Vic Report 2012 Autumn

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Angela Esterhammer Victoria College’s New Principal p. 10

Tribute to Jay Macpherson p. 9

Focus on Philanthropy Annual Donor Report p. 17

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The Cost of a Quality Education by paul w. gooch

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Autumn 2012 Volume XLI No. 1 Published under the authority of the Board of Regents of Victoria University in the University of Toronto. Publisher: Larry Davies, Interim Executive Director of Advancement Executive Editor: Alison (Massie) Broadworth Vic 9T7, Director of Alumni Affairs and Advancement Editor: Jennifer Little Vic 9T5, Manager of Marketing and Communications Managing Editor: Liz Taylor, Communications Officer Copy Editor: Frank Collins Design: DDB Canada Cover: Angela Esterhammer Vic 8T3. Photograph by Babak. Vic Report is sent to all alumni, faculty, associates and friends of Victoria University. Published three times a year; circulation 24,000; ISSN 0315-5072. Publications Mail Agreement No. 40741521 Send letters and undeliverable Canadian addresses to: Vic Report c/o The Victoria Alumni Office 150 Charles Street West Toronto ON M5S 1K9 Tel: 416-585-4500 Toll-free: 1-888-262-9775 Fax: 416-585-4594 E-mail: vic.report@utoronto.ca Website: www.vicu.utoronto.ca Do we have your correct address? Please send your updated address, phone number and e-mail address to the Victoria Alumni Office. Please notify us if the graduate named in the address is deceased (enclose obituary or equivalent) and we will remove his or her name from the mailing list.

Photography: (Opposite page) Peg McCarthy; Courtesy E.J. Pratt Library, Aiora Zabala

There’s wisdom in some platitudes, even if they are not always wisely applied. I’m thinking of “penny-wise, pound-foolish,” or of the claim I think is a brilliant piece of juxtaposition: “we’re too poor to buy cheap.” Every time I have to replace a broken gadget, even though it was a ‘good buy,’ I realize how persuasive—and pervasive—is the temptation to think of costs in terms of the immediate future rather than the longer horizon. It’s easier to make do than to build well. If that’s true for gadgets and material goods, it’s also true for the less immediate benefits of an undergraduate education. Yet here at the University, of all places, we must build well. There is too much at stake, both for individual lives and for society. Quality does count in education, and if there’s one adjective to describe a condition necessary for building well rather than making do, it is personal. That individual attention to each student is crucial to the transforming experience, which is the hallmark of an excellent undergraduate education. That has been the consistent conviction undergirding all we do at Vic. When A.B.B. Moore said during his presidency a half-century ago that “education must take place in a community,” he had in mind an experience that is the very opposite of mass education. A community is a place of personal respect and value, a place where individuals are recognized and supported. Yet the post-secondary system is faced with the temptation— or perhaps more accurately, the need—to make do with what it has got. Here in Ontario, and in the Greater Toronto Area in particular, the system is strained in two directions: significantly increased demand and steadily decreasing resources. Tuition is regulated; government grants cover less than half the operating costs of the University. The most direct way to increase revenue is through enrolling more students: more bodies mean more revenue with only marginal increases in cost. The effect on quality, however, is perverse. Although universities do attempt to provide good teaching, attention to the individual student suffers. Across university systems, these pressures appear to be driving undergraduate education in particular towards a model that might look something like the following: The rationale for the institution will be degree certification; certification will follow on the accumulation of credits; credits will be won by passing tests of competence in an area of knowledge or practice; competence will be gained by the most efficient means possible, including self-learning through on-line courses; courses will be widely available on the internet to innumerable students; those students need never meet each other, need never meet in person any instructor, need never leave an attic or basement to become certified. You can see the advantages, especially for students working full-time or in areas far from colleges or universities. You can see, however, the temptation for institutions: The quality of instructors matters far less than the achievement of student competence, so content can be delivered in the cheapest way. You can understand why, in this world, for-profit universities make ‘education’ a business. Over against this emerging model are research and graduate universities, where knowledge is created and not just transmitted; and small colleges where personal education matters more than the mere certification of the completion of degree requirements. Vic is fortunate to be federated with the University of Toronto, Canada’s premier research university, where our students interact with the best minds in the country and beyond. At the same time, we are also a small community, a distinct neighbourhood, in a large institution. We enjoy the conditions that build well, in the long term, for our students and society. Quality does cost, and we shouldn’t buy cheap. Public funding and tuition may at most make do. But the institutions emerging from the ranks as places of personal education will depend, more and more, upon private support. And here Vic is greatly blessed in the generosity of alumni and friends. That continued generosity will be even more crucial if we are to build even better, and with unfettered imagination, in the years ahead. 

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Jay Macpherson 1931–2012 Professor, Poet, Humanitarian Professor Jay Macpherson passed away on March 21, 2012 in Toronto. She was a member of the Department of English at Victoria College from 1957 to 1996 and considered a mentor by many. Macpherson was taught by Northrop Frye Vic 3T3, Emm 3T6 who supervised her master’s and doctoral work, which she defended in 1955 and 1964 respectively. She received the Governor General’s Literary Award in 1957 for The Boatman, which was dedicated to Northrop and Helen (Kemp) Frye Vic 3T3. Her last full work of poetry, Poems Twice Told: The Boatman & Welcoming Disaster, was published in 1981. A memorial event was held at Vic on June 11, 2012. Macpherson’s life and talents were celebrated as friends read her poetry and shared their memories. Visit uoft.me/ macpherson to read more about the event and listen to the recording. Please see page 9 for Special Tribute and reflections on Macpherson by Principal Emeritus Alexandra Johnston. If you would like to make a contribution to the Professor Jay Macpherson Bursary, please visit www.vicu.utoronto.ca/alumni and select Commemorative Giving. 

Daniel Storisteanu Vic 1T1

Photography: (Opposite page) Peg McCarthy; Courtesy E.J. Pratt Library, Aiora Zabala

Gates Cambridge Scholar After a stellar academic record in zoology, ecology and environmental biology, Daniel Storisteanu was awarded one of 50 Gates Cambridge Scholarships. This highly competitive, fullcost scholarship, valued at approximately $160,000, is awarded to non-U.K. residents to pursue a full-time postgraduate degree in any subject at the University of Cambridge. The program was established by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in 2000 to help build a global network of future leaders committed to improving the lives of others. Storisteanu strongly believes that extracurricular interests directly affect academic success. His intellectual curiosity has led him around the globe in pursuit of challenges. “During my time at Vic I took courses such as community ecology and conservation biology, and complemented that by getting lost in Malaysian caves while catching bats, and trekking through jungles along the Thai border in search of tigers with the WWF Malaysia,” says Storisteanu. “These opportunities were immensely motivating and important to my development as a researcher. Scholarships from Vic allowed me to pursue opportunities abroad that significantly enhanced my in-class studies.” Currently finishing his MPhil in medical science, Storisteanu is now preparing for his PhD. Through his research he will investigate a novel strategy that certain pathogens may use to manipulate the immune system. The long-term aim of this research is to help identify individuals at higher risk of complications and to identify points in the immune system

Daniel Storisteanu photographed on the back lawn of King’s College, University of Cambridge.

where we may be able to intervene with therapies to treat and prevent these complications. “The aim of the scholarship is to fund scholars who impact the lives of others,” says Storisteanu. “It’s an honour to receive it, but a lot to live up to. I am eager to do my best.”  vic report autumn 2012

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Paris Posters: Upheaval and Discontent Striking New Collection Honours Past Principal David Cook In 1968 student and worker strikes overtook Paris. Paul Bouissac, Vic professor emeritus, was living in the Latin Quarter at the time doing academic research. He collected posters that had been discarded but were still fresh from the workshop of the Ecole des Beaux Arts. “I arrived in Paris towards the end of the protest. My apartment was near the Panthéon and walls in the area were riddled with posters,” says Bouissac. “I knew the posters reflected a very important period of unrest in French history. I held on to the posters for years as a sort of curiosity but decided it was important for me to give them to the E.J. Pratt Library to be preserved.”

The E.J. Pratt Library has recently acquired approximately 300 dramatic posters from May of 1968 and after to complement the collection previously donated by Bouissac. The collection is named in honour of David Cook Vic 6T9, political scientist, in recognition of his tenure as principal of Victoria College from 2000 to 2012. The posters were produced using silk-screening, lithography and stenciling processes. The provocative posters were anti-establishment and were considered a weapon of the students and workers in their fight to reorganize French social and political life. 

Exhibit at E.J. Pratt Library Honours VWA Until 1903 there was not a single, purpose-built residence for women in the British Commonwealth. That changed when Hart Massey left a $50,000 bequest for such a residence and the VWA, founded in 1897, took up its first cause: raising funds to furnish what would become Annesley Hall.

Women residents sitting on the steps of Annesley Hall, early 1900s.

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From November 5 until December 14, the E.J. Pratt Library will host an exhibit to commemorate the important role the VWA played in advocating for university education for women and safe, pleasant housing for them. The exhibit includes photographs, programs, minute books, artifacts and other materials documenting the VWA’s contributions to the Vic community, over the past 115 years. It also provides a glimpse into the lives and accomplishments of a selection of VWA presidents, some of Victoria’s most influential women, such as Margaret Burwash, Margaret Addison, Ethel Bennett Vic 1T5, Emm 8T4, and Helen (Kemp) Frye Vic 3T3. The exhibit pays tribute to the group’s long commitment to providing students with financial assistance, particularly the Margaret Addison Scholarship and the VWA Bursary Fund—a bursary with an endowment of over $250,000— and the focus of the group’s ongoing fundraising efforts. No longer a women’s association, the VWA is open to non-Vic grads and welcomes everyone as members. To learn more about the VWA, as well as its 2012-2013 program of events, visit www.vicu.utoronto.ca/alumni/VWA. 

Photography: (Opposite page) Courtesty E.J. Pratt Library, Victoria University Archives; Nicola Betts, Paul Orenstein

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Orientation Convocation Honours Bestowed As part of Vic’s annual Orientation Convocation, honorary degrees were conferred upon Andromache Karakatsanis Vic 7T7 and Carole (Goss) Taylor Vic 6T7. At this year’s ceremony, Victoria also welcomed its new principal, Angela Esterhammer Vic 8T3. The Hon. Madam Justice Andromache Karakatsanis was honoured for high achievement in government services and litigation. In 1997, Karakatsanis was named deputy attorney general for the Province of Ontario and, in 2000, she became secretary of the Cabinet and clerk of the Executive Council of the Government of Ontario. In 2002, she was appointed to the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. She was subsequently elevated to the Ontario Court of Appeal in 2010, where she served for 19 months prior to her appointment to the Supreme Court of Canada in November 2011. Carole Taylor was recognized for her distinguished service as a broadcast journalist, public servant and strong supporter of higher education. She is chancellor of Simon Fraser University and has served on many boards, including TD Bank Financial and BCE. She has served as chair of the Vancouver

Andromache Karakatsanis

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Board of Trade and the CBC. Taylor was elected as an MPP in British Colombia in 2005 and appointed Minister of Finance. In 2008, she served as chair of the federal Ministry of Finance Economic Advisory Council. 

