campaign led by food scishy key foo d resea rchers to discuss iss ues critishy

A special guest was lo-Anne Wolach ence g rad uate Mo ni Eino PhD 75 that cal to the future success of Canadas agri shyBComm 8 1 a third- genera tion U of G raised more than $ 1 25 million Those partshy food industr y In addition the Uni versity graduate and a granddaughter of James ners included Pa rmalat Canada Du Pont was recognized fo r its careful restoration of Christen sen BSA 2 1 who bequea th ed a Canada Te tr a Pak Wes ton Bakeri es the the heritage building by the presentation of $100000 gift that initiated the renovation Da iry Farmers of Ontario the Ontario a Guelph Arts Council awa rd

METALS RESEARCH NETWORK GETS BOOST IN FACT Resea rchers investiga ting the 12 universities industry and The NSERC announce shy U of G professors impact of metals on the envishy three federal departments ment brings total support for have won more than 100 ronment have received a Based at Guelph MITE MlTE to $64 million includshy teaching awards and 35- million boost from the brings scientists together to ing $ 15 million from th e hold more 3M Teaching lat mal Sciences and Engishy study how metals affect the Mining Association of Canashy Fellowships per 1000

neering Resea rch Council environment to assess th e da and Ontario Power Genshy faculty members than (NSERC) The funding was risks posed by metals and to eration Inc and about $14 at any other university awarded to the Metals in the propose management strateshy million from Environment in Ontario Environment (MITE) gies to ensure that findin gs Ca nada the Department of Resea rch Network a part shy reach key policy- makers in Fisher ies and Oceans and nership of resea rchers from government Natural Resources Canada

8 GU ELPH AL M NUS

Food science chair Rick Yada left provides a lou r of the departments new faci lities to Ron Zelonka

of Du Pont Canada Ernie Hardeman Ontario minister of agriculture food and rural affairs and

U of G president Mordechai Rozanski

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS UNIVERSITY NOTES

Excellence in Research Five U of G facul~y have received Premiers

Research Excellence Awards from the Minshy

istry of Energy Science and Technology The

awards are designed to help talented young

researchers build their research teams The

recipients are Profs John Dutcher Physics

Qi Li Economics Patricia Wright Zoology

John Gibso n Animal and Poultry Science

and Alejandro Marangoni Food Science

With matching contribution s the value

of these awards approaches $650000 and

wiH cover the costs of hiring new graduate

students post-doctoral fellows and research

associates on each faculty members intershy

disciplinary research team

Dutcher wi ll use the money to conduct

further studies in the growing field of polyshy

mer physics specifically thin film polymers

Li is developing new methods for estimatmiddot

ing nonmiddot and semiparametric economic

models used in analysing financial and

labourmiddotmarket data and in creating and testshy

ing economic policy Working with the Hagan

Aqualab Wright is continuing her studies of

the early life stages or fish to help fish farmshy

ers improve their operations Gibson a key

researcher in U of Gs Centre for the Genetshy

ic Improvement of Livestock is helping to

improve Canadas role in international liveshy

stock l inkage-mapping efforts Marangonis

research focuses on the physical properties

of fats and oils such as milk fat and cocoa

butter making a significant contribution to

developments in fat-containing products

such as chocolate confections butter marshy

garine and spreads

INNOVATIVE TEACHER WINS 3M AWAR D Landsca pe architecture profes shysor Ron Stoltz ha s received a pres tigiou s 3M Teaching Felshylowship from 3M Canada and th e Society fo r Tea chin g and Lea rning in Highe r Educatio n The annual fe ll owships recogshynize 10 sc holars across Canada who excel in teac hin g leadershyship and the deve lopment of

academic programs Stoltz is known for his innoshy

va tive approaches to tea ching landscape arch itec tural design and engineering In 25 yea rs of teaching at Guelph he has worked with va rio Lis U of G departments and alumni to

provide hands-on work experishyences for students in the actual des ign and cons tru ct ion of ca mpus and com munity landshyscape projects

Stoltz has also been active in curriculum and instruction al development and so me of his designs are used in profession shyal programs at other universishyties In addition he pbyed a sigshynifica nt role in develop ing materials to include tea chin g eva lu at ion in U of Gs promoshytion merit and tenure process He served as director of Teachshying Support Services from 1992 to 1997

SCIENTISTS FOCUS ON FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY U of G sc ientists wi ll accelerate studies in food safety functi ollshyal foods and industrial applicashyti ons for soft materials as the result of a $6-milliol1 allocation from the Ca nad a Fo undati oll for Innovations (CF) Institu shytio nal Innova tio n Fund

Thi s gra nt brin gs U of Gs total cn awards to $1 32 milshylion which triggers a IOO-pershycent match by th e Ontario Research and Developme nt Challenge Fund and requ ires a 50-per-cent ma tch from privateshysec tor fu nd 1I1g

U of G will es tablish a Cana shydian Research Institute in Food SaFety that will bring toget he r top resea rchers fro m across camshypus Health Canad a and Agri shyculture and Agr i-Food 3llada This gro up is uniqu e because it can ltl ddrtss food-safety iss ues at all levels of the food chai n says Prof Mansel Griffiths Food Sc ience who holds a Gue lpll research chair in dJ ir y microbishyology and will co -direct the new institute with Prof Scott McEwe n Populati on Medicine

A Centre for Food and Soft Materials will be direc ted by Prof Rick Yada chair of the Department of Food Sc ience and Prof John Dutcher Phys ics The goa l of this new ce ntre will U

be to assernble () tea rn of scien- 5b

tists to explore the structure and ~

fun ction of va rious foods and ltgt ~

soft materials Their work will z

leltld to alte rnative uses fo r (011 - j~

ventional soft malcr iais

fallWinter 1999 9

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in and around the University

MATHEMATICS NETWORK LINKS Convocation Speakers WITH INDUSTRY

Inspire Graduates PROFS ANNA Lawniczak and Bill Langford Mathematics

When Canadian author Jane Urquhartand Statistics have pla yed received an honorary degree at springintegral roles in the first fedshy

convocation June 8 she reminisced about erally funded resea rch netshywork of academic and cor shy her own student days at U of G her 1971

graduation and her life as a person luckyporate mathematicians The Mathematics of Information enough to be able to pursue her lifes vocashyTechnology and Complex tion as a full-time job Urquhart spoke from Systems involves researchers th e heart but her words were often echoed

by other honourees during the four days of

ceremonies Us criminologist William

Chambliss Canadian medical researcher

Michel Chretien former Swedish president

Ola Ullsten and Stanley Falkow a pioneer

in molecular genetics w (]) At the final ceremony June 11 U of G

~ presented the first posthumous honorary I U V degree in its history to Charles Zavitz

-uZ rgt= who graduated in the Ontario Agricultural o --ltlaquo o2 VlColleges first degree class in 1881 and

gtshy(]) -ltheaded its field crop research programo I shy ~ o r for 35 years Zavitzs honorary degree was ~ -shy z

accepted by his grandson James Zavitz Vgt

in recognition of OACs 125th anniversary from 22 Canadian universi shy ~

mties and will receive $145 m illion in federal funding over the next four years Family Stress Under Study Ottawa will then review the project before providing U OF Gs CENTRE for Families small and medium-sized compashy The principal in vestigator another $105 million Work and Well-Being wi ll nies with fewer than 500 employshy will be Prof Kerry Daly Famishy

This research cen tre of investigate the stresses that face ees Researchers will use nation shy ly Relations and Applied Nutri shyexcellence will focus on forgshy working families across Canashy wide focu s groups to id entify tion who is co-di rector of the ing links between universities da tha nks to a recent $185000 practices that help reduce fumil y centre He says the project fits and industry and on training award from the JW McCo nnell stress and will di sse minate recshy well with th e cen tres aim to young researchers Universi shy Family Foundation one of ommenda tions to business and co nduct research thal exp lores ty researchers will work with Canadas largest private char ishy goverrullent The project may elisa the work- famil y ba lance allows applied mathematicians from table organizations lead to an awards system for faculty to establish connections private and public institutions The mon ey will fund an Ca nadian businesses exempli fy shy witl business organizations and on everything from designing eight-month researcll project ing the integration of work and involves students in th e process drug therapy and telephone examining best work practices in family for healthy li ving of social change networks to understandi ng complex new materials A prishymary goal of the network is IN FA(T U of G is one of Canadas premier research institutions to shor ten the lead time

Guelph faculty have attracted the second-largest per-capita share of research funding under between discovery and applishy

the Canada Foundation for Innovation cation of research knowledge

10 GUELPH ALUMNUS

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NEW WEB SITE SAVES TIME COMPUTER USERS turning to the

World Wide We b for informa shy

tion about U of G will fi nd it

eas ier and faster to ge t answers

they need when they click on to

the University s new Web site

Visitors at wwwuoguelph ca wiil

fi nd a new horne pa ge design

and a quick-link toolb ar that

fea tures a direct link to alumni

inform ation and immediate

access to campus news a nd

coming events Other new fea shy

tures includ e a ca mpu s news

page and a three-dime nsio nal

map that a ll ows us ers to dick

directly on a building or to

search by either department or

building name U of G s Web

Steering Committee includ ed a

us er feedba ck functi o n and

hopes visitors will use it to comshy

ment on the site and to seek

more in forma tion abo ut Guelph

programs and se rvices

APPOINTMENTS PROF ALASTAIR Summerlee

has been named associate

vice-president (acad em ic)

following the departure of

Prof Co nstance Rooke who

left U of G to become presishy

dent of the University of

Winnipeg Summerlee was

formerly dean of graduate

studies In his new posit ion

he will oversee the quality

and development of undershy

graduate programs at U of G

PATRICK CASE form er

equity adviser for the Toronshy

to District School Board has

been appointed director ofU

of Gs Human Rights and

Equity Office A 1986 gradshy

uate of Osgoode Hall Law

School Case practised fam shy

ily human rights and immishy

gration law before joining the

Toronto school board in

1991 and is now completing

a masters degree in consti shy

tutionallaw

B OF G WElCOMES NEW CHAIR SIMON COOPER pres ident of

Marriott Hotels of Canada in

Etobicoke Ont is the new chair

of U of Gs BOlld of Governors

He succeeds Doug Dodds chair

and CEO of Schneider Corporashy

tion in Kitchener who has served

as chair since 1995 Cooper who

Join ed the board in 1995 was

vice -chair in 199899 and was

instrumental in raising more than

$1 50000 with in the 110spi tali ty

industry to benefit U of Gs

ACCESS campaign for student

fInancial assistance The board

also welcom es new members

Mary-Eli7abeth Flynn CEO of

KM2 Holdings Ltd Hank Va nshy

der Pol president of Rol-Land

Farms Ltd Prof Chris McKenshy

na chair of the Department of

Eco nomics food science gradushy

ate student Susa n Abraham and

undergradua te students Juli e

Cugalj and Jeff Ramlogan

ROYAL SOCIETY FELLOWS WELCOME DWIVEDI POLITICA L SC IENCE professor

OP Dwivedi has been named a

Fellow of th e Royal Society of

Ca nada the high es t scho larl y

recogniti on a Canadian academshy

ic can receive He joins 18 other

U of G facult y (current and

retired ) who have earned tbe title

Herbert Armstrong (deceased)

Te rry Beveridge Microbiology

Derek Bewley Botany Peter Egelshy

staff Physics Chris Gray Physics

Paul Hebert 70010g y Gabri el

Karl Physics Ke n Kasha Plant

Agriculture John Leslie Philosshy

oph) Donald Masters History

Larry IVlilligan vice-president

(research) Jay Newman Philosshy

ophy Bernhard Nickel Physics

Ann Oaks Botany Larry Pe tershy

so n Botany Michael Ruse Phishy

losophy Bruce Sells Molecular

Biology amp Genetics an d Joh n

Simpson Physics

Faculty Association and the Col shy

lege of Arts

bull Sonya Go ldberg an MA student

in the Depa rtmen t of His to ry

has won th e prestigious Sir

lohn A Macdonald Grad uate

Fellowsh ip in Canadian History

bull U of Gs School of Engineering

is the first in Canada to be recshy

ognized by the Canadian Engi shy

neering Memorial Foundation

with an award for providing a

women middotfriendly environment

Cre ated to mark the 10th

anniversary of the fatal shootshy

ing of 14 women at Montreals

Ecole Poly technique th e award

recog nizes U of Gs collegial

atmosphere an d the schools

4o-per-cent femal e enrolment

which is twice the nation al

average

Fa llWinter 1999 11

bull Philosophy professor Michael cultural Hall of Fame in June as

Ruse is one of seven sc holars a North American leader in the

- and the only Canadian - to production processing and ma rshy

recei ve a special writing grant keting of turkey and chicken

from the John Templeton Foun shy Cuddy received an hono rary

dation and Philade lphia Centre degree from U of G in 1994 for Religion and Science He bull Don Zira ldo BSc(Agr) 71 coshy

will use the $100000 US award founder of In niskillin Wines Inc

to writ e a book about science of Niagara-on-the middotLake Ont

and religion captu red a gold meda l from

bull AM Mac Cuddy BSA 42 was Vine xpo 99 in Bordeaux

inducted into the Ontario Agri- France for the co mpanys 1997

ice wine Inniskillin also

recei ve d the CIVART Award for

Excellence for Out standing

Selection of the Best Wines of

the World

bull Prof Daniel Fischlin Literatures

and Performance Studies in

English has won three teac hshy

ing awa rds in the last year shy

from the Ontario Confederation

of University Facu lty Associa shy

tions the University of Guelph

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SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERYmiddot SCHOLARSHIpmiddot SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTS

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

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ENVIROPIGS AN ENVIRONMENTAL

BOON U OF G R ES E A RC HERS have ge netically engineered pigs that should help solve th e biggest environmental problem facing hog farmers

The Envi roplgs developed by Pcof Cecil forsbecg M icroshybiol og y Prof Jo hn Philli ps Molec ular Biology and Ge ne tshyics and microbiology graduate stud ent Serguei Golova n proshyduce manure containing 50 per cent less phosphorus Phosshyphorus is a wdter pollutant th at promotes the growth of a lgae in rivers lakes and strea ms ultishymately de pleting oxygen in the water and affect ing fi sh stocks

Enviropigs shou ld help solve the pro blem Norm all y pigs cannot digest phyta tr a form of phosphorus WI th direc t su pshyport from O ntario pork proshyduce rs the Guelph sc ientists took an E coli gene tha t makes the enzyme phytase and spliced it wi th a fragm ent of a mo use gene th at cont ro ls the producshytion of a protein secreted in the sa livar y glands The cOlllposite gene was then inse rted into th e nucl eus of a on e-celled pig

12 GU ELPH ALUMNUS

embr)To via a tiny needle The tran sgene will allow the

Envirop ig to make ph ytase in th e saliva ry gland and secrete it into the saliva where it is swa lshylowed with food The phy ta se

releases orga nic phospho rus so it can be absor bed by the bloodstream ins tead of being excreted in manu re

Th ree transgenic pigs have been born and are bein g monshyitoced by the resea rchers but it will likely be stveraJ yea rs befo re Envirop igs are ready to be comshymercialized

COMPUTER SIMULATIONS

BENEFIT MEDICAL RESEARCH

Two U OJ G SC IENTJ STS are using computer simulations to help medica l and ve terinar y researchers deve lop treatments for diseases caused by iOll chanshynels gone awr y

Profs Saul Go ldman Chemi stry and Biochemistry and Chri s Gray Phys ics are using computer pro gra ms to simulate the workings of tin y passages in cell membranes that serve as ga tekeepers passin g ions such as sodium and potas-

IN FACT Scientists build on knowledge that mlY lead to the ability to repair DNA

otes sium into and out of cell s

Sc ien ti sts have uncovered dozen s of hum an ion channel mutations tha t underlie diseases in heart brain muscle and othshyer tissues

The Guelph researchers modshyel the Aow of ions through chanshynels an d stu dy the microscop ic workings of iOll channel proteins Th ey hope to ga in informat ion useful to ph armaceutical comshypanies an d gene docto rs

The U of G co mputer modshyel is curre ntl y the only way to simu late the workings of ion chl1lnel proteins and the effects of alteri ng th eir stru ctu re dnd function The resea rchers say that over th e long term lear nshy

ing more about th e ge netic un derpi nnin gs of io n channel diseases such as cyst ic fib rosis might allow sCIe nti sts to rep air DNA itself

LITERARY RESEARCH CLICKS WITH TECHNOLOGY

U DF G E N GLI S H PR OFESSO R Susan Brow n is helping to cli ck on a new way to pub lish and stud y sc holarship in the humanit ies

Brown is one of six co-invesshytigators on th e Orlando Project which involves p ro fe sso rs and students trom the universities of Guelph and Alberta who are developing th e first full scholarshyly history of wo mens writings in the Britisb Isles Th ey will pubshyLsh it in an electronic format that wi ll allow users to search vast volumes ofbiog rltlphical inforshy

mation critical discussion and contextual mate rial in seconds

The pIoject will prov ide an account or wo me ns wri ting across the cen turies that addressshyes issu es raised by recent fe mishynist tbinkers and scholars of womens wr iting Brown and other inves tigators are not mereshyly col lecting primary mater ial but are also encoding literalY hisshytory as they wr ite it lllcluding references to literary reviews and analysis of write rs work Comshyputers will store and manipulate

basic rtsea rch materia l Named for the Virgin ia Woolf

fictiona l character who begins to write as an Elizabethan man and emerges as a full y developed fema le writer the Orlando Proshyjec t has been funded by a $16shymillion gran t from the Social Scishyences and Hu manit ies Resea rch Counci l and by th e uni ve rsities of Albe rta and Guelph

CANADIANS VALUE THEIR PETS

VIE A LL KNO W TJ-JiT Ca nadians -love their dogs and cats but did you know that keeping Fido and Fluffy happ) and healthy is worth billions to the nations economy

A fi rst -ever stud y by LJ of G

economics professo r John Livshyernois reveals that Canad ian pet ow ners spend nearly $3 billion annually on food veterinary care and supplies for their comshypanion animals - almost $1

billion in Ontario alone Th e pet industry also supports nearshyly 40000 jobs nati onally

The study commissioned by the Ontario Veterinary College revea ls that pets are an imporshytant family budget item across all income classes and aU provinces Nearly half of Canadia n house shyholds have a companion animal and the average family spends a few hundred dollars a year on pets an amou nt that rises with in come levels

The magni tud e of pet expenditures is an indicator of the value of companion ani shymals in society says Live rnois

The study also identified the intangible benefits of pets including emotional support companionship improved socializa ti on skills in children and th erapeutic effects

Animals are companions and confidants says OVC proshyfessor Cindy Adams a speciaJist in the human-animal bond We are very much a buying-orishyented society but the relationship with our pets is still very pure

People are also becomi ng more sensit ive to their pers needs she says The y are demanding the same type of care and service from their ve tshyerinarians as they do from their docto rs

The study notes that most

veterinary practices depend on peoples attachment to their pets Of the]] 06 veterinary practices in Ontar io 726 are exclusively companion-animal practices Even mixed-animal practices derive about half th eir income from companion animal services

NEW CANCER TEST MAY IMPROVE

SURVIVAL RATES U N IVER S llY OF GUELPH

researchers have helped develshyop a new blood test that detects ovar ian cancer at a stage when it is still treatable by surgery and chemotherapy

Senior research associate Dong Gaudette and Prof Bruce Holub Human Biology and Nutritional Sciences collaboratshyed with doctors from Texas and Ohio on the patented blood test [t will be devel oped by Atairgin Technologies Inc in Irvine Calif Clinical trials begin tbis yea r

Diagnosis of ovarian canshycer during tbe eady stages could mea n dramatically higher SLlrshyvival rates says Ga ud ette The blood test detected 75 per cen t

IN FACT A new blood test detected 75 per cent of early-stage ovarian cancer

of the ea rly-stage ovaria n canshycer samples

Currently diagn os is in abo ut 70 per cen t of women occ urs during the more

advanced stages of the disease Each yea r ovarian cance r kill s ]500 women in Ca nada and

14500 in the United States T I e two researchers discovshy

ered a fat called lyso phosphatidic acid that is prese nt in higher

quantities in ca ncerous tissue It is also detected in the blood

DEVELOPING A NEW VACCINE FOR CATTLE

KIND ER GEN TLER CATTLE vacshyc ines may become a reality thanks to the development of an oral cattle vacci ne by a U of G research tea m

Profs Reggi e Lo Microbiolshyogy Patricia Shewen Pathobiolshyogy and Judith Strommer Plant

Agri cultu re are tryi ng to pro shyduce a transgenic lin e of alfalfa that calTies a bacterial gene The alfalfa is designed to produce a natural antigen to help boost bovine immune response to a type of pneumonia in ca ttle

Traditional vaccina tion b)

needl e injection requires rounding up and restra ining the cattle and is costly and stressful to animals says Lo If we ca n create an o ral deli very system using transgenic alfalfa we can simply add th e alfalfa to tbe regul ar feed

The team is creating the oral

vacci ne system using a gene from a well-known bacterium and is transferring tbe bacterishyal D--1 into the recip ient alfalshy

fa plant s Once tb e transgenic alfalfa line is es tabli shed and the ge ne is producing the bacshyteri al ant igens as planned th ey will feed the transgenic alfalfa to th e cattle to see whether an immun e response occurs If the o ral vaccine works it will mea n healthier cattle with less use of antibiotics in livestock being fed for hum an consul11ption

GENETIC TEST COULD BOOST

SOYBEAN EXPORTS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN Canada testing is available to detect the presence of geneticall ) modified orga nisms (CMOs) in soybea n products Th e testin g wi ll be overseen by U of Gs Laboratoshyr) Serv ices The uelph Mole shycular Supercentre will offer the GMO-check Soya Iest Kit

There is a stron g need for such a commercial tes t in Ca nashyda especially with the increase in produc tion of Givl so) beans says rcsclrciler Shu Chen Its estishymated that 10 to 20 pe r cent of the 21 111illion acres of soybeans planted in the province this year were gendi(all y modified

The test deteels the protein expressed In Monsantos Roundup Read y v1[ia nt of soyshy

beans The most popular GM soybean secds on th e market a re res is tant to Roundup a com l11only used herbicide The test has been va lidated for aCCllshy

rac y by 37 laborator ies in th e Eu ropean Union (EU )

The te st is poised to be a boon for soybean exp orte rs Currently food products co nshytainin g CIvIC) that are exportshyed to the EU mu st be clearly labell ed and many consumers are now dem anding the option to choose between genetically modified and non-geneticall y l110dified foods Previously th e sampl es had to be se nt to th e United Sta te s for testi ng a process that was both cosuy and ti me-consu m i ng

IN FACT Up to 20 per cent of the soybeans grown in -Ontario this year were genetically modified

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bull bull

Gayle Anderson Andrew Vowles Alexander Wooley

IClne Guelph scientists strengthen the role ofveterinary medicine

in solving human health problems

Pre-eclampsia in pregnant women Organ

transplants Human colorectal cancer Bactershy

ial resistan ce to antibiotics Theyre all topics

you might expect to hear discussed in a human

medical lab or teaching hospital but in the corshy

ner office of the Ontario Veterinary College

OVC dean Alan Meek smiles and acknowlshy

edges the apparent paradox of discussing the

effects on human medicine of resea rch conshy

ducted in his corner of the University of Guelph

campus But you dont need too powerful a

microscope to reveal the research connections

among dogs cats horses and well humans

Referring to his hefty copy of Veterinary

Medicine and Human Health written by his Unishy15 co versity of California colleague Calvin Schwabe laquo

~ Meek says the distinction between animal and w

~ human is rather misleading Go back far enough

~ - before the Judeo-Christian concept of human z

~ uniqueness and superiority - and youll find o

~ no clear line sepa ra t ing the practitioners of

14 GUELPH AWYI K US

human and animal health The healers made

no distinction between whether they were lookshy

ing after the owner of the ca ttle or the cattle

says Meek It was the notion of one medicine

Of course theres no denying that animal

health rem ains the domain of the veterinary

researcher an d practitioner As ve terinarians

we have a mandate to understand animals and

things that affect their health so we can preshy

vent problems and care for th em says Meek

I suspect that when most people think about

veterinary medicine thats th e first piece they

think about

But animal heal th is only one of the four pilshy

lars of the veterinary profession - th e others

are public health environmental health and bioshy

medical sciences - whose research and teachshy

ing rest on the base of comparative medicine -We are the only medical profession that looks

at medicine across species he says Thats one

of the great strengths of veterinary medicine

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Public health con cerns range from food SJfft) to zoonotic diseases (diseases that can be traLl smi tted from anim als to humans) and antibiotic resistance amon g diseaseshyca using bacteria It was this pillar that occushypied many veterinarians during the earlier decades of this century o ften as health inspectors

Iith the ad vent of antibiotics and varshyious advances in technology seemingly more stimulating research avenues beckshyoned for vete rin ary scientists But at this end of the 20th cen tury says Meek we find ourselves again confronting many of those earlier problems such as tuberculosis and medical professionals are refocllsing on the importance of public health issues

Veterinarians have also played a signifishycant role in th e evolution and application of ecosystem healt h practices because of their expe rtise in co mp arative medicine toxicology ep idemiology and wildlife disshyease Changes in wildlife health are the first results and so metimes the first signs of envishyronmental problems We dont live in a box reserved for one species says Meek gtle live in the same env ironment We interact in very intimate ways with other an imals in the environment so its not surp rising there are all kinds of crossovers and that you can learn J lot tbat can improve the heal th and lovell-being of peo ple and other animals

That trutl is becoming more ev ident as biomedical science uses new and more speshyci fic technologic As yo u start looking at the cellular and subcellular levels and the chromosomes and the genes it doesnt realshyly mat ter that much whether youre lookshyin g at a ge ne chromosome or cell that came ou t of a person or a dog says Meek vVhen YOLi get down to that level the fundamenshytal building blocks are the same - nucleic acids dnd blse units I think we as a professhysion have a tremendou s amount to offer there becJuse of our mand ate wlich is so broad Vete rinar ians look after all animals excep t for people in th e sense of providing handS-Oil care We can learn a lot from these othe r species There are diseases in other animals that have analogies to human disshyeases so we can learn from that and use th em as n1tural models

He expec ts to see mor e collaboration IIlJ information sharing alllong human medical and veterinary researchers Its not

16 G UELPH ALUMNUS

so amazing to understand that we would ha ve folks working on things that have a human application It co mes from our manshydate our responsibilities and histo ry and the comparative approach

The fourth pillar of veterinary medicine offers many impressive examples of co mshyparative medicine In the next few pages we present a small sample of current OVC research initiat ives that are providing immeshydiate and direct benefit to human medicine and health

disease similar to pre-eclampsia In mice lacking these lymphocy te cells she grafted bone marrow containing gra ft s with NK cells and found that the implantation sites returned to a no rmal state

Croys research has gained worldwide recognition for its considerable applicabilshyity to human fetal development and because it provides a useful animal model for this gestational disease Her work may eventu shyall) show scientists how to eliminate preshyeclampsia during human pregnancy It will also help vets and farmers understand how

Reproductive technologies

Prof Anne Croy Biomedical Sciences is intent on discovering why pregnant women develop pre-eclampsia a serious illn ess that typically occurs during th e second half of pregnancy High blood pressure is the major symptom If pre-eclampsia occurs th e baby must be delivered immediately or the mothshyer may experience convulsions or even die To better understand the ilness Croy is examining lymphocytes in the uterus par shyticularlya group of specialized lymphocyte cells that multiply during early pregnancy

These NK cells or natural killers regushylate gene expression and attack foreign invaders such as cancerous tumours Their main r01 e during pregnancy is to dilate blood vessels as the uterus grows preventshying blood pressure from rising to dangershyous levels Croy and her research team have discovered that lack of NK ceUs in the uterus may cause reproductive problems and lead to smaller infants whose growth is retard shyed into adulthood

Working with mice Croy found th at removing NK cells before mating led to a

uterine lymphoc ytes work in lives tock which is why her studies are funded by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs as well as the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council

How much can mice teU us about human reproductive immunology Croy says the importance of the mouse as a tool for studyshying disease progression or therapy was brought home to her in the 1960s when she was an OVC student of Prof Tom Hulland then chair of pathology and an ea rly enthushysiast of using mice as resea rch models

She says the two reproductive systems are remarkably similar Because mice reach adulthood after six to seven weeks and proshyduce about 10 offspring every three weeks researchers can monitor successive generashytions of mice over a short period to discovshyer the long-term ramifi ca tions of health problems And she is able to study an indishyvidual tissue section of an entire fetu s under -the microscope For these reasons mice play a central role in another of Croys research projects one thats found mothers pass along to their children more of themselves than was previously thought

Until recently the placenta was thought

to be impenetrable Then some Us

researchers discovered that cells travelled

from the fetus to the mother In research

funded by the Hospital for Sick Children

Foundation in Toronto Croy recently found

that the flow is two-way unidentified cells

We are the only medical profession that looks at medicine across species Thats one of the great strengths of veterinary medicine

are also transferred from the mother to the

bone marrow of the fetus

Unlike most earlier studi es Croys

focused on the bone marrow where the

bodys blood and autoimmune disea ses

develop She found that 90 per cent of the

mouse fetuses contained the mothers cells

in their marrow Because maternal cel ls

remain in offspring into adu lthood (a nalshy

ogous to humans) it suggests the cells may

affect the chi lds response to a bone marshy

row transplant during cancer treatment or

to treatment for HIV ma laria or burns For

example immune-deficient children often

receive marrow transplants from a parent

but if the mothers cells are already present

they can reject th at transplant Undershy

standing the nature of those cells is critical

As in Croys work with uterine lymp hoshy

cytes this research is receiving worldwide

recogn ition although the Guelph researcher

down plays that accla im This is so me of

the most interesting work of my career she

says but Im a relatively small player in the

bigger sc hem e of things

Croy has repeatedly crossed boundaries

in her pursuit of knowledge and has been

recognized by a variety of scientific discishy

plines She recent ly completed a term as a

permanent study sec tion member of the

National Institutes of Health (N1H) in th e

United States one of the few Canadians

appointed since the N1H opened permashy

nent membership to non -citizens in 1995

She teaches a summer course on reproducshy

tion mostly to medical doctors at the

Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratoshy

ry in Massachusetts This June she recei ved

the JCB Grant Senior Scientist Award from

the Canadian Society of Anatomy Cell Biolshy

ogy and Neurobiology - an unusual honshy

our for a vet And she recently prese nted

reproductive immunology findings to meetshy

ings of obstetricians and gynecologists

Organ transplants

A silent crisis is what one member of Parshy

liament has called Canadas organ donor

rate now among the lowest in the indusshy

trialized world More than 3000 Canadians

wait for organ transp lants each year and

143 of them die awaiting a transplant

One potential so lution being examined

at OVC is xenotransplantation or transshy

plan ting of organs from one sp ecies to

another - specifica ll y from pigs to

humans Its not as far-fetched as it sounds

For more than 10 years people have

received living pig tissue including porcine

pancreatic islet cells for diabetes and pig

skin for burns

Because of its faculty expertise its outshy

standing record in animal ca re and welfare

and its 30-year history o f research in

pathogen-free swine for breeding and food

purposes OVC was approached by Imutran

Ltd of the United Kingdom a xenotran sshy

plantation research leader to assis t in pre-

clinical (non-human) trials

OVCs role in this leading-edge research

being co-led by Prof Danny Butler Clinishy

cal Studies is to breed and suppl y a sma ll

group of tran sgenic pigs for research trials

at partner institutions in the project - the

University of Toronto and the University of

Western Ontario ove was also instrushy

mental in ensur in g that the pig li tte rs were

of defined health status or pathoge n-free

- an integral aspect of this proJect These

transgenic pigs resemble any other pig on

the outside but on the inside Lhey diff r in

one smaJl but very important way

Ordinarily when a blood vessel ruptures

the bodys natural reaction is to clot and

patch the leak During this pro cess someshy

times called a cascade the body produces

chemicals sequentially to form the c lot But

clotting is a delicate FlOcess Until now

organ transplants betwee n species have proshy

voked hyper-acute rejection caus ing a

clotting-like cascade to continue until wit hshy

in min utes or hours th e patient rejec ts the

animal organ Blood entering the newly

received organ recognizes that tissue as forshy

eign and immediately begins the clotting

process quickly shutting down the o rg3 1l

By contrast the ce ll s of lmutran pigs conshy

tain a human gen e that produces a prote in

that stops the clotting casca d e In a transshy

planted pig organ c3tTying this gene the

protein fool s the pat ients blood into trelt shy

ing the organ as though its from the same

species thus preventing clotti ng

Butler believes oves expertise in surgishy

cally deriving and raising germ-free littetmiddots

was a key reason the college was approached

to undertake this re sea rch Fro m 1958 to

1989OVC took th e scientific lead with the

Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Fo od and

Ruralfffairs in supplying speci[Jc-pathogen shy

free animals to the provinces pig farms Prof

Paul Miniat of the Departmcnt of C linical

Studies and later th e Depa rtment of Popshy

ulation Medicine led that projec t

Tl1is current research is cutting-edge

says Butler and you have to be absolutely

meticulous about everything you do

Because these animals dont ha ve dn actishy -vated immune system any path oge n th lt

comes into play would be fatal to thesc pigs

Butler notes that the resea rch is stil l at

the pre-clinical (non-human) trial stage

and it will likely be years before trials ca n

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take place in hum ans And other forms of transplant rejec tion besides the hyper-acute

va ri ety will requ ire furth er research Along the way Butler and fellow OVC researchers - Prof Bonnie Mall ard and Byram Bridle PathobioJogy who are stud y director and projec t mana ger re spec tivel y Jud y Bell Clinical Studies a projec t mana ge r and

Prof Bob Fri endship Population Medicine - hope to gain new insight into breeding

pigs of exemplary health status for both anishymal breeding and food sa fe ty

Genetic diseases

Pro f Mark Baker Path obi ology hopes to enh ance gene th erapy used in treating

human and animal ge net ic d iseases by improving the effi ciency of gene targeting Using thi s procedure and the tools of biotechnology researchers hope to zero in on spec ific points in an o rgani sms DNA and insert or repair genes invol ved in sll ch

diseases as cancer AID S mu sc ular dystroshyphy cys tic fibrosis and sickl e-cell anemia

Gene targeting is a very important techshy

nology for gene modifi ca tion in all species - plants animals and micro-organisms says Baker who began tbi s work in the 1980s The nice thing about thi s tecbnolshyogy is th at yo u can make changes in the

ge ne right in its norm al position in the chromosom e

He hopes to make gene targe ting more effi cient by studying the underlyi ng process of homologo us reco mbi nation in whi ch

DNA sequences exchange information Norshymally this process helps ce lls repai r DNA da mage and govern s mixing of gen es durshy

ing cell di vision including th e p rocess of meios is whi ch produces egg and sperm

cells But homologous recombination can also lead to can cer durin g th e exchange of informati on bet ween a mutan t ch romoshyso me and its no rmal co unterpart Bes ides

stud ying what goes wrong durin g recomshybinat ion sc ientists are in te res ted in using th e process to co rr ect defe cts Baker s

research for exa mple has shown that gene targe ting th ro ugh homolo gous recombinashytion can correc t a mu ta tion to resto re proshyducti on of an immunoglobulin found in

an tibodies We want to und ers tand the mec hashy

nisms of recombination in mammalian cells

18 G U ELP H A LUMNUS

and how homologo us reco mbin ati on ca n

be used to shape and manipu late th e genome he says ex plaining that gene tarshygeting all ows researchers to make animal

model s of hum an gene ti c diseases study hum an ge ne th erapy and modify plant and an imal ge nomes to benefit agri culture biotechnology and medi cine

Cancer research

Ca ncer reaches into the lives of many Ca nashydian s A number of researchers are wo rkshying in this area and their research spans the spectrum from basic molecul ar bio techshy

nology to applied therapy says Pro f Wayne

improve our understa ndin g of how to modshy

ify the level of damage done by co litis He explains th at by detoxify ing dieta ry

mu tagens and ca rcinogen s CST enzymes provi de protection against va rious insul ts inflicted on th e stom ach Thats an imporshy

tant role gJven th e kno wn link be tween so me chemical s co nsumed by humans and the dama ge to DNA and tis sues th at ma y

lead to cancer Hi gh levels of the em ymes are good because th ey pro tect says Ki rby

In pre vious studi es conducted with the Je wish General Hospital in MontlCal Ki rshyby discove red th at man y peo pl e with col shyo rec tal ca ncer lack th e ge neti c codes fo r

GSTs He is now in vestigatin g th e role of the

At the cellular and subcellular levels it doesnt really matter

whether youre looking at a gene chromosome or cell that came out of a person or an animal

McDonnell OVC ass istant dean (resea rch)

Although OVC research usually fo cuses on can cer in anim als incl uding using animal models th e res ult s also touch th e human

realm of oncology research Colorec tal ca nce l is th e third most comshy

mon can cer in humans th e Canadian Ca nshy

cer Society estim ates th at more than 16000 new cases will be d iagnosed in 1999 and more th an 6000 deaths will occur Key fa cshy

tors in its development are d ie tary carc inoshyge ns and colitis a bowe l inflammatio n In Guelphs Departm ent of Bio medi cal Scishy

ences Prof Gordon Kirby is studying glu shytathione S-transferase (GST) emymes that

are fo und in the hea lthy human intestinal tract but are abse nt in colorec tal ca ncer patients This research co uld help impleshyment pre ve ntive st ra teg ies for people who might be at high risk for ca nce r or it may

help in co unselling people in proper dietary habits he says In addi tio n we may

enzy mes and how th eir level alte rs as th e

disease develops B) und erst andin g how th ese enz) l11 es

work and how th ey change dur ing the proshygression from co liti s to can cer Kirby ultishymately hopes to lea rn ho w to co ntro l th e leve l of th e enzymes Understandin g how

th e enzym es work ca n lead LI S to wa ys to

prevent cancer he SlyS

Radiation treatment

Veterll1ar ians using the technique o f halfshy

body ra dia tion may cut th e time needed to treat lymphoma in dogs acco rd ing to th e

re sul ts of a st ud y by OVC re sea rchers in cludin g Prof To n) Abr1Jl1s-0gg Pro f -Stephen Kruth Paul Woods Geri Ottewe ll and Kim Stewa rt - aU of th e Department of Clini cal Studi es - and Al Norris of th e

Veterinary Referral Cli nic And although the groups recent six-year tr ial was directed at

do gs the resu lts of thi s veterinary resea rch

may have implica tions for trea tin g cance r

in hum ans

Trea tin g lym ph oma traditionally Iequires up to two yea rs of chemoth erap)

An alternative to prolonged chemotherapy is tota l-body ra diat io n and bone mar row

transplantation The procedullt lI SLS the patien ts own marrow extracted before the

trea tment One drawback is the possi bilit y

of transpb nt ing s ick malTOw co ntaining lymphoma (ells back in to the patien t A secshy

o nd drawbac k is th e ex tcnsive ca re and

Icngthy recovery time required By co ntrast ha lf-body radiation takes

onl y three mon ths Ab rams- Ogg explains that became only half of th e body is treatshy

ed at one time enough healthy bone marshy

row remain s to negate a tra nsp lan t By the

time th e seco nd hal f o f the body is irradishyated 30 da ys late r th e pa tien t has hld

eno urh line to recover fro m the first trea tshyment Hes also found that dogs receivi ng

half-bod) radiation generally avoid the sideshyeffects of tull-body trea tment

Abra ms-Ogg says ha lf- body radi ation

has been used on humans to alleviate pain in advanced cancer cases but not to treat

lymphoma The results of this trial do have hUl )la n health implications he SJ) Halt~

hody radilti o n may be used to treat the

sa me types of cancers in people

Resistance to antibiotics

Ensuring the hea lth of farm animals is an

im po rtant fac tor in ensuring th e health of our food supply T hrough col labo ratio ns wi th the Un iversity of Guelphs Department

of Food Science and l1calth Canada a dedshy

icated group of ove resea rch ers is improvshying public health through [ood -sa fe ty

research OnL of those sc ienti sts is Prof Sco tt

McEwen Population Med icine who studies food-animal prod uct io n and on-fa rm issues

by investigati ng microb ial resistance to antib ishyotics and ways to co ntrol pathoge ns such as

E coli during food-animal production Were try ing to red uce the level of exposhy

sure or people to these pathogens an d in tu rn red uce the level of food-borne illness

says I IcEwe n Our goal is to im prove

human health and improve the health of the animal industr )

Microbia l resista nce in pa rticular is a

co mpelli ng issue for agriculture rigbt no w because of a number of eve nts occurring

worldwide that have focus ed attenti on o n the use of antibi otics in foo d-a ni mal pro shy

du ct ion and the po tential impact on h um ans through meat conu mption

McEwen and h is st ud ents are looking at

what types of animals are being exposed to

va ll o us drugs and for how long to better

measure bacterial resistance to antibiot ics Because the agricu ltu ra l industry accounts [or half of to tal antib io tic lls e he says it s

important to look for new ways to improve on-farm manage ment of livestock that wIll

reduce disease Jnd the need for treatme nt

with antibiotics ga

Veterinary medicine contributes to human health sector

The Ontario Veteri nary Co llege (OVC) is at the centre of Ontarios

$44 billion knowledge-based ecoshy

nomic secto r foc using on animal

health and related food qualitysafeshy

ty and biomedicalbiotechnology activities

Although veterinal) medicine is

the main focus of studies at OVC the biomedical science o ption has

the bjgh est enrolment among

Guelphs 30 BSe degree programs

Employers in Canadas $I -billion biotechnology indust ry sa y a degree in ve ter inary med icine will

be an impor tant first step in filling

new positions created by the pracshytical application of current revelashy

tions in molecular biology and cloning technology

OVC is a founding college of the

Universit y of Guelph which receives mo re resea rch funding

from the Medica l Research Co unshycil than any other Ca nadi an uni shy

versity with o ut a medica l school

More than ISO studies have been condu cted using fund s donated

throug h OVes Pet Tr ust by ve tshy

erinarians and pet owners who recshy

ognize the th erapeutic value of the

bond betwee n people and com shypa nion animal s

100 per cent of OVC gradu ates

find em ploymen t withi n six months of gradu ation

50 per cen t of veterinary patholoshygists in North America are -employed directly or indirectly by the pharmaceutical industr y

Fa llWinter 1999 19

a The Royal Society of Canada recognizes an acndelnic career

by Alexander Wooley a scholar Funny hOWasingle pi ece of paper can summarize a lifet ime of study and aCJ demic work that has already fi ll ed

29 books and 85 book chapters an d Journal articles

In june U of G polit ica l science profes~

sor Onkar P Dwivedi received a letter invit~

ing hi m to become a Fello w of th e Royal Society of Canada Its an invitation reserved

for Canadas ltlCJde11i c elite an an nounceshy

men t thM brought congratul atio ns tinged with envy fiom colleagues across Ca nada and

left th is U of G professor answeri ng quips from Guelph collcgues such as Are we still

allowed to share the elevator wi th such an illuSlrious scholar

Dwivedi is indeed an ill ustrious scholar

- th e FRSC is th e hi ghest scholJriy recog~ nition1 Canad ian ~ cad emic ca n recei ve shy

but he is also a personable man who has a deer concern fo r o thers and a sense of humour that allows h illl to ceremo ni ously

wave oth er facult ) and students on to the

elevator as it ri ses to his s ix1h~f1oor offi ce ill the JvlacKi nn on Bu ilding

Known across camp us simply as OP he says its o nl y natural that hlS colleagues

wo uld be a bi t envi ous of th e Royal Society

designation he has felt th at envy himself when congratultting previous recip ien ts

Dwivedi SI) he is d~ep l ) honoured to bL one of 19 U of C lilCul ty wh o hold thl tilk (see page II ) The entire U of C cJm pl co mmunity shOlIcs in Prof l)iveciis dd igh t at bei ng l1amed a fel low I) pruv()t tin

Campbe ll It is a we ll~d lsencd mark of recognition for his distinguished caree r Jnd

vJ lua ble slr vice to i II I l 1Ila I ional dlTlop Ill en t an d the en viron men t

Being n~mcd I Fello of the Rnl11 oci

101) of CI1a d ~ is testimony 10 tile prnrcsnr ~

beli e-I Lhat if you work hard enough you L11l

achieve an ythi ng Th~Is 11) hi colilltr)

is so great he says o f his adopted C~nIJ1 Born in India Dwi ved i came 1( ( anadl

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ndti( nal distinction and international recogshy

nit ion Just this spring he vis ited Loyo la l [a rymollnt Universit-y in Los An-des as that

insti tutions 1999 Internati onal Scho lJ r

Es tabli shed 117 years lgO the Roya l Society or Canada enco mpasse d ra nge of

discip lin es including the natural and ap plied sc iences medi cine soc ial scien ces MId hu manit ies

Dwi vedi sa) The s()c ic tys invitation is

an honour for me and also a wonderful recogshy

nition for our new coll ege (U of Gs College

of Social and All lied Human Sciences )

A for mer chair of Guel lhs Department of Political Science Dwivedi is pres id ent of

the Ca nadian Asian Stud ies Associa tion and

past lresident of the Canadian Po litica l Scishyence Association He also chairs th e resea rch committee of the International Poli tical Scishy

ence Associat io n

During hi s 32-year career at Guellh he ha s served on the Enviro nm ental Assess shy

)]lent Boa rd of Ontario as a co nsultan t to

the Ca nadian gove rnment as an adviser to th e Wo rld Health Organi za ti o n an d the

Wo rld Bank in In dia Papua New Guinea and Mau ritiu s an d as a sc ientific panel

member with UNESCO In J 99 8 he

received an honorary degree fro m the Unishyve rsity of Leth bridge ga

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ANDREvV VOWLES

m Tiny flashes of blue

light caught by U of G

to physicists in an

undergro und

observatory may eg

tell us the

fate of our

universerunch First tighf wasnt long in coming even in a mine shaft some two kiloshy

metres beneath the Earths surface Within days of turning on a multishy

million-dollar li ght detector near the bottom of a Sudbury nickel mine

scientists from Canada the nited States and the United Kingdom recordshy

ed their first even t Thats physicists lingo for a collision between a tiny

extraterrestrial particle called a neutrino and a molecule of heavy water

Actually what they witnessed last spring was not the encounter itself

- marked by a tell tale fl ash of blue light - but data trickling in quishy

etly from the detectors elaborate instruments sometime after the fact

Still that was enou h to set a few hearts pounding among the collabshy

orators in the Sudb u r y eutrin o Observatory particularly among

Guelph physicists John Simpson Robin Ollerhead and Jimmy Law who

appJaude 1 those early results not just for what they might reveal about

the universe but also as a validation of their painstaking care in conshy

structing and preparing the detector

Fall Winter 1999 23

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[J This is without a doubt the climax of my

career says Simpson whos been invo lved

with the Sudbury N eu trin o Observa to ry

(SNO) project since it was fir s t moo ted by

Canadian physicis ts in th e early 1980s Hes

been studying neutrinos for almost two

decades beginning with experiments in a

Windsor-area sa lt mine

It s th e las t unkn own low-energy area

left he says N eutrin os are s till th e least

understood elementa ry particle of a ll

Thats not for lac k of them T hey re co nshy

sidered to be th e most commo n particles in

the universe and the fund amenta l building

blocks of matter Each seco nd bi lli ons of

neutrinos generated during fusion reactions

in the sun and in sou rces far beyond our

galaxy bombard every square ce ntim etre of

the Earths surface undetected But just try

to catch one So ephemeral a re Ih ey th at

they pass without a mmmur through most

objects including solid rock ni ckel ni ckel

miners - even throu gh the SNO sc ientis ts

monitoring their giant acry li c ball s usshy

pended in a 22-metre-wide cavern two kiloshy

metres down the mine shaft

The $70-million o bse rva to ry s it s nea r

the bottom of Inco Ltd s C reighton nicke l

mine the deepes t wo rkin g min e in North

America and one tha t has opera ted co ntinshy

uously for the last ce ntury

Today the only eAtra terreslrial objects hitshy

ting the site - or more co rrect ly passi ng

through it - are neutrinos Seemingly against

astronomical odds those scientists hope to

use that ball as a kind of cosmic-sized catchshy

ers mitt to stop or deflect enough of these

particles to learn more about them and about

the big wide universe that spawned them

Inside that 12-foot ball are 1000 tonnes

of heavy water which is also used as coolant

inside nuclear reactors Tn fact th e watershy

all $300 million worth - is on loan from

Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (AECL)

Heavy water ho lds the key to SNOs opera-

Taken during construction the photo above

shows the SNO cavity and acrylic vessel At

right the acrylic vessel is surrounded by an 18shy

metre diameter geodesic sphere that supports

nearly 10000 light sensors and reftectors

Scientists hope to U~

tion Because its molecules contain one more

n eutron than in ordinary water its more

likely to in tercept a phantom neutrino That

co llis ion will be marked by faint but telltale

fla shes of light - forma lly kno wn as

Cerenkov radia tion th e characteris tic blu e

glow emitted in a nuclear reactor - to be

picked up by a few of th e 10000 detectors

studding the panels on th e sphere s surface

Perhaps more impo rtan t SNO resea rchers

anticipate that the wa ter will catch all three

types o f neut rinos no t just the o ne captured

by other detec tors around the world

N eutr in os come in three species or

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24 GUELPH ALUMN U S

agiant acrylic ball as a kind of cosmic-sized catchers mitt

flavou rs based on th e kind s of subatomshy

ic particl es tlleyre dssociated with electro n

neutrinos muon neutrinos and tau neu trishy

nos Referring to earlier experiments that

have detected far fewer neutrinos than

expected based on our understanding of

how the universe works Simpso n says most

scientists believe that neutrinos have mass

and the) change type as th ey leave the sun

and thats why Ne havent seen enough of

them Being able to detect the other two

flavours at SNO might allow sc ientis ts to

account for the so -called missing neutrinos

Proving that neutrinos can change their

stripes might als o tell us more about the

likely fate of th e universe itself by solving

another mystery the question of the missshy

ing mass Referring to basic laws of physics

Law says If neutrinos convert th at means

th ey must have mass Why is that imporshy

ta nt Explai ns Ollerhead The amount of

mass thats accounted fo r by the sta rs that

you can see is only about one-tenth of the

total mass the re must be in the universe in

order to cause the interactions and motions

you see W hen people talk about mis si ng

mass thats what th ey re talking about

So the question is where is it l Because

every s tar produces billions of neut rin os

every second the universe is full of neutr ishy

nos These van ishingly small particles could

collectively exert a gravitational pull out of

all proportion to th eir size - enough to

eventually slow the expa nsion of the universe

If neutrin os have ma ss it means the

universe may be heavier than we think says

Simpso n The universe will eventually stop

expanding in a few billion years and collapse

back in on itself Thi s is known as the Big

Crunch Finding evidence of the smoking

gun to either prove or di sprove that theoshy

ry is the purpose of the observatory he says

SNO research bombards other areas of science Adapting physics tools to build SNO

An expert in X-ray back-scattering Guelph

physicist Innes Mackenzie helped the SNO

team about six years ago by adapting his

back-scattering technique to determine the

thickness of a plastic liner that su rrounds

th e entire observatory cavity Made of a

substance called urylon (produced by a

Guelph company) the liner was sp rayed

on to the cavitys concrete surface to screen

ou t radon a radioactive gas that diffuses

even through soLd rock In a project where

an extra millimetre could skew results scishy

entists needed to ensure that the material

was the same thickness all the way arou nd

Mackenzie used X-ray back-scattering

a techniq ue he has developed that might

be llsed to determine say the thickness of

paint applied in an auto assembly plant or

ice buildup on aircraft wings Laurentian

University physicist Doug Hallman says

his research group has worked with

Mackenzie to set up a unique hand- held

monitor and data-recording system which

found the actual thickness of the eightshy

millimetre-dlick polyurethane material to

an accuracy of about 10 per cent

Building new tools from SNO physics

During his graduate studies in physics at

Guelph Tom Andersen helped his PhD

supervisor Prof John Simpson design

devices used to detect background

radioactivity of the heavy wa ter in the

Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO)

and worked on software that simulates

th e movement of high -energy muons

particles created when cos mic rays

encounter the Earths atmosphere All the

while he had his eye on a not-unrelated

topic that became his full-time job after

graduating in 1998

It a desk top planetarium says

Andersen of his astro nomy software

which allows users to view the simulated

night sky - including comets asteroids

satellites a nd stars - on a computer

screen With it yo u can observe the sky

as it appears from your backyard tonight

o r from Jupiter 100 years ago or from

Egypt 3000 years ago

He and his partners a t Toronto-based

Sienna Software Inc have so ld about

10000 copies of Sta rry Night software

dming the past 18 months They began

by selling software that users could down shy

load from the Internet but now make two

CD-ROM versions of the package Starshy

ry Night Deluxe and Starry Night Pro

The first allows users to look at more than

19 million objects from anywh ere in the

solar system and to examin e deta iled

graphics of such things as constellations

Serious astronomy afic ionados use the

pro version to track as teroids learn more

about star motions or create their own

planets to study orbital mechanics

Generally anyone who owns an

as tronomical telesco pe owns a piece of

astronomy software says Andersen You

can take your telescope to your backyard

and connect it to your laptop and then

point to something with Starry Night and

have the telescope steer to it

Applying SNO tools to business

Former phys ics graduate student Myung

Chol Chon now works in the Royal Banks

corporate and investmen t banking offices

in Toronto Modelling the behaviour of

financial assets and pricing derivative secushy

rities might appear removed from the task

of capturing neutrinos but Chon says the

Guelph SNO group gave him an opporshy

tunity to learn various quantitative ana lyshy

sis tools including Monte Carlo simulashy

tion and artificial neural networks I also

gained understanding and experience in

software production via working with the

SNO Monte Carlo Analysis (SNO MAN )

software development team - tools

applicable not only in physical science but

in other areas as well

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-Simpson says ea rly detection of SNOs first

neutrino this summer reflects the high qUJIshy

ity of the obselva tory itself incl uding th t conshy

tribution of the Guelph scientists involved in

designi ng its sophist icated instrum ents Thats why theres a lot of noise abo ut the

fi rst measurem en ts he sa ys Some o ther

detectors have to work harder to get the backshyground radioactivity down Weve shown that

we constructed a very clea n detector

Along with several PhD studen ts and resea rch associates he and his coUeagues buiJt

inst ruments used to monitor and ensure an acceptable level of background radi oactivishy

ty in SNOs innards fiom the hea l) watcr to all the components orthe detector itse lf

The Guelph group developed a very senshy

sitive technique for the measurement of ultrashylow levels of ra dioactivit y in water whi ch is

essential for th e SNO detector to reach its

goals says SNO project director Art McDonshy

ald a phys icist at Queens Universit y Meas uring radioact ivity is our ga me

says resea rch ass oc iate Pillalamarr Jaga m during a tour of Sim psons lab in th e baseshy

ment of the MacNaughton Build in g home

to whJt Jaga m calls the only ul tra-low backshy

ground radi ation research and development

group in Ca nada Po inting to a det ector resemblin g a stainless-steel salad bowl with

a matchin g lid he says the Guelph -made

de vice JS with its co usins on perm anent du ty at SNO picks lip infinitesimally small

amounts of ra dioactivity emitted naturall y

by the observa torys compo nents

Ja ga m helps run th ose dev ices at SNO

fo llowin g up on his role as superv iso r of a

cl ea nin g crew d urin g SNOs constru ction SNO is the larges t clean-room ever olltside

of the electron ics industry he says Its

cleaner th an yo ur avera ge dinner plate

Above Muon neutrinos produced from cosmic

rays which strike Earths abnosphere are detectshy

ed by the SNO light sensors producing a coneshy

shaped pattern of energy Right An artists

sketch of the SNO detector shows the central

acrytic vessel now filled with 1000 tons of heavy

water and surrounded by 7000 tons of ultra

pure regular water Scientists monitor the obsershy

vatory from the room located above the sphere

26 GU ELP H ALUM NUS

In two years we mayI

Unlike th eir fell ow labourers in the m in e

who normall y hit the sbowers aft er a lo ng

day on the ore face th e scientists monitorshy

ing th e o bse rvatory must shower bef ore enterin g their facility Simil ar standa rds are mlintained tor the heavy water in th e acrylic

vessel which is fil tered dail y Jnd tested for ambient rad ioactivit y It s the purcst water

in th e wo rld says Jian Wang for merly J

research associate in Simpsons lab and now a consultant wi th U of Gs GUA RD In c

The Guelph-dc-signed instruments h ave

prove n lIseful in rela ted but more fa r-flung

applications JagaJl1 says scientists building

lgt

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ly know if the universe will eventually collapse

ye t an oth er neutrino observatory in Italy consulted with U of G physicists on radia shyti on measurement Closer to home he has helped Prof Richard Protz Land Reso urce Science quantify minute amounts of radioac tive cesium in so il samples taken from the Ecuadorean Andes an d from the Chernobyl site in Ukrain e

Law a particle physicist [las been involved since 1991 in writin g and test ing simulation software used by the project colshylaborators to model the workings of th e SNO detecto r With the detector now opershyating the package - dubbed SNOMAN shywill be used to analyse the data it generates OUerhead who first encountered SNO while chair of the Department of Physics has long worked in expe rim en tal nuclear physics using accelerators such as th e one run by AECL in Cbalk River Ont Todays investishygations at SNO draw on at least one aspect of his ea rlier resea rch in Los Alamos New Mexico where he developed neutral current detectors of the sort expec ted to help SNO sn iff out all three neutrino flavo urs

Sim psons graduate student Nathaniel Tagg is studying cosmic ray particles called muons which are detected as a byproduct in the obse rvatory Unlike neutrinos muons come from cosmic rays - or ionized nuclei - which begin Jife far beyond the solar sysshytem perhaps generated by stars exploding into supernovas or by shock waves emanating from collapsing black holes When these cosmic rays hit the Earths atmosp here th ey create extremely high-energy particles that can be detected by SNO some alon e or in pairs like bullets others in a shower like shotgun pelshylets Comparing the ratio of single bullets to shotgun blas ts may tell Tagg something about how the particles originated When you build a detector you get a lot of things for free he says Muons are considered background to most of the collaboration but there are some interes ting physics you ca n do with them

Beyond Guelph the SNO collaboration brings together almost 100 scientists from II universi ties and labs in Canada the United Sta tes and the United Kingdom Canad ian participants includ e university resea rchers from Queens Car leton Laurentian Britisll

Columbia and Guelph Wby Ca nada Canashyda has a lot of heavy water because of its nuclear power reactor development the CANshyDU reactor says OUerhead Basically Canashyda is tbe only country that can do the expershyiment using heavy water which is what gives this its unique flavour The other thing is the undergro und aspect All the neutrino expershyimen ts are done underground for shielding from cosm ic rays and other sources of backshyground radiation The nickel mine in Sudbury is the deepest site in North America

Its al so important that Creighton mine is a working facility says Si mpson [t has

Physics faculty

and students are

an integral part of (PES

Physics is one of five departments and schools in the College of Physshyical and Engineeri ng Science ( CPES) Physics has more Roya l Society fellows than any other department on campus Since 1993 ten CPES students including two in physics have received National Research Coun shycil awards under the agen cys Women in Engin eering and Scishyence Program In 1999 CPES laun ched an inteshygrated four-year degree program in technology with Seneca College in Toronto majors in physics and technology or applied pharmace ushytical chemistry CPES plans to launch a new undershygraduate degree in computing scishyence next year to promote U of G strengths in bioinfomatics neural networks genetic algo rithm s and embedded systems CPES offers a unique program called MPC2 that provides enriched studies in mathematics physics chemistry and computing science

to be active because its the only way you can maintain the safety of th e mine SNOs control room occupies a drift (miners talk for a corridor) 6800 fee t below the surface deep enough to accommodate a stack of about five CN Towers

Dw-ing the observatorys construction a regular express ca ge whisked visitors directly down No9 shaft to the detector as fast as a car travelling on a cit) street The shaft also served as the delivery conduit for the SNO components Site manager Dunshycan Hepburn recall s es pecially the three months that it took to ship the [000 tonnes of heavy water underground The eleva tor could take six tonnes at a time he says so we had an elaborate schedule involving six tanker cars fill ed overnight and sent down early in th e morning on a specially schedshyuled cage Adds mine manage r John Gill J dont think we spilled a drop

Now using regularly scheduled cages scishyentists crowd shoulder to sho ulder in the elevator with up to 40 miners during the 20-minute ride along the sloping ore seam Everyone in the collaboration is expected to spend a certain number of shifts actualshyly operating the detec tor says O llerhead This is partly to save money but also par tshyly because th e physicists are the ones with the vested interes t and should be involved Collaborators might spend seve ral weeks in Sudbury at a time for up to six weeks a year

SNO scien tists expect to learn definitiveshyly within two years whether or not neutrishynos have mass They also anticipate that the observatory will yield information about the sun and about other st ructures far beyond our galaA) The missing mass question is a way of studying supnnovas notes Ollershyhead There are many applications of this detector beyond just neutrinos from the sun

Why should anyone ca re about what these infinitesimally small particles teU us about cosshymic-sized questions If youre going to be an ad vance d and civilized country then you should be thinking about fundamental quesshy shytions and not just about where your next meal is coming from says Simpson Thats the difshyference I think between a civili7ed society and a society that just lives from day to day ga

FallWinter 1999 27

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

alU bull

ALUMNI PROFILES

ALUMNUS OF HONOUR

FORMER OAC DEA N Rick Richards BSA 38 was recogn ized for

his lifelong commi tment to excellence in admini stration teachshy

ing research and ex tension wh en he vas named 1999 AlumLlus of Honour by th e Un ive rsity o f Guelph Alumn i Associat ion The preshy

sen tation was made durin g Alumni Weekend in lun e

Ri chard s bega n hi s ca ree r in soil sc ience and pion ee red the

process of soil classifi ca ti on and map pin f for Ontario As head of

th e Un iversitys Depa rtm ent of Land Resou rce Science he spearshyheaded the constr uct ion o f new fa cili ties provided leadership in

the deve lopment of broader more sc ientifi c program s and th e

expansioLl o f fa culty and obta ined more lan d areas for departshymental resea rch He was appointed the first dea n of OAC in 1962

and was one o r the fou r principal academi c leade rs ho shared in

es tab lishin g the Universit y of Guelph After co mpleting two terms as dean he return ed to teac hing and retired in [98 1

As a professiona l agrologist Richards impleme nted pl ans ror

the Canadian Agri cultural Researc h Co un ci l as it s fi rst president

and was pres id ent o f the Ca nadian Soc iety of Su il Science th e Ontari o Institute of Ag rologists and tht Agricu ltural Institu te of

Can ada He was also the Canadian representa ti ve to th e United

Nations Food and Agricu lture O rga nizltJtion

ALUMNI VOLUNTEER AWARD

DAv ID ADAMS BSA 49 has always made his alma mater a pri shy

o ri t) and in 1999 th e Unive rsity of Guelph Alumni Associashy

tion app lauded th at loya lty by presentin g him with its 1999 Alulll shyni Volu nteer Awa rd

Adams has demo nstrated a devot ion to volun teer excellence

through his com mitment to the Universit y OAC and hi s alumni

ii class OAC 49 He was UGAA pres ident in 196869 president of

d the OAC Alu Jllni Associatio n in 196566 and a member of the Unishy

~ versi ty Senate and Boa rd of Governors fro m 1970 to 1973 In add ishy

~ tion he has Jllade mu ltiple contr ibu tions to OAC 49 ac tivities He

~ was instrumenta l in orga ni zin g 50th-anniversary class celebrations ~ for Alumni middotWeekend 99 which included the ded ication of the Yea r

~ 49 OAC po nd ga rden at th e Arbo retum Cent re and the res torashy

~ ti on of the Johnston Hall portico u ~ Adamss giving sp irit car ri es over into his pro(ess iona lli fc He

~ has had a distingu ished career in the ag ri -food indust ry and was laquo ~ general manager of the Canadian Meat Co uncil whe n hL reti red in

~ 1993 He cont inues to share hi s expertise with the co unc il and as

~ a volu ntee r for th e Royal Ag ri cultural inter Fair and th e Ca nashy~ dian Nat ional Exhibition FARlv

28 G UHPH ALU I NUS

HIGHLIGHTS middot GRAD NEWSmiddot OBITUARIESmiddot CALENDAR

ALUMNI MEDAL OF ACHIEVEMENT

DR AD RIAN P ARKS WO RK in th e area o f minimally invasive

surge ry has earned him international recogniti on as a leading surgeo n and educa tor in his fi eld His advancements in the use of

laparoscop ic techniques have improved treatm ent for an ex tensive

range of med ica l disorders that in the past could only be handled

thro ugh trad itional sur gery [n 1997 he was recruited to establish a new program at th e Uni ve rsity of Kentucky

Pa rk was honoured th is spring wit h the Universit y of Guelph flumni Associati ons Alumni Medal of Achievem ent He received

a bachelor of science fro m Gu elph in 1985 and a doctor o f med ishycine from McMaster University in 1987

He completed his training at St Josephs Hos pital and rilcMasshy

ter Uni ve rsity Affiliated Hosp ital s in Hamilto n O nt and at the

Uni versit) of Montrea l before Jo ining St Jose phs as a ge neral surshy

geo n in 1994

The Guelph meda l recognizes th e professional leadership and achievements demons trated in Parks still- yo un g career and his

compassionate ca re of pati ents He and his wife Jennifer 8A 84 have three children Hilary Meredith and Evan

ove DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS

DUNCAN SINC LAIRS CONTR IB UTIO NS to career an d soc iety have prove n bis leadersh ip and expe rtise in hea lth sciences He gradshy

uated fro m OVC in 1958 and received a master of sc ience fro m OAC in 1960 specializing in nutriti on He then earn ed a PhD in

physiology at Queens University in 1963 and bega n a ca reer focused

primaril y on human health Sinclair was ltl consultant to th e Ontario Ministry of Agriculture

Food and Rural Affairs on the Animals for Research Act ilnd bega n

his academic career at Q uee ns as dean of arts and science in 1974 He went on to serve as vice-principal institutional relati ons sershy

vices an d hea lth sciences before assum ing the role of dea n of medshy

icine He ret ired from Queens in 1996 He has heJd other prestishy

gious positi ons including directo r general of the Medical Resea rch

Council and was tile recipient of OVes Schofield ]V[edal in 1983

Sinclair is now deeply involved in advising the Ontario minisshy

ter of hea l til on ways to reinvest and res tructure th e delivery of health services in the province He chairs the Hea lth Services

Restr ucturin g Co mmission an independent body of health

experts and professionals appointed to redesign tbe provincial

health system

FallWinter 1999 29

alumni Matters

-ORDER OF OACU of G Can1pus ESTABLISHED MARY AND RlCK RICHARDS longtime OAC supporterWelcoilles Alumni

ABSA 38 are the first inductees Membership in the order is

into the Order of OAC estabshy limited to the first 50 individshy

LUMNI WEEKEND J999 orga nizing committee and says lished ea rli er thi s year by the uals who give $1 00000 or more

brought more th an 1300 proceeds will be used to help the OAC Alumni Fo undation to as bequests irrevocable insurshy

visitors to campus June 18 to 20 class establi sh a mille nnium recognize significant contribushy ance policies planned gifts or

In addition to th e traditi o nal scholarship to co mmemorate its tions to its end owment fund cash donations Gifts may be

awards luncheon hosted by U of 25 th anni versar)1 of graduation Rick served as dean of OAC applied as endowments to the

G president Mordech ai Rozanshy The Uni vers it y of Guelph [Tom 1964 to 1972 (see sto ry OAC Alumni Foundation or to

ski there we re man y spec ial Alumni Associat ion held its on page 28) Mary also worked the college as approved by the

events and cla ss reunions The ann ual meeting during Alumni in the college and has been a fou ndation directors

new Order of OAC was preshy Wee kend and elected a new slate

sented to Mary and Rick of offi cers for 1999 2000 Scott

Richards BSA 38 at th e Go ldshy va nEnge n BSc(Ag r) 88 presshy

en Anniversary Dinner and the id ent Robin-Lee Norris BA 80

Class of J974 hosted a reuni on first vice-pres ident John Tatson

dinner with Calgary Flames BA 69 seco nd vice-president

Hockey Club CEO Ron Bremshy Rita Sterne BComm 87 secshy

ner BA 7 J as guest speaker Bill Imiddotetar) and Brad Hull BA 89

Laidlaw BA 74 chaired the treasurer

President Mordechai Rozanski and representatives of the alumni

classes and individuals who supported U of Gs six new themati c

gardens cut the ribbon to officially open them duri ng Alumni Weekshy

end From left are Bill Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 61 Don Gri eve

BSA 55 and MSA 57 Harold Shield BSA 51 Sandra Hannam uJ CD Clay Switze r BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rozanski Marilyn Robinson ~ I Murray BH5c 55 Ted McNinch BSA 49 Bruce Stone BSA 53 u VI

Z and MSA 54 Harold Bentley BSA 64 and MSc 66 Craig Hunter lt

B5c(AgL) 74 and MSc 77 and Les Laking BSA 39 and HDSC 71 The conservatory greenhouse was unveiled moments later by gtshyCD

Don Rutherford BSA 51 who gave the leadership gift ensuring VI o

it s res toration on behalf of his famil y 5 I -

Ginty jocius BSc(Agr) 70 left chair of the OAC Alumni Foundation

presents the Order of OAC to Mary and Rick Richards BSA 38

Enjoying the Class of 1974 re union dinner are from left jerry Orga n

BSc(PE) 71 Ron Bremner BA 71 Gail Bremner Paul Henry MA 71

and Bill Laidlaw BA 74

30 GUELPH ALUMNUS

GRYPHON SPIRIT DOMINATES HOMECOMING

UOF G students shared the stands with alumni who came to campus Sept 25

to watch the football Gryphons defeat their long- standing varsity rival the University of Toronto Blues During the weeke nd the Gryphon Club Hall of Fame inducted five Gryphon swimmers filled the gold pool at the 21st ann ual Alumni Relay Swim Meet

and president Mordechai Rozanski hostshyed a luncheon attended by more than 200 alumni and current students who have received sc holarships and awards or who

participated in the volunteer peer helper prog ram

ALUMNI SWIM TO THE TOP

FORMER GRYPHON SW IMMER S Peter Koli snyk BSc(HK) 83 and Denise

(FarndaJe) vVatso n BASe 85 were recogshyni zed at the ann ual Homecoming sw im mee t for having attended more often th an any other alumni Other participants includshyed 1999 graduates Nico le Weber BSe CEng ) Greg Steinberg BSc(HK) and Nancy Sweetnam BComm who has been a memshy

ber of two Canadian Ol ympic teams ( 1992 and 1996) The alumni team defeated the stud ent teams with the help of Leo n

Homecoming J

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Form er Guelph mayor and sports broadcaster Norm la ry received the Gryphon Club Hall of

Fame Merit Award Sept 24 at the annual induction c re mony that also honoured five former

Gryphon athletes From left are Paul Willi ams a cross-country and track athlete and three-time

Canadian Olympian Bob Pronk BComm 82 Ontario and Canadian cham pionship wrestler

Dave Guest BComm 87 a former all middotstar soccer and vo lleyba ll player Gladys Williams BA

69 MVP in both wo menS fi eld hockey and ice hockey lary and Mark Brown BComm 81

Wi ldman Trophy winner and football capta in The Gryphon Club also recognized the 1974 mens

rugby OUAA championship team

Garstecki Gryphon diving coach in the midshy Dale a longtime Gryp hon supporter and a I 970s and retired botany professo r Hugh national record-b olding masters swimmer

bull49 VETS MEET AT TRAlEE The OVC Cla ss of 1949 produced a la sting memory of its 50th

anni versary by filming the lune 18 gathering held at Tralee Farms

the home of class member Ray Cormack Classmates travelled from

across Canada and the United States to attend th e reunion which

included a luncheon a visit from U of G president Mordechai Rozanshy

ski and a tour of Cormacks farm and antique carriage collection

The organizing committee of Dave House Bill Mitchell Ken Fisk

and lim Arch ibald succeeded in producing a golden-anniversary

memento that captu res the days events and everyone in attendance

as they comment on their lives since graduating from OVe -Proceeds from the sale of the v ideos will support the OVC 49

Memorial Scholarship Fund Cost is $25 each To place an order call

Vikki Tremblay at Alumni House 519-824-4120 Ext 65 44 I D

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alumni Matters

2000 Coming Events

Jan 26 - Careers Night hostshyed by Mac-FACS Alumni Assoshy

ciation For informatio call Laurie MalleaLi at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Careers Night hostshyed by HAFA Alumni Associashy

tion For information call Laushyrie Malleau at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Aggie Good Times Banquet Call the OAC Studwl Federation at Ext 8321 for tickshyet information Feb 3 - Job hir at Bingeman Park in Kitchener complishy

mentary bus service from Unishyversity Centre for students and

alumni For directions and a list of employers call U of G

Career Services at Ext 22 13

Feb 11 - Deadline for nomshy

ina tions for U of G Alumni Association Alumnus of Honshy

our Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment and Alumni Volunteer

Award and the OVC Distinshy

guished Alumnus Call Carla Bradshaw at Ext 6657 for details March 1 - Annual alumni

Florida reunion at Maple Leaf

Estates Port C harlotte Florishyda For information call alumshyni programs at 519-824-4120

Ext 6657 send e-mail to alumshyniuoguelphca or call Jack Hanna in Florida after Jan 1

at 813-645-0905

March 18 amp 19 - College

Ro yal

March 31 amp April 1 - OAC

Alumni Association annual

bonspiel at the Guelph Curlshy

ing Club and Guelph Country w Club Call Carla Bradshaw at ~ txt 6657 to register c u bull For more information on anyU)

z alumni event call the U of G ltC extension listed at 519- 824shy20 r 4120 or send e-mail to al11111shyCD

o niCvzlOguelphcab c a

32 CUEIPH ALUM N US

EA RLIER THIS YEAR U ofG

introduced a new approacll to fund-raising that centres on

academic priorities identified by

the ix colleges Now the Unishy

ve rsit y expa nds this initiative

through the formation of a new Annual Fund Cou ncil that will

recruit volunteers to proactiveshy

ly help meet tll0se funding goals

By enlarging the partnershy

ship between academics and fund-raisers we arc focusing our

efforts more clearly on the Un ishy

versi tys overall stra tegic objecshy

tives says Rudy Putns executive

director of campaign progra ms

We are calling on coUege deans to help ensure that our annual

giving programs are providing

the grea test possible benefit to

students Our volunteer and pro-

ALUMNI CElEBRATE NEW HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE CENTRE

The Human KineticsHuman Biology Alumni Association

presented a sketch of the John T Powell Building to U of Cs

new Health and Perfor mance Centre at a June 19 reunion of alumni and former staff Artist Joan Harper BSe(HK)

82 left and retired professor John Powell right witnessed

a presentati on by association pres ident Janet Leonhard BSe(HK) 82 to Prof Terry Graham

SilENT AUCTION MAKES NOISE

A silent auction held Sept 14 to 16 a t the Ou tdoo r Farm

Show in Woods tock Ont ge nshy

erated a lot of excitement and

goodwill in OACs 125th shyanniversary year and raised

$51000 that wi ll support stu shy

dent recruitm ent programs in

the college The auction was organized by Cinty Jocius BSc(Agr) 70 president of

Ginty Jocius amp Associates of

Guelph on behalf of the OAC Alumni Foundation

Auction items donated by friends and exhibitors at th e

farm show included everylhing

from farm equipment and supshyplies to a seven-month-old lla shyma named (-i nty Lorie Jocius

BASe 72 purchased her husshy

bands namesake and gave it to

OAC as an anniversary presen t at th e Sept 25 Heritage Banshy

quet and Ball

FUND-RAISI NG PARTNERSHIPS GROW

fessional fund -raislls wiJl spend

more of thei r time making pershy

so nal requ es ts for gifts to the University and less time on inshy

house administra tion

Members of the Annual Fund

Council will invite donations

Crom alumni members of the campu~ community the paren ts

of current students graduating

classes members of the various

gift clu bs (Presidents Council

etc) and selected corporations

foundations and associations

Development and Public Affairs staff will help target vol unteer

efforts where they wi ll have the

stronges t impact on growin g don or particip ation and fund shy

razsing results

Annual giving is one of the

most crucial parts of an institushy

tion s developmen t agenda says Putns Annu al donors help

maintain the quali ty of estabshylished academic programs espeshy

cially in times of reduced pubshy

lic fundin g he says They also

provide a foundation for special

fun cl-rai sing cam paigns shycampaigns that enable the Unishy

ve rsity to grow by providi ng

funds for major projects that do

not ha ve a traditional so urce of support Tbe ACCESS endowshy

ment for student financial assistshy

ance and the rece nt campaign to upgrade th e Food Science

Building are notable examples For more illjormation aboLit

the An17ual FUlld Co ullcil call Al111tal Fund 17l1lnager Tara George at 519-824-4 120 Ex t

390 1 or Putl7S at ext 6384

GRAD NEWS

U of G Degrees ADA = Associate diploma

in agriculture BA =Bachelor of arts BASe = Bachelor of applied

science BComm = Bachelor of

commerce BHSe Bachelor of houseshy

hold science BLA =Bachelor of

landscape architecture BSA = Bachelor of science in

agriculture (pre-196s) BSe(Agr) Bachelor of

science in agriculture BoSe = Bachelor of science BSe(Eng) =Bachelor of

science in engineering BSc(Env) =Bachelor of

19405

bull The Macdonald Institute

Class of 1941 met each other

for the firsl lime in 1939 and

theyve been gelling logelher rvice a year siIlce gradual ion

Celebrating 60 yea rs of fri end shy

ship this year are Mary (Hcx imer) MacLeln Beth

(jackson) Ca rdifF Mo lly

(Pattrson) Nix Frances

(Pellet) Smith Dorolhy

(Pond) Dunn Jeanne (Taylor )

Hamel Phyllis (Weren) Sobel and Evelyn (Eatun ) Pond

bull Jim Morton BSA 47 posed with his son Robert SA 70

and grandsons Jeff Bell 13A

9 1 and Greg Mo rton

SSc( Eng) 99 at Gregs U of

G convocation in June Retired

from a career in the lumber

business Jim is an OAC llu mmiddot ni volunteer al Guclph and is

aClive in cOm11lUnily work in

Burlington Onto Rob ert is

CEO of the Community Care

Access Centre in Simcoe

Coullly Jeff lcaches in Elmvalc

for the Simcoe County Dislricl School Board and Greg is

working Wilh the COnSlliling

engineering firm of Proclor

science in environmental sciences

BSe(HK) Bachelor of science in human kinetics

BSc(pE) = Bachelor of science in physical education

DHE = Diploma in home economics

DVSc = Doctor of veterinary science

DVM =Doctor of veterinary medicine

GO = Graduate diploma MA = Master of arts MAgr = Master of agriculture MBA = Master of business

admininstration MEng =Master of engineering

and Redfern at its Kitchener

office The Guelph lineage

aCl ually bega n in the Morton fami ly with Greg great shy

grantimoliln Anne Pringle

Morton DH E 1914

Greg Morton Jeff Bell and Jim and

Robert Morton

19505

bull Harold Baker BSA 50

writes to w rrect the e-mail

address publi shed in the last

iss lle of the Clepll Alunnls

Friends (111 conlact the retired

University of Saskatchewan

professo r and Il is wife Phyllis

at ha kc r hdukeL1sa~k ca

bull Barney Goodwin-Wilson BSA 50 is serving a two-year

krm as chair of the hoard of

lhe Onta rio Foocllerminal

The Iomnlo facility is the

MFA = Master of fine art MLA Master of landscape

architecture MMS = Master of management studies MSc =Master of science MSc(Aqua) = Master of

science in aquaculture ODA = Ontario diploma in

agriculture ODH =Ontario diploma in

horticulture OdR = Ontario Diploma in

recreation PhD = Doctor of philosophy

larges t who lesale fruit proshy

duce and flower market in

Canada and one of the largest

in orrh America He was forshymerly director and vice-cha ir

of the board

bull Gary Powell ADA 58

stopped at a remote motel in

western klahoma last

Janu ary and stanee a convershysation with th e only other cusshy

tomer at breakfa st the next

morning Turns out they were

both U of G grads Powell and Joe Deli BSc (Agr ) 64 had a

great time reminiscing abo Llt

ca mpus perso nalities they

both knew I guess one is never really very far from home says Powell

bull Dave Valentine BSA 59 has

retired as (o unty engineer for

the County of Brant in

Ontario He previously spent

23 years with Sir Sandford

Fleming College in Peterborough and has served 8S

engineer for the coun ties of Haliburton and Victoria He

and his wife Carole are now

Jiving near Carlisle Send e-mail

to valcntinworldchatcom

19605

bull Manuel Garcia PhD 67 was

recognized by the government

of the Ph ilippines in December

1998 with one of the highest

honours given to Filipinos Jivshy

ing outside the cou ntr y Garcia

is a senior consulting mi crobishy

ologist with lAS Bioshy

Diagnostic and a former

research scientist with

Agriculture and Agri-Food

Canada in Ottawa He is intershy

nationally recognized for his work in veterinary med icin e

and public health on the early detection of ca mpylobacter

salmonella and other foodshy

borne pathogens He is a memshy

ber of several learned profes shy

sional societies and has been involved in a number of intershy

national developm ent projects

He is also a community volunshy

teer and a pioneer in establishshying the National Council of

Canadian Filipino Associations

as the official voice of Filipino

Canadians nationwide bull Tom Hutchison DVM 65 is

a veterinary pathologist with the Nova Scotia provincial

diagnostic lab In 1998 he

passed the board cer tification exa ms for the American

College of Poultry Veterinarians in Baltimore but

the years highlights came in

late summer - a first grandshy

child for Tom and his wife

Eileen in August and the birth

of their own son Scott in

September bull Brian Little ADA 67 BSc(Agr) 72 and MSc 78

was elected president of the

Canadian 4-H Foundation in

May He was previously presishy -dent of the Ca nadian 4-H

Co uncil and a co uDcil represhysentative for his employe r the

Royal Bank of Canada He has been a fou ndation trustee for

f allWinter 1999 33

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several years and has a strong

4-H background as a member

and a club leader

19705

bull Doug Franklin SA 72 was

recen tly a ppoin led execu tive

director of the Multiple

Sclerosis Association of

America its hea d office is in

Cherry Hill NJ He was forshy

merly with the International

Youth Foundation in

Baltimore Md

bull Cathie Leimbach

SSc(Agr) 78 and MAgr 88

visi ted U of G this fa ll as

agrologist-in-residence It was

the sixth year of the program

co-sponsored by OAC and the

Ontario Institute of

Agrologists (OlA ) Raised on

an Ontario dairy and swine

farm Leimbach is past presishy

dent of the OI A and a partner

in STRIVE a team specializshy

in g in training facilitation and

consulting She now lives on a

cash-crop farm in Ohio

bull Willem Moolenbeek BSe

77 and MSe 8 1 studied biolshy

ogy and entomology at U of G

at the same time he was learnshy

ing to play the saxophone with

the Royal Conservatory of

Mu sic He says he still loves

science but music has become

his career A recitalist soloist

and clinician he has been a

saxophone instructor at

McMaster University in

Hamilton Ont fo r 15 years

He also teaches at the 19805

University of Waterloo pri- bull Bruce Brown BSe(Agr)

vately and at the National 85 and his wife Claudia

Music Ca mp of Canada where (Liebscher) BA 84 have three

he sometimes offers an infor- children who are beginning to

mal course on in sect identifi- display their dads musical

cation There are always a few prowess on the kazoo After 14

kids who really dig that he years of dairy farming Bruce

says U of G music lovers want back to school to earn an

enjoyed his saxophone music education degree and is now

at a noon-hour concert in teaching science with the

October Durham District School

bull Peter Vaughan SA 77 and Board

MA 77 was appointed secre- bull Tom Burns BA 89 and MA

tar y general and CEO of the 91 is a member of the

Canadian Medical Association Victoria Police in Melbourne

in June A fa culty member in Australia Last summer he

two departments at John s welcomed visitors from the

Hopkins University and in the RCMP including Kevin Durie

Department of Family BA 93 They quickly estab-

Medicine at the University of lished a U of G connection

Ottawa he is a fo rmer presi- including Duries student

dent of the medical staff at employment at Dcr Keller

Guelph General Hospital and a which was Burns s favourite

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the job says Burns but this

time we spent most of our

time talking about the great

times we had at U of G In

still another coincidence

Durie is married to Christine

Blake-Durie BA 91 and MA

93 who was a member of

Burnss MA group Burns says

other U of G grads travelling

to Melbourne are more than

welcome to drop in

bull Stuart Jackson ADA 87 is

distribution manager for

Burnbrae Farms Ltd in Delta

Onto He sends greetings to all

OAC friends including the

diploma classes of 1979 and

1980

bull Laurel (Murdoch) Koumarelas BComm 84 is

an ESL teacher with the

Toronto School Board She

and her husband Gus live in

Mississauga with their sons

Robert and Evan

bull Trish Looman BA 87

works for Royal LePageshy

Vantage in Guelph She speshy

cializes in residential multishy

unit real estate

bull Laima (Karosas) Laffitte

BSe(Agr) 85 and MAgr 91

lives in Wendover Ont with

her husband Vincent MAgr

91 and their children Yohan

and Marina Laima is the

advertising manager for The

Canadian Veterinary Journal and Vincent is an account

manager at the St Isidore

branch of Scotiabank Theyd

like to hear from classmates

via e-mail at Iaffitteonsymshy

paticoca They also want to let

OAC 85 grads know that the

class executive is building a

Web page at wwwrkdecom

oac85 and needs updated

names and addresses (includshy

ing e-mail) to add to the

directory f IS-year reunion

is being planned for Dec 2

and 32000

bull Cheryl Miller-Oh BASe

91 and her husband Tae live

in Southfield Mich with their

twins Nathalie and Nathan

born in October 1998 She is a

health-care consultant with

Computer Sciences

Corporation Send e-mail to

millerohsprintca

bull Vijay Singh MSe 70 has

been awarded the Arthur K Barton Endowed Professorship

at Louisiana State University

He also recently received an

honorary degree and a

Fulbright Award for his work

in the area of entropy

bull Gayle (Barton) Tapper BSe

81 (biological science) and 83

(computing science) has been

employed at Memorial

University in St Johns Nfld

for 14 years in the Department

of Computing and

Communications She is comshy

pleting graduate work in phishy

losophy and humanities at

Memorial and is the principal

harpist with the

Newfoundland Symphony

Orchestra Last year she

released a CD of Latinworld

traditional music on the South

American harp Visit her Web

site at httpwwwucsmun

cal -gay

bull Carolyn Riddell BA 85 is

running an active arts educashy

tion and paintingprintmaking

studio in Fergus Ont

bull Laura Wilkinson BSe 85

and MSe 87 is a coroner in

British Columbia and lives on

a cattle ranch near 70 Mile

House

19905

bull Kristi Adamo BSc(HK)

96 and MSc 98 and Rob

McMullin BSe 95 were

married in May 1999 and Jive

in Ottawa

bull Michelle (Pilon) Bacon BA

90 has been living in London

England with her husband

Tim and children Juliette and

Lucien but they are planning a

return to Canada They will be

AIRBORNE ALUMNUS Olive Thompson DHE 35 celebrated her 85th birthday

with her head in the clouds She made her first parachute

jump with instructor Scott Borghese in Simcoe Ont in June

and says it was the most exciting thing shes done in her life

Thompson lives in Dunnville and has four children and three

grandchildren When she asked them about the paracbute

jump they told her to go for it Shes considering a repeat I U

jump next year and hopes her adventure will be a good S o

example for other seniors A dedicated member of the class -lt CD

of Mac 35 Thompson was president of the University of s Guelph Alumni Association in 197778 and keeps busy now VI

I

with volunteer work for the Salvation Army Z

living in Calgary and welcome

contact with western grads

and friends from Guelph Send

e-mail to m_e_baconhotshy

maicom

bull Deborah (Panton) Bodden

BASc 93 and her husband

Lyndhurst were married in

1998 and live in Grand

Cayman Cayman Islands

where she teaches primary

schoo

bull Elizabeth Cardno MSe 99

is working with the Rural

Health Research Consortium

at the University of

Saskatchewan developing

research projects on rural

health issues in relation to the

Canadian Institute for Health

Research

bull Jeannine Cote BA 9 J lives

in Hamilton Ont and works

o -lt

as a health -care aide and

home-support worker

bull Jeremy Debling BSe 94 is

a formulation chemist in the

pharmaceutical development

department at Novopharm

Limited in Toronto

bull Angela Dodd BA 93 and

Christopher Kemp

BSe(HK) 94 were married

Aug 14 Theyve bought a new

home in Etobicoke Ont

where he works for Canada

3000 Airlines and at Kingsway

Physiotherapy as a kinesioloshy

gist She is employed at

Manulife Financial in -Waterloo

bull Sheryl Harding Friedrich

BASe 85 is a full-time mom

and part-time nutrition conshy

sultant in Cannington Onto

She and her husband Cal

FallWinter 1999 35

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have three child ren Jonathan

Daniel and Anna

bull Anne Marie (Henwood)

Harman BA 95 is enjoying

her time at home with one shy

year-old Jenna She and her

husband Murray can be

reached bye-mail at 3harshy

mansstormca

bull Rosaleen Heffernan BA 96

and Barry Liboiron BSe 97

were married in August

Theyre both studying at the

University of British

Co lumbia where Liboiron is

doing a PhD in chemistry and

He ffe rnan is completing a

degree in educati on

bull Krista Hilton BASe 95

lives in Halifax with her hlls shy

band Michael Galloway She is

a priest in the Anglican Church

of Canada and serves as curate

a t the Cathedral Church of All

Sain ts Friends can reach her at

aj568chebllctonsca

bull Michael Kennard BA 86

starred as Mump the Clown in

the Canadian Stage Company

production of Mump amp Smoo t

in Something Else With Zug last

winte r at tbe Canadian Stage

Theatre in Toronto

bull Sharon McConnell BSe 90

and MSe 93 went on from U

of G to earn a diploma in

business management from

Wilfrid Laurier University

Since 1995 she has worked in

Toronto as a project director at

Burak Ja co bson Market

Resea rch Partners Ine

bull Michael McKay-Fleming BA

92 has launched two daily

comic strips via the Internet

Check out his Inane Producshy

tions Web site at http mem

bershomenetinaneprod to folshy

low the adventures of a free-spirshy

ited teenager named Alice and all

the animals in a new VVildlife

comielf you like comic strips

this fine art grad invites you to

enjoy his talent and humour

bull Andrew Nicholls MA 90 nications in Cambridge

and PhD 97 is an assistant bull Christine (Rogers) Patten

professor of history at Buffalo BA 9 1 lives in Toronto and

State College in Buffalo N Y has been working as a sales

He recen tly published the representative and industry

book The Jacobean Union A training facilitator since grad-

Reconsideration of British Civil uation She and her husband

Policies Under th e Early Vincent celebrated the birth of

Stuarts which offers a new their first child Gareth in

perspective on the role of mul - March 1999

tiple monarchy in the early bull Guiseppe Peritore

modern British kingdoms BSe(HK) 96 is studying

bull Jennifer (Pope) Parney physical therapy at the

BASc 94 works at Chatham- University of To ronto He

Kent Integrated Childrens married Rita Lavalle in May

Service - Heritage Campus 1999 and lives in Oakv ille His

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bull Sarah Perkins BSe(Agr) bull Tammy Tipler Priolo 92 joined Pfizer Animal BASe 90 lives in her hom e

Health in London Ont in town of North Bay Ont with

November as a product sup- her husband Clark and their

port speCialist Earlier she two-year-old daughter Erica

taught at Fairview College in Tipler Priolo is u5mg her com -

Fairview Alta before m oving puting skills in genealogy

back to Ontario in 1997 to research to track down elusive

work for AgLine Commu- ancestors She can be reac hed

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bull Bradley Raspberry BASc 90 is a clinical leader and regisshy

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bull Lisa Ranacher BSe 98

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program at the Central

Experimental Farm in Ottawa

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bull Jamie Rickard BSe(Agr)

96 and Laura Summerfeldt

BSe(Agr) 97 were married

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of G and he is working with

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OBITUARIES

W illiam Ba rnes DVM 59 died Sept 7

1999 He grew up in th e N iagara area

but spent his professio nal ca ree r in a

ve terina ry prac ti ce in Ill inois He was a

dr ivi ng force in the American Ve ter inary

Medica l Assooatio n and in bo th the

Chicago and IlJin o is assoc iatio ns He

was also a fo un ding mem ber o f the

Ch icago-based Friends of Unicerslty of

Guelph a char itable o rga nizat ion

founded in 1975 to serve Guelph a lumni

living in the United Sta tes

George Dickson BSA 38 di ed Oct 9

1999 H e spen t h is entire career w ith

Canada Packers moving up f[Om mai l

cle rk to exec lltive vice-presid ent and

d irector After retirin g in 1976 he

devoted ma ny vo lu ntee r hours to U of

G 3S a memb er of Boa rd o f Gove rno rs

and the OAC Alumni Associatio n

Jam es Pinkney DVM 37 died July 3

1999 A respected ve ter in aria n in his

hom e to~ll o f Cooksv il le O nt he was

also recog nized as a p remier swi ne

breeder showman and judge He was

active in m any agricultural o rga niza shy

tio ns and in both the Ontario and

Canadian Vete rinary Med ical assoc iashy

tio ns He was a lo ngti me supporte r o f

th e Unive rsity especially the OVC

museum and was named OVC

Di stinguished Alumnus in 1987

Audrey Yea nd le DHE 25 di ed March

17 1999 in St ratford O nto A profes shy

sio nal diet it ia n she wo rked to two hosshy

p itals and tau ght home eco no m ics at

the Jo hn Fi he r School In Toro nto

Active In com munity orga nizatio ns and

her chu rch she was a lo ng time U of G

suppo rter and left an es ta te gift of over

$475000 to p rov ide bursaries for future

Gu elph students

Alumni

Jo hn Andrews DVM 38 June 27 1999

Harris Baker BSA 33 Febru ary 1998

Hu gh Balkwill BSA 53 June 27 1999

John Bowles BA 72 Sept 23 1999

Edward Bowness DVM 32 May 13 1999

Rud y Brown BSA 59 June 29 1999

Walter Bunn BSA 52 Sept 2 1999

Margaret Byrnes DHE 40 Apr il 22 1999

Joa n Cameron DH E 36 April 10 1999

Wil liam Cape ll BSA 54 Aprd 25 1999

T homas Ca rd BSA 47Ju ne 20 1999

Jean a rter DH E 38 Jun e 28 1999

Loi Clipsham D H E 27 Ju ne 23 1999

Bruce Cohoe BSA 3 3 Feb 2 1999

Geoffrey Collins BSA 28 May 21 1999

Al exander C o nnell ADA 60 Ju ly 26

1999

John Currie BA 74 Sep t 18 1999

William C u rrie BSA 59 Nov 27 1998

C arma n Davey DVM 39 Apr il 15 1999

D oug Doerksen ADA 84 Ju ne 5 1999

Joann e DU ll can -Robinson BA 81 and

MA 86 July 22 1999

Robert Erskine BSA 41 May 2 1999

Will ia m Fisher BSA 48 Aug 5 1999

Norm Freeman BSA 49 July 2 1999

Alexander Gc ncr BSA 32 Dee 27 1998

Rudy Goltz BSA 33 July 28 1 999

Tom Grah am BS 50 Dee 3 1998

Ed na Has tings D H E 32 July 11 1999

Jack Hea theringto n DVM 54 April 18

1999

Pa tric ia Hill BSc 96 MMch 9 1999

Ralph Hills BSA 54 June 14 1999

Murray Ho ltby ADA 47 O ct 29 1998

Shawn H owden B 9 1July81 999

james j ackson BSA 34 April 29 1999

Karen ( Re ichardt ) Kister B H Se 70

Ap rilll 1999

Albert Kristjanson BSA 50 Dec 7 1998

John Laffert ) BSA 5 1 Aug II 1999

Ron Lawrence DVM 43 Mel) 4 1999

Ann e Legate BSe 89 March 1999

Tsu-Peng Stephen i iu M Sc 65 Ma)

Hl 1998

Rober t Luckham ADA 58 Jan IS 1999

Jam es Lyons BSA 59 Au g 2~ 1999

Willia m M ack BSc(Eng) 84 Ju ne 7

1999

T helma M artin D HE 41 July 131999

Helen McBratney D lI E 34 in 1998

Allan Bud McCardle BSA 52 May 10

1999

Ri chard M cDonald O AC C la ss of 47

lV1arch 24 1999

john Meeuse ADA 58 July 19 1999

Ra ymond Parr D VM 3 7 Ap ril 7 999

George Plakidas MA 93 date unknown

Virgini a Reed ODH 66 1arch 1 1999

Rose Reynold s D HE 28 Apri l 17 1999

Ern es t Ro bertso n BSA 37 Aug 6 1999

Jam es Ross BSA 34 Au g 23 1999

Gra nt Savage D VM 48 Ma rch 2 1999

Earl Shuh BSA 36 July 5 1999

Eu gene Smith BSA 3 1 Jan 27 1999

Will iam Smyth MA 90 Oc tober 1997

Ch er yl Ann Somerville BSe(Agr) 96

Sept IS 1999

Carl Stevenson BSA 46 Aug 26 1999

Robert Tennant BSA 49 May 5 1999

Gregory Tostevin BA 93 Feb 10 1999

Gerald Trant BSA 51 Sept 1 1999

Bennie Urquhart DV M 54 April 4 1999

Ga il Wamsl ey BA 70 July 24 1998

Gladys Ward D IlE 27 Apri l 8 1999

Catherine Welch BSA 22 Ma rch 3 1998

M abel ( McCa rthy) Ziegler DH E 26

Apr il 29 1999

Facu lty amp Staff Pro f Sid Gilbert Sociolog) and An thro shy

polog) Sept 8 1999

Rev Canon Ritchie McMurray

eCllm enical ch aplain 1968 to 1983

Aug 19 1999

Frie nds

Yvonne Alexander M~y 15 1999

jerry lkirnes Sept 2 1999

Marga ret C urran Dec 28 1998

John Godwin in 1999

viark G renville Nov 6 1998

Peter Hallm an Ju ne 22 1999

Elsie Mae johnston Sept 12 1999

C lover Helena Ladouceur Sept 4 1999

Ed it h Pa tterson in 1993

Andrew Peterson Aug 26 1999

Edgar St rin ger March 1999

Gerry Vandergri ft Sep t 28 1999

Frank Watson March 23 1999

Barry Woods Jul y 30 1999

Me m orial fun ds have bee n se t up to

establi sh a U o f G scho larship in 1))CJ)lO r)

of Jea n Caner and ~ Jack and Gerry Van shy

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UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

the CWay CWe CWere FROM THE ARCHIVES

HISTORIANS CANT PINPOINT the date that the Unishy

versity o f Gu elphs landmark portico was carved

from Ontario limesto ne but its familiar columns preshy

date the 1874 fo und ing o f the Ontario Agricu ltural Colshy

lege by several yea rs

Originally fronting a fa rmh ouse on Moreton Lodge

Farm the orna te front porch stoo d at the entrance of

the main co ll ege building until the O ld Res idence was

demolished in 1929 to make way for the co nstruction

of Johnston Hall Its believed the portico was erected

on Johnston Green in 1934

Because the ravages of time and weather had weakshy

ened the limestone structure to a dan gerous point it

was dismantled earlier this fall and underwent muchshy

needed repairs to the stonework ceiling and roof The

OAC Class of 1949 raised $75000 to fund the p roject

as a 50th-anniversa ry gift to the ca mpu s and a way to

commemo rate the 125th anniversa ry of OAC

Now completely restored the portico is back in place

on Johnston Green whe re it co ntinues to se rve as an

elegant reminder of ca mpus histor y and a favour ite

pla ce fo r convocation and wedding photographs

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UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

message from the President MORDECHAI ROZANSKI

As IM SURE MANY OF YOU already know the nishy

vers ity of Guelph has just been named the top comshyprehensive university in Ca nada by Iv[accans magazine

in its 1999 ranki ng of universities

High-qua lit) programs outstanding faculty who excel in both teach ing and research and talented students were

among rhe reasons cited for Guelphs first-place rankin g

in faculty research and scholarly success

O ur delight wlth tillS recogn[tlon of our qu ality is

temp ered by the knowledge that it may not be sustainshy

abl e In rece nt years we have made some painful dec ishy

sions to protect the qualit y of oUl teaching research and

scholarly inquiry vVe have restructured depanments and

colleges we have reallocated resources we ha ve had to

This is great news and welco me make substa ntial reductions in our fa cshy

recognition of Guelphs distinctiveness ult y Jnd staff we have cut programs to

as a high-quality student-foc used resshy foc us limited resources on arelS of key

identi al uni ve rsity that is committed strengt h and we have been forced to

to innova tive programs dyn amic stushy in crease tuiti on Simp ly pu t in th e

dent- fac ul ty interact ion and an inteshy abse nce of rein ves tm ent we ha ve

gration of learning and research More reac hed th e limit of wha t we call clo

impo rtant it is a tribute to our fa culshy without seriousl) Jeopardizing the future ty staff aca demic and adm ini strati ve quality of our institution

leadership University-wide and to our Ontar io universities face enormous

students and alumni The cred it for challenges ove r the next few years includshy

our high standing rests wirh all memshy ing an increase in student del11and due

bers of the University community and to an ant icipated enrolment surge aging

I am imm ense ly proud to be infrast ructure and internationshy

part of it al competition for faculty as

I am especiall y delighted to HIGH-QUALITY PROGRAMS Canadian facu lt y retire in largf

present this good news in the numbers or are lured away to OUT STANDl G FACULTY AND

same issue of the Ceph Alumshy better-supported jurisdictions

nus that brings you the Univershy TALEN TED ST UD ENTS ARE THE O ur governmen t has mad e

sity of Guelph Donor Repon an exphcit co mmitment that REAS ONS IO R OUR SUCCESS

The ongoing financial support o f alumni and fr iends is an

important factor in our success

and we thank yo u for helping to make us number one

Macleans classifies 12 Ca nad ian uni versi ties as co mshy

prehensive in stitutions de fin ed as those with a signi fi shy

can t amo unt of research activity and a wide range of

programs including professional degrees at the gradshyuate and undergrad uate levels Gue lph finished seco nd

in this category in each of the las t two years

This year U of G improved or maintained its perfolm shyance in 75 per cent of the 21 performance indicators lIsed

by lvlacleans to measure overa ll qu ali ty T he magazine cited the quality of Guelph studen ts - ranked number one in the proportion of enter ing stud ents with averages

of75 per cent or higher and number one in graduatio n rates - and the quauty of Guelph faculty - number one

in the proportion who hold PhD degrees Macleans also cited the quality of Guelphs resea rch

and scholarsh ip and its move from 10th to third pl ace

eve ry willing and qualified

Ontario stud ent will be able to

attend co llege or univers it y but

we ca nn ot meet th at co mmitment witho ut substan tial

increases in con fund in g to post-seconda ry education

At Guelph we are encouraged by the genero us finanshy

cia gifts of aluillni Jnd friends Your donations have

Illade it possible for us to offer more fil1ltH1cial aid to st ushydents to upgrade our multimedia fac iliti es and to COIll shy

plete campus projects that sim ply co uld not be funded

through our operating budget

To sustain quality and access ibili ty as we contemshy

plate growth we will work diligent ly to persuade uur

partncrs in governm ent to co ntinu e to build on their recent reinvcstllents in pos t-secondary educat ion by

supporting core operating needs with increased mulshyti -yea r funding This we owe to th e Un ive rsity lOnUHUshy

nity that has ea rned LIS recognition as Ca nadas top COIll shy

prehensive universi ty - our aluillni and friends o ur faculty and staff and our students

Fa llWinte r 1999 3

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UNIVERSITIES 1999

The M acleans ranking takes a meashysure of the undergraduate experience at Canadian universities comparing schools in three peer groupings The Comprehensive universities are those with a significant amount of research activity and a wide range of progralTIS at the undergraduate and graduate levels including prot ssional degrees

12 7

Sim on Fraser 3 2 6 7 4 8 8 9

e Waterloo 1 4 2 5 6 1 11 8 6

Victoria 4 3 2 4 4 5 3 7 11

York 6 6 4 11 12 9 9 11 1

Memorial 5 5 11 9 2 11 5 2 2

Carleton 7 9 9 3 11 3 9 8 7

Windsor 10 11 5 10 1 12 12 5 3

New Brunswick 8 8 1 6 -shy9 5 4 4 5

Concordia 11 7 10 2 8 7 2 3 12

Regina 8 10 12 8 3 10 1 1 10

UQAM 12 12 7 7 9 7 6 12 8

INDICATES A TIE

Reputational Winners Macleans surveyed highshy

school guidance counsellors university officials CEOs and recruiters at corporations across the country

Highest Most Quality Innovative 1 Waterloo 1 Waterloo

2 Simon Fraser 2 Simon Fraser

3 Guelph 3 Guelph

4 Victoria 4 Victoria

5 New Brunswick 5 York

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Leaders of Tomorrow 1 Waterloo

2 Simon Fraser

3 Guelph

4 York

5 Victoria

10 12 10

Best Overall 1 Waterloo

2 Simon Fraser

3 Guelph

4 Victoria

5 Yo rk

12 2 7

Reprinted with permission from Macleans Nov 15 1999

UNIVERSIT1 ES 199 9

Students Aviva

Leber left and

Laurie Ha lfpennymiddot

Mitchell pres id ent

Mordechai Rozanski

and student Dominic

Gregori o b ilding

0 11 tradit ional

strengths

Ilorticulturalist r- ike Di xon has a secret desire to grow

rose on the moon Dont Llugh - he may just [lull it

off In the past five yea rs th~ Un iversity of Guel ph scishyent i~t has p1 r iJ y~d J modest SOOOO gr8 nt in to what is

on its way to hc ing J $ IO-lli llion annu al reselICh [lroshygram one of the Iargs t of its kind in the world This

week top sc ientists from th e Europea n Canadian 8nd

American space agencies are descendi ng on Guel[lh Onl to disc uss ho w to sustain cosmic crops during a

long s[lJce mission to the moo n or Mars They wi ll tour th e unive rsitys h igh-tech life-supp ort sys tem fo r

plants where th e light from the microwave-powered lamps is so [lhotosyn thetically pure that even the sun

hb nches with envy

This is the new Guelph Buudi ng on its strengths as the

countrys oldest ltlgricultu ra l college preoccupied with the

Sa fd) Jnd quality of food the new Guel[lh is branchi ng

out dramatically into the la test biologlcJ I and environshymentJI tickl s It wants to be on the cu tting edge oi gtLi enc(

wit h l lOJlScit IKC Hedd in the clouds lict on the ground

tha ts th e right prescription for universit y presidcnt i lordcchai ROJnski Guelph has one of the largest reshy

search budgets for its size in the co untry but it is also a

tight -knit cOllll1lunity ofjust over 14000 students and 620

fac ult ) with 13 la rge residences encircli ng the grounds

Nctrly 4600 people live on cam[lus 1I1d an almost equal

number of studen ts work there part time as well This balshyancc betlNccn high-tech research and undergraduate int ishy

Inac) - not to mention a vigorous thea tre and fin e-art

program - is what has made Guelph the winner in th e

co mprehens ive catego ry overtaking Simon Fraser last

yedrs willller It also explltl ins how Guelph ca n boast both

the transgen ic pig whose custo m-designed organs may be

used in hUmJIl trallsp lants and the two recent winners of the North Amnican Debati ng Championship

To strengthen its sense of colllmunity Guelph has become one of the most lgs rc ss ive uni versities in enshy

suring that studen ts succeed in that all-important first

yea r Ne w students are cl ustered in dor ms with those

taking the sarne courscs creating partn ersh ips fo r newshycomers A recent innovation the Offi ce of First-Year

Studies has identified the seven courses with the highe~t

dropoLlt rate and train ed seni or students to he lp turn the tide Th ese third- wd fo urth-yeu stud ents ho ld

weekly seminars to tr y to determine who is ge tting the

mate rial len years ago on ly about 70 per ce nt of Guelph

st udents went on to seco nd year says Rozlt1l1S ki Now

our rete ntion rate is ove r 90 per cmt

O ne of th ose who will surely go on is 19-year-old

Av iva Leber ofOttJa a first-yea r stlldent in molecular biology A top sc holar an d fi eld-hockey player as we ll as

a dedicated vo lunteer Leber chose Guelph because of its resea rch strengths - and because she wa nted a univershy

sity tow n to help fO ClIS her goals Says Leber [ get the

feeling they rea ll y wa nl us to succeed Success is in the

air After a severe retrenchment in the eMly 90s - alshy

most 70 progra ms were merged o r dropped - It is

time for eX [l3ns ioll Rozansk i insis ts Rooted in the fertile farming co un try of so uthern Ontar io the sky is

the limit 1aybe eve n the moon

Robert Sheppard

Reprinted w ith permissi on from Macleans Nov 15 1999

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bullI arou

Food Science Building Opens THE NEWLY RENOVATED Food Science Buildshying was opened Sept 17 with a ribbon -cutshyting ceremony and a special lunch that fea shytured foods developed or improved by OAC scientists

Prof Rick Yada chair of the Department of Food Science said the modernt zat ion of research and teaching fac ilities brings all 36 food science facul ty under one roof where they can work more effec ti ve ly with staff and students to continue the departments worldshyclass leading-edge teaching and resea rch

In total th e project spanned eight yea rs and represe nts more than $ 15 million in su pport from alumni friends industry and government

Ernie Hardeman Onta l io minister of agr icult ure food and rural affairs and Guelph M P Brenda Chamberlain were on hand to unveil a plaque recognizin g a $2 8 - The Guelph Food Technology Centre Dairy Counc il and Maple Lodge Farms million allocation from the federal and was an early su pporter of the renova tion Also marking the opening was a special provincial gove rnments CanadaOntario project and several of its industry partners two-day conference that brought together Infrastructure Works progra m contributed to a campaign led by food scishy key foo d resea rchers to discuss iss ues critishy

A special guest was lo-Anne Wolach ence g rad uate Mo ni Eino PhD 75 that cal to the future success of Canadas agri shyBComm 8 1 a third- genera tion U of G raised more than $ 1 25 million Those partshy food industr y In addition the Uni versity graduate and a granddaughter of James ners included Pa rmalat Canada Du Pont was recognized fo r its careful restoration of Christen sen BSA 2 1 who bequea th ed a Canada Te tr a Pak Wes ton Bakeri es the the heritage building by the presentation of $100000 gift that initiated the renovation Da iry Farmers of Ontario the Ontario a Guelph Arts Council awa rd

METALS RESEARCH NETWORK GETS BOOST IN FACT Resea rchers investiga ting the 12 universities industry and The NSERC announce shy U of G professors impact of metals on the envishy three federal departments ment brings total support for have won more than 100 ronment have received a Based at Guelph MITE MlTE to $64 million includshy teaching awards and 35- million boost from the brings scientists together to ing $ 15 million from th e hold more 3M Teaching lat mal Sciences and Engishy study how metals affect the Mining Association of Canashy Fellowships per 1000

neering Resea rch Council environment to assess th e da and Ontario Power Genshy faculty members than (NSERC) The funding was risks posed by metals and to eration Inc and about $14 at any other university awarded to the Metals in the propose management strateshy million from Environment in Ontario Environment (MITE) gies to ensure that findin gs Ca nada the Department of Resea rch Network a part shy reach key policy- makers in Fisher ies and Oceans and nership of resea rchers from government Natural Resources Canada

8 GU ELPH AL M NUS

Food science chair Rick Yada left provides a lou r of the departments new faci lities to Ron Zelonka

of Du Pont Canada Ernie Hardeman Ontario minister of agriculture food and rural affairs and

U of G president Mordechai Rozanski

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS UNIVERSITY NOTES

Excellence in Research Five U of G facul~y have received Premiers

Research Excellence Awards from the Minshy

istry of Energy Science and Technology The

awards are designed to help talented young

researchers build their research teams The

recipients are Profs John Dutcher Physics

Qi Li Economics Patricia Wright Zoology

John Gibso n Animal and Poultry Science

and Alejandro Marangoni Food Science

With matching contribution s the value

of these awards approaches $650000 and

wiH cover the costs of hiring new graduate

students post-doctoral fellows and research

associates on each faculty members intershy

disciplinary research team

Dutcher wi ll use the money to conduct

further studies in the growing field of polyshy

mer physics specifically thin film polymers

Li is developing new methods for estimatmiddot

ing nonmiddot and semiparametric economic

models used in analysing financial and

labourmiddotmarket data and in creating and testshy

ing economic policy Working with the Hagan

Aqualab Wright is continuing her studies of

the early life stages or fish to help fish farmshy

ers improve their operations Gibson a key

researcher in U of Gs Centre for the Genetshy

ic Improvement of Livestock is helping to

improve Canadas role in international liveshy

stock l inkage-mapping efforts Marangonis

research focuses on the physical properties

of fats and oils such as milk fat and cocoa

butter making a significant contribution to

developments in fat-containing products

such as chocolate confections butter marshy

garine and spreads

INNOVATIVE TEACHER WINS 3M AWAR D Landsca pe architecture profes shysor Ron Stoltz ha s received a pres tigiou s 3M Teaching Felshylowship from 3M Canada and th e Society fo r Tea chin g and Lea rning in Highe r Educatio n The annual fe ll owships recogshynize 10 sc holars across Canada who excel in teac hin g leadershyship and the deve lopment of

academic programs Stoltz is known for his innoshy

va tive approaches to tea ching landscape arch itec tural design and engineering In 25 yea rs of teaching at Guelph he has worked with va rio Lis U of G departments and alumni to

provide hands-on work experishyences for students in the actual des ign and cons tru ct ion of ca mpus and com munity landshyscape projects

Stoltz has also been active in curriculum and instruction al development and so me of his designs are used in profession shyal programs at other universishyties In addition he pbyed a sigshynifica nt role in develop ing materials to include tea chin g eva lu at ion in U of Gs promoshytion merit and tenure process He served as director of Teachshying Support Services from 1992 to 1997

SCIENTISTS FOCUS ON FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY U of G sc ientists wi ll accelerate studies in food safety functi ollshyal foods and industrial applicashyti ons for soft materials as the result of a $6-milliol1 allocation from the Ca nad a Fo undati oll for Innovations (CF) Institu shytio nal Innova tio n Fund

Thi s gra nt brin gs U of Gs total cn awards to $1 32 milshylion which triggers a IOO-pershycent match by th e Ontario Research and Developme nt Challenge Fund and requ ires a 50-per-cent ma tch from privateshysec tor fu nd 1I1g

U of G will es tablish a Cana shydian Research Institute in Food SaFety that will bring toget he r top resea rchers fro m across camshypus Health Canad a and Agri shyculture and Agr i-Food 3llada This gro up is uniqu e because it can ltl ddrtss food-safety iss ues at all levels of the food chai n says Prof Mansel Griffiths Food Sc ience who holds a Gue lpll research chair in dJ ir y microbishyology and will co -direct the new institute with Prof Scott McEwe n Populati on Medicine

A Centre for Food and Soft Materials will be direc ted by Prof Rick Yada chair of the Department of Food Sc ience and Prof John Dutcher Phys ics The goa l of this new ce ntre will U

be to assernble () tea rn of scien- 5b

tists to explore the structure and ~

fun ction of va rious foods and ltgt ~

soft materials Their work will z

leltld to alte rnative uses fo r (011 - j~

ventional soft malcr iais

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in and around the University

MATHEMATICS NETWORK LINKS Convocation Speakers WITH INDUSTRY

Inspire Graduates PROFS ANNA Lawniczak and Bill Langford Mathematics

When Canadian author Jane Urquhartand Statistics have pla yed received an honorary degree at springintegral roles in the first fedshy

convocation June 8 she reminisced about erally funded resea rch netshywork of academic and cor shy her own student days at U of G her 1971

graduation and her life as a person luckyporate mathematicians The Mathematics of Information enough to be able to pursue her lifes vocashyTechnology and Complex tion as a full-time job Urquhart spoke from Systems involves researchers th e heart but her words were often echoed

by other honourees during the four days of

ceremonies Us criminologist William

Chambliss Canadian medical researcher

Michel Chretien former Swedish president

Ola Ullsten and Stanley Falkow a pioneer

in molecular genetics w (]) At the final ceremony June 11 U of G

~ presented the first posthumous honorary I U V degree in its history to Charles Zavitz

-uZ rgt= who graduated in the Ontario Agricultural o --ltlaquo o2 VlColleges first degree class in 1881 and

gtshy(]) -ltheaded its field crop research programo I shy ~ o r for 35 years Zavitzs honorary degree was ~ -shy z

accepted by his grandson James Zavitz Vgt

in recognition of OACs 125th anniversary from 22 Canadian universi shy ~

mties and will receive $145 m illion in federal funding over the next four years Family Stress Under Study Ottawa will then review the project before providing U OF Gs CENTRE for Families small and medium-sized compashy The principal in vestigator another $105 million Work and Well-Being wi ll nies with fewer than 500 employshy will be Prof Kerry Daly Famishy

This research cen tre of investigate the stresses that face ees Researchers will use nation shy ly Relations and Applied Nutri shyexcellence will focus on forgshy working families across Canashy wide focu s groups to id entify tion who is co-di rector of the ing links between universities da tha nks to a recent $185000 practices that help reduce fumil y centre He says the project fits and industry and on training award from the JW McCo nnell stress and will di sse minate recshy well with th e cen tres aim to young researchers Universi shy Family Foundation one of ommenda tions to business and co nduct research thal exp lores ty researchers will work with Canadas largest private char ishy goverrullent The project may elisa the work- famil y ba lance allows applied mathematicians from table organizations lead to an awards system for faculty to establish connections private and public institutions The mon ey will fund an Ca nadian businesses exempli fy shy witl business organizations and on everything from designing eight-month researcll project ing the integration of work and involves students in th e process drug therapy and telephone examining best work practices in family for healthy li ving of social change networks to understandi ng complex new materials A prishymary goal of the network is IN FA(T U of G is one of Canadas premier research institutions to shor ten the lead time

Guelph faculty have attracted the second-largest per-capita share of research funding under between discovery and applishy

the Canada Foundation for Innovation cation of research knowledge

10 GUELPH ALUMNUS

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NEW WEB SITE SAVES TIME COMPUTER USERS turning to the

World Wide We b for informa shy

tion about U of G will fi nd it

eas ier and faster to ge t answers

they need when they click on to

the University s new Web site

Visitors at wwwuoguelph ca wiil

fi nd a new horne pa ge design

and a quick-link toolb ar that

fea tures a direct link to alumni

inform ation and immediate

access to campus news a nd

coming events Other new fea shy

tures includ e a ca mpu s news

page and a three-dime nsio nal

map that a ll ows us ers to dick

directly on a building or to

search by either department or

building name U of G s Web

Steering Committee includ ed a

us er feedba ck functi o n and

hopes visitors will use it to comshy

ment on the site and to seek

more in forma tion abo ut Guelph

programs and se rvices

APPOINTMENTS PROF ALASTAIR Summerlee

has been named associate

vice-president (acad em ic)

following the departure of

Prof Co nstance Rooke who

left U of G to become presishy

dent of the University of

Winnipeg Summerlee was

formerly dean of graduate

studies In his new posit ion

he will oversee the quality

and development of undershy

graduate programs at U of G

PATRICK CASE form er

equity adviser for the Toronshy

to District School Board has

been appointed director ofU

of Gs Human Rights and

Equity Office A 1986 gradshy

uate of Osgoode Hall Law

School Case practised fam shy

ily human rights and immishy

gration law before joining the

Toronto school board in

1991 and is now completing

a masters degree in consti shy

tutionallaw

B OF G WElCOMES NEW CHAIR SIMON COOPER pres ident of

Marriott Hotels of Canada in

Etobicoke Ont is the new chair

of U of Gs BOlld of Governors

He succeeds Doug Dodds chair

and CEO of Schneider Corporashy

tion in Kitchener who has served

as chair since 1995 Cooper who

Join ed the board in 1995 was

vice -chair in 199899 and was

instrumental in raising more than

$1 50000 with in the 110spi tali ty

industry to benefit U of Gs

ACCESS campaign for student

fInancial assistance The board

also welcom es new members

Mary-Eli7abeth Flynn CEO of

KM2 Holdings Ltd Hank Va nshy

der Pol president of Rol-Land

Farms Ltd Prof Chris McKenshy

na chair of the Department of

Eco nomics food science gradushy

ate student Susa n Abraham and

undergradua te students Juli e

Cugalj and Jeff Ramlogan

ROYAL SOCIETY FELLOWS WELCOME DWIVEDI POLITICA L SC IENCE professor

OP Dwivedi has been named a

Fellow of th e Royal Society of

Ca nada the high es t scho larl y

recogniti on a Canadian academshy

ic can receive He joins 18 other

U of G facult y (current and

retired ) who have earned tbe title

Herbert Armstrong (deceased)

Te rry Beveridge Microbiology

Derek Bewley Botany Peter Egelshy

staff Physics Chris Gray Physics

Paul Hebert 70010g y Gabri el

Karl Physics Ke n Kasha Plant

Agriculture John Leslie Philosshy

oph) Donald Masters History

Larry IVlilligan vice-president

(research) Jay Newman Philosshy

ophy Bernhard Nickel Physics

Ann Oaks Botany Larry Pe tershy

so n Botany Michael Ruse Phishy

losophy Bruce Sells Molecular

Biology amp Genetics an d Joh n

Simpson Physics

Faculty Association and the Col shy

lege of Arts

bull Sonya Go ldberg an MA student

in the Depa rtmen t of His to ry

has won th e prestigious Sir

lohn A Macdonald Grad uate

Fellowsh ip in Canadian History

bull U of Gs School of Engineering

is the first in Canada to be recshy

ognized by the Canadian Engi shy

neering Memorial Foundation

with an award for providing a

women middotfriendly environment

Cre ated to mark the 10th

anniversary of the fatal shootshy

ing of 14 women at Montreals

Ecole Poly technique th e award

recog nizes U of Gs collegial

atmosphere an d the schools

4o-per-cent femal e enrolment

which is twice the nation al

average

Fa llWinter 1999 11

bull Philosophy professor Michael cultural Hall of Fame in June as

Ruse is one of seven sc holars a North American leader in the

- and the only Canadian - to production processing and ma rshy

recei ve a special writing grant keting of turkey and chicken

from the John Templeton Foun shy Cuddy received an hono rary

dation and Philade lphia Centre degree from U of G in 1994 for Religion and Science He bull Don Zira ldo BSc(Agr) 71 coshy

will use the $100000 US award founder of In niskillin Wines Inc

to writ e a book about science of Niagara-on-the middotLake Ont

and religion captu red a gold meda l from

bull AM Mac Cuddy BSA 42 was Vine xpo 99 in Bordeaux

inducted into the Ontario Agri- France for the co mpanys 1997

ice wine Inniskillin also

recei ve d the CIVART Award for

Excellence for Out standing

Selection of the Best Wines of

the World

bull Prof Daniel Fischlin Literatures

and Performance Studies in

English has won three teac hshy

ing awa rds in the last year shy

from the Ontario Confederation

of University Facu lty Associa shy

tions the University of Guelph

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SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERYmiddot SCHOLARSHIpmiddot SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTS

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

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ENVIROPIGS AN ENVIRONMENTAL

BOON U OF G R ES E A RC HERS have ge netically engineered pigs that should help solve th e biggest environmental problem facing hog farmers

The Envi roplgs developed by Pcof Cecil forsbecg M icroshybiol og y Prof Jo hn Philli ps Molec ular Biology and Ge ne tshyics and microbiology graduate stud ent Serguei Golova n proshyduce manure containing 50 per cent less phosphorus Phosshyphorus is a wdter pollutant th at promotes the growth of a lgae in rivers lakes and strea ms ultishymately de pleting oxygen in the water and affect ing fi sh stocks

Enviropigs shou ld help solve the pro blem Norm all y pigs cannot digest phyta tr a form of phosphorus WI th direc t su pshyport from O ntario pork proshyduce rs the Guelph sc ientists took an E coli gene tha t makes the enzyme phytase and spliced it wi th a fragm ent of a mo use gene th at cont ro ls the producshytion of a protein secreted in the sa livar y glands The cOlllposite gene was then inse rted into th e nucl eus of a on e-celled pig

12 GU ELPH ALUMNUS

embr)To via a tiny needle The tran sgene will allow the

Envirop ig to make ph ytase in th e saliva ry gland and secrete it into the saliva where it is swa lshylowed with food The phy ta se

releases orga nic phospho rus so it can be absor bed by the bloodstream ins tead of being excreted in manu re

Th ree transgenic pigs have been born and are bein g monshyitoced by the resea rchers but it will likely be stveraJ yea rs befo re Envirop igs are ready to be comshymercialized

COMPUTER SIMULATIONS

BENEFIT MEDICAL RESEARCH

Two U OJ G SC IENTJ STS are using computer simulations to help medica l and ve terinar y researchers deve lop treatments for diseases caused by iOll chanshynels gone awr y

Profs Saul Go ldman Chemi stry and Biochemistry and Chri s Gray Phys ics are using computer pro gra ms to simulate the workings of tin y passages in cell membranes that serve as ga tekeepers passin g ions such as sodium and potas-

IN FACT Scientists build on knowledge that mlY lead to the ability to repair DNA

otes sium into and out of cell s

Sc ien ti sts have uncovered dozen s of hum an ion channel mutations tha t underlie diseases in heart brain muscle and othshyer tissues

The Guelph researchers modshyel the Aow of ions through chanshynels an d stu dy the microscop ic workings of iOll channel proteins Th ey hope to ga in informat ion useful to ph armaceutical comshypanies an d gene docto rs

The U of G co mputer modshyel is curre ntl y the only way to simu late the workings of ion chl1lnel proteins and the effects of alteri ng th eir stru ctu re dnd function The resea rchers say that over th e long term lear nshy

ing more about th e ge netic un derpi nnin gs of io n channel diseases such as cyst ic fib rosis might allow sCIe nti sts to rep air DNA itself

LITERARY RESEARCH CLICKS WITH TECHNOLOGY

U DF G E N GLI S H PR OFESSO R Susan Brow n is helping to cli ck on a new way to pub lish and stud y sc holarship in the humanit ies

Brown is one of six co-invesshytigators on th e Orlando Project which involves p ro fe sso rs and students trom the universities of Guelph and Alberta who are developing th e first full scholarshyly history of wo mens writings in the Britisb Isles Th ey will pubshyLsh it in an electronic format that wi ll allow users to search vast volumes ofbiog rltlphical inforshy

mation critical discussion and contextual mate rial in seconds

The pIoject will prov ide an account or wo me ns wri ting across the cen turies that addressshyes issu es raised by recent fe mishynist tbinkers and scholars of womens wr iting Brown and other inves tigators are not mereshyly col lecting primary mater ial but are also encoding literalY hisshytory as they wr ite it lllcluding references to literary reviews and analysis of write rs work Comshyputers will store and manipulate

basic rtsea rch materia l Named for the Virgin ia Woolf

fictiona l character who begins to write as an Elizabethan man and emerges as a full y developed fema le writer the Orlando Proshyjec t has been funded by a $16shymillion gran t from the Social Scishyences and Hu manit ies Resea rch Counci l and by th e uni ve rsities of Albe rta and Guelph

CANADIANS VALUE THEIR PETS

VIE A LL KNO W TJ-JiT Ca nadians -love their dogs and cats but did you know that keeping Fido and Fluffy happ) and healthy is worth billions to the nations economy

A fi rst -ever stud y by LJ of G

economics professo r John Livshyernois reveals that Canad ian pet ow ners spend nearly $3 billion annually on food veterinary care and supplies for their comshypanion animals - almost $1

billion in Ontario alone Th e pet industry also supports nearshyly 40000 jobs nati onally

The study commissioned by the Ontario Veterinary College revea ls that pets are an imporshytant family budget item across all income classes and aU provinces Nearly half of Canadia n house shyholds have a companion animal and the average family spends a few hundred dollars a year on pets an amou nt that rises with in come levels

The magni tud e of pet expenditures is an indicator of the value of companion ani shymals in society says Live rnois

The study also identified the intangible benefits of pets including emotional support companionship improved socializa ti on skills in children and th erapeutic effects

Animals are companions and confidants says OVC proshyfessor Cindy Adams a speciaJist in the human-animal bond We are very much a buying-orishyented society but the relationship with our pets is still very pure

People are also becomi ng more sensit ive to their pers needs she says The y are demanding the same type of care and service from their ve tshyerinarians as they do from their docto rs

The study notes that most

veterinary practices depend on peoples attachment to their pets Of the]] 06 veterinary practices in Ontar io 726 are exclusively companion-animal practices Even mixed-animal practices derive about half th eir income from companion animal services

NEW CANCER TEST MAY IMPROVE

SURVIVAL RATES U N IVER S llY OF GUELPH

researchers have helped develshyop a new blood test that detects ovar ian cancer at a stage when it is still treatable by surgery and chemotherapy

Senior research associate Dong Gaudette and Prof Bruce Holub Human Biology and Nutritional Sciences collaboratshyed with doctors from Texas and Ohio on the patented blood test [t will be devel oped by Atairgin Technologies Inc in Irvine Calif Clinical trials begin tbis yea r

Diagnosis of ovarian canshycer during tbe eady stages could mea n dramatically higher SLlrshyvival rates says Ga ud ette The blood test detected 75 per cen t

IN FACT A new blood test detected 75 per cent of early-stage ovarian cancer

of the ea rly-stage ovaria n canshycer samples

Currently diagn os is in abo ut 70 per cen t of women occ urs during the more

advanced stages of the disease Each yea r ovarian cance r kill s ]500 women in Ca nada and

14500 in the United States T I e two researchers discovshy

ered a fat called lyso phosphatidic acid that is prese nt in higher

quantities in ca ncerous tissue It is also detected in the blood

DEVELOPING A NEW VACCINE FOR CATTLE

KIND ER GEN TLER CATTLE vacshyc ines may become a reality thanks to the development of an oral cattle vacci ne by a U of G research tea m

Profs Reggi e Lo Microbiolshyogy Patricia Shewen Pathobiolshyogy and Judith Strommer Plant

Agri cultu re are tryi ng to pro shyduce a transgenic lin e of alfalfa that calTies a bacterial gene The alfalfa is designed to produce a natural antigen to help boost bovine immune response to a type of pneumonia in ca ttle

Traditional vaccina tion b)

needl e injection requires rounding up and restra ining the cattle and is costly and stressful to animals says Lo If we ca n create an o ral deli very system using transgenic alfalfa we can simply add th e alfalfa to tbe regul ar feed

The team is creating the oral

vacci ne system using a gene from a well-known bacterium and is transferring tbe bacterishyal D--1 into the recip ient alfalshy

fa plant s Once tb e transgenic alfalfa line is es tabli shed and the ge ne is producing the bacshyteri al ant igens as planned th ey will feed the transgenic alfalfa to th e cattle to see whether an immun e response occurs If the o ral vaccine works it will mea n healthier cattle with less use of antibiotics in livestock being fed for hum an consul11ption

GENETIC TEST COULD BOOST

SOYBEAN EXPORTS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN Canada testing is available to detect the presence of geneticall ) modified orga nisms (CMOs) in soybea n products Th e testin g wi ll be overseen by U of Gs Laboratoshyr) Serv ices The uelph Mole shycular Supercentre will offer the GMO-check Soya Iest Kit

There is a stron g need for such a commercial tes t in Ca nashyda especially with the increase in produc tion of Givl so) beans says rcsclrciler Shu Chen Its estishymated that 10 to 20 pe r cent of the 21 111illion acres of soybeans planted in the province this year were gendi(all y modified

The test deteels the protein expressed In Monsantos Roundup Read y v1[ia nt of soyshy

beans The most popular GM soybean secds on th e market a re res is tant to Roundup a com l11only used herbicide The test has been va lidated for aCCllshy

rac y by 37 laborator ies in th e Eu ropean Union (EU )

The te st is poised to be a boon for soybean exp orte rs Currently food products co nshytainin g CIvIC) that are exportshyed to the EU mu st be clearly labell ed and many consumers are now dem anding the option to choose between genetically modified and non-geneticall y l110dified foods Previously th e sampl es had to be se nt to th e United Sta te s for testi ng a process that was both cosuy and ti me-consu m i ng

IN FACT Up to 20 per cent of the soybeans grown in -Ontario this year were genetically modified

Fa UW inter 1999 13

bull bull

Gayle Anderson Andrew Vowles Alexander Wooley

IClne Guelph scientists strengthen the role ofveterinary medicine

in solving human health problems

Pre-eclampsia in pregnant women Organ

transplants Human colorectal cancer Bactershy

ial resistan ce to antibiotics Theyre all topics

you might expect to hear discussed in a human

medical lab or teaching hospital but in the corshy

ner office of the Ontario Veterinary College

OVC dean Alan Meek smiles and acknowlshy

edges the apparent paradox of discussing the

effects on human medicine of resea rch conshy

ducted in his corner of the University of Guelph

campus But you dont need too powerful a

microscope to reveal the research connections

among dogs cats horses and well humans

Referring to his hefty copy of Veterinary

Medicine and Human Health written by his Unishy15 co versity of California colleague Calvin Schwabe laquo

~ Meek says the distinction between animal and w

~ human is rather misleading Go back far enough

~ - before the Judeo-Christian concept of human z

~ uniqueness and superiority - and youll find o

~ no clear line sepa ra t ing the practitioners of

14 GUELPH AWYI K US

human and animal health The healers made

no distinction between whether they were lookshy

ing after the owner of the ca ttle or the cattle

says Meek It was the notion of one medicine

Of course theres no denying that animal

health rem ains the domain of the veterinary

researcher an d practitioner As ve terinarians

we have a mandate to understand animals and

things that affect their health so we can preshy

vent problems and care for th em says Meek

I suspect that when most people think about

veterinary medicine thats th e first piece they

think about

But animal heal th is only one of the four pilshy

lars of the veterinary profession - th e others

are public health environmental health and bioshy

medical sciences - whose research and teachshy

ing rest on the base of comparative medicine -We are the only medical profession that looks

at medicine across species he says Thats one

of the great strengths of veterinary medicine

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Fa llWinter 1999 15

Public health con cerns range from food SJfft) to zoonotic diseases (diseases that can be traLl smi tted from anim als to humans) and antibiotic resistance amon g diseaseshyca using bacteria It was this pillar that occushypied many veterinarians during the earlier decades of this century o ften as health inspectors

Iith the ad vent of antibiotics and varshyious advances in technology seemingly more stimulating research avenues beckshyoned for vete rin ary scientists But at this end of the 20th cen tury says Meek we find ourselves again confronting many of those earlier problems such as tuberculosis and medical professionals are refocllsing on the importance of public health issues

Veterinarians have also played a signifishycant role in th e evolution and application of ecosystem healt h practices because of their expe rtise in co mp arative medicine toxicology ep idemiology and wildlife disshyease Changes in wildlife health are the first results and so metimes the first signs of envishyronmental problems We dont live in a box reserved for one species says Meek gtle live in the same env ironment We interact in very intimate ways with other an imals in the environment so its not surp rising there are all kinds of crossovers and that you can learn J lot tbat can improve the heal th and lovell-being of peo ple and other animals

That trutl is becoming more ev ident as biomedical science uses new and more speshyci fic technologic As yo u start looking at the cellular and subcellular levels and the chromosomes and the genes it doesnt realshyly mat ter that much whether youre lookshyin g at a ge ne chromosome or cell that came ou t of a person or a dog says Meek vVhen YOLi get down to that level the fundamenshytal building blocks are the same - nucleic acids dnd blse units I think we as a professhysion have a tremendou s amount to offer there becJuse of our mand ate wlich is so broad Vete rinar ians look after all animals excep t for people in th e sense of providing handS-Oil care We can learn a lot from these othe r species There are diseases in other animals that have analogies to human disshyeases so we can learn from that and use th em as n1tural models

He expec ts to see mor e collaboration IIlJ information sharing alllong human medical and veterinary researchers Its not

16 G UELPH ALUMNUS

so amazing to understand that we would ha ve folks working on things that have a human application It co mes from our manshydate our responsibilities and histo ry and the comparative approach

The fourth pillar of veterinary medicine offers many impressive examples of co mshyparative medicine In the next few pages we present a small sample of current OVC research initiat ives that are providing immeshydiate and direct benefit to human medicine and health

disease similar to pre-eclampsia In mice lacking these lymphocy te cells she grafted bone marrow containing gra ft s with NK cells and found that the implantation sites returned to a no rmal state

Croys research has gained worldwide recognition for its considerable applicabilshyity to human fetal development and because it provides a useful animal model for this gestational disease Her work may eventu shyall) show scientists how to eliminate preshyeclampsia during human pregnancy It will also help vets and farmers understand how

Reproductive technologies

Prof Anne Croy Biomedical Sciences is intent on discovering why pregnant women develop pre-eclampsia a serious illn ess that typically occurs during th e second half of pregnancy High blood pressure is the major symptom If pre-eclampsia occurs th e baby must be delivered immediately or the mothshyer may experience convulsions or even die To better understand the ilness Croy is examining lymphocytes in the uterus par shyticularlya group of specialized lymphocyte cells that multiply during early pregnancy

These NK cells or natural killers regushylate gene expression and attack foreign invaders such as cancerous tumours Their main r01 e during pregnancy is to dilate blood vessels as the uterus grows preventshying blood pressure from rising to dangershyous levels Croy and her research team have discovered that lack of NK ceUs in the uterus may cause reproductive problems and lead to smaller infants whose growth is retard shyed into adulthood

Working with mice Croy found th at removing NK cells before mating led to a

uterine lymphoc ytes work in lives tock which is why her studies are funded by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs as well as the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council

How much can mice teU us about human reproductive immunology Croy says the importance of the mouse as a tool for studyshying disease progression or therapy was brought home to her in the 1960s when she was an OVC student of Prof Tom Hulland then chair of pathology and an ea rly enthushysiast of using mice as resea rch models

She says the two reproductive systems are remarkably similar Because mice reach adulthood after six to seven weeks and proshyduce about 10 offspring every three weeks researchers can monitor successive generashytions of mice over a short period to discovshyer the long-term ramifi ca tions of health problems And she is able to study an indishyvidual tissue section of an entire fetu s under -the microscope For these reasons mice play a central role in another of Croys research projects one thats found mothers pass along to their children more of themselves than was previously thought

Until recently the placenta was thought

to be impenetrable Then some Us

researchers discovered that cells travelled

from the fetus to the mother In research

funded by the Hospital for Sick Children

Foundation in Toronto Croy recently found

that the flow is two-way unidentified cells

We are the only medical profession that looks at medicine across species Thats one of the great strengths of veterinary medicine

are also transferred from the mother to the

bone marrow of the fetus

Unlike most earlier studi es Croys

focused on the bone marrow where the

bodys blood and autoimmune disea ses

develop She found that 90 per cent of the

mouse fetuses contained the mothers cells

in their marrow Because maternal cel ls

remain in offspring into adu lthood (a nalshy

ogous to humans) it suggests the cells may

affect the chi lds response to a bone marshy

row transplant during cancer treatment or

to treatment for HIV ma laria or burns For

example immune-deficient children often

receive marrow transplants from a parent

but if the mothers cells are already present

they can reject th at transplant Undershy

standing the nature of those cells is critical

As in Croys work with uterine lymp hoshy

cytes this research is receiving worldwide

recogn ition although the Guelph researcher

down plays that accla im This is so me of

the most interesting work of my career she

says but Im a relatively small player in the

bigger sc hem e of things

Croy has repeatedly crossed boundaries

in her pursuit of knowledge and has been

recognized by a variety of scientific discishy

plines She recent ly completed a term as a

permanent study sec tion member of the

National Institutes of Health (N1H) in th e

United States one of the few Canadians

appointed since the N1H opened permashy

nent membership to non -citizens in 1995

She teaches a summer course on reproducshy

tion mostly to medical doctors at the

Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratoshy

ry in Massachusetts This June she recei ved

the JCB Grant Senior Scientist Award from

the Canadian Society of Anatomy Cell Biolshy

ogy and Neurobiology - an unusual honshy

our for a vet And she recently prese nted

reproductive immunology findings to meetshy

ings of obstetricians and gynecologists

Organ transplants

A silent crisis is what one member of Parshy

liament has called Canadas organ donor

rate now among the lowest in the indusshy

trialized world More than 3000 Canadians

wait for organ transp lants each year and

143 of them die awaiting a transplant

One potential so lution being examined

at OVC is xenotransplantation or transshy

plan ting of organs from one sp ecies to

another - specifica ll y from pigs to

humans Its not as far-fetched as it sounds

For more than 10 years people have

received living pig tissue including porcine

pancreatic islet cells for diabetes and pig

skin for burns

Because of its faculty expertise its outshy

standing record in animal ca re and welfare

and its 30-year history o f research in

pathogen-free swine for breeding and food

purposes OVC was approached by Imutran

Ltd of the United Kingdom a xenotran sshy

plantation research leader to assis t in pre-

clinical (non-human) trials

OVCs role in this leading-edge research

being co-led by Prof Danny Butler Clinishy

cal Studies is to breed and suppl y a sma ll

group of tran sgenic pigs for research trials

at partner institutions in the project - the

University of Toronto and the University of

Western Ontario ove was also instrushy

mental in ensur in g that the pig li tte rs were

of defined health status or pathoge n-free

- an integral aspect of this proJect These

transgenic pigs resemble any other pig on

the outside but on the inside Lhey diff r in

one smaJl but very important way

Ordinarily when a blood vessel ruptures

the bodys natural reaction is to clot and

patch the leak During this pro cess someshy

times called a cascade the body produces

chemicals sequentially to form the c lot But

clotting is a delicate FlOcess Until now

organ transplants betwee n species have proshy

voked hyper-acute rejection caus ing a

clotting-like cascade to continue until wit hshy

in min utes or hours th e patient rejec ts the

animal organ Blood entering the newly

received organ recognizes that tissue as forshy

eign and immediately begins the clotting

process quickly shutting down the o rg3 1l

By contrast the ce ll s of lmutran pigs conshy

tain a human gen e that produces a prote in

that stops the clotting casca d e In a transshy

planted pig organ c3tTying this gene the

protein fool s the pat ients blood into trelt shy

ing the organ as though its from the same

species thus preventing clotti ng

Butler believes oves expertise in surgishy

cally deriving and raising germ-free littetmiddots

was a key reason the college was approached

to undertake this re sea rch Fro m 1958 to

1989OVC took th e scientific lead with the

Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Fo od and

Ruralfffairs in supplying speci[Jc-pathogen shy

free animals to the provinces pig farms Prof

Paul Miniat of the Departmcnt of C linical

Studies and later th e Depa rtment of Popshy

ulation Medicine led that projec t

Tl1is current research is cutting-edge

says Butler and you have to be absolutely

meticulous about everything you do

Because these animals dont ha ve dn actishy -vated immune system any path oge n th lt

comes into play would be fatal to thesc pigs

Butler notes that the resea rch is stil l at

the pre-clinical (non-human) trial stage

and it will likely be years before trials ca n

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take place in hum ans And other forms of transplant rejec tion besides the hyper-acute

va ri ety will requ ire furth er research Along the way Butler and fellow OVC researchers - Prof Bonnie Mall ard and Byram Bridle PathobioJogy who are stud y director and projec t mana ger re spec tivel y Jud y Bell Clinical Studies a projec t mana ge r and

Prof Bob Fri endship Population Medicine - hope to gain new insight into breeding

pigs of exemplary health status for both anishymal breeding and food sa fe ty

Genetic diseases

Pro f Mark Baker Path obi ology hopes to enh ance gene th erapy used in treating

human and animal ge net ic d iseases by improving the effi ciency of gene targeting Using thi s procedure and the tools of biotechnology researchers hope to zero in on spec ific points in an o rgani sms DNA and insert or repair genes invol ved in sll ch

diseases as cancer AID S mu sc ular dystroshyphy cys tic fibrosis and sickl e-cell anemia

Gene targeting is a very important techshy

nology for gene modifi ca tion in all species - plants animals and micro-organisms says Baker who began tbi s work in the 1980s The nice thing about thi s tecbnolshyogy is th at yo u can make changes in the

ge ne right in its norm al position in the chromosom e

He hopes to make gene targe ting more effi cient by studying the underlyi ng process of homologo us reco mbi nation in whi ch

DNA sequences exchange information Norshymally this process helps ce lls repai r DNA da mage and govern s mixing of gen es durshy

ing cell di vision including th e p rocess of meios is whi ch produces egg and sperm

cells But homologous recombination can also lead to can cer durin g th e exchange of informati on bet ween a mutan t ch romoshyso me and its no rmal co unterpart Bes ides

stud ying what goes wrong durin g recomshybinat ion sc ientists are in te res ted in using th e process to co rr ect defe cts Baker s

research for exa mple has shown that gene targe ting th ro ugh homolo gous recombinashytion can correc t a mu ta tion to resto re proshyducti on of an immunoglobulin found in

an tibodies We want to und ers tand the mec hashy

nisms of recombination in mammalian cells

18 G U ELP H A LUMNUS

and how homologo us reco mbin ati on ca n

be used to shape and manipu late th e genome he says ex plaining that gene tarshygeting all ows researchers to make animal

model s of hum an gene ti c diseases study hum an ge ne th erapy and modify plant and an imal ge nomes to benefit agri culture biotechnology and medi cine

Cancer research

Ca ncer reaches into the lives of many Ca nashydian s A number of researchers are wo rkshying in this area and their research spans the spectrum from basic molecul ar bio techshy

nology to applied therapy says Pro f Wayne

improve our understa ndin g of how to modshy

ify the level of damage done by co litis He explains th at by detoxify ing dieta ry

mu tagens and ca rcinogen s CST enzymes provi de protection against va rious insul ts inflicted on th e stom ach Thats an imporshy

tant role gJven th e kno wn link be tween so me chemical s co nsumed by humans and the dama ge to DNA and tis sues th at ma y

lead to cancer Hi gh levels of the em ymes are good because th ey pro tect says Ki rby

In pre vious studi es conducted with the Je wish General Hospital in MontlCal Ki rshyby discove red th at man y peo pl e with col shyo rec tal ca ncer lack th e ge neti c codes fo r

GSTs He is now in vestigatin g th e role of the

At the cellular and subcellular levels it doesnt really matter

whether youre looking at a gene chromosome or cell that came out of a person or an animal

McDonnell OVC ass istant dean (resea rch)

Although OVC research usually fo cuses on can cer in anim als incl uding using animal models th e res ult s also touch th e human

realm of oncology research Colorec tal ca nce l is th e third most comshy

mon can cer in humans th e Canadian Ca nshy

cer Society estim ates th at more than 16000 new cases will be d iagnosed in 1999 and more th an 6000 deaths will occur Key fa cshy

tors in its development are d ie tary carc inoshyge ns and colitis a bowe l inflammatio n In Guelphs Departm ent of Bio medi cal Scishy

ences Prof Gordon Kirby is studying glu shytathione S-transferase (GST) emymes that

are fo und in the hea lthy human intestinal tract but are abse nt in colorec tal ca ncer patients This research co uld help impleshyment pre ve ntive st ra teg ies for people who might be at high risk for ca nce r or it may

help in co unselling people in proper dietary habits he says In addi tio n we may

enzy mes and how th eir level alte rs as th e

disease develops B) und erst andin g how th ese enz) l11 es

work and how th ey change dur ing the proshygression from co liti s to can cer Kirby ultishymately hopes to lea rn ho w to co ntro l th e leve l of th e enzymes Understandin g how

th e enzym es work ca n lead LI S to wa ys to

prevent cancer he SlyS

Radiation treatment

Veterll1ar ians using the technique o f halfshy

body ra dia tion may cut th e time needed to treat lymphoma in dogs acco rd ing to th e

re sul ts of a st ud y by OVC re sea rchers in cludin g Prof To n) Abr1Jl1s-0gg Pro f -Stephen Kruth Paul Woods Geri Ottewe ll and Kim Stewa rt - aU of th e Department of Clini cal Studi es - and Al Norris of th e

Veterinary Referral Cli nic And although the groups recent six-year tr ial was directed at

do gs the resu lts of thi s veterinary resea rch

may have implica tions for trea tin g cance r

in hum ans

Trea tin g lym ph oma traditionally Iequires up to two yea rs of chemoth erap)

An alternative to prolonged chemotherapy is tota l-body ra diat io n and bone mar row

transplantation The procedullt lI SLS the patien ts own marrow extracted before the

trea tment One drawback is the possi bilit y

of transpb nt ing s ick malTOw co ntaining lymphoma (ells back in to the patien t A secshy

o nd drawbac k is th e ex tcnsive ca re and

Icngthy recovery time required By co ntrast ha lf-body radiation takes

onl y three mon ths Ab rams- Ogg explains that became only half of th e body is treatshy

ed at one time enough healthy bone marshy

row remain s to negate a tra nsp lan t By the

time th e seco nd hal f o f the body is irradishyated 30 da ys late r th e pa tien t has hld

eno urh line to recover fro m the first trea tshyment Hes also found that dogs receivi ng

half-bod) radiation generally avoid the sideshyeffects of tull-body trea tment

Abra ms-Ogg says ha lf- body radi ation

has been used on humans to alleviate pain in advanced cancer cases but not to treat

lymphoma The results of this trial do have hUl )la n health implications he SJ) Halt~

hody radilti o n may be used to treat the

sa me types of cancers in people

Resistance to antibiotics

Ensuring the hea lth of farm animals is an

im po rtant fac tor in ensuring th e health of our food supply T hrough col labo ratio ns wi th the Un iversity of Guelphs Department

of Food Science and l1calth Canada a dedshy

icated group of ove resea rch ers is improvshying public health through [ood -sa fe ty

research OnL of those sc ienti sts is Prof Sco tt

McEwen Population Med icine who studies food-animal prod uct io n and on-fa rm issues

by investigati ng microb ial resistance to antib ishyotics and ways to co ntrol pathoge ns such as

E coli during food-animal production Were try ing to red uce the level of exposhy

sure or people to these pathogens an d in tu rn red uce the level of food-borne illness

says I IcEwe n Our goal is to im prove

human health and improve the health of the animal industr )

Microbia l resista nce in pa rticular is a

co mpelli ng issue for agriculture rigbt no w because of a number of eve nts occurring

worldwide that have focus ed attenti on o n the use of antibi otics in foo d-a ni mal pro shy

du ct ion and the po tential impact on h um ans through meat conu mption

McEwen and h is st ud ents are looking at

what types of animals are being exposed to

va ll o us drugs and for how long to better

measure bacterial resistance to antibiot ics Because the agricu ltu ra l industry accounts [or half of to tal antib io tic lls e he says it s

important to look for new ways to improve on-farm manage ment of livestock that wIll

reduce disease Jnd the need for treatme nt

with antibiotics ga

Veterinary medicine contributes to human health sector

The Ontario Veteri nary Co llege (OVC) is at the centre of Ontarios

$44 billion knowledge-based ecoshy

nomic secto r foc using on animal

health and related food qualitysafeshy

ty and biomedicalbiotechnology activities

Although veterinal) medicine is

the main focus of studies at OVC the biomedical science o ption has

the bjgh est enrolment among

Guelphs 30 BSe degree programs

Employers in Canadas $I -billion biotechnology indust ry sa y a degree in ve ter inary med icine will

be an impor tant first step in filling

new positions created by the pracshytical application of current revelashy

tions in molecular biology and cloning technology

OVC is a founding college of the

Universit y of Guelph which receives mo re resea rch funding

from the Medica l Research Co unshycil than any other Ca nadi an uni shy

versity with o ut a medica l school

More than ISO studies have been condu cted using fund s donated

throug h OVes Pet Tr ust by ve tshy

erinarians and pet owners who recshy

ognize the th erapeutic value of the

bond betwee n people and com shypa nion animal s

100 per cent of OVC gradu ates

find em ploymen t withi n six months of gradu ation

50 per cen t of veterinary patholoshygists in North America are -employed directly or indirectly by the pharmaceutical industr y

Fa llWinter 1999 19

a The Royal Society of Canada recognizes an acndelnic career

by Alexander Wooley a scholar Funny hOWasingle pi ece of paper can summarize a lifet ime of study and aCJ demic work that has already fi ll ed

29 books and 85 book chapters an d Journal articles

In june U of G polit ica l science profes~

sor Onkar P Dwivedi received a letter invit~

ing hi m to become a Fello w of th e Royal Society of Canada Its an invitation reserved

for Canadas ltlCJde11i c elite an an nounceshy

men t thM brought congratul atio ns tinged with envy fiom colleagues across Ca nada and

left th is U of G professor answeri ng quips from Guelph collcgues such as Are we still

allowed to share the elevator wi th such an illuSlrious scholar

Dwivedi is indeed an ill ustrious scholar

- th e FRSC is th e hi ghest scholJriy recog~ nition1 Canad ian ~ cad emic ca n recei ve shy

but he is also a personable man who has a deer concern fo r o thers and a sense of humour that allows h illl to ceremo ni ously

wave oth er facult ) and students on to the

elevator as it ri ses to his s ix1h~f1oor offi ce ill the JvlacKi nn on Bu ilding

Known across camp us simply as OP he says its o nl y natural that hlS colleagues

wo uld be a bi t envi ous of th e Royal Society

designation he has felt th at envy himself when congratultting previous recip ien ts

Dwivedi SI) he is d~ep l ) honoured to bL one of 19 U of C lilCul ty wh o hold thl tilk (see page II ) The entire U of C cJm pl co mmunity shOlIcs in Prof l)iveciis dd igh t at bei ng l1amed a fel low I) pruv()t tin

Campbe ll It is a we ll~d lsencd mark of recognition for his distinguished caree r Jnd

vJ lua ble slr vice to i II I l 1Ila I ional dlTlop Ill en t an d the en viron men t

Being n~mcd I Fello of the Rnl11 oci

101) of CI1a d ~ is testimony 10 tile prnrcsnr ~

beli e-I Lhat if you work hard enough you L11l

achieve an ythi ng Th~Is 11) hi colilltr)

is so great he says o f his adopted C~nIJ1 Born in India Dwi ved i came 1( ( anadl

in the early [960 as a gruduatc lttuden Hl co mpl eted a mdst 15 de grec al Carl etull University ~nd a Ph D at QUlln l middot ni~r ishy

ty ~l1 d jo incd the U o f C tJLlti lyin 1967

He hJS advanccd Ihe CallldilI1 view of

political eth ics 111d public scnicc Wl11pI(d

pol icy~mak ing t nd administralioll hetwlcn natio ns and l11aintl ined world iew of enli~

ronll1ental pol iei sand pl1blie alti ludes toward pollu tion And ltI ll the wh ile haring his in sight wilh the l h (l u~llld nf tlllkilts

who halt vied for se1ts ill his classroom

Alt hough C1I1 3d is now hi~ IWll1l Dwivedi main tai ns ~Irong lies with his lill

mer homeland He has mon itored dCIdol

mtnh Ind ehtnge~ ill IndilS pol lulion lt111U

lto INrl ation pol i ~ic ror lll1lo~t 0 )Cltlrs and sucd h J ltnio r ad iser 1(1 Ih (OUlllr )

lin ilr) of rl1limnl11tllt dnd Fltlr~ I S I Ii lIll rc~c nl hook publi1 d in I))7 i ntro ~

Jl1C~ r~ldr tlt1 Ih cnVil 0 l1nlCnl11 p(lli~yshy

mll-ing and manf~mll1t prelL n Ind i1 b) cxamining vlri()u~ Jill1cl1iol15 of lhlt

tl1Iironrncn lal chIIltI1ampes faced h)lhe nali()n Farber th is )Lar hc 1 in Ind i JS par t

or a hll1lli(Ia l lroICL looking at reg ulal middot ing cmironmcnlal ri there with I Spc

eiJI fO LlI on htrlil lll i hmlsehrllJ producls

and thiJ ill1 tI~1 Oil (Imen ltlnd hiidren

Tht resClreh p rQin t i locattd ill Kll1 pur

lt1 cil ) of Ih rec million HId IS funded b) the Sha tri In do CJnldi111 Imti lutc

[)wi lldi mother and othl lamily mtlllhLI sl illl iC in In d i li e pcrsollally

Ufporh eh olt)I Ihne and hell he retire in tl1 Icars hl plan to SCI up I L~c n tre fo r

drug HldiLliOl I 1I11lI11Llll11 healt h

Fnn in C lllJdI hl is working to help

olher or Indiall illlllry bui ld bella lives I lc offen hi serliccI~ I parl -timc Hindu

pries t lIith U ofe CGl11pUS minislry and I~ 1 spir iluJ I ou l1 1I0 [ Jor inm lles It Ihe

Cudl h Corrldinnd (ntrc The Roal Soc ielY Litdtion d~ )Lribes

[)wildl cI~ 1 chobr who hIS 1 1Ilined

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ndti( nal distinction and international recogshy

nit ion Just this spring he vis ited Loyo la l [a rymollnt Universit-y in Los An-des as that

insti tutions 1999 Internati onal Scho lJ r

Es tabli shed 117 years lgO the Roya l Society or Canada enco mpasse d ra nge of

discip lin es including the natural and ap plied sc iences medi cine soc ial scien ces MId hu manit ies

Dwi vedi sa) The s()c ic tys invitation is

an honour for me and also a wonderful recogshy

nition for our new coll ege (U of Gs College

of Social and All lied Human Sciences )

A for mer chair of Guel lhs Department of Political Science Dwivedi is pres id ent of

the Ca nadian Asian Stud ies Associa tion and

past lresident of the Canadian Po litica l Scishyence Association He also chairs th e resea rch committee of the International Poli tical Scishy

ence Associat io n

During hi s 32-year career at Guellh he ha s served on the Enviro nm ental Assess shy

)]lent Boa rd of Ontario as a co nsultan t to

the Ca nadian gove rnment as an adviser to th e Wo rld Health Organi za ti o n an d the

Wo rld Bank in In dia Papua New Guinea and Mau ritiu s an d as a sc ientific panel

member with UNESCO In J 99 8 he

received an honorary degree fro m the Unishyve rsity of Leth bridge ga

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ANDREvV VOWLES

m Tiny flashes of blue

light caught by U of G

to physicists in an

undergro und

observatory may eg

tell us the

fate of our

universerunch First tighf wasnt long in coming even in a mine shaft some two kiloshy

metres beneath the Earths surface Within days of turning on a multishy

million-dollar li ght detector near the bottom of a Sudbury nickel mine

scientists from Canada the nited States and the United Kingdom recordshy

ed their first even t Thats physicists lingo for a collision between a tiny

extraterrestrial particle called a neutrino and a molecule of heavy water

Actually what they witnessed last spring was not the encounter itself

- marked by a tell tale fl ash of blue light - but data trickling in quishy

etly from the detectors elaborate instruments sometime after the fact

Still that was enou h to set a few hearts pounding among the collabshy

orators in the Sudb u r y eutrin o Observatory particularly among

Guelph physicists John Simpson Robin Ollerhead and Jimmy Law who

appJaude 1 those early results not just for what they might reveal about

the universe but also as a validation of their painstaking care in conshy

structing and preparing the detector

Fall Winter 1999 23

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[J This is without a doubt the climax of my

career says Simpson whos been invo lved

with the Sudbury N eu trin o Observa to ry

(SNO) project since it was fir s t moo ted by

Canadian physicis ts in th e early 1980s Hes

been studying neutrinos for almost two

decades beginning with experiments in a

Windsor-area sa lt mine

It s th e las t unkn own low-energy area

left he says N eutrin os are s till th e least

understood elementa ry particle of a ll

Thats not for lac k of them T hey re co nshy

sidered to be th e most commo n particles in

the universe and the fund amenta l building

blocks of matter Each seco nd bi lli ons of

neutrinos generated during fusion reactions

in the sun and in sou rces far beyond our

galaxy bombard every square ce ntim etre of

the Earths surface undetected But just try

to catch one So ephemeral a re Ih ey th at

they pass without a mmmur through most

objects including solid rock ni ckel ni ckel

miners - even throu gh the SNO sc ientis ts

monitoring their giant acry li c ball s usshy

pended in a 22-metre-wide cavern two kiloshy

metres down the mine shaft

The $70-million o bse rva to ry s it s nea r

the bottom of Inco Ltd s C reighton nicke l

mine the deepes t wo rkin g min e in North

America and one tha t has opera ted co ntinshy

uously for the last ce ntury

Today the only eAtra terreslrial objects hitshy

ting the site - or more co rrect ly passi ng

through it - are neutrinos Seemingly against

astronomical odds those scientists hope to

use that ball as a kind of cosmic-sized catchshy

ers mitt to stop or deflect enough of these

particles to learn more about them and about

the big wide universe that spawned them

Inside that 12-foot ball are 1000 tonnes

of heavy water which is also used as coolant

inside nuclear reactors Tn fact th e watershy

all $300 million worth - is on loan from

Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (AECL)

Heavy water ho lds the key to SNOs opera-

Taken during construction the photo above

shows the SNO cavity and acrylic vessel At

right the acrylic vessel is surrounded by an 18shy

metre diameter geodesic sphere that supports

nearly 10000 light sensors and reftectors

Scientists hope to U~

tion Because its molecules contain one more

n eutron than in ordinary water its more

likely to in tercept a phantom neutrino That

co llis ion will be marked by faint but telltale

fla shes of light - forma lly kno wn as

Cerenkov radia tion th e characteris tic blu e

glow emitted in a nuclear reactor - to be

picked up by a few of th e 10000 detectors

studding the panels on th e sphere s surface

Perhaps more impo rtan t SNO resea rchers

anticipate that the wa ter will catch all three

types o f neut rinos no t just the o ne captured

by other detec tors around the world

N eutr in os come in three species or

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agiant acrylic ball as a kind of cosmic-sized catchers mitt

flavou rs based on th e kind s of subatomshy

ic particl es tlleyre dssociated with electro n

neutrinos muon neutrinos and tau neu trishy

nos Referring to earlier experiments that

have detected far fewer neutrinos than

expected based on our understanding of

how the universe works Simpso n says most

scientists believe that neutrinos have mass

and the) change type as th ey leave the sun

and thats why Ne havent seen enough of

them Being able to detect the other two

flavours at SNO might allow sc ientis ts to

account for the so -called missing neutrinos

Proving that neutrinos can change their

stripes might als o tell us more about the

likely fate of th e universe itself by solving

another mystery the question of the missshy

ing mass Referring to basic laws of physics

Law says If neutrinos convert th at means

th ey must have mass Why is that imporshy

ta nt Explai ns Ollerhead The amount of

mass thats accounted fo r by the sta rs that

you can see is only about one-tenth of the

total mass the re must be in the universe in

order to cause the interactions and motions

you see W hen people talk about mis si ng

mass thats what th ey re talking about

So the question is where is it l Because

every s tar produces billions of neut rin os

every second the universe is full of neutr ishy

nos These van ishingly small particles could

collectively exert a gravitational pull out of

all proportion to th eir size - enough to

eventually slow the expa nsion of the universe

If neutrin os have ma ss it means the

universe may be heavier than we think says

Simpso n The universe will eventually stop

expanding in a few billion years and collapse

back in on itself Thi s is known as the Big

Crunch Finding evidence of the smoking

gun to either prove or di sprove that theoshy

ry is the purpose of the observatory he says

SNO research bombards other areas of science Adapting physics tools to build SNO

An expert in X-ray back-scattering Guelph

physicist Innes Mackenzie helped the SNO

team about six years ago by adapting his

back-scattering technique to determine the

thickness of a plastic liner that su rrounds

th e entire observatory cavity Made of a

substance called urylon (produced by a

Guelph company) the liner was sp rayed

on to the cavitys concrete surface to screen

ou t radon a radioactive gas that diffuses

even through soLd rock In a project where

an extra millimetre could skew results scishy

entists needed to ensure that the material

was the same thickness all the way arou nd

Mackenzie used X-ray back-scattering

a techniq ue he has developed that might

be llsed to determine say the thickness of

paint applied in an auto assembly plant or

ice buildup on aircraft wings Laurentian

University physicist Doug Hallman says

his research group has worked with

Mackenzie to set up a unique hand- held

monitor and data-recording system which

found the actual thickness of the eightshy

millimetre-dlick polyurethane material to

an accuracy of about 10 per cent

Building new tools from SNO physics

During his graduate studies in physics at

Guelph Tom Andersen helped his PhD

supervisor Prof John Simpson design

devices used to detect background

radioactivity of the heavy wa ter in the

Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO)

and worked on software that simulates

th e movement of high -energy muons

particles created when cos mic rays

encounter the Earths atmosphere All the

while he had his eye on a not-unrelated

topic that became his full-time job after

graduating in 1998

It a desk top planetarium says

Andersen of his astro nomy software

which allows users to view the simulated

night sky - including comets asteroids

satellites a nd stars - on a computer

screen With it yo u can observe the sky

as it appears from your backyard tonight

o r from Jupiter 100 years ago or from

Egypt 3000 years ago

He and his partners a t Toronto-based

Sienna Software Inc have so ld about

10000 copies of Sta rry Night software

dming the past 18 months They began

by selling software that users could down shy

load from the Internet but now make two

CD-ROM versions of the package Starshy

ry Night Deluxe and Starry Night Pro

The first allows users to look at more than

19 million objects from anywh ere in the

solar system and to examin e deta iled

graphics of such things as constellations

Serious astronomy afic ionados use the

pro version to track as teroids learn more

about star motions or create their own

planets to study orbital mechanics

Generally anyone who owns an

as tronomical telesco pe owns a piece of

astronomy software says Andersen You

can take your telescope to your backyard

and connect it to your laptop and then

point to something with Starry Night and

have the telescope steer to it

Applying SNO tools to business

Former phys ics graduate student Myung

Chol Chon now works in the Royal Banks

corporate and investmen t banking offices

in Toronto Modelling the behaviour of

financial assets and pricing derivative secushy

rities might appear removed from the task

of capturing neutrinos but Chon says the

Guelph SNO group gave him an opporshy

tunity to learn various quantitative ana lyshy

sis tools including Monte Carlo simulashy

tion and artificial neural networks I also

gained understanding and experience in

software production via working with the

SNO Monte Carlo Analysis (SNO MAN )

software development team - tools

applicable not only in physical science but

in other areas as well

Fa llWinter 1999 25

-Simpson says ea rly detection of SNOs first

neutrino this summer reflects the high qUJIshy

ity of the obselva tory itself incl uding th t conshy

tribution of the Guelph scientists involved in

designi ng its sophist icated instrum ents Thats why theres a lot of noise abo ut the

fi rst measurem en ts he sa ys Some o ther

detectors have to work harder to get the backshyground radioactivity down Weve shown that

we constructed a very clea n detector

Along with several PhD studen ts and resea rch associates he and his coUeagues buiJt

inst ruments used to monitor and ensure an acceptable level of background radi oactivishy

ty in SNOs innards fiom the hea l) watcr to all the components orthe detector itse lf

The Guelph group developed a very senshy

sitive technique for the measurement of ultrashylow levels of ra dioactivit y in water whi ch is

essential for th e SNO detector to reach its

goals says SNO project director Art McDonshy

ald a phys icist at Queens Universit y Meas uring radioact ivity is our ga me

says resea rch ass oc iate Pillalamarr Jaga m during a tour of Sim psons lab in th e baseshy

ment of the MacNaughton Build in g home

to whJt Jaga m calls the only ul tra-low backshy

ground radi ation research and development

group in Ca nada Po inting to a det ector resemblin g a stainless-steel salad bowl with

a matchin g lid he says the Guelph -made

de vice JS with its co usins on perm anent du ty at SNO picks lip infinitesimally small

amounts of ra dioactivity emitted naturall y

by the observa torys compo nents

Ja ga m helps run th ose dev ices at SNO

fo llowin g up on his role as superv iso r of a

cl ea nin g crew d urin g SNOs constru ction SNO is the larges t clean-room ever olltside

of the electron ics industry he says Its

cleaner th an yo ur avera ge dinner plate

Above Muon neutrinos produced from cosmic

rays which strike Earths abnosphere are detectshy

ed by the SNO light sensors producing a coneshy

shaped pattern of energy Right An artists

sketch of the SNO detector shows the central

acrytic vessel now filled with 1000 tons of heavy

water and surrounded by 7000 tons of ultra

pure regular water Scientists monitor the obsershy

vatory from the room located above the sphere

26 GU ELP H ALUM NUS

In two years we mayI

Unlike th eir fell ow labourers in the m in e

who normall y hit the sbowers aft er a lo ng

day on the ore face th e scientists monitorshy

ing th e o bse rvatory must shower bef ore enterin g their facility Simil ar standa rds are mlintained tor the heavy water in th e acrylic

vessel which is fil tered dail y Jnd tested for ambient rad ioactivit y It s the purcst water

in th e wo rld says Jian Wang for merly J

research associate in Simpsons lab and now a consultant wi th U of Gs GUA RD In c

The Guelph-dc-signed instruments h ave

prove n lIseful in rela ted but more fa r-flung

applications JagaJl1 says scientists building

lgt

I n o c (i -lt z o

CI

ly know if the universe will eventually collapse

ye t an oth er neutrino observatory in Italy consulted with U of G physicists on radia shyti on measurement Closer to home he has helped Prof Richard Protz Land Reso urce Science quantify minute amounts of radioac tive cesium in so il samples taken from the Ecuadorean Andes an d from the Chernobyl site in Ukrain e

Law a particle physicist [las been involved since 1991 in writin g and test ing simulation software used by the project colshylaborators to model the workings of th e SNO detecto r With the detector now opershyating the package - dubbed SNOMAN shywill be used to analyse the data it generates OUerhead who first encountered SNO while chair of the Department of Physics has long worked in expe rim en tal nuclear physics using accelerators such as th e one run by AECL in Cbalk River Ont Todays investishygations at SNO draw on at least one aspect of his ea rlier resea rch in Los Alamos New Mexico where he developed neutral current detectors of the sort expec ted to help SNO sn iff out all three neutrino flavo urs

Sim psons graduate student Nathaniel Tagg is studying cosmic ray particles called muons which are detected as a byproduct in the obse rvatory Unlike neutrinos muons come from cosmic rays - or ionized nuclei - which begin Jife far beyond the solar sysshytem perhaps generated by stars exploding into supernovas or by shock waves emanating from collapsing black holes When these cosmic rays hit the Earths atmosp here th ey create extremely high-energy particles that can be detected by SNO some alon e or in pairs like bullets others in a shower like shotgun pelshylets Comparing the ratio of single bullets to shotgun blas ts may tell Tagg something about how the particles originated When you build a detector you get a lot of things for free he says Muons are considered background to most of the collaboration but there are some interes ting physics you ca n do with them

Beyond Guelph the SNO collaboration brings together almost 100 scientists from II universi ties and labs in Canada the United Sta tes and the United Kingdom Canad ian participants includ e university resea rchers from Queens Car leton Laurentian Britisll

Columbia and Guelph Wby Ca nada Canashyda has a lot of heavy water because of its nuclear power reactor development the CANshyDU reactor says OUerhead Basically Canashyda is tbe only country that can do the expershyiment using heavy water which is what gives this its unique flavour The other thing is the undergro und aspect All the neutrino expershyimen ts are done underground for shielding from cosm ic rays and other sources of backshyground radiation The nickel mine in Sudbury is the deepest site in North America

Its al so important that Creighton mine is a working facility says Si mpson [t has

Physics faculty

and students are

an integral part of (PES

Physics is one of five departments and schools in the College of Physshyical and Engineeri ng Science ( CPES) Physics has more Roya l Society fellows than any other department on campus Since 1993 ten CPES students including two in physics have received National Research Coun shycil awards under the agen cys Women in Engin eering and Scishyence Program In 1999 CPES laun ched an inteshygrated four-year degree program in technology with Seneca College in Toronto majors in physics and technology or applied pharmace ushytical chemistry CPES plans to launch a new undershygraduate degree in computing scishyence next year to promote U of G strengths in bioinfomatics neural networks genetic algo rithm s and embedded systems CPES offers a unique program called MPC2 that provides enriched studies in mathematics physics chemistry and computing science

to be active because its the only way you can maintain the safety of th e mine SNOs control room occupies a drift (miners talk for a corridor) 6800 fee t below the surface deep enough to accommodate a stack of about five CN Towers

Dw-ing the observatorys construction a regular express ca ge whisked visitors directly down No9 shaft to the detector as fast as a car travelling on a cit) street The shaft also served as the delivery conduit for the SNO components Site manager Dunshycan Hepburn recall s es pecially the three months that it took to ship the [000 tonnes of heavy water underground The eleva tor could take six tonnes at a time he says so we had an elaborate schedule involving six tanker cars fill ed overnight and sent down early in th e morning on a specially schedshyuled cage Adds mine manage r John Gill J dont think we spilled a drop

Now using regularly scheduled cages scishyentists crowd shoulder to sho ulder in the elevator with up to 40 miners during the 20-minute ride along the sloping ore seam Everyone in the collaboration is expected to spend a certain number of shifts actualshyly operating the detec tor says O llerhead This is partly to save money but also par tshyly because th e physicists are the ones with the vested interes t and should be involved Collaborators might spend seve ral weeks in Sudbury at a time for up to six weeks a year

SNO scien tists expect to learn definitiveshyly within two years whether or not neutrishynos have mass They also anticipate that the observatory will yield information about the sun and about other st ructures far beyond our galaA) The missing mass question is a way of studying supnnovas notes Ollershyhead There are many applications of this detector beyond just neutrinos from the sun

Why should anyone ca re about what these infinitesimally small particles teU us about cosshymic-sized questions If youre going to be an ad vance d and civilized country then you should be thinking about fundamental quesshy shytions and not just about where your next meal is coming from says Simpson Thats the difshyference I think between a civili7ed society and a society that just lives from day to day ga

FallWinter 1999 27

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

alU bull

ALUMNI PROFILES

ALUMNUS OF HONOUR

FORMER OAC DEA N Rick Richards BSA 38 was recogn ized for

his lifelong commi tment to excellence in admini stration teachshy

ing research and ex tension wh en he vas named 1999 AlumLlus of Honour by th e Un ive rsity o f Guelph Alumn i Associat ion The preshy

sen tation was made durin g Alumni Weekend in lun e

Ri chard s bega n hi s ca ree r in soil sc ience and pion ee red the

process of soil classifi ca ti on and map pin f for Ontario As head of

th e Un iversitys Depa rtm ent of Land Resou rce Science he spearshyheaded the constr uct ion o f new fa cili ties provided leadership in

the deve lopment of broader more sc ientifi c program s and th e

expansioLl o f fa culty and obta ined more lan d areas for departshymental resea rch He was appointed the first dea n of OAC in 1962

and was one o r the fou r principal academi c leade rs ho shared in

es tab lishin g the Universit y of Guelph After co mpleting two terms as dean he return ed to teac hing and retired in [98 1

As a professiona l agrologist Richards impleme nted pl ans ror

the Canadian Agri cultural Researc h Co un ci l as it s fi rst president

and was pres id ent o f the Ca nadian Soc iety of Su il Science th e Ontari o Institute of Ag rologists and tht Agricu ltural Institu te of

Can ada He was also the Canadian representa ti ve to th e United

Nations Food and Agricu lture O rga nizltJtion

ALUMNI VOLUNTEER AWARD

DAv ID ADAMS BSA 49 has always made his alma mater a pri shy

o ri t) and in 1999 th e Unive rsity of Guelph Alumni Associashy

tion app lauded th at loya lty by presentin g him with its 1999 Alulll shyni Volu nteer Awa rd

Adams has demo nstrated a devot ion to volun teer excellence

through his com mitment to the Universit y OAC and hi s alumni

ii class OAC 49 He was UGAA pres ident in 196869 president of

d the OAC Alu Jllni Associatio n in 196566 and a member of the Unishy

~ versi ty Senate and Boa rd of Governors fro m 1970 to 1973 In add ishy

~ tion he has Jllade mu ltiple contr ibu tions to OAC 49 ac tivities He

~ was instrumenta l in orga ni zin g 50th-anniversary class celebrations ~ for Alumni middotWeekend 99 which included the ded ication of the Yea r

~ 49 OAC po nd ga rden at th e Arbo retum Cent re and the res torashy

~ ti on of the Johnston Hall portico u ~ Adamss giving sp irit car ri es over into his pro(ess iona lli fc He

~ has had a distingu ished career in the ag ri -food indust ry and was laquo ~ general manager of the Canadian Meat Co uncil whe n hL reti red in

~ 1993 He cont inues to share hi s expertise with the co unc il and as

~ a volu ntee r for th e Royal Ag ri cultural inter Fair and th e Ca nashy~ dian Nat ional Exhibition FARlv

28 G UHPH ALU I NUS

HIGHLIGHTS middot GRAD NEWSmiddot OBITUARIESmiddot CALENDAR

ALUMNI MEDAL OF ACHIEVEMENT

DR AD RIAN P ARKS WO RK in th e area o f minimally invasive

surge ry has earned him international recogniti on as a leading surgeo n and educa tor in his fi eld His advancements in the use of

laparoscop ic techniques have improved treatm ent for an ex tensive

range of med ica l disorders that in the past could only be handled

thro ugh trad itional sur gery [n 1997 he was recruited to establish a new program at th e Uni ve rsity of Kentucky

Pa rk was honoured th is spring wit h the Universit y of Guelph flumni Associati ons Alumni Medal of Achievem ent He received

a bachelor of science fro m Gu elph in 1985 and a doctor o f med ishycine from McMaster University in 1987

He completed his training at St Josephs Hos pital and rilcMasshy

ter Uni ve rsity Affiliated Hosp ital s in Hamilto n O nt and at the

Uni versit) of Montrea l before Jo ining St Jose phs as a ge neral surshy

geo n in 1994

The Guelph meda l recognizes th e professional leadership and achievements demons trated in Parks still- yo un g career and his

compassionate ca re of pati ents He and his wife Jennifer 8A 84 have three children Hilary Meredith and Evan

ove DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS

DUNCAN SINC LAIRS CONTR IB UTIO NS to career an d soc iety have prove n bis leadersh ip and expe rtise in hea lth sciences He gradshy

uated fro m OVC in 1958 and received a master of sc ience fro m OAC in 1960 specializing in nutriti on He then earn ed a PhD in

physiology at Queens University in 1963 and bega n a ca reer focused

primaril y on human health Sinclair was ltl consultant to th e Ontario Ministry of Agriculture

Food and Rural Affairs on the Animals for Research Act ilnd bega n

his academic career at Q uee ns as dean of arts and science in 1974 He went on to serve as vice-principal institutional relati ons sershy

vices an d hea lth sciences before assum ing the role of dea n of medshy

icine He ret ired from Queens in 1996 He has heJd other prestishy

gious positi ons including directo r general of the Medical Resea rch

Council and was tile recipient of OVes Schofield ]V[edal in 1983

Sinclair is now deeply involved in advising the Ontario minisshy

ter of hea l til on ways to reinvest and res tructure th e delivery of health services in the province He chairs the Hea lth Services

Restr ucturin g Co mmission an independent body of health

experts and professionals appointed to redesign tbe provincial

health system

FallWinter 1999 29

alumni Matters

-ORDER OF OACU of G Can1pus ESTABLISHED MARY AND RlCK RICHARDS longtime OAC supporterWelcoilles Alumni

ABSA 38 are the first inductees Membership in the order is

into the Order of OAC estabshy limited to the first 50 individshy

LUMNI WEEKEND J999 orga nizing committee and says lished ea rli er thi s year by the uals who give $1 00000 or more

brought more th an 1300 proceeds will be used to help the OAC Alumni Fo undation to as bequests irrevocable insurshy

visitors to campus June 18 to 20 class establi sh a mille nnium recognize significant contribushy ance policies planned gifts or

In addition to th e traditi o nal scholarship to co mmemorate its tions to its end owment fund cash donations Gifts may be

awards luncheon hosted by U of 25 th anni versar)1 of graduation Rick served as dean of OAC applied as endowments to the

G president Mordech ai Rozanshy The Uni vers it y of Guelph [Tom 1964 to 1972 (see sto ry OAC Alumni Foundation or to

ski there we re man y spec ial Alumni Associat ion held its on page 28) Mary also worked the college as approved by the

events and cla ss reunions The ann ual meeting during Alumni in the college and has been a fou ndation directors

new Order of OAC was preshy Wee kend and elected a new slate

sented to Mary and Rick of offi cers for 1999 2000 Scott

Richards BSA 38 at th e Go ldshy va nEnge n BSc(Ag r) 88 presshy

en Anniversary Dinner and the id ent Robin-Lee Norris BA 80

Class of J974 hosted a reuni on first vice-pres ident John Tatson

dinner with Calgary Flames BA 69 seco nd vice-president

Hockey Club CEO Ron Bremshy Rita Sterne BComm 87 secshy

ner BA 7 J as guest speaker Bill Imiddotetar) and Brad Hull BA 89

Laidlaw BA 74 chaired the treasurer

President Mordechai Rozanski and representatives of the alumni

classes and individuals who supported U of Gs six new themati c

gardens cut the ribbon to officially open them duri ng Alumni Weekshy

end From left are Bill Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 61 Don Gri eve

BSA 55 and MSA 57 Harold Shield BSA 51 Sandra Hannam uJ CD Clay Switze r BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rozanski Marilyn Robinson ~ I Murray BH5c 55 Ted McNinch BSA 49 Bruce Stone BSA 53 u VI

Z and MSA 54 Harold Bentley BSA 64 and MSc 66 Craig Hunter lt

B5c(AgL) 74 and MSc 77 and Les Laking BSA 39 and HDSC 71 The conservatory greenhouse was unveiled moments later by gtshyCD

Don Rutherford BSA 51 who gave the leadership gift ensuring VI o

it s res toration on behalf of his famil y 5 I -

Ginty jocius BSc(Agr) 70 left chair of the OAC Alumni Foundation

presents the Order of OAC to Mary and Rick Richards BSA 38

Enjoying the Class of 1974 re union dinner are from left jerry Orga n

BSc(PE) 71 Ron Bremner BA 71 Gail Bremner Paul Henry MA 71

and Bill Laidlaw BA 74

30 GUELPH ALUMNUS

GRYPHON SPIRIT DOMINATES HOMECOMING

UOF G students shared the stands with alumni who came to campus Sept 25

to watch the football Gryphons defeat their long- standing varsity rival the University of Toronto Blues During the weeke nd the Gryphon Club Hall of Fame inducted five Gryphon swimmers filled the gold pool at the 21st ann ual Alumni Relay Swim Meet

and president Mordechai Rozanski hostshyed a luncheon attended by more than 200 alumni and current students who have received sc holarships and awards or who

participated in the volunteer peer helper prog ram

ALUMNI SWIM TO THE TOP

FORMER GRYPHON SW IMMER S Peter Koli snyk BSc(HK) 83 and Denise

(FarndaJe) vVatso n BASe 85 were recogshyni zed at the ann ual Homecoming sw im mee t for having attended more often th an any other alumni Other participants includshyed 1999 graduates Nico le Weber BSe CEng ) Greg Steinberg BSc(HK) and Nancy Sweetnam BComm who has been a memshy

ber of two Canadian Ol ympic teams ( 1992 and 1996) The alumni team defeated the stud ent teams with the help of Leo n

Homecoming J

r ~

Form er Guelph mayor and sports broadcaster Norm la ry received the Gryphon Club Hall of

Fame Merit Award Sept 24 at the annual induction c re mony that also honoured five former

Gryphon athletes From left are Paul Willi ams a cross-country and track athlete and three-time

Canadian Olympian Bob Pronk BComm 82 Ontario and Canadian cham pionship wrestler

Dave Guest BComm 87 a former all middotstar soccer and vo lleyba ll player Gladys Williams BA

69 MVP in both wo menS fi eld hockey and ice hockey lary and Mark Brown BComm 81

Wi ldman Trophy winner and football capta in The Gryphon Club also recognized the 1974 mens

rugby OUAA championship team

Garstecki Gryphon diving coach in the midshy Dale a longtime Gryp hon supporter and a I 970s and retired botany professo r Hugh national record-b olding masters swimmer

bull49 VETS MEET AT TRAlEE The OVC Cla ss of 1949 produced a la sting memory of its 50th

anni versary by filming the lune 18 gathering held at Tralee Farms

the home of class member Ray Cormack Classmates travelled from

across Canada and the United States to attend th e reunion which

included a luncheon a visit from U of G president Mordechai Rozanshy

ski and a tour of Cormacks farm and antique carriage collection

The organizing committee of Dave House Bill Mitchell Ken Fisk

and lim Arch ibald succeeded in producing a golden-anniversary

memento that captu res the days events and everyone in attendance

as they comment on their lives since graduating from OVe -Proceeds from the sale of the v ideos will support the OVC 49

Memorial Scholarship Fund Cost is $25 each To place an order call

Vikki Tremblay at Alumni House 519-824-4120 Ext 65 44 I D

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alumni Matters

2000 Coming Events

Jan 26 - Careers Night hostshyed by Mac-FACS Alumni Assoshy

ciation For informatio call Laurie MalleaLi at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Careers Night hostshyed by HAFA Alumni Associashy

tion For information call Laushyrie Malleau at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Aggie Good Times Banquet Call the OAC Studwl Federation at Ext 8321 for tickshyet information Feb 3 - Job hir at Bingeman Park in Kitchener complishy

mentary bus service from Unishyversity Centre for students and

alumni For directions and a list of employers call U of G

Career Services at Ext 22 13

Feb 11 - Deadline for nomshy

ina tions for U of G Alumni Association Alumnus of Honshy

our Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment and Alumni Volunteer

Award and the OVC Distinshy

guished Alumnus Call Carla Bradshaw at Ext 6657 for details March 1 - Annual alumni

Florida reunion at Maple Leaf

Estates Port C harlotte Florishyda For information call alumshyni programs at 519-824-4120

Ext 6657 send e-mail to alumshyniuoguelphca or call Jack Hanna in Florida after Jan 1

at 813-645-0905

March 18 amp 19 - College

Ro yal

March 31 amp April 1 - OAC

Alumni Association annual

bonspiel at the Guelph Curlshy

ing Club and Guelph Country w Club Call Carla Bradshaw at ~ txt 6657 to register c u bull For more information on anyU)

z alumni event call the U of G ltC extension listed at 519- 824shy20 r 4120 or send e-mail to al11111shyCD

o niCvzlOguelphcab c a

32 CUEIPH ALUM N US

EA RLIER THIS YEAR U ofG

introduced a new approacll to fund-raising that centres on

academic priorities identified by

the ix colleges Now the Unishy

ve rsit y expa nds this initiative

through the formation of a new Annual Fund Cou ncil that will

recruit volunteers to proactiveshy

ly help meet tll0se funding goals

By enlarging the partnershy

ship between academics and fund-raisers we arc focusing our

efforts more clearly on the Un ishy

versi tys overall stra tegic objecshy

tives says Rudy Putns executive

director of campaign progra ms

We are calling on coUege deans to help ensure that our annual

giving programs are providing

the grea test possible benefit to

students Our volunteer and pro-

ALUMNI CElEBRATE NEW HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE CENTRE

The Human KineticsHuman Biology Alumni Association

presented a sketch of the John T Powell Building to U of Cs

new Health and Perfor mance Centre at a June 19 reunion of alumni and former staff Artist Joan Harper BSe(HK)

82 left and retired professor John Powell right witnessed

a presentati on by association pres ident Janet Leonhard BSe(HK) 82 to Prof Terry Graham

SilENT AUCTION MAKES NOISE

A silent auction held Sept 14 to 16 a t the Ou tdoo r Farm

Show in Woods tock Ont ge nshy

erated a lot of excitement and

goodwill in OACs 125th shyanniversary year and raised

$51000 that wi ll support stu shy

dent recruitm ent programs in

the college The auction was organized by Cinty Jocius BSc(Agr) 70 president of

Ginty Jocius amp Associates of

Guelph on behalf of the OAC Alumni Foundation

Auction items donated by friends and exhibitors at th e

farm show included everylhing

from farm equipment and supshyplies to a seven-month-old lla shyma named (-i nty Lorie Jocius

BASe 72 purchased her husshy

bands namesake and gave it to

OAC as an anniversary presen t at th e Sept 25 Heritage Banshy

quet and Ball

FUND-RAISI NG PARTNERSHIPS GROW

fessional fund -raislls wiJl spend

more of thei r time making pershy

so nal requ es ts for gifts to the University and less time on inshy

house administra tion

Members of the Annual Fund

Council will invite donations

Crom alumni members of the campu~ community the paren ts

of current students graduating

classes members of the various

gift clu bs (Presidents Council

etc) and selected corporations

foundations and associations

Development and Public Affairs staff will help target vol unteer

efforts where they wi ll have the

stronges t impact on growin g don or particip ation and fund shy

razsing results

Annual giving is one of the

most crucial parts of an institushy

tion s developmen t agenda says Putns Annu al donors help

maintain the quali ty of estabshylished academic programs espeshy

cially in times of reduced pubshy

lic fundin g he says They also

provide a foundation for special

fun cl-rai sing cam paigns shycampaigns that enable the Unishy

ve rsity to grow by providi ng

funds for major projects that do

not ha ve a traditional so urce of support Tbe ACCESS endowshy

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U of G Degrees ADA = Associate diploma

in agriculture BA =Bachelor of arts BASe = Bachelor of applied

science BComm = Bachelor of

commerce BHSe Bachelor of houseshy

hold science BLA =Bachelor of

landscape architecture BSA = Bachelor of science in

agriculture (pre-196s) BSe(Agr) Bachelor of

science in agriculture BoSe = Bachelor of science BSe(Eng) =Bachelor of

science in engineering BSc(Env) =Bachelor of

19405

bull The Macdonald Institute

Class of 1941 met each other

for the firsl lime in 1939 and

theyve been gelling logelher rvice a year siIlce gradual ion

Celebrating 60 yea rs of fri end shy

ship this year are Mary (Hcx imer) MacLeln Beth

(jackson) Ca rdifF Mo lly

(Pattrson) Nix Frances

(Pellet) Smith Dorolhy

(Pond) Dunn Jeanne (Taylor )

Hamel Phyllis (Weren) Sobel and Evelyn (Eatun ) Pond

bull Jim Morton BSA 47 posed with his son Robert SA 70

and grandsons Jeff Bell 13A

9 1 and Greg Mo rton

SSc( Eng) 99 at Gregs U of

G convocation in June Retired

from a career in the lumber

business Jim is an OAC llu mmiddot ni volunteer al Guclph and is

aClive in cOm11lUnily work in

Burlington Onto Rob ert is

CEO of the Community Care

Access Centre in Simcoe

Coullly Jeff lcaches in Elmvalc

for the Simcoe County Dislricl School Board and Greg is

working Wilh the COnSlliling

engineering firm of Proclor

science in environmental sciences

BSe(HK) Bachelor of science in human kinetics

BSc(pE) = Bachelor of science in physical education

DHE = Diploma in home economics

DVSc = Doctor of veterinary science

DVM =Doctor of veterinary medicine

GO = Graduate diploma MA = Master of arts MAgr = Master of agriculture MBA = Master of business

admininstration MEng =Master of engineering

and Redfern at its Kitchener

office The Guelph lineage

aCl ually bega n in the Morton fami ly with Greg great shy

grantimoliln Anne Pringle

Morton DH E 1914

Greg Morton Jeff Bell and Jim and

Robert Morton

19505

bull Harold Baker BSA 50

writes to w rrect the e-mail

address publi shed in the last

iss lle of the Clepll Alunnls

Friends (111 conlact the retired

University of Saskatchewan

professo r and Il is wife Phyllis

at ha kc r hdukeL1sa~k ca

bull Barney Goodwin-Wilson BSA 50 is serving a two-year

krm as chair of the hoard of

lhe Onta rio Foocllerminal

The Iomnlo facility is the

MFA = Master of fine art MLA Master of landscape

architecture MMS = Master of management studies MSc =Master of science MSc(Aqua) = Master of

science in aquaculture ODA = Ontario diploma in

agriculture ODH =Ontario diploma in

horticulture OdR = Ontario Diploma in

recreation PhD = Doctor of philosophy

larges t who lesale fruit proshy

duce and flower market in

Canada and one of the largest

in orrh America He was forshymerly director and vice-cha ir

of the board

bull Gary Powell ADA 58

stopped at a remote motel in

western klahoma last

Janu ary and stanee a convershysation with th e only other cusshy

tomer at breakfa st the next

morning Turns out they were

both U of G grads Powell and Joe Deli BSc (Agr ) 64 had a

great time reminiscing abo Llt

ca mpus perso nalities they

both knew I guess one is never really very far from home says Powell

bull Dave Valentine BSA 59 has

retired as (o unty engineer for

the County of Brant in

Ontario He previously spent

23 years with Sir Sandford

Fleming College in Peterborough and has served 8S

engineer for the coun ties of Haliburton and Victoria He

and his wife Carole are now

Jiving near Carlisle Send e-mail

to valcntinworldchatcom

19605

bull Manuel Garcia PhD 67 was

recognized by the government

of the Ph ilippines in December

1998 with one of the highest

honours given to Filipinos Jivshy

ing outside the cou ntr y Garcia

is a senior consulting mi crobishy

ologist with lAS Bioshy

Diagnostic and a former

research scientist with

Agriculture and Agri-Food

Canada in Ottawa He is intershy

nationally recognized for his work in veterinary med icin e

and public health on the early detection of ca mpylobacter

salmonella and other foodshy

borne pathogens He is a memshy

ber of several learned profes shy

sional societies and has been involved in a number of intershy

national developm ent projects

He is also a community volunshy

teer and a pioneer in establishshying the National Council of

Canadian Filipino Associations

as the official voice of Filipino

Canadians nationwide bull Tom Hutchison DVM 65 is

a veterinary pathologist with the Nova Scotia provincial

diagnostic lab In 1998 he

passed the board cer tification exa ms for the American

College of Poultry Veterinarians in Baltimore but

the years highlights came in

late summer - a first grandshy

child for Tom and his wife

Eileen in August and the birth

of their own son Scott in

September bull Brian Little ADA 67 BSc(Agr) 72 and MSc 78

was elected president of the

Canadian 4-H Foundation in

May He was previously presishy -dent of the Ca nadian 4-H

Co uncil and a co uDcil represhysentative for his employe r the

Royal Bank of Canada He has been a fou ndation trustee for

f allWinter 1999 33

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several years and has a strong

4-H background as a member

and a club leader

19705

bull Doug Franklin SA 72 was

recen tly a ppoin led execu tive

director of the Multiple

Sclerosis Association of

America its hea d office is in

Cherry Hill NJ He was forshy

merly with the International

Youth Foundation in

Baltimore Md

bull Cathie Leimbach

SSc(Agr) 78 and MAgr 88

visi ted U of G this fa ll as

agrologist-in-residence It was

the sixth year of the program

co-sponsored by OAC and the

Ontario Institute of

Agrologists (OlA ) Raised on

an Ontario dairy and swine

farm Leimbach is past presishy

dent of the OI A and a partner

in STRIVE a team specializshy

in g in training facilitation and

consulting She now lives on a

cash-crop farm in Ohio

bull Willem Moolenbeek BSe

77 and MSe 8 1 studied biolshy

ogy and entomology at U of G

at the same time he was learnshy

ing to play the saxophone with

the Royal Conservatory of

Mu sic He says he still loves

science but music has become

his career A recitalist soloist

and clinician he has been a

saxophone instructor at

McMaster University in

Hamilton Ont fo r 15 years

He also teaches at the 19805

University of Waterloo pri- bull Bruce Brown BSe(Agr)

vately and at the National 85 and his wife Claudia

Music Ca mp of Canada where (Liebscher) BA 84 have three

he sometimes offers an infor- children who are beginning to

mal course on in sect identifi- display their dads musical

cation There are always a few prowess on the kazoo After 14

kids who really dig that he years of dairy farming Bruce

says U of G music lovers want back to school to earn an

enjoyed his saxophone music education degree and is now

at a noon-hour concert in teaching science with the

October Durham District School

bull Peter Vaughan SA 77 and Board

MA 77 was appointed secre- bull Tom Burns BA 89 and MA

tar y general and CEO of the 91 is a member of the

Canadian Medical Association Victoria Police in Melbourne

in June A fa culty member in Australia Last summer he

two departments at John s welcomed visitors from the

Hopkins University and in the RCMP including Kevin Durie

Department of Family BA 93 They quickly estab-

Medicine at the University of lished a U of G connection

Ottawa he is a fo rmer presi- including Duries student

dent of the medical staff at employment at Dcr Keller

Guelph General Hospital and a which was Burns s favourite

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the job says Burns but this

time we spent most of our

time talking about the great

times we had at U of G In

still another coincidence

Durie is married to Christine

Blake-Durie BA 91 and MA

93 who was a member of

Burnss MA group Burns says

other U of G grads travelling

to Melbourne are more than

welcome to drop in

bull Stuart Jackson ADA 87 is

distribution manager for

Burnbrae Farms Ltd in Delta

Onto He sends greetings to all

OAC friends including the

diploma classes of 1979 and

1980

bull Laurel (Murdoch) Koumarelas BComm 84 is

an ESL teacher with the

Toronto School Board She

and her husband Gus live in

Mississauga with their sons

Robert and Evan

bull Trish Looman BA 87

works for Royal LePageshy

Vantage in Guelph She speshy

cializes in residential multishy

unit real estate

bull Laima (Karosas) Laffitte

BSe(Agr) 85 and MAgr 91

lives in Wendover Ont with

her husband Vincent MAgr

91 and their children Yohan

and Marina Laima is the

advertising manager for The

Canadian Veterinary Journal and Vincent is an account

manager at the St Isidore

branch of Scotiabank Theyd

like to hear from classmates

via e-mail at Iaffitteonsymshy

paticoca They also want to let

OAC 85 grads know that the

class executive is building a

Web page at wwwrkdecom

oac85 and needs updated

names and addresses (includshy

ing e-mail) to add to the

directory f IS-year reunion

is being planned for Dec 2

and 32000

bull Cheryl Miller-Oh BASe

91 and her husband Tae live

in Southfield Mich with their

twins Nathalie and Nathan

born in October 1998 She is a

health-care consultant with

Computer Sciences

Corporation Send e-mail to

millerohsprintca

bull Vijay Singh MSe 70 has

been awarded the Arthur K Barton Endowed Professorship

at Louisiana State University

He also recently received an

honorary degree and a

Fulbright Award for his work

in the area of entropy

bull Gayle (Barton) Tapper BSe

81 (biological science) and 83

(computing science) has been

employed at Memorial

University in St Johns Nfld

for 14 years in the Department

of Computing and

Communications She is comshy

pleting graduate work in phishy

losophy and humanities at

Memorial and is the principal

harpist with the

Newfoundland Symphony

Orchestra Last year she

released a CD of Latinworld

traditional music on the South

American harp Visit her Web

site at httpwwwucsmun

cal -gay

bull Carolyn Riddell BA 85 is

running an active arts educashy

tion and paintingprintmaking

studio in Fergus Ont

bull Laura Wilkinson BSe 85

and MSe 87 is a coroner in

British Columbia and lives on

a cattle ranch near 70 Mile

House

19905

bull Kristi Adamo BSc(HK)

96 and MSc 98 and Rob

McMullin BSe 95 were

married in May 1999 and Jive

in Ottawa

bull Michelle (Pilon) Bacon BA

90 has been living in London

England with her husband

Tim and children Juliette and

Lucien but they are planning a

return to Canada They will be

AIRBORNE ALUMNUS Olive Thompson DHE 35 celebrated her 85th birthday

with her head in the clouds She made her first parachute

jump with instructor Scott Borghese in Simcoe Ont in June

and says it was the most exciting thing shes done in her life

Thompson lives in Dunnville and has four children and three

grandchildren When she asked them about the paracbute

jump they told her to go for it Shes considering a repeat I U

jump next year and hopes her adventure will be a good S o

example for other seniors A dedicated member of the class -lt CD

of Mac 35 Thompson was president of the University of s Guelph Alumni Association in 197778 and keeps busy now VI

I

with volunteer work for the Salvation Army Z

living in Calgary and welcome

contact with western grads

and friends from Guelph Send

e-mail to m_e_baconhotshy

maicom

bull Deborah (Panton) Bodden

BASc 93 and her husband

Lyndhurst were married in

1998 and live in Grand

Cayman Cayman Islands

where she teaches primary

schoo

bull Elizabeth Cardno MSe 99

is working with the Rural

Health Research Consortium

at the University of

Saskatchewan developing

research projects on rural

health issues in relation to the

Canadian Institute for Health

Research

bull Jeannine Cote BA 9 J lives

in Hamilton Ont and works

o -lt

as a health -care aide and

home-support worker

bull Jeremy Debling BSe 94 is

a formulation chemist in the

pharmaceutical development

department at Novopharm

Limited in Toronto

bull Angela Dodd BA 93 and

Christopher Kemp

BSe(HK) 94 were married

Aug 14 Theyve bought a new

home in Etobicoke Ont

where he works for Canada

3000 Airlines and at Kingsway

Physiotherapy as a kinesioloshy

gist She is employed at

Manulife Financial in -Waterloo

bull Sheryl Harding Friedrich

BASe 85 is a full-time mom

and part-time nutrition conshy

sultant in Cannington Onto

She and her husband Cal

FallWinter 1999 35

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have three child ren Jonathan

Daniel and Anna

bull Anne Marie (Henwood)

Harman BA 95 is enjoying

her time at home with one shy

year-old Jenna She and her

husband Murray can be

reached bye-mail at 3harshy

mansstormca

bull Rosaleen Heffernan BA 96

and Barry Liboiron BSe 97

were married in August

Theyre both studying at the

University of British

Co lumbia where Liboiron is

doing a PhD in chemistry and

He ffe rnan is completing a

degree in educati on

bull Krista Hilton BASe 95

lives in Halifax with her hlls shy

band Michael Galloway She is

a priest in the Anglican Church

of Canada and serves as curate

a t the Cathedral Church of All

Sain ts Friends can reach her at

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bull Michael Kennard BA 86

starred as Mump the Clown in

the Canadian Stage Company

production of Mump amp Smoo t

in Something Else With Zug last

winte r at tbe Canadian Stage

Theatre in Toronto

bull Sharon McConnell BSe 90

and MSe 93 went on from U

of G to earn a diploma in

business management from

Wilfrid Laurier University

Since 1995 she has worked in

Toronto as a project director at

Burak Ja co bson Market

Resea rch Partners Ine

bull Michael McKay-Fleming BA

92 has launched two daily

comic strips via the Internet

Check out his Inane Producshy

tions Web site at http mem

bershomenetinaneprod to folshy

low the adventures of a free-spirshy

ited teenager named Alice and all

the animals in a new VVildlife

comielf you like comic strips

this fine art grad invites you to

enjoy his talent and humour

bull Andrew Nicholls MA 90 nications in Cambridge

and PhD 97 is an assistant bull Christine (Rogers) Patten

professor of history at Buffalo BA 9 1 lives in Toronto and

State College in Buffalo N Y has been working as a sales

He recen tly published the representative and industry

book The Jacobean Union A training facilitator since grad-

Reconsideration of British Civil uation She and her husband

Policies Under th e Early Vincent celebrated the birth of

Stuarts which offers a new their first child Gareth in

perspective on the role of mul - March 1999

tiple monarchy in the early bull Guiseppe Peritore

modern British kingdoms BSe(HK) 96 is studying

bull Jennifer (Pope) Parney physical therapy at the

BASc 94 works at Chatham- University of To ronto He

Kent Integrated Childrens married Rita Lavalle in May

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bull Sarah Perkins BSe(Agr) bull Tammy Tipler Priolo 92 joined Pfizer Animal BASe 90 lives in her hom e

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November as a product sup- her husband Clark and their

port speCialist Earlier she two-year-old daughter Erica

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Fairview Alta before m oving puting skills in genealogy

back to Ontario in 1997 to research to track down elusive

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bull Bradley Raspberry BASc 90 is a clinical leader and regisshy

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bull Lisa Ranacher BSe 98

recently joined the agronomy

program at the Central

Experimental Farm in Ottawa

as a physiological modelling

technician

bull Jamie Rickard BSe(Agr)

96 and Laura Summerfeldt

BSe(Agr) 97 were married

in October 1998 She is comshy

pleting a masters degree at U

of G and he is working with

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Gaetano Guy Rosa

BComm 96 were mar ried in

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G friends attending They live

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Guy works as an account manshy

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bull Pamela (Thompson) BASe

91 and Randy Ruisendaal

BComm 92 live near

Belleville 01t with their yearshy

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bull Ian Sandler DVM 9 5 was

married to Fern Glowinsk) in

March 1999 and works at

Secord Animal Clinic in

Toronto

bull Baijit Singh PhD 94 comshy

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at Texas AampM University and

Columbia University then

worked for the Canadian Food

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Edward Island before joining

the University of Saskatchewan

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bull Cyndy Stencill ADA 93 is a

propagator at a tree nursery in

British Columbia

bull Steve Tanner BA 82

recently moved to Guelph as

deputy police chief He had

served on the Halton Region

force since 1982 Tanner is a

specialist in criminal investigashy

tions and lie detector opera shy

tion He has continued his

education at Sheridan College

and McMaster and Ryerson

universities and is now workshy

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bull Cheryl (Kellman) Thompson BA 95 run s a

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bull Donald PhD 94 and

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bull Wendla Westerberg BASc

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in 1997 She is working for the

Lambton-Kent District School

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and lives in her home town of

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BA 93 and her husband

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OBITUARIES

W illiam Ba rnes DVM 59 died Sept 7

1999 He grew up in th e N iagara area

but spent his professio nal ca ree r in a

ve terina ry prac ti ce in Ill inois He was a

dr ivi ng force in the American Ve ter inary

Medica l Assooatio n and in bo th the

Chicago and IlJin o is assoc iatio ns He

was also a fo un ding mem ber o f the

Ch icago-based Friends of Unicerslty of

Guelph a char itable o rga nizat ion

founded in 1975 to serve Guelph a lumni

living in the United Sta tes

George Dickson BSA 38 di ed Oct 9

1999 H e spen t h is entire career w ith

Canada Packers moving up f[Om mai l

cle rk to exec lltive vice-presid ent and

d irector After retirin g in 1976 he

devoted ma ny vo lu ntee r hours to U of

G 3S a memb er of Boa rd o f Gove rno rs

and the OAC Alumni Associatio n

Jam es Pinkney DVM 37 died July 3

1999 A respected ve ter in aria n in his

hom e to~ll o f Cooksv il le O nt he was

also recog nized as a p remier swi ne

breeder showman and judge He was

active in m any agricultural o rga niza shy

tio ns and in both the Ontario and

Canadian Vete rinary Med ical assoc iashy

tio ns He was a lo ngti me supporte r o f

th e Unive rsity especially the OVC

museum and was named OVC

Di stinguished Alumnus in 1987

Audrey Yea nd le DHE 25 di ed March

17 1999 in St ratford O nto A profes shy

sio nal diet it ia n she wo rked to two hosshy

p itals and tau ght home eco no m ics at

the Jo hn Fi he r School In Toro nto

Active In com munity orga nizatio ns and

her chu rch she was a lo ng time U of G

suppo rter and left an es ta te gift of over

$475000 to p rov ide bursaries for future

Gu elph students

Alumni

Jo hn Andrews DVM 38 June 27 1999

Harris Baker BSA 33 Febru ary 1998

Hu gh Balkwill BSA 53 June 27 1999

John Bowles BA 72 Sept 23 1999

Edward Bowness DVM 32 May 13 1999

Rud y Brown BSA 59 June 29 1999

Walter Bunn BSA 52 Sept 2 1999

Margaret Byrnes DHE 40 Apr il 22 1999

Joa n Cameron DH E 36 April 10 1999

Wil liam Cape ll BSA 54 Aprd 25 1999

T homas Ca rd BSA 47Ju ne 20 1999

Jean a rter DH E 38 Jun e 28 1999

Loi Clipsham D H E 27 Ju ne 23 1999

Bruce Cohoe BSA 3 3 Feb 2 1999

Geoffrey Collins BSA 28 May 21 1999

Al exander C o nnell ADA 60 Ju ly 26

1999

John Currie BA 74 Sep t 18 1999

William C u rrie BSA 59 Nov 27 1998

C arma n Davey DVM 39 Apr il 15 1999

D oug Doerksen ADA 84 Ju ne 5 1999

Joann e DU ll can -Robinson BA 81 and

MA 86 July 22 1999

Robert Erskine BSA 41 May 2 1999

Will ia m Fisher BSA 48 Aug 5 1999

Norm Freeman BSA 49 July 2 1999

Alexander Gc ncr BSA 32 Dee 27 1998

Rudy Goltz BSA 33 July 28 1 999

Tom Grah am BS 50 Dee 3 1998

Ed na Has tings D H E 32 July 11 1999

Jack Hea theringto n DVM 54 April 18

1999

Pa tric ia Hill BSc 96 MMch 9 1999

Ralph Hills BSA 54 June 14 1999

Murray Ho ltby ADA 47 O ct 29 1998

Shawn H owden B 9 1July81 999

james j ackson BSA 34 April 29 1999

Karen ( Re ichardt ) Kister B H Se 70

Ap rilll 1999

Albert Kristjanson BSA 50 Dec 7 1998

John Laffert ) BSA 5 1 Aug II 1999

Ron Lawrence DVM 43 Mel) 4 1999

Ann e Legate BSe 89 March 1999

Tsu-Peng Stephen i iu M Sc 65 Ma)

Hl 1998

Rober t Luckham ADA 58 Jan IS 1999

Jam es Lyons BSA 59 Au g 2~ 1999

Willia m M ack BSc(Eng) 84 Ju ne 7

1999

T helma M artin D HE 41 July 131999

Helen McBratney D lI E 34 in 1998

Allan Bud McCardle BSA 52 May 10

1999

Ri chard M cDonald O AC C la ss of 47

lV1arch 24 1999

john Meeuse ADA 58 July 19 1999

Ra ymond Parr D VM 3 7 Ap ril 7 999

George Plakidas MA 93 date unknown

Virgini a Reed ODH 66 1arch 1 1999

Rose Reynold s D HE 28 Apri l 17 1999

Ern es t Ro bertso n BSA 37 Aug 6 1999

Jam es Ross BSA 34 Au g 23 1999

Gra nt Savage D VM 48 Ma rch 2 1999

Earl Shuh BSA 36 July 5 1999

Eu gene Smith BSA 3 1 Jan 27 1999

Will iam Smyth MA 90 Oc tober 1997

Ch er yl Ann Somerville BSe(Agr) 96

Sept IS 1999

Carl Stevenson BSA 46 Aug 26 1999

Robert Tennant BSA 49 May 5 1999

Gregory Tostevin BA 93 Feb 10 1999

Gerald Trant BSA 51 Sept 1 1999

Bennie Urquhart DV M 54 April 4 1999

Ga il Wamsl ey BA 70 July 24 1998

Gladys Ward D IlE 27 Apri l 8 1999

Catherine Welch BSA 22 Ma rch 3 1998

M abel ( McCa rthy) Ziegler DH E 26

Apr il 29 1999

Facu lty amp Staff Pro f Sid Gilbert Sociolog) and An thro shy

polog) Sept 8 1999

Rev Canon Ritchie McMurray

eCllm enical ch aplain 1968 to 1983

Aug 19 1999

Frie nds

Yvonne Alexander M~y 15 1999

jerry lkirnes Sept 2 1999

Marga ret C urran Dec 28 1998

John Godwin in 1999

viark G renville Nov 6 1998

Peter Hallm an Ju ne 22 1999

Elsie Mae johnston Sept 12 1999

C lover Helena Ladouceur Sept 4 1999

Ed it h Pa tterson in 1993

Andrew Peterson Aug 26 1999

Edgar St rin ger March 1999

Gerry Vandergri ft Sep t 28 1999

Frank Watson March 23 1999

Barry Woods Jul y 30 1999

Me m orial fun ds have bee n se t up to

establi sh a U o f G scho larship in 1))CJ)lO r)

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the CWay CWe CWere FROM THE ARCHIVES

HISTORIANS CANT PINPOINT the date that the Unishy

versity o f Gu elphs landmark portico was carved

from Ontario limesto ne but its familiar columns preshy

date the 1874 fo und ing o f the Ontario Agricu ltural Colshy

lege by several yea rs

Originally fronting a fa rmh ouse on Moreton Lodge

Farm the orna te front porch stoo d at the entrance of

the main co ll ege building until the O ld Res idence was

demolished in 1929 to make way for the co nstruction

of Johnston Hall Its believed the portico was erected

on Johnston Green in 1934

Because the ravages of time and weather had weakshy

ened the limestone structure to a dan gerous point it

was dismantled earlier this fall and underwent muchshy

needed repairs to the stonework ceiling and roof The

OAC Class of 1949 raised $75000 to fund the p roject

as a 50th-anniversa ry gift to the ca mpu s and a way to

commemo rate the 125th anniversa ry of OAC

Now completely restored the portico is back in place

on Johnston Green whe re it co ntinues to se rve as an

elegant reminder of ca mpus histor y and a favour ite

pla ce fo r convocation and wedding photographs

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UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

message from the President MORDECHAI ROZANSKI

As IM SURE MANY OF YOU already know the nishy

vers ity of Guelph has just been named the top comshyprehensive university in Ca nada by Iv[accans magazine

in its 1999 ranki ng of universities

High-qua lit) programs outstanding faculty who excel in both teach ing and research and talented students were

among rhe reasons cited for Guelphs first-place rankin g

in faculty research and scholarly success

O ur delight wlth tillS recogn[tlon of our qu ality is

temp ered by the knowledge that it may not be sustainshy

abl e In rece nt years we have made some painful dec ishy

sions to protect the qualit y of oUl teaching research and

scholarly inquiry vVe have restructured depanments and

colleges we have reallocated resources we ha ve had to

This is great news and welco me make substa ntial reductions in our fa cshy

recognition of Guelphs distinctiveness ult y Jnd staff we have cut programs to

as a high-quality student-foc used resshy foc us limited resources on arelS of key

identi al uni ve rsity that is committed strengt h and we have been forced to

to innova tive programs dyn amic stushy in crease tuiti on Simp ly pu t in th e

dent- fac ul ty interact ion and an inteshy abse nce of rein ves tm ent we ha ve

gration of learning and research More reac hed th e limit of wha t we call clo

impo rtant it is a tribute to our fa culshy without seriousl) Jeopardizing the future ty staff aca demic and adm ini strati ve quality of our institution

leadership University-wide and to our Ontar io universities face enormous

students and alumni The cred it for challenges ove r the next few years includshy

our high standing rests wirh all memshy ing an increase in student del11and due

bers of the University community and to an ant icipated enrolment surge aging

I am imm ense ly proud to be infrast ructure and internationshy

part of it al competition for faculty as

I am especiall y delighted to HIGH-QUALITY PROGRAMS Canadian facu lt y retire in largf

present this good news in the numbers or are lured away to OUT STANDl G FACULTY AND

same issue of the Ceph Alumshy better-supported jurisdictions

nus that brings you the Univershy TALEN TED ST UD ENTS ARE THE O ur governmen t has mad e

sity of Guelph Donor Repon an exphcit co mmitment that REAS ONS IO R OUR SUCCESS

The ongoing financial support o f alumni and fr iends is an

important factor in our success

and we thank yo u for helping to make us number one

Macleans classifies 12 Ca nad ian uni versi ties as co mshy

prehensive in stitutions de fin ed as those with a signi fi shy

can t amo unt of research activity and a wide range of

programs including professional degrees at the gradshyuate and undergrad uate levels Gue lph finished seco nd

in this category in each of the las t two years

This year U of G improved or maintained its perfolm shyance in 75 per cent of the 21 performance indicators lIsed

by lvlacleans to measure overa ll qu ali ty T he magazine cited the quality of Guelph studen ts - ranked number one in the proportion of enter ing stud ents with averages

of75 per cent or higher and number one in graduatio n rates - and the quauty of Guelph faculty - number one

in the proportion who hold PhD degrees Macleans also cited the quality of Guelphs resea rch

and scholarsh ip and its move from 10th to third pl ace

eve ry willing and qualified

Ontario stud ent will be able to

attend co llege or univers it y but

we ca nn ot meet th at co mmitment witho ut substan tial

increases in con fund in g to post-seconda ry education

At Guelph we are encouraged by the genero us finanshy

cia gifts of aluillni Jnd friends Your donations have

Illade it possible for us to offer more fil1ltH1cial aid to st ushydents to upgrade our multimedia fac iliti es and to COIll shy

plete campus projects that sim ply co uld not be funded

through our operating budget

To sustain quality and access ibili ty as we contemshy

plate growth we will work diligent ly to persuade uur

partncrs in governm ent to co ntinu e to build on their recent reinvcstllents in pos t-secondary educat ion by

supporting core operating needs with increased mulshyti -yea r funding This we owe to th e Un ive rsity lOnUHUshy

nity that has ea rned LIS recognition as Ca nadas top COIll shy

prehensive universi ty - our aluillni and friends o ur faculty and staff and our students

Fa llWinte r 1999 3

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UNIVERSITIES 1999

The M acleans ranking takes a meashysure of the undergraduate experience at Canadian universities comparing schools in three peer groupings The Comprehensive universities are those with a significant amount of research activity and a wide range of progralTIS at the undergraduate and graduate levels including prot ssional degrees

12 7

Sim on Fraser 3 2 6 7 4 8 8 9

e Waterloo 1 4 2 5 6 1 11 8 6

Victoria 4 3 2 4 4 5 3 7 11

York 6 6 4 11 12 9 9 11 1

Memorial 5 5 11 9 2 11 5 2 2

Carleton 7 9 9 3 11 3 9 8 7

Windsor 10 11 5 10 1 12 12 5 3

New Brunswick 8 8 1 6 -shy9 5 4 4 5

Concordia 11 7 10 2 8 7 2 3 12

Regina 8 10 12 8 3 10 1 1 10

UQAM 12 12 7 7 9 7 6 12 8

INDICATES A TIE

Reputational Winners Macleans surveyed highshy

school guidance counsellors university officials CEOs and recruiters at corporations across the country

Highest Most Quality Innovative 1 Waterloo 1 Waterloo

2 Simon Fraser 2 Simon Fraser

3 Guelph 3 Guelph

4 Victoria 4 Victoria

5 New Brunswick 5 York

10 2

5 7 2 5

9

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3

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Leaders of Tomorrow 1 Waterloo

2 Simon Fraser

3 Guelph

4 York

5 Victoria

10 12 10

Best Overall 1 Waterloo

2 Simon Fraser

3 Guelph

4 Victoria

5 Yo rk

12 2 7

Reprinted with permission from Macleans Nov 15 1999

UNIVERSIT1 ES 199 9

Students Aviva

Leber left and

Laurie Ha lfpennymiddot

Mitchell pres id ent

Mordechai Rozanski

and student Dominic

Gregori o b ilding

0 11 tradit ional

strengths

Ilorticulturalist r- ike Di xon has a secret desire to grow

rose on the moon Dont Llugh - he may just [lull it

off In the past five yea rs th~ Un iversity of Guel ph scishyent i~t has p1 r iJ y~d J modest SOOOO gr8 nt in to what is

on its way to hc ing J $ IO-lli llion annu al reselICh [lroshygram one of the Iargs t of its kind in the world This

week top sc ientists from th e Europea n Canadian 8nd

American space agencies are descendi ng on Guel[lh Onl to disc uss ho w to sustain cosmic crops during a

long s[lJce mission to the moo n or Mars They wi ll tour th e unive rsitys h igh-tech life-supp ort sys tem fo r

plants where th e light from the microwave-powered lamps is so [lhotosyn thetically pure that even the sun

hb nches with envy

This is the new Guelph Buudi ng on its strengths as the

countrys oldest ltlgricultu ra l college preoccupied with the

Sa fd) Jnd quality of food the new Guel[lh is branchi ng

out dramatically into the la test biologlcJ I and environshymentJI tickl s It wants to be on the cu tting edge oi gtLi enc(

wit h l lOJlScit IKC Hedd in the clouds lict on the ground

tha ts th e right prescription for universit y presidcnt i lordcchai ROJnski Guelph has one of the largest reshy

search budgets for its size in the co untry but it is also a

tight -knit cOllll1lunity ofjust over 14000 students and 620

fac ult ) with 13 la rge residences encircli ng the grounds

Nctrly 4600 people live on cam[lus 1I1d an almost equal

number of studen ts work there part time as well This balshyancc betlNccn high-tech research and undergraduate int ishy

Inac) - not to mention a vigorous thea tre and fin e-art

program - is what has made Guelph the winner in th e

co mprehens ive catego ry overtaking Simon Fraser last

yedrs willller It also explltl ins how Guelph ca n boast both

the transgen ic pig whose custo m-designed organs may be

used in hUmJIl trallsp lants and the two recent winners of the North Amnican Debati ng Championship

To strengthen its sense of colllmunity Guelph has become one of the most lgs rc ss ive uni versities in enshy

suring that studen ts succeed in that all-important first

yea r Ne w students are cl ustered in dor ms with those

taking the sarne courscs creating partn ersh ips fo r newshycomers A recent innovation the Offi ce of First-Year

Studies has identified the seven courses with the highe~t

dropoLlt rate and train ed seni or students to he lp turn the tide Th ese third- wd fo urth-yeu stud ents ho ld

weekly seminars to tr y to determine who is ge tting the

mate rial len years ago on ly about 70 per ce nt of Guelph

st udents went on to seco nd year says Rozlt1l1S ki Now

our rete ntion rate is ove r 90 per cmt

O ne of th ose who will surely go on is 19-year-old

Av iva Leber ofOttJa a first-yea r stlldent in molecular biology A top sc holar an d fi eld-hockey player as we ll as

a dedicated vo lunteer Leber chose Guelph because of its resea rch strengths - and because she wa nted a univershy

sity tow n to help fO ClIS her goals Says Leber [ get the

feeling they rea ll y wa nl us to succeed Success is in the

air After a severe retrenchment in the eMly 90s - alshy

most 70 progra ms were merged o r dropped - It is

time for eX [l3ns ioll Rozansk i insis ts Rooted in the fertile farming co un try of so uthern Ontar io the sky is

the limit 1aybe eve n the moon

Robert Sheppard

Reprinted w ith permissi on from Macleans Nov 15 1999

TYPE OF GIFT

Sell Demutualized Give Demutualized Stock amp Give Cash StockPROTECT YOUR Fair Market Value $20000 $20000

Cost Nil Nil FAMILYS FUTURE Taxa ble Gain $15000 $7500INVEST IN Estim ated Tax Redu ction $10000 $10000

Capital Ga ins Tax $7500 $3)50U OF GS FUTURE Tax Saving s $2500 $6250

bullI arou

Food Science Building Opens THE NEWLY RENOVATED Food Science Buildshying was opened Sept 17 with a ribbon -cutshyting ceremony and a special lunch that fea shytured foods developed or improved by OAC scientists

Prof Rick Yada chair of the Department of Food Science said the modernt zat ion of research and teaching fac ilities brings all 36 food science facul ty under one roof where they can work more effec ti ve ly with staff and students to continue the departments worldshyclass leading-edge teaching and resea rch

In total th e project spanned eight yea rs and represe nts more than $ 15 million in su pport from alumni friends industry and government

Ernie Hardeman Onta l io minister of agr icult ure food and rural affairs and Guelph M P Brenda Chamberlain were on hand to unveil a plaque recognizin g a $2 8 - The Guelph Food Technology Centre Dairy Counc il and Maple Lodge Farms million allocation from the federal and was an early su pporter of the renova tion Also marking the opening was a special provincial gove rnments CanadaOntario project and several of its industry partners two-day conference that brought together Infrastructure Works progra m contributed to a campaign led by food scishy key foo d resea rchers to discuss iss ues critishy

A special guest was lo-Anne Wolach ence g rad uate Mo ni Eino PhD 75 that cal to the future success of Canadas agri shyBComm 8 1 a third- genera tion U of G raised more than $ 1 25 million Those partshy food industr y In addition the Uni versity graduate and a granddaughter of James ners included Pa rmalat Canada Du Pont was recognized fo r its careful restoration of Christen sen BSA 2 1 who bequea th ed a Canada Te tr a Pak Wes ton Bakeri es the the heritage building by the presentation of $100000 gift that initiated the renovation Da iry Farmers of Ontario the Ontario a Guelph Arts Council awa rd

METALS RESEARCH NETWORK GETS BOOST IN FACT Resea rchers investiga ting the 12 universities industry and The NSERC announce shy U of G professors impact of metals on the envishy three federal departments ment brings total support for have won more than 100 ronment have received a Based at Guelph MITE MlTE to $64 million includshy teaching awards and 35- million boost from the brings scientists together to ing $ 15 million from th e hold more 3M Teaching lat mal Sciences and Engishy study how metals affect the Mining Association of Canashy Fellowships per 1000

neering Resea rch Council environment to assess th e da and Ontario Power Genshy faculty members than (NSERC) The funding was risks posed by metals and to eration Inc and about $14 at any other university awarded to the Metals in the propose management strateshy million from Environment in Ontario Environment (MITE) gies to ensure that findin gs Ca nada the Department of Resea rch Network a part shy reach key policy- makers in Fisher ies and Oceans and nership of resea rchers from government Natural Resources Canada

8 GU ELPH AL M NUS

Food science chair Rick Yada left provides a lou r of the departments new faci lities to Ron Zelonka

of Du Pont Canada Ernie Hardeman Ontario minister of agriculture food and rural affairs and

U of G president Mordechai Rozanski

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS UNIVERSITY NOTES

Excellence in Research Five U of G facul~y have received Premiers

Research Excellence Awards from the Minshy

istry of Energy Science and Technology The

awards are designed to help talented young

researchers build their research teams The

recipients are Profs John Dutcher Physics

Qi Li Economics Patricia Wright Zoology

John Gibso n Animal and Poultry Science

and Alejandro Marangoni Food Science

With matching contribution s the value

of these awards approaches $650000 and

wiH cover the costs of hiring new graduate

students post-doctoral fellows and research

associates on each faculty members intershy

disciplinary research team

Dutcher wi ll use the money to conduct

further studies in the growing field of polyshy

mer physics specifically thin film polymers

Li is developing new methods for estimatmiddot

ing nonmiddot and semiparametric economic

models used in analysing financial and

labourmiddotmarket data and in creating and testshy

ing economic policy Working with the Hagan

Aqualab Wright is continuing her studies of

the early life stages or fish to help fish farmshy

ers improve their operations Gibson a key

researcher in U of Gs Centre for the Genetshy

ic Improvement of Livestock is helping to

improve Canadas role in international liveshy

stock l inkage-mapping efforts Marangonis

research focuses on the physical properties

of fats and oils such as milk fat and cocoa

butter making a significant contribution to

developments in fat-containing products

such as chocolate confections butter marshy

garine and spreads

INNOVATIVE TEACHER WINS 3M AWAR D Landsca pe architecture profes shysor Ron Stoltz ha s received a pres tigiou s 3M Teaching Felshylowship from 3M Canada and th e Society fo r Tea chin g and Lea rning in Highe r Educatio n The annual fe ll owships recogshynize 10 sc holars across Canada who excel in teac hin g leadershyship and the deve lopment of

academic programs Stoltz is known for his innoshy

va tive approaches to tea ching landscape arch itec tural design and engineering In 25 yea rs of teaching at Guelph he has worked with va rio Lis U of G departments and alumni to

provide hands-on work experishyences for students in the actual des ign and cons tru ct ion of ca mpus and com munity landshyscape projects

Stoltz has also been active in curriculum and instruction al development and so me of his designs are used in profession shyal programs at other universishyties In addition he pbyed a sigshynifica nt role in develop ing materials to include tea chin g eva lu at ion in U of Gs promoshytion merit and tenure process He served as director of Teachshying Support Services from 1992 to 1997

SCIENTISTS FOCUS ON FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY U of G sc ientists wi ll accelerate studies in food safety functi ollshyal foods and industrial applicashyti ons for soft materials as the result of a $6-milliol1 allocation from the Ca nad a Fo undati oll for Innovations (CF) Institu shytio nal Innova tio n Fund

Thi s gra nt brin gs U of Gs total cn awards to $1 32 milshylion which triggers a IOO-pershycent match by th e Ontario Research and Developme nt Challenge Fund and requ ires a 50-per-cent ma tch from privateshysec tor fu nd 1I1g

U of G will es tablish a Cana shydian Research Institute in Food SaFety that will bring toget he r top resea rchers fro m across camshypus Health Canad a and Agri shyculture and Agr i-Food 3llada This gro up is uniqu e because it can ltl ddrtss food-safety iss ues at all levels of the food chai n says Prof Mansel Griffiths Food Sc ience who holds a Gue lpll research chair in dJ ir y microbishyology and will co -direct the new institute with Prof Scott McEwe n Populati on Medicine

A Centre for Food and Soft Materials will be direc ted by Prof Rick Yada chair of the Department of Food Sc ience and Prof John Dutcher Phys ics The goa l of this new ce ntre will U

be to assernble () tea rn of scien- 5b

tists to explore the structure and ~

fun ction of va rious foods and ltgt ~

soft materials Their work will z

leltld to alte rnative uses fo r (011 - j~

ventional soft malcr iais

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in and around the University

MATHEMATICS NETWORK LINKS Convocation Speakers WITH INDUSTRY

Inspire Graduates PROFS ANNA Lawniczak and Bill Langford Mathematics

When Canadian author Jane Urquhartand Statistics have pla yed received an honorary degree at springintegral roles in the first fedshy

convocation June 8 she reminisced about erally funded resea rch netshywork of academic and cor shy her own student days at U of G her 1971

graduation and her life as a person luckyporate mathematicians The Mathematics of Information enough to be able to pursue her lifes vocashyTechnology and Complex tion as a full-time job Urquhart spoke from Systems involves researchers th e heart but her words were often echoed

by other honourees during the four days of

ceremonies Us criminologist William

Chambliss Canadian medical researcher

Michel Chretien former Swedish president

Ola Ullsten and Stanley Falkow a pioneer

in molecular genetics w (]) At the final ceremony June 11 U of G

~ presented the first posthumous honorary I U V degree in its history to Charles Zavitz

-uZ rgt= who graduated in the Ontario Agricultural o --ltlaquo o2 VlColleges first degree class in 1881 and

gtshy(]) -ltheaded its field crop research programo I shy ~ o r for 35 years Zavitzs honorary degree was ~ -shy z

accepted by his grandson James Zavitz Vgt

in recognition of OACs 125th anniversary from 22 Canadian universi shy ~

mties and will receive $145 m illion in federal funding over the next four years Family Stress Under Study Ottawa will then review the project before providing U OF Gs CENTRE for Families small and medium-sized compashy The principal in vestigator another $105 million Work and Well-Being wi ll nies with fewer than 500 employshy will be Prof Kerry Daly Famishy

This research cen tre of investigate the stresses that face ees Researchers will use nation shy ly Relations and Applied Nutri shyexcellence will focus on forgshy working families across Canashy wide focu s groups to id entify tion who is co-di rector of the ing links between universities da tha nks to a recent $185000 practices that help reduce fumil y centre He says the project fits and industry and on training award from the JW McCo nnell stress and will di sse minate recshy well with th e cen tres aim to young researchers Universi shy Family Foundation one of ommenda tions to business and co nduct research thal exp lores ty researchers will work with Canadas largest private char ishy goverrullent The project may elisa the work- famil y ba lance allows applied mathematicians from table organizations lead to an awards system for faculty to establish connections private and public institutions The mon ey will fund an Ca nadian businesses exempli fy shy witl business organizations and on everything from designing eight-month researcll project ing the integration of work and involves students in th e process drug therapy and telephone examining best work practices in family for healthy li ving of social change networks to understandi ng complex new materials A prishymary goal of the network is IN FA(T U of G is one of Canadas premier research institutions to shor ten the lead time

Guelph faculty have attracted the second-largest per-capita share of research funding under between discovery and applishy

the Canada Foundation for Innovation cation of research knowledge

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NEW WEB SITE SAVES TIME COMPUTER USERS turning to the

World Wide We b for informa shy

tion about U of G will fi nd it

eas ier and faster to ge t answers

they need when they click on to

the University s new Web site

Visitors at wwwuoguelph ca wiil

fi nd a new horne pa ge design

and a quick-link toolb ar that

fea tures a direct link to alumni

inform ation and immediate

access to campus news a nd

coming events Other new fea shy

tures includ e a ca mpu s news

page and a three-dime nsio nal

map that a ll ows us ers to dick

directly on a building or to

search by either department or

building name U of G s Web

Steering Committee includ ed a

us er feedba ck functi o n and

hopes visitors will use it to comshy

ment on the site and to seek

more in forma tion abo ut Guelph

programs and se rvices

APPOINTMENTS PROF ALASTAIR Summerlee

has been named associate

vice-president (acad em ic)

following the departure of

Prof Co nstance Rooke who

left U of G to become presishy

dent of the University of

Winnipeg Summerlee was

formerly dean of graduate

studies In his new posit ion

he will oversee the quality

and development of undershy

graduate programs at U of G

PATRICK CASE form er

equity adviser for the Toronshy

to District School Board has

been appointed director ofU

of Gs Human Rights and

Equity Office A 1986 gradshy

uate of Osgoode Hall Law

School Case practised fam shy

ily human rights and immishy

gration law before joining the

Toronto school board in

1991 and is now completing

a masters degree in consti shy

tutionallaw

B OF G WElCOMES NEW CHAIR SIMON COOPER pres ident of

Marriott Hotels of Canada in

Etobicoke Ont is the new chair

of U of Gs BOlld of Governors

He succeeds Doug Dodds chair

and CEO of Schneider Corporashy

tion in Kitchener who has served

as chair since 1995 Cooper who

Join ed the board in 1995 was

vice -chair in 199899 and was

instrumental in raising more than

$1 50000 with in the 110spi tali ty

industry to benefit U of Gs

ACCESS campaign for student

fInancial assistance The board

also welcom es new members

Mary-Eli7abeth Flynn CEO of

KM2 Holdings Ltd Hank Va nshy

der Pol president of Rol-Land

Farms Ltd Prof Chris McKenshy

na chair of the Department of

Eco nomics food science gradushy

ate student Susa n Abraham and

undergradua te students Juli e

Cugalj and Jeff Ramlogan

ROYAL SOCIETY FELLOWS WELCOME DWIVEDI POLITICA L SC IENCE professor

OP Dwivedi has been named a

Fellow of th e Royal Society of

Ca nada the high es t scho larl y

recogniti on a Canadian academshy

ic can receive He joins 18 other

U of G facult y (current and

retired ) who have earned tbe title

Herbert Armstrong (deceased)

Te rry Beveridge Microbiology

Derek Bewley Botany Peter Egelshy

staff Physics Chris Gray Physics

Paul Hebert 70010g y Gabri el

Karl Physics Ke n Kasha Plant

Agriculture John Leslie Philosshy

oph) Donald Masters History

Larry IVlilligan vice-president

(research) Jay Newman Philosshy

ophy Bernhard Nickel Physics

Ann Oaks Botany Larry Pe tershy

so n Botany Michael Ruse Phishy

losophy Bruce Sells Molecular

Biology amp Genetics an d Joh n

Simpson Physics

Faculty Association and the Col shy

lege of Arts

bull Sonya Go ldberg an MA student

in the Depa rtmen t of His to ry

has won th e prestigious Sir

lohn A Macdonald Grad uate

Fellowsh ip in Canadian History

bull U of Gs School of Engineering

is the first in Canada to be recshy

ognized by the Canadian Engi shy

neering Memorial Foundation

with an award for providing a

women middotfriendly environment

Cre ated to mark the 10th

anniversary of the fatal shootshy

ing of 14 women at Montreals

Ecole Poly technique th e award

recog nizes U of Gs collegial

atmosphere an d the schools

4o-per-cent femal e enrolment

which is twice the nation al

average

Fa llWinter 1999 11

bull Philosophy professor Michael cultural Hall of Fame in June as

Ruse is one of seven sc holars a North American leader in the

- and the only Canadian - to production processing and ma rshy

recei ve a special writing grant keting of turkey and chicken

from the John Templeton Foun shy Cuddy received an hono rary

dation and Philade lphia Centre degree from U of G in 1994 for Religion and Science He bull Don Zira ldo BSc(Agr) 71 coshy

will use the $100000 US award founder of In niskillin Wines Inc

to writ e a book about science of Niagara-on-the middotLake Ont

and religion captu red a gold meda l from

bull AM Mac Cuddy BSA 42 was Vine xpo 99 in Bordeaux

inducted into the Ontario Agri- France for the co mpanys 1997

ice wine Inniskillin also

recei ve d the CIVART Award for

Excellence for Out standing

Selection of the Best Wines of

the World

bull Prof Daniel Fischlin Literatures

and Performance Studies in

English has won three teac hshy

ing awa rds in the last year shy

from the Ontario Confederation

of University Facu lty Associa shy

tions the University of Guelph

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SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERYmiddot SCHOLARSHIpmiddot SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTS

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

esearc

ENVIROPIGS AN ENVIRONMENTAL

BOON U OF G R ES E A RC HERS have ge netically engineered pigs that should help solve th e biggest environmental problem facing hog farmers

The Envi roplgs developed by Pcof Cecil forsbecg M icroshybiol og y Prof Jo hn Philli ps Molec ular Biology and Ge ne tshyics and microbiology graduate stud ent Serguei Golova n proshyduce manure containing 50 per cent less phosphorus Phosshyphorus is a wdter pollutant th at promotes the growth of a lgae in rivers lakes and strea ms ultishymately de pleting oxygen in the water and affect ing fi sh stocks

Enviropigs shou ld help solve the pro blem Norm all y pigs cannot digest phyta tr a form of phosphorus WI th direc t su pshyport from O ntario pork proshyduce rs the Guelph sc ientists took an E coli gene tha t makes the enzyme phytase and spliced it wi th a fragm ent of a mo use gene th at cont ro ls the producshytion of a protein secreted in the sa livar y glands The cOlllposite gene was then inse rted into th e nucl eus of a on e-celled pig

12 GU ELPH ALUMNUS

embr)To via a tiny needle The tran sgene will allow the

Envirop ig to make ph ytase in th e saliva ry gland and secrete it into the saliva where it is swa lshylowed with food The phy ta se

releases orga nic phospho rus so it can be absor bed by the bloodstream ins tead of being excreted in manu re

Th ree transgenic pigs have been born and are bein g monshyitoced by the resea rchers but it will likely be stveraJ yea rs befo re Envirop igs are ready to be comshymercialized

COMPUTER SIMULATIONS

BENEFIT MEDICAL RESEARCH

Two U OJ G SC IENTJ STS are using computer simulations to help medica l and ve terinar y researchers deve lop treatments for diseases caused by iOll chanshynels gone awr y

Profs Saul Go ldman Chemi stry and Biochemistry and Chri s Gray Phys ics are using computer pro gra ms to simulate the workings of tin y passages in cell membranes that serve as ga tekeepers passin g ions such as sodium and potas-

IN FACT Scientists build on knowledge that mlY lead to the ability to repair DNA

otes sium into and out of cell s

Sc ien ti sts have uncovered dozen s of hum an ion channel mutations tha t underlie diseases in heart brain muscle and othshyer tissues

The Guelph researchers modshyel the Aow of ions through chanshynels an d stu dy the microscop ic workings of iOll channel proteins Th ey hope to ga in informat ion useful to ph armaceutical comshypanies an d gene docto rs

The U of G co mputer modshyel is curre ntl y the only way to simu late the workings of ion chl1lnel proteins and the effects of alteri ng th eir stru ctu re dnd function The resea rchers say that over th e long term lear nshy

ing more about th e ge netic un derpi nnin gs of io n channel diseases such as cyst ic fib rosis might allow sCIe nti sts to rep air DNA itself

LITERARY RESEARCH CLICKS WITH TECHNOLOGY

U DF G E N GLI S H PR OFESSO R Susan Brow n is helping to cli ck on a new way to pub lish and stud y sc holarship in the humanit ies

Brown is one of six co-invesshytigators on th e Orlando Project which involves p ro fe sso rs and students trom the universities of Guelph and Alberta who are developing th e first full scholarshyly history of wo mens writings in the Britisb Isles Th ey will pubshyLsh it in an electronic format that wi ll allow users to search vast volumes ofbiog rltlphical inforshy

mation critical discussion and contextual mate rial in seconds

The pIoject will prov ide an account or wo me ns wri ting across the cen turies that addressshyes issu es raised by recent fe mishynist tbinkers and scholars of womens wr iting Brown and other inves tigators are not mereshyly col lecting primary mater ial but are also encoding literalY hisshytory as they wr ite it lllcluding references to literary reviews and analysis of write rs work Comshyputers will store and manipulate

basic rtsea rch materia l Named for the Virgin ia Woolf

fictiona l character who begins to write as an Elizabethan man and emerges as a full y developed fema le writer the Orlando Proshyjec t has been funded by a $16shymillion gran t from the Social Scishyences and Hu manit ies Resea rch Counci l and by th e uni ve rsities of Albe rta and Guelph

CANADIANS VALUE THEIR PETS

VIE A LL KNO W TJ-JiT Ca nadians -love their dogs and cats but did you know that keeping Fido and Fluffy happ) and healthy is worth billions to the nations economy

A fi rst -ever stud y by LJ of G

economics professo r John Livshyernois reveals that Canad ian pet ow ners spend nearly $3 billion annually on food veterinary care and supplies for their comshypanion animals - almost $1

billion in Ontario alone Th e pet industry also supports nearshyly 40000 jobs nati onally

The study commissioned by the Ontario Veterinary College revea ls that pets are an imporshytant family budget item across all income classes and aU provinces Nearly half of Canadia n house shyholds have a companion animal and the average family spends a few hundred dollars a year on pets an amou nt that rises with in come levels

The magni tud e of pet expenditures is an indicator of the value of companion ani shymals in society says Live rnois

The study also identified the intangible benefits of pets including emotional support companionship improved socializa ti on skills in children and th erapeutic effects

Animals are companions and confidants says OVC proshyfessor Cindy Adams a speciaJist in the human-animal bond We are very much a buying-orishyented society but the relationship with our pets is still very pure

People are also becomi ng more sensit ive to their pers needs she says The y are demanding the same type of care and service from their ve tshyerinarians as they do from their docto rs

The study notes that most

veterinary practices depend on peoples attachment to their pets Of the]] 06 veterinary practices in Ontar io 726 are exclusively companion-animal practices Even mixed-animal practices derive about half th eir income from companion animal services

NEW CANCER TEST MAY IMPROVE

SURVIVAL RATES U N IVER S llY OF GUELPH

researchers have helped develshyop a new blood test that detects ovar ian cancer at a stage when it is still treatable by surgery and chemotherapy

Senior research associate Dong Gaudette and Prof Bruce Holub Human Biology and Nutritional Sciences collaboratshyed with doctors from Texas and Ohio on the patented blood test [t will be devel oped by Atairgin Technologies Inc in Irvine Calif Clinical trials begin tbis yea r

Diagnosis of ovarian canshycer during tbe eady stages could mea n dramatically higher SLlrshyvival rates says Ga ud ette The blood test detected 75 per cen t

IN FACT A new blood test detected 75 per cent of early-stage ovarian cancer

of the ea rly-stage ovaria n canshycer samples

Currently diagn os is in abo ut 70 per cen t of women occ urs during the more

advanced stages of the disease Each yea r ovarian cance r kill s ]500 women in Ca nada and

14500 in the United States T I e two researchers discovshy

ered a fat called lyso phosphatidic acid that is prese nt in higher

quantities in ca ncerous tissue It is also detected in the blood

DEVELOPING A NEW VACCINE FOR CATTLE

KIND ER GEN TLER CATTLE vacshyc ines may become a reality thanks to the development of an oral cattle vacci ne by a U of G research tea m

Profs Reggi e Lo Microbiolshyogy Patricia Shewen Pathobiolshyogy and Judith Strommer Plant

Agri cultu re are tryi ng to pro shyduce a transgenic lin e of alfalfa that calTies a bacterial gene The alfalfa is designed to produce a natural antigen to help boost bovine immune response to a type of pneumonia in ca ttle

Traditional vaccina tion b)

needl e injection requires rounding up and restra ining the cattle and is costly and stressful to animals says Lo If we ca n create an o ral deli very system using transgenic alfalfa we can simply add th e alfalfa to tbe regul ar feed

The team is creating the oral

vacci ne system using a gene from a well-known bacterium and is transferring tbe bacterishyal D--1 into the recip ient alfalshy

fa plant s Once tb e transgenic alfalfa line is es tabli shed and the ge ne is producing the bacshyteri al ant igens as planned th ey will feed the transgenic alfalfa to th e cattle to see whether an immun e response occurs If the o ral vaccine works it will mea n healthier cattle with less use of antibiotics in livestock being fed for hum an consul11ption

GENETIC TEST COULD BOOST

SOYBEAN EXPORTS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN Canada testing is available to detect the presence of geneticall ) modified orga nisms (CMOs) in soybea n products Th e testin g wi ll be overseen by U of Gs Laboratoshyr) Serv ices The uelph Mole shycular Supercentre will offer the GMO-check Soya Iest Kit

There is a stron g need for such a commercial tes t in Ca nashyda especially with the increase in produc tion of Givl so) beans says rcsclrciler Shu Chen Its estishymated that 10 to 20 pe r cent of the 21 111illion acres of soybeans planted in the province this year were gendi(all y modified

The test deteels the protein expressed In Monsantos Roundup Read y v1[ia nt of soyshy

beans The most popular GM soybean secds on th e market a re res is tant to Roundup a com l11only used herbicide The test has been va lidated for aCCllshy

rac y by 37 laborator ies in th e Eu ropean Union (EU )

The te st is poised to be a boon for soybean exp orte rs Currently food products co nshytainin g CIvIC) that are exportshyed to the EU mu st be clearly labell ed and many consumers are now dem anding the option to choose between genetically modified and non-geneticall y l110dified foods Previously th e sampl es had to be se nt to th e United Sta te s for testi ng a process that was both cosuy and ti me-consu m i ng

IN FACT Up to 20 per cent of the soybeans grown in -Ontario this year were genetically modified

Fa UW inter 1999 13

bull bull

Gayle Anderson Andrew Vowles Alexander Wooley

IClne Guelph scientists strengthen the role ofveterinary medicine

in solving human health problems

Pre-eclampsia in pregnant women Organ

transplants Human colorectal cancer Bactershy

ial resistan ce to antibiotics Theyre all topics

you might expect to hear discussed in a human

medical lab or teaching hospital but in the corshy

ner office of the Ontario Veterinary College

OVC dean Alan Meek smiles and acknowlshy

edges the apparent paradox of discussing the

effects on human medicine of resea rch conshy

ducted in his corner of the University of Guelph

campus But you dont need too powerful a

microscope to reveal the research connections

among dogs cats horses and well humans

Referring to his hefty copy of Veterinary

Medicine and Human Health written by his Unishy15 co versity of California colleague Calvin Schwabe laquo

~ Meek says the distinction between animal and w

~ human is rather misleading Go back far enough

~ - before the Judeo-Christian concept of human z

~ uniqueness and superiority - and youll find o

~ no clear line sepa ra t ing the practitioners of

14 GUELPH AWYI K US

human and animal health The healers made

no distinction between whether they were lookshy

ing after the owner of the ca ttle or the cattle

says Meek It was the notion of one medicine

Of course theres no denying that animal

health rem ains the domain of the veterinary

researcher an d practitioner As ve terinarians

we have a mandate to understand animals and

things that affect their health so we can preshy

vent problems and care for th em says Meek

I suspect that when most people think about

veterinary medicine thats th e first piece they

think about

But animal heal th is only one of the four pilshy

lars of the veterinary profession - th e others

are public health environmental health and bioshy

medical sciences - whose research and teachshy

ing rest on the base of comparative medicine -We are the only medical profession that looks

at medicine across species he says Thats one

of the great strengths of veterinary medicine

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Fa llWinter 1999 15

Public health con cerns range from food SJfft) to zoonotic diseases (diseases that can be traLl smi tted from anim als to humans) and antibiotic resistance amon g diseaseshyca using bacteria It was this pillar that occushypied many veterinarians during the earlier decades of this century o ften as health inspectors

Iith the ad vent of antibiotics and varshyious advances in technology seemingly more stimulating research avenues beckshyoned for vete rin ary scientists But at this end of the 20th cen tury says Meek we find ourselves again confronting many of those earlier problems such as tuberculosis and medical professionals are refocllsing on the importance of public health issues

Veterinarians have also played a signifishycant role in th e evolution and application of ecosystem healt h practices because of their expe rtise in co mp arative medicine toxicology ep idemiology and wildlife disshyease Changes in wildlife health are the first results and so metimes the first signs of envishyronmental problems We dont live in a box reserved for one species says Meek gtle live in the same env ironment We interact in very intimate ways with other an imals in the environment so its not surp rising there are all kinds of crossovers and that you can learn J lot tbat can improve the heal th and lovell-being of peo ple and other animals

That trutl is becoming more ev ident as biomedical science uses new and more speshyci fic technologic As yo u start looking at the cellular and subcellular levels and the chromosomes and the genes it doesnt realshyly mat ter that much whether youre lookshyin g at a ge ne chromosome or cell that came ou t of a person or a dog says Meek vVhen YOLi get down to that level the fundamenshytal building blocks are the same - nucleic acids dnd blse units I think we as a professhysion have a tremendou s amount to offer there becJuse of our mand ate wlich is so broad Vete rinar ians look after all animals excep t for people in th e sense of providing handS-Oil care We can learn a lot from these othe r species There are diseases in other animals that have analogies to human disshyeases so we can learn from that and use th em as n1tural models

He expec ts to see mor e collaboration IIlJ information sharing alllong human medical and veterinary researchers Its not

16 G UELPH ALUMNUS

so amazing to understand that we would ha ve folks working on things that have a human application It co mes from our manshydate our responsibilities and histo ry and the comparative approach

The fourth pillar of veterinary medicine offers many impressive examples of co mshyparative medicine In the next few pages we present a small sample of current OVC research initiat ives that are providing immeshydiate and direct benefit to human medicine and health

disease similar to pre-eclampsia In mice lacking these lymphocy te cells she grafted bone marrow containing gra ft s with NK cells and found that the implantation sites returned to a no rmal state

Croys research has gained worldwide recognition for its considerable applicabilshyity to human fetal development and because it provides a useful animal model for this gestational disease Her work may eventu shyall) show scientists how to eliminate preshyeclampsia during human pregnancy It will also help vets and farmers understand how

Reproductive technologies

Prof Anne Croy Biomedical Sciences is intent on discovering why pregnant women develop pre-eclampsia a serious illn ess that typically occurs during th e second half of pregnancy High blood pressure is the major symptom If pre-eclampsia occurs th e baby must be delivered immediately or the mothshyer may experience convulsions or even die To better understand the ilness Croy is examining lymphocytes in the uterus par shyticularlya group of specialized lymphocyte cells that multiply during early pregnancy

These NK cells or natural killers regushylate gene expression and attack foreign invaders such as cancerous tumours Their main r01 e during pregnancy is to dilate blood vessels as the uterus grows preventshying blood pressure from rising to dangershyous levels Croy and her research team have discovered that lack of NK ceUs in the uterus may cause reproductive problems and lead to smaller infants whose growth is retard shyed into adulthood

Working with mice Croy found th at removing NK cells before mating led to a

uterine lymphoc ytes work in lives tock which is why her studies are funded by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs as well as the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council

How much can mice teU us about human reproductive immunology Croy says the importance of the mouse as a tool for studyshying disease progression or therapy was brought home to her in the 1960s when she was an OVC student of Prof Tom Hulland then chair of pathology and an ea rly enthushysiast of using mice as resea rch models

She says the two reproductive systems are remarkably similar Because mice reach adulthood after six to seven weeks and proshyduce about 10 offspring every three weeks researchers can monitor successive generashytions of mice over a short period to discovshyer the long-term ramifi ca tions of health problems And she is able to study an indishyvidual tissue section of an entire fetu s under -the microscope For these reasons mice play a central role in another of Croys research projects one thats found mothers pass along to their children more of themselves than was previously thought

Until recently the placenta was thought

to be impenetrable Then some Us

researchers discovered that cells travelled

from the fetus to the mother In research

funded by the Hospital for Sick Children

Foundation in Toronto Croy recently found

that the flow is two-way unidentified cells

We are the only medical profession that looks at medicine across species Thats one of the great strengths of veterinary medicine

are also transferred from the mother to the

bone marrow of the fetus

Unlike most earlier studi es Croys

focused on the bone marrow where the

bodys blood and autoimmune disea ses

develop She found that 90 per cent of the

mouse fetuses contained the mothers cells

in their marrow Because maternal cel ls

remain in offspring into adu lthood (a nalshy

ogous to humans) it suggests the cells may

affect the chi lds response to a bone marshy

row transplant during cancer treatment or

to treatment for HIV ma laria or burns For

example immune-deficient children often

receive marrow transplants from a parent

but if the mothers cells are already present

they can reject th at transplant Undershy

standing the nature of those cells is critical

As in Croys work with uterine lymp hoshy

cytes this research is receiving worldwide

recogn ition although the Guelph researcher

down plays that accla im This is so me of

the most interesting work of my career she

says but Im a relatively small player in the

bigger sc hem e of things

Croy has repeatedly crossed boundaries

in her pursuit of knowledge and has been

recognized by a variety of scientific discishy

plines She recent ly completed a term as a

permanent study sec tion member of the

National Institutes of Health (N1H) in th e

United States one of the few Canadians

appointed since the N1H opened permashy

nent membership to non -citizens in 1995

She teaches a summer course on reproducshy

tion mostly to medical doctors at the

Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratoshy

ry in Massachusetts This June she recei ved

the JCB Grant Senior Scientist Award from

the Canadian Society of Anatomy Cell Biolshy

ogy and Neurobiology - an unusual honshy

our for a vet And she recently prese nted

reproductive immunology findings to meetshy

ings of obstetricians and gynecologists

Organ transplants

A silent crisis is what one member of Parshy

liament has called Canadas organ donor

rate now among the lowest in the indusshy

trialized world More than 3000 Canadians

wait for organ transp lants each year and

143 of them die awaiting a transplant

One potential so lution being examined

at OVC is xenotransplantation or transshy

plan ting of organs from one sp ecies to

another - specifica ll y from pigs to

humans Its not as far-fetched as it sounds

For more than 10 years people have

received living pig tissue including porcine

pancreatic islet cells for diabetes and pig

skin for burns

Because of its faculty expertise its outshy

standing record in animal ca re and welfare

and its 30-year history o f research in

pathogen-free swine for breeding and food

purposes OVC was approached by Imutran

Ltd of the United Kingdom a xenotran sshy

plantation research leader to assis t in pre-

clinical (non-human) trials

OVCs role in this leading-edge research

being co-led by Prof Danny Butler Clinishy

cal Studies is to breed and suppl y a sma ll

group of tran sgenic pigs for research trials

at partner institutions in the project - the

University of Toronto and the University of

Western Ontario ove was also instrushy

mental in ensur in g that the pig li tte rs were

of defined health status or pathoge n-free

- an integral aspect of this proJect These

transgenic pigs resemble any other pig on

the outside but on the inside Lhey diff r in

one smaJl but very important way

Ordinarily when a blood vessel ruptures

the bodys natural reaction is to clot and

patch the leak During this pro cess someshy

times called a cascade the body produces

chemicals sequentially to form the c lot But

clotting is a delicate FlOcess Until now

organ transplants betwee n species have proshy

voked hyper-acute rejection caus ing a

clotting-like cascade to continue until wit hshy

in min utes or hours th e patient rejec ts the

animal organ Blood entering the newly

received organ recognizes that tissue as forshy

eign and immediately begins the clotting

process quickly shutting down the o rg3 1l

By contrast the ce ll s of lmutran pigs conshy

tain a human gen e that produces a prote in

that stops the clotting casca d e In a transshy

planted pig organ c3tTying this gene the

protein fool s the pat ients blood into trelt shy

ing the organ as though its from the same

species thus preventing clotti ng

Butler believes oves expertise in surgishy

cally deriving and raising germ-free littetmiddots

was a key reason the college was approached

to undertake this re sea rch Fro m 1958 to

1989OVC took th e scientific lead with the

Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Fo od and

Ruralfffairs in supplying speci[Jc-pathogen shy

free animals to the provinces pig farms Prof

Paul Miniat of the Departmcnt of C linical

Studies and later th e Depa rtment of Popshy

ulation Medicine led that projec t

Tl1is current research is cutting-edge

says Butler and you have to be absolutely

meticulous about everything you do

Because these animals dont ha ve dn actishy -vated immune system any path oge n th lt

comes into play would be fatal to thesc pigs

Butler notes that the resea rch is stil l at

the pre-clinical (non-human) trial stage

and it will likely be years before trials ca n

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take place in hum ans And other forms of transplant rejec tion besides the hyper-acute

va ri ety will requ ire furth er research Along the way Butler and fellow OVC researchers - Prof Bonnie Mall ard and Byram Bridle PathobioJogy who are stud y director and projec t mana ger re spec tivel y Jud y Bell Clinical Studies a projec t mana ge r and

Prof Bob Fri endship Population Medicine - hope to gain new insight into breeding

pigs of exemplary health status for both anishymal breeding and food sa fe ty

Genetic diseases

Pro f Mark Baker Path obi ology hopes to enh ance gene th erapy used in treating

human and animal ge net ic d iseases by improving the effi ciency of gene targeting Using thi s procedure and the tools of biotechnology researchers hope to zero in on spec ific points in an o rgani sms DNA and insert or repair genes invol ved in sll ch

diseases as cancer AID S mu sc ular dystroshyphy cys tic fibrosis and sickl e-cell anemia

Gene targeting is a very important techshy

nology for gene modifi ca tion in all species - plants animals and micro-organisms says Baker who began tbi s work in the 1980s The nice thing about thi s tecbnolshyogy is th at yo u can make changes in the

ge ne right in its norm al position in the chromosom e

He hopes to make gene targe ting more effi cient by studying the underlyi ng process of homologo us reco mbi nation in whi ch

DNA sequences exchange information Norshymally this process helps ce lls repai r DNA da mage and govern s mixing of gen es durshy

ing cell di vision including th e p rocess of meios is whi ch produces egg and sperm

cells But homologous recombination can also lead to can cer durin g th e exchange of informati on bet ween a mutan t ch romoshyso me and its no rmal co unterpart Bes ides

stud ying what goes wrong durin g recomshybinat ion sc ientists are in te res ted in using th e process to co rr ect defe cts Baker s

research for exa mple has shown that gene targe ting th ro ugh homolo gous recombinashytion can correc t a mu ta tion to resto re proshyducti on of an immunoglobulin found in

an tibodies We want to und ers tand the mec hashy

nisms of recombination in mammalian cells

18 G U ELP H A LUMNUS

and how homologo us reco mbin ati on ca n

be used to shape and manipu late th e genome he says ex plaining that gene tarshygeting all ows researchers to make animal

model s of hum an gene ti c diseases study hum an ge ne th erapy and modify plant and an imal ge nomes to benefit agri culture biotechnology and medi cine

Cancer research

Ca ncer reaches into the lives of many Ca nashydian s A number of researchers are wo rkshying in this area and their research spans the spectrum from basic molecul ar bio techshy

nology to applied therapy says Pro f Wayne

improve our understa ndin g of how to modshy

ify the level of damage done by co litis He explains th at by detoxify ing dieta ry

mu tagens and ca rcinogen s CST enzymes provi de protection against va rious insul ts inflicted on th e stom ach Thats an imporshy

tant role gJven th e kno wn link be tween so me chemical s co nsumed by humans and the dama ge to DNA and tis sues th at ma y

lead to cancer Hi gh levels of the em ymes are good because th ey pro tect says Ki rby

In pre vious studi es conducted with the Je wish General Hospital in MontlCal Ki rshyby discove red th at man y peo pl e with col shyo rec tal ca ncer lack th e ge neti c codes fo r

GSTs He is now in vestigatin g th e role of the

At the cellular and subcellular levels it doesnt really matter

whether youre looking at a gene chromosome or cell that came out of a person or an animal

McDonnell OVC ass istant dean (resea rch)

Although OVC research usually fo cuses on can cer in anim als incl uding using animal models th e res ult s also touch th e human

realm of oncology research Colorec tal ca nce l is th e third most comshy

mon can cer in humans th e Canadian Ca nshy

cer Society estim ates th at more than 16000 new cases will be d iagnosed in 1999 and more th an 6000 deaths will occur Key fa cshy

tors in its development are d ie tary carc inoshyge ns and colitis a bowe l inflammatio n In Guelphs Departm ent of Bio medi cal Scishy

ences Prof Gordon Kirby is studying glu shytathione S-transferase (GST) emymes that

are fo und in the hea lthy human intestinal tract but are abse nt in colorec tal ca ncer patients This research co uld help impleshyment pre ve ntive st ra teg ies for people who might be at high risk for ca nce r or it may

help in co unselling people in proper dietary habits he says In addi tio n we may

enzy mes and how th eir level alte rs as th e

disease develops B) und erst andin g how th ese enz) l11 es

work and how th ey change dur ing the proshygression from co liti s to can cer Kirby ultishymately hopes to lea rn ho w to co ntro l th e leve l of th e enzymes Understandin g how

th e enzym es work ca n lead LI S to wa ys to

prevent cancer he SlyS

Radiation treatment

Veterll1ar ians using the technique o f halfshy

body ra dia tion may cut th e time needed to treat lymphoma in dogs acco rd ing to th e

re sul ts of a st ud y by OVC re sea rchers in cludin g Prof To n) Abr1Jl1s-0gg Pro f -Stephen Kruth Paul Woods Geri Ottewe ll and Kim Stewa rt - aU of th e Department of Clini cal Studi es - and Al Norris of th e

Veterinary Referral Cli nic And although the groups recent six-year tr ial was directed at

do gs the resu lts of thi s veterinary resea rch

may have implica tions for trea tin g cance r

in hum ans

Trea tin g lym ph oma traditionally Iequires up to two yea rs of chemoth erap)

An alternative to prolonged chemotherapy is tota l-body ra diat io n and bone mar row

transplantation The procedullt lI SLS the patien ts own marrow extracted before the

trea tment One drawback is the possi bilit y

of transpb nt ing s ick malTOw co ntaining lymphoma (ells back in to the patien t A secshy

o nd drawbac k is th e ex tcnsive ca re and

Icngthy recovery time required By co ntrast ha lf-body radiation takes

onl y three mon ths Ab rams- Ogg explains that became only half of th e body is treatshy

ed at one time enough healthy bone marshy

row remain s to negate a tra nsp lan t By the

time th e seco nd hal f o f the body is irradishyated 30 da ys late r th e pa tien t has hld

eno urh line to recover fro m the first trea tshyment Hes also found that dogs receivi ng

half-bod) radiation generally avoid the sideshyeffects of tull-body trea tment

Abra ms-Ogg says ha lf- body radi ation

has been used on humans to alleviate pain in advanced cancer cases but not to treat

lymphoma The results of this trial do have hUl )la n health implications he SJ) Halt~

hody radilti o n may be used to treat the

sa me types of cancers in people

Resistance to antibiotics

Ensuring the hea lth of farm animals is an

im po rtant fac tor in ensuring th e health of our food supply T hrough col labo ratio ns wi th the Un iversity of Guelphs Department

of Food Science and l1calth Canada a dedshy

icated group of ove resea rch ers is improvshying public health through [ood -sa fe ty

research OnL of those sc ienti sts is Prof Sco tt

McEwen Population Med icine who studies food-animal prod uct io n and on-fa rm issues

by investigati ng microb ial resistance to antib ishyotics and ways to co ntrol pathoge ns such as

E coli during food-animal production Were try ing to red uce the level of exposhy

sure or people to these pathogens an d in tu rn red uce the level of food-borne illness

says I IcEwe n Our goal is to im prove

human health and improve the health of the animal industr )

Microbia l resista nce in pa rticular is a

co mpelli ng issue for agriculture rigbt no w because of a number of eve nts occurring

worldwide that have focus ed attenti on o n the use of antibi otics in foo d-a ni mal pro shy

du ct ion and the po tential impact on h um ans through meat conu mption

McEwen and h is st ud ents are looking at

what types of animals are being exposed to

va ll o us drugs and for how long to better

measure bacterial resistance to antibiot ics Because the agricu ltu ra l industry accounts [or half of to tal antib io tic lls e he says it s

important to look for new ways to improve on-farm manage ment of livestock that wIll

reduce disease Jnd the need for treatme nt

with antibiotics ga

Veterinary medicine contributes to human health sector

The Ontario Veteri nary Co llege (OVC) is at the centre of Ontarios

$44 billion knowledge-based ecoshy

nomic secto r foc using on animal

health and related food qualitysafeshy

ty and biomedicalbiotechnology activities

Although veterinal) medicine is

the main focus of studies at OVC the biomedical science o ption has

the bjgh est enrolment among

Guelphs 30 BSe degree programs

Employers in Canadas $I -billion biotechnology indust ry sa y a degree in ve ter inary med icine will

be an impor tant first step in filling

new positions created by the pracshytical application of current revelashy

tions in molecular biology and cloning technology

OVC is a founding college of the

Universit y of Guelph which receives mo re resea rch funding

from the Medica l Research Co unshycil than any other Ca nadi an uni shy

versity with o ut a medica l school

More than ISO studies have been condu cted using fund s donated

throug h OVes Pet Tr ust by ve tshy

erinarians and pet owners who recshy

ognize the th erapeutic value of the

bond betwee n people and com shypa nion animal s

100 per cent of OVC gradu ates

find em ploymen t withi n six months of gradu ation

50 per cen t of veterinary patholoshygists in North America are -employed directly or indirectly by the pharmaceutical industr y

Fa llWinter 1999 19

a The Royal Society of Canada recognizes an acndelnic career

by Alexander Wooley a scholar Funny hOWasingle pi ece of paper can summarize a lifet ime of study and aCJ demic work that has already fi ll ed

29 books and 85 book chapters an d Journal articles

In june U of G polit ica l science profes~

sor Onkar P Dwivedi received a letter invit~

ing hi m to become a Fello w of th e Royal Society of Canada Its an invitation reserved

for Canadas ltlCJde11i c elite an an nounceshy

men t thM brought congratul atio ns tinged with envy fiom colleagues across Ca nada and

left th is U of G professor answeri ng quips from Guelph collcgues such as Are we still

allowed to share the elevator wi th such an illuSlrious scholar

Dwivedi is indeed an ill ustrious scholar

- th e FRSC is th e hi ghest scholJriy recog~ nition1 Canad ian ~ cad emic ca n recei ve shy

but he is also a personable man who has a deer concern fo r o thers and a sense of humour that allows h illl to ceremo ni ously

wave oth er facult ) and students on to the

elevator as it ri ses to his s ix1h~f1oor offi ce ill the JvlacKi nn on Bu ilding

Known across camp us simply as OP he says its o nl y natural that hlS colleagues

wo uld be a bi t envi ous of th e Royal Society

designation he has felt th at envy himself when congratultting previous recip ien ts

Dwivedi SI) he is d~ep l ) honoured to bL one of 19 U of C lilCul ty wh o hold thl tilk (see page II ) The entire U of C cJm pl co mmunity shOlIcs in Prof l)iveciis dd igh t at bei ng l1amed a fel low I) pruv()t tin

Campbe ll It is a we ll~d lsencd mark of recognition for his distinguished caree r Jnd

vJ lua ble slr vice to i II I l 1Ila I ional dlTlop Ill en t an d the en viron men t

Being n~mcd I Fello of the Rnl11 oci

101) of CI1a d ~ is testimony 10 tile prnrcsnr ~

beli e-I Lhat if you work hard enough you L11l

achieve an ythi ng Th~Is 11) hi colilltr)

is so great he says o f his adopted C~nIJ1 Born in India Dwi ved i came 1( ( anadl

in the early [960 as a gruduatc lttuden Hl co mpl eted a mdst 15 de grec al Carl etull University ~nd a Ph D at QUlln l middot ni~r ishy

ty ~l1 d jo incd the U o f C tJLlti lyin 1967

He hJS advanccd Ihe CallldilI1 view of

political eth ics 111d public scnicc Wl11pI(d

pol icy~mak ing t nd administralioll hetwlcn natio ns and l11aintl ined world iew of enli~

ronll1ental pol iei sand pl1blie alti ludes toward pollu tion And ltI ll the wh ile haring his in sight wilh the l h (l u~llld nf tlllkilts

who halt vied for se1ts ill his classroom

Alt hough C1I1 3d is now hi~ IWll1l Dwivedi main tai ns ~Irong lies with his lill

mer homeland He has mon itored dCIdol

mtnh Ind ehtnge~ ill IndilS pol lulion lt111U

lto INrl ation pol i ~ic ror lll1lo~t 0 )Cltlrs and sucd h J ltnio r ad iser 1(1 Ih (OUlllr )

lin ilr) of rl1limnl11tllt dnd Fltlr~ I S I Ii lIll rc~c nl hook publi1 d in I))7 i ntro ~

Jl1C~ r~ldr tlt1 Ih cnVil 0 l1nlCnl11 p(lli~yshy

mll-ing and manf~mll1t prelL n Ind i1 b) cxamining vlri()u~ Jill1cl1iol15 of lhlt

tl1Iironrncn lal chIIltI1ampes faced h)lhe nali()n Farber th is )Lar hc 1 in Ind i JS par t

or a hll1lli(Ia l lroICL looking at reg ulal middot ing cmironmcnlal ri there with I Spc

eiJI fO LlI on htrlil lll i hmlsehrllJ producls

and thiJ ill1 tI~1 Oil (Imen ltlnd hiidren

Tht resClreh p rQin t i locattd ill Kll1 pur

lt1 cil ) of Ih rec million HId IS funded b) the Sha tri In do CJnldi111 Imti lutc

[)wi lldi mother and othl lamily mtlllhLI sl illl iC in In d i li e pcrsollally

Ufporh eh olt)I Ihne and hell he retire in tl1 Icars hl plan to SCI up I L~c n tre fo r

drug HldiLliOl I 1I11lI11Llll11 healt h

Fnn in C lllJdI hl is working to help

olher or Indiall illlllry bui ld bella lives I lc offen hi serliccI~ I parl -timc Hindu

pries t lIith U ofe CGl11pUS minislry and I~ 1 spir iluJ I ou l1 1I0 [ Jor inm lles It Ihe

Cudl h Corrldinnd (ntrc The Roal Soc ielY Litdtion d~ )Lribes

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ndti( nal distinction and international recogshy

nit ion Just this spring he vis ited Loyo la l [a rymollnt Universit-y in Los An-des as that

insti tutions 1999 Internati onal Scho lJ r

Es tabli shed 117 years lgO the Roya l Society or Canada enco mpasse d ra nge of

discip lin es including the natural and ap plied sc iences medi cine soc ial scien ces MId hu manit ies

Dwi vedi sa) The s()c ic tys invitation is

an honour for me and also a wonderful recogshy

nition for our new coll ege (U of Gs College

of Social and All lied Human Sciences )

A for mer chair of Guel lhs Department of Political Science Dwivedi is pres id ent of

the Ca nadian Asian Stud ies Associa tion and

past lresident of the Canadian Po litica l Scishyence Association He also chairs th e resea rch committee of the International Poli tical Scishy

ence Associat io n

During hi s 32-year career at Guellh he ha s served on the Enviro nm ental Assess shy

)]lent Boa rd of Ontario as a co nsultan t to

the Ca nadian gove rnment as an adviser to th e Wo rld Health Organi za ti o n an d the

Wo rld Bank in In dia Papua New Guinea and Mau ritiu s an d as a sc ientific panel

member with UNESCO In J 99 8 he

received an honorary degree fro m the Unishyve rsity of Leth bridge ga

fa llWinter 1999 21

-

-

ANDREvV VOWLES

m Tiny flashes of blue

light caught by U of G

to physicists in an

undergro und

observatory may eg

tell us the

fate of our

universerunch First tighf wasnt long in coming even in a mine shaft some two kiloshy

metres beneath the Earths surface Within days of turning on a multishy

million-dollar li ght detector near the bottom of a Sudbury nickel mine

scientists from Canada the nited States and the United Kingdom recordshy

ed their first even t Thats physicists lingo for a collision between a tiny

extraterrestrial particle called a neutrino and a molecule of heavy water

Actually what they witnessed last spring was not the encounter itself

- marked by a tell tale fl ash of blue light - but data trickling in quishy

etly from the detectors elaborate instruments sometime after the fact

Still that was enou h to set a few hearts pounding among the collabshy

orators in the Sudb u r y eutrin o Observatory particularly among

Guelph physicists John Simpson Robin Ollerhead and Jimmy Law who

appJaude 1 those early results not just for what they might reveal about

the universe but also as a validation of their painstaking care in conshy

structing and preparing the detector

Fall Winter 1999 23

-

[J This is without a doubt the climax of my

career says Simpson whos been invo lved

with the Sudbury N eu trin o Observa to ry

(SNO) project since it was fir s t moo ted by

Canadian physicis ts in th e early 1980s Hes

been studying neutrinos for almost two

decades beginning with experiments in a

Windsor-area sa lt mine

It s th e las t unkn own low-energy area

left he says N eutrin os are s till th e least

understood elementa ry particle of a ll

Thats not for lac k of them T hey re co nshy

sidered to be th e most commo n particles in

the universe and the fund amenta l building

blocks of matter Each seco nd bi lli ons of

neutrinos generated during fusion reactions

in the sun and in sou rces far beyond our

galaxy bombard every square ce ntim etre of

the Earths surface undetected But just try

to catch one So ephemeral a re Ih ey th at

they pass without a mmmur through most

objects including solid rock ni ckel ni ckel

miners - even throu gh the SNO sc ientis ts

monitoring their giant acry li c ball s usshy

pended in a 22-metre-wide cavern two kiloshy

metres down the mine shaft

The $70-million o bse rva to ry s it s nea r

the bottom of Inco Ltd s C reighton nicke l

mine the deepes t wo rkin g min e in North

America and one tha t has opera ted co ntinshy

uously for the last ce ntury

Today the only eAtra terreslrial objects hitshy

ting the site - or more co rrect ly passi ng

through it - are neutrinos Seemingly against

astronomical odds those scientists hope to

use that ball as a kind of cosmic-sized catchshy

ers mitt to stop or deflect enough of these

particles to learn more about them and about

the big wide universe that spawned them

Inside that 12-foot ball are 1000 tonnes

of heavy water which is also used as coolant

inside nuclear reactors Tn fact th e watershy

all $300 million worth - is on loan from

Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (AECL)

Heavy water ho lds the key to SNOs opera-

Taken during construction the photo above

shows the SNO cavity and acrylic vessel At

right the acrylic vessel is surrounded by an 18shy

metre diameter geodesic sphere that supports

nearly 10000 light sensors and reftectors

Scientists hope to U~

tion Because its molecules contain one more

n eutron than in ordinary water its more

likely to in tercept a phantom neutrino That

co llis ion will be marked by faint but telltale

fla shes of light - forma lly kno wn as

Cerenkov radia tion th e characteris tic blu e

glow emitted in a nuclear reactor - to be

picked up by a few of th e 10000 detectors

studding the panels on th e sphere s surface

Perhaps more impo rtan t SNO resea rchers

anticipate that the wa ter will catch all three

types o f neut rinos no t just the o ne captured

by other detec tors around the world

N eutr in os come in three species or

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24 GUELPH ALUMN U S

agiant acrylic ball as a kind of cosmic-sized catchers mitt

flavou rs based on th e kind s of subatomshy

ic particl es tlleyre dssociated with electro n

neutrinos muon neutrinos and tau neu trishy

nos Referring to earlier experiments that

have detected far fewer neutrinos than

expected based on our understanding of

how the universe works Simpso n says most

scientists believe that neutrinos have mass

and the) change type as th ey leave the sun

and thats why Ne havent seen enough of

them Being able to detect the other two

flavours at SNO might allow sc ientis ts to

account for the so -called missing neutrinos

Proving that neutrinos can change their

stripes might als o tell us more about the

likely fate of th e universe itself by solving

another mystery the question of the missshy

ing mass Referring to basic laws of physics

Law says If neutrinos convert th at means

th ey must have mass Why is that imporshy

ta nt Explai ns Ollerhead The amount of

mass thats accounted fo r by the sta rs that

you can see is only about one-tenth of the

total mass the re must be in the universe in

order to cause the interactions and motions

you see W hen people talk about mis si ng

mass thats what th ey re talking about

So the question is where is it l Because

every s tar produces billions of neut rin os

every second the universe is full of neutr ishy

nos These van ishingly small particles could

collectively exert a gravitational pull out of

all proportion to th eir size - enough to

eventually slow the expa nsion of the universe

If neutrin os have ma ss it means the

universe may be heavier than we think says

Simpso n The universe will eventually stop

expanding in a few billion years and collapse

back in on itself Thi s is known as the Big

Crunch Finding evidence of the smoking

gun to either prove or di sprove that theoshy

ry is the purpose of the observatory he says

SNO research bombards other areas of science Adapting physics tools to build SNO

An expert in X-ray back-scattering Guelph

physicist Innes Mackenzie helped the SNO

team about six years ago by adapting his

back-scattering technique to determine the

thickness of a plastic liner that su rrounds

th e entire observatory cavity Made of a

substance called urylon (produced by a

Guelph company) the liner was sp rayed

on to the cavitys concrete surface to screen

ou t radon a radioactive gas that diffuses

even through soLd rock In a project where

an extra millimetre could skew results scishy

entists needed to ensure that the material

was the same thickness all the way arou nd

Mackenzie used X-ray back-scattering

a techniq ue he has developed that might

be llsed to determine say the thickness of

paint applied in an auto assembly plant or

ice buildup on aircraft wings Laurentian

University physicist Doug Hallman says

his research group has worked with

Mackenzie to set up a unique hand- held

monitor and data-recording system which

found the actual thickness of the eightshy

millimetre-dlick polyurethane material to

an accuracy of about 10 per cent

Building new tools from SNO physics

During his graduate studies in physics at

Guelph Tom Andersen helped his PhD

supervisor Prof John Simpson design

devices used to detect background

radioactivity of the heavy wa ter in the

Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO)

and worked on software that simulates

th e movement of high -energy muons

particles created when cos mic rays

encounter the Earths atmosphere All the

while he had his eye on a not-unrelated

topic that became his full-time job after

graduating in 1998

It a desk top planetarium says

Andersen of his astro nomy software

which allows users to view the simulated

night sky - including comets asteroids

satellites a nd stars - on a computer

screen With it yo u can observe the sky

as it appears from your backyard tonight

o r from Jupiter 100 years ago or from

Egypt 3000 years ago

He and his partners a t Toronto-based

Sienna Software Inc have so ld about

10000 copies of Sta rry Night software

dming the past 18 months They began

by selling software that users could down shy

load from the Internet but now make two

CD-ROM versions of the package Starshy

ry Night Deluxe and Starry Night Pro

The first allows users to look at more than

19 million objects from anywh ere in the

solar system and to examin e deta iled

graphics of such things as constellations

Serious astronomy afic ionados use the

pro version to track as teroids learn more

about star motions or create their own

planets to study orbital mechanics

Generally anyone who owns an

as tronomical telesco pe owns a piece of

astronomy software says Andersen You

can take your telescope to your backyard

and connect it to your laptop and then

point to something with Starry Night and

have the telescope steer to it

Applying SNO tools to business

Former phys ics graduate student Myung

Chol Chon now works in the Royal Banks

corporate and investmen t banking offices

in Toronto Modelling the behaviour of

financial assets and pricing derivative secushy

rities might appear removed from the task

of capturing neutrinos but Chon says the

Guelph SNO group gave him an opporshy

tunity to learn various quantitative ana lyshy

sis tools including Monte Carlo simulashy

tion and artificial neural networks I also

gained understanding and experience in

software production via working with the

SNO Monte Carlo Analysis (SNO MAN )

software development team - tools

applicable not only in physical science but

in other areas as well

Fa llWinter 1999 25

-Simpson says ea rly detection of SNOs first

neutrino this summer reflects the high qUJIshy

ity of the obselva tory itself incl uding th t conshy

tribution of the Guelph scientists involved in

designi ng its sophist icated instrum ents Thats why theres a lot of noise abo ut the

fi rst measurem en ts he sa ys Some o ther

detectors have to work harder to get the backshyground radioactivity down Weve shown that

we constructed a very clea n detector

Along with several PhD studen ts and resea rch associates he and his coUeagues buiJt

inst ruments used to monitor and ensure an acceptable level of background radi oactivishy

ty in SNOs innards fiom the hea l) watcr to all the components orthe detector itse lf

The Guelph group developed a very senshy

sitive technique for the measurement of ultrashylow levels of ra dioactivit y in water whi ch is

essential for th e SNO detector to reach its

goals says SNO project director Art McDonshy

ald a phys icist at Queens Universit y Meas uring radioact ivity is our ga me

says resea rch ass oc iate Pillalamarr Jaga m during a tour of Sim psons lab in th e baseshy

ment of the MacNaughton Build in g home

to whJt Jaga m calls the only ul tra-low backshy

ground radi ation research and development

group in Ca nada Po inting to a det ector resemblin g a stainless-steel salad bowl with

a matchin g lid he says the Guelph -made

de vice JS with its co usins on perm anent du ty at SNO picks lip infinitesimally small

amounts of ra dioactivity emitted naturall y

by the observa torys compo nents

Ja ga m helps run th ose dev ices at SNO

fo llowin g up on his role as superv iso r of a

cl ea nin g crew d urin g SNOs constru ction SNO is the larges t clean-room ever olltside

of the electron ics industry he says Its

cleaner th an yo ur avera ge dinner plate

Above Muon neutrinos produced from cosmic

rays which strike Earths abnosphere are detectshy

ed by the SNO light sensors producing a coneshy

shaped pattern of energy Right An artists

sketch of the SNO detector shows the central

acrytic vessel now filled with 1000 tons of heavy

water and surrounded by 7000 tons of ultra

pure regular water Scientists monitor the obsershy

vatory from the room located above the sphere

26 GU ELP H ALUM NUS

In two years we mayI

Unlike th eir fell ow labourers in the m in e

who normall y hit the sbowers aft er a lo ng

day on the ore face th e scientists monitorshy

ing th e o bse rvatory must shower bef ore enterin g their facility Simil ar standa rds are mlintained tor the heavy water in th e acrylic

vessel which is fil tered dail y Jnd tested for ambient rad ioactivit y It s the purcst water

in th e wo rld says Jian Wang for merly J

research associate in Simpsons lab and now a consultant wi th U of Gs GUA RD In c

The Guelph-dc-signed instruments h ave

prove n lIseful in rela ted but more fa r-flung

applications JagaJl1 says scientists building

lgt

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ly know if the universe will eventually collapse

ye t an oth er neutrino observatory in Italy consulted with U of G physicists on radia shyti on measurement Closer to home he has helped Prof Richard Protz Land Reso urce Science quantify minute amounts of radioac tive cesium in so il samples taken from the Ecuadorean Andes an d from the Chernobyl site in Ukrain e

Law a particle physicist [las been involved since 1991 in writin g and test ing simulation software used by the project colshylaborators to model the workings of th e SNO detecto r With the detector now opershyating the package - dubbed SNOMAN shywill be used to analyse the data it generates OUerhead who first encountered SNO while chair of the Department of Physics has long worked in expe rim en tal nuclear physics using accelerators such as th e one run by AECL in Cbalk River Ont Todays investishygations at SNO draw on at least one aspect of his ea rlier resea rch in Los Alamos New Mexico where he developed neutral current detectors of the sort expec ted to help SNO sn iff out all three neutrino flavo urs

Sim psons graduate student Nathaniel Tagg is studying cosmic ray particles called muons which are detected as a byproduct in the obse rvatory Unlike neutrinos muons come from cosmic rays - or ionized nuclei - which begin Jife far beyond the solar sysshytem perhaps generated by stars exploding into supernovas or by shock waves emanating from collapsing black holes When these cosmic rays hit the Earths atmosp here th ey create extremely high-energy particles that can be detected by SNO some alon e or in pairs like bullets others in a shower like shotgun pelshylets Comparing the ratio of single bullets to shotgun blas ts may tell Tagg something about how the particles originated When you build a detector you get a lot of things for free he says Muons are considered background to most of the collaboration but there are some interes ting physics you ca n do with them

Beyond Guelph the SNO collaboration brings together almost 100 scientists from II universi ties and labs in Canada the United Sta tes and the United Kingdom Canad ian participants includ e university resea rchers from Queens Car leton Laurentian Britisll

Columbia and Guelph Wby Ca nada Canashyda has a lot of heavy water because of its nuclear power reactor development the CANshyDU reactor says OUerhead Basically Canashyda is tbe only country that can do the expershyiment using heavy water which is what gives this its unique flavour The other thing is the undergro und aspect All the neutrino expershyimen ts are done underground for shielding from cosm ic rays and other sources of backshyground radiation The nickel mine in Sudbury is the deepest site in North America

Its al so important that Creighton mine is a working facility says Si mpson [t has

Physics faculty

and students are

an integral part of (PES

Physics is one of five departments and schools in the College of Physshyical and Engineeri ng Science ( CPES) Physics has more Roya l Society fellows than any other department on campus Since 1993 ten CPES students including two in physics have received National Research Coun shycil awards under the agen cys Women in Engin eering and Scishyence Program In 1999 CPES laun ched an inteshygrated four-year degree program in technology with Seneca College in Toronto majors in physics and technology or applied pharmace ushytical chemistry CPES plans to launch a new undershygraduate degree in computing scishyence next year to promote U of G strengths in bioinfomatics neural networks genetic algo rithm s and embedded systems CPES offers a unique program called MPC2 that provides enriched studies in mathematics physics chemistry and computing science

to be active because its the only way you can maintain the safety of th e mine SNOs control room occupies a drift (miners talk for a corridor) 6800 fee t below the surface deep enough to accommodate a stack of about five CN Towers

Dw-ing the observatorys construction a regular express ca ge whisked visitors directly down No9 shaft to the detector as fast as a car travelling on a cit) street The shaft also served as the delivery conduit for the SNO components Site manager Dunshycan Hepburn recall s es pecially the three months that it took to ship the [000 tonnes of heavy water underground The eleva tor could take six tonnes at a time he says so we had an elaborate schedule involving six tanker cars fill ed overnight and sent down early in th e morning on a specially schedshyuled cage Adds mine manage r John Gill J dont think we spilled a drop

Now using regularly scheduled cages scishyentists crowd shoulder to sho ulder in the elevator with up to 40 miners during the 20-minute ride along the sloping ore seam Everyone in the collaboration is expected to spend a certain number of shifts actualshyly operating the detec tor says O llerhead This is partly to save money but also par tshyly because th e physicists are the ones with the vested interes t and should be involved Collaborators might spend seve ral weeks in Sudbury at a time for up to six weeks a year

SNO scien tists expect to learn definitiveshyly within two years whether or not neutrishynos have mass They also anticipate that the observatory will yield information about the sun and about other st ructures far beyond our galaA) The missing mass question is a way of studying supnnovas notes Ollershyhead There are many applications of this detector beyond just neutrinos from the sun

Why should anyone ca re about what these infinitesimally small particles teU us about cosshymic-sized questions If youre going to be an ad vance d and civilized country then you should be thinking about fundamental quesshy shytions and not just about where your next meal is coming from says Simpson Thats the difshyference I think between a civili7ed society and a society that just lives from day to day ga

FallWinter 1999 27

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

alU bull

ALUMNI PROFILES

ALUMNUS OF HONOUR

FORMER OAC DEA N Rick Richards BSA 38 was recogn ized for

his lifelong commi tment to excellence in admini stration teachshy

ing research and ex tension wh en he vas named 1999 AlumLlus of Honour by th e Un ive rsity o f Guelph Alumn i Associat ion The preshy

sen tation was made durin g Alumni Weekend in lun e

Ri chard s bega n hi s ca ree r in soil sc ience and pion ee red the

process of soil classifi ca ti on and map pin f for Ontario As head of

th e Un iversitys Depa rtm ent of Land Resou rce Science he spearshyheaded the constr uct ion o f new fa cili ties provided leadership in

the deve lopment of broader more sc ientifi c program s and th e

expansioLl o f fa culty and obta ined more lan d areas for departshymental resea rch He was appointed the first dea n of OAC in 1962

and was one o r the fou r principal academi c leade rs ho shared in

es tab lishin g the Universit y of Guelph After co mpleting two terms as dean he return ed to teac hing and retired in [98 1

As a professiona l agrologist Richards impleme nted pl ans ror

the Canadian Agri cultural Researc h Co un ci l as it s fi rst president

and was pres id ent o f the Ca nadian Soc iety of Su il Science th e Ontari o Institute of Ag rologists and tht Agricu ltural Institu te of

Can ada He was also the Canadian representa ti ve to th e United

Nations Food and Agricu lture O rga nizltJtion

ALUMNI VOLUNTEER AWARD

DAv ID ADAMS BSA 49 has always made his alma mater a pri shy

o ri t) and in 1999 th e Unive rsity of Guelph Alumni Associashy

tion app lauded th at loya lty by presentin g him with its 1999 Alulll shyni Volu nteer Awa rd

Adams has demo nstrated a devot ion to volun teer excellence

through his com mitment to the Universit y OAC and hi s alumni

ii class OAC 49 He was UGAA pres ident in 196869 president of

d the OAC Alu Jllni Associatio n in 196566 and a member of the Unishy

~ versi ty Senate and Boa rd of Governors fro m 1970 to 1973 In add ishy

~ tion he has Jllade mu ltiple contr ibu tions to OAC 49 ac tivities He

~ was instrumenta l in orga ni zin g 50th-anniversary class celebrations ~ for Alumni middotWeekend 99 which included the ded ication of the Yea r

~ 49 OAC po nd ga rden at th e Arbo retum Cent re and the res torashy

~ ti on of the Johnston Hall portico u ~ Adamss giving sp irit car ri es over into his pro(ess iona lli fc He

~ has had a distingu ished career in the ag ri -food indust ry and was laquo ~ general manager of the Canadian Meat Co uncil whe n hL reti red in

~ 1993 He cont inues to share hi s expertise with the co unc il and as

~ a volu ntee r for th e Royal Ag ri cultural inter Fair and th e Ca nashy~ dian Nat ional Exhibition FARlv

28 G UHPH ALU I NUS

HIGHLIGHTS middot GRAD NEWSmiddot OBITUARIESmiddot CALENDAR

ALUMNI MEDAL OF ACHIEVEMENT

DR AD RIAN P ARKS WO RK in th e area o f minimally invasive

surge ry has earned him international recogniti on as a leading surgeo n and educa tor in his fi eld His advancements in the use of

laparoscop ic techniques have improved treatm ent for an ex tensive

range of med ica l disorders that in the past could only be handled

thro ugh trad itional sur gery [n 1997 he was recruited to establish a new program at th e Uni ve rsity of Kentucky

Pa rk was honoured th is spring wit h the Universit y of Guelph flumni Associati ons Alumni Medal of Achievem ent He received

a bachelor of science fro m Gu elph in 1985 and a doctor o f med ishycine from McMaster University in 1987

He completed his training at St Josephs Hos pital and rilcMasshy

ter Uni ve rsity Affiliated Hosp ital s in Hamilto n O nt and at the

Uni versit) of Montrea l before Jo ining St Jose phs as a ge neral surshy

geo n in 1994

The Guelph meda l recognizes th e professional leadership and achievements demons trated in Parks still- yo un g career and his

compassionate ca re of pati ents He and his wife Jennifer 8A 84 have three children Hilary Meredith and Evan

ove DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS

DUNCAN SINC LAIRS CONTR IB UTIO NS to career an d soc iety have prove n bis leadersh ip and expe rtise in hea lth sciences He gradshy

uated fro m OVC in 1958 and received a master of sc ience fro m OAC in 1960 specializing in nutriti on He then earn ed a PhD in

physiology at Queens University in 1963 and bega n a ca reer focused

primaril y on human health Sinclair was ltl consultant to th e Ontario Ministry of Agriculture

Food and Rural Affairs on the Animals for Research Act ilnd bega n

his academic career at Q uee ns as dean of arts and science in 1974 He went on to serve as vice-principal institutional relati ons sershy

vices an d hea lth sciences before assum ing the role of dea n of medshy

icine He ret ired from Queens in 1996 He has heJd other prestishy

gious positi ons including directo r general of the Medical Resea rch

Council and was tile recipient of OVes Schofield ]V[edal in 1983

Sinclair is now deeply involved in advising the Ontario minisshy

ter of hea l til on ways to reinvest and res tructure th e delivery of health services in the province He chairs the Hea lth Services

Restr ucturin g Co mmission an independent body of health

experts and professionals appointed to redesign tbe provincial

health system

FallWinter 1999 29

alumni Matters

-ORDER OF OACU of G Can1pus ESTABLISHED MARY AND RlCK RICHARDS longtime OAC supporterWelcoilles Alumni

ABSA 38 are the first inductees Membership in the order is

into the Order of OAC estabshy limited to the first 50 individshy

LUMNI WEEKEND J999 orga nizing committee and says lished ea rli er thi s year by the uals who give $1 00000 or more

brought more th an 1300 proceeds will be used to help the OAC Alumni Fo undation to as bequests irrevocable insurshy

visitors to campus June 18 to 20 class establi sh a mille nnium recognize significant contribushy ance policies planned gifts or

In addition to th e traditi o nal scholarship to co mmemorate its tions to its end owment fund cash donations Gifts may be

awards luncheon hosted by U of 25 th anni versar)1 of graduation Rick served as dean of OAC applied as endowments to the

G president Mordech ai Rozanshy The Uni vers it y of Guelph [Tom 1964 to 1972 (see sto ry OAC Alumni Foundation or to

ski there we re man y spec ial Alumni Associat ion held its on page 28) Mary also worked the college as approved by the

events and cla ss reunions The ann ual meeting during Alumni in the college and has been a fou ndation directors

new Order of OAC was preshy Wee kend and elected a new slate

sented to Mary and Rick of offi cers for 1999 2000 Scott

Richards BSA 38 at th e Go ldshy va nEnge n BSc(Ag r) 88 presshy

en Anniversary Dinner and the id ent Robin-Lee Norris BA 80

Class of J974 hosted a reuni on first vice-pres ident John Tatson

dinner with Calgary Flames BA 69 seco nd vice-president

Hockey Club CEO Ron Bremshy Rita Sterne BComm 87 secshy

ner BA 7 J as guest speaker Bill Imiddotetar) and Brad Hull BA 89

Laidlaw BA 74 chaired the treasurer

President Mordechai Rozanski and representatives of the alumni

classes and individuals who supported U of Gs six new themati c

gardens cut the ribbon to officially open them duri ng Alumni Weekshy

end From left are Bill Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 61 Don Gri eve

BSA 55 and MSA 57 Harold Shield BSA 51 Sandra Hannam uJ CD Clay Switze r BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rozanski Marilyn Robinson ~ I Murray BH5c 55 Ted McNinch BSA 49 Bruce Stone BSA 53 u VI

Z and MSA 54 Harold Bentley BSA 64 and MSc 66 Craig Hunter lt

B5c(AgL) 74 and MSc 77 and Les Laking BSA 39 and HDSC 71 The conservatory greenhouse was unveiled moments later by gtshyCD

Don Rutherford BSA 51 who gave the leadership gift ensuring VI o

it s res toration on behalf of his famil y 5 I -

Ginty jocius BSc(Agr) 70 left chair of the OAC Alumni Foundation

presents the Order of OAC to Mary and Rick Richards BSA 38

Enjoying the Class of 1974 re union dinner are from left jerry Orga n

BSc(PE) 71 Ron Bremner BA 71 Gail Bremner Paul Henry MA 71

and Bill Laidlaw BA 74

30 GUELPH ALUMNUS

GRYPHON SPIRIT DOMINATES HOMECOMING

UOF G students shared the stands with alumni who came to campus Sept 25

to watch the football Gryphons defeat their long- standing varsity rival the University of Toronto Blues During the weeke nd the Gryphon Club Hall of Fame inducted five Gryphon swimmers filled the gold pool at the 21st ann ual Alumni Relay Swim Meet

and president Mordechai Rozanski hostshyed a luncheon attended by more than 200 alumni and current students who have received sc holarships and awards or who

participated in the volunteer peer helper prog ram

ALUMNI SWIM TO THE TOP

FORMER GRYPHON SW IMMER S Peter Koli snyk BSc(HK) 83 and Denise

(FarndaJe) vVatso n BASe 85 were recogshyni zed at the ann ual Homecoming sw im mee t for having attended more often th an any other alumni Other participants includshyed 1999 graduates Nico le Weber BSe CEng ) Greg Steinberg BSc(HK) and Nancy Sweetnam BComm who has been a memshy

ber of two Canadian Ol ympic teams ( 1992 and 1996) The alumni team defeated the stud ent teams with the help of Leo n

Homecoming J

r ~

Form er Guelph mayor and sports broadcaster Norm la ry received the Gryphon Club Hall of

Fame Merit Award Sept 24 at the annual induction c re mony that also honoured five former

Gryphon athletes From left are Paul Willi ams a cross-country and track athlete and three-time

Canadian Olympian Bob Pronk BComm 82 Ontario and Canadian cham pionship wrestler

Dave Guest BComm 87 a former all middotstar soccer and vo lleyba ll player Gladys Williams BA

