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Burwash Hall at 100: If Gargoyles Could Talk p. 6
Focus on Philanthropy: Annual Donor Report p. 14
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Autumn 2013 Volume XLII No. 1 Published under the authority of the Board of Regents of Victoria University in the University of Toronto. Publisher: Larry Davies, Executive Director, Alumni Affairs and Advancement Executive Editor: Alison (Massie) Broadworth Vic 9T7, Director, Alumni Affairs and Advancement Editor: Jennifer Little Vic 9T5, Manager, Marketing and Communications Managing Editor: Liz Taylor, Communications Officer Copy Editor: Frank Collins Design: DDB Canada Cover: The Varsity, February 1948. 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/her name from the mailing list. Victoria University respects your privacy and does not rent, trade or sell its mailing lists.
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One advantage of teaching a small seminar to first-year Vic students is that you can invite each student to come to your office to retrieve the first essay and chat for a bit near the beginning of the course. That’s how I learned how Vic student, Vanda, commutes (we’ll call her that since I’ve never taught a Vanda). She lives far north of the city, gets a drive to the end of the subway, and travels the rest of the way via public transit. It’s a commute five days a week, since she has classes every day. When we added up the hours, she spends as much time travelling as she does in class—a combined total of at least 30 hours every week. As we talked, she was concerned that she wouldn’t have time to participate in any other activity beyond studying—an anxiety common among commuter students. Her university places of learning were, thus far, restricted to classrooms alone. I’ve been thinking recently about the importance of place in learning. With the rapid development of educational technologies, it is no longer just an imaginary world in which one gains a university degree without leaving the desk in one’s bedroom with its screen and internet connection. Tuition is paid by online banking; and in this world, one can even print off the diploma to hang on the bedroom wall. Perhaps such solitary, techno-centric learning can work for some kinds of topics, but it seems an impoverished way to become a truly educated person. We are blessed at Vic with a strong sense of place. Although the University of Toronto is one of the continent’s largest urban universities, the college system creates places for communities, and Victoria’s property and architecture form a veritable oasis in a busy city. The Richardsonian Romanesque Old Vic and the clean, modernist Pratt library, the solidity of stone and slate, the green of ivy, all speak of an enduring community that attends to form and beauty. In the classrooms you can find blackboards, whiteboards and the latest IT equipment; wireless connections are available in our common spaces, study and eating areas. But the quality of place matters, for it makes possible the benefits of belonging to a community, and enhances all the interactions of learning. This fall we celebrated the opening of the newest space at Vic, the Goldring Student Centre, funded by $10 million from alumni donations and a $7-million contribution from students. Full of light and reflecting the architectural features of Charles Street—including the ivycovered walls of Burwash and the Isabel Bader Theatre—the Goldring Student Centre has handsome places for VUSAC offices, club and society rooms, Ned’s Café, formal committee rooms and informal lounges, and quiet study space. The building is student-focused and student-related and houses the office of the dean of students, and because current students will eventually be alumni, the office of alumni affairs is on the third floor. As much learning as in any classroom will transpire in the Goldring Student Centre, in happenstance conversation and in the non-credit (and therefore stress-free) programmed discussions with faculty and alumni, overseen by the dean. Attending to the significance of architectural places for learning won’t in itself guarantee success, but it certainly does help to attract students, and expresses the value we place on the whole of their experience at Vic. This fall Vanda, and those like her without a strong sense of place, will have the opportunity to inhabit and enjoy a splendid building which is more than physical space. The Goldring Student Centre will be a place of intersection for all those activities and interactions beyond the formal curriculum that make for a truly educated person.
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Remembering President Goldwin French
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by alexandra johnston vic 6t1 Goldwin French Vic 4T4 was president of Victoria University colleges into halls of residence. On the Emmanuel College for six of my 10 years as principal of Victoria College. I have side, the Toronto School of Theology was very new when he a very clear memory of the day that he, and the chair of the was appointed, and he threw himself behind the negotiations Board of Regents, Dennis Lane Vic 5T4, took me to lunch at the being conducted with U of T, led by Professor Douglas Jay Vic ‘hot’ venue near Vic in those days, the Three Small Rooms of 4T6, Emm 5T0 (who would become principal of Emmanuel the Windsor Arms, and asked me if I would consider doing the in 1981) to arrive at a memorandum of understanding with the job of principal. I was somewhat taken aback because I was just University that allows conjoint degrees in theology with the 42 and a woman. What were they thinking? But I later learned University of Toronto—a truly remarkable achievement. that the unconventional was Goldie’s way. Underneath his During the years that Doug Jay and I worked closely with gentle outward appearance was a strong and independent will Goldie (1981 to 1987), we knew we could count on him for wise that sought the best for the struggling institution he had been advice and strong support as we joined him in the struggle appointed to guide through very difficult times. to keep some semblance of ethos and independence for both His appointment came as a surprise to the Vic community. colleges. He was always ready to listen and I, for one, always A.B.B. Moore had been retired for only two years and his ‘larger came away treasuring the twinkle in his eye when he suggested than life’ image still dominated our idea of ‘the president.’ a course of action that was as audacious as it was sensible. In After all, Moore had hired most of the then Vic faculty. We all 1973 he came to a university in crisis and uncertainty. Fourteen knew that major changes were coming to Vic—the terms of the years later, he left to his successors a university with the firm federation with the University of Toronto were about to change foundations of negotiated agreements for both colleges with in a way that would radically alter the nature of the College. U of T that have allowed the presidents and principals who Not only were the financial arrangements about to change, but followed him to change and grow Victoria in ways we could not the College’s departments were also about to become a thing imagine when he came. He was truly a valiant warrior. of the past and the employment conditions of all the faculty President Emeritus Goldwin Sylvester French (1923–2013) passed away on were soon to be altered irrevocably. Our financial situation was August 18. Goldie, as he was affectionately known, served as president and unclear. What was the Board thinking appointing this church vice-chancellor of Victoria University from 1973 to 1987. A celebration of his historian from McMaster whom none of us knew? What the life was held at Victoria College on October 9. Board knew was that Victoria needed someone who was not fettered by old familiar patterns of relationships within the complex parts of the University of Toronto that had to change with the times. Goldie proved an astute negotiator during his presidency. He led negotiations with U of T on several fronts at once. On the Victoria College side, he guided the early negotiations that led to the memorandum of understanding that still (in its evolving form) governs the relationship between the colleges and the Faculty of Arts and Science, stubbornly trying to cede as little ground as he could of Vic’s independence as a separate institution—all in the face of a strong counter-determination from U of T to turn the federated arts and science President Goldwin French in the Office of the President, Northrop Frye Hall, 1982. vic report autumn 2013
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Navigating Change from Gutenberg to Google Chief Librarian Robert C. Brandeis Retires Robert C. Brandeis, Victoria University’s chief librarian since 1977, retired on August 31, 2013. Brandeis completed his PhD in English at the University of Leicester, his MLS at the University of Toronto and was chief librarian of Huron College, University of Western Ontario, before joining Vic. Over the course of Brandeis’s 36-year career at Vic, immense change occurred as the world moved away from the printing press and into the digital age. Brandeis helped successfully navigate this seismic shift in how information is accessed on campus and created a Victoria University Library that consistently remained in the vanguard of a successful library model. “University libraries have seen large changes since Bob Brandeis first came to Vic,” says President Paul Gooch. “Under his leadership, the E.J. Pratt Library has become a model undergraduate library, and renowned for its world-class special collections. Coming generations of researchers and students will be indebted to him for his careful stewardship and development of these priceless resources.” Brandeis has helped realize an immense on-line presence for the user, in addition to building, enhancing, and promoting Vic’s 300,000 volumes and more than 90 named special collections. These world-renowned collections include E.J. Pratt, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Virginia Woolf, William
Blake, Northrop Frye Vic 3T3, Emm 3T6 and Norman Jewison Vic 4T9. Thanks to the leadership of Brandeis, along with his dedicated staff, more than 3,000 digital items and objects are also available online as part of Vic’s Digital Collections, and the Robert Brandeis in the E.J. Pratt Library. Victoria University Archives boasts a robust on-line presence to show off its collection that dates back to 1836. In 2001 Brandeis helped oversee a major renovation of the E.J. Pratt Library—the first of its kind since its opening in 1960. This multi-year process saw an increase in computer infrastructure, smart classrooms and study space—something that continued to be well-managed under Brandeis over the past decade—to accommodate student and technological demands. Lisa Sherlock was named Brandeis’s successor as of September 1. Please see page 13 for a special Faculty Forum by Robert Brandeis.