U of T Outstanding Teaching Awards

Photography: (Opposite page) Courtesty E.J. Pratt Library, Victoria University Archives; Nicola Betts, Paul Orenstein

Vic Fellow Anne Urbancic Recognized Anne Urbancic has held a French proverb close to her heart since she was in grade six: If you love honey, fear not the bees. “Whenever I need to get through a tough spot or fight for the greater good, I think of this proverb,” says Urbancic. Her positive attitude has had an influence on students since her arrival at Vic as a tutorial assistant in 1976. In fact, U of T remarked that the abundance Anne Urbancic of student comments of praise and respect contained in Urbancic’s nomination dossier for an Outstanding Teaching Award were “an incredible testament to her teaching.” To this day Urbancic thoroughly enjoys re-discovering the world through the fresh ideas and diverse perspectives of her students. She is also credited with being integral to the success of Vic One. “The fact that I can teach in Italian Studies and Vic One is vital, for it enhances how my teaching passes into research and my research into teaching,” Urbancic says. Urbancic is quick to emphasize that a large team of people helps her be a successful teacher. “I could not do my

job without all the amazing people here at Vic,” she says. “I depend upon people in every corner of the campus, from my colleagues, to our physical plant staff members, to the registrar, principal and president. I am so lucky to be supported by the Vic community.” The University of Toronto Outstanding Teaching Awards were established in 1993. Recipients are selected based on nominations by peers and students. 

2012 Distinguished Alumni Award

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS The Victoria College Distinguished Alumni Award, created by the Alumni of Victoria College Executive, is presented in recognition of a graduate’s recent or lifetime achievements. The scope of his or her contribution may be at the local, national or international level. Nominate a graduate today at www.vic.utoronto.ca/ alumni and select Distinguished Alumni Award from the web page’s listing. Deadline November 30, 2012.

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Honorary campaign co-chair Blake C. Goldring Vic 8T1 brought greetings at the launch. He spoke to his reasons for supporting the campaign and President Gooch’s vision.

(left to right) Former Vic One students Maria Romano, Alexander Pytka and Christian Julien discuss a provocative piece of student art.

Current student Evelyn Kondo (Concurrent Teacher Education Program) shows the most recent edition of CTEP’s student publication Hey, Teach!

The launch was opened with a fanfare composed by Aaron K.K. Tsang (left) and performed by Faculty of Music students.

IMAGINATION UNBOUND, VICTORIA’S $60-MILLION CAMPAIGN TO TRANSFORM UNDERGRADUATE AND THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION, WAS OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED ON APRIL 3. The Victoria University community gathered to celebrate student excellence and the remarkable achievements of its student body. After the formal remarks, an animated reception was held to bring to life the talent, excellence and energy of Vic’s students. Displays of in-course projects, student group publications and internationally focused clubs underlined the broad talents and interests of today’s students and faculty. Guests to the campus met many of Vic’s and Emmanuel’s talented scholars and heard how our undergraduate and theological colleges are thriving. Visit www.vicu.utoronto.ca for more information and remarks from the event. 6

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ENHANCING THE WORLD THROUGH PUBLIC POLICY

Photography: (Opposite page) Nicola Betts; Victoria Alumni Office

David and Ann Wilson Honour Family Ties with a Vic One Professorship David Wilson Vic 6T8 laughs when he says his family’s fondest memories of Vic begin in the library. Victoria University’s E.J. Pratt Library was where David’s parents, William Vic 4T1 and Margaret (Lavery) Vic 4T1 first met in 1940. In the 1960s, David and his brother Kenneth, a U of T pre-med student, spent countless hours in the same stacks trying to boost their grades after David convinced Kenneth to pledge a fraternity. “My brother’s grades suffered and I felt responsible,” says David, former chair of the Ontario Securities Commission and vice chairman of the Bank of Nova Scotia from 2002 to 2005. “From January until April exams, we went to the Vic library every night and then to Wymilwood for hot chocolate.” The plan worked. Kenneth Wilson got into medicine and David graduated with top grades. Generations of fond campus memories are a big part of the reason why David and his sister, Ann Wilson Vic 7T2, have made two significant donations to Victoria University. In 2004 they established The William and Margaret Wilson Bursary for Vic One students in financial need. This year, they created the David and Ann Wilson Professorship in Public Policy and Society in the Lester B. Pearson Stream in the Vic One program. Their gift of $750,000 was paired with special, one-time Vic funding to create a $1-million endowment. “Our family has such happy memories of Vic,” explains Ann. The Vic One professorship will help to attract a top scholar or public policy expert and ensure the University’s ability to deliver exceptional learning experiences for today’s first-year students and the generations that follow. “The Vic One program is outstanding and a model for every other college at U of T. It makes you venture beyond the narrow confines of a single discipline to provide a real breadth of understanding,” says Ann. Launched in 2003, the Vic One program features small group seminars, lectures, tutorials and informal conversations enriched by weekly plenary sessions with guest professors, visiting artists, writers, ambassadors and other public figures. Each of the five streams is named after distinguished Vic alumni and is focused on the study of literature, arts, public service, education and science. Ann and David chose to invest in the Lester B. Pearson Stream, named in honour of the former Canadian prime

Ann Wilson and her brother David Wilson in front of Old Vic.

minister and focused on the life of public service and responsible citizenship. The siblings have a strong sense of social responsibility and interest in the ability of good public decision-making to shape peoples’ lives. David is in his ninth year of service on the University of Toronto’s Governing Council and Ann is a lawyer who spent most of her career with the Government of the Province of Ontario, most recently at the Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs, specializing in federal-provincial relations. Both David and Ann volunteer as president’s advisors to Vic’s Imagination Unbound campaign. “That these are two Vic grads with strong interest and involvement in public policy makes it even better,” says President Paul Gooch of the gift from the Wilsons. “Ann and David care about the issues that engage Pearson students. In this way they will help carry on the Vic tradition of public service.” This fall, Gooch will strike an advisory committee to recruit a senior Vic fellow or U of T faculty member who can assume the Wilson professorship, beginning in September 2013. “We’d like to think that we’ll be graduating more students whose eyes have been opened to the relationships among people in society,” says Ann of her investment. David agrees. “We want to enable smart, young people to enhance the world through public policy. Enhancing the store of knowledge can only make our world a better place.” vic report autumn 2012

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WORLD, MEET VIC 30 New Awards for Top International Students Yiqiu Lou isn’t sure who was more relieved when she received the offer of The Lawrence and Sharen Ho International Scholarship from Victoria College—her or her father. A firstyear international student from China, Lou had her heart set on attending Vic, but the cost was a concern for the talented 17-year-old student. “The money and recognition are of great value for me. I feel encouraged and relieved that I can now shoulder at least some of the financial burden from my parents,” says Lou. Lou is just one of 10 recipients of the prestigious entrance scholarship, established in January from a $500,000 donation from Lawrence Ho Vic 9T9, Hong Kong-based businessman, chairman and CEO of Melco International Development Limited. Ho and his wife Sharen (Lo) Ho Vic 9T8 established 30 awards—10 entrance scholarships, 10 residence scholarships and 10 in-course scholarships—to attract, reward and assist the best and brightest international students at Vic. Lou received both an entrance and a residence award, totaling $8,000. “Sharen and I are very glad and honoured to be able to help the talent of the next generation to further pursue their studies. The scholarship aims to attract and nurture highcalibre international students to undertake university studies at Vic. I hope that through their years in university the students will have the opportunity to further enrich their

knowledge and become inspired to contribute to the community in the future,” says Lawrence Ho. Ho is also donating his time and expertise as a president’s advisor to Victoria University’s campaign. He is a member of the AsiaPacific steering committee for U of T’s Boundless campaign, as well. Paul Qiu, who also Lawrence Ho at the Dancing Water received a Ho scholarship, Theatre, City of Dreams, Macau. says the award was an important factor in his decision to attend Victoria. “It’s both a spiritual stimulus and a source of financial assistance,” he says. Scholarships are an important part of the University’s ability to recruit and retain students from abroad. “Canadians are a nice, warm-hearted people,” says Lou of her reason for choosing Canada. “I chose Vic because of its reputation. The generosity of the Hos has encouraged me a lot! I am very grateful.”

INVESTING IN THE VIC EXPERIENCE When the Goldring Student Centre opens in 2013, Frank Mills Vic 6T8 and his colleagues on Vic’s Board of Regents will be there to help cut the cake. Past and present members of the University’s governing board have committed $500,000 to the centre, including a $50,000 pledge from Mills to match gifts received since May. “The Goldring Student Frank Mills, past chair of Victoria Centre represents the icing University’s Board of Regents. on the cake for support for students because it goes beyond quality of education and financial support to the quality of their experience on campus,” says Mills, who has served on Vic’s Board of Regents and committees for more than 20 years, including chair of the Board from 2004 to 2007. 8

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With space for meeting rooms, student government and student clubs, the Goldring Student Centre will be the new heart of extra- and co-curricular learning at Vic. Along with a café, pub, music room, multi-storey lounge and a home for commuter students, it will feature the Board of Regents Committee Room, the formal meeting room for Victoria University, named in recognition of the Board’s support. “Allocating resources for a quality student experience is a Board priority,” says Paul Huyer Vic 8T1, current chair of the Board of Regents. “Our Board members see this as an opportunity to personally invest in students while, at the same time, creating a meeting space for the Board and its committees within a student space.” “When the student body took the initiative to support the project, with a $7-million commitment, it went a long way to helping the Board see the light at the end of the tunnel in terms of financing this major project,” explains Mills. “We’ve made impressive strides in providing for our students,” says Mills. “We want them to know that we are personally invested in their educational experience.”

