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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
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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
shy
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
1 7
3
10
11
6
6 2 9 12
5
1
12
11
1 8 11 8 5
1 10
4
2
8
6 5
5
4
2
9
7 10
11
5
2
11
4
12
9
6
5 11
1 9
4 4
3 3
2 10
10 6
6 12
4
8
11
12
6
9
10
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
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
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
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 )
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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
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and thiJ ill1 tI~1 Oil (Imen ltlnd hiidren
Tht resClreh p rQin t i locattd ill Kll1 pur
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[)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
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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
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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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
former fli ght surgeon with the place for morning tea Police
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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
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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
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
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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
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bull Andrew Nicholls MA 90 nications in Cambridge
and PhD 97 is an assistant bull Christine (Rogers) Patten
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State College in Buffalo N Y has been working as a sales
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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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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
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
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bull Pamela (Thompson) BASe
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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
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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University of Western Ontario
bull Cheryl (Kellman) Thompson BA 95 run s a
rehabilitation consulting busishy
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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
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and lives in her home town of
Dresden Ont
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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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UOF G FACULTY have
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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
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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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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
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
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
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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
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
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who halt vied for se1ts ill his classroom
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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
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
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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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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
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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
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
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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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
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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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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
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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
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
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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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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
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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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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
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
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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
10 2
5 7 2 5
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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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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
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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
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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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
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and thiJ ill1 tI~1 Oil (Imen ltlnd hiidren
Tht resClreh p rQin t i locattd ill Kll1 pur
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[)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
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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
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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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
former fli ght surgeon with the place for morning tea Police
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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
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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
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
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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
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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
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
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low the adventures of a free-spirshy
ited teenager named Alice and all
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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 Lisa Ranacher BSe 98
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program at the Central
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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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bull Cyndy Stencill ADA 93 is a
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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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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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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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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 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
10 2
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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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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
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
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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 ~
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
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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
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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
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
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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
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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
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
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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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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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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
5 Yo rk
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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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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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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
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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
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and thiJ ill1 tI~1 Oil (Imen ltlnd hiidren
Tht resClreh p rQin t i locattd ill Kll1 pur
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[)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
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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
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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
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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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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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
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
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
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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
former fli ght surgeon with the place for morning tea Police
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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
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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
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
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
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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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
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
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elegant reminder of ca mpus histor y and a favour ite
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Cost Nil Nil FAMILYS FUTURE Taxa ble Gain $15000 $7500INVEST IN Estim ated Tax Redu ction $10000 $10000
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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
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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
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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 ~
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
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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
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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
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
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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
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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
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
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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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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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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
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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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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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
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
-
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
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pol icy~mak ing t nd administralioll hetwlcn natio ns and l11aintl ined world iew of enli~
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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
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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
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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
former fli ght surgeon with the place for morning tea Police
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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
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
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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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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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
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
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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
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mer homeland He has mon itored dCIdol
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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
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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
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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
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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
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
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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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
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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
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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
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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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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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
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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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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
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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 Lisa Ranacher BSe 98
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program at the Central
Experimental Farm in Ottawa
as a physiological modelling
technician
bull Jamie Rickard BSe(Agr)
96 and Laura Summerfeldt
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in October 1998 She is comshy
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and Ralph Rickard BSe 69 Tricia (Pella) BA 95 and
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an environmental planner with
the Toronto and Region Conshy
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bull Pamela (Thompson) BASe
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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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Columbia University then
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bull Cyndy Stencill ADA 93 is a
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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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University of Western Ontario
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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where they are both working
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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
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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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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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
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
-
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
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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
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
former fli ght surgeon with the place for morning tea Police
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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
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
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
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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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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
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and the OAC Alumni Associatio n
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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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
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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
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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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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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
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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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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
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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
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drug HldiLliOl I 1I11lI11Llll11 healt h
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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
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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
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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
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
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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
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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
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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
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
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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
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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
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
former fli ght surgeon with the place for morning tea Police
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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
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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
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
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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
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
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
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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
Gerry Vandergri ft Sep t 28 1999
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Barry Woods Jul y 30 1999
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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
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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
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on Johnston Green whe re it co ntinues to se rve as an
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pla ce fo r convocation and wedding photographs
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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
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
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
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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
Farley celebrated the first
birthday of their son Quinton
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
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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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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
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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
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
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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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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
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Hu gh Balkwill BSA 53 June 27 1999
John Bowles BA 72 Sept 23 1999
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1999
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MA 86 July 22 1999
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from Ontario limesto ne but its familiar columns preshy
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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
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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