Orientation Convocation The incoming Victoria College class was welcomed at September’s Orientation Convocation and a Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, conferred upon Izzeldin Abuelaish. He dedicated the honour to his late wife and three daughters, and “the innocent.” In his speech to the incoming class, he challenged them to dream big and never underestimate themselves. “Go in confidence, the world is awaiting you,” he said. “Have hope, have faith and take action.” Abuelaish is an internationally recognized proponent of peace, especially between Palestinians and Israelis. He sees health and health care as a bridge to peace. He has worked with many international organizations in areas of conflict, and his goal is to end suffering through creating working partnerships to foster forgiveness and reconciliation between communities in conflict. Izzeldin Abuelaish at Old Vic on September 4. 4
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Motivated by the horrific death of his three daughters and niece during the 2009 Gaza War, Abuelaish published his 2010 book, I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor’s Journey. This acclaimed book underlines how medicine is a human equalizer and that doctors can be messengers for peace. It has been translated into 20 languages. Abuelaish was born, raised and educated in a refugee camp of the Gaza Strip. Thanks to a scholarship, he studied medicine at Cairo University, then specialized in obstetrics and gynecology (University of London) and completed his residency at Israel’s Soroka University. He also holds a Master in Public Health from Harvard University. He was the first Palestinian doctor to receive an appointment in medicine at an Israeli hospital. He joined U of T’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Global Health Division) in 2009 where his research interests include global public health, women’s health, and conflict and peace. Abuelaish’s commitment to peace, justice and human rights has earned him audiences with politicians around the world and a myriad of honours, including appointment to the Order of Ontario in 2012. He currently lives in Toronto with his five children.
Photographs: (Opposite page) Peg McCarthy, Victoria Alumni Office; Horst Herget
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An Expansion, a Renovation, a Destination The Goldring Student Centre Officially Opens its Doors Hundreds gathered outside the Goldring Student Centre on September 25 to celebrate the official opening of the building. The beautiful weather allowed for an outdoor ceremony with a brass quintet and a lively reception. The project was made possible by a lead donation from siblings Blake and Judy Goldring Vic 8T1 and 8T8 respectively, who were on hand with their families to cut the red ribbon. Victoria’s students pledged one-third of the capital project’s costs and alumni contributed an additional $6 million, including a $1-million gift generously donated by Chancellor Wendy Cecil Vic 7T1. “This splendid lead gift from Blake and Judy inspired a major contribution from our students, and with their assistance and the generosity of others, especially our chancellor, we now have a wonderful place that encourages all those activities and interactions that make up a wellrounded education,” says President Paul Gooch. “We’re truly, deeply grateful.”
Photographs: (Opposite page) Peg McCarthy, Victoria Alumni Office; Horst Herget
President Paul Gooch announced a $1-million gift to the Goldring Student Centre from Chancellor Wendy Cecil Vic 7T1 during his remarks at the official opening on September 25. The Wendy Marion Cecil Atrium, named in recognition of this generous gift, is a bright and inviting two-storey space that overlooks the new quadrangle. “I was a commuter student, so I spent a lot of time in this building doing homework,” says Cecil. “We all have our own reasons for supporting the University, and it is particularly inspiring to see that Vic alumni and students also have that same focus on supporting future generations.”
The transformation of the old Wymilwood building, which first opened in 1951, began with the preservation of existing iconic features—such as the cantilevered staircase and corrugated roof—and ended with a transformational glass and stone addition, for a grand total of 40,000 square feet of new and renovated space for students and staff. Guests were invited to view the new donor wall and tour the building with its many remarkable features and spaces. The building runs along the north side of Charles Street West and houses meeting spaces, a casual study lounge, Ned’s Café, The Cat’s Eye and entertainment centre, student commons, a commuter lounge, an outdoor patio and quadrangle and several hundred feet of student and administrative space. The addition of an elevator that reaches all floors makes the entire building accessible and the sunken garden and two green roofs provide additional sustainable spaces to Victoria’s campus. The Goldring Student Centre will be the heart of campus life— a welcome new home for students.
The platform party cuts the ribbon.
President David Naylor brings greetings on behalf of U of T.
Kyra Cecil-Cockwell Vic 1T1, Chancellor Wendy Cecil Vic 7T1 and son, Malcolm Cecil-Cockwell Vic 1T1.
The Brass Quintet of The Royal Regiment of Canada entertained the guests.