Photography: (Opposite page) Courtesty Lawrence Ho, Nikki Mills; Jay Macpherson, Charcoal: David Blostein

Board of Regents Pledge $500,000 to Goldring Student Centre

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Jay Macpherson at Victoria: Generous, Giving, Caring

Photography: (Opposite page) Courtesty Lawrence Ho, Nikki Mills; Jay Macpherson, Charcoal: David Blostein

by alexandra johnston vic 6t1 On a bleak day last January, I saw a frail figure leaning heavily on a cane coming towards me on the Vic campus. My heart sank when I realized that it was Jay Macpherson. Although we had all noticed how thin she had become over the last months, it wasn’t until I saw her struggling against the wind in a coat that had suddenly become too large that I realized something was terribly wrong. Two months later she was gone. I first met Jay in September, 1957, when I came to Victoria as a frightened and homesick freshie living in Annesley Hall. As we both lived out our lives at Vic (in recent years seeing each other almost every day at lunch) she became a constant presence in my life, enriching it with her intelligence, her gentleness, her sense of the ridiculous and her fierce concern for others. At the time of her death, and especially at the memorial celebration in the College in June, many people expressed their sense of deep affection for her and gratitude for how she had touched their lives. Much has been written about her childhood, her sense of exile, her sense of being a ‘waif and stray’ abandoned in wartime Newfoundland. Many have remarked that this prompted her, throughout her adult life, to look after others—give them a space to be themselves, to grow and mature. But little has been said about how she came to have the strength and security to reach out to others. She found that at Victoria, at first through the affection and mentorship of those two remarkable people, Norrie and Helen Frye, and then as she herself became an integral part of the community. She dedicated The Boatman, the astonishing book of poetry that won her the Governor General’s Award for poetry in 1957, to both Helen and Norrie. It could be said that she dedicated the rest of her life to Victoria. By 1957, she was the head don in the Women’s Residence that then consisted of Annesley Hall and the ‘Bloor Street Houses’—a string of Victorian houses that backed on to the playing field. She had by this time found a place at Vic as a lecturer, although she was still working on her PhD, and was supplementing her small income as a don. She worked closely with the other formidable Professor Macpherson, Jessie Macpherson, dean of women. The dean still felt that part of her mandate was to prepare the young women under her care to be the wives of the leaders of the nation. To help us hone our social skills, an opportunity was provided for us to join with the dean and the dons to drink coffee from demi-tasse cups and make polite conversation in the music room of Annesley Hall after dinner. I was one of the few who regularly took up the chance—not to hone my social skills

but to be with women for whom the life of the mind was important. Jay was almost always there—still, poised, with her black hair swept back from her forehead and her head cocked to one side. But soon I learned of her sense of humour and skill at parody. The most memorable example of her comic contributions to the ‘dons’ skit’ at the annual Christmas Dinner came in 1959, the year Margaret Addison Hall was opened. The generations of Vic women who have lived in Margaret Addison will recall the three strange concrete statues that stood among the birch trees outside the main entrance. At the 1959 Christmas dinner, the dons, led by Jay, gleefully sang her parody of ‘Three little maids from school are we’ entitled ‘Three little concrete lumps are we.’ In her contribution to the memorial celebration, Margaret Atwood Vic 6T1 remarked on Jay’s conversational habit of diverting attention away from herself to a third subject— an idea or a person. In her later years, among her colleagues, a variation of that technique became a familiar intellectual gambit. When she was worrying away at a scholarly puzzle she would often say “question,” and then put her problem before her colleagues gathered over coffee in the Senior Common Room. There was rarely any hesitation in the sometimes learned (and sometimes not so learned) discussion that followed. In February, the last time I was at lunch when she was there, it was someone else who asked a question about the name of an obscure film actress. I was completely stumped, but mischief and delight lit up her tired eyes as she triumphantly gave the name. In his memorial resolution written for the Victoria University senate, David Blostein remarked that Jay once said to him, “It’s so good to have colleagues.” We were privileged and enriched to have her as a colleague. Victoria gave Jay a place to grow, to be, to become the generous, giving and caring person she was. After she retired from teaching, it was the place where she found her daily community that accepted her, loved her and now deeply mourns her death.  Alexandra Johnston Vic 6T1 is professor emeritus of English literature and served as Victoria College’s principal from 1981 to 1991.

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Photography: (Opposite page) Babak; Victoria Alumni Office

Angela Esterhammer Vic 8T3 Returns to Vic as New Principal

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Photography: (Opposite page) Babak; Victoria Alumni Office

he A.B.B. Moore Foyer of Old Victoria College is lined with the portraits of those who have been able to see the future and convey the vision of the past to others. The office of the principal has been the seat of many legendary characters, including Egerton Ryerson Vic 1861 in 1841 and Northrop Frye Vic 3T3, Emm 3T6 in 1959. They knew that the future is built on the past and kept the lamp of learning not only burning, but bright enough to illumine the way ahead. Enter Victoria’s new principal, Angela Esterhammer Vic 8T3, who succeeds David Cook Vic 6T9. Esterhammer understands what it means to be a visionary—not merely in the administrative sense, but in literary terms. As an undergraduate, she was mentored by Frye, and the impression he left was indelible. “It might sound clichéd, but without question, he was the professor who stood out for me. An enlightened teacher at Humberside Collegiate gave me a copy of The Educated Imagination a few years before I came to study at university. I hadn’t heard of Northrop Frye, but that book opened up my imagination and prepared me in ways I am only now

“ An enlightened teacher at Humberside Collegiate gave me a copy of The Educated Imagination a few years before I came to study at university. … that book opened up my imagination and prepared me in ways I am only now recognizing.” Angela Esterhammer

recognizing. I took Frye’s courses as soon as I was permitted in my second year—the Shakespeare course and the course on the Bible in literature. He was a huge influence—articulate, witty as a lecturer, and completely unpretentious.” Anyone who knew Frye, as Esterhammer did, understood that he passed on to his students a tremendous sense of humility that comes with great learning. Often, when students went to visit him, he would hold their coats for them as they departed. “Despite his legendary shyness,” adds Esterhammer, “he was very kind to students.” Esterhammer comes home to Victoria College after an illustrious

career as a world-renowned Romantics scholar whose most recent post was as a professor at the University of Zurich, where she was founding program director of the PhD in English and American literary studies. Prior to that, she was distinguished university professor at the University of Western Ontario, where she cut her teeth in academic administration as associate dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies. What she brings to Victoria College is not only a love of working with students to enhance the learning experience, but a profound love of English and German literature. “In my senior year Northrop Frye was my supervisor for my undergraduate essay and comprehensive reading course. I had a wonderful opportunity to be mentored by him. The reading course was on the tradition of romance, from medieval authors to modern forms, such as Eliot’s use of the grail legend in The Waste Land. The senior essay was something that eventually led to my graduate work, which focused on William Blake and John Milton. Since I was a graduate student in comparative literature, I also wrote on German literature. I examined the concept of

Angela Esterhammer Vic 8T3 and Bruce Meyer Vic 8T0 thumb through the Acta Victoriana they worked on together as students.

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Principal Esterhammer chats with VUSAC President Shoaib Alli during Orientation 2012. Alli is in his final year at Vic, studying English, political science and music history.

visionary language, inspiration, and the power of language in Blake and the German poet Hölderlin.” Frye also chose her as his protégée for the Toronto Arts Award in 1988. What is clear about the vision that Esterhammer brings to the office of principal is that the undergraduate experience is one of mentoring and developing the very best in students. At the same time she realizes that the college she left to embark on her expansive wanderings in academe is not the college she returns to as principal. “I’m getting the sense of many things being the same and many things being different. The things that stand out as being new, different and exciting are enhancements that have been made in undergraduate programming and experience in the last few years—the Vic One program, the co-curricular programs, Ideas for the World, commuter dons and some infrastructure for commuter students.” No matter where she’s gone during her career, Esterhammer believes she has carried something unique with her from Victoria College. 12

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“Victoria College has been the major academic influence for me throughout my life. That only crystallized for me in revisiting Vic about six years ago as part of an academic review and, most recently, in the process of becoming principal. From Northrop Frye’s academic

“ Victoria College has been the major academic influence for me throughout my life.” Angela Esterhammer

teachings, to the specific field in which I specialize, Romanticism, to my world view, I feel that Vic is a strong community. I am reminded of that when I read the quote from A.B.B. Moore in the foyer of Old Vic that ‘education must take place in a community.’ There is a strong community here, though right now I am lacking a major piece in that vision: getting in touch with the current students. I’m looking forward to that. From everything I hear, however, they feel an identification with Vic. There is also a strong sense of attachment from

retired teaching fellows and alumni. The great honour for me is coming back and being able to work alongside people who were my undergraduate professors, such as Julian Patrick, Jennifer Levine and John Reibetanz. We have to build on our strengths. Vic has a tradition of fantastic professors. It now has great programs, including Vic One and the co-curricular programs. My goal is to build upon these traditions and bring them together. My vision is for an active and engaged academic community that works for undergraduates and for faculty and alumni. I want to develop activities where all the constituents of the community can interact with one another.” Esterhammer brings energy to the College because she has not forgotten what it is to be a student at Vic, and that, first and foremost, it is a community where everyone learns and continues to learn from each other. That’s how university communities thrive. That’s how the flame is kept alive. 

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CAREERS, AUTHORS, HONOURS

Charles Catto Vic 5T1, Emm 5T4, has been awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubliee Medal for his work to engage Canadian and international youth in building and reclamation projects through his service with Frontiers Foundation/Operation Beaver.

Susan Aihoshi Vic 7T5 has published her first book, Torn Apart: The Internment Diary of Mary Kobayashi. Part of Scholastic Canada’s series of fictional diaries for children about real historic events, it draws on the experiences of Aihoshi’s own family members who were uprooted from their homes in British Columbia during WWII.

Kayley Collum Vic 0T7 is chair of fundraising and volunteer recruitment for Waves of Hope. Situated in rural Nicaragua, the group is raising money to build a high school for 10 surrounding communities. Learn more at www.waves-of-hope.org.

C. Douglas Jay Vic 4T6, Emm 5T0, principal emeritus of Emmanuel College, was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for his prominent role in advancing theological education in Canada; his contribution to the United Church of Canada; and in recognition of being the founding director of the Toronto School of Theology. Jay served as Emmanuel’s principal from 1981 to 1990. In April, Alex Langford Vic 5T4 received the Distinguished Service Award from the Ontario Bar Association.

This past November, William E. Conklin Vic 6T7 had a translation of 12 of his articles published in Le savoir oublié de l’expérience des lois (Laval University Press). Conklin was a don of Nelles House from 1969 to 1970. He is currently a faculty member at the University of Windsor and has published six books and edited several more.

The Bateman Foundation, established by Robert Bateman Vic 5T4, is creating a centre for art and education in Victoria, B.C. The centre is scheduled to open next spring and will help further realize the Foundation’s goal of promoting engagement with nature. Best-selling author and educator John Borovilos Vic 7T0 has been awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for his various voluntary and teaching activities. He has been actively involved with the ROM since 2002 and enjoys volunteering as a docent and tourscript writer.

Teresa Del Mastro Vic 8T0 has received a certificate in creative writing through U of T’s School of Continuing Studies. Jason Farris Vic 9T1 has accepted the position of executive vice-president/COO of the NHL’s Dallas Stars hockey team. No Job For a Woman: The Women Who Fought to Report WWII, a documentary by New York-based Michèle Midori Fillion Vic 8T4, had its Canadian premiere at the Vancouver International Film Festival in October. Narrated by Julianna Margulies, the film tells the story of American women war correspondents and how they changed the war story.

John S. Budd Vic 6T7, with co-author Douglas Gray, recently published their third edition of best-selling The Canadian Guide to Will and Estate Planning (McGraw Hill). Since the first edition of this book more than 40,000 copies have been sold.

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Jane Langford Vic 9T2 has been named associate vice president, legal, for TD Bank Financial Group and will oversee all of the bank’s Canadian litigation matters. Alvin Lee Vic 5T3 and Jean (Reilly) O’Grady Vic 6T4 have completed the Collected Works of Northrop Frye (University of Toronto Press), a 30-volume collection of correspondence, essays, diaries, speeches, interviews and fiction. Vic celebrated the works and marked the 100th anniversary of Frye’s birth on October 4 with a reception and the unveiling of a sculpture of Frye on the Vic campus.

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milestones Jeffrey Luscombe Vic 0T5 has published his debut novel Shirts and Skins (Chelsea Station Editions). It is the story of a young man’s coming-of-age in Hamilton in the 70s and 80s.