69 MVP in both wo menS fi eld hockey and ice hockey lary and Mark Brown BComm 81

Wi ldman Trophy winner and football capta in The Gryphon Club also recognized the 1974 mens

rugby OUAA championship team

Garstecki Gryphon diving coach in the midshy Dale a longtime Gryp hon supporter and a I 970s and retired botany professo r Hugh national record-b olding masters swimmer

bull49 VETS MEET AT TRAlEE The OVC Cla ss of 1949 produced a la sting memory of its 50th

anni versary by filming the lune 18 gathering held at Tralee Farms

the home of class member Ray Cormack Classmates travelled from

across Canada and the United States to attend th e reunion which

included a luncheon a visit from U of G president Mordechai Rozanshy

ski and a tour of Cormacks farm and antique carriage collection

The organizing committee of Dave House Bill Mitchell Ken Fisk

and lim Arch ibald succeeded in producing a golden-anniversary

memento that captu res the days events and everyone in attendance

as they comment on their lives since graduating from OVe -Proceeds from the sale of the v ideos will support the OVC 49

Memorial Scholarship Fund Cost is $25 each To place an order call

Vikki Tremblay at Alumni House 519-824-4120 Ext 65 44 I D

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FallWinter 1999 31

alumni Matters

2000 Coming Events

Jan 26 - Careers Night hostshyed by Mac-FACS Alumni Assoshy

ciation For informatio call Laurie MalleaLi at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Careers Night hostshyed by HAFA Alumni Associashy

tion For information call Laushyrie Malleau at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Aggie Good Times Banquet Call the OAC Studwl Federation at Ext 8321 for tickshyet information Feb 3 - Job hir at Bingeman Park in Kitchener complishy

mentary bus service from Unishyversity Centre for students and

alumni For directions and a list of employers call U of G

Career Services at Ext 22 13

Feb 11 - Deadline for nomshy

ina tions for U of G Alumni Association Alumnus of Honshy

our Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment and Alumni Volunteer

Award and the OVC Distinshy

guished Alumnus Call Carla Bradshaw at Ext 6657 for details March 1 - Annual alumni

Florida reunion at Maple Leaf

Estates Port C harlotte Florishyda For information call alumshyni programs at 519-824-4120

Ext 6657 send e-mail to alumshyniuoguelphca or call Jack Hanna in Florida after Jan 1

at 813-645-0905

March 18 amp 19 - College

Ro yal

March 31 amp April 1 - OAC

Alumni Association annual

bonspiel at the Guelph Curlshy

ing Club and Guelph Country w Club Call Carla Bradshaw at ~ txt 6657 to register c u bull For more information on anyU)

z alumni event call the U of G ltC extension listed at 519- 824shy20 r 4120 or send e-mail to al11111shyCD

o niCvzlOguelphcab c a

32 CUEIPH ALUM N US

EA RLIER THIS YEAR U ofG

introduced a new approacll to fund-raising that centres on

academic priorities identified by

the ix colleges Now the Unishy

ve rsit y expa nds this initiative

through the formation of a new Annual Fund Cou ncil that will

recruit volunteers to proactiveshy

ly help meet tll0se funding goals

By enlarging the partnershy

ship between academics and fund-raisers we arc focusing our

efforts more clearly on the Un ishy

versi tys overall stra tegic objecshy

tives says Rudy Putns executive

director of campaign progra ms

We are calling on coUege deans to help ensure that our annual

giving programs are providing

the grea test possible benefit to

students Our volunteer and pro-

ALUMNI CElEBRATE NEW HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE CENTRE

The Human KineticsHuman Biology Alumni Association

presented a sketch of the John T Powell Building to U of Cs

new Health and Perfor mance Centre at a June 19 reunion of alumni and former staff Artist Joan Harper BSe(HK)

82 left and retired professor John Powell right witnessed

a presentati on by association pres ident Janet Leonhard BSe(HK) 82 to Prof Terry Graham

SilENT AUCTION MAKES NOISE

A silent auction held Sept 14 to 16 a t the Ou tdoo r Farm

Show in Woods tock Ont ge nshy

erated a lot of excitement and

goodwill in OACs 125th shyanniversary year and raised

$51000 that wi ll support stu shy

dent recruitm ent programs in

the college The auction was organized by Cinty Jocius BSc(Agr) 70 president of

Ginty Jocius amp Associates of

Guelph on behalf of the OAC Alumni Foundation

Auction items donated by friends and exhibitors at th e

farm show included everylhing

from farm equipment and supshyplies to a seven-month-old lla shyma named (-i nty Lorie Jocius

BASe 72 purchased her husshy

bands namesake and gave it to

OAC as an anniversary presen t at th e Sept 25 Heritage Banshy

quet and Ball

FUND-RAISI NG PARTNERSHIPS GROW

fessional fund -raislls wiJl spend

more of thei r time making pershy

so nal requ es ts for gifts to the University and less time on inshy

house administra tion

Members of the Annual Fund

Council will invite donations

Crom alumni members of the campu~ community the paren ts

of current students graduating

classes members of the various

gift clu bs (Presidents Council

etc) and selected corporations

foundations and associations

Development and Public Affairs staff will help target vol unteer

efforts where they wi ll have the

stronges t impact on growin g don or particip ation and fund shy

razsing results

Annual giving is one of the

most crucial parts of an institushy

tion s developmen t agenda says Putns Annu al donors help

maintain the quali ty of estabshylished academic programs espeshy

cially in times of reduced pubshy

lic fundin g he says They also

provide a foundation for special

fun cl-rai sing cam paigns shycampaigns that enable the Unishy

ve rsity to grow by providi ng

funds for major projects that do

not ha ve a traditional so urce of support Tbe ACCESS endowshy

ment for student financial assistshy

ance and the rece nt campaign to upgrade th e Food Science

Building are notable examples For more illjormation aboLit

the An17ual FUlld Co ullcil call Al111tal Fund 17l1lnager Tara George at 519-824-4 120 Ex t

390 1 or Putl7S at ext 6384

GRAD NEWS

U of G Degrees ADA = Associate diploma

in agriculture BA =Bachelor of arts BASe = Bachelor of applied

science BComm = Bachelor of

commerce BHSe Bachelor of houseshy

hold science BLA =Bachelor of

landscape architecture BSA = Bachelor of science in

agriculture (pre-196s) BSe(Agr) Bachelor of

science in agriculture BoSe = Bachelor of science BSe(Eng) =Bachelor of

science in engineering BSc(Env) =Bachelor of

19405

bull The Macdonald Institute

Class of 1941 met each other

for the firsl lime in 1939 and

theyve been gelling logelher rvice a year siIlce gradual ion

Celebrating 60 yea rs of fri end shy

ship this year are Mary (Hcx imer) MacLeln Beth

(jackson) Ca rdifF Mo lly

(Pattrson) Nix Frances

(Pellet) Smith Dorolhy

(Pond) Dunn Jeanne (Taylor )

Hamel Phyllis (Weren) Sobel and Evelyn (Eatun ) Pond

bull Jim Morton BSA 47 posed with his son Robert SA 70

and grandsons Jeff Bell 13A

9 1 and Greg Mo rton

SSc( Eng) 99 at Gregs U of

G convocation in June Retired

from a career in the lumber

business Jim is an OAC llu mmiddot ni volunteer al Guclph and is

aClive in cOm11lUnily work in

Burlington Onto Rob ert is

CEO of the Community Care

Access Centre in Simcoe

Coullly Jeff lcaches in Elmvalc

for the Simcoe County Dislricl School Board and Greg is

working Wilh the COnSlliling

engineering firm of Proclor

science in environmental sciences

BSe(HK) Bachelor of science in human kinetics

BSc(pE) = Bachelor of science in physical education

DHE = Diploma in home economics

DVSc = Doctor of veterinary science

DVM =Doctor of veterinary medicine

GO = Graduate diploma MA = Master of arts MAgr = Master of agriculture MBA = Master of business

admininstration MEng =Master of engineering

and Redfern at its Kitchener

office The Guelph lineage

aCl ually bega n in the Morton fami ly with Greg great shy

grantimoliln Anne Pringle

Morton DH E 1914

Greg Morton Jeff Bell and Jim and

Robert Morton

19505

bull Harold Baker BSA 50

writes to w rrect the e-mail

address publi shed in the last

iss lle of the Clepll Alunnls

Friends (111 conlact the retired

University of Saskatchewan

professo r and Il is wife Phyllis

at ha kc r hdukeL1sa~k ca

bull Barney Goodwin-Wilson BSA 50 is serving a two-year

krm as chair of the hoard of

lhe Onta rio Foocllerminal

The Iomnlo facility is the

MFA = Master of fine art MLA Master of landscape

architecture MMS = Master of management studies MSc =Master of science MSc(Aqua) = Master of

science in aquaculture ODA = Ontario diploma in

agriculture ODH =Ontario diploma in

horticulture OdR = Ontario Diploma in

recreation PhD = Doctor of philosophy

larges t who lesale fruit proshy

duce and flower market in

Canada and one of the largest

in orrh America He was forshymerly director and vice-cha ir

of the board

bull Gary Powell ADA 58

stopped at a remote motel in

western klahoma last

Janu ary and stanee a convershysation with th e only other cusshy

tomer at breakfa st the next

morning Turns out they were

both U of G grads Powell and Joe Deli BSc (Agr ) 64 had a

great time reminiscing abo Llt

ca mpus perso nalities they

both knew I guess one is never really very far from home says Powell

bull Dave Valentine BSA 59 has

retired as (o unty engineer for

the County of Brant in

Ontario He previously spent

23 years with Sir Sandford

Fleming College in Peterborough and has served 8S

engineer for the coun ties of Haliburton and Victoria He

and his wife Carole are now

Jiving near Carlisle Send e-mail

to valcntinworldchatcom

19605

bull Manuel Garcia PhD 67 was

recognized by the government

of the Ph ilippines in December

1998 with one of the highest

honours given to Filipinos Jivshy

ing outside the cou ntr y Garcia

is a senior consulting mi crobishy

ologist with lAS Bioshy

Diagnostic and a former

research scientist with

Agriculture and Agri-Food

Canada in Ottawa He is intershy

nationally recognized for his work in veterinary med icin e

and public health on the early detection of ca mpylobacter

salmonella and other foodshy

borne pathogens He is a memshy

ber of several learned profes shy

sional societies and has been involved in a number of intershy

national developm ent projects

He is also a community volunshy

teer and a pioneer in establishshying the National Council of

Canadian Filipino Associations

as the official voice of Filipino

Canadians nationwide bull Tom Hutchison DVM 65 is

a veterinary pathologist with the Nova Scotia provincial

diagnostic lab In 1998 he

passed the board cer tification exa ms for the American

College of Poultry Veterinarians in Baltimore but

the years highlights came in

late summer - a first grandshy

child for Tom and his wife

Eileen in August and the birth

of their own son Scott in

September bull Brian Little ADA 67 BSc(Agr) 72 and MSc 78

was elected president of the

Canadian 4-H Foundation in

May He was previously presishy -dent of the Ca nadian 4-H

Co uncil and a co uDcil represhysentative for his employe r the

Royal Bank of Canada He has been a fou ndation trustee for

f allWinter 1999 33

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several years and has a strong

4-H background as a member

and a club leader

19705

bull Doug Franklin SA 72 was

recen tly a ppoin led execu tive

director of the Multiple

Sclerosis Association of

America its hea d office is in

Cherry Hill NJ He was forshy

merly with the International

Youth Foundation in

Baltimore Md

bull Cathie Leimbach

SSc(Agr) 78 and MAgr 88

visi ted U of G this fa ll as

agrologist-in-residence It was

the sixth year of the program

co-sponsored by OAC and the

Ontario Institute of

Agrologists (OlA ) Raised on

an Ontario dairy and swine

farm Leimbach is past presishy

dent of the OI A and a partner

in STRIVE a team specializshy

in g in training facilitation and

consulting She now lives on a

cash-crop farm in Ohio

bull Willem Moolenbeek BSe

77 and MSe 8 1 studied biolshy

ogy and entomology at U of G

at the same time he was learnshy

ing to play the saxophone with

the Royal Conservatory of

Mu sic He says he still loves

science but music has become

his career A recitalist soloist

and clinician he has been a

saxophone instructor at

McMaster University in

Hamilton Ont fo r 15 years

He also teaches at the 19805

University of Waterloo pri- bull Bruce Brown BSe(Agr)

vately and at the National 85 and his wife Claudia

Music Ca mp of Canada where (Liebscher) BA 84 have three

he sometimes offers an infor- children who are beginning to

mal course on in sect identifi- display their dads musical

cation There are always a few prowess on the kazoo After 14

kids who really dig that he years of dairy farming Bruce

says U of G music lovers want back to school to earn an

enjoyed his saxophone music education degree and is now

at a noon-hour concert in teaching science with the

October Durham District School

bull Peter Vaughan SA 77 and Board

MA 77 was appointed secre- bull Tom Burns BA 89 and MA

tar y general and CEO of the 91 is a member of the

Canadian Medical Association Victoria Police in Melbourne

in June A fa culty member in Australia Last summer he

two departments at John s welcomed visitors from the

Hopkins University and in the RCMP including Kevin Durie

Department of Family BA 93 They quickly estab-

Medicine at the University of lished a U of G connection

Ottawa he is a fo rmer presi- including Duries student

dent of the medical staff at employment at Dcr Keller

Guelph General Hospital and a which was Burns s favourite

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the job says Burns but this

time we spent most of our

time talking about the great

times we had at U of G In

still another coincidence

Durie is married to Christine

Blake-Durie BA 91 and MA

93 who was a member of

Burnss MA group Burns says

other U of G grads travelling

to Melbourne are more than

welcome to drop in

bull Stuart Jackson ADA 87 is

distribution manager for

Burnbrae Farms Ltd in Delta

Onto He sends greetings to all

OAC friends including the

diploma classes of 1979 and

1980

bull Laurel (Murdoch) Koumarelas BComm 84 is

an ESL teacher with the

Toronto School Board She

and her husband Gus live in

Mississauga with their sons

Robert and Evan

bull Trish Looman BA 87

works for Royal LePageshy

Vantage in Guelph She speshy

cializes in residential multishy

unit real estate

bull Laima (Karosas) Laffitte

BSe(Agr) 85 and MAgr 91

lives in Wendover Ont with

her husband Vincent MAgr

91 and their children Yohan

and Marina Laima is the

advertising manager for The

Canadian Veterinary Journal and Vincent is an account

manager at the St Isidore

branch of Scotiabank Theyd

like to hear from classmates

via e-mail at Iaffitteonsymshy

paticoca They also want to let

OAC 85 grads know that the

class executive is building a

Web page at wwwrkdecom

oac85 and needs updated

names and addresses (includshy

ing e-mail) to add to the

directory f IS-year reunion

is being planned for Dec 2

and 32000

bull Cheryl Miller-Oh BASe

91 and her husband Tae live

in Southfield Mich with their

twins Nathalie and Nathan

born in October 1998 She is a

health-care consultant with

Computer Sciences

Corporation Send e-mail to

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bull Vijay Singh MSe 70 has

been awarded the Arthur K Barton Endowed Professorship

at Louisiana State University

He also recently received an

honorary degree and a

Fulbright Award for his work

in the area of entropy

bull Gayle (Barton) Tapper BSe

81 (biological science) and 83

(computing science) has been

employed at Memorial

University in St Johns Nfld

for 14 years in the Department

of Computing and

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pleting graduate work in phishy

losophy and humanities at

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bull Carolyn Riddell BA 85 is

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bull Laura Wilkinson BSe 85

and MSe 87 is a coroner in

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a cattle ranch near 70 Mile

House

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bull Kristi Adamo BSc(HK)

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bull Michelle (Pilon) Bacon BA

90 has been living in London

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Lucien but they are planning a

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AIRBORNE ALUMNUS Olive Thompson DHE 35 celebrated her 85th birthday

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grandchildren When she asked them about the paracbute

jump they told her to go for it Shes considering a repeat I U

jump next year and hopes her adventure will be a good S o

example for other seniors A dedicated member of the class -lt CD

of Mac 35 Thompson was president of the University of s Guelph Alumni Association in 197778 and keeps busy now VI

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with volunteer work for the Salvation Army Z

living in Calgary and welcome

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bull Deborah (Panton) Bodden

BASc 93 and her husband

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1998 and live in Grand

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bull Elizabeth Cardno MSe 99

is working with the Rural

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bull Jeannine Cote BA 9 J lives

in Hamilton Ont and works

o -lt

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bull Jeremy Debling BSe 94 is

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department at Novopharm

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bull Angela Dodd BA 93 and

Christopher Kemp

BSe(HK) 94 were married

Aug 14 Theyve bought a new

home in Etobicoke Ont

where he works for Canada

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Physiotherapy as a kinesioloshy

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bull Sheryl Harding Friedrich

BASe 85 is a full-time mom

and part-time nutrition conshy

sultant in Cannington Onto

She and her husband Cal

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bull Anne Marie (Henwood)

Harman BA 95 is enjoying

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year-old Jenna She and her

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bull Rosaleen Heffernan BA 96

and Barry Liboiron BSe 97

were married in August

Theyre both studying at the

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bull Krista Hilton BASe 95

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bull Michael Kennard BA 86

starred as Mump the Clown in

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in Something Else With Zug last

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bull Sharon McConnell BSe 90

and MSe 93 went on from U

of G to earn a diploma in

business management from

Wilfrid Laurier University

Since 1995 she has worked in

Toronto as a project director at

Burak Ja co bson Market

Resea rch Partners Ine

bull Michael McKay-Fleming BA

92 has launched two daily

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bull Andrew Nicholls MA 90 nications in Cambridge

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bull Jennifer (Pope) Parney physical therapy at the

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bull Jamie Rickard BSe(Agr)

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bull Baijit Singh PhD 94 comshy

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bull Cyndy Stencill ADA 93 is a

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bull Steve Tanner BA 82

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W illiam Ba rnes DVM 59 died Sept 7

1999 He grew up in th e N iagara area

but spent his professio nal ca ree r in a

ve terina ry prac ti ce in Ill inois He was a

dr ivi ng force in the American Ve ter inary

Medica l Assooatio n and in bo th the

Chicago and IlJin o is assoc iatio ns He

was also a fo un ding mem ber o f the

Ch icago-based Friends of Unicerslty of

Guelph a char itable o rga nizat ion

founded in 1975 to serve Guelph a lumni

living in the United Sta tes

George Dickson BSA 38 di ed Oct 9

1999 H e spen t h is entire career w ith

Canada Packers moving up f[Om mai l

cle rk to exec lltive vice-presid ent and

d irector After retirin g in 1976 he

devoted ma ny vo lu ntee r hours to U of

G 3S a memb er of Boa rd o f Gove rno rs

and the OAC Alumni Associatio n

Jam es Pinkney DVM 37 died July 3

1999 A respected ve ter in aria n in his

hom e to~ll o f Cooksv il le O nt he was

also recog nized as a p remier swi ne

breeder showman and judge He was

active in m any agricultural o rga niza shy

tio ns and in both the Ontario and

Canadian Vete rinary Med ical assoc iashy

tio ns He was a lo ngti me supporte r o f

th e Unive rsity especially the OVC

museum and was named OVC

Di stinguished Alumnus in 1987

Audrey Yea nd le DHE 25 di ed March

17 1999 in St ratford O nto A profes shy

sio nal diet it ia n she wo rked to two hosshy

p itals and tau ght home eco no m ics at

the Jo hn Fi he r School In Toro nto

Active In com munity orga nizatio ns and

her chu rch she was a lo ng time U of G

suppo rter and left an es ta te gift of over

$475000 to p rov ide bursaries for future

Gu elph students

Alumni

Jo hn Andrews DVM 38 June 27 1999

Harris Baker BSA 33 Febru ary 1998

Hu gh Balkwill BSA 53 June 27 1999

John Bowles BA 72 Sept 23 1999

Edward Bowness DVM 32 May 13 1999

Rud y Brown BSA 59 June 29 1999

Walter Bunn BSA 52 Sept 2 1999

Margaret Byrnes DHE 40 Apr il 22 1999

Joa n Cameron DH E 36 April 10 1999

Wil liam Cape ll BSA 54 Aprd 25 1999

T homas Ca rd BSA 47Ju ne 20 1999

Jean a rter DH E 38 Jun e 28 1999

Loi Clipsham D H E 27 Ju ne 23 1999

Bruce Cohoe BSA 3 3 Feb 2 1999

Geoffrey Collins BSA 28 May 21 1999

Al exander C o nnell ADA 60 Ju ly 26

1999

John Currie BA 74 Sep t 18 1999

William C u rrie BSA 59 Nov 27 1998

C arma n Davey DVM 39 Apr il 15 1999

D oug Doerksen ADA 84 Ju ne 5 1999

Joann e DU ll can -Robinson BA 81 and

MA 86 July 22 1999

Robert Erskine BSA 41 May 2 1999

Will ia m Fisher BSA 48 Aug 5 1999

Norm Freeman BSA 49 July 2 1999

Alexander Gc ncr BSA 32 Dee 27 1998

Rudy Goltz BSA 33 July 28 1 999

Tom Grah am BS 50 Dee 3 1998

Ed na Has tings D H E 32 July 11 1999

Jack Hea theringto n DVM 54 April 18

1999

Pa tric ia Hill BSc 96 MMch 9 1999

Ralph Hills BSA 54 June 14 1999

Murray Ho ltby ADA 47 O ct 29 1998

Shawn H owden B 9 1July81 999

james j ackson BSA 34 April 29 1999

Karen ( Re ichardt ) Kister B H Se 70

Ap rilll 1999

Albert Kristjanson BSA 50 Dec 7 1998

John Laffert ) BSA 5 1 Aug II 1999

Ron Lawrence DVM 43 Mel) 4 1999

Ann e Legate BSe 89 March 1999

Tsu-Peng Stephen i iu M Sc 65 Ma)

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Rober t Luckham ADA 58 Jan IS 1999

Jam es Lyons BSA 59 Au g 2~ 1999

Willia m M ack BSc(Eng) 84 Ju ne 7

1999

T helma M artin D HE 41 July 131999

Helen McBratney D lI E 34 in 1998

Allan Bud McCardle BSA 52 May 10

1999

Ri chard M cDonald O AC C la ss of 47

lV1arch 24 1999

john Meeuse ADA 58 July 19 1999

Ra ymond Parr D VM 3 7 Ap ril 7 999

George Plakidas MA 93 date unknown

Virgini a Reed ODH 66 1arch 1 1999

Rose Reynold s D HE 28 Apri l 17 1999

Ern es t Ro bertso n BSA 37 Aug 6 1999

Jam es Ross BSA 34 Au g 23 1999

Gra nt Savage D VM 48 Ma rch 2 1999

Earl Shuh BSA 36 July 5 1999

Eu gene Smith BSA 3 1 Jan 27 1999

Will iam Smyth MA 90 Oc tober 1997

Ch er yl Ann Somerville BSe(Agr) 96

Sept IS 1999

Carl Stevenson BSA 46 Aug 26 1999

Robert Tennant BSA 49 May 5 1999

Gregory Tostevin BA 93 Feb 10 1999

Gerald Trant BSA 51 Sept 1 1999

Bennie Urquhart DV M 54 April 4 1999

Ga il Wamsl ey BA 70 July 24 1998

Gladys Ward D IlE 27 Apri l 8 1999

Catherine Welch BSA 22 Ma rch 3 1998

M abel ( McCa rthy) Ziegler DH E 26

Apr il 29 1999

Facu lty amp Staff Pro f Sid Gilbert Sociolog) and An thro shy

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Rev Canon Ritchie McMurray

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Yvonne Alexander M~y 15 1999

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John Godwin in 1999

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Peter Hallm an Ju ne 22 1999

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Andrew Peterson Aug 26 1999

Edgar St rin ger March 1999

Gerry Vandergri ft Sep t 28 1999

Frank Watson March 23 1999

Barry Woods Jul y 30 1999

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from Ontario limesto ne but its familiar columns preshy

date the 1874 fo und ing o f the Ontario Agricu ltural Colshy

lege by several yea rs

Originally fronting a fa rmh ouse on Moreton Lodge

Farm the orna te front porch stoo d at the entrance of

the main co ll ege building until the O ld Res idence was

demolished in 1929 to make way for the co nstruction

of Johnston Hall Its believed the portico was erected

on Johnston Green in 1934

Because the ravages of time and weather had weakshy

ened the limestone structure to a dan gerous point it

was dismantled earlier this fall and underwent muchshy

needed repairs to the stonework ceiling and roof The

OAC Class of 1949 raised $75000 to fund the p roject

as a 50th-anniversa ry gift to the ca mpu s and a way to

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UNIVERSITIES 1999

The M acleans ranking takes a meashysure of the undergraduate experience at Canadian universities comparing schools in three peer groupings The Comprehensive universities are those with a significant amount of research activity and a wide range of progralTIS at the undergraduate and graduate levels including prot ssional degrees

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Sim on Fraser 3 2 6 7 4 8 8 9

e Waterloo 1 4 2 5 6 1 11 8 6

Victoria 4 3 2 4 4 5 3 7 11

York 6 6 4 11 12 9 9 11 1

Memorial 5 5 11 9 2 11 5 2 2

Carleton 7 9 9 3 11 3 9 8 7

Windsor 10 11 5 10 1 12 12 5 3

New Brunswick 8 8 1 6 -shy9 5 4 4 5

Concordia 11 7 10 2 8 7 2 3 12

Regina 8 10 12 8 3 10 1 1 10

UQAM 12 12 7 7 9 7 6 12 8

INDICATES A TIE

Reputational Winners Macleans surveyed highshy

school guidance counsellors university officials CEOs and recruiters at corporations across the country

Highest Most Quality Innovative 1 Waterloo 1 Waterloo

2 Simon Fraser 2 Simon Fraser

3 Guelph 3 Guelph

4 Victoria 4 Victoria

5 New Brunswick 5 York

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Leaders of Tomorrow 1 Waterloo

2 Simon Fraser

3 Guelph

4 York

5 Victoria

10 12 10

Best Overall 1 Waterloo

2 Simon Fraser

3 Guelph

4 Victoria

5 Yo rk

12 2 7

Reprinted with permission from Macleans Nov 15 1999

UNIVERSIT1 ES 199 9

Students Aviva

Leber left and

Laurie Ha lfpennymiddot

Mitchell pres id ent

Mordechai Rozanski

and student Dominic

Gregori o b ilding

0 11 tradit ional

strengths

Ilorticulturalist r- ike Di xon has a secret desire to grow

rose on the moon Dont Llugh - he may just [lull it

off In the past five yea rs th~ Un iversity of Guel ph scishyent i~t has p1 r iJ y~d J modest SOOOO gr8 nt in to what is

on its way to hc ing J $ IO-lli llion annu al reselICh [lroshygram one of the Iargs t of its kind in the world This

week top sc ientists from th e Europea n Canadian 8nd

American space agencies are descendi ng on Guel[lh Onl to disc uss ho w to sustain cosmic crops during a

long s[lJce mission to the moo n or Mars They wi ll tour th e unive rsitys h igh-tech life-supp ort sys tem fo r

plants where th e light from the microwave-powered lamps is so [lhotosyn thetically pure that even the sun

hb nches with envy

This is the new Guelph Buudi ng on its strengths as the

countrys oldest ltlgricultu ra l college preoccupied with the

Sa fd) Jnd quality of food the new Guel[lh is branchi ng

out dramatically into the la test biologlcJ I and environshymentJI tickl s It wants to be on the cu tting edge oi gtLi enc(

wit h l lOJlScit IKC Hedd in the clouds lict on the ground

tha ts th e right prescription for universit y presidcnt i lordcchai ROJnski Guelph has one of the largest reshy

search budgets for its size in the co untry but it is also a

tight -knit cOllll1lunity ofjust over 14000 students and 620

fac ult ) with 13 la rge residences encircli ng the grounds

Nctrly 4600 people live on cam[lus 1I1d an almost equal

number of studen ts work there part time as well This balshyancc betlNccn high-tech research and undergraduate int ishy

Inac) - not to mention a vigorous thea tre and fin e-art

program - is what has made Guelph the winner in th e

co mprehens ive catego ry overtaking Simon Fraser last

yedrs willller It also explltl ins how Guelph ca n boast both

the transgen ic pig whose custo m-designed organs may be

used in hUmJIl trallsp lants and the two recent winners of the North Amnican Debati ng Championship

To strengthen its sense of colllmunity Guelph has become one of the most lgs rc ss ive uni versities in enshy

suring that studen ts succeed in that all-important first

yea r Ne w students are cl ustered in dor ms with those

taking the sarne courscs creating partn ersh ips fo r newshycomers A recent innovation the Offi ce of First-Year

Studies has identified the seven courses with the highe~t

dropoLlt rate and train ed seni or students to he lp turn the tide Th ese third- wd fo urth-yeu stud ents ho ld

weekly seminars to tr y to determine who is ge tting the

mate rial len years ago on ly about 70 per ce nt of Guelph

st udents went on to seco nd year says Rozlt1l1S ki Now

our rete ntion rate is ove r 90 per cmt

O ne of th ose who will surely go on is 19-year-old

Av iva Leber ofOttJa a first-yea r stlldent in molecular biology A top sc holar an d fi eld-hockey player as we ll as

a dedicated vo lunteer Leber chose Guelph because of its resea rch strengths - and because she wa nted a univershy

sity tow n to help fO ClIS her goals Says Leber [ get the

feeling they rea ll y wa nl us to succeed Success is in the

air After a severe retrenchment in the eMly 90s - alshy

most 70 progra ms were merged o r dropped - It is

time for eX [l3ns ioll Rozansk i insis ts Rooted in the fertile farming co un try of so uthern Ontar io the sky is

the limit 1aybe eve n the moon

Robert Sheppard

Reprinted w ith permissi on from Macleans Nov 15 1999

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Food Science Building Opens THE NEWLY RENOVATED Food Science Buildshying was opened Sept 17 with a ribbon -cutshyting ceremony and a special lunch that fea shytured foods developed or improved by OAC scientists

Prof Rick Yada chair of the Department of Food Science said the modernt zat ion of research and teaching fac ilities brings all 36 food science facul ty under one roof where they can work more effec ti ve ly with staff and students to continue the departments worldshyclass leading-edge teaching and resea rch

In total th e project spanned eight yea rs and represe nts more than $ 15 million in su pport from alumni friends industry and government

Ernie Hardeman Onta l io minister of agr icult ure food and rural affairs and Guelph M P Brenda Chamberlain were on hand to unveil a plaque recognizin g a $2 8 - The Guelph Food Technology Centre Dairy Counc il and Maple Lodge Farms million allocation from the federal and was an early su pporter of the renova tion Also marking the opening was a special provincial gove rnments CanadaOntario project and several of its industry partners two-day conference that brought together Infrastructure Works progra m contributed to a campaign led by food scishy key foo d resea rchers to discuss iss ues critishy

A special guest was lo-Anne Wolach ence g rad uate Mo ni Eino PhD 75 that cal to the future success of Canadas agri shyBComm 8 1 a third- genera tion U of G raised more than $ 1 25 million Those partshy food industr y In addition the Uni versity graduate and a granddaughter of James ners included Pa rmalat Canada Du Pont was recognized fo r its careful restoration of Christen sen BSA 2 1 who bequea th ed a Canada Te tr a Pak Wes ton Bakeri es the the heritage building by the presentation of $100000 gift that initiated the renovation Da iry Farmers of Ontario the Ontario a Guelph Arts Council awa rd

METALS RESEARCH NETWORK GETS BOOST IN FACT Resea rchers investiga ting the 12 universities industry and The NSERC announce shy U of G professors impact of metals on the envishy three federal departments ment brings total support for have won more than 100 ronment have received a Based at Guelph MITE MlTE to $64 million includshy teaching awards and 35- million boost from the brings scientists together to ing $ 15 million from th e hold more 3M Teaching lat mal Sciences and Engishy study how metals affect the Mining Association of Canashy Fellowships per 1000

neering Resea rch Council environment to assess th e da and Ontario Power Genshy faculty members than (NSERC) The funding was risks posed by metals and to eration Inc and about $14 at any other university awarded to the Metals in the propose management strateshy million from Environment in Ontario Environment (MITE) gies to ensure that findin gs Ca nada the Department of Resea rch Network a part shy reach key policy- makers in Fisher ies and Oceans and nership of resea rchers from government Natural Resources Canada

8 GU ELPH AL M NUS

Food science chair Rick Yada left provides a lou r of the departments new faci lities to Ron Zelonka

of Du Pont Canada Ernie Hardeman Ontario minister of agriculture food and rural affairs and

U of G president Mordechai Rozanski

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS UNIVERSITY NOTES

Excellence in Research Five U of G facul~y have received Premiers

Research Excellence Awards from the Minshy

istry of Energy Science and Technology The

awards are designed to help talented young

researchers build their research teams The

recipients are Profs John Dutcher Physics

Qi Li Economics Patricia Wright Zoology

John Gibso n Animal and Poultry Science

and Alejandro Marangoni Food Science

With matching contribution s the value

of these awards approaches $650000 and

wiH cover the costs of hiring new graduate

students post-doctoral fellows and research

associates on each faculty members intershy

disciplinary research team

Dutcher wi ll use the money to conduct

further studies in the growing field of polyshy

mer physics specifically thin film polymers

Li is developing new methods for estimatmiddot

ing nonmiddot and semiparametric economic

models used in analysing financial and

labourmiddotmarket data and in creating and testshy

ing economic policy Working with the Hagan

Aqualab Wright is continuing her studies of

the early life stages or fish to help fish farmshy

ers improve their operations Gibson a key

researcher in U of Gs Centre for the Genetshy

ic Improvement of Livestock is helping to

improve Canadas role in international liveshy

stock l inkage-mapping efforts Marangonis

research focuses on the physical properties

of fats and oils such as milk fat and cocoa

butter making a significant contribution to

developments in fat-containing products

such as chocolate confections butter marshy

garine and spreads

INNOVATIVE TEACHER WINS 3M AWAR D Landsca pe architecture profes shysor Ron Stoltz ha s received a pres tigiou s 3M Teaching Felshylowship from 3M Canada and th e Society fo r Tea chin g and Lea rning in Highe r Educatio n The annual fe ll owships recogshynize 10 sc holars across Canada who excel in teac hin g leadershyship and the deve lopment of

academic programs Stoltz is known for his innoshy

va tive approaches to tea ching landscape arch itec tural design and engineering In 25 yea rs of teaching at Guelph he has worked with va rio Lis U of G departments and alumni to

provide hands-on work experishyences for students in the actual des ign and cons tru ct ion of ca mpus and com munity landshyscape projects

Stoltz has also been active in curriculum and instruction al development and so me of his designs are used in profession shyal programs at other universishyties In addition he pbyed a sigshynifica nt role in develop ing materials to include tea chin g eva lu at ion in U of Gs promoshytion merit and tenure process He served as director of Teachshying Support Services from 1992 to 1997

SCIENTISTS FOCUS ON FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY U of G sc ientists wi ll accelerate studies in food safety functi ollshyal foods and industrial applicashyti ons for soft materials as the result of a $6-milliol1 allocation from the Ca nad a Fo undati oll for Innovations (CF) Institu shytio nal Innova tio n Fund

Thi s gra nt brin gs U of Gs total cn awards to $1 32 milshylion which triggers a IOO-pershycent match by th e Ontario Research and Developme nt Challenge Fund and requ ires a 50-per-cent ma tch from privateshysec tor fu nd 1I1g

U of G will es tablish a Cana shydian Research Institute in Food SaFety that will bring toget he r top resea rchers fro m across camshypus Health Canad a and Agri shyculture and Agr i-Food 3llada This gro up is uniqu e because it can ltl ddrtss food-safety iss ues at all levels of the food chai n says Prof Mansel Griffiths Food Sc ience who holds a Gue lpll research chair in dJ ir y microbishyology and will co -direct the new institute with Prof Scott McEwe n Populati on Medicine

A Centre for Food and Soft Materials will be direc ted by Prof Rick Yada chair of the Department of Food Sc ience and Prof John Dutcher Phys ics The goa l of this new ce ntre will U

be to assernble () tea rn of scien- 5b

tists to explore the structure and ~

fun ction of va rious foods and ltgt ~

soft materials Their work will z

leltld to alte rnative uses fo r (011 - j~

ventional soft malcr iais

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in and around the University

MATHEMATICS NETWORK LINKS Convocation Speakers WITH INDUSTRY

Inspire Graduates PROFS ANNA Lawniczak and Bill Langford Mathematics

When Canadian author Jane Urquhartand Statistics have pla yed received an honorary degree at springintegral roles in the first fedshy

convocation June 8 she reminisced about erally funded resea rch netshywork of academic and cor shy her own student days at U of G her 1971

graduation and her life as a person luckyporate mathematicians The Mathematics of Information enough to be able to pursue her lifes vocashyTechnology and Complex tion as a full-time job Urquhart spoke from Systems involves researchers th e heart but her words were often echoed

by other honourees during the four days of

ceremonies Us criminologist William

Chambliss Canadian medical researcher

Michel Chretien former Swedish president

Ola Ullsten and Stanley Falkow a pioneer

in molecular genetics w (]) At the final ceremony June 11 U of G

~ presented the first posthumous honorary I U V degree in its history to Charles Zavitz

-uZ rgt= who graduated in the Ontario Agricultural o --ltlaquo o2 VlColleges first degree class in 1881 and

gtshy(]) -ltheaded its field crop research programo I shy ~ o r for 35 years Zavitzs honorary degree was ~ -shy z

accepted by his grandson James Zavitz Vgt

in recognition of OACs 125th anniversary from 22 Canadian universi shy ~

mties and will receive $145 m illion in federal funding over the next four years Family Stress Under Study Ottawa will then review the project before providing U OF Gs CENTRE for Families small and medium-sized compashy The principal in vestigator another $105 million Work and Well-Being wi ll nies with fewer than 500 employshy will be Prof Kerry Daly Famishy

This research cen tre of investigate the stresses that face ees Researchers will use nation shy ly Relations and Applied Nutri shyexcellence will focus on forgshy working families across Canashy wide focu s groups to id entify tion who is co-di rector of the ing links between universities da tha nks to a recent $185000 practices that help reduce fumil y centre He says the project fits and industry and on training award from the JW McCo nnell stress and will di sse minate recshy well with th e cen tres aim to young researchers Universi shy Family Foundation one of ommenda tions to business and co nduct research thal exp lores ty researchers will work with Canadas largest private char ishy goverrullent The project may elisa the work- famil y ba lance allows applied mathematicians from table organizations lead to an awards system for faculty to establish connections private and public institutions The mon ey will fund an Ca nadian businesses exempli fy shy witl business organizations and on everything from designing eight-month researcll project ing the integration of work and involves students in th e process drug therapy and telephone examining best work practices in family for healthy li ving of social change networks to understandi ng complex new materials A prishymary goal of the network is IN FA(T U of G is one of Canadas premier research institutions to shor ten the lead time

Guelph faculty have attracted the second-largest per-capita share of research funding under between discovery and applishy

the Canada Foundation for Innovation cation of research knowledge

10 GUELPH ALUMNUS

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NEW WEB SITE SAVES TIME COMPUTER USERS turning to the

World Wide We b for informa shy

tion about U of G will fi nd it

eas ier and faster to ge t answers

they need when they click on to

the University s new Web site

Visitors at wwwuoguelph ca wiil

fi nd a new horne pa ge design

and a quick-link toolb ar that

fea tures a direct link to alumni

inform ation and immediate

access to campus news a nd

coming events Other new fea shy

tures includ e a ca mpu s news

page and a three-dime nsio nal

map that a ll ows us ers to dick

directly on a building or to

search by either department or

building name U of G s Web

Steering Committee includ ed a

us er feedba ck functi o n and

hopes visitors will use it to comshy

ment on the site and to seek

more in forma tion abo ut Guelph

programs and se rvices

APPOINTMENTS PROF ALASTAIR Summerlee

has been named associate

vice-president (acad em ic)

following the departure of

Prof Co nstance Rooke who

left U of G to become presishy

dent of the University of

Winnipeg Summerlee was

formerly dean of graduate

studies In his new posit ion

he will oversee the quality

and development of undershy

graduate programs at U of G

PATRICK CASE form er

equity adviser for the Toronshy

to District School Board has

been appointed director ofU

of Gs Human Rights and

Equity Office A 1986 gradshy

uate of Osgoode Hall Law

School Case practised fam shy

ily human rights and immishy

gration law before joining the

Toronto school board in

1991 and is now completing

a masters degree in consti shy

tutionallaw

B OF G WElCOMES NEW CHAIR SIMON COOPER pres ident of

Marriott Hotels of Canada in

Etobicoke Ont is the new chair

of U of Gs BOlld of Governors

He succeeds Doug Dodds chair

and CEO of Schneider Corporashy

tion in Kitchener who has served

as chair since 1995 Cooper who

Join ed the board in 1995 was

vice -chair in 199899 and was

instrumental in raising more than

$1 50000 with in the 110spi tali ty

industry to benefit U of Gs

ACCESS campaign for student

fInancial assistance The board

also welcom es new members

Mary-Eli7abeth Flynn CEO of

KM2 Holdings Ltd Hank Va nshy

der Pol president of Rol-Land

Farms Ltd Prof Chris McKenshy

na chair of the Department of

Eco nomics food science gradushy

ate student Susa n Abraham and

undergradua te students Juli e

Cugalj and Jeff Ramlogan

ROYAL SOCIETY FELLOWS WELCOME DWIVEDI POLITICA L SC IENCE professor

OP Dwivedi has been named a

Fellow of th e Royal Society of

Ca nada the high es t scho larl y

recogniti on a Canadian academshy

ic can receive He joins 18 other

U of G facult y (current and

retired ) who have earned tbe title

Herbert Armstrong (deceased)

Te rry Beveridge Microbiology

Derek Bewley Botany Peter Egelshy

staff Physics Chris Gray Physics

Paul Hebert 70010g y Gabri el

Karl Physics Ke n Kasha Plant

Agriculture John Leslie Philosshy

oph) Donald Masters History

Larry IVlilligan vice-president

(research) Jay Newman Philosshy

ophy Bernhard Nickel Physics

Ann Oaks Botany Larry Pe tershy

so n Botany Michael Ruse Phishy

losophy Bruce Sells Molecular

Biology amp Genetics an d Joh n

Simpson Physics

Faculty Association and the Col shy

lege of Arts

bull Sonya Go ldberg an MA student

in the Depa rtmen t of His to ry

has won th e prestigious Sir

lohn A Macdonald Grad uate

Fellowsh ip in Canadian History

bull U of Gs School of Engineering

is the first in Canada to be recshy

ognized by the Canadian Engi shy

neering Memorial Foundation

with an award for providing a

women middotfriendly environment

Cre ated to mark the 10th

anniversary of the fatal shootshy

ing of 14 women at Montreals

Ecole Poly technique th e award

recog nizes U of Gs collegial

atmosphere an d the schools

4o-per-cent femal e enrolment

which is twice the nation al

average

Fa llWinter 1999 11

bull Philosophy professor Michael cultural Hall of Fame in June as

Ruse is one of seven sc holars a North American leader in the

- and the only Canadian - to production processing and ma rshy

recei ve a special writing grant keting of turkey and chicken

from the John Templeton Foun shy Cuddy received an hono rary

dation and Philade lphia Centre degree from U of G in 1994 for Religion and Science He bull Don Zira ldo BSc(Agr) 71 coshy

will use the $100000 US award founder of In niskillin Wines Inc

to writ e a book about science of Niagara-on-the middotLake Ont

and religion captu red a gold meda l from

bull AM Mac Cuddy BSA 42 was Vine xpo 99 in Bordeaux

inducted into the Ontario Agri- France for the co mpanys 1997

ice wine Inniskillin also

recei ve d the CIVART Award for

Excellence for Out standing

Selection of the Best Wines of

the World

bull Prof Daniel Fischlin Literatures

and Performance Studies in

English has won three teac hshy

ing awa rds in the last year shy

from the Ontario Confederation

of University Facu lty Associa shy

tions the University of Guelph

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SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERYmiddot SCHOLARSHIpmiddot SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTS

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

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ENVIROPIGS AN ENVIRONMENTAL

BOON U OF G R ES E A RC HERS have ge netically engineered pigs that should help solve th e biggest environmental problem facing hog farmers

The Envi roplgs developed by Pcof Cecil forsbecg M icroshybiol og y Prof Jo hn Philli ps Molec ular Biology and Ge ne tshyics and microbiology graduate stud ent Serguei Golova n proshyduce manure containing 50 per cent less phosphorus Phosshyphorus is a wdter pollutant th at promotes the growth of a lgae in rivers lakes and strea ms ultishymately de pleting oxygen in the water and affect ing fi sh stocks

Enviropigs shou ld help solve the pro blem Norm all y pigs cannot digest phyta tr a form of phosphorus WI th direc t su pshyport from O ntario pork proshyduce rs the Guelph sc ientists took an E coli gene tha t makes the enzyme phytase and spliced it wi th a fragm ent of a mo use gene th at cont ro ls the producshytion of a protein secreted in the sa livar y glands The cOlllposite gene was then inse rted into th e nucl eus of a on e-celled pig

12 GU ELPH ALUMNUS

embr)To via a tiny needle The tran sgene will allow the

Envirop ig to make ph ytase in th e saliva ry gland and secrete it into the saliva where it is swa lshylowed with food The phy ta se

releases orga nic phospho rus so it can be absor bed by the bloodstream ins tead of being excreted in manu re

Th ree transgenic pigs have been born and are bein g monshyitoced by the resea rchers but it will likely be stveraJ yea rs befo re Envirop igs are ready to be comshymercialized

COMPUTER SIMULATIONS

BENEFIT MEDICAL RESEARCH

Two U OJ G SC IENTJ STS are using computer simulations to help medica l and ve terinar y researchers deve lop treatments for diseases caused by iOll chanshynels gone awr y

Profs Saul Go ldman Chemi stry and Biochemistry and Chri s Gray Phys ics are using computer pro gra ms to simulate the workings of tin y passages in cell membranes that serve as ga tekeepers passin g ions such as sodium and potas-

IN FACT Scientists build on knowledge that mlY lead to the ability to repair DNA

otes sium into and out of cell s

Sc ien ti sts have uncovered dozen s of hum an ion channel mutations tha t underlie diseases in heart brain muscle and othshyer tissues

The Guelph researchers modshyel the Aow of ions through chanshynels an d stu dy the microscop ic workings of iOll channel proteins Th ey hope to ga in informat ion useful to ph armaceutical comshypanies an d gene docto rs

The U of G co mputer modshyel is curre ntl y the only way to simu late the workings of ion chl1lnel proteins and the effects of alteri ng th eir stru ctu re dnd function The resea rchers say that over th e long term lear nshy

ing more about th e ge netic un derpi nnin gs of io n channel diseases such as cyst ic fib rosis might allow sCIe nti sts to rep air DNA itself

LITERARY RESEARCH CLICKS WITH TECHNOLOGY

U DF G E N GLI S H PR OFESSO R Susan Brow n is helping to cli ck on a new way to pub lish and stud y sc holarship in the humanit ies

Brown is one of six co-invesshytigators on th e Orlando Project which involves p ro fe sso rs and students trom the universities of Guelph and Alberta who are developing th e first full scholarshyly history of wo mens writings in the Britisb Isles Th ey will pubshyLsh it in an electronic format that wi ll allow users to search vast volumes ofbiog rltlphical inforshy

mation critical discussion and contextual mate rial in seconds

The pIoject will prov ide an account or wo me ns wri ting across the cen turies that addressshyes issu es raised by recent fe mishynist tbinkers and scholars of womens wr iting Brown and other inves tigators are not mereshyly col lecting primary mater ial but are also encoding literalY hisshytory as they wr ite it lllcluding references to literary reviews and analysis of write rs work Comshyputers will store and manipulate

basic rtsea rch materia l Named for the Virgin ia Woolf

fictiona l character who begins to write as an Elizabethan man and emerges as a full y developed fema le writer the Orlando Proshyjec t has been funded by a $16shymillion gran t from the Social Scishyences and Hu manit ies Resea rch Counci l and by th e uni ve rsities of Albe rta and Guelph

CANADIANS VALUE THEIR PETS

VIE A LL KNO W TJ-JiT Ca nadians -love their dogs and cats but did you know that keeping Fido and Fluffy happ) and healthy is worth billions to the nations economy

A fi rst -ever stud y by LJ of G

economics professo r John Livshyernois reveals that Canad ian pet ow ners spend nearly $3 billion annually on food veterinary care and supplies for their comshypanion animals - almost $1

billion in Ontario alone Th e pet industry also supports nearshyly 40000 jobs nati onally

The study commissioned by the Ontario Veterinary College revea ls that pets are an imporshytant family budget item across all income classes and aU provinces Nearly half of Canadia n house shyholds have a companion animal and the average family spends a few hundred dollars a year on pets an amou nt that rises with in come levels

The magni tud e of pet expenditures is an indicator of the value of companion ani shymals in society says Live rnois

The study also identified the intangible benefits of pets including emotional support companionship improved socializa ti on skills in children and th erapeutic effects

Animals are companions and confidants says OVC proshyfessor Cindy Adams a speciaJist in the human-animal bond We are very much a buying-orishyented society but the relationship with our pets is still very pure

People are also becomi ng more sensit ive to their pers needs she says The y are demanding the same type of care and service from their ve tshyerinarians as they do from their docto rs

The study notes that most

veterinary practices depend on peoples attachment to their pets Of the]] 06 veterinary practices in Ontar io 726 are exclusively companion-animal practices Even mixed-animal practices derive about half th eir income from companion animal services

NEW CANCER TEST MAY IMPROVE

SURVIVAL RATES U N IVER S llY OF GUELPH

researchers have helped develshyop a new blood test that detects ovar ian cancer at a stage when it is still treatable by surgery and chemotherapy

Senior research associate Dong Gaudette and Prof Bruce Holub Human Biology and Nutritional Sciences collaboratshyed with doctors from Texas and Ohio on the patented blood test [t will be devel oped by Atairgin Technologies Inc in Irvine Calif Clinical trials begin tbis yea r

Diagnosis of ovarian canshycer during tbe eady stages could mea n dramatically higher SLlrshyvival rates says Ga ud ette The blood test detected 75 per cen t

IN FACT A new blood test detected 75 per cent of early-stage ovarian cancer

of the ea rly-stage ovaria n canshycer samples

Currently diagn os is in abo ut 70 per cen t of women occ urs during the more

advanced stages of the disease Each yea r ovarian cance r kill s ]500 women in Ca nada and

14500 in the United States T I e two researchers discovshy

ered a fat called lyso phosphatidic acid that is prese nt in higher

quantities in ca ncerous tissue It is also detected in the blood

DEVELOPING A NEW VACCINE FOR CATTLE

KIND ER GEN TLER CATTLE vacshyc ines may become a reality thanks to the development of an oral cattle vacci ne by a U of G research tea m

Profs Reggi e Lo Microbiolshyogy Patricia Shewen Pathobiolshyogy and Judith Strommer Plant

Agri cultu re are tryi ng to pro shyduce a transgenic lin e of alfalfa that calTies a bacterial gene The alfalfa is designed to produce a natural antigen to help boost bovine immune response to a type of pneumonia in ca ttle

Traditional vaccina tion b)

needl e injection requires rounding up and restra ining the cattle and is costly and stressful to animals says Lo If we ca n create an o ral deli very system using transgenic alfalfa we can simply add th e alfalfa to tbe regul ar feed

The team is creating the oral

vacci ne system using a gene from a well-known bacterium and is transferring tbe bacterishyal D--1 into the recip ient alfalshy

fa plant s Once tb e transgenic alfalfa line is es tabli shed and the ge ne is producing the bacshyteri al ant igens as planned th ey will feed the transgenic alfalfa to th e cattle to see whether an immun e response occurs If the o ral vaccine works it will mea n healthier cattle with less use of antibiotics in livestock being fed for hum an consul11ption

GENETIC TEST COULD BOOST

SOYBEAN EXPORTS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN Canada testing is available to detect the presence of geneticall ) modified orga nisms (CMOs) in soybea n products Th e testin g wi ll be overseen by U of Gs Laboratoshyr) Serv ices The uelph Mole shycular Supercentre will offer the GMO-check Soya Iest Kit

There is a stron g need for such a commercial tes t in Ca nashyda especially with the increase in produc tion of Givl so) beans says rcsclrciler Shu Chen Its estishymated that 10 to 20 pe r cent of the 21 111illion acres of soybeans planted in the province this year were gendi(all y modified

The test deteels the protein expressed In Monsantos Roundup Read y v1[ia nt of soyshy

beans The most popular GM soybean secds on th e market a re res is tant to Roundup a com l11only used herbicide The test has been va lidated for aCCllshy

rac y by 37 laborator ies in th e Eu ropean Union (EU )

The te st is poised to be a boon for soybean exp orte rs Currently food products co nshytainin g CIvIC) that are exportshyed to the EU mu st be clearly labell ed and many consumers are now dem anding the option to choose between genetically modified and non-geneticall y l110dified foods Previously th e sampl es had to be se nt to th e United Sta te s for testi ng a process that was both cosuy and ti me-consu m i ng

IN FACT Up to 20 per cent of the soybeans grown in -Ontario this year were genetically modified

Fa UW inter 1999 13

bull bull

Gayle Anderson Andrew Vowles Alexander Wooley

IClne Guelph scientists strengthen the role ofveterinary medicine

in solving human health problems

Pre-eclampsia in pregnant women Organ

transplants Human colorectal cancer Bactershy

ial resistan ce to antibiotics Theyre all topics

you might expect to hear discussed in a human

medical lab or teaching hospital but in the corshy

ner office of the Ontario Veterinary College

OVC dean Alan Meek smiles and acknowlshy

edges the apparent paradox of discussing the

effects on human medicine of resea rch conshy

ducted in his corner of the University of Guelph

campus But you dont need too powerful a

microscope to reveal the research connections

among dogs cats horses and well humans

Referring to his hefty copy of Veterinary

Medicine and Human Health written by his Unishy15 co versity of California colleague Calvin Schwabe laquo

~ Meek says the distinction between animal and w

~ human is rather misleading Go back far enough

~ - before the Judeo-Christian concept of human z

~ uniqueness and superiority - and youll find o

~ no clear line sepa ra t ing the practitioners of

14 GUELPH AWYI K US

human and animal health The healers made

no distinction between whether they were lookshy

ing after the owner of the ca ttle or the cattle

says Meek It was the notion of one medicine

Of course theres no denying that animal

health rem ains the domain of the veterinary

researcher an d practitioner As ve terinarians

we have a mandate to understand animals and

things that affect their health so we can preshy

vent problems and care for th em says Meek

I suspect that when most people think about

veterinary medicine thats th e first piece they

think about

But animal heal th is only one of the four pilshy

lars of the veterinary profession - th e others

are public health environmental health and bioshy

medical sciences - whose research and teachshy

ing rest on the base of comparative medicine -We are the only medical profession that looks

at medicine across species he says Thats one

of the great strengths of veterinary medicine

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Fa llWinter 1999 15

Public health con cerns range from food SJfft) to zoonotic diseases (diseases that can be traLl smi tted from anim als to humans) and antibiotic resistance amon g diseaseshyca using bacteria It was this pillar that occushypied many veterinarians during the earlier decades of this century o ften as health inspectors

Iith the ad vent of antibiotics and varshyious advances in technology seemingly more stimulating research avenues beckshyoned for vete rin ary scientists But at this end of the 20th cen tury says Meek we find ourselves again confronting many of those earlier problems such as tuberculosis and medical professionals are refocllsing on the importance of public health issues

Veterinarians have also played a signifishycant role in th e evolution and application of ecosystem healt h practices because of their expe rtise in co mp arative medicine toxicology ep idemiology and wildlife disshyease Changes in wildlife health are the first results and so metimes the first signs of envishyronmental problems We dont live in a box reserved for one species says Meek gtle live in the same env ironment We interact in very intimate ways with other an imals in the environment so its not surp rising there are all kinds of crossovers and that you can learn J lot tbat can improve the heal th and lovell-being of peo ple and other animals

That trutl is becoming more ev ident as biomedical science uses new and more speshyci fic technologic As yo u start looking at the cellular and subcellular levels and the chromosomes and the genes it doesnt realshyly mat ter that much whether youre lookshyin g at a ge ne chromosome or cell that came ou t of a person or a dog says Meek vVhen YOLi get down to that level the fundamenshytal building blocks are the same - nucleic acids dnd blse units I think we as a professhysion have a tremendou s amount to offer there becJuse of our mand ate wlich is so broad Vete rinar ians look after all animals excep t for people in th e sense of providing handS-Oil care We can learn a lot from these othe r species There are diseases in other animals that have analogies to human disshyeases so we can learn from that and use th em as n1tural models

He expec ts to see mor e collaboration IIlJ information sharing alllong human medical and veterinary researchers Its not

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so amazing to understand that we would ha ve folks working on things that have a human application It co mes from our manshydate our responsibilities and histo ry and the comparative approach

The fourth pillar of veterinary medicine offers many impressive examples of co mshyparative medicine In the next few pages we present a small sample of current OVC research initiat ives that are providing immeshydiate and direct benefit to human medicine and health

disease similar to pre-eclampsia In mice lacking these lymphocy te cells she grafted bone marrow containing gra ft s with NK cells and found that the implantation sites returned to a no rmal state

Croys research has gained worldwide recognition for its considerable applicabilshyity to human fetal development and because it provides a useful animal model for this gestational disease Her work may eventu shyall) show scientists how to eliminate preshyeclampsia during human pregnancy It will also help vets and farmers understand how

Reproductive technologies

Prof Anne Croy Biomedical Sciences is intent on discovering why pregnant women develop pre-eclampsia a serious illn ess that typically occurs during th e second half of pregnancy High blood pressure is the major symptom If pre-eclampsia occurs th e baby must be delivered immediately or the mothshyer may experience convulsions or even die To better understand the ilness Croy is examining lymphocytes in the uterus par shyticularlya group of specialized lymphocyte cells that multiply during early pregnancy

These NK cells or natural killers regushylate gene expression and attack foreign invaders such as cancerous tumours Their main r01 e during pregnancy is to dilate blood vessels as the uterus grows preventshying blood pressure from rising to dangershyous levels Croy and her research team have discovered that lack of NK ceUs in the uterus may cause reproductive problems and lead to smaller infants whose growth is retard shyed into adulthood

Working with mice Croy found th at removing NK cells before mating led to a

uterine lymphoc ytes work in lives tock which is why her studies are funded by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs as well as the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council

How much can mice teU us about human reproductive immunology Croy says the importance of the mouse as a tool for studyshying disease progression or therapy was brought home to her in the 1960s when she was an OVC student of Prof Tom Hulland then chair of pathology and an ea rly enthushysiast of using mice as resea rch models

She says the two reproductive systems are remarkably similar Because mice reach adulthood after six to seven weeks and proshyduce about 10 offspring every three weeks researchers can monitor successive generashytions of mice over a short period to discovshyer the long-term ramifi ca tions of health problems And she is able to study an indishyvidual tissue section of an entire fetu s under -the microscope For these reasons mice play a central role in another of Croys research projects one thats found mothers pass along to their children more of themselves than was previously thought

Until recently the placenta was thought

to be impenetrable Then some Us

researchers discovered that cells travelled

from the fetus to the mother In research

funded by the Hospital for Sick Children

Foundation in Toronto Croy recently found

that the flow is two-way unidentified cells

We are the only medical profession that looks at medicine across species Thats one of the great strengths of veterinary medicine

are also transferred from the mother to the

bone marrow of the fetus

Unlike most earlier studi es Croys

focused on the bone marrow where the

bodys blood and autoimmune disea ses

develop She found that 90 per cent of the

mouse fetuses contained the mothers cells

in their marrow Because maternal cel ls

remain in offspring into adu lthood (a nalshy

ogous to humans) it suggests the cells may

affect the chi lds response to a bone marshy

row transplant during cancer treatment or

to treatment for HIV ma laria or burns For

example immune-deficient children often

receive marrow transplants from a parent

but if the mothers cells are already present

they can reject th at transplant Undershy

standing the nature of those cells is critical

As in Croys work with uterine lymp hoshy

cytes this research is receiving worldwide

recogn ition although the Guelph researcher

down plays that accla im This is so me of

the most interesting work of my career she

says but Im a relatively small player in the

bigger sc hem e of things

Croy has repeatedly crossed boundaries

in her pursuit of knowledge and has been

recognized by a variety of scientific discishy

plines She recent ly completed a term as a

permanent study sec tion member of the

National Institutes of Health (N1H) in th e

United States one of the few Canadians

appointed since the N1H opened permashy

nent membership to non -citizens in 1995

She teaches a summer course on reproducshy

tion mostly to medical doctors at the

Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratoshy

ry in Massachusetts This June she recei ved

the JCB Grant Senior Scientist Award from

the Canadian Society of Anatomy Cell Biolshy

ogy and Neurobiology - an unusual honshy

our for a vet And she recently prese nted

reproductive immunology findings to meetshy

ings of obstetricians and gynecologists

Organ transplants

A silent crisis is what one member of Parshy

liament has called Canadas organ donor

rate now among the lowest in the indusshy

trialized world More than 3000 Canadians

wait for organ transp lants each year and

143 of them die awaiting a transplant

One potential so lution being examined

at OVC is xenotransplantation or transshy

plan ting of organs from one sp ecies to

another - specifica ll y from pigs to

humans Its not as far-fetched as it sounds

For more than 10 years people have

received living pig tissue including porcine

pancreatic islet cells for diabetes and pig

skin for burns

Because of its faculty expertise its outshy

standing record in animal ca re and welfare

and its 30-year history o f research in

pathogen-free swine for breeding and food

purposes OVC was approached by Imutran

Ltd of the United Kingdom a xenotran sshy

plantation research leader to assis t in pre-

clinical (non-human) trials

OVCs role in this leading-edge research

being co-led by Prof Danny Butler Clinishy

cal Studies is to breed and suppl y a sma ll

group of tran sgenic pigs for research trials

at partner institutions in the project - the

University of Toronto and the University of

Western Ontario ove was also instrushy

mental in ensur in g that the pig li tte rs were

of defined health status or pathoge n-free

- an integral aspect of this proJect These

transgenic pigs resemble any other pig on

the outside but on the inside Lhey diff r in

one smaJl but very important way

Ordinarily when a blood vessel ruptures

the bodys natural reaction is to clot and

patch the leak During this pro cess someshy

times called a cascade the body produces

chemicals sequentially to form the c lot But

clotting is a delicate FlOcess Until now

organ transplants betwee n species have proshy

voked hyper-acute rejection caus ing a

clotting-like cascade to continue until wit hshy

in min utes or hours th e patient rejec ts the

animal organ Blood entering the newly

received organ recognizes that tissue as forshy

eign and immediately begins the clotting

process quickly shutting down the o rg3 1l

By contrast the ce ll s of lmutran pigs conshy

tain a human gen e that produces a prote in

that stops the clotting casca d e In a transshy

planted pig organ c3tTying this gene the

protein fool s the pat ients blood into trelt shy

ing the organ as though its from the same

species thus preventing clotti ng

Butler believes oves expertise in surgishy

cally deriving and raising germ-free littetmiddots

was a key reason the college was approached

to undertake this re sea rch Fro m 1958 to

1989OVC took th e scientific lead with the

Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Fo od and

Ruralfffairs in supplying speci[Jc-pathogen shy

free animals to the provinces pig farms Prof

Paul Miniat of the Departmcnt of C linical

Studies and later th e Depa rtment of Popshy

ulation Medicine led that projec t

Tl1is current research is cutting-edge

says Butler and you have to be absolutely

meticulous about everything you do

Because these animals dont ha ve dn actishy -vated immune system any path oge n th lt

comes into play would be fatal to thesc pigs

Butler notes that the resea rch is stil l at

the pre-clinical (non-human) trial stage

and it will likely be years before trials ca n

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take place in hum ans And other forms of transplant rejec tion besides the hyper-acute

va ri ety will requ ire furth er research Along the way Butler and fellow OVC researchers - Prof Bonnie Mall ard and Byram Bridle PathobioJogy who are stud y director and projec t mana ger re spec tivel y Jud y Bell Clinical Studies a projec t mana ge r and

Prof Bob Fri endship Population Medicine - hope to gain new insight into breeding

pigs of exemplary health status for both anishymal breeding and food sa fe ty

Genetic diseases

Pro f Mark Baker Path obi ology hopes to enh ance gene th erapy used in treating

human and animal ge net ic d iseases by improving the effi ciency of gene targeting Using thi s procedure and the tools of biotechnology researchers hope to zero in on spec ific points in an o rgani sms DNA and insert or repair genes invol ved in sll ch

diseases as cancer AID S mu sc ular dystroshyphy cys tic fibrosis and sickl e-cell anemia

Gene targeting is a very important techshy

nology for gene modifi ca tion in all species - plants animals and micro-organisms says Baker who began tbi s work in the 1980s The nice thing about thi s tecbnolshyogy is th at yo u can make changes in the

ge ne right in its norm al position in the chromosom e

He hopes to make gene targe ting more effi cient by studying the underlyi ng process of homologo us reco mbi nation in whi ch

DNA sequences exchange information Norshymally this process helps ce lls repai r DNA da mage and govern s mixing of gen es durshy

ing cell di vision including th e p rocess of meios is whi ch produces egg and sperm

cells But homologous recombination can also lead to can cer durin g th e exchange of informati on bet ween a mutan t ch romoshyso me and its no rmal co unterpart Bes ides

stud ying what goes wrong durin g recomshybinat ion sc ientists are in te res ted in using th e process to co rr ect defe cts Baker s

research for exa mple has shown that gene targe ting th ro ugh homolo gous recombinashytion can correc t a mu ta tion to resto re proshyducti on of an immunoglobulin found in

an tibodies We want to und ers tand the mec hashy

nisms of recombination in mammalian cells

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and how homologo us reco mbin ati on ca n

be used to shape and manipu late th e genome he says ex plaining that gene tarshygeting all ows researchers to make animal

model s of hum an gene ti c diseases study hum an ge ne th erapy and modify plant and an imal ge nomes to benefit agri culture biotechnology and medi cine

Cancer research

Ca ncer reaches into the lives of many Ca nashydian s A number of researchers are wo rkshying in this area and their research spans the spectrum from basic molecul ar bio techshy

nology to applied therapy says Pro f Wayne

improve our understa ndin g of how to modshy

ify the level of damage done by co litis He explains th at by detoxify ing dieta ry

mu tagens and ca rcinogen s CST enzymes provi de protection against va rious insul ts inflicted on th e stom ach Thats an imporshy

tant role gJven th e kno wn link be tween so me chemical s co nsumed by humans and the dama ge to DNA and tis sues th at ma y

lead to cancer Hi gh levels of the em ymes are good because th ey pro tect says Ki rby

In pre vious studi es conducted with the Je wish General Hospital in MontlCal Ki rshyby discove red th at man y peo pl e with col shyo rec tal ca ncer lack th e ge neti c codes fo r

GSTs He is now in vestigatin g th e role of the

At the cellular and subcellular levels it doesnt really matter

whether youre looking at a gene chromosome or cell that came out of a person or an animal

McDonnell OVC ass istant dean (resea rch)

Although OVC research usually fo cuses on can cer in anim als incl uding using animal models th e res ult s also touch th e human

realm of oncology research Colorec tal ca nce l is th e third most comshy

mon can cer in humans th e Canadian Ca nshy

cer Society estim ates th at more than 16000 new cases will be d iagnosed in 1999 and more th an 6000 deaths will occur Key fa cshy

tors in its development are d ie tary carc inoshyge ns and colitis a bowe l inflammatio n In Guelphs Departm ent of Bio medi cal Scishy

ences Prof Gordon Kirby is studying glu shytathione S-transferase (GST) emymes that

are fo und in the hea lthy human intestinal tract but are abse nt in colorec tal ca ncer patients This research co uld help impleshyment pre ve ntive st ra teg ies for people who might be at high risk for ca nce r or it may

help in co unselling people in proper dietary habits he says In addi tio n we may

enzy mes and how th eir level alte rs as th e

disease develops B) und erst andin g how th ese enz) l11 es

work and how th ey change dur ing the proshygression from co liti s to can cer Kirby ultishymately hopes to lea rn ho w to co ntro l th e leve l of th e enzymes Understandin g how

th e enzym es work ca n lead LI S to wa ys to

prevent cancer he SlyS

Radiation treatment

Veterll1ar ians using the technique o f halfshy

body ra dia tion may cut th e time needed to treat lymphoma in dogs acco rd ing to th e

re sul ts of a st ud y by OVC re sea rchers in cludin g Prof To n) Abr1Jl1s-0gg Pro f -Stephen Kruth Paul Woods Geri Ottewe ll and Kim Stewa rt - aU of th e Department of Clini cal Studi es - and Al Norris of th e

Veterinary Referral Cli nic And although the groups recent six-year tr ial was directed at

do gs the resu lts of thi s veterinary resea rch

may have implica tions for trea tin g cance r

in hum ans

Trea tin g lym ph oma traditionally Iequires up to two yea rs of chemoth erap)

An alternative to prolonged chemotherapy is tota l-body ra diat io n and bone mar row

transplantation The procedullt lI SLS the patien ts own marrow extracted before the

trea tment One drawback is the possi bilit y

of transpb nt ing s ick malTOw co ntaining lymphoma (ells back in to the patien t A secshy

o nd drawbac k is th e ex tcnsive ca re and

Icngthy recovery time required By co ntrast ha lf-body radiation takes

onl y three mon ths Ab rams- Ogg explains that became only half of th e body is treatshy

ed at one time enough healthy bone marshy

row remain s to negate a tra nsp lan t By the

time th e seco nd hal f o f the body is irradishyated 30 da ys late r th e pa tien t has hld

eno urh line to recover fro m the first trea tshyment Hes also found that dogs receivi ng

half-bod) radiation generally avoid the sideshyeffects of tull-body trea tment

Abra ms-Ogg says ha lf- body radi ation

has been used on humans to alleviate pain in advanced cancer cases but not to treat

lymphoma The results of this trial do have hUl )la n health implications he SJ) Halt~

hody radilti o n may be used to treat the

sa me types of cancers in people

Resistance to antibiotics

Ensuring the hea lth of farm animals is an

im po rtant fac tor in ensuring th e health of our food supply T hrough col labo ratio ns wi th the Un iversity of Guelphs Department

of Food Science and l1calth Canada a dedshy

icated group of ove resea rch ers is improvshying public health through [ood -sa fe ty

research OnL of those sc ienti sts is Prof Sco tt

McEwen Population Med icine who studies food-animal prod uct io n and on-fa rm issues

by investigati ng microb ial resistance to antib ishyotics and ways to co ntrol pathoge ns such as

E coli during food-animal production Were try ing to red uce the level of exposhy

sure or people to these pathogens an d in tu rn red uce the level of food-borne illness

says I IcEwe n Our goal is to im prove

human health and improve the health of the animal industr )

Microbia l resista nce in pa rticular is a

co mpelli ng issue for agriculture rigbt no w because of a number of eve nts occurring

worldwide that have focus ed attenti on o n the use of antibi otics in foo d-a ni mal pro shy

du ct ion and the po tential impact on h um ans through meat conu mption

McEwen and h is st ud ents are looking at

what types of animals are being exposed to

va ll o us drugs and for how long to better

measure bacterial resistance to antibiot ics Because the agricu ltu ra l industry accounts [or half of to tal antib io tic lls e he says it s

important to look for new ways to improve on-farm manage ment of livestock that wIll

reduce disease Jnd the need for treatme nt

with antibiotics ga

Veterinary medicine contributes to human health sector

The Ontario Veteri nary Co llege (OVC) is at the centre of Ontarios

$44 billion knowledge-based ecoshy

nomic secto r foc using on animal

health and related food qualitysafeshy

ty and biomedicalbiotechnology activities

Although veterinal) medicine is

the main focus of studies at OVC the biomedical science o ption has

the bjgh est enrolment among

Guelphs 30 BSe degree programs

Employers in Canadas $I -billion biotechnology indust ry sa y a degree in ve ter inary med icine will

be an impor tant first step in filling

new positions created by the pracshytical application of current revelashy

tions in molecular biology and cloning technology

OVC is a founding college of the

Universit y of Guelph which receives mo re resea rch funding

from the Medica l Research Co unshycil than any other Ca nadi an uni shy

versity with o ut a medica l school

More than ISO studies have been condu cted using fund s donated

throug h OVes Pet Tr ust by ve tshy

erinarians and pet owners who recshy

ognize the th erapeutic value of the

bond betwee n people and com shypa nion animal s

100 per cent of OVC gradu ates

find em ploymen t withi n six months of gradu ation

50 per cen t of veterinary patholoshygists in North America are -employed directly or indirectly by the pharmaceutical industr y

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a The Royal Society of Canada recognizes an acndelnic career

by Alexander Wooley a scholar Funny hOWasingle pi ece of paper can summarize a lifet ime of study and aCJ demic work that has already fi ll ed

29 books and 85 book chapters an d Journal articles

In june U of G polit ica l science profes~

sor Onkar P Dwivedi received a letter invit~

ing hi m to become a Fello w of th e Royal Society of Canada Its an invitation reserved

for Canadas ltlCJde11i c elite an an nounceshy

men t thM brought congratul atio ns tinged with envy fiom colleagues across Ca nada and

left th is U of G professor answeri ng quips from Guelph collcgues such as Are we still

allowed to share the elevator wi th such an illuSlrious scholar

Dwivedi is indeed an ill ustrious scholar

- th e FRSC is th e hi ghest scholJriy recog~ nition1 Canad ian ~ cad emic ca n recei ve shy

but he is also a personable man who has a deer concern fo r o thers and a sense of humour that allows h illl to ceremo ni ously

wave oth er facult ) and students on to the

elevator as it ri ses to his s ix1h~f1oor offi ce ill the JvlacKi nn on Bu ilding

Known across camp us simply as OP he says its o nl y natural that hlS colleagues

wo uld be a bi t envi ous of th e Royal Society

designation he has felt th at envy himself when congratultting previous recip ien ts

Dwivedi SI) he is d~ep l ) honoured to bL one of 19 U of C lilCul ty wh o hold thl tilk (see page II ) The entire U of C cJm pl co mmunity shOlIcs in Prof l)iveciis dd igh t at bei ng l1amed a fel low I) pruv()t tin

Campbe ll It is a we ll~d lsencd mark of recognition for his distinguished caree r Jnd

vJ lua ble slr vice to i II I l 1Ila I ional dlTlop Ill en t an d the en viron men t

Being n~mcd I Fello of the Rnl11 oci

101) of CI1a d ~ is testimony 10 tile prnrcsnr ~

beli e-I Lhat if you work hard enough you L11l

achieve an ythi ng Th~Is 11) hi colilltr)

is so great he says o f his adopted C~nIJ1 Born in India Dwi ved i came 1( ( anadl

in the early [960 as a gruduatc lttuden Hl co mpl eted a mdst 15 de grec al Carl etull University ~nd a Ph D at QUlln l middot ni~r ishy

ty ~l1 d jo incd the U o f C tJLlti lyin 1967

He hJS advanccd Ihe CallldilI1 view of

political eth ics 111d public scnicc Wl11pI(d

pol icy~mak ing t nd administralioll hetwlcn natio ns and l11aintl ined world iew of enli~

ronll1ental pol iei sand pl1blie alti ludes toward pollu tion And ltI ll the wh ile haring his in sight wilh the l h (l u~llld nf tlllkilts

who halt vied for se1ts ill his classroom

Alt hough C1I1 3d is now hi~ IWll1l Dwivedi main tai ns ~Irong lies with his lill

mer homeland He has mon itored dCIdol

mtnh Ind ehtnge~ ill IndilS pol lulion lt111U

lto INrl ation pol i ~ic ror lll1lo~t 0 )Cltlrs and sucd h J ltnio r ad iser 1(1 Ih (OUlllr )

lin ilr) of rl1limnl11tllt dnd Fltlr~ I S I Ii lIll rc~c nl hook publi1 d in I))7 i ntro ~

Jl1C~ r~ldr tlt1 Ih cnVil 0 l1nlCnl11 p(lli~yshy

mll-ing and manf~mll1t prelL n Ind i1 b) cxamining vlri()u~ Jill1cl1iol15 of lhlt

tl1Iironrncn lal chIIltI1ampes faced h)lhe nali()n Farber th is )Lar hc 1 in Ind i JS par t

or a hll1lli(Ia l lroICL looking at reg ulal middot ing cmironmcnlal ri there with I Spc

eiJI fO LlI on htrlil lll i hmlsehrllJ producls

and thiJ ill1 tI~1 Oil (Imen ltlnd hiidren

Tht resClreh p rQin t i locattd ill Kll1 pur

lt1 cil ) of Ih rec million HId IS funded b) the Sha tri In do CJnldi111 Imti lutc

[)wi lldi mother and othl lamily mtlllhLI sl illl iC in In d i li e pcrsollally

Ufporh eh olt)I Ihne and hell he retire in tl1 Icars hl plan to SCI up I L~c n tre fo r

drug HldiLliOl I 1I11lI11Llll11 healt h

Fnn in C lllJdI hl is working to help

olher or Indiall illlllry bui ld bella lives I lc offen hi serliccI~ I parl -timc Hindu

pries t lIith U ofe CGl11pUS minislry and I~ 1 spir iluJ I ou l1 1I0 [ Jor inm lles It Ihe

Cudl h Corrldinnd (ntrc The Roal Soc ielY Litdtion d~ )Lribes

[)wildl cI~ 1 chobr who hIS 1 1Ilined

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ndti( nal distinction and international recogshy

nit ion Just this spring he vis ited Loyo la l [a rymollnt Universit-y in Los An-des as that

insti tutions 1999 Internati onal Scho lJ r

Es tabli shed 117 years lgO the Roya l Society or Canada enco mpasse d ra nge of

discip lin es including the natural and ap plied sc iences medi cine soc ial scien ces MId hu manit ies

Dwi vedi sa) The s()c ic tys invitation is

an honour for me and also a wonderful recogshy

nition for our new coll ege (U of Gs College

of Social and All lied Human Sciences )

A for mer chair of Guel lhs Department of Political Science Dwivedi is pres id ent of

the Ca nadian Asian Stud ies Associa tion and

past lresident of the Canadian Po litica l Scishyence Association He also chairs th e resea rch committee of the International Poli tical Scishy

ence Associat io n

During hi s 32-year career at Guellh he ha s served on the Enviro nm ental Assess shy

)]lent Boa rd of Ontario as a co nsultan t to

the Ca nadian gove rnment as an adviser to th e Wo rld Health Organi za ti o n an d the

Wo rld Bank in In dia Papua New Guinea and Mau ritiu s an d as a sc ientific panel

member with UNESCO In J 99 8 he

received an honorary degree fro m the Unishyve rsity of Leth bridge ga

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ANDREvV VOWLES

m Tiny flashes of blue

light caught by U of G

to physicists in an

undergro und

observatory may eg

tell us the

fate of our

universerunch First tighf wasnt long in coming even in a mine shaft some two kiloshy

metres beneath the Earths surface Within days of turning on a multishy

million-dollar li ght detector near the bottom of a Sudbury nickel mine

scientists from Canada the nited States and the United Kingdom recordshy

ed their first even t Thats physicists lingo for a collision between a tiny

extraterrestrial particle called a neutrino and a molecule of heavy water

Actually what they witnessed last spring was not the encounter itself

- marked by a tell tale fl ash of blue light - but data trickling in quishy

etly from the detectors elaborate instruments sometime after the fact

Still that was enou h to set a few hearts pounding among the collabshy

orators in the Sudb u r y eutrin o Observatory particularly among

Guelph physicists John Simpson Robin Ollerhead and Jimmy Law who

appJaude 1 those early results not just for what they might reveal about

the universe but also as a validation of their painstaking care in conshy

structing and preparing the detector

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[J This is without a doubt the climax of my

career says Simpson whos been invo lved

with the Sudbury N eu trin o Observa to ry

(SNO) project since it was fir s t moo ted by

Canadian physicis ts in th e early 1980s Hes

been studying neutrinos for almost two

decades beginning with experiments in a

Windsor-area sa lt mine

It s th e las t unkn own low-energy area

left he says N eutrin os are s till th e least

understood elementa ry particle of a ll

Thats not for lac k of them T hey re co nshy

sidered to be th e most commo n particles in

the universe and the fund amenta l building

blocks of matter Each seco nd bi lli ons of

neutrinos generated during fusion reactions

in the sun and in sou rces far beyond our

galaxy bombard every square ce ntim etre of

the Earths surface undetected But just try

to catch one So ephemeral a re Ih ey th at

they pass without a mmmur through most

objects including solid rock ni ckel ni ckel

miners - even throu gh the SNO sc ientis ts

monitoring their giant acry li c ball s usshy

pended in a 22-metre-wide cavern two kiloshy

metres down the mine shaft

The $70-million o bse rva to ry s it s nea r

the bottom of Inco Ltd s C reighton nicke l

mine the deepes t wo rkin g min e in North

America and one tha t has opera ted co ntinshy

uously for the last ce ntury

Today the only eAtra terreslrial objects hitshy

ting the site - or more co rrect ly passi ng

through it - are neutrinos Seemingly against

astronomical odds those scientists hope to

use that ball as a kind of cosmic-sized catchshy

ers mitt to stop or deflect enough of these

particles to learn more about them and about

the big wide universe that spawned them

Inside that 12-foot ball are 1000 tonnes

of heavy water which is also used as coolant

inside nuclear reactors Tn fact th e watershy

all $300 million worth - is on loan from

Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (AECL)

Heavy water ho lds the key to SNOs opera-

Taken during construction the photo above

shows the SNO cavity and acrylic vessel At

right the acrylic vessel is surrounded by an 18shy

metre diameter geodesic sphere that supports

nearly 10000 light sensors and reftectors

Scientists hope to U~

tion Because its molecules contain one more

n eutron than in ordinary water its more

likely to in tercept a phantom neutrino That

co llis ion will be marked by faint but telltale

fla shes of light - forma lly kno wn as

Cerenkov radia tion th e characteris tic blu e

glow emitted in a nuclear reactor - to be

picked up by a few of th e 10000 detectors

studding the panels on th e sphere s surface

Perhaps more impo rtan t SNO resea rchers

anticipate that the wa ter will catch all three

types o f neut rinos no t just the o ne captured

by other detec tors around the world

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agiant acrylic ball as a kind of cosmic-sized catchers mitt

flavou rs based on th e kind s of subatomshy

ic particl es tlleyre dssociated with electro n

neutrinos muon neutrinos and tau neu trishy

nos Referring to earlier experiments that

have detected far fewer neutrinos than

expected based on our understanding of

how the universe works Simpso n says most

scientists believe that neutrinos have mass

and the) change type as th ey leave the sun

and thats why Ne havent seen enough of

them Being able to detect the other two

flavours at SNO might allow sc ientis ts to

account for the so -called missing neutrinos

Proving that neutrinos can change their

stripes might als o tell us more about the

likely fate of th e universe itself by solving

another mystery the question of the missshy

ing mass Referring to basic laws of physics

Law says If neutrinos convert th at means

th ey must have mass Why is that imporshy

ta nt Explai ns Ollerhead The amount of

mass thats accounted fo r by the sta rs that

you can see is only about one-tenth of the

total mass the re must be in the universe in

order to cause the interactions and motions

you see W hen people talk about mis si ng

mass thats what th ey re talking about

So the question is where is it l Because

every s tar produces billions of neut rin os

every second the universe is full of neutr ishy

nos These van ishingly small particles could

collectively exert a gravitational pull out of

all proportion to th eir size - enough to

eventually slow the expa nsion of the universe

If neutrin os have ma ss it means the

universe may be heavier than we think says

Simpso n The universe will eventually stop

expanding in a few billion years and collapse

back in on itself Thi s is known as the Big

Crunch Finding evidence of the smoking

gun to either prove or di sprove that theoshy

ry is the purpose of the observatory he says

SNO research bombards other areas of science Adapting physics tools to build SNO

An expert in X-ray back-scattering Guelph

physicist Innes Mackenzie helped the SNO

team about six years ago by adapting his

back-scattering technique to determine the

thickness of a plastic liner that su rrounds

th e entire observatory cavity Made of a

substance called urylon (produced by a

Guelph company) the liner was sp rayed

on to the cavitys concrete surface to screen

ou t radon a radioactive gas that diffuses

even through soLd rock In a project where

an extra millimetre could skew results scishy

entists needed to ensure that the material

was the same thickness all the way arou nd

Mackenzie used X-ray back-scattering

a techniq ue he has developed that might

be llsed to determine say the thickness of

paint applied in an auto assembly plant or

ice buildup on aircraft wings Laurentian

University physicist Doug Hallman says

his research group has worked with

Mackenzie to set up a unique hand- held

monitor and data-recording system which

found the actual thickness of the eightshy

millimetre-dlick polyurethane material to

an accuracy of about 10 per cent

Building new tools from SNO physics

During his graduate studies in physics at

Guelph Tom Andersen helped his PhD

supervisor Prof John Simpson design

devices used to detect background

radioactivity of the heavy wa ter in the

Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO)

and worked on software that simulates

th e movement of high -energy muons

particles created when cos mic rays

encounter the Earths atmosphere All the

while he had his eye on a not-unrelated

topic that became his full-time job after

graduating in 1998

It a desk top planetarium says

Andersen of his astro nomy software

which allows users to view the simulated

night sky - including comets asteroids

satellites a nd stars - on a computer

screen With it yo u can observe the sky

as it appears from your backyard tonight

o r from Jupiter 100 years ago or from

Egypt 3000 years ago

He and his partners a t Toronto-based

Sienna Software Inc have so ld about

10000 copies of Sta rry Night software

dming the past 18 months They began

by selling software that users could down shy

load from the Internet but now make two

CD-ROM versions of the package Starshy

ry Night Deluxe and Starry Night Pro

The first allows users to look at more than

19 million objects from anywh ere in the

solar system and to examin e deta iled

graphics of such things as constellations

Serious astronomy afic ionados use the

pro version to track as teroids learn more

about star motions or create their own

planets to study orbital mechanics

Generally anyone who owns an

as tronomical telesco pe owns a piece of

astronomy software says Andersen You

can take your telescope to your backyard

and connect it to your laptop and then

point to something with Starry Night and

have the telescope steer to it

Applying SNO tools to business

Former phys ics graduate student Myung

Chol Chon now works in the Royal Banks

corporate and investmen t banking offices

in Toronto Modelling the behaviour of

financial assets and pricing derivative secushy

rities might appear removed from the task

of capturing neutrinos but Chon says the

Guelph SNO group gave him an opporshy

tunity to learn various quantitative ana lyshy

sis tools including Monte Carlo simulashy

tion and artificial neural networks I also

gained understanding and experience in

software production via working with the

SNO Monte Carlo Analysis (SNO MAN )

software development team - tools

applicable not only in physical science but

in other areas as well

Fa llWinter 1999 25

-Simpson says ea rly detection of SNOs first

neutrino this summer reflects the high qUJIshy

ity of the obselva tory itself incl uding th t conshy

tribution of the Guelph scientists involved in

designi ng its sophist icated instrum ents Thats why theres a lot of noise abo ut the

fi rst measurem en ts he sa ys Some o ther

detectors have to work harder to get the backshyground radioactivity down Weve shown that

we constructed a very clea n detector

Along with several PhD studen ts and resea rch associates he and his coUeagues buiJt

inst ruments used to monitor and ensure an acceptable level of background radi oactivishy

ty in SNOs innards fiom the hea l) watcr to all the components orthe detector itse lf

The Guelph group developed a very senshy

sitive technique for the measurement of ultrashylow levels of ra dioactivit y in water whi ch is

essential for th e SNO detector to reach its

goals says SNO project director Art McDonshy

ald a phys icist at Queens Universit y Meas uring radioact ivity is our ga me

says resea rch ass oc iate Pillalamarr Jaga m during a tour of Sim psons lab in th e baseshy

ment of the MacNaughton Build in g home

to whJt Jaga m calls the only ul tra-low backshy

ground radi ation research and development

group in Ca nada Po inting to a det ector resemblin g a stainless-steel salad bowl with

a matchin g lid he says the Guelph -made

de vice JS with its co usins on perm anent du ty at SNO picks lip infinitesimally small

amounts of ra dioactivity emitted naturall y

by the observa torys compo nents

Ja ga m helps run th ose dev ices at SNO

fo llowin g up on his role as superv iso r of a

cl ea nin g crew d urin g SNOs constru ction SNO is the larges t clean-room ever olltside

of the electron ics industry he says Its

cleaner th an yo ur avera ge dinner plate

Above Muon neutrinos produced from cosmic

rays which strike Earths abnosphere are detectshy

ed by the SNO light sensors producing a coneshy

shaped pattern of energy Right An artists

sketch of the SNO detector shows the central

acrytic vessel now filled with 1000 tons of heavy

water and surrounded by 7000 tons of ultra

pure regular water Scientists monitor the obsershy

vatory from the room located above the sphere

26 GU ELP H ALUM NUS

In two years we mayI

Unlike th eir fell ow labourers in the m in e

who normall y hit the sbowers aft er a lo ng

day on the ore face th e scientists monitorshy

ing th e o bse rvatory must shower bef ore enterin g their facility Simil ar standa rds are mlintained tor the heavy water in th e acrylic

vessel which is fil tered dail y Jnd tested for ambient rad ioactivit y It s the purcst water

in th e wo rld says Jian Wang for merly J

research associate in Simpsons lab and now a consultant wi th U of Gs GUA RD In c

The Guelph-dc-signed instruments h ave

prove n lIseful in rela ted but more fa r-flung

applications JagaJl1 says scientists building

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ly know if the universe will eventually collapse

ye t an oth er neutrino observatory in Italy consulted with U of G physicists on radia shyti on measurement Closer to home he has helped Prof Richard Protz Land Reso urce Science quantify minute amounts of radioac tive cesium in so il samples taken from the Ecuadorean Andes an d from the Chernobyl site in Ukrain e

Law a particle physicist [las been involved since 1991 in writin g and test ing simulation software used by the project colshylaborators to model the workings of th e SNO detecto r With the detector now opershyating the package - dubbed SNOMAN shywill be used to analyse the data it generates OUerhead who first encountered SNO while chair of the Department of Physics has long worked in expe rim en tal nuclear physics using accelerators such as th e one run by AECL in Cbalk River Ont Todays investishygations at SNO draw on at least one aspect of his ea rlier resea rch in Los Alamos New Mexico where he developed neutral current detectors of the sort expec ted to help SNO sn iff out all three neutrino flavo urs

Sim psons graduate student Nathaniel Tagg is studying cosmic ray particles called muons which are detected as a byproduct in the obse rvatory Unlike neutrinos muons come from cosmic rays - or ionized nuclei - which begin Jife far beyond the solar sysshytem perhaps generated by stars exploding into supernovas or by shock waves emanating from collapsing black holes When these cosmic rays hit the Earths atmosp here th ey create extremely high-energy particles that can be detected by SNO some alon e or in pairs like bullets others in a shower like shotgun pelshylets Comparing the ratio of single bullets to shotgun blas ts may tell Tagg something about how the particles originated When you build a detector you get a lot of things for free he says Muons are considered background to most of the collaboration but there are some interes ting physics you ca n do with them

Beyond Guelph the SNO collaboration brings together almost 100 scientists from II universi ties and labs in Canada the United Sta tes and the United Kingdom Canad ian participants includ e university resea rchers from Queens Car leton Laurentian Britisll

Columbia and Guelph Wby Ca nada Canashyda has a lot of heavy water because of its nuclear power reactor development the CANshyDU reactor says OUerhead Basically Canashyda is tbe only country that can do the expershyiment using heavy water which is what gives this its unique flavour The other thing is the undergro und aspect All the neutrino expershyimen ts are done underground for shielding from cosm ic rays and other sources of backshyground radiation The nickel mine in Sudbury is the deepest site in North America

Its al so important that Creighton mine is a working facility says Si mpson [t has

Physics faculty

and students are

an integral part of (PES

Physics is one of five departments and schools in the College of Physshyical and Engineeri ng Science ( CPES) Physics has more Roya l Society fellows than any other department on campus Since 1993 ten CPES students including two in physics have received National Research Coun shycil awards under the agen cys Women in Engin eering and Scishyence Program In 1999 CPES laun ched an inteshygrated four-year degree program in technology with Seneca College in Toronto majors in physics and technology or applied pharmace ushytical chemistry CPES plans to launch a new undershygraduate degree in computing scishyence next year to promote U of G strengths in bioinfomatics neural networks genetic algo rithm s and embedded systems CPES offers a unique program called MPC2 that provides enriched studies in mathematics physics chemistry and computing science

to be active because its the only way you can maintain the safety of th e mine SNOs control room occupies a drift (miners talk for a corridor) 6800 fee t below the surface deep enough to accommodate a stack of about five CN Towers

Dw-ing the observatorys construction a regular express ca ge whisked visitors directly down No9 shaft to the detector as fast as a car travelling on a cit) street The shaft also served as the delivery conduit for the SNO components Site manager Dunshycan Hepburn recall s es pecially the three months that it took to ship the [000 tonnes of heavy water underground The eleva tor could take six tonnes at a time he says so we had an elaborate schedule involving six tanker cars fill ed overnight and sent down early in th e morning on a specially schedshyuled cage Adds mine manage r John Gill J dont think we spilled a drop

Now using regularly scheduled cages scishyentists crowd shoulder to sho ulder in the elevator with up to 40 miners during the 20-minute ride along the sloping ore seam Everyone in the collaboration is expected to spend a certain number of shifts actualshyly operating the detec tor says O llerhead This is partly to save money but also par tshyly because th e physicists are the ones with the vested interes t and should be involved Collaborators might spend seve ral weeks in Sudbury at a time for up to six weeks a year

SNO scien tists expect to learn definitiveshyly within two years whether or not neutrishynos have mass They also anticipate that the observatory will yield information about the sun and about other st ructures far beyond our galaA) The missing mass question is a way of studying supnnovas notes Ollershyhead There are many applications of this detector beyond just neutrinos from the sun

Why should anyone ca re about what these infinitesimally small particles teU us about cosshymic-sized questions If youre going to be an ad vance d and civilized country then you should be thinking about fundamental quesshy shytions and not just about where your next meal is coming from says Simpson Thats the difshyference I think between a civili7ed society and a society that just lives from day to day ga

FallWinter 1999 27

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

alU bull

ALUMNI PROFILES

ALUMNUS OF HONOUR

FORMER OAC DEA N Rick Richards BSA 38 was recogn ized for

his lifelong commi tment to excellence in admini stration teachshy

ing research and ex tension wh en he vas named 1999 AlumLlus of Honour by th e Un ive rsity o f Guelph Alumn i Associat ion The preshy

sen tation was made durin g Alumni Weekend in lun e

Ri chard s bega n hi s ca ree r in soil sc ience and pion ee red the

process of soil classifi ca ti on and map pin f for Ontario As head of

th e Un iversitys Depa rtm ent of Land Resou rce Science he spearshyheaded the constr uct ion o f new fa cili ties provided leadership in

the deve lopment of broader more sc ientifi c program s and th e

expansioLl o f fa culty and obta ined more lan d areas for departshymental resea rch He was appointed the first dea n of OAC in 1962

and was one o r the fou r principal academi c leade rs ho shared in

es tab lishin g the Universit y of Guelph After co mpleting two terms as dean he return ed to teac hing and retired in [98 1

As a professiona l agrologist Richards impleme nted pl ans ror

the Canadian Agri cultural Researc h Co un ci l as it s fi rst president

and was pres id ent o f the Ca nadian Soc iety of Su il Science th e Ontari o Institute of Ag rologists and tht Agricu ltural Institu te of

Can ada He was also the Canadian representa ti ve to th e United

Nations Food and Agricu lture O rga nizltJtion

ALUMNI VOLUNTEER AWARD

DAv ID ADAMS BSA 49 has always made his alma mater a pri shy

o ri t) and in 1999 th e Unive rsity of Guelph Alumni Associashy

tion app lauded th at loya lty by presentin g him with its 1999 Alulll shyni Volu nteer Awa rd

Adams has demo nstrated a devot ion to volun teer excellence

through his com mitment to the Universit y OAC and hi s alumni

ii class OAC 49 He was UGAA pres ident in 196869 president of

d the OAC Alu Jllni Associatio n in 196566 and a member of the Unishy

~ versi ty Senate and Boa rd of Governors fro m 1970 to 1973 In add ishy

~ tion he has Jllade mu ltiple contr ibu tions to OAC 49 ac tivities He

~ was instrumenta l in orga ni zin g 50th-anniversary class celebrations ~ for Alumni middotWeekend 99 which included the ded ication of the Yea r

~ 49 OAC po nd ga rden at th e Arbo retum Cent re and the res torashy

~ ti on of the Johnston Hall portico u ~ Adamss giving sp irit car ri es over into his pro(ess iona lli fc He

~ has had a distingu ished career in the ag ri -food indust ry and was laquo ~ general manager of the Canadian Meat Co uncil whe n hL reti red in

~ 1993 He cont inues to share hi s expertise with the co unc il and as

~ a volu ntee r for th e Royal Ag ri cultural inter Fair and th e Ca nashy~ dian Nat ional Exhibition FARlv

28 G UHPH ALU I NUS

HIGHLIGHTS middot GRAD NEWSmiddot OBITUARIESmiddot CALENDAR

ALUMNI MEDAL OF ACHIEVEMENT

DR AD RIAN P ARKS WO RK in th e area o f minimally invasive

surge ry has earned him international recogniti on as a leading surgeo n and educa tor in his fi eld His advancements in the use of

laparoscop ic techniques have improved treatm ent for an ex tensive

range of med ica l disorders that in the past could only be handled

thro ugh trad itional sur gery [n 1997 he was recruited to establish a new program at th e Uni ve rsity of Kentucky

Pa rk was honoured th is spring wit h the Universit y of Guelph flumni Associati ons Alumni Medal of Achievem ent He received

a bachelor of science fro m Gu elph in 1985 and a doctor o f med ishycine from McMaster University in 1987

He completed his training at St Josephs Hos pital and rilcMasshy

ter Uni ve rsity Affiliated Hosp ital s in Hamilto n O nt and at the

Uni versit) of Montrea l before Jo ining St Jose phs as a ge neral surshy

geo n in 1994

The Guelph meda l recognizes th e professional leadership and achievements demons trated in Parks still- yo un g career and his

compassionate ca re of pati ents He and his wife Jennifer 8A 84 have three children Hilary Meredith and Evan

ove DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS

DUNCAN SINC LAIRS CONTR IB UTIO NS to career an d soc iety have prove n bis leadersh ip and expe rtise in hea lth sciences He gradshy

uated fro m OVC in 1958 and received a master of sc ience fro m OAC in 1960 specializing in nutriti on He then earn ed a PhD in

physiology at Queens University in 1963 and bega n a ca reer focused

primaril y on human health Sinclair was ltl consultant to th e Ontario Ministry of Agriculture

Food and Rural Affairs on the Animals for Research Act ilnd bega n

his academic career at Q uee ns as dean of arts and science in 1974 He went on to serve as vice-principal institutional relati ons sershy

vices an d hea lth sciences before assum ing the role of dea n of medshy

icine He ret ired from Queens in 1996 He has heJd other prestishy

gious positi ons including directo r general of the Medical Resea rch

Council and was tile recipient of OVes Schofield ]V[edal in 1983

Sinclair is now deeply involved in advising the Ontario minisshy

ter of hea l til on ways to reinvest and res tructure th e delivery of health services in the province He chairs the Hea lth Services

Restr ucturin g Co mmission an independent body of health

experts and professionals appointed to redesign tbe provincial

health system

FallWinter 1999 29

alumni Matters

-ORDER OF OACU of G Can1pus ESTABLISHED MARY AND RlCK RICHARDS longtime OAC supporterWelcoilles Alumni

ABSA 38 are the first inductees Membership in the order is

into the Order of OAC estabshy limited to the first 50 individshy

LUMNI WEEKEND J999 orga nizing committee and says lished ea rli er thi s year by the uals who give $1 00000 or more

brought more th an 1300 proceeds will be used to help the OAC Alumni Fo undation to as bequests irrevocable insurshy

visitors to campus June 18 to 20 class establi sh a mille nnium recognize significant contribushy ance policies planned gifts or

In addition to th e traditi o nal scholarship to co mmemorate its tions to its end owment fund cash donations Gifts may be

awards luncheon hosted by U of 25 th anni versar)1 of graduation Rick served as dean of OAC applied as endowments to the

G president Mordech ai Rozanshy The Uni vers it y of Guelph [Tom 1964 to 1972 (see sto ry OAC Alumni Foundation or to

ski there we re man y spec ial Alumni Associat ion held its on page 28) Mary also worked the college as approved by the

events and cla ss reunions The ann ual meeting during Alumni in the college and has been a fou ndation directors

new Order of OAC was preshy Wee kend and elected a new slate

sented to Mary and Rick of offi cers for 1999 2000 Scott

Richards BSA 38 at th e Go ldshy va nEnge n BSc(Ag r) 88 presshy

en Anniversary Dinner and the id ent Robin-Lee Norris BA 80

Class of J974 hosted a reuni on first vice-pres ident John Tatson

dinner with Calgary Flames BA 69 seco nd vice-president

Hockey Club CEO Ron Bremshy Rita Sterne BComm 87 secshy

ner BA 7 J as guest speaker Bill Imiddotetar) and Brad Hull BA 89

Laidlaw BA 74 chaired the treasurer

President Mordechai Rozanski and representatives of the alumni

classes and individuals who supported U of Gs six new themati c

gardens cut the ribbon to officially open them duri ng Alumni Weekshy

end From left are Bill Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 61 Don Gri eve

BSA 55 and MSA 57 Harold Shield BSA 51 Sandra Hannam uJ CD Clay Switze r BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rozanski Marilyn Robinson ~ I Murray BH5c 55 Ted McNinch BSA 49 Bruce Stone BSA 53 u VI

Z and MSA 54 Harold Bentley BSA 64 and MSc 66 Craig Hunter lt

B5c(AgL) 74 and MSc 77 and Les Laking BSA 39 and HDSC 71 The conservatory greenhouse was unveiled moments later by gtshyCD

Don Rutherford BSA 51 who gave the leadership gift ensuring VI o

it s res toration on behalf of his famil y 5 I -

Ginty jocius BSc(Agr) 70 left chair of the OAC Alumni Foundation

presents the Order of OAC to Mary and Rick Richards BSA 38

Enjoying the Class of 1974 re union dinner are from left jerry Orga n

BSc(PE) 71 Ron Bremner BA 71 Gail Bremner Paul Henry MA 71

and Bill Laidlaw BA 74

30 GUELPH ALUMNUS

GRYPHON SPIRIT DOMINATES HOMECOMING

UOF G students shared the stands with alumni who came to campus Sept 25

to watch the football Gryphons defeat their long- standing varsity rival the University of Toronto Blues During the weeke nd the Gryphon Club Hall of Fame inducted five Gryphon swimmers filled the gold pool at the 21st ann ual Alumni Relay Swim Meet

and president Mordechai Rozanski hostshyed a luncheon attended by more than 200 alumni and current students who have received sc holarships and awards or who

participated in the volunteer peer helper prog ram

ALUMNI SWIM TO THE TOP

FORMER GRYPHON SW IMMER S Peter Koli snyk BSc(HK) 83 and Denise

(FarndaJe) vVatso n BASe 85 were recogshyni zed at the ann ual Homecoming sw im mee t for having attended more often th an any other alumni Other participants includshyed 1999 graduates Nico le Weber BSe CEng ) Greg Steinberg BSc(HK) and Nancy Sweetnam BComm who has been a memshy

ber of two Canadian Ol ympic teams ( 1992 and 1996) The alumni team defeated the stud ent teams with the help of Leo n

Homecoming J

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Form er Guelph mayor and sports broadcaster Norm la ry received the Gryphon Club Hall of

Fame Merit Award Sept 24 at the annual induction c re mony that also honoured five former

Gryphon athletes From left are Paul Willi ams a cross-country and track athlete and three-time

Canadian Olympian Bob Pronk BComm 82 Ontario and Canadian cham pionship wrestler

Dave Guest BComm 87 a former all middotstar soccer and vo lleyba ll player Gladys Williams BA

69 MVP in both wo menS fi eld hockey and ice hockey lary and Mark Brown BComm 81

Wi ldman Trophy winner and football capta in The Gryphon Club also recognized the 1974 mens

rugby OUAA championship team

Garstecki Gryphon diving coach in the midshy Dale a longtime Gryp hon supporter and a I 970s and retired botany professo r Hugh national record-b olding masters swimmer

bull49 VETS MEET AT TRAlEE The OVC Cla ss of 1949 produced a la sting memory of its 50th

anni versary by filming the lune 18 gathering held at Tralee Farms

the home of class member Ray Cormack Classmates travelled from

across Canada and the United States to attend th e reunion which

included a luncheon a visit from U of G president Mordechai Rozanshy

ski and a tour of Cormacks farm and antique carriage collection

The organizing committee of Dave House Bill Mitchell Ken Fisk

and lim Arch ibald succeeded in producing a golden-anniversary

memento that captu res the days events and everyone in attendance

as they comment on their lives since graduating from OVe -Proceeds from the sale of the v ideos will support the OVC 49

Memorial Scholarship Fund Cost is $25 each To place an order call

Vikki Tremblay at Alumni House 519-824-4120 Ext 65 44 I D

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alumni Matters

2000 Coming Events

Jan 26 - Careers Night hostshyed by Mac-FACS Alumni Assoshy

ciation For informatio call Laurie MalleaLi at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Careers Night hostshyed by HAFA Alumni Associashy

tion For information call Laushyrie Malleau at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Aggie Good Times Banquet Call the OAC Studwl Federation at Ext 8321 for tickshyet information Feb 3 - Job hir at Bingeman Park in Kitchener complishy

mentary bus service from Unishyversity Centre for students and

alumni For directions and a list of employers call U of G

Career Services at Ext 22 13

Feb 11 - Deadline for nomshy

ina tions for U of G Alumni Association Alumnus of Honshy

our Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment and Alumni Volunteer

Award and the OVC Distinshy

guished Alumnus Call Carla Bradshaw at Ext 6657 for details March 1 - Annual alumni

Florida reunion at Maple Leaf

Estates Port C harlotte Florishyda For information call alumshyni programs at 519-824-4120

Ext 6657 send e-mail to alumshyniuoguelphca or call Jack Hanna in Florida after Jan 1

at 813-645-0905

March 18 amp 19 - College

Ro yal

March 31 amp April 1 - OAC

Alumni Association annual

bonspiel at the Guelph Curlshy

ing Club and Guelph Country w Club Call Carla Bradshaw at ~ txt 6657 to register c u bull For more information on anyU)

z alumni event call the U of G ltC extension listed at 519- 824shy20 r 4120 or send e-mail to al11111shyCD

o niCvzlOguelphcab c a

32 CUEIPH ALUM N US

EA RLIER THIS YEAR U ofG

introduced a new approacll to fund-raising that centres on

academic priorities identified by

the ix colleges Now the Unishy

ve rsit y expa nds this initiative

through the formation of a new Annual Fund Cou ncil that will

recruit volunteers to proactiveshy

ly help meet tll0se funding goals

By enlarging the partnershy

ship between academics and fund-raisers we arc focusing our

efforts more clearly on the Un ishy

versi tys overall stra tegic objecshy

tives says Rudy Putns executive

director of campaign progra ms

We are calling on coUege deans to help ensure that our annual

giving programs are providing

the grea test possible benefit to

students Our volunteer and pro-

ALUMNI CElEBRATE NEW HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE CENTRE

The Human KineticsHuman Biology Alumni Association

presented a sketch of the John T Powell Building to U of Cs

new Health and Perfor mance Centre at a June 19 reunion of alumni and former staff Artist Joan Harper BSe(HK)

82 left and retired professor John Powell right witnessed

a presentati on by association pres ident Janet Leonhard BSe(HK) 82 to Prof Terry Graham

SilENT AUCTION MAKES NOISE

A silent auction held Sept 14 to 16 a t the Ou tdoo r Farm

Show in Woods tock Ont ge nshy

erated a lot of excitement and

goodwill in OACs 125th shyanniversary year and raised

$51000 that wi ll support stu shy

dent recruitm ent programs in

the college The auction was organized by Cinty Jocius BSc(Agr) 70 president of

Ginty Jocius amp Associates of

Guelph on behalf of the OAC Alumni Foundation

Auction items donated by friends and exhibitors at th e

farm show included everylhing

from farm equipment and supshyplies to a seven-month-old lla shyma named (-i nty Lorie Jocius

BASe 72 purchased her husshy

bands namesake and gave it to

OAC as an anniversary presen t at th e Sept 25 Heritage Banshy

quet and Ball

FUND-RAISI NG PARTNERSHIPS GROW

fessional fund -raislls wiJl spend

more of thei r time making pershy

so nal requ es ts for gifts to the University and less time on inshy

house administra tion

Members of the Annual Fund

Council will invite donations

Crom alumni members of the campu~ community the paren ts

of current students graduating

classes members of the various

gift clu bs (Presidents Council

etc) and selected corporations

foundations and associations

Development and Public Affairs staff will help target vol unteer

efforts where they wi ll have the

stronges t impact on growin g don or particip ation and fund shy

razsing results

Annual giving is one of the

most crucial parts of an institushy

tion s developmen t agenda says Putns Annu al donors help

maintain the quali ty of estabshylished academic programs espeshy

cially in times of reduced pubshy

lic fundin g he says They also

provide a foundation for special

fun cl-rai sing cam paigns shycampaigns that enable the Unishy

ve rsity to grow by providi ng

funds for major projects that do

not ha ve a traditional so urce of support Tbe ACCESS endowshy

ment for student financial assistshy

ance and the rece nt campaign to upgrade th e Food Science

Building are notable examples For more illjormation aboLit

the An17ual FUlld Co ullcil call Al111tal Fund 17l1lnager Tara George at 519-824-4 120 Ex t

390 1 or Putl7S at ext 6384

GRAD NEWS

U of G Degrees ADA = Associate diploma

in agriculture BA =Bachelor of arts BASe = Bachelor of applied

science BComm = Bachelor of

commerce BHSe Bachelor of houseshy

hold science BLA =Bachelor of

landscape architecture BSA = Bachelor of science in

agriculture (pre-196s) BSe(Agr) Bachelor of

science in agriculture BoSe = Bachelor of science BSe(Eng) =Bachelor of

science in engineering BSc(Env) =Bachelor of

19405

bull The Macdonald Institute

Class of 1941 met each other

for the firsl lime in 1939 and

theyve been gelling logelher rvice a year siIlce gradual ion

Celebrating 60 yea rs of fri end shy

ship this year are Mary (Hcx imer) MacLeln Beth

(jackson) Ca rdifF Mo lly

(Pattrson) Nix Frances

(Pellet) Smith Dorolhy

(Pond) Dunn Jeanne (Taylor )

Hamel Phyllis (Weren) Sobel and Evelyn (Eatun ) Pond

bull Jim Morton BSA 47 posed with his son Robert SA 70

and grandsons Jeff Bell 13A

9 1 and Greg Mo rton

SSc( Eng) 99 at Gregs U of

G convocation in June Retired

from a career in the lumber

business Jim is an OAC llu mmiddot ni volunteer al Guclph and is

aClive in cOm11lUnily work in

Burlington Onto Rob ert is

CEO of the Community Care

Access Centre in Simcoe

Coullly Jeff lcaches in Elmvalc

for the Simcoe County Dislricl School Board and Greg is

working Wilh the COnSlliling

engineering firm of Proclor

science in environmental sciences

BSe(HK) Bachelor of science in human kinetics

BSc(pE) = Bachelor of science in physical education

DHE = Diploma in home economics

DVSc = Doctor of veterinary science

DVM =Doctor of veterinary medicine

GO = Graduate diploma MA = Master of arts MAgr = Master of agriculture MBA = Master of business

admininstration MEng =Master of engineering

and Redfern at its Kitchener

office The Guelph lineage

aCl ually bega n in the Morton fami ly with Greg great shy

grantimoliln Anne Pringle

Morton DH E 1914

Greg Morton Jeff Bell and Jim and

Robert Morton

19505

bull Harold Baker BSA 50

writes to w rrect the e-mail

address publi shed in the last

iss lle of the Clepll Alunnls

Friends (111 conlact the retired

University of Saskatchewan

professo r and Il is wife Phyllis

at ha kc r hdukeL1sa~k ca

bull Barney Goodwin-Wilson BSA 50 is serving a two-year

krm as chair of the hoard of

lhe Onta rio Foocllerminal

The Iomnlo facility is the

MFA = Master of fine art MLA Master of landscape

architecture MMS = Master of management studies MSc =Master of science MSc(Aqua) = Master of

science in aquaculture ODA = Ontario diploma in

agriculture ODH =Ontario diploma in

horticulture OdR = Ontario Diploma in

recreation PhD = Doctor of philosophy

larges t who lesale fruit proshy

duce and flower market in

Canada and one of the largest

in orrh America He was forshymerly director and vice-cha ir

of the board

bull Gary Powell ADA 58

stopped at a remote motel in

western klahoma last

Janu ary and stanee a convershysation with th e only other cusshy

tomer at breakfa st the next

morning Turns out they were

both U of G grads Powell and Joe Deli BSc (Agr ) 64 had a

great time reminiscing abo Llt

ca mpus perso nalities they

both knew I guess one is never really very far from home says Powell

bull Dave Valentine BSA 59 has

retired as (o unty engineer for

the County of Brant in

Ontario He previously spent

23 years with Sir Sandford

Fleming College in Peterborough and has served 8S

engineer for the coun ties of Haliburton and Victoria He

and his wife Carole are now

Jiving near Carlisle Send e-mail

to valcntinworldchatcom

19605

bull Manuel Garcia PhD 67 was

recognized by the government

of the Ph ilippines in December

1998 with one of the highest

honours given to Filipinos Jivshy

ing outside the cou ntr y Garcia

is a senior consulting mi crobishy

ologist with lAS Bioshy

Diagnostic and a former

research scientist with

Agriculture and Agri-Food

Canada in Ottawa He is intershy

nationally recognized for his work in veterinary med icin e

and public health on the early detection of ca mpylobacter

salmonella and other foodshy

borne pathogens He is a memshy

ber of several learned profes shy

sional societies and has been involved in a number of intershy

national developm ent projects

He is also a community volunshy

teer and a pioneer in establishshying the National Council of

Canadian Filipino Associations

as the official voice of Filipino

Canadians nationwide bull Tom Hutchison DVM 65 is

a veterinary pathologist with the Nova Scotia provincial

diagnostic lab In 1998 he

passed the board cer tification exa ms for the American

College of Poultry Veterinarians in Baltimore but

the years highlights came in

late summer - a first grandshy

child for Tom and his wife

Eileen in August and the birth

of their own son Scott in

September bull Brian Little ADA 67 BSc(Agr) 72 and MSc 78

was elected president of the

Canadian 4-H Foundation in

May He was previously presishy -dent of the Ca nadian 4-H

Co uncil and a co uDcil represhysentative for his employe r the

Royal Bank of Canada He has been a fou ndation trustee for

f allWinter 1999 33

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several years and has a strong

4-H background as a member

and a club leader

19705

bull Doug Franklin SA 72 was

recen tly a ppoin led execu tive

director of the Multiple

Sclerosis Association of

America its hea d office is in

Cherry Hill NJ He was forshy

merly with the International

Youth Foundation in

Baltimore Md

bull Cathie Leimbach

SSc(Agr) 78 and MAgr 88

visi ted U of G this fa ll as

agrologist-in-residence It was

the sixth year of the program

co-sponsored by OAC and the

Ontario Institute of

Agrologists (OlA ) Raised on

an Ontario dairy and swine

farm Leimbach is past presishy

dent of the OI A and a partner

in STRIVE a team specializshy

in g in training facilitation and

consulting She now lives on a

cash-crop farm in Ohio

bull Willem Moolenbeek BSe

77 and MSe 8 1 studied biolshy

ogy and entomology at U of G

at the same time he was learnshy

ing to play the saxophone with

the Royal Conservatory of

Mu sic He says he still loves

science but music has become

his career A recitalist soloist

and clinician he has been a

saxophone instructor at

McMaster University in

Hamilton Ont fo r 15 years

He also teaches at the 19805

University of Waterloo pri- bull Bruce Brown BSe(Agr)

vately and at the National 85 and his wife Claudia

Music Ca mp of Canada where (Liebscher) BA 84 have three

he sometimes offers an infor- children who are beginning to

mal course on in sect identifi- display their dads musical

cation There are always a few prowess on the kazoo After 14

kids who really dig that he years of dairy farming Bruce

says U of G music lovers want back to school to earn an

enjoyed his saxophone music education degree and is now

at a noon-hour concert in teaching science with the

October Durham District School

bull Peter Vaughan SA 77 and Board

MA 77 was appointed secre- bull Tom Burns BA 89 and MA

tar y general and CEO of the 91 is a member of the

Canadian Medical Association Victoria Police in Melbourne

in June A fa culty member in Australia Last summer he

two departments at John s welcomed visitors from the

Hopkins University and in the RCMP including Kevin Durie

Department of Family BA 93 They quickly estab-

Medicine at the University of lished a U of G connection

Ottawa he is a fo rmer presi- including Duries student

dent of the medical staff at employment at Dcr Keller

Guelph General Hospital and a which was Burns s favourite

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the job says Burns but this

time we spent most of our

time talking about the great

times we had at U of G In

still another coincidence

Durie is married to Christine

Blake-Durie BA 91 and MA

93 who was a member of

Burnss MA group Burns says

other U of G grads travelling

to Melbourne are more than

welcome to drop in

bull Stuart Jackson ADA 87 is

distribution manager for

Burnbrae Farms Ltd in Delta

Onto He sends greetings to all

OAC friends including the

diploma classes of 1979 and

1980

bull Laurel (Murdoch) Koumarelas BComm 84 is

an ESL teacher with the

Toronto School Board She

and her husband Gus live in

Mississauga with their sons

Robert and Evan

bull Trish Looman BA 87

works for Royal LePageshy

Vantage in Guelph She speshy

cializes in residential multishy

unit real estate

bull Laima (Karosas) Laffitte

BSe(Agr) 85 and MAgr 91

lives in Wendover Ont with

her husband Vincent MAgr

91 and their children Yohan

and Marina Laima is the

advertising manager for The

Canadian Veterinary Journal and Vincent is an account

manager at the St Isidore

branch of Scotiabank Theyd

like to hear from classmates

via e-mail at Iaffitteonsymshy

paticoca They also want to let

OAC 85 grads know that the

class executive is building a

Web page at wwwrkdecom

oac85 and needs updated

names and addresses (includshy

ing e-mail) to add to the

directory f IS-year reunion

is being planned for Dec 2

and 32000

bull Cheryl Miller-Oh BASe

91 and her husband Tae live

in Southfield Mich with their

twins Nathalie and Nathan

born in October 1998 She is a

health-care consultant with

Computer Sciences

Corporation Send e-mail to

millerohsprintca

bull Vijay Singh MSe 70 has

been awarded the Arthur K Barton Endowed Professorship

at Louisiana State University

He also recently received an

honorary degree and a

Fulbright Award for his work

in the area of entropy

bull Gayle (Barton) Tapper BSe

81 (biological science) and 83

(computing science) has been

employed at Memorial

University in St Johns Nfld

for 14 years in the Department

of Computing and

Communications She is comshy

pleting graduate work in phishy

losophy and humanities at

Memorial and is the principal

harpist with the

Newfoundland Symphony

Orchestra Last year she

released a CD of Latinworld

traditional music on the South

American harp Visit her Web

site at httpwwwucsmun

cal -gay

bull Carolyn Riddell BA 85 is

running an active arts educashy

tion and paintingprintmaking

studio in Fergus Ont

bull Laura Wilkinson BSe 85

and MSe 87 is a coroner in

British Columbia and lives on

a cattle ranch near 70 Mile

House

19905

bull Kristi Adamo BSc(HK)

96 and MSc 98 and Rob

McMullin BSe 95 were

married in May 1999 and Jive

in Ottawa

bull Michelle (Pilon) Bacon BA

90 has been living in London

England with her husband

Tim and children Juliette and

Lucien but they are planning a

return to Canada They will be

AIRBORNE ALUMNUS Olive Thompson DHE 35 celebrated her 85th birthday

with her head in the clouds She made her first parachute

jump with instructor Scott Borghese in Simcoe Ont in June

and says it was the most exciting thing shes done in her life

Thompson lives in Dunnville and has four children and three

grandchildren When she asked them about the paracbute

jump they told her to go for it Shes considering a repeat I U

jump next year and hopes her adventure will be a good S o

example for other seniors A dedicated member of the class -lt CD

of Mac 35 Thompson was president of the University of s Guelph Alumni Association in 197778 and keeps busy now VI

I

with volunteer work for the Salvation Army Z

living in Calgary and welcome

contact with western grads

and friends from Guelph Send

e-mail to m_e_baconhotshy

maicom

bull Deborah (Panton) Bodden

BASc 93 and her husband

Lyndhurst were married in

1998 and live in Grand

Cayman Cayman Islands

where she teaches primary

schoo

bull Elizabeth Cardno MSe 99

is working with the Rural

Health Research Consortium

at the University of

Saskatchewan developing

research projects on rural

health issues in relation to the

Canadian Institute for Health

Research

bull Jeannine Cote BA 9 J lives

in Hamilton Ont and works

o -lt

as a health -care aide and

home-support worker

bull Jeremy Debling BSe 94 is

a formulation chemist in the

pharmaceutical development

department at Novopharm

Limited in Toronto

bull Angela Dodd BA 93 and

Christopher Kemp

BSe(HK) 94 were married

Aug 14 Theyve bought a new

home in Etobicoke Ont

where he works for Canada

3000 Airlines and at Kingsway

Physiotherapy as a kinesioloshy

gist She is employed at

Manulife Financial in -Waterloo

bull Sheryl Harding Friedrich

BASe 85 is a full-time mom

and part-time nutrition conshy

sultant in Cannington Onto

She and her husband Cal

FallWinter 1999 35

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have three child ren Jonathan

Daniel and Anna

bull Anne Marie (Henwood)

Harman BA 95 is enjoying

her time at home with one shy

year-old Jenna She and her

husband Murray can be

reached bye-mail at 3harshy

mansstormca

bull Rosaleen Heffernan BA 96

and Barry Liboiron BSe 97

were married in August

Theyre both studying at the

University of British

Co lumbia where Liboiron is

doing a PhD in chemistry and

He ffe rnan is completing a

degree in educati on

bull Krista Hilton BASe 95

lives in Halifax with her hlls shy

band Michael Galloway She is

a priest in the Anglican Church

of Canada and serves as curate

a t the Cathedral Church of All

Sain ts Friends can reach her at

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bull Michael Kennard BA 86

starred as Mump the Clown in

the Canadian Stage Company

production of Mump amp Smoo t

in Something Else With Zug last

winte r at tbe Canadian Stage

Theatre in Toronto

bull Sharon McConnell BSe 90

and MSe 93 went on from U

of G to earn a diploma in

business management from

Wilfrid Laurier University

Since 1995 she has worked in

Toronto as a project director at

Burak Ja co bson Market

Resea rch Partners Ine

bull Michael McKay-Fleming BA

92 has launched two daily

comic strips via the Internet

Check out his Inane Producshy

tions Web site at http mem

bershomenetinaneprod to folshy

low the adventures of a free-spirshy

ited teenager named Alice and all

the animals in a new VVildlife

comielf you like comic strips

this fine art grad invites you to

enjoy his talent and humour

bull Andrew Nicholls MA 90 nications in Cambridge

and PhD 97 is an assistant bull Christine (Rogers) Patten

professor of history at Buffalo BA 9 1 lives in Toronto and

State College in Buffalo N Y has been working as a sales

He recen tly published the representative and industry

book The Jacobean Union A training facilitator since grad-

Reconsideration of British Civil uation She and her husband

Policies Under th e Early Vincent celebrated the birth of

Stuarts which offers a new their first child Gareth in

perspective on the role of mul - March 1999

tiple monarchy in the early bull Guiseppe Peritore

modern British kingdoms BSe(HK) 96 is studying

bull Jennifer (Pope) Parney physical therapy at the

BASc 94 works at Chatham- University of To ronto He

Kent Integrated Childrens married Rita Lavalle in May

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bull Sarah Perkins BSe(Agr) bull Tammy Tipler Priolo 92 joined Pfizer Animal BASe 90 lives in her hom e

Health in London Ont in town of North Bay Ont with

November as a product sup- her husband Clark and their

port speCialist Earlier she two-year-old daughter Erica

taught at Fairview College in Tipler Priolo is u5mg her com -

Fairview Alta before m oving puting skills in genealogy

back to Ontario in 1997 to research to track down elusive

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bull Bradley Raspberry BASc 90 is a clinical leader and regisshy

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Josephs Villa in Dundas Ont

bull Lisa Ranacher BSe 98

recently joined the agronomy

program at the Central

Experimental Farm in Ottawa

as a physiological modelling

technician

bull Jamie Rickard BSe(Agr)

96 and Laura Summerfeldt

BSe(Agr) 97 were married

in October 1998 She is comshy

pleting a masters degree at U

of G and he is working with

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of G weddings are a family trashy

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ents Sherry (McBain) SA 69

and Ralph Rickard BSe 69 Tricia (Pella) BA 95 and

Gaetano Guy Rosa

BComm 96 were mar ried in

October 1998 with many U of

G friends attending They live

in Mississauga Ont where

Guy works as an account manshy

ager for BCI Bank and T ricia is

an environmental planner with

the Toronto and Region Conshy

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bull Pamela (Thompson) BASe

91 and Randy Ruisendaal

BComm 92 live near

Belleville 01t with their yearshy

old daughter )lIlian Elizabeth

bull Ian Sandler DVM 9 5 was

married to Fern Glowinsk) in

March 1999 and works at

Secord Animal Clinic in

Toronto

bull Baijit Singh PhD 94 comshy

pleted post-doctoral training

at Texas AampM University and

Columbia University then

worked for the Canadian Food

Inspection Agency in Prince

Edward Island before joining

the University of Saskatchewan

as an associate professor He

welcomes notes from other

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bull Cyndy Stencill ADA 93 is a

propagator at a tree nursery in

British Columbia

bull Steve Tanner BA 82

recently moved to Guelph as

deputy police chief He had

served on the Halton Region

force since 1982 Tanner is a

specialist in criminal investigashy

tions and lie detector opera shy

tion He has continued his

education at Sheridan College

and McMaster and Ryerson

universities and is now workshy

ing on a masters degree at the

University of Western Ontario

bull Cheryl (Kellman) Thompson BA 95 run s a

rehabilitation consulting busishy

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in Burlington Ont

bull Donald PhD 94 and

Suzanne Welsh MSe 96

relocated from Yale University

to the University of Vermont

where they are both working

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cerebrovascular circulation

bull Wendla Westerberg BASc

96 earned a BEd from the

University of Western Ontario

in 1997 She is working for the

Lambton-Kent District School

Board as an occasional teacher

and lives in her home town of

Dresden Ont

bull Deena (Jones) Zambrana

BA 93 and her husband

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OBITUARIES

W illiam Ba rnes DVM 59 died Sept 7

1999 He grew up in th e N iagara area

but spent his professio nal ca ree r in a

ve terina ry prac ti ce in Ill inois He was a

dr ivi ng force in the American Ve ter inary

Medica l Assooatio n and in bo th the

Chicago and IlJin o is assoc iatio ns He

was also a fo un ding mem ber o f the

Ch icago-based Friends of Unicerslty of

Guelph a char itable o rga nizat ion

founded in 1975 to serve Guelph a lumni

living in the United Sta tes

George Dickson BSA 38 di ed Oct 9

1999 H e spen t h is entire career w ith

Canada Packers moving up f[Om mai l

cle rk to exec lltive vice-presid ent and

d irector After retirin g in 1976 he

devoted ma ny vo lu ntee r hours to U of

G 3S a memb er of Boa rd o f Gove rno rs

and the OAC Alumni Associatio n

Jam es Pinkney DVM 37 died July 3

1999 A respected ve ter in aria n in his

hom e to~ll o f Cooksv il le O nt he was

also recog nized as a p remier swi ne

breeder showman and judge He was

active in m any agricultural o rga niza shy

tio ns and in both the Ontario and

Canadian Vete rinary Med ical assoc iashy

tio ns He was a lo ngti me supporte r o f

th e Unive rsity especially the OVC

museum and was named OVC

Di stinguished Alumnus in 1987

Audrey Yea nd le DHE 25 di ed March

17 1999 in St ratford O nto A profes shy

sio nal diet it ia n she wo rked to two hosshy

p itals and tau ght home eco no m ics at

the Jo hn Fi he r School In Toro nto

Active In com munity orga nizatio ns and

her chu rch she was a lo ng time U of G

suppo rter and left an es ta te gift of over

$475000 to p rov ide bursaries for future

Gu elph students

Alumni

Jo hn Andrews DVM 38 June 27 1999

Harris Baker BSA 33 Febru ary 1998

Hu gh Balkwill BSA 53 June 27 1999

John Bowles BA 72 Sept 23 1999

Edward Bowness DVM 32 May 13 1999

Rud y Brown BSA 59 June 29 1999

Walter Bunn BSA 52 Sept 2 1999

Margaret Byrnes DHE 40 Apr il 22 1999

Joa n Cameron DH E 36 April 10 1999

Wil liam Cape ll BSA 54 Aprd 25 1999

T homas Ca rd BSA 47Ju ne 20 1999

Jean a rter DH E 38 Jun e 28 1999

Loi Clipsham D H E 27 Ju ne 23 1999

Bruce Cohoe BSA 3 3 Feb 2 1999

Geoffrey Collins BSA 28 May 21 1999

Al exander C o nnell ADA 60 Ju ly 26

1999

John Currie BA 74 Sep t 18 1999

William C u rrie BSA 59 Nov 27 1998

C arma n Davey DVM 39 Apr il 15 1999

D oug Doerksen ADA 84 Ju ne 5 1999

Joann e DU ll can -Robinson BA 81 and

MA 86 July 22 1999

Robert Erskine BSA 41 May 2 1999

Will ia m Fisher BSA 48 Aug 5 1999

Norm Freeman BSA 49 July 2 1999

Alexander Gc ncr BSA 32 Dee 27 1998

Rudy Goltz BSA 33 July 28 1 999

Tom Grah am BS 50 Dee 3 1998

Ed na Has tings D H E 32 July 11 1999

Jack Hea theringto n DVM 54 April 18

1999

Pa tric ia Hill BSc 96 MMch 9 1999

Ralph Hills BSA 54 June 14 1999

Murray Ho ltby ADA 47 O ct 29 1998

Shawn H owden B 9 1July81 999

james j ackson BSA 34 April 29 1999

Karen ( Re ichardt ) Kister B H Se 70

Ap rilll 1999

Albert Kristjanson BSA 50 Dec 7 1998

John Laffert ) BSA 5 1 Aug II 1999

Ron Lawrence DVM 43 Mel) 4 1999

Ann e Legate BSe 89 March 1999

Tsu-Peng Stephen i iu M Sc 65 Ma)

Hl 1998

Rober t Luckham ADA 58 Jan IS 1999

Jam es Lyons BSA 59 Au g 2~ 1999

Willia m M ack BSc(Eng) 84 Ju ne 7

1999

T helma M artin D HE 41 July 131999

Helen McBratney D lI E 34 in 1998

Allan Bud McCardle BSA 52 May 10

1999

Ri chard M cDonald O AC C la ss of 47

lV1arch 24 1999

john Meeuse ADA 58 July 19 1999

Ra ymond Parr D VM 3 7 Ap ril 7 999

George Plakidas MA 93 date unknown

Virgini a Reed ODH 66 1arch 1 1999

Rose Reynold s D HE 28 Apri l 17 1999

Ern es t Ro bertso n BSA 37 Aug 6 1999

Jam es Ross BSA 34 Au g 23 1999

Gra nt Savage D VM 48 Ma rch 2 1999

Earl Shuh BSA 36 July 5 1999

Eu gene Smith BSA 3 1 Jan 27 1999

Will iam Smyth MA 90 Oc tober 1997

Ch er yl Ann Somerville BSe(Agr) 96

Sept IS 1999

Carl Stevenson BSA 46 Aug 26 1999

Robert Tennant BSA 49 May 5 1999

Gregory Tostevin BA 93 Feb 10 1999

Gerald Trant BSA 51 Sept 1 1999

Bennie Urquhart DV M 54 April 4 1999

Ga il Wamsl ey BA 70 July 24 1998

Gladys Ward D IlE 27 Apri l 8 1999

Catherine Welch BSA 22 Ma rch 3 1998

M abel ( McCa rthy) Ziegler DH E 26

Apr il 29 1999

Facu lty amp Staff Pro f Sid Gilbert Sociolog) and An thro shy

polog) Sept 8 1999

Rev Canon Ritchie McMurray

eCllm enical ch aplain 1968 to 1983

Aug 19 1999

Frie nds

Yvonne Alexander M~y 15 1999

jerry lkirnes Sept 2 1999

Marga ret C urran Dec 28 1998

John Godwin in 1999

viark G renville Nov 6 1998

Peter Hallm an Ju ne 22 1999

Elsie Mae johnston Sept 12 1999

C lover Helena Ladouceur Sept 4 1999

Ed it h Pa tterson in 1993

Andrew Peterson Aug 26 1999

Edgar St rin ger March 1999

Gerry Vandergri ft Sep t 28 1999

Frank Watson March 23 1999

Barry Woods Jul y 30 1999

Me m orial fun ds have bee n se t up to

establi sh a U o f G scho larship in 1))CJ)lO r)

of Jea n Caner and ~ Jack and Gerry Van shy

derg lift m emoria l lec t u rc series in th e -Schoo l o f La ndscap e Architec ture Fo r

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UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

the CWay CWe CWere FROM THE ARCHIVES

HISTORIANS CANT PINPOINT the date that the Unishy

versity o f Gu elphs landmark portico was carved

from Ontario limesto ne but its familiar columns preshy

date the 1874 fo und ing o f the Ontario Agricu ltural Colshy

lege by several yea rs

Originally fronting a fa rmh ouse on Moreton Lodge

Farm the orna te front porch stoo d at the entrance of

the main co ll ege building until the O ld Res idence was

demolished in 1929 to make way for the co nstruction

of Johnston Hall Its believed the portico was erected

on Johnston Green in 1934

Because the ravages of time and weather had weakshy

ened the limestone structure to a dan gerous point it

was dismantled earlier this fall and underwent muchshy

needed repairs to the stonework ceiling and roof The

OAC Class of 1949 raised $75000 to fund the p roject

as a 50th-anniversa ry gift to the ca mpu s and a way to

commemo rate the 125th anniversa ry of OAC

Now completely restored the portico is back in place

on Johnston Green whe re it co ntinues to se rve as an

elegant reminder of ca mpus histor y and a favour ite

pla ce fo r convocation and wedding photographs

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Reputational Winners Macleans surveyed highshy

school guidance counsellors university officials CEOs and recruiters at corporations across the country

Highest Most Quality Innovative 1 Waterloo 1 Waterloo

2 Simon Fraser 2 Simon Fraser

3 Guelph 3 Guelph

4 Victoria 4 Victoria

5 New Brunswick 5 York

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2 Simon Fraser

3 Guelph

4 York

5 Victoria

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Best Overall 1 Waterloo

2 Simon Fraser

3 Guelph

4 Victoria

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Reprinted with permission from Macleans Nov 15 1999

UNIVERSIT1 ES 199 9

Students Aviva

Leber left and

Laurie Ha lfpennymiddot

Mitchell pres id ent

Mordechai Rozanski

and student Dominic

Gregori o b ilding

0 11 tradit ional

strengths

Ilorticulturalist r- ike Di xon has a secret desire to grow

rose on the moon Dont Llugh - he may just [lull it

off In the past five yea rs th~ Un iversity of Guel ph scishyent i~t has p1 r iJ y~d J modest SOOOO gr8 nt in to what is

on its way to hc ing J $ IO-lli llion annu al reselICh [lroshygram one of the Iargs t of its kind in the world This

week top sc ientists from th e Europea n Canadian 8nd

American space agencies are descendi ng on Guel[lh Onl to disc uss ho w to sustain cosmic crops during a

long s[lJce mission to the moo n or Mars They wi ll tour th e unive rsitys h igh-tech life-supp ort sys tem fo r

plants where th e light from the microwave-powered lamps is so [lhotosyn thetically pure that even the sun

hb nches with envy

This is the new Guelph Buudi ng on its strengths as the

countrys oldest ltlgricultu ra l college preoccupied with the

Sa fd) Jnd quality of food the new Guel[lh is branchi ng

out dramatically into the la test biologlcJ I and environshymentJI tickl s It wants to be on the cu tting edge oi gtLi enc(

wit h l lOJlScit IKC Hedd in the clouds lict on the ground

tha ts th e right prescription for universit y presidcnt i lordcchai ROJnski Guelph has one of the largest reshy

search budgets for its size in the co untry but it is also a

tight -knit cOllll1lunity ofjust over 14000 students and 620

fac ult ) with 13 la rge residences encircli ng the grounds

Nctrly 4600 people live on cam[lus 1I1d an almost equal

number of studen ts work there part time as well This balshyancc betlNccn high-tech research and undergraduate int ishy

Inac) - not to mention a vigorous thea tre and fin e-art

program - is what has made Guelph the winner in th e

co mprehens ive catego ry overtaking Simon Fraser last

yedrs willller It also explltl ins how Guelph ca n boast both

the transgen ic pig whose custo m-designed organs may be

used in hUmJIl trallsp lants and the two recent winners of the North Amnican Debati ng Championship

To strengthen its sense of colllmunity Guelph has become one of the most lgs rc ss ive uni versities in enshy

suring that studen ts succeed in that all-important first

yea r Ne w students are cl ustered in dor ms with those

taking the sarne courscs creating partn ersh ips fo r newshycomers A recent innovation the Offi ce of First-Year

Studies has identified the seven courses with the highe~t

dropoLlt rate and train ed seni or students to he lp turn the tide Th ese third- wd fo urth-yeu stud ents ho ld

weekly seminars to tr y to determine who is ge tting the

mate rial len years ago on ly about 70 per ce nt of Guelph

st udents went on to seco nd year says Rozlt1l1S ki Now

our rete ntion rate is ove r 90 per cmt

O ne of th ose who will surely go on is 19-year-old

Av iva Leber ofOttJa a first-yea r stlldent in molecular biology A top sc holar an d fi eld-hockey player as we ll as

a dedicated vo lunteer Leber chose Guelph because of its resea rch strengths - and because she wa nted a univershy

sity tow n to help fO ClIS her goals Says Leber [ get the

feeling they rea ll y wa nl us to succeed Success is in the

air After a severe retrenchment in the eMly 90s - alshy

most 70 progra ms were merged o r dropped - It is

time for eX [l3ns ioll Rozansk i insis ts Rooted in the fertile farming co un try of so uthern Ontar io the sky is

the limit 1aybe eve n the moon

Robert Sheppard

Reprinted w ith permissi on from Macleans Nov 15 1999

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Food Science Building Opens THE NEWLY RENOVATED Food Science Buildshying was opened Sept 17 with a ribbon -cutshyting ceremony and a special lunch that fea shytured foods developed or improved by OAC scientists

Prof Rick Yada chair of the Department of Food Science said the modernt zat ion of research and teaching fac ilities brings all 36 food science facul ty under one roof where they can work more effec ti ve ly with staff and students to continue the departments worldshyclass leading-edge teaching and resea rch

In total th e project spanned eight yea rs and represe nts more than $ 15 million in su pport from alumni friends industry and government

Ernie Hardeman Onta l io minister of agr icult ure food and rural affairs and Guelph M P Brenda Chamberlain were on hand to unveil a plaque recognizin g a $2 8 - The Guelph Food Technology Centre Dairy Counc il and Maple Lodge Farms million allocation from the federal and was an early su pporter of the renova tion Also marking the opening was a special provincial gove rnments CanadaOntario project and several of its industry partners two-day conference that brought together Infrastructure Works progra m contributed to a campaign led by food scishy key foo d resea rchers to discuss iss ues critishy

A special guest was lo-Anne Wolach ence g rad uate Mo ni Eino PhD 75 that cal to the future success of Canadas agri shyBComm 8 1 a third- genera tion U of G raised more than $ 1 25 million Those partshy food industr y In addition the Uni versity graduate and a granddaughter of James ners included Pa rmalat Canada Du Pont was recognized fo r its careful restoration of Christen sen BSA 2 1 who bequea th ed a Canada Te tr a Pak Wes ton Bakeri es the the heritage building by the presentation of $100000 gift that initiated the renovation Da iry Farmers of Ontario the Ontario a Guelph Arts Council awa rd

METALS RESEARCH NETWORK GETS BOOST IN FACT Resea rchers investiga ting the 12 universities industry and The NSERC announce shy U of G professors impact of metals on the envishy three federal departments ment brings total support for have won more than 100 ronment have received a Based at Guelph MITE MlTE to $64 million includshy teaching awards and 35- million boost from the brings scientists together to ing $ 15 million from th e hold more 3M Teaching lat mal Sciences and Engishy study how metals affect the Mining Association of Canashy Fellowships per 1000

neering Resea rch Council environment to assess th e da and Ontario Power Genshy faculty members than (NSERC) The funding was risks posed by metals and to eration Inc and about $14 at any other university awarded to the Metals in the propose management strateshy million from Environment in Ontario Environment (MITE) gies to ensure that findin gs Ca nada the Department of Resea rch Network a part shy reach key policy- makers in Fisher ies and Oceans and nership of resea rchers from government Natural Resources Canada

8 GU ELPH AL M NUS

Food science chair Rick Yada left provides a lou r of the departments new faci lities to Ron Zelonka

of Du Pont Canada Ernie Hardeman Ontario minister of agriculture food and rural affairs and

U of G president Mordechai Rozanski

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS UNIVERSITY NOTES

Excellence in Research Five U of G facul~y have received Premiers

Research Excellence Awards from the Minshy

istry of Energy Science and Technology The

awards are designed to help talented young

researchers build their research teams The

recipients are Profs John Dutcher Physics

Qi Li Economics Patricia Wright Zoology

John Gibso n Animal and Poultry Science

and Alejandro Marangoni Food Science

With matching contribution s the value

of these awards approaches $650000 and

wiH cover the costs of hiring new graduate

students post-doctoral fellows and research

associates on each faculty members intershy

disciplinary research team

Dutcher wi ll use the money to conduct

further studies in the growing field of polyshy

mer physics specifically thin film polymers

Li is developing new methods for estimatmiddot

ing nonmiddot and semiparametric economic

models used in analysing financial and

labourmiddotmarket data and in creating and testshy

ing economic policy Working with the Hagan

Aqualab Wright is continuing her studies of

the early life stages or fish to help fish farmshy

ers improve their operations Gibson a key

researcher in U of Gs Centre for the Genetshy

ic Improvement of Livestock is helping to

improve Canadas role in international liveshy

stock l inkage-mapping efforts Marangonis

research focuses on the physical properties

of fats and oils such as milk fat and cocoa

butter making a significant contribution to

developments in fat-containing products

such as chocolate confections butter marshy

garine and spreads

INNOVATIVE TEACHER WINS 3M AWAR D Landsca pe architecture profes shysor Ron Stoltz ha s received a pres tigiou s 3M Teaching Felshylowship from 3M Canada and th e Society fo r Tea chin g and Lea rning in Highe r Educatio n The annual fe ll owships recogshynize 10 sc holars across Canada who excel in teac hin g leadershyship and the deve lopment of

academic programs Stoltz is known for his innoshy

va tive approaches to tea ching landscape arch itec tural design and engineering In 25 yea rs of teaching at Guelph he has worked with va rio Lis U of G departments and alumni to

provide hands-on work experishyences for students in the actual des ign and cons tru ct ion of ca mpus and com munity landshyscape projects

Stoltz has also been active in curriculum and instruction al development and so me of his designs are used in profession shyal programs at other universishyties In addition he pbyed a sigshynifica nt role in develop ing materials to include tea chin g eva lu at ion in U of Gs promoshytion merit and tenure process He served as director of Teachshying Support Services from 1992 to 1997

SCIENTISTS FOCUS ON FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY U of G sc ientists wi ll accelerate studies in food safety functi ollshyal foods and industrial applicashyti ons for soft materials as the result of a $6-milliol1 allocation from the Ca nad a Fo undati oll for Innovations (CF) Institu shytio nal Innova tio n Fund

Thi s gra nt brin gs U of Gs total cn awards to $1 32 milshylion which triggers a IOO-pershycent match by th e Ontario Research and Developme nt Challenge Fund and requ ires a 50-per-cent ma tch from privateshysec tor fu nd 1I1g

U of G will es tablish a Cana shydian Research Institute in Food SaFety that will bring toget he r top resea rchers fro m across camshypus Health Canad a and Agri shyculture and Agr i-Food 3llada This gro up is uniqu e because it can ltl ddrtss food-safety iss ues at all levels of the food chai n says Prof Mansel Griffiths Food Sc ience who holds a Gue lpll research chair in dJ ir y microbishyology and will co -direct the new institute with Prof Scott McEwe n Populati on Medicine

A Centre for Food and Soft Materials will be direc ted by Prof Rick Yada chair of the Department of Food Sc ience and Prof John Dutcher Phys ics The goa l of this new ce ntre will U

be to assernble () tea rn of scien- 5b

tists to explore the structure and ~

fun ction of va rious foods and ltgt ~

soft materials Their work will z

leltld to alte rnative uses fo r (011 - j~

ventional soft malcr iais

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in and around the University

MATHEMATICS NETWORK LINKS Convocation Speakers WITH INDUSTRY

Inspire Graduates PROFS ANNA Lawniczak and Bill Langford Mathematics

When Canadian author Jane Urquhartand Statistics have pla yed received an honorary degree at springintegral roles in the first fedshy

convocation June 8 she reminisced about erally funded resea rch netshywork of academic and cor shy her own student days at U of G her 1971

graduation and her life as a person luckyporate mathematicians The Mathematics of Information enough to be able to pursue her lifes vocashyTechnology and Complex tion as a full-time job Urquhart spoke from Systems involves researchers th e heart but her words were often echoed

by other honourees during the four days of

ceremonies Us criminologist William

Chambliss Canadian medical researcher

Michel Chretien former Swedish president

Ola Ullsten and Stanley Falkow a pioneer

in molecular genetics w (]) At the final ceremony June 11 U of G

~ presented the first posthumous honorary I U V degree in its history to Charles Zavitz

-uZ rgt= who graduated in the Ontario Agricultural o --ltlaquo o2 VlColleges first degree class in 1881 and

gtshy(]) -ltheaded its field crop research programo I shy ~ o r for 35 years Zavitzs honorary degree was ~ -shy z

accepted by his grandson James Zavitz Vgt

in recognition of OACs 125th anniversary from 22 Canadian universi shy ~

mties and will receive $145 m illion in federal funding over the next four years Family Stress Under Study Ottawa will then review the project before providing U OF Gs CENTRE for Families small and medium-sized compashy The principal in vestigator another $105 million Work and Well-Being wi ll nies with fewer than 500 employshy will be Prof Kerry Daly Famishy

This research cen tre of investigate the stresses that face ees Researchers will use nation shy ly Relations and Applied Nutri shyexcellence will focus on forgshy working families across Canashy wide focu s groups to id entify tion who is co-di rector of the ing links between universities da tha nks to a recent $185000 practices that help reduce fumil y centre He says the project fits and industry and on training award from the JW McCo nnell stress and will di sse minate recshy well with th e cen tres aim to young researchers Universi shy Family Foundation one of ommenda tions to business and co nduct research thal exp lores ty researchers will work with Canadas largest private char ishy goverrullent The project may elisa the work- famil y ba lance allows applied mathematicians from table organizations lead to an awards system for faculty to establish connections private and public institutions The mon ey will fund an Ca nadian businesses exempli fy shy witl business organizations and on everything from designing eight-month researcll project ing the integration of work and involves students in th e process drug therapy and telephone examining best work practices in family for healthy li ving of social change networks to understandi ng complex new materials A prishymary goal of the network is IN FA(T U of G is one of Canadas premier research institutions to shor ten the lead time

Guelph faculty have attracted the second-largest per-capita share of research funding under between discovery and applishy

the Canada Foundation for Innovation cation of research knowledge

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World Wide We b for informa shy

tion about U of G will fi nd it

eas ier and faster to ge t answers

they need when they click on to

the University s new Web site

Visitors at wwwuoguelph ca wiil

fi nd a new horne pa ge design

and a quick-link toolb ar that

fea tures a direct link to alumni

inform ation and immediate

access to campus news a nd

coming events Other new fea shy

tures includ e a ca mpu s news

page and a three-dime nsio nal

map that a ll ows us ers to dick

directly on a building or to

search by either department or

building name U of G s Web

Steering Committee includ ed a

us er feedba ck functi o n and

hopes visitors will use it to comshy

ment on the site and to seek

more in forma tion abo ut Guelph

programs and se rvices

APPOINTMENTS PROF ALASTAIR Summerlee

has been named associate

vice-president (acad em ic)

following the departure of

Prof Co nstance Rooke who

left U of G to become presishy

dent of the University of

Winnipeg Summerlee was

formerly dean of graduate

studies In his new posit ion

he will oversee the quality

and development of undershy

graduate programs at U of G

PATRICK CASE form er

equity adviser for the Toronshy

to District School Board has

been appointed director ofU

of Gs Human Rights and

Equity Office A 1986 gradshy

uate of Osgoode Hall Law

School Case practised fam shy

ily human rights and immishy

gration law before joining the

Toronto school board in

1991 and is now completing

a masters degree in consti shy

tutionallaw

B OF G WElCOMES NEW CHAIR SIMON COOPER pres ident of

Marriott Hotels of Canada in

Etobicoke Ont is the new chair

of U of Gs BOlld of Governors

He succeeds Doug Dodds chair

and CEO of Schneider Corporashy

tion in Kitchener who has served

as chair since 1995 Cooper who

Join ed the board in 1995 was

vice -chair in 199899 and was

instrumental in raising more than

$1 50000 with in the 110spi tali ty

industry to benefit U of Gs

ACCESS campaign for student

fInancial assistance The board

also welcom es new members

Mary-Eli7abeth Flynn CEO of

KM2 Holdings Ltd Hank Va nshy

der Pol president of Rol-Land

Farms Ltd Prof Chris McKenshy

na chair of the Department of

Eco nomics food science gradushy

ate student Susa n Abraham and

undergradua te students Juli e

Cugalj and Jeff Ramlogan

ROYAL SOCIETY FELLOWS WELCOME DWIVEDI POLITICA L SC IENCE professor

OP Dwivedi has been named a

Fellow of th e Royal Society of

Ca nada the high es t scho larl y

recogniti on a Canadian academshy

ic can receive He joins 18 other

U of G facult y (current and

retired ) who have earned tbe title

Herbert Armstrong (deceased)

Te rry Beveridge Microbiology

Derek Bewley Botany Peter Egelshy

staff Physics Chris Gray Physics

Paul Hebert 70010g y Gabri el

Karl Physics Ke n Kasha Plant

Agriculture John Leslie Philosshy

oph) Donald Masters History

Larry IVlilligan vice-president

(research) Jay Newman Philosshy

ophy Bernhard Nickel Physics

Ann Oaks Botany Larry Pe tershy

so n Botany Michael Ruse Phishy

losophy Bruce Sells Molecular

Biology amp Genetics an d Joh n

Simpson Physics

Faculty Association and the Col shy

lege of Arts

bull Sonya Go ldberg an MA student

in the Depa rtmen t of His to ry

has won th e prestigious Sir

lohn A Macdonald Grad uate

Fellowsh ip in Canadian History

bull U of Gs School of Engineering

is the first in Canada to be recshy

ognized by the Canadian Engi shy

neering Memorial Foundation

with an award for providing a

women middotfriendly environment

Cre ated to mark the 10th

anniversary of the fatal shootshy

ing of 14 women at Montreals

Ecole Poly technique th e award

recog nizes U of Gs collegial

atmosphere an d the schools

4o-per-cent femal e enrolment

which is twice the nation al

average

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bull Philosophy professor Michael cultural Hall of Fame in June as

Ruse is one of seven sc holars a North American leader in the

- and the only Canadian - to production processing and ma rshy

recei ve a special writing grant keting of turkey and chicken

from the John Templeton Foun shy Cuddy received an hono rary

dation and Philade lphia Centre degree from U of G in 1994 for Religion and Science He bull Don Zira ldo BSc(Agr) 71 coshy

will use the $100000 US award founder of In niskillin Wines Inc

to writ e a book about science of Niagara-on-the middotLake Ont

and religion captu red a gold meda l from

bull AM Mac Cuddy BSA 42 was Vine xpo 99 in Bordeaux

inducted into the Ontario Agri- France for the co mpanys 1997

ice wine Inniskillin also

recei ve d the CIVART Award for

Excellence for Out standing

Selection of the Best Wines of

the World

bull Prof Daniel Fischlin Literatures

and Performance Studies in

English has won three teac hshy

ing awa rds in the last year shy

from the Ontario Confederation

of University Facu lty Associa shy

tions the University of Guelph

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ENVIROPIGS AN ENVIRONMENTAL

BOON U OF G R ES E A RC HERS have ge netically engineered pigs that should help solve th e biggest environmental problem facing hog farmers

The Envi roplgs developed by Pcof Cecil forsbecg M icroshybiol og y Prof Jo hn Philli ps Molec ular Biology and Ge ne tshyics and microbiology graduate stud ent Serguei Golova n proshyduce manure containing 50 per cent less phosphorus Phosshyphorus is a wdter pollutant th at promotes the growth of a lgae in rivers lakes and strea ms ultishymately de pleting oxygen in the water and affect ing fi sh stocks

Enviropigs shou ld help solve the pro blem Norm all y pigs cannot digest phyta tr a form of phosphorus WI th direc t su pshyport from O ntario pork proshyduce rs the Guelph sc ientists took an E coli gene tha t makes the enzyme phytase and spliced it wi th a fragm ent of a mo use gene th at cont ro ls the producshytion of a protein secreted in the sa livar y glands The cOlllposite gene was then inse rted into th e nucl eus of a on e-celled pig

12 GU ELPH ALUMNUS

embr)To via a tiny needle The tran sgene will allow the

Envirop ig to make ph ytase in th e saliva ry gland and secrete it into the saliva where it is swa lshylowed with food The phy ta se

releases orga nic phospho rus so it can be absor bed by the bloodstream ins tead of being excreted in manu re

Th ree transgenic pigs have been born and are bein g monshyitoced by the resea rchers but it will likely be stveraJ yea rs befo re Envirop igs are ready to be comshymercialized

COMPUTER SIMULATIONS

BENEFIT MEDICAL RESEARCH

Two U OJ G SC IENTJ STS are using computer simulations to help medica l and ve terinar y researchers deve lop treatments for diseases caused by iOll chanshynels gone awr y

Profs Saul Go ldman Chemi stry and Biochemistry and Chri s Gray Phys ics are using computer pro gra ms to simulate the workings of tin y passages in cell membranes that serve as ga tekeepers passin g ions such as sodium and potas-

IN FACT Scientists build on knowledge that mlY lead to the ability to repair DNA

otes sium into and out of cell s

Sc ien ti sts have uncovered dozen s of hum an ion channel mutations tha t underlie diseases in heart brain muscle and othshyer tissues

The Guelph researchers modshyel the Aow of ions through chanshynels an d stu dy the microscop ic workings of iOll channel proteins Th ey hope to ga in informat ion useful to ph armaceutical comshypanies an d gene docto rs

The U of G co mputer modshyel is curre ntl y the only way to simu late the workings of ion chl1lnel proteins and the effects of alteri ng th eir stru ctu re dnd function The resea rchers say that over th e long term lear nshy

ing more about th e ge netic un derpi nnin gs of io n channel diseases such as cyst ic fib rosis might allow sCIe nti sts to rep air DNA itself

LITERARY RESEARCH CLICKS WITH TECHNOLOGY

U DF G E N GLI S H PR OFESSO R Susan Brow n is helping to cli ck on a new way to pub lish and stud y sc holarship in the humanit ies

Brown is one of six co-invesshytigators on th e Orlando Project which involves p ro fe sso rs and students trom the universities of Guelph and Alberta who are developing th e first full scholarshyly history of wo mens writings in the Britisb Isles Th ey will pubshyLsh it in an electronic format that wi ll allow users to search vast volumes ofbiog rltlphical inforshy

mation critical discussion and contextual mate rial in seconds

The pIoject will prov ide an account or wo me ns wri ting across the cen turies that addressshyes issu es raised by recent fe mishynist tbinkers and scholars of womens wr iting Brown and other inves tigators are not mereshyly col lecting primary mater ial but are also encoding literalY hisshytory as they wr ite it lllcluding references to literary reviews and analysis of write rs work Comshyputers will store and manipulate

basic rtsea rch materia l Named for the Virgin ia Woolf

fictiona l character who begins to write as an Elizabethan man and emerges as a full y developed fema le writer the Orlando Proshyjec t has been funded by a $16shymillion gran t from the Social Scishyences and Hu manit ies Resea rch Counci l and by th e uni ve rsities of Albe rta and Guelph

CANADIANS VALUE THEIR PETS

VIE A LL KNO W TJ-JiT Ca nadians -love their dogs and cats but did you know that keeping Fido and Fluffy happ) and healthy is worth billions to the nations economy

A fi rst -ever stud y by LJ of G

economics professo r John Livshyernois reveals that Canad ian pet ow ners spend nearly $3 billion annually on food veterinary care and supplies for their comshypanion animals - almost $1

billion in Ontario alone Th e pet industry also supports nearshyly 40000 jobs nati onally

The study commissioned by the Ontario Veterinary College revea ls that pets are an imporshytant family budget item across all income classes and aU provinces Nearly half of Canadia n house shyholds have a companion animal and the average family spends a few hundred dollars a year on pets an amou nt that rises with in come levels

The magni tud e of pet expenditures is an indicator of the value of companion ani shymals in society says Live rnois

The study also identified the intangible benefits of pets including emotional support companionship improved socializa ti on skills in children and th erapeutic effects

Animals are companions and confidants says OVC proshyfessor Cindy Adams a speciaJist in the human-animal bond We are very much a buying-orishyented society but the relationship with our pets is still very pure

People are also becomi ng more sensit ive to their pers needs she says The y are demanding the same type of care and service from their ve tshyerinarians as they do from their docto rs

The study notes that most

veterinary practices depend on peoples attachment to their pets Of the]] 06 veterinary practices in Ontar io 726 are exclusively companion-animal practices Even mixed-animal practices derive about half th eir income from companion animal services

NEW CANCER TEST MAY IMPROVE

SURVIVAL RATES U N IVER S llY OF GUELPH

researchers have helped develshyop a new blood test that detects ovar ian cancer at a stage when it is still treatable by surgery and chemotherapy

Senior research associate Dong Gaudette and Prof Bruce Holub Human Biology and Nutritional Sciences collaboratshyed with doctors from Texas and Ohio on the patented blood test [t will be devel oped by Atairgin Technologies Inc in Irvine Calif Clinical trials begin tbis yea r

Diagnosis of ovarian canshycer during tbe eady stages could mea n dramatically higher SLlrshyvival rates says Ga ud ette The blood test detected 75 per cen t

IN FACT A new blood test detected 75 per cent of early-stage ovarian cancer

of the ea rly-stage ovaria n canshycer samples

Currently diagn os is in abo ut 70 per cen t of women occ urs during the more

advanced stages of the disease Each yea r ovarian cance r kill s ]500 women in Ca nada and

14500 in the United States T I e two researchers discovshy

ered a fat called lyso phosphatidic acid that is prese nt in higher

quantities in ca ncerous tissue It is also detected in the blood

DEVELOPING A NEW VACCINE FOR CATTLE

KIND ER GEN TLER CATTLE vacshyc ines may become a reality thanks to the development of an oral cattle vacci ne by a U of G research tea m

Profs Reggi e Lo Microbiolshyogy Patricia Shewen Pathobiolshyogy and Judith Strommer Plant

Agri cultu re are tryi ng to pro shyduce a transgenic lin e of alfalfa that calTies a bacterial gene The alfalfa is designed to produce a natural antigen to help boost bovine immune response to a type of pneumonia in ca ttle

Traditional vaccina tion b)

needl e injection requires rounding up and restra ining the cattle and is costly and stressful to animals says Lo If we ca n create an o ral deli very system using transgenic alfalfa we can simply add th e alfalfa to tbe regul ar feed

The team is creating the oral

vacci ne system using a gene from a well-known bacterium and is transferring tbe bacterishyal D--1 into the recip ient alfalshy

fa plant s Once tb e transgenic alfalfa line is es tabli shed and the ge ne is producing the bacshyteri al ant igens as planned th ey will feed the transgenic alfalfa to th e cattle to see whether an immun e response occurs If the o ral vaccine works it will mea n healthier cattle with less use of antibiotics in livestock being fed for hum an consul11ption

GENETIC TEST COULD BOOST

SOYBEAN EXPORTS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN Canada testing is available to detect the presence of geneticall ) modified orga nisms (CMOs) in soybea n products Th e testin g wi ll be overseen by U of Gs Laboratoshyr) Serv ices The uelph Mole shycular Supercentre will offer the GMO-check Soya Iest Kit

There is a stron g need for such a commercial tes t in Ca nashyda especially with the increase in produc tion of Givl so) beans says rcsclrciler Shu Chen Its estishymated that 10 to 20 pe r cent of the 21 111illion acres of soybeans planted in the province this year were gendi(all y modified

The test deteels the protein expressed In Monsantos Roundup Read y v1[ia nt of soyshy

beans The most popular GM soybean secds on th e market a re res is tant to Roundup a com l11only used herbicide The test has been va lidated for aCCllshy

rac y by 37 laborator ies in th e Eu ropean Union (EU )

The te st is poised to be a boon for soybean exp orte rs Currently food products co nshytainin g CIvIC) that are exportshyed to the EU mu st be clearly labell ed and many consumers are now dem anding the option to choose between genetically modified and non-geneticall y l110dified foods Previously th e sampl es had to be se nt to th e United Sta te s for testi ng a process that was both cosuy and ti me-consu m i ng

IN FACT Up to 20 per cent of the soybeans grown in -Ontario this year were genetically modified

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bull bull

Gayle Anderson Andrew Vowles Alexander Wooley

IClne Guelph scientists strengthen the role ofveterinary medicine

in solving human health problems

Pre-eclampsia in pregnant women Organ

transplants Human colorectal cancer Bactershy

ial resistan ce to antibiotics Theyre all topics

you might expect to hear discussed in a human

medical lab or teaching hospital but in the corshy

ner office of the Ontario Veterinary College

OVC dean Alan Meek smiles and acknowlshy

edges the apparent paradox of discussing the

effects on human medicine of resea rch conshy

ducted in his corner of the University of Guelph

campus But you dont need too powerful a

microscope to reveal the research connections

among dogs cats horses and well humans

Referring to his hefty copy of Veterinary

Medicine and Human Health written by his Unishy15 co versity of California colleague Calvin Schwabe laquo

~ Meek says the distinction between animal and w

~ human is rather misleading Go back far enough

~ - before the Judeo-Christian concept of human z

~ uniqueness and superiority - and youll find o

~ no clear line sepa ra t ing the practitioners of

14 GUELPH AWYI K US

human and animal health The healers made

no distinction between whether they were lookshy

ing after the owner of the ca ttle or the cattle

says Meek It was the notion of one medicine

Of course theres no denying that animal

health rem ains the domain of the veterinary

researcher an d practitioner As ve terinarians

we have a mandate to understand animals and

things that affect their health so we can preshy

vent problems and care for th em says Meek

I suspect that when most people think about

veterinary medicine thats th e first piece they

think about

But animal heal th is only one of the four pilshy

lars of the veterinary profession - th e others

are public health environmental health and bioshy

medical sciences - whose research and teachshy

ing rest on the base of comparative medicine -We are the only medical profession that looks

at medicine across species he says Thats one

of the great strengths of veterinary medicine

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Public health con cerns range from food SJfft) to zoonotic diseases (diseases that can be traLl smi tted from anim als to humans) and antibiotic resistance amon g diseaseshyca using bacteria It was this pillar that occushypied many veterinarians during the earlier decades of this century o ften as health inspectors

Iith the ad vent of antibiotics and varshyious advances in technology seemingly more stimulating research avenues beckshyoned for vete rin ary scientists But at this end of the 20th cen tury says Meek we find ourselves again confronting many of those earlier problems such as tuberculosis and medical professionals are refocllsing on the importance of public health issues

Veterinarians have also played a signifishycant role in th e evolution and application of ecosystem healt h practices because of their expe rtise in co mp arative medicine toxicology ep idemiology and wildlife disshyease Changes in wildlife health are the first results and so metimes the first signs of envishyronmental problems We dont live in a box reserved for one species says Meek gtle live in the same env ironment We interact in very intimate ways with other an imals in the environment so its not surp rising there are all kinds of crossovers and that you can learn J lot tbat can improve the heal th and lovell-being of peo ple and other animals

That trutl is becoming more ev ident as biomedical science uses new and more speshyci fic technologic As yo u start looking at the cellular and subcellular levels and the chromosomes and the genes it doesnt realshyly mat ter that much whether youre lookshyin g at a ge ne chromosome or cell that came ou t of a person or a dog says Meek vVhen YOLi get down to that level the fundamenshytal building blocks are the same - nucleic acids dnd blse units I think we as a professhysion have a tremendou s amount to offer there becJuse of our mand ate wlich is so broad Vete rinar ians look after all animals excep t for people in th e sense of providing handS-Oil care We can learn a lot from these othe r species There are diseases in other animals that have analogies to human disshyeases so we can learn from that and use th em as n1tural models

He expec ts to see mor e collaboration IIlJ information sharing alllong human medical and veterinary researchers Its not

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so amazing to understand that we would ha ve folks working on things that have a human application It co mes from our manshydate our responsibilities and histo ry and the comparative approach

The fourth pillar of veterinary medicine offers many impressive examples of co mshyparative medicine In the next few pages we present a small sample of current OVC research initiat ives that are providing immeshydiate and direct benefit to human medicine and health

disease similar to pre-eclampsia In mice lacking these lymphocy te cells she grafted bone marrow containing gra ft s with NK cells and found that the implantation sites returned to a no rmal state

Croys research has gained worldwide recognition for its considerable applicabilshyity to human fetal development and because it provides a useful animal model for this gestational disease Her work may eventu shyall) show scientists how to eliminate preshyeclampsia during human pregnancy It will also help vets and farmers understand how

Reproductive technologies

Prof Anne Croy Biomedical Sciences is intent on discovering why pregnant women develop pre-eclampsia a serious illn ess that typically occurs during th e second half of pregnancy High blood pressure is the major symptom If pre-eclampsia occurs th e baby must be delivered immediately or the mothshyer may experience convulsions or even die To better understand the ilness Croy is examining lymphocytes in the uterus par shyticularlya group of specialized lymphocyte cells that multiply during early pregnancy

These NK cells or natural killers regushylate gene expression and attack foreign invaders such as cancerous tumours Their main r01 e during pregnancy is to dilate blood vessels as the uterus grows preventshying blood pressure from rising to dangershyous levels Croy and her research team have discovered that lack of NK ceUs in the uterus may cause reproductive problems and lead to smaller infants whose growth is retard shyed into adulthood

Working with mice Croy found th at removing NK cells before mating led to a

uterine lymphoc ytes work in lives tock which is why her studies are funded by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs as well as the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council

How much can mice teU us about human reproductive immunology Croy says the importance of the mouse as a tool for studyshying disease progression or therapy was brought home to her in the 1960s when she was an OVC student of Prof Tom Hulland then chair of pathology and an ea rly enthushysiast of using mice as resea rch models

She says the two reproductive systems are remarkably similar Because mice reach adulthood after six to seven weeks and proshyduce about 10 offspring every three weeks researchers can monitor successive generashytions of mice over a short period to discovshyer the long-term ramifi ca tions of health problems And she is able to study an indishyvidual tissue section of an entire fetu s under -the microscope For these reasons mice play a central role in another of Croys research projects one thats found mothers pass along to their children more of themselves than was previously thought

Until recently the placenta was thought

to be impenetrable Then some Us

researchers discovered that cells travelled

from the fetus to the mother In research

funded by the Hospital for Sick Children

Foundation in Toronto Croy recently found

that the flow is two-way unidentified cells

We are the only medical profession that looks at medicine across species Thats one of the great strengths of veterinary medicine

are also transferred from the mother to the

bone marrow of the fetus

Unlike most earlier studi es Croys

focused on the bone marrow where the

bodys blood and autoimmune disea ses

develop She found that 90 per cent of the

mouse fetuses contained the mothers cells

in their marrow Because maternal cel ls

remain in offspring into adu lthood (a nalshy

ogous to humans) it suggests the cells may

affect the chi lds response to a bone marshy

row transplant during cancer treatment or

to treatment for HIV ma laria or burns For

example immune-deficient children often

receive marrow transplants from a parent

but if the mothers cells are already present

they can reject th at transplant Undershy

standing the nature of those cells is critical

As in Croys work with uterine lymp hoshy

cytes this research is receiving worldwide

recogn ition although the Guelph researcher

down plays that accla im This is so me of

the most interesting work of my career she

says but Im a relatively small player in the

bigger sc hem e of things

Croy has repeatedly crossed boundaries

in her pursuit of knowledge and has been

recognized by a variety of scientific discishy

plines She recent ly completed a term as a

permanent study sec tion member of the

National Institutes of Health (N1H) in th e

United States one of the few Canadians

appointed since the N1H opened permashy

nent membership to non -citizens in 1995

She teaches a summer course on reproducshy

tion mostly to medical doctors at the

Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratoshy

ry in Massachusetts This June she recei ved

the JCB Grant Senior Scientist Award from

the Canadian Society of Anatomy Cell Biolshy

ogy and Neurobiology - an unusual honshy

our for a vet And she recently prese nted

reproductive immunology findings to meetshy

ings of obstetricians and gynecologists

Organ transplants

A silent crisis is what one member of Parshy

liament has called Canadas organ donor

rate now among the lowest in the indusshy

trialized world More than 3000 Canadians

wait for organ transp lants each year and

143 of them die awaiting a transplant

One potential so lution being examined

at OVC is xenotransplantation or transshy

plan ting of organs from one sp ecies to

another - specifica ll y from pigs to

humans Its not as far-fetched as it sounds

For more than 10 years people have

received living pig tissue including porcine

pancreatic islet cells for diabetes and pig

skin for burns

Because of its faculty expertise its outshy

standing record in animal ca re and welfare

and its 30-year history o f research in

pathogen-free swine for breeding and food

purposes OVC was approached by Imutran

Ltd of the United Kingdom a xenotran sshy

plantation research leader to assis t in pre-

clinical (non-human) trials

OVCs role in this leading-edge research

being co-led by Prof Danny Butler Clinishy

cal Studies is to breed and suppl y a sma ll

group of tran sgenic pigs for research trials

at partner institutions in the project - the

University of Toronto and the University of

Western Ontario ove was also instrushy

mental in ensur in g that the pig li tte rs were

of defined health status or pathoge n-free

- an integral aspect of this proJect These

transgenic pigs resemble any other pig on

the outside but on the inside Lhey diff r in

one smaJl but very important way

Ordinarily when a blood vessel ruptures

the bodys natural reaction is to clot and

patch the leak During this pro cess someshy

times called a cascade the body produces

chemicals sequentially to form the c lot But

clotting is a delicate FlOcess Until now

organ transplants betwee n species have proshy

voked hyper-acute rejection caus ing a

clotting-like cascade to continue until wit hshy

in min utes or hours th e patient rejec ts the

animal organ Blood entering the newly

received organ recognizes that tissue as forshy

eign and immediately begins the clotting

process quickly shutting down the o rg3 1l

By contrast the ce ll s of lmutran pigs conshy

tain a human gen e that produces a prote in

that stops the clotting casca d e In a transshy

planted pig organ c3tTying this gene the

protein fool s the pat ients blood into trelt shy

ing the organ as though its from the same

species thus preventing clotti ng

Butler believes oves expertise in surgishy

cally deriving and raising germ-free littetmiddots

was a key reason the college was approached

to undertake this re sea rch Fro m 1958 to

1989OVC took th e scientific lead with the

Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Fo od and

Ruralfffairs in supplying speci[Jc-pathogen shy

free animals to the provinces pig farms Prof

Paul Miniat of the Departmcnt of C linical

Studies and later th e Depa rtment of Popshy

ulation Medicine led that projec t

Tl1is current research is cutting-edge

says Butler and you have to be absolutely

meticulous about everything you do

Because these animals dont ha ve dn actishy -vated immune system any path oge n th lt

comes into play would be fatal to thesc pigs

Butler notes that the resea rch is stil l at

the pre-clinical (non-human) trial stage

and it will likely be years before trials ca n

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take place in hum ans And other forms of transplant rejec tion besides the hyper-acute

va ri ety will requ ire furth er research Along the way Butler and fellow OVC researchers - Prof Bonnie Mall ard and Byram Bridle PathobioJogy who are stud y director and projec t mana ger re spec tivel y Jud y Bell Clinical Studies a projec t mana ge r and

Prof Bob Fri endship Population Medicine - hope to gain new insight into breeding

pigs of exemplary health status for both anishymal breeding and food sa fe ty

Genetic diseases

Pro f Mark Baker Path obi ology hopes to enh ance gene th erapy used in treating

human and animal ge net ic d iseases by improving the effi ciency of gene targeting Using thi s procedure and the tools of biotechnology researchers hope to zero in on spec ific points in an o rgani sms DNA and insert or repair genes invol ved in sll ch

diseases as cancer AID S mu sc ular dystroshyphy cys tic fibrosis and sickl e-cell anemia

Gene targeting is a very important techshy

nology for gene modifi ca tion in all species - plants animals and micro-organisms says Baker who began tbi s work in the 1980s The nice thing about thi s tecbnolshyogy is th at yo u can make changes in the

ge ne right in its norm al position in the chromosom e

He hopes to make gene targe ting more effi cient by studying the underlyi ng process of homologo us reco mbi nation in whi ch

DNA sequences exchange information Norshymally this process helps ce lls repai r DNA da mage and govern s mixing of gen es durshy

ing cell di vision including th e p rocess of meios is whi ch produces egg and sperm

cells But homologous recombination can also lead to can cer durin g th e exchange of informati on bet ween a mutan t ch romoshyso me and its no rmal co unterpart Bes ides

stud ying what goes wrong durin g recomshybinat ion sc ientists are in te res ted in using th e process to co rr ect defe cts Baker s

research for exa mple has shown that gene targe ting th ro ugh homolo gous recombinashytion can correc t a mu ta tion to resto re proshyducti on of an immunoglobulin found in

an tibodies We want to und ers tand the mec hashy

nisms of recombination in mammalian cells

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and how homologo us reco mbin ati on ca n

be used to shape and manipu late th e genome he says ex plaining that gene tarshygeting all ows researchers to make animal

model s of hum an gene ti c diseases study hum an ge ne th erapy and modify plant and an imal ge nomes to benefit agri culture biotechnology and medi cine

Cancer research

Ca ncer reaches into the lives of many Ca nashydian s A number of researchers are wo rkshying in this area and their research spans the spectrum from basic molecul ar bio techshy

nology to applied therapy says Pro f Wayne

improve our understa ndin g of how to modshy

ify the level of damage done by co litis He explains th at by detoxify ing dieta ry

mu tagens and ca rcinogen s CST enzymes provi de protection against va rious insul ts inflicted on th e stom ach Thats an imporshy

tant role gJven th e kno wn link be tween so me chemical s co nsumed by humans and the dama ge to DNA and tis sues th at ma y

lead to cancer Hi gh levels of the em ymes are good because th ey pro tect says Ki rby

In pre vious studi es conducted with the Je wish General Hospital in MontlCal Ki rshyby discove red th at man y peo pl e with col shyo rec tal ca ncer lack th e ge neti c codes fo r

GSTs He is now in vestigatin g th e role of the

At the cellular and subcellular levels it doesnt really matter

whether youre looking at a gene chromosome or cell that came out of a person or an animal

McDonnell OVC ass istant dean (resea rch)

Although OVC research usually fo cuses on can cer in anim als incl uding using animal models th e res ult s also touch th e human

realm of oncology research Colorec tal ca nce l is th e third most comshy

mon can cer in humans th e Canadian Ca nshy

cer Society estim ates th at more than 16000 new cases will be d iagnosed in 1999 and more th an 6000 deaths will occur Key fa cshy

tors in its development are d ie tary carc inoshyge ns and colitis a bowe l inflammatio n In Guelphs Departm ent of Bio medi cal Scishy

ences Prof Gordon Kirby is studying glu shytathione S-transferase (GST) emymes that

are fo und in the hea lthy human intestinal tract but are abse nt in colorec tal ca ncer patients This research co uld help impleshyment pre ve ntive st ra teg ies for people who might be at high risk for ca nce r or it may

help in co unselling people in proper dietary habits he says In addi tio n we may

enzy mes and how th eir level alte rs as th e

disease develops B) und erst andin g how th ese enz) l11 es

work and how th ey change dur ing the proshygression from co liti s to can cer Kirby ultishymately hopes to lea rn ho w to co ntro l th e leve l of th e enzymes Understandin g how

th e enzym es work ca n lead LI S to wa ys to

prevent cancer he SlyS

Radiation treatment

Veterll1ar ians using the technique o f halfshy

body ra dia tion may cut th e time needed to treat lymphoma in dogs acco rd ing to th e

re sul ts of a st ud y by OVC re sea rchers in cludin g Prof To n) Abr1Jl1s-0gg Pro f -Stephen Kruth Paul Woods Geri Ottewe ll and Kim Stewa rt - aU of th e Department of Clini cal Studi es - and Al Norris of th e

Veterinary Referral Cli nic And although the groups recent six-year tr ial was directed at

do gs the resu lts of thi s veterinary resea rch

may have implica tions for trea tin g cance r

in hum ans

Trea tin g lym ph oma traditionally Iequires up to two yea rs of chemoth erap)

An alternative to prolonged chemotherapy is tota l-body ra diat io n and bone mar row

transplantation The procedullt lI SLS the patien ts own marrow extracted before the

trea tment One drawback is the possi bilit y

of transpb nt ing s ick malTOw co ntaining lymphoma (ells back in to the patien t A secshy

o nd drawbac k is th e ex tcnsive ca re and

Icngthy recovery time required By co ntrast ha lf-body radiation takes

onl y three mon ths Ab rams- Ogg explains that became only half of th e body is treatshy

ed at one time enough healthy bone marshy

row remain s to negate a tra nsp lan t By the

time th e seco nd hal f o f the body is irradishyated 30 da ys late r th e pa tien t has hld

eno urh line to recover fro m the first trea tshyment Hes also found that dogs receivi ng

half-bod) radiation generally avoid the sideshyeffects of tull-body trea tment

Abra ms-Ogg says ha lf- body radi ation

has been used on humans to alleviate pain in advanced cancer cases but not to treat

lymphoma The results of this trial do have hUl )la n health implications he SJ) Halt~

hody radilti o n may be used to treat the

sa me types of cancers in people

Resistance to antibiotics

Ensuring the hea lth of farm animals is an

im po rtant fac tor in ensuring th e health of our food supply T hrough col labo ratio ns wi th the Un iversity of Guelphs Department

of Food Science and l1calth Canada a dedshy

icated group of ove resea rch ers is improvshying public health through [ood -sa fe ty

research OnL of those sc ienti sts is Prof Sco tt

McEwen Population Med icine who studies food-animal prod uct io n and on-fa rm issues

by investigati ng microb ial resistance to antib ishyotics and ways to co ntrol pathoge ns such as

E coli during food-animal production Were try ing to red uce the level of exposhy

sure or people to these pathogens an d in tu rn red uce the level of food-borne illness

says I IcEwe n Our goal is to im prove

human health and improve the health of the animal industr )

Microbia l resista nce in pa rticular is a

co mpelli ng issue for agriculture rigbt no w because of a number of eve nts occurring

worldwide that have focus ed attenti on o n the use of antibi otics in foo d-a ni mal pro shy

du ct ion and the po tential impact on h um ans through meat conu mption

McEwen and h is st ud ents are looking at

what types of animals are being exposed to

va ll o us drugs and for how long to better

measure bacterial resistance to antibiot ics Because the agricu ltu ra l industry accounts [or half of to tal antib io tic lls e he says it s

important to look for new ways to improve on-farm manage ment of livestock that wIll

reduce disease Jnd the need for treatme nt

with antibiotics ga

Veterinary medicine contributes to human health sector

The Ontario Veteri nary Co llege (OVC) is at the centre of Ontarios

$44 billion knowledge-based ecoshy

nomic secto r foc using on animal

health and related food qualitysafeshy

ty and biomedicalbiotechnology activities

Although veterinal) medicine is

the main focus of studies at OVC the biomedical science o ption has

the bjgh est enrolment among

Guelphs 30 BSe degree programs

Employers in Canadas $I -billion biotechnology indust ry sa y a degree in ve ter inary med icine will

be an impor tant first step in filling

new positions created by the pracshytical application of current revelashy

tions in molecular biology and cloning technology

OVC is a founding college of the

Universit y of Guelph which receives mo re resea rch funding

from the Medica l Research Co unshycil than any other Ca nadi an uni shy

versity with o ut a medica l school

More than ISO studies have been condu cted using fund s donated

throug h OVes Pet Tr ust by ve tshy

erinarians and pet owners who recshy

ognize the th erapeutic value of the

bond betwee n people and com shypa nion animal s

100 per cent of OVC gradu ates

find em ploymen t withi n six months of gradu ation

50 per cen t of veterinary patholoshygists in North America are -employed directly or indirectly by the pharmaceutical industr y

Fa llWinter 1999 19

a The Royal Society of Canada recognizes an acndelnic career

by Alexander Wooley a scholar Funny hOWasingle pi ece of paper can summarize a lifet ime of study and aCJ demic work that has already fi ll ed

29 books and 85 book chapters an d Journal articles

In june U of G polit ica l science profes~

sor Onkar P Dwivedi received a letter invit~

ing hi m to become a Fello w of th e Royal Society of Canada Its an invitation reserved

for Canadas ltlCJde11i c elite an an nounceshy

men t thM brought congratul atio ns tinged with envy fiom colleagues across Ca nada and

left th is U of G professor answeri ng quips from Guelph collcgues such as Are we still

allowed to share the elevator wi th such an illuSlrious scholar

Dwivedi is indeed an ill ustrious scholar

- th e FRSC is th e hi ghest scholJriy recog~ nition1 Canad ian ~ cad emic ca n recei ve shy

but he is also a personable man who has a deer concern fo r o thers and a sense of humour that allows h illl to ceremo ni ously

wave oth er facult ) and students on to the

elevator as it ri ses to his s ix1h~f1oor offi ce ill the JvlacKi nn on Bu ilding

Known across camp us simply as OP he says its o nl y natural that hlS colleagues

wo uld be a bi t envi ous of th e Royal Society

designation he has felt th at envy himself when congratultting previous recip ien ts

Dwivedi SI) he is d~ep l ) honoured to bL one of 19 U of C lilCul ty wh o hold thl tilk (see page II ) The entire U of C cJm pl co mmunity shOlIcs in Prof l)iveciis dd igh t at bei ng l1amed a fel low I) pruv()t tin

Campbe ll It is a we ll~d lsencd mark of recognition for his distinguished caree r Jnd

vJ lua ble slr vice to i II I l 1Ila I ional dlTlop Ill en t an d the en viron men t

Being n~mcd I Fello of the Rnl11 oci

101) of CI1a d ~ is testimony 10 tile prnrcsnr ~

beli e-I Lhat if you work hard enough you L11l

achieve an ythi ng Th~Is 11) hi colilltr)

is so great he says o f his adopted C~nIJ1 Born in India Dwi ved i came 1( ( anadl

in the early [960 as a gruduatc lttuden Hl co mpl eted a mdst 15 de grec al Carl etull University ~nd a Ph D at QUlln l middot ni~r ishy

ty ~l1 d jo incd the U o f C tJLlti lyin 1967

He hJS advanccd Ihe CallldilI1 view of

political eth ics 111d public scnicc Wl11pI(d

pol icy~mak ing t nd administralioll hetwlcn natio ns and l11aintl ined world iew of enli~

ronll1ental pol iei sand pl1blie alti ludes toward pollu tion And ltI ll the wh ile haring his in sight wilh the l h (l u~llld nf tlllkilts

who halt vied for se1ts ill his classroom

Alt hough C1I1 3d is now hi~ IWll1l Dwivedi main tai ns ~Irong lies with his lill

mer homeland He has mon itored dCIdol

mtnh Ind ehtnge~ ill IndilS pol lulion lt111U

lto INrl ation pol i ~ic ror lll1lo~t 0 )Cltlrs and sucd h J ltnio r ad iser 1(1 Ih (OUlllr )

lin ilr) of rl1limnl11tllt dnd Fltlr~ I S I Ii lIll rc~c nl hook publi1 d in I))7 i ntro ~

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mll-ing and manf~mll1t prelL n Ind i1 b) cxamining vlri()u~ Jill1cl1iol15 of lhlt

tl1Iironrncn lal chIIltI1ampes faced h)lhe nali()n Farber th is )Lar hc 1 in Ind i JS par t

or a hll1lli(Ia l lroICL looking at reg ulal middot ing cmironmcnlal ri there with I Spc

eiJI fO LlI on htrlil lll i hmlsehrllJ producls

and thiJ ill1 tI~1 Oil (Imen ltlnd hiidren

Tht resClreh p rQin t i locattd ill Kll1 pur

lt1 cil ) of Ih rec million HId IS funded b) the Sha tri In do CJnldi111 Imti lutc

[)wi lldi mother and othl lamily mtlllhLI sl illl iC in In d i li e pcrsollally

Ufporh eh olt)I Ihne and hell he retire in tl1 Icars hl plan to SCI up I L~c n tre fo r

drug HldiLliOl I 1I11lI11Llll11 healt h

Fnn in C lllJdI hl is working to help

olher or Indiall illlllry bui ld bella lives I lc offen hi serliccI~ I parl -timc Hindu

pries t lIith U ofe CGl11pUS minislry and I~ 1 spir iluJ I ou l1 1I0 [ Jor inm lles It Ihe

Cudl h Corrldinnd (ntrc The Roal Soc ielY Litdtion d~ )Lribes

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ndti( nal distinction and international recogshy

nit ion Just this spring he vis ited Loyo la l [a rymollnt Universit-y in Los An-des as that

insti tutions 1999 Internati onal Scho lJ r

Es tabli shed 117 years lgO the Roya l Society or Canada enco mpasse d ra nge of

discip lin es including the natural and ap plied sc iences medi cine soc ial scien ces MId hu manit ies

Dwi vedi sa) The s()c ic tys invitation is

an honour for me and also a wonderful recogshy

nition for our new coll ege (U of Gs College

of Social and All lied Human Sciences )

A for mer chair of Guel lhs Department of Political Science Dwivedi is pres id ent of

the Ca nadian Asian Stud ies Associa tion and

past lresident of the Canadian Po litica l Scishyence Association He also chairs th e resea rch committee of the International Poli tical Scishy

ence Associat io n

During hi s 32-year career at Guellh he ha s served on the Enviro nm ental Assess shy

)]lent Boa rd of Ontario as a co nsultan t to

the Ca nadian gove rnment as an adviser to th e Wo rld Health Organi za ti o n an d the

Wo rld Bank in In dia Papua New Guinea and Mau ritiu s an d as a sc ientific panel

member with UNESCO In J 99 8 he

received an honorary degree fro m the Unishyve rsity of Leth bridge ga

fa llWinter 1999 21

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-

ANDREvV VOWLES

m Tiny flashes of blue

light caught by U of G

to physicists in an

undergro und

observatory may eg

tell us the

fate of our

universerunch First tighf wasnt long in coming even in a mine shaft some two kiloshy

metres beneath the Earths surface Within days of turning on a multishy

million-dollar li ght detector near the bottom of a Sudbury nickel mine

scientists from Canada the nited States and the United Kingdom recordshy

ed their first even t Thats physicists lingo for a collision between a tiny

extraterrestrial particle called a neutrino and a molecule of heavy water

Actually what they witnessed last spring was not the encounter itself

- marked by a tell tale fl ash of blue light - but data trickling in quishy

etly from the detectors elaborate instruments sometime after the fact

Still that was enou h to set a few hearts pounding among the collabshy

orators in the Sudb u r y eutrin o Observatory particularly among

Guelph physicists John Simpson Robin Ollerhead and Jimmy Law who

appJaude 1 those early results not just for what they might reveal about

the universe but also as a validation of their painstaking care in conshy

structing and preparing the detector

Fall Winter 1999 23

-

[J This is without a doubt the climax of my

career says Simpson whos been invo lved

with the Sudbury N eu trin o Observa to ry

(SNO) project since it was fir s t moo ted by

Canadian physicis ts in th e early 1980s Hes

been studying neutrinos for almost two

decades beginning with experiments in a

Windsor-area sa lt mine

It s th e las t unkn own low-energy area

left he says N eutrin os are s till th e least

understood elementa ry particle of a ll

Thats not for lac k of them T hey re co nshy

sidered to be th e most commo n particles in

the universe and the fund amenta l building

blocks of matter Each seco nd bi lli ons of

neutrinos generated during fusion reactions

in the sun and in sou rces far beyond our

galaxy bombard every square ce ntim etre of

the Earths surface undetected But just try

to catch one So ephemeral a re Ih ey th at

they pass without a mmmur through most

objects including solid rock ni ckel ni ckel

miners - even throu gh the SNO sc ientis ts

monitoring their giant acry li c ball s usshy

pended in a 22-metre-wide cavern two kiloshy

metres down the mine shaft

The $70-million o bse rva to ry s it s nea r

the bottom of Inco Ltd s C reighton nicke l

mine the deepes t wo rkin g min e in North

America and one tha t has opera ted co ntinshy

uously for the last ce ntury

Today the only eAtra terreslrial objects hitshy

ting the site - or more co rrect ly passi ng

through it - are neutrinos Seemingly against

astronomical odds those scientists hope to

use that ball as a kind of cosmic-sized catchshy

ers mitt to stop or deflect enough of these

particles to learn more about them and about

the big wide universe that spawned them

Inside that 12-foot ball are 1000 tonnes

of heavy water which is also used as coolant

inside nuclear reactors Tn fact th e watershy

all $300 million worth - is on loan from

Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (AECL)

Heavy water ho lds the key to SNOs opera-

Taken during construction the photo above

shows the SNO cavity and acrylic vessel At

right the acrylic vessel is surrounded by an 18shy

metre diameter geodesic sphere that supports

nearly 10000 light sensors and reftectors

Scientists hope to U~

tion Because its molecules contain one more

n eutron than in ordinary water its more

likely to in tercept a phantom neutrino That

co llis ion will be marked by faint but telltale

fla shes of light - forma lly kno wn as

Cerenkov radia tion th e characteris tic blu e

glow emitted in a nuclear reactor - to be

picked up by a few of th e 10000 detectors

studding the panels on th e sphere s surface

Perhaps more impo rtan t SNO resea rchers

anticipate that the wa ter will catch all three

types o f neut rinos no t just the o ne captured

by other detec tors around the world

N eutr in os come in three species or

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24 GUELPH ALUMN U S

agiant acrylic ball as a kind of cosmic-sized catchers mitt

flavou rs based on th e kind s of subatomshy

ic particl es tlleyre dssociated with electro n

neutrinos muon neutrinos and tau neu trishy

nos Referring to earlier experiments that

have detected far fewer neutrinos than

expected based on our understanding of

how the universe works Simpso n says most

scientists believe that neutrinos have mass

and the) change type as th ey leave the sun

and thats why Ne havent seen enough of

them Being able to detect the other two

flavours at SNO might allow sc ientis ts to

account for the so -called missing neutrinos

Proving that neutrinos can change their

stripes might als o tell us more about the

likely fate of th e universe itself by solving

another mystery the question of the missshy

ing mass Referring to basic laws of physics

Law says If neutrinos convert th at means

th ey must have mass Why is that imporshy

ta nt Explai ns Ollerhead The amount of

mass thats accounted fo r by the sta rs that

you can see is only about one-tenth of the

total mass the re must be in the universe in

order to cause the interactions and motions

you see W hen people talk about mis si ng

mass thats what th ey re talking about

So the question is where is it l Because

every s tar produces billions of neut rin os

every second the universe is full of neutr ishy

nos These van ishingly small particles could

collectively exert a gravitational pull out of

all proportion to th eir size - enough to

eventually slow the expa nsion of the universe

If neutrin os have ma ss it means the

universe may be heavier than we think says

Simpso n The universe will eventually stop

expanding in a few billion years and collapse

back in on itself Thi s is known as the Big

Crunch Finding evidence of the smoking

gun to either prove or di sprove that theoshy

ry is the purpose of the observatory he says

SNO research bombards other areas of science Adapting physics tools to build SNO

An expert in X-ray back-scattering Guelph

physicist Innes Mackenzie helped the SNO

team about six years ago by adapting his

back-scattering technique to determine the

thickness of a plastic liner that su rrounds

th e entire observatory cavity Made of a

substance called urylon (produced by a

Guelph company) the liner was sp rayed

on to the cavitys concrete surface to screen

ou t radon a radioactive gas that diffuses

even through soLd rock In a project where

an extra millimetre could skew results scishy

entists needed to ensure that the material

was the same thickness all the way arou nd

Mackenzie used X-ray back-scattering

a techniq ue he has developed that might

be llsed to determine say the thickness of

paint applied in an auto assembly plant or

ice buildup on aircraft wings Laurentian

University physicist Doug Hallman says

his research group has worked with

Mackenzie to set up a unique hand- held

monitor and data-recording system which

found the actual thickness of the eightshy

millimetre-dlick polyurethane material to

an accuracy of about 10 per cent

Building new tools from SNO physics

During his graduate studies in physics at

Guelph Tom Andersen helped his PhD

supervisor Prof John Simpson design

devices used to detect background

radioactivity of the heavy wa ter in the

Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO)

and worked on software that simulates

th e movement of high -energy muons

particles created when cos mic rays

encounter the Earths atmosphere All the

while he had his eye on a not-unrelated

topic that became his full-time job after

graduating in 1998

It a desk top planetarium says

Andersen of his astro nomy software

which allows users to view the simulated

night sky - including comets asteroids

satellites a nd stars - on a computer

screen With it yo u can observe the sky

as it appears from your backyard tonight

o r from Jupiter 100 years ago or from

Egypt 3000 years ago

He and his partners a t Toronto-based

Sienna Software Inc have so ld about

10000 copies of Sta rry Night software

dming the past 18 months They began

by selling software that users could down shy

load from the Internet but now make two

CD-ROM versions of the package Starshy

ry Night Deluxe and Starry Night Pro

The first allows users to look at more than

19 million objects from anywh ere in the

solar system and to examin e deta iled

graphics of such things as constellations

Serious astronomy afic ionados use the

pro version to track as teroids learn more

about star motions or create their own

planets to study orbital mechanics

Generally anyone who owns an

as tronomical telesco pe owns a piece of

astronomy software says Andersen You

can take your telescope to your backyard

and connect it to your laptop and then

point to something with Starry Night and

have the telescope steer to it

Applying SNO tools to business

Former phys ics graduate student Myung

Chol Chon now works in the Royal Banks

corporate and investmen t banking offices

in Toronto Modelling the behaviour of

financial assets and pricing derivative secushy

rities might appear removed from the task

of capturing neutrinos but Chon says the

Guelph SNO group gave him an opporshy

tunity to learn various quantitative ana lyshy

sis tools including Monte Carlo simulashy

tion and artificial neural networks I also

gained understanding and experience in

software production via working with the

SNO Monte Carlo Analysis (SNO MAN )

software development team - tools

applicable not only in physical science but

in other areas as well

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-Simpson says ea rly detection of SNOs first

neutrino this summer reflects the high qUJIshy

ity of the obselva tory itself incl uding th t conshy

tribution of the Guelph scientists involved in

designi ng its sophist icated instrum ents Thats why theres a lot of noise abo ut the

fi rst measurem en ts he sa ys Some o ther

detectors have to work harder to get the backshyground radioactivity down Weve shown that

we constructed a very clea n detector

Along with several PhD studen ts and resea rch associates he and his coUeagues buiJt

inst ruments used to monitor and ensure an acceptable level of background radi oactivishy

ty in SNOs innards fiom the hea l) watcr to all the components orthe detector itse lf

The Guelph group developed a very senshy

sitive technique for the measurement of ultrashylow levels of ra dioactivit y in water whi ch is

essential for th e SNO detector to reach its

goals says SNO project director Art McDonshy

ald a phys icist at Queens Universit y Meas uring radioact ivity is our ga me

says resea rch ass oc iate Pillalamarr Jaga m during a tour of Sim psons lab in th e baseshy

ment of the MacNaughton Build in g home

to whJt Jaga m calls the only ul tra-low backshy

ground radi ation research and development

group in Ca nada Po inting to a det ector resemblin g a stainless-steel salad bowl with

a matchin g lid he says the Guelph -made

de vice JS with its co usins on perm anent du ty at SNO picks lip infinitesimally small

amounts of ra dioactivity emitted naturall y

by the observa torys compo nents

Ja ga m helps run th ose dev ices at SNO

fo llowin g up on his role as superv iso r of a

cl ea nin g crew d urin g SNOs constru ction SNO is the larges t clean-room ever olltside

of the electron ics industry he says Its

cleaner th an yo ur avera ge dinner plate

Above Muon neutrinos produced from cosmic

rays which strike Earths abnosphere are detectshy

ed by the SNO light sensors producing a coneshy

shaped pattern of energy Right An artists

sketch of the SNO detector shows the central

acrytic vessel now filled with 1000 tons of heavy

water and surrounded by 7000 tons of ultra

pure regular water Scientists monitor the obsershy

vatory from the room located above the sphere

26 GU ELP H ALUM NUS

In two years we mayI

Unlike th eir fell ow labourers in the m in e

who normall y hit the sbowers aft er a lo ng

day on the ore face th e scientists monitorshy

ing th e o bse rvatory must shower bef ore enterin g their facility Simil ar standa rds are mlintained tor the heavy water in th e acrylic

vessel which is fil tered dail y Jnd tested for ambient rad ioactivit y It s the purcst water

in th e wo rld says Jian Wang for merly J

research associate in Simpsons lab and now a consultant wi th U of Gs GUA RD In c

The Guelph-dc-signed instruments h ave

prove n lIseful in rela ted but more fa r-flung

applications JagaJl1 says scientists building

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ly know if the universe will eventually collapse

ye t an oth er neutrino observatory in Italy consulted with U of G physicists on radia shyti on measurement Closer to home he has helped Prof Richard Protz Land Reso urce Science quantify minute amounts of radioac tive cesium in so il samples taken from the Ecuadorean Andes an d from the Chernobyl site in Ukrain e

Law a particle physicist [las been involved since 1991 in writin g and test ing simulation software used by the project colshylaborators to model the workings of th e SNO detecto r With the detector now opershyating the package - dubbed SNOMAN shywill be used to analyse the data it generates OUerhead who first encountered SNO while chair of the Department of Physics has long worked in expe rim en tal nuclear physics using accelerators such as th e one run by AECL in Cbalk River Ont Todays investishygations at SNO draw on at least one aspect of his ea rlier resea rch in Los Alamos New Mexico where he developed neutral current detectors of the sort expec ted to help SNO sn iff out all three neutrino flavo urs

Sim psons graduate student Nathaniel Tagg is studying cosmic ray particles called muons which are detected as a byproduct in the obse rvatory Unlike neutrinos muons come from cosmic rays - or ionized nuclei - which begin Jife far beyond the solar sysshytem perhaps generated by stars exploding into supernovas or by shock waves emanating from collapsing black holes When these cosmic rays hit the Earths atmosp here th ey create extremely high-energy particles that can be detected by SNO some alon e or in pairs like bullets others in a shower like shotgun pelshylets Comparing the ratio of single bullets to shotgun blas ts may tell Tagg something about how the particles originated When you build a detector you get a lot of things for free he says Muons are considered background to most of the collaboration but there are some interes ting physics you ca n do with them

Beyond Guelph the SNO collaboration brings together almost 100 scientists from II universi ties and labs in Canada the United Sta tes and the United Kingdom Canad ian participants includ e university resea rchers from Queens Car leton Laurentian Britisll

Columbia and Guelph Wby Ca nada Canashyda has a lot of heavy water because of its nuclear power reactor development the CANshyDU reactor says OUerhead Basically Canashyda is tbe only country that can do the expershyiment using heavy water which is what gives this its unique flavour The other thing is the undergro und aspect All the neutrino expershyimen ts are done underground for shielding from cosm ic rays and other sources of backshyground radiation The nickel mine in Sudbury is the deepest site in North America

Its al so important that Creighton mine is a working facility says Si mpson [t has

Physics faculty

and students are

an integral part of (PES

Physics is one of five departments and schools in the College of Physshyical and Engineeri ng Science ( CPES) Physics has more Roya l Society fellows than any other department on campus Since 1993 ten CPES students including two in physics have received National Research Coun shycil awards under the agen cys Women in Engin eering and Scishyence Program In 1999 CPES laun ched an inteshygrated four-year degree program in technology with Seneca College in Toronto majors in physics and technology or applied pharmace ushytical chemistry CPES plans to launch a new undershygraduate degree in computing scishyence next year to promote U of G strengths in bioinfomatics neural networks genetic algo rithm s and embedded systems CPES offers a unique program called MPC2 that provides enriched studies in mathematics physics chemistry and computing science

to be active because its the only way you can maintain the safety of th e mine SNOs control room occupies a drift (miners talk for a corridor) 6800 fee t below the surface deep enough to accommodate a stack of about five CN Towers

Dw-ing the observatorys construction a regular express ca ge whisked visitors directly down No9 shaft to the detector as fast as a car travelling on a cit) street The shaft also served as the delivery conduit for the SNO components Site manager Dunshycan Hepburn recall s es pecially the three months that it took to ship the [000 tonnes of heavy water underground The eleva tor could take six tonnes at a time he says so we had an elaborate schedule involving six tanker cars fill ed overnight and sent down early in th e morning on a specially schedshyuled cage Adds mine manage r John Gill J dont think we spilled a drop

Now using regularly scheduled cages scishyentists crowd shoulder to sho ulder in the elevator with up to 40 miners during the 20-minute ride along the sloping ore seam Everyone in the collaboration is expected to spend a certain number of shifts actualshyly operating the detec tor says O llerhead This is partly to save money but also par tshyly because th e physicists are the ones with the vested interes t and should be involved Collaborators might spend seve ral weeks in Sudbury at a time for up to six weeks a year

SNO scien tists expect to learn definitiveshyly within two years whether or not neutrishynos have mass They also anticipate that the observatory will yield information about the sun and about other st ructures far beyond our galaA) The missing mass question is a way of studying supnnovas notes Ollershyhead There are many applications of this detector beyond just neutrinos from the sun

Why should anyone ca re about what these infinitesimally small particles teU us about cosshymic-sized questions If youre going to be an ad vance d and civilized country then you should be thinking about fundamental quesshy shytions and not just about where your next meal is coming from says Simpson Thats the difshyference I think between a civili7ed society and a society that just lives from day to day ga

FallWinter 1999 27

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

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ALUMNI PROFILES

ALUMNUS OF HONOUR

FORMER OAC DEA N Rick Richards BSA 38 was recogn ized for

his lifelong commi tment to excellence in admini stration teachshy

ing research and ex tension wh en he vas named 1999 AlumLlus of Honour by th e Un ive rsity o f Guelph Alumn i Associat ion The preshy

sen tation was made durin g Alumni Weekend in lun e

Ri chard s bega n hi s ca ree r in soil sc ience and pion ee red the

process of soil classifi ca ti on and map pin f for Ontario As head of

th e Un iversitys Depa rtm ent of Land Resou rce Science he spearshyheaded the constr uct ion o f new fa cili ties provided leadership in

the deve lopment of broader more sc ientifi c program s and th e

expansioLl o f fa culty and obta ined more lan d areas for departshymental resea rch He was appointed the first dea n of OAC in 1962

and was one o r the fou r principal academi c leade rs ho shared in

es tab lishin g the Universit y of Guelph After co mpleting two terms as dean he return ed to teac hing and retired in [98 1

As a professiona l agrologist Richards impleme nted pl ans ror

the Canadian Agri cultural Researc h Co un ci l as it s fi rst president

and was pres id ent o f the Ca nadian Soc iety of Su il Science th e Ontari o Institute of Ag rologists and tht Agricu ltural Institu te of

Can ada He was also the Canadian representa ti ve to th e United

Nations Food and Agricu lture O rga nizltJtion

ALUMNI VOLUNTEER AWARD

DAv ID ADAMS BSA 49 has always made his alma mater a pri shy

o ri t) and in 1999 th e Unive rsity of Guelph Alumni Associashy

tion app lauded th at loya lty by presentin g him with its 1999 Alulll shyni Volu nteer Awa rd

Adams has demo nstrated a devot ion to volun teer excellence

through his com mitment to the Universit y OAC and hi s alumni

ii class OAC 49 He was UGAA pres ident in 196869 president of

d the OAC Alu Jllni Associatio n in 196566 and a member of the Unishy

~ versi ty Senate and Boa rd of Governors fro m 1970 to 1973 In add ishy

~ tion he has Jllade mu ltiple contr ibu tions to OAC 49 ac tivities He

~ was instrumenta l in orga ni zin g 50th-anniversary class celebrations ~ for Alumni middotWeekend 99 which included the ded ication of the Yea r

~ 49 OAC po nd ga rden at th e Arbo retum Cent re and the res torashy

~ ti on of the Johnston Hall portico u ~ Adamss giving sp irit car ri es over into his pro(ess iona lli fc He

~ has had a distingu ished career in the ag ri -food indust ry and was laquo ~ general manager of the Canadian Meat Co uncil whe n hL reti red in

~ 1993 He cont inues to share hi s expertise with the co unc il and as

~ a volu ntee r for th e Royal Ag ri cultural inter Fair and th e Ca nashy~ dian Nat ional Exhibition FARlv

28 G UHPH ALU I NUS

HIGHLIGHTS middot GRAD NEWSmiddot OBITUARIESmiddot CALENDAR

ALUMNI MEDAL OF ACHIEVEMENT

DR AD RIAN P ARKS WO RK in th e area o f minimally invasive

surge ry has earned him international recogniti on as a leading surgeo n and educa tor in his fi eld His advancements in the use of

laparoscop ic techniques have improved treatm ent for an ex tensive

range of med ica l disorders that in the past could only be handled

thro ugh trad itional sur gery [n 1997 he was recruited to establish a new program at th e Uni ve rsity of Kentucky

Pa rk was honoured th is spring wit h the Universit y of Guelph flumni Associati ons Alumni Medal of Achievem ent He received

a bachelor of science fro m Gu elph in 1985 and a doctor o f med ishycine from McMaster University in 1987

He completed his training at St Josephs Hos pital and rilcMasshy

ter Uni ve rsity Affiliated Hosp ital s in Hamilto n O nt and at the

Uni versit) of Montrea l before Jo ining St Jose phs as a ge neral surshy

geo n in 1994

The Guelph meda l recognizes th e professional leadership and achievements demons trated in Parks still- yo un g career and his

compassionate ca re of pati ents He and his wife Jennifer 8A 84 have three children Hilary Meredith and Evan

ove DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS

DUNCAN SINC LAIRS CONTR IB UTIO NS to career an d soc iety have prove n bis leadersh ip and expe rtise in hea lth sciences He gradshy

uated fro m OVC in 1958 and received a master of sc ience fro m OAC in 1960 specializing in nutriti on He then earn ed a PhD in

physiology at Queens University in 1963 and bega n a ca reer focused

primaril y on human health Sinclair was ltl consultant to th e Ontario Ministry of Agriculture

Food and Rural Affairs on the Animals for Research Act ilnd bega n

his academic career at Q uee ns as dean of arts and science in 1974 He went on to serve as vice-principal institutional relati ons sershy

vices an d hea lth sciences before assum ing the role of dea n of medshy

icine He ret ired from Queens in 1996 He has heJd other prestishy

gious positi ons including directo r general of the Medical Resea rch

Council and was tile recipient of OVes Schofield ]V[edal in 1983

Sinclair is now deeply involved in advising the Ontario minisshy

ter of hea l til on ways to reinvest and res tructure th e delivery of health services in the province He chairs the Hea lth Services

Restr ucturin g Co mmission an independent body of health

experts and professionals appointed to redesign tbe provincial

health system

FallWinter 1999 29

alumni Matters

-ORDER OF OACU of G Can1pus ESTABLISHED MARY AND RlCK RICHARDS longtime OAC supporterWelcoilles Alumni

ABSA 38 are the first inductees Membership in the order is

into the Order of OAC estabshy limited to the first 50 individshy

LUMNI WEEKEND J999 orga nizing committee and says lished ea rli er thi s year by the uals who give $1 00000 or more

brought more th an 1300 proceeds will be used to help the OAC Alumni Fo undation to as bequests irrevocable insurshy

visitors to campus June 18 to 20 class establi sh a mille nnium recognize significant contribushy ance policies planned gifts or

In addition to th e traditi o nal scholarship to co mmemorate its tions to its end owment fund cash donations Gifts may be

awards luncheon hosted by U of 25 th anni versar)1 of graduation Rick served as dean of OAC applied as endowments to the

G president Mordech ai Rozanshy The Uni vers it y of Guelph [Tom 1964 to 1972 (see sto ry OAC Alumni Foundation or to

ski there we re man y spec ial Alumni Associat ion held its on page 28) Mary also worked the college as approved by the

events and cla ss reunions The ann ual meeting during Alumni in the college and has been a fou ndation directors

new Order of OAC was preshy Wee kend and elected a new slate

sented to Mary and Rick of offi cers for 1999 2000 Scott

Richards BSA 38 at th e Go ldshy va nEnge n BSc(Ag r) 88 presshy

en Anniversary Dinner and the id ent Robin-Lee Norris BA 80

Class of J974 hosted a reuni on first vice-pres ident John Tatson

dinner with Calgary Flames BA 69 seco nd vice-president

Hockey Club CEO Ron Bremshy Rita Sterne BComm 87 secshy

ner BA 7 J as guest speaker Bill Imiddotetar) and Brad Hull BA 89

Laidlaw BA 74 chaired the treasurer

President Mordechai Rozanski and representatives of the alumni

classes and individuals who supported U of Gs six new themati c

gardens cut the ribbon to officially open them duri ng Alumni Weekshy

end From left are Bill Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 61 Don Gri eve

BSA 55 and MSA 57 Harold Shield BSA 51 Sandra Hannam uJ CD Clay Switze r BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rozanski Marilyn Robinson ~ I Murray BH5c 55 Ted McNinch BSA 49 Bruce Stone BSA 53 u VI

Z and MSA 54 Harold Bentley BSA 64 and MSc 66 Craig Hunter lt

B5c(AgL) 74 and MSc 77 and Les Laking BSA 39 and HDSC 71 The conservatory greenhouse was unveiled moments later by gtshyCD

Don Rutherford BSA 51 who gave the leadership gift ensuring VI o

it s res toration on behalf of his famil y 5 I -

Ginty jocius BSc(Agr) 70 left chair of the OAC Alumni Foundation

presents the Order of OAC to Mary and Rick Richards BSA 38

Enjoying the Class of 1974 re union dinner are from left jerry Orga n

BSc(PE) 71 Ron Bremner BA 71 Gail Bremner Paul Henry MA 71

and Bill Laidlaw BA 74

30 GUELPH ALUMNUS

GRYPHON SPIRIT DOMINATES HOMECOMING

UOF G students shared the stands with alumni who came to campus Sept 25

to watch the football Gryphons defeat their long- standing varsity rival the University of Toronto Blues During the weeke nd the Gryphon Club Hall of Fame inducted five Gryphon swimmers filled the gold pool at the 21st ann ual Alumni Relay Swim Meet

and president Mordechai Rozanski hostshyed a luncheon attended by more than 200 alumni and current students who have received sc holarships and awards or who

participated in the volunteer peer helper prog ram

ALUMNI SWIM TO THE TOP

FORMER GRYPHON SW IMMER S Peter Koli snyk BSc(HK) 83 and Denise

(FarndaJe) vVatso n BASe 85 were recogshyni zed at the ann ual Homecoming sw im mee t for having attended more often th an any other alumni Other participants includshyed 1999 graduates Nico le Weber BSe CEng ) Greg Steinberg BSc(HK) and Nancy Sweetnam BComm who has been a memshy

ber of two Canadian Ol ympic teams ( 1992 and 1996) The alumni team defeated the stud ent teams with the help of Leo n

Homecoming J

r ~

Form er Guelph mayor and sports broadcaster Norm la ry received the Gryphon Club Hall of

Fame Merit Award Sept 24 at the annual induction c re mony that also honoured five former

Gryphon athletes From left are Paul Willi ams a cross-country and track athlete and three-time

Canadian Olympian Bob Pronk BComm 82 Ontario and Canadian cham pionship wrestler

Dave Guest BComm 87 a former all middotstar soccer and vo lleyba ll player Gladys Williams BA

69 MVP in both wo menS fi eld hockey and ice hockey lary and Mark Brown BComm 81

Wi ldman Trophy winner and football capta in The Gryphon Club also recognized the 1974 mens

rugby OUAA championship team

Garstecki Gryphon diving coach in the midshy Dale a longtime Gryp hon supporter and a I 970s and retired botany professo r Hugh national record-b olding masters swimmer

bull49 VETS MEET AT TRAlEE The OVC Cla ss of 1949 produced a la sting memory of its 50th

anni versary by filming the lune 18 gathering held at Tralee Farms

the home of class member Ray Cormack Classmates travelled from

across Canada and the United States to attend th e reunion which

included a luncheon a visit from U of G president Mordechai Rozanshy

ski and a tour of Cormacks farm and antique carriage collection

The organizing committee of Dave House Bill Mitchell Ken Fisk

and lim Arch ibald succeeded in producing a golden-anniversary

memento that captu res the days events and everyone in attendance

as they comment on their lives since graduating from OVe -Proceeds from the sale of the v ideos will support the OVC 49

Memorial Scholarship Fund Cost is $25 each To place an order call

Vikki Tremblay at Alumni House 519-824-4120 Ext 65 44 I D

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FallWinter 1999 31

alumni Matters

2000 Coming Events

Jan 26 - Careers Night hostshyed by Mac-FACS Alumni Assoshy

ciation For informatio call Laurie MalleaLi at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Careers Night hostshyed by HAFA Alumni Associashy

tion For information call Laushyrie Malleau at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Aggie Good Times Banquet Call the OAC Studwl Federation at Ext 8321 for tickshyet information Feb 3 - Job hir at Bingeman Park in Kitchener complishy

mentary bus service from Unishyversity Centre for students and

alumni For directions and a list of employers call U of G

Career Services at Ext 22 13

Feb 11 - Deadline for nomshy

ina tions for U of G Alumni Association Alumnus of Honshy

our Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment and Alumni Volunteer

Award and the OVC Distinshy

guished Alumnus Call Carla Bradshaw at Ext 6657 for details March 1 - Annual alumni

Florida reunion at Maple Leaf

Estates Port C harlotte Florishyda For information call alumshyni programs at 519-824-4120

Ext 6657 send e-mail to alumshyniuoguelphca or call Jack Hanna in Florida after Jan 1

at 813-645-0905

March 18 amp 19 - College

Ro yal

March 31 amp April 1 - OAC

Alumni Association annual

bonspiel at the Guelph Curlshy

ing Club and Guelph Country w Club Call Carla Bradshaw at ~ txt 6657 to register c u bull For more information on anyU)

z alumni event call the U of G ltC extension listed at 519- 824shy20 r 4120 or send e-mail to al11111shyCD

o niCvzlOguelphcab c a

32 CUEIPH ALUM N US

EA RLIER THIS YEAR U ofG

introduced a new approacll to fund-raising that centres on

academic priorities identified by

the ix colleges Now the Unishy

ve rsit y expa nds this initiative

through the formation of a new Annual Fund Cou ncil that will

recruit volunteers to proactiveshy

ly help meet tll0se funding goals

By enlarging the partnershy

ship between academics and fund-raisers we arc focusing our

efforts more clearly on the Un ishy

versi tys overall stra tegic objecshy

tives says Rudy Putns executive

director of campaign progra ms

We are calling on coUege deans to help ensure that our annual

giving programs are providing

the grea test possible benefit to

students Our volunteer and pro-

ALUMNI CElEBRATE NEW HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE CENTRE

The Human KineticsHuman Biology Alumni Association

presented a sketch of the John T Powell Building to U of Cs

new Health and Perfor mance Centre at a June 19 reunion of alumni and former staff Artist Joan Harper BSe(HK)

82 left and retired professor John Powell right witnessed

a presentati on by association pres ident Janet Leonhard BSe(HK) 82 to Prof Terry Graham

SilENT AUCTION MAKES NOISE

A silent auction held Sept 14 to 16 a t the Ou tdoo r Farm

Show in Woods tock Ont ge nshy

erated a lot of excitement and

goodwill in OACs 125th shyanniversary year and raised

$51000 that wi ll support stu shy

dent recruitm ent programs in

the college The auction was organized by Cinty Jocius BSc(Agr) 70 president of

Ginty Jocius amp Associates of

Guelph on behalf of the OAC Alumni Foundation

Auction items donated by friends and exhibitors at th e

farm show included everylhing

from farm equipment and supshyplies to a seven-month-old lla shyma named (-i nty Lorie Jocius

BASe 72 purchased her husshy

bands namesake and gave it to

OAC as an anniversary presen t at th e Sept 25 Heritage Banshy

quet and Ball

FUND-RAISI NG PARTNERSHIPS GROW

fessional fund -raislls wiJl spend

more of thei r time making pershy

so nal requ es ts for gifts to the University and less time on inshy

house administra tion

Members of the Annual Fund

Council will invite donations

Crom alumni members of the campu~ community the paren ts

of current students graduating

classes members of the various

gift clu bs (Presidents Council

etc) and selected corporations

foundations and associations

Development and Public Affairs staff will help target vol unteer

efforts where they wi ll have the

stronges t impact on growin g don or particip ation and fund shy

razsing results

Annual giving is one of the

most crucial parts of an institushy

tion s developmen t agenda says Putns Annu al donors help

maintain the quali ty of estabshylished academic programs espeshy

cially in times of reduced pubshy

lic fundin g he says They also

provide a foundation for special

fun cl-rai sing cam paigns shycampaigns that enable the Unishy

ve rsity to grow by providi ng

funds for major projects that do

not ha ve a traditional so urce of support Tbe ACCESS endowshy

ment for student financial assistshy

ance and the rece nt campaign to upgrade th e Food Science

Building are notable examples For more illjormation aboLit

the An17ual FUlld Co ullcil call Al111tal Fund 17l1lnager Tara George at 519-824-4 120 Ex t

390 1 or Putl7S at ext 6384

GRAD NEWS

U of G Degrees ADA = Associate diploma

in agriculture BA =Bachelor of arts BASe = Bachelor of applied

science BComm = Bachelor of

commerce BHSe Bachelor of houseshy

hold science BLA =Bachelor of

landscape architecture BSA = Bachelor of science in

agriculture (pre-196s) BSe(Agr) Bachelor of

science in agriculture BoSe = Bachelor of science BSe(Eng) =Bachelor of

science in engineering BSc(Env) =Bachelor of

19405

bull The Macdonald Institute

Class of 1941 met each other

for the firsl lime in 1939 and

theyve been gelling logelher rvice a year siIlce gradual ion

Celebrating 60 yea rs of fri end shy

ship this year are Mary (Hcx imer) MacLeln Beth

(jackson) Ca rdifF Mo lly

(Pattrson) Nix Frances

(Pellet) Smith Dorolhy

(Pond) Dunn Jeanne (Taylor )

Hamel Phyllis (Weren) Sobel and Evelyn (Eatun ) Pond

bull Jim Morton BSA 47 posed with his son Robert SA 70

and grandsons Jeff Bell 13A

9 1 and Greg Mo rton

SSc( Eng) 99 at Gregs U of

G convocation in June Retired

from a career in the lumber

business Jim is an OAC llu mmiddot ni volunteer al Guclph and is

aClive in cOm11lUnily work in

Burlington Onto Rob ert is

CEO of the Community Care

Access Centre in Simcoe

Coullly Jeff lcaches in Elmvalc

for the Simcoe County Dislricl School Board and Greg is

working Wilh the COnSlliling

engineering firm of Proclor

science in environmental sciences

BSe(HK) Bachelor of science in human kinetics

BSc(pE) = Bachelor of science in physical education

DHE = Diploma in home economics

DVSc = Doctor of veterinary science

DVM =Doctor of veterinary medicine

GO = Graduate diploma MA = Master of arts MAgr = Master of agriculture MBA = Master of business

admininstration MEng =Master of engineering

and Redfern at its Kitchener

office The Guelph lineage

aCl ually bega n in the Morton fami ly with Greg great shy

grantimoliln Anne Pringle

Morton DH E 1914

Greg Morton Jeff Bell and Jim and

Robert Morton

19505

bull Harold Baker BSA 50

writes to w rrect the e-mail

address publi shed in the last

iss lle of the Clepll Alunnls

Friends (111 conlact the retired

University of Saskatchewan

professo r and Il is wife Phyllis

at ha kc r hdukeL1sa~k ca

bull Barney Goodwin-Wilson BSA 50 is serving a two-year

krm as chair of the hoard of

lhe Onta rio Foocllerminal

The Iomnlo facility is the

MFA = Master of fine art MLA Master of landscape

architecture MMS = Master of management studies MSc =Master of science MSc(Aqua) = Master of

science in aquaculture ODA = Ontario diploma in

agriculture ODH =Ontario diploma in

horticulture OdR = Ontario Diploma in

recreation PhD = Doctor of philosophy

larges t who lesale fruit proshy

duce and flower market in

Canada and one of the largest

in orrh America He was forshymerly director and vice-cha ir

of the board

bull Gary Powell ADA 58

stopped at a remote motel in

western klahoma last

Janu ary and stanee a convershysation with th e only other cusshy

tomer at breakfa st the next

morning Turns out they were

both U of G grads Powell and Joe Deli BSc (Agr ) 64 had a

great time reminiscing abo Llt

ca mpus perso nalities they

both knew I guess one is never really very far from home says Powell

bull Dave Valentine BSA 59 has

retired as (o unty engineer for

the County of Brant in

Ontario He previously spent

23 years with Sir Sandford

Fleming College in Peterborough and has served 8S

engineer for the coun ties of Haliburton and Victoria He

and his wife Carole are now

Jiving near Carlisle Send e-mail

to valcntinworldchatcom

19605

bull Manuel Garcia PhD 67 was

recognized by the government

of the Ph ilippines in December

1998 with one of the highest

honours given to Filipinos Jivshy

ing outside the cou ntr y Garcia

is a senior consulting mi crobishy

ologist with lAS Bioshy

Diagnostic and a former

research scientist with

Agriculture and Agri-Food

Canada in Ottawa He is intershy

nationally recognized for his work in veterinary med icin e

and public health on the early detection of ca mpylobacter

salmonella and other foodshy

borne pathogens He is a memshy

ber of several learned profes shy

sional societies and has been involved in a number of intershy

national developm ent projects

He is also a community volunshy

teer and a pioneer in establishshying the National Council of

Canadian Filipino Associations

as the official voice of Filipino

Canadians nationwide bull Tom Hutchison DVM 65 is

a veterinary pathologist with the Nova Scotia provincial

diagnostic lab In 1998 he

passed the board cer tification exa ms for the American

College of Poultry Veterinarians in Baltimore but

the years highlights came in

late summer - a first grandshy

child for Tom and his wife

Eileen in August and the birth

of their own son Scott in

September bull Brian Little ADA 67 BSc(Agr) 72 and MSc 78

was elected president of the

Canadian 4-H Foundation in

May He was previously presishy -dent of the Ca nadian 4-H

Co uncil and a co uDcil represhysentative for his employe r the

Royal Bank of Canada He has been a fou ndation trustee for

f allWinter 1999 33

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several years and has a strong

4-H background as a member

and a club leader

19705

bull Doug Franklin SA 72 was

recen tly a ppoin led execu tive

director of the Multiple

Sclerosis Association of

America its hea d office is in

Cherry Hill NJ He was forshy

merly with the International

Youth Foundation in

Baltimore Md

bull Cathie Leimbach

SSc(Agr) 78 and MAgr 88

visi ted U of G this fa ll as

agrologist-in-residence It was

the sixth year of the program

co-sponsored by OAC and the

Ontario Institute of

Agrologists (OlA ) Raised on

an Ontario dairy and swine

farm Leimbach is past presishy

dent of the OI A and a partner

in STRIVE a team specializshy

in g in training facilitation and

consulting She now lives on a

cash-crop farm in Ohio

bull Willem Moolenbeek BSe

77 and MSe 8 1 studied biolshy

ogy and entomology at U of G

at the same time he was learnshy

ing to play the saxophone with

the Royal Conservatory of

Mu sic He says he still loves

science but music has become

his career A recitalist soloist

and clinician he has been a

saxophone instructor at

McMaster University in

Hamilton Ont fo r 15 years

He also teaches at the 19805

University of Waterloo pri- bull Bruce Brown BSe(Agr)

vately and at the National 85 and his wife Claudia

Music Ca mp of Canada where (Liebscher) BA 84 have three

he sometimes offers an infor- children who are beginning to

mal course on in sect identifi- display their dads musical

cation There are always a few prowess on the kazoo After 14

kids who really dig that he years of dairy farming Bruce

says U of G music lovers want back to school to earn an

enjoyed his saxophone music education degree and is now

at a noon-hour concert in teaching science with the

October Durham District School

bull Peter Vaughan SA 77 and Board

MA 77 was appointed secre- bull Tom Burns BA 89 and MA

tar y general and CEO of the 91 is a member of the

Canadian Medical Association Victoria Police in Melbourne

in June A fa culty member in Australia Last summer he

two departments at John s welcomed visitors from the

Hopkins University and in the RCMP including Kevin Durie

Department of Family BA 93 They quickly estab-

Medicine at the University of lished a U of G connection

Ottawa he is a fo rmer presi- including Duries student

dent of the medical staff at employment at Dcr Keller

Guelph General Hospital and a which was Burns s favourite

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the job says Burns but this

time we spent most of our

time talking about the great

times we had at U of G In

still another coincidence

Durie is married to Christine

Blake-Durie BA 91 and MA

93 who was a member of

Burnss MA group Burns says

other U of G grads travelling

to Melbourne are more than

welcome to drop in

bull Stuart Jackson ADA 87 is

distribution manager for

Burnbrae Farms Ltd in Delta

Onto He sends greetings to all

OAC friends including the

diploma classes of 1979 and

1980

bull Laurel (Murdoch) Koumarelas BComm 84 is

an ESL teacher with the

Toronto School Board She

and her husband Gus live in

Mississauga with their sons

Robert and Evan

bull Trish Looman BA 87

works for Royal LePageshy

Vantage in Guelph She speshy

cializes in residential multishy

unit real estate

bull Laima (Karosas) Laffitte

BSe(Agr) 85 and MAgr 91

lives in Wendover Ont with

her husband Vincent MAgr

91 and their children Yohan

and Marina Laima is the

advertising manager for The

Canadian Veterinary Journal and Vincent is an account

manager at the St Isidore

branch of Scotiabank Theyd

like to hear from classmates

via e-mail at Iaffitteonsymshy

paticoca They also want to let

OAC 85 grads know that the

class executive is building a

Web page at wwwrkdecom

oac85 and needs updated

names and addresses (includshy

ing e-mail) to add to the

directory f IS-year reunion

is being planned for Dec 2

and 32000

bull Cheryl Miller-Oh BASe

91 and her husband Tae live

in Southfield Mich with their

twins Nathalie and Nathan

born in October 1998 She is a

health-care consultant with

Computer Sciences

Corporation Send e-mail to

millerohsprintca

bull Vijay Singh MSe 70 has

been awarded the Arthur K Barton Endowed Professorship

at Louisiana State University

He also recently received an

honorary degree and a

Fulbright Award for his work

in the area of entropy

bull Gayle (Barton) Tapper BSe

81 (biological science) and 83

(computing science) has been

employed at Memorial

University in St Johns Nfld

for 14 years in the Department

of Computing and

Communications She is comshy

pleting graduate work in phishy

losophy and humanities at

Memorial and is the principal

harpist with the

Newfoundland Symphony

Orchestra Last year she

released a CD of Latinworld

traditional music on the South

American harp Visit her Web

site at httpwwwucsmun

cal -gay

bull Carolyn Riddell BA 85 is

running an active arts educashy

tion and paintingprintmaking

studio in Fergus Ont

bull Laura Wilkinson BSe 85

and MSe 87 is a coroner in

British Columbia and lives on

a cattle ranch near 70 Mile

House

19905

bull Kristi Adamo BSc(HK)

96 and MSc 98 and Rob

McMullin BSe 95 were

married in May 1999 and Jive

in Ottawa

bull Michelle (Pilon) Bacon BA

90 has been living in London

England with her husband

Tim and children Juliette and

Lucien but they are planning a

return to Canada They will be

AIRBORNE ALUMNUS Olive Thompson DHE 35 celebrated her 85th birthday

with her head in the clouds She made her first parachute

jump with instructor Scott Borghese in Simcoe Ont in June

and says it was the most exciting thing shes done in her life

Thompson lives in Dunnville and has four children and three

grandchildren When she asked them about the paracbute

jump they told her to go for it Shes considering a repeat I U

jump next year and hopes her adventure will be a good S o

example for other seniors A dedicated member of the class -lt CD

of Mac 35 Thompson was president of the University of s Guelph Alumni Association in 197778 and keeps busy now VI

I

with volunteer work for the Salvation Army Z

living in Calgary and welcome

contact with western grads

and friends from Guelph Send

e-mail to m_e_baconhotshy

maicom

bull Deborah (Panton) Bodden

BASc 93 and her husband

Lyndhurst were married in

1998 and live in Grand

Cayman Cayman Islands

where she teaches primary

schoo

bull Elizabeth Cardno MSe 99

is working with the Rural

Health Research Consortium

at the University of

Saskatchewan developing

research projects on rural

health issues in relation to the

Canadian Institute for Health

Research

bull Jeannine Cote BA 9 J lives

in Hamilton Ont and works

o -lt

as a health -care aide and

home-support worker

bull Jeremy Debling BSe 94 is

a formulation chemist in the

pharmaceutical development

department at Novopharm

Limited in Toronto

bull Angela Dodd BA 93 and

Christopher Kemp

BSe(HK) 94 were married

Aug 14 Theyve bought a new

home in Etobicoke Ont

where he works for Canada

3000 Airlines and at Kingsway

Physiotherapy as a kinesioloshy

gist She is employed at

Manulife Financial in -Waterloo

bull Sheryl Harding Friedrich

BASe 85 is a full-time mom

and part-time nutrition conshy

sultant in Cannington Onto

She and her husband Cal

FallWinter 1999 35

I -

have three child ren Jonathan

Daniel and Anna

bull Anne Marie (Henwood)

Harman BA 95 is enjoying

her time at home with one shy

year-old Jenna She and her

husband Murray can be

reached bye-mail at 3harshy

mansstormca

bull Rosaleen Heffernan BA 96

and Barry Liboiron BSe 97

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W illiam Ba rnes DVM 59 died Sept 7

1999 He grew up in th e N iagara area

but spent his professio nal ca ree r in a

ve terina ry prac ti ce in Ill inois He was a

dr ivi ng force in the American Ve ter inary

Medica l Assooatio n and in bo th the

Chicago and IlJin o is assoc iatio ns He

was also a fo un ding mem ber o f the

Ch icago-based Friends of Unicerslty of

Guelph a char itable o rga nizat ion

founded in 1975 to serve Guelph a lumni

living in the United Sta tes

George Dickson BSA 38 di ed Oct 9

1999 H e spen t h is entire career w ith

Canada Packers moving up f[Om mai l

cle rk to exec lltive vice-presid ent and

d irector After retirin g in 1976 he

devoted ma ny vo lu ntee r hours to U of

G 3S a memb er of Boa rd o f Gove rno rs

and the OAC Alumni Associatio n

Jam es Pinkney DVM 37 died July 3

1999 A respected ve ter in aria n in his

hom e to~ll o f Cooksv il le O nt he was

also recog nized as a p remier swi ne

breeder showman and judge He was

active in m any agricultural o rga niza shy

tio ns and in both the Ontario and

Canadian Vete rinary Med ical assoc iashy

tio ns He was a lo ngti me supporte r o f

th e Unive rsity especially the OVC

museum and was named OVC

Di stinguished Alumnus in 1987

Audrey Yea nd le DHE 25 di ed March

17 1999 in St ratford O nto A profes shy

sio nal diet it ia n she wo rked to two hosshy

p itals and tau ght home eco no m ics at

the Jo hn Fi he r School In Toro nto

Active In com munity orga nizatio ns and

her chu rch she was a lo ng time U of G

suppo rter and left an es ta te gift of over

$475000 to p rov ide bursaries for future

Gu elph students

Alumni

Jo hn Andrews DVM 38 June 27 1999

Harris Baker BSA 33 Febru ary 1998

Hu gh Balkwill BSA 53 June 27 1999

John Bowles BA 72 Sept 23 1999

Edward Bowness DVM 32 May 13 1999

Rud y Brown BSA 59 June 29 1999

Walter Bunn BSA 52 Sept 2 1999

Margaret Byrnes DHE 40 Apr il 22 1999

Joa n Cameron DH E 36 April 10 1999

Wil liam Cape ll BSA 54 Aprd 25 1999

T homas Ca rd BSA 47Ju ne 20 1999

Jean a rter DH E 38 Jun e 28 1999

Loi Clipsham D H E 27 Ju ne 23 1999

Bruce Cohoe BSA 3 3 Feb 2 1999

Geoffrey Collins BSA 28 May 21 1999

Al exander C o nnell ADA 60 Ju ly 26

1999

John Currie BA 74 Sep t 18 1999

William C u rrie BSA 59 Nov 27 1998

C arma n Davey DVM 39 Apr il 15 1999

D oug Doerksen ADA 84 Ju ne 5 1999

Joann e DU ll can -Robinson BA 81 and

MA 86 July 22 1999

Robert Erskine BSA 41 May 2 1999

Will ia m Fisher BSA 48 Aug 5 1999

Norm Freeman BSA 49 July 2 1999

Alexander Gc ncr BSA 32 Dee 27 1998

Rudy Goltz BSA 33 July 28 1 999

Tom Grah am BS 50 Dee 3 1998

Ed na Has tings D H E 32 July 11 1999

Jack Hea theringto n DVM 54 April 18

1999

Pa tric ia Hill BSc 96 MMch 9 1999

Ralph Hills BSA 54 June 14 1999

Murray Ho ltby ADA 47 O ct 29 1998

Shawn H owden B 9 1July81 999

james j ackson BSA 34 April 29 1999

Karen ( Re ichardt ) Kister B H Se 70

Ap rilll 1999

Albert Kristjanson BSA 50 Dec 7 1998

John Laffert ) BSA 5 1 Aug II 1999

Ron Lawrence DVM 43 Mel) 4 1999

Ann e Legate BSe 89 March 1999

Tsu-Peng Stephen i iu M Sc 65 Ma)

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Rober t Luckham ADA 58 Jan IS 1999

Jam es Lyons BSA 59 Au g 2~ 1999

Willia m M ack BSc(Eng) 84 Ju ne 7

1999

T helma M artin D HE 41 July 131999

Helen McBratney D lI E 34 in 1998

Allan Bud McCardle BSA 52 May 10

1999

Ri chard M cDonald O AC C la ss of 47

lV1arch 24 1999

john Meeuse ADA 58 July 19 1999

Ra ymond Parr D VM 3 7 Ap ril 7 999

George Plakidas MA 93 date unknown

Virgini a Reed ODH 66 1arch 1 1999

Rose Reynold s D HE 28 Apri l 17 1999

Ern es t Ro bertso n BSA 37 Aug 6 1999

Jam es Ross BSA 34 Au g 23 1999

Gra nt Savage D VM 48 Ma rch 2 1999

Earl Shuh BSA 36 July 5 1999

Eu gene Smith BSA 3 1 Jan 27 1999

Will iam Smyth MA 90 Oc tober 1997

Ch er yl Ann Somerville BSe(Agr) 96

Sept IS 1999

Carl Stevenson BSA 46 Aug 26 1999

Robert Tennant BSA 49 May 5 1999

Gregory Tostevin BA 93 Feb 10 1999

Gerald Trant BSA 51 Sept 1 1999

Bennie Urquhart DV M 54 April 4 1999

Ga il Wamsl ey BA 70 July 24 1998

Gladys Ward D IlE 27 Apri l 8 1999

Catherine Welch BSA 22 Ma rch 3 1998

M abel ( McCa rthy) Ziegler DH E 26

Apr il 29 1999

Facu lty amp Staff Pro f Sid Gilbert Sociolog) and An thro shy

polog) Sept 8 1999

Rev Canon Ritchie McMurray

eCllm enical ch aplain 1968 to 1983

Aug 19 1999

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Yvonne Alexander M~y 15 1999

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John Godwin in 1999

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Peter Hallm an Ju ne 22 1999

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Andrew Peterson Aug 26 1999

Edgar St rin ger March 1999

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Frank Watson March 23 1999

Barry Woods Jul y 30 1999

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HISTORIANS CANT PINPOINT the date that the Unishy

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from Ontario limesto ne but its familiar columns preshy

date the 1874 fo und ing o f the Ontario Agricu ltural Colshy

lege by several yea rs

Originally fronting a fa rmh ouse on Moreton Lodge

Farm the orna te front porch stoo d at the entrance of

the main co ll ege building until the O ld Res idence was

demolished in 1929 to make way for the co nstruction

of Johnston Hall Its believed the portico was erected

on Johnston Green in 1934

Because the ravages of time and weather had weakshy

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needed repairs to the stonework ceiling and roof The

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as a 50th-anniversa ry gift to the ca mpu s and a way to

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UNIVERSIT1 ES 199 9

Students Aviva

Leber left and

Laurie Ha lfpennymiddot

Mitchell pres id ent

Mordechai Rozanski

and student Dominic

Gregori o b ilding

0 11 tradit ional

strengths

Ilorticulturalist r- ike Di xon has a secret desire to grow

rose on the moon Dont Llugh - he may just [lull it

off In the past five yea rs th~ Un iversity of Guel ph scishyent i~t has p1 r iJ y~d J modest SOOOO gr8 nt in to what is

on its way to hc ing J $ IO-lli llion annu al reselICh [lroshygram one of the Iargs t of its kind in the world This

week top sc ientists from th e Europea n Canadian 8nd

American space agencies are descendi ng on Guel[lh Onl to disc uss ho w to sustain cosmic crops during a

long s[lJce mission to the moo n or Mars They wi ll tour th e unive rsitys h igh-tech life-supp ort sys tem fo r

plants where th e light from the microwave-powered lamps is so [lhotosyn thetically pure that even the sun

hb nches with envy

This is the new Guelph Buudi ng on its strengths as the

countrys oldest ltlgricultu ra l college preoccupied with the

Sa fd) Jnd quality of food the new Guel[lh is branchi ng

out dramatically into the la test biologlcJ I and environshymentJI tickl s It wants to be on the cu tting edge oi gtLi enc(

wit h l lOJlScit IKC Hedd in the clouds lict on the ground

tha ts th e right prescription for universit y presidcnt i lordcchai ROJnski Guelph has one of the largest reshy

search budgets for its size in the co untry but it is also a

tight -knit cOllll1lunity ofjust over 14000 students and 620

fac ult ) with 13 la rge residences encircli ng the grounds

Nctrly 4600 people live on cam[lus 1I1d an almost equal

number of studen ts work there part time as well This balshyancc betlNccn high-tech research and undergraduate int ishy

Inac) - not to mention a vigorous thea tre and fin e-art

program - is what has made Guelph the winner in th e

co mprehens ive catego ry overtaking Simon Fraser last

yedrs willller It also explltl ins how Guelph ca n boast both

the transgen ic pig whose custo m-designed organs may be

used in hUmJIl trallsp lants and the two recent winners of the North Amnican Debati ng Championship

To strengthen its sense of colllmunity Guelph has become one of the most lgs rc ss ive uni versities in enshy

suring that studen ts succeed in that all-important first

yea r Ne w students are cl ustered in dor ms with those

taking the sarne courscs creating partn ersh ips fo r newshycomers A recent innovation the Offi ce of First-Year

Studies has identified the seven courses with the highe~t

dropoLlt rate and train ed seni or students to he lp turn the tide Th ese third- wd fo urth-yeu stud ents ho ld

weekly seminars to tr y to determine who is ge tting the

mate rial len years ago on ly about 70 per ce nt of Guelph

st udents went on to seco nd year says Rozlt1l1S ki Now

our rete ntion rate is ove r 90 per cmt

O ne of th ose who will surely go on is 19-year-old

Av iva Leber ofOttJa a first-yea r stlldent in molecular biology A top sc holar an d fi eld-hockey player as we ll as

a dedicated vo lunteer Leber chose Guelph because of its resea rch strengths - and because she wa nted a univershy

sity tow n to help fO ClIS her goals Says Leber [ get the

feeling they rea ll y wa nl us to succeed Success is in the

air After a severe retrenchment in the eMly 90s - alshy

most 70 progra ms were merged o r dropped - It is

time for eX [l3ns ioll Rozansk i insis ts Rooted in the fertile farming co un try of so uthern Ontar io the sky is

the limit 1aybe eve n the moon

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Food Science Building Opens THE NEWLY RENOVATED Food Science Buildshying was opened Sept 17 with a ribbon -cutshyting ceremony and a special lunch that fea shytured foods developed or improved by OAC scientists

Prof Rick Yada chair of the Department of Food Science said the modernt zat ion of research and teaching fac ilities brings all 36 food science facul ty under one roof where they can work more effec ti ve ly with staff and students to continue the departments worldshyclass leading-edge teaching and resea rch

In total th e project spanned eight yea rs and represe nts more than $ 15 million in su pport from alumni friends industry and government

Ernie Hardeman Onta l io minister of agr icult ure food and rural affairs and Guelph M P Brenda Chamberlain were on hand to unveil a plaque recognizin g a $2 8 - The Guelph Food Technology Centre Dairy Counc il and Maple Lodge Farms million allocation from the federal and was an early su pporter of the renova tion Also marking the opening was a special provincial gove rnments CanadaOntario project and several of its industry partners two-day conference that brought together Infrastructure Works progra m contributed to a campaign led by food scishy key foo d resea rchers to discuss iss ues critishy

A special guest was lo-Anne Wolach ence g rad uate Mo ni Eino PhD 75 that cal to the future success of Canadas agri shyBComm 8 1 a third- genera tion U of G raised more than $ 1 25 million Those partshy food industr y In addition the Uni versity graduate and a granddaughter of James ners included Pa rmalat Canada Du Pont was recognized fo r its careful restoration of Christen sen BSA 2 1 who bequea th ed a Canada Te tr a Pak Wes ton Bakeri es the the heritage building by the presentation of $100000 gift that initiated the renovation Da iry Farmers of Ontario the Ontario a Guelph Arts Council awa rd

METALS RESEARCH NETWORK GETS BOOST IN FACT Resea rchers investiga ting the 12 universities industry and The NSERC announce shy U of G professors impact of metals on the envishy three federal departments ment brings total support for have won more than 100 ronment have received a Based at Guelph MITE MlTE to $64 million includshy teaching awards and 35- million boost from the brings scientists together to ing $ 15 million from th e hold more 3M Teaching lat mal Sciences and Engishy study how metals affect the Mining Association of Canashy Fellowships per 1000

neering Resea rch Council environment to assess th e da and Ontario Power Genshy faculty members than (NSERC) The funding was risks posed by metals and to eration Inc and about $14 at any other university awarded to the Metals in the propose management strateshy million from Environment in Ontario Environment (MITE) gies to ensure that findin gs Ca nada the Department of Resea rch Network a part shy reach key policy- makers in Fisher ies and Oceans and nership of resea rchers from government Natural Resources Canada

8 GU ELPH AL M NUS

Food science chair Rick Yada left provides a lou r of the departments new faci lities to Ron Zelonka

of Du Pont Canada Ernie Hardeman Ontario minister of agriculture food and rural affairs and

U of G president Mordechai Rozanski

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS UNIVERSITY NOTES

Excellence in Research Five U of G facul~y have received Premiers

Research Excellence Awards from the Minshy

istry of Energy Science and Technology The

awards are designed to help talented young

researchers build their research teams The

recipients are Profs John Dutcher Physics

Qi Li Economics Patricia Wright Zoology

John Gibso n Animal and Poultry Science

and Alejandro Marangoni Food Science

With matching contribution s the value

of these awards approaches $650000 and

wiH cover the costs of hiring new graduate

students post-doctoral fellows and research

associates on each faculty members intershy

disciplinary research team

Dutcher wi ll use the money to conduct

further studies in the growing field of polyshy

mer physics specifically thin film polymers

Li is developing new methods for estimatmiddot

ing nonmiddot and semiparametric economic

models used in analysing financial and

labourmiddotmarket data and in creating and testshy

ing economic policy Working with the Hagan

Aqualab Wright is continuing her studies of

the early life stages or fish to help fish farmshy

ers improve their operations Gibson a key

researcher in U of Gs Centre for the Genetshy

ic Improvement of Livestock is helping to

improve Canadas role in international liveshy

stock l inkage-mapping efforts Marangonis

research focuses on the physical properties

of fats and oils such as milk fat and cocoa

butter making a significant contribution to

developments in fat-containing products

such as chocolate confections butter marshy

garine and spreads

INNOVATIVE TEACHER WINS 3M AWAR D Landsca pe architecture profes shysor Ron Stoltz ha s received a pres tigiou s 3M Teaching Felshylowship from 3M Canada and th e Society fo r Tea chin g and Lea rning in Highe r Educatio n The annual fe ll owships recogshynize 10 sc holars across Canada who excel in teac hin g leadershyship and the deve lopment of

academic programs Stoltz is known for his innoshy

va tive approaches to tea ching landscape arch itec tural design and engineering In 25 yea rs of teaching at Guelph he has worked with va rio Lis U of G departments and alumni to

provide hands-on work experishyences for students in the actual des ign and cons tru ct ion of ca mpus and com munity landshyscape projects

Stoltz has also been active in curriculum and instruction al development and so me of his designs are used in profession shyal programs at other universishyties In addition he pbyed a sigshynifica nt role in develop ing materials to include tea chin g eva lu at ion in U of Gs promoshytion merit and tenure process He served as director of Teachshying Support Services from 1992 to 1997

SCIENTISTS FOCUS ON FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY U of G sc ientists wi ll accelerate studies in food safety functi ollshyal foods and industrial applicashyti ons for soft materials as the result of a $6-milliol1 allocation from the Ca nad a Fo undati oll for Innovations (CF) Institu shytio nal Innova tio n Fund

Thi s gra nt brin gs U of Gs total cn awards to $1 32 milshylion which triggers a IOO-pershycent match by th e Ontario Research and Developme nt Challenge Fund and requ ires a 50-per-cent ma tch from privateshysec tor fu nd 1I1g

U of G will es tablish a Cana shydian Research Institute in Food SaFety that will bring toget he r top resea rchers fro m across camshypus Health Canad a and Agri shyculture and Agr i-Food 3llada This gro up is uniqu e because it can ltl ddrtss food-safety iss ues at all levels of the food chai n says Prof Mansel Griffiths Food Sc ience who holds a Gue lpll research chair in dJ ir y microbishyology and will co -direct the new institute with Prof Scott McEwe n Populati on Medicine

A Centre for Food and Soft Materials will be direc ted by Prof Rick Yada chair of the Department of Food Sc ience and Prof John Dutcher Phys ics The goa l of this new ce ntre will U

be to assernble () tea rn of scien- 5b

tists to explore the structure and ~

fun ction of va rious foods and ltgt ~

soft materials Their work will z

leltld to alte rnative uses fo r (011 - j~

ventional soft malcr iais

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in and around the University

MATHEMATICS NETWORK LINKS Convocation Speakers WITH INDUSTRY

Inspire Graduates PROFS ANNA Lawniczak and Bill Langford Mathematics

When Canadian author Jane Urquhartand Statistics have pla yed received an honorary degree at springintegral roles in the first fedshy

convocation June 8 she reminisced about erally funded resea rch netshywork of academic and cor shy her own student days at U of G her 1971

graduation and her life as a person luckyporate mathematicians The Mathematics of Information enough to be able to pursue her lifes vocashyTechnology and Complex tion as a full-time job Urquhart spoke from Systems involves researchers th e heart but her words were often echoed

by other honourees during the four days of

ceremonies Us criminologist William

Chambliss Canadian medical researcher

Michel Chretien former Swedish president

Ola Ullsten and Stanley Falkow a pioneer

in molecular genetics w (]) At the final ceremony June 11 U of G

~ presented the first posthumous honorary I U V degree in its history to Charles Zavitz

-uZ rgt= who graduated in the Ontario Agricultural o --ltlaquo o2 VlColleges first degree class in 1881 and

gtshy(]) -ltheaded its field crop research programo I shy ~ o r for 35 years Zavitzs honorary degree was ~ -shy z

accepted by his grandson James Zavitz Vgt

in recognition of OACs 125th anniversary from 22 Canadian universi shy ~

mties and will receive $145 m illion in federal funding over the next four years Family Stress Under Study Ottawa will then review the project before providing U OF Gs CENTRE for Families small and medium-sized compashy The principal in vestigator another $105 million Work and Well-Being wi ll nies with fewer than 500 employshy will be Prof Kerry Daly Famishy

This research cen tre of investigate the stresses that face ees Researchers will use nation shy ly Relations and Applied Nutri shyexcellence will focus on forgshy working families across Canashy wide focu s groups to id entify tion who is co-di rector of the ing links between universities da tha nks to a recent $185000 practices that help reduce fumil y centre He says the project fits and industry and on training award from the JW McCo nnell stress and will di sse minate recshy well with th e cen tres aim to young researchers Universi shy Family Foundation one of ommenda tions to business and co nduct research thal exp lores ty researchers will work with Canadas largest private char ishy goverrullent The project may elisa the work- famil y ba lance allows applied mathematicians from table organizations lead to an awards system for faculty to establish connections private and public institutions The mon ey will fund an Ca nadian businesses exempli fy shy witl business organizations and on everything from designing eight-month researcll project ing the integration of work and involves students in th e process drug therapy and telephone examining best work practices in family for healthy li ving of social change networks to understandi ng complex new materials A prishymary goal of the network is IN FA(T U of G is one of Canadas premier research institutions to shor ten the lead time

Guelph faculty have attracted the second-largest per-capita share of research funding under between discovery and applishy

the Canada Foundation for Innovation cation of research knowledge

10 GUELPH ALUMNUS

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NEW WEB SITE SAVES TIME COMPUTER USERS turning to the

World Wide We b for informa shy

tion about U of G will fi nd it

eas ier and faster to ge t answers

they need when they click on to

the University s new Web site

Visitors at wwwuoguelph ca wiil

fi nd a new horne pa ge design

and a quick-link toolb ar that

fea tures a direct link to alumni

inform ation and immediate

access to campus news a nd

coming events Other new fea shy

tures includ e a ca mpu s news

page and a three-dime nsio nal

map that a ll ows us ers to dick

directly on a building or to

search by either department or

building name U of G s Web

Steering Committee includ ed a

us er feedba ck functi o n and

hopes visitors will use it to comshy

ment on the site and to seek

more in forma tion abo ut Guelph

programs and se rvices

APPOINTMENTS PROF ALASTAIR Summerlee

has been named associate

vice-president (acad em ic)

following the departure of

Prof Co nstance Rooke who

left U of G to become presishy

dent of the University of

Winnipeg Summerlee was

formerly dean of graduate

studies In his new posit ion

he will oversee the quality

and development of undershy

graduate programs at U of G

PATRICK CASE form er

equity adviser for the Toronshy

to District School Board has

been appointed director ofU

of Gs Human Rights and

Equity Office A 1986 gradshy

uate of Osgoode Hall Law

School Case practised fam shy

ily human rights and immishy

gration law before joining the

Toronto school board in

1991 and is now completing

a masters degree in consti shy

tutionallaw

B OF G WElCOMES NEW CHAIR SIMON COOPER pres ident of

Marriott Hotels of Canada in

Etobicoke Ont is the new chair

of U of Gs BOlld of Governors

He succeeds Doug Dodds chair

and CEO of Schneider Corporashy

tion in Kitchener who has served

as chair since 1995 Cooper who

Join ed the board in 1995 was

vice -chair in 199899 and was

instrumental in raising more than

$1 50000 with in the 110spi tali ty

industry to benefit U of Gs

ACCESS campaign for student

fInancial assistance The board

also welcom es new members

Mary-Eli7abeth Flynn CEO of

KM2 Holdings Ltd Hank Va nshy

der Pol president of Rol-Land

Farms Ltd Prof Chris McKenshy

na chair of the Department of

Eco nomics food science gradushy

ate student Susa n Abraham and

undergradua te students Juli e

Cugalj and Jeff Ramlogan

ROYAL SOCIETY FELLOWS WELCOME DWIVEDI POLITICA L SC IENCE professor

OP Dwivedi has been named a

Fellow of th e Royal Society of

Ca nada the high es t scho larl y

recogniti on a Canadian academshy

ic can receive He joins 18 other

U of G facult y (current and

retired ) who have earned tbe title

Herbert Armstrong (deceased)

Te rry Beveridge Microbiology

Derek Bewley Botany Peter Egelshy

staff Physics Chris Gray Physics

Paul Hebert 70010g y Gabri el

Karl Physics Ke n Kasha Plant

Agriculture John Leslie Philosshy

oph) Donald Masters History

Larry IVlilligan vice-president

(research) Jay Newman Philosshy

ophy Bernhard Nickel Physics

Ann Oaks Botany Larry Pe tershy

so n Botany Michael Ruse Phishy

losophy Bruce Sells Molecular

Biology amp Genetics an d Joh n

Simpson Physics

Faculty Association and the Col shy

lege of Arts

bull Sonya Go ldberg an MA student

in the Depa rtmen t of His to ry

has won th e prestigious Sir

lohn A Macdonald Grad uate

Fellowsh ip in Canadian History

bull U of Gs School of Engineering

is the first in Canada to be recshy

ognized by the Canadian Engi shy

neering Memorial Foundation

with an award for providing a

women middotfriendly environment

Cre ated to mark the 10th

anniversary of the fatal shootshy

ing of 14 women at Montreals

Ecole Poly technique th e award

recog nizes U of Gs collegial

atmosphere an d the schools

4o-per-cent femal e enrolment

which is twice the nation al

average

Fa llWinter 1999 11

bull Philosophy professor Michael cultural Hall of Fame in June as

Ruse is one of seven sc holars a North American leader in the

- and the only Canadian - to production processing and ma rshy

recei ve a special writing grant keting of turkey and chicken

from the John Templeton Foun shy Cuddy received an hono rary

dation and Philade lphia Centre degree from U of G in 1994 for Religion and Science He bull Don Zira ldo BSc(Agr) 71 coshy

will use the $100000 US award founder of In niskillin Wines Inc

to writ e a book about science of Niagara-on-the middotLake Ont

and religion captu red a gold meda l from

bull AM Mac Cuddy BSA 42 was Vine xpo 99 in Bordeaux

inducted into the Ontario Agri- France for the co mpanys 1997

ice wine Inniskillin also

recei ve d the CIVART Award for

Excellence for Out standing

Selection of the Best Wines of

the World

bull Prof Daniel Fischlin Literatures

and Performance Studies in

English has won three teac hshy

ing awa rds in the last year shy

from the Ontario Confederation

of University Facu lty Associa shy

tions the University of Guelph

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SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERYmiddot SCHOLARSHIpmiddot SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTS

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

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ENVIROPIGS AN ENVIRONMENTAL

BOON U OF G R ES E A RC HERS have ge netically engineered pigs that should help solve th e biggest environmental problem facing hog farmers

The Envi roplgs developed by Pcof Cecil forsbecg M icroshybiol og y Prof Jo hn Philli ps Molec ular Biology and Ge ne tshyics and microbiology graduate stud ent Serguei Golova n proshyduce manure containing 50 per cent less phosphorus Phosshyphorus is a wdter pollutant th at promotes the growth of a lgae in rivers lakes and strea ms ultishymately de pleting oxygen in the water and affect ing fi sh stocks

Enviropigs shou ld help solve the pro blem Norm all y pigs cannot digest phyta tr a form of phosphorus WI th direc t su pshyport from O ntario pork proshyduce rs the Guelph sc ientists took an E coli gene tha t makes the enzyme phytase and spliced it wi th a fragm ent of a mo use gene th at cont ro ls the producshytion of a protein secreted in the sa livar y glands The cOlllposite gene was then inse rted into th e nucl eus of a on e-celled pig

12 GU ELPH ALUMNUS

embr)To via a tiny needle The tran sgene will allow the

Envirop ig to make ph ytase in th e saliva ry gland and secrete it into the saliva where it is swa lshylowed with food The phy ta se

releases orga nic phospho rus so it can be absor bed by the bloodstream ins tead of being excreted in manu re

Th ree transgenic pigs have been born and are bein g monshyitoced by the resea rchers but it will likely be stveraJ yea rs befo re Envirop igs are ready to be comshymercialized

COMPUTER SIMULATIONS

BENEFIT MEDICAL RESEARCH

Two U OJ G SC IENTJ STS are using computer simulations to help medica l and ve terinar y researchers deve lop treatments for diseases caused by iOll chanshynels gone awr y

Profs Saul Go ldman Chemi stry and Biochemistry and Chri s Gray Phys ics are using computer pro gra ms to simulate the workings of tin y passages in cell membranes that serve as ga tekeepers passin g ions such as sodium and potas-

IN FACT Scientists build on knowledge that mlY lead to the ability to repair DNA

otes sium into and out of cell s

Sc ien ti sts have uncovered dozen s of hum an ion channel mutations tha t underlie diseases in heart brain muscle and othshyer tissues

The Guelph researchers modshyel the Aow of ions through chanshynels an d stu dy the microscop ic workings of iOll channel proteins Th ey hope to ga in informat ion useful to ph armaceutical comshypanies an d gene docto rs

The U of G co mputer modshyel is curre ntl y the only way to simu late the workings of ion chl1lnel proteins and the effects of alteri ng th eir stru ctu re dnd function The resea rchers say that over th e long term lear nshy

ing more about th e ge netic un derpi nnin gs of io n channel diseases such as cyst ic fib rosis might allow sCIe nti sts to rep air DNA itself

LITERARY RESEARCH CLICKS WITH TECHNOLOGY

U DF G E N GLI S H PR OFESSO R Susan Brow n is helping to cli ck on a new way to pub lish and stud y sc holarship in the humanit ies

Brown is one of six co-invesshytigators on th e Orlando Project which involves p ro fe sso rs and students trom the universities of Guelph and Alberta who are developing th e first full scholarshyly history of wo mens writings in the Britisb Isles Th ey will pubshyLsh it in an electronic format that wi ll allow users to search vast volumes ofbiog rltlphical inforshy

mation critical discussion and contextual mate rial in seconds

The pIoject will prov ide an account or wo me ns wri ting across the cen turies that addressshyes issu es raised by recent fe mishynist tbinkers and scholars of womens wr iting Brown and other inves tigators are not mereshyly col lecting primary mater ial but are also encoding literalY hisshytory as they wr ite it lllcluding references to literary reviews and analysis of write rs work Comshyputers will store and manipulate

basic rtsea rch materia l Named for the Virgin ia Woolf

fictiona l character who begins to write as an Elizabethan man and emerges as a full y developed fema le writer the Orlando Proshyjec t has been funded by a $16shymillion gran t from the Social Scishyences and Hu manit ies Resea rch Counci l and by th e uni ve rsities of Albe rta and Guelph

CANADIANS VALUE THEIR PETS

VIE A LL KNO W TJ-JiT Ca nadians -love their dogs and cats but did you know that keeping Fido and Fluffy happ) and healthy is worth billions to the nations economy

A fi rst -ever stud y by LJ of G

economics professo r John Livshyernois reveals that Canad ian pet ow ners spend nearly $3 billion annually on food veterinary care and supplies for their comshypanion animals - almost $1

billion in Ontario alone Th e pet industry also supports nearshyly 40000 jobs nati onally

The study commissioned by the Ontario Veterinary College revea ls that pets are an imporshytant family budget item across all income classes and aU provinces Nearly half of Canadia n house shyholds have a companion animal and the average family spends a few hundred dollars a year on pets an amou nt that rises with in come levels

The magni tud e of pet expenditures is an indicator of the value of companion ani shymals in society says Live rnois

The study also identified the intangible benefits of pets including emotional support companionship improved socializa ti on skills in children and th erapeutic effects

Animals are companions and confidants says OVC proshyfessor Cindy Adams a speciaJist in the human-animal bond We are very much a buying-orishyented society but the relationship with our pets is still very pure

People are also becomi ng more sensit ive to their pers needs she says The y are demanding the same type of care and service from their ve tshyerinarians as they do from their docto rs

The study notes that most

veterinary practices depend on peoples attachment to their pets Of the]] 06 veterinary practices in Ontar io 726 are exclusively companion-animal practices Even mixed-animal practices derive about half th eir income from companion animal services

NEW CANCER TEST MAY IMPROVE

SURVIVAL RATES U N IVER S llY OF GUELPH

researchers have helped develshyop a new blood test that detects ovar ian cancer at a stage when it is still treatable by surgery and chemotherapy

Senior research associate Dong Gaudette and Prof Bruce Holub Human Biology and Nutritional Sciences collaboratshyed with doctors from Texas and Ohio on the patented blood test [t will be devel oped by Atairgin Technologies Inc in Irvine Calif Clinical trials begin tbis yea r

Diagnosis of ovarian canshycer during tbe eady stages could mea n dramatically higher SLlrshyvival rates says Ga ud ette The blood test detected 75 per cen t

IN FACT A new blood test detected 75 per cent of early-stage ovarian cancer

of the ea rly-stage ovaria n canshycer samples

Currently diagn os is in abo ut 70 per cen t of women occ urs during the more

advanced stages of the disease Each yea r ovarian cance r kill s ]500 women in Ca nada and

14500 in the United States T I e two researchers discovshy

ered a fat called lyso phosphatidic acid that is prese nt in higher

quantities in ca ncerous tissue It is also detected in the blood

DEVELOPING A NEW VACCINE FOR CATTLE

KIND ER GEN TLER CATTLE vacshyc ines may become a reality thanks to the development of an oral cattle vacci ne by a U of G research tea m

Profs Reggi e Lo Microbiolshyogy Patricia Shewen Pathobiolshyogy and Judith Strommer Plant

Agri cultu re are tryi ng to pro shyduce a transgenic lin e of alfalfa that calTies a bacterial gene The alfalfa is designed to produce a natural antigen to help boost bovine immune response to a type of pneumonia in ca ttle

Traditional vaccina tion b)

needl e injection requires rounding up and restra ining the cattle and is costly and stressful to animals says Lo If we ca n create an o ral deli very system using transgenic alfalfa we can simply add th e alfalfa to tbe regul ar feed

The team is creating the oral

vacci ne system using a gene from a well-known bacterium and is transferring tbe bacterishyal D--1 into the recip ient alfalshy

fa plant s Once tb e transgenic alfalfa line is es tabli shed and the ge ne is producing the bacshyteri al ant igens as planned th ey will feed the transgenic alfalfa to th e cattle to see whether an immun e response occurs If the o ral vaccine works it will mea n healthier cattle with less use of antibiotics in livestock being fed for hum an consul11ption

GENETIC TEST COULD BOOST

SOYBEAN EXPORTS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN Canada testing is available to detect the presence of geneticall ) modified orga nisms (CMOs) in soybea n products Th e testin g wi ll be overseen by U of Gs Laboratoshyr) Serv ices The uelph Mole shycular Supercentre will offer the GMO-check Soya Iest Kit

There is a stron g need for such a commercial tes t in Ca nashyda especially with the increase in produc tion of Givl so) beans says rcsclrciler Shu Chen Its estishymated that 10 to 20 pe r cent of the 21 111illion acres of soybeans planted in the province this year were gendi(all y modified

The test deteels the protein expressed In Monsantos Roundup Read y v1[ia nt of soyshy

beans The most popular GM soybean secds on th e market a re res is tant to Roundup a com l11only used herbicide The test has been va lidated for aCCllshy

rac y by 37 laborator ies in th e Eu ropean Union (EU )

The te st is poised to be a boon for soybean exp orte rs Currently food products co nshytainin g CIvIC) that are exportshyed to the EU mu st be clearly labell ed and many consumers are now dem anding the option to choose between genetically modified and non-geneticall y l110dified foods Previously th e sampl es had to be se nt to th e United Sta te s for testi ng a process that was both cosuy and ti me-consu m i ng

IN FACT Up to 20 per cent of the soybeans grown in -Ontario this year were genetically modified

Fa UW inter 1999 13

bull bull

Gayle Anderson Andrew Vowles Alexander Wooley

IClne Guelph scientists strengthen the role ofveterinary medicine

in solving human health problems

Pre-eclampsia in pregnant women Organ

transplants Human colorectal cancer Bactershy

ial resistan ce to antibiotics Theyre all topics

you might expect to hear discussed in a human

medical lab or teaching hospital but in the corshy

ner office of the Ontario Veterinary College

OVC dean Alan Meek smiles and acknowlshy

edges the apparent paradox of discussing the

effects on human medicine of resea rch conshy

ducted in his corner of the University of Guelph

campus But you dont need too powerful a

microscope to reveal the research connections

among dogs cats horses and well humans

Referring to his hefty copy of Veterinary

Medicine and Human Health written by his Unishy15 co versity of California colleague Calvin Schwabe laquo

~ Meek says the distinction between animal and w

~ human is rather misleading Go back far enough

~ - before the Judeo-Christian concept of human z

~ uniqueness and superiority - and youll find o

~ no clear line sepa ra t ing the practitioners of

14 GUELPH AWYI K US

human and animal health The healers made

no distinction between whether they were lookshy

ing after the owner of the ca ttle or the cattle

says Meek It was the notion of one medicine

Of course theres no denying that animal

health rem ains the domain of the veterinary

researcher an d practitioner As ve terinarians

we have a mandate to understand animals and

things that affect their health so we can preshy

vent problems and care for th em says Meek

I suspect that when most people think about

veterinary medicine thats th e first piece they

think about

But animal heal th is only one of the four pilshy

lars of the veterinary profession - th e others

are public health environmental health and bioshy

medical sciences - whose research and teachshy

ing rest on the base of comparative medicine -We are the only medical profession that looks

at medicine across species he says Thats one

of the great strengths of veterinary medicine

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Fa llWinter 1999 15

Public health con cerns range from food SJfft) to zoonotic diseases (diseases that can be traLl smi tted from anim als to humans) and antibiotic resistance amon g diseaseshyca using bacteria It was this pillar that occushypied many veterinarians during the earlier decades of this century o ften as health inspectors

Iith the ad vent of antibiotics and varshyious advances in technology seemingly more stimulating research avenues beckshyoned for vete rin ary scientists But at this end of the 20th cen tury says Meek we find ourselves again confronting many of those earlier problems such as tuberculosis and medical professionals are refocllsing on the importance of public health issues

Veterinarians have also played a signifishycant role in th e evolution and application of ecosystem healt h practices because of their expe rtise in co mp arative medicine toxicology ep idemiology and wildlife disshyease Changes in wildlife health are the first results and so metimes the first signs of envishyronmental problems We dont live in a box reserved for one species says Meek gtle live in the same env ironment We interact in very intimate ways with other an imals in the environment so its not surp rising there are all kinds of crossovers and that you can learn J lot tbat can improve the heal th and lovell-being of peo ple and other animals

That trutl is becoming more ev ident as biomedical science uses new and more speshyci fic technologic As yo u start looking at the cellular and subcellular levels and the chromosomes and the genes it doesnt realshyly mat ter that much whether youre lookshyin g at a ge ne chromosome or cell that came ou t of a person or a dog says Meek vVhen YOLi get down to that level the fundamenshytal building blocks are the same - nucleic acids dnd blse units I think we as a professhysion have a tremendou s amount to offer there becJuse of our mand ate wlich is so broad Vete rinar ians look after all animals excep t for people in th e sense of providing handS-Oil care We can learn a lot from these othe r species There are diseases in other animals that have analogies to human disshyeases so we can learn from that and use th em as n1tural models

He expec ts to see mor e collaboration IIlJ information sharing alllong human medical and veterinary researchers Its not

16 G UELPH ALUMNUS

so amazing to understand that we would ha ve folks working on things that have a human application It co mes from our manshydate our responsibilities and histo ry and the comparative approach

The fourth pillar of veterinary medicine offers many impressive examples of co mshyparative medicine In the next few pages we present a small sample of current OVC research initiat ives that are providing immeshydiate and direct benefit to human medicine and health

disease similar to pre-eclampsia In mice lacking these lymphocy te cells she grafted bone marrow containing gra ft s with NK cells and found that the implantation sites returned to a no rmal state

Croys research has gained worldwide recognition for its considerable applicabilshyity to human fetal development and because it provides a useful animal model for this gestational disease Her work may eventu shyall) show scientists how to eliminate preshyeclampsia during human pregnancy It will also help vets and farmers understand how

Reproductive technologies

Prof Anne Croy Biomedical Sciences is intent on discovering why pregnant women develop pre-eclampsia a serious illn ess that typically occurs during th e second half of pregnancy High blood pressure is the major symptom If pre-eclampsia occurs th e baby must be delivered immediately or the mothshyer may experience convulsions or even die To better understand the ilness Croy is examining lymphocytes in the uterus par shyticularlya group of specialized lymphocyte cells that multiply during early pregnancy

These NK cells or natural killers regushylate gene expression and attack foreign invaders such as cancerous tumours Their main r01 e during pregnancy is to dilate blood vessels as the uterus grows preventshying blood pressure from rising to dangershyous levels Croy and her research team have discovered that lack of NK ceUs in the uterus may cause reproductive problems and lead to smaller infants whose growth is retard shyed into adulthood

Working with mice Croy found th at removing NK cells before mating led to a

uterine lymphoc ytes work in lives tock which is why her studies are funded by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs as well as the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council

How much can mice teU us about human reproductive immunology Croy says the importance of the mouse as a tool for studyshying disease progression or therapy was brought home to her in the 1960s when she was an OVC student of Prof Tom Hulland then chair of pathology and an ea rly enthushysiast of using mice as resea rch models

She says the two reproductive systems are remarkably similar Because mice reach adulthood after six to seven weeks and proshyduce about 10 offspring every three weeks researchers can monitor successive generashytions of mice over a short period to discovshyer the long-term ramifi ca tions of health problems And she is able to study an indishyvidual tissue section of an entire fetu s under -the microscope For these reasons mice play a central role in another of Croys research projects one thats found mothers pass along to their children more of themselves than was previously thought

Until recently the placenta was thought

to be impenetrable Then some Us

researchers discovered that cells travelled

from the fetus to the mother In research

funded by the Hospital for Sick Children

Foundation in Toronto Croy recently found

that the flow is two-way unidentified cells

We are the only medical profession that looks at medicine across species Thats one of the great strengths of veterinary medicine

are also transferred from the mother to the

bone marrow of the fetus

Unlike most earlier studi es Croys

focused on the bone marrow where the

bodys blood and autoimmune disea ses

develop She found that 90 per cent of the

mouse fetuses contained the mothers cells

in their marrow Because maternal cel ls

remain in offspring into adu lthood (a nalshy

ogous to humans) it suggests the cells may

affect the chi lds response to a bone marshy

row transplant during cancer treatment or

to treatment for HIV ma laria or burns For

example immune-deficient children often

receive marrow transplants from a parent

but if the mothers cells are already present

they can reject th at transplant Undershy

standing the nature of those cells is critical

As in Croys work with uterine lymp hoshy

cytes this research is receiving worldwide

recogn ition although the Guelph researcher

down plays that accla im This is so me of

the most interesting work of my career she

says but Im a relatively small player in the

bigger sc hem e of things

Croy has repeatedly crossed boundaries

in her pursuit of knowledge and has been

recognized by a variety of scientific discishy

plines She recent ly completed a term as a

permanent study sec tion member of the

National Institutes of Health (N1H) in th e

United States one of the few Canadians

appointed since the N1H opened permashy

nent membership to non -citizens in 1995

She teaches a summer course on reproducshy

tion mostly to medical doctors at the

Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratoshy

ry in Massachusetts This June she recei ved

the JCB Grant Senior Scientist Award from

the Canadian Society of Anatomy Cell Biolshy

ogy and Neurobiology - an unusual honshy

our for a vet And she recently prese nted

reproductive immunology findings to meetshy

ings of obstetricians and gynecologists

Organ transplants

A silent crisis is what one member of Parshy

liament has called Canadas organ donor

rate now among the lowest in the indusshy

trialized world More than 3000 Canadians

wait for organ transp lants each year and

143 of them die awaiting a transplant

One potential so lution being examined

at OVC is xenotransplantation or transshy

plan ting of organs from one sp ecies to

another - specifica ll y from pigs to

humans Its not as far-fetched as it sounds

For more than 10 years people have

received living pig tissue including porcine

pancreatic islet cells for diabetes and pig

skin for burns

Because of its faculty expertise its outshy

standing record in animal ca re and welfare

and its 30-year history o f research in

pathogen-free swine for breeding and food

purposes OVC was approached by Imutran

Ltd of the United Kingdom a xenotran sshy

plantation research leader to assis t in pre-

clinical (non-human) trials

OVCs role in this leading-edge research

being co-led by Prof Danny Butler Clinishy

cal Studies is to breed and suppl y a sma ll

group of tran sgenic pigs for research trials

at partner institutions in the project - the

University of Toronto and the University of

Western Ontario ove was also instrushy

mental in ensur in g that the pig li tte rs were

of defined health status or pathoge n-free

- an integral aspect of this proJect These

transgenic pigs resemble any other pig on

the outside but on the inside Lhey diff r in

one smaJl but very important way

Ordinarily when a blood vessel ruptures

the bodys natural reaction is to clot and

patch the leak During this pro cess someshy

times called a cascade the body produces

chemicals sequentially to form the c lot But

clotting is a delicate FlOcess Until now

organ transplants betwee n species have proshy

voked hyper-acute rejection caus ing a

clotting-like cascade to continue until wit hshy

in min utes or hours th e patient rejec ts the

animal organ Blood entering the newly

received organ recognizes that tissue as forshy

eign and immediately begins the clotting

process quickly shutting down the o rg3 1l

By contrast the ce ll s of lmutran pigs conshy

tain a human gen e that produces a prote in

that stops the clotting casca d e In a transshy

planted pig organ c3tTying this gene the

protein fool s the pat ients blood into trelt shy

ing the organ as though its from the same

species thus preventing clotti ng

Butler believes oves expertise in surgishy

cally deriving and raising germ-free littetmiddots

was a key reason the college was approached

to undertake this re sea rch Fro m 1958 to

1989OVC took th e scientific lead with the

Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Fo od and

Ruralfffairs in supplying speci[Jc-pathogen shy

free animals to the provinces pig farms Prof

Paul Miniat of the Departmcnt of C linical

Studies and later th e Depa rtment of Popshy

ulation Medicine led that projec t

Tl1is current research is cutting-edge

says Butler and you have to be absolutely

meticulous about everything you do

Because these animals dont ha ve dn actishy -vated immune system any path oge n th lt

comes into play would be fatal to thesc pigs

Butler notes that the resea rch is stil l at

the pre-clinical (non-human) trial stage

and it will likely be years before trials ca n

FallWinter 1999 17

take place in hum ans And other forms of transplant rejec tion besides the hyper-acute

va ri ety will requ ire furth er research Along the way Butler and fellow OVC researchers - Prof Bonnie Mall ard and Byram Bridle PathobioJogy who are stud y director and projec t mana ger re spec tivel y Jud y Bell Clinical Studies a projec t mana ge r and

Prof Bob Fri endship Population Medicine - hope to gain new insight into breeding

pigs of exemplary health status for both anishymal breeding and food sa fe ty

Genetic diseases

Pro f Mark Baker Path obi ology hopes to enh ance gene th erapy used in treating

human and animal ge net ic d iseases by improving the effi ciency of gene targeting Using thi s procedure and the tools of biotechnology researchers hope to zero in on spec ific points in an o rgani sms DNA and insert or repair genes invol ved in sll ch

diseases as cancer AID S mu sc ular dystroshyphy cys tic fibrosis and sickl e-cell anemia

Gene targeting is a very important techshy

nology for gene modifi ca tion in all species - plants animals and micro-organisms says Baker who began tbi s work in the 1980s The nice thing about thi s tecbnolshyogy is th at yo u can make changes in the

ge ne right in its norm al position in the chromosom e

He hopes to make gene targe ting more effi cient by studying the underlyi ng process of homologo us reco mbi nation in whi ch

DNA sequences exchange information Norshymally this process helps ce lls repai r DNA da mage and govern s mixing of gen es durshy

ing cell di vision including th e p rocess of meios is whi ch produces egg and sperm

cells But homologous recombination can also lead to can cer durin g th e exchange of informati on bet ween a mutan t ch romoshyso me and its no rmal co unterpart Bes ides

stud ying what goes wrong durin g recomshybinat ion sc ientists are in te res ted in using th e process to co rr ect defe cts Baker s

research for exa mple has shown that gene targe ting th ro ugh homolo gous recombinashytion can correc t a mu ta tion to resto re proshyducti on of an immunoglobulin found in

an tibodies We want to und ers tand the mec hashy

nisms of recombination in mammalian cells

18 G U ELP H A LUMNUS

and how homologo us reco mbin ati on ca n

be used to shape and manipu late th e genome he says ex plaining that gene tarshygeting all ows researchers to make animal

model s of hum an gene ti c diseases study hum an ge ne th erapy and modify plant and an imal ge nomes to benefit agri culture biotechnology and medi cine

Cancer research

Ca ncer reaches into the lives of many Ca nashydian s A number of researchers are wo rkshying in this area and their research spans the spectrum from basic molecul ar bio techshy

nology to applied therapy says Pro f Wayne

improve our understa ndin g of how to modshy

ify the level of damage done by co litis He explains th at by detoxify ing dieta ry

mu tagens and ca rcinogen s CST enzymes provi de protection against va rious insul ts inflicted on th e stom ach Thats an imporshy

tant role gJven th e kno wn link be tween so me chemical s co nsumed by humans and the dama ge to DNA and tis sues th at ma y

lead to cancer Hi gh levels of the em ymes are good because th ey pro tect says Ki rby

In pre vious studi es conducted with the Je wish General Hospital in MontlCal Ki rshyby discove red th at man y peo pl e with col shyo rec tal ca ncer lack th e ge neti c codes fo r

GSTs He is now in vestigatin g th e role of the

At the cellular and subcellular levels it doesnt really matter

whether youre looking at a gene chromosome or cell that came out of a person or an animal

McDonnell OVC ass istant dean (resea rch)

Although OVC research usually fo cuses on can cer in anim als incl uding using animal models th e res ult s also touch th e human

realm of oncology research Colorec tal ca nce l is th e third most comshy

mon can cer in humans th e Canadian Ca nshy

cer Society estim ates th at more than 16000 new cases will be d iagnosed in 1999 and more th an 6000 deaths will occur Key fa cshy

tors in its development are d ie tary carc inoshyge ns and colitis a bowe l inflammatio n In Guelphs Departm ent of Bio medi cal Scishy

ences Prof Gordon Kirby is studying glu shytathione S-transferase (GST) emymes that

are fo und in the hea lthy human intestinal tract but are abse nt in colorec tal ca ncer patients This research co uld help impleshyment pre ve ntive st ra teg ies for people who might be at high risk for ca nce r or it may

help in co unselling people in proper dietary habits he says In addi tio n we may

enzy mes and how th eir level alte rs as th e

disease develops B) und erst andin g how th ese enz) l11 es

work and how th ey change dur ing the proshygression from co liti s to can cer Kirby ultishymately hopes to lea rn ho w to co ntro l th e leve l of th e enzymes Understandin g how

th e enzym es work ca n lead LI S to wa ys to

prevent cancer he SlyS

Radiation treatment

Veterll1ar ians using the technique o f halfshy

body ra dia tion may cut th e time needed to treat lymphoma in dogs acco rd ing to th e

re sul ts of a st ud y by OVC re sea rchers in cludin g Prof To n) Abr1Jl1s-0gg Pro f -Stephen Kruth Paul Woods Geri Ottewe ll and Kim Stewa rt - aU of th e Department of Clini cal Studi es - and Al Norris of th e

Veterinary Referral Cli nic And although the groups recent six-year tr ial was directed at

do gs the resu lts of thi s veterinary resea rch

may have implica tions for trea tin g cance r

in hum ans

Trea tin g lym ph oma traditionally Iequires up to two yea rs of chemoth erap)

An alternative to prolonged chemotherapy is tota l-body ra diat io n and bone mar row

transplantation The procedullt lI SLS the patien ts own marrow extracted before the

trea tment One drawback is the possi bilit y

of transpb nt ing s ick malTOw co ntaining lymphoma (ells back in to the patien t A secshy

o nd drawbac k is th e ex tcnsive ca re and

Icngthy recovery time required By co ntrast ha lf-body radiation takes

onl y three mon ths Ab rams- Ogg explains that became only half of th e body is treatshy

ed at one time enough healthy bone marshy

row remain s to negate a tra nsp lan t By the

time th e seco nd hal f o f the body is irradishyated 30 da ys late r th e pa tien t has hld

eno urh line to recover fro m the first trea tshyment Hes also found that dogs receivi ng

half-bod) radiation generally avoid the sideshyeffects of tull-body trea tment

Abra ms-Ogg says ha lf- body radi ation

has been used on humans to alleviate pain in advanced cancer cases but not to treat

lymphoma The results of this trial do have hUl )la n health implications he SJ) Halt~

hody radilti o n may be used to treat the

sa me types of cancers in people

Resistance to antibiotics

Ensuring the hea lth of farm animals is an

im po rtant fac tor in ensuring th e health of our food supply T hrough col labo ratio ns wi th the Un iversity of Guelphs Department

of Food Science and l1calth Canada a dedshy

icated group of ove resea rch ers is improvshying public health through [ood -sa fe ty

research OnL of those sc ienti sts is Prof Sco tt

McEwen Population Med icine who studies food-animal prod uct io n and on-fa rm issues

by investigati ng microb ial resistance to antib ishyotics and ways to co ntrol pathoge ns such as

E coli during food-animal production Were try ing to red uce the level of exposhy

sure or people to these pathogens an d in tu rn red uce the level of food-borne illness

says I IcEwe n Our goal is to im prove

human health and improve the health of the animal industr )

Microbia l resista nce in pa rticular is a

co mpelli ng issue for agriculture rigbt no w because of a number of eve nts occurring

worldwide that have focus ed attenti on o n the use of antibi otics in foo d-a ni mal pro shy

du ct ion and the po tential impact on h um ans through meat conu mption

McEwen and h is st ud ents are looking at

what types of animals are being exposed to

va ll o us drugs and for how long to better

measure bacterial resistance to antibiot ics Because the agricu ltu ra l industry accounts [or half of to tal antib io tic lls e he says it s

important to look for new ways to improve on-farm manage ment of livestock that wIll

reduce disease Jnd the need for treatme nt

with antibiotics ga

Veterinary medicine contributes to human health sector

The Ontario Veteri nary Co llege (OVC) is at the centre of Ontarios

$44 billion knowledge-based ecoshy

nomic secto r foc using on animal

health and related food qualitysafeshy

ty and biomedicalbiotechnology activities

Although veterinal) medicine is

the main focus of studies at OVC the biomedical science o ption has

the bjgh est enrolment among

Guelphs 30 BSe degree programs

Employers in Canadas $I -billion biotechnology indust ry sa y a degree in ve ter inary med icine will

be an impor tant first step in filling

new positions created by the pracshytical application of current revelashy

tions in molecular biology and cloning technology

OVC is a founding college of the

Universit y of Guelph which receives mo re resea rch funding

from the Medica l Research Co unshycil than any other Ca nadi an uni shy

versity with o ut a medica l school

More than ISO studies have been condu cted using fund s donated

throug h OVes Pet Tr ust by ve tshy

erinarians and pet owners who recshy

ognize the th erapeutic value of the

bond betwee n people and com shypa nion animal s

100 per cent of OVC gradu ates

find em ploymen t withi n six months of gradu ation

50 per cen t of veterinary patholoshygists in North America are -employed directly or indirectly by the pharmaceutical industr y

Fa llWinter 1999 19

a The Royal Society of Canada recognizes an acndelnic career

by Alexander Wooley a scholar Funny hOWasingle pi ece of paper can summarize a lifet ime of study and aCJ demic work that has already fi ll ed

29 books and 85 book chapters an d Journal articles

In june U of G polit ica l science profes~

sor Onkar P Dwivedi received a letter invit~

ing hi m to become a Fello w of th e Royal Society of Canada Its an invitation reserved

for Canadas ltlCJde11i c elite an an nounceshy

men t thM brought congratul atio ns tinged with envy fiom colleagues across Ca nada and

left th is U of G professor answeri ng quips from Guelph collcgues such as Are we still

allowed to share the elevator wi th such an illuSlrious scholar

Dwivedi is indeed an ill ustrious scholar

- th e FRSC is th e hi ghest scholJriy recog~ nition1 Canad ian ~ cad emic ca n recei ve shy

but he is also a personable man who has a deer concern fo r o thers and a sense of humour that allows h illl to ceremo ni ously

wave oth er facult ) and students on to the

elevator as it ri ses to his s ix1h~f1oor offi ce ill the JvlacKi nn on Bu ilding

Known across camp us simply as OP he says its o nl y natural that hlS colleagues

wo uld be a bi t envi ous of th e Royal Society

designation he has felt th at envy himself when congratultting previous recip ien ts

Dwivedi SI) he is d~ep l ) honoured to bL one of 19 U of C lilCul ty wh o hold thl tilk (see page II ) The entire U of C cJm pl co mmunity shOlIcs in Prof l)iveciis dd igh t at bei ng l1amed a fel low I) pruv()t tin

Campbe ll It is a we ll~d lsencd mark of recognition for his distinguished caree r Jnd

vJ lua ble slr vice to i II I l 1Ila I ional dlTlop Ill en t an d the en viron men t

Being n~mcd I Fello of the Rnl11 oci

101) of CI1a d ~ is testimony 10 tile prnrcsnr ~

beli e-I Lhat if you work hard enough you L11l

achieve an ythi ng Th~Is 11) hi colilltr)

is so great he says o f his adopted C~nIJ1 Born in India Dwi ved i came 1( ( anadl

in the early [960 as a gruduatc lttuden Hl co mpl eted a mdst 15 de grec al Carl etull University ~nd a Ph D at QUlln l middot ni~r ishy

ty ~l1 d jo incd the U o f C tJLlti lyin 1967

He hJS advanccd Ihe CallldilI1 view of

political eth ics 111d public scnicc Wl11pI(d

pol icy~mak ing t nd administralioll hetwlcn natio ns and l11aintl ined world iew of enli~

ronll1ental pol iei sand pl1blie alti ludes toward pollu tion And ltI ll the wh ile haring his in sight wilh the l h (l u~llld nf tlllkilts

who halt vied for se1ts ill his classroom

Alt hough C1I1 3d is now hi~ IWll1l Dwivedi main tai ns ~Irong lies with his lill

mer homeland He has mon itored dCIdol

mtnh Ind ehtnge~ ill IndilS pol lulion lt111U

lto INrl ation pol i ~ic ror lll1lo~t 0 )Cltlrs and sucd h J ltnio r ad iser 1(1 Ih (OUlllr )

lin ilr) of rl1limnl11tllt dnd Fltlr~ I S I Ii lIll rc~c nl hook publi1 d in I))7 i ntro ~

Jl1C~ r~ldr tlt1 Ih cnVil 0 l1nlCnl11 p(lli~yshy

mll-ing and manf~mll1t prelL n Ind i1 b) cxamining vlri()u~ Jill1cl1iol15 of lhlt

tl1Iironrncn lal chIIltI1ampes faced h)lhe nali()n Farber th is )Lar hc 1 in Ind i JS par t

or a hll1lli(Ia l lroICL looking at reg ulal middot ing cmironmcnlal ri there with I Spc

eiJI fO LlI on htrlil lll i hmlsehrllJ producls

and thiJ ill1 tI~1 Oil (Imen ltlnd hiidren

Tht resClreh p rQin t i locattd ill Kll1 pur

lt1 cil ) of Ih rec million HId IS funded b) the Sha tri In do CJnldi111 Imti lutc

[)wi lldi mother and othl lamily mtlllhLI sl illl iC in In d i li e pcrsollally

Ufporh eh olt)I Ihne and hell he retire in tl1 Icars hl plan to SCI up I L~c n tre fo r

drug HldiLliOl I 1I11lI11Llll11 healt h

Fnn in C lllJdI hl is working to help

olher or Indiall illlllry bui ld bella lives I lc offen hi serliccI~ I parl -timc Hindu

pries t lIith U ofe CGl11pUS minislry and I~ 1 spir iluJ I ou l1 1I0 [ Jor inm lles It Ihe

Cudl h Corrldinnd (ntrc The Roal Soc ielY Litdtion d~ )Lribes

[)wildl cI~ 1 chobr who hIS 1 1Ilined

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ndti( nal distinction and international recogshy

nit ion Just this spring he vis ited Loyo la l [a rymollnt Universit-y in Los An-des as that

insti tutions 1999 Internati onal Scho lJ r

Es tabli shed 117 years lgO the Roya l Society or Canada enco mpasse d ra nge of

discip lin es including the natural and ap plied sc iences medi cine soc ial scien ces MId hu manit ies

Dwi vedi sa) The s()c ic tys invitation is

an honour for me and also a wonderful recogshy

nition for our new coll ege (U of Gs College

of Social and All lied Human Sciences )

A for mer chair of Guel lhs Department of Political Science Dwivedi is pres id ent of

the Ca nadian Asian Stud ies Associa tion and

past lresident of the Canadian Po litica l Scishyence Association He also chairs th e resea rch committee of the International Poli tical Scishy

ence Associat io n

During hi s 32-year career at Guellh he ha s served on the Enviro nm ental Assess shy

)]lent Boa rd of Ontario as a co nsultan t to

the Ca nadian gove rnment as an adviser to th e Wo rld Health Organi za ti o n an d the

Wo rld Bank in In dia Papua New Guinea and Mau ritiu s an d as a sc ientific panel

member with UNESCO In J 99 8 he

received an honorary degree fro m the Unishyve rsity of Leth bridge ga

fa llWinter 1999 21

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ANDREvV VOWLES

m Tiny flashes of blue

light caught by U of G

to physicists in an

undergro und

observatory may eg

tell us the

fate of our

universerunch First tighf wasnt long in coming even in a mine shaft some two kiloshy

metres beneath the Earths surface Within days of turning on a multishy

million-dollar li ght detector near the bottom of a Sudbury nickel mine

scientists from Canada the nited States and the United Kingdom recordshy

ed their first even t Thats physicists lingo for a collision between a tiny

extraterrestrial particle called a neutrino and a molecule of heavy water

Actually what they witnessed last spring was not the encounter itself

- marked by a tell tale fl ash of blue light - but data trickling in quishy

etly from the detectors elaborate instruments sometime after the fact

Still that was enou h to set a few hearts pounding among the collabshy

orators in the Sudb u r y eutrin o Observatory particularly among

Guelph physicists John Simpson Robin Ollerhead and Jimmy Law who

appJaude 1 those early results not just for what they might reveal about

the universe but also as a validation of their painstaking care in conshy

structing and preparing the detector

Fall Winter 1999 23

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[J This is without a doubt the climax of my

career says Simpson whos been invo lved

with the Sudbury N eu trin o Observa to ry

(SNO) project since it was fir s t moo ted by

Canadian physicis ts in th e early 1980s Hes

been studying neutrinos for almost two

decades beginning with experiments in a

Windsor-area sa lt mine

It s th e las t unkn own low-energy area

left he says N eutrin os are s till th e least

understood elementa ry particle of a ll

Thats not for lac k of them T hey re co nshy

sidered to be th e most commo n particles in

the universe and the fund amenta l building

blocks of matter Each seco nd bi lli ons of

neutrinos generated during fusion reactions

in the sun and in sou rces far beyond our

galaxy bombard every square ce ntim etre of

the Earths surface undetected But just try

to catch one So ephemeral a re Ih ey th at

they pass without a mmmur through most

objects including solid rock ni ckel ni ckel

miners - even throu gh the SNO sc ientis ts

monitoring their giant acry li c ball s usshy

pended in a 22-metre-wide cavern two kiloshy

metres down the mine shaft

The $70-million o bse rva to ry s it s nea r

the bottom of Inco Ltd s C reighton nicke l

mine the deepes t wo rkin g min e in North

America and one tha t has opera ted co ntinshy

uously for the last ce ntury

Today the only eAtra terreslrial objects hitshy

ting the site - or more co rrect ly passi ng

through it - are neutrinos Seemingly against

astronomical odds those scientists hope to

use that ball as a kind of cosmic-sized catchshy

ers mitt to stop or deflect enough of these

particles to learn more about them and about

the big wide universe that spawned them

Inside that 12-foot ball are 1000 tonnes

of heavy water which is also used as coolant

inside nuclear reactors Tn fact th e watershy

all $300 million worth - is on loan from

Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (AECL)

Heavy water ho lds the key to SNOs opera-

Taken during construction the photo above

shows the SNO cavity and acrylic vessel At

right the acrylic vessel is surrounded by an 18shy

metre diameter geodesic sphere that supports

nearly 10000 light sensors and reftectors

Scientists hope to U~

tion Because its molecules contain one more

n eutron than in ordinary water its more

likely to in tercept a phantom neutrino That

co llis ion will be marked by faint but telltale

fla shes of light - forma lly kno wn as

Cerenkov radia tion th e characteris tic blu e

glow emitted in a nuclear reactor - to be

picked up by a few of th e 10000 detectors

studding the panels on th e sphere s surface

Perhaps more impo rtan t SNO resea rchers

anticipate that the wa ter will catch all three

types o f neut rinos no t just the o ne captured

by other detec tors around the world

N eutr in os come in three species or

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agiant acrylic ball as a kind of cosmic-sized catchers mitt

flavou rs based on th e kind s of subatomshy

ic particl es tlleyre dssociated with electro n

neutrinos muon neutrinos and tau neu trishy

nos Referring to earlier experiments that

have detected far fewer neutrinos than

expected based on our understanding of

how the universe works Simpso n says most

scientists believe that neutrinos have mass

and the) change type as th ey leave the sun

and thats why Ne havent seen enough of

them Being able to detect the other two

flavours at SNO might allow sc ientis ts to

account for the so -called missing neutrinos

Proving that neutrinos can change their

stripes might als o tell us more about the

likely fate of th e universe itself by solving

another mystery the question of the missshy

ing mass Referring to basic laws of physics

Law says If neutrinos convert th at means

th ey must have mass Why is that imporshy

ta nt Explai ns Ollerhead The amount of

mass thats accounted fo r by the sta rs that

you can see is only about one-tenth of the

total mass the re must be in the universe in

order to cause the interactions and motions

you see W hen people talk about mis si ng

mass thats what th ey re talking about

So the question is where is it l Because

every s tar produces billions of neut rin os

every second the universe is full of neutr ishy

nos These van ishingly small particles could

collectively exert a gravitational pull out of

all proportion to th eir size - enough to

eventually slow the expa nsion of the universe

If neutrin os have ma ss it means the

universe may be heavier than we think says

Simpso n The universe will eventually stop

expanding in a few billion years and collapse

back in on itself Thi s is known as the Big

Crunch Finding evidence of the smoking

gun to either prove or di sprove that theoshy

ry is the purpose of the observatory he says

SNO research bombards other areas of science Adapting physics tools to build SNO

An expert in X-ray back-scattering Guelph

physicist Innes Mackenzie helped the SNO

team about six years ago by adapting his

back-scattering technique to determine the

thickness of a plastic liner that su rrounds

th e entire observatory cavity Made of a

substance called urylon (produced by a

Guelph company) the liner was sp rayed

on to the cavitys concrete surface to screen

ou t radon a radioactive gas that diffuses

even through soLd rock In a project where

an extra millimetre could skew results scishy

entists needed to ensure that the material

was the same thickness all the way arou nd

Mackenzie used X-ray back-scattering

a techniq ue he has developed that might

be llsed to determine say the thickness of

paint applied in an auto assembly plant or

ice buildup on aircraft wings Laurentian

University physicist Doug Hallman says

his research group has worked with

Mackenzie to set up a unique hand- held

monitor and data-recording system which

found the actual thickness of the eightshy

millimetre-dlick polyurethane material to

an accuracy of about 10 per cent

Building new tools from SNO physics

During his graduate studies in physics at

Guelph Tom Andersen helped his PhD

supervisor Prof John Simpson design

devices used to detect background

radioactivity of the heavy wa ter in the

Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO)

and worked on software that simulates

th e movement of high -energy muons

particles created when cos mic rays

encounter the Earths atmosphere All the

while he had his eye on a not-unrelated

topic that became his full-time job after

graduating in 1998

It a desk top planetarium says

Andersen of his astro nomy software

which allows users to view the simulated

night sky - including comets asteroids

satellites a nd stars - on a computer

screen With it yo u can observe the sky

as it appears from your backyard tonight

o r from Jupiter 100 years ago or from

Egypt 3000 years ago

He and his partners a t Toronto-based

Sienna Software Inc have so ld about

10000 copies of Sta rry Night software

dming the past 18 months They began

by selling software that users could down shy

load from the Internet but now make two

CD-ROM versions of the package Starshy

ry Night Deluxe and Starry Night Pro

The first allows users to look at more than

19 million objects from anywh ere in the

solar system and to examin e deta iled

graphics of such things as constellations

Serious astronomy afic ionados use the

pro version to track as teroids learn more

about star motions or create their own

planets to study orbital mechanics

Generally anyone who owns an

as tronomical telesco pe owns a piece of

astronomy software says Andersen You

can take your telescope to your backyard

and connect it to your laptop and then

point to something with Starry Night and

have the telescope steer to it

Applying SNO tools to business

Former phys ics graduate student Myung

Chol Chon now works in the Royal Banks

corporate and investmen t banking offices

in Toronto Modelling the behaviour of

financial assets and pricing derivative secushy

rities might appear removed from the task

of capturing neutrinos but Chon says the

Guelph SNO group gave him an opporshy

tunity to learn various quantitative ana lyshy

sis tools including Monte Carlo simulashy

tion and artificial neural networks I also

gained understanding and experience in

software production via working with the

SNO Monte Carlo Analysis (SNO MAN )

software development team - tools

applicable not only in physical science but

in other areas as well

Fa llWinter 1999 25

-Simpson says ea rly detection of SNOs first

neutrino this summer reflects the high qUJIshy

ity of the obselva tory itself incl uding th t conshy

tribution of the Guelph scientists involved in

designi ng its sophist icated instrum ents Thats why theres a lot of noise abo ut the

fi rst measurem en ts he sa ys Some o ther

detectors have to work harder to get the backshyground radioactivity down Weve shown that

we constructed a very clea n detector

Along with several PhD studen ts and resea rch associates he and his coUeagues buiJt

inst ruments used to monitor and ensure an acceptable level of background radi oactivishy

ty in SNOs innards fiom the hea l) watcr to all the components orthe detector itse lf