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t has been home to future prime ministers, ambassadors, world-famous actors, philosophers, authors and theologians. Publicly opened in 1913, Burwash Dining Hall and its original residences—North, Middle, Gate and South House—are 100 years old. Construction began in 1909, upon receipt of a letter from Chester D. Massey indicating the family’s philanthropic intent to “erect and furnish for the College a men’s residence to accommodate 100 students.” Shortly thereafter, a building committee was announced and the architects Sproatt and Rolph were hired. The residences were to be modeled after those in Oxford and Cambridge. The entire structure would be named in honour of the then chancellor and president of Victoria University, Nathanael Burwash. The building was completed in 1913 and W.A. Craik of The Globe described Burwash as “possessing all the architectural attractiveness and charm of an old English College.” He noted correctly that Burwash was “here to stay; [it] will doubtless accommodate generations of students through many years and perhaps through several centuries.” In honour of Burwash throughout the century, Vic Report asked former residents of the upper houses to share memories and reminiscences about what life was like for those living and eating at Burwash. 6
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Burwash Dining Hall photographed in the 1940s.
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On a weekly basis, Burwash diners eat approximately 1100 pounds of Niagara apples, 660 litres of milk, 160 loaves of bread, 400 pounds of dry cereal, 1000 litres of ice cream, 6800 eggs, 4500 litres of soup, 1200 pounds of lettuce, 280 pounds of carrots, 215 pounds of cheese, 300 pounds of pasta and 8000 cookies.
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“[Vincent] Massey wanted the neo-Gothic residence to reflect the spirit of Oxford, from which he had just returned. [Lester B.] Pearson objected. He said Burwash Hall was founded in 1912, not 1412, that it was filled with Canadian boys, not English lads, and that it would have to develop its own traditions, not import them. When Massey insisted students wear gowns at dinner, Pearson and his classmates wore sweaters. A small act of defiance from a sixteen-year-old, to be sure, but it was not the last time Pearson would assert an independent view of Canada.” (From Extraordinary Canadians: Lester B. Pearson by Andrew Cohen.) A staggering amount has changed since the opening of Burwash Dining Hall. By the mid-1980s, Burwash Dining Hall—originally built to feed the 350 men who resided on campus—was starting to show its age and was in need of a facelift. The renovation would be revolutionary in more ways than one. It would include the installation of modern amenities such as a sound system, hotel-style dumb waiters and a custom tray elevator to return china to the kitchen, and it would invite women— hundreds of them—to dinner every day.
Did you know? During WWI, Burwash Dining Hall and Residence were used by the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Canadian Air Force. The Canadian Army was housed here in WWII. A wooden propeller in the dining hall commemorates this service.
“I lived in Annesley during my first two years at Vic, starting in 1986. It was just before the food services were amalgamated into Burwash. Like many female residents I loved the atmosphere of our cozy dining room at Annesley, so conducive to camaraderie and late night conversation. But when I had my first meal at Burwash, I was captivated by the beauty of the light, airy space. It was during Orientation Week and I was a member of the executive. The men and women on the committee ate together at the long tables while plotting the day’s hijinks. Some students were opposed to sharing a dining hall, especially from the women’s residences. They were concerned that so many people packed together would be too crowded and too rushed to allow for that second cup of coffee. As the news editor of The Strand, I covered their opposition, which went all the way up to the Board of Regents. But other residents, including me, felt that it would be fun for all of us to eat under one roof. Once the move happened, others fell in love with the new space as I did, and the women certainly made it their own.” Lisa Khoo at a Life After Lisa Khoo Vic 8T9
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Each day Burwash Hall prepares 1400 to 1600 meals for students and faculty. The space underwent major changes two years ago. With a growing student body with increasingly diverse needs, the goal was to balance modernization with the preservation of the architectural heritage of the building. Chef Nathanael Barratt, only the fifth chef to work at Burwash, notes: “The new food-station concept affords us the opportunity to boast a broader range of food choices, including vegan and Halal. The diversity in offerings has grown tremendously over the past 10 years. We try to create menus that are globally influenced, much like our student population.”
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WHO WAS NATHANAEL BURWASH? Former Victoria Chancellor and Ambassador Kenneth Taylor Vic 5T7 and actor Donald Sutherland Vic 5T8 outside of South House in 1998, their former residence. “Study and enrich your life in class. Let your life unfold in South House,” says Taylor.
“It was a fabulous time. Crowded, to be sure, but fabulous. It was jammed. Even the single rooms were doubles. They had bunkbeds. It was the post-war period and there were an enormous number of vets. Gate House was a mix of people in their first year out of high school and those who were in their first year out of the war. All those vets who were supposed to pretend that life was normal and act like a bunch of high school kids after all they had been through, after all the terrible things they had seen. They had a few problems adjusting. They were trying to pick up their lives and expected to behave normally and not get into mischief. Well, sometimes they did. My room was in the tower and if some of the boys came home late after curfew they would call up to me and I had to throw my key down to let them in. It was an interesting experience and a good one. We got along extremely well. I was so homesick at first. But I stayed and it took until after Christmas for Burwash to feel like home and for me to want to stay. The staff was so kind and that helped a lot. And the food was good, too. Sure, there were complaints, but it was excellent, really. We weren’t rationed anymore, although it was still controlled. Some of the boys used to get upset over the intake control, particularly over the milk! I think we were allowed only two glasses. Well, one morning I woke up to hear a ‘moo!’ Turns out, one of the boys brought two cows down from his farm (see cover image). He brought those cows right into the dining hall as breakfast was going full tilt as a form of protest over the milk control! Their complaints got heard all right, but I don’t think they were allowed any more milk!” Doug Gardner Vic 5T0, Emm 5T3 Gate House, 1947
Doug Gardner directly below his room in Gate House.
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He was a Methodist minister, theologian, educator and author. Burwash was born in 1839, near St. Andrews, Lower Canada, and graduated from Victoria College— then located in Cobourg, Ontario—in 1859. He won the Prince of Wales medal, and subsequently became an ordained minister. He returned to teach at Victoria College in 1867 and received his M.A. the same year. Committed to lifelong education, Burwash received his bachelor of theology in 1871 and assumed the chair of theology at Victoria College. After achieving his doctorate, he helped establish a faculty of theology at Victoria. He saw his vision realized in 1873 and was named dean. Under the guidance and leadership of President Samuel Sobieski Nelles Vic 1862, Burwash continued to be committed to transforming Nathanael Burwash photographed in 1906. education in Ontario; by 1884 negotiations were formally underway to establish federation with the University of Toronto, and the Federation Act itself was passed in April 1887. In 1900, following Nelles’s death, Burwash became chancellor and president of Victoria University, which had by then moved from Cobourg to Toronto. In 1909, construction began on what would eventually be Burwash Dining Hall and its residences. The building was completed and opened as part of the ceremonies that marked Burwash’s retirement in 1913.