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lives in Oakland, CA, with her family and can be contacted at rlpepper@ hotmail.com. David West Read Vic 0T6 has a new play on Broadway. The Performers is scheduled to open on November 14. Two well-known cast members include Henry Winkler and Cheyenne Jackson.

John McLeod Vic 8T5 was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. He was nominated for the honour by the Canadian Royal Heritage Trust. The medal was presented to John in Toronto on July 14, with John’s parents Wallace McLeod Vic 5T3 and Elizabeth (Staples) McLeod Vic 5T3 in attendance. Bruce Meyer Vic 8T0, poet laureate of Barrie, Ont. and professor of English at Georgian College, has penned A Book of Bread: Poems (Exile Editions) and co-edited The White Collar Book: Poetry and Prose of Canadian Business Life (Black Moss Press). In 2011, Natalie Papoutsis Vic 0T0 completed a PhD in drama at U of T and won the Clifford Leech Prize for outstanding dissertation. She is currently taking time off from lecturing to work as a Government of Ontario speechwriter. Rachel Pepper Vic 8T6 has published her fourth book, Transitions of the Heart: Stories of Love, Struggle and Acceptance by Mothers of Transgender and Gender Variant Children (Cleis Press). Pepper

The Astonishing General: The Life and Legacy of Sir Isaac Brock by Wesley B. Turner Vic 5T6 received the 2011 Donald Grant Creighton Award from the Ontario Historical Society. Says Turner, “Donald Creighton was one of my teachers at U of T, and to us young undergraduates, a much respected and feared professor. It is a great honour to win this award from the Ontario Historical Society and even more special to me because of my memories of classes with Professor Creighton.” Kerry G. Watkins Vic 8T5 has written two books in the field of criminal investigation: Interviewing and Investigation, with J. Turtle and J. Eaule, and Evidence and Investigation: From the Crime Scene to the Courtroom, with E. Rondinelli and G. Anderson.

The work of painter Catherine (Rank) Schmid Vic 6T5, Vers le nouveau, acrylic on canvas, was selected by the Gallery Zamenhof in Milan as part of the exhibition Comparaisons, which began in Milan at the end of June, continued to the Castello Charles V in Lecce and finished at the Palazzo Zenobio in Venice in August. Brian Tennyson Vic 6T2, currently professor emeritus in the Department of History at Cape Breton University, has published Merry Hell: The Story of the 25th (Nova Scotia) Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914–1919 (University of Toronto Press). It was originally written by Robert Clements, who served in the battalion throughout the First World War, but never published.

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Gabriele (Tavaszi) Wills Vic 7T3 has published her fifth novel, Under the Moon. It is the third book in her historical Muskoka trilogy. The first book, The Summer Before the Storm, was selected by the Muskoka Chautauqua for its reading list in 2010. Visit www.mindshadows.com for more information.

MARRIAGES Catherine Cieply Vic 9T1 and Neil Cresswell, married on August 4, 2012, in Etobicoke, Ont. Cieply is the granddaughter of Helen (Potter) Morrison who attended Victoria College in the 1930s, ultimately graduating in 1985 at the age of 75. Catherine’s grandparents, Thomas and Helen Morrison, were married at Vic in 1935.

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send us your news: vic.report@utoronto.ca Dawn Marie Schlegel Vic 9T6 married Darryl Matthews on June 16, 2012, in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont.

BIRTHS To Alexa (Borovilos) Aivaliotis Vic 0T4 and Chris Aivaliotis, a daughter, Joanna, on August 7, 2012, in Toronto. A sister for Sophia and a granddaughter for John Borovilos Vic 7T0 and Anita Borovilos. To Keith Lawrence Vic 8T7 and PattiAnn Finlay, twin daughters, Cathleen and Charlotte, on December 29, 2011, in Toronto. To Linda Tung-Prangley Vic 0T6, Victoria College’s recruitment and outreach coordinator, and Darren Prangley, a daughter, Charlotte Kayan, on August 31, 2012, in Toronto. To Karin (Marley) Remerowski Vic 0T1 and Christopher Remerowski, a daughter, Vera Anna Remerowski, on December 21, 2011, in Toronto.

IN MEMORIAM H. Ross Armstrong Vic 4T8, in Ottawa, May 12, 2012. Catherine A. Scott-Beemer Vic 3T3, in Muskoka Landing, Ont., December 22, 2009. George A. Boyle Vic 4T8, Emm 5T1, former archivist, in Indianapolis, IN, May 26, 2012. Nancy B. (Loach) Brady Vic 6T5, in Toronto, July, 13, 2012. E. Marion (Cooper) Brancaccio Vic 4T5, in Toronto, June 4, 2012. C. Marie (Hulse) Brickenden Vic 4T9, in Toronto, February 21, 2012. Ethel A. (Ball) Cavanagh Vic 4T8, in Naples, FL, May 5, 2012. Celia E. Corcoran Vic 4T3, in Toronto, February 19, 2012. Glorya M. (Gillies) Eades Vic 5T5, in Mississauga, Ont., October 15, 2012. Charles N. Genno Vic 5T7, former Victoria College German professor, in Toronto, May 10, 2012. Richard P.T. Gravely Vic 5T4, in Port Colborne, Ont., February 29, 2012.

Virginia A. (Greer) Haysom Vic 6T4, in Ottawa, September 8, 2011. Richard J. Helmstadter, past acting principal of Victoria College, in Newmarket, Ont., February 23, 2012. John A. “Jack” Heney Vic 4T9, in Stratford, Ont., January 14, 2012. Donald R. Hewgill Vic 5T6, in Orillia, Ont., July 12, 2012. Jean M. (Blundell) Hunt Vic 3T5, in St. Catharines, Ont., July 29, 2012. Ruth Helen (Crooker) Jay Vic 4T5, in Mississauga, Ont., August 16, 2012. Donations in memory of Ruth can be designated to the C. Douglas and Ruth Jay Scholarship in Theology by calling 416-585-4500 or 1-888-262-9775. W. Geoffrey Julian Vic 4T4, in Burlington, Ont., July 8, 2012.

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The Hon. Mabel M. Van Camp Vic 4T1 passed away on April 19, 2012 in Kingston. Van Camp was the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court of Ontario in 1971. She was a partner in the firm of Beaudoin, Pepper & Van Camp and was appointed Queen’s Council in 1965. She was honoured as a ‘Judicial Pioneer’ in the Hall of Honour at the Canadian Judicial Conference and was awarded the Order of Ontario. Van Camp served as chancellor and dean of the Alpha Mu chapter of the Kappa Beta Pi legal sorority, president of the Women’s Law Association and president of the Fudger House chapter of the I.O.D.E.

John Lamacraft Vic 6T5, in Toronto, August 25, 2012.

Frances B. (Maine) Schaeffer Vic 6T0, in Collingwood, Ont., January 31, 2012.

C. Robert Langdon Vic 5T4, in Toronto, November 3, 2011.

Norma M. (Stephenson) Stanley Vic 4T7, in Grosse Pointe, MI, September 4, 2010.

Newell H. Lawson Vic 4T0, in Toronto, October 29, 2011.

Harold Steed Emm 4T7, in Kitchener, Ont., September 8, 2012.

Robert E. Lee Vic 5T9, in Toronto, May 31, 2012.

Astrid L. Taim Vic 7T7, in Huntsville, Ont., May 21, 2012.

Murdo H.M. MacKinnon Vic 3T8, in Guelph, Ont., July 8, 2012.

Gretchen J. (Grant) Thomas Vic 6T2, in Toronto, April 19, 2012.

A. John Marshall Vic 5T6, in West Vancouver, BC, March 28, 2012.

Helen M. (McConkey) Thomson Vic 4T7, in Calgary, Alta., April 10, 2012.

Wilda F. (Fricke) McCaw Vic 4T5, in Barrie, Ont., March 16, 2012.

Patricia E. (Holt) Toogood Vic 6T3, in Toronto, May 14, 2012.

Malcolm J. McConachie Vic 7T5, in Toronto, December 2, 2011.

Allen M. Tough Vic 5T8, in Toronto, April 27, 2012.

Dorothy (Avis) McPhedran Vic 4T2, in London, Ont., January 3, 2012.

J. Fred Tummon Vic 4T7, in Toronto, November 1, 2008.

Doris I. (Ricker) Morley Vic 4T6, in Toronto, May 29, 2012.

George N. Watson Vic 3T6, in Mississauga, Ont., September 1, 2011.

Edward W. Nickerson Vic 4T2, in Stone Mountain, GA, September 23, 2008.

David B. Weatherhead Vic 5T0, in Toronto, March 25, 2012.

Ivan R. Pike Vic 5T1, in Toronto, June 6, 2012.

Eileen D. (Higgins) White Vic 4T5, in Fonthill, Ont., March 14, 2012.

Gardner T. Robertson Vic 4T9, in Oakville, Ont., February 8, 2012.

Barbara I. (Smith) Wilson Vic 3T8, in Toronto, February 2, 2012.

Marjorie C. (Nourse) Robertson Vic 2T9, in Toronto, June 28, 2012.

Donald D. Young Vic 4T2, in Winnipeg, Man., August 3, 2011.

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THE BEST WAY…

Together, through gifts large and small, alumni are making an immediate difference for Vic students. “I benefitted from Vic’s generous scholarship program. It made it possible for me to focus on my schoolwork, participate in student life and study abroad—an experience which led to my first full-time job. Those scholarships were available thanks to the contributions of Vic alumni before me. The best way for me to say thank you to the Vic community is to support the Annual Fund,” says Jennifer Bell Vic 0T4. Bell has supported the Annual Fund every year since graduation. Join with other alumni and be part of this historic, transformational campaign today. To support the Annual Fund, please visit uoft.me/givetovic or call 416-585-4500.

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TO SAY THANK YOU

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Generosity Paves the Way to Excellence in Education Victoria University’s Annual Donor Report Every year Vic looks forward to thanking its generous alumni and friends in its donor report. In 2011–2012, Vic received $3,414,177.61 thanks to the contributions of 1,866 donors. These contributions will help fund a myriad of projects from professorships, to scholarships, to campus enhancements, and so much more. This is a very exciting time on campus, with the near completion of the Goldring Student Centre and the recent launch of our $60-million fundraising campaign: Imagination Unbound. This donor report recognizes everyone who contributed $100 or more to Victoria College or Emmanuel College between May 1, 2011 and April 30, 2012. Only gifts to Victoria College or Emmanuel College are included. While all donations are appreciated, space limitations preclude the listing of all donors. For the full donor listing, please visit the Alumni & Giving pages of www.vicu.utoronto.ca. An asterisk (*) following a name indicates that the donor has passed away subsequent to making his or her donation. Vic also wishes to thank those donors who have chosen to remain anonymous. Every effort has been made to list names accurately. If your name has been omitted or displayed incorrectly, or if you wish to change your preferred recognition name in university publications, please call the Victoria Alumni Office at 416-585-4500, toll-free at 1-888-262-9775 or e-mail vic.alumni@utoronto.ca. 