The Guelph group developed a very senshy

sitive technique for the measurement of ultrashylow levels of ra dioactivit y in water whi ch is

essential for th e SNO detector to reach its

goals says SNO project director Art McDonshy

ald a phys icist at Queens Universit y Meas uring radioact ivity is our ga me

says resea rch ass oc iate Pillalamarr Jaga m during a tour of Sim psons lab in th e baseshy

ment of the MacNaughton Build in g home

to whJt Jaga m calls the only ul tra-low backshy

ground radi ation research and development

group in Ca nada Po inting to a det ector resemblin g a stainless-steel salad bowl with

a matchin g lid he says the Guelph -made

de vice JS with its co usins on perm anent du ty at SNO picks lip infinitesimally small

amounts of ra dioactivity emitted naturall y

by the observa torys compo nents

Ja ga m helps run th ose dev ices at SNO

fo llowin g up on his role as superv iso r of a

cl ea nin g crew d urin g SNOs constru ction SNO is the larges t clean-room ever olltside

of the electron ics industry he says Its

cleaner th an yo ur avera ge dinner plate

Above Muon neutrinos produced from cosmic

rays which strike Earths abnosphere are detectshy

ed by the SNO light sensors producing a coneshy

shaped pattern of energy Right An artists

sketch of the SNO detector shows the central

acrytic vessel now filled with 1000 tons of heavy

water and surrounded by 7000 tons of ultra

pure regular water Scientists monitor the obsershy

vatory from the room located above the sphere

26 GU ELP H ALUM NUS

In two years we mayI

Unlike th eir fell ow labourers in the m in e

who normall y hit the sbowers aft er a lo ng

day on the ore face th e scientists monitorshy

ing th e o bse rvatory must shower bef ore enterin g their facility Simil ar standa rds are mlintained tor the heavy water in th e acrylic

vessel which is fil tered dail y Jnd tested for ambient rad ioactivit y It s the purcst water

in th e wo rld says Jian Wang for merly J

research associate in Simpsons lab and now a consultant wi th U of Gs GUA RD In c

The Guelph-dc-signed instruments h ave

prove n lIseful in rela ted but more fa r-flung

applications JagaJl1 says scientists building

lgt

I n o c (i -lt z o

CI

ly know if the universe will eventually collapse

ye t an oth er neutrino observatory in Italy consulted with U of G physicists on radia shyti on measurement Closer to home he has helped Prof Richard Protz Land Reso urce Science quantify minute amounts of radioac tive cesium in so il samples taken from the Ecuadorean Andes an d from the Chernobyl site in Ukrain e

Law a particle physicist [las been involved since 1991 in writin g and test ing simulation software used by the project colshylaborators to model the workings of th e SNO detecto r With the detector now opershyating the package - dubbed SNOMAN shywill be used to analyse the data it generates OUerhead who first encountered SNO while chair of the Department of Physics has long worked in expe rim en tal nuclear physics using accelerators such as th e one run by AECL in Cbalk River Ont Todays investishygations at SNO draw on at least one aspect of his ea rlier resea rch in Los Alamos New Mexico where he developed neutral current detectors of the sort expec ted to help SNO sn iff out all three neutrino flavo urs

Sim psons graduate student Nathaniel Tagg is studying cosmic ray particles called muons which are detected as a byproduct in the obse rvatory Unlike neutrinos muons come from cosmic rays - or ionized nuclei - which begin Jife far beyond the solar sysshytem perhaps generated by stars exploding into supernovas or by shock waves emanating from collapsing black holes When these cosmic rays hit the Earths atmosp here th ey create extremely high-energy particles that can be detected by SNO some alon e or in pairs like bullets others in a shower like shotgun pelshylets Comparing the ratio of single bullets to shotgun blas ts may tell Tagg something about how the particles originated When you build a detector you get a lot of things for free he says Muons are considered background to most of the collaboration but there are some interes ting physics you ca n do with them

Beyond Guelph the SNO collaboration brings together almost 100 scientists from II universi ties and labs in Canada the United Sta tes and the United Kingdom Canad ian participants includ e university resea rchers from Queens Car leton Laurentian Britisll

Columbia and Guelph Wby Ca nada Canashyda has a lot of heavy water because of its nuclear power reactor development the CANshyDU reactor says OUerhead Basically Canashyda is tbe only country that can do the expershyiment using heavy water which is what gives this its unique flavour The other thing is the undergro und aspect All the neutrino expershyimen ts are done underground for shielding from cosm ic rays and other sources of backshyground radiation The nickel mine in Sudbury is the deepest site in North America

Its al so important that Creighton mine is a working facility says Si mpson [t has

Physics faculty

and students are

an integral part of (PES

Physics is one of five departments and schools in the College of Physshyical and Engineeri ng Science ( CPES) Physics has more Roya l Society fellows than any other department on campus Since 1993 ten CPES students including two in physics have received National Research Coun shycil awards under the agen cys Women in Engin eering and Scishyence Program In 1999 CPES laun ched an inteshygrated four-year degree program in technology with Seneca College in Toronto majors in physics and technology or applied pharmace ushytical chemistry CPES plans to launch a new undershygraduate degree in computing scishyence next year to promote U of G strengths in bioinfomatics neural networks genetic algo rithm s and embedded systems CPES offers a unique program called MPC2 that provides enriched studies in mathematics physics chemistry and computing science

to be active because its the only way you can maintain the safety of th e mine SNOs control room occupies a drift (miners talk for a corridor) 6800 fee t below the surface deep enough to accommodate a stack of about five CN Towers

Dw-ing the observatorys construction a regular express ca ge whisked visitors directly down No9 shaft to the detector as fast as a car travelling on a cit) street The shaft also served as the delivery conduit for the SNO components Site manager Dunshycan Hepburn recall s es pecially the three months that it took to ship the [000 tonnes of heavy water underground The eleva tor could take six tonnes at a time he says so we had an elaborate schedule involving six tanker cars fill ed overnight and sent down early in th e morning on a specially schedshyuled cage Adds mine manage r John Gill J dont think we spilled a drop

Now using regularly scheduled cages scishyentists crowd shoulder to sho ulder in the elevator with up to 40 miners during the 20-minute ride along the sloping ore seam Everyone in the collaboration is expected to spend a certain number of shifts actualshyly operating the detec tor says O llerhead This is partly to save money but also par tshyly because th e physicists are the ones with the vested interes t and should be involved Collaborators might spend seve ral weeks in Sudbury at a time for up to six weeks a year

SNO scien tists expect to learn definitiveshyly within two years whether or not neutrishynos have mass They also anticipate that the observatory will yield information about the sun and about other st ructures far beyond our galaA) The missing mass question is a way of studying supnnovas notes Ollershyhead There are many applications of this detector beyond just neutrinos from the sun

Why should anyone ca re about what these infinitesimally small particles teU us about cosshymic-sized questions If youre going to be an ad vance d and civilized country then you should be thinking about fundamental quesshy shytions and not just about where your next meal is coming from says Simpson Thats the difshyference I think between a civili7ed society and a society that just lives from day to day ga

FallWinter 1999 27

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

alU bull

ALUMNI PROFILES

ALUMNUS OF HONOUR

FORMER OAC DEA N Rick Richards BSA 38 was recogn ized for

his lifelong commi tment to excellence in admini stration teachshy

ing research and ex tension wh en he vas named 1999 AlumLlus of Honour by th e Un ive rsity o f Guelph Alumn i Associat ion The preshy

sen tation was made durin g Alumni Weekend in lun e

Ri chard s bega n hi s ca ree r in soil sc ience and pion ee red the

process of soil classifi ca ti on and map pin f for Ontario As head of

th e Un iversitys Depa rtm ent of Land Resou rce Science he spearshyheaded the constr uct ion o f new fa cili ties provided leadership in

the deve lopment of broader more sc ientifi c program s and th e

expansioLl o f fa culty and obta ined more lan d areas for departshymental resea rch He was appointed the first dea n of OAC in 1962

and was one o r the fou r principal academi c leade rs ho shared in

es tab lishin g the Universit y of Guelph After co mpleting two terms as dean he return ed to teac hing and retired in [98 1

As a professiona l agrologist Richards impleme nted pl ans ror

the Canadian Agri cultural Researc h Co un ci l as it s fi rst president

and was pres id ent o f the Ca nadian Soc iety of Su il Science th e Ontari o Institute of Ag rologists and tht Agricu ltural Institu te of

Can ada He was also the Canadian representa ti ve to th e United

Nations Food and Agricu lture O rga nizltJtion

ALUMNI VOLUNTEER AWARD

DAv ID ADAMS BSA 49 has always made his alma mater a pri shy

o ri t) and in 1999 th e Unive rsity of Guelph Alumni Associashy

tion app lauded th at loya lty by presentin g him with its 1999 Alulll shyni Volu nteer Awa rd

Adams has demo nstrated a devot ion to volun teer excellence

through his com mitment to the Universit y OAC and hi s alumni

ii class OAC 49 He was UGAA pres ident in 196869 president of

d the OAC Alu Jllni Associatio n in 196566 and a member of the Unishy

~ versi ty Senate and Boa rd of Governors fro m 1970 to 1973 In add ishy

~ tion he has Jllade mu ltiple contr ibu tions to OAC 49 ac tivities He

~ was instrumenta l in orga ni zin g 50th-anniversary class celebrations ~ for Alumni middotWeekend 99 which included the ded ication of the Yea r

~ 49 OAC po nd ga rden at th e Arbo retum Cent re and the res torashy

~ ti on of the Johnston Hall portico u ~ Adamss giving sp irit car ri es over into his pro(ess iona lli fc He

~ has had a distingu ished career in the ag ri -food indust ry and was laquo ~ general manager of the Canadian Meat Co uncil whe n hL reti red in

~ 1993 He cont inues to share hi s expertise with the co unc il and as

~ a volu ntee r for th e Royal Ag ri cultural inter Fair and th e Ca nashy~ dian Nat ional Exhibition FARlv

28 G UHPH ALU I NUS

HIGHLIGHTS middot GRAD NEWSmiddot OBITUARIESmiddot CALENDAR

ALUMNI MEDAL OF ACHIEVEMENT

DR AD RIAN P ARKS WO RK in th e area o f minimally invasive

surge ry has earned him international recogniti on as a leading surgeo n and educa tor in his fi eld His advancements in the use of

laparoscop ic techniques have improved treatm ent for an ex tensive

range of med ica l disorders that in the past could only be handled

thro ugh trad itional sur gery [n 1997 he was recruited to establish a new program at th e Uni ve rsity of Kentucky

Pa rk was honoured th is spring wit h the Universit y of Guelph flumni Associati ons Alumni Medal of Achievem ent He received

a bachelor of science fro m Gu elph in 1985 and a doctor o f med ishycine from McMaster University in 1987

He completed his training at St Josephs Hos pital and rilcMasshy

ter Uni ve rsity Affiliated Hosp ital s in Hamilto n O nt and at the

Uni versit) of Montrea l before Jo ining St Jose phs as a ge neral surshy

geo n in 1994

The Guelph meda l recognizes th e professional leadership and achievements demons trated in Parks still- yo un g career and his

compassionate ca re of pati ents He and his wife Jennifer 8A 84 have three children Hilary Meredith and Evan

ove DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS

DUNCAN SINC LAIRS CONTR IB UTIO NS to career an d soc iety have prove n bis leadersh ip and expe rtise in hea lth sciences He gradshy

uated fro m OVC in 1958 and received a master of sc ience fro m OAC in 1960 specializing in nutriti on He then earn ed a PhD in

physiology at Queens University in 1963 and bega n a ca reer focused

primaril y on human health Sinclair was ltl consultant to th e Ontario Ministry of Agriculture

Food and Rural Affairs on the Animals for Research Act ilnd bega n

his academic career at Q uee ns as dean of arts and science in 1974 He went on to serve as vice-principal institutional relati ons sershy

vices an d hea lth sciences before assum ing the role of dea n of medshy

icine He ret ired from Queens in 1996 He has heJd other prestishy

gious positi ons including directo r general of the Medical Resea rch

Council and was tile recipient of OVes Schofield ]V[edal in 1983

Sinclair is now deeply involved in advising the Ontario minisshy

ter of hea l til on ways to reinvest and res tructure th e delivery of health services in the province He chairs the Hea lth Services

Restr ucturin g Co mmission an independent body of health

experts and professionals appointed to redesign tbe provincial

health system

FallWinter 1999 29

alumni Matters

-ORDER OF OACU of G Can1pus ESTABLISHED MARY AND RlCK RICHARDS longtime OAC supporterWelcoilles Alumni

ABSA 38 are the first inductees Membership in the order is

into the Order of OAC estabshy limited to the first 50 individshy

LUMNI WEEKEND J999 orga nizing committee and says lished ea rli er thi s year by the uals who give $1 00000 or more

brought more th an 1300 proceeds will be used to help the OAC Alumni Fo undation to as bequests irrevocable insurshy

visitors to campus June 18 to 20 class establi sh a mille nnium recognize significant contribushy ance policies planned gifts or

In addition to th e traditi o nal scholarship to co mmemorate its tions to its end owment fund cash donations Gifts may be

awards luncheon hosted by U of 25 th anni versar)1 of graduation Rick served as dean of OAC applied as endowments to the

G president Mordech ai Rozanshy The Uni vers it y of Guelph [Tom 1964 to 1972 (see sto ry OAC Alumni Foundation or to

ski there we re man y spec ial Alumni Associat ion held its on page 28) Mary also worked the college as approved by the

events and cla ss reunions The ann ual meeting during Alumni in the college and has been a fou ndation directors

new Order of OAC was preshy Wee kend and elected a new slate

sented to Mary and Rick of offi cers for 1999 2000 Scott

Richards BSA 38 at th e Go ldshy va nEnge n BSc(Ag r) 88 presshy

en Anniversary Dinner and the id ent Robin-Lee Norris BA 80

Class of J974 hosted a reuni on first vice-pres ident John Tatson

dinner with Calgary Flames BA 69 seco nd vice-president

Hockey Club CEO Ron Bremshy Rita Sterne BComm 87 secshy

ner BA 7 J as guest speaker Bill Imiddotetar) and Brad Hull BA 89

Laidlaw BA 74 chaired the treasurer

President Mordechai Rozanski and representatives of the alumni

classes and individuals who supported U of Gs six new themati c

gardens cut the ribbon to officially open them duri ng Alumni Weekshy

end From left are Bill Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 61 Don Gri eve

BSA 55 and MSA 57 Harold Shield BSA 51 Sandra Hannam uJ CD Clay Switze r BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rozanski Marilyn Robinson ~ I Murray BH5c 55 Ted McNinch BSA 49 Bruce Stone BSA 53 u VI

Z and MSA 54 Harold Bentley BSA 64 and MSc 66 Craig Hunter lt

B5c(AgL) 74 and MSc 77 and Les Laking BSA 39 and HDSC 71 The conservatory greenhouse was unveiled moments later by gtshyCD

Don Rutherford BSA 51 who gave the leadership gift ensuring VI o

it s res toration on behalf of his famil y 5 I -

Ginty jocius BSc(Agr) 70 left chair of the OAC Alumni Foundation

presents the Order of OAC to Mary and Rick Richards BSA 38

Enjoying the Class of 1974 re union dinner are from left jerry Orga n

BSc(PE) 71 Ron Bremner BA 71 Gail Bremner Paul Henry MA 71

and Bill Laidlaw BA 74

30 GUELPH ALUMNUS

GRYPHON SPIRIT DOMINATES HOMECOMING

UOF G students shared the stands with alumni who came to campus Sept 25

to watch the football Gryphons defeat their long- standing varsity rival the University of Toronto Blues During the weeke nd the Gryphon Club Hall of Fame inducted five Gryphon swimmers filled the gold pool at the 21st ann ual Alumni Relay Swim Meet

and president Mordechai Rozanski hostshyed a luncheon attended by more than 200 alumni and current students who have received sc holarships and awards or who

participated in the volunteer peer helper prog ram

ALUMNI SWIM TO THE TOP

FORMER GRYPHON SW IMMER S Peter Koli snyk BSc(HK) 83 and Denise

(FarndaJe) vVatso n BASe 85 were recogshyni zed at the ann ual Homecoming sw im mee t for having attended more often th an any other alumni Other participants includshyed 1999 graduates Nico le Weber BSe CEng ) Greg Steinberg BSc(HK) and Nancy Sweetnam BComm who has been a memshy

ber of two Canadian Ol ympic teams ( 1992 and 1996) The alumni team defeated the stud ent teams with the help of Leo n

Homecoming J

r ~

Form er Guelph mayor and sports broadcaster Norm la ry received the Gryphon Club Hall of

Fame Merit Award Sept 24 at the annual induction c re mony that also honoured five former

Gryphon athletes From left are Paul Willi ams a cross-country and track athlete and three-time

Canadian Olympian Bob Pronk BComm 82 Ontario and Canadian cham pionship wrestler

Dave Guest BComm 87 a former all middotstar soccer and vo lleyba ll player Gladys Williams BA

69 MVP in both wo menS fi eld hockey and ice hockey lary and Mark Brown BComm 81

Wi ldman Trophy winner and football capta in The Gryphon Club also recognized the 1974 mens

rugby OUAA championship team

Garstecki Gryphon diving coach in the midshy Dale a longtime Gryp hon supporter and a I 970s and retired botany professo r Hugh national record-b olding masters swimmer

bull49 VETS MEET AT TRAlEE The OVC Cla ss of 1949 produced a la sting memory of its 50th

anni versary by filming the lune 18 gathering held at Tralee Farms

the home of class member Ray Cormack Classmates travelled from

across Canada and the United States to attend th e reunion which

included a luncheon a visit from U of G president Mordechai Rozanshy

ski and a tour of Cormacks farm and antique carriage collection

The organizing committee of Dave House Bill Mitchell Ken Fisk

and lim Arch ibald succeeded in producing a golden-anniversary

memento that captu res the days events and everyone in attendance

as they comment on their lives since graduating from OVe -Proceeds from the sale of the v ideos will support the OVC 49

Memorial Scholarship Fund Cost is $25 each To place an order call

Vikki Tremblay at Alumni House 519-824-4120 Ext 65 44 I D

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FallWinter 1999 31

alumni Matters

2000 Coming Events

Jan 26 - Careers Night hostshyed by Mac-FACS Alumni Assoshy

ciation For informatio call Laurie MalleaLi at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Careers Night hostshyed by HAFA Alumni Associashy

tion For information call Laushyrie Malleau at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Aggie Good Times Banquet Call the OAC Studwl Federation at Ext 8321 for tickshyet information Feb 3 - Job hir at Bingeman Park in Kitchener complishy

mentary bus service from Unishyversity Centre for students and

alumni For directions and a list of employers call U of G

Career Services at Ext 22 13

Feb 11 - Deadline for nomshy

ina tions for U of G Alumni Association Alumnus of Honshy

our Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment and Alumni Volunteer

Award and the OVC Distinshy

guished Alumnus Call Carla Bradshaw at Ext 6657 for details March 1 - Annual alumni

Florida reunion at Maple Leaf

Estates Port C harlotte Florishyda For information call alumshyni programs at 519-824-4120

Ext 6657 send e-mail to alumshyniuoguelphca or call Jack Hanna in Florida after Jan 1

at 813-645-0905

March 18 amp 19 - College

Ro yal

March 31 amp April 1 - OAC

Alumni Association annual

bonspiel at the Guelph Curlshy

ing Club and Guelph Country w Club Call Carla Bradshaw at ~ txt 6657 to register c u bull For more information on anyU)

z alumni event call the U of G ltC extension listed at 519- 824shy20 r 4120 or send e-mail to al11111shyCD

o niCvzlOguelphcab c a

32 CUEIPH ALUM N US

EA RLIER THIS YEAR U ofG

introduced a new approacll to fund-raising that centres on

academic priorities identified by

the ix colleges Now the Unishy

ve rsit y expa nds this initiative

through the formation of a new Annual Fund Cou ncil that will

recruit volunteers to proactiveshy

ly help meet tll0se funding goals

By enlarging the partnershy

ship between academics and fund-raisers we arc focusing our

efforts more clearly on the Un ishy

versi tys overall stra tegic objecshy

tives says Rudy Putns executive

director of campaign progra ms

We are calling on coUege deans to help ensure that our annual

giving programs are providing

the grea test possible benefit to

students Our volunteer and pro-

ALUMNI CElEBRATE NEW HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE CENTRE

The Human KineticsHuman Biology Alumni Association

presented a sketch of the John T Powell Building to U of Cs

new Health and Perfor mance Centre at a June 19 reunion of alumni and former staff Artist Joan Harper BSe(HK)

82 left and retired professor John Powell right witnessed

a presentati on by association pres ident Janet Leonhard BSe(HK) 82 to Prof Terry Graham

SilENT AUCTION MAKES NOISE

A silent auction held Sept 14 to 16 a t the Ou tdoo r Farm

Show in Woods tock Ont ge nshy

erated a lot of excitement and

goodwill in OACs 125th shyanniversary year and raised

$51000 that wi ll support stu shy

dent recruitm ent programs in

the college The auction was organized by Cinty Jocius BSc(Agr) 70 president of

Ginty Jocius amp Associates of

Guelph on behalf of the OAC Alumni Foundation

Auction items donated by friends and exhibitors at th e

farm show included everylhing

from farm equipment and supshyplies to a seven-month-old lla shyma named (-i nty Lorie Jocius

BASe 72 purchased her husshy

bands namesake and gave it to

OAC as an anniversary presen t at th e Sept 25 Heritage Banshy

quet and Ball

FUND-RAISI NG PARTNERSHIPS GROW

fessional fund -raislls wiJl spend

more of thei r time making pershy

so nal requ es ts for gifts to the University and less time on inshy

house administra tion

Members of the Annual Fund

Council will invite donations

Crom alumni members of the campu~ community the paren ts

of current students graduating

classes members of the various

gift clu bs (Presidents Council

etc) and selected corporations

foundations and associations

Development and Public Affairs staff will help target vol unteer

efforts where they wi ll have the

stronges t impact on growin g don or particip ation and fund shy

razsing results

Annual giving is one of the

most crucial parts of an institushy

tion s developmen t agenda says Putns Annu al donors help

maintain the quali ty of estabshylished academic programs espeshy

cially in times of reduced pubshy

lic fundin g he says They also

provide a foundation for special

fun cl-rai sing cam paigns shycampaigns that enable the Unishy

ve rsity to grow by providi ng

funds for major projects that do

not ha ve a traditional so urce of support Tbe ACCESS endowshy

ment for student financial assistshy

ance and the rece nt campaign to upgrade th e Food Science

Building are notable examples For more illjormation aboLit

the An17ual FUlld Co ullcil call Al111tal Fund 17l1lnager Tara George at 519-824-4 120 Ex t

390 1 or Putl7S at ext 6384

GRAD NEWS

U of G Degrees ADA = Associate diploma

in agriculture BA =Bachelor of arts BASe = Bachelor of applied

science BComm = Bachelor of

commerce BHSe Bachelor of houseshy

hold science BLA =Bachelor of

landscape architecture BSA = Bachelor of science in

agriculture (pre-196s) BSe(Agr) Bachelor of

science in agriculture BoSe = Bachelor of science BSe(Eng) =Bachelor of

science in engineering BSc(Env) =Bachelor of

19405

bull The Macdonald Institute

Class of 1941 met each other

for the firsl lime in 1939 and

theyve been gelling logelher rvice a year siIlce gradual ion

Celebrating 60 yea rs of fri end shy

ship this year are Mary (Hcx imer) MacLeln Beth

(jackson) Ca rdifF Mo lly

(Pattrson) Nix Frances

(Pellet) Smith Dorolhy

(Pond) Dunn Jeanne (Taylor )

Hamel Phyllis (Weren) Sobel and Evelyn (Eatun ) Pond

bull Jim Morton BSA 47 posed with his son Robert SA 70

and grandsons Jeff Bell 13A

9 1 and Greg Mo rton

SSc( Eng) 99 at Gregs U of

G convocation in June Retired

from a career in the lumber

business Jim is an OAC llu mmiddot ni volunteer al Guclph and is

aClive in cOm11lUnily work in

Burlington Onto Rob ert is

CEO of the Community Care

Access Centre in Simcoe

Coullly Jeff lcaches in Elmvalc

for the Simcoe County Dislricl School Board and Greg is

working Wilh the COnSlliling

engineering firm of Proclor

science in environmental sciences

BSe(HK) Bachelor of science in human kinetics

BSc(pE) = Bachelor of science in physical education

DHE = Diploma in home economics

DVSc = Doctor of veterinary science

DVM =Doctor of veterinary medicine

GO = Graduate diploma MA = Master of arts MAgr = Master of agriculture MBA = Master of business

admininstration MEng =Master of engineering

and Redfern at its Kitchener

office The Guelph lineage

aCl ually bega n in the Morton fami ly with Greg great shy

grantimoliln Anne Pringle

Morton DH E 1914

Greg Morton Jeff Bell and Jim and

Robert Morton

19505

bull Harold Baker BSA 50

writes to w rrect the e-mail

address publi shed in the last

iss lle of the Clepll Alunnls

Friends (111 conlact the retired

University of Saskatchewan

professo r and Il is wife Phyllis

at ha kc r hdukeL1sa~k ca

bull Barney Goodwin-Wilson BSA 50 is serving a two-year

krm as chair of the hoard of

lhe Onta rio Foocllerminal

The Iomnlo facility is the

MFA = Master of fine art MLA Master of landscape

architecture MMS = Master of management studies MSc =Master of science MSc(Aqua) = Master of

science in aquaculture ODA = Ontario diploma in

agriculture ODH =Ontario diploma in

horticulture OdR = Ontario Diploma in

recreation PhD = Doctor of philosophy

larges t who lesale fruit proshy

duce and flower market in

Canada and one of the largest

in orrh America He was forshymerly director and vice-cha ir

of the board

bull Gary Powell ADA 58

stopped at a remote motel in

western klahoma last

Janu ary and stanee a convershysation with th e only other cusshy

tomer at breakfa st the next

morning Turns out they were

both U of G grads Powell and Joe Deli BSc (Agr ) 64 had a

great time reminiscing abo Llt

ca mpus perso nalities they

both knew I guess one is never really very far from home says Powell

bull Dave Valentine BSA 59 has

retired as (o unty engineer for

the County of Brant in

Ontario He previously spent

23 years with Sir Sandford

Fleming College in Peterborough and has served 8S

engineer for the coun ties of Haliburton and Victoria He

and his wife Carole are now

Jiving near Carlisle Send e-mail

to valcntinworldchatcom

19605

bull Manuel Garcia PhD 67 was

recognized by the government

of the Ph ilippines in December

1998 with one of the highest

honours given to Filipinos Jivshy

ing outside the cou ntr y Garcia

is a senior consulting mi crobishy

ologist with lAS Bioshy

Diagnostic and a former

research scientist with

Agriculture and Agri-Food

Canada in Ottawa He is intershy

nationally recognized for his work in veterinary med icin e

and public health on the early detection of ca mpylobacter

salmonella and other foodshy

borne pathogens He is a memshy

ber of several learned profes shy

sional societies and has been involved in a number of intershy

national developm ent projects

He is also a community volunshy

teer and a pioneer in establishshying the National Council of

Canadian Filipino Associations

as the official voice of Filipino

Canadians nationwide bull Tom Hutchison DVM 65 is

a veterinary pathologist with the Nova Scotia provincial

diagnostic lab In 1998 he

passed the board cer tification exa ms for the American

College of Poultry Veterinarians in Baltimore but

the years highlights came in

late summer - a first grandshy

child for Tom and his wife

Eileen in August and the birth

of their own son Scott in

September bull Brian Little ADA 67 BSc(Agr) 72 and MSc 78

was elected president of the

Canadian 4-H Foundation in

May He was previously presishy -dent of the Ca nadian 4-H

Co uncil and a co uDcil represhysentative for his employe r the

Royal Bank of Canada He has been a fou ndation trustee for

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several years and has a strong

4-H background as a member

and a club leader

19705

bull Doug Franklin SA 72 was

recen tly a ppoin led execu tive

director of the Multiple

Sclerosis Association of

America its hea d office is in

Cherry Hill NJ He was forshy

merly with the International

Youth Foundation in

Baltimore Md

bull Cathie Leimbach

SSc(Agr) 78 and MAgr 88

visi ted U of G this fa ll as

agrologist-in-residence It was

the sixth year of the program

co-sponsored by OAC and the

Ontario Institute of

Agrologists (OlA ) Raised on

an Ontario dairy and swine

farm Leimbach is past presishy

dent of the OI A and a partner

in STRIVE a team specializshy

in g in training facilitation and

consulting She now lives on a

cash-crop farm in Ohio

bull Willem Moolenbeek BSe

77 and MSe 8 1 studied biolshy

ogy and entomology at U of G

at the same time he was learnshy

ing to play the saxophone with

the Royal Conservatory of

Mu sic He says he still loves

science but music has become

his career A recitalist soloist

and clinician he has been a

saxophone instructor at

McMaster University in

Hamilton Ont fo r 15 years

He also teaches at the 19805

University of Waterloo pri- bull Bruce Brown BSe(Agr)

vately and at the National 85 and his wife Claudia

Music Ca mp of Canada where (Liebscher) BA 84 have three

he sometimes offers an infor- children who are beginning to

mal course on in sect identifi- display their dads musical

cation There are always a few prowess on the kazoo After 14

kids who really dig that he years of dairy farming Bruce

says U of G music lovers want back to school to earn an

enjoyed his saxophone music education degree and is now

at a noon-hour concert in teaching science with the

October Durham District School

bull Peter Vaughan SA 77 and Board

MA 77 was appointed secre- bull Tom Burns BA 89 and MA

tar y general and CEO of the 91 is a member of the

Canadian Medical Association Victoria Police in Melbourne

in June A fa culty member in Australia Last summer he

two departments at John s welcomed visitors from the

Hopkins University and in the RCMP including Kevin Durie

Department of Family BA 93 They quickly estab-

Medicine at the University of lished a U of G connection

Ottawa he is a fo rmer presi- including Duries student

dent of the medical staff at employment at Dcr Keller

Guelph General Hospital and a which was Burns s favourite

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the job says Burns but this

time we spent most of our

time talking about the great

times we had at U of G In

still another coincidence

Durie is married to Christine

Blake-Durie BA 91 and MA

93 who was a member of

Burnss MA group Burns says

other U of G grads travelling

to Melbourne are more than

welcome to drop in

bull Stuart Jackson ADA 87 is

distribution manager for

Burnbrae Farms Ltd in Delta

Onto He sends greetings to all

OAC friends including the

diploma classes of 1979 and

1980

bull Laurel (Murdoch) Koumarelas BComm 84 is

an ESL teacher with the

Toronto School Board She

and her husband Gus live in

Mississauga with their sons

Robert and Evan

bull Trish Looman BA 87

works for Royal LePageshy

Vantage in Guelph She speshy

cializes in residential multishy

unit real estate

bull Laima (Karosas) Laffitte

BSe(Agr) 85 and MAgr 91

lives in Wendover Ont with

her husband Vincent MAgr

91 and their children Yohan

and Marina Laima is the

advertising manager for The

Canadian Veterinary Journal and Vincent is an account

manager at the St Isidore

branch of Scotiabank Theyd

like to hear from classmates

via e-mail at Iaffitteonsymshy

paticoca They also want to let

OAC 85 grads know that the

class executive is building a

Web page at wwwrkdecom

oac85 and needs updated

names and addresses (includshy

ing e-mail) to add to the

directory f IS-year reunion

is being planned for Dec 2

and 32000

bull Cheryl Miller-Oh BASe

91 and her husband Tae live

in Southfield Mich with their

twins Nathalie and Nathan

born in October 1998 She is a

health-care consultant with

Computer Sciences

Corporation Send e-mail to

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bull Vijay Singh MSe 70 has

been awarded the Arthur K Barton Endowed Professorship

at Louisiana State University

He also recently received an

honorary degree and a

Fulbright Award for his work

in the area of entropy

bull Gayle (Barton) Tapper BSe

81 (biological science) and 83

(computing science) has been

employed at Memorial

University in St Johns Nfld

for 14 years in the Department

of Computing and

Communications She is comshy

pleting graduate work in phishy

losophy and humanities at

Memorial and is the principal

harpist with the

Newfoundland Symphony

Orchestra Last year she

released a CD of Latinworld

traditional music on the South

American harp Visit her Web

site at httpwwwucsmun

cal -gay

bull Carolyn Riddell BA 85 is

running an active arts educashy

tion and paintingprintmaking

studio in Fergus Ont

bull Laura Wilkinson BSe 85

and MSe 87 is a coroner in

British Columbia and lives on

a cattle ranch near 70 Mile

House

19905

bull Kristi Adamo BSc(HK)

96 and MSc 98 and Rob

McMullin BSe 95 were

married in May 1999 and Jive

in Ottawa

bull Michelle (Pilon) Bacon BA

90 has been living in London

England with her husband

Tim and children Juliette and

Lucien but they are planning a

return to Canada They will be

AIRBORNE ALUMNUS Olive Thompson DHE 35 celebrated her 85th birthday

with her head in the clouds She made her first parachute

jump with instructor Scott Borghese in Simcoe Ont in June

and says it was the most exciting thing shes done in her life

Thompson lives in Dunnville and has four children and three

grandchildren When she asked them about the paracbute

jump they told her to go for it Shes considering a repeat I U

jump next year and hopes her adventure will be a good S o

example for other seniors A dedicated member of the class -lt CD

of Mac 35 Thompson was president of the University of s Guelph Alumni Association in 197778 and keeps busy now VI

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with volunteer work for the Salvation Army Z

living in Calgary and welcome

contact with western grads

and friends from Guelph Send

e-mail to m_e_baconhotshy

maicom

bull Deborah (Panton) Bodden

BASc 93 and her husband

Lyndhurst were married in

1998 and live in Grand

Cayman Cayman Islands

where she teaches primary

schoo

bull Elizabeth Cardno MSe 99

is working with the Rural

Health Research Consortium

at the University of

Saskatchewan developing

research projects on rural

health issues in relation to the

Canadian Institute for Health

Research

bull Jeannine Cote BA 9 J lives

in Hamilton Ont and works

o -lt

as a health -care aide and

home-support worker

bull Jeremy Debling BSe 94 is

a formulation chemist in the

pharmaceutical development

department at Novopharm

Limited in Toronto

bull Angela Dodd BA 93 and

Christopher Kemp

BSe(HK) 94 were married

Aug 14 Theyve bought a new

home in Etobicoke Ont

where he works for Canada

3000 Airlines and at Kingsway

Physiotherapy as a kinesioloshy

gist She is employed at

Manulife Financial in -Waterloo

bull Sheryl Harding Friedrich

BASe 85 is a full-time mom

and part-time nutrition conshy

sultant in Cannington Onto

She and her husband Cal

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have three child ren Jonathan

Daniel and Anna

bull Anne Marie (Henwood)

Harman BA 95 is enjoying

her time at home with one shy

year-old Jenna She and her

husband Murray can be

reached bye-mail at 3harshy

mansstormca

bull Rosaleen Heffernan BA 96

and Barry Liboiron BSe 97

were married in August

Theyre both studying at the

University of British

Co lumbia where Liboiron is

doing a PhD in chemistry and

He ffe rnan is completing a

degree in educati on

bull Krista Hilton BASe 95

lives in Halifax with her hlls shy

band Michael Galloway She is

a priest in the Anglican Church

of Canada and serves as curate

a t the Cathedral Church of All

Sain ts Friends can reach her at

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bull Michael Kennard BA 86

starred as Mump the Clown in

the Canadian Stage Company

production of Mump amp Smoo t

in Something Else With Zug last

winte r at tbe Canadian Stage

Theatre in Toronto

bull Sharon McConnell BSe 90

and MSe 93 went on from U

of G to earn a diploma in

business management from

Wilfrid Laurier University

Since 1995 she has worked in

Toronto as a project director at

Burak Ja co bson Market

Resea rch Partners Ine

bull Michael McKay-Fleming BA

92 has launched two daily

comic strips via the Internet

Check out his Inane Producshy

tions Web site at http mem

bershomenetinaneprod to folshy

low the adventures of a free-spirshy

ited teenager named Alice and all

the animals in a new VVildlife

comielf you like comic strips

this fine art grad invites you to

enjoy his talent and humour

bull Andrew Nicholls MA 90 nications in Cambridge

and PhD 97 is an assistant bull Christine (Rogers) Patten

professor of history at Buffalo BA 9 1 lives in Toronto and

State College in Buffalo N Y has been working as a sales

He recen tly published the representative and industry

book The Jacobean Union A training facilitator since grad-

Reconsideration of British Civil uation She and her husband

Policies Under th e Early Vincent celebrated the birth of

Stuarts which offers a new their first child Gareth in

perspective on the role of mul - March 1999

tiple monarchy in the early bull Guiseppe Peritore

modern British kingdoms BSe(HK) 96 is studying

bull Jennifer (Pope) Parney physical therapy at the

BASc 94 works at Chatham- University of To ronto He

Kent Integrated Childrens married Rita Lavalle in May

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bull Sarah Perkins BSe(Agr) bull Tammy Tipler Priolo 92 joined Pfizer Animal BASe 90 lives in her hom e

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November as a product sup- her husband Clark and their

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Fairview Alta before m oving puting skills in genealogy

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bull Bradley Raspberry BASc 90 is a clinical leader and regisshy

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atric behavioural health at SI

Josephs Villa in Dundas Ont

bull Lisa Ranacher BSe 98

recently joined the agronomy

program at the Central

Experimental Farm in Ottawa

as a physiological modelling

technician

bull Jamie Rickard BSe(Agr)

96 and Laura Summerfeldt

BSe(Agr) 97 were married

in October 1998 She is comshy

pleting a masters degree at U

of G and he is working with

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ents Sherry (McBain) SA 69

and Ralph Rickard BSe 69 Tricia (Pella) BA 95 and

Gaetano Guy Rosa

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G friends attending They live

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Guy works as an account manshy

ager for BCI Bank and T ricia is

an environmental planner with

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bull Pamela (Thompson) BASe

91 and Randy Ruisendaal

BComm 92 live near

Belleville 01t with their yearshy

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bull Ian Sandler DVM 9 5 was

married to Fern Glowinsk) in

March 1999 and works at

Secord Animal Clinic in

Toronto

bull Baijit Singh PhD 94 comshy

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at Texas AampM University and

Columbia University then

worked for the Canadian Food

Inspection Agency in Prince

Edward Island before joining

the University of Saskatchewan

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bull Cyndy Stencill ADA 93 is a

propagator at a tree nursery in

British Columbia

bull Steve Tanner BA 82

recently moved to Guelph as

deputy police chief He had

served on the Halton Region

force since 1982 Tanner is a

specialist in criminal investigashy

tions and lie detector opera shy

tion He has continued his

education at Sheridan College

and McMaster and Ryerson

universities and is now workshy

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University of Western Ontario

bull Cheryl (Kellman) Thompson BA 95 run s a

rehabilitation consulting busishy

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in Burlington Ont

bull Donald PhD 94 and

Suzanne Welsh MSe 96

relocated from Yale University

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where they are both working

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bull Wendla Westerberg BASc

96 earned a BEd from the

University of Western Ontario

in 1997 She is working for the

Lambton-Kent District School

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and lives in her home town of

Dresden Ont

bull Deena (Jones) Zambrana

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OBITUARIES

W illiam Ba rnes DVM 59 died Sept 7

1999 He grew up in th e N iagara area

but spent his professio nal ca ree r in a

ve terina ry prac ti ce in Ill inois He was a

dr ivi ng force in the American Ve ter inary

Medica l Assooatio n and in bo th the

Chicago and IlJin o is assoc iatio ns He

was also a fo un ding mem ber o f the

Ch icago-based Friends of Unicerslty of

Guelph a char itable o rga nizat ion

founded in 1975 to serve Guelph a lumni

living in the United Sta tes

George Dickson BSA 38 di ed Oct 9

1999 H e spen t h is entire career w ith

Canada Packers moving up f[Om mai l

cle rk to exec lltive vice-presid ent and

d irector After retirin g in 1976 he

devoted ma ny vo lu ntee r hours to U of

G 3S a memb er of Boa rd o f Gove rno rs

and the OAC Alumni Associatio n

Jam es Pinkney DVM 37 died July 3

1999 A respected ve ter in aria n in his

hom e to~ll o f Cooksv il le O nt he was

also recog nized as a p remier swi ne

breeder showman and judge He was

active in m any agricultural o rga niza shy

tio ns and in both the Ontario and

Canadian Vete rinary Med ical assoc iashy

tio ns He was a lo ngti me supporte r o f

th e Unive rsity especially the OVC

museum and was named OVC

Di stinguished Alumnus in 1987

Audrey Yea nd le DHE 25 di ed March

17 1999 in St ratford O nto A profes shy

sio nal diet it ia n she wo rked to two hosshy

p itals and tau ght home eco no m ics at

the Jo hn Fi he r School In Toro nto

Active In com munity orga nizatio ns and

her chu rch she was a lo ng time U of G

suppo rter and left an es ta te gift of over

$475000 to p rov ide bursaries for future

Gu elph students

Alumni

Jo hn Andrews DVM 38 June 27 1999

Harris Baker BSA 33 Febru ary 1998

Hu gh Balkwill BSA 53 June 27 1999

John Bowles BA 72 Sept 23 1999

Edward Bowness DVM 32 May 13 1999

Rud y Brown BSA 59 June 29 1999

Walter Bunn BSA 52 Sept 2 1999

Margaret Byrnes DHE 40 Apr il 22 1999

Joa n Cameron DH E 36 April 10 1999

Wil liam Cape ll BSA 54 Aprd 25 1999

T homas Ca rd BSA 47Ju ne 20 1999

Jean a rter DH E 38 Jun e 28 1999

Loi Clipsham D H E 27 Ju ne 23 1999

Bruce Cohoe BSA 3 3 Feb 2 1999

Geoffrey Collins BSA 28 May 21 1999

Al exander C o nnell ADA 60 Ju ly 26

1999

John Currie BA 74 Sep t 18 1999

William C u rrie BSA 59 Nov 27 1998

C arma n Davey DVM 39 Apr il 15 1999

D oug Doerksen ADA 84 Ju ne 5 1999

Joann e DU ll can -Robinson BA 81 and

MA 86 July 22 1999

Robert Erskine BSA 41 May 2 1999

Will ia m Fisher BSA 48 Aug 5 1999

Norm Freeman BSA 49 July 2 1999

Alexander Gc ncr BSA 32 Dee 27 1998

Rudy Goltz BSA 33 July 28 1 999

Tom Grah am BS 50 Dee 3 1998

Ed na Has tings D H E 32 July 11 1999

Jack Hea theringto n DVM 54 April 18

1999

Pa tric ia Hill BSc 96 MMch 9 1999

Ralph Hills BSA 54 June 14 1999

Murray Ho ltby ADA 47 O ct 29 1998

Shawn H owden B 9 1July81 999

james j ackson BSA 34 April 29 1999

Karen ( Re ichardt ) Kister B H Se 70

Ap rilll 1999

Albert Kristjanson BSA 50 Dec 7 1998

John Laffert ) BSA 5 1 Aug II 1999

Ron Lawrence DVM 43 Mel) 4 1999

Ann e Legate BSe 89 March 1999

Tsu-Peng Stephen i iu M Sc 65 Ma)

Hl 1998

Rober t Luckham ADA 58 Jan IS 1999

Jam es Lyons BSA 59 Au g 2~ 1999

Willia m M ack BSc(Eng) 84 Ju ne 7

1999

T helma M artin D HE 41 July 131999

Helen McBratney D lI E 34 in 1998

Allan Bud McCardle BSA 52 May 10

1999

Ri chard M cDonald O AC C la ss of 47

lV1arch 24 1999

john Meeuse ADA 58 July 19 1999

Ra ymond Parr D VM 3 7 Ap ril 7 999

George Plakidas MA 93 date unknown

Virgini a Reed ODH 66 1arch 1 1999

Rose Reynold s D HE 28 Apri l 17 1999

Ern es t Ro bertso n BSA 37 Aug 6 1999

Jam es Ross BSA 34 Au g 23 1999

Gra nt Savage D VM 48 Ma rch 2 1999

Earl Shuh BSA 36 July 5 1999

Eu gene Smith BSA 3 1 Jan 27 1999

Will iam Smyth MA 90 Oc tober 1997

Ch er yl Ann Somerville BSe(Agr) 96

Sept IS 1999

Carl Stevenson BSA 46 Aug 26 1999

Robert Tennant BSA 49 May 5 1999

Gregory Tostevin BA 93 Feb 10 1999

Gerald Trant BSA 51 Sept 1 1999

Bennie Urquhart DV M 54 April 4 1999

Ga il Wamsl ey BA 70 July 24 1998

Gladys Ward D IlE 27 Apri l 8 1999

Catherine Welch BSA 22 Ma rch 3 1998

M abel ( McCa rthy) Ziegler DH E 26

Apr il 29 1999

Facu lty amp Staff Pro f Sid Gilbert Sociolog) and An thro shy

polog) Sept 8 1999

Rev Canon Ritchie McMurray

eCllm enical ch aplain 1968 to 1983

Aug 19 1999

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Yvonne Alexander M~y 15 1999

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Marga ret C urran Dec 28 1998

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Peter Hallm an Ju ne 22 1999

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Ed it h Pa tterson in 1993

Andrew Peterson Aug 26 1999

Edgar St rin ger March 1999

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Barry Woods Jul y 30 1999

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Food Science Building Opens THE NEWLY RENOVATED Food Science Buildshying was opened Sept 17 with a ribbon -cutshyting ceremony and a special lunch that fea shytured foods developed or improved by OAC scientists

Prof Rick Yada chair of the Department of Food Science said the modernt zat ion of research and teaching fac ilities brings all 36 food science facul ty under one roof where they can work more effec ti ve ly with staff and students to continue the departments worldshyclass leading-edge teaching and resea rch

In total th e project spanned eight yea rs and represe nts more than $ 15 million in su pport from alumni friends industry and government

Ernie Hardeman Onta l io minister of agr icult ure food and rural affairs and Guelph M P Brenda Chamberlain were on hand to unveil a plaque recognizin g a $2 8 - The Guelph Food Technology Centre Dairy Counc il and Maple Lodge Farms million allocation from the federal and was an early su pporter of the renova tion Also marking the opening was a special provincial gove rnments CanadaOntario project and several of its industry partners two-day conference that brought together Infrastructure Works progra m contributed to a campaign led by food scishy key foo d resea rchers to discuss iss ues critishy

A special guest was lo-Anne Wolach ence g rad uate Mo ni Eino PhD 75 that cal to the future success of Canadas agri shyBComm 8 1 a third- genera tion U of G raised more than $ 1 25 million Those partshy food industr y In addition the Uni versity graduate and a granddaughter of James ners included Pa rmalat Canada Du Pont was recognized fo r its careful restoration of Christen sen BSA 2 1 who bequea th ed a Canada Te tr a Pak Wes ton Bakeri es the the heritage building by the presentation of $100000 gift that initiated the renovation Da iry Farmers of Ontario the Ontario a Guelph Arts Council awa rd

METALS RESEARCH NETWORK GETS BOOST IN FACT Resea rchers investiga ting the 12 universities industry and The NSERC announce shy U of G professors impact of metals on the envishy three federal departments ment brings total support for have won more than 100 ronment have received a Based at Guelph MITE MlTE to $64 million includshy teaching awards and 35- million boost from the brings scientists together to ing $ 15 million from th e hold more 3M Teaching lat mal Sciences and Engishy study how metals affect the Mining Association of Canashy Fellowships per 1000

neering Resea rch Council environment to assess th e da and Ontario Power Genshy faculty members than (NSERC) The funding was risks posed by metals and to eration Inc and about $14 at any other university awarded to the Metals in the propose management strateshy million from Environment in Ontario Environment (MITE) gies to ensure that findin gs Ca nada the Department of Resea rch Network a part shy reach key policy- makers in Fisher ies and Oceans and nership of resea rchers from government Natural Resources Canada

8 GU ELPH AL M NUS

Food science chair Rick Yada left provides a lou r of the departments new faci lities to Ron Zelonka

of Du Pont Canada Ernie Hardeman Ontario minister of agriculture food and rural affairs and

U of G president Mordechai Rozanski

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS UNIVERSITY NOTES

Excellence in Research Five U of G facul~y have received Premiers

Research Excellence Awards from the Minshy

istry of Energy Science and Technology The

awards are designed to help talented young

researchers build their research teams The

recipients are Profs John Dutcher Physics

Qi Li Economics Patricia Wright Zoology

John Gibso n Animal and Poultry Science

and Alejandro Marangoni Food Science

With matching contribution s the value

of these awards approaches $650000 and

wiH cover the costs of hiring new graduate

students post-doctoral fellows and research

associates on each faculty members intershy

disciplinary research team

Dutcher wi ll use the money to conduct

further studies in the growing field of polyshy

mer physics specifically thin film polymers

Li is developing new methods for estimatmiddot

ing nonmiddot and semiparametric economic

models used in analysing financial and

labourmiddotmarket data and in creating and testshy

ing economic policy Working with the Hagan

Aqualab Wright is continuing her studies of

the early life stages or fish to help fish farmshy

ers improve their operations Gibson a key

researcher in U of Gs Centre for the Genetshy

ic Improvement of Livestock is helping to

improve Canadas role in international liveshy

stock l inkage-mapping efforts Marangonis

research focuses on the physical properties

of fats and oils such as milk fat and cocoa

butter making a significant contribution to

developments in fat-containing products

such as chocolate confections butter marshy

garine and spreads

INNOVATIVE TEACHER WINS 3M AWAR D Landsca pe architecture profes shysor Ron Stoltz ha s received a pres tigiou s 3M Teaching Felshylowship from 3M Canada and th e Society fo r Tea chin g and Lea rning in Highe r Educatio n The annual fe ll owships recogshynize 10 sc holars across Canada who excel in teac hin g leadershyship and the deve lopment of

academic programs Stoltz is known for his innoshy

va tive approaches to tea ching landscape arch itec tural design and engineering In 25 yea rs of teaching at Guelph he has worked with va rio Lis U of G departments and alumni to

provide hands-on work experishyences for students in the actual des ign and cons tru ct ion of ca mpus and com munity landshyscape projects

Stoltz has also been active in curriculum and instruction al development and so me of his designs are used in profession shyal programs at other universishyties In addition he pbyed a sigshynifica nt role in develop ing materials to include tea chin g eva lu at ion in U of Gs promoshytion merit and tenure process He served as director of Teachshying Support Services from 1992 to 1997

SCIENTISTS FOCUS ON FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY U of G sc ientists wi ll accelerate studies in food safety functi ollshyal foods and industrial applicashyti ons for soft materials as the result of a $6-milliol1 allocation from the Ca nad a Fo undati oll for Innovations (CF) Institu shytio nal Innova tio n Fund

Thi s gra nt brin gs U of Gs total cn awards to $1 32 milshylion which triggers a IOO-pershycent match by th e Ontario Research and Developme nt Challenge Fund and requ ires a 50-per-cent ma tch from privateshysec tor fu nd 1I1g

U of G will es tablish a Cana shydian Research Institute in Food SaFety that will bring toget he r top resea rchers fro m across camshypus Health Canad a and Agri shyculture and Agr i-Food 3llada This gro up is uniqu e because it can ltl ddrtss food-safety iss ues at all levels of the food chai n says Prof Mansel Griffiths Food Sc ience who holds a Gue lpll research chair in dJ ir y microbishyology and will co -direct the new institute with Prof Scott McEwe n Populati on Medicine

A Centre for Food and Soft Materials will be direc ted by Prof Rick Yada chair of the Department of Food Sc ience and Prof John Dutcher Phys ics The goa l of this new ce ntre will U

be to assernble () tea rn of scien- 5b

tists to explore the structure and ~

fun ction of va rious foods and ltgt ~

soft materials Their work will z

leltld to alte rnative uses fo r (011 - j~

ventional soft malcr iais

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in and around the University

MATHEMATICS NETWORK LINKS Convocation Speakers WITH INDUSTRY

Inspire Graduates PROFS ANNA Lawniczak and Bill Langford Mathematics

When Canadian author Jane Urquhartand Statistics have pla yed received an honorary degree at springintegral roles in the first fedshy

convocation June 8 she reminisced about erally funded resea rch netshywork of academic and cor shy her own student days at U of G her 1971

graduation and her life as a person luckyporate mathematicians The Mathematics of Information enough to be able to pursue her lifes vocashyTechnology and Complex tion as a full-time job Urquhart spoke from Systems involves researchers th e heart but her words were often echoed

by other honourees during the four days of

ceremonies Us criminologist William

Chambliss Canadian medical researcher

Michel Chretien former Swedish president

Ola Ullsten and Stanley Falkow a pioneer

in molecular genetics w (]) At the final ceremony June 11 U of G

~ presented the first posthumous honorary I U V degree in its history to Charles Zavitz

-uZ rgt= who graduated in the Ontario Agricultural o --ltlaquo o2 VlColleges first degree class in 1881 and

gtshy(]) -ltheaded its field crop research programo I shy ~ o r for 35 years Zavitzs honorary degree was ~ -shy z

accepted by his grandson James Zavitz Vgt

in recognition of OACs 125th anniversary from 22 Canadian universi shy ~

mties and will receive $145 m illion in federal funding over the next four years Family Stress Under Study Ottawa will then review the project before providing U OF Gs CENTRE for Families small and medium-sized compashy The principal in vestigator another $105 million Work and Well-Being wi ll nies with fewer than 500 employshy will be Prof Kerry Daly Famishy

This research cen tre of investigate the stresses that face ees Researchers will use nation shy ly Relations and Applied Nutri shyexcellence will focus on forgshy working families across Canashy wide focu s groups to id entify tion who is co-di rector of the ing links between universities da tha nks to a recent $185000 practices that help reduce fumil y centre He says the project fits and industry and on training award from the JW McCo nnell stress and will di sse minate recshy well with th e cen tres aim to young researchers Universi shy Family Foundation one of ommenda tions to business and co nduct research thal exp lores ty researchers will work with Canadas largest private char ishy goverrullent The project may elisa the work- famil y ba lance allows applied mathematicians from table organizations lead to an awards system for faculty to establish connections private and public institutions The mon ey will fund an Ca nadian businesses exempli fy shy witl business organizations and on everything from designing eight-month researcll project ing the integration of work and involves students in th e process drug therapy and telephone examining best work practices in family for healthy li ving of social change networks to understandi ng complex new materials A prishymary goal of the network is IN FA(T U of G is one of Canadas premier research institutions to shor ten the lead time

Guelph faculty have attracted the second-largest per-capita share of research funding under between discovery and applishy

the Canada Foundation for Innovation cation of research knowledge

10 GUELPH ALUMNUS

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World Wide We b for informa shy

tion about U of G will fi nd it

eas ier and faster to ge t answers

they need when they click on to

the University s new Web site

Visitors at wwwuoguelph ca wiil

fi nd a new horne pa ge design

and a quick-link toolb ar that

fea tures a direct link to alumni

inform ation and immediate

access to campus news a nd

coming events Other new fea shy

tures includ e a ca mpu s news

page and a three-dime nsio nal

map that a ll ows us ers to dick

directly on a building or to

search by either department or

building name U of G s Web

Steering Committee includ ed a

us er feedba ck functi o n and

hopes visitors will use it to comshy

ment on the site and to seek

more in forma tion abo ut Guelph

programs and se rvices

APPOINTMENTS PROF ALASTAIR Summerlee

has been named associate

vice-president (acad em ic)

following the departure of

Prof Co nstance Rooke who

left U of G to become presishy

dent of the University of

Winnipeg Summerlee was

formerly dean of graduate

studies In his new posit ion

he will oversee the quality

and development of undershy

graduate programs at U of G

PATRICK CASE form er

equity adviser for the Toronshy

to District School Board has

been appointed director ofU

of Gs Human Rights and

Equity Office A 1986 gradshy

uate of Osgoode Hall Law

School Case practised fam shy

ily human rights and immishy

gration law before joining the

Toronto school board in

1991 and is now completing

a masters degree in consti shy

tutionallaw

B OF G WElCOMES NEW CHAIR SIMON COOPER pres ident of

Marriott Hotels of Canada in

Etobicoke Ont is the new chair

of U of Gs BOlld of Governors

He succeeds Doug Dodds chair

and CEO of Schneider Corporashy

tion in Kitchener who has served

as chair since 1995 Cooper who

Join ed the board in 1995 was

vice -chair in 199899 and was

instrumental in raising more than

$1 50000 with in the 110spi tali ty

industry to benefit U of Gs

ACCESS campaign for student

fInancial assistance The board

also welcom es new members

Mary-Eli7abeth Flynn CEO of

KM2 Holdings Ltd Hank Va nshy

der Pol president of Rol-Land

Farms Ltd Prof Chris McKenshy

na chair of the Department of

Eco nomics food science gradushy

ate student Susa n Abraham and

undergradua te students Juli e

Cugalj and Jeff Ramlogan

ROYAL SOCIETY FELLOWS WELCOME DWIVEDI POLITICA L SC IENCE professor

OP Dwivedi has been named a

Fellow of th e Royal Society of

Ca nada the high es t scho larl y

recogniti on a Canadian academshy

ic can receive He joins 18 other

U of G facult y (current and

retired ) who have earned tbe title

Herbert Armstrong (deceased)

Te rry Beveridge Microbiology

Derek Bewley Botany Peter Egelshy

staff Physics Chris Gray Physics

Paul Hebert 70010g y Gabri el

Karl Physics Ke n Kasha Plant

Agriculture John Leslie Philosshy

oph) Donald Masters History

Larry IVlilligan vice-president

(research) Jay Newman Philosshy

ophy Bernhard Nickel Physics

Ann Oaks Botany Larry Pe tershy

so n Botany Michael Ruse Phishy

losophy Bruce Sells Molecular

Biology amp Genetics an d Joh n

Simpson Physics

Faculty Association and the Col shy

lege of Arts

bull Sonya Go ldberg an MA student

in the Depa rtmen t of His to ry

has won th e prestigious Sir

lohn A Macdonald Grad uate

Fellowsh ip in Canadian History

bull U of Gs School of Engineering

is the first in Canada to be recshy

ognized by the Canadian Engi shy

neering Memorial Foundation

with an award for providing a

women middotfriendly environment

Cre ated to mark the 10th

anniversary of the fatal shootshy

ing of 14 women at Montreals

Ecole Poly technique th e award

recog nizes U of Gs collegial

atmosphere an d the schools

4o-per-cent femal e enrolment

which is twice the nation al

average

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bull Philosophy professor Michael cultural Hall of Fame in June as

Ruse is one of seven sc holars a North American leader in the

- and the only Canadian - to production processing and ma rshy

recei ve a special writing grant keting of turkey and chicken

from the John Templeton Foun shy Cuddy received an hono rary

dation and Philade lphia Centre degree from U of G in 1994 for Religion and Science He bull Don Zira ldo BSc(Agr) 71 coshy

will use the $100000 US award founder of In niskillin Wines Inc

to writ e a book about science of Niagara-on-the middotLake Ont

and religion captu red a gold meda l from

bull AM Mac Cuddy BSA 42 was Vine xpo 99 in Bordeaux

inducted into the Ontario Agri- France for the co mpanys 1997

ice wine Inniskillin also

recei ve d the CIVART Award for

Excellence for Out standing

Selection of the Best Wines of

the World

bull Prof Daniel Fischlin Literatures

and Performance Studies in

English has won three teac hshy

ing awa rds in the last year shy

from the Ontario Confederation

of University Facu lty Associa shy

tions the University of Guelph

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SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERYmiddot SCHOLARSHIpmiddot SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTS

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ENVIROPIGS AN ENVIRONMENTAL

BOON U OF G R ES E A RC HERS have ge netically engineered pigs that should help solve th e biggest environmental problem facing hog farmers

The Envi roplgs developed by Pcof Cecil forsbecg M icroshybiol og y Prof Jo hn Philli ps Molec ular Biology and Ge ne tshyics and microbiology graduate stud ent Serguei Golova n proshyduce manure containing 50 per cent less phosphorus Phosshyphorus is a wdter pollutant th at promotes the growth of a lgae in rivers lakes and strea ms ultishymately de pleting oxygen in the water and affect ing fi sh stocks

Enviropigs shou ld help solve the pro blem Norm all y pigs cannot digest phyta tr a form of phosphorus WI th direc t su pshyport from O ntario pork proshyduce rs the Guelph sc ientists took an E coli gene tha t makes the enzyme phytase and spliced it wi th a fragm ent of a mo use gene th at cont ro ls the producshytion of a protein secreted in the sa livar y glands The cOlllposite gene was then inse rted into th e nucl eus of a on e-celled pig

12 GU ELPH ALUMNUS

embr)To via a tiny needle The tran sgene will allow the

Envirop ig to make ph ytase in th e saliva ry gland and secrete it into the saliva where it is swa lshylowed with food The phy ta se

releases orga nic phospho rus so it can be absor bed by the bloodstream ins tead of being excreted in manu re

Th ree transgenic pigs have been born and are bein g monshyitoced by the resea rchers but it will likely be stveraJ yea rs befo re Envirop igs are ready to be comshymercialized

COMPUTER SIMULATIONS

BENEFIT MEDICAL RESEARCH

Two U OJ G SC IENTJ STS are using computer simulations to help medica l and ve terinar y researchers deve lop treatments for diseases caused by iOll chanshynels gone awr y

Profs Saul Go ldman Chemi stry and Biochemistry and Chri s Gray Phys ics are using computer pro gra ms to simulate the workings of tin y passages in cell membranes that serve as ga tekeepers passin g ions such as sodium and potas-

IN FACT Scientists build on knowledge that mlY lead to the ability to repair DNA

otes sium into and out of cell s

Sc ien ti sts have uncovered dozen s of hum an ion channel mutations tha t underlie diseases in heart brain muscle and othshyer tissues

The Guelph researchers modshyel the Aow of ions through chanshynels an d stu dy the microscop ic workings of iOll channel proteins Th ey hope to ga in informat ion useful to ph armaceutical comshypanies an d gene docto rs

The U of G co mputer modshyel is curre ntl y the only way to simu late the workings of ion chl1lnel proteins and the effects of alteri ng th eir stru ctu re dnd function The resea rchers say that over th e long term lear nshy

ing more about th e ge netic un derpi nnin gs of io n channel diseases such as cyst ic fib rosis might allow sCIe nti sts to rep air DNA itself

LITERARY RESEARCH CLICKS WITH TECHNOLOGY

U DF G E N GLI S H PR OFESSO R Susan Brow n is helping to cli ck on a new way to pub lish and stud y sc holarship in the humanit ies

Brown is one of six co-invesshytigators on th e Orlando Project which involves p ro fe sso rs and students trom the universities of Guelph and Alberta who are developing th e first full scholarshyly history of wo mens writings in the Britisb Isles Th ey will pubshyLsh it in an electronic format that wi ll allow users to search vast volumes ofbiog rltlphical inforshy

mation critical discussion and contextual mate rial in seconds

The pIoject will prov ide an account or wo me ns wri ting across the cen turies that addressshyes issu es raised by recent fe mishynist tbinkers and scholars of womens wr iting Brown and other inves tigators are not mereshyly col lecting primary mater ial but are also encoding literalY hisshytory as they wr ite it lllcluding references to literary reviews and analysis of write rs work Comshyputers will store and manipulate

basic rtsea rch materia l Named for the Virgin ia Woolf

fictiona l character who begins to write as an Elizabethan man and emerges as a full y developed fema le writer the Orlando Proshyjec t has been funded by a $16shymillion gran t from the Social Scishyences and Hu manit ies Resea rch Counci l and by th e uni ve rsities of Albe rta and Guelph

CANADIANS VALUE THEIR PETS

VIE A LL KNO W TJ-JiT Ca nadians -love their dogs and cats but did you know that keeping Fido and Fluffy happ) and healthy is worth billions to the nations economy

A fi rst -ever stud y by LJ of G

economics professo r John Livshyernois reveals that Canad ian pet ow ners spend nearly $3 billion annually on food veterinary care and supplies for their comshypanion animals - almost $1

billion in Ontario alone Th e pet industry also supports nearshyly 40000 jobs nati onally

The study commissioned by the Ontario Veterinary College revea ls that pets are an imporshytant family budget item across all income classes and aU provinces Nearly half of Canadia n house shyholds have a companion animal and the average family spends a few hundred dollars a year on pets an amou nt that rises with in come levels

The magni tud e of pet expenditures is an indicator of the value of companion ani shymals in society says Live rnois

The study also identified the intangible benefits of pets including emotional support companionship improved socializa ti on skills in children and th erapeutic effects

Animals are companions and confidants says OVC proshyfessor Cindy Adams a speciaJist in the human-animal bond We are very much a buying-orishyented society but the relationship with our pets is still very pure

People are also becomi ng more sensit ive to their pers needs she says The y are demanding the same type of care and service from their ve tshyerinarians as they do from their docto rs

The study notes that most

veterinary practices depend on peoples attachment to their pets Of the]] 06 veterinary practices in Ontar io 726 are exclusively companion-animal practices Even mixed-animal practices derive about half th eir income from companion animal services

NEW CANCER TEST MAY IMPROVE

SURVIVAL RATES U N IVER S llY OF GUELPH

researchers have helped develshyop a new blood test that detects ovar ian cancer at a stage when it is still treatable by surgery and chemotherapy

Senior research associate Dong Gaudette and Prof Bruce Holub Human Biology and Nutritional Sciences collaboratshyed with doctors from Texas and Ohio on the patented blood test [t will be devel oped by Atairgin Technologies Inc in Irvine Calif Clinical trials begin tbis yea r

Diagnosis of ovarian canshycer during tbe eady stages could mea n dramatically higher SLlrshyvival rates says Ga ud ette The blood test detected 75 per cen t

IN FACT A new blood test detected 75 per cent of early-stage ovarian cancer

of the ea rly-stage ovaria n canshycer samples

Currently diagn os is in abo ut 70 per cen t of women occ urs during the more

advanced stages of the disease Each yea r ovarian cance r kill s ]500 women in Ca nada and

14500 in the United States T I e two researchers discovshy

ered a fat called lyso phosphatidic acid that is prese nt in higher

quantities in ca ncerous tissue It is also detected in the blood

DEVELOPING A NEW VACCINE FOR CATTLE

KIND ER GEN TLER CATTLE vacshyc ines may become a reality thanks to the development of an oral cattle vacci ne by a U of G research tea m

Profs Reggi e Lo Microbiolshyogy Patricia Shewen Pathobiolshyogy and Judith Strommer Plant

Agri cultu re are tryi ng to pro shyduce a transgenic lin e of alfalfa that calTies a bacterial gene The alfalfa is designed to produce a natural antigen to help boost bovine immune response to a type of pneumonia in ca ttle

Traditional vaccina tion b)

needl e injection requires rounding up and restra ining the cattle and is costly and stressful to animals says Lo If we ca n create an o ral deli very system using transgenic alfalfa we can simply add th e alfalfa to tbe regul ar feed

The team is creating the oral

vacci ne system using a gene from a well-known bacterium and is transferring tbe bacterishyal D--1 into the recip ient alfalshy

fa plant s Once tb e transgenic alfalfa line is es tabli shed and the ge ne is producing the bacshyteri al ant igens as planned th ey will feed the transgenic alfalfa to th e cattle to see whether an immun e response occurs If the o ral vaccine works it will mea n healthier cattle with less use of antibiotics in livestock being fed for hum an consul11ption

GENETIC TEST COULD BOOST

SOYBEAN EXPORTS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN Canada testing is available to detect the presence of geneticall ) modified orga nisms (CMOs) in soybea n products Th e testin g wi ll be overseen by U of Gs Laboratoshyr) Serv ices The uelph Mole shycular Supercentre will offer the GMO-check Soya Iest Kit

There is a stron g need for such a commercial tes t in Ca nashyda especially with the increase in produc tion of Givl so) beans says rcsclrciler Shu Chen Its estishymated that 10 to 20 pe r cent of the 21 111illion acres of soybeans planted in the province this year were gendi(all y modified

The test deteels the protein expressed In Monsantos Roundup Read y v1[ia nt of soyshy

beans The most popular GM soybean secds on th e market a re res is tant to Roundup a com l11only used herbicide The test has been va lidated for aCCllshy

rac y by 37 laborator ies in th e Eu ropean Union (EU )

The te st is poised to be a boon for soybean exp orte rs Currently food products co nshytainin g CIvIC) that are exportshyed to the EU mu st be clearly labell ed and many consumers are now dem anding the option to choose between genetically modified and non-geneticall y l110dified foods Previously th e sampl es had to be se nt to th e United Sta te s for testi ng a process that was both cosuy and ti me-consu m i ng

IN FACT Up to 20 per cent of the soybeans grown in -Ontario this year were genetically modified

Fa UW inter 1999 13

bull bull

Gayle Anderson Andrew Vowles Alexander Wooley

IClne Guelph scientists strengthen the role ofveterinary medicine

in solving human health problems

Pre-eclampsia in pregnant women Organ

transplants Human colorectal cancer Bactershy

ial resistan ce to antibiotics Theyre all topics

you might expect to hear discussed in a human

medical lab or teaching hospital but in the corshy

ner office of the Ontario Veterinary College

OVC dean Alan Meek smiles and acknowlshy

edges the apparent paradox of discussing the

effects on human medicine of resea rch conshy

ducted in his corner of the University of Guelph

campus But you dont need too powerful a

microscope to reveal the research connections

among dogs cats horses and well humans

Referring to his hefty copy of Veterinary

Medicine and Human Health written by his Unishy15 co versity of California colleague Calvin Schwabe laquo

~ Meek says the distinction between animal and w

~ human is rather misleading Go back far enough

~ - before the Judeo-Christian concept of human z

~ uniqueness and superiority - and youll find o

~ no clear line sepa ra t ing the practitioners of

14 GUELPH AWYI K US

human and animal health The healers made

no distinction between whether they were lookshy

ing after the owner of the ca ttle or the cattle

says Meek It was the notion of one medicine

Of course theres no denying that animal

health rem ains the domain of the veterinary

researcher an d practitioner As ve terinarians

we have a mandate to understand animals and

things that affect their health so we can preshy

vent problems and care for th em says Meek

I suspect that when most people think about

veterinary medicine thats th e first piece they

think about

But animal heal th is only one of the four pilshy

lars of the veterinary profession - th e others

are public health environmental health and bioshy

medical sciences - whose research and teachshy

ing rest on the base of comparative medicine -We are the only medical profession that looks

at medicine across species he says Thats one

of the great strengths of veterinary medicine

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Fa llWinter 1999 15

Public health con cerns range from food SJfft) to zoonotic diseases (diseases that can be traLl smi tted from anim als to humans) and antibiotic resistance amon g diseaseshyca using bacteria It was this pillar that occushypied many veterinarians during the earlier decades of this century o ften as health inspectors

Iith the ad vent of antibiotics and varshyious advances in technology seemingly more stimulating research avenues beckshyoned for vete rin ary scientists But at this end of the 20th cen tury says Meek we find ourselves again confronting many of those earlier problems such as tuberculosis and medical professionals are refocllsing on the importance of public health issues

Veterinarians have also played a signifishycant role in th e evolution and application of ecosystem healt h practices because of their expe rtise in co mp arative medicine toxicology ep idemiology and wildlife disshyease Changes in wildlife health are the first results and so metimes the first signs of envishyronmental problems We dont live in a box reserved for one species says Meek gtle live in the same env ironment We interact in very intimate ways with other an imals in the environment so its not surp rising there are all kinds of crossovers and that you can learn J lot tbat can improve the heal th and lovell-being of peo ple and other animals

That trutl is becoming more ev ident as biomedical science uses new and more speshyci fic technologic As yo u start looking at the cellular and subcellular levels and the chromosomes and the genes it doesnt realshyly mat ter that much whether youre lookshyin g at a ge ne chromosome or cell that came ou t of a person or a dog says Meek vVhen YOLi get down to that level the fundamenshytal building blocks are the same - nucleic acids dnd blse units I think we as a professhysion have a tremendou s amount to offer there becJuse of our mand ate wlich is so broad Vete rinar ians look after all animals excep t for people in th e sense of providing handS-Oil care We can learn a lot from these othe r species There are diseases in other animals that have analogies to human disshyeases so we can learn from that and use th em as n1tural models

He expec ts to see mor e collaboration IIlJ information sharing alllong human medical and veterinary researchers Its not

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so amazing to understand that we would ha ve folks working on things that have a human application It co mes from our manshydate our responsibilities and histo ry and the comparative approach

The fourth pillar of veterinary medicine offers many impressive examples of co mshyparative medicine In the next few pages we present a small sample of current OVC research initiat ives that are providing immeshydiate and direct benefit to human medicine and health

disease similar to pre-eclampsia In mice lacking these lymphocy te cells she grafted bone marrow containing gra ft s with NK cells and found that the implantation sites returned to a no rmal state

Croys research has gained worldwide recognition for its considerable applicabilshyity to human fetal development and because it provides a useful animal model for this gestational disease Her work may eventu shyall) show scientists how to eliminate preshyeclampsia during human pregnancy It will also help vets and farmers understand how

Reproductive technologies

Prof Anne Croy Biomedical Sciences is intent on discovering why pregnant women develop pre-eclampsia a serious illn ess that typically occurs during th e second half of pregnancy High blood pressure is the major symptom If pre-eclampsia occurs th e baby must be delivered immediately or the mothshyer may experience convulsions or even die To better understand the ilness Croy is examining lymphocytes in the uterus par shyticularlya group of specialized lymphocyte cells that multiply during early pregnancy

These NK cells or natural killers regushylate gene expression and attack foreign invaders such as cancerous tumours Their main r01 e during pregnancy is to dilate blood vessels as the uterus grows preventshying blood pressure from rising to dangershyous levels Croy and her research team have discovered that lack of NK ceUs in the uterus may cause reproductive problems and lead to smaller infants whose growth is retard shyed into adulthood

Working with mice Croy found th at removing NK cells before mating led to a

uterine lymphoc ytes work in lives tock which is why her studies are funded by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs as well as the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council

How much can mice teU us about human reproductive immunology Croy says the importance of the mouse as a tool for studyshying disease progression or therapy was brought home to her in the 1960s when she was an OVC student of Prof Tom Hulland then chair of pathology and an ea rly enthushysiast of using mice as resea rch models

She says the two reproductive systems are remarkably similar Because mice reach adulthood after six to seven weeks and proshyduce about 10 offspring every three weeks researchers can monitor successive generashytions of mice over a short period to discovshyer the long-term ramifi ca tions of health problems And she is able to study an indishyvidual tissue section of an entire fetu s under -the microscope For these reasons mice play a central role in another of Croys research projects one thats found mothers pass along to their children more of themselves than was previously thought

Until recently the placenta was thought

to be impenetrable Then some Us

researchers discovered that cells travelled

from the fetus to the mother In research

funded by the Hospital for Sick Children

Foundation in Toronto Croy recently found

that the flow is two-way unidentified cells

We are the only medical profession that looks at medicine across species Thats one of the great strengths of veterinary medicine

are also transferred from the mother to the

bone marrow of the fetus

Unlike most earlier studi es Croys

focused on the bone marrow where the

bodys blood and autoimmune disea ses

develop She found that 90 per cent of the

mouse fetuses contained the mothers cells

in their marrow Because maternal cel ls

remain in offspring into adu lthood (a nalshy

ogous to humans) it suggests the cells may

affect the chi lds response to a bone marshy

row transplant during cancer treatment or

to treatment for HIV ma laria or burns For

example immune-deficient children often

receive marrow transplants from a parent

but if the mothers cells are already present

they can reject th at transplant Undershy

standing the nature of those cells is critical

As in Croys work with uterine lymp hoshy

cytes this research is receiving worldwide

recogn ition although the Guelph researcher

down plays that accla im This is so me of

the most interesting work of my career she

says but Im a relatively small player in the

bigger sc hem e of things

Croy has repeatedly crossed boundaries

in her pursuit of knowledge and has been

recognized by a variety of scientific discishy

plines She recent ly completed a term as a

permanent study sec tion member of the

National Institutes of Health (N1H) in th e

United States one of the few Canadians

appointed since the N1H opened permashy

nent membership to non -citizens in 1995

She teaches a summer course on reproducshy

tion mostly to medical doctors at the

Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratoshy

ry in Massachusetts This June she recei ved

the JCB Grant Senior Scientist Award from

the Canadian Society of Anatomy Cell Biolshy

ogy and Neurobiology - an unusual honshy

our for a vet And she recently prese nted

reproductive immunology findings to meetshy

ings of obstetricians and gynecologists

Organ transplants

A silent crisis is what one member of Parshy

liament has called Canadas organ donor

rate now among the lowest in the indusshy

trialized world More than 3000 Canadians

wait for organ transp lants each year and

143 of them die awaiting a transplant

One potential so lution being examined

at OVC is xenotransplantation or transshy

plan ting of organs from one sp ecies to

another - specifica ll y from pigs to

humans Its not as far-fetched as it sounds

For more than 10 years people have

received living pig tissue including porcine

pancreatic islet cells for diabetes and pig

skin for burns

Because of its faculty expertise its outshy

standing record in animal ca re and welfare

and its 30-year history o f research in

pathogen-free swine for breeding and food

purposes OVC was approached by Imutran

Ltd of the United Kingdom a xenotran sshy

plantation research leader to assis t in pre-

clinical (non-human) trials

OVCs role in this leading-edge research

being co-led by Prof Danny Butler Clinishy

cal Studies is to breed and suppl y a sma ll

group of tran sgenic pigs for research trials

at partner institutions in the project - the

University of Toronto and the University of

Western Ontario ove was also instrushy

mental in ensur in g that the pig li tte rs were

of defined health status or pathoge n-free

- an integral aspect of this proJect These

transgenic pigs resemble any other pig on

the outside but on the inside Lhey diff r in

one smaJl but very important way

Ordinarily when a blood vessel ruptures

the bodys natural reaction is to clot and

patch the leak During this pro cess someshy

times called a cascade the body produces

chemicals sequentially to form the c lot But

clotting is a delicate FlOcess Until now

organ transplants betwee n species have proshy

voked hyper-acute rejection caus ing a

clotting-like cascade to continue until wit hshy

in min utes or hours th e patient rejec ts the

animal organ Blood entering the newly

received organ recognizes that tissue as forshy

eign and immediately begins the clotting

process quickly shutting down the o rg3 1l

By contrast the ce ll s of lmutran pigs conshy

tain a human gen e that produces a prote in

that stops the clotting casca d e In a transshy

planted pig organ c3tTying this gene the

protein fool s the pat ients blood into trelt shy

ing the organ as though its from the same

species thus preventing clotti ng

Butler believes oves expertise in surgishy

cally deriving and raising germ-free littetmiddots

was a key reason the college was approached

to undertake this re sea rch Fro m 1958 to

1989OVC took th e scientific lead with the

Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Fo od and

Ruralfffairs in supplying speci[Jc-pathogen shy

free animals to the provinces pig farms Prof

Paul Miniat of the Departmcnt of C linical

Studies and later th e Depa rtment of Popshy

ulation Medicine led that projec t

Tl1is current research is cutting-edge

says Butler and you have to be absolutely

meticulous about everything you do

Because these animals dont ha ve dn actishy -vated immune system any path oge n th lt

comes into play would be fatal to thesc pigs

Butler notes that the resea rch is stil l at

the pre-clinical (non-human) trial stage

and it will likely be years before trials ca n

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take place in hum ans And other forms of transplant rejec tion besides the hyper-acute

va ri ety will requ ire furth er research Along the way Butler and fellow OVC researchers - Prof Bonnie Mall ard and Byram Bridle PathobioJogy who are stud y director and projec t mana ger re spec tivel y Jud y Bell Clinical Studies a projec t mana ge r and

Prof Bob Fri endship Population Medicine - hope to gain new insight into breeding

pigs of exemplary health status for both anishymal breeding and food sa fe ty

Genetic diseases

Pro f Mark Baker Path obi ology hopes to enh ance gene th erapy used in treating

human and animal ge net ic d iseases by improving the effi ciency of gene targeting Using thi s procedure and the tools of biotechnology researchers hope to zero in on spec ific points in an o rgani sms DNA and insert or repair genes invol ved in sll ch

diseases as cancer AID S mu sc ular dystroshyphy cys tic fibrosis and sickl e-cell anemia

Gene targeting is a very important techshy

nology for gene modifi ca tion in all species - plants animals and micro-organisms says Baker who began tbi s work in the 1980s The nice thing about thi s tecbnolshyogy is th at yo u can make changes in the

ge ne right in its norm al position in the chromosom e

He hopes to make gene targe ting more effi cient by studying the underlyi ng process of homologo us reco mbi nation in whi ch

DNA sequences exchange information Norshymally this process helps ce lls repai r DNA da mage and govern s mixing of gen es durshy

ing cell di vision including th e p rocess of meios is whi ch produces egg and sperm

cells But homologous recombination can also lead to can cer durin g th e exchange of informati on bet ween a mutan t ch romoshyso me and its no rmal co unterpart Bes ides

stud ying what goes wrong durin g recomshybinat ion sc ientists are in te res ted in using th e process to co rr ect defe cts Baker s

research for exa mple has shown that gene targe ting th ro ugh homolo gous recombinashytion can correc t a mu ta tion to resto re proshyducti on of an immunoglobulin found in

an tibodies We want to und ers tand the mec hashy

nisms of recombination in mammalian cells

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and how homologo us reco mbin ati on ca n

be used to shape and manipu late th e genome he says ex plaining that gene tarshygeting all ows researchers to make animal

model s of hum an gene ti c diseases study hum an ge ne th erapy and modify plant and an imal ge nomes to benefit agri culture biotechnology and medi cine

Cancer research

Ca ncer reaches into the lives of many Ca nashydian s A number of researchers are wo rkshying in this area and their research spans the spectrum from basic molecul ar bio techshy

nology to applied therapy says Pro f Wayne

improve our understa ndin g of how to modshy

ify the level of damage done by co litis He explains th at by detoxify ing dieta ry

mu tagens and ca rcinogen s CST enzymes provi de protection against va rious insul ts inflicted on th e stom ach Thats an imporshy

tant role gJven th e kno wn link be tween so me chemical s co nsumed by humans and the dama ge to DNA and tis sues th at ma y

lead to cancer Hi gh levels of the em ymes are good because th ey pro tect says Ki rby

In pre vious studi es conducted with the Je wish General Hospital in MontlCal Ki rshyby discove red th at man y peo pl e with col shyo rec tal ca ncer lack th e ge neti c codes fo r

GSTs He is now in vestigatin g th e role of the

At the cellular and subcellular levels it doesnt really matter

whether youre looking at a gene chromosome or cell that came out of a person or an animal

McDonnell OVC ass istant dean (resea rch)

Although OVC research usually fo cuses on can cer in anim als incl uding using animal models th e res ult s also touch th e human

realm of oncology research Colorec tal ca nce l is th e third most comshy

mon can cer in humans th e Canadian Ca nshy

cer Society estim ates th at more than 16000 new cases will be d iagnosed in 1999 and more th an 6000 deaths will occur Key fa cshy

tors in its development are d ie tary carc inoshyge ns and colitis a bowe l inflammatio n In Guelphs Departm ent of Bio medi cal Scishy

ences Prof Gordon Kirby is studying glu shytathione S-transferase (GST) emymes that

are fo und in the hea lthy human intestinal tract but are abse nt in colorec tal ca ncer patients This research co uld help impleshyment pre ve ntive st ra teg ies for people who might be at high risk for ca nce r or it may

help in co unselling people in proper dietary habits he says In addi tio n we may

enzy mes and how th eir level alte rs as th e

disease develops B) und erst andin g how th ese enz) l11 es

work and how th ey change dur ing the proshygression from co liti s to can cer Kirby ultishymately hopes to lea rn ho w to co ntro l th e leve l of th e enzymes Understandin g how

th e enzym es work ca n lead LI S to wa ys to

prevent cancer he SlyS

Radiation treatment

Veterll1ar ians using the technique o f halfshy

body ra dia tion may cut th e time needed to treat lymphoma in dogs acco rd ing to th e

re sul ts of a st ud y by OVC re sea rchers in cludin g Prof To n) Abr1Jl1s-0gg Pro f -Stephen Kruth Paul Woods Geri Ottewe ll and Kim Stewa rt - aU of th e Department of Clini cal Studi es - and Al Norris of th e

Veterinary Referral Cli nic And although the groups recent six-year tr ial was directed at

do gs the resu lts of thi s veterinary resea rch

may have implica tions for trea tin g cance r

in hum ans

Trea tin g lym ph oma traditionally Iequires up to two yea rs of chemoth erap)

An alternative to prolonged chemotherapy is tota l-body ra diat io n and bone mar row

transplantation The procedullt lI SLS the patien ts own marrow extracted before the

trea tment One drawback is the possi bilit y

of transpb nt ing s ick malTOw co ntaining lymphoma (ells back in to the patien t A secshy

o nd drawbac k is th e ex tcnsive ca re and

Icngthy recovery time required By co ntrast ha lf-body radiation takes

onl y three mon ths Ab rams- Ogg explains that became only half of th e body is treatshy

ed at one time enough healthy bone marshy

row remain s to negate a tra nsp lan t By the

time th e seco nd hal f o f the body is irradishyated 30 da ys late r th e pa tien t has hld

eno urh line to recover fro m the first trea tshyment Hes also found that dogs receivi ng

half-bod) radiation generally avoid the sideshyeffects of tull-body trea tment

Abra ms-Ogg says ha lf- body radi ation

has been used on humans to alleviate pain in advanced cancer cases but not to treat

lymphoma The results of this trial do have hUl )la n health implications he SJ) Halt~

hody radilti o n may be used to treat the

sa me types of cancers in people

Resistance to antibiotics

Ensuring the hea lth of farm animals is an

im po rtant fac tor in ensuring th e health of our food supply T hrough col labo ratio ns wi th the Un iversity of Guelphs Department

of Food Science and l1calth Canada a dedshy

icated group of ove resea rch ers is improvshying public health through [ood -sa fe ty

research OnL of those sc ienti sts is Prof Sco tt

McEwen Population Med icine who studies food-animal prod uct io n and on-fa rm issues

by investigati ng microb ial resistance to antib ishyotics and ways to co ntrol pathoge ns such as

E coli during food-animal production Were try ing to red uce the level of exposhy

sure or people to these pathogens an d in tu rn red uce the level of food-borne illness

says I IcEwe n Our goal is to im prove

human health and improve the health of the animal industr )

Microbia l resista nce in pa rticular is a

co mpelli ng issue for agriculture rigbt no w because of a number of eve nts occurring

worldwide that have focus ed attenti on o n the use of antibi otics in foo d-a ni mal pro shy

du ct ion and the po tential impact on h um ans through meat conu mption

McEwen and h is st ud ents are looking at

what types of animals are being exposed to

va ll o us drugs and for how long to better

measure bacterial resistance to antibiot ics Because the agricu ltu ra l industry accounts [or half of to tal antib io tic lls e he says it s

important to look for new ways to improve on-farm manage ment of livestock that wIll

reduce disease Jnd the need for treatme nt

with antibiotics ga

Veterinary medicine contributes to human health sector

The Ontario Veteri nary Co llege (OVC) is at the centre of Ontarios

$44 billion knowledge-based ecoshy

nomic secto r foc using on animal

health and related food qualitysafeshy

ty and biomedicalbiotechnology activities

Although veterinal) medicine is

the main focus of studies at OVC the biomedical science o ption has

the bjgh est enrolment among

Guelphs 30 BSe degree programs

Employers in Canadas $I -billion biotechnology indust ry sa y a degree in ve ter inary med icine will

be an impor tant first step in filling

new positions created by the pracshytical application of current revelashy

tions in molecular biology and cloning technology

OVC is a founding college of the

Universit y of Guelph which receives mo re resea rch funding

from the Medica l Research Co unshycil than any other Ca nadi an uni shy

versity with o ut a medica l school

More than ISO studies have been condu cted using fund s donated

throug h OVes Pet Tr ust by ve tshy

erinarians and pet owners who recshy

ognize the th erapeutic value of the

bond betwee n people and com shypa nion animal s

100 per cent of OVC gradu ates

find em ploymen t withi n six months of gradu ation

50 per cen t of veterinary patholoshygists in North America are -employed directly or indirectly by the pharmaceutical industr y

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a The Royal Society of Canada recognizes an acndelnic career

by Alexander Wooley a scholar Funny hOWasingle pi ece of paper can summarize a lifet ime of study and aCJ demic work that has already fi ll ed

29 books and 85 book chapters an d Journal articles

In june U of G polit ica l science profes~

sor Onkar P Dwivedi received a letter invit~

ing hi m to become a Fello w of th e Royal Society of Canada Its an invitation reserved

for Canadas ltlCJde11i c elite an an nounceshy

men t thM brought congratul atio ns tinged with envy fiom colleagues across Ca nada and

left th is U of G professor answeri ng quips from Guelph collcgues such as Are we still

allowed to share the elevator wi th such an illuSlrious scholar

Dwivedi is indeed an ill ustrious scholar

- th e FRSC is th e hi ghest scholJriy recog~ nition1 Canad ian ~ cad emic ca n recei ve shy

but he is also a personable man who has a deer concern fo r o thers and a sense of humour that allows h illl to ceremo ni ously

wave oth er facult ) and students on to the

elevator as it ri ses to his s ix1h~f1oor offi ce ill the JvlacKi nn on Bu ilding

Known across camp us simply as OP he says its o nl y natural that hlS colleagues

wo uld be a bi t envi ous of th e Royal Society

designation he has felt th at envy himself when congratultting previous recip ien ts

Dwivedi SI) he is d~ep l ) honoured to bL one of 19 U of C lilCul ty wh o hold thl tilk (see page II ) The entire U of C cJm pl co mmunity shOlIcs in Prof l)iveciis dd igh t at bei ng l1amed a fel low I) pruv()t tin

Campbe ll It is a we ll~d lsencd mark of recognition for his distinguished caree r Jnd

vJ lua ble slr vice to i II I l 1Ila I ional dlTlop Ill en t an d the en viron men t

Being n~mcd I Fello of the Rnl11 oci

101) of CI1a d ~ is testimony 10 tile prnrcsnr ~

beli e-I Lhat if you work hard enough you L11l

achieve an ythi ng Th~Is 11) hi colilltr)

is so great he says o f his adopted C~nIJ1 Born in India Dwi ved i came 1( ( anadl

in the early [960 as a gruduatc lttuden Hl co mpl eted a mdst 15 de grec al Carl etull University ~nd a Ph D at QUlln l middot ni~r ishy

ty ~l1 d jo incd the U o f C tJLlti lyin 1967

He hJS advanccd Ihe CallldilI1 view of

political eth ics 111d public scnicc Wl11pI(d

pol icy~mak ing t nd administralioll hetwlcn natio ns and l11aintl ined world iew of enli~

ronll1ental pol iei sand pl1blie alti ludes toward pollu tion And ltI ll the wh ile haring his in sight wilh the l h (l u~llld nf tlllkilts

who halt vied for se1ts ill his classroom

Alt hough C1I1 3d is now hi~ IWll1l Dwivedi main tai ns ~Irong lies with his lill

mer homeland He has mon itored dCIdol

mtnh Ind ehtnge~ ill IndilS pol lulion lt111U

lto INrl ation pol i ~ic ror lll1lo~t 0 )Cltlrs and sucd h J ltnio r ad iser 1(1 Ih (OUlllr )

lin ilr) of rl1limnl11tllt dnd Fltlr~ I S I Ii lIll rc~c nl hook publi1 d in I))7 i ntro ~

Jl1C~ r~ldr tlt1 Ih cnVil 0 l1nlCnl11 p(lli~yshy

mll-ing and manf~mll1t prelL n Ind i1 b) cxamining vlri()u~ Jill1cl1iol15 of lhlt

tl1Iironrncn lal chIIltI1ampes faced h)lhe nali()n Farber th is )Lar hc 1 in Ind i JS par t

or a hll1lli(Ia l lroICL looking at reg ulal middot ing cmironmcnlal ri there with I Spc

eiJI fO LlI on htrlil lll i hmlsehrllJ producls

and thiJ ill1 tI~1 Oil (Imen ltlnd hiidren

Tht resClreh p rQin t i locattd ill Kll1 pur

lt1 cil ) of Ih rec million HId IS funded b) the Sha tri In do CJnldi111 Imti lutc

[)wi lldi mother and othl lamily mtlllhLI sl illl iC in In d i li e pcrsollally

Ufporh eh olt)I Ihne and hell he retire in tl1 Icars hl plan to SCI up I L~c n tre fo r

drug HldiLliOl I 1I11lI11Llll11 healt h

Fnn in C lllJdI hl is working to help

olher or Indiall illlllry bui ld bella lives I lc offen hi serliccI~ I parl -timc Hindu

pries t lIith U ofe CGl11pUS minislry and I~ 1 spir iluJ I ou l1 1I0 [ Jor inm lles It Ihe

Cudl h Corrldinnd (ntrc The Roal Soc ielY Litdtion d~ )Lribes

[)wildl cI~ 1 chobr who hIS 1 1Ilined

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ndti( nal distinction and international recogshy

nit ion Just this spring he vis ited Loyo la l [a rymollnt Universit-y in Los An-des as that

insti tutions 1999 Internati onal Scho lJ r

Es tabli shed 117 years lgO the Roya l Society or Canada enco mpasse d ra nge of

discip lin es including the natural and ap plied sc iences medi cine soc ial scien ces MId hu manit ies

Dwi vedi sa) The s()c ic tys invitation is

an honour for me and also a wonderful recogshy

nition for our new coll ege (U of Gs College

of Social and All lied Human Sciences )

A for mer chair of Guel lhs Department of Political Science Dwivedi is pres id ent of

the Ca nadian Asian Stud ies Associa tion and

past lresident of the Canadian Po litica l Scishyence Association He also chairs th e resea rch committee of the International Poli tical Scishy

ence Associat io n

During hi s 32-year career at Guellh he ha s served on the Enviro nm ental Assess shy

)]lent Boa rd of Ontario as a co nsultan t to

the Ca nadian gove rnment as an adviser to th e Wo rld Health Organi za ti o n an d the

Wo rld Bank in In dia Papua New Guinea and Mau ritiu s an d as a sc ientific panel

member with UNESCO In J 99 8 he

received an honorary degree fro m the Unishyve rsity of Leth bridge ga

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ANDREvV VOWLES

m Tiny flashes of blue

light caught by U of G

to physicists in an

undergro und

observatory may eg

tell us the

fate of our

universerunch First tighf wasnt long in coming even in a mine shaft some two kiloshy

metres beneath the Earths surface Within days of turning on a multishy

million-dollar li ght detector near the bottom of a Sudbury nickel mine

scientists from Canada the nited States and the United Kingdom recordshy

ed their first even t Thats physicists lingo for a collision between a tiny

extraterrestrial particle called a neutrino and a molecule of heavy water

Actually what they witnessed last spring was not the encounter itself

- marked by a tell tale fl ash of blue light - but data trickling in quishy

etly from the detectors elaborate instruments sometime after the fact

Still that was enou h to set a few hearts pounding among the collabshy

orators in the Sudb u r y eutrin o Observatory particularly among

Guelph physicists John Simpson Robin Ollerhead and Jimmy Law who

appJaude 1 those early results not just for what they might reveal about

the universe but also as a validation of their painstaking care in conshy

structing and preparing the detector

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[J This is without a doubt the climax of my

career says Simpson whos been invo lved

with the Sudbury N eu trin o Observa to ry

(SNO) project since it was fir s t moo ted by

Canadian physicis ts in th e early 1980s Hes

been studying neutrinos for almost two

decades beginning with experiments in a

Windsor-area sa lt mine

It s th e las t unkn own low-energy area

left he says N eutrin os are s till th e least

understood elementa ry particle of a ll

Thats not for lac k of them T hey re co nshy

sidered to be th e most commo n particles in

the universe and the fund amenta l building

blocks of matter Each seco nd bi lli ons of

neutrinos generated during fusion reactions

in the sun and in sou rces far beyond our

galaxy bombard every square ce ntim etre of

the Earths surface undetected But just try

to catch one So ephemeral a re Ih ey th at

they pass without a mmmur through most

objects including solid rock ni ckel ni ckel

miners - even throu gh the SNO sc ientis ts

monitoring their giant acry li c ball s usshy

pended in a 22-metre-wide cavern two kiloshy

metres down the mine shaft

The $70-million o bse rva to ry s it s nea r

the bottom of Inco Ltd s C reighton nicke l

mine the deepes t wo rkin g min e in North

America and one tha t has opera ted co ntinshy

uously for the last ce ntury

Today the only eAtra terreslrial objects hitshy

ting the site - or more co rrect ly passi ng

through it - are neutrinos Seemingly against

astronomical odds those scientists hope to

use that ball as a kind of cosmic-sized catchshy

ers mitt to stop or deflect enough of these

particles to learn more about them and about

the big wide universe that spawned them

Inside that 12-foot ball are 1000 tonnes

of heavy water which is also used as coolant

inside nuclear reactors Tn fact th e watershy

all $300 million worth - is on loan from

Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (AECL)

Heavy water ho lds the key to SNOs opera-

Taken during construction the photo above

shows the SNO cavity and acrylic vessel At

right the acrylic vessel is surrounded by an 18shy

metre diameter geodesic sphere that supports

nearly 10000 light sensors and reftectors

Scientists hope to U~

tion Because its molecules contain one more

n eutron than in ordinary water its more

likely to in tercept a phantom neutrino That

co llis ion will be marked by faint but telltale

fla shes of light - forma lly kno wn as

Cerenkov radia tion th e characteris tic blu e

glow emitted in a nuclear reactor - to be

picked up by a few of th e 10000 detectors

studding the panels on th e sphere s surface

Perhaps more impo rtan t SNO resea rchers

anticipate that the wa ter will catch all three

types o f neut rinos no t just the o ne captured

by other detec tors around the world

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agiant acrylic ball as a kind of cosmic-sized catchers mitt

flavou rs based on th e kind s of subatomshy

ic particl es tlleyre dssociated with electro n

neutrinos muon neutrinos and tau neu trishy

nos Referring to earlier experiments that

have detected far fewer neutrinos than

expected based on our understanding of

how the universe works Simpso n says most

scientists believe that neutrinos have mass

and the) change type as th ey leave the sun

and thats why Ne havent seen enough of

them Being able to detect the other two

flavours at SNO might allow sc ientis ts to

account for the so -called missing neutrinos

Proving that neutrinos can change their

stripes might als o tell us more about the

likely fate of th e universe itself by solving

another mystery the question of the missshy

ing mass Referring to basic laws of physics

Law says If neutrinos convert th at means

th ey must have mass Why is that imporshy

ta nt Explai ns Ollerhead The amount of

mass thats accounted fo r by the sta rs that

you can see is only about one-tenth of the

total mass the re must be in the universe in

order to cause the interactions and motions

you see W hen people talk about mis si ng

mass thats what th ey re talking about

So the question is where is it l Because

every s tar produces billions of neut rin os

every second the universe is full of neutr ishy

nos These van ishingly small particles could

collectively exert a gravitational pull out of

all proportion to th eir size - enough to

eventually slow the expa nsion of the universe

If neutrin os have ma ss it means the

universe may be heavier than we think says

Simpso n The universe will eventually stop

expanding in a few billion years and collapse

back in on itself Thi s is known as the Big

Crunch Finding evidence of the smoking

gun to either prove or di sprove that theoshy

ry is the purpose of the observatory he says

SNO research bombards other areas of science Adapting physics tools to build SNO

An expert in X-ray back-scattering Guelph

physicist Innes Mackenzie helped the SNO

team about six years ago by adapting his

back-scattering technique to determine the

thickness of a plastic liner that su rrounds

th e entire observatory cavity Made of a

substance called urylon (produced by a

Guelph company) the liner was sp rayed

on to the cavitys concrete surface to screen

ou t radon a radioactive gas that diffuses

even through soLd rock In a project where

an extra millimetre could skew results scishy

entists needed to ensure that the material

was the same thickness all the way arou nd

Mackenzie used X-ray back-scattering

a techniq ue he has developed that might

be llsed to determine say the thickness of

paint applied in an auto assembly plant or

ice buildup on aircraft wings Laurentian

University physicist Doug Hallman says

his research group has worked with

Mackenzie to set up a unique hand- held

monitor and data-recording system which

found the actual thickness of the eightshy

millimetre-dlick polyurethane material to

an accuracy of about 10 per cent

Building new tools from SNO physics

During his graduate studies in physics at

Guelph Tom Andersen helped his PhD

supervisor Prof John Simpson design

devices used to detect background

radioactivity of the heavy wa ter in the

Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO)

and worked on software that simulates

th e movement of high -energy muons

particles created when cos mic rays

encounter the Earths atmosphere All the

while he had his eye on a not-unrelated

topic that became his full-time job after

graduating in 1998

It a desk top planetarium says

Andersen of his astro nomy software

which allows users to view the simulated

night sky - including comets asteroids

satellites a nd stars - on a computer

screen With it yo u can observe the sky

as it appears from your backyard tonight

o r from Jupiter 100 years ago or from

Egypt 3000 years ago

He and his partners a t Toronto-based

Sienna Software Inc have so ld about

10000 copies of Sta rry Night software

dming the past 18 months They began

by selling software that users could down shy

load from the Internet but now make two

CD-ROM versions of the package Starshy

ry Night Deluxe and Starry Night Pro

The first allows users to look at more than

19 million objects from anywh ere in the

solar system and to examin e deta iled

graphics of such things as constellations

Serious astronomy afic ionados use the

pro version to track as teroids learn more

about star motions or create their own

planets to study orbital mechanics

Generally anyone who owns an

as tronomical telesco pe owns a piece of

astronomy software says Andersen You

can take your telescope to your backyard

and connect it to your laptop and then

point to something with Starry Night and

have the telescope steer to it

Applying SNO tools to business

Former phys ics graduate student Myung

Chol Chon now works in the Royal Banks

corporate and investmen t banking offices

in Toronto Modelling the behaviour of

financial assets and pricing derivative secushy

rities might appear removed from the task

of capturing neutrinos but Chon says the

Guelph SNO group gave him an opporshy

tunity to learn various quantitative ana lyshy

sis tools including Monte Carlo simulashy

tion and artificial neural networks I also

gained understanding and experience in

software production via working with the

SNO Monte Carlo Analysis (SNO MAN )

software development team - tools

applicable not only in physical science but

in other areas as well

Fa llWinter 1999 25

-Simpson says ea rly detection of SNOs first

neutrino this summer reflects the high qUJIshy

ity of the obselva tory itself incl uding th t conshy

tribution of the Guelph scientists involved in

designi ng its sophist icated instrum ents Thats why theres a lot of noise abo ut the

fi rst measurem en ts he sa ys Some o ther

detectors have to work harder to get the backshyground radioactivity down Weve shown that

we constructed a very clea n detector

Along with several PhD studen ts and resea rch associates he and his coUeagues buiJt

inst ruments used to monitor and ensure an acceptable level of background radi oactivishy

ty in SNOs innards fiom the hea l) watcr to all the components orthe detector itse lf

The Guelph group developed a very senshy

sitive technique for the measurement of ultrashylow levels of ra dioactivit y in water whi ch is

essential for th e SNO detector to reach its

goals says SNO project director Art McDonshy

ald a phys icist at Queens Universit y Meas uring radioact ivity is our ga me

says resea rch ass oc iate Pillalamarr Jaga m during a tour of Sim psons lab in th e baseshy

ment of the MacNaughton Build in g home

to whJt Jaga m calls the only ul tra-low backshy

ground radi ation research and development

group in Ca nada Po inting to a det ector resemblin g a stainless-steel salad bowl with

a matchin g lid he says the Guelph -made

de vice JS with its co usins on perm anent du ty at SNO picks lip infinitesimally small

amounts of ra dioactivity emitted naturall y

by the observa torys compo nents

Ja ga m helps run th ose dev ices at SNO

fo llowin g up on his role as superv iso r of a

cl ea nin g crew d urin g SNOs constru ction SNO is the larges t clean-room ever olltside

of the electron ics industry he says Its

cleaner th an yo ur avera ge dinner plate

Above Muon neutrinos produced from cosmic

rays which strike Earths abnosphere are detectshy

ed by the SNO light sensors producing a coneshy

shaped pattern of energy Right An artists

sketch of the SNO detector shows the central

acrytic vessel now filled with 1000 tons of heavy

water and surrounded by 7000 tons of ultra

pure regular water Scientists monitor the obsershy

vatory from the room located above the sphere

26 GU ELP H ALUM NUS

In two years we mayI

Unlike th eir fell ow labourers in the m in e

who normall y hit the sbowers aft er a lo ng

day on the ore face th e scientists monitorshy

ing th e o bse rvatory must shower bef ore enterin g their facility Simil ar standa rds are mlintained tor the heavy water in th e acrylic

vessel which is fil tered dail y Jnd tested for ambient rad ioactivit y It s the purcst water

in th e wo rld says Jian Wang for merly J

research associate in Simpsons lab and now a consultant wi th U of Gs GUA RD In c

The Guelph-dc-signed instruments h ave

prove n lIseful in rela ted but more fa r-flung

applications JagaJl1 says scientists building

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ly know if the universe will eventually collapse

ye t an oth er neutrino observatory in Italy consulted with U of G physicists on radia shyti on measurement Closer to home he has helped Prof Richard Protz Land Reso urce Science quantify minute amounts of radioac tive cesium in so il samples taken from the Ecuadorean Andes an d from the Chernobyl site in Ukrain e

Law a particle physicist [las been involved since 1991 in writin g and test ing simulation software used by the project colshylaborators to model the workings of th e SNO detecto r With the detector now opershyating the package - dubbed SNOMAN shywill be used to analyse the data it generates OUerhead who first encountered SNO while chair of the Department of Physics has long worked in expe rim en tal nuclear physics using accelerators such as th e one run by AECL in Cbalk River Ont Todays investishygations at SNO draw on at least one aspect of his ea rlier resea rch in Los Alamos New Mexico where he developed neutral current detectors of the sort expec ted to help SNO sn iff out all three neutrino flavo urs

Sim psons graduate student Nathaniel Tagg is studying cosmic ray particles called muons which are detected as a byproduct in the obse rvatory Unlike neutrinos muons come from cosmic rays - or ionized nuclei - which begin Jife far beyond the solar sysshytem perhaps generated by stars exploding into supernovas or by shock waves emanating from collapsing black holes When these cosmic rays hit the Earths atmosp here th ey create extremely high-energy particles that can be detected by SNO some alon e or in pairs like bullets others in a shower like shotgun pelshylets Comparing the ratio of single bullets to shotgun blas ts may tell Tagg something about how the particles originated When you build a detector you get a lot of things for free he says Muons are considered background to most of the collaboration but there are some interes ting physics you ca n do with them

Beyond Guelph the SNO collaboration brings together almost 100 scientists from II universi ties and labs in Canada the United Sta tes and the United Kingdom Canad ian participants includ e university resea rchers from Queens Car leton Laurentian Britisll

Columbia and Guelph Wby Ca nada Canashyda has a lot of heavy water because of its nuclear power reactor development the CANshyDU reactor says OUerhead Basically Canashyda is tbe only country that can do the expershyiment using heavy water which is what gives this its unique flavour The other thing is the undergro und aspect All the neutrino expershyimen ts are done underground for shielding from cosm ic rays and other sources of backshyground radiation The nickel mine in Sudbury is the deepest site in North America

Its al so important that Creighton mine is a working facility says Si mpson [t has

Physics faculty

and students are

an integral part of (PES

Physics is one of five departments and schools in the College of Physshyical and Engineeri ng Science ( CPES) Physics has more Roya l Society fellows than any other department on campus Since 1993 ten CPES students including two in physics have received National Research Coun shycil awards under the agen cys Women in Engin eering and Scishyence Program In 1999 CPES laun ched an inteshygrated four-year degree program in technology with Seneca College in Toronto majors in physics and technology or applied pharmace ushytical chemistry CPES plans to launch a new undershygraduate degree in computing scishyence next year to promote U of G strengths in bioinfomatics neural networks genetic algo rithm s and embedded systems CPES offers a unique program called MPC2 that provides enriched studies in mathematics physics chemistry and computing science

to be active because its the only way you can maintain the safety of th e mine SNOs control room occupies a drift (miners talk for a corridor) 6800 fee t below the surface deep enough to accommodate a stack of about five CN Towers

Dw-ing the observatorys construction a regular express ca ge whisked visitors directly down No9 shaft to the detector as fast as a car travelling on a cit) street The shaft also served as the delivery conduit for the SNO components Site manager Dunshycan Hepburn recall s es pecially the three months that it took to ship the [000 tonnes of heavy water underground The eleva tor could take six tonnes at a time he says so we had an elaborate schedule involving six tanker cars fill ed overnight and sent down early in th e morning on a specially schedshyuled cage Adds mine manage r John Gill J dont think we spilled a drop

Now using regularly scheduled cages scishyentists crowd shoulder to sho ulder in the elevator with up to 40 miners during the 20-minute ride along the sloping ore seam Everyone in the collaboration is expected to spend a certain number of shifts actualshyly operating the detec tor says O llerhead This is partly to save money but also par tshyly because th e physicists are the ones with the vested interes t and should be involved Collaborators might spend seve ral weeks in Sudbury at a time for up to six weeks a year

SNO scien tists expect to learn definitiveshyly within two years whether or not neutrishynos have mass They also anticipate that the observatory will yield information about the sun and about other st ructures far beyond our galaA) The missing mass question is a way of studying supnnovas notes Ollershyhead There are many applications of this detector beyond just neutrinos from the sun

Why should anyone ca re about what these infinitesimally small particles teU us about cosshymic-sized questions If youre going to be an ad vance d and civilized country then you should be thinking about fundamental quesshy shytions and not just about where your next meal is coming from says Simpson Thats the difshyference I think between a civili7ed society and a society that just lives from day to day ga

FallWinter 1999 27

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

alU bull

ALUMNI PROFILES

ALUMNUS OF HONOUR

FORMER OAC DEA N Rick Richards BSA 38 was recogn ized for

his lifelong commi tment to excellence in admini stration teachshy

ing research and ex tension wh en he vas named 1999 AlumLlus of Honour by th e Un ive rsity o f Guelph Alumn i Associat ion The preshy

sen tation was made durin g Alumni Weekend in lun e

Ri chard s bega n hi s ca ree r in soil sc ience and pion ee red the

process of soil classifi ca ti on and map pin f for Ontario As head of

th e Un iversitys Depa rtm ent of Land Resou rce Science he spearshyheaded the constr uct ion o f new fa cili ties provided leadership in

the deve lopment of broader more sc ientifi c program s and th e

expansioLl o f fa culty and obta ined more lan d areas for departshymental resea rch He was appointed the first dea n of OAC in 1962

and was one o r the fou r principal academi c leade rs ho shared in

es tab lishin g the Universit y of Guelph After co mpleting two terms as dean he return ed to teac hing and retired in [98 1

As a professiona l agrologist Richards impleme nted pl ans ror

the Canadian Agri cultural Researc h Co un ci l as it s fi rst president

and was pres id ent o f the Ca nadian Soc iety of Su il Science th e Ontari o Institute of Ag rologists and tht Agricu ltural Institu te of

Can ada He was also the Canadian representa ti ve to th e United

Nations Food and Agricu lture O rga nizltJtion

ALUMNI VOLUNTEER AWARD

DAv ID ADAMS BSA 49 has always made his alma mater a pri shy

o ri t) and in 1999 th e Unive rsity of Guelph Alumni Associashy

tion app lauded th at loya lty by presentin g him with its 1999 Alulll shyni Volu nteer Awa rd

Adams has demo nstrated a devot ion to volun teer excellence

through his com mitment to the Universit y OAC and hi s alumni

ii class OAC 49 He was UGAA pres ident in 196869 president of

d the OAC Alu Jllni Associatio n in 196566 and a member of the Unishy

~ versi ty Senate and Boa rd of Governors fro m 1970 to 1973 In add ishy

~ tion he has Jllade mu ltiple contr ibu tions to OAC 49 ac tivities He

~ was instrumenta l in orga ni zin g 50th-anniversary class celebrations ~ for Alumni middotWeekend 99 which included the ded ication of the Yea r

~ 49 OAC po nd ga rden at th e Arbo retum Cent re and the res torashy

~ ti on of the Johnston Hall portico u ~ Adamss giving sp irit car ri es over into his pro(ess iona lli fc He

~ has had a distingu ished career in the ag ri -food indust ry and was laquo ~ general manager of the Canadian Meat Co uncil whe n hL reti red in

~ 1993 He cont inues to share hi s expertise with the co unc il and as

~ a volu ntee r for th e Royal Ag ri cultural inter Fair and th e Ca nashy~ dian Nat ional Exhibition FARlv

28 G UHPH ALU I NUS

HIGHLIGHTS middot GRAD NEWSmiddot OBITUARIESmiddot CALENDAR

ALUMNI MEDAL OF ACHIEVEMENT

DR AD RIAN P ARKS WO RK in th e area o f minimally invasive

surge ry has earned him international recogniti on as a leading surgeo n and educa tor in his fi eld His advancements in the use of

laparoscop ic techniques have improved treatm ent for an ex tensive

range of med ica l disorders that in the past could only be handled

thro ugh trad itional sur gery [n 1997 he was recruited to establish a new program at th e Uni ve rsity of Kentucky

Pa rk was honoured th is spring wit h the Universit y of Guelph flumni Associati ons Alumni Medal of Achievem ent He received

a bachelor of science fro m Gu elph in 1985 and a doctor o f med ishycine from McMaster University in 1987

He completed his training at St Josephs Hos pital and rilcMasshy

ter Uni ve rsity Affiliated Hosp ital s in Hamilto n O nt and at the

Uni versit) of Montrea l before Jo ining St Jose phs as a ge neral surshy

geo n in 1994

The Guelph meda l recognizes th e professional leadership and achievements demons trated in Parks still- yo un g career and his

compassionate ca re of pati ents He and his wife Jennifer 8A 84 have three children Hilary Meredith and Evan

ove DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS

DUNCAN SINC LAIRS CONTR IB UTIO NS to career an d soc iety have prove n bis leadersh ip and expe rtise in hea lth sciences He gradshy

uated fro m OVC in 1958 and received a master of sc ience fro m OAC in 1960 specializing in nutriti on He then earn ed a PhD in

physiology at Queens University in 1963 and bega n a ca reer focused

primaril y on human health Sinclair was ltl consultant to th e Ontario Ministry of Agriculture

Food and Rural Affairs on the Animals for Research Act ilnd bega n

his academic career at Q uee ns as dean of arts and science in 1974 He went on to serve as vice-principal institutional relati ons sershy

vices an d hea lth sciences before assum ing the role of dea n of medshy

icine He ret ired from Queens in 1996 He has heJd other prestishy

gious positi ons including directo r general of the Medical Resea rch

Council and was tile recipient of OVes Schofield ]V[edal in 1983

Sinclair is now deeply involved in advising the Ontario minisshy

ter of hea l til on ways to reinvest and res tructure th e delivery of health services in the province He chairs the Hea lth Services

Restr ucturin g Co mmission an independent body of health

experts and professionals appointed to redesign tbe provincial

health system

FallWinter 1999 29

alumni Matters

-ORDER OF OACU of G Can1pus ESTABLISHED MARY AND RlCK RICHARDS longtime OAC supporterWelcoilles Alumni

ABSA 38 are the first inductees Membership in the order is

into the Order of OAC estabshy limited to the first 50 individshy

LUMNI WEEKEND J999 orga nizing committee and says lished ea rli er thi s year by the uals who give $1 00000 or more

brought more th an 1300 proceeds will be used to help the OAC Alumni Fo undation to as bequests irrevocable insurshy

visitors to campus June 18 to 20 class establi sh a mille nnium recognize significant contribushy ance policies planned gifts or

In addition to th e traditi o nal scholarship to co mmemorate its tions to its end owment fund cash donations Gifts may be

awards luncheon hosted by U of 25 th anni versar)1 of graduation Rick served as dean of OAC applied as endowments to the

G president Mordech ai Rozanshy The Uni vers it y of Guelph [Tom 1964 to 1972 (see sto ry OAC Alumni Foundation or to

ski there we re man y spec ial Alumni Associat ion held its on page 28) Mary also worked the college as approved by the

events and cla ss reunions The ann ual meeting during Alumni in the college and has been a fou ndation directors

new Order of OAC was preshy Wee kend and elected a new slate

sented to Mary and Rick of offi cers for 1999 2000 Scott

Richards BSA 38 at th e Go ldshy va nEnge n BSc(Ag r) 88 presshy

en Anniversary Dinner and the id ent Robin-Lee Norris BA 80

Class of J974 hosted a reuni on first vice-pres ident John Tatson

dinner with Calgary Flames BA 69 seco nd vice-president

Hockey Club CEO Ron Bremshy Rita Sterne BComm 87 secshy

ner BA 7 J as guest speaker Bill Imiddotetar) and Brad Hull BA 89

Laidlaw BA 74 chaired the treasurer

President Mordechai Rozanski and representatives of the alumni

classes and individuals who supported U of Gs six new themati c

gardens cut the ribbon to officially open them duri ng Alumni Weekshy

end From left are Bill Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 61 Don Gri eve

BSA 55 and MSA 57 Harold Shield BSA 51 Sandra Hannam uJ CD Clay Switze r BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rozanski Marilyn Robinson ~ I Murray BH5c 55 Ted McNinch BSA 49 Bruce Stone BSA 53 u VI

Z and MSA 54 Harold Bentley BSA 64 and MSc 66 Craig Hunter lt

B5c(AgL) 74 and MSc 77 and Les Laking BSA 39 and HDSC 71 The conservatory greenhouse was unveiled moments later by gtshyCD

Don Rutherford BSA 51 who gave the leadership gift ensuring VI o

it s res toration on behalf of his famil y 5 I -

Ginty jocius BSc(Agr) 70 left chair of the OAC Alumni Foundation

presents the Order of OAC to Mary and Rick Richards BSA 38

Enjoying the Class of 1974 re union dinner are from left jerry Orga n

BSc(PE) 71 Ron Bremner BA 71 Gail Bremner Paul Henry MA 71

and Bill Laidlaw BA 74

30 GUELPH ALUMNUS

GRYPHON SPIRIT DOMINATES HOMECOMING

UOF G students shared the stands with alumni who came to campus Sept 25

to watch the football Gryphons defeat their long- standing varsity rival the University of Toronto Blues During the weeke nd the Gryphon Club Hall of Fame inducted five Gryphon swimmers filled the gold pool at the 21st ann ual Alumni Relay Swim Meet

and president Mordechai Rozanski hostshyed a luncheon attended by more than 200 alumni and current students who have received sc holarships and awards or who

participated in the volunteer peer helper prog ram

ALUMNI SWIM TO THE TOP

FORMER GRYPHON SW IMMER S Peter Koli snyk BSc(HK) 83 and Denise

(FarndaJe) vVatso n BASe 85 were recogshyni zed at the ann ual Homecoming sw im mee t for having attended more often th an any other alumni Other participants includshyed 1999 graduates Nico le Weber BSe CEng ) Greg Steinberg BSc(HK) and Nancy Sweetnam BComm who has been a memshy

ber of two Canadian Ol ympic teams ( 1992 and 1996) The alumni team defeated the stud ent teams with the help of Leo n

Homecoming J

r ~

Form er Guelph mayor and sports broadcaster Norm la ry received the Gryphon Club Hall of

Fame Merit Award Sept 24 at the annual induction c re mony that also honoured five former

Gryphon athletes From left are Paul Willi ams a cross-country and track athlete and three-time

Canadian Olympian Bob Pronk BComm 82 Ontario and Canadian cham pionship wrestler

Dave Guest BComm 87 a former all middotstar soccer and vo lleyba ll player Gladys Williams BA

69 MVP in both wo menS fi eld hockey and ice hockey lary and Mark Brown BComm 81

Wi ldman Trophy winner and football capta in The Gryphon Club also recognized the 1974 mens

rugby OUAA championship team

Garstecki Gryphon diving coach in the midshy Dale a longtime Gryp hon supporter and a I 970s and retired botany professo r Hugh national record-b olding masters swimmer

bull49 VETS MEET AT TRAlEE The OVC Cla ss of 1949 produced a la sting memory of its 50th

anni versary by filming the lune 18 gathering held at Tralee Farms

the home of class member Ray Cormack Classmates travelled from

across Canada and the United States to attend th e reunion which

included a luncheon a visit from U of G president Mordechai Rozanshy

ski and a tour of Cormacks farm and antique carriage collection

The organizing committee of Dave House Bill Mitchell Ken Fisk

and lim Arch ibald succeeded in producing a golden-anniversary

memento that captu res the days events and everyone in attendance

as they comment on their lives since graduating from OVe -Proceeds from the sale of the v ideos will support the OVC 49

Memorial Scholarship Fund Cost is $25 each To place an order call

Vikki Tremblay at Alumni House 519-824-4120 Ext 65 44 I D

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alumni Matters

2000 Coming Events

Jan 26 - Careers Night hostshyed by Mac-FACS Alumni Assoshy

ciation For informatio call Laurie MalleaLi at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Careers Night hostshyed by HAFA Alumni Associashy

tion For information call Laushyrie Malleau at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Aggie Good Times Banquet Call the OAC Studwl Federation at Ext 8321 for tickshyet information Feb 3 - Job hir at Bingeman Park in Kitchener complishy

mentary bus service from Unishyversity Centre for students and

alumni For directions and a list of employers call U of G

Career Services at Ext 22 13

Feb 11 - Deadline for nomshy

ina tions for U of G Alumni Association Alumnus of Honshy

our Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment and Alumni Volunteer

Award and the OVC Distinshy

guished Alumnus Call Carla Bradshaw at Ext 6657 for details March 1 - Annual alumni

Florida reunion at Maple Leaf

Estates Port C harlotte Florishyda For information call alumshyni programs at 519-824-4120

Ext 6657 send e-mail to alumshyniuoguelphca or call Jack Hanna in Florida after Jan 1

at 813-645-0905

March 18 amp 19 - College

Ro yal

March 31 amp April 1 - OAC

Alumni Association annual

bonspiel at the Guelph Curlshy

ing Club and Guelph Country w Club Call Carla Bradshaw at ~ txt 6657 to register c u bull For more information on anyU)

z alumni event call the U of G ltC extension listed at 519- 824shy20 r 4120 or send e-mail to al11111shyCD

o niCvzlOguelphcab c a

32 CUEIPH ALUM N US

EA RLIER THIS YEAR U ofG

introduced a new approacll to fund-raising that centres on

academic priorities identified by

the ix colleges Now the Unishy

ve rsit y expa nds this initiative

through the formation of a new Annual Fund Cou ncil that will

recruit volunteers to proactiveshy

ly help meet tll0se funding goals

By enlarging the partnershy

ship between academics and fund-raisers we arc focusing our

efforts more clearly on the Un ishy

versi tys overall stra tegic objecshy

tives says Rudy Putns executive

director of campaign progra ms

We are calling on coUege deans to help ensure that our annual

giving programs are providing

the grea test possible benefit to

students Our volunteer and pro-

ALUMNI CElEBRATE NEW HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE CENTRE

The Human KineticsHuman Biology Alumni Association

presented a sketch of the John T Powell Building to U of Cs

new Health and Perfor mance Centre at a June 19 reunion of alumni and former staff Artist Joan Harper BSe(HK)

82 left and retired professor John Powell right witnessed

a presentati on by association pres ident Janet Leonhard BSe(HK) 82 to Prof Terry Graham

SilENT AUCTION MAKES NOISE

A silent auction held Sept 14 to 16 a t the Ou tdoo r Farm

Show in Woods tock Ont ge nshy

erated a lot of excitement and

goodwill in OACs 125th shyanniversary year and raised

$51000 that wi ll support stu shy

dent recruitm ent programs in

the college The auction was organized by Cinty Jocius BSc(Agr) 70 president of

Ginty Jocius amp Associates of

Guelph on behalf of the OAC Alumni Foundation

Auction items donated by friends and exhibitors at th e

farm show included everylhing

from farm equipment and supshyplies to a seven-month-old lla shyma named (-i nty Lorie Jocius

BASe 72 purchased her husshy

bands namesake and gave it to

OAC as an anniversary presen t at th e Sept 25 Heritage Banshy

quet and Ball

FUND-RAISI NG PARTNERSHIPS GROW

fessional fund -raislls wiJl spend

more of thei r time making pershy

so nal requ es ts for gifts to the University and less time on inshy

house administra tion

Members of the Annual Fund

Council will invite donations

Crom alumni members of the campu~ community the paren ts

of current students graduating

classes members of the various

gift clu bs (Presidents Council

etc) and selected corporations

foundations and associations

Development and Public Affairs staff will help target vol unteer

efforts where they wi ll have the

stronges t impact on growin g don or particip ation and fund shy

razsing results

Annual giving is one of the

most crucial parts of an institushy

tion s developmen t agenda says Putns Annu al donors help

maintain the quali ty of estabshylished academic programs espeshy

cially in times of reduced pubshy

lic fundin g he says They also

provide a foundation for special

fun cl-rai sing cam paigns shycampaigns that enable the Unishy

ve rsity to grow by providi ng

funds for major projects that do

not ha ve a traditional so urce of support Tbe ACCESS endowshy

ment for student financial assistshy

ance and the rece nt campaign to upgrade th e Food Science

Building are notable examples For more illjormation aboLit

the An17ual FUlld Co ullcil call Al111tal Fund 17l1lnager Tara George at 519-824-4 120 Ex t

390 1 or Putl7S at ext 6384

GRAD NEWS

U of G Degrees ADA = Associate diploma

in agriculture BA =Bachelor of arts BASe = Bachelor of applied

science BComm = Bachelor of

commerce BHSe Bachelor of houseshy

hold science BLA =Bachelor of

landscape architecture BSA = Bachelor of science in

agriculture (pre-196s) BSe(Agr) Bachelor of

science in agriculture BoSe = Bachelor of science BSe(Eng) =Bachelor of

science in engineering BSc(Env) =Bachelor of

19405

bull The Macdonald Institute

Class of 1941 met each other

for the firsl lime in 1939 and

theyve been gelling logelher rvice a year siIlce gradual ion

Celebrating 60 yea rs of fri end shy

ship this year are Mary (Hcx imer) MacLeln Beth

(jackson) Ca rdifF Mo lly

(Pattrson) Nix Frances

(Pellet) Smith Dorolhy

(Pond) Dunn Jeanne (Taylor )

Hamel Phyllis (Weren) Sobel and Evelyn (Eatun ) Pond

bull Jim Morton BSA 47 posed with his son Robert SA 70

and grandsons Jeff Bell 13A

9 1 and Greg Mo rton

SSc( Eng) 99 at Gregs U of

G convocation in June Retired

from a career in the lumber

business Jim is an OAC llu mmiddot ni volunteer al Guclph and is

aClive in cOm11lUnily work in

Burlington Onto Rob ert is

CEO of the Community Care

Access Centre in Simcoe

Coullly Jeff lcaches in Elmvalc

for the Simcoe County Dislricl School Board and Greg is

working Wilh the COnSlliling

engineering firm of Proclor

science in environmental sciences

BSe(HK) Bachelor of science in human kinetics

BSc(pE) = Bachelor of science in physical education

DHE = Diploma in home economics

DVSc = Doctor of veterinary science

DVM =Doctor of veterinary medicine

GO = Graduate diploma MA = Master of arts MAgr = Master of agriculture MBA = Master of business

admininstration MEng =Master of engineering

and Redfern at its Kitchener

office The Guelph lineage

aCl ually bega n in the Morton fami ly with Greg great shy

grantimoliln Anne Pringle

Morton DH E 1914

Greg Morton Jeff Bell and Jim and

Robert Morton

19505

bull Harold Baker BSA 50

writes to w rrect the e-mail

address publi shed in the last

iss lle of the Clepll Alunnls

Friends (111 conlact the retired

University of Saskatchewan

professo r and Il is wife Phyllis

at ha kc r hdukeL1sa~k ca

bull Barney Goodwin-Wilson BSA 50 is serving a two-year

krm as chair of the hoard of

lhe Onta rio Foocllerminal

The Iomnlo facility is the

MFA = Master of fine art MLA Master of landscape

architecture MMS = Master of management studies MSc =Master of science MSc(Aqua) = Master of

science in aquaculture ODA = Ontario diploma in

agriculture ODH =Ontario diploma in

horticulture OdR = Ontario Diploma in

recreation PhD = Doctor of philosophy

larges t who lesale fruit proshy

duce and flower market in

Canada and one of the largest

in orrh America He was forshymerly director and vice-cha ir

of the board

bull Gary Powell ADA 58

stopped at a remote motel in

western klahoma last

Janu ary and stanee a convershysation with th e only other cusshy

tomer at breakfa st the next

morning Turns out they were

both U of G grads Powell and Joe Deli BSc (Agr ) 64 had a

great time reminiscing abo Llt

ca mpus perso nalities they

both knew I guess one is never really very far from home says Powell

bull Dave Valentine BSA 59 has

retired as (o unty engineer for

the County of Brant in

Ontario He previously spent

23 years with Sir Sandford

Fleming College in Peterborough and has served 8S

engineer for the coun ties of Haliburton and Victoria He

and his wife Carole are now

Jiving near Carlisle Send e-mail

to valcntinworldchatcom

19605

bull Manuel Garcia PhD 67 was

recognized by the government

of the Ph ilippines in December

1998 with one of the highest

honours given to Filipinos Jivshy

ing outside the cou ntr y Garcia

is a senior consulting mi crobishy

ologist with lAS Bioshy

Diagnostic and a former

research scientist with

Agriculture and Agri-Food

Canada in Ottawa He is intershy

nationally recognized for his work in veterinary med icin e

and public health on the early detection of ca mpylobacter

salmonella and other foodshy

borne pathogens He is a memshy

ber of several learned profes shy

sional societies and has been involved in a number of intershy

national developm ent projects

He is also a community volunshy

teer and a pioneer in establishshying the National Council of

Canadian Filipino Associations

as the official voice of Filipino

Canadians nationwide bull Tom Hutchison DVM 65 is

a veterinary pathologist with the Nova Scotia provincial

diagnostic lab In 1998 he

passed the board cer tification exa ms for the American

College of Poultry Veterinarians in Baltimore but

the years highlights came in

late summer - a first grandshy

child for Tom and his wife

Eileen in August and the birth

of their own son Scott in

September bull Brian Little ADA 67 BSc(Agr) 72 and MSc 78

was elected president of the

Canadian 4-H Foundation in

May He was previously presishy -dent of the Ca nadian 4-H

Co uncil and a co uDcil represhysentative for his employe r the

Royal Bank of Canada He has been a fou ndation trustee for

f allWinter 1999 33

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several years and has a strong

4-H background as a member

and a club leader

19705

bull Doug Franklin SA 72 was

recen tly a ppoin led execu tive

director of the Multiple

Sclerosis Association of

America its hea d office is in

Cherry Hill NJ He was forshy

merly with the International

Youth Foundation in

Baltimore Md

bull Cathie Leimbach

SSc(Agr) 78 and MAgr 88

visi ted U of G this fa ll as

agrologist-in-residence It was

the sixth year of the program

co-sponsored by OAC and the

Ontario Institute of

Agrologists (OlA ) Raised on

an Ontario dairy and swine

farm Leimbach is past presishy

dent of the OI A and a partner

in STRIVE a team specializshy

in g in training facilitation and

consulting She now lives on a

cash-crop farm in Ohio

bull Willem Moolenbeek BSe

77 and MSe 8 1 studied biolshy

ogy and entomology at U of G

at the same time he was learnshy

ing to play the saxophone with

the Royal Conservatory of

Mu sic He says he still loves

science but music has become

his career A recitalist soloist

and clinician he has been a

saxophone instructor at

McMaster University in

Hamilton Ont fo r 15 years

He also teaches at the 19805

University of Waterloo pri- bull Bruce Brown BSe(Agr)

vately and at the National 85 and his wife Claudia

Music Ca mp of Canada where (Liebscher) BA 84 have three

he sometimes offers an infor- children who are beginning to

mal course on in sect identifi- display their dads musical

cation There are always a few prowess on the kazoo After 14

kids who really dig that he years of dairy farming Bruce

says U of G music lovers want back to school to earn an

enjoyed his saxophone music education degree and is now

at a noon-hour concert in teaching science with the

October Durham District School

bull Peter Vaughan SA 77 and Board

MA 77 was appointed secre- bull Tom Burns BA 89 and MA

tar y general and CEO of the 91 is a member of the

Canadian Medical Association Victoria Police in Melbourne

in June A fa culty member in Australia Last summer he

two departments at John s welcomed visitors from the

Hopkins University and in the RCMP including Kevin Durie

Department of Family BA 93 They quickly estab-

Medicine at the University of lished a U of G connection

Ottawa he is a fo rmer presi- including Duries student

dent of the medical staff at employment at Dcr Keller

Guelph General Hospital and a which was Burns s favourite

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the job says Burns but this

time we spent most of our

time talking about the great

times we had at U of G In

still another coincidence

Durie is married to Christine

Blake-Durie BA 91 and MA

93 who was a member of

Burnss MA group Burns says

other U of G grads travelling

to Melbourne are more than

welcome to drop in

bull Stuart Jackson ADA 87 is

distribution manager for

Burnbrae Farms Ltd in Delta

Onto He sends greetings to all

OAC friends including the

diploma classes of 1979 and

1980

bull Laurel (Murdoch) Koumarelas BComm 84 is

an ESL teacher with the

Toronto School Board She

and her husband Gus live in

Mississauga with their sons

Robert and Evan

bull Trish Looman BA 87

works for Royal LePageshy

Vantage in Guelph She speshy

cializes in residential multishy

unit real estate

bull Laima (Karosas) Laffitte

BSe(Agr) 85 and MAgr 91

lives in Wendover Ont with

her husband Vincent MAgr

91 and their children Yohan

and Marina Laima is the

advertising manager for The

Canadian Veterinary Journal and Vincent is an account

manager at the St Isidore

branch of Scotiabank Theyd

like to hear from classmates

via e-mail at Iaffitteonsymshy

paticoca They also want to let

OAC 85 grads know that the

class executive is building a

Web page at wwwrkdecom

oac85 and needs updated

names and addresses (includshy

ing e-mail) to add to the

directory f IS-year reunion

is being planned for Dec 2

and 32000

bull Cheryl Miller-Oh BASe

91 and her husband Tae live

in Southfield Mich with their

twins Nathalie and Nathan

born in October 1998 She is a

health-care consultant with

Computer Sciences

Corporation Send e-mail to

millerohsprintca

bull Vijay Singh MSe 70 has

been awarded the Arthur K Barton Endowed Professorship

at Louisiana State University

He also recently received an

honorary degree and a

Fulbright Award for his work

in the area of entropy

bull Gayle (Barton) Tapper BSe

81 (biological science) and 83

(computing science) has been

employed at Memorial

University in St Johns Nfld

for 14 years in the Department

of Computing and

Communications She is comshy

pleting graduate work in phishy

losophy and humanities at

Memorial and is the principal

harpist with the

Newfoundland Symphony

Orchestra Last year she

released a CD of Latinworld

traditional music on the South

American harp Visit her Web

site at httpwwwucsmun

cal -gay

bull Carolyn Riddell BA 85 is

running an active arts educashy

tion and paintingprintmaking

studio in Fergus Ont

bull Laura Wilkinson BSe 85

and MSe 87 is a coroner in

British Columbia and lives on

a cattle ranch near 70 Mile

House

19905

bull Kristi Adamo BSc(HK)

96 and MSc 98 and Rob

McMullin BSe 95 were

married in May 1999 and Jive

in Ottawa

bull Michelle (Pilon) Bacon BA

90 has been living in London

England with her husband

Tim and children Juliette and

Lucien but they are planning a

return to Canada They will be

AIRBORNE ALUMNUS Olive Thompson DHE 35 celebrated her 85th birthday

with her head in the clouds She made her first parachute

jump with instructor Scott Borghese in Simcoe Ont in June

and says it was the most exciting thing shes done in her life

Thompson lives in Dunnville and has four children and three

grandchildren When she asked them about the paracbute

jump they told her to go for it Shes considering a repeat I U

jump next year and hopes her adventure will be a good S o

example for other seniors A dedicated member of the class -lt CD

of Mac 35 Thompson was president of the University of s Guelph Alumni Association in 197778 and keeps busy now VI

I

with volunteer work for the Salvation Army Z

living in Calgary and welcome

contact with western grads

and friends from Guelph Send

e-mail to m_e_baconhotshy

maicom

bull Deborah (Panton) Bodden

BASc 93 and her husband

Lyndhurst were married in

1998 and live in Grand

Cayman Cayman Islands

where she teaches primary

schoo

bull Elizabeth Cardno MSe 99

is working with the Rural

Health Research Consortium

at the University of

Saskatchewan developing

research projects on rural

health issues in relation to the

Canadian Institute for Health

Research

bull Jeannine Cote BA 9 J lives

in Hamilton Ont and works

o -lt

as a health -care aide and

home-support worker

bull Jeremy Debling BSe 94 is

a formulation chemist in the

pharmaceutical development

department at Novopharm

Limited in Toronto

bull Angela Dodd BA 93 and

Christopher Kemp

BSe(HK) 94 were married

Aug 14 Theyve bought a new

home in Etobicoke Ont

where he works for Canada

3000 Airlines and at Kingsway

Physiotherapy as a kinesioloshy

gist She is employed at

Manulife Financial in -Waterloo

bull Sheryl Harding Friedrich

BASe 85 is a full-time mom

and part-time nutrition conshy

sultant in Cannington Onto

She and her husband Cal

FallWinter 1999 35

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have three child ren Jonathan

Daniel and Anna

bull Anne Marie (Henwood)

Harman BA 95 is enjoying

her time at home with one shy

year-old Jenna She and her

husband Murray can be

reached bye-mail at 3harshy

mansstormca

bull Rosaleen Heffernan BA 96

and Barry Liboiron BSe 97

were married in August

Theyre both studying at the

University of British

Co lumbia where Liboiron is

doing a PhD in chemistry and

He ffe rnan is completing a

degree in educati on

bull Krista Hilton BASe 95

lives in Halifax with her hlls shy

band Michael Galloway She is

a priest in the Anglican Church

of Canada and serves as curate

a t the Cathedral Church of All

Sain ts Friends can reach her at

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bull Michael Kennard BA 86

starred as Mump the Clown in

the Canadian Stage Company

production of Mump amp Smoo t

in Something Else With Zug last

winte r at tbe Canadian Stage

Theatre in Toronto

bull Sharon McConnell BSe 90

and MSe 93 went on from U

of G to earn a diploma in

business management from

Wilfrid Laurier University

Since 1995 she has worked in

Toronto as a project director at

Burak Ja co bson Market

Resea rch Partners Ine

bull Michael McKay-Fleming BA

92 has launched two daily

comic strips via the Internet

Check out his Inane Producshy

tions Web site at http mem

bershomenetinaneprod to folshy

low the adventures of a free-spirshy

ited teenager named Alice and all

the animals in a new VVildlife

comielf you like comic strips

this fine art grad invites you to

enjoy his talent and humour

bull Andrew Nicholls MA 90 nications in Cambridge

and PhD 97 is an assistant bull Christine (Rogers) Patten

professor of history at Buffalo BA 9 1 lives in Toronto and

State College in Buffalo N Y has been working as a sales

He recen tly published the representative and industry

book The Jacobean Union A training facilitator since grad-

Reconsideration of British Civil uation She and her husband

Policies Under th e Early Vincent celebrated the birth of

Stuarts which offers a new their first child Gareth in

perspective on the role of mul - March 1999

tiple monarchy in the early bull Guiseppe Peritore

modern British kingdoms BSe(HK) 96 is studying

bull Jennifer (Pope) Parney physical therapy at the

BASc 94 works at Chatham- University of To ronto He

Kent Integrated Childrens married Rita Lavalle in May

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bull Sarah Perkins BSe(Agr) bull Tammy Tipler Priolo 92 joined Pfizer Animal BASe 90 lives in her hom e

Health in London Ont in town of North Bay Ont with

November as a product sup- her husband Clark and their

port speCialist Earlier she two-year-old daughter Erica

taught at Fairview College in Tipler Priolo is u5mg her com -

Fairview Alta before m oving puting skills in genealogy

back to Ontario in 1997 to research to track down elusive

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bull Bradley Raspberry BASc 90 is a clinical leader and regisshy

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Josephs Villa in Dundas Ont

bull Lisa Ranacher BSe 98

recently joined the agronomy

program at the Central

Experimental Farm in Ottawa

as a physiological modelling

technician

bull Jamie Rickard BSe(Agr)

96 and Laura Summerfeldt

BSe(Agr) 97 were married

in October 1998 She is comshy

pleting a masters degree at U

of G and he is working with

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of G weddings are a family trashy

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ents Sherry (McBain) SA 69

and Ralph Rickard BSe 69 Tricia (Pella) BA 95 and

Gaetano Guy Rosa

BComm 96 were mar ried in

October 1998 with many U of

G friends attending They live

in Mississauga Ont where

Guy works as an account manshy

ager for BCI Bank and T ricia is

an environmental planner with

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bull Pamela (Thompson) BASe

91 and Randy Ruisendaal

BComm 92 live near

Belleville 01t with their yearshy

old daughter )lIlian Elizabeth

bull Ian Sandler DVM 9 5 was

married to Fern Glowinsk) in

March 1999 and works at

Secord Animal Clinic in

Toronto

bull Baijit Singh PhD 94 comshy

pleted post-doctoral training

at Texas AampM University and

Columbia University then

worked for the Canadian Food

Inspection Agency in Prince

Edward Island before joining

the University of Saskatchewan

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welcomes notes from other

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bull Cyndy Stencill ADA 93 is a

propagator at a tree nursery in

British Columbia

bull Steve Tanner BA 82

recently moved to Guelph as

deputy police chief He had

served on the Halton Region

force since 1982 Tanner is a

specialist in criminal investigashy

tions and lie detector opera shy

tion He has continued his

education at Sheridan College

and McMaster and Ryerson

universities and is now workshy

ing on a masters degree at the

University of Western Ontario

bull Cheryl (Kellman) Thompson BA 95 run s a

rehabilitation consulting busishy

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in Burlington Ont

bull Donald PhD 94 and

Suzanne Welsh MSe 96

relocated from Yale University

to the University of Vermont

where they are both working

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cerebrovascular circulation

bull Wendla Westerberg BASc

96 earned a BEd from the

University of Western Ontario

in 1997 She is working for the

Lambton-Kent District School

Board as an occasional teacher

and lives in her home town of

Dresden Ont

bull Deena (Jones) Zambrana

BA 93 and her husband

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birthday of their son Quinton

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OBITUARIES

W illiam Ba rnes DVM 59 died Sept 7

1999 He grew up in th e N iagara area

but spent his professio nal ca ree r in a

ve terina ry prac ti ce in Ill inois He was a

dr ivi ng force in the American Ve ter inary

Medica l Assooatio n and in bo th the

Chicago and IlJin o is assoc iatio ns He

was also a fo un ding mem ber o f the

Ch icago-based Friends of Unicerslty of

Guelph a char itable o rga nizat ion

founded in 1975 to serve Guelph a lumni

living in the United Sta tes

George Dickson BSA 38 di ed Oct 9

1999 H e spen t h is entire career w ith

Canada Packers moving up f[Om mai l

cle rk to exec lltive vice-presid ent and

d irector After retirin g in 1976 he

devoted ma ny vo lu ntee r hours to U of

G 3S a memb er of Boa rd o f Gove rno rs

and the OAC Alumni Associatio n

Jam es Pinkney DVM 37 died July 3

1999 A respected ve ter in aria n in his

hom e to~ll o f Cooksv il le O nt he was

also recog nized as a p remier swi ne

breeder showman and judge He was

active in m any agricultural o rga niza shy

tio ns and in both the Ontario and

Canadian Vete rinary Med ical assoc iashy

tio ns He was a lo ngti me supporte r o f

th e Unive rsity especially the OVC

museum and was named OVC

Di stinguished Alumnus in 1987

Audrey Yea nd le DHE 25 di ed March

17 1999 in St ratford O nto A profes shy

sio nal diet it ia n she wo rked to two hosshy

p itals and tau ght home eco no m ics at

the Jo hn Fi he r School In Toro nto

Active In com munity orga nizatio ns and

her chu rch she was a lo ng time U of G

suppo rter and left an es ta te gift of over

$475000 to p rov ide bursaries for future

Gu elph students

Alumni

Jo hn Andrews DVM 38 June 27 1999

Harris Baker BSA 33 Febru ary 1998

Hu gh Balkwill BSA 53 June 27 1999

John Bowles BA 72 Sept 23 1999

Edward Bowness DVM 32 May 13 1999

Rud y Brown BSA 59 June 29 1999

Walter Bunn BSA 52 Sept 2 1999

Margaret Byrnes DHE 40 Apr il 22 1999

Joa n Cameron DH E 36 April 10 1999

Wil liam Cape ll BSA 54 Aprd 25 1999

T homas Ca rd BSA 47Ju ne 20 1999

Jean a rter DH E 38 Jun e 28 1999

Loi Clipsham D H E 27 Ju ne 23 1999

Bruce Cohoe BSA 3 3 Feb 2 1999

Geoffrey Collins BSA 28 May 21 1999

Al exander C o nnell ADA 60 Ju ly 26

1999

John Currie BA 74 Sep t 18 1999

William C u rrie BSA 59 Nov 27 1998

C arma n Davey DVM 39 Apr il 15 1999

D oug Doerksen ADA 84 Ju ne 5 1999

Joann e DU ll can -Robinson BA 81 and

MA 86 July 22 1999

Robert Erskine BSA 41 May 2 1999

Will ia m Fisher BSA 48 Aug 5 1999

Norm Freeman BSA 49 July 2 1999

Alexander Gc ncr BSA 32 Dee 27 1998

Rudy Goltz BSA 33 July 28 1 999

Tom Grah am BS 50 Dee 3 1998

Ed na Has tings D H E 32 July 11 1999

Jack Hea theringto n DVM 54 April 18

1999

Pa tric ia Hill BSc 96 MMch 9 1999

Ralph Hills BSA 54 June 14 1999

Murray Ho ltby ADA 47 O ct 29 1998

Shawn H owden B 9 1July81 999

james j ackson BSA 34 April 29 1999

Karen ( Re ichardt ) Kister B H Se 70

Ap rilll 1999

Albert Kristjanson BSA 50 Dec 7 1998

John Laffert ) BSA 5 1 Aug II 1999

Ron Lawrence DVM 43 Mel) 4 1999

Ann e Legate BSe 89 March 1999

Tsu-Peng Stephen i iu M Sc 65 Ma)

Hl 1998

Rober t Luckham ADA 58 Jan IS 1999

Jam es Lyons BSA 59 Au g 2~ 1999

Willia m M ack BSc(Eng) 84 Ju ne 7

1999

T helma M artin D HE 41 July 131999

Helen McBratney D lI E 34 in 1998

Allan Bud McCardle BSA 52 May 10

1999

Ri chard M cDonald O AC C la ss of 47

lV1arch 24 1999

john Meeuse ADA 58 July 19 1999

Ra ymond Parr D VM 3 7 Ap ril 7 999

George Plakidas MA 93 date unknown

Virgini a Reed ODH 66 1arch 1 1999

Rose Reynold s D HE 28 Apri l 17 1999

Ern es t Ro bertso n BSA 37 Aug 6 1999

Jam es Ross BSA 34 Au g 23 1999

Gra nt Savage D VM 48 Ma rch 2 1999

Earl Shuh BSA 36 July 5 1999

Eu gene Smith BSA 3 1 Jan 27 1999

Will iam Smyth MA 90 Oc tober 1997

Ch er yl Ann Somerville BSe(Agr) 96

Sept IS 1999

Carl Stevenson BSA 46 Aug 26 1999

Robert Tennant BSA 49 May 5 1999

Gregory Tostevin BA 93 Feb 10 1999

Gerald Trant BSA 51 Sept 1 1999

Bennie Urquhart DV M 54 April 4 1999

Ga il Wamsl ey BA 70 July 24 1998

Gladys Ward D IlE 27 Apri l 8 1999

Catherine Welch BSA 22 Ma rch 3 1998

M abel ( McCa rthy) Ziegler DH E 26

Apr il 29 1999

Facu lty amp Staff Pro f Sid Gilbert Sociolog) and An thro shy

polog) Sept 8 1999

Rev Canon Ritchie McMurray

eCllm enical ch aplain 1968 to 1983

Aug 19 1999

Frie nds

Yvonne Alexander M~y 15 1999

jerry lkirnes Sept 2 1999

Marga ret C urran Dec 28 1998

John Godwin in 1999

viark G renville Nov 6 1998

Peter Hallm an Ju ne 22 1999

Elsie Mae johnston Sept 12 1999

C lover Helena Ladouceur Sept 4 1999

Ed it h Pa tterson in 1993

Andrew Peterson Aug 26 1999

Edgar St rin ger March 1999

Gerry Vandergri ft Sep t 28 1999

Frank Watson March 23 1999

Barry Woods Jul y 30 1999

Me m orial fun ds have bee n se t up to

establi sh a U o f G scho larship in 1))CJ)lO r)

of Jea n Caner and ~ Jack and Gerry Van shy

derg lift m emoria l lec t u rc series in th e -Schoo l o f La ndscap e Architec ture Fo r

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HISTORIANS CANT PINPOINT the date that the Unishy

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from Ontario limesto ne but its familiar columns preshy

date the 1874 fo und ing o f the Ontario Agricu ltural Colshy

lege by several yea rs

Originally fronting a fa rmh ouse on Moreton Lodge

Farm the orna te front porch stoo d at the entrance of

the main co ll ege building until the O ld Res idence was

demolished in 1929 to make way for the co nstruction

of Johnston Hall Its believed the portico was erected

on Johnston Green in 1934

Because the ravages of time and weather had weakshy

ened the limestone structure to a dan gerous point it

was dismantled earlier this fall and underwent muchshy

needed repairs to the stonework ceiling and roof The

OAC Class of 1949 raised $75000 to fund the p roject

as a 50th-anniversa ry gift to the ca mpu s and a way to

commemo rate the 125th anniversa ry of OAC

Now completely restored the portico is back in place

on Johnston Green whe re it co ntinues to se rve as an

elegant reminder of ca mpus histor y and a favour ite

pla ce fo r convocation and wedding photographs

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Food Science Building Opens THE NEWLY RENOVATED Food Science Buildshying was opened Sept 17 with a ribbon -cutshyting ceremony and a special lunch that fea shytured foods developed or improved by OAC scientists

Prof Rick Yada chair of the Department of Food Science said the modernt zat ion of research and teaching fac ilities brings all 36 food science facul ty under one roof where they can work more effec ti ve ly with staff and students to continue the departments worldshyclass leading-edge teaching and resea rch

In total th e project spanned eight yea rs and represe nts more than $ 15 million in su pport from alumni friends industry and government

Ernie Hardeman Onta l io minister of agr icult ure food and rural affairs and Guelph M P Brenda Chamberlain were on hand to unveil a plaque recognizin g a $2 8 - The Guelph Food Technology Centre Dairy Counc il and Maple Lodge Farms million allocation from the federal and was an early su pporter of the renova tion Also marking the opening was a special provincial gove rnments CanadaOntario project and several of its industry partners two-day conference that brought together Infrastructure Works progra m contributed to a campaign led by food scishy key foo d resea rchers to discuss iss ues critishy

A special guest was lo-Anne Wolach ence g rad uate Mo ni Eino PhD 75 that cal to the future success of Canadas agri shyBComm 8 1 a third- genera tion U of G raised more than $ 1 25 million Those partshy food industr y In addition the Uni versity graduate and a granddaughter of James ners included Pa rmalat Canada Du Pont was recognized fo r its careful restoration of Christen sen BSA 2 1 who bequea th ed a Canada Te tr a Pak Wes ton Bakeri es the the heritage building by the presentation of $100000 gift that initiated the renovation Da iry Farmers of Ontario the Ontario a Guelph Arts Council awa rd

METALS RESEARCH NETWORK GETS BOOST IN FACT Resea rchers investiga ting the 12 universities industry and The NSERC announce shy U of G professors impact of metals on the envishy three federal departments ment brings total support for have won more than 100 ronment have received a Based at Guelph MITE MlTE to $64 million includshy teaching awards and 35- million boost from the brings scientists together to ing $ 15 million from th e hold more 3M Teaching lat mal Sciences and Engishy study how metals affect the Mining Association of Canashy Fellowships per 1000

neering Resea rch Council environment to assess th e da and Ontario Power Genshy faculty members than (NSERC) The funding was risks posed by metals and to eration Inc and about $14 at any other university awarded to the Metals in the propose management strateshy million from Environment in Ontario Environment (MITE) gies to ensure that findin gs Ca nada the Department of Resea rch Network a part shy reach key policy- makers in Fisher ies and Oceans and nership of resea rchers from government Natural Resources Canada

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Food science chair Rick Yada left provides a lou r of the departments new faci lities to Ron Zelonka

of Du Pont Canada Ernie Hardeman Ontario minister of agriculture food and rural affairs and

U of G president Mordechai Rozanski

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS UNIVERSITY NOTES

Excellence in Research Five U of G facul~y have received Premiers

Research Excellence Awards from the Minshy

istry of Energy Science and Technology The

awards are designed to help talented young

researchers build their research teams The

recipients are Profs John Dutcher Physics

Qi Li Economics Patricia Wright Zoology

John Gibso n Animal and Poultry Science

and Alejandro Marangoni Food Science

With matching contribution s the value

of these awards approaches $650000 and

wiH cover the costs of hiring new graduate

students post-doctoral fellows and research

associates on each faculty members intershy

disciplinary research team

Dutcher wi ll use the money to conduct

further studies in the growing field of polyshy

mer physics specifically thin film polymers

Li is developing new methods for estimatmiddot

ing nonmiddot and semiparametric economic

models used in analysing financial and

labourmiddotmarket data and in creating and testshy

ing economic policy Working with the Hagan

Aqualab Wright is continuing her studies of

the early life stages or fish to help fish farmshy

ers improve their operations Gibson a key

researcher in U of Gs Centre for the Genetshy

ic Improvement of Livestock is helping to

improve Canadas role in international liveshy

stock l inkage-mapping efforts Marangonis

research focuses on the physical properties

of fats and oils such as milk fat and cocoa

butter making a significant contribution to

developments in fat-containing products

such as chocolate confections butter marshy

garine and spreads

INNOVATIVE TEACHER WINS 3M AWAR D Landsca pe architecture profes shysor Ron Stoltz ha s received a pres tigiou s 3M Teaching Felshylowship from 3M Canada and th e Society fo r Tea chin g and Lea rning in Highe r Educatio n The annual fe ll owships recogshynize 10 sc holars across Canada who excel in teac hin g leadershyship and the deve lopment of

academic programs Stoltz is known for his innoshy

va tive approaches to tea ching landscape arch itec tural design and engineering In 25 yea rs of teaching at Guelph he has worked with va rio Lis U of G departments and alumni to

provide hands-on work experishyences for students in the actual des ign and cons tru ct ion of ca mpus and com munity landshyscape projects

Stoltz has also been active in curriculum and instruction al development and so me of his designs are used in profession shyal programs at other universishyties In addition he pbyed a sigshynifica nt role in develop ing materials to include tea chin g eva lu at ion in U of Gs promoshytion merit and tenure process He served as director of Teachshying Support Services from 1992 to 1997

SCIENTISTS FOCUS ON FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY U of G sc ientists wi ll accelerate studies in food safety functi ollshyal foods and industrial applicashyti ons for soft materials as the result of a $6-milliol1 allocation from the Ca nad a Fo undati oll for Innovations (CF) Institu shytio nal Innova tio n Fund

Thi s gra nt brin gs U of Gs total cn awards to $1 32 milshylion which triggers a IOO-pershycent match by th e Ontario Research and Developme nt Challenge Fund and requ ires a 50-per-cent ma tch from privateshysec tor fu nd 1I1g

U of G will es tablish a Cana shydian Research Institute in Food SaFety that will bring toget he r top resea rchers fro m across camshypus Health Canad a and Agri shyculture and Agr i-Food 3llada This gro up is uniqu e because it can ltl ddrtss food-safety iss ues at all levels of the food chai n says Prof Mansel Griffiths Food Sc ience who holds a Gue lpll research chair in dJ ir y microbishyology and will co -direct the new institute with Prof Scott McEwe n Populati on Medicine

A Centre for Food and Soft Materials will be direc ted by Prof Rick Yada chair of the Department of Food Sc ience and Prof John Dutcher Phys ics The goa l of this new ce ntre will U

be to assernble () tea rn of scien- 5b

tists to explore the structure and ~

fun ction of va rious foods and ltgt ~

soft materials Their work will z

leltld to alte rnative uses fo r (011 - j~

ventional soft malcr iais

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in and around the University

MATHEMATICS NETWORK LINKS Convocation Speakers WITH INDUSTRY

Inspire Graduates PROFS ANNA Lawniczak and Bill Langford Mathematics

When Canadian author Jane Urquhartand Statistics have pla yed received an honorary degree at springintegral roles in the first fedshy

convocation June 8 she reminisced about erally funded resea rch netshywork of academic and cor shy her own student days at U of G her 1971

graduation and her life as a person luckyporate mathematicians The Mathematics of Information enough to be able to pursue her lifes vocashyTechnology and Complex tion as a full-time job Urquhart spoke from Systems involves researchers th e heart but her words were often echoed

by other honourees during the four days of

ceremonies Us criminologist William

Chambliss Canadian medical researcher

Michel Chretien former Swedish president

Ola Ullsten and Stanley Falkow a pioneer

in molecular genetics w (]) At the final ceremony June 11 U of G

~ presented the first posthumous honorary I U V degree in its history to Charles Zavitz

-uZ rgt= who graduated in the Ontario Agricultural o --ltlaquo o2 VlColleges first degree class in 1881 and

gtshy(]) -ltheaded its field crop research programo I shy ~ o r for 35 years Zavitzs honorary degree was ~ -shy z

accepted by his grandson James Zavitz Vgt

in recognition of OACs 125th anniversary from 22 Canadian universi shy ~

mties and will receive $145 m illion in federal funding over the next four years Family Stress Under Study Ottawa will then review the project before providing U OF Gs CENTRE for Families small and medium-sized compashy The principal in vestigator another $105 million Work and Well-Being wi ll nies with fewer than 500 employshy will be Prof Kerry Daly Famishy

This research cen tre of investigate the stresses that face ees Researchers will use nation shy ly Relations and Applied Nutri shyexcellence will focus on forgshy working families across Canashy wide focu s groups to id entify tion who is co-di rector of the ing links between universities da tha nks to a recent $185000 practices that help reduce fumil y centre He says the project fits and industry and on training award from the JW McCo nnell stress and will di sse minate recshy well with th e cen tres aim to young researchers Universi shy Family Foundation one of ommenda tions to business and co nduct research thal exp lores ty researchers will work with Canadas largest private char ishy goverrullent The project may elisa the work- famil y ba lance allows applied mathematicians from table organizations lead to an awards system for faculty to establish connections private and public institutions The mon ey will fund an Ca nadian businesses exempli fy shy witl business organizations and on everything from designing eight-month researcll project ing the integration of work and involves students in th e process drug therapy and telephone examining best work practices in family for healthy li ving of social change networks to understandi ng complex new materials A prishymary goal of the network is IN FA(T U of G is one of Canadas premier research institutions to shor ten the lead time

Guelph faculty have attracted the second-largest per-capita share of research funding under between discovery and applishy

the Canada Foundation for Innovation cation of research knowledge

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World Wide We b for informa shy

tion about U of G will fi nd it

eas ier and faster to ge t answers

they need when they click on to

the University s new Web site

Visitors at wwwuoguelph ca wiil

fi nd a new horne pa ge design

and a quick-link toolb ar that

fea tures a direct link to alumni

inform ation and immediate

access to campus news a nd

coming events Other new fea shy

tures includ e a ca mpu s news

page and a three-dime nsio nal

map that a ll ows us ers to dick

directly on a building or to

search by either department or

building name U of G s Web

Steering Committee includ ed a

us er feedba ck functi o n and

hopes visitors will use it to comshy

ment on the site and to seek

more in forma tion abo ut Guelph

programs and se rvices

APPOINTMENTS PROF ALASTAIR Summerlee

has been named associate

vice-president (acad em ic)

following the departure of

Prof Co nstance Rooke who

left U of G to become presishy

dent of the University of

Winnipeg Summerlee was

formerly dean of graduate

studies In his new posit ion

he will oversee the quality

and development of undershy

graduate programs at U of G

PATRICK CASE form er

equity adviser for the Toronshy

to District School Board has

been appointed director ofU

of Gs Human Rights and

Equity Office A 1986 gradshy

uate of Osgoode Hall Law

School Case practised fam shy

ily human rights and immishy

gration law before joining the

Toronto school board in

1991 and is now completing

a masters degree in consti shy

tutionallaw

B OF G WElCOMES NEW CHAIR SIMON COOPER pres ident of

Marriott Hotels of Canada in

Etobicoke Ont is the new chair

of U of Gs BOlld of Governors

He succeeds Doug Dodds chair

and CEO of Schneider Corporashy

tion in Kitchener who has served

as chair since 1995 Cooper who

Join ed the board in 1995 was

vice -chair in 199899 and was

instrumental in raising more than

$1 50000 with in the 110spi tali ty

industry to benefit U of Gs

ACCESS campaign for student

fInancial assistance The board

also welcom es new members

Mary-Eli7abeth Flynn CEO of

KM2 Holdings Ltd Hank Va nshy

der Pol president of Rol-Land

Farms Ltd Prof Chris McKenshy

na chair of the Department of

Eco nomics food science gradushy

ate student Susa n Abraham and

undergradua te students Juli e

Cugalj and Jeff Ramlogan

ROYAL SOCIETY FELLOWS WELCOME DWIVEDI POLITICA L SC IENCE professor

OP Dwivedi has been named a

Fellow of th e Royal Society of

Ca nada the high es t scho larl y

recogniti on a Canadian academshy

ic can receive He joins 18 other

U of G facult y (current and

retired ) who have earned tbe title

Herbert Armstrong (deceased)

Te rry Beveridge Microbiology

Derek Bewley Botany Peter Egelshy

staff Physics Chris Gray Physics

Paul Hebert 70010g y Gabri el

Karl Physics Ke n Kasha Plant

Agriculture John Leslie Philosshy

oph) Donald Masters History

Larry IVlilligan vice-president

(research) Jay Newman Philosshy

ophy Bernhard Nickel Physics

Ann Oaks Botany Larry Pe tershy

so n Botany Michael Ruse Phishy

losophy Bruce Sells Molecular

Biology amp Genetics an d Joh n

Simpson Physics

Faculty Association and the Col shy

lege of Arts

bull Sonya Go ldberg an MA student

in the Depa rtmen t of His to ry

has won th e prestigious Sir

lohn A Macdonald Grad uate

Fellowsh ip in Canadian History

bull U of Gs School of Engineering

is the first in Canada to be recshy

ognized by the Canadian Engi shy

neering Memorial Foundation

with an award for providing a

women middotfriendly environment

Cre ated to mark the 10th

anniversary of the fatal shootshy

ing of 14 women at Montreals

Ecole Poly technique th e award

recog nizes U of Gs collegial

atmosphere an d the schools

4o-per-cent femal e enrolment

which is twice the nation al

average

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bull Philosophy professor Michael cultural Hall of Fame in June as

Ruse is one of seven sc holars a North American leader in the

- and the only Canadian - to production processing and ma rshy

recei ve a special writing grant keting of turkey and chicken

from the John Templeton Foun shy Cuddy received an hono rary

dation and Philade lphia Centre degree from U of G in 1994 for Religion and Science He bull Don Zira ldo BSc(Agr) 71 coshy

will use the $100000 US award founder of In niskillin Wines Inc

to writ e a book about science of Niagara-on-the middotLake Ont

and religion captu red a gold meda l from

bull AM Mac Cuddy BSA 42 was Vine xpo 99 in Bordeaux

inducted into the Ontario Agri- France for the co mpanys 1997

ice wine Inniskillin also

recei ve d the CIVART Award for

Excellence for Out standing

Selection of the Best Wines of

the World

bull Prof Daniel Fischlin Literatures

and Performance Studies in

English has won three teac hshy

ing awa rds in the last year shy

from the Ontario Confederation

of University Facu lty Associa shy

tions the University of Guelph

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ENVIROPIGS AN ENVIRONMENTAL

BOON U OF G R ES E A RC HERS have ge netically engineered pigs that should help solve th e biggest environmental problem facing hog farmers

The Envi roplgs developed by Pcof Cecil forsbecg M icroshybiol og y Prof Jo hn Philli ps Molec ular Biology and Ge ne tshyics and microbiology graduate stud ent Serguei Golova n proshyduce manure containing 50 per cent less phosphorus Phosshyphorus is a wdter pollutant th at promotes the growth of a lgae in rivers lakes and strea ms ultishymately de pleting oxygen in the water and affect ing fi sh stocks

Enviropigs shou ld help solve the pro blem Norm all y pigs cannot digest phyta tr a form of phosphorus WI th direc t su pshyport from O ntario pork proshyduce rs the Guelph sc ientists took an E coli gene tha t makes the enzyme phytase and spliced it wi th a fragm ent of a mo use gene th at cont ro ls the producshytion of a protein secreted in the sa livar y glands The cOlllposite gene was then inse rted into th e nucl eus of a on e-celled pig

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embr)To via a tiny needle The tran sgene will allow the

Envirop ig to make ph ytase in th e saliva ry gland and secrete it into the saliva where it is swa lshylowed with food The phy ta se

releases orga nic phospho rus so it can be absor bed by the bloodstream ins tead of being excreted in manu re

Th ree transgenic pigs have been born and are bein g monshyitoced by the resea rchers but it will likely be stveraJ yea rs befo re Envirop igs are ready to be comshymercialized

COMPUTER SIMULATIONS

BENEFIT MEDICAL RESEARCH

Two U OJ G SC IENTJ STS are using computer simulations to help medica l and ve terinar y researchers deve lop treatments for diseases caused by iOll chanshynels gone awr y

Profs Saul Go ldman Chemi stry and Biochemistry and Chri s Gray Phys ics are using computer pro gra ms to simulate the workings of tin y passages in cell membranes that serve as ga tekeepers passin g ions such as sodium and potas-

IN FACT Scientists build on knowledge that mlY lead to the ability to repair DNA

otes sium into and out of cell s

Sc ien ti sts have uncovered dozen s of hum an ion channel mutations tha t underlie diseases in heart brain muscle and othshyer tissues

The Guelph researchers modshyel the Aow of ions through chanshynels an d stu dy the microscop ic workings of iOll channel proteins Th ey hope to ga in informat ion useful to ph armaceutical comshypanies an d gene docto rs

The U of G co mputer modshyel is curre ntl y the only way to simu late the workings of ion chl1lnel proteins and the effects of alteri ng th eir stru ctu re dnd function The resea rchers say that over th e long term lear nshy

ing more about th e ge netic un derpi nnin gs of io n channel diseases such as cyst ic fib rosis might allow sCIe nti sts to rep air DNA itself

LITERARY RESEARCH CLICKS WITH TECHNOLOGY

U DF G E N GLI S H PR OFESSO R Susan Brow n is helping to cli ck on a new way to pub lish and stud y sc holarship in the humanit ies

Brown is one of six co-invesshytigators on th e Orlando Project which involves p ro fe sso rs and students trom the universities of Guelph and Alberta who are developing th e first full scholarshyly history of wo mens writings in the Britisb Isles Th ey will pubshyLsh it in an electronic format that wi ll allow users to search vast volumes ofbiog rltlphical inforshy

mation critical discussion and contextual mate rial in seconds

The pIoject will prov ide an account or wo me ns wri ting across the cen turies that addressshyes issu es raised by recent fe mishynist tbinkers and scholars of womens wr iting Brown and other inves tigators are not mereshyly col lecting primary mater ial but are also encoding literalY hisshytory as they wr ite it lllcluding references to literary reviews and analysis of write rs work Comshyputers will store and manipulate

basic rtsea rch materia l Named for the Virgin ia Woolf

fictiona l character who begins to write as an Elizabethan man and emerges as a full y developed fema le writer the Orlando Proshyjec t has been funded by a $16shymillion gran t from the Social Scishyences and Hu manit ies Resea rch Counci l and by th e uni ve rsities of Albe rta and Guelph

CANADIANS VALUE THEIR PETS

VIE A LL KNO W TJ-JiT Ca nadians -love their dogs and cats but did you know that keeping Fido and Fluffy happ) and healthy is worth billions to the nations economy

A fi rst -ever stud y by LJ of G

economics professo r John Livshyernois reveals that Canad ian pet ow ners spend nearly $3 billion annually on food veterinary care and supplies for their comshypanion animals - almost $1

billion in Ontario alone Th e pet industry also supports nearshyly 40000 jobs nati onally

The study commissioned by the Ontario Veterinary College revea ls that pets are an imporshytant family budget item across all income classes and aU provinces Nearly half of Canadia n house shyholds have a companion animal and the average family spends a few hundred dollars a year on pets an amou nt that rises with in come levels

The magni tud e of pet expenditures is an indicator of the value of companion ani shymals in society says Live rnois

The study also identified the intangible benefits of pets including emotional support companionship improved socializa ti on skills in children and th erapeutic effects

Animals are companions and confidants says OVC proshyfessor Cindy Adams a speciaJist in the human-animal bond We are very much a buying-orishyented society but the relationship with our pets is still very pure

People are also becomi ng more sensit ive to their pers needs she says The y are demanding the same type of care and service from their ve tshyerinarians as they do from their docto rs

The study notes that most

veterinary practices depend on peoples attachment to their pets Of the]] 06 veterinary practices in Ontar io 726 are exclusively companion-animal practices Even mixed-animal practices derive about half th eir income from companion animal services

NEW CANCER TEST MAY IMPROVE

SURVIVAL RATES U N IVER S llY OF GUELPH

researchers have helped develshyop a new blood test that detects ovar ian cancer at a stage when it is still treatable by surgery and chemotherapy

Senior research associate Dong Gaudette and Prof Bruce Holub Human Biology and Nutritional Sciences collaboratshyed with doctors from Texas and Ohio on the patented blood test [t will be devel oped by Atairgin Technologies Inc in Irvine Calif Clinical trials begin tbis yea r

Diagnosis of ovarian canshycer during tbe eady stages could mea n dramatically higher SLlrshyvival rates says Ga ud ette The blood test detected 75 per cen t

IN FACT A new blood test detected 75 per cent of early-stage ovarian cancer

of the ea rly-stage ovaria n canshycer samples

Currently diagn os is in abo ut 70 per cen t of women occ urs during the more

advanced stages of the disease Each yea r ovarian cance r kill s ]500 women in Ca nada and

14500 in the United States T I e two researchers discovshy

ered a fat called lyso phosphatidic acid that is prese nt in higher

quantities in ca ncerous tissue It is also detected in the blood

DEVELOPING A NEW VACCINE FOR CATTLE

KIND ER GEN TLER CATTLE vacshyc ines may become a reality thanks to the development of an oral cattle vacci ne by a U of G research tea m

Profs Reggi e Lo Microbiolshyogy Patricia Shewen Pathobiolshyogy and Judith Strommer Plant

Agri cultu re are tryi ng to pro shyduce a transgenic lin e of alfalfa that calTies a bacterial gene The alfalfa is designed to produce a natural antigen to help boost bovine immune response to a type of pneumonia in ca ttle

Traditional vaccina tion b)

needl e injection requires rounding up and restra ining the cattle and is costly and stressful to animals says Lo If we ca n create an o ral deli very system using transgenic alfalfa we can simply add th e alfalfa to tbe regul ar feed

The team is creating the oral

vacci ne system using a gene from a well-known bacterium and is transferring tbe bacterishyal D--1 into the recip ient alfalshy

fa plant s Once tb e transgenic alfalfa line is es tabli shed and the ge ne is producing the bacshyteri al ant igens as planned th ey will feed the transgenic alfalfa to th e cattle to see whether an immun e response occurs If the o ral vaccine works it will mea n healthier cattle with less use of antibiotics in livestock being fed for hum an consul11ption

GENETIC TEST COULD BOOST

SOYBEAN EXPORTS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN Canada testing is available to detect the presence of geneticall ) modified orga nisms (CMOs) in soybea n products Th e testin g wi ll be overseen by U of Gs Laboratoshyr) Serv ices The uelph Mole shycular Supercentre will offer the GMO-check Soya Iest Kit

There is a stron g need for such a commercial tes t in Ca nashyda especially with the increase in produc tion of Givl so) beans says rcsclrciler Shu Chen Its estishymated that 10 to 20 pe r cent of the 21 111illion acres of soybeans planted in the province this year were gendi(all y modified

The test deteels the protein expressed In Monsantos Roundup Read y v1[ia nt of soyshy

beans The most popular GM soybean secds on th e market a re res is tant to Roundup a com l11only used herbicide The test has been va lidated for aCCllshy

rac y by 37 laborator ies in th e Eu ropean Union (EU )

The te st is poised to be a boon for soybean exp orte rs Currently food products co nshytainin g CIvIC) that are exportshyed to the EU mu st be clearly labell ed and many consumers are now dem anding the option to choose between genetically modified and non-geneticall y l110dified foods Previously th e sampl es had to be se nt to th e United Sta te s for testi ng a process that was both cosuy and ti me-consu m i ng

IN FACT Up to 20 per cent of the soybeans grown in -Ontario this year were genetically modified

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bull bull

Gayle Anderson Andrew Vowles Alexander Wooley

IClne Guelph scientists strengthen the role ofveterinary medicine

in solving human health problems

Pre-eclampsia in pregnant women Organ

transplants Human colorectal cancer Bactershy

ial resistan ce to antibiotics Theyre all topics

you might expect to hear discussed in a human

medical lab or teaching hospital but in the corshy

ner office of the Ontario Veterinary College

OVC dean Alan Meek smiles and acknowlshy

edges the apparent paradox of discussing the

effects on human medicine of resea rch conshy

ducted in his corner of the University of Guelph

campus But you dont need too powerful a

microscope to reveal the research connections

among dogs cats horses and well humans

Referring to his hefty copy of Veterinary

Medicine and Human Health written by his Unishy15 co versity of California colleague Calvin Schwabe laquo

~ Meek says the distinction between animal and w

~ human is rather misleading Go back far enough

~ - before the Judeo-Christian concept of human z

~ uniqueness and superiority - and youll find o

~ no clear line sepa ra t ing the practitioners of

14 GUELPH AWYI K US

human and animal health The healers made

no distinction between whether they were lookshy

ing after the owner of the ca ttle or the cattle

says Meek It was the notion of one medicine

Of course theres no denying that animal

health rem ains the domain of the veterinary

researcher an d practitioner As ve terinarians

we have a mandate to understand animals and

things that affect their health so we can preshy

vent problems and care for th em says Meek

I suspect that when most people think about

veterinary medicine thats th e first piece they

think about

But animal heal th is only one of the four pilshy

lars of the veterinary profession - th e others

are public health environmental health and bioshy

medical sciences - whose research and teachshy

ing rest on the base of comparative medicine -We are the only medical profession that looks

at medicine across species he says Thats one

of the great strengths of veterinary medicine

-

Fa llWinter 1999 15

Public health con cerns range from food SJfft) to zoonotic diseases (diseases that can be traLl smi tted from anim als to humans) and antibiotic resistance amon g diseaseshyca using bacteria It was this pillar that occushypied many veterinarians during the earlier decades of this century o ften as health inspectors

Iith the ad vent of antibiotics and varshyious advances in technology seemingly more stimulating research avenues beckshyoned for vete rin ary scientists But at this end of the 20th cen tury says Meek we find ourselves again confronting many of those earlier problems such as tuberculosis and medical professionals are refocllsing on the importance of public health issues

Veterinarians have also played a signifishycant role in th e evolution and application of ecosystem healt h practices because of their expe rtise in co mp arative medicine toxicology ep idemiology and wildlife disshyease Changes in wildlife health are the first results and so metimes the first signs of envishyronmental problems We dont live in a box reserved for one species says Meek gtle live in the same env ironment We interact in very intimate ways with other an imals in the environment so its not surp rising there are all kinds of crossovers and that you can learn J lot tbat can improve the heal th and lovell-being of peo ple and other animals

That trutl is becoming more ev ident as biomedical science uses new and more speshyci fic technologic As yo u start looking at the cellular and subcellular levels and the chromosomes and the genes it doesnt realshyly mat ter that much whether youre lookshyin g at a ge ne chromosome or cell that came ou t of a person or a dog says Meek vVhen YOLi get down to that level the fundamenshytal building blocks are the same - nucleic acids dnd blse units I think we as a professhysion have a tremendou s amount to offer there becJuse of our mand ate wlich is so broad Vete rinar ians look after all animals excep t for people in th e sense of providing handS-Oil care We can learn a lot from these othe r species There are diseases in other animals that have analogies to human disshyeases so we can learn from that and use th em as n1tural models

He expec ts to see mor e collaboration IIlJ information sharing alllong human medical and veterinary researchers Its not

16 G UELPH ALUMNUS

so amazing to understand that we would ha ve folks working on things that have a human application It co mes from our manshydate our responsibilities and histo ry and the comparative approach

The fourth pillar of veterinary medicine offers many impressive examples of co mshyparative medicine In the next few pages we present a small sample of current OVC research initiat ives that are providing immeshydiate and direct benefit to human medicine and health

disease similar to pre-eclampsia In mice lacking these lymphocy te cells she grafted bone marrow containing gra ft s with NK cells and found that the implantation sites returned to a no rmal state

Croys research has gained worldwide recognition for its considerable applicabilshyity to human fetal development and because it provides a useful animal model for this gestational disease Her work may eventu shyall) show scientists how to eliminate preshyeclampsia during human pregnancy It will also help vets and farmers understand how

Reproductive technologies

Prof Anne Croy Biomedical Sciences is intent on discovering why pregnant women develop pre-eclampsia a serious illn ess that typically occurs during th e second half of pregnancy High blood pressure is the major symptom If pre-eclampsia occurs th e baby must be delivered immediately or the mothshyer may experience convulsions or even die To better understand the ilness Croy is examining lymphocytes in the uterus par shyticularlya group of specialized lymphocyte cells that multiply during early pregnancy

These NK cells or natural killers regushylate gene expression and attack foreign invaders such as cancerous tumours Their main r01 e during pregnancy is to dilate blood vessels as the uterus grows preventshying blood pressure from rising to dangershyous levels Croy and her research team have discovered that lack of NK ceUs in the uterus may cause reproductive problems and lead to smaller infants whose growth is retard shyed into adulthood

Working with mice Croy found th at removing NK cells before mating led to a

uterine lymphoc ytes work in lives tock which is why her studies are funded by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs as well as the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council

How much can mice teU us about human reproductive immunology Croy says the importance of the mouse as a tool for studyshying disease progression or therapy was brought home to her in the 1960s when she was an OVC student of Prof Tom Hulland then chair of pathology and an ea rly enthushysiast of using mice as resea rch models

She says the two reproductive systems are remarkably similar Because mice reach adulthood after six to seven weeks and proshyduce about 10 offspring every three weeks researchers can monitor successive generashytions of mice over a short period to discovshyer the long-term ramifi ca tions of health problems And she is able to study an indishyvidual tissue section of an entire fetu s under -the microscope For these reasons mice play a central role in another of Croys research projects one thats found mothers pass along to their children more of themselves than was previously thought

Until recently the placenta was thought

to be impenetrable Then some Us

researchers discovered that cells travelled

from the fetus to the mother In research

funded by the Hospital for Sick Children

Foundation in Toronto Croy recently found

that the flow is two-way unidentified cells

We are the only medical profession that looks at medicine across species Thats one of the great strengths of veterinary medicine

are also transferred from the mother to the

bone marrow of the fetus

Unlike most earlier studi es Croys

focused on the bone marrow where the

bodys blood and autoimmune disea ses

develop She found that 90 per cent of the

mouse fetuses contained the mothers cells

in their marrow Because maternal cel ls

remain in offspring into adu lthood (a nalshy

ogous to humans) it suggests the cells may

affect the chi lds response to a bone marshy

row transplant during cancer treatment or

to treatment for HIV ma laria or burns For

example immune-deficient children often

receive marrow transplants from a parent

but if the mothers cells are already present

they can reject th at transplant Undershy

standing the nature of those cells is critical

As in Croys work with uterine lymp hoshy

cytes this research is receiving worldwide

recogn ition although the Guelph researcher

down plays that accla im This is so me of

the most interesting work of my career she

says but Im a relatively small player in the

bigger sc hem e of things

Croy has repeatedly crossed boundaries

in her pursuit of knowledge and has been

recognized by a variety of scientific discishy

plines She recent ly completed a term as a

permanent study sec tion member of the

National Institutes of Health (N1H) in th e

United States one of the few Canadians

appointed since the N1H opened permashy

nent membership to non -citizens in 1995

She teaches a summer course on reproducshy

tion mostly to medical doctors at the

Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratoshy

ry in Massachusetts This June she recei ved

the JCB Grant Senior Scientist Award from

the Canadian Society of Anatomy Cell Biolshy

ogy and Neurobiology - an unusual honshy

our for a vet And she recently prese nted

reproductive immunology findings to meetshy

ings of obstetricians and gynecologists

Organ transplants

A silent crisis is what one member of Parshy

liament has called Canadas organ donor

rate now among the lowest in the indusshy

trialized world More than 3000 Canadians

wait for organ transp lants each year and

143 of them die awaiting a transplant

One potential so lution being examined

at OVC is xenotransplantation or transshy

plan ting of organs from one sp ecies to

another - specifica ll y from pigs to

humans Its not as far-fetched as it sounds

For more than 10 years people have

received living pig tissue including porcine

pancreatic islet cells for diabetes and pig

skin for burns

Because of its faculty expertise its outshy

standing record in animal ca re and welfare

and its 30-year history o f research in

pathogen-free swine for breeding and food

purposes OVC was approached by Imutran

Ltd of the United Kingdom a xenotran sshy

plantation research leader to assis t in pre-

clinical (non-human) trials

OVCs role in this leading-edge research

being co-led by Prof Danny Butler Clinishy

cal Studies is to breed and suppl y a sma ll

group of tran sgenic pigs for research trials

at partner institutions in the project - the

University of Toronto and the University of

Western Ontario ove was also instrushy

mental in ensur in g that the pig li tte rs were

of defined health status or pathoge n-free

- an integral aspect of this proJect These

transgenic pigs resemble any other pig on

the outside but on the inside Lhey diff r in

one smaJl but very important way

Ordinarily when a blood vessel ruptures

the bodys natural reaction is to clot and

patch the leak During this pro cess someshy

times called a cascade the body produces

chemicals sequentially to form the c lot But

clotting is a delicate FlOcess Until now

organ transplants betwee n species have proshy

voked hyper-acute rejection caus ing a

clotting-like cascade to continue until wit hshy

in min utes or hours th e patient rejec ts the

animal organ Blood entering the newly

received organ recognizes that tissue as forshy

eign and immediately begins the clotting

process quickly shutting down the o rg3 1l

By contrast the ce ll s of lmutran pigs conshy

tain a human gen e that produces a prote in

that stops the clotting casca d e In a transshy

planted pig organ c3tTying this gene the

protein fool s the pat ients blood into trelt shy

ing the organ as though its from the same

species thus preventing clotti ng

Butler believes oves expertise in surgishy

cally deriving and raising germ-free littetmiddots

was a key reason the college was approached

to undertake this re sea rch Fro m 1958 to

1989OVC took th e scientific lead with the

Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Fo od and

Ruralfffairs in supplying speci[Jc-pathogen shy

free animals to the provinces pig farms Prof

Paul Miniat of the Departmcnt of C linical

Studies and later th e Depa rtment of Popshy

ulation Medicine led that projec t

Tl1is current research is cutting-edge

says Butler and you have to be absolutely

meticulous about everything you do

Because these animals dont ha ve dn actishy -vated immune system any path oge n th lt

comes into play would be fatal to thesc pigs

Butler notes that the resea rch is stil l at

the pre-clinical (non-human) trial stage

and it will likely be years before trials ca n

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take place in hum ans And other forms of transplant rejec tion besides the hyper-acute

va ri ety will requ ire furth er research Along the way Butler and fellow OVC researchers - Prof Bonnie Mall ard and Byram Bridle PathobioJogy who are stud y director and projec t mana ger re spec tivel y Jud y Bell Clinical Studies a projec t mana ge r and

Prof Bob Fri endship Population Medicine - hope to gain new insight into breeding

pigs of exemplary health status for both anishymal breeding and food sa fe ty

Genetic diseases

Pro f Mark Baker Path obi ology hopes to enh ance gene th erapy used in treating

human and animal ge net ic d iseases by improving the effi ciency of gene targeting Using thi s procedure and the tools of biotechnology researchers hope to zero in on spec ific points in an o rgani sms DNA and insert or repair genes invol ved in sll ch

diseases as cancer AID S mu sc ular dystroshyphy cys tic fibrosis and sickl e-cell anemia

Gene targeting is a very important techshy

nology for gene modifi ca tion in all species - plants animals and micro-organisms says Baker who began tbi s work in the 1980s The nice thing about thi s tecbnolshyogy is th at yo u can make changes in the

ge ne right in its norm al position in the chromosom e

He hopes to make gene targe ting more effi cient by studying the underlyi ng process of homologo us reco mbi nation in whi ch

DNA sequences exchange information Norshymally this process helps ce lls repai r DNA da mage and govern s mixing of gen es durshy

ing cell di vision including th e p rocess of meios is whi ch produces egg and sperm

cells But homologous recombination can also lead to can cer durin g th e exchange of informati on bet ween a mutan t ch romoshyso me and its no rmal co unterpart Bes ides

stud ying what goes wrong durin g recomshybinat ion sc ientists are in te res ted in using th e process to co rr ect defe cts Baker s

research for exa mple has shown that gene targe ting th ro ugh homolo gous recombinashytion can correc t a mu ta tion to resto re proshyducti on of an immunoglobulin found in

an tibodies We want to und ers tand the mec hashy

nisms of recombination in mammalian cells

18 G U ELP H A LUMNUS

and how homologo us reco mbin ati on ca n

be used to shape and manipu late th e genome he says ex plaining that gene tarshygeting all ows researchers to make animal

model s of hum an gene ti c diseases study hum an ge ne th erapy and modify plant and an imal ge nomes to benefit agri culture biotechnology and medi cine

Cancer research

Ca ncer reaches into the lives of many Ca nashydian s A number of researchers are wo rkshying in this area and their research spans the spectrum from basic molecul ar bio techshy

nology to applied therapy says Pro f Wayne

improve our understa ndin g of how to modshy

ify the level of damage done by co litis He explains th at by detoxify ing dieta ry

mu tagens and ca rcinogen s CST enzymes provi de protection against va rious insul ts inflicted on th e stom ach Thats an imporshy

tant role gJven th e kno wn link be tween so me chemical s co nsumed by humans and the dama ge to DNA and tis sues th at ma y

lead to cancer Hi gh levels of the em ymes are good because th ey pro tect says Ki rby

In pre vious studi es conducted with the Je wish General Hospital in MontlCal Ki rshyby discove red th at man y peo pl e with col shyo rec tal ca ncer lack th e ge neti c codes fo r

GSTs He is now in vestigatin g th e role of the

At the cellular and subcellular levels it doesnt really matter

whether youre looking at a gene chromosome or cell that came out of a person or an animal

McDonnell OVC ass istant dean (resea rch)

Although OVC research usually fo cuses on can cer in anim als incl uding using animal models th e res ult s also touch th e human

realm of oncology research Colorec tal ca nce l is th e third most comshy

mon can cer in humans th e Canadian Ca nshy

cer Society estim ates th at more than 16000 new cases will be d iagnosed in 1999 and more th an 6000 deaths will occur Key fa cshy

tors in its development are d ie tary carc inoshyge ns and colitis a bowe l inflammatio n In Guelphs Departm ent of Bio medi cal Scishy

ences Prof Gordon Kirby is studying glu shytathione S-transferase (GST) emymes that

are fo und in the hea lthy human intestinal tract but are abse nt in colorec tal ca ncer patients This research co uld help impleshyment pre ve ntive st ra teg ies for people who might be at high risk for ca nce r or it may

help in co unselling people in proper dietary habits he says In addi tio n we may

enzy mes and how th eir level alte rs as th e

disease develops B) und erst andin g how th ese enz) l11 es

work and how th ey change dur ing the proshygression from co liti s to can cer Kirby ultishymately hopes to lea rn ho w to co ntro l th e leve l of th e enzymes Understandin g how

th e enzym es work ca n lead LI S to wa ys to

prevent cancer he SlyS

Radiation treatment

Veterll1ar ians using the technique o f halfshy

body ra dia tion may cut th e time needed to treat lymphoma in dogs acco rd ing to th e

re sul ts of a st ud y by OVC re sea rchers in cludin g Prof To n) Abr1Jl1s-0gg Pro f -Stephen Kruth Paul Woods Geri Ottewe ll and Kim Stewa rt - aU of th e Department of Clini cal Studi es - and Al Norris of th e

Veterinary Referral Cli nic And although the groups recent six-year tr ial was directed at

do gs the resu lts of thi s veterinary resea rch

may have implica tions for trea tin g cance r

in hum ans

Trea tin g lym ph oma traditionally Iequires up to two yea rs of chemoth erap)

An alternative to prolonged chemotherapy is tota l-body ra diat io n and bone mar row

transplantation The procedullt lI SLS the patien ts own marrow extracted before the

trea tment One drawback is the possi bilit y

of transpb nt ing s ick malTOw co ntaining lymphoma (ells back in to the patien t A secshy

o nd drawbac k is th e ex tcnsive ca re and

Icngthy recovery time required By co ntrast ha lf-body radiation takes

onl y three mon ths Ab rams- Ogg explains that became only half of th e body is treatshy

ed at one time enough healthy bone marshy

row remain s to negate a tra nsp lan t By the

time th e seco nd hal f o f the body is irradishyated 30 da ys late r th e pa tien t has hld

eno urh line to recover fro m the first trea tshyment Hes also found that dogs receivi ng

half-bod) radiation generally avoid the sideshyeffects of tull-body trea tment

Abra ms-Ogg says ha lf- body radi ation

has been used on humans to alleviate pain in advanced cancer cases but not to treat

lymphoma The results of this trial do have hUl )la n health implications he SJ) Halt~

hody radilti o n may be used to treat the

sa me types of cancers in people

Resistance to antibiotics

Ensuring the hea lth of farm animals is an

im po rtant fac tor in ensuring th e health of our food supply T hrough col labo ratio ns wi th the Un iversity of Guelphs Department

of Food Science and l1calth Canada a dedshy

icated group of ove resea rch ers is improvshying public health through [ood -sa fe ty

research OnL of those sc ienti sts is Prof Sco tt

McEwen Population Med icine who studies food-animal prod uct io n and on-fa rm issues

by investigati ng microb ial resistance to antib ishyotics and ways to co ntrol pathoge ns such as

E coli during food-animal production Were try ing to red uce the level of exposhy

sure or people to these pathogens an d in tu rn red uce the level of food-borne illness

says I IcEwe n Our goal is to im prove

human health and improve the health of the animal industr )

Microbia l resista nce in pa rticular is a

co mpelli ng issue for agriculture rigbt no w because of a number of eve nts occurring

worldwide that have focus ed attenti on o n the use of antibi otics in foo d-a ni mal pro shy

du ct ion and the po tential impact on h um ans through meat conu mption

McEwen and h is st ud ents are looking at

what types of animals are being exposed to

va ll o us drugs and for how long to better

measure bacterial resistance to antibiot ics Because the agricu ltu ra l industry accounts [or half of to tal antib io tic lls e he says it s

important to look for new ways to improve on-farm manage ment of livestock that wIll

reduce disease Jnd the need for treatme nt

with antibiotics ga

Veterinary medicine contributes to human health sector

The Ontario Veteri nary Co llege (OVC) is at the centre of Ontarios

$44 billion knowledge-based ecoshy

nomic secto r foc using on animal

health and related food qualitysafeshy

ty and biomedicalbiotechnology activities

Although veterinal) medicine is

the main focus of studies at OVC the biomedical science o ption has

the bjgh est enrolment among

Guelphs 30 BSe degree programs

Employers in Canadas $I -billion biotechnology indust ry sa y a degree in ve ter inary med icine will

be an impor tant first step in filling

new positions created by the pracshytical application of current revelashy

tions in molecular biology and cloning technology

OVC is a founding college of the

Universit y of Guelph which receives mo re resea rch funding

from the Medica l Research Co unshycil than any other Ca nadi an uni shy

versity with o ut a medica l school

More than ISO studies have been condu cted using fund s donated

throug h OVes Pet Tr ust by ve tshy

erinarians and pet owners who recshy

ognize the th erapeutic value of the

bond betwee n people and com shypa nion animal s

100 per cent of OVC gradu ates

find em ploymen t withi n six months of gradu ation

50 per cen t of veterinary patholoshygists in North America are -employed directly or indirectly by the pharmaceutical industr y

Fa llWinter 1999 19

a The Royal Society of Canada recognizes an acndelnic career

by Alexander Wooley a scholar Funny hOWasingle pi ece of paper can summarize a lifet ime of study and aCJ demic work that has already fi ll ed

29 books and 85 book chapters an d Journal articles

In june U of G polit ica l science profes~

sor Onkar P Dwivedi received a letter invit~

ing hi m to become a Fello w of th e Royal Society of Canada Its an invitation reserved

for Canadas ltlCJde11i c elite an an nounceshy

men t thM brought congratul atio ns tinged with envy fiom colleagues across Ca nada and

left th is U of G professor answeri ng quips from Guelph collcgues such as Are we still

allowed to share the elevator wi th such an illuSlrious scholar

Dwivedi is indeed an ill ustrious scholar

- th e FRSC is th e hi ghest scholJriy recog~ nition1 Canad ian ~ cad emic ca n recei ve shy

but he is also a personable man who has a deer concern fo r o thers and a sense of humour that allows h illl to ceremo ni ously

wave oth er facult ) and students on to the

elevator as it ri ses to his s ix1h~f1oor offi ce ill the JvlacKi nn on Bu ilding

Known across camp us simply as OP he says its o nl y natural that hlS colleagues

wo uld be a bi t envi ous of th e Royal Society

designation he has felt th at envy himself when congratultting previous recip ien ts

Dwivedi SI) he is d~ep l ) honoured to bL one of 19 U of C lilCul ty wh o hold thl tilk (see page II ) The entire U of C cJm pl co mmunity shOlIcs in Prof l)iveciis dd igh t at bei ng l1amed a fel low I) pruv()t tin

Campbe ll It is a we ll~d lsencd mark of recognition for his distinguished caree r Jnd

vJ lua ble slr vice to i II I l 1Ila I ional dlTlop Ill en t an d the en viron men t

Being n~mcd I Fello of the Rnl11 oci

101) of CI1a d ~ is testimony 10 tile prnrcsnr ~

beli e-I Lhat if you work hard enough you L11l

achieve an ythi ng Th~Is 11) hi colilltr)

is so great he says o f his adopted C~nIJ1 Born in India Dwi ved i came 1( ( anadl

in the early [960 as a gruduatc lttuden Hl co mpl eted a mdst 15 de grec al Carl etull University ~nd a Ph D at QUlln l middot ni~r ishy

ty ~l1 d jo incd the U o f C tJLlti lyin 1967

He hJS advanccd Ihe CallldilI1 view of

political eth ics 111d public scnicc Wl11pI(d

pol icy~mak ing t nd administralioll hetwlcn natio ns and l11aintl ined world iew of enli~

ronll1ental pol iei sand pl1blie alti ludes toward pollu tion And ltI ll the wh ile haring his in sight wilh the l h (l u~llld nf tlllkilts

who halt vied for se1ts ill his classroom

Alt hough C1I1 3d is now hi~ IWll1l Dwivedi main tai ns ~Irong lies with his lill

mer homeland He has mon itored dCIdol

mtnh Ind ehtnge~ ill IndilS pol lulion lt111U

lto INrl ation pol i ~ic ror lll1lo~t 0 )Cltlrs and sucd h J ltnio r ad iser 1(1 Ih (OUlllr )

lin ilr) of rl1limnl11tllt dnd Fltlr~ I S I Ii lIll rc~c nl hook publi1 d in I))7 i ntro ~

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mll-ing and manf~mll1t prelL n Ind i1 b) cxamining vlri()u~ Jill1cl1iol15 of lhlt

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ndti( nal distinction and international recogshy

nit ion Just this spring he vis ited Loyo la l [a rymollnt Universit-y in Los An-des as that

insti tutions 1999 Internati onal Scho lJ r

Es tabli shed 117 years lgO the Roya l Society or Canada enco mpasse d ra nge of

discip lin es including the natural and ap plied sc iences medi cine soc ial scien ces MId hu manit ies

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an honour for me and also a wonderful recogshy

nition for our new coll ege (U of Gs College

of Social and All lied Human Sciences )

A for mer chair of Guel lhs Department of Political Science Dwivedi is pres id ent of

the Ca nadian Asian Stud ies Associa tion and

past lresident of the Canadian Po litica l Scishyence Association He also chairs th e resea rch committee of the International Poli tical Scishy

ence Associat io n

During hi s 32-year career at Guellh he ha s served on the Enviro nm ental Assess shy

)]lent Boa rd of Ontario as a co nsultan t to

the Ca nadian gove rnment as an adviser to th e Wo rld Health Organi za ti o n an d the

Wo rld Bank in In dia Papua New Guinea and Mau ritiu s an d as a sc ientific panel

member with UNESCO In J 99 8 he

received an honorary degree fro m the Unishyve rsity of Leth bridge ga

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ANDREvV VOWLES

m Tiny flashes of blue

light caught by U of G

to physicists in an

undergro und

observatory may eg

tell us the

fate of our

universerunch First tighf wasnt long in coming even in a mine shaft some two kiloshy

metres beneath the Earths surface Within days of turning on a multishy

million-dollar li ght detector near the bottom of a Sudbury nickel mine

scientists from Canada the nited States and the United Kingdom recordshy

ed their first even t Thats physicists lingo for a collision between a tiny

extraterrestrial particle called a neutrino and a molecule of heavy water

Actually what they witnessed last spring was not the encounter itself

- marked by a tell tale fl ash of blue light - but data trickling in quishy

etly from the detectors elaborate instruments sometime after the fact

Still that was enou h to set a few hearts pounding among the collabshy

orators in the Sudb u r y eutrin o Observatory particularly among

Guelph physicists John Simpson Robin Ollerhead and Jimmy Law who

appJaude 1 those early results not just for what they might reveal about

the universe but also as a validation of their painstaking care in conshy

structing and preparing the detector

Fall Winter 1999 23

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[J This is without a doubt the climax of my

career says Simpson whos been invo lved

with the Sudbury N eu trin o Observa to ry

(SNO) project since it was fir s t moo ted by

Canadian physicis ts in th e early 1980s Hes

been studying neutrinos for almost two

decades beginning with experiments in a

Windsor-area sa lt mine

It s th e las t unkn own low-energy area

left he says N eutrin os are s till th e least

understood elementa ry particle of a ll

Thats not for lac k of them T hey re co nshy

sidered to be th e most commo n particles in

the universe and the fund amenta l building

blocks of matter Each seco nd bi lli ons of

neutrinos generated during fusion reactions

in the sun and in sou rces far beyond our

galaxy bombard every square ce ntim etre of

the Earths surface undetected But just try

to catch one So ephemeral a re Ih ey th at

they pass without a mmmur through most

objects including solid rock ni ckel ni ckel

miners - even throu gh the SNO sc ientis ts

monitoring their giant acry li c ball s usshy

pended in a 22-metre-wide cavern two kiloshy

metres down the mine shaft

The $70-million o bse rva to ry s it s nea r

the bottom of Inco Ltd s C reighton nicke l

mine the deepes t wo rkin g min e in North

America and one tha t has opera ted co ntinshy

uously for the last ce ntury

Today the only eAtra terreslrial objects hitshy

ting the site - or more co rrect ly passi ng

through it - are neutrinos Seemingly against

astronomical odds those scientists hope to

use that ball as a kind of cosmic-sized catchshy

ers mitt to stop or deflect enough of these

particles to learn more about them and about

the big wide universe that spawned them

Inside that 12-foot ball are 1000 tonnes

of heavy water which is also used as coolant

inside nuclear reactors Tn fact th e watershy

all $300 million worth - is on loan from

Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (AECL)

Heavy water ho lds the key to SNOs opera-

Taken during construction the photo above

shows the SNO cavity and acrylic vessel At

right the acrylic vessel is surrounded by an 18shy

metre diameter geodesic sphere that supports

nearly 10000 light sensors and reftectors

Scientists hope to U~

tion Because its molecules contain one more

n eutron than in ordinary water its more

likely to in tercept a phantom neutrino That

co llis ion will be marked by faint but telltale

fla shes of light - forma lly kno wn as

Cerenkov radia tion th e characteris tic blu e

glow emitted in a nuclear reactor - to be

picked up by a few of th e 10000 detectors

studding the panels on th e sphere s surface

Perhaps more impo rtan t SNO resea rchers

anticipate that the wa ter will catch all three

types o f neut rinos no t just the o ne captured

by other detec tors around the world

N eutr in os come in three species or

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agiant acrylic ball as a kind of cosmic-sized catchers mitt

flavou rs based on th e kind s of subatomshy

ic particl es tlleyre dssociated with electro n

neutrinos muon neutrinos and tau neu trishy

nos Referring to earlier experiments that

have detected far fewer neutrinos than

expected based on our understanding of

how the universe works Simpso n says most

scientists believe that neutrinos have mass

and the) change type as th ey leave the sun

and thats why Ne havent seen enough of

them Being able to detect the other two

flavours at SNO might allow sc ientis ts to

account for the so -called missing neutrinos

Proving that neutrinos can change their

stripes might als o tell us more about the

likely fate of th e universe itself by solving

another mystery the question of the missshy

ing mass Referring to basic laws of physics

Law says If neutrinos convert th at means

th ey must have mass Why is that imporshy

ta nt Explai ns Ollerhead The amount of

mass thats accounted fo r by the sta rs that

you can see is only about one-tenth of the

total mass the re must be in the universe in

order to cause the interactions and motions

you see W hen people talk about mis si ng

mass thats what th ey re talking about

So the question is where is it l Because

every s tar produces billions of neut rin os

every second the universe is full of neutr ishy

nos These van ishingly small particles could

collectively exert a gravitational pull out of

all proportion to th eir size - enough to

eventually slow the expa nsion of the universe

If neutrin os have ma ss it means the

universe may be heavier than we think says

Simpso n The universe will eventually stop

expanding in a few billion years and collapse

back in on itself Thi s is known as the Big

Crunch Finding evidence of the smoking

gun to either prove or di sprove that theoshy

ry is the purpose of the observatory he says

SNO research bombards other areas of science Adapting physics tools to build SNO

An expert in X-ray back-scattering Guelph

physicist Innes Mackenzie helped the SNO

team about six years ago by adapting his

back-scattering technique to determine the

thickness of a plastic liner that su rrounds

th e entire observatory cavity Made of a

substance called urylon (produced by a

Guelph company) the liner was sp rayed

on to the cavitys concrete surface to screen

ou t radon a radioactive gas that diffuses

even through soLd rock In a project where

an extra millimetre could skew results scishy

entists needed to ensure that the material

was the same thickness all the way arou nd

Mackenzie used X-ray back-scattering

a techniq ue he has developed that might

be llsed to determine say the thickness of

paint applied in an auto assembly plant or

ice buildup on aircraft wings Laurentian

University physicist Doug Hallman says

his research group has worked with

Mackenzie to set up a unique hand- held

monitor and data-recording system which

found the actual thickness of the eightshy

millimetre-dlick polyurethane material to

an accuracy of about 10 per cent

Building new tools from SNO physics

During his graduate studies in physics at

Guelph Tom Andersen helped his PhD

supervisor Prof John Simpson design

devices used to detect background

radioactivity of the heavy wa ter in the

Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO)

and worked on software that simulates

th e movement of high -energy muons

particles created when cos mic rays

encounter the Earths atmosphere All the

while he had his eye on a not-unrelated

topic that became his full-time job after

graduating in 1998

It a desk top planetarium says

Andersen of his astro nomy software

which allows users to view the simulated

night sky - including comets asteroids

satellites a nd stars - on a computer

screen With it yo u can observe the sky

as it appears from your backyard tonight

o r from Jupiter 100 years ago or from

Egypt 3000 years ago

He and his partners a t Toronto-based

Sienna Software Inc have so ld about

10000 copies of Sta rry Night software

dming the past 18 months They began

by selling software that users could down shy

load from the Internet but now make two

CD-ROM versions of the package Starshy

ry Night Deluxe and Starry Night Pro

The first allows users to look at more than

19 million objects from anywh ere in the

solar system and to examin e deta iled

graphics of such things as constellations

Serious astronomy afic ionados use the

pro version to track as teroids learn more

about star motions or create their own

planets to study orbital mechanics

Generally anyone who owns an

as tronomical telesco pe owns a piece of

astronomy software says Andersen You

can take your telescope to your backyard

and connect it to your laptop and then

point to something with Starry Night and

have the telescope steer to it

Applying SNO tools to business

Former phys ics graduate student Myung

Chol Chon now works in the Royal Banks

corporate and investmen t banking offices

in Toronto Modelling the behaviour of

financial assets and pricing derivative secushy

rities might appear removed from the task

of capturing neutrinos but Chon says the

Guelph SNO group gave him an opporshy

tunity to learn various quantitative ana lyshy

sis tools including Monte Carlo simulashy

tion and artificial neural networks I also

gained understanding and experience in

software production via working with the

SNO Monte Carlo Analysis (SNO MAN )

software development team - tools

applicable not only in physical science but

in other areas as well

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-Simpson says ea rly detection of SNOs first

neutrino this summer reflects the high qUJIshy

ity of the obselva tory itself incl uding th t conshy

tribution of the Guelph scientists involved in

designi ng its sophist icated instrum ents Thats why theres a lot of noise abo ut the

fi rst measurem en ts he sa ys Some o ther

detectors have to work harder to get the backshyground radioactivity down Weve shown that

we constructed a very clea n detector

Along with several PhD studen ts and resea rch associates he and his coUeagues buiJt

inst ruments used to monitor and ensure an acceptable level of background radi oactivishy

ty in SNOs innards fiom the hea l) watcr to all the components orthe detector itse lf

The Guelph group developed a very senshy

sitive technique for the measurement of ultrashylow levels of ra dioactivit y in water whi ch is

essential for th e SNO detector to reach its

goals says SNO project director Art McDonshy

ald a phys icist at Queens Universit y Meas uring radioact ivity is our ga me

says resea rch ass oc iate Pillalamarr Jaga m during a tour of Sim psons lab in th e baseshy

ment of the MacNaughton Build in g home

to whJt Jaga m calls the only ul tra-low backshy

ground radi ation research and development

group in Ca nada Po inting to a det ector resemblin g a stainless-steel salad bowl with

a matchin g lid he says the Guelph -made

de vice JS with its co usins on perm anent du ty at SNO picks lip infinitesimally small

amounts of ra dioactivity emitted naturall y

by the observa torys compo nents

Ja ga m helps run th ose dev ices at SNO

fo llowin g up on his role as superv iso r of a

cl ea nin g crew d urin g SNOs constru ction SNO is the larges t clean-room ever olltside

of the electron ics industry he says Its

cleaner th an yo ur avera ge dinner plate

Above Muon neutrinos produced from cosmic

rays which strike Earths abnosphere are detectshy

ed by the SNO light sensors producing a coneshy

shaped pattern of energy Right An artists

sketch of the SNO detector shows the central

acrytic vessel now filled with 1000 tons of heavy

water and surrounded by 7000 tons of ultra

pure regular water Scientists monitor the obsershy

vatory from the room located above the sphere

26 GU ELP H ALUM NUS

In two years we mayI

Unlike th eir fell ow labourers in the m in e

who normall y hit the sbowers aft er a lo ng

day on the ore face th e scientists monitorshy

ing th e o bse rvatory must shower bef ore enterin g their facility Simil ar standa rds are mlintained tor the heavy water in th e acrylic

vessel which is fil tered dail y Jnd tested for ambient rad ioactivit y It s the purcst water

in th e wo rld says Jian Wang for merly J

research associate in Simpsons lab and now a consultant wi th U of Gs GUA RD In c

The Guelph-dc-signed instruments h ave

prove n lIseful in rela ted but more fa r-flung

applications JagaJl1 says scientists building

lgt

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ly know if the universe will eventually collapse

ye t an oth er neutrino observatory in Italy consulted with U of G physicists on radia shyti on measurement Closer to home he has helped Prof Richard Protz Land Reso urce Science quantify minute amounts of radioac tive cesium in so il samples taken from the Ecuadorean Andes an d from the Chernobyl site in Ukrain e

Law a particle physicist [las been involved since 1991 in writin g and test ing simulation software used by the project colshylaborators to model the workings of th e SNO detecto r With the detector now opershyating the package - dubbed SNOMAN shywill be used to analyse the data it generates OUerhead who first encountered SNO while chair of the Department of Physics has long worked in expe rim en tal nuclear physics using accelerators such as th e one run by AECL in Cbalk River Ont Todays investishygations at SNO draw on at least one aspect of his ea rlier resea rch in Los Alamos New Mexico where he developed neutral current detectors of the sort expec ted to help SNO sn iff out all three neutrino flavo urs

Sim psons graduate student Nathaniel Tagg is studying cosmic ray particles called muons which are detected as a byproduct in the obse rvatory Unlike neutrinos muons come from cosmic rays - or ionized nuclei - which begin Jife far beyond the solar sysshytem perhaps generated by stars exploding into supernovas or by shock waves emanating from collapsing black holes When these cosmic rays hit the Earths atmosp here th ey create extremely high-energy particles that can be detected by SNO some alon e or in pairs like bullets others in a shower like shotgun pelshylets Comparing the ratio of single bullets to shotgun blas ts may tell Tagg something about how the particles originated When you build a detector you get a lot of things for free he says Muons are considered background to most of the collaboration but there are some interes ting physics you ca n do with them

Beyond Guelph the SNO collaboration brings together almost 100 scientists from II universi ties and labs in Canada the United Sta tes and the United Kingdom Canad ian participants includ e university resea rchers from Queens Car leton Laurentian Britisll

Columbia and Guelph Wby Ca nada Canashyda has a lot of heavy water because of its nuclear power reactor development the CANshyDU reactor says OUerhead Basically Canashyda is tbe only country that can do the expershyiment using heavy water which is what gives this its unique flavour The other thing is the undergro und aspect All the neutrino expershyimen ts are done underground for shielding from cosm ic rays and other sources of backshyground radiation The nickel mine in Sudbury is the deepest site in North America

Its al so important that Creighton mine is a working facility says Si mpson [t has

Physics faculty

and students are

an integral part of (PES

Physics is one of five departments and schools in the College of Physshyical and Engineeri ng Science ( CPES) Physics has more Roya l Society fellows than any other department on campus Since 1993 ten CPES students including two in physics have received National Research Coun shycil awards under the agen cys Women in Engin eering and Scishyence Program In 1999 CPES laun ched an inteshygrated four-year degree program in technology with Seneca College in Toronto majors in physics and technology or applied pharmace ushytical chemistry CPES plans to launch a new undershygraduate degree in computing scishyence next year to promote U of G strengths in bioinfomatics neural networks genetic algo rithm s and embedded systems CPES offers a unique program called MPC2 that provides enriched studies in mathematics physics chemistry and computing science

to be active because its the only way you can maintain the safety of th e mine SNOs control room occupies a drift (miners talk for a corridor) 6800 fee t below the surface deep enough to accommodate a stack of about five CN Towers

Dw-ing the observatorys construction a regular express ca ge whisked visitors directly down No9 shaft to the detector as fast as a car travelling on a cit) street The shaft also served as the delivery conduit for the SNO components Site manager Dunshycan Hepburn recall s es pecially the three months that it took to ship the [000 tonnes of heavy water underground The eleva tor could take six tonnes at a time he says so we had an elaborate schedule involving six tanker cars fill ed overnight and sent down early in th e morning on a specially schedshyuled cage Adds mine manage r John Gill J dont think we spilled a drop

Now using regularly scheduled cages scishyentists crowd shoulder to sho ulder in the elevator with up to 40 miners during the 20-minute ride along the sloping ore seam Everyone in the collaboration is expected to spend a certain number of shifts actualshyly operating the detec tor says O llerhead This is partly to save money but also par tshyly because th e physicists are the ones with the vested interes t and should be involved Collaborators might spend seve ral weeks in Sudbury at a time for up to six weeks a year

SNO scien tists expect to learn definitiveshyly within two years whether or not neutrishynos have mass They also anticipate that the observatory will yield information about the sun and about other st ructures far beyond our galaA) The missing mass question is a way of studying supnnovas notes Ollershyhead There are many applications of this detector beyond just neutrinos from the sun

Why should anyone ca re about what these infinitesimally small particles teU us about cosshymic-sized questions If youre going to be an ad vance d and civilized country then you should be thinking about fundamental quesshy shytions and not just about where your next meal is coming from says Simpson Thats the difshyference I think between a civili7ed society and a society that just lives from day to day ga

FallWinter 1999 27

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

alU bull

ALUMNI PROFILES

ALUMNUS OF HONOUR

FORMER OAC DEA N Rick Richards BSA 38 was recogn ized for

his lifelong commi tment to excellence in admini stration teachshy

ing research and ex tension wh en he vas named 1999 AlumLlus of Honour by th e Un ive rsity o f Guelph Alumn i Associat ion The preshy

sen tation was made durin g Alumni Weekend in lun e

Ri chard s bega n hi s ca ree r in soil sc ience and pion ee red the

process of soil classifi ca ti on and map pin f for Ontario As head of

th e Un iversitys Depa rtm ent of Land Resou rce Science he spearshyheaded the constr uct ion o f new fa cili ties provided leadership in

the deve lopment of broader more sc ientifi c program s and th e

expansioLl o f fa culty and obta ined more lan d areas for departshymental resea rch He was appointed the first dea n of OAC in 1962

and was one o r the fou r principal academi c leade rs ho shared in

es tab lishin g the Universit y of Guelph After co mpleting two terms as dean he return ed to teac hing and retired in [98 1

As a professiona l agrologist Richards impleme nted pl ans ror

the Canadian Agri cultural Researc h Co un ci l as it s fi rst president

and was pres id ent o f the Ca nadian Soc iety of Su il Science th e Ontari o Institute of Ag rologists and tht Agricu ltural Institu te of

Can ada He was also the Canadian representa ti ve to th e United

Nations Food and Agricu lture O rga nizltJtion

ALUMNI VOLUNTEER AWARD

DAv ID ADAMS BSA 49 has always made his alma mater a pri shy

o ri t) and in 1999 th e Unive rsity of Guelph Alumni Associashy

tion app lauded th at loya lty by presentin g him with its 1999 Alulll shyni Volu nteer Awa rd

Adams has demo nstrated a devot ion to volun teer excellence

through his com mitment to the Universit y OAC and hi s alumni

ii class OAC 49 He was UGAA pres ident in 196869 president of

d the OAC Alu Jllni Associatio n in 196566 and a member of the Unishy

~ versi ty Senate and Boa rd of Governors fro m 1970 to 1973 In add ishy

~ tion he has Jllade mu ltiple contr ibu tions to OAC 49 ac tivities He

~ was instrumenta l in orga ni zin g 50th-anniversary class celebrations ~ for Alumni middotWeekend 99 which included the ded ication of the Yea r

~ 49 OAC po nd ga rden at th e Arbo retum Cent re and the res torashy

~ ti on of the Johnston Hall portico u ~ Adamss giving sp irit car ri es over into his pro(ess iona lli fc He

~ has had a distingu ished career in the ag ri -food indust ry and was laquo ~ general manager of the Canadian Meat Co uncil whe n hL reti red in

~ 1993 He cont inues to share hi s expertise with the co unc il and as

~ a volu ntee r for th e Royal Ag ri cultural inter Fair and th e Ca nashy~ dian Nat ional Exhibition FARlv

28 G UHPH ALU I NUS

HIGHLIGHTS middot GRAD NEWSmiddot OBITUARIESmiddot CALENDAR

ALUMNI MEDAL OF ACHIEVEMENT

DR AD RIAN P ARKS WO RK in th e area o f minimally invasive

surge ry has earned him international recogniti on as a leading surgeo n and educa tor in his fi eld His advancements in the use of

laparoscop ic techniques have improved treatm ent for an ex tensive

range of med ica l disorders that in the past could only be handled

thro ugh trad itional sur gery [n 1997 he was recruited to establish a new program at th e Uni ve rsity of Kentucky

Pa rk was honoured th is spring wit h the Universit y of Guelph flumni Associati ons Alumni Medal of Achievem ent He received

a bachelor of science fro m Gu elph in 1985 and a doctor o f med ishycine from McMaster University in 1987

He completed his training at St Josephs Hos pital and rilcMasshy

ter Uni ve rsity Affiliated Hosp ital s in Hamilto n O nt and at the

Uni versit) of Montrea l before Jo ining St Jose phs as a ge neral surshy

geo n in 1994

The Guelph meda l recognizes th e professional leadership and achievements demons trated in Parks still- yo un g career and his

compassionate ca re of pati ents He and his wife Jennifer 8A 84 have three children Hilary Meredith and Evan

ove DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS

DUNCAN SINC LAIRS CONTR IB UTIO NS to career an d soc iety have prove n bis leadersh ip and expe rtise in hea lth sciences He gradshy

uated fro m OVC in 1958 and received a master of sc ience fro m OAC in 1960 specializing in nutriti on He then earn ed a PhD in

physiology at Queens University in 1963 and bega n a ca reer focused

primaril y on human health Sinclair was ltl consultant to th e Ontario Ministry of Agriculture

Food and Rural Affairs on the Animals for Research Act ilnd bega n

his academic career at Q uee ns as dean of arts and science in 1974 He went on to serve as vice-principal institutional relati ons sershy

vices an d hea lth sciences before assum ing the role of dea n of medshy

icine He ret ired from Queens in 1996 He has heJd other prestishy

gious positi ons including directo r general of the Medical Resea rch

Council and was tile recipient of OVes Schofield ]V[edal in 1983

Sinclair is now deeply involved in advising the Ontario minisshy

ter of hea l til on ways to reinvest and res tructure th e delivery of health services in the province He chairs the Hea lth Services

Restr ucturin g Co mmission an independent body of health

experts and professionals appointed to redesign tbe provincial

health system

FallWinter 1999 29

alumni Matters

-ORDER OF OACU of G Can1pus ESTABLISHED MARY AND RlCK RICHARDS longtime OAC supporterWelcoilles Alumni

ABSA 38 are the first inductees Membership in the order is

into the Order of OAC estabshy limited to the first 50 individshy

LUMNI WEEKEND J999 orga nizing committee and says lished ea rli er thi s year by the uals who give $1 00000 or more

brought more th an 1300 proceeds will be used to help the OAC Alumni Fo undation to as bequests irrevocable insurshy

visitors to campus June 18 to 20 class establi sh a mille nnium recognize significant contribushy ance policies planned gifts or

In addition to th e traditi o nal scholarship to co mmemorate its tions to its end owment fund cash donations Gifts may be

awards luncheon hosted by U of 25 th anni versar)1 of graduation Rick served as dean of OAC applied as endowments to the

G president Mordech ai Rozanshy The Uni vers it y of Guelph [Tom 1964 to 1972 (see sto ry OAC Alumni Foundation or to

ski there we re man y spec ial Alumni Associat ion held its on page 28) Mary also worked the college as approved by the

events and cla ss reunions The ann ual meeting during Alumni in the college and has been a fou ndation directors

new Order of OAC was preshy Wee kend and elected a new slate

sented to Mary and Rick of offi cers for 1999 2000 Scott

Richards BSA 38 at th e Go ldshy va nEnge n BSc(Ag r) 88 presshy

en Anniversary Dinner and the id ent Robin-Lee Norris BA 80

Class of J974 hosted a reuni on first vice-pres ident John Tatson

dinner with Calgary Flames BA 69 seco nd vice-president

Hockey Club CEO Ron Bremshy Rita Sterne BComm 87 secshy

ner BA 7 J as guest speaker Bill Imiddotetar) and Brad Hull BA 89

Laidlaw BA 74 chaired the treasurer

President Mordechai Rozanski and representatives of the alumni

classes and individuals who supported U of Gs six new themati c

gardens cut the ribbon to officially open them duri ng Alumni Weekshy

end From left are Bill Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 61 Don Gri eve

BSA 55 and MSA 57 Harold Shield BSA 51 Sandra Hannam uJ CD Clay Switze r BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rozanski Marilyn Robinson ~ I Murray BH5c 55 Ted McNinch BSA 49 Bruce Stone BSA 53 u VI

Z and MSA 54 Harold Bentley BSA 64 and MSc 66 Craig Hunter lt

B5c(AgL) 74 and MSc 77 and Les Laking BSA 39 and HDSC 71 The conservatory greenhouse was unveiled moments later by gtshyCD

Don Rutherford BSA 51 who gave the leadership gift ensuring VI o

it s res toration on behalf of his famil y 5 I -

Ginty jocius BSc(Agr) 70 left chair of the OAC Alumni Foundation

presents the Order of OAC to Mary and Rick Richards BSA 38

Enjoying the Class of 1974 re union dinner are from left jerry Orga n

BSc(PE) 71 Ron Bremner BA 71 Gail Bremner Paul Henry MA 71

and Bill Laidlaw BA 74

30 GUELPH ALUMNUS

GRYPHON SPIRIT DOMINATES HOMECOMING

UOF G students shared the stands with alumni who came to campus Sept 25

to watch the football Gryphons defeat their long- standing varsity rival the University of Toronto Blues During the weeke nd the Gryphon Club Hall of Fame inducted five Gryphon swimmers filled the gold pool at the 21st ann ual Alumni Relay Swim Meet

and president Mordechai Rozanski hostshyed a luncheon attended by more than 200 alumni and current students who have received sc holarships and awards or who

participated in the volunteer peer helper prog ram

ALUMNI SWIM TO THE TOP

FORMER GRYPHON SW IMMER S Peter Koli snyk BSc(HK) 83 and Denise

(FarndaJe) vVatso n BASe 85 were recogshyni zed at the ann ual Homecoming sw im mee t for having attended more often th an any other alumni Other participants includshyed 1999 graduates Nico le Weber BSe CEng ) Greg Steinberg BSc(HK) and Nancy Sweetnam BComm who has been a memshy

ber of two Canadian Ol ympic teams ( 1992 and 1996) The alumni team defeated the stud ent teams with the help of Leo n

Homecoming J

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Form er Guelph mayor and sports broadcaster Norm la ry received the Gryphon Club Hall of

Fame Merit Award Sept 24 at the annual induction c re mony that also honoured five former

Gryphon athletes From left are Paul Willi ams a cross-country and track athlete and three-time

Canadian Olympian Bob Pronk BComm 82 Ontario and Canadian cham pionship wrestler

Dave Guest BComm 87 a former all middotstar soccer and vo lleyba ll player Gladys Williams BA

69 MVP in both wo menS fi eld hockey and ice hockey lary and Mark Brown BComm 81

Wi ldman Trophy winner and football capta in The Gryphon Club also recognized the 1974 mens

rugby OUAA championship team

Garstecki Gryphon diving coach in the midshy Dale a longtime Gryp hon supporter and a I 970s and retired botany professo r Hugh national record-b olding masters swimmer

bull49 VETS MEET AT TRAlEE The OVC Cla ss of 1949 produced a la sting memory of its 50th

anni versary by filming the lune 18 gathering held at Tralee Farms

the home of class member Ray Cormack Classmates travelled from

across Canada and the United States to attend th e reunion which

included a luncheon a visit from U of G president Mordechai Rozanshy

ski and a tour of Cormacks farm and antique carriage collection

The organizing committee of Dave House Bill Mitchell Ken Fisk

and lim Arch ibald succeeded in producing a golden-anniversary

memento that captu res the days events and everyone in attendance

as they comment on their lives since graduating from OVe -Proceeds from the sale of the v ideos will support the OVC 49

Memorial Scholarship Fund Cost is $25 each To place an order call

Vikki Tremblay at Alumni House 519-824-4120 Ext 65 44 I D

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alumni Matters

2000 Coming Events

Jan 26 - Careers Night hostshyed by Mac-FACS Alumni Assoshy

ciation For informatio call Laurie MalleaLi at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Careers Night hostshyed by HAFA Alumni Associashy

tion For information call Laushyrie Malleau at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Aggie Good Times Banquet Call the OAC Studwl Federation at Ext 8321 for tickshyet information Feb 3 - Job hir at Bingeman Park in Kitchener complishy

mentary bus service from Unishyversity Centre for students and

alumni For directions and a list of employers call U of G

Career Services at Ext 22 13

Feb 11 - Deadline for nomshy

ina tions for U of G Alumni Association Alumnus of Honshy

our Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment and Alumni Volunteer

Award and the OVC Distinshy

guished Alumnus Call Carla Bradshaw at Ext 6657 for details March 1 - Annual alumni

Florida reunion at Maple Leaf

Estates Port C harlotte Florishyda For information call alumshyni programs at 519-824-4120

Ext 6657 send e-mail to alumshyniuoguelphca or call Jack Hanna in Florida after Jan 1

at 813-645-0905

March 18 amp 19 - College

Ro yal

March 31 amp April 1 - OAC

Alumni Association annual

bonspiel at the Guelph Curlshy

ing Club and Guelph Country w Club Call Carla Bradshaw at ~ txt 6657 to register c u bull For more information on anyU)

z alumni event call the U of G ltC extension listed at 519- 824shy20 r 4120 or send e-mail to al11111shyCD

o niCvzlOguelphcab c a

32 CUEIPH ALUM N US

EA RLIER THIS YEAR U ofG

introduced a new approacll to fund-raising that centres on

academic priorities identified by

the ix colleges Now the Unishy

ve rsit y expa nds this initiative

through the formation of a new Annual Fund Cou ncil that will

recruit volunteers to proactiveshy

ly help meet tll0se funding goals

By enlarging the partnershy

ship between academics and fund-raisers we arc focusing our

efforts more clearly on the Un ishy

versi tys overall stra tegic objecshy

tives says Rudy Putns executive

director of campaign progra ms

We are calling on coUege deans to help ensure that our annual

giving programs are providing

the grea test possible benefit to

students Our volunteer and pro-

ALUMNI CElEBRATE NEW HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE CENTRE

The Human KineticsHuman Biology Alumni Association

presented a sketch of the John T Powell Building to U of Cs

new Health and Perfor mance Centre at a June 19 reunion of alumni and former staff Artist Joan Harper BSe(HK)

82 left and retired professor John Powell right witnessed

a presentati on by association pres ident Janet Leonhard BSe(HK) 82 to Prof Terry Graham

SilENT AUCTION MAKES NOISE

A silent auction held Sept 14 to 16 a t the Ou tdoo r Farm

Show in Woods tock Ont ge nshy

erated a lot of excitement and

goodwill in OACs 125th shyanniversary year and raised

$51000 that wi ll support stu shy

dent recruitm ent programs in

the college The auction was organized by Cinty Jocius BSc(Agr) 70 president of

Ginty Jocius amp Associates of

Guelph on behalf of the OAC Alumni Foundation

Auction items donated by friends and exhibitors at th e

farm show included everylhing

from farm equipment and supshyplies to a seven-month-old lla shyma named (-i nty Lorie Jocius

BASe 72 purchased her husshy

bands namesake and gave it to

OAC as an anniversary presen t at th e Sept 25 Heritage Banshy

quet and Ball

FUND-RAISI NG PARTNERSHIPS GROW

fessional fund -raislls wiJl spend

more of thei r time making pershy

so nal requ es ts for gifts to the University and less time on inshy

house administra tion

Members of the Annual Fund

Council will invite donations

Crom alumni members of the campu~ community the paren ts

of current students graduating

classes members of the various

gift clu bs (Presidents Council

etc) and selected corporations

foundations and associations

Development and Public Affairs staff will help target vol unteer

efforts where they wi ll have the

stronges t impact on growin g don or particip ation and fund shy

razsing results

Annual giving is one of the

most crucial parts of an institushy

tion s developmen t agenda says Putns Annu al donors help

maintain the quali ty of estabshylished academic programs espeshy

cially in times of reduced pubshy

lic fundin g he says They also

provide a foundation for special

fun cl-rai sing cam paigns shycampaigns that enable the Unishy

ve rsity to grow by providi ng

funds for major projects that do

not ha ve a traditional so urce of support Tbe ACCESS endowshy

ment for student financial assistshy

ance and the rece nt campaign to upgrade th e Food Science

Building are notable examples For more illjormation aboLit

the An17ual FUlld Co ullcil call Al111tal Fund 17l1lnager Tara George at 519-824-4 120 Ex t

390 1 or Putl7S at ext 6384

GRAD NEWS

U of G Degrees ADA = Associate diploma

in agriculture BA =Bachelor of arts BASe = Bachelor of applied

science BComm = Bachelor of

commerce BHSe Bachelor of houseshy

hold science BLA =Bachelor of

landscape architecture BSA = Bachelor of science in

agriculture (pre-196s) BSe(Agr) Bachelor of

science in agriculture BoSe = Bachelor of science BSe(Eng) =Bachelor of

science in engineering BSc(Env) =Bachelor of

19405

bull The Macdonald Institute

Class of 1941 met each other

for the firsl lime in 1939 and

theyve been gelling logelher rvice a year siIlce gradual ion

Celebrating 60 yea rs of fri end shy

ship this year are Mary (Hcx imer) MacLeln Beth

(jackson) Ca rdifF Mo lly

(Pattrson) Nix Frances

(Pellet) Smith Dorolhy

(Pond) Dunn Jeanne (Taylor )

Hamel Phyllis (Weren) Sobel and Evelyn (Eatun ) Pond

bull Jim Morton BSA 47 posed with his son Robert SA 70

and grandsons Jeff Bell 13A

9 1 and Greg Mo rton

SSc( Eng) 99 at Gregs U of

G convocation in June Retired

from a career in the lumber

business Jim is an OAC llu mmiddot ni volunteer al Guclph and is

aClive in cOm11lUnily work in

Burlington Onto Rob ert is

CEO of the Community Care

Access Centre in Simcoe

Coullly Jeff lcaches in Elmvalc

for the Simcoe County Dislricl School Board and Greg is

working Wilh the COnSlliling

engineering firm of Proclor

science in environmental sciences

BSe(HK) Bachelor of science in human kinetics

BSc(pE) = Bachelor of science in physical education

DHE = Diploma in home economics

DVSc = Doctor of veterinary science

DVM =Doctor of veterinary medicine

GO = Graduate diploma MA = Master of arts MAgr = Master of agriculture MBA = Master of business

admininstration MEng =Master of engineering

and Redfern at its Kitchener

office The Guelph lineage

aCl ually bega n in the Morton fami ly with Greg great shy

grantimoliln Anne Pringle

Morton DH E 1914

Greg Morton Jeff Bell and Jim and

Robert Morton

19505

bull Harold Baker BSA 50

writes to w rrect the e-mail

address publi shed in the last

iss lle of the Clepll Alunnls

Friends (111 conlact the retired

University of Saskatchewan

professo r and Il is wife Phyllis

at ha kc r hdukeL1sa~k ca

bull Barney Goodwin-Wilson BSA 50 is serving a two-year

krm as chair of the hoard of

lhe Onta rio Foocllerminal

The Iomnlo facility is the

MFA = Master of fine art MLA Master of landscape

architecture MMS = Master of management studies MSc =Master of science MSc(Aqua) = Master of

science in aquaculture ODA = Ontario diploma in

agriculture ODH =Ontario diploma in

horticulture OdR = Ontario Diploma in

recreation PhD = Doctor of philosophy

larges t who lesale fruit proshy

duce and flower market in

Canada and one of the largest

in orrh America He was forshymerly director and vice-cha ir

of the board

bull Gary Powell ADA 58

stopped at a remote motel in

western klahoma last

Janu ary and stanee a convershysation with th e only other cusshy

tomer at breakfa st the next

morning Turns out they were

both U of G grads Powell and Joe Deli BSc (Agr ) 64 had a

great time reminiscing abo Llt

ca mpus perso nalities they

both knew I guess one is never really very far from home says Powell

bull Dave Valentine BSA 59 has

retired as (o unty engineer for

the County of Brant in

Ontario He previously spent

23 years with Sir Sandford

Fleming College in Peterborough and has served 8S

engineer for the coun ties of Haliburton and Victoria He

and his wife Carole are now

Jiving near Carlisle Send e-mail

to valcntinworldchatcom

19605

bull Manuel Garcia PhD 67 was

recognized by the government

of the Ph ilippines in December

1998 with one of the highest

honours given to Filipinos Jivshy

ing outside the cou ntr y Garcia

is a senior consulting mi crobishy

ologist with lAS Bioshy

Diagnostic and a former

research scientist with

Agriculture and Agri-Food

Canada in Ottawa He is intershy

nationally recognized for his work in veterinary med icin e

and public health on the early detection of ca mpylobacter

salmonella and other foodshy

borne pathogens He is a memshy

ber of several learned profes shy

sional societies and has been involved in a number of intershy

national developm ent projects

He is also a community volunshy

teer and a pioneer in establishshying the National Council of

Canadian Filipino Associations

as the official voice of Filipino

Canadians nationwide bull Tom Hutchison DVM 65 is

a veterinary pathologist with the Nova Scotia provincial

diagnostic lab In 1998 he

passed the board cer tification exa ms for the American

College of Poultry Veterinarians in Baltimore but

the years highlights came in

late summer - a first grandshy

child for Tom and his wife

Eileen in August and the birth

of their own son Scott in

September bull Brian Little ADA 67 BSc(Agr) 72 and MSc 78

was elected president of the

Canadian 4-H Foundation in

May He was previously presishy -dent of the Ca nadian 4-H

Co uncil and a co uDcil represhysentative for his employe r the

Royal Bank of Canada He has been a fou ndation trustee for

f allWinter 1999 33

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several years and has a strong

4-H background as a member

and a club leader

19705

bull Doug Franklin SA 72 was

recen tly a ppoin led execu tive

director of the Multiple

Sclerosis Association of

America its hea d office is in

Cherry Hill NJ He was forshy

merly with the International

Youth Foundation in

Baltimore Md

bull Cathie Leimbach

SSc(Agr) 78 and MAgr 88

visi ted U of G this fa ll as

agrologist-in-residence It was

the sixth year of the program

co-sponsored by OAC and the

Ontario Institute of

Agrologists (OlA ) Raised on

an Ontario dairy and swine

farm Leimbach is past presishy

dent of the OI A and a partner

in STRIVE a team specializshy

in g in training facilitation and

consulting She now lives on a

cash-crop farm in Ohio

bull Willem Moolenbeek BSe

77 and MSe 8 1 studied biolshy

ogy and entomology at U of G

at the same time he was learnshy

ing to play the saxophone with

the Royal Conservatory of

Mu sic He says he still loves

science but music has become

his career A recitalist soloist

and clinician he has been a

saxophone instructor at

McMaster University in

Hamilton Ont fo r 15 years

He also teaches at the 19805

University of Waterloo pri- bull Bruce Brown BSe(Agr)

vately and at the National 85 and his wife Claudia

Music Ca mp of Canada where (Liebscher) BA 84 have three

he sometimes offers an infor- children who are beginning to

mal course on in sect identifi- display their dads musical

cation There are always a few prowess on the kazoo After 14

kids who really dig that he years of dairy farming Bruce

says U of G music lovers want back to school to earn an

enjoyed his saxophone music education degree and is now

at a noon-hour concert in teaching science with the

October Durham District School

bull Peter Vaughan SA 77 and Board

MA 77 was appointed secre- bull Tom Burns BA 89 and MA

tar y general and CEO of the 91 is a member of the

Canadian Medical Association Victoria Police in Melbourne

in June A fa culty member in Australia Last summer he

two departments at John s welcomed visitors from the

Hopkins University and in the RCMP including Kevin Durie

Department of Family BA 93 They quickly estab-

Medicine at the University of lished a U of G connection

Ottawa he is a fo rmer presi- including Duries student

dent of the medical staff at employment at Dcr Keller

Guelph General Hospital and a which was Burns s favourite

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the job says Burns but this

time we spent most of our

time talking about the great

times we had at U of G In

still another coincidence

Durie is married to Christine

Blake-Durie BA 91 and MA

93 who was a member of

Burnss MA group Burns says

other U of G grads travelling

to Melbourne are more than

welcome to drop in

bull Stuart Jackson ADA 87 is

distribution manager for

Burnbrae Farms Ltd in Delta

Onto He sends greetings to all

OAC friends including the

diploma classes of 1979 and

1980

bull Laurel (Murdoch) Koumarelas BComm 84 is

an ESL teacher with the

Toronto School Board She

and her husband Gus live in

Mississauga with their sons

Robert and Evan

bull Trish Looman BA 87

works for Royal LePageshy

Vantage in Guelph She speshy

cializes in residential multishy

unit real estate

bull Laima (Karosas) Laffitte

BSe(Agr) 85 and MAgr 91

lives in Wendover Ont with

her husband Vincent MAgr

91 and their children Yohan

and Marina Laima is the

advertising manager for The

Canadian Veterinary Journal and Vincent is an account

manager at the St Isidore

branch of Scotiabank Theyd

like to hear from classmates

via e-mail at Iaffitteonsymshy

paticoca They also want to let

OAC 85 grads know that the

class executive is building a

Web page at wwwrkdecom

oac85 and needs updated

names and addresses (includshy

ing e-mail) to add to the

directory f IS-year reunion

is being planned for Dec 2

and 32000

bull Cheryl Miller-Oh BASe

91 and her husband Tae live

in Southfield Mich with their

twins Nathalie and Nathan

born in October 1998 She is a

health-care consultant with

Computer Sciences

Corporation Send e-mail to

millerohsprintca

bull Vijay Singh MSe 70 has

been awarded the Arthur K Barton Endowed Professorship

at Louisiana State University

He also recently received an

honorary degree and a

Fulbright Award for his work

in the area of entropy

bull Gayle (Barton) Tapper BSe

81 (biological science) and 83

(computing science) has been

employed at Memorial

University in St Johns Nfld

for 14 years in the Department

of Computing and

Communications She is comshy

pleting graduate work in phishy

losophy and humanities at

Memorial and is the principal

harpist with the

Newfoundland Symphony

Orchestra Last year she

released a CD of Latinworld

traditional music on the South

American harp Visit her Web

site at httpwwwucsmun

cal -gay

bull Carolyn Riddell BA 85 is

running an active arts educashy

tion and paintingprintmaking

studio in Fergus Ont

bull Laura Wilkinson BSe 85

and MSe 87 is a coroner in

British Columbia and lives on

a cattle ranch near 70 Mile

House

19905

bull Kristi Adamo BSc(HK)

96 and MSc 98 and Rob

McMullin BSe 95 were

married in May 1999 and Jive

in Ottawa

bull Michelle (Pilon) Bacon BA

90 has been living in London

England with her husband

Tim and children Juliette and

Lucien but they are planning a

return to Canada They will be

AIRBORNE ALUMNUS Olive Thompson DHE 35 celebrated her 85th birthday

with her head in the clouds She made her first parachute

jump with instructor Scott Borghese in Simcoe Ont in June

and says it was the most exciting thing shes done in her life

Thompson lives in Dunnville and has four children and three

grandchildren When she asked them about the paracbute

jump they told her to go for it Shes considering a repeat I U

jump next year and hopes her adventure will be a good S o

example for other seniors A dedicated member of the class -lt CD

of Mac 35 Thompson was president of the University of s Guelph Alumni Association in 197778 and keeps busy now VI

I

with volunteer work for the Salvation Army Z

living in Calgary and welcome

contact with western grads

and friends from Guelph Send

e-mail to m_e_baconhotshy

maicom

bull Deborah (Panton) Bodden

BASc 93 and her husband

Lyndhurst were married in

1998 and live in Grand

Cayman Cayman Islands

where she teaches primary

schoo

bull Elizabeth Cardno MSe 99

is working with the Rural

Health Research Consortium

at the University of

Saskatchewan developing

research projects on rural

health issues in relation to the

Canadian Institute for Health

Research

bull Jeannine Cote BA 9 J lives

in Hamilton Ont and works

o -lt

as a health -care aide and

home-support worker

bull Jeremy Debling BSe 94 is

a formulation chemist in the

pharmaceutical development

department at Novopharm

Limited in Toronto

bull Angela Dodd BA 93 and

Christopher Kemp

BSe(HK) 94 were married

Aug 14 Theyve bought a new

home in Etobicoke Ont

where he works for Canada

3000 Airlines and at Kingsway

Physiotherapy as a kinesioloshy

gist She is employed at

Manulife Financial in -Waterloo

bull Sheryl Harding Friedrich

BASe 85 is a full-time mom

and part-time nutrition conshy

sultant in Cannington Onto

She and her husband Cal

FallWinter 1999 35

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have three child ren Jonathan

Daniel and Anna

bull Anne Marie (Henwood)

Harman BA 95 is enjoying

her time at home with one shy

year-old Jenna She and her

husband Murray can be

reached bye-mail at 3harshy

mansstormca

bull Rosaleen Heffernan BA 96

and Barry Liboiron BSe 97

were married in August

Theyre both studying at the

University of British

Co lumbia where Liboiron is

doing a PhD in chemistry and

He ffe rnan is completing a

degree in educati on

bull Krista Hilton BASe 95

lives in Halifax with her hlls shy

band Michael Galloway She is

a priest in the Anglican Church

of Canada and serves as curate

a t the Cathedral Church of All

Sain ts Friends can reach her at

aj568chebllctonsca

bull Michael Kennard BA 86

starred as Mump the Clown in

the Canadian Stage Company

production of Mump amp Smoo t

in Something Else With Zug last

winte r at tbe Canadian Stage

Theatre in Toronto

bull Sharon McConnell BSe 90

and MSe 93 went on from U

of G to earn a diploma in

business management from

Wilfrid Laurier University

Since 1995 she has worked in

Toronto as a project director at

Burak Ja co bson Market

Resea rch Partners Ine

bull Michael McKay-Fleming BA

92 has launched two daily

comic strips via the Internet

Check out his Inane Producshy

tions Web site at http mem

bershomenetinaneprod to folshy

low the adventures of a free-spirshy

ited teenager named Alice and all

the animals in a new VVildlife

comielf you like comic strips

this fine art grad invites you to

enjoy his talent and humour

bull Andrew Nicholls MA 90 nications in Cambridge

and PhD 97 is an assistant bull Christine (Rogers) Patten

professor of history at Buffalo BA 9 1 lives in Toronto and

State College in Buffalo N Y has been working as a sales

He recen tly published the representative and industry

book The Jacobean Union A training facilitator since grad-

Reconsideration of British Civil uation She and her husband

Policies Under th e Early Vincent celebrated the birth of

Stuarts which offers a new their first child Gareth in

perspective on the role of mul - March 1999

tiple monarchy in the early bull Guiseppe Peritore

modern British kingdoms BSe(HK) 96 is studying

bull Jennifer (Pope) Parney physical therapy at the

BASc 94 works at Chatham- University of To ronto He

Kent Integrated Childrens married Rita Lavalle in May

Service - Heritage Campus 1999 and lives in Oakv ille His

- with chi ldren and families e-mail address is

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bull Sarah Perkins BSe(Agr) bull Tammy Tipler Priolo 92 joined Pfizer Animal BASe 90 lives in her hom e

Health in London Ont in town of North Bay Ont with

November as a product sup- her husband Clark and their

port speCialist Earlier she two-year-old daughter Erica

taught at Fairview College in Tipler Priolo is u5mg her com -

Fairview Alta before m oving puting skills in genealogy

back to Ontario in 1997 to research to track down elusive

work for AgLine Commu- ancestors She can be reac hed

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bull Bradley Raspberry BASc 90 is a clinical leader and regisshy

tered nurse specializing in gerishy

atric behavioural health at SI

Josephs Villa in Dundas Ont

bull Lisa Ranacher BSe 98

recently joined the agronomy

program at the Central

Experimental Farm in Ottawa

as a physiological modelling

technician

bull Jamie Rickard BSe(Agr)

96 and Laura Summerfeldt

BSe(Agr) 97 were married

in October 1998 She is comshy

pleting a masters degree at U

of G and he is working with

First Line Seeds of Guelph U

of G weddings are a family trashy

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ents Sherry (McBain) SA 69

and Ralph Rickard BSe 69 Tricia (Pella) BA 95 and

Gaetano Guy Rosa

BComm 96 were mar ried in

October 1998 with many U of

G friends attending They live

in Mississauga Ont where

Guy works as an account manshy

ager for BCI Bank and T ricia is

an environmental planner with

the Toronto and Region Conshy

servation Authority

bull Pamela (Thompson) BASe

91 and Randy Ruisendaal

BComm 92 live near

Belleville 01t with their yearshy

old daughter )lIlian Elizabeth

bull Ian Sandler DVM 9 5 was

married to Fern Glowinsk) in

March 1999 and works at

Secord Animal Clinic in

Toronto

bull Baijit Singh PhD 94 comshy

pleted post-doctoral training

at Texas AampM University and

Columbia University then

worked for the Canadian Food

Inspection Agency in Prince

Edward Island before joining

the University of Saskatchewan

as an associate professor He

welcomes notes from other

U of G alumni at singhbsask

usaskca

bull Cyndy Stencill ADA 93 is a

propagator at a tree nursery in

British Columbia

bull Steve Tanner BA 82

recently moved to Guelph as

deputy police chief He had

served on the Halton Region

force since 1982 Tanner is a

specialist in criminal investigashy

tions and lie detector opera shy

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W illiam Ba rnes DVM 59 died Sept 7

1999 He grew up in th e N iagara area

but spent his professio nal ca ree r in a

ve terina ry prac ti ce in Ill inois He was a

dr ivi ng force in the American Ve ter inary

Medica l Assooatio n and in bo th the

Chicago and IlJin o is assoc iatio ns He

was also a fo un ding mem ber o f the

Ch icago-based Friends of Unicerslty of

Guelph a char itable o rga nizat ion

founded in 1975 to serve Guelph a lumni

living in the United Sta tes

George Dickson BSA 38 di ed Oct 9

1999 H e spen t h is entire career w ith

Canada Packers moving up f[Om mai l

cle rk to exec lltive vice-presid ent and

d irector After retirin g in 1976 he

devoted ma ny vo lu ntee r hours to U of

G 3S a memb er of Boa rd o f Gove rno rs

and the OAC Alumni Associatio n

Jam es Pinkney DVM 37 died July 3

1999 A respected ve ter in aria n in his

hom e to~ll o f Cooksv il le O nt he was

also recog nized as a p remier swi ne

breeder showman and judge He was

active in m any agricultural o rga niza shy

tio ns and in both the Ontario and

Canadian Vete rinary Med ical assoc iashy

tio ns He was a lo ngti me supporte r o f

th e Unive rsity especially the OVC

museum and was named OVC

Di stinguished Alumnus in 1987

Audrey Yea nd le DHE 25 di ed March

17 1999 in St ratford O nto A profes shy

sio nal diet it ia n she wo rked to two hosshy

p itals and tau ght home eco no m ics at

the Jo hn Fi he r School In Toro nto

Active In com munity orga nizatio ns and

her chu rch she was a lo ng time U of G

suppo rter and left an es ta te gift of over

$475000 to p rov ide bursaries for future

Gu elph students

Alumni

Jo hn Andrews DVM 38 June 27 1999

Harris Baker BSA 33 Febru ary 1998

Hu gh Balkwill BSA 53 June 27 1999

John Bowles BA 72 Sept 23 1999

Edward Bowness DVM 32 May 13 1999

Rud y Brown BSA 59 June 29 1999

Walter Bunn BSA 52 Sept 2 1999

Margaret Byrnes DHE 40 Apr il 22 1999

Joa n Cameron DH E 36 April 10 1999

Wil liam Cape ll BSA 54 Aprd 25 1999

T homas Ca rd BSA 47Ju ne 20 1999

Jean a rter DH E 38 Jun e 28 1999

Loi Clipsham D H E 27 Ju ne 23 1999

Bruce Cohoe BSA 3 3 Feb 2 1999

Geoffrey Collins BSA 28 May 21 1999

Al exander C o nnell ADA 60 Ju ly 26

1999

John Currie BA 74 Sep t 18 1999

William C u rrie BSA 59 Nov 27 1998

C arma n Davey DVM 39 Apr il 15 1999

D oug Doerksen ADA 84 Ju ne 5 1999

Joann e DU ll can -Robinson BA 81 and

MA 86 July 22 1999

Robert Erskine BSA 41 May 2 1999

Will ia m Fisher BSA 48 Aug 5 1999

Norm Freeman BSA 49 July 2 1999

Alexander Gc ncr BSA 32 Dee 27 1998

Rudy Goltz BSA 33 July 28 1 999

Tom Grah am BS 50 Dee 3 1998

Ed na Has tings D H E 32 July 11 1999

Jack Hea theringto n DVM 54 April 18

1999

Pa tric ia Hill BSc 96 MMch 9 1999

Ralph Hills BSA 54 June 14 1999

Murray Ho ltby ADA 47 O ct 29 1998

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james j ackson BSA 34 April 29 1999

Karen ( Re ichardt ) Kister B H Se 70

Ap rilll 1999

Albert Kristjanson BSA 50 Dec 7 1998

John Laffert ) BSA 5 1 Aug II 1999

Ron Lawrence DVM 43 Mel) 4 1999

Ann e Legate BSe 89 March 1999

Tsu-Peng Stephen i iu M Sc 65 Ma)

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Rober t Luckham ADA 58 Jan IS 1999

Jam es Lyons BSA 59 Au g 2~ 1999

Willia m M ack BSc(Eng) 84 Ju ne 7

1999

T helma M artin D HE 41 July 131999

Helen McBratney D lI E 34 in 1998

Allan Bud McCardle BSA 52 May 10

1999

Ri chard M cDonald O AC C la ss of 47

lV1arch 24 1999

john Meeuse ADA 58 July 19 1999

Ra ymond Parr D VM 3 7 Ap ril 7 999

George Plakidas MA 93 date unknown

Virgini a Reed ODH 66 1arch 1 1999

Rose Reynold s D HE 28 Apri l 17 1999

Ern es t Ro bertso n BSA 37 Aug 6 1999

Jam es Ross BSA 34 Au g 23 1999

Gra nt Savage D VM 48 Ma rch 2 1999

Earl Shuh BSA 36 July 5 1999

Eu gene Smith BSA 3 1 Jan 27 1999

Will iam Smyth MA 90 Oc tober 1997

Ch er yl Ann Somerville BSe(Agr) 96

Sept IS 1999

Carl Stevenson BSA 46 Aug 26 1999

Robert Tennant BSA 49 May 5 1999

Gregory Tostevin BA 93 Feb 10 1999

Gerald Trant BSA 51 Sept 1 1999

Bennie Urquhart DV M 54 April 4 1999

Ga il Wamsl ey BA 70 July 24 1998

Gladys Ward D IlE 27 Apri l 8 1999

Catherine Welch BSA 22 Ma rch 3 1998

M abel ( McCa rthy) Ziegler DH E 26

Apr il 29 1999

Facu lty amp Staff Pro f Sid Gilbert Sociolog) and An thro shy

polog) Sept 8 1999

Rev Canon Ritchie McMurray

eCllm enical ch aplain 1968 to 1983

Aug 19 1999

Frie nds

Yvonne Alexander M~y 15 1999

jerry lkirnes Sept 2 1999

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John Godwin in 1999

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Peter Hallm an Ju ne 22 1999

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C lover Helena Ladouceur Sept 4 1999

Ed it h Pa tterson in 1993

Andrew Peterson Aug 26 1999

Edgar St rin ger March 1999

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Frank Watson March 23 1999

Barry Woods Jul y 30 1999

Me m orial fun ds have bee n se t up to

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HISTORIANS CANT PINPOINT the date that the Unishy

versity o f Gu elphs landmark portico was carved

from Ontario limesto ne but its familiar columns preshy

date the 1874 fo und ing o f the Ontario Agricu ltural Colshy

lege by several yea rs

Originally fronting a fa rmh ouse on Moreton Lodge

Farm the orna te front porch stoo d at the entrance of

the main co ll ege building until the O ld Res idence was

demolished in 1929 to make way for the co nstruction

of Johnston Hall Its believed the portico was erected

on Johnston Green in 1934

Because the ravages of time and weather had weakshy

ened the limestone structure to a dan gerous point it

was dismantled earlier this fall and underwent muchshy

needed repairs to the stonework ceiling and roof The

OAC Class of 1949 raised $75000 to fund the p roject

as a 50th-anniversa ry gift to the ca mpu s and a way to

commemo rate the 125th anniversa ry of OAC

Now completely restored the portico is back in place

on Johnston Green whe re it co ntinues to se rve as an

elegant reminder of ca mpus histor y and a favour ite

pla ce fo r convocation and wedding photographs

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PEOPLE IN THE NEWS CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS UNIVERSITY NOTES

Excellence in Research Five U of G facul~y have received Premiers

Research Excellence Awards from the Minshy

istry of Energy Science and Technology The

awards are designed to help talented young

researchers build their research teams The

recipients are Profs John Dutcher Physics

Qi Li Economics Patricia Wright Zoology

John Gibso n Animal and Poultry Science

and Alejandro Marangoni Food Science

With matching contribution s the value

of these awards approaches $650000 and

wiH cover the costs of hiring new graduate

students post-doctoral fellows and research

associates on each faculty members intershy

disciplinary research team

Dutcher wi ll use the money to conduct

further studies in the growing field of polyshy

mer physics specifically thin film polymers

Li is developing new methods for estimatmiddot

ing nonmiddot and semiparametric economic

models used in analysing financial and

labourmiddotmarket data and in creating and testshy

ing economic policy Working with the Hagan

Aqualab Wright is continuing her studies of

the early life stages or fish to help fish farmshy

ers improve their operations Gibson a key

researcher in U of Gs Centre for the Genetshy

ic Improvement of Livestock is helping to

improve Canadas role in international liveshy

stock l inkage-mapping efforts Marangonis

research focuses on the physical properties

of fats and oils such as milk fat and cocoa

butter making a significant contribution to

developments in fat-containing products

such as chocolate confections butter marshy

garine and spreads

INNOVATIVE TEACHER WINS 3M AWAR D Landsca pe architecture profes shysor Ron Stoltz ha s received a pres tigiou s 3M Teaching Felshylowship from 3M Canada and th e Society fo r Tea chin g and Lea rning in Highe r Educatio n The annual fe ll owships recogshynize 10 sc holars across Canada who excel in teac hin g leadershyship and the deve lopment of

academic programs Stoltz is known for his innoshy

va tive approaches to tea ching landscape arch itec tural design and engineering In 25 yea rs of teaching at Guelph he has worked with va rio Lis U of G departments and alumni to

provide hands-on work experishyences for students in the actual des ign and cons tru ct ion of ca mpus and com munity landshyscape projects

Stoltz has also been active in curriculum and instruction al development and so me of his designs are used in profession shyal programs at other universishyties In addition he pbyed a sigshynifica nt role in develop ing materials to include tea chin g eva lu at ion in U of Gs promoshytion merit and tenure process He served as director of Teachshying Support Services from 1992 to 1997

SCIENTISTS FOCUS ON FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY U of G sc ientists wi ll accelerate studies in food safety functi ollshyal foods and industrial applicashyti ons for soft materials as the result of a $6-milliol1 allocation from the Ca nad a Fo undati oll for Innovations (CF) Institu shytio nal Innova tio n Fund

Thi s gra nt brin gs U of Gs total cn awards to $1 32 milshylion which triggers a IOO-pershycent match by th e Ontario Research and Developme nt Challenge Fund and requ ires a 50-per-cent ma tch from privateshysec tor fu nd 1I1g

U of G will es tablish a Cana shydian Research Institute in Food SaFety that will bring toget he r top resea rchers fro m across camshypus Health Canad a and Agri shyculture and Agr i-Food 3llada This gro up is uniqu e because it can ltl ddrtss food-safety iss ues at all levels of the food chai n says Prof Mansel Griffiths Food Sc ience who holds a Gue lpll research chair in dJ ir y microbishyology and will co -direct the new institute with Prof Scott McEwe n Populati on Medicine

A Centre for Food and Soft Materials will be direc ted by Prof Rick Yada chair of the Department of Food Sc ience and Prof John Dutcher Phys ics The goa l of this new ce ntre will U

be to assernble () tea rn of scien- 5b

tists to explore the structure and ~

fun ction of va rious foods and ltgt ~

soft materials Their work will z

leltld to alte rnative uses fo r (011 - j~

ventional soft malcr iais

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in and around the University

MATHEMATICS NETWORK LINKS Convocation Speakers WITH INDUSTRY

Inspire Graduates PROFS ANNA Lawniczak and Bill Langford Mathematics

When Canadian author Jane Urquhartand Statistics have pla yed received an honorary degree at springintegral roles in the first fedshy

convocation June 8 she reminisced about erally funded resea rch netshywork of academic and cor shy her own student days at U of G her 1971

graduation and her life as a person luckyporate mathematicians The Mathematics of Information enough to be able to pursue her lifes vocashyTechnology and Complex tion as a full-time job Urquhart spoke from Systems involves researchers th e heart but her words were often echoed

by other honourees during the four days of

ceremonies Us criminologist William

Chambliss Canadian medical researcher

Michel Chretien former Swedish president

Ola Ullsten and Stanley Falkow a pioneer

in molecular genetics w (]) At the final ceremony June 11 U of G

~ presented the first posthumous honorary I U V degree in its history to Charles Zavitz

-uZ rgt= who graduated in the Ontario Agricultural o --ltlaquo o2 VlColleges first degree class in 1881 and

gtshy(]) -ltheaded its field crop research programo I shy ~ o r for 35 years Zavitzs honorary degree was ~ -shy z

accepted by his grandson James Zavitz Vgt

in recognition of OACs 125th anniversary from 22 Canadian universi shy ~

mties and will receive $145 m illion in federal funding over the next four years Family Stress Under Study Ottawa will then review the project before providing U OF Gs CENTRE for Families small and medium-sized compashy The principal in vestigator another $105 million Work and Well-Being wi ll nies with fewer than 500 employshy will be Prof Kerry Daly Famishy

This research cen tre of investigate the stresses that face ees Researchers will use nation shy ly Relations and Applied Nutri shyexcellence will focus on forgshy working families across Canashy wide focu s groups to id entify tion who is co-di rector of the ing links between universities da tha nks to a recent $185000 practices that help reduce fumil y centre He says the project fits and industry and on training award from the JW McCo nnell stress and will di sse minate recshy well with th e cen tres aim to young researchers Universi shy Family Foundation one of ommenda tions to business and co nduct research thal exp lores ty researchers will work with Canadas largest private char ishy goverrullent The project may elisa the work- famil y ba lance allows applied mathematicians from table organizations lead to an awards system for faculty to establish connections private and public institutions The mon ey will fund an Ca nadian businesses exempli fy shy witl business organizations and on everything from designing eight-month researcll project ing the integration of work and involves students in th e process drug therapy and telephone examining best work practices in family for healthy li ving of social change networks to understandi ng complex new materials A prishymary goal of the network is IN FA(T U of G is one of Canadas premier research institutions to shor ten the lead time

Guelph faculty have attracted the second-largest per-capita share of research funding under between discovery and applishy

the Canada Foundation for Innovation cation of research knowledge

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NEW WEB SITE SAVES TIME COMPUTER USERS turning to the

World Wide We b for informa shy

tion about U of G will fi nd it

eas ier and faster to ge t answers

they need when they click on to

the University s new Web site

Visitors at wwwuoguelph ca wiil

fi nd a new horne pa ge design

and a quick-link toolb ar that

fea tures a direct link to alumni

inform ation and immediate

access to campus news a nd

coming events Other new fea shy

tures includ e a ca mpu s news

page and a three-dime nsio nal

map that a ll ows us ers to dick

directly on a building or to

search by either department or

building name U of G s Web

Steering Committee includ ed a

us er feedba ck functi o n and

hopes visitors will use it to comshy

ment on the site and to seek

more in forma tion abo ut Guelph

programs and se rvices

APPOINTMENTS PROF ALASTAIR Summerlee

has been named associate

vice-president (acad em ic)

following the departure of

Prof Co nstance Rooke who

left U of G to become presishy

dent of the University of

Winnipeg Summerlee was

formerly dean of graduate

studies In his new posit ion

he will oversee the quality

and development of undershy

graduate programs at U of G

PATRICK CASE form er

equity adviser for the Toronshy

to District School Board has

been appointed director ofU

of Gs Human Rights and

Equity Office A 1986 gradshy

uate of Osgoode Hall Law

School Case practised fam shy

ily human rights and immishy

gration law before joining the

Toronto school board in

1991 and is now completing

a masters degree in consti shy

tutionallaw

B OF G WElCOMES NEW CHAIR SIMON COOPER pres ident of

Marriott Hotels of Canada in

Etobicoke Ont is the new chair

of U of Gs BOlld of Governors

He succeeds Doug Dodds chair

and CEO of Schneider Corporashy

tion in Kitchener who has served

as chair since 1995 Cooper who

Join ed the board in 1995 was

vice -chair in 199899 and was

instrumental in raising more than

$1 50000 with in the 110spi tali ty

industry to benefit U of Gs

ACCESS campaign for student

fInancial assistance The board

also welcom es new members

Mary-Eli7abeth Flynn CEO of

KM2 Holdings Ltd Hank Va nshy

der Pol president of Rol-Land

Farms Ltd Prof Chris McKenshy

na chair of the Department of

Eco nomics food science gradushy

ate student Susa n Abraham and

undergradua te students Juli e

Cugalj and Jeff Ramlogan

ROYAL SOCIETY FELLOWS WELCOME DWIVEDI POLITICA L SC IENCE professor

OP Dwivedi has been named a

Fellow of th e Royal Society of

Ca nada the high es t scho larl y

recogniti on a Canadian academshy

ic can receive He joins 18 other

U of G facult y (current and

retired ) who have earned tbe title

Herbert Armstrong (deceased)

Te rry Beveridge Microbiology

Derek Bewley Botany Peter Egelshy

staff Physics Chris Gray Physics

Paul Hebert 70010g y Gabri el

Karl Physics Ke n Kasha Plant

Agriculture John Leslie Philosshy

oph) Donald Masters History

Larry IVlilligan vice-president

(research) Jay Newman Philosshy

ophy Bernhard Nickel Physics

Ann Oaks Botany Larry Pe tershy

so n Botany Michael Ruse Phishy

losophy Bruce Sells Molecular

Biology amp Genetics an d Joh n

Simpson Physics

Faculty Association and the Col shy

lege of Arts

bull Sonya Go ldberg an MA student

in the Depa rtmen t of His to ry

has won th e prestigious Sir

lohn A Macdonald Grad uate

Fellowsh ip in Canadian History

bull U of Gs School of Engineering

is the first in Canada to be recshy

ognized by the Canadian Engi shy

neering Memorial Foundation

with an award for providing a

women middotfriendly environment

Cre ated to mark the 10th

anniversary of the fatal shootshy

ing of 14 women at Montreals

Ecole Poly technique th e award

recog nizes U of Gs collegial

atmosphere an d the schools

4o-per-cent femal e enrolment

which is twice the nation al

average

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bull Philosophy professor Michael cultural Hall of Fame in June as

Ruse is one of seven sc holars a North American leader in the

- and the only Canadian - to production processing and ma rshy

recei ve a special writing grant keting of turkey and chicken

from the John Templeton Foun shy Cuddy received an hono rary

dation and Philade lphia Centre degree from U of G in 1994 for Religion and Science He bull Don Zira ldo BSc(Agr) 71 coshy

will use the $100000 US award founder of In niskillin Wines Inc

to writ e a book about science of Niagara-on-the middotLake Ont

and religion captu red a gold meda l from

bull AM Mac Cuddy BSA 42 was Vine xpo 99 in Bordeaux

inducted into the Ontario Agri- France for the co mpanys 1997

ice wine Inniskillin also

recei ve d the CIVART Award for

Excellence for Out standing

Selection of the Best Wines of

the World

bull Prof Daniel Fischlin Literatures

and Performance Studies in

English has won three teac hshy

ing awa rds in the last year shy

from the Ontario Confederation

of University Facu lty Associa shy

tions the University of Guelph

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ENVIROPIGS AN ENVIRONMENTAL

BOON U OF G R ES E A RC HERS have ge netically engineered pigs that should help solve th e biggest environmental problem facing hog farmers

The Envi roplgs developed by Pcof Cecil forsbecg M icroshybiol og y Prof Jo hn Philli ps Molec ular Biology and Ge ne tshyics and microbiology graduate stud ent Serguei Golova n proshyduce manure containing 50 per cent less phosphorus Phosshyphorus is a wdter pollutant th at promotes the growth of a lgae in rivers lakes and strea ms ultishymately de pleting oxygen in the water and affect ing fi sh stocks

Enviropigs shou ld help solve the pro blem Norm all y pigs cannot digest phyta tr a form of phosphorus WI th direc t su pshyport from O ntario pork proshyduce rs the Guelph sc ientists took an E coli gene tha t makes the enzyme phytase and spliced it wi th a fragm ent of a mo use gene th at cont ro ls the producshytion of a protein secreted in the sa livar y glands The cOlllposite gene was then inse rted into th e nucl eus of a on e-celled pig

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embr)To via a tiny needle The tran sgene will allow the

Envirop ig to make ph ytase in th e saliva ry gland and secrete it into the saliva where it is swa lshylowed with food The phy ta se

releases orga nic phospho rus so it can be absor bed by the bloodstream ins tead of being excreted in manu re

Th ree transgenic pigs have been born and are bein g monshyitoced by the resea rchers but it will likely be stveraJ yea rs befo re Envirop igs are ready to be comshymercialized

COMPUTER SIMULATIONS

BENEFIT MEDICAL RESEARCH

Two U OJ G SC IENTJ STS are using computer simulations to help medica l and ve terinar y researchers deve lop treatments for diseases caused by iOll chanshynels gone awr y

Profs Saul Go ldman Chemi stry and Biochemistry and Chri s Gray Phys ics are using computer pro gra ms to simulate the workings of tin y passages in cell membranes that serve as ga tekeepers passin g ions such as sodium and potas-

IN FACT Scientists build on knowledge that mlY lead to the ability to repair DNA

otes sium into and out of cell s

Sc ien ti sts have uncovered dozen s of hum an ion channel mutations tha t underlie diseases in heart brain muscle and othshyer tissues

The Guelph researchers modshyel the Aow of ions through chanshynels an d stu dy the microscop ic workings of iOll channel proteins Th ey hope to ga in informat ion useful to ph armaceutical comshypanies an d gene docto rs

The U of G co mputer modshyel is curre ntl y the only way to simu late the workings of ion chl1lnel proteins and the effects of alteri ng th eir stru ctu re dnd function The resea rchers say that over th e long term lear nshy

ing more about th e ge netic un derpi nnin gs of io n channel diseases such as cyst ic fib rosis might allow sCIe nti sts to rep air DNA itself

LITERARY RESEARCH CLICKS WITH TECHNOLOGY

U DF G E N GLI S H PR OFESSO R Susan Brow n is helping to cli ck on a new way to pub lish and stud y sc holarship in the humanit ies

Brown is one of six co-invesshytigators on th e Orlando Project which involves p ro fe sso rs and students trom the universities of Guelph and Alberta who are developing th e first full scholarshyly history of wo mens writings in the Britisb Isles Th ey will pubshyLsh it in an electronic format that wi ll allow users to search vast volumes ofbiog rltlphical inforshy

mation critical discussion and contextual mate rial in seconds

The pIoject will prov ide an account or wo me ns wri ting across the cen turies that addressshyes issu es raised by recent fe mishynist tbinkers and scholars of womens wr iting Brown and other inves tigators are not mereshyly col lecting primary mater ial but are also encoding literalY hisshytory as they wr ite it lllcluding references to literary reviews and analysis of write rs work Comshyputers will store and manipulate

basic rtsea rch materia l Named for the Virgin ia Woolf

fictiona l character who begins to write as an Elizabethan man and emerges as a full y developed fema le writer the Orlando Proshyjec t has been funded by a $16shymillion gran t from the Social Scishyences and Hu manit ies Resea rch Counci l and by th e uni ve rsities of Albe rta and Guelph

CANADIANS VALUE THEIR PETS

VIE A LL KNO W TJ-JiT Ca nadians -love their dogs and cats but did you know that keeping Fido and Fluffy happ) and healthy is worth billions to the nations economy

A fi rst -ever stud y by LJ of G

economics professo r John Livshyernois reveals that Canad ian pet ow ners spend nearly $3 billion annually on food veterinary care and supplies for their comshypanion animals - almost $1

billion in Ontario alone Th e pet industry also supports nearshyly 40000 jobs nati onally

The study commissioned by the Ontario Veterinary College revea ls that pets are an imporshytant family budget item across all income classes and aU provinces Nearly half of Canadia n house shyholds have a companion animal and the average family spends a few hundred dollars a year on pets an amou nt that rises with in come levels

The magni tud e of pet expenditures is an indicator of the value of companion ani shymals in society says Live rnois

The study also identified the intangible benefits of pets including emotional support companionship improved socializa ti on skills in children and th erapeutic effects

Animals are companions and confidants says OVC proshyfessor Cindy Adams a speciaJist in the human-animal bond We are very much a buying-orishyented society but the relationship with our pets is still very pure

People are also becomi ng more sensit ive to their pers needs she says The y are demanding the same type of care and service from their ve tshyerinarians as they do from their docto rs

The study notes that most

veterinary practices depend on peoples attachment to their pets Of the]] 06 veterinary practices in Ontar io 726 are exclusively companion-animal practices Even mixed-animal practices derive about half th eir income from companion animal services

NEW CANCER TEST MAY IMPROVE

SURVIVAL RATES U N IVER S llY OF GUELPH

researchers have helped develshyop a new blood test that detects ovar ian cancer at a stage when it is still treatable by surgery and chemotherapy

Senior research associate Dong Gaudette and Prof Bruce Holub Human Biology and Nutritional Sciences collaboratshyed with doctors from Texas and Ohio on the patented blood test [t will be devel oped by Atairgin Technologies Inc in Irvine Calif Clinical trials begin tbis yea r

Diagnosis of ovarian canshycer during tbe eady stages could mea n dramatically higher SLlrshyvival rates says Ga ud ette The blood test detected 75 per cen t

IN FACT A new blood test detected 75 per cent of early-stage ovarian cancer

of the ea rly-stage ovaria n canshycer samples

Currently diagn os is in abo ut 70 per cen t of women occ urs during the more

advanced stages of the disease Each yea r ovarian cance r kill s ]500 women in Ca nada and

14500 in the United States T I e two researchers discovshy

ered a fat called lyso phosphatidic acid that is prese nt in higher

quantities in ca ncerous tissue It is also detected in the blood

DEVELOPING A NEW VACCINE FOR CATTLE

KIND ER GEN TLER CATTLE vacshyc ines may become a reality thanks to the development of an oral cattle vacci ne by a U of G research tea m

Profs Reggi e Lo Microbiolshyogy Patricia Shewen Pathobiolshyogy and Judith Strommer Plant

Agri cultu re are tryi ng to pro shyduce a transgenic lin e of alfalfa that calTies a bacterial gene The alfalfa is designed to produce a natural antigen to help boost bovine immune response to a type of pneumonia in ca ttle

Traditional vaccina tion b)

needl e injection requires rounding up and restra ining the cattle and is costly and stressful to animals says Lo If we ca n create an o ral deli very system using transgenic alfalfa we can simply add th e alfalfa to tbe regul ar feed

The team is creating the oral

vacci ne system using a gene from a well-known bacterium and is transferring tbe bacterishyal D--1 into the recip ient alfalshy

fa plant s Once tb e transgenic alfalfa line is es tabli shed and the ge ne is producing the bacshyteri al ant igens as planned th ey will feed the transgenic alfalfa to th e cattle to see whether an immun e response occurs If the o ral vaccine works it will mea n healthier cattle with less use of antibiotics in livestock being fed for hum an consul11ption

GENETIC TEST COULD BOOST

SOYBEAN EXPORTS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN Canada testing is available to detect the presence of geneticall ) modified orga nisms (CMOs) in soybea n products Th e testin g wi ll be overseen by U of Gs Laboratoshyr) Serv ices The uelph Mole shycular Supercentre will offer the GMO-check Soya Iest Kit

There is a stron g need for such a commercial tes t in Ca nashyda especially with the increase in produc tion of Givl so) beans says rcsclrciler Shu Chen Its estishymated that 10 to 20 pe r cent of the 21 111illion acres of soybeans planted in the province this year were gendi(all y modified

The test deteels the protein expressed In Monsantos Roundup Read y v1[ia nt of soyshy

beans The most popular GM soybean secds on th e market a re res is tant to Roundup a com l11only used herbicide The test has been va lidated for aCCllshy

rac y by 37 laborator ies in th e Eu ropean Union (EU )

The te st is poised to be a boon for soybean exp orte rs Currently food products co nshytainin g CIvIC) that are exportshyed to the EU mu st be clearly labell ed and many consumers are now dem anding the option to choose between genetically modified and non-geneticall y l110dified foods Previously th e sampl es had to be se nt to th e United Sta te s for testi ng a process that was both cosuy and ti me-consu m i ng

IN FACT Up to 20 per cent of the soybeans grown in -Ontario this year were genetically modified

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bull bull

Gayle Anderson Andrew Vowles Alexander Wooley

IClne Guelph scientists strengthen the role ofveterinary medicine

in solving human health problems

Pre-eclampsia in pregnant women Organ

transplants Human colorectal cancer Bactershy

ial resistan ce to antibiotics Theyre all topics

you might expect to hear discussed in a human

medical lab or teaching hospital but in the corshy

ner office of the Ontario Veterinary College

OVC dean Alan Meek smiles and acknowlshy

edges the apparent paradox of discussing the

effects on human medicine of resea rch conshy

ducted in his corner of the University of Guelph

campus But you dont need too powerful a

microscope to reveal the research connections

among dogs cats horses and well humans

Referring to his hefty copy of Veterinary

Medicine and Human Health written by his Unishy15 co versity of California colleague Calvin Schwabe laquo

~ Meek says the distinction between animal and w

~ human is rather misleading Go back far enough

~ - before the Judeo-Christian concept of human z

~ uniqueness and superiority - and youll find o

~ no clear line sepa ra t ing the practitioners of

14 GUELPH AWYI K US

human and animal health The healers made

no distinction between whether they were lookshy

ing after the owner of the ca ttle or the cattle

says Meek It was the notion of one medicine

Of course theres no denying that animal

health rem ains the domain of the veterinary

researcher an d practitioner As ve terinarians

we have a mandate to understand animals and

things that affect their health so we can preshy

vent problems and care for th em says Meek

I suspect that when most people think about

veterinary medicine thats th e first piece they

think about

But animal heal th is only one of the four pilshy

lars of the veterinary profession - th e others

are public health environmental health and bioshy

medical sciences - whose research and teachshy

ing rest on the base of comparative medicine -We are the only medical profession that looks

at medicine across species he says Thats one

of the great strengths of veterinary medicine

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Public health con cerns range from food SJfft) to zoonotic diseases (diseases that can be traLl smi tted from anim als to humans) and antibiotic resistance amon g diseaseshyca using bacteria It was this pillar that occushypied many veterinarians during the earlier decades of this century o ften as health inspectors

Iith the ad vent of antibiotics and varshyious advances in technology seemingly more stimulating research avenues beckshyoned for vete rin ary scientists But at this end of the 20th cen tury says Meek we find ourselves again confronting many of those earlier problems such as tuberculosis and medical professionals are refocllsing on the importance of public health issues

Veterinarians have also played a signifishycant role in th e evolution and application of ecosystem healt h practices because of their expe rtise in co mp arative medicine toxicology ep idemiology and wildlife disshyease Changes in wildlife health are the first results and so metimes the first signs of envishyronmental problems We dont live in a box reserved for one species says Meek gtle live in the same env ironment We interact in very intimate ways with other an imals in the environment so its not surp rising there are all kinds of crossovers and that you can learn J lot tbat can improve the heal th and lovell-being of peo ple and other animals

That trutl is becoming more ev ident as biomedical science uses new and more speshyci fic technologic As yo u start looking at the cellular and subcellular levels and the chromosomes and the genes it doesnt realshyly mat ter that much whether youre lookshyin g at a ge ne chromosome or cell that came ou t of a person or a dog says Meek vVhen YOLi get down to that level the fundamenshytal building blocks are the same - nucleic acids dnd blse units I think we as a professhysion have a tremendou s amount to offer there becJuse of our mand ate wlich is so broad Vete rinar ians look after all animals excep t for people in th e sense of providing handS-Oil care We can learn a lot from these othe r species There are diseases in other animals that have analogies to human disshyeases so we can learn from that and use th em as n1tural models

He expec ts to see mor e collaboration IIlJ information sharing alllong human medical and veterinary researchers Its not

16 G UELPH ALUMNUS

so amazing to understand that we would ha ve folks working on things that have a human application It co mes from our manshydate our responsibilities and histo ry and the comparative approach

The fourth pillar of veterinary medicine offers many impressive examples of co mshyparative medicine In the next few pages we present a small sample of current OVC research initiat ives that are providing immeshydiate and direct benefit to human medicine and health

disease similar to pre-eclampsia In mice lacking these lymphocy te cells she grafted bone marrow containing gra ft s with NK cells and found that the implantation sites returned to a no rmal state

Croys research has gained worldwide recognition for its considerable applicabilshyity to human fetal development and because it provides a useful animal model for this gestational disease Her work may eventu shyall) show scientists how to eliminate preshyeclampsia during human pregnancy It will also help vets and farmers understand how

Reproductive technologies

Prof Anne Croy Biomedical Sciences is intent on discovering why pregnant women develop pre-eclampsia a serious illn ess that typically occurs during th e second half of pregnancy High blood pressure is the major symptom If pre-eclampsia occurs th e baby must be delivered immediately or the mothshyer may experience convulsions or even die To better understand the ilness Croy is examining lymphocytes in the uterus par shyticularlya group of specialized lymphocyte cells that multiply during early pregnancy

These NK cells or natural killers regushylate gene expression and attack foreign invaders such as cancerous tumours Their main r01 e during pregnancy is to dilate blood vessels as the uterus grows preventshying blood pressure from rising to dangershyous levels Croy and her research team have discovered that lack of NK ceUs in the uterus may cause reproductive problems and lead to smaller infants whose growth is retard shyed into adulthood

Working with mice Croy found th at removing NK cells before mating led to a

uterine lymphoc ytes work in lives tock which is why her studies are funded by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs as well as the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council

How much can mice teU us about human reproductive immunology Croy says the importance of the mouse as a tool for studyshying disease progression or therapy was brought home to her in the 1960s when she was an OVC student of Prof Tom Hulland then chair of pathology and an ea rly enthushysiast of using mice as resea rch models

She says the two reproductive systems are remarkably similar Because mice reach adulthood after six to seven weeks and proshyduce about 10 offspring every three weeks researchers can monitor successive generashytions of mice over a short period to discovshyer the long-term ramifi ca tions of health problems And she is able to study an indishyvidual tissue section of an entire fetu s under -the microscope For these reasons mice play a central role in another of Croys research projects one thats found mothers pass along to their children more of themselves than was previously thought

Until recently the placenta was thought

to be impenetrable Then some Us

researchers discovered that cells travelled

from the fetus to the mother In research

funded by the Hospital for Sick Children

Foundation in Toronto Croy recently found

that the flow is two-way unidentified cells

We are the only medical profession that looks at medicine across species Thats one of the great strengths of veterinary medicine

are also transferred from the mother to the

bone marrow of the fetus

Unlike most earlier studi es Croys

focused on the bone marrow where the

bodys blood and autoimmune disea ses

develop She found that 90 per cent of the

mouse fetuses contained the mothers cells

in their marrow Because maternal cel ls

remain in offspring into adu lthood (a nalshy

ogous to humans) it suggests the cells may

affect the chi lds response to a bone marshy

row transplant during cancer treatment or

to treatment for HIV ma laria or burns For

example immune-deficient children often

receive marrow transplants from a parent

but if the mothers cells are already present

they can reject th at transplant Undershy

standing the nature of those cells is critical

As in Croys work with uterine lymp hoshy

cytes this research is receiving worldwide

recogn ition although the Guelph researcher

down plays that accla im This is so me of

the most interesting work of my career she

says but Im a relatively small player in the

bigger sc hem e of things

Croy has repeatedly crossed boundaries

in her pursuit of knowledge and has been

recognized by a variety of scientific discishy

plines She recent ly completed a term as a

permanent study sec tion member of the

National Institutes of Health (N1H) in th e

United States one of the few Canadians

appointed since the N1H opened permashy

nent membership to non -citizens in 1995

She teaches a summer course on reproducshy

tion mostly to medical doctors at the

Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratoshy

ry in Massachusetts This June she recei ved

the JCB Grant Senior Scientist Award from

the Canadian Society of Anatomy Cell Biolshy

ogy and Neurobiology - an unusual honshy

our for a vet And she recently prese nted

reproductive immunology findings to meetshy

ings of obstetricians and gynecologists

Organ transplants

A silent crisis is what one member of Parshy

liament has called Canadas organ donor

rate now among the lowest in the indusshy

trialized world More than 3000 Canadians

wait for organ transp lants each year and

143 of them die awaiting a transplant

One potential so lution being examined

at OVC is xenotransplantation or transshy

plan ting of organs from one sp ecies to

another - specifica ll y from pigs to

humans Its not as far-fetched as it sounds

For more than 10 years people have

received living pig tissue including porcine

pancreatic islet cells for diabetes and pig

skin for burns

Because of its faculty expertise its outshy

standing record in animal ca re and welfare

and its 30-year history o f research in

pathogen-free swine for breeding and food

purposes OVC was approached by Imutran

Ltd of the United Kingdom a xenotran sshy

plantation research leader to assis t in pre-

clinical (non-human) trials

OVCs role in this leading-edge research

being co-led by Prof Danny Butler Clinishy

cal Studies is to breed and suppl y a sma ll

group of tran sgenic pigs for research trials

at partner institutions in the project - the

University of Toronto and the University of

Western Ontario ove was also instrushy

mental in ensur in g that the pig li tte rs were

of defined health status or pathoge n-free

- an integral aspect of this proJect These

transgenic pigs resemble any other pig on

the outside but on the inside Lhey diff r in

one smaJl but very important way

Ordinarily when a blood vessel ruptures

the bodys natural reaction is to clot and

patch the leak During this pro cess someshy

times called a cascade the body produces

chemicals sequentially to form the c lot But

clotting is a delicate FlOcess Until now

organ transplants betwee n species have proshy

voked hyper-acute rejection caus ing a

clotting-like cascade to continue until wit hshy

in min utes or hours th e patient rejec ts the

animal organ Blood entering the newly

received organ recognizes that tissue as forshy

eign and immediately begins the clotting

process quickly shutting down the o rg3 1l

By contrast the ce ll s of lmutran pigs conshy

tain a human gen e that produces a prote in

that stops the clotting casca d e In a transshy

planted pig organ c3tTying this gene the

protein fool s the pat ients blood into trelt shy

ing the organ as though its from the same

species thus preventing clotti ng

Butler believes oves expertise in surgishy

cally deriving and raising germ-free littetmiddots

was a key reason the college was approached

to undertake this re sea rch Fro m 1958 to

1989OVC took th e scientific lead with the

Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Fo od and

Ruralfffairs in supplying speci[Jc-pathogen shy

free animals to the provinces pig farms Prof

Paul Miniat of the Departmcnt of C linical

Studies and later th e Depa rtment of Popshy

ulation Medicine led that projec t

Tl1is current research is cutting-edge

says Butler and you have to be absolutely

meticulous about everything you do

Because these animals dont ha ve dn actishy -vated immune system any path oge n th lt

comes into play would be fatal to thesc pigs

Butler notes that the resea rch is stil l at

the pre-clinical (non-human) trial stage

and it will likely be years before trials ca n

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take place in hum ans And other forms of transplant rejec tion besides the hyper-acute

va ri ety will requ ire furth er research Along the way Butler and fellow OVC researchers - Prof Bonnie Mall ard and Byram Bridle PathobioJogy who are stud y director and projec t mana ger re spec tivel y Jud y Bell Clinical Studies a projec t mana ge r and

Prof Bob Fri endship Population Medicine - hope to gain new insight into breeding

pigs of exemplary health status for both anishymal breeding and food sa fe ty

Genetic diseases

Pro f Mark Baker Path obi ology hopes to enh ance gene th erapy used in treating

human and animal ge net ic d iseases by improving the effi ciency of gene targeting Using thi s procedure and the tools of biotechnology researchers hope to zero in on spec ific points in an o rgani sms DNA and insert or repair genes invol ved in sll ch

diseases as cancer AID S mu sc ular dystroshyphy cys tic fibrosis and sickl e-cell anemia

Gene targeting is a very important techshy

nology for gene modifi ca tion in all species - plants animals and micro-organisms says Baker who began tbi s work in the 1980s The nice thing about thi s tecbnolshyogy is th at yo u can make changes in the

ge ne right in its norm al position in the chromosom e

He hopes to make gene targe ting more effi cient by studying the underlyi ng process of homologo us reco mbi nation in whi ch

DNA sequences exchange information Norshymally this process helps ce lls repai r DNA da mage and govern s mixing of gen es durshy

ing cell di vision including th e p rocess of meios is whi ch produces egg and sperm

cells But homologous recombination can also lead to can cer durin g th e exchange of informati on bet ween a mutan t ch romoshyso me and its no rmal co unterpart Bes ides

stud ying what goes wrong durin g recomshybinat ion sc ientists are in te res ted in using th e process to co rr ect defe cts Baker s

research for exa mple has shown that gene targe ting th ro ugh homolo gous recombinashytion can correc t a mu ta tion to resto re proshyducti on of an immunoglobulin found in

an tibodies We want to und ers tand the mec hashy

nisms of recombination in mammalian cells

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and how homologo us reco mbin ati on ca n

be used to shape and manipu late th e genome he says ex plaining that gene tarshygeting all ows researchers to make animal

model s of hum an gene ti c diseases study hum an ge ne th erapy and modify plant and an imal ge nomes to benefit agri culture biotechnology and medi cine

Cancer research

Ca ncer reaches into the lives of many Ca nashydian s A number of researchers are wo rkshying in this area and their research spans the spectrum from basic molecul ar bio techshy

nology to applied therapy says Pro f Wayne

improve our understa ndin g of how to modshy

ify the level of damage done by co litis He explains th at by detoxify ing dieta ry

mu tagens and ca rcinogen s CST enzymes provi de protection against va rious insul ts inflicted on th e stom ach Thats an imporshy

tant role gJven th e kno wn link be tween so me chemical s co nsumed by humans and the dama ge to DNA and tis sues th at ma y

lead to cancer Hi gh levels of the em ymes are good because th ey pro tect says Ki rby

In pre vious studi es conducted with the Je wish General Hospital in MontlCal Ki rshyby discove red th at man y peo pl e with col shyo rec tal ca ncer lack th e ge neti c codes fo r

GSTs He is now in vestigatin g th e role of the

At the cellular and subcellular levels it doesnt really matter

whether youre looking at a gene chromosome or cell that came out of a person or an animal

McDonnell OVC ass istant dean (resea rch)

Although OVC research usually fo cuses on can cer in anim als incl uding using animal models th e res ult s also touch th e human

realm of oncology research Colorec tal ca nce l is th e third most comshy

mon can cer in humans th e Canadian Ca nshy

cer Society estim ates th at more than 16000 new cases will be d iagnosed in 1999 and more th an 6000 deaths will occur Key fa cshy

tors in its development are d ie tary carc inoshyge ns and colitis a bowe l inflammatio n In Guelphs Departm ent of Bio medi cal Scishy

ences Prof Gordon Kirby is studying glu shytathione S-transferase (GST) emymes that

are fo und in the hea lthy human intestinal tract but are abse nt in colorec tal ca ncer patients This research co uld help impleshyment pre ve ntive st ra teg ies for people who might be at high risk for ca nce r or it may

help in co unselling people in proper dietary habits he says In addi tio n we may

enzy mes and how th eir level alte rs as th e

disease develops B) und erst andin g how th ese enz) l11 es

work and how th ey change dur ing the proshygression from co liti s to can cer Kirby ultishymately hopes to lea rn ho w to co ntro l th e leve l of th e enzymes Understandin g how

th e enzym es work ca n lead LI S to wa ys to

prevent cancer he SlyS

Radiation treatment

Veterll1ar ians using the technique o f halfshy

body ra dia tion may cut th e time needed to treat lymphoma in dogs acco rd ing to th e

re sul ts of a st ud y by OVC re sea rchers in cludin g Prof To n) Abr1Jl1s-0gg Pro f -Stephen Kruth Paul Woods Geri Ottewe ll and Kim Stewa rt - aU of th e Department of Clini cal Studi es - and Al Norris of th e

Veterinary Referral Cli nic And although the groups recent six-year tr ial was directed at

do gs the resu lts of thi s veterinary resea rch

may have implica tions for trea tin g cance r

in hum ans

Trea tin g lym ph oma traditionally Iequires up to two yea rs of chemoth erap)

An alternative to prolonged chemotherapy is tota l-body ra diat io n and bone mar row

transplantation The procedullt lI SLS the patien ts own marrow extracted before the

trea tment One drawback is the possi bilit y

of transpb nt ing s ick malTOw co ntaining lymphoma (ells back in to the patien t A secshy

o nd drawbac k is th e ex tcnsive ca re and

Icngthy recovery time required By co ntrast ha lf-body radiation takes

onl y three mon ths Ab rams- Ogg explains that became only half of th e body is treatshy

ed at one time enough healthy bone marshy

row remain s to negate a tra nsp lan t By the

time th e seco nd hal f o f the body is irradishyated 30 da ys late r th e pa tien t has hld

eno urh line to recover fro m the first trea tshyment Hes also found that dogs receivi ng

half-bod) radiation generally avoid the sideshyeffects of tull-body trea tment

Abra ms-Ogg says ha lf- body radi ation

has been used on humans to alleviate pain in advanced cancer cases but not to treat

lymphoma The results of this trial do have hUl )la n health implications he SJ) Halt~

hody radilti o n may be used to treat the

sa me types of cancers in people

Resistance to antibiotics

Ensuring the hea lth of farm animals is an

im po rtant fac tor in ensuring th e health of our food supply T hrough col labo ratio ns wi th the Un iversity of Guelphs Department

of Food Science and l1calth Canada a dedshy

icated group of ove resea rch ers is improvshying public health through [ood -sa fe ty

research OnL of those sc ienti sts is Prof Sco tt

McEwen Population Med icine who studies food-animal prod uct io n and on-fa rm issues

by investigati ng microb ial resistance to antib ishyotics and ways to co ntrol pathoge ns such as

E coli during food-animal production Were try ing to red uce the level of exposhy

sure or people to these pathogens an d in tu rn red uce the level of food-borne illness

says I IcEwe n Our goal is to im prove

human health and improve the health of the animal industr )

Microbia l resista nce in pa rticular is a

co mpelli ng issue for agriculture rigbt no w because of a number of eve nts occurring

worldwide that have focus ed attenti on o n the use of antibi otics in foo d-a ni mal pro shy

du ct ion and the po tential impact on h um ans through meat conu mption

McEwen and h is st ud ents are looking at

what types of animals are being exposed to

va ll o us drugs and for how long to better

measure bacterial resistance to antibiot ics Because the agricu ltu ra l industry accounts [or half of to tal antib io tic lls e he says it s

important to look for new ways to improve on-farm manage ment of livestock that wIll

reduce disease Jnd the need for treatme nt

with antibiotics ga

Veterinary medicine contributes to human health sector

The Ontario Veteri nary Co llege (OVC) is at the centre of Ontarios

$44 billion knowledge-based ecoshy

nomic secto r foc using on animal

health and related food qualitysafeshy

ty and biomedicalbiotechnology activities

Although veterinal) medicine is

the main focus of studies at OVC the biomedical science o ption has

the bjgh est enrolment among

Guelphs 30 BSe degree programs

Employers in Canadas $I -billion biotechnology indust ry sa y a degree in ve ter inary med icine will

be an impor tant first step in filling

new positions created by the pracshytical application of current revelashy

tions in molecular biology and cloning technology

OVC is a founding college of the

Universit y of Guelph which receives mo re resea rch funding

from the Medica l Research Co unshycil than any other Ca nadi an uni shy

versity with o ut a medica l school

More than ISO studies have been condu cted using fund s donated

throug h OVes Pet Tr ust by ve tshy

erinarians and pet owners who recshy

ognize the th erapeutic value of the

bond betwee n people and com shypa nion animal s

100 per cent of OVC gradu ates

find em ploymen t withi n six months of gradu ation

50 per cen t of veterinary patholoshygists in North America are -employed directly or indirectly by the pharmaceutical industr y

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a The Royal Society of Canada recognizes an acndelnic career

by Alexander Wooley a scholar Funny hOWasingle pi ece of paper can summarize a lifet ime of study and aCJ demic work that has already fi ll ed

29 books and 85 book chapters an d Journal articles

In june U of G polit ica l science profes~

sor Onkar P Dwivedi received a letter invit~

ing hi m to become a Fello w of th e Royal Society of Canada Its an invitation reserved

for Canadas ltlCJde11i c elite an an nounceshy

men t thM brought congratul atio ns tinged with envy fiom colleagues across Ca nada and

left th is U of G professor answeri ng quips from Guelph collcgues such as Are we still

allowed to share the elevator wi th such an illuSlrious scholar

Dwivedi is indeed an ill ustrious scholar

- th e FRSC is th e hi ghest scholJriy recog~ nition1 Canad ian ~ cad emic ca n recei ve shy

but he is also a personable man who has a deer concern fo r o thers and a sense of humour that allows h illl to ceremo ni ously

wave oth er facult ) and students on to the

elevator as it ri ses to his s ix1h~f1oor offi ce ill the JvlacKi nn on Bu ilding

Known across camp us simply as OP he says its o nl y natural that hlS colleagues

wo uld be a bi t envi ous of th e Royal Society

designation he has felt th at envy himself when congratultting previous recip ien ts

Dwivedi SI) he is d~ep l ) honoured to bL one of 19 U of C lilCul ty wh o hold thl tilk (see page II ) The entire U of C cJm pl co mmunity shOlIcs in Prof l)iveciis dd igh t at bei ng l1amed a fel low I) pruv()t tin

Campbe ll It is a we ll~d lsencd mark of recognition for his distinguished caree r Jnd

vJ lua ble slr vice to i II I l 1Ila I ional dlTlop Ill en t an d the en viron men t