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100 YEARS OF MEMORIES “In my time, Burwash had its own dietician, “Ma” [Elizabeth] Hewson and her assistant, Ms Macpherson. The two of them could be seen in the dining hall at mealtimes, always dressed in white. Ms Hewson wore what looked like a lab coat. Lunch was served cafeteria style, but dinner was a sitdown meal with service provided. Early in my first year at Burwash, there appeared a waitress who was clearly our contemporary, and who was also very attractive. Naturally, her presence excited considerable interest. All members of a given house would eat together at the same long table in hall. Once a table was chosen, it remained unchanged for the rest of the school year. Each waitress served one table and one table only. The house members at the table who were served by the goodlooking newcomer on her first evening of work no doubt considered themselves blessed. The students of another house, however, decided that the following evening, they would seize the initiative and move to that table in order to be served by her. They did this by arriving early for hall. Very soon after that, someone arranged to have her serve a different table. I am sure those who had switched tables were disappointed, but the rest of the students found the turn of events hugely satisfying, and the hall erupted in a real cacophony of laughter and tablethumping. I remember the look of utter consternation on this woman’s face when she heard the deafening din. I was also at Burwash when its 50th anniversary was celebrated. The prime minster of Canada at the time, Lester Pearson Vic 1T9, had been at Burwash, and he gave a speech for the occasion at Convocation Hall. Before the speech, however, everyone in Burwash got to meet him. I was impressed by the fact that he did not seem to use a stock phrase for everyone he met, but rather showed a genuine interest in each person. In my case, he asked about some of my distant relatives named Moorhouse who were, or had been, United Church ministers. Pearson, of course, was the son of a Methodist minister. He seemed very approachable and affable.” Owen Moorhouse Vic 6T5 North House, 1962–1964
Two of the 27 men in this 1914 Gate House composite were killed during WWl military action—Ross Taylor (1916) and Joseph Reginald ‘Reg.’ Adams Vic 1T6 (1917). Taylor, who was in his third year at Vic, became the first Victoria casualty of this war.
Elizabeth “Buzz” Hewson upon her retirement in 1983. She was presented with three flowering crabapple trees to celebrate her remarkable service to Vic as its dietician since 1945.
“I have many memories of living at Vic. It was great fun to be part of the revival of the Bob Revue during the mid to late 70s. We rented tuxes from the early 1900s and performed several shows a year as the Bob Quartet, thus reviving a practice of the 30s and 40s. We performed barber-shop, quartet-style music that was passed on to us by the original members, including a chorus in pseudo Latin and limerick-style verses that lampooned current Vic personalities and events, something we enjoyed writing every year. As a former student of the Faculty of Music, I obviously have musical memories such as playing trombone for Vic musicals, including Guys and Dolls at Hart House; and playing in the newly-formed 1972 Vic Stage Band, we entertained for dances and events. We practised in Wymilwood’s Music Room and got to perform all over the campus and beyond, including the Vic Pub and a Brunswick House talent night. In addition to music, I had some great athletic experiences with the inter-house hockey games played on the outdoor rink next to Marg Ad and winning two Mulock Cups (1974 and 1976) for football. The cup is Canada’s oldest, continuously awarded sports trophy and is presented to the winning U of T inter-faculty football team. What made it even more special was that my dad won the Mulock Cup in 1938 playing for the Faculty of Medicine just before he graduated and headed off to serve in the Royal Navy as an on-board medical officer in the North Atlantic campaign.” Bill Mighton, Faculty of Music 7T8 Gate House 1972–1975, 1976–1977
Prime Minister Lester Pearson Vic 1T9 (left) photographed at an after-dinner speech celebrating 50 years of Burwash Hall.
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CAREERS, AUTHORS, HONOURS
Ernest Chan Vic 8T8 has published his second book, Algorithmic Trading: Winning Strategies and Their Rationale (Wiley).
Frank Barrett Vic 5T8 has written One Family’s Africa: The two-year sojourn of a young Canadian family. Along with over 200 colour photographs, the story recounts the adventures—including tropical diseases, snakes, a military coup and a safari— of a Canadian family living in the tropical high forest of Ghana, West Africa. For more information, contact fbarrett@yorku.ca. Charles “Zack” Boukydis Vic 7T1 has published Collaborative Consultation with Parents and Infants in the Perinatal Period (Brookes Publishing). He is currently working internationally training doctors and nurses to support parents of premature babies in neonatal intensive care units. For more information contact zboukydis@gmail.com. Lenna Bradburn 8T2 is the president of the University of Toronto Alumni Association (UTAA). Eric Brock Vic 9T7 is UTAA treasurer and Peng Fu Vic 9T9 is a member.
Alan Cooper Vic 6T9, Emm 9T7 has written The Second, to be published in November by Exile Editions. Through fiction, Cooper addresses spirituality versus religiosity and examines the correlation between decreasing church attendance and membership and increasing spiritual hunger. Julie Cruikshank Vic 6T7 professor emerita of anthropology at the University of British Columbia has been named an Officer of the Order of Canada. Cruikshank’s research in northern Canada has helped to preserve the history of indigenous peoples. Fred Dawkins Vic 6T7 has received a contract from Dundurn Press to write a series entitled The Entrepreneurial Edge. The first book in the series, Everyday Entrepreneur, will be published in December 2013, with a focus on reaching a broad audience to mentor those with aspirations to own a business. Visit www.fcdawkins.com.
2013 Arbor Award Recipients Judy (Livingston) Bowler Vic 5T1, Priscilla (Hinchcliffe) Freeman 5T4, Kent Garrett Emm 9T9, Janet G. (Macrae) MacInnis Vic 5T9, and the Victoria Women’s Association (VWA) were honoured with Arbor Awards in September. The Arbor Awards were created by the University of Toronto in 1989 to recognize volunteers for their outstanding personal service to the University.
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Will Fripp Vic 9T2 recently acted as historical consultant and contributed as a member of the design team for www.spiesintheshadows.com, a Canadian web-based high school history curriculum supplement. The site explores intelligence and espionage in Canadian history and introduces spies who assisted in Canada’s national development from the War of 1812 and into the Cold War. Alex K. Gigeroff Vic 5T2 has written and illustrated a book entitled The Sky and Stars Dance Too (Aleksamdro Publishing). It is the story of two children who visit their grandparents and their young dog Eli. If you are interested in the book, please contact him at (902) 742-7109. Stephen Grant Vic 7T0 has published the third edition of Lawyers’ Professional Liability (along with co-authors Linda Rothstein and Sean Campbell), LexisNexis, 2013. He has also been named editor-inchief of the Ontario Reports, published by the Law Society of Upper Canada.
Photograph: Courtesy of the Neale family
Joe Atikian Vic 0T7 has published Industrial Shift: The Structure of the New World Economy (Palgrave Pivot). The book focuses on misconceptions about economic turmoil as industries change within Canada, the U.S. and China. Visit www.atikian.com.