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$5,000 or more 1946 F. David Hoeniger V 1946 C. Douglas and Ruth* (Crooker) Jay V 1947 Freda M. Eickmeyer V 1948 Jean (Birkenshaw) Fennell V 1949 Isabel (Overton) and Alfred Bader V Norman Jewison V Anne H. Nethercott V 1950 Gwen M. Davenport 1952 Graeme and Phyllis Ferguson V Richard Iorweth Thorman V 1953 The Hon. Henry N. R. Jackman 1957 Kenneth W. Inkster V Alastair McD and Jennifer Murray Paul Newman 1960 Paul D. Warner 1961 Murray A. Corlett V 1966 Edward B. White V 1971 Wendy M. Cecil V

1972 David M. Gilmour Ann E. Wilson and J. Robert S. Prichard 1973 Shirley Hoy V 1974 J. A. (Sandy) McIntyre 1975 Larry F. Chapman V 1977 Marnie Kinsley V 1978 John C. Field V 1981 Blake Goldring V Paul and Judith Huyer V 1991 Deepak Ramachandran 1999 Lawrence and Sharen Ho 2000 Mary Alicia Brand John and Gail MacNaughton V Friends Robert C. Brandeis V The Canada Council Jean Crabtree R. H. Farquharson V Friends of Victoria University Library and Victoria College Book Sale V Paul W. Gooch and Pauline Thompson V The Harshman Fellowships Society Humbercrest United Church V Jackman Foundation V Heather Jackson V

Have you seen Victoria University’s Imagination Unbound banner installation, honouring some of its notable graduates? Pictured here, Bill Blaikie Emm 7T7, author and former MP, MLA and provincial cabinet member.

The Norman and Margaret Jewison Charitable Foundation V Moez Kassam Kathy MacDonald Moriyama & Teshima Architects Raymond and Sachiko Moriyama Karen A. Mulhallen Robert F. Nancarrow Senator Nancy Ruth Christine Stark Earle Toppings Vancouver Foundation V Victoria Women’s Association V Germaine Warkentin V $2,500 – $4,999 1947 Dorothy Fetterly David W. Pretty V 1948 Isabella (Alexander) Troop V 1949 Ruth (Hunt) Clarke V Marion (Irwin) O’Donnell 1950 Robert and Jacquelin Trimble V Bernice Ujjainwalla V

1954 Anne Weldon Tait 1956 Joan M. Breukelman V Elizabeth (Langford) Julian and Larry Lundy V 1957 Nancy Bailey-Bligh 1959 Anne E. (Foote) Liphardt V 1961 Alexandra F. Johnston V 1962 Robert E. Lord V 1964 Jean (Reilly) O’Grady V 1968 James M. Parks V 1970 Valerie A. and Brian Story V 1972 Marlene Auspitz V 1973 I. Christopher Carter 1974 Margaret and Andrew Stephens V 1982 J. Luke Pollard 2011 Brent Stait-Gardner Friends Paul Bouissac V Dorothy and Keith* Davey V Bert S. Hall Catherine E. Heron Catherine Faith MacLean Marsh & McLennan Companies

Landon Pearson Rio Tinto Alcan Jessica Shields J. Michael and Naomi Tomczak Mark Toulouse Judy Watt-Watson $1,827 – $2,499 1944 Gwendolyn S. Young 1945 Muriel C. Milne 1950 Robert C. Dowsett V 1951 Donald G. Lawson 1954 Edgar F. File J. Douglas Ross 1959 David P. Silcox and Linda Intaschi V Robert A. Taylor V 1960 Carol Diane Nunn V 1961 Thomas G. Bastedo V 1962 Philip Maude and Mary McDougall Maude V 1968 Mary L. Rankine Elizabeth (Eastlake) Vosburgh V 1970 Gillian (Smiley) and Kenneth Bartlett V

V 5 years or more of consecutive giving to Victoria V 10 years or more of consecutive giving to Victoria

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Friends James M. Estes V Larry and Colleen Kurtz V Helen M. Ostovich Deborah Scott South West Presbyterial Wellington Square United Church

principal’s circle $1,000 – $1,826 1940 T. H. Glynn Michael V Doris (Brown) Stokes V 1943 Ruth Bolt V 1944 Edgar B. Thomson 1946 Paul H. Morris V 1947 Helen (McConkey) Thomson* 1948 H. E. Buzz Neal V S. M. Parkhouse V 1949 Ethel (Upton) Lapp V Dorothy J. Madge V Heather McCallum V Patricia (Mills) Shield V 1950 M. Lorne Bell V Donald B. Dodds V Patricia and Alan Marchment V Charles Rathé V Anna J. Rundle V Douglas P. Thomas 1951 Mary (Kerr) Alford Walter Buleychuk V Robert W. Worthy V

1953 Donna I. Bell* A. Phelps and Judy (McGill) Bell V Thora B. Edwards Larry Lundy and Elizabeth (Langford) Julian V Nancy (Jamieson) and Walter Pridham V 1954 Birgit and Robert Bateman Dick Cousland V 1956 Barbara E. (Schultz) Phelps V Doug and Jackie (Wickware) Philp 1957 John Burbidge Patricia J. Hughes Richard and Florence (Emerson) Newman V 1958 Cameron D. E. Tolton V 1959 Garfield and Janet (Macrae) MacInnis V 1960 Robert and Marilyn (Daly) Beamish 1962 Peter J. George and Allison Barrett 1963 Ronald G. Macdonald 1964 Bruce H. Miller MacGregor David Sinclair V 1966 Harold Dixon Bridge V Barbara J. McGregor V Carolyn Jean (Werry) Sinclair V 1966 John and Josie Watson 1968 Solomon A. Nigosian V 1970 Keith and Pamela McCallum V 1971 David Eugene Clark V Maureen R. Kaukinen 1973 Nancy J. (Adams) Ruhnke V 1974 Mary M. Ward 1979 Mary Beth Currie 1980 Jeffrey C. Shin V 1983 John D. Grant V Sharon Gregory and Andrew Mitrovica Peter and Joan Wyatt V

1984 Mary C. Fowke Gary S. Love V 1985 Ali Rezaizadeh 1986 Paul J. Masterson 1987 Yvonne Y. W. Tsang 1997 Alison (Massie) Broadworth V 2000 Katherine Corlett V Friends Norman R. Ball David A. Blostein and Kerry Dean V Shirley Clarke Catherine A. Fallis V Doris Galbraith V Anne and Bill Hepburn Isles Foundation Incorporated Patrick and Jane Kierans Eva Kushner V Julius Lukasiewicz Maria Rika Maniates* Stephen Riggins V B. J. Romans V Patricia Romans V Wendy Setterington and Gerald S. Swinkin Gordon Thompson Kenneth R. Thompson R. Paul Thompson Anne Urbancic V

cornerstone circle $500 – $999 1936 MacFeeters Family V 1940 Ruth Louise Maxine (Smith) Lonergan V 1942 Phyllis (Hulse) Harper V 1943 Barbara M. Good 1945 Shirley A. Darrach-Pearse V 1945 Barbara (Jones) Michasiw V 1946 Vernon and Nancy Brooks 1947 Paul M. Deighton V Betty McCamus Jean I. Parkhouse*

1948 George W. Edmonds Elizabeth F. (Purdie) Pepper V A. Ruth Watt 1949 Mary (Pearson) and C. Roy Horney V Cecily Stone Ellen J. Timbrell V 1950 M. Patricia Boe Douglas G. Gardner V Pauline and Newton Reed V Mary E. Robertson V Margaret S. Veall 1951 Rosemary A. (Willard) Ambrose V Malcolm S. Archibald V Donald C. Dique* V Patricia J. Hames 1952 H. Bernice (Copson) Bell V Jean Gordon Campbell V Charles Elliott V Sheila Frances Robertson V 1953 Anne G. Burnett V Stanley E. Hunt V Roy E. Schatz V 1954 Ronald J. L. and Shirley Cornfield V 1954 Diana M. Schatz V 1955 Sheila K. Seymour V D. R. (Rundle) Toller 1956 D. Carl Anderson V Catherine Young Bates Kenneth Brian Burnham V Martha A. Dynna V Paul C. Harris V Gilbert E. Howey Joanne (Langdon) Morris V Donald C. Morton V Donald West Stevenson Lars H. Thompson V John Roy and Catherine Inez Edith Wilson V

“ I am happy to support Vic as I know the monies will be handled professionally and with due caution, forever. This award will help a student benefit from Vic’s ability to foster balanced yet critical thinking and knowledge for its graduates. The leadership of President Paul Gooch and his team has been visionary and in keeping with the very best standards of advanced education.” Edward B. White Vic 6T6 The Timothy E.F. White Scholarship Named in memory of Edward White’s brother, this scholarship is awarded to a Victoria College student achieving excellence during the course of his or her studies.

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Elaine (Barrett) Billings V R. Alan Harris V G. Edmund King Thomas Patrick McQuillan V Robert E. Saunders V 1958 C.T. Craig Kamcke V Olga McKellar V William and Elizabeth Redrupp Alan and Louise Redway V 1959 Gwen M. Farrow V Laurence Hebb V Dougald McDermid J. Clair Peacock V 1960 Pamela (Matthews) McPherson and Thomas McPherson David A. Lemmon V 1961 Alan and Judy Fleming Elaine M. (Westheuser) Godwin Judy A. Hunter V William Wright 1962 James M. Babcock V Carol F. Danbrook Helen L. Goggin Freda D. Wilson 1963 Marion Adams Philip Maude and Mary McDougall Maude V 1964 Murray and Susan Armitage Foundation Carolyn B. Bowker V 1965 Nancy (Caldecott) Sutherland V 1966 Frank A. Fraser C. Marilyn McCowan V William D. G. Rose V Byron B. Yates V 1967 William E. Conklin Peter M. Ennals Linda E. MacRae V N. Jane Pepino Virginia R. Robeson 1968 Peter Bennett V 1969 Jodi S. White

Photography: (Opposite page) Victoria Alumni Office; Courtesy Jessica McCrae

1972 Terence Dalgleish V Garth M. Girvan V 1975 Richard and Sue (Hanbidge) Harris V Roger C. Hutchinson V Charles A. Webster V 1979 Alison M. Schofield 1986 Mark Belanger 1994 Ellen Redcliffe 2001 Stephanie A. Corbet V 2002 Jane Brushey-Martin V 2004 Roy Ambury Stuart 2007 Robert McGavin V

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“ I feel so privileged to have had the opportunity to study and prepare for ministry at Emmanuel College. When I learned that the bursary Humbercrest United had created was becoming difficult for us to administer effectively, Emmanuel College was the obvious choice to receive this gift and continue the legacy for us. During Humbercrest United’s 100th year, it is a joy to know that this gift will continue to give students help in pursuing their calling.” Jessica McCrae Emm 0T1, minister, Humbercrest United Church

Photography: (Opposite page) Victoria Alumni Office; Courtesy Jessica McCrae

Humbercrest United Church Bursary Awarded to basic degree United Church of Canada students with financial need, preferably to candidates for the Order of Ministry.