Being n~mcd I Fello of the Rnl11 oci

101) of CI1a d ~ is testimony 10 tile prnrcsnr ~

beli e-I Lhat if you work hard enough you L11l

achieve an ythi ng Th~Is 11) hi colilltr)

is so great he says o f his adopted C~nIJ1 Born in India Dwi ved i came 1( ( anadl

in the early [960 as a gruduatc lttuden Hl co mpl eted a mdst 15 de grec al Carl etull University ~nd a Ph D at QUlln l middot ni~r ishy

ty ~l1 d jo incd the U o f C tJLlti lyin 1967

He hJS advanccd Ihe CallldilI1 view of

political eth ics 111d public scnicc Wl11pI(d

pol icy~mak ing t nd administralioll hetwlcn natio ns and l11aintl ined world iew of enli~

ronll1ental pol iei sand pl1blie alti ludes toward pollu tion And ltI ll the wh ile haring his in sight wilh the l h (l u~llld nf tlllkilts

who halt vied for se1ts ill his classroom

Alt hough C1I1 3d is now hi~ IWll1l Dwivedi main tai ns ~Irong lies with his lill

mer homeland He has mon itored dCIdol

mtnh Ind ehtnge~ ill IndilS pol lulion lt111U

lto INrl ation pol i ~ic ror lll1lo~t 0 )Cltlrs and sucd h J ltnio r ad iser 1(1 Ih (OUlllr )

lin ilr) of rl1limnl11tllt dnd Fltlr~ I S I Ii lIll rc~c nl hook publi1 d in I))7 i ntro ~

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mll-ing and manf~mll1t prelL n Ind i1 b) cxamining vlri()u~ Jill1cl1iol15 of lhlt

tl1Iironrncn lal chIIltI1ampes faced h)lhe nali()n Farber th is )Lar hc 1 in Ind i JS par t

or a hll1lli(Ia l lroICL looking at reg ulal middot ing cmironmcnlal ri there with I Spc

eiJI fO LlI on htrlil lll i hmlsehrllJ producls

and thiJ ill1 tI~1 Oil (Imen ltlnd hiidren

Tht resClreh p rQin t i locattd ill Kll1 pur

lt1 cil ) of Ih rec million HId IS funded b) the Sha tri In do CJnldi111 Imti lutc

[)wi lldi mother and othl lamily mtlllhLI sl illl iC in In d i li e pcrsollally

Ufporh eh olt)I Ihne and hell he retire in tl1 Icars hl plan to SCI up I L~c n tre fo r

drug HldiLliOl I 1I11lI11Llll11 healt h

Fnn in C lllJdI hl is working to help

olher or Indiall illlllry bui ld bella lives I lc offen hi serliccI~ I parl -timc Hindu

pries t lIith U ofe CGl11pUS minislry and I~ 1 spir iluJ I ou l1 1I0 [ Jor inm lles It Ihe

Cudl h Corrldinnd (ntrc The Roal Soc ielY Litdtion d~ )Lribes

[)wildl cI~ 1 chobr who hIS 1 1Ilined

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ndti( nal distinction and international recogshy

nit ion Just this spring he vis ited Loyo la l [a rymollnt Universit-y in Los An-des as that

insti tutions 1999 Internati onal Scho lJ r

Es tabli shed 117 years lgO the Roya l Society or Canada enco mpasse d ra nge of

discip lin es including the natural and ap plied sc iences medi cine soc ial scien ces MId hu manit ies

Dwi vedi sa) The s()c ic tys invitation is

an honour for me and also a wonderful recogshy

nition for our new coll ege (U of Gs College

of Social and All lied Human Sciences )

A for mer chair of Guel lhs Department of Political Science Dwivedi is pres id ent of

the Ca nadian Asian Stud ies Associa tion and

past lresident of the Canadian Po litica l Scishyence Association He also chairs th e resea rch committee of the International Poli tical Scishy

ence Associat io n

During hi s 32-year career at Guellh he ha s served on the Enviro nm ental Assess shy

)]lent Boa rd of Ontario as a co nsultan t to

the Ca nadian gove rnment as an adviser to th e Wo rld Health Organi za ti o n an d the

Wo rld Bank in In dia Papua New Guinea and Mau ritiu s an d as a sc ientific panel

member with UNESCO In J 99 8 he

received an honorary degree fro m the Unishyve rsity of Leth bridge ga

fa llWinter 1999 21

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-

ANDREvV VOWLES

m Tiny flashes of blue

light caught by U of G

to physicists in an

undergro und

observatory may eg

tell us the

fate of our

universerunch First tighf wasnt long in coming even in a mine shaft some two kiloshy

metres beneath the Earths surface Within days of turning on a multishy

million-dollar li ght detector near the bottom of a Sudbury nickel mine

scientists from Canada the nited States and the United Kingdom recordshy

ed their first even t Thats physicists lingo for a collision between a tiny

extraterrestrial particle called a neutrino and a molecule of heavy water

Actually what they witnessed last spring was not the encounter itself

- marked by a tell tale fl ash of blue light - but data trickling in quishy

etly from the detectors elaborate instruments sometime after the fact

Still that was enou h to set a few hearts pounding among the collabshy

orators in the Sudb u r y eutrin o Observatory particularly among

Guelph physicists John Simpson Robin Ollerhead and Jimmy Law who

appJaude 1 those early results not just for what they might reveal about

the universe but also as a validation of their painstaking care in conshy

structing and preparing the detector

Fall Winter 1999 23

-

[J This is without a doubt the climax of my

career says Simpson whos been invo lved

with the Sudbury N eu trin o Observa to ry

(SNO) project since it was fir s t moo ted by

Canadian physicis ts in th e early 1980s Hes

been studying neutrinos for almost two

decades beginning with experiments in a

Windsor-area sa lt mine

It s th e las t unkn own low-energy area

left he says N eutrin os are s till th e least

understood elementa ry particle of a ll

Thats not for lac k of them T hey re co nshy

sidered to be th e most commo n particles in

the universe and the fund amenta l building

blocks of matter Each seco nd bi lli ons of

neutrinos generated during fusion reactions

in the sun and in sou rces far beyond our

galaxy bombard every square ce ntim etre of

the Earths surface undetected But just try

to catch one So ephemeral a re Ih ey th at

they pass without a mmmur through most

objects including solid rock ni ckel ni ckel

miners - even throu gh the SNO sc ientis ts

monitoring their giant acry li c ball s usshy

pended in a 22-metre-wide cavern two kiloshy

metres down the mine shaft

The $70-million o bse rva to ry s it s nea r

the bottom of Inco Ltd s C reighton nicke l

mine the deepes t wo rkin g min e in North

America and one tha t has opera ted co ntinshy

uously for the last ce ntury

Today the only eAtra terreslrial objects hitshy

ting the site - or more co rrect ly passi ng

through it - are neutrinos Seemingly against

astronomical odds those scientists hope to

use that ball as a kind of cosmic-sized catchshy

ers mitt to stop or deflect enough of these

particles to learn more about them and about

the big wide universe that spawned them

Inside that 12-foot ball are 1000 tonnes

of heavy water which is also used as coolant

inside nuclear reactors Tn fact th e watershy

all $300 million worth - is on loan from

Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (AECL)

Heavy water ho lds the key to SNOs opera-

Taken during construction the photo above

shows the SNO cavity and acrylic vessel At

right the acrylic vessel is surrounded by an 18shy

metre diameter geodesic sphere that supports

nearly 10000 light sensors and reftectors

Scientists hope to U~

tion Because its molecules contain one more

n eutron than in ordinary water its more

likely to in tercept a phantom neutrino That

co llis ion will be marked by faint but telltale

fla shes of light - forma lly kno wn as

Cerenkov radia tion th e characteris tic blu e

glow emitted in a nuclear reactor - to be

picked up by a few of th e 10000 detectors

studding the panels on th e sphere s surface

Perhaps more impo rtan t SNO resea rchers

anticipate that the wa ter will catch all three

types o f neut rinos no t just the o ne captured

by other detec tors around the world

N eutr in os come in three species or

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24 GUELPH ALUMN U S

agiant acrylic ball as a kind of cosmic-sized catchers mitt

flavou rs based on th e kind s of subatomshy

ic particl es tlleyre dssociated with electro n

neutrinos muon neutrinos and tau neu trishy

nos Referring to earlier experiments that

have detected far fewer neutrinos than

expected based on our understanding of

how the universe works Simpso n says most

scientists believe that neutrinos have mass

and the) change type as th ey leave the sun

and thats why Ne havent seen enough of

them Being able to detect the other two

flavours at SNO might allow sc ientis ts to

account for the so -called missing neutrinos

Proving that neutrinos can change their

stripes might als o tell us more about the

likely fate of th e universe itself by solving

another mystery the question of the missshy

ing mass Referring to basic laws of physics

Law says If neutrinos convert th at means

th ey must have mass Why is that imporshy

ta nt Explai ns Ollerhead The amount of

mass thats accounted fo r by the sta rs that

you can see is only about one-tenth of the

total mass the re must be in the universe in

order to cause the interactions and motions

you see W hen people talk about mis si ng

mass thats what th ey re talking about

So the question is where is it l Because

every s tar produces billions of neut rin os

every second the universe is full of neutr ishy

nos These van ishingly small particles could

collectively exert a gravitational pull out of

all proportion to th eir size - enough to

eventually slow the expa nsion of the universe

If neutrin os have ma ss it means the

universe may be heavier than we think says

Simpso n The universe will eventually stop

expanding in a few billion years and collapse

back in on itself Thi s is known as the Big

Crunch Finding evidence of the smoking

gun to either prove or di sprove that theoshy

ry is the purpose of the observatory he says

SNO research bombards other areas of science Adapting physics tools to build SNO

An expert in X-ray back-scattering Guelph

physicist Innes Mackenzie helped the SNO

team about six years ago by adapting his

back-scattering technique to determine the

thickness of a plastic liner that su rrounds

th e entire observatory cavity Made of a

substance called urylon (produced by a

Guelph company) the liner was sp rayed

on to the cavitys concrete surface to screen

ou t radon a radioactive gas that diffuses

even through soLd rock In a project where

an extra millimetre could skew results scishy

entists needed to ensure that the material

was the same thickness all the way arou nd

Mackenzie used X-ray back-scattering

a techniq ue he has developed that might

be llsed to determine say the thickness of

paint applied in an auto assembly plant or

ice buildup on aircraft wings Laurentian

University physicist Doug Hallman says

his research group has worked with

Mackenzie to set up a unique hand- held

monitor and data-recording system which

found the actual thickness of the eightshy

millimetre-dlick polyurethane material to

an accuracy of about 10 per cent

Building new tools from SNO physics

During his graduate studies in physics at

Guelph Tom Andersen helped his PhD

supervisor Prof John Simpson design

devices used to detect background

radioactivity of the heavy wa ter in the

Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO)

and worked on software that simulates

th e movement of high -energy muons

particles created when cos mic rays

encounter the Earths atmosphere All the

while he had his eye on a not-unrelated

topic that became his full-time job after

graduating in 1998

It a desk top planetarium says

Andersen of his astro nomy software

which allows users to view the simulated

night sky - including comets asteroids

satellites a nd stars - on a computer

screen With it yo u can observe the sky

as it appears from your backyard tonight

o r from Jupiter 100 years ago or from

Egypt 3000 years ago

He and his partners a t Toronto-based

Sienna Software Inc have so ld about

10000 copies of Sta rry Night software

dming the past 18 months They began

by selling software that users could down shy

load from the Internet but now make two

CD-ROM versions of the package Starshy

ry Night Deluxe and Starry Night Pro

The first allows users to look at more than

19 million objects from anywh ere in the

solar system and to examin e deta iled

graphics of such things as constellations

Serious astronomy afic ionados use the

pro version to track as teroids learn more

about star motions or create their own

planets to study orbital mechanics

Generally anyone who owns an

as tronomical telesco pe owns a piece of

astronomy software says Andersen You

can take your telescope to your backyard

and connect it to your laptop and then

point to something with Starry Night and

have the telescope steer to it

Applying SNO tools to business

Former phys ics graduate student Myung

Chol Chon now works in the Royal Banks

corporate and investmen t banking offices

in Toronto Modelling the behaviour of

financial assets and pricing derivative secushy

rities might appear removed from the task

of capturing neutrinos but Chon says the

Guelph SNO group gave him an opporshy

tunity to learn various quantitative ana lyshy

sis tools including Monte Carlo simulashy

tion and artificial neural networks I also

gained understanding and experience in

software production via working with the

SNO Monte Carlo Analysis (SNO MAN )

software development team - tools

applicable not only in physical science but

in other areas as well

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-Simpson says ea rly detection of SNOs first

neutrino this summer reflects the high qUJIshy

ity of the obselva tory itself incl uding th t conshy

tribution of the Guelph scientists involved in

designi ng its sophist icated instrum ents Thats why theres a lot of noise abo ut the

fi rst measurem en ts he sa ys Some o ther

detectors have to work harder to get the backshyground radioactivity down Weve shown that

we constructed a very clea n detector

Along with several PhD studen ts and resea rch associates he and his coUeagues buiJt

inst ruments used to monitor and ensure an acceptable level of background radi oactivishy

ty in SNOs innards fiom the hea l) watcr to all the components orthe detector itse lf

The Guelph group developed a very senshy

sitive technique for the measurement of ultrashylow levels of ra dioactivit y in water whi ch is

essential for th e SNO detector to reach its

goals says SNO project director Art McDonshy

ald a phys icist at Queens Universit y Meas uring radioact ivity is our ga me

says resea rch ass oc iate Pillalamarr Jaga m during a tour of Sim psons lab in th e baseshy

ment of the MacNaughton Build in g home

to whJt Jaga m calls the only ul tra-low backshy

ground radi ation research and development

group in Ca nada Po inting to a det ector resemblin g a stainless-steel salad bowl with

a matchin g lid he says the Guelph -made

de vice JS with its co usins on perm anent du ty at SNO picks lip infinitesimally small

amounts of ra dioactivity emitted naturall y

by the observa torys compo nents

Ja ga m helps run th ose dev ices at SNO

fo llowin g up on his role as superv iso r of a

cl ea nin g crew d urin g SNOs constru ction SNO is the larges t clean-room ever olltside

of the electron ics industry he says Its

cleaner th an yo ur avera ge dinner plate

Above Muon neutrinos produced from cosmic

rays which strike Earths abnosphere are detectshy

ed by the SNO light sensors producing a coneshy

shaped pattern of energy Right An artists

sketch of the SNO detector shows the central

acrytic vessel now filled with 1000 tons of heavy

water and surrounded by 7000 tons of ultra

pure regular water Scientists monitor the obsershy

vatory from the room located above the sphere

26 GU ELP H ALUM NUS

In two years we mayI

Unlike th eir fell ow labourers in the m in e

who normall y hit the sbowers aft er a lo ng

day on the ore face th e scientists monitorshy

ing th e o bse rvatory must shower bef ore enterin g their facility Simil ar standa rds are mlintained tor the heavy water in th e acrylic

vessel which is fil tered dail y Jnd tested for ambient rad ioactivit y It s the purcst water

in th e wo rld says Jian Wang for merly J

research associate in Simpsons lab and now a consultant wi th U of Gs GUA RD In c

The Guelph-dc-signed instruments h ave

prove n lIseful in rela ted but more fa r-flung

applications JagaJl1 says scientists building

lgt

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ly know if the universe will eventually collapse

ye t an oth er neutrino observatory in Italy consulted with U of G physicists on radia shyti on measurement Closer to home he has helped Prof Richard Protz Land Reso urce Science quantify minute amounts of radioac tive cesium in so il samples taken from the Ecuadorean Andes an d from the Chernobyl site in Ukrain e

Law a particle physicist [las been involved since 1991 in writin g and test ing simulation software used by the project colshylaborators to model the workings of th e SNO detecto r With the detector now opershyating the package - dubbed SNOMAN shywill be used to analyse the data it generates OUerhead who first encountered SNO while chair of the Department of Physics has long worked in expe rim en tal nuclear physics using accelerators such as th e one run by AECL in Cbalk River Ont Todays investishygations at SNO draw on at least one aspect of his ea rlier resea rch in Los Alamos New Mexico where he developed neutral current detectors of the sort expec ted to help SNO sn iff out all three neutrino flavo urs

Sim psons graduate student Nathaniel Tagg is studying cosmic ray particles called muons which are detected as a byproduct in the obse rvatory Unlike neutrinos muons come from cosmic rays - or ionized nuclei - which begin Jife far beyond the solar sysshytem perhaps generated by stars exploding into supernovas or by shock waves emanating from collapsing black holes When these cosmic rays hit the Earths atmosp here th ey create extremely high-energy particles that can be detected by SNO some alon e or in pairs like bullets others in a shower like shotgun pelshylets Comparing the ratio of single bullets to shotgun blas ts may tell Tagg something about how the particles originated When you build a detector you get a lot of things for free he says Muons are considered background to most of the collaboration but there are some interes ting physics you ca n do with them

Beyond Guelph the SNO collaboration brings together almost 100 scientists from II universi ties and labs in Canada the United Sta tes and the United Kingdom Canad ian participants includ e university resea rchers from Queens Car leton Laurentian Britisll

Columbia and Guelph Wby Ca nada Canashyda has a lot of heavy water because of its nuclear power reactor development the CANshyDU reactor says OUerhead Basically Canashyda is tbe only country that can do the expershyiment using heavy water which is what gives this its unique flavour The other thing is the undergro und aspect All the neutrino expershyimen ts are done underground for shielding from cosm ic rays and other sources of backshyground radiation The nickel mine in Sudbury is the deepest site in North America

Its al so important that Creighton mine is a working facility says Si mpson [t has

Physics faculty

and students are

an integral part of (PES

Physics is one of five departments and schools in the College of Physshyical and Engineeri ng Science ( CPES) Physics has more Roya l Society fellows than any other department on campus Since 1993 ten CPES students including two in physics have received National Research Coun shycil awards under the agen cys Women in Engin eering and Scishyence Program In 1999 CPES laun ched an inteshygrated four-year degree program in technology with Seneca College in Toronto majors in physics and technology or applied pharmace ushytical chemistry CPES plans to launch a new undershygraduate degree in computing scishyence next year to promote U of G strengths in bioinfomatics neural networks genetic algo rithm s and embedded systems CPES offers a unique program called MPC2 that provides enriched studies in mathematics physics chemistry and computing science

to be active because its the only way you can maintain the safety of th e mine SNOs control room occupies a drift (miners talk for a corridor) 6800 fee t below the surface deep enough to accommodate a stack of about five CN Towers

Dw-ing the observatorys construction a regular express ca ge whisked visitors directly down No9 shaft to the detector as fast as a car travelling on a cit) street The shaft also served as the delivery conduit for the SNO components Site manager Dunshycan Hepburn recall s es pecially the three months that it took to ship the [000 tonnes of heavy water underground The eleva tor could take six tonnes at a time he says so we had an elaborate schedule involving six tanker cars fill ed overnight and sent down early in th e morning on a specially schedshyuled cage Adds mine manage r John Gill J dont think we spilled a drop

Now using regularly scheduled cages scishyentists crowd shoulder to sho ulder in the elevator with up to 40 miners during the 20-minute ride along the sloping ore seam Everyone in the collaboration is expected to spend a certain number of shifts actualshyly operating the detec tor says O llerhead This is partly to save money but also par tshyly because th e physicists are the ones with the vested interes t and should be involved Collaborators might spend seve ral weeks in Sudbury at a time for up to six weeks a year

SNO scien tists expect to learn definitiveshyly within two years whether or not neutrishynos have mass They also anticipate that the observatory will yield information about the sun and about other st ructures far beyond our galaA) The missing mass question is a way of studying supnnovas notes Ollershyhead There are many applications of this detector beyond just neutrinos from the sun

Why should anyone ca re about what these infinitesimally small particles teU us about cosshymic-sized questions If youre going to be an ad vance d and civilized country then you should be thinking about fundamental quesshy shytions and not just about where your next meal is coming from says Simpson Thats the difshyference I think between a civili7ed society and a society that just lives from day to day ga

FallWinter 1999 27

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

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ALUMNI PROFILES

ALUMNUS OF HONOUR

FORMER OAC DEA N Rick Richards BSA 38 was recogn ized for

his lifelong commi tment to excellence in admini stration teachshy

ing research and ex tension wh en he vas named 1999 AlumLlus of Honour by th e Un ive rsity o f Guelph Alumn i Associat ion The preshy

sen tation was made durin g Alumni Weekend in lun e

Ri chard s bega n hi s ca ree r in soil sc ience and pion ee red the

process of soil classifi ca ti on and map pin f for Ontario As head of

th e Un iversitys Depa rtm ent of Land Resou rce Science he spearshyheaded the constr uct ion o f new fa cili ties provided leadership in

the deve lopment of broader more sc ientifi c program s and th e

expansioLl o f fa culty and obta ined more lan d areas for departshymental resea rch He was appointed the first dea n of OAC in 1962

and was one o r the fou r principal academi c leade rs ho shared in

es tab lishin g the Universit y of Guelph After co mpleting two terms as dean he return ed to teac hing and retired in [98 1

As a professiona l agrologist Richards impleme nted pl ans ror

the Canadian Agri cultural Researc h Co un ci l as it s fi rst president

and was pres id ent o f the Ca nadian Soc iety of Su il Science th e Ontari o Institute of Ag rologists and tht Agricu ltural Institu te of

Can ada He was also the Canadian representa ti ve to th e United

Nations Food and Agricu lture O rga nizltJtion

ALUMNI VOLUNTEER AWARD

DAv ID ADAMS BSA 49 has always made his alma mater a pri shy

o ri t) and in 1999 th e Unive rsity of Guelph Alumni Associashy

tion app lauded th at loya lty by presentin g him with its 1999 Alulll shyni Volu nteer Awa rd

Adams has demo nstrated a devot ion to volun teer excellence

through his com mitment to the Universit y OAC and hi s alumni

ii class OAC 49 He was UGAA pres ident in 196869 president of

d the OAC Alu Jllni Associatio n in 196566 and a member of the Unishy

~ versi ty Senate and Boa rd of Governors fro m 1970 to 1973 In add ishy

~ tion he has Jllade mu ltiple contr ibu tions to OAC 49 ac tivities He

~ was instrumenta l in orga ni zin g 50th-anniversary class celebrations ~ for Alumni middotWeekend 99 which included the ded ication of the Yea r

~ 49 OAC po nd ga rden at th e Arbo retum Cent re and the res torashy

~ ti on of the Johnston Hall portico u ~ Adamss giving sp irit car ri es over into his pro(ess iona lli fc He

~ has had a distingu ished career in the ag ri -food indust ry and was laquo ~ general manager of the Canadian Meat Co uncil whe n hL reti red in

~ 1993 He cont inues to share hi s expertise with the co unc il and as

~ a volu ntee r for th e Royal Ag ri cultural inter Fair and th e Ca nashy~ dian Nat ional Exhibition FARlv

28 G UHPH ALU I NUS

HIGHLIGHTS middot GRAD NEWSmiddot OBITUARIESmiddot CALENDAR

ALUMNI MEDAL OF ACHIEVEMENT

DR AD RIAN P ARKS WO RK in th e area o f minimally invasive

surge ry has earned him international recogniti on as a leading surgeo n and educa tor in his fi eld His advancements in the use of

laparoscop ic techniques have improved treatm ent for an ex tensive

range of med ica l disorders that in the past could only be handled

thro ugh trad itional sur gery [n 1997 he was recruited to establish a new program at th e Uni ve rsity of Kentucky

Pa rk was honoured th is spring wit h the Universit y of Guelph flumni Associati ons Alumni Medal of Achievem ent He received

a bachelor of science fro m Gu elph in 1985 and a doctor o f med ishycine from McMaster University in 1987

He completed his training at St Josephs Hos pital and rilcMasshy

ter Uni ve rsity Affiliated Hosp ital s in Hamilto n O nt and at the

Uni versit) of Montrea l before Jo ining St Jose phs as a ge neral surshy

geo n in 1994

The Guelph meda l recognizes th e professional leadership and achievements demons trated in Parks still- yo un g career and his

compassionate ca re of pati ents He and his wife Jennifer 8A 84 have three children Hilary Meredith and Evan

ove DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS

DUNCAN SINC LAIRS CONTR IB UTIO NS to career an d soc iety have prove n bis leadersh ip and expe rtise in hea lth sciences He gradshy

uated fro m OVC in 1958 and received a master of sc ience fro m OAC in 1960 specializing in nutriti on He then earn ed a PhD in

physiology at Queens University in 1963 and bega n a ca reer focused

primaril y on human health Sinclair was ltl consultant to th e Ontario Ministry of Agriculture

Food and Rural Affairs on the Animals for Research Act ilnd bega n

his academic career at Q uee ns as dean of arts and science in 1974 He went on to serve as vice-principal institutional relati ons sershy

vices an d hea lth sciences before assum ing the role of dea n of medshy

icine He ret ired from Queens in 1996 He has heJd other prestishy

gious positi ons including directo r general of the Medical Resea rch

Council and was tile recipient of OVes Schofield ]V[edal in 1983

Sinclair is now deeply involved in advising the Ontario minisshy

ter of hea l til on ways to reinvest and res tructure th e delivery of health services in the province He chairs the Hea lth Services

Restr ucturin g Co mmission an independent body of health

experts and professionals appointed to redesign tbe provincial

health system

FallWinter 1999 29

alumni Matters

-ORDER OF OACU of G Can1pus ESTABLISHED MARY AND RlCK RICHARDS longtime OAC supporterWelcoilles Alumni

ABSA 38 are the first inductees Membership in the order is

into the Order of OAC estabshy limited to the first 50 individshy

LUMNI WEEKEND J999 orga nizing committee and says lished ea rli er thi s year by the uals who give $1 00000 or more

brought more th an 1300 proceeds will be used to help the OAC Alumni Fo undation to as bequests irrevocable insurshy

visitors to campus June 18 to 20 class establi sh a mille nnium recognize significant contribushy ance policies planned gifts or

In addition to th e traditi o nal scholarship to co mmemorate its tions to its end owment fund cash donations Gifts may be

awards luncheon hosted by U of 25 th anni versar)1 of graduation Rick served as dean of OAC applied as endowments to the

G president Mordech ai Rozanshy The Uni vers it y of Guelph [Tom 1964 to 1972 (see sto ry OAC Alumni Foundation or to

ski there we re man y spec ial Alumni Associat ion held its on page 28) Mary also worked the college as approved by the

events and cla ss reunions The ann ual meeting during Alumni in the college and has been a fou ndation directors

new Order of OAC was preshy Wee kend and elected a new slate

sented to Mary and Rick of offi cers for 1999 2000 Scott

Richards BSA 38 at th e Go ldshy va nEnge n BSc(Ag r) 88 presshy

en Anniversary Dinner and the id ent Robin-Lee Norris BA 80

Class of J974 hosted a reuni on first vice-pres ident John Tatson

dinner with Calgary Flames BA 69 seco nd vice-president

Hockey Club CEO Ron Bremshy Rita Sterne BComm 87 secshy

ner BA 7 J as guest speaker Bill Imiddotetar) and Brad Hull BA 89

Laidlaw BA 74 chaired the treasurer

President Mordechai Rozanski and representatives of the alumni

classes and individuals who supported U of Gs six new themati c

gardens cut the ribbon to officially open them duri ng Alumni Weekshy

end From left are Bill Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 61 Don Gri eve

BSA 55 and MSA 57 Harold Shield BSA 51 Sandra Hannam uJ CD Clay Switze r BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rozanski Marilyn Robinson ~ I Murray BH5c 55 Ted McNinch BSA 49 Bruce Stone BSA 53 u VI

Z and MSA 54 Harold Bentley BSA 64 and MSc 66 Craig Hunter lt

B5c(AgL) 74 and MSc 77 and Les Laking BSA 39 and HDSC 71 The conservatory greenhouse was unveiled moments later by gtshyCD

Don Rutherford BSA 51 who gave the leadership gift ensuring VI o

it s res toration on behalf of his famil y 5 I -

Ginty jocius BSc(Agr) 70 left chair of the OAC Alumni Foundation

presents the Order of OAC to Mary and Rick Richards BSA 38

Enjoying the Class of 1974 re union dinner are from left jerry Orga n

BSc(PE) 71 Ron Bremner BA 71 Gail Bremner Paul Henry MA 71

and Bill Laidlaw BA 74

30 GUELPH ALUMNUS

GRYPHON SPIRIT DOMINATES HOMECOMING

UOF G students shared the stands with alumni who came to campus Sept 25

to watch the football Gryphons defeat their long- standing varsity rival the University of Toronto Blues During the weeke nd the Gryphon Club Hall of Fame inducted five Gryphon swimmers filled the gold pool at the 21st ann ual Alumni Relay Swim Meet

and president Mordechai Rozanski hostshyed a luncheon attended by more than 200 alumni and current students who have received sc holarships and awards or who

participated in the volunteer peer helper prog ram

ALUMNI SWIM TO THE TOP

FORMER GRYPHON SW IMMER S Peter Koli snyk BSc(HK) 83 and Denise

(FarndaJe) vVatso n BASe 85 were recogshyni zed at the ann ual Homecoming sw im mee t for having attended more often th an any other alumni Other participants includshyed 1999 graduates Nico le Weber BSe CEng ) Greg Steinberg BSc(HK) and Nancy Sweetnam BComm who has been a memshy

ber of two Canadian Ol ympic teams ( 1992 and 1996) The alumni team defeated the stud ent teams with the help of Leo n

Homecoming J

r ~

Form er Guelph mayor and sports broadcaster Norm la ry received the Gryphon Club Hall of

Fame Merit Award Sept 24 at the annual induction c re mony that also honoured five former

Gryphon athletes From left are Paul Willi ams a cross-country and track athlete and three-time

Canadian Olympian Bob Pronk BComm 82 Ontario and Canadian cham pionship wrestler

Dave Guest BComm 87 a former all middotstar soccer and vo lleyba ll player Gladys Williams BA

69 MVP in both wo menS fi eld hockey and ice hockey lary and Mark Brown BComm 81

Wi ldman Trophy winner and football capta in The Gryphon Club also recognized the 1974 mens

rugby OUAA championship team

Garstecki Gryphon diving coach in the midshy Dale a longtime Gryp hon supporter and a I 970s and retired botany professo r Hugh national record-b olding masters swimmer

bull49 VETS MEET AT TRAlEE The OVC Cla ss of 1949 produced a la sting memory of its 50th

anni versary by filming the lune 18 gathering held at Tralee Farms

the home of class member Ray Cormack Classmates travelled from

across Canada and the United States to attend th e reunion which

included a luncheon a visit from U of G president Mordechai Rozanshy

ski and a tour of Cormacks farm and antique carriage collection

The organizing committee of Dave House Bill Mitchell Ken Fisk

and lim Arch ibald succeeded in producing a golden-anniversary

memento that captu res the days events and everyone in attendance

as they comment on their lives since graduating from OVe -Proceeds from the sale of the v ideos will support the OVC 49

Memorial Scholarship Fund Cost is $25 each To place an order call

Vikki Tremblay at Alumni House 519-824-4120 Ext 65 44 I D

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FallWinter 1999 31

alumni Matters

2000 Coming Events

Jan 26 - Careers Night hostshyed by Mac-FACS Alumni Assoshy

ciation For informatio call Laurie MalleaLi at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Careers Night hostshyed by HAFA Alumni Associashy

tion For information call Laushyrie Malleau at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Aggie Good Times Banquet Call the OAC Studwl Federation at Ext 8321 for tickshyet information Feb 3 - Job hir at Bingeman Park in Kitchener complishy

mentary bus service from Unishyversity Centre for students and

alumni For directions and a list of employers call U of G

Career Services at Ext 22 13

Feb 11 - Deadline for nomshy

ina tions for U of G Alumni Association Alumnus of Honshy

our Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment and Alumni Volunteer

Award and the OVC Distinshy

guished Alumnus Call Carla Bradshaw at Ext 6657 for details March 1 - Annual alumni

Florida reunion at Maple Leaf

Estates Port C harlotte Florishyda For information call alumshyni programs at 519-824-4120

Ext 6657 send e-mail to alumshyniuoguelphca or call Jack Hanna in Florida after Jan 1

at 813-645-0905

March 18 amp 19 - College

Ro yal

March 31 amp April 1 - OAC

Alumni Association annual

bonspiel at the Guelph Curlshy

ing Club and Guelph Country w Club Call Carla Bradshaw at ~ txt 6657 to register c u bull For more information on anyU)

z alumni event call the U of G ltC extension listed at 519- 824shy20 r 4120 or send e-mail to al11111shyCD

o niCvzlOguelphcab c a

32 CUEIPH ALUM N US

EA RLIER THIS YEAR U ofG

introduced a new approacll to fund-raising that centres on

academic priorities identified by

the ix colleges Now the Unishy

ve rsit y expa nds this initiative

through the formation of a new Annual Fund Cou ncil that will

recruit volunteers to proactiveshy

ly help meet tll0se funding goals

By enlarging the partnershy

ship between academics and fund-raisers we arc focusing our

efforts more clearly on the Un ishy

versi tys overall stra tegic objecshy

tives says Rudy Putns executive

director of campaign progra ms

We are calling on coUege deans to help ensure that our annual

giving programs are providing

the grea test possible benefit to

students Our volunteer and pro-

ALUMNI CElEBRATE NEW HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE CENTRE

The Human KineticsHuman Biology Alumni Association

presented a sketch of the John T Powell Building to U of Cs

new Health and Perfor mance Centre at a June 19 reunion of alumni and former staff Artist Joan Harper BSe(HK)

82 left and retired professor John Powell right witnessed

a presentati on by association pres ident Janet Leonhard BSe(HK) 82 to Prof Terry Graham

SilENT AUCTION MAKES NOISE

A silent auction held Sept 14 to 16 a t the Ou tdoo r Farm

Show in Woods tock Ont ge nshy

erated a lot of excitement and

goodwill in OACs 125th shyanniversary year and raised

$51000 that wi ll support stu shy

dent recruitm ent programs in

the college The auction was organized by Cinty Jocius BSc(Agr) 70 president of

Ginty Jocius amp Associates of

Guelph on behalf of the OAC Alumni Foundation

Auction items donated by friends and exhibitors at th e

farm show included everylhing

from farm equipment and supshyplies to a seven-month-old lla shyma named (-i nty Lorie Jocius

BASe 72 purchased her husshy

bands namesake and gave it to

OAC as an anniversary presen t at th e Sept 25 Heritage Banshy

quet and Ball

FUND-RAISI NG PARTNERSHIPS GROW

fessional fund -raislls wiJl spend

more of thei r time making pershy

so nal requ es ts for gifts to the University and less time on inshy

house administra tion

Members of the Annual Fund

Council will invite donations

Crom alumni members of the campu~ community the paren ts

of current students graduating

classes members of the various

gift clu bs (Presidents Council

etc) and selected corporations

foundations and associations

Development and Public Affairs staff will help target vol unteer

efforts where they wi ll have the

stronges t impact on growin g don or particip ation and fund shy

razsing results

Annual giving is one of the

most crucial parts of an institushy

tion s developmen t agenda says Putns Annu al donors help

maintain the quali ty of estabshylished academic programs espeshy

cially in times of reduced pubshy

lic fundin g he says They also

provide a foundation for special

fun cl-rai sing cam paigns shycampaigns that enable the Unishy

ve rsity to grow by providi ng

funds for major projects that do

not ha ve a traditional so urce of support Tbe ACCESS endowshy

ment for student financial assistshy

ance and the rece nt campaign to upgrade th e Food Science

Building are notable examples For more illjormation aboLit

the An17ual FUlld Co ullcil call Al111tal Fund 17l1lnager Tara George at 519-824-4 120 Ex t

390 1 or Putl7S at ext 6384

GRAD NEWS

U of G Degrees ADA = Associate diploma

in agriculture BA =Bachelor of arts BASe = Bachelor of applied

science BComm = Bachelor of

commerce BHSe Bachelor of houseshy

hold science BLA =Bachelor of

landscape architecture BSA = Bachelor of science in

agriculture (pre-196s) BSe(Agr) Bachelor of

science in agriculture BoSe = Bachelor of science BSe(Eng) =Bachelor of

science in engineering BSc(Env) =Bachelor of

19405

bull The Macdonald Institute

Class of 1941 met each other

for the firsl lime in 1939 and

theyve been gelling logelher rvice a year siIlce gradual ion

Celebrating 60 yea rs of fri end shy

ship this year are Mary (Hcx imer) MacLeln Beth

(jackson) Ca rdifF Mo lly

(Pattrson) Nix Frances

(Pellet) Smith Dorolhy

(Pond) Dunn Jeanne (Taylor )

Hamel Phyllis (Weren) Sobel and Evelyn (Eatun ) Pond

bull Jim Morton BSA 47 posed with his son Robert SA 70

and grandsons Jeff Bell 13A

9 1 and Greg Mo rton

SSc( Eng) 99 at Gregs U of

G convocation in June Retired

from a career in the lumber

business Jim is an OAC llu mmiddot ni volunteer al Guclph and is

aClive in cOm11lUnily work in

Burlington Onto Rob ert is

CEO of the Community Care

Access Centre in Simcoe

Coullly Jeff lcaches in Elmvalc

for the Simcoe County Dislricl School Board and Greg is

working Wilh the COnSlliling

engineering firm of Proclor

science in environmental sciences

BSe(HK) Bachelor of science in human kinetics

BSc(pE) = Bachelor of science in physical education

DHE = Diploma in home economics

DVSc = Doctor of veterinary science

DVM =Doctor of veterinary medicine

GO = Graduate diploma MA = Master of arts MAgr = Master of agriculture MBA = Master of business

admininstration MEng =Master of engineering

and Redfern at its Kitchener

office The Guelph lineage

aCl ually bega n in the Morton fami ly with Greg great shy

grantimoliln Anne Pringle

Morton DH E 1914

Greg Morton Jeff Bell and Jim and

Robert Morton

19505

bull Harold Baker BSA 50

writes to w rrect the e-mail

address publi shed in the last

iss lle of the Clepll Alunnls

Friends (111 conlact the retired

University of Saskatchewan

professo r and Il is wife Phyllis

at ha kc r hdukeL1sa~k ca

bull Barney Goodwin-Wilson BSA 50 is serving a two-year

krm as chair of the hoard of

lhe Onta rio Foocllerminal

The Iomnlo facility is the

MFA = Master of fine art MLA Master of landscape

architecture MMS = Master of management studies MSc =Master of science MSc(Aqua) = Master of

science in aquaculture ODA = Ontario diploma in

agriculture ODH =Ontario diploma in

horticulture OdR = Ontario Diploma in

recreation PhD = Doctor of philosophy

larges t who lesale fruit proshy

duce and flower market in

Canada and one of the largest

in orrh America He was forshymerly director and vice-cha ir

of the board

bull Gary Powell ADA 58

stopped at a remote motel in

western klahoma last

Janu ary and stanee a convershysation with th e only other cusshy

tomer at breakfa st the next

morning Turns out they were

both U of G grads Powell and Joe Deli BSc (Agr ) 64 had a

great time reminiscing abo Llt

ca mpus perso nalities they

both knew I guess one is never really very far from home says Powell

bull Dave Valentine BSA 59 has

retired as (o unty engineer for

the County of Brant in

Ontario He previously spent

23 years with Sir Sandford

Fleming College in Peterborough and has served 8S

engineer for the coun ties of Haliburton and Victoria He

and his wife Carole are now

Jiving near Carlisle Send e-mail

to valcntinworldchatcom

19605

bull Manuel Garcia PhD 67 was

recognized by the government

of the Ph ilippines in December

1998 with one of the highest

honours given to Filipinos Jivshy

ing outside the cou ntr y Garcia

is a senior consulting mi crobishy

ologist with lAS Bioshy

Diagnostic and a former

research scientist with

Agriculture and Agri-Food

Canada in Ottawa He is intershy

nationally recognized for his work in veterinary med icin e

and public health on the early detection of ca mpylobacter

salmonella and other foodshy

borne pathogens He is a memshy

ber of several learned profes shy

sional societies and has been involved in a number of intershy

national developm ent projects

He is also a community volunshy

teer and a pioneer in establishshying the National Council of

Canadian Filipino Associations

as the official voice of Filipino

Canadians nationwide bull Tom Hutchison DVM 65 is

a veterinary pathologist with the Nova Scotia provincial

diagnostic lab In 1998 he

passed the board cer tification exa ms for the American

College of Poultry Veterinarians in Baltimore but

the years highlights came in

late summer - a first grandshy

child for Tom and his wife

Eileen in August and the birth

of their own son Scott in

September bull Brian Little ADA 67 BSc(Agr) 72 and MSc 78

was elected president of the

Canadian 4-H Foundation in

May He was previously presishy -dent of the Ca nadian 4-H

Co uncil and a co uDcil represhysentative for his employe r the

Royal Bank of Canada He has been a fou ndation trustee for

f allWinter 1999 33

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several years and has a strong

4-H background as a member

and a club leader

19705

bull Doug Franklin SA 72 was

recen tly a ppoin led execu tive

director of the Multiple

Sclerosis Association of

America its hea d office is in

Cherry Hill NJ He was forshy

merly with the International

Youth Foundation in

Baltimore Md

bull Cathie Leimbach

SSc(Agr) 78 and MAgr 88

visi ted U of G this fa ll as

agrologist-in-residence It was

the sixth year of the program

co-sponsored by OAC and the

Ontario Institute of

Agrologists (OlA ) Raised on

an Ontario dairy and swine

farm Leimbach is past presishy

dent of the OI A and a partner

in STRIVE a team specializshy

in g in training facilitation and

consulting She now lives on a

cash-crop farm in Ohio

bull Willem Moolenbeek BSe

77 and MSe 8 1 studied biolshy

ogy and entomology at U of G

at the same time he was learnshy

ing to play the saxophone with

the Royal Conservatory of

Mu sic He says he still loves

science but music has become

his career A recitalist soloist

and clinician he has been a

saxophone instructor at

McMaster University in

Hamilton Ont fo r 15 years

He also teaches at the 19805

University of Waterloo pri- bull Bruce Brown BSe(Agr)

vately and at the National 85 and his wife Claudia

Music Ca mp of Canada where (Liebscher) BA 84 have three

he sometimes offers an infor- children who are beginning to

mal course on in sect identifi- display their dads musical

cation There are always a few prowess on the kazoo After 14

kids who really dig that he years of dairy farming Bruce

says U of G music lovers want back to school to earn an

enjoyed his saxophone music education degree and is now

at a noon-hour concert in teaching science with the

October Durham District School

bull Peter Vaughan SA 77 and Board

MA 77 was appointed secre- bull Tom Burns BA 89 and MA

tar y general and CEO of the 91 is a member of the

Canadian Medical Association Victoria Police in Melbourne

in June A fa culty member in Australia Last summer he

two departments at John s welcomed visitors from the

Hopkins University and in the RCMP including Kevin Durie

Department of Family BA 93 They quickly estab-

Medicine at the University of lished a U of G connection

Ottawa he is a fo rmer presi- including Duries student

dent of the medical staff at employment at Dcr Keller

Guelph General Hospital and a which was Burns s favourite

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the job says Burns but this

time we spent most of our

time talking about the great

times we had at U of G In

still another coincidence

Durie is married to Christine

Blake-Durie BA 91 and MA

93 who was a member of

Burnss MA group Burns says

other U of G grads travelling

to Melbourne are more than

welcome to drop in

bull Stuart Jackson ADA 87 is

distribution manager for

Burnbrae Farms Ltd in Delta

Onto He sends greetings to all

OAC friends including the

diploma classes of 1979 and

1980

bull Laurel (Murdoch) Koumarelas BComm 84 is

an ESL teacher with the

Toronto School Board She

and her husband Gus live in

Mississauga with their sons

Robert and Evan

bull Trish Looman BA 87

works for Royal LePageshy

Vantage in Guelph She speshy

cializes in residential multishy

unit real estate

bull Laima (Karosas) Laffitte

BSe(Agr) 85 and MAgr 91

lives in Wendover Ont with

her husband Vincent MAgr

91 and their children Yohan

and Marina Laima is the

advertising manager for The

Canadian Veterinary Journal and Vincent is an account

manager at the St Isidore

branch of Scotiabank Theyd

like to hear from classmates

via e-mail at Iaffitteonsymshy

paticoca They also want to let

OAC 85 grads know that the

class executive is building a

Web page at wwwrkdecom

oac85 and needs updated

names and addresses (includshy

ing e-mail) to add to the

directory f IS-year reunion

is being planned for Dec 2

and 32000

bull Cheryl Miller-Oh BASe

91 and her husband Tae live

in Southfield Mich with their

twins Nathalie and Nathan

born in October 1998 She is a

health-care consultant with

Computer Sciences

Corporation Send e-mail to

millerohsprintca

bull Vijay Singh MSe 70 has

been awarded the Arthur K Barton Endowed Professorship

at Louisiana State University

He also recently received an

honorary degree and a

Fulbright Award for his work

in the area of entropy

bull Gayle (Barton) Tapper BSe

81 (biological science) and 83

(computing science) has been

employed at Memorial

University in St Johns Nfld

for 14 years in the Department

of Computing and

Communications She is comshy

pleting graduate work in phishy

losophy and humanities at

Memorial and is the principal

harpist with the

Newfoundland Symphony

Orchestra Last year she

released a CD of Latinworld

traditional music on the South

American harp Visit her Web

site at httpwwwucsmun

cal -gay

bull Carolyn Riddell BA 85 is

running an active arts educashy

tion and paintingprintmaking

studio in Fergus Ont

bull Laura Wilkinson BSe 85

and MSe 87 is a coroner in

British Columbia and lives on

a cattle ranch near 70 Mile

House

19905

bull Kristi Adamo BSc(HK)

96 and MSc 98 and Rob

McMullin BSe 95 were

married in May 1999 and Jive

in Ottawa

bull Michelle (Pilon) Bacon BA

90 has been living in London

England with her husband

Tim and children Juliette and

Lucien but they are planning a

return to Canada They will be

AIRBORNE ALUMNUS Olive Thompson DHE 35 celebrated her 85th birthday

with her head in the clouds She made her first parachute

jump with instructor Scott Borghese in Simcoe Ont in June

and says it was the most exciting thing shes done in her life

Thompson lives in Dunnville and has four children and three

grandchildren When she asked them about the paracbute

jump they told her to go for it Shes considering a repeat I U

jump next year and hopes her adventure will be a good S o

example for other seniors A dedicated member of the class -lt CD

of Mac 35 Thompson was president of the University of s Guelph Alumni Association in 197778 and keeps busy now VI

I

with volunteer work for the Salvation Army Z

living in Calgary and welcome

contact with western grads

and friends from Guelph Send

e-mail to m_e_baconhotshy

maicom

bull Deborah (Panton) Bodden

BASc 93 and her husband

Lyndhurst were married in

1998 and live in Grand

Cayman Cayman Islands

where she teaches primary

schoo

bull Elizabeth Cardno MSe 99

is working with the Rural

Health Research Consortium

at the University of

Saskatchewan developing

research projects on rural

health issues in relation to the

Canadian Institute for Health

Research

bull Jeannine Cote BA 9 J lives

in Hamilton Ont and works

o -lt

as a health -care aide and

home-support worker

bull Jeremy Debling BSe 94 is

a formulation chemist in the

pharmaceutical development

department at Novopharm

Limited in Toronto

bull Angela Dodd BA 93 and

Christopher Kemp

BSe(HK) 94 were married

Aug 14 Theyve bought a new

home in Etobicoke Ont

where he works for Canada

3000 Airlines and at Kingsway

Physiotherapy as a kinesioloshy

gist She is employed at

Manulife Financial in -Waterloo

bull Sheryl Harding Friedrich

BASe 85 is a full-time mom

and part-time nutrition conshy

sultant in Cannington Onto

She and her husband Cal

FallWinter 1999 35

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have three child ren Jonathan

Daniel and Anna

bull Anne Marie (Henwood)

Harman BA 95 is enjoying

her time at home with one shy

year-old Jenna She and her

husband Murray can be

reached bye-mail at 3harshy

mansstormca

bull Rosaleen Heffernan BA 96

and Barry Liboiron BSe 97

were married in August

Theyre both studying at the

University of British

Co lumbia where Liboiron is

doing a PhD in chemistry and

He ffe rnan is completing a

degree in educati on

bull Krista Hilton BASe 95

lives in Halifax with her hlls shy

band Michael Galloway She is

a priest in the Anglican Church

of Canada and serves as curate

a t the Cathedral Church of All

Sain ts Friends can reach her at

aj568chebllctonsca

bull Michael Kennard BA 86

starred as Mump the Clown in

the Canadian Stage Company

production of Mump amp Smoo t

in Something Else With Zug last

winte r at tbe Canadian Stage

Theatre in Toronto

bull Sharon McConnell BSe 90

and MSe 93 went on from U

of G to earn a diploma in

business management from

Wilfrid Laurier University

Since 1995 she has worked in

Toronto as a project director at

Burak Ja co bson Market

Resea rch Partners Ine

bull Michael McKay-Fleming BA

92 has launched two daily

comic strips via the Internet

Check out his Inane Producshy

tions Web site at http mem

bershomenetinaneprod to folshy

low the adventures of a free-spirshy

ited teenager named Alice and all

the animals in a new VVildlife

comielf you like comic strips

this fine art grad invites you to

enjoy his talent and humour

bull Andrew Nicholls MA 90 nications in Cambridge

and PhD 97 is an assistant bull Christine (Rogers) Patten

professor of history at Buffalo BA 9 1 lives in Toronto and

State College in Buffalo N Y has been working as a sales

He recen tly published the representative and industry

book The Jacobean Union A training facilitator since grad-

Reconsideration of British Civil uation She and her husband

Policies Under th e Early Vincent celebrated the birth of

Stuarts which offers a new their first child Gareth in

perspective on the role of mul - March 1999

tiple monarchy in the early bull Guiseppe Peritore

modern British kingdoms BSe(HK) 96 is studying

bull Jennifer (Pope) Parney physical therapy at the

BASc 94 works at Chatham- University of To ronto He

Kent Integrated Childrens married Rita Lavalle in May

Service - Heritage Campus 1999 and lives in Oakv ille His

- with chi ldren and families e-mail address is

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bull Sarah Perkins BSe(Agr) bull Tammy Tipler Priolo 92 joined Pfizer Animal BASe 90 lives in her hom e

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W illiam Ba rnes DVM 59 died Sept 7

1999 He grew up in th e N iagara area

but spent his professio nal ca ree r in a

ve terina ry prac ti ce in Ill inois He was a

dr ivi ng force in the American Ve ter inary

Medica l Assooatio n and in bo th the

Chicago and IlJin o is assoc iatio ns He

was also a fo un ding mem ber o f the

Ch icago-based Friends of Unicerslty of

Guelph a char itable o rga nizat ion

founded in 1975 to serve Guelph a lumni

living in the United Sta tes

George Dickson BSA 38 di ed Oct 9

1999 H e spen t h is entire career w ith

Canada Packers moving up f[Om mai l

cle rk to exec lltive vice-presid ent and

d irector After retirin g in 1976 he

devoted ma ny vo lu ntee r hours to U of

G 3S a memb er of Boa rd o f Gove rno rs

and the OAC Alumni Associatio n

Jam es Pinkney DVM 37 died July 3

1999 A respected ve ter in aria n in his

hom e to~ll o f Cooksv il le O nt he was

also recog nized as a p remier swi ne

breeder showman and judge He was

active in m any agricultural o rga niza shy

tio ns and in both the Ontario and

Canadian Vete rinary Med ical assoc iashy

tio ns He was a lo ngti me supporte r o f

th e Unive rsity especially the OVC

museum and was named OVC

Di stinguished Alumnus in 1987

Audrey Yea nd le DHE 25 di ed March

17 1999 in St ratford O nto A profes shy

sio nal diet it ia n she wo rked to two hosshy

p itals and tau ght home eco no m ics at

the Jo hn Fi he r School In Toro nto

Active In com munity orga nizatio ns and

her chu rch she was a lo ng time U of G

suppo rter and left an es ta te gift of over

$475000 to p rov ide bursaries for future

Gu elph students

Alumni

Jo hn Andrews DVM 38 June 27 1999

Harris Baker BSA 33 Febru ary 1998

Hu gh Balkwill BSA 53 June 27 1999

John Bowles BA 72 Sept 23 1999

Edward Bowness DVM 32 May 13 1999

Rud y Brown BSA 59 June 29 1999

Walter Bunn BSA 52 Sept 2 1999

Margaret Byrnes DHE 40 Apr il 22 1999

Joa n Cameron DH E 36 April 10 1999

Wil liam Cape ll BSA 54 Aprd 25 1999

T homas Ca rd BSA 47Ju ne 20 1999

Jean a rter DH E 38 Jun e 28 1999

Loi Clipsham D H E 27 Ju ne 23 1999

Bruce Cohoe BSA 3 3 Feb 2 1999

Geoffrey Collins BSA 28 May 21 1999

Al exander C o nnell ADA 60 Ju ly 26

1999

John Currie BA 74 Sep t 18 1999

William C u rrie BSA 59 Nov 27 1998

C arma n Davey DVM 39 Apr il 15 1999

D oug Doerksen ADA 84 Ju ne 5 1999

Joann e DU ll can -Robinson BA 81 and

MA 86 July 22 1999

Robert Erskine BSA 41 May 2 1999

Will ia m Fisher BSA 48 Aug 5 1999

Norm Freeman BSA 49 July 2 1999

Alexander Gc ncr BSA 32 Dee 27 1998

Rudy Goltz BSA 33 July 28 1 999

Tom Grah am BS 50 Dee 3 1998

Ed na Has tings D H E 32 July 11 1999

Jack Hea theringto n DVM 54 April 18

1999

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Ralph Hills BSA 54 June 14 1999

Murray Ho ltby ADA 47 O ct 29 1998

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Karen ( Re ichardt ) Kister B H Se 70

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John Laffert ) BSA 5 1 Aug II 1999

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1999

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1999

Ri chard M cDonald O AC C la ss of 47

lV1arch 24 1999

john Meeuse ADA 58 July 19 1999

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George Plakidas MA 93 date unknown

Virgini a Reed ODH 66 1arch 1 1999

Rose Reynold s D HE 28 Apri l 17 1999

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Jam es Ross BSA 34 Au g 23 1999

Gra nt Savage D VM 48 Ma rch 2 1999

Earl Shuh BSA 36 July 5 1999

Eu gene Smith BSA 3 1 Jan 27 1999

Will iam Smyth MA 90 Oc tober 1997

Ch er yl Ann Somerville BSe(Agr) 96

Sept IS 1999

Carl Stevenson BSA 46 Aug 26 1999

Robert Tennant BSA 49 May 5 1999

Gregory Tostevin BA 93 Feb 10 1999

Gerald Trant BSA 51 Sept 1 1999

Bennie Urquhart DV M 54 April 4 1999

Ga il Wamsl ey BA 70 July 24 1998

Gladys Ward D IlE 27 Apri l 8 1999

Catherine Welch BSA 22 Ma rch 3 1998

M abel ( McCa rthy) Ziegler DH E 26

Apr il 29 1999

Facu lty amp Staff Pro f Sid Gilbert Sociolog) and An thro shy

polog) Sept 8 1999

Rev Canon Ritchie McMurray

eCllm enical ch aplain 1968 to 1983

Aug 19 1999

Frie nds

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Frank Watson March 23 1999

Barry Woods Jul y 30 1999

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UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

the CWay CWe CWere FROM THE ARCHIVES

HISTORIANS CANT PINPOINT the date that the Unishy

versity o f Gu elphs landmark portico was carved

from Ontario limesto ne but its familiar columns preshy

date the 1874 fo und ing o f the Ontario Agricu ltural Colshy

lege by several yea rs

Originally fronting a fa rmh ouse on Moreton Lodge

Farm the orna te front porch stoo d at the entrance of

the main co ll ege building until the O ld Res idence was

demolished in 1929 to make way for the co nstruction

of Johnston Hall Its believed the portico was erected

on Johnston Green in 1934

Because the ravages of time and weather had weakshy

ened the limestone structure to a dan gerous point it

was dismantled earlier this fall and underwent muchshy

needed repairs to the stonework ceiling and roof The

OAC Class of 1949 raised $75000 to fund the p roject

as a 50th-anniversa ry gift to the ca mpu s and a way to

commemo rate the 125th anniversa ry of OAC

Now completely restored the portico is back in place

on Johnston Green whe re it co ntinues to se rve as an

elegant reminder of ca mpus histor y and a favour ite

pla ce fo r convocation and wedding photographs

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MATHEMATICS NETWORK LINKS Convocation Speakers WITH INDUSTRY

Inspire Graduates PROFS ANNA Lawniczak and Bill Langford Mathematics

When Canadian author Jane Urquhartand Statistics have pla yed received an honorary degree at springintegral roles in the first fedshy

convocation June 8 she reminisced about erally funded resea rch netshywork of academic and cor shy her own student days at U of G her 1971

graduation and her life as a person luckyporate mathematicians The Mathematics of Information enough to be able to pursue her lifes vocashyTechnology and Complex tion as a full-time job Urquhart spoke from Systems involves researchers th e heart but her words were often echoed

by other honourees during the four days of

ceremonies Us criminologist William

Chambliss Canadian medical researcher

Michel Chretien former Swedish president

Ola Ullsten and Stanley Falkow a pioneer

in molecular genetics w (]) At the final ceremony June 11 U of G

~ presented the first posthumous honorary I U V degree in its history to Charles Zavitz

-uZ rgt= who graduated in the Ontario Agricultural o --ltlaquo o2 VlColleges first degree class in 1881 and

gtshy(]) -ltheaded its field crop research programo I shy ~ o r for 35 years Zavitzs honorary degree was ~ -shy z

accepted by his grandson James Zavitz Vgt

in recognition of OACs 125th anniversary from 22 Canadian universi shy ~

mties and will receive $145 m illion in federal funding over the next four years Family Stress Under Study Ottawa will then review the project before providing U OF Gs CENTRE for Families small and medium-sized compashy The principal in vestigator another $105 million Work and Well-Being wi ll nies with fewer than 500 employshy will be Prof Kerry Daly Famishy

This research cen tre of investigate the stresses that face ees Researchers will use nation shy ly Relations and Applied Nutri shyexcellence will focus on forgshy working families across Canashy wide focu s groups to id entify tion who is co-di rector of the ing links between universities da tha nks to a recent $185000 practices that help reduce fumil y centre He says the project fits and industry and on training award from the JW McCo nnell stress and will di sse minate recshy well with th e cen tres aim to young researchers Universi shy Family Foundation one of ommenda tions to business and co nduct research thal exp lores ty researchers will work with Canadas largest private char ishy goverrullent The project may elisa the work- famil y ba lance allows applied mathematicians from table organizations lead to an awards system for faculty to establish connections private and public institutions The mon ey will fund an Ca nadian businesses exempli fy shy witl business organizations and on everything from designing eight-month researcll project ing the integration of work and involves students in th e process drug therapy and telephone examining best work practices in family for healthy li ving of social change networks to understandi ng complex new materials A prishymary goal of the network is IN FA(T U of G is one of Canadas premier research institutions to shor ten the lead time

Guelph faculty have attracted the second-largest per-capita share of research funding under between discovery and applishy

the Canada Foundation for Innovation cation of research knowledge

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NEW WEB SITE SAVES TIME COMPUTER USERS turning to the

World Wide We b for informa shy

tion about U of G will fi nd it

eas ier and faster to ge t answers

they need when they click on to

the University s new Web site

Visitors at wwwuoguelph ca wiil

fi nd a new horne pa ge design

and a quick-link toolb ar that

fea tures a direct link to alumni

inform ation and immediate

access to campus news a nd

coming events Other new fea shy

tures includ e a ca mpu s news

page and a three-dime nsio nal

map that a ll ows us ers to dick

directly on a building or to

search by either department or

building name U of G s Web

Steering Committee includ ed a

us er feedba ck functi o n and

hopes visitors will use it to comshy

ment on the site and to seek

more in forma tion abo ut Guelph

programs and se rvices

APPOINTMENTS PROF ALASTAIR Summerlee

has been named associate

vice-president (acad em ic)

following the departure of

Prof Co nstance Rooke who

left U of G to become presishy

dent of the University of

Winnipeg Summerlee was

formerly dean of graduate

studies In his new posit ion

he will oversee the quality

and development of undershy

graduate programs at U of G

PATRICK CASE form er

equity adviser for the Toronshy

to District School Board has

been appointed director ofU

of Gs Human Rights and

Equity Office A 1986 gradshy

uate of Osgoode Hall Law

School Case practised fam shy

ily human rights and immishy

gration law before joining the

Toronto school board in

1991 and is now completing

a masters degree in consti shy

tutionallaw

B OF G WElCOMES NEW CHAIR SIMON COOPER pres ident of

Marriott Hotels of Canada in

Etobicoke Ont is the new chair

of U of Gs BOlld of Governors

He succeeds Doug Dodds chair

and CEO of Schneider Corporashy

tion in Kitchener who has served

as chair since 1995 Cooper who

Join ed the board in 1995 was

vice -chair in 199899 and was

instrumental in raising more than

$1 50000 with in the 110spi tali ty

industry to benefit U of Gs

ACCESS campaign for student

fInancial assistance The board

also welcom es new members

Mary-Eli7abeth Flynn CEO of

KM2 Holdings Ltd Hank Va nshy

der Pol president of Rol-Land

Farms Ltd Prof Chris McKenshy

na chair of the Department of

Eco nomics food science gradushy

ate student Susa n Abraham and

undergradua te students Juli e

Cugalj and Jeff Ramlogan

ROYAL SOCIETY FELLOWS WELCOME DWIVEDI POLITICA L SC IENCE professor

OP Dwivedi has been named a

Fellow of th e Royal Society of

Ca nada the high es t scho larl y

recogniti on a Canadian academshy

ic can receive He joins 18 other

U of G facult y (current and

retired ) who have earned tbe title

Herbert Armstrong (deceased)

Te rry Beveridge Microbiology

Derek Bewley Botany Peter Egelshy

staff Physics Chris Gray Physics

Paul Hebert 70010g y Gabri el

Karl Physics Ke n Kasha Plant

Agriculture John Leslie Philosshy

oph) Donald Masters History

Larry IVlilligan vice-president

(research) Jay Newman Philosshy

ophy Bernhard Nickel Physics

Ann Oaks Botany Larry Pe tershy

so n Botany Michael Ruse Phishy

losophy Bruce Sells Molecular

Biology amp Genetics an d Joh n

Simpson Physics

Faculty Association and the Col shy

lege of Arts

bull Sonya Go ldberg an MA student

in the Depa rtmen t of His to ry

has won th e prestigious Sir

lohn A Macdonald Grad uate

Fellowsh ip in Canadian History

bull U of Gs School of Engineering

is the first in Canada to be recshy

ognized by the Canadian Engi shy

neering Memorial Foundation

with an award for providing a

women middotfriendly environment

Cre ated to mark the 10th

anniversary of the fatal shootshy

ing of 14 women at Montreals

Ecole Poly technique th e award

recog nizes U of Gs collegial

atmosphere an d the schools

4o-per-cent femal e enrolment

which is twice the nation al

average

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bull Philosophy professor Michael cultural Hall of Fame in June as

Ruse is one of seven sc holars a North American leader in the

- and the only Canadian - to production processing and ma rshy

recei ve a special writing grant keting of turkey and chicken

from the John Templeton Foun shy Cuddy received an hono rary

dation and Philade lphia Centre degree from U of G in 1994 for Religion and Science He bull Don Zira ldo BSc(Agr) 71 coshy

will use the $100000 US award founder of In niskillin Wines Inc

to writ e a book about science of Niagara-on-the middotLake Ont

and religion captu red a gold meda l from

bull AM Mac Cuddy BSA 42 was Vine xpo 99 in Bordeaux

inducted into the Ontario Agri- France for the co mpanys 1997

ice wine Inniskillin also

recei ve d the CIVART Award for

Excellence for Out standing

Selection of the Best Wines of

the World

bull Prof Daniel Fischlin Literatures

and Performance Studies in

English has won three teac hshy

ing awa rds in the last year shy

from the Ontario Confederation

of University Facu lty Associa shy

tions the University of Guelph

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ENVIROPIGS AN ENVIRONMENTAL

BOON U OF G R ES E A RC HERS have ge netically engineered pigs that should help solve th e biggest environmental problem facing hog farmers

The Envi roplgs developed by Pcof Cecil forsbecg M icroshybiol og y Prof Jo hn Philli ps Molec ular Biology and Ge ne tshyics and microbiology graduate stud ent Serguei Golova n proshyduce manure containing 50 per cent less phosphorus Phosshyphorus is a wdter pollutant th at promotes the growth of a lgae in rivers lakes and strea ms ultishymately de pleting oxygen in the water and affect ing fi sh stocks

Enviropigs shou ld help solve the pro blem Norm all y pigs cannot digest phyta tr a form of phosphorus WI th direc t su pshyport from O ntario pork proshyduce rs the Guelph sc ientists took an E coli gene tha t makes the enzyme phytase and spliced it wi th a fragm ent of a mo use gene th at cont ro ls the producshytion of a protein secreted in the sa livar y glands The cOlllposite gene was then inse rted into th e nucl eus of a on e-celled pig

12 GU ELPH ALUMNUS

embr)To via a tiny needle The tran sgene will allow the

Envirop ig to make ph ytase in th e saliva ry gland and secrete it into the saliva where it is swa lshylowed with food The phy ta se

releases orga nic phospho rus so it can be absor bed by the bloodstream ins tead of being excreted in manu re

Th ree transgenic pigs have been born and are bein g monshyitoced by the resea rchers but it will likely be stveraJ yea rs befo re Envirop igs are ready to be comshymercialized

COMPUTER SIMULATIONS

BENEFIT MEDICAL RESEARCH

Two U OJ G SC IENTJ STS are using computer simulations to help medica l and ve terinar y researchers deve lop treatments for diseases caused by iOll chanshynels gone awr y

Profs Saul Go ldman Chemi stry and Biochemistry and Chri s Gray Phys ics are using computer pro gra ms to simulate the workings of tin y passages in cell membranes that serve as ga tekeepers passin g ions such as sodium and potas-

IN FACT Scientists build on knowledge that mlY lead to the ability to repair DNA

otes sium into and out of cell s

Sc ien ti sts have uncovered dozen s of hum an ion channel mutations tha t underlie diseases in heart brain muscle and othshyer tissues

The Guelph researchers modshyel the Aow of ions through chanshynels an d stu dy the microscop ic workings of iOll channel proteins Th ey hope to ga in informat ion useful to ph armaceutical comshypanies an d gene docto rs

The U of G co mputer modshyel is curre ntl y the only way to simu late the workings of ion chl1lnel proteins and the effects of alteri ng th eir stru ctu re dnd function The resea rchers say that over th e long term lear nshy

ing more about th e ge netic un derpi nnin gs of io n channel diseases such as cyst ic fib rosis might allow sCIe nti sts to rep air DNA itself

LITERARY RESEARCH CLICKS WITH TECHNOLOGY

U DF G E N GLI S H PR OFESSO R Susan Brow n is helping to cli ck on a new way to pub lish and stud y sc holarship in the humanit ies

Brown is one of six co-invesshytigators on th e Orlando Project which involves p ro fe sso rs and students trom the universities of Guelph and Alberta who are developing th e first full scholarshyly history of wo mens writings in the Britisb Isles Th ey will pubshyLsh it in an electronic format that wi ll allow users to search vast volumes ofbiog rltlphical inforshy

mation critical discussion and contextual mate rial in seconds

The pIoject will prov ide an account or wo me ns wri ting across the cen turies that addressshyes issu es raised by recent fe mishynist tbinkers and scholars of womens wr iting Brown and other inves tigators are not mereshyly col lecting primary mater ial but are also encoding literalY hisshytory as they wr ite it lllcluding references to literary reviews and analysis of write rs work Comshyputers will store and manipulate

basic rtsea rch materia l Named for the Virgin ia Woolf

fictiona l character who begins to write as an Elizabethan man and emerges as a full y developed fema le writer the Orlando Proshyjec t has been funded by a $16shymillion gran t from the Social Scishyences and Hu manit ies Resea rch Counci l and by th e uni ve rsities of Albe rta and Guelph

CANADIANS VALUE THEIR PETS

VIE A LL KNO W TJ-JiT Ca nadians -love their dogs and cats but did you know that keeping Fido and Fluffy happ) and healthy is worth billions to the nations economy

A fi rst -ever stud y by LJ of G

economics professo r John Livshyernois reveals that Canad ian pet ow ners spend nearly $3 billion annually on food veterinary care and supplies for their comshypanion animals - almost $1

billion in Ontario alone Th e pet industry also supports nearshyly 40000 jobs nati onally

The study commissioned by the Ontario Veterinary College revea ls that pets are an imporshytant family budget item across all income classes and aU provinces Nearly half of Canadia n house shyholds have a companion animal and the average family spends a few hundred dollars a year on pets an amou nt that rises with in come levels

The magni tud e of pet expenditures is an indicator of the value of companion ani shymals in society says Live rnois

The study also identified the intangible benefits of pets including emotional support companionship improved socializa ti on skills in children and th erapeutic effects

Animals are companions and confidants says OVC proshyfessor Cindy Adams a speciaJist in the human-animal bond We are very much a buying-orishyented society but the relationship with our pets is still very pure

People are also becomi ng more sensit ive to their pers needs she says The y are demanding the same type of care and service from their ve tshyerinarians as they do from their docto rs

The study notes that most

veterinary practices depend on peoples attachment to their pets Of the]] 06 veterinary practices in Ontar io 726 are exclusively companion-animal practices Even mixed-animal practices derive about half th eir income from companion animal services

NEW CANCER TEST MAY IMPROVE

SURVIVAL RATES U N IVER S llY OF GUELPH

researchers have helped develshyop a new blood test that detects ovar ian cancer at a stage when it is still treatable by surgery and chemotherapy

Senior research associate Dong Gaudette and Prof Bruce Holub Human Biology and Nutritional Sciences collaboratshyed with doctors from Texas and Ohio on the patented blood test [t will be devel oped by Atairgin Technologies Inc in Irvine Calif Clinical trials begin tbis yea r

Diagnosis of ovarian canshycer during tbe eady stages could mea n dramatically higher SLlrshyvival rates says Ga ud ette The blood test detected 75 per cen t

IN FACT A new blood test detected 75 per cent of early-stage ovarian cancer

of the ea rly-stage ovaria n canshycer samples

Currently diagn os is in abo ut 70 per cen t of women occ urs during the more

advanced stages of the disease Each yea r ovarian cance r kill s ]500 women in Ca nada and

14500 in the United States T I e two researchers discovshy

ered a fat called lyso phosphatidic acid that is prese nt in higher

quantities in ca ncerous tissue It is also detected in the blood

DEVELOPING A NEW VACCINE FOR CATTLE

KIND ER GEN TLER CATTLE vacshyc ines may become a reality thanks to the development of an oral cattle vacci ne by a U of G research tea m

Profs Reggi e Lo Microbiolshyogy Patricia Shewen Pathobiolshyogy and Judith Strommer Plant

Agri cultu re are tryi ng to pro shyduce a transgenic lin e of alfalfa that calTies a bacterial gene The alfalfa is designed to produce a natural antigen to help boost bovine immune response to a type of pneumonia in ca ttle

Traditional vaccina tion b)

needl e injection requires rounding up and restra ining the cattle and is costly and stressful to animals says Lo If we ca n create an o ral deli very system using transgenic alfalfa we can simply add th e alfalfa to tbe regul ar feed

The team is creating the oral

vacci ne system using a gene from a well-known bacterium and is transferring tbe bacterishyal D--1 into the recip ient alfalshy

fa plant s Once tb e transgenic alfalfa line is es tabli shed and the ge ne is producing the bacshyteri al ant igens as planned th ey will feed the transgenic alfalfa to th e cattle to see whether an immun e response occurs If the o ral vaccine works it will mea n healthier cattle with less use of antibiotics in livestock being fed for hum an consul11ption

GENETIC TEST COULD BOOST

SOYBEAN EXPORTS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN Canada testing is available to detect the presence of geneticall ) modified orga nisms (CMOs) in soybea n products Th e testin g wi ll be overseen by U of Gs Laboratoshyr) Serv ices The uelph Mole shycular Supercentre will offer the GMO-check Soya Iest Kit

There is a stron g need for such a commercial tes t in Ca nashyda especially with the increase in produc tion of Givl so) beans says rcsclrciler Shu Chen Its estishymated that 10 to 20 pe r cent of the 21 111illion acres of soybeans planted in the province this year were gendi(all y modified

The test deteels the protein expressed In Monsantos Roundup Read y v1[ia nt of soyshy

beans The most popular GM soybean secds on th e market a re res is tant to Roundup a com l11only used herbicide The test has been va lidated for aCCllshy

rac y by 37 laborator ies in th e Eu ropean Union (EU )

The te st is poised to be a boon for soybean exp orte rs Currently food products co nshytainin g CIvIC) that are exportshyed to the EU mu st be clearly labell ed and many consumers are now dem anding the option to choose between genetically modified and non-geneticall y l110dified foods Previously th e sampl es had to be se nt to th e United Sta te s for testi ng a process that was both cosuy and ti me-consu m i ng

IN FACT Up to 20 per cent of the soybeans grown in -Ontario this year were genetically modified

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bull bull

Gayle Anderson Andrew Vowles Alexander Wooley

IClne Guelph scientists strengthen the role ofveterinary medicine

in solving human health problems

Pre-eclampsia in pregnant women Organ

transplants Human colorectal cancer Bactershy

ial resistan ce to antibiotics Theyre all topics

you might expect to hear discussed in a human

medical lab or teaching hospital but in the corshy

ner office of the Ontario Veterinary College

OVC dean Alan Meek smiles and acknowlshy

edges the apparent paradox of discussing the

effects on human medicine of resea rch conshy

ducted in his corner of the University of Guelph

campus But you dont need too powerful a

microscope to reveal the research connections

among dogs cats horses and well humans

Referring to his hefty copy of Veterinary

Medicine and Human Health written by his Unishy15 co versity of California colleague Calvin Schwabe laquo

~ Meek says the distinction between animal and w

~ human is rather misleading Go back far enough

~ - before the Judeo-Christian concept of human z

~ uniqueness and superiority - and youll find o

~ no clear line sepa ra t ing the practitioners of

14 GUELPH AWYI K US

human and animal health The healers made

no distinction between whether they were lookshy

ing after the owner of the ca ttle or the cattle

says Meek It was the notion of one medicine

Of course theres no denying that animal

health rem ains the domain of the veterinary

researcher an d practitioner As ve terinarians

we have a mandate to understand animals and

things that affect their health so we can preshy

vent problems and care for th em says Meek

I suspect that when most people think about

veterinary medicine thats th e first piece they

think about

But animal heal th is only one of the four pilshy

lars of the veterinary profession - th e others

are public health environmental health and bioshy

medical sciences - whose research and teachshy

ing rest on the base of comparative medicine -We are the only medical profession that looks

at medicine across species he says Thats one

of the great strengths of veterinary medicine

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Public health con cerns range from food SJfft) to zoonotic diseases (diseases that can be traLl smi tted from anim als to humans) and antibiotic resistance amon g diseaseshyca using bacteria It was this pillar that occushypied many veterinarians during the earlier decades of this century o ften as health inspectors

Iith the ad vent of antibiotics and varshyious advances in technology seemingly more stimulating research avenues beckshyoned for vete rin ary scientists But at this end of the 20th cen tury says Meek we find ourselves again confronting many of those earlier problems such as tuberculosis and medical professionals are refocllsing on the importance of public health issues

Veterinarians have also played a signifishycant role in th e evolution and application of ecosystem healt h practices because of their expe rtise in co mp arative medicine toxicology ep idemiology and wildlife disshyease Changes in wildlife health are the first results and so metimes the first signs of envishyronmental problems We dont live in a box reserved for one species says Meek gtle live in the same env ironment We interact in very intimate ways with other an imals in the environment so its not surp rising there are all kinds of crossovers and that you can learn J lot tbat can improve the heal th and lovell-being of peo ple and other animals

That trutl is becoming more ev ident as biomedical science uses new and more speshyci fic technologic As yo u start looking at the cellular and subcellular levels and the chromosomes and the genes it doesnt realshyly mat ter that much whether youre lookshyin g at a ge ne chromosome or cell that came ou t of a person or a dog says Meek vVhen YOLi get down to that level the fundamenshytal building blocks are the same - nucleic acids dnd blse units I think we as a professhysion have a tremendou s amount to offer there becJuse of our mand ate wlich is so broad Vete rinar ians look after all animals excep t for people in th e sense of providing handS-Oil care We can learn a lot from these othe r species There are diseases in other animals that have analogies to human disshyeases so we can learn from that and use th em as n1tural models

He expec ts to see mor e collaboration IIlJ information sharing alllong human medical and veterinary researchers Its not

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so amazing to understand that we would ha ve folks working on things that have a human application It co mes from our manshydate our responsibilities and histo ry and the comparative approach

The fourth pillar of veterinary medicine offers many impressive examples of co mshyparative medicine In the next few pages we present a small sample of current OVC research initiat ives that are providing immeshydiate and direct benefit to human medicine and health

disease similar to pre-eclampsia In mice lacking these lymphocy te cells she grafted bone marrow containing gra ft s with NK cells and found that the implantation sites returned to a no rmal state

Croys research has gained worldwide recognition for its considerable applicabilshyity to human fetal development and because it provides a useful animal model for this gestational disease Her work may eventu shyall) show scientists how to eliminate preshyeclampsia during human pregnancy It will also help vets and farmers understand how

Reproductive technologies

Prof Anne Croy Biomedical Sciences is intent on discovering why pregnant women develop pre-eclampsia a serious illn ess that typically occurs during th e second half of pregnancy High blood pressure is the major symptom If pre-eclampsia occurs th e baby must be delivered immediately or the mothshyer may experience convulsions or even die To better understand the ilness Croy is examining lymphocytes in the uterus par shyticularlya group of specialized lymphocyte cells that multiply during early pregnancy

These NK cells or natural killers regushylate gene expression and attack foreign invaders such as cancerous tumours Their main r01 e during pregnancy is to dilate blood vessels as the uterus grows preventshying blood pressure from rising to dangershyous levels Croy and her research team have discovered that lack of NK ceUs in the uterus may cause reproductive problems and lead to smaller infants whose growth is retard shyed into adulthood

Working with mice Croy found th at removing NK cells before mating led to a

uterine lymphoc ytes work in lives tock which is why her studies are funded by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs as well as the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council

How much can mice teU us about human reproductive immunology Croy says the importance of the mouse as a tool for studyshying disease progression or therapy was brought home to her in the 1960s when she was an OVC student of Prof Tom Hulland then chair of pathology and an ea rly enthushysiast of using mice as resea rch models

She says the two reproductive systems are remarkably similar Because mice reach adulthood after six to seven weeks and proshyduce about 10 offspring every three weeks researchers can monitor successive generashytions of mice over a short period to discovshyer the long-term ramifi ca tions of health problems And she is able to study an indishyvidual tissue section of an entire fetu s under -the microscope For these reasons mice play a central role in another of Croys research projects one thats found mothers pass along to their children more of themselves than was previously thought

Until recently the placenta was thought

to be impenetrable Then some Us

researchers discovered that cells travelled

from the fetus to the mother In research

funded by the Hospital for Sick Children

Foundation in Toronto Croy recently found

that the flow is two-way unidentified cells

We are the only medical profession that looks at medicine across species Thats one of the great strengths of veterinary medicine

are also transferred from the mother to the

bone marrow of the fetus

Unlike most earlier studi es Croys

focused on the bone marrow where the

bodys blood and autoimmune disea ses

develop She found that 90 per cent of the

mouse fetuses contained the mothers cells

in their marrow Because maternal cel ls

remain in offspring into adu lthood (a nalshy

ogous to humans) it suggests the cells may

affect the chi lds response to a bone marshy

row transplant during cancer treatment or

to treatment for HIV ma laria or burns For

example immune-deficient children often

receive marrow transplants from a parent

but if the mothers cells are already present

they can reject th at transplant Undershy

standing the nature of those cells is critical

As in Croys work with uterine lymp hoshy

cytes this research is receiving worldwide

recogn ition although the Guelph researcher

down plays that accla im This is so me of

the most interesting work of my career she

says but Im a relatively small player in the

bigger sc hem e of things

Croy has repeatedly crossed boundaries

in her pursuit of knowledge and has been

recognized by a variety of scientific discishy

plines She recent ly completed a term as a

permanent study sec tion member of the

National Institutes of Health (N1H) in th e

United States one of the few Canadians

appointed since the N1H opened permashy

nent membership to non -citizens in 1995

She teaches a summer course on reproducshy

tion mostly to medical doctors at the

Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratoshy

ry in Massachusetts This June she recei ved

the JCB Grant Senior Scientist Award from

the Canadian Society of Anatomy Cell Biolshy

ogy and Neurobiology - an unusual honshy

our for a vet And she recently prese nted

reproductive immunology findings to meetshy

ings of obstetricians and gynecologists

Organ transplants

A silent crisis is what one member of Parshy

liament has called Canadas organ donor

rate now among the lowest in the indusshy

trialized world More than 3000 Canadians

wait for organ transp lants each year and

143 of them die awaiting a transplant

One potential so lution being examined

at OVC is xenotransplantation or transshy

plan ting of organs from one sp ecies to

another - specifica ll y from pigs to

humans Its not as far-fetched as it sounds

For more than 10 years people have

received living pig tissue including porcine

pancreatic islet cells for diabetes and pig

skin for burns

Because of its faculty expertise its outshy

standing record in animal ca re and welfare

and its 30-year history o f research in

pathogen-free swine for breeding and food

purposes OVC was approached by Imutran

Ltd of the United Kingdom a xenotran sshy

plantation research leader to assis t in pre-

clinical (non-human) trials

OVCs role in this leading-edge research

being co-led by Prof Danny Butler Clinishy

cal Studies is to breed and suppl y a sma ll

group of tran sgenic pigs for research trials

at partner institutions in the project - the

University of Toronto and the University of

Western Ontario ove was also instrushy

mental in ensur in g that the pig li tte rs were

of defined health status or pathoge n-free

- an integral aspect of this proJect These

transgenic pigs resemble any other pig on

the outside but on the inside Lhey diff r in

one smaJl but very important way

Ordinarily when a blood vessel ruptures

the bodys natural reaction is to clot and

patch the leak During this pro cess someshy

times called a cascade the body produces

chemicals sequentially to form the c lot But

clotting is a delicate FlOcess Until now

organ transplants betwee n species have proshy

voked hyper-acute rejection caus ing a

clotting-like cascade to continue until wit hshy

in min utes or hours th e patient rejec ts the

animal organ Blood entering the newly

received organ recognizes that tissue as forshy

eign and immediately begins the clotting

process quickly shutting down the o rg3 1l

By contrast the ce ll s of lmutran pigs conshy

tain a human gen e that produces a prote in

that stops the clotting casca d e In a transshy

planted pig organ c3tTying this gene the

protein fool s the pat ients blood into trelt shy

ing the organ as though its from the same

species thus preventing clotti ng

Butler believes oves expertise in surgishy

cally deriving and raising germ-free littetmiddots

was a key reason the college was approached

to undertake this re sea rch Fro m 1958 to

1989OVC took th e scientific lead with the

Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Fo od and

Ruralfffairs in supplying speci[Jc-pathogen shy

free animals to the provinces pig farms Prof

Paul Miniat of the Departmcnt of C linical

Studies and later th e Depa rtment of Popshy

ulation Medicine led that projec t

Tl1is current research is cutting-edge

says Butler and you have to be absolutely

meticulous about everything you do

Because these animals dont ha ve dn actishy -vated immune system any path oge n th lt

comes into play would be fatal to thesc pigs

Butler notes that the resea rch is stil l at

the pre-clinical (non-human) trial stage

and it will likely be years before trials ca n

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take place in hum ans And other forms of transplant rejec tion besides the hyper-acute

va ri ety will requ ire furth er research Along the way Butler and fellow OVC researchers - Prof Bonnie Mall ard and Byram Bridle PathobioJogy who are stud y director and projec t mana ger re spec tivel y Jud y Bell Clinical Studies a projec t mana ge r and

Prof Bob Fri endship Population Medicine - hope to gain new insight into breeding

pigs of exemplary health status for both anishymal breeding and food sa fe ty

Genetic diseases

Pro f Mark Baker Path obi ology hopes to enh ance gene th erapy used in treating

human and animal ge net ic d iseases by improving the effi ciency of gene targeting Using thi s procedure and the tools of biotechnology researchers hope to zero in on spec ific points in an o rgani sms DNA and insert or repair genes invol ved in sll ch

diseases as cancer AID S mu sc ular dystroshyphy cys tic fibrosis and sickl e-cell anemia

Gene targeting is a very important techshy

nology for gene modifi ca tion in all species - plants animals and micro-organisms says Baker who began tbi s work in the 1980s The nice thing about thi s tecbnolshyogy is th at yo u can make changes in the

ge ne right in its norm al position in the chromosom e

He hopes to make gene targe ting more effi cient by studying the underlyi ng process of homologo us reco mbi nation in whi ch

DNA sequences exchange information Norshymally this process helps ce lls repai r DNA da mage and govern s mixing of gen es durshy

ing cell di vision including th e p rocess of meios is whi ch produces egg and sperm

cells But homologous recombination can also lead to can cer durin g th e exchange of informati on bet ween a mutan t ch romoshyso me and its no rmal co unterpart Bes ides

stud ying what goes wrong durin g recomshybinat ion sc ientists are in te res ted in using th e process to co rr ect defe cts Baker s

research for exa mple has shown that gene targe ting th ro ugh homolo gous recombinashytion can correc t a mu ta tion to resto re proshyducti on of an immunoglobulin found in

an tibodies We want to und ers tand the mec hashy

nisms of recombination in mammalian cells

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and how homologo us reco mbin ati on ca n

be used to shape and manipu late th e genome he says ex plaining that gene tarshygeting all ows researchers to make animal

model s of hum an gene ti c diseases study hum an ge ne th erapy and modify plant and an imal ge nomes to benefit agri culture biotechnology and medi cine

Cancer research

Ca ncer reaches into the lives of many Ca nashydian s A number of researchers are wo rkshying in this area and their research spans the spectrum from basic molecul ar bio techshy

nology to applied therapy says Pro f Wayne

improve our understa ndin g of how to modshy

ify the level of damage done by co litis He explains th at by detoxify ing dieta ry

mu tagens and ca rcinogen s CST enzymes provi de protection against va rious insul ts inflicted on th e stom ach Thats an imporshy

tant role gJven th e kno wn link be tween so me chemical s co nsumed by humans and the dama ge to DNA and tis sues th at ma y

lead to cancer Hi gh levels of the em ymes are good because th ey pro tect says Ki rby

In pre vious studi es conducted with the Je wish General Hospital in MontlCal Ki rshyby discove red th at man y peo pl e with col shyo rec tal ca ncer lack th e ge neti c codes fo r

GSTs He is now in vestigatin g th e role of the

At the cellular and subcellular levels it doesnt really matter

whether youre looking at a gene chromosome or cell that came out of a person or an animal

McDonnell OVC ass istant dean (resea rch)

Although OVC research usually fo cuses on can cer in anim als incl uding using animal models th e res ult s also touch th e human

realm of oncology research Colorec tal ca nce l is th e third most comshy

mon can cer in humans th e Canadian Ca nshy

cer Society estim ates th at more than 16000 new cases will be d iagnosed in 1999 and more th an 6000 deaths will occur Key fa cshy

tors in its development are d ie tary carc inoshyge ns and colitis a bowe l inflammatio n In Guelphs Departm ent of Bio medi cal Scishy

ences Prof Gordon Kirby is studying glu shytathione S-transferase (GST) emymes that

are fo und in the hea lthy human intestinal tract but are abse nt in colorec tal ca ncer patients This research co uld help impleshyment pre ve ntive st ra teg ies for people who might be at high risk for ca nce r or it may

help in co unselling people in proper dietary habits he says In addi tio n we may

enzy mes and how th eir level alte rs as th e

disease develops B) und erst andin g how th ese enz) l11 es

work and how th ey change dur ing the proshygression from co liti s to can cer Kirby ultishymately hopes to lea rn ho w to co ntro l th e leve l of th e enzymes Understandin g how

th e enzym es work ca n lead LI S to wa ys to

prevent cancer he SlyS

Radiation treatment

Veterll1ar ians using the technique o f halfshy

body ra dia tion may cut th e time needed to treat lymphoma in dogs acco rd ing to th e

re sul ts of a st ud y by OVC re sea rchers in cludin g Prof To n) Abr1Jl1s-0gg Pro f -Stephen Kruth Paul Woods Geri Ottewe ll and Kim Stewa rt - aU of th e Department of Clini cal Studi es - and Al Norris of th e

Veterinary Referral Cli nic And although the groups recent six-year tr ial was directed at

do gs the resu lts of thi s veterinary resea rch

may have implica tions for trea tin g cance r

in hum ans

Trea tin g lym ph oma traditionally Iequires up to two yea rs of chemoth erap)

An alternative to prolonged chemotherapy is tota l-body ra diat io n and bone mar row

transplantation The procedullt lI SLS the patien ts own marrow extracted before the

trea tment One drawback is the possi bilit y

of transpb nt ing s ick malTOw co ntaining lymphoma (ells back in to the patien t A secshy

o nd drawbac k is th e ex tcnsive ca re and

Icngthy recovery time required By co ntrast ha lf-body radiation takes

onl y three mon ths Ab rams- Ogg explains that became only half of th e body is treatshy

ed at one time enough healthy bone marshy

row remain s to negate a tra nsp lan t By the

time th e seco nd hal f o f the body is irradishyated 30 da ys late r th e pa tien t has hld

eno urh line to recover fro m the first trea tshyment Hes also found that dogs receivi ng

half-bod) radiation generally avoid the sideshyeffects of tull-body trea tment

Abra ms-Ogg says ha lf- body radi ation

has been used on humans to alleviate pain in advanced cancer cases but not to treat

lymphoma The results of this trial do have hUl )la n health implications he SJ) Halt~

hody radilti o n may be used to treat the

sa me types of cancers in people

Resistance to antibiotics

Ensuring the hea lth of farm animals is an

im po rtant fac tor in ensuring th e health of our food supply T hrough col labo ratio ns wi th the Un iversity of Guelphs Department

of Food Science and l1calth Canada a dedshy

icated group of ove resea rch ers is improvshying public health through [ood -sa fe ty

research OnL of those sc ienti sts is Prof Sco tt

McEwen Population Med icine who studies food-animal prod uct io n and on-fa rm issues

by investigati ng microb ial resistance to antib ishyotics and ways to co ntrol pathoge ns such as

E coli during food-animal production Were try ing to red uce the level of exposhy

sure or people to these pathogens an d in tu rn red uce the level of food-borne illness

says I IcEwe n Our goal is to im prove

human health and improve the health of the animal industr )

Microbia l resista nce in pa rticular is a

co mpelli ng issue for agriculture rigbt no w because of a number of eve nts occurring

worldwide that have focus ed attenti on o n the use of antibi otics in foo d-a ni mal pro shy

du ct ion and the po tential impact on h um ans through meat conu mption

McEwen and h is st ud ents are looking at

what types of animals are being exposed to

va ll o us drugs and for how long to better

measure bacterial resistance to antibiot ics Because the agricu ltu ra l industry accounts [or half of to tal antib io tic lls e he says it s

important to look for new ways to improve on-farm manage ment of livestock that wIll

reduce disease Jnd the need for treatme nt

with antibiotics ga

Veterinary medicine contributes to human health sector

The Ontario Veteri nary Co llege (OVC) is at the centre of Ontarios

$44 billion knowledge-based ecoshy

nomic secto r foc using on animal

health and related food qualitysafeshy

ty and biomedicalbiotechnology activities

Although veterinal) medicine is

the main focus of studies at OVC the biomedical science o ption has

the bjgh est enrolment among

Guelphs 30 BSe degree programs

Employers in Canadas $I -billion biotechnology indust ry sa y a degree in ve ter inary med icine will

be an impor tant first step in filling

new positions created by the pracshytical application of current revelashy

tions in molecular biology and cloning technology

OVC is a founding college of the

Universit y of Guelph which receives mo re resea rch funding

from the Medica l Research Co unshycil than any other Ca nadi an uni shy

versity with o ut a medica l school

More than ISO studies have been condu cted using fund s donated

throug h OVes Pet Tr ust by ve tshy

erinarians and pet owners who recshy

ognize the th erapeutic value of the

bond betwee n people and com shypa nion animal s

100 per cent of OVC gradu ates

find em ploymen t withi n six months of gradu ation

50 per cen t of veterinary patholoshygists in North America are -employed directly or indirectly by the pharmaceutical industr y

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a The Royal Society of Canada recognizes an acndelnic career

by Alexander Wooley a scholar Funny hOWasingle pi ece of paper can summarize a lifet ime of study and aCJ demic work that has already fi ll ed

29 books and 85 book chapters an d Journal articles

In june U of G polit ica l science profes~

sor Onkar P Dwivedi received a letter invit~

ing hi m to become a Fello w of th e Royal Society of Canada Its an invitation reserved

for Canadas ltlCJde11i c elite an an nounceshy

men t thM brought congratul atio ns tinged with envy fiom colleagues across Ca nada and

left th is U of G professor answeri ng quips from Guelph collcgues such as Are we still

allowed to share the elevator wi th such an illuSlrious scholar

Dwivedi is indeed an ill ustrious scholar

- th e FRSC is th e hi ghest scholJriy recog~ nition1 Canad ian ~ cad emic ca n recei ve shy

but he is also a personable man who has a deer concern fo r o thers and a sense of humour that allows h illl to ceremo ni ously

wave oth er facult ) and students on to the

elevator as it ri ses to his s ix1h~f1oor offi ce ill the JvlacKi nn on Bu ilding

Known across camp us simply as OP he says its o nl y natural that hlS colleagues

wo uld be a bi t envi ous of th e Royal Society

designation he has felt th at envy himself when congratultting previous recip ien ts

Dwivedi SI) he is d~ep l ) honoured to bL one of 19 U of C lilCul ty wh o hold thl tilk (see page II ) The entire U of C cJm pl co mmunity shOlIcs in Prof l)iveciis dd igh t at bei ng l1amed a fel low I) pruv()t tin

Campbe ll It is a we ll~d lsencd mark of recognition for his distinguished caree r Jnd

vJ lua ble slr vice to i II I l 1Ila I ional dlTlop Ill en t an d the en viron men t

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101) of CI1a d ~ is testimony 10 tile prnrcsnr ~

beli e-I Lhat if you work hard enough you L11l

achieve an ythi ng Th~Is 11) hi colilltr)

is so great he says o f his adopted C~nIJ1 Born in India Dwi ved i came 1( ( anadl

in the early [960 as a gruduatc lttuden Hl co mpl eted a mdst 15 de grec al Carl etull University ~nd a Ph D at QUlln l middot ni~r ishy

ty ~l1 d jo incd the U o f C tJLlti lyin 1967

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political eth ics 111d public scnicc Wl11pI(d

pol icy~mak ing t nd administralioll hetwlcn natio ns and l11aintl ined world iew of enli~

ronll1ental pol iei sand pl1blie alti ludes toward pollu tion And ltI ll the wh ile haring his in sight wilh the l h (l u~llld nf tlllkilts

who halt vied for se1ts ill his classroom

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mer homeland He has mon itored dCIdol

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or a hll1lli(Ia l lroICL looking at reg ulal middot ing cmironmcnlal ri there with I Spc

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drug HldiLliOl I 1I11lI11Llll11 healt h

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pries t lIith U ofe CGl11pUS minislry and I~ 1 spir iluJ I ou l1 1I0 [ Jor inm lles It Ihe

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ndti( nal distinction and international recogshy

nit ion Just this spring he vis ited Loyo la l [a rymollnt Universit-y in Los An-des as that

insti tutions 1999 Internati onal Scho lJ r

Es tabli shed 117 years lgO the Roya l Society or Canada enco mpasse d ra nge of

discip lin es including the natural and ap plied sc iences medi cine soc ial scien ces MId hu manit ies

Dwi vedi sa) The s()c ic tys invitation is

an honour for me and also a wonderful recogshy

nition for our new coll ege (U of Gs College

of Social and All lied Human Sciences )

A for mer chair of Guel lhs Department of Political Science Dwivedi is pres id ent of

the Ca nadian Asian Stud ies Associa tion and

past lresident of the Canadian Po litica l Scishyence Association He also chairs th e resea rch committee of the International Poli tical Scishy

ence Associat io n

During hi s 32-year career at Guellh he ha s served on the Enviro nm ental Assess shy

)]lent Boa rd of Ontario as a co nsultan t to

the Ca nadian gove rnment as an adviser to th e Wo rld Health Organi za ti o n an d the

Wo rld Bank in In dia Papua New Guinea and Mau ritiu s an d as a sc ientific panel

member with UNESCO In J 99 8 he

received an honorary degree fro m the Unishyve rsity of Leth bridge ga

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ANDREvV VOWLES

m Tiny flashes of blue

light caught by U of G

to physicists in an

undergro und

observatory may eg

tell us the

fate of our

universerunch First tighf wasnt long in coming even in a mine shaft some two kiloshy

metres beneath the Earths surface Within days of turning on a multishy

million-dollar li ght detector near the bottom of a Sudbury nickel mine

scientists from Canada the nited States and the United Kingdom recordshy

ed their first even t Thats physicists lingo for a collision between a tiny

extraterrestrial particle called a neutrino and a molecule of heavy water

Actually what they witnessed last spring was not the encounter itself

- marked by a tell tale fl ash of blue light - but data trickling in quishy

etly from the detectors elaborate instruments sometime after the fact

Still that was enou h to set a few hearts pounding among the collabshy

orators in the Sudb u r y eutrin o Observatory particularly among

Guelph physicists John Simpson Robin Ollerhead and Jimmy Law who

appJaude 1 those early results not just for what they might reveal about

the universe but also as a validation of their painstaking care in conshy

structing and preparing the detector

Fall Winter 1999 23

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[J This is without a doubt the climax of my

career says Simpson whos been invo lved

with the Sudbury N eu trin o Observa to ry

(SNO) project since it was fir s t moo ted by

Canadian physicis ts in th e early 1980s Hes

been studying neutrinos for almost two

decades beginning with experiments in a

Windsor-area sa lt mine

It s th e las t unkn own low-energy area

left he says N eutrin os are s till th e least

understood elementa ry particle of a ll

Thats not for lac k of them T hey re co nshy

sidered to be th e most commo n particles in

the universe and the fund amenta l building

blocks of matter Each seco nd bi lli ons of

neutrinos generated during fusion reactions

in the sun and in sou rces far beyond our

galaxy bombard every square ce ntim etre of

the Earths surface undetected But just try

to catch one So ephemeral a re Ih ey th at

they pass without a mmmur through most

objects including solid rock ni ckel ni ckel

miners - even throu gh the SNO sc ientis ts

monitoring their giant acry li c ball s usshy

pended in a 22-metre-wide cavern two kiloshy

metres down the mine shaft

The $70-million o bse rva to ry s it s nea r

the bottom of Inco Ltd s C reighton nicke l

mine the deepes t wo rkin g min e in North

America and one tha t has opera ted co ntinshy

uously for the last ce ntury

Today the only eAtra terreslrial objects hitshy

ting the site - or more co rrect ly passi ng

through it - are neutrinos Seemingly against

astronomical odds those scientists hope to

use that ball as a kind of cosmic-sized catchshy

ers mitt to stop or deflect enough of these

particles to learn more about them and about

the big wide universe that spawned them

Inside that 12-foot ball are 1000 tonnes

of heavy water which is also used as coolant

inside nuclear reactors Tn fact th e watershy

all $300 million worth - is on loan from

Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (AECL)

Heavy water ho lds the key to SNOs opera-

Taken during construction the photo above

shows the SNO cavity and acrylic vessel At

right the acrylic vessel is surrounded by an 18shy

metre diameter geodesic sphere that supports

nearly 10000 light sensors and reftectors

Scientists hope to U~

tion Because its molecules contain one more

n eutron than in ordinary water its more

likely to in tercept a phantom neutrino That

co llis ion will be marked by faint but telltale

fla shes of light - forma lly kno wn as

Cerenkov radia tion th e characteris tic blu e

glow emitted in a nuclear reactor - to be

picked up by a few of th e 10000 detectors

studding the panels on th e sphere s surface

Perhaps more impo rtan t SNO resea rchers

anticipate that the wa ter will catch all three

types o f neut rinos no t just the o ne captured

by other detec tors around the world

N eutr in os come in three species or

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agiant acrylic ball as a kind of cosmic-sized catchers mitt

flavou rs based on th e kind s of subatomshy

ic particl es tlleyre dssociated with electro n

neutrinos muon neutrinos and tau neu trishy

nos Referring to earlier experiments that

have detected far fewer neutrinos than

expected based on our understanding of

how the universe works Simpso n says most

scientists believe that neutrinos have mass

and the) change type as th ey leave the sun

and thats why Ne havent seen enough of

them Being able to detect the other two

flavours at SNO might allow sc ientis ts to

account for the so -called missing neutrinos

Proving that neutrinos can change their

stripes might als o tell us more about the

likely fate of th e universe itself by solving

another mystery the question of the missshy

ing mass Referring to basic laws of physics

Law says If neutrinos convert th at means

th ey must have mass Why is that imporshy

ta nt Explai ns Ollerhead The amount of

mass thats accounted fo r by the sta rs that

you can see is only about one-tenth of the

total mass the re must be in the universe in

order to cause the interactions and motions

you see W hen people talk about mis si ng

mass thats what th ey re talking about

So the question is where is it l Because

every s tar produces billions of neut rin os

every second the universe is full of neutr ishy

nos These van ishingly small particles could

collectively exert a gravitational pull out of

all proportion to th eir size - enough to

eventually slow the expa nsion of the universe

If neutrin os have ma ss it means the

universe may be heavier than we think says

Simpso n The universe will eventually stop

expanding in a few billion years and collapse

back in on itself Thi s is known as the Big

Crunch Finding evidence of the smoking

gun to either prove or di sprove that theoshy

ry is the purpose of the observatory he says

SNO research bombards other areas of science Adapting physics tools to build SNO

An expert in X-ray back-scattering Guelph

physicist Innes Mackenzie helped the SNO

team about six years ago by adapting his

back-scattering technique to determine the

thickness of a plastic liner that su rrounds

th e entire observatory cavity Made of a

substance called urylon (produced by a

Guelph company) the liner was sp rayed

on to the cavitys concrete surface to screen

ou t radon a radioactive gas that diffuses

even through soLd rock In a project where

an extra millimetre could skew results scishy

entists needed to ensure that the material

was the same thickness all the way arou nd

Mackenzie used X-ray back-scattering

a techniq ue he has developed that might

be llsed to determine say the thickness of

paint applied in an auto assembly plant or

ice buildup on aircraft wings Laurentian

University physicist Doug Hallman says

his research group has worked with

Mackenzie to set up a unique hand- held

monitor and data-recording system which

found the actual thickness of the eightshy

millimetre-dlick polyurethane material to

an accuracy of about 10 per cent

Building new tools from SNO physics

During his graduate studies in physics at

Guelph Tom Andersen helped his PhD

supervisor Prof John Simpson design

devices used to detect background

radioactivity of the heavy wa ter in the

Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO)

and worked on software that simulates

th e movement of high -energy muons

particles created when cos mic rays

encounter the Earths atmosphere All the

while he had his eye on a not-unrelated

topic that became his full-time job after

graduating in 1998

It a desk top planetarium says

Andersen of his astro nomy software

which allows users to view the simulated

night sky - including comets asteroids

satellites a nd stars - on a computer

screen With it yo u can observe the sky

as it appears from your backyard tonight

o r from Jupiter 100 years ago or from

Egypt 3000 years ago

He and his partners a t Toronto-based

Sienna Software Inc have so ld about

10000 copies of Sta rry Night software

dming the past 18 months They began

by selling software that users could down shy

load from the Internet but now make two

CD-ROM versions of the package Starshy

ry Night Deluxe and Starry Night Pro

The first allows users to look at more than

19 million objects from anywh ere in the

solar system and to examin e deta iled

graphics of such things as constellations

Serious astronomy afic ionados use the

pro version to track as teroids learn more

about star motions or create their own

planets to study orbital mechanics

Generally anyone who owns an

as tronomical telesco pe owns a piece of

astronomy software says Andersen You

can take your telescope to your backyard

and connect it to your laptop and then

point to something with Starry Night and

have the telescope steer to it

Applying SNO tools to business

Former phys ics graduate student Myung

Chol Chon now works in the Royal Banks

corporate and investmen t banking offices

in Toronto Modelling the behaviour of

financial assets and pricing derivative secushy

rities might appear removed from the task

of capturing neutrinos but Chon says the

Guelph SNO group gave him an opporshy

tunity to learn various quantitative ana lyshy

sis tools including Monte Carlo simulashy

tion and artificial neural networks I also

gained understanding and experience in

software production via working with the

SNO Monte Carlo Analysis (SNO MAN )

software development team - tools

applicable not only in physical science but

in other areas as well

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-Simpson says ea rly detection of SNOs first

neutrino this summer reflects the high qUJIshy

ity of the obselva tory itself incl uding th t conshy

tribution of the Guelph scientists involved in

designi ng its sophist icated instrum ents Thats why theres a lot of noise abo ut the

fi rst measurem en ts he sa ys Some o ther

detectors have to work harder to get the backshyground radioactivity down Weve shown that

we constructed a very clea n detector

Along with several PhD studen ts and resea rch associates he and his coUeagues buiJt

inst ruments used to monitor and ensure an acceptable level of background radi oactivishy

ty in SNOs innards fiom the hea l) watcr to all the components orthe detector itse lf

The Guelph group developed a very senshy

sitive technique for the measurement of ultrashylow levels of ra dioactivit y in water whi ch is

essential for th e SNO detector to reach its

goals says SNO project director Art McDonshy

ald a phys icist at Queens Universit y Meas uring radioact ivity is our ga me

says resea rch ass oc iate Pillalamarr Jaga m during a tour of Sim psons lab in th e baseshy

ment of the MacNaughton Build in g home

to whJt Jaga m calls the only ul tra-low backshy

ground radi ation research and development

group in Ca nada Po inting to a det ector resemblin g a stainless-steel salad bowl with

a matchin g lid he says the Guelph -made

de vice JS with its co usins on perm anent du ty at SNO picks lip infinitesimally small

amounts of ra dioactivity emitted naturall y

by the observa torys compo nents

Ja ga m helps run th ose dev ices at SNO

fo llowin g up on his role as superv iso r of a

cl ea nin g crew d urin g SNOs constru ction SNO is the larges t clean-room ever olltside

of the electron ics industry he says Its

cleaner th an yo ur avera ge dinner plate

Above Muon neutrinos produced from cosmic

rays which strike Earths abnosphere are detectshy

ed by the SNO light sensors producing a coneshy

shaped pattern of energy Right An artists

sketch of the SNO detector shows the central

acrytic vessel now filled with 1000 tons of heavy

water and surrounded by 7000 tons of ultra

pure regular water Scientists monitor the obsershy

vatory from the room located above the sphere

26 GU ELP H ALUM NUS

In two years we mayI

Unlike th eir fell ow labourers in the m in e

who normall y hit the sbowers aft er a lo ng

day on the ore face th e scientists monitorshy

ing th e o bse rvatory must shower bef ore enterin g their facility Simil ar standa rds are mlintained tor the heavy water in th e acrylic

vessel which is fil tered dail y Jnd tested for ambient rad ioactivit y It s the purcst water

in th e wo rld says Jian Wang for merly J

research associate in Simpsons lab and now a consultant wi th U of Gs GUA RD In c

The Guelph-dc-signed instruments h ave

prove n lIseful in rela ted but more fa r-flung

applications JagaJl1 says scientists building

lgt

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ly know if the universe will eventually collapse

ye t an oth er neutrino observatory in Italy consulted with U of G physicists on radia shyti on measurement Closer to home he has helped Prof Richard Protz Land Reso urce Science quantify minute amounts of radioac tive cesium in so il samples taken from the Ecuadorean Andes an d from the Chernobyl site in Ukrain e

Law a particle physicist [las been involved since 1991 in writin g and test ing simulation software used by the project colshylaborators to model the workings of th e SNO detecto r With the detector now opershyating the package - dubbed SNOMAN shywill be used to analyse the data it generates OUerhead who first encountered SNO while chair of the Department of Physics has long worked in expe rim en tal nuclear physics using accelerators such as th e one run by AECL in Cbalk River Ont Todays investishygations at SNO draw on at least one aspect of his ea rlier resea rch in Los Alamos New Mexico where he developed neutral current detectors of the sort expec ted to help SNO sn iff out all three neutrino flavo urs

Sim psons graduate student Nathaniel Tagg is studying cosmic ray particles called muons which are detected as a byproduct in the obse rvatory Unlike neutrinos muons come from cosmic rays - or ionized nuclei - which begin Jife far beyond the solar sysshytem perhaps generated by stars exploding into supernovas or by shock waves emanating from collapsing black holes When these cosmic rays hit the Earths atmosp here th ey create extremely high-energy particles that can be detected by SNO some alon e or in pairs like bullets others in a shower like shotgun pelshylets Comparing the ratio of single bullets to shotgun blas ts may tell Tagg something about how the particles originated When you build a detector you get a lot of things for free he says Muons are considered background to most of the collaboration but there are some interes ting physics you ca n do with them

Beyond Guelph the SNO collaboration brings together almost 100 scientists from II universi ties and labs in Canada the United Sta tes and the United Kingdom Canad ian participants includ e university resea rchers from Queens Car leton Laurentian Britisll

Columbia and Guelph Wby Ca nada Canashyda has a lot of heavy water because of its nuclear power reactor development the CANshyDU reactor says OUerhead Basically Canashyda is tbe only country that can do the expershyiment using heavy water which is what gives this its unique flavour The other thing is the undergro und aspect All the neutrino expershyimen ts are done underground for shielding from cosm ic rays and other sources of backshyground radiation The nickel mine in Sudbury is the deepest site in North America

Its al so important that Creighton mine is a working facility says Si mpson [t has

Physics faculty

and students are

an integral part of (PES

Physics is one of five departments and schools in the College of Physshyical and Engineeri ng Science ( CPES) Physics has more Roya l Society fellows than any other department on campus Since 1993 ten CPES students including two in physics have received National Research Coun shycil awards under the agen cys Women in Engin eering and Scishyence Program In 1999 CPES laun ched an inteshygrated four-year degree program in technology with Seneca College in Toronto majors in physics and technology or applied pharmace ushytical chemistry CPES plans to launch a new undershygraduate degree in computing scishyence next year to promote U of G strengths in bioinfomatics neural networks genetic algo rithm s and embedded systems CPES offers a unique program called MPC2 that provides enriched studies in mathematics physics chemistry and computing science

to be active because its the only way you can maintain the safety of th e mine SNOs control room occupies a drift (miners talk for a corridor) 6800 fee t below the surface deep enough to accommodate a stack of about five CN Towers

Dw-ing the observatorys construction a regular express ca ge whisked visitors directly down No9 shaft to the detector as fast as a car travelling on a cit) street The shaft also served as the delivery conduit for the SNO components Site manager Dunshycan Hepburn recall s es pecially the three months that it took to ship the [000 tonnes of heavy water underground The eleva tor could take six tonnes at a time he says so we had an elaborate schedule involving six tanker cars fill ed overnight and sent down early in th e morning on a specially schedshyuled cage Adds mine manage r John Gill J dont think we spilled a drop

Now using regularly scheduled cages scishyentists crowd shoulder to sho ulder in the elevator with up to 40 miners during the 20-minute ride along the sloping ore seam Everyone in the collaboration is expected to spend a certain number of shifts actualshyly operating the detec tor says O llerhead This is partly to save money but also par tshyly because th e physicists are the ones with the vested interes t and should be involved Collaborators might spend seve ral weeks in Sudbury at a time for up to six weeks a year

SNO scien tists expect to learn definitiveshyly within two years whether or not neutrishynos have mass They also anticipate that the observatory will yield information about the sun and about other st ructures far beyond our galaA) The missing mass question is a way of studying supnnovas notes Ollershyhead There are many applications of this detector beyond just neutrinos from the sun

Why should anyone ca re about what these infinitesimally small particles teU us about cosshymic-sized questions If youre going to be an ad vance d and civilized country then you should be thinking about fundamental quesshy shytions and not just about where your next meal is coming from says Simpson Thats the difshyference I think between a civili7ed society and a society that just lives from day to day ga

FallWinter 1999 27

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

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ALUMNI PROFILES

ALUMNUS OF HONOUR

FORMER OAC DEA N Rick Richards BSA 38 was recogn ized for

his lifelong commi tment to excellence in admini stration teachshy

ing research and ex tension wh en he vas named 1999 AlumLlus of Honour by th e Un ive rsity o f Guelph Alumn i Associat ion The preshy

sen tation was made durin g Alumni Weekend in lun e

Ri chard s bega n hi s ca ree r in soil sc ience and pion ee red the

process of soil classifi ca ti on and map pin f for Ontario As head of

th e Un iversitys Depa rtm ent of Land Resou rce Science he spearshyheaded the constr uct ion o f new fa cili ties provided leadership in

the deve lopment of broader more sc ientifi c program s and th e

expansioLl o f fa culty and obta ined more lan d areas for departshymental resea rch He was appointed the first dea n of OAC in 1962

and was one o r the fou r principal academi c leade rs ho shared in

es tab lishin g the Universit y of Guelph After co mpleting two terms as dean he return ed to teac hing and retired in [98 1

As a professiona l agrologist Richards impleme nted pl ans ror

the Canadian Agri cultural Researc h Co un ci l as it s fi rst president

and was pres id ent o f the Ca nadian Soc iety of Su il Science th e Ontari o Institute of Ag rologists and tht Agricu ltural Institu te of

Can ada He was also the Canadian representa ti ve to th e United

Nations Food and Agricu lture O rga nizltJtion

ALUMNI VOLUNTEER AWARD

DAv ID ADAMS BSA 49 has always made his alma mater a pri shy

o ri t) and in 1999 th e Unive rsity of Guelph Alumni Associashy

tion app lauded th at loya lty by presentin g him with its 1999 Alulll shyni Volu nteer Awa rd

Adams has demo nstrated a devot ion to volun teer excellence

through his com mitment to the Universit y OAC and hi s alumni

ii class OAC 49 He was UGAA pres ident in 196869 president of

d the OAC Alu Jllni Associatio n in 196566 and a member of the Unishy

~ versi ty Senate and Boa rd of Governors fro m 1970 to 1973 In add ishy

~ tion he has Jllade mu ltiple contr ibu tions to OAC 49 ac tivities He

~ was instrumenta l in orga ni zin g 50th-anniversary class celebrations ~ for Alumni middotWeekend 99 which included the ded ication of the Yea r

~ 49 OAC po nd ga rden at th e Arbo retum Cent re and the res torashy

~ ti on of the Johnston Hall portico u ~ Adamss giving sp irit car ri es over into his pro(ess iona lli fc He

~ has had a distingu ished career in the ag ri -food indust ry and was laquo ~ general manager of the Canadian Meat Co uncil whe n hL reti red in

~ 1993 He cont inues to share hi s expertise with the co unc il and as

~ a volu ntee r for th e Royal Ag ri cultural inter Fair and th e Ca nashy~ dian Nat ional Exhibition FARlv

28 G UHPH ALU I NUS

HIGHLIGHTS middot GRAD NEWSmiddot OBITUARIESmiddot CALENDAR

ALUMNI MEDAL OF ACHIEVEMENT

DR AD RIAN P ARKS WO RK in th e area o f minimally invasive

surge ry has earned him international recogniti on as a leading surgeo n and educa tor in his fi eld His advancements in the use of

laparoscop ic techniques have improved treatm ent for an ex tensive

range of med ica l disorders that in the past could only be handled

thro ugh trad itional sur gery [n 1997 he was recruited to establish a new program at th e Uni ve rsity of Kentucky

Pa rk was honoured th is spring wit h the Universit y of Guelph flumni Associati ons Alumni Medal of Achievem ent He received

a bachelor of science fro m Gu elph in 1985 and a doctor o f med ishycine from McMaster University in 1987

He completed his training at St Josephs Hos pital and rilcMasshy

ter Uni ve rsity Affiliated Hosp ital s in Hamilto n O nt and at the

Uni versit) of Montrea l before Jo ining St Jose phs as a ge neral surshy

geo n in 1994

The Guelph meda l recognizes th e professional leadership and achievements demons trated in Parks still- yo un g career and his

compassionate ca re of pati ents He and his wife Jennifer 8A 84 have three children Hilary Meredith and Evan

ove DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS

DUNCAN SINC LAIRS CONTR IB UTIO NS to career an d soc iety have prove n bis leadersh ip and expe rtise in hea lth sciences He gradshy

uated fro m OVC in 1958 and received a master of sc ience fro m OAC in 1960 specializing in nutriti on He then earn ed a PhD in

physiology at Queens University in 1963 and bega n a ca reer focused

primaril y on human health Sinclair was ltl consultant to th e Ontario Ministry of Agriculture

Food and Rural Affairs on the Animals for Research Act ilnd bega n

his academic career at Q uee ns as dean of arts and science in 1974 He went on to serve as vice-principal institutional relati ons sershy

vices an d hea lth sciences before assum ing the role of dea n of medshy

icine He ret ired from Queens in 1996 He has heJd other prestishy

gious positi ons including directo r general of the Medical Resea rch

Council and was tile recipient of OVes Schofield ]V[edal in 1983

Sinclair is now deeply involved in advising the Ontario minisshy

ter of hea l til on ways to reinvest and res tructure th e delivery of health services in the province He chairs the Hea lth Services

Restr ucturin g Co mmission an independent body of health

experts and professionals appointed to redesign tbe provincial

health system

FallWinter 1999 29

alumni Matters

-ORDER OF OACU of G Can1pus ESTABLISHED MARY AND RlCK RICHARDS longtime OAC supporterWelcoilles Alumni

ABSA 38 are the first inductees Membership in the order is

into the Order of OAC estabshy limited to the first 50 individshy

LUMNI WEEKEND J999 orga nizing committee and says lished ea rli er thi s year by the uals who give $1 00000 or more

brought more th an 1300 proceeds will be used to help the OAC Alumni Fo undation to as bequests irrevocable insurshy

visitors to campus June 18 to 20 class establi sh a mille nnium recognize significant contribushy ance policies planned gifts or

In addition to th e traditi o nal scholarship to co mmemorate its tions to its end owment fund cash donations Gifts may be

awards luncheon hosted by U of 25 th anni versar)1 of graduation Rick served as dean of OAC applied as endowments to the

G president Mordech ai Rozanshy The Uni vers it y of Guelph [Tom 1964 to 1972 (see sto ry OAC Alumni Foundation or to

ski there we re man y spec ial Alumni Associat ion held its on page 28) Mary also worked the college as approved by the

events and cla ss reunions The ann ual meeting during Alumni in the college and has been a fou ndation directors

new Order of OAC was preshy Wee kend and elected a new slate

sented to Mary and Rick of offi cers for 1999 2000 Scott

Richards BSA 38 at th e Go ldshy va nEnge n BSc(Ag r) 88 presshy

en Anniversary Dinner and the id ent Robin-Lee Norris BA 80

Class of J974 hosted a reuni on first vice-pres ident John Tatson

dinner with Calgary Flames BA 69 seco nd vice-president

Hockey Club CEO Ron Bremshy Rita Sterne BComm 87 secshy

ner BA 7 J as guest speaker Bill Imiddotetar) and Brad Hull BA 89

Laidlaw BA 74 chaired the treasurer

President Mordechai Rozanski and representatives of the alumni

classes and individuals who supported U of Gs six new themati c

gardens cut the ribbon to officially open them duri ng Alumni Weekshy

end From left are Bill Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 61 Don Gri eve

BSA 55 and MSA 57 Harold Shield BSA 51 Sandra Hannam uJ CD Clay Switze r BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rozanski Marilyn Robinson ~ I Murray BH5c 55 Ted McNinch BSA 49 Bruce Stone BSA 53 u VI

Z and MSA 54 Harold Bentley BSA 64 and MSc 66 Craig Hunter lt

B5c(AgL) 74 and MSc 77 and Les Laking BSA 39 and HDSC 71 The conservatory greenhouse was unveiled moments later by gtshyCD

Don Rutherford BSA 51 who gave the leadership gift ensuring VI o

it s res toration on behalf of his famil y 5 I -

Ginty jocius BSc(Agr) 70 left chair of the OAC Alumni Foundation

presents the Order of OAC to Mary and Rick Richards BSA 38

Enjoying the Class of 1974 re union dinner are from left jerry Orga n

BSc(PE) 71 Ron Bremner BA 71 Gail Bremner Paul Henry MA 71

and Bill Laidlaw BA 74

30 GUELPH ALUMNUS

GRYPHON SPIRIT DOMINATES HOMECOMING

UOF G students shared the stands with alumni who came to campus Sept 25

to watch the football Gryphons defeat their long- standing varsity rival the University of Toronto Blues During the weeke nd the Gryphon Club Hall of Fame inducted five Gryphon swimmers filled the gold pool at the 21st ann ual Alumni Relay Swim Meet

and president Mordechai Rozanski hostshyed a luncheon attended by more than 200 alumni and current students who have received sc holarships and awards or who

participated in the volunteer peer helper prog ram

ALUMNI SWIM TO THE TOP

FORMER GRYPHON SW IMMER S Peter Koli snyk BSc(HK) 83 and Denise

(FarndaJe) vVatso n BASe 85 were recogshyni zed at the ann ual Homecoming sw im mee t for having attended more often th an any other alumni Other participants includshyed 1999 graduates Nico le Weber BSe CEng ) Greg Steinberg BSc(HK) and Nancy Sweetnam BComm who has been a memshy

ber of two Canadian Ol ympic teams ( 1992 and 1996) The alumni team defeated the stud ent teams with the help of Leo n

Homecoming J

r ~

Form er Guelph mayor and sports broadcaster Norm la ry received the Gryphon Club Hall of

Fame Merit Award Sept 24 at the annual induction c re mony that also honoured five former

Gryphon athletes From left are Paul Willi ams a cross-country and track athlete and three-time

Canadian Olympian Bob Pronk BComm 82 Ontario and Canadian cham pionship wrestler

Dave Guest BComm 87 a former all middotstar soccer and vo lleyba ll player Gladys Williams BA

69 MVP in both wo menS fi eld hockey and ice hockey lary and Mark Brown BComm 81

Wi ldman Trophy winner and football capta in The Gryphon Club also recognized the 1974 mens

rugby OUAA championship team

Garstecki Gryphon diving coach in the midshy Dale a longtime Gryp hon supporter and a I 970s and retired botany professo r Hugh national record-b olding masters swimmer

bull49 VETS MEET AT TRAlEE The OVC Cla ss of 1949 produced a la sting memory of its 50th

anni versary by filming the lune 18 gathering held at Tralee Farms

the home of class member Ray Cormack Classmates travelled from

across Canada and the United States to attend th e reunion which

included a luncheon a visit from U of G president Mordechai Rozanshy

ski and a tour of Cormacks farm and antique carriage collection

The organizing committee of Dave House Bill Mitchell Ken Fisk

and lim Arch ibald succeeded in producing a golden-anniversary

memento that captu res the days events and everyone in attendance

as they comment on their lives since graduating from OVe -Proceeds from the sale of the v ideos will support the OVC 49

Memorial Scholarship Fund Cost is $25 each To place an order call

Vikki Tremblay at Alumni House 519-824-4120 Ext 65 44 I D

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FallWinter 1999 31

alumni Matters

2000 Coming Events

Jan 26 - Careers Night hostshyed by Mac-FACS Alumni Assoshy

ciation For informatio call Laurie MalleaLi at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Careers Night hostshyed by HAFA Alumni Associashy

tion For information call Laushyrie Malleau at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Aggie Good Times Banquet Call the OAC Studwl Federation at Ext 8321 for tickshyet information Feb 3 - Job hir at Bingeman Park in Kitchener complishy

mentary bus service from Unishyversity Centre for students and

alumni For directions and a list of employers call U of G

Career Services at Ext 22 13

Feb 11 - Deadline for nomshy

ina tions for U of G Alumni Association Alumnus of Honshy

our Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment and Alumni Volunteer

Award and the OVC Distinshy

guished Alumnus Call Carla Bradshaw at Ext 6657 for details March 1 - Annual alumni

Florida reunion at Maple Leaf

Estates Port C harlotte Florishyda For information call alumshyni programs at 519-824-4120

Ext 6657 send e-mail to alumshyniuoguelphca or call Jack Hanna in Florida after Jan 1

at 813-645-0905

March 18 amp 19 - College

Ro yal

March 31 amp April 1 - OAC

Alumni Association annual

bonspiel at the Guelph Curlshy

ing Club and Guelph Country w Club Call Carla Bradshaw at ~ txt 6657 to register c u bull For more information on anyU)

z alumni event call the U of G ltC extension listed at 519- 824shy20 r 4120 or send e-mail to al11111shyCD

o niCvzlOguelphcab c a

32 CUEIPH ALUM N US

EA RLIER THIS YEAR U ofG

introduced a new approacll to fund-raising that centres on

academic priorities identified by

the ix colleges Now the Unishy

ve rsit y expa nds this initiative

through the formation of a new Annual Fund Cou ncil that will

recruit volunteers to proactiveshy

ly help meet tll0se funding goals

By enlarging the partnershy

ship between academics and fund-raisers we arc focusing our

efforts more clearly on the Un ishy

versi tys overall stra tegic objecshy

tives says Rudy Putns executive

director of campaign progra ms

We are calling on coUege deans to help ensure that our annual

giving programs are providing

the grea test possible benefit to

students Our volunteer and pro-

ALUMNI CElEBRATE NEW HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE CENTRE

The Human KineticsHuman Biology Alumni Association

presented a sketch of the John T Powell Building to U of Cs

new Health and Perfor mance Centre at a June 19 reunion of alumni and former staff Artist Joan Harper BSe(HK)

82 left and retired professor John Powell right witnessed

a presentati on by association pres ident Janet Leonhard BSe(HK) 82 to Prof Terry Graham

SilENT AUCTION MAKES NOISE

A silent auction held Sept 14 to 16 a t the Ou tdoo r Farm

Show in Woods tock Ont ge nshy

erated a lot of excitement and

goodwill in OACs 125th shyanniversary year and raised

$51000 that wi ll support stu shy

dent recruitm ent programs in

the college The auction was organized by Cinty Jocius BSc(Agr) 70 president of

Ginty Jocius amp Associates of

Guelph on behalf of the OAC Alumni Foundation

Auction items donated by friends and exhibitors at th e

farm show included everylhing

from farm equipment and supshyplies to a seven-month-old lla shyma named (-i nty Lorie Jocius

BASe 72 purchased her husshy

bands namesake and gave it to

OAC as an anniversary presen t at th e Sept 25 Heritage Banshy

quet and Ball

FUND-RAISI NG PARTNERSHIPS GROW

fessional fund -raislls wiJl spend

more of thei r time making pershy

so nal requ es ts for gifts to the University and less time on inshy

house administra tion

Members of the Annual Fund

Council will invite donations

Crom alumni members of the campu~ community the paren ts

of current students graduating

classes members of the various

gift clu bs (Presidents Council

etc) and selected corporations

foundations and associations

Development and Public Affairs staff will help target vol unteer

efforts where they wi ll have the

stronges t impact on growin g don or particip ation and fund shy

razsing results

Annual giving is one of the

most crucial parts of an institushy

tion s developmen t agenda says Putns Annu al donors help

maintain the quali ty of estabshylished academic programs espeshy

cially in times of reduced pubshy

lic fundin g he says They also

provide a foundation for special

fun cl-rai sing cam paigns shycampaigns that enable the Unishy

ve rsity to grow by providi ng

funds for major projects that do

not ha ve a traditional so urce of support Tbe ACCESS endowshy

ment for student financial assistshy

ance and the rece nt campaign to upgrade th e Food Science

Building are notable examples For more illjormation aboLit

the An17ual FUlld Co ullcil call Al111tal Fund 17l1lnager Tara George at 519-824-4 120 Ex t

390 1 or Putl7S at ext 6384

GRAD NEWS

U of G Degrees ADA = Associate diploma

in agriculture BA =Bachelor of arts BASe = Bachelor of applied

science BComm = Bachelor of

commerce BHSe Bachelor of houseshy

hold science BLA =Bachelor of

landscape architecture BSA = Bachelor of science in

agriculture (pre-196s) BSe(Agr) Bachelor of

science in agriculture BoSe = Bachelor of science BSe(Eng) =Bachelor of

science in engineering BSc(Env) =Bachelor of

19405

bull The Macdonald Institute

Class of 1941 met each other

for the firsl lime in 1939 and

theyve been gelling logelher rvice a year siIlce gradual ion

Celebrating 60 yea rs of fri end shy

ship this year are Mary (Hcx imer) MacLeln Beth

(jackson) Ca rdifF Mo lly

(Pattrson) Nix Frances

(Pellet) Smith Dorolhy

(Pond) Dunn Jeanne (Taylor )

Hamel Phyllis (Weren) Sobel and Evelyn (Eatun ) Pond

bull Jim Morton BSA 47 posed with his son Robert SA 70

and grandsons Jeff Bell 13A

9 1 and Greg Mo rton

SSc( Eng) 99 at Gregs U of

G convocation in June Retired

from a career in the lumber

business Jim is an OAC llu mmiddot ni volunteer al Guclph and is

aClive in cOm11lUnily work in

Burlington Onto Rob ert is

CEO of the Community Care

Access Centre in Simcoe

Coullly Jeff lcaches in Elmvalc

for the Simcoe County Dislricl School Board and Greg is

working Wilh the COnSlliling

engineering firm of Proclor

science in environmental sciences

BSe(HK) Bachelor of science in human kinetics

BSc(pE) = Bachelor of science in physical education

DHE = Diploma in home economics

DVSc = Doctor of veterinary science

DVM =Doctor of veterinary medicine

GO = Graduate diploma MA = Master of arts MAgr = Master of agriculture MBA = Master of business

admininstration MEng =Master of engineering

and Redfern at its Kitchener

office The Guelph lineage

aCl ually bega n in the Morton fami ly with Greg great shy

grantimoliln Anne Pringle

Morton DH E 1914

Greg Morton Jeff Bell and Jim and

Robert Morton

19505

bull Harold Baker BSA 50

writes to w rrect the e-mail

address publi shed in the last

iss lle of the Clepll Alunnls

Friends (111 conlact the retired

University of Saskatchewan

professo r and Il is wife Phyllis

at ha kc r hdukeL1sa~k ca

bull Barney Goodwin-Wilson BSA 50 is serving a two-year

krm as chair of the hoard of

lhe Onta rio Foocllerminal

The Iomnlo facility is the

MFA = Master of fine art MLA Master of landscape

architecture MMS = Master of management studies MSc =Master of science MSc(Aqua) = Master of

science in aquaculture ODA = Ontario diploma in

agriculture ODH =Ontario diploma in

horticulture OdR = Ontario Diploma in

recreation PhD = Doctor of philosophy

larges t who lesale fruit proshy

duce and flower market in

Canada and one of the largest

in orrh America He was forshymerly director and vice-cha ir

of the board

bull Gary Powell ADA 58

stopped at a remote motel in

western klahoma last

Janu ary and stanee a convershysation with th e only other cusshy

tomer at breakfa st the next

morning Turns out they were

both U of G grads Powell and Joe Deli BSc (Agr ) 64 had a

great time reminiscing abo Llt

ca mpus perso nalities they

both knew I guess one is never really very far from home says Powell

bull Dave Valentine BSA 59 has

retired as (o unty engineer for

the County of Brant in

Ontario He previously spent

23 years with Sir Sandford

Fleming College in Peterborough and has served 8S

engineer for the coun ties of Haliburton and Victoria He

and his wife Carole are now

Jiving near Carlisle Send e-mail

to valcntinworldchatcom

19605

bull Manuel Garcia PhD 67 was

recognized by the government

of the Ph ilippines in December

1998 with one of the highest

honours given to Filipinos Jivshy

ing outside the cou ntr y Garcia

is a senior consulting mi crobishy

ologist with lAS Bioshy

Diagnostic and a former

research scientist with

Agriculture and Agri-Food

Canada in Ottawa He is intershy

nationally recognized for his work in veterinary med icin e

and public health on the early detection of ca mpylobacter

salmonella and other foodshy

borne pathogens He is a memshy

ber of several learned profes shy

sional societies and has been involved in a number of intershy

national developm ent projects

He is also a community volunshy

teer and a pioneer in establishshying the National Council of

Canadian Filipino Associations

as the official voice of Filipino

Canadians nationwide bull Tom Hutchison DVM 65 is

a veterinary pathologist with the Nova Scotia provincial

diagnostic lab In 1998 he

passed the board cer tification exa ms for the American

College of Poultry Veterinarians in Baltimore but

the years highlights came in

late summer - a first grandshy

child for Tom and his wife

Eileen in August and the birth

of their own son Scott in

September bull Brian Little ADA 67 BSc(Agr) 72 and MSc 78

was elected president of the

Canadian 4-H Foundation in

May He was previously presishy -dent of the Ca nadian 4-H

Co uncil and a co uDcil represhysentative for his employe r the

Royal Bank of Canada He has been a fou ndation trustee for

f allWinter 1999 33

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several years and has a strong

4-H background as a member

and a club leader

19705

bull Doug Franklin SA 72 was

recen tly a ppoin led execu tive

director of the Multiple

Sclerosis Association of

America its hea d office is in

Cherry Hill NJ He was forshy

merly with the International

Youth Foundation in

Baltimore Md

bull Cathie Leimbach

SSc(Agr) 78 and MAgr 88

visi ted U of G this fa ll as

agrologist-in-residence It was

the sixth year of the program

co-sponsored by OAC and the

Ontario Institute of

Agrologists (OlA ) Raised on

an Ontario dairy and swine

farm Leimbach is past presishy

dent of the OI A and a partner

in STRIVE a team specializshy

in g in training facilitation and

consulting She now lives on a

cash-crop farm in Ohio

bull Willem Moolenbeek BSe

77 and MSe 8 1 studied biolshy

ogy and entomology at U of G

at the same time he was learnshy

ing to play the saxophone with

the Royal Conservatory of

Mu sic He says he still loves

science but music has become

his career A recitalist soloist

and clinician he has been a

saxophone instructor at

McMaster University in

Hamilton Ont fo r 15 years

He also teaches at the 19805

University of Waterloo pri- bull Bruce Brown BSe(Agr)

vately and at the National 85 and his wife Claudia

Music Ca mp of Canada where (Liebscher) BA 84 have three

he sometimes offers an infor- children who are beginning to

mal course on in sect identifi- display their dads musical

cation There are always a few prowess on the kazoo After 14

kids who really dig that he years of dairy farming Bruce

says U of G music lovers want back to school to earn an

enjoyed his saxophone music education degree and is now

at a noon-hour concert in teaching science with the

October Durham District School

bull Peter Vaughan SA 77 and Board

MA 77 was appointed secre- bull Tom Burns BA 89 and MA

tar y general and CEO of the 91 is a member of the

Canadian Medical Association Victoria Police in Melbourne

in June A fa culty member in Australia Last summer he

two departments at John s welcomed visitors from the

Hopkins University and in the RCMP including Kevin Durie

Department of Family BA 93 They quickly estab-

Medicine at the University of lished a U of G connection

Ottawa he is a fo rmer presi- including Duries student

dent of the medical staff at employment at Dcr Keller

Guelph General Hospital and a which was Burns s favourite

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the job says Burns but this

time we spent most of our

time talking about the great

times we had at U of G In

still another coincidence

Durie is married to Christine

Blake-Durie BA 91 and MA

93 who was a member of

Burnss MA group Burns says

other U of G grads travelling

to Melbourne are more than

welcome to drop in

bull Stuart Jackson ADA 87 is

distribution manager for

Burnbrae Farms Ltd in Delta

Onto He sends greetings to all

OAC friends including the

diploma classes of 1979 and

1980

bull Laurel (Murdoch) Koumarelas BComm 84 is

an ESL teacher with the

Toronto School Board She

and her husband Gus live in

Mississauga with their sons

Robert and Evan

bull Trish Looman BA 87

works for Royal LePageshy

Vantage in Guelph She speshy

cializes in residential multishy

unit real estate

bull Laima (Karosas) Laffitte

BSe(Agr) 85 and MAgr 91

lives in Wendover Ont with

her husband Vincent MAgr

91 and their children Yohan

and Marina Laima is the

advertising manager for The

Canadian Veterinary Journal and Vincent is an account

manager at the St Isidore

branch of Scotiabank Theyd

like to hear from classmates

via e-mail at Iaffitteonsymshy

paticoca They also want to let

OAC 85 grads know that the

class executive is building a

Web page at wwwrkdecom

oac85 and needs updated

names and addresses (includshy

ing e-mail) to add to the

directory f IS-year reunion

is being planned for Dec 2

and 32000

bull Cheryl Miller-Oh BASe

91 and her husband Tae live

in Southfield Mich with their

twins Nathalie and Nathan

born in October 1998 She is a

health-care consultant with

Computer Sciences

Corporation Send e-mail to

millerohsprintca

bull Vijay Singh MSe 70 has

been awarded the Arthur K Barton Endowed Professorship

at Louisiana State University

He also recently received an

honorary degree and a

Fulbright Award for his work

in the area of entropy

bull Gayle (Barton) Tapper BSe

81 (biological science) and 83

(computing science) has been

employed at Memorial

University in St Johns Nfld

for 14 years in the Department

of Computing and

Communications She is comshy

pleting graduate work in phishy

losophy and humanities at

Memorial and is the principal

harpist with the

Newfoundland Symphony

Orchestra Last year she

released a CD of Latinworld

traditional music on the South

American harp Visit her Web

site at httpwwwucsmun

cal -gay

bull Carolyn Riddell BA 85 is

running an active arts educashy

tion and paintingprintmaking

studio in Fergus Ont

bull Laura Wilkinson BSe 85

and MSe 87 is a coroner in

British Columbia and lives on

a cattle ranch near 70 Mile

House

19905

bull Kristi Adamo BSc(HK)

96 and MSc 98 and Rob

McMullin BSe 95 were

married in May 1999 and Jive

in Ottawa

bull Michelle (Pilon) Bacon BA

90 has been living in London

England with her husband

Tim and children Juliette and

Lucien but they are planning a

return to Canada They will be

AIRBORNE ALUMNUS Olive Thompson DHE 35 celebrated her 85th birthday

with her head in the clouds She made her first parachute

jump with instructor Scott Borghese in Simcoe Ont in June

and says it was the most exciting thing shes done in her life

Thompson lives in Dunnville and has four children and three

grandchildren When she asked them about the paracbute

jump they told her to go for it Shes considering a repeat I U

jump next year and hopes her adventure will be a good S o

example for other seniors A dedicated member of the class -lt CD

of Mac 35 Thompson was president of the University of s Guelph Alumni Association in 197778 and keeps busy now VI

I

with volunteer work for the Salvation Army Z

living in Calgary and welcome

contact with western grads

and friends from Guelph Send

e-mail to m_e_baconhotshy

maicom

bull Deborah (Panton) Bodden

BASc 93 and her husband

Lyndhurst were married in

1998 and live in Grand

Cayman Cayman Islands

where she teaches primary

schoo

bull Elizabeth Cardno MSe 99

is working with the Rural

Health Research Consortium

at the University of

Saskatchewan developing

research projects on rural

health issues in relation to the

Canadian Institute for Health

Research

bull Jeannine Cote BA 9 J lives

in Hamilton Ont and works

o -lt

as a health -care aide and

home-support worker

bull Jeremy Debling BSe 94 is

a formulation chemist in the

pharmaceutical development

department at Novopharm

Limited in Toronto

bull Angela Dodd BA 93 and

Christopher Kemp

BSe(HK) 94 were married

Aug 14 Theyve bought a new

home in Etobicoke Ont

where he works for Canada

3000 Airlines and at Kingsway

Physiotherapy as a kinesioloshy

gist She is employed at

Manulife Financial in -Waterloo

bull Sheryl Harding Friedrich

BASe 85 is a full-time mom

and part-time nutrition conshy

sultant in Cannington Onto

She and her husband Cal

FallWinter 1999 35

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have three child ren Jonathan

Daniel and Anna

bull Anne Marie (Henwood)

Harman BA 95 is enjoying

her time at home with one shy

year-old Jenna She and her

husband Murray can be

reached bye-mail at 3harshy

mansstormca

bull Rosaleen Heffernan BA 96

and Barry Liboiron BSe 97

were married in August

Theyre both studying at the

University of British

Co lumbia where Liboiron is

doing a PhD in chemistry and

He ffe rnan is completing a

degree in educati on

bull Krista Hilton BASe 95

lives in Halifax with her hlls shy

band Michael Galloway She is

a priest in the Anglican Church

of Canada and serves as curate

a t the Cathedral Church of All

Sain ts Friends can reach her at

aj568chebllctonsca

bull Michael Kennard BA 86

starred as Mump the Clown in

the Canadian Stage Company

production of Mump amp Smoo t

in Something Else With Zug last

winte r at tbe Canadian Stage

Theatre in Toronto

bull Sharon McConnell BSe 90

and MSe 93 went on from U

of G to earn a diploma in

business management from

Wilfrid Laurier University

Since 1995 she has worked in

Toronto as a project director at

Burak Ja co bson Market

Resea rch Partners Ine

bull Michael McKay-Fleming BA

92 has launched two daily

comic strips via the Internet

Check out his Inane Producshy

tions Web site at http mem

bershomenetinaneprod to folshy

low the adventures of a free-spirshy

ited teenager named Alice and all

the animals in a new VVildlife

comielf you like comic strips

this fine art grad invites you to

enjoy his talent and humour

bull Andrew Nicholls MA 90 nications in Cambridge

and PhD 97 is an assistant bull Christine (Rogers) Patten

professor of history at Buffalo BA 9 1 lives in Toronto and

State College in Buffalo N Y has been working as a sales

He recen tly published the representative and industry

book The Jacobean Union A training facilitator since grad-

Reconsideration of British Civil uation She and her husband

Policies Under th e Early Vincent celebrated the birth of

Stuarts which offers a new their first child Gareth in

perspective on the role of mul - March 1999

tiple monarchy in the early bull Guiseppe Peritore

modern British kingdoms BSe(HK) 96 is studying

bull Jennifer (Pope) Parney physical therapy at the

BASc 94 works at Chatham- University of To ronto He

Kent Integrated Childrens married Rita Lavalle in May

Service - Heritage Campus 1999 and lives in Oakv ille His

- with chi ldren and families e-mail address is

wi th special needs gperitoreutorontoca

bull Sarah Perkins BSe(Agr) bull Tammy Tipler Priolo 92 joined Pfizer Animal BASe 90 lives in her hom e

Health in London Ont in town of North Bay Ont with

November as a product sup- her husband Clark and their

port speCialist Earlier she two-year-old daughter Erica

taught at Fairview College in Tipler Priolo is u5mg her com -

Fairview Alta before m oving puting skills in genealogy

back to Ontario in 1997 to research to track down elusive

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W illiam Ba rnes DVM 59 died Sept 7

1999 He grew up in th e N iagara area

but spent his professio nal ca ree r in a

ve terina ry prac ti ce in Ill inois He was a

dr ivi ng force in the American Ve ter inary

Medica l Assooatio n and in bo th the

Chicago and IlJin o is assoc iatio ns He

was also a fo un ding mem ber o f the

Ch icago-based Friends of Unicerslty of

Guelph a char itable o rga nizat ion

founded in 1975 to serve Guelph a lumni

living in the United Sta tes

George Dickson BSA 38 di ed Oct 9

1999 H e spen t h is entire career w ith

Canada Packers moving up f[Om mai l

cle rk to exec lltive vice-presid ent and

d irector After retirin g in 1976 he

devoted ma ny vo lu ntee r hours to U of

G 3S a memb er of Boa rd o f Gove rno rs

and the OAC Alumni Associatio n

Jam es Pinkney DVM 37 died July 3

1999 A respected ve ter in aria n in his

hom e to~ll o f Cooksv il le O nt he was

also recog nized as a p remier swi ne

breeder showman and judge He was

active in m any agricultural o rga niza shy

tio ns and in both the Ontario and

Canadian Vete rinary Med ical assoc iashy

tio ns He was a lo ngti me supporte r o f

th e Unive rsity especially the OVC

museum and was named OVC

Di stinguished Alumnus in 1987

Audrey Yea nd le DHE 25 di ed March

17 1999 in St ratford O nto A profes shy

sio nal diet it ia n she wo rked to two hosshy

p itals and tau ght home eco no m ics at

the Jo hn Fi he r School In Toro nto

Active In com munity orga nizatio ns and

her chu rch she was a lo ng time U of G

suppo rter and left an es ta te gift of over

$475000 to p rov ide bursaries for future

Gu elph students

Alumni

Jo hn Andrews DVM 38 June 27 1999

Harris Baker BSA 33 Febru ary 1998

Hu gh Balkwill BSA 53 June 27 1999

John Bowles BA 72 Sept 23 1999

Edward Bowness DVM 32 May 13 1999

Rud y Brown BSA 59 June 29 1999

Walter Bunn BSA 52 Sept 2 1999

Margaret Byrnes DHE 40 Apr il 22 1999

Joa n Cameron DH E 36 April 10 1999

Wil liam Cape ll BSA 54 Aprd 25 1999

T homas Ca rd BSA 47Ju ne 20 1999

Jean a rter DH E 38 Jun e 28 1999

Loi Clipsham D H E 27 Ju ne 23 1999

Bruce Cohoe BSA 3 3 Feb 2 1999

Geoffrey Collins BSA 28 May 21 1999

Al exander C o nnell ADA 60 Ju ly 26

1999

John Currie BA 74 Sep t 18 1999

William C u rrie BSA 59 Nov 27 1998

C arma n Davey DVM 39 Apr il 15 1999

D oug Doerksen ADA 84 Ju ne 5 1999

Joann e DU ll can -Robinson BA 81 and

MA 86 July 22 1999

Robert Erskine BSA 41 May 2 1999

Will ia m Fisher BSA 48 Aug 5 1999

Norm Freeman BSA 49 July 2 1999

Alexander Gc ncr BSA 32 Dee 27 1998

Rudy Goltz BSA 33 July 28 1 999

Tom Grah am BS 50 Dee 3 1998

Ed na Has tings D H E 32 July 11 1999

Jack Hea theringto n DVM 54 April 18

1999

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Ralph Hills BSA 54 June 14 1999

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1999

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1999

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lV1arch 24 1999

john Meeuse ADA 58 July 19 1999

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Rose Reynold s D HE 28 Apri l 17 1999

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Jam es Ross BSA 34 Au g 23 1999

Gra nt Savage D VM 48 Ma rch 2 1999

Earl Shuh BSA 36 July 5 1999

Eu gene Smith BSA 3 1 Jan 27 1999

Will iam Smyth MA 90 Oc tober 1997

Ch er yl Ann Somerville BSe(Agr) 96

Sept IS 1999

Carl Stevenson BSA 46 Aug 26 1999

Robert Tennant BSA 49 May 5 1999

Gregory Tostevin BA 93 Feb 10 1999

Gerald Trant BSA 51 Sept 1 1999

Bennie Urquhart DV M 54 April 4 1999

Ga il Wamsl ey BA 70 July 24 1998

Gladys Ward D IlE 27 Apri l 8 1999

Catherine Welch BSA 22 Ma rch 3 1998

M abel ( McCa rthy) Ziegler DH E 26

Apr il 29 1999

Facu lty amp Staff Pro f Sid Gilbert Sociolog) and An thro shy

polog) Sept 8 1999

Rev Canon Ritchie McMurray

eCllm enical ch aplain 1968 to 1983

Aug 19 1999

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Frank Watson March 23 1999

Barry Woods Jul y 30 1999

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UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

the CWay CWe CWere FROM THE ARCHIVES

HISTORIANS CANT PINPOINT the date that the Unishy

versity o f Gu elphs landmark portico was carved

from Ontario limesto ne but its familiar columns preshy

date the 1874 fo und ing o f the Ontario Agricu ltural Colshy

lege by several yea rs

Originally fronting a fa rmh ouse on Moreton Lodge

Farm the orna te front porch stoo d at the entrance of

the main co ll ege building until the O ld Res idence was

demolished in 1929 to make way for the co nstruction

of Johnston Hall Its believed the portico was erected

on Johnston Green in 1934

Because the ravages of time and weather had weakshy

ened the limestone structure to a dan gerous point it

was dismantled earlier this fall and underwent muchshy

needed repairs to the stonework ceiling and roof The

OAC Class of 1949 raised $75000 to fund the p roject

as a 50th-anniversa ry gift to the ca mpu s and a way to

commemo rate the 125th anniversa ry of OAC

Now completely restored the portico is back in place

on Johnston Green whe re it co ntinues to se rve as an

elegant reminder of ca mpus histor y and a favour ite

pla ce fo r convocation and wedding photographs

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World Wide We b for informa shy

tion about U of G will fi nd it

eas ier and faster to ge t answers

they need when they click on to

the University s new Web site

Visitors at wwwuoguelph ca wiil

fi nd a new horne pa ge design

and a quick-link toolb ar that

fea tures a direct link to alumni

inform ation and immediate

access to campus news a nd

coming events Other new fea shy

tures includ e a ca mpu s news

page and a three-dime nsio nal

map that a ll ows us ers to dick

directly on a building or to

search by either department or

building name U of G s Web

Steering Committee includ ed a

us er feedba ck functi o n and

hopes visitors will use it to comshy

ment on the site and to seek

more in forma tion abo ut Guelph

programs and se rvices

APPOINTMENTS PROF ALASTAIR Summerlee

has been named associate

vice-president (acad em ic)

following the departure of

Prof Co nstance Rooke who

left U of G to become presishy

dent of the University of

Winnipeg Summerlee was

formerly dean of graduate

studies In his new posit ion

he will oversee the quality

and development of undershy

graduate programs at U of G

PATRICK CASE form er

equity adviser for the Toronshy

to District School Board has

been appointed director ofU

of Gs Human Rights and

Equity Office A 1986 gradshy

uate of Osgoode Hall Law

School Case practised fam shy

ily human rights and immishy

gration law before joining the

Toronto school board in

1991 and is now completing

a masters degree in consti shy

tutionallaw

B OF G WElCOMES NEW CHAIR SIMON COOPER pres ident of

Marriott Hotels of Canada in

Etobicoke Ont is the new chair

of U of Gs BOlld of Governors

He succeeds Doug Dodds chair

and CEO of Schneider Corporashy

tion in Kitchener who has served

as chair since 1995 Cooper who

Join ed the board in 1995 was

vice -chair in 199899 and was

instrumental in raising more than

$1 50000 with in the 110spi tali ty

industry to benefit U of Gs

ACCESS campaign for student

fInancial assistance The board

also welcom es new members

Mary-Eli7abeth Flynn CEO of

KM2 Holdings Ltd Hank Va nshy

der Pol president of Rol-Land

Farms Ltd Prof Chris McKenshy

na chair of the Department of

Eco nomics food science gradushy

ate student Susa n Abraham and

undergradua te students Juli e

Cugalj and Jeff Ramlogan

ROYAL SOCIETY FELLOWS WELCOME DWIVEDI POLITICA L SC IENCE professor

OP Dwivedi has been named a

Fellow of th e Royal Society of

Ca nada the high es t scho larl y

recogniti on a Canadian academshy

ic can receive He joins 18 other

U of G facult y (current and

retired ) who have earned tbe title

Herbert Armstrong (deceased)

Te rry Beveridge Microbiology

Derek Bewley Botany Peter Egelshy

staff Physics Chris Gray Physics

Paul Hebert 70010g y Gabri el

Karl Physics Ke n Kasha Plant

Agriculture John Leslie Philosshy

oph) Donald Masters History

Larry IVlilligan vice-president

(research) Jay Newman Philosshy

ophy Bernhard Nickel Physics

Ann Oaks Botany Larry Pe tershy

so n Botany Michael Ruse Phishy

losophy Bruce Sells Molecular

Biology amp Genetics an d Joh n

Simpson Physics

Faculty Association and the Col shy

lege of Arts

bull Sonya Go ldberg an MA student

in the Depa rtmen t of His to ry

has won th e prestigious Sir

lohn A Macdonald Grad uate

Fellowsh ip in Canadian History

bull U of Gs School of Engineering

is the first in Canada to be recshy

ognized by the Canadian Engi shy

neering Memorial Foundation

with an award for providing a

women middotfriendly environment

Cre ated to mark the 10th

anniversary of the fatal shootshy

ing of 14 women at Montreals

Ecole Poly technique th e award

recog nizes U of Gs collegial

atmosphere an d the schools

4o-per-cent femal e enrolment

which is twice the nation al

average

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bull Philosophy professor Michael cultural Hall of Fame in June as

Ruse is one of seven sc holars a North American leader in the

- and the only Canadian - to production processing and ma rshy

recei ve a special writing grant keting of turkey and chicken

from the John Templeton Foun shy Cuddy received an hono rary

dation and Philade lphia Centre degree from U of G in 1994 for Religion and Science He bull Don Zira ldo BSc(Agr) 71 coshy

will use the $100000 US award founder of In niskillin Wines Inc

to writ e a book about science of Niagara-on-the middotLake Ont

and religion captu red a gold meda l from

bull AM Mac Cuddy BSA 42 was Vine xpo 99 in Bordeaux

inducted into the Ontario Agri- France for the co mpanys 1997

ice wine Inniskillin also

recei ve d the CIVART Award for

Excellence for Out standing

Selection of the Best Wines of

the World

bull Prof Daniel Fischlin Literatures

and Performance Studies in

English has won three teac hshy

ing awa rds in the last year shy

from the Ontario Confederation

of University Facu lty Associa shy

tions the University of Guelph

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ENVIROPIGS AN ENVIRONMENTAL

BOON U OF G R ES E A RC HERS have ge netically engineered pigs that should help solve th e biggest environmental problem facing hog farmers

The Envi roplgs developed by Pcof Cecil forsbecg M icroshybiol og y Prof Jo hn Philli ps Molec ular Biology and Ge ne tshyics and microbiology graduate stud ent Serguei Golova n proshyduce manure containing 50 per cent less phosphorus Phosshyphorus is a wdter pollutant th at promotes the growth of a lgae in rivers lakes and strea ms ultishymately de pleting oxygen in the water and affect ing fi sh stocks

Enviropigs shou ld help solve the pro blem Norm all y pigs cannot digest phyta tr a form of phosphorus WI th direc t su pshyport from O ntario pork proshyduce rs the Guelph sc ientists took an E coli gene tha t makes the enzyme phytase and spliced it wi th a fragm ent of a mo use gene th at cont ro ls the producshytion of a protein secreted in the sa livar y glands The cOlllposite gene was then inse rted into th e nucl eus of a on e-celled pig

12 GU ELPH ALUMNUS

embr)To via a tiny needle The tran sgene will allow the

Envirop ig to make ph ytase in th e saliva ry gland and secrete it into the saliva where it is swa lshylowed with food The phy ta se

releases orga nic phospho rus so it can be absor bed by the bloodstream ins tead of being excreted in manu re

Th ree transgenic pigs have been born and are bein g monshyitoced by the resea rchers but it will likely be stveraJ yea rs befo re Envirop igs are ready to be comshymercialized

COMPUTER SIMULATIONS

BENEFIT MEDICAL RESEARCH

Two U OJ G SC IENTJ STS are using computer simulations to help medica l and ve terinar y researchers deve lop treatments for diseases caused by iOll chanshynels gone awr y

Profs Saul Go ldman Chemi stry and Biochemistry and Chri s Gray Phys ics are using computer pro gra ms to simulate the workings of tin y passages in cell membranes that serve as ga tekeepers passin g ions such as sodium and potas-

IN FACT Scientists build on knowledge that mlY lead to the ability to repair DNA

otes sium into and out of cell s

Sc ien ti sts have uncovered dozen s of hum an ion channel mutations tha t underlie diseases in heart brain muscle and othshyer tissues

The Guelph researchers modshyel the Aow of ions through chanshynels an d stu dy the microscop ic workings of iOll channel proteins Th ey hope to ga in informat ion useful to ph armaceutical comshypanies an d gene docto rs

The U of G co mputer modshyel is curre ntl y the only way to simu late the workings of ion chl1lnel proteins and the effects of alteri ng th eir stru ctu re dnd function The resea rchers say that over th e long term lear nshy

ing more about th e ge netic un derpi nnin gs of io n channel diseases such as cyst ic fib rosis might allow sCIe nti sts to rep air DNA itself

LITERARY RESEARCH CLICKS WITH TECHNOLOGY

U DF G E N GLI S H PR OFESSO R Susan Brow n is helping to cli ck on a new way to pub lish and stud y sc holarship in the humanit ies

Brown is one of six co-invesshytigators on th e Orlando Project which involves p ro fe sso rs and students trom the universities of Guelph and Alberta who are developing th e first full scholarshyly history of wo mens writings in the Britisb Isles Th ey will pubshyLsh it in an electronic format that wi ll allow users to search vast volumes ofbiog rltlphical inforshy

mation critical discussion and contextual mate rial in seconds

The pIoject will prov ide an account or wo me ns wri ting across the cen turies that addressshyes issu es raised by recent fe mishynist tbinkers and scholars of womens wr iting Brown and other inves tigators are not mereshyly col lecting primary mater ial but are also encoding literalY hisshytory as they wr ite it lllcluding references to literary reviews and analysis of write rs work Comshyputers will store and manipulate

basic rtsea rch materia l Named for the Virgin ia Woolf

fictiona l character who begins to write as an Elizabethan man and emerges as a full y developed fema le writer the Orlando Proshyjec t has been funded by a $16shymillion gran t from the Social Scishyences and Hu manit ies Resea rch Counci l and by th e uni ve rsities of Albe rta and Guelph

CANADIANS VALUE THEIR PETS

VIE A LL KNO W TJ-JiT Ca nadians -love their dogs and cats but did you know that keeping Fido and Fluffy happ) and healthy is worth billions to the nations economy

A fi rst -ever stud y by LJ of G

economics professo r John Livshyernois reveals that Canad ian pet ow ners spend nearly $3 billion annually on food veterinary care and supplies for their comshypanion animals - almost $1

billion in Ontario alone Th e pet industry also supports nearshyly 40000 jobs nati onally

The study commissioned by the Ontario Veterinary College revea ls that pets are an imporshytant family budget item across all income classes and aU provinces Nearly half of Canadia n house shyholds have a companion animal and the average family spends a few hundred dollars a year on pets an amou nt that rises with in come levels

The magni tud e of pet expenditures is an indicator of the value of companion ani shymals in society says Live rnois

The study also identified the intangible benefits of pets including emotional support companionship improved socializa ti on skills in children and th erapeutic effects

Animals are companions and confidants says OVC proshyfessor Cindy Adams a speciaJist in the human-animal bond We are very much a buying-orishyented society but the relationship with our pets is still very pure

People are also becomi ng more sensit ive to their pers needs she says The y are demanding the same type of care and service from their ve tshyerinarians as they do from their docto rs

The study notes that most

veterinary practices depend on peoples attachment to their pets Of the]] 06 veterinary practices in Ontar io 726 are exclusively companion-animal practices Even mixed-animal practices derive about half th eir income from companion animal services

NEW CANCER TEST MAY IMPROVE

SURVIVAL RATES U N IVER S llY OF GUELPH

researchers have helped develshyop a new blood test that detects ovar ian cancer at a stage when it is still treatable by surgery and chemotherapy

Senior research associate Dong Gaudette and Prof Bruce Holub Human Biology and Nutritional Sciences collaboratshyed with doctors from Texas and Ohio on the patented blood test [t will be devel oped by Atairgin Technologies Inc in Irvine Calif Clinical trials begin tbis yea r

Diagnosis of ovarian canshycer during tbe eady stages could mea n dramatically higher SLlrshyvival rates says Ga ud ette The blood test detected 75 per cen t

IN FACT A new blood test detected 75 per cent of early-stage ovarian cancer

of the ea rly-stage ovaria n canshycer samples

Currently diagn os is in abo ut 70 per cen t of women occ urs during the more

advanced stages of the disease Each yea r ovarian cance r kill s ]500 women in Ca nada and

14500 in the United States T I e two researchers discovshy

ered a fat called lyso phosphatidic acid that is prese nt in higher

quantities in ca ncerous tissue It is also detected in the blood

DEVELOPING A NEW VACCINE FOR CATTLE

KIND ER GEN TLER CATTLE vacshyc ines may become a reality thanks to the development of an oral cattle vacci ne by a U of G research tea m

Profs Reggi e Lo Microbiolshyogy Patricia Shewen Pathobiolshyogy and Judith Strommer Plant

Agri cultu re are tryi ng to pro shyduce a transgenic lin e of alfalfa that calTies a bacterial gene The alfalfa is designed to produce a natural antigen to help boost bovine immune response to a type of pneumonia in ca ttle

Traditional vaccina tion b)

needl e injection requires rounding up and restra ining the cattle and is costly and stressful to animals says Lo If we ca n create an o ral deli very system using transgenic alfalfa we can simply add th e alfalfa to tbe regul ar feed

The team is creating the oral

vacci ne system using a gene from a well-known bacterium and is transferring tbe bacterishyal D--1 into the recip ient alfalshy

fa plant s Once tb e transgenic alfalfa line is es tabli shed and the ge ne is producing the bacshyteri al ant igens as planned th ey will feed the transgenic alfalfa to th e cattle to see whether an immun e response occurs If the o ral vaccine works it will mea n healthier cattle with less use of antibiotics in livestock being fed for hum an consul11ption

GENETIC TEST COULD BOOST

SOYBEAN EXPORTS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN Canada testing is available to detect the presence of geneticall ) modified orga nisms (CMOs) in soybea n products Th e testin g wi ll be overseen by U of Gs Laboratoshyr) Serv ices The uelph Mole shycular Supercentre will offer the GMO-check Soya Iest Kit

There is a stron g need for such a commercial tes t in Ca nashyda especially with the increase in produc tion of Givl so) beans says rcsclrciler Shu Chen Its estishymated that 10 to 20 pe r cent of the 21 111illion acres of soybeans planted in the province this year were gendi(all y modified

The test deteels the protein expressed In Monsantos Roundup Read y v1[ia nt of soyshy

beans The most popular GM soybean secds on th e market a re res is tant to Roundup a com l11only used herbicide The test has been va lidated for aCCllshy

rac y by 37 laborator ies in th e Eu ropean Union (EU )

The te st is poised to be a boon for soybean exp orte rs Currently food products co nshytainin g CIvIC) that are exportshyed to the EU mu st be clearly labell ed and many consumers are now dem anding the option to choose between genetically modified and non-geneticall y l110dified foods Previously th e sampl es had to be se nt to th e United Sta te s for testi ng a process that was both cosuy and ti me-consu m i ng

IN FACT Up to 20 per cent of the soybeans grown in -Ontario this year were genetically modified

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bull bull

Gayle Anderson Andrew Vowles Alexander Wooley

IClne Guelph scientists strengthen the role ofveterinary medicine

in solving human health problems

Pre-eclampsia in pregnant women Organ

transplants Human colorectal cancer Bactershy

ial resistan ce to antibiotics Theyre all topics

you might expect to hear discussed in a human

medical lab or teaching hospital but in the corshy

ner office of the Ontario Veterinary College

OVC dean Alan Meek smiles and acknowlshy

edges the apparent paradox of discussing the

effects on human medicine of resea rch conshy

ducted in his corner of the University of Guelph

campus But you dont need too powerful a

microscope to reveal the research connections

among dogs cats horses and well humans

Referring to his hefty copy of Veterinary

Medicine and Human Health written by his Unishy15 co versity of California colleague Calvin Schwabe laquo

~ Meek says the distinction between animal and w

~ human is rather misleading Go back far enough

~ - before the Judeo-Christian concept of human z

~ uniqueness and superiority - and youll find o

~ no clear line sepa ra t ing the practitioners of

14 GUELPH AWYI K US

human and animal health The healers made

no distinction between whether they were lookshy

ing after the owner of the ca ttle or the cattle

says Meek It was the notion of one medicine

Of course theres no denying that animal

health rem ains the domain of the veterinary

researcher an d practitioner As ve terinarians

we have a mandate to understand animals and

things that affect their health so we can preshy

vent problems and care for th em says Meek

I suspect that when most people think about

veterinary medicine thats th e first piece they

think about

But animal heal th is only one of the four pilshy

lars of the veterinary profession - th e others

are public health environmental health and bioshy

medical sciences - whose research and teachshy

ing rest on the base of comparative medicine -We are the only medical profession that looks

at medicine across species he says Thats one

of the great strengths of veterinary medicine

-

Fa llWinter 1999 15

Public health con cerns range from food SJfft) to zoonotic diseases (diseases that can be traLl smi tted from anim als to humans) and antibiotic resistance amon g diseaseshyca using bacteria It was this pillar that occushypied many veterinarians during the earlier decades of this century o ften as health inspectors

Iith the ad vent of antibiotics and varshyious advances in technology seemingly more stimulating research avenues beckshyoned for vete rin ary scientists But at this end of the 20th cen tury says Meek we find ourselves again confronting many of those earlier problems such as tuberculosis and medical professionals are refocllsing on the importance of public health issues

Veterinarians have also played a signifishycant role in th e evolution and application of ecosystem healt h practices because of their expe rtise in co mp arative medicine toxicology ep idemiology and wildlife disshyease Changes in wildlife health are the first results and so metimes the first signs of envishyronmental problems We dont live in a box reserved for one species says Meek gtle live in the same env ironment We interact in very intimate ways with other an imals in the environment so its not surp rising there are all kinds of crossovers and that you can learn J lot tbat can improve the heal th and lovell-being of peo ple and other animals

That trutl is becoming more ev ident as biomedical science uses new and more speshyci fic technologic As yo u start looking at the cellular and subcellular levels and the chromosomes and the genes it doesnt realshyly mat ter that much whether youre lookshyin g at a ge ne chromosome or cell that came ou t of a person or a dog says Meek vVhen YOLi get down to that level the fundamenshytal building blocks are the same - nucleic acids dnd blse units I think we as a professhysion have a tremendou s amount to offer there becJuse of our mand ate wlich is so broad Vete rinar ians look after all animals excep t for people in th e sense of providing handS-Oil care We can learn a lot from these othe r species There are diseases in other animals that have analogies to human disshyeases so we can learn from that and use th em as n1tural models

He expec ts to see mor e collaboration IIlJ information sharing alllong human medical and veterinary researchers Its not

16 G UELPH ALUMNUS

so amazing to understand that we would ha ve folks working on things that have a human application It co mes from our manshydate our responsibilities and histo ry and the comparative approach

The fourth pillar of veterinary medicine offers many impressive examples of co mshyparative medicine In the next few pages we present a small sample of current OVC research initiat ives that are providing immeshydiate and direct benefit to human medicine and health

disease similar to pre-eclampsia In mice lacking these lymphocy te cells she grafted bone marrow containing gra ft s with NK cells and found that the implantation sites returned to a no rmal state

Croys research has gained worldwide recognition for its considerable applicabilshyity to human fetal development and because it provides a useful animal model for this gestational disease Her work may eventu shyall) show scientists how to eliminate preshyeclampsia during human pregnancy It will also help vets and farmers understand how

Reproductive technologies

Prof Anne Croy Biomedical Sciences is intent on discovering why pregnant women develop pre-eclampsia a serious illn ess that typically occurs during th e second half of pregnancy High blood pressure is the major symptom If pre-eclampsia occurs th e baby must be delivered immediately or the mothshyer may experience convulsions or even die To better understand the ilness Croy is examining lymphocytes in the uterus par shyticularlya group of specialized lymphocyte cells that multiply during early pregnancy

These NK cells or natural killers regushylate gene expression and attack foreign invaders such as cancerous tumours Their main r01 e during pregnancy is to dilate blood vessels as the uterus grows preventshying blood pressure from rising to dangershyous levels Croy and her research team have discovered that lack of NK ceUs in the uterus may cause reproductive problems and lead to smaller infants whose growth is retard shyed into adulthood

Working with mice Croy found th at removing NK cells before mating led to a

uterine lymphoc ytes work in lives tock which is why her studies are funded by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs as well as the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council

How much can mice teU us about human reproductive immunology Croy says the importance of the mouse as a tool for studyshying disease progression or therapy was brought home to her in the 1960s when she was an OVC student of Prof Tom Hulland then chair of pathology and an ea rly enthushysiast of using mice as resea rch models

She says the two reproductive systems are remarkably similar Because mice reach adulthood after six to seven weeks and proshyduce about 10 offspring every three weeks researchers can monitor successive generashytions of mice over a short period to discovshyer the long-term ramifi ca tions of health problems And she is able to study an indishyvidual tissue section of an entire fetu s under -the microscope For these reasons mice play a central role in another of Croys research projects one thats found mothers pass along to their children more of themselves than was previously thought

Until recently the placenta was thought

to be impenetrable Then some Us

researchers discovered that cells travelled

from the fetus to the mother In research

funded by the Hospital for Sick Children

Foundation in Toronto Croy recently found

that the flow is two-way unidentified cells

We are the only medical profession that looks at medicine across species Thats one of the great strengths of veterinary medicine

are also transferred from the mother to the

bone marrow of the fetus

Unlike most earlier studi es Croys

focused on the bone marrow where the

bodys blood and autoimmune disea ses

develop She found that 90 per cent of the

mouse fetuses contained the mothers cells

in their marrow Because maternal cel ls

remain in offspring into adu lthood (a nalshy

ogous to humans) it suggests the cells may

affect the chi lds response to a bone marshy

row transplant during cancer treatment or

to treatment for HIV ma laria or burns For

example immune-deficient children often

receive marrow transplants from a parent

but if the mothers cells are already present

they can reject th at transplant Undershy

standing the nature of those cells is critical

As in Croys work with uterine lymp hoshy

cytes this research is receiving worldwide

recogn ition although the Guelph researcher

down plays that accla im This is so me of

the most interesting work of my career she

says but Im a relatively small player in the

bigger sc hem e of things

Croy has repeatedly crossed boundaries

in her pursuit of knowledge and has been

recognized by a variety of scientific discishy

plines She recent ly completed a term as a

permanent study sec tion member of the

National Institutes of Health (N1H) in th e

United States one of the few Canadians

appointed since the N1H opened permashy

nent membership to non -citizens in 1995

She teaches a summer course on reproducshy

tion mostly to medical doctors at the

Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratoshy

ry in Massachusetts This June she recei ved

the JCB Grant Senior Scientist Award from

the Canadian Society of Anatomy Cell Biolshy

ogy and Neurobiology - an unusual honshy

our for a vet And she recently prese nted

reproductive immunology findings to meetshy

ings of obstetricians and gynecologists

Organ transplants

A silent crisis is what one member of Parshy

liament has called Canadas organ donor

rate now among the lowest in the indusshy

trialized world More than 3000 Canadians

wait for organ transp lants each year and

143 of them die awaiting a transplant

One potential so lution being examined

at OVC is xenotransplantation or transshy

plan ting of organs from one sp ecies to

another - specifica ll y from pigs to

humans Its not as far-fetched as it sounds

For more than 10 years people have

received living pig tissue including porcine

pancreatic islet cells for diabetes and pig

skin for burns

Because of its faculty expertise its outshy

standing record in animal ca re and welfare

and its 30-year history o f research in

pathogen-free swine for breeding and food

purposes OVC was approached by Imutran

Ltd of the United Kingdom a xenotran sshy

plantation research leader to assis t in pre-

clinical (non-human) trials

OVCs role in this leading-edge research

being co-led by Prof Danny Butler Clinishy

cal Studies is to breed and suppl y a sma ll

group of tran sgenic pigs for research trials

at partner institutions in the project - the

University of Toronto and the University of

Western Ontario ove was also instrushy

mental in ensur in g that the pig li tte rs were

of defined health status or pathoge n-free

- an integral aspect of this proJect These

transgenic pigs resemble any other pig on

the outside but on the inside Lhey diff r in

one smaJl but very important way

Ordinarily when a blood vessel ruptures

the bodys natural reaction is to clot and

patch the leak During this pro cess someshy

times called a cascade the body produces

chemicals sequentially to form the c lot But

clotting is a delicate FlOcess Until now

organ transplants betwee n species have proshy

voked hyper-acute rejection caus ing a

clotting-like cascade to continue until wit hshy

in min utes or hours th e patient rejec ts the

animal organ Blood entering the newly

received organ recognizes that tissue as forshy

eign and immediately begins the clotting

process quickly shutting down the o rg3 1l

By contrast the ce ll s of lmutran pigs conshy

tain a human gen e that produces a prote in

that stops the clotting casca d e In a transshy

planted pig organ c3tTying this gene the

protein fool s the pat ients blood into trelt shy

ing the organ as though its from the same

species thus preventing clotti ng

Butler believes oves expertise in surgishy

cally deriving and raising germ-free littetmiddots

was a key reason the college was approached

to undertake this re sea rch Fro m 1958 to

1989OVC took th e scientific lead with the

Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Fo od and

Ruralfffairs in supplying speci[Jc-pathogen shy

free animals to the provinces pig farms Prof

Paul Miniat of the Departmcnt of C linical

Studies and later th e Depa rtment of Popshy

ulation Medicine led that projec t

Tl1is current research is cutting-edge

says Butler and you have to be absolutely

meticulous about everything you do

Because these animals dont ha ve dn actishy -vated immune system any path oge n th lt

comes into play would be fatal to thesc pigs

Butler notes that the resea rch is stil l at

the pre-clinical (non-human) trial stage

and it will likely be years before trials ca n

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take place in hum ans And other forms of transplant rejec tion besides the hyper-acute

va ri ety will requ ire furth er research Along the way Butler and fellow OVC researchers - Prof Bonnie Mall ard and Byram Bridle PathobioJogy who are stud y director and projec t mana ger re spec tivel y Jud y Bell Clinical Studies a projec t mana ge r and

Prof Bob Fri endship Population Medicine - hope to gain new insight into breeding

pigs of exemplary health status for both anishymal breeding and food sa fe ty

Genetic diseases

Pro f Mark Baker Path obi ology hopes to enh ance gene th erapy used in treating

human and animal ge net ic d iseases by improving the effi ciency of gene targeting Using thi s procedure and the tools of biotechnology researchers hope to zero in on spec ific points in an o rgani sms DNA and insert or repair genes invol ved in sll ch

diseases as cancer AID S mu sc ular dystroshyphy cys tic fibrosis and sickl e-cell anemia

Gene targeting is a very important techshy

nology for gene modifi ca tion in all species - plants animals and micro-organisms says Baker who began tbi s work in the 1980s The nice thing about thi s tecbnolshyogy is th at yo u can make changes in the

ge ne right in its norm al position in the chromosom e

He hopes to make gene targe ting more effi cient by studying the underlyi ng process of homologo us reco mbi nation in whi ch

DNA sequences exchange information Norshymally this process helps ce lls repai r DNA da mage and govern s mixing of gen es durshy

ing cell di vision including th e p rocess of meios is whi ch produces egg and sperm

cells But homologous recombination can also lead to can cer durin g th e exchange of informati on bet ween a mutan t ch romoshyso me and its no rmal co unterpart Bes ides

stud ying what goes wrong durin g recomshybinat ion sc ientists are in te res ted in using th e process to co rr ect defe cts Baker s

research for exa mple has shown that gene targe ting th ro ugh homolo gous recombinashytion can correc t a mu ta tion to resto re proshyducti on of an immunoglobulin found in

an tibodies We want to und ers tand the mec hashy

nisms of recombination in mammalian cells

18 G U ELP H A LUMNUS

and how homologo us reco mbin ati on ca n

be used to shape and manipu late th e genome he says ex plaining that gene tarshygeting all ows researchers to make animal

model s of hum an gene ti c diseases study hum an ge ne th erapy and modify plant and an imal ge nomes to benefit agri culture biotechnology and medi cine

Cancer research

Ca ncer reaches into the lives of many Ca nashydian s A number of researchers are wo rkshying in this area and their research spans the spectrum from basic molecul ar bio techshy

nology to applied therapy says Pro f Wayne

improve our understa ndin g of how to modshy

ify the level of damage done by co litis He explains th at by detoxify ing dieta ry

mu tagens and ca rcinogen s CST enzymes provi de protection against va rious insul ts inflicted on th e stom ach Thats an imporshy

tant role gJven th e kno wn link be tween so me chemical s co nsumed by humans and the dama ge to DNA and tis sues th at ma y

lead to cancer Hi gh levels of the em ymes are good because th ey pro tect says Ki rby

In pre vious studi es conducted with the Je wish General Hospital in MontlCal Ki rshyby discove red th at man y peo pl e with col shyo rec tal ca ncer lack th e ge neti c codes fo r

GSTs He is now in vestigatin g th e role of the

At the cellular and subcellular levels it doesnt really matter

whether youre looking at a gene chromosome or cell that came out of a person or an animal

McDonnell OVC ass istant dean (resea rch)

Although OVC research usually fo cuses on can cer in anim als incl uding using animal models th e res ult s also touch th e human

realm of oncology research Colorec tal ca nce l is th e third most comshy

mon can cer in humans th e Canadian Ca nshy

cer Society estim ates th at more than 16000 new cases will be d iagnosed in 1999 and more th an 6000 deaths will occur Key fa cshy

tors in its development are d ie tary carc inoshyge ns and colitis a bowe l inflammatio n In Guelphs Departm ent of Bio medi cal Scishy

ences Prof Gordon Kirby is studying glu shytathione S-transferase (GST) emymes that

are fo und in the hea lthy human intestinal tract but are abse nt in colorec tal ca ncer patients This research co uld help impleshyment pre ve ntive st ra teg ies for people who might be at high risk for ca nce r or it may

help in co unselling people in proper dietary habits he says In addi tio n we may

enzy mes and how th eir level alte rs as th e

disease develops B) und erst andin g how th ese enz) l11 es

work and how th ey change dur ing the proshygression from co liti s to can cer Kirby ultishymately hopes to lea rn ho w to co ntro l th e leve l of th e enzymes Understandin g how

th e enzym es work ca n lead LI S to wa ys to

prevent cancer he SlyS

Radiation treatment

Veterll1ar ians using the technique o f halfshy

body ra dia tion may cut th e time needed to treat lymphoma in dogs acco rd ing to th e

re sul ts of a st ud y by OVC re sea rchers in cludin g Prof To n) Abr1Jl1s-0gg Pro f -Stephen Kruth Paul Woods Geri Ottewe ll and Kim Stewa rt - aU of th e Department of Clini cal Studi es - and Al Norris of th e

Veterinary Referral Cli nic And although the groups recent six-year tr ial was directed at

do gs the resu lts of thi s veterinary resea rch

may have implica tions for trea tin g cance r

in hum ans

Trea tin g lym ph oma traditionally Iequires up to two yea rs of chemoth erap)

An alternative to prolonged chemotherapy is tota l-body ra diat io n and bone mar row

transplantation The procedullt lI SLS the patien ts own marrow extracted before the

trea tment One drawback is the possi bilit y

of transpb nt ing s ick malTOw co ntaining lymphoma (ells back in to the patien t A secshy

o nd drawbac k is th e ex tcnsive ca re and

Icngthy recovery time required By co ntrast ha lf-body radiation takes

onl y three mon ths Ab rams- Ogg explains that became only half of th e body is treatshy

ed at one time enough healthy bone marshy

row remain s to negate a tra nsp lan t By the

time th e seco nd hal f o f the body is irradishyated 30 da ys late r th e pa tien t has hld

eno urh line to recover fro m the first trea tshyment Hes also found that dogs receivi ng

half-bod) radiation generally avoid the sideshyeffects of tull-body trea tment

Abra ms-Ogg says ha lf- body radi ation

has been used on humans to alleviate pain in advanced cancer cases but not to treat

lymphoma The results of this trial do have hUl )la n health implications he SJ) Halt~

hody radilti o n may be used to treat the

sa me types of cancers in people

Resistance to antibiotics

Ensuring the hea lth of farm animals is an

im po rtant fac tor in ensuring th e health of our food supply T hrough col labo ratio ns wi th the Un iversity of Guelphs Department

of Food Science and l1calth Canada a dedshy

icated group of ove resea rch ers is improvshying public health through [ood -sa fe ty

research OnL of those sc ienti sts is Prof Sco tt

McEwen Population Med icine who studies food-animal prod uct io n and on-fa rm issues

by investigati ng microb ial resistance to antib ishyotics and ways to co ntrol pathoge ns such as

E coli during food-animal production Were try ing to red uce the level of exposhy

sure or people to these pathogens an d in tu rn red uce the level of food-borne illness

says I IcEwe n Our goal is to im prove

human health and improve the health of the animal industr )

Microbia l resista nce in pa rticular is a

co mpelli ng issue for agriculture rigbt no w because of a number of eve nts occurring

worldwide that have focus ed attenti on o n the use of antibi otics in foo d-a ni mal pro shy

du ct ion and the po tential impact on h um ans through meat conu mption

McEwen and h is st ud ents are looking at

what types of animals are being exposed to

va ll o us drugs and for how long to better

measure bacterial resistance to antibiot ics Because the agricu ltu ra l industry accounts [or half of to tal antib io tic lls e he says it s

important to look for new ways to improve on-farm manage ment of livestock that wIll

reduce disease Jnd the need for treatme nt

with antibiotics ga

Veterinary medicine contributes to human health sector

The Ontario Veteri nary Co llege (OVC) is at the centre of Ontarios

$44 billion knowledge-based ecoshy

nomic secto r foc using on animal

health and related food qualitysafeshy

ty and biomedicalbiotechnology activities

Although veterinal) medicine is

the main focus of studies at OVC the biomedical science o ption has

the bjgh est enrolment among

Guelphs 30 BSe degree programs

Employers in Canadas $I -billion biotechnology indust ry sa y a degree in ve ter inary med icine will

be an impor tant first step in filling

new positions created by the pracshytical application of current revelashy

tions in molecular biology and cloning technology

OVC is a founding college of the

Universit y of Guelph which receives mo re resea rch funding

from the Medica l Research Co unshycil than any other Ca nadi an uni shy

versity with o ut a medica l school

More than ISO studies have been condu cted using fund s donated

throug h OVes Pet Tr ust by ve tshy

erinarians and pet owners who recshy

ognize the th erapeutic value of the

bond betwee n people and com shypa nion animal s

100 per cent of OVC gradu ates

find em ploymen t withi n six months of gradu ation

50 per cen t of veterinary patholoshygists in North America are -employed directly or indirectly by the pharmaceutical industr y

Fa llWinter 1999 19

a The Royal Society of Canada recognizes an acndelnic career

by Alexander Wooley a scholar Funny hOWasingle pi ece of paper can summarize a lifet ime of study and aCJ demic work that has already fi ll ed

29 books and 85 book chapters an d Journal articles

In june U of G polit ica l science profes~

sor Onkar P Dwivedi received a letter invit~

ing hi m to become a Fello w of th e Royal Society of Canada Its an invitation reserved

for Canadas ltlCJde11i c elite an an nounceshy

men t thM brought congratul atio ns tinged with envy fiom colleagues across Ca nada and

left th is U of G professor answeri ng quips from Guelph collcgues such as Are we still

allowed to share the elevator wi th such an illuSlrious scholar

Dwivedi is indeed an ill ustrious scholar

- th e FRSC is th e hi ghest scholJriy recog~ nition1 Canad ian ~ cad emic ca n recei ve shy

but he is also a personable man who has a deer concern fo r o thers and a sense of humour that allows h illl to ceremo ni ously

wave oth er facult ) and students on to the

elevator as it ri ses to his s ix1h~f1oor offi ce ill the JvlacKi nn on Bu ilding

Known across camp us simply as OP he says its o nl y natural that hlS colleagues

wo uld be a bi t envi ous of th e Royal Society

designation he has felt th at envy himself when congratultting previous recip ien ts

Dwivedi SI) he is d~ep l ) honoured to bL one of 19 U of C lilCul ty wh o hold thl tilk (see page II ) The entire U of C cJm pl co mmunity shOlIcs in Prof l)iveciis dd igh t at bei ng l1amed a fel low I) pruv()t tin

Campbe ll It is a we ll~d lsencd mark of recognition for his distinguished caree r Jnd

vJ lua ble slr vice to i II I l 1Ila I ional dlTlop Ill en t an d the en viron men t

Being n~mcd I Fello of the Rnl11 oci

101) of CI1a d ~ is testimony 10 tile prnrcsnr ~

beli e-I Lhat if you work hard enough you L11l

achieve an ythi ng Th~Is 11) hi colilltr)

is so great he says o f his adopted C~nIJ1 Born in India Dwi ved i came 1( ( anadl

in the early [960 as a gruduatc lttuden Hl co mpl eted a mdst 15 de grec al Carl etull University ~nd a Ph D at QUlln l middot ni~r ishy

ty ~l1 d jo incd the U o f C tJLlti lyin 1967

He hJS advanccd Ihe CallldilI1 view of

political eth ics 111d public scnicc Wl11pI(d

pol icy~mak ing t nd administralioll hetwlcn natio ns and l11aintl ined world iew of enli~

ronll1ental pol iei sand pl1blie alti ludes toward pollu tion And ltI ll the wh ile haring his in sight wilh the l h (l u~llld nf tlllkilts

who halt vied for se1ts ill his classroom

Alt hough C1I1 3d is now hi~ IWll1l Dwivedi main tai ns ~Irong lies with his lill

mer homeland He has mon itored dCIdol

mtnh Ind ehtnge~ ill IndilS pol lulion lt111U

lto INrl ation pol i ~ic ror lll1lo~t 0 )Cltlrs and sucd h J ltnio r ad iser 1(1 Ih (OUlllr )

lin ilr) of rl1limnl11tllt dnd Fltlr~ I S I Ii lIll rc~c nl hook publi1 d in I))7 i ntro ~

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mll-ing and manf~mll1t prelL n Ind i1 b) cxamining vlri()u~ Jill1cl1iol15 of lhlt

tl1Iironrncn lal chIIltI1ampes faced h)lhe nali()n Farber th is )Lar hc 1 in Ind i JS par t

or a hll1lli(Ia l lroICL looking at reg ulal middot ing cmironmcnlal ri there with I Spc

eiJI fO LlI on htrlil lll i hmlsehrllJ producls

and thiJ ill1 tI~1 Oil (Imen ltlnd hiidren

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ndti( nal distinction and international recogshy

nit ion Just this spring he vis ited Loyo la l [a rymollnt Universit-y in Los An-des as that

insti tutions 1999 Internati onal Scho lJ r

Es tabli shed 117 years lgO the Roya l Society or Canada enco mpasse d ra nge of

discip lin es including the natural and ap plied sc iences medi cine soc ial scien ces MId hu manit ies

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nition for our new coll ege (U of Gs College

of Social and All lied Human Sciences )

A for mer chair of Guel lhs Department of Political Science Dwivedi is pres id ent of

the Ca nadian Asian Stud ies Associa tion and

past lresident of the Canadian Po litica l Scishyence Association He also chairs th e resea rch committee of the International Poli tical Scishy

ence Associat io n

During hi s 32-year career at Guellh he ha s served on the Enviro nm ental Assess shy

)]lent Boa rd of Ontario as a co nsultan t to

the Ca nadian gove rnment as an adviser to th e Wo rld Health Organi za ti o n an d the

Wo rld Bank in In dia Papua New Guinea and Mau ritiu s an d as a sc ientific panel

member with UNESCO In J 99 8 he

received an honorary degree fro m the Unishyve rsity of Leth bridge ga

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ANDREvV VOWLES

m Tiny flashes of blue

light caught by U of G

to physicists in an

undergro und

observatory may eg

tell us the

fate of our

universerunch First tighf wasnt long in coming even in a mine shaft some two kiloshy

metres beneath the Earths surface Within days of turning on a multishy

million-dollar li ght detector near the bottom of a Sudbury nickel mine

scientists from Canada the nited States and the United Kingdom recordshy

ed their first even t Thats physicists lingo for a collision between a tiny

extraterrestrial particle called a neutrino and a molecule of heavy water

Actually what they witnessed last spring was not the encounter itself

- marked by a tell tale fl ash of blue light - but data trickling in quishy

etly from the detectors elaborate instruments sometime after the fact

Still that was enou h to set a few hearts pounding among the collabshy

orators in the Sudb u r y eutrin o Observatory particularly among

Guelph physicists John Simpson Robin Ollerhead and Jimmy Law who

appJaude 1 those early results not just for what they might reveal about

the universe but also as a validation of their painstaking care in conshy

structing and preparing the detector

Fall Winter 1999 23

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[J This is without a doubt the climax of my

career says Simpson whos been invo lved

with the Sudbury N eu trin o Observa to ry

(SNO) project since it was fir s t moo ted by

Canadian physicis ts in th e early 1980s Hes

been studying neutrinos for almost two

decades beginning with experiments in a

Windsor-area sa lt mine

It s th e las t unkn own low-energy area

left he says N eutrin os are s till th e least

understood elementa ry particle of a ll

Thats not for lac k of them T hey re co nshy

sidered to be th e most commo n particles in

the universe and the fund amenta l building

blocks of matter Each seco nd bi lli ons of

neutrinos generated during fusion reactions

in the sun and in sou rces far beyond our

galaxy bombard every square ce ntim etre of

the Earths surface undetected But just try

to catch one So ephemeral a re Ih ey th at

they pass without a mmmur through most

objects including solid rock ni ckel ni ckel

miners - even throu gh the SNO sc ientis ts

monitoring their giant acry li c ball s usshy

pended in a 22-metre-wide cavern two kiloshy

metres down the mine shaft

The $70-million o bse rva to ry s it s nea r

the bottom of Inco Ltd s C reighton nicke l

mine the deepes t wo rkin g min e in North

America and one tha t has opera ted co ntinshy

uously for the last ce ntury

Today the only eAtra terreslrial objects hitshy

ting the site - or more co rrect ly passi ng

through it - are neutrinos Seemingly against

astronomical odds those scientists hope to

use that ball as a kind of cosmic-sized catchshy

ers mitt to stop or deflect enough of these

particles to learn more about them and about

the big wide universe that spawned them

Inside that 12-foot ball are 1000 tonnes

of heavy water which is also used as coolant

inside nuclear reactors Tn fact th e watershy

all $300 million worth - is on loan from

Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (AECL)

Heavy water ho lds the key to SNOs opera-

Taken during construction the photo above

shows the SNO cavity and acrylic vessel At

right the acrylic vessel is surrounded by an 18shy

metre diameter geodesic sphere that supports

nearly 10000 light sensors and reftectors

Scientists hope to U~

tion Because its molecules contain one more

n eutron than in ordinary water its more

likely to in tercept a phantom neutrino That

co llis ion will be marked by faint but telltale

fla shes of light - forma lly kno wn as

Cerenkov radia tion th e characteris tic blu e

glow emitted in a nuclear reactor - to be

picked up by a few of th e 10000 detectors

studding the panels on th e sphere s surface

Perhaps more impo rtan t SNO resea rchers

anticipate that the wa ter will catch all three

types o f neut rinos no t just the o ne captured

by other detec tors around the world

N eutr in os come in three species or

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agiant acrylic ball as a kind of cosmic-sized catchers mitt

flavou rs based on th e kind s of subatomshy

ic particl es tlleyre dssociated with electro n

neutrinos muon neutrinos and tau neu trishy

nos Referring to earlier experiments that

have detected far fewer neutrinos than

expected based on our understanding of

how the universe works Simpso n says most

scientists believe that neutrinos have mass

and the) change type as th ey leave the sun

and thats why Ne havent seen enough of

them Being able to detect the other two

flavours at SNO might allow sc ientis ts to

account for the so -called missing neutrinos

Proving that neutrinos can change their

stripes might als o tell us more about the

likely fate of th e universe itself by solving

another mystery the question of the missshy

ing mass Referring to basic laws of physics

Law says If neutrinos convert th at means

th ey must have mass Why is that imporshy

ta nt Explai ns Ollerhead The amount of

mass thats accounted fo r by the sta rs that

you can see is only about one-tenth of the

total mass the re must be in the universe in

order to cause the interactions and motions

you see W hen people talk about mis si ng

mass thats what th ey re talking about

So the question is where is it l Because

every s tar produces billions of neut rin os

every second the universe is full of neutr ishy

nos These van ishingly small particles could

collectively exert a gravitational pull out of

all proportion to th eir size - enough to

eventually slow the expa nsion of the universe

If neutrin os have ma ss it means the

universe may be heavier than we think says

Simpso n The universe will eventually stop

expanding in a few billion years and collapse

back in on itself Thi s is known as the Big

Crunch Finding evidence of the smoking

gun to either prove or di sprove that theoshy

ry is the purpose of the observatory he says

SNO research bombards other areas of science Adapting physics tools to build SNO

An expert in X-ray back-scattering Guelph

physicist Innes Mackenzie helped the SNO

team about six years ago by adapting his

back-scattering technique to determine the

thickness of a plastic liner that su rrounds

th e entire observatory cavity Made of a

substance called urylon (produced by a

Guelph company) the liner was sp rayed

on to the cavitys concrete surface to screen

ou t radon a radioactive gas that diffuses

even through soLd rock In a project where

an extra millimetre could skew results scishy

entists needed to ensure that the material

was the same thickness all the way arou nd

Mackenzie used X-ray back-scattering

a techniq ue he has developed that might

be llsed to determine say the thickness of

paint applied in an auto assembly plant or

ice buildup on aircraft wings Laurentian

University physicist Doug Hallman says

his research group has worked with

Mackenzie to set up a unique hand- held

monitor and data-recording system which

found the actual thickness of the eightshy

millimetre-dlick polyurethane material to

an accuracy of about 10 per cent

Building new tools from SNO physics

During his graduate studies in physics at

Guelph Tom Andersen helped his PhD

supervisor Prof John Simpson design

devices used to detect background

radioactivity of the heavy wa ter in the

Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO)

and worked on software that simulates

th e movement of high -energy muons

particles created when cos mic rays

encounter the Earths atmosphere All the

while he had his eye on a not-unrelated

topic that became his full-time job after

graduating in 1998

It a desk top planetarium says

Andersen of his astro nomy software

which allows users to view the simulated

night sky - including comets asteroids

satellites a nd stars - on a computer

screen With it yo u can observe the sky

as it appears from your backyard tonight

o r from Jupiter 100 years ago or from

Egypt 3000 years ago

He and his partners a t Toronto-based

Sienna Software Inc have so ld about

10000 copies of Sta rry Night software

dming the past 18 months They began

by selling software that users could down shy

load from the Internet but now make two

CD-ROM versions of the package Starshy

ry Night Deluxe and Starry Night Pro

The first allows users to look at more than

19 million objects from anywh ere in the

solar system and to examin e deta iled

graphics of such things as constellations

Serious astronomy afic ionados use the

pro version to track as teroids learn more

about star motions or create their own

planets to study orbital mechanics

Generally anyone who owns an

as tronomical telesco pe owns a piece of

astronomy software says Andersen You

can take your telescope to your backyard

and connect it to your laptop and then

point to something with Starry Night and

have the telescope steer to it

Applying SNO tools to business

Former phys ics graduate student Myung

Chol Chon now works in the Royal Banks

corporate and investmen t banking offices

in Toronto Modelling the behaviour of

financial assets and pricing derivative secushy

rities might appear removed from the task

of capturing neutrinos but Chon says the

Guelph SNO group gave him an opporshy

tunity to learn various quantitative ana lyshy

sis tools including Monte Carlo simulashy

tion and artificial neural networks I also

gained understanding and experience in

software production via working with the

SNO Monte Carlo Analysis (SNO MAN )

software development team - tools

applicable not only in physical science but

in other areas as well

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-Simpson says ea rly detection of SNOs first

neutrino this summer reflects the high qUJIshy

ity of the obselva tory itself incl uding th t conshy

tribution of the Guelph scientists involved in

designi ng its sophist icated instrum ents Thats why theres a lot of noise abo ut the

fi rst measurem en ts he sa ys Some o ther

detectors have to work harder to get the backshyground radioactivity down Weve shown that

we constructed a very clea n detector

Along with several PhD studen ts and resea rch associates he and his coUeagues buiJt

inst ruments used to monitor and ensure an acceptable level of background radi oactivishy

ty in SNOs innards fiom the hea l) watcr to all the components orthe detector itse lf

The Guelph group developed a very senshy

sitive technique for the measurement of ultrashylow levels of ra dioactivit y in water whi ch is

essential for th e SNO detector to reach its

goals says SNO project director Art McDonshy

ald a phys icist at Queens Universit y Meas uring radioact ivity is our ga me

says resea rch ass oc iate Pillalamarr Jaga m during a tour of Sim psons lab in th e baseshy

ment of the MacNaughton Build in g home

to whJt Jaga m calls the only ul tra-low backshy

ground radi ation research and development

group in Ca nada Po inting to a det ector resemblin g a stainless-steel salad bowl with

a matchin g lid he says the Guelph -made

de vice JS with its co usins on perm anent du ty at SNO picks lip infinitesimally small

amounts of ra dioactivity emitted naturall y

by the observa torys compo nents

Ja ga m helps run th ose dev ices at SNO

fo llowin g up on his role as superv iso r of a

cl ea nin g crew d urin g SNOs constru ction SNO is the larges t clean-room ever olltside

of the electron ics industry he says Its

cleaner th an yo ur avera ge dinner plate

Above Muon neutrinos produced from cosmic

rays which strike Earths abnosphere are detectshy

ed by the SNO light sensors producing a coneshy

shaped pattern of energy Right An artists

sketch of the SNO detector shows the central

acrytic vessel now filled with 1000 tons of heavy

water and surrounded by 7000 tons of ultra

pure regular water Scientists monitor the obsershy

vatory from the room located above the sphere

26 GU ELP H ALUM NUS

In two years we mayI

Unlike th eir fell ow labourers in the m in e

who normall y hit the sbowers aft er a lo ng

day on the ore face th e scientists monitorshy

ing th e o bse rvatory must shower bef ore enterin g their facility Simil ar standa rds are mlintained tor the heavy water in th e acrylic

vessel which is fil tered dail y Jnd tested for ambient rad ioactivit y It s the purcst water

in th e wo rld says Jian Wang for merly J

research associate in Simpsons lab and now a consultant wi th U of Gs GUA RD In c

The Guelph-dc-signed instruments h ave

prove n lIseful in rela ted but more fa r-flung

applications JagaJl1 says scientists building

lgt

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ly know if the universe will eventually collapse

ye t an oth er neutrino observatory in Italy consulted with U of G physicists on radia shyti on measurement Closer to home he has helped Prof Richard Protz Land Reso urce Science quantify minute amounts of radioac tive cesium in so il samples taken from the Ecuadorean Andes an d from the Chernobyl site in Ukrain e

Law a particle physicist [las been involved since 1991 in writin g and test ing simulation software used by the project colshylaborators to model the workings of th e SNO detecto r With the detector now opershyating the package - dubbed SNOMAN shywill be used to analyse the data it generates OUerhead who first encountered SNO while chair of the Department of Physics has long worked in expe rim en tal nuclear physics using accelerators such as th e one run by AECL in Cbalk River Ont Todays investishygations at SNO draw on at least one aspect of his ea rlier resea rch in Los Alamos New Mexico where he developed neutral current detectors of the sort expec ted to help SNO sn iff out all three neutrino flavo urs

Sim psons graduate student Nathaniel Tagg is studying cosmic ray particles called muons which are detected as a byproduct in the obse rvatory Unlike neutrinos muons come from cosmic rays - or ionized nuclei - which begin Jife far beyond the solar sysshytem perhaps generated by stars exploding into supernovas or by shock waves emanating from collapsing black holes When these cosmic rays hit the Earths atmosp here th ey create extremely high-energy particles that can be detected by SNO some alon e or in pairs like bullets others in a shower like shotgun pelshylets Comparing the ratio of single bullets to shotgun blas ts may tell Tagg something about how the particles originated When you build a detector you get a lot of things for free he says Muons are considered background to most of the collaboration but there are some interes ting physics you ca n do with them

Beyond Guelph the SNO collaboration brings together almost 100 scientists from II universi ties and labs in Canada the United Sta tes and the United Kingdom Canad ian participants includ e university resea rchers from Queens Car leton Laurentian Britisll

Columbia and Guelph Wby Ca nada Canashyda has a lot of heavy water because of its nuclear power reactor development the CANshyDU reactor says OUerhead Basically Canashyda is tbe only country that can do the expershyiment using heavy water which is what gives this its unique flavour The other thing is the undergro und aspect All the neutrino expershyimen ts are done underground for shielding from cosm ic rays and other sources of backshyground radiation The nickel mine in Sudbury is the deepest site in North America

Its al so important that Creighton mine is a working facility says Si mpson [t has

Physics faculty

and students are

an integral part of (PES

Physics is one of five departments and schools in the College of Physshyical and Engineeri ng Science ( CPES) Physics has more Roya l Society fellows than any other department on campus Since 1993 ten CPES students including two in physics have received National Research Coun shycil awards under the agen cys Women in Engin eering and Scishyence Program In 1999 CPES laun ched an inteshygrated four-year degree program in technology with Seneca College in Toronto majors in physics and technology or applied pharmace ushytical chemistry CPES plans to launch a new undershygraduate degree in computing scishyence next year to promote U of G strengths in bioinfomatics neural networks genetic algo rithm s and embedded systems CPES offers a unique program called MPC2 that provides enriched studies in mathematics physics chemistry and computing science

to be active because its the only way you can maintain the safety of th e mine SNOs control room occupies a drift (miners talk for a corridor) 6800 fee t below the surface deep enough to accommodate a stack of about five CN Towers

Dw-ing the observatorys construction a regular express ca ge whisked visitors directly down No9 shaft to the detector as fast as a car travelling on a cit) street The shaft also served as the delivery conduit for the SNO components Site manager Dunshycan Hepburn recall s es pecially the three months that it took to ship the [000 tonnes of heavy water underground The eleva tor could take six tonnes at a time he says so we had an elaborate schedule involving six tanker cars fill ed overnight and sent down early in th e morning on a specially schedshyuled cage Adds mine manage r John Gill J dont think we spilled a drop

Now using regularly scheduled cages scishyentists crowd shoulder to sho ulder in the elevator with up to 40 miners during the 20-minute ride along the sloping ore seam Everyone in the collaboration is expected to spend a certain number of shifts actualshyly operating the detec tor says O llerhead This is partly to save money but also par tshyly because th e physicists are the ones with the vested interes t and should be involved Collaborators might spend seve ral weeks in Sudbury at a time for up to six weeks a year

SNO scien tists expect to learn definitiveshyly within two years whether or not neutrishynos have mass They also anticipate that the observatory will yield information about the sun and about other st ructures far beyond our galaA) The missing mass question is a way of studying supnnovas notes Ollershyhead There are many applications of this detector beyond just neutrinos from the sun

Why should anyone ca re about what these infinitesimally small particles teU us about cosshymic-sized questions If youre going to be an ad vance d and civilized country then you should be thinking about fundamental quesshy shytions and not just about where your next meal is coming from says Simpson Thats the difshyference I think between a civili7ed society and a society that just lives from day to day ga

FallWinter 1999 27

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

alU bull

ALUMNI PROFILES

ALUMNUS OF HONOUR

FORMER OAC DEA N Rick Richards BSA 38 was recogn ized for

his lifelong commi tment to excellence in admini stration teachshy

ing research and ex tension wh en he vas named 1999 AlumLlus of Honour by th e Un ive rsity o f Guelph Alumn i Associat ion The preshy

sen tation was made durin g Alumni Weekend in lun e

Ri chard s bega n hi s ca ree r in soil sc ience and pion ee red the

process of soil classifi ca ti on and map pin f for Ontario As head of

th e Un iversitys Depa rtm ent of Land Resou rce Science he spearshyheaded the constr uct ion o f new fa cili ties provided leadership in

the deve lopment of broader more sc ientifi c program s and th e

expansioLl o f fa culty and obta ined more lan d areas for departshymental resea rch He was appointed the first dea n of OAC in 1962

and was one o r the fou r principal academi c leade rs ho shared in

es tab lishin g the Universit y of Guelph After co mpleting two terms as dean he return ed to teac hing and retired in [98 1

As a professiona l agrologist Richards impleme nted pl ans ror

the Canadian Agri cultural Researc h Co un ci l as it s fi rst president

and was pres id ent o f the Ca nadian Soc iety of Su il Science th e Ontari o Institute of Ag rologists and tht Agricu ltural Institu te of

Can ada He was also the Canadian representa ti ve to th e United

Nations Food and Agricu lture O rga nizltJtion

ALUMNI VOLUNTEER AWARD

DAv ID ADAMS BSA 49 has always made his alma mater a pri shy

o ri t) and in 1999 th e Unive rsity of Guelph Alumni Associashy

tion app lauded th at loya lty by presentin g him with its 1999 Alulll shyni Volu nteer Awa rd

Adams has demo nstrated a devot ion to volun teer excellence

through his com mitment to the Universit y OAC and hi s alumni

ii class OAC 49 He was UGAA pres ident in 196869 president of

d the OAC Alu Jllni Associatio n in 196566 and a member of the Unishy

~ versi ty Senate and Boa rd of Governors fro m 1970 to 1973 In add ishy

~ tion he has Jllade mu ltiple contr ibu tions to OAC 49 ac tivities He

~ was instrumenta l in orga ni zin g 50th-anniversary class celebrations ~ for Alumni middotWeekend 99 which included the ded ication of the Yea r

~ 49 OAC po nd ga rden at th e Arbo retum Cent re and the res torashy

~ ti on of the Johnston Hall portico u ~ Adamss giving sp irit car ri es over into his pro(ess iona lli fc He

~ has had a distingu ished career in the ag ri -food indust ry and was laquo ~ general manager of the Canadian Meat Co uncil whe n hL reti red in

~ 1993 He cont inues to share hi s expertise with the co unc il and as

~ a volu ntee r for th e Royal Ag ri cultural inter Fair and th e Ca nashy~ dian Nat ional Exhibition FARlv

28 G UHPH ALU I NUS

HIGHLIGHTS middot GRAD NEWSmiddot OBITUARIESmiddot CALENDAR

ALUMNI MEDAL OF ACHIEVEMENT

DR AD RIAN P ARKS WO RK in th e area o f minimally invasive

surge ry has earned him international recogniti on as a leading surgeo n and educa tor in his fi eld His advancements in the use of

laparoscop ic techniques have improved treatm ent for an ex tensive

range of med ica l disorders that in the past could only be handled

thro ugh trad itional sur gery [n 1997 he was recruited to establish a new program at th e Uni ve rsity of Kentucky

Pa rk was honoured th is spring wit h the Universit y of Guelph flumni Associati ons Alumni Medal of Achievem ent He received

a bachelor of science fro m Gu elph in 1985 and a doctor o f med ishycine from McMaster University in 1987

He completed his training at St Josephs Hos pital and rilcMasshy

ter Uni ve rsity Affiliated Hosp ital s in Hamilto n O nt and at the

Uni versit) of Montrea l before Jo ining St Jose phs as a ge neral surshy

geo n in 1994

The Guelph meda l recognizes th e professional leadership and achievements demons trated in Parks still- yo un g career and his

compassionate ca re of pati ents He and his wife Jennifer 8A 84 have three children Hilary Meredith and Evan

ove DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS

DUNCAN SINC LAIRS CONTR IB UTIO NS to career an d soc iety have prove n bis leadersh ip and expe rtise in hea lth sciences He gradshy

uated fro m OVC in 1958 and received a master of sc ience fro m OAC in 1960 specializing in nutriti on He then earn ed a PhD in

physiology at Queens University in 1963 and bega n a ca reer focused

primaril y on human health Sinclair was ltl consultant to th e Ontario Ministry of Agriculture

Food and Rural Affairs on the Animals for Research Act ilnd bega n

his academic career at Q uee ns as dean of arts and science in 1974 He went on to serve as vice-principal institutional relati ons sershy

vices an d hea lth sciences before assum ing the role of dea n of medshy

icine He ret ired from Queens in 1996 He has heJd other prestishy

gious positi ons including directo r general of the Medical Resea rch

Council and was tile recipient of OVes Schofield ]V[edal in 1983

Sinclair is now deeply involved in advising the Ontario minisshy

ter of hea l til on ways to reinvest and res tructure th e delivery of health services in the province He chairs the Hea lth Services

Restr ucturin g Co mmission an independent body of health

experts and professionals appointed to redesign tbe provincial

health system

FallWinter 1999 29

alumni Matters

-ORDER OF OACU of G Can1pus ESTABLISHED MARY AND RlCK RICHARDS longtime OAC supporterWelcoilles Alumni

ABSA 38 are the first inductees Membership in the order is

into the Order of OAC estabshy limited to the first 50 individshy

LUMNI WEEKEND J999 orga nizing committee and says lished ea rli er thi s year by the uals who give $1 00000 or more

brought more th an 1300 proceeds will be used to help the OAC Alumni Fo undation to as bequests irrevocable insurshy

visitors to campus June 18 to 20 class establi sh a mille nnium recognize significant contribushy ance policies planned gifts or

In addition to th e traditi o nal scholarship to co mmemorate its tions to its end owment fund cash donations Gifts may be

awards luncheon hosted by U of 25 th anni versar)1 of graduation Rick served as dean of OAC applied as endowments to the

G president Mordech ai Rozanshy The Uni vers it y of Guelph [Tom 1964 to 1972 (see sto ry OAC Alumni Foundation or to

ski there we re man y spec ial Alumni Associat ion held its on page 28) Mary also worked the college as approved by the

events and cla ss reunions The ann ual meeting during Alumni in the college and has been a fou ndation directors

new Order of OAC was preshy Wee kend and elected a new slate

sented to Mary and Rick of offi cers for 1999 2000 Scott

Richards BSA 38 at th e Go ldshy va nEnge n BSc(Ag r) 88 presshy

en Anniversary Dinner and the id ent Robin-Lee Norris BA 80

Class of J974 hosted a reuni on first vice-pres ident John Tatson

dinner with Calgary Flames BA 69 seco nd vice-president

Hockey Club CEO Ron Bremshy Rita Sterne BComm 87 secshy

ner BA 7 J as guest speaker Bill Imiddotetar) and Brad Hull BA 89

Laidlaw BA 74 chaired the treasurer

President Mordechai Rozanski and representatives of the alumni

classes and individuals who supported U of Gs six new themati c

gardens cut the ribbon to officially open them duri ng Alumni Weekshy

end From left are Bill Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 61 Don Gri eve

BSA 55 and MSA 57 Harold Shield BSA 51 Sandra Hannam uJ CD Clay Switze r BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rozanski Marilyn Robinson ~ I Murray BH5c 55 Ted McNinch BSA 49 Bruce Stone BSA 53 u VI

Z and MSA 54 Harold Bentley BSA 64 and MSc 66 Craig Hunter lt

B5c(AgL) 74 and MSc 77 and Les Laking BSA 39 and HDSC 71 The conservatory greenhouse was unveiled moments later by gtshyCD

Don Rutherford BSA 51 who gave the leadership gift ensuring VI o

it s res toration on behalf of his famil y 5 I -

Ginty jocius BSc(Agr) 70 left chair of the OAC Alumni Foundation

presents the Order of OAC to Mary and Rick Richards BSA 38

Enjoying the Class of 1974 re union dinner are from left jerry Orga n

BSc(PE) 71 Ron Bremner BA 71 Gail Bremner Paul Henry MA 71

and Bill Laidlaw BA 74

30 GUELPH ALUMNUS

GRYPHON SPIRIT DOMINATES HOMECOMING

UOF G students shared the stands with alumni who came to campus Sept 25

to watch the football Gryphons defeat their long- standing varsity rival the University of Toronto Blues During the weeke nd the Gryphon Club Hall of Fame inducted five Gryphon swimmers filled the gold pool at the 21st ann ual Alumni Relay Swim Meet

and president Mordechai Rozanski hostshyed a luncheon attended by more than 200 alumni and current students who have received sc holarships and awards or who

participated in the volunteer peer helper prog ram

ALUMNI SWIM TO THE TOP

FORMER GRYPHON SW IMMER S Peter Koli snyk BSc(HK) 83 and Denise

(FarndaJe) vVatso n BASe 85 were recogshyni zed at the ann ual Homecoming sw im mee t for having attended more often th an any other alumni Other participants includshyed 1999 graduates Nico le Weber BSe CEng ) Greg Steinberg BSc(HK) and Nancy Sweetnam BComm who has been a memshy

ber of two Canadian Ol ympic teams ( 1992 and 1996) The alumni team defeated the stud ent teams with the help of Leo n

Homecoming J

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Form er Guelph mayor and sports broadcaster Norm la ry received the Gryphon Club Hall of

Fame Merit Award Sept 24 at the annual induction c re mony that also honoured five former

Gryphon athletes From left are Paul Willi ams a cross-country and track athlete and three-time

Canadian Olympian Bob Pronk BComm 82 Ontario and Canadian cham pionship wrestler

Dave Guest BComm 87 a former all middotstar soccer and vo lleyba ll player Gladys Williams BA

69 MVP in both wo menS fi eld hockey and ice hockey lary and Mark Brown BComm 81

Wi ldman Trophy winner and football capta in The Gryphon Club also recognized the 1974 mens

rugby OUAA championship team

Garstecki Gryphon diving coach in the midshy Dale a longtime Gryp hon supporter and a I 970s and retired botany professo r Hugh national record-b olding masters swimmer

bull49 VETS MEET AT TRAlEE The OVC Cla ss of 1949 produced a la sting memory of its 50th

anni versary by filming the lune 18 gathering held at Tralee Farms

the home of class member Ray Cormack Classmates travelled from

across Canada and the United States to attend th e reunion which

included a luncheon a visit from U of G president Mordechai Rozanshy

ski and a tour of Cormacks farm and antique carriage collection

The organizing committee of Dave House Bill Mitchell Ken Fisk

and lim Arch ibald succeeded in producing a golden-anniversary

memento that captu res the days events and everyone in attendance

as they comment on their lives since graduating from OVe -Proceeds from the sale of the v ideos will support the OVC 49

Memorial Scholarship Fund Cost is $25 each To place an order call

Vikki Tremblay at Alumni House 519-824-4120 Ext 65 44 I D

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alumni Matters

2000 Coming Events

Jan 26 - Careers Night hostshyed by Mac-FACS Alumni Assoshy

ciation For informatio call Laurie MalleaLi at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Careers Night hostshyed by HAFA Alumni Associashy

tion For information call Laushyrie Malleau at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Aggie Good Times Banquet Call the OAC Studwl Federation at Ext 8321 for tickshyet information Feb 3 - Job hir at Bingeman Park in Kitchener complishy

mentary bus service from Unishyversity Centre for students and

alumni For directions and a list of employers call U of G

Career Services at Ext 22 13

Feb 11 - Deadline for nomshy

ina tions for U of G Alumni Association Alumnus of Honshy

our Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment and Alumni Volunteer

Award and the OVC Distinshy

guished Alumnus Call Carla Bradshaw at Ext 6657 for details March 1 - Annual alumni

Florida reunion at Maple Leaf

Estates Port C harlotte Florishyda For information call alumshyni programs at 519-824-4120

Ext 6657 send e-mail to alumshyniuoguelphca or call Jack Hanna in Florida after Jan 1

at 813-645-0905

March 18 amp 19 - College

Ro yal

March 31 amp April 1 - OAC

Alumni Association annual

bonspiel at the Guelph Curlshy

ing Club and Guelph Country w Club Call Carla Bradshaw at ~ txt 6657 to register c u bull For more information on anyU)

z alumni event call the U of G ltC extension listed at 519- 824shy20 r 4120 or send e-mail to al11111shyCD

o niCvzlOguelphcab c a

32 CUEIPH ALUM N US

EA RLIER THIS YEAR U ofG

introduced a new approacll to fund-raising that centres on

academic priorities identified by

the ix colleges Now the Unishy

ve rsit y expa nds this initiative

through the formation of a new Annual Fund Cou ncil that will

recruit volunteers to proactiveshy

ly help meet tll0se funding goals

By enlarging the partnershy

ship between academics and fund-raisers we arc focusing our

efforts more clearly on the Un ishy

versi tys overall stra tegic objecshy

tives says Rudy Putns executive

director of campaign progra ms

We are calling on coUege deans to help ensure that our annual

giving programs are providing

the grea test possible benefit to

students Our volunteer and pro-

ALUMNI CElEBRATE NEW HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE CENTRE

The Human KineticsHuman Biology Alumni Association

presented a sketch of the John T Powell Building to U of Cs

new Health and Perfor mance Centre at a June 19 reunion of alumni and former staff Artist Joan Harper BSe(HK)

82 left and retired professor John Powell right witnessed

a presentati on by association pres ident Janet Leonhard BSe(HK) 82 to Prof Terry Graham

SilENT AUCTION MAKES NOISE

A silent auction held Sept 14 to 16 a t the Ou tdoo r Farm

Show in Woods tock Ont ge nshy

erated a lot of excitement and

goodwill in OACs 125th shyanniversary year and raised

$51000 that wi ll support stu shy

dent recruitm ent programs in

the college The auction was organized by Cinty Jocius BSc(Agr) 70 president of

Ginty Jocius amp Associates of

Guelph on behalf of the OAC Alumni Foundation

Auction items donated by friends and exhibitors at th e

farm show included everylhing

from farm equipment and supshyplies to a seven-month-old lla shyma named (-i nty Lorie Jocius

BASe 72 purchased her husshy

bands namesake and gave it to

OAC as an anniversary presen t at th e Sept 25 Heritage Banshy

quet and Ball

FUND-RAISI NG PARTNERSHIPS GROW

fessional fund -raislls wiJl spend

more of thei r time making pershy

so nal requ es ts for gifts to the University and less time on inshy

house administra tion

Members of the Annual Fund

Council will invite donations

Crom alumni members of the campu~ community the paren ts

of current students graduating

classes members of the various

gift clu bs (Presidents Council

etc) and selected corporations

foundations and associations

Development and Public Affairs staff will help target vol unteer

efforts where they wi ll have the

stronges t impact on growin g don or particip ation and fund shy

razsing results

Annual giving is one of the

most crucial parts of an institushy

tion s developmen t agenda says Putns Annu al donors help

maintain the quali ty of estabshylished academic programs espeshy

cially in times of reduced pubshy

lic fundin g he says They also

provide a foundation for special

fun cl-rai sing cam paigns shycampaigns that enable the Unishy

ve rsity to grow by providi ng

funds for major projects that do

not ha ve a traditional so urce of support Tbe ACCESS endowshy

ment for student financial assistshy

ance and the rece nt campaign to upgrade th e Food Science

Building are notable examples For more illjormation aboLit

the An17ual FUlld Co ullcil call Al111tal Fund 17l1lnager Tara George at 519-824-4 120 Ex t

390 1 or Putl7S at ext 6384

GRAD NEWS

U of G Degrees ADA = Associate diploma

in agriculture BA =Bachelor of arts BASe = Bachelor of applied

science BComm = Bachelor of

commerce BHSe Bachelor of houseshy

hold science BLA =Bachelor of

landscape architecture BSA = Bachelor of science in

agriculture (pre-196s) BSe(Agr) Bachelor of

science in agriculture BoSe = Bachelor of science BSe(Eng) =Bachelor of

science in engineering BSc(Env) =Bachelor of

19405

bull The Macdonald Institute

Class of 1941 met each other

for the firsl lime in 1939 and

theyve been gelling logelher rvice a year siIlce gradual ion

Celebrating 60 yea rs of fri end shy

ship this year are Mary (Hcx imer) MacLeln Beth

(jackson) Ca rdifF Mo lly

(Pattrson) Nix Frances

(Pellet) Smith Dorolhy

(Pond) Dunn Jeanne (Taylor )

Hamel Phyllis (Weren) Sobel and Evelyn (Eatun ) Pond

bull Jim Morton BSA 47 posed with his son Robert SA 70

and grandsons Jeff Bell 13A

9 1 and Greg Mo rton

SSc( Eng) 99 at Gregs U of

G convocation in June Retired

from a career in the lumber

business Jim is an OAC llu mmiddot ni volunteer al Guclph and is

aClive in cOm11lUnily work in

Burlington Onto Rob ert is

CEO of the Community Care

Access Centre in Simcoe

Coullly Jeff lcaches in Elmvalc

for the Simcoe County Dislricl School Board and Greg is

working Wilh the COnSlliling

engineering firm of Proclor

science in environmental sciences

BSe(HK) Bachelor of science in human kinetics

BSc(pE) = Bachelor of science in physical education

DHE = Diploma in home economics

DVSc = Doctor of veterinary science

DVM =Doctor of veterinary medicine

GO = Graduate diploma MA = Master of arts MAgr = Master of agriculture MBA = Master of business

admininstration MEng =Master of engineering

and Redfern at its Kitchener

office The Guelph lineage

aCl ually bega n in the Morton fami ly with Greg great shy

grantimoliln Anne Pringle

Morton DH E 1914

Greg Morton Jeff Bell and Jim and

Robert Morton

19505

bull Harold Baker BSA 50

writes to w rrect the e-mail

address publi shed in the last

iss lle of the Clepll Alunnls

Friends (111 conlact the retired

University of Saskatchewan

professo r and Il is wife Phyllis

at ha kc r hdukeL1sa~k ca

bull Barney Goodwin-Wilson BSA 50 is serving a two-year

krm as chair of the hoard of

lhe Onta rio Foocllerminal

The Iomnlo facility is the

MFA = Master of fine art MLA Master of landscape

architecture MMS = Master of management studies MSc =Master of science MSc(Aqua) = Master of

science in aquaculture ODA = Ontario diploma in

agriculture ODH =Ontario diploma in

horticulture OdR = Ontario Diploma in

recreation PhD = Doctor of philosophy

larges t who lesale fruit proshy

duce and flower market in

Canada and one of the largest

in orrh America He was forshymerly director and vice-cha ir

of the board

bull Gary Powell ADA 58

stopped at a remote motel in

western klahoma last

Janu ary and stanee a convershysation with th e only other cusshy

tomer at breakfa st the next

morning Turns out they were

both U of G grads Powell and Joe Deli BSc (Agr ) 64 had a

great time reminiscing abo Llt

ca mpus perso nalities they

both knew I guess one is never really very far from home says Powell

bull Dave Valentine BSA 59 has

retired as (o unty engineer for

the County of Brant in

Ontario He previously spent

23 years with Sir Sandford

Fleming College in Peterborough and has served 8S

engineer for the coun ties of Haliburton and Victoria He

and his wife Carole are now

Jiving near Carlisle Send e-mail

to valcntinworldchatcom

19605

bull Manuel Garcia PhD 67 was

recognized by the government

of the Ph ilippines in December

1998 with one of the highest

honours given to Filipinos Jivshy

ing outside the cou ntr y Garcia

is a senior consulting mi crobishy

ologist with lAS Bioshy

Diagnostic and a former

research scientist with

Agriculture and Agri-Food

Canada in Ottawa He is intershy

nationally recognized for his work in veterinary med icin e

and public health on the early detection of ca mpylobacter

salmonella and other foodshy

borne pathogens He is a memshy

ber of several learned profes shy

sional societies and has been involved in a number of intershy

national developm ent projects

He is also a community volunshy

teer and a pioneer in establishshying the National Council of

Canadian Filipino Associations

as the official voice of Filipino

Canadians nationwide bull Tom Hutchison DVM 65 is

a veterinary pathologist with the Nova Scotia provincial

diagnostic lab In 1998 he

passed the board cer tification exa ms for the American

College of Poultry Veterinarians in Baltimore but

the years highlights came in

late summer - a first grandshy

child for Tom and his wife

Eileen in August and the birth

of their own son Scott in

September bull Brian Little ADA 67 BSc(Agr) 72 and MSc 78

was elected president of the

Canadian 4-H Foundation in

May He was previously presishy -dent of the Ca nadian 4-H

Co uncil and a co uDcil represhysentative for his employe r the

Royal Bank of Canada He has been a fou ndation trustee for

f allWinter 1999 33

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several years and has a strong

4-H background as a member

and a club leader

19705

bull Doug Franklin SA 72 was

recen tly a ppoin led execu tive

director of the Multiple

Sclerosis Association of

America its hea d office is in

Cherry Hill NJ He was forshy

merly with the International

Youth Foundation in

Baltimore Md

bull Cathie Leimbach

SSc(Agr) 78 and MAgr 88

visi ted U of G this fa ll as

agrologist-in-residence It was

the sixth year of the program

co-sponsored by OAC and the

Ontario Institute of

Agrologists (OlA ) Raised on

an Ontario dairy and swine

farm Leimbach is past presishy

dent of the OI A and a partner

in STRIVE a team specializshy

in g in training facilitation and

consulting She now lives on a

cash-crop farm in Ohio

bull Willem Moolenbeek BSe

77 and MSe 8 1 studied biolshy

ogy and entomology at U of G

at the same time he was learnshy

ing to play the saxophone with

the Royal Conservatory of

Mu sic He says he still loves

science but music has become

his career A recitalist soloist

and clinician he has been a

saxophone instructor at

McMaster University in

Hamilton Ont fo r 15 years

He also teaches at the 19805

University of Waterloo pri- bull Bruce Brown BSe(Agr)

vately and at the National 85 and his wife Claudia

Music Ca mp of Canada where (Liebscher) BA 84 have three

he sometimes offers an infor- children who are beginning to

mal course on in sect identifi- display their dads musical

cation There are always a few prowess on the kazoo After 14

kids who really dig that he years of dairy farming Bruce

says U of G music lovers want back to school to earn an

enjoyed his saxophone music education degree and is now

at a noon-hour concert in teaching science with the

October Durham District School

bull Peter Vaughan SA 77 and Board

MA 77 was appointed secre- bull Tom Burns BA 89 and MA

tar y general and CEO of the 91 is a member of the

Canadian Medical Association Victoria Police in Melbourne

in June A fa culty member in Australia Last summer he

two departments at John s welcomed visitors from the

Hopkins University and in the RCMP including Kevin Durie

Department of Family BA 93 They quickly estab-

Medicine at the University of lished a U of G connection

Ottawa he is a fo rmer presi- including Duries student

dent of the medical staff at employment at Dcr Keller

Guelph General Hospital and a which was Burns s favourite

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the job says Burns but this

time we spent most of our

time talking about the great

times we had at U of G In

still another coincidence

Durie is married to Christine

Blake-Durie BA 91 and MA

93 who was a member of

Burnss MA group Burns says

other U of G grads travelling

to Melbourne are more than

welcome to drop in

bull Stuart Jackson ADA 87 is

distribution manager for

Burnbrae Farms Ltd in Delta

Onto He sends greetings to all

OAC friends including the

diploma classes of 1979 and

1980

bull Laurel (Murdoch) Koumarelas BComm 84 is

an ESL teacher with the

Toronto School Board She

and her husband Gus live in

Mississauga with their sons

Robert and Evan

bull Trish Looman BA 87

works for Royal LePageshy

Vantage in Guelph She speshy

cializes in residential multishy

unit real estate

bull Laima (Karosas) Laffitte

BSe(Agr) 85 and MAgr 91

lives in Wendover Ont with

her husband Vincent MAgr

91 and their children Yohan

and Marina Laima is the

advertising manager for The

Canadian Veterinary Journal and Vincent is an account

manager at the St Isidore

branch of Scotiabank Theyd

like to hear from classmates

via e-mail at Iaffitteonsymshy

paticoca They also want to let

OAC 85 grads know that the

class executive is building a

Web page at wwwrkdecom

oac85 and needs updated

names and addresses (includshy

ing e-mail) to add to the

directory f IS-year reunion

is being planned for Dec 2

and 32000

bull Cheryl Miller-Oh BASe

91 and her husband Tae live

in Southfield Mich with their

twins Nathalie and Nathan

born in October 1998 She is a

health-care consultant with

Computer Sciences

Corporation Send e-mail to

millerohsprintca

bull Vijay Singh MSe 70 has

been awarded the Arthur K Barton Endowed Professorship

at Louisiana State University

He also recently received an

honorary degree and a

Fulbright Award for his work

in the area of entropy

bull Gayle (Barton) Tapper BSe

81 (biological science) and 83

(computing science) has been

employed at Memorial

University in St Johns Nfld

for 14 years in the Department

of Computing and

Communications She is comshy

pleting graduate work in phishy

losophy and humanities at

Memorial and is the principal

harpist with the

Newfoundland Symphony

Orchestra Last year she

released a CD of Latinworld

traditional music on the South

American harp Visit her Web

site at httpwwwucsmun

cal -gay

bull Carolyn Riddell BA 85 is

running an active arts educashy

tion and paintingprintmaking

studio in Fergus Ont

bull Laura Wilkinson BSe 85

and MSe 87 is a coroner in

British Columbia and lives on

a cattle ranch near 70 Mile

House

19905

bull Kristi Adamo BSc(HK)

96 and MSc 98 and Rob

McMullin BSe 95 were

married in May 1999 and Jive

in Ottawa

bull Michelle (Pilon) Bacon BA

90 has been living in London

England with her husband

Tim and children Juliette and

Lucien but they are planning a

return to Canada They will be

AIRBORNE ALUMNUS Olive Thompson DHE 35 celebrated her 85th birthday

with her head in the clouds She made her first parachute

jump with instructor Scott Borghese in Simcoe Ont in June

and says it was the most exciting thing shes done in her life

Thompson lives in Dunnville and has four children and three

grandchildren When she asked them about the paracbute

jump they told her to go for it Shes considering a repeat I U

jump next year and hopes her adventure will be a good S o

example for other seniors A dedicated member of the class -lt CD

of Mac 35 Thompson was president of the University of s Guelph Alumni Association in 197778 and keeps busy now VI

I

with volunteer work for the Salvation Army Z

living in Calgary and welcome

contact with western grads

and friends from Guelph Send

e-mail to m_e_baconhotshy

maicom

bull Deborah (Panton) Bodden

BASc 93 and her husband

Lyndhurst were married in

1998 and live in Grand

Cayman Cayman Islands

where she teaches primary

schoo

bull Elizabeth Cardno MSe 99

is working with the Rural

Health Research Consortium

at the University of

Saskatchewan developing

research projects on rural

health issues in relation to the

Canadian Institute for Health

Research

bull Jeannine Cote BA 9 J lives

in Hamilton Ont and works

o -lt

as a health -care aide and

home-support worker

bull Jeremy Debling BSe 94 is

a formulation chemist in the

pharmaceutical development

department at Novopharm

Limited in Toronto

bull Angela Dodd BA 93 and

Christopher Kemp

BSe(HK) 94 were married

Aug 14 Theyve bought a new

home in Etobicoke Ont

where he works for Canada

3000 Airlines and at Kingsway

Physiotherapy as a kinesioloshy

gist She is employed at

Manulife Financial in -Waterloo

bull Sheryl Harding Friedrich

BASe 85 is a full-time mom

and part-time nutrition conshy

sultant in Cannington Onto

She and her husband Cal

FallWinter 1999 35

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have three child ren Jonathan

Daniel and Anna

bull Anne Marie (Henwood)

Harman BA 95 is enjoying

her time at home with one shy

year-old Jenna She and her

husband Murray can be

reached bye-mail at 3harshy

mansstormca

bull Rosaleen Heffernan BA 96

and Barry Liboiron BSe 97

were married in August

Theyre both studying at the

University of British

Co lumbia where Liboiron is

doing a PhD in chemistry and

He ffe rnan is completing a

degree in educati on

bull Krista Hilton BASe 95

lives in Halifax with her hlls shy

band Michael Galloway She is

a priest in the Anglican Church

of Canada and serves as curate

a t the Cathedral Church of All

Sain ts Friends can reach her at

aj568chebllctonsca

bull Michael Kennard BA 86

starred as Mump the Clown in

the Canadian Stage Company

production of Mump amp Smoo t

in Something Else With Zug last

winte r at tbe Canadian Stage

Theatre in Toronto

bull Sharon McConnell BSe 90

and MSe 93 went on from U

of G to earn a diploma in

business management from

Wilfrid Laurier University

Since 1995 she has worked in

Toronto as a project director at

Burak Ja co bson Market

Resea rch Partners Ine

bull Michael McKay-Fleming BA

92 has launched two daily

comic strips via the Internet

Check out his Inane Producshy

tions Web site at http mem

bershomenetinaneprod to folshy

low the adventures of a free-spirshy

ited teenager named Alice and all

the animals in a new VVildlife

comielf you like comic strips

this fine art grad invites you to

enjoy his talent and humour

bull Andrew Nicholls MA 90 nications in Cambridge

and PhD 97 is an assistant bull Christine (Rogers) Patten

professor of history at Buffalo BA 9 1 lives in Toronto and

State College in Buffalo N Y has been working as a sales

He recen tly published the representative and industry

book The Jacobean Union A training facilitator since grad-

Reconsideration of British Civil uation She and her husband

Policies Under th e Early Vincent celebrated the birth of

Stuarts which offers a new their first child Gareth in

perspective on the role of mul - March 1999

tiple monarchy in the early bull Guiseppe Peritore

modern British kingdoms BSe(HK) 96 is studying

bull Jennifer (Pope) Parney physical therapy at the

BASc 94 works at Chatham- University of To ronto He

Kent Integrated Childrens married Rita Lavalle in May

Service - Heritage Campus 1999 and lives in Oakv ille His

- with chi ldren and families e-mail address is

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bull Sarah Perkins BSe(Agr) bull Tammy Tipler Priolo 92 joined Pfizer Animal BASe 90 lives in her hom e

Health in London Ont in town of North Bay Ont with

November as a product sup- her husband Clark and their

port speCialist Earlier she two-year-old daughter Erica

taught at Fairview College in Tipler Priolo is u5mg her com -

Fairview Alta before m oving puting skills in genealogy

back to Ontario in 1997 to research to track down elusive

work for AgLine Commu- ancestors She can be reac hed

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bull Bradley Raspberry BASc 90 is a clinical leader and regisshy

tered nurse specializing in gerishy

atric behavioural health at SI

Josephs Villa in Dundas Ont

bull Lisa Ranacher BSe 98

recently joined the agronomy

program at the Central

Experimental Farm in Ottawa

as a physiological modelling

technician

bull Jamie Rickard BSe(Agr)

96 and Laura Summerfeldt

BSe(Agr) 97 were married

in October 1998 She is comshy

pleting a masters degree at U

of G and he is working with

First Line Seeds of Guelph U

of G weddings are a family trashy

dition sta rted by Jamies parshy

ents Sherry (McBain) SA 69

and Ralph Rickard BSe 69 Tricia (Pella) BA 95 and

Gaetano Guy Rosa

BComm 96 were mar ried in

October 1998 with many U of

G friends attending They live

in Mississauga Ont where

Guy works as an account manshy

ager for BCI Bank and T ricia is

an environmental planner with

the Toronto and Region Conshy

servation Authority

bull Pamela (Thompson) BASe

91 and Randy Ruisendaal

BComm 92 live near

Belleville 01t with their yearshy

old daughter )lIlian Elizabeth

bull Ian Sandler DVM 9 5 was

married to Fern Glowinsk) in

March 1999 and works at

Secord Animal Clinic in

Toronto

bull Baijit Singh PhD 94 comshy

pleted post-doctoral training

at Texas AampM University and

Columbia University then

worked for the Canadian Food

Inspection Agency in Prince

Edward Island before joining

the University of Saskatchewan

as an associate professor He

welcomes notes from other

U of G alumni at singhbsask

usaskca

bull Cyndy Stencill ADA 93 is a

propagator at a tree nursery in

British Columbia

bull Steve Tanner BA 82

recently moved to Guelph as

deputy police chief He had

served on the Halton Region

force since 1982 Tanner is a

specialist in criminal investigashy

tions and lie detector opera shy

tion He has continued his

education at Sheridan College

and McMaster and Ryerson

universities and is now workshy

ing on a masters degree at the

University of Western Ontario

bull Cheryl (Kellman) Thompson BA 95 run s a

rehabilitation consulting busishy

ness with her husband Don

in Burlington Ont

bull Donald PhD 94 and

Suzanne Welsh MSe 96

relocated from Yale University

to the University of Vermont

where they are both working

in the Department of

Pharmacology in the area of

cerebrovascular circulation

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W illiam Ba rnes DVM 59 died Sept 7

1999 He grew up in th e N iagara area

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ve terina ry prac ti ce in Ill inois He was a

dr ivi ng force in the American Ve ter inary

Medica l Assooatio n and in bo th the

Chicago and IlJin o is assoc iatio ns He

was also a fo un ding mem ber o f the

Ch icago-based Friends of Unicerslty of

Guelph a char itable o rga nizat ion

founded in 1975 to serve Guelph a lumni

living in the United Sta tes

George Dickson BSA 38 di ed Oct 9

1999 H e spen t h is entire career w ith

Canada Packers moving up f[Om mai l

cle rk to exec lltive vice-presid ent and

d irector After retirin g in 1976 he

devoted ma ny vo lu ntee r hours to U of

G 3S a memb er of Boa rd o f Gove rno rs

and the OAC Alumni Associatio n

Jam es Pinkney DVM 37 died July 3

1999 A respected ve ter in aria n in his

hom e to~ll o f Cooksv il le O nt he was

also recog nized as a p remier swi ne

breeder showman and judge He was

active in m any agricultural o rga niza shy

tio ns and in both the Ontario and

Canadian Vete rinary Med ical assoc iashy

tio ns He was a lo ngti me supporte r o f

th e Unive rsity especially the OVC

museum and was named OVC

Di stinguished Alumnus in 1987

Audrey Yea nd le DHE 25 di ed March

17 1999 in St ratford O nto A profes shy

sio nal diet it ia n she wo rked to two hosshy

p itals and tau ght home eco no m ics at

the Jo hn Fi he r School In Toro nto

Active In com munity orga nizatio ns and

her chu rch she was a lo ng time U of G

suppo rter and left an es ta te gift of over

$475000 to p rov ide bursaries for future

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John Bowles BA 72 Sept 23 1999

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lege by several yea rs

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Farm the orna te front porch stoo d at the entrance of

the main co ll ege building until the O ld Res idence was

demolished in 1929 to make way for the co nstruction

of Johnston Hall Its believed the portico was erected

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ENVIROPIGS AN ENVIRONMENTAL

BOON U OF G R ES E A RC HERS have ge netically engineered pigs that should help solve th e biggest environmental problem facing hog farmers

The Envi roplgs developed by Pcof Cecil forsbecg M icroshybiol og y Prof Jo hn Philli ps Molec ular Biology and Ge ne tshyics and microbiology graduate stud ent Serguei Golova n proshyduce manure containing 50 per cent less phosphorus Phosshyphorus is a wdter pollutant th at promotes the growth of a lgae in rivers lakes and strea ms ultishymately de pleting oxygen in the water and affect ing fi sh stocks

Enviropigs shou ld help solve the pro blem Norm all y pigs cannot digest phyta tr a form of phosphorus WI th direc t su pshyport from O ntario pork proshyduce rs the Guelph sc ientists took an E coli gene tha t makes the enzyme phytase and spliced it wi th a fragm ent of a mo use gene th at cont ro ls the producshytion of a protein secreted in the sa livar y glands The cOlllposite gene was then inse rted into th e nucl eus of a on e-celled pig

12 GU ELPH ALUMNUS

embr)To via a tiny needle The tran sgene will allow the

Envirop ig to make ph ytase in th e saliva ry gland and secrete it into the saliva where it is swa lshylowed with food The phy ta se

releases orga nic phospho rus so it can be absor bed by the bloodstream ins tead of being excreted in manu re

Th ree transgenic pigs have been born and are bein g monshyitoced by the resea rchers but it will likely be stveraJ yea rs befo re Envirop igs are ready to be comshymercialized

COMPUTER SIMULATIONS

BENEFIT MEDICAL RESEARCH

Two U OJ G SC IENTJ STS are using computer simulations to help medica l and ve terinar y researchers deve lop treatments for diseases caused by iOll chanshynels gone awr y

Profs Saul Go ldman Chemi stry and Biochemistry and Chri s Gray Phys ics are using computer pro gra ms to simulate the workings of tin y passages in cell membranes that serve as ga tekeepers passin g ions such as sodium and potas-

IN FACT Scientists build on knowledge that mlY lead to the ability to repair DNA

otes sium into and out of cell s

Sc ien ti sts have uncovered dozen s of hum an ion channel mutations tha t underlie diseases in heart brain muscle and othshyer tissues

The Guelph researchers modshyel the Aow of ions through chanshynels an d stu dy the microscop ic workings of iOll channel proteins Th ey hope to ga in informat ion useful to ph armaceutical comshypanies an d gene docto rs

The U of G co mputer modshyel is curre ntl y the only way to simu late the workings of ion chl1lnel proteins and the effects of alteri ng th eir stru ctu re dnd function The resea rchers say that over th e long term lear nshy

ing more about th e ge netic un derpi nnin gs of io n channel diseases such as cyst ic fib rosis might allow sCIe nti sts to rep air DNA itself

LITERARY RESEARCH CLICKS WITH TECHNOLOGY

U DF G E N GLI S H PR OFESSO R Susan Brow n is helping to cli ck on a new way to pub lish and stud y sc holarship in the humanit ies

Brown is one of six co-invesshytigators on th e Orlando Project which involves p ro fe sso rs and students trom the universities of Guelph and Alberta who are developing th e first full scholarshyly history of wo mens writings in the Britisb Isles Th ey will pubshyLsh it in an electronic format that wi ll allow users to search vast volumes ofbiog rltlphical inforshy

mation critical discussion and contextual mate rial in seconds

The pIoject will prov ide an account or wo me ns wri ting across the cen turies that addressshyes issu es raised by recent fe mishynist tbinkers and scholars of womens wr iting Brown and other inves tigators are not mereshyly col lecting primary mater ial but are also encoding literalY hisshytory as they wr ite it lllcluding references to literary reviews and analysis of write rs work Comshyputers will store and manipulate

basic rtsea rch materia l Named for the Virgin ia Woolf

fictiona l character who begins to write as an Elizabethan man and emerges as a full y developed fema le writer the Orlando Proshyjec t has been funded by a $16shymillion gran t from the Social Scishyences and Hu manit ies Resea rch Counci l and by th e uni ve rsities of Albe rta and Guelph

CANADIANS VALUE THEIR PETS

VIE A LL KNO W TJ-JiT Ca nadians -love their dogs and cats but did you know that keeping Fido and Fluffy happ) and healthy is worth billions to the nations economy

A fi rst -ever stud y by LJ of G

economics professo r John Livshyernois reveals that Canad ian pet ow ners spend nearly $3 billion annually on food veterinary care and supplies for their comshypanion animals - almost $1

billion in Ontario alone Th e pet industry also supports nearshyly 40000 jobs nati onally

The study commissioned by the Ontario Veterinary College revea ls that pets are an imporshytant family budget item across all income classes and aU provinces Nearly half of Canadia n house shyholds have a companion animal and the average family spends a few hundred dollars a year on pets an amou nt that rises with in come levels

The magni tud e of pet expenditures is an indicator of the value of companion ani shymals in society says Live rnois

The study also identified the intangible benefits of pets including emotional support companionship improved socializa ti on skills in children and th erapeutic effects

Animals are companions and confidants says OVC proshyfessor Cindy Adams a speciaJist in the human-animal bond We are very much a buying-orishyented society but the relationship with our pets is still very pure

People are also becomi ng more sensit ive to their pers needs she says The y are demanding the same type of care and service from their ve tshyerinarians as they do from their docto rs

The study notes that most

veterinary practices depend on peoples attachment to their pets Of the]] 06 veterinary practices in Ontar io 726 are exclusively companion-animal practices Even mixed-animal practices derive about half th eir income from companion animal services

NEW CANCER TEST MAY IMPROVE

SURVIVAL RATES U N IVER S llY OF GUELPH

researchers have helped develshyop a new blood test that detects ovar ian cancer at a stage when it is still treatable by surgery and chemotherapy

Senior research associate Dong Gaudette and Prof Bruce Holub Human Biology and Nutritional Sciences collaboratshyed with doctors from Texas and Ohio on the patented blood test [t will be devel oped by Atairgin Technologies Inc in Irvine Calif Clinical trials begin tbis yea r

Diagnosis of ovarian canshycer during tbe eady stages could mea n dramatically higher SLlrshyvival rates says Ga ud ette The blood test detected 75 per cen t

IN FACT A new blood test detected 75 per cent of early-stage ovarian cancer

of the ea rly-stage ovaria n canshycer samples

Currently diagn os is in abo ut 70 per cen t of women occ urs during the more

advanced stages of the disease Each yea r ovarian cance r kill s ]500 women in Ca nada and

14500 in the United States T I e two researchers discovshy

ered a fat called lyso phosphatidic acid that is prese nt in higher

quantities in ca ncerous tissue It is also detected in the blood

DEVELOPING A NEW VACCINE FOR CATTLE

KIND ER GEN TLER CATTLE vacshyc ines may become a reality thanks to the development of an oral cattle vacci ne by a U of G research tea m

Profs Reggi e Lo Microbiolshyogy Patricia Shewen Pathobiolshyogy and Judith Strommer Plant

Agri cultu re are tryi ng to pro shyduce a transgenic lin e of alfalfa that calTies a bacterial gene The alfalfa is designed to produce a natural antigen to help boost bovine immune response to a type of pneumonia in ca ttle

Traditional vaccina tion b)

needl e injection requires rounding up and restra ining the cattle and is costly and stressful to animals says Lo If we ca n create an o ral deli very system using transgenic alfalfa we can simply add th e alfalfa to tbe regul ar feed

The team is creating the oral

vacci ne system using a gene from a well-known bacterium and is transferring tbe bacterishyal D--1 into the recip ient alfalshy

fa plant s Once tb e transgenic alfalfa line is es tabli shed and the ge ne is producing the bacshyteri al ant igens as planned th ey will feed the transgenic alfalfa to th e cattle to see whether an immun e response occurs If the o ral vaccine works it will mea n healthier cattle with less use of antibiotics in livestock being fed for hum an consul11ption

GENETIC TEST COULD BOOST

SOYBEAN EXPORTS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN Canada testing is available to detect the presence of geneticall ) modified orga nisms (CMOs) in soybea n products Th e testin g wi ll be overseen by U of Gs Laboratoshyr) Serv ices The uelph Mole shycular Supercentre will offer the GMO-check Soya Iest Kit

There is a stron g need for such a commercial tes t in Ca nashyda especially with the increase in produc tion of Givl so) beans says rcsclrciler Shu Chen Its estishymated that 10 to 20 pe r cent of the 21 111illion acres of soybeans planted in the province this year were gendi(all y modified

The test deteels the protein expressed In Monsantos Roundup Read y v1[ia nt of soyshy

beans The most popular GM soybean secds on th e market a re res is tant to Roundup a com l11only used herbicide The test has been va lidated for aCCllshy

rac y by 37 laborator ies in th e Eu ropean Union (EU )

The te st is poised to be a boon for soybean exp orte rs Currently food products co nshytainin g CIvIC) that are exportshyed to the EU mu st be clearly labell ed and many consumers are now dem anding the option to choose between genetically modified and non-geneticall y l110dified foods Previously th e sampl es had to be se nt to th e United Sta te s for testi ng a process that was both cosuy and ti me-consu m i ng

IN FACT Up to 20 per cent of the soybeans grown in -Ontario this year were genetically modified

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Gayle Anderson Andrew Vowles Alexander Wooley

IClne Guelph scientists strengthen the role ofveterinary medicine

in solving human health problems

Pre-eclampsia in pregnant women Organ

transplants Human colorectal cancer Bactershy

ial resistan ce to antibiotics Theyre all topics

you might expect to hear discussed in a human

medical lab or teaching hospital but in the corshy

ner office of the Ontario Veterinary College

OVC dean Alan Meek smiles and acknowlshy

edges the apparent paradox of discussing the

effects on human medicine of resea rch conshy

ducted in his corner of the University of Guelph

campus But you dont need too powerful a

microscope to reveal the research connections

among dogs cats horses and well humans

Referring to his hefty copy of Veterinary

Medicine and Human Health written by his Unishy15 co versity of California colleague Calvin Schwabe laquo

~ Meek says the distinction between animal and w

~ human is rather misleading Go back far enough

~ - before the Judeo-Christian concept of human z

~ uniqueness and superiority - and youll find o

~ no clear line sepa ra t ing the practitioners of

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human and animal health The healers made

no distinction between whether they were lookshy

ing after the owner of the ca ttle or the cattle

says Meek It was the notion of one medicine

Of course theres no denying that animal

health rem ains the domain of the veterinary

researcher an d practitioner As ve terinarians

we have a mandate to understand animals and

things that affect their health so we can preshy

vent problems and care for th em says Meek

I suspect that when most people think about

veterinary medicine thats th e first piece they

think about

But animal heal th is only one of the four pilshy

lars of the veterinary profession - th e others

are public health environmental health and bioshy

medical sciences - whose research and teachshy

ing rest on the base of comparative medicine -We are the only medical profession that looks

at medicine across species he says Thats one

of the great strengths of veterinary medicine

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Public health con cerns range from food SJfft) to zoonotic diseases (diseases that can be traLl smi tted from anim als to humans) and antibiotic resistance amon g diseaseshyca using bacteria It was this pillar that occushypied many veterinarians during the earlier decades of this century o ften as health inspectors

Iith the ad vent of antibiotics and varshyious advances in technology seemingly more stimulating research avenues beckshyoned for vete rin ary scientists But at this end of the 20th cen tury says Meek we find ourselves again confronting many of those earlier problems such as tuberculosis and medical professionals are refocllsing on the importance of public health issues

Veterinarians have also played a signifishycant role in th e evolution and application of ecosystem healt h practices because of their expe rtise in co mp arative medicine toxicology ep idemiology and wildlife disshyease Changes in wildlife health are the first results and so metimes the first signs of envishyronmental problems We dont live in a box reserved for one species says Meek gtle live in the same env ironment We interact in very intimate ways with other an imals in the environment so its not surp rising there are all kinds of crossovers and that you can learn J lot tbat can improve the heal th and lovell-being of peo ple and other animals

That trutl is becoming more ev ident as biomedical science uses new and more speshyci fic technologic As yo u start looking at the cellular and subcellular levels and the chromosomes and the genes it doesnt realshyly mat ter that much whether youre lookshyin g at a ge ne chromosome or cell that came ou t of a person or a dog says Meek vVhen YOLi get down to that level the fundamenshytal building blocks are the same - nucleic acids dnd blse units I think we as a professhysion have a tremendou s amount to offer there becJuse of our mand ate wlich is so broad Vete rinar ians look after all animals excep t for people in th e sense of providing handS-Oil care We can learn a lot from these othe r species There are diseases in other animals that have analogies to human disshyeases so we can learn from that and use th em as n1tural models

He expec ts to see mor e collaboration IIlJ information sharing alllong human medical and veterinary researchers Its not

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so amazing to understand that we would ha ve folks working on things that have a human application It co mes from our manshydate our responsibilities and histo ry and the comparative approach

The fourth pillar of veterinary medicine offers many impressive examples of co mshyparative medicine In the next few pages we present a small sample of current OVC research initiat ives that are providing immeshydiate and direct benefit to human medicine and health

disease similar to pre-eclampsia In mice lacking these lymphocy te cells she grafted bone marrow containing gra ft s with NK cells and found that the implantation sites returned to a no rmal state

Croys research has gained worldwide recognition for its considerable applicabilshyity to human fetal development and because it provides a useful animal model for this gestational disease Her work may eventu shyall) show scientists how to eliminate preshyeclampsia during human pregnancy It will also help vets and farmers understand how

Reproductive technologies

Prof Anne Croy Biomedical Sciences is intent on discovering why pregnant women develop pre-eclampsia a serious illn ess that typically occurs during th e second half of pregnancy High blood pressure is the major symptom If pre-eclampsia occurs th e baby must be delivered immediately or the mothshyer may experience convulsions or even die To better understand the ilness Croy is examining lymphocytes in the uterus par shyticularlya group of specialized lymphocyte cells that multiply during early pregnancy

These NK cells or natural killers regushylate gene expression and attack foreign invaders such as cancerous tumours Their main r01 e during pregnancy is to dilate blood vessels as the uterus grows preventshying blood pressure from rising to dangershyous levels Croy and her research team have discovered that lack of NK ceUs in the uterus may cause reproductive problems and lead to smaller infants whose growth is retard shyed into adulthood

Working with mice Croy found th at removing NK cells before mating led to a

uterine lymphoc ytes work in lives tock which is why her studies are funded by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs as well as the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council

How much can mice teU us about human reproductive immunology Croy says the importance of the mouse as a tool for studyshying disease progression or therapy was brought home to her in the 1960s when she was an OVC student of Prof Tom Hulland then chair of pathology and an ea rly enthushysiast of using mice as resea rch models

She says the two reproductive systems are remarkably similar Because mice reach adulthood after six to seven weeks and proshyduce about 10 offspring every three weeks researchers can monitor successive generashytions of mice over a short period to discovshyer the long-term ramifi ca tions of health problems And she is able to study an indishyvidual tissue section of an entire fetu s under -the microscope For these reasons mice play a central role in another of Croys research projects one thats found mothers pass along to their children more of themselves than was previously thought

Until recently the placenta was thought

to be impenetrable Then some Us

researchers discovered that cells travelled

from the fetus to the mother In research

funded by the Hospital for Sick Children

Foundation in Toronto Croy recently found

that the flow is two-way unidentified cells

We are the only medical profession that looks at medicine across species Thats one of the great strengths of veterinary medicine

are also transferred from the mother to the

bone marrow of the fetus

Unlike most earlier studi es Croys

focused on the bone marrow where the

bodys blood and autoimmune disea ses

develop She found that 90 per cent of the

mouse fetuses contained the mothers cells

in their marrow Because maternal cel ls

remain in offspring into adu lthood (a nalshy

ogous to humans) it suggests the cells may

affect the chi lds response to a bone marshy

row transplant during cancer treatment or

to treatment for HIV ma laria or burns For

example immune-deficient children often

receive marrow transplants from a parent

but if the mothers cells are already present

they can reject th at transplant Undershy

standing the nature of those cells is critical

As in Croys work with uterine lymp hoshy

cytes this research is receiving worldwide

recogn ition although the Guelph researcher

down plays that accla im This is so me of

the most interesting work of my career she

says but Im a relatively small player in the

bigger sc hem e of things

Croy has repeatedly crossed boundaries

in her pursuit of knowledge and has been

recognized by a variety of scientific discishy

plines She recent ly completed a term as a

permanent study sec tion member of the

National Institutes of Health (N1H) in th e

United States one of the few Canadians

appointed since the N1H opened permashy

nent membership to non -citizens in 1995

She teaches a summer course on reproducshy

tion mostly to medical doctors at the

Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratoshy

ry in Massachusetts This June she recei ved

the JCB Grant Senior Scientist Award from

the Canadian Society of Anatomy Cell Biolshy

ogy and Neurobiology - an unusual honshy

our for a vet And she recently prese nted

reproductive immunology findings to meetshy

ings of obstetricians and gynecologists

Organ transplants

A silent crisis is what one member of Parshy

liament has called Canadas organ donor

rate now among the lowest in the indusshy

trialized world More than 3000 Canadians

wait for organ transp lants each year and

143 of them die awaiting a transplant

One potential so lution being examined

at OVC is xenotransplantation or transshy

plan ting of organs from one sp ecies to

another - specifica ll y from pigs to

humans Its not as far-fetched as it sounds

For more than 10 years people have

received living pig tissue including porcine

pancreatic islet cells for diabetes and pig

skin for burns

Because of its faculty expertise its outshy

standing record in animal ca re and welfare

and its 30-year history o f research in

pathogen-free swine for breeding and food

purposes OVC was approached by Imutran

Ltd of the United Kingdom a xenotran sshy

plantation research leader to assis t in pre-

clinical (non-human) trials

OVCs role in this leading-edge research

being co-led by Prof Danny Butler Clinishy

cal Studies is to breed and suppl y a sma ll

group of tran sgenic pigs for research trials

at partner institutions in the project - the

University of Toronto and the University of

Western Ontario ove was also instrushy

mental in ensur in g that the pig li tte rs were

of defined health status or pathoge n-free

- an integral aspect of this proJect These

transgenic pigs resemble any other pig on

the outside but on the inside Lhey diff r in

one smaJl but very important way

Ordinarily when a blood vessel ruptures

the bodys natural reaction is to clot and

patch the leak During this pro cess someshy

times called a cascade the body produces

chemicals sequentially to form the c lot But

clotting is a delicate FlOcess Until now

organ transplants betwee n species have proshy

voked hyper-acute rejection caus ing a

clotting-like cascade to continue until wit hshy

in min utes or hours th e patient rejec ts the

animal organ Blood entering the newly

received organ recognizes that tissue as forshy

eign and immediately begins the clotting

process quickly shutting down the o rg3 1l

By contrast the ce ll s of lmutran pigs conshy

tain a human gen e that produces a prote in

that stops the clotting casca d e In a transshy

planted pig organ c3tTying this gene the

protein fool s the pat ients blood into trelt shy

ing the organ as though its from the same

species thus preventing clotti ng

Butler believes oves expertise in surgishy

cally deriving and raising germ-free littetmiddots

was a key reason the college was approached

to undertake this re sea rch Fro m 1958 to

1989OVC took th e scientific lead with the

Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Fo od and

Ruralfffairs in supplying speci[Jc-pathogen shy

free animals to the provinces pig farms Prof

Paul Miniat of the Departmcnt of C linical

Studies and later th e Depa rtment of Popshy

ulation Medicine led that projec t

Tl1is current research is cutting-edge

says Butler and you have to be absolutely

meticulous about everything you do

Because these animals dont ha ve dn actishy -vated immune system any path oge n th lt

comes into play would be fatal to thesc pigs

Butler notes that the resea rch is stil l at

the pre-clinical (non-human) trial stage

and it will likely be years before trials ca n

FallWinter 1999 17

take place in hum ans And other forms of transplant rejec tion besides the hyper-acute

va ri ety will requ ire furth er research Along the way Butler and fellow OVC researchers - Prof Bonnie Mall ard and Byram Bridle PathobioJogy who are stud y director and projec t mana ger re spec tivel y Jud y Bell Clinical Studies a projec t mana ge r and

Prof Bob Fri endship Population Medicine - hope to gain new insight into breeding

pigs of exemplary health status for both anishymal breeding and food sa fe ty

Genetic diseases

Pro f Mark Baker Path obi ology hopes to enh ance gene th erapy used in treating

human and animal ge net ic d iseases by improving the effi ciency of gene targeting Using thi s procedure and the tools of biotechnology researchers hope to zero in on spec ific points in an o rgani sms DNA and insert or repair genes invol ved in sll ch

diseases as cancer AID S mu sc ular dystroshyphy cys tic fibrosis and sickl e-cell anemia

Gene targeting is a very important techshy

nology for gene modifi ca tion in all species - plants animals and micro-organisms says Baker who began tbi s work in the 1980s The nice thing about thi s tecbnolshyogy is th at yo u can make changes in the

ge ne right in its norm al position in the chromosom e

He hopes to make gene targe ting more effi cient by studying the underlyi ng process of homologo us reco mbi nation in whi ch

DNA sequences exchange information Norshymally this process helps ce lls repai r DNA da mage and govern s mixing of gen es durshy

ing cell di vision including th e p rocess of meios is whi ch produces egg and sperm

cells But homologous recombination can also lead to can cer durin g th e exchange of informati on bet ween a mutan t ch romoshyso me and its no rmal co unterpart Bes ides

stud ying what goes wrong durin g recomshybinat ion sc ientists are in te res ted in using th e process to co rr ect defe cts Baker s

research for exa mple has shown that gene targe ting th ro ugh homolo gous recombinashytion can correc t a mu ta tion to resto re proshyducti on of an immunoglobulin found in

an tibodies We want to und ers tand the mec hashy

nisms of recombination in mammalian cells

18 G U ELP H A LUMNUS

and how homologo us reco mbin ati on ca n

be used to shape and manipu late th e genome he says ex plaining that gene tarshygeting all ows researchers to make animal

model s of hum an gene ti c diseases study hum an ge ne th erapy and modify plant and an imal ge nomes to benefit agri culture biotechnology and medi cine

Cancer research

Ca ncer reaches into the lives of many Ca nashydian s A number of researchers are wo rkshying in this area and their research spans the spectrum from basic molecul ar bio techshy

nology to applied therapy says Pro f Wayne

improve our understa ndin g of how to modshy

ify the level of damage done by co litis He explains th at by detoxify ing dieta ry

mu tagens and ca rcinogen s CST enzymes provi de protection against va rious insul ts inflicted on th e stom ach Thats an imporshy

tant role gJven th e kno wn link be tween so me chemical s co nsumed by humans and the dama ge to DNA and tis sues th at ma y

lead to cancer Hi gh levels of the em ymes are good because th ey pro tect says Ki rby

In pre vious studi es conducted with the Je wish General Hospital in MontlCal Ki rshyby discove red th at man y peo pl e with col shyo rec tal ca ncer lack th e ge neti c codes fo r

GSTs He is now in vestigatin g th e role of the

At the cellular and subcellular levels it doesnt really matter

whether youre looking at a gene chromosome or cell that came out of a person or an animal

McDonnell OVC ass istant dean (resea rch)

Although OVC research usually fo cuses on can cer in anim als incl uding using animal models th e res ult s also touch th e human

realm of oncology research Colorec tal ca nce l is th e third most comshy

mon can cer in humans th e Canadian Ca nshy

cer Society estim ates th at more than 16000 new cases will be d iagnosed in 1999 and more th an 6000 deaths will occur Key fa cshy

tors in its development are d ie tary carc inoshyge ns and colitis a bowe l inflammatio n In Guelphs Departm ent of Bio medi cal Scishy

ences Prof Gordon Kirby is studying glu shytathione S-transferase (GST) emymes that

are fo und in the hea lthy human intestinal tract but are abse nt in colorec tal ca ncer patients This research co uld help impleshyment pre ve ntive st ra teg ies for people who might be at high risk for ca nce r or it may

help in co unselling people in proper dietary habits he says In addi tio n we may

enzy mes and how th eir level alte rs as th e

disease develops B) und erst andin g how th ese enz) l11 es

work and how th ey change dur ing the proshygression from co liti s to can cer Kirby ultishymately hopes to lea rn ho w to co ntro l th e leve l of th e enzymes Understandin g how

th e enzym es work ca n lead LI S to wa ys to

prevent cancer he SlyS

Radiation treatment

Veterll1ar ians using the technique o f halfshy

body ra dia tion may cut th e time needed to treat lymphoma in dogs acco rd ing to th e

re sul ts of a st ud y by OVC re sea rchers in cludin g Prof To n) Abr1Jl1s-0gg Pro f -Stephen Kruth Paul Woods Geri Ottewe ll and Kim Stewa rt - aU of th e Department of Clini cal Studi es - and Al Norris of th e

Veterinary Referral Cli nic And although the groups recent six-year tr ial was directed at

do gs the resu lts of thi s veterinary resea rch

may have implica tions for trea tin g cance r

in hum ans

Trea tin g lym ph oma traditionally Iequires up to two yea rs of chemoth erap)

An alternative to prolonged chemotherapy is tota l-body ra diat io n and bone mar row

transplantation The procedullt lI SLS the patien ts own marrow extracted before the

trea tment One drawback is the possi bilit y

of transpb nt ing s ick malTOw co ntaining lymphoma (ells back in to the patien t A secshy

o nd drawbac k is th e ex tcnsive ca re and

Icngthy recovery time required By co ntrast ha lf-body radiation takes

onl y three mon ths Ab rams- Ogg explains that became only half of th e body is treatshy

ed at one time enough healthy bone marshy

row remain s to negate a tra nsp lan t By the

time th e seco nd hal f o f the body is irradishyated 30 da ys late r th e pa tien t has hld

eno urh line to recover fro m the first trea tshyment Hes also found that dogs receivi ng

half-bod) radiation generally avoid the sideshyeffects of tull-body trea tment

Abra ms-Ogg says ha lf- body radi ation

has been used on humans to alleviate pain in advanced cancer cases but not to treat

lymphoma The results of this trial do have hUl )la n health implications he SJ) Halt~

hody radilti o n may be used to treat the

sa me types of cancers in people

Resistance to antibiotics

Ensuring the hea lth of farm animals is an

im po rtant fac tor in ensuring th e health of our food supply T hrough col labo ratio ns wi th the Un iversity of Guelphs Department

of Food Science and l1calth Canada a dedshy

icated group of ove resea rch ers is improvshying public health through [ood -sa fe ty

research OnL of those sc ienti sts is Prof Sco tt

McEwen Population Med icine who studies food-animal prod uct io n and on-fa rm issues

by investigati ng microb ial resistance to antib ishyotics and ways to co ntrol pathoge ns such as

E coli during food-animal production Were try ing to red uce the level of exposhy

sure or people to these pathogens an d in tu rn red uce the level of food-borne illness

says I IcEwe n Our goal is to im prove

human health and improve the health of the animal industr )

Microbia l resista nce in pa rticular is a

co mpelli ng issue for agriculture rigbt no w because of a number of eve nts occurring

worldwide that have focus ed attenti on o n the use of antibi otics in foo d-a ni mal pro shy

du ct ion and the po tential impact on h um ans through meat conu mption

McEwen and h is st ud ents are looking at

what types of animals are being exposed to

va ll o us drugs and for how long to better

measure bacterial resistance to antibiot ics Because the agricu ltu ra l industry accounts [or half of to tal antib io tic lls e he says it s

important to look for new ways to improve on-farm manage ment of livestock that wIll

reduce disease Jnd the need for treatme nt

with antibiotics ga

Veterinary medicine contributes to human health sector

The Ontario Veteri nary Co llege (OVC) is at the centre of Ontarios

$44 billion knowledge-based ecoshy

nomic secto r foc using on animal

health and related food qualitysafeshy

ty and biomedicalbiotechnology activities

Although veterinal) medicine is

the main focus of studies at OVC the biomedical science o ption has

the bjgh est enrolment among

Guelphs 30 BSe degree programs

Employers in Canadas $I -billion biotechnology indust ry sa y a degree in ve ter inary med icine will

be an impor tant first step in filling

new positions created by the pracshytical application of current revelashy

tions in molecular biology and cloning technology

OVC is a founding college of the

Universit y of Guelph which receives mo re resea rch funding

from the Medica l Research Co unshycil than any other Ca nadi an uni shy

versity with o ut a medica l school

More than ISO studies have been condu cted using fund s donated

throug h OVes Pet Tr ust by ve tshy

erinarians and pet owners who recshy

ognize the th erapeutic value of the

bond betwee n people and com shypa nion animal s

100 per cent of OVC gradu ates

find em ploymen t withi n six months of gradu ation

50 per cen t of veterinary patholoshygists in North America are -employed directly or indirectly by the pharmaceutical industr y

Fa llWinter 1999 19

a The Royal Society of Canada recognizes an acndelnic career

by Alexander Wooley a scholar Funny hOWasingle pi ece of paper can summarize a lifet ime of study and aCJ demic work that has already fi ll ed

29 books and 85 book chapters an d Journal articles

In june U of G polit ica l science profes~

sor Onkar P Dwivedi received a letter invit~

ing hi m to become a Fello w of th e Royal Society of Canada Its an invitation reserved

for Canadas ltlCJde11i c elite an an nounceshy

men t thM brought congratul atio ns tinged with envy fiom colleagues across Ca nada and

left th is U of G professor answeri ng quips from Guelph collcgues such as Are we still

allowed to share the elevator wi th such an illuSlrious scholar

Dwivedi is indeed an ill ustrious scholar

- th e FRSC is th e hi ghest scholJriy recog~ nition1 Canad ian ~ cad emic ca n recei ve shy

but he is also a personable man who has a deer concern fo r o thers and a sense of humour that allows h illl to ceremo ni ously

wave oth er facult ) and students on to the

elevator as it ri ses to his s ix1h~f1oor offi ce ill the JvlacKi nn on Bu ilding

Known across camp us simply as OP he says its o nl y natural that hlS colleagues

wo uld be a bi t envi ous of th e Royal Society

designation he has felt th at envy himself when congratultting previous recip ien ts

Dwivedi SI) he is d~ep l ) honoured to bL one of 19 U of C lilCul ty wh o hold thl tilk (see page II ) The entire U of C cJm pl co mmunity shOlIcs in Prof l)iveciis dd igh t at bei ng l1amed a fel low I) pruv()t tin

Campbe ll It is a we ll~d lsencd mark of recognition for his distinguished caree r Jnd

vJ lua ble slr vice to i II I l 1Ila I ional dlTlop Ill en t an d the en viron men t

Being n~mcd I Fello of the Rnl11 oci

101) of CI1a d ~ is testimony 10 tile prnrcsnr ~

beli e-I Lhat if you work hard enough you L11l

achieve an ythi ng Th~Is 11) hi colilltr)

is so great he says o f his adopted C~nIJ1 Born in India Dwi ved i came 1( ( anadl

in the early [960 as a gruduatc lttuden Hl co mpl eted a mdst 15 de grec al Carl etull University ~nd a Ph D at QUlln l middot ni~r ishy

ty ~l1 d jo incd the U o f C tJLlti lyin 1967

He hJS advanccd Ihe CallldilI1 view of

political eth ics 111d public scnicc Wl11pI(d

pol icy~mak ing t nd administralioll hetwlcn natio ns and l11aintl ined world iew of enli~

ronll1ental pol iei sand pl1blie alti ludes toward pollu tion And ltI ll the wh ile haring his in sight wilh the l h (l u~llld nf tlllkilts

who halt vied for se1ts ill his classroom

Alt hough C1I1 3d is now hi~ IWll1l Dwivedi main tai ns ~Irong lies with his lill

mer homeland He has mon itored dCIdol

mtnh Ind ehtnge~ ill IndilS pol lulion lt111U

lto INrl ation pol i ~ic ror lll1lo~t 0 )Cltlrs and sucd h J ltnio r ad iser 1(1 Ih (OUlllr )

lin ilr) of rl1limnl11tllt dnd Fltlr~ I S I Ii lIll rc~c nl hook publi1 d in I))7 i ntro ~

Jl1C~ r~ldr tlt1 Ih cnVil 0 l1nlCnl11 p(lli~yshy

mll-ing and manf~mll1t prelL n Ind i1 b) cxamining vlri()u~ Jill1cl1iol15 of lhlt

tl1Iironrncn lal chIIltI1ampes faced h)lhe nali()n Farber th is )Lar hc 1 in Ind i JS par t

or a hll1lli(Ia l lroICL looking at reg ulal middot ing cmironmcnlal ri there with I Spc

eiJI fO LlI on htrlil lll i hmlsehrllJ producls

and thiJ ill1 tI~1 Oil (Imen ltlnd hiidren

Tht resClreh p rQin t i locattd ill Kll1 pur

lt1 cil ) of Ih rec million HId IS funded b) the Sha tri In do CJnldi111 Imti lutc

[)wi lldi mother and othl lamily mtlllhLI sl illl iC in In d i li e pcrsollally

Ufporh eh olt)I Ihne and hell he retire in tl1 Icars hl plan to SCI up I L~c n tre fo r

drug HldiLliOl I 1I11lI11Llll11 healt h

Fnn in C lllJdI hl is working to help

olher or Indiall illlllry bui ld bella lives I lc offen hi serliccI~ I parl -timc Hindu

pries t lIith U ofe CGl11pUS minislry and I~ 1 spir iluJ I ou l1 1I0 [ Jor inm lles It Ihe

Cudl h Corrldinnd (ntrc The Roal Soc ielY Litdtion d~ )Lribes

[)wildl cI~ 1 chobr who hIS 1 1Ilined

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ndti( nal distinction and international recogshy

nit ion Just this spring he vis ited Loyo la l [a rymollnt Universit-y in Los An-des as that

insti tutions 1999 Internati onal Scho lJ r

Es tabli shed 117 years lgO the Roya l Society or Canada enco mpasse d ra nge of

discip lin es including the natural and ap plied sc iences medi cine soc ial scien ces MId hu manit ies

Dwi vedi sa) The s()c ic tys invitation is

an honour for me and also a wonderful recogshy

nition for our new coll ege (U of Gs College

of Social and All lied Human Sciences )

A for mer chair of Guel lhs Department of Political Science Dwivedi is pres id ent of

the Ca nadian Asian Stud ies Associa tion and

past lresident of the Canadian Po litica l Scishyence Association He also chairs th e resea rch committee of the International Poli tical Scishy

ence Associat io n

During hi s 32-year career at Guellh he ha s served on the Enviro nm ental Assess shy

)]lent Boa rd of Ontario as a co nsultan t to

the Ca nadian gove rnment as an adviser to th e Wo rld Health Organi za ti o n an d the

Wo rld Bank in In dia Papua New Guinea and Mau ritiu s an d as a sc ientific panel

member with UNESCO In J 99 8 he

received an honorary degree fro m the Unishyve rsity of Leth bridge ga

fa llWinter 1999 21

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ANDREvV VOWLES

m Tiny flashes of blue

light caught by U of G

to physicists in an

undergro und

observatory may eg

tell us the

fate of our

universerunch First tighf wasnt long in coming even in a mine shaft some two kiloshy

metres beneath the Earths surface Within days of turning on a multishy

million-dollar li ght detector near the bottom of a Sudbury nickel mine

scientists from Canada the nited States and the United Kingdom recordshy

ed their first even t Thats physicists lingo for a collision between a tiny

extraterrestrial particle called a neutrino and a molecule of heavy water

Actually what they witnessed last spring was not the encounter itself

- marked by a tell tale fl ash of blue light - but data trickling in quishy

etly from the detectors elaborate instruments sometime after the fact

Still that was enou h to set a few hearts pounding among the collabshy

orators in the Sudb u r y eutrin o Observatory particularly among

Guelph physicists John Simpson Robin Ollerhead and Jimmy Law who

appJaude 1 those early results not just for what they might reveal about

the universe but also as a validation of their painstaking care in conshy

structing and preparing the detector

Fall Winter 1999 23

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[J This is without a doubt the climax of my

career says Simpson whos been invo lved

with the Sudbury N eu trin o Observa to ry

(SNO) project since it was fir s t moo ted by

Canadian physicis ts in th e early 1980s Hes

been studying neutrinos for almost two

decades beginning with experiments in a

Windsor-area sa lt mine

It s th e las t unkn own low-energy area

left he says N eutrin os are s till th e least

understood elementa ry particle of a ll

Thats not for lac k of them T hey re co nshy

sidered to be th e most commo n particles in

the universe and the fund amenta l building

blocks of matter Each seco nd bi lli ons of

neutrinos generated during fusion reactions

in the sun and in sou rces far beyond our

galaxy bombard every square ce ntim etre of

the Earths surface undetected But just try

to catch one So ephemeral a re Ih ey th at

they pass without a mmmur through most

objects including solid rock ni ckel ni ckel

miners - even throu gh the SNO sc ientis ts

monitoring their giant acry li c ball s usshy

pended in a 22-metre-wide cavern two kiloshy

metres down the mine shaft

The $70-million o bse rva to ry s it s nea r

the bottom of Inco Ltd s C reighton nicke l

mine the deepes t wo rkin g min e in North

America and one tha t has opera ted co ntinshy

uously for the last ce ntury

Today the only eAtra terreslrial objects hitshy

ting the site - or more co rrect ly passi ng

through it - are neutrinos Seemingly against

astronomical odds those scientists hope to

use that ball as a kind of cosmic-sized catchshy

ers mitt to stop or deflect enough of these

particles to learn more about them and about

the big wide universe that spawned them

Inside that 12-foot ball are 1000 tonnes

of heavy water which is also used as coolant

inside nuclear reactors Tn fact th e watershy

all $300 million worth - is on loan from

Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (AECL)

Heavy water ho lds the key to SNOs opera-

Taken during construction the photo above

shows the SNO cavity and acrylic vessel At

right the acrylic vessel is surrounded by an 18shy

metre diameter geodesic sphere that supports

nearly 10000 light sensors and reftectors

Scientists hope to U~

tion Because its molecules contain one more

n eutron than in ordinary water its more

likely to in tercept a phantom neutrino That

co llis ion will be marked by faint but telltale

fla shes of light - forma lly kno wn as

Cerenkov radia tion th e characteris tic blu e

glow emitted in a nuclear reactor - to be

picked up by a few of th e 10000 detectors

studding the panels on th e sphere s surface

Perhaps more impo rtan t SNO resea rchers

anticipate that the wa ter will catch all three

types o f neut rinos no t just the o ne captured

by other detec tors around the world

N eutr in os come in three species or

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agiant acrylic ball as a kind of cosmic-sized catchers mitt

flavou rs based on th e kind s of subatomshy

ic particl es tlleyre dssociated with electro n

neutrinos muon neutrinos and tau neu trishy

nos Referring to earlier experiments that

have detected far fewer neutrinos than

expected based on our understanding of

how the universe works Simpso n says most

scientists believe that neutrinos have mass

and the) change type as th ey leave the sun

and thats why Ne havent seen enough of

them Being able to detect the other two

flavours at SNO might allow sc ientis ts to

account for the so -called missing neutrinos

Proving that neutrinos can change their

stripes might als o tell us more about the

likely fate of th e universe itself by solving

another mystery the question of the missshy

ing mass Referring to basic laws of physics

Law says If neutrinos convert th at means

th ey must have mass Why is that imporshy

ta nt Explai ns Ollerhead The amount of

mass thats accounted fo r by the sta rs that

you can see is only about one-tenth of the

total mass the re must be in the universe in

order to cause the interactions and motions

you see W hen people talk about mis si ng

mass thats what th ey re talking about

So the question is where is it l Because

every s tar produces billions of neut rin os

every second the universe is full of neutr ishy

nos These van ishingly small particles could

collectively exert a gravitational pull out of

all proportion to th eir size - enough to

eventually slow the expa nsion of the universe

If neutrin os have ma ss it means the

universe may be heavier than we think says

Simpso n The universe will eventually stop

expanding in a few billion years and collapse

back in on itself Thi s is known as the Big

Crunch Finding evidence of the smoking

gun to either prove or di sprove that theoshy

ry is the purpose of the observatory he says

SNO research bombards other areas of science Adapting physics tools to build SNO

An expert in X-ray back-scattering Guelph

physicist Innes Mackenzie helped the SNO

team about six years ago by adapting his

back-scattering technique to determine the

thickness of a plastic liner that su rrounds

th e entire observatory cavity Made of a

substance called urylon (produced by a

Guelph company) the liner was sp rayed

on to the cavitys concrete surface to screen

ou t radon a radioactive gas that diffuses

even through soLd rock In a project where

an extra millimetre could skew results scishy

entists needed to ensure that the material

was the same thickness all the way arou nd

Mackenzie used X-ray back-scattering

a techniq ue he has developed that might

be llsed to determine say the thickness of

paint applied in an auto assembly plant or

ice buildup on aircraft wings Laurentian

University physicist Doug Hallman says

his research group has worked with

Mackenzie to set up a unique hand- held

monitor and data-recording system which

found the actual thickness of the eightshy

millimetre-dlick polyurethane material to

an accuracy of about 10 per cent

Building new tools from SNO physics

During his graduate studies in physics at

Guelph Tom Andersen helped his PhD

supervisor Prof John Simpson design

devices used to detect background

radioactivity of the heavy wa ter in the

Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO)

and worked on software that simulates

th e movement of high -energy muons

particles created when cos mic rays

encounter the Earths atmosphere All the

while he had his eye on a not-unrelated

topic that became his full-time job after

graduating in 1998

It a desk top planetarium says

Andersen of his astro nomy software

which allows users to view the simulated

night sky - including comets asteroids

satellites a nd stars - on a computer

screen With it yo u can observe the sky

as it appears from your backyard tonight

o r from Jupiter 100 years ago or from

Egypt 3000 years ago

He and his partners a t Toronto-based

Sienna Software Inc have so ld about

10000 copies of Sta rry Night software

dming the past 18 months They began

by selling software that users could down shy

load from the Internet but now make two

CD-ROM versions of the package Starshy

ry Night Deluxe and Starry Night Pro

The first allows users to look at more than

19 million objects from anywh ere in the

solar system and to examin e deta iled

graphics of such things as constellations

Serious astronomy afic ionados use the

pro version to track as teroids learn more

about star motions or create their own

planets to study orbital mechanics

Generally anyone who owns an

as tronomical telesco pe owns a piece of

astronomy software says Andersen You

can take your telescope to your backyard

and connect it to your laptop and then

point to something with Starry Night and

have the telescope steer to it

Applying SNO tools to business

Former phys ics graduate student Myung

Chol Chon now works in the Royal Banks

corporate and investmen t banking offices

in Toronto Modelling the behaviour of

financial assets and pricing derivative secushy

rities might appear removed from the task

of capturing neutrinos but Chon says the

Guelph SNO group gave him an opporshy

tunity to learn various quantitative ana lyshy

sis tools including Monte Carlo simulashy

tion and artificial neural networks I also

gained understanding and experience in

software production via working with the

SNO Monte Carlo Analysis (SNO MAN )

software development team - tools

applicable not only in physical science but

in other areas as well

Fa llWinter 1999 25

-Simpson says ea rly detection of SNOs first

neutrino this summer reflects the high qUJIshy

ity of the obselva tory itself incl uding th t conshy

tribution of the Guelph scientists involved in

designi ng its sophist icated instrum ents Thats why theres a lot of noise abo ut the

fi rst measurem en ts he sa ys Some o ther

detectors have to work harder to get the backshyground radioactivity down Weve shown that

we constructed a very clea n detector

Along with several PhD studen ts and resea rch associates he and his coUeagues buiJt

inst ruments used to monitor and ensure an acceptable level of background radi oactivishy

ty in SNOs innards fiom the hea l) watcr to all the components orthe detector itse lf

The Guelph group developed a very senshy

sitive technique for the measurement of ultrashylow levels of ra dioactivit y in water whi ch is

essential for th e SNO detector to reach its

goals says SNO project director Art McDonshy

ald a phys icist at Queens Universit y Meas uring radioact ivity is our ga me

says resea rch ass oc iate Pillalamarr Jaga m during a tour of Sim psons lab in th e baseshy

ment of the MacNaughton Build in g home

to whJt Jaga m calls the only ul tra-low backshy

ground radi ation research and development

group in Ca nada Po inting to a det ector resemblin g a stainless-steel salad bowl with

a matchin g lid he says the Guelph -made

de vice JS with its co usins on perm anent du ty at SNO picks lip infinitesimally small

amounts of ra dioactivity emitted naturall y

by the observa torys compo nents

Ja ga m helps run th ose dev ices at SNO

fo llowin g up on his role as superv iso r of a

cl ea nin g crew d urin g SNOs constru ction SNO is the larges t clean-room ever olltside

of the electron ics industry he says Its

cleaner th an yo ur avera ge dinner plate

Above Muon neutrinos produced from cosmic

rays which strike Earths abnosphere are detectshy

ed by the SNO light sensors producing a coneshy

shaped pattern of energy Right An artists

sketch of the SNO detector shows the central

acrytic vessel now filled with 1000 tons of heavy

water and surrounded by 7000 tons of ultra

pure regular water Scientists monitor the obsershy

vatory from the room located above the sphere

26 GU ELP H ALUM NUS

In two years we mayI

Unlike th eir fell ow labourers in the m in e

who normall y hit the sbowers aft er a lo ng

day on the ore face th e scientists monitorshy

ing th e o bse rvatory must shower bef ore enterin g their facility Simil ar standa rds are mlintained tor the heavy water in th e acrylic

vessel which is fil tered dail y Jnd tested for ambient rad ioactivit y It s the purcst water

in th e wo rld says Jian Wang for merly J

research associate in Simpsons lab and now a consultant wi th U of Gs GUA RD In c

The Guelph-dc-signed instruments h ave

prove n lIseful in rela ted but more fa r-flung

applications JagaJl1 says scientists building

lgt

I n o c (i -lt z o

CI

ly know if the universe will eventually collapse

ye t an oth er neutrino observatory in Italy consulted with U of G physicists on radia shyti on measurement Closer to home he has helped Prof Richard Protz Land Reso urce Science quantify minute amounts of radioac tive cesium in so il samples taken from the Ecuadorean Andes an d from the Chernobyl site in Ukrain e

Law a particle physicist [las been involved since 1991 in writin g and test ing simulation software used by the project colshylaborators to model the workings of th e SNO detecto r With the detector now opershyating the package - dubbed SNOMAN shywill be used to analyse the data it generates OUerhead who first encountered SNO while chair of the Department of Physics has long worked in expe rim en tal nuclear physics using accelerators such as th e one run by AECL in Cbalk River Ont Todays investishygations at SNO draw on at least one aspect of his ea rlier resea rch in Los Alamos New Mexico where he developed neutral current detectors of the sort expec ted to help SNO sn iff out all three neutrino flavo urs

Sim psons graduate student Nathaniel Tagg is studying cosmic ray particles called muons which are detected as a byproduct in the obse rvatory Unlike neutrinos muons come from cosmic rays - or ionized nuclei - which begin Jife far beyond the solar sysshytem perhaps generated by stars exploding into supernovas or by shock waves emanating from collapsing black holes When these cosmic rays hit the Earths atmosp here th ey create extremely high-energy particles that can be detected by SNO some alon e or in pairs like bullets others in a shower like shotgun pelshylets Comparing the ratio of single bullets to shotgun blas ts may tell Tagg something about how the particles originated When you build a detector you get a lot of things for free he says Muons are considered background to most of the collaboration but there are some interes ting physics you ca n do with them

Beyond Guelph the SNO collaboration brings together almost 100 scientists from II universi ties and labs in Canada the United Sta tes and the United Kingdom Canad ian participants includ e university resea rchers from Queens Car leton Laurentian Britisll

Columbia and Guelph Wby Ca nada Canashyda has a lot of heavy water because of its nuclear power reactor development the CANshyDU reactor says OUerhead Basically Canashyda is tbe only country that can do the expershyiment using heavy water which is what gives this its unique flavour The other thing is the undergro und aspect All the neutrino expershyimen ts are done underground for shielding from cosm ic rays and other sources of backshyground radiation The nickel mine in Sudbury is the deepest site in North America

Its al so important that Creighton mine is a working facility says Si mpson [t has

Physics faculty

and students are

an integral part of (PES

Physics is one of five departments and schools in the College of Physshyical and Engineeri ng Science ( CPES) Physics has more Roya l Society fellows than any other department on campus Since 1993 ten CPES students including two in physics have received National Research Coun shycil awards under the agen cys Women in Engin eering and Scishyence Program In 1999 CPES laun ched an inteshygrated four-year degree program in technology with Seneca College in Toronto majors in physics and technology or applied pharmace ushytical chemistry CPES plans to launch a new undershygraduate degree in computing scishyence next year to promote U of G strengths in bioinfomatics neural networks genetic algo rithm s and embedded systems CPES offers a unique program called MPC2 that provides enriched studies in mathematics physics chemistry and computing science

to be active because its the only way you can maintain the safety of th e mine SNOs control room occupies a drift (miners talk for a corridor) 6800 fee t below the surface deep enough to accommodate a stack of about five CN Towers

Dw-ing the observatorys construction a regular express ca ge whisked visitors directly down No9 shaft to the detector as fast as a car travelling on a cit) street The shaft also served as the delivery conduit for the SNO components Site manager Dunshycan Hepburn recall s es pecially the three months that it took to ship the [000 tonnes of heavy water underground The eleva tor could take six tonnes at a time he says so we had an elaborate schedule involving six tanker cars fill ed overnight and sent down early in th e morning on a specially schedshyuled cage Adds mine manage r John Gill J dont think we spilled a drop

Now using regularly scheduled cages scishyentists crowd shoulder to sho ulder in the elevator with up to 40 miners during the 20-minute ride along the sloping ore seam Everyone in the collaboration is expected to spend a certain number of shifts actualshyly operating the detec tor says O llerhead This is partly to save money but also par tshyly because th e physicists are the ones with the vested interes t and should be involved Collaborators might spend seve ral weeks in Sudbury at a time for up to six weeks a year

SNO scien tists expect to learn definitiveshyly within two years whether or not neutrishynos have mass They also anticipate that the observatory will yield information about the sun and about other st ructures far beyond our galaA) The missing mass question is a way of studying supnnovas notes Ollershyhead There are many applications of this detector beyond just neutrinos from the sun

Why should anyone ca re about what these infinitesimally small particles teU us about cosshymic-sized questions If youre going to be an ad vance d and civilized country then you should be thinking about fundamental quesshy shytions and not just about where your next meal is coming from says Simpson Thats the difshyference I think between a civili7ed society and a society that just lives from day to day ga

FallWinter 1999 27

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

alU bull

ALUMNI PROFILES

ALUMNUS OF HONOUR

FORMER OAC DEA N Rick Richards BSA 38 was recogn ized for

his lifelong commi tment to excellence in admini stration teachshy

ing research and ex tension wh en he vas named 1999 AlumLlus of Honour by th e Un ive rsity o f Guelph Alumn i Associat ion The preshy

sen tation was made durin g Alumni Weekend in lun e

Ri chard s bega n hi s ca ree r in soil sc ience and pion ee red the

process of soil classifi ca ti on and map pin f for Ontario As head of

th e Un iversitys Depa rtm ent of Land Resou rce Science he spearshyheaded the constr uct ion o f new fa cili ties provided leadership in

the deve lopment of broader more sc ientifi c program s and th e

expansioLl o f fa culty and obta ined more lan d areas for departshymental resea rch He was appointed the first dea n of OAC in 1962

and was one o r the fou r principal academi c leade rs ho shared in

es tab lishin g the Universit y of Guelph After co mpleting two terms as dean he return ed to teac hing and retired in [98 1

As a professiona l agrologist Richards impleme nted pl ans ror

the Canadian Agri cultural Researc h Co un ci l as it s fi rst president

and was pres id ent o f the Ca nadian Soc iety of Su il Science th e Ontari o Institute of Ag rologists and tht Agricu ltural Institu te of

Can ada He was also the Canadian representa ti ve to th e United

Nations Food and Agricu lture O rga nizltJtion

ALUMNI VOLUNTEER AWARD

DAv ID ADAMS BSA 49 has always made his alma mater a pri shy

o ri t) and in 1999 th e Unive rsity of Guelph Alumni Associashy

tion app lauded th at loya lty by presentin g him with its 1999 Alulll shyni Volu nteer Awa rd

Adams has demo nstrated a devot ion to volun teer excellence

through his com mitment to the Universit y OAC and hi s alumni

ii class OAC 49 He was UGAA pres ident in 196869 president of

d the OAC Alu Jllni Associatio n in 196566 and a member of the Unishy

~ versi ty Senate and Boa rd of Governors fro m 1970 to 1973 In add ishy

~ tion he has Jllade mu ltiple contr ibu tions to OAC 49 ac tivities He

~ was instrumenta l in orga ni zin g 50th-anniversary class celebrations ~ for Alumni middotWeekend 99 which included the ded ication of the Yea r

~ 49 OAC po nd ga rden at th e Arbo retum Cent re and the res torashy

~ ti on of the Johnston Hall portico u ~ Adamss giving sp irit car ri es over into his pro(ess iona lli fc He

~ has had a distingu ished career in the ag ri -food indust ry and was laquo ~ general manager of the Canadian Meat Co uncil whe n hL reti red in

~ 1993 He cont inues to share hi s expertise with the co unc il and as

~ a volu ntee r for th e Royal Ag ri cultural inter Fair and th e Ca nashy~ dian Nat ional Exhibition FARlv

28 G UHPH ALU I NUS

HIGHLIGHTS middot GRAD NEWSmiddot OBITUARIESmiddot CALENDAR

ALUMNI MEDAL OF ACHIEVEMENT

DR AD RIAN P ARKS WO RK in th e area o f minimally invasive

surge ry has earned him international recogniti on as a leading surgeo n and educa tor in his fi eld His advancements in the use of

laparoscop ic techniques have improved treatm ent for an ex tensive

range of med ica l disorders that in the past could only be handled

thro ugh trad itional sur gery [n 1997 he was recruited to establish a new program at th e Uni ve rsity of Kentucky

Pa rk was honoured th is spring wit h the Universit y of Guelph flumni Associati ons Alumni Medal of Achievem ent He received

a bachelor of science fro m Gu elph in 1985 and a doctor o f med ishycine from McMaster University in 1987

He completed his training at St Josephs Hos pital and rilcMasshy

ter Uni ve rsity Affiliated Hosp ital s in Hamilto n O nt and at the

Uni versit) of Montrea l before Jo ining St Jose phs as a ge neral surshy

geo n in 1994

The Guelph meda l recognizes th e professional leadership and achievements demons trated in Parks still- yo un g career and his

compassionate ca re of pati ents He and his wife Jennifer 8A 84 have three children Hilary Meredith and Evan

ove DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS

DUNCAN SINC LAIRS CONTR IB UTIO NS to career an d soc iety have prove n bis leadersh ip and expe rtise in hea lth sciences He gradshy

uated fro m OVC in 1958 and received a master of sc ience fro m OAC in 1960 specializing in nutriti on He then earn ed a PhD in

physiology at Queens University in 1963 and bega n a ca reer focused

primaril y on human health Sinclair was ltl consultant to th e Ontario Ministry of Agriculture

Food and Rural Affairs on the Animals for Research Act ilnd bega n

his academic career at Q uee ns as dean of arts and science in 1974 He went on to serve as vice-principal institutional relati ons sershy

vices an d hea lth sciences before assum ing the role of dea n of medshy

icine He ret ired from Queens in 1996 He has heJd other prestishy

gious positi ons including directo r general of the Medical Resea rch

Council and was tile recipient of OVes Schofield ]V[edal in 1983

Sinclair is now deeply involved in advising the Ontario minisshy

ter of hea l til on ways to reinvest and res tructure th e delivery of health services in the province He chairs the Hea lth Services

Restr ucturin g Co mmission an independent body of health

experts and professionals appointed to redesign tbe provincial

health system

FallWinter 1999 29

alumni Matters

-ORDER OF OACU of G Can1pus ESTABLISHED MARY AND RlCK RICHARDS longtime OAC supporterWelcoilles Alumni

ABSA 38 are the first inductees Membership in the order is

into the Order of OAC estabshy limited to the first 50 individshy

LUMNI WEEKEND J999 orga nizing committee and says lished ea rli er thi s year by the uals who give $1 00000 or more

brought more th an 1300 proceeds will be used to help the OAC Alumni Fo undation to as bequests irrevocable insurshy

visitors to campus June 18 to 20 class establi sh a mille nnium recognize significant contribushy ance policies planned gifts or

In addition to th e traditi o nal scholarship to co mmemorate its tions to its end owment fund cash donations Gifts may be

awards luncheon hosted by U of 25 th anni versar)1 of graduation Rick served as dean of OAC applied as endowments to the

G president Mordech ai Rozanshy The Uni vers it y of Guelph [Tom 1964 to 1972 (see sto ry OAC Alumni Foundation or to

ski there we re man y spec ial Alumni Associat ion held its on page 28) Mary also worked the college as approved by the

events and cla ss reunions The ann ual meeting during Alumni in the college and has been a fou ndation directors

new Order of OAC was preshy Wee kend and elected a new slate

sented to Mary and Rick of offi cers for 1999 2000 Scott

Richards BSA 38 at th e Go ldshy va nEnge n BSc(Ag r) 88 presshy

en Anniversary Dinner and the id ent Robin-Lee Norris BA 80

Class of J974 hosted a reuni on first vice-pres ident John Tatson

dinner with Calgary Flames BA 69 seco nd vice-president

Hockey Club CEO Ron Bremshy Rita Sterne BComm 87 secshy

ner BA 7 J as guest speaker Bill Imiddotetar) and Brad Hull BA 89

Laidlaw BA 74 chaired the treasurer

President Mordechai Rozanski and representatives of the alumni

classes and individuals who supported U of Gs six new themati c

gardens cut the ribbon to officially open them duri ng Alumni Weekshy

end From left are Bill Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 61 Don Gri eve

BSA 55 and MSA 57 Harold Shield BSA 51 Sandra Hannam uJ CD Clay Switze r BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rozanski Marilyn Robinson ~ I Murray BH5c 55 Ted McNinch BSA 49 Bruce Stone BSA 53 u VI

Z and MSA 54 Harold Bentley BSA 64 and MSc 66 Craig Hunter lt

B5c(AgL) 74 and MSc 77 and Les Laking BSA 39 and HDSC 71 The conservatory greenhouse was unveiled moments later by gtshyCD

Don Rutherford BSA 51 who gave the leadership gift ensuring VI o

it s res toration on behalf of his famil y 5 I -

Ginty jocius BSc(Agr) 70 left chair of the OAC Alumni Foundation

presents the Order of OAC to Mary and Rick Richards BSA 38

Enjoying the Class of 1974 re union dinner are from left jerry Orga n

BSc(PE) 71 Ron Bremner BA 71 Gail Bremner Paul Henry MA 71

and Bill Laidlaw BA 74

30 GUELPH ALUMNUS

GRYPHON SPIRIT DOMINATES HOMECOMING

UOF G students shared the stands with alumni who came to campus Sept 25

to watch the football Gryphons defeat their long- standing varsity rival the University of Toronto Blues During the weeke nd the Gryphon Club Hall of Fame inducted five Gryphon swimmers filled the gold pool at the 21st ann ual Alumni Relay Swim Meet

and president Mordechai Rozanski hostshyed a luncheon attended by more than 200 alumni and current students who have received sc holarships and awards or who

participated in the volunteer peer helper prog ram

ALUMNI SWIM TO THE TOP

FORMER GRYPHON SW IMMER S Peter Koli snyk BSc(HK) 83 and Denise

(FarndaJe) vVatso n BASe 85 were recogshyni zed at the ann ual Homecoming sw im mee t for having attended more often th an any other alumni Other participants includshyed 1999 graduates Nico le Weber BSe CEng ) Greg Steinberg BSc(HK) and Nancy Sweetnam BComm who has been a memshy

ber of two Canadian Ol ympic teams ( 1992 and 1996) The alumni team defeated the stud ent teams with the help of Leo n

Homecoming J

r ~

Form er Guelph mayor and sports broadcaster Norm la ry received the Gryphon Club Hall of

Fame Merit Award Sept 24 at the annual induction c re mony that also honoured five former

Gryphon athletes From left are Paul Willi ams a cross-country and track athlete and three-time