On July 1, 2013, Judy Goldring Vic 8T8 assumed the role of chair of the University of Toronto’s Governing Council. She has served as vice-chair since 2011. Shirley Hoy Vic 7T3 has been named vice-chair of Governing Council. Harvey Botting Vic 6T7 and Nancy Lee Vic 8T2 join the following Vic grads on Governing Council: Jane Pepino Vic 6T7, Rita (Chu) Tsang Vic 7T8, Elizabeth (Eastlake) Vosburgh Vic 6T8 and David Wilson Vic 6T8.
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Katie Keir Vic 0T8 won the 2012 Kenneth R. Wilson award for Best New Journalist. The award was created to recognize the achievements of a young journalist new to the B2B publishing industry.
Harry Neale Vic 6T0, longtime NHL broadcaster and former Varsity Blues men’s hockey player, entered the Hockey Hall of Fame as the 2013 winner of the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award. The award recognizes outstanding contributions as a hockey broadcaster. For three years, Neale played as a top defenceman on the Varsity Blues hockey team (1957–1960). As assistant captain, he helped the Blues to the 1958–1959 OQAA title. Neale previously coached the Detroit Red Wings and served as general manager and head coach of the Vancouver Canucks, along with jobs in the WHA and NCAA. He joined Hockey Night in Canada as an analyst in 1986, and was a commentator for two World Cups and three Olympics. He has spent the last six seasons as an analyst on Buffalo Sabres broadcasts. Neale joined Leafs TV to be the colour commentator for Leaf games on Leafs TV for the 2013–2014 season.
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Caitlin Kelly Vic 7T9, a writer living in Tarrytown, NY, had her 2011 memoir of working retail, Malled: My Unintentional Career in Retail published in China in July 2013 (Citic Press). With a new cover and title in China, it is called The Greatest Saleswoman in the World. Steve Paikin Vic 8T1, host of TVO’s The Agenda with Steve Paikin, has been named chancellor of Laurentian University, the second chancellor in its history. As well, he has written Paikin and the Premiers: Personal Reflections on a Half Century of Ontario Leaders [Dundurn].
Part cookbook and part culinary history, this book contextualizes Arab cuisine in a rich tapestry of trade and conquests, royal tables, and poetic praise of fine food. Suzanne Sutherland Vic 0T9 has published her first book, When We Were Good (Sumach Press), a young adult novel.
Muna Salloum Vic 7T7, her twin sister Leila Salloum-Elias Vic 7T7 and their father Habeeb Salloum have published Scheherazade’s Feasts: Foods of the Medieval Arab World (Penn Press).
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Marion Warnica Vic 0T6, a reporter for CBC Edmonton, was the recipient of a Roving Reporter Bursary from the Gordon Sinclair Foundation. The bursary supports a major research and reporting trip by an early-career Canadian journalist. Warnica’s research will focus on the impact of climate change on Peruvian water resources. This project will also investigate what water stress looks like, how it can happen and how government is preparing for these changes.
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Marilyn (Ramasra) White Vic 6T1 was awarded a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for her longstanding service to youth and music and her “contributions to Canada” through the Fort Town Concert Association, Prescott. The medal was presented at the 67th Jeunesses Musicales Canada AGA in Mont Orford, Quebec, in September 2012.
MARRIAGES Kate More Vic 0T7 married Cenan Yunusoglu on September 21, 2013 in Muskoka, Ontario.
BIRTHS To Gillian (Larway) Mainguy Vic 0T2 and Michael Mainguy, a daughter, Helen Ruth Lisbeth, on July 16, 2013, in Kentville, N.S.
IN MEMORIAM Donald Grant Brown Vic 4T8, in Toronto, August 9, 2013.
Anne E. (Uffelman) Bullman Vic 5T8, in North Bay, Ont., April 27, 2013.
Dorothy Jean (Munk) Mallory Vic 5T3, in Toronto, June 5, 2013.
Mollie E. Christie Vic 3T4, in Toronto, July 9, 2013.
Audrey I. (Boe) Marples Vic 4T2, in Toronto, September 22, 2013.
Jane A. (Dunbar) Cutten Vic 4T6, in Toronto, November 25, 2012.
Shirley J. (Wallace) McAndless Vic 4T7, in Cambridge, Ont., July 29, 2013.
Goldwin S. French Vic 4T4, former president of Victoria University (see page 3), in Hamilton, Ont., August 18, 2013.
Brian Merrilees, professor emeritus in the French Department, in Toronto, September 6, 2013.
D. Ross Holden Vic 5T5, in Toronto, May 8, 2013.
Louise Nault-Gallant Emm 0T0, in Brampton, Ont., April 27, 2012.
Michael E. Houston Vic 6T3, in Blacksburg, VA, July 16, 2008.
C. Anderson Silber, professor emeritus in the English Department, in Toronto, August 19, 2013.
Donald C. Kerr Emm 4T2, in Sarasota, FL, June 5, 2013. Orli B. Kohn Vic 7T8, in Toronto, May 13, 2013. J. William Lamb Emm 5T6, in Toronto, June 10, 2013. Joan M. (Player) Lawson Vic 5T6, in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., June 8, 2013. Hartley V. Lewis Vic 6T2, in Victoria, B.C., April 27, 2013. Elizabeth L. (MacGillivray) MacLeod Vic 4T5, in Vancouver, B.C., April 20, 2013. Virginia M. (Rappell) MacLeod Zurbrigg Vic 4T4, in Hamilton, Ont., April 28, 2013.
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Henry J. Sissons Vic 3T7, former chairman of the Board of Regents, in Guelph, Ont., May 12, 2013. A. Alan H. Strike Vic 5T0, in Bowmanville, Ont., May 23, 2013. Stella O. (Budz) Tymkewycz Vic 7T6, in Toronto, June 26, 2013. Irene A. Uchida Vic 4T6, in Toronto, July 30, 2013. Noreen F. (Sheppard) Westel Vic 4T5, in Toronto, January 9, 2013. E. Ruth (Bewell) Wilkins Emm 5T6, in Regina, Sask., May 12, 2013. Emily R. (Irwin) Wilson Vic 4T6, in Port Washington, NY, April 28, 2013.
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Jodi White Vic 6T9 has been appointed a Member of the Order of Canada. White, currently a distinguished senior fellow at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs and Arthur Kroeger College of Public Affairs at Carleton University, is recognized for her contributions to Canadian public policy and for her commitment to the voluntary sector.