1970 Joseph W. Bolla Peter G. Kyle 1971 Christine M. A. Deja 1972 David Davidson Robert J. Dawson 1973 C. Michael Harpur V 1974 Margaret E. Devitt V Barbara E. French David Allan Harris V Francis O. E. G. McInerney K. D. Casey McKibbon David J. Watt 1975 William Friend Deborah and Douglas Herridge 1976 Stephen Bowman and Elizabeth Koester V John D. Denisavitch 1977 Brenda M. Bloberg Holz Susan V. Hewitt 1979 Garfield R. Mitchell Milan Rupic 1980 David G. Burgess Ian Currie Jane Field and H. Dore V Greer Anne Wenh-In Ng V 1981 Susan (Allan) Gillmeister Brian K. Johnston V David L. Swail 1982 Wm. John and Barbara Armstrong Robert Farquharson V 1983 Betty Farquharson Katherine A. Ives V David Kotler 1984 B. Lynne Golding V 1985 Mark V. Friedland 1986 Robert J. Saffrey 1988 Iria Statiris 1990 Nina-Marie E. Lister 1999 Constance Ruth Boldt 2001 Sarah K. Hirschorn Jennifer Elizabeth Pugsley V 2002 Natalie Treboute

Friends Marisa Barlas V Bell Canada— Employee Giving Program Gerald E. Bentley Jr. and Elizabeth B. Bentley William R. Bowen and Sandra J. Gavinchuk V Debra Dearlove David Demson Martha Drake V Konrad Eisenbichler V Patricia Fedak Christopher W. W. Field Jacob and M. Elizabeth Martin Ed K. Murl Shirley Pentland Olga L. Pugliese V Renaissance and Reformation Manuela Scarci R. Bruce Scott David Steadman TD Canada Trust M. Deborah Van Eeken and Solomon Nigosian Edward Walker W. Donald Watt J. Patrick Whaley and Lynda Jenner David S. Wright

purple and gold circle, scarlet and gold circle $100 – $499 1932 Jane (Brien) Bateman V 1935 Dorothy I. M. Black V Helen S. Wadge V 1937 William D. Howison V C. May Nott* 1938 L. Eveleigh Smith V 1939 Genevieve F. Carder V Melba F. Munholland V 1940 E. Patricia Andrews Philip D. Carman V Isobel M. Cork V 1941 Lois Bobier Enid M. Ewart V Anne H. Jones

Betty I. McLean V 1942 Alan E. Roffey V 1943 Jeanie C. (Sweet) and Rodger S. Bishop V Helen R. Gray Edithe K. (McGeachy) Lewis V Agnes E. Masters V Margaret (Dillon) Norquay William and Isobel Waugh 1944 M. Isabell Asselstine V Aubrey G. S. Edworthy Goldwin French W. Geoffrey Julian V Elizabeth G. Lenehan M. Jewitt Parr V 1945 Mildred S. Barrie V M. Eleanor Broadus 1945 Kenneth Charles and Ruth Brown V Rosalind Cartwright V June A. Currie Richard Jeanes Margaret M. Knittl M. Barbara Rooke V Pauline M. Scott V Edith M. Wallace 1946 Thurza (Swinnerton) Dawkins V Marion L. Gordon M. Rowena McLellan Doris E. Pearce V Mary E. Robinson V John A. Schell Janet M. Wardlaw 1947 Ruth E. Balmer V Adrian and Margaret Brook V William Carmichael V Dorothy J. Cooke Helen Dunlop Betsie (Ewing) Gerber V Colleen O. Gildner V E. Margaret Jackman V Elizabeth Matthews Jean E. (Duncan) Moore V

Jack Pearse V Gordon G. Pickell Mary Patricia Raymond Elizabeth G. Rogers V Louella M. Sturdy Margaret Jean Turnbull John B. Vickery V A. Douglas and M. Helen Small 1948 Craig Armstrong* V Elizabeth Bartlett Mary E. Cook V Robert H. Crawford V Wilma J. Friend J. Bruce Fyfe Gwendolyn J. Gardner V Edward J. Glover V Edward T. Hill V Patricia Consuelo Jenkins Marion (Zoellner) Johnston Ralph E. King V Mary W. Laurence V Joan (Peck) McDonald V Donald R. Milne Helen E. and John D. Pearse V Mary E. (Schweitzer) Pleasance V Margaret J. Riches V Lois Y. Smyth J. Douglas Snedden V D. Graham Tipple V William E. Toye V Norma M. Warren 1949 Jean I. Aceti V John F. and Muriel E. Anderson Peter Bremner Vernon Browne John L. Cummins* Eleanor M. David V Marjorie L. Ewing V Albert H. Fast James C. Gardner V

Jean E. Gray V Thora J. Harvey V M. Margaret Irvine William Edward MacLatchy June V. Malabar Frederick Manson G. Murray Maxwell Alan Rodgman V Agnes (Johnston) Ruhl V Margaret E. Stafford V Anna M. Strike V James A. Taylor Bruce W. Whitehouse V Leonard G. Wilson V Isabel C. Young V Margaret R. Zavitz 1950 M. Elizabeth Chapman V James Cruise V Jean S. Dalziel V C. Isobel Davey V Harry M. Denning V Elizbeth (Coulter) Dodds V R. Alison Hall John L. Harvey V Elizabeth A. Johnson Margaret Ann Lorimer V Thomas A. Milburn V Joan M. Neilson V Alfred L. Nelson Verna Maud Reid Helen B. Sing V Betty Mary Tudor 1951 Joyce L. Beare Rogers William R. and Shirley A. Beatty Bruce Charles Bone V Aileen A. C. Bowyer V Charles R. Catto Dieter Dahlke W. Thomas Delworth and Pamela Osler Delworth A. Paul Dilks and Carol Dilks

V 5 years or more of consecutive giving to Victoria V 10 years or more of consecutive giving to Victoria

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“ There are many wonderful things about Vic—above all, the students. It is a pleasure to be in the classroom with them. We have also been privileged that Vic has given us the opportunity to participate in the development of many initiatives, including the Vic One program and our teacher education programs. They have served our students well and provided us with great satisfaction. We are fortunate to be at Vic!” Sheila 7T1 and David Cook Vic 6T9

M. Ann R. Elson Dorothy (Adams) Forbes V Peggy Fry V Joyce E. Hall V J. Douglas Head V Agnes Gillies Hendry Barbara Anne Holt V Richard V. Howson V William D. Hughey Margaret I. J. Jackson V John and Inna MacDougall Nancy Elizabeth Mallett Eleanor Mae McLaren John E. Rhame Bruce H. Weppler V 1952 Mildred A. Alexander V Robert S. Anglin Sylvia H. Backshall V Howard Bray Jean E. Cawkwell Donald E. Erling Ardath M. Francis V Margaret L. Huckle Kenneth and Mary Lund V Mary P. Mallory Carol F. McDermott Donald D. Mooney V Lorne R. O’Neill V Barbara R. Reid V Elizabeth Rochester V Mary E. Sarjeant Patricia K. Stewart Keith L. Sumner V Dorothy I. Wilson V Maxwell and Janice Yalden 1953 H. A. Batstone V Helen (Shemilt) Channen V Donald W. Hall V Wm Dennis Harper V Fred F. Langford Alvin A. Lee Jacquelyn Lewis Douglas G. MacLeod

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Wallace and Elizabeth McLeod V Hugh L. Nugent V John G. Reid V Allen E. Robinson V Ralph Scane V C. Shirley J. Sims and C. Glenna J. Sims-Bonk William Tynkaluk Margaret L. Waddington V 1954 Jeanine C. Avigdor Diana Bacon V Isabel M. Baker Philip B. Cooke V Eleanor L. Ellins V George H. Gregg V Olga T. Griffin V Nancy J. Lyons V Bruce and Donna Mackey V John Millyard Elizabeth Myles V Caryl J. Peterson V Marjorea K. Roblin V L. Jean Stewart Jocelyn D. Stratton 1955 Mary Jane Asselstine V Arnold T. Bailey V John Becker and Gwenne Becker Suzanne Cousland V Lloyd N. Freel V James Gaskin V Patricia A. Green V Shirley Johnson Marion Laurena Kirkwood V William P. Magee Sybil A. McEnteer Ria J. McMurtry V Margaret A. Pinkerton V Mary E. Polak V R. Allison Roach Allan T. and Joan Shaw V Patricia V. Simpson V Margaret Stoicheff R. K. Stokes V Nora R. Wilson V

1956 Barbara A. Burbidge V Robert A Burrows Eleanor J. Burton V W. H. Fred Caloren Raymond G. Carl V Gordon Alexander Coyne V John Crawford V Ronald B. Glenesk Lois I. Jempson V J. William Lamb Sandra Irene Lane Joan M. Lawson V Margaret M. Lewis V Gordon Neil MacKinnon V Mary M. Manion Beverley Rhodes Shirley Ann Shortt Frank Shuttleworth V V. Marilyn Turner V Mary Janet van den Bergh Jean Wright 1957 K. Allan Cuzen V Lucille M. D’Agostino Margaret R. Johnston Nancy L. Kenyon John D. Lane V Patricia (Pyne) Lane V Joan Lumsden Jacquelyn E. F. Mayer Barbara (Brandon) and Jim McCowan Joyce A. McLean Margaret Munday Ronald G. Ostic V Nancy E. Ritchie V Patricia Rodgers V A. Louise Rolston Clarice Evans Siebens Richard Verity V David O. Wainwright 1958 Margaret Baily V Douglas G. Brewer V John A. Cameron Stanley Nelson Farrow V Helen Virginia Finley W. Ross Fleming V

Gerald and Georgia Helleiner V M. Gordon Hueston Donald A. Johns V Victor G. Lotto Frances Bond McElroy William and Elizabeth Metcalfe Robert Remnant V Barbara C. Robinson R. Gary Seagrave V Donald R. Stadler V Sheila Summerhays Allen M. Tough* 1959 Jean M. Bailey Phyllis M. O’Brien Donald Bell James and Suzanne Bradshaw V David Brillinger Elizabeth J. Chambers Daryl L. Cook David MacMurchy Cullen V Marjorie Marilyn Devine V David Gault Hugh Gemmell V Donald Grant John and Judith Grant Jill Guertin Donna M. Heyland John D. Humphreys Ivan L. Hurlbut C. Frederick Johnston C. Kaye Kleine-Ahlbrandt Patricia Ruth Leach Patricia E. Legate J. Clark Leith Barbara A. Manrique V Hugh W. McKervill M. Jean Pardo James Douglas Sharples V Janet E. Sheridan V

Nancy Ann Evelyn Smale Ronald B. Turner V 1960 Margaret Jane Barnum V Marilyn R. Brewer-Patterson V Fergus Clydesdale R. A. Francis V B. John Hunter Bessie E Lane John Lazier V Donald Charles Matheson James Maxwell V Murray A. McBride Carol G. McKinley Nancy H. Murphy V Daniel and Marilyn Norman V H. K. Plant Mary C. Redekop 1961 Donald S. Affleck Mary Jean Affleck Peter T. Alexander D. R. Allan Douglas H. and Marylys Brown V J. Douglas Bryden V John R. Carbert Helenmaria L. M. Darker Margaret E Dewar Frank Friesen V Ann L. Haag Marian Dingman Hebb V John Hunter Katharine M. Kent V A. David Kneeshaw C. M. B. Kuzeljevich Eileen T. Laker Dorothy Landells V Gary R. Logan Joanne E. MacDonald Gary L. Magee J. Garry McEachern Helen (Truscott) Mitchell V

V 5 years or more of consecutive giving to Victoria V 10 years or more of consecutive giving to Victoria

Photography: (Opposite page) Victoria Alumni Office; Courtesy Gilbert Edward Howey

The Sheila and David Cook Award Awarded to a Victoria College student who has completed the Ryerson Stream of Vic One and who is pursuing a teacher education program. The award will be given to individuals who best exemplify leadership and the qualities of an excellent teacher.