Canadian Olympian Bob Pronk BComm 82 Ontario and Canadian cham pionship wrestler

Dave Guest BComm 87 a former all middotstar soccer and vo lleyba ll player Gladys Williams BA

69 MVP in both wo menS fi eld hockey and ice hockey lary and Mark Brown BComm 81

Wi ldman Trophy winner and football capta in The Gryphon Club also recognized the 1974 mens

rugby OUAA championship team

Garstecki Gryphon diving coach in the midshy Dale a longtime Gryp hon supporter and a I 970s and retired botany professo r Hugh national record-b olding masters swimmer

bull49 VETS MEET AT TRAlEE The OVC Cla ss of 1949 produced a la sting memory of its 50th

anni versary by filming the lune 18 gathering held at Tralee Farms

the home of class member Ray Cormack Classmates travelled from

across Canada and the United States to attend th e reunion which

included a luncheon a visit from U of G president Mordechai Rozanshy

ski and a tour of Cormacks farm and antique carriage collection

The organizing committee of Dave House Bill Mitchell Ken Fisk

and lim Arch ibald succeeded in producing a golden-anniversary

memento that captu res the days events and everyone in attendance

as they comment on their lives since graduating from OVe -Proceeds from the sale of the v ideos will support the OVC 49

Memorial Scholarship Fund Cost is $25 each To place an order call

Vikki Tremblay at Alumni House 519-824-4120 Ext 65 44 I D

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FallWinter 1999 31

alumni Matters

2000 Coming Events

Jan 26 - Careers Night hostshyed by Mac-FACS Alumni Assoshy

ciation For informatio call Laurie MalleaLi at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Careers Night hostshyed by HAFA Alumni Associashy

tion For information call Laushyrie Malleau at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Aggie Good Times Banquet Call the OAC Studwl Federation at Ext 8321 for tickshyet information Feb 3 - Job hir at Bingeman Park in Kitchener complishy

mentary bus service from Unishyversity Centre for students and

alumni For directions and a list of employers call U of G

Career Services at Ext 22 13

Feb 11 - Deadline for nomshy

ina tions for U of G Alumni Association Alumnus of Honshy

our Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment and Alumni Volunteer

Award and the OVC Distinshy

guished Alumnus Call Carla Bradshaw at Ext 6657 for details March 1 - Annual alumni

Florida reunion at Maple Leaf

Estates Port C harlotte Florishyda For information call alumshyni programs at 519-824-4120

Ext 6657 send e-mail to alumshyniuoguelphca or call Jack Hanna in Florida after Jan 1

at 813-645-0905

March 18 amp 19 - College

Ro yal

March 31 amp April 1 - OAC

Alumni Association annual

bonspiel at the Guelph Curlshy

ing Club and Guelph Country w Club Call Carla Bradshaw at ~ txt 6657 to register c u bull For more information on anyU)

z alumni event call the U of G ltC extension listed at 519- 824shy20 r 4120 or send e-mail to al11111shyCD

o niCvzlOguelphcab c a

32 CUEIPH ALUM N US

EA RLIER THIS YEAR U ofG

introduced a new approacll to fund-raising that centres on

academic priorities identified by

the ix colleges Now the Unishy

ve rsit y expa nds this initiative

through the formation of a new Annual Fund Cou ncil that will

recruit volunteers to proactiveshy

ly help meet tll0se funding goals

By enlarging the partnershy

ship between academics and fund-raisers we arc focusing our

efforts more clearly on the Un ishy

versi tys overall stra tegic objecshy

tives says Rudy Putns executive

director of campaign progra ms

We are calling on coUege deans to help ensure that our annual

giving programs are providing

the grea test possible benefit to

students Our volunteer and pro-

ALUMNI CElEBRATE NEW HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE CENTRE

The Human KineticsHuman Biology Alumni Association

presented a sketch of the John T Powell Building to U of Cs

new Health and Perfor mance Centre at a June 19 reunion of alumni and former staff Artist Joan Harper BSe(HK)

82 left and retired professor John Powell right witnessed

a presentati on by association pres ident Janet Leonhard BSe(HK) 82 to Prof Terry Graham

SilENT AUCTION MAKES NOISE

A silent auction held Sept 14 to 16 a t the Ou tdoo r Farm

Show in Woods tock Ont ge nshy

erated a lot of excitement and

goodwill in OACs 125th shyanniversary year and raised

$51000 that wi ll support stu shy

dent recruitm ent programs in

the college The auction was organized by Cinty Jocius BSc(Agr) 70 president of

Ginty Jocius amp Associates of

Guelph on behalf of the OAC Alumni Foundation

Auction items donated by friends and exhibitors at th e

farm show included everylhing

from farm equipment and supshyplies to a seven-month-old lla shyma named (-i nty Lorie Jocius

BASe 72 purchased her husshy

bands namesake and gave it to

OAC as an anniversary presen t at th e Sept 25 Heritage Banshy

quet and Ball

FUND-RAISI NG PARTNERSHIPS GROW

fessional fund -raislls wiJl spend

more of thei r time making pershy

so nal requ es ts for gifts to the University and less time on inshy

house administra tion

Members of the Annual Fund

Council will invite donations

Crom alumni members of the campu~ community the paren ts

of current students graduating

classes members of the various

gift clu bs (Presidents Council

etc) and selected corporations

foundations and associations

Development and Public Affairs staff will help target vol unteer

efforts where they wi ll have the

stronges t impact on growin g don or particip ation and fund shy

razsing results

Annual giving is one of the

most crucial parts of an institushy

tion s developmen t agenda says Putns Annu al donors help

maintain the quali ty of estabshylished academic programs espeshy

cially in times of reduced pubshy

lic fundin g he says They also

provide a foundation for special

fun cl-rai sing cam paigns shycampaigns that enable the Unishy

ve rsity to grow by providi ng

funds for major projects that do

not ha ve a traditional so urce of support Tbe ACCESS endowshy

ment for student financial assistshy

ance and the rece nt campaign to upgrade th e Food Science

Building are notable examples For more illjormation aboLit

the An17ual FUlld Co ullcil call Al111tal Fund 17l1lnager Tara George at 519-824-4 120 Ex t

390 1 or Putl7S at ext 6384

GRAD NEWS

U of G Degrees ADA = Associate diploma

in agriculture BA =Bachelor of arts BASe = Bachelor of applied

science BComm = Bachelor of

commerce BHSe Bachelor of houseshy

hold science BLA =Bachelor of

landscape architecture BSA = Bachelor of science in

agriculture (pre-196s) BSe(Agr) Bachelor of

science in agriculture BoSe = Bachelor of science BSe(Eng) =Bachelor of

science in engineering BSc(Env) =Bachelor of

19405

bull The Macdonald Institute

Class of 1941 met each other

for the firsl lime in 1939 and

theyve been gelling logelher rvice a year siIlce gradual ion

Celebrating 60 yea rs of fri end shy

ship this year are Mary (Hcx imer) MacLeln Beth

(jackson) Ca rdifF Mo lly

(Pattrson) Nix Frances

(Pellet) Smith Dorolhy

(Pond) Dunn Jeanne (Taylor )

Hamel Phyllis (Weren) Sobel and Evelyn (Eatun ) Pond

bull Jim Morton BSA 47 posed with his son Robert SA 70

and grandsons Jeff Bell 13A

9 1 and Greg Mo rton

SSc( Eng) 99 at Gregs U of

G convocation in June Retired

from a career in the lumber

business Jim is an OAC llu mmiddot ni volunteer al Guclph and is

aClive in cOm11lUnily work in

Burlington Onto Rob ert is

CEO of the Community Care

Access Centre in Simcoe

Coullly Jeff lcaches in Elmvalc

for the Simcoe County Dislricl School Board and Greg is

working Wilh the COnSlliling

engineering firm of Proclor

science in environmental sciences

BSe(HK) Bachelor of science in human kinetics

BSc(pE) = Bachelor of science in physical education

DHE = Diploma in home economics

DVSc = Doctor of veterinary science

DVM =Doctor of veterinary medicine

GO = Graduate diploma MA = Master of arts MAgr = Master of agriculture MBA = Master of business

admininstration MEng =Master of engineering

and Redfern at its Kitchener

office The Guelph lineage

aCl ually bega n in the Morton fami ly with Greg great shy

grantimoliln Anne Pringle

Morton DH E 1914

Greg Morton Jeff Bell and Jim and

Robert Morton

19505

bull Harold Baker BSA 50

writes to w rrect the e-mail

address publi shed in the last

iss lle of the Clepll Alunnls

Friends (111 conlact the retired

University of Saskatchewan

professo r and Il is wife Phyllis

at ha kc r hdukeL1sa~k ca

bull Barney Goodwin-Wilson BSA 50 is serving a two-year

krm as chair of the hoard of

lhe Onta rio Foocllerminal

The Iomnlo facility is the

MFA = Master of fine art MLA Master of landscape

architecture MMS = Master of management studies MSc =Master of science MSc(Aqua) = Master of

science in aquaculture ODA = Ontario diploma in

agriculture ODH =Ontario diploma in

horticulture OdR = Ontario Diploma in

recreation PhD = Doctor of philosophy

larges t who lesale fruit proshy

duce and flower market in

Canada and one of the largest

in orrh America He was forshymerly director and vice-cha ir

of the board

bull Gary Powell ADA 58

stopped at a remote motel in

western klahoma last

Janu ary and stanee a convershysation with th e only other cusshy

tomer at breakfa st the next

morning Turns out they were

both U of G grads Powell and Joe Deli BSc (Agr ) 64 had a

great time reminiscing abo Llt

ca mpus perso nalities they

both knew I guess one is never really very far from home says Powell

bull Dave Valentine BSA 59 has

retired as (o unty engineer for

the County of Brant in

Ontario He previously spent

23 years with Sir Sandford

Fleming College in Peterborough and has served 8S

engineer for the coun ties of Haliburton and Victoria He

and his wife Carole are now

Jiving near Carlisle Send e-mail

to valcntinworldchatcom

19605

bull Manuel Garcia PhD 67 was

recognized by the government

of the Ph ilippines in December

1998 with one of the highest

honours given to Filipinos Jivshy

ing outside the cou ntr y Garcia

is a senior consulting mi crobishy

ologist with lAS Bioshy

Diagnostic and a former

research scientist with

Agriculture and Agri-Food

Canada in Ottawa He is intershy

nationally recognized for his work in veterinary med icin e

and public health on the early detection of ca mpylobacter

salmonella and other foodshy

borne pathogens He is a memshy

ber of several learned profes shy

sional societies and has been involved in a number of intershy

national developm ent projects

He is also a community volunshy

teer and a pioneer in establishshying the National Council of

Canadian Filipino Associations

as the official voice of Filipino

Canadians nationwide bull Tom Hutchison DVM 65 is

a veterinary pathologist with the Nova Scotia provincial

diagnostic lab In 1998 he

passed the board cer tification exa ms for the American

College of Poultry Veterinarians in Baltimore but

the years highlights came in

late summer - a first grandshy

child for Tom and his wife

Eileen in August and the birth

of their own son Scott in

September bull Brian Little ADA 67 BSc(Agr) 72 and MSc 78

was elected president of the

Canadian 4-H Foundation in

May He was previously presishy -dent of the Ca nadian 4-H

Co uncil and a co uDcil represhysentative for his employe r the

Royal Bank of Canada He has been a fou ndation trustee for

f allWinter 1999 33

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several years and has a strong

4-H background as a member

and a club leader

19705

bull Doug Franklin SA 72 was

recen tly a ppoin led execu tive

director of the Multiple

Sclerosis Association of

America its hea d office is in

Cherry Hill NJ He was forshy

merly with the International

Youth Foundation in

Baltimore Md

bull Cathie Leimbach

SSc(Agr) 78 and MAgr 88

visi ted U of G this fa ll as

agrologist-in-residence It was

the sixth year of the program

co-sponsored by OAC and the

Ontario Institute of

Agrologists (OlA ) Raised on

an Ontario dairy and swine

farm Leimbach is past presishy

dent of the OI A and a partner

in STRIVE a team specializshy

in g in training facilitation and

consulting She now lives on a

cash-crop farm in Ohio

bull Willem Moolenbeek BSe

77 and MSe 8 1 studied biolshy

ogy and entomology at U of G

at the same time he was learnshy

ing to play the saxophone with

the Royal Conservatory of

Mu sic He says he still loves

science but music has become

his career A recitalist soloist

and clinician he has been a

saxophone instructor at

McMaster University in

Hamilton Ont fo r 15 years

He also teaches at the 19805

University of Waterloo pri- bull Bruce Brown BSe(Agr)

vately and at the National 85 and his wife Claudia

Music Ca mp of Canada where (Liebscher) BA 84 have three

he sometimes offers an infor- children who are beginning to

mal course on in sect identifi- display their dads musical

cation There are always a few prowess on the kazoo After 14

kids who really dig that he years of dairy farming Bruce

says U of G music lovers want back to school to earn an

enjoyed his saxophone music education degree and is now

at a noon-hour concert in teaching science with the

October Durham District School

bull Peter Vaughan SA 77 and Board

MA 77 was appointed secre- bull Tom Burns BA 89 and MA

tar y general and CEO of the 91 is a member of the

Canadian Medical Association Victoria Police in Melbourne

in June A fa culty member in Australia Last summer he

two departments at John s welcomed visitors from the

Hopkins University and in the RCMP including Kevin Durie

Department of Family BA 93 They quickly estab-

Medicine at the University of lished a U of G connection

Ottawa he is a fo rmer presi- including Duries student

dent of the medical staff at employment at Dcr Keller

Guelph General Hospital and a which was Burns s favourite

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the job says Burns but this

time we spent most of our

time talking about the great

times we had at U of G In

still another coincidence

Durie is married to Christine

Blake-Durie BA 91 and MA

93 who was a member of

Burnss MA group Burns says

other U of G grads travelling

to Melbourne are more than

welcome to drop in

bull Stuart Jackson ADA 87 is

distribution manager for

Burnbrae Farms Ltd in Delta

Onto He sends greetings to all

OAC friends including the

diploma classes of 1979 and

1980

bull Laurel (Murdoch) Koumarelas BComm 84 is

an ESL teacher with the

Toronto School Board She

and her husband Gus live in

Mississauga with their sons

Robert and Evan

bull Trish Looman BA 87

works for Royal LePageshy

Vantage in Guelph She speshy

cializes in residential multishy

unit real estate

bull Laima (Karosas) Laffitte

BSe(Agr) 85 and MAgr 91

lives in Wendover Ont with

her husband Vincent MAgr

91 and their children Yohan

and Marina Laima is the

advertising manager for The

Canadian Veterinary Journal and Vincent is an account

manager at the St Isidore

branch of Scotiabank Theyd

like to hear from classmates

via e-mail at Iaffitteonsymshy

paticoca They also want to let

OAC 85 grads know that the

class executive is building a

Web page at wwwrkdecom

oac85 and needs updated

names and addresses (includshy

ing e-mail) to add to the

directory f IS-year reunion

is being planned for Dec 2

and 32000

bull Cheryl Miller-Oh BASe

91 and her husband Tae live

in Southfield Mich with their

twins Nathalie and Nathan

born in October 1998 She is a

health-care consultant with

Computer Sciences

Corporation Send e-mail to

millerohsprintca

bull Vijay Singh MSe 70 has

been awarded the Arthur K Barton Endowed Professorship

at Louisiana State University

He also recently received an

honorary degree and a

Fulbright Award for his work

in the area of entropy

bull Gayle (Barton) Tapper BSe

81 (biological science) and 83

(computing science) has been

employed at Memorial

University in St Johns Nfld

for 14 years in the Department

of Computing and

Communications She is comshy

pleting graduate work in phishy

losophy and humanities at

Memorial and is the principal

harpist with the

Newfoundland Symphony

Orchestra Last year she

released a CD of Latinworld

traditional music on the South

American harp Visit her Web

site at httpwwwucsmun

cal -gay

bull Carolyn Riddell BA 85 is

running an active arts educashy

tion and paintingprintmaking

studio in Fergus Ont

bull Laura Wilkinson BSe 85

and MSe 87 is a coroner in

British Columbia and lives on

a cattle ranch near 70 Mile

House

19905

bull Kristi Adamo BSc(HK)

96 and MSc 98 and Rob

McMullin BSe 95 were

married in May 1999 and Jive

in Ottawa

bull Michelle (Pilon) Bacon BA

90 has been living in London

England with her husband

Tim and children Juliette and

Lucien but they are planning a

return to Canada They will be

AIRBORNE ALUMNUS Olive Thompson DHE 35 celebrated her 85th birthday

with her head in the clouds She made her first parachute

jump with instructor Scott Borghese in Simcoe Ont in June

and says it was the most exciting thing shes done in her life

Thompson lives in Dunnville and has four children and three

grandchildren When she asked them about the paracbute

jump they told her to go for it Shes considering a repeat I U

jump next year and hopes her adventure will be a good S o

example for other seniors A dedicated member of the class -lt CD

of Mac 35 Thompson was president of the University of s Guelph Alumni Association in 197778 and keeps busy now VI

I

with volunteer work for the Salvation Army Z

living in Calgary and welcome

contact with western grads

and friends from Guelph Send

e-mail to m_e_baconhotshy

maicom

bull Deborah (Panton) Bodden

BASc 93 and her husband

Lyndhurst were married in

1998 and live in Grand

Cayman Cayman Islands

where she teaches primary

schoo

bull Elizabeth Cardno MSe 99

is working with the Rural

Health Research Consortium

at the University of

Saskatchewan developing

research projects on rural

health issues in relation to the

Canadian Institute for Health

Research

bull Jeannine Cote BA 9 J lives

in Hamilton Ont and works

o -lt

as a health -care aide and

home-support worker

bull Jeremy Debling BSe 94 is

a formulation chemist in the

pharmaceutical development

department at Novopharm

Limited in Toronto

bull Angela Dodd BA 93 and

Christopher Kemp

BSe(HK) 94 were married

Aug 14 Theyve bought a new

home in Etobicoke Ont

where he works for Canada

3000 Airlines and at Kingsway

Physiotherapy as a kinesioloshy

gist She is employed at

Manulife Financial in -Waterloo

bull Sheryl Harding Friedrich

BASe 85 is a full-time mom

and part-time nutrition conshy

sultant in Cannington Onto

She and her husband Cal

FallWinter 1999 35

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have three child ren Jonathan

Daniel and Anna

bull Anne Marie (Henwood)

Harman BA 95 is enjoying

her time at home with one shy

year-old Jenna She and her

husband Murray can be

reached bye-mail at 3harshy

mansstormca

bull Rosaleen Heffernan BA 96

and Barry Liboiron BSe 97

were married in August

Theyre both studying at the

University of British

Co lumbia where Liboiron is

doing a PhD in chemistry and

He ffe rnan is completing a

degree in educati on

bull Krista Hilton BASe 95

lives in Halifax with her hlls shy

band Michael Galloway She is

a priest in the Anglican Church

of Canada and serves as curate

a t the Cathedral Church of All

Sain ts Friends can reach her at

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bull Michael Kennard BA 86

starred as Mump the Clown in

the Canadian Stage Company

production of Mump amp Smoo t

in Something Else With Zug last

winte r at tbe Canadian Stage

Theatre in Toronto

bull Sharon McConnell BSe 90

and MSe 93 went on from U

of G to earn a diploma in

business management from

Wilfrid Laurier University

Since 1995 she has worked in

Toronto as a project director at

Burak Ja co bson Market

Resea rch Partners Ine

bull Michael McKay-Fleming BA

92 has launched two daily

comic strips via the Internet

Check out his Inane Producshy

tions Web site at http mem

bershomenetinaneprod to folshy

low the adventures of a free-spirshy

ited teenager named Alice and all

the animals in a new VVildlife

comielf you like comic strips

this fine art grad invites you to

enjoy his talent and humour

bull Andrew Nicholls MA 90 nications in Cambridge

and PhD 97 is an assistant bull Christine (Rogers) Patten

professor of history at Buffalo BA 9 1 lives in Toronto and

State College in Buffalo N Y has been working as a sales

He recen tly published the representative and industry

book The Jacobean Union A training facilitator since grad-

Reconsideration of British Civil uation She and her husband

Policies Under th e Early Vincent celebrated the birth of

Stuarts which offers a new their first child Gareth in

perspective on the role of mul - March 1999

tiple monarchy in the early bull Guiseppe Peritore

modern British kingdoms BSe(HK) 96 is studying

bull Jennifer (Pope) Parney physical therapy at the

BASc 94 works at Chatham- University of To ronto He

Kent Integrated Childrens married Rita Lavalle in May

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bull Sarah Perkins BSe(Agr) bull Tammy Tipler Priolo 92 joined Pfizer Animal BASe 90 lives in her hom e

Health in London Ont in town of North Bay Ont with

November as a product sup- her husband Clark and their

port speCialist Earlier she two-year-old daughter Erica

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Fairview Alta before m oving puting skills in genealogy

back to Ontario in 1997 to research to track down elusive

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bull Bradley Raspberry BASc 90 is a clinical leader and regisshy

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atric behavioural health at SI

Josephs Villa in Dundas Ont

bull Lisa Ranacher BSe 98

recently joined the agronomy

program at the Central

Experimental Farm in Ottawa

as a physiological modelling

technician

bull Jamie Rickard BSe(Agr)

96 and Laura Summerfeldt

BSe(Agr) 97 were married

in October 1998 She is comshy

pleting a masters degree at U

of G and he is working with

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of G weddings are a family trashy

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ents Sherry (McBain) SA 69

and Ralph Rickard BSe 69 Tricia (Pella) BA 95 and

Gaetano Guy Rosa

BComm 96 were mar ried in

October 1998 with many U of

G friends attending They live

in Mississauga Ont where

Guy works as an account manshy

ager for BCI Bank and T ricia is

an environmental planner with

the Toronto and Region Conshy

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bull Pamela (Thompson) BASe

91 and Randy Ruisendaal

BComm 92 live near

Belleville 01t with their yearshy

old daughter )lIlian Elizabeth

bull Ian Sandler DVM 9 5 was

married to Fern Glowinsk) in

March 1999 and works at

Secord Animal Clinic in

Toronto

bull Baijit Singh PhD 94 comshy

pleted post-doctoral training

at Texas AampM University and

Columbia University then

worked for the Canadian Food

Inspection Agency in Prince

Edward Island before joining

the University of Saskatchewan

as an associate professor He

welcomes notes from other

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bull Cyndy Stencill ADA 93 is a

propagator at a tree nursery in

British Columbia

bull Steve Tanner BA 82

recently moved to Guelph as

deputy police chief He had

served on the Halton Region

force since 1982 Tanner is a

specialist in criminal investigashy

tions and lie detector opera shy

tion He has continued his

education at Sheridan College

and McMaster and Ryerson

universities and is now workshy

ing on a masters degree at the

University of Western Ontario

bull Cheryl (Kellman) Thompson BA 95 run s a

rehabilitation consulting busishy

ness with her husband Don

in Burlington Ont

bull Donald PhD 94 and

Suzanne Welsh MSe 96

relocated from Yale University

to the University of Vermont

where they are both working

in the Department of

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cerebrovascular circulation

bull Wendla Westerberg BASc

96 earned a BEd from the

University of Western Ontario

in 1997 She is working for the

Lambton-Kent District School

Board as an occasional teacher

and lives in her home town of

Dresden Ont

bull Deena (Jones) Zambrana

BA 93 and her husband

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birthday of their son Quinton

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OBITUARIES

W illiam Ba rnes DVM 59 died Sept 7

1999 He grew up in th e N iagara area

but spent his professio nal ca ree r in a

ve terina ry prac ti ce in Ill inois He was a

dr ivi ng force in the American Ve ter inary

Medica l Assooatio n and in bo th the

Chicago and IlJin o is assoc iatio ns He

was also a fo un ding mem ber o f the

Ch icago-based Friends of Unicerslty of

Guelph a char itable o rga nizat ion

founded in 1975 to serve Guelph a lumni

living in the United Sta tes

George Dickson BSA 38 di ed Oct 9

1999 H e spen t h is entire career w ith

Canada Packers moving up f[Om mai l

cle rk to exec lltive vice-presid ent and

d irector After retirin g in 1976 he

devoted ma ny vo lu ntee r hours to U of

G 3S a memb er of Boa rd o f Gove rno rs

and the OAC Alumni Associatio n

Jam es Pinkney DVM 37 died July 3

1999 A respected ve ter in aria n in his

hom e to~ll o f Cooksv il le O nt he was

also recog nized as a p remier swi ne

breeder showman and judge He was

active in m any agricultural o rga niza shy

tio ns and in both the Ontario and

Canadian Vete rinary Med ical assoc iashy

tio ns He was a lo ngti me supporte r o f

th e Unive rsity especially the OVC

museum and was named OVC

Di stinguished Alumnus in 1987

Audrey Yea nd le DHE 25 di ed March

17 1999 in St ratford O nto A profes shy

sio nal diet it ia n she wo rked to two hosshy

p itals and tau ght home eco no m ics at

the Jo hn Fi he r School In Toro nto

Active In com munity orga nizatio ns and

her chu rch she was a lo ng time U of G

suppo rter and left an es ta te gift of over

$475000 to p rov ide bursaries for future

Gu elph students

Alumni

Jo hn Andrews DVM 38 June 27 1999

Harris Baker BSA 33 Febru ary 1998

Hu gh Balkwill BSA 53 June 27 1999

John Bowles BA 72 Sept 23 1999

Edward Bowness DVM 32 May 13 1999

Rud y Brown BSA 59 June 29 1999

Walter Bunn BSA 52 Sept 2 1999

Margaret Byrnes DHE 40 Apr il 22 1999

Joa n Cameron DH E 36 April 10 1999

Wil liam Cape ll BSA 54 Aprd 25 1999

T homas Ca rd BSA 47Ju ne 20 1999

Jean a rter DH E 38 Jun e 28 1999

Loi Clipsham D H E 27 Ju ne 23 1999

Bruce Cohoe BSA 3 3 Feb 2 1999

Geoffrey Collins BSA 28 May 21 1999

Al exander C o nnell ADA 60 Ju ly 26

1999

John Currie BA 74 Sep t 18 1999

William C u rrie BSA 59 Nov 27 1998

C arma n Davey DVM 39 Apr il 15 1999

D oug Doerksen ADA 84 Ju ne 5 1999

Joann e DU ll can -Robinson BA 81 and

MA 86 July 22 1999

Robert Erskine BSA 41 May 2 1999

Will ia m Fisher BSA 48 Aug 5 1999

Norm Freeman BSA 49 July 2 1999

Alexander Gc ncr BSA 32 Dee 27 1998

Rudy Goltz BSA 33 July 28 1 999

Tom Grah am BS 50 Dee 3 1998

Ed na Has tings D H E 32 July 11 1999

Jack Hea theringto n DVM 54 April 18

1999

Pa tric ia Hill BSc 96 MMch 9 1999

Ralph Hills BSA 54 June 14 1999

Murray Ho ltby ADA 47 O ct 29 1998

Shawn H owden B 9 1July81 999

james j ackson BSA 34 April 29 1999

Karen ( Re ichardt ) Kister B H Se 70

Ap rilll 1999

Albert Kristjanson BSA 50 Dec 7 1998

John Laffert ) BSA 5 1 Aug II 1999

Ron Lawrence DVM 43 Mel) 4 1999

Ann e Legate BSe 89 March 1999

Tsu-Peng Stephen i iu M Sc 65 Ma)

Hl 1998

Rober t Luckham ADA 58 Jan IS 1999

Jam es Lyons BSA 59 Au g 2~ 1999

Willia m M ack BSc(Eng) 84 Ju ne 7

1999

T helma M artin D HE 41 July 131999

Helen McBratney D lI E 34 in 1998

Allan Bud McCardle BSA 52 May 10

1999

Ri chard M cDonald O AC C la ss of 47

lV1arch 24 1999

john Meeuse ADA 58 July 19 1999

Ra ymond Parr D VM 3 7 Ap ril 7 999

George Plakidas MA 93 date unknown

Virgini a Reed ODH 66 1arch 1 1999

Rose Reynold s D HE 28 Apri l 17 1999

Ern es t Ro bertso n BSA 37 Aug 6 1999

Jam es Ross BSA 34 Au g 23 1999

Gra nt Savage D VM 48 Ma rch 2 1999

Earl Shuh BSA 36 July 5 1999

Eu gene Smith BSA 3 1 Jan 27 1999

Will iam Smyth MA 90 Oc tober 1997

Ch er yl Ann Somerville BSe(Agr) 96

Sept IS 1999

Carl Stevenson BSA 46 Aug 26 1999

Robert Tennant BSA 49 May 5 1999

Gregory Tostevin BA 93 Feb 10 1999

Gerald Trant BSA 51 Sept 1 1999

Bennie Urquhart DV M 54 April 4 1999

Ga il Wamsl ey BA 70 July 24 1998

Gladys Ward D IlE 27 Apri l 8 1999

Catherine Welch BSA 22 Ma rch 3 1998

M abel ( McCa rthy) Ziegler DH E 26

Apr il 29 1999

Facu lty amp Staff Pro f Sid Gilbert Sociolog) and An thro shy

polog) Sept 8 1999

Rev Canon Ritchie McMurray

eCllm enical ch aplain 1968 to 1983

Aug 19 1999

Frie nds

Yvonne Alexander M~y 15 1999

jerry lkirnes Sept 2 1999

Marga ret C urran Dec 28 1998

John Godwin in 1999

viark G renville Nov 6 1998

Peter Hallm an Ju ne 22 1999

Elsie Mae johnston Sept 12 1999

C lover Helena Ladouceur Sept 4 1999

Ed it h Pa tterson in 1993

Andrew Peterson Aug 26 1999

Edgar St rin ger March 1999

Gerry Vandergri ft Sep t 28 1999

Frank Watson March 23 1999

Barry Woods Jul y 30 1999

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lege by several yea rs

Originally fronting a fa rmh ouse on Moreton Lodge

Farm the orna te front porch stoo d at the entrance of

the main co ll ege building until the O ld Res idence was

demolished in 1929 to make way for the co nstruction

of Johnston Hall Its believed the portico was erected

on Johnston Green in 1934

Because the ravages of time and weather had weakshy

ened the limestone structure to a dan gerous point it

was dismantled earlier this fall and underwent muchshy

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as a 50th-anniversa ry gift to the ca mpu s and a way to

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Now completely restored the portico is back in place

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economics professo r John Livshyernois reveals that Canad ian pet ow ners spend nearly $3 billion annually on food veterinary care and supplies for their comshypanion animals - almost $1

billion in Ontario alone Th e pet industry also supports nearshyly 40000 jobs nati onally

The study commissioned by the Ontario Veterinary College revea ls that pets are an imporshytant family budget item across all income classes and aU provinces Nearly half of Canadia n house shyholds have a companion animal and the average family spends a few hundred dollars a year on pets an amou nt that rises with in come levels

The magni tud e of pet expenditures is an indicator of the value of companion ani shymals in society says Live rnois

The study also identified the intangible benefits of pets including emotional support companionship improved socializa ti on skills in children and th erapeutic effects

Animals are companions and confidants says OVC proshyfessor Cindy Adams a speciaJist in the human-animal bond We are very much a buying-orishyented society but the relationship with our pets is still very pure

People are also becomi ng more sensit ive to their pers needs she says The y are demanding the same type of care and service from their ve tshyerinarians as they do from their docto rs

The study notes that most

veterinary practices depend on peoples attachment to their pets Of the]] 06 veterinary practices in Ontar io 726 are exclusively companion-animal practices Even mixed-animal practices derive about half th eir income from companion animal services

NEW CANCER TEST MAY IMPROVE

SURVIVAL RATES U N IVER S llY OF GUELPH

researchers have helped develshyop a new blood test that detects ovar ian cancer at a stage when it is still treatable by surgery and chemotherapy

Senior research associate Dong Gaudette and Prof Bruce Holub Human Biology and Nutritional Sciences collaboratshyed with doctors from Texas and Ohio on the patented blood test [t will be devel oped by Atairgin Technologies Inc in Irvine Calif Clinical trials begin tbis yea r

Diagnosis of ovarian canshycer during tbe eady stages could mea n dramatically higher SLlrshyvival rates says Ga ud ette The blood test detected 75 per cen t

IN FACT A new blood test detected 75 per cent of early-stage ovarian cancer

of the ea rly-stage ovaria n canshycer samples

Currently diagn os is in abo ut 70 per cen t of women occ urs during the more

advanced stages of the disease Each yea r ovarian cance r kill s ]500 women in Ca nada and

14500 in the United States T I e two researchers discovshy

ered a fat called lyso phosphatidic acid that is prese nt in higher

quantities in ca ncerous tissue It is also detected in the blood

DEVELOPING A NEW VACCINE FOR CATTLE

KIND ER GEN TLER CATTLE vacshyc ines may become a reality thanks to the development of an oral cattle vacci ne by a U of G research tea m

Profs Reggi e Lo Microbiolshyogy Patricia Shewen Pathobiolshyogy and Judith Strommer Plant

Agri cultu re are tryi ng to pro shyduce a transgenic lin e of alfalfa that calTies a bacterial gene The alfalfa is designed to produce a natural antigen to help boost bovine immune response to a type of pneumonia in ca ttle

Traditional vaccina tion b)

needl e injection requires rounding up and restra ining the cattle and is costly and stressful to animals says Lo If we ca n create an o ral deli very system using transgenic alfalfa we can simply add th e alfalfa to tbe regul ar feed

The team is creating the oral

vacci ne system using a gene from a well-known bacterium and is transferring tbe bacterishyal D--1 into the recip ient alfalshy

fa plant s Once tb e transgenic alfalfa line is es tabli shed and the ge ne is producing the bacshyteri al ant igens as planned th ey will feed the transgenic alfalfa to th e cattle to see whether an immun e response occurs If the o ral vaccine works it will mea n healthier cattle with less use of antibiotics in livestock being fed for hum an consul11ption

GENETIC TEST COULD BOOST

SOYBEAN EXPORTS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN Canada testing is available to detect the presence of geneticall ) modified orga nisms (CMOs) in soybea n products Th e testin g wi ll be overseen by U of Gs Laboratoshyr) Serv ices The uelph Mole shycular Supercentre will offer the GMO-check Soya Iest Kit

There is a stron g need for such a commercial tes t in Ca nashyda especially with the increase in produc tion of Givl so) beans says rcsclrciler Shu Chen Its estishymated that 10 to 20 pe r cent of the 21 111illion acres of soybeans planted in the province this year were gendi(all y modified

The test deteels the protein expressed In Monsantos Roundup Read y v1[ia nt of soyshy

beans The most popular GM soybean secds on th e market a re res is tant to Roundup a com l11only used herbicide The test has been va lidated for aCCllshy

rac y by 37 laborator ies in th e Eu ropean Union (EU )

The te st is poised to be a boon for soybean exp orte rs Currently food products co nshytainin g CIvIC) that are exportshyed to the EU mu st be clearly labell ed and many consumers are now dem anding the option to choose between genetically modified and non-geneticall y l110dified foods Previously th e sampl es had to be se nt to th e United Sta te s for testi ng a process that was both cosuy and ti me-consu m i ng

IN FACT Up to 20 per cent of the soybeans grown in -Ontario this year were genetically modified

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bull bull

Gayle Anderson Andrew Vowles Alexander Wooley

IClne Guelph scientists strengthen the role ofveterinary medicine

in solving human health problems

Pre-eclampsia in pregnant women Organ

transplants Human colorectal cancer Bactershy

ial resistan ce to antibiotics Theyre all topics

you might expect to hear discussed in a human

medical lab or teaching hospital but in the corshy

ner office of the Ontario Veterinary College

OVC dean Alan Meek smiles and acknowlshy

edges the apparent paradox of discussing the

effects on human medicine of resea rch conshy

ducted in his corner of the University of Guelph

campus But you dont need too powerful a

microscope to reveal the research connections

among dogs cats horses and well humans

Referring to his hefty copy of Veterinary

Medicine and Human Health written by his Unishy15 co versity of California colleague Calvin Schwabe laquo

~ Meek says the distinction between animal and w

~ human is rather misleading Go back far enough

~ - before the Judeo-Christian concept of human z

~ uniqueness and superiority - and youll find o

~ no clear line sepa ra t ing the practitioners of

14 GUELPH AWYI K US

human and animal health The healers made

no distinction between whether they were lookshy

ing after the owner of the ca ttle or the cattle

says Meek It was the notion of one medicine

Of course theres no denying that animal

health rem ains the domain of the veterinary

researcher an d practitioner As ve terinarians

we have a mandate to understand animals and

things that affect their health so we can preshy

vent problems and care for th em says Meek

I suspect that when most people think about

veterinary medicine thats th e first piece they

think about

But animal heal th is only one of the four pilshy

lars of the veterinary profession - th e others

are public health environmental health and bioshy

medical sciences - whose research and teachshy

ing rest on the base of comparative medicine -We are the only medical profession that looks

at medicine across species he says Thats one

of the great strengths of veterinary medicine

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Fa llWinter 1999 15

Public health con cerns range from food SJfft) to zoonotic diseases (diseases that can be traLl smi tted from anim als to humans) and antibiotic resistance amon g diseaseshyca using bacteria It was this pillar that occushypied many veterinarians during the earlier decades of this century o ften as health inspectors

Iith the ad vent of antibiotics and varshyious advances in technology seemingly more stimulating research avenues beckshyoned for vete rin ary scientists But at this end of the 20th cen tury says Meek we find ourselves again confronting many of those earlier problems such as tuberculosis and medical professionals are refocllsing on the importance of public health issues

Veterinarians have also played a signifishycant role in th e evolution and application of ecosystem healt h practices because of their expe rtise in co mp arative medicine toxicology ep idemiology and wildlife disshyease Changes in wildlife health are the first results and so metimes the first signs of envishyronmental problems We dont live in a box reserved for one species says Meek gtle live in the same env ironment We interact in very intimate ways with other an imals in the environment so its not surp rising there are all kinds of crossovers and that you can learn J lot tbat can improve the heal th and lovell-being of peo ple and other animals

That trutl is becoming more ev ident as biomedical science uses new and more speshyci fic technologic As yo u start looking at the cellular and subcellular levels and the chromosomes and the genes it doesnt realshyly mat ter that much whether youre lookshyin g at a ge ne chromosome or cell that came ou t of a person or a dog says Meek vVhen YOLi get down to that level the fundamenshytal building blocks are the same - nucleic acids dnd blse units I think we as a professhysion have a tremendou s amount to offer there becJuse of our mand ate wlich is so broad Vete rinar ians look after all animals excep t for people in th e sense of providing handS-Oil care We can learn a lot from these othe r species There are diseases in other animals that have analogies to human disshyeases so we can learn from that and use th em as n1tural models

He expec ts to see mor e collaboration IIlJ information sharing alllong human medical and veterinary researchers Its not

16 G UELPH ALUMNUS

so amazing to understand that we would ha ve folks working on things that have a human application It co mes from our manshydate our responsibilities and histo ry and the comparative approach

The fourth pillar of veterinary medicine offers many impressive examples of co mshyparative medicine In the next few pages we present a small sample of current OVC research initiat ives that are providing immeshydiate and direct benefit to human medicine and health

disease similar to pre-eclampsia In mice lacking these lymphocy te cells she grafted bone marrow containing gra ft s with NK cells and found that the implantation sites returned to a no rmal state

Croys research has gained worldwide recognition for its considerable applicabilshyity to human fetal development and because it provides a useful animal model for this gestational disease Her work may eventu shyall) show scientists how to eliminate preshyeclampsia during human pregnancy It will also help vets and farmers understand how

Reproductive technologies

Prof Anne Croy Biomedical Sciences is intent on discovering why pregnant women develop pre-eclampsia a serious illn ess that typically occurs during th e second half of pregnancy High blood pressure is the major symptom If pre-eclampsia occurs th e baby must be delivered immediately or the mothshyer may experience convulsions or even die To better understand the ilness Croy is examining lymphocytes in the uterus par shyticularlya group of specialized lymphocyte cells that multiply during early pregnancy

These NK cells or natural killers regushylate gene expression and attack foreign invaders such as cancerous tumours Their main r01 e during pregnancy is to dilate blood vessels as the uterus grows preventshying blood pressure from rising to dangershyous levels Croy and her research team have discovered that lack of NK ceUs in the uterus may cause reproductive problems and lead to smaller infants whose growth is retard shyed into adulthood

Working with mice Croy found th at removing NK cells before mating led to a

uterine lymphoc ytes work in lives tock which is why her studies are funded by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs as well as the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council

How much can mice teU us about human reproductive immunology Croy says the importance of the mouse as a tool for studyshying disease progression or therapy was brought home to her in the 1960s when she was an OVC student of Prof Tom Hulland then chair of pathology and an ea rly enthushysiast of using mice as resea rch models

She says the two reproductive systems are remarkably similar Because mice reach adulthood after six to seven weeks and proshyduce about 10 offspring every three weeks researchers can monitor successive generashytions of mice over a short period to discovshyer the long-term ramifi ca tions of health problems And she is able to study an indishyvidual tissue section of an entire fetu s under -the microscope For these reasons mice play a central role in another of Croys research projects one thats found mothers pass along to their children more of themselves than was previously thought

Until recently the placenta was thought

to be impenetrable Then some Us

researchers discovered that cells travelled

from the fetus to the mother In research

funded by the Hospital for Sick Children

Foundation in Toronto Croy recently found

that the flow is two-way unidentified cells

We are the only medical profession that looks at medicine across species Thats one of the great strengths of veterinary medicine

are also transferred from the mother to the

bone marrow of the fetus

Unlike most earlier studi es Croys

focused on the bone marrow where the

bodys blood and autoimmune disea ses

develop She found that 90 per cent of the

mouse fetuses contained the mothers cells

in their marrow Because maternal cel ls

remain in offspring into adu lthood (a nalshy

ogous to humans) it suggests the cells may

affect the chi lds response to a bone marshy

row transplant during cancer treatment or

to treatment for HIV ma laria or burns For

example immune-deficient children often

receive marrow transplants from a parent

but if the mothers cells are already present

they can reject th at transplant Undershy

standing the nature of those cells is critical

As in Croys work with uterine lymp hoshy

cytes this research is receiving worldwide

recogn ition although the Guelph researcher

down plays that accla im This is so me of

the most interesting work of my career she

says but Im a relatively small player in the

bigger sc hem e of things

Croy has repeatedly crossed boundaries

in her pursuit of knowledge and has been

recognized by a variety of scientific discishy

plines She recent ly completed a term as a

permanent study sec tion member of the

National Institutes of Health (N1H) in th e

United States one of the few Canadians

appointed since the N1H opened permashy

nent membership to non -citizens in 1995

She teaches a summer course on reproducshy

tion mostly to medical doctors at the

Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratoshy

ry in Massachusetts This June she recei ved

the JCB Grant Senior Scientist Award from

the Canadian Society of Anatomy Cell Biolshy

ogy and Neurobiology - an unusual honshy

our for a vet And she recently prese nted

reproductive immunology findings to meetshy

ings of obstetricians and gynecologists

Organ transplants

A silent crisis is what one member of Parshy

liament has called Canadas organ donor

rate now among the lowest in the indusshy

trialized world More than 3000 Canadians

wait for organ transp lants each year and

143 of them die awaiting a transplant

One potential so lution being examined

at OVC is xenotransplantation or transshy

plan ting of organs from one sp ecies to

another - specifica ll y from pigs to

humans Its not as far-fetched as it sounds

For more than 10 years people have

received living pig tissue including porcine

pancreatic islet cells for diabetes and pig

skin for burns

Because of its faculty expertise its outshy

standing record in animal ca re and welfare

and its 30-year history o f research in

pathogen-free swine for breeding and food

purposes OVC was approached by Imutran

Ltd of the United Kingdom a xenotran sshy

plantation research leader to assis t in pre-

clinical (non-human) trials

OVCs role in this leading-edge research

being co-led by Prof Danny Butler Clinishy

cal Studies is to breed and suppl y a sma ll

group of tran sgenic pigs for research trials

at partner institutions in the project - the

University of Toronto and the University of

Western Ontario ove was also instrushy

mental in ensur in g that the pig li tte rs were

of defined health status or pathoge n-free

- an integral aspect of this proJect These

transgenic pigs resemble any other pig on

the outside but on the inside Lhey diff r in

one smaJl but very important way

Ordinarily when a blood vessel ruptures

the bodys natural reaction is to clot and

patch the leak During this pro cess someshy

times called a cascade the body produces

chemicals sequentially to form the c lot But

clotting is a delicate FlOcess Until now

organ transplants betwee n species have proshy

voked hyper-acute rejection caus ing a

clotting-like cascade to continue until wit hshy

in min utes or hours th e patient rejec ts the

animal organ Blood entering the newly

received organ recognizes that tissue as forshy

eign and immediately begins the clotting

process quickly shutting down the o rg3 1l

By contrast the ce ll s of lmutran pigs conshy

tain a human gen e that produces a prote in

that stops the clotting casca d e In a transshy

planted pig organ c3tTying this gene the

protein fool s the pat ients blood into trelt shy

ing the organ as though its from the same

species thus preventing clotti ng

Butler believes oves expertise in surgishy

cally deriving and raising germ-free littetmiddots

was a key reason the college was approached

to undertake this re sea rch Fro m 1958 to

1989OVC took th e scientific lead with the

Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Fo od and

Ruralfffairs in supplying speci[Jc-pathogen shy

free animals to the provinces pig farms Prof

Paul Miniat of the Departmcnt of C linical

Studies and later th e Depa rtment of Popshy

ulation Medicine led that projec t

Tl1is current research is cutting-edge

says Butler and you have to be absolutely

meticulous about everything you do

Because these animals dont ha ve dn actishy -vated immune system any path oge n th lt

comes into play would be fatal to thesc pigs

Butler notes that the resea rch is stil l at

the pre-clinical (non-human) trial stage

and it will likely be years before trials ca n

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take place in hum ans And other forms of transplant rejec tion besides the hyper-acute

va ri ety will requ ire furth er research Along the way Butler and fellow OVC researchers - Prof Bonnie Mall ard and Byram Bridle PathobioJogy who are stud y director and projec t mana ger re spec tivel y Jud y Bell Clinical Studies a projec t mana ge r and

Prof Bob Fri endship Population Medicine - hope to gain new insight into breeding

pigs of exemplary health status for both anishymal breeding and food sa fe ty

Genetic diseases

Pro f Mark Baker Path obi ology hopes to enh ance gene th erapy used in treating

human and animal ge net ic d iseases by improving the effi ciency of gene targeting Using thi s procedure and the tools of biotechnology researchers hope to zero in on spec ific points in an o rgani sms DNA and insert or repair genes invol ved in sll ch

diseases as cancer AID S mu sc ular dystroshyphy cys tic fibrosis and sickl e-cell anemia

Gene targeting is a very important techshy

nology for gene modifi ca tion in all species - plants animals and micro-organisms says Baker who began tbi s work in the 1980s The nice thing about thi s tecbnolshyogy is th at yo u can make changes in the

ge ne right in its norm al position in the chromosom e

He hopes to make gene targe ting more effi cient by studying the underlyi ng process of homologo us reco mbi nation in whi ch

DNA sequences exchange information Norshymally this process helps ce lls repai r DNA da mage and govern s mixing of gen es durshy

ing cell di vision including th e p rocess of meios is whi ch produces egg and sperm

cells But homologous recombination can also lead to can cer durin g th e exchange of informati on bet ween a mutan t ch romoshyso me and its no rmal co unterpart Bes ides

stud ying what goes wrong durin g recomshybinat ion sc ientists are in te res ted in using th e process to co rr ect defe cts Baker s

research for exa mple has shown that gene targe ting th ro ugh homolo gous recombinashytion can correc t a mu ta tion to resto re proshyducti on of an immunoglobulin found in

an tibodies We want to und ers tand the mec hashy

nisms of recombination in mammalian cells

18 G U ELP H A LUMNUS

and how homologo us reco mbin ati on ca n

be used to shape and manipu late th e genome he says ex plaining that gene tarshygeting all ows researchers to make animal

model s of hum an gene ti c diseases study hum an ge ne th erapy and modify plant and an imal ge nomes to benefit agri culture biotechnology and medi cine

Cancer research

Ca ncer reaches into the lives of many Ca nashydian s A number of researchers are wo rkshying in this area and their research spans the spectrum from basic molecul ar bio techshy

nology to applied therapy says Pro f Wayne

improve our understa ndin g of how to modshy

ify the level of damage done by co litis He explains th at by detoxify ing dieta ry

mu tagens and ca rcinogen s CST enzymes provi de protection against va rious insul ts inflicted on th e stom ach Thats an imporshy

tant role gJven th e kno wn link be tween so me chemical s co nsumed by humans and the dama ge to DNA and tis sues th at ma y

lead to cancer Hi gh levels of the em ymes are good because th ey pro tect says Ki rby

In pre vious studi es conducted with the Je wish General Hospital in MontlCal Ki rshyby discove red th at man y peo pl e with col shyo rec tal ca ncer lack th e ge neti c codes fo r

GSTs He is now in vestigatin g th e role of the

At the cellular and subcellular levels it doesnt really matter

whether youre looking at a gene chromosome or cell that came out of a person or an animal

McDonnell OVC ass istant dean (resea rch)

Although OVC research usually fo cuses on can cer in anim als incl uding using animal models th e res ult s also touch th e human

realm of oncology research Colorec tal ca nce l is th e third most comshy

mon can cer in humans th e Canadian Ca nshy

cer Society estim ates th at more than 16000 new cases will be d iagnosed in 1999 and more th an 6000 deaths will occur Key fa cshy

tors in its development are d ie tary carc inoshyge ns and colitis a bowe l inflammatio n In Guelphs Departm ent of Bio medi cal Scishy

ences Prof Gordon Kirby is studying glu shytathione S-transferase (GST) emymes that

are fo und in the hea lthy human intestinal tract but are abse nt in colorec tal ca ncer patients This research co uld help impleshyment pre ve ntive st ra teg ies for people who might be at high risk for ca nce r or it may

help in co unselling people in proper dietary habits he says In addi tio n we may

enzy mes and how th eir level alte rs as th e

disease develops B) und erst andin g how th ese enz) l11 es

work and how th ey change dur ing the proshygression from co liti s to can cer Kirby ultishymately hopes to lea rn ho w to co ntro l th e leve l of th e enzymes Understandin g how

th e enzym es work ca n lead LI S to wa ys to

prevent cancer he SlyS

Radiation treatment

Veterll1ar ians using the technique o f halfshy

body ra dia tion may cut th e time needed to treat lymphoma in dogs acco rd ing to th e

re sul ts of a st ud y by OVC re sea rchers in cludin g Prof To n) Abr1Jl1s-0gg Pro f -Stephen Kruth Paul Woods Geri Ottewe ll and Kim Stewa rt - aU of th e Department of Clini cal Studi es - and Al Norris of th e

Veterinary Referral Cli nic And although the groups recent six-year tr ial was directed at

do gs the resu lts of thi s veterinary resea rch

may have implica tions for trea tin g cance r

in hum ans

Trea tin g lym ph oma traditionally Iequires up to two yea rs of chemoth erap)

An alternative to prolonged chemotherapy is tota l-body ra diat io n and bone mar row

transplantation The procedullt lI SLS the patien ts own marrow extracted before the

trea tment One drawback is the possi bilit y

of transpb nt ing s ick malTOw co ntaining lymphoma (ells back in to the patien t A secshy

o nd drawbac k is th e ex tcnsive ca re and

Icngthy recovery time required By co ntrast ha lf-body radiation takes

onl y three mon ths Ab rams- Ogg explains that became only half of th e body is treatshy

ed at one time enough healthy bone marshy

row remain s to negate a tra nsp lan t By the

time th e seco nd hal f o f the body is irradishyated 30 da ys late r th e pa tien t has hld

eno urh line to recover fro m the first trea tshyment Hes also found that dogs receivi ng

half-bod) radiation generally avoid the sideshyeffects of tull-body trea tment

Abra ms-Ogg says ha lf- body radi ation

has been used on humans to alleviate pain in advanced cancer cases but not to treat

lymphoma The results of this trial do have hUl )la n health implications he SJ) Halt~

hody radilti o n may be used to treat the

sa me types of cancers in people

Resistance to antibiotics

Ensuring the hea lth of farm animals is an

im po rtant fac tor in ensuring th e health of our food supply T hrough col labo ratio ns wi th the Un iversity of Guelphs Department

of Food Science and l1calth Canada a dedshy

icated group of ove resea rch ers is improvshying public health through [ood -sa fe ty

research OnL of those sc ienti sts is Prof Sco tt

McEwen Population Med icine who studies food-animal prod uct io n and on-fa rm issues

by investigati ng microb ial resistance to antib ishyotics and ways to co ntrol pathoge ns such as

E coli during food-animal production Were try ing to red uce the level of exposhy

sure or people to these pathogens an d in tu rn red uce the level of food-borne illness

says I IcEwe n Our goal is to im prove

human health and improve the health of the animal industr )

Microbia l resista nce in pa rticular is a

co mpelli ng issue for agriculture rigbt no w because of a number of eve nts occurring

worldwide that have focus ed attenti on o n the use of antibi otics in foo d-a ni mal pro shy

du ct ion and the po tential impact on h um ans through meat conu mption

McEwen and h is st ud ents are looking at

what types of animals are being exposed to

va ll o us drugs and for how long to better

measure bacterial resistance to antibiot ics Because the agricu ltu ra l industry accounts [or half of to tal antib io tic lls e he says it s

important to look for new ways to improve on-farm manage ment of livestock that wIll

reduce disease Jnd the need for treatme nt

with antibiotics ga

Veterinary medicine contributes to human health sector

The Ontario Veteri nary Co llege (OVC) is at the centre of Ontarios

$44 billion knowledge-based ecoshy

nomic secto r foc using on animal

health and related food qualitysafeshy

ty and biomedicalbiotechnology activities

Although veterinal) medicine is

the main focus of studies at OVC the biomedical science o ption has

the bjgh est enrolment among

Guelphs 30 BSe degree programs

Employers in Canadas $I -billion biotechnology indust ry sa y a degree in ve ter inary med icine will

be an impor tant first step in filling

new positions created by the pracshytical application of current revelashy

tions in molecular biology and cloning technology

OVC is a founding college of the

Universit y of Guelph which receives mo re resea rch funding

from the Medica l Research Co unshycil than any other Ca nadi an uni shy

versity with o ut a medica l school

More than ISO studies have been condu cted using fund s donated

throug h OVes Pet Tr ust by ve tshy

erinarians and pet owners who recshy

ognize the th erapeutic value of the

bond betwee n people and com shypa nion animal s

100 per cent of OVC gradu ates

find em ploymen t withi n six months of gradu ation

50 per cen t of veterinary patholoshygists in North America are -employed directly or indirectly by the pharmaceutical industr y

Fa llWinter 1999 19

a The Royal Society of Canada recognizes an acndelnic career

by Alexander Wooley a scholar Funny hOWasingle pi ece of paper can summarize a lifet ime of study and aCJ demic work that has already fi ll ed

29 books and 85 book chapters an d Journal articles

In june U of G polit ica l science profes~

sor Onkar P Dwivedi received a letter invit~

ing hi m to become a Fello w of th e Royal Society of Canada Its an invitation reserved

for Canadas ltlCJde11i c elite an an nounceshy

men t thM brought congratul atio ns tinged with envy fiom colleagues across Ca nada and

left th is U of G professor answeri ng quips from Guelph collcgues such as Are we still

allowed to share the elevator wi th such an illuSlrious scholar

Dwivedi is indeed an ill ustrious scholar

- th e FRSC is th e hi ghest scholJriy recog~ nition1 Canad ian ~ cad emic ca n recei ve shy

but he is also a personable man who has a deer concern fo r o thers and a sense of humour that allows h illl to ceremo ni ously

wave oth er facult ) and students on to the

elevator as it ri ses to his s ix1h~f1oor offi ce ill the JvlacKi nn on Bu ilding

Known across camp us simply as OP he says its o nl y natural that hlS colleagues

wo uld be a bi t envi ous of th e Royal Society

designation he has felt th at envy himself when congratultting previous recip ien ts

Dwivedi SI) he is d~ep l ) honoured to bL one of 19 U of C lilCul ty wh o hold thl tilk (see page II ) The entire U of C cJm pl co mmunity shOlIcs in Prof l)iveciis dd igh t at bei ng l1amed a fel low I) pruv()t tin

Campbe ll It is a we ll~d lsencd mark of recognition for his distinguished caree r Jnd

vJ lua ble slr vice to i II I l 1Ila I ional dlTlop Ill en t an d the en viron men t

Being n~mcd I Fello of the Rnl11 oci

101) of CI1a d ~ is testimony 10 tile prnrcsnr ~

beli e-I Lhat if you work hard enough you L11l

achieve an ythi ng Th~Is 11) hi colilltr)

is so great he says o f his adopted C~nIJ1 Born in India Dwi ved i came 1( ( anadl

in the early [960 as a gruduatc lttuden Hl co mpl eted a mdst 15 de grec al Carl etull University ~nd a Ph D at QUlln l middot ni~r ishy

ty ~l1 d jo incd the U o f C tJLlti lyin 1967

He hJS advanccd Ihe CallldilI1 view of

political eth ics 111d public scnicc Wl11pI(d

pol icy~mak ing t nd administralioll hetwlcn natio ns and l11aintl ined world iew of enli~

ronll1ental pol iei sand pl1blie alti ludes toward pollu tion And ltI ll the wh ile haring his in sight wilh the l h (l u~llld nf tlllkilts

who halt vied for se1ts ill his classroom

Alt hough C1I1 3d is now hi~ IWll1l Dwivedi main tai ns ~Irong lies with his lill

mer homeland He has mon itored dCIdol

mtnh Ind ehtnge~ ill IndilS pol lulion lt111U

lto INrl ation pol i ~ic ror lll1lo~t 0 )Cltlrs and sucd h J ltnio r ad iser 1(1 Ih (OUlllr )

lin ilr) of rl1limnl11tllt dnd Fltlr~ I S I Ii lIll rc~c nl hook publi1 d in I))7 i ntro ~

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mll-ing and manf~mll1t prelL n Ind i1 b) cxamining vlri()u~ Jill1cl1iol15 of lhlt

tl1Iironrncn lal chIIltI1ampes faced h)lhe nali()n Farber th is )Lar hc 1 in Ind i JS par t

or a hll1lli(Ia l lroICL looking at reg ulal middot ing cmironmcnlal ri there with I Spc

eiJI fO LlI on htrlil lll i hmlsehrllJ producls

and thiJ ill1 tI~1 Oil (Imen ltlnd hiidren

Tht resClreh p rQin t i locattd ill Kll1 pur

lt1 cil ) of Ih rec million HId IS funded b) the Sha tri In do CJnldi111 Imti lutc

[)wi lldi mother and othl lamily mtlllhLI sl illl iC in In d i li e pcrsollally

Ufporh eh olt)I Ihne and hell he retire in tl1 Icars hl plan to SCI up I L~c n tre fo r

drug HldiLliOl I 1I11lI11Llll11 healt h

Fnn in C lllJdI hl is working to help

olher or Indiall illlllry bui ld bella lives I lc offen hi serliccI~ I parl -timc Hindu

pries t lIith U ofe CGl11pUS minislry and I~ 1 spir iluJ I ou l1 1I0 [ Jor inm lles It Ihe

Cudl h Corrldinnd (ntrc The Roal Soc ielY Litdtion d~ )Lribes

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ndti( nal distinction and international recogshy

nit ion Just this spring he vis ited Loyo la l [a rymollnt Universit-y in Los An-des as that

insti tutions 1999 Internati onal Scho lJ r

Es tabli shed 117 years lgO the Roya l Society or Canada enco mpasse d ra nge of

discip lin es including the natural and ap plied sc iences medi cine soc ial scien ces MId hu manit ies

Dwi vedi sa) The s()c ic tys invitation is

an honour for me and also a wonderful recogshy

nition for our new coll ege (U of Gs College

of Social and All lied Human Sciences )

A for mer chair of Guel lhs Department of Political Science Dwivedi is pres id ent of

the Ca nadian Asian Stud ies Associa tion and

past lresident of the Canadian Po litica l Scishyence Association He also chairs th e resea rch committee of the International Poli tical Scishy

ence Associat io n

During hi s 32-year career at Guellh he ha s served on the Enviro nm ental Assess shy

)]lent Boa rd of Ontario as a co nsultan t to

the Ca nadian gove rnment as an adviser to th e Wo rld Health Organi za ti o n an d the

Wo rld Bank in In dia Papua New Guinea and Mau ritiu s an d as a sc ientific panel

member with UNESCO In J 99 8 he

received an honorary degree fro m the Unishyve rsity of Leth bridge ga

fa llWinter 1999 21

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-

ANDREvV VOWLES

m Tiny flashes of blue

light caught by U of G

to physicists in an

undergro und

observatory may eg

tell us the

fate of our

universerunch First tighf wasnt long in coming even in a mine shaft some two kiloshy

metres beneath the Earths surface Within days of turning on a multishy

million-dollar li ght detector near the bottom of a Sudbury nickel mine

scientists from Canada the nited States and the United Kingdom recordshy

ed their first even t Thats physicists lingo for a collision between a tiny

extraterrestrial particle called a neutrino and a molecule of heavy water

Actually what they witnessed last spring was not the encounter itself

- marked by a tell tale fl ash of blue light - but data trickling in quishy

etly from the detectors elaborate instruments sometime after the fact

Still that was enou h to set a few hearts pounding among the collabshy

orators in the Sudb u r y eutrin o Observatory particularly among

Guelph physicists John Simpson Robin Ollerhead and Jimmy Law who

appJaude 1 those early results not just for what they might reveal about

the universe but also as a validation of their painstaking care in conshy

structing and preparing the detector

Fall Winter 1999 23

-

[J This is without a doubt the climax of my

career says Simpson whos been invo lved

with the Sudbury N eu trin o Observa to ry

(SNO) project since it was fir s t moo ted by

Canadian physicis ts in th e early 1980s Hes

been studying neutrinos for almost two

decades beginning with experiments in a

Windsor-area sa lt mine

It s th e las t unkn own low-energy area

left he says N eutrin os are s till th e least

understood elementa ry particle of a ll

Thats not for lac k of them T hey re co nshy

sidered to be th e most commo n particles in

the universe and the fund amenta l building

blocks of matter Each seco nd bi lli ons of

neutrinos generated during fusion reactions

in the sun and in sou rces far beyond our

galaxy bombard every square ce ntim etre of

the Earths surface undetected But just try

to catch one So ephemeral a re Ih ey th at

they pass without a mmmur through most

objects including solid rock ni ckel ni ckel

miners - even throu gh the SNO sc ientis ts

monitoring their giant acry li c ball s usshy

pended in a 22-metre-wide cavern two kiloshy

metres down the mine shaft

The $70-million o bse rva to ry s it s nea r

the bottom of Inco Ltd s C reighton nicke l

mine the deepes t wo rkin g min e in North

America and one tha t has opera ted co ntinshy

uously for the last ce ntury

Today the only eAtra terreslrial objects hitshy

ting the site - or more co rrect ly passi ng

through it - are neutrinos Seemingly against

astronomical odds those scientists hope to

use that ball as a kind of cosmic-sized catchshy

ers mitt to stop or deflect enough of these

particles to learn more about them and about

the big wide universe that spawned them

Inside that 12-foot ball are 1000 tonnes

of heavy water which is also used as coolant

inside nuclear reactors Tn fact th e watershy

all $300 million worth - is on loan from

Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (AECL)

Heavy water ho lds the key to SNOs opera-

Taken during construction the photo above

shows the SNO cavity and acrylic vessel At

right the acrylic vessel is surrounded by an 18shy

metre diameter geodesic sphere that supports

nearly 10000 light sensors and reftectors

Scientists hope to U~

tion Because its molecules contain one more

n eutron than in ordinary water its more

likely to in tercept a phantom neutrino That

co llis ion will be marked by faint but telltale

fla shes of light - forma lly kno wn as

Cerenkov radia tion th e characteris tic blu e

glow emitted in a nuclear reactor - to be

picked up by a few of th e 10000 detectors

studding the panels on th e sphere s surface

Perhaps more impo rtan t SNO resea rchers

anticipate that the wa ter will catch all three

types o f neut rinos no t just the o ne captured

by other detec tors around the world

N eutr in os come in three species or

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24 GUELPH ALUMN U S

agiant acrylic ball as a kind of cosmic-sized catchers mitt

flavou rs based on th e kind s of subatomshy

ic particl es tlleyre dssociated with electro n

neutrinos muon neutrinos and tau neu trishy

nos Referring to earlier experiments that

have detected far fewer neutrinos than

expected based on our understanding of

how the universe works Simpso n says most

scientists believe that neutrinos have mass

and the) change type as th ey leave the sun

and thats why Ne havent seen enough of

them Being able to detect the other two

flavours at SNO might allow sc ientis ts to

account for the so -called missing neutrinos

Proving that neutrinos can change their

stripes might als o tell us more about the

likely fate of th e universe itself by solving

another mystery the question of the missshy

ing mass Referring to basic laws of physics

Law says If neutrinos convert th at means

th ey must have mass Why is that imporshy

ta nt Explai ns Ollerhead The amount of

mass thats accounted fo r by the sta rs that

you can see is only about one-tenth of the

total mass the re must be in the universe in

order to cause the interactions and motions

you see W hen people talk about mis si ng

mass thats what th ey re talking about

So the question is where is it l Because

every s tar produces billions of neut rin os

every second the universe is full of neutr ishy

nos These van ishingly small particles could

collectively exert a gravitational pull out of

all proportion to th eir size - enough to

eventually slow the expa nsion of the universe

If neutrin os have ma ss it means the

universe may be heavier than we think says

Simpso n The universe will eventually stop

expanding in a few billion years and collapse

back in on itself Thi s is known as the Big

Crunch Finding evidence of the smoking

gun to either prove or di sprove that theoshy

ry is the purpose of the observatory he says

SNO research bombards other areas of science Adapting physics tools to build SNO

An expert in X-ray back-scattering Guelph

physicist Innes Mackenzie helped the SNO

team about six years ago by adapting his

back-scattering technique to determine the

thickness of a plastic liner that su rrounds

th e entire observatory cavity Made of a

substance called urylon (produced by a

Guelph company) the liner was sp rayed

on to the cavitys concrete surface to screen

ou t radon a radioactive gas that diffuses

even through soLd rock In a project where

an extra millimetre could skew results scishy

entists needed to ensure that the material

was the same thickness all the way arou nd

Mackenzie used X-ray back-scattering

a techniq ue he has developed that might

be llsed to determine say the thickness of

paint applied in an auto assembly plant or

ice buildup on aircraft wings Laurentian

University physicist Doug Hallman says

his research group has worked with

Mackenzie to set up a unique hand- held

monitor and data-recording system which

found the actual thickness of the eightshy

millimetre-dlick polyurethane material to

an accuracy of about 10 per cent

Building new tools from SNO physics

During his graduate studies in physics at

Guelph Tom Andersen helped his PhD

supervisor Prof John Simpson design

devices used to detect background

radioactivity of the heavy wa ter in the

Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO)

and worked on software that simulates

th e movement of high -energy muons

particles created when cos mic rays

encounter the Earths atmosphere All the

while he had his eye on a not-unrelated

topic that became his full-time job after

graduating in 1998

It a desk top planetarium says

Andersen of his astro nomy software

which allows users to view the simulated

night sky - including comets asteroids

satellites a nd stars - on a computer

screen With it yo u can observe the sky

as it appears from your backyard tonight

o r from Jupiter 100 years ago or from

Egypt 3000 years ago

He and his partners a t Toronto-based

Sienna Software Inc have so ld about

10000 copies of Sta rry Night software

dming the past 18 months They began

by selling software that users could down shy

load from the Internet but now make two

CD-ROM versions of the package Starshy

ry Night Deluxe and Starry Night Pro

The first allows users to look at more than

19 million objects from anywh ere in the

solar system and to examin e deta iled

graphics of such things as constellations

Serious astronomy afic ionados use the

pro version to track as teroids learn more

about star motions or create their own

planets to study orbital mechanics

Generally anyone who owns an

as tronomical telesco pe owns a piece of

astronomy software says Andersen You

can take your telescope to your backyard

and connect it to your laptop and then

point to something with Starry Night and

have the telescope steer to it

Applying SNO tools to business

Former phys ics graduate student Myung

Chol Chon now works in the Royal Banks

corporate and investmen t banking offices

in Toronto Modelling the behaviour of

financial assets and pricing derivative secushy

rities might appear removed from the task

of capturing neutrinos but Chon says the

Guelph SNO group gave him an opporshy

tunity to learn various quantitative ana lyshy

sis tools including Monte Carlo simulashy

tion and artificial neural networks I also

gained understanding and experience in

software production via working with the

SNO Monte Carlo Analysis (SNO MAN )

software development team - tools

applicable not only in physical science but

in other areas as well

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-Simpson says ea rly detection of SNOs first

neutrino this summer reflects the high qUJIshy

ity of the obselva tory itself incl uding th t conshy

tribution of the Guelph scientists involved in

designi ng its sophist icated instrum ents Thats why theres a lot of noise abo ut the

fi rst measurem en ts he sa ys Some o ther

detectors have to work harder to get the backshyground radioactivity down Weve shown that

we constructed a very clea n detector

Along with several PhD studen ts and resea rch associates he and his coUeagues buiJt

inst ruments used to monitor and ensure an acceptable level of background radi oactivishy

ty in SNOs innards fiom the hea l) watcr to all the components orthe detector itse lf

The Guelph group developed a very senshy

sitive technique for the measurement of ultrashylow levels of ra dioactivit y in water whi ch is

essential for th e SNO detector to reach its

goals says SNO project director Art McDonshy

ald a phys icist at Queens Universit y Meas uring radioact ivity is our ga me

says resea rch ass oc iate Pillalamarr Jaga m during a tour of Sim psons lab in th e baseshy

ment of the MacNaughton Build in g home

to whJt Jaga m calls the only ul tra-low backshy

ground radi ation research and development

group in Ca nada Po inting to a det ector resemblin g a stainless-steel salad bowl with

a matchin g lid he says the Guelph -made

de vice JS with its co usins on perm anent du ty at SNO picks lip infinitesimally small

amounts of ra dioactivity emitted naturall y

by the observa torys compo nents

Ja ga m helps run th ose dev ices at SNO

fo llowin g up on his role as superv iso r of a

cl ea nin g crew d urin g SNOs constru ction SNO is the larges t clean-room ever olltside

of the electron ics industry he says Its

cleaner th an yo ur avera ge dinner plate

Above Muon neutrinos produced from cosmic

rays which strike Earths abnosphere are detectshy

ed by the SNO light sensors producing a coneshy

shaped pattern of energy Right An artists

sketch of the SNO detector shows the central

acrytic vessel now filled with 1000 tons of heavy

water and surrounded by 7000 tons of ultra

pure regular water Scientists monitor the obsershy

vatory from the room located above the sphere

26 GU ELP H ALUM NUS

In two years we mayI

Unlike th eir fell ow labourers in the m in e

who normall y hit the sbowers aft er a lo ng

day on the ore face th e scientists monitorshy

ing th e o bse rvatory must shower bef ore enterin g their facility Simil ar standa rds are mlintained tor the heavy water in th e acrylic

vessel which is fil tered dail y Jnd tested for ambient rad ioactivit y It s the purcst water

in th e wo rld says Jian Wang for merly J

research associate in Simpsons lab and now a consultant wi th U of Gs GUA RD In c

The Guelph-dc-signed instruments h ave

prove n lIseful in rela ted but more fa r-flung

applications JagaJl1 says scientists building

lgt

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ly know if the universe will eventually collapse

ye t an oth er neutrino observatory in Italy consulted with U of G physicists on radia shyti on measurement Closer to home he has helped Prof Richard Protz Land Reso urce Science quantify minute amounts of radioac tive cesium in so il samples taken from the Ecuadorean Andes an d from the Chernobyl site in Ukrain e

Law a particle physicist [las been involved since 1991 in writin g and test ing simulation software used by the project colshylaborators to model the workings of th e SNO detecto r With the detector now opershyating the package - dubbed SNOMAN shywill be used to analyse the data it generates OUerhead who first encountered SNO while chair of the Department of Physics has long worked in expe rim en tal nuclear physics using accelerators such as th e one run by AECL in Cbalk River Ont Todays investishygations at SNO draw on at least one aspect of his ea rlier resea rch in Los Alamos New Mexico where he developed neutral current detectors of the sort expec ted to help SNO sn iff out all three neutrino flavo urs

Sim psons graduate student Nathaniel Tagg is studying cosmic ray particles called muons which are detected as a byproduct in the obse rvatory Unlike neutrinos muons come from cosmic rays - or ionized nuclei - which begin Jife far beyond the solar sysshytem perhaps generated by stars exploding into supernovas or by shock waves emanating from collapsing black holes When these cosmic rays hit the Earths atmosp here th ey create extremely high-energy particles that can be detected by SNO some alon e or in pairs like bullets others in a shower like shotgun pelshylets Comparing the ratio of single bullets to shotgun blas ts may tell Tagg something about how the particles originated When you build a detector you get a lot of things for free he says Muons are considered background to most of the collaboration but there are some interes ting physics you ca n do with them

Beyond Guelph the SNO collaboration brings together almost 100 scientists from II universi ties and labs in Canada the United Sta tes and the United Kingdom Canad ian participants includ e university resea rchers from Queens Car leton Laurentian Britisll

Columbia and Guelph Wby Ca nada Canashyda has a lot of heavy water because of its nuclear power reactor development the CANshyDU reactor says OUerhead Basically Canashyda is tbe only country that can do the expershyiment using heavy water which is what gives this its unique flavour The other thing is the undergro und aspect All the neutrino expershyimen ts are done underground for shielding from cosm ic rays and other sources of backshyground radiation The nickel mine in Sudbury is the deepest site in North America

Its al so important that Creighton mine is a working facility says Si mpson [t has

Physics faculty

and students are

an integral part of (PES

Physics is one of five departments and schools in the College of Physshyical and Engineeri ng Science ( CPES) Physics has more Roya l Society fellows than any other department on campus Since 1993 ten CPES students including two in physics have received National Research Coun shycil awards under the agen cys Women in Engin eering and Scishyence Program In 1999 CPES laun ched an inteshygrated four-year degree program in technology with Seneca College in Toronto majors in physics and technology or applied pharmace ushytical chemistry CPES plans to launch a new undershygraduate degree in computing scishyence next year to promote U of G strengths in bioinfomatics neural networks genetic algo rithm s and embedded systems CPES offers a unique program called MPC2 that provides enriched studies in mathematics physics chemistry and computing science

to be active because its the only way you can maintain the safety of th e mine SNOs control room occupies a drift (miners talk for a corridor) 6800 fee t below the surface deep enough to accommodate a stack of about five CN Towers

Dw-ing the observatorys construction a regular express ca ge whisked visitors directly down No9 shaft to the detector as fast as a car travelling on a cit) street The shaft also served as the delivery conduit for the SNO components Site manager Dunshycan Hepburn recall s es pecially the three months that it took to ship the [000 tonnes of heavy water underground The eleva tor could take six tonnes at a time he says so we had an elaborate schedule involving six tanker cars fill ed overnight and sent down early in th e morning on a specially schedshyuled cage Adds mine manage r John Gill J dont think we spilled a drop

Now using regularly scheduled cages scishyentists crowd shoulder to sho ulder in the elevator with up to 40 miners during the 20-minute ride along the sloping ore seam Everyone in the collaboration is expected to spend a certain number of shifts actualshyly operating the detec tor says O llerhead This is partly to save money but also par tshyly because th e physicists are the ones with the vested interes t and should be involved Collaborators might spend seve ral weeks in Sudbury at a time for up to six weeks a year

SNO scien tists expect to learn definitiveshyly within two years whether or not neutrishynos have mass They also anticipate that the observatory will yield information about the sun and about other st ructures far beyond our galaA) The missing mass question is a way of studying supnnovas notes Ollershyhead There are many applications of this detector beyond just neutrinos from the sun

Why should anyone ca re about what these infinitesimally small particles teU us about cosshymic-sized questions If youre going to be an ad vance d and civilized country then you should be thinking about fundamental quesshy shytions and not just about where your next meal is coming from says Simpson Thats the difshyference I think between a civili7ed society and a society that just lives from day to day ga

FallWinter 1999 27

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

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ALUMNI PROFILES

ALUMNUS OF HONOUR

FORMER OAC DEA N Rick Richards BSA 38 was recogn ized for

his lifelong commi tment to excellence in admini stration teachshy

ing research and ex tension wh en he vas named 1999 AlumLlus of Honour by th e Un ive rsity o f Guelph Alumn i Associat ion The preshy

sen tation was made durin g Alumni Weekend in lun e

Ri chard s bega n hi s ca ree r in soil sc ience and pion ee red the

process of soil classifi ca ti on and map pin f for Ontario As head of

th e Un iversitys Depa rtm ent of Land Resou rce Science he spearshyheaded the constr uct ion o f new fa cili ties provided leadership in

the deve lopment of broader more sc ientifi c program s and th e

expansioLl o f fa culty and obta ined more lan d areas for departshymental resea rch He was appointed the first dea n of OAC in 1962

and was one o r the fou r principal academi c leade rs ho shared in

es tab lishin g the Universit y of Guelph After co mpleting two terms as dean he return ed to teac hing and retired in [98 1

As a professiona l agrologist Richards impleme nted pl ans ror

the Canadian Agri cultural Researc h Co un ci l as it s fi rst president

and was pres id ent o f the Ca nadian Soc iety of Su il Science th e Ontari o Institute of Ag rologists and tht Agricu ltural Institu te of

Can ada He was also the Canadian representa ti ve to th e United

Nations Food and Agricu lture O rga nizltJtion

ALUMNI VOLUNTEER AWARD

DAv ID ADAMS BSA 49 has always made his alma mater a pri shy

o ri t) and in 1999 th e Unive rsity of Guelph Alumni Associashy

tion app lauded th at loya lty by presentin g him with its 1999 Alulll shyni Volu nteer Awa rd

Adams has demo nstrated a devot ion to volun teer excellence

through his com mitment to the Universit y OAC and hi s alumni

ii class OAC 49 He was UGAA pres ident in 196869 president of

d the OAC Alu Jllni Associatio n in 196566 and a member of the Unishy

~ versi ty Senate and Boa rd of Governors fro m 1970 to 1973 In add ishy

~ tion he has Jllade mu ltiple contr ibu tions to OAC 49 ac tivities He

~ was instrumenta l in orga ni zin g 50th-anniversary class celebrations ~ for Alumni middotWeekend 99 which included the ded ication of the Yea r

~ 49 OAC po nd ga rden at th e Arbo retum Cent re and the res torashy

~ ti on of the Johnston Hall portico u ~ Adamss giving sp irit car ri es over into his pro(ess iona lli fc He

~ has had a distingu ished career in the ag ri -food indust ry and was laquo ~ general manager of the Canadian Meat Co uncil whe n hL reti red in

~ 1993 He cont inues to share hi s expertise with the co unc il and as

~ a volu ntee r for th e Royal Ag ri cultural inter Fair and th e Ca nashy~ dian Nat ional Exhibition FARlv

28 G UHPH ALU I NUS

HIGHLIGHTS middot GRAD NEWSmiddot OBITUARIESmiddot CALENDAR

ALUMNI MEDAL OF ACHIEVEMENT

DR AD RIAN P ARKS WO RK in th e area o f minimally invasive

surge ry has earned him international recogniti on as a leading surgeo n and educa tor in his fi eld His advancements in the use of

laparoscop ic techniques have improved treatm ent for an ex tensive

range of med ica l disorders that in the past could only be handled

thro ugh trad itional sur gery [n 1997 he was recruited to establish a new program at th e Uni ve rsity of Kentucky

Pa rk was honoured th is spring wit h the Universit y of Guelph flumni Associati ons Alumni Medal of Achievem ent He received

a bachelor of science fro m Gu elph in 1985 and a doctor o f med ishycine from McMaster University in 1987

He completed his training at St Josephs Hos pital and rilcMasshy

ter Uni ve rsity Affiliated Hosp ital s in Hamilto n O nt and at the

Uni versit) of Montrea l before Jo ining St Jose phs as a ge neral surshy

geo n in 1994

The Guelph meda l recognizes th e professional leadership and achievements demons trated in Parks still- yo un g career and his

compassionate ca re of pati ents He and his wife Jennifer 8A 84 have three children Hilary Meredith and Evan

ove DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS

DUNCAN SINC LAIRS CONTR IB UTIO NS to career an d soc iety have prove n bis leadersh ip and expe rtise in hea lth sciences He gradshy

uated fro m OVC in 1958 and received a master of sc ience fro m OAC in 1960 specializing in nutriti on He then earn ed a PhD in

physiology at Queens University in 1963 and bega n a ca reer focused

primaril y on human health Sinclair was ltl consultant to th e Ontario Ministry of Agriculture

Food and Rural Affairs on the Animals for Research Act ilnd bega n

his academic career at Q uee ns as dean of arts and science in 1974 He went on to serve as vice-principal institutional relati ons sershy

vices an d hea lth sciences before assum ing the role of dea n of medshy

icine He ret ired from Queens in 1996 He has heJd other prestishy

gious positi ons including directo r general of the Medical Resea rch

Council and was tile recipient of OVes Schofield ]V[edal in 1983

Sinclair is now deeply involved in advising the Ontario minisshy

ter of hea l til on ways to reinvest and res tructure th e delivery of health services in the province He chairs the Hea lth Services

Restr ucturin g Co mmission an independent body of health

experts and professionals appointed to redesign tbe provincial

health system

FallWinter 1999 29

alumni Matters

-ORDER OF OACU of G Can1pus ESTABLISHED MARY AND RlCK RICHARDS longtime OAC supporterWelcoilles Alumni

ABSA 38 are the first inductees Membership in the order is

into the Order of OAC estabshy limited to the first 50 individshy

LUMNI WEEKEND J999 orga nizing committee and says lished ea rli er thi s year by the uals who give $1 00000 or more

brought more th an 1300 proceeds will be used to help the OAC Alumni Fo undation to as bequests irrevocable insurshy

visitors to campus June 18 to 20 class establi sh a mille nnium recognize significant contribushy ance policies planned gifts or

In addition to th e traditi o nal scholarship to co mmemorate its tions to its end owment fund cash donations Gifts may be

awards luncheon hosted by U of 25 th anni versar)1 of graduation Rick served as dean of OAC applied as endowments to the

G president Mordech ai Rozanshy The Uni vers it y of Guelph [Tom 1964 to 1972 (see sto ry OAC Alumni Foundation or to

ski there we re man y spec ial Alumni Associat ion held its on page 28) Mary also worked the college as approved by the

events and cla ss reunions The ann ual meeting during Alumni in the college and has been a fou ndation directors

new Order of OAC was preshy Wee kend and elected a new slate

sented to Mary and Rick of offi cers for 1999 2000 Scott

Richards BSA 38 at th e Go ldshy va nEnge n BSc(Ag r) 88 presshy

en Anniversary Dinner and the id ent Robin-Lee Norris BA 80

Class of J974 hosted a reuni on first vice-pres ident John Tatson

dinner with Calgary Flames BA 69 seco nd vice-president

Hockey Club CEO Ron Bremshy Rita Sterne BComm 87 secshy

ner BA 7 J as guest speaker Bill Imiddotetar) and Brad Hull BA 89

Laidlaw BA 74 chaired the treasurer

President Mordechai Rozanski and representatives of the alumni

classes and individuals who supported U of Gs six new themati c

gardens cut the ribbon to officially open them duri ng Alumni Weekshy

end From left are Bill Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 61 Don Gri eve

BSA 55 and MSA 57 Harold Shield BSA 51 Sandra Hannam uJ CD Clay Switze r BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rozanski Marilyn Robinson ~ I Murray BH5c 55 Ted McNinch BSA 49 Bruce Stone BSA 53 u VI

Z and MSA 54 Harold Bentley BSA 64 and MSc 66 Craig Hunter lt

B5c(AgL) 74 and MSc 77 and Les Laking BSA 39 and HDSC 71 The conservatory greenhouse was unveiled moments later by gtshyCD

Don Rutherford BSA 51 who gave the leadership gift ensuring VI o

it s res toration on behalf of his famil y 5 I -

Ginty jocius BSc(Agr) 70 left chair of the OAC Alumni Foundation

presents the Order of OAC to Mary and Rick Richards BSA 38

Enjoying the Class of 1974 re union dinner are from left jerry Orga n

BSc(PE) 71 Ron Bremner BA 71 Gail Bremner Paul Henry MA 71

and Bill Laidlaw BA 74

30 GUELPH ALUMNUS

GRYPHON SPIRIT DOMINATES HOMECOMING

UOF G students shared the stands with alumni who came to campus Sept 25

to watch the football Gryphons defeat their long- standing varsity rival the University of Toronto Blues During the weeke nd the Gryphon Club Hall of Fame inducted five Gryphon swimmers filled the gold pool at the 21st ann ual Alumni Relay Swim Meet

and president Mordechai Rozanski hostshyed a luncheon attended by more than 200 alumni and current students who have received sc holarships and awards or who

participated in the volunteer peer helper prog ram

ALUMNI SWIM TO THE TOP

FORMER GRYPHON SW IMMER S Peter Koli snyk BSc(HK) 83 and Denise

(FarndaJe) vVatso n BASe 85 were recogshyni zed at the ann ual Homecoming sw im mee t for having attended more often th an any other alumni Other participants includshyed 1999 graduates Nico le Weber BSe CEng ) Greg Steinberg BSc(HK) and Nancy Sweetnam BComm who has been a memshy

ber of two Canadian Ol ympic teams ( 1992 and 1996) The alumni team defeated the stud ent teams with the help of Leo n

Homecoming J

r ~

Form er Guelph mayor and sports broadcaster Norm la ry received the Gryphon Club Hall of

Fame Merit Award Sept 24 at the annual induction c re mony that also honoured five former

Gryphon athletes From left are Paul Willi ams a cross-country and track athlete and three-time

Canadian Olympian Bob Pronk BComm 82 Ontario and Canadian cham pionship wrestler

Dave Guest BComm 87 a former all middotstar soccer and vo lleyba ll player Gladys Williams BA

69 MVP in both wo menS fi eld hockey and ice hockey lary and Mark Brown BComm 81

Wi ldman Trophy winner and football capta in The Gryphon Club also recognized the 1974 mens

rugby OUAA championship team

Garstecki Gryphon diving coach in the midshy Dale a longtime Gryp hon supporter and a I 970s and retired botany professo r Hugh national record-b olding masters swimmer

bull49 VETS MEET AT TRAlEE The OVC Cla ss of 1949 produced a la sting memory of its 50th

anni versary by filming the lune 18 gathering held at Tralee Farms

the home of class member Ray Cormack Classmates travelled from

across Canada and the United States to attend th e reunion which

included a luncheon a visit from U of G president Mordechai Rozanshy

ski and a tour of Cormacks farm and antique carriage collection

The organizing committee of Dave House Bill Mitchell Ken Fisk

and lim Arch ibald succeeded in producing a golden-anniversary

memento that captu res the days events and everyone in attendance

as they comment on their lives since graduating from OVe -Proceeds from the sale of the v ideos will support the OVC 49

Memorial Scholarship Fund Cost is $25 each To place an order call

Vikki Tremblay at Alumni House 519-824-4120 Ext 65 44 I D

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FallWinter 1999 31

alumni Matters

2000 Coming Events

Jan 26 - Careers Night hostshyed by Mac-FACS Alumni Assoshy

ciation For informatio call Laurie MalleaLi at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Careers Night hostshyed by HAFA Alumni Associashy

tion For information call Laushyrie Malleau at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Aggie Good Times Banquet Call the OAC Studwl Federation at Ext 8321 for tickshyet information Feb 3 - Job hir at Bingeman Park in Kitchener complishy

mentary bus service from Unishyversity Centre for students and

alumni For directions and a list of employers call U of G

Career Services at Ext 22 13

Feb 11 - Deadline for nomshy

ina tions for U of G Alumni Association Alumnus of Honshy

our Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment and Alumni Volunteer

Award and the OVC Distinshy

guished Alumnus Call Carla Bradshaw at Ext 6657 for details March 1 - Annual alumni

Florida reunion at Maple Leaf

Estates Port C harlotte Florishyda For information call alumshyni programs at 519-824-4120

Ext 6657 send e-mail to alumshyniuoguelphca or call Jack Hanna in Florida after Jan 1

at 813-645-0905

March 18 amp 19 - College

Ro yal

March 31 amp April 1 - OAC

Alumni Association annual

bonspiel at the Guelph Curlshy

ing Club and Guelph Country w Club Call Carla Bradshaw at ~ txt 6657 to register c u bull For more information on anyU)

z alumni event call the U of G ltC extension listed at 519- 824shy20 r 4120 or send e-mail to al11111shyCD

o niCvzlOguelphcab c a

32 CUEIPH ALUM N US

EA RLIER THIS YEAR U ofG

introduced a new approacll to fund-raising that centres on

academic priorities identified by

the ix colleges Now the Unishy

ve rsit y expa nds this initiative

through the formation of a new Annual Fund Cou ncil that will

recruit volunteers to proactiveshy

ly help meet tll0se funding goals

By enlarging the partnershy

ship between academics and fund-raisers we arc focusing our

efforts more clearly on the Un ishy

versi tys overall stra tegic objecshy

tives says Rudy Putns executive

director of campaign progra ms

We are calling on coUege deans to help ensure that our annual

giving programs are providing

the grea test possible benefit to

students Our volunteer and pro-

ALUMNI CElEBRATE NEW HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE CENTRE

The Human KineticsHuman Biology Alumni Association

presented a sketch of the John T Powell Building to U of Cs

new Health and Perfor mance Centre at a June 19 reunion of alumni and former staff Artist Joan Harper BSe(HK)

82 left and retired professor John Powell right witnessed

a presentati on by association pres ident Janet Leonhard BSe(HK) 82 to Prof Terry Graham

SilENT AUCTION MAKES NOISE

A silent auction held Sept 14 to 16 a t the Ou tdoo r Farm

Show in Woods tock Ont ge nshy

erated a lot of excitement and

goodwill in OACs 125th shyanniversary year and raised

$51000 that wi ll support stu shy

dent recruitm ent programs in

the college The auction was organized by Cinty Jocius BSc(Agr) 70 president of

Ginty Jocius amp Associates of

Guelph on behalf of the OAC Alumni Foundation

Auction items donated by friends and exhibitors at th e

farm show included everylhing

from farm equipment and supshyplies to a seven-month-old lla shyma named (-i nty Lorie Jocius

BASe 72 purchased her husshy

bands namesake and gave it to

OAC as an anniversary presen t at th e Sept 25 Heritage Banshy

quet and Ball

FUND-RAISI NG PARTNERSHIPS GROW

fessional fund -raislls wiJl spend

more of thei r time making pershy

so nal requ es ts for gifts to the University and less time on inshy

house administra tion

Members of the Annual Fund

Council will invite donations

Crom alumni members of the campu~ community the paren ts

of current students graduating

classes members of the various

gift clu bs (Presidents Council

etc) and selected corporations

foundations and associations

Development and Public Affairs staff will help target vol unteer

efforts where they wi ll have the

stronges t impact on growin g don or particip ation and fund shy

razsing results

Annual giving is one of the

most crucial parts of an institushy

tion s developmen t agenda says Putns Annu al donors help

maintain the quali ty of estabshylished academic programs espeshy

cially in times of reduced pubshy

lic fundin g he says They also

provide a foundation for special

fun cl-rai sing cam paigns shycampaigns that enable the Unishy

ve rsity to grow by providi ng

funds for major projects that do

not ha ve a traditional so urce of support Tbe ACCESS endowshy

ment for student financial assistshy

ance and the rece nt campaign to upgrade th e Food Science

Building are notable examples For more illjormation aboLit

the An17ual FUlld Co ullcil call Al111tal Fund 17l1lnager Tara George at 519-824-4 120 Ex t

390 1 or Putl7S at ext 6384

GRAD NEWS

U of G Degrees ADA = Associate diploma

in agriculture BA =Bachelor of arts BASe = Bachelor of applied

science BComm = Bachelor of

commerce BHSe Bachelor of houseshy

hold science BLA =Bachelor of

landscape architecture BSA = Bachelor of science in

agriculture (pre-196s) BSe(Agr) Bachelor of

science in agriculture BoSe = Bachelor of science BSe(Eng) =Bachelor of

science in engineering BSc(Env) =Bachelor of

19405

bull The Macdonald Institute

Class of 1941 met each other

for the firsl lime in 1939 and

theyve been gelling logelher rvice a year siIlce gradual ion

Celebrating 60 yea rs of fri end shy

ship this year are Mary (Hcx imer) MacLeln Beth

(jackson) Ca rdifF Mo lly

(Pattrson) Nix Frances

(Pellet) Smith Dorolhy

(Pond) Dunn Jeanne (Taylor )

Hamel Phyllis (Weren) Sobel and Evelyn (Eatun ) Pond

bull Jim Morton BSA 47 posed with his son Robert SA 70

and grandsons Jeff Bell 13A

9 1 and Greg Mo rton

SSc( Eng) 99 at Gregs U of

G convocation in June Retired

from a career in the lumber

business Jim is an OAC llu mmiddot ni volunteer al Guclph and is

aClive in cOm11lUnily work in

Burlington Onto Rob ert is

CEO of the Community Care

Access Centre in Simcoe

Coullly Jeff lcaches in Elmvalc

for the Simcoe County Dislricl School Board and Greg is

working Wilh the COnSlliling

engineering firm of Proclor

science in environmental sciences

BSe(HK) Bachelor of science in human kinetics

BSc(pE) = Bachelor of science in physical education

DHE = Diploma in home economics

DVSc = Doctor of veterinary science

DVM =Doctor of veterinary medicine

GO = Graduate diploma MA = Master of arts MAgr = Master of agriculture MBA = Master of business

admininstration MEng =Master of engineering

and Redfern at its Kitchener

office The Guelph lineage

aCl ually bega n in the Morton fami ly with Greg great shy

grantimoliln Anne Pringle

Morton DH E 1914

Greg Morton Jeff Bell and Jim and

Robert Morton

19505

bull Harold Baker BSA 50

writes to w rrect the e-mail

address publi shed in the last

iss lle of the Clepll Alunnls

Friends (111 conlact the retired

University of Saskatchewan

professo r and Il is wife Phyllis

at ha kc r hdukeL1sa~k ca

bull Barney Goodwin-Wilson BSA 50 is serving a two-year

krm as chair of the hoard of

lhe Onta rio Foocllerminal

The Iomnlo facility is the

MFA = Master of fine art MLA Master of landscape

architecture MMS = Master of management studies MSc =Master of science MSc(Aqua) = Master of

science in aquaculture ODA = Ontario diploma in

agriculture ODH =Ontario diploma in

horticulture OdR = Ontario Diploma in

recreation PhD = Doctor of philosophy

larges t who lesale fruit proshy

duce and flower market in

Canada and one of the largest

in orrh America He was forshymerly director and vice-cha ir

of the board

bull Gary Powell ADA 58

stopped at a remote motel in

western klahoma last

Janu ary and stanee a convershysation with th e only other cusshy

tomer at breakfa st the next

morning Turns out they were

both U of G grads Powell and Joe Deli BSc (Agr ) 64 had a

great time reminiscing abo Llt

ca mpus perso nalities they

both knew I guess one is never really very far from home says Powell

bull Dave Valentine BSA 59 has

retired as (o unty engineer for

the County of Brant in

Ontario He previously spent

23 years with Sir Sandford

Fleming College in Peterborough and has served 8S

engineer for the coun ties of Haliburton and Victoria He

and his wife Carole are now

Jiving near Carlisle Send e-mail

to valcntinworldchatcom

19605

bull Manuel Garcia PhD 67 was

recognized by the government

of the Ph ilippines in December

1998 with one of the highest

honours given to Filipinos Jivshy

ing outside the cou ntr y Garcia

is a senior consulting mi crobishy

ologist with lAS Bioshy

Diagnostic and a former

research scientist with

Agriculture and Agri-Food

Canada in Ottawa He is intershy

nationally recognized for his work in veterinary med icin e

and public health on the early detection of ca mpylobacter

salmonella and other foodshy

borne pathogens He is a memshy

ber of several learned profes shy

sional societies and has been involved in a number of intershy

national developm ent projects

He is also a community volunshy

teer and a pioneer in establishshying the National Council of

Canadian Filipino Associations

as the official voice of Filipino

Canadians nationwide bull Tom Hutchison DVM 65 is

a veterinary pathologist with the Nova Scotia provincial

diagnostic lab In 1998 he

passed the board cer tification exa ms for the American

College of Poultry Veterinarians in Baltimore but

the years highlights came in

late summer - a first grandshy

child for Tom and his wife

Eileen in August and the birth

of their own son Scott in

September bull Brian Little ADA 67 BSc(Agr) 72 and MSc 78

was elected president of the

Canadian 4-H Foundation in

May He was previously presishy -dent of the Ca nadian 4-H

Co uncil and a co uDcil represhysentative for his employe r the

Royal Bank of Canada He has been a fou ndation trustee for

f allWinter 1999 33

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several years and has a strong

4-H background as a member

and a club leader

19705

bull Doug Franklin SA 72 was

recen tly a ppoin led execu tive

director of the Multiple

Sclerosis Association of

America its hea d office is in

Cherry Hill NJ He was forshy

merly with the International

Youth Foundation in

Baltimore Md

bull Cathie Leimbach

SSc(Agr) 78 and MAgr 88

visi ted U of G this fa ll as

agrologist-in-residence It was

the sixth year of the program

co-sponsored by OAC and the

Ontario Institute of

Agrologists (OlA ) Raised on

an Ontario dairy and swine

farm Leimbach is past presishy

dent of the OI A and a partner

in STRIVE a team specializshy

in g in training facilitation and

consulting She now lives on a

cash-crop farm in Ohio

bull Willem Moolenbeek BSe

77 and MSe 8 1 studied biolshy

ogy and entomology at U of G

at the same time he was learnshy

ing to play the saxophone with

the Royal Conservatory of

Mu sic He says he still loves

science but music has become

his career A recitalist soloist

and clinician he has been a

saxophone instructor at

McMaster University in

Hamilton Ont fo r 15 years

He also teaches at the 19805

University of Waterloo pri- bull Bruce Brown BSe(Agr)

vately and at the National 85 and his wife Claudia

Music Ca mp of Canada where (Liebscher) BA 84 have three

he sometimes offers an infor- children who are beginning to

mal course on in sect identifi- display their dads musical

cation There are always a few prowess on the kazoo After 14

kids who really dig that he years of dairy farming Bruce

says U of G music lovers want back to school to earn an

enjoyed his saxophone music education degree and is now

at a noon-hour concert in teaching science with the

October Durham District School

bull Peter Vaughan SA 77 and Board

MA 77 was appointed secre- bull Tom Burns BA 89 and MA

tar y general and CEO of the 91 is a member of the

Canadian Medical Association Victoria Police in Melbourne

in June A fa culty member in Australia Last summer he

two departments at John s welcomed visitors from the

Hopkins University and in the RCMP including Kevin Durie

Department of Family BA 93 They quickly estab-

Medicine at the University of lished a U of G connection

Ottawa he is a fo rmer presi- including Duries student

dent of the medical staff at employment at Dcr Keller

Guelph General Hospital and a which was Burns s favourite

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the job says Burns but this

time we spent most of our

time talking about the great

times we had at U of G In

still another coincidence

Durie is married to Christine

Blake-Durie BA 91 and MA

93 who was a member of

Burnss MA group Burns says

other U of G grads travelling

to Melbourne are more than

welcome to drop in

bull Stuart Jackson ADA 87 is

distribution manager for

Burnbrae Farms Ltd in Delta

Onto He sends greetings to all

OAC friends including the

diploma classes of 1979 and

1980

bull Laurel (Murdoch) Koumarelas BComm 84 is

an ESL teacher with the

Toronto School Board She

and her husband Gus live in

Mississauga with their sons

Robert and Evan

bull Trish Looman BA 87

works for Royal LePageshy

Vantage in Guelph She speshy

cializes in residential multishy

unit real estate

bull Laima (Karosas) Laffitte

BSe(Agr) 85 and MAgr 91

lives in Wendover Ont with

her husband Vincent MAgr

91 and their children Yohan

and Marina Laima is the

advertising manager for The

Canadian Veterinary Journal and Vincent is an account

manager at the St Isidore

branch of Scotiabank Theyd

like to hear from classmates

via e-mail at Iaffitteonsymshy

paticoca They also want to let

OAC 85 grads know that the

class executive is building a

Web page at wwwrkdecom

oac85 and needs updated

names and addresses (includshy

ing e-mail) to add to the

directory f IS-year reunion

is being planned for Dec 2

and 32000

bull Cheryl Miller-Oh BASe

91 and her husband Tae live

in Southfield Mich with their

twins Nathalie and Nathan

born in October 1998 She is a

health-care consultant with

Computer Sciences

Corporation Send e-mail to

millerohsprintca

bull Vijay Singh MSe 70 has

been awarded the Arthur K Barton Endowed Professorship

at Louisiana State University

He also recently received an

honorary degree and a

Fulbright Award for his work

in the area of entropy

bull Gayle (Barton) Tapper BSe

81 (biological science) and 83

(computing science) has been

employed at Memorial

University in St Johns Nfld

for 14 years in the Department

of Computing and

Communications She is comshy

pleting graduate work in phishy

losophy and humanities at

Memorial and is the principal

harpist with the

Newfoundland Symphony

Orchestra Last year she

released a CD of Latinworld

traditional music on the South

American harp Visit her Web

site at httpwwwucsmun

cal -gay

bull Carolyn Riddell BA 85 is

running an active arts educashy

tion and paintingprintmaking

studio in Fergus Ont

bull Laura Wilkinson BSe 85

and MSe 87 is a coroner in

British Columbia and lives on

a cattle ranch near 70 Mile

House

19905

bull Kristi Adamo BSc(HK)

96 and MSc 98 and Rob

McMullin BSe 95 were

married in May 1999 and Jive

in Ottawa

bull Michelle (Pilon) Bacon BA

90 has been living in London

England with her husband

Tim and children Juliette and

Lucien but they are planning a

return to Canada They will be

AIRBORNE ALUMNUS Olive Thompson DHE 35 celebrated her 85th birthday

with her head in the clouds She made her first parachute

jump with instructor Scott Borghese in Simcoe Ont in June

and says it was the most exciting thing shes done in her life

Thompson lives in Dunnville and has four children and three

grandchildren When she asked them about the paracbute

jump they told her to go for it Shes considering a repeat I U

jump next year and hopes her adventure will be a good S o

example for other seniors A dedicated member of the class -lt CD

of Mac 35 Thompson was president of the University of s Guelph Alumni Association in 197778 and keeps busy now VI

I

with volunteer work for the Salvation Army Z

living in Calgary and welcome

contact with western grads

and friends from Guelph Send

e-mail to m_e_baconhotshy

maicom

bull Deborah (Panton) Bodden

BASc 93 and her husband

Lyndhurst were married in

1998 and live in Grand

Cayman Cayman Islands

where she teaches primary

schoo

bull Elizabeth Cardno MSe 99

is working with the Rural

Health Research Consortium

at the University of

Saskatchewan developing

research projects on rural

health issues in relation to the

Canadian Institute for Health

Research

bull Jeannine Cote BA 9 J lives

in Hamilton Ont and works

o -lt

as a health -care aide and

home-support worker

bull Jeremy Debling BSe 94 is

a formulation chemist in the

pharmaceutical development

department at Novopharm

Limited in Toronto

bull Angela Dodd BA 93 and

Christopher Kemp

BSe(HK) 94 were married

Aug 14 Theyve bought a new

home in Etobicoke Ont

where he works for Canada

3000 Airlines and at Kingsway

Physiotherapy as a kinesioloshy

gist She is employed at

Manulife Financial in -Waterloo

bull Sheryl Harding Friedrich

BASe 85 is a full-time mom

and part-time nutrition conshy

sultant in Cannington Onto

She and her husband Cal

FallWinter 1999 35

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have three child ren Jonathan

Daniel and Anna

bull Anne Marie (Henwood)

Harman BA 95 is enjoying

her time at home with one shy

year-old Jenna She and her

husband Murray can be

reached bye-mail at 3harshy

mansstormca

bull Rosaleen Heffernan BA 96

and Barry Liboiron BSe 97

were married in August

Theyre both studying at the

University of British

Co lumbia where Liboiron is

doing a PhD in chemistry and

He ffe rnan is completing a

degree in educati on

bull Krista Hilton BASe 95

lives in Halifax with her hlls shy

band Michael Galloway She is

a priest in the Anglican Church

of Canada and serves as curate

a t the Cathedral Church of All

Sain ts Friends can reach her at

aj568chebllctonsca

bull Michael Kennard BA 86

starred as Mump the Clown in

the Canadian Stage Company

production of Mump amp Smoo t

in Something Else With Zug last

winte r at tbe Canadian Stage

Theatre in Toronto

bull Sharon McConnell BSe 90

and MSe 93 went on from U

of G to earn a diploma in

business management from

Wilfrid Laurier University

Since 1995 she has worked in

Toronto as a project director at

Burak Ja co bson Market

Resea rch Partners Ine

bull Michael McKay-Fleming BA

92 has launched two daily

comic strips via the Internet

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1999 He grew up in th e N iagara area

but spent his professio nal ca ree r in a

ve terina ry prac ti ce in Ill inois He was a

dr ivi ng force in the American Ve ter inary

Medica l Assooatio n and in bo th the

Chicago and IlJin o is assoc iatio ns He

was also a fo un ding mem ber o f the

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Guelph a char itable o rga nizat ion

founded in 1975 to serve Guelph a lumni

living in the United Sta tes

George Dickson BSA 38 di ed Oct 9

1999 H e spen t h is entire career w ith

Canada Packers moving up f[Om mai l

cle rk to exec lltive vice-presid ent and

d irector After retirin g in 1976 he

devoted ma ny vo lu ntee r hours to U of

G 3S a memb er of Boa rd o f Gove rno rs

and the OAC Alumni Associatio n

Jam es Pinkney DVM 37 died July 3

1999 A respected ve ter in aria n in his

hom e to~ll o f Cooksv il le O nt he was

also recog nized as a p remier swi ne

breeder showman and judge He was

active in m any agricultural o rga niza shy

tio ns and in both the Ontario and

Canadian Vete rinary Med ical assoc iashy

tio ns He was a lo ngti me supporte r o f

th e Unive rsity especially the OVC

museum and was named OVC

Di stinguished Alumnus in 1987

Audrey Yea nd le DHE 25 di ed March

17 1999 in St ratford O nto A profes shy

sio nal diet it ia n she wo rked to two hosshy

p itals and tau ght home eco no m ics at

the Jo hn Fi he r School In Toro nto

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her chu rch she was a lo ng time U of G

suppo rter and left an es ta te gift of over

$475000 to p rov ide bursaries for future

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Gayle Anderson Andrew Vowles Alexander Wooley

IClne Guelph scientists strengthen the role ofveterinary medicine

in solving human health problems

Pre-eclampsia in pregnant women Organ

transplants Human colorectal cancer Bactershy

ial resistan ce to antibiotics Theyre all topics

you might expect to hear discussed in a human

medical lab or teaching hospital but in the corshy

ner office of the Ontario Veterinary College

OVC dean Alan Meek smiles and acknowlshy

edges the apparent paradox of discussing the

effects on human medicine of resea rch conshy

ducted in his corner of the University of Guelph

campus But you dont need too powerful a

microscope to reveal the research connections

among dogs cats horses and well humans

Referring to his hefty copy of Veterinary

Medicine and Human Health written by his Unishy15 co versity of California colleague Calvin Schwabe laquo

~ Meek says the distinction between animal and w

~ human is rather misleading Go back far enough

~ - before the Judeo-Christian concept of human z

~ uniqueness and superiority - and youll find o

~ no clear line sepa ra t ing the practitioners of

14 GUELPH AWYI K US

human and animal health The healers made

no distinction between whether they were lookshy

ing after the owner of the ca ttle or the cattle

says Meek It was the notion of one medicine

Of course theres no denying that animal

health rem ains the domain of the veterinary

researcher an d practitioner As ve terinarians

we have a mandate to understand animals and

things that affect their health so we can preshy

vent problems and care for th em says Meek

I suspect that when most people think about

veterinary medicine thats th e first piece they

think about

But animal heal th is only one of the four pilshy

lars of the veterinary profession - th e others

are public health environmental health and bioshy

medical sciences - whose research and teachshy

ing rest on the base of comparative medicine -We are the only medical profession that looks

at medicine across species he says Thats one

of the great strengths of veterinary medicine

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Fa llWinter 1999 15

Public health con cerns range from food SJfft) to zoonotic diseases (diseases that can be traLl smi tted from anim als to humans) and antibiotic resistance amon g diseaseshyca using bacteria It was this pillar that occushypied many veterinarians during the earlier decades of this century o ften as health inspectors

Iith the ad vent of antibiotics and varshyious advances in technology seemingly more stimulating research avenues beckshyoned for vete rin ary scientists But at this end of the 20th cen tury says Meek we find ourselves again confronting many of those earlier problems such as tuberculosis and medical professionals are refocllsing on the importance of public health issues

Veterinarians have also played a signifishycant role in th e evolution and application of ecosystem healt h practices because of their expe rtise in co mp arative medicine toxicology ep idemiology and wildlife disshyease Changes in wildlife health are the first results and so metimes the first signs of envishyronmental problems We dont live in a box reserved for one species says Meek gtle live in the same env ironment We interact in very intimate ways with other an imals in the environment so its not surp rising there are all kinds of crossovers and that you can learn J lot tbat can improve the heal th and lovell-being of peo ple and other animals

That trutl is becoming more ev ident as biomedical science uses new and more speshyci fic technologic As yo u start looking at the cellular and subcellular levels and the chromosomes and the genes it doesnt realshyly mat ter that much whether youre lookshyin g at a ge ne chromosome or cell that came ou t of a person or a dog says Meek vVhen YOLi get down to that level the fundamenshytal building blocks are the same - nucleic acids dnd blse units I think we as a professhysion have a tremendou s amount to offer there becJuse of our mand ate wlich is so broad Vete rinar ians look after all animals excep t for people in th e sense of providing handS-Oil care We can learn a lot from these othe r species There are diseases in other animals that have analogies to human disshyeases so we can learn from that and use th em as n1tural models

He expec ts to see mor e collaboration IIlJ information sharing alllong human medical and veterinary researchers Its not

16 G UELPH ALUMNUS

so amazing to understand that we would ha ve folks working on things that have a human application It co mes from our manshydate our responsibilities and histo ry and the comparative approach

The fourth pillar of veterinary medicine offers many impressive examples of co mshyparative medicine In the next few pages we present a small sample of current OVC research initiat ives that are providing immeshydiate and direct benefit to human medicine and health

disease similar to pre-eclampsia In mice lacking these lymphocy te cells she grafted bone marrow containing gra ft s with NK cells and found that the implantation sites returned to a no rmal state

Croys research has gained worldwide recognition for its considerable applicabilshyity to human fetal development and because it provides a useful animal model for this gestational disease Her work may eventu shyall) show scientists how to eliminate preshyeclampsia during human pregnancy It will also help vets and farmers understand how

Reproductive technologies

Prof Anne Croy Biomedical Sciences is intent on discovering why pregnant women develop pre-eclampsia a serious illn ess that typically occurs during th e second half of pregnancy High blood pressure is the major symptom If pre-eclampsia occurs th e baby must be delivered immediately or the mothshyer may experience convulsions or even die To better understand the ilness Croy is examining lymphocytes in the uterus par shyticularlya group of specialized lymphocyte cells that multiply during early pregnancy

These NK cells or natural killers regushylate gene expression and attack foreign invaders such as cancerous tumours Their main r01 e during pregnancy is to dilate blood vessels as the uterus grows preventshying blood pressure from rising to dangershyous levels Croy and her research team have discovered that lack of NK ceUs in the uterus may cause reproductive problems and lead to smaller infants whose growth is retard shyed into adulthood

Working with mice Croy found th at removing NK cells before mating led to a

uterine lymphoc ytes work in lives tock which is why her studies are funded by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs as well as the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council

How much can mice teU us about human reproductive immunology Croy says the importance of the mouse as a tool for studyshying disease progression or therapy was brought home to her in the 1960s when she was an OVC student of Prof Tom Hulland then chair of pathology and an ea rly enthushysiast of using mice as resea rch models

She says the two reproductive systems are remarkably similar Because mice reach adulthood after six to seven weeks and proshyduce about 10 offspring every three weeks researchers can monitor successive generashytions of mice over a short period to discovshyer the long-term ramifi ca tions of health problems And she is able to study an indishyvidual tissue section of an entire fetu s under -the microscope For these reasons mice play a central role in another of Croys research projects one thats found mothers pass along to their children more of themselves than was previously thought

Until recently the placenta was thought

to be impenetrable Then some Us

researchers discovered that cells travelled

from the fetus to the mother In research

funded by the Hospital for Sick Children

Foundation in Toronto Croy recently found

that the flow is two-way unidentified cells

We are the only medical profession that looks at medicine across species Thats one of the great strengths of veterinary medicine

are also transferred from the mother to the

bone marrow of the fetus

Unlike most earlier studi es Croys

focused on the bone marrow where the

bodys blood and autoimmune disea ses

develop She found that 90 per cent of the

mouse fetuses contained the mothers cells

in their marrow Because maternal cel ls

remain in offspring into adu lthood (a nalshy

ogous to humans) it suggests the cells may

affect the chi lds response to a bone marshy

row transplant during cancer treatment or

to treatment for HIV ma laria or burns For

example immune-deficient children often

receive marrow transplants from a parent

but if the mothers cells are already present

they can reject th at transplant Undershy

standing the nature of those cells is critical

As in Croys work with uterine lymp hoshy

cytes this research is receiving worldwide

recogn ition although the Guelph researcher

down plays that accla im This is so me of

the most interesting work of my career she

says but Im a relatively small player in the

bigger sc hem e of things

Croy has repeatedly crossed boundaries

in her pursuit of knowledge and has been

recognized by a variety of scientific discishy

plines She recent ly completed a term as a

permanent study sec tion member of the

National Institutes of Health (N1H) in th e

United States one of the few Canadians

appointed since the N1H opened permashy

nent membership to non -citizens in 1995

She teaches a summer course on reproducshy

tion mostly to medical doctors at the

Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratoshy

ry in Massachusetts This June she recei ved

the JCB Grant Senior Scientist Award from

the Canadian Society of Anatomy Cell Biolshy

ogy and Neurobiology - an unusual honshy

our for a vet And she recently prese nted

reproductive immunology findings to meetshy

ings of obstetricians and gynecologists

Organ transplants

A silent crisis is what one member of Parshy

liament has called Canadas organ donor

rate now among the lowest in the indusshy

trialized world More than 3000 Canadians

wait for organ transp lants each year and

143 of them die awaiting a transplant

One potential so lution being examined

at OVC is xenotransplantation or transshy

plan ting of organs from one sp ecies to

another - specifica ll y from pigs to

humans Its not as far-fetched as it sounds

For more than 10 years people have

received living pig tissue including porcine

pancreatic islet cells for diabetes and pig

skin for burns

Because of its faculty expertise its outshy

standing record in animal ca re and welfare

and its 30-year history o f research in

pathogen-free swine for breeding and food

purposes OVC was approached by Imutran

Ltd of the United Kingdom a xenotran sshy

plantation research leader to assis t in pre-

clinical (non-human) trials

OVCs role in this leading-edge research

being co-led by Prof Danny Butler Clinishy

cal Studies is to breed and suppl y a sma ll

group of tran sgenic pigs for research trials

at partner institutions in the project - the

University of Toronto and the University of

Western Ontario ove was also instrushy

mental in ensur in g that the pig li tte rs were

of defined health status or pathoge n-free

- an integral aspect of this proJect These

transgenic pigs resemble any other pig on

the outside but on the inside Lhey diff r in

one smaJl but very important way

Ordinarily when a blood vessel ruptures

the bodys natural reaction is to clot and

patch the leak During this pro cess someshy

times called a cascade the body produces

chemicals sequentially to form the c lot But

clotting is a delicate FlOcess Until now

organ transplants betwee n species have proshy

voked hyper-acute rejection caus ing a

clotting-like cascade to continue until wit hshy

in min utes or hours th e patient rejec ts the

animal organ Blood entering the newly

received organ recognizes that tissue as forshy

eign and immediately begins the clotting

process quickly shutting down the o rg3 1l

By contrast the ce ll s of lmutran pigs conshy

tain a human gen e that produces a prote in

that stops the clotting casca d e In a transshy

planted pig organ c3tTying this gene the

protein fool s the pat ients blood into trelt shy

ing the organ as though its from the same

species thus preventing clotti ng

Butler believes oves expertise in surgishy

cally deriving and raising germ-free littetmiddots

was a key reason the college was approached

to undertake this re sea rch Fro m 1958 to

1989OVC took th e scientific lead with the

Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Fo od and

Ruralfffairs in supplying speci[Jc-pathogen shy

free animals to the provinces pig farms Prof

Paul Miniat of the Departmcnt of C linical

Studies and later th e Depa rtment of Popshy

ulation Medicine led that projec t

Tl1is current research is cutting-edge

says Butler and you have to be absolutely

meticulous about everything you do

Because these animals dont ha ve dn actishy -vated immune system any path oge n th lt

comes into play would be fatal to thesc pigs

Butler notes that the resea rch is stil l at

the pre-clinical (non-human) trial stage

and it will likely be years before trials ca n

FallWinter 1999 17

take place in hum ans And other forms of transplant rejec tion besides the hyper-acute

va ri ety will requ ire furth er research Along the way Butler and fellow OVC researchers - Prof Bonnie Mall ard and Byram Bridle PathobioJogy who are stud y director and projec t mana ger re spec tivel y Jud y Bell Clinical Studies a projec t mana ge r and

Prof Bob Fri endship Population Medicine - hope to gain new insight into breeding

pigs of exemplary health status for both anishymal breeding and food sa fe ty

Genetic diseases

Pro f Mark Baker Path obi ology hopes to enh ance gene th erapy used in treating

human and animal ge net ic d iseases by improving the effi ciency of gene targeting Using thi s procedure and the tools of biotechnology researchers hope to zero in on spec ific points in an o rgani sms DNA and insert or repair genes invol ved in sll ch

diseases as cancer AID S mu sc ular dystroshyphy cys tic fibrosis and sickl e-cell anemia

Gene targeting is a very important techshy

nology for gene modifi ca tion in all species - plants animals and micro-organisms says Baker who began tbi s work in the 1980s The nice thing about thi s tecbnolshyogy is th at yo u can make changes in the

ge ne right in its norm al position in the chromosom e

He hopes to make gene targe ting more effi cient by studying the underlyi ng process of homologo us reco mbi nation in whi ch

DNA sequences exchange information Norshymally this process helps ce lls repai r DNA da mage and govern s mixing of gen es durshy

ing cell di vision including th e p rocess of meios is whi ch produces egg and sperm

cells But homologous recombination can also lead to can cer durin g th e exchange of informati on bet ween a mutan t ch romoshyso me and its no rmal co unterpart Bes ides

stud ying what goes wrong durin g recomshybinat ion sc ientists are in te res ted in using th e process to co rr ect defe cts Baker s

research for exa mple has shown that gene targe ting th ro ugh homolo gous recombinashytion can correc t a mu ta tion to resto re proshyducti on of an immunoglobulin found in

an tibodies We want to und ers tand the mec hashy

nisms of recombination in mammalian cells

18 G U ELP H A LUMNUS

and how homologo us reco mbin ati on ca n

be used to shape and manipu late th e genome he says ex plaining that gene tarshygeting all ows researchers to make animal

model s of hum an gene ti c diseases study hum an ge ne th erapy and modify plant and an imal ge nomes to benefit agri culture biotechnology and medi cine

Cancer research

Ca ncer reaches into the lives of many Ca nashydian s A number of researchers are wo rkshying in this area and their research spans the spectrum from basic molecul ar bio techshy

nology to applied therapy says Pro f Wayne

improve our understa ndin g of how to modshy

ify the level of damage done by co litis He explains th at by detoxify ing dieta ry

mu tagens and ca rcinogen s CST enzymes provi de protection against va rious insul ts inflicted on th e stom ach Thats an imporshy

tant role gJven th e kno wn link be tween so me chemical s co nsumed by humans and the dama ge to DNA and tis sues th at ma y

lead to cancer Hi gh levels of the em ymes are good because th ey pro tect says Ki rby

In pre vious studi es conducted with the Je wish General Hospital in MontlCal Ki rshyby discove red th at man y peo pl e with col shyo rec tal ca ncer lack th e ge neti c codes fo r

GSTs He is now in vestigatin g th e role of the

At the cellular and subcellular levels it doesnt really matter

whether youre looking at a gene chromosome or cell that came out of a person or an animal

McDonnell OVC ass istant dean (resea rch)

Although OVC research usually fo cuses on can cer in anim als incl uding using animal models th e res ult s also touch th e human

realm of oncology research Colorec tal ca nce l is th e third most comshy

mon can cer in humans th e Canadian Ca nshy

cer Society estim ates th at more than 16000 new cases will be d iagnosed in 1999 and more th an 6000 deaths will occur Key fa cshy

tors in its development are d ie tary carc inoshyge ns and colitis a bowe l inflammatio n In Guelphs Departm ent of Bio medi cal Scishy

ences Prof Gordon Kirby is studying glu shytathione S-transferase (GST) emymes that

are fo und in the hea lthy human intestinal tract but are abse nt in colorec tal ca ncer patients This research co uld help impleshyment pre ve ntive st ra teg ies for people who might be at high risk for ca nce r or it may

help in co unselling people in proper dietary habits he says In addi tio n we may

enzy mes and how th eir level alte rs as th e

disease develops B) und erst andin g how th ese enz) l11 es

work and how th ey change dur ing the proshygression from co liti s to can cer Kirby ultishymately hopes to lea rn ho w to co ntro l th e leve l of th e enzymes Understandin g how

th e enzym es work ca n lead LI S to wa ys to

prevent cancer he SlyS

Radiation treatment

Veterll1ar ians using the technique o f halfshy

body ra dia tion may cut th e time needed to treat lymphoma in dogs acco rd ing to th e

re sul ts of a st ud y by OVC re sea rchers in cludin g Prof To n) Abr1Jl1s-0gg Pro f -Stephen Kruth Paul Woods Geri Ottewe ll and Kim Stewa rt - aU of th e Department of Clini cal Studi es - and Al Norris of th e

Veterinary Referral Cli nic And although the groups recent six-year tr ial was directed at

do gs the resu lts of thi s veterinary resea rch

may have implica tions for trea tin g cance r

in hum ans

Trea tin g lym ph oma traditionally Iequires up to two yea rs of chemoth erap)

An alternative to prolonged chemotherapy is tota l-body ra diat io n and bone mar row

transplantation The procedullt lI SLS the patien ts own marrow extracted before the

trea tment One drawback is the possi bilit y

of transpb nt ing s ick malTOw co ntaining lymphoma (ells back in to the patien t A secshy

o nd drawbac k is th e ex tcnsive ca re and

Icngthy recovery time required By co ntrast ha lf-body radiation takes

onl y three mon ths Ab rams- Ogg explains that became only half of th e body is treatshy

ed at one time enough healthy bone marshy

row remain s to negate a tra nsp lan t By the

time th e seco nd hal f o f the body is irradishyated 30 da ys late r th e pa tien t has hld

eno urh line to recover fro m the first trea tshyment Hes also found that dogs receivi ng

half-bod) radiation generally avoid the sideshyeffects of tull-body trea tment

Abra ms-Ogg says ha lf- body radi ation

has been used on humans to alleviate pain in advanced cancer cases but not to treat

lymphoma The results of this trial do have hUl )la n health implications he SJ) Halt~

hody radilti o n may be used to treat the

sa me types of cancers in people

Resistance to antibiotics

Ensuring the hea lth of farm animals is an

im po rtant fac tor in ensuring th e health of our food supply T hrough col labo ratio ns wi th the Un iversity of Guelphs Department

of Food Science and l1calth Canada a dedshy

icated group of ove resea rch ers is improvshying public health through [ood -sa fe ty

research OnL of those sc ienti sts is Prof Sco tt

McEwen Population Med icine who studies food-animal prod uct io n and on-fa rm issues

by investigati ng microb ial resistance to antib ishyotics and ways to co ntrol pathoge ns such as

E coli during food-animal production Were try ing to red uce the level of exposhy

sure or people to these pathogens an d in tu rn red uce the level of food-borne illness

says I IcEwe n Our goal is to im prove

human health and improve the health of the animal industr )

Microbia l resista nce in pa rticular is a

co mpelli ng issue for agriculture rigbt no w because of a number of eve nts occurring

worldwide that have focus ed attenti on o n the use of antibi otics in foo d-a ni mal pro shy

du ct ion and the po tential impact on h um ans through meat conu mption

McEwen and h is st ud ents are looking at

what types of animals are being exposed to

va ll o us drugs and for how long to better

measure bacterial resistance to antibiot ics Because the agricu ltu ra l industry accounts [or half of to tal antib io tic lls e he says it s

important to look for new ways to improve on-farm manage ment of livestock that wIll

reduce disease Jnd the need for treatme nt

with antibiotics ga

Veterinary medicine contributes to human health sector

The Ontario Veteri nary Co llege (OVC) is at the centre of Ontarios

$44 billion knowledge-based ecoshy

nomic secto r foc using on animal

health and related food qualitysafeshy

ty and biomedicalbiotechnology activities

Although veterinal) medicine is

the main focus of studies at OVC the biomedical science o ption has

the bjgh est enrolment among

Guelphs 30 BSe degree programs

Employers in Canadas $I -billion biotechnology indust ry sa y a degree in ve ter inary med icine will

be an impor tant first step in filling

new positions created by the pracshytical application of current revelashy

tions in molecular biology and cloning technology

OVC is a founding college of the

Universit y of Guelph which receives mo re resea rch funding

from the Medica l Research Co unshycil than any other Ca nadi an uni shy

versity with o ut a medica l school

More than ISO studies have been condu cted using fund s donated

throug h OVes Pet Tr ust by ve tshy

erinarians and pet owners who recshy

ognize the th erapeutic value of the

bond betwee n people and com shypa nion animal s

100 per cent of OVC gradu ates

find em ploymen t withi n six months of gradu ation

50 per cen t of veterinary patholoshygists in North America are -employed directly or indirectly by the pharmaceutical industr y

Fa llWinter 1999 19

a The Royal Society of Canada recognizes an acndelnic career

by Alexander Wooley a scholar Funny hOWasingle pi ece of paper can summarize a lifet ime of study and aCJ demic work that has already fi ll ed

29 books and 85 book chapters an d Journal articles

In june U of G polit ica l science profes~

sor Onkar P Dwivedi received a letter invit~

ing hi m to become a Fello w of th e Royal Society of Canada Its an invitation reserved

for Canadas ltlCJde11i c elite an an nounceshy

men t thM brought congratul atio ns tinged with envy fiom colleagues across Ca nada and

left th is U of G professor answeri ng quips from Guelph collcgues such as Are we still

allowed to share the elevator wi th such an illuSlrious scholar

Dwivedi is indeed an ill ustrious scholar

- th e FRSC is th e hi ghest scholJriy recog~ nition1 Canad ian ~ cad emic ca n recei ve shy

but he is also a personable man who has a deer concern fo r o thers and a sense of humour that allows h illl to ceremo ni ously

wave oth er facult ) and students on to the

elevator as it ri ses to his s ix1h~f1oor offi ce ill the JvlacKi nn on Bu ilding

Known across camp us simply as OP he says its o nl y natural that hlS colleagues

wo uld be a bi t envi ous of th e Royal Society

designation he has felt th at envy himself when congratultting previous recip ien ts

Dwivedi SI) he is d~ep l ) honoured to bL one of 19 U of C lilCul ty wh o hold thl tilk (see page II ) The entire U of C cJm pl co mmunity shOlIcs in Prof l)iveciis dd igh t at bei ng l1amed a fel low I) pruv()t tin

Campbe ll It is a we ll~d lsencd mark of recognition for his distinguished caree r Jnd

vJ lua ble slr vice to i II I l 1Ila I ional dlTlop Ill en t an d the en viron men t

Being n~mcd I Fello of the Rnl11 oci

101) of CI1a d ~ is testimony 10 tile prnrcsnr ~

beli e-I Lhat if you work hard enough you L11l

achieve an ythi ng Th~Is 11) hi colilltr)

is so great he says o f his adopted C~nIJ1 Born in India Dwi ved i came 1( ( anadl

in the early [960 as a gruduatc lttuden Hl co mpl eted a mdst 15 de grec al Carl etull University ~nd a Ph D at QUlln l middot ni~r ishy

ty ~l1 d jo incd the U o f C tJLlti lyin 1967

He hJS advanccd Ihe CallldilI1 view of

political eth ics 111d public scnicc Wl11pI(d

pol icy~mak ing t nd administralioll hetwlcn natio ns and l11aintl ined world iew of enli~

ronll1ental pol iei sand pl1blie alti ludes toward pollu tion And ltI ll the wh ile haring his in sight wilh the l h (l u~llld nf tlllkilts

who halt vied for se1ts ill his classroom

Alt hough C1I1 3d is now hi~ IWll1l Dwivedi main tai ns ~Irong lies with his lill

mer homeland He has mon itored dCIdol

mtnh Ind ehtnge~ ill IndilS pol lulion lt111U

lto INrl ation pol i ~ic ror lll1lo~t 0 )Cltlrs and sucd h J ltnio r ad iser 1(1 Ih (OUlllr )

lin ilr) of rl1limnl11tllt dnd Fltlr~ I S I Ii lIll rc~c nl hook publi1 d in I))7 i ntro ~

Jl1C~ r~ldr tlt1 Ih cnVil 0 l1nlCnl11 p(lli~yshy

mll-ing and manf~mll1t prelL n Ind i1 b) cxamining vlri()u~ Jill1cl1iol15 of lhlt

tl1Iironrncn lal chIIltI1ampes faced h)lhe nali()n Farber th is )Lar hc 1 in Ind i JS par t

or a hll1lli(Ia l lroICL looking at reg ulal middot ing cmironmcnlal ri there with I Spc

eiJI fO LlI on htrlil lll i hmlsehrllJ producls

and thiJ ill1 tI~1 Oil (Imen ltlnd hiidren

Tht resClreh p rQin t i locattd ill Kll1 pur

lt1 cil ) of Ih rec million HId IS funded b) the Sha tri In do CJnldi111 Imti lutc

[)wi lldi mother and othl lamily mtlllhLI sl illl iC in In d i li e pcrsollally

Ufporh eh olt)I Ihne and hell he retire in tl1 Icars hl plan to SCI up I L~c n tre fo r

drug HldiLliOl I 1I11lI11Llll11 healt h

Fnn in C lllJdI hl is working to help

olher or Indiall illlllry bui ld bella lives I lc offen hi serliccI~ I parl -timc Hindu

pries t lIith U ofe CGl11pUS minislry and I~ 1 spir iluJ I ou l1 1I0 [ Jor inm lles It Ihe

Cudl h Corrldinnd (ntrc The Roal Soc ielY Litdtion d~ )Lribes

[)wildl cI~ 1 chobr who hIS 1 1Ilined

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ndti( nal distinction and international recogshy

nit ion Just this spring he vis ited Loyo la l [a rymollnt Universit-y in Los An-des as that

insti tutions 1999 Internati onal Scho lJ r

Es tabli shed 117 years lgO the Roya l Society or Canada enco mpasse d ra nge of

discip lin es including the natural and ap plied sc iences medi cine soc ial scien ces MId hu manit ies

Dwi vedi sa) The s()c ic tys invitation is

an honour for me and also a wonderful recogshy

nition for our new coll ege (U of Gs College

of Social and All lied Human Sciences )

A for mer chair of Guel lhs Department of Political Science Dwivedi is pres id ent of

the Ca nadian Asian Stud ies Associa tion and

past lresident of the Canadian Po litica l Scishyence Association He also chairs th e resea rch committee of the International Poli tical Scishy

ence Associat io n

During hi s 32-year career at Guellh he ha s served on the Enviro nm ental Assess shy

)]lent Boa rd of Ontario as a co nsultan t to

the Ca nadian gove rnment as an adviser to th e Wo rld Health Organi za ti o n an d the

Wo rld Bank in In dia Papua New Guinea and Mau ritiu s an d as a sc ientific panel

member with UNESCO In J 99 8 he

received an honorary degree fro m the Unishyve rsity of Leth bridge ga

fa llWinter 1999 21

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-

ANDREvV VOWLES

m Tiny flashes of blue

light caught by U of G

to physicists in an

undergro und

observatory may eg

tell us the

fate of our

universerunch First tighf wasnt long in coming even in a mine shaft some two kiloshy

metres beneath the Earths surface Within days of turning on a multishy

million-dollar li ght detector near the bottom of a Sudbury nickel mine

scientists from Canada the nited States and the United Kingdom recordshy

ed their first even t Thats physicists lingo for a collision between a tiny

extraterrestrial particle called a neutrino and a molecule of heavy water

Actually what they witnessed last spring was not the encounter itself

- marked by a tell tale fl ash of blue light - but data trickling in quishy

etly from the detectors elaborate instruments sometime after the fact

Still that was enou h to set a few hearts pounding among the collabshy

orators in the Sudb u r y eutrin o Observatory particularly among

Guelph physicists John Simpson Robin Ollerhead and Jimmy Law who

appJaude 1 those early results not just for what they might reveal about

the universe but also as a validation of their painstaking care in conshy

structing and preparing the detector

Fall Winter 1999 23

-

[J This is without a doubt the climax of my

career says Simpson whos been invo lved

with the Sudbury N eu trin o Observa to ry

(SNO) project since it was fir s t moo ted by

Canadian physicis ts in th e early 1980s Hes

been studying neutrinos for almost two

decades beginning with experiments in a

Windsor-area sa lt mine

It s th e las t unkn own low-energy area

left he says N eutrin os are s till th e least

understood elementa ry particle of a ll

Thats not for lac k of them T hey re co nshy

sidered to be th e most commo n particles in

the universe and the fund amenta l building

blocks of matter Each seco nd bi lli ons of

neutrinos generated during fusion reactions

in the sun and in sou rces far beyond our

galaxy bombard every square ce ntim etre of

the Earths surface undetected But just try

to catch one So ephemeral a re Ih ey th at

they pass without a mmmur through most

objects including solid rock ni ckel ni ckel

miners - even throu gh the SNO sc ientis ts

monitoring their giant acry li c ball s usshy

pended in a 22-metre-wide cavern two kiloshy

metres down the mine shaft

The $70-million o bse rva to ry s it s nea r

the bottom of Inco Ltd s C reighton nicke l

mine the deepes t wo rkin g min e in North

America and one tha t has opera ted co ntinshy

uously for the last ce ntury

Today the only eAtra terreslrial objects hitshy

ting the site - or more co rrect ly passi ng

through it - are neutrinos Seemingly against

astronomical odds those scientists hope to

use that ball as a kind of cosmic-sized catchshy

ers mitt to stop or deflect enough of these

particles to learn more about them and about

the big wide universe that spawned them

Inside that 12-foot ball are 1000 tonnes

of heavy water which is also used as coolant

inside nuclear reactors Tn fact th e watershy

all $300 million worth - is on loan from

Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (AECL)

Heavy water ho lds the key to SNOs opera-

Taken during construction the photo above

shows the SNO cavity and acrylic vessel At

right the acrylic vessel is surrounded by an 18shy

metre diameter geodesic sphere that supports

nearly 10000 light sensors and reftectors

Scientists hope to U~

tion Because its molecules contain one more

n eutron than in ordinary water its more

likely to in tercept a phantom neutrino That

co llis ion will be marked by faint but telltale

fla shes of light - forma lly kno wn as

Cerenkov radia tion th e characteris tic blu e

glow emitted in a nuclear reactor - to be

picked up by a few of th e 10000 detectors

studding the panels on th e sphere s surface

Perhaps more impo rtan t SNO resea rchers

anticipate that the wa ter will catch all three

types o f neut rinos no t just the o ne captured

by other detec tors around the world

N eutr in os come in three species or

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agiant acrylic ball as a kind of cosmic-sized catchers mitt

flavou rs based on th e kind s of subatomshy

ic particl es tlleyre dssociated with electro n

neutrinos muon neutrinos and tau neu trishy

nos Referring to earlier experiments that

have detected far fewer neutrinos than

expected based on our understanding of

how the universe works Simpso n says most

scientists believe that neutrinos have mass

and the) change type as th ey leave the sun

and thats why Ne havent seen enough of

them Being able to detect the other two

flavours at SNO might allow sc ientis ts to

account for the so -called missing neutrinos

Proving that neutrinos can change their

stripes might als o tell us more about the

likely fate of th e universe itself by solving

another mystery the question of the missshy

ing mass Referring to basic laws of physics

Law says If neutrinos convert th at means

th ey must have mass Why is that imporshy

ta nt Explai ns Ollerhead The amount of

mass thats accounted fo r by the sta rs that

you can see is only about one-tenth of the

total mass the re must be in the universe in

order to cause the interactions and motions

you see W hen people talk about mis si ng

mass thats what th ey re talking about

So the question is where is it l Because

every s tar produces billions of neut rin os

every second the universe is full of neutr ishy

nos These van ishingly small particles could

collectively exert a gravitational pull out of

all proportion to th eir size - enough to

eventually slow the expa nsion of the universe

If neutrin os have ma ss it means the

universe may be heavier than we think says

Simpso n The universe will eventually stop

expanding in a few billion years and collapse

back in on itself Thi s is known as the Big

Crunch Finding evidence of the smoking

gun to either prove or di sprove that theoshy

ry is the purpose of the observatory he says

SNO research bombards other areas of science Adapting physics tools to build SNO

An expert in X-ray back-scattering Guelph

physicist Innes Mackenzie helped the SNO

team about six years ago by adapting his

back-scattering technique to determine the

thickness of a plastic liner that su rrounds

th e entire observatory cavity Made of a

substance called urylon (produced by a

Guelph company) the liner was sp rayed

on to the cavitys concrete surface to screen

ou t radon a radioactive gas that diffuses

even through soLd rock In a project where

an extra millimetre could skew results scishy

entists needed to ensure that the material

was the same thickness all the way arou nd

Mackenzie used X-ray back-scattering

a techniq ue he has developed that might

be llsed to determine say the thickness of

paint applied in an auto assembly plant or

ice buildup on aircraft wings Laurentian

University physicist Doug Hallman says

his research group has worked with

Mackenzie to set up a unique hand- held

monitor and data-recording system which

found the actual thickness of the eightshy

millimetre-dlick polyurethane material to

an accuracy of about 10 per cent

Building new tools from SNO physics

During his graduate studies in physics at

Guelph Tom Andersen helped his PhD

supervisor Prof John Simpson design

devices used to detect background

radioactivity of the heavy wa ter in the

Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO)

and worked on software that simulates

th e movement of high -energy muons

particles created when cos mic rays

encounter the Earths atmosphere All the

while he had his eye on a not-unrelated

topic that became his full-time job after

graduating in 1998

It a desk top planetarium says

Andersen of his astro nomy software

which allows users to view the simulated

night sky - including comets asteroids

satellites a nd stars - on a computer

screen With it yo u can observe the sky

as it appears from your backyard tonight

o r from Jupiter 100 years ago or from

Egypt 3000 years ago

He and his partners a t Toronto-based

Sienna Software Inc have so ld about

10000 copies of Sta rry Night software

dming the past 18 months They began

by selling software that users could down shy

load from the Internet but now make two

CD-ROM versions of the package Starshy

ry Night Deluxe and Starry Night Pro

The first allows users to look at more than

19 million objects from anywh ere in the

solar system and to examin e deta iled

graphics of such things as constellations

Serious astronomy afic ionados use the

pro version to track as teroids learn more

about star motions or create their own

planets to study orbital mechanics

Generally anyone who owns an

as tronomical telesco pe owns a piece of

astronomy software says Andersen You

can take your telescope to your backyard

and connect it to your laptop and then

point to something with Starry Night and

have the telescope steer to it

Applying SNO tools to business

Former phys ics graduate student Myung

Chol Chon now works in the Royal Banks

corporate and investmen t banking offices

in Toronto Modelling the behaviour of

financial assets and pricing derivative secushy

rities might appear removed from the task

of capturing neutrinos but Chon says the

Guelph SNO group gave him an opporshy

tunity to learn various quantitative ana lyshy

sis tools including Monte Carlo simulashy

tion and artificial neural networks I also

gained understanding and experience in

software production via working with the

SNO Monte Carlo Analysis (SNO MAN )

software development team - tools

applicable not only in physical science but

in other areas as well

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-Simpson says ea rly detection of SNOs first

neutrino this summer reflects the high qUJIshy

ity of the obselva tory itself incl uding th t conshy

tribution of the Guelph scientists involved in

designi ng its sophist icated instrum ents Thats why theres a lot of noise abo ut the

fi rst measurem en ts he sa ys Some o ther

detectors have to work harder to get the backshyground radioactivity down Weve shown that

we constructed a very clea n detector

Along with several PhD studen ts and resea rch associates he and his coUeagues buiJt

inst ruments used to monitor and ensure an acceptable level of background radi oactivishy

ty in SNOs innards fiom the hea l) watcr to all the components orthe detector itse lf

The Guelph group developed a very senshy

sitive technique for the measurement of ultrashylow levels of ra dioactivit y in water whi ch is

essential for th e SNO detector to reach its

goals says SNO project director Art McDonshy

ald a phys icist at Queens Universit y Meas uring radioact ivity is our ga me

says resea rch ass oc iate Pillalamarr Jaga m during a tour of Sim psons lab in th e baseshy

ment of the MacNaughton Build in g home

to whJt Jaga m calls the only ul tra-low backshy

ground radi ation research and development

group in Ca nada Po inting to a det ector resemblin g a stainless-steel salad bowl with

a matchin g lid he says the Guelph -made

de vice JS with its co usins on perm anent du ty at SNO picks lip infinitesimally small

amounts of ra dioactivity emitted naturall y

by the observa torys compo nents

Ja ga m helps run th ose dev ices at SNO

fo llowin g up on his role as superv iso r of a

cl ea nin g crew d urin g SNOs constru ction SNO is the larges t clean-room ever olltside

of the electron ics industry he says Its

cleaner th an yo ur avera ge dinner plate

Above Muon neutrinos produced from cosmic

rays which strike Earths abnosphere are detectshy

ed by the SNO light sensors producing a coneshy

shaped pattern of energy Right An artists

sketch of the SNO detector shows the central

acrytic vessel now filled with 1000 tons of heavy

water and surrounded by 7000 tons of ultra

pure regular water Scientists monitor the obsershy

vatory from the room located above the sphere

26 GU ELP H ALUM NUS

In two years we mayI

Unlike th eir fell ow labourers in the m in e

who normall y hit the sbowers aft er a lo ng

day on the ore face th e scientists monitorshy

ing th e o bse rvatory must shower bef ore enterin g their facility Simil ar standa rds are mlintained tor the heavy water in th e acrylic

vessel which is fil tered dail y Jnd tested for ambient rad ioactivit y It s the purcst water

in th e wo rld says Jian Wang for merly J

research associate in Simpsons lab and now a consultant wi th U of Gs GUA RD In c

The Guelph-dc-signed instruments h ave

prove n lIseful in rela ted but more fa r-flung

applications JagaJl1 says scientists building

lgt

I n o c (i -lt z o

CI

ly know if the universe will eventually collapse

ye t an oth er neutrino observatory in Italy consulted with U of G physicists on radia shyti on measurement Closer to home he has helped Prof Richard Protz Land Reso urce Science quantify minute amounts of radioac tive cesium in so il samples taken from the Ecuadorean Andes an d from the Chernobyl site in Ukrain e

Law a particle physicist [las been involved since 1991 in writin g and test ing simulation software used by the project colshylaborators to model the workings of th e SNO detecto r With the detector now opershyating the package - dubbed SNOMAN shywill be used to analyse the data it generates OUerhead who first encountered SNO while chair of the Department of Physics has long worked in expe rim en tal nuclear physics using accelerators such as th e one run by AECL in Cbalk River Ont Todays investishygations at SNO draw on at least one aspect of his ea rlier resea rch in Los Alamos New Mexico where he developed neutral current detectors of the sort expec ted to help SNO sn iff out all three neutrino flavo urs

Sim psons graduate student Nathaniel Tagg is studying cosmic ray particles called muons which are detected as a byproduct in the obse rvatory Unlike neutrinos muons come from cosmic rays - or ionized nuclei - which begin Jife far beyond the solar sysshytem perhaps generated by stars exploding into supernovas or by shock waves emanating from collapsing black holes When these cosmic rays hit the Earths atmosp here th ey create extremely high-energy particles that can be detected by SNO some alon e or in pairs like bullets others in a shower like shotgun pelshylets Comparing the ratio of single bullets to shotgun blas ts may tell Tagg something about how the particles originated When you build a detector you get a lot of things for free he says Muons are considered background to most of the collaboration but there are some interes ting physics you ca n do with them

Beyond Guelph the SNO collaboration brings together almost 100 scientists from II universi ties and labs in Canada the United Sta tes and the United Kingdom Canad ian participants includ e university resea rchers from Queens Car leton Laurentian Britisll

Columbia and Guelph Wby Ca nada Canashyda has a lot of heavy water because of its nuclear power reactor development the CANshyDU reactor says OUerhead Basically Canashyda is tbe only country that can do the expershyiment using heavy water which is what gives this its unique flavour The other thing is the undergro und aspect All the neutrino expershyimen ts are done underground for shielding from cosm ic rays and other sources of backshyground radiation The nickel mine in Sudbury is the deepest site in North America

Its al so important that Creighton mine is a working facility says Si mpson [t has

Physics faculty

and students are

an integral part of (PES

Physics is one of five departments and schools in the College of Physshyical and Engineeri ng Science ( CPES) Physics has more Roya l Society fellows than any other department on campus Since 1993 ten CPES students including two in physics have received National Research Coun shycil awards under the agen cys Women in Engin eering and Scishyence Program In 1999 CPES laun ched an inteshygrated four-year degree program in technology with Seneca College in Toronto majors in physics and technology or applied pharmace ushytical chemistry CPES plans to launch a new undershygraduate degree in computing scishyence next year to promote U of G strengths in bioinfomatics neural networks genetic algo rithm s and embedded systems CPES offers a unique program called MPC2 that provides enriched studies in mathematics physics chemistry and computing science

to be active because its the only way you can maintain the safety of th e mine SNOs control room occupies a drift (miners talk for a corridor) 6800 fee t below the surface deep enough to accommodate a stack of about five CN Towers

Dw-ing the observatorys construction a regular express ca ge whisked visitors directly down No9 shaft to the detector as fast as a car travelling on a cit) street The shaft also served as the delivery conduit for the SNO components Site manager Dunshycan Hepburn recall s es pecially the three months that it took to ship the [000 tonnes of heavy water underground The eleva tor could take six tonnes at a time he says so we had an elaborate schedule involving six tanker cars fill ed overnight and sent down early in th e morning on a specially schedshyuled cage Adds mine manage r John Gill J dont think we spilled a drop

Now using regularly scheduled cages scishyentists crowd shoulder to sho ulder in the elevator with up to 40 miners during the 20-minute ride along the sloping ore seam Everyone in the collaboration is expected to spend a certain number of shifts actualshyly operating the detec tor says O llerhead This is partly to save money but also par tshyly because th e physicists are the ones with the vested interes t and should be involved Collaborators might spend seve ral weeks in Sudbury at a time for up to six weeks a year

SNO scien tists expect to learn definitiveshyly within two years whether or not neutrishynos have mass They also anticipate that the observatory will yield information about the sun and about other st ructures far beyond our galaA) The missing mass question is a way of studying supnnovas notes Ollershyhead There are many applications of this detector beyond just neutrinos from the sun

Why should anyone ca re about what these infinitesimally small particles teU us about cosshymic-sized questions If youre going to be an ad vance d and civilized country then you should be thinking about fundamental quesshy shytions and not just about where your next meal is coming from says Simpson Thats the difshyference I think between a civili7ed society and a society that just lives from day to day ga

FallWinter 1999 27

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

alU bull

ALUMNI PROFILES

ALUMNUS OF HONOUR

FORMER OAC DEA N Rick Richards BSA 38 was recogn ized for

his lifelong commi tment to excellence in admini stration teachshy

ing research and ex tension wh en he vas named 1999 AlumLlus of Honour by th e Un ive rsity o f Guelph Alumn i Associat ion The preshy

sen tation was made durin g Alumni Weekend in lun e

Ri chard s bega n hi s ca ree r in soil sc ience and pion ee red the

process of soil classifi ca ti on and map pin f for Ontario As head of

th e Un iversitys Depa rtm ent of Land Resou rce Science he spearshyheaded the constr uct ion o f new fa cili ties provided leadership in

the deve lopment of broader more sc ientifi c program s and th e

expansioLl o f fa culty and obta ined more lan d areas for departshymental resea rch He was appointed the first dea n of OAC in 1962

and was one o r the fou r principal academi c leade rs ho shared in

es tab lishin g the Universit y of Guelph After co mpleting two terms as dean he return ed to teac hing and retired in [98 1

As a professiona l agrologist Richards impleme nted pl ans ror

the Canadian Agri cultural Researc h Co un ci l as it s fi rst president

and was pres id ent o f the Ca nadian Soc iety of Su il Science th e Ontari o Institute of Ag rologists and tht Agricu ltural Institu te of

Can ada He was also the Canadian representa ti ve to th e United

Nations Food and Agricu lture O rga nizltJtion

ALUMNI VOLUNTEER AWARD

DAv ID ADAMS BSA 49 has always made his alma mater a pri shy

o ri t) and in 1999 th e Unive rsity of Guelph Alumni Associashy

tion app lauded th at loya lty by presentin g him with its 1999 Alulll shyni Volu nteer Awa rd

Adams has demo nstrated a devot ion to volun teer excellence

through his com mitment to the Universit y OAC and hi s alumni

ii class OAC 49 He was UGAA pres ident in 196869 president of

d the OAC Alu Jllni Associatio n in 196566 and a member of the Unishy

~ versi ty Senate and Boa rd of Governors fro m 1970 to 1973 In add ishy

~ tion he has Jllade mu ltiple contr ibu tions to OAC 49 ac tivities He

~ was instrumenta l in orga ni zin g 50th-anniversary class celebrations ~ for Alumni middotWeekend 99 which included the ded ication of the Yea r

~ 49 OAC po nd ga rden at th e Arbo retum Cent re and the res torashy

~ ti on of the Johnston Hall portico u ~ Adamss giving sp irit car ri es over into his pro(ess iona lli fc He

~ has had a distingu ished career in the ag ri -food indust ry and was laquo ~ general manager of the Canadian Meat Co uncil whe n hL reti red in

~ 1993 He cont inues to share hi s expertise with the co unc il and as

~ a volu ntee r for th e Royal Ag ri cultural inter Fair and th e Ca nashy~ dian Nat ional Exhibition FARlv

28 G UHPH ALU I NUS

HIGHLIGHTS middot GRAD NEWSmiddot OBITUARIESmiddot CALENDAR

ALUMNI MEDAL OF ACHIEVEMENT

DR AD RIAN P ARKS WO RK in th e area o f minimally invasive

surge ry has earned him international recogniti on as a leading surgeo n and educa tor in his fi eld His advancements in the use of

laparoscop ic techniques have improved treatm ent for an ex tensive

range of med ica l disorders that in the past could only be handled

thro ugh trad itional sur gery [n 1997 he was recruited to establish a new program at th e Uni ve rsity of Kentucky

Pa rk was honoured th is spring wit h the Universit y of Guelph flumni Associati ons Alumni Medal of Achievem ent He received

a bachelor of science fro m Gu elph in 1985 and a doctor o f med ishycine from McMaster University in 1987

He completed his training at St Josephs Hos pital and rilcMasshy

ter Uni ve rsity Affiliated Hosp ital s in Hamilto n O nt and at the

Uni versit) of Montrea l before Jo ining St Jose phs as a ge neral surshy

geo n in 1994

The Guelph meda l recognizes th e professional leadership and achievements demons trated in Parks still- yo un g career and his

compassionate ca re of pati ents He and his wife Jennifer 8A 84 have three children Hilary Meredith and Evan

ove DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS

DUNCAN SINC LAIRS CONTR IB UTIO NS to career an d soc iety have prove n bis leadersh ip and expe rtise in hea lth sciences He gradshy

uated fro m OVC in 1958 and received a master of sc ience fro m OAC in 1960 specializing in nutriti on He then earn ed a PhD in

physiology at Queens University in 1963 and bega n a ca reer focused

primaril y on human health Sinclair was ltl consultant to th e Ontario Ministry of Agriculture

Food and Rural Affairs on the Animals for Research Act ilnd bega n

his academic career at Q uee ns as dean of arts and science in 1974 He went on to serve as vice-principal institutional relati ons sershy

vices an d hea lth sciences before assum ing the role of dea n of medshy

icine He ret ired from Queens in 1996 He has heJd other prestishy

gious positi ons including directo r general of the Medical Resea rch

Council and was tile recipient of OVes Schofield ]V[edal in 1983

Sinclair is now deeply involved in advising the Ontario minisshy

ter of hea l til on ways to reinvest and res tructure th e delivery of health services in the province He chairs the Hea lth Services

Restr ucturin g Co mmission an independent body of health

experts and professionals appointed to redesign tbe provincial

health system

FallWinter 1999 29

alumni Matters

-ORDER OF OACU of G Can1pus ESTABLISHED MARY AND RlCK RICHARDS longtime OAC supporterWelcoilles Alumni

ABSA 38 are the first inductees Membership in the order is

into the Order of OAC estabshy limited to the first 50 individshy

LUMNI WEEKEND J999 orga nizing committee and says lished ea rli er thi s year by the uals who give $1 00000 or more

brought more th an 1300 proceeds will be used to help the OAC Alumni Fo undation to as bequests irrevocable insurshy

visitors to campus June 18 to 20 class establi sh a mille nnium recognize significant contribushy ance policies planned gifts or

In addition to th e traditi o nal scholarship to co mmemorate its tions to its end owment fund cash donations Gifts may be

awards luncheon hosted by U of 25 th anni versar)1 of graduation Rick served as dean of OAC applied as endowments to the

G president Mordech ai Rozanshy The Uni vers it y of Guelph [Tom 1964 to 1972 (see sto ry OAC Alumni Foundation or to

ski there we re man y spec ial Alumni Associat ion held its on page 28) Mary also worked the college as approved by the

events and cla ss reunions The ann ual meeting during Alumni in the college and has been a fou ndation directors

new Order of OAC was preshy Wee kend and elected a new slate

sented to Mary and Rick of offi cers for 1999 2000 Scott

Richards BSA 38 at th e Go ldshy va nEnge n BSc(Ag r) 88 presshy

en Anniversary Dinner and the id ent Robin-Lee Norris BA 80

Class of J974 hosted a reuni on first vice-pres ident John Tatson

dinner with Calgary Flames BA 69 seco nd vice-president

Hockey Club CEO Ron Bremshy Rita Sterne BComm 87 secshy

ner BA 7 J as guest speaker Bill Imiddotetar) and Brad Hull BA 89

Laidlaw BA 74 chaired the treasurer

President Mordechai Rozanski and representatives of the alumni

classes and individuals who supported U of Gs six new themati c

gardens cut the ribbon to officially open them duri ng Alumni Weekshy

end From left are Bill Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 61 Don Gri eve

BSA 55 and MSA 57 Harold Shield BSA 51 Sandra Hannam uJ CD Clay Switze r BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rozanski Marilyn Robinson ~ I Murray BH5c 55 Ted McNinch BSA 49 Bruce Stone BSA 53 u VI

Z and MSA 54 Harold Bentley BSA 64 and MSc 66 Craig Hunter lt

B5c(AgL) 74 and MSc 77 and Les Laking BSA 39 and HDSC 71 The conservatory greenhouse was unveiled moments later by gtshyCD

Don Rutherford BSA 51 who gave the leadership gift ensuring VI o

it s res toration on behalf of his famil y 5 I -

Ginty jocius BSc(Agr) 70 left chair of the OAC Alumni Foundation

presents the Order of OAC to Mary and Rick Richards BSA 38

Enjoying the Class of 1974 re union dinner are from left jerry Orga n

BSc(PE) 71 Ron Bremner BA 71 Gail Bremner Paul Henry MA 71

and Bill Laidlaw BA 74

30 GUELPH ALUMNUS

GRYPHON SPIRIT DOMINATES HOMECOMING

UOF G students shared the stands with alumni who came to campus Sept 25

to watch the football Gryphons defeat their long- standing varsity rival the University of Toronto Blues During the weeke nd the Gryphon Club Hall of Fame inducted five Gryphon swimmers filled the gold pool at the 21st ann ual Alumni Relay Swim Meet

and president Mordechai Rozanski hostshyed a luncheon attended by more than 200 alumni and current students who have received sc holarships and awards or who

participated in the volunteer peer helper prog ram

ALUMNI SWIM TO THE TOP

FORMER GRYPHON SW IMMER S Peter Koli snyk BSc(HK) 83 and Denise

(FarndaJe) vVatso n BASe 85 were recogshyni zed at the ann ual Homecoming sw im mee t for having attended more often th an any other alumni Other participants includshyed 1999 graduates Nico le Weber BSe CEng ) Greg Steinberg BSc(HK) and Nancy Sweetnam BComm who has been a memshy

ber of two Canadian Ol ympic teams ( 1992 and 1996) The alumni team defeated the stud ent teams with the help of Leo n

Homecoming J

r ~

Form er Guelph mayor and sports broadcaster Norm la ry received the Gryphon Club Hall of

Fame Merit Award Sept 24 at the annual induction c re mony that also honoured five former

Gryphon athletes From left are Paul Willi ams a cross-country and track athlete and three-time

Canadian Olympian Bob Pronk BComm 82 Ontario and Canadian cham pionship wrestler

Dave Guest BComm 87 a former all middotstar soccer and vo lleyba ll player Gladys Williams BA

69 MVP in both wo menS fi eld hockey and ice hockey lary and Mark Brown BComm 81

Wi ldman Trophy winner and football capta in The Gryphon Club also recognized the 1974 mens

rugby OUAA championship team

Garstecki Gryphon diving coach in the midshy Dale a longtime Gryp hon supporter and a I 970s and retired botany professo r Hugh national record-b olding masters swimmer

bull49 VETS MEET AT TRAlEE The OVC Cla ss of 1949 produced a la sting memory of its 50th

anni versary by filming the lune 18 gathering held at Tralee Farms

the home of class member Ray Cormack Classmates travelled from

across Canada and the United States to attend th e reunion which

included a luncheon a visit from U of G president Mordechai Rozanshy

ski and a tour of Cormacks farm and antique carriage collection

The organizing committee of Dave House Bill Mitchell Ken Fisk

and lim Arch ibald succeeded in producing a golden-anniversary

memento that captu res the days events and everyone in attendance

as they comment on their lives since graduating from OVe -Proceeds from the sale of the v ideos will support the OVC 49

Memorial Scholarship Fund Cost is $25 each To place an order call

Vikki Tremblay at Alumni House 519-824-4120 Ext 65 44 I D

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Vl a fshya

FallWinter 1999 31

alumni Matters

2000 Coming Events

Jan 26 - Careers Night hostshyed by Mac-FACS Alumni Assoshy

ciation For informatio call Laurie MalleaLi at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Careers Night hostshyed by HAFA Alumni Associashy

tion For information call Laushyrie Malleau at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Aggie Good Times Banquet Call the OAC Studwl Federation at Ext 8321 for tickshyet information Feb 3 - Job hir at Bingeman Park in Kitchener complishy

mentary bus service from Unishyversity Centre for students and

alumni For directions and a list of employers call U of G

Career Services at Ext 22 13

Feb 11 - Deadline for nomshy

ina tions for U of G Alumni Association Alumnus of Honshy

our Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment and Alumni Volunteer

Award and the OVC Distinshy

guished Alumnus Call Carla Bradshaw at Ext 6657 for details March 1 - Annual alumni

Florida reunion at Maple Leaf

Estates Port C harlotte Florishyda For information call alumshyni programs at 519-824-4120

Ext 6657 send e-mail to alumshyniuoguelphca or call Jack Hanna in Florida after Jan 1

at 813-645-0905

March 18 amp 19 - College

Ro yal

March 31 amp April 1 - OAC

Alumni Association annual

bonspiel at the Guelph Curlshy

ing Club and Guelph Country w Club Call Carla Bradshaw at ~ txt 6657 to register c u bull For more information on anyU)

z alumni event call the U of G ltC extension listed at 519- 824shy20 r 4120 or send e-mail to al11111shyCD

o niCvzlOguelphcab c a

32 CUEIPH ALUM N US

EA RLIER THIS YEAR U ofG

introduced a new approacll to fund-raising that centres on

academic priorities identified by

the ix colleges Now the Unishy

ve rsit y expa nds this initiative

through the formation of a new Annual Fund Cou ncil that will

recruit volunteers to proactiveshy

ly help meet tll0se funding goals

By enlarging the partnershy

ship between academics and fund-raisers we arc focusing our

efforts more clearly on the Un ishy

versi tys overall stra tegic objecshy

tives says Rudy Putns executive

director of campaign progra ms

We are calling on coUege deans to help ensure that our annual

giving programs are providing

the grea test possible benefit to

students Our volunteer and pro-

ALUMNI CElEBRATE NEW HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE CENTRE

The Human KineticsHuman Biology Alumni Association

presented a sketch of the John T Powell Building to U of Cs

new Health and Perfor mance Centre at a June 19 reunion of alumni and former staff Artist Joan Harper BSe(HK)

82 left and retired professor John Powell right witnessed

a presentati on by association pres ident Janet Leonhard BSe(HK) 82 to Prof Terry Graham

SilENT AUCTION MAKES NOISE

A silent auction held Sept 14 to 16 a t the Ou tdoo r Farm

Show in Woods tock Ont ge nshy

erated a lot of excitement and

goodwill in OACs 125th shyanniversary year and raised

$51000 that wi ll support stu shy

dent recruitm ent programs in

the college The auction was organized by Cinty Jocius BSc(Agr) 70 president of

Ginty Jocius amp Associates of

Guelph on behalf of the OAC Alumni Foundation

Auction items donated by friends and exhibitors at th e

farm show included everylhing

from farm equipment and supshyplies to a seven-month-old lla shyma named (-i nty Lorie Jocius

BASe 72 purchased her husshy

bands namesake and gave it to

OAC as an anniversary presen t at th e Sept 25 Heritage Banshy

quet and Ball

FUND-RAISI NG PARTNERSHIPS GROW

fessional fund -raislls wiJl spend

more of thei r time making pershy

so nal requ es ts for gifts to the University and less time on inshy

house administra tion

Members of the Annual Fund

Council will invite donations

Crom alumni members of the campu~ community the paren ts

of current students graduating

classes members of the various

gift clu bs (Presidents Council

etc) and selected corporations

foundations and associations

Development and Public Affairs staff will help target vol unteer

efforts where they wi ll have the

stronges t impact on growin g don or particip ation and fund shy

razsing results

Annual giving is one of the

most crucial parts of an institushy

tion s developmen t agenda says Putns Annu al donors help

maintain the quali ty of estabshylished academic programs espeshy

cially in times of reduced pubshy

lic fundin g he says They also

provide a foundation for special

fun cl-rai sing cam paigns shycampaigns that enable the Unishy

ve rsity to grow by providi ng

funds for major projects that do

not ha ve a traditional so urce of support Tbe ACCESS endowshy

ment for student financial assistshy

ance and the rece nt campaign to upgrade th e Food Science

Building are notable examples For more illjormation aboLit

the An17ual FUlld Co ullcil call Al111tal Fund 17l1lnager Tara George at 519-824-4 120 Ex t

390 1 or Putl7S at ext 6384

GRAD NEWS

U of G Degrees ADA = Associate diploma

in agriculture BA =Bachelor of arts BASe = Bachelor of applied

science BComm = Bachelor of

commerce BHSe Bachelor of houseshy

hold science BLA =Bachelor of

landscape architecture BSA = Bachelor of science in

agriculture (pre-196s) BSe(Agr) Bachelor of

science in agriculture BoSe = Bachelor of science BSe(Eng) =Bachelor of

science in engineering BSc(Env) =Bachelor of

19405

bull The Macdonald Institute

Class of 1941 met each other

for the firsl lime in 1939 and

theyve been gelling logelher rvice a year siIlce gradual ion

Celebrating 60 yea rs of fri end shy

ship this year are Mary (Hcx imer) MacLeln Beth

(jackson) Ca rdifF Mo lly

(Pattrson) Nix Frances

(Pellet) Smith Dorolhy

(Pond) Dunn Jeanne (Taylor )

Hamel Phyllis (Weren) Sobel and Evelyn (Eatun ) Pond

bull Jim Morton BSA 47 posed with his son Robert SA 70

and grandsons Jeff Bell 13A

9 1 and Greg Mo rton

SSc( Eng) 99 at Gregs U of

G convocation in June Retired

from a career in the lumber

business Jim is an OAC llu mmiddot ni volunteer al Guclph and is

aClive in cOm11lUnily work in

Burlington Onto Rob ert is

CEO of the Community Care

Access Centre in Simcoe

Coullly Jeff lcaches in Elmvalc

for the Simcoe County Dislricl School Board and Greg is

working Wilh the COnSlliling

engineering firm of Proclor

science in environmental sciences

BSe(HK) Bachelor of science in human kinetics

BSc(pE) = Bachelor of science in physical education

DHE = Diploma in home economics

DVSc = Doctor of veterinary science

DVM =Doctor of veterinary medicine

GO = Graduate diploma MA = Master of arts MAgr = Master of agriculture MBA = Master of business

admininstration MEng =Master of engineering

and Redfern at its Kitchener

office The Guelph lineage

aCl ually bega n in the Morton fami ly with Greg great shy

grantimoliln Anne Pringle

Morton DH E 1914

Greg Morton Jeff Bell and Jim and

Robert Morton

19505

bull Harold Baker BSA 50

writes to w rrect the e-mail

address publi shed in the last

iss lle of the Clepll Alunnls

Friends (111 conlact the retired

University of Saskatchewan

professo r and Il is wife Phyllis

at ha kc r hdukeL1sa~k ca

bull Barney Goodwin-Wilson BSA 50 is serving a two-year

krm as chair of the hoard of

lhe Onta rio Foocllerminal

The Iomnlo facility is the

MFA = Master of fine art MLA Master of landscape

architecture MMS = Master of management studies MSc =Master of science MSc(Aqua) = Master of

science in aquaculture ODA = Ontario diploma in

agriculture ODH =Ontario diploma in

horticulture OdR = Ontario Diploma in

recreation PhD = Doctor of philosophy

larges t who lesale fruit proshy

duce and flower market in

Canada and one of the largest

in orrh America He was forshymerly director and vice-cha ir

of the board

bull Gary Powell ADA 58

stopped at a remote motel in

western klahoma last

Janu ary and stanee a convershysation with th e only other cusshy

tomer at breakfa st the next

morning Turns out they were

both U of G grads Powell and Joe Deli BSc (Agr ) 64 had a

great time reminiscing abo Llt

ca mpus perso nalities they

both knew I guess one is never really very far from home says Powell

bull Dave Valentine BSA 59 has

retired as (o unty engineer for

the County of Brant in

Ontario He previously spent

23 years with Sir Sandford

Fleming College in Peterborough and has served 8S

engineer for the coun ties of Haliburton and Victoria He

and his wife Carole are now

Jiving near Carlisle Send e-mail

to valcntinworldchatcom

19605

bull Manuel Garcia PhD 67 was

recognized by the government

of the Ph ilippines in December

1998 with one of the highest

honours given to Filipinos Jivshy

ing outside the cou ntr y Garcia

is a senior consulting mi crobishy

ologist with lAS Bioshy

Diagnostic and a former

research scientist with

Agriculture and Agri-Food

Canada in Ottawa He is intershy

nationally recognized for his work in veterinary med icin e

and public health on the early detection of ca mpylobacter

salmonella and other foodshy

borne pathogens He is a memshy

ber of several learned profes shy

sional societies and has been involved in a number of intershy

national developm ent projects

He is also a community volunshy

teer and a pioneer in establishshying the National Council of

Canadian Filipino Associations

as the official voice of Filipino

Canadians nationwide bull Tom Hutchison DVM 65 is

a veterinary pathologist with the Nova Scotia provincial

diagnostic lab In 1998 he

passed the board cer tification exa ms for the American

College of Poultry Veterinarians in Baltimore but

the years highlights came in

late summer - a first grandshy

child for Tom and his wife

Eileen in August and the birth

of their own son Scott in

September bull Brian Little ADA 67 BSc(Agr) 72 and MSc 78

was elected president of the

Canadian 4-H Foundation in

May He was previously presishy -dent of the Ca nadian 4-H

Co uncil and a co uDcil represhysentative for his employe r the

Royal Bank of Canada He has been a fou ndation trustee for

f allWinter 1999 33

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several years and has a strong

4-H background as a member

and a club leader

19705

bull Doug Franklin SA 72 was

recen tly a ppoin led execu tive

director of the Multiple

Sclerosis Association of

America its hea d office is in

Cherry Hill NJ He was forshy

merly with the International

Youth Foundation in

Baltimore Md

bull Cathie Leimbach

SSc(Agr) 78 and MAgr 88

visi ted U of G this fa ll as

agrologist-in-residence It was

the sixth year of the program

co-sponsored by OAC and the

Ontario Institute of

Agrologists (OlA ) Raised on

an Ontario dairy and swine

farm Leimbach is past presishy

dent of the OI A and a partner

in STRIVE a team specializshy

in g in training facilitation and

consulting She now lives on a

cash-crop farm in Ohio

bull Willem Moolenbeek BSe

77 and MSe 8 1 studied biolshy

ogy and entomology at U of G

at the same time he was learnshy

ing to play the saxophone with

the Royal Conservatory of

Mu sic He says he still loves

science but music has become

his career A recitalist soloist

and clinician he has been a

saxophone instructor at

McMaster University in

Hamilton Ont fo r 15 years

He also teaches at the 19805

University of Waterloo pri- bull Bruce Brown BSe(Agr)

vately and at the National 85 and his wife Claudia

Music Ca mp of Canada where (Liebscher) BA 84 have three

he sometimes offers an infor- children who are beginning to

mal course on in sect identifi- display their dads musical

cation There are always a few prowess on the kazoo After 14

kids who really dig that he years of dairy farming Bruce

says U of G music lovers want back to school to earn an

enjoyed his saxophone music education degree and is now

at a noon-hour concert in teaching science with the

October Durham District School

bull Peter Vaughan SA 77 and Board

MA 77 was appointed secre- bull Tom Burns BA 89 and MA

tar y general and CEO of the 91 is a member of the

Canadian Medical Association Victoria Police in Melbourne

in June A fa culty member in Australia Last summer he

two departments at John s welcomed visitors from the

Hopkins University and in the RCMP including Kevin Durie

Department of Family BA 93 They quickly estab-

Medicine at the University of lished a U of G connection

Ottawa he is a fo rmer presi- including Duries student

dent of the medical staff at employment at Dcr Keller

Guelph General Hospital and a which was Burns s favourite

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the job says Burns but this

time we spent most of our

time talking about the great

times we had at U of G In

still another coincidence

Durie is married to Christine

Blake-Durie BA 91 and MA

93 who was a member of

Burnss MA group Burns says

other U of G grads travelling

to Melbourne are more than

welcome to drop in

bull Stuart Jackson ADA 87 is

distribution manager for

Burnbrae Farms Ltd in Delta

Onto He sends greetings to all

OAC friends including the

diploma classes of 1979 and

1980

bull Laurel (Murdoch) Koumarelas BComm 84 is

an ESL teacher with the

Toronto School Board She

and her husband Gus live in

Mississauga with their sons

Robert and Evan

bull Trish Looman BA 87

works for Royal LePageshy

Vantage in Guelph She speshy

cializes in residential multishy

unit real estate

bull Laima (Karosas) Laffitte

BSe(Agr) 85 and MAgr 91

lives in Wendover Ont with

her husband Vincent MAgr

91 and their children Yohan

and Marina Laima is the

advertising manager for The

Canadian Veterinary Journal and Vincent is an account

manager at the St Isidore

branch of Scotiabank Theyd

like to hear from classmates

via e-mail at Iaffitteonsymshy

paticoca They also want to let

OAC 85 grads know that the

class executive is building a

Web page at wwwrkdecom

oac85 and needs updated

names and addresses (includshy

ing e-mail) to add to the

directory f IS-year reunion

is being planned for Dec 2

and 32000

bull Cheryl Miller-Oh BASe

91 and her husband Tae live

in Southfield Mich with their

twins Nathalie and Nathan

born in October 1998 She is a

health-care consultant with

Computer Sciences

Corporation Send e-mail to

millerohsprintca

bull Vijay Singh MSe 70 has

been awarded the Arthur K Barton Endowed Professorship

at Louisiana State University

He also recently received an

honorary degree and a

Fulbright Award for his work

in the area of entropy

bull Gayle (Barton) Tapper BSe

81 (biological science) and 83

(computing science) has been

employed at Memorial

University in St Johns Nfld

for 14 years in the Department

of Computing and

Communications She is comshy

pleting graduate work in phishy

losophy and humanities at

Memorial and is the principal

harpist with the

Newfoundland Symphony

Orchestra Last year she

released a CD of Latinworld

traditional music on the South

American harp Visit her Web

site at httpwwwucsmun

cal -gay

bull Carolyn Riddell BA 85 is

running an active arts educashy

tion and paintingprintmaking

studio in Fergus Ont

bull Laura Wilkinson BSe 85

and MSe 87 is a coroner in

British Columbia and lives on

a cattle ranch near 70 Mile

House

19905

bull Kristi Adamo BSc(HK)

96 and MSc 98 and Rob

McMullin BSe 95 were

married in May 1999 and Jive

in Ottawa

bull Michelle (Pilon) Bacon BA

90 has been living in London

England with her husband

Tim and children Juliette and

Lucien but they are planning a

return to Canada They will be

AIRBORNE ALUMNUS Olive Thompson DHE 35 celebrated her 85th birthday

with her head in the clouds She made her first parachute

jump with instructor Scott Borghese in Simcoe Ont in June

and says it was the most exciting thing shes done in her life

Thompson lives in Dunnville and has four children and three

grandchildren When she asked them about the paracbute

jump they told her to go for it Shes considering a repeat I U

jump next year and hopes her adventure will be a good S o

example for other seniors A dedicated member of the class -lt CD

of Mac 35 Thompson was president of the University of s Guelph Alumni Association in 197778 and keeps busy now VI

I

with volunteer work for the Salvation Army Z

living in Calgary and welcome

contact with western grads

and friends from Guelph Send

e-mail to m_e_baconhotshy

maicom

bull Deborah (Panton) Bodden

BASc 93 and her husband

Lyndhurst were married in

1998 and live in Grand

Cayman Cayman Islands

where she teaches primary

schoo

bull Elizabeth Cardno MSe 99

is working with the Rural

Health Research Consortium

at the University of

Saskatchewan developing

research projects on rural

health issues in relation to the

Canadian Institute for Health

Research

bull Jeannine Cote BA 9 J lives

in Hamilton Ont and works

o -lt

as a health -care aide and

home-support worker

bull Jeremy Debling BSe 94 is

a formulation chemist in the

pharmaceutical development

department at Novopharm

Limited in Toronto

bull Angela Dodd BA 93 and

Christopher Kemp

BSe(HK) 94 were married

Aug 14 Theyve bought a new

home in Etobicoke Ont

where he works for Canada

3000 Airlines and at Kingsway

Physiotherapy as a kinesioloshy

gist She is employed at

Manulife Financial in -Waterloo

bull Sheryl Harding Friedrich

BASe 85 is a full-time mom

and part-time nutrition conshy

sultant in Cannington Onto

She and her husband Cal

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have three child ren Jonathan

Daniel and Anna

bull Anne Marie (Henwood)

Harman BA 95 is enjoying

her time at home with one shy

year-old Jenna She and her

husband Murray can be

reached bye-mail at 3harshy

mansstormca

bull Rosaleen Heffernan BA 96

and Barry Liboiron BSe 97

were married in August

Theyre both studying at the

University of British

Co lumbia where Liboiron is

doing a PhD in chemistry and

He ffe rnan is completing a

degree in educati on

bull Krista Hilton BASe 95

lives in Halifax with her hlls shy

band Michael Galloway She is

a priest in the Anglican Church

of Canada and serves as curate

a t the Cathedral Church of All

Sain ts Friends can reach her at

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bull Michael Kennard BA 86

starred as Mump the Clown in

the Canadian Stage Company

production of Mump amp Smoo t

in Something Else With Zug last

winte r at tbe Canadian Stage

Theatre in Toronto

bull Sharon McConnell BSe 90

and MSe 93 went on from U

of G to earn a diploma in

business management from

Wilfrid Laurier University

Since 1995 she has worked in

Toronto as a project director at

Burak Ja co bson Market

Resea rch Partners Ine

bull Michael McKay-Fleming BA

92 has launched two daily

comic strips via the Internet

Check out his Inane Producshy

tions Web site at http mem

bershomenetinaneprod to folshy

low the adventures of a free-spirshy

ited teenager named Alice and all

the animals in a new VVildlife

comielf you like comic strips

this fine art grad invites you to

enjoy his talent and humour

bull Andrew Nicholls MA 90 nications in Cambridge

and PhD 97 is an assistant bull Christine (Rogers) Patten

professor of history at Buffalo BA 9 1 lives in Toronto and

State College in Buffalo N Y has been working as a sales

He recen tly published the representative and industry

book The Jacobean Union A training facilitator since grad-

Reconsideration of British Civil uation She and her husband

Policies Under th e Early Vincent celebrated the birth of

Stuarts which offers a new their first child Gareth in

perspective on the role of mul - March 1999

tiple monarchy in the early bull Guiseppe Peritore

modern British kingdoms BSe(HK) 96 is studying

bull Jennifer (Pope) Parney physical therapy at the

BASc 94 works at Chatham- University of To ronto He

Kent Integrated Childrens married Rita Lavalle in May

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bull Sarah Perkins BSe(Agr) bull Tammy Tipler Priolo 92 joined Pfizer Animal BASe 90 lives in her hom e

Health in London Ont in town of North Bay Ont with

November as a product sup- her husband Clark and their

port speCialist Earlier she two-year-old daughter Erica

taught at Fairview College in Tipler Priolo is u5mg her com -

Fairview Alta before m oving puting skills in genealogy

back to Ontario in 1997 to research to track down elusive

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bull Bradley Raspberry BASc 90 is a clinical leader and regisshy

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Josephs Villa in Dundas Ont

bull Lisa Ranacher BSe 98

recently joined the agronomy

program at the Central

Experimental Farm in Ottawa

as a physiological modelling

technician

bull Jamie Rickard BSe(Agr)

96 and Laura Summerfeldt

BSe(Agr) 97 were married

in October 1998 She is comshy

pleting a masters degree at U

of G and he is working with

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ents Sherry (McBain) SA 69

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G friends attending They live

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Guy works as an account manshy

ager for BCI Bank and T ricia is

an environmental planner with

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bull Pamela (Thompson) BASe

91 and Randy Ruisendaal

BComm 92 live near

Belleville 01t with their yearshy

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bull Ian Sandler DVM 9 5 was

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March 1999 and works at

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Toronto

bull Baijit Singh PhD 94 comshy

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at Texas AampM University and

Columbia University then

worked for the Canadian Food

Inspection Agency in Prince

Edward Island before joining

the University of Saskatchewan

as an associate professor He

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bull Cyndy Stencill ADA 93 is a

propagator at a tree nursery in

British Columbia

bull Steve Tanner BA 82

recently moved to Guelph as

deputy police chief He had

served on the Halton Region

force since 1982 Tanner is a

specialist in criminal investigashy

tions and lie detector opera shy

tion He has continued his

education at Sheridan College

and McMaster and Ryerson

universities and is now workshy

ing on a masters degree at the

University of Western Ontario

bull Cheryl (Kellman) Thompson BA 95 run s a

rehabilitation consulting busishy

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in Burlington Ont

bull Donald PhD 94 and

Suzanne Welsh MSe 96

relocated from Yale University

to the University of Vermont

where they are both working

in the Department of

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bull Wendla Westerberg BASc

96 earned a BEd from the

University of Western Ontario

in 1997 She is working for the

Lambton-Kent District School

Board as an occasional teacher

and lives in her home town of

Dresden Ont

bull Deena (Jones) Zambrana

BA 93 and her husband

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OBITUARIES

W illiam Ba rnes DVM 59 died Sept 7

1999 He grew up in th e N iagara area

but spent his professio nal ca ree r in a

ve terina ry prac ti ce in Ill inois He was a

dr ivi ng force in the American Ve ter inary

Medica l Assooatio n and in bo th the

Chicago and IlJin o is assoc iatio ns He

was also a fo un ding mem ber o f the

Ch icago-based Friends of Unicerslty of

Guelph a char itable o rga nizat ion

founded in 1975 to serve Guelph a lumni

living in the United Sta tes

George Dickson BSA 38 di ed Oct 9

1999 H e spen t h is entire career w ith

Canada Packers moving up f[Om mai l

cle rk to exec lltive vice-presid ent and

d irector After retirin g in 1976 he

devoted ma ny vo lu ntee r hours to U of

G 3S a memb er of Boa rd o f Gove rno rs

and the OAC Alumni Associatio n

Jam es Pinkney DVM 37 died July 3

1999 A respected ve ter in aria n in his

hom e to~ll o f Cooksv il le O nt he was

also recog nized as a p remier swi ne

breeder showman and judge He was

active in m any agricultural o rga niza shy

tio ns and in both the Ontario and

Canadian Vete rinary Med ical assoc iashy

tio ns He was a lo ngti me supporte r o f

th e Unive rsity especially the OVC

museum and was named OVC

Di stinguished Alumnus in 1987

Audrey Yea nd le DHE 25 di ed March

17 1999 in St ratford O nto A profes shy

sio nal diet it ia n she wo rked to two hosshy

p itals and tau ght home eco no m ics at

the Jo hn Fi he r School In Toro nto

Active In com munity orga nizatio ns and

her chu rch she was a lo ng time U of G

suppo rter and left an es ta te gift of over

$475000 to p rov ide bursaries for future

Gu elph students

Alumni

Jo hn Andrews DVM 38 June 27 1999

Harris Baker BSA 33 Febru ary 1998

Hu gh Balkwill BSA 53 June 27 1999

John Bowles BA 72 Sept 23 1999

Edward Bowness DVM 32 May 13 1999

Rud y Brown BSA 59 June 29 1999

Walter Bunn BSA 52 Sept 2 1999

Margaret Byrnes DHE 40 Apr il 22 1999

Joa n Cameron DH E 36 April 10 1999

Wil liam Cape ll BSA 54 Aprd 25 1999

T homas Ca rd BSA 47Ju ne 20 1999

Jean a rter DH E 38 Jun e 28 1999

Loi Clipsham D H E 27 Ju ne 23 1999

Bruce Cohoe BSA 3 3 Feb 2 1999

Geoffrey Collins BSA 28 May 21 1999

Al exander C o nnell ADA 60 Ju ly 26

1999

John Currie BA 74 Sep t 18 1999

William C u rrie BSA 59 Nov 27 1998

C arma n Davey DVM 39 Apr il 15 1999

D oug Doerksen ADA 84 Ju ne 5 1999

Joann e DU ll can -Robinson BA 81 and

MA 86 July 22 1999

Robert Erskine BSA 41 May 2 1999

Will ia m Fisher BSA 48 Aug 5 1999

Norm Freeman BSA 49 July 2 1999

Alexander Gc ncr BSA 32 Dee 27 1998

Rudy Goltz BSA 33 July 28 1 999

Tom Grah am BS 50 Dee 3 1998

Ed na Has tings D H E 32 July 11 1999

Jack Hea theringto n DVM 54 April 18

1999

Pa tric ia Hill BSc 96 MMch 9 1999

Ralph Hills BSA 54 June 14 1999

Murray Ho ltby ADA 47 O ct 29 1998

Shawn H owden B 9 1July81 999

james j ackson BSA 34 April 29 1999

Karen ( Re ichardt ) Kister B H Se 70

Ap rilll 1999

Albert Kristjanson BSA 50 Dec 7 1998

John Laffert ) BSA 5 1 Aug II 1999

Ron Lawrence DVM 43 Mel) 4 1999

Ann e Legate BSe 89 March 1999

Tsu-Peng Stephen i iu M Sc 65 Ma)

Hl 1998

Rober t Luckham ADA 58 Jan IS 1999

Jam es Lyons BSA 59 Au g 2~ 1999

Willia m M ack BSc(Eng) 84 Ju ne 7

1999

T helma M artin D HE 41 July 131999

Helen McBratney D lI E 34 in 1998

Allan Bud McCardle BSA 52 May 10

1999

Ri chard M cDonald O AC C la ss of 47

lV1arch 24 1999

john Meeuse ADA 58 July 19 1999

Ra ymond Parr D VM 3 7 Ap ril 7 999

George Plakidas MA 93 date unknown

Virgini a Reed ODH 66 1arch 1 1999

Rose Reynold s D HE 28 Apri l 17 1999

Ern es t Ro bertso n BSA 37 Aug 6 1999

Jam es Ross BSA 34 Au g 23 1999

Gra nt Savage D VM 48 Ma rch 2 1999

Earl Shuh BSA 36 July 5 1999

Eu gene Smith BSA 3 1 Jan 27 1999

Will iam Smyth MA 90 Oc tober 1997

Ch er yl Ann Somerville BSe(Agr) 96

Sept IS 1999

Carl Stevenson BSA 46 Aug 26 1999

Robert Tennant BSA 49 May 5 1999

Gregory Tostevin BA 93 Feb 10 1999

Gerald Trant BSA 51 Sept 1 1999

Bennie Urquhart DV M 54 April 4 1999

Ga il Wamsl ey BA 70 July 24 1998

Gladys Ward D IlE 27 Apri l 8 1999

Catherine Welch BSA 22 Ma rch 3 1998

M abel ( McCa rthy) Ziegler DH E 26

Apr il 29 1999

Facu lty amp Staff Pro f Sid Gilbert Sociolog) and An thro shy

polog) Sept 8 1999

Rev Canon Ritchie McMurray

eCllm enical ch aplain 1968 to 1983

Aug 19 1999

Frie nds

Yvonne Alexander M~y 15 1999

jerry lkirnes Sept 2 1999

Marga ret C urran Dec 28 1998

John Godwin in 1999

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Peter Hallm an Ju ne 22 1999

Elsie Mae johnston Sept 12 1999

C lover Helena Ladouceur Sept 4 1999

Ed it h Pa tterson in 1993

Andrew Peterson Aug 26 1999

Edgar St rin ger March 1999

Gerry Vandergri ft Sep t 28 1999

Frank Watson March 23 1999

Barry Woods Jul y 30 1999

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from Ontario limesto ne but its familiar columns preshy

date the 1874 fo und ing o f the Ontario Agricu ltural Colshy

lege by several yea rs

Originally fronting a fa rmh ouse on Moreton Lodge

Farm the orna te front porch stoo d at the entrance of

the main co ll ege building until the O ld Res idence was

demolished in 1929 to make way for the co nstruction

of Johnston Hall Its believed the portico was erected

on Johnston Green in 1934

Because the ravages of time and weather had weakshy

ened the limestone structure to a dan gerous point it

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needed repairs to the stonework ceiling and roof The

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as a 50th-anniversa ry gift to the ca mpu s and a way to

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Now completely restored the portico is back in place

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Public health con cerns range from food SJfft) to zoonotic diseases (diseases that can be traLl smi tted from anim als to humans) and antibiotic resistance amon g diseaseshyca using bacteria It was this pillar that occushypied many veterinarians during the earlier decades of this century o ften as health inspectors

Iith the ad vent of antibiotics and varshyious advances in technology seemingly more stimulating research avenues beckshyoned for vete rin ary scientists But at this end of the 20th cen tury says Meek we find ourselves again confronting many of those earlier problems such as tuberculosis and medical professionals are refocllsing on the importance of public health issues

Veterinarians have also played a signifishycant role in th e evolution and application of ecosystem healt h practices because of their expe rtise in co mp arative medicine toxicology ep idemiology and wildlife disshyease Changes in wildlife health are the first results and so metimes the first signs of envishyronmental problems We dont live in a box reserved for one species says Meek gtle live in the same env ironment We interact in very intimate ways with other an imals in the environment so its not surp rising there are all kinds of crossovers and that you can learn J lot tbat can improve the heal th and lovell-being of peo ple and other animals

That trutl is becoming more ev ident as biomedical science uses new and more speshyci fic technologic As yo u start looking at the cellular and subcellular levels and the chromosomes and the genes it doesnt realshyly mat ter that much whether youre lookshyin g at a ge ne chromosome or cell that came ou t of a person or a dog says Meek vVhen YOLi get down to that level the fundamenshytal building blocks are the same - nucleic acids dnd blse units I think we as a professhysion have a tremendou s amount to offer there becJuse of our mand ate wlich is so broad Vete rinar ians look after all animals excep t for people in th e sense of providing handS-Oil care We can learn a lot from these othe r species There are diseases in other animals that have analogies to human disshyeases so we can learn from that and use th em as n1tural models

He expec ts to see mor e collaboration IIlJ information sharing alllong human medical and veterinary researchers Its not

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so amazing to understand that we would ha ve folks working on things that have a human application It co mes from our manshydate our responsibilities and histo ry and the comparative approach

The fourth pillar of veterinary medicine offers many impressive examples of co mshyparative medicine In the next few pages we present a small sample of current OVC research initiat ives that are providing immeshydiate and direct benefit to human medicine and health

disease similar to pre-eclampsia In mice lacking these lymphocy te cells she grafted bone marrow containing gra ft s with NK cells and found that the implantation sites returned to a no rmal state

Croys research has gained worldwide recognition for its considerable applicabilshyity to human fetal development and because it provides a useful animal model for this gestational disease Her work may eventu shyall) show scientists how to eliminate preshyeclampsia during human pregnancy It will also help vets and farmers understand how

Reproductive technologies

Prof Anne Croy Biomedical Sciences is intent on discovering why pregnant women develop pre-eclampsia a serious illn ess that typically occurs during th e second half of pregnancy High blood pressure is the major symptom If pre-eclampsia occurs th e baby must be delivered immediately or the mothshyer may experience convulsions or even die To better understand the ilness Croy is examining lymphocytes in the uterus par shyticularlya group of specialized lymphocyte cells that multiply during early pregnancy

These NK cells or natural killers regushylate gene expression and attack foreign invaders such as cancerous tumours Their main r01 e during pregnancy is to dilate blood vessels as the uterus grows preventshying blood pressure from rising to dangershyous levels Croy and her research team have discovered that lack of NK ceUs in the uterus may cause reproductive problems and lead to smaller infants whose growth is retard shyed into adulthood

Working with mice Croy found th at removing NK cells before mating led to a

uterine lymphoc ytes work in lives tock which is why her studies are funded by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs as well as the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council

How much can mice teU us about human reproductive immunology Croy says the importance of the mouse as a tool for studyshying disease progression or therapy was brought home to her in the 1960s when she was an OVC student of Prof Tom Hulland then chair of pathology and an ea rly enthushysiast of using mice as resea rch models

She says the two reproductive systems are remarkably similar Because mice reach adulthood after six to seven weeks and proshyduce about 10 offspring every three weeks researchers can monitor successive generashytions of mice over a short period to discovshyer the long-term ramifi ca tions of health problems And she is able to study an indishyvidual tissue section of an entire fetu s under -the microscope For these reasons mice play a central role in another of Croys research projects one thats found mothers pass along to their children more of themselves than was previously thought

Until recently the placenta was thought

to be impenetrable Then some Us

researchers discovered that cells travelled

from the fetus to the mother In research

funded by the Hospital for Sick Children

Foundation in Toronto Croy recently found

that the flow is two-way unidentified cells

We are the only medical profession that looks at medicine across species Thats one of the great strengths of veterinary medicine

are also transferred from the mother to the

bone marrow of the fetus

Unlike most earlier studi es Croys

focused on the bone marrow where the

bodys blood and autoimmune disea ses

develop She found that 90 per cent of the

mouse fetuses contained the mothers cells

in their marrow Because maternal cel ls

remain in offspring into adu lthood (a nalshy

ogous to humans) it suggests the cells may

affect the chi lds response to a bone marshy

row transplant during cancer treatment or

to treatment for HIV ma laria or burns For

example immune-deficient children often

receive marrow transplants from a parent

but if the mothers cells are already present

they can reject th at transplant Undershy

standing the nature of those cells is critical

As in Croys work with uterine lymp hoshy

cytes this research is receiving worldwide

recogn ition although the Guelph researcher

down plays that accla im This is so me of

the most interesting work of my career she

says but Im a relatively small player in the

bigger sc hem e of things

Croy has repeatedly crossed boundaries

in her pursuit of knowledge and has been

recognized by a variety of scientific discishy

plines She recent ly completed a term as a

permanent study sec tion member of the

National Institutes of Health (N1H) in th e

United States one of the few Canadians

appointed since the N1H opened permashy

nent membership to non -citizens in 1995

She teaches a summer course on reproducshy

tion mostly to medical doctors at the

Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratoshy

ry in Massachusetts This June she recei ved

the JCB Grant Senior Scientist Award from

the Canadian Society of Anatomy Cell Biolshy

ogy and Neurobiology - an unusual honshy

our for a vet And she recently prese nted

reproductive immunology findings to meetshy

ings of obstetricians and gynecologists

Organ transplants

A silent crisis is what one member of Parshy

liament has called Canadas organ donor

rate now among the lowest in the indusshy

trialized world More than 3000 Canadians

wait for organ transp lants each year and

143 of them die awaiting a transplant

One potential so lution being examined

at OVC is xenotransplantation or transshy

plan ting of organs from one sp ecies to

another - specifica ll y from pigs to

humans Its not as far-fetched as it sounds

For more than 10 years people have

received living pig tissue including porcine

pancreatic islet cells for diabetes and pig

skin for burns

Because of its faculty expertise its outshy

standing record in animal ca re and welfare

and its 30-year history o f research in

pathogen-free swine for breeding and food

purposes OVC was approached by Imutran

Ltd of the United Kingdom a xenotran sshy

plantation research leader to assis t in pre-

clinical (non-human) trials

OVCs role in this leading-edge research

being co-led by Prof Danny Butler Clinishy

cal Studies is to breed and suppl y a sma ll

group of tran sgenic pigs for research trials

at partner institutions in the project - the

University of Toronto and the University of

Western Ontario ove was also instrushy

mental in ensur in g that the pig li tte rs were

of defined health status or pathoge n-free

- an integral aspect of this proJect These

transgenic pigs resemble any other pig on

the outside but on the inside Lhey diff r in

one smaJl but very important way

Ordinarily when a blood vessel ruptures

the bodys natural reaction is to clot and

patch the leak During this pro cess someshy

times called a cascade the body produces

chemicals sequentially to form the c lot But

clotting is a delicate FlOcess Until now

organ transplants betwee n species have proshy

voked hyper-acute rejection caus ing a

clotting-like cascade to continue until wit hshy

in min utes or hours th e patient rejec ts the

animal organ Blood entering the newly

received organ recognizes that tissue as forshy

eign and immediately begins the clotting

process quickly shutting down the o rg3 1l

By contrast the ce ll s of lmutran pigs conshy

tain a human gen e that produces a prote in

that stops the clotting casca d e In a transshy

planted pig organ c3tTying this gene the

protein fool s the pat ients blood into trelt shy

ing the organ as though its from the same

species thus preventing clotti ng

Butler believes oves expertise in surgishy

cally deriving and raising germ-free littetmiddots

was a key reason the college was approached

to undertake this re sea rch Fro m 1958 to

1989OVC took th e scientific lead with the

Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Fo od and

Ruralfffairs in supplying speci[Jc-pathogen shy

free animals to the provinces pig farms Prof

Paul Miniat of the Departmcnt of C linical

Studies and later th e Depa rtment of Popshy

ulation Medicine led that projec t

Tl1is current research is cutting-edge

says Butler and you have to be absolutely

meticulous about everything you do

Because these animals dont ha ve dn actishy -vated immune system any path oge n th lt

comes into play would be fatal to thesc pigs

Butler notes that the resea rch is stil l at

the pre-clinical (non-human) trial stage

and it will likely be years before trials ca n

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take place in hum ans And other forms of transplant rejec tion besides the hyper-acute

va ri ety will requ ire furth er research Along the way Butler and fellow OVC researchers - Prof Bonnie Mall ard and Byram Bridle PathobioJogy who are stud y director and projec t mana ger re spec tivel y Jud y Bell Clinical Studies a projec t mana ge r and

Prof Bob Fri endship Population Medicine - hope to gain new insight into breeding

pigs of exemplary health status for both anishymal breeding and food sa fe ty

Genetic diseases

Pro f Mark Baker Path obi ology hopes to enh ance gene th erapy used in treating

human and animal ge net ic d iseases by improving the effi ciency of gene targeting Using thi s procedure and the tools of biotechnology researchers hope to zero in on spec ific points in an o rgani sms DNA and insert or repair genes invol ved in sll ch

diseases as cancer AID S mu sc ular dystroshyphy cys tic fibrosis and sickl e-cell anemia

Gene targeting is a very important techshy

nology for gene modifi ca tion in all species - plants animals and micro-organisms says Baker who began tbi s work in the 1980s The nice thing about thi s tecbnolshyogy is th at yo u can make changes in the

ge ne right in its norm al position in the chromosom e

He hopes to make gene targe ting more effi cient by studying the underlyi ng process of homologo us reco mbi nation in whi ch

DNA sequences exchange information Norshymally this process helps ce lls repai r DNA da mage and govern s mixing of gen es durshy

ing cell di vision including th e p rocess of meios is whi ch produces egg and sperm

cells But homologous recombination can also lead to can cer durin g th e exchange of informati on bet ween a mutan t ch romoshyso me and its no rmal co unterpart Bes ides

stud ying what goes wrong durin g recomshybinat ion sc ientists are in te res ted in using th e process to co rr ect defe cts Baker s

research for exa mple has shown that gene targe ting th ro ugh homolo gous recombinashytion can correc t a mu ta tion to resto re proshyducti on of an immunoglobulin found in

an tibodies We want to und ers tand the mec hashy

nisms of recombination in mammalian cells

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and how homologo us reco mbin ati on ca n

be used to shape and manipu late th e genome he says ex plaining that gene tarshygeting all ows researchers to make animal

model s of hum an gene ti c diseases study hum an ge ne th erapy and modify plant and an imal ge nomes to benefit agri culture biotechnology and medi cine

Cancer research

Ca ncer reaches into the lives of many Ca nashydian s A number of researchers are wo rkshying in this area and their research spans the spectrum from basic molecul ar bio techshy

nology to applied therapy says Pro f Wayne

improve our understa ndin g of how to modshy

ify the level of damage done by co litis He explains th at by detoxify ing dieta ry

mu tagens and ca rcinogen s CST enzymes provi de protection against va rious insul ts inflicted on th e stom ach Thats an imporshy

tant role gJven th e kno wn link be tween so me chemical s co nsumed by humans and the dama ge to DNA and tis sues th at ma y

lead to cancer Hi gh levels of the em ymes are good because th ey pro tect says Ki rby

In pre vious studi es conducted with the Je wish General Hospital in MontlCal Ki rshyby discove red th at man y peo pl e with col shyo rec tal ca ncer lack th e ge neti c codes fo r

GSTs He is now in vestigatin g th e role of the

At the cellular and subcellular levels it doesnt really matter

whether youre looking at a gene chromosome or cell that came out of a person or an animal

McDonnell OVC ass istant dean (resea rch)

Although OVC research usually fo cuses on can cer in anim als incl uding using animal models th e res ult s also touch th e human

realm of oncology research Colorec tal ca nce l is th e third most comshy

mon can cer in humans th e Canadian Ca nshy

cer Society estim ates th at more than 16000 new cases will be d iagnosed in 1999 and more th an 6000 deaths will occur Key fa cshy

tors in its development are d ie tary carc inoshyge ns and colitis a bowe l inflammatio n In Guelphs Departm ent of Bio medi cal Scishy

ences Prof Gordon Kirby is studying glu shytathione S-transferase (GST) emymes that

are fo und in the hea lthy human intestinal tract but are abse nt in colorec tal ca ncer patients This research co uld help impleshyment pre ve ntive st ra teg ies for people who might be at high risk for ca nce r or it may

help in co unselling people in proper dietary habits he says In addi tio n we may

enzy mes and how th eir level alte rs as th e

disease develops B) und erst andin g how th ese enz) l11 es

work and how th ey change dur ing the proshygression from co liti s to can cer Kirby ultishymately hopes to lea rn ho w to co ntro l th e leve l of th e enzymes Understandin g how

th e enzym es work ca n lead LI S to wa ys to

prevent cancer he SlyS

Radiation treatment

Veterll1ar ians using the technique o f halfshy

body ra dia tion may cut th e time needed to treat lymphoma in dogs acco rd ing to th e

re sul ts of a st ud y by OVC re sea rchers in cludin g Prof To n) Abr1Jl1s-0gg Pro f -Stephen Kruth Paul Woods Geri Ottewe ll and Kim Stewa rt - aU of th e Department of Clini cal Studi es - and Al Norris of th e

Veterinary Referral Cli nic And although the groups recent six-year tr ial was directed at

do gs the resu lts of thi s veterinary resea rch

may have implica tions for trea tin g cance r

in hum ans

Trea tin g lym ph oma traditionally Iequires up to two yea rs of chemoth erap)

An alternative to prolonged chemotherapy is tota l-body ra diat io n and bone mar row

transplantation The procedullt lI SLS the patien ts own marrow extracted before the

trea tment One drawback is the possi bilit y

of transpb nt ing s ick malTOw co ntaining lymphoma (ells back in to the patien t A secshy

o nd drawbac k is th e ex tcnsive ca re and

Icngthy recovery time required By co ntrast ha lf-body radiation takes

onl y three mon ths Ab rams- Ogg explains that became only half of th e body is treatshy

ed at one time enough healthy bone marshy

row remain s to negate a tra nsp lan t By the

time th e seco nd hal f o f the body is irradishyated 30 da ys late r th e pa tien t has hld

eno urh line to recover fro m the first trea tshyment Hes also found that dogs receivi ng

half-bod) radiation generally avoid the sideshyeffects of tull-body trea tment

Abra ms-Ogg says ha lf- body radi ation

has been used on humans to alleviate pain in advanced cancer cases but not to treat

lymphoma The results of this trial do have hUl )la n health implications he SJ) Halt~

hody radilti o n may be used to treat the

sa me types of cancers in people

Resistance to antibiotics

Ensuring the hea lth of farm animals is an

im po rtant fac tor in ensuring th e health of our food supply T hrough col labo ratio ns wi th the Un iversity of Guelphs Department

of Food Science and l1calth Canada a dedshy

icated group of ove resea rch ers is improvshying public health through [ood -sa fe ty

research OnL of those sc ienti sts is Prof Sco tt

McEwen Population Med icine who studies food-animal prod uct io n and on-fa rm issues

by investigati ng microb ial resistance to antib ishyotics and ways to co ntrol pathoge ns such as

E coli during food-animal production Were try ing to red uce the level of exposhy

sure or people to these pathogens an d in tu rn red uce the level of food-borne illness

says I IcEwe n Our goal is to im prove

human health and improve the health of the animal industr )

Microbia l resista nce in pa rticular is a

co mpelli ng issue for agriculture rigbt no w because of a number of eve nts occurring

worldwide that have focus ed attenti on o n the use of antibi otics in foo d-a ni mal pro shy

du ct ion and the po tential impact on h um ans through meat conu mption

McEwen and h is st ud ents are looking at

what types of animals are being exposed to

va ll o us drugs and for how long to better

measure bacterial resistance to antibiot ics Because the agricu ltu ra l industry accounts [or half of to tal antib io tic lls e he says it s

important to look for new ways to improve on-farm manage ment of livestock that wIll

reduce disease Jnd the need for treatme nt

with antibiotics ga

Veterinary medicine contributes to human health sector

The Ontario Veteri nary Co llege (OVC) is at the centre of Ontarios

$44 billion knowledge-based ecoshy

nomic secto r foc using on animal

health and related food qualitysafeshy

ty and biomedicalbiotechnology activities

Although veterinal) medicine is

the main focus of studies at OVC the biomedical science o ption has

the bjgh est enrolment among

Guelphs 30 BSe degree programs

Employers in Canadas $I -billion biotechnology indust ry sa y a degree in ve ter inary med icine will

be an impor tant first step in filling

new positions created by the pracshytical application of current revelashy

tions in molecular biology and cloning technology

OVC is a founding college of the

Universit y of Guelph which receives mo re resea rch funding

from the Medica l Research Co unshycil than any other Ca nadi an uni shy

versity with o ut a medica l school

More than ISO studies have been condu cted using fund s donated

throug h OVes Pet Tr ust by ve tshy

erinarians and pet owners who recshy

ognize the th erapeutic value of the

bond betwee n people and com shypa nion animal s

100 per cent of OVC gradu ates

find em ploymen t withi n six months of gradu ation

50 per cen t of veterinary patholoshygists in North America are -employed directly or indirectly by the pharmaceutical industr y

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a The Royal Society of Canada recognizes an acndelnic career

by Alexander Wooley a scholar Funny hOWasingle pi ece of paper can summarize a lifet ime of study and aCJ demic work that has already fi ll ed

29 books and 85 book chapters an d Journal articles

In june U of G polit ica l science profes~

sor Onkar P Dwivedi received a letter invit~

ing hi m to become a Fello w of th e Royal Society of Canada Its an invitation reserved

for Canadas ltlCJde11i c elite an an nounceshy

men t thM brought congratul atio ns tinged with envy fiom colleagues across Ca nada and

left th is U of G professor answeri ng quips from Guelph collcgues such as Are we still

allowed to share the elevator wi th such an illuSlrious scholar

Dwivedi is indeed an ill ustrious scholar

- th e FRSC is th e hi ghest scholJriy recog~ nition1 Canad ian ~ cad emic ca n recei ve shy

but he is also a personable man who has a deer concern fo r o thers and a sense of humour that allows h illl to ceremo ni ously

wave oth er facult ) and students on to the

elevator as it ri ses to his s ix1h~f1oor offi ce ill the JvlacKi nn on Bu ilding

Known across camp us simply as OP he says its o nl y natural that hlS colleagues

wo uld be a bi t envi ous of th e Royal Society

designation he has felt th at envy himself when congratultting previous recip ien ts

Dwivedi SI) he is d~ep l ) honoured to bL one of 19 U of C lilCul ty wh o hold thl tilk (see page II ) The entire U of C cJm pl co mmunity shOlIcs in Prof l)iveciis dd igh t at bei ng l1amed a fel low I) pruv()t tin

Campbe ll It is a we ll~d lsencd mark of recognition for his distinguished caree r Jnd

vJ lua ble slr vice to i II I l 1Ila I ional dlTlop Ill en t an d the en viron men t

Being n~mcd I Fello of the Rnl11 oci

101) of CI1a d ~ is testimony 10 tile prnrcsnr ~

beli e-I Lhat if you work hard enough you L11l

achieve an ythi ng Th~Is 11) hi colilltr)

is so great he says o f his adopted C~nIJ1 Born in India Dwi ved i came 1( ( anadl

in the early [960 as a gruduatc lttuden Hl co mpl eted a mdst 15 de grec al Carl etull University ~nd a Ph D at QUlln l middot ni~r ishy

ty ~l1 d jo incd the U o f C tJLlti lyin 1967

He hJS advanccd Ihe CallldilI1 view of

political eth ics 111d public scnicc Wl11pI(d

pol icy~mak ing t nd administralioll hetwlcn natio ns and l11aintl ined world iew of enli~

ronll1ental pol iei sand pl1blie alti ludes toward pollu tion And ltI ll the wh ile haring his in sight wilh the l h (l u~llld nf tlllkilts

who halt vied for se1ts ill his classroom

Alt hough C1I1 3d is now hi~ IWll1l Dwivedi main tai ns ~Irong lies with his lill

mer homeland He has mon itored dCIdol

mtnh Ind ehtnge~ ill IndilS pol lulion lt111U

lto INrl ation pol i ~ic ror lll1lo~t 0 )Cltlrs and sucd h J ltnio r ad iser 1(1 Ih (OUlllr )

lin ilr) of rl1limnl11tllt dnd Fltlr~ I S I Ii lIll rc~c nl hook publi1 d in I))7 i ntro ~

Jl1C~ r~ldr tlt1 Ih cnVil 0 l1nlCnl11 p(lli~yshy

mll-ing and manf~mll1t prelL n Ind i1 b) cxamining vlri()u~ Jill1cl1iol15 of lhlt

tl1Iironrncn lal chIIltI1ampes faced h)lhe nali()n Farber th is )Lar hc 1 in Ind i JS par t

or a hll1lli(Ia l lroICL looking at reg ulal middot ing cmironmcnlal ri there with I Spc

eiJI fO LlI on htrlil lll i hmlsehrllJ producls

and thiJ ill1 tI~1 Oil (Imen ltlnd hiidren

Tht resClreh p rQin t i locattd ill Kll1 pur

lt1 cil ) of Ih rec million HId IS funded b) the Sha tri In do CJnldi111 Imti lutc

[)wi lldi mother and othl lamily mtlllhLI sl illl iC in In d i li e pcrsollally

Ufporh eh olt)I Ihne and hell he retire in tl1 Icars hl plan to SCI up I L~c n tre fo r

drug HldiLliOl I 1I11lI11Llll11 healt h

Fnn in C lllJdI hl is working to help

olher or Indiall illlllry bui ld bella lives I lc offen hi serliccI~ I parl -timc Hindu

pries t lIith U ofe CGl11pUS minislry and I~ 1 spir iluJ I ou l1 1I0 [ Jor inm lles It Ihe

Cudl h Corrldinnd (ntrc The Roal Soc ielY Litdtion d~ )Lribes

[)wildl cI~ 1 chobr who hIS 1 1Ilined

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ndti( nal distinction and international recogshy

nit ion Just this spring he vis ited Loyo la l [a rymollnt Universit-y in Los An-des as that

insti tutions 1999 Internati onal Scho lJ r

Es tabli shed 117 years lgO the Roya l Society or Canada enco mpasse d ra nge of

discip lin es including the natural and ap plied sc iences medi cine soc ial scien ces MId hu manit ies

Dwi vedi sa) The s()c ic tys invitation is

an honour for me and also a wonderful recogshy

nition for our new coll ege (U of Gs College

of Social and All lied Human Sciences )

A for mer chair of Guel lhs Department of Political Science Dwivedi is pres id ent of

the Ca nadian Asian Stud ies Associa tion and

past lresident of the Canadian Po litica l Scishyence Association He also chairs th e resea rch committee of the International Poli tical Scishy

ence Associat io n

During hi s 32-year career at Guellh he ha s served on the Enviro nm ental Assess shy

)]lent Boa rd of Ontario as a co nsultan t to

the Ca nadian gove rnment as an adviser to th e Wo rld Health Organi za ti o n an d the

Wo rld Bank in In dia Papua New Guinea and Mau ritiu s an d as a sc ientific panel

member with UNESCO In J 99 8 he

received an honorary degree fro m the Unishyve rsity of Leth bridge ga

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ANDREvV VOWLES

m Tiny flashes of blue

light caught by U of G

to physicists in an

undergro und

observatory may eg

tell us the

fate of our

universerunch First tighf wasnt long in coming even in a mine shaft some two kiloshy

metres beneath the Earths surface Within days of turning on a multishy

million-dollar li ght detector near the bottom of a Sudbury nickel mine

scientists from Canada the nited States and the United Kingdom recordshy

ed their first even t Thats physicists lingo for a collision between a tiny

extraterrestrial particle called a neutrino and a molecule of heavy water

Actually what they witnessed last spring was not the encounter itself

- marked by a tell tale fl ash of blue light - but data trickling in quishy

etly from the detectors elaborate instruments sometime after the fact

Still that was enou h to set a few hearts pounding among the collabshy

orators in the Sudb u r y eutrin o Observatory particularly among

Guelph physicists John Simpson Robin Ollerhead and Jimmy Law who

appJaude 1 those early results not just for what they might reveal about

the universe but also as a validation of their painstaking care in conshy

structing and preparing the detector

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[J This is without a doubt the climax of my

career says Simpson whos been invo lved

with the Sudbury N eu trin o Observa to ry

(SNO) project since it was fir s t moo ted by

Canadian physicis ts in th e early 1980s Hes

been studying neutrinos for almost two

decades beginning with experiments in a

Windsor-area sa lt mine

It s th e las t unkn own low-energy area

left he says N eutrin os are s till th e least

understood elementa ry particle of a ll

Thats not for lac k of them T hey re co nshy

sidered to be th e most commo n particles in

the universe and the fund amenta l building

blocks of matter Each seco nd bi lli ons of

neutrinos generated during fusion reactions

in the sun and in sou rces far beyond our

galaxy bombard every square ce ntim etre of

the Earths surface undetected But just try

to catch one So ephemeral a re Ih ey th at

they pass without a mmmur through most

objects including solid rock ni ckel ni ckel

miners - even throu gh the SNO sc ientis ts

monitoring their giant acry li c ball s usshy

pended in a 22-metre-wide cavern two kiloshy

metres down the mine shaft

The $70-million o bse rva to ry s it s nea r

the bottom of Inco Ltd s C reighton nicke l

mine the deepes t wo rkin g min e in North

America and one tha t has opera ted co ntinshy

uously for the last ce ntury

Today the only eAtra terreslrial objects hitshy

ting the site - or more co rrect ly passi ng

through it - are neutrinos Seemingly against

astronomical odds those scientists hope to

use that ball as a kind of cosmic-sized catchshy

ers mitt to stop or deflect enough of these

particles to learn more about them and about

the big wide universe that spawned them

Inside that 12-foot ball are 1000 tonnes

of heavy water which is also used as coolant

inside nuclear reactors Tn fact th e watershy

all $300 million worth - is on loan from

Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (AECL)

Heavy water ho lds the key to SNOs opera-

Taken during construction the photo above

shows the SNO cavity and acrylic vessel At

right the acrylic vessel is surrounded by an 18shy

metre diameter geodesic sphere that supports

nearly 10000 light sensors and reftectors

Scientists hope to U~

tion Because its molecules contain one more

n eutron than in ordinary water its more

likely to in tercept a phantom neutrino That

co llis ion will be marked by faint but telltale

fla shes of light - forma lly kno wn as

Cerenkov radia tion th e characteris tic blu e

glow emitted in a nuclear reactor - to be

picked up by a few of th e 10000 detectors

studding the panels on th e sphere s surface

Perhaps more impo rtan t SNO resea rchers

anticipate that the wa ter will catch all three

types o f neut rinos no t just the o ne captured

by other detec tors around the world

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agiant acrylic ball as a kind of cosmic-sized catchers mitt

flavou rs based on th e kind s of subatomshy

ic particl es tlleyre dssociated with electro n

neutrinos muon neutrinos and tau neu trishy

nos Referring to earlier experiments that

have detected far fewer neutrinos than

expected based on our understanding of

how the universe works Simpso n says most

scientists believe that neutrinos have mass

and the) change type as th ey leave the sun

and thats why Ne havent seen enough of

them Being able to detect the other two

flavours at SNO might allow sc ientis ts to

account for the so -called missing neutrinos

Proving that neutrinos can change their

stripes might als o tell us more about the

likely fate of th e universe itself by solving

another mystery the question of the missshy

ing mass Referring to basic laws of physics

Law says If neutrinos convert th at means

th ey must have mass Why is that imporshy

ta nt Explai ns Ollerhead The amount of

mass thats accounted fo r by the sta rs that

you can see is only about one-tenth of the

total mass the re must be in the universe in

order to cause the interactions and motions

you see W hen people talk about mis si ng

mass thats what th ey re talking about

So the question is where is it l Because

every s tar produces billions of neut rin os

every second the universe is full of neutr ishy

nos These van ishingly small particles could

collectively exert a gravitational pull out of

all proportion to th eir size - enough to

eventually slow the expa nsion of the universe

If neutrin os have ma ss it means the

universe may be heavier than we think says

Simpso n The universe will eventually stop

expanding in a few billion years and collapse

back in on itself Thi s is known as the Big

Crunch Finding evidence of the smoking

gun to either prove or di sprove that theoshy

ry is the purpose of the observatory he says

SNO research bombards other areas of science Adapting physics tools to build SNO

An expert in X-ray back-scattering Guelph

physicist Innes Mackenzie helped the SNO

team about six years ago by adapting his

back-scattering technique to determine the

thickness of a plastic liner that su rrounds

th e entire observatory cavity Made of a

substance called urylon (produced by a

Guelph company) the liner was sp rayed

on to the cavitys concrete surface to screen

ou t radon a radioactive gas that diffuses

even through soLd rock In a project where

an extra millimetre could skew results scishy

entists needed to ensure that the material

was the same thickness all the way arou nd

Mackenzie used X-ray back-scattering

a techniq ue he has developed that might

be llsed to determine say the thickness of

paint applied in an auto assembly plant or

ice buildup on aircraft wings Laurentian

University physicist Doug Hallman says

his research group has worked with

Mackenzie to set up a unique hand- held

monitor and data-recording system which

found the actual thickness of the eightshy

millimetre-dlick polyurethane material to

an accuracy of about 10 per cent

Building new tools from SNO physics

During his graduate studies in physics at

Guelph Tom Andersen helped his PhD

supervisor Prof John Simpson design

devices used to detect background

radioactivity of the heavy wa ter in the

Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO)

and worked on software that simulates

th e movement of high -energy muons

particles created when cos mic rays

encounter the Earths atmosphere All the

while he had his eye on a not-unrelated

topic that became his full-time job after

graduating in 1998

It a desk top planetarium says

Andersen of his astro nomy software

which allows users to view the simulated

night sky - including comets asteroids

satellites a nd stars - on a computer

screen With it yo u can observe the sky

as it appears from your backyard tonight

o r from Jupiter 100 years ago or from

Egypt 3000 years ago

He and his partners a t Toronto-based

Sienna Software Inc have so ld about

10000 copies of Sta rry Night software

dming the past 18 months They began

by selling software that users could down shy

load from the Internet but now make two

CD-ROM versions of the package Starshy

ry Night Deluxe and Starry Night Pro

The first allows users to look at more than

19 million objects from anywh ere in the

solar system and to examin e deta iled

graphics of such things as constellations

Serious astronomy afic ionados use the

pro version to track as teroids learn more

about star motions or create their own

planets to study orbital mechanics

Generally anyone who owns an

as tronomical telesco pe owns a piece of

astronomy software says Andersen You

can take your telescope to your backyard

and connect it to your laptop and then

point to something with Starry Night and

have the telescope steer to it

Applying SNO tools to business

Former phys ics graduate student Myung

Chol Chon now works in the Royal Banks

corporate and investmen t banking offices

in Toronto Modelling the behaviour of

financial assets and pricing derivative secushy

rities might appear removed from the task

of capturing neutrinos but Chon says the

Guelph SNO group gave him an opporshy

tunity to learn various quantitative ana lyshy

sis tools including Monte Carlo simulashy

tion and artificial neural networks I also

gained understanding and experience in

software production via working with the

SNO Monte Carlo Analysis (SNO MAN )

software development team - tools

applicable not only in physical science but

in other areas as well

Fa llWinter 1999 25

-Simpson says ea rly detection of SNOs first

neutrino this summer reflects the high qUJIshy

ity of the obselva tory itself incl uding th t conshy

tribution of the Guelph scientists involved in

designi ng its sophist icated instrum ents Thats why theres a lot of noise abo ut the

fi rst measurem en ts he sa ys Some o ther

detectors have to work harder to get the backshyground radioactivity down Weve shown that

we constructed a very clea n detector

Along with several PhD studen ts and resea rch associates he and his coUeagues buiJt

inst ruments used to monitor and ensure an acceptable level of background radi oactivishy

ty in SNOs innards fiom the hea l) watcr to all the components orthe detector itse lf

The Guelph group developed a very senshy

sitive technique for the measurement of ultrashylow levels of ra dioactivit y in water whi ch is

essential for th e SNO detector to reach its

goals says SNO project director Art McDonshy

ald a phys icist at Queens Universit y Meas uring radioact ivity is our ga me

says resea rch ass oc iate Pillalamarr Jaga m during a tour of Sim psons lab in th e baseshy

ment of the MacNaughton Build in g home

to whJt Jaga m calls the only ul tra-low backshy

ground radi ation research and development

group in Ca nada Po inting to a det ector resemblin g a stainless-steel salad bowl with

a matchin g lid he says the Guelph -made

de vice JS with its co usins on perm anent du ty at SNO picks lip infinitesimally small

amounts of ra dioactivity emitted naturall y

by the observa torys compo nents

Ja ga m helps run th ose dev ices at SNO

fo llowin g up on his role as superv iso r of a

cl ea nin g crew d urin g SNOs constru ction SNO is the larges t clean-room ever olltside

of the electron ics industry he says Its

cleaner th an yo ur avera ge dinner plate

Above Muon neutrinos produced from cosmic

rays which strike Earths abnosphere are detectshy

ed by the SNO light sensors producing a coneshy

shaped pattern of energy Right An artists

sketch of the SNO detector shows the central

acrytic vessel now filled with 1000 tons of heavy

water and surrounded by 7000 tons of ultra

pure regular water Scientists monitor the obsershy

vatory from the room located above the sphere

26 GU ELP H ALUM NUS

In two years we mayI

Unlike th eir fell ow labourers in the m in e

who normall y hit the sbowers aft er a lo ng

day on the ore face th e scientists monitorshy

ing th e o bse rvatory must shower bef ore enterin g their facility Simil ar standa rds are mlintained tor the heavy water in th e acrylic

vessel which is fil tered dail y Jnd tested for ambient rad ioactivit y It s the purcst water

in th e wo rld says Jian Wang for merly J

research associate in Simpsons lab and now a consultant wi th U of Gs GUA RD In c

The Guelph-dc-signed instruments h ave

prove n lIseful in rela ted but more fa r-flung

applications JagaJl1 says scientists building

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ly know if the universe will eventually collapse

ye t an oth er neutrino observatory in Italy consulted with U of G physicists on radia shyti on measurement Closer to home he has helped Prof Richard Protz Land Reso urce Science quantify minute amounts of radioac tive cesium in so il samples taken from the Ecuadorean Andes an d from the Chernobyl site in Ukrain e

Law a particle physicist [las been involved since 1991 in writin g and test ing simulation software used by the project colshylaborators to model the workings of th e SNO detecto r With the detector now opershyating the package - dubbed SNOMAN shywill be used to analyse the data it generates OUerhead who first encountered SNO while chair of the Department of Physics has long worked in expe rim en tal nuclear physics using accelerators such as th e one run by AECL in Cbalk River Ont Todays investishygations at SNO draw on at least one aspect of his ea rlier resea rch in Los Alamos New Mexico where he developed neutral current detectors of the sort expec ted to help SNO sn iff out all three neutrino flavo urs

Sim psons graduate student Nathaniel Tagg is studying cosmic ray particles called muons which are detected as a byproduct in the obse rvatory Unlike neutrinos muons come from cosmic rays - or ionized nuclei - which begin Jife far beyond the solar sysshytem perhaps generated by stars exploding into supernovas or by shock waves emanating from collapsing black holes When these cosmic rays hit the Earths atmosp here th ey create extremely high-energy particles that can be detected by SNO some alon e or in pairs like bullets others in a shower like shotgun pelshylets Comparing the ratio of single bullets to shotgun blas ts may tell Tagg something about how the particles originated When you build a detector you get a lot of things for free he says Muons are considered background to most of the collaboration but there are some interes ting physics you ca n do with them

Beyond Guelph the SNO collaboration brings together almost 100 scientists from II universi ties and labs in Canada the United Sta tes and the United Kingdom Canad ian participants includ e university resea rchers from Queens Car leton Laurentian Britisll

Columbia and Guelph Wby Ca nada Canashyda has a lot of heavy water because of its nuclear power reactor development the CANshyDU reactor says OUerhead Basically Canashyda is tbe only country that can do the expershyiment using heavy water which is what gives this its unique flavour The other thing is the undergro und aspect All the neutrino expershyimen ts are done underground for shielding from cosm ic rays and other sources of backshyground radiation The nickel mine in Sudbury is the deepest site in North America

Its al so important that Creighton mine is a working facility says Si mpson [t has

Physics faculty

and students are

an integral part of (PES

Physics is one of five departments and schools in the College of Physshyical and Engineeri ng Science ( CPES) Physics has more Roya l Society fellows than any other department on campus Since 1993 ten CPES students including two in physics have received National Research Coun shycil awards under the agen cys Women in Engin eering and Scishyence Program In 1999 CPES laun ched an inteshygrated four-year degree program in technology with Seneca College in Toronto majors in physics and technology or applied pharmace ushytical chemistry CPES plans to launch a new undershygraduate degree in computing scishyence next year to promote U of G strengths in bioinfomatics neural networks genetic algo rithm s and embedded systems CPES offers a unique program called MPC2 that provides enriched studies in mathematics physics chemistry and computing science

to be active because its the only way you can maintain the safety of th e mine SNOs control room occupies a drift (miners talk for a corridor) 6800 fee t below the surface deep enough to accommodate a stack of about five CN Towers

Dw-ing the observatorys construction a regular express ca ge whisked visitors directly down No9 shaft to the detector as fast as a car travelling on a cit) street The shaft also served as the delivery conduit for the SNO components Site manager Dunshycan Hepburn recall s es pecially the three months that it took to ship the [000 tonnes of heavy water underground The eleva tor could take six tonnes at a time he says so we had an elaborate schedule involving six tanker cars fill ed overnight and sent down early in th e morning on a specially schedshyuled cage Adds mine manage r John Gill J dont think we spilled a drop

Now using regularly scheduled cages scishyentists crowd shoulder to sho ulder in the elevator with up to 40 miners during the 20-minute ride along the sloping ore seam Everyone in the collaboration is expected to spend a certain number of shifts actualshyly operating the detec tor says O llerhead This is partly to save money but also par tshyly because th e physicists are the ones with the vested interes t and should be involved Collaborators might spend seve ral weeks in Sudbury at a time for up to six weeks a year

SNO scien tists expect to learn definitiveshyly within two years whether or not neutrishynos have mass They also anticipate that the observatory will yield information about the sun and about other st ructures far beyond our galaA) The missing mass question is a way of studying supnnovas notes Ollershyhead There are many applications of this detector beyond just neutrinos from the sun

Why should anyone ca re about what these infinitesimally small particles teU us about cosshymic-sized questions If youre going to be an ad vance d and civilized country then you should be thinking about fundamental quesshy shytions and not just about where your next meal is coming from says Simpson Thats the difshyference I think between a civili7ed society and a society that just lives from day to day ga

FallWinter 1999 27

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

alU bull

ALUMNI PROFILES

ALUMNUS OF HONOUR

FORMER OAC DEA N Rick Richards BSA 38 was recogn ized for

his lifelong commi tment to excellence in admini stration teachshy

ing research and ex tension wh en he vas named 1999 AlumLlus of Honour by th e Un ive rsity o f Guelph Alumn i Associat ion The preshy

sen tation was made durin g Alumni Weekend in lun e

Ri chard s bega n hi s ca ree r in soil sc ience and pion ee red the

process of soil classifi ca ti on and map pin f for Ontario As head of

th e Un iversitys Depa rtm ent of Land Resou rce Science he spearshyheaded the constr uct ion o f new fa cili ties provided leadership in

the deve lopment of broader more sc ientifi c program s and th e

expansioLl o f fa culty and obta ined more lan d areas for departshymental resea rch He was appointed the first dea n of OAC in 1962

and was one o r the fou r principal academi c leade rs ho shared in

es tab lishin g the Universit y of Guelph After co mpleting two terms as dean he return ed to teac hing and retired in [98 1

As a professiona l agrologist Richards impleme nted pl ans ror

the Canadian Agri cultural Researc h Co un ci l as it s fi rst president

and was pres id ent o f the Ca nadian Soc iety of Su il Science th e Ontari o Institute of Ag rologists and tht Agricu ltural Institu te of

Can ada He was also the Canadian representa ti ve to th e United

Nations Food and Agricu lture O rga nizltJtion

ALUMNI VOLUNTEER AWARD

DAv ID ADAMS BSA 49 has always made his alma mater a pri shy

o ri t) and in 1999 th e Unive rsity of Guelph Alumni Associashy

tion app lauded th at loya lty by presentin g him with its 1999 Alulll shyni Volu nteer Awa rd

Adams has demo nstrated a devot ion to volun teer excellence

through his com mitment to the Universit y OAC and hi s alumni

ii class OAC 49 He was UGAA pres ident in 196869 president of

d the OAC Alu Jllni Associatio n in 196566 and a member of the Unishy

~ versi ty Senate and Boa rd of Governors fro m 1970 to 1973 In add ishy

~ tion he has Jllade mu ltiple contr ibu tions to OAC 49 ac tivities He

~ was instrumenta l in orga ni zin g 50th-anniversary class celebrations ~ for Alumni middotWeekend 99 which included the ded ication of the Yea r

~ 49 OAC po nd ga rden at th e Arbo retum Cent re and the res torashy

~ ti on of the Johnston Hall portico u ~ Adamss giving sp irit car ri es over into his pro(ess iona lli fc He

~ has had a distingu ished career in the ag ri -food indust ry and was laquo ~ general manager of the Canadian Meat Co uncil whe n hL reti red in

~ 1993 He cont inues to share hi s expertise with the co unc il and as

~ a volu ntee r for th e Royal Ag ri cultural inter Fair and th e Ca nashy~ dian Nat ional Exhibition FARlv

28 G UHPH ALU I NUS

HIGHLIGHTS middot GRAD NEWSmiddot OBITUARIESmiddot CALENDAR

ALUMNI MEDAL OF ACHIEVEMENT

DR AD RIAN P ARKS WO RK in th e area o f minimally invasive

surge ry has earned him international recogniti on as a leading surgeo n and educa tor in his fi eld His advancements in the use of

laparoscop ic techniques have improved treatm ent for an ex tensive

range of med ica l disorders that in the past could only be handled

thro ugh trad itional sur gery [n 1997 he was recruited to establish a new program at th e Uni ve rsity of Kentucky

Pa rk was honoured th is spring wit h the Universit y of Guelph flumni Associati ons Alumni Medal of Achievem ent He received

a bachelor of science fro m Gu elph in 1985 and a doctor o f med ishycine from McMaster University in 1987

He completed his training at St Josephs Hos pital and rilcMasshy

ter Uni ve rsity Affiliated Hosp ital s in Hamilto n O nt and at the

Uni versit) of Montrea l before Jo ining St Jose phs as a ge neral surshy

geo n in 1994

The Guelph meda l recognizes th e professional leadership and achievements demons trated in Parks still- yo un g career and his

compassionate ca re of pati ents He and his wife Jennifer 8A 84 have three children Hilary Meredith and Evan

ove DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS

DUNCAN SINC LAIRS CONTR IB UTIO NS to career an d soc iety have prove n bis leadersh ip and expe rtise in hea lth sciences He gradshy

uated fro m OVC in 1958 and received a master of sc ience fro m OAC in 1960 specializing in nutriti on He then earn ed a PhD in

physiology at Queens University in 1963 and bega n a ca reer focused

primaril y on human health Sinclair was ltl consultant to th e Ontario Ministry of Agriculture

Food and Rural Affairs on the Animals for Research Act ilnd bega n

his academic career at Q uee ns as dean of arts and science in 1974 He went on to serve as vice-principal institutional relati ons sershy

vices an d hea lth sciences before assum ing the role of dea n of medshy

icine He ret ired from Queens in 1996 He has heJd other prestishy

gious positi ons including directo r general of the Medical Resea rch

Council and was tile recipient of OVes Schofield ]V[edal in 1983

Sinclair is now deeply involved in advising the Ontario minisshy

ter of hea l til on ways to reinvest and res tructure th e delivery of health services in the province He chairs the Hea lth Services

Restr ucturin g Co mmission an independent body of health

experts and professionals appointed to redesign tbe provincial

health system

FallWinter 1999 29

alumni Matters

-ORDER OF OACU of G Can1pus ESTABLISHED MARY AND RlCK RICHARDS longtime OAC supporterWelcoilles Alumni

ABSA 38 are the first inductees Membership in the order is

into the Order of OAC estabshy limited to the first 50 individshy

LUMNI WEEKEND J999 orga nizing committee and says lished ea rli er thi s year by the uals who give $1 00000 or more

brought more th an 1300 proceeds will be used to help the OAC Alumni Fo undation to as bequests irrevocable insurshy

visitors to campus June 18 to 20 class establi sh a mille nnium recognize significant contribushy ance policies planned gifts or

In addition to th e traditi o nal scholarship to co mmemorate its tions to its end owment fund cash donations Gifts may be

awards luncheon hosted by U of 25 th anni versar)1 of graduation Rick served as dean of OAC applied as endowments to the

G president Mordech ai Rozanshy The Uni vers it y of Guelph [Tom 1964 to 1972 (see sto ry OAC Alumni Foundation or to

ski there we re man y spec ial Alumni Associat ion held its on page 28) Mary also worked the college as approved by the

events and cla ss reunions The ann ual meeting during Alumni in the college and has been a fou ndation directors

new Order of OAC was preshy Wee kend and elected a new slate

sented to Mary and Rick of offi cers for 1999 2000 Scott

Richards BSA 38 at th e Go ldshy va nEnge n BSc(Ag r) 88 presshy

en Anniversary Dinner and the id ent Robin-Lee Norris BA 80

Class of J974 hosted a reuni on first vice-pres ident John Tatson

dinner with Calgary Flames BA 69 seco nd vice-president

Hockey Club CEO Ron Bremshy Rita Sterne BComm 87 secshy

ner BA 7 J as guest speaker Bill Imiddotetar) and Brad Hull BA 89

Laidlaw BA 74 chaired the treasurer

President Mordechai Rozanski and representatives of the alumni

classes and individuals who supported U of Gs six new themati c

gardens cut the ribbon to officially open them duri ng Alumni Weekshy

end From left are Bill Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 61 Don Gri eve

BSA 55 and MSA 57 Harold Shield BSA 51 Sandra Hannam uJ CD Clay Switze r BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rozanski Marilyn Robinson ~ I Murray BH5c 55 Ted McNinch BSA 49 Bruce Stone BSA 53 u VI

Z and MSA 54 Harold Bentley BSA 64 and MSc 66 Craig Hunter lt

B5c(AgL) 74 and MSc 77 and Les Laking BSA 39 and HDSC 71 The conservatory greenhouse was unveiled moments later by gtshyCD

Don Rutherford BSA 51 who gave the leadership gift ensuring VI o

it s res toration on behalf of his famil y 5 I -

Ginty jocius BSc(Agr) 70 left chair of the OAC Alumni Foundation

presents the Order of OAC to Mary and Rick Richards BSA 38

Enjoying the Class of 1974 re union dinner are from left jerry Orga n

BSc(PE) 71 Ron Bremner BA 71 Gail Bremner Paul Henry MA 71

and Bill Laidlaw BA 74

30 GUELPH ALUMNUS

GRYPHON SPIRIT DOMINATES HOMECOMING

UOF G students shared the stands with alumni who came to campus Sept 25

to watch the football Gryphons defeat their long- standing varsity rival the University of Toronto Blues During the weeke nd the Gryphon Club Hall of Fame inducted five Gryphon swimmers filled the gold pool at the 21st ann ual Alumni Relay Swim Meet

and president Mordechai Rozanski hostshyed a luncheon attended by more than 200 alumni and current students who have received sc holarships and awards or who

participated in the volunteer peer helper prog ram

ALUMNI SWIM TO THE TOP

FORMER GRYPHON SW IMMER S Peter Koli snyk BSc(HK) 83 and Denise

(FarndaJe) vVatso n BASe 85 were recogshyni zed at the ann ual Homecoming sw im mee t for having attended more often th an any other alumni Other participants includshyed 1999 graduates Nico le Weber BSe CEng ) Greg Steinberg BSc(HK) and Nancy Sweetnam BComm who has been a memshy

ber of two Canadian Ol ympic teams ( 1992 and 1996) The alumni team defeated the stud ent teams with the help of Leo n

Homecoming J

r ~

Form er Guelph mayor and sports broadcaster Norm la ry received the Gryphon Club Hall of

Fame Merit Award Sept 24 at the annual induction c re mony that also honoured five former

Gryphon athletes From left are Paul Willi ams a cross-country and track athlete and three-time

Canadian Olympian Bob Pronk BComm 82 Ontario and Canadian cham pionship wrestler

Dave Guest BComm 87 a former all middotstar soccer and vo lleyba ll player Gladys Williams BA

69 MVP in both wo menS fi eld hockey and ice hockey lary and Mark Brown BComm 81

Wi ldman Trophy winner and football capta in The Gryphon Club also recognized the 1974 mens

rugby OUAA championship team

Garstecki Gryphon diving coach in the midshy Dale a longtime Gryp hon supporter and a I 970s and retired botany professo r Hugh national record-b olding masters swimmer

bull49 VETS MEET AT TRAlEE The OVC Cla ss of 1949 produced a la sting memory of its 50th

anni versary by filming the lune 18 gathering held at Tralee Farms

the home of class member Ray Cormack Classmates travelled from

across Canada and the United States to attend th e reunion which

included a luncheon a visit from U of G president Mordechai Rozanshy

ski and a tour of Cormacks farm and antique carriage collection

The organizing committee of Dave House Bill Mitchell Ken Fisk

and lim Arch ibald succeeded in producing a golden-anniversary

memento that captu res the days events and everyone in attendance

as they comment on their lives since graduating from OVe -Proceeds from the sale of the v ideos will support the OVC 49

Memorial Scholarship Fund Cost is $25 each To place an order call

Vikki Tremblay at Alumni House 519-824-4120 Ext 65 44 I D

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alumni Matters

2000 Coming Events

Jan 26 - Careers Night hostshyed by Mac-FACS Alumni Assoshy

ciation For informatio call Laurie MalleaLi at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Careers Night hostshyed by HAFA Alumni Associashy

tion For information call Laushyrie Malleau at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Aggie Good Times Banquet Call the OAC Studwl Federation at Ext 8321 for tickshyet information Feb 3 - Job hir at Bingeman Park in Kitchener complishy

mentary bus service from Unishyversity Centre for students and

alumni For directions and a list of employers call U of G

Career Services at Ext 22 13

Feb 11 - Deadline for nomshy

ina tions for U of G Alumni Association Alumnus of Honshy

our Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment and Alumni Volunteer

Award and the OVC Distinshy

guished Alumnus Call Carla Bradshaw at Ext 6657 for details March 1 - Annual alumni

Florida reunion at Maple Leaf

Estates Port C harlotte Florishyda For information call alumshyni programs at 519-824-4120

Ext 6657 send e-mail to alumshyniuoguelphca or call Jack Hanna in Florida after Jan 1

at 813-645-0905

March 18 amp 19 - College

Ro yal

March 31 amp April 1 - OAC

Alumni Association annual

bonspiel at the Guelph Curlshy

ing Club and Guelph Country w Club Call Carla Bradshaw at ~ txt 6657 to register c u bull For more information on anyU)

z alumni event call the U of G ltC extension listed at 519- 824shy20 r 4120 or send e-mail to al11111shyCD

o niCvzlOguelphcab c a

32 CUEIPH ALUM N US

EA RLIER THIS YEAR U ofG

introduced a new approacll to fund-raising that centres on

academic priorities identified by

the ix colleges Now the Unishy

ve rsit y expa nds this initiative

through the formation of a new Annual Fund Cou ncil that will

recruit volunteers to proactiveshy

ly help meet tll0se funding goals

By enlarging the partnershy

ship between academics and fund-raisers we arc focusing our

efforts more clearly on the Un ishy

versi tys overall stra tegic objecshy

tives says Rudy Putns executive

director of campaign progra ms

We are calling on coUege deans to help ensure that our annual

giving programs are providing

the grea test possible benefit to

students Our volunteer and pro-

ALUMNI CElEBRATE NEW HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE CENTRE

The Human KineticsHuman Biology Alumni Association

presented a sketch of the John T Powell Building to U of Cs

new Health and Perfor mance Centre at a June 19 reunion of alumni and former staff Artist Joan Harper BSe(HK)

82 left and retired professor John Powell right witnessed

a presentati on by association pres ident Janet Leonhard BSe(HK) 82 to Prof Terry Graham

SilENT AUCTION MAKES NOISE

A silent auction held Sept 14 to 16 a t the Ou tdoo r Farm

Show in Woods tock Ont ge nshy

erated a lot of excitement and

goodwill in OACs 125th shyanniversary year and raised

$51000 that wi ll support stu shy

dent recruitm ent programs in

the college The auction was organized by Cinty Jocius BSc(Agr) 70 president of

Ginty Jocius amp Associates of

Guelph on behalf of the OAC Alumni Foundation

Auction items donated by friends and exhibitors at th e

farm show included everylhing

from farm equipment and supshyplies to a seven-month-old lla shyma named (-i nty Lorie Jocius

BASe 72 purchased her husshy

bands namesake and gave it to

OAC as an anniversary presen t at th e Sept 25 Heritage Banshy

quet and Ball

FUND-RAISI NG PARTNERSHIPS GROW

fessional fund -raislls wiJl spend

more of thei r time making pershy

so nal requ es ts for gifts to the University and less time on inshy

house administra tion

Members of the Annual Fund

Council will invite donations

Crom alumni members of the campu~ community the paren ts

of current students graduating

classes members of the various

gift clu bs (Presidents Council

etc) and selected corporations

foundations and associations

Development and Public Affairs staff will help target vol unteer

efforts where they wi ll have the

stronges t impact on growin g don or particip ation and fund shy

razsing results

Annual giving is one of the

most crucial parts of an institushy

tion s developmen t agenda says Putns Annu al donors help

maintain the quali ty of estabshylished academic programs espeshy

cially in times of reduced pubshy

lic fundin g he says They also

provide a foundation for special

fun cl-rai sing cam paigns shycampaigns that enable the Unishy

ve rsity to grow by providi ng

funds for major projects that do

not ha ve a traditional so urce of support Tbe ACCESS endowshy

ment for student financial assistshy

ance and the rece nt campaign to upgrade th e Food Science

Building are notable examples For more illjormation aboLit

the An17ual FUlld Co ullcil call Al111tal Fund 17l1lnager Tara George at 519-824-4 120 Ex t

390 1 or Putl7S at ext 6384

GRAD NEWS

U of G Degrees ADA = Associate diploma

in agriculture BA =Bachelor of arts BASe = Bachelor of applied

science BComm = Bachelor of

commerce BHSe Bachelor of houseshy

hold science BLA =Bachelor of

landscape architecture BSA = Bachelor of science in

agriculture (pre-196s) BSe(Agr) Bachelor of

science in agriculture BoSe = Bachelor of science BSe(Eng) =Bachelor of

science in engineering BSc(Env) =Bachelor of

19405

bull The Macdonald Institute

Class of 1941 met each other

for the firsl lime in 1939 and

theyve been gelling logelher rvice a year siIlce gradual ion

Celebrating 60 yea rs of fri end shy

ship this year are Mary (Hcx imer) MacLeln Beth

(jackson) Ca rdifF Mo lly

(Pattrson) Nix Frances

(Pellet) Smith Dorolhy

(Pond) Dunn Jeanne (Taylor )

Hamel Phyllis (Weren) Sobel and Evelyn (Eatun ) Pond

bull Jim Morton BSA 47 posed with his son Robert SA 70

and grandsons Jeff Bell 13A

9 1 and Greg Mo rton

SSc( Eng) 99 at Gregs U of

G convocation in June Retired

from a career in the lumber

business Jim is an OAC llu mmiddot ni volunteer al Guclph and is

aClive in cOm11lUnily work in

Burlington Onto Rob ert is

CEO of the Community Care

Access Centre in Simcoe

Coullly Jeff lcaches in Elmvalc

for the Simcoe County Dislricl School Board and Greg is

working Wilh the COnSlliling

engineering firm of Proclor

science in environmental sciences

BSe(HK) Bachelor of science in human kinetics

BSc(pE) = Bachelor of science in physical education

DHE = Diploma in home economics

DVSc = Doctor of veterinary science

DVM =Doctor of veterinary medicine

GO = Graduate diploma MA = Master of arts MAgr = Master of agriculture MBA = Master of business

admininstration MEng =Master of engineering

and Redfern at its Kitchener

office The Guelph lineage

aCl ually bega n in the Morton fami ly with Greg great shy

grantimoliln Anne Pringle

Morton DH E 1914

Greg Morton Jeff Bell and Jim and

Robert Morton

19505

bull Harold Baker BSA 50

writes to w rrect the e-mail

address publi shed in the last

iss lle of the Clepll Alunnls

Friends (111 conlact the retired

University of Saskatchewan

professo r and Il is wife Phyllis

at ha kc r hdukeL1sa~k ca

bull Barney Goodwin-Wilson BSA 50 is serving a two-year

krm as chair of the hoard of

lhe Onta rio Foocllerminal

The Iomnlo facility is the

MFA = Master of fine art MLA Master of landscape

architecture MMS = Master of management studies MSc =Master of science MSc(Aqua) = Master of

science in aquaculture ODA = Ontario diploma in

agriculture ODH =Ontario diploma in

horticulture OdR = Ontario Diploma in

recreation PhD = Doctor of philosophy

larges t who lesale fruit proshy

duce and flower market in

Canada and one of the largest

in orrh America He was forshymerly director and vice-cha ir

of the board

bull Gary Powell ADA 58

stopped at a remote motel in

western klahoma last

Janu ary and stanee a convershysation with th e only other cusshy

tomer at breakfa st the next

morning Turns out they were

both U of G grads Powell and Joe Deli BSc (Agr ) 64 had a

great time reminiscing abo Llt

ca mpus perso nalities they

both knew I guess one is never really very far from home says Powell

bull Dave Valentine BSA 59 has

retired as (o unty engineer for

the County of Brant in

Ontario He previously spent

23 years with Sir Sandford

Fleming College in Peterborough and has served 8S

engineer for the coun ties of Haliburton and Victoria He

and his wife Carole are now

Jiving near Carlisle Send e-mail

to valcntinworldchatcom

19605

bull Manuel Garcia PhD 67 was

recognized by the government

of the Ph ilippines in December

1998 with one of the highest

honours given to Filipinos Jivshy

ing outside the cou ntr y Garcia

is a senior consulting mi crobishy

ologist with lAS Bioshy

Diagnostic and a former

research scientist with

Agriculture and Agri-Food

Canada in Ottawa He is intershy

nationally recognized for his work in veterinary med icin e

and public health on the early detection of ca mpylobacter

salmonella and other foodshy

borne pathogens He is a memshy

ber of several learned profes shy

sional societies and has been involved in a number of intershy

national developm ent projects

He is also a community volunshy

teer and a pioneer in establishshying the National Council of

Canadian Filipino Associations

as the official voice of Filipino

Canadians nationwide bull Tom Hutchison DVM 65 is

a veterinary pathologist with the Nova Scotia provincial

diagnostic lab In 1998 he

passed the board cer tification exa ms for the American

College of Poultry Veterinarians in Baltimore but

the years highlights came in

late summer - a first grandshy

child for Tom and his wife

Eileen in August and the birth

of their own son Scott in

September bull Brian Little ADA 67 BSc(Agr) 72 and MSc 78

was elected president of the

Canadian 4-H Foundation in

May He was previously presishy -dent of the Ca nadian 4-H

Co uncil and a co uDcil represhysentative for his employe r the

Royal Bank of Canada He has been a fou ndation trustee for

f allWinter 1999 33

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several years and has a strong

4-H background as a member

and a club leader

19705

bull Doug Franklin SA 72 was

recen tly a ppoin led execu tive

director of the Multiple

Sclerosis Association of

America its hea d office is in

Cherry Hill NJ He was forshy

merly with the International

Youth Foundation in

Baltimore Md

bull Cathie Leimbach

SSc(Agr) 78 and MAgr 88

visi ted U of G this fa ll as

agrologist-in-residence It was

the sixth year of the program

co-sponsored by OAC and the

Ontario Institute of

Agrologists (OlA ) Raised on

an Ontario dairy and swine

farm Leimbach is past presishy

dent of the OI A and a partner

in STRIVE a team specializshy

in g in training facilitation and

consulting She now lives on a

cash-crop farm in Ohio

bull Willem Moolenbeek BSe

77 and MSe 8 1 studied biolshy

ogy and entomology at U of G

at the same time he was learnshy

ing to play the saxophone with

the Royal Conservatory of

Mu sic He says he still loves

science but music has become

his career A recitalist soloist

and clinician he has been a

saxophone instructor at

McMaster University in

Hamilton Ont fo r 15 years

He also teaches at the 19805

University of Waterloo pri- bull Bruce Brown BSe(Agr)

vately and at the National 85 and his wife Claudia

Music Ca mp of Canada where (Liebscher) BA 84 have three

he sometimes offers an infor- children who are beginning to

mal course on in sect identifi- display their dads musical

cation There are always a few prowess on the kazoo After 14

kids who really dig that he years of dairy farming Bruce

says U of G music lovers want back to school to earn an

enjoyed his saxophone music education degree and is now

at a noon-hour concert in teaching science with the

October Durham District School

bull Peter Vaughan SA 77 and Board

MA 77 was appointed secre- bull Tom Burns BA 89 and MA

tar y general and CEO of the 91 is a member of the

Canadian Medical Association Victoria Police in Melbourne

in June A fa culty member in Australia Last summer he

two departments at John s welcomed visitors from the

Hopkins University and in the RCMP including Kevin Durie

Department of Family BA 93 They quickly estab-

Medicine at the University of lished a U of G connection

Ottawa he is a fo rmer presi- including Duries student

dent of the medical staff at employment at Dcr Keller

Guelph General Hospital and a which was Burns s favourite

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the job says Burns but this

time we spent most of our

time talking about the great

times we had at U of G In

still another coincidence

Durie is married to Christine

Blake-Durie BA 91 and MA

93 who was a member of

Burnss MA group Burns says

other U of G grads travelling

to Melbourne are more than

welcome to drop in

bull Stuart Jackson ADA 87 is

distribution manager for

Burnbrae Farms Ltd in Delta

Onto He sends greetings to all

OAC friends including the

diploma classes of 1979 and

1980

bull Laurel (Murdoch) Koumarelas BComm 84 is

an ESL teacher with the

Toronto School Board She

and her husband Gus live in

Mississauga with their sons

Robert and Evan

bull Trish Looman BA 87

works for Royal LePageshy

Vantage in Guelph She speshy

cializes in residential multishy

unit real estate

bull Laima (Karosas) Laffitte

BSe(Agr) 85 and MAgr 91

lives in Wendover Ont with

her husband Vincent MAgr

91 and their children Yohan

and Marina Laima is the

advertising manager for The

Canadian Veterinary Journal and Vincent is an account

manager at the St Isidore

branch of Scotiabank Theyd

like to hear from classmates

via e-mail at Iaffitteonsymshy

paticoca They also want to let

OAC 85 grads know that the

class executive is building a

Web page at wwwrkdecom

oac85 and needs updated

names and addresses (includshy

ing e-mail) to add to the

directory f IS-year reunion

is being planned for Dec 2

and 32000

bull Cheryl Miller-Oh BASe

91 and her husband Tae live

in Southfield Mich with their

twins Nathalie and Nathan

born in October 1998 She is a

health-care consultant with

Computer Sciences

Corporation Send e-mail to

millerohsprintca

bull Vijay Singh MSe 70 has

been awarded the Arthur K Barton Endowed Professorship

at Louisiana State University

He also recently received an

honorary degree and a

Fulbright Award for his work

in the area of entropy

bull Gayle (Barton) Tapper BSe

81 (biological science) and 83

(computing science) has been

employed at Memorial

University in St Johns Nfld

for 14 years in the Department

of Computing and

Communications She is comshy

pleting graduate work in phishy

losophy and humanities at

Memorial and is the principal

harpist with the

Newfoundland Symphony

Orchestra Last year she

released a CD of Latinworld

traditional music on the South

American harp Visit her Web

site at httpwwwucsmun

cal -gay

bull Carolyn Riddell BA 85 is

running an active arts educashy

tion and paintingprintmaking

studio in Fergus Ont

bull Laura Wilkinson BSe 85

and MSe 87 is a coroner in

British Columbia and lives on

a cattle ranch near 70 Mile

House

19905

bull Kristi Adamo BSc(HK)

96 and MSc 98 and Rob

McMullin BSe 95 were

married in May 1999 and Jive

in Ottawa

bull Michelle (Pilon) Bacon BA

90 has been living in London

England with her husband

Tim and children Juliette and

Lucien but they are planning a

return to Canada They will be

AIRBORNE ALUMNUS Olive Thompson DHE 35 celebrated her 85th birthday

with her head in the clouds She made her first parachute

jump with instructor Scott Borghese in Simcoe Ont in June

and says it was the most exciting thing shes done in her life

Thompson lives in Dunnville and has four children and three

grandchildren When she asked them about the paracbute

jump they told her to go for it Shes considering a repeat I U

jump next year and hopes her adventure will be a good S o

example for other seniors A dedicated member of the class -lt CD

of Mac 35 Thompson was president of the University of s Guelph Alumni Association in 197778 and keeps busy now VI

I

with volunteer work for the Salvation Army Z

living in Calgary and welcome

contact with western grads

and friends from Guelph Send

e-mail to m_e_baconhotshy

maicom

bull Deborah (Panton) Bodden

BASc 93 and her husband

Lyndhurst were married in

1998 and live in Grand

Cayman Cayman Islands

where she teaches primary

schoo

bull Elizabeth Cardno MSe 99

is working with the Rural

Health Research Consortium

at the University of

Saskatchewan developing

research projects on rural

health issues in relation to the

Canadian Institute for Health

Research

bull Jeannine Cote BA 9 J lives

in Hamilton Ont and works

o -lt

as a health -care aide and

home-support worker

bull Jeremy Debling BSe 94 is

a formulation chemist in the

pharmaceutical development

department at Novopharm

Limited in Toronto

bull Angela Dodd BA 93 and

Christopher Kemp

BSe(HK) 94 were married

Aug 14 Theyve bought a new

home in Etobicoke Ont

where he works for Canada

3000 Airlines and at Kingsway

Physiotherapy as a kinesioloshy

gist She is employed at

Manulife Financial in -Waterloo

bull Sheryl Harding Friedrich

BASe 85 is a full-time mom

and part-time nutrition conshy

sultant in Cannington Onto

She and her husband Cal

FallWinter 1999 35

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have three child ren Jonathan

Daniel and Anna

bull Anne Marie (Henwood)

Harman BA 95 is enjoying

her time at home with one shy

year-old Jenna She and her

husband Murray can be

reached bye-mail at 3harshy

mansstormca

bull Rosaleen Heffernan BA 96

and Barry Liboiron BSe 97

were married in August

Theyre both studying at the

University of British

Co lumbia where Liboiron is

doing a PhD in chemistry and

He ffe rnan is completing a

degree in educati on

bull Krista Hilton BASe 95

lives in Halifax with her hlls shy

band Michael Galloway She is

a priest in the Anglican Church

of Canada and serves as curate

a t the Cathedral Church of All

Sain ts Friends can reach her at

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bull Michael Kennard BA 86

starred as Mump the Clown in

the Canadian Stage Company

production of Mump amp Smoo t

in Something Else With Zug last

winte r at tbe Canadian Stage

Theatre in Toronto

bull Sharon McConnell BSe 90

and MSe 93 went on from U

of G to earn a diploma in

business management from

Wilfrid Laurier University

Since 1995 she has worked in

Toronto as a project director at

Burak Ja co bson Market

Resea rch Partners Ine

bull Michael McKay-Fleming BA

92 has launched two daily

comic strips via the Internet

Check out his Inane Producshy

tions Web site at http mem

bershomenetinaneprod to folshy

low the adventures of a free-spirshy

ited teenager named Alice and all

the animals in a new VVildlife

comielf you like comic strips

this fine art grad invites you to

enjoy his talent and humour

bull Andrew Nicholls MA 90 nications in Cambridge

and PhD 97 is an assistant bull Christine (Rogers) Patten

professor of history at Buffalo BA 9 1 lives in Toronto and

State College in Buffalo N Y has been working as a sales

He recen tly published the representative and industry

book The Jacobean Union A training facilitator since grad-

Reconsideration of British Civil uation She and her husband

Policies Under th e Early Vincent celebrated the birth of

Stuarts which offers a new their first child Gareth in

perspective on the role of mul - March 1999

tiple monarchy in the early bull Guiseppe Peritore

modern British kingdoms BSe(HK) 96 is studying

bull Jennifer (Pope) Parney physical therapy at the

BASc 94 works at Chatham- University of To ronto He

Kent Integrated Childrens married Rita Lavalle in May

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bull Sarah Perkins BSe(Agr) bull Tammy Tipler Priolo 92 joined Pfizer Animal BASe 90 lives in her hom e

Health in London Ont in town of North Bay Ont with

November as a product sup- her husband Clark and their

port speCialist Earlier she two-year-old daughter Erica

taught at Fairview College in Tipler Priolo is u5mg her com -

Fairview Alta before m oving puting skills in genealogy

back to Ontario in 1997 to research to track down elusive

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bull Bradley Raspberry BASc 90 is a clinical leader and regisshy

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Josephs Villa in Dundas Ont

bull Lisa Ranacher BSe 98

recently joined the agronomy

program at the Central

Experimental Farm in Ottawa

as a physiological modelling

technician

bull Jamie Rickard BSe(Agr)

96 and Laura Summerfeldt

BSe(Agr) 97 were married

in October 1998 She is comshy

pleting a masters degree at U

of G and he is working with

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of G weddings are a family trashy

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ents Sherry (McBain) SA 69

and Ralph Rickard BSe 69 Tricia (Pella) BA 95 and

Gaetano Guy Rosa

BComm 96 were mar ried in

October 1998 with many U of

G friends attending They live

in Mississauga Ont where

Guy works as an account manshy

ager for BCI Bank and T ricia is

an environmental planner with

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bull Pamela (Thompson) BASe

91 and Randy Ruisendaal

BComm 92 live near

Belleville 01t with their yearshy

old daughter )lIlian Elizabeth

bull Ian Sandler DVM 9 5 was

married to Fern Glowinsk) in

March 1999 and works at

Secord Animal Clinic in

Toronto

bull Baijit Singh PhD 94 comshy

pleted post-doctoral training

at Texas AampM University and

Columbia University then

worked for the Canadian Food

Inspection Agency in Prince

Edward Island before joining

the University of Saskatchewan

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welcomes notes from other

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bull Cyndy Stencill ADA 93 is a

propagator at a tree nursery in

British Columbia

bull Steve Tanner BA 82

recently moved to Guelph as

deputy police chief He had

served on the Halton Region

force since 1982 Tanner is a

specialist in criminal investigashy

tions and lie detector opera shy

tion He has continued his

education at Sheridan College

and McMaster and Ryerson

universities and is now workshy

ing on a masters degree at the

University of Western Ontario

bull Cheryl (Kellman) Thompson BA 95 run s a

rehabilitation consulting busishy

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in Burlington Ont

bull Donald PhD 94 and

Suzanne Welsh MSe 96

relocated from Yale University

to the University of Vermont

where they are both working

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cerebrovascular circulation

bull Wendla Westerberg BASc

96 earned a BEd from the

University of Western Ontario

in 1997 She is working for the

Lambton-Kent District School

Board as an occasional teacher

and lives in her home town of

Dresden Ont

bull Deena (Jones) Zambrana

BA 93 and her husband

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birthday of their son Quinton

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OBITUARIES

W illiam Ba rnes DVM 59 died Sept 7

1999 He grew up in th e N iagara area

but spent his professio nal ca ree r in a

ve terina ry prac ti ce in Ill inois He was a

dr ivi ng force in the American Ve ter inary

Medica l Assooatio n and in bo th the

Chicago and IlJin o is assoc iatio ns He

was also a fo un ding mem ber o f the

Ch icago-based Friends of Unicerslty of

Guelph a char itable o rga nizat ion

founded in 1975 to serve Guelph a lumni

living in the United Sta tes

George Dickson BSA 38 di ed Oct 9

1999 H e spen t h is entire career w ith

Canada Packers moving up f[Om mai l

cle rk to exec lltive vice-presid ent and

d irector After retirin g in 1976 he

devoted ma ny vo lu ntee r hours to U of

G 3S a memb er of Boa rd o f Gove rno rs

and the OAC Alumni Associatio n

Jam es Pinkney DVM 37 died July 3

1999 A respected ve ter in aria n in his

hom e to~ll o f Cooksv il le O nt he was

also recog nized as a p remier swi ne

breeder showman and judge He was

active in m any agricultural o rga niza shy

tio ns and in both the Ontario and

Canadian Vete rinary Med ical assoc iashy

tio ns He was a lo ngti me supporte r o f

th e Unive rsity especially the OVC

museum and was named OVC

Di stinguished Alumnus in 1987

Audrey Yea nd le DHE 25 di ed March

17 1999 in St ratford O nto A profes shy

sio nal diet it ia n she wo rked to two hosshy

p itals and tau ght home eco no m ics at

the Jo hn Fi he r School In Toro nto

Active In com munity orga nizatio ns and

her chu rch she was a lo ng time U of G

suppo rter and left an es ta te gift of over

$475000 to p rov ide bursaries for future

Gu elph students

Alumni

Jo hn Andrews DVM 38 June 27 1999

Harris Baker BSA 33 Febru ary 1998

Hu gh Balkwill BSA 53 June 27 1999

John Bowles BA 72 Sept 23 1999

Edward Bowness DVM 32 May 13 1999

Rud y Brown BSA 59 June 29 1999

Walter Bunn BSA 52 Sept 2 1999

Margaret Byrnes DHE 40 Apr il 22 1999

Joa n Cameron DH E 36 April 10 1999

Wil liam Cape ll BSA 54 Aprd 25 1999

T homas Ca rd BSA 47Ju ne 20 1999

Jean a rter DH E 38 Jun e 28 1999

Loi Clipsham D H E 27 Ju ne 23 1999

Bruce Cohoe BSA 3 3 Feb 2 1999

Geoffrey Collins BSA 28 May 21 1999

Al exander C o nnell ADA 60 Ju ly 26

1999

John Currie BA 74 Sep t 18 1999

William C u rrie BSA 59 Nov 27 1998

C arma n Davey DVM 39 Apr il 15 1999

D oug Doerksen ADA 84 Ju ne 5 1999

Joann e DU ll can -Robinson BA 81 and

MA 86 July 22 1999

Robert Erskine BSA 41 May 2 1999

Will ia m Fisher BSA 48 Aug 5 1999

Norm Freeman BSA 49 July 2 1999

Alexander Gc ncr BSA 32 Dee 27 1998

Rudy Goltz BSA 33 July 28 1 999

Tom Grah am BS 50 Dee 3 1998

Ed na Has tings D H E 32 July 11 1999

Jack Hea theringto n DVM 54 April 18

1999

Pa tric ia Hill BSc 96 MMch 9 1999

Ralph Hills BSA 54 June 14 1999

Murray Ho ltby ADA 47 O ct 29 1998

Shawn H owden B 9 1July81 999

james j ackson BSA 34 April 29 1999

Karen ( Re ichardt ) Kister B H Se 70

Ap rilll 1999

Albert Kristjanson BSA 50 Dec 7 1998

John Laffert ) BSA 5 1 Aug II 1999

Ron Lawrence DVM 43 Mel) 4 1999

Ann e Legate BSe 89 March 1999

Tsu-Peng Stephen i iu M Sc 65 Ma)

Hl 1998

Rober t Luckham ADA 58 Jan IS 1999

Jam es Lyons BSA 59 Au g 2~ 1999

Willia m M ack BSc(Eng) 84 Ju ne 7

1999

T helma M artin D HE 41 July 131999

Helen McBratney D lI E 34 in 1998

Allan Bud McCardle BSA 52 May 10

1999

Ri chard M cDonald O AC C la ss of 47

lV1arch 24 1999

john Meeuse ADA 58 July 19 1999

Ra ymond Parr D VM 3 7 Ap ril 7 999

George Plakidas MA 93 date unknown

Virgini a Reed ODH 66 1arch 1 1999

Rose Reynold s D HE 28 Apri l 17 1999

Ern es t Ro bertso n BSA 37 Aug 6 1999

Jam es Ross BSA 34 Au g 23 1999

Gra nt Savage D VM 48 Ma rch 2 1999

Earl Shuh BSA 36 July 5 1999

Eu gene Smith BSA 3 1 Jan 27 1999

Will iam Smyth MA 90 Oc tober 1997

Ch er yl Ann Somerville BSe(Agr) 96

Sept IS 1999

Carl Stevenson BSA 46 Aug 26 1999

Robert Tennant BSA 49 May 5 1999

Gregory Tostevin BA 93 Feb 10 1999

Gerald Trant BSA 51 Sept 1 1999

Bennie Urquhart DV M 54 April 4 1999

Ga il Wamsl ey BA 70 July 24 1998

Gladys Ward D IlE 27 Apri l 8 1999

Catherine Welch BSA 22 Ma rch 3 1998

M abel ( McCa rthy) Ziegler DH E 26

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Public health con cerns range from food SJfft) to zoonotic diseases (diseases that can be traLl smi tted from anim als to humans) and antibiotic resistance amon g diseaseshyca using bacteria It was this pillar that occushypied many veterinarians during the earlier decades of this century o ften as health inspectors

Iith the ad vent of antibiotics and varshyious advances in technology seemingly more stimulating research avenues beckshyoned for vete rin ary scientists But at this end of the 20th cen tury says Meek we find ourselves again confronting many of those earlier problems such as tuberculosis and medical professionals are refocllsing on the importance of public health issues

Veterinarians have also played a signifishycant role in th e evolution and application of ecosystem healt h practices because of their expe rtise in co mp arative medicine toxicology ep idemiology and wildlife disshyease Changes in wildlife health are the first results and so metimes the first signs of envishyronmental problems We dont live in a box reserved for one species says Meek gtle live in the same env ironment We interact in very intimate ways with other an imals in the environment so its not surp rising there are all kinds of crossovers and that you can learn J lot tbat can improve the heal th and lovell-being of peo ple and other animals

That trutl is becoming more ev ident as biomedical science uses new and more speshyci fic technologic As yo u start looking at the cellular and subcellular levels and the chromosomes and the genes it doesnt realshyly mat ter that much whether youre lookshyin g at a ge ne chromosome or cell that came ou t of a person or a dog says Meek vVhen YOLi get down to that level the fundamenshytal building blocks are the same - nucleic acids dnd blse units I think we as a professhysion have a tremendou s amount to offer there becJuse of our mand ate wlich is so broad Vete rinar ians look after all animals excep t for people in th e sense of providing handS-Oil care We can learn a lot from these othe r species There are diseases in other animals that have analogies to human disshyeases so we can learn from that and use th em as n1tural models

He expec ts to see mor e collaboration IIlJ information sharing alllong human medical and veterinary researchers Its not

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so amazing to understand that we would ha ve folks working on things that have a human application It co mes from our manshydate our responsibilities and histo ry and the comparative approach

The fourth pillar of veterinary medicine offers many impressive examples of co mshyparative medicine In the next few pages we present a small sample of current OVC research initiat ives that are providing immeshydiate and direct benefit to human medicine and health

disease similar to pre-eclampsia In mice lacking these lymphocy te cells she grafted bone marrow containing gra ft s with NK cells and found that the implantation sites returned to a no rmal state

Croys research has gained worldwide recognition for its considerable applicabilshyity to human fetal development and because it provides a useful animal model for this gestational disease Her work may eventu shyall) show scientists how to eliminate preshyeclampsia during human pregnancy It will also help vets and farmers understand how

Reproductive technologies

Prof Anne Croy Biomedical Sciences is intent on discovering why pregnant women develop pre-eclampsia a serious illn ess that typically occurs during th e second half of pregnancy High blood pressure is the major symptom If pre-eclampsia occurs th e baby must be delivered immediately or the mothshyer may experience convulsions or even die To better understand the ilness Croy is examining lymphocytes in the uterus par shyticularlya group of specialized lymphocyte cells that multiply during early pregnancy

These NK cells or natural killers regushylate gene expression and attack foreign invaders such as cancerous tumours Their main r01 e during pregnancy is to dilate blood vessels as the uterus grows preventshying blood pressure from rising to dangershyous levels Croy and her research team have discovered that lack of NK ceUs in the uterus may cause reproductive problems and lead to smaller infants whose growth is retard shyed into adulthood

Working with mice Croy found th at removing NK cells before mating led to a

uterine lymphoc ytes work in lives tock which is why her studies are funded by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs as well as the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council

How much can mice teU us about human reproductive immunology Croy says the importance of the mouse as a tool for studyshying disease progression or therapy was brought home to her in the 1960s when she was an OVC student of Prof Tom Hulland then chair of pathology and an ea rly enthushysiast of using mice as resea rch models

She says the two reproductive systems are remarkably similar Because mice reach adulthood after six to seven weeks and proshyduce about 10 offspring every three weeks researchers can monitor successive generashytions of mice over a short period to discovshyer the long-term ramifi ca tions of health problems And she is able to study an indishyvidual tissue section of an entire fetu s under -the microscope For these reasons mice play a central role in another of Croys research projects one thats found mothers pass along to their children more of themselves than was previously thought

Until recently the placenta was thought

to be impenetrable Then some Us

researchers discovered that cells travelled

from the fetus to the mother In research

funded by the Hospital for Sick Children

Foundation in Toronto Croy recently found

that the flow is two-way unidentified cells

We are the only medical profession that looks at medicine across species Thats one of the great strengths of veterinary medicine

are also transferred from the mother to the

bone marrow of the fetus

Unlike most earlier studi es Croys

focused on the bone marrow where the

bodys blood and autoimmune disea ses

develop She found that 90 per cent of the

mouse fetuses contained the mothers cells

in their marrow Because maternal cel ls

remain in offspring into adu lthood (a nalshy

ogous to humans) it suggests the cells may

affect the chi lds response to a bone marshy

row transplant during cancer treatment or

to treatment for HIV ma laria or burns For

example immune-deficient children often

receive marrow transplants from a parent

but if the mothers cells are already present

they can reject th at transplant Undershy

standing the nature of those cells is critical

As in Croys work with uterine lymp hoshy

cytes this research is receiving worldwide

recogn ition although the Guelph researcher

down plays that accla im This is so me of

the most interesting work of my career she

says but Im a relatively small player in the

bigger sc hem e of things

Croy has repeatedly crossed boundaries

in her pursuit of knowledge and has been

recognized by a variety of scientific discishy

plines She recent ly completed a term as a

permanent study sec tion member of the

National Institutes of Health (N1H) in th e

United States one of the few Canadians

appointed since the N1H opened permashy

nent membership to non -citizens in 1995

She teaches a summer course on reproducshy

tion mostly to medical doctors at the

Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratoshy

ry in Massachusetts This June she recei ved

the JCB Grant Senior Scientist Award from

the Canadian Society of Anatomy Cell Biolshy

ogy and Neurobiology - an unusual honshy

our for a vet And she recently prese nted

reproductive immunology findings to meetshy

ings of obstetricians and gynecologists

Organ transplants

A silent crisis is what one member of Parshy

liament has called Canadas organ donor

rate now among the lowest in the indusshy

trialized world More than 3000 Canadians

wait for organ transp lants each year and

143 of them die awaiting a transplant

One potential so lution being examined

at OVC is xenotransplantation or transshy

plan ting of organs from one sp ecies to

another - specifica ll y from pigs to

humans Its not as far-fetched as it sounds

For more than 10 years people have

received living pig tissue including porcine

pancreatic islet cells for diabetes and pig

skin for burns

Because of its faculty expertise its outshy

standing record in animal ca re and welfare

and its 30-year history o f research in

pathogen-free swine for breeding and food

purposes OVC was approached by Imutran

Ltd of the United Kingdom a xenotran sshy

plantation research leader to assis t in pre-

clinical (non-human) trials

OVCs role in this leading-edge research

being co-led by Prof Danny Butler Clinishy

cal Studies is to breed and suppl y a sma ll

group of tran sgenic pigs for research trials

at partner institutions in the project - the

University of Toronto and the University of

Western Ontario ove was also instrushy

mental in ensur in g that the pig li tte rs were

of defined health status or pathoge n-free

- an integral aspect of this proJect These

transgenic pigs resemble any other pig on

the outside but on the inside Lhey diff r in

one smaJl but very important way

Ordinarily when a blood vessel ruptures

the bodys natural reaction is to clot and

patch the leak During this pro cess someshy

times called a cascade the body produces

chemicals sequentially to form the c lot But

clotting is a delicate FlOcess Until now

organ transplants betwee n species have proshy

voked hyper-acute rejection caus ing a

clotting-like cascade to continue until wit hshy

in min utes or hours th e patient rejec ts the

animal organ Blood entering the newly

received organ recognizes that tissue as forshy

eign and immediately begins the clotting

process quickly shutting down the o rg3 1l

By contrast the ce ll s of lmutran pigs conshy

tain a human gen e that produces a prote in

that stops the clotting casca d e In a transshy

planted pig organ c3tTying this gene the

protein fool s the pat ients blood into trelt shy

ing the organ as though its from the same

species thus preventing clotti ng

Butler believes oves expertise in surgishy

cally deriving and raising germ-free littetmiddots

was a key reason the college was approached

to undertake this re sea rch Fro m 1958 to

1989OVC took th e scientific lead with the

Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Fo od and

Ruralfffairs in supplying speci[Jc-pathogen shy

free animals to the provinces pig farms Prof

Paul Miniat of the Departmcnt of C linical

Studies and later th e Depa rtment of Popshy

ulation Medicine led that projec t

Tl1is current research is cutting-edge

says Butler and you have to be absolutely

meticulous about everything you do

Because these animals dont ha ve dn actishy -vated immune system any path oge n th lt

comes into play would be fatal to thesc pigs

Butler notes that the resea rch is stil l at

the pre-clinical (non-human) trial stage

and it will likely be years before trials ca n

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take place in hum ans And other forms of transplant rejec tion besides the hyper-acute

va ri ety will requ ire furth er research Along the way Butler and fellow OVC researchers - Prof Bonnie Mall ard and Byram Bridle PathobioJogy who are stud y director and projec t mana ger re spec tivel y Jud y Bell Clinical Studies a projec t mana ge r and

Prof Bob Fri endship Population Medicine - hope to gain new insight into breeding

pigs of exemplary health status for both anishymal breeding and food sa fe ty

Genetic diseases

Pro f Mark Baker Path obi ology hopes to enh ance gene th erapy used in treating

human and animal ge net ic d iseases by improving the effi ciency of gene targeting Using thi s procedure and the tools of biotechnology researchers hope to zero in on spec ific points in an o rgani sms DNA and insert or repair genes invol ved in sll ch

diseases as cancer AID S mu sc ular dystroshyphy cys tic fibrosis and sickl e-cell anemia

Gene targeting is a very important techshy

nology for gene modifi ca tion in all species - plants animals and micro-organisms says Baker who began tbi s work in the 1980s The nice thing about thi s tecbnolshyogy is th at yo u can make changes in the

ge ne right in its norm al position in the chromosom e

He hopes to make gene targe ting more effi cient by studying the underlyi ng process of homologo us reco mbi nation in whi ch

DNA sequences exchange information Norshymally this process helps ce lls repai r DNA da mage and govern s mixing of gen es durshy

ing cell di vision including th e p rocess of meios is whi ch produces egg and sperm

cells But homologous recombination can also lead to can cer durin g th e exchange of informati on bet ween a mutan t ch romoshyso me and its no rmal co unterpart Bes ides

stud ying what goes wrong durin g recomshybinat ion sc ientists are in te res ted in using th e process to co rr ect defe cts Baker s

research for exa mple has shown that gene targe ting th ro ugh homolo gous recombinashytion can correc t a mu ta tion to resto re proshyducti on of an immunoglobulin found in

an tibodies We want to und ers tand the mec hashy

nisms of recombination in mammalian cells

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and how homologo us reco mbin ati on ca n

be used to shape and manipu late th e genome he says ex plaining that gene tarshygeting all ows researchers to make animal

model s of hum an gene ti c diseases study hum an ge ne th erapy and modify plant and an imal ge nomes to benefit agri culture biotechnology and medi cine

Cancer research

Ca ncer reaches into the lives of many Ca nashydian s A number of researchers are wo rkshying in this area and their research spans the spectrum from basic molecul ar bio techshy

nology to applied therapy says Pro f Wayne

improve our understa ndin g of how to modshy

ify the level of damage done by co litis He explains th at by detoxify ing dieta ry

mu tagens and ca rcinogen s CST enzymes provi de protection against va rious insul ts inflicted on th e stom ach Thats an imporshy

tant role gJven th e kno wn link be tween so me chemical s co nsumed by humans and the dama ge to DNA and tis sues th at ma y

lead to cancer Hi gh levels of the em ymes are good because th ey pro tect says Ki rby

In pre vious studi es conducted with the Je wish General Hospital in MontlCal Ki rshyby discove red th at man y peo pl e with col shyo rec tal ca ncer lack th e ge neti c codes fo r

GSTs He is now in vestigatin g th e role of the

At the cellular and subcellular levels it doesnt really matter

whether youre looking at a gene chromosome or cell that came out of a person or an animal

McDonnell OVC ass istant dean (resea rch)

Although OVC research usually fo cuses on can cer in anim als incl uding using animal models th e res ult s also touch th e human

realm of oncology research Colorec tal ca nce l is th e third most comshy

mon can cer in humans th e Canadian Ca nshy

cer Society estim ates th at more than 16000 new cases will be d iagnosed in 1999 and more th an 6000 deaths will occur Key fa cshy

tors in its development are d ie tary carc inoshyge ns and colitis a bowe l inflammatio n In Guelphs Departm ent of Bio medi cal Scishy

ences Prof Gordon Kirby is studying glu shytathione S-transferase (GST) emymes that

are fo und in the hea lthy human intestinal tract but are abse nt in colorec tal ca ncer patients This research co uld help impleshyment pre ve ntive st ra teg ies for people who might be at high risk for ca nce r or it may

help in co unselling people in proper dietary habits he says In addi tio n we may

enzy mes and how th eir level alte rs as th e

disease develops B) und erst andin g how th ese enz) l11 es

work and how th ey change dur ing the proshygression from co liti s to can cer Kirby ultishymately hopes to lea rn ho w to co ntro l th e leve l of th e enzymes Understandin g how

th e enzym es work ca n lead LI S to wa ys to

prevent cancer he SlyS

Radiation treatment

Veterll1ar ians using the technique o f halfshy

body ra dia tion may cut th e time needed to treat lymphoma in dogs acco rd ing to th e

re sul ts of a st ud y by OVC re sea rchers in cludin g Prof To n) Abr1Jl1s-0gg Pro f -Stephen Kruth Paul Woods Geri Ottewe ll and Kim Stewa rt - aU of th e Department of Clini cal Studi es - and Al Norris of th e

Veterinary Referral Cli nic And although the groups recent six-year tr ial was directed at

do gs the resu lts of thi s veterinary resea rch

may have implica tions for trea tin g cance r

in hum ans

Trea tin g lym ph oma traditionally Iequires up to two yea rs of chemoth erap)

An alternative to prolonged chemotherapy is tota l-body ra diat io n and bone mar row

transplantation The procedullt lI SLS the patien ts own marrow extracted before the

trea tment One drawback is the possi bilit y

of transpb nt ing s ick malTOw co ntaining lymphoma (ells back in to the patien t A secshy

o nd drawbac k is th e ex tcnsive ca re and

Icngthy recovery time required By co ntrast ha lf-body radiation takes

onl y three mon ths Ab rams- Ogg explains that became only half of th e body is treatshy

ed at one time enough healthy bone marshy

row remain s to negate a tra nsp lan t By the

time th e seco nd hal f o f the body is irradishyated 30 da ys late r th e pa tien t has hld

eno urh line to recover fro m the first trea tshyment Hes also found that dogs receivi ng

half-bod) radiation generally avoid the sideshyeffects of tull-body trea tment

Abra ms-Ogg says ha lf- body radi ation

has been used on humans to alleviate pain in advanced cancer cases but not to treat

lymphoma The results of this trial do have hUl )la n health implications he SJ) Halt~

hody radilti o n may be used to treat the

sa me types of cancers in people

Resistance to antibiotics

Ensuring the hea lth of farm animals is an

im po rtant fac tor in ensuring th e health of our food supply T hrough col labo ratio ns wi th the Un iversity of Guelphs Department

of Food Science and l1calth Canada a dedshy

icated group of ove resea rch ers is improvshying public health through [ood -sa fe ty

research OnL of those sc ienti sts is Prof Sco tt

McEwen Population Med icine who studies food-animal prod uct io n and on-fa rm issues

by investigati ng microb ial resistance to antib ishyotics and ways to co ntrol pathoge ns such as

E coli during food-animal production Were try ing to red uce the level of exposhy

sure or people to these pathogens an d in tu rn red uce the level of food-borne illness

says I IcEwe n Our goal is to im prove

human health and improve the health of the animal industr )

Microbia l resista nce in pa rticular is a

co mpelli ng issue for agriculture rigbt no w because of a number of eve nts occurring

worldwide that have focus ed attenti on o n the use of antibi otics in foo d-a ni mal pro shy

du ct ion and the po tential impact on h um ans through meat conu mption

McEwen and h is st ud ents are looking at

what types of animals are being exposed to

va ll o us drugs and for how long to better

measure bacterial resistance to antibiot ics Because the agricu ltu ra l industry accounts [or half of to tal antib io tic lls e he says it s

important to look for new ways to improve on-farm manage ment of livestock that wIll

reduce disease Jnd the need for treatme nt

with antibiotics ga

Veterinary medicine contributes to human health sector

The Ontario Veteri nary Co llege (OVC) is at the centre of Ontarios

$44 billion knowledge-based ecoshy

nomic secto r foc using on animal

health and related food qualitysafeshy

ty and biomedicalbiotechnology activities

Although veterinal) medicine is

the main focus of studies at OVC the biomedical science o ption has

the bjgh est enrolment among

Guelphs 30 BSe degree programs

Employers in Canadas $I -billion biotechnology indust ry sa y a degree in ve ter inary med icine will

be an impor tant first step in filling

new positions created by the pracshytical application of current revelashy

tions in molecular biology and cloning technology

OVC is a founding college of the

Universit y of Guelph which receives mo re resea rch funding

from the Medica l Research Co unshycil than any other Ca nadi an uni shy

versity with o ut a medica l school

More than ISO studies have been condu cted using fund s donated

throug h OVes Pet Tr ust by ve tshy

erinarians and pet owners who recshy

ognize the th erapeutic value of the

bond betwee n people and com shypa nion animal s

100 per cent of OVC gradu ates

find em ploymen t withi n six months of gradu ation

50 per cen t of veterinary patholoshygists in North America are -employed directly or indirectly by the pharmaceutical industr y

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a The Royal Society of Canada recognizes an acndelnic career

by Alexander Wooley a scholar Funny hOWasingle pi ece of paper can summarize a lifet ime of study and aCJ demic work that has already fi ll ed

29 books and 85 book chapters an d Journal articles

In june U of G polit ica l science profes~

sor Onkar P Dwivedi received a letter invit~

ing hi m to become a Fello w of th e Royal Society of Canada Its an invitation reserved

for Canadas ltlCJde11i c elite an an nounceshy

men t thM brought congratul atio ns tinged with envy fiom colleagues across Ca nada and

left th is U of G professor answeri ng quips from Guelph collcgues such as Are we still

allowed to share the elevator wi th such an illuSlrious scholar

Dwivedi is indeed an ill ustrious scholar

- th e FRSC is th e hi ghest scholJriy recog~ nition1 Canad ian ~ cad emic ca n recei ve shy

but he is also a personable man who has a deer concern fo r o thers and a sense of humour that allows h illl to ceremo ni ously

wave oth er facult ) and students on to the

elevator as it ri ses to his s ix1h~f1oor offi ce ill the JvlacKi nn on Bu ilding

Known across camp us simply as OP he says its o nl y natural that hlS colleagues

wo uld be a bi t envi ous of th e Royal Society

designation he has felt th at envy himself when congratultting previous recip ien ts

Dwivedi SI) he is d~ep l ) honoured to bL one of 19 U of C lilCul ty wh o hold thl tilk (see page II ) The entire U of C cJm pl co mmunity shOlIcs in Prof l)iveciis dd igh t at bei ng l1amed a fel low I) pruv()t tin

Campbe ll It is a we ll~d lsencd mark of recognition for his distinguished caree r Jnd

vJ lua ble slr vice to i II I l 1Ila I ional dlTlop Ill en t an d the en viron men t

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beli e-I Lhat if you work hard enough you L11l

achieve an ythi ng Th~Is 11) hi colilltr)

is so great he says o f his adopted C~nIJ1 Born in India Dwi ved i came 1( ( anadl

in the early [960 as a gruduatc lttuden Hl co mpl eted a mdst 15 de grec al Carl etull University ~nd a Ph D at QUlln l middot ni~r ishy

ty ~l1 d jo incd the U o f C tJLlti lyin 1967

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ndti( nal distinction and international recogshy

nit ion Just this spring he vis ited Loyo la l [a rymollnt Universit-y in Los An-des as that

insti tutions 1999 Internati onal Scho lJ r

Es tabli shed 117 years lgO the Roya l Society or Canada enco mpasse d ra nge of

discip lin es including the natural and ap plied sc iences medi cine soc ial scien ces MId hu manit ies

Dwi vedi sa) The s()c ic tys invitation is

an honour for me and also a wonderful recogshy

nition for our new coll ege (U of Gs College

of Social and All lied Human Sciences )

A for mer chair of Guel lhs Department of Political Science Dwivedi is pres id ent of

the Ca nadian Asian Stud ies Associa tion and

past lresident of the Canadian Po litica l Scishyence Association He also chairs th e resea rch committee of the International Poli tical Scishy

ence Associat io n

During hi s 32-year career at Guellh he ha s served on the Enviro nm ental Assess shy

)]lent Boa rd of Ontario as a co nsultan t to

the Ca nadian gove rnment as an adviser to th e Wo rld Health Organi za ti o n an d the

Wo rld Bank in In dia Papua New Guinea and Mau ritiu s an d as a sc ientific panel

member with UNESCO In J 99 8 he

received an honorary degree fro m the Unishyve rsity of Leth bridge ga

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ANDREvV VOWLES

m Tiny flashes of blue

light caught by U of G

to physicists in an

undergro und

observatory may eg

tell us the

fate of our

universerunch First tighf wasnt long in coming even in a mine shaft some two kiloshy

metres beneath the Earths surface Within days of turning on a multishy

million-dollar li ght detector near the bottom of a Sudbury nickel mine

scientists from Canada the nited States and the United Kingdom recordshy

ed their first even t Thats physicists lingo for a collision between a tiny

extraterrestrial particle called a neutrino and a molecule of heavy water

Actually what they witnessed last spring was not the encounter itself

- marked by a tell tale fl ash of blue light - but data trickling in quishy

etly from the detectors elaborate instruments sometime after the fact

Still that was enou h to set a few hearts pounding among the collabshy

orators in the Sudb u r y eutrin o Observatory particularly among

Guelph physicists John Simpson Robin Ollerhead and Jimmy Law who

appJaude 1 those early results not just for what they might reveal about

the universe but also as a validation of their painstaking care in conshy

structing and preparing the detector

Fall Winter 1999 23

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[J This is without a doubt the climax of my

career says Simpson whos been invo lved

with the Sudbury N eu trin o Observa to ry

(SNO) project since it was fir s t moo ted by

Canadian physicis ts in th e early 1980s Hes

been studying neutrinos for almost two

decades beginning with experiments in a

Windsor-area sa lt mine

It s th e las t unkn own low-energy area

left he says N eutrin os are s till th e least

understood elementa ry particle of a ll

Thats not for lac k of them T hey re co nshy

sidered to be th e most commo n particles in

the universe and the fund amenta l building

blocks of matter Each seco nd bi lli ons of

neutrinos generated during fusion reactions

in the sun and in sou rces far beyond our

galaxy bombard every square ce ntim etre of

the Earths surface undetected But just try

to catch one So ephemeral a re Ih ey th at

they pass without a mmmur through most

objects including solid rock ni ckel ni ckel

miners - even throu gh the SNO sc ientis ts

monitoring their giant acry li c ball s usshy

pended in a 22-metre-wide cavern two kiloshy

metres down the mine shaft

The $70-million o bse rva to ry s it s nea r

the bottom of Inco Ltd s C reighton nicke l

mine the deepes t wo rkin g min e in North

America and one tha t has opera ted co ntinshy

uously for the last ce ntury

Today the only eAtra terreslrial objects hitshy

ting the site - or more co rrect ly passi ng

through it - are neutrinos Seemingly against

astronomical odds those scientists hope to

use that ball as a kind of cosmic-sized catchshy

ers mitt to stop or deflect enough of these

particles to learn more about them and about

the big wide universe that spawned them

Inside that 12-foot ball are 1000 tonnes

of heavy water which is also used as coolant

inside nuclear reactors Tn fact th e watershy

all $300 million worth - is on loan from

Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (AECL)

Heavy water ho lds the key to SNOs opera-

Taken during construction the photo above

shows the SNO cavity and acrylic vessel At

right the acrylic vessel is surrounded by an 18shy

metre diameter geodesic sphere that supports

nearly 10000 light sensors and reftectors

Scientists hope to U~

tion Because its molecules contain one more

n eutron than in ordinary water its more

likely to in tercept a phantom neutrino That

co llis ion will be marked by faint but telltale

fla shes of light - forma lly kno wn as

Cerenkov radia tion th e characteris tic blu e

glow emitted in a nuclear reactor - to be

picked up by a few of th e 10000 detectors

studding the panels on th e sphere s surface

Perhaps more impo rtan t SNO resea rchers

anticipate that the wa ter will catch all three

types o f neut rinos no t just the o ne captured

by other detec tors around the world

N eutr in os come in three species or

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24 GUELPH ALUMN U S

agiant acrylic ball as a kind of cosmic-sized catchers mitt

flavou rs based on th e kind s of subatomshy

ic particl es tlleyre dssociated with electro n

neutrinos muon neutrinos and tau neu trishy

nos Referring to earlier experiments that

have detected far fewer neutrinos than

expected based on our understanding of

how the universe works Simpso n says most

scientists believe that neutrinos have mass

and the) change type as th ey leave the sun

and thats why Ne havent seen enough of

them Being able to detect the other two

flavours at SNO might allow sc ientis ts to

account for the so -called missing neutrinos

Proving that neutrinos can change their

stripes might als o tell us more about the

likely fate of th e universe itself by solving

another mystery the question of the missshy

ing mass Referring to basic laws of physics

Law says If neutrinos convert th at means

th ey must have mass Why is that imporshy

ta nt Explai ns Ollerhead The amount of

mass thats accounted fo r by the sta rs that

you can see is only about one-tenth of the

total mass the re must be in the universe in

order to cause the interactions and motions

you see W hen people talk about mis si ng

mass thats what th ey re talking about

So the question is where is it l Because

every s tar produces billions of neut rin os

every second the universe is full of neutr ishy

nos These van ishingly small particles could

collectively exert a gravitational pull out of

all proportion to th eir size - enough to

eventually slow the expa nsion of the universe

If neutrin os have ma ss it means the

universe may be heavier than we think says

Simpso n The universe will eventually stop

expanding in a few billion years and collapse

back in on itself Thi s is known as the Big

Crunch Finding evidence of the smoking

gun to either prove or di sprove that theoshy

ry is the purpose of the observatory he says

SNO research bombards other areas of science Adapting physics tools to build SNO

An expert in X-ray back-scattering Guelph

physicist Innes Mackenzie helped the SNO

team about six years ago by adapting his

back-scattering technique to determine the

thickness of a plastic liner that su rrounds

th e entire observatory cavity Made of a

substance called urylon (produced by a

Guelph company) the liner was sp rayed

on to the cavitys concrete surface to screen

ou t radon a radioactive gas that diffuses

even through soLd rock In a project where

an extra millimetre could skew results scishy

entists needed to ensure that the material

was the same thickness all the way arou nd

Mackenzie used X-ray back-scattering

a techniq ue he has developed that might

be llsed to determine say the thickness of

paint applied in an auto assembly plant or

ice buildup on aircraft wings Laurentian

University physicist Doug Hallman says

his research group has worked with

Mackenzie to set up a unique hand- held

monitor and data-recording system which

found the actual thickness of the eightshy

millimetre-dlick polyurethane material to

an accuracy of about 10 per cent

Building new tools from SNO physics

During his graduate studies in physics at

Guelph Tom Andersen helped his PhD

supervisor Prof John Simpson design

devices used to detect background

radioactivity of the heavy wa ter in the

Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO)

and worked on software that simulates

th e movement of high -energy muons

particles created when cos mic rays

encounter the Earths atmosphere All the

while he had his eye on a not-unrelated

topic that became his full-time job after

graduating in 1998

It a desk top planetarium says

Andersen of his astro nomy software

which allows users to view the simulated

night sky - including comets asteroids

satellites a nd stars - on a computer

screen With it yo u can observe the sky

as it appears from your backyard tonight

o r from Jupiter 100 years ago or from

Egypt 3000 years ago

He and his partners a t Toronto-based

Sienna Software Inc have so ld about

10000 copies of Sta rry Night software

dming the past 18 months They began

by selling software that users could down shy

load from the Internet but now make two

CD-ROM versions of the package Starshy

ry Night Deluxe and Starry Night Pro

The first allows users to look at more than

19 million objects from anywh ere in the

solar system and to examin e deta iled

graphics of such things as constellations

Serious astronomy afic ionados use the

pro version to track as teroids learn more

about star motions or create their own

planets to study orbital mechanics

Generally anyone who owns an

as tronomical telesco pe owns a piece of

astronomy software says Andersen You

can take your telescope to your backyard

and connect it to your laptop and then

point to something with Starry Night and

have the telescope steer to it

Applying SNO tools to business

Former phys ics graduate student Myung

Chol Chon now works in the Royal Banks

corporate and investmen t banking offices

in Toronto Modelling the behaviour of

financial assets and pricing derivative secushy

rities might appear removed from the task

of capturing neutrinos but Chon says the

Guelph SNO group gave him an opporshy

tunity to learn various quantitative ana lyshy

sis tools including Monte Carlo simulashy

tion and artificial neural networks I also

gained understanding and experience in

software production via working with the

SNO Monte Carlo Analysis (SNO MAN )

software development team - tools

applicable not only in physical science but

in other areas as well

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-Simpson says ea rly detection of SNOs first

neutrino this summer reflects the high qUJIshy

ity of the obselva tory itself incl uding th t conshy

tribution of the Guelph scientists involved in

designi ng its sophist icated instrum ents Thats why theres a lot of noise abo ut the

fi rst measurem en ts he sa ys Some o ther

detectors have to work harder to get the backshyground radioactivity down Weve shown that

we constructed a very clea n detector

Along with several PhD studen ts and resea rch associates he and his coUeagues buiJt

inst ruments used to monitor and ensure an acceptable level of background radi oactivishy

ty in SNOs innards fiom the hea l) watcr to all the components orthe detector itse lf

The Guelph group developed a very senshy

sitive technique for the measurement of ultrashylow levels of ra dioactivit y in water whi ch is

essential for th e SNO detector to reach its

goals says SNO project director Art McDonshy

ald a phys icist at Queens Universit y Meas uring radioact ivity is our ga me

says resea rch ass oc iate Pillalamarr Jaga m during a tour of Sim psons lab in th e baseshy

ment of the MacNaughton Build in g home

to whJt Jaga m calls the only ul tra-low backshy

ground radi ation research and development

group in Ca nada Po inting to a det ector resemblin g a stainless-steel salad bowl with

a matchin g lid he says the Guelph -made

de vice JS with its co usins on perm anent du ty at SNO picks lip infinitesimally small

amounts of ra dioactivity emitted naturall y

by the observa torys compo nents

Ja ga m helps run th ose dev ices at SNO

fo llowin g up on his role as superv iso r of a

cl ea nin g crew d urin g SNOs constru ction SNO is the larges t clean-room ever olltside

of the electron ics industry he says Its

cleaner th an yo ur avera ge dinner plate

Above Muon neutrinos produced from cosmic

rays which strike Earths abnosphere are detectshy

ed by the SNO light sensors producing a coneshy

shaped pattern of energy Right An artists

sketch of the SNO detector shows the central

acrytic vessel now filled with 1000 tons of heavy

water and surrounded by 7000 tons of ultra

pure regular water Scientists monitor the obsershy

vatory from the room located above the sphere

26 GU ELP H ALUM NUS

In two years we mayI

Unlike th eir fell ow labourers in the m in e

who normall y hit the sbowers aft er a lo ng

day on the ore face th e scientists monitorshy

ing th e o bse rvatory must shower bef ore enterin g their facility Simil ar standa rds are mlintained tor the heavy water in th e acrylic

vessel which is fil tered dail y Jnd tested for ambient rad ioactivit y It s the purcst water

in th e wo rld says Jian Wang for merly J

research associate in Simpsons lab and now a consultant wi th U of Gs GUA RD In c