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Forensic Brandeis Investigations: Adventures of a Chief Librarian
Photograph: Peg McCarthy
by robert c. brandeis It would be appropriate, looking back at a career of 36 years as chief librarian at Victoria University, to contemplate the many changes which occurred during that time. It is tempting to consider the effect of ‘automation’ and ‘information technology’ on the library world, indeed on all of society: changes from library card catalogues to computer-based searching; from some 30 staff using Polaroid cameras to capture printed data, to less than a fifth that number processing similar amounts of material; to a reminder when ‘word processing’ was a fancy phrase for typewriting and when digital referred to using one’s fingers. We can be sure of the certainty of change, what is uncertain is what a telephone call or an e-mail may bring into the daily administrative and academic routine. Shortly after my arrival at Vic, I received a panicked call with information that certain historical pamphlets dealing with First Nations peoples were missing from the United Church Archives (then on the Vic campus). Consultation with police authorities and other libraries revealed that thefts had occurred at libraries and archives along Highway 401 from Windsor to Kingston. The culprit was apprehended but not before selling over $100,000 worth of books, pamphlets and prints into the Canadian antiquarian book trade. Because of his family connections, he was given a discharge by the courts with the admonition to “stay away from archives for two years.” To this day, valuable prints which he ‘liberated’ from libraries and archives grace the walls of major corporate offices. Years later I was involved in another case with a very different result. A U of T part-time student slightly altered the spelling of his name on an identification card, borrowed books from campus libraries, including Vic’s, and didn’t return them. He even used interlibrary loan services at York University to borrow books from major research libraries including the Library of Congress. I met with detectives at the local police division and since I had a name, an address, and a list of many of the ‘missing’ items, they had to act. The detectives needed a van to recover all the books hidden under beds and in closets. This time the judge had a very different and enlightened attitude. The late provincial court Justice Robert Dnieper rightly admonished the accused for depriving students, scholars and researchers of library materials needed for their studies. He told the accused that he would “serve jail time”— and indeed he did. He was also required to pay restitution for materials not recovered and for several years afterwards, cheques would arrive periodically at the library from the court. Another call to “look at books for the Vic library” came from the heir of a long-retired newspaper editor who asked to be driven to a suburban storage locker to “see the books.” The locker was the size of a two-car garage with all the floor area covered with boxes, some stacked four and five high. Some, but not all, were of interest and the damp dirt floor had ruined many.
I was then directed to drive to a nearby condominium building and led to a three-bedroom, three-bathroom unit. Books piled in the bathtubs was certainly a new experience! The collector had also stacked mounds of newspapers throughout the apartment and though these had been removed, trails worn in the carpets leading from room to room revealed the narrow confines of the living space between the newspaper cliffs. A convoy of vehicles from Friends of the Library helped transport books back to Vic (some still in bags from Coles Book Shop 10-cent sales from the 1960s) and these eventually found their way into library collections and into the annual Vic book sale. And then there was Oliver Cromwell (1599–1658) and the cigarette boat. The high-speed power boat nestled on its trailer greeted me as I arrived at a large, old lakefront cottage near Perth, Ontario, about 350 km from Toronto. The book collection I had been asked to look at had been in the cottage for many years, several generations, through the cycle of the seasons and had suffered some of the ravages of gnawing teeth and burrowing insects. There were many treasures which eventually found their way into the growing Special Collections in the library, including several rare 19th-century Gothic and other novels, but what created the welcome surprise of discovery was a manuscript volume of some 150 pages titled A true relation of all the Proceedings in Parliament in the last session beginning 20th of January 1628 until the dissolution thereof. I knew that before the late 18th century, transcripts of parliamentary debates in Westminster were forbidden but that various means were found to provide records of those debates. The transcript I was holding was especially significant as it recorded Oliver Cromwell’s first speech in the Commons on Wednesday, February 11, 1629. This turned out to be an unrecorded version of the debates and thus of considerable importance. My efforts to build significant collections and resources continued and my next adventures included an encounter with the bodyguard of a Caribbean head of state . . . Virginia Woolf in a hotel vault . . . and other adventures that will have to wait for another installment. See page 4 for an article about the retirement of Robert C. Brandeis. vic report autumn 2013
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Alumni and Friends Support Excellence at Vic by larry davies, executive director of advancement
chancellor’s council/ presidents’ circle $5,000 or more 1947 Freda M. Eickmeyer V Dorothy Fetterly 1949 Isabel (Overton) and Alfred Bader V Norman Jewison V Anne H. Nethercott V 1952 Graeme and Phyllis Ferguson V Richard Iorweth Thorman V 1953 The Hon. Henry N. R. Jackman V 1957 Alastair McD and Jennifer Murray V 1960 Paul D. Warner V 1964 Jean (Reilly) O’Grady V 1965 Jeffrey M. Heath 1966 Edward B. White V 1968 W. David Wilson V 1970 John F. Bemrose Valerie A. and Brian Story V 1971 Wendy M. Cecil V 1972 Ann E. Wilson and J. Robert S. Prichard V 1974 Margaret and Andrew Stephens V 1975 John E. Engeland V 1978 John C. Field V 1981 Blake Goldring V Paul and Judith Huyer V
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Victoria 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.
Thanks to our generous supporters, the Goldring Student Centre is being enjoyed by students, staff and faculty alike.