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Photography: (Opposite page) Victoria Alumni Office; Courtesy Gilbert Edward Howey

Patricia M. Mitchell Edward M. Moskal Mary E. Neal Roy Shoji Oiye V Darcy Griffith Rector Dorothea A. Sprung V Earlene E. Sutton Michael G. Thorley V Joan E. Tooke John Traill Marilyn Y. White 1962 Janette H. (Lindsay) Johnston V Joyce A. Ballagh Elizabeth J. Black V Jean-Marc and Stephanie L. Charron Eileen E. Doner L. Diane Dyer V Beverley A. Edgecombe V Edward J. R. Jackman William Lee Morningstar Stanley F. B. Neal W. John Rae Brian C. Westlake V Glen D. Wright Toshio Yamamoto V 1963 M. Dianne Bird V Elizabeth J. Bliss V Al Brereton V John Clipsham V Barbara M. Colley Marilyn R. Dippell V Joachim and Gail Doehler Kenneth Fisher V C. Brian Harper William J. Henricks Helen Hopper William and Catharine Lord V Heather J. Millar Mary Jane Miller Helen S L Reid J. Barry Riddell V William R. Townsley V Lorna J. Whitty 1964 Bernice May Ellen Bain Jon G. Baird

F. L. James Beal Catherine K. and Peter B. Canham Eleanor I. Currie V Janette M. MacDonald V Geoffrey O. Fitzpatrick V Elizabeth A. Gerrie and David Yeung V Benjamin Johnson V Peter Lewis Pamelia E. Lock V Peter Mitchelson Judith A. Ramsay Bruce Taylor V Douglas Ward V Leonard A. Wilkinson 1965 Barbara R. Bogle John D. Coburn Paul R. Dempsey V Judith and Peter Drake V Cynthia Elson V Carol Finch V Leslie David Foreman John B. Green John Hall V Kenneth L. Harlock David J. Holdsworth V Phyllis Virginia Holmes John A. Hutchinson V Glenys M. Huws and A. H. Harry Oussoren David I. Macleod V Richard H. Moffat V Wilfried Neidhardt V Brian Ridley V Phylip D. Tinning Donald Waterfall V 1966 Doris A. Arnold John M. Baty V E. Jane Braiden Patricia E. Fenton Janet D. Jacobson Donald Laing W. Ronald and Maureen McCallum V Marjorie J. Smith Paul Reginald Stott V Mary L. Tigert V A. Toguri Family

Helen I. Whidden Daniel R. Zadorozny 1967 Helena M. Bastedo V Dennis N. Boadway Carole A. Brenner V Wallace J. Brown Katherine L. Ennis V Elizabeth A. Graham Ronald T. Hunt Andrew Lawless D. Brian and Camille Lipsett Katherine A. McTavish Daisy R. Rickard Richard T. Wardell 1968 Lynn D. Bennett V Stephen Brown Ian B. Buttars M. Ann Dewees Michael N. Durisin Michael Eben John and Lynne Glenney V James Gregory V John D. Gregory V Barbara R. Healey V Patricia Kathleen Higgins Grant E. Lewis V Belle-Anne Luce V John A. Miller Catherine A. Williams V 1969 J. Edwin F. Bryan V Gertrude I. E. Dean Elspeth M. Deir V Dorothy M. Farr Calvert L. Francis Mel and Carmen Greif Joan H. Miles 1970 R. Michael Benton Aris Birze V Richard D. Cooke Jana S. L. Nilsson Nina Gorky Shapiro Jim and Susan E. Vogl Blakelock V Margot Young 1971 David and Heather Bichan David C. G. Brown V

D. Michael Fertile V C. G. James Hewitt V Carmen Holbrough Reginald P. M. Lukasik Norma M. MacIntyre Wendi J. MacKay Michael A. Orr John G. Richardson V R. Margaret Robertson Elizabeth J. Shilton Alexander Sosna Doreen Sproule Gary and Louise Sugar 1972 Bruce A. Avery V Margaret Irene Buchanan Bruce P. King V A. Beth Moore V William J. H. Ostrander Sandra D. Pett V Patricia Young Maria Hrycaiko Zaputovich V 1973 Scott K. Agur Vincent D. Alfano V Caroline D. Arcuri Bronwyn R. Best V Marilyn R. Christensen Lorraine J. Clark Nora Christine Clark Brenda Ferguson Pauline J. Houlden V Robert M. Jackson V Terence E. Land Brian G. McClellan Clinton Mooney V Ellen Elizabeth Simpson-Maissan R. Peter Tomczak V 1974 Elisabeth B. A. Braun David L. Farrington V Christopher John Hains V Keith P. Johnson James D. MacLean Donald L. Richmond V Christopher H. Rogers Donald F. Thompson Dianne E. Woods V

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Melanie C. W. Campbell R. William Dunn V John E. Engeland V L. Jane Featherston-Ferch V M. Noel James V The Jarrett Family Jennifer Anne Johnson Harry Manning V Mary A. Spencer V Patricia A. Teterus V 1976 Lynn Carson David G. Cowper-Smith V Lesley Evans V Diane J. Hill V Ronald R. Holden Robin M. A. MacKie V Jane P. Morris Cleve Sheffield John H. Wyatt 1977 John C. Adams V Gordon D. Fulton V Constance J. Green V J. Greg Richards Allan J. Saunders Ella T. Taylor-Walsh 1978 Virginia E. Arnott V Donna M. Burton David Fallis and Alison MacKay V Jeffrey Gollob V Diane K. J. Oki V Cheryl A. Rhodes F. Helen Rodd Neville L. Smith Heinz-Michael A. Voelker Michele M. S. Ward 1979 David L. Adams John Cartwright Heather and Paul Conolly-Mingay V Lawrence G. Gordon Robert Hanna Carolyn V. E. Hitchman Joy L. Rosen David K. Shearman Karen J. Virag Joseph R. Wright

“ I hold three degrees from the University of Toronto: a BA, MA and MD (psychiatry). I credit my mother’s highland Scottish background for my love and value of education. As an Ontario farm boy, I had a five-mile walk to a one-room country school. It was a wonderful and challenging experience to go to Toronto’s Victoria College in 1952. For my 60th birthday, my family and friends honoured me with the establishment of an academic scholarship at Vic. More recently, I have gifted a life insurance policy and my RRIF to this scholarship so that the next generation will also enjoy an enriching university experience.” Gilbert Edward Howey Vic 5T6 The Gilbert Edward Howey Scholarship Awarded to a student who intends to complete a degree in a humanities subject or subjects. Preference will be given to candidates from a rural Ontario background or from a small urban community.

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“ Our roots with Vic run deep—multiple generations have graduated from the College and my parents were married in its chapel. My mother, Doris Hubbert Vic 4T0, and her sister, Helen Vic 2T9, were students in an era when women weren’t as likely to go on to postsecondary education. They truly valued their time at Vic and the education they received. This award honours their memory and will help provide others with the opportunity to pursue their educational dreams.” James Harshman of The Harshman Fellowships Society

1980 Barbara Laing-Hiseler V Laura L. Lalonde Andrew Tymoszewicz Geoffrey W. H. Vernon 1981 Hilda F. Buisman Paul K. Clarry V Susan E. Gunton Michael J. Hall Adele L. Jackson Zwimpfer Jim Lawson Steven H. Paikin V Paula L. Quigley D. Alan Smith V Tamara (Morris) Smith V 1982 Kenneth C. Bahen Lenna M. Bradburn Douglas H. Brown V Brian E. G. Clarke Douglas C. Cornett Lorne E. Farr V Christopher Glowienka Elizabeth S. Marmura Martha A. Mingay Margaret A. Reid V Barbara A. Spottiswood Kimberly Ann Turner 1983 Kent Ing Carole McAfee-Wallace Lisa M. Miettinen V Mark Scarrow Hamish Stewart V David Stinson K. Jane Watt V Douglas Wright 1984 David F. Barrows V Marilyn C. Dunnill Deborah M. Hart Janet E. Heisey Alison M. Kelford Smith Carolyn J. McBean Valerie Scane V Norman P. Seurukas V Nada Tijanic Vivian J. Yarwood 1985 David A. Barker V Christine L. Comi

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John A. McIntosh V R. Greg McKnight John E. McLeod B. Josephine Mewett M. Domenico Volza V Amanda Walton V Jeff J. Wilker 1986 Taras W. Ciomyk V Jonathan R. Grant Karen A. Hamilton Ross Leckie Angela M. Murphy Hisako Narimatsu 1987 Paul A. Brundage Nancy E. Hardy V Ronald Nickle Susanne E. VanderLugt Ian Willson 1988 Martine A. Celej V Steven Elder V Wai K. Fung Jeffrey B. Hawkins Jinan A. Kubursi 1989 Cynthia H. Cooper Janet E. Davison V David M. Mathers William E. McDowell Paul Fraser Thompson Catherine A. Wells Jennifer M. Wood 1990 Janice E. Franklin Melanie Gilbert Elizabeth A. Lundy 1991 Sascha Hastings V Ari I. Lightman Bradley T. Morrison V Tara Somerville 1992 Ping Ying Chung Connie E. Fennell V Ellen Grace McIntosh-Green 1993 Laura Elizabeth Anagnostakos Anita (Grigal) Gaide 1994 C. M. Swire Chin Jesse Chaim Reiter Young-Joon Rhee V

1995 K. Elizabeth Agnew Beverly Joanne Michelle Bly Nelsona Constance Dundas V Dung Minh-Anh Le Philip W. Locke V Laura Roberta Shaw 1997 Don Lang Elizabeth Sangster 1999 Chris Cheung James Malcolm Finlay V Kent Douglas James Garrett V Camilla Long-Yan Wong 2000 Judith Campbell V 2001 Adelia (Moura) Marchese 2002 Amanda Jacquelynne Bittner Kristina J. Campbell Mary Lee Laing V 2003 Michelle Elizabeth Harshman Scott Edmond Jahnke V Kathleen Anne and Charles Ian Mack James H. McKean Olivier Kevin Sorin 2004 Dale Estey Erin Ashley McDonald V Kevin G. Tam Gregory P. Vermeulen V 2005 Lois E. Brown 2006 Rahul Bhat Alexandra Lucie Sorin Linda Tung-Prangley V 2007 Kayley Collum Patricia Goyette Townsend Haines V Brian La 2008 Wanda Dayle Burse Zinzi DeSilva Alexandra Horsky Debra P. McGill 2009 Stanley R. Bunston V Leslie Hills Janet Uren 2011 Elise Anne Feltrin