The Guelph-dc-signed instruments h ave

prove n lIseful in rela ted but more fa r-flung

applications JagaJl1 says scientists building

lgt

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ly know if the universe will eventually collapse

ye t an oth er neutrino observatory in Italy consulted with U of G physicists on radia shyti on measurement Closer to home he has helped Prof Richard Protz Land Reso urce Science quantify minute amounts of radioac tive cesium in so il samples taken from the Ecuadorean Andes an d from the Chernobyl site in Ukrain e

Law a particle physicist [las been involved since 1991 in writin g and test ing simulation software used by the project colshylaborators to model the workings of th e SNO detecto r With the detector now opershyating the package - dubbed SNOMAN shywill be used to analyse the data it generates OUerhead who first encountered SNO while chair of the Department of Physics has long worked in expe rim en tal nuclear physics using accelerators such as th e one run by AECL in Cbalk River Ont Todays investishygations at SNO draw on at least one aspect of his ea rlier resea rch in Los Alamos New Mexico where he developed neutral current detectors of the sort expec ted to help SNO sn iff out all three neutrino flavo urs

Sim psons graduate student Nathaniel Tagg is studying cosmic ray particles called muons which are detected as a byproduct in the obse rvatory Unlike neutrinos muons come from cosmic rays - or ionized nuclei - which begin Jife far beyond the solar sysshytem perhaps generated by stars exploding into supernovas or by shock waves emanating from collapsing black holes When these cosmic rays hit the Earths atmosp here th ey create extremely high-energy particles that can be detected by SNO some alon e or in pairs like bullets others in a shower like shotgun pelshylets Comparing the ratio of single bullets to shotgun blas ts may tell Tagg something about how the particles originated When you build a detector you get a lot of things for free he says Muons are considered background to most of the collaboration but there are some interes ting physics you ca n do with them

Beyond Guelph the SNO collaboration brings together almost 100 scientists from II universi ties and labs in Canada the United Sta tes and the United Kingdom Canad ian participants includ e university resea rchers from Queens Car leton Laurentian Britisll

Columbia and Guelph Wby Ca nada Canashyda has a lot of heavy water because of its nuclear power reactor development the CANshyDU reactor says OUerhead Basically Canashyda is tbe only country that can do the expershyiment using heavy water which is what gives this its unique flavour The other thing is the undergro und aspect All the neutrino expershyimen ts are done underground for shielding from cosm ic rays and other sources of backshyground radiation The nickel mine in Sudbury is the deepest site in North America

Its al so important that Creighton mine is a working facility says Si mpson [t has

Physics faculty

and students are

an integral part of (PES

Physics is one of five departments and schools in the College of Physshyical and Engineeri ng Science ( CPES) Physics has more Roya l Society fellows than any other department on campus Since 1993 ten CPES students including two in physics have received National Research Coun shycil awards under the agen cys Women in Engin eering and Scishyence Program In 1999 CPES laun ched an inteshygrated four-year degree program in technology with Seneca College in Toronto majors in physics and technology or applied pharmace ushytical chemistry CPES plans to launch a new undershygraduate degree in computing scishyence next year to promote U of G strengths in bioinfomatics neural networks genetic algo rithm s and embedded systems CPES offers a unique program called MPC2 that provides enriched studies in mathematics physics chemistry and computing science

to be active because its the only way you can maintain the safety of th e mine SNOs control room occupies a drift (miners talk for a corridor) 6800 fee t below the surface deep enough to accommodate a stack of about five CN Towers

Dw-ing the observatorys construction a regular express ca ge whisked visitors directly down No9 shaft to the detector as fast as a car travelling on a cit) street The shaft also served as the delivery conduit for the SNO components Site manager Dunshycan Hepburn recall s es pecially the three months that it took to ship the [000 tonnes of heavy water underground The eleva tor could take six tonnes at a time he says so we had an elaborate schedule involving six tanker cars fill ed overnight and sent down early in th e morning on a specially schedshyuled cage Adds mine manage r John Gill J dont think we spilled a drop

Now using regularly scheduled cages scishyentists crowd shoulder to sho ulder in the elevator with up to 40 miners during the 20-minute ride along the sloping ore seam Everyone in the collaboration is expected to spend a certain number of shifts actualshyly operating the detec tor says O llerhead This is partly to save money but also par tshyly because th e physicists are the ones with the vested interes t and should be involved Collaborators might spend seve ral weeks in Sudbury at a time for up to six weeks a year

SNO scien tists expect to learn definitiveshyly within two years whether or not neutrishynos have mass They also anticipate that the observatory will yield information about the sun and about other st ructures far beyond our galaA) The missing mass question is a way of studying supnnovas notes Ollershyhead There are many applications of this detector beyond just neutrinos from the sun

Why should anyone ca re about what these infinitesimally small particles teU us about cosshymic-sized questions If youre going to be an ad vance d and civilized country then you should be thinking about fundamental quesshy shytions and not just about where your next meal is coming from says Simpson Thats the difshyference I think between a civili7ed society and a society that just lives from day to day ga

FallWinter 1999 27

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

alU bull

ALUMNI PROFILES

ALUMNUS OF HONOUR

FORMER OAC DEA N Rick Richards BSA 38 was recogn ized for

his lifelong commi tment to excellence in admini stration teachshy

ing research and ex tension wh en he vas named 1999 AlumLlus of Honour by th e Un ive rsity o f Guelph Alumn i Associat ion The preshy

sen tation was made durin g Alumni Weekend in lun e

Ri chard s bega n hi s ca ree r in soil sc ience and pion ee red the

process of soil classifi ca ti on and map pin f for Ontario As head of

th e Un iversitys Depa rtm ent of Land Resou rce Science he spearshyheaded the constr uct ion o f new fa cili ties provided leadership in

the deve lopment of broader more sc ientifi c program s and th e

expansioLl o f fa culty and obta ined more lan d areas for departshymental resea rch He was appointed the first dea n of OAC in 1962

and was one o r the fou r principal academi c leade rs ho shared in

es tab lishin g the Universit y of Guelph After co mpleting two terms as dean he return ed to teac hing and retired in [98 1

As a professiona l agrologist Richards impleme nted pl ans ror

the Canadian Agri cultural Researc h Co un ci l as it s fi rst president

and was pres id ent o f the Ca nadian Soc iety of Su il Science th e Ontari o Institute of Ag rologists and tht Agricu ltural Institu te of

Can ada He was also the Canadian representa ti ve to th e United

Nations Food and Agricu lture O rga nizltJtion

ALUMNI VOLUNTEER AWARD

DAv ID ADAMS BSA 49 has always made his alma mater a pri shy

o ri t) and in 1999 th e Unive rsity of Guelph Alumni Associashy

tion app lauded th at loya lty by presentin g him with its 1999 Alulll shyni Volu nteer Awa rd

Adams has demo nstrated a devot ion to volun teer excellence

through his com mitment to the Universit y OAC and hi s alumni

ii class OAC 49 He was UGAA pres ident in 196869 president of

d the OAC Alu Jllni Associatio n in 196566 and a member of the Unishy

~ versi ty Senate and Boa rd of Governors fro m 1970 to 1973 In add ishy

~ tion he has Jllade mu ltiple contr ibu tions to OAC 49 ac tivities He

~ was instrumenta l in orga ni zin g 50th-anniversary class celebrations ~ for Alumni middotWeekend 99 which included the ded ication of the Yea r

~ 49 OAC po nd ga rden at th e Arbo retum Cent re and the res torashy

~ ti on of the Johnston Hall portico u ~ Adamss giving sp irit car ri es over into his pro(ess iona lli fc He

~ has had a distingu ished career in the ag ri -food indust ry and was laquo ~ general manager of the Canadian Meat Co uncil whe n hL reti red in

~ 1993 He cont inues to share hi s expertise with the co unc il and as

~ a volu ntee r for th e Royal Ag ri cultural inter Fair and th e Ca nashy~ dian Nat ional Exhibition FARlv

28 G UHPH ALU I NUS

HIGHLIGHTS middot GRAD NEWSmiddot OBITUARIESmiddot CALENDAR

ALUMNI MEDAL OF ACHIEVEMENT

DR AD RIAN P ARKS WO RK in th e area o f minimally invasive

surge ry has earned him international recogniti on as a leading surgeo n and educa tor in his fi eld His advancements in the use of

laparoscop ic techniques have improved treatm ent for an ex tensive

range of med ica l disorders that in the past could only be handled

thro ugh trad itional sur gery [n 1997 he was recruited to establish a new program at th e Uni ve rsity of Kentucky

Pa rk was honoured th is spring wit h the Universit y of Guelph flumni Associati ons Alumni Medal of Achievem ent He received

a bachelor of science fro m Gu elph in 1985 and a doctor o f med ishycine from McMaster University in 1987

He completed his training at St Josephs Hos pital and rilcMasshy

ter Uni ve rsity Affiliated Hosp ital s in Hamilto n O nt and at the

Uni versit) of Montrea l before Jo ining St Jose phs as a ge neral surshy

geo n in 1994

The Guelph meda l recognizes th e professional leadership and achievements demons trated in Parks still- yo un g career and his

compassionate ca re of pati ents He and his wife Jennifer 8A 84 have three children Hilary Meredith and Evan

ove DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS

DUNCAN SINC LAIRS CONTR IB UTIO NS to career an d soc iety have prove n bis leadersh ip and expe rtise in hea lth sciences He gradshy

uated fro m OVC in 1958 and received a master of sc ience fro m OAC in 1960 specializing in nutriti on He then earn ed a PhD in

physiology at Queens University in 1963 and bega n a ca reer focused

primaril y on human health Sinclair was ltl consultant to th e Ontario Ministry of Agriculture

Food and Rural Affairs on the Animals for Research Act ilnd bega n

his academic career at Q uee ns as dean of arts and science in 1974 He went on to serve as vice-principal institutional relati ons sershy

vices an d hea lth sciences before assum ing the role of dea n of medshy

icine He ret ired from Queens in 1996 He has heJd other prestishy

gious positi ons including directo r general of the Medical Resea rch

Council and was tile recipient of OVes Schofield ]V[edal in 1983

Sinclair is now deeply involved in advising the Ontario minisshy

ter of hea l til on ways to reinvest and res tructure th e delivery of health services in the province He chairs the Hea lth Services

Restr ucturin g Co mmission an independent body of health

experts and professionals appointed to redesign tbe provincial

health system

FallWinter 1999 29

alumni Matters

-ORDER OF OACU of G Can1pus ESTABLISHED MARY AND RlCK RICHARDS longtime OAC supporterWelcoilles Alumni

ABSA 38 are the first inductees Membership in the order is

into the Order of OAC estabshy limited to the first 50 individshy

LUMNI WEEKEND J999 orga nizing committee and says lished ea rli er thi s year by the uals who give $1 00000 or more

brought more th an 1300 proceeds will be used to help the OAC Alumni Fo undation to as bequests irrevocable insurshy

visitors to campus June 18 to 20 class establi sh a mille nnium recognize significant contribushy ance policies planned gifts or

In addition to th e traditi o nal scholarship to co mmemorate its tions to its end owment fund cash donations Gifts may be

awards luncheon hosted by U of 25 th anni versar)1 of graduation Rick served as dean of OAC applied as endowments to the

G president Mordech ai Rozanshy The Uni vers it y of Guelph [Tom 1964 to 1972 (see sto ry OAC Alumni Foundation or to

ski there we re man y spec ial Alumni Associat ion held its on page 28) Mary also worked the college as approved by the

events and cla ss reunions The ann ual meeting during Alumni in the college and has been a fou ndation directors

new Order of OAC was preshy Wee kend and elected a new slate

sented to Mary and Rick of offi cers for 1999 2000 Scott

Richards BSA 38 at th e Go ldshy va nEnge n BSc(Ag r) 88 presshy

en Anniversary Dinner and the id ent Robin-Lee Norris BA 80

Class of J974 hosted a reuni on first vice-pres ident John Tatson

dinner with Calgary Flames BA 69 seco nd vice-president

Hockey Club CEO Ron Bremshy Rita Sterne BComm 87 secshy

ner BA 7 J as guest speaker Bill Imiddotetar) and Brad Hull BA 89

Laidlaw BA 74 chaired the treasurer

President Mordechai Rozanski and representatives of the alumni

classes and individuals who supported U of Gs six new themati c

gardens cut the ribbon to officially open them duri ng Alumni Weekshy

end From left are Bill Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 61 Don Gri eve

BSA 55 and MSA 57 Harold Shield BSA 51 Sandra Hannam uJ CD Clay Switze r BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rozanski Marilyn Robinson ~ I Murray BH5c 55 Ted McNinch BSA 49 Bruce Stone BSA 53 u VI

Z and MSA 54 Harold Bentley BSA 64 and MSc 66 Craig Hunter lt

B5c(AgL) 74 and MSc 77 and Les Laking BSA 39 and HDSC 71 The conservatory greenhouse was unveiled moments later by gtshyCD

Don Rutherford BSA 51 who gave the leadership gift ensuring VI o

it s res toration on behalf of his famil y 5 I -

Ginty jocius BSc(Agr) 70 left chair of the OAC Alumni Foundation

presents the Order of OAC to Mary and Rick Richards BSA 38

Enjoying the Class of 1974 re union dinner are from left jerry Orga n

BSc(PE) 71 Ron Bremner BA 71 Gail Bremner Paul Henry MA 71

and Bill Laidlaw BA 74

30 GUELPH ALUMNUS

GRYPHON SPIRIT DOMINATES HOMECOMING

UOF G students shared the stands with alumni who came to campus Sept 25

to watch the football Gryphons defeat their long- standing varsity rival the University of Toronto Blues During the weeke nd the Gryphon Club Hall of Fame inducted five Gryphon swimmers filled the gold pool at the 21st ann ual Alumni Relay Swim Meet

and president Mordechai Rozanski hostshyed a luncheon attended by more than 200 alumni and current students who have received sc holarships and awards or who

participated in the volunteer peer helper prog ram

ALUMNI SWIM TO THE TOP

FORMER GRYPHON SW IMMER S Peter Koli snyk BSc(HK) 83 and Denise

(FarndaJe) vVatso n BASe 85 were recogshyni zed at the ann ual Homecoming sw im mee t for having attended more often th an any other alumni Other participants includshyed 1999 graduates Nico le Weber BSe CEng ) Greg Steinberg BSc(HK) and Nancy Sweetnam BComm who has been a memshy

ber of two Canadian Ol ympic teams ( 1992 and 1996) The alumni team defeated the stud ent teams with the help of Leo n

Homecoming J

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Form er Guelph mayor and sports broadcaster Norm la ry received the Gryphon Club Hall of

Fame Merit Award Sept 24 at the annual induction c re mony that also honoured five former

Gryphon athletes From left are Paul Willi ams a cross-country and track athlete and three-time

Canadian Olympian Bob Pronk BComm 82 Ontario and Canadian cham pionship wrestler

Dave Guest BComm 87 a former all middotstar soccer and vo lleyba ll player Gladys Williams BA

69 MVP in both wo menS fi eld hockey and ice hockey lary and Mark Brown BComm 81

Wi ldman Trophy winner and football capta in The Gryphon Club also recognized the 1974 mens

rugby OUAA championship team

Garstecki Gryphon diving coach in the midshy Dale a longtime Gryp hon supporter and a I 970s and retired botany professo r Hugh national record-b olding masters swimmer

bull49 VETS MEET AT TRAlEE The OVC Cla ss of 1949 produced a la sting memory of its 50th

anni versary by filming the lune 18 gathering held at Tralee Farms

the home of class member Ray Cormack Classmates travelled from

across Canada and the United States to attend th e reunion which

included a luncheon a visit from U of G president Mordechai Rozanshy

ski and a tour of Cormacks farm and antique carriage collection

The organizing committee of Dave House Bill Mitchell Ken Fisk

and lim Arch ibald succeeded in producing a golden-anniversary

memento that captu res the days events and everyone in attendance

as they comment on their lives since graduating from OVe -Proceeds from the sale of the v ideos will support the OVC 49

Memorial Scholarship Fund Cost is $25 each To place an order call

Vikki Tremblay at Alumni House 519-824-4120 Ext 65 44 I D

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alumni Matters

2000 Coming Events

Jan 26 - Careers Night hostshyed by Mac-FACS Alumni Assoshy

ciation For informatio call Laurie MalleaLi at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Careers Night hostshyed by HAFA Alumni Associashy

tion For information call Laushyrie Malleau at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Aggie Good Times Banquet Call the OAC Studwl Federation at Ext 8321 for tickshyet information Feb 3 - Job hir at Bingeman Park in Kitchener complishy

mentary bus service from Unishyversity Centre for students and

alumni For directions and a list of employers call U of G

Career Services at Ext 22 13

Feb 11 - Deadline for nomshy

ina tions for U of G Alumni Association Alumnus of Honshy

our Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment and Alumni Volunteer

Award and the OVC Distinshy

guished Alumnus Call Carla Bradshaw at Ext 6657 for details March 1 - Annual alumni

Florida reunion at Maple Leaf

Estates Port C harlotte Florishyda For information call alumshyni programs at 519-824-4120

Ext 6657 send e-mail to alumshyniuoguelphca or call Jack Hanna in Florida after Jan 1

at 813-645-0905

March 18 amp 19 - College

Ro yal

March 31 amp April 1 - OAC

Alumni Association annual

bonspiel at the Guelph Curlshy

ing Club and Guelph Country w Club Call Carla Bradshaw at ~ txt 6657 to register c u bull For more information on anyU)

z alumni event call the U of G ltC extension listed at 519- 824shy20 r 4120 or send e-mail to al11111shyCD

o niCvzlOguelphcab c a

32 CUEIPH ALUM N US

EA RLIER THIS YEAR U ofG

introduced a new approacll to fund-raising that centres on

academic priorities identified by

the ix colleges Now the Unishy

ve rsit y expa nds this initiative

through the formation of a new Annual Fund Cou ncil that will

recruit volunteers to proactiveshy

ly help meet tll0se funding goals

By enlarging the partnershy

ship between academics and fund-raisers we arc focusing our

efforts more clearly on the Un ishy

versi tys overall stra tegic objecshy

tives says Rudy Putns executive

director of campaign progra ms

We are calling on coUege deans to help ensure that our annual

giving programs are providing

the grea test possible benefit to

students Our volunteer and pro-

ALUMNI CElEBRATE NEW HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE CENTRE

The Human KineticsHuman Biology Alumni Association

presented a sketch of the John T Powell Building to U of Cs

new Health and Perfor mance Centre at a June 19 reunion of alumni and former staff Artist Joan Harper BSe(HK)

82 left and retired professor John Powell right witnessed

a presentati on by association pres ident Janet Leonhard BSe(HK) 82 to Prof Terry Graham

SilENT AUCTION MAKES NOISE

A silent auction held Sept 14 to 16 a t the Ou tdoo r Farm

Show in Woods tock Ont ge nshy

erated a lot of excitement and

goodwill in OACs 125th shyanniversary year and raised

$51000 that wi ll support stu shy

dent recruitm ent programs in

the college The auction was organized by Cinty Jocius BSc(Agr) 70 president of

Ginty Jocius amp Associates of

Guelph on behalf of the OAC Alumni Foundation

Auction items donated by friends and exhibitors at th e

farm show included everylhing

from farm equipment and supshyplies to a seven-month-old lla shyma named (-i nty Lorie Jocius

BASe 72 purchased her husshy

bands namesake and gave it to

OAC as an anniversary presen t at th e Sept 25 Heritage Banshy

quet and Ball

FUND-RAISI NG PARTNERSHIPS GROW

fessional fund -raislls wiJl spend

more of thei r time making pershy

so nal requ es ts for gifts to the University and less time on inshy

house administra tion

Members of the Annual Fund

Council will invite donations

Crom alumni members of the campu~ community the paren ts

of current students graduating

classes members of the various

gift clu bs (Presidents Council

etc) and selected corporations

foundations and associations

Development and Public Affairs staff will help target vol unteer

efforts where they wi ll have the

stronges t impact on growin g don or particip ation and fund shy

razsing results

Annual giving is one of the

most crucial parts of an institushy

tion s developmen t agenda says Putns Annu al donors help

maintain the quali ty of estabshylished academic programs espeshy

cially in times of reduced pubshy

lic fundin g he says They also

provide a foundation for special

fun cl-rai sing cam paigns shycampaigns that enable the Unishy

ve rsity to grow by providi ng

funds for major projects that do

not ha ve a traditional so urce of support Tbe ACCESS endowshy

ment for student financial assistshy

ance and the rece nt campaign to upgrade th e Food Science

Building are notable examples For more illjormation aboLit

the An17ual FUlld Co ullcil call Al111tal Fund 17l1lnager Tara George at 519-824-4 120 Ex t

390 1 or Putl7S at ext 6384

GRAD NEWS

U of G Degrees ADA = Associate diploma

in agriculture BA =Bachelor of arts BASe = Bachelor of applied

science BComm = Bachelor of

commerce BHSe Bachelor of houseshy

hold science BLA =Bachelor of

landscape architecture BSA = Bachelor of science in

agriculture (pre-196s) BSe(Agr) Bachelor of

science in agriculture BoSe = Bachelor of science BSe(Eng) =Bachelor of

science in engineering BSc(Env) =Bachelor of

19405

bull The Macdonald Institute

Class of 1941 met each other

for the firsl lime in 1939 and

theyve been gelling logelher rvice a year siIlce gradual ion

Celebrating 60 yea rs of fri end shy

ship this year are Mary (Hcx imer) MacLeln Beth

(jackson) Ca rdifF Mo lly

(Pattrson) Nix Frances

(Pellet) Smith Dorolhy

(Pond) Dunn Jeanne (Taylor )

Hamel Phyllis (Weren) Sobel and Evelyn (Eatun ) Pond

bull Jim Morton BSA 47 posed with his son Robert SA 70

and grandsons Jeff Bell 13A

9 1 and Greg Mo rton

SSc( Eng) 99 at Gregs U of

G convocation in June Retired

from a career in the lumber

business Jim is an OAC llu mmiddot ni volunteer al Guclph and is

aClive in cOm11lUnily work in

Burlington Onto Rob ert is

CEO of the Community Care

Access Centre in Simcoe

Coullly Jeff lcaches in Elmvalc

for the Simcoe County Dislricl School Board and Greg is

working Wilh the COnSlliling

engineering firm of Proclor

science in environmental sciences

BSe(HK) Bachelor of science in human kinetics

BSc(pE) = Bachelor of science in physical education

DHE = Diploma in home economics

DVSc = Doctor of veterinary science

DVM =Doctor of veterinary medicine

GO = Graduate diploma MA = Master of arts MAgr = Master of agriculture MBA = Master of business

admininstration MEng =Master of engineering

and Redfern at its Kitchener

office The Guelph lineage

aCl ually bega n in the Morton fami ly with Greg great shy

grantimoliln Anne Pringle

Morton DH E 1914

Greg Morton Jeff Bell and Jim and

Robert Morton

19505

bull Harold Baker BSA 50

writes to w rrect the e-mail

address publi shed in the last

iss lle of the Clepll Alunnls

Friends (111 conlact the retired

University of Saskatchewan

professo r and Il is wife Phyllis

at ha kc r hdukeL1sa~k ca

bull Barney Goodwin-Wilson BSA 50 is serving a two-year

krm as chair of the hoard of

lhe Onta rio Foocllerminal

The Iomnlo facility is the

MFA = Master of fine art MLA Master of landscape

architecture MMS = Master of management studies MSc =Master of science MSc(Aqua) = Master of

science in aquaculture ODA = Ontario diploma in

agriculture ODH =Ontario diploma in

horticulture OdR = Ontario Diploma in

recreation PhD = Doctor of philosophy

larges t who lesale fruit proshy

duce and flower market in

Canada and one of the largest

in orrh America He was forshymerly director and vice-cha ir

of the board

bull Gary Powell ADA 58

stopped at a remote motel in

western klahoma last

Janu ary and stanee a convershysation with th e only other cusshy

tomer at breakfa st the next

morning Turns out they were

both U of G grads Powell and Joe Deli BSc (Agr ) 64 had a

great time reminiscing abo Llt

ca mpus perso nalities they

both knew I guess one is never really very far from home says Powell

bull Dave Valentine BSA 59 has

retired as (o unty engineer for

the County of Brant in

Ontario He previously spent

23 years with Sir Sandford

Fleming College in Peterborough and has served 8S

engineer for the coun ties of Haliburton and Victoria He

and his wife Carole are now

Jiving near Carlisle Send e-mail

to valcntinworldchatcom

19605

bull Manuel Garcia PhD 67 was

recognized by the government

of the Ph ilippines in December

1998 with one of the highest

honours given to Filipinos Jivshy

ing outside the cou ntr y Garcia

is a senior consulting mi crobishy

ologist with lAS Bioshy

Diagnostic and a former

research scientist with

Agriculture and Agri-Food

Canada in Ottawa He is intershy

nationally recognized for his work in veterinary med icin e

and public health on the early detection of ca mpylobacter

salmonella and other foodshy

borne pathogens He is a memshy

ber of several learned profes shy

sional societies and has been involved in a number of intershy

national developm ent projects

He is also a community volunshy

teer and a pioneer in establishshying the National Council of

Canadian Filipino Associations

as the official voice of Filipino

Canadians nationwide bull Tom Hutchison DVM 65 is

a veterinary pathologist with the Nova Scotia provincial

diagnostic lab In 1998 he

passed the board cer tification exa ms for the American

College of Poultry Veterinarians in Baltimore but

the years highlights came in

late summer - a first grandshy

child for Tom and his wife

Eileen in August and the birth

of their own son Scott in

September bull Brian Little ADA 67 BSc(Agr) 72 and MSc 78

was elected president of the

Canadian 4-H Foundation in

May He was previously presishy -dent of the Ca nadian 4-H

Co uncil and a co uDcil represhysentative for his employe r the

Royal Bank of Canada He has been a fou ndation trustee for

f allWinter 1999 33

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several years and has a strong

4-H background as a member

and a club leader

19705

bull Doug Franklin SA 72 was

recen tly a ppoin led execu tive

director of the Multiple

Sclerosis Association of

America its hea d office is in

Cherry Hill NJ He was forshy

merly with the International

Youth Foundation in

Baltimore Md

bull Cathie Leimbach

SSc(Agr) 78 and MAgr 88

visi ted U of G this fa ll as

agrologist-in-residence It was

the sixth year of the program

co-sponsored by OAC and the

Ontario Institute of

Agrologists (OlA ) Raised on

an Ontario dairy and swine

farm Leimbach is past presishy

dent of the OI A and a partner

in STRIVE a team specializshy

in g in training facilitation and

consulting She now lives on a

cash-crop farm in Ohio

bull Willem Moolenbeek BSe

77 and MSe 8 1 studied biolshy

ogy and entomology at U of G

at the same time he was learnshy

ing to play the saxophone with

the Royal Conservatory of

Mu sic He says he still loves

science but music has become

his career A recitalist soloist

and clinician he has been a

saxophone instructor at

McMaster University in

Hamilton Ont fo r 15 years

He also teaches at the 19805

University of Waterloo pri- bull Bruce Brown BSe(Agr)

vately and at the National 85 and his wife Claudia

Music Ca mp of Canada where (Liebscher) BA 84 have three

he sometimes offers an infor- children who are beginning to

mal course on in sect identifi- display their dads musical

cation There are always a few prowess on the kazoo After 14

kids who really dig that he years of dairy farming Bruce

says U of G music lovers want back to school to earn an

enjoyed his saxophone music education degree and is now

at a noon-hour concert in teaching science with the

October Durham District School

bull Peter Vaughan SA 77 and Board

MA 77 was appointed secre- bull Tom Burns BA 89 and MA

tar y general and CEO of the 91 is a member of the

Canadian Medical Association Victoria Police in Melbourne

in June A fa culty member in Australia Last summer he

two departments at John s welcomed visitors from the

Hopkins University and in the RCMP including Kevin Durie

Department of Family BA 93 They quickly estab-

Medicine at the University of lished a U of G connection

Ottawa he is a fo rmer presi- including Duries student

dent of the medical staff at employment at Dcr Keller

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the job says Burns but this

time we spent most of our

time talking about the great

times we had at U of G In

still another coincidence

Durie is married to Christine

Blake-Durie BA 91 and MA

93 who was a member of

Burnss MA group Burns says

other U of G grads travelling

to Melbourne are more than

welcome to drop in

bull Stuart Jackson ADA 87 is

distribution manager for

Burnbrae Farms Ltd in Delta

Onto He sends greetings to all

OAC friends including the

diploma classes of 1979 and

1980

bull Laurel (Murdoch) Koumarelas BComm 84 is

an ESL teacher with the

Toronto School Board She

and her husband Gus live in

Mississauga with their sons

Robert and Evan

bull Trish Looman BA 87

works for Royal LePageshy

Vantage in Guelph She speshy

cializes in residential multishy

unit real estate

bull Laima (Karosas) Laffitte

BSe(Agr) 85 and MAgr 91

lives in Wendover Ont with

her husband Vincent MAgr

91 and their children Yohan

and Marina Laima is the

advertising manager for The

Canadian Veterinary Journal and Vincent is an account

manager at the St Isidore

branch of Scotiabank Theyd

like to hear from classmates

via e-mail at Iaffitteonsymshy

paticoca They also want to let

OAC 85 grads know that the

class executive is building a

Web page at wwwrkdecom

oac85 and needs updated

names and addresses (includshy

ing e-mail) to add to the

directory f IS-year reunion

is being planned for Dec 2

and 32000

bull Cheryl Miller-Oh BASe

91 and her husband Tae live

in Southfield Mich with their

twins Nathalie and Nathan

born in October 1998 She is a

health-care consultant with

Computer Sciences

Corporation Send e-mail to

millerohsprintca

bull Vijay Singh MSe 70 has

been awarded the Arthur K Barton Endowed Professorship

at Louisiana State University

He also recently received an

honorary degree and a

Fulbright Award for his work

in the area of entropy

bull Gayle (Barton) Tapper BSe

81 (biological science) and 83

(computing science) has been

employed at Memorial

University in St Johns Nfld

for 14 years in the Department

of Computing and

Communications She is comshy

pleting graduate work in phishy

losophy and humanities at

Memorial and is the principal

harpist with the

Newfoundland Symphony

Orchestra Last year she

released a CD of Latinworld

traditional music on the South

American harp Visit her Web

site at httpwwwucsmun

cal -gay

bull Carolyn Riddell BA 85 is

running an active arts educashy

tion and paintingprintmaking

studio in Fergus Ont

bull Laura Wilkinson BSe 85

and MSe 87 is a coroner in

British Columbia and lives on

a cattle ranch near 70 Mile

House

19905

bull Kristi Adamo BSc(HK)

96 and MSc 98 and Rob

McMullin BSe 95 were

married in May 1999 and Jive

in Ottawa

bull Michelle (Pilon) Bacon BA

90 has been living in London

England with her husband

Tim and children Juliette and

Lucien but they are planning a

return to Canada They will be

AIRBORNE ALUMNUS Olive Thompson DHE 35 celebrated her 85th birthday

with her head in the clouds She made her first parachute

jump with instructor Scott Borghese in Simcoe Ont in June

and says it was the most exciting thing shes done in her life

Thompson lives in Dunnville and has four children and three

grandchildren When she asked them about the paracbute

jump they told her to go for it Shes considering a repeat I U

jump next year and hopes her adventure will be a good S o

example for other seniors A dedicated member of the class -lt CD

of Mac 35 Thompson was president of the University of s Guelph Alumni Association in 197778 and keeps busy now VI

I

with volunteer work for the Salvation Army Z

living in Calgary and welcome

contact with western grads

and friends from Guelph Send

e-mail to m_e_baconhotshy

maicom

bull Deborah (Panton) Bodden

BASc 93 and her husband

Lyndhurst were married in

1998 and live in Grand

Cayman Cayman Islands

where she teaches primary

schoo

bull Elizabeth Cardno MSe 99

is working with the Rural

Health Research Consortium

at the University of

Saskatchewan developing

research projects on rural

health issues in relation to the

Canadian Institute for Health

Research

bull Jeannine Cote BA 9 J lives

in Hamilton Ont and works

o -lt

as a health -care aide and

home-support worker

bull Jeremy Debling BSe 94 is

a formulation chemist in the

pharmaceutical development

department at Novopharm

Limited in Toronto

bull Angela Dodd BA 93 and

Christopher Kemp

BSe(HK) 94 were married

Aug 14 Theyve bought a new

home in Etobicoke Ont

where he works for Canada

3000 Airlines and at Kingsway

Physiotherapy as a kinesioloshy

gist She is employed at

Manulife Financial in -Waterloo

bull Sheryl Harding Friedrich

BASe 85 is a full-time mom

and part-time nutrition conshy

sultant in Cannington Onto

She and her husband Cal

FallWinter 1999 35

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have three child ren Jonathan

Daniel and Anna

bull Anne Marie (Henwood)

Harman BA 95 is enjoying

her time at home with one shy

year-old Jenna She and her

husband Murray can be

reached bye-mail at 3harshy

mansstormca

bull Rosaleen Heffernan BA 96

and Barry Liboiron BSe 97

were married in August

Theyre both studying at the

University of British

Co lumbia where Liboiron is

doing a PhD in chemistry and

He ffe rnan is completing a

degree in educati on

bull Krista Hilton BASe 95

lives in Halifax with her hlls shy

band Michael Galloway She is

a priest in the Anglican Church

of Canada and serves as curate

a t the Cathedral Church of All

Sain ts Friends can reach her at

aj568chebllctonsca

bull Michael Kennard BA 86

starred as Mump the Clown in

the Canadian Stage Company

production of Mump amp Smoo t

in Something Else With Zug last

winte r at tbe Canadian Stage

Theatre in Toronto

bull Sharon McConnell BSe 90

and MSe 93 went on from U

of G to earn a diploma in

business management from

Wilfrid Laurier University

Since 1995 she has worked in

Toronto as a project director at

Burak Ja co bson Market

Resea rch Partners Ine

bull Michael McKay-Fleming BA

92 has launched two daily

comic strips via the Internet

Check out his Inane Producshy

tions Web site at http mem

bershomenetinaneprod to folshy

low the adventures of a free-spirshy

ited teenager named Alice and all

the animals in a new VVildlife

comielf you like comic strips

this fine art grad invites you to

enjoy his talent and humour

bull Andrew Nicholls MA 90 nications in Cambridge

and PhD 97 is an assistant bull Christine (Rogers) Patten

professor of history at Buffalo BA 9 1 lives in Toronto and

State College in Buffalo N Y has been working as a sales

He recen tly published the representative and industry

book The Jacobean Union A training facilitator since grad-

Reconsideration of British Civil uation She and her husband

Policies Under th e Early Vincent celebrated the birth of

Stuarts which offers a new their first child Gareth in

perspective on the role of mul - March 1999

tiple monarchy in the early bull Guiseppe Peritore

modern British kingdoms BSe(HK) 96 is studying

bull Jennifer (Pope) Parney physical therapy at the

BASc 94 works at Chatham- University of To ronto He

Kent Integrated Childrens married Rita Lavalle in May

Service - Heritage Campus 1999 and lives in Oakv ille His

- with chi ldren and families e-mail address is

wi th special needs gperitoreutorontoca

bull Sarah Perkins BSe(Agr) bull Tammy Tipler Priolo 92 joined Pfizer Animal BASe 90 lives in her hom e

Health in London Ont in town of North Bay Ont with

November as a product sup- her husband Clark and their

port speCialist Earlier she two-year-old daughter Erica

taught at Fairview College in Tipler Priolo is u5mg her com -

Fairview Alta before m oving puting skills in genealogy

back to Ontario in 1997 to research to track down elusive

work for AgLine Commu- ancestors She can be reac hed

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W illiam Ba rnes DVM 59 died Sept 7

1999 He grew up in th e N iagara area

but spent his professio nal ca ree r in a

ve terina ry prac ti ce in Ill inois He was a

dr ivi ng force in the American Ve ter inary

Medica l Assooatio n and in bo th the

Chicago and IlJin o is assoc iatio ns He

was also a fo un ding mem ber o f the

Ch icago-based Friends of Unicerslty of

Guelph a char itable o rga nizat ion

founded in 1975 to serve Guelph a lumni

living in the United Sta tes

George Dickson BSA 38 di ed Oct 9

1999 H e spen t h is entire career w ith

Canada Packers moving up f[Om mai l

cle rk to exec lltive vice-presid ent and

d irector After retirin g in 1976 he

devoted ma ny vo lu ntee r hours to U of

G 3S a memb er of Boa rd o f Gove rno rs

and the OAC Alumni Associatio n

Jam es Pinkney DVM 37 died July 3

1999 A respected ve ter in aria n in his

hom e to~ll o f Cooksv il le O nt he was

also recog nized as a p remier swi ne

breeder showman and judge He was

active in m any agricultural o rga niza shy

tio ns and in both the Ontario and

Canadian Vete rinary Med ical assoc iashy

tio ns He was a lo ngti me supporte r o f

th e Unive rsity especially the OVC

museum and was named OVC

Di stinguished Alumnus in 1987

Audrey Yea nd le DHE 25 di ed March

17 1999 in St ratford O nto A profes shy

sio nal diet it ia n she wo rked to two hosshy

p itals and tau ght home eco no m ics at

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her chu rch she was a lo ng time U of G

suppo rter and left an es ta te gift of over

$475000 to p rov ide bursaries for future

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Until recently the placenta was thought

to be impenetrable Then some Us

researchers discovered that cells travelled

from the fetus to the mother In research

funded by the Hospital for Sick Children

Foundation in Toronto Croy recently found

that the flow is two-way unidentified cells

We are the only medical profession that looks at medicine across species Thats one of the great strengths of veterinary medicine

are also transferred from the mother to the

bone marrow of the fetus

Unlike most earlier studi es Croys

focused on the bone marrow where the

bodys blood and autoimmune disea ses

develop She found that 90 per cent of the

mouse fetuses contained the mothers cells

in their marrow Because maternal cel ls

remain in offspring into adu lthood (a nalshy

ogous to humans) it suggests the cells may

affect the chi lds response to a bone marshy

row transplant during cancer treatment or

to treatment for HIV ma laria or burns For

example immune-deficient children often

receive marrow transplants from a parent

but if the mothers cells are already present

they can reject th at transplant Undershy

standing the nature of those cells is critical

As in Croys work with uterine lymp hoshy

cytes this research is receiving worldwide

recogn ition although the Guelph researcher

down plays that accla im This is so me of

the most interesting work of my career she

says but Im a relatively small player in the

bigger sc hem e of things

Croy has repeatedly crossed boundaries

in her pursuit of knowledge and has been

recognized by a variety of scientific discishy

plines She recent ly completed a term as a

permanent study sec tion member of the

National Institutes of Health (N1H) in th e

United States one of the few Canadians

appointed since the N1H opened permashy

nent membership to non -citizens in 1995

She teaches a summer course on reproducshy

tion mostly to medical doctors at the

Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratoshy

ry in Massachusetts This June she recei ved

the JCB Grant Senior Scientist Award from

the Canadian Society of Anatomy Cell Biolshy

ogy and Neurobiology - an unusual honshy

our for a vet And she recently prese nted

reproductive immunology findings to meetshy

ings of obstetricians and gynecologists

Organ transplants

A silent crisis is what one member of Parshy

liament has called Canadas organ donor

rate now among the lowest in the indusshy

trialized world More than 3000 Canadians

wait for organ transp lants each year and

143 of them die awaiting a transplant

One potential so lution being examined

at OVC is xenotransplantation or transshy

plan ting of organs from one sp ecies to

another - specifica ll y from pigs to

humans Its not as far-fetched as it sounds

For more than 10 years people have

received living pig tissue including porcine

pancreatic islet cells for diabetes and pig

skin for burns

Because of its faculty expertise its outshy

standing record in animal ca re and welfare

and its 30-year history o f research in

pathogen-free swine for breeding and food

purposes OVC was approached by Imutran

Ltd of the United Kingdom a xenotran sshy

plantation research leader to assis t in pre-

clinical (non-human) trials

OVCs role in this leading-edge research

being co-led by Prof Danny Butler Clinishy

cal Studies is to breed and suppl y a sma ll

group of tran sgenic pigs for research trials

at partner institutions in the project - the

University of Toronto and the University of

Western Ontario ove was also instrushy

mental in ensur in g that the pig li tte rs were

of defined health status or pathoge n-free

- an integral aspect of this proJect These

transgenic pigs resemble any other pig on

the outside but on the inside Lhey diff r in

one smaJl but very important way

Ordinarily when a blood vessel ruptures

the bodys natural reaction is to clot and

patch the leak During this pro cess someshy

times called a cascade the body produces

chemicals sequentially to form the c lot But

clotting is a delicate FlOcess Until now

organ transplants betwee n species have proshy

voked hyper-acute rejection caus ing a

clotting-like cascade to continue until wit hshy

in min utes or hours th e patient rejec ts the

animal organ Blood entering the newly

received organ recognizes that tissue as forshy

eign and immediately begins the clotting

process quickly shutting down the o rg3 1l

By contrast the ce ll s of lmutran pigs conshy

tain a human gen e that produces a prote in

that stops the clotting casca d e In a transshy

planted pig organ c3tTying this gene the

protein fool s the pat ients blood into trelt shy

ing the organ as though its from the same

species thus preventing clotti ng

Butler believes oves expertise in surgishy

cally deriving and raising germ-free littetmiddots

was a key reason the college was approached

to undertake this re sea rch Fro m 1958 to

1989OVC took th e scientific lead with the

Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Fo od and

Ruralfffairs in supplying speci[Jc-pathogen shy

free animals to the provinces pig farms Prof

Paul Miniat of the Departmcnt of C linical

Studies and later th e Depa rtment of Popshy

ulation Medicine led that projec t

Tl1is current research is cutting-edge

says Butler and you have to be absolutely

meticulous about everything you do

Because these animals dont ha ve dn actishy -vated immune system any path oge n th lt

comes into play would be fatal to thesc pigs

Butler notes that the resea rch is stil l at

the pre-clinical (non-human) trial stage

and it will likely be years before trials ca n

FallWinter 1999 17

take place in hum ans And other forms of transplant rejec tion besides the hyper-acute

va ri ety will requ ire furth er research Along the way Butler and fellow OVC researchers - Prof Bonnie Mall ard and Byram Bridle PathobioJogy who are stud y director and projec t mana ger re spec tivel y Jud y Bell Clinical Studies a projec t mana ge r and

Prof Bob Fri endship Population Medicine - hope to gain new insight into breeding

pigs of exemplary health status for both anishymal breeding and food sa fe ty

Genetic diseases

Pro f Mark Baker Path obi ology hopes to enh ance gene th erapy used in treating

human and animal ge net ic d iseases by improving the effi ciency of gene targeting Using thi s procedure and the tools of biotechnology researchers hope to zero in on spec ific points in an o rgani sms DNA and insert or repair genes invol ved in sll ch

diseases as cancer AID S mu sc ular dystroshyphy cys tic fibrosis and sickl e-cell anemia

Gene targeting is a very important techshy

nology for gene modifi ca tion in all species - plants animals and micro-organisms says Baker who began tbi s work in the 1980s The nice thing about thi s tecbnolshyogy is th at yo u can make changes in the

ge ne right in its norm al position in the chromosom e

He hopes to make gene targe ting more effi cient by studying the underlyi ng process of homologo us reco mbi nation in whi ch

DNA sequences exchange information Norshymally this process helps ce lls repai r DNA da mage and govern s mixing of gen es durshy

ing cell di vision including th e p rocess of meios is whi ch produces egg and sperm

cells But homologous recombination can also lead to can cer durin g th e exchange of informati on bet ween a mutan t ch romoshyso me and its no rmal co unterpart Bes ides

stud ying what goes wrong durin g recomshybinat ion sc ientists are in te res ted in using th e process to co rr ect defe cts Baker s

research for exa mple has shown that gene targe ting th ro ugh homolo gous recombinashytion can correc t a mu ta tion to resto re proshyducti on of an immunoglobulin found in

an tibodies We want to und ers tand the mec hashy

nisms of recombination in mammalian cells

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and how homologo us reco mbin ati on ca n

be used to shape and manipu late th e genome he says ex plaining that gene tarshygeting all ows researchers to make animal

model s of hum an gene ti c diseases study hum an ge ne th erapy and modify plant and an imal ge nomes to benefit agri culture biotechnology and medi cine

Cancer research

Ca ncer reaches into the lives of many Ca nashydian s A number of researchers are wo rkshying in this area and their research spans the spectrum from basic molecul ar bio techshy

nology to applied therapy says Pro f Wayne

improve our understa ndin g of how to modshy

ify the level of damage done by co litis He explains th at by detoxify ing dieta ry

mu tagens and ca rcinogen s CST enzymes provi de protection against va rious insul ts inflicted on th e stom ach Thats an imporshy

tant role gJven th e kno wn link be tween so me chemical s co nsumed by humans and the dama ge to DNA and tis sues th at ma y

lead to cancer Hi gh levels of the em ymes are good because th ey pro tect says Ki rby

In pre vious studi es conducted with the Je wish General Hospital in MontlCal Ki rshyby discove red th at man y peo pl e with col shyo rec tal ca ncer lack th e ge neti c codes fo r

GSTs He is now in vestigatin g th e role of the

At the cellular and subcellular levels it doesnt really matter

whether youre looking at a gene chromosome or cell that came out of a person or an animal

McDonnell OVC ass istant dean (resea rch)

Although OVC research usually fo cuses on can cer in anim als incl uding using animal models th e res ult s also touch th e human

realm of oncology research Colorec tal ca nce l is th e third most comshy

mon can cer in humans th e Canadian Ca nshy

cer Society estim ates th at more than 16000 new cases will be d iagnosed in 1999 and more th an 6000 deaths will occur Key fa cshy

tors in its development are d ie tary carc inoshyge ns and colitis a bowe l inflammatio n In Guelphs Departm ent of Bio medi cal Scishy

ences Prof Gordon Kirby is studying glu shytathione S-transferase (GST) emymes that

are fo und in the hea lthy human intestinal tract but are abse nt in colorec tal ca ncer patients This research co uld help impleshyment pre ve ntive st ra teg ies for people who might be at high risk for ca nce r or it may

help in co unselling people in proper dietary habits he says In addi tio n we may

enzy mes and how th eir level alte rs as th e

disease develops B) und erst andin g how th ese enz) l11 es

work and how th ey change dur ing the proshygression from co liti s to can cer Kirby ultishymately hopes to lea rn ho w to co ntro l th e leve l of th e enzymes Understandin g how

th e enzym es work ca n lead LI S to wa ys to

prevent cancer he SlyS

Radiation treatment

Veterll1ar ians using the technique o f halfshy

body ra dia tion may cut th e time needed to treat lymphoma in dogs acco rd ing to th e

re sul ts of a st ud y by OVC re sea rchers in cludin g Prof To n) Abr1Jl1s-0gg Pro f -Stephen Kruth Paul Woods Geri Ottewe ll and Kim Stewa rt - aU of th e Department of Clini cal Studi es - and Al Norris of th e

Veterinary Referral Cli nic And although the groups recent six-year tr ial was directed at

do gs the resu lts of thi s veterinary resea rch

may have implica tions for trea tin g cance r

in hum ans

Trea tin g lym ph oma traditionally Iequires up to two yea rs of chemoth erap)

An alternative to prolonged chemotherapy is tota l-body ra diat io n and bone mar row

transplantation The procedullt lI SLS the patien ts own marrow extracted before the

trea tment One drawback is the possi bilit y

of transpb nt ing s ick malTOw co ntaining lymphoma (ells back in to the patien t A secshy

o nd drawbac k is th e ex tcnsive ca re and

Icngthy recovery time required By co ntrast ha lf-body radiation takes

onl y three mon ths Ab rams- Ogg explains that became only half of th e body is treatshy

ed at one time enough healthy bone marshy

row remain s to negate a tra nsp lan t By the

time th e seco nd hal f o f the body is irradishyated 30 da ys late r th e pa tien t has hld

eno urh line to recover fro m the first trea tshyment Hes also found that dogs receivi ng

half-bod) radiation generally avoid the sideshyeffects of tull-body trea tment

Abra ms-Ogg says ha lf- body radi ation

has been used on humans to alleviate pain in advanced cancer cases but not to treat

lymphoma The results of this trial do have hUl )la n health implications he SJ) Halt~

hody radilti o n may be used to treat the

sa me types of cancers in people

Resistance to antibiotics

Ensuring the hea lth of farm animals is an

im po rtant fac tor in ensuring th e health of our food supply T hrough col labo ratio ns wi th the Un iversity of Guelphs Department

of Food Science and l1calth Canada a dedshy

icated group of ove resea rch ers is improvshying public health through [ood -sa fe ty

research OnL of those sc ienti sts is Prof Sco tt

McEwen Population Med icine who studies food-animal prod uct io n and on-fa rm issues

by investigati ng microb ial resistance to antib ishyotics and ways to co ntrol pathoge ns such as

E coli during food-animal production Were try ing to red uce the level of exposhy

sure or people to these pathogens an d in tu rn red uce the level of food-borne illness

says I IcEwe n Our goal is to im prove

human health and improve the health of the animal industr )

Microbia l resista nce in pa rticular is a

co mpelli ng issue for agriculture rigbt no w because of a number of eve nts occurring

worldwide that have focus ed attenti on o n the use of antibi otics in foo d-a ni mal pro shy

du ct ion and the po tential impact on h um ans through meat conu mption

McEwen and h is st ud ents are looking at

what types of animals are being exposed to

va ll o us drugs and for how long to better

measure bacterial resistance to antibiot ics Because the agricu ltu ra l industry accounts [or half of to tal antib io tic lls e he says it s

important to look for new ways to improve on-farm manage ment of livestock that wIll

reduce disease Jnd the need for treatme nt

with antibiotics ga

Veterinary medicine contributes to human health sector

The Ontario Veteri nary Co llege (OVC) is at the centre of Ontarios

$44 billion knowledge-based ecoshy

nomic secto r foc using on animal

health and related food qualitysafeshy

ty and biomedicalbiotechnology activities

Although veterinal) medicine is

the main focus of studies at OVC the biomedical science o ption has

the bjgh est enrolment among

Guelphs 30 BSe degree programs

Employers in Canadas $I -billion biotechnology indust ry sa y a degree in ve ter inary med icine will

be an impor tant first step in filling

new positions created by the pracshytical application of current revelashy

tions in molecular biology and cloning technology

OVC is a founding college of the

Universit y of Guelph which receives mo re resea rch funding

from the Medica l Research Co unshycil than any other Ca nadi an uni shy

versity with o ut a medica l school

More than ISO studies have been condu cted using fund s donated

throug h OVes Pet Tr ust by ve tshy

erinarians and pet owners who recshy

ognize the th erapeutic value of the

bond betwee n people and com shypa nion animal s

100 per cent of OVC gradu ates

find em ploymen t withi n six months of gradu ation

50 per cen t of veterinary patholoshygists in North America are -employed directly or indirectly by the pharmaceutical industr y

Fa llWinter 1999 19

a The Royal Society of Canada recognizes an acndelnic career

by Alexander Wooley a scholar Funny hOWasingle pi ece of paper can summarize a lifet ime of study and aCJ demic work that has already fi ll ed

29 books and 85 book chapters an d Journal articles

In june U of G polit ica l science profes~

sor Onkar P Dwivedi received a letter invit~

ing hi m to become a Fello w of th e Royal Society of Canada Its an invitation reserved

for Canadas ltlCJde11i c elite an an nounceshy

men t thM brought congratul atio ns tinged with envy fiom colleagues across Ca nada and

left th is U of G professor answeri ng quips from Guelph collcgues such as Are we still

allowed to share the elevator wi th such an illuSlrious scholar

Dwivedi is indeed an ill ustrious scholar

- th e FRSC is th e hi ghest scholJriy recog~ nition1 Canad ian ~ cad emic ca n recei ve shy

but he is also a personable man who has a deer concern fo r o thers and a sense of humour that allows h illl to ceremo ni ously

wave oth er facult ) and students on to the

elevator as it ri ses to his s ix1h~f1oor offi ce ill the JvlacKi nn on Bu ilding

Known across camp us simply as OP he says its o nl y natural that hlS colleagues

wo uld be a bi t envi ous of th e Royal Society

designation he has felt th at envy himself when congratultting previous recip ien ts

Dwivedi SI) he is d~ep l ) honoured to bL one of 19 U of C lilCul ty wh o hold thl tilk (see page II ) The entire U of C cJm pl co mmunity shOlIcs in Prof l)iveciis dd igh t at bei ng l1amed a fel low I) pruv()t tin

Campbe ll It is a we ll~d lsencd mark of recognition for his distinguished caree r Jnd

vJ lua ble slr vice to i II I l 1Ila I ional dlTlop Ill en t an d the en viron men t

Being n~mcd I Fello of the Rnl11 oci

101) of CI1a d ~ is testimony 10 tile prnrcsnr ~

beli e-I Lhat if you work hard enough you L11l

achieve an ythi ng Th~Is 11) hi colilltr)

is so great he says o f his adopted C~nIJ1 Born in India Dwi ved i came 1( ( anadl

in the early [960 as a gruduatc lttuden Hl co mpl eted a mdst 15 de grec al Carl etull University ~nd a Ph D at QUlln l middot ni~r ishy

ty ~l1 d jo incd the U o f C tJLlti lyin 1967

He hJS advanccd Ihe CallldilI1 view of

political eth ics 111d public scnicc Wl11pI(d

pol icy~mak ing t nd administralioll hetwlcn natio ns and l11aintl ined world iew of enli~

ronll1ental pol iei sand pl1blie alti ludes toward pollu tion And ltI ll the wh ile haring his in sight wilh the l h (l u~llld nf tlllkilts

who halt vied for se1ts ill his classroom

Alt hough C1I1 3d is now hi~ IWll1l Dwivedi main tai ns ~Irong lies with his lill

mer homeland He has mon itored dCIdol

mtnh Ind ehtnge~ ill IndilS pol lulion lt111U

lto INrl ation pol i ~ic ror lll1lo~t 0 )Cltlrs and sucd h J ltnio r ad iser 1(1 Ih (OUlllr )

lin ilr) of rl1limnl11tllt dnd Fltlr~ I S I Ii lIll rc~c nl hook publi1 d in I))7 i ntro ~

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mll-ing and manf~mll1t prelL n Ind i1 b) cxamining vlri()u~ Jill1cl1iol15 of lhlt

tl1Iironrncn lal chIIltI1ampes faced h)lhe nali()n Farber th is )Lar hc 1 in Ind i JS par t

or a hll1lli(Ia l lroICL looking at reg ulal middot ing cmironmcnlal ri there with I Spc

eiJI fO LlI on htrlil lll i hmlsehrllJ producls

and thiJ ill1 tI~1 Oil (Imen ltlnd hiidren

Tht resClreh p rQin t i locattd ill Kll1 pur

lt1 cil ) of Ih rec million HId IS funded b) the Sha tri In do CJnldi111 Imti lutc

[)wi lldi mother and othl lamily mtlllhLI sl illl iC in In d i li e pcrsollally

Ufporh eh olt)I Ihne and hell he retire in tl1 Icars hl plan to SCI up I L~c n tre fo r

drug HldiLliOl I 1I11lI11Llll11 healt h

Fnn in C lllJdI hl is working to help

olher or Indiall illlllry bui ld bella lives I lc offen hi serliccI~ I parl -timc Hindu

pries t lIith U ofe CGl11pUS minislry and I~ 1 spir iluJ I ou l1 1I0 [ Jor inm lles It Ihe

Cudl h Corrldinnd (ntrc The Roal Soc ielY Litdtion d~ )Lribes

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ndti( nal distinction and international recogshy

nit ion Just this spring he vis ited Loyo la l [a rymollnt Universit-y in Los An-des as that

insti tutions 1999 Internati onal Scho lJ r

Es tabli shed 117 years lgO the Roya l Society or Canada enco mpasse d ra nge of

discip lin es including the natural and ap plied sc iences medi cine soc ial scien ces MId hu manit ies

Dwi vedi sa) The s()c ic tys invitation is

an honour for me and also a wonderful recogshy

nition for our new coll ege (U of Gs College

of Social and All lied Human Sciences )

A for mer chair of Guel lhs Department of Political Science Dwivedi is pres id ent of

the Ca nadian Asian Stud ies Associa tion and

past lresident of the Canadian Po litica l Scishyence Association He also chairs th e resea rch committee of the International Poli tical Scishy

ence Associat io n

During hi s 32-year career at Guellh he ha s served on the Enviro nm ental Assess shy

)]lent Boa rd of Ontario as a co nsultan t to

the Ca nadian gove rnment as an adviser to th e Wo rld Health Organi za ti o n an d the

Wo rld Bank in In dia Papua New Guinea and Mau ritiu s an d as a sc ientific panel

member with UNESCO In J 99 8 he

received an honorary degree fro m the Unishyve rsity of Leth bridge ga

fa llWinter 1999 21

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-

ANDREvV VOWLES

m Tiny flashes of blue

light caught by U of G

to physicists in an

undergro und

observatory may eg

tell us the

fate of our

universerunch First tighf wasnt long in coming even in a mine shaft some two kiloshy

metres beneath the Earths surface Within days of turning on a multishy

million-dollar li ght detector near the bottom of a Sudbury nickel mine

scientists from Canada the nited States and the United Kingdom recordshy

ed their first even t Thats physicists lingo for a collision between a tiny

extraterrestrial particle called a neutrino and a molecule of heavy water

Actually what they witnessed last spring was not the encounter itself

- marked by a tell tale fl ash of blue light - but data trickling in quishy

etly from the detectors elaborate instruments sometime after the fact

Still that was enou h to set a few hearts pounding among the collabshy

orators in the Sudb u r y eutrin o Observatory particularly among

Guelph physicists John Simpson Robin Ollerhead and Jimmy Law who

appJaude 1 those early results not just for what they might reveal about

the universe but also as a validation of their painstaking care in conshy

structing and preparing the detector

Fall Winter 1999 23

-

[J This is without a doubt the climax of my

career says Simpson whos been invo lved

with the Sudbury N eu trin o Observa to ry

(SNO) project since it was fir s t moo ted by

Canadian physicis ts in th e early 1980s Hes

been studying neutrinos for almost two

decades beginning with experiments in a

Windsor-area sa lt mine

It s th e las t unkn own low-energy area

left he says N eutrin os are s till th e least

understood elementa ry particle of a ll

Thats not for lac k of them T hey re co nshy

sidered to be th e most commo n particles in

the universe and the fund amenta l building

blocks of matter Each seco nd bi lli ons of

neutrinos generated during fusion reactions

in the sun and in sou rces far beyond our

galaxy bombard every square ce ntim etre of

the Earths surface undetected But just try

to catch one So ephemeral a re Ih ey th at

they pass without a mmmur through most

objects including solid rock ni ckel ni ckel

miners - even throu gh the SNO sc ientis ts

monitoring their giant acry li c ball s usshy

pended in a 22-metre-wide cavern two kiloshy

metres down the mine shaft

The $70-million o bse rva to ry s it s nea r

the bottom of Inco Ltd s C reighton nicke l

mine the deepes t wo rkin g min e in North

America and one tha t has opera ted co ntinshy

uously for the last ce ntury

Today the only eAtra terreslrial objects hitshy

ting the site - or more co rrect ly passi ng

through it - are neutrinos Seemingly against

astronomical odds those scientists hope to

use that ball as a kind of cosmic-sized catchshy

ers mitt to stop or deflect enough of these

particles to learn more about them and about

the big wide universe that spawned them

Inside that 12-foot ball are 1000 tonnes

of heavy water which is also used as coolant

inside nuclear reactors Tn fact th e watershy

all $300 million worth - is on loan from

Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (AECL)

Heavy water ho lds the key to SNOs opera-

Taken during construction the photo above

shows the SNO cavity and acrylic vessel At

right the acrylic vessel is surrounded by an 18shy

metre diameter geodesic sphere that supports

nearly 10000 light sensors and reftectors

Scientists hope to U~

tion Because its molecules contain one more

n eutron than in ordinary water its more

likely to in tercept a phantom neutrino That

co llis ion will be marked by faint but telltale

fla shes of light - forma lly kno wn as

Cerenkov radia tion th e characteris tic blu e

glow emitted in a nuclear reactor - to be

picked up by a few of th e 10000 detectors

studding the panels on th e sphere s surface

Perhaps more impo rtan t SNO resea rchers

anticipate that the wa ter will catch all three

types o f neut rinos no t just the o ne captured

by other detec tors around the world

N eutr in os come in three species or

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24 GUELPH ALUMN U S

agiant acrylic ball as a kind of cosmic-sized catchers mitt

flavou rs based on th e kind s of subatomshy

ic particl es tlleyre dssociated with electro n

neutrinos muon neutrinos and tau neu trishy

nos Referring to earlier experiments that

have detected far fewer neutrinos than

expected based on our understanding of

how the universe works Simpso n says most

scientists believe that neutrinos have mass

and the) change type as th ey leave the sun

and thats why Ne havent seen enough of

them Being able to detect the other two

flavours at SNO might allow sc ientis ts to

account for the so -called missing neutrinos

Proving that neutrinos can change their

stripes might als o tell us more about the

likely fate of th e universe itself by solving

another mystery the question of the missshy

ing mass Referring to basic laws of physics

Law says If neutrinos convert th at means

th ey must have mass Why is that imporshy

ta nt Explai ns Ollerhead The amount of

mass thats accounted fo r by the sta rs that

you can see is only about one-tenth of the

total mass the re must be in the universe in

order to cause the interactions and motions

you see W hen people talk about mis si ng

mass thats what th ey re talking about

So the question is where is it l Because

every s tar produces billions of neut rin os

every second the universe is full of neutr ishy

nos These van ishingly small particles could

collectively exert a gravitational pull out of

all proportion to th eir size - enough to

eventually slow the expa nsion of the universe

If neutrin os have ma ss it means the

universe may be heavier than we think says

Simpso n The universe will eventually stop

expanding in a few billion years and collapse

back in on itself Thi s is known as the Big

Crunch Finding evidence of the smoking

gun to either prove or di sprove that theoshy

ry is the purpose of the observatory he says

SNO research bombards other areas of science Adapting physics tools to build SNO

An expert in X-ray back-scattering Guelph

physicist Innes Mackenzie helped the SNO

team about six years ago by adapting his

back-scattering technique to determine the

thickness of a plastic liner that su rrounds

th e entire observatory cavity Made of a

substance called urylon (produced by a

Guelph company) the liner was sp rayed

on to the cavitys concrete surface to screen

ou t radon a radioactive gas that diffuses

even through soLd rock In a project where

an extra millimetre could skew results scishy

entists needed to ensure that the material

was the same thickness all the way arou nd

Mackenzie used X-ray back-scattering

a techniq ue he has developed that might

be llsed to determine say the thickness of

paint applied in an auto assembly plant or

ice buildup on aircraft wings Laurentian

University physicist Doug Hallman says

his research group has worked with

Mackenzie to set up a unique hand- held

monitor and data-recording system which

found the actual thickness of the eightshy

millimetre-dlick polyurethane material to

an accuracy of about 10 per cent

Building new tools from SNO physics

During his graduate studies in physics at

Guelph Tom Andersen helped his PhD

supervisor Prof John Simpson design

devices used to detect background

radioactivity of the heavy wa ter in the

Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO)

and worked on software that simulates

th e movement of high -energy muons

particles created when cos mic rays

encounter the Earths atmosphere All the

while he had his eye on a not-unrelated

topic that became his full-time job after

graduating in 1998

It a desk top planetarium says

Andersen of his astro nomy software

which allows users to view the simulated

night sky - including comets asteroids

satellites a nd stars - on a computer

screen With it yo u can observe the sky

as it appears from your backyard tonight

o r from Jupiter 100 years ago or from

Egypt 3000 years ago

He and his partners a t Toronto-based

Sienna Software Inc have so ld about

10000 copies of Sta rry Night software

dming the past 18 months They began

by selling software that users could down shy

load from the Internet but now make two

CD-ROM versions of the package Starshy

ry Night Deluxe and Starry Night Pro

The first allows users to look at more than

19 million objects from anywh ere in the

solar system and to examin e deta iled

graphics of such things as constellations

Serious astronomy afic ionados use the

pro version to track as teroids learn more

about star motions or create their own

planets to study orbital mechanics

Generally anyone who owns an

as tronomical telesco pe owns a piece of

astronomy software says Andersen You

can take your telescope to your backyard

and connect it to your laptop and then

point to something with Starry Night and

have the telescope steer to it

Applying SNO tools to business

Former phys ics graduate student Myung

Chol Chon now works in the Royal Banks

corporate and investmen t banking offices

in Toronto Modelling the behaviour of

financial assets and pricing derivative secushy

rities might appear removed from the task

of capturing neutrinos but Chon says the

Guelph SNO group gave him an opporshy

tunity to learn various quantitative ana lyshy

sis tools including Monte Carlo simulashy

tion and artificial neural networks I also

gained understanding and experience in

software production via working with the

SNO Monte Carlo Analysis (SNO MAN )

software development team - tools

applicable not only in physical science but

in other areas as well

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-Simpson says ea rly detection of SNOs first

neutrino this summer reflects the high qUJIshy

ity of the obselva tory itself incl uding th t conshy

tribution of the Guelph scientists involved in

designi ng its sophist icated instrum ents Thats why theres a lot of noise abo ut the

fi rst measurem en ts he sa ys Some o ther

detectors have to work harder to get the backshyground radioactivity down Weve shown that

we constructed a very clea n detector

Along with several PhD studen ts and resea rch associates he and his coUeagues buiJt

inst ruments used to monitor and ensure an acceptable level of background radi oactivishy

ty in SNOs innards fiom the hea l) watcr to all the components orthe detector itse lf

The Guelph group developed a very senshy

sitive technique for the measurement of ultrashylow levels of ra dioactivit y in water whi ch is

essential for th e SNO detector to reach its

goals says SNO project director Art McDonshy

ald a phys icist at Queens Universit y Meas uring radioact ivity is our ga me

says resea rch ass oc iate Pillalamarr Jaga m during a tour of Sim psons lab in th e baseshy

ment of the MacNaughton Build in g home

to whJt Jaga m calls the only ul tra-low backshy

ground radi ation research and development

group in Ca nada Po inting to a det ector resemblin g a stainless-steel salad bowl with

a matchin g lid he says the Guelph -made

de vice JS with its co usins on perm anent du ty at SNO picks lip infinitesimally small

amounts of ra dioactivity emitted naturall y

by the observa torys compo nents

Ja ga m helps run th ose dev ices at SNO

fo llowin g up on his role as superv iso r of a

cl ea nin g crew d urin g SNOs constru ction SNO is the larges t clean-room ever olltside

of the electron ics industry he says Its

cleaner th an yo ur avera ge dinner plate

Above Muon neutrinos produced from cosmic

rays which strike Earths abnosphere are detectshy

ed by the SNO light sensors producing a coneshy

shaped pattern of energy Right An artists

sketch of the SNO detector shows the central

acrytic vessel now filled with 1000 tons of heavy

water and surrounded by 7000 tons of ultra

pure regular water Scientists monitor the obsershy

vatory from the room located above the sphere

26 GU ELP H ALUM NUS

In two years we mayI

Unlike th eir fell ow labourers in the m in e

who normall y hit the sbowers aft er a lo ng

day on the ore face th e scientists monitorshy

ing th e o bse rvatory must shower bef ore enterin g their facility Simil ar standa rds are mlintained tor the heavy water in th e acrylic

vessel which is fil tered dail y Jnd tested for ambient rad ioactivit y It s the purcst water

in th e wo rld says Jian Wang for merly J

research associate in Simpsons lab and now a consultant wi th U of Gs GUA RD In c

The Guelph-dc-signed instruments h ave

prove n lIseful in rela ted but more fa r-flung

applications JagaJl1 says scientists building

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ly know if the universe will eventually collapse

ye t an oth er neutrino observatory in Italy consulted with U of G physicists on radia shyti on measurement Closer to home he has helped Prof Richard Protz Land Reso urce Science quantify minute amounts of radioac tive cesium in so il samples taken from the Ecuadorean Andes an d from the Chernobyl site in Ukrain e

Law a particle physicist [las been involved since 1991 in writin g and test ing simulation software used by the project colshylaborators to model the workings of th e SNO detecto r With the detector now opershyating the package - dubbed SNOMAN shywill be used to analyse the data it generates OUerhead who first encountered SNO while chair of the Department of Physics has long worked in expe rim en tal nuclear physics using accelerators such as th e one run by AECL in Cbalk River Ont Todays investishygations at SNO draw on at least one aspect of his ea rlier resea rch in Los Alamos New Mexico where he developed neutral current detectors of the sort expec ted to help SNO sn iff out all three neutrino flavo urs

Sim psons graduate student Nathaniel Tagg is studying cosmic ray particles called muons which are detected as a byproduct in the obse rvatory Unlike neutrinos muons come from cosmic rays - or ionized nuclei - which begin Jife far beyond the solar sysshytem perhaps generated by stars exploding into supernovas or by shock waves emanating from collapsing black holes When these cosmic rays hit the Earths atmosp here th ey create extremely high-energy particles that can be detected by SNO some alon e or in pairs like bullets others in a shower like shotgun pelshylets Comparing the ratio of single bullets to shotgun blas ts may tell Tagg something about how the particles originated When you build a detector you get a lot of things for free he says Muons are considered background to most of the collaboration but there are some interes ting physics you ca n do with them

Beyond Guelph the SNO collaboration brings together almost 100 scientists from II universi ties and labs in Canada the United Sta tes and the United Kingdom Canad ian participants includ e university resea rchers from Queens Car leton Laurentian Britisll

Columbia and Guelph Wby Ca nada Canashyda has a lot of heavy water because of its nuclear power reactor development the CANshyDU reactor says OUerhead Basically Canashyda is tbe only country that can do the expershyiment using heavy water which is what gives this its unique flavour The other thing is the undergro und aspect All the neutrino expershyimen ts are done underground for shielding from cosm ic rays and other sources of backshyground radiation The nickel mine in Sudbury is the deepest site in North America

Its al so important that Creighton mine is a working facility says Si mpson [t has

Physics faculty

and students are

an integral part of (PES

Physics is one of five departments and schools in the College of Physshyical and Engineeri ng Science ( CPES) Physics has more Roya l Society fellows than any other department on campus Since 1993 ten CPES students including two in physics have received National Research Coun shycil awards under the agen cys Women in Engin eering and Scishyence Program In 1999 CPES laun ched an inteshygrated four-year degree program in technology with Seneca College in Toronto majors in physics and technology or applied pharmace ushytical chemistry CPES plans to launch a new undershygraduate degree in computing scishyence next year to promote U of G strengths in bioinfomatics neural networks genetic algo rithm s and embedded systems CPES offers a unique program called MPC2 that provides enriched studies in mathematics physics chemistry and computing science

to be active because its the only way you can maintain the safety of th e mine SNOs control room occupies a drift (miners talk for a corridor) 6800 fee t below the surface deep enough to accommodate a stack of about five CN Towers

Dw-ing the observatorys construction a regular express ca ge whisked visitors directly down No9 shaft to the detector as fast as a car travelling on a cit) street The shaft also served as the delivery conduit for the SNO components Site manager Dunshycan Hepburn recall s es pecially the three months that it took to ship the [000 tonnes of heavy water underground The eleva tor could take six tonnes at a time he says so we had an elaborate schedule involving six tanker cars fill ed overnight and sent down early in th e morning on a specially schedshyuled cage Adds mine manage r John Gill J dont think we spilled a drop

Now using regularly scheduled cages scishyentists crowd shoulder to sho ulder in the elevator with up to 40 miners during the 20-minute ride along the sloping ore seam Everyone in the collaboration is expected to spend a certain number of shifts actualshyly operating the detec tor says O llerhead This is partly to save money but also par tshyly because th e physicists are the ones with the vested interes t and should be involved Collaborators might spend seve ral weeks in Sudbury at a time for up to six weeks a year

SNO scien tists expect to learn definitiveshyly within two years whether or not neutrishynos have mass They also anticipate that the observatory will yield information about the sun and about other st ructures far beyond our galaA) The missing mass question is a way of studying supnnovas notes Ollershyhead There are many applications of this detector beyond just neutrinos from the sun

Why should anyone ca re about what these infinitesimally small particles teU us about cosshymic-sized questions If youre going to be an ad vance d and civilized country then you should be thinking about fundamental quesshy shytions and not just about where your next meal is coming from says Simpson Thats the difshyference I think between a civili7ed society and a society that just lives from day to day ga

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UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

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ALUMNI PROFILES

ALUMNUS OF HONOUR

FORMER OAC DEA N Rick Richards BSA 38 was recogn ized for

his lifelong commi tment to excellence in admini stration teachshy

ing research and ex tension wh en he vas named 1999 AlumLlus of Honour by th e Un ive rsity o f Guelph Alumn i Associat ion The preshy

sen tation was made durin g Alumni Weekend in lun e

Ri chard s bega n hi s ca ree r in soil sc ience and pion ee red the

process of soil classifi ca ti on and map pin f for Ontario As head of

th e Un iversitys Depa rtm ent of Land Resou rce Science he spearshyheaded the constr uct ion o f new fa cili ties provided leadership in

the deve lopment of broader more sc ientifi c program s and th e

expansioLl o f fa culty and obta ined more lan d areas for departshymental resea rch He was appointed the first dea n of OAC in 1962

and was one o r the fou r principal academi c leade rs ho shared in

es tab lishin g the Universit y of Guelph After co mpleting two terms as dean he return ed to teac hing and retired in [98 1

As a professiona l agrologist Richards impleme nted pl ans ror

the Canadian Agri cultural Researc h Co un ci l as it s fi rst president

and was pres id ent o f the Ca nadian Soc iety of Su il Science th e Ontari o Institute of Ag rologists and tht Agricu ltural Institu te of

Can ada He was also the Canadian representa ti ve to th e United

Nations Food and Agricu lture O rga nizltJtion

ALUMNI VOLUNTEER AWARD

DAv ID ADAMS BSA 49 has always made his alma mater a pri shy

o ri t) and in 1999 th e Unive rsity of Guelph Alumni Associashy

tion app lauded th at loya lty by presentin g him with its 1999 Alulll shyni Volu nteer Awa rd

Adams has demo nstrated a devot ion to volun teer excellence

through his com mitment to the Universit y OAC and hi s alumni

ii class OAC 49 He was UGAA pres ident in 196869 president of

d the OAC Alu Jllni Associatio n in 196566 and a member of the Unishy

~ versi ty Senate and Boa rd of Governors fro m 1970 to 1973 In add ishy

~ tion he has Jllade mu ltiple contr ibu tions to OAC 49 ac tivities He

~ was instrumenta l in orga ni zin g 50th-anniversary class celebrations ~ for Alumni middotWeekend 99 which included the ded ication of the Yea r

~ 49 OAC po nd ga rden at th e Arbo retum Cent re and the res torashy

~ ti on of the Johnston Hall portico u ~ Adamss giving sp irit car ri es over into his pro(ess iona lli fc He

~ has had a distingu ished career in the ag ri -food indust ry and was laquo ~ general manager of the Canadian Meat Co uncil whe n hL reti red in

~ 1993 He cont inues to share hi s expertise with the co unc il and as

~ a volu ntee r for th e Royal Ag ri cultural inter Fair and th e Ca nashy~ dian Nat ional Exhibition FARlv

28 G UHPH ALU I NUS

HIGHLIGHTS middot GRAD NEWSmiddot OBITUARIESmiddot CALENDAR

ALUMNI MEDAL OF ACHIEVEMENT

DR AD RIAN P ARKS WO RK in th e area o f minimally invasive

surge ry has earned him international recogniti on as a leading surgeo n and educa tor in his fi eld His advancements in the use of

laparoscop ic techniques have improved treatm ent for an ex tensive

range of med ica l disorders that in the past could only be handled

thro ugh trad itional sur gery [n 1997 he was recruited to establish a new program at th e Uni ve rsity of Kentucky

Pa rk was honoured th is spring wit h the Universit y of Guelph flumni Associati ons Alumni Medal of Achievem ent He received

a bachelor of science fro m Gu elph in 1985 and a doctor o f med ishycine from McMaster University in 1987

He completed his training at St Josephs Hos pital and rilcMasshy

ter Uni ve rsity Affiliated Hosp ital s in Hamilto n O nt and at the

Uni versit) of Montrea l before Jo ining St Jose phs as a ge neral surshy

geo n in 1994

The Guelph meda l recognizes th e professional leadership and achievements demons trated in Parks still- yo un g career and his

compassionate ca re of pati ents He and his wife Jennifer 8A 84 have three children Hilary Meredith and Evan

ove DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS

DUNCAN SINC LAIRS CONTR IB UTIO NS to career an d soc iety have prove n bis leadersh ip and expe rtise in hea lth sciences He gradshy

uated fro m OVC in 1958 and received a master of sc ience fro m OAC in 1960 specializing in nutriti on He then earn ed a PhD in

physiology at Queens University in 1963 and bega n a ca reer focused

primaril y on human health Sinclair was ltl consultant to th e Ontario Ministry of Agriculture

Food and Rural Affairs on the Animals for Research Act ilnd bega n

his academic career at Q uee ns as dean of arts and science in 1974 He went on to serve as vice-principal institutional relati ons sershy

vices an d hea lth sciences before assum ing the role of dea n of medshy

icine He ret ired from Queens in 1996 He has heJd other prestishy

gious positi ons including directo r general of the Medical Resea rch

Council and was tile recipient of OVes Schofield ]V[edal in 1983

Sinclair is now deeply involved in advising the Ontario minisshy

ter of hea l til on ways to reinvest and res tructure th e delivery of health services in the province He chairs the Hea lth Services

Restr ucturin g Co mmission an independent body of health

experts and professionals appointed to redesign tbe provincial

health system

FallWinter 1999 29

alumni Matters

-ORDER OF OACU of G Can1pus ESTABLISHED MARY AND RlCK RICHARDS longtime OAC supporterWelcoilles Alumni

ABSA 38 are the first inductees Membership in the order is

into the Order of OAC estabshy limited to the first 50 individshy

LUMNI WEEKEND J999 orga nizing committee and says lished ea rli er thi s year by the uals who give $1 00000 or more

brought more th an 1300 proceeds will be used to help the OAC Alumni Fo undation to as bequests irrevocable insurshy

visitors to campus June 18 to 20 class establi sh a mille nnium recognize significant contribushy ance policies planned gifts or

In addition to th e traditi o nal scholarship to co mmemorate its tions to its end owment fund cash donations Gifts may be

awards luncheon hosted by U of 25 th anni versar)1 of graduation Rick served as dean of OAC applied as endowments to the

G president Mordech ai Rozanshy The Uni vers it y of Guelph [Tom 1964 to 1972 (see sto ry OAC Alumni Foundation or to

ski there we re man y spec ial Alumni Associat ion held its on page 28) Mary also worked the college as approved by the

events and cla ss reunions The ann ual meeting during Alumni in the college and has been a fou ndation directors

new Order of OAC was preshy Wee kend and elected a new slate

sented to Mary and Rick of offi cers for 1999 2000 Scott

Richards BSA 38 at th e Go ldshy va nEnge n BSc(Ag r) 88 presshy

en Anniversary Dinner and the id ent Robin-Lee Norris BA 80

Class of J974 hosted a reuni on first vice-pres ident John Tatson

dinner with Calgary Flames BA 69 seco nd vice-president

Hockey Club CEO Ron Bremshy Rita Sterne BComm 87 secshy

ner BA 7 J as guest speaker Bill Imiddotetar) and Brad Hull BA 89

Laidlaw BA 74 chaired the treasurer

President Mordechai Rozanski and representatives of the alumni

classes and individuals who supported U of Gs six new themati c

gardens cut the ribbon to officially open them duri ng Alumni Weekshy

end From left are Bill Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 61 Don Gri eve

BSA 55 and MSA 57 Harold Shield BSA 51 Sandra Hannam uJ CD Clay Switze r BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rozanski Marilyn Robinson ~ I Murray BH5c 55 Ted McNinch BSA 49 Bruce Stone BSA 53 u VI

Z and MSA 54 Harold Bentley BSA 64 and MSc 66 Craig Hunter lt

B5c(AgL) 74 and MSc 77 and Les Laking BSA 39 and HDSC 71 The conservatory greenhouse was unveiled moments later by gtshyCD

Don Rutherford BSA 51 who gave the leadership gift ensuring VI o

it s res toration on behalf of his famil y 5 I -

Ginty jocius BSc(Agr) 70 left chair of the OAC Alumni Foundation

presents the Order of OAC to Mary and Rick Richards BSA 38

Enjoying the Class of 1974 re union dinner are from left jerry Orga n

BSc(PE) 71 Ron Bremner BA 71 Gail Bremner Paul Henry MA 71

and Bill Laidlaw BA 74

30 GUELPH ALUMNUS

GRYPHON SPIRIT DOMINATES HOMECOMING

UOF G students shared the stands with alumni who came to campus Sept 25

to watch the football Gryphons defeat their long- standing varsity rival the University of Toronto Blues During the weeke nd the Gryphon Club Hall of Fame inducted five Gryphon swimmers filled the gold pool at the 21st ann ual Alumni Relay Swim Meet

and president Mordechai Rozanski hostshyed a luncheon attended by more than 200 alumni and current students who have received sc holarships and awards or who

participated in the volunteer peer helper prog ram

ALUMNI SWIM TO THE TOP

FORMER GRYPHON SW IMMER S Peter Koli snyk BSc(HK) 83 and Denise

(FarndaJe) vVatso n BASe 85 were recogshyni zed at the ann ual Homecoming sw im mee t for having attended more often th an any other alumni Other participants includshyed 1999 graduates Nico le Weber BSe CEng ) Greg Steinberg BSc(HK) and Nancy Sweetnam BComm who has been a memshy

ber of two Canadian Ol ympic teams ( 1992 and 1996) The alumni team defeated the stud ent teams with the help of Leo n

Homecoming J

r ~

Form er Guelph mayor and sports broadcaster Norm la ry received the Gryphon Club Hall of

Fame Merit Award Sept 24 at the annual induction c re mony that also honoured five former

Gryphon athletes From left are Paul Willi ams a cross-country and track athlete and three-time

Canadian Olympian Bob Pronk BComm 82 Ontario and Canadian cham pionship wrestler

Dave Guest BComm 87 a former all middotstar soccer and vo lleyba ll player Gladys Williams BA

69 MVP in both wo menS fi eld hockey and ice hockey lary and Mark Brown BComm 81

Wi ldman Trophy winner and football capta in The Gryphon Club also recognized the 1974 mens

rugby OUAA championship team

Garstecki Gryphon diving coach in the midshy Dale a longtime Gryp hon supporter and a I 970s and retired botany professo r Hugh national record-b olding masters swimmer

bull49 VETS MEET AT TRAlEE The OVC Cla ss of 1949 produced a la sting memory of its 50th

anni versary by filming the lune 18 gathering held at Tralee Farms

the home of class member Ray Cormack Classmates travelled from

across Canada and the United States to attend th e reunion which

included a luncheon a visit from U of G president Mordechai Rozanshy

ski and a tour of Cormacks farm and antique carriage collection

The organizing committee of Dave House Bill Mitchell Ken Fisk

and lim Arch ibald succeeded in producing a golden-anniversary

memento that captu res the days events and everyone in attendance

as they comment on their lives since graduating from OVe -Proceeds from the sale of the v ideos will support the OVC 49

Memorial Scholarship Fund Cost is $25 each To place an order call

Vikki Tremblay at Alumni House 519-824-4120 Ext 65 44 I D

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FallWinter 1999 31

alumni Matters

2000 Coming Events

Jan 26 - Careers Night hostshyed by Mac-FACS Alumni Assoshy

ciation For informatio call Laurie MalleaLi at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Careers Night hostshyed by HAFA Alumni Associashy

tion For information call Laushyrie Malleau at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Aggie Good Times Banquet Call the OAC Studwl Federation at Ext 8321 for tickshyet information Feb 3 - Job hir at Bingeman Park in Kitchener complishy

mentary bus service from Unishyversity Centre for students and

alumni For directions and a list of employers call U of G

Career Services at Ext 22 13

Feb 11 - Deadline for nomshy

ina tions for U of G Alumni Association Alumnus of Honshy

our Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment and Alumni Volunteer

Award and the OVC Distinshy

guished Alumnus Call Carla Bradshaw at Ext 6657 for details March 1 - Annual alumni

Florida reunion at Maple Leaf

Estates Port C harlotte Florishyda For information call alumshyni programs at 519-824-4120

Ext 6657 send e-mail to alumshyniuoguelphca or call Jack Hanna in Florida after Jan 1

at 813-645-0905

March 18 amp 19 - College

Ro yal

March 31 amp April 1 - OAC

Alumni Association annual

bonspiel at the Guelph Curlshy

ing Club and Guelph Country w Club Call Carla Bradshaw at ~ txt 6657 to register c u bull For more information on anyU)

z alumni event call the U of G ltC extension listed at 519- 824shy20 r 4120 or send e-mail to al11111shyCD

o niCvzlOguelphcab c a

32 CUEIPH ALUM N US

EA RLIER THIS YEAR U ofG

introduced a new approacll to fund-raising that centres on

academic priorities identified by

the ix colleges Now the Unishy

ve rsit y expa nds this initiative

through the formation of a new Annual Fund Cou ncil that will

recruit volunteers to proactiveshy

ly help meet tll0se funding goals

By enlarging the partnershy

ship between academics and fund-raisers we arc focusing our

efforts more clearly on the Un ishy

versi tys overall stra tegic objecshy

tives says Rudy Putns executive

director of campaign progra ms

We are calling on coUege deans to help ensure that our annual

giving programs are providing

the grea test possible benefit to

students Our volunteer and pro-

ALUMNI CElEBRATE NEW HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE CENTRE

The Human KineticsHuman Biology Alumni Association

presented a sketch of the John T Powell Building to U of Cs

new Health and Perfor mance Centre at a June 19 reunion of alumni and former staff Artist Joan Harper BSe(HK)

82 left and retired professor John Powell right witnessed

a presentati on by association pres ident Janet Leonhard BSe(HK) 82 to Prof Terry Graham

SilENT AUCTION MAKES NOISE

A silent auction held Sept 14 to 16 a t the Ou tdoo r Farm

Show in Woods tock Ont ge nshy

erated a lot of excitement and

goodwill in OACs 125th shyanniversary year and raised

$51000 that wi ll support stu shy

dent recruitm ent programs in

the college The auction was organized by Cinty Jocius BSc(Agr) 70 president of

Ginty Jocius amp Associates of

Guelph on behalf of the OAC Alumni Foundation

Auction items donated by friends and exhibitors at th e

farm show included everylhing

from farm equipment and supshyplies to a seven-month-old lla shyma named (-i nty Lorie Jocius

BASe 72 purchased her husshy

bands namesake and gave it to

OAC as an anniversary presen t at th e Sept 25 Heritage Banshy

quet and Ball

FUND-RAISI NG PARTNERSHIPS GROW

fessional fund -raislls wiJl spend

more of thei r time making pershy

so nal requ es ts for gifts to the University and less time on inshy

house administra tion

Members of the Annual Fund

Council will invite donations

Crom alumni members of the campu~ community the paren ts

of current students graduating

classes members of the various

gift clu bs (Presidents Council

etc) and selected corporations

foundations and associations

Development and Public Affairs staff will help target vol unteer

efforts where they wi ll have the

stronges t impact on growin g don or particip ation and fund shy

razsing results

Annual giving is one of the

most crucial parts of an institushy

tion s developmen t agenda says Putns Annu al donors help

maintain the quali ty of estabshylished academic programs espeshy

cially in times of reduced pubshy

lic fundin g he says They also

provide a foundation for special

fun cl-rai sing cam paigns shycampaigns that enable the Unishy

ve rsity to grow by providi ng

funds for major projects that do

not ha ve a traditional so urce of support Tbe ACCESS endowshy

ment for student financial assistshy

ance and the rece nt campaign to upgrade th e Food Science

Building are notable examples For more illjormation aboLit

the An17ual FUlld Co ullcil call Al111tal Fund 17l1lnager Tara George at 519-824-4 120 Ex t

390 1 or Putl7S at ext 6384

GRAD NEWS

U of G Degrees ADA = Associate diploma

in agriculture BA =Bachelor of arts BASe = Bachelor of applied

science BComm = Bachelor of

commerce BHSe Bachelor of houseshy

hold science BLA =Bachelor of

landscape architecture BSA = Bachelor of science in

agriculture (pre-196s) BSe(Agr) Bachelor of

science in agriculture BoSe = Bachelor of science BSe(Eng) =Bachelor of

science in engineering BSc(Env) =Bachelor of

19405

bull The Macdonald Institute

Class of 1941 met each other

for the firsl lime in 1939 and

theyve been gelling logelher rvice a year siIlce gradual ion

Celebrating 60 yea rs of fri end shy

ship this year are Mary (Hcx imer) MacLeln Beth

(jackson) Ca rdifF Mo lly

(Pattrson) Nix Frances

(Pellet) Smith Dorolhy

(Pond) Dunn Jeanne (Taylor )

Hamel Phyllis (Weren) Sobel and Evelyn (Eatun ) Pond

bull Jim Morton BSA 47 posed with his son Robert SA 70

and grandsons Jeff Bell 13A

9 1 and Greg Mo rton

SSc( Eng) 99 at Gregs U of

G convocation in June Retired

from a career in the lumber

business Jim is an OAC llu mmiddot ni volunteer al Guclph and is

aClive in cOm11lUnily work in

Burlington Onto Rob ert is

CEO of the Community Care

Access Centre in Simcoe

Coullly Jeff lcaches in Elmvalc

for the Simcoe County Dislricl School Board and Greg is

working Wilh the COnSlliling

engineering firm of Proclor

science in environmental sciences

BSe(HK) Bachelor of science in human kinetics

BSc(pE) = Bachelor of science in physical education

DHE = Diploma in home economics

DVSc = Doctor of veterinary science

DVM =Doctor of veterinary medicine

GO = Graduate diploma MA = Master of arts MAgr = Master of agriculture MBA = Master of business

admininstration MEng =Master of engineering

and Redfern at its Kitchener

office The Guelph lineage

aCl ually bega n in the Morton fami ly with Greg great shy

grantimoliln Anne Pringle

Morton DH E 1914

Greg Morton Jeff Bell and Jim and

Robert Morton

19505

bull Harold Baker BSA 50

writes to w rrect the e-mail

address publi shed in the last

iss lle of the Clepll Alunnls

Friends (111 conlact the retired

University of Saskatchewan

professo r and Il is wife Phyllis

at ha kc r hdukeL1sa~k ca

bull Barney Goodwin-Wilson BSA 50 is serving a two-year

krm as chair of the hoard of

lhe Onta rio Foocllerminal

The Iomnlo facility is the

MFA = Master of fine art MLA Master of landscape

architecture MMS = Master of management studies MSc =Master of science MSc(Aqua) = Master of

science in aquaculture ODA = Ontario diploma in

agriculture ODH =Ontario diploma in

horticulture OdR = Ontario Diploma in

recreation PhD = Doctor of philosophy

larges t who lesale fruit proshy

duce and flower market in

Canada and one of the largest

in orrh America He was forshymerly director and vice-cha ir

of the board

bull Gary Powell ADA 58

stopped at a remote motel in

western klahoma last

Janu ary and stanee a convershysation with th e only other cusshy

tomer at breakfa st the next

morning Turns out they were

both U of G grads Powell and Joe Deli BSc (Agr ) 64 had a

great time reminiscing abo Llt

ca mpus perso nalities they

both knew I guess one is never really very far from home says Powell

bull Dave Valentine BSA 59 has

retired as (o unty engineer for

the County of Brant in

Ontario He previously spent

23 years with Sir Sandford

Fleming College in Peterborough and has served 8S

engineer for the coun ties of Haliburton and Victoria He

and his wife Carole are now

Jiving near Carlisle Send e-mail

to valcntinworldchatcom

19605

bull Manuel Garcia PhD 67 was

recognized by the government

of the Ph ilippines in December

1998 with one of the highest

honours given to Filipinos Jivshy

ing outside the cou ntr y Garcia

is a senior consulting mi crobishy

ologist with lAS Bioshy

Diagnostic and a former

research scientist with

Agriculture and Agri-Food

Canada in Ottawa He is intershy

nationally recognized for his work in veterinary med icin e

and public health on the early detection of ca mpylobacter

salmonella and other foodshy

borne pathogens He is a memshy

ber of several learned profes shy

sional societies and has been involved in a number of intershy

national developm ent projects

He is also a community volunshy

teer and a pioneer in establishshying the National Council of

Canadian Filipino Associations

as the official voice of Filipino

Canadians nationwide bull Tom Hutchison DVM 65 is

a veterinary pathologist with the Nova Scotia provincial

diagnostic lab In 1998 he

passed the board cer tification exa ms for the American

College of Poultry Veterinarians in Baltimore but

the years highlights came in

late summer - a first grandshy

child for Tom and his wife

Eileen in August and the birth

of their own son Scott in

September bull Brian Little ADA 67 BSc(Agr) 72 and MSc 78

was elected president of the

Canadian 4-H Foundation in

May He was previously presishy -dent of the Ca nadian 4-H

Co uncil and a co uDcil represhysentative for his employe r the

Royal Bank of Canada He has been a fou ndation trustee for

f allWinter 1999 33

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several years and has a strong

4-H background as a member

and a club leader

19705

bull Doug Franklin SA 72 was

recen tly a ppoin led execu tive

director of the Multiple

Sclerosis Association of

America its hea d office is in

Cherry Hill NJ He was forshy

merly with the International

Youth Foundation in

Baltimore Md

bull Cathie Leimbach

SSc(Agr) 78 and MAgr 88

visi ted U of G this fa ll as

agrologist-in-residence It was

the sixth year of the program

co-sponsored by OAC and the

Ontario Institute of

Agrologists (OlA ) Raised on

an Ontario dairy and swine

farm Leimbach is past presishy

dent of the OI A and a partner

in STRIVE a team specializshy

in g in training facilitation and

consulting She now lives on a

cash-crop farm in Ohio

bull Willem Moolenbeek BSe

77 and MSe 8 1 studied biolshy

ogy and entomology at U of G

at the same time he was learnshy

ing to play the saxophone with

the Royal Conservatory of

Mu sic He says he still loves

science but music has become

his career A recitalist soloist

and clinician he has been a

saxophone instructor at

McMaster University in

Hamilton Ont fo r 15 years

He also teaches at the 19805

University of Waterloo pri- bull Bruce Brown BSe(Agr)

vately and at the National 85 and his wife Claudia

Music Ca mp of Canada where (Liebscher) BA 84 have three

he sometimes offers an infor- children who are beginning to

mal course on in sect identifi- display their dads musical

cation There are always a few prowess on the kazoo After 14

kids who really dig that he years of dairy farming Bruce

says U of G music lovers want back to school to earn an

enjoyed his saxophone music education degree and is now

at a noon-hour concert in teaching science with the

October Durham District School

bull Peter Vaughan SA 77 and Board

MA 77 was appointed secre- bull Tom Burns BA 89 and MA

tar y general and CEO of the 91 is a member of the

Canadian Medical Association Victoria Police in Melbourne

in June A fa culty member in Australia Last summer he

two departments at John s welcomed visitors from the

Hopkins University and in the RCMP including Kevin Durie

Department of Family BA 93 They quickly estab-

Medicine at the University of lished a U of G connection

Ottawa he is a fo rmer presi- including Duries student

dent of the medical staff at employment at Dcr Keller

Guelph General Hospital and a which was Burns s favourite

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the job says Burns but this

time we spent most of our

time talking about the great

times we had at U of G In

still another coincidence

Durie is married to Christine

Blake-Durie BA 91 and MA

93 who was a member of

Burnss MA group Burns says

other U of G grads travelling

to Melbourne are more than

welcome to drop in

bull Stuart Jackson ADA 87 is

distribution manager for

Burnbrae Farms Ltd in Delta

Onto He sends greetings to all

OAC friends including the

diploma classes of 1979 and

1980

bull Laurel (Murdoch) Koumarelas BComm 84 is

an ESL teacher with the

Toronto School Board She

and her husband Gus live in

Mississauga with their sons

Robert and Evan

bull Trish Looman BA 87

works for Royal LePageshy

Vantage in Guelph She speshy

cializes in residential multishy

unit real estate

bull Laima (Karosas) Laffitte

BSe(Agr) 85 and MAgr 91

lives in Wendover Ont with

her husband Vincent MAgr

91 and their children Yohan

and Marina Laima is the

advertising manager for The

Canadian Veterinary Journal and Vincent is an account

manager at the St Isidore

branch of Scotiabank Theyd

like to hear from classmates

via e-mail at Iaffitteonsymshy

paticoca They also want to let

OAC 85 grads know that the

class executive is building a

Web page at wwwrkdecom

oac85 and needs updated

names and addresses (includshy

ing e-mail) to add to the

directory f IS-year reunion

is being planned for Dec 2

and 32000

bull Cheryl Miller-Oh BASe

91 and her husband Tae live

in Southfield Mich with their

twins Nathalie and Nathan

born in October 1998 She is a

health-care consultant with

Computer Sciences

Corporation Send e-mail to

millerohsprintca

bull Vijay Singh MSe 70 has

been awarded the Arthur K Barton Endowed Professorship

at Louisiana State University

He also recently received an

honorary degree and a

Fulbright Award for his work

in the area of entropy

bull Gayle (Barton) Tapper BSe

81 (biological science) and 83

(computing science) has been

employed at Memorial

University in St Johns Nfld

for 14 years in the Department

of Computing and

Communications She is comshy

pleting graduate work in phishy

losophy and humanities at

Memorial and is the principal

harpist with the

Newfoundland Symphony

Orchestra Last year she

released a CD of Latinworld

traditional music on the South

American harp Visit her Web

site at httpwwwucsmun

cal -gay

bull Carolyn Riddell BA 85 is

running an active arts educashy

tion and paintingprintmaking

studio in Fergus Ont

bull Laura Wilkinson BSe 85

and MSe 87 is a coroner in

British Columbia and lives on

a cattle ranch near 70 Mile

House

19905

bull Kristi Adamo BSc(HK)

96 and MSc 98 and Rob

McMullin BSe 95 were

married in May 1999 and Jive

in Ottawa

bull Michelle (Pilon) Bacon BA

90 has been living in London

England with her husband

Tim and children Juliette and

Lucien but they are planning a

return to Canada They will be

AIRBORNE ALUMNUS Olive Thompson DHE 35 celebrated her 85th birthday

with her head in the clouds She made her first parachute

jump with instructor Scott Borghese in Simcoe Ont in June

and says it was the most exciting thing shes done in her life

Thompson lives in Dunnville and has four children and three

grandchildren When she asked them about the paracbute

jump they told her to go for it Shes considering a repeat I U

jump next year and hopes her adventure will be a good S o

example for other seniors A dedicated member of the class -lt CD

of Mac 35 Thompson was president of the University of s Guelph Alumni Association in 197778 and keeps busy now VI

I

with volunteer work for the Salvation Army Z

living in Calgary and welcome

contact with western grads

and friends from Guelph Send

e-mail to m_e_baconhotshy

maicom

bull Deborah (Panton) Bodden

BASc 93 and her husband

Lyndhurst were married in

1998 and live in Grand

Cayman Cayman Islands

where she teaches primary

schoo

bull Elizabeth Cardno MSe 99

is working with the Rural

Health Research Consortium

at the University of

Saskatchewan developing

research projects on rural

health issues in relation to the

Canadian Institute for Health

Research

bull Jeannine Cote BA 9 J lives

in Hamilton Ont and works

o -lt

as a health -care aide and

home-support worker

bull Jeremy Debling BSe 94 is

a formulation chemist in the

pharmaceutical development

department at Novopharm

Limited in Toronto

bull Angela Dodd BA 93 and

Christopher Kemp

BSe(HK) 94 were married

Aug 14 Theyve bought a new

home in Etobicoke Ont

where he works for Canada

3000 Airlines and at Kingsway

Physiotherapy as a kinesioloshy

gist She is employed at

Manulife Financial in -Waterloo

bull Sheryl Harding Friedrich

BASe 85 is a full-time mom

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W illiam Ba rnes DVM 59 died Sept 7

1999 He grew up in th e N iagara area

but spent his professio nal ca ree r in a

ve terina ry prac ti ce in Ill inois He was a

dr ivi ng force in the American Ve ter inary

Medica l Assooatio n and in bo th the

Chicago and IlJin o is assoc iatio ns He

was also a fo un ding mem ber o f the

Ch icago-based Friends of Unicerslty of

Guelph a char itable o rga nizat ion

founded in 1975 to serve Guelph a lumni

living in the United Sta tes

George Dickson BSA 38 di ed Oct 9

1999 H e spen t h is entire career w ith

Canada Packers moving up f[Om mai l

cle rk to exec lltive vice-presid ent and

d irector After retirin g in 1976 he

devoted ma ny vo lu ntee r hours to U of

G 3S a memb er of Boa rd o f Gove rno rs

and the OAC Alumni Associatio n

Jam es Pinkney DVM 37 died July 3

1999 A respected ve ter in aria n in his

hom e to~ll o f Cooksv il le O nt he was

also recog nized as a p remier swi ne

breeder showman and judge He was

active in m any agricultural o rga niza shy

tio ns and in both the Ontario and

Canadian Vete rinary Med ical assoc iashy

tio ns He was a lo ngti me supporte r o f

th e Unive rsity especially the OVC

museum and was named OVC

Di stinguished Alumnus in 1987

Audrey Yea nd le DHE 25 di ed March

17 1999 in St ratford O nto A profes shy

sio nal diet it ia n she wo rked to two hosshy

p itals and tau ght home eco no m ics at

the Jo hn Fi he r School In Toro nto

Active In com munity orga nizatio ns and

her chu rch she was a lo ng time U of G

suppo rter and left an es ta te gift of over

$475000 to p rov ide bursaries for future

Gu elph students

Alumni

Jo hn Andrews DVM 38 June 27 1999

Harris Baker BSA 33 Febru ary 1998

Hu gh Balkwill BSA 53 June 27 1999

John Bowles BA 72 Sept 23 1999

Edward Bowness DVM 32 May 13 1999

Rud y Brown BSA 59 June 29 1999

Walter Bunn BSA 52 Sept 2 1999

Margaret Byrnes DHE 40 Apr il 22 1999

Joa n Cameron DH E 36 April 10 1999

Wil liam Cape ll BSA 54 Aprd 25 1999

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Jean a rter DH E 38 Jun e 28 1999

Loi Clipsham D H E 27 Ju ne 23 1999

Bruce Cohoe BSA 3 3 Feb 2 1999

Geoffrey Collins BSA 28 May 21 1999

Al exander C o nnell ADA 60 Ju ly 26

1999

John Currie BA 74 Sep t 18 1999

William C u rrie BSA 59 Nov 27 1998

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D oug Doerksen ADA 84 Ju ne 5 1999

Joann e DU ll can -Robinson BA 81 and

MA 86 July 22 1999

Robert Erskine BSA 41 May 2 1999

Will ia m Fisher BSA 48 Aug 5 1999

Norm Freeman BSA 49 July 2 1999

Alexander Gc ncr BSA 32 Dee 27 1998

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Tom Grah am BS 50 Dee 3 1998

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Gra nt Savage D VM 48 Ma rch 2 1999

Earl Shuh BSA 36 July 5 1999

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Ch er yl Ann Somerville BSe(Agr) 96

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Robert Tennant BSA 49 May 5 1999

Gregory Tostevin BA 93 Feb 10 1999

Gerald Trant BSA 51 Sept 1 1999

Bennie Urquhart DV M 54 April 4 1999

Ga il Wamsl ey BA 70 July 24 1998

Gladys Ward D IlE 27 Apri l 8 1999

Catherine Welch BSA 22 Ma rch 3 1998

M abel ( McCa rthy) Ziegler DH E 26

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take place in hum ans And other forms of transplant rejec tion besides the hyper-acute

va ri ety will requ ire furth er research Along the way Butler and fellow OVC researchers - Prof Bonnie Mall ard and Byram Bridle PathobioJogy who are stud y director and projec t mana ger re spec tivel y Jud y Bell Clinical Studies a projec t mana ge r and

Prof Bob Fri endship Population Medicine - hope to gain new insight into breeding

pigs of exemplary health status for both anishymal breeding and food sa fe ty

Genetic diseases

Pro f Mark Baker Path obi ology hopes to enh ance gene th erapy used in treating

human and animal ge net ic d iseases by improving the effi ciency of gene targeting Using thi s procedure and the tools of biotechnology researchers hope to zero in on spec ific points in an o rgani sms DNA and insert or repair genes invol ved in sll ch

diseases as cancer AID S mu sc ular dystroshyphy cys tic fibrosis and sickl e-cell anemia

Gene targeting is a very important techshy

nology for gene modifi ca tion in all species - plants animals and micro-organisms says Baker who began tbi s work in the 1980s The nice thing about thi s tecbnolshyogy is th at yo u can make changes in the

ge ne right in its norm al position in the chromosom e

He hopes to make gene targe ting more effi cient by studying the underlyi ng process of homologo us reco mbi nation in whi ch

DNA sequences exchange information Norshymally this process helps ce lls repai r DNA da mage and govern s mixing of gen es durshy

ing cell di vision including th e p rocess of meios is whi ch produces egg and sperm

cells But homologous recombination can also lead to can cer durin g th e exchange of informati on bet ween a mutan t ch romoshyso me and its no rmal co unterpart Bes ides

stud ying what goes wrong durin g recomshybinat ion sc ientists are in te res ted in using th e process to co rr ect defe cts Baker s

research for exa mple has shown that gene targe ting th ro ugh homolo gous recombinashytion can correc t a mu ta tion to resto re proshyducti on of an immunoglobulin found in

an tibodies We want to und ers tand the mec hashy

nisms of recombination in mammalian cells

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and how homologo us reco mbin ati on ca n

be used to shape and manipu late th e genome he says ex plaining that gene tarshygeting all ows researchers to make animal

model s of hum an gene ti c diseases study hum an ge ne th erapy and modify plant and an imal ge nomes to benefit agri culture biotechnology and medi cine

Cancer research

Ca ncer reaches into the lives of many Ca nashydian s A number of researchers are wo rkshying in this area and their research spans the spectrum from basic molecul ar bio techshy

nology to applied therapy says Pro f Wayne

improve our understa ndin g of how to modshy

ify the level of damage done by co litis He explains th at by detoxify ing dieta ry

mu tagens and ca rcinogen s CST enzymes provi de protection against va rious insul ts inflicted on th e stom ach Thats an imporshy

tant role gJven th e kno wn link be tween so me chemical s co nsumed by humans and the dama ge to DNA and tis sues th at ma y

lead to cancer Hi gh levels of the em ymes are good because th ey pro tect says Ki rby

In pre vious studi es conducted with the Je wish General Hospital in MontlCal Ki rshyby discove red th at man y peo pl e with col shyo rec tal ca ncer lack th e ge neti c codes fo r

GSTs He is now in vestigatin g th e role of the

At the cellular and subcellular levels it doesnt really matter

whether youre looking at a gene chromosome or cell that came out of a person or an animal

McDonnell OVC ass istant dean (resea rch)

Although OVC research usually fo cuses on can cer in anim als incl uding using animal models th e res ult s also touch th e human

realm of oncology research Colorec tal ca nce l is th e third most comshy

mon can cer in humans th e Canadian Ca nshy

cer Society estim ates th at more than 16000 new cases will be d iagnosed in 1999 and more th an 6000 deaths will occur Key fa cshy

tors in its development are d ie tary carc inoshyge ns and colitis a bowe l inflammatio n In Guelphs Departm ent of Bio medi cal Scishy

ences Prof Gordon Kirby is studying glu shytathione S-transferase (GST) emymes that

are fo und in the hea lthy human intestinal tract but are abse nt in colorec tal ca ncer patients This research co uld help impleshyment pre ve ntive st ra teg ies for people who might be at high risk for ca nce r or it may

help in co unselling people in proper dietary habits he says In addi tio n we may

enzy mes and how th eir level alte rs as th e

disease develops B) und erst andin g how th ese enz) l11 es

work and how th ey change dur ing the proshygression from co liti s to can cer Kirby ultishymately hopes to lea rn ho w to co ntro l th e leve l of th e enzymes Understandin g how

th e enzym es work ca n lead LI S to wa ys to

prevent cancer he SlyS

Radiation treatment

Veterll1ar ians using the technique o f halfshy

body ra dia tion may cut th e time needed to treat lymphoma in dogs acco rd ing to th e

re sul ts of a st ud y by OVC re sea rchers in cludin g Prof To n) Abr1Jl1s-0gg Pro f -Stephen Kruth Paul Woods Geri Ottewe ll and Kim Stewa rt - aU of th e Department of Clini cal Studi es - and Al Norris of th e

Veterinary Referral Cli nic And although the groups recent six-year tr ial was directed at

do gs the resu lts of thi s veterinary resea rch

may have implica tions for trea tin g cance r

in hum ans

Trea tin g lym ph oma traditionally Iequires up to two yea rs of chemoth erap)

An alternative to prolonged chemotherapy is tota l-body ra diat io n and bone mar row

transplantation The procedullt lI SLS the patien ts own marrow extracted before the

trea tment One drawback is the possi bilit y

of transpb nt ing s ick malTOw co ntaining lymphoma (ells back in to the patien t A secshy

o nd drawbac k is th e ex tcnsive ca re and

Icngthy recovery time required By co ntrast ha lf-body radiation takes

onl y three mon ths Ab rams- Ogg explains that became only half of th e body is treatshy

ed at one time enough healthy bone marshy

row remain s to negate a tra nsp lan t By the

time th e seco nd hal f o f the body is irradishyated 30 da ys late r th e pa tien t has hld

eno urh line to recover fro m the first trea tshyment Hes also found that dogs receivi ng

half-bod) radiation generally avoid the sideshyeffects of tull-body trea tment

Abra ms-Ogg says ha lf- body radi ation

has been used on humans to alleviate pain in advanced cancer cases but not to treat

lymphoma The results of this trial do have hUl )la n health implications he SJ) Halt~

hody radilti o n may be used to treat the

sa me types of cancers in people

Resistance to antibiotics

Ensuring the hea lth of farm animals is an

im po rtant fac tor in ensuring th e health of our food supply T hrough col labo ratio ns wi th the Un iversity of Guelphs Department

of Food Science and l1calth Canada a dedshy

icated group of ove resea rch ers is improvshying public health through [ood -sa fe ty

research OnL of those sc ienti sts is Prof Sco tt

McEwen Population Med icine who studies food-animal prod uct io n and on-fa rm issues

by investigati ng microb ial resistance to antib ishyotics and ways to co ntrol pathoge ns such as

E coli during food-animal production Were try ing to red uce the level of exposhy

sure or people to these pathogens an d in tu rn red uce the level of food-borne illness

says I IcEwe n Our goal is to im prove

human health and improve the health of the animal industr )

Microbia l resista nce in pa rticular is a

co mpelli ng issue for agriculture rigbt no w because of a number of eve nts occurring

worldwide that have focus ed attenti on o n the use of antibi otics in foo d-a ni mal pro shy

du ct ion and the po tential impact on h um ans through meat conu mption

McEwen and h is st ud ents are looking at

what types of animals are being exposed to

va ll o us drugs and for how long to better

measure bacterial resistance to antibiot ics Because the agricu ltu ra l industry accounts [or half of to tal antib io tic lls e he says it s

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be an impor tant first step in filling

new positions created by the pracshytical application of current revelashy

tions in molecular biology and cloning technology

OVC is a founding college of the

Universit y of Guelph which receives mo re resea rch funding

from the Medica l Research Co unshycil than any other Ca nadi an uni shy

versity with o ut a medica l school

More than ISO studies have been condu cted using fund s donated

throug h OVes Pet Tr ust by ve tshy

erinarians and pet owners who recshy

ognize the th erapeutic value of the

bond betwee n people and com shypa nion animal s

100 per cent of OVC gradu ates

find em ploymen t withi n six months of gradu ation

50 per cen t of veterinary patholoshygists in North America are -employed directly or indirectly by the pharmaceutical industr y

Fa llWinter 1999 19

a The Royal Society of Canada recognizes an acndelnic career

by Alexander Wooley a scholar Funny hOWasingle pi ece of paper can summarize a lifet ime of study and aCJ demic work that has already fi ll ed

29 books and 85 book chapters an d Journal articles

In june U of G polit ica l science profes~

sor Onkar P Dwivedi received a letter invit~

ing hi m to become a Fello w of th e Royal Society of Canada Its an invitation reserved

for Canadas ltlCJde11i c elite an an nounceshy

men t thM brought congratul atio ns tinged with envy fiom colleagues across Ca nada and

left th is U of G professor answeri ng quips from Guelph collcgues such as Are we still

allowed to share the elevator wi th such an illuSlrious scholar

Dwivedi is indeed an ill ustrious scholar

- th e FRSC is th e hi ghest scholJriy recog~ nition1 Canad ian ~ cad emic ca n recei ve shy

but he is also a personable man who has a deer concern fo r o thers and a sense of humour that allows h illl to ceremo ni ously

wave oth er facult ) and students on to the

elevator as it ri ses to his s ix1h~f1oor offi ce ill the JvlacKi nn on Bu ilding

Known across camp us simply as OP he says its o nl y natural that hlS colleagues

wo uld be a bi t envi ous of th e Royal Society

designation he has felt th at envy himself when congratultting previous recip ien ts

Dwivedi SI) he is d~ep l ) honoured to bL one of 19 U of C lilCul ty wh o hold thl tilk (see page II ) The entire U of C cJm pl co mmunity shOlIcs in Prof l)iveciis dd igh t at bei ng l1amed a fel low I) pruv()t tin

Campbe ll It is a we ll~d lsencd mark of recognition for his distinguished caree r Jnd

vJ lua ble slr vice to i II I l 1Ila I ional dlTlop Ill en t an d the en viron men t

Being n~mcd I Fello of the Rnl11 oci

101) of CI1a d ~ is testimony 10 tile prnrcsnr ~

beli e-I Lhat if you work hard enough you L11l

achieve an ythi ng Th~Is 11) hi colilltr)

is so great he says o f his adopted C~nIJ1 Born in India Dwi ved i came 1( ( anadl

in the early [960 as a gruduatc lttuden Hl co mpl eted a mdst 15 de grec al Carl etull University ~nd a Ph D at QUlln l middot ni~r ishy

ty ~l1 d jo incd the U o f C tJLlti lyin 1967

He hJS advanccd Ihe CallldilI1 view of

political eth ics 111d public scnicc Wl11pI(d

pol icy~mak ing t nd administralioll hetwlcn natio ns and l11aintl ined world iew of enli~

ronll1ental pol iei sand pl1blie alti ludes toward pollu tion And ltI ll the wh ile haring his in sight wilh the l h (l u~llld nf tlllkilts

who halt vied for se1ts ill his classroom

Alt hough C1I1 3d is now hi~ IWll1l Dwivedi main tai ns ~Irong lies with his lill

mer homeland He has mon itored dCIdol

mtnh Ind ehtnge~ ill IndilS pol lulion lt111U

lto INrl ation pol i ~ic ror lll1lo~t 0 )Cltlrs and sucd h J ltnio r ad iser 1(1 Ih (OUlllr )

lin ilr) of rl1limnl11tllt dnd Fltlr~ I S I Ii lIll rc~c nl hook publi1 d in I))7 i ntro ~

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mll-ing and manf~mll1t prelL n Ind i1 b) cxamining vlri()u~ Jill1cl1iol15 of lhlt

tl1Iironrncn lal chIIltI1ampes faced h)lhe nali()n Farber th is )Lar hc 1 in Ind i JS par t

or a hll1lli(Ia l lroICL looking at reg ulal middot ing cmironmcnlal ri there with I Spc

eiJI fO LlI on htrlil lll i hmlsehrllJ producls

and thiJ ill1 tI~1 Oil (Imen ltlnd hiidren

Tht resClreh p rQin t i locattd ill Kll1 pur

lt1 cil ) of Ih rec million HId IS funded b) the Sha tri In do CJnldi111 Imti lutc

[)wi lldi mother and othl lamily mtlllhLI sl illl iC in In d i li e pcrsollally

Ufporh eh olt)I Ihne and hell he retire in tl1 Icars hl plan to SCI up I L~c n tre fo r

drug HldiLliOl I 1I11lI11Llll11 healt h

Fnn in C lllJdI hl is working to help

olher or Indiall illlllry bui ld bella lives I lc offen hi serliccI~ I parl -timc Hindu

pries t lIith U ofe CGl11pUS minislry and I~ 1 spir iluJ I ou l1 1I0 [ Jor inm lles It Ihe

Cudl h Corrldinnd (ntrc The Roal Soc ielY Litdtion d~ )Lribes

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ndti( nal distinction and international recogshy

nit ion Just this spring he vis ited Loyo la l [a rymollnt Universit-y in Los An-des as that

insti tutions 1999 Internati onal Scho lJ r

Es tabli shed 117 years lgO the Roya l Society or Canada enco mpasse d ra nge of

discip lin es including the natural and ap plied sc iences medi cine soc ial scien ces MId hu manit ies

Dwi vedi sa) The s()c ic tys invitation is

an honour for me and also a wonderful recogshy

nition for our new coll ege (U of Gs College

of Social and All lied Human Sciences )

A for mer chair of Guel lhs Department of Political Science Dwivedi is pres id ent of

the Ca nadian Asian Stud ies Associa tion and

past lresident of the Canadian Po litica l Scishyence Association He also chairs th e resea rch committee of the International Poli tical Scishy

ence Associat io n

During hi s 32-year career at Guellh he ha s served on the Enviro nm ental Assess shy

)]lent Boa rd of Ontario as a co nsultan t to

the Ca nadian gove rnment as an adviser to th e Wo rld Health Organi za ti o n an d the

Wo rld Bank in In dia Papua New Guinea and Mau ritiu s an d as a sc ientific panel

member with UNESCO In J 99 8 he

received an honorary degree fro m the Unishyve rsity of Leth bridge ga

fa llWinter 1999 21

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-

ANDREvV VOWLES

m Tiny flashes of blue

light caught by U of G

to physicists in an

undergro und

observatory may eg

tell us the

fate of our

universerunch First tighf wasnt long in coming even in a mine shaft some two kiloshy

metres beneath the Earths surface Within days of turning on a multishy

million-dollar li ght detector near the bottom of a Sudbury nickel mine

scientists from Canada the nited States and the United Kingdom recordshy

ed their first even t Thats physicists lingo for a collision between a tiny

extraterrestrial particle called a neutrino and a molecule of heavy water

Actually what they witnessed last spring was not the encounter itself

- marked by a tell tale fl ash of blue light - but data trickling in quishy

etly from the detectors elaborate instruments sometime after the fact

Still that was enou h to set a few hearts pounding among the collabshy

orators in the Sudb u r y eutrin o Observatory particularly among

Guelph physicists John Simpson Robin Ollerhead and Jimmy Law who

appJaude 1 those early results not just for what they might reveal about

the universe but also as a validation of their painstaking care in conshy

structing and preparing the detector

Fall Winter 1999 23

-

[J This is without a doubt the climax of my

career says Simpson whos been invo lved

with the Sudbury N eu trin o Observa to ry

(SNO) project since it was fir s t moo ted by

Canadian physicis ts in th e early 1980s Hes

been studying neutrinos for almost two

decades beginning with experiments in a

Windsor-area sa lt mine

It s th e las t unkn own low-energy area

left he says N eutrin os are s till th e least

understood elementa ry particle of a ll

Thats not for lac k of them T hey re co nshy

sidered to be th e most commo n particles in

the universe and the fund amenta l building

blocks of matter Each seco nd bi lli ons of

neutrinos generated during fusion reactions

in the sun and in sou rces far beyond our

galaxy bombard every square ce ntim etre of

the Earths surface undetected But just try

to catch one So ephemeral a re Ih ey th at

they pass without a mmmur through most

objects including solid rock ni ckel ni ckel

miners - even throu gh the SNO sc ientis ts

monitoring their giant acry li c ball s usshy

pended in a 22-metre-wide cavern two kiloshy

metres down the mine shaft

The $70-million o bse rva to ry s it s nea r

the bottom of Inco Ltd s C reighton nicke l

mine the deepes t wo rkin g min e in North

America and one tha t has opera ted co ntinshy

uously for the last ce ntury

Today the only eAtra terreslrial objects hitshy

ting the site - or more co rrect ly passi ng

through it - are neutrinos Seemingly against

astronomical odds those scientists hope to

use that ball as a kind of cosmic-sized catchshy

ers mitt to stop or deflect enough of these

particles to learn more about them and about

the big wide universe that spawned them

Inside that 12-foot ball are 1000 tonnes

of heavy water which is also used as coolant

inside nuclear reactors Tn fact th e watershy

all $300 million worth - is on loan from

Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (AECL)

Heavy water ho lds the key to SNOs opera-

Taken during construction the photo above

shows the SNO cavity and acrylic vessel At

right the acrylic vessel is surrounded by an 18shy

metre diameter geodesic sphere that supports

nearly 10000 light sensors and reftectors

Scientists hope to U~

tion Because its molecules contain one more

n eutron than in ordinary water its more

likely to in tercept a phantom neutrino That

co llis ion will be marked by faint but telltale

fla shes of light - forma lly kno wn as

Cerenkov radia tion th e characteris tic blu e

glow emitted in a nuclear reactor - to be

picked up by a few of th e 10000 detectors

studding the panels on th e sphere s surface

Perhaps more impo rtan t SNO resea rchers

anticipate that the wa ter will catch all three

types o f neut rinos no t just the o ne captured

by other detec tors around the world

N eutr in os come in three species or

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24 GUELPH ALUMN U S

agiant acrylic ball as a kind of cosmic-sized catchers mitt

flavou rs based on th e kind s of subatomshy

ic particl es tlleyre dssociated with electro n

neutrinos muon neutrinos and tau neu trishy

nos Referring to earlier experiments that

have detected far fewer neutrinos than

expected based on our understanding of

how the universe works Simpso n says most

scientists believe that neutrinos have mass

and the) change type as th ey leave the sun

and thats why Ne havent seen enough of

them Being able to detect the other two

flavours at SNO might allow sc ientis ts to

account for the so -called missing neutrinos

Proving that neutrinos can change their

stripes might als o tell us more about the

likely fate of th e universe itself by solving

another mystery the question of the missshy

ing mass Referring to basic laws of physics

Law says If neutrinos convert th at means

th ey must have mass Why is that imporshy

ta nt Explai ns Ollerhead The amount of

mass thats accounted fo r by the sta rs that

you can see is only about one-tenth of the

total mass the re must be in the universe in

order to cause the interactions and motions

you see W hen people talk about mis si ng

mass thats what th ey re talking about

So the question is where is it l Because

every s tar produces billions of neut rin os

every second the universe is full of neutr ishy

nos These van ishingly small particles could

collectively exert a gravitational pull out of

all proportion to th eir size - enough to

eventually slow the expa nsion of the universe

If neutrin os have ma ss it means the

universe may be heavier than we think says

Simpso n The universe will eventually stop

expanding in a few billion years and collapse

back in on itself Thi s is known as the Big

Crunch Finding evidence of the smoking

gun to either prove or di sprove that theoshy

ry is the purpose of the observatory he says

SNO research bombards other areas of science Adapting physics tools to build SNO

An expert in X-ray back-scattering Guelph

physicist Innes Mackenzie helped the SNO

team about six years ago by adapting his

back-scattering technique to determine the

thickness of a plastic liner that su rrounds

th e entire observatory cavity Made of a

substance called urylon (produced by a

Guelph company) the liner was sp rayed

on to the cavitys concrete surface to screen

ou t radon a radioactive gas that diffuses

even through soLd rock In a project where

an extra millimetre could skew results scishy

entists needed to ensure that the material

was the same thickness all the way arou nd

Mackenzie used X-ray back-scattering

a techniq ue he has developed that might

be llsed to determine say the thickness of

paint applied in an auto assembly plant or

ice buildup on aircraft wings Laurentian

University physicist Doug Hallman says

his research group has worked with

Mackenzie to set up a unique hand- held

monitor and data-recording system which

found the actual thickness of the eightshy

millimetre-dlick polyurethane material to

an accuracy of about 10 per cent

Building new tools from SNO physics

During his graduate studies in physics at

Guelph Tom Andersen helped his PhD

supervisor Prof John Simpson design

devices used to detect background

radioactivity of the heavy wa ter in the

Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO)

and worked on software that simulates

th e movement of high -energy muons

particles created when cos mic rays

encounter the Earths atmosphere All the

while he had his eye on a not-unrelated

topic that became his full-time job after

graduating in 1998

It a desk top planetarium says

Andersen of his astro nomy software

which allows users to view the simulated

night sky - including comets asteroids

satellites a nd stars - on a computer

screen With it yo u can observe the sky

as it appears from your backyard tonight

o r from Jupiter 100 years ago or from

Egypt 3000 years ago

He and his partners a t Toronto-based

Sienna Software Inc have so ld about

10000 copies of Sta rry Night software

dming the past 18 months They began

by selling software that users could down shy

load from the Internet but now make two

CD-ROM versions of the package Starshy

ry Night Deluxe and Starry Night Pro

The first allows users to look at more than

19 million objects from anywh ere in the

solar system and to examin e deta iled

graphics of such things as constellations

Serious astronomy afic ionados use the

pro version to track as teroids learn more

about star motions or create their own

planets to study orbital mechanics

Generally anyone who owns an

as tronomical telesco pe owns a piece of

astronomy software says Andersen You

can take your telescope to your backyard

and connect it to your laptop and then

point to something with Starry Night and

have the telescope steer to it

Applying SNO tools to business

Former phys ics graduate student Myung

Chol Chon now works in the Royal Banks

corporate and investmen t banking offices

in Toronto Modelling the behaviour of

financial assets and pricing derivative secushy

rities might appear removed from the task

of capturing neutrinos but Chon says the

Guelph SNO group gave him an opporshy

tunity to learn various quantitative ana lyshy

sis tools including Monte Carlo simulashy

tion and artificial neural networks I also

gained understanding and experience in

software production via working with the

SNO Monte Carlo Analysis (SNO MAN )

software development team - tools

applicable not only in physical science but

in other areas as well

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-Simpson says ea rly detection of SNOs first

neutrino this summer reflects the high qUJIshy

ity of the obselva tory itself incl uding th t conshy

tribution of the Guelph scientists involved in

designi ng its sophist icated instrum ents Thats why theres a lot of noise abo ut the

fi rst measurem en ts he sa ys Some o ther

detectors have to work harder to get the backshyground radioactivity down Weve shown that

we constructed a very clea n detector

Along with several PhD studen ts and resea rch associates he and his coUeagues buiJt

inst ruments used to monitor and ensure an acceptable level of background radi oactivishy

ty in SNOs innards fiom the hea l) watcr to all the components orthe detector itse lf

The Guelph group developed a very senshy

sitive technique for the measurement of ultrashylow levels of ra dioactivit y in water whi ch is

essential for th e SNO detector to reach its

goals says SNO project director Art McDonshy

ald a phys icist at Queens Universit y Meas uring radioact ivity is our ga me

says resea rch ass oc iate Pillalamarr Jaga m during a tour of Sim psons lab in th e baseshy

ment of the MacNaughton Build in g home

to whJt Jaga m calls the only ul tra-low backshy

ground radi ation research and development

group in Ca nada Po inting to a det ector resemblin g a stainless-steel salad bowl with

a matchin g lid he says the Guelph -made

de vice JS with its co usins on perm anent du ty at SNO picks lip infinitesimally small

amounts of ra dioactivity emitted naturall y

by the observa torys compo nents

Ja ga m helps run th ose dev ices at SNO

fo llowin g up on his role as superv iso r of a

cl ea nin g crew d urin g SNOs constru ction SNO is the larges t clean-room ever olltside

of the electron ics industry he says Its

cleaner th an yo ur avera ge dinner plate

Above Muon neutrinos produced from cosmic

rays which strike Earths abnosphere are detectshy

ed by the SNO light sensors producing a coneshy

shaped pattern of energy Right An artists

sketch of the SNO detector shows the central

acrytic vessel now filled with 1000 tons of heavy

water and surrounded by 7000 tons of ultra

pure regular water Scientists monitor the obsershy

vatory from the room located above the sphere

26 GU ELP H ALUM NUS

In two years we mayI

Unlike th eir fell ow labourers in the m in e

who normall y hit the sbowers aft er a lo ng

day on the ore face th e scientists monitorshy

ing th e o bse rvatory must shower bef ore enterin g their facility Simil ar standa rds are mlintained tor the heavy water in th e acrylic

vessel which is fil tered dail y Jnd tested for ambient rad ioactivit y It s the purcst water

in th e wo rld says Jian Wang for merly J

research associate in Simpsons lab and now a consultant wi th U of Gs GUA RD In c

The Guelph-dc-signed instruments h ave

prove n lIseful in rela ted but more fa r-flung

applications JagaJl1 says scientists building

lgt

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ly know if the universe will eventually collapse

ye t an oth er neutrino observatory in Italy consulted with U of G physicists on radia shyti on measurement Closer to home he has helped Prof Richard Protz Land Reso urce Science quantify minute amounts of radioac tive cesium in so il samples taken from the Ecuadorean Andes an d from the Chernobyl site in Ukrain e

Law a particle physicist [las been involved since 1991 in writin g and test ing simulation software used by the project colshylaborators to model the workings of th e SNO detecto r With the detector now opershyating the package - dubbed SNOMAN shywill be used to analyse the data it generates OUerhead who first encountered SNO while chair of the Department of Physics has long worked in expe rim en tal nuclear physics using accelerators such as th e one run by AECL in Cbalk River Ont Todays investishygations at SNO draw on at least one aspect of his ea rlier resea rch in Los Alamos New Mexico where he developed neutral current detectors of the sort expec ted to help SNO sn iff out all three neutrino flavo urs

Sim psons graduate student Nathaniel Tagg is studying cosmic ray particles called muons which are detected as a byproduct in the obse rvatory Unlike neutrinos muons come from cosmic rays - or ionized nuclei - which begin Jife far beyond the solar sysshytem perhaps generated by stars exploding into supernovas or by shock waves emanating from collapsing black holes When these cosmic rays hit the Earths atmosp here th ey create extremely high-energy particles that can be detected by SNO some alon e or in pairs like bullets others in a shower like shotgun pelshylets Comparing the ratio of single bullets to shotgun blas ts may tell Tagg something about how the particles originated When you build a detector you get a lot of things for free he says Muons are considered background to most of the collaboration but there are some interes ting physics you ca n do with them

Beyond Guelph the SNO collaboration brings together almost 100 scientists from II universi ties and labs in Canada the United Sta tes and the United Kingdom Canad ian participants includ e university resea rchers from Queens Car leton Laurentian Britisll

Columbia and Guelph Wby Ca nada Canashyda has a lot of heavy water because of its nuclear power reactor development the CANshyDU reactor says OUerhead Basically Canashyda is tbe only country that can do the expershyiment using heavy water which is what gives this its unique flavour The other thing is the undergro und aspect All the neutrino expershyimen ts are done underground for shielding from cosm ic rays and other sources of backshyground radiation The nickel mine in Sudbury is the deepest site in North America

Its al so important that Creighton mine is a working facility says Si mpson [t has

Physics faculty

and students are

an integral part of (PES

Physics is one of five departments and schools in the College of Physshyical and Engineeri ng Science ( CPES) Physics has more Roya l Society fellows than any other department on campus Since 1993 ten CPES students including two in physics have received National Research Coun shycil awards under the agen cys Women in Engin eering and Scishyence Program In 1999 CPES laun ched an inteshygrated four-year degree program in technology with Seneca College in Toronto majors in physics and technology or applied pharmace ushytical chemistry CPES plans to launch a new undershygraduate degree in computing scishyence next year to promote U of G strengths in bioinfomatics neural networks genetic algo rithm s and embedded systems CPES offers a unique program called MPC2 that provides enriched studies in mathematics physics chemistry and computing science

to be active because its the only way you can maintain the safety of th e mine SNOs control room occupies a drift (miners talk for a corridor) 6800 fee t below the surface deep enough to accommodate a stack of about five CN Towers

Dw-ing the observatorys construction a regular express ca ge whisked visitors directly down No9 shaft to the detector as fast as a car travelling on a cit) street The shaft also served as the delivery conduit for the SNO components Site manager Dunshycan Hepburn recall s es pecially the three months that it took to ship the [000 tonnes of heavy water underground The eleva tor could take six tonnes at a time he says so we had an elaborate schedule involving six tanker cars fill ed overnight and sent down early in th e morning on a specially schedshyuled cage Adds mine manage r John Gill J dont think we spilled a drop

Now using regularly scheduled cages scishyentists crowd shoulder to sho ulder in the elevator with up to 40 miners during the 20-minute ride along the sloping ore seam Everyone in the collaboration is expected to spend a certain number of shifts actualshyly operating the detec tor says O llerhead This is partly to save money but also par tshyly because th e physicists are the ones with the vested interes t and should be involved Collaborators might spend seve ral weeks in Sudbury at a time for up to six weeks a year

SNO scien tists expect to learn definitiveshyly within two years whether or not neutrishynos have mass They also anticipate that the observatory will yield information about the sun and about other st ructures far beyond our galaA) The missing mass question is a way of studying supnnovas notes Ollershyhead There are many applications of this detector beyond just neutrinos from the sun

Why should anyone ca re about what these infinitesimally small particles teU us about cosshymic-sized questions If youre going to be an ad vance d and civilized country then you should be thinking about fundamental quesshy shytions and not just about where your next meal is coming from says Simpson Thats the difshyference I think between a civili7ed society and a society that just lives from day to day ga

FallWinter 1999 27

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

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ALUMNI PROFILES

ALUMNUS OF HONOUR

FORMER OAC DEA N Rick Richards BSA 38 was recogn ized for

his lifelong commi tment to excellence in admini stration teachshy

ing research and ex tension wh en he vas named 1999 AlumLlus of Honour by th e Un ive rsity o f Guelph Alumn i Associat ion The preshy

sen tation was made durin g Alumni Weekend in lun e

Ri chard s bega n hi s ca ree r in soil sc ience and pion ee red the

process of soil classifi ca ti on and map pin f for Ontario As head of

th e Un iversitys Depa rtm ent of Land Resou rce Science he spearshyheaded the constr uct ion o f new fa cili ties provided leadership in

the deve lopment of broader more sc ientifi c program s and th e

expansioLl o f fa culty and obta ined more lan d areas for departshymental resea rch He was appointed the first dea n of OAC in 1962

and was one o r the fou r principal academi c leade rs ho shared in

es tab lishin g the Universit y of Guelph After co mpleting two terms as dean he return ed to teac hing and retired in [98 1

As a professiona l agrologist Richards impleme nted pl ans ror

the Canadian Agri cultural Researc h Co un ci l as it s fi rst president

and was pres id ent o f the Ca nadian Soc iety of Su il Science th e Ontari o Institute of Ag rologists and tht Agricu ltural Institu te of

Can ada He was also the Canadian representa ti ve to th e United

Nations Food and Agricu lture O rga nizltJtion

ALUMNI VOLUNTEER AWARD

DAv ID ADAMS BSA 49 has always made his alma mater a pri shy

o ri t) and in 1999 th e Unive rsity of Guelph Alumni Associashy

tion app lauded th at loya lty by presentin g him with its 1999 Alulll shyni Volu nteer Awa rd

Adams has demo nstrated a devot ion to volun teer excellence

through his com mitment to the Universit y OAC and hi s alumni

ii class OAC 49 He was UGAA pres ident in 196869 president of

d the OAC Alu Jllni Associatio n in 196566 and a member of the Unishy

~ versi ty Senate and Boa rd of Governors fro m 1970 to 1973 In add ishy

~ tion he has Jllade mu ltiple contr ibu tions to OAC 49 ac tivities He

~ was instrumenta l in orga ni zin g 50th-anniversary class celebrations ~ for Alumni middotWeekend 99 which included the ded ication of the Yea r

~ 49 OAC po nd ga rden at th e Arbo retum Cent re and the res torashy

~ ti on of the Johnston Hall portico u ~ Adamss giving sp irit car ri es over into his pro(ess iona lli fc He

~ has had a distingu ished career in the ag ri -food indust ry and was laquo ~ general manager of the Canadian Meat Co uncil whe n hL reti red in

~ 1993 He cont inues to share hi s expertise with the co unc il and as

~ a volu ntee r for th e Royal Ag ri cultural inter Fair and th e Ca nashy~ dian Nat ional Exhibition FARlv

28 G UHPH ALU I NUS

HIGHLIGHTS middot GRAD NEWSmiddot OBITUARIESmiddot CALENDAR

ALUMNI MEDAL OF ACHIEVEMENT

DR AD RIAN P ARKS WO RK in th e area o f minimally invasive

surge ry has earned him international recogniti on as a leading surgeo n and educa tor in his fi eld His advancements in the use of

laparoscop ic techniques have improved treatm ent for an ex tensive

range of med ica l disorders that in the past could only be handled

thro ugh trad itional sur gery [n 1997 he was recruited to establish a new program at th e Uni ve rsity of Kentucky

Pa rk was honoured th is spring wit h the Universit y of Guelph flumni Associati ons Alumni Medal of Achievem ent He received

a bachelor of science fro m Gu elph in 1985 and a doctor o f med ishycine from McMaster University in 1987

He completed his training at St Josephs Hos pital and rilcMasshy

ter Uni ve rsity Affiliated Hosp ital s in Hamilto n O nt and at the

Uni versit) of Montrea l before Jo ining St Jose phs as a ge neral surshy

geo n in 1994

The Guelph meda l recognizes th e professional leadership and achievements demons trated in Parks still- yo un g career and his

compassionate ca re of pati ents He and his wife Jennifer 8A 84 have three children Hilary Meredith and Evan

ove DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS

DUNCAN SINC LAIRS CONTR IB UTIO NS to career an d soc iety have prove n bis leadersh ip and expe rtise in hea lth sciences He gradshy

uated fro m OVC in 1958 and received a master of sc ience fro m OAC in 1960 specializing in nutriti on He then earn ed a PhD in

physiology at Queens University in 1963 and bega n a ca reer focused

primaril y on human health Sinclair was ltl consultant to th e Ontario Ministry of Agriculture

Food and Rural Affairs on the Animals for Research Act ilnd bega n

his academic career at Q uee ns as dean of arts and science in 1974 He went on to serve as vice-principal institutional relati ons sershy

vices an d hea lth sciences before assum ing the role of dea n of medshy

icine He ret ired from Queens in 1996 He has heJd other prestishy

gious positi ons including directo r general of the Medical Resea rch

Council and was tile recipient of OVes Schofield ]V[edal in 1983

Sinclair is now deeply involved in advising the Ontario minisshy

ter of hea l til on ways to reinvest and res tructure th e delivery of health services in the province He chairs the Hea lth Services

Restr ucturin g Co mmission an independent body of health

experts and professionals appointed to redesign tbe provincial

health system

FallWinter 1999 29

alumni Matters

-ORDER OF OACU of G Can1pus ESTABLISHED MARY AND RlCK RICHARDS longtime OAC supporterWelcoilles Alumni

ABSA 38 are the first inductees Membership in the order is

into the Order of OAC estabshy limited to the first 50 individshy

LUMNI WEEKEND J999 orga nizing committee and says lished ea rli er thi s year by the uals who give $1 00000 or more

brought more th an 1300 proceeds will be used to help the OAC Alumni Fo undation to as bequests irrevocable insurshy

visitors to campus June 18 to 20 class establi sh a mille nnium recognize significant contribushy ance policies planned gifts or

In addition to th e traditi o nal scholarship to co mmemorate its tions to its end owment fund cash donations Gifts may be

awards luncheon hosted by U of 25 th anni versar)1 of graduation Rick served as dean of OAC applied as endowments to the

G president Mordech ai Rozanshy The Uni vers it y of Guelph [Tom 1964 to 1972 (see sto ry OAC Alumni Foundation or to

ski there we re man y spec ial Alumni Associat ion held its on page 28) Mary also worked the college as approved by the

events and cla ss reunions The ann ual meeting during Alumni in the college and has been a fou ndation directors

new Order of OAC was preshy Wee kend and elected a new slate

sented to Mary and Rick of offi cers for 1999 2000 Scott

Richards BSA 38 at th e Go ldshy va nEnge n BSc(Ag r) 88 presshy

en Anniversary Dinner and the id ent Robin-Lee Norris BA 80

Class of J974 hosted a reuni on first vice-pres ident John Tatson

dinner with Calgary Flames BA 69 seco nd vice-president

Hockey Club CEO Ron Bremshy Rita Sterne BComm 87 secshy

ner BA 7 J as guest speaker Bill Imiddotetar) and Brad Hull BA 89

Laidlaw BA 74 chaired the treasurer

President Mordechai Rozanski and representatives of the alumni

classes and individuals who supported U of Gs six new themati c

gardens cut the ribbon to officially open them duri ng Alumni Weekshy

end From left are Bill Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 61 Don Gri eve

BSA 55 and MSA 57 Harold Shield BSA 51 Sandra Hannam uJ CD Clay Switze r BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rozanski Marilyn Robinson ~ I Murray BH5c 55 Ted McNinch BSA 49 Bruce Stone BSA 53 u VI

Z and MSA 54 Harold Bentley BSA 64 and MSc 66 Craig Hunter lt

B5c(AgL) 74 and MSc 77 and Les Laking BSA 39 and HDSC 71 The conservatory greenhouse was unveiled moments later by gtshyCD

Don Rutherford BSA 51 who gave the leadership gift ensuring VI o

it s res toration on behalf of his famil y 5 I -

Ginty jocius BSc(Agr) 70 left chair of the OAC Alumni Foundation

presents the Order of OAC to Mary and Rick Richards BSA 38

Enjoying the Class of 1974 re union dinner are from left jerry Orga n

BSc(PE) 71 Ron Bremner BA 71 Gail Bremner Paul Henry MA 71

and Bill Laidlaw BA 74

30 GUELPH ALUMNUS

GRYPHON SPIRIT DOMINATES HOMECOMING

UOF G students shared the stands with alumni who came to campus Sept 25

to watch the football Gryphons defeat their long- standing varsity rival the University of Toronto Blues During the weeke nd the Gryphon Club Hall of Fame inducted five Gryphon swimmers filled the gold pool at the 21st ann ual Alumni Relay Swim Meet

and president Mordechai Rozanski hostshyed a luncheon attended by more than 200 alumni and current students who have received sc holarships and awards or who

participated in the volunteer peer helper prog ram

ALUMNI SWIM TO THE TOP

FORMER GRYPHON SW IMMER S Peter Koli snyk BSc(HK) 83 and Denise

(FarndaJe) vVatso n BASe 85 were recogshyni zed at the ann ual Homecoming sw im mee t for having attended more often th an any other alumni Other participants includshyed 1999 graduates Nico le Weber BSe CEng ) Greg Steinberg BSc(HK) and Nancy Sweetnam BComm who has been a memshy

ber of two Canadian Ol ympic teams ( 1992 and 1996) The alumni team defeated the stud ent teams with the help of Leo n

Homecoming J

r ~

Form er Guelph mayor and sports broadcaster Norm la ry received the Gryphon Club Hall of

Fame Merit Award Sept 24 at the annual induction c re mony that also honoured five former

Gryphon athletes From left are Paul Willi ams a cross-country and track athlete and three-time

Canadian Olympian Bob Pronk BComm 82 Ontario and Canadian cham pionship wrestler

Dave Guest BComm 87 a former all middotstar soccer and vo lleyba ll player Gladys Williams BA

69 MVP in both wo menS fi eld hockey and ice hockey lary and Mark Brown BComm 81

Wi ldman Trophy winner and football capta in The Gryphon Club also recognized the 1974 mens

rugby OUAA championship team

Garstecki Gryphon diving coach in the midshy Dale a longtime Gryp hon supporter and a I 970s and retired botany professo r Hugh national record-b olding masters swimmer

bull49 VETS MEET AT TRAlEE The OVC Cla ss of 1949 produced a la sting memory of its 50th

anni versary by filming the lune 18 gathering held at Tralee Farms

the home of class member Ray Cormack Classmates travelled from

across Canada and the United States to attend th e reunion which

included a luncheon a visit from U of G president Mordechai Rozanshy

ski and a tour of Cormacks farm and antique carriage collection

The organizing committee of Dave House Bill Mitchell Ken Fisk

and lim Arch ibald succeeded in producing a golden-anniversary

memento that captu res the days events and everyone in attendance

as they comment on their lives since graduating from OVe -Proceeds from the sale of the v ideos will support the OVC 49

Memorial Scholarship Fund Cost is $25 each To place an order call

Vikki Tremblay at Alumni House 519-824-4120 Ext 65 44 I D

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FallWinter 1999 31

alumni Matters

2000 Coming Events

Jan 26 - Careers Night hostshyed by Mac-FACS Alumni Assoshy

ciation For informatio call Laurie MalleaLi at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Careers Night hostshyed by HAFA Alumni Associashy

tion For information call Laushyrie Malleau at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Aggie Good Times Banquet Call the OAC Studwl Federation at Ext 8321 for tickshyet information Feb 3 - Job hir at Bingeman Park in Kitchener complishy

mentary bus service from Unishyversity Centre for students and

alumni For directions and a list of employers call U of G

Career Services at Ext 22 13

Feb 11 - Deadline for nomshy

ina tions for U of G Alumni Association Alumnus of Honshy

our Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment and Alumni Volunteer

Award and the OVC Distinshy

guished Alumnus Call Carla Bradshaw at Ext 6657 for details March 1 - Annual alumni

Florida reunion at Maple Leaf

Estates Port C harlotte Florishyda For information call alumshyni programs at 519-824-4120

Ext 6657 send e-mail to alumshyniuoguelphca or call Jack Hanna in Florida after Jan 1

at 813-645-0905

March 18 amp 19 - College

Ro yal

March 31 amp April 1 - OAC

Alumni Association annual

bonspiel at the Guelph Curlshy

ing Club and Guelph Country w Club Call Carla Bradshaw at ~ txt 6657 to register c u bull For more information on anyU)

z alumni event call the U of G ltC extension listed at 519- 824shy20 r 4120 or send e-mail to al11111shyCD

o niCvzlOguelphcab c a

32 CUEIPH ALUM N US

EA RLIER THIS YEAR U ofG

introduced a new approacll to fund-raising that centres on

academic priorities identified by

the ix colleges Now the Unishy

ve rsit y expa nds this initiative

through the formation of a new Annual Fund Cou ncil that will

recruit volunteers to proactiveshy

ly help meet tll0se funding goals

By enlarging the partnershy

ship between academics and fund-raisers we arc focusing our

efforts more clearly on the Un ishy

versi tys overall stra tegic objecshy

tives says Rudy Putns executive

director of campaign progra ms

We are calling on coUege deans to help ensure that our annual

giving programs are providing

the grea test possible benefit to

students Our volunteer and pro-

ALUMNI CElEBRATE NEW HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE CENTRE

The Human KineticsHuman Biology Alumni Association

presented a sketch of the John T Powell Building to U of Cs

new Health and Perfor mance Centre at a June 19 reunion of alumni and former staff Artist Joan Harper BSe(HK)

82 left and retired professor John Powell right witnessed

a presentati on by association pres ident Janet Leonhard BSe(HK) 82 to Prof Terry Graham

SilENT AUCTION MAKES NOISE

A silent auction held Sept 14 to 16 a t the Ou tdoo r Farm

Show in Woods tock Ont ge nshy

erated a lot of excitement and

goodwill in OACs 125th shyanniversary year and raised

$51000 that wi ll support stu shy

dent recruitm ent programs in

the college The auction was organized by Cinty Jocius BSc(Agr) 70 president of

Ginty Jocius amp Associates of

Guelph on behalf of the OAC Alumni Foundation

Auction items donated by friends and exhibitors at th e

farm show included everylhing

from farm equipment and supshyplies to a seven-month-old lla shyma named (-i nty Lorie Jocius

BASe 72 purchased her husshy

bands namesake and gave it to

OAC as an anniversary presen t at th e Sept 25 Heritage Banshy

quet and Ball

FUND-RAISI NG PARTNERSHIPS GROW

fessional fund -raislls wiJl spend

more of thei r time making pershy

so nal requ es ts for gifts to the University and less time on inshy

house administra tion

Members of the Annual Fund

Council will invite donations

Crom alumni members of the campu~ community the paren ts

of current students graduating

classes members of the various

gift clu bs (Presidents Council

etc) and selected corporations

foundations and associations

Development and Public Affairs staff will help target vol unteer

efforts where they wi ll have the

stronges t impact on growin g don or particip ation and fund shy

razsing results

Annual giving is one of the

most crucial parts of an institushy

tion s developmen t agenda says Putns Annu al donors help

maintain the quali ty of estabshylished academic programs espeshy

cially in times of reduced pubshy

lic fundin g he says They also

provide a foundation for special

fun cl-rai sing cam paigns shycampaigns that enable the Unishy

ve rsity to grow by providi ng

funds for major projects that do

not ha ve a traditional so urce of support Tbe ACCESS endowshy

ment for student financial assistshy

ance and the rece nt campaign to upgrade th e Food Science

Building are notable examples For more illjormation aboLit

the An17ual FUlld Co ullcil call Al111tal Fund 17l1lnager Tara George at 519-824-4 120 Ex t

390 1 or Putl7S at ext 6384

GRAD NEWS

U of G Degrees ADA = Associate diploma

in agriculture BA =Bachelor of arts BASe = Bachelor of applied

science BComm = Bachelor of

commerce BHSe Bachelor of houseshy

hold science BLA =Bachelor of

landscape architecture BSA = Bachelor of science in

agriculture (pre-196s) BSe(Agr) Bachelor of

science in agriculture BoSe = Bachelor of science BSe(Eng) =Bachelor of

science in engineering BSc(Env) =Bachelor of

19405

bull The Macdonald Institute

Class of 1941 met each other

for the firsl lime in 1939 and

theyve been gelling logelher rvice a year siIlce gradual ion

Celebrating 60 yea rs of fri end shy

ship this year are Mary (Hcx imer) MacLeln Beth

(jackson) Ca rdifF Mo lly

(Pattrson) Nix Frances

(Pellet) Smith Dorolhy

(Pond) Dunn Jeanne (Taylor )

Hamel Phyllis (Weren) Sobel and Evelyn (Eatun ) Pond

bull Jim Morton BSA 47 posed with his son Robert SA 70

and grandsons Jeff Bell 13A

9 1 and Greg Mo rton

SSc( Eng) 99 at Gregs U of

G convocation in June Retired

from a career in the lumber

business Jim is an OAC llu mmiddot ni volunteer al Guclph and is

aClive in cOm11lUnily work in

Burlington Onto Rob ert is

CEO of the Community Care

Access Centre in Simcoe

Coullly Jeff lcaches in Elmvalc

for the Simcoe County Dislricl School Board and Greg is

working Wilh the COnSlliling

engineering firm of Proclor

science in environmental sciences

BSe(HK) Bachelor of science in human kinetics

BSc(pE) = Bachelor of science in physical education

DHE = Diploma in home economics

DVSc = Doctor of veterinary science

DVM =Doctor of veterinary medicine

GO = Graduate diploma MA = Master of arts MAgr = Master of agriculture MBA = Master of business

admininstration MEng =Master of engineering

and Redfern at its Kitchener

office The Guelph lineage

aCl ually bega n in the Morton fami ly with Greg great shy

grantimoliln Anne Pringle

Morton DH E 1914

Greg Morton Jeff Bell and Jim and

Robert Morton

19505

bull Harold Baker BSA 50

writes to w rrect the e-mail

address publi shed in the last

iss lle of the Clepll Alunnls

Friends (111 conlact the retired

University of Saskatchewan

professo r and Il is wife Phyllis

at ha kc r hdukeL1sa~k ca

bull Barney Goodwin-Wilson BSA 50 is serving a two-year

krm as chair of the hoard of

lhe Onta rio Foocllerminal

The Iomnlo facility is the

MFA = Master of fine art MLA Master of landscape

architecture MMS = Master of management studies MSc =Master of science MSc(Aqua) = Master of

science in aquaculture ODA = Ontario diploma in

agriculture ODH =Ontario diploma in

horticulture OdR = Ontario Diploma in

recreation PhD = Doctor of philosophy

larges t who lesale fruit proshy

duce and flower market in

Canada and one of the largest

in orrh America He was forshymerly director and vice-cha ir

of the board

bull Gary Powell ADA 58

stopped at a remote motel in

western klahoma last

Janu ary and stanee a convershysation with th e only other cusshy

tomer at breakfa st the next

morning Turns out they were

both U of G grads Powell and Joe Deli BSc (Agr ) 64 had a

great time reminiscing abo Llt

ca mpus perso nalities they

both knew I guess one is never really very far from home says Powell

bull Dave Valentine BSA 59 has

retired as (o unty engineer for

the County of Brant in

Ontario He previously spent

23 years with Sir Sandford

Fleming College in Peterborough and has served 8S

engineer for the coun ties of Haliburton and Victoria He

and his wife Carole are now

Jiving near Carlisle Send e-mail

to valcntinworldchatcom

19605

bull Manuel Garcia PhD 67 was

recognized by the government

of the Ph ilippines in December

1998 with one of the highest

honours given to Filipinos Jivshy

ing outside the cou ntr y Garcia

is a senior consulting mi crobishy

ologist with lAS Bioshy

Diagnostic and a former

research scientist with

Agriculture and Agri-Food

Canada in Ottawa He is intershy

nationally recognized for his work in veterinary med icin e

and public health on the early detection of ca mpylobacter

salmonella and other foodshy

borne pathogens He is a memshy

ber of several learned profes shy

sional societies and has been involved in a number of intershy

national developm ent projects

He is also a community volunshy

teer and a pioneer in establishshying the National Council of

Canadian Filipino Associations

as the official voice of Filipino

Canadians nationwide bull Tom Hutchison DVM 65 is

a veterinary pathologist with the Nova Scotia provincial

diagnostic lab In 1998 he

passed the board cer tification exa ms for the American

College of Poultry Veterinarians in Baltimore but

the years highlights came in

late summer - a first grandshy

child for Tom and his wife

Eileen in August and the birth

of their own son Scott in

September bull Brian Little ADA 67 BSc(Agr) 72 and MSc 78

was elected president of the

Canadian 4-H Foundation in

May He was previously presishy -dent of the Ca nadian 4-H

Co uncil and a co uDcil represhysentative for his employe r the

Royal Bank of Canada He has been a fou ndation trustee for

f allWinter 1999 33

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several years and has a strong

4-H background as a member

and a club leader

19705

bull Doug Franklin SA 72 was

recen tly a ppoin led execu tive

director of the Multiple

Sclerosis Association of

America its hea d office is in

Cherry Hill NJ He was forshy

merly with the International

Youth Foundation in

Baltimore Md

bull Cathie Leimbach

SSc(Agr) 78 and MAgr 88

visi ted U of G this fa ll as

agrologist-in-residence It was

the sixth year of the program

co-sponsored by OAC and the

Ontario Institute of

Agrologists (OlA ) Raised on

an Ontario dairy and swine

farm Leimbach is past presishy

dent of the OI A and a partner

in STRIVE a team specializshy

in g in training facilitation and

consulting She now lives on a

cash-crop farm in Ohio

bull Willem Moolenbeek BSe

77 and MSe 8 1 studied biolshy

ogy and entomology at U of G

at the same time he was learnshy

ing to play the saxophone with

the Royal Conservatory of

Mu sic He says he still loves

science but music has become

his career A recitalist soloist

and clinician he has been a

saxophone instructor at

McMaster University in

Hamilton Ont fo r 15 years

He also teaches at the 19805

University of Waterloo pri- bull Bruce Brown BSe(Agr)

vately and at the National 85 and his wife Claudia

Music Ca mp of Canada where (Liebscher) BA 84 have three

he sometimes offers an infor- children who are beginning to

mal course on in sect identifi- display their dads musical

cation There are always a few prowess on the kazoo After 14

kids who really dig that he years of dairy farming Bruce

says U of G music lovers want back to school to earn an

enjoyed his saxophone music education degree and is now

at a noon-hour concert in teaching science with the

October Durham District School

bull Peter Vaughan SA 77 and Board

MA 77 was appointed secre- bull Tom Burns BA 89 and MA

tar y general and CEO of the 91 is a member of the

Canadian Medical Association Victoria Police in Melbourne

in June A fa culty member in Australia Last summer he

two departments at John s welcomed visitors from the

Hopkins University and in the RCMP including Kevin Durie

Department of Family BA 93 They quickly estab-

Medicine at the University of lished a U of G connection

Ottawa he is a fo rmer presi- including Duries student

dent of the medical staff at employment at Dcr Keller

Guelph General Hospital and a which was Burns s favourite

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the job says Burns but this

time we spent most of our

time talking about the great

times we had at U of G In

still another coincidence

Durie is married to Christine

Blake-Durie BA 91 and MA

93 who was a member of

Burnss MA group Burns says

other U of G grads travelling

to Melbourne are more than

welcome to drop in

bull Stuart Jackson ADA 87 is

distribution manager for

Burnbrae Farms Ltd in Delta

Onto He sends greetings to all

OAC friends including the

diploma classes of 1979 and

1980

bull Laurel (Murdoch) Koumarelas BComm 84 is

an ESL teacher with the

Toronto School Board She

and her husband Gus live in

Mississauga with their sons

Robert and Evan

bull Trish Looman BA 87

works for Royal LePageshy

Vantage in Guelph She speshy

cializes in residential multishy

unit real estate

bull Laima (Karosas) Laffitte

BSe(Agr) 85 and MAgr 91

lives in Wendover Ont with

her husband Vincent MAgr

91 and their children Yohan

and Marina Laima is the

advertising manager for The

Canadian Veterinary Journal and Vincent is an account

manager at the St Isidore

branch of Scotiabank Theyd

like to hear from classmates

via e-mail at Iaffitteonsymshy

paticoca They also want to let

OAC 85 grads know that the

class executive is building a

Web page at wwwrkdecom

oac85 and needs updated

names and addresses (includshy

ing e-mail) to add to the

directory f IS-year reunion

is being planned for Dec 2

and 32000

bull Cheryl Miller-Oh BASe

91 and her husband Tae live

in Southfield Mich with their

twins Nathalie and Nathan

born in October 1998 She is a

health-care consultant with

Computer Sciences

Corporation Send e-mail to

millerohsprintca

bull Vijay Singh MSe 70 has

been awarded the Arthur K Barton Endowed Professorship

at Louisiana State University

He also recently received an

honorary degree and a

Fulbright Award for his work

in the area of entropy

bull Gayle (Barton) Tapper BSe

81 (biological science) and 83

(computing science) has been

employed at Memorial

University in St Johns Nfld

for 14 years in the Department

of Computing and

Communications She is comshy

pleting graduate work in phishy

losophy and humanities at

Memorial and is the principal

harpist with the

Newfoundland Symphony

Orchestra Last year she

released a CD of Latinworld

traditional music on the South

American harp Visit her Web

site at httpwwwucsmun

cal -gay

bull Carolyn Riddell BA 85 is

running an active arts educashy

tion and paintingprintmaking

studio in Fergus Ont

bull Laura Wilkinson BSe 85

and MSe 87 is a coroner in

British Columbia and lives on

a cattle ranch near 70 Mile

House

19905

bull Kristi Adamo BSc(HK)

96 and MSc 98 and Rob

McMullin BSe 95 were

married in May 1999 and Jive

in Ottawa

bull Michelle (Pilon) Bacon BA

90 has been living in London

England with her husband

Tim and children Juliette and

Lucien but they are planning a

return to Canada They will be

AIRBORNE ALUMNUS Olive Thompson DHE 35 celebrated her 85th birthday

with her head in the clouds She made her first parachute

jump with instructor Scott Borghese in Simcoe Ont in June

and says it was the most exciting thing shes done in her life

Thompson lives in Dunnville and has four children and three

grandchildren When she asked them about the paracbute

jump they told her to go for it Shes considering a repeat I U

jump next year and hopes her adventure will be a good S o

example for other seniors A dedicated member of the class -lt CD

of Mac 35 Thompson was president of the University of s Guelph Alumni Association in 197778 and keeps busy now VI

I

with volunteer work for the Salvation Army Z

living in Calgary and welcome

contact with western grads

and friends from Guelph Send

e-mail to m_e_baconhotshy

maicom

bull Deborah (Panton) Bodden

BASc 93 and her husband

Lyndhurst were married in

1998 and live in Grand

Cayman Cayman Islands

where she teaches primary

schoo

bull Elizabeth Cardno MSe 99

is working with the Rural

Health Research Consortium

at the University of

Saskatchewan developing

research projects on rural

health issues in relation to the

Canadian Institute for Health

Research

bull Jeannine Cote BA 9 J lives

in Hamilton Ont and works

o -lt

as a health -care aide and

home-support worker

bull Jeremy Debling BSe 94 is

a formulation chemist in the

pharmaceutical development

department at Novopharm

Limited in Toronto

bull Angela Dodd BA 93 and

Christopher Kemp

BSe(HK) 94 were married

Aug 14 Theyve bought a new

home in Etobicoke Ont

where he works for Canada

3000 Airlines and at Kingsway

Physiotherapy as a kinesioloshy

gist She is employed at

Manulife Financial in -Waterloo

bull Sheryl Harding Friedrich

BASe 85 is a full-time mom

and part-time nutrition conshy

sultant in Cannington Onto

She and her husband Cal

FallWinter 1999 35

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have three child ren Jonathan

Daniel and Anna

bull Anne Marie (Henwood)

Harman BA 95 is enjoying

her time at home with one shy

year-old Jenna She and her

husband Murray can be

reached bye-mail at 3harshy

mansstormca

bull Rosaleen Heffernan BA 96

and Barry Liboiron BSe 97

were married in August

Theyre both studying at the

University of British

Co lumbia where Liboiron is

doing a PhD in chemistry and

He ffe rnan is completing a

degree in educati on

bull Krista Hilton BASe 95

lives in Halifax with her hlls shy

band Michael Galloway She is

a priest in the Anglican Church

of Canada and serves as curate

a t the Cathedral Church of All

Sain ts Friends can reach her at

aj568chebllctonsca

bull Michael Kennard BA 86

starred as Mump the Clown in

the Canadian Stage Company

production of Mump amp Smoo t

in Something Else With Zug last

winte r at tbe Canadian Stage

Theatre in Toronto

bull Sharon McConnell BSe 90

and MSe 93 went on from U

of G to earn a diploma in

business management from

Wilfrid Laurier University

Since 1995 she has worked in

Toronto as a project director at

Burak Ja co bson Market

Resea rch Partners Ine

bull Michael McKay-Fleming BA

92 has launched two daily

comic strips via the Internet

Check out his Inane Producshy

tions Web site at http mem

bershomenetinaneprod to folshy

low the adventures of a free-spirshy

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OBITUARIES

W illiam Ba rnes DVM 59 died Sept 7

1999 He grew up in th e N iagara area

but spent his professio nal ca ree r in a

ve terina ry prac ti ce in Ill inois He was a

dr ivi ng force in the American Ve ter inary

Medica l Assooatio n and in bo th the

Chicago and IlJin o is assoc iatio ns He

was also a fo un ding mem ber o f the

Ch icago-based Friends of Unicerslty of

Guelph a char itable o rga nizat ion

founded in 1975 to serve Guelph a lumni

living in the United Sta tes

George Dickson BSA 38 di ed Oct 9

1999 H e spen t h is entire career w ith

Canada Packers moving up f[Om mai l

cle rk to exec lltive vice-presid ent and

d irector After retirin g in 1976 he

devoted ma ny vo lu ntee r hours to U of

G 3S a memb er of Boa rd o f Gove rno rs

and the OAC Alumni Associatio n

Jam es Pinkney DVM 37 died July 3

1999 A respected ve ter in aria n in his

hom e to~ll o f Cooksv il le O nt he was

also recog nized as a p remier swi ne

breeder showman and judge He was

active in m any agricultural o rga niza shy

tio ns and in both the Ontario and

Canadian Vete rinary Med ical assoc iashy

tio ns He was a lo ngti me supporte r o f

th e Unive rsity especially the OVC

museum and was named OVC

Di stinguished Alumnus in 1987

Audrey Yea nd le DHE 25 di ed March

17 1999 in St ratford O nto A profes shy

sio nal diet it ia n she wo rked to two hosshy

p itals and tau ght home eco no m ics at

the Jo hn Fi he r School In Toro nto

Active In com munity orga nizatio ns and

her chu rch she was a lo ng time U of G

suppo rter and left an es ta te gift of over

$475000 to p rov ide bursaries for future

Gu elph students

Alumni

Jo hn Andrews DVM 38 June 27 1999

Harris Baker BSA 33 Febru ary 1998

Hu gh Balkwill BSA 53 June 27 1999

John Bowles BA 72 Sept 23 1999

Edward Bowness DVM 32 May 13 1999

Rud y Brown BSA 59 June 29 1999

Walter Bunn BSA 52 Sept 2 1999

Margaret Byrnes DHE 40 Apr il 22 1999

Joa n Cameron DH E 36 April 10 1999

Wil liam Cape ll BSA 54 Aprd 25 1999

T homas Ca rd BSA 47Ju ne 20 1999

Jean a rter DH E 38 Jun e 28 1999

Loi Clipsham D H E 27 Ju ne 23 1999

Bruce Cohoe BSA 3 3 Feb 2 1999

Geoffrey Collins BSA 28 May 21 1999

Al exander C o nnell ADA 60 Ju ly 26

1999

John Currie BA 74 Sep t 18 1999

William C u rrie BSA 59 Nov 27 1998

C arma n Davey DVM 39 Apr il 15 1999

D oug Doerksen ADA 84 Ju ne 5 1999

Joann e DU ll can -Robinson BA 81 and

MA 86 July 22 1999

Robert Erskine BSA 41 May 2 1999

Will ia m Fisher BSA 48 Aug 5 1999

Norm Freeman BSA 49 July 2 1999

Alexander Gc ncr BSA 32 Dee 27 1998

Rudy Goltz BSA 33 July 28 1 999

Tom Grah am BS 50 Dee 3 1998

Ed na Has tings D H E 32 July 11 1999

Jack Hea theringto n DVM 54 April 18

1999

Pa tric ia Hill BSc 96 MMch 9 1999

Ralph Hills BSA 54 June 14 1999

Murray Ho ltby ADA 47 O ct 29 1998

Shawn H owden B 9 1July81 999

james j ackson BSA 34 April 29 1999

Karen ( Re ichardt ) Kister B H Se 70

Ap rilll 1999

Albert Kristjanson BSA 50 Dec 7 1998

John Laffert ) BSA 5 1 Aug II 1999

Ron Lawrence DVM 43 Mel) 4 1999

Ann e Legate BSe 89 March 1999

Tsu-Peng Stephen i iu M Sc 65 Ma)

Hl 1998

Rober t Luckham ADA 58 Jan IS 1999

Jam es Lyons BSA 59 Au g 2~ 1999

Willia m M ack BSc(Eng) 84 Ju ne 7

1999

T helma M artin D HE 41 July 131999

Helen McBratney D lI E 34 in 1998

Allan Bud McCardle BSA 52 May 10

1999

Ri chard M cDonald O AC C la ss of 47

lV1arch 24 1999

john Meeuse ADA 58 July 19 1999

Ra ymond Parr D VM 3 7 Ap ril 7 999

George Plakidas MA 93 date unknown

Virgini a Reed ODH 66 1arch 1 1999

Rose Reynold s D HE 28 Apri l 17 1999

Ern es t Ro bertso n BSA 37 Aug 6 1999

Jam es Ross BSA 34 Au g 23 1999

Gra nt Savage D VM 48 Ma rch 2 1999

Earl Shuh BSA 36 July 5 1999

Eu gene Smith BSA 3 1 Jan 27 1999

Will iam Smyth MA 90 Oc tober 1997

Ch er yl Ann Somerville BSe(Agr) 96

Sept IS 1999

Carl Stevenson BSA 46 Aug 26 1999

Robert Tennant BSA 49 May 5 1999

Gregory Tostevin BA 93 Feb 10 1999

Gerald Trant BSA 51 Sept 1 1999

Bennie Urquhart DV M 54 April 4 1999

Ga il Wamsl ey BA 70 July 24 1998

Gladys Ward D IlE 27 Apri l 8 1999

Catherine Welch BSA 22 Ma rch 3 1998

M abel ( McCa rthy) Ziegler DH E 26

Apr il 29 1999

Facu lty amp Staff Pro f Sid Gilbert Sociolog) and An thro shy

polog) Sept 8 1999

Rev Canon Ritchie McMurray

eCllm enical ch aplain 1968 to 1983

Aug 19 1999

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John Godwin in 1999

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Ed it h Pa tterson in 1993

Andrew Peterson Aug 26 1999

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Frank Watson March 23 1999

Barry Woods Jul y 30 1999

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from Ontario limesto ne but its familiar columns preshy

date the 1874 fo und ing o f the Ontario Agricu ltural Colshy

lege by several yea rs

Originally fronting a fa rmh ouse on Moreton Lodge

Farm the orna te front porch stoo d at the entrance of

the main co ll ege building until the O ld Res idence was

demolished in 1929 to make way for the co nstruction

of Johnston Hall Its believed the portico was erected

on Johnston Green in 1934

Because the ravages of time and weather had weakshy

ened the limestone structure to a dan gerous point it

was dismantled earlier this fall and underwent muchshy

needed repairs to the stonework ceiling and roof The

OAC Class of 1949 raised $75000 to fund the p roject

as a 50th-anniversa ry gift to the ca mpu s and a way to

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Now completely restored the portico is back in place

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elegant reminder of ca mpus histor y and a favour ite

pla ce fo r convocation and wedding photographs

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do gs the resu lts of thi s veterinary resea rch

may have implica tions for trea tin g cance r

in hum ans

Trea tin g lym ph oma traditionally Iequires up to two yea rs of chemoth erap)

An alternative to prolonged chemotherapy is tota l-body ra diat io n and bone mar row

transplantation The procedullt lI SLS the patien ts own marrow extracted before the

trea tment One drawback is the possi bilit y

of transpb nt ing s ick malTOw co ntaining lymphoma (ells back in to the patien t A secshy

o nd drawbac k is th e ex tcnsive ca re and

Icngthy recovery time required By co ntrast ha lf-body radiation takes

onl y three mon ths Ab rams- Ogg explains that became only half of th e body is treatshy

ed at one time enough healthy bone marshy

row remain s to negate a tra nsp lan t By the

time th e seco nd hal f o f the body is irradishyated 30 da ys late r th e pa tien t has hld

eno urh line to recover fro m the first trea tshyment Hes also found that dogs receivi ng

half-bod) radiation generally avoid the sideshyeffects of tull-body trea tment

Abra ms-Ogg says ha lf- body radi ation

has been used on humans to alleviate pain in advanced cancer cases but not to treat

lymphoma The results of this trial do have hUl )la n health implications he SJ) Halt~

hody radilti o n may be used to treat the

sa me types of cancers in people

Resistance to antibiotics

Ensuring the hea lth of farm animals is an

im po rtant fac tor in ensuring th e health of our food supply T hrough col labo ratio ns wi th the Un iversity of Guelphs Department

of Food Science and l1calth Canada a dedshy

icated group of ove resea rch ers is improvshying public health through [ood -sa fe ty

research OnL of those sc ienti sts is Prof Sco tt

McEwen Population Med icine who studies food-animal prod uct io n and on-fa rm issues

by investigati ng microb ial resistance to antib ishyotics and ways to co ntrol pathoge ns such as

E coli during food-animal production Were try ing to red uce the level of exposhy

sure or people to these pathogens an d in tu rn red uce the level of food-borne illness

says I IcEwe n Our goal is to im prove

human health and improve the health of the animal industr )

Microbia l resista nce in pa rticular is a

co mpelli ng issue for agriculture rigbt no w because of a number of eve nts occurring

worldwide that have focus ed attenti on o n the use of antibi otics in foo d-a ni mal pro shy

du ct ion and the po tential impact on h um ans through meat conu mption

McEwen and h is st ud ents are looking at

what types of animals are being exposed to

va ll o us drugs and for how long to better

measure bacterial resistance to antibiot ics Because the agricu ltu ra l industry accounts [or half of to tal antib io tic lls e he says it s

important to look for new ways to improve on-farm manage ment of livestock that wIll

reduce disease Jnd the need for treatme nt

with antibiotics ga

Veterinary medicine contributes to human health sector

The Ontario Veteri nary Co llege (OVC) is at the centre of Ontarios

$44 billion knowledge-based ecoshy

nomic secto r foc using on animal

health and related food qualitysafeshy

ty and biomedicalbiotechnology activities

Although veterinal) medicine is

the main focus of studies at OVC the biomedical science o ption has

the bjgh est enrolment among

Guelphs 30 BSe degree programs

Employers in Canadas $I -billion biotechnology indust ry sa y a degree in ve ter inary med icine will

be an impor tant first step in filling

new positions created by the pracshytical application of current revelashy

tions in molecular biology and cloning technology

OVC is a founding college of the

Universit y of Guelph which receives mo re resea rch funding

from the Medica l Research Co unshycil than any other Ca nadi an uni shy

versity with o ut a medica l school

More than ISO studies have been condu cted using fund s donated

throug h OVes Pet Tr ust by ve tshy

erinarians and pet owners who recshy

ognize the th erapeutic value of the

bond betwee n people and com shypa nion animal s

100 per cent of OVC gradu ates

find em ploymen t withi n six months of gradu ation

50 per cen t of veterinary patholoshygists in North America are -employed directly or indirectly by the pharmaceutical industr y

Fa llWinter 1999 19

a The Royal Society of Canada recognizes an acndelnic career

by Alexander Wooley a scholar Funny hOWasingle pi ece of paper can summarize a lifet ime of study and aCJ demic work that has already fi ll ed

29 books and 85 book chapters an d Journal articles

In june U of G polit ica l science profes~

sor Onkar P Dwivedi received a letter invit~

ing hi m to become a Fello w of th e Royal Society of Canada Its an invitation reserved

for Canadas ltlCJde11i c elite an an nounceshy

men t thM brought congratul atio ns tinged with envy fiom colleagues across Ca nada and

left th is U of G professor answeri ng quips from Guelph collcgues such as Are we still

allowed to share the elevator wi th such an illuSlrious scholar

Dwivedi is indeed an ill ustrious scholar

- th e FRSC is th e hi ghest scholJriy recog~ nition1 Canad ian ~ cad emic ca n recei ve shy

but he is also a personable man who has a deer concern fo r o thers and a sense of humour that allows h illl to ceremo ni ously

wave oth er facult ) and students on to the

elevator as it ri ses to his s ix1h~f1oor offi ce ill the JvlacKi nn on Bu ilding

Known across camp us simply as OP he says its o nl y natural that hlS colleagues

wo uld be a bi t envi ous of th e Royal Society

designation he has felt th at envy himself when congratultting previous recip ien ts

Dwivedi SI) he is d~ep l ) honoured to bL one of 19 U of C lilCul ty wh o hold thl tilk (see page II ) The entire U of C cJm pl co mmunity shOlIcs in Prof l)iveciis dd igh t at bei ng l1amed a fel low I) pruv()t tin

Campbe ll It is a we ll~d lsencd mark of recognition for his distinguished caree r Jnd

vJ lua ble slr vice to i II I l 1Ila I ional dlTlop Ill en t an d the en viron men t

Being n~mcd I Fello of the Rnl11 oci

101) of CI1a d ~ is testimony 10 tile prnrcsnr ~

beli e-I Lhat if you work hard enough you L11l

achieve an ythi ng Th~Is 11) hi colilltr)

is so great he says o f his adopted C~nIJ1 Born in India Dwi ved i came 1( ( anadl

in the early [960 as a gruduatc lttuden Hl co mpl eted a mdst 15 de grec al Carl etull University ~nd a Ph D at QUlln l middot ni~r ishy

ty ~l1 d jo incd the U o f C tJLlti lyin 1967

He hJS advanccd Ihe CallldilI1 view of

political eth ics 111d public scnicc Wl11pI(d

pol icy~mak ing t nd administralioll hetwlcn natio ns and l11aintl ined world iew of enli~

ronll1ental pol iei sand pl1blie alti ludes toward pollu tion And ltI ll the wh ile haring his in sight wilh the l h (l u~llld nf tlllkilts

who halt vied for se1ts ill his classroom

Alt hough C1I1 3d is now hi~ IWll1l Dwivedi main tai ns ~Irong lies with his lill

mer homeland He has mon itored dCIdol

mtnh Ind ehtnge~ ill IndilS pol lulion lt111U

lto INrl ation pol i ~ic ror lll1lo~t 0 )Cltlrs and sucd h J ltnio r ad iser 1(1 Ih (OUlllr )

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ndti( nal distinction and international recogshy

nit ion Just this spring he vis ited Loyo la l [a rymollnt Universit-y in Los An-des as that

insti tutions 1999 Internati onal Scho lJ r

Es tabli shed 117 years lgO the Roya l Society or Canada enco mpasse d ra nge of

discip lin es including the natural and ap plied sc iences medi cine soc ial scien ces MId hu manit ies

Dwi vedi sa) The s()c ic tys invitation is

an honour for me and also a wonderful recogshy

nition for our new coll ege (U of Gs College

of Social and All lied Human Sciences )

A for mer chair of Guel lhs Department of Political Science Dwivedi is pres id ent of

the Ca nadian Asian Stud ies Associa tion and

past lresident of the Canadian Po litica l Scishyence Association He also chairs th e resea rch committee of the International Poli tical Scishy

ence Associat io n

During hi s 32-year career at Guellh he ha s served on the Enviro nm ental Assess shy

)]lent Boa rd of Ontario as a co nsultan t to

the Ca nadian gove rnment as an adviser to th e Wo rld Health Organi za ti o n an d the

Wo rld Bank in In dia Papua New Guinea and Mau ritiu s an d as a sc ientific panel

member with UNESCO In J 99 8 he

received an honorary degree fro m the Unishyve rsity of Leth bridge ga

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ANDREvV VOWLES

m Tiny flashes of blue

light caught by U of G

to physicists in an

undergro und

observatory may eg

tell us the

fate of our

universerunch First tighf wasnt long in coming even in a mine shaft some two kiloshy

metres beneath the Earths surface Within days of turning on a multishy

million-dollar li ght detector near the bottom of a Sudbury nickel mine

scientists from Canada the nited States and the United Kingdom recordshy

ed their first even t Thats physicists lingo for a collision between a tiny

extraterrestrial particle called a neutrino and a molecule of heavy water

Actually what they witnessed last spring was not the encounter itself

- marked by a tell tale fl ash of blue light - but data trickling in quishy

etly from the detectors elaborate instruments sometime after the fact

Still that was enou h to set a few hearts pounding among the collabshy

orators in the Sudb u r y eutrin o Observatory particularly among

Guelph physicists John Simpson Robin Ollerhead and Jimmy Law who

appJaude 1 those early results not just for what they might reveal about

the universe but also as a validation of their painstaking care in conshy

structing and preparing the detector

Fall Winter 1999 23

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[J This is without a doubt the climax of my

career says Simpson whos been invo lved

with the Sudbury N eu trin o Observa to ry

(SNO) project since it was fir s t moo ted by

Canadian physicis ts in th e early 1980s Hes

been studying neutrinos for almost two

decades beginning with experiments in a

Windsor-area sa lt mine

It s th e las t unkn own low-energy area

left he says N eutrin os are s till th e least

understood elementa ry particle of a ll

Thats not for lac k of them T hey re co nshy

sidered to be th e most commo n particles in

the universe and the fund amenta l building

blocks of matter Each seco nd bi lli ons of

neutrinos generated during fusion reactions

in the sun and in sou rces far beyond our

galaxy bombard every square ce ntim etre of

the Earths surface undetected But just try

to catch one So ephemeral a re Ih ey th at

they pass without a mmmur through most

objects including solid rock ni ckel ni ckel

miners - even throu gh the SNO sc ientis ts

monitoring their giant acry li c ball s usshy

pended in a 22-metre-wide cavern two kiloshy

metres down the mine shaft

The $70-million o bse rva to ry s it s nea r

the bottom of Inco Ltd s C reighton nicke l

mine the deepes t wo rkin g min e in North

America and one tha t has opera ted co ntinshy

uously for the last ce ntury

Today the only eAtra terreslrial objects hitshy

ting the site - or more co rrect ly passi ng

through it - are neutrinos Seemingly against

astronomical odds those scientists hope to

use that ball as a kind of cosmic-sized catchshy

ers mitt to stop or deflect enough of these

particles to learn more about them and about

the big wide universe that spawned them

Inside that 12-foot ball are 1000 tonnes

of heavy water which is also used as coolant

inside nuclear reactors Tn fact th e watershy

all $300 million worth - is on loan from

Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (AECL)

Heavy water ho lds the key to SNOs opera-

Taken during construction the photo above

shows the SNO cavity and acrylic vessel At

right the acrylic vessel is surrounded by an 18shy

metre diameter geodesic sphere that supports

nearly 10000 light sensors and reftectors

Scientists hope to U~

tion Because its molecules contain one more

n eutron than in ordinary water its more

likely to in tercept a phantom neutrino That

co llis ion will be marked by faint but telltale

fla shes of light - forma lly kno wn as

Cerenkov radia tion th e characteris tic blu e

glow emitted in a nuclear reactor - to be

picked up by a few of th e 10000 detectors

studding the panels on th e sphere s surface

Perhaps more impo rtan t SNO resea rchers

anticipate that the wa ter will catch all three

types o f neut rinos no t just the o ne captured

by other detec tors around the world

N eutr in os come in three species or

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agiant acrylic ball as a kind of cosmic-sized catchers mitt

flavou rs based on th e kind s of subatomshy

ic particl es tlleyre dssociated with electro n

neutrinos muon neutrinos and tau neu trishy

nos Referring to earlier experiments that

have detected far fewer neutrinos than

expected based on our understanding of

how the universe works Simpso n says most

scientists believe that neutrinos have mass

and the) change type as th ey leave the sun

and thats why Ne havent seen enough of

them Being able to detect the other two

flavours at SNO might allow sc ientis ts to

account for the so -called missing neutrinos

Proving that neutrinos can change their

stripes might als o tell us more about the

likely fate of th e universe itself by solving

another mystery the question of the missshy

ing mass Referring to basic laws of physics

Law says If neutrinos convert th at means

th ey must have mass Why is that imporshy

ta nt Explai ns Ollerhead The amount of

mass thats accounted fo r by the sta rs that

you can see is only about one-tenth of the

total mass the re must be in the universe in

order to cause the interactions and motions

you see W hen people talk about mis si ng

mass thats what th ey re talking about

So the question is where is it l Because

every s tar produces billions of neut rin os

every second the universe is full of neutr ishy

nos These van ishingly small particles could

collectively exert a gravitational pull out of

all proportion to th eir size - enough to

eventually slow the expa nsion of the universe

If neutrin os have ma ss it means the

universe may be heavier than we think says

Simpso n The universe will eventually stop

expanding in a few billion years and collapse

back in on itself Thi s is known as the Big

Crunch Finding evidence of the smoking

gun to either prove or di sprove that theoshy

ry is the purpose of the observatory he says

SNO research bombards other areas of science Adapting physics tools to build SNO

An expert in X-ray back-scattering Guelph

physicist Innes Mackenzie helped the SNO

team about six years ago by adapting his

back-scattering technique to determine the

thickness of a plastic liner that su rrounds

th e entire observatory cavity Made of a

substance called urylon (produced by a

Guelph company) the liner was sp rayed

on to the cavitys concrete surface to screen

ou t radon a radioactive gas that diffuses

even through soLd rock In a project where

an extra millimetre could skew results scishy

entists needed to ensure that the material

was the same thickness all the way arou nd

Mackenzie used X-ray back-scattering

a techniq ue he has developed that might

be llsed to determine say the thickness of

paint applied in an auto assembly plant or

ice buildup on aircraft wings Laurentian

University physicist Doug Hallman says

his research group has worked with

Mackenzie to set up a unique hand- held

monitor and data-recording system which

found the actual thickness of the eightshy

millimetre-dlick polyurethane material to

an accuracy of about 10 per cent

Building new tools from SNO physics

During his graduate studies in physics at

Guelph Tom Andersen helped his PhD

supervisor Prof John Simpson design

devices used to detect background

radioactivity of the heavy wa ter in the

Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO)

and worked on software that simulates

th e movement of high -energy muons

particles created when cos mic rays

encounter the Earths atmosphere All the

while he had his eye on a not-unrelated

topic that became his full-time job after

graduating in 1998

It a desk top planetarium says

Andersen of his astro nomy software

which allows users to view the simulated

night sky - including comets asteroids

satellites a nd stars - on a computer

screen With it yo u can observe the sky

as it appears from your backyard tonight

o r from Jupiter 100 years ago or from

Egypt 3000 years ago

He and his partners a t Toronto-based

Sienna Software Inc have so ld about

10000 copies of Sta rry Night software

dming the past 18 months They began

by selling software that users could down shy

load from the Internet but now make two

CD-ROM versions of the package Starshy

ry Night Deluxe and Starry Night Pro

The first allows users to look at more than

19 million objects from anywh ere in the

solar system and to examin e deta iled

graphics of such things as constellations

Serious astronomy afic ionados use the

pro version to track as teroids learn more

about star motions or create their own

planets to study orbital mechanics

Generally anyone who owns an

as tronomical telesco pe owns a piece of

astronomy software says Andersen You

can take your telescope to your backyard

and connect it to your laptop and then

point to something with Starry Night and

have the telescope steer to it

Applying SNO tools to business

Former phys ics graduate student Myung

Chol Chon now works in the Royal Banks

corporate and investmen t banking offices

in Toronto Modelling the behaviour of

financial assets and pricing derivative secushy

rities might appear removed from the task

of capturing neutrinos but Chon says the

Guelph SNO group gave him an opporshy

tunity to learn various quantitative ana lyshy

sis tools including Monte Carlo simulashy

tion and artificial neural networks I also

gained understanding and experience in

software production via working with the

SNO Monte Carlo Analysis (SNO MAN )

software development team - tools

applicable not only in physical science but

in other areas as well

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-Simpson says ea rly detection of SNOs first

neutrino this summer reflects the high qUJIshy

ity of the obselva tory itself incl uding th t conshy

tribution of the Guelph scientists involved in

designi ng its sophist icated instrum ents Thats why theres a lot of noise abo ut the

fi rst measurem en ts he sa ys Some o ther

detectors have to work harder to get the backshyground radioactivity down Weve shown that

we constructed a very clea n detector

Along with several PhD studen ts and resea rch associates he and his coUeagues buiJt

inst ruments used to monitor and ensure an acceptable level of background radi oactivishy

ty in SNOs innards fiom the hea l) watcr to all the components orthe detector itse lf

The Guelph group developed a very senshy

sitive technique for the measurement of ultrashylow levels of ra dioactivit y in water whi ch is

essential for th e SNO detector to reach its

goals says SNO project director Art McDonshy

ald a phys icist at Queens Universit y Meas uring radioact ivity is our ga me

says resea rch ass oc iate Pillalamarr Jaga m during a tour of Sim psons lab in th e baseshy

ment of the MacNaughton Build in g home

to whJt Jaga m calls the only ul tra-low backshy

ground radi ation research and development

group in Ca nada Po inting to a det ector resemblin g a stainless-steel salad bowl with

a matchin g lid he says the Guelph -made

de vice JS with its co usins on perm anent du ty at SNO picks lip infinitesimally small

amounts of ra dioactivity emitted naturall y

by the observa torys compo nents

Ja ga m helps run th ose dev ices at SNO

fo llowin g up on his role as superv iso r of a

cl ea nin g crew d urin g SNOs constru ction SNO is the larges t clean-room ever olltside

of the electron ics industry he says Its

cleaner th an yo ur avera ge dinner plate

Above Muon neutrinos produced from cosmic

rays which strike Earths abnosphere are detectshy

ed by the SNO light sensors producing a coneshy

shaped pattern of energy Right An artists

sketch of the SNO detector shows the central

acrytic vessel now filled with 1000 tons of heavy

water and surrounded by 7000 tons of ultra

pure regular water Scientists monitor the obsershy

vatory from the room located above the sphere

26 GU ELP H ALUM NUS

In two years we mayI

Unlike th eir fell ow labourers in the m in e

who normall y hit the sbowers aft er a lo ng

day on the ore face th e scientists monitorshy

ing th e o bse rvatory must shower bef ore enterin g their facility Simil ar standa rds are mlintained tor the heavy water in th e acrylic

vessel which is fil tered dail y Jnd tested for ambient rad ioactivit y It s the purcst water

in th e wo rld says Jian Wang for merly J

research associate in Simpsons lab and now a consultant wi th U of Gs GUA RD In c

The Guelph-dc-signed instruments h ave

prove n lIseful in rela ted but more fa r-flung

applications JagaJl1 says scientists building

lgt

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CI

ly know if the universe will eventually collapse

ye t an oth er neutrino observatory in Italy consulted with U of G physicists on radia shyti on measurement Closer to home he has helped Prof Richard Protz Land Reso urce Science quantify minute amounts of radioac tive cesium in so il samples taken from the Ecuadorean Andes an d from the Chernobyl site in Ukrain e

Law a particle physicist [las been involved since 1991 in writin g and test ing simulation software used by the project colshylaborators to model the workings of th e SNO detecto r With the detector now opershyating the package - dubbed SNOMAN shywill be used to analyse the data it generates OUerhead who first encountered SNO while chair of the Department of Physics has long worked in expe rim en tal nuclear physics using accelerators such as th e one run by AECL in Cbalk River Ont Todays investishygations at SNO draw on at least one aspect of his ea rlier resea rch in Los Alamos New Mexico where he developed neutral current detectors of the sort expec ted to help SNO sn iff out all three neutrino flavo urs

Sim psons graduate student Nathaniel Tagg is studying cosmic ray particles called muons which are detected as a byproduct in the obse rvatory Unlike neutrinos muons come from cosmic rays - or ionized nuclei - which begin Jife far beyond the solar sysshytem perhaps generated by stars exploding into supernovas or by shock waves emanating from collapsing black holes When these cosmic rays hit the Earths atmosp here th ey create extremely high-energy particles that can be detected by SNO some alon e or in pairs like bullets others in a shower like shotgun pelshylets Comparing the ratio of single bullets to shotgun blas ts may tell Tagg something about how the particles originated When you build a detector you get a lot of things for free he says Muons are considered background to most of the collaboration but there are some interes ting physics you ca n do with them

Beyond Guelph the SNO collaboration brings together almost 100 scientists from II universi ties and labs in Canada the United Sta tes and the United Kingdom Canad ian participants includ e university resea rchers from Queens Car leton Laurentian Britisll

Columbia and Guelph Wby Ca nada Canashyda has a lot of heavy water because of its nuclear power reactor development the CANshyDU reactor says OUerhead Basically Canashyda is tbe only country that can do the expershyiment using heavy water which is what gives this its unique flavour The other thing is the undergro und aspect All the neutrino expershyimen ts are done underground for shielding from cosm ic rays and other sources of backshyground radiation The nickel mine in Sudbury is the deepest site in North America

Its al so important that Creighton mine is a working facility says Si mpson [t has

Physics faculty

and students are

an integral part of (PES

Physics is one of five departments and schools in the College of Physshyical and Engineeri ng Science ( CPES) Physics has more Roya l Society fellows than any other department on campus Since 1993 ten CPES students including two in physics have received National Research Coun shycil awards under the agen cys Women in Engin eering and Scishyence Program In 1999 CPES laun ched an inteshygrated four-year degree program in technology with Seneca College in Toronto majors in physics and technology or applied pharmace ushytical chemistry CPES plans to launch a new undershygraduate degree in computing scishyence next year to promote U of G strengths in bioinfomatics neural networks genetic algo rithm s and embedded systems CPES offers a unique program called MPC2 that provides enriched studies in mathematics physics chemistry and computing science

to be active because its the only way you can maintain the safety of th e mine SNOs control room occupies a drift (miners talk for a corridor) 6800 fee t below the surface deep enough to accommodate a stack of about five CN Towers

Dw-ing the observatorys construction a regular express ca ge whisked visitors directly down No9 shaft to the detector as fast as a car travelling on a cit) street The shaft also served as the delivery conduit for the SNO components Site manager Dunshycan Hepburn recall s es pecially the three months that it took to ship the [000 tonnes of heavy water underground The eleva tor could take six tonnes at a time he says so we had an elaborate schedule involving six tanker cars fill ed overnight and sent down early in th e morning on a specially schedshyuled cage Adds mine manage r John Gill J dont think we spilled a drop

Now using regularly scheduled cages scishyentists crowd shoulder to sho ulder in the elevator with up to 40 miners during the 20-minute ride along the sloping ore seam Everyone in the collaboration is expected to spend a certain number of shifts actualshyly operating the detec tor says O llerhead This is partly to save money but also par tshyly because th e physicists are the ones with the vested interes t and should be involved Collaborators might spend seve ral weeks in Sudbury at a time for up to six weeks a year

SNO scien tists expect to learn definitiveshyly within two years whether or not neutrishynos have mass They also anticipate that the observatory will yield information about the sun and about other st ructures far beyond our galaA) The missing mass question is a way of studying supnnovas notes Ollershyhead There are many applications of this detector beyond just neutrinos from the sun

Why should anyone ca re about what these infinitesimally small particles teU us about cosshymic-sized questions If youre going to be an ad vance d and civilized country then you should be thinking about fundamental quesshy shytions and not just about where your next meal is coming from says Simpson Thats the difshyference I think between a civili7ed society and a society that just lives from day to day ga

FallWinter 1999 27

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

alU bull

ALUMNI PROFILES

ALUMNUS OF HONOUR

FORMER OAC DEA N Rick Richards BSA 38 was recogn ized for

his lifelong commi tment to excellence in admini stration teachshy

ing research and ex tension wh en he vas named 1999 AlumLlus of Honour by th e Un ive rsity o f Guelph Alumn i Associat ion The preshy

sen tation was made durin g Alumni Weekend in lun e

Ri chard s bega n hi s ca ree r in soil sc ience and pion ee red the

process of soil classifi ca ti on and map pin f for Ontario As head of

th e Un iversitys Depa rtm ent of Land Resou rce Science he spearshyheaded the constr uct ion o f new fa cili ties provided leadership in

the deve lopment of broader more sc ientifi c program s and th e

expansioLl o f fa culty and obta ined more lan d areas for departshymental resea rch He was appointed the first dea n of OAC in 1962

and was one o r the fou r principal academi c leade rs ho shared in

es tab lishin g the Universit y of Guelph After co mpleting two terms as dean he return ed to teac hing and retired in [98 1

As a professiona l agrologist Richards impleme nted pl ans ror

the Canadian Agri cultural Researc h Co un ci l as it s fi rst president

and was pres id ent o f the Ca nadian Soc iety of Su il Science th e Ontari o Institute of Ag rologists and tht Agricu ltural Institu te of

Can ada He was also the Canadian representa ti ve to th e United

Nations Food and Agricu lture O rga nizltJtion

ALUMNI VOLUNTEER AWARD

DAv ID ADAMS BSA 49 has always made his alma mater a pri shy

o ri t) and in 1999 th e Unive rsity of Guelph Alumni Associashy

tion app lauded th at loya lty by presentin g him with its 1999 Alulll shyni Volu nteer Awa rd

Adams has demo nstrated a devot ion to volun teer excellence

through his com mitment to the Universit y OAC and hi s alumni

ii class OAC 49 He was UGAA pres ident in 196869 president of

d the OAC Alu Jllni Associatio n in 196566 and a member of the Unishy

~ versi ty Senate and Boa rd of Governors fro m 1970 to 1973 In add ishy

~ tion he has Jllade mu ltiple contr ibu tions to OAC 49 ac tivities He

~ was instrumenta l in orga ni zin g 50th-anniversary class celebrations ~ for Alumni middotWeekend 99 which included the ded ication of the Yea r

~ 49 OAC po nd ga rden at th e Arbo retum Cent re and the res torashy

~ ti on of the Johnston Hall portico u ~ Adamss giving sp irit car ri es over into his pro(ess iona lli fc He

~ has had a distingu ished career in the ag ri -food indust ry and was laquo ~ general manager of the Canadian Meat Co uncil whe n hL reti red in

~ 1993 He cont inues to share hi s expertise with the co unc il and as

~ a volu ntee r for th e Royal Ag ri cultural inter Fair and th e Ca nashy~ dian Nat ional Exhibition FARlv

28 G UHPH ALU I NUS

HIGHLIGHTS middot GRAD NEWSmiddot OBITUARIESmiddot CALENDAR

ALUMNI MEDAL OF ACHIEVEMENT

DR AD RIAN P ARKS WO RK in th e area o f minimally invasive

surge ry has earned him international recogniti on as a leading surgeo n and educa tor in his fi eld His advancements in the use of

laparoscop ic techniques have improved treatm ent for an ex tensive

range of med ica l disorders that in the past could only be handled

thro ugh trad itional sur gery [n 1997 he was recruited to establish a new program at th e Uni ve rsity of Kentucky

Pa rk was honoured th is spring wit h the Universit y of Guelph flumni Associati ons Alumni Medal of Achievem ent He received

a bachelor of science fro m Gu elph in 1985 and a doctor o f med ishycine from McMaster University in 1987

He completed his training at St Josephs Hos pital and rilcMasshy

ter Uni ve rsity Affiliated Hosp ital s in Hamilto n O nt and at the

Uni versit) of Montrea l before Jo ining St Jose phs as a ge neral surshy

geo n in 1994

The Guelph meda l recognizes th e professional leadership and achievements demons trated in Parks still- yo un g career and his

compassionate ca re of pati ents He and his wife Jennifer 8A 84 have three children Hilary Meredith and Evan

ove DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS

DUNCAN SINC LAIRS CONTR IB UTIO NS to career an d soc iety have prove n bis leadersh ip and expe rtise in hea lth sciences He gradshy

uated fro m OVC in 1958 and received a master of sc ience fro m OAC in 1960 specializing in nutriti on He then earn ed a PhD in

physiology at Queens University in 1963 and bega n a ca reer focused

primaril y on human health Sinclair was ltl consultant to th e Ontario Ministry of Agriculture

Food and Rural Affairs on the Animals for Research Act ilnd bega n

his academic career at Q uee ns as dean of arts and science in 1974 He went on to serve as vice-principal institutional relati ons sershy

vices an d hea lth sciences before assum ing the role of dea n of medshy

icine He ret ired from Queens in 1996 He has heJd other prestishy

gious positi ons including directo r general of the Medical Resea rch

Council and was tile recipient of OVes Schofield ]V[edal in 1983

Sinclair is now deeply involved in advising the Ontario minisshy

ter of hea l til on ways to reinvest and res tructure th e delivery of health services in the province He chairs the Hea lth Services

Restr ucturin g Co mmission an independent body of health

experts and professionals appointed to redesign tbe provincial

health system

FallWinter 1999 29

alumni Matters

-ORDER OF OACU of G Can1pus ESTABLISHED MARY AND RlCK RICHARDS longtime OAC supporterWelcoilles Alumni

ABSA 38 are the first inductees Membership in the order is

into the Order of OAC estabshy limited to the first 50 individshy

LUMNI WEEKEND J999 orga nizing committee and says lished ea rli er thi s year by the uals who give $1 00000 or more

brought more th an 1300 proceeds will be used to help the OAC Alumni Fo undation to as bequests irrevocable insurshy

visitors to campus June 18 to 20 class establi sh a mille nnium recognize significant contribushy ance policies planned gifts or

In addition to th e traditi o nal scholarship to co mmemorate its tions to its end owment fund cash donations Gifts may be

awards luncheon hosted by U of 25 th anni versar)1 of graduation Rick served as dean of OAC applied as endowments to the

G president Mordech ai Rozanshy The Uni vers it y of Guelph [Tom 1964 to 1972 (see sto ry OAC Alumni Foundation or to

ski there we re man y spec ial Alumni Associat ion held its on page 28) Mary also worked the college as approved by the

events and cla ss reunions The ann ual meeting during Alumni in the college and has been a fou ndation directors

new Order of OAC was preshy Wee kend and elected a new slate

sented to Mary and Rick of offi cers for 1999 2000 Scott

Richards BSA 38 at th e Go ldshy va nEnge n BSc(Ag r) 88 presshy

en Anniversary Dinner and the id ent Robin-Lee Norris BA 80

Class of J974 hosted a reuni on first vice-pres ident John Tatson

dinner with Calgary Flames BA 69 seco nd vice-president

Hockey Club CEO Ron Bremshy Rita Sterne BComm 87 secshy

ner BA 7 J as guest speaker Bill Imiddotetar) and Brad Hull BA 89

Laidlaw BA 74 chaired the treasurer

President Mordechai Rozanski and representatives of the alumni

classes and individuals who supported U of Gs six new themati c

gardens cut the ribbon to officially open them duri ng Alumni Weekshy

end From left are Bill Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 61 Don Gri eve

BSA 55 and MSA 57 Harold Shield BSA 51 Sandra Hannam uJ CD Clay Switze r BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rozanski Marilyn Robinson ~ I Murray BH5c 55 Ted McNinch BSA 49 Bruce Stone BSA 53 u VI

Z and MSA 54 Harold Bentley BSA 64 and MSc 66 Craig Hunter lt

B5c(AgL) 74 and MSc 77 and Les Laking BSA 39 and HDSC 71 The conservatory greenhouse was unveiled moments later by gtshyCD

Don Rutherford BSA 51 who gave the leadership gift ensuring VI o

it s res toration on behalf of his famil y 5 I -

Ginty jocius BSc(Agr) 70 left chair of the OAC Alumni Foundation

presents the Order of OAC to Mary and Rick Richards BSA 38

Enjoying the Class of 1974 re union dinner are from left jerry Orga n

BSc(PE) 71 Ron Bremner BA 71 Gail Bremner Paul Henry MA 71

and Bill Laidlaw BA 74

30 GUELPH ALUMNUS

GRYPHON SPIRIT DOMINATES HOMECOMING

UOF G students shared the stands with alumni who came to campus Sept 25

to watch the football Gryphons defeat their long- standing varsity rival the University of Toronto Blues During the weeke nd the Gryphon Club Hall of Fame inducted five Gryphon swimmers filled the gold pool at the 21st ann ual Alumni Relay Swim Meet

and president Mordechai Rozanski hostshyed a luncheon attended by more than 200 alumni and current students who have received sc holarships and awards or who

participated in the volunteer peer helper prog ram

ALUMNI SWIM TO THE TOP

FORMER GRYPHON SW IMMER S Peter Koli snyk BSc(HK) 83 and Denise

(FarndaJe) vVatso n BASe 85 were recogshyni zed at the ann ual Homecoming sw im mee t for having attended more often th an any other alumni Other participants includshyed 1999 graduates Nico le Weber BSe CEng ) Greg Steinberg BSc(HK) and Nancy Sweetnam BComm who has been a memshy

ber of two Canadian Ol ympic teams ( 1992 and 1996) The alumni team defeated the stud ent teams with the help of Leo n

Homecoming J

r ~

Form er Guelph mayor and sports broadcaster Norm la ry received the Gryphon Club Hall of

Fame Merit Award Sept 24 at the annual induction c re mony that also honoured five former

Gryphon athletes From left are Paul Willi ams a cross-country and track athlete and three-time

Canadian Olympian Bob Pronk BComm 82 Ontario and Canadian cham pionship wrestler

Dave Guest BComm 87 a former all middotstar soccer and vo lleyba ll player Gladys Williams BA

69 MVP in both wo menS fi eld hockey and ice hockey lary and Mark Brown BComm 81

Wi ldman Trophy winner and football capta in The Gryphon Club also recognized the 1974 mens

rugby OUAA championship team

Garstecki Gryphon diving coach in the midshy Dale a longtime Gryp hon supporter and a I 970s and retired botany professo r Hugh national record-b olding masters swimmer

bull49 VETS MEET AT TRAlEE The OVC Cla ss of 1949 produced a la sting memory of its 50th

anni versary by filming the lune 18 gathering held at Tralee Farms

the home of class member Ray Cormack Classmates travelled from

across Canada and the United States to attend th e reunion which

included a luncheon a visit from U of G president Mordechai Rozanshy

ski and a tour of Cormacks farm and antique carriage collection

The organizing committee of Dave House Bill Mitchell Ken Fisk

and lim Arch ibald succeeded in producing a golden-anniversary

memento that captu res the days events and everyone in attendance

as they comment on their lives since graduating from OVe -Proceeds from the sale of the v ideos will support the OVC 49

Memorial Scholarship Fund Cost is $25 each To place an order call

Vikki Tremblay at Alumni House 519-824-4120 Ext 65 44 I D

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alumni Matters

2000 Coming Events

Jan 26 - Careers Night hostshyed by Mac-FACS Alumni Assoshy

ciation For informatio call Laurie MalleaLi at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Careers Night hostshyed by HAFA Alumni Associashy

tion For information call Laushyrie Malleau at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Aggie Good Times Banquet Call the OAC Studwl Federation at Ext 8321 for tickshyet information Feb 3 - Job hir at Bingeman Park in Kitchener complishy

mentary bus service from Unishyversity Centre for students and

alumni For directions and a list of employers call U of G

Career Services at Ext 22 13

Feb 11 - Deadline for nomshy

ina tions for U of G Alumni Association Alumnus of Honshy

our Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment and Alumni Volunteer

Award and the OVC Distinshy

guished Alumnus Call Carla Bradshaw at Ext 6657 for details March 1 - Annual alumni

Florida reunion at Maple Leaf

Estates Port C harlotte Florishyda For information call alumshyni programs at 519-824-4120

Ext 6657 send e-mail to alumshyniuoguelphca or call Jack Hanna in Florida after Jan 1

at 813-645-0905

March 18 amp 19 - College

Ro yal

March 31 amp April 1 - OAC

Alumni Association annual

bonspiel at the Guelph Curlshy

ing Club and Guelph Country w Club Call Carla Bradshaw at ~ txt 6657 to register c u bull For more information on anyU)

z alumni event call the U of G ltC extension listed at 519- 824shy20 r 4120 or send e-mail to al11111shyCD

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32 CUEIPH ALUM N US

EA RLIER THIS YEAR U ofG

introduced a new approacll to fund-raising that centres on

academic priorities identified by

the ix colleges Now the Unishy

ve rsit y expa nds this initiative

through the formation of a new Annual Fund Cou ncil that will

recruit volunteers to proactiveshy

ly help meet tll0se funding goals

By enlarging the partnershy

ship between academics and fund-raisers we arc focusing our

efforts more clearly on the Un ishy

versi tys overall stra tegic objecshy

tives says Rudy Putns executive

director of campaign progra ms

We are calling on coUege deans to help ensure that our annual

giving programs are providing

the grea test possible benefit to

students Our volunteer and pro-

ALUMNI CElEBRATE NEW HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE CENTRE

The Human KineticsHuman Biology Alumni Association

presented a sketch of the John T Powell Building to U of Cs

new Health and Perfor mance Centre at a June 19 reunion of alumni and former staff Artist Joan Harper BSe(HK)

82 left and retired professor John Powell right witnessed

a presentati on by association pres ident Janet Leonhard BSe(HK) 82 to Prof Terry Graham

SilENT AUCTION MAKES NOISE

A silent auction held Sept 14 to 16 a t the Ou tdoo r Farm

Show in Woods tock Ont ge nshy

erated a lot of excitement and

goodwill in OACs 125th shyanniversary year and raised

$51000 that wi ll support stu shy

dent recruitm ent programs in

the college The auction was organized by Cinty Jocius BSc(Agr) 70 president of

Ginty Jocius amp Associates of

Guelph on behalf of the OAC Alumni Foundation

Auction items donated by friends and exhibitors at th e

farm show included everylhing

from farm equipment and supshyplies to a seven-month-old lla shyma named (-i nty Lorie Jocius

BASe 72 purchased her husshy

bands namesake and gave it to

OAC as an anniversary presen t at th e Sept 25 Heritage Banshy

quet and Ball

FUND-RAISI NG PARTNERSHIPS GROW

fessional fund -raislls wiJl spend

more of thei r time making pershy

so nal requ es ts for gifts to the University and less time on inshy

house administra tion

Members of the Annual Fund

Council will invite donations

Crom alumni members of the campu~ community the paren ts

of current students graduating

classes members of the various

gift clu bs (Presidents Council

etc) and selected corporations

foundations and associations

Development and Public Affairs staff will help target vol unteer

efforts where they wi ll have the

stronges t impact on growin g don or particip ation and fund shy

razsing results

Annual giving is one of the

most crucial parts of an institushy

tion s developmen t agenda says Putns Annu al donors help

maintain the quali ty of estabshylished academic programs espeshy

cially in times of reduced pubshy

lic fundin g he says They also

provide a foundation for special

fun cl-rai sing cam paigns shycampaigns that enable the Unishy

ve rsity to grow by providi ng

funds for major projects that do

not ha ve a traditional so urce of support Tbe ACCESS endowshy

ment for student financial assistshy

ance and the rece nt campaign to upgrade th e Food Science

Building are notable examples For more illjormation aboLit

the An17ual FUlld Co ullcil call Al111tal Fund 17l1lnager Tara George at 519-824-4 120 Ex t

390 1 or Putl7S at ext 6384

GRAD NEWS

U of G Degrees ADA = Associate diploma

in agriculture BA =Bachelor of arts BASe = Bachelor of applied

science BComm = Bachelor of

commerce BHSe Bachelor of houseshy

hold science BLA =Bachelor of

landscape architecture BSA = Bachelor of science in

agriculture (pre-196s) BSe(Agr) Bachelor of

science in agriculture BoSe = Bachelor of science BSe(Eng) =Bachelor of

science in engineering BSc(Env) =Bachelor of

19405

bull The Macdonald Institute

Class of 1941 met each other

for the firsl lime in 1939 and

theyve been gelling logelher rvice a year siIlce gradual ion

Celebrating 60 yea rs of fri end shy

ship this year are Mary (Hcx imer) MacLeln Beth

(jackson) Ca rdifF Mo lly

(Pattrson) Nix Frances

(Pellet) Smith Dorolhy

(Pond) Dunn Jeanne (Taylor )

Hamel Phyllis (Weren) Sobel and Evelyn (Eatun ) Pond

bull Jim Morton BSA 47 posed with his son Robert SA 70

and grandsons Jeff Bell 13A

9 1 and Greg Mo rton

SSc( Eng) 99 at Gregs U of

G convocation in June Retired

from a career in the lumber

business Jim is an OAC llu mmiddot ni volunteer al Guclph and is

aClive in cOm11lUnily work in

Burlington Onto Rob ert is

CEO of the Community Care

Access Centre in Simcoe

Coullly Jeff lcaches in Elmvalc

for the Simcoe County Dislricl School Board and Greg is

working Wilh the COnSlliling

engineering firm of Proclor

science in environmental sciences

BSe(HK) Bachelor of science in human kinetics

BSc(pE) = Bachelor of science in physical education

DHE = Diploma in home economics

DVSc = Doctor of veterinary science

DVM =Doctor of veterinary medicine

GO = Graduate diploma MA = Master of arts MAgr = Master of agriculture MBA = Master of business

admininstration MEng =Master of engineering

and Redfern at its Kitchener

office The Guelph lineage

aCl ually bega n in the Morton fami ly with Greg great shy

grantimoliln Anne Pringle

Morton DH E 1914

Greg Morton Jeff Bell and Jim and

Robert Morton

19505

bull Harold Baker BSA 50

writes to w rrect the e-mail

address publi shed in the last

iss lle of the Clepll Alunnls

Friends (111 conlact the retired

University of Saskatchewan

professo r and Il is wife Phyllis

at ha kc r hdukeL1sa~k ca

bull Barney Goodwin-Wilson BSA 50 is serving a two-year

krm as chair of the hoard of

lhe Onta rio Foocllerminal

The Iomnlo facility is the

MFA = Master of fine art MLA Master of landscape

architecture MMS = Master of management studies MSc =Master of science MSc(Aqua) = Master of

science in aquaculture ODA = Ontario diploma in

agriculture ODH =Ontario diploma in

horticulture OdR = Ontario Diploma in

recreation PhD = Doctor of philosophy

larges t who lesale fruit proshy

duce and flower market in

Canada and one of the largest

in orrh America He was forshymerly director and vice-cha ir

of the board

bull Gary Powell ADA 58

stopped at a remote motel in

western klahoma last

Janu ary and stanee a convershysation with th e only other cusshy

tomer at breakfa st the next

morning Turns out they were

both U of G grads Powell and Joe Deli BSc (Agr ) 64 had a

great time reminiscing abo Llt

ca mpus perso nalities they

both knew I guess one is never really very far from home says Powell

bull Dave Valentine BSA 59 has

retired as (o unty engineer for

the County of Brant in

Ontario He previously spent

23 years with Sir Sandford

Fleming College in Peterborough and has served 8S

engineer for the coun ties of Haliburton and Victoria He

and his wife Carole are now

Jiving near Carlisle Send e-mail

to valcntinworldchatcom

19605

bull Manuel Garcia PhD 67 was

recognized by the government

of the Ph ilippines in December

1998 with one of the highest

honours given to Filipinos Jivshy

ing outside the cou ntr y Garcia

is a senior consulting mi crobishy

ologist with lAS Bioshy

Diagnostic and a former

research scientist with

Agriculture and Agri-Food

Canada in Ottawa He is intershy

nationally recognized for his work in veterinary med icin e

and public health on the early detection of ca mpylobacter

salmonella and other foodshy

borne pathogens He is a memshy

ber of several learned profes shy

sional societies and has been involved in a number of intershy

national developm ent projects

He is also a community volunshy

teer and a pioneer in establishshying the National Council of

Canadian Filipino Associations

as the official voice of Filipino

Canadians nationwide bull Tom Hutchison DVM 65 is

a veterinary pathologist with the Nova Scotia provincial

diagnostic lab In 1998 he

passed the board cer tification exa ms for the American

College of Poultry Veterinarians in Baltimore but

the years highlights came in

late summer - a first grandshy

child for Tom and his wife

Eileen in August and the birth

of their own son Scott in

September bull Brian Little ADA 67 BSc(Agr) 72 and MSc 78

was elected president of the

Canadian 4-H Foundation in

May He was previously presishy -dent of the Ca nadian 4-H

Co uncil and a co uDcil represhysentative for his employe r the

Royal Bank of Canada He has been a fou ndation trustee for

f allWinter 1999 33

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several years and has a strong

4-H background as a member

and a club leader

19705

bull Doug Franklin SA 72 was

recen tly a ppoin led execu tive

director of the Multiple

Sclerosis Association of

America its hea d office is in

Cherry Hill NJ He was forshy

merly with the International

Youth Foundation in

Baltimore Md

bull Cathie Leimbach

SSc(Agr) 78 and MAgr 88

visi ted U of G this fa ll as

agrologist-in-residence It was

the sixth year of the program

co-sponsored by OAC and the

Ontario Institute of

Agrologists (OlA ) Raised on

an Ontario dairy and swine

farm Leimbach is past presishy

dent of the OI A and a partner

in STRIVE a team specializshy

in g in training facilitation and

consulting She now lives on a

cash-crop farm in Ohio

bull Willem Moolenbeek BSe

77 and MSe 8 1 studied biolshy

ogy and entomology at U of G

at the same time he was learnshy

ing to play the saxophone with

the Royal Conservatory of

Mu sic He says he still loves

science but music has become

his career A recitalist soloist

and clinician he has been a

saxophone instructor at

McMaster University in

Hamilton Ont fo r 15 years

He also teaches at the 19805

University of Waterloo pri- bull Bruce Brown BSe(Agr)

vately and at the National 85 and his wife Claudia

Music Ca mp of Canada where (Liebscher) BA 84 have three

he sometimes offers an infor- children who are beginning to

mal course on in sect identifi- display their dads musical

cation There are always a few prowess on the kazoo After 14

kids who really dig that he years of dairy farming Bruce

says U of G music lovers want back to school to earn an

enjoyed his saxophone music education degree and is now

at a noon-hour concert in teaching science with the

October Durham District School

bull Peter Vaughan SA 77 and Board

MA 77 was appointed secre- bull Tom Burns BA 89 and MA

tar y general and CEO of the 91 is a member of the

Canadian Medical Association Victoria Police in Melbourne

in June A fa culty member in Australia Last summer he

two departments at John s welcomed visitors from the

Hopkins University and in the RCMP including Kevin Durie

Department of Family BA 93 They quickly estab-

Medicine at the University of lished a U of G connection

Ottawa he is a fo rmer presi- including Duries student

dent of the medical staff at employment at Dcr Keller

Guelph General Hospital and a which was Burns s favourite

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the job says Burns but this

time we spent most of our

time talking about the great

times we had at U of G In

still another coincidence

Durie is married to Christine

Blake-Durie BA 91 and MA

93 who was a member of

Burnss MA group Burns says

other U of G grads travelling

to Melbourne are more than

welcome to drop in

bull Stuart Jackson ADA 87 is

distribution manager for

Burnbrae Farms Ltd in Delta

Onto He sends greetings to all

OAC friends including the

diploma classes of 1979 and

1980

bull Laurel (Murdoch) Koumarelas BComm 84 is

an ESL teacher with the

Toronto School Board She

and her husband Gus live in

Mississauga with their sons

Robert and Evan

bull Trish Looman BA 87

works for Royal LePageshy

Vantage in Guelph She speshy

cializes in residential multishy

unit real estate

bull Laima (Karosas) Laffitte

BSe(Agr) 85 and MAgr 91

lives in Wendover Ont with

her husband Vincent MAgr

91 and their children Yohan

and Marina Laima is the

advertising manager for The

Canadian Veterinary Journal and Vincent is an account

manager at the St Isidore

branch of Scotiabank Theyd

like to hear from classmates

via e-mail at Iaffitteonsymshy

paticoca They also want to let

OAC 85 grads know that the

class executive is building a

Web page at wwwrkdecom

oac85 and needs updated

names and addresses (includshy

ing e-mail) to add to the

directory f IS-year reunion

is being planned for Dec 2

and 32000

bull Cheryl Miller-Oh BASe

91 and her husband Tae live

in Southfield Mich with their

twins Nathalie and Nathan

born in October 1998 She is a

health-care consultant with

Computer Sciences

Corporation Send e-mail to

millerohsprintca

bull Vijay Singh MSe 70 has

been awarded the Arthur K Barton Endowed Professorship

at Louisiana State University

He also recently received an

honorary degree and a

Fulbright Award for his work

in the area of entropy

bull Gayle (Barton) Tapper BSe

81 (biological science) and 83

(computing science) has been

employed at Memorial

University in St Johns Nfld

for 14 years in the Department

of Computing and

Communications She is comshy

pleting graduate work in phishy

losophy and humanities at

Memorial and is the principal

harpist with the

Newfoundland Symphony

Orchestra Last year she

released a CD of Latinworld

traditional music on the South

American harp Visit her Web

site at httpwwwucsmun

cal -gay

bull Carolyn Riddell BA 85 is

running an active arts educashy

tion and paintingprintmaking

studio in Fergus Ont

bull Laura Wilkinson BSe 85

and MSe 87 is a coroner in

British Columbia and lives on

a cattle ranch near 70 Mile

House

19905

bull Kristi Adamo BSc(HK)

96 and MSc 98 and Rob

McMullin BSe 95 were

married in May 1999 and Jive

in Ottawa

bull Michelle (Pilon) Bacon BA

90 has been living in London

England with her husband

Tim and children Juliette and

Lucien but they are planning a

return to Canada They will be

AIRBORNE ALUMNUS Olive Thompson DHE 35 celebrated her 85th birthday

with her head in the clouds She made her first parachute

jump with instructor Scott Borghese in Simcoe Ont in June

and says it was the most exciting thing shes done in her life

Thompson lives in Dunnville and has four children and three

grandchildren When she asked them about the paracbute

jump they told her to go for it Shes considering a repeat I U

jump next year and hopes her adventure will be a good S o

example for other seniors A dedicated member of the class -lt CD

of Mac 35 Thompson was president of the University of s Guelph Alumni Association in 197778 and keeps busy now VI

I

with volunteer work for the Salvation Army Z

living in Calgary and welcome

contact with western grads

and friends from Guelph Send

e-mail to m_e_baconhotshy

maicom

bull Deborah (Panton) Bodden

BASc 93 and her husband

Lyndhurst were married in

1998 and live in Grand

Cayman Cayman Islands

where she teaches primary

schoo

bull Elizabeth Cardno MSe 99

is working with the Rural

Health Research Consortium

at the University of

Saskatchewan developing

research projects on rural

health issues in relation to the

Canadian Institute for Health

Research

bull Jeannine Cote BA 9 J lives

in Hamilton Ont and works

o -lt

as a health -care aide and

home-support worker

bull Jeremy Debling BSe 94 is

a formulation chemist in the

pharmaceutical development

department at Novopharm

Limited in Toronto

bull Angela Dodd BA 93 and

Christopher Kemp

BSe(HK) 94 were married

Aug 14 Theyve bought a new

home in Etobicoke Ont

where he works for Canada

3000 Airlines and at Kingsway

Physiotherapy as a kinesioloshy

gist She is employed at

Manulife Financial in -Waterloo

bull Sheryl Harding Friedrich

BASe 85 is a full-time mom

and part-time nutrition conshy

sultant in Cannington Onto

She and her husband Cal

FallWinter 1999 35

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have three child ren Jonathan

Daniel and Anna

bull Anne Marie (Henwood)

Harman BA 95 is enjoying

her time at home with one shy

year-old Jenna She and her

husband Murray can be

reached bye-mail at 3harshy

mansstormca

bull Rosaleen Heffernan BA 96

and Barry Liboiron BSe 97

were married in August

Theyre both studying at the

University of British

Co lumbia where Liboiron is

doing a PhD in chemistry and

He ffe rnan is completing a

degree in educati on

bull Krista Hilton BASe 95

lives in Halifax with her hlls shy

band Michael Galloway She is

a priest in the Anglican Church

of Canada and serves as curate

a t the Cathedral Church of All

Sain ts Friends can reach her at

aj568chebllctonsca

bull Michael Kennard BA 86

starred as Mump the Clown in

the Canadian Stage Company

production of Mump amp Smoo t

in Something Else With Zug last

winte r at tbe Canadian Stage

Theatre in Toronto

bull Sharon McConnell BSe 90

and MSe 93 went on from U

of G to earn a diploma in

business management from

Wilfrid Laurier University

Since 1995 she has worked in

Toronto as a project director at

Burak Ja co bson Market

Resea rch Partners Ine

bull Michael McKay-Fleming BA

92 has launched two daily

comic strips via the Internet

Check out his Inane Producshy

tions Web site at http mem

bershomenetinaneprod to folshy

low the adventures of a free-spirshy

ited teenager named Alice and all

the animals in a new VVildlife

comielf you like comic strips

this fine art grad invites you to

enjoy his talent and humour

bull Andrew Nicholls MA 90 nications in Cambridge

and PhD 97 is an assistant bull Christine (Rogers) Patten

professor of history at Buffalo BA 9 1 lives in Toronto and

State College in Buffalo N Y has been working as a sales

He recen tly published the representative and industry

book The Jacobean Union A training facilitator since grad-

Reconsideration of British Civil uation She and her husband

Policies Under th e Early Vincent celebrated the birth of

Stuarts which offers a new their first child Gareth in

perspective on the role of mul - March 1999

tiple monarchy in the early bull Guiseppe Peritore

modern British kingdoms BSe(HK) 96 is studying

bull Jennifer (Pope) Parney physical therapy at the

BASc 94 works at Chatham- University of To ronto He

Kent Integrated Childrens married Rita Lavalle in May

Service - Heritage Campus 1999 and lives in Oakv ille His

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bull Sarah Perkins BSe(Agr) bull Tammy Tipler Priolo 92 joined Pfizer Animal BASe 90 lives in her hom e

Health in London Ont in town of North Bay Ont with

November as a product sup- her husband Clark and their

port speCialist Earlier she two-year-old daughter Erica

taught at Fairview College in Tipler Priolo is u5mg her com -

Fairview Alta before m oving puting skills in genealogy

back to Ontario in 1997 to research to track down elusive

work for AgLine Commu- ancestors She can be reac hed

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bull Bradley Raspberry BASc 90 is a clinical leader and regisshy

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atric behavioural health at SI

Josephs Villa in Dundas Ont

bull Lisa Ranacher BSe 98

recently joined the agronomy

program at the Central

Experimental Farm in Ottawa

as a physiological modelling

technician

bull Jamie Rickard BSe(Agr)

96 and Laura Summerfeldt

BSe(Agr) 97 were married

in October 1998 She is comshy

pleting a masters degree at U

of G and he is working with

First Line Seeds of Guelph U

of G weddings are a family trashy

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ents Sherry (McBain) SA 69

and Ralph Rickard BSe 69 Tricia (Pella) BA 95 and

Gaetano Guy Rosa

BComm 96 were mar ried in

October 1998 with many U of

G friends attending They live

in Mississauga Ont where

Guy works as an account manshy

ager for BCI Bank and T ricia is

an environmental planner with

the Toronto and Region Conshy

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bull Pamela (Thompson) BASe

91 and Randy Ruisendaal

BComm 92 live near

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bull Ian Sandler DVM 9 5 was

married to Fern Glowinsk) in

March 1999 and works at

Secord Animal Clinic in

Toronto

bull Baijit Singh PhD 94 comshy

pleted post-doctoral training

at Texas AampM University and

Columbia University then

worked for the Canadian Food

Inspection Agency in Prince

Edward Island before joining

the University of Saskatchewan

as an associate professor He

welcomes notes from other

U of G alumni at singhbsask

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bull Cyndy Stencill ADA 93 is a

propagator at a tree nursery in

British Columbia

bull Steve Tanner BA 82

recently moved to Guelph as

deputy police chief He had

served on the Halton Region

force since 1982 Tanner is a

specialist in criminal investigashy

tions and lie detector opera shy

tion He has continued his

education at Sheridan College

and McMaster and Ryerson

universities and is now workshy

ing on a masters degree at the

University of Western Ontario

bull Cheryl (Kellman) Thompson BA 95 run s a

rehabilitation consulting busishy

ness with her husband Don

in Burlington Ont

bull Donald PhD 94 and

Suzanne Welsh MSe 96

relocated from Yale University

to the University of Vermont

where they are both working

in the Department of

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cerebrovascular circulation

bull Wendla Westerberg BASc

96 earned a BEd from the

University of Western Ontario

in 1997 She is working for the

Lambton-Kent District School

Board as an occasional teacher

and lives in her home town of

Dresden Ont

bull Deena (Jones) Zambrana

BA 93 and her husband

Farley celebrated the first

birthday of their son Quinton

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a The Royal Society of Canada recognizes an acndelnic career

by Alexander Wooley a scholar Funny hOWasingle pi ece of paper can summarize a lifet ime of study and aCJ demic work that has already fi ll ed

29 books and 85 book chapters an d Journal articles

In june U of G polit ica l science profes~

sor Onkar P Dwivedi received a letter invit~

ing hi m to become a Fello w of th e Royal Society of Canada Its an invitation reserved

for Canadas ltlCJde11i c elite an an nounceshy

men t thM brought congratul atio ns tinged with envy fiom colleagues across Ca nada and

left th is U of G professor answeri ng quips from Guelph collcgues such as Are we still

allowed to share the elevator wi th such an illuSlrious scholar

Dwivedi is indeed an ill ustrious scholar

- th e FRSC is th e hi ghest scholJriy recog~ nition1 Canad ian ~ cad emic ca n recei ve shy

but he is also a personable man who has a deer concern fo r o thers and a sense of humour that allows h illl to ceremo ni ously

wave oth er facult ) and students on to the

elevator as it ri ses to his s ix1h~f1oor offi ce ill the JvlacKi nn on Bu ilding

Known across camp us simply as OP he says its o nl y natural that hlS colleagues

wo uld be a bi t envi ous of th e Royal Society

designation he has felt th at envy himself when congratultting previous recip ien ts

Dwivedi SI) he is d~ep l ) honoured to bL one of 19 U of C lilCul ty wh o hold thl tilk (see page II ) The entire U of C cJm pl co mmunity shOlIcs in Prof l)iveciis dd igh t at bei ng l1amed a fel low I) pruv()t tin

Campbe ll It is a we ll~d lsencd mark of recognition for his distinguished caree r Jnd

vJ lua ble slr vice to i II I l 1Ila I ional dlTlop Ill en t an d the en viron men t

Being n~mcd I Fello of the Rnl11 oci

101) of CI1a d ~ is testimony 10 tile prnrcsnr ~

beli e-I Lhat if you work hard enough you L11l

achieve an ythi ng Th~Is 11) hi colilltr)

is so great he says o f his adopted C~nIJ1 Born in India Dwi ved i came 1( ( anadl

in the early [960 as a gruduatc lttuden Hl co mpl eted a mdst 15 de grec al Carl etull University ~nd a Ph D at QUlln l middot ni~r ishy

ty ~l1 d jo incd the U o f C tJLlti lyin 1967

He hJS advanccd Ihe CallldilI1 view of

political eth ics 111d public scnicc Wl11pI(d

pol icy~mak ing t nd administralioll hetwlcn natio ns and l11aintl ined world iew of enli~

ronll1ental pol iei sand pl1blie alti ludes toward pollu tion And ltI ll the wh ile haring his in sight wilh the l h (l u~llld nf tlllkilts

who halt vied for se1ts ill his classroom

Alt hough C1I1 3d is now hi~ IWll1l Dwivedi main tai ns ~Irong lies with his lill

mer homeland He has mon itored dCIdol

mtnh Ind ehtnge~ ill IndilS pol lulion lt111U

lto INrl ation pol i ~ic ror lll1lo~t 0 )Cltlrs and sucd h J ltnio r ad iser 1(1 Ih (OUlllr )

lin ilr) of rl1limnl11tllt dnd Fltlr~ I S I Ii lIll rc~c nl hook publi1 d in I))7 i ntro ~

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[)wi lldi mother and othl lamily mtlllhLI sl illl iC in In d i li e pcrsollally

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ndti( nal distinction and international recogshy

nit ion Just this spring he vis ited Loyo la l [a rymollnt Universit-y in Los An-des as that

insti tutions 1999 Internati onal Scho lJ r

Es tabli shed 117 years lgO the Roya l Society or Canada enco mpasse d ra nge of

discip lin es including the natural and ap plied sc iences medi cine soc ial scien ces MId hu manit ies

Dwi vedi sa) The s()c ic tys invitation is

an honour for me and also a wonderful recogshy

nition for our new coll ege (U of Gs College

of Social and All lied Human Sciences )

A for mer chair of Guel lhs Department of Political Science Dwivedi is pres id ent of

the Ca nadian Asian Stud ies Associa tion and

past lresident of the Canadian Po litica l Scishyence Association He also chairs th e resea rch committee of the International Poli tical Scishy

ence Associat io n

During hi s 32-year career at Guellh he ha s served on the Enviro nm ental Assess shy

)]lent Boa rd of Ontario as a co nsultan t to

the Ca nadian gove rnment as an adviser to th e Wo rld Health Organi za ti o n an d the

Wo rld Bank in In dia Papua New Guinea and Mau ritiu s an d as a sc ientific panel

member with UNESCO In J 99 8 he

received an honorary degree fro m the Unishyve rsity of Leth bridge ga

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ANDREvV VOWLES

m Tiny flashes of blue

light caught by U of G

to physicists in an

undergro und

observatory may eg

tell us the

fate of our

universerunch First tighf wasnt long in coming even in a mine shaft some two kiloshy

metres beneath the Earths surface Within days of turning on a multishy

million-dollar li ght detector near the bottom of a Sudbury nickel mine

scientists from Canada the nited States and the United Kingdom recordshy

ed their first even t Thats physicists lingo for a collision between a tiny

extraterrestrial particle called a neutrino and a molecule of heavy water

Actually what they witnessed last spring was not the encounter itself

- marked by a tell tale fl ash of blue light - but data trickling in quishy

etly from the detectors elaborate instruments sometime after the fact

Still that was enou h to set a few hearts pounding among the collabshy

orators in the Sudb u r y eutrin o Observatory particularly among

Guelph physicists John Simpson Robin Ollerhead and Jimmy Law who

appJaude 1 those early results not just for what they might reveal about

the universe but also as a validation of their painstaking care in conshy

structing and preparing the detector

Fall Winter 1999 23

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[J This is without a doubt the climax of my

career says Simpson whos been invo lved

with the Sudbury N eu trin o Observa to ry

(SNO) project since it was fir s t moo ted by

Canadian physicis ts in th e early 1980s Hes

been studying neutrinos for almost two

decades beginning with experiments in a

Windsor-area sa lt mine

It s th e las t unkn own low-energy area

left he says N eutrin os are s till th e least

understood elementa ry particle of a ll

Thats not for lac k of them T hey re co nshy

sidered to be th e most commo n particles in

the universe and the fund amenta l building

blocks of matter Each seco nd bi lli ons of

neutrinos generated during fusion reactions

in the sun and in sou rces far beyond our

galaxy bombard every square ce ntim etre of

the Earths surface undetected But just try

to catch one So ephemeral a re Ih ey th at

they pass without a mmmur through most

objects including solid rock ni ckel ni ckel

miners - even throu gh the SNO sc ientis ts

monitoring their giant acry li c ball s usshy

pended in a 22-metre-wide cavern two kiloshy

metres down the mine shaft

The $70-million o bse rva to ry s it s nea r

the bottom of Inco Ltd s C reighton nicke l

mine the deepes t wo rkin g min e in North

America and one tha t has opera ted co ntinshy

uously for the last ce ntury

Today the only eAtra terreslrial objects hitshy

ting the site - or more co rrect ly passi ng

through it - are neutrinos Seemingly against

astronomical odds those scientists hope to

use that ball as a kind of cosmic-sized catchshy

ers mitt to stop or deflect enough of these

particles to learn more about them and about

the big wide universe that spawned them

Inside that 12-foot ball are 1000 tonnes

of heavy water which is also used as coolant

inside nuclear reactors Tn fact th e watershy

all $300 million worth - is on loan from

Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (AECL)

Heavy water ho lds the key to SNOs opera-

Taken during construction the photo above

shows the SNO cavity and acrylic vessel At

right the acrylic vessel is surrounded by an 18shy

metre diameter geodesic sphere that supports

nearly 10000 light sensors and reftectors

Scientists hope to U~

tion Because its molecules contain one more

n eutron than in ordinary water its more

likely to in tercept a phantom neutrino That

co llis ion will be marked by faint but telltale

fla shes of light - forma lly kno wn as

Cerenkov radia tion th e characteris tic blu e

glow emitted in a nuclear reactor - to be

picked up by a few of th e 10000 detectors

studding the panels on th e sphere s surface

Perhaps more impo rtan t SNO resea rchers

anticipate that the wa ter will catch all three

types o f neut rinos no t just the o ne captured

by other detec tors around the world

N eutr in os come in three species or

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agiant acrylic ball as a kind of cosmic-sized catchers mitt

flavou rs based on th e kind s of subatomshy

ic particl es tlleyre dssociated with electro n

neutrinos muon neutrinos and tau neu trishy

nos Referring to earlier experiments that

have detected far fewer neutrinos than

expected based on our understanding of

how the universe works Simpso n says most

scientists believe that neutrinos have mass

and the) change type as th ey leave the sun

and thats why Ne havent seen enough of

them Being able to detect the other two

flavours at SNO might allow sc ientis ts to

account for the so -called missing neutrinos

Proving that neutrinos can change their

stripes might als o tell us more about the

likely fate of th e universe itself by solving

another mystery the question of the missshy

ing mass Referring to basic laws of physics

Law says If neutrinos convert th at means

th ey must have mass Why is that imporshy

ta nt Explai ns Ollerhead The amount of

mass thats accounted fo r by the sta rs that

you can see is only about one-tenth of the

total mass the re must be in the universe in

order to cause the interactions and motions

you see W hen people talk about mis si ng

mass thats what th ey re talking about

So the question is where is it l Because

every s tar produces billions of neut rin os

every second the universe is full of neutr ishy

nos These van ishingly small particles could

collectively exert a gravitational pull out of

all proportion to th eir size - enough to

eventually slow the expa nsion of the universe

If neutrin os have ma ss it means the

universe may be heavier than we think says

Simpso n The universe will eventually stop

expanding in a few billion years and collapse

back in on itself Thi s is known as the Big

Crunch Finding evidence of the smoking

gun to either prove or di sprove that theoshy

ry is the purpose of the observatory he says

SNO research bombards other areas of science Adapting physics tools to build SNO

An expert in X-ray back-scattering Guelph

physicist Innes Mackenzie helped the SNO

team about six years ago by adapting his

back-scattering technique to determine the

thickness of a plastic liner that su rrounds

th e entire observatory cavity Made of a

substance called urylon (produced by a

Guelph company) the liner was sp rayed

on to the cavitys concrete surface to screen

ou t radon a radioactive gas that diffuses

even through soLd rock In a project where

an extra millimetre could skew results scishy

entists needed to ensure that the material

was the same thickness all the way arou nd

Mackenzie used X-ray back-scattering

a techniq ue he has developed that might

be llsed to determine say the thickness of

paint applied in an auto assembly plant or

ice buildup on aircraft wings Laurentian

University physicist Doug Hallman says

his research group has worked with

Mackenzie to set up a unique hand- held

monitor and data-recording system which

found the actual thickness of the eightshy

millimetre-dlick polyurethane material to

an accuracy of about 10 per cent

Building new tools from SNO physics

During his graduate studies in physics at

Guelph Tom Andersen helped his PhD

supervisor Prof John Simpson design

devices used to detect background

radioactivity of the heavy wa ter in the

Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO)

and worked on software that simulates

th e movement of high -energy muons

particles created when cos mic rays

encounter the Earths atmosphere All the

while he had his eye on a not-unrelated

topic that became his full-time job after

graduating in 1998

It a desk top planetarium says

Andersen of his astro nomy software

which allows users to view the simulated

night sky - including comets asteroids

satellites a nd stars - on a computer

screen With it yo u can observe the sky

as it appears from your backyard tonight

o r from Jupiter 100 years ago or from

Egypt 3000 years ago

He and his partners a t Toronto-based

Sienna Software Inc have so ld about

10000 copies of Sta rry Night software

dming the past 18 months They began

by selling software that users could down shy

load from the Internet but now make two

CD-ROM versions of the package Starshy

ry Night Deluxe and Starry Night Pro

The first allows users to look at more than

19 million objects from anywh ere in the

solar system and to examin e deta iled

graphics of such things as constellations

Serious astronomy afic ionados use the

pro version to track as teroids learn more

about star motions or create their own

planets to study orbital mechanics

Generally anyone who owns an

as tronomical telesco pe owns a piece of

astronomy software says Andersen You

can take your telescope to your backyard

and connect it to your laptop and then

point to something with Starry Night and

have the telescope steer to it

Applying SNO tools to business

Former phys ics graduate student Myung

Chol Chon now works in the Royal Banks

corporate and investmen t banking offices

in Toronto Modelling the behaviour of

financial assets and pricing derivative secushy

rities might appear removed from the task

of capturing neutrinos but Chon says the

Guelph SNO group gave him an opporshy

tunity to learn various quantitative ana lyshy

sis tools including Monte Carlo simulashy

tion and artificial neural networks I also

gained understanding and experience in

software production via working with the

SNO Monte Carlo Analysis (SNO MAN )

software development team - tools

applicable not only in physical science but

in other areas as well

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-Simpson says ea rly detection of SNOs first

neutrino this summer reflects the high qUJIshy

ity of the obselva tory itself incl uding th t conshy

tribution of the Guelph scientists involved in

designi ng its sophist icated instrum ents Thats why theres a lot of noise abo ut the

fi rst measurem en ts he sa ys Some o ther

detectors have to work harder to get the backshyground radioactivity down Weve shown that

we constructed a very clea n detector

Along with several PhD studen ts and resea rch associates he and his coUeagues buiJt

inst ruments used to monitor and ensure an acceptable level of background radi oactivishy

ty in SNOs innards fiom the hea l) watcr to all the components orthe detector itse lf

The Guelph group developed a very senshy

sitive technique for the measurement of ultrashylow levels of ra dioactivit y in water whi ch is

essential for th e SNO detector to reach its

goals says SNO project director Art McDonshy

ald a phys icist at Queens Universit y Meas uring radioact ivity is our ga me

says resea rch ass oc iate Pillalamarr Jaga m during a tour of Sim psons lab in th e baseshy

ment of the MacNaughton Build in g home

to whJt Jaga m calls the only ul tra-low backshy

ground radi ation research and development

group in Ca nada Po inting to a det ector resemblin g a stainless-steel salad bowl with

a matchin g lid he says the Guelph -made

de vice JS with its co usins on perm anent du ty at SNO picks lip infinitesimally small

amounts of ra dioactivity emitted naturall y

by the observa torys compo nents

Ja ga m helps run th ose dev ices at SNO

fo llowin g up on his role as superv iso r of a

cl ea nin g crew d urin g SNOs constru ction SNO is the larges t clean-room ever olltside

of the electron ics industry he says Its

cleaner th an yo ur avera ge dinner plate

Above Muon neutrinos produced from cosmic

rays which strike Earths abnosphere are detectshy

ed by the SNO light sensors producing a coneshy

shaped pattern of energy Right An artists

sketch of the SNO detector shows the central

acrytic vessel now filled with 1000 tons of heavy

water and surrounded by 7000 tons of ultra

pure regular water Scientists monitor the obsershy

vatory from the room located above the sphere

26 GU ELP H ALUM NUS

In two years we mayI

Unlike th eir fell ow labourers in the m in e

who normall y hit the sbowers aft er a lo ng

day on the ore face th e scientists monitorshy

ing th e o bse rvatory must shower bef ore enterin g their facility Simil ar standa rds are mlintained tor the heavy water in th e acrylic

vessel which is fil tered dail y Jnd tested for ambient rad ioactivit y It s the purcst water

in th e wo rld says Jian Wang for merly J

research associate in Simpsons lab and now a consultant wi th U of Gs GUA RD In c

The Guelph-dc-signed instruments h ave

prove n lIseful in rela ted but more fa r-flung

applications JagaJl1 says scientists building

lgt

I n o c (i -lt z o

CI

ly know if the universe will eventually collapse

ye t an oth er neutrino observatory in Italy consulted with U of G physicists on radia shyti on measurement Closer to home he has helped Prof Richard Protz Land Reso urce Science quantify minute amounts of radioac tive cesium in so il samples taken from the Ecuadorean Andes an d from the Chernobyl site in Ukrain e

Law a particle physicist [las been involved since 1991 in writin g and test ing simulation software used by the project colshylaborators to model the workings of th e SNO detecto r With the detector now opershyating the package - dubbed SNOMAN shywill be used to analyse the data it generates OUerhead who first encountered SNO while chair of the Department of Physics has long worked in expe rim en tal nuclear physics using accelerators such as th e one run by AECL in Cbalk River Ont Todays investishygations at SNO draw on at least one aspect of his ea rlier resea rch in Los Alamos New Mexico where he developed neutral current detectors of the sort expec ted to help SNO sn iff out all three neutrino flavo urs

Sim psons graduate student Nathaniel Tagg is studying cosmic ray particles called muons which are detected as a byproduct in the obse rvatory Unlike neutrinos muons come from cosmic rays - or ionized nuclei - which begin Jife far beyond the solar sysshytem perhaps generated by stars exploding into supernovas or by shock waves emanating from collapsing black holes When these cosmic rays hit the Earths atmosp here th ey create extremely high-energy particles that can be detected by SNO some alon e or in pairs like bullets others in a shower like shotgun pelshylets Comparing the ratio of single bullets to shotgun blas ts may tell Tagg something about how the particles originated When you build a detector you get a lot of things for free he says Muons are considered background to most of the collaboration but there are some interes ting physics you ca n do with them

Beyond Guelph the SNO collaboration brings together almost 100 scientists from II universi ties and labs in Canada the United Sta tes and the United Kingdom Canad ian participants includ e university resea rchers from Queens Car leton Laurentian Britisll

Columbia and Guelph Wby Ca nada Canashyda has a lot of heavy water because of its nuclear power reactor development the CANshyDU reactor says OUerhead Basically Canashyda is tbe only country that can do the expershyiment using heavy water which is what gives this its unique flavour The other thing is the undergro und aspect All the neutrino expershyimen ts are done underground for shielding from cosm ic rays and other sources of backshyground radiation The nickel mine in Sudbury is the deepest site in North America

Its al so important that Creighton mine is a working facility says Si mpson [t has

Physics faculty

and students are

an integral part of (PES

Physics is one of five departments and schools in the College of Physshyical and Engineeri ng Science ( CPES) Physics has more Roya l Society fellows than any other department on campus Since 1993 ten CPES students including two in physics have received National Research Coun shycil awards under the agen cys Women in Engin eering and Scishyence Program In 1999 CPES laun ched an inteshygrated four-year degree program in technology with Seneca College in Toronto majors in physics and technology or applied pharmace ushytical chemistry CPES plans to launch a new undershygraduate degree in computing scishyence next year to promote U of G strengths in bioinfomatics neural networks genetic algo rithm s and embedded systems CPES offers a unique program called MPC2 that provides enriched studies in mathematics physics chemistry and computing science

to be active because its the only way you can maintain the safety of th e mine SNOs control room occupies a drift (miners talk for a corridor) 6800 fee t below the surface deep enough to accommodate a stack of about five CN Towers

Dw-ing the observatorys construction a regular express ca ge whisked visitors directly down No9 shaft to the detector as fast as a car travelling on a cit) street The shaft also served as the delivery conduit for the SNO components Site manager Dunshycan Hepburn recall s es pecially the three months that it took to ship the [000 tonnes of heavy water underground The eleva tor could take six tonnes at a time he says so we had an elaborate schedule involving six tanker cars fill ed overnight and sent down early in th e morning on a specially schedshyuled cage Adds mine manage r John Gill J dont think we spilled a drop

Now using regularly scheduled cages scishyentists crowd shoulder to sho ulder in the elevator with up to 40 miners during the 20-minute ride along the sloping ore seam Everyone in the collaboration is expected to spend a certain number of shifts actualshyly operating the detec tor says O llerhead This is partly to save money but also par tshyly because th e physicists are the ones with the vested interes t and should be involved Collaborators might spend seve ral weeks in Sudbury at a time for up to six weeks a year

SNO scien tists expect to learn definitiveshyly within two years whether or not neutrishynos have mass They also anticipate that the observatory will yield information about the sun and about other st ructures far beyond our galaA) The missing mass question is a way of studying supnnovas notes Ollershyhead There are many applications of this detector beyond just neutrinos from the sun

Why should anyone ca re about what these infinitesimally small particles teU us about cosshymic-sized questions If youre going to be an ad vance d and civilized country then you should be thinking about fundamental quesshy shytions and not just about where your next meal is coming from says Simpson Thats the difshyference I think between a civili7ed society and a society that just lives from day to day ga

FallWinter 1999 27

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

alU bull

ALUMNI PROFILES

ALUMNUS OF HONOUR

FORMER OAC DEA N Rick Richards BSA 38 was recogn ized for

his lifelong commi tment to excellence in admini stration teachshy

ing research and ex tension wh en he vas named 1999 AlumLlus of Honour by th e Un ive rsity o f Guelph Alumn i Associat ion The preshy

sen tation was made durin g Alumni Weekend in lun e

Ri chard s bega n hi s ca ree r in soil sc ience and pion ee red the

process of soil classifi ca ti on and map pin f for Ontario As head of

th e Un iversitys Depa rtm ent of Land Resou rce Science he spearshyheaded the constr uct ion o f new fa cili ties provided leadership in

the deve lopment of broader more sc ientifi c program s and th e

expansioLl o f fa culty and obta ined more lan d areas for departshymental resea rch He was appointed the first dea n of OAC in 1962

and was one o r the fou r principal academi c leade rs ho shared in

es tab lishin g the Universit y of Guelph After co mpleting two terms as dean he return ed to teac hing and retired in [98 1

As a professiona l agrologist Richards impleme nted pl ans ror

the Canadian Agri cultural Researc h Co un ci l as it s fi rst president

and was pres id ent o f the Ca nadian Soc iety of Su il Science th e Ontari o Institute of Ag rologists and tht Agricu ltural Institu te of

Can ada He was also the Canadian representa ti ve to th e United

Nations Food and Agricu lture O rga nizltJtion

ALUMNI VOLUNTEER AWARD

DAv ID ADAMS BSA 49 has always made his alma mater a pri shy

o ri t) and in 1999 th e Unive rsity of Guelph Alumni Associashy

tion app lauded th at loya lty by presentin g him with its 1999 Alulll shyni Volu nteer Awa rd

Adams has demo nstrated a devot ion to volun teer excellence

through his com mitment to the Universit y OAC and hi s alumni

ii class OAC 49 He was UGAA pres ident in 196869 president of

d the OAC Alu Jllni Associatio n in 196566 and a member of the Unishy

~ versi ty Senate and Boa rd of Governors fro m 1970 to 1973 In add ishy

~ tion he has Jllade mu ltiple contr ibu tions to OAC 49 ac tivities He

~ was instrumenta l in orga ni zin g 50th-anniversary class celebrations ~ for Alumni middotWeekend 99 which included the ded ication of the Yea r

~ 49 OAC po nd ga rden at th e Arbo retum Cent re and the res torashy

~ ti on of the Johnston Hall portico u ~ Adamss giving sp irit car ri es over into his pro(ess iona lli fc He

~ has had a distingu ished career in the ag ri -food indust ry and was laquo ~ general manager of the Canadian Meat Co uncil whe n hL reti red in

~ 1993 He cont inues to share hi s expertise with the co unc il and as

~ a volu ntee r for th e Royal Ag ri cultural inter Fair and th e Ca nashy~ dian Nat ional Exhibition FARlv

28 G UHPH ALU I NUS

HIGHLIGHTS middot GRAD NEWSmiddot OBITUARIESmiddot CALENDAR

ALUMNI MEDAL OF ACHIEVEMENT

DR AD RIAN P ARKS WO RK in th e area o f minimally invasive

surge ry has earned him international recogniti on as a leading surgeo n and educa tor in his fi eld His advancements in the use of

laparoscop ic techniques have improved treatm ent for an ex tensive

range of med ica l disorders that in the past could only be handled

thro ugh trad itional sur gery [n 1997 he was recruited to establish a new program at th e Uni ve rsity of Kentucky

Pa rk was honoured th is spring wit h the Universit y of Guelph flumni Associati ons Alumni Medal of Achievem ent He received

a bachelor of science fro m Gu elph in 1985 and a doctor o f med ishycine from McMaster University in 1987

He completed his training at St Josephs Hos pital and rilcMasshy

ter Uni ve rsity Affiliated Hosp ital s in Hamilto n O nt and at the

Uni versit) of Montrea l before Jo ining St Jose phs as a ge neral surshy

geo n in 1994

The Guelph meda l recognizes th e professional leadership and achievements demons trated in Parks still- yo un g career and his

compassionate ca re of pati ents He and his wife Jennifer 8A 84 have three children Hilary Meredith and Evan

ove DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS

DUNCAN SINC LAIRS CONTR IB UTIO NS to career an d soc iety have prove n bis leadersh ip and expe rtise in hea lth sciences He gradshy

uated fro m OVC in 1958 and received a master of sc ience fro m OAC in 1960 specializing in nutriti on He then earn ed a PhD in

physiology at Queens University in 1963 and bega n a ca reer focused

primaril y on human health Sinclair was ltl consultant to th e Ontario Ministry of Agriculture

Food and Rural Affairs on the Animals for Research Act ilnd bega n

his academic career at Q uee ns as dean of arts and science in 1974 He went on to serve as vice-principal institutional relati ons sershy

vices an d hea lth sciences before assum ing the role of dea n of medshy

icine He ret ired from Queens in 1996 He has heJd other prestishy

gious positi ons including directo r general of the Medical Resea rch

Council and was tile recipient of OVes Schofield ]V[edal in 1983

Sinclair is now deeply involved in advising the Ontario minisshy

ter of hea l til on ways to reinvest and res tructure th e delivery of health services in the province He chairs the Hea lth Services

Restr ucturin g Co mmission an independent body of health

experts and professionals appointed to redesign tbe provincial

health system

FallWinter 1999 29

alumni Matters

-ORDER OF OACU of G Can1pus ESTABLISHED MARY AND RlCK RICHARDS longtime OAC supporterWelcoilles Alumni

ABSA 38 are the first inductees Membership in the order is

into the Order of OAC estabshy limited to the first 50 individshy

LUMNI WEEKEND J999 orga nizing committee and says lished ea rli er thi s year by the uals who give $1 00000 or more

brought more th an 1300 proceeds will be used to help the OAC Alumni Fo undation to as bequests irrevocable insurshy

visitors to campus June 18 to 20 class establi sh a mille nnium recognize significant contribushy ance policies planned gifts or

In addition to th e traditi o nal scholarship to co mmemorate its tions to its end owment fund cash donations Gifts may be

awards luncheon hosted by U of 25 th anni versar)1 of graduation Rick served as dean of OAC applied as endowments to the

G president Mordech ai Rozanshy The Uni vers it y of Guelph [Tom 1964 to 1972 (see sto ry OAC Alumni Foundation or to

ski there we re man y spec ial Alumni Associat ion held its on page 28) Mary also worked the college as approved by the

events and cla ss reunions The ann ual meeting during Alumni in the college and has been a fou ndation directors

new Order of OAC was preshy Wee kend and elected a new slate

sented to Mary and Rick of offi cers for 1999 2000 Scott

Richards BSA 38 at th e Go ldshy va nEnge n BSc(Ag r) 88 presshy

en Anniversary Dinner and the id ent Robin-Lee Norris BA 80

Class of J974 hosted a reuni on first vice-pres ident John Tatson

dinner with Calgary Flames BA 69 seco nd vice-president

Hockey Club CEO Ron Bremshy Rita Sterne BComm 87 secshy

ner BA 7 J as guest speaker Bill Imiddotetar) and Brad Hull BA 89

Laidlaw BA 74 chaired the treasurer

President Mordechai Rozanski and representatives of the alumni

classes and individuals who supported U of Gs six new themati c

gardens cut the ribbon to officially open them duri ng Alumni Weekshy

end From left are Bill Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 61 Don Gri eve

BSA 55 and MSA 57 Harold Shield BSA 51 Sandra Hannam uJ CD Clay Switze r BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rozanski Marilyn Robinson ~ I Murray BH5c 55 Ted McNinch BSA 49 Bruce Stone BSA 53 u VI

Z and MSA 54 Harold Bentley BSA 64 and MSc 66 Craig Hunter lt

B5c(AgL) 74 and MSc 77 and Les Laking BSA 39 and HDSC 71 The conservatory greenhouse was unveiled moments later by gtshyCD

Don Rutherford BSA 51 who gave the leadership gift ensuring VI o

it s res toration on behalf of his famil y 5 I -

Ginty jocius BSc(Agr) 70 left chair of the OAC Alumni Foundation

presents the Order of OAC to Mary and Rick Richards BSA 38

Enjoying the Class of 1974 re union dinner are from left jerry Orga n

BSc(PE) 71 Ron Bremner BA 71 Gail Bremner Paul Henry MA 71

and Bill Laidlaw BA 74

30 GUELPH ALUMNUS

GRYPHON SPIRIT DOMINATES HOMECOMING

UOF G students shared the stands with alumni who came to campus Sept 25

to watch the football Gryphons defeat their long- standing varsity rival the University of Toronto Blues During the weeke nd the Gryphon Club Hall of Fame inducted five Gryphon swimmers filled the gold pool at the 21st ann ual Alumni Relay Swim Meet

and president Mordechai Rozanski hostshyed a luncheon attended by more than 200 alumni and current students who have received sc holarships and awards or who

participated in the volunteer peer helper prog ram

ALUMNI SWIM TO THE TOP

FORMER GRYPHON SW IMMER S Peter Koli snyk BSc(HK) 83 and Denise

(FarndaJe) vVatso n BASe 85 were recogshyni zed at the ann ual Homecoming sw im mee t for having attended more often th an any other alumni Other participants includshyed 1999 graduates Nico le Weber BSe CEng ) Greg Steinberg BSc(HK) and Nancy Sweetnam BComm who has been a memshy

ber of two Canadian Ol ympic teams ( 1992 and 1996) The alumni team defeated the stud ent teams with the help of Leo n

Homecoming J

r ~

Form er Guelph mayor and sports broadcaster Norm la ry received the Gryphon Club Hall of

Fame Merit Award Sept 24 at the annual induction c re mony that also honoured five former

Gryphon athletes From left are Paul Willi ams a cross-country and track athlete and three-time

Canadian Olympian Bob Pronk BComm 82 Ontario and Canadian cham pionship wrestler

Dave Guest BComm 87 a former all middotstar soccer and vo lleyba ll player Gladys Williams BA

69 MVP in both wo menS fi eld hockey and ice hockey lary and Mark Brown BComm 81

Wi ldman Trophy winner and football capta in The Gryphon Club also recognized the 1974 mens

rugby OUAA championship team

Garstecki Gryphon diving coach in the midshy Dale a longtime Gryp hon supporter and a I 970s and retired botany professo r Hugh national record-b olding masters swimmer

bull49 VETS MEET AT TRAlEE The OVC Cla ss of 1949 produced a la sting memory of its 50th

anni versary by filming the lune 18 gathering held at Tralee Farms

the home of class member Ray Cormack Classmates travelled from

across Canada and the United States to attend th e reunion which

included a luncheon a visit from U of G president Mordechai Rozanshy

ski and a tour of Cormacks farm and antique carriage collection

The organizing committee of Dave House Bill Mitchell Ken Fisk

and lim Arch ibald succeeded in producing a golden-anniversary

memento that captu res the days events and everyone in attendance

as they comment on their lives since graduating from OVe -Proceeds from the sale of the v ideos will support the OVC 49

Memorial Scholarship Fund Cost is $25 each To place an order call

Vikki Tremblay at Alumni House 519-824-4120 Ext 65 44 I D

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FallWinter 1999 31

alumni Matters

2000 Coming Events

Jan 26 - Careers Night hostshyed by Mac-FACS Alumni Assoshy

ciation For informatio call Laurie MalleaLi at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Careers Night hostshyed by HAFA Alumni Associashy

tion For information call Laushyrie Malleau at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Aggie Good Times Banquet Call the OAC Studwl Federation at Ext 8321 for tickshyet information Feb 3 - Job hir at Bingeman Park in Kitchener complishy

mentary bus service from Unishyversity Centre for students and

alumni For directions and a list of employers call U of G

Career Services at Ext 22 13

Feb 11 - Deadline for nomshy

ina tions for U of G Alumni Association Alumnus of Honshy

our Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment and Alumni Volunteer

Award and the OVC Distinshy

guished Alumnus Call Carla Bradshaw at Ext 6657 for details March 1 - Annual alumni

Florida reunion at Maple Leaf

Estates Port C harlotte Florishyda For information call alumshyni programs at 519-824-4120

Ext 6657 send e-mail to alumshyniuoguelphca or call Jack Hanna in Florida after Jan 1

at 813-645-0905

March 18 amp 19 - College

Ro yal

March 31 amp April 1 - OAC

Alumni Association annual

bonspiel at the Guelph Curlshy

ing Club and Guelph Country w Club Call Carla Bradshaw at ~ txt 6657 to register c u bull For more information on anyU)

z alumni event call the U of G ltC extension listed at 519- 824shy20 r 4120 or send e-mail to al11111shyCD

o niCvzlOguelphcab c a

32 CUEIPH ALUM N US

EA RLIER THIS YEAR U ofG

introduced a new approacll to fund-raising that centres on

academic priorities identified by

the ix colleges Now the Unishy

ve rsit y expa nds this initiative

through the formation of a new Annual Fund Cou ncil that will

recruit volunteers to proactiveshy

ly help meet tll0se funding goals

By enlarging the partnershy

ship between academics and fund-raisers we arc focusing our

efforts more clearly on the Un ishy

versi tys overall stra tegic objecshy

tives says Rudy Putns executive

director of campaign progra ms

We are calling on coUege deans to help ensure that our annual

giving programs are providing

the grea test possible benefit to

students Our volunteer and pro-

ALUMNI CElEBRATE NEW HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE CENTRE

The Human KineticsHuman Biology Alumni Association

presented a sketch of the John T Powell Building to U of Cs

new Health and Perfor mance Centre at a June 19 reunion of alumni and former staff Artist Joan Harper BSe(HK)

82 left and retired professor John Powell right witnessed

a presentati on by association pres ident Janet Leonhard BSe(HK) 82 to Prof Terry Graham

SilENT AUCTION MAKES NOISE

A silent auction held Sept 14 to 16 a t the Ou tdoo r Farm

Show in Woods tock Ont ge nshy

erated a lot of excitement and

goodwill in OACs 125th shyanniversary year and raised

$51000 that wi ll support stu shy

dent recruitm ent programs in

the college The auction was organized by Cinty Jocius BSc(Agr) 70 president of

Ginty Jocius amp Associates of

Guelph on behalf of the OAC Alumni Foundation

Auction items donated by friends and exhibitors at th e

farm show included everylhing

from farm equipment and supshyplies to a seven-month-old lla shyma named (-i nty Lorie Jocius

BASe 72 purchased her husshy

bands namesake and gave it to

OAC as an anniversary presen t at th e Sept 25 Heritage Banshy

quet and Ball

FUND-RAISI NG PARTNERSHIPS GROW

fessional fund -raislls wiJl spend

more of thei r time making pershy

so nal requ es ts for gifts to the University and less time on inshy

house administra tion

Members of the Annual Fund

Council will invite donations

Crom alumni members of the campu~ community the paren ts

of current students graduating

classes members of the various

gift clu bs (Presidents Council

etc) and selected corporations

foundations and associations

Development and Public Affairs staff will help target vol unteer

efforts where they wi ll have the

stronges t impact on growin g don or particip ation and fund shy

razsing results

Annual giving is one of the

most crucial parts of an institushy

tion s developmen t agenda says Putns Annu al donors help

maintain the quali ty of estabshylished academic programs espeshy

cially in times of reduced pubshy

lic fundin g he says They also

provide a foundation for special

fun cl-rai sing cam paigns shycampaigns that enable the Unishy

ve rsity to grow by providi ng

funds for major projects that do

not ha ve a traditional so urce of support Tbe ACCESS endowshy

ment for student financial assistshy

ance and the rece nt campaign to upgrade th e Food Science

Building are notable examples For more illjormation aboLit

the An17ual FUlld Co ullcil call Al111tal Fund 17l1lnager Tara George at 519-824-4 120 Ex t

390 1 or Putl7S at ext 6384

GRAD NEWS

U of G Degrees ADA = Associate diploma

in agriculture BA =Bachelor of arts BASe = Bachelor of applied

science BComm = Bachelor of

commerce BHSe Bachelor of houseshy

hold science BLA =Bachelor of

landscape architecture BSA = Bachelor of science in

agriculture (pre-196s) BSe(Agr) Bachelor of

science in agriculture BoSe = Bachelor of science BSe(Eng) =Bachelor of

science in engineering BSc(Env) =Bachelor of

19405

bull The Macdonald Institute

Class of 1941 met each other

for the firsl lime in 1939 and

theyve been gelling logelher rvice a year siIlce gradual ion

Celebrating 60 yea rs of fri end shy

ship this year are Mary (Hcx imer) MacLeln Beth

(jackson) Ca rdifF Mo lly

(Pattrson) Nix Frances

(Pellet) Smith Dorolhy

(Pond) Dunn Jeanne (Taylor )

Hamel Phyllis (Weren) Sobel and Evelyn (Eatun ) Pond

bull Jim Morton BSA 47 posed with his son Robert SA 70

and grandsons Jeff Bell 13A

9 1 and Greg Mo rton

SSc( Eng) 99 at Gregs U of

G convocation in June Retired

from a career in the lumber

business Jim is an OAC llu mmiddot ni volunteer al Guclph and is

aClive in cOm11lUnily work in

Burlington Onto Rob ert is

CEO of the Community Care

Access Centre in Simcoe

Coullly Jeff lcaches in Elmvalc

for the Simcoe County Dislricl School Board and Greg is

working Wilh the COnSlliling

engineering firm of Proclor

science in environmental sciences

BSe(HK) Bachelor of science in human kinetics

BSc(pE) = Bachelor of science in physical education

DHE = Diploma in home economics

DVSc = Doctor of veterinary science

DVM =Doctor of veterinary medicine

GO = Graduate diploma MA = Master of arts MAgr = Master of agriculture MBA = Master of business

admininstration MEng =Master of engineering

and Redfern at its Kitchener

office The Guelph lineage

aCl ually bega n in the Morton fami ly with Greg great shy

grantimoliln Anne Pringle

Morton DH E 1914

Greg Morton Jeff Bell and Jim and

Robert Morton

19505

bull Harold Baker BSA 50

writes to w rrect the e-mail

address publi shed in the last

iss lle of the Clepll Alunnls

Friends (111 conlact the retired

University of Saskatchewan

professo r and Il is wife Phyllis

at ha kc r hdukeL1sa~k ca

bull Barney Goodwin-Wilson BSA 50 is serving a two-year

krm as chair of the hoard of

lhe Onta rio Foocllerminal

The Iomnlo facility is the

MFA = Master of fine art MLA Master of landscape

architecture MMS = Master of management studies MSc =Master of science MSc(Aqua) = Master of

science in aquaculture ODA = Ontario diploma in

agriculture ODH =Ontario diploma in

horticulture OdR = Ontario Diploma in

recreation PhD = Doctor of philosophy

larges t who lesale fruit proshy

duce and flower market in

Canada and one of the largest

in orrh America He was forshymerly director and vice-cha ir

of the board

bull Gary Powell ADA 58

stopped at a remote motel in

western klahoma last

Janu ary and stanee a convershysation with th e only other cusshy

tomer at breakfa st the next

morning Turns out they were

both U of G grads Powell and Joe Deli BSc (Agr ) 64 had a

great time reminiscing abo Llt

ca mpus perso nalities they

both knew I guess one is never really very far from home says Powell

bull Dave Valentine BSA 59 has

retired as (o unty engineer for

the County of Brant in

Ontario He previously spent

23 years with Sir Sandford

Fleming College in Peterborough and has served 8S

engineer for the coun ties of Haliburton and Victoria He

and his wife Carole are now

Jiving near Carlisle Send e-mail

to valcntinworldchatcom

19605

bull Manuel Garcia PhD 67 was

recognized by the government

of the Ph ilippines in December

1998 with one of the highest

honours given to Filipinos Jivshy

ing outside the cou ntr y Garcia

is a senior consulting mi crobishy

ologist with lAS Bioshy

Diagnostic and a former

research scientist with

Agriculture and Agri-Food

Canada in Ottawa He is intershy

nationally recognized for his work in veterinary med icin e

and public health on the early detection of ca mpylobacter

salmonella and other foodshy

borne pathogens He is a memshy

ber of several learned profes shy

sional societies and has been involved in a number of intershy

national developm ent projects

He is also a community volunshy

teer and a pioneer in establishshying the National Council of

Canadian Filipino Associations

as the official voice of Filipino

Canadians nationwide bull Tom Hutchison DVM 65 is

a veterinary pathologist with the Nova Scotia provincial

diagnostic lab In 1998 he

passed the board cer tification exa ms for the American

College of Poultry Veterinarians in Baltimore but

the years highlights came in

late summer - a first grandshy

child for Tom and his wife

Eileen in August and the birth

of their own son Scott in

September bull Brian Little ADA 67 BSc(Agr) 72 and MSc 78

was elected president of the

Canadian 4-H Foundation in

May He was previously presishy -dent of the Ca nadian 4-H

Co uncil and a co uDcil represhysentative for his employe r the

Royal Bank of Canada He has been a fou ndation trustee for

f allWinter 1999 33

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several years and has a strong

4-H background as a member

and a club leader

19705

bull Doug Franklin SA 72 was

recen tly a ppoin led execu tive

director of the Multiple

Sclerosis Association of

America its hea d office is in

Cherry Hill NJ He was forshy

merly with the International

Youth Foundation in

Baltimore Md

bull Cathie Leimbach

SSc(Agr) 78 and MAgr 88

visi ted U of G this fa ll as

agrologist-in-residence It was

the sixth year of the program

co-sponsored by OAC and the

Ontario Institute of

Agrologists (OlA ) Raised on

an Ontario dairy and swine

farm Leimbach is past presishy

dent of the OI A and a partner

in STRIVE a team specializshy

in g in training facilitation and

consulting She now lives on a

cash-crop farm in Ohio

bull Willem Moolenbeek BSe

77 and MSe 8 1 studied biolshy

ogy and entomology at U of G

at the same time he was learnshy

ing to play the saxophone with

the Royal Conservatory of

Mu sic He says he still loves

science but music has become

his career A recitalist soloist

and clinician he has been a

saxophone instructor at

McMaster University in

Hamilton Ont fo r 15 years

He also teaches at the 19805

University of Waterloo pri- bull Bruce Brown BSe(Agr)

vately and at the National 85 and his wife Claudia

Music Ca mp of Canada where (Liebscher) BA 84 have three

he sometimes offers an infor- children who are beginning to

mal course on in sect identifi- display their dads musical

cation There are always a few prowess on the kazoo After 14

kids who really dig that he years of dairy farming Bruce

says U of G music lovers want back to school to earn an

enjoyed his saxophone music education degree and is now

at a noon-hour concert in teaching science with the

October Durham District School

bull Peter Vaughan SA 77 and Board

MA 77 was appointed secre- bull Tom Burns BA 89 and MA

tar y general and CEO of the 91 is a member of the

Canadian Medical Association Victoria Police in Melbourne

in June A fa culty member in Australia Last summer he

two departments at John s welcomed visitors from the

Hopkins University and in the RCMP including Kevin Durie

Department of Family BA 93 They quickly estab-

Medicine at the University of lished a U of G connection

Ottawa he is a fo rmer presi- including Duries student

dent of the medical staff at employment at Dcr Keller

Guelph General Hospital and a which was Burns s favourite

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the job says Burns but this

time we spent most of our

time talking about the great

times we had at U of G In

still another coincidence

Durie is married to Christine

Blake-Durie BA 91 and MA

93 who was a member of

Burnss MA group Burns says

other U of G grads travelling

to Melbourne are more than

welcome to drop in

bull Stuart Jackson ADA 87 is

distribution manager for

Burnbrae Farms Ltd in Delta

Onto He sends greetings to all

OAC friends including the

diploma classes of 1979 and

1980

bull Laurel (Murdoch) Koumarelas BComm 84 is

an ESL teacher with the

Toronto School Board She

and her husband Gus live in

Mississauga with their sons

Robert and Evan

bull Trish Looman BA 87

works for Royal LePageshy

Vantage in Guelph She speshy

cializes in residential multishy

unit real estate

bull Laima (Karosas) Laffitte

BSe(Agr) 85 and MAgr 91

lives in Wendover Ont with

her husband Vincent MAgr

91 and their children Yohan

and Marina Laima is the

advertising manager for The

Canadian Veterinary Journal and Vincent is an account

manager at the St Isidore

branch of Scotiabank Theyd

like to hear from classmates

via e-mail at Iaffitteonsymshy

paticoca They also want to let

OAC 85 grads know that the

class executive is building a

Web page at wwwrkdecom

oac85 and needs updated

names and addresses (includshy

ing e-mail) to add to the

directory f IS-year reunion

is being planned for Dec 2

and 32000

bull Cheryl Miller-Oh BASe

91 and her husband Tae live

in Southfield Mich with their

twins Nathalie and Nathan

born in October 1998 She is a

health-care consultant with

Computer Sciences

Corporation Send e-mail to

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bull Vijay Singh MSe 70 has

been awarded the Arthur K Barton Endowed Professorship

at Louisiana State University

He also recently received an

honorary degree and a

Fulbright Award for his work

in the area of entropy

bull Gayle (Barton) Tapper BSe

81 (biological science) and 83

(computing science) has been

employed at Memorial

University in St Johns Nfld

for 14 years in the Department

of Computing and

Communications She is comshy

pleting graduate work in phishy

losophy and humanities at

Memorial and is the principal

harpist with the

Newfoundland Symphony

Orchestra Last year she

released a CD of Latinworld

traditional music on the South

American harp Visit her Web

site at httpwwwucsmun

cal -gay

bull Carolyn Riddell BA 85 is

running an active arts educashy

tion and paintingprintmaking

studio in Fergus Ont

bull Laura Wilkinson BSe 85

and MSe 87 is a coroner in

British Columbia and lives on

a cattle ranch near 70 Mile

House

19905

bull Kristi Adamo BSc(HK)

96 and MSc 98 and Rob

McMullin BSe 95 were

married in May 1999 and Jive

in Ottawa

bull Michelle (Pilon) Bacon BA

90 has been living in London

England with her husband

Tim and children Juliette and

Lucien but they are planning a

return to Canada They will be

AIRBORNE ALUMNUS Olive Thompson DHE 35 celebrated her 85th birthday

with her head in the clouds She made her first parachute

jump with instructor Scott Borghese in Simcoe Ont in June

and says it was the most exciting thing shes done in her life

Thompson lives in Dunnville and has four children and three

grandchildren When she asked them about the paracbute

jump they told her to go for it Shes considering a repeat I U

jump next year and hopes her adventure will be a good S o

example for other seniors A dedicated member of the class -lt CD

of Mac 35 Thompson was president of the University of s Guelph Alumni Association in 197778 and keeps busy now VI

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with volunteer work for the Salvation Army Z

living in Calgary and welcome

contact with western grads

and friends from Guelph Send

e-mail to m_e_baconhotshy

maicom

bull Deborah (Panton) Bodden

BASc 93 and her husband

Lyndhurst were married in

1998 and live in Grand

Cayman Cayman Islands

where she teaches primary

schoo

bull Elizabeth Cardno MSe 99

is working with the Rural

Health Research Consortium

at the University of

Saskatchewan developing

research projects on rural

health issues in relation to the

Canadian Institute for Health

Research

bull Jeannine Cote BA 9 J lives

in Hamilton Ont and works

o -lt

as a health -care aide and

home-support worker

bull Jeremy Debling BSe 94 is

a formulation chemist in the

pharmaceutical development

department at Novopharm

Limited in Toronto

bull Angela Dodd BA 93 and

Christopher Kemp

BSe(HK) 94 were married

Aug 14 Theyve bought a new

home in Etobicoke Ont

where he works for Canada

3000 Airlines and at Kingsway

Physiotherapy as a kinesioloshy

gist She is employed at

Manulife Financial in -Waterloo

bull Sheryl Harding Friedrich

BASe 85 is a full-time mom

and part-time nutrition conshy

sultant in Cannington Onto

She and her husband Cal

FallWinter 1999 35

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have three child ren Jonathan

Daniel and Anna

bull Anne Marie (Henwood)

Harman BA 95 is enjoying

her time at home with one shy

year-old Jenna She and her

husband Murray can be

reached bye-mail at 3harshy

mansstormca

bull Rosaleen Heffernan BA 96

and Barry Liboiron BSe 97

were married in August

Theyre both studying at the

University of British

Co lumbia where Liboiron is

doing a PhD in chemistry and

He ffe rnan is completing a

degree in educati on

bull Krista Hilton BASe 95

lives in Halifax with her hlls shy

band Michael Galloway She is

a priest in the Anglican Church

of Canada and serves as curate

a t the Cathedral Church of All

Sain ts Friends can reach her at

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bull Michael Kennard BA 86

starred as Mump the Clown in

the Canadian Stage Company

production of Mump amp Smoo t

in Something Else With Zug last

winte r at tbe Canadian Stage

Theatre in Toronto

bull Sharon McConnell BSe 90

and MSe 93 went on from U

of G to earn a diploma in

business management from

Wilfrid Laurier University

Since 1995 she has worked in

Toronto as a project director at

Burak Ja co bson Market

Resea rch Partners Ine

bull Michael McKay-Fleming BA

92 has launched two daily

comic strips via the Internet

Check out his Inane Producshy

tions Web site at http mem

bershomenetinaneprod to folshy

low the adventures of a free-spirshy

ited teenager named Alice and all

the animals in a new VVildlife

comielf you like comic strips

this fine art grad invites you to

enjoy his talent and humour

bull Andrew Nicholls MA 90 nications in Cambridge

and PhD 97 is an assistant bull Christine (Rogers) Patten

professor of history at Buffalo BA 9 1 lives in Toronto and

State College in Buffalo N Y has been working as a sales

He recen tly published the representative and industry

book The Jacobean Union A training facilitator since grad-

Reconsideration of British Civil uation She and her husband

Policies Under th e Early Vincent celebrated the birth of

Stuarts which offers a new their first child Gareth in

perspective on the role of mul - March 1999

tiple monarchy in the early bull Guiseppe Peritore

modern British kingdoms BSe(HK) 96 is studying

bull Jennifer (Pope) Parney physical therapy at the

BASc 94 works at Chatham- University of To ronto He

Kent Integrated Childrens married Rita Lavalle in May

Service - Heritage Campus 1999 and lives in Oakv ille His

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bull Sarah Perkins BSe(Agr) bull Tammy Tipler Priolo 92 joined Pfizer Animal BASe 90 lives in her hom e

Health in London Ont in town of North Bay Ont with

November as a product sup- her husband Clark and their

port speCialist Earlier she two-year-old daughter Erica

taught at Fairview College in Tipler Priolo is u5mg her com -

Fairview Alta before m oving puting skills in genealogy

back to Ontario in 1997 to research to track down elusive

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bull Bradley Raspberry BASc 90 is a clinical leader and regisshy

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atric behavioural health at SI

Josephs Villa in Dundas Ont

bull Lisa Ranacher BSe 98

recently joined the agronomy

program at the Central

Experimental Farm in Ottawa

as a physiological modelling

technician

bull Jamie Rickard BSe(Agr)

96 and Laura Summerfeldt

BSe(Agr) 97 were married

in October 1998 She is comshy

pleting a masters degree at U

of G and he is working with

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of G weddings are a family trashy

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ents Sherry (McBain) SA 69

and Ralph Rickard BSe 69 Tricia (Pella) BA 95 and

Gaetano Guy Rosa

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G friends attending They live

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Guy works as an account manshy

ager for BCI Bank and T ricia is

an environmental planner with

the Toronto and Region Conshy

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bull Pamela (Thompson) BASe

91 and Randy Ruisendaal

BComm 92 live near

Belleville 01t with their yearshy

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bull Ian Sandler DVM 9 5 was

married to Fern Glowinsk) in

March 1999 and works at

Secord Animal Clinic in

Toronto

bull Baijit Singh PhD 94 comshy

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at Texas AampM University and

Columbia University then

worked for the Canadian Food

Inspection Agency in Prince

Edward Island before joining

the University of Saskatchewan

as an associate professor He

welcomes notes from other

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bull Cyndy Stencill ADA 93 is a

propagator at a tree nursery in

British Columbia

bull Steve Tanner BA 82

recently moved to Guelph as

deputy police chief He had

served on the Halton Region

force since 1982 Tanner is a

specialist in criminal investigashy

tions and lie detector opera shy

tion He has continued his

education at Sheridan College

and McMaster and Ryerson

universities and is now workshy

ing on a masters degree at the

University of Western Ontario

bull Cheryl (Kellman) Thompson BA 95 run s a

rehabilitation consulting busishy

ness with her husband Don

in Burlington Ont

bull Donald PhD 94 and

Suzanne Welsh MSe 96

relocated from Yale University

to the University of Vermont

where they are both working

in the Department of

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cerebrovascular circulation

bull Wendla Westerberg BASc

96 earned a BEd from the

University of Western Ontario

in 1997 She is working for the

Lambton-Kent District School

Board as an occasional teacher

and lives in her home town of

Dresden Ont

bull Deena (Jones) Zambrana

BA 93 and her husband

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OBITUARIES

W illiam Ba rnes DVM 59 died Sept 7

1999 He grew up in th e N iagara area

but spent his professio nal ca ree r in a

ve terina ry prac ti ce in Ill inois He was a

dr ivi ng force in the American Ve ter inary

Medica l Assooatio n and in bo th the

Chicago and IlJin o is assoc iatio ns He

was also a fo un ding mem ber o f the

Ch icago-based Friends of Unicerslty of

Guelph a char itable o rga nizat ion

founded in 1975 to serve Guelph a lumni

living in the United Sta tes

George Dickson BSA 38 di ed Oct 9

1999 H e spen t h is entire career w ith

Canada Packers moving up f[Om mai l

cle rk to exec lltive vice-presid ent and

d irector After retirin g in 1976 he

devoted ma ny vo lu ntee r hours to U of

G 3S a memb er of Boa rd o f Gove rno rs

and the OAC Alumni Associatio n

Jam es Pinkney DVM 37 died July 3

1999 A respected ve ter in aria n in his

hom e to~ll o f Cooksv il le O nt he was

also recog nized as a p remier swi ne

breeder showman and judge He was

active in m any agricultural o rga niza shy

tio ns and in both the Ontario and

Canadian Vete rinary Med ical assoc iashy

tio ns He was a lo ngti me supporte r o f

th e Unive rsity especially the OVC

museum and was named OVC

Di stinguished Alumnus in 1987

Audrey Yea nd le DHE 25 di ed March

17 1999 in St ratford O nto A profes shy

sio nal diet it ia n she wo rked to two hosshy

p itals and tau ght home eco no m ics at

the Jo hn Fi he r School In Toro nto

Active In com munity orga nizatio ns and

her chu rch she was a lo ng time U of G

suppo rter and left an es ta te gift of over

$475000 to p rov ide bursaries for future

Gu elph students

Alumni

Jo hn Andrews DVM 38 June 27 1999

Harris Baker BSA 33 Febru ary 1998

Hu gh Balkwill BSA 53 June 27 1999

John Bowles BA 72 Sept 23 1999

Edward Bowness DVM 32 May 13 1999

Rud y Brown BSA 59 June 29 1999

Walter Bunn BSA 52 Sept 2 1999

Margaret Byrnes DHE 40 Apr il 22 1999

Joa n Cameron DH E 36 April 10 1999

Wil liam Cape ll BSA 54 Aprd 25 1999

T homas Ca rd BSA 47Ju ne 20 1999

Jean a rter DH E 38 Jun e 28 1999

Loi Clipsham D H E 27 Ju ne 23 1999

Bruce Cohoe BSA 3 3 Feb 2 1999

Geoffrey Collins BSA 28 May 21 1999

Al exander C o nnell ADA 60 Ju ly 26

1999

John Currie BA 74 Sep t 18 1999

William C u rrie BSA 59 Nov 27 1998

C arma n Davey DVM 39 Apr il 15 1999

D oug Doerksen ADA 84 Ju ne 5 1999

Joann e DU ll can -Robinson BA 81 and

MA 86 July 22 1999

Robert Erskine BSA 41 May 2 1999

Will ia m Fisher BSA 48 Aug 5 1999

Norm Freeman BSA 49 July 2 1999

Alexander Gc ncr BSA 32 Dee 27 1998

Rudy Goltz BSA 33 July 28 1 999

Tom Grah am BS 50 Dee 3 1998

Ed na Has tings D H E 32 July 11 1999

Jack Hea theringto n DVM 54 April 18

1999

Pa tric ia Hill BSc 96 MMch 9 1999

Ralph Hills BSA 54 June 14 1999

Murray Ho ltby ADA 47 O ct 29 1998

Shawn H owden B 9 1July81 999

james j ackson BSA 34 April 29 1999

Karen ( Re ichardt ) Kister B H Se 70

Ap rilll 1999

Albert Kristjanson BSA 50 Dec 7 1998

John Laffert ) BSA 5 1 Aug II 1999

Ron Lawrence DVM 43 Mel) 4 1999

Ann e Legate BSe 89 March 1999

Tsu-Peng Stephen i iu M Sc 65 Ma)

Hl 1998

Rober t Luckham ADA 58 Jan IS 1999

Jam es Lyons BSA 59 Au g 2~ 1999

Willia m M ack BSc(Eng) 84 Ju ne 7

1999

T helma M artin D HE 41 July 131999

Helen McBratney D lI E 34 in 1998

Allan Bud McCardle BSA 52 May 10

1999

Ri chard M cDonald O AC C la ss of 47

lV1arch 24 1999

john Meeuse ADA 58 July 19 1999

Ra ymond Parr D VM 3 7 Ap ril 7 999

George Plakidas MA 93 date unknown

Virgini a Reed ODH 66 1arch 1 1999

Rose Reynold s D HE 28 Apri l 17 1999

Ern es t Ro bertso n BSA 37 Aug 6 1999

Jam es Ross BSA 34 Au g 23 1999

Gra nt Savage D VM 48 Ma rch 2 1999

Earl Shuh BSA 36 July 5 1999

Eu gene Smith BSA 3 1 Jan 27 1999

Will iam Smyth MA 90 Oc tober 1997

Ch er yl Ann Somerville BSe(Agr) 96

Sept IS 1999

Carl Stevenson BSA 46 Aug 26 1999

Robert Tennant BSA 49 May 5 1999

Gregory Tostevin BA 93 Feb 10 1999

Gerald Trant BSA 51 Sept 1 1999

Bennie Urquhart DV M 54 April 4 1999

Ga il Wamsl ey BA 70 July 24 1998

Gladys Ward D IlE 27 Apri l 8 1999

Catherine Welch BSA 22 Ma rch 3 1998

M abel ( McCa rthy) Ziegler DH E 26

Apr il 29 1999

Facu lty amp Staff Pro f Sid Gilbert Sociolog) and An thro shy

polog) Sept 8 1999

Rev Canon Ritchie McMurray

eCllm enical ch aplain 1968 to 1983

Aug 19 1999

Frie nds

Yvonne Alexander M~y 15 1999

jerry lkirnes Sept 2 1999

Marga ret C urran Dec 28 1998

John Godwin in 1999

viark G renville Nov 6 1998

Peter Hallm an Ju ne 22 1999

Elsie Mae johnston Sept 12 1999

C lover Helena Ladouceur Sept 4 1999

Ed it h Pa tterson in 1993

Andrew Peterson Aug 26 1999

Edgar St rin ger March 1999

Gerry Vandergri ft Sep t 28 1999

Frank Watson March 23 1999

Barry Woods Jul y 30 1999

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from Ontario limesto ne but its familiar columns preshy

date the 1874 fo und ing o f the Ontario Agricu ltural Colshy

lege by several yea rs

Originally fronting a fa rmh ouse on Moreton Lodge

Farm the orna te front porch stoo d at the entrance of

the main co ll ege building until the O ld Res idence was

demolished in 1929 to make way for the co nstruction

of Johnston Hall Its believed the portico was erected

on Johnston Green in 1934

Because the ravages of time and weather had weakshy

ened the limestone structure to a dan gerous point it

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needed repairs to the stonework ceiling and roof The

OAC Class of 1949 raised $75000 to fund the p roject

as a 50th-anniversa ry gift to the ca mpu s and a way to

commemo rate the 125th anniversa ry of OAC

Now completely restored the portico is back in place

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Es tabli shed 117 years lgO the Roya l Society or Canada enco mpasse d ra nge of

discip lin es including the natural and ap plied sc iences medi cine soc ial scien ces MId hu manit ies

Dwi vedi sa) The s()c ic tys invitation is

an honour for me and also a wonderful recogshy

nition for our new coll ege (U of Gs College

of Social and All lied Human Sciences )

A for mer chair of Guel lhs Department of Political Science Dwivedi is pres id ent of

the Ca nadian Asian Stud ies Associa tion and

past lresident of the Canadian Po litica l Scishyence Association He also chairs th e resea rch committee of the International Poli tical Scishy

ence Associat io n

During hi s 32-year career at Guellh he ha s served on the Enviro nm ental Assess shy

)]lent Boa rd of Ontario as a co nsultan t to

the Ca nadian gove rnment as an adviser to th e Wo rld Health Organi za ti o n an d the

Wo rld Bank in In dia Papua New Guinea and Mau ritiu s an d as a sc ientific panel

member with UNESCO In J 99 8 he

received an honorary degree fro m the Unishyve rsity of Leth bridge ga

fa llWinter 1999 21

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ANDREvV VOWLES

m Tiny flashes of blue

light caught by U of G

to physicists in an

undergro und

observatory may eg

tell us the

fate of our

universerunch First tighf wasnt long in coming even in a mine shaft some two kiloshy

metres beneath the Earths surface Within days of turning on a multishy

million-dollar li ght detector near the bottom of a Sudbury nickel mine

scientists from Canada the nited States and the United Kingdom recordshy

ed their first even t Thats physicists lingo for a collision between a tiny

extraterrestrial particle called a neutrino and a molecule of heavy water

Actually what they witnessed last spring was not the encounter itself

- marked by a tell tale fl ash of blue light - but data trickling in quishy

etly from the detectors elaborate instruments sometime after the fact

Still that was enou h to set a few hearts pounding among the collabshy

orators in the Sudb u r y eutrin o Observatory particularly among

Guelph physicists John Simpson Robin Ollerhead and Jimmy Law who

appJaude 1 those early results not just for what they might reveal about

the universe but also as a validation of their painstaking care in conshy

structing and preparing the detector

Fall Winter 1999 23

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[J This is without a doubt the climax of my

career says Simpson whos been invo lved

with the Sudbury N eu trin o Observa to ry

(SNO) project since it was fir s t moo ted by

Canadian physicis ts in th e early 1980s Hes

been studying neutrinos for almost two

decades beginning with experiments in a

Windsor-area sa lt mine

It s th e las t unkn own low-energy area

left he says N eutrin os are s till th e least

understood elementa ry particle of a ll

Thats not for lac k of them T hey re co nshy

sidered to be th e most commo n particles in

the universe and the fund amenta l building

blocks of matter Each seco nd bi lli ons of

neutrinos generated during fusion reactions

in the sun and in sou rces far beyond our

galaxy bombard every square ce ntim etre of

the Earths surface undetected But just try

to catch one So ephemeral a re Ih ey th at

they pass without a mmmur through most

objects including solid rock ni ckel ni ckel

miners - even throu gh the SNO sc ientis ts

monitoring their giant acry li c ball s usshy

pended in a 22-metre-wide cavern two kiloshy

metres down the mine shaft

The $70-million o bse rva to ry s it s nea r

the bottom of Inco Ltd s C reighton nicke l

mine the deepes t wo rkin g min e in North

America and one tha t has opera ted co ntinshy

uously for the last ce ntury

Today the only eAtra terreslrial objects hitshy

ting the site - or more co rrect ly passi ng

through it - are neutrinos Seemingly against

astronomical odds those scientists hope to

use that ball as a kind of cosmic-sized catchshy

ers mitt to stop or deflect enough of these

particles to learn more about them and about

the big wide universe that spawned them

Inside that 12-foot ball are 1000 tonnes

of heavy water which is also used as coolant

inside nuclear reactors Tn fact th e watershy

all $300 million worth - is on loan from

Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (AECL)

Heavy water ho lds the key to SNOs opera-

Taken during construction the photo above

shows the SNO cavity and acrylic vessel At

right the acrylic vessel is surrounded by an 18shy

metre diameter geodesic sphere that supports

nearly 10000 light sensors and reftectors

Scientists hope to U~

tion Because its molecules contain one more

n eutron than in ordinary water its more

likely to in tercept a phantom neutrino That

co llis ion will be marked by faint but telltale

fla shes of light - forma lly kno wn as

Cerenkov radia tion th e characteris tic blu e

glow emitted in a nuclear reactor - to be

picked up by a few of th e 10000 detectors

studding the panels on th e sphere s surface

Perhaps more impo rtan t SNO resea rchers

anticipate that the wa ter will catch all three

types o f neut rinos no t just the o ne captured

by other detec tors around the world

N eutr in os come in three species or

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agiant acrylic ball as a kind of cosmic-sized catchers mitt

flavou rs based on th e kind s of subatomshy

ic particl es tlleyre dssociated with electro n

neutrinos muon neutrinos and tau neu trishy

nos Referring to earlier experiments that

have detected far fewer neutrinos than

expected based on our understanding of

how the universe works Simpso n says most

scientists believe that neutrinos have mass

and the) change type as th ey leave the sun

and thats why Ne havent seen enough of

them Being able to detect the other two

flavours at SNO might allow sc ientis ts to

account for the so -called missing neutrinos

Proving that neutrinos can change their

stripes might als o tell us more about the

likely fate of th e universe itself by solving

another mystery the question of the missshy

ing mass Referring to basic laws of physics

Law says If neutrinos convert th at means

th ey must have mass Why is that imporshy

ta nt Explai ns Ollerhead The amount of

mass thats accounted fo r by the sta rs that

you can see is only about one-tenth of the

total mass the re must be in the universe in

order to cause the interactions and motions

you see W hen people talk about mis si ng

mass thats what th ey re talking about

So the question is where is it l Because

every s tar produces billions of neut rin os

every second the universe is full of neutr ishy

nos These van ishingly small particles could

collectively exert a gravitational pull out of

all proportion to th eir size - enough to

eventually slow the expa nsion of the universe

If neutrin os have ma ss it means the

universe may be heavier than we think says

Simpso n The universe will eventually stop

expanding in a few billion years and collapse

back in on itself Thi s is known as the Big

Crunch Finding evidence of the smoking

gun to either prove or di sprove that theoshy

ry is the purpose of the observatory he says

SNO research bombards other areas of science Adapting physics tools to build SNO

An expert in X-ray back-scattering Guelph

physicist Innes Mackenzie helped the SNO

team about six years ago by adapting his

back-scattering technique to determine the

thickness of a plastic liner that su rrounds

th e entire observatory cavity Made of a

substance called urylon (produced by a

Guelph company) the liner was sp rayed

on to the cavitys concrete surface to screen

ou t radon a radioactive gas that diffuses

even through soLd rock In a project where

an extra millimetre could skew results scishy

entists needed to ensure that the material

was the same thickness all the way arou nd

Mackenzie used X-ray back-scattering

a techniq ue he has developed that might

be llsed to determine say the thickness of

paint applied in an auto assembly plant or

ice buildup on aircraft wings Laurentian

University physicist Doug Hallman says

his research group has worked with

Mackenzie to set up a unique hand- held

monitor and data-recording system which

found the actual thickness of the eightshy

millimetre-dlick polyurethane material to

an accuracy of about 10 per cent

Building new tools from SNO physics

During his graduate studies in physics at

Guelph Tom Andersen helped his PhD

supervisor Prof John Simpson design

devices used to detect background

radioactivity of the heavy wa ter in the

Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO)

and worked on software that simulates

th e movement of high -energy muons

particles created when cos mic rays

encounter the Earths atmosphere All the

while he had his eye on a not-unrelated

topic that became his full-time job after

graduating in 1998

It a desk top planetarium says

Andersen of his astro nomy software

which allows users to view the simulated

night sky - including comets asteroids

satellites a nd stars - on a computer

screen With it yo u can observe the sky

as it appears from your backyard tonight

o r from Jupiter 100 years ago or from

Egypt 3000 years ago

He and his partners a t Toronto-based

Sienna Software Inc have so ld about

10000 copies of Sta rry Night software

dming the past 18 months They began

by selling software that users could down shy

load from the Internet but now make two

CD-ROM versions of the package Starshy

ry Night Deluxe and Starry Night Pro

The first allows users to look at more than

19 million objects from anywh ere in the

solar system and to examin e deta iled

graphics of such things as constellations

Serious astronomy afic ionados use the

pro version to track as teroids learn more

about star motions or create their own

planets to study orbital mechanics

Generally anyone who owns an

as tronomical telesco pe owns a piece of

astronomy software says Andersen You

can take your telescope to your backyard

and connect it to your laptop and then

point to something with Starry Night and

have the telescope steer to it

Applying SNO tools to business

Former phys ics graduate student Myung

Chol Chon now works in the Royal Banks

corporate and investmen t banking offices

in Toronto Modelling the behaviour of

financial assets and pricing derivative secushy

rities might appear removed from the task

of capturing neutrinos but Chon says the

Guelph SNO group gave him an opporshy

tunity to learn various quantitative ana lyshy

sis tools including Monte Carlo simulashy

tion and artificial neural networks I also

gained understanding and experience in

software production via working with the

SNO Monte Carlo Analysis (SNO MAN )

software development team - tools

applicable not only in physical science but

in other areas as well

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-Simpson says ea rly detection of SNOs first

neutrino this summer reflects the high qUJIshy

ity of the obselva tory itself incl uding th t conshy

tribution of the Guelph scientists involved in

designi ng its sophist icated instrum ents Thats why theres a lot of noise abo ut the

fi rst measurem en ts he sa ys Some o ther

detectors have to work harder to get the backshyground radioactivity down Weve shown that

we constructed a very clea n detector

Along with several PhD studen ts and resea rch associates he and his coUeagues buiJt

inst ruments used to monitor and ensure an acceptable level of background radi oactivishy

ty in SNOs innards fiom the hea l) watcr to all the components orthe detector itse lf