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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 )
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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
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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
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
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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
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bull Sharon McConnell BSe 90
and MSe 93 went on from U
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bull Jamie Rickard BSe(Agr)
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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
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
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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
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Hl 1998
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Jam es Lyons BSA 59 Au g 2~ 1999
Willia m M ack BSc(Eng) 84 Ju ne 7
1999
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Helen McBratney D lI E 34 in 1998
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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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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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polog) Sept 8 1999
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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
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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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elegant reminder of ca mpus histor y and a favour ite
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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
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drug HldiLliOl I 1I11lI11Llll11 healt h
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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
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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
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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
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
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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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Willia m M ack BSc(Eng) 84 Ju ne 7
1999
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Helen McBratney D lI E 34 in 1998
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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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Rose Reynold s D HE 28 Apri l 17 1999
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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
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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
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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
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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
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of Johnston Hall Its believed the portico was erected
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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 )
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
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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
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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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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
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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
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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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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
former fli ght surgeon with the place for morning tea Police
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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
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
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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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
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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 )
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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
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Tht resClreh p rQin t i locattd ill Kll1 pur
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[)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
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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
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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
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
former fli ght surgeon with the place for morning tea Police
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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
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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
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
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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
Farley celebrated the first
birthday of their son Quinton
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
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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
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
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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
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on Johnston Green whe re it co ntinues to se rve as an
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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
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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
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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
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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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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
former fli ght surgeon with the place for morning tea Police
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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
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
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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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
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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
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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
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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
former fli ght surgeon with the place for morning tea Police
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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
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1999 H e spen t h is entire career w ith
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cle rk to exec lltive vice-presid ent and
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devoted ma ny vo lu ntee r hours to U of
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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
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17 1999 in St ratford O nto A profes shy
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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
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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
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
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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
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
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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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
John Godwin in 1999
viark G renville Nov 6 1998
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
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
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
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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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[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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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
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
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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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
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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
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
Pennies from heaven or dollars from American Expressreg Travel rshy -~UP TO $200 FREE
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W illiam Ba rnes DVM 59 died Sept 7
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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
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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
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as a 50th-anniversa ry gift to the ca mpu s and a way to
commemo rate the 125th anniversa ry of OAC
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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
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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
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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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
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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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
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Aug 19 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
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pla ce fo r convocation and wedding photographs
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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
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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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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
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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
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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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Columbia University then
worked for the Canadian Food
Inspection Agency in Prince
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the University of Saskatchewan
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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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education at Sheridan College
and McMaster and Ryerson
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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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where they are both working
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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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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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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
Farley celebrated the first
birthday of their son Quinton
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
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 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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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
former fli ght surgeon with the place for morning tea Police
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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
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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
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
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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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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
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
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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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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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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-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
former fli ght surgeon with the place for morning tea Police
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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
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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
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
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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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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
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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
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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
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
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
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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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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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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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
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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
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March 18 amp 19 - College
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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
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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
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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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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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
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pla ce fo r convocation and wedding photographs
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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
former fli ght surgeon with the place for morning tea Police
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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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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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
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Hl 1998
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1999
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Helen McBratney D lI E 34 in 1998
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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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Rose Reynold s D HE 28 Apri l 17 1999
Ern es t Ro bertso n BSA 37 Aug 6 1999
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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
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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polog) Sept 8 1999
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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
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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
commemo rate the 125th anniversa ry of OAC
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on Johnston Green whe re it co ntinues to se rve as an
elegant reminder of ca mpus histor y and a favour ite
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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
former fli ght surgeon with the place for morning tea Police
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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
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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
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
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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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back to Ontario in 1997 to research to track down elusive
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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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G friends attending They live
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an environmental planner with
the Toronto and Region Conshy
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bull Pamela (Thompson) BASe
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bull Ian Sandler DVM 9 5 was
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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
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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
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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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
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
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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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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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 Sharon McConnell BSe 90
and MSe 93 went on from U
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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 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
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and Ralph Rickard BSe 69 Tricia (Pella) BA 95 and
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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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at Texas AampM University and
Columbia University then
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propagator at a tree nursery in
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bull Steve Tanner BA 82
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served on the Halton Region
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specialist in criminal investigashy
tions and lie detector opera shy
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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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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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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
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
-
bye-mail attrpioloonJinkca
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
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October 1998 with many U of
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Guy works as an account manshy
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an environmental planner with
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bull Pamela (Thompson) BASe
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old daughter )lIlian Elizabeth
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
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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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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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
rehabilitation consulting busishy
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bull Donald PhD 94 and
Suzanne Welsh MSe 96
relocated from Yale University
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where they are both working
in the Department of
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bull Wendla Westerberg BASc
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in 1997 She is working for the
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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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Address
City Postal Code
Telephon e ( )
Credit Card 0 Me [J VISA LJ AMEX
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Expiry
Signature
NOTE Shipping Ship to Address
~~ courier insured
GSTShipping $600 per item
PST I Total Invoice
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bull Automobile insurance solution bull Home insurance solution bull Wide Horizons Solution for travel bull Micro-enterprise Solution for business
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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
-
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
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
-
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
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
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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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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
-
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
-
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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