Brian and Colleen Johnston V 1982 Stephen D. Lister and Margaret Rundle V 1988 Judy Goldring V 1991 Deepak Ramachandran 2000 John* and Gail MacNaughton V
Frederick James Troop Wayne C. Vance Vancouver Foundation V Victoria Women’s Association V Ann Woodside
Friends, Faculty and Corporations The Norman and Margaret Jewison Charitable Foundation V Helen Best Paul Bouissac V Salvatore Brancaccio V Robert C. Brandeis V The Canadian Jaffari Muslim Foundation Deer Park United Church V Friends of Victoria University Library and Victoria College Book Sale V Paul W. Gooch and Pauline Thompson V Catherine E. Heron Sandra L. Irving Jackman Foundation V Heather, Kate and Elizabeth Jackson V Moez Kassam Anne Keys Lilly Endowment Inc. V Albert Moritz Mount Hamilton UCW Kenneth Radcliffe
1947 David W. Pretty V 1948 D. S. Paisley* 1949 Ruth (Hunt) Clarke V 1950 Robert and Jacquelin Trimble V 1951 R. Don Harlock V 1953 Stanley E. Hunt V Nancy (Jamieson) and Walter Pridham V 1954 Edgar F. File 1956 Joan M. Breukelman V Paul C. Harris V Larry Lundy and Elizabeth (Langford) Julian V 1958 David Bernhardt V 1959 David P. Silcox and Linda Intaschi V 1961 Alexandra F. Johnston V 1962 Robert E. Lord V 1963 William J. Henricks 1967 Harvey Botting V 1968 Elizabeth (Eastlake) Vosburgh V 1970 D. Eleanor Westney 1972 Joan D. Catterson V 1973 Shirley Hoy V 1992 Lisbeth L. Paisley-Smith
$2,500 – $4,999
1994 Ellen Redcliffe 2001 Stephanie A. Corbet V 2011 Brent Stait-Gardner Friends, Faculty and Corporations Dorothy and Keith* Davey V Shirley Marcetta Stephen Riggins V William W. and Karen W. Thompson Mark Toulouse V Anne Urbancic V Judy Watt-Watson $1,827 – $2,499 1944 Gwendolyn S. Young* V 1949 Margaret Jean Kitchen 1950 Robert C. Dowsett V 1953 Thora B. Edwards 1954 J. Douglas Ross 1959 Anne E. (Foote) Liphardt V Robert A. Taylor V 1960 Carol Diane Nunn V 1961 Thomas G. Bastedo V Murray A. Corlett V 1962 Philip Maude V 1968 James M. Parks V Mary L. Rankine V 1970 Gillian (Smiley) and Kenneth Bartlett V
1972 Terence Dalgleish V Garth M. Girvan V 1975 Richard and Sue (Hanbidge) Harris V 1979 Emily F. Braun Paul S. Wilson Friends, Faculty and Corporations Bell Canada – Employee Giving Program Robert A. Davidson Fred K. Graham Larry and Colleen Kurtz V Victoria M. Stuart J. Michael and Naomi Tomczak Wellington Square United Church
principal’s circle $1,000 – $1,826 1938 Margaret G. Chambers V 1940 T. H. Glynn Michael V 1944 Edgar B. Thomson 1945 Muriel C. Milne 1948 Edward J. Glover V 1948 S. M. Parkhouse V 1949 C. Roy and Mary (Pearson) Horney V Ethel (Upton) Lapp V Dorothy J. Madge V Heather McCallum V
V 5 years or more of consecutive giving to Victoria V 10 years or more of consecutive giving to Victoria
Photographs: (Opposite page) Horst Herget; Victoria Alumni Office
Every year we take this opportunity in Vic Report to thank our generous alumni and friends. The news this year is very good: in 2012–2013, Vic received $7,590,228, one of our highest annual totals ever, thanks to the contributions of 1,927 donors. We are now within sight of our $60-million goal for our Imagination Unbound campaign, a partner in U of T’s Boundless campaign. Your contributions help fund a myriad of projects, including professorships, scholarships, academic programs, student life, campus improvements, and so much more. With the completion of the Goldring Student Centre, this is a very exciting time on campus. It officially opened on September 25 to enthusiastic reviews. Vic alumni and friends have, thus far, contributed over $10 million to the building. This donor report recognizes everyone who contributed $100 or more to Victoria College or Emmanuel College between May 1, 2012 and April 30, 2013. 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.
Photographs: (Opposite page) Horst Herget; Victoria Alumni Office
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Patricia (Mills) Shield V 1950 M. Lorne Bell V Donald B. Dodds V Alan Marchment V Bernice Ujjainwalla V 1951 Lois (Sutherland) Fleming V Walter Buleychuk V Robert W. Worthy V 1952 R. William Andrew 1953 A. Phelps and Judy (McGill) Bell V Alvin A. Lee Larry Lundy and Elizabeth (Langford) Julian V 1954 Dick Cousland V 1956 Catherine Young Bates Barbara E. (Schultz) Phelps V Doug and Jackie (Wickware) Philp 1957 Kenneth W. Inkster V 1959 Garfield and Janet (Macrae) MacInnis V 1960 Robert and Marilyn (Daly) Beamish 1964 MacGregor David Sinclair V 1966 Harold Dixon Bridge V Barbara J. McGregor V Carolyn Jean (Werry) Sinclair V 1970 Keith and Pamela McCallum V 1971 David Eugene Clark V Mary Hobbs Maureen R. Kaukinen 1973 Nancy J. Ruhnke V 1975 Larry F. Chapman V Roger and Moira Hutchinson V Charles A. Webster V 1979 Mary Beth Currie Mary Ann E. Lawrie Milan Rupic Alison M. Schofield 1980 Jeffrey C. Shin V 1981 Susan (Allan) Gillmeister V 1982 Jean A. Cumming 1983 Angela Esterhammer John D. Grant V Sharon Gregory and Andrew Mitrovica Peter and Joan Wyatt V 1984 B. Lynne Golding Gary S. Love V 1985 Ali Rezaizadeh 1987 Benjamin Chan V
Yvonne Y. W. Tsang 1997 Alison (Massie) Broadworth V 2000 Katherine Corlett V 2008 Ling Cen Friends, Faculty and Corporations Naomi Black David A. Blostein and Kerry Dean V Paul E. Bush Katherine Dalziel Larry Davies V L. Irene Dean Konrad Eisenbichler V Doris Galbraith V Peter D. Harris V William Andrew Hepburn Patrick and Jane Kierans Michael W. Mair Guido and Olga L. Pugliese V John H. Reibetanz Rio Tinto Alcan B. J. Romans V Patricia Romans V Wendy Setterington and Gerald Swinkin Gordon Thompson Kenneth R. Thompson R. Paul Thompson
cornerstone circle $500 – $999 1936 MacFeeters Family V 1939 Melba F. Munholland V 1940 Jean Findlay Ruth Louise Maxine (Smith) Lonergan V 1943 Ruth Bolt V Charles F. Scott 1944 Elizabeth G. Lenehan 1945 Rosalind Cartwright V Barbara (Jones) Michasiw V 1947 Paul M. Deighton V 1948 George W. Edmonds Elizabeth F. (Purdie) Pepper V 1949 Cecily Stone Ellen J. Timbrell V 1950 M. Patricia Boe Eleanor J. Dique R. Alison Hall Pauline and Newton Reed V 1951 Rosemary A. (Willard) Ambrose V