The Guelph group developed a very senshy

sitive technique for the measurement of ultrashylow levels of ra dioactivit y in water whi ch is

essential for th e SNO detector to reach its

goals says SNO project director Art McDonshy

ald a phys icist at Queens Universit y Meas uring radioact ivity is our ga me

says resea rch ass oc iate Pillalamarr Jaga m during a tour of Sim psons lab in th e baseshy

ment of the MacNaughton Build in g home

to whJt Jaga m calls the only ul tra-low backshy

ground radi ation research and development

group in Ca nada Po inting to a det ector resemblin g a stainless-steel salad bowl with

a matchin g lid he says the Guelph -made

de vice JS with its co usins on perm anent du ty at SNO picks lip infinitesimally small

amounts of ra dioactivity emitted naturall y

by the observa torys compo nents

Ja ga m helps run th ose dev ices at SNO

fo llowin g up on his role as superv iso r of a

cl ea nin g crew d urin g SNOs constru ction SNO is the larges t clean-room ever olltside

of the electron ics industry he says Its

cleaner th an yo ur avera ge dinner plate

Above Muon neutrinos produced from cosmic

rays which strike Earths abnosphere are detectshy

ed by the SNO light sensors producing a coneshy

shaped pattern of energy Right An artists

sketch of the SNO detector shows the central

acrytic vessel now filled with 1000 tons of heavy

water and surrounded by 7000 tons of ultra

pure regular water Scientists monitor the obsershy

vatory from the room located above the sphere

26 GU ELP H ALUM NUS

In two years we mayI

Unlike th eir fell ow labourers in the m in e

who normall y hit the sbowers aft er a lo ng

day on the ore face th e scientists monitorshy

ing th e o bse rvatory must shower bef ore enterin g their facility Simil ar standa rds are mlintained tor the heavy water in th e acrylic

vessel which is fil tered dail y Jnd tested for ambient rad ioactivit y It s the purcst water

in th e wo rld says Jian Wang for merly J

research associate in Simpsons lab and now a consultant wi th U of Gs GUA RD In c

The Guelph-dc-signed instruments h ave

prove n lIseful in rela ted but more fa r-flung

applications JagaJl1 says scientists building

lgt

I n o c (i -lt z o

CI

ly know if the universe will eventually collapse

ye t an oth er neutrino observatory in Italy consulted with U of G physicists on radia shyti on measurement Closer to home he has helped Prof Richard Protz Land Reso urce Science quantify minute amounts of radioac tive cesium in so il samples taken from the Ecuadorean Andes an d from the Chernobyl site in Ukrain e

Law a particle physicist [las been involved since 1991 in writin g and test ing simulation software used by the project colshylaborators to model the workings of th e SNO detecto r With the detector now opershyating the package - dubbed SNOMAN shywill be used to analyse the data it generates OUerhead who first encountered SNO while chair of the Department of Physics has long worked in expe rim en tal nuclear physics using accelerators such as th e one run by AECL in Cbalk River Ont Todays investishygations at SNO draw on at least one aspect of his ea rlier resea rch in Los Alamos New Mexico where he developed neutral current detectors of the sort expec ted to help SNO sn iff out all three neutrino flavo urs

Sim psons graduate student Nathaniel Tagg is studying cosmic ray particles called muons which are detected as a byproduct in the obse rvatory Unlike neutrinos muons come from cosmic rays - or ionized nuclei - which begin Jife far beyond the solar sysshytem perhaps generated by stars exploding into supernovas or by shock waves emanating from collapsing black holes When these cosmic rays hit the Earths atmosp here th ey create extremely high-energy particles that can be detected by SNO some alon e or in pairs like bullets others in a shower like shotgun pelshylets Comparing the ratio of single bullets to shotgun blas ts may tell Tagg something about how the particles originated When you build a detector you get a lot of things for free he says Muons are considered background to most of the collaboration but there are some interes ting physics you ca n do with them

Beyond Guelph the SNO collaboration brings together almost 100 scientists from II universi ties and labs in Canada the United Sta tes and the United Kingdom Canad ian participants includ e university resea rchers from Queens Car leton Laurentian Britisll

Columbia and Guelph Wby Ca nada Canashyda has a lot of heavy water because of its nuclear power reactor development the CANshyDU reactor says OUerhead Basically Canashyda is tbe only country that can do the expershyiment using heavy water which is what gives this its unique flavour The other thing is the undergro und aspect All the neutrino expershyimen ts are done underground for shielding from cosm ic rays and other sources of backshyground radiation The nickel mine in Sudbury is the deepest site in North America

Its al so important that Creighton mine is a working facility says Si mpson [t has

Physics faculty

and students are

an integral part of (PES

Physics is one of five departments and schools in the College of Physshyical and Engineeri ng Science ( CPES) Physics has more Roya l Society fellows than any other department on campus Since 1993 ten CPES students including two in physics have received National Research Coun shycil awards under the agen cys Women in Engin eering and Scishyence Program In 1999 CPES laun ched an inteshygrated four-year degree program in technology with Seneca College in Toronto majors in physics and technology or applied pharmace ushytical chemistry CPES plans to launch a new undershygraduate degree in computing scishyence next year to promote U of G strengths in bioinfomatics neural networks genetic algo rithm s and embedded systems CPES offers a unique program called MPC2 that provides enriched studies in mathematics physics chemistry and computing science

to be active because its the only way you can maintain the safety of th e mine SNOs control room occupies a drift (miners talk for a corridor) 6800 fee t below the surface deep enough to accommodate a stack of about five CN Towers

Dw-ing the observatorys construction a regular express ca ge whisked visitors directly down No9 shaft to the detector as fast as a car travelling on a cit) street The shaft also served as the delivery conduit for the SNO components Site manager Dunshycan Hepburn recall s es pecially the three months that it took to ship the [000 tonnes of heavy water underground The eleva tor could take six tonnes at a time he says so we had an elaborate schedule involving six tanker cars fill ed overnight and sent down early in th e morning on a specially schedshyuled cage Adds mine manage r John Gill J dont think we spilled a drop

Now using regularly scheduled cages scishyentists crowd shoulder to sho ulder in the elevator with up to 40 miners during the 20-minute ride along the sloping ore seam Everyone in the collaboration is expected to spend a certain number of shifts actualshyly operating the detec tor says O llerhead This is partly to save money but also par tshyly because th e physicists are the ones with the vested interes t and should be involved Collaborators might spend seve ral weeks in Sudbury at a time for up to six weeks a year

SNO scien tists expect to learn definitiveshyly within two years whether or not neutrishynos have mass They also anticipate that the observatory will yield information about the sun and about other st ructures far beyond our galaA) The missing mass question is a way of studying supnnovas notes Ollershyhead There are many applications of this detector beyond just neutrinos from the sun

Why should anyone ca re about what these infinitesimally small particles teU us about cosshymic-sized questions If youre going to be an ad vance d and civilized country then you should be thinking about fundamental quesshy shytions and not just about where your next meal is coming from says Simpson Thats the difshyference I think between a civili7ed society and a society that just lives from day to day ga

FallWinter 1999 27

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

alU bull

ALUMNI PROFILES

ALUMNUS OF HONOUR

FORMER OAC DEA N Rick Richards BSA 38 was recogn ized for

his lifelong commi tment to excellence in admini stration teachshy

ing research and ex tension wh en he vas named 1999 AlumLlus of Honour by th e Un ive rsity o f Guelph Alumn i Associat ion The preshy

sen tation was made durin g Alumni Weekend in lun e

Ri chard s bega n hi s ca ree r in soil sc ience and pion ee red the

process of soil classifi ca ti on and map pin f for Ontario As head of

th e Un iversitys Depa rtm ent of Land Resou rce Science he spearshyheaded the constr uct ion o f new fa cili ties provided leadership in

the deve lopment of broader more sc ientifi c program s and th e

expansioLl o f fa culty and obta ined more lan d areas for departshymental resea rch He was appointed the first dea n of OAC in 1962

and was one o r the fou r principal academi c leade rs ho shared in

es tab lishin g the Universit y of Guelph After co mpleting two terms as dean he return ed to teac hing and retired in [98 1

As a professiona l agrologist Richards impleme nted pl ans ror

the Canadian Agri cultural Researc h Co un ci l as it s fi rst president

and was pres id ent o f the Ca nadian Soc iety of Su il Science th e Ontari o Institute of Ag rologists and tht Agricu ltural Institu te of

Can ada He was also the Canadian representa ti ve to th e United

Nations Food and Agricu lture O rga nizltJtion

ALUMNI VOLUNTEER AWARD

DAv ID ADAMS BSA 49 has always made his alma mater a pri shy

o ri t) and in 1999 th e Unive rsity of Guelph Alumni Associashy

tion app lauded th at loya lty by presentin g him with its 1999 Alulll shyni Volu nteer Awa rd

Adams has demo nstrated a devot ion to volun teer excellence

through his com mitment to the Universit y OAC and hi s alumni

ii class OAC 49 He was UGAA pres ident in 196869 president of

d the OAC Alu Jllni Associatio n in 196566 and a member of the Unishy

~ versi ty Senate and Boa rd of Governors fro m 1970 to 1973 In add ishy

~ tion he has Jllade mu ltiple contr ibu tions to OAC 49 ac tivities He

~ was instrumenta l in orga ni zin g 50th-anniversary class celebrations ~ for Alumni middotWeekend 99 which included the ded ication of the Yea r

~ 49 OAC po nd ga rden at th e Arbo retum Cent re and the res torashy

~ ti on of the Johnston Hall portico u ~ Adamss giving sp irit car ri es over into his pro(ess iona lli fc He

~ has had a distingu ished career in the ag ri -food indust ry and was laquo ~ general manager of the Canadian Meat Co uncil whe n hL reti red in

~ 1993 He cont inues to share hi s expertise with the co unc il and as

~ a volu ntee r for th e Royal Ag ri cultural inter Fair and th e Ca nashy~ dian Nat ional Exhibition FARlv

28 G UHPH ALU I NUS

HIGHLIGHTS middot GRAD NEWSmiddot OBITUARIESmiddot CALENDAR

ALUMNI MEDAL OF ACHIEVEMENT

DR AD RIAN P ARKS WO RK in th e area o f minimally invasive

surge ry has earned him international recogniti on as a leading surgeo n and educa tor in his fi eld His advancements in the use of

laparoscop ic techniques have improved treatm ent for an ex tensive

range of med ica l disorders that in the past could only be handled

thro ugh trad itional sur gery [n 1997 he was recruited to establish a new program at th e Uni ve rsity of Kentucky

Pa rk was honoured th is spring wit h the Universit y of Guelph flumni Associati ons Alumni Medal of Achievem ent He received

a bachelor of science fro m Gu elph in 1985 and a doctor o f med ishycine from McMaster University in 1987

He completed his training at St Josephs Hos pital and rilcMasshy

ter Uni ve rsity Affiliated Hosp ital s in Hamilto n O nt and at the

Uni versit) of Montrea l before Jo ining St Jose phs as a ge neral surshy

geo n in 1994

The Guelph meda l recognizes th e professional leadership and achievements demons trated in Parks still- yo un g career and his

compassionate ca re of pati ents He and his wife Jennifer 8A 84 have three children Hilary Meredith and Evan

ove DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS

DUNCAN SINC LAIRS CONTR IB UTIO NS to career an d soc iety have prove n bis leadersh ip and expe rtise in hea lth sciences He gradshy

uated fro m OVC in 1958 and received a master of sc ience fro m OAC in 1960 specializing in nutriti on He then earn ed a PhD in

physiology at Queens University in 1963 and bega n a ca reer focused

primaril y on human health Sinclair was ltl consultant to th e Ontario Ministry of Agriculture

Food and Rural Affairs on the Animals for Research Act ilnd bega n

his academic career at Q uee ns as dean of arts and science in 1974 He went on to serve as vice-principal institutional relati ons sershy

vices an d hea lth sciences before assum ing the role of dea n of medshy

icine He ret ired from Queens in 1996 He has heJd other prestishy

gious positi ons including directo r general of the Medical Resea rch

Council and was tile recipient of OVes Schofield ]V[edal in 1983

Sinclair is now deeply involved in advising the Ontario minisshy

ter of hea l til on ways to reinvest and res tructure th e delivery of health services in the province He chairs the Hea lth Services

Restr ucturin g Co mmission an independent body of health

experts and professionals appointed to redesign tbe provincial

health system

FallWinter 1999 29

alumni Matters

-ORDER OF OACU of G Can1pus ESTABLISHED MARY AND RlCK RICHARDS longtime OAC supporterWelcoilles Alumni

ABSA 38 are the first inductees Membership in the order is

into the Order of OAC estabshy limited to the first 50 individshy

LUMNI WEEKEND J999 orga nizing committee and says lished ea rli er thi s year by the uals who give $1 00000 or more

brought more th an 1300 proceeds will be used to help the OAC Alumni Fo undation to as bequests irrevocable insurshy

visitors to campus June 18 to 20 class establi sh a mille nnium recognize significant contribushy ance policies planned gifts or

In addition to th e traditi o nal scholarship to co mmemorate its tions to its end owment fund cash donations Gifts may be

awards luncheon hosted by U of 25 th anni versar)1 of graduation Rick served as dean of OAC applied as endowments to the

G president Mordech ai Rozanshy The Uni vers it y of Guelph [Tom 1964 to 1972 (see sto ry OAC Alumni Foundation or to

ski there we re man y spec ial Alumni Associat ion held its on page 28) Mary also worked the college as approved by the

events and cla ss reunions The ann ual meeting during Alumni in the college and has been a fou ndation directors

new Order of OAC was preshy Wee kend and elected a new slate

sented to Mary and Rick of offi cers for 1999 2000 Scott

Richards BSA 38 at th e Go ldshy va nEnge n BSc(Ag r) 88 presshy

en Anniversary Dinner and the id ent Robin-Lee Norris BA 80

Class of J974 hosted a reuni on first vice-pres ident John Tatson

dinner with Calgary Flames BA 69 seco nd vice-president

Hockey Club CEO Ron Bremshy Rita Sterne BComm 87 secshy

ner BA 7 J as guest speaker Bill Imiddotetar) and Brad Hull BA 89

Laidlaw BA 74 chaired the treasurer

President Mordechai Rozanski and representatives of the alumni

classes and individuals who supported U of Gs six new themati c

gardens cut the ribbon to officially open them duri ng Alumni Weekshy

end From left are Bill Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 61 Don Gri eve

BSA 55 and MSA 57 Harold Shield BSA 51 Sandra Hannam uJ CD Clay Switze r BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rozanski Marilyn Robinson ~ I Murray BH5c 55 Ted McNinch BSA 49 Bruce Stone BSA 53 u VI

Z and MSA 54 Harold Bentley BSA 64 and MSc 66 Craig Hunter lt

B5c(AgL) 74 and MSc 77 and Les Laking BSA 39 and HDSC 71 The conservatory greenhouse was unveiled moments later by gtshyCD

Don Rutherford BSA 51 who gave the leadership gift ensuring VI o

it s res toration on behalf of his famil y 5 I -

Ginty jocius BSc(Agr) 70 left chair of the OAC Alumni Foundation

presents the Order of OAC to Mary and Rick Richards BSA 38

Enjoying the Class of 1974 re union dinner are from left jerry Orga n

BSc(PE) 71 Ron Bremner BA 71 Gail Bremner Paul Henry MA 71

and Bill Laidlaw BA 74

30 GUELPH ALUMNUS

GRYPHON SPIRIT DOMINATES HOMECOMING

UOF G students shared the stands with alumni who came to campus Sept 25

to watch the football Gryphons defeat their long- standing varsity rival the University of Toronto Blues During the weeke nd the Gryphon Club Hall of Fame inducted five Gryphon swimmers filled the gold pool at the 21st ann ual Alumni Relay Swim Meet

and president Mordechai Rozanski hostshyed a luncheon attended by more than 200 alumni and current students who have received sc holarships and awards or who

participated in the volunteer peer helper prog ram

ALUMNI SWIM TO THE TOP

FORMER GRYPHON SW IMMER S Peter Koli snyk BSc(HK) 83 and Denise

(FarndaJe) vVatso n BASe 85 were recogshyni zed at the ann ual Homecoming sw im mee t for having attended more often th an any other alumni Other participants includshyed 1999 graduates Nico le Weber BSe CEng ) Greg Steinberg BSc(HK) and Nancy Sweetnam BComm who has been a memshy

ber of two Canadian Ol ympic teams ( 1992 and 1996) The alumni team defeated the stud ent teams with the help of Leo n

Homecoming J

r ~

Form er Guelph mayor and sports broadcaster Norm la ry received the Gryphon Club Hall of

Fame Merit Award Sept 24 at the annual induction c re mony that also honoured five former

Gryphon athletes From left are Paul Willi ams a cross-country and track athlete and three-time

Canadian Olympian Bob Pronk BComm 82 Ontario and Canadian cham pionship wrestler

Dave Guest BComm 87 a former all middotstar soccer and vo lleyba ll player Gladys Williams BA

69 MVP in both wo menS fi eld hockey and ice hockey lary and Mark Brown BComm 81

Wi ldman Trophy winner and football capta in The Gryphon Club also recognized the 1974 mens

rugby OUAA championship team

Garstecki Gryphon diving coach in the midshy Dale a longtime Gryp hon supporter and a I 970s and retired botany professo r Hugh national record-b olding masters swimmer

bull49 VETS MEET AT TRAlEE The OVC Cla ss of 1949 produced a la sting memory of its 50th

anni versary by filming the lune 18 gathering held at Tralee Farms

the home of class member Ray Cormack Classmates travelled from

across Canada and the United States to attend th e reunion which

included a luncheon a visit from U of G president Mordechai Rozanshy

ski and a tour of Cormacks farm and antique carriage collection

The organizing committee of Dave House Bill Mitchell Ken Fisk

and lim Arch ibald succeeded in producing a golden-anniversary

memento that captu res the days events and everyone in attendance

as they comment on their lives since graduating from OVe -Proceeds from the sale of the v ideos will support the OVC 49

Memorial Scholarship Fund Cost is $25 each To place an order call

Vikki Tremblay at Alumni House 519-824-4120 Ext 65 44 I D

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alumni Matters

2000 Coming Events

Jan 26 - Careers Night hostshyed by Mac-FACS Alumni Assoshy

ciation For informatio call Laurie MalleaLi at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Careers Night hostshyed by HAFA Alumni Associashy

tion For information call Laushyrie Malleau at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Aggie Good Times Banquet Call the OAC Studwl Federation at Ext 8321 for tickshyet information Feb 3 - Job hir at Bingeman Park in Kitchener complishy

mentary bus service from Unishyversity Centre for students and

alumni For directions and a list of employers call U of G

Career Services at Ext 22 13

Feb 11 - Deadline for nomshy

ina tions for U of G Alumni Association Alumnus of Honshy

our Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment and Alumni Volunteer

Award and the OVC Distinshy

guished Alumnus Call Carla Bradshaw at Ext 6657 for details March 1 - Annual alumni

Florida reunion at Maple Leaf

Estates Port C harlotte Florishyda For information call alumshyni programs at 519-824-4120

Ext 6657 send e-mail to alumshyniuoguelphca or call Jack Hanna in Florida after Jan 1

at 813-645-0905

March 18 amp 19 - College

Ro yal

March 31 amp April 1 - OAC

Alumni Association annual

bonspiel at the Guelph Curlshy

ing Club and Guelph Country w Club Call Carla Bradshaw at ~ txt 6657 to register c u bull For more information on anyU)

z alumni event call the U of G ltC extension listed at 519- 824shy20 r 4120 or send e-mail to al11111shyCD

o niCvzlOguelphcab c a

32 CUEIPH ALUM N US

EA RLIER THIS YEAR U ofG

introduced a new approacll to fund-raising that centres on

academic priorities identified by

the ix colleges Now the Unishy

ve rsit y expa nds this initiative

through the formation of a new Annual Fund Cou ncil that will

recruit volunteers to proactiveshy

ly help meet tll0se funding goals

By enlarging the partnershy

ship between academics and fund-raisers we arc focusing our

efforts more clearly on the Un ishy

versi tys overall stra tegic objecshy

tives says Rudy Putns executive

director of campaign progra ms

We are calling on coUege deans to help ensure that our annual

giving programs are providing

the grea test possible benefit to

students Our volunteer and pro-

ALUMNI CElEBRATE NEW HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE CENTRE

The Human KineticsHuman Biology Alumni Association

presented a sketch of the John T Powell Building to U of Cs

new Health and Perfor mance Centre at a June 19 reunion of alumni and former staff Artist Joan Harper BSe(HK)

82 left and retired professor John Powell right witnessed

a presentati on by association pres ident Janet Leonhard BSe(HK) 82 to Prof Terry Graham

SilENT AUCTION MAKES NOISE

A silent auction held Sept 14 to 16 a t the Ou tdoo r Farm

Show in Woods tock Ont ge nshy

erated a lot of excitement and

goodwill in OACs 125th shyanniversary year and raised

$51000 that wi ll support stu shy

dent recruitm ent programs in

the college The auction was organized by Cinty Jocius BSc(Agr) 70 president of

Ginty Jocius amp Associates of

Guelph on behalf of the OAC Alumni Foundation

Auction items donated by friends and exhibitors at th e

farm show included everylhing

from farm equipment and supshyplies to a seven-month-old lla shyma named (-i nty Lorie Jocius

BASe 72 purchased her husshy

bands namesake and gave it to

OAC as an anniversary presen t at th e Sept 25 Heritage Banshy

quet and Ball

FUND-RAISI NG PARTNERSHIPS GROW

fessional fund -raislls wiJl spend

more of thei r time making pershy

so nal requ es ts for gifts to the University and less time on inshy

house administra tion

Members of the Annual Fund

Council will invite donations

Crom alumni members of the campu~ community the paren ts

of current students graduating

classes members of the various

gift clu bs (Presidents Council

etc) and selected corporations

foundations and associations

Development and Public Affairs staff will help target vol unteer

efforts where they wi ll have the

stronges t impact on growin g don or particip ation and fund shy

razsing results

Annual giving is one of the

most crucial parts of an institushy

tion s developmen t agenda says Putns Annu al donors help

maintain the quali ty of estabshylished academic programs espeshy

cially in times of reduced pubshy

lic fundin g he says They also

provide a foundation for special

fun cl-rai sing cam paigns shycampaigns that enable the Unishy

ve rsity to grow by providi ng

funds for major projects that do

not ha ve a traditional so urce of support Tbe ACCESS endowshy

ment for student financial assistshy

ance and the rece nt campaign to upgrade th e Food Science

Building are notable examples For more illjormation aboLit

the An17ual FUlld Co ullcil call Al111tal Fund 17l1lnager Tara George at 519-824-4 120 Ex t

390 1 or Putl7S at ext 6384

GRAD NEWS

U of G Degrees ADA = Associate diploma

in agriculture BA =Bachelor of arts BASe = Bachelor of applied

science BComm = Bachelor of

commerce BHSe Bachelor of houseshy

hold science BLA =Bachelor of

landscape architecture BSA = Bachelor of science in

agriculture (pre-196s) BSe(Agr) Bachelor of

science in agriculture BoSe = Bachelor of science BSe(Eng) =Bachelor of

science in engineering BSc(Env) =Bachelor of

19405

bull The Macdonald Institute

Class of 1941 met each other

for the firsl lime in 1939 and

theyve been gelling logelher rvice a year siIlce gradual ion

Celebrating 60 yea rs of fri end shy

ship this year are Mary (Hcx imer) MacLeln Beth

(jackson) Ca rdifF Mo lly

(Pattrson) Nix Frances

(Pellet) Smith Dorolhy

(Pond) Dunn Jeanne (Taylor )

Hamel Phyllis (Weren) Sobel and Evelyn (Eatun ) Pond

bull Jim Morton BSA 47 posed with his son Robert SA 70

and grandsons Jeff Bell 13A

9 1 and Greg Mo rton

SSc( Eng) 99 at Gregs U of

G convocation in June Retired

from a career in the lumber

business Jim is an OAC llu mmiddot ni volunteer al Guclph and is

aClive in cOm11lUnily work in

Burlington Onto Rob ert is

CEO of the Community Care

Access Centre in Simcoe

Coullly Jeff lcaches in Elmvalc

for the Simcoe County Dislricl School Board and Greg is

working Wilh the COnSlliling

engineering firm of Proclor

science in environmental sciences

BSe(HK) Bachelor of science in human kinetics

BSc(pE) = Bachelor of science in physical education

DHE = Diploma in home economics

DVSc = Doctor of veterinary science

DVM =Doctor of veterinary medicine

GO = Graduate diploma MA = Master of arts MAgr = Master of agriculture MBA = Master of business

admininstration MEng =Master of engineering

and Redfern at its Kitchener

office The Guelph lineage

aCl ually bega n in the Morton fami ly with Greg great shy

grantimoliln Anne Pringle

Morton DH E 1914

Greg Morton Jeff Bell and Jim and

Robert Morton

19505

bull Harold Baker BSA 50

writes to w rrect the e-mail

address publi shed in the last

iss lle of the Clepll Alunnls

Friends (111 conlact the retired

University of Saskatchewan

professo r and Il is wife Phyllis

at ha kc r hdukeL1sa~k ca

bull Barney Goodwin-Wilson BSA 50 is serving a two-year

krm as chair of the hoard of

lhe Onta rio Foocllerminal

The Iomnlo facility is the

MFA = Master of fine art MLA Master of landscape

architecture MMS = Master of management studies MSc =Master of science MSc(Aqua) = Master of

science in aquaculture ODA = Ontario diploma in

agriculture ODH =Ontario diploma in

horticulture OdR = Ontario Diploma in

recreation PhD = Doctor of philosophy

larges t who lesale fruit proshy

duce and flower market in

Canada and one of the largest

in orrh America He was forshymerly director and vice-cha ir

of the board

bull Gary Powell ADA 58

stopped at a remote motel in

western klahoma last

Janu ary and stanee a convershysation with th e only other cusshy

tomer at breakfa st the next

morning Turns out they were

both U of G grads Powell and Joe Deli BSc (Agr ) 64 had a

great time reminiscing abo Llt

ca mpus perso nalities they

both knew I guess one is never really very far from home says Powell

bull Dave Valentine BSA 59 has

retired as (o unty engineer for

the County of Brant in

Ontario He previously spent

23 years with Sir Sandford

Fleming College in Peterborough and has served 8S

engineer for the coun ties of Haliburton and Victoria He

and his wife Carole are now

Jiving near Carlisle Send e-mail

to valcntinworldchatcom

19605

bull Manuel Garcia PhD 67 was

recognized by the government

of the Ph ilippines in December

1998 with one of the highest

honours given to Filipinos Jivshy

ing outside the cou ntr y Garcia

is a senior consulting mi crobishy

ologist with lAS Bioshy

Diagnostic and a former

research scientist with

Agriculture and Agri-Food

Canada in Ottawa He is intershy

nationally recognized for his work in veterinary med icin e

and public health on the early detection of ca mpylobacter

salmonella and other foodshy

borne pathogens He is a memshy

ber of several learned profes shy

sional societies and has been involved in a number of intershy

national developm ent projects

He is also a community volunshy

teer and a pioneer in establishshying the National Council of

Canadian Filipino Associations

as the official voice of Filipino

Canadians nationwide bull Tom Hutchison DVM 65 is

a veterinary pathologist with the Nova Scotia provincial

diagnostic lab In 1998 he

passed the board cer tification exa ms for the American

College of Poultry Veterinarians in Baltimore but

the years highlights came in

late summer - a first grandshy

child for Tom and his wife

Eileen in August and the birth

of their own son Scott in

September bull Brian Little ADA 67 BSc(Agr) 72 and MSc 78

was elected president of the

Canadian 4-H Foundation in

May He was previously presishy -dent of the Ca nadian 4-H

Co uncil and a co uDcil represhysentative for his employe r the

Royal Bank of Canada He has been a fou ndation trustee for

f allWinter 1999 33

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several years and has a strong

4-H background as a member

and a club leader

19705

bull Doug Franklin SA 72 was

recen tly a ppoin led execu tive

director of the Multiple

Sclerosis Association of

America its hea d office is in

Cherry Hill NJ He was forshy

merly with the International

Youth Foundation in

Baltimore Md

bull Cathie Leimbach

SSc(Agr) 78 and MAgr 88

visi ted U of G this fa ll as

agrologist-in-residence It was

the sixth year of the program

co-sponsored by OAC and the

Ontario Institute of

Agrologists (OlA ) Raised on

an Ontario dairy and swine

farm Leimbach is past presishy

dent of the OI A and a partner

in STRIVE a team specializshy

in g in training facilitation and

consulting She now lives on a

cash-crop farm in Ohio

bull Willem Moolenbeek BSe

77 and MSe 8 1 studied biolshy

ogy and entomology at U of G

at the same time he was learnshy

ing to play the saxophone with

the Royal Conservatory of

Mu sic He says he still loves

science but music has become

his career A recitalist soloist

and clinician he has been a

saxophone instructor at

McMaster University in

Hamilton Ont fo r 15 years

He also teaches at the 19805

University of Waterloo pri- bull Bruce Brown BSe(Agr)

vately and at the National 85 and his wife Claudia

Music Ca mp of Canada where (Liebscher) BA 84 have three

he sometimes offers an infor- children who are beginning to

mal course on in sect identifi- display their dads musical

cation There are always a few prowess on the kazoo After 14

kids who really dig that he years of dairy farming Bruce

says U of G music lovers want back to school to earn an

enjoyed his saxophone music education degree and is now

at a noon-hour concert in teaching science with the

October Durham District School

bull Peter Vaughan SA 77 and Board

MA 77 was appointed secre- bull Tom Burns BA 89 and MA

tar y general and CEO of the 91 is a member of the

Canadian Medical Association Victoria Police in Melbourne

in June A fa culty member in Australia Last summer he

two departments at John s welcomed visitors from the

Hopkins University and in the RCMP including Kevin Durie

Department of Family BA 93 They quickly estab-

Medicine at the University of lished a U of G connection

Ottawa he is a fo rmer presi- including Duries student

dent of the medical staff at employment at Dcr Keller

Guelph General Hospital and a which was Burns s favourite

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the job says Burns but this

time we spent most of our

time talking about the great

times we had at U of G In

still another coincidence

Durie is married to Christine

Blake-Durie BA 91 and MA

93 who was a member of

Burnss MA group Burns says

other U of G grads travelling

to Melbourne are more than

welcome to drop in

bull Stuart Jackson ADA 87 is

distribution manager for

Burnbrae Farms Ltd in Delta

Onto He sends greetings to all

OAC friends including the

diploma classes of 1979 and

1980

bull Laurel (Murdoch) Koumarelas BComm 84 is

an ESL teacher with the

Toronto School Board She

and her husband Gus live in

Mississauga with their sons

Robert and Evan

bull Trish Looman BA 87

works for Royal LePageshy

Vantage in Guelph She speshy

cializes in residential multishy

unit real estate

bull Laima (Karosas) Laffitte

BSe(Agr) 85 and MAgr 91

lives in Wendover Ont with

her husband Vincent MAgr

91 and their children Yohan

and Marina Laima is the

advertising manager for The

Canadian Veterinary Journal and Vincent is an account

manager at the St Isidore

branch of Scotiabank Theyd

like to hear from classmates

via e-mail at Iaffitteonsymshy

paticoca They also want to let

OAC 85 grads know that the

class executive is building a

Web page at wwwrkdecom

oac85 and needs updated

names and addresses (includshy

ing e-mail) to add to the

directory f IS-year reunion

is being planned for Dec 2

and 32000

bull Cheryl Miller-Oh BASe

91 and her husband Tae live

in Southfield Mich with their

twins Nathalie and Nathan

born in October 1998 She is a

health-care consultant with

Computer Sciences

Corporation Send e-mail to

millerohsprintca

bull Vijay Singh MSe 70 has

been awarded the Arthur K Barton Endowed Professorship

at Louisiana State University

He also recently received an

honorary degree and a

Fulbright Award for his work

in the area of entropy

bull Gayle (Barton) Tapper BSe

81 (biological science) and 83

(computing science) has been

employed at Memorial

University in St Johns Nfld

for 14 years in the Department

of Computing and

Communications She is comshy

pleting graduate work in phishy

losophy and humanities at

Memorial and is the principal

harpist with the

Newfoundland Symphony

Orchestra Last year she

released a CD of Latinworld

traditional music on the South

American harp Visit her Web

site at httpwwwucsmun

cal -gay

bull Carolyn Riddell BA 85 is

running an active arts educashy

tion and paintingprintmaking

studio in Fergus Ont

bull Laura Wilkinson BSe 85

and MSe 87 is a coroner in

British Columbia and lives on

a cattle ranch near 70 Mile

House

19905

bull Kristi Adamo BSc(HK)

96 and MSc 98 and Rob

McMullin BSe 95 were

married in May 1999 and Jive

in Ottawa

bull Michelle (Pilon) Bacon BA

90 has been living in London

England with her husband

Tim and children Juliette and

Lucien but they are planning a

return to Canada They will be

AIRBORNE ALUMNUS Olive Thompson DHE 35 celebrated her 85th birthday

with her head in the clouds She made her first parachute

jump with instructor Scott Borghese in Simcoe Ont in June

and says it was the most exciting thing shes done in her life

Thompson lives in Dunnville and has four children and three

grandchildren When she asked them about the paracbute

jump they told her to go for it Shes considering a repeat I U

jump next year and hopes her adventure will be a good S o

example for other seniors A dedicated member of the class -lt CD

of Mac 35 Thompson was president of the University of s Guelph Alumni Association in 197778 and keeps busy now VI

I

with volunteer work for the Salvation Army Z

living in Calgary and welcome

contact with western grads

and friends from Guelph Send

e-mail to m_e_baconhotshy

maicom

bull Deborah (Panton) Bodden

BASc 93 and her husband

Lyndhurst were married in

1998 and live in Grand

Cayman Cayman Islands

where she teaches primary

schoo

bull Elizabeth Cardno MSe 99

is working with the Rural

Health Research Consortium

at the University of

Saskatchewan developing

research projects on rural

health issues in relation to the

Canadian Institute for Health

Research

bull Jeannine Cote BA 9 J lives

in Hamilton Ont and works

o -lt

as a health -care aide and

home-support worker

bull Jeremy Debling BSe 94 is

a formulation chemist in the

pharmaceutical development

department at Novopharm

Limited in Toronto

bull Angela Dodd BA 93 and

Christopher Kemp

BSe(HK) 94 were married

Aug 14 Theyve bought a new

home in Etobicoke Ont

where he works for Canada

3000 Airlines and at Kingsway

Physiotherapy as a kinesioloshy

gist She is employed at

Manulife Financial in -Waterloo

bull Sheryl Harding Friedrich

BASe 85 is a full-time mom

and part-time nutrition conshy

sultant in Cannington Onto

She and her husband Cal

FallWinter 1999 35

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have three child ren Jonathan

Daniel and Anna

bull Anne Marie (Henwood)

Harman BA 95 is enjoying

her time at home with one shy

year-old Jenna She and her

husband Murray can be

reached bye-mail at 3harshy

mansstormca

bull Rosaleen Heffernan BA 96

and Barry Liboiron BSe 97

were married in August

Theyre both studying at the

University of British

Co lumbia where Liboiron is

doing a PhD in chemistry and

He ffe rnan is completing a

degree in educati on

bull Krista Hilton BASe 95

lives in Halifax with her hlls shy

band Michael Galloway She is

a priest in the Anglican Church

of Canada and serves as curate

a t the Cathedral Church of All

Sain ts Friends can reach her at

aj568chebllctonsca

bull Michael Kennard BA 86

starred as Mump the Clown in

the Canadian Stage Company

production of Mump amp Smoo t

in Something Else With Zug last

winte r at tbe Canadian Stage

Theatre in Toronto

bull Sharon McConnell BSe 90

and MSe 93 went on from U

of G to earn a diploma in

business management from

Wilfrid Laurier University

Since 1995 she has worked in

Toronto as a project director at

Burak Ja co bson Market

Resea rch Partners Ine

bull Michael McKay-Fleming BA

92 has launched two daily

comic strips via the Internet

Check out his Inane Producshy

tions Web site at http mem

bershomenetinaneprod to folshy

low the adventures of a free-spirshy

ited teenager named Alice and all

the animals in a new VVildlife

comielf you like comic strips

this fine art grad invites you to

enjoy his talent and humour

bull Andrew Nicholls MA 90 nications in Cambridge

and PhD 97 is an assistant bull Christine (Rogers) Patten

professor of history at Buffalo BA 9 1 lives in Toronto and

State College in Buffalo N Y has been working as a sales

He recen tly published the representative and industry

book The Jacobean Union A training facilitator since grad-

Reconsideration of British Civil uation She and her husband

Policies Under th e Early Vincent celebrated the birth of

Stuarts which offers a new their first child Gareth in

perspective on the role of mul - March 1999

tiple monarchy in the early bull Guiseppe Peritore

modern British kingdoms BSe(HK) 96 is studying

bull Jennifer (Pope) Parney physical therapy at the

BASc 94 works at Chatham- University of To ronto He

Kent Integrated Childrens married Rita Lavalle in May

Service - Heritage Campus 1999 and lives in Oakv ille His

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bull Sarah Perkins BSe(Agr) bull Tammy Tipler Priolo 92 joined Pfizer Animal BASe 90 lives in her hom e

Health in London Ont in town of North Bay Ont with

November as a product sup- her husband Clark and their

port speCialist Earlier she two-year-old daughter Erica

taught at Fairview College in Tipler Priolo is u5mg her com -

Fairview Alta before m oving puting skills in genealogy

back to Ontario in 1997 to research to track down elusive

work for AgLine Commu- ancestors She can be reac hed

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bull Bradley Raspberry BASc 90 is a clinical leader and regisshy

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atric behavioural health at SI

Josephs Villa in Dundas Ont

bull Lisa Ranacher BSe 98

recently joined the agronomy

program at the Central

Experimental Farm in Ottawa

as a physiological modelling

technician

bull Jamie Rickard BSe(Agr)

96 and Laura Summerfeldt

BSe(Agr) 97 were married

in October 1998 She is comshy

pleting a masters degree at U

of G and he is working with

First Line Seeds of Guelph U

of G weddings are a family trashy

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ents Sherry (McBain) SA 69

and Ralph Rickard BSe 69 Tricia (Pella) BA 95 and

Gaetano Guy Rosa

BComm 96 were mar ried in

October 1998 with many U of

G friends attending They live

in Mississauga Ont where

Guy works as an account manshy

ager for BCI Bank and T ricia is

an environmental planner with

the Toronto and Region Conshy

servation Authority

bull Pamela (Thompson) BASe

91 and Randy Ruisendaal

BComm 92 live near

Belleville 01t with their yearshy

old daughter )lIlian Elizabeth

bull Ian Sandler DVM 9 5 was

married to Fern Glowinsk) in

March 1999 and works at

Secord Animal Clinic in

Toronto

bull Baijit Singh PhD 94 comshy

pleted post-doctoral training

at Texas AampM University and

Columbia University then

worked for the Canadian Food

Inspection Agency in Prince

Edward Island before joining

the University of Saskatchewan

as an associate professor He

welcomes notes from other

U of G alumni at singhbsask

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bull Cyndy Stencill ADA 93 is a

propagator at a tree nursery in

British Columbia

bull Steve Tanner BA 82

recently moved to Guelph as

deputy police chief He had

served on the Halton Region

force since 1982 Tanner is a

specialist in criminal investigashy

tions and lie detector opera shy

tion He has continued his

education at Sheridan College

and McMaster and Ryerson

universities and is now workshy

ing on a masters degree at the

University of Western Ontario

bull Cheryl (Kellman) Thompson BA 95 run s a

rehabilitation consulting busishy

ness with her husband Don

in Burlington Ont

bull Donald PhD 94 and

Suzanne Welsh MSe 96

relocated from Yale University

to the University of Vermont

where they are both working

in the Department of

Pharmacology in the area of

cerebrovascular circulation

bull Wendla Westerberg BASc

96 earned a BEd from the

University of Western Ontario

in 1997 She is working for the

Lambton-Kent District School

Board as an occasional teacher

and lives in her home town of

Dresden Ont

bull Deena (Jones) Zambrana

BA 93 and her husband

Farley celebrated the first

birthday of their son Quinton

in June

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ANDREvV VOWLES

m Tiny flashes of blue

light caught by U of G

to physicists in an

undergro und

observatory may eg

tell us the

fate of our

universerunch First tighf wasnt long in coming even in a mine shaft some two kiloshy

metres beneath the Earths surface Within days of turning on a multishy

million-dollar li ght detector near the bottom of a Sudbury nickel mine

scientists from Canada the nited States and the United Kingdom recordshy

ed their first even t Thats physicists lingo for a collision between a tiny

extraterrestrial particle called a neutrino and a molecule of heavy water

Actually what they witnessed last spring was not the encounter itself

- marked by a tell tale fl ash of blue light - but data trickling in quishy

etly from the detectors elaborate instruments sometime after the fact

Still that was enou h to set a few hearts pounding among the collabshy

orators in the Sudb u r y eutrin o Observatory particularly among

Guelph physicists John Simpson Robin Ollerhead and Jimmy Law who

appJaude 1 those early results not just for what they might reveal about

the universe but also as a validation of their painstaking care in conshy

structing and preparing the detector

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[J This is without a doubt the climax of my

career says Simpson whos been invo lved

with the Sudbury N eu trin o Observa to ry

(SNO) project since it was fir s t moo ted by

Canadian physicis ts in th e early 1980s Hes

been studying neutrinos for almost two

decades beginning with experiments in a

Windsor-area sa lt mine

It s th e las t unkn own low-energy area

left he says N eutrin os are s till th e least

understood elementa ry particle of a ll

Thats not for lac k of them T hey re co nshy

sidered to be th e most commo n particles in

the universe and the fund amenta l building

blocks of matter Each seco nd bi lli ons of

neutrinos generated during fusion reactions

in the sun and in sou rces far beyond our

galaxy bombard every square ce ntim etre of

the Earths surface undetected But just try

to catch one So ephemeral a re Ih ey th at

they pass without a mmmur through most

objects including solid rock ni ckel ni ckel

miners - even throu gh the SNO sc ientis ts

monitoring their giant acry li c ball s usshy

pended in a 22-metre-wide cavern two kiloshy

metres down the mine shaft

The $70-million o bse rva to ry s it s nea r

the bottom of Inco Ltd s C reighton nicke l

mine the deepes t wo rkin g min e in North

America and one tha t has opera ted co ntinshy

uously for the last ce ntury

Today the only eAtra terreslrial objects hitshy

ting the site - or more co rrect ly passi ng

through it - are neutrinos Seemingly against

astronomical odds those scientists hope to

use that ball as a kind of cosmic-sized catchshy

ers mitt to stop or deflect enough of these

particles to learn more about them and about

the big wide universe that spawned them

Inside that 12-foot ball are 1000 tonnes

of heavy water which is also used as coolant

inside nuclear reactors Tn fact th e watershy

all $300 million worth - is on loan from

Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (AECL)

Heavy water ho lds the key to SNOs opera-

Taken during construction the photo above

shows the SNO cavity and acrylic vessel At

right the acrylic vessel is surrounded by an 18shy

metre diameter geodesic sphere that supports

nearly 10000 light sensors and reftectors

Scientists hope to U~

tion Because its molecules contain one more

n eutron than in ordinary water its more

likely to in tercept a phantom neutrino That

co llis ion will be marked by faint but telltale

fla shes of light - forma lly kno wn as

Cerenkov radia tion th e characteris tic blu e

glow emitted in a nuclear reactor - to be

picked up by a few of th e 10000 detectors

studding the panels on th e sphere s surface

Perhaps more impo rtan t SNO resea rchers

anticipate that the wa ter will catch all three

types o f neut rinos no t just the o ne captured

by other detec tors around the world

N eutr in os come in three species or

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agiant acrylic ball as a kind of cosmic-sized catchers mitt

flavou rs based on th e kind s of subatomshy

ic particl es tlleyre dssociated with electro n

neutrinos muon neutrinos and tau neu trishy

nos Referring to earlier experiments that

have detected far fewer neutrinos than

expected based on our understanding of

how the universe works Simpso n says most

scientists believe that neutrinos have mass

and the) change type as th ey leave the sun

and thats why Ne havent seen enough of

them Being able to detect the other two

flavours at SNO might allow sc ientis ts to

account for the so -called missing neutrinos

Proving that neutrinos can change their

stripes might als o tell us more about the

likely fate of th e universe itself by solving

another mystery the question of the missshy

ing mass Referring to basic laws of physics

Law says If neutrinos convert th at means

th ey must have mass Why is that imporshy

ta nt Explai ns Ollerhead The amount of

mass thats accounted fo r by the sta rs that

you can see is only about one-tenth of the

total mass the re must be in the universe in

order to cause the interactions and motions

you see W hen people talk about mis si ng

mass thats what th ey re talking about

So the question is where is it l Because

every s tar produces billions of neut rin os

every second the universe is full of neutr ishy

nos These van ishingly small particles could

collectively exert a gravitational pull out of

all proportion to th eir size - enough to

eventually slow the expa nsion of the universe

If neutrin os have ma ss it means the

universe may be heavier than we think says

Simpso n The universe will eventually stop

expanding in a few billion years and collapse

back in on itself Thi s is known as the Big

Crunch Finding evidence of the smoking

gun to either prove or di sprove that theoshy

ry is the purpose of the observatory he says

SNO research bombards other areas of science Adapting physics tools to build SNO

An expert in X-ray back-scattering Guelph

physicist Innes Mackenzie helped the SNO

team about six years ago by adapting his

back-scattering technique to determine the

thickness of a plastic liner that su rrounds

th e entire observatory cavity Made of a

substance called urylon (produced by a

Guelph company) the liner was sp rayed

on to the cavitys concrete surface to screen

ou t radon a radioactive gas that diffuses

even through soLd rock In a project where

an extra millimetre could skew results scishy

entists needed to ensure that the material

was the same thickness all the way arou nd

Mackenzie used X-ray back-scattering

a techniq ue he has developed that might

be llsed to determine say the thickness of

paint applied in an auto assembly plant or

ice buildup on aircraft wings Laurentian

University physicist Doug Hallman says

his research group has worked with

Mackenzie to set up a unique hand- held

monitor and data-recording system which

found the actual thickness of the eightshy

millimetre-dlick polyurethane material to

an accuracy of about 10 per cent

Building new tools from SNO physics

During his graduate studies in physics at

Guelph Tom Andersen helped his PhD

supervisor Prof John Simpson design

devices used to detect background

radioactivity of the heavy wa ter in the

Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO)

and worked on software that simulates

th e movement of high -energy muons

particles created when cos mic rays

encounter the Earths atmosphere All the

while he had his eye on a not-unrelated

topic that became his full-time job after

graduating in 1998

It a desk top planetarium says

Andersen of his astro nomy software

which allows users to view the simulated

night sky - including comets asteroids

satellites a nd stars - on a computer

screen With it yo u can observe the sky

as it appears from your backyard tonight

o r from Jupiter 100 years ago or from

Egypt 3000 years ago

He and his partners a t Toronto-based

Sienna Software Inc have so ld about

10000 copies of Sta rry Night software

dming the past 18 months They began

by selling software that users could down shy

load from the Internet but now make two

CD-ROM versions of the package Starshy

ry Night Deluxe and Starry Night Pro

The first allows users to look at more than

19 million objects from anywh ere in the

solar system and to examin e deta iled

graphics of such things as constellations

Serious astronomy afic ionados use the

pro version to track as teroids learn more

about star motions or create their own

planets to study orbital mechanics

Generally anyone who owns an

as tronomical telesco pe owns a piece of

astronomy software says Andersen You

can take your telescope to your backyard

and connect it to your laptop and then

point to something with Starry Night and

have the telescope steer to it

Applying SNO tools to business

Former phys ics graduate student Myung

Chol Chon now works in the Royal Banks

corporate and investmen t banking offices

in Toronto Modelling the behaviour of

financial assets and pricing derivative secushy

rities might appear removed from the task

of capturing neutrinos but Chon says the

Guelph SNO group gave him an opporshy

tunity to learn various quantitative ana lyshy

sis tools including Monte Carlo simulashy

tion and artificial neural networks I also

gained understanding and experience in

software production via working with the

SNO Monte Carlo Analysis (SNO MAN )

software development team - tools

applicable not only in physical science but

in other areas as well

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-Simpson says ea rly detection of SNOs first

neutrino this summer reflects the high qUJIshy

ity of the obselva tory itself incl uding th t conshy

tribution of the Guelph scientists involved in

designi ng its sophist icated instrum ents Thats why theres a lot of noise abo ut the

fi rst measurem en ts he sa ys Some o ther

detectors have to work harder to get the backshyground radioactivity down Weve shown that

we constructed a very clea n detector

Along with several PhD studen ts and resea rch associates he and his coUeagues buiJt

inst ruments used to monitor and ensure an acceptable level of background radi oactivishy

ty in SNOs innards fiom the hea l) watcr to all the components orthe detector itse lf

The Guelph group developed a very senshy

sitive technique for the measurement of ultrashylow levels of ra dioactivit y in water whi ch is

essential for th e SNO detector to reach its

goals says SNO project director Art McDonshy

ald a phys icist at Queens Universit y Meas uring radioact ivity is our ga me

says resea rch ass oc iate Pillalamarr Jaga m during a tour of Sim psons lab in th e baseshy

ment of the MacNaughton Build in g home

to whJt Jaga m calls the only ul tra-low backshy

ground radi ation research and development

group in Ca nada Po inting to a det ector resemblin g a stainless-steel salad bowl with

a matchin g lid he says the Guelph -made

de vice JS with its co usins on perm anent du ty at SNO picks lip infinitesimally small

amounts of ra dioactivity emitted naturall y

by the observa torys compo nents

Ja ga m helps run th ose dev ices at SNO

fo llowin g up on his role as superv iso r of a

cl ea nin g crew d urin g SNOs constru ction SNO is the larges t clean-room ever olltside

of the electron ics industry he says Its

cleaner th an yo ur avera ge dinner plate

Above Muon neutrinos produced from cosmic

rays which strike Earths abnosphere are detectshy

ed by the SNO light sensors producing a coneshy

shaped pattern of energy Right An artists

sketch of the SNO detector shows the central

acrytic vessel now filled with 1000 tons of heavy

water and surrounded by 7000 tons of ultra

pure regular water Scientists monitor the obsershy

vatory from the room located above the sphere

26 GU ELP H ALUM NUS

In two years we mayI

Unlike th eir fell ow labourers in the m in e

who normall y hit the sbowers aft er a lo ng

day on the ore face th e scientists monitorshy

ing th e o bse rvatory must shower bef ore enterin g their facility Simil ar standa rds are mlintained tor the heavy water in th e acrylic

vessel which is fil tered dail y Jnd tested for ambient rad ioactivit y It s the purcst water

in th e wo rld says Jian Wang for merly J

research associate in Simpsons lab and now a consultant wi th U of Gs GUA RD In c

The Guelph-dc-signed instruments h ave

prove n lIseful in rela ted but more fa r-flung

applications JagaJl1 says scientists building

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ly know if the universe will eventually collapse

ye t an oth er neutrino observatory in Italy consulted with U of G physicists on radia shyti on measurement Closer to home he has helped Prof Richard Protz Land Reso urce Science quantify minute amounts of radioac tive cesium in so il samples taken from the Ecuadorean Andes an d from the Chernobyl site in Ukrain e

Law a particle physicist [las been involved since 1991 in writin g and test ing simulation software used by the project colshylaborators to model the workings of th e SNO detecto r With the detector now opershyating the package - dubbed SNOMAN shywill be used to analyse the data it generates OUerhead who first encountered SNO while chair of the Department of Physics has long worked in expe rim en tal nuclear physics using accelerators such as th e one run by AECL in Cbalk River Ont Todays investishygations at SNO draw on at least one aspect of his ea rlier resea rch in Los Alamos New Mexico where he developed neutral current detectors of the sort expec ted to help SNO sn iff out all three neutrino flavo urs

Sim psons graduate student Nathaniel Tagg is studying cosmic ray particles called muons which are detected as a byproduct in the obse rvatory Unlike neutrinos muons come from cosmic rays - or ionized nuclei - which begin Jife far beyond the solar sysshytem perhaps generated by stars exploding into supernovas or by shock waves emanating from collapsing black holes When these cosmic rays hit the Earths atmosp here th ey create extremely high-energy particles that can be detected by SNO some alon e or in pairs like bullets others in a shower like shotgun pelshylets Comparing the ratio of single bullets to shotgun blas ts may tell Tagg something about how the particles originated When you build a detector you get a lot of things for free he says Muons are considered background to most of the collaboration but there are some interes ting physics you ca n do with them

Beyond Guelph the SNO collaboration brings together almost 100 scientists from II universi ties and labs in Canada the United Sta tes and the United Kingdom Canad ian participants includ e university resea rchers from Queens Car leton Laurentian Britisll

Columbia and Guelph Wby Ca nada Canashyda has a lot of heavy water because of its nuclear power reactor development the CANshyDU reactor says OUerhead Basically Canashyda is tbe only country that can do the expershyiment using heavy water which is what gives this its unique flavour The other thing is the undergro und aspect All the neutrino expershyimen ts are done underground for shielding from cosm ic rays and other sources of backshyground radiation The nickel mine in Sudbury is the deepest site in North America

Its al so important that Creighton mine is a working facility says Si mpson [t has

Physics faculty

and students are

an integral part of (PES

Physics is one of five departments and schools in the College of Physshyical and Engineeri ng Science ( CPES) Physics has more Roya l Society fellows than any other department on campus Since 1993 ten CPES students including two in physics have received National Research Coun shycil awards under the agen cys Women in Engin eering and Scishyence Program In 1999 CPES laun ched an inteshygrated four-year degree program in technology with Seneca College in Toronto majors in physics and technology or applied pharmace ushytical chemistry CPES plans to launch a new undershygraduate degree in computing scishyence next year to promote U of G strengths in bioinfomatics neural networks genetic algo rithm s and embedded systems CPES offers a unique program called MPC2 that provides enriched studies in mathematics physics chemistry and computing science

to be active because its the only way you can maintain the safety of th e mine SNOs control room occupies a drift (miners talk for a corridor) 6800 fee t below the surface deep enough to accommodate a stack of about five CN Towers

Dw-ing the observatorys construction a regular express ca ge whisked visitors directly down No9 shaft to the detector as fast as a car travelling on a cit) street The shaft also served as the delivery conduit for the SNO components Site manager Dunshycan Hepburn recall s es pecially the three months that it took to ship the [000 tonnes of heavy water underground The eleva tor could take six tonnes at a time he says so we had an elaborate schedule involving six tanker cars fill ed overnight and sent down early in th e morning on a specially schedshyuled cage Adds mine manage r John Gill J dont think we spilled a drop

Now using regularly scheduled cages scishyentists crowd shoulder to sho ulder in the elevator with up to 40 miners during the 20-minute ride along the sloping ore seam Everyone in the collaboration is expected to spend a certain number of shifts actualshyly operating the detec tor says O llerhead This is partly to save money but also par tshyly because th e physicists are the ones with the vested interes t and should be involved Collaborators might spend seve ral weeks in Sudbury at a time for up to six weeks a year

SNO scien tists expect to learn definitiveshyly within two years whether or not neutrishynos have mass They also anticipate that the observatory will yield information about the sun and about other st ructures far beyond our galaA) The missing mass question is a way of studying supnnovas notes Ollershyhead There are many applications of this detector beyond just neutrinos from the sun

Why should anyone ca re about what these infinitesimally small particles teU us about cosshymic-sized questions If youre going to be an ad vance d and civilized country then you should be thinking about fundamental quesshy shytions and not just about where your next meal is coming from says Simpson Thats the difshyference I think between a civili7ed society and a society that just lives from day to day ga

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ALUMNI PROFILES

ALUMNUS OF HONOUR

FORMER OAC DEA N Rick Richards BSA 38 was recogn ized for

his lifelong commi tment to excellence in admini stration teachshy

ing research and ex tension wh en he vas named 1999 AlumLlus of Honour by th e Un ive rsity o f Guelph Alumn i Associat ion The preshy

sen tation was made durin g Alumni Weekend in lun e

Ri chard s bega n hi s ca ree r in soil sc ience and pion ee red the

process of soil classifi ca ti on and map pin f for Ontario As head of

th e Un iversitys Depa rtm ent of Land Resou rce Science he spearshyheaded the constr uct ion o f new fa cili ties provided leadership in

the deve lopment of broader more sc ientifi c program s and th e

expansioLl o f fa culty and obta ined more lan d areas for departshymental resea rch He was appointed the first dea n of OAC in 1962

and was one o r the fou r principal academi c leade rs ho shared in

es tab lishin g the Universit y of Guelph After co mpleting two terms as dean he return ed to teac hing and retired in [98 1

As a professiona l agrologist Richards impleme nted pl ans ror

the Canadian Agri cultural Researc h Co un ci l as it s fi rst president

and was pres id ent o f the Ca nadian Soc iety of Su il Science th e Ontari o Institute of Ag rologists and tht Agricu ltural Institu te of

Can ada He was also the Canadian representa ti ve to th e United

Nations Food and Agricu lture O rga nizltJtion

ALUMNI VOLUNTEER AWARD

DAv ID ADAMS BSA 49 has always made his alma mater a pri shy

o ri t) and in 1999 th e Unive rsity of Guelph Alumni Associashy

tion app lauded th at loya lty by presentin g him with its 1999 Alulll shyni Volu nteer Awa rd

Adams has demo nstrated a devot ion to volun teer excellence

through his com mitment to the Universit y OAC and hi s alumni

ii class OAC 49 He was UGAA pres ident in 196869 president of

d the OAC Alu Jllni Associatio n in 196566 and a member of the Unishy

~ versi ty Senate and Boa rd of Governors fro m 1970 to 1973 In add ishy

~ tion he has Jllade mu ltiple contr ibu tions to OAC 49 ac tivities He

~ was instrumenta l in orga ni zin g 50th-anniversary class celebrations ~ for Alumni middotWeekend 99 which included the ded ication of the Yea r

~ 49 OAC po nd ga rden at th e Arbo retum Cent re and the res torashy

~ ti on of the Johnston Hall portico u ~ Adamss giving sp irit car ri es over into his pro(ess iona lli fc He

~ has had a distingu ished career in the ag ri -food indust ry and was laquo ~ general manager of the Canadian Meat Co uncil whe n hL reti red in

~ 1993 He cont inues to share hi s expertise with the co unc il and as

~ a volu ntee r for th e Royal Ag ri cultural inter Fair and th e Ca nashy~ dian Nat ional Exhibition FARlv

28 G UHPH ALU I NUS

HIGHLIGHTS middot GRAD NEWSmiddot OBITUARIESmiddot CALENDAR

ALUMNI MEDAL OF ACHIEVEMENT

DR AD RIAN P ARKS WO RK in th e area o f minimally invasive

surge ry has earned him international recogniti on as a leading surgeo n and educa tor in his fi eld His advancements in the use of

laparoscop ic techniques have improved treatm ent for an ex tensive

range of med ica l disorders that in the past could only be handled

thro ugh trad itional sur gery [n 1997 he was recruited to establish a new program at th e Uni ve rsity of Kentucky

Pa rk was honoured th is spring wit h the Universit y of Guelph flumni Associati ons Alumni Medal of Achievem ent He received

a bachelor of science fro m Gu elph in 1985 and a doctor o f med ishycine from McMaster University in 1987

He completed his training at St Josephs Hos pital and rilcMasshy

ter Uni ve rsity Affiliated Hosp ital s in Hamilto n O nt and at the

Uni versit) of Montrea l before Jo ining St Jose phs as a ge neral surshy

geo n in 1994

The Guelph meda l recognizes th e professional leadership and achievements demons trated in Parks still- yo un g career and his

compassionate ca re of pati ents He and his wife Jennifer 8A 84 have three children Hilary Meredith and Evan

ove DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS

DUNCAN SINC LAIRS CONTR IB UTIO NS to career an d soc iety have prove n bis leadersh ip and expe rtise in hea lth sciences He gradshy

uated fro m OVC in 1958 and received a master of sc ience fro m OAC in 1960 specializing in nutriti on He then earn ed a PhD in

physiology at Queens University in 1963 and bega n a ca reer focused

primaril y on human health Sinclair was ltl consultant to th e Ontario Ministry of Agriculture

Food and Rural Affairs on the Animals for Research Act ilnd bega n

his academic career at Q uee ns as dean of arts and science in 1974 He went on to serve as vice-principal institutional relati ons sershy

vices an d hea lth sciences before assum ing the role of dea n of medshy

icine He ret ired from Queens in 1996 He has heJd other prestishy

gious positi ons including directo r general of the Medical Resea rch

Council and was tile recipient of OVes Schofield ]V[edal in 1983

Sinclair is now deeply involved in advising the Ontario minisshy

ter of hea l til on ways to reinvest and res tructure th e delivery of health services in the province He chairs the Hea lth Services

Restr ucturin g Co mmission an independent body of health

experts and professionals appointed to redesign tbe provincial

health system

FallWinter 1999 29

alumni Matters

-ORDER OF OACU of G Can1pus ESTABLISHED MARY AND RlCK RICHARDS longtime OAC supporterWelcoilles Alumni

ABSA 38 are the first inductees Membership in the order is

into the Order of OAC estabshy limited to the first 50 individshy

LUMNI WEEKEND J999 orga nizing committee and says lished ea rli er thi s year by the uals who give $1 00000 or more

brought more th an 1300 proceeds will be used to help the OAC Alumni Fo undation to as bequests irrevocable insurshy

visitors to campus June 18 to 20 class establi sh a mille nnium recognize significant contribushy ance policies planned gifts or

In addition to th e traditi o nal scholarship to co mmemorate its tions to its end owment fund cash donations Gifts may be

awards luncheon hosted by U of 25 th anni versar)1 of graduation Rick served as dean of OAC applied as endowments to the

G president Mordech ai Rozanshy The Uni vers it y of Guelph [Tom 1964 to 1972 (see sto ry OAC Alumni Foundation or to

ski there we re man y spec ial Alumni Associat ion held its on page 28) Mary also worked the college as approved by the

events and cla ss reunions The ann ual meeting during Alumni in the college and has been a fou ndation directors

new Order of OAC was preshy Wee kend and elected a new slate

sented to Mary and Rick of offi cers for 1999 2000 Scott

Richards BSA 38 at th e Go ldshy va nEnge n BSc(Ag r) 88 presshy

en Anniversary Dinner and the id ent Robin-Lee Norris BA 80

Class of J974 hosted a reuni on first vice-pres ident John Tatson

dinner with Calgary Flames BA 69 seco nd vice-president

Hockey Club CEO Ron Bremshy Rita Sterne BComm 87 secshy

ner BA 7 J as guest speaker Bill Imiddotetar) and Brad Hull BA 89

Laidlaw BA 74 chaired the treasurer

President Mordechai Rozanski and representatives of the alumni

classes and individuals who supported U of Gs six new themati c

gardens cut the ribbon to officially open them duri ng Alumni Weekshy

end From left are Bill Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 61 Don Gri eve

BSA 55 and MSA 57 Harold Shield BSA 51 Sandra Hannam uJ CD Clay Switze r BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rozanski Marilyn Robinson ~ I Murray BH5c 55 Ted McNinch BSA 49 Bruce Stone BSA 53 u VI

Z and MSA 54 Harold Bentley BSA 64 and MSc 66 Craig Hunter lt

B5c(AgL) 74 and MSc 77 and Les Laking BSA 39 and HDSC 71 The conservatory greenhouse was unveiled moments later by gtshyCD

Don Rutherford BSA 51 who gave the leadership gift ensuring VI o

it s res toration on behalf of his famil y 5 I -

Ginty jocius BSc(Agr) 70 left chair of the OAC Alumni Foundation

presents the Order of OAC to Mary and Rick Richards BSA 38

Enjoying the Class of 1974 re union dinner are from left jerry Orga n

BSc(PE) 71 Ron Bremner BA 71 Gail Bremner Paul Henry MA 71

and Bill Laidlaw BA 74

30 GUELPH ALUMNUS

GRYPHON SPIRIT DOMINATES HOMECOMING

UOF G students shared the stands with alumni who came to campus Sept 25

to watch the football Gryphons defeat their long- standing varsity rival the University of Toronto Blues During the weeke nd the Gryphon Club Hall of Fame inducted five Gryphon swimmers filled the gold pool at the 21st ann ual Alumni Relay Swim Meet

and president Mordechai Rozanski hostshyed a luncheon attended by more than 200 alumni and current students who have received sc holarships and awards or who

participated in the volunteer peer helper prog ram

ALUMNI SWIM TO THE TOP

FORMER GRYPHON SW IMMER S Peter Koli snyk BSc(HK) 83 and Denise

(FarndaJe) vVatso n BASe 85 were recogshyni zed at the ann ual Homecoming sw im mee t for having attended more often th an any other alumni Other participants includshyed 1999 graduates Nico le Weber BSe CEng ) Greg Steinberg BSc(HK) and Nancy Sweetnam BComm who has been a memshy

ber of two Canadian Ol ympic teams ( 1992 and 1996) The alumni team defeated the stud ent teams with the help of Leo n

Homecoming J

r ~

Form er Guelph mayor and sports broadcaster Norm la ry received the Gryphon Club Hall of

Fame Merit Award Sept 24 at the annual induction c re mony that also honoured five former

Gryphon athletes From left are Paul Willi ams a cross-country and track athlete and three-time

Canadian Olympian Bob Pronk BComm 82 Ontario and Canadian cham pionship wrestler

Dave Guest BComm 87 a former all middotstar soccer and vo lleyba ll player Gladys Williams BA

69 MVP in both wo menS fi eld hockey and ice hockey lary and Mark Brown BComm 81

Wi ldman Trophy winner and football capta in The Gryphon Club also recognized the 1974 mens

rugby OUAA championship team

Garstecki Gryphon diving coach in the midshy Dale a longtime Gryp hon supporter and a I 970s and retired botany professo r Hugh national record-b olding masters swimmer

bull49 VETS MEET AT TRAlEE The OVC Cla ss of 1949 produced a la sting memory of its 50th

anni versary by filming the lune 18 gathering held at Tralee Farms

the home of class member Ray Cormack Classmates travelled from

across Canada and the United States to attend th e reunion which

included a luncheon a visit from U of G president Mordechai Rozanshy

ski and a tour of Cormacks farm and antique carriage collection

The organizing committee of Dave House Bill Mitchell Ken Fisk

and lim Arch ibald succeeded in producing a golden-anniversary

memento that captu res the days events and everyone in attendance

as they comment on their lives since graduating from OVe -Proceeds from the sale of the v ideos will support the OVC 49

Memorial Scholarship Fund Cost is $25 each To place an order call

Vikki Tremblay at Alumni House 519-824-4120 Ext 65 44 I D

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FallWinter 1999 31

alumni Matters

2000 Coming Events

Jan 26 - Careers Night hostshyed by Mac-FACS Alumni Assoshy

ciation For informatio call Laurie MalleaLi at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Careers Night hostshyed by HAFA Alumni Associashy

tion For information call Laushyrie Malleau at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Aggie Good Times Banquet Call the OAC Studwl Federation at Ext 8321 for tickshyet information Feb 3 - Job hir at Bingeman Park in Kitchener complishy

mentary bus service from Unishyversity Centre for students and

alumni For directions and a list of employers call U of G

Career Services at Ext 22 13

Feb 11 - Deadline for nomshy

ina tions for U of G Alumni Association Alumnus of Honshy

our Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment and Alumni Volunteer

Award and the OVC Distinshy

guished Alumnus Call Carla Bradshaw at Ext 6657 for details March 1 - Annual alumni

Florida reunion at Maple Leaf

Estates Port C harlotte Florishyda For information call alumshyni programs at 519-824-4120

Ext 6657 send e-mail to alumshyniuoguelphca or call Jack Hanna in Florida after Jan 1

at 813-645-0905

March 18 amp 19 - College

Ro yal

March 31 amp April 1 - OAC

Alumni Association annual

bonspiel at the Guelph Curlshy

ing Club and Guelph Country w Club Call Carla Bradshaw at ~ txt 6657 to register c u bull For more information on anyU)

z alumni event call the U of G ltC extension listed at 519- 824shy20 r 4120 or send e-mail to al11111shyCD

o niCvzlOguelphcab c a

32 CUEIPH ALUM N US

EA RLIER THIS YEAR U ofG

introduced a new approacll to fund-raising that centres on

academic priorities identified by

the ix colleges Now the Unishy

ve rsit y expa nds this initiative

through the formation of a new Annual Fund Cou ncil that will

recruit volunteers to proactiveshy

ly help meet tll0se funding goals

By enlarging the partnershy

ship between academics and fund-raisers we arc focusing our

efforts more clearly on the Un ishy

versi tys overall stra tegic objecshy

tives says Rudy Putns executive

director of campaign progra ms

We are calling on coUege deans to help ensure that our annual

giving programs are providing

the grea test possible benefit to

students Our volunteer and pro-

ALUMNI CElEBRATE NEW HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE CENTRE

The Human KineticsHuman Biology Alumni Association

presented a sketch of the John T Powell Building to U of Cs

new Health and Perfor mance Centre at a June 19 reunion of alumni and former staff Artist Joan Harper BSe(HK)

82 left and retired professor John Powell right witnessed

a presentati on by association pres ident Janet Leonhard BSe(HK) 82 to Prof Terry Graham

SilENT AUCTION MAKES NOISE

A silent auction held Sept 14 to 16 a t the Ou tdoo r Farm

Show in Woods tock Ont ge nshy

erated a lot of excitement and

goodwill in OACs 125th shyanniversary year and raised

$51000 that wi ll support stu shy

dent recruitm ent programs in

the college The auction was organized by Cinty Jocius BSc(Agr) 70 president of

Ginty Jocius amp Associates of

Guelph on behalf of the OAC Alumni Foundation

Auction items donated by friends and exhibitors at th e

farm show included everylhing

from farm equipment and supshyplies to a seven-month-old lla shyma named (-i nty Lorie Jocius

BASe 72 purchased her husshy

bands namesake and gave it to

OAC as an anniversary presen t at th e Sept 25 Heritage Banshy

quet and Ball

FUND-RAISI NG PARTNERSHIPS GROW

fessional fund -raislls wiJl spend

more of thei r time making pershy

so nal requ es ts for gifts to the University and less time on inshy

house administra tion

Members of the Annual Fund

Council will invite donations

Crom alumni members of the campu~ community the paren ts

of current students graduating

classes members of the various

gift clu bs (Presidents Council

etc) and selected corporations

foundations and associations

Development and Public Affairs staff will help target vol unteer

efforts where they wi ll have the

stronges t impact on growin g don or particip ation and fund shy

razsing results

Annual giving is one of the

most crucial parts of an institushy

tion s developmen t agenda says Putns Annu al donors help

maintain the quali ty of estabshylished academic programs espeshy

cially in times of reduced pubshy

lic fundin g he says They also

provide a foundation for special

fun cl-rai sing cam paigns shycampaigns that enable the Unishy

ve rsity to grow by providi ng

funds for major projects that do

not ha ve a traditional so urce of support Tbe ACCESS endowshy

ment for student financial assistshy

ance and the rece nt campaign to upgrade th e Food Science

Building are notable examples For more illjormation aboLit

the An17ual FUlld Co ullcil call Al111tal Fund 17l1lnager Tara George at 519-824-4 120 Ex t

390 1 or Putl7S at ext 6384

GRAD NEWS

U of G Degrees ADA = Associate diploma

in agriculture BA =Bachelor of arts BASe = Bachelor of applied

science BComm = Bachelor of

commerce BHSe Bachelor of houseshy

hold science BLA =Bachelor of

landscape architecture BSA = Bachelor of science in

agriculture (pre-196s) BSe(Agr) Bachelor of

science in agriculture BoSe = Bachelor of science BSe(Eng) =Bachelor of

science in engineering BSc(Env) =Bachelor of

19405

bull The Macdonald Institute

Class of 1941 met each other

for the firsl lime in 1939 and

theyve been gelling logelher rvice a year siIlce gradual ion

Celebrating 60 yea rs of fri end shy

ship this year are Mary (Hcx imer) MacLeln Beth

(jackson) Ca rdifF Mo lly

(Pattrson) Nix Frances

(Pellet) Smith Dorolhy

(Pond) Dunn Jeanne (Taylor )

Hamel Phyllis (Weren) Sobel and Evelyn (Eatun ) Pond

bull Jim Morton BSA 47 posed with his son Robert SA 70

and grandsons Jeff Bell 13A

9 1 and Greg Mo rton

SSc( Eng) 99 at Gregs U of

G convocation in June Retired

from a career in the lumber

business Jim is an OAC llu mmiddot ni volunteer al Guclph and is

aClive in cOm11lUnily work in

Burlington Onto Rob ert is

CEO of the Community Care

Access Centre in Simcoe

Coullly Jeff lcaches in Elmvalc

for the Simcoe County Dislricl School Board and Greg is

working Wilh the COnSlliling

engineering firm of Proclor

science in environmental sciences

BSe(HK) Bachelor of science in human kinetics

BSc(pE) = Bachelor of science in physical education

DHE = Diploma in home economics

DVSc = Doctor of veterinary science

DVM =Doctor of veterinary medicine

GO = Graduate diploma MA = Master of arts MAgr = Master of agriculture MBA = Master of business

admininstration MEng =Master of engineering

and Redfern at its Kitchener

office The Guelph lineage

aCl ually bega n in the Morton fami ly with Greg great shy

grantimoliln Anne Pringle

Morton DH E 1914

Greg Morton Jeff Bell and Jim and

Robert Morton

19505

bull Harold Baker BSA 50

writes to w rrect the e-mail

address publi shed in the last

iss lle of the Clepll Alunnls

Friends (111 conlact the retired

University of Saskatchewan

professo r and Il is wife Phyllis

at ha kc r hdukeL1sa~k ca

bull Barney Goodwin-Wilson BSA 50 is serving a two-year

krm as chair of the hoard of

lhe Onta rio Foocllerminal

The Iomnlo facility is the

MFA = Master of fine art MLA Master of landscape

architecture MMS = Master of management studies MSc =Master of science MSc(Aqua) = Master of

science in aquaculture ODA = Ontario diploma in

agriculture ODH =Ontario diploma in

horticulture OdR = Ontario Diploma in

recreation PhD = Doctor of philosophy

larges t who lesale fruit proshy

duce and flower market in

Canada and one of the largest

in orrh America He was forshymerly director and vice-cha ir

of the board

bull Gary Powell ADA 58

stopped at a remote motel in

western klahoma last

Janu ary and stanee a convershysation with th e only other cusshy

tomer at breakfa st the next

morning Turns out they were

both U of G grads Powell and Joe Deli BSc (Agr ) 64 had a

great time reminiscing abo Llt

ca mpus perso nalities they

both knew I guess one is never really very far from home says Powell

bull Dave Valentine BSA 59 has

retired as (o unty engineer for

the County of Brant in

Ontario He previously spent

23 years with Sir Sandford

Fleming College in Peterborough and has served 8S

engineer for the coun ties of Haliburton and Victoria He

and his wife Carole are now

Jiving near Carlisle Send e-mail

to valcntinworldchatcom

19605

bull Manuel Garcia PhD 67 was

recognized by the government

of the Ph ilippines in December

1998 with one of the highest

honours given to Filipinos Jivshy

ing outside the cou ntr y Garcia

is a senior consulting mi crobishy

ologist with lAS Bioshy

Diagnostic and a former

research scientist with

Agriculture and Agri-Food

Canada in Ottawa He is intershy

nationally recognized for his work in veterinary med icin e

and public health on the early detection of ca mpylobacter

salmonella and other foodshy

borne pathogens He is a memshy

ber of several learned profes shy

sional societies and has been involved in a number of intershy

national developm ent projects

He is also a community volunshy

teer and a pioneer in establishshying the National Council of

Canadian Filipino Associations

as the official voice of Filipino

Canadians nationwide bull Tom Hutchison DVM 65 is

a veterinary pathologist with the Nova Scotia provincial

diagnostic lab In 1998 he

passed the board cer tification exa ms for the American

College of Poultry Veterinarians in Baltimore but

the years highlights came in

late summer - a first grandshy

child for Tom and his wife

Eileen in August and the birth

of their own son Scott in

September bull Brian Little ADA 67 BSc(Agr) 72 and MSc 78

was elected president of the

Canadian 4-H Foundation in

May He was previously presishy -dent of the Ca nadian 4-H

Co uncil and a co uDcil represhysentative for his employe r the

Royal Bank of Canada He has been a fou ndation trustee for

f allWinter 1999 33

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several years and has a strong

4-H background as a member

and a club leader

19705

bull Doug Franklin SA 72 was

recen tly a ppoin led execu tive

director of the Multiple

Sclerosis Association of

America its hea d office is in

Cherry Hill NJ He was forshy

merly with the International

Youth Foundation in

Baltimore Md

bull Cathie Leimbach

SSc(Agr) 78 and MAgr 88

visi ted U of G this fa ll as

agrologist-in-residence It was

the sixth year of the program

co-sponsored by OAC and the

Ontario Institute of

Agrologists (OlA ) Raised on

an Ontario dairy and swine

farm Leimbach is past presishy

dent of the OI A and a partner

in STRIVE a team specializshy

in g in training facilitation and

consulting She now lives on a

cash-crop farm in Ohio

bull Willem Moolenbeek BSe

77 and MSe 8 1 studied biolshy

ogy and entomology at U of G

at the same time he was learnshy

ing to play the saxophone with

the Royal Conservatory of

Mu sic He says he still loves

science but music has become

his career A recitalist soloist

and clinician he has been a

saxophone instructor at

McMaster University in

Hamilton Ont fo r 15 years

He also teaches at the 19805

University of Waterloo pri- bull Bruce Brown BSe(Agr)

vately and at the National 85 and his wife Claudia

Music Ca mp of Canada where (Liebscher) BA 84 have three

he sometimes offers an infor- children who are beginning to

mal course on in sect identifi- display their dads musical

cation There are always a few prowess on the kazoo After 14

kids who really dig that he years of dairy farming Bruce

says U of G music lovers want back to school to earn an

enjoyed his saxophone music education degree and is now

at a noon-hour concert in teaching science with the

October Durham District School

bull Peter Vaughan SA 77 and Board

MA 77 was appointed secre- bull Tom Burns BA 89 and MA

tar y general and CEO of the 91 is a member of the

Canadian Medical Association Victoria Police in Melbourne

in June A fa culty member in Australia Last summer he

two departments at John s welcomed visitors from the

Hopkins University and in the RCMP including Kevin Durie

Department of Family BA 93 They quickly estab-

Medicine at the University of lished a U of G connection

Ottawa he is a fo rmer presi- including Duries student

dent of the medical staff at employment at Dcr Keller

Guelph General Hospital and a which was Burns s favourite

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the job says Burns but this

time we spent most of our

time talking about the great

times we had at U of G In

still another coincidence

Durie is married to Christine

Blake-Durie BA 91 and MA

93 who was a member of

Burnss MA group Burns says

other U of G grads travelling

to Melbourne are more than

welcome to drop in

bull Stuart Jackson ADA 87 is

distribution manager for

Burnbrae Farms Ltd in Delta

Onto He sends greetings to all

OAC friends including the

diploma classes of 1979 and

1980

bull Laurel (Murdoch) Koumarelas BComm 84 is

an ESL teacher with the

Toronto School Board She

and her husband Gus live in

Mississauga with their sons

Robert and Evan

bull Trish Looman BA 87

works for Royal LePageshy

Vantage in Guelph She speshy

cializes in residential multishy

unit real estate

bull Laima (Karosas) Laffitte

BSe(Agr) 85 and MAgr 91

lives in Wendover Ont with

her husband Vincent MAgr

91 and their children Yohan

and Marina Laima is the

advertising manager for The

Canadian Veterinary Journal and Vincent is an account

manager at the St Isidore

branch of Scotiabank Theyd

like to hear from classmates

via e-mail at Iaffitteonsymshy

paticoca They also want to let

OAC 85 grads know that the

class executive is building a

Web page at wwwrkdecom

oac85 and needs updated

names and addresses (includshy

ing e-mail) to add to the

directory f IS-year reunion

is being planned for Dec 2

and 32000

bull Cheryl Miller-Oh BASe

91 and her husband Tae live

in Southfield Mich with their

twins Nathalie and Nathan

born in October 1998 She is a

health-care consultant with

Computer Sciences

Corporation Send e-mail to

millerohsprintca

bull Vijay Singh MSe 70 has

been awarded the Arthur K Barton Endowed Professorship

at Louisiana State University

He also recently received an

honorary degree and a

Fulbright Award for his work

in the area of entropy

bull Gayle (Barton) Tapper BSe

81 (biological science) and 83

(computing science) has been

employed at Memorial

University in St Johns Nfld

for 14 years in the Department

of Computing and

Communications She is comshy

pleting graduate work in phishy

losophy and humanities at

Memorial and is the principal

harpist with the

Newfoundland Symphony

Orchestra Last year she

released a CD of Latinworld

traditional music on the South

American harp Visit her Web

site at httpwwwucsmun

cal -gay

bull Carolyn Riddell BA 85 is

running an active arts educashy

tion and paintingprintmaking

studio in Fergus Ont

bull Laura Wilkinson BSe 85

and MSe 87 is a coroner in

British Columbia and lives on

a cattle ranch near 70 Mile

House

19905

bull Kristi Adamo BSc(HK)

96 and MSc 98 and Rob

McMullin BSe 95 were

married in May 1999 and Jive

in Ottawa

bull Michelle (Pilon) Bacon BA

90 has been living in London

England with her husband

Tim and children Juliette and

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was also a fo un ding mem ber o f the

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living in the United Sta tes

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1999 H e spen t h is entire career w ith

Canada Packers moving up f[Om mai l

cle rk to exec lltive vice-presid ent and

d irector After retirin g in 1976 he

devoted ma ny vo lu ntee r hours to U of

G 3S a memb er of Boa rd o f Gove rno rs

and the OAC Alumni Associatio n

Jam es Pinkney DVM 37 died July 3

1999 A respected ve ter in aria n in his

hom e to~ll o f Cooksv il le O nt he was

also recog nized as a p remier swi ne

breeder showman and judge He was

active in m any agricultural o rga niza shy

tio ns and in both the Ontario and

Canadian Vete rinary Med ical assoc iashy

tio ns He was a lo ngti me supporte r o f

th e Unive rsity especially the OVC

museum and was named OVC

Di stinguished Alumnus in 1987

Audrey Yea nd le DHE 25 di ed March

17 1999 in St ratford O nto A profes shy

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ANDREvV VOWLES

m Tiny flashes of blue

light caught by U of G

to physicists in an

undergro und

observatory may eg

tell us the

fate of our

universerunch First tighf wasnt long in coming even in a mine shaft some two kiloshy

metres beneath the Earths surface Within days of turning on a multishy

million-dollar li ght detector near the bottom of a Sudbury nickel mine

scientists from Canada the nited States and the United Kingdom recordshy

ed their first even t Thats physicists lingo for a collision between a tiny

extraterrestrial particle called a neutrino and a molecule of heavy water

Actually what they witnessed last spring was not the encounter itself

- marked by a tell tale fl ash of blue light - but data trickling in quishy

etly from the detectors elaborate instruments sometime after the fact

Still that was enou h to set a few hearts pounding among the collabshy

orators in the Sudb u r y eutrin o Observatory particularly among

Guelph physicists John Simpson Robin Ollerhead and Jimmy Law who

appJaude 1 those early results not just for what they might reveal about

the universe but also as a validation of their painstaking care in conshy

structing and preparing the detector

Fall Winter 1999 23

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[J This is without a doubt the climax of my

career says Simpson whos been invo lved

with the Sudbury N eu trin o Observa to ry

(SNO) project since it was fir s t moo ted by

Canadian physicis ts in th e early 1980s Hes

been studying neutrinos for almost two

decades beginning with experiments in a

Windsor-area sa lt mine

It s th e las t unkn own low-energy area

left he says N eutrin os are s till th e least

understood elementa ry particle of a ll

Thats not for lac k of them T hey re co nshy

sidered to be th e most commo n particles in

the universe and the fund amenta l building

blocks of matter Each seco nd bi lli ons of

neutrinos generated during fusion reactions

in the sun and in sou rces far beyond our

galaxy bombard every square ce ntim etre of

the Earths surface undetected But just try

to catch one So ephemeral a re Ih ey th at

they pass without a mmmur through most

objects including solid rock ni ckel ni ckel

miners - even throu gh the SNO sc ientis ts

monitoring their giant acry li c ball s usshy

pended in a 22-metre-wide cavern two kiloshy

metres down the mine shaft

The $70-million o bse rva to ry s it s nea r

the bottom of Inco Ltd s C reighton nicke l

mine the deepes t wo rkin g min e in North

America and one tha t has opera ted co ntinshy

uously for the last ce ntury

Today the only eAtra terreslrial objects hitshy

ting the site - or more co rrect ly passi ng

through it - are neutrinos Seemingly against

astronomical odds those scientists hope to

use that ball as a kind of cosmic-sized catchshy

ers mitt to stop or deflect enough of these

particles to learn more about them and about

the big wide universe that spawned them

Inside that 12-foot ball are 1000 tonnes

of heavy water which is also used as coolant

inside nuclear reactors Tn fact th e watershy

all $300 million worth - is on loan from

Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (AECL)

Heavy water ho lds the key to SNOs opera-

Taken during construction the photo above

shows the SNO cavity and acrylic vessel At

right the acrylic vessel is surrounded by an 18shy

metre diameter geodesic sphere that supports

nearly 10000 light sensors and reftectors

Scientists hope to U~

tion Because its molecules contain one more

n eutron than in ordinary water its more

likely to in tercept a phantom neutrino That

co llis ion will be marked by faint but telltale

fla shes of light - forma lly kno wn as

Cerenkov radia tion th e characteris tic blu e

glow emitted in a nuclear reactor - to be

picked up by a few of th e 10000 detectors

studding the panels on th e sphere s surface

Perhaps more impo rtan t SNO resea rchers

anticipate that the wa ter will catch all three

types o f neut rinos no t just the o ne captured

by other detec tors around the world

N eutr in os come in three species or

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agiant acrylic ball as a kind of cosmic-sized catchers mitt

flavou rs based on th e kind s of subatomshy

ic particl es tlleyre dssociated with electro n

neutrinos muon neutrinos and tau neu trishy

nos Referring to earlier experiments that

have detected far fewer neutrinos than

expected based on our understanding of

how the universe works Simpso n says most

scientists believe that neutrinos have mass

and the) change type as th ey leave the sun

and thats why Ne havent seen enough of

them Being able to detect the other two

flavours at SNO might allow sc ientis ts to

account for the so -called missing neutrinos

Proving that neutrinos can change their

stripes might als o tell us more about the

likely fate of th e universe itself by solving

another mystery the question of the missshy

ing mass Referring to basic laws of physics

Law says If neutrinos convert th at means

th ey must have mass Why is that imporshy

ta nt Explai ns Ollerhead The amount of

mass thats accounted fo r by the sta rs that

you can see is only about one-tenth of the

total mass the re must be in the universe in

order to cause the interactions and motions

you see W hen people talk about mis si ng

mass thats what th ey re talking about

So the question is where is it l Because

every s tar produces billions of neut rin os

every second the universe is full of neutr ishy

nos These van ishingly small particles could

collectively exert a gravitational pull out of

all proportion to th eir size - enough to

eventually slow the expa nsion of the universe

If neutrin os have ma ss it means the

universe may be heavier than we think says

Simpso n The universe will eventually stop

expanding in a few billion years and collapse

back in on itself Thi s is known as the Big

Crunch Finding evidence of the smoking

gun to either prove or di sprove that theoshy

ry is the purpose of the observatory he says

SNO research bombards other areas of science Adapting physics tools to build SNO

An expert in X-ray back-scattering Guelph

physicist Innes Mackenzie helped the SNO

team about six years ago by adapting his

back-scattering technique to determine the

thickness of a plastic liner that su rrounds

th e entire observatory cavity Made of a

substance called urylon (produced by a

Guelph company) the liner was sp rayed

on to the cavitys concrete surface to screen

ou t radon a radioactive gas that diffuses

even through soLd rock In a project where

an extra millimetre could skew results scishy

entists needed to ensure that the material

was the same thickness all the way arou nd

Mackenzie used X-ray back-scattering

a techniq ue he has developed that might

be llsed to determine say the thickness of

paint applied in an auto assembly plant or

ice buildup on aircraft wings Laurentian

University physicist Doug Hallman says

his research group has worked with

Mackenzie to set up a unique hand- held

monitor and data-recording system which

found the actual thickness of the eightshy

millimetre-dlick polyurethane material to

an accuracy of about 10 per cent

Building new tools from SNO physics

During his graduate studies in physics at

Guelph Tom Andersen helped his PhD

supervisor Prof John Simpson design

devices used to detect background

radioactivity of the heavy wa ter in the

Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO)

and worked on software that simulates

th e movement of high -energy muons

particles created when cos mic rays

encounter the Earths atmosphere All the

while he had his eye on a not-unrelated

topic that became his full-time job after

graduating in 1998

It a desk top planetarium says

Andersen of his astro nomy software

which allows users to view the simulated

night sky - including comets asteroids

satellites a nd stars - on a computer

screen With it yo u can observe the sky

as it appears from your backyard tonight

o r from Jupiter 100 years ago or from

Egypt 3000 years ago

He and his partners a t Toronto-based

Sienna Software Inc have so ld about

10000 copies of Sta rry Night software

dming the past 18 months They began

by selling software that users could down shy

load from the Internet but now make two

CD-ROM versions of the package Starshy

ry Night Deluxe and Starry Night Pro

The first allows users to look at more than

19 million objects from anywh ere in the

solar system and to examin e deta iled

graphics of such things as constellations

Serious astronomy afic ionados use the

pro version to track as teroids learn more

about star motions or create their own

planets to study orbital mechanics

Generally anyone who owns an

as tronomical telesco pe owns a piece of

astronomy software says Andersen You

can take your telescope to your backyard

and connect it to your laptop and then

point to something with Starry Night and

have the telescope steer to it

Applying SNO tools to business

Former phys ics graduate student Myung

Chol Chon now works in the Royal Banks

corporate and investmen t banking offices

in Toronto Modelling the behaviour of

financial assets and pricing derivative secushy

rities might appear removed from the task

of capturing neutrinos but Chon says the

Guelph SNO group gave him an opporshy

tunity to learn various quantitative ana lyshy

sis tools including Monte Carlo simulashy

tion and artificial neural networks I also

gained understanding and experience in

software production via working with the

SNO Monte Carlo Analysis (SNO MAN )

software development team - tools

applicable not only in physical science but

in other areas as well

Fa llWinter 1999 25

-Simpson says ea rly detection of SNOs first

neutrino this summer reflects the high qUJIshy

ity of the obselva tory itself incl uding th t conshy

tribution of the Guelph scientists involved in

designi ng its sophist icated instrum ents Thats why theres a lot of noise abo ut the

fi rst measurem en ts he sa ys Some o ther

detectors have to work harder to get the backshyground radioactivity down Weve shown that

we constructed a very clea n detector

Along with several PhD studen ts and resea rch associates he and his coUeagues buiJt

inst ruments used to monitor and ensure an acceptable level of background radi oactivishy

ty in SNOs innards fiom the hea l) watcr to all the components orthe detector itse lf

The Guelph group developed a very senshy

sitive technique for the measurement of ultrashylow levels of ra dioactivit y in water whi ch is

essential for th e SNO detector to reach its

goals says SNO project director Art McDonshy

ald a phys icist at Queens Universit y Meas uring radioact ivity is our ga me

says resea rch ass oc iate Pillalamarr Jaga m during a tour of Sim psons lab in th e baseshy

ment of the MacNaughton Build in g home

to whJt Jaga m calls the only ul tra-low backshy

ground radi ation research and development

group in Ca nada Po inting to a det ector resemblin g a stainless-steel salad bowl with

a matchin g lid he says the Guelph -made

de vice JS with its co usins on perm anent du ty at SNO picks lip infinitesimally small

amounts of ra dioactivity emitted naturall y

by the observa torys compo nents

Ja ga m helps run th ose dev ices at SNO

fo llowin g up on his role as superv iso r of a

cl ea nin g crew d urin g SNOs constru ction SNO is the larges t clean-room ever olltside

of the electron ics industry he says Its

cleaner th an yo ur avera ge dinner plate

Above Muon neutrinos produced from cosmic

rays which strike Earths abnosphere are detectshy

ed by the SNO light sensors producing a coneshy

shaped pattern of energy Right An artists

sketch of the SNO detector shows the central

acrytic vessel now filled with 1000 tons of heavy

water and surrounded by 7000 tons of ultra

pure regular water Scientists monitor the obsershy

vatory from the room located above the sphere

26 GU ELP H ALUM NUS

In two years we mayI

Unlike th eir fell ow labourers in the m in e

who normall y hit the sbowers aft er a lo ng

day on the ore face th e scientists monitorshy

ing th e o bse rvatory must shower bef ore enterin g their facility Simil ar standa rds are mlintained tor the heavy water in th e acrylic

vessel which is fil tered dail y Jnd tested for ambient rad ioactivit y It s the purcst water

in th e wo rld says Jian Wang for merly J

research associate in Simpsons lab and now a consultant wi th U of Gs GUA RD In c

The Guelph-dc-signed instruments h ave

prove n lIseful in rela ted but more fa r-flung

applications JagaJl1 says scientists building

lgt

I n o c (i -lt z o

CI

ly know if the universe will eventually collapse

ye t an oth er neutrino observatory in Italy consulted with U of G physicists on radia shyti on measurement Closer to home he has helped Prof Richard Protz Land Reso urce Science quantify minute amounts of radioac tive cesium in so il samples taken from the Ecuadorean Andes an d from the Chernobyl site in Ukrain e

Law a particle physicist [las been involved since 1991 in writin g and test ing simulation software used by the project colshylaborators to model the workings of th e SNO detecto r With the detector now opershyating the package - dubbed SNOMAN shywill be used to analyse the data it generates OUerhead who first encountered SNO while chair of the Department of Physics has long worked in expe rim en tal nuclear physics using accelerators such as th e one run by AECL in Cbalk River Ont Todays investishygations at SNO draw on at least one aspect of his ea rlier resea rch in Los Alamos New Mexico where he developed neutral current detectors of the sort expec ted to help SNO sn iff out all three neutrino flavo urs

Sim psons graduate student Nathaniel Tagg is studying cosmic ray particles called muons which are detected as a byproduct in the obse rvatory Unlike neutrinos muons come from cosmic rays - or ionized nuclei - which begin Jife far beyond the solar sysshytem perhaps generated by stars exploding into supernovas or by shock waves emanating from collapsing black holes When these cosmic rays hit the Earths atmosp here th ey create extremely high-energy particles that can be detected by SNO some alon e or in pairs like bullets others in a shower like shotgun pelshylets Comparing the ratio of single bullets to shotgun blas ts may tell Tagg something about how the particles originated When you build a detector you get a lot of things for free he says Muons are considered background to most of the collaboration but there are some interes ting physics you ca n do with them

Beyond Guelph the SNO collaboration brings together almost 100 scientists from II universi ties and labs in Canada the United Sta tes and the United Kingdom Canad ian participants includ e university resea rchers from Queens Car leton Laurentian Britisll

Columbia and Guelph Wby Ca nada Canashyda has a lot of heavy water because of its nuclear power reactor development the CANshyDU reactor says OUerhead Basically Canashyda is tbe only country that can do the expershyiment using heavy water which is what gives this its unique flavour The other thing is the undergro und aspect All the neutrino expershyimen ts are done underground for shielding from cosm ic rays and other sources of backshyground radiation The nickel mine in Sudbury is the deepest site in North America

Its al so important that Creighton mine is a working facility says Si mpson [t has

Physics faculty

and students are

an integral part of (PES

Physics is one of five departments and schools in the College of Physshyical and Engineeri ng Science ( CPES) Physics has more Roya l Society fellows than any other department on campus Since 1993 ten CPES students including two in physics have received National Research Coun shycil awards under the agen cys Women in Engin eering and Scishyence Program In 1999 CPES laun ched an inteshygrated four-year degree program in technology with Seneca College in Toronto majors in physics and technology or applied pharmace ushytical chemistry CPES plans to launch a new undershygraduate degree in computing scishyence next year to promote U of G strengths in bioinfomatics neural networks genetic algo rithm s and embedded systems CPES offers a unique program called MPC2 that provides enriched studies in mathematics physics chemistry and computing science

to be active because its the only way you can maintain the safety of th e mine SNOs control room occupies a drift (miners talk for a corridor) 6800 fee t below the surface deep enough to accommodate a stack of about five CN Towers

Dw-ing the observatorys construction a regular express ca ge whisked visitors directly down No9 shaft to the detector as fast as a car travelling on a cit) street The shaft also served as the delivery conduit for the SNO components Site manager Dunshycan Hepburn recall s es pecially the three months that it took to ship the [000 tonnes of heavy water underground The eleva tor could take six tonnes at a time he says so we had an elaborate schedule involving six tanker cars fill ed overnight and sent down early in th e morning on a specially schedshyuled cage Adds mine manage r John Gill J dont think we spilled a drop

Now using regularly scheduled cages scishyentists crowd shoulder to sho ulder in the elevator with up to 40 miners during the 20-minute ride along the sloping ore seam Everyone in the collaboration is expected to spend a certain number of shifts actualshyly operating the detec tor says O llerhead This is partly to save money but also par tshyly because th e physicists are the ones with the vested interes t and should be involved Collaborators might spend seve ral weeks in Sudbury at a time for up to six weeks a year

SNO scien tists expect to learn definitiveshyly within two years whether or not neutrishynos have mass They also anticipate that the observatory will yield information about the sun and about other st ructures far beyond our galaA) The missing mass question is a way of studying supnnovas notes Ollershyhead There are many applications of this detector beyond just neutrinos from the sun

Why should anyone ca re about what these infinitesimally small particles teU us about cosshymic-sized questions If youre going to be an ad vance d and civilized country then you should be thinking about fundamental quesshy shytions and not just about where your next meal is coming from says Simpson Thats the difshyference I think between a civili7ed society and a society that just lives from day to day ga

FallWinter 1999 27

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

alU bull

ALUMNI PROFILES

ALUMNUS OF HONOUR

FORMER OAC DEA N Rick Richards BSA 38 was recogn ized for

his lifelong commi tment to excellence in admini stration teachshy

ing research and ex tension wh en he vas named 1999 AlumLlus of Honour by th e Un ive rsity o f Guelph Alumn i Associat ion The preshy

sen tation was made durin g Alumni Weekend in lun e

Ri chard s bega n hi s ca ree r in soil sc ience and pion ee red the

process of soil classifi ca ti on and map pin f for Ontario As head of

th e Un iversitys Depa rtm ent of Land Resou rce Science he spearshyheaded the constr uct ion o f new fa cili ties provided leadership in

the deve lopment of broader more sc ientifi c program s and th e

expansioLl o f fa culty and obta ined more lan d areas for departshymental resea rch He was appointed the first dea n of OAC in 1962

and was one o r the fou r principal academi c leade rs ho shared in

es tab lishin g the Universit y of Guelph After co mpleting two terms as dean he return ed to teac hing and retired in [98 1

As a professiona l agrologist Richards impleme nted pl ans ror

the Canadian Agri cultural Researc h Co un ci l as it s fi rst president

and was pres id ent o f the Ca nadian Soc iety of Su il Science th e Ontari o Institute of Ag rologists and tht Agricu ltural Institu te of

Can ada He was also the Canadian representa ti ve to th e United

Nations Food and Agricu lture O rga nizltJtion

ALUMNI VOLUNTEER AWARD

DAv ID ADAMS BSA 49 has always made his alma mater a pri shy

o ri t) and in 1999 th e Unive rsity of Guelph Alumni Associashy

tion app lauded th at loya lty by presentin g him with its 1999 Alulll shyni Volu nteer Awa rd

Adams has demo nstrated a devot ion to volun teer excellence

through his com mitment to the Universit y OAC and hi s alumni

ii class OAC 49 He was UGAA pres ident in 196869 president of

d the OAC Alu Jllni Associatio n in 196566 and a member of the Unishy

~ versi ty Senate and Boa rd of Governors fro m 1970 to 1973 In add ishy

~ tion he has Jllade mu ltiple contr ibu tions to OAC 49 ac tivities He

~ was instrumenta l in orga ni zin g 50th-anniversary class celebrations ~ for Alumni middotWeekend 99 which included the ded ication of the Yea r

~ 49 OAC po nd ga rden at th e Arbo retum Cent re and the res torashy

~ ti on of the Johnston Hall portico u ~ Adamss giving sp irit car ri es over into his pro(ess iona lli fc He

~ has had a distingu ished career in the ag ri -food indust ry and was laquo ~ general manager of the Canadian Meat Co uncil whe n hL reti red in

~ 1993 He cont inues to share hi s expertise with the co unc il and as

~ a volu ntee r for th e Royal Ag ri cultural inter Fair and th e Ca nashy~ dian Nat ional Exhibition FARlv

28 G UHPH ALU I NUS

HIGHLIGHTS middot GRAD NEWSmiddot OBITUARIESmiddot CALENDAR

ALUMNI MEDAL OF ACHIEVEMENT

DR AD RIAN P ARKS WO RK in th e area o f minimally invasive

surge ry has earned him international recogniti on as a leading surgeo n and educa tor in his fi eld His advancements in the use of

laparoscop ic techniques have improved treatm ent for an ex tensive

range of med ica l disorders that in the past could only be handled

thro ugh trad itional sur gery [n 1997 he was recruited to establish a new program at th e Uni ve rsity of Kentucky

Pa rk was honoured th is spring wit h the Universit y of Guelph flumni Associati ons Alumni Medal of Achievem ent He received

a bachelor of science fro m Gu elph in 1985 and a doctor o f med ishycine from McMaster University in 1987

He completed his training at St Josephs Hos pital and rilcMasshy

ter Uni ve rsity Affiliated Hosp ital s in Hamilto n O nt and at the

Uni versit) of Montrea l before Jo ining St Jose phs as a ge neral surshy

geo n in 1994

The Guelph meda l recognizes th e professional leadership and achievements demons trated in Parks still- yo un g career and his

compassionate ca re of pati ents He and his wife Jennifer 8A 84 have three children Hilary Meredith and Evan

ove DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS

DUNCAN SINC LAIRS CONTR IB UTIO NS to career an d soc iety have prove n bis leadersh ip and expe rtise in hea lth sciences He gradshy

uated fro m OVC in 1958 and received a master of sc ience fro m OAC in 1960 specializing in nutriti on He then earn ed a PhD in

physiology at Queens University in 1963 and bega n a ca reer focused

primaril y on human health Sinclair was ltl consultant to th e Ontario Ministry of Agriculture

Food and Rural Affairs on the Animals for Research Act ilnd bega n

his academic career at Q uee ns as dean of arts and science in 1974 He went on to serve as vice-principal institutional relati ons sershy

vices an d hea lth sciences before assum ing the role of dea n of medshy

icine He ret ired from Queens in 1996 He has heJd other prestishy

gious positi ons including directo r general of the Medical Resea rch

Council and was tile recipient of OVes Schofield ]V[edal in 1983

Sinclair is now deeply involved in advising the Ontario minisshy

ter of hea l til on ways to reinvest and res tructure th e delivery of health services in the province He chairs the Hea lth Services

Restr ucturin g Co mmission an independent body of health

experts and professionals appointed to redesign tbe provincial

health system

FallWinter 1999 29

alumni Matters

-ORDER OF OACU of G Can1pus ESTABLISHED MARY AND RlCK RICHARDS longtime OAC supporterWelcoilles Alumni

ABSA 38 are the first inductees Membership in the order is

into the Order of OAC estabshy limited to the first 50 individshy

LUMNI WEEKEND J999 orga nizing committee and says lished ea rli er thi s year by the uals who give $1 00000 or more

brought more th an 1300 proceeds will be used to help the OAC Alumni Fo undation to as bequests irrevocable insurshy

visitors to campus June 18 to 20 class establi sh a mille nnium recognize significant contribushy ance policies planned gifts or

In addition to th e traditi o nal scholarship to co mmemorate its tions to its end owment fund cash donations Gifts may be

awards luncheon hosted by U of 25 th anni versar)1 of graduation Rick served as dean of OAC applied as endowments to the

G president Mordech ai Rozanshy The Uni vers it y of Guelph [Tom 1964 to 1972 (see sto ry OAC Alumni Foundation or to

ski there we re man y spec ial Alumni Associat ion held its on page 28) Mary also worked the college as approved by the

events and cla ss reunions The ann ual meeting during Alumni in the college and has been a fou ndation directors

new Order of OAC was preshy Wee kend and elected a new slate

sented to Mary and Rick of offi cers for 1999 2000 Scott

Richards BSA 38 at th e Go ldshy va nEnge n BSc(Ag r) 88 presshy

en Anniversary Dinner and the id ent Robin-Lee Norris BA 80

Class of J974 hosted a reuni on first vice-pres ident John Tatson

dinner with Calgary Flames BA 69 seco nd vice-president

Hockey Club CEO Ron Bremshy Rita Sterne BComm 87 secshy

ner BA 7 J as guest speaker Bill Imiddotetar) and Brad Hull BA 89

Laidlaw BA 74 chaired the treasurer

President Mordechai Rozanski and representatives of the alumni

classes and individuals who supported U of Gs six new themati c

gardens cut the ribbon to officially open them duri ng Alumni Weekshy

end From left are Bill Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 61 Don Gri eve

BSA 55 and MSA 57 Harold Shield BSA 51 Sandra Hannam uJ CD Clay Switze r BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rozanski Marilyn Robinson ~ I Murray BH5c 55 Ted McNinch BSA 49 Bruce Stone BSA 53 u VI

Z and MSA 54 Harold Bentley BSA 64 and MSc 66 Craig Hunter lt

B5c(AgL) 74 and MSc 77 and Les Laking BSA 39 and HDSC 71 The conservatory greenhouse was unveiled moments later by gtshyCD

Don Rutherford BSA 51 who gave the leadership gift ensuring VI o

it s res toration on behalf of his famil y 5 I -

Ginty jocius BSc(Agr) 70 left chair of the OAC Alumni Foundation

presents the Order of OAC to Mary and Rick Richards BSA 38

Enjoying the Class of 1974 re union dinner are from left jerry Orga n

BSc(PE) 71 Ron Bremner BA 71 Gail Bremner Paul Henry MA 71

and Bill Laidlaw BA 74

30 GUELPH ALUMNUS

GRYPHON SPIRIT DOMINATES HOMECOMING

UOF G students shared the stands with alumni who came to campus Sept 25

to watch the football Gryphons defeat their long- standing varsity rival the University of Toronto Blues During the weeke nd the Gryphon Club Hall of Fame inducted five Gryphon swimmers filled the gold pool at the 21st ann ual Alumni Relay Swim Meet

and president Mordechai Rozanski hostshyed a luncheon attended by more than 200 alumni and current students who have received sc holarships and awards or who

participated in the volunteer peer helper prog ram

ALUMNI SWIM TO THE TOP

FORMER GRYPHON SW IMMER S Peter Koli snyk BSc(HK) 83 and Denise

(FarndaJe) vVatso n BASe 85 were recogshyni zed at the ann ual Homecoming sw im mee t for having attended more often th an any other alumni Other participants includshyed 1999 graduates Nico le Weber BSe CEng ) Greg Steinberg BSc(HK) and Nancy Sweetnam BComm who has been a memshy

ber of two Canadian Ol ympic teams ( 1992 and 1996) The alumni team defeated the stud ent teams with the help of Leo n

Homecoming J

r ~

Form er Guelph mayor and sports broadcaster Norm la ry received the Gryphon Club Hall of

Fame Merit Award Sept 24 at the annual induction c re mony that also honoured five former

Gryphon athletes From left are Paul Willi ams a cross-country and track athlete and three-time

Canadian Olympian Bob Pronk BComm 82 Ontario and Canadian cham pionship wrestler

Dave Guest BComm 87 a former all middotstar soccer and vo lleyba ll player Gladys Williams BA

69 MVP in both wo menS fi eld hockey and ice hockey lary and Mark Brown BComm 81

Wi ldman Trophy winner and football capta in The Gryphon Club also recognized the 1974 mens

rugby OUAA championship team

Garstecki Gryphon diving coach in the midshy Dale a longtime Gryp hon supporter and a I 970s and retired botany professo r Hugh national record-b olding masters swimmer

bull49 VETS MEET AT TRAlEE The OVC Cla ss of 1949 produced a la sting memory of its 50th

anni versary by filming the lune 18 gathering held at Tralee Farms

the home of class member Ray Cormack Classmates travelled from

across Canada and the United States to attend th e reunion which

included a luncheon a visit from U of G president Mordechai Rozanshy

ski and a tour of Cormacks farm and antique carriage collection

The organizing committee of Dave House Bill Mitchell Ken Fisk

and lim Arch ibald succeeded in producing a golden-anniversary

memento that captu res the days events and everyone in attendance

as they comment on their lives since graduating from OVe -Proceeds from the sale of the v ideos will support the OVC 49

Memorial Scholarship Fund Cost is $25 each To place an order call

Vikki Tremblay at Alumni House 519-824-4120 Ext 65 44 I D

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FallWinter 1999 31

alumni Matters

2000 Coming Events

Jan 26 - Careers Night hostshyed by Mac-FACS Alumni Assoshy

ciation For informatio call Laurie MalleaLi at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Careers Night hostshyed by HAFA Alumni Associashy

tion For information call Laushyrie Malleau at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Aggie Good Times Banquet Call the OAC Studwl Federation at Ext 8321 for tickshyet information Feb 3 - Job hir at Bingeman Park in Kitchener complishy

mentary bus service from Unishyversity Centre for students and

alumni For directions and a list of employers call U of G

Career Services at Ext 22 13

Feb 11 - Deadline for nomshy

ina tions for U of G Alumni Association Alumnus of Honshy

our Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment and Alumni Volunteer

Award and the OVC Distinshy

guished Alumnus Call Carla Bradshaw at Ext 6657 for details March 1 - Annual alumni

Florida reunion at Maple Leaf

Estates Port C harlotte Florishyda For information call alumshyni programs at 519-824-4120

Ext 6657 send e-mail to alumshyniuoguelphca or call Jack Hanna in Florida after Jan 1

at 813-645-0905

March 18 amp 19 - College

Ro yal

March 31 amp April 1 - OAC

Alumni Association annual

bonspiel at the Guelph Curlshy

ing Club and Guelph Country w Club Call Carla Bradshaw at ~ txt 6657 to register c u bull For more information on anyU)

z alumni event call the U of G ltC extension listed at 519- 824shy20 r 4120 or send e-mail to al11111shyCD

o niCvzlOguelphcab c a

32 CUEIPH ALUM N US

EA RLIER THIS YEAR U ofG

introduced a new approacll to fund-raising that centres on

academic priorities identified by

the ix colleges Now the Unishy

ve rsit y expa nds this initiative

through the formation of a new Annual Fund Cou ncil that will

recruit volunteers to proactiveshy

ly help meet tll0se funding goals

By enlarging the partnershy

ship between academics and fund-raisers we arc focusing our

efforts more clearly on the Un ishy

versi tys overall stra tegic objecshy

tives says Rudy Putns executive

director of campaign progra ms

We are calling on coUege deans to help ensure that our annual

giving programs are providing

the grea test possible benefit to

students Our volunteer and pro-

ALUMNI CElEBRATE NEW HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE CENTRE

The Human KineticsHuman Biology Alumni Association

presented a sketch of the John T Powell Building to U of Cs

new Health and Perfor mance Centre at a June 19 reunion of alumni and former staff Artist Joan Harper BSe(HK)

82 left and retired professor John Powell right witnessed

a presentati on by association pres ident Janet Leonhard BSe(HK) 82 to Prof Terry Graham

SilENT AUCTION MAKES NOISE

A silent auction held Sept 14 to 16 a t the Ou tdoo r Farm

Show in Woods tock Ont ge nshy

erated a lot of excitement and

goodwill in OACs 125th shyanniversary year and raised

$51000 that wi ll support stu shy

dent recruitm ent programs in

the college The auction was organized by Cinty Jocius BSc(Agr) 70 president of

Ginty Jocius amp Associates of

Guelph on behalf of the OAC Alumni Foundation

Auction items donated by friends and exhibitors at th e

farm show included everylhing

from farm equipment and supshyplies to a seven-month-old lla shyma named (-i nty Lorie Jocius

BASe 72 purchased her husshy

bands namesake and gave it to

OAC as an anniversary presen t at th e Sept 25 Heritage Banshy

quet and Ball

FUND-RAISI NG PARTNERSHIPS GROW

fessional fund -raislls wiJl spend

more of thei r time making pershy

so nal requ es ts for gifts to the University and less time on inshy

house administra tion

Members of the Annual Fund

Council will invite donations

Crom alumni members of the campu~ community the paren ts

of current students graduating

classes members of the various

gift clu bs (Presidents Council

etc) and selected corporations

foundations and associations

Development and Public Affairs staff will help target vol unteer

efforts where they wi ll have the

stronges t impact on growin g don or particip ation and fund shy

razsing results

Annual giving is one of the

most crucial parts of an institushy

tion s developmen t agenda says Putns Annu al donors help

maintain the quali ty of estabshylished academic programs espeshy

cially in times of reduced pubshy

lic fundin g he says They also

provide a foundation for special

fun cl-rai sing cam paigns shycampaigns that enable the Unishy

ve rsity to grow by providi ng

funds for major projects that do

not ha ve a traditional so urce of support Tbe ACCESS endowshy

ment for student financial assistshy

ance and the rece nt campaign to upgrade th e Food Science

Building are notable examples For more illjormation aboLit

the An17ual FUlld Co ullcil call Al111tal Fund 17l1lnager Tara George at 519-824-4 120 Ex t

390 1 or Putl7S at ext 6384

GRAD NEWS

U of G Degrees ADA = Associate diploma

in agriculture BA =Bachelor of arts BASe = Bachelor of applied

science BComm = Bachelor of

commerce BHSe Bachelor of houseshy

hold science BLA =Bachelor of

landscape architecture BSA = Bachelor of science in

agriculture (pre-196s) BSe(Agr) Bachelor of

science in agriculture BoSe = Bachelor of science BSe(Eng) =Bachelor of

science in engineering BSc(Env) =Bachelor of

19405

bull The Macdonald Institute

Class of 1941 met each other

for the firsl lime in 1939 and

theyve been gelling logelher rvice a year siIlce gradual ion

Celebrating 60 yea rs of fri end shy

ship this year are Mary (Hcx imer) MacLeln Beth

(jackson) Ca rdifF Mo lly

(Pattrson) Nix Frances

(Pellet) Smith Dorolhy

(Pond) Dunn Jeanne (Taylor )

Hamel Phyllis (Weren) Sobel and Evelyn (Eatun ) Pond

bull Jim Morton BSA 47 posed with his son Robert SA 70

and grandsons Jeff Bell 13A

9 1 and Greg Mo rton

SSc( Eng) 99 at Gregs U of

G convocation in June Retired

from a career in the lumber

business Jim is an OAC llu mmiddot ni volunteer al Guclph and is

aClive in cOm11lUnily work in

Burlington Onto Rob ert is

CEO of the Community Care

Access Centre in Simcoe

Coullly Jeff lcaches in Elmvalc

for the Simcoe County Dislricl School Board and Greg is

working Wilh the COnSlliling

engineering firm of Proclor

science in environmental sciences

BSe(HK) Bachelor of science in human kinetics

BSc(pE) = Bachelor of science in physical education

DHE = Diploma in home economics

DVSc = Doctor of veterinary science

DVM =Doctor of veterinary medicine

GO = Graduate diploma MA = Master of arts MAgr = Master of agriculture MBA = Master of business

admininstration MEng =Master of engineering

and Redfern at its Kitchener

office The Guelph lineage

aCl ually bega n in the Morton fami ly with Greg great shy

grantimoliln Anne Pringle

Morton DH E 1914

Greg Morton Jeff Bell and Jim and

Robert Morton

19505

bull Harold Baker BSA 50

writes to w rrect the e-mail

address publi shed in the last

iss lle of the Clepll Alunnls

Friends (111 conlact the retired

University of Saskatchewan

professo r and Il is wife Phyllis

at ha kc r hdukeL1sa~k ca

bull Barney Goodwin-Wilson BSA 50 is serving a two-year

krm as chair of the hoard of

lhe Onta rio Foocllerminal

The Iomnlo facility is the

MFA = Master of fine art MLA Master of landscape

architecture MMS = Master of management studies MSc =Master of science MSc(Aqua) = Master of

science in aquaculture ODA = Ontario diploma in

agriculture ODH =Ontario diploma in

horticulture OdR = Ontario Diploma in

recreation PhD = Doctor of philosophy

larges t who lesale fruit proshy

duce and flower market in

Canada and one of the largest

in orrh America He was forshymerly director and vice-cha ir

of the board

bull Gary Powell ADA 58

stopped at a remote motel in

western klahoma last

Janu ary and stanee a convershysation with th e only other cusshy

tomer at breakfa st the next

morning Turns out they were

both U of G grads Powell and Joe Deli BSc (Agr ) 64 had a

great time reminiscing abo Llt

ca mpus perso nalities they

both knew I guess one is never really very far from home says Powell

bull Dave Valentine BSA 59 has

retired as (o unty engineer for

the County of Brant in

Ontario He previously spent

23 years with Sir Sandford

Fleming College in Peterborough and has served 8S

engineer for the coun ties of Haliburton and Victoria He

and his wife Carole are now

Jiving near Carlisle Send e-mail

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19605

bull Manuel Garcia PhD 67 was

recognized by the government

of the Ph ilippines in December

1998 with one of the highest

honours given to Filipinos Jivshy

ing outside the cou ntr y Garcia

is a senior consulting mi crobishy

ologist with lAS Bioshy

Diagnostic and a former

research scientist with

Agriculture and Agri-Food

Canada in Ottawa He is intershy

nationally recognized for his work in veterinary med icin e

and public health on the early detection of ca mpylobacter

salmonella and other foodshy

borne pathogens He is a memshy

ber of several learned profes shy

sional societies and has been involved in a number of intershy

national developm ent projects

He is also a community volunshy

teer and a pioneer in establishshying the National Council of

Canadian Filipino Associations

as the official voice of Filipino

Canadians nationwide bull Tom Hutchison DVM 65 is

a veterinary pathologist with the Nova Scotia provincial

diagnostic lab In 1998 he

passed the board cer tification exa ms for the American

College of Poultry Veterinarians in Baltimore but

the years highlights came in

late summer - a first grandshy

child for Tom and his wife

Eileen in August and the birth

of their own son Scott in

September bull Brian Little ADA 67 BSc(Agr) 72 and MSc 78

was elected president of the

Canadian 4-H Foundation in

May He was previously presishy -dent of the Ca nadian 4-H

Co uncil and a co uDcil represhysentative for his employe r the

Royal Bank of Canada He has been a fou ndation trustee for

f allWinter 1999 33

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several years and has a strong

4-H background as a member

and a club leader

19705

bull Doug Franklin SA 72 was

recen tly a ppoin led execu tive

director of the Multiple

Sclerosis Association of

America its hea d office is in

Cherry Hill NJ He was forshy

merly with the International

Youth Foundation in

Baltimore Md

bull Cathie Leimbach

SSc(Agr) 78 and MAgr 88

visi ted U of G this fa ll as

agrologist-in-residence It was

the sixth year of the program

co-sponsored by OAC and the

Ontario Institute of

Agrologists (OlA ) Raised on

an Ontario dairy and swine

farm Leimbach is past presishy

dent of the OI A and a partner

in STRIVE a team specializshy

in g in training facilitation and

consulting She now lives on a

cash-crop farm in Ohio

bull Willem Moolenbeek BSe

77 and MSe 8 1 studied biolshy

ogy and entomology at U of G

at the same time he was learnshy

ing to play the saxophone with

the Royal Conservatory of

Mu sic He says he still loves

science but music has become

his career A recitalist soloist

and clinician he has been a

saxophone instructor at

McMaster University in

Hamilton Ont fo r 15 years

He also teaches at the 19805

University of Waterloo pri- bull Bruce Brown BSe(Agr)

vately and at the National 85 and his wife Claudia

Music Ca mp of Canada where (Liebscher) BA 84 have three

he sometimes offers an infor- children who are beginning to

mal course on in sect identifi- display their dads musical

cation There are always a few prowess on the kazoo After 14

kids who really dig that he years of dairy farming Bruce

says U of G music lovers want back to school to earn an

enjoyed his saxophone music education degree and is now

at a noon-hour concert in teaching science with the

October Durham District School

bull Peter Vaughan SA 77 and Board

MA 77 was appointed secre- bull Tom Burns BA 89 and MA

tar y general and CEO of the 91 is a member of the

Canadian Medical Association Victoria Police in Melbourne

in June A fa culty member in Australia Last summer he

two departments at John s welcomed visitors from the

Hopkins University and in the RCMP including Kevin Durie

Department of Family BA 93 They quickly estab-

Medicine at the University of lished a U of G connection

Ottawa he is a fo rmer presi- including Duries student

dent of the medical staff at employment at Dcr Keller

Guelph General Hospital and a which was Burns s favourite

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the job says Burns but this

time we spent most of our

time talking about the great

times we had at U of G In

still another coincidence

Durie is married to Christine

Blake-Durie BA 91 and MA

93 who was a member of

Burnss MA group Burns says

other U of G grads travelling

to Melbourne are more than

welcome to drop in

bull Stuart Jackson ADA 87 is

distribution manager for

Burnbrae Farms Ltd in Delta

Onto He sends greetings to all

OAC friends including the

diploma classes of 1979 and

1980

bull Laurel (Murdoch) Koumarelas BComm 84 is

an ESL teacher with the

Toronto School Board She

and her husband Gus live in

Mississauga with their sons

Robert and Evan

bull Trish Looman BA 87

works for Royal LePageshy

Vantage in Guelph She speshy

cializes in residential multishy

unit real estate

bull Laima (Karosas) Laffitte

BSe(Agr) 85 and MAgr 91

lives in Wendover Ont with

her husband Vincent MAgr

91 and their children Yohan

and Marina Laima is the

advertising manager for The

Canadian Veterinary Journal and Vincent is an account

manager at the St Isidore

branch of Scotiabank Theyd

like to hear from classmates

via e-mail at Iaffitteonsymshy

paticoca They also want to let

OAC 85 grads know that the

class executive is building a

Web page at wwwrkdecom

oac85 and needs updated

names and addresses (includshy

ing e-mail) to add to the

directory f IS-year reunion

is being planned for Dec 2

and 32000

bull Cheryl Miller-Oh BASe

91 and her husband Tae live

in Southfield Mich with their

twins Nathalie and Nathan

born in October 1998 She is a

health-care consultant with

Computer Sciences

Corporation Send e-mail to

millerohsprintca

bull Vijay Singh MSe 70 has

been awarded the Arthur K Barton Endowed Professorship

at Louisiana State University

He also recently received an

honorary degree and a

Fulbright Award for his work

in the area of entropy

bull Gayle (Barton) Tapper BSe

81 (biological science) and 83

(computing science) has been

employed at Memorial

University in St Johns Nfld

for 14 years in the Department

of Computing and

Communications She is comshy

pleting graduate work in phishy

losophy and humanities at

Memorial and is the principal

harpist with the

Newfoundland Symphony

Orchestra Last year she

released a CD of Latinworld

traditional music on the South

American harp Visit her Web

site at httpwwwucsmun

cal -gay

bull Carolyn Riddell BA 85 is

running an active arts educashy

tion and paintingprintmaking

studio in Fergus Ont

bull Laura Wilkinson BSe 85

and MSe 87 is a coroner in

British Columbia and lives on

a cattle ranch near 70 Mile

House

19905

bull Kristi Adamo BSc(HK)

96 and MSc 98 and Rob

McMullin BSe 95 were

married in May 1999 and Jive

in Ottawa

bull Michelle (Pilon) Bacon BA

90 has been living in London

England with her husband

Tim and children Juliette and

Lucien but they are planning a

return to Canada They will be

AIRBORNE ALUMNUS Olive Thompson DHE 35 celebrated her 85th birthday

with her head in the clouds She made her first parachute

jump with instructor Scott Borghese in Simcoe Ont in June

and says it was the most exciting thing shes done in her life

Thompson lives in Dunnville and has four children and three

grandchildren When she asked them about the paracbute

jump they told her to go for it Shes considering a repeat I U

jump next year and hopes her adventure will be a good S o

example for other seniors A dedicated member of the class -lt CD

of Mac 35 Thompson was president of the University of s Guelph Alumni Association in 197778 and keeps busy now VI

I

with volunteer work for the Salvation Army Z

living in Calgary and welcome

contact with western grads

and friends from Guelph Send

e-mail to m_e_baconhotshy

maicom

bull Deborah (Panton) Bodden

BASc 93 and her husband

Lyndhurst were married in

1998 and live in Grand

Cayman Cayman Islands

where she teaches primary

schoo

bull Elizabeth Cardno MSe 99

is working with the Rural

Health Research Consortium

at the University of

Saskatchewan developing

research projects on rural

health issues in relation to the

Canadian Institute for Health

Research

bull Jeannine Cote BA 9 J lives

in Hamilton Ont and works

o -lt

as a health -care aide and

home-support worker

bull Jeremy Debling BSe 94 is

a formulation chemist in the

pharmaceutical development

department at Novopharm

Limited in Toronto

bull Angela Dodd BA 93 and

Christopher Kemp

BSe(HK) 94 were married

Aug 14 Theyve bought a new

home in Etobicoke Ont

where he works for Canada

3000 Airlines and at Kingsway

Physiotherapy as a kinesioloshy

gist She is employed at

Manulife Financial in -Waterloo

bull Sheryl Harding Friedrich

BASe 85 is a full-time mom

and part-time nutrition conshy

sultant in Cannington Onto

She and her husband Cal

FallWinter 1999 35

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have three child ren Jonathan

Daniel and Anna

bull Anne Marie (Henwood)

Harman BA 95 is enjoying

her time at home with one shy

year-old Jenna She and her

husband Murray can be

reached bye-mail at 3harshy

mansstormca

bull Rosaleen Heffernan BA 96

and Barry Liboiron BSe 97

were married in August

Theyre both studying at the

University of British

Co lumbia where Liboiron is

doing a PhD in chemistry and

He ffe rnan is completing a

degree in educati on

bull Krista Hilton BASe 95

lives in Halifax with her hlls shy

band Michael Galloway She is

a priest in the Anglican Church

of Canada and serves as curate

a t the Cathedral Church of All

Sain ts Friends can reach her at

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bull Michael Kennard BA 86

starred as Mump the Clown in

the Canadian Stage Company

production of Mump amp Smoo t

in Something Else With Zug last

winte r at tbe Canadian Stage

Theatre in Toronto

bull Sharon McConnell BSe 90

and MSe 93 went on from U

of G to earn a diploma in

business management from

Wilfrid Laurier University

Since 1995 she has worked in

Toronto as a project director at

Burak Ja co bson Market

Resea rch Partners Ine

bull Michael McKay-Fleming BA

92 has launched two daily

comic strips via the Internet

Check out his Inane Producshy

tions Web site at http mem

bershomenetinaneprod to folshy

low the adventures of a free-spirshy

ited teenager named Alice and all

the animals in a new VVildlife

comielf you like comic strips

this fine art grad invites you to

enjoy his talent and humour

bull Andrew Nicholls MA 90 nications in Cambridge

and PhD 97 is an assistant bull Christine (Rogers) Patten

professor of history at Buffalo BA 9 1 lives in Toronto and

State College in Buffalo N Y has been working as a sales

He recen tly published the representative and industry

book The Jacobean Union A training facilitator since grad-

Reconsideration of British Civil uation She and her husband

Policies Under th e Early Vincent celebrated the birth of

Stuarts which offers a new their first child Gareth in

perspective on the role of mul - March 1999

tiple monarchy in the early bull Guiseppe Peritore

modern British kingdoms BSe(HK) 96 is studying

bull Jennifer (Pope) Parney physical therapy at the

BASc 94 works at Chatham- University of To ronto He

Kent Integrated Childrens married Rita Lavalle in May

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bull Sarah Perkins BSe(Agr) bull Tammy Tipler Priolo 92 joined Pfizer Animal BASe 90 lives in her hom e

Health in London Ont in town of North Bay Ont with

November as a product sup- her husband Clark and their

port speCialist Earlier she two-year-old daughter Erica

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Fairview Alta before m oving puting skills in genealogy

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bull Bradley Raspberry BASc 90 is a clinical leader and regisshy

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atric behavioural health at SI

Josephs Villa in Dundas Ont

bull Lisa Ranacher BSe 98

recently joined the agronomy

program at the Central

Experimental Farm in Ottawa

as a physiological modelling

technician

bull Jamie Rickard BSe(Agr)

96 and Laura Summerfeldt

BSe(Agr) 97 were married

in October 1998 She is comshy

pleting a masters degree at U

of G and he is working with

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of G weddings are a family trashy

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ents Sherry (McBain) SA 69

and Ralph Rickard BSe 69 Tricia (Pella) BA 95 and

Gaetano Guy Rosa

BComm 96 were mar ried in

October 1998 with many U of

G friends attending They live

in Mississauga Ont where

Guy works as an account manshy

ager for BCI Bank and T ricia is

an environmental planner with

the Toronto and Region Conshy

servation Authority

bull Pamela (Thompson) BASe

91 and Randy Ruisendaal

BComm 92 live near

Belleville 01t with their yearshy

old daughter )lIlian Elizabeth

bull Ian Sandler DVM 9 5 was

married to Fern Glowinsk) in

March 1999 and works at

Secord Animal Clinic in

Toronto

bull Baijit Singh PhD 94 comshy

pleted post-doctoral training

at Texas AampM University and

Columbia University then

worked for the Canadian Food

Inspection Agency in Prince

Edward Island before joining

the University of Saskatchewan

as an associate professor He

welcomes notes from other

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bull Cyndy Stencill ADA 93 is a

propagator at a tree nursery in

British Columbia

bull Steve Tanner BA 82

recently moved to Guelph as

deputy police chief He had

served on the Halton Region

force since 1982 Tanner is a

specialist in criminal investigashy

tions and lie detector opera shy

tion He has continued his

education at Sheridan College

and McMaster and Ryerson

universities and is now workshy

ing on a masters degree at the

University of Western Ontario

bull Cheryl (Kellman) Thompson BA 95 run s a

rehabilitation consulting busishy

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in Burlington Ont

bull Donald PhD 94 and

Suzanne Welsh MSe 96

relocated from Yale University

to the University of Vermont

where they are both working

in the Department of

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cerebrovascular circulation

bull Wendla Westerberg BASc

96 earned a BEd from the

University of Western Ontario

in 1997 She is working for the

Lambton-Kent District School

Board as an occasional teacher

and lives in her home town of

Dresden Ont

bull Deena (Jones) Zambrana

BA 93 and her husband

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OBITUARIES

W illiam Ba rnes DVM 59 died Sept 7

1999 He grew up in th e N iagara area

but spent his professio nal ca ree r in a

ve terina ry prac ti ce in Ill inois He was a

dr ivi ng force in the American Ve ter inary

Medica l Assooatio n and in bo th the

Chicago and IlJin o is assoc iatio ns He

was also a fo un ding mem ber o f the

Ch icago-based Friends of Unicerslty of

Guelph a char itable o rga nizat ion

founded in 1975 to serve Guelph a lumni

living in the United Sta tes

George Dickson BSA 38 di ed Oct 9

1999 H e spen t h is entire career w ith

Canada Packers moving up f[Om mai l

cle rk to exec lltive vice-presid ent and

d irector After retirin g in 1976 he

devoted ma ny vo lu ntee r hours to U of

G 3S a memb er of Boa rd o f Gove rno rs

and the OAC Alumni Associatio n

Jam es Pinkney DVM 37 died July 3

1999 A respected ve ter in aria n in his

hom e to~ll o f Cooksv il le O nt he was

also recog nized as a p remier swi ne

breeder showman and judge He was

active in m any agricultural o rga niza shy

tio ns and in both the Ontario and

Canadian Vete rinary Med ical assoc iashy

tio ns He was a lo ngti me supporte r o f

th e Unive rsity especially the OVC

museum and was named OVC

Di stinguished Alumnus in 1987

Audrey Yea nd le DHE 25 di ed March

17 1999 in St ratford O nto A profes shy

sio nal diet it ia n she wo rked to two hosshy

p itals and tau ght home eco no m ics at

the Jo hn Fi he r School In Toro nto

Active In com munity orga nizatio ns and

her chu rch she was a lo ng time U of G

suppo rter and left an es ta te gift of over

$475000 to p rov ide bursaries for future

Gu elph students

Alumni

Jo hn Andrews DVM 38 June 27 1999

Harris Baker BSA 33 Febru ary 1998

Hu gh Balkwill BSA 53 June 27 1999

John Bowles BA 72 Sept 23 1999

Edward Bowness DVM 32 May 13 1999

Rud y Brown BSA 59 June 29 1999

Walter Bunn BSA 52 Sept 2 1999

Margaret Byrnes DHE 40 Apr il 22 1999

Joa n Cameron DH E 36 April 10 1999

Wil liam Cape ll BSA 54 Aprd 25 1999

T homas Ca rd BSA 47Ju ne 20 1999

Jean a rter DH E 38 Jun e 28 1999

Loi Clipsham D H E 27 Ju ne 23 1999

Bruce Cohoe BSA 3 3 Feb 2 1999

Geoffrey Collins BSA 28 May 21 1999

Al exander C o nnell ADA 60 Ju ly 26

1999

John Currie BA 74 Sep t 18 1999

William C u rrie BSA 59 Nov 27 1998

C arma n Davey DVM 39 Apr il 15 1999

D oug Doerksen ADA 84 Ju ne 5 1999

Joann e DU ll can -Robinson BA 81 and

MA 86 July 22 1999

Robert Erskine BSA 41 May 2 1999

Will ia m Fisher BSA 48 Aug 5 1999

Norm Freeman BSA 49 July 2 1999

Alexander Gc ncr BSA 32 Dee 27 1998

Rudy Goltz BSA 33 July 28 1 999

Tom Grah am BS 50 Dee 3 1998

Ed na Has tings D H E 32 July 11 1999

Jack Hea theringto n DVM 54 April 18

1999

Pa tric ia Hill BSc 96 MMch 9 1999

Ralph Hills BSA 54 June 14 1999

Murray Ho ltby ADA 47 O ct 29 1998

Shawn H owden B 9 1July81 999

james j ackson BSA 34 April 29 1999

Karen ( Re ichardt ) Kister B H Se 70

Ap rilll 1999

Albert Kristjanson BSA 50 Dec 7 1998

John Laffert ) BSA 5 1 Aug II 1999

Ron Lawrence DVM 43 Mel) 4 1999

Ann e Legate BSe 89 March 1999

Tsu-Peng Stephen i iu M Sc 65 Ma)

Hl 1998

Rober t Luckham ADA 58 Jan IS 1999

Jam es Lyons BSA 59 Au g 2~ 1999

Willia m M ack BSc(Eng) 84 Ju ne 7

1999

T helma M artin D HE 41 July 131999

Helen McBratney D lI E 34 in 1998

Allan Bud McCardle BSA 52 May 10

1999

Ri chard M cDonald O AC C la ss of 47

lV1arch 24 1999

john Meeuse ADA 58 July 19 1999

Ra ymond Parr D VM 3 7 Ap ril 7 999

George Plakidas MA 93 date unknown

Virgini a Reed ODH 66 1arch 1 1999

Rose Reynold s D HE 28 Apri l 17 1999

Ern es t Ro bertso n BSA 37 Aug 6 1999

Jam es Ross BSA 34 Au g 23 1999

Gra nt Savage D VM 48 Ma rch 2 1999

Earl Shuh BSA 36 July 5 1999

Eu gene Smith BSA 3 1 Jan 27 1999

Will iam Smyth MA 90 Oc tober 1997

Ch er yl Ann Somerville BSe(Agr) 96

Sept IS 1999

Carl Stevenson BSA 46 Aug 26 1999

Robert Tennant BSA 49 May 5 1999

Gregory Tostevin BA 93 Feb 10 1999

Gerald Trant BSA 51 Sept 1 1999

Bennie Urquhart DV M 54 April 4 1999

Ga il Wamsl ey BA 70 July 24 1998

Gladys Ward D IlE 27 Apri l 8 1999

Catherine Welch BSA 22 Ma rch 3 1998

M abel ( McCa rthy) Ziegler DH E 26

Apr il 29 1999

Facu lty amp Staff Pro f Sid Gilbert Sociolog) and An thro shy

polog) Sept 8 1999

Rev Canon Ritchie McMurray

eCllm enical ch aplain 1968 to 1983

Aug 19 1999

Frie nds

Yvonne Alexander M~y 15 1999

jerry lkirnes Sept 2 1999

Marga ret C urran Dec 28 1998

John Godwin in 1999

viark G renville Nov 6 1998

Peter Hallm an Ju ne 22 1999

Elsie Mae johnston Sept 12 1999

C lover Helena Ladouceur Sept 4 1999

Ed it h Pa tterson in 1993

Andrew Peterson Aug 26 1999

Edgar St rin ger March 1999

Gerry Vandergri ft Sep t 28 1999

Frank Watson March 23 1999

Barry Woods Jul y 30 1999

Me m orial fun ds have bee n se t up to

establi sh a U o f G scho larship in 1))CJ)lO r)

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UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

the CWay CWe CWere FROM THE ARCHIVES

HISTORIANS CANT PINPOINT the date that the Unishy

versity o f Gu elphs landmark portico was carved

from Ontario limesto ne but its familiar columns preshy

date the 1874 fo und ing o f the Ontario Agricu ltural Colshy

lege by several yea rs

Originally fronting a fa rmh ouse on Moreton Lodge

Farm the orna te front porch stoo d at the entrance of

the main co ll ege building until the O ld Res idence was

demolished in 1929 to make way for the co nstruction

of Johnston Hall Its believed the portico was erected

on Johnston Green in 1934

Because the ravages of time and weather had weakshy

ened the limestone structure to a dan gerous point it

was dismantled earlier this fall and underwent muchshy

needed repairs to the stonework ceiling and roof The

OAC Class of 1949 raised $75000 to fund the p roject

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[J This is without a doubt the climax of my

career says Simpson whos been invo lved

with the Sudbury N eu trin o Observa to ry

(SNO) project since it was fir s t moo ted by

Canadian physicis ts in th e early 1980s Hes

been studying neutrinos for almost two

decades beginning with experiments in a

Windsor-area sa lt mine

It s th e las t unkn own low-energy area

left he says N eutrin os are s till th e least

understood elementa ry particle of a ll

Thats not for lac k of them T hey re co nshy

sidered to be th e most commo n particles in

the universe and the fund amenta l building

blocks of matter Each seco nd bi lli ons of

neutrinos generated during fusion reactions

in the sun and in sou rces far beyond our

galaxy bombard every square ce ntim etre of

the Earths surface undetected But just try

to catch one So ephemeral a re Ih ey th at

they pass without a mmmur through most

objects including solid rock ni ckel ni ckel

miners - even throu gh the SNO sc ientis ts

monitoring their giant acry li c ball s usshy

pended in a 22-metre-wide cavern two kiloshy

metres down the mine shaft

The $70-million o bse rva to ry s it s nea r

the bottom of Inco Ltd s C reighton nicke l

mine the deepes t wo rkin g min e in North

America and one tha t has opera ted co ntinshy

uously for the last ce ntury

Today the only eAtra terreslrial objects hitshy

ting the site - or more co rrect ly passi ng

through it - are neutrinos Seemingly against

astronomical odds those scientists hope to

use that ball as a kind of cosmic-sized catchshy

ers mitt to stop or deflect enough of these

particles to learn more about them and about

the big wide universe that spawned them

Inside that 12-foot ball are 1000 tonnes

of heavy water which is also used as coolant

inside nuclear reactors Tn fact th e watershy

all $300 million worth - is on loan from

Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (AECL)

Heavy water ho lds the key to SNOs opera-

Taken during construction the photo above

shows the SNO cavity and acrylic vessel At

right the acrylic vessel is surrounded by an 18shy

metre diameter geodesic sphere that supports

nearly 10000 light sensors and reftectors

Scientists hope to U~

tion Because its molecules contain one more

n eutron than in ordinary water its more

likely to in tercept a phantom neutrino That

co llis ion will be marked by faint but telltale

fla shes of light - forma lly kno wn as

Cerenkov radia tion th e characteris tic blu e

glow emitted in a nuclear reactor - to be

picked up by a few of th e 10000 detectors

studding the panels on th e sphere s surface

Perhaps more impo rtan t SNO resea rchers

anticipate that the wa ter will catch all three

types o f neut rinos no t just the o ne captured

by other detec tors around the world

N eutr in os come in three species or

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agiant acrylic ball as a kind of cosmic-sized catchers mitt

flavou rs based on th e kind s of subatomshy

ic particl es tlleyre dssociated with electro n

neutrinos muon neutrinos and tau neu trishy

nos Referring to earlier experiments that

have detected far fewer neutrinos than

expected based on our understanding of

how the universe works Simpso n says most

scientists believe that neutrinos have mass

and the) change type as th ey leave the sun

and thats why Ne havent seen enough of

them Being able to detect the other two

flavours at SNO might allow sc ientis ts to

account for the so -called missing neutrinos

Proving that neutrinos can change their

stripes might als o tell us more about the

likely fate of th e universe itself by solving

another mystery the question of the missshy

ing mass Referring to basic laws of physics

Law says If neutrinos convert th at means

th ey must have mass Why is that imporshy

ta nt Explai ns Ollerhead The amount of

mass thats accounted fo r by the sta rs that

you can see is only about one-tenth of the

total mass the re must be in the universe in

order to cause the interactions and motions

you see W hen people talk about mis si ng

mass thats what th ey re talking about

So the question is where is it l Because

every s tar produces billions of neut rin os

every second the universe is full of neutr ishy

nos These van ishingly small particles could

collectively exert a gravitational pull out of

all proportion to th eir size - enough to

eventually slow the expa nsion of the universe

If neutrin os have ma ss it means the

universe may be heavier than we think says

Simpso n The universe will eventually stop

expanding in a few billion years and collapse

back in on itself Thi s is known as the Big

Crunch Finding evidence of the smoking

gun to either prove or di sprove that theoshy

ry is the purpose of the observatory he says

SNO research bombards other areas of science Adapting physics tools to build SNO

An expert in X-ray back-scattering Guelph

physicist Innes Mackenzie helped the SNO

team about six years ago by adapting his

back-scattering technique to determine the

thickness of a plastic liner that su rrounds

th e entire observatory cavity Made of a

substance called urylon (produced by a

Guelph company) the liner was sp rayed

on to the cavitys concrete surface to screen

ou t radon a radioactive gas that diffuses

even through soLd rock In a project where

an extra millimetre could skew results scishy

entists needed to ensure that the material

was the same thickness all the way arou nd

Mackenzie used X-ray back-scattering

a techniq ue he has developed that might

be llsed to determine say the thickness of

paint applied in an auto assembly plant or

ice buildup on aircraft wings Laurentian

University physicist Doug Hallman says

his research group has worked with

Mackenzie to set up a unique hand- held

monitor and data-recording system which

found the actual thickness of the eightshy

millimetre-dlick polyurethane material to

an accuracy of about 10 per cent

Building new tools from SNO physics

During his graduate studies in physics at

Guelph Tom Andersen helped his PhD

supervisor Prof John Simpson design

devices used to detect background

radioactivity of the heavy wa ter in the

Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO)

and worked on software that simulates

th e movement of high -energy muons

particles created when cos mic rays

encounter the Earths atmosphere All the

while he had his eye on a not-unrelated

topic that became his full-time job after

graduating in 1998

It a desk top planetarium says

Andersen of his astro nomy software

which allows users to view the simulated

night sky - including comets asteroids

satellites a nd stars - on a computer

screen With it yo u can observe the sky

as it appears from your backyard tonight

o r from Jupiter 100 years ago or from

Egypt 3000 years ago

He and his partners a t Toronto-based

Sienna Software Inc have so ld about

10000 copies of Sta rry Night software

dming the past 18 months They began

by selling software that users could down shy

load from the Internet but now make two

CD-ROM versions of the package Starshy

ry Night Deluxe and Starry Night Pro

The first allows users to look at more than

19 million objects from anywh ere in the

solar system and to examin e deta iled

graphics of such things as constellations

Serious astronomy afic ionados use the

pro version to track as teroids learn more

about star motions or create their own

planets to study orbital mechanics

Generally anyone who owns an

as tronomical telesco pe owns a piece of

astronomy software says Andersen You

can take your telescope to your backyard

and connect it to your laptop and then

point to something with Starry Night and

have the telescope steer to it

Applying SNO tools to business

Former phys ics graduate student Myung

Chol Chon now works in the Royal Banks

corporate and investmen t banking offices

in Toronto Modelling the behaviour of

financial assets and pricing derivative secushy

rities might appear removed from the task

of capturing neutrinos but Chon says the

Guelph SNO group gave him an opporshy

tunity to learn various quantitative ana lyshy

sis tools including Monte Carlo simulashy

tion and artificial neural networks I also

gained understanding and experience in

software production via working with the

SNO Monte Carlo Analysis (SNO MAN )

software development team - tools

applicable not only in physical science but

in other areas as well

Fa llWinter 1999 25

-Simpson says ea rly detection of SNOs first

neutrino this summer reflects the high qUJIshy

ity of the obselva tory itself incl uding th t conshy

tribution of the Guelph scientists involved in

designi ng its sophist icated instrum ents Thats why theres a lot of noise abo ut the

fi rst measurem en ts he sa ys Some o ther

detectors have to work harder to get the backshyground radioactivity down Weve shown that

we constructed a very clea n detector

Along with several PhD studen ts and resea rch associates he and his coUeagues buiJt

inst ruments used to monitor and ensure an acceptable level of background radi oactivishy

ty in SNOs innards fiom the hea l) watcr to all the components orthe detector itse lf

The Guelph group developed a very senshy

sitive technique for the measurement of ultrashylow levels of ra dioactivit y in water whi ch is

essential for th e SNO detector to reach its

goals says SNO project director Art McDonshy

ald a phys icist at Queens Universit y Meas uring radioact ivity is our ga me

says resea rch ass oc iate Pillalamarr Jaga m during a tour of Sim psons lab in th e baseshy

ment of the MacNaughton Build in g home

to whJt Jaga m calls the only ul tra-low backshy

ground radi ation research and development

group in Ca nada Po inting to a det ector resemblin g a stainless-steel salad bowl with

a matchin g lid he says the Guelph -made

de vice JS with its co usins on perm anent du ty at SNO picks lip infinitesimally small

amounts of ra dioactivity emitted naturall y

by the observa torys compo nents

Ja ga m helps run th ose dev ices at SNO

fo llowin g up on his role as superv iso r of a

cl ea nin g crew d urin g SNOs constru ction SNO is the larges t clean-room ever olltside

of the electron ics industry he says Its

cleaner th an yo ur avera ge dinner plate

Above Muon neutrinos produced from cosmic

rays which strike Earths abnosphere are detectshy

ed by the SNO light sensors producing a coneshy

shaped pattern of energy Right An artists

sketch of the SNO detector shows the central

acrytic vessel now filled with 1000 tons of heavy

water and surrounded by 7000 tons of ultra

pure regular water Scientists monitor the obsershy

vatory from the room located above the sphere

26 GU ELP H ALUM NUS

In two years we mayI

Unlike th eir fell ow labourers in the m in e

who normall y hit the sbowers aft er a lo ng

day on the ore face th e scientists monitorshy

ing th e o bse rvatory must shower bef ore enterin g their facility Simil ar standa rds are mlintained tor the heavy water in th e acrylic

vessel which is fil tered dail y Jnd tested for ambient rad ioactivit y It s the purcst water

in th e wo rld says Jian Wang for merly J

research associate in Simpsons lab and now a consultant wi th U of Gs GUA RD In c

The Guelph-dc-signed instruments h ave

prove n lIseful in rela ted but more fa r-flung

applications JagaJl1 says scientists building

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ly know if the universe will eventually collapse

ye t an oth er neutrino observatory in Italy consulted with U of G physicists on radia shyti on measurement Closer to home he has helped Prof Richard Protz Land Reso urce Science quantify minute amounts of radioac tive cesium in so il samples taken from the Ecuadorean Andes an d from the Chernobyl site in Ukrain e

Law a particle physicist [las been involved since 1991 in writin g and test ing simulation software used by the project colshylaborators to model the workings of th e SNO detecto r With the detector now opershyating the package - dubbed SNOMAN shywill be used to analyse the data it generates OUerhead who first encountered SNO while chair of the Department of Physics has long worked in expe rim en tal nuclear physics using accelerators such as th e one run by AECL in Cbalk River Ont Todays investishygations at SNO draw on at least one aspect of his ea rlier resea rch in Los Alamos New Mexico where he developed neutral current detectors of the sort expec ted to help SNO sn iff out all three neutrino flavo urs

Sim psons graduate student Nathaniel Tagg is studying cosmic ray particles called muons which are detected as a byproduct in the obse rvatory Unlike neutrinos muons come from cosmic rays - or ionized nuclei - which begin Jife far beyond the solar sysshytem perhaps generated by stars exploding into supernovas or by shock waves emanating from collapsing black holes When these cosmic rays hit the Earths atmosp here th ey create extremely high-energy particles that can be detected by SNO some alon e or in pairs like bullets others in a shower like shotgun pelshylets Comparing the ratio of single bullets to shotgun blas ts may tell Tagg something about how the particles originated When you build a detector you get a lot of things for free he says Muons are considered background to most of the collaboration but there are some interes ting physics you ca n do with them

Beyond Guelph the SNO collaboration brings together almost 100 scientists from II universi ties and labs in Canada the United Sta tes and the United Kingdom Canad ian participants includ e university resea rchers from Queens Car leton Laurentian Britisll

Columbia and Guelph Wby Ca nada Canashyda has a lot of heavy water because of its nuclear power reactor development the CANshyDU reactor says OUerhead Basically Canashyda is tbe only country that can do the expershyiment using heavy water which is what gives this its unique flavour The other thing is the undergro und aspect All the neutrino expershyimen ts are done underground for shielding from cosm ic rays and other sources of backshyground radiation The nickel mine in Sudbury is the deepest site in North America

Its al so important that Creighton mine is a working facility says Si mpson [t has

Physics faculty

and students are

an integral part of (PES

Physics is one of five departments and schools in the College of Physshyical and Engineeri ng Science ( CPES) Physics has more Roya l Society fellows than any other department on campus Since 1993 ten CPES students including two in physics have received National Research Coun shycil awards under the agen cys Women in Engin eering and Scishyence Program In 1999 CPES laun ched an inteshygrated four-year degree program in technology with Seneca College in Toronto majors in physics and technology or applied pharmace ushytical chemistry CPES plans to launch a new undershygraduate degree in computing scishyence next year to promote U of G strengths in bioinfomatics neural networks genetic algo rithm s and embedded systems CPES offers a unique program called MPC2 that provides enriched studies in mathematics physics chemistry and computing science

to be active because its the only way you can maintain the safety of th e mine SNOs control room occupies a drift (miners talk for a corridor) 6800 fee t below the surface deep enough to accommodate a stack of about five CN Towers

Dw-ing the observatorys construction a regular express ca ge whisked visitors directly down No9 shaft to the detector as fast as a car travelling on a cit) street The shaft also served as the delivery conduit for the SNO components Site manager Dunshycan Hepburn recall s es pecially the three months that it took to ship the [000 tonnes of heavy water underground The eleva tor could take six tonnes at a time he says so we had an elaborate schedule involving six tanker cars fill ed overnight and sent down early in th e morning on a specially schedshyuled cage Adds mine manage r John Gill J dont think we spilled a drop

Now using regularly scheduled cages scishyentists crowd shoulder to sho ulder in the elevator with up to 40 miners during the 20-minute ride along the sloping ore seam Everyone in the collaboration is expected to spend a certain number of shifts actualshyly operating the detec tor says O llerhead This is partly to save money but also par tshyly because th e physicists are the ones with the vested interes t and should be involved Collaborators might spend seve ral weeks in Sudbury at a time for up to six weeks a year

SNO scien tists expect to learn definitiveshyly within two years whether or not neutrishynos have mass They also anticipate that the observatory will yield information about the sun and about other st ructures far beyond our galaA) The missing mass question is a way of studying supnnovas notes Ollershyhead There are many applications of this detector beyond just neutrinos from the sun

Why should anyone ca re about what these infinitesimally small particles teU us about cosshymic-sized questions If youre going to be an ad vance d and civilized country then you should be thinking about fundamental quesshy shytions and not just about where your next meal is coming from says Simpson Thats the difshyference I think between a civili7ed society and a society that just lives from day to day ga

FallWinter 1999 27

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

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ALUMNI PROFILES

ALUMNUS OF HONOUR

FORMER OAC DEA N Rick Richards BSA 38 was recogn ized for

his lifelong commi tment to excellence in admini stration teachshy

ing research and ex tension wh en he vas named 1999 AlumLlus of Honour by th e Un ive rsity o f Guelph Alumn i Associat ion The preshy

sen tation was made durin g Alumni Weekend in lun e

Ri chard s bega n hi s ca ree r in soil sc ience and pion ee red the

process of soil classifi ca ti on and map pin f for Ontario As head of

th e Un iversitys Depa rtm ent of Land Resou rce Science he spearshyheaded the constr uct ion o f new fa cili ties provided leadership in

the deve lopment of broader more sc ientifi c program s and th e

expansioLl o f fa culty and obta ined more lan d areas for departshymental resea rch He was appointed the first dea n of OAC in 1962

and was one o r the fou r principal academi c leade rs ho shared in

es tab lishin g the Universit y of Guelph After co mpleting two terms as dean he return ed to teac hing and retired in [98 1

As a professiona l agrologist Richards impleme nted pl ans ror

the Canadian Agri cultural Researc h Co un ci l as it s fi rst president

and was pres id ent o f the Ca nadian Soc iety of Su il Science th e Ontari o Institute of Ag rologists and tht Agricu ltural Institu te of

Can ada He was also the Canadian representa ti ve to th e United

Nations Food and Agricu lture O rga nizltJtion

ALUMNI VOLUNTEER AWARD

DAv ID ADAMS BSA 49 has always made his alma mater a pri shy

o ri t) and in 1999 th e Unive rsity of Guelph Alumni Associashy

tion app lauded th at loya lty by presentin g him with its 1999 Alulll shyni Volu nteer Awa rd

Adams has demo nstrated a devot ion to volun teer excellence

through his com mitment to the Universit y OAC and hi s alumni

ii class OAC 49 He was UGAA pres ident in 196869 president of

d the OAC Alu Jllni Associatio n in 196566 and a member of the Unishy

~ versi ty Senate and Boa rd of Governors fro m 1970 to 1973 In add ishy

~ tion he has Jllade mu ltiple contr ibu tions to OAC 49 ac tivities He

~ was instrumenta l in orga ni zin g 50th-anniversary class celebrations ~ for Alumni middotWeekend 99 which included the ded ication of the Yea r

~ 49 OAC po nd ga rden at th e Arbo retum Cent re and the res torashy

~ ti on of the Johnston Hall portico u ~ Adamss giving sp irit car ri es over into his pro(ess iona lli fc He

~ has had a distingu ished career in the ag ri -food indust ry and was laquo ~ general manager of the Canadian Meat Co uncil whe n hL reti red in

~ 1993 He cont inues to share hi s expertise with the co unc il and as

~ a volu ntee r for th e Royal Ag ri cultural inter Fair and th e Ca nashy~ dian Nat ional Exhibition FARlv

28 G UHPH ALU I NUS

HIGHLIGHTS middot GRAD NEWSmiddot OBITUARIESmiddot CALENDAR

ALUMNI MEDAL OF ACHIEVEMENT

DR AD RIAN P ARKS WO RK in th e area o f minimally invasive

surge ry has earned him international recogniti on as a leading surgeo n and educa tor in his fi eld His advancements in the use of

laparoscop ic techniques have improved treatm ent for an ex tensive

range of med ica l disorders that in the past could only be handled

thro ugh trad itional sur gery [n 1997 he was recruited to establish a new program at th e Uni ve rsity of Kentucky

Pa rk was honoured th is spring wit h the Universit y of Guelph flumni Associati ons Alumni Medal of Achievem ent He received

a bachelor of science fro m Gu elph in 1985 and a doctor o f med ishycine from McMaster University in 1987

He completed his training at St Josephs Hos pital and rilcMasshy

ter Uni ve rsity Affiliated Hosp ital s in Hamilto n O nt and at the

Uni versit) of Montrea l before Jo ining St Jose phs as a ge neral surshy

geo n in 1994

The Guelph meda l recognizes th e professional leadership and achievements demons trated in Parks still- yo un g career and his

compassionate ca re of pati ents He and his wife Jennifer 8A 84 have three children Hilary Meredith and Evan

ove DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS

DUNCAN SINC LAIRS CONTR IB UTIO NS to career an d soc iety have prove n bis leadersh ip and expe rtise in hea lth sciences He gradshy

uated fro m OVC in 1958 and received a master of sc ience fro m OAC in 1960 specializing in nutriti on He then earn ed a PhD in

physiology at Queens University in 1963 and bega n a ca reer focused

primaril y on human health Sinclair was ltl consultant to th e Ontario Ministry of Agriculture

Food and Rural Affairs on the Animals for Research Act ilnd bega n

his academic career at Q uee ns as dean of arts and science in 1974 He went on to serve as vice-principal institutional relati ons sershy

vices an d hea lth sciences before assum ing the role of dea n of medshy

icine He ret ired from Queens in 1996 He has heJd other prestishy

gious positi ons including directo r general of the Medical Resea rch

Council and was tile recipient of OVes Schofield ]V[edal in 1983

Sinclair is now deeply involved in advising the Ontario minisshy

ter of hea l til on ways to reinvest and res tructure th e delivery of health services in the province He chairs the Hea lth Services

Restr ucturin g Co mmission an independent body of health

experts and professionals appointed to redesign tbe provincial

health system

FallWinter 1999 29

alumni Matters

-ORDER OF OACU of G Can1pus ESTABLISHED MARY AND RlCK RICHARDS longtime OAC supporterWelcoilles Alumni

ABSA 38 are the first inductees Membership in the order is

into the Order of OAC estabshy limited to the first 50 individshy

LUMNI WEEKEND J999 orga nizing committee and says lished ea rli er thi s year by the uals who give $1 00000 or more

brought more th an 1300 proceeds will be used to help the OAC Alumni Fo undation to as bequests irrevocable insurshy

visitors to campus June 18 to 20 class establi sh a mille nnium recognize significant contribushy ance policies planned gifts or

In addition to th e traditi o nal scholarship to co mmemorate its tions to its end owment fund cash donations Gifts may be

awards luncheon hosted by U of 25 th anni versar)1 of graduation Rick served as dean of OAC applied as endowments to the

G president Mordech ai Rozanshy The Uni vers it y of Guelph [Tom 1964 to 1972 (see sto ry OAC Alumni Foundation or to

ski there we re man y spec ial Alumni Associat ion held its on page 28) Mary also worked the college as approved by the

events and cla ss reunions The ann ual meeting during Alumni in the college and has been a fou ndation directors

new Order of OAC was preshy Wee kend and elected a new slate

sented to Mary and Rick of offi cers for 1999 2000 Scott

Richards BSA 38 at th e Go ldshy va nEnge n BSc(Ag r) 88 presshy

en Anniversary Dinner and the id ent Robin-Lee Norris BA 80

Class of J974 hosted a reuni on first vice-pres ident John Tatson

dinner with Calgary Flames BA 69 seco nd vice-president

Hockey Club CEO Ron Bremshy Rita Sterne BComm 87 secshy

ner BA 7 J as guest speaker Bill Imiddotetar) and Brad Hull BA 89

Laidlaw BA 74 chaired the treasurer

President Mordechai Rozanski and representatives of the alumni

classes and individuals who supported U of Gs six new themati c

gardens cut the ribbon to officially open them duri ng Alumni Weekshy

end From left are Bill Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 61 Don Gri eve

BSA 55 and MSA 57 Harold Shield BSA 51 Sandra Hannam uJ CD Clay Switze r BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rozanski Marilyn Robinson ~ I Murray BH5c 55 Ted McNinch BSA 49 Bruce Stone BSA 53 u VI

Z and MSA 54 Harold Bentley BSA 64 and MSc 66 Craig Hunter lt

B5c(AgL) 74 and MSc 77 and Les Laking BSA 39 and HDSC 71 The conservatory greenhouse was unveiled moments later by gtshyCD

Don Rutherford BSA 51 who gave the leadership gift ensuring VI o

it s res toration on behalf of his famil y 5 I -

Ginty jocius BSc(Agr) 70 left chair of the OAC Alumni Foundation

presents the Order of OAC to Mary and Rick Richards BSA 38

Enjoying the Class of 1974 re union dinner are from left jerry Orga n

BSc(PE) 71 Ron Bremner BA 71 Gail Bremner Paul Henry MA 71

and Bill Laidlaw BA 74

30 GUELPH ALUMNUS

GRYPHON SPIRIT DOMINATES HOMECOMING

UOF G students shared the stands with alumni who came to campus Sept 25

to watch the football Gryphons defeat their long- standing varsity rival the University of Toronto Blues During the weeke nd the Gryphon Club Hall of Fame inducted five Gryphon swimmers filled the gold pool at the 21st ann ual Alumni Relay Swim Meet

and president Mordechai Rozanski hostshyed a luncheon attended by more than 200 alumni and current students who have received sc holarships and awards or who

participated in the volunteer peer helper prog ram

ALUMNI SWIM TO THE TOP

FORMER GRYPHON SW IMMER S Peter Koli snyk BSc(HK) 83 and Denise

(FarndaJe) vVatso n BASe 85 were recogshyni zed at the ann ual Homecoming sw im mee t for having attended more often th an any other alumni Other participants includshyed 1999 graduates Nico le Weber BSe CEng ) Greg Steinberg BSc(HK) and Nancy Sweetnam BComm who has been a memshy

ber of two Canadian Ol ympic teams ( 1992 and 1996) The alumni team defeated the stud ent teams with the help of Leo n

Homecoming J

r ~

Form er Guelph mayor and sports broadcaster Norm la ry received the Gryphon Club Hall of

Fame Merit Award Sept 24 at the annual induction c re mony that also honoured five former

Gryphon athletes From left are Paul Willi ams a cross-country and track athlete and three-time

Canadian Olympian Bob Pronk BComm 82 Ontario and Canadian cham pionship wrestler

Dave Guest BComm 87 a former all middotstar soccer and vo lleyba ll player Gladys Williams BA

69 MVP in both wo menS fi eld hockey and ice hockey lary and Mark Brown BComm 81

Wi ldman Trophy winner and football capta in The Gryphon Club also recognized the 1974 mens

rugby OUAA championship team

Garstecki Gryphon diving coach in the midshy Dale a longtime Gryp hon supporter and a I 970s and retired botany professo r Hugh national record-b olding masters swimmer

bull49 VETS MEET AT TRAlEE The OVC Cla ss of 1949 produced a la sting memory of its 50th

anni versary by filming the lune 18 gathering held at Tralee Farms

the home of class member Ray Cormack Classmates travelled from

across Canada and the United States to attend th e reunion which

included a luncheon a visit from U of G president Mordechai Rozanshy

ski and a tour of Cormacks farm and antique carriage collection

The organizing committee of Dave House Bill Mitchell Ken Fisk

and lim Arch ibald succeeded in producing a golden-anniversary

memento that captu res the days events and everyone in attendance

as they comment on their lives since graduating from OVe -Proceeds from the sale of the v ideos will support the OVC 49

Memorial Scholarship Fund Cost is $25 each To place an order call

Vikki Tremblay at Alumni House 519-824-4120 Ext 65 44 I D

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alumni Matters

2000 Coming Events

Jan 26 - Careers Night hostshyed by Mac-FACS Alumni Assoshy

ciation For informatio call Laurie MalleaLi at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Careers Night hostshyed by HAFA Alumni Associashy

tion For information call Laushyrie Malleau at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Aggie Good Times Banquet Call the OAC Studwl Federation at Ext 8321 for tickshyet information Feb 3 - Job hir at Bingeman Park in Kitchener complishy

mentary bus service from Unishyversity Centre for students and

alumni For directions and a list of employers call U of G

Career Services at Ext 22 13

Feb 11 - Deadline for nomshy

ina tions for U of G Alumni Association Alumnus of Honshy

our Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment and Alumni Volunteer

Award and the OVC Distinshy

guished Alumnus Call Carla Bradshaw at Ext 6657 for details March 1 - Annual alumni

Florida reunion at Maple Leaf

Estates Port C harlotte Florishyda For information call alumshyni programs at 519-824-4120

Ext 6657 send e-mail to alumshyniuoguelphca or call Jack Hanna in Florida after Jan 1

at 813-645-0905

March 18 amp 19 - College

Ro yal

March 31 amp April 1 - OAC

Alumni Association annual

bonspiel at the Guelph Curlshy

ing Club and Guelph Country w Club Call Carla Bradshaw at ~ txt 6657 to register c u bull For more information on anyU)

z alumni event call the U of G ltC extension listed at 519- 824shy20 r 4120 or send e-mail to al11111shyCD

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32 CUEIPH ALUM N US

EA RLIER THIS YEAR U ofG

introduced a new approacll to fund-raising that centres on

academic priorities identified by

the ix colleges Now the Unishy

ve rsit y expa nds this initiative

through the formation of a new Annual Fund Cou ncil that will

recruit volunteers to proactiveshy

ly help meet tll0se funding goals

By enlarging the partnershy

ship between academics and fund-raisers we arc focusing our

efforts more clearly on the Un ishy

versi tys overall stra tegic objecshy

tives says Rudy Putns executive

director of campaign progra ms

We are calling on coUege deans to help ensure that our annual

giving programs are providing

the grea test possible benefit to

students Our volunteer and pro-

ALUMNI CElEBRATE NEW HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE CENTRE

The Human KineticsHuman Biology Alumni Association

presented a sketch of the John T Powell Building to U of Cs

new Health and Perfor mance Centre at a June 19 reunion of alumni and former staff Artist Joan Harper BSe(HK)

82 left and retired professor John Powell right witnessed

a presentati on by association pres ident Janet Leonhard BSe(HK) 82 to Prof Terry Graham

SilENT AUCTION MAKES NOISE

A silent auction held Sept 14 to 16 a t the Ou tdoo r Farm

Show in Woods tock Ont ge nshy

erated a lot of excitement and

goodwill in OACs 125th shyanniversary year and raised

$51000 that wi ll support stu shy

dent recruitm ent programs in

the college The auction was organized by Cinty Jocius BSc(Agr) 70 president of

Ginty Jocius amp Associates of

Guelph on behalf of the OAC Alumni Foundation

Auction items donated by friends and exhibitors at th e

farm show included everylhing

from farm equipment and supshyplies to a seven-month-old lla shyma named (-i nty Lorie Jocius

BASe 72 purchased her husshy

bands namesake and gave it to

OAC as an anniversary presen t at th e Sept 25 Heritage Banshy

quet and Ball

FUND-RAISI NG PARTNERSHIPS GROW

fessional fund -raislls wiJl spend

more of thei r time making pershy

so nal requ es ts for gifts to the University and less time on inshy

house administra tion

Members of the Annual Fund

Council will invite donations

Crom alumni members of the campu~ community the paren ts

of current students graduating

classes members of the various

gift clu bs (Presidents Council

etc) and selected corporations

foundations and associations

Development and Public Affairs staff will help target vol unteer

efforts where they wi ll have the

stronges t impact on growin g don or particip ation and fund shy

razsing results

Annual giving is one of the

most crucial parts of an institushy

tion s developmen t agenda says Putns Annu al donors help

maintain the quali ty of estabshylished academic programs espeshy

cially in times of reduced pubshy

lic fundin g he says They also

provide a foundation for special

fun cl-rai sing cam paigns shycampaigns that enable the Unishy

ve rsity to grow by providi ng

funds for major projects that do

not ha ve a traditional so urce of support Tbe ACCESS endowshy

ment for student financial assistshy

ance and the rece nt campaign to upgrade th e Food Science

Building are notable examples For more illjormation aboLit

the An17ual FUlld Co ullcil call Al111tal Fund 17l1lnager Tara George at 519-824-4 120 Ex t

390 1 or Putl7S at ext 6384

GRAD NEWS

U of G Degrees ADA = Associate diploma

in agriculture BA =Bachelor of arts BASe = Bachelor of applied

science BComm = Bachelor of

commerce BHSe Bachelor of houseshy

hold science BLA =Bachelor of

landscape architecture BSA = Bachelor of science in

agriculture (pre-196s) BSe(Agr) Bachelor of

science in agriculture BoSe = Bachelor of science BSe(Eng) =Bachelor of

science in engineering BSc(Env) =Bachelor of

19405

bull The Macdonald Institute

Class of 1941 met each other

for the firsl lime in 1939 and

theyve been gelling logelher rvice a year siIlce gradual ion

Celebrating 60 yea rs of fri end shy

ship this year are Mary (Hcx imer) MacLeln Beth

(jackson) Ca rdifF Mo lly

(Pattrson) Nix Frances

(Pellet) Smith Dorolhy

(Pond) Dunn Jeanne (Taylor )

Hamel Phyllis (Weren) Sobel and Evelyn (Eatun ) Pond

bull Jim Morton BSA 47 posed with his son Robert SA 70

and grandsons Jeff Bell 13A

9 1 and Greg Mo rton

SSc( Eng) 99 at Gregs U of

G convocation in June Retired

from a career in the lumber

business Jim is an OAC llu mmiddot ni volunteer al Guclph and is

aClive in cOm11lUnily work in

Burlington Onto Rob ert is

CEO of the Community Care

Access Centre in Simcoe

Coullly Jeff lcaches in Elmvalc

for the Simcoe County Dislricl School Board and Greg is

working Wilh the COnSlliling

engineering firm of Proclor

science in environmental sciences

BSe(HK) Bachelor of science in human kinetics

BSc(pE) = Bachelor of science in physical education

DHE = Diploma in home economics

DVSc = Doctor of veterinary science

DVM =Doctor of veterinary medicine

GO = Graduate diploma MA = Master of arts MAgr = Master of agriculture MBA = Master of business

admininstration MEng =Master of engineering

and Redfern at its Kitchener

office The Guelph lineage

aCl ually bega n in the Morton fami ly with Greg great shy

grantimoliln Anne Pringle

Morton DH E 1914

Greg Morton Jeff Bell and Jim and

Robert Morton

19505

bull Harold Baker BSA 50

writes to w rrect the e-mail

address publi shed in the last

iss lle of the Clepll Alunnls

Friends (111 conlact the retired

University of Saskatchewan

professo r and Il is wife Phyllis

at ha kc r hdukeL1sa~k ca

bull Barney Goodwin-Wilson BSA 50 is serving a two-year

krm as chair of the hoard of

lhe Onta rio Foocllerminal

The Iomnlo facility is the

MFA = Master of fine art MLA Master of landscape

architecture MMS = Master of management studies MSc =Master of science MSc(Aqua) = Master of

science in aquaculture ODA = Ontario diploma in

agriculture ODH =Ontario diploma in

horticulture OdR = Ontario Diploma in

recreation PhD = Doctor of philosophy

larges t who lesale fruit proshy

duce and flower market in

Canada and one of the largest

in orrh America He was forshymerly director and vice-cha ir

of the board

bull Gary Powell ADA 58

stopped at a remote motel in

western klahoma last

Janu ary and stanee a convershysation with th e only other cusshy

tomer at breakfa st the next

morning Turns out they were

both U of G grads Powell and Joe Deli BSc (Agr ) 64 had a

great time reminiscing abo Llt

ca mpus perso nalities they

both knew I guess one is never really very far from home says Powell

bull Dave Valentine BSA 59 has

retired as (o unty engineer for

the County of Brant in

Ontario He previously spent

23 years with Sir Sandford

Fleming College in Peterborough and has served 8S

engineer for the coun ties of Haliburton and Victoria He

and his wife Carole are now

Jiving near Carlisle Send e-mail

to valcntinworldchatcom

19605

bull Manuel Garcia PhD 67 was

recognized by the government

of the Ph ilippines in December

1998 with one of the highest

honours given to Filipinos Jivshy

ing outside the cou ntr y Garcia

is a senior consulting mi crobishy

ologist with lAS Bioshy

Diagnostic and a former

research scientist with

Agriculture and Agri-Food

Canada in Ottawa He is intershy

nationally recognized for his work in veterinary med icin e

and public health on the early detection of ca mpylobacter

salmonella and other foodshy

borne pathogens He is a memshy

ber of several learned profes shy

sional societies and has been involved in a number of intershy

national developm ent projects

He is also a community volunshy

teer and a pioneer in establishshying the National Council of

Canadian Filipino Associations

as the official voice of Filipino

Canadians nationwide bull Tom Hutchison DVM 65 is

a veterinary pathologist with the Nova Scotia provincial

diagnostic lab In 1998 he

passed the board cer tification exa ms for the American

College of Poultry Veterinarians in Baltimore but

the years highlights came in

late summer - a first grandshy

child for Tom and his wife

Eileen in August and the birth

of their own son Scott in

September bull Brian Little ADA 67 BSc(Agr) 72 and MSc 78

was elected president of the

Canadian 4-H Foundation in

May He was previously presishy -dent of the Ca nadian 4-H

Co uncil and a co uDcil represhysentative for his employe r the

Royal Bank of Canada He has been a fou ndation trustee for

f allWinter 1999 33

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several years and has a strong

4-H background as a member

and a club leader

19705

bull Doug Franklin SA 72 was

recen tly a ppoin led execu tive

director of the Multiple

Sclerosis Association of

America its hea d office is in

Cherry Hill NJ He was forshy

merly with the International

Youth Foundation in

Baltimore Md

bull Cathie Leimbach

SSc(Agr) 78 and MAgr 88

visi ted U of G this fa ll as

agrologist-in-residence It was

the sixth year of the program

co-sponsored by OAC and the

Ontario Institute of

Agrologists (OlA ) Raised on

an Ontario dairy and swine

farm Leimbach is past presishy

dent of the OI A and a partner

in STRIVE a team specializshy

in g in training facilitation and

consulting She now lives on a

cash-crop farm in Ohio

bull Willem Moolenbeek BSe

77 and MSe 8 1 studied biolshy

ogy and entomology at U of G

at the same time he was learnshy

ing to play the saxophone with

the Royal Conservatory of

Mu sic He says he still loves

science but music has become

his career A recitalist soloist

and clinician he has been a

saxophone instructor at

McMaster University in

Hamilton Ont fo r 15 years

He also teaches at the 19805

University of Waterloo pri- bull Bruce Brown BSe(Agr)

vately and at the National 85 and his wife Claudia

Music Ca mp of Canada where (Liebscher) BA 84 have three

he sometimes offers an infor- children who are beginning to

mal course on in sect identifi- display their dads musical

cation There are always a few prowess on the kazoo After 14

kids who really dig that he years of dairy farming Bruce

says U of G music lovers want back to school to earn an

enjoyed his saxophone music education degree and is now

at a noon-hour concert in teaching science with the

October Durham District School

bull Peter Vaughan SA 77 and Board

MA 77 was appointed secre- bull Tom Burns BA 89 and MA

tar y general and CEO of the 91 is a member of the

Canadian Medical Association Victoria Police in Melbourne

in June A fa culty member in Australia Last summer he

two departments at John s welcomed visitors from the

Hopkins University and in the RCMP including Kevin Durie

Department of Family BA 93 They quickly estab-

Medicine at the University of lished a U of G connection

Ottawa he is a fo rmer presi- including Duries student

dent of the medical staff at employment at Dcr Keller

Guelph General Hospital and a which was Burns s favourite

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the job says Burns but this

time we spent most of our

time talking about the great

times we had at U of G In

still another coincidence

Durie is married to Christine

Blake-Durie BA 91 and MA

93 who was a member of

Burnss MA group Burns says

other U of G grads travelling

to Melbourne are more than

welcome to drop in

bull Stuart Jackson ADA 87 is

distribution manager for

Burnbrae Farms Ltd in Delta

Onto He sends greetings to all

OAC friends including the

diploma classes of 1979 and

1980

bull Laurel (Murdoch) Koumarelas BComm 84 is

an ESL teacher with the

Toronto School Board She

and her husband Gus live in

Mississauga with their sons

Robert and Evan

bull Trish Looman BA 87

works for Royal LePageshy

Vantage in Guelph She speshy

cializes in residential multishy

unit real estate

bull Laima (Karosas) Laffitte

BSe(Agr) 85 and MAgr 91

lives in Wendover Ont with

her husband Vincent MAgr

91 and their children Yohan

and Marina Laima is the

advertising manager for The

Canadian Veterinary Journal and Vincent is an account

manager at the St Isidore

branch of Scotiabank Theyd

like to hear from classmates

via e-mail at Iaffitteonsymshy

paticoca They also want to let

OAC 85 grads know that the

class executive is building a

Web page at wwwrkdecom

oac85 and needs updated

names and addresses (includshy

ing e-mail) to add to the

directory f IS-year reunion

is being planned for Dec 2

and 32000

bull Cheryl Miller-Oh BASe

91 and her husband Tae live

in Southfield Mich with their

twins Nathalie and Nathan

born in October 1998 She is a

health-care consultant with

Computer Sciences

Corporation Send e-mail to

millerohsprintca

bull Vijay Singh MSe 70 has

been awarded the Arthur K Barton Endowed Professorship

at Louisiana State University

He also recently received an

honorary degree and a

Fulbright Award for his work

in the area of entropy

bull Gayle (Barton) Tapper BSe

81 (biological science) and 83

(computing science) has been

employed at Memorial

University in St Johns Nfld

for 14 years in the Department

of Computing and

Communications She is comshy

pleting graduate work in phishy

losophy and humanities at

Memorial and is the principal

harpist with the

Newfoundland Symphony

Orchestra Last year she

released a CD of Latinworld

traditional music on the South

American harp Visit her Web

site at httpwwwucsmun

cal -gay

bull Carolyn Riddell BA 85 is

running an active arts educashy

tion and paintingprintmaking

studio in Fergus Ont

bull Laura Wilkinson BSe 85

and MSe 87 is a coroner in

British Columbia and lives on

a cattle ranch near 70 Mile

House

19905

bull Kristi Adamo BSc(HK)

96 and MSc 98 and Rob

McMullin BSe 95 were

married in May 1999 and Jive

in Ottawa

bull Michelle (Pilon) Bacon BA

90 has been living in London

England with her husband

Tim and children Juliette and

Lucien but they are planning a

return to Canada They will be

AIRBORNE ALUMNUS Olive Thompson DHE 35 celebrated her 85th birthday

with her head in the clouds She made her first parachute

jump with instructor Scott Borghese in Simcoe Ont in June

and says it was the most exciting thing shes done in her life

Thompson lives in Dunnville and has four children and three

grandchildren When she asked them about the paracbute

jump they told her to go for it Shes considering a repeat I U

jump next year and hopes her adventure will be a good S o

example for other seniors A dedicated member of the class -lt CD

of Mac 35 Thompson was president of the University of s Guelph Alumni Association in 197778 and keeps busy now VI

I

with volunteer work for the Salvation Army Z

living in Calgary and welcome

contact with western grads

and friends from Guelph Send

e-mail to m_e_baconhotshy

maicom

bull Deborah (Panton) Bodden

BASc 93 and her husband

Lyndhurst were married in

1998 and live in Grand

Cayman Cayman Islands

where she teaches primary

schoo

bull Elizabeth Cardno MSe 99

is working with the Rural

Health Research Consortium

at the University of

Saskatchewan developing

research projects on rural

health issues in relation to the

Canadian Institute for Health

Research

bull Jeannine Cote BA 9 J lives

in Hamilton Ont and works

o -lt

as a health -care aide and

home-support worker

bull Jeremy Debling BSe 94 is

a formulation chemist in the

pharmaceutical development

department at Novopharm

Limited in Toronto

bull Angela Dodd BA 93 and

Christopher Kemp

BSe(HK) 94 were married

Aug 14 Theyve bought a new

home in Etobicoke Ont

where he works for Canada

3000 Airlines and at Kingsway

Physiotherapy as a kinesioloshy

gist She is employed at

Manulife Financial in -Waterloo

bull Sheryl Harding Friedrich

BASe 85 is a full-time mom

and part-time nutrition conshy

sultant in Cannington Onto

She and her husband Cal

FallWinter 1999 35

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have three child ren Jonathan

Daniel and Anna

bull Anne Marie (Henwood)

Harman BA 95 is enjoying

her time at home with one shy

year-old Jenna She and her

husband Murray can be

reached bye-mail at 3harshy

mansstormca

bull Rosaleen Heffernan BA 96

and Barry Liboiron BSe 97

were married in August

Theyre both studying at the

University of British

Co lumbia where Liboiron is

doing a PhD in chemistry and

He ffe rnan is completing a

degree in educati on

bull Krista Hilton BASe 95

lives in Halifax with her hlls shy

band Michael Galloway She is

a priest in the Anglican Church

of Canada and serves as curate

a t the Cathedral Church of All

Sain ts Friends can reach her at

aj568chebllctonsca

bull Michael Kennard BA 86

starred as Mump the Clown in

the Canadian Stage Company

production of Mump amp Smoo t

in Something Else With Zug last

winte r at tbe Canadian Stage

Theatre in Toronto

bull Sharon McConnell BSe 90

and MSe 93 went on from U

of G to earn a diploma in

business management from

Wilfrid Laurier University

Since 1995 she has worked in

Toronto as a project director at

Burak Ja co bson Market

Resea rch Partners Ine

bull Michael McKay-Fleming BA

92 has launched two daily

comic strips via the Internet

Check out his Inane Producshy

tions Web site at http mem

bershomenetinaneprod to folshy

low the adventures of a free-spirshy

ited teenager named Alice and all

the animals in a new VVildlife

comielf you like comic strips

this fine art grad invites you to

enjoy his talent and humour

bull Andrew Nicholls MA 90 nications in Cambridge

and PhD 97 is an assistant bull Christine (Rogers) Patten

professor of history at Buffalo BA 9 1 lives in Toronto and

State College in Buffalo N Y has been working as a sales

He recen tly published the representative and industry

book The Jacobean Union A training facilitator since grad-

Reconsideration of British Civil uation She and her husband

Policies Under th e Early Vincent celebrated the birth of

Stuarts which offers a new their first child Gareth in

perspective on the role of mul - March 1999

tiple monarchy in the early bull Guiseppe Peritore

modern British kingdoms BSe(HK) 96 is studying

bull Jennifer (Pope) Parney physical therapy at the

BASc 94 works at Chatham- University of To ronto He

Kent Integrated Childrens married Rita Lavalle in May

Service - Heritage Campus 1999 and lives in Oakv ille His

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bull Sarah Perkins BSe(Agr) bull Tammy Tipler Priolo 92 joined Pfizer Animal BASe 90 lives in her hom e

Health in London Ont in town of North Bay Ont with

November as a product sup- her husband Clark and their

port speCialist Earlier she two-year-old daughter Erica

taught at Fairview College in Tipler Priolo is u5mg her com -

Fairview Alta before m oving puting skills in genealogy

back to Ontario in 1997 to research to track down elusive

work for AgLine Commu- ancestors She can be reac hed

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bull Bradley Raspberry BASc 90 is a clinical leader and regisshy

tered nurse specializing in gerishy

atric behavioural health at SI

Josephs Villa in Dundas Ont

bull Lisa Ranacher BSe 98

recently joined the agronomy

program at the Central

Experimental Farm in Ottawa

as a physiological modelling

technician

bull Jamie Rickard BSe(Agr)

96 and Laura Summerfeldt

BSe(Agr) 97 were married

in October 1998 She is comshy

pleting a masters degree at U

of G and he is working with

First Line Seeds of Guelph U

of G weddings are a family trashy

dition sta rted by Jamies parshy

ents Sherry (McBain) SA 69

and Ralph Rickard BSe 69 Tricia (Pella) BA 95 and

Gaetano Guy Rosa

BComm 96 were mar ried in

October 1998 with many U of

G friends attending They live

in Mississauga Ont where

Guy works as an account manshy

ager for BCI Bank and T ricia is

an environmental planner with

the Toronto and Region Conshy

servation Authority

bull Pamela (Thompson) BASe

91 and Randy Ruisendaal

BComm 92 live near

Belleville 01t with their yearshy

old daughter )lIlian Elizabeth

bull Ian Sandler DVM 9 5 was

married to Fern Glowinsk) in

March 1999 and works at

Secord Animal Clinic in

Toronto

bull Baijit Singh PhD 94 comshy

pleted post-doctoral training

at Texas AampM University and

Columbia University then

worked for the Canadian Food

Inspection Agency in Prince

Edward Island before joining

the University of Saskatchewan

as an associate professor He

welcomes notes from other

U of G alumni at singhbsask

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bull Cyndy Stencill ADA 93 is a

propagator at a tree nursery in

British Columbia

bull Steve Tanner BA 82

recently moved to Guelph as

deputy police chief He had

served on the Halton Region

force since 1982 Tanner is a

specialist in criminal investigashy

tions and lie detector opera shy

tion He has continued his

education at Sheridan College

and McMaster and Ryerson

universities and is now workshy

ing on a masters degree at the

University of Western Ontario

bull Cheryl (Kellman) Thompson BA 95 run s a

rehabilitation consulting busishy

ness with her husband Don

in Burlington Ont

bull Donald PhD 94 and

Suzanne Welsh MSe 96

relocated from Yale University

to the University of Vermont

where they are both working

in the Department of

Pharmacology in the area of

cerebrovascular circulation

bull Wendla Westerberg BASc

96 earned a BEd from the

University of Western Ontario

in 1997 She is working for the

Lambton-Kent District School

Board as an occasional teacher

and lives in her home town of

Dresden Ont

bull Deena (Jones) Zambrana

BA 93 and her husband

Farley celebrated the first

birthday of their son Quinton

in June

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W illiam Ba rnes DVM 59 died Sept 7

1999 He grew up in th e N iagara area

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ve terina ry prac ti ce in Ill inois He was a

dr ivi ng force in the American Ve ter inary

Medica l Assooatio n and in bo th the

Chicago and IlJin o is assoc iatio ns He

was also a fo un ding mem ber o f the

Ch icago-based Friends of Unicerslty of

Guelph a char itable o rga nizat ion

founded in 1975 to serve Guelph a lumni

living in the United Sta tes

George Dickson BSA 38 di ed Oct 9

1999 H e spen t h is entire career w ith

Canada Packers moving up f[Om mai l

cle rk to exec lltive vice-presid ent and

d irector After retirin g in 1976 he

devoted ma ny vo lu ntee r hours to U of

G 3S a memb er of Boa rd o f Gove rno rs

and the OAC Alumni Associatio n

Jam es Pinkney DVM 37 died July 3

1999 A respected ve ter in aria n in his

hom e to~ll o f Cooksv il le O nt he was

also recog nized as a p remier swi ne

breeder showman and judge He was

active in m any agricultural o rga niza shy

tio ns and in both the Ontario and

Canadian Vete rinary Med ical assoc iashy

tio ns He was a lo ngti me supporte r o f

th e Unive rsity especially the OVC

museum and was named OVC

Di stinguished Alumnus in 1987

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17 1999 in St ratford O nto A profes shy

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her chu rch she was a lo ng time U of G

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agiant acrylic ball as a kind of cosmic-sized catchers mitt

flavou rs based on th e kind s of subatomshy

ic particl es tlleyre dssociated with electro n

neutrinos muon neutrinos and tau neu trishy

nos Referring to earlier experiments that

have detected far fewer neutrinos than

expected based on our understanding of

how the universe works Simpso n says most

scientists believe that neutrinos have mass

and the) change type as th ey leave the sun

and thats why Ne havent seen enough of

them Being able to detect the other two

flavours at SNO might allow sc ientis ts to

account for the so -called missing neutrinos

Proving that neutrinos can change their

stripes might als o tell us more about the

likely fate of th e universe itself by solving

another mystery the question of the missshy

ing mass Referring to basic laws of physics

Law says If neutrinos convert th at means

th ey must have mass Why is that imporshy

ta nt Explai ns Ollerhead The amount of

mass thats accounted fo r by the sta rs that

you can see is only about one-tenth of the

total mass the re must be in the universe in

order to cause the interactions and motions

you see W hen people talk about mis si ng

mass thats what th ey re talking about

So the question is where is it l Because

every s tar produces billions of neut rin os

every second the universe is full of neutr ishy

nos These van ishingly small particles could

collectively exert a gravitational pull out of

all proportion to th eir size - enough to

eventually slow the expa nsion of the universe

If neutrin os have ma ss it means the

universe may be heavier than we think says

Simpso n The universe will eventually stop

expanding in a few billion years and collapse

back in on itself Thi s is known as the Big

Crunch Finding evidence of the smoking

gun to either prove or di sprove that theoshy

ry is the purpose of the observatory he says

SNO research bombards other areas of science Adapting physics tools to build SNO

An expert in X-ray back-scattering Guelph

physicist Innes Mackenzie helped the SNO

team about six years ago by adapting his

back-scattering technique to determine the

thickness of a plastic liner that su rrounds

th e entire observatory cavity Made of a

substance called urylon (produced by a

Guelph company) the liner was sp rayed

on to the cavitys concrete surface to screen

ou t radon a radioactive gas that diffuses

even through soLd rock In a project where

an extra millimetre could skew results scishy

entists needed to ensure that the material

was the same thickness all the way arou nd

Mackenzie used X-ray back-scattering

a techniq ue he has developed that might

be llsed to determine say the thickness of

paint applied in an auto assembly plant or

ice buildup on aircraft wings Laurentian

University physicist Doug Hallman says

his research group has worked with

Mackenzie to set up a unique hand- held

monitor and data-recording system which

found the actual thickness of the eightshy

millimetre-dlick polyurethane material to

an accuracy of about 10 per cent

Building new tools from SNO physics

During his graduate studies in physics at

Guelph Tom Andersen helped his PhD

supervisor Prof John Simpson design

devices used to detect background

radioactivity of the heavy wa ter in the

Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO)

and worked on software that simulates

th e movement of high -energy muons

particles created when cos mic rays

encounter the Earths atmosphere All the

while he had his eye on a not-unrelated

topic that became his full-time job after

graduating in 1998

It a desk top planetarium says

Andersen of his astro nomy software

which allows users to view the simulated

night sky - including comets asteroids

satellites a nd stars - on a computer

screen With it yo u can observe the sky

as it appears from your backyard tonight

o r from Jupiter 100 years ago or from

Egypt 3000 years ago

He and his partners a t Toronto-based

Sienna Software Inc have so ld about

10000 copies of Sta rry Night software

dming the past 18 months They began

by selling software that users could down shy

load from the Internet but now make two

CD-ROM versions of the package Starshy

ry Night Deluxe and Starry Night Pro

The first allows users to look at more than

19 million objects from anywh ere in the

solar system and to examin e deta iled

graphics of such things as constellations

Serious astronomy afic ionados use the

pro version to track as teroids learn more

about star motions or create their own

planets to study orbital mechanics

Generally anyone who owns an

as tronomical telesco pe owns a piece of

astronomy software says Andersen You

can take your telescope to your backyard

and connect it to your laptop and then

point to something with Starry Night and

have the telescope steer to it

Applying SNO tools to business

Former phys ics graduate student Myung

Chol Chon now works in the Royal Banks

corporate and investmen t banking offices

in Toronto Modelling the behaviour of

financial assets and pricing derivative secushy

rities might appear removed from the task

of capturing neutrinos but Chon says the

Guelph SNO group gave him an opporshy

tunity to learn various quantitative ana lyshy

sis tools including Monte Carlo simulashy

tion and artificial neural networks I also

gained understanding and experience in

software production via working with the

SNO Monte Carlo Analysis (SNO MAN )

software development team - tools

applicable not only in physical science but

in other areas as well

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-Simpson says ea rly detection of SNOs first

neutrino this summer reflects the high qUJIshy

ity of the obselva tory itself incl uding th t conshy

tribution of the Guelph scientists involved in

designi ng its sophist icated instrum ents Thats why theres a lot of noise abo ut the

fi rst measurem en ts he sa ys Some o ther

detectors have to work harder to get the backshyground radioactivity down Weve shown that

we constructed a very clea n detector

Along with several PhD studen ts and resea rch associates he and his coUeagues buiJt

inst ruments used to monitor and ensure an acceptable level of background radi oactivishy

ty in SNOs innards fiom the hea l) watcr to all the components orthe detector itse lf

The Guelph group developed a very senshy

sitive technique for the measurement of ultrashylow levels of ra dioactivit y in water whi ch is

essential for th e SNO detector to reach its

goals says SNO project director Art McDonshy

ald a phys icist at Queens Universit y Meas uring radioact ivity is our ga me

says resea rch ass oc iate Pillalamarr Jaga m during a tour of Sim psons lab in th e baseshy

ment of the MacNaughton Build in g home

to whJt Jaga m calls the only ul tra-low backshy

ground radi ation research and development

group in Ca nada Po inting to a det ector resemblin g a stainless-steel salad bowl with

a matchin g lid he says the Guelph -made

de vice JS with its co usins on perm anent du ty at SNO picks lip infinitesimally small

amounts of ra dioactivity emitted naturall y

by the observa torys compo nents

Ja ga m helps run th ose dev ices at SNO

fo llowin g up on his role as superv iso r of a

cl ea nin g crew d urin g SNOs constru ction SNO is the larges t clean-room ever olltside

of the electron ics industry he says Its

cleaner th an yo ur avera ge dinner plate

Above Muon neutrinos produced from cosmic

rays which strike Earths abnosphere are detectshy

ed by the SNO light sensors producing a coneshy

shaped pattern of energy Right An artists

sketch of the SNO detector shows the central

acrytic vessel now filled with 1000 tons of heavy

water and surrounded by 7000 tons of ultra

pure regular water Scientists monitor the obsershy

vatory from the room located above the sphere

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In two years we mayI

Unlike th eir fell ow labourers in the m in e

who normall y hit the sbowers aft er a lo ng

day on the ore face th e scientists monitorshy

ing th e o bse rvatory must shower bef ore enterin g their facility Simil ar standa rds are mlintained tor the heavy water in th e acrylic

vessel which is fil tered dail y Jnd tested for ambient rad ioactivit y It s the purcst water

in th e wo rld says Jian Wang for merly J

research associate in Simpsons lab and now a consultant wi th U of Gs GUA RD In c

The Guelph-dc-signed instruments h ave

prove n lIseful in rela ted but more fa r-flung

applications JagaJl1 says scientists building

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ly know if the universe will eventually collapse

ye t an oth er neutrino observatory in Italy consulted with U of G physicists on radia shyti on measurement Closer to home he has helped Prof Richard Protz Land Reso urce Science quantify minute amounts of radioac tive cesium in so il samples taken from the Ecuadorean Andes an d from the Chernobyl site in Ukrain e

Law a particle physicist [las been involved since 1991 in writin g and test ing simulation software used by the project colshylaborators to model the workings of th e SNO detecto r With the detector now opershyating the package - dubbed SNOMAN shywill be used to analyse the data it generates OUerhead who first encountered SNO while chair of the Department of Physics has long worked in expe rim en tal nuclear physics using accelerators such as th e one run by AECL in Cbalk River Ont Todays investishygations at SNO draw on at least one aspect of his ea rlier resea rch in Los Alamos New Mexico where he developed neutral current detectors of the sort expec ted to help SNO sn iff out all three neutrino flavo urs

Sim psons graduate student Nathaniel Tagg is studying cosmic ray particles called muons which are detected as a byproduct in the obse rvatory Unlike neutrinos muons come from cosmic rays - or ionized nuclei - which begin Jife far beyond the solar sysshytem perhaps generated by stars exploding into supernovas or by shock waves emanating from collapsing black holes When these cosmic rays hit the Earths atmosp here th ey create extremely high-energy particles that can be detected by SNO some alon e or in pairs like bullets others in a shower like shotgun pelshylets Comparing the ratio of single bullets to shotgun blas ts may tell Tagg something about how the particles originated When you build a detector you get a lot of things for free he says Muons are considered background to most of the collaboration but there are some interes ting physics you ca n do with them

Beyond Guelph the SNO collaboration brings together almost 100 scientists from II universi ties and labs in Canada the United Sta tes and the United Kingdom Canad ian participants includ e university resea rchers from Queens Car leton Laurentian Britisll

Columbia and Guelph Wby Ca nada Canashyda has a lot of heavy water because of its nuclear power reactor development the CANshyDU reactor says OUerhead Basically Canashyda is tbe only country that can do the expershyiment using heavy water which is what gives this its unique flavour The other thing is the undergro und aspect All the neutrino expershyimen ts are done underground for shielding from cosm ic rays and other sources of backshyground radiation The nickel mine in Sudbury is the deepest site in North America

Its al so important that Creighton mine is a working facility says Si mpson [t has

Physics faculty

and students are

an integral part of (PES

Physics is one of five departments and schools in the College of Physshyical and Engineeri ng Science ( CPES) Physics has more Roya l Society fellows than any other department on campus Since 1993 ten CPES students including two in physics have received National Research Coun shycil awards under the agen cys Women in Engin eering and Scishyence Program In 1999 CPES laun ched an inteshygrated four-year degree program in technology with Seneca College in Toronto majors in physics and technology or applied pharmace ushytical chemistry CPES plans to launch a new undershygraduate degree in computing scishyence next year to promote U of G strengths in bioinfomatics neural networks genetic algo rithm s and embedded systems CPES offers a unique program called MPC2 that provides enriched studies in mathematics physics chemistry and computing science

to be active because its the only way you can maintain the safety of th e mine SNOs control room occupies a drift (miners talk for a corridor) 6800 fee t below the surface deep enough to accommodate a stack of about five CN Towers

Dw-ing the observatorys construction a regular express ca ge whisked visitors directly down No9 shaft to the detector as fast as a car travelling on a cit) street The shaft also served as the delivery conduit for the SNO components Site manager Dunshycan Hepburn recall s es pecially the three months that it took to ship the [000 tonnes of heavy water underground The eleva tor could take six tonnes at a time he says so we had an elaborate schedule involving six tanker cars fill ed overnight and sent down early in th e morning on a specially schedshyuled cage Adds mine manage r John Gill J dont think we spilled a drop

Now using regularly scheduled cages scishyentists crowd shoulder to sho ulder in the elevator with up to 40 miners during the 20-minute ride along the sloping ore seam Everyone in the collaboration is expected to spend a certain number of shifts actualshyly operating the detec tor says O llerhead This is partly to save money but also par tshyly because th e physicists are the ones with the vested interes t and should be involved Collaborators might spend seve ral weeks in Sudbury at a time for up to six weeks a year

SNO scien tists expect to learn definitiveshyly within two years whether or not neutrishynos have mass They also anticipate that the observatory will yield information about the sun and about other st ructures far beyond our galaA) The missing mass question is a way of studying supnnovas notes Ollershyhead There are many applications of this detector beyond just neutrinos from the sun

Why should anyone ca re about what these infinitesimally small particles teU us about cosshymic-sized questions If youre going to be an ad vance d and civilized country then you should be thinking about fundamental quesshy shytions and not just about where your next meal is coming from says Simpson Thats the difshyference I think between a civili7ed society and a society that just lives from day to day ga

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ALUMNI PROFILES

ALUMNUS OF HONOUR

FORMER OAC DEA N Rick Richards BSA 38 was recogn ized for

his lifelong commi tment to excellence in admini stration teachshy

ing research and ex tension wh en he vas named 1999 AlumLlus of Honour by th e Un ive rsity o f Guelph Alumn i Associat ion The preshy

sen tation was made durin g Alumni Weekend in lun e

Ri chard s bega n hi s ca ree r in soil sc ience and pion ee red the

process of soil classifi ca ti on and map pin f for Ontario As head of

th e Un iversitys Depa rtm ent of Land Resou rce Science he spearshyheaded the constr uct ion o f new fa cili ties provided leadership in

the deve lopment of broader more sc ientifi c program s and th e

expansioLl o f fa culty and obta ined more lan d areas for departshymental resea rch He was appointed the first dea n of OAC in 1962

and was one o r the fou r principal academi c leade rs ho shared in

es tab lishin g the Universit y of Guelph After co mpleting two terms as dean he return ed to teac hing and retired in [98 1

As a professiona l agrologist Richards impleme nted pl ans ror

the Canadian Agri cultural Researc h Co un ci l as it s fi rst president

and was pres id ent o f the Ca nadian Soc iety of Su il Science th e Ontari o Institute of Ag rologists and tht Agricu ltural Institu te of

Can ada He was also the Canadian representa ti ve to th e United

Nations Food and Agricu lture O rga nizltJtion

ALUMNI VOLUNTEER AWARD

DAv ID ADAMS BSA 49 has always made his alma mater a pri shy

o ri t) and in 1999 th e Unive rsity of Guelph Alumni Associashy

tion app lauded th at loya lty by presentin g him with its 1999 Alulll shyni Volu nteer Awa rd

Adams has demo nstrated a devot ion to volun teer excellence

through his com mitment to the Universit y OAC and hi s alumni

ii class OAC 49 He was UGAA pres ident in 196869 president of

d the OAC Alu Jllni Associatio n in 196566 and a member of the Unishy

~ versi ty Senate and Boa rd of Governors fro m 1970 to 1973 In add ishy

~ tion he has Jllade mu ltiple contr ibu tions to OAC 49 ac tivities He

~ was instrumenta l in orga ni zin g 50th-anniversary class celebrations ~ for Alumni middotWeekend 99 which included the ded ication of the Yea r

~ 49 OAC po nd ga rden at th e Arbo retum Cent re and the res torashy

~ ti on of the Johnston Hall portico u ~ Adamss giving sp irit car ri es over into his pro(ess iona lli fc He

~ has had a distingu ished career in the ag ri -food indust ry and was laquo ~ general manager of the Canadian Meat Co uncil whe n hL reti red in

~ 1993 He cont inues to share hi s expertise with the co unc il and as

~ a volu ntee r for th e Royal Ag ri cultural inter Fair and th e Ca nashy~ dian Nat ional Exhibition FARlv

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ALUMNI MEDAL OF ACHIEVEMENT

DR AD RIAN P ARKS WO RK in th e area o f minimally invasive

surge ry has earned him international recogniti on as a leading surgeo n and educa tor in his fi eld His advancements in the use of

laparoscop ic techniques have improved treatm ent for an ex tensive

range of med ica l disorders that in the past could only be handled

thro ugh trad itional sur gery [n 1997 he was recruited to establish a new program at th e Uni ve rsity of Kentucky

Pa rk was honoured th is spring wit h the Universit y of Guelph flumni Associati ons Alumni Medal of Achievem ent He received

a bachelor of science fro m Gu elph in 1985 and a doctor o f med ishycine from McMaster University in 1987

He completed his training at St Josephs Hos pital and rilcMasshy

ter Uni ve rsity Affiliated Hosp ital s in Hamilto n O nt and at the

Uni versit) of Montrea l before Jo ining St Jose phs as a ge neral surshy

geo n in 1994

The Guelph meda l recognizes th e professional leadership and achievements demons trated in Parks still- yo un g career and his

compassionate ca re of pati ents He and his wife Jennifer 8A 84 have three children Hilary Meredith and Evan

ove DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS

DUNCAN SINC LAIRS CONTR IB UTIO NS to career an d soc iety have prove n bis leadersh ip and expe rtise in hea lth sciences He gradshy

uated fro m OVC in 1958 and received a master of sc ience fro m OAC in 1960 specializing in nutriti on He then earn ed a PhD in

physiology at Queens University in 1963 and bega n a ca reer focused

primaril y on human health Sinclair was ltl consultant to th e Ontario Ministry of Agriculture

Food and Rural Affairs on the Animals for Research Act ilnd bega n

his academic career at Q uee ns as dean of arts and science in 1974 He went on to serve as vice-principal institutional relati ons sershy

vices an d hea lth sciences before assum ing the role of dea n of medshy

icine He ret ired from Queens in 1996 He has heJd other prestishy

gious positi ons including directo r general of the Medical Resea rch

Council and was tile recipient of OVes Schofield ]V[edal in 1983

Sinclair is now deeply involved in advising the Ontario minisshy

ter of hea l til on ways to reinvest and res tructure th e delivery of health services in the province He chairs the Hea lth Services

Restr ucturin g Co mmission an independent body of health

experts and professionals appointed to redesign tbe provincial

health system

FallWinter 1999 29

alumni Matters

-ORDER OF OACU of G Can1pus ESTABLISHED MARY AND RlCK RICHARDS longtime OAC supporterWelcoilles Alumni

ABSA 38 are the first inductees Membership in the order is

into the Order of OAC estabshy limited to the first 50 individshy

LUMNI WEEKEND J999 orga nizing committee and says lished ea rli er thi s year by the uals who give $1 00000 or more

brought more th an 1300 proceeds will be used to help the OAC Alumni Fo undation to as bequests irrevocable insurshy

visitors to campus June 18 to 20 class establi sh a mille nnium recognize significant contribushy ance policies planned gifts or

In addition to th e traditi o nal scholarship to co mmemorate its tions to its end owment fund cash donations Gifts may be

awards luncheon hosted by U of 25 th anni versar)1 of graduation Rick served as dean of OAC applied as endowments to the

G president Mordech ai Rozanshy The Uni vers it y of Guelph [Tom 1964 to 1972 (see sto ry OAC Alumni Foundation or to

ski there we re man y spec ial Alumni Associat ion held its on page 28) Mary also worked the college as approved by the

events and cla ss reunions The ann ual meeting during Alumni in the college and has been a fou ndation directors

new Order of OAC was preshy Wee kend and elected a new slate

sented to Mary and Rick of offi cers for 1999 2000 Scott

Richards BSA 38 at th e Go ldshy va nEnge n BSc(Ag r) 88 presshy

en Anniversary Dinner and the id ent Robin-Lee Norris BA 80

Class of J974 hosted a reuni on first vice-pres ident John Tatson

dinner with Calgary Flames BA 69 seco nd vice-president

Hockey Club CEO Ron Bremshy Rita Sterne BComm 87 secshy

ner BA 7 J as guest speaker Bill Imiddotetar) and Brad Hull BA 89

Laidlaw BA 74 chaired the treasurer

President Mordechai Rozanski and representatives of the alumni

classes and individuals who supported U of Gs six new themati c

gardens cut the ribbon to officially open them duri ng Alumni Weekshy

end From left are Bill Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 61 Don Gri eve

BSA 55 and MSA 57 Harold Shield BSA 51 Sandra Hannam uJ CD Clay Switze r BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rozanski Marilyn Robinson ~ I Murray BH5c 55 Ted McNinch BSA 49 Bruce Stone BSA 53 u VI

Z and MSA 54 Harold Bentley BSA 64 and MSc 66 Craig Hunter lt

B5c(AgL) 74 and MSc 77 and Les Laking BSA 39 and HDSC 71 The conservatory greenhouse was unveiled moments later by gtshyCD

Don Rutherford BSA 51 who gave the leadership gift ensuring VI o

it s res toration on behalf of his famil y 5 I -

Ginty jocius BSc(Agr) 70 left chair of the OAC Alumni Foundation

presents the Order of OAC to Mary and Rick Richards BSA 38

Enjoying the Class of 1974 re union dinner are from left jerry Orga n

BSc(PE) 71 Ron Bremner BA 71 Gail Bremner Paul Henry MA 71

and Bill Laidlaw BA 74

30 GUELPH ALUMNUS

GRYPHON SPIRIT DOMINATES HOMECOMING

UOF G students shared the stands with alumni who came to campus Sept 25

to watch the football Gryphons defeat their long- standing varsity rival the University of Toronto Blues During the weeke nd the Gryphon Club Hall of Fame inducted five Gryphon swimmers filled the gold pool at the 21st ann ual Alumni Relay Swim Meet

and president Mordechai Rozanski hostshyed a luncheon attended by more than 200 alumni and current students who have received sc holarships and awards or who

participated in the volunteer peer helper prog ram

ALUMNI SWIM TO THE TOP

FORMER GRYPHON SW IMMER S Peter Koli snyk BSc(HK) 83 and Denise

(FarndaJe) vVatso n BASe 85 were recogshyni zed at the ann ual Homecoming sw im mee t for having attended more often th an any other alumni Other participants includshyed 1999 graduates Nico le Weber BSe CEng ) Greg Steinberg BSc(HK) and Nancy Sweetnam BComm who has been a memshy

ber of two Canadian Ol ympic teams ( 1992 and 1996) The alumni team defeated the stud ent teams with the help of Leo n

Homecoming J

r ~

Form er Guelph mayor and sports broadcaster Norm la ry received the Gryphon Club Hall of

Fame Merit Award Sept 24 at the annual induction c re mony that also honoured five former

Gryphon athletes From left are Paul Willi ams a cross-country and track athlete and three-time

Canadian Olympian Bob Pronk BComm 82 Ontario and Canadian cham pionship wrestler

Dave Guest BComm 87 a former all middotstar soccer and vo lleyba ll player Gladys Williams BA

69 MVP in both wo menS fi eld hockey and ice hockey lary and Mark Brown BComm 81

Wi ldman Trophy winner and football capta in The Gryphon Club also recognized the 1974 mens

rugby OUAA championship team

Garstecki Gryphon diving coach in the midshy Dale a longtime Gryp hon supporter and a I 970s and retired botany professo r Hugh national record-b olding masters swimmer

bull49 VETS MEET AT TRAlEE The OVC Cla ss of 1949 produced a la sting memory of its 50th

anni versary by filming the lune 18 gathering held at Tralee Farms

the home of class member Ray Cormack Classmates travelled from

across Canada and the United States to attend th e reunion which

included a luncheon a visit from U of G president Mordechai Rozanshy

ski and a tour of Cormacks farm and antique carriage collection

The organizing committee of Dave House Bill Mitchell Ken Fisk

and lim Arch ibald succeeded in producing a golden-anniversary

memento that captu res the days events and everyone in attendance

as they comment on their lives since graduating from OVe -Proceeds from the sale of the v ideos will support the OVC 49

Memorial Scholarship Fund Cost is $25 each To place an order call

Vikki Tremblay at Alumni House 519-824-4120 Ext 65 44 I D

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FallWinter 1999 31

alumni Matters

2000 Coming Events

Jan 26 - Careers Night hostshyed by Mac-FACS Alumni Assoshy

ciation For informatio call Laurie MalleaLi at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Careers Night hostshyed by HAFA Alumni Associashy

tion For information call Laushyrie Malleau at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Aggie Good Times Banquet Call the OAC Studwl Federation at Ext 8321 for tickshyet information Feb 3 - Job hir at Bingeman Park in Kitchener complishy

mentary bus service from Unishyversity Centre for students and

alumni For directions and a list of employers call U of G

Career Services at Ext 22 13

Feb 11 - Deadline for nomshy

ina tions for U of G Alumni Association Alumnus of Honshy

our Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment and Alumni Volunteer

Award and the OVC Distinshy

guished Alumnus Call Carla Bradshaw at Ext 6657 for details March 1 - Annual alumni

Florida reunion at Maple Leaf

Estates Port C harlotte Florishyda For information call alumshyni programs at 519-824-4120

Ext 6657 send e-mail to alumshyniuoguelphca or call Jack Hanna in Florida after Jan 1

at 813-645-0905

March 18 amp 19 - College

Ro yal

March 31 amp April 1 - OAC

Alumni Association annual

bonspiel at the Guelph Curlshy

ing Club and Guelph Country w Club Call Carla Bradshaw at ~ txt 6657 to register c u bull For more information on anyU)

z alumni event call the U of G ltC extension listed at 519- 824shy20 r 4120 or send e-mail to al11111shyCD

o niCvzlOguelphcab c a

32 CUEIPH ALUM N US

EA RLIER THIS YEAR U ofG

introduced a new approacll to fund-raising that centres on

academic priorities identified by

the ix colleges Now the Unishy

ve rsit y expa nds this initiative

through the formation of a new Annual Fund Cou ncil that will

recruit volunteers to proactiveshy

ly help meet tll0se funding goals

By enlarging the partnershy

ship between academics and fund-raisers we arc focusing our

efforts more clearly on the Un ishy

versi tys overall stra tegic objecshy

tives says Rudy Putns executive

director of campaign progra ms

We are calling on coUege deans to help ensure that our annual

giving programs are providing

the grea test possible benefit to

students Our volunteer and pro-

ALUMNI CElEBRATE NEW HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE CENTRE

The Human KineticsHuman Biology Alumni Association

presented a sketch of the John T Powell Building to U of Cs

new Health and Perfor mance Centre at a June 19 reunion of alumni and former staff Artist Joan Harper BSe(HK)

82 left and retired professor John Powell right witnessed

a presentati on by association pres ident Janet Leonhard BSe(HK) 82 to Prof Terry Graham

SilENT AUCTION MAKES NOISE

A silent auction held Sept 14 to 16 a t the Ou tdoo r Farm

Show in Woods tock Ont ge nshy

erated a lot of excitement and

goodwill in OACs 125th shyanniversary year and raised

$51000 that wi ll support stu shy

dent recruitm ent programs in

the college The auction was organized by Cinty Jocius BSc(Agr) 70 president of

Ginty Jocius amp Associates of

Guelph on behalf of the OAC Alumni Foundation

Auction items donated by friends and exhibitors at th e

farm show included everylhing

from farm equipment and supshyplies to a seven-month-old lla shyma named (-i nty Lorie Jocius

BASe 72 purchased her husshy

bands namesake and gave it to

OAC as an anniversary presen t at th e Sept 25 Heritage Banshy

quet and Ball

FUND-RAISI NG PARTNERSHIPS GROW

fessional fund -raislls wiJl spend

more of thei r time making pershy

so nal requ es ts for gifts to the University and less time on inshy

house administra tion

Members of the Annual Fund

Council will invite donations

Crom alumni members of the campu~ community the paren ts

of current students graduating

classes members of the various

gift clu bs (Presidents Council

etc) and selected corporations

foundations and associations

Development and Public Affairs staff will help target vol unteer

efforts where they wi ll have the

stronges t impact on growin g don or particip ation and fund shy

razsing results

Annual giving is one of the

most crucial parts of an institushy

tion s developmen t agenda says Putns Annu al donors help

maintain the quali ty of estabshylished academic programs espeshy

cially in times of reduced pubshy

lic fundin g he says They also

provide a foundation for special

fun cl-rai sing cam paigns shycampaigns that enable the Unishy

ve rsity to grow by providi ng

funds for major projects that do

not ha ve a traditional so urce of support Tbe ACCESS endowshy

ment for student financial assistshy

ance and the rece nt campaign to upgrade th e Food Science

Building are notable examples For more illjormation aboLit

the An17ual FUlld Co ullcil call Al111tal Fund 17l1lnager Tara George at 519-824-4 120 Ex t

390 1 or Putl7S at ext 6384

GRAD NEWS

U of G Degrees ADA = Associate diploma

in agriculture BA =Bachelor of arts BASe = Bachelor of applied

science BComm = Bachelor of

commerce BHSe Bachelor of houseshy

hold science BLA =Bachelor of

landscape architecture BSA = Bachelor of science in

agriculture (pre-196s) BSe(Agr) Bachelor of

science in agriculture BoSe = Bachelor of science BSe(Eng) =Bachelor of

science in engineering BSc(Env) =Bachelor of

19405

bull The Macdonald Institute

Class of 1941 met each other

for the firsl lime in 1939 and

theyve been gelling logelher rvice a year siIlce gradual ion

Celebrating 60 yea rs of fri end shy

ship this year are Mary (Hcx imer) MacLeln Beth

(jackson) Ca rdifF Mo lly

(Pattrson) Nix Frances

(Pellet) Smith Dorolhy

(Pond) Dunn Jeanne (Taylor )

Hamel Phyllis (Weren) Sobel and Evelyn (Eatun ) Pond

bull Jim Morton BSA 47 posed with his son Robert SA 70

and grandsons Jeff Bell 13A

9 1 and Greg Mo rton

SSc( Eng) 99 at Gregs U of

G convocation in June Retired

from a career in the lumber

business Jim is an OAC llu mmiddot ni volunteer al Guclph and is

aClive in cOm11lUnily work in

Burlington Onto Rob ert is

CEO of the Community Care

Access Centre in Simcoe

Coullly Jeff lcaches in Elmvalc

for the Simcoe County Dislricl School Board and Greg is

working Wilh the COnSlliling

engineering firm of Proclor

science in environmental sciences

BSe(HK) Bachelor of science in human kinetics

BSc(pE) = Bachelor of science in physical education

DHE = Diploma in home economics

DVSc = Doctor of veterinary science

DVM =Doctor of veterinary medicine

GO = Graduate diploma MA = Master of arts MAgr = Master of agriculture MBA = Master of business

admininstration MEng =Master of engineering

and Redfern at its Kitchener

office The Guelph lineage

aCl ually bega n in the Morton fami ly with Greg great shy

grantimoliln Anne Pringle

Morton DH E 1914

Greg Morton Jeff Bell and Jim and

Robert Morton

19505

bull Harold Baker BSA 50

writes to w rrect the e-mail

address publi shed in the last

iss lle of the Clepll Alunnls

Friends (111 conlact the retired

University of Saskatchewan

professo r and Il is wife Phyllis

at ha kc r hdukeL1sa~k ca

bull Barney Goodwin-Wilson BSA 50 is serving a two-year

krm as chair of the hoard of

lhe Onta rio Foocllerminal

The Iomnlo facility is the

MFA = Master of fine art MLA Master of landscape

architecture MMS = Master of management studies MSc =Master of science MSc(Aqua) = Master of

science in aquaculture ODA = Ontario diploma in

agriculture ODH =Ontario diploma in

horticulture OdR = Ontario Diploma in

recreation PhD = Doctor of philosophy

larges t who lesale fruit proshy

duce and flower market in

Canada and one of the largest

in orrh America He was forshymerly director and vice-cha ir

of the board

bull Gary Powell ADA 58

stopped at a remote motel in

western klahoma last

Janu ary and stanee a convershysation with th e only other cusshy

tomer at breakfa st the next

morning Turns out they were

both U of G grads Powell and Joe Deli BSc (Agr ) 64 had a

great time reminiscing abo Llt

ca mpus perso nalities they

both knew I guess one is never really very far from home says Powell

bull Dave Valentine BSA 59 has

retired as (o unty engineer for

the County of Brant in

Ontario He previously spent

23 years with Sir Sandford

Fleming College in Peterborough and has served 8S

engineer for the coun ties of Haliburton and Victoria He

and his wife Carole are now

Jiving near Carlisle Send e-mail

to valcntinworldchatcom

19605

bull Manuel Garcia PhD 67 was

recognized by the government

of the Ph ilippines in December

1998 with one of the highest

honours given to Filipinos Jivshy

ing outside the cou ntr y Garcia

is a senior consulting mi crobishy

ologist with lAS Bioshy

Diagnostic and a former

research scientist with

Agriculture and Agri-Food

Canada in Ottawa He is intershy

nationally recognized for his work in veterinary med icin e

and public health on the early detection of ca mpylobacter

salmonella and other foodshy

borne pathogens He is a memshy

ber of several learned profes shy

sional societies and has been involved in a number of intershy

national developm ent projects

He is also a community volunshy

teer and a pioneer in establishshying the National Council of

Canadian Filipino Associations

as the official voice of Filipino

Canadians nationwide bull Tom Hutchison DVM 65 is

a veterinary pathologist with the Nova Scotia provincial

diagnostic lab In 1998 he

passed the board cer tification exa ms for the American

College of Poultry Veterinarians in Baltimore but

the years highlights came in

late summer - a first grandshy

child for Tom and his wife

Eileen in August and the birth

of their own son Scott in

September bull Brian Little ADA 67 BSc(Agr) 72 and MSc 78

was elected president of the

Canadian 4-H Foundation in

May He was previously presishy -dent of the Ca nadian 4-H

Co uncil and a co uDcil represhysentative for his employe r the

Royal Bank of Canada He has been a fou ndation trustee for

f allWinter 1999 33

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several years and has a strong

4-H background as a member

and a club leader

19705

bull Doug Franklin SA 72 was

recen tly a ppoin led execu tive

director of the Multiple

Sclerosis Association of

America its hea d office is in

Cherry Hill NJ He was forshy

merly with the International

Youth Foundation in

Baltimore Md

bull Cathie Leimbach

SSc(Agr) 78 and MAgr 88

visi ted U of G this fa ll as

agrologist-in-residence It was

the sixth year of the program

co-sponsored by OAC and the

Ontario Institute of

Agrologists (OlA ) Raised on

an Ontario dairy and swine

farm Leimbach is past presishy

dent of the OI A and a partner

in STRIVE a team specializshy

in g in training facilitation and

consulting She now lives on a

cash-crop farm in Ohio

bull Willem Moolenbeek BSe

77 and MSe 8 1 studied biolshy

ogy and entomology at U of G

at the same time he was learnshy

ing to play the saxophone with

the Royal Conservatory of

Mu sic He says he still loves

science but music has become

his career A recitalist soloist

and clinician he has been a

saxophone instructor at

McMaster University in

Hamilton Ont fo r 15 years

He also teaches at the 19805

University of Waterloo pri- bull Bruce Brown BSe(Agr)

vately and at the National 85 and his wife Claudia

Music Ca mp of Canada where (Liebscher) BA 84 have three

he sometimes offers an infor- children who are beginning to

mal course on in sect identifi- display their dads musical

cation There are always a few prowess on the kazoo After 14

kids who really dig that he years of dairy farming Bruce

says U of G music lovers want back to school to earn an

enjoyed his saxophone music education degree and is now

at a noon-hour concert in teaching science with the

October Durham District School

bull Peter Vaughan SA 77 and Board

MA 77 was appointed secre- bull Tom Burns BA 89 and MA

tar y general and CEO of the 91 is a member of the

Canadian Medical Association Victoria Police in Melbourne

in June A fa culty member in Australia Last summer he

two departments at John s welcomed visitors from the

Hopkins University and in the RCMP including Kevin Durie

Department of Family BA 93 They quickly estab-

Medicine at the University of lished a U of G connection

Ottawa he is a fo rmer presi- including Duries student

dent of the medical staff at employment at Dcr Keller

Guelph General Hospital and a which was Burns s favourite

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the job says Burns but this

time we spent most of our

time talking about the great

times we had at U of G In

still another coincidence

Durie is married to Christine

Blake-Durie BA 91 and MA

93 who was a member of

Burnss MA group Burns says

other U of G grads travelling

to Melbourne are more than

welcome to drop in

bull Stuart Jackson ADA 87 is

distribution manager for

Burnbrae Farms Ltd in Delta

Onto He sends greetings to all

OAC friends including the

diploma classes of 1979 and

1980

bull Laurel (Murdoch) Koumarelas BComm 84 is

an ESL teacher with the

Toronto School Board She

and her husband Gus live in

Mississauga with their sons

Robert and Evan

bull Trish Looman BA 87

works for Royal LePageshy

Vantage in Guelph She speshy

cializes in residential multishy

unit real estate

bull Laima (Karosas) Laffitte

BSe(Agr) 85 and MAgr 91

lives in Wendover Ont with

her husband Vincent MAgr

91 and their children Yohan

and Marina Laima is the

advertising manager for The

Canadian Veterinary Journal and Vincent is an account

manager at the St Isidore

branch of Scotiabank Theyd

like to hear from classmates

via e-mail at Iaffitteonsymshy

paticoca They also want to let

OAC 85 grads know that the

class executive is building a

Web page at wwwrkdecom

oac85 and needs updated

names and addresses (includshy

ing e-mail) to add to the

directory f IS-year reunion

is being planned for Dec 2

and 32000

bull Cheryl Miller-Oh BASe

91 and her husband Tae live

in Southfield Mich with their

twins Nathalie and Nathan

born in October 1998 She is a

health-care consultant with

Computer Sciences

Corporation Send e-mail to

millerohsprintca

bull Vijay Singh MSe 70 has

been awarded the Arthur K Barton Endowed Professorship

at Louisiana State University

He also recently received an

honorary degree and a

Fulbright Award for his work

in the area of entropy

bull Gayle (Barton) Tapper BSe

81 (biological science) and 83

(computing science) has been

employed at Memorial

University in St Johns Nfld

for 14 years in the Department

of Computing and

Communications She is comshy

pleting graduate work in phishy

losophy and humanities at

Memorial and is the principal

harpist with the

Newfoundland Symphony

Orchestra Last year she

released a CD of Latinworld

traditional music on the South

American harp Visit her Web

site at httpwwwucsmun

cal -gay

bull Carolyn Riddell BA 85 is

running an active arts educashy

tion and paintingprintmaking

studio in Fergus Ont

bull Laura Wilkinson BSe 85

and MSe 87 is a coroner in

British Columbia and lives on

a cattle ranch near 70 Mile

House

19905

bull Kristi Adamo BSc(HK)

96 and MSc 98 and Rob

McMullin BSe 95 were

married in May 1999 and Jive

in Ottawa

bull Michelle (Pilon) Bacon BA

90 has been living in London

England with her husband

Tim and children Juliette and

Lucien but they are planning a

return to Canada They will be

AIRBORNE ALUMNUS Olive Thompson DHE 35 celebrated her 85th birthday

with her head in the clouds She made her first parachute

jump with instructor Scott Borghese in Simcoe Ont in June

and says it was the most exciting thing shes done in her life

Thompson lives in Dunnville and has four children and three

grandchildren When she asked them about the paracbute

jump they told her to go for it Shes considering a repeat I U

jump next year and hopes her adventure will be a good S o

example for other seniors A dedicated member of the class -lt CD

of Mac 35 Thompson was president of the University of s Guelph Alumni Association in 197778 and keeps busy now VI

I

with volunteer work for the Salvation Army Z

living in Calgary and welcome

contact with western grads

and friends from Guelph Send

e-mail to m_e_baconhotshy

maicom

bull Deborah (Panton) Bodden

BASc 93 and her husband

Lyndhurst were married in

1998 and live in Grand

Cayman Cayman Islands

where she teaches primary

schoo

bull Elizabeth Cardno MSe 99

is working with the Rural

Health Research Consortium

at the University of

Saskatchewan developing

research projects on rural

health issues in relation to the

Canadian Institute for Health

Research

bull Jeannine Cote BA 9 J lives

in Hamilton Ont and works

o -lt

as a health -care aide and

home-support worker

bull Jeremy Debling BSe 94 is

a formulation chemist in the

pharmaceutical development

department at Novopharm

Limited in Toronto

bull Angela Dodd BA 93 and

Christopher Kemp

BSe(HK) 94 were married

Aug 14 Theyve bought a new

home in Etobicoke Ont

where he works for Canada

3000 Airlines and at Kingsway

Physiotherapy as a kinesioloshy

gist She is employed at

Manulife Financial in -Waterloo

bull Sheryl Harding Friedrich

BASe 85 is a full-time mom

and part-time nutrition conshy

sultant in Cannington Onto

She and her husband Cal

FallWinter 1999 35

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have three child ren Jonathan

Daniel and Anna

bull Anne Marie (Henwood)

Harman BA 95 is enjoying

her time at home with one shy

year-old Jenna She and her

husband Murray can be

reached bye-mail at 3harshy

mansstormca

bull Rosaleen Heffernan BA 96

and Barry Liboiron BSe 97

were married in August

Theyre both studying at the

University of British

Co lumbia where Liboiron is

doing a PhD in chemistry and

He ffe rnan is completing a

degree in educati on

bull Krista Hilton BASe 95

lives in Halifax with her hlls shy

band Michael Galloway She is

a priest in the Anglican Church

of Canada and serves as curate

a t the Cathedral Church of All

Sain ts Friends can reach her at

aj568chebllctonsca

bull Michael Kennard BA 86

starred as Mump the Clown in

the Canadian Stage Company

production of Mump amp Smoo t

in Something Else With Zug last

winte r at tbe Canadian Stage

Theatre in Toronto

bull Sharon McConnell BSe 90

and MSe 93 went on from U

of G to earn a diploma in

business management from

Wilfrid Laurier University

Since 1995 she has worked in

Toronto as a project director at

Burak Ja co bson Market

Resea rch Partners Ine

bull Michael McKay-Fleming BA

92 has launched two daily

comic strips via the Internet

Check out his Inane Producshy

tions Web site at http mem

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low the adventures of a free-spirshy

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W illiam Ba rnes DVM 59 died Sept 7

1999 He grew up in th e N iagara area

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ve terina ry prac ti ce in Ill inois He was a

dr ivi ng force in the American Ve ter inary

Medica l Assooatio n and in bo th the

Chicago and IlJin o is assoc iatio ns He

was also a fo un ding mem ber o f the

Ch icago-based Friends of Unicerslty of

Guelph a char itable o rga nizat ion

founded in 1975 to serve Guelph a lumni

living in the United Sta tes

George Dickson BSA 38 di ed Oct 9

1999 H e spen t h is entire career w ith

Canada Packers moving up f[Om mai l

cle rk to exec lltive vice-presid ent and

d irector After retirin g in 1976 he

devoted ma ny vo lu ntee r hours to U of

G 3S a memb er of Boa rd o f Gove rno rs

and the OAC Alumni Associatio n

Jam es Pinkney DVM 37 died July 3

1999 A respected ve ter in aria n in his

hom e to~ll o f Cooksv il le O nt he was

also recog nized as a p remier swi ne

breeder showman and judge He was

active in m any agricultural o rga niza shy

tio ns and in both the Ontario and

Canadian Vete rinary Med ical assoc iashy

tio ns He was a lo ngti me supporte r o f

th e Unive rsity especially the OVC

museum and was named OVC

Di stinguished Alumnus in 1987

Audrey Yea nd le DHE 25 di ed March

17 1999 in St ratford O nto A profes shy

sio nal diet it ia n she wo rked to two hosshy

p itals and tau ght home eco no m ics at

the Jo hn Fi he r School In Toro nto

Active In com munity orga nizatio ns and

her chu rch she was a lo ng time U of G

suppo rter and left an es ta te gift of over

$475000 to p rov ide bursaries for future

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Alumni

Jo hn Andrews DVM 38 June 27 1999

Harris Baker BSA 33 Febru ary 1998

Hu gh Balkwill BSA 53 June 27 1999

John Bowles BA 72 Sept 23 1999

Edward Bowness DVM 32 May 13 1999

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MA 86 July 22 1999

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Robert Tennant BSA 49 May 5 1999

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Gladys Ward D IlE 27 Apri l 8 1999

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the main co ll ege building until the O ld Res idence was

demolished in 1929 to make way for the co nstruction

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-Simpson says ea rly detection of SNOs first

neutrino this summer reflects the high qUJIshy

ity of the obselva tory itself incl uding th t conshy

tribution of the Guelph scientists involved in

designi ng its sophist icated instrum ents Thats why theres a lot of noise abo ut the

fi rst measurem en ts he sa ys Some o ther

detectors have to work harder to get the backshyground radioactivity down Weve shown that

we constructed a very clea n detector

Along with several PhD studen ts and resea rch associates he and his coUeagues buiJt

inst ruments used to monitor and ensure an acceptable level of background radi oactivishy

ty in SNOs innards fiom the hea l) watcr to all the components orthe detector itse lf

The Guelph group developed a very senshy

sitive technique for the measurement of ultrashylow levels of ra dioactivit y in water whi ch is

essential for th e SNO detector to reach its

goals says SNO project director Art McDonshy

ald a phys icist at Queens Universit y Meas uring radioact ivity is our ga me

says resea rch ass oc iate Pillalamarr Jaga m during a tour of Sim psons lab in th e baseshy

ment of the MacNaughton Build in g home

to whJt Jaga m calls the only ul tra-low backshy

ground radi ation research and development

group in Ca nada Po inting to a det ector resemblin g a stainless-steel salad bowl with

a matchin g lid he says the Guelph -made

de vice JS with its co usins on perm anent du ty at SNO picks lip infinitesimally small

amounts of ra dioactivity emitted naturall y

by the observa torys compo nents

Ja ga m helps run th ose dev ices at SNO

fo llowin g up on his role as superv iso r of a

cl ea nin g crew d urin g SNOs constru ction SNO is the larges t clean-room ever olltside

of the electron ics industry he says Its

cleaner th an yo ur avera ge dinner plate

Above Muon neutrinos produced from cosmic

rays which strike Earths abnosphere are detectshy

ed by the SNO light sensors producing a coneshy

shaped pattern of energy Right An artists

sketch of the SNO detector shows the central

acrytic vessel now filled with 1000 tons of heavy

water and surrounded by 7000 tons of ultra

pure regular water Scientists monitor the obsershy

vatory from the room located above the sphere

26 GU ELP H ALUM NUS

In two years we mayI

Unlike th eir fell ow labourers in the m in e

who normall y hit the sbowers aft er a lo ng

day on the ore face th e scientists monitorshy

ing th e o bse rvatory must shower bef ore enterin g their facility Simil ar standa rds are mlintained tor the heavy water in th e acrylic

vessel which is fil tered dail y Jnd tested for ambient rad ioactivit y It s the purcst water

in th e wo rld says Jian Wang for merly J

research associate in Simpsons lab and now a consultant wi th U of Gs GUA RD In c

The Guelph-dc-signed instruments h ave

prove n lIseful in rela ted but more fa r-flung

applications JagaJl1 says scientists building

lgt

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ly know if the universe will eventually collapse

ye t an oth er neutrino observatory in Italy consulted with U of G physicists on radia shyti on measurement Closer to home he has helped Prof Richard Protz Land Reso urce Science quantify minute amounts of radioac tive cesium in so il samples taken from the Ecuadorean Andes an d from the Chernobyl site in Ukrain e

Law a particle physicist [las been involved since 1991 in writin g and test ing simulation software used by the project colshylaborators to model the workings of th e SNO detecto r With the detector now opershyating the package - dubbed SNOMAN shywill be used to analyse the data it generates OUerhead who first encountered SNO while chair of the Department of Physics has long worked in expe rim en tal nuclear physics using accelerators such as th e one run by AECL in Cbalk River Ont Todays investishygations at SNO draw on at least one aspect of his ea rlier resea rch in Los Alamos New Mexico where he developed neutral current detectors of the sort expec ted to help SNO sn iff out all three neutrino flavo urs

Sim psons graduate student Nathaniel Tagg is studying cosmic ray particles called muons which are detected as a byproduct in the obse rvatory Unlike neutrinos muons come from cosmic rays - or ionized nuclei - which begin Jife far beyond the solar sysshytem perhaps generated by stars exploding into supernovas or by shock waves emanating from collapsing black holes When these cosmic rays hit the Earths atmosp here th ey create extremely high-energy particles that can be detected by SNO some alon e or in pairs like bullets others in a shower like shotgun pelshylets Comparing the ratio of single bullets to shotgun blas ts may tell Tagg something about how the particles originated When you build a detector you get a lot of things for free he says Muons are considered background to most of the collaboration but there are some interes ting physics you ca n do with them

Beyond Guelph the SNO collaboration brings together almost 100 scientists from II universi ties and labs in Canada the United Sta tes and the United Kingdom Canad ian participants includ e university resea rchers from Queens Car leton Laurentian Britisll

Columbia and Guelph Wby Ca nada Canashyda has a lot of heavy water because of its nuclear power reactor development the CANshyDU reactor says OUerhead Basically Canashyda is tbe only country that can do the expershyiment using heavy water which is what gives this its unique flavour The other thing is the undergro und aspect All the neutrino expershyimen ts are done underground for shielding from cosm ic rays and other sources of backshyground radiation The nickel mine in Sudbury is the deepest site in North America

Its al so important that Creighton mine is a working facility says Si mpson [t has

Physics faculty

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Physics is one of five departments and schools in the College of Physshyical and Engineeri ng Science ( CPES) Physics has more Roya l Society fellows than any other department on campus Since 1993 ten CPES students including two in physics have received National Research Coun shycil awards under the agen cys Women in Engin eering and Scishyence Program In 1999 CPES laun ched an inteshygrated four-year degree program in technology with Seneca College in Toronto majors in physics and technology or applied pharmace ushytical chemistry CPES plans to launch a new undershygraduate degree in computing scishyence next year to promote U of G strengths in bioinfomatics neural networks genetic algo rithm s and embedded systems CPES offers a unique program called MPC2 that provides enriched studies in mathematics physics chemistry and computing science

to be active because its the only way you can maintain the safety of th e mine SNOs control room occupies a drift (miners talk for a corridor) 6800 fee t below the surface deep enough to accommodate a stack of about five CN Towers

Dw-ing the observatorys construction a regular express ca ge whisked visitors directly down No9 shaft to the detector as fast as a car travelling on a cit) street The shaft also served as the delivery conduit for the SNO components Site manager Dunshycan Hepburn recall s es pecially the three months that it took to ship the [000 tonnes of heavy water underground The eleva tor could take six tonnes at a time he says so we had an elaborate schedule involving six tanker cars fill ed overnight and sent down early in th e morning on a specially schedshyuled cage Adds mine manage r John Gill J dont think we spilled a drop

Now using regularly scheduled cages scishyentists crowd shoulder to sho ulder in the elevator with up to 40 miners during the 20-minute ride along the sloping ore seam Everyone in the collaboration is expected to spend a certain number of shifts actualshyly operating the detec tor says O llerhead This is partly to save money but also par tshyly because th e physicists are the ones with the vested interes t and should be involved Collaborators might spend seve ral weeks in Sudbury at a time for up to six weeks a year

SNO scien tists expect to learn definitiveshyly within two years whether or not neutrishynos have mass They also anticipate that the observatory will yield information about the sun and about other st ructures far beyond our galaA) The missing mass question is a way of studying supnnovas notes Ollershyhead There are many applications of this detector beyond just neutrinos from the sun

Why should anyone ca re about what these infinitesimally small particles teU us about cosshymic-sized questions If youre going to be an ad vance d and civilized country then you should be thinking about fundamental quesshy shytions and not just about where your next meal is coming from says Simpson Thats the difshyference I think between a civili7ed society and a society that just lives from day to day ga

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ALUMNI PROFILES

ALUMNUS OF HONOUR

FORMER OAC DEA N Rick Richards BSA 38 was recogn ized for

his lifelong commi tment to excellence in admini stration teachshy

ing research and ex tension wh en he vas named 1999 AlumLlus of Honour by th e Un ive rsity o f Guelph Alumn i Associat ion The preshy

sen tation was made durin g Alumni Weekend in lun e

Ri chard s bega n hi s ca ree r in soil sc ience and pion ee red the

process of soil classifi ca ti on and map pin f for Ontario As head of

th e Un iversitys Depa rtm ent of Land Resou rce Science he spearshyheaded the constr uct ion o f new fa cili ties provided leadership in

the deve lopment of broader more sc ientifi c program s and th e

expansioLl o f fa culty and obta ined more lan d areas for departshymental resea rch He was appointed the first dea n of OAC in 1962

and was one o r the fou r principal academi c leade rs ho shared in

es tab lishin g the Universit y of Guelph After co mpleting two terms as dean he return ed to teac hing and retired in [98 1

As a professiona l agrologist Richards impleme nted pl ans ror

the Canadian Agri cultural Researc h Co un ci l as it s fi rst president

and was pres id ent o f the Ca nadian Soc iety of Su il Science th e Ontari o Institute of Ag rologists and tht Agricu ltural Institu te of

Can ada He was also the Canadian representa ti ve to th e United

Nations Food and Agricu lture O rga nizltJtion

ALUMNI VOLUNTEER AWARD

DAv ID ADAMS BSA 49 has always made his alma mater a pri shy

o ri t) and in 1999 th e Unive rsity of Guelph Alumni Associashy

tion app lauded th at loya lty by presentin g him with its 1999 Alulll shyni Volu nteer Awa rd

Adams has demo nstrated a devot ion to volun teer excellence

through his com mitment to the Universit y OAC and hi s alumni

ii class OAC 49 He was UGAA pres ident in 196869 president of

d the OAC Alu Jllni Associatio n in 196566 and a member of the Unishy

~ versi ty Senate and Boa rd of Governors fro m 1970 to 1973 In add ishy

~ tion he has Jllade mu ltiple contr ibu tions to OAC 49 ac tivities He

~ was instrumenta l in orga ni zin g 50th-anniversary class celebrations ~ for Alumni middotWeekend 99 which included the ded ication of the Yea r

~ 49 OAC po nd ga rden at th e Arbo retum Cent re and the res torashy

~ ti on of the Johnston Hall portico u ~ Adamss giving sp irit car ri es over into his pro(ess iona lli fc He

~ has had a distingu ished career in the ag ri -food indust ry and was laquo ~ general manager of the Canadian Meat Co uncil whe n hL reti red in

~ 1993 He cont inues to share hi s expertise with the co unc il and as

~ a volu ntee r for th e Royal Ag ri cultural inter Fair and th e Ca nashy~ dian Nat ional Exhibition FARlv

28 G UHPH ALU I NUS

HIGHLIGHTS middot GRAD NEWSmiddot OBITUARIESmiddot CALENDAR

ALUMNI MEDAL OF ACHIEVEMENT

DR AD RIAN P ARKS WO RK in th e area o f minimally invasive

surge ry has earned him international recogniti on as a leading surgeo n and educa tor in his fi eld His advancements in the use of

laparoscop ic techniques have improved treatm ent for an ex tensive

range of med ica l disorders that in the past could only be handled

thro ugh trad itional sur gery [n 1997 he was recruited to establish a new program at th e Uni ve rsity of Kentucky

Pa rk was honoured th is spring wit h the Universit y of Guelph flumni Associati ons Alumni Medal of Achievem ent He received

a bachelor of science fro m Gu elph in 1985 and a doctor o f med ishycine from McMaster University in 1987

He completed his training at St Josephs Hos pital and rilcMasshy

ter Uni ve rsity Affiliated Hosp ital s in Hamilto n O nt and at the

Uni versit) of Montrea l before Jo ining St Jose phs as a ge neral surshy

geo n in 1994

The Guelph meda l recognizes th e professional leadership and achievements demons trated in Parks still- yo un g career and his

compassionate ca re of pati ents He and his wife Jennifer 8A 84 have three children Hilary Meredith and Evan

ove DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS

DUNCAN SINC LAIRS CONTR IB UTIO NS to career an d soc iety have prove n bis leadersh ip and expe rtise in hea lth sciences He gradshy

uated fro m OVC in 1958 and received a master of sc ience fro m OAC in 1960 specializing in nutriti on He then earn ed a PhD in

physiology at Queens University in 1963 and bega n a ca reer focused

primaril y on human health Sinclair was ltl consultant to th e Ontario Ministry of Agriculture

Food and Rural Affairs on the Animals for Research Act ilnd bega n

his academic career at Q uee ns as dean of arts and science in 1974 He went on to serve as vice-principal institutional relati ons sershy

vices an d hea lth sciences before assum ing the role of dea n of medshy

icine He ret ired from Queens in 1996 He has heJd other prestishy

gious positi ons including directo r general of the Medical Resea rch

Council and was tile recipient of OVes Schofield ]V[edal in 1983

Sinclair is now deeply involved in advising the Ontario minisshy

ter of hea l til on ways to reinvest and res tructure th e delivery of health services in the province He chairs the Hea lth Services

Restr ucturin g Co mmission an independent body of health

experts and professionals appointed to redesign tbe provincial

health system

FallWinter 1999 29

alumni Matters

-ORDER OF OACU of G Can1pus ESTABLISHED MARY AND RlCK RICHARDS longtime OAC supporterWelcoilles Alumni

ABSA 38 are the first inductees Membership in the order is

into the Order of OAC estabshy limited to the first 50 individshy

LUMNI WEEKEND J999 orga nizing committee and says lished ea rli er thi s year by the uals who give $1 00000 or more

brought more th an 1300 proceeds will be used to help the OAC Alumni Fo undation to as bequests irrevocable insurshy

visitors to campus June 18 to 20 class establi sh a mille nnium recognize significant contribushy ance policies planned gifts or

In addition to th e traditi o nal scholarship to co mmemorate its tions to its end owment fund cash donations Gifts may be

awards luncheon hosted by U of 25 th anni versar)1 of graduation Rick served as dean of OAC applied as endowments to the

G president Mordech ai Rozanshy The Uni vers it y of Guelph [Tom 1964 to 1972 (see sto ry OAC Alumni Foundation or to

ski there we re man y spec ial Alumni Associat ion held its on page 28) Mary also worked the college as approved by the

events and cla ss reunions The ann ual meeting during Alumni in the college and has been a fou ndation directors

new Order of OAC was preshy Wee kend and elected a new slate

sented to Mary and Rick of offi cers for 1999 2000 Scott

Richards BSA 38 at th e Go ldshy va nEnge n BSc(Ag r) 88 presshy

en Anniversary Dinner and the id ent Robin-Lee Norris BA 80

Class of J974 hosted a reuni on first vice-pres ident John Tatson

dinner with Calgary Flames BA 69 seco nd vice-president

Hockey Club CEO Ron Bremshy Rita Sterne BComm 87 secshy

ner BA 7 J as guest speaker Bill Imiddotetar) and Brad Hull BA 89

Laidlaw BA 74 chaired the treasurer

President Mordechai Rozanski and representatives of the alumni

classes and individuals who supported U of Gs six new themati c

gardens cut the ribbon to officially open them duri ng Alumni Weekshy

end From left are Bill Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 61 Don Gri eve

BSA 55 and MSA 57 Harold Shield BSA 51 Sandra Hannam uJ CD Clay Switze r BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rozanski Marilyn Robinson ~ I Murray BH5c 55 Ted McNinch BSA 49 Bruce Stone BSA 53 u VI

Z and MSA 54 Harold Bentley BSA 64 and MSc 66 Craig Hunter lt

B5c(AgL) 74 and MSc 77 and Les Laking BSA 39 and HDSC 71 The conservatory greenhouse was unveiled moments later by gtshyCD

Don Rutherford BSA 51 who gave the leadership gift ensuring VI o

it s res toration on behalf of his famil y 5 I -

Ginty jocius BSc(Agr) 70 left chair of the OAC Alumni Foundation

presents the Order of OAC to Mary and Rick Richards BSA 38

Enjoying the Class of 1974 re union dinner are from left jerry Orga n

BSc(PE) 71 Ron Bremner BA 71 Gail Bremner Paul Henry MA 71

and Bill Laidlaw BA 74

30 GUELPH ALUMNUS

GRYPHON SPIRIT DOMINATES HOMECOMING

UOF G students shared the stands with alumni who came to campus Sept 25

to watch the football Gryphons defeat their long- standing varsity rival the University of Toronto Blues During the weeke nd the Gryphon Club Hall of Fame inducted five Gryphon swimmers filled the gold pool at the 21st ann ual Alumni Relay Swim Meet

and president Mordechai Rozanski hostshyed a luncheon attended by more than 200 alumni and current students who have received sc holarships and awards or who

participated in the volunteer peer helper prog ram

ALUMNI SWIM TO THE TOP

FORMER GRYPHON SW IMMER S Peter Koli snyk BSc(HK) 83 and Denise

(FarndaJe) vVatso n BASe 85 were recogshyni zed at the ann ual Homecoming sw im mee t for having attended more often th an any other alumni Other participants includshyed 1999 graduates Nico le Weber BSe CEng ) Greg Steinberg BSc(HK) and Nancy Sweetnam BComm who has been a memshy

ber of two Canadian Ol ympic teams ( 1992 and 1996) The alumni team defeated the stud ent teams with the help of Leo n

Homecoming J

r ~

Form er Guelph mayor and sports broadcaster Norm la ry received the Gryphon Club Hall of

Fame Merit Award Sept 24 at the annual induction c re mony that also honoured five former

Gryphon athletes From left are Paul Willi ams a cross-country and track athlete and three-time

Canadian Olympian Bob Pronk BComm 82 Ontario and Canadian cham pionship wrestler

Dave Guest BComm 87 a former all middotstar soccer and vo lleyba ll player Gladys Williams BA

69 MVP in both wo menS fi eld hockey and ice hockey lary and Mark Brown BComm 81

Wi ldman Trophy winner and football capta in The Gryphon Club also recognized the 1974 mens

rugby OUAA championship team

Garstecki Gryphon diving coach in the midshy Dale a longtime Gryp hon supporter and a I 970s and retired botany professo r Hugh national record-b olding masters swimmer

bull49 VETS MEET AT TRAlEE The OVC Cla ss of 1949 produced a la sting memory of its 50th

anni versary by filming the lune 18 gathering held at Tralee Farms

the home of class member Ray Cormack Classmates travelled from

across Canada and the United States to attend th e reunion which

included a luncheon a visit from U of G president Mordechai Rozanshy

ski and a tour of Cormacks farm and antique carriage collection

The organizing committee of Dave House Bill Mitchell Ken Fisk

and lim Arch ibald succeeded in producing a golden-anniversary

memento that captu res the days events and everyone in attendance

as they comment on their lives since graduating from OVe -Proceeds from the sale of the v ideos will support the OVC 49

Memorial Scholarship Fund Cost is $25 each To place an order call

Vikki Tremblay at Alumni House 519-824-4120 Ext 65 44 I D

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FallWinter 1999 31

alumni Matters

2000 Coming Events

Jan 26 - Careers Night hostshyed by Mac-FACS Alumni Assoshy

ciation For informatio call Laurie MalleaLi at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Careers Night hostshyed by HAFA Alumni Associashy

tion For information call Laushyrie Malleau at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Aggie Good Times Banquet Call the OAC Studwl Federation at Ext 8321 for tickshyet information Feb 3 - Job hir at Bingeman Park in Kitchener complishy

mentary bus service from Unishyversity Centre for students and

alumni For directions and a list of employers call U of G

Career Services at Ext 22 13

Feb 11 - Deadline for nomshy

ina tions for U of G Alumni Association Alumnus of Honshy

our Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment and Alumni Volunteer

Award and the OVC Distinshy

guished Alumnus Call Carla Bradshaw at Ext 6657 for details March 1 - Annual alumni

Florida reunion at Maple Leaf

Estates Port C harlotte Florishyda For information call alumshyni programs at 519-824-4120

Ext 6657 send e-mail to alumshyniuoguelphca or call Jack Hanna in Florida after Jan 1

at 813-645-0905

March 18 amp 19 - College

Ro yal

March 31 amp April 1 - OAC

Alumni Association annual

bonspiel at the Guelph Curlshy

ing Club and Guelph Country w Club Call Carla Bradshaw at ~ txt 6657 to register c u bull For more information on anyU)

z alumni event call the U of G ltC extension listed at 519- 824shy20 r 4120 or send e-mail to al11111shyCD

o niCvzlOguelphcab c a

32 CUEIPH ALUM N US

EA RLIER THIS YEAR U ofG

introduced a new approacll to fund-raising that centres on

academic priorities identified by

the ix colleges Now the Unishy

ve rsit y expa nds this initiative

through the formation of a new Annual Fund Cou ncil that will

recruit volunteers to proactiveshy

ly help meet tll0se funding goals

By enlarging the partnershy

ship between academics and fund-raisers we arc focusing our

efforts more clearly on the Un ishy

versi tys overall stra tegic objecshy

tives says Rudy Putns executive

director of campaign progra ms

We are calling on coUege deans to help ensure that our annual

giving programs are providing

the grea test possible benefit to

students Our volunteer and pro-

ALUMNI CElEBRATE NEW HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE CENTRE

The Human KineticsHuman Biology Alumni Association

presented a sketch of the John T Powell Building to U of Cs

new Health and Perfor mance Centre at a June 19 reunion of alumni and former staff Artist Joan Harper BSe(HK)

82 left and retired professor John Powell right witnessed

a presentati on by association pres ident Janet Leonhard BSe(HK) 82 to Prof Terry Graham

SilENT AUCTION MAKES NOISE

A silent auction held Sept 14 to 16 a t the Ou tdoo r Farm

Show in Woods tock Ont ge nshy

erated a lot of excitement and

goodwill in OACs 125th shyanniversary year and raised

$51000 that wi ll support stu shy

dent recruitm ent programs in

the college The auction was organized by Cinty Jocius BSc(Agr) 70 president of

Ginty Jocius amp Associates of

Guelph on behalf of the OAC Alumni Foundation

Auction items donated by friends and exhibitors at th e

farm show included everylhing

from farm equipment and supshyplies to a seven-month-old lla shyma named (-i nty Lorie Jocius

BASe 72 purchased her husshy

bands namesake and gave it to

OAC as an anniversary presen t at th e Sept 25 Heritage Banshy

quet and Ball

FUND-RAISI NG PARTNERSHIPS GROW

fessional fund -raislls wiJl spend

more of thei r time making pershy

so nal requ es ts for gifts to the University and less time on inshy

house administra tion

Members of the Annual Fund

Council will invite donations

Crom alumni members of the campu~ community the paren ts

of current students graduating

classes members of the various

gift clu bs (Presidents Council

etc) and selected corporations

foundations and associations

Development and Public Affairs staff will help target vol unteer

efforts where they wi ll have the

stronges t impact on growin g don or particip ation and fund shy

razsing results

Annual giving is one of the

most crucial parts of an institushy

tion s developmen t agenda says Putns Annu al donors help

maintain the quali ty of estabshylished academic programs espeshy

cially in times of reduced pubshy

lic fundin g he says They also

provide a foundation for special

fun cl-rai sing cam paigns shycampaigns that enable the Unishy

ve rsity to grow by providi ng

funds for major projects that do

not ha ve a traditional so urce of support Tbe ACCESS endowshy

ment for student financial assistshy

ance and the rece nt campaign to upgrade th e Food Science

Building are notable examples For more illjormation aboLit

the An17ual FUlld Co ullcil call Al111tal Fund 17l1lnager Tara George at 519-824-4 120 Ex t

390 1 or Putl7S at ext 6384

GRAD NEWS

U of G Degrees ADA = Associate diploma

in agriculture BA =Bachelor of arts BASe = Bachelor of applied

science BComm = Bachelor of

commerce BHSe Bachelor of houseshy

hold science BLA =Bachelor of

landscape architecture BSA = Bachelor of science in

agriculture (pre-196s) BSe(Agr) Bachelor of

science in agriculture BoSe = Bachelor of science BSe(Eng) =Bachelor of

science in engineering BSc(Env) =Bachelor of

19405

bull The Macdonald Institute

Class of 1941 met each other

for the firsl lime in 1939 and

theyve been gelling logelher rvice a year siIlce gradual ion

Celebrating 60 yea rs of fri end shy

ship this year are Mary (Hcx imer) MacLeln Beth

(jackson) Ca rdifF Mo lly

(Pattrson) Nix Frances

(Pellet) Smith Dorolhy

(Pond) Dunn Jeanne (Taylor )

Hamel Phyllis (Weren) Sobel and Evelyn (Eatun ) Pond

bull Jim Morton BSA 47 posed with his son Robert SA 70

and grandsons Jeff Bell 13A

9 1 and Greg Mo rton

SSc( Eng) 99 at Gregs U of

G convocation in June Retired

from a career in the lumber

business Jim is an OAC llu mmiddot ni volunteer al Guclph and is

aClive in cOm11lUnily work in

Burlington Onto Rob ert is

CEO of the Community Care

Access Centre in Simcoe

Coullly Jeff lcaches in Elmvalc

for the Simcoe County Dislricl School Board and Greg is

working Wilh the COnSlliling

engineering firm of Proclor

science in environmental sciences

BSe(HK) Bachelor of science in human kinetics

BSc(pE) = Bachelor of science in physical education

DHE = Diploma in home economics

DVSc = Doctor of veterinary science

DVM =Doctor of veterinary medicine

GO = Graduate diploma MA = Master of arts MAgr = Master of agriculture MBA = Master of business

admininstration MEng =Master of engineering

and Redfern at its Kitchener

office The Guelph lineage

aCl ually bega n in the Morton fami ly with Greg great shy

grantimoliln Anne Pringle

Morton DH E 1914

Greg Morton Jeff Bell and Jim and

Robert Morton

19505

bull Harold Baker BSA 50

writes to w rrect the e-mail

address publi shed in the last

iss lle of the Clepll Alunnls

Friends (111 conlact the retired

University of Saskatchewan

professo r and Il is wife Phyllis

at ha kc r hdukeL1sa~k ca

bull Barney Goodwin-Wilson BSA 50 is serving a two-year

krm as chair of the hoard of

lhe Onta rio Foocllerminal

The Iomnlo facility is the

MFA = Master of fine art MLA Master of landscape

architecture MMS = Master of management studies MSc =Master of science MSc(Aqua) = Master of

science in aquaculture ODA = Ontario diploma in

agriculture ODH =Ontario diploma in

horticulture OdR = Ontario Diploma in

recreation PhD = Doctor of philosophy

larges t who lesale fruit proshy

duce and flower market in

Canada and one of the largest

in orrh America He was forshymerly director and vice-cha ir

of the board

bull Gary Powell ADA 58

stopped at a remote motel in

western klahoma last

Janu ary and stanee a convershysation with th e only other cusshy

tomer at breakfa st the next

morning Turns out they were

both U of G grads Powell and Joe Deli BSc (Agr ) 64 had a

great time reminiscing abo Llt

ca mpus perso nalities they

both knew I guess one is never really very far from home says Powell

bull Dave Valentine BSA 59 has

retired as (o unty engineer for

the County of Brant in

Ontario He previously spent

23 years with Sir Sandford

Fleming College in Peterborough and has served 8S

engineer for the coun ties of Haliburton and Victoria He

and his wife Carole are now

Jiving near Carlisle Send e-mail

to valcntinworldchatcom

19605

bull Manuel Garcia PhD 67 was

recognized by the government

of the Ph ilippines in December

1998 with one of the highest

honours given to Filipinos Jivshy

ing outside the cou ntr y Garcia

is a senior consulting mi crobishy

ologist with lAS Bioshy

Diagnostic and a former

research scientist with

Agriculture and Agri-Food

Canada in Ottawa He is intershy

nationally recognized for his work in veterinary med icin e

and public health on the early detection of ca mpylobacter

salmonella and other foodshy

borne pathogens He is a memshy

ber of several learned profes shy

sional societies and has been involved in a number of intershy

national developm ent projects

He is also a community volunshy

teer and a pioneer in establishshying the National Council of

Canadian Filipino Associations

as the official voice of Filipino

Canadians nationwide bull Tom Hutchison DVM 65 is

a veterinary pathologist with the Nova Scotia provincial

diagnostic lab In 1998 he

passed the board cer tification exa ms for the American

College of Poultry Veterinarians in Baltimore but

the years highlights came in

late summer - a first grandshy

child for Tom and his wife

Eileen in August and the birth

of their own son Scott in

September bull Brian Little ADA 67 BSc(Agr) 72 and MSc 78

was elected president of the

Canadian 4-H Foundation in

May He was previously presishy -dent of the Ca nadian 4-H

Co uncil and a co uDcil represhysentative for his employe r the

Royal Bank of Canada He has been a fou ndation trustee for

f allWinter 1999 33

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several years and has a strong

4-H background as a member

and a club leader

19705

bull Doug Franklin SA 72 was

recen tly a ppoin led execu tive

director of the Multiple

Sclerosis Association of

America its hea d office is in

Cherry Hill NJ He was forshy

merly with the International

Youth Foundation in

Baltimore Md

bull Cathie Leimbach

SSc(Agr) 78 and MAgr 88

visi ted U of G this fa ll as

agrologist-in-residence It was

the sixth year of the program

co-sponsored by OAC and the

Ontario Institute of

Agrologists (OlA ) Raised on

an Ontario dairy and swine

farm Leimbach is past presishy

dent of the OI A and a partner

in STRIVE a team specializshy

in g in training facilitation and

consulting She now lives on a

cash-crop farm in Ohio

bull Willem Moolenbeek BSe

77 and MSe 8 1 studied biolshy

ogy and entomology at U of G

at the same time he was learnshy

ing to play the saxophone with

the Royal Conservatory of

Mu sic He says he still loves

science but music has become

his career A recitalist soloist

and clinician he has been a

saxophone instructor at

McMaster University in

Hamilton Ont fo r 15 years

He also teaches at the 19805

University of Waterloo pri- bull Bruce Brown BSe(Agr)

vately and at the National 85 and his wife Claudia

Music Ca mp of Canada where (Liebscher) BA 84 have three

he sometimes offers an infor- children who are beginning to

mal course on in sect identifi- display their dads musical

cation There are always a few prowess on the kazoo After 14

kids who really dig that he years of dairy farming Bruce

says U of G music lovers want back to school to earn an

enjoyed his saxophone music education degree and is now

at a noon-hour concert in teaching science with the

October Durham District School

bull Peter Vaughan SA 77 and Board

MA 77 was appointed secre- bull Tom Burns BA 89 and MA

tar y general and CEO of the 91 is a member of the

Canadian Medical Association Victoria Police in Melbourne

in June A fa culty member in Australia Last summer he

two departments at John s welcomed visitors from the

Hopkins University and in the RCMP including Kevin Durie

Department of Family BA 93 They quickly estab-

Medicine at the University of lished a U of G connection

Ottawa he is a fo rmer presi- including Duries student

dent of the medical staff at employment at Dcr Keller

Guelph General Hospital and a which was Burns s favourite

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the job says Burns but this

time we spent most of our

time talking about the great

times we had at U of G In

still another coincidence

Durie is married to Christine

Blake-Durie BA 91 and MA

93 who was a member of

Burnss MA group Burns says

other U of G grads travelling

to Melbourne are more than

welcome to drop in

bull Stuart Jackson ADA 87 is

distribution manager for

Burnbrae Farms Ltd in Delta

Onto He sends greetings to all

OAC friends including the

diploma classes of 1979 and

1980

bull Laurel (Murdoch) Koumarelas BComm 84 is

an ESL teacher with the

Toronto School Board She

and her husband Gus live in

Mississauga with their sons

Robert and Evan

bull Trish Looman BA 87

works for Royal LePageshy

Vantage in Guelph She speshy

cializes in residential multishy

unit real estate

bull Laima (Karosas) Laffitte

BSe(Agr) 85 and MAgr 91

lives in Wendover Ont with

her husband Vincent MAgr

91 and their children Yohan

and Marina Laima is the

advertising manager for The

Canadian Veterinary Journal and Vincent is an account

manager at the St Isidore

branch of Scotiabank Theyd

like to hear from classmates

via e-mail at Iaffitteonsymshy

paticoca They also want to let

OAC 85 grads know that the

class executive is building a

Web page at wwwrkdecom

oac85 and needs updated

names and addresses (includshy

ing e-mail) to add to the

directory f IS-year reunion

is being planned for Dec 2

and 32000

bull Cheryl Miller-Oh BASe

91 and her husband Tae live

in Southfield Mich with their

twins Nathalie and Nathan

born in October 1998 She is a

health-care consultant with

Computer Sciences

Corporation Send e-mail to

millerohsprintca

bull Vijay Singh MSe 70 has

been awarded the Arthur K Barton Endowed Professorship

at Louisiana State University

He also recently received an

honorary degree and a

Fulbright Award for his work

in the area of entropy

bull Gayle (Barton) Tapper BSe

81 (biological science) and 83

(computing science) has been

employed at Memorial

University in St Johns Nfld

for 14 years in the Department

of Computing and

Communications She is comshy

pleting graduate work in phishy

losophy and humanities at

Memorial and is the principal

harpist with the

Newfoundland Symphony

Orchestra Last year she

released a CD of Latinworld

traditional music on the South

American harp Visit her Web

site at httpwwwucsmun

cal -gay

bull Carolyn Riddell BA 85 is

running an active arts educashy

tion and paintingprintmaking

studio in Fergus Ont

bull Laura Wilkinson BSe 85

and MSe 87 is a coroner in

British Columbia and lives on

a cattle ranch near 70 Mile

House

19905

bull Kristi Adamo BSc(HK)

96 and MSc 98 and Rob

McMullin BSe 95 were

married in May 1999 and Jive

in Ottawa

bull Michelle (Pilon) Bacon BA

90 has been living in London

England with her husband

Tim and children Juliette and

Lucien but they are planning a

return to Canada They will be

AIRBORNE ALUMNUS Olive Thompson DHE 35 celebrated her 85th birthday

with her head in the clouds She made her first parachute

jump with instructor Scott Borghese in Simcoe Ont in June

and says it was the most exciting thing shes done in her life

Thompson lives in Dunnville and has four children and three

grandchildren When she asked them about the paracbute

jump they told her to go for it Shes considering a repeat I U

jump next year and hopes her adventure will be a good S o

example for other seniors A dedicated member of the class -lt CD

of Mac 35 Thompson was president of the University of s Guelph Alumni Association in 197778 and keeps busy now VI

I

with volunteer work for the Salvation Army Z

living in Calgary and welcome

contact with western grads

and friends from Guelph Send

e-mail to m_e_baconhotshy

maicom

bull Deborah (Panton) Bodden

BASc 93 and her husband

Lyndhurst were married in

1998 and live in Grand

Cayman Cayman Islands

where she teaches primary

schoo

bull Elizabeth Cardno MSe 99

is working with the Rural

Health Research Consortium

at the University of

Saskatchewan developing

research projects on rural

health issues in relation to the

Canadian Institute for Health

Research

bull Jeannine Cote BA 9 J lives

in Hamilton Ont and works

o -lt

as a health -care aide and

home-support worker

bull Jeremy Debling BSe 94 is

a formulation chemist in the

pharmaceutical development

department at Novopharm

Limited in Toronto

bull Angela Dodd BA 93 and

Christopher Kemp

BSe(HK) 94 were married

Aug 14 Theyve bought a new

home in Etobicoke Ont

where he works for Canada

3000 Airlines and at Kingsway

Physiotherapy as a kinesioloshy

gist She is employed at

Manulife Financial in -Waterloo

bull Sheryl Harding Friedrich

BASe 85 is a full-time mom

and part-time nutrition conshy

sultant in Cannington Onto

She and her husband Cal

FallWinter 1999 35

I -

have three child ren Jonathan

Daniel and Anna

bull Anne Marie (Henwood)

Harman BA 95 is enjoying

her time at home with one shy

year-old Jenna She and her

husband Murray can be

reached bye-mail at 3harshy

mansstormca

bull Rosaleen Heffernan BA 96

and Barry Liboiron BSe 97

were married in August

Theyre both studying at the

University of British

Co lumbia where Liboiron is

doing a PhD in chemistry and

He ffe rnan is completing a

degree in educati on

bull Krista Hilton BASe 95

lives in Halifax with her hlls shy

band Michael Galloway She is

a priest in the Anglican Church

of Canada and serves as curate

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W illiam Ba rnes DVM 59 died Sept 7

1999 He grew up in th e N iagara area

but spent his professio nal ca ree r in a

ve terina ry prac ti ce in Ill inois He was a

dr ivi ng force in the American Ve ter inary

Medica l Assooatio n and in bo th the

Chicago and IlJin o is assoc iatio ns He

was also a fo un ding mem ber o f the

Ch icago-based Friends of Unicerslty of

Guelph a char itable o rga nizat ion

founded in 1975 to serve Guelph a lumni

living in the United Sta tes

George Dickson BSA 38 di ed Oct 9

1999 H e spen t h is entire career w ith

Canada Packers moving up f[Om mai l

cle rk to exec lltive vice-presid ent and

d irector After retirin g in 1976 he

devoted ma ny vo lu ntee r hours to U of

G 3S a memb er of Boa rd o f Gove rno rs

and the OAC Alumni Associatio n

Jam es Pinkney DVM 37 died July 3

1999 A respected ve ter in aria n in his

hom e to~ll o f Cooksv il le O nt he was

also recog nized as a p remier swi ne

breeder showman and judge He was

active in m any agricultural o rga niza shy

tio ns and in both the Ontario and

Canadian Vete rinary Med ical assoc iashy

tio ns He was a lo ngti me supporte r o f

th e Unive rsity especially the OVC

museum and was named OVC

Di stinguished Alumnus in 1987

Audrey Yea nd le DHE 25 di ed March

17 1999 in St ratford O nto A profes shy

sio nal diet it ia n she wo rked to two hosshy

p itals and tau ght home eco no m ics at

the Jo hn Fi he r School In Toro nto

Active In com munity orga nizatio ns and

her chu rch she was a lo ng time U of G

suppo rter and left an es ta te gift of over

$475000 to p rov ide bursaries for future

Gu elph students

Alumni

Jo hn Andrews DVM 38 June 27 1999

Harris Baker BSA 33 Febru ary 1998

Hu gh Balkwill BSA 53 June 27 1999

John Bowles BA 72 Sept 23 1999

Edward Bowness DVM 32 May 13 1999

Rud y Brown BSA 59 June 29 1999

Walter Bunn BSA 52 Sept 2 1999

Margaret Byrnes DHE 40 Apr il 22 1999

Joa n Cameron DH E 36 April 10 1999

Wil liam Cape ll BSA 54 Aprd 25 1999

T homas Ca rd BSA 47Ju ne 20 1999

Jean a rter DH E 38 Jun e 28 1999

Loi Clipsham D H E 27 Ju ne 23 1999

Bruce Cohoe BSA 3 3 Feb 2 1999

Geoffrey Collins BSA 28 May 21 1999

Al exander C o nnell ADA 60 Ju ly 26

1999

John Currie BA 74 Sep t 18 1999

William C u rrie BSA 59 Nov 27 1998

C arma n Davey DVM 39 Apr il 15 1999

D oug Doerksen ADA 84 Ju ne 5 1999

Joann e DU ll can -Robinson BA 81 and

MA 86 July 22 1999

Robert Erskine BSA 41 May 2 1999

Will ia m Fisher BSA 48 Aug 5 1999

Norm Freeman BSA 49 July 2 1999

Alexander Gc ncr BSA 32 Dee 27 1998

Rudy Goltz BSA 33 July 28 1 999

Tom Grah am BS 50 Dee 3 1998

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1999

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1999

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Earl Shuh BSA 36 July 5 1999

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Will iam Smyth MA 90 Oc tober 1997

Ch er yl Ann Somerville BSe(Agr) 96

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Carl Stevenson BSA 46 Aug 26 1999

Robert Tennant BSA 49 May 5 1999

Gregory Tostevin BA 93 Feb 10 1999

Gerald Trant BSA 51 Sept 1 1999

Bennie Urquhart DV M 54 April 4 1999

Ga il Wamsl ey BA 70 July 24 1998

Gladys Ward D IlE 27 Apri l 8 1999

Catherine Welch BSA 22 Ma rch 3 1998

M abel ( McCa rthy) Ziegler DH E 26

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from Ontario limesto ne but its familiar columns preshy

date the 1874 fo und ing o f the Ontario Agricu ltural Colshy

lege by several yea rs

Originally fronting a fa rmh ouse on Moreton Lodge

Farm the orna te front porch stoo d at the entrance of

the main co ll ege building until the O ld Res idence was

demolished in 1929 to make way for the co nstruction

of Johnston Hall Its believed the portico was erected

on Johnston Green in 1934

Because the ravages of time and weather had weakshy

ened the limestone structure to a dan gerous point it

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needed repairs to the stonework ceiling and roof The

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ly know if the universe will eventually collapse

ye t an oth er neutrino observatory in Italy consulted with U of G physicists on radia shyti on measurement Closer to home he has helped Prof Richard Protz Land Reso urce Science quantify minute amounts of radioac tive cesium in so il samples taken from the Ecuadorean Andes an d from the Chernobyl site in Ukrain e

Law a particle physicist [las been involved since 1991 in writin g and test ing simulation software used by the project colshylaborators to model the workings of th e SNO detecto r With the detector now opershyating the package - dubbed SNOMAN shywill be used to analyse the data it generates OUerhead who first encountered SNO while chair of the Department of Physics has long worked in expe rim en tal nuclear physics using accelerators such as th e one run by AECL in Cbalk River Ont Todays investishygations at SNO draw on at least one aspect of his ea rlier resea rch in Los Alamos New Mexico where he developed neutral current detectors of the sort expec ted to help SNO sn iff out all three neutrino flavo urs

Sim psons graduate student Nathaniel Tagg is studying cosmic ray particles called muons which are detected as a byproduct in the obse rvatory Unlike neutrinos muons come from cosmic rays - or ionized nuclei - which begin Jife far beyond the solar sysshytem perhaps generated by stars exploding into supernovas or by shock waves emanating from collapsing black holes When these cosmic rays hit the Earths atmosp here th ey create extremely high-energy particles that can be detected by SNO some alon e or in pairs like bullets others in a shower like shotgun pelshylets Comparing the ratio of single bullets to shotgun blas ts may tell Tagg something about how the particles originated When you build a detector you get a lot of things for free he says Muons are considered background to most of the collaboration but there are some interes ting physics you ca n do with them

Beyond Guelph the SNO collaboration brings together almost 100 scientists from II universi ties and labs in Canada the United Sta tes and the United Kingdom Canad ian participants includ e university resea rchers from Queens Car leton Laurentian Britisll

Columbia and Guelph Wby Ca nada Canashyda has a lot of heavy water because of its nuclear power reactor development the CANshyDU reactor says OUerhead Basically Canashyda is tbe only country that can do the expershyiment using heavy water which is what gives this its unique flavour The other thing is the undergro und aspect All the neutrino expershyimen ts are done underground for shielding from cosm ic rays and other sources of backshyground radiation The nickel mine in Sudbury is the deepest site in North America

Its al so important that Creighton mine is a working facility says Si mpson [t has

Physics faculty

and students are

an integral part of (PES

Physics is one of five departments and schools in the College of Physshyical and Engineeri ng Science ( CPES) Physics has more Roya l Society fellows than any other department on campus Since 1993 ten CPES students including two in physics have received National Research Coun shycil awards under the agen cys Women in Engin eering and Scishyence Program In 1999 CPES laun ched an inteshygrated four-year degree program in technology with Seneca College in Toronto majors in physics and technology or applied pharmace ushytical chemistry CPES plans to launch a new undershygraduate degree in computing scishyence next year to promote U of G strengths in bioinfomatics neural networks genetic algo rithm s and embedded systems CPES offers a unique program called MPC2 that provides enriched studies in mathematics physics chemistry and computing science

to be active because its the only way you can maintain the safety of th e mine SNOs control room occupies a drift (miners talk for a corridor) 6800 fee t below the surface deep enough to accommodate a stack of about five CN Towers

Dw-ing the observatorys construction a regular express ca ge whisked visitors directly down No9 shaft to the detector as fast as a car travelling on a cit) street The shaft also served as the delivery conduit for the SNO components Site manager Dunshycan Hepburn recall s es pecially the three months that it took to ship the [000 tonnes of heavy water underground The eleva tor could take six tonnes at a time he says so we had an elaborate schedule involving six tanker cars fill ed overnight and sent down early in th e morning on a specially schedshyuled cage Adds mine manage r John Gill J dont think we spilled a drop

Now using regularly scheduled cages scishyentists crowd shoulder to sho ulder in the elevator with up to 40 miners during the 20-minute ride along the sloping ore seam Everyone in the collaboration is expected to spend a certain number of shifts actualshyly operating the detec tor says O llerhead This is partly to save money but also par tshyly because th e physicists are the ones with the vested interes t and should be involved Collaborators might spend seve ral weeks in Sudbury at a time for up to six weeks a year

SNO scien tists expect to learn definitiveshyly within two years whether or not neutrishynos have mass They also anticipate that the observatory will yield information about the sun and about other st ructures far beyond our galaA) The missing mass question is a way of studying supnnovas notes Ollershyhead There are many applications of this detector beyond just neutrinos from the sun

Why should anyone ca re about what these infinitesimally small particles teU us about cosshymic-sized questions If youre going to be an ad vance d and civilized country then you should be thinking about fundamental quesshy shytions and not just about where your next meal is coming from says Simpson Thats the difshyference I think between a civili7ed society and a society that just lives from day to day ga

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ALUMNI PROFILES

ALUMNUS OF HONOUR

FORMER OAC DEA N Rick Richards BSA 38 was recogn ized for

his lifelong commi tment to excellence in admini stration teachshy

ing research and ex tension wh en he vas named 1999 AlumLlus of Honour by th e Un ive rsity o f Guelph Alumn i Associat ion The preshy

sen tation was made durin g Alumni Weekend in lun e

Ri chard s bega n hi s ca ree r in soil sc ience and pion ee red the

process of soil classifi ca ti on and map pin f for Ontario As head of

th e Un iversitys Depa rtm ent of Land Resou rce Science he spearshyheaded the constr uct ion o f new fa cili ties provided leadership in

the deve lopment of broader more sc ientifi c program s and th e

expansioLl o f fa culty and obta ined more lan d areas for departshymental resea rch He was appointed the first dea n of OAC in 1962

and was one o r the fou r principal academi c leade rs ho shared in

es tab lishin g the Universit y of Guelph After co mpleting two terms as dean he return ed to teac hing and retired in [98 1

As a professiona l agrologist Richards impleme nted pl ans ror

the Canadian Agri cultural Researc h Co un ci l as it s fi rst president

and was pres id ent o f the Ca nadian Soc iety of Su il Science th e Ontari o Institute of Ag rologists and tht Agricu ltural Institu te of

Can ada He was also the Canadian representa ti ve to th e United

Nations Food and Agricu lture O rga nizltJtion

ALUMNI VOLUNTEER AWARD

DAv ID ADAMS BSA 49 has always made his alma mater a pri shy

o ri t) and in 1999 th e Unive rsity of Guelph Alumni Associashy

tion app lauded th at loya lty by presentin g him with its 1999 Alulll shyni Volu nteer Awa rd

Adams has demo nstrated a devot ion to volun teer excellence

through his com mitment to the Universit y OAC and hi s alumni

ii class OAC 49 He was UGAA pres ident in 196869 president of

d the OAC Alu Jllni Associatio n in 196566 and a member of the Unishy

~ versi ty Senate and Boa rd of Governors fro m 1970 to 1973 In add ishy

~ tion he has Jllade mu ltiple contr ibu tions to OAC 49 ac tivities He

~ was instrumenta l in orga ni zin g 50th-anniversary class celebrations ~ for Alumni middotWeekend 99 which included the ded ication of the Yea r

~ 49 OAC po nd ga rden at th e Arbo retum Cent re and the res torashy

~ ti on of the Johnston Hall portico u ~ Adamss giving sp irit car ri es over into his pro(ess iona lli fc He

~ has had a distingu ished career in the ag ri -food indust ry and was laquo ~ general manager of the Canadian Meat Co uncil whe n hL reti red in

~ 1993 He cont inues to share hi s expertise with the co unc il and as

~ a volu ntee r for th e Royal Ag ri cultural inter Fair and th e Ca nashy~ dian Nat ional Exhibition FARlv

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ALUMNI MEDAL OF ACHIEVEMENT

DR AD RIAN P ARKS WO RK in th e area o f minimally invasive

surge ry has earned him international recogniti on as a leading surgeo n and educa tor in his fi eld His advancements in the use of

laparoscop ic techniques have improved treatm ent for an ex tensive

range of med ica l disorders that in the past could only be handled

thro ugh trad itional sur gery [n 1997 he was recruited to establish a new program at th e Uni ve rsity of Kentucky

Pa rk was honoured th is spring wit h the Universit y of Guelph flumni Associati ons Alumni Medal of Achievem ent He received

a bachelor of science fro m Gu elph in 1985 and a doctor o f med ishycine from McMaster University in 1987

He completed his training at St Josephs Hos pital and rilcMasshy

ter Uni ve rsity Affiliated Hosp ital s in Hamilto n O nt and at the

Uni versit) of Montrea l before Jo ining St Jose phs as a ge neral surshy

geo n in 1994

The Guelph meda l recognizes th e professional leadership and achievements demons trated in Parks still- yo un g career and his

compassionate ca re of pati ents He and his wife Jennifer 8A 84 have three children Hilary Meredith and Evan

ove DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS

DUNCAN SINC LAIRS CONTR IB UTIO NS to career an d soc iety have prove n bis leadersh ip and expe rtise in hea lth sciences He gradshy

uated fro m OVC in 1958 and received a master of sc ience fro m OAC in 1960 specializing in nutriti on He then earn ed a PhD in

physiology at Queens University in 1963 and bega n a ca reer focused

primaril y on human health Sinclair was ltl consultant to th e Ontario Ministry of Agriculture

Food and Rural Affairs on the Animals for Research Act ilnd bega n

his academic career at Q uee ns as dean of arts and science in 1974 He went on to serve as vice-principal institutional relati ons sershy

vices an d hea lth sciences before assum ing the role of dea n of medshy

icine He ret ired from Queens in 1996 He has heJd other prestishy

gious positi ons including directo r general of the Medical Resea rch

Council and was tile recipient of OVes Schofield ]V[edal in 1983

Sinclair is now deeply involved in advising the Ontario minisshy

ter of hea l til on ways to reinvest and res tructure th e delivery of health services in the province He chairs the Hea lth Services

Restr ucturin g Co mmission an independent body of health

experts and professionals appointed to redesign tbe provincial

health system

FallWinter 1999 29

alumni Matters

-ORDER OF OACU of G Can1pus ESTABLISHED MARY AND RlCK RICHARDS longtime OAC supporterWelcoilles Alumni

ABSA 38 are the first inductees Membership in the order is

into the Order of OAC estabshy limited to the first 50 individshy

LUMNI WEEKEND J999 orga nizing committee and says lished ea rli er thi s year by the uals who give $1 00000 or more

brought more th an 1300 proceeds will be used to help the OAC Alumni Fo undation to as bequests irrevocable insurshy

visitors to campus June 18 to 20 class establi sh a mille nnium recognize significant contribushy ance policies planned gifts or

In addition to th e traditi o nal scholarship to co mmemorate its tions to its end owment fund cash donations Gifts may be

awards luncheon hosted by U of 25 th anni versar)1 of graduation Rick served as dean of OAC applied as endowments to the

G president Mordech ai Rozanshy The Uni vers it y of Guelph [Tom 1964 to 1972 (see sto ry OAC Alumni Foundation or to

ski there we re man y spec ial Alumni Associat ion held its on page 28) Mary also worked the college as approved by the

events and cla ss reunions The ann ual meeting during Alumni in the college and has been a fou ndation directors

new Order of OAC was preshy Wee kend and elected a new slate

sented to Mary and Rick of offi cers for 1999 2000 Scott

Richards BSA 38 at th e Go ldshy va nEnge n BSc(Ag r) 88 presshy

en Anniversary Dinner and the id ent Robin-Lee Norris BA 80

Class of J974 hosted a reuni on first vice-pres ident John Tatson

dinner with Calgary Flames BA 69 seco nd vice-president

Hockey Club CEO Ron Bremshy Rita Sterne BComm 87 secshy

ner BA 7 J as guest speaker Bill Imiddotetar) and Brad Hull BA 89

Laidlaw BA 74 chaired the treasurer

President Mordechai Rozanski and representatives of the alumni

classes and individuals who supported U of Gs six new themati c

gardens cut the ribbon to officially open them duri ng Alumni Weekshy

end From left are Bill Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 61 Don Gri eve

BSA 55 and MSA 57 Harold Shield BSA 51 Sandra Hannam uJ CD Clay Switze r BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rozanski Marilyn Robinson ~ I Murray BH5c 55 Ted McNinch BSA 49 Bruce Stone BSA 53 u VI

Z and MSA 54 Harold Bentley BSA 64 and MSc 66 Craig Hunter lt

B5c(AgL) 74 and MSc 77 and Les Laking BSA 39 and HDSC 71 The conservatory greenhouse was unveiled moments later by gtshyCD

Don Rutherford BSA 51 who gave the leadership gift ensuring VI o

it s res toration on behalf of his famil y 5 I -

Ginty jocius BSc(Agr) 70 left chair of the OAC Alumni Foundation

presents the Order of OAC to Mary and Rick Richards BSA 38

Enjoying the Class of 1974 re union dinner are from left jerry Orga n

BSc(PE) 71 Ron Bremner BA 71 Gail Bremner Paul Henry MA 71

and Bill Laidlaw BA 74

30 GUELPH ALUMNUS

GRYPHON SPIRIT DOMINATES HOMECOMING

UOF G students shared the stands with alumni who came to campus Sept 25

to watch the football Gryphons defeat their long- standing varsity rival the University of Toronto Blues During the weeke nd the Gryphon Club Hall of Fame inducted five Gryphon swimmers filled the gold pool at the 21st ann ual Alumni Relay Swim Meet

and president Mordechai Rozanski hostshyed a luncheon attended by more than 200 alumni and current students who have received sc holarships and awards or who

participated in the volunteer peer helper prog ram

ALUMNI SWIM TO THE TOP

FORMER GRYPHON SW IMMER S Peter Koli snyk BSc(HK) 83 and Denise

(FarndaJe) vVatso n BASe 85 were recogshyni zed at the ann ual Homecoming sw im mee t for having attended more often th an any other alumni Other participants includshyed 1999 graduates Nico le Weber BSe CEng ) Greg Steinberg BSc(HK) and Nancy Sweetnam BComm who has been a memshy

ber of two Canadian Ol ympic teams ( 1992 and 1996) The alumni team defeated the stud ent teams with the help of Leo n

Homecoming J

r ~

Form er Guelph mayor and sports broadcaster Norm la ry received the Gryphon Club Hall of

Fame Merit Award Sept 24 at the annual induction c re mony that also honoured five former

Gryphon athletes From left are Paul Willi ams a cross-country and track athlete and three-time

Canadian Olympian Bob Pronk BComm 82 Ontario and Canadian cham pionship wrestler

Dave Guest BComm 87 a former all middotstar soccer and vo lleyba ll player Gladys Williams BA

69 MVP in both wo menS fi eld hockey and ice hockey lary and Mark Brown BComm 81

Wi ldman Trophy winner and football capta in The Gryphon Club also recognized the 1974 mens

rugby OUAA championship team

Garstecki Gryphon diving coach in the midshy Dale a longtime Gryp hon supporter and a I 970s and retired botany professo r Hugh national record-b olding masters swimmer

bull49 VETS MEET AT TRAlEE The OVC Cla ss of 1949 produced a la sting memory of its 50th

anni versary by filming the lune 18 gathering held at Tralee Farms

the home of class member Ray Cormack Classmates travelled from

across Canada and the United States to attend th e reunion which

included a luncheon a visit from U of G president Mordechai Rozanshy

ski and a tour of Cormacks farm and antique carriage collection

The organizing committee of Dave House Bill Mitchell Ken Fisk

and lim Arch ibald succeeded in producing a golden-anniversary

memento that captu res the days events and everyone in attendance

as they comment on their lives since graduating from OVe -Proceeds from the sale of the v ideos will support the OVC 49

Memorial Scholarship Fund Cost is $25 each To place an order call

Vikki Tremblay at Alumni House 519-824-4120 Ext 65 44 I D

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FallWinter 1999 31

alumni Matters

2000 Coming Events

Jan 26 - Careers Night hostshyed by Mac-FACS Alumni Assoshy

ciation For informatio call Laurie MalleaLi at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Careers Night hostshyed by HAFA Alumni Associashy

tion For information call Laushyrie Malleau at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Aggie Good Times Banquet Call the OAC Studwl Federation at Ext 8321 for tickshyet information Feb 3 - Job hir at Bingeman Park in Kitchener complishy

mentary bus service from Unishyversity Centre for students and

alumni For directions and a list of employers call U of G

Career Services at Ext 22 13

Feb 11 - Deadline for nomshy

ina tions for U of G Alumni Association Alumnus of Honshy

our Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment and Alumni Volunteer

Award and the OVC Distinshy

guished Alumnus Call Carla Bradshaw at Ext 6657 for details March 1 - Annual alumni

Florida reunion at Maple Leaf

Estates Port C harlotte Florishyda For information call alumshyni programs at 519-824-4120

Ext 6657 send e-mail to alumshyniuoguelphca or call Jack Hanna in Florida after Jan 1

at 813-645-0905

March 18 amp 19 - College

Ro yal

March 31 amp April 1 - OAC

Alumni Association annual

bonspiel at the Guelph Curlshy

ing Club and Guelph Country w Club Call Carla Bradshaw at ~ txt 6657 to register c u bull For more information on anyU)

z alumni event call the U of G ltC extension listed at 519- 824shy20 r 4120 or send e-mail to al11111shyCD

o niCvzlOguelphcab c a

32 CUEIPH ALUM N US

EA RLIER THIS YEAR U ofG

introduced a new approacll to fund-raising that centres on

academic priorities identified by

the ix colleges Now the Unishy

ve rsit y expa nds this initiative

through the formation of a new Annual Fund Cou ncil that will

recruit volunteers to proactiveshy

ly help meet tll0se funding goals

By enlarging the partnershy

ship between academics and fund-raisers we arc focusing our

efforts more clearly on the Un ishy

versi tys overall stra tegic objecshy

tives says Rudy Putns executive

director of campaign progra ms

We are calling on coUege deans to help ensure that our annual

giving programs are providing

the grea test possible benefit to

students Our volunteer and pro-

ALUMNI CElEBRATE NEW HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE CENTRE

The Human KineticsHuman Biology Alumni Association

presented a sketch of the John T Powell Building to U of Cs

new Health and Perfor mance Centre at a June 19 reunion of alumni and former staff Artist Joan Harper BSe(HK)

82 left and retired professor John Powell right witnessed

a presentati on by association pres ident Janet Leonhard BSe(HK) 82 to Prof Terry Graham

SilENT AUCTION MAKES NOISE

A silent auction held Sept 14 to 16 a t the Ou tdoo r Farm

Show in Woods tock Ont ge nshy

erated a lot of excitement and

goodwill in OACs 125th shyanniversary year and raised

$51000 that wi ll support stu shy

dent recruitm ent programs in

the college The auction was organized by Cinty Jocius BSc(Agr) 70 president of

Ginty Jocius amp Associates of

Guelph on behalf of the OAC Alumni Foundation

Auction items donated by friends and exhibitors at th e

farm show included everylhing

from farm equipment and supshyplies to a seven-month-old lla shyma named (-i nty Lorie Jocius

BASe 72 purchased her husshy

bands namesake and gave it to

OAC as an anniversary presen t at th e Sept 25 Heritage Banshy

quet and Ball

FUND-RAISI NG PARTNERSHIPS GROW

fessional fund -raislls wiJl spend

more of thei r time making pershy

so nal requ es ts for gifts to the University and less time on inshy

house administra tion

Members of the Annual Fund

Council will invite donations

Crom alumni members of the campu~ community the paren ts

of current students graduating

classes members of the various

gift clu bs (Presidents Council

etc) and selected corporations

foundations and associations

Development and Public Affairs staff will help target vol unteer

efforts where they wi ll have the

stronges t impact on growin g don or particip ation and fund shy

razsing results

Annual giving is one of the

most crucial parts of an institushy

tion s developmen t agenda says Putns Annu al donors help

maintain the quali ty of estabshylished academic programs espeshy

cially in times of reduced pubshy

lic fundin g he says They also

provide a foundation for special

fun cl-rai sing cam paigns shycampaigns that enable the Unishy

ve rsity to grow by providi ng

funds for major projects that do

not ha ve a traditional so urce of support Tbe ACCESS endowshy

ment for student financial assistshy

ance and the rece nt campaign to upgrade th e Food Science

Building are notable examples For more illjormation aboLit

the An17ual FUlld Co ullcil call Al111tal Fund 17l1lnager Tara George at 519-824-4 120 Ex t

390 1 or Putl7S at ext 6384

GRAD NEWS

U of G Degrees ADA = Associate diploma

in agriculture BA =Bachelor of arts BASe = Bachelor of applied

science BComm = Bachelor of

commerce BHSe Bachelor of houseshy

hold science BLA =Bachelor of

landscape architecture BSA = Bachelor of science in

agriculture (pre-196s) BSe(Agr) Bachelor of

science in agriculture BoSe = Bachelor of science BSe(Eng) =Bachelor of

science in engineering BSc(Env) =Bachelor of

19405

bull The Macdonald Institute

Class of 1941 met each other

for the firsl lime in 1939 and

theyve been gelling logelher rvice a year siIlce gradual ion

Celebrating 60 yea rs of fri end shy

ship this year are Mary (Hcx imer) MacLeln Beth

(jackson) Ca rdifF Mo lly

(Pattrson) Nix Frances

(Pellet) Smith Dorolhy

(Pond) Dunn Jeanne (Taylor )

Hamel Phyllis (Weren) Sobel and Evelyn (Eatun ) Pond

bull Jim Morton BSA 47 posed with his son Robert SA 70

and grandsons Jeff Bell 13A

9 1 and Greg Mo rton

SSc( Eng) 99 at Gregs U of

G convocation in June Retired

from a career in the lumber

business Jim is an OAC llu mmiddot ni volunteer al Guclph and is

aClive in cOm11lUnily work in

Burlington Onto Rob ert is

CEO of the Community Care

Access Centre in Simcoe

Coullly Jeff lcaches in Elmvalc

for the Simcoe County Dislricl School Board and Greg is

working Wilh the COnSlliling

engineering firm of Proclor

science in environmental sciences

BSe(HK) Bachelor of science in human kinetics

BSc(pE) = Bachelor of science in physical education

DHE = Diploma in home economics

DVSc = Doctor of veterinary science

DVM =Doctor of veterinary medicine

GO = Graduate diploma MA = Master of arts MAgr = Master of agriculture MBA = Master of business

admininstration MEng =Master of engineering

and Redfern at its Kitchener

office The Guelph lineage

aCl ually bega n in the Morton fami ly with Greg great shy

grantimoliln Anne Pringle

Morton DH E 1914

Greg Morton Jeff Bell and Jim and

Robert Morton

19505

bull Harold Baker BSA 50

writes to w rrect the e-mail

address publi shed in the last

iss lle of the Clepll Alunnls

Friends (111 conlact the retired

University of Saskatchewan

professo r and Il is wife Phyllis

at ha kc r hdukeL1sa~k ca

bull Barney Goodwin-Wilson BSA 50 is serving a two-year

krm as chair of the hoard of

lhe Onta rio Foocllerminal

The Iomnlo facility is the

MFA = Master of fine art MLA Master of landscape

architecture MMS = Master of management studies MSc =Master of science MSc(Aqua) = Master of

science in aquaculture ODA = Ontario diploma in

agriculture ODH =Ontario diploma in

horticulture OdR = Ontario Diploma in

recreation PhD = Doctor of philosophy

larges t who lesale fruit proshy

duce and flower market in

Canada and one of the largest

in orrh America He was forshymerly director and vice-cha ir

of the board

bull Gary Powell ADA 58

stopped at a remote motel in

western klahoma last

Janu ary and stanee a convershysation with th e only other cusshy

tomer at breakfa st the next

morning Turns out they were

both U of G grads Powell and Joe Deli BSc (Agr ) 64 had a

great time reminiscing abo Llt

ca mpus perso nalities they

both knew I guess one is never really very far from home says Powell

bull Dave Valentine BSA 59 has

retired as (o unty engineer for

the County of Brant in

Ontario He previously spent

23 years with Sir Sandford

Fleming College in Peterborough and has served 8S

engineer for the coun ties of Haliburton and Victoria He

and his wife Carole are now

Jiving near Carlisle Send e-mail

to valcntinworldchatcom

19605

bull Manuel Garcia PhD 67 was

recognized by the government

of the Ph ilippines in December

1998 with one of the highest

honours given to Filipinos Jivshy

ing outside the cou ntr y Garcia

is a senior consulting mi crobishy

ologist with lAS Bioshy

Diagnostic and a former

research scientist with

Agriculture and Agri-Food

Canada in Ottawa He is intershy

nationally recognized for his work in veterinary med icin e

and public health on the early detection of ca mpylobacter

salmonella and other foodshy

borne pathogens He is a memshy

ber of several learned profes shy

sional societies and has been involved in a number of intershy

national developm ent projects

He is also a community volunshy

teer and a pioneer in establishshying the National Council of

Canadian Filipino Associations

as the official voice of Filipino

Canadians nationwide bull Tom Hutchison DVM 65 is

a veterinary pathologist with the Nova Scotia provincial

diagnostic lab In 1998 he

passed the board cer tification exa ms for the American

College of Poultry Veterinarians in Baltimore but

the years highlights came in

late summer - a first grandshy

child for Tom and his wife

Eileen in August and the birth

of their own son Scott in

September bull Brian Little ADA 67 BSc(Agr) 72 and MSc 78

was elected president of the

Canadian 4-H Foundation in

May He was previously presishy -dent of the Ca nadian 4-H

Co uncil and a co uDcil represhysentative for his employe r the

Royal Bank of Canada He has been a fou ndation trustee for

f allWinter 1999 33

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several years and has a strong