Friends Phyllis and Matthew Airhart Dorothy Amos V Edward G. Andrew Elizabeth A. and Hugh Anson-Cartwright Jeffrey Bacon BMO Financial Group V The Bank of New York Mellon Community Partnership Andrew Beelik Larry D. Bell Ann Black Josiah Blackmore V Ellen and Murray Blankstein V Bolton United Church Women V Ashley Bruce Leslie Buehner V Anthony G. S. Careless Centennial Japanese United Church Women V Lorna Goodison and Ted Chamberlin V Vera and John Chau V Norman and Marian Childerhose Eleanor Cook Brian and Linda Corman Christopher George Cunningham Hans B. de Groot Sherwin Desser Marie D’Iorio James C. Douglas John Dravers Peter J. Dravers Nicholas Eben William Edwards V Fairlawn Avenue United Church Women V Albert P. Fell Peter D. Goddard Dorothea Godt and Ulrich Tepass

Edward Gordon Grady William Harvey Toni and Robin Healey Joan M. Hill Chaviva Hosek Humbercrest United Church Women V Michael and Linda Hutcheon Vicki Johnson Kyle Jolliffe Janet Florence Kirkconnell Michael Laine V Richard Landon* Jill L. Levenson Joan Lewis Marcus J. Michell Louise Moorhouse Shelagh Morley Shirley C. Neuman Nobleton United Church Women Northern Waters Presbyterial United Church Women Ichiro Okura Carol E. Percy Lawrence K. Porter and Sheila Porter Edith Reese Aubrey and Yvonne Rosenberg V Royal York Road United Church Lorne Shields Victoria Wenwai Mok Siu David Smith St. Andrew’s United Church Women V St. Bartholomew’s United Church Women Brian Stock Trinity United Church Women V United Church Women Susannah and Petr Varmuza Betty Ward Raymond L. Whaley*

V 5 years or more of consecutive giving to Victoria V 10 years or more of consecutive giving to Victoria

Photography: (Opposite page) Courtesy Victoria University Archives; Victoria Alumni Office

The Helen Muriel and Doris Elizabeth Hubbert Award Awarded to a Victoria College graduating student with financial need who is pursuing postgraduate studies in the sciences and who demonstrates good citizenship, good social responsibility and leadership in society.

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Victoria University Heritage Donors Victoria University gratefully recognizes the following individuals who have declared their intention to include Victoria in their estate’s charitable giving plans.

Photography: (Opposite page) Courtesy Victoria University Archives; Victoria Alumni Office

Phyllis D. Airhart E. Patricia Andrews 4T0 John and Barbara Armstrong 8T2 Doris A. (Jessinghouse) Arnold 6T6 Jeanine C. (MacDonald) Avigdor 5T4 G. William Bahen 5T0 Gillian (Smiley) Bartlett 7T0 Kenneth R. Bartlett 7T1 John Baty 6T6 Bernice and Claude Bell 5T2 Phelps Bell 5T3 David K. Bernhardt 5T8 Dorothy I. M. Black 3T5 Diane Hoar Bond and David E. Bond 7T2 William R. Bowen and Sandra J. Gavinchuk 7T5 Michelle E. Brotherton and John Rumerfield Kenneth Brian Burnham 5T6 Eleanor J. Burton 5T6 Dan Camposano 8T3 Muriel M. Spurgeon Carder 6T9 Margaret G. Chambers 3T8 Ben Chan 8T7 Lawrence R. Cohen 7T2 Annalijn Conklin 0T2 Dick Cousland 5T4 Gwen M. Davenport 5T0 Marion (Chatterjee) Davies 5T5 Larry Davies Margaret Jeannetta Davis 4T2

Robert C. Dowsett 5T0 Martha Drake Peggy Duhig L. Diane Dyer 6T2 Freda M. Eickmeyer 4T7 Konrad Eisenbichler Lesley Evans 7T6 Jean (Birkenshaw) Fennell 4T8 Judy M. (Caldecott) Fleming 6T1 Goldwin S. French 4T4 Douglas G. Gardner 5T0 Elaine (Westheuser) Godwin 6T1 Paul W. Gooch Fred K. Graham John Bryan Green 6T5 V. Jean Griffiths 6T8 Ruth F. (Andrew) Hammond 4T3 Patricia Lillian Hannah 5T0 Elaine M. (Hirtle) Hayden 5T4 Diana L. (Rieder) Heard 8T2 Robert Heard 8T3 Kim and Alex Heath 9T9 William E. Hewitt 6T3 Glenn and Debby (Petrie) Hickling 7T7 Beth Holt 5T0 Dorothy (Flannery) Horwood 4T8 Ian G. M. Howey Gilbert E. Howey 5T6 Kenneth W. Inkster 5T7 C. Douglas Jay 4T6, 5T0 Lynda Jenner 6T2

Alexandra F. Johnston 6T1 Craig T. Kamcke 5T8 Elinor M. Kelly 3T6 Patricia A. Kennedy 6T9 Renate Kozarov 8T7 and Dennis Glasgow F. H. Kim Krenz Eva Kushner Ethel (Upton) Lapp 4T9 Donald G. Lawson 5T1 Janet G. (Macrae) MacInnis 5T9 Murdo MacKinnon 3T8 Barbara (Beath) MacLennan 5T5 Linda E. MacRae 6T7 Helen (Miscevish) Mandarich 4T0 Keith and Pamela McCallum 7T0 Frances Bond McElroy 5T8 Joyce A. (Morley) McLean 5T7 Gordon and Claire McLellan 4T9 Jane Millgate Sharon Gregory and Andrew Mitrovica 8T3 Elizabeth (Holgate) Myles 5T4 H.E. Buzz Neal 4T8 Mary Neal 6T1 and Stan Neal 6T2 Joan M. Neilson 5T0 Anne (Templeton) Nethercott 4T9 Jean (Reilly) O’Grady 6T4 Maryleah (Bullock) Otto 4T9 W. Michael S. Philp 6T4 David W. P. Pretty 4T7 Eileen Prettyman 4T8

Heritage Donor Spotlight Elizabeth Anne Sabiston Vic 9T1, Emm 9T4 passed away in 2010. A regular attendee at events, Sabiston was a very active member of the University community. She served on the Emmanuel College Alumni/ae Association Executive from 1997 to 2007 and was past president of United Church Women in Toronto. Sabiston was a faithful contributor to both Vic and Emmanuel and assisted with the creation of the United Church Women’s 40th Anniversary Award to support students at Emmanuel College, a fund that is nearing $100,000. Sabiston left a bequest to benefit both Victoria and Emmanuel College to support the academic activities of Victoria and to provide scholarship support for Emmanuel students.

Walter and Nancy Pridham 5T3 Phyllis M. (Pope) Purves 5T3 Mary E. Robertson 5T0 Ann Saddlemyer Louise Schryver 3T6 G. Stephen Shantz 6T7 C. Anderson Silber Shirley (Wilson) Sims 5T3 Miriam Anne Skey 5T9 Lilly (Offenbach) Strauss Nancy (Caldecott) Sutherland 6T5 Mary Elizabeth (Teskey) Sykes 4T7 Anne Weldon Tait 5T4 Brian Tennyson 6T2 Pauline A. Thompson 6T3 Irene A. Uchida 4T6 Elizabeth (Eastlake) Vosburgh 6T8 Germaine Warkentin 5T5 Arthur and Ruby Waters 4T6 Nora R. Wilson 5T5 Maria Hrycaiko Zaputovich 7T2 Paula (Mitas) Zoubek 6T2

The Board of Regents gratefully acknowledges the thoughtful bequests of the following Vic alumni and friends whose gifts were received in the past year. Rowland J. and Ivy L. Hart Ruth Dingman Hebb 3T3 Maria Rika Maniates P. Phyllis M. Montgomerie 4T9 Elsie K. Motta 4T0 Dora E. Noy 3T4 Donald G. Ray 4T0, 4T6 Elizabeth Anne Sabiston 9T1, 9T4 Douglas T. Sloan 4T7, 5T0 David Stanley Troyer Elizabeth Rosalind Harris

All those who wish to remain anonymous. If you included Victoria in your will but do not see your name listed above, please contact us at 416-585-4500, toll-free at 1-888-262-9775 or e-mail vic.alumni@utoronto.ca

Where There’s a Will… Victoria University can be designated as a beneficiary in your will. Here’s an example of a suggested wording: I give and bequeath to the Board of Regents of Victoria University, Toronto, Ontario, the sum of $ or % of my estate. If you wish to designate a specific bequest (a scholarship, the library, etc.), please contact Sharon Gregory at 416-585-4500, toll free: 1-888-262-9775 or vic.alumni@ utoronto.ca.

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Goldring Student Centre The Goldring Student Centre is in the homestretch of completion. When the 40,000-square foot centre opens in early 2013, students will have double the current space of the Wymilwood building. “The Goldring Student Centre offers students additional opportunities to be involved in sustainability initiatives on campus,” says Tegan HansenHoedeman, VUSAC’s sustainability commissioner. “From the roofs to the quad, the centre provides green spaces to ensure students have access to outdoor areas where they can work and relax, while promoting a culture of environmental awareness.” Vine covered walls will be used to assist in shading and limiting heat gain in the glazed, southern and eastern façades of the new wing. The sunken garden between Wymilwood and Margaret Addison Hall will become a terraced quadrangle with vegetation along each level and path. There will also be the introduction of two green roofs. The green roof system is a pre-vegetated tray system supplied by LiveRoof Ontario with

succulent ground covers, and highly drought tolerant native and adapted non-native perennials and grasses. Visit uoft.me/givetovic to support the centre or call 416-585-4500/1-888-262-9775.

Alumni Calendar of Events

December 3 Friends of Victoria University Library Annual Friends’ Carol Night, Senior Common Room, Burwash Hall, 7 p.m. December 8 Graduates Christmas Luncheon “Love Lettering Project” with Lindsay Zier-Vogel Vic 0T5 Alumni Hall, 12 p.m. cash bar reception; 12:30 p.m. luncheon. $25 per person.

January 23 VWA “Vic Now” with Kelley Castle, dean of students; Shoaib Alli, VUSAC president; and Carol Canzona, Council of Women, Alumni Hall, Old Vic, 2 p.m. February 8 Vic Chorus Winter Concert Victoria College Chapel, 8 p.m. New this year! February 27 VWA “Palestine Pilgrimage” an illustrated talk with VWA member Ruth (Hunt) Clarke Vic 4T9 and friends, Pat McPhee and Mary Sanderson, Alumni Hall, Old Vic, 2 p.m.

March 22 Vic Chorus Spring Gilbert and Sullivan Concert, Isabel Bader Theatre, 8 p.m. March 27 VWA “Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations” with world-renowned pianist Leslie Kinton, professor of music, University of Western University, Alumni Hall, Old Vic, 2 p.m., $30/person with money raised going to the VWA Endowed Bursary Fund. Visit the Vic website for the most up-to-date event information and news at www.vicu.utoronto.ca. To subscribe to Vic’s e-newsletter contact vic.alumni@utoronto.ca.

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November 28 VWA “Celebrating Northrop Frye” with Dr. Jean (Reilly) O’Grady Vic 6T4, former associate editor of the Collected Works of Northrop Frye, Alumni Hall, Old Vic, 2 p.m.