4-H background as a member

and a club leader

19705

bull Doug Franklin SA 72 was

recen tly a ppoin led execu tive

director of the Multiple

Sclerosis Association of

America its hea d office is in

Cherry Hill NJ He was forshy

merly with the International

Youth Foundation in

Baltimore Md

bull Cathie Leimbach

SSc(Agr) 78 and MAgr 88

visi ted U of G this fa ll as

agrologist-in-residence It was

the sixth year of the program

co-sponsored by OAC and the

Ontario Institute of

Agrologists (OlA ) Raised on

an Ontario dairy and swine

farm Leimbach is past presishy

dent of the OI A and a partner

in STRIVE a team specializshy

in g in training facilitation and

consulting She now lives on a

cash-crop farm in Ohio

bull Willem Moolenbeek BSe

77 and MSe 8 1 studied biolshy

ogy and entomology at U of G

at the same time he was learnshy

ing to play the saxophone with

the Royal Conservatory of

Mu sic He says he still loves

science but music has become

his career A recitalist soloist

and clinician he has been a

saxophone instructor at

McMaster University in

Hamilton Ont fo r 15 years

He also teaches at the 19805

University of Waterloo pri- bull Bruce Brown BSe(Agr)

vately and at the National 85 and his wife Claudia

Music Ca mp of Canada where (Liebscher) BA 84 have three

he sometimes offers an infor- children who are beginning to

mal course on in sect identifi- display their dads musical

cation There are always a few prowess on the kazoo After 14

kids who really dig that he years of dairy farming Bruce

says U of G music lovers want back to school to earn an

enjoyed his saxophone music education degree and is now

at a noon-hour concert in teaching science with the

October Durham District School

bull Peter Vaughan SA 77 and Board

MA 77 was appointed secre- bull Tom Burns BA 89 and MA

tar y general and CEO of the 91 is a member of the

Canadian Medical Association Victoria Police in Melbourne

in June A fa culty member in Australia Last summer he

two departments at John s welcomed visitors from the

Hopkins University and in the RCMP including Kevin Durie

Department of Family BA 93 They quickly estab-

Medicine at the University of lished a U of G connection

Ottawa he is a fo rmer presi- including Duries student

dent of the medical staff at employment at Dcr Keller

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the job says Burns but this

time we spent most of our

time talking about the great

times we had at U of G In

still another coincidence

Durie is married to Christine

Blake-Durie BA 91 and MA

93 who was a member of

Burnss MA group Burns says

other U of G grads travelling

to Melbourne are more than

welcome to drop in

bull Stuart Jackson ADA 87 is

distribution manager for

Burnbrae Farms Ltd in Delta

Onto He sends greetings to all

OAC friends including the

diploma classes of 1979 and

1980

bull Laurel (Murdoch) Koumarelas BComm 84 is

an ESL teacher with the

Toronto School Board She

and her husband Gus live in

Mississauga with their sons

Robert and Evan

bull Trish Looman BA 87

works for Royal LePageshy

Vantage in Guelph She speshy

cializes in residential multishy

unit real estate

bull Laima (Karosas) Laffitte

BSe(Agr) 85 and MAgr 91

lives in Wendover Ont with

her husband Vincent MAgr

91 and their children Yohan

and Marina Laima is the

advertising manager for The

Canadian Veterinary Journal and Vincent is an account

manager at the St Isidore

branch of Scotiabank Theyd

like to hear from classmates

via e-mail at Iaffitteonsymshy

paticoca They also want to let

OAC 85 grads know that the

class executive is building a

Web page at wwwrkdecom

oac85 and needs updated

names and addresses (includshy

ing e-mail) to add to the

directory f IS-year reunion

is being planned for Dec 2

and 32000

bull Cheryl Miller-Oh BASe

91 and her husband Tae live

in Southfield Mich with their

twins Nathalie and Nathan

born in October 1998 She is a

health-care consultant with

Computer Sciences

Corporation Send e-mail to

millerohsprintca

bull Vijay Singh MSe 70 has

been awarded the Arthur K Barton Endowed Professorship

at Louisiana State University

He also recently received an

honorary degree and a

Fulbright Award for his work

in the area of entropy

bull Gayle (Barton) Tapper BSe

81 (biological science) and 83

(computing science) has been

employed at Memorial

University in St Johns Nfld

for 14 years in the Department

of Computing and

Communications She is comshy

pleting graduate work in phishy

losophy and humanities at

Memorial and is the principal

harpist with the

Newfoundland Symphony

Orchestra Last year she

released a CD of Latinworld

traditional music on the South

American harp Visit her Web

site at httpwwwucsmun

cal -gay

bull Carolyn Riddell BA 85 is

running an active arts educashy

tion and paintingprintmaking

studio in Fergus Ont

bull Laura Wilkinson BSe 85

and MSe 87 is a coroner in

British Columbia and lives on

a cattle ranch near 70 Mile

House

19905

bull Kristi Adamo BSc(HK)

96 and MSc 98 and Rob

McMullin BSe 95 were

married in May 1999 and Jive

in Ottawa

bull Michelle (Pilon) Bacon BA

90 has been living in London

England with her husband

Tim and children Juliette and

Lucien but they are planning a

return to Canada They will be

AIRBORNE ALUMNUS Olive Thompson DHE 35 celebrated her 85th birthday

with her head in the clouds She made her first parachute

jump with instructor Scott Borghese in Simcoe Ont in June

and says it was the most exciting thing shes done in her life

Thompson lives in Dunnville and has four children and three

grandchildren When she asked them about the paracbute

jump they told her to go for it Shes considering a repeat I U

jump next year and hopes her adventure will be a good S o

example for other seniors A dedicated member of the class -lt CD

of Mac 35 Thompson was president of the University of s Guelph Alumni Association in 197778 and keeps busy now VI

I

with volunteer work for the Salvation Army Z

living in Calgary and welcome

contact with western grads

and friends from Guelph Send

e-mail to m_e_baconhotshy

maicom

bull Deborah (Panton) Bodden

BASc 93 and her husband

Lyndhurst were married in

1998 and live in Grand

Cayman Cayman Islands

where she teaches primary

schoo

bull Elizabeth Cardno MSe 99

is working with the Rural

Health Research Consortium

at the University of

Saskatchewan developing

research projects on rural

health issues in relation to the

Canadian Institute for Health

Research

bull Jeannine Cote BA 9 J lives

in Hamilton Ont and works

o -lt

as a health -care aide and

home-support worker

bull Jeremy Debling BSe 94 is

a formulation chemist in the

pharmaceutical development

department at Novopharm

Limited in Toronto

bull Angela Dodd BA 93 and

Christopher Kemp

BSe(HK) 94 were married

Aug 14 Theyve bought a new

home in Etobicoke Ont

where he works for Canada

3000 Airlines and at Kingsway

Physiotherapy as a kinesioloshy

gist She is employed at

Manulife Financial in -Waterloo

bull Sheryl Harding Friedrich

BASe 85 is a full-time mom

and part-time nutrition conshy

sultant in Cannington Onto

She and her husband Cal

FallWinter 1999 35

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have three child ren Jonathan

Daniel and Anna

bull Anne Marie (Henwood)

Harman BA 95 is enjoying

her time at home with one shy

year-old Jenna She and her

husband Murray can be

reached bye-mail at 3harshy

mansstormca

bull Rosaleen Heffernan BA 96

and Barry Liboiron BSe 97

were married in August

Theyre both studying at the

University of British

Co lumbia where Liboiron is

doing a PhD in chemistry and

He ffe rnan is completing a

degree in educati on

bull Krista Hilton BASe 95

lives in Halifax with her hlls shy

band Michael Galloway She is

a priest in the Anglican Church

of Canada and serves as curate

a t the Cathedral Church of All

Sain ts Friends can reach her at

aj568chebllctonsca

bull Michael Kennard BA 86

starred as Mump the Clown in

the Canadian Stage Company

production of Mump amp Smoo t

in Something Else With Zug last

winte r at tbe Canadian Stage

Theatre in Toronto

bull Sharon McConnell BSe 90

and MSe 93 went on from U

of G to earn a diploma in

business management from

Wilfrid Laurier University

Since 1995 she has worked in

Toronto as a project director at

Burak Ja co bson Market

Resea rch Partners Ine

bull Michael McKay-Fleming BA

92 has launched two daily

comic strips via the Internet

Check out his Inane Producshy

tions Web site at http mem

bershomenetinaneprod to folshy

low the adventures of a free-spirshy

ited teenager named Alice and all

the animals in a new VVildlife

comielf you like comic strips

this fine art grad invites you to

enjoy his talent and humour

bull Andrew Nicholls MA 90 nications in Cambridge

and PhD 97 is an assistant bull Christine (Rogers) Patten

professor of history at Buffalo BA 9 1 lives in Toronto and

State College in Buffalo N Y has been working as a sales

He recen tly published the representative and industry

book The Jacobean Union A training facilitator since grad-

Reconsideration of British Civil uation She and her husband

Policies Under th e Early Vincent celebrated the birth of

Stuarts which offers a new their first child Gareth in

perspective on the role of mul - March 1999

tiple monarchy in the early bull Guiseppe Peritore

modern British kingdoms BSe(HK) 96 is studying

bull Jennifer (Pope) Parney physical therapy at the

BASc 94 works at Chatham- University of To ronto He

Kent Integrated Childrens married Rita Lavalle in May

Service - Heritage Campus 1999 and lives in Oakv ille His

- with chi ldren and families e-mail address is

wi th special needs gperitoreutorontoca

bull Sarah Perkins BSe(Agr) bull Tammy Tipler Priolo 92 joined Pfizer Animal BASe 90 lives in her hom e

Health in London Ont in town of North Bay Ont with

November as a product sup- her husband Clark and their

port speCialist Earlier she two-year-old daughter Erica

taught at Fairview College in Tipler Priolo is u5mg her com -

Fairview Alta before m oving puting skills in genealogy

back to Ontario in 1997 to research to track down elusive

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W illiam Ba rnes DVM 59 died Sept 7

1999 He grew up in th e N iagara area

but spent his professio nal ca ree r in a

ve terina ry prac ti ce in Ill inois He was a

dr ivi ng force in the American Ve ter inary

Medica l Assooatio n and in bo th the

Chicago and IlJin o is assoc iatio ns He

was also a fo un ding mem ber o f the

Ch icago-based Friends of Unicerslty of

Guelph a char itable o rga nizat ion

founded in 1975 to serve Guelph a lumni

living in the United Sta tes

George Dickson BSA 38 di ed Oct 9

1999 H e spen t h is entire career w ith

Canada Packers moving up f[Om mai l

cle rk to exec lltive vice-presid ent and

d irector After retirin g in 1976 he

devoted ma ny vo lu ntee r hours to U of

G 3S a memb er of Boa rd o f Gove rno rs

and the OAC Alumni Associatio n

Jam es Pinkney DVM 37 died July 3

1999 A respected ve ter in aria n in his

hom e to~ll o f Cooksv il le O nt he was

also recog nized as a p remier swi ne

breeder showman and judge He was

active in m any agricultural o rga niza shy

tio ns and in both the Ontario and

Canadian Vete rinary Med ical assoc iashy

tio ns He was a lo ngti me supporte r o f

th e Unive rsity especially the OVC

museum and was named OVC

Di stinguished Alumnus in 1987

Audrey Yea nd le DHE 25 di ed March

17 1999 in St ratford O nto A profes shy

sio nal diet it ia n she wo rked to two hosshy

p itals and tau ght home eco no m ics at

the Jo hn Fi he r School In Toro nto

Active In com munity orga nizatio ns and

her chu rch she was a lo ng time U of G

suppo rter and left an es ta te gift of over

$475000 to p rov ide bursaries for future

Gu elph students

Alumni

Jo hn Andrews DVM 38 June 27 1999

Harris Baker BSA 33 Febru ary 1998

Hu gh Balkwill BSA 53 June 27 1999

John Bowles BA 72 Sept 23 1999

Edward Bowness DVM 32 May 13 1999

Rud y Brown BSA 59 June 29 1999

Walter Bunn BSA 52 Sept 2 1999

Margaret Byrnes DHE 40 Apr il 22 1999

Joa n Cameron DH E 36 April 10 1999

Wil liam Cape ll BSA 54 Aprd 25 1999

T homas Ca rd BSA 47Ju ne 20 1999

Jean a rter DH E 38 Jun e 28 1999

Loi Clipsham D H E 27 Ju ne 23 1999

Bruce Cohoe BSA 3 3 Feb 2 1999

Geoffrey Collins BSA 28 May 21 1999

Al exander C o nnell ADA 60 Ju ly 26

1999

John Currie BA 74 Sep t 18 1999

William C u rrie BSA 59 Nov 27 1998

C arma n Davey DVM 39 Apr il 15 1999

D oug Doerksen ADA 84 Ju ne 5 1999

Joann e DU ll can -Robinson BA 81 and

MA 86 July 22 1999

Robert Erskine BSA 41 May 2 1999

Will ia m Fisher BSA 48 Aug 5 1999

Norm Freeman BSA 49 July 2 1999

Alexander Gc ncr BSA 32 Dee 27 1998

Rudy Goltz BSA 33 July 28 1 999

Tom Grah am BS 50 Dee 3 1998

Ed na Has tings D H E 32 July 11 1999

Jack Hea theringto n DVM 54 April 18

1999

Pa tric ia Hill BSc 96 MMch 9 1999

Ralph Hills BSA 54 June 14 1999

Murray Ho ltby ADA 47 O ct 29 1998

Shawn H owden B 9 1July81 999

james j ackson BSA 34 April 29 1999

Karen ( Re ichardt ) Kister B H Se 70

Ap rilll 1999

Albert Kristjanson BSA 50 Dec 7 1998

John Laffert ) BSA 5 1 Aug II 1999

Ron Lawrence DVM 43 Mel) 4 1999

Ann e Legate BSe 89 March 1999

Tsu-Peng Stephen i iu M Sc 65 Ma)

Hl 1998

Rober t Luckham ADA 58 Jan IS 1999

Jam es Lyons BSA 59 Au g 2~ 1999

Willia m M ack BSc(Eng) 84 Ju ne 7

1999

T helma M artin D HE 41 July 131999

Helen McBratney D lI E 34 in 1998

Allan Bud McCardle BSA 52 May 10

1999

Ri chard M cDonald O AC C la ss of 47

lV1arch 24 1999

john Meeuse ADA 58 July 19 1999

Ra ymond Parr D VM 3 7 Ap ril 7 999

George Plakidas MA 93 date unknown

Virgini a Reed ODH 66 1arch 1 1999

Rose Reynold s D HE 28 Apri l 17 1999

Ern es t Ro bertso n BSA 37 Aug 6 1999

Jam es Ross BSA 34 Au g 23 1999

Gra nt Savage D VM 48 Ma rch 2 1999

Earl Shuh BSA 36 July 5 1999

Eu gene Smith BSA 3 1 Jan 27 1999

Will iam Smyth MA 90 Oc tober 1997

Ch er yl Ann Somerville BSe(Agr) 96

Sept IS 1999

Carl Stevenson BSA 46 Aug 26 1999

Robert Tennant BSA 49 May 5 1999

Gregory Tostevin BA 93 Feb 10 1999

Gerald Trant BSA 51 Sept 1 1999

Bennie Urquhart DV M 54 April 4 1999

Ga il Wamsl ey BA 70 July 24 1998

Gladys Ward D IlE 27 Apri l 8 1999

Catherine Welch BSA 22 Ma rch 3 1998

M abel ( McCa rthy) Ziegler DH E 26

Apr il 29 1999

Facu lty amp Staff Pro f Sid Gilbert Sociolog) and An thro shy

polog) Sept 8 1999

Rev Canon Ritchie McMurray

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Aug 19 1999

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Peter Hallm an Ju ne 22 1999

Elsie Mae johnston Sept 12 1999

C lover Helena Ladouceur Sept 4 1999

Ed it h Pa tterson in 1993

Andrew Peterson Aug 26 1999

Edgar St rin ger March 1999

Gerry Vandergri ft Sep t 28 1999

Frank Watson March 23 1999

Barry Woods Jul y 30 1999

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the CWay CWe CWere FROM THE ARCHIVES

HISTORIANS CANT PINPOINT the date that the Unishy

versity o f Gu elphs landmark portico was carved

from Ontario limesto ne but its familiar columns preshy

date the 1874 fo und ing o f the Ontario Agricu ltural Colshy

lege by several yea rs

Originally fronting a fa rmh ouse on Moreton Lodge

Farm the orna te front porch stoo d at the entrance of

the main co ll ege building until the O ld Res idence was

demolished in 1929 to make way for the co nstruction

of Johnston Hall Its believed the portico was erected

on Johnston Green in 1934

Because the ravages of time and weather had weakshy

ened the limestone structure to a dan gerous point it

was dismantled earlier this fall and underwent muchshy

needed repairs to the stonework ceiling and roof The

OAC Class of 1949 raised $75000 to fund the p roject

as a 50th-anniversa ry gift to the ca mpu s and a way to

commemo rate the 125th anniversa ry of OAC

Now completely restored the portico is back in place

on Johnston Green whe re it co ntinues to se rve as an

elegant reminder of ca mpus histor y and a favour ite

pla ce fo r convocation and wedding photographs

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ALUMNI PROFILES

ALUMNUS OF HONOUR

FORMER OAC DEA N Rick Richards BSA 38 was recogn ized for

his lifelong commi tment to excellence in admini stration teachshy

ing research and ex tension wh en he vas named 1999 AlumLlus of Honour by th e Un ive rsity o f Guelph Alumn i Associat ion The preshy

sen tation was made durin g Alumni Weekend in lun e

Ri chard s bega n hi s ca ree r in soil sc ience and pion ee red the

process of soil classifi ca ti on and map pin f for Ontario As head of

th e Un iversitys Depa rtm ent of Land Resou rce Science he spearshyheaded the constr uct ion o f new fa cili ties provided leadership in

the deve lopment of broader more sc ientifi c program s and th e

expansioLl o f fa culty and obta ined more lan d areas for departshymental resea rch He was appointed the first dea n of OAC in 1962

and was one o r the fou r principal academi c leade rs ho shared in

es tab lishin g the Universit y of Guelph After co mpleting two terms as dean he return ed to teac hing and retired in [98 1

As a professiona l agrologist Richards impleme nted pl ans ror

the Canadian Agri cultural Researc h Co un ci l as it s fi rst president

and was pres id ent o f the Ca nadian Soc iety of Su il Science th e Ontari o Institute of Ag rologists and tht Agricu ltural Institu te of

Can ada He was also the Canadian representa ti ve to th e United

Nations Food and Agricu lture O rga nizltJtion

ALUMNI VOLUNTEER AWARD

DAv ID ADAMS BSA 49 has always made his alma mater a pri shy

o ri t) and in 1999 th e Unive rsity of Guelph Alumni Associashy

tion app lauded th at loya lty by presentin g him with its 1999 Alulll shyni Volu nteer Awa rd

Adams has demo nstrated a devot ion to volun teer excellence

through his com mitment to the Universit y OAC and hi s alumni

ii class OAC 49 He was UGAA pres ident in 196869 president of

d the OAC Alu Jllni Associatio n in 196566 and a member of the Unishy

~ versi ty Senate and Boa rd of Governors fro m 1970 to 1973 In add ishy

~ tion he has Jllade mu ltiple contr ibu tions to OAC 49 ac tivities He

~ was instrumenta l in orga ni zin g 50th-anniversary class celebrations ~ for Alumni middotWeekend 99 which included the ded ication of the Yea r

~ 49 OAC po nd ga rden at th e Arbo retum Cent re and the res torashy

~ ti on of the Johnston Hall portico u ~ Adamss giving sp irit car ri es over into his pro(ess iona lli fc He

~ has had a distingu ished career in the ag ri -food indust ry and was laquo ~ general manager of the Canadian Meat Co uncil whe n hL reti red in

~ 1993 He cont inues to share hi s expertise with the co unc il and as

~ a volu ntee r for th e Royal Ag ri cultural inter Fair and th e Ca nashy~ dian Nat ional Exhibition FARlv

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ALUMNI MEDAL OF ACHIEVEMENT

DR AD RIAN P ARKS WO RK in th e area o f minimally invasive

surge ry has earned him international recogniti on as a leading surgeo n and educa tor in his fi eld His advancements in the use of

laparoscop ic techniques have improved treatm ent for an ex tensive

range of med ica l disorders that in the past could only be handled

thro ugh trad itional sur gery [n 1997 he was recruited to establish a new program at th e Uni ve rsity of Kentucky

Pa rk was honoured th is spring wit h the Universit y of Guelph flumni Associati ons Alumni Medal of Achievem ent He received

a bachelor of science fro m Gu elph in 1985 and a doctor o f med ishycine from McMaster University in 1987

He completed his training at St Josephs Hos pital and rilcMasshy

ter Uni ve rsity Affiliated Hosp ital s in Hamilto n O nt and at the

Uni versit) of Montrea l before Jo ining St Jose phs as a ge neral surshy

geo n in 1994

The Guelph meda l recognizes th e professional leadership and achievements demons trated in Parks still- yo un g career and his

compassionate ca re of pati ents He and his wife Jennifer 8A 84 have three children Hilary Meredith and Evan

ove DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS

DUNCAN SINC LAIRS CONTR IB UTIO NS to career an d soc iety have prove n bis leadersh ip and expe rtise in hea lth sciences He gradshy

uated fro m OVC in 1958 and received a master of sc ience fro m OAC in 1960 specializing in nutriti on He then earn ed a PhD in

physiology at Queens University in 1963 and bega n a ca reer focused

primaril y on human health Sinclair was ltl consultant to th e Ontario Ministry of Agriculture

Food and Rural Affairs on the Animals for Research Act ilnd bega n

his academic career at Q uee ns as dean of arts and science in 1974 He went on to serve as vice-principal institutional relati ons sershy

vices an d hea lth sciences before assum ing the role of dea n of medshy

icine He ret ired from Queens in 1996 He has heJd other prestishy

gious positi ons including directo r general of the Medical Resea rch

Council and was tile recipient of OVes Schofield ]V[edal in 1983

Sinclair is now deeply involved in advising the Ontario minisshy

ter of hea l til on ways to reinvest and res tructure th e delivery of health services in the province He chairs the Hea lth Services

Restr ucturin g Co mmission an independent body of health

experts and professionals appointed to redesign tbe provincial

health system

FallWinter 1999 29

alumni Matters

-ORDER OF OACU of G Can1pus ESTABLISHED MARY AND RlCK RICHARDS longtime OAC supporterWelcoilles Alumni

ABSA 38 are the first inductees Membership in the order is

into the Order of OAC estabshy limited to the first 50 individshy

LUMNI WEEKEND J999 orga nizing committee and says lished ea rli er thi s year by the uals who give $1 00000 or more

brought more th an 1300 proceeds will be used to help the OAC Alumni Fo undation to as bequests irrevocable insurshy

visitors to campus June 18 to 20 class establi sh a mille nnium recognize significant contribushy ance policies planned gifts or

In addition to th e traditi o nal scholarship to co mmemorate its tions to its end owment fund cash donations Gifts may be

awards luncheon hosted by U of 25 th anni versar)1 of graduation Rick served as dean of OAC applied as endowments to the

G president Mordech ai Rozanshy The Uni vers it y of Guelph [Tom 1964 to 1972 (see sto ry OAC Alumni Foundation or to

ski there we re man y spec ial Alumni Associat ion held its on page 28) Mary also worked the college as approved by the

events and cla ss reunions The ann ual meeting during Alumni in the college and has been a fou ndation directors

new Order of OAC was preshy Wee kend and elected a new slate

sented to Mary and Rick of offi cers for 1999 2000 Scott

Richards BSA 38 at th e Go ldshy va nEnge n BSc(Ag r) 88 presshy

en Anniversary Dinner and the id ent Robin-Lee Norris BA 80

Class of J974 hosted a reuni on first vice-pres ident John Tatson

dinner with Calgary Flames BA 69 seco nd vice-president

Hockey Club CEO Ron Bremshy Rita Sterne BComm 87 secshy

ner BA 7 J as guest speaker Bill Imiddotetar) and Brad Hull BA 89

Laidlaw BA 74 chaired the treasurer

President Mordechai Rozanski and representatives of the alumni

classes and individuals who supported U of Gs six new themati c

gardens cut the ribbon to officially open them duri ng Alumni Weekshy

end From left are Bill Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 61 Don Gri eve

BSA 55 and MSA 57 Harold Shield BSA 51 Sandra Hannam uJ CD Clay Switze r BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rozanski Marilyn Robinson ~ I Murray BH5c 55 Ted McNinch BSA 49 Bruce Stone BSA 53 u VI

Z and MSA 54 Harold Bentley BSA 64 and MSc 66 Craig Hunter lt

B5c(AgL) 74 and MSc 77 and Les Laking BSA 39 and HDSC 71 The conservatory greenhouse was unveiled moments later by gtshyCD

Don Rutherford BSA 51 who gave the leadership gift ensuring VI o

it s res toration on behalf of his famil y 5 I -

Ginty jocius BSc(Agr) 70 left chair of the OAC Alumni Foundation

presents the Order of OAC to Mary and Rick Richards BSA 38

Enjoying the Class of 1974 re union dinner are from left jerry Orga n

BSc(PE) 71 Ron Bremner BA 71 Gail Bremner Paul Henry MA 71

and Bill Laidlaw BA 74

30 GUELPH ALUMNUS

GRYPHON SPIRIT DOMINATES HOMECOMING

UOF G students shared the stands with alumni who came to campus Sept 25

to watch the football Gryphons defeat their long- standing varsity rival the University of Toronto Blues During the weeke nd the Gryphon Club Hall of Fame inducted five Gryphon swimmers filled the gold pool at the 21st ann ual Alumni Relay Swim Meet

and president Mordechai Rozanski hostshyed a luncheon attended by more than 200 alumni and current students who have received sc holarships and awards or who

participated in the volunteer peer helper prog ram

ALUMNI SWIM TO THE TOP

FORMER GRYPHON SW IMMER S Peter Koli snyk BSc(HK) 83 and Denise

(FarndaJe) vVatso n BASe 85 were recogshyni zed at the ann ual Homecoming sw im mee t for having attended more often th an any other alumni Other participants includshyed 1999 graduates Nico le Weber BSe CEng ) Greg Steinberg BSc(HK) and Nancy Sweetnam BComm who has been a memshy

ber of two Canadian Ol ympic teams ( 1992 and 1996) The alumni team defeated the stud ent teams with the help of Leo n

Homecoming J

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Form er Guelph mayor and sports broadcaster Norm la ry received the Gryphon Club Hall of

Fame Merit Award Sept 24 at the annual induction c re mony that also honoured five former

Gryphon athletes From left are Paul Willi ams a cross-country and track athlete and three-time

Canadian Olympian Bob Pronk BComm 82 Ontario and Canadian cham pionship wrestler

Dave Guest BComm 87 a former all middotstar soccer and vo lleyba ll player Gladys Williams BA

69 MVP in both wo menS fi eld hockey and ice hockey lary and Mark Brown BComm 81

Wi ldman Trophy winner and football capta in The Gryphon Club also recognized the 1974 mens

rugby OUAA championship team

Garstecki Gryphon diving coach in the midshy Dale a longtime Gryp hon supporter and a I 970s and retired botany professo r Hugh national record-b olding masters swimmer

bull49 VETS MEET AT TRAlEE The OVC Cla ss of 1949 produced a la sting memory of its 50th

anni versary by filming the lune 18 gathering held at Tralee Farms

the home of class member Ray Cormack Classmates travelled from

across Canada and the United States to attend th e reunion which

included a luncheon a visit from U of G president Mordechai Rozanshy

ski and a tour of Cormacks farm and antique carriage collection

The organizing committee of Dave House Bill Mitchell Ken Fisk

and lim Arch ibald succeeded in producing a golden-anniversary

memento that captu res the days events and everyone in attendance

as they comment on their lives since graduating from OVe -Proceeds from the sale of the v ideos will support the OVC 49

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alumni Matters

2000 Coming Events

Jan 26 - Careers Night hostshyed by Mac-FACS Alumni Assoshy

ciation For informatio call Laurie MalleaLi at Ext 2102

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tion For information call Laushyrie Malleau at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Aggie Good Times Banquet Call the OAC Studwl Federation at Ext 8321 for tickshyet information Feb 3 - Job hir at Bingeman Park in Kitchener complishy

mentary bus service from Unishyversity Centre for students and

alumni For directions and a list of employers call U of G

Career Services at Ext 22 13

Feb 11 - Deadline for nomshy

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Award and the OVC Distinshy

guished Alumnus Call Carla Bradshaw at Ext 6657 for details March 1 - Annual alumni

Florida reunion at Maple Leaf

Estates Port C harlotte Florishyda For information call alumshyni programs at 519-824-4120

Ext 6657 send e-mail to alumshyniuoguelphca or call Jack Hanna in Florida after Jan 1

at 813-645-0905

March 18 amp 19 - College

Ro yal

March 31 amp April 1 - OAC

Alumni Association annual

bonspiel at the Guelph Curlshy

ing Club and Guelph Country w Club Call Carla Bradshaw at ~ txt 6657 to register c u bull For more information on anyU)

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32 CUEIPH ALUM N US

EA RLIER THIS YEAR U ofG

introduced a new approacll to fund-raising that centres on

academic priorities identified by

the ix colleges Now the Unishy

ve rsit y expa nds this initiative

through the formation of a new Annual Fund Cou ncil that will

recruit volunteers to proactiveshy

ly help meet tll0se funding goals

By enlarging the partnershy

ship between academics and fund-raisers we arc focusing our

efforts more clearly on the Un ishy

versi tys overall stra tegic objecshy

tives says Rudy Putns executive

director of campaign progra ms

We are calling on coUege deans to help ensure that our annual

giving programs are providing

the grea test possible benefit to

students Our volunteer and pro-

ALUMNI CElEBRATE NEW HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE CENTRE

The Human KineticsHuman Biology Alumni Association

presented a sketch of the John T Powell Building to U of Cs

new Health and Perfor mance Centre at a June 19 reunion of alumni and former staff Artist Joan Harper BSe(HK)

82 left and retired professor John Powell right witnessed

a presentati on by association pres ident Janet Leonhard BSe(HK) 82 to Prof Terry Graham

SilENT AUCTION MAKES NOISE

A silent auction held Sept 14 to 16 a t the Ou tdoo r Farm

Show in Woods tock Ont ge nshy

erated a lot of excitement and

goodwill in OACs 125th shyanniversary year and raised

$51000 that wi ll support stu shy

dent recruitm ent programs in

the college The auction was organized by Cinty Jocius BSc(Agr) 70 president of

Ginty Jocius amp Associates of

Guelph on behalf of the OAC Alumni Foundation

Auction items donated by friends and exhibitors at th e

farm show included everylhing

from farm equipment and supshyplies to a seven-month-old lla shyma named (-i nty Lorie Jocius

BASe 72 purchased her husshy

bands namesake and gave it to

OAC as an anniversary presen t at th e Sept 25 Heritage Banshy

quet and Ball

FUND-RAISI NG PARTNERSHIPS GROW

fessional fund -raislls wiJl spend

more of thei r time making pershy

so nal requ es ts for gifts to the University and less time on inshy

house administra tion

Members of the Annual Fund

Council will invite donations

Crom alumni members of the campu~ community the paren ts

of current students graduating

classes members of the various

gift clu bs (Presidents Council

etc) and selected corporations

foundations and associations

Development and Public Affairs staff will help target vol unteer

efforts where they wi ll have the

stronges t impact on growin g don or particip ation and fund shy

razsing results

Annual giving is one of the

most crucial parts of an institushy

tion s developmen t agenda says Putns Annu al donors help

maintain the quali ty of estabshylished academic programs espeshy

cially in times of reduced pubshy

lic fundin g he says They also

provide a foundation for special

fun cl-rai sing cam paigns shycampaigns that enable the Unishy

ve rsity to grow by providi ng

funds for major projects that do

not ha ve a traditional so urce of support Tbe ACCESS endowshy

ment for student financial assistshy

ance and the rece nt campaign to upgrade th e Food Science

Building are notable examples For more illjormation aboLit

the An17ual FUlld Co ullcil call Al111tal Fund 17l1lnager Tara George at 519-824-4 120 Ex t

390 1 or Putl7S at ext 6384

GRAD NEWS

U of G Degrees ADA = Associate diploma

in agriculture BA =Bachelor of arts BASe = Bachelor of applied

science BComm = Bachelor of

commerce BHSe Bachelor of houseshy

hold science BLA =Bachelor of

landscape architecture BSA = Bachelor of science in

agriculture (pre-196s) BSe(Agr) Bachelor of

science in agriculture BoSe = Bachelor of science BSe(Eng) =Bachelor of

science in engineering BSc(Env) =Bachelor of

19405

bull The Macdonald Institute

Class of 1941 met each other

for the firsl lime in 1939 and

theyve been gelling logelher rvice a year siIlce gradual ion

Celebrating 60 yea rs of fri end shy

ship this year are Mary (Hcx imer) MacLeln Beth

(jackson) Ca rdifF Mo lly

(Pattrson) Nix Frances

(Pellet) Smith Dorolhy

(Pond) Dunn Jeanne (Taylor )

Hamel Phyllis (Weren) Sobel and Evelyn (Eatun ) Pond

bull Jim Morton BSA 47 posed with his son Robert SA 70

and grandsons Jeff Bell 13A

9 1 and Greg Mo rton

SSc( Eng) 99 at Gregs U of

G convocation in June Retired

from a career in the lumber

business Jim is an OAC llu mmiddot ni volunteer al Guclph and is

aClive in cOm11lUnily work in

Burlington Onto Rob ert is

CEO of the Community Care

Access Centre in Simcoe

Coullly Jeff lcaches in Elmvalc

for the Simcoe County Dislricl School Board and Greg is

working Wilh the COnSlliling

engineering firm of Proclor

science in environmental sciences

BSe(HK) Bachelor of science in human kinetics

BSc(pE) = Bachelor of science in physical education

DHE = Diploma in home economics

DVSc = Doctor of veterinary science

DVM =Doctor of veterinary medicine

GO = Graduate diploma MA = Master of arts MAgr = Master of agriculture MBA = Master of business

admininstration MEng =Master of engineering

and Redfern at its Kitchener

office The Guelph lineage

aCl ually bega n in the Morton fami ly with Greg great shy

grantimoliln Anne Pringle

Morton DH E 1914

Greg Morton Jeff Bell and Jim and

Robert Morton

19505

bull Harold Baker BSA 50

writes to w rrect the e-mail

address publi shed in the last

iss lle of the Clepll Alunnls

Friends (111 conlact the retired

University of Saskatchewan

professo r and Il is wife Phyllis

at ha kc r hdukeL1sa~k ca

bull Barney Goodwin-Wilson BSA 50 is serving a two-year

krm as chair of the hoard of

lhe Onta rio Foocllerminal

The Iomnlo facility is the

MFA = Master of fine art MLA Master of landscape

architecture MMS = Master of management studies MSc =Master of science MSc(Aqua) = Master of

science in aquaculture ODA = Ontario diploma in

agriculture ODH =Ontario diploma in

horticulture OdR = Ontario Diploma in

recreation PhD = Doctor of philosophy

larges t who lesale fruit proshy

duce and flower market in

Canada and one of the largest

in orrh America He was forshymerly director and vice-cha ir

of the board

bull Gary Powell ADA 58

stopped at a remote motel in

western klahoma last

Janu ary and stanee a convershysation with th e only other cusshy

tomer at breakfa st the next

morning Turns out they were

both U of G grads Powell and Joe Deli BSc (Agr ) 64 had a

great time reminiscing abo Llt

ca mpus perso nalities they

both knew I guess one is never really very far from home says Powell

bull Dave Valentine BSA 59 has

retired as (o unty engineer for

the County of Brant in

Ontario He previously spent

23 years with Sir Sandford

Fleming College in Peterborough and has served 8S

engineer for the coun ties of Haliburton and Victoria He

and his wife Carole are now

Jiving near Carlisle Send e-mail

to valcntinworldchatcom

19605

bull Manuel Garcia PhD 67 was

recognized by the government

of the Ph ilippines in December

1998 with one of the highest

honours given to Filipinos Jivshy

ing outside the cou ntr y Garcia

is a senior consulting mi crobishy

ologist with lAS Bioshy

Diagnostic and a former

research scientist with

Agriculture and Agri-Food

Canada in Ottawa He is intershy

nationally recognized for his work in veterinary med icin e

and public health on the early detection of ca mpylobacter

salmonella and other foodshy

borne pathogens He is a memshy

ber of several learned profes shy

sional societies and has been involved in a number of intershy

national developm ent projects

He is also a community volunshy

teer and a pioneer in establishshying the National Council of

Canadian Filipino Associations

as the official voice of Filipino

Canadians nationwide bull Tom Hutchison DVM 65 is

a veterinary pathologist with the Nova Scotia provincial

diagnostic lab In 1998 he

passed the board cer tification exa ms for the American

College of Poultry Veterinarians in Baltimore but

the years highlights came in

late summer - a first grandshy

child for Tom and his wife

Eileen in August and the birth

of their own son Scott in

September bull Brian Little ADA 67 BSc(Agr) 72 and MSc 78

was elected president of the

Canadian 4-H Foundation in

May He was previously presishy -dent of the Ca nadian 4-H

Co uncil and a co uDcil represhysentative for his employe r the

Royal Bank of Canada He has been a fou ndation trustee for

f allWinter 1999 33

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several years and has a strong

4-H background as a member

and a club leader

19705

bull Doug Franklin SA 72 was

recen tly a ppoin led execu tive

director of the Multiple

Sclerosis Association of

America its hea d office is in

Cherry Hill NJ He was forshy

merly with the International

Youth Foundation in

Baltimore Md

bull Cathie Leimbach

SSc(Agr) 78 and MAgr 88

visi ted U of G this fa ll as

agrologist-in-residence It was

the sixth year of the program

co-sponsored by OAC and the

Ontario Institute of

Agrologists (OlA ) Raised on

an Ontario dairy and swine

farm Leimbach is past presishy

dent of the OI A and a partner

in STRIVE a team specializshy

in g in training facilitation and

consulting She now lives on a

cash-crop farm in Ohio

bull Willem Moolenbeek BSe

77 and MSe 8 1 studied biolshy

ogy and entomology at U of G

at the same time he was learnshy

ing to play the saxophone with

the Royal Conservatory of

Mu sic He says he still loves

science but music has become

his career A recitalist soloist

and clinician he has been a

saxophone instructor at

McMaster University in

Hamilton Ont fo r 15 years

He also teaches at the 19805

University of Waterloo pri- bull Bruce Brown BSe(Agr)

vately and at the National 85 and his wife Claudia

Music Ca mp of Canada where (Liebscher) BA 84 have three

he sometimes offers an infor- children who are beginning to

mal course on in sect identifi- display their dads musical

cation There are always a few prowess on the kazoo After 14

kids who really dig that he years of dairy farming Bruce

says U of G music lovers want back to school to earn an

enjoyed his saxophone music education degree and is now

at a noon-hour concert in teaching science with the

October Durham District School

bull Peter Vaughan SA 77 and Board

MA 77 was appointed secre- bull Tom Burns BA 89 and MA

tar y general and CEO of the 91 is a member of the

Canadian Medical Association Victoria Police in Melbourne

in June A fa culty member in Australia Last summer he

two departments at John s welcomed visitors from the

Hopkins University and in the RCMP including Kevin Durie

Department of Family BA 93 They quickly estab-

Medicine at the University of lished a U of G connection

Ottawa he is a fo rmer presi- including Duries student

dent of the medical staff at employment at Dcr Keller

Guelph General Hospital and a which was Burns s favourite

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the job says Burns but this

time we spent most of our

time talking about the great

times we had at U of G In

still another coincidence

Durie is married to Christine

Blake-Durie BA 91 and MA

93 who was a member of

Burnss MA group Burns says

other U of G grads travelling

to Melbourne are more than

welcome to drop in

bull Stuart Jackson ADA 87 is

distribution manager for

Burnbrae Farms Ltd in Delta

Onto He sends greetings to all

OAC friends including the

diploma classes of 1979 and

1980

bull Laurel (Murdoch) Koumarelas BComm 84 is

an ESL teacher with the

Toronto School Board She

and her husband Gus live in

Mississauga with their sons

Robert and Evan

bull Trish Looman BA 87

works for Royal LePageshy

Vantage in Guelph She speshy

cializes in residential multishy

unit real estate

bull Laima (Karosas) Laffitte

BSe(Agr) 85 and MAgr 91

lives in Wendover Ont with

her husband Vincent MAgr

91 and their children Yohan

and Marina Laima is the

advertising manager for The

Canadian Veterinary Journal and Vincent is an account

manager at the St Isidore

branch of Scotiabank Theyd

like to hear from classmates

via e-mail at Iaffitteonsymshy

paticoca They also want to let

OAC 85 grads know that the

class executive is building a

Web page at wwwrkdecom

oac85 and needs updated

names and addresses (includshy

ing e-mail) to add to the

directory f IS-year reunion

is being planned for Dec 2

and 32000

bull Cheryl Miller-Oh BASe

91 and her husband Tae live

in Southfield Mich with their

twins Nathalie and Nathan

born in October 1998 She is a

health-care consultant with

Computer Sciences

Corporation Send e-mail to

millerohsprintca

bull Vijay Singh MSe 70 has

been awarded the Arthur K Barton Endowed Professorship

at Louisiana State University

He also recently received an

honorary degree and a

Fulbright Award for his work

in the area of entropy

bull Gayle (Barton) Tapper BSe

81 (biological science) and 83

(computing science) has been

employed at Memorial

University in St Johns Nfld

for 14 years in the Department

of Computing and

Communications She is comshy

pleting graduate work in phishy

losophy and humanities at

Memorial and is the principal

harpist with the

Newfoundland Symphony

Orchestra Last year she

released a CD of Latinworld

traditional music on the South

American harp Visit her Web

site at httpwwwucsmun

cal -gay

bull Carolyn Riddell BA 85 is

running an active arts educashy

tion and paintingprintmaking

studio in Fergus Ont

bull Laura Wilkinson BSe 85

and MSe 87 is a coroner in

British Columbia and lives on

a cattle ranch near 70 Mile

House

19905

bull Kristi Adamo BSc(HK)

96 and MSc 98 and Rob

McMullin BSe 95 were

married in May 1999 and Jive

in Ottawa

bull Michelle (Pilon) Bacon BA

90 has been living in London

England with her husband

Tim and children Juliette and

Lucien but they are planning a

return to Canada They will be

AIRBORNE ALUMNUS Olive Thompson DHE 35 celebrated her 85th birthday

with her head in the clouds She made her first parachute

jump with instructor Scott Borghese in Simcoe Ont in June

and says it was the most exciting thing shes done in her life

Thompson lives in Dunnville and has four children and three

grandchildren When she asked them about the paracbute

jump they told her to go for it Shes considering a repeat I U

jump next year and hopes her adventure will be a good S o

example for other seniors A dedicated member of the class -lt CD

of Mac 35 Thompson was president of the University of s Guelph Alumni Association in 197778 and keeps busy now VI

I

with volunteer work for the Salvation Army Z

living in Calgary and welcome

contact with western grads

and friends from Guelph Send

e-mail to m_e_baconhotshy

maicom

bull Deborah (Panton) Bodden

BASc 93 and her husband

Lyndhurst were married in

1998 and live in Grand

Cayman Cayman Islands

where she teaches primary

schoo

bull Elizabeth Cardno MSe 99

is working with the Rural

Health Research Consortium

at the University of

Saskatchewan developing

research projects on rural

health issues in relation to the

Canadian Institute for Health

Research

bull Jeannine Cote BA 9 J lives

in Hamilton Ont and works

o -lt

as a health -care aide and

home-support worker

bull Jeremy Debling BSe 94 is

a formulation chemist in the

pharmaceutical development

department at Novopharm

Limited in Toronto

bull Angela Dodd BA 93 and

Christopher Kemp

BSe(HK) 94 were married

Aug 14 Theyve bought a new

home in Etobicoke Ont

where he works for Canada

3000 Airlines and at Kingsway

Physiotherapy as a kinesioloshy

gist She is employed at

Manulife Financial in -Waterloo

bull Sheryl Harding Friedrich

BASe 85 is a full-time mom

and part-time nutrition conshy

sultant in Cannington Onto

She and her husband Cal

FallWinter 1999 35

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have three child ren Jonathan

Daniel and Anna

bull Anne Marie (Henwood)

Harman BA 95 is enjoying

her time at home with one shy

year-old Jenna She and her

husband Murray can be

reached bye-mail at 3harshy

mansstormca

bull Rosaleen Heffernan BA 96

and Barry Liboiron BSe 97

were married in August

Theyre both studying at the

University of British

Co lumbia where Liboiron is

doing a PhD in chemistry and

He ffe rnan is completing a

degree in educati on

bull Krista Hilton BASe 95

lives in Halifax with her hlls shy

band Michael Galloway She is

a priest in the Anglican Church

of Canada and serves as curate

a t the Cathedral Church of All

Sain ts Friends can reach her at

aj568chebllctonsca

bull Michael Kennard BA 86

starred as Mump the Clown in

the Canadian Stage Company

production of Mump amp Smoo t

in Something Else With Zug last

winte r at tbe Canadian Stage

Theatre in Toronto

bull Sharon McConnell BSe 90

and MSe 93 went on from U

of G to earn a diploma in

business management from

Wilfrid Laurier University

Since 1995 she has worked in

Toronto as a project director at

Burak Ja co bson Market

Resea rch Partners Ine

bull Michael McKay-Fleming BA

92 has launched two daily

comic strips via the Internet

Check out his Inane Producshy

tions Web site at http mem

bershomenetinaneprod to folshy

low the adventures of a free-spirshy

ited teenager named Alice and all

the animals in a new VVildlife

comielf you like comic strips

this fine art grad invites you to

enjoy his talent and humour

bull Andrew Nicholls MA 90 nications in Cambridge

and PhD 97 is an assistant bull Christine (Rogers) Patten

professor of history at Buffalo BA 9 1 lives in Toronto and

State College in Buffalo N Y has been working as a sales

He recen tly published the representative and industry

book The Jacobean Union A training facilitator since grad-

Reconsideration of British Civil uation She and her husband

Policies Under th e Early Vincent celebrated the birth of

Stuarts which offers a new their first child Gareth in

perspective on the role of mul - March 1999

tiple monarchy in the early bull Guiseppe Peritore

modern British kingdoms BSe(HK) 96 is studying

bull Jennifer (Pope) Parney physical therapy at the

BASc 94 works at Chatham- University of To ronto He

Kent Integrated Childrens married Rita Lavalle in May

Service - Heritage Campus 1999 and lives in Oakv ille His

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bull Sarah Perkins BSe(Agr) bull Tammy Tipler Priolo 92 joined Pfizer Animal BASe 90 lives in her hom e

Health in London Ont in town of North Bay Ont with

November as a product sup- her husband Clark and their

port speCialist Earlier she two-year-old daughter Erica

taught at Fairview College in Tipler Priolo is u5mg her com -

Fairview Alta before m oving puting skills in genealogy

back to Ontario in 1997 to research to track down elusive

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bull Bradley Raspberry BASc 90 is a clinical leader and regisshy

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atric behavioural health at SI

Josephs Villa in Dundas Ont

bull Lisa Ranacher BSe 98

recently joined the agronomy

program at the Central

Experimental Farm in Ottawa

as a physiological modelling

technician

bull Jamie Rickard BSe(Agr)

96 and Laura Summerfeldt

BSe(Agr) 97 were married

in October 1998 She is comshy

pleting a masters degree at U

of G and he is working with

First Line Seeds of Guelph U

of G weddings are a family trashy

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ents Sherry (McBain) SA 69

and Ralph Rickard BSe 69 Tricia (Pella) BA 95 and

Gaetano Guy Rosa

BComm 96 were mar ried in

October 1998 with many U of

G friends attending They live

in Mississauga Ont where

Guy works as an account manshy

ager for BCI Bank and T ricia is

an environmental planner with

the Toronto and Region Conshy

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bull Pamela (Thompson) BASe

91 and Randy Ruisendaal

BComm 92 live near

Belleville 01t with their yearshy

old daughter )lIlian Elizabeth

bull Ian Sandler DVM 9 5 was

married to Fern Glowinsk) in

March 1999 and works at

Secord Animal Clinic in

Toronto

bull Baijit Singh PhD 94 comshy

pleted post-doctoral training

at Texas AampM University and

Columbia University then

worked for the Canadian Food

Inspection Agency in Prince

Edward Island before joining

the University of Saskatchewan

as an associate professor He

welcomes notes from other

U of G alumni at singhbsask

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bull Cyndy Stencill ADA 93 is a

propagator at a tree nursery in

British Columbia

bull Steve Tanner BA 82

recently moved to Guelph as

deputy police chief He had

served on the Halton Region

force since 1982 Tanner is a

specialist in criminal investigashy

tions and lie detector opera shy

tion He has continued his

education at Sheridan College

and McMaster and Ryerson

universities and is now workshy

ing on a masters degree at the

University of Western Ontario

bull Cheryl (Kellman) Thompson BA 95 run s a

rehabilitation consulting busishy

ness with her husband Don

in Burlington Ont

bull Donald PhD 94 and

Suzanne Welsh MSe 96

relocated from Yale University

to the University of Vermont

where they are both working

in the Department of

Pharmacology in the area of

cerebrovascular circulation

bull Wendla Westerberg BASc

96 earned a BEd from the

University of Western Ontario

in 1997 She is working for the

Lambton-Kent District School

Board as an occasional teacher

and lives in her home town of

Dresden Ont

bull Deena (Jones) Zambrana

BA 93 and her husband

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birthday of their son Quinton

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OBITUARIES

W illiam Ba rnes DVM 59 died Sept 7

1999 He grew up in th e N iagara area

but spent his professio nal ca ree r in a

ve terina ry prac ti ce in Ill inois He was a

dr ivi ng force in the American Ve ter inary

Medica l Assooatio n and in bo th the

Chicago and IlJin o is assoc iatio ns He

was also a fo un ding mem ber o f the

Ch icago-based Friends of Unicerslty of

Guelph a char itable o rga nizat ion

founded in 1975 to serve Guelph a lumni

living in the United Sta tes

George Dickson BSA 38 di ed Oct 9

1999 H e spen t h is entire career w ith

Canada Packers moving up f[Om mai l

cle rk to exec lltive vice-presid ent and

d irector After retirin g in 1976 he

devoted ma ny vo lu ntee r hours to U of

G 3S a memb er of Boa rd o f Gove rno rs

and the OAC Alumni Associatio n

Jam es Pinkney DVM 37 died July 3

1999 A respected ve ter in aria n in his

hom e to~ll o f Cooksv il le O nt he was

also recog nized as a p remier swi ne

breeder showman and judge He was

active in m any agricultural o rga niza shy

tio ns and in both the Ontario and

Canadian Vete rinary Med ical assoc iashy

tio ns He was a lo ngti me supporte r o f

th e Unive rsity especially the OVC

museum and was named OVC

Di stinguished Alumnus in 1987

Audrey Yea nd le DHE 25 di ed March

17 1999 in St ratford O nto A profes shy

sio nal diet it ia n she wo rked to two hosshy

p itals and tau ght home eco no m ics at

the Jo hn Fi he r School In Toro nto

Active In com munity orga nizatio ns and

her chu rch she was a lo ng time U of G

suppo rter and left an es ta te gift of over

$475000 to p rov ide bursaries for future

Gu elph students

Alumni

Jo hn Andrews DVM 38 June 27 1999

Harris Baker BSA 33 Febru ary 1998

Hu gh Balkwill BSA 53 June 27 1999

John Bowles BA 72 Sept 23 1999

Edward Bowness DVM 32 May 13 1999

Rud y Brown BSA 59 June 29 1999

Walter Bunn BSA 52 Sept 2 1999

Margaret Byrnes DHE 40 Apr il 22 1999

Joa n Cameron DH E 36 April 10 1999

Wil liam Cape ll BSA 54 Aprd 25 1999

T homas Ca rd BSA 47Ju ne 20 1999

Jean a rter DH E 38 Jun e 28 1999

Loi Clipsham D H E 27 Ju ne 23 1999

Bruce Cohoe BSA 3 3 Feb 2 1999

Geoffrey Collins BSA 28 May 21 1999

Al exander C o nnell ADA 60 Ju ly 26

1999

John Currie BA 74 Sep t 18 1999

William C u rrie BSA 59 Nov 27 1998

C arma n Davey DVM 39 Apr il 15 1999

D oug Doerksen ADA 84 Ju ne 5 1999

Joann e DU ll can -Robinson BA 81 and

MA 86 July 22 1999

Robert Erskine BSA 41 May 2 1999

Will ia m Fisher BSA 48 Aug 5 1999

Norm Freeman BSA 49 July 2 1999

Alexander Gc ncr BSA 32 Dee 27 1998

Rudy Goltz BSA 33 July 28 1 999

Tom Grah am BS 50 Dee 3 1998

Ed na Has tings D H E 32 July 11 1999

Jack Hea theringto n DVM 54 April 18

1999

Pa tric ia Hill BSc 96 MMch 9 1999

Ralph Hills BSA 54 June 14 1999

Murray Ho ltby ADA 47 O ct 29 1998

Shawn H owden B 9 1July81 999

james j ackson BSA 34 April 29 1999

Karen ( Re ichardt ) Kister B H Se 70

Ap rilll 1999

Albert Kristjanson BSA 50 Dec 7 1998

John Laffert ) BSA 5 1 Aug II 1999

Ron Lawrence DVM 43 Mel) 4 1999

Ann e Legate BSe 89 March 1999

Tsu-Peng Stephen i iu M Sc 65 Ma)

Hl 1998

Rober t Luckham ADA 58 Jan IS 1999

Jam es Lyons BSA 59 Au g 2~ 1999

Willia m M ack BSc(Eng) 84 Ju ne 7

1999

T helma M artin D HE 41 July 131999

Helen McBratney D lI E 34 in 1998

Allan Bud McCardle BSA 52 May 10

1999

Ri chard M cDonald O AC C la ss of 47

lV1arch 24 1999

john Meeuse ADA 58 July 19 1999

Ra ymond Parr D VM 3 7 Ap ril 7 999

George Plakidas MA 93 date unknown

Virgini a Reed ODH 66 1arch 1 1999

Rose Reynold s D HE 28 Apri l 17 1999

Ern es t Ro bertso n BSA 37 Aug 6 1999

Jam es Ross BSA 34 Au g 23 1999

Gra nt Savage D VM 48 Ma rch 2 1999

Earl Shuh BSA 36 July 5 1999

Eu gene Smith BSA 3 1 Jan 27 1999

Will iam Smyth MA 90 Oc tober 1997

Ch er yl Ann Somerville BSe(Agr) 96

Sept IS 1999

Carl Stevenson BSA 46 Aug 26 1999

Robert Tennant BSA 49 May 5 1999

Gregory Tostevin BA 93 Feb 10 1999

Gerald Trant BSA 51 Sept 1 1999

Bennie Urquhart DV M 54 April 4 1999

Ga il Wamsl ey BA 70 July 24 1998

Gladys Ward D IlE 27 Apri l 8 1999

Catherine Welch BSA 22 Ma rch 3 1998

M abel ( McCa rthy) Ziegler DH E 26

Apr il 29 1999

Facu lty amp Staff Pro f Sid Gilbert Sociolog) and An thro shy

polog) Sept 8 1999

Rev Canon Ritchie McMurray

eCllm enical ch aplain 1968 to 1983

Aug 19 1999

Frie nds

Yvonne Alexander M~y 15 1999

jerry lkirnes Sept 2 1999

Marga ret C urran Dec 28 1998

John Godwin in 1999

viark G renville Nov 6 1998

Peter Hallm an Ju ne 22 1999

Elsie Mae johnston Sept 12 1999

C lover Helena Ladouceur Sept 4 1999

Ed it h Pa tterson in 1993

Andrew Peterson Aug 26 1999

Edgar St rin ger March 1999

Gerry Vandergri ft Sep t 28 1999

Frank Watson March 23 1999

Barry Woods Jul y 30 1999

Me m orial fun ds have bee n se t up to

establi sh a U o f G scho larship in 1))CJ)lO r)

of Jea n Caner and ~ Jack and Gerry Van shy

derg lift m emoria l lec t u rc series in th e -Schoo l o f La ndscap e Architec ture Fo r

more info rm atio n abo ut memo ria l do nashy

tions c81 15 19- 82middot1-4 120 Ext 6196

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UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

the CWay CWe CWere FROM THE ARCHIVES

HISTORIANS CANT PINPOINT the date that the Unishy

versity o f Gu elphs landmark portico was carved

from Ontario limesto ne but its familiar columns preshy

date the 1874 fo und ing o f the Ontario Agricu ltural Colshy

lege by several yea rs

Originally fronting a fa rmh ouse on Moreton Lodge

Farm the orna te front porch stoo d at the entrance of

the main co ll ege building until the O ld Res idence was

demolished in 1929 to make way for the co nstruction

of Johnston Hall Its believed the portico was erected

on Johnston Green in 1934

Because the ravages of time and weather had weakshy

ened the limestone structure to a dan gerous point it

was dismantled earlier this fall and underwent muchshy

needed repairs to the stonework ceiling and roof The

OAC Class of 1949 raised $75000 to fund the p roject

as a 50th-anniversa ry gift to the ca mpu s and a way to

commemo rate the 125th anniversa ry of OAC

Now completely restored the portico is back in place

on Johnston Green whe re it co ntinues to se rve as an

elegant reminder of ca mpus histor y and a favour ite

pla ce fo r convocation and wedding photographs

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Alumni Collection Gifts Marble Mug with Portico Design 698 TIe silk face as shown 5995 Portico Design Decanter4995 Matching Old-Fashioned Glass1000 Cedar Card Box 1995 Piece-of-the-Cannon Paperweight 2995 Wooden Alumni Pen Set 4995 School RiogIJewellery (Call for infonnation)

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HIGHLIGHTS middot GRAD NEWSmiddot OBITUARIESmiddot CALENDAR

ALUMNI MEDAL OF ACHIEVEMENT

DR AD RIAN P ARKS WO RK in th e area o f minimally invasive

surge ry has earned him international recogniti on as a leading surgeo n and educa tor in his fi eld His advancements in the use of

laparoscop ic techniques have improved treatm ent for an ex tensive

range of med ica l disorders that in the past could only be handled

thro ugh trad itional sur gery [n 1997 he was recruited to establish a new program at th e Uni ve rsity of Kentucky

Pa rk was honoured th is spring wit h the Universit y of Guelph flumni Associati ons Alumni Medal of Achievem ent He received

a bachelor of science fro m Gu elph in 1985 and a doctor o f med ishycine from McMaster University in 1987

He completed his training at St Josephs Hos pital and rilcMasshy

ter Uni ve rsity Affiliated Hosp ital s in Hamilto n O nt and at the

Uni versit) of Montrea l before Jo ining St Jose phs as a ge neral surshy

geo n in 1994

The Guelph meda l recognizes th e professional leadership and achievements demons trated in Parks still- yo un g career and his

compassionate ca re of pati ents He and his wife Jennifer 8A 84 have three children Hilary Meredith and Evan

ove DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS

DUNCAN SINC LAIRS CONTR IB UTIO NS to career an d soc iety have prove n bis leadersh ip and expe rtise in hea lth sciences He gradshy

uated fro m OVC in 1958 and received a master of sc ience fro m OAC in 1960 specializing in nutriti on He then earn ed a PhD in

physiology at Queens University in 1963 and bega n a ca reer focused

primaril y on human health Sinclair was ltl consultant to th e Ontario Ministry of Agriculture

Food and Rural Affairs on the Animals for Research Act ilnd bega n

his academic career at Q uee ns as dean of arts and science in 1974 He went on to serve as vice-principal institutional relati ons sershy

vices an d hea lth sciences before assum ing the role of dea n of medshy

icine He ret ired from Queens in 1996 He has heJd other prestishy

gious positi ons including directo r general of the Medical Resea rch

Council and was tile recipient of OVes Schofield ]V[edal in 1983

Sinclair is now deeply involved in advising the Ontario minisshy

ter of hea l til on ways to reinvest and res tructure th e delivery of health services in the province He chairs the Hea lth Services

Restr ucturin g Co mmission an independent body of health

experts and professionals appointed to redesign tbe provincial

health system

FallWinter 1999 29

alumni Matters

-ORDER OF OACU of G Can1pus ESTABLISHED MARY AND RlCK RICHARDS longtime OAC supporterWelcoilles Alumni

ABSA 38 are the first inductees Membership in the order is

into the Order of OAC estabshy limited to the first 50 individshy

LUMNI WEEKEND J999 orga nizing committee and says lished ea rli er thi s year by the uals who give $1 00000 or more

brought more th an 1300 proceeds will be used to help the OAC Alumni Fo undation to as bequests irrevocable insurshy

visitors to campus June 18 to 20 class establi sh a mille nnium recognize significant contribushy ance policies planned gifts or

In addition to th e traditi o nal scholarship to co mmemorate its tions to its end owment fund cash donations Gifts may be

awards luncheon hosted by U of 25 th anni versar)1 of graduation Rick served as dean of OAC applied as endowments to the

G president Mordech ai Rozanshy The Uni vers it y of Guelph [Tom 1964 to 1972 (see sto ry OAC Alumni Foundation or to

ski there we re man y spec ial Alumni Associat ion held its on page 28) Mary also worked the college as approved by the

events and cla ss reunions The ann ual meeting during Alumni in the college and has been a fou ndation directors

new Order of OAC was preshy Wee kend and elected a new slate

sented to Mary and Rick of offi cers for 1999 2000 Scott

Richards BSA 38 at th e Go ldshy va nEnge n BSc(Ag r) 88 presshy

en Anniversary Dinner and the id ent Robin-Lee Norris BA 80

Class of J974 hosted a reuni on first vice-pres ident John Tatson

dinner with Calgary Flames BA 69 seco nd vice-president

Hockey Club CEO Ron Bremshy Rita Sterne BComm 87 secshy

ner BA 7 J as guest speaker Bill Imiddotetar) and Brad Hull BA 89

Laidlaw BA 74 chaired the treasurer

President Mordechai Rozanski and representatives of the alumni

classes and individuals who supported U of Gs six new themati c

gardens cut the ribbon to officially open them duri ng Alumni Weekshy

end From left are Bill Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 61 Don Gri eve

BSA 55 and MSA 57 Harold Shield BSA 51 Sandra Hannam uJ CD Clay Switze r BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rozanski Marilyn Robinson ~ I Murray BH5c 55 Ted McNinch BSA 49 Bruce Stone BSA 53 u VI

Z and MSA 54 Harold Bentley BSA 64 and MSc 66 Craig Hunter lt

B5c(AgL) 74 and MSc 77 and Les Laking BSA 39 and HDSC 71 The conservatory greenhouse was unveiled moments later by gtshyCD

Don Rutherford BSA 51 who gave the leadership gift ensuring VI o

it s res toration on behalf of his famil y 5 I -

Ginty jocius BSc(Agr) 70 left chair of the OAC Alumni Foundation

presents the Order of OAC to Mary and Rick Richards BSA 38

Enjoying the Class of 1974 re union dinner are from left jerry Orga n

BSc(PE) 71 Ron Bremner BA 71 Gail Bremner Paul Henry MA 71

and Bill Laidlaw BA 74

30 GUELPH ALUMNUS

GRYPHON SPIRIT DOMINATES HOMECOMING

UOF G students shared the stands with alumni who came to campus Sept 25

to watch the football Gryphons defeat their long- standing varsity rival the University of Toronto Blues During the weeke nd the Gryphon Club Hall of Fame inducted five Gryphon swimmers filled the gold pool at the 21st ann ual Alumni Relay Swim Meet

and president Mordechai Rozanski hostshyed a luncheon attended by more than 200 alumni and current students who have received sc holarships and awards or who

participated in the volunteer peer helper prog ram

ALUMNI SWIM TO THE TOP

FORMER GRYPHON SW IMMER S Peter Koli snyk BSc(HK) 83 and Denise

(FarndaJe) vVatso n BASe 85 were recogshyni zed at the ann ual Homecoming sw im mee t for having attended more often th an any other alumni Other participants includshyed 1999 graduates Nico le Weber BSe CEng ) Greg Steinberg BSc(HK) and Nancy Sweetnam BComm who has been a memshy

ber of two Canadian Ol ympic teams ( 1992 and 1996) The alumni team defeated the stud ent teams with the help of Leo n

Homecoming J

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Form er Guelph mayor and sports broadcaster Norm la ry received the Gryphon Club Hall of

Fame Merit Award Sept 24 at the annual induction c re mony that also honoured five former

Gryphon athletes From left are Paul Willi ams a cross-country and track athlete and three-time

Canadian Olympian Bob Pronk BComm 82 Ontario and Canadian cham pionship wrestler

Dave Guest BComm 87 a former all middotstar soccer and vo lleyba ll player Gladys Williams BA

69 MVP in both wo menS fi eld hockey and ice hockey lary and Mark Brown BComm 81

Wi ldman Trophy winner and football capta in The Gryphon Club also recognized the 1974 mens

rugby OUAA championship team

Garstecki Gryphon diving coach in the midshy Dale a longtime Gryp hon supporter and a I 970s and retired botany professo r Hugh national record-b olding masters swimmer

bull49 VETS MEET AT TRAlEE The OVC Cla ss of 1949 produced a la sting memory of its 50th

anni versary by filming the lune 18 gathering held at Tralee Farms

the home of class member Ray Cormack Classmates travelled from

across Canada and the United States to attend th e reunion which

included a luncheon a visit from U of G president Mordechai Rozanshy

ski and a tour of Cormacks farm and antique carriage collection

The organizing committee of Dave House Bill Mitchell Ken Fisk

and lim Arch ibald succeeded in producing a golden-anniversary

memento that captu res the days events and everyone in attendance

as they comment on their lives since graduating from OVe -Proceeds from the sale of the v ideos will support the OVC 49

Memorial Scholarship Fund Cost is $25 each To place an order call

Vikki Tremblay at Alumni House 519-824-4120 Ext 65 44 I D

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alumni Matters

2000 Coming Events

Jan 26 - Careers Night hostshyed by Mac-FACS Alumni Assoshy

ciation For informatio call Laurie MalleaLi at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Careers Night hostshyed by HAFA Alumni Associashy

tion For information call Laushyrie Malleau at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Aggie Good Times Banquet Call the OAC Studwl Federation at Ext 8321 for tickshyet information Feb 3 - Job hir at Bingeman Park in Kitchener complishy

mentary bus service from Unishyversity Centre for students and

alumni For directions and a list of employers call U of G

Career Services at Ext 22 13

Feb 11 - Deadline for nomshy

ina tions for U of G Alumni Association Alumnus of Honshy

our Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment and Alumni Volunteer

Award and the OVC Distinshy

guished Alumnus Call Carla Bradshaw at Ext 6657 for details March 1 - Annual alumni

Florida reunion at Maple Leaf

Estates Port C harlotte Florishyda For information call alumshyni programs at 519-824-4120

Ext 6657 send e-mail to alumshyniuoguelphca or call Jack Hanna in Florida after Jan 1

at 813-645-0905

March 18 amp 19 - College

Ro yal

March 31 amp April 1 - OAC

Alumni Association annual

bonspiel at the Guelph Curlshy

ing Club and Guelph Country w Club Call Carla Bradshaw at ~ txt 6657 to register c u bull For more information on anyU)

z alumni event call the U of G ltC extension listed at 519- 824shy20 r 4120 or send e-mail to al11111shyCD

o niCvzlOguelphcab c a

32 CUEIPH ALUM N US

EA RLIER THIS YEAR U ofG

introduced a new approacll to fund-raising that centres on

academic priorities identified by

the ix colleges Now the Unishy

ve rsit y expa nds this initiative

through the formation of a new Annual Fund Cou ncil that will

recruit volunteers to proactiveshy

ly help meet tll0se funding goals

By enlarging the partnershy

ship between academics and fund-raisers we arc focusing our

efforts more clearly on the Un ishy

versi tys overall stra tegic objecshy

tives says Rudy Putns executive

director of campaign progra ms

We are calling on coUege deans to help ensure that our annual

giving programs are providing

the grea test possible benefit to

students Our volunteer and pro-

ALUMNI CElEBRATE NEW HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE CENTRE

The Human KineticsHuman Biology Alumni Association

presented a sketch of the John T Powell Building to U of Cs

new Health and Perfor mance Centre at a June 19 reunion of alumni and former staff Artist Joan Harper BSe(HK)

82 left and retired professor John Powell right witnessed

a presentati on by association pres ident Janet Leonhard BSe(HK) 82 to Prof Terry Graham

SilENT AUCTION MAKES NOISE

A silent auction held Sept 14 to 16 a t the Ou tdoo r Farm

Show in Woods tock Ont ge nshy

erated a lot of excitement and

goodwill in OACs 125th shyanniversary year and raised

$51000 that wi ll support stu shy

dent recruitm ent programs in

the college The auction was organized by Cinty Jocius BSc(Agr) 70 president of

Ginty Jocius amp Associates of

Guelph on behalf of the OAC Alumni Foundation

Auction items donated by friends and exhibitors at th e

farm show included everylhing

from farm equipment and supshyplies to a seven-month-old lla shyma named (-i nty Lorie Jocius

BASe 72 purchased her husshy

bands namesake and gave it to

OAC as an anniversary presen t at th e Sept 25 Heritage Banshy

quet and Ball

FUND-RAISI NG PARTNERSHIPS GROW

fessional fund -raislls wiJl spend

more of thei r time making pershy

so nal requ es ts for gifts to the University and less time on inshy

house administra tion

Members of the Annual Fund

Council will invite donations

Crom alumni members of the campu~ community the paren ts

of current students graduating

classes members of the various

gift clu bs (Presidents Council

etc) and selected corporations

foundations and associations

Development and Public Affairs staff will help target vol unteer

efforts where they wi ll have the

stronges t impact on growin g don or particip ation and fund shy

razsing results

Annual giving is one of the

most crucial parts of an institushy

tion s developmen t agenda says Putns Annu al donors help

maintain the quali ty of estabshylished academic programs espeshy

cially in times of reduced pubshy

lic fundin g he says They also

provide a foundation for special

fun cl-rai sing cam paigns shycampaigns that enable the Unishy

ve rsity to grow by providi ng

funds for major projects that do

not ha ve a traditional so urce of support Tbe ACCESS endowshy

ment for student financial assistshy

ance and the rece nt campaign to upgrade th e Food Science

Building are notable examples For more illjormation aboLit

the An17ual FUlld Co ullcil call Al111tal Fund 17l1lnager Tara George at 519-824-4 120 Ex t

390 1 or Putl7S at ext 6384

GRAD NEWS

U of G Degrees ADA = Associate diploma

in agriculture BA =Bachelor of arts BASe = Bachelor of applied

science BComm = Bachelor of

commerce BHSe Bachelor of houseshy

hold science BLA =Bachelor of

landscape architecture BSA = Bachelor of science in

agriculture (pre-196s) BSe(Agr) Bachelor of

science in agriculture BoSe = Bachelor of science BSe(Eng) =Bachelor of

science in engineering BSc(Env) =Bachelor of

19405

bull The Macdonald Institute

Class of 1941 met each other

for the firsl lime in 1939 and

theyve been gelling logelher rvice a year siIlce gradual ion

Celebrating 60 yea rs of fri end shy

ship this year are Mary (Hcx imer) MacLeln Beth

(jackson) Ca rdifF Mo lly

(Pattrson) Nix Frances

(Pellet) Smith Dorolhy

(Pond) Dunn Jeanne (Taylor )

Hamel Phyllis (Weren) Sobel and Evelyn (Eatun ) Pond

bull Jim Morton BSA 47 posed with his son Robert SA 70

and grandsons Jeff Bell 13A

9 1 and Greg Mo rton

SSc( Eng) 99 at Gregs U of

G convocation in June Retired

from a career in the lumber

business Jim is an OAC llu mmiddot ni volunteer al Guclph and is

aClive in cOm11lUnily work in

Burlington Onto Rob ert is

CEO of the Community Care

Access Centre in Simcoe

Coullly Jeff lcaches in Elmvalc

for the Simcoe County Dislricl School Board and Greg is

working Wilh the COnSlliling

engineering firm of Proclor

science in environmental sciences

BSe(HK) Bachelor of science in human kinetics

BSc(pE) = Bachelor of science in physical education

DHE = Diploma in home economics

DVSc = Doctor of veterinary science

DVM =Doctor of veterinary medicine

GO = Graduate diploma MA = Master of arts MAgr = Master of agriculture MBA = Master of business

admininstration MEng =Master of engineering

and Redfern at its Kitchener

office The Guelph lineage

aCl ually bega n in the Morton fami ly with Greg great shy

grantimoliln Anne Pringle

Morton DH E 1914

Greg Morton Jeff Bell and Jim and

Robert Morton

19505

bull Harold Baker BSA 50

writes to w rrect the e-mail

address publi shed in the last

iss lle of the Clepll Alunnls

Friends (111 conlact the retired

University of Saskatchewan

professo r and Il is wife Phyllis

at ha kc r hdukeL1sa~k ca

bull Barney Goodwin-Wilson BSA 50 is serving a two-year

krm as chair of the hoard of

lhe Onta rio Foocllerminal

The Iomnlo facility is the

MFA = Master of fine art MLA Master of landscape

architecture MMS = Master of management studies MSc =Master of science MSc(Aqua) = Master of

science in aquaculture ODA = Ontario diploma in

agriculture ODH =Ontario diploma in

horticulture OdR = Ontario Diploma in

recreation PhD = Doctor of philosophy

larges t who lesale fruit proshy

duce and flower market in

Canada and one of the largest

in orrh America He was forshymerly director and vice-cha ir

of the board

bull Gary Powell ADA 58

stopped at a remote motel in

western klahoma last

Janu ary and stanee a convershysation with th e only other cusshy

tomer at breakfa st the next

morning Turns out they were

both U of G grads Powell and Joe Deli BSc (Agr ) 64 had a

great time reminiscing abo Llt

ca mpus perso nalities they

both knew I guess one is never really very far from home says Powell

bull Dave Valentine BSA 59 has

retired as (o unty engineer for

the County of Brant in

Ontario He previously spent

23 years with Sir Sandford

Fleming College in Peterborough and has served 8S

engineer for the coun ties of Haliburton and Victoria He

and his wife Carole are now

Jiving near Carlisle Send e-mail

to valcntinworldchatcom

19605

bull Manuel Garcia PhD 67 was

recognized by the government

of the Ph ilippines in December

1998 with one of the highest

honours given to Filipinos Jivshy

ing outside the cou ntr y Garcia

is a senior consulting mi crobishy

ologist with lAS Bioshy

Diagnostic and a former

research scientist with

Agriculture and Agri-Food

Canada in Ottawa He is intershy

nationally recognized for his work in veterinary med icin e

and public health on the early detection of ca mpylobacter

salmonella and other foodshy

borne pathogens He is a memshy

ber of several learned profes shy

sional societies and has been involved in a number of intershy

national developm ent projects

He is also a community volunshy

teer and a pioneer in establishshying the National Council of

Canadian Filipino Associations

as the official voice of Filipino

Canadians nationwide bull Tom Hutchison DVM 65 is

a veterinary pathologist with the Nova Scotia provincial

diagnostic lab In 1998 he

passed the board cer tification exa ms for the American

College of Poultry Veterinarians in Baltimore but

the years highlights came in

late summer - a first grandshy

child for Tom and his wife

Eileen in August and the birth

of their own son Scott in

September bull Brian Little ADA 67 BSc(Agr) 72 and MSc 78

was elected president of the

Canadian 4-H Foundation in

May He was previously presishy -dent of the Ca nadian 4-H

Co uncil and a co uDcil represhysentative for his employe r the

Royal Bank of Canada He has been a fou ndation trustee for

f allWinter 1999 33

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several years and has a strong

4-H background as a member

and a club leader

19705

bull Doug Franklin SA 72 was

recen tly a ppoin led execu tive

director of the Multiple

Sclerosis Association of

America its hea d office is in

Cherry Hill NJ He was forshy

merly with the International

Youth Foundation in

Baltimore Md

bull Cathie Leimbach

SSc(Agr) 78 and MAgr 88

visi ted U of G this fa ll as

agrologist-in-residence It was

the sixth year of the program

co-sponsored by OAC and the

Ontario Institute of

Agrologists (OlA ) Raised on

an Ontario dairy and swine

farm Leimbach is past presishy

dent of the OI A and a partner

in STRIVE a team specializshy

in g in training facilitation and

consulting She now lives on a

cash-crop farm in Ohio

bull Willem Moolenbeek BSe

77 and MSe 8 1 studied biolshy

ogy and entomology at U of G

at the same time he was learnshy

ing to play the saxophone with

the Royal Conservatory of

Mu sic He says he still loves

science but music has become

his career A recitalist soloist

and clinician he has been a

saxophone instructor at

McMaster University in

Hamilton Ont fo r 15 years

He also teaches at the 19805

University of Waterloo pri- bull Bruce Brown BSe(Agr)

vately and at the National 85 and his wife Claudia

Music Ca mp of Canada where (Liebscher) BA 84 have three

he sometimes offers an infor- children who are beginning to

mal course on in sect identifi- display their dads musical

cation There are always a few prowess on the kazoo After 14

kids who really dig that he years of dairy farming Bruce

says U of G music lovers want back to school to earn an

enjoyed his saxophone music education degree and is now

at a noon-hour concert in teaching science with the

October Durham District School

bull Peter Vaughan SA 77 and Board

MA 77 was appointed secre- bull Tom Burns BA 89 and MA

tar y general and CEO of the 91 is a member of the

Canadian Medical Association Victoria Police in Melbourne

in June A fa culty member in Australia Last summer he

two departments at John s welcomed visitors from the

Hopkins University and in the RCMP including Kevin Durie

Department of Family BA 93 They quickly estab-

Medicine at the University of lished a U of G connection

Ottawa he is a fo rmer presi- including Duries student

dent of the medical staff at employment at Dcr Keller

Guelph General Hospital and a which was Burns s favourite

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the job says Burns but this

time we spent most of our

time talking about the great

times we had at U of G In

still another coincidence

Durie is married to Christine

Blake-Durie BA 91 and MA

93 who was a member of

Burnss MA group Burns says

other U of G grads travelling

to Melbourne are more than

welcome to drop in

bull Stuart Jackson ADA 87 is

distribution manager for

Burnbrae Farms Ltd in Delta

Onto He sends greetings to all

OAC friends including the

diploma classes of 1979 and

1980

bull Laurel (Murdoch) Koumarelas BComm 84 is

an ESL teacher with the

Toronto School Board She

and her husband Gus live in

Mississauga with their sons

Robert and Evan

bull Trish Looman BA 87

works for Royal LePageshy

Vantage in Guelph She speshy

cializes in residential multishy

unit real estate

bull Laima (Karosas) Laffitte

BSe(Agr) 85 and MAgr 91

lives in Wendover Ont with

her husband Vincent MAgr

91 and their children Yohan

and Marina Laima is the

advertising manager for The

Canadian Veterinary Journal and Vincent is an account

manager at the St Isidore

branch of Scotiabank Theyd

like to hear from classmates

via e-mail at Iaffitteonsymshy

paticoca They also want to let

OAC 85 grads know that the

class executive is building a

Web page at wwwrkdecom

oac85 and needs updated

names and addresses (includshy

ing e-mail) to add to the

directory f IS-year reunion

is being planned for Dec 2

and 32000

bull Cheryl Miller-Oh BASe

91 and her husband Tae live

in Southfield Mich with their

twins Nathalie and Nathan

born in October 1998 She is a

health-care consultant with

Computer Sciences

Corporation Send e-mail to

millerohsprintca

bull Vijay Singh MSe 70 has

been awarded the Arthur K Barton Endowed Professorship

at Louisiana State University

He also recently received an

honorary degree and a

Fulbright Award for his work

in the area of entropy

bull Gayle (Barton) Tapper BSe

81 (biological science) and 83

(computing science) has been

employed at Memorial

University in St Johns Nfld

for 14 years in the Department

of Computing and

Communications She is comshy

pleting graduate work in phishy

losophy and humanities at

Memorial and is the principal

harpist with the

Newfoundland Symphony

Orchestra Last year she

released a CD of Latinworld

traditional music on the South

American harp Visit her Web

site at httpwwwucsmun

cal -gay

bull Carolyn Riddell BA 85 is

running an active arts educashy

tion and paintingprintmaking

studio in Fergus Ont

bull Laura Wilkinson BSe 85

and MSe 87 is a coroner in

British Columbia and lives on

a cattle ranch near 70 Mile

House

19905

bull Kristi Adamo BSc(HK)

96 and MSc 98 and Rob

McMullin BSe 95 were

married in May 1999 and Jive

in Ottawa

bull Michelle (Pilon) Bacon BA

90 has been living in London

England with her husband

Tim and children Juliette and

Lucien but they are planning a

return to Canada They will be

AIRBORNE ALUMNUS Olive Thompson DHE 35 celebrated her 85th birthday

with her head in the clouds She made her first parachute

jump with instructor Scott Borghese in Simcoe Ont in June

and says it was the most exciting thing shes done in her life

Thompson lives in Dunnville and has four children and three

grandchildren When she asked them about the paracbute

jump they told her to go for it Shes considering a repeat I U

jump next year and hopes her adventure will be a good S o

example for other seniors A dedicated member of the class -lt CD

of Mac 35 Thompson was president of the University of s Guelph Alumni Association in 197778 and keeps busy now VI

I

with volunteer work for the Salvation Army Z

living in Calgary and welcome

contact with western grads

and friends from Guelph Send

e-mail to m_e_baconhotshy

maicom

bull Deborah (Panton) Bodden

BASc 93 and her husband

Lyndhurst were married in

1998 and live in Grand

Cayman Cayman Islands

where she teaches primary

schoo

bull Elizabeth Cardno MSe 99

is working with the Rural

Health Research Consortium

at the University of

Saskatchewan developing

research projects on rural

health issues in relation to the

Canadian Institute for Health

Research

bull Jeannine Cote BA 9 J lives

in Hamilton Ont and works

o -lt

as a health -care aide and

home-support worker

bull Jeremy Debling BSe 94 is

a formulation chemist in the

pharmaceutical development

department at Novopharm

Limited in Toronto

bull Angela Dodd BA 93 and

Christopher Kemp

BSe(HK) 94 were married

Aug 14 Theyve bought a new

home in Etobicoke Ont

where he works for Canada

3000 Airlines and at Kingsway

Physiotherapy as a kinesioloshy

gist She is employed at

Manulife Financial in -Waterloo

bull Sheryl Harding Friedrich

BASe 85 is a full-time mom

and part-time nutrition conshy

sultant in Cannington Onto

She and her husband Cal

FallWinter 1999 35

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have three child ren Jonathan

Daniel and Anna

bull Anne Marie (Henwood)

Harman BA 95 is enjoying

her time at home with one shy

year-old Jenna She and her

husband Murray can be

reached bye-mail at 3harshy

mansstormca

bull Rosaleen Heffernan BA 96

and Barry Liboiron BSe 97

were married in August

Theyre both studying at the

University of British

Co lumbia where Liboiron is

doing a PhD in chemistry and

He ffe rnan is completing a

degree in educati on

bull Krista Hilton BASe 95

lives in Halifax with her hlls shy

band Michael Galloway She is

a priest in the Anglican Church

of Canada and serves as curate

a t the Cathedral Church of All

Sain ts Friends can reach her at

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bull Michael Kennard BA 86

starred as Mump the Clown in

the Canadian Stage Company

production of Mump amp Smoo t

in Something Else With Zug last

winte r at tbe Canadian Stage

Theatre in Toronto

bull Sharon McConnell BSe 90

and MSe 93 went on from U

of G to earn a diploma in

business management from

Wilfrid Laurier University

Since 1995 she has worked in

Toronto as a project director at

Burak Ja co bson Market

Resea rch Partners Ine

bull Michael McKay-Fleming BA

92 has launched two daily

comic strips via the Internet

Check out his Inane Producshy

tions Web site at http mem

bershomenetinaneprod to folshy

low the adventures of a free-spirshy

ited teenager named Alice and all

the animals in a new VVildlife

comielf you like comic strips

this fine art grad invites you to

enjoy his talent and humour

bull Andrew Nicholls MA 90 nications in Cambridge

and PhD 97 is an assistant bull Christine (Rogers) Patten

professor of history at Buffalo BA 9 1 lives in Toronto and

State College in Buffalo N Y has been working as a sales

He recen tly published the representative and industry

book The Jacobean Union A training facilitator since grad-

Reconsideration of British Civil uation She and her husband

Policies Under th e Early Vincent celebrated the birth of

Stuarts which offers a new their first child Gareth in

perspective on the role of mul - March 1999

tiple monarchy in the early bull Guiseppe Peritore

modern British kingdoms BSe(HK) 96 is studying

bull Jennifer (Pope) Parney physical therapy at the

BASc 94 works at Chatham- University of To ronto He

Kent Integrated Childrens married Rita Lavalle in May

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bull Sarah Perkins BSe(Agr) bull Tammy Tipler Priolo 92 joined Pfizer Animal BASe 90 lives in her hom e

Health in London Ont in town of North Bay Ont with

November as a product sup- her husband Clark and their

port speCialist Earlier she two-year-old daughter Erica

taught at Fairview College in Tipler Priolo is u5mg her com -

Fairview Alta before m oving puting skills in genealogy

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bull Bradley Raspberry BASc 90 is a clinical leader and regisshy

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atric behavioural health at SI

Josephs Villa in Dundas Ont

bull Lisa Ranacher BSe 98

recently joined the agronomy

program at the Central

Experimental Farm in Ottawa

as a physiological modelling

technician

bull Jamie Rickard BSe(Agr)

96 and Laura Summerfeldt

BSe(Agr) 97 were married

in October 1998 She is comshy

pleting a masters degree at U

of G and he is working with

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ents Sherry (McBain) SA 69

and Ralph Rickard BSe 69 Tricia (Pella) BA 95 and

Gaetano Guy Rosa

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G friends attending They live

in Mississauga Ont where

Guy works as an account manshy

ager for BCI Bank and T ricia is

an environmental planner with

the Toronto and Region Conshy

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bull Pamela (Thompson) BASe

91 and Randy Ruisendaal

BComm 92 live near

Belleville 01t with their yearshy

old daughter )lIlian Elizabeth

bull Ian Sandler DVM 9 5 was

married to Fern Glowinsk) in

March 1999 and works at

Secord Animal Clinic in

Toronto

bull Baijit Singh PhD 94 comshy

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at Texas AampM University and

Columbia University then

worked for the Canadian Food

Inspection Agency in Prince

Edward Island before joining

the University of Saskatchewan

as an associate professor He

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bull Cyndy Stencill ADA 93 is a

propagator at a tree nursery in

British Columbia

bull Steve Tanner BA 82

recently moved to Guelph as

deputy police chief He had

served on the Halton Region

force since 1982 Tanner is a

specialist in criminal investigashy

tions and lie detector opera shy

tion He has continued his

education at Sheridan College

and McMaster and Ryerson

universities and is now workshy

ing on a masters degree at the

University of Western Ontario

bull Cheryl (Kellman) Thompson BA 95 run s a

rehabilitation consulting busishy

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in Burlington Ont

bull Donald PhD 94 and

Suzanne Welsh MSe 96

relocated from Yale University

to the University of Vermont

where they are both working

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bull Wendla Westerberg BASc

96 earned a BEd from the

University of Western Ontario

in 1997 She is working for the

Lambton-Kent District School

Board as an occasional teacher

and lives in her home town of

Dresden Ont

bull Deena (Jones) Zambrana

BA 93 and her husband

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OBITUARIES

W illiam Ba rnes DVM 59 died Sept 7

1999 He grew up in th e N iagara area

but spent his professio nal ca ree r in a

ve terina ry prac ti ce in Ill inois He was a

dr ivi ng force in the American Ve ter inary

Medica l Assooatio n and in bo th the

Chicago and IlJin o is assoc iatio ns He

was also a fo un ding mem ber o f the

Ch icago-based Friends of Unicerslty of

Guelph a char itable o rga nizat ion

founded in 1975 to serve Guelph a lumni

living in the United Sta tes

George Dickson BSA 38 di ed Oct 9

1999 H e spen t h is entire career w ith

Canada Packers moving up f[Om mai l

cle rk to exec lltive vice-presid ent and

d irector After retirin g in 1976 he

devoted ma ny vo lu ntee r hours to U of

G 3S a memb er of Boa rd o f Gove rno rs

and the OAC Alumni Associatio n

Jam es Pinkney DVM 37 died July 3

1999 A respected ve ter in aria n in his

hom e to~ll o f Cooksv il le O nt he was

also recog nized as a p remier swi ne

breeder showman and judge He was

active in m any agricultural o rga niza shy

tio ns and in both the Ontario and

Canadian Vete rinary Med ical assoc iashy

tio ns He was a lo ngti me supporte r o f

th e Unive rsity especially the OVC

museum and was named OVC

Di stinguished Alumnus in 1987

Audrey Yea nd le DHE 25 di ed March

17 1999 in St ratford O nto A profes shy

sio nal diet it ia n she wo rked to two hosshy

p itals and tau ght home eco no m ics at

the Jo hn Fi he r School In Toro nto

Active In com munity orga nizatio ns and

her chu rch she was a lo ng time U of G

suppo rter and left an es ta te gift of over

$475000 to p rov ide bursaries for future

Gu elph students

Alumni

Jo hn Andrews DVM 38 June 27 1999

Harris Baker BSA 33 Febru ary 1998

Hu gh Balkwill BSA 53 June 27 1999

John Bowles BA 72 Sept 23 1999

Edward Bowness DVM 32 May 13 1999

Rud y Brown BSA 59 June 29 1999

Walter Bunn BSA 52 Sept 2 1999

Margaret Byrnes DHE 40 Apr il 22 1999

Joa n Cameron DH E 36 April 10 1999

Wil liam Cape ll BSA 54 Aprd 25 1999

T homas Ca rd BSA 47Ju ne 20 1999

Jean a rter DH E 38 Jun e 28 1999

Loi Clipsham D H E 27 Ju ne 23 1999

Bruce Cohoe BSA 3 3 Feb 2 1999

Geoffrey Collins BSA 28 May 21 1999

Al exander C o nnell ADA 60 Ju ly 26

1999

John Currie BA 74 Sep t 18 1999

William C u rrie BSA 59 Nov 27 1998

C arma n Davey DVM 39 Apr il 15 1999

D oug Doerksen ADA 84 Ju ne 5 1999

Joann e DU ll can -Robinson BA 81 and

MA 86 July 22 1999

Robert Erskine BSA 41 May 2 1999

Will ia m Fisher BSA 48 Aug 5 1999

Norm Freeman BSA 49 July 2 1999

Alexander Gc ncr BSA 32 Dee 27 1998

Rudy Goltz BSA 33 July 28 1 999

Tom Grah am BS 50 Dee 3 1998

Ed na Has tings D H E 32 July 11 1999

Jack Hea theringto n DVM 54 April 18

1999

Pa tric ia Hill BSc 96 MMch 9 1999

Ralph Hills BSA 54 June 14 1999

Murray Ho ltby ADA 47 O ct 29 1998

Shawn H owden B 9 1July81 999

james j ackson BSA 34 April 29 1999

Karen ( Re ichardt ) Kister B H Se 70

Ap rilll 1999

Albert Kristjanson BSA 50 Dec 7 1998

John Laffert ) BSA 5 1 Aug II 1999

Ron Lawrence DVM 43 Mel) 4 1999

Ann e Legate BSe 89 March 1999

Tsu-Peng Stephen i iu M Sc 65 Ma)

Hl 1998

Rober t Luckham ADA 58 Jan IS 1999

Jam es Lyons BSA 59 Au g 2~ 1999

Willia m M ack BSc(Eng) 84 Ju ne 7

1999

T helma M artin D HE 41 July 131999

Helen McBratney D lI E 34 in 1998

Allan Bud McCardle BSA 52 May 10

1999

Ri chard M cDonald O AC C la ss of 47

lV1arch 24 1999

john Meeuse ADA 58 July 19 1999

Ra ymond Parr D VM 3 7 Ap ril 7 999

George Plakidas MA 93 date unknown

Virgini a Reed ODH 66 1arch 1 1999

Rose Reynold s D HE 28 Apri l 17 1999

Ern es t Ro bertso n BSA 37 Aug 6 1999

Jam es Ross BSA 34 Au g 23 1999

Gra nt Savage D VM 48 Ma rch 2 1999

Earl Shuh BSA 36 July 5 1999

Eu gene Smith BSA 3 1 Jan 27 1999

Will iam Smyth MA 90 Oc tober 1997

Ch er yl Ann Somerville BSe(Agr) 96

Sept IS 1999

Carl Stevenson BSA 46 Aug 26 1999

Robert Tennant BSA 49 May 5 1999

Gregory Tostevin BA 93 Feb 10 1999

Gerald Trant BSA 51 Sept 1 1999

Bennie Urquhart DV M 54 April 4 1999

Ga il Wamsl ey BA 70 July 24 1998

Gladys Ward D IlE 27 Apri l 8 1999

Catherine Welch BSA 22 Ma rch 3 1998

M abel ( McCa rthy) Ziegler DH E 26

Apr il 29 1999

Facu lty amp Staff Pro f Sid Gilbert Sociolog) and An thro shy

polog) Sept 8 1999

Rev Canon Ritchie McMurray

eCllm enical ch aplain 1968 to 1983

Aug 19 1999

Frie nds

Yvonne Alexander M~y 15 1999

jerry lkirnes Sept 2 1999

Marga ret C urran Dec 28 1998

John Godwin in 1999

viark G renville Nov 6 1998

Peter Hallm an Ju ne 22 1999

Elsie Mae johnston Sept 12 1999

C lover Helena Ladouceur Sept 4 1999

Ed it h Pa tterson in 1993

Andrew Peterson Aug 26 1999

Edgar St rin ger March 1999

Gerry Vandergri ft Sep t 28 1999

Frank Watson March 23 1999

Barry Woods Jul y 30 1999

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HISTORIANS CANT PINPOINT the date that the Unishy

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from Ontario limesto ne but its familiar columns preshy

date the 1874 fo und ing o f the Ontario Agricu ltural Colshy

lege by several yea rs

Originally fronting a fa rmh ouse on Moreton Lodge

Farm the orna te front porch stoo d at the entrance of

the main co ll ege building until the O ld Res idence was

demolished in 1929 to make way for the co nstruction

of Johnston Hall Its believed the portico was erected

on Johnston Green in 1934

Because the ravages of time and weather had weakshy

ened the limestone structure to a dan gerous point it

was dismantled earlier this fall and underwent muchshy

needed repairs to the stonework ceiling and roof The

OAC Class of 1949 raised $75000 to fund the p roject

as a 50th-anniversa ry gift to the ca mpu s and a way to

commemo rate the 125th anniversa ry of OAC

Now completely restored the portico is back in place

on Johnston Green whe re it co ntinues to se rve as an

elegant reminder of ca mpus histor y and a favour ite

pla ce fo r convocation and wedding photographs

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-ORDER OF OACU of G Can1pus ESTABLISHED MARY AND RlCK RICHARDS longtime OAC supporterWelcoilles Alumni

ABSA 38 are the first inductees Membership in the order is

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LUMNI WEEKEND J999 orga nizing committee and says lished ea rli er thi s year by the uals who give $1 00000 or more

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visitors to campus June 18 to 20 class establi sh a mille nnium recognize significant contribushy ance policies planned gifts or

In addition to th e traditi o nal scholarship to co mmemorate its tions to its end owment fund cash donations Gifts may be

awards luncheon hosted by U of 25 th anni versar)1 of graduation Rick served as dean of OAC applied as endowments to the

G president Mordech ai Rozanshy The Uni vers it y of Guelph [Tom 1964 to 1972 (see sto ry OAC Alumni Foundation or to

ski there we re man y spec ial Alumni Associat ion held its on page 28) Mary also worked the college as approved by the

events and cla ss reunions The ann ual meeting during Alumni in the college and has been a fou ndation directors

new Order of OAC was preshy Wee kend and elected a new slate

sented to Mary and Rick of offi cers for 1999 2000 Scott

Richards BSA 38 at th e Go ldshy va nEnge n BSc(Ag r) 88 presshy

en Anniversary Dinner and the id ent Robin-Lee Norris BA 80

Class of J974 hosted a reuni on first vice-pres ident John Tatson

dinner with Calgary Flames BA 69 seco nd vice-president

Hockey Club CEO Ron Bremshy Rita Sterne BComm 87 secshy

ner BA 7 J as guest speaker Bill Imiddotetar) and Brad Hull BA 89

Laidlaw BA 74 chaired the treasurer

President Mordechai Rozanski and representatives of the alumni

classes and individuals who supported U of Gs six new themati c

gardens cut the ribbon to officially open them duri ng Alumni Weekshy

end From left are Bill Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 61 Don Gri eve

BSA 55 and MSA 57 Harold Shield BSA 51 Sandra Hannam uJ CD Clay Switze r BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rozanski Marilyn Robinson ~ I Murray BH5c 55 Ted McNinch BSA 49 Bruce Stone BSA 53 u VI

Z and MSA 54 Harold Bentley BSA 64 and MSc 66 Craig Hunter lt

B5c(AgL) 74 and MSc 77 and Les Laking BSA 39 and HDSC 71 The conservatory greenhouse was unveiled moments later by gtshyCD

Don Rutherford BSA 51 who gave the leadership gift ensuring VI o

it s res toration on behalf of his famil y 5 I -

Ginty jocius BSc(Agr) 70 left chair of the OAC Alumni Foundation

presents the Order of OAC to Mary and Rick Richards BSA 38

Enjoying the Class of 1974 re union dinner are from left jerry Orga n

BSc(PE) 71 Ron Bremner BA 71 Gail Bremner Paul Henry MA 71

and Bill Laidlaw BA 74

30 GUELPH ALUMNUS

GRYPHON SPIRIT DOMINATES HOMECOMING

UOF G students shared the stands with alumni who came to campus Sept 25

to watch the football Gryphons defeat their long- standing varsity rival the University of Toronto Blues During the weeke nd the Gryphon Club Hall of Fame inducted five Gryphon swimmers filled the gold pool at the 21st ann ual Alumni Relay Swim Meet

and president Mordechai Rozanski hostshyed a luncheon attended by more than 200 alumni and current students who have received sc holarships and awards or who

participated in the volunteer peer helper prog ram

ALUMNI SWIM TO THE TOP

FORMER GRYPHON SW IMMER S Peter Koli snyk BSc(HK) 83 and Denise

(FarndaJe) vVatso n BASe 85 were recogshyni zed at the ann ual Homecoming sw im mee t for having attended more often th an any other alumni Other participants includshyed 1999 graduates Nico le Weber BSe CEng ) Greg Steinberg BSc(HK) and Nancy Sweetnam BComm who has been a memshy

ber of two Canadian Ol ympic teams ( 1992 and 1996) The alumni team defeated the stud ent teams with the help of Leo n

Homecoming J

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Form er Guelph mayor and sports broadcaster Norm la ry received the Gryphon Club Hall of

Fame Merit Award Sept 24 at the annual induction c re mony that also honoured five former

Gryphon athletes From left are Paul Willi ams a cross-country and track athlete and three-time

Canadian Olympian Bob Pronk BComm 82 Ontario and Canadian cham pionship wrestler

Dave Guest BComm 87 a former all middotstar soccer and vo lleyba ll player Gladys Williams BA

69 MVP in both wo menS fi eld hockey and ice hockey lary and Mark Brown BComm 81

Wi ldman Trophy winner and football capta in The Gryphon Club also recognized the 1974 mens

rugby OUAA championship team

Garstecki Gryphon diving coach in the midshy Dale a longtime Gryp hon supporter and a I 970s and retired botany professo r Hugh national record-b olding masters swimmer

bull49 VETS MEET AT TRAlEE The OVC Cla ss of 1949 produced a la sting memory of its 50th

anni versary by filming the lune 18 gathering held at Tralee Farms

the home of class member Ray Cormack Classmates travelled from

across Canada and the United States to attend th e reunion which

included a luncheon a visit from U of G president Mordechai Rozanshy

ski and a tour of Cormacks farm and antique carriage collection

The organizing committee of Dave House Bill Mitchell Ken Fisk

and lim Arch ibald succeeded in producing a golden-anniversary

memento that captu res the days events and everyone in attendance

as they comment on their lives since graduating from OVe -Proceeds from the sale of the v ideos will support the OVC 49

Memorial Scholarship Fund Cost is $25 each To place an order call

Vikki Tremblay at Alumni House 519-824-4120 Ext 65 44 I D

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alumni Matters

2000 Coming Events

Jan 26 - Careers Night hostshyed by Mac-FACS Alumni Assoshy

ciation For informatio call Laurie MalleaLi at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Careers Night hostshyed by HAFA Alumni Associashy

tion For information call Laushyrie Malleau at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Aggie Good Times Banquet Call the OAC Studwl Federation at Ext 8321 for tickshyet information Feb 3 - Job hir at Bingeman Park in Kitchener complishy

mentary bus service from Unishyversity Centre for students and

alumni For directions and a list of employers call U of G

Career Services at Ext 22 13

Feb 11 - Deadline for nomshy

ina tions for U of G Alumni Association Alumnus of Honshy

our Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment and Alumni Volunteer

Award and the OVC Distinshy

guished Alumnus Call Carla Bradshaw at Ext 6657 for details March 1 - Annual alumni

Florida reunion at Maple Leaf

Estates Port C harlotte Florishyda For information call alumshyni programs at 519-824-4120

Ext 6657 send e-mail to alumshyniuoguelphca or call Jack Hanna in Florida after Jan 1

at 813-645-0905

March 18 amp 19 - College

Ro yal

March 31 amp April 1 - OAC

Alumni Association annual

bonspiel at the Guelph Curlshy

ing Club and Guelph Country w Club Call Carla Bradshaw at ~ txt 6657 to register c u bull For more information on anyU)

z alumni event call the U of G ltC extension listed at 519- 824shy20 r 4120 or send e-mail to al11111shyCD

o niCvzlOguelphcab c a

32 CUEIPH ALUM N US

EA RLIER THIS YEAR U ofG

introduced a new approacll to fund-raising that centres on

academic priorities identified by

the ix colleges Now the Unishy

ve rsit y expa nds this initiative

through the formation of a new Annual Fund Cou ncil that will

recruit volunteers to proactiveshy

ly help meet tll0se funding goals

By enlarging the partnershy

ship between academics and fund-raisers we arc focusing our

efforts more clearly on the Un ishy

versi tys overall stra tegic objecshy

tives says Rudy Putns executive

director of campaign progra ms

We are calling on coUege deans to help ensure that our annual

giving programs are providing

the grea test possible benefit to

students Our volunteer and pro-

ALUMNI CElEBRATE NEW HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE CENTRE

The Human KineticsHuman Biology Alumni Association

presented a sketch of the John T Powell Building to U of Cs

new Health and Perfor mance Centre at a June 19 reunion of alumni and former staff Artist Joan Harper BSe(HK)

82 left and retired professor John Powell right witnessed

a presentati on by association pres ident Janet Leonhard BSe(HK) 82 to Prof Terry Graham

SilENT AUCTION MAKES NOISE

A silent auction held Sept 14 to 16 a t the Ou tdoo r Farm

Show in Woods tock Ont ge nshy

erated a lot of excitement and

goodwill in OACs 125th shyanniversary year and raised

$51000 that wi ll support stu shy

dent recruitm ent programs in

the college The auction was organized by Cinty Jocius BSc(Agr) 70 president of

Ginty Jocius amp Associates of

Guelph on behalf of the OAC Alumni Foundation

Auction items donated by friends and exhibitors at th e

farm show included everylhing

from farm equipment and supshyplies to a seven-month-old lla shyma named (-i nty Lorie Jocius

BASe 72 purchased her husshy

bands namesake and gave it to

OAC as an anniversary presen t at th e Sept 25 Heritage Banshy

quet and Ball

FUND-RAISI NG PARTNERSHIPS GROW

fessional fund -raislls wiJl spend

more of thei r time making pershy

so nal requ es ts for gifts to the University and less time on inshy

house administra tion

Members of the Annual Fund

Council will invite donations

Crom alumni members of the campu~ community the paren ts

of current students graduating

classes members of the various

gift clu bs (Presidents Council

etc) and selected corporations

foundations and associations

Development and Public Affairs staff will help target vol unteer

efforts where they wi ll have the

stronges t impact on growin g don or particip ation and fund shy

razsing results

Annual giving is one of the

most crucial parts of an institushy

tion s developmen t agenda says Putns Annu al donors help

maintain the quali ty of estabshylished academic programs espeshy

cially in times of reduced pubshy

lic fundin g he says They also

provide a foundation for special

fun cl-rai sing cam paigns shycampaigns that enable the Unishy

ve rsity to grow by providi ng

funds for major projects that do

not ha ve a traditional so urce of support Tbe ACCESS endowshy

ment for student financial assistshy

ance and the rece nt campaign to upgrade th e Food Science

Building are notable examples For more illjormation aboLit

the An17ual FUlld Co ullcil call Al111tal Fund 17l1lnager Tara George at 519-824-4 120 Ex t

390 1 or Putl7S at ext 6384

GRAD NEWS

U of G Degrees ADA = Associate diploma

in agriculture BA =Bachelor of arts BASe = Bachelor of applied

science BComm = Bachelor of

commerce BHSe Bachelor of houseshy

hold science BLA =Bachelor of

landscape architecture BSA = Bachelor of science in

agriculture (pre-196s) BSe(Agr) Bachelor of

science in agriculture BoSe = Bachelor of science BSe(Eng) =Bachelor of

science in engineering BSc(Env) =Bachelor of

19405

bull The Macdonald Institute

Class of 1941 met each other

for the firsl lime in 1939 and

theyve been gelling logelher rvice a year siIlce gradual ion

Celebrating 60 yea rs of fri end shy

ship this year are Mary (Hcx imer) MacLeln Beth

(jackson) Ca rdifF Mo lly

(Pattrson) Nix Frances

(Pellet) Smith Dorolhy

(Pond) Dunn Jeanne (Taylor )

Hamel Phyllis (Weren) Sobel and Evelyn (Eatun ) Pond

bull Jim Morton BSA 47 posed with his son Robert SA 70

and grandsons Jeff Bell 13A

9 1 and Greg Mo rton

SSc( Eng) 99 at Gregs U of

G convocation in June Retired

from a career in the lumber

business Jim is an OAC llu mmiddot ni volunteer al Guclph and is

aClive in cOm11lUnily work in

Burlington Onto Rob ert is

CEO of the Community Care

Access Centre in Simcoe

Coullly Jeff lcaches in Elmvalc

for the Simcoe County Dislricl School Board and Greg is

working Wilh the COnSlliling

engineering firm of Proclor

science in environmental sciences

BSe(HK) Bachelor of science in human kinetics

BSc(pE) = Bachelor of science in physical education

DHE = Diploma in home economics

DVSc = Doctor of veterinary science

DVM =Doctor of veterinary medicine

GO = Graduate diploma MA = Master of arts MAgr = Master of agriculture MBA = Master of business

admininstration MEng =Master of engineering

and Redfern at its Kitchener

office The Guelph lineage

aCl ually bega n in the Morton fami ly with Greg great shy

grantimoliln Anne Pringle

Morton DH E 1914

Greg Morton Jeff Bell and Jim and

Robert Morton

19505

bull Harold Baker BSA 50

writes to w rrect the e-mail

address publi shed in the last

iss lle of the Clepll Alunnls

Friends (111 conlact the retired

University of Saskatchewan

professo r and Il is wife Phyllis

at ha kc r hdukeL1sa~k ca

bull Barney Goodwin-Wilson BSA 50 is serving a two-year

krm as chair of the hoard of

lhe Onta rio Foocllerminal

The Iomnlo facility is the

MFA = Master of fine art MLA Master of landscape

architecture MMS = Master of management studies MSc =Master of science MSc(Aqua) = Master of

science in aquaculture ODA = Ontario diploma in

agriculture ODH =Ontario diploma in

horticulture OdR = Ontario Diploma in

recreation PhD = Doctor of philosophy

larges t who lesale fruit proshy

duce and flower market in

Canada and one of the largest

in orrh America He was forshymerly director and vice-cha ir

of the board

bull Gary Powell ADA 58

stopped at a remote motel in

western klahoma last

Janu ary and stanee a convershysation with th e only other cusshy

tomer at breakfa st the next

morning Turns out they were

both U of G grads Powell and Joe Deli BSc (Agr ) 64 had a

great time reminiscing abo Llt

ca mpus perso nalities they

both knew I guess one is never really very far from home says Powell

bull Dave Valentine BSA 59 has

retired as (o unty engineer for

the County of Brant in

Ontario He previously spent

23 years with Sir Sandford

Fleming College in Peterborough and has served 8S

engineer for the coun ties of Haliburton and Victoria He

and his wife Carole are now

Jiving near Carlisle Send e-mail

to valcntinworldchatcom

19605

bull Manuel Garcia PhD 67 was

recognized by the government

of the Ph ilippines in December

1998 with one of the highest

honours given to Filipinos Jivshy

ing outside the cou ntr y Garcia

is a senior consulting mi crobishy

ologist with lAS Bioshy

Diagnostic and a former

research scientist with

Agriculture and Agri-Food

Canada in Ottawa He is intershy

nationally recognized for his work in veterinary med icin e

and public health on the early detection of ca mpylobacter

salmonella and other foodshy

borne pathogens He is a memshy

ber of several learned profes shy

sional societies and has been involved in a number of intershy

national developm ent projects

He is also a community volunshy

teer and a pioneer in establishshying the National Council of

Canadian Filipino Associations

as the official voice of Filipino

Canadians nationwide bull Tom Hutchison DVM 65 is

a veterinary pathologist with the Nova Scotia provincial

diagnostic lab In 1998 he

passed the board cer tification exa ms for the American

College of Poultry Veterinarians in Baltimore but

the years highlights came in

late summer - a first grandshy

child for Tom and his wife

Eileen in August and the birth

of their own son Scott in

September bull Brian Little ADA 67 BSc(Agr) 72 and MSc 78

was elected president of the

Canadian 4-H Foundation in

May He was previously presishy -dent of the Ca nadian 4-H

Co uncil and a co uDcil represhysentative for his employe r the

Royal Bank of Canada He has been a fou ndation trustee for

f allWinter 1999 33

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several years and has a strong

4-H background as a member

and a club leader

19705

bull Doug Franklin SA 72 was

recen tly a ppoin led execu tive

director of the Multiple

Sclerosis Association of

America its hea d office is in

Cherry Hill NJ He was forshy

merly with the International

Youth Foundation in

Baltimore Md

bull Cathie Leimbach

SSc(Agr) 78 and MAgr 88

visi ted U of G this fa ll as

agrologist-in-residence It was

the sixth year of the program

co-sponsored by OAC and the

Ontario Institute of

Agrologists (OlA ) Raised on

an Ontario dairy and swine

farm Leimbach is past presishy

dent of the OI A and a partner

in STRIVE a team specializshy

in g in training facilitation and

consulting She now lives on a

cash-crop farm in Ohio

bull Willem Moolenbeek BSe

77 and MSe 8 1 studied biolshy

ogy and entomology at U of G

at the same time he was learnshy

ing to play the saxophone with

the Royal Conservatory of

Mu sic He says he still loves

science but music has become

his career A recitalist soloist

and clinician he has been a

saxophone instructor at

McMaster University in

Hamilton Ont fo r 15 years

He also teaches at the 19805

University of Waterloo pri- bull Bruce Brown BSe(Agr)

vately and at the National 85 and his wife Claudia

Music Ca mp of Canada where (Liebscher) BA 84 have three

he sometimes offers an infor- children who are beginning to

mal course on in sect identifi- display their dads musical

cation There are always a few prowess on the kazoo After 14

kids who really dig that he years of dairy farming Bruce

says U of G music lovers want back to school to earn an

enjoyed his saxophone music education degree and is now

at a noon-hour concert in teaching science with the

October Durham District School

bull Peter Vaughan SA 77 and Board

MA 77 was appointed secre- bull Tom Burns BA 89 and MA

tar y general and CEO of the 91 is a member of the

Canadian Medical Association Victoria Police in Melbourne

in June A fa culty member in Australia Last summer he

two departments at John s welcomed visitors from the

Hopkins University and in the RCMP including Kevin Durie

Department of Family BA 93 They quickly estab-

Medicine at the University of lished a U of G connection

Ottawa he is a fo rmer presi- including Duries student

dent of the medical staff at employment at Dcr Keller

Guelph General Hospital and a which was Burns s favourite

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the job says Burns but this

time we spent most of our

time talking about the great

times we had at U of G In

still another coincidence

Durie is married to Christine

Blake-Durie BA 91 and MA

93 who was a member of

Burnss MA group Burns says

other U of G grads travelling

to Melbourne are more than

welcome to drop in

bull Stuart Jackson ADA 87 is

distribution manager for

Burnbrae Farms Ltd in Delta

Onto He sends greetings to all

OAC friends including the

diploma classes of 1979 and

1980

bull Laurel (Murdoch) Koumarelas BComm 84 is

an ESL teacher with the

Toronto School Board She

and her husband Gus live in

Mississauga with their sons

Robert and Evan

bull Trish Looman BA 87

works for Royal LePageshy

Vantage in Guelph She speshy

cializes in residential multishy

unit real estate

bull Laima (Karosas) Laffitte

BSe(Agr) 85 and MAgr 91

lives in Wendover Ont with

her husband Vincent MAgr

91 and their children Yohan

and Marina Laima is the

advertising manager for The

Canadian Veterinary Journal and Vincent is an account

manager at the St Isidore

branch of Scotiabank Theyd

like to hear from classmates

via e-mail at Iaffitteonsymshy

paticoca They also want to let

OAC 85 grads know that the

class executive is building a

Web page at wwwrkdecom

oac85 and needs updated

names and addresses (includshy

ing e-mail) to add to the

directory f IS-year reunion

is being planned for Dec 2

and 32000

bull Cheryl Miller-Oh BASe

91 and her husband Tae live

in Southfield Mich with their

twins Nathalie and Nathan

born in October 1998 She is a

health-care consultant with

Computer Sciences

Corporation Send e-mail to

millerohsprintca

bull Vijay Singh MSe 70 has

been awarded the Arthur K Barton Endowed Professorship

at Louisiana State University

He also recently received an

honorary degree and a

Fulbright Award for his work

in the area of entropy

bull Gayle (Barton) Tapper BSe

81 (biological science) and 83

(computing science) has been

employed at Memorial

University in St Johns Nfld

for 14 years in the Department

of Computing and

Communications She is comshy

pleting graduate work in phishy

losophy and humanities at

Memorial and is the principal

harpist with the

Newfoundland Symphony

Orchestra Last year she

released a CD of Latinworld

traditional music on the South

American harp Visit her Web

site at httpwwwucsmun

cal -gay

bull Carolyn Riddell BA 85 is

running an active arts educashy

tion and paintingprintmaking

studio in Fergus Ont

bull Laura Wilkinson BSe 85

and MSe 87 is a coroner in

British Columbia and lives on

a cattle ranch near 70 Mile

House

19905

bull Kristi Adamo BSc(HK)

96 and MSc 98 and Rob

McMullin BSe 95 were

married in May 1999 and Jive

in Ottawa

bull Michelle (Pilon) Bacon BA

90 has been living in London

England with her husband

Tim and children Juliette and

Lucien but they are planning a

return to Canada They will be

AIRBORNE ALUMNUS Olive Thompson DHE 35 celebrated her 85th birthday

with her head in the clouds She made her first parachute

jump with instructor Scott Borghese in Simcoe Ont in June

and says it was the most exciting thing shes done in her life

Thompson lives in Dunnville and has four children and three

grandchildren When she asked them about the paracbute

jump they told her to go for it Shes considering a repeat I U

jump next year and hopes her adventure will be a good S o

example for other seniors A dedicated member of the class -lt CD

of Mac 35 Thompson was president of the University of s Guelph Alumni Association in 197778 and keeps busy now VI

I

with volunteer work for the Salvation Army Z

living in Calgary and welcome

contact with western grads

and friends from Guelph Send

e-mail to m_e_baconhotshy

maicom

bull Deborah (Panton) Bodden

BASc 93 and her husband

Lyndhurst were married in

1998 and live in Grand

Cayman Cayman Islands

where she teaches primary

schoo

bull Elizabeth Cardno MSe 99

is working with the Rural

Health Research Consortium

at the University of

Saskatchewan developing

research projects on rural

health issues in relation to the

Canadian Institute for Health

Research

bull Jeannine Cote BA 9 J lives

in Hamilton Ont and works

o -lt

as a health -care aide and

home-support worker

bull Jeremy Debling BSe 94 is

a formulation chemist in the

pharmaceutical development

department at Novopharm

Limited in Toronto

bull Angela Dodd BA 93 and

Christopher Kemp

BSe(HK) 94 were married

Aug 14 Theyve bought a new

home in Etobicoke Ont

where he works for Canada

3000 Airlines and at Kingsway

Physiotherapy as a kinesioloshy

gist She is employed at

Manulife Financial in -Waterloo

bull Sheryl Harding Friedrich

BASe 85 is a full-time mom

and part-time nutrition conshy

sultant in Cannington Onto

She and her husband Cal

FallWinter 1999 35

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have three child ren Jonathan

Daniel and Anna

bull Anne Marie (Henwood)

Harman BA 95 is enjoying

her time at home with one shy

year-old Jenna She and her

husband Murray can be

reached bye-mail at 3harshy

mansstormca

bull Rosaleen Heffernan BA 96

and Barry Liboiron BSe 97

were married in August

Theyre both studying at the

University of British

Co lumbia where Liboiron is

doing a PhD in chemistry and

He ffe rnan is completing a

degree in educati on

bull Krista Hilton BASe 95

lives in Halifax with her hlls shy

band Michael Galloway She is

a priest in the Anglican Church

of Canada and serves as curate

a t the Cathedral Church of All

Sain ts Friends can reach her at

aj568chebllctonsca

bull Michael Kennard BA 86

starred as Mump the Clown in

the Canadian Stage Company

production of Mump amp Smoo t

in Something Else With Zug last

winte r at tbe Canadian Stage

Theatre in Toronto

bull Sharon McConnell BSe 90

and MSe 93 went on from U

of G to earn a diploma in

business management from

Wilfrid Laurier University

Since 1995 she has worked in

Toronto as a project director at

Burak Ja co bson Market

Resea rch Partners Ine

bull Michael McKay-Fleming BA

92 has launched two daily

comic strips via the Internet

Check out his Inane Producshy

tions Web site at http mem

bershomenetinaneprod to folshy

low the adventures of a free-spirshy

ited teenager named Alice and all

the animals in a new VVildlife

comielf you like comic strips

this fine art grad invites you to

enjoy his talent and humour

bull Andrew Nicholls MA 90 nications in Cambridge

and PhD 97 is an assistant bull Christine (Rogers) Patten

professor of history at Buffalo BA 9 1 lives in Toronto and

State College in Buffalo N Y has been working as a sales

He recen tly published the representative and industry

book The Jacobean Union A training facilitator since grad-

Reconsideration of British Civil uation She and her husband

Policies Under th e Early Vincent celebrated the birth of

Stuarts which offers a new their first child Gareth in

perspective on the role of mul - March 1999

tiple monarchy in the early bull Guiseppe Peritore

modern British kingdoms BSe(HK) 96 is studying

bull Jennifer (Pope) Parney physical therapy at the

BASc 94 works at Chatham- University of To ronto He

Kent Integrated Childrens married Rita Lavalle in May

Service - Heritage Campus 1999 and lives in Oakv ille His

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bull Sarah Perkins BSe(Agr) bull Tammy Tipler Priolo 92 joined Pfizer Animal BASe 90 lives in her hom e

Health in London Ont in town of North Bay Ont with

November as a product sup- her husband Clark and their

port speCialist Earlier she two-year-old daughter Erica

taught at Fairview College in Tipler Priolo is u5mg her com -

Fairview Alta before m oving puting skills in genealogy

back to Ontario in 1997 to research to track down elusive

work for AgLine Commu- ancestors She can be reac hed

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Josephs Villa in Dundas Ont

bull Lisa Ranacher BSe 98

recently joined the agronomy

program at the Central

Experimental Farm in Ottawa

as a physiological modelling

technician

bull Jamie Rickard BSe(Agr)

96 and Laura Summerfeldt

BSe(Agr) 97 were married

in October 1998 She is comshy

pleting a masters degree at U

of G and he is working with

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and Ralph Rickard BSe 69 Tricia (Pella) BA 95 and

Gaetano Guy Rosa

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October 1998 with many U of

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in Mississauga Ont where

Guy works as an account manshy

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an environmental planner with

the Toronto and Region Conshy

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bull Pamela (Thompson) BASe

91 and Randy Ruisendaal

BComm 92 live near

Belleville 01t with their yearshy

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bull Ian Sandler DVM 9 5 was

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March 1999 and works at

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bull Baijit Singh PhD 94 comshy

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at Texas AampM University and

Columbia University then

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the University of Saskatchewan

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welcomes notes from other

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bull Cyndy Stencill ADA 93 is a

propagator at a tree nursery in

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bull Steve Tanner BA 82

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deputy police chief He had

served on the Halton Region

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specialist in criminal investigashy

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bull Cheryl (Kellman) Thompson BA 95 run s a

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bull Donald PhD 94 and

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OBITUARIES

W illiam Ba rnes DVM 59 died Sept 7

1999 He grew up in th e N iagara area

but spent his professio nal ca ree r in a

ve terina ry prac ti ce in Ill inois He was a

dr ivi ng force in the American Ve ter inary

Medica l Assooatio n and in bo th the

Chicago and IlJin o is assoc iatio ns He

was also a fo un ding mem ber o f the

Ch icago-based Friends of Unicerslty of

Guelph a char itable o rga nizat ion

founded in 1975 to serve Guelph a lumni

living in the United Sta tes

George Dickson BSA 38 di ed Oct 9

1999 H e spen t h is entire career w ith

Canada Packers moving up f[Om mai l

cle rk to exec lltive vice-presid ent and

d irector After retirin g in 1976 he

devoted ma ny vo lu ntee r hours to U of

G 3S a memb er of Boa rd o f Gove rno rs

and the OAC Alumni Associatio n

Jam es Pinkney DVM 37 died July 3

1999 A respected ve ter in aria n in his

hom e to~ll o f Cooksv il le O nt he was

also recog nized as a p remier swi ne

breeder showman and judge He was

active in m any agricultural o rga niza shy

tio ns and in both the Ontario and

Canadian Vete rinary Med ical assoc iashy

tio ns He was a lo ngti me supporte r o f

th e Unive rsity especially the OVC

museum and was named OVC

Di stinguished Alumnus in 1987

Audrey Yea nd le DHE 25 di ed March

17 1999 in St ratford O nto A profes shy

sio nal diet it ia n she wo rked to two hosshy

p itals and tau ght home eco no m ics at

the Jo hn Fi he r School In Toro nto

Active In com munity orga nizatio ns and

her chu rch she was a lo ng time U of G

suppo rter and left an es ta te gift of over

$475000 to p rov ide bursaries for future

Gu elph students

Alumni

Jo hn Andrews DVM 38 June 27 1999

Harris Baker BSA 33 Febru ary 1998

Hu gh Balkwill BSA 53 June 27 1999

John Bowles BA 72 Sept 23 1999

Edward Bowness DVM 32 May 13 1999

Rud y Brown BSA 59 June 29 1999

Walter Bunn BSA 52 Sept 2 1999

Margaret Byrnes DHE 40 Apr il 22 1999

Joa n Cameron DH E 36 April 10 1999

Wil liam Cape ll BSA 54 Aprd 25 1999

T homas Ca rd BSA 47Ju ne 20 1999

Jean a rter DH E 38 Jun e 28 1999

Loi Clipsham D H E 27 Ju ne 23 1999

Bruce Cohoe BSA 3 3 Feb 2 1999

Geoffrey Collins BSA 28 May 21 1999

Al exander C o nnell ADA 60 Ju ly 26

1999

John Currie BA 74 Sep t 18 1999

William C u rrie BSA 59 Nov 27 1998

C arma n Davey DVM 39 Apr il 15 1999

D oug Doerksen ADA 84 Ju ne 5 1999

Joann e DU ll can -Robinson BA 81 and

MA 86 July 22 1999

Robert Erskine BSA 41 May 2 1999

Will ia m Fisher BSA 48 Aug 5 1999

Norm Freeman BSA 49 July 2 1999

Alexander Gc ncr BSA 32 Dee 27 1998

Rudy Goltz BSA 33 July 28 1 999

Tom Grah am BS 50 Dee 3 1998

Ed na Has tings D H E 32 July 11 1999

Jack Hea theringto n DVM 54 April 18

1999

Pa tric ia Hill BSc 96 MMch 9 1999

Ralph Hills BSA 54 June 14 1999

Murray Ho ltby ADA 47 O ct 29 1998

Shawn H owden B 9 1July81 999

james j ackson BSA 34 April 29 1999

Karen ( Re ichardt ) Kister B H Se 70

Ap rilll 1999

Albert Kristjanson BSA 50 Dec 7 1998

John Laffert ) BSA 5 1 Aug II 1999

Ron Lawrence DVM 43 Mel) 4 1999

Ann e Legate BSe 89 March 1999

Tsu-Peng Stephen i iu M Sc 65 Ma)

Hl 1998

Rober t Luckham ADA 58 Jan IS 1999

Jam es Lyons BSA 59 Au g 2~ 1999

Willia m M ack BSc(Eng) 84 Ju ne 7

1999

T helma M artin D HE 41 July 131999

Helen McBratney D lI E 34 in 1998

Allan Bud McCardle BSA 52 May 10

1999

Ri chard M cDonald O AC C la ss of 47

lV1arch 24 1999

john Meeuse ADA 58 July 19 1999

Ra ymond Parr D VM 3 7 Ap ril 7 999

George Plakidas MA 93 date unknown

Virgini a Reed ODH 66 1arch 1 1999

Rose Reynold s D HE 28 Apri l 17 1999

Ern es t Ro bertso n BSA 37 Aug 6 1999

Jam es Ross BSA 34 Au g 23 1999

Gra nt Savage D VM 48 Ma rch 2 1999

Earl Shuh BSA 36 July 5 1999

Eu gene Smith BSA 3 1 Jan 27 1999

Will iam Smyth MA 90 Oc tober 1997

Ch er yl Ann Somerville BSe(Agr) 96

Sept IS 1999

Carl Stevenson BSA 46 Aug 26 1999

Robert Tennant BSA 49 May 5 1999

Gregory Tostevin BA 93 Feb 10 1999

Gerald Trant BSA 51 Sept 1 1999

Bennie Urquhart DV M 54 April 4 1999

Ga il Wamsl ey BA 70 July 24 1998

Gladys Ward D IlE 27 Apri l 8 1999

Catherine Welch BSA 22 Ma rch 3 1998

M abel ( McCa rthy) Ziegler DH E 26

Apr il 29 1999

Facu lty amp Staff Pro f Sid Gilbert Sociolog) and An thro shy

polog) Sept 8 1999

Rev Canon Ritchie McMurray

eCllm enical ch aplain 1968 to 1983

Aug 19 1999

Frie nds

Yvonne Alexander M~y 15 1999

jerry lkirnes Sept 2 1999

Marga ret C urran Dec 28 1998

John Godwin in 1999

viark G renville Nov 6 1998

Peter Hallm an Ju ne 22 1999

Elsie Mae johnston Sept 12 1999

C lover Helena Ladouceur Sept 4 1999

Ed it h Pa tterson in 1993

Andrew Peterson Aug 26 1999

Edgar St rin ger March 1999

Gerry Vandergri ft Sep t 28 1999

Frank Watson March 23 1999

Barry Woods Jul y 30 1999

Me m orial fun ds have bee n se t up to

establi sh a U o f G scho larship in 1))CJ)lO r)

of Jea n Caner and ~ Jack and Gerry Van shy

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UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

the CWay CWe CWere FROM THE ARCHIVES

HISTORIANS CANT PINPOINT the date that the Unishy

versity o f Gu elphs landmark portico was carved

from Ontario limesto ne but its familiar columns preshy

date the 1874 fo und ing o f the Ontario Agricu ltural Colshy

lege by several yea rs

Originally fronting a fa rmh ouse on Moreton Lodge

Farm the orna te front porch stoo d at the entrance of

the main co ll ege building until the O ld Res idence was

demolished in 1929 to make way for the co nstruction

of Johnston Hall Its believed the portico was erected

on Johnston Green in 1934

Because the ravages of time and weather had weakshy

ened the limestone structure to a dan gerous point it

was dismantled earlier this fall and underwent muchshy

needed repairs to the stonework ceiling and roof The

OAC Class of 1949 raised $75000 to fund the p roject

as a 50th-anniversa ry gift to the ca mpu s and a way to

commemo rate the 125th anniversa ry of OAC

Now completely restored the portico is back in place

on Johnston Green whe re it co ntinues to se rve as an

elegant reminder of ca mpus histor y and a favour ite

pla ce fo r convocation and wedding photographs

40 GUELPH A LUMNUS

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Alumni Collection Gifts Marble Mug with Portico Design 698 TIe silk face as shown 5995 Portico Design Decanter4995 Matching Old-Fashioned Glass1000 Cedar Card Box 1995 Piece-of-the-Cannon Paperweight 2995 Wooden Alumni Pen Set 4995 School RiogIJewellery (Call for infonnation)

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GRYPHON SPIRIT DOMINATES HOMECOMING

UOF G students shared the stands with alumni who came to campus Sept 25

to watch the football Gryphons defeat their long- standing varsity rival the University of Toronto Blues During the weeke nd the Gryphon Club Hall of Fame inducted five Gryphon swimmers filled the gold pool at the 21st ann ual Alumni Relay Swim Meet

and president Mordechai Rozanski hostshyed a luncheon attended by more than 200 alumni and current students who have received sc holarships and awards or who

participated in the volunteer peer helper prog ram

ALUMNI SWIM TO THE TOP

FORMER GRYPHON SW IMMER S Peter Koli snyk BSc(HK) 83 and Denise

(FarndaJe) vVatso n BASe 85 were recogshyni zed at the ann ual Homecoming sw im mee t for having attended more often th an any other alumni Other participants includshyed 1999 graduates Nico le Weber BSe CEng ) Greg Steinberg BSc(HK) and Nancy Sweetnam BComm who has been a memshy

ber of two Canadian Ol ympic teams ( 1992 and 1996) The alumni team defeated the stud ent teams with the help of Leo n

Homecoming J

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Form er Guelph mayor and sports broadcaster Norm la ry received the Gryphon Club Hall of

Fame Merit Award Sept 24 at the annual induction c re mony that also honoured five former

Gryphon athletes From left are Paul Willi ams a cross-country and track athlete and three-time

Canadian Olympian Bob Pronk BComm 82 Ontario and Canadian cham pionship wrestler

Dave Guest BComm 87 a former all middotstar soccer and vo lleyba ll player Gladys Williams BA

69 MVP in both wo menS fi eld hockey and ice hockey lary and Mark Brown BComm 81

Wi ldman Trophy winner and football capta in The Gryphon Club also recognized the 1974 mens

rugby OUAA championship team

Garstecki Gryphon diving coach in the midshy Dale a longtime Gryp hon supporter and a I 970s and retired botany professo r Hugh national record-b olding masters swimmer

bull49 VETS MEET AT TRAlEE The OVC Cla ss of 1949 produced a la sting memory of its 50th

anni versary by filming the lune 18 gathering held at Tralee Farms

the home of class member Ray Cormack Classmates travelled from

across Canada and the United States to attend th e reunion which

included a luncheon a visit from U of G president Mordechai Rozanshy

ski and a tour of Cormacks farm and antique carriage collection

The organizing committee of Dave House Bill Mitchell Ken Fisk

and lim Arch ibald succeeded in producing a golden-anniversary

memento that captu res the days events and everyone in attendance

as they comment on their lives since graduating from OVe -Proceeds from the sale of the v ideos will support the OVC 49

Memorial Scholarship Fund Cost is $25 each To place an order call

Vikki Tremblay at Alumni House 519-824-4120 Ext 65 44 I D

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alumni Matters

2000 Coming Events

Jan 26 - Careers Night hostshyed by Mac-FACS Alumni Assoshy

ciation For informatio call Laurie MalleaLi at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Careers Night hostshyed by HAFA Alumni Associashy

tion For information call Laushyrie Malleau at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Aggie Good Times Banquet Call the OAC Studwl Federation at Ext 8321 for tickshyet information Feb 3 - Job hir at Bingeman Park in Kitchener complishy

mentary bus service from Unishyversity Centre for students and

alumni For directions and a list of employers call U of G

Career Services at Ext 22 13

Feb 11 - Deadline for nomshy

ina tions for U of G Alumni Association Alumnus of Honshy

our Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment and Alumni Volunteer

Award and the OVC Distinshy

guished Alumnus Call Carla Bradshaw at Ext 6657 for details March 1 - Annual alumni

Florida reunion at Maple Leaf

Estates Port C harlotte Florishyda For information call alumshyni programs at 519-824-4120

Ext 6657 send e-mail to alumshyniuoguelphca or call Jack Hanna in Florida after Jan 1

at 813-645-0905

March 18 amp 19 - College

Ro yal

March 31 amp April 1 - OAC

Alumni Association annual

bonspiel at the Guelph Curlshy

ing Club and Guelph Country w Club Call Carla Bradshaw at ~ txt 6657 to register c u bull For more information on anyU)

z alumni event call the U of G ltC extension listed at 519- 824shy20 r 4120 or send e-mail to al11111shyCD

o niCvzlOguelphcab c a

32 CUEIPH ALUM N US

EA RLIER THIS YEAR U ofG

introduced a new approacll to fund-raising that centres on

academic priorities identified by

the ix colleges Now the Unishy

ve rsit y expa nds this initiative

through the formation of a new Annual Fund Cou ncil that will

recruit volunteers to proactiveshy

ly help meet tll0se funding goals

By enlarging the partnershy

ship between academics and fund-raisers we arc focusing our

efforts more clearly on the Un ishy

versi tys overall stra tegic objecshy

tives says Rudy Putns executive

director of campaign progra ms

We are calling on coUege deans to help ensure that our annual

giving programs are providing

the grea test possible benefit to

students Our volunteer and pro-

ALUMNI CElEBRATE NEW HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE CENTRE

The Human KineticsHuman Biology Alumni Association

presented a sketch of the John T Powell Building to U of Cs

new Health and Perfor mance Centre at a June 19 reunion of alumni and former staff Artist Joan Harper BSe(HK)

82 left and retired professor John Powell right witnessed

a presentati on by association pres ident Janet Leonhard BSe(HK) 82 to Prof Terry Graham

SilENT AUCTION MAKES NOISE

A silent auction held Sept 14 to 16 a t the Ou tdoo r Farm

Show in Woods tock Ont ge nshy

erated a lot of excitement and

goodwill in OACs 125th shyanniversary year and raised

$51000 that wi ll support stu shy

dent recruitm ent programs in

the college The auction was organized by Cinty Jocius BSc(Agr) 70 president of

Ginty Jocius amp Associates of

Guelph on behalf of the OAC Alumni Foundation

Auction items donated by friends and exhibitors at th e

farm show included everylhing

from farm equipment and supshyplies to a seven-month-old lla shyma named (-i nty Lorie Jocius

BASe 72 purchased her husshy

bands namesake and gave it to

OAC as an anniversary presen t at th e Sept 25 Heritage Banshy

quet and Ball

FUND-RAISI NG PARTNERSHIPS GROW

fessional fund -raislls wiJl spend

more of thei r time making pershy

so nal requ es ts for gifts to the University and less time on inshy

house administra tion

Members of the Annual Fund

Council will invite donations

Crom alumni members of the campu~ community the paren ts

of current students graduating

classes members of the various

gift clu bs (Presidents Council

etc) and selected corporations

foundations and associations

Development and Public Affairs staff will help target vol unteer

efforts where they wi ll have the

stronges t impact on growin g don or particip ation and fund shy

razsing results

Annual giving is one of the

most crucial parts of an institushy

tion s developmen t agenda says Putns Annu al donors help

maintain the quali ty of estabshylished academic programs espeshy

cially in times of reduced pubshy

lic fundin g he says They also

provide a foundation for special

fun cl-rai sing cam paigns shycampaigns that enable the Unishy

ve rsity to grow by providi ng

funds for major projects that do

not ha ve a traditional so urce of support Tbe ACCESS endowshy

ment for student financial assistshy

ance and the rece nt campaign to upgrade th e Food Science

Building are notable examples For more illjormation aboLit

the An17ual FUlld Co ullcil call Al111tal Fund 17l1lnager Tara George at 519-824-4 120 Ex t

390 1 or Putl7S at ext 6384

GRAD NEWS

U of G Degrees ADA = Associate diploma

in agriculture BA =Bachelor of arts BASe = Bachelor of applied

science BComm = Bachelor of

commerce BHSe Bachelor of houseshy

hold science BLA =Bachelor of

landscape architecture BSA = Bachelor of science in

agriculture (pre-196s) BSe(Agr) Bachelor of

science in agriculture BoSe = Bachelor of science BSe(Eng) =Bachelor of

science in engineering BSc(Env) =Bachelor of

19405

bull The Macdonald Institute

Class of 1941 met each other

for the firsl lime in 1939 and

theyve been gelling logelher rvice a year siIlce gradual ion

Celebrating 60 yea rs of fri end shy

ship this year are Mary (Hcx imer) MacLeln Beth

(jackson) Ca rdifF Mo lly

(Pattrson) Nix Frances

(Pellet) Smith Dorolhy

(Pond) Dunn Jeanne (Taylor )

Hamel Phyllis (Weren) Sobel and Evelyn (Eatun ) Pond

bull Jim Morton BSA 47 posed with his son Robert SA 70

and grandsons Jeff Bell 13A

9 1 and Greg Mo rton

SSc( Eng) 99 at Gregs U of

G convocation in June Retired

from a career in the lumber

business Jim is an OAC llu mmiddot ni volunteer al Guclph and is

aClive in cOm11lUnily work in

Burlington Onto Rob ert is

CEO of the Community Care

Access Centre in Simcoe

Coullly Jeff lcaches in Elmvalc

for the Simcoe County Dislricl School Board and Greg is

working Wilh the COnSlliling

engineering firm of Proclor

science in environmental sciences

BSe(HK) Bachelor of science in human kinetics

BSc(pE) = Bachelor of science in physical education

DHE = Diploma in home economics

DVSc = Doctor of veterinary science

DVM =Doctor of veterinary medicine

GO = Graduate diploma MA = Master of arts MAgr = Master of agriculture MBA = Master of business

admininstration MEng =Master of engineering

and Redfern at its Kitchener

office The Guelph lineage

aCl ually bega n in the Morton fami ly with Greg great shy

grantimoliln Anne Pringle

Morton DH E 1914

Greg Morton Jeff Bell and Jim and

Robert Morton

19505

bull Harold Baker BSA 50

writes to w rrect the e-mail

address publi shed in the last

iss lle of the Clepll Alunnls

Friends (111 conlact the retired

University of Saskatchewan

professo r and Il is wife Phyllis

at ha kc r hdukeL1sa~k ca

bull Barney Goodwin-Wilson BSA 50 is serving a two-year

krm as chair of the hoard of

lhe Onta rio Foocllerminal

The Iomnlo facility is the

MFA = Master of fine art MLA Master of landscape

architecture MMS = Master of management studies MSc =Master of science MSc(Aqua) = Master of

science in aquaculture ODA = Ontario diploma in

agriculture ODH =Ontario diploma in

horticulture OdR = Ontario Diploma in

recreation PhD = Doctor of philosophy

larges t who lesale fruit proshy

duce and flower market in

Canada and one of the largest

in orrh America He was forshymerly director and vice-cha ir

of the board

bull Gary Powell ADA 58

stopped at a remote motel in

western klahoma last

Janu ary and stanee a convershysation with th e only other cusshy

tomer at breakfa st the next

morning Turns out they were

both U of G grads Powell and Joe Deli BSc (Agr ) 64 had a

great time reminiscing abo Llt

ca mpus perso nalities they

both knew I guess one is never really very far from home says Powell

bull Dave Valentine BSA 59 has

retired as (o unty engineer for

the County of Brant in

Ontario He previously spent

23 years with Sir Sandford

Fleming College in Peterborough and has served 8S

engineer for the coun ties of Haliburton and Victoria He

and his wife Carole are now

Jiving near Carlisle Send e-mail

to valcntinworldchatcom

19605

bull Manuel Garcia PhD 67 was

recognized by the government

of the Ph ilippines in December

1998 with one of the highest

honours given to Filipinos Jivshy

ing outside the cou ntr y Garcia

is a senior consulting mi crobishy

ologist with lAS Bioshy

Diagnostic and a former

research scientist with

Agriculture and Agri-Food

Canada in Ottawa He is intershy

nationally recognized for his work in veterinary med icin e

and public health on the early detection of ca mpylobacter

salmonella and other foodshy

borne pathogens He is a memshy

ber of several learned profes shy

sional societies and has been involved in a number of intershy

national developm ent projects

He is also a community volunshy

teer and a pioneer in establishshying the National Council of

Canadian Filipino Associations

as the official voice of Filipino

Canadians nationwide bull Tom Hutchison DVM 65 is

a veterinary pathologist with the Nova Scotia provincial

diagnostic lab In 1998 he

passed the board cer tification exa ms for the American

College of Poultry Veterinarians in Baltimore but

the years highlights came in

late summer - a first grandshy

child for Tom and his wife

Eileen in August and the birth

of their own son Scott in

September bull Brian Little ADA 67 BSc(Agr) 72 and MSc 78

was elected president of the

Canadian 4-H Foundation in

May He was previously presishy -dent of the Ca nadian 4-H

Co uncil and a co uDcil represhysentative for his employe r the

Royal Bank of Canada He has been a fou ndation trustee for

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several years and has a strong

4-H background as a member

and a club leader

19705

bull Doug Franklin SA 72 was

recen tly a ppoin led execu tive

director of the Multiple

Sclerosis Association of

America its hea d office is in

Cherry Hill NJ He was forshy

merly with the International

Youth Foundation in

Baltimore Md

bull Cathie Leimbach

SSc(Agr) 78 and MAgr 88

visi ted U of G this fa ll as

agrologist-in-residence It was

the sixth year of the program

co-sponsored by OAC and the

Ontario Institute of

Agrologists (OlA ) Raised on

an Ontario dairy and swine

farm Leimbach is past presishy

dent of the OI A and a partner

in STRIVE a team specializshy

in g in training facilitation and

consulting She now lives on a

cash-crop farm in Ohio

bull Willem Moolenbeek BSe

77 and MSe 8 1 studied biolshy

ogy and entomology at U of G

at the same time he was learnshy

ing to play the saxophone with

the Royal Conservatory of

Mu sic He says he still loves

science but music has become

his career A recitalist soloist

and clinician he has been a

saxophone instructor at

McMaster University in

Hamilton Ont fo r 15 years

He also teaches at the 19805

University of Waterloo pri- bull Bruce Brown BSe(Agr)

vately and at the National 85 and his wife Claudia

Music Ca mp of Canada where (Liebscher) BA 84 have three

he sometimes offers an infor- children who are beginning to

mal course on in sect identifi- display their dads musical

cation There are always a few prowess on the kazoo After 14

kids who really dig that he years of dairy farming Bruce

says U of G music lovers want back to school to earn an

enjoyed his saxophone music education degree and is now

at a noon-hour concert in teaching science with the

October Durham District School

bull Peter Vaughan SA 77 and Board

MA 77 was appointed secre- bull Tom Burns BA 89 and MA

tar y general and CEO of the 91 is a member of the

Canadian Medical Association Victoria Police in Melbourne

in June A fa culty member in Australia Last summer he

two departments at John s welcomed visitors from the

Hopkins University and in the RCMP including Kevin Durie

Department of Family BA 93 They quickly estab-

Medicine at the University of lished a U of G connection

Ottawa he is a fo rmer presi- including Duries student

dent of the medical staff at employment at Dcr Keller

Guelph General Hospital and a which was Burns s favourite

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the job says Burns but this

time we spent most of our

time talking about the great

times we had at U of G In

still another coincidence

Durie is married to Christine

Blake-Durie BA 91 and MA

93 who was a member of

Burnss MA group Burns says

other U of G grads travelling

to Melbourne are more than

welcome to drop in

bull Stuart Jackson ADA 87 is

distribution manager for

Burnbrae Farms Ltd in Delta

Onto He sends greetings to all

OAC friends including the

diploma classes of 1979 and

1980

bull Laurel (Murdoch) Koumarelas BComm 84 is

an ESL teacher with the

Toronto School Board She

and her husband Gus live in

Mississauga with their sons

Robert and Evan

bull Trish Looman BA 87

works for Royal LePageshy

Vantage in Guelph She speshy

cializes in residential multishy

unit real estate

bull Laima (Karosas) Laffitte

BSe(Agr) 85 and MAgr 91

lives in Wendover Ont with

her husband Vincent MAgr

91 and their children Yohan

and Marina Laima is the

advertising manager for The

Canadian Veterinary Journal and Vincent is an account

manager at the St Isidore

branch of Scotiabank Theyd

like to hear from classmates

via e-mail at Iaffitteonsymshy

paticoca They also want to let

OAC 85 grads know that the

class executive is building a

Web page at wwwrkdecom

oac85 and needs updated

names and addresses (includshy

ing e-mail) to add to the

directory f IS-year reunion

is being planned for Dec 2

and 32000

bull Cheryl Miller-Oh BASe

91 and her husband Tae live

in Southfield Mich with their

twins Nathalie and Nathan

born in October 1998 She is a

health-care consultant with

Computer Sciences

Corporation Send e-mail to

millerohsprintca

bull Vijay Singh MSe 70 has

been awarded the Arthur K Barton Endowed Professorship

at Louisiana State University

He also recently received an

honorary degree and a

Fulbright Award for his work

in the area of entropy

bull Gayle (Barton) Tapper BSe

81 (biological science) and 83

(computing science) has been

employed at Memorial

University in St Johns Nfld

for 14 years in the Department

of Computing and

Communications She is comshy

pleting graduate work in phishy

losophy and humanities at

Memorial and is the principal

harpist with the

Newfoundland Symphony

Orchestra Last year she

released a CD of Latinworld

traditional music on the South

American harp Visit her Web

site at httpwwwucsmun

cal -gay

bull Carolyn Riddell BA 85 is

running an active arts educashy

tion and paintingprintmaking

studio in Fergus Ont

bull Laura Wilkinson BSe 85

and MSe 87 is a coroner in

British Columbia and lives on

a cattle ranch near 70 Mile

House

19905

bull Kristi Adamo BSc(HK)

96 and MSc 98 and Rob

McMullin BSe 95 were

married in May 1999 and Jive

in Ottawa

bull Michelle (Pilon) Bacon BA

90 has been living in London

England with her husband

Tim and children Juliette and

Lucien but they are planning a

return to Canada They will be

AIRBORNE ALUMNUS Olive Thompson DHE 35 celebrated her 85th birthday

with her head in the clouds She made her first parachute

jump with instructor Scott Borghese in Simcoe Ont in June

and says it was the most exciting thing shes done in her life

Thompson lives in Dunnville and has four children and three

grandchildren When she asked them about the paracbute

jump they told her to go for it Shes considering a repeat I U

jump next year and hopes her adventure will be a good S o

example for other seniors A dedicated member of the class -lt CD

of Mac 35 Thompson was president of the University of s Guelph Alumni Association in 197778 and keeps busy now VI

I

with volunteer work for the Salvation Army Z

living in Calgary and welcome

contact with western grads

and friends from Guelph Send

e-mail to m_e_baconhotshy

maicom

bull Deborah (Panton) Bodden

BASc 93 and her husband

Lyndhurst were married in

1998 and live in Grand

Cayman Cayman Islands

where she teaches primary

schoo

bull Elizabeth Cardno MSe 99

is working with the Rural

Health Research Consortium

at the University of

Saskatchewan developing

research projects on rural

health issues in relation to the

Canadian Institute for Health

Research

bull Jeannine Cote BA 9 J lives

in Hamilton Ont and works

o -lt

as a health -care aide and

home-support worker

bull Jeremy Debling BSe 94 is

a formulation chemist in the

pharmaceutical development

department at Novopharm

Limited in Toronto

bull Angela Dodd BA 93 and

Christopher Kemp

BSe(HK) 94 were married

Aug 14 Theyve bought a new

home in Etobicoke Ont

where he works for Canada

3000 Airlines and at Kingsway

Physiotherapy as a kinesioloshy

gist She is employed at

Manulife Financial in -Waterloo

bull Sheryl Harding Friedrich

BASe 85 is a full-time mom

and part-time nutrition conshy

sultant in Cannington Onto

She and her husband Cal

FallWinter 1999 35

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have three child ren Jonathan

Daniel and Anna

bull Anne Marie (Henwood)

Harman BA 95 is enjoying

her time at home with one shy

year-old Jenna She and her

husband Murray can be

reached bye-mail at 3harshy

mansstormca

bull Rosaleen Heffernan BA 96

and Barry Liboiron BSe 97

were married in August

Theyre both studying at the

University of British

Co lumbia where Liboiron is

doing a PhD in chemistry and

He ffe rnan is completing a

degree in educati on

bull Krista Hilton BASe 95

lives in Halifax with her hlls shy

band Michael Galloway She is

a priest in the Anglican Church

of Canada and serves as curate

a t the Cathedral Church of All

Sain ts Friends can reach her at

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bull Michael Kennard BA 86

starred as Mump the Clown in

the Canadian Stage Company

production of Mump amp Smoo t

in Something Else With Zug last

winte r at tbe Canadian Stage

Theatre in Toronto

bull Sharon McConnell BSe 90

and MSe 93 went on from U

of G to earn a diploma in

business management from

Wilfrid Laurier University

Since 1995 she has worked in

Toronto as a project director at

Burak Ja co bson Market

Resea rch Partners Ine

bull Michael McKay-Fleming BA

92 has launched two daily

comic strips via the Internet

Check out his Inane Producshy

tions Web site at http mem

bershomenetinaneprod to folshy

low the adventures of a free-spirshy

ited teenager named Alice and all

the animals in a new VVildlife

comielf you like comic strips

this fine art grad invites you to

enjoy his talent and humour

bull Andrew Nicholls MA 90 nications in Cambridge

and PhD 97 is an assistant bull Christine (Rogers) Patten

professor of history at Buffalo BA 9 1 lives in Toronto and

State College in Buffalo N Y has been working as a sales

He recen tly published the representative and industry

book The Jacobean Union A training facilitator since grad-

Reconsideration of British Civil uation She and her husband

Policies Under th e Early Vincent celebrated the birth of

Stuarts which offers a new their first child Gareth in

perspective on the role of mul - March 1999

tiple monarchy in the early bull Guiseppe Peritore

modern British kingdoms BSe(HK) 96 is studying

bull Jennifer (Pope) Parney physical therapy at the

BASc 94 works at Chatham- University of To ronto He

Kent Integrated Childrens married Rita Lavalle in May

Service - Heritage Campus 1999 and lives in Oakv ille His

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bull Sarah Perkins BSe(Agr) bull Tammy Tipler Priolo 92 joined Pfizer Animal BASe 90 lives in her hom e

Health in London Ont in town of North Bay Ont with

November as a product sup- her husband Clark and their

port speCialist Earlier she two-year-old daughter Erica

taught at Fairview College in Tipler Priolo is u5mg her com -

Fairview Alta before m oving puting skills in genealogy

back to Ontario in 1997 to research to track down elusive

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bull Bradley Raspberry BASc 90 is a clinical leader and regisshy

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atric behavioural health at SI

Josephs Villa in Dundas Ont

bull Lisa Ranacher BSe 98

recently joined the agronomy

program at the Central

Experimental Farm in Ottawa

as a physiological modelling

technician

bull Jamie Rickard BSe(Agr)

96 and Laura Summerfeldt

BSe(Agr) 97 were married

in October 1998 She is comshy

pleting a masters degree at U

of G and he is working with

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of G weddings are a family trashy

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ents Sherry (McBain) SA 69

and Ralph Rickard BSe 69 Tricia (Pella) BA 95 and

Gaetano Guy Rosa

BComm 96 were mar ried in

October 1998 with many U of

G friends attending They live

in Mississauga Ont where

Guy works as an account manshy

ager for BCI Bank and T ricia is

an environmental planner with

the Toronto and Region Conshy

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bull Pamela (Thompson) BASe

91 and Randy Ruisendaal

BComm 92 live near

Belleville 01t with their yearshy

old daughter )lIlian Elizabeth

bull Ian Sandler DVM 9 5 was

married to Fern Glowinsk) in

March 1999 and works at

Secord Animal Clinic in

Toronto

bull Baijit Singh PhD 94 comshy

pleted post-doctoral training

at Texas AampM University and

Columbia University then

worked for the Canadian Food

Inspection Agency in Prince

Edward Island before joining

the University of Saskatchewan

as an associate professor He

welcomes notes from other

U of G alumni at singhbsask

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bull Cyndy Stencill ADA 93 is a

propagator at a tree nursery in

British Columbia

bull Steve Tanner BA 82

recently moved to Guelph as

deputy police chief He had

served on the Halton Region

force since 1982 Tanner is a

specialist in criminal investigashy

tions and lie detector opera shy

tion He has continued his

education at Sheridan College

and McMaster and Ryerson

universities and is now workshy

ing on a masters degree at the

University of Western Ontario

bull Cheryl (Kellman) Thompson BA 95 run s a

rehabilitation consulting busishy

ness with her husband Don

in Burlington Ont

bull Donald PhD 94 and

Suzanne Welsh MSe 96

relocated from Yale University

to the University of Vermont

where they are both working

in the Department of

Pharmacology in the area of

cerebrovascular circulation

bull Wendla Westerberg BASc

96 earned a BEd from the

University of Western Ontario

in 1997 She is working for the

Lambton-Kent District School

Board as an occasional teacher

and lives in her home town of

Dresden Ont

bull Deena (Jones) Zambrana

BA 93 and her husband

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OBITUARIES

W illiam Ba rnes DVM 59 died Sept 7

1999 He grew up in th e N iagara area

but spent his professio nal ca ree r in a

ve terina ry prac ti ce in Ill inois He was a

dr ivi ng force in the American Ve ter inary

Medica l Assooatio n and in bo th the

Chicago and IlJin o is assoc iatio ns He

was also a fo un ding mem ber o f the

Ch icago-based Friends of Unicerslty of

Guelph a char itable o rga nizat ion

founded in 1975 to serve Guelph a lumni

living in the United Sta tes

George Dickson BSA 38 di ed Oct 9

1999 H e spen t h is entire career w ith

Canada Packers moving up f[Om mai l

cle rk to exec lltive vice-presid ent and

d irector After retirin g in 1976 he

devoted ma ny vo lu ntee r hours to U of

G 3S a memb er of Boa rd o f Gove rno rs

and the OAC Alumni Associatio n

Jam es Pinkney DVM 37 died July 3

1999 A respected ve ter in aria n in his

hom e to~ll o f Cooksv il le O nt he was

also recog nized as a p remier swi ne

breeder showman and judge He was

active in m any agricultural o rga niza shy

tio ns and in both the Ontario and

Canadian Vete rinary Med ical assoc iashy

tio ns He was a lo ngti me supporte r o f

th e Unive rsity especially the OVC

museum and was named OVC

Di stinguished Alumnus in 1987

Audrey Yea nd le DHE 25 di ed March

17 1999 in St ratford O nto A profes shy

sio nal diet it ia n she wo rked to two hosshy

p itals and tau ght home eco no m ics at

the Jo hn Fi he r School In Toro nto

Active In com munity orga nizatio ns and

her chu rch she was a lo ng time U of G

suppo rter and left an es ta te gift of over

$475000 to p rov ide bursaries for future

Gu elph students

Alumni

Jo hn Andrews DVM 38 June 27 1999

Harris Baker BSA 33 Febru ary 1998

Hu gh Balkwill BSA 53 June 27 1999

John Bowles BA 72 Sept 23 1999

Edward Bowness DVM 32 May 13 1999

Rud y Brown BSA 59 June 29 1999

Walter Bunn BSA 52 Sept 2 1999

Margaret Byrnes DHE 40 Apr il 22 1999

Joa n Cameron DH E 36 April 10 1999

Wil liam Cape ll BSA 54 Aprd 25 1999

T homas Ca rd BSA 47Ju ne 20 1999

Jean a rter DH E 38 Jun e 28 1999

Loi Clipsham D H E 27 Ju ne 23 1999

Bruce Cohoe BSA 3 3 Feb 2 1999

Geoffrey Collins BSA 28 May 21 1999

Al exander C o nnell ADA 60 Ju ly 26

1999

John Currie BA 74 Sep t 18 1999

William C u rrie BSA 59 Nov 27 1998

C arma n Davey DVM 39 Apr il 15 1999

D oug Doerksen ADA 84 Ju ne 5 1999

Joann e DU ll can -Robinson BA 81 and

MA 86 July 22 1999

Robert Erskine BSA 41 May 2 1999

Will ia m Fisher BSA 48 Aug 5 1999

Norm Freeman BSA 49 July 2 1999

Alexander Gc ncr BSA 32 Dee 27 1998

Rudy Goltz BSA 33 July 28 1 999

Tom Grah am BS 50 Dee 3 1998

Ed na Has tings D H E 32 July 11 1999

Jack Hea theringto n DVM 54 April 18

1999

Pa tric ia Hill BSc 96 MMch 9 1999

Ralph Hills BSA 54 June 14 1999

Murray Ho ltby ADA 47 O ct 29 1998

Shawn H owden B 9 1July81 999

james j ackson BSA 34 April 29 1999

Karen ( Re ichardt ) Kister B H Se 70

Ap rilll 1999

Albert Kristjanson BSA 50 Dec 7 1998

John Laffert ) BSA 5 1 Aug II 1999

Ron Lawrence DVM 43 Mel) 4 1999

Ann e Legate BSe 89 March 1999

Tsu-Peng Stephen i iu M Sc 65 Ma)

Hl 1998

Rober t Luckham ADA 58 Jan IS 1999

Jam es Lyons BSA 59 Au g 2~ 1999

Willia m M ack BSc(Eng) 84 Ju ne 7

1999

T helma M artin D HE 41 July 131999

Helen McBratney D lI E 34 in 1998

Allan Bud McCardle BSA 52 May 10

1999

Ri chard M cDonald O AC C la ss of 47

lV1arch 24 1999

john Meeuse ADA 58 July 19 1999

Ra ymond Parr D VM 3 7 Ap ril 7 999

George Plakidas MA 93 date unknown

Virgini a Reed ODH 66 1arch 1 1999

Rose Reynold s D HE 28 Apri l 17 1999

Ern es t Ro bertso n BSA 37 Aug 6 1999

Jam es Ross BSA 34 Au g 23 1999

Gra nt Savage D VM 48 Ma rch 2 1999

Earl Shuh BSA 36 July 5 1999

Eu gene Smith BSA 3 1 Jan 27 1999

Will iam Smyth MA 90 Oc tober 1997

Ch er yl Ann Somerville BSe(Agr) 96

Sept IS 1999

Carl Stevenson BSA 46 Aug 26 1999

Robert Tennant BSA 49 May 5 1999

Gregory Tostevin BA 93 Feb 10 1999

Gerald Trant BSA 51 Sept 1 1999

Bennie Urquhart DV M 54 April 4 1999

Ga il Wamsl ey BA 70 July 24 1998

Gladys Ward D IlE 27 Apri l 8 1999

Catherine Welch BSA 22 Ma rch 3 1998

M abel ( McCa rthy) Ziegler DH E 26

Apr il 29 1999

Facu lty amp Staff Pro f Sid Gilbert Sociolog) and An thro shy

polog) Sept 8 1999

Rev Canon Ritchie McMurray

eCllm enical ch aplain 1968 to 1983

Aug 19 1999

Frie nds

Yvonne Alexander M~y 15 1999

jerry lkirnes Sept 2 1999

Marga ret C urran Dec 28 1998

John Godwin in 1999

viark G renville Nov 6 1998

Peter Hallm an Ju ne 22 1999

Elsie Mae johnston Sept 12 1999

C lover Helena Ladouceur Sept 4 1999

Ed it h Pa tterson in 1993

Andrew Peterson Aug 26 1999

Edgar St rin ger March 1999

Gerry Vandergri ft Sep t 28 1999

Frank Watson March 23 1999

Barry Woods Jul y 30 1999

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from Ontario limesto ne but its familiar columns preshy

date the 1874 fo und ing o f the Ontario Agricu ltural Colshy

lege by several yea rs

Originally fronting a fa rmh ouse on Moreton Lodge

Farm the orna te front porch stoo d at the entrance of

the main co ll ege building until the O ld Res idence was

demolished in 1929 to make way for the co nstruction

of Johnston Hall Its believed the portico was erected

on Johnston Green in 1934

Because the ravages of time and weather had weakshy

ened the limestone structure to a dan gerous point it

was dismantled earlier this fall and underwent muchshy

needed repairs to the stonework ceiling and roof The

OAC Class of 1949 raised $75000 to fund the p roject

as a 50th-anniversa ry gift to the ca mpu s and a way to

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Now completely restored the portico is back in place

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tion For information call Laushyrie Malleau at Ext 2102

Jan 28 - Aggie Good Times Banquet Call the OAC Studwl Federation at Ext 8321 for tickshyet information Feb 3 - Job hir at Bingeman Park in Kitchener complishy

mentary bus service from Unishyversity Centre for students and

alumni For directions and a list of employers call U of G

Career Services at Ext 22 13

Feb 11 - Deadline for nomshy

ina tions for U of G Alumni Association Alumnus of Honshy

our Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment and Alumni Volunteer

Award and the OVC Distinshy

guished Alumnus Call Carla Bradshaw at Ext 6657 for details March 1 - Annual alumni

Florida reunion at Maple Leaf

Estates Port C harlotte Florishyda For information call alumshyni programs at 519-824-4120

Ext 6657 send e-mail to alumshyniuoguelphca or call Jack Hanna in Florida after Jan 1

at 813-645-0905

March 18 amp 19 - College

Ro yal

March 31 amp April 1 - OAC

Alumni Association annual

bonspiel at the Guelph Curlshy

ing Club and Guelph Country w Club Call Carla Bradshaw at ~ txt 6657 to register c u bull For more information on anyU)

z alumni event call the U of G ltC extension listed at 519- 824shy20 r 4120 or send e-mail to al11111shyCD

o niCvzlOguelphcab c a

32 CUEIPH ALUM N US

EA RLIER THIS YEAR U ofG

introduced a new approacll to fund-raising that centres on

academic priorities identified by

the ix colleges Now the Unishy

ve rsit y expa nds this initiative

through the formation of a new Annual Fund Cou ncil that will

recruit volunteers to proactiveshy

ly help meet tll0se funding goals

By enlarging the partnershy

ship between academics and fund-raisers we arc focusing our

efforts more clearly on the Un ishy

versi tys overall stra tegic objecshy

tives says Rudy Putns executive

director of campaign progra ms

We are calling on coUege deans to help ensure that our annual

giving programs are providing

the grea test possible benefit to

students Our volunteer and pro-

ALUMNI CElEBRATE NEW HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE CENTRE

The Human KineticsHuman Biology Alumni Association

presented a sketch of the John T Powell Building to U of Cs

new Health and Perfor mance Centre at a June 19 reunion of alumni and former staff Artist Joan Harper BSe(HK)

82 left and retired professor John Powell right witnessed

a presentati on by association pres ident Janet Leonhard BSe(HK) 82 to Prof Terry Graham

SilENT AUCTION MAKES NOISE

A silent auction held Sept 14 to 16 a t the Ou tdoo r Farm

Show in Woods tock Ont ge nshy

erated a lot of excitement and

goodwill in OACs 125th shyanniversary year and raised

$51000 that wi ll support stu shy

dent recruitm ent programs in

the college The auction was organized by Cinty Jocius BSc(Agr) 70 president of

Ginty Jocius amp Associates of

Guelph on behalf of the OAC Alumni Foundation

Auction items donated by friends and exhibitors at th e

farm show included everylhing

from farm equipment and supshyplies to a seven-month-old lla shyma named (-i nty Lorie Jocius

BASe 72 purchased her husshy

bands namesake and gave it to

OAC as an anniversary presen t at th e Sept 25 Heritage Banshy

quet and Ball

FUND-RAISI NG PARTNERSHIPS GROW

fessional fund -raislls wiJl spend

more of thei r time making pershy

so nal requ es ts for gifts to the University and less time on inshy

house administra tion

Members of the Annual Fund

Council will invite donations

Crom alumni members of the campu~ community the paren ts

of current students graduating

classes members of the various

gift clu bs (Presidents Council

etc) and selected corporations

foundations and associations

Development and Public Affairs staff will help target vol unteer

efforts where they wi ll have the

stronges t impact on growin g don or particip ation and fund shy

razsing results

Annual giving is one of the

most crucial parts of an institushy

tion s developmen t agenda says Putns Annu al donors help

maintain the quali ty of estabshylished academic programs espeshy

cially in times of reduced pubshy

lic fundin g he says They also

provide a foundation for special

fun cl-rai sing cam paigns shycampaigns that enable the Unishy

ve rsity to grow by providi ng

funds for major projects that do

not ha ve a traditional so urce of support Tbe ACCESS endowshy

ment for student financial assistshy

ance and the rece nt campaign to upgrade th e Food Science

Building are notable examples For more illjormation aboLit

the An17ual FUlld Co ullcil call Al111tal Fund 17l1lnager Tara George at 519-824-4 120 Ex t

390 1 or Putl7S at ext 6384

GRAD NEWS

U of G Degrees ADA = Associate diploma

in agriculture BA =Bachelor of arts BASe = Bachelor of applied

science BComm = Bachelor of

commerce BHSe Bachelor of houseshy

hold science BLA =Bachelor of

landscape architecture BSA = Bachelor of science in

agriculture (pre-196s) BSe(Agr) Bachelor of

science in agriculture BoSe = Bachelor of science BSe(Eng) =Bachelor of

science in engineering BSc(Env) =Bachelor of

19405

bull The Macdonald Institute

Class of 1941 met each other

for the firsl lime in 1939 and

theyve been gelling logelher rvice a year siIlce gradual ion

Celebrating 60 yea rs of fri end shy

ship this year are Mary (Hcx imer) MacLeln Beth

(jackson) Ca rdifF Mo lly

(Pattrson) Nix Frances

(Pellet) Smith Dorolhy

(Pond) Dunn Jeanne (Taylor )

Hamel Phyllis (Weren) Sobel and Evelyn (Eatun ) Pond

bull Jim Morton BSA 47 posed with his son Robert SA 70

and grandsons Jeff Bell 13A

9 1 and Greg Mo rton

SSc( Eng) 99 at Gregs U of

G convocation in June Retired

from a career in the lumber

business Jim is an OAC llu mmiddot ni volunteer al Guclph and is

aClive in cOm11lUnily work in

Burlington Onto Rob ert is

CEO of the Community Care

Access Centre in Simcoe

Coullly Jeff lcaches in Elmvalc

for the Simcoe County Dislricl School Board and Greg is

working Wilh the COnSlliling

engineering firm of Proclor

science in environmental sciences

BSe(HK) Bachelor of science in human kinetics

BSc(pE) = Bachelor of science in physical education

DHE = Diploma in home economics

DVSc = Doctor of veterinary science

DVM =Doctor of veterinary medicine

GO = Graduate diploma MA = Master of arts MAgr = Master of agriculture MBA = Master of business

admininstration MEng =Master of engineering

and Redfern at its Kitchener

office The Guelph lineage

aCl ually bega n in the Morton fami ly with Greg great shy

grantimoliln Anne Pringle

Morton DH E 1914

Greg Morton Jeff Bell and Jim and

Robert Morton

19505

bull Harold Baker BSA 50

writes to w rrect the e-mail

address publi shed in the last

iss lle of the Clepll Alunnls

Friends (111 conlact the retired

University of Saskatchewan

professo r and Il is wife Phyllis

at ha kc r hdukeL1sa~k ca

bull Barney Goodwin-Wilson BSA 50 is serving a two-year

krm as chair of the hoard of

lhe Onta rio Foocllerminal

The Iomnlo facility is the

MFA = Master of fine art MLA Master of landscape

architecture MMS = Master of management studies MSc =Master of science MSc(Aqua) = Master of

science in aquaculture ODA = Ontario diploma in

agriculture ODH =Ontario diploma in

horticulture OdR = Ontario Diploma in

recreation PhD = Doctor of philosophy

larges t who lesale fruit proshy

duce and flower market in

Canada and one of the largest

in orrh America He was forshymerly director and vice-cha ir

of the board

bull Gary Powell ADA 58

stopped at a remote motel in

western klahoma last

Janu ary and stanee a convershysation with th e only other cusshy

tomer at breakfa st the next

morning Turns out they were

both U of G grads Powell and Joe Deli BSc (Agr ) 64 had a

great time reminiscing abo Llt

ca mpus perso nalities they

both knew I guess one is never really very far from home says Powell

bull Dave Valentine BSA 59 has

retired as (o unty engineer for

the County of Brant in

Ontario He previously spent

23 years with Sir Sandford

Fleming College in Peterborough and has served 8S

engineer for the coun ties of Haliburton and Victoria He

and his wife Carole are now

Jiving near Carlisle Send e-mail

to valcntinworldchatcom

19605

bull Manuel Garcia PhD 67 was

recognized by the government

of the Ph ilippines in December

1998 with one of the highest

honours given to Filipinos Jivshy

ing outside the cou ntr y Garcia

is a senior consulting mi crobishy

ologist with lAS Bioshy

Diagnostic and a former

research scientist with

Agriculture and Agri-Food

Canada in Ottawa He is intershy

nationally recognized for his work in veterinary med icin e

and public health on the early detection of ca mpylobacter

salmonella and other foodshy

borne pathogens He is a memshy

ber of several learned profes shy

sional societies and has been involved in a number of intershy

national developm ent projects

He is also a community volunshy

teer and a pioneer in establishshying the National Council of

Canadian Filipino Associations

as the official voice of Filipino

Canadians nationwide bull Tom Hutchison DVM 65 is

a veterinary pathologist with the Nova Scotia provincial

diagnostic lab In 1998 he

passed the board cer tification exa ms for the American

College of Poultry Veterinarians in Baltimore but

the years highlights came in

late summer - a first grandshy

child for Tom and his wife

Eileen in August and the birth

of their own son Scott in

September bull Brian Little ADA 67 BSc(Agr) 72 and MSc 78

was elected president of the

Canadian 4-H Foundation in

May He was previously presishy -dent of the Ca nadian 4-H

Co uncil and a co uDcil represhysentative for his employe r the

Royal Bank of Canada He has been a fou ndation trustee for

f allWinter 1999 33

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several years and has a strong

4-H background as a member

and a club leader

19705

bull Doug Franklin SA 72 was

recen tly a ppoin led execu tive

director of the Multiple

Sclerosis Association of

America its hea d office is in

Cherry Hill NJ He was forshy

merly with the International

Youth Foundation in

Baltimore Md

bull Cathie Leimbach

SSc(Agr) 78 and MAgr 88

visi ted U of G this fa ll as

agrologist-in-residence It was

the sixth year of the program

co-sponsored by OAC and the

Ontario Institute of

Agrologists (OlA ) Raised on

an Ontario dairy and swine

farm Leimbach is past presishy

dent of the OI A and a partner

in STRIVE a team specializshy

in g in training facilitation and

consulting She now lives on a

cash-crop farm in Ohio

bull Willem Moolenbeek BSe

77 and MSe 8 1 studied biolshy

ogy and entomology at U of G

at the same time he was learnshy

ing to play the saxophone with

the Royal Conservatory of

Mu sic He says he still loves

science but music has become

his career A recitalist soloist

and clinician he has been a

saxophone instructor at

McMaster University in

Hamilton Ont fo r 15 years

He also teaches at the 19805

University of Waterloo pri- bull Bruce Brown BSe(Agr)

vately and at the National 85 and his wife Claudia

Music Ca mp of Canada where (Liebscher) BA 84 have three

he sometimes offers an infor- children who are beginning to

mal course on in sect identifi- display their dads musical

cation There are always a few prowess on the kazoo After 14

kids who really dig that he years of dairy farming Bruce

says U of G music lovers want back to school to earn an

enjoyed his saxophone music education degree and is now

at a noon-hour concert in teaching science with the

October Durham District School

bull Peter Vaughan SA 77 and Board

MA 77 was appointed secre- bull Tom Burns BA 89 and MA

tar y general and CEO of the 91 is a member of the

Canadian Medical Association Victoria Police in Melbourne

in June A fa culty member in Australia Last summer he

two departments at John s welcomed visitors from the

Hopkins University and in the RCMP including Kevin Durie

Department of Family BA 93 They quickly estab-

Medicine at the University of lished a U of G connection

Ottawa he is a fo rmer presi- including Duries student

dent of the medical staff at employment at Dcr Keller

Guelph General Hospital and a which was Burns s favourite

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the job says Burns but this

time we spent most of our

time talking about the great

times we had at U of G In

still another coincidence

Durie is married to Christine

Blake-Durie BA 91 and MA

93 who was a member of

Burnss MA group Burns says

other U of G grads travelling

to Melbourne are more than

welcome to drop in

bull Stuart Jackson ADA 87 is

distribution manager for

Burnbrae Farms Ltd in Delta

Onto He sends greetings to all

OAC friends including the

diploma classes of 1979 and

1980

bull Laurel (Murdoch) Koumarelas BComm 84 is

an ESL teacher with the

Toronto School Board She

and her husband Gus live in

Mississauga with their sons

Robert and Evan

bull Trish Looman BA 87

works for Royal LePageshy

Vantage in Guelph She speshy

cializes in residential multishy

unit real estate

bull Laima (Karosas) Laffitte

BSe(Agr) 85 and MAgr 91

lives in Wendover Ont with

her husband Vincent MAgr

91 and their children Yohan

and Marina Laima is the

advertising manager for The

Canadian Veterinary Journal and Vincent is an account

manager at the St Isidore

branch of Scotiabank Theyd

like to hear from classmates

via e-mail at Iaffitteonsymshy

paticoca They also want to let

OAC 85 grads know that the

class executive is building a

Web page at wwwrkdecom

oac85 and needs updated

names and addresses (includshy

ing e-mail) to add to the

directory f IS-year reunion

is being planned for Dec 2

and 32000

bull Cheryl Miller-Oh BASe

91 and her husband Tae live

in Southfield Mich with their

twins Nathalie and Nathan

born in October 1998 She is a

health-care consultant with

Computer Sciences

Corporation Send e-mail to

millerohsprintca

bull Vijay Singh MSe 70 has

been awarded the Arthur K Barton Endowed Professorship

at Louisiana State University

He also recently received an

honorary degree and a

Fulbright Award for his work

in the area of entropy

bull Gayle (Barton) Tapper BSe

81 (biological science) and 83

(computing science) has been

employed at Memorial

University in St Johns Nfld

for 14 years in the Department

of Computing and

Communications She is comshy

pleting graduate work in phishy

losophy and humanities at

Memorial and is the principal

harpist with the

Newfoundland Symphony

Orchestra Last year she

released a CD of Latinworld

traditional music on the South

American harp Visit her Web

site at httpwwwucsmun

cal -gay

bull Carolyn Riddell BA 85 is

running an active arts educashy

tion and paintingprintmaking

studio in Fergus Ont

bull Laura Wilkinson BSe 85

and MSe 87 is a coroner in

British Columbia and lives on

a cattle ranch near 70 Mile

House

19905

bull Kristi Adamo BSc(HK)

96 and MSc 98 and Rob

McMullin BSe 95 were

married in May 1999 and Jive

in Ottawa

bull Michelle (Pilon) Bacon BA

90 has been living in London

England with her husband

Tim and children Juliette and

Lucien but they are planning a

return to Canada They will be

AIRBORNE ALUMNUS Olive Thompson DHE 35 celebrated her 85th birthday

with her head in the clouds She made her first parachute

jump with instructor Scott Borghese in Simcoe Ont in June

and says it was the most exciting thing shes done in her life

Thompson lives in Dunnville and has four children and three

grandchildren When she asked them about the paracbute

jump they told her to go for it Shes considering a repeat I U

jump next year and hopes her adventure will be a good S o

example for other seniors A dedicated member of the class -lt CD

of Mac 35 Thompson was president of the University of s Guelph Alumni Association in 197778 and keeps busy now VI

I

with volunteer work for the Salvation Army Z

living in Calgary and welcome

contact with western grads

and friends from Guelph Send

e-mail to m_e_baconhotshy

maicom

bull Deborah (Panton) Bodden

BASc 93 and her husband

Lyndhurst were married in

1998 and live in Grand

Cayman Cayman Islands

where she teaches primary

schoo

bull Elizabeth Cardno MSe 99

is working with the Rural

Health Research Consortium

at the University of

Saskatchewan developing

research projects on rural

health issues in relation to the

Canadian Institute for Health

Research

bull Jeannine Cote BA 9 J lives

in Hamilton Ont and works

o -lt

as a health -care aide and

home-support worker

bull Jeremy Debling BSe 94 is

a formulation chemist in the

pharmaceutical development

department at Novopharm

Limited in Toronto

bull Angela Dodd BA 93 and

Christopher Kemp

BSe(HK) 94 were married

Aug 14 Theyve bought a new

home in Etobicoke Ont

where he works for Canada

3000 Airlines and at Kingsway

Physiotherapy as a kinesioloshy

gist She is employed at

Manulife Financial in -Waterloo

bull Sheryl Harding Friedrich

BASe 85 is a full-time mom

and part-time nutrition conshy

sultant in Cannington Onto

She and her husband Cal

FallWinter 1999 35

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have three child ren Jonathan

Daniel and Anna

bull Anne Marie (Henwood)

Harman BA 95 is enjoying

her time at home with one shy

year-old Jenna She and her

husband Murray can be

reached bye-mail at 3harshy

mansstormca

bull Rosaleen Heffernan BA 96

and Barry Liboiron BSe 97

were married in August

Theyre both studying at the

University of British

Co lumbia where Liboiron is

doing a PhD in chemistry and

He ffe rnan is completing a

degree in educati on

bull Krista Hilton BASe 95

lives in Halifax with her hlls shy

band Michael Galloway She is

a priest in the Anglican Church

of Canada and serves as curate

a t the Cathedral Church of All

Sain ts Friends can reach her at

aj568chebllctonsca

bull Michael Kennard BA 86

starred as Mump the Clown in

the Canadian Stage Company

production of Mump amp Smoo t

in Something Else With Zug last

winte r at tbe Canadian Stage

Theatre in Toronto

bull Sharon McConnell BSe 90

and MSe 93 went on from U

of G to earn a diploma in

business management from

Wilfrid Laurier University

Since 1995 she has worked in

Toronto as a project director at

Burak Ja co bson Market

Resea rch Partners Ine

bull Michael McKay-Fleming BA

92 has launched two daily

comic strips via the Internet

Check out his Inane Producshy

tions Web site at http mem

bershomenetinaneprod to folshy

low the adventures of a free-spirshy

ited teenager named Alice and all

the animals in a new VVildlife

comielf you like comic strips

this fine art grad invites you to

enjoy his talent and humour

bull Andrew Nicholls MA 90 nications in Cambridge

and PhD 97 is an assistant bull Christine (Rogers) Patten

professor of history at Buffalo BA 9 1 lives in Toronto and

State College in Buffalo N Y has been working as a sales

He recen tly published the representative and industry

book The Jacobean Union A training facilitator since grad-

Reconsideration of British Civil uation She and her husband

Policies Under th e Early Vincent celebrated the birth of

Stuarts which offers a new their first child Gareth in

perspective on the role of mul - March 1999

tiple monarchy in the early bull Guiseppe Peritore

modern British kingdoms BSe(HK) 96 is studying

bull Jennifer (Pope) Parney physical therapy at the

BASc 94 works at Chatham- University of To ronto He

Kent Integrated Childrens married Rita Lavalle in May

Service - Heritage Campus 1999 and lives in Oakv ille His

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bull Sarah Perkins BSe(Agr) bull Tammy Tipler Priolo 92 joined Pfizer Animal BASe 90 lives in her hom e

Health in London Ont in town of North Bay Ont with

November as a product sup- her husband Clark and their

port speCialist Earlier she two-year-old daughter Erica

taught at Fairview College in Tipler Priolo is u5mg her com -

Fairview Alta before m oving puting skills in genealogy

back to Ontario in 1997 to research to track down elusive

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bull Bradley Raspberry BASc 90 is a clinical leader and regisshy

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atric behavioural health at SI

Josephs Villa in Dundas Ont

bull Lisa Ranacher BSe 98

recently joined the agronomy

program at the Central

Experimental Farm in Ottawa

as a physiological modelling

technician

bull Jamie Rickard BSe(Agr)

96 and Laura Summerfeldt

BSe(Agr) 97 were married

in October 1998 She is comshy

pleting a masters degree at U

of G and he is working with

First Line Seeds of Guelph U

of G weddings are a family trashy

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ents Sherry (McBain) SA 69

and Ralph Rickard BSe 69 Tricia (Pella) BA 95 and

Gaetano Guy Rosa

BComm 96 were mar ried in

October 1998 with many U of

G friends attending They live

in Mississauga Ont where

Guy works as an account manshy

ager for BCI Bank and T ricia is

an environmental planner with

the Toronto and Region Conshy

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bull Pamela (Thompson) BASe

91 and Randy Ruisendaal

BComm 92 live near

Belleville 01t with their yearshy

old daughter )lIlian Elizabeth

bull Ian Sandler DVM 9 5 was

married to Fern Glowinsk) in

March 1999 and works at

Secord Animal Clinic in

Toronto

bull Baijit Singh PhD 94 comshy

pleted post-doctoral training

at Texas AampM University and

Columbia University then

worked for the Canadian Food

Inspection Agency in Prince

Edward Island before joining

the University of Saskatchewan

as an associate professor He

welcomes notes from other

U of G alumni at singhbsask

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bull Cyndy Stencill ADA 93 is a

propagator at a tree nursery in

British Columbia

bull Steve Tanner BA 82

recently moved to Guelph as

deputy police chief He had

served on the Halton Region

force since 1982 Tanner is a

specialist in criminal investigashy

tions and lie detector opera shy

tion He has continued his

education at Sheridan College

and McMaster and Ryerson

universities and is now workshy

ing on a masters degree at the

University of Western Ontario

bull Cheryl (Kellman) Thompson BA 95 run s a

rehabilitation consulting busishy

ness with her husband Don

in Burlington Ont

bull Donald PhD 94 and

Suzanne Welsh MSe 96

relocated from Yale University

to the University of Vermont

where they are both working

in the Department of

Pharmacology in the area of

cerebrovascular circulation

bull Wendla Westerberg BASc

96 earned a BEd from the

University of Western Ontario

in 1997 She is working for the

Lambton-Kent District School

Board as an occasional teacher

and lives in her home town of

Dresden Ont

bull Deena (Jones) Zambrana

BA 93 and her husband

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birthday of their son Quinton

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1999 He grew up in th e N iagara area

but spent his professio nal ca ree r in a

ve terina ry prac ti ce in Ill inois He was a

dr ivi ng force in the American Ve ter inary

Medica l Assooatio n and in bo th the

Chicago and IlJin o is assoc iatio ns He

was also a fo un ding mem ber o f the

Ch icago-based Friends of Unicerslty of

Guelph a char itable o rga nizat ion

founded in 1975 to serve Guelph a lumni

living in the United Sta tes

George Dickson BSA 38 di ed Oct 9

1999 H e spen t h is entire career w ith

Canada Packers moving up f[Om mai l

cle rk to exec lltive vice-presid ent and

d irector After retirin g in 1976 he

devoted ma ny vo lu ntee r hours to U of

G 3S a memb er of Boa rd o f Gove rno rs

and the OAC Alumni Associatio n

Jam es Pinkney DVM 37 died July 3

1999 A respected ve ter in aria n in his

hom e to~ll o f Cooksv il le O nt he was

also recog nized as a p remier swi ne

breeder showman and judge He was

active in m any agricultural o rga niza shy

tio ns and in both the Ontario and

Canadian Vete rinary Med ical assoc iashy

tio ns He was a lo ngti me supporte r o f

th e Unive rsity especially the OVC

museum and was named OVC

Di stinguished Alumnus in 1987

Audrey Yea nd le DHE 25 di ed March

17 1999 in St ratford O nto A profes shy

sio nal diet it ia n she wo rked to two hosshy

p itals and tau ght home eco no m ics at

the Jo hn Fi he r School In Toro nto

Active In com munity orga nizatio ns and

her chu rch she was a lo ng time U of G

suppo rter and left an es ta te gift of over

$475000 to p rov ide bursaries for future

Gu elph students

Alumni

Jo hn Andrews DVM 38 June 27 1999

Harris Baker BSA 33 Febru ary 1998

Hu gh Balkwill BSA 53 June 27 1999

John Bowles BA 72 Sept 23 1999

Edward Bowness DVM 32 May 13 1999

Rud y Brown BSA 59 June 29 1999

Walter Bunn BSA 52 Sept 2 1999

Margaret Byrnes DHE 40 Apr il 22 1999

Joa n Cameron DH E 36 April 10 1999

Wil liam Cape ll BSA 54 Aprd 25 1999

T homas Ca rd BSA 47Ju ne 20 1999

Jean a rter DH E 38 Jun e 28 1999

Loi Clipsham D H E 27 Ju ne 23 1999

Bruce Cohoe BSA 3 3 Feb 2 1999

Geoffrey Collins BSA 28 May 21 1999

Al exander C o nnell ADA 60 Ju ly 26

1999

John Currie BA 74 Sep t 18 1999

William C u rrie BSA 59 Nov 27 1998

C arma n Davey DVM 39 Apr il 15 1999

D oug Doerksen ADA 84 Ju ne 5 1999

Joann e DU ll can -Robinson BA 81 and

MA 86 July 22 1999

Robert Erskine BSA 41 May 2 1999

Will ia m Fisher BSA 48 Aug 5 1999

Norm Freeman BSA 49 July 2 1999

Alexander Gc ncr BSA 32 Dee 27 1998

Rudy Goltz BSA 33 July 28 1 999

Tom Grah am BS 50 Dee 3 1998

Ed na Has tings D H E 32 July 11 1999

Jack Hea theringto n DVM 54 April 18

1999

Pa tric ia Hill BSc 96 MMch 9 1999

Ralph Hills BSA 54 June 14 1999

Murray Ho ltby ADA 47 O ct 29 1998

Shawn H owden B 9 1July81 999

james j ackson BSA 34 April 29 1999

Karen ( Re ichardt ) Kister B H Se 70

Ap rilll 1999

Albert Kristjanson BSA 50 Dec 7 1998

John Laffert ) BSA 5 1 Aug II 1999

Ron Lawrence DVM 43 Mel) 4 1999

Ann e Legate BSe 89 March 1999

Tsu-Peng Stephen i iu M Sc 65 Ma)

Hl 1998

Rober t Luckham ADA 58 Jan IS 1999

Jam es Lyons BSA 59 Au g 2~ 1999

Willia m M ack BSc(Eng) 84 Ju ne 7

1999

T helma M artin D HE 41 July 131999

Helen McBratney D lI E 34 in 1998

Allan Bud McCardle BSA 52 May 10

1999

Ri chard M cDonald O AC C la ss of 47

lV1arch 24 1999

john Meeuse ADA 58 July 19 1999

Ra ymond Parr D VM 3 7 Ap ril 7 999

George Plakidas MA 93 date unknown

Virgini a Reed ODH 66 1arch 1 1999

Rose Reynold s D HE 28 Apri l 17 1999

Ern es t Ro bertso n BSA 37 Aug 6 1999

Jam es Ross BSA 34 Au g 23 1999

Gra nt Savage D VM 48 Ma rch 2 1999

Earl Shuh BSA 36 July 5 1999

Eu gene Smith BSA 3 1 Jan 27 1999

Will iam Smyth MA 90 Oc tober 1997

Ch er yl Ann Somerville BSe(Agr) 96

Sept IS 1999

Carl Stevenson BSA 46 Aug 26 1999

Robert Tennant BSA 49 May 5 1999

Gregory Tostevin BA 93 Feb 10 1999

Gerald Trant BSA 51 Sept 1 1999

Bennie Urquhart DV M 54 April 4 1999

Ga il Wamsl ey BA 70 July 24 1998

Gladys Ward D IlE 27 Apri l 8 1999

Catherine Welch BSA 22 Ma rch 3 1998

M abel ( McCa rthy) Ziegler DH E 26

Apr il 29 1999

Facu lty amp Staff Pro f Sid Gilbert Sociolog) and An thro shy

polog) Sept 8 1999

Rev Canon Ritchie McMurray

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Yvonne Alexander M~y 15 1999

jerry lkirnes Sept 2 1999

Marga ret C urran Dec 28 1998

John Godwin in 1999

viark G renville Nov 6 1998

Peter Hallm an Ju ne 22 1999

Elsie Mae johnston Sept 12 1999

C lover Helena Ladouceur Sept 4 1999

Ed it h Pa tterson in 1993

Andrew Peterson Aug 26 1999

Edgar St rin ger March 1999

Gerry Vandergri ft Sep t 28 1999

Frank Watson March 23 1999

Barry Woods Jul y 30 1999

Me m orial fun ds have bee n se t up to

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Originally fronting a fa rmh ouse on Moreton Lodge

Farm the orna te front porch stoo d at the entrance of

the main co ll ege building until the O ld Res idence was

demolished in 1929 to make way for the co nstruction

of Johnston Hall Its believed the portico was erected

on Johnston Green in 1934

Because the ravages of time and weather had weakshy

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GRAD NEWS

U of G Degrees ADA = Associate diploma

in agriculture BA =Bachelor of arts BASe = Bachelor of applied

science BComm = Bachelor of

commerce BHSe Bachelor of houseshy

hold science BLA =Bachelor of

landscape architecture BSA = Bachelor of science in

agriculture (pre-196s) BSe(Agr) Bachelor of

science in agriculture BoSe = Bachelor of science BSe(Eng) =Bachelor of

science in engineering BSc(Env) =Bachelor of

19405

bull The Macdonald Institute

Class of 1941 met each other

for the firsl lime in 1939 and

theyve been gelling logelher rvice a year siIlce gradual ion

Celebrating 60 yea rs of fri end shy

ship this year are Mary (Hcx imer) MacLeln Beth

(jackson) Ca rdifF Mo lly

(Pattrson) Nix Frances

(Pellet) Smith Dorolhy

(Pond) Dunn Jeanne (Taylor )

Hamel Phyllis (Weren) Sobel and Evelyn (Eatun ) Pond

bull Jim Morton BSA 47 posed with his son Robert SA 70

and grandsons Jeff Bell 13A

9 1 and Greg Mo rton

SSc( Eng) 99 at Gregs U of

G convocation in June Retired

from a career in the lumber

business Jim is an OAC llu mmiddot ni volunteer al Guclph and is

aClive in cOm11lUnily work in

Burlington Onto Rob ert is

CEO of the Community Care

Access Centre in Simcoe

Coullly Jeff lcaches in Elmvalc

for the Simcoe County Dislricl School Board and Greg is

working Wilh the COnSlliling

engineering firm of Proclor

science in environmental sciences

BSe(HK) Bachelor of science in human kinetics

BSc(pE) = Bachelor of science in physical education

DHE = Diploma in home economics

DVSc = Doctor of veterinary science

DVM =Doctor of veterinary medicine

GO = Graduate diploma MA = Master of arts MAgr = Master of agriculture MBA = Master of business

admininstration MEng =Master of engineering

and Redfern at its Kitchener

office The Guelph lineage

aCl ually bega n in the Morton fami ly with Greg great shy

grantimoliln Anne Pringle

Morton DH E 1914

Greg Morton Jeff Bell and Jim and

Robert Morton

19505

bull Harold Baker BSA 50

writes to w rrect the e-mail

address publi shed in the last

iss lle of the Clepll Alunnls

Friends (111 conlact the retired

University of Saskatchewan

professo r and Il is wife Phyllis

at ha kc r hdukeL1sa~k ca

bull Barney Goodwin-Wilson BSA 50 is serving a two-year

krm as chair of the hoard of

lhe Onta rio Foocllerminal

The Iomnlo facility is the

MFA = Master of fine art MLA Master of landscape

architecture MMS = Master of management studies MSc =Master of science MSc(Aqua) = Master of

science in aquaculture ODA = Ontario diploma in

agriculture ODH =Ontario diploma in

horticulture OdR = Ontario Diploma in

recreation PhD = Doctor of philosophy

larges t who lesale fruit proshy

duce and flower market in

Canada and one of the largest

in orrh America He was forshymerly director and vice-cha ir

of the board

bull Gary Powell ADA 58

stopped at a remote motel in

western klahoma last

Janu ary and stanee a convershysation with th e only other cusshy

tomer at breakfa st the next

morning Turns out they were

both U of G grads Powell and Joe Deli BSc (Agr ) 64 had a

great time reminiscing abo Llt

ca mpus perso nalities they

both knew I guess one is never really very far from home says Powell

bull Dave Valentine BSA 59 has

retired as (o unty engineer for

the County of Brant in

Ontario He previously spent

23 years with Sir Sandford

Fleming College in Peterborough and has served 8S

engineer for the coun ties of Haliburton and Victoria He

and his wife Carole are now

Jiving near Carlisle Send e-mail

to valcntinworldchatcom

19605

bull Manuel Garcia PhD 67 was

recognized by the government

of the Ph ilippines in December

1998 with one of the highest

honours given to Filipinos Jivshy

ing outside the cou ntr y Garcia

is a senior consulting mi crobishy

ologist with lAS Bioshy

Diagnostic and a former

research scientist with

Agriculture and Agri-Food

Canada in Ottawa He is intershy

nationally recognized for his work in veterinary med icin e

and public health on the early detection of ca mpylobacter

salmonella and other foodshy

borne pathogens He is a memshy

ber of several learned profes shy

sional societies and has been involved in a number of intershy

national developm ent projects

He is also a community volunshy

teer and a pioneer in establishshying the National Council of

Canadian Filipino Associations

as the official voice of Filipino

Canadians nationwide bull Tom Hutchison DVM 65 is

a veterinary pathologist with the Nova Scotia provincial

diagnostic lab In 1998 he

passed the board cer tification exa ms for the American

College of Poultry Veterinarians in Baltimore but

the years highlights came in

late summer - a first grandshy

child for Tom and his wife

Eileen in August and the birth

of their own son Scott in

September bull Brian Little ADA 67 BSc(Agr) 72 and MSc 78

was elected president of the

Canadian 4-H Foundation in

May He was previously presishy -dent of the Ca nadian 4-H

Co uncil and a co uDcil represhysentative for his employe r the

Royal Bank of Canada He has been a fou ndation trustee for

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several years and has a strong

4-H background as a member

and a club leader

19705

bull Doug Franklin SA 72 was

recen tly a ppoin led execu tive

director of the Multiple

Sclerosis Association of

America its hea d office is in

Cherry Hill NJ He was forshy

merly with the International

Youth Foundation in

Baltimore Md

bull Cathie Leimbach

SSc(Agr) 78 and MAgr 88

visi ted U of G this fa ll as

agrologist-in-residence It was

the sixth year of the program

co-sponsored by OAC and the

Ontario Institute of

Agrologists (OlA ) Raised on

an Ontario dairy and swine

farm Leimbach is past presishy

dent of the OI A and a partner

in STRIVE a team specializshy

in g in training facilitation and

consulting She now lives on a

cash-crop farm in Ohio

bull Willem Moolenbeek BSe

77 and MSe 8 1 studied biolshy

ogy and entomology at U of G

at the same time he was learnshy

ing to play the saxophone with

the Royal Conservatory of

Mu sic He says he still loves

science but music has become

his career A recitalist soloist

and clinician he has been a

saxophone instructor at

McMaster University in

Hamilton Ont fo r 15 years

He also teaches at the 19805

University of Waterloo pri- bull Bruce Brown BSe(Agr)

vately and at the National 85 and his wife Claudia

Music Ca mp of Canada where (Liebscher) BA 84 have three

he sometimes offers an infor- children who are beginning to

mal course on in sect identifi- display their dads musical

cation There are always a few prowess on the kazoo After 14

kids who really dig that he years of dairy farming Bruce

says U of G music lovers want back to school to earn an

enjoyed his saxophone music education degree and is now

at a noon-hour concert in teaching science with the

October Durham District School

bull Peter Vaughan SA 77 and Board

MA 77 was appointed secre- bull Tom Burns BA 89 and MA

tar y general and CEO of the 91 is a member of the

Canadian Medical Association Victoria Police in Melbourne

in June A fa culty member in Australia Last summer he

two departments at John s welcomed visitors from the

Hopkins University and in the RCMP including Kevin Durie

Department of Family BA 93 They quickly estab-

Medicine at the University of lished a U of G connection

Ottawa he is a fo rmer presi- including Duries student

dent of the medical staff at employment at Dcr Keller

Guelph General Hospital and a which was Burns s favourite

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the job says Burns but this

time we spent most of our

time talking about the great

times we had at U of G In

still another coincidence

Durie is married to Christine

Blake-Durie BA 91 and MA

93 who was a member of

Burnss MA group Burns says

other U of G grads travelling

to Melbourne are more than

welcome to drop in

bull Stuart Jackson ADA 87 is

distribution manager for

Burnbrae Farms Ltd in Delta

Onto He sends greetings to all

OAC friends including the

diploma classes of 1979 and

1980

bull Laurel (Murdoch) Koumarelas BComm 84 is

an ESL teacher with the

Toronto School Board She

and her husband Gus live in

Mississauga with their sons

Robert and Evan

bull Trish Looman BA 87

works for Royal LePageshy

Vantage in Guelph She speshy

cializes in residential multishy

unit real estate

bull Laima (Karosas) Laffitte

BSe(Agr) 85 and MAgr 91

lives in Wendover Ont with

her husband Vincent MAgr

91 and their children Yohan

and Marina Laima is the

advertising manager for The

Canadian Veterinary Journal and Vincent is an account

manager at the St Isidore

branch of Scotiabank Theyd

like to hear from classmates

via e-mail at Iaffitteonsymshy

paticoca They also want to let

OAC 85 grads know that the

class executive is building a

Web page at wwwrkdecom

oac85 and needs updated

names and addresses (includshy

ing e-mail) to add to the

directory f IS-year reunion

is being planned for Dec 2

and 32000

bull Cheryl Miller-Oh BASe

91 and her husband Tae live

in Southfield Mich with their

twins Nathalie and Nathan

born in October 1998 She is a

health-care consultant with

Computer Sciences

Corporation Send e-mail to

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bull Vijay Singh MSe 70 has

been awarded the Arthur K Barton Endowed Professorship

at Louisiana State University

He also recently received an

honorary degree and a

Fulbright Award for his work

in the area of entropy

bull Gayle (Barton) Tapper BSe

81 (biological science) and 83

(computing science) has been

employed at Memorial

University in St Johns Nfld

for 14 years in the Department

of Computing and

Communications She is comshy

pleting graduate work in phishy

losophy and humanities at

Memorial and is the principal

harpist with the

Newfoundland Symphony

Orchestra Last year she

released a CD of Latinworld

traditional music on the South

American harp Visit her Web

site at httpwwwucsmun

cal -gay

bull Carolyn Riddell BA 85 is

running an active arts educashy

tion and paintingprintmaking

studio in Fergus Ont

bull Laura Wilkinson BSe 85

and MSe 87 is a coroner in

British Columbia and lives on

a cattle ranch near 70 Mile

House

19905

bull Kristi Adamo BSc(HK)

96 and MSc 98 and Rob

McMullin BSe 95 were

married in May 1999 and Jive

in Ottawa

bull Michelle (Pilon) Bacon BA

90 has been living in London

England with her husband

Tim and children Juliette and

Lucien but they are planning a

return to Canada They will be

AIRBORNE ALUMNUS Olive Thompson DHE 35 celebrated her 85th birthday

with her head in the clouds She made her first parachute

jump with instructor Scott Borghese in Simcoe Ont in June

and says it was the most exciting thing shes done in her life

Thompson lives in Dunnville and has four children and three

grandchildren When she asked them about the paracbute

jump they told her to go for it Shes considering a repeat I U

jump next year and hopes her adventure will be a good S o

example for other seniors A dedicated member of the class -lt CD

of Mac 35 Thompson was president of the University of s Guelph Alumni Association in 197778 and keeps busy now VI

I

with volunteer work for the Salvation Army Z

living in Calgary and welcome

contact with western grads

and friends from Guelph Send

e-mail to m_e_baconhotshy

maicom

bull Deborah (Panton) Bodden

BASc 93 and her husband

Lyndhurst were married in

1998 and live in Grand

Cayman Cayman Islands

where she teaches primary

schoo

bull Elizabeth Cardno MSe 99

is working with the Rural

Health Research Consortium

at the University of

Saskatchewan developing

research projects on rural

health issues in relation to the

Canadian Institute for Health

Research

bull Jeannine Cote BA 9 J lives

in Hamilton Ont and works

o -lt

as a health -care aide and

home-support worker

bull Jeremy Debling BSe 94 is

a formulation chemist in the

pharmaceutical development

department at Novopharm

Limited in Toronto

bull Angela Dodd BA 93 and

Christopher Kemp

BSe(HK) 94 were married

Aug 14 Theyve bought a new

home in Etobicoke Ont

where he works for Canada

3000 Airlines and at Kingsway

Physiotherapy as a kinesioloshy

gist She is employed at

Manulife Financial in -Waterloo

bull Sheryl Harding Friedrich

BASe 85 is a full-time mom

and part-time nutrition conshy

sultant in Cannington Onto

She and her husband Cal

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have three child ren Jonathan

Daniel and Anna

bull Anne Marie (Henwood)

Harman BA 95 is enjoying

her time at home with one shy

year-old Jenna She and her

husband Murray can be

reached bye-mail at 3harshy

mansstormca

bull Rosaleen Heffernan BA 96

and Barry Liboiron BSe 97

were married in August

Theyre both studying at the

University of British

Co lumbia where Liboiron is

doing a PhD in chemistry and

He ffe rnan is completing a

degree in educati on

bull Krista Hilton BASe 95

lives in Halifax with her hlls shy

band Michael Galloway She is

a priest in the Anglican Church

of Canada and serves as curate

a t the Cathedral Church of All

Sain ts Friends can reach her at

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bull Michael Kennard BA 86

starred as Mump the Clown in

the Canadian Stage Company

production of Mump amp Smoo t

in Something Else With Zug last

winte r at tbe Canadian Stage

Theatre in Toronto

bull Sharon McConnell BSe 90

and MSe 93 went on from U

of G to earn a diploma in

business management from

Wilfrid Laurier University

Since 1995 she has worked in

Toronto as a project director at

Burak Ja co bson Market

Resea rch Partners Ine

bull Michael McKay-Fleming BA

92 has launched two daily

comic strips via the Internet

Check out his Inane Producshy

tions Web site at http mem

bershomenetinaneprod to folshy

low the adventures of a free-spirshy

ited teenager named Alice and all

the animals in a new VVildlife

comielf you like comic strips

this fine art grad invites you to

enjoy his talent and humour

bull Andrew Nicholls MA 90 nications in Cambridge

and PhD 97 is an assistant bull Christine (Rogers) Patten

professor of history at Buffalo BA 9 1 lives in Toronto and

State College in Buffalo N Y has been working as a sales

He recen tly published the representative and industry

book The Jacobean Union A training facilitator since grad-

Reconsideration of British Civil uation She and her husband

Policies Under th e Early Vincent celebrated the birth of

Stuarts which offers a new their first child Gareth in

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modern British kingdoms BSe(HK) 96 is studying

bull Jennifer (Pope) Parney physical therapy at the

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bull Sarah Perkins BSe(Agr) bull Tammy Tipler Priolo 92 joined Pfizer Animal BASe 90 lives in her hom e

Health in London Ont in town of North Bay Ont with

November as a product sup- her husband Clark and their

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tered nurse specializing in gerishy

atric behavioural health at SI

Josephs Villa in Dundas Ont

bull Lisa Ranacher BSe 98

recently joined the agronomy

program at the Central

Experimental Farm in Ottawa

as a physiological modelling

technician

bull Jamie Rickard BSe(Agr)

96 and Laura Summerfeldt

BSe(Agr) 97 were married

in October 1998 She is comshy

pleting a masters degree at U

of G and he is working with

First Line Seeds of Guelph U

of G weddings are a family trashy

dition sta rted by Jamies parshy

ents Sherry (McBain) SA 69

and Ralph Rickard BSe 69 Tricia (Pella) BA 95 and

Gaetano Guy Rosa

BComm 96 were mar ried in

October 1998 with many U of

G friends attending They live

in Mississauga Ont where

Guy works as an account manshy

ager for BCI Bank and T ricia is

an environmental planner with

the Toronto and Region Conshy

servation Authority

bull Pamela (Thompson) BASe

91 and Randy Ruisendaal

BComm 92 live near

Belleville 01t with their yearshy

old daughter )lIlian Elizabeth

bull Ian Sandler DVM 9 5 was

married to Fern Glowinsk) in

March 1999 and works at

Secord Animal Clinic in

Toronto

bull Baijit Singh PhD 94 comshy

pleted post-doctoral training

at Texas AampM University and

Columbia University then

worked for the Canadian Food

Inspection Agency in Prince

Edward Island before joining

the University of Saskatchewan

as an associate professor He

welcomes notes from other

U of G alumni at singhbsask

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bull Cyndy Stencill ADA 93 is a

propagator at a tree nursery in

British Columbia

bull Steve Tanner BA 82

recently moved to Guelph as

deputy police chief He had

served on the Halton Region

force since 1982 Tanner is a

specialist in criminal investigashy

tions and lie detector opera shy

tion He has continued his

education at Sheridan College

and McMaster and Ryerson

universities and is now workshy

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University of Western Ontario

bull Cheryl (Kellman) Thompson BA 95 run s a

rehabilitation consulting busishy

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in Burlington Ont

bull Donald PhD 94 and

Suzanne Welsh MSe 96

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where they are both working

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Lambton-Kent District School

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W illiam Ba rnes DVM 59 died Sept 7

1999 He grew up in th e N iagara area

but spent his professio nal ca ree r in a

ve terina ry prac ti ce in Ill inois He was a

dr ivi ng force in the American Ve ter inary

Medica l Assooatio n and in bo th the

Chicago and IlJin o is assoc iatio ns He

was also a fo un ding mem ber o f the

Ch icago-based Friends of Unicerslty of

Guelph a char itable o rga nizat ion

founded in 1975 to serve Guelph a lumni

living in the United Sta tes

George Dickson BSA 38 di ed Oct 9

1999 H e spen t h is entire career w ith

Canada Packers moving up f[Om mai l

cle rk to exec lltive vice-presid ent and

d irector After retirin g in 1976 he

devoted ma ny vo lu ntee r hours to U of

G 3S a memb er of Boa rd o f Gove rno rs

and the OAC Alumni Associatio n

Jam es Pinkney DVM 37 died July 3

1999 A respected ve ter in aria n in his

hom e to~ll o f Cooksv il le O nt he was

also recog nized as a p remier swi ne

breeder showman and judge He was

active in m any agricultural o rga niza shy

tio ns and in both the Ontario and

Canadian Vete rinary Med ical assoc iashy

tio ns He was a lo ngti me supporte r o f

th e Unive rsity especially the OVC

museum and was named OVC

Di stinguished Alumnus in 1987

Audrey Yea nd le DHE 25 di ed March

17 1999 in St ratford O nto A profes shy

sio nal diet it ia n she wo rked to two hosshy

p itals and tau ght home eco no m ics at

the Jo hn Fi he r School In Toro nto

Active In com munity orga nizatio ns and

her chu rch she was a lo ng time U of G

suppo rter and left an es ta te gift of over

$475000 to p rov ide bursaries for future

Gu elph students

Alumni

Jo hn Andrews DVM 38 June 27 1999

Harris Baker BSA 33 Febru ary 1998

Hu gh Balkwill BSA 53 June 27 1999

John Bowles BA 72 Sept 23 1999

Edward Bowness DVM 32 May 13 1999

Rud y Brown BSA 59 June 29 1999

Walter Bunn BSA 52 Sept 2 1999

Margaret Byrnes DHE 40 Apr il 22 1999

Joa n Cameron DH E 36 April 10 1999

Wil liam Cape ll BSA 54 Aprd 25 1999

T homas Ca rd BSA 47Ju ne 20 1999

Jean a rter DH E 38 Jun e 28 1999

Loi Clipsham D H E 27 Ju ne 23 1999

Bruce Cohoe BSA 3 3 Feb 2 1999

Geoffrey Collins BSA 28 May 21 1999

Al exander C o nnell ADA 60 Ju ly 26

1999

John Currie BA 74 Sep t 18 1999

William C u rrie BSA 59 Nov 27 1998

C arma n Davey DVM 39 Apr il 15 1999

D oug Doerksen ADA 84 Ju ne 5 1999

Joann e DU ll can -Robinson BA 81 and

MA 86 July 22 1999

Robert Erskine BSA 41 May 2 1999

Will ia m Fisher BSA 48 Aug 5 1999

Norm Freeman BSA 49 July 2 1999

Alexander Gc ncr BSA 32 Dee 27 1998

Rudy Goltz BSA 33 July 28 1 999

Tom Grah am BS 50 Dee 3 1998

Ed na Has tings D H E 32 July 11 1999

Jack Hea theringto n DVM 54 April 18

1999

Pa tric ia Hill BSc 96 MMch 9 1999

Ralph Hills BSA 54 June 14 1999

Murray Ho ltby ADA 47 O ct 29 1998

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Karen ( Re ichardt ) Kister B H Se 70

Ap rilll 1999

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John Laffert ) BSA 5 1 Aug II 1999

Ron Lawrence DVM 43 Mel) 4 1999

Ann e Legate BSe 89 March 1999

Tsu-Peng Stephen i iu M Sc 65 Ma)

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Rober t Luckham ADA 58 Jan IS 1999

Jam es Lyons BSA 59 Au g 2~ 1999

Willia m M ack BSc(Eng) 84 Ju ne 7

1999

T helma M artin D HE 41 July 131999

Helen McBratney D lI E 34 in 1998

Allan Bud McCardle BSA 52 May 10

1999

Ri chard M cDonald O AC C la ss of 47

lV1arch 24 1999

john Meeuse ADA 58 July 19 1999

Ra ymond Parr D VM 3 7 Ap ril 7 999

George Plakidas MA 93 date unknown

Virgini a Reed ODH 66 1arch 1 1999

Rose Reynold s D HE 28 Apri l 17 1999

Ern es t Ro bertso n BSA 37 Aug 6 1999

Jam es Ross BSA 34 Au g 23 1999

Gra nt Savage D VM 48 Ma rch 2 1999

Earl Shuh BSA 36 July 5 1999

Eu gene Smith BSA 3 1 Jan 27 1999

Will iam Smyth MA 90 Oc tober 1997

Ch er yl Ann Somerville BSe(Agr) 96

Sept IS 1999

Carl Stevenson BSA 46 Aug 26 1999

Robert Tennant BSA 49 May 5 1999

Gregory Tostevin BA 93 Feb 10 1999

Gerald Trant BSA 51 Sept 1 1999

Bennie Urquhart DV M 54 April 4 1999

Ga il Wamsl ey BA 70 July 24 1998

Gladys Ward D IlE 27 Apri l 8 1999

Catherine Welch BSA 22 Ma rch 3 1998

M abel ( McCa rthy) Ziegler DH E 26

Apr il 29 1999

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several years and has a strong

4-H background as a member

and a club leader

19705

bull Doug Franklin SA 72 was

recen tly a ppoin led execu tive

director of the Multiple

Sclerosis Association of

America its hea d office is in

Cherry Hill NJ He was forshy

merly with the International

Youth Foundation in

Baltimore Md

bull Cathie Leimbach

SSc(Agr) 78 and MAgr 88

visi ted U of G this fa ll as

agrologist-in-residence It was

the sixth year of the program

co-sponsored by OAC and the

Ontario Institute of

Agrologists (OlA ) Raised on

an Ontario dairy and swine

farm Leimbach is past presishy

dent of the OI A and a partner

in STRIVE a team specializshy

in g in training facilitation and

consulting She now lives on a

cash-crop farm in Ohio

bull Willem Moolenbeek BSe

77 and MSe 8 1 studied biolshy

ogy and entomology at U of G

at the same time he was learnshy

ing to play the saxophone with

the Royal Conservatory of

Mu sic He says he still loves

science but music has become

his career A recitalist soloist

and clinician he has been a

saxophone instructor at

McMaster University in

Hamilton Ont fo r 15 years

He also teaches at the 19805

University of Waterloo pri- bull Bruce Brown BSe(Agr)

vately and at the National 85 and his wife Claudia

Music Ca mp of Canada where (Liebscher) BA 84 have three

he sometimes offers an infor- children who are beginning to

mal course on in sect identifi- display their dads musical

cation There are always a few prowess on the kazoo After 14

kids who really dig that he years of dairy farming Bruce

says U of G music lovers want back to school to earn an

enjoyed his saxophone music education degree and is now

at a noon-hour concert in teaching science with the

October Durham District School

bull Peter Vaughan SA 77 and Board

MA 77 was appointed secre- bull Tom Burns BA 89 and MA

tar y general and CEO of the 91 is a member of the

Canadian Medical Association Victoria Police in Melbourne

in June A fa culty member in Australia Last summer he

two departments at John s welcomed visitors from the

Hopkins University and in the RCMP including Kevin Durie

Department of Family BA 93 They quickly estab-

Medicine at the University of lished a U of G connection

Ottawa he is a fo rmer presi- including Duries student

dent of the medical staff at employment at Dcr Keller

Guelph General Hospital and a which was Burns s favourite

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the job says Burns but this

time we spent most of our

time talking about the great

times we had at U of G In

still another coincidence

Durie is married to Christine

Blake-Durie BA 91 and MA

93 who was a member of

Burnss MA group Burns says

other U of G grads travelling

to Melbourne are more than

welcome to drop in

bull Stuart Jackson ADA 87 is

distribution manager for

Burnbrae Farms Ltd in Delta

Onto He sends greetings to all

OAC friends including the

diploma classes of 1979 and

1980

bull Laurel (Murdoch) Koumarelas BComm 84 is

an ESL teacher with the

Toronto School Board She

and her husband Gus live in

Mississauga with their sons

Robert and Evan

bull Trish Looman BA 87

works for Royal LePageshy

Vantage in Guelph She speshy

cializes in residential multishy

unit real estate

bull Laima (Karosas) Laffitte

BSe(Agr) 85 and MAgr 91

lives in Wendover Ont with

her husband Vincent MAgr

91 and their children Yohan

and Marina Laima is the

advertising manager for The

Canadian Veterinary Journal and Vincent is an account

manager at the St Isidore

branch of Scotiabank Theyd

like to hear from classmates

via e-mail at Iaffitteonsymshy

paticoca They also want to let

OAC 85 grads know that the

class executive is building a

Web page at wwwrkdecom

oac85 and needs updated

names and addresses (includshy

ing e-mail) to add to the

directory f IS-year reunion

is being planned for Dec 2

and 32000

bull Cheryl Miller-Oh BASe

91 and her husband Tae live

in Southfield Mich with their

twins Nathalie and Nathan

born in October 1998 She is a

health-care consultant with

Computer Sciences

Corporation Send e-mail to

millerohsprintca

bull Vijay Singh MSe 70 has

been awarded the Arthur K Barton Endowed Professorship

at Louisiana State University

He also recently received an

honorary degree and a

Fulbright Award for his work

in the area of entropy

bull Gayle (Barton) Tapper BSe

81 (biological science) and 83

(computing science) has been

employed at Memorial

University in St Johns Nfld

for 14 years in the Department

of Computing and

Communications She is comshy

pleting graduate work in phishy

losophy and humanities at

Memorial and is the principal

harpist with the

Newfoundland Symphony

Orchestra Last year she

released a CD of Latinworld

traditional music on the South

American harp Visit her Web

site at httpwwwucsmun

cal -gay

bull Carolyn Riddell BA 85 is

running an active arts educashy

tion and paintingprintmaking

studio in Fergus Ont

bull Laura Wilkinson BSe 85

and MSe 87 is a coroner in

British Columbia and lives on

a cattle ranch near 70 Mile

House

19905

bull Kristi Adamo BSc(HK)

96 and MSc 98 and Rob

McMullin BSe 95 were

married in May 1999 and Jive

in Ottawa

bull Michelle (Pilon) Bacon BA

90 has been living in London

England with her husband

Tim and children Juliette and

Lucien but they are planning a

return to Canada They will be

AIRBORNE ALUMNUS Olive Thompson DHE 35 celebrated her 85th birthday

with her head in the clouds She made her first parachute

jump with instructor Scott Borghese in Simcoe Ont in June

and says it was the most exciting thing shes done in her life

Thompson lives in Dunnville and has four children and three

grandchildren When she asked them about the paracbute

jump they told her to go for it Shes considering a repeat I U

jump next year and hopes her adventure will be a good S o

example for other seniors A dedicated member of the class -lt CD

of Mac 35 Thompson was president of the University of s Guelph Alumni Association in 197778 and keeps busy now VI

I

with volunteer work for the Salvation Army Z

living in Calgary and welcome

contact with western grads

and friends from Guelph Send

e-mail to m_e_baconhotshy

maicom

bull Deborah (Panton) Bodden

BASc 93 and her husband

Lyndhurst were married in

1998 and live in Grand

Cayman Cayman Islands

where she teaches primary

schoo

bull Elizabeth Cardno MSe 99

is working with the Rural

Health Research Consortium

at the University of

Saskatchewan developing

research projects on rural

health issues in relation to the

Canadian Institute for Health

Research

bull Jeannine Cote BA 9 J lives

in Hamilton Ont and works

o -lt

as a health -care aide and

home-support worker

bull Jeremy Debling BSe 94 is

a formulation chemist in the

pharmaceutical development

department at Novopharm

Limited in Toronto

bull Angela Dodd BA 93 and

Christopher Kemp

BSe(HK) 94 were married

Aug 14 Theyve bought a new

home in Etobicoke Ont

where he works for Canada

3000 Airlines and at Kingsway

Physiotherapy as a kinesioloshy

gist She is employed at

Manulife Financial in -Waterloo

bull Sheryl Harding Friedrich

BASe 85 is a full-time mom

and part-time nutrition conshy

sultant in Cannington Onto

She and her husband Cal

FallWinter 1999 35

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have three child ren Jonathan

Daniel and Anna

bull Anne Marie (Henwood)

Harman BA 95 is enjoying

her time at home with one shy

year-old Jenna She and her

husband Murray can be

reached bye-mail at 3harshy

mansstormca

bull Rosaleen Heffernan BA 96

and Barry Liboiron BSe 97

were married in August

Theyre both studying at the

University of British

Co lumbia where Liboiron is

doing a PhD in chemistry and

He ffe rnan is completing a

degree in educati on

bull Krista Hilton BASe 95

lives in Halifax with her hlls shy

band Michael Galloway She is

a priest in the Anglican Church

of Canada and serves as curate

a t the Cathedral Church of All

Sain ts Friends can reach her at

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bull Michael Kennard BA 86

starred as Mump the Clown in

the Canadian Stage Company

production of Mump amp Smoo t

in Something Else With Zug last

winte r at tbe Canadian Stage

Theatre in Toronto

bull Sharon McConnell BSe 90

and MSe 93 went on from U

of G to earn a diploma in

business management from

Wilfrid Laurier University

Since 1995 she has worked in

Toronto as a project director at

Burak Ja co bson Market

Resea rch Partners Ine

bull Michael McKay-Fleming BA

92 has launched two daily

comic strips via the Internet

Check out his Inane Producshy

tions Web site at http mem

bershomenetinaneprod to folshy

low the adventures of a free-spirshy

ited teenager named Alice and all

the animals in a new VVildlife

comielf you like comic strips

this fine art grad invites you to

enjoy his talent and humour

bull Andrew Nicholls MA 90 nications in Cambridge

and PhD 97 is an assistant bull Christine (Rogers) Patten

professor of history at Buffalo BA 9 1 lives in Toronto and

State College in Buffalo N Y has been working as a sales

He recen tly published the representative and industry

book The Jacobean Union A training facilitator since grad-

Reconsideration of British Civil uation She and her husband

Policies Under th e Early Vincent celebrated the birth of

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bull Jennifer (Pope) Parney physical therapy at the

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Kent Integrated Childrens married Rita Lavalle in May

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recently joined the agronomy

program at the Central

Experimental Farm in Ottawa

as a physiological modelling

technician

bull Jamie Rickard BSe(Agr)

96 and Laura Summerfeldt

BSe(Agr) 97 were married

in October 1998 She is comshy

pleting a masters degree at U

of G and he is working with

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of G weddings are a family trashy

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ents Sherry (McBain) SA 69

and Ralph Rickard BSe 69 Tricia (Pella) BA 95 and

Gaetano Guy Rosa

BComm 96 were mar ried in

October 1998 with many U of

G friends attending They live

in Mississauga Ont where

Guy works as an account manshy

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an environmental planner with

the Toronto and Region Conshy

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bull Pamela (Thompson) BASe

91 and Randy Ruisendaal

BComm 92 live near

Belleville 01t with their yearshy

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bull Ian Sandler DVM 9 5 was

married to Fern Glowinsk) in

March 1999 and works at

Secord Animal Clinic in

Toronto

bull Baijit Singh PhD 94 comshy

pleted post-doctoral training

at Texas AampM University and

Columbia University then

worked for the Canadian Food

Inspection Agency in Prince

Edward Island before joining

the University of Saskatchewan

as an associate professor He

welcomes notes from other

U of G alumni at singhbsask

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bull Cyndy Stencill ADA 93 is a

propagator at a tree nursery in

British Columbia

bull Steve Tanner BA 82

recently moved to Guelph as

deputy police chief He had

served on the Halton Region

force since 1982 Tanner is a

specialist in criminal investigashy

tions and lie detector opera shy

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education at Sheridan College

and McMaster and Ryerson

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bull Cheryl (Kellman) Thompson BA 95 run s a

rehabilitation consulting busishy

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in Burlington Ont

bull Donald PhD 94 and

Suzanne Welsh MSe 96

relocated from Yale University

to the University of Vermont

where they are both working

in the Department of

Pharmacology in the area of

cerebrovascular circulation

bull Wendla Westerberg BASc

96 earned a BEd from the

University of Western Ontario

in 1997 She is working for the

Lambton-Kent District School

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bull Deena (Jones) Zambrana

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OBITUARIES

W illiam Ba rnes DVM 59 died Sept 7

1999 He grew up in th e N iagara area

but spent his professio nal ca ree r in a

ve terina ry prac ti ce in Ill inois He was a

dr ivi ng force in the American Ve ter inary

Medica l Assooatio n and in bo th the

Chicago and IlJin o is assoc iatio ns He

was also a fo un ding mem ber o f the

Ch icago-based Friends of Unicerslty of

Guelph a char itable o rga nizat ion

founded in 1975 to serve Guelph a lumni

living in the United Sta tes

George Dickson BSA 38 di ed Oct 9

1999 H e spen t h is entire career w ith

Canada Packers moving up f[Om mai l

cle rk to exec lltive vice-presid ent and

d irector After retirin g in 1976 he

devoted ma ny vo lu ntee r hours to U of

G 3S a memb er of Boa rd o f Gove rno rs

and the OAC Alumni Associatio n

Jam es Pinkney DVM 37 died July 3

1999 A respected ve ter in aria n in his

hom e to~ll o f Cooksv il le O nt he was

also recog nized as a p remier swi ne

breeder showman and judge He was

active in m any agricultural o rga niza shy

tio ns and in both the Ontario and

Canadian Vete rinary Med ical assoc iashy

tio ns He was a lo ngti me supporte r o f

th e Unive rsity especially the OVC

museum and was named OVC

Di stinguished Alumnus in 1987

Audrey Yea nd le DHE 25 di ed March

17 1999 in St ratford O nto A profes shy

sio nal diet it ia n she wo rked to two hosshy

p itals and tau ght home eco no m ics at

the Jo hn Fi he r School In Toro nto

Active In com munity orga nizatio ns and

her chu rch she was a lo ng time U of G

suppo rter and left an es ta te gift of over

$475000 to p rov ide bursaries for future

Gu elph students

Alumni

Jo hn Andrews DVM 38 June 27 1999

Harris Baker BSA 33 Febru ary 1998

Hu gh Balkwill BSA 53 June 27 1999

John Bowles BA 72 Sept 23 1999

Edward Bowness DVM 32 May 13 1999

Rud y Brown BSA 59 June 29 1999

Walter Bunn BSA 52 Sept 2 1999

Margaret Byrnes DHE 40 Apr il 22 1999

Joa n Cameron DH E 36 April 10 1999

Wil liam Cape ll BSA 54 Aprd 25 1999

T homas Ca rd BSA 47Ju ne 20 1999

Jean a rter DH E 38 Jun e 28 1999

Loi Clipsham D H E 27 Ju ne 23 1999

Bruce Cohoe BSA 3 3 Feb 2 1999

Geoffrey Collins BSA 28 May 21 1999

Al exander C o nnell ADA 60 Ju ly 26

1999

John Currie BA 74 Sep t 18 1999

William C u rrie BSA 59 Nov 27 1998

C arma n Davey DVM 39 Apr il 15 1999

D oug Doerksen ADA 84 Ju ne 5 1999

Joann e DU ll can -Robinson BA 81 and

MA 86 July 22 1999

Robert Erskine BSA 41 May 2 1999

Will ia m Fisher BSA 48 Aug 5 1999

Norm Freeman BSA 49 July 2 1999

Alexander Gc ncr BSA 32 Dee 27 1998

Rudy Goltz BSA 33 July 28 1 999

Tom Grah am BS 50 Dee 3 1998

Ed na Has tings D H E 32 July 11 1999

Jack Hea theringto n DVM 54 April 18

1999

Pa tric ia Hill BSc 96 MMch 9 1999

Ralph Hills BSA 54 June 14 1999

Murray Ho ltby ADA 47 O ct 29 1998

Shawn H owden B 9 1July81 999

james j ackson BSA 34 April 29 1999

Karen ( Re ichardt ) Kister B H Se 70

Ap rilll 1999

Albert Kristjanson BSA 50 Dec 7 1998

John Laffert ) BSA 5 1 Aug II 1999

Ron Lawrence DVM 43 Mel) 4 1999

Ann e Legate BSe 89 March 1999

Tsu-Peng Stephen i iu M Sc 65 Ma)

Hl 1998

Rober t Luckham ADA 58 Jan IS 1999

Jam es Lyons BSA 59 Au g 2~ 1999

Willia m M ack BSc(Eng) 84 Ju ne 7

1999

T helma M artin D HE 41 July 131999

Helen McBratney D lI E 34 in 1998

Allan Bud McCardle BSA 52 May 10

1999

Ri chard M cDonald O AC C la ss of 47

lV1arch 24 1999

john Meeuse ADA 58 July 19 1999

Ra ymond Parr D VM 3 7 Ap ril 7 999

George Plakidas MA 93 date unknown

Virgini a Reed ODH 66 1arch 1 1999

Rose Reynold s D HE 28 Apri l 17 1999

Ern es t Ro bertso n BSA 37 Aug 6 1999

Jam es Ross BSA 34 Au g 23 1999

Gra nt Savage D VM 48 Ma rch 2 1999

Earl Shuh BSA 36 July 5 1999

Eu gene Smith BSA 3 1 Jan 27 1999

Will iam Smyth MA 90 Oc tober 1997

Ch er yl Ann Somerville BSe(Agr) 96

Sept IS 1999

Carl Stevenson BSA 46 Aug 26 1999

Robert Tennant BSA 49 May 5 1999

Gregory Tostevin BA 93 Feb 10 1999

Gerald Trant BSA 51 Sept 1 1999

Bennie Urquhart DV M 54 April 4 1999

Ga il Wamsl ey BA 70 July 24 1998

Gladys Ward D IlE 27 Apri l 8 1999

Catherine Welch BSA 22 Ma rch 3 1998

M abel ( McCa rthy) Ziegler DH E 26

Apr il 29 1999

Facu lty amp Staff Pro f Sid Gilbert Sociolog) and An thro shy

polog) Sept 8 1999

Rev Canon Ritchie McMurray

eCllm enical ch aplain 1968 to 1983

Aug 19 1999

Frie nds

Yvonne Alexander M~y 15 1999

jerry lkirnes Sept 2 1999

Marga ret C urran Dec 28 1998

John Godwin in 1999

viark G renville Nov 6 1998

Peter Hallm an Ju ne 22 1999

Elsie Mae johnston Sept 12 1999

C lover Helena Ladouceur Sept 4 1999

Ed it h Pa tterson in 1993

Andrew Peterson Aug 26 1999

Edgar St rin ger March 1999

Gerry Vandergri ft Sep t 28 1999

Frank Watson March 23 1999

Barry Woods Jul y 30 1999

Me m orial fun ds have bee n se t up to

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the CWay CWe CWere FROM THE ARCHIVES

HISTORIANS CANT PINPOINT the date that the Unishy

versity o f Gu elphs landmark portico was carved

from Ontario limesto ne but its familiar columns preshy

date the 1874 fo und ing o f the Ontario Agricu ltural Colshy

lege by several yea rs

Originally fronting a fa rmh ouse on Moreton Lodge

Farm the orna te front porch stoo d at the entrance of

the main co ll ege building until the O ld Res idence was

demolished in 1929 to make way for the co nstruction

of Johnston Hall Its believed the portico was erected

on Johnston Green in 1934

Because the ravages of time and weather had weakshy

ened the limestone structure to a dan gerous point it

was dismantled earlier this fall and underwent muchshy

needed repairs to the stonework ceiling and roof The

OAC Class of 1949 raised $75000 to fund the p roject

as a 50th-anniversa ry gift to the ca mpu s and a way to

commemo rate the 125th anniversa ry of OAC

Now completely restored the portico is back in place

on Johnston Green whe re it co ntinues to se rve as an

elegant reminder of ca mpus histor y and a favour ite

pla ce fo r convocation and wedding photographs

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the job says Burns but this

time we spent most of our

time talking about the great

times we had at U of G In

still another coincidence

Durie is married to Christine

Blake-Durie BA 91 and MA

93 who was a member of

Burnss MA group Burns says

other U of G grads travelling

to Melbourne are more than

welcome to drop in

bull Stuart Jackson ADA 87 is

distribution manager for

Burnbrae Farms Ltd in Delta

Onto He sends greetings to all

OAC friends including the

diploma classes of 1979 and

1980

bull Laurel (Murdoch) Koumarelas BComm 84 is

an ESL teacher with the

Toronto School Board She

and her husband Gus live in

Mississauga with their sons

Robert and Evan

bull Trish Looman BA 87

works for Royal LePageshy

Vantage in Guelph She speshy

cializes in residential multishy

unit real estate

bull Laima (Karosas) Laffitte

BSe(Agr) 85 and MAgr 91

lives in Wendover Ont with

her husband Vincent MAgr

91 and their children Yohan

and Marina Laima is the

advertising manager for The

Canadian Veterinary Journal and Vincent is an account

manager at the St Isidore

branch of Scotiabank Theyd

like to hear from classmates

via e-mail at Iaffitteonsymshy

paticoca They also want to let

OAC 85 grads know that the

class executive is building a

Web page at wwwrkdecom

oac85 and needs updated

names and addresses (includshy

ing e-mail) to add to the

directory f IS-year reunion

is being planned for Dec 2

and 32000

bull Cheryl Miller-Oh BASe

91 and her husband Tae live

in Southfield Mich with their

twins Nathalie and Nathan

born in October 1998 She is a

health-care consultant with

Computer Sciences

Corporation Send e-mail to

millerohsprintca

bull Vijay Singh MSe 70 has

been awarded the Arthur K Barton Endowed Professorship

at Louisiana State University

He also recently received an

honorary degree and a

Fulbright Award for his work

in the area of entropy

bull Gayle (Barton) Tapper BSe

81 (biological science) and 83

(computing science) has been

employed at Memorial

University in St Johns Nfld

for 14 years in the Department

of Computing and

Communications She is comshy

pleting graduate work in phishy

losophy and humanities at

Memorial and is the principal

harpist with the

Newfoundland Symphony

Orchestra Last year she

released a CD of Latinworld

traditional music on the South

American harp Visit her Web

site at httpwwwucsmun

cal -gay

bull Carolyn Riddell BA 85 is

running an active arts educashy

tion and paintingprintmaking

studio in Fergus Ont

bull Laura Wilkinson BSe 85

and MSe 87 is a coroner in

British Columbia and lives on

a cattle ranch near 70 Mile

House

19905

bull Kristi Adamo BSc(HK)

96 and MSc 98 and Rob

McMullin BSe 95 were

married in May 1999 and Jive

in Ottawa

bull Michelle (Pilon) Bacon BA

90 has been living in London

England with her husband

Tim and children Juliette and

Lucien but they are planning a

return to Canada They will be

AIRBORNE ALUMNUS Olive Thompson DHE 35 celebrated her 85th birthday

with her head in the clouds She made her first parachute

jump with instructor Scott Borghese in Simcoe Ont in June

and says it was the most exciting thing shes done in her life

Thompson lives in Dunnville and has four children and three

grandchildren When she asked them about the paracbute

jump they told her to go for it Shes considering a repeat I U

jump next year and hopes her adventure will be a good S o

example for other seniors A dedicated member of the class -lt CD

of Mac 35 Thompson was president of the University of s Guelph Alumni Association in 197778 and keeps busy now VI

I

with volunteer work for the Salvation Army Z

living in Calgary and welcome

contact with western grads

and friends from Guelph Send

e-mail to m_e_baconhotshy

maicom

bull Deborah (Panton) Bodden

BASc 93 and her husband

Lyndhurst were married in

1998 and live in Grand

Cayman Cayman Islands

where she teaches primary

schoo

bull Elizabeth Cardno MSe 99

is working with the Rural

Health Research Consortium

at the University of

Saskatchewan developing

research projects on rural

health issues in relation to the

Canadian Institute for Health

Research

bull Jeannine Cote BA 9 J lives

in Hamilton Ont and works

o -lt

as a health -care aide and

home-support worker

bull Jeremy Debling BSe 94 is

a formulation chemist in the

pharmaceutical development

department at Novopharm

Limited in Toronto

bull Angela Dodd BA 93 and

Christopher Kemp

BSe(HK) 94 were married

Aug 14 Theyve bought a new

home in Etobicoke Ont

where he works for Canada

3000 Airlines and at Kingsway

Physiotherapy as a kinesioloshy

gist She is employed at

Manulife Financial in -Waterloo

bull Sheryl Harding Friedrich

BASe 85 is a full-time mom

and part-time nutrition conshy

sultant in Cannington Onto

She and her husband Cal

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have three child ren Jonathan

Daniel and Anna

bull Anne Marie (Henwood)

Harman BA 95 is enjoying

her time at home with one shy

year-old Jenna She and her

husband Murray can be

reached bye-mail at 3harshy

mansstormca

bull Rosaleen Heffernan BA 96

and Barry Liboiron BSe 97

were married in August

Theyre both studying at the

University of British

Co lumbia where Liboiron is

doing a PhD in chemistry and

He ffe rnan is completing a

degree in educati on

bull Krista Hilton BASe 95

lives in Halifax with her hlls shy

band Michael Galloway She is

a priest in the Anglican Church

of Canada and serves as curate

a t the Cathedral Church of All

Sain ts Friends can reach her at

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bull Michael Kennard BA 86

starred as Mump the Clown in

the Canadian Stage Company

production of Mump amp Smoo t

in Something Else With Zug last

winte r at tbe Canadian Stage

Theatre in Toronto

bull Sharon McConnell BSe 90

and MSe 93 went on from U

of G to earn a diploma in

business management from

Wilfrid Laurier University

Since 1995 she has worked in

Toronto as a project director at

Burak Ja co bson Market

Resea rch Partners Ine

bull Michael McKay-Fleming BA

92 has launched two daily

comic strips via the Internet

Check out his Inane Producshy

tions Web site at http mem

bershomenetinaneprod to folshy

low the adventures of a free-spirshy

ited teenager named Alice and all

the animals in a new VVildlife

comielf you like comic strips

this fine art grad invites you to

enjoy his talent and humour

bull Andrew Nicholls MA 90 nications in Cambridge

and PhD 97 is an assistant bull Christine (Rogers) Patten

professor of history at Buffalo BA 9 1 lives in Toronto and

State College in Buffalo N Y has been working as a sales

He recen tly published the representative and industry

book The Jacobean Union A training facilitator since grad-

Reconsideration of British Civil uation She and her husband

Policies Under th e Early Vincent celebrated the birth of

Stuarts which offers a new their first child Gareth in

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bull Jennifer (Pope) Parney physical therapy at the

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bull Sarah Perkins BSe(Agr) bull Tammy Tipler Priolo 92 joined Pfizer Animal BASe 90 lives in her hom e

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bull Lisa Ranacher BSe 98

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bull Jamie Rickard BSe(Agr)

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bull Pamela (Thompson) BASe

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bull Ian Sandler DVM 9 5 was

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bull Baijit Singh PhD 94 comshy

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bull Cyndy Stencill ADA 93 is a

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bull Steve Tanner BA 82

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tions and lie detector opera shy

tion He has continued his

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bull Cheryl (Kellman) Thompson BA 95 run s a

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bull Donald PhD 94 and

Suzanne Welsh MSe 96

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bull Wendla Westerberg BASc

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in 1997 She is working for the

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bull Deena (Jones) Zambrana

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in June

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OBITUARIES

W illiam Ba rnes DVM 59 died Sept 7

1999 He grew up in th e N iagara area

but spent his professio nal ca ree r in a

ve terina ry prac ti ce in Ill inois He was a

dr ivi ng force in the American Ve ter inary

Medica l Assooatio n and in bo th the

Chicago and IlJin o is assoc iatio ns He

was also a fo un ding mem ber o f the

Ch icago-based Friends of Unicerslty of

Guelph a char itable o rga nizat ion

founded in 1975 to serve Guelph a lumni

living in the United Sta tes

George Dickson BSA 38 di ed Oct 9

1999 H e spen t h is entire career w ith

Canada Packers moving up f[Om mai l

cle rk to exec lltive vice-presid ent and

d irector After retirin g in 1976 he

devoted ma ny vo lu ntee r hours to U of

G 3S a memb er of Boa rd o f Gove rno rs

and the OAC Alumni Associatio n

Jam es Pinkney DVM 37 died July 3

1999 A respected ve ter in aria n in his

hom e to~ll o f Cooksv il le O nt he was

also recog nized as a p remier swi ne

breeder showman and judge He was

active in m any agricultural o rga niza shy

tio ns and in both the Ontario and

Canadian Vete rinary Med ical assoc iashy

tio ns He was a lo ngti me supporte r o f

th e Unive rsity especially the OVC

museum and was named OVC

Di stinguished Alumnus in 1987

Audrey Yea nd le DHE 25 di ed March

17 1999 in St ratford O nto A profes shy

sio nal diet it ia n she wo rked to two hosshy

p itals and tau ght home eco no m ics at

the Jo hn Fi he r School In Toro nto

Active In com munity orga nizatio ns and

her chu rch she was a lo ng time U of G

suppo rter and left an es ta te gift of over

$475000 to p rov ide bursaries for future

Gu elph students

Alumni

Jo hn Andrews DVM 38 June 27 1999

Harris Baker BSA 33 Febru ary 1998

Hu gh Balkwill BSA 53 June 27 1999

John Bowles BA 72 Sept 23 1999

Edward Bowness DVM 32 May 13 1999

Rud y Brown BSA 59 June 29 1999

Walter Bunn BSA 52 Sept 2 1999

Margaret Byrnes DHE 40 Apr il 22 1999

Joa n Cameron DH E 36 April 10 1999

Wil liam Cape ll BSA 54 Aprd 25 1999

T homas Ca rd BSA 47Ju ne 20 1999

Jean a rter DH E 38 Jun e 28 1999

Loi Clipsham D H E 27 Ju ne 23 1999

Bruce Cohoe BSA 3 3 Feb 2 1999

Geoffrey Collins BSA 28 May 21 1999

Al exander C o nnell ADA 60 Ju ly 26

1999

John Currie BA 74 Sep t 18 1999

William C u rrie BSA 59 Nov 27 1998

C arma n Davey DVM 39 Apr il 15 1999

D oug Doerksen ADA 84 Ju ne 5 1999

Joann e DU ll can -Robinson BA 81 and

MA 86 July 22 1999

Robert Erskine BSA 41 May 2 1999

Will ia m Fisher BSA 48 Aug 5 1999

Norm Freeman BSA 49 July 2 1999

Alexander Gc ncr BSA 32 Dee 27 1998

Rudy Goltz BSA 33 July 28 1 999

Tom Grah am BS 50 Dee 3 1998

Ed na Has tings D H E 32 July 11 1999

Jack Hea theringto n DVM 54 April 18

1999

Pa tric ia Hill BSc 96 MMch 9 1999

Ralph Hills BSA 54 June 14 1999

Murray Ho ltby ADA 47 O ct 29 1998

Shawn H owden B 9 1July81 999

james j ackson BSA 34 April 29 1999

Karen ( Re ichardt ) Kister B H Se 70

Ap rilll 1999

Albert Kristjanson BSA 50 Dec 7 1998

John Laffert ) BSA 5 1 Aug II 1999

Ron Lawrence DVM 43 Mel) 4 1999

Ann e Legate BSe 89 March 1999

Tsu-Peng Stephen i iu M Sc 65 Ma)

Hl 1998

Rober t Luckham ADA 58 Jan IS 1999

Jam es Lyons BSA 59 Au g 2~ 1999

Willia m M ack BSc(Eng) 84 Ju ne 7

1999

T helma M artin D HE 41 July 131999

Helen McBratney D lI E 34 in 1998

Allan Bud McCardle BSA 52 May 10

1999

Ri chard M cDonald O AC C la ss of 47

lV1arch 24 1999

john Meeuse ADA 58 July 19 1999

Ra ymond Parr D VM 3 7 Ap ril 7 999

George Plakidas MA 93 date unknown

Virgini a Reed ODH 66 1arch 1 1999

Rose Reynold s D HE 28 Apri l 17 1999

Ern es t Ro bertso n BSA 37 Aug 6 1999

Jam es Ross BSA 34 Au g 23 1999

Gra nt Savage D VM 48 Ma rch 2 1999

Earl Shuh BSA 36 July 5 1999

Eu gene Smith BSA 3 1 Jan 27 1999

Will iam Smyth MA 90 Oc tober 1997

Ch er yl Ann Somerville BSe(Agr) 96

Sept IS 1999

Carl Stevenson BSA 46 Aug 26 1999

Robert Tennant BSA 49 May 5 1999

Gregory Tostevin BA 93 Feb 10 1999

Gerald Trant BSA 51 Sept 1 1999

Bennie Urquhart DV M 54 April 4 1999

Ga il Wamsl ey BA 70 July 24 1998

Gladys Ward D IlE 27 Apri l 8 1999

Catherine Welch BSA 22 Ma rch 3 1998

M abel ( McCa rthy) Ziegler DH E 26

Apr il 29 1999

Facu lty amp Staff Pro f Sid Gilbert Sociolog) and An thro shy

polog) Sept 8 1999

Rev Canon Ritchie McMurray

eCllm enical ch aplain 1968 to 1983

Aug 19 1999

Frie nds

Yvonne Alexander M~y 15 1999

jerry lkirnes Sept 2 1999

Marga ret C urran Dec 28 1998

John Godwin in 1999

viark G renville Nov 6 1998

Peter Hallm an Ju ne 22 1999

Elsie Mae johnston Sept 12 1999

C lover Helena Ladouceur Sept 4 1999

Ed it h Pa tterson in 1993

Andrew Peterson Aug 26 1999

Edgar St rin ger March 1999

Gerry Vandergri ft Sep t 28 1999

Frank Watson March 23 1999

Barry Woods Jul y 30 1999

Me m orial fun ds have bee n se t up to

establi sh a U o f G scho larship in 1))CJ)lO r)

of Jea n Caner and ~ Jack and Gerry Van shy

derg lift m emoria l lec t u rc series in th e -Schoo l o f La ndscap e Architec ture Fo r

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UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

the CWay CWe CWere FROM THE ARCHIVES

HISTORIANS CANT PINPOINT the date that the Unishy

versity o f Gu elphs landmark portico was carved

from Ontario limesto ne but its familiar columns preshy

date the 1874 fo und ing o f the Ontario Agricu ltural Colshy

lege by several yea rs

Originally fronting a fa rmh ouse on Moreton Lodge

Farm the orna te front porch stoo d at the entrance of

the main co ll ege building until the O ld Res idence was

demolished in 1929 to make way for the co nstruction

of Johnston Hall Its believed the portico was erected

on Johnston Green in 1934

Because the ravages of time and weather had weakshy

ened the limestone structure to a dan gerous point it

was dismantled earlier this fall and underwent muchshy

needed repairs to the stonework ceiling and roof The

OAC Class of 1949 raised $75000 to fund the p roject

as a 50th-anniversa ry gift to the ca mpu s and a way to

commemo rate the 125th anniversa ry of OAC

Now completely restored the portico is back in place

on Johnston Green whe re it co ntinues to se rve as an

elegant reminder of ca mpus histor y and a favour ite

pla ce fo r convocation and wedding photographs

40 GUELPH A LUMNUS

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Alumni Collection Gifts Marble Mug with Portico Design 698 TIe silk face as shown 5995 Portico Design Decanter4995 Matching Old-Fashioned Glass1000 Cedar Card Box 1995 Piece-of-the-Cannon Paperweight 2995 Wooden Alumni Pen Set 4995 School RiogIJewellery (Call for infonnation)

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bull Anne Marie (Henwood)

Harman BA 95 is enjoying

her time at home with one shy

year-old Jenna She and her

husband Murray can be

reached bye-mail at 3harshy

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bull Rosaleen Heffernan BA 96

and Barry Liboiron BSe 97

were married in August

Theyre both studying at the

University of British

Co lumbia where Liboiron is

doing a PhD in chemistry and

He ffe rnan is completing a

degree in educati on

bull Krista Hilton BASe 95

lives in Halifax with her hlls shy

band Michael Galloway She is

a priest in the Anglican Church

of Canada and serves as curate

a t the Cathedral Church of All

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bull Michael Kennard BA 86

starred as Mump the Clown in

the Canadian Stage Company

production of Mump amp Smoo t

in Something Else With Zug last

winte r at tbe Canadian Stage

Theatre in Toronto

bull Sharon McConnell BSe 90

and MSe 93 went on from U

of G to earn a diploma in

business management from

Wilfrid Laurier University

Since 1995 she has worked in

Toronto as a project director at

Burak Ja co bson Market

Resea rch Partners Ine

bull Michael McKay-Fleming BA

92 has launched two daily

comic strips via the Internet

Check out his Inane Producshy

tions Web site at http mem

bershomenetinaneprod to folshy

low the adventures of a free-spirshy

ited teenager named Alice and all

the animals in a new VVildlife

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this fine art grad invites you to

enjoy his talent and humour

bull Andrew Nicholls MA 90 nications in Cambridge

and PhD 97 is an assistant bull Christine (Rogers) Patten

professor of history at Buffalo BA 9 1 lives in Toronto and

State College in Buffalo N Y has been working as a sales

He recen tly published the representative and industry

book The Jacobean Union A training facilitator since grad-

Reconsideration of British Civil uation She and her husband

Policies Under th e Early Vincent celebrated the birth of

Stuarts which offers a new their first child Gareth in

perspective on the role of mul - March 1999

tiple monarchy in the early bull Guiseppe Peritore

modern British kingdoms BSe(HK) 96 is studying

bull Jennifer (Pope) Parney physical therapy at the

BASc 94 works at Chatham- University of To ronto He

Kent Integrated Childrens married Rita Lavalle in May

Service - Heritage Campus 1999 and lives in Oakv ille His

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bull Sarah Perkins BSe(Agr) bull Tammy Tipler Priolo 92 joined Pfizer Animal BASe 90 lives in her hom e

Health in London Ont in town of North Bay Ont with

November as a product sup- her husband Clark and their

port speCialist Earlier she two-year-old daughter Erica

taught at Fairview College in Tipler Priolo is u5mg her com -

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bull Bradley Raspberry BASc 90 is a clinical leader and regisshy

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atric behavioural health at SI

Josephs Villa in Dundas Ont

bull Lisa Ranacher BSe 98

recently joined the agronomy

program at the Central

Experimental Farm in Ottawa

as a physiological modelling

technician

bull Jamie Rickard BSe(Agr)

96 and Laura Summerfeldt

BSe(Agr) 97 were married

in October 1998 She is comshy

pleting a masters degree at U

of G and he is working with

First Line Seeds of Guelph U

of G weddings are a family trashy

dition sta rted by Jamies parshy

ents Sherry (McBain) SA 69

and Ralph Rickard BSe 69 Tricia (Pella) BA 95 and

Gaetano Guy Rosa

BComm 96 were mar ried in

October 1998 with many U of

G friends attending They live

in Mississauga Ont where

Guy works as an account manshy

ager for BCI Bank and T ricia is

an environmental planner with

the Toronto and Region Conshy

servation Authority

bull Pamela (Thompson) BASe

91 and Randy Ruisendaal

BComm 92 live near

Belleville 01t with their yearshy

old daughter )lIlian Elizabeth

bull Ian Sandler DVM 9 5 was

married to Fern Glowinsk) in

March 1999 and works at

Secord Animal Clinic in

Toronto

bull Baijit Singh PhD 94 comshy

pleted post-doctoral training

at Texas AampM University and

Columbia University then

worked for the Canadian Food

Inspection Agency in Prince

Edward Island before joining

the University of Saskatchewan

as an associate professor He

welcomes notes from other

U of G alumni at singhbsask

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bull Cyndy Stencill ADA 93 is a

propagator at a tree nursery in

British Columbia

bull Steve Tanner BA 82

recently moved to Guelph as

deputy police chief He had

served on the Halton Region

force since 1982 Tanner is a

specialist in criminal investigashy

tions and lie detector opera shy

tion He has continued his

education at Sheridan College

and McMaster and Ryerson

universities and is now workshy

ing on a masters degree at the

University of Western Ontario

bull Cheryl (Kellman) Thompson BA 95 run s a

rehabilitation consulting busishy

ness with her husband Don

in Burlington Ont

bull Donald PhD 94 and

Suzanne Welsh MSe 96

relocated from Yale University

to the University of Vermont

where they are both working

in the Department of

Pharmacology in the area of

cerebrovascular circulation

bull Wendla Westerberg BASc

96 earned a BEd from the

University of Western Ontario

in 1997 She is working for the

Lambton-Kent District School

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and lives in her home town of

Dresden Ont

bull Deena (Jones) Zambrana

BA 93 and her husband

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38 GUELPH ALU MN US

GRAD NEWS UPDATES Send your career and family

news to Alumni Records

University of Guelph

Guelph ON N1G 2Wl

Fax 519-822-2670

E-mail jeanwalumni

uoguelphca

Be sure to include your name

degree amp year occupation

addresses telephone fax

and e-mail numbers

Internationa I Credential

Assessment Service

of Canada

Service canadien devaluation

de documents scolaires

internationaux

http wwwicascanada ca

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OBITUARIES

W illiam Ba rnes DVM 59 died Sept 7

1999 He grew up in th e N iagara area

but spent his professio nal ca ree r in a

ve terina ry prac ti ce in Ill inois He was a

dr ivi ng force in the American Ve ter inary

Medica l Assooatio n and in bo th the

Chicago and IlJin o is assoc iatio ns He

was also a fo un ding mem ber o f the

Ch icago-based Friends of Unicerslty of

Guelph a char itable o rga nizat ion

founded in 1975 to serve Guelph a lumni

living in the United Sta tes

George Dickson BSA 38 di ed Oct 9

1999 H e spen t h is entire career w ith

Canada Packers moving up f[Om mai l

cle rk to exec lltive vice-presid ent and

d irector After retirin g in 1976 he

devoted ma ny vo lu ntee r hours to U of

G 3S a memb er of Boa rd o f Gove rno rs

and the OAC Alumni Associatio n

Jam es Pinkney DVM 37 died July 3

1999 A respected ve ter in aria n in his

hom e to~ll o f Cooksv il le O nt he was

also recog nized as a p remier swi ne

breeder showman and judge He was

active in m any agricultural o rga niza shy

tio ns and in both the Ontario and

Canadian Vete rinary Med ical assoc iashy

tio ns He was a lo ngti me supporte r o f

th e Unive rsity especially the OVC

museum and was named OVC

Di stinguished Alumnus in 1987

Audrey Yea nd le DHE 25 di ed March

17 1999 in St ratford O nto A profes shy

sio nal diet it ia n she wo rked to two hosshy

p itals and tau ght home eco no m ics at

the Jo hn Fi he r School In Toro nto

Active In com munity orga nizatio ns and

her chu rch she was a lo ng time U of G

suppo rter and left an es ta te gift of over

$475000 to p rov ide bursaries for future

Gu elph students

Alumni

Jo hn Andrews DVM 38 June 27 1999

Harris Baker BSA 33 Febru ary 1998

Hu gh Balkwill BSA 53 June 27 1999

John Bowles BA 72 Sept 23 1999

Edward Bowness DVM 32 May 13 1999

Rud y Brown BSA 59 June 29 1999

Walter Bunn BSA 52 Sept 2 1999

Margaret Byrnes DHE 40 Apr il 22 1999

Joa n Cameron DH E 36 April 10 1999

Wil liam Cape ll BSA 54 Aprd 25 1999

T homas Ca rd BSA 47Ju ne 20 1999

Jean a rter DH E 38 Jun e 28 1999

Loi Clipsham D H E 27 Ju ne 23 1999

Bruce Cohoe BSA 3 3 Feb 2 1999

Geoffrey Collins BSA 28 May 21 1999

Al exander C o nnell ADA 60 Ju ly 26

1999

John Currie BA 74 Sep t 18 1999

William C u rrie BSA 59 Nov 27 1998

C arma n Davey DVM 39 Apr il 15 1999

D oug Doerksen ADA 84 Ju ne 5 1999

Joann e DU ll can -Robinson BA 81 and

MA 86 July 22 1999

Robert Erskine BSA 41 May 2 1999

Will ia m Fisher BSA 48 Aug 5 1999

Norm Freeman BSA 49 July 2 1999

Alexander Gc ncr BSA 32 Dee 27 1998

Rudy Goltz BSA 33 July 28 1 999

Tom Grah am BS 50 Dee 3 1998

Ed na Has tings D H E 32 July 11 1999

Jack Hea theringto n DVM 54 April 18

1999

Pa tric ia Hill BSc 96 MMch 9 1999

Ralph Hills BSA 54 June 14 1999

Murray Ho ltby ADA 47 O ct 29 1998

Shawn H owden B 9 1July81 999

james j ackson BSA 34 April 29 1999

Karen ( Re ichardt ) Kister B H Se 70

Ap rilll 1999

Albert Kristjanson BSA 50 Dec 7 1998

John Laffert ) BSA 5 1 Aug II 1999

Ron Lawrence DVM 43 Mel) 4 1999

Ann e Legate BSe 89 March 1999

Tsu-Peng Stephen i iu M Sc 65 Ma)

Hl 1998

Rober t Luckham ADA 58 Jan IS 1999

Jam es Lyons BSA 59 Au g 2~ 1999

Willia m M ack BSc(Eng) 84 Ju ne 7

1999

T helma M artin D HE 41 July 131999

Helen McBratney D lI E 34 in 1998

Allan Bud McCardle BSA 52 May 10

1999

Ri chard M cDonald O AC C la ss of 47

lV1arch 24 1999

john Meeuse ADA 58 July 19 1999

Ra ymond Parr D VM 3 7 Ap ril 7 999

George Plakidas MA 93 date unknown

Virgini a Reed ODH 66 1arch 1 1999

Rose Reynold s D HE 28 Apri l 17 1999

Ern es t Ro bertso n BSA 37 Aug 6 1999

Jam es Ross BSA 34 Au g 23 1999

Gra nt Savage D VM 48 Ma rch 2 1999

Earl Shuh BSA 36 July 5 1999

Eu gene Smith BSA 3 1 Jan 27 1999

Will iam Smyth MA 90 Oc tober 1997

Ch er yl Ann Somerville BSe(Agr) 96

Sept IS 1999

Carl Stevenson BSA 46 Aug 26 1999

Robert Tennant BSA 49 May 5 1999

Gregory Tostevin BA 93 Feb 10 1999

Gerald Trant BSA 51 Sept 1 1999

Bennie Urquhart DV M 54 April 4 1999

Ga il Wamsl ey BA 70 July 24 1998

Gladys Ward D IlE 27 Apri l 8 1999

Catherine Welch BSA 22 Ma rch 3 1998

M abel ( McCa rthy) Ziegler DH E 26

Apr il 29 1999

Facu lty amp Staff Pro f Sid Gilbert Sociolog) and An thro shy

polog) Sept 8 1999

Rev Canon Ritchie McMurray

eCllm enical ch aplain 1968 to 1983

Aug 19 1999

Frie nds

Yvonne Alexander M~y 15 1999

jerry lkirnes Sept 2 1999

Marga ret C urran Dec 28 1998

John Godwin in 1999

viark G renville Nov 6 1998

Peter Hallm an Ju ne 22 1999

Elsie Mae johnston Sept 12 1999

C lover Helena Ladouceur Sept 4 1999

Ed it h Pa tterson in 1993

Andrew Peterson Aug 26 1999

Edgar St rin ger March 1999

Gerry Vandergri ft Sep t 28 1999

Frank Watson March 23 1999

Barry Woods Jul y 30 1999

Me m orial fun ds have bee n se t up to

establi sh a U o f G scho larship in 1))CJ)lO r)

of Jea n Caner and ~ Jack and Gerry Van shy

derg lift m emoria l lec t u rc series in th e -Schoo l o f La ndscap e Architec ture Fo r

more info rm atio n abo ut memo ria l do nashy

tions c81 15 19- 82middot1-4 120 Ext 6196

Fa ll Winter 1999 39

-

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

the CWay CWe CWere FROM THE ARCHIVES

HISTORIANS CANT PINPOINT the date that the Unishy

versity o f Gu elphs landmark portico was carved

from Ontario limesto ne but its familiar columns preshy

date the 1874 fo und ing o f the Ontario Agricu ltural Colshy

lege by several yea rs

Originally fronting a fa rmh ouse on Moreton Lodge

Farm the orna te front porch stoo d at the entrance of

the main co ll ege building until the O ld Res idence was

demolished in 1929 to make way for the co nstruction

of Johnston Hall Its believed the portico was erected

on Johnston Green in 1934

Because the ravages of time and weather had weakshy

ened the limestone structure to a dan gerous point it

was dismantled earlier this fall and underwent muchshy

needed repairs to the stonework ceiling and roof The

OAC Class of 1949 raised $75000 to fund the p roject

as a 50th-anniversa ry gift to the ca mpu s and a way to

commemo rate the 125th anniversa ry of OAC

Now completely restored the portico is back in place

on Johnston Green whe re it co ntinues to se rve as an

elegant reminder of ca mpus histor y and a favour ite

pla ce fo r convocation and wedding photographs

40 GUELPH A LUMNUS

Alumni Collection ClothingRugger Shirt as shown S-XXXL 7995 Golf Shirt white or tan S-XXL 4995 Quarter-Zip Cotton Fleece red S-XXL 5995 Conon Tee grey S-XXL 2495 Sherpa V-Neck cream or navy S-XL 6995 Ladies Tee white S-M-L 2295 Adjustable Cap as shown 1995 Nylon Hooded Jacket navy S-XXL 7500

Alumni Collection Gifts Marble Mug with Portico Design 698 TIe silk face as shown 5995 Portico Design Decanter4995 Matching Old-Fashioned Glass1000 Cedar Card Box 1995 Piece-of-the-Cannon Paperweight 2995 Wooden Alumni Pen Set 4995 School RiogIJewellery (Call for infonnation)

--~---Return the completed order form to Ln iversity Bookstore MacNaughton BuildingUniversity of Gue lph Guelph ON lG 2Wl Allow 2weeks for delivery

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Telephon e ( )

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bull Jamie Rickard BSe(Agr)

96 and Laura Summerfeldt

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OBITUARIES

W illiam Ba rnes DVM 59 died Sept 7

1999 He grew up in th e N iagara area

but spent his professio nal ca ree r in a

ve terina ry prac ti ce in Ill inois He was a

dr ivi ng force in the American Ve ter inary

Medica l Assooatio n and in bo th the

Chicago and IlJin o is assoc iatio ns He

was also a fo un ding mem ber o f the

Ch icago-based Friends of Unicerslty of

Guelph a char itable o rga nizat ion

founded in 1975 to serve Guelph a lumni

living in the United Sta tes

George Dickson BSA 38 di ed Oct 9

1999 H e spen t h is entire career w ith

Canada Packers moving up f[Om mai l

cle rk to exec lltive vice-presid ent and

d irector After retirin g in 1976 he

devoted ma ny vo lu ntee r hours to U of

G 3S a memb er of Boa rd o f Gove rno rs

and the OAC Alumni Associatio n

Jam es Pinkney DVM 37 died July 3

1999 A respected ve ter in aria n in his

hom e to~ll o f Cooksv il le O nt he was

also recog nized as a p remier swi ne

breeder showman and judge He was

active in m any agricultural o rga niza shy

tio ns and in both the Ontario and

Canadian Vete rinary Med ical assoc iashy

tio ns He was a lo ngti me supporte r o f

th e Unive rsity especially the OVC

museum and was named OVC

Di stinguished Alumnus in 1987

Audrey Yea nd le DHE 25 di ed March

17 1999 in St ratford O nto A profes shy

sio nal diet it ia n she wo rked to two hosshy

p itals and tau ght home eco no m ics at

the Jo hn Fi he r School In Toro nto

Active In com munity orga nizatio ns and

her chu rch she was a lo ng time U of G

suppo rter and left an es ta te gift of over

$475000 to p rov ide bursaries for future

Gu elph students

Alumni

Jo hn Andrews DVM 38 June 27 1999

Harris Baker BSA 33 Febru ary 1998

Hu gh Balkwill BSA 53 June 27 1999

John Bowles BA 72 Sept 23 1999

Edward Bowness DVM 32 May 13 1999

Rud y Brown BSA 59 June 29 1999

Walter Bunn BSA 52 Sept 2 1999

Margaret Byrnes DHE 40 Apr il 22 1999

Joa n Cameron DH E 36 April 10 1999

Wil liam Cape ll BSA 54 Aprd 25 1999

T homas Ca rd BSA 47Ju ne 20 1999

Jean a rter DH E 38 Jun e 28 1999

Loi Clipsham D H E 27 Ju ne 23 1999

Bruce Cohoe BSA 3 3 Feb 2 1999

Geoffrey Collins BSA 28 May 21 1999

Al exander C o nnell ADA 60 Ju ly 26

1999

John Currie BA 74 Sep t 18 1999

William C u rrie BSA 59 Nov 27 1998

C arma n Davey DVM 39 Apr il 15 1999

D oug Doerksen ADA 84 Ju ne 5 1999

Joann e DU ll can -Robinson BA 81 and

MA 86 July 22 1999

Robert Erskine BSA 41 May 2 1999

Will ia m Fisher BSA 48 Aug 5 1999

Norm Freeman BSA 49 July 2 1999

Alexander Gc ncr BSA 32 Dee 27 1998

Rudy Goltz BSA 33 July 28 1 999

Tom Grah am BS 50 Dee 3 1998

Ed na Has tings D H E 32 July 11 1999

Jack Hea theringto n DVM 54 April 18

1999

Pa tric ia Hill BSc 96 MMch 9 1999

Ralph Hills BSA 54 June 14 1999

Murray Ho ltby ADA 47 O ct 29 1998

Shawn H owden B 9 1July81 999

james j ackson BSA 34 April 29 1999

Karen ( Re ichardt ) Kister B H Se 70

Ap rilll 1999

Albert Kristjanson BSA 50 Dec 7 1998

John Laffert ) BSA 5 1 Aug II 1999

Ron Lawrence DVM 43 Mel) 4 1999

Ann e Legate BSe 89 March 1999

Tsu-Peng Stephen i iu M Sc 65 Ma)

Hl 1998

Rober t Luckham ADA 58 Jan IS 1999

Jam es Lyons BSA 59 Au g 2~ 1999

Willia m M ack BSc(Eng) 84 Ju ne 7

1999

T helma M artin D HE 41 July 131999

Helen McBratney D lI E 34 in 1998

Allan Bud McCardle BSA 52 May 10

1999

Ri chard M cDonald O AC C la ss of 47

lV1arch 24 1999

john Meeuse ADA 58 July 19 1999

Ra ymond Parr D VM 3 7 Ap ril 7 999

George Plakidas MA 93 date unknown

Virgini a Reed ODH 66 1arch 1 1999

Rose Reynold s D HE 28 Apri l 17 1999

Ern es t Ro bertso n BSA 37 Aug 6 1999

Jam es Ross BSA 34 Au g 23 1999

Gra nt Savage D VM 48 Ma rch 2 1999

Earl Shuh BSA 36 July 5 1999

Eu gene Smith BSA 3 1 Jan 27 1999

Will iam Smyth MA 90 Oc tober 1997

Ch er yl Ann Somerville BSe(Agr) 96

Sept IS 1999

Carl Stevenson BSA 46 Aug 26 1999

Robert Tennant BSA 49 May 5 1999

Gregory Tostevin BA 93 Feb 10 1999

Gerald Trant BSA 51 Sept 1 1999

Bennie Urquhart DV M 54 April 4 1999

Ga il Wamsl ey BA 70 July 24 1998

Gladys Ward D IlE 27 Apri l 8 1999

Catherine Welch BSA 22 Ma rch 3 1998

M abel ( McCa rthy) Ziegler DH E 26

Apr il 29 1999

Facu lty amp Staff Pro f Sid Gilbert Sociolog) and An thro shy

polog) Sept 8 1999

Rev Canon Ritchie McMurray

eCllm enical ch aplain 1968 to 1983

Aug 19 1999

Frie nds

Yvonne Alexander M~y 15 1999

jerry lkirnes Sept 2 1999

Marga ret C urran Dec 28 1998

John Godwin in 1999

viark G renville Nov 6 1998

Peter Hallm an Ju ne 22 1999

Elsie Mae johnston Sept 12 1999

C lover Helena Ladouceur Sept 4 1999

Ed it h Pa tterson in 1993

Andrew Peterson Aug 26 1999

Edgar St rin ger March 1999

Gerry Vandergri ft Sep t 28 1999

Frank Watson March 23 1999

Barry Woods Jul y 30 1999

Me m orial fun ds have bee n se t up to

establi sh a U o f G scho larship in 1))CJ)lO r)

of Jea n Caner and ~ Jack and Gerry Van shy

derg lift m emoria l lec t u rc series in th e -Schoo l o f La ndscap e Architec ture Fo r

more info rm atio n abo ut memo ria l do nashy

tions c81 15 19- 82middot1-4 120 Ext 6196

Fa ll Winter 1999 39

-

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

the CWay CWe CWere FROM THE ARCHIVES

HISTORIANS CANT PINPOINT the date that the Unishy

versity o f Gu elphs landmark portico was carved

from Ontario limesto ne but its familiar columns preshy

date the 1874 fo und ing o f the Ontario Agricu ltural Colshy

lege by several yea rs

Originally fronting a fa rmh ouse on Moreton Lodge

Farm the orna te front porch stoo d at the entrance of

the main co ll ege building until the O ld Res idence was

demolished in 1929 to make way for the co nstruction

of Johnston Hall Its believed the portico was erected

on Johnston Green in 1934

Because the ravages of time and weather had weakshy

ened the limestone structure to a dan gerous point it

was dismantled earlier this fall and underwent muchshy

needed repairs to the stonework ceiling and roof The

OAC Class of 1949 raised $75000 to fund the p roject

as a 50th-anniversa ry gift to the ca mpu s and a way to

commemo rate the 125th anniversa ry of OAC

Now completely restored the portico is back in place

on Johnston Green whe re it co ntinues to se rve as an

elegant reminder of ca mpus histor y and a favour ite

pla ce fo r convocation and wedding photographs

40 GUELPH A LUMNUS

Alumni Collection ClothingRugger Shirt as shown S-XXXL 7995 Golf Shirt white or tan S-XXL 4995 Quarter-Zip Cotton Fleece red S-XXL 5995 Conon Tee grey S-XXL 2495 Sherpa V-Neck cream or navy S-XL 6995 Ladies Tee white S-M-L 2295 Adjustable Cap as shown 1995 Nylon Hooded Jacket navy S-XXL 7500

Alumni Collection Gifts Marble Mug with Portico Design 698 TIe silk face as shown 5995 Portico Design Decanter4995 Matching Old-Fashioned Glass1000 Cedar Card Box 1995 Piece-of-the-Cannon Paperweight 2995 Wooden Alumni Pen Set 4995 School RiogIJewellery (Call for infonnation)

--~---Return the completed order form to Ln iversity Bookstore MacNaughton BuildingUniversity of Gue lph Guelph ON lG 2Wl Allow 2weeks for delivery

-

Customer Name Item Name Quantity Size Unit Price Total Price

Address

City Postal Code

Telephon e ( )

Credit Card 0 Me [J VISA LJ AMEX

Card 0

Expiry

Signature

NOTE Shipping Ship to Address

~~ courier insured

GSTShipping $600 per item

PST I Total Invoice

Phone (519) 824-4120 X3 715 Fax (519)763-1921 E-mail bookstor uogueJphca

Seek the comfort and warmth of our insurance solutions

a First-Class Poformer The Meloche Monnex Insurance Program

recommended by

UNIVERSITY 9GUELPH Call now for a no-obligatio n

quote and you could win 1 of 2 Mercedes-Benz C 230 Class ic models

Youll sleep better at night knowing Meloche Monnex is taking care of your insurance needs - the solution recommended by University of Guelph Alumni Association Weve been around a long time providing superior service and fast efficient claims processing to people like you Look into our range of insurance solutions - including an international service for the whole family via your free personalized card

bull Automobile insurance solution bull Home insurance solution bull Wide Horizons Solution for travel bull Micro-enterprise Solution for business

Visit our website wwwmelochemonnexcom

1-800-268-8955 middot1-800-361-3821 (Q uebec only) Meloche Monnex bull Nopurc hase necessary App rox imate value of $38000This contest ends on December 10 1999 In order to win theselected entrant must correctlyanswer a mathematical skill- testing question Where insurance is a science Tofind out about the other ways to participate or to get thecomplete rules please write to A First and service an artClass Perform erl Co ntest Meloche Monnex SO Place Cremaie 12 bull floor Montreal H2P 1B6 Due to prov incial leg islation our auto insurance program is not offered in British Columbia Manitoba andSaskatchewan A Canada Trust Company

-

Page 39: Guelph Alumnus Magazine, Fall 1999

Successful investing starts with Merrill Lynch bull Personalized investment portfolios- bull Retirement and Estate Planning

bull Stocks Bonds Mutual Funds bull crcs amp Treas ury Bills

Sliperior Research Unparalleled Service Safe High Quality Il1vestmel1t

For professional advice call

Mark Mulholland

Menil Lynch Canada Inc 390 Brant St Suite 500

Burlington O N ]7R 4J4 (905) 634-8317 or 1 800650-2999

e-m ail mark_mulholland (gcaml com

~MerrilILnch bull

Helpingsmall business

grow step by step

At the Business Development Bank of Canada our business is helping small business grow

With unconventional financing a wide rang e of management services and one -on-one business counselling well help you make the right step every step of the way

Call (519 571middot6676~ or 1 800 265middot2489 wwwbdccaBOCmiddot

Business Development Bank of Canada Banque de developpement du Canada

W E R E A DI F FE REN T KIND O F B ANK reg

38 GUELPH ALU MN US

GRAD NEWS UPDATES Send your career and family

news to Alumni Records

University of Guelph

Guelph ON N1G 2Wl

Fax 519-822-2670

E-mail jeanwalumni

uoguelphca

Be sure to include your name

degree amp year occupation

addresses telephone fax

and e-mail numbers

Internationa I Credential

Assessment Service

of Canada

Service canadien devaluation

de documents scolaires

internationaux

http wwwicascanada ca

bull ~ EDS

OBITUARIES

W illiam Ba rnes DVM 59 died Sept 7

1999 He grew up in th e N iagara area

but spent his professio nal ca ree r in a

ve terina ry prac ti ce in Ill inois He was a

dr ivi ng force in the American Ve ter inary

Medica l Assooatio n and in bo th the

Chicago and IlJin o is assoc iatio ns He

was also a fo un ding mem ber o f the

Ch icago-based Friends of Unicerslty of

Guelph a char itable o rga nizat ion

founded in 1975 to serve Guelph a lumni

living in the United Sta tes

George Dickson BSA 38 di ed Oct 9

1999 H e spen t h is entire career w ith

Canada Packers moving up f[Om mai l

cle rk to exec lltive vice-presid ent and

d irector After retirin g in 1976 he

devoted ma ny vo lu ntee r hours to U of

G 3S a memb er of Boa rd o f Gove rno rs

and the OAC Alumni Associatio n

Jam es Pinkney DVM 37 died July 3

1999 A respected ve ter in aria n in his

hom e to~ll o f Cooksv il le O nt he was

also recog nized as a p remier swi ne

breeder showman and judge He was

active in m any agricultural o rga niza shy

tio ns and in both the Ontario and

Canadian Vete rinary Med ical assoc iashy

tio ns He was a lo ngti me supporte r o f

th e Unive rsity especially the OVC

museum and was named OVC

Di stinguished Alumnus in 1987

Audrey Yea nd le DHE 25 di ed March

17 1999 in St ratford O nto A profes shy

sio nal diet it ia n she wo rked to two hosshy

p itals and tau ght home eco no m ics at

the Jo hn Fi he r School In Toro nto

Active In com munity orga nizatio ns and

her chu rch she was a lo ng time U of G

suppo rter and left an es ta te gift of over

$475000 to p rov ide bursaries for future

Gu elph students

Alumni

Jo hn Andrews DVM 38 June 27 1999

Harris Baker BSA 33 Febru ary 1998

Hu gh Balkwill BSA 53 June 27 1999

John Bowles BA 72 Sept 23 1999

Edward Bowness DVM 32 May 13 1999

Rud y Brown BSA 59 June 29 1999

Walter Bunn BSA 52 Sept 2 1999

Margaret Byrnes DHE 40 Apr il 22 1999

Joa n Cameron DH E 36 April 10 1999

Wil liam Cape ll BSA 54 Aprd 25 1999

T homas Ca rd BSA 47Ju ne 20 1999

Jean a rter DH E 38 Jun e 28 1999

Loi Clipsham D H E 27 Ju ne 23 1999

Bruce Cohoe BSA 3 3 Feb 2 1999

Geoffrey Collins BSA 28 May 21 1999

Al exander C o nnell ADA 60 Ju ly 26

1999

John Currie BA 74 Sep t 18 1999

William C u rrie BSA 59 Nov 27 1998

C arma n Davey DVM 39 Apr il 15 1999

D oug Doerksen ADA 84 Ju ne 5 1999

Joann e DU ll can -Robinson BA 81 and

MA 86 July 22 1999

Robert Erskine BSA 41 May 2 1999

Will ia m Fisher BSA 48 Aug 5 1999

Norm Freeman BSA 49 July 2 1999

Alexander Gc ncr BSA 32 Dee 27 1998

Rudy Goltz BSA 33 July 28 1 999

Tom Grah am BS 50 Dee 3 1998

Ed na Has tings D H E 32 July 11 1999

Jack Hea theringto n DVM 54 April 18

1999

Pa tric ia Hill BSc 96 MMch 9 1999

Ralph Hills BSA 54 June 14 1999

Murray Ho ltby ADA 47 O ct 29 1998

Shawn H owden B 9 1July81 999

james j ackson BSA 34 April 29 1999

Karen ( Re ichardt ) Kister B H Se 70

Ap rilll 1999

Albert Kristjanson BSA 50 Dec 7 1998

John Laffert ) BSA 5 1 Aug II 1999

Ron Lawrence DVM 43 Mel) 4 1999

Ann e Legate BSe 89 March 1999

Tsu-Peng Stephen i iu M Sc 65 Ma)

Hl 1998

Rober t Luckham ADA 58 Jan IS 1999

Jam es Lyons BSA 59 Au g 2~ 1999

Willia m M ack BSc(Eng) 84 Ju ne 7

1999

T helma M artin D HE 41 July 131999

Helen McBratney D lI E 34 in 1998

Allan Bud McCardle BSA 52 May 10

1999

Ri chard M cDonald O AC C la ss of 47

lV1arch 24 1999

john Meeuse ADA 58 July 19 1999

Ra ymond Parr D VM 3 7 Ap ril 7 999

George Plakidas MA 93 date unknown

Virgini a Reed ODH 66 1arch 1 1999

Rose Reynold s D HE 28 Apri l 17 1999

Ern es t Ro bertso n BSA 37 Aug 6 1999

Jam es Ross BSA 34 Au g 23 1999

Gra nt Savage D VM 48 Ma rch 2 1999

Earl Shuh BSA 36 July 5 1999

Eu gene Smith BSA 3 1 Jan 27 1999

Will iam Smyth MA 90 Oc tober 1997

Ch er yl Ann Somerville BSe(Agr) 96

Sept IS 1999

Carl Stevenson BSA 46 Aug 26 1999

Robert Tennant BSA 49 May 5 1999

Gregory Tostevin BA 93 Feb 10 1999

Gerald Trant BSA 51 Sept 1 1999

Bennie Urquhart DV M 54 April 4 1999

Ga il Wamsl ey BA 70 July 24 1998

Gladys Ward D IlE 27 Apri l 8 1999

Catherine Welch BSA 22 Ma rch 3 1998

M abel ( McCa rthy) Ziegler DH E 26

Apr il 29 1999

Facu lty amp Staff Pro f Sid Gilbert Sociolog) and An thro shy

polog) Sept 8 1999

Rev Canon Ritchie McMurray

eCllm enical ch aplain 1968 to 1983

Aug 19 1999

Frie nds

Yvonne Alexander M~y 15 1999

jerry lkirnes Sept 2 1999

Marga ret C urran Dec 28 1998

John Godwin in 1999

viark G renville Nov 6 1998

Peter Hallm an Ju ne 22 1999

Elsie Mae johnston Sept 12 1999

C lover Helena Ladouceur Sept 4 1999

Ed it h Pa tterson in 1993

Andrew Peterson Aug 26 1999

Edgar St rin ger March 1999

Gerry Vandergri ft Sep t 28 1999

Frank Watson March 23 1999

Barry Woods Jul y 30 1999

Me m orial fun ds have bee n se t up to

establi sh a U o f G scho larship in 1))CJ)lO r)

of Jea n Caner and ~ Jack and Gerry Van shy

derg lift m emoria l lec t u rc series in th e -Schoo l o f La ndscap e Architec ture Fo r

more info rm atio n abo ut memo ria l do nashy

tions c81 15 19- 82middot1-4 120 Ext 6196

Fa ll Winter 1999 39

-

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

the CWay CWe CWere FROM THE ARCHIVES

HISTORIANS CANT PINPOINT the date that the Unishy

versity o f Gu elphs landmark portico was carved

from Ontario limesto ne but its familiar columns preshy

date the 1874 fo und ing o f the Ontario Agricu ltural Colshy

lege by several yea rs

Originally fronting a fa rmh ouse on Moreton Lodge

Farm the orna te front porch stoo d at the entrance of

the main co ll ege building until the O ld Res idence was

demolished in 1929 to make way for the co nstruction

of Johnston Hall Its believed the portico was erected

on Johnston Green in 1934

Because the ravages of time and weather had weakshy

ened the limestone structure to a dan gerous point it

was dismantled earlier this fall and underwent muchshy

needed repairs to the stonework ceiling and roof The

OAC Class of 1949 raised $75000 to fund the p roject

as a 50th-anniversa ry gift to the ca mpu s and a way to

commemo rate the 125th anniversa ry of OAC

Now completely restored the portico is back in place

on Johnston Green whe re it co ntinues to se rve as an

elegant reminder of ca mpus histor y and a favour ite

pla ce fo r convocation and wedding photographs

40 GUELPH A LUMNUS

Alumni Collection ClothingRugger Shirt as shown S-XXXL 7995 Golf Shirt white or tan S-XXL 4995 Quarter-Zip Cotton Fleece red S-XXL 5995 Conon Tee grey S-XXL 2495 Sherpa V-Neck cream or navy S-XL 6995 Ladies Tee white S-M-L 2295 Adjustable Cap as shown 1995 Nylon Hooded Jacket navy S-XXL 7500

Alumni Collection Gifts Marble Mug with Portico Design 698 TIe silk face as shown 5995 Portico Design Decanter4995 Matching Old-Fashioned Glass1000 Cedar Card Box 1995 Piece-of-the-Cannon Paperweight 2995 Wooden Alumni Pen Set 4995 School RiogIJewellery (Call for infonnation)

--~---Return the completed order form to Ln iversity Bookstore MacNaughton BuildingUniversity of Gue lph Guelph ON lG 2Wl Allow 2weeks for delivery

-

Customer Name Item Name Quantity Size Unit Price Total Price

Address

City Postal Code

Telephon e ( )

Credit Card 0 Me [J VISA LJ AMEX

Card 0

Expiry

Signature

NOTE Shipping Ship to Address

~~ courier insured

GSTShipping $600 per item

PST I Total Invoice

Phone (519) 824-4120 X3 715 Fax (519)763-1921 E-mail bookstor uogueJphca

Seek the comfort and warmth of our insurance solutions

a First-Class Poformer The Meloche Monnex Insurance Program

recommended by

UNIVERSITY 9GUELPH Call now for a no-obligatio n

quote and you could win 1 of 2 Mercedes-Benz C 230 Class ic models

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OBITUARIES

W illiam Ba rnes DVM 59 died Sept 7

1999 He grew up in th e N iagara area

but spent his professio nal ca ree r in a

ve terina ry prac ti ce in Ill inois He was a

dr ivi ng force in the American Ve ter inary

Medica l Assooatio n and in bo th the

Chicago and IlJin o is assoc iatio ns He

was also a fo un ding mem ber o f the

Ch icago-based Friends of Unicerslty of

Guelph a char itable o rga nizat ion

founded in 1975 to serve Guelph a lumni

living in the United Sta tes

George Dickson BSA 38 di ed Oct 9

1999 H e spen t h is entire career w ith

Canada Packers moving up f[Om mai l

cle rk to exec lltive vice-presid ent and

d irector After retirin g in 1976 he

devoted ma ny vo lu ntee r hours to U of

G 3S a memb er of Boa rd o f Gove rno rs

and the OAC Alumni Associatio n

Jam es Pinkney DVM 37 died July 3

1999 A respected ve ter in aria n in his

hom e to~ll o f Cooksv il le O nt he was

also recog nized as a p remier swi ne

breeder showman and judge He was

active in m any agricultural o rga niza shy

tio ns and in both the Ontario and

Canadian Vete rinary Med ical assoc iashy

tio ns He was a lo ngti me supporte r o f

th e Unive rsity especially the OVC

museum and was named OVC

Di stinguished Alumnus in 1987

Audrey Yea nd le DHE 25 di ed March

17 1999 in St ratford O nto A profes shy

sio nal diet it ia n she wo rked to two hosshy

p itals and tau ght home eco no m ics at

the Jo hn Fi he r School In Toro nto

Active In com munity orga nizatio ns and

her chu rch she was a lo ng time U of G

suppo rter and left an es ta te gift of over

$475000 to p rov ide bursaries for future

Gu elph students

Alumni

Jo hn Andrews DVM 38 June 27 1999

Harris Baker BSA 33 Febru ary 1998

Hu gh Balkwill BSA 53 June 27 1999

John Bowles BA 72 Sept 23 1999

Edward Bowness DVM 32 May 13 1999

Rud y Brown BSA 59 June 29 1999

Walter Bunn BSA 52 Sept 2 1999

Margaret Byrnes DHE 40 Apr il 22 1999

Joa n Cameron DH E 36 April 10 1999

Wil liam Cape ll BSA 54 Aprd 25 1999

T homas Ca rd BSA 47Ju ne 20 1999

Jean a rter DH E 38 Jun e 28 1999

Loi Clipsham D H E 27 Ju ne 23 1999

Bruce Cohoe BSA 3 3 Feb 2 1999

Geoffrey Collins BSA 28 May 21 1999

Al exander C o nnell ADA 60 Ju ly 26

1999

John Currie BA 74 Sep t 18 1999

William C u rrie BSA 59 Nov 27 1998

C arma n Davey DVM 39 Apr il 15 1999

D oug Doerksen ADA 84 Ju ne 5 1999

Joann e DU ll can -Robinson BA 81 and

MA 86 July 22 1999

Robert Erskine BSA 41 May 2 1999

Will ia m Fisher BSA 48 Aug 5 1999

Norm Freeman BSA 49 July 2 1999

Alexander Gc ncr BSA 32 Dee 27 1998

Rudy Goltz BSA 33 July 28 1 999

Tom Grah am BS 50 Dee 3 1998

Ed na Has tings D H E 32 July 11 1999

Jack Hea theringto n DVM 54 April 18

1999

Pa tric ia Hill BSc 96 MMch 9 1999

Ralph Hills BSA 54 June 14 1999

Murray Ho ltby ADA 47 O ct 29 1998

Shawn H owden B 9 1July81 999

james j ackson BSA 34 April 29 1999

Karen ( Re ichardt ) Kister B H Se 70

Ap rilll 1999

Albert Kristjanson BSA 50 Dec 7 1998

John Laffert ) BSA 5 1 Aug II 1999

Ron Lawrence DVM 43 Mel) 4 1999

Ann e Legate BSe 89 March 1999

Tsu-Peng Stephen i iu M Sc 65 Ma)

Hl 1998

Rober t Luckham ADA 58 Jan IS 1999

Jam es Lyons BSA 59 Au g 2~ 1999

Willia m M ack BSc(Eng) 84 Ju ne 7

1999

T helma M artin D HE 41 July 131999

Helen McBratney D lI E 34 in 1998

Allan Bud McCardle BSA 52 May 10

1999

Ri chard M cDonald O AC C la ss of 47

lV1arch 24 1999

john Meeuse ADA 58 July 19 1999

Ra ymond Parr D VM 3 7 Ap ril 7 999

George Plakidas MA 93 date unknown

Virgini a Reed ODH 66 1arch 1 1999

Rose Reynold s D HE 28 Apri l 17 1999

Ern es t Ro bertso n BSA 37 Aug 6 1999

Jam es Ross BSA 34 Au g 23 1999

Gra nt Savage D VM 48 Ma rch 2 1999

Earl Shuh BSA 36 July 5 1999

Eu gene Smith BSA 3 1 Jan 27 1999

Will iam Smyth MA 90 Oc tober 1997

Ch er yl Ann Somerville BSe(Agr) 96

Sept IS 1999

Carl Stevenson BSA 46 Aug 26 1999

Robert Tennant BSA 49 May 5 1999

Gregory Tostevin BA 93 Feb 10 1999

Gerald Trant BSA 51 Sept 1 1999

Bennie Urquhart DV M 54 April 4 1999

Ga il Wamsl ey BA 70 July 24 1998

Gladys Ward D IlE 27 Apri l 8 1999

Catherine Welch BSA 22 Ma rch 3 1998

M abel ( McCa rthy) Ziegler DH E 26

Apr il 29 1999

Facu lty amp Staff Pro f Sid Gilbert Sociolog) and An thro shy

polog) Sept 8 1999

Rev Canon Ritchie McMurray

eCllm enical ch aplain 1968 to 1983

Aug 19 1999

Frie nds

Yvonne Alexander M~y 15 1999

jerry lkirnes Sept 2 1999

Marga ret C urran Dec 28 1998

John Godwin in 1999

viark G renville Nov 6 1998

Peter Hallm an Ju ne 22 1999

Elsie Mae johnston Sept 12 1999

C lover Helena Ladouceur Sept 4 1999

Ed it h Pa tterson in 1993

Andrew Peterson Aug 26 1999

Edgar St rin ger March 1999

Gerry Vandergri ft Sep t 28 1999

Frank Watson March 23 1999

Barry Woods Jul y 30 1999

Me m orial fun ds have bee n se t up to

establi sh a U o f G scho larship in 1))CJ)lO r)

of Jea n Caner and ~ Jack and Gerry Van shy

derg lift m emoria l lec t u rc series in th e -Schoo l o f La ndscap e Architec ture Fo r

more info rm atio n abo ut memo ria l do nashy

tions c81 15 19- 82middot1-4 120 Ext 6196

Fa ll Winter 1999 39

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UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

the CWay CWe CWere FROM THE ARCHIVES

HISTORIANS CANT PINPOINT the date that the Unishy

versity o f Gu elphs landmark portico was carved

from Ontario limesto ne but its familiar columns preshy

date the 1874 fo und ing o f the Ontario Agricu ltural Colshy

lege by several yea rs

Originally fronting a fa rmh ouse on Moreton Lodge

Farm the orna te front porch stoo d at the entrance of

the main co ll ege building until the O ld Res idence was

demolished in 1929 to make way for the co nstruction

of Johnston Hall Its believed the portico was erected

on Johnston Green in 1934

Because the ravages of time and weather had weakshy

ened the limestone structure to a dan gerous point it

was dismantled earlier this fall and underwent muchshy

needed repairs to the stonework ceiling and roof The

OAC Class of 1949 raised $75000 to fund the p roject

as a 50th-anniversa ry gift to the ca mpu s and a way to

commemo rate the 125th anniversa ry of OAC

Now completely restored the portico is back in place

on Johnston Green whe re it co ntinues to se rve as an

elegant reminder of ca mpus histor y and a favour ite

pla ce fo r convocation and wedding photographs

40 GUELPH A LUMNUS

Alumni Collection ClothingRugger Shirt as shown S-XXXL 7995 Golf Shirt white or tan S-XXL 4995 Quarter-Zip Cotton Fleece red S-XXL 5995 Conon Tee grey S-XXL 2495 Sherpa V-Neck cream or navy S-XL 6995 Ladies Tee white S-M-L 2295 Adjustable Cap as shown 1995 Nylon Hooded Jacket navy S-XXL 7500

Alumni Collection Gifts Marble Mug with Portico Design 698 TIe silk face as shown 5995 Portico Design Decanter4995 Matching Old-Fashioned Glass1000 Cedar Card Box 1995 Piece-of-the-Cannon Paperweight 2995 Wooden Alumni Pen Set 4995 School RiogIJewellery (Call for infonnation)

--~---Return the completed order form to Ln iversity Bookstore MacNaughton BuildingUniversity of Gue lph Guelph ON lG 2Wl Allow 2weeks for delivery

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Customer Name Item Name Quantity Size Unit Price Total Price

Address

City Postal Code

Telephon e ( )

Credit Card 0 Me [J VISA LJ AMEX

Card 0

Expiry

Signature

NOTE Shipping Ship to Address

~~ courier insured

GSTShipping $600 per item

PST I Total Invoice

Phone (519) 824-4120 X3 715 Fax (519)763-1921 E-mail bookstor uogueJphca

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a First-Class Poformer The Meloche Monnex Insurance Program

recommended by

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1-800-268-8955 middot1-800-361-3821 (Q uebec only) Meloche Monnex bull Nopurc hase necessary App rox imate value of $38000This contest ends on December 10 1999 In order to win theselected entrant must correctlyanswer a mathematical skill- testing question Where insurance is a science Tofind out about the other ways to participate or to get thecomplete rules please write to A First and service an artClass Perform erl Co ntest Meloche Monnex SO Place Cremaie 12 bull floor Montreal H2P 1B6 Due to prov incial leg islation our auto insurance program is not offered in British Columbia Manitoba andSaskatchewan A Canada Trust Company

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Page 41: Guelph Alumnus Magazine, Fall 1999

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UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

the CWay CWe CWere FROM THE ARCHIVES

HISTORIANS CANT PINPOINT the date that the Unishy

versity o f Gu elphs landmark portico was carved

from Ontario limesto ne but its familiar columns preshy

date the 1874 fo und ing o f the Ontario Agricu ltural Colshy

lege by several yea rs

Originally fronting a fa rmh ouse on Moreton Lodge

Farm the orna te front porch stoo d at the entrance of

the main co ll ege building until the O ld Res idence was

demolished in 1929 to make way for the co nstruction

of Johnston Hall Its believed the portico was erected

on Johnston Green in 1934

Because the ravages of time and weather had weakshy

ened the limestone structure to a dan gerous point it

was dismantled earlier this fall and underwent muchshy

needed repairs to the stonework ceiling and roof The

OAC Class of 1949 raised $75000 to fund the p roject

as a 50th-anniversa ry gift to the ca mpu s and a way to

commemo rate the 125th anniversa ry of OAC

Now completely restored the portico is back in place

on Johnston Green whe re it co ntinues to se rve as an

elegant reminder of ca mpus histor y and a favour ite

pla ce fo r convocation and wedding photographs

40 GUELPH A LUMNUS

Alumni Collection ClothingRugger Shirt as shown S-XXXL 7995 Golf Shirt white or tan S-XXL 4995 Quarter-Zip Cotton Fleece red S-XXL 5995 Conon Tee grey S-XXL 2495 Sherpa V-Neck cream or navy S-XL 6995 Ladies Tee white S-M-L 2295 Adjustable Cap as shown 1995 Nylon Hooded Jacket navy S-XXL 7500

Alumni Collection Gifts Marble Mug with Portico Design 698 TIe silk face as shown 5995 Portico Design Decanter4995 Matching Old-Fashioned Glass1000 Cedar Card Box 1995 Piece-of-the-Cannon Paperweight 2995 Wooden Alumni Pen Set 4995 School RiogIJewellery (Call for infonnation)

--~---Return the completed order form to Ln iversity Bookstore MacNaughton BuildingUniversity of Gue lph Guelph ON lG 2Wl Allow 2weeks for delivery

-

Customer Name Item Name Quantity Size Unit Price Total Price

Address

City Postal Code

Telephon e ( )

Credit Card 0 Me [J VISA LJ AMEX

Card 0

Expiry

Signature

NOTE Shipping Ship to Address

~~ courier insured

GSTShipping $600 per item

PST I Total Invoice

Phone (519) 824-4120 X3 715 Fax (519)763-1921 E-mail bookstor uogueJphca

Seek the comfort and warmth of our insurance solutions

a First-Class Poformer The Meloche Monnex Insurance Program

recommended by

UNIVERSITY 9GUELPH Call now for a no-obligatio n

quote and you could win 1 of 2 Mercedes-Benz C 230 Class ic models

Youll sleep better at night knowing Meloche Monnex is taking care of your insurance needs - the solution recommended by University of Guelph Alumni Association Weve been around a long time providing superior service and fast efficient claims processing to people like you Look into our range of insurance solutions - including an international service for the whole family via your free personalized card

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1-800-268-8955 middot1-800-361-3821 (Q uebec only) Meloche Monnex bull Nopurc hase necessary App rox imate value of $38000This contest ends on December 10 1999 In order to win theselected entrant must correctlyanswer a mathematical skill- testing question Where insurance is a science Tofind out about the other ways to participate or to get thecomplete rules please write to A First and service an artClass Perform erl Co ntest Meloche Monnex SO Place Cremaie 12 bull floor Montreal H2P 1B6 Due to prov incial leg islation our auto insurance program is not offered in British Columbia Manitoba andSaskatchewan A Canada Trust Company

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Page 42: Guelph Alumnus Magazine, Fall 1999

Alumni Collection ClothingRugger Shirt as shown S-XXXL 7995 Golf Shirt white or tan S-XXL 4995 Quarter-Zip Cotton Fleece red S-XXL 5995 Conon Tee grey S-XXL 2495 Sherpa V-Neck cream or navy S-XL 6995 Ladies Tee white S-M-L 2295 Adjustable Cap as shown 1995 Nylon Hooded Jacket navy S-XXL 7500

Alumni Collection Gifts Marble Mug with Portico Design 698 TIe silk face as shown 5995 Portico Design Decanter4995 Matching Old-Fashioned Glass1000 Cedar Card Box 1995 Piece-of-the-Cannon Paperweight 2995 Wooden Alumni Pen Set 4995 School RiogIJewellery (Call for infonnation)

--~---Return the completed order form to Ln iversity Bookstore MacNaughton BuildingUniversity of Gue lph Guelph ON lG 2Wl Allow 2weeks for delivery

-

Customer Name Item Name Quantity Size Unit Price Total Price

Address

City Postal Code

Telephon e ( )

Credit Card 0 Me [J VISA LJ AMEX

Card 0

Expiry

Signature

NOTE Shipping Ship to Address

~~ courier insured

GSTShipping $600 per item

PST I Total Invoice

Phone (519) 824-4120 X3 715 Fax (519)763-1921 E-mail bookstor uogueJphca

Seek the comfort and warmth of our insurance solutions

a First-Class Poformer The Meloche Monnex Insurance Program

recommended by

UNIVERSITY 9GUELPH Call now for a no-obligatio n

quote and you could win 1 of 2 Mercedes-Benz C 230 Class ic models

Youll sleep better at night knowing Meloche Monnex is taking care of your insurance needs - the solution recommended by University of Guelph Alumni Association Weve been around a long time providing superior service and fast efficient claims processing to people like you Look into our range of insurance solutions - including an international service for the whole family via your free personalized card

bull Automobile insurance solution bull Home insurance solution bull Wide Horizons Solution for travel bull Micro-enterprise Solution for business

Visit our website wwwmelochemonnexcom

1-800-268-8955 middot1-800-361-3821 (Q uebec only) Meloche Monnex bull Nopurc hase necessary App rox imate value of $38000This contest ends on December 10 1999 In order to win theselected entrant must correctlyanswer a mathematical skill- testing question Where insurance is a science Tofind out about the other ways to participate or to get thecomplete rules please write to A First and service an artClass Perform erl Co ntest Meloche Monnex SO Place Cremaie 12 bull floor Montreal H2P 1B6 Due to prov incial leg islation our auto insurance program is not offered in British Columbia Manitoba andSaskatchewan A Canada Trust Company

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Seek the comfort and warmth of our insurance solutions

a First-Class Poformer The Meloche Monnex Insurance Program

recommended by

UNIVERSITY 9GUELPH Call now for a no-obligatio n

quote and you could win 1 of 2 Mercedes-Benz C 230 Class ic models

Youll sleep better at night knowing Meloche Monnex is taking care of your insurance needs - the solution recommended by University of Guelph Alumni Association Weve been around a long time providing superior service and fast efficient claims processing to people like you Look into our range of insurance solutions - including an international service for the whole family via your free personalized card

bull Automobile insurance solution bull Home insurance solution bull Wide Horizons Solution for travel bull Micro-enterprise Solution for business

Visit our website wwwmelochemonnexcom

1-800-268-8955 middot1-800-361-3821 (Q uebec only) Meloche Monnex bull Nopurc hase necessary App rox imate value of $38000This contest ends on December 10 1999 In order to win theselected entrant must correctlyanswer a mathematical skill- testing question Where insurance is a science Tofind out about the other ways to participate or to get thecomplete rules please write to A First and service an artClass Perform erl Co ntest Meloche Monnex SO Place Cremaie 12 bull floor Montreal H2P 1B6 Due to prov incial leg islation our auto insurance program is not offered in British Columbia Manitoba andSaskatchewan A Canada Trust Company

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