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Malcolm S. Archibald V G. Ellen Hall V Patricia J. Hames Donald G. Lawson Jean Gordon Campbell V Charles Elliott V Sheila Frances Robertson V 1953 Anne G. Burnett V Roy E. Schatz V 1954 Ronald J. L. and Shirley Cornfield V Diana M. Schatz V Anne Weldon Tait V 1955 Sheila K. Seymour V Allan T. and Joan Shaw V D. R. (Rundle) Toller V 1956 D. Carl Anderson V Martha A. Dynna V Joanne (Langdon) Morris V Donald C. Morton V Ross Robins and Doreen (Johnson) Robins Lars H. Thompson V John Roy and Catherine Inez Edith Wilson V 1957 Elaine (Barrett) Billings V R. Alan Harris V G. Edmund King Joan Lumsden Barbara (Brandon) and Jim McCowan Richard and Florence (Emerson) Newman V Nadine M. Nowlan 1958 C.T. Craig Kamcke V Olga McKellar V Alan and Louise Redway V Cameron D. E. Tolton V 1959 Laurence Hebb V Dougald McDermid J. Clair Peacock V 1960 Pamela (Matthews) McPherson and Thomas McPherson Ruth Matisko 1961 Judy (Caldecott) Fleming and Alan Fleming V Elaine M. (Westheuser ) Godwin V Judy A. Hunter V 1962 James M. Babcock V L. Diane Dyer V M. Margaret Fisher V Peter J. George and Allison Barrett
Helen L. Goggin 1963 Marion Adams V John Clipsham V David M. Horman Mary McDougall Maude V 1964 Murray and Susan Armitage Foundation Carolyn B. Bowker V 1965 Nancy (Caldecott) Sutherland V 1966 Frank A. Fraser Clifford Allan Ottaway William D. G. Rose V Eleanor L. Smith Susan J. (Simpson) Taylor Byron B. Yates V 1967 Peter M. Ennals Linda E. MacRae V N. Jane Pepino V 1968 Peter Bennett V 1969 Anne R. McWhir Marlene (Solomcoe) Robinson Jodi S. White 1970 Peter G. Kyle 1971 Christine M. A. Deja 1972 Robert J. Dawson William J. H. Ostrander V 1973 C. Michael Harpur V 1974 Margaret E. Devitt V Barbara E. French David Allan Harris V K. D. Casey McKibbon 1975 William Friend Deborah and Douglas Herridge 1976 Stephen Bowman and Elizabeth Koester V John D. Denisavitch V 1977 Brenda M. Bloberg Holz Susan V. Hewitt 1978 David Fallis V 1979 Garfield R. Mitchell 1980 Kimberley A. Bradley Ian Currie Jane Field and H. Dore V Greer Anne Wenh-In Ng V 1981 Marilyn J Legge and Michael Bourgeois V Tamara (Morris) Smith V David L. Swail 1982 Robert Farquharson V J. Luke Pollard 1983 David Kotler V 1985 Mark V. Friedland
1989 Lisa M. Khoo 1990 Antonella Vergati 1992 Jane A. Langford 1993 Laura Elizabeth Anagnostakos 1995 Jennifer Helen Little Laura Roberta Shaw 2001 Fiona Chang Jennifer Elizabeth Pugsley V 2003 Michelle Elizabeth Harshman 2006 Eva Kushner V 2007 Kayley Collum Friends, Faculty and Corporations Marisa Barlas V Paul C. Brady Ruth W. Burwash Martha Drake V Christopher W. W. Field Michael and Linda Hutcheon IBM Canada Limited Arlene Ide Julia and David Keeling V Erica Kwei Jen Lui Marsh & McLennan Companies David Oakleaf Magdalene Redekop Martin Rumscheidt Deborah Scott R. Bruce Scott V South West Presbyterial Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation Steven Temple Earle and Iris Toppings Germaine Warkentin V J. Patrick Whaley and Lynda Jenner G. Ronald Williams David S. Wright
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 1938 L. Eveleigh Smith V 1940 Isobel M. Cork V 1941 Lois Bobier Enid M. Ewart V Betty I. McLean V 1942 Noreen M. Clark V
Victoria College 5T3 Scholarship is an endowment fund created through donations from Victoria College Class of 5T3 alumni. The scholarship is awarded to Victoria College students who have completed first year with high standing. “The fund began in 2007 with $17,042 and it now stands at $43,149. Donations were matched, dollar for dollar, by the Regents Morrow Fund and the Isabel (Park) Hodgkinson Fund,” says Bill Tynkaluk Vic 5T3. “This is an excellent contribution on behalf of our class to worthy students.”
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Marion Grace Richardson Margaret J. Riches V J. Douglas Snedden V Jessica Rankine Swail D. Graham Tipple V Norma M. Warren A. Ruth Watt 1949 Jean I. Aceti V Richard B. Batten Hon. Thomas A. Beckett QC Vernon Browne Eleanor M. David V Marjorie L. Ewing V Albert H. Fast Onalee J. and Donald Eric Gage James C. Gardner V Jean E. Gray V Thora J. Harvey V M. Margaret Irvine Gordon McLellan Helen J. (Anderson) Nighswander Margaret E. Stafford V Anna M. Strike V A. E. John Thompson V Bruce W. Whitehouse V Leonard G. Wilson V 1950 Florence E. Anderson M. Elizabeth Chapman V James Cruise V Jean S. Dalziel V C. Isobel Davey V Elizbeth (Coulter) Dodds V John L. Harvey V Beth Holt V Margaret Ann Lorimer V Thomas A. Milburn V Joan M. Neilson V Helen B. Sing V Betty Mary Tudor V J. Ralph A. Turner 1951 Mary (Kerr) Alford Joyce L. Beare Rogers Bruce Charles Bone V Aileen A. C. Bowyer V Charles R. Catto A. Paul Dilks and Carol Dilks Dorothy (Adams) Forbes V J. Douglas Head V Agnes Gillies Hendry Gerald L. Hill Barbara Anne Holt V Richard V. Howson V Margaret I. J. Jackson V
John and Inna MacDougall Bruce H. Weppler V Josephine A. Willsie 1952 Sylvia H. Backshall V Joan M. Boothe Howard Bray Jean E. Cawkwell Donald E. Erling Helen K. Fisher Ardath M. Francis V Joan D. M. Gullen Kenneth and Mary Lund V Jean Mary MacTavish Mary P. Mallory Donald D. Mooney V Lorne R. O’Neill V Margaret H. Parker Barbara R. Reid V Dorothy M. Russell Mary E. Sarjeant V Dorothy I. Wilson V Maxwell and Janice Yalden 1953 H. A. Batstone V Gordon B. Coll John A. Good V Gwyneth Griffith Wm Dennis Harper V Fred F. Langford Malcolm D. MacKinnon V Douglas G. MacLeod Wallace and Elizabeth (Staples) McLeod V Hugh L. Nugent V John G. Reid V Allen E. Robinson V Ralph Scane* V Margaret L. Waddington V 1954 Jeanine C. Avigdor Diana Bacon V Philip B. Cooke V Ronald J. L. and Shirley (Couke) Cornfield V Donald J. Donahue Eleanor L. Ellins V George H. Gregg V Olga T. Griffin V Nancy J. Lyons V Harold & Joyce Mackay Bruce and Donna Mackey V John Millyard C. Maureen Moorfield V William J. Morris Elizabeth Myles V
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Caryl J. Peterson V Marjorea K. Roblin V L. Jean Stewart James A. Thomson Arnold T. Bailey V John Becker and Gwenne Becker V Suzanne Cousland V Lloyd N. Freel V James Gaskin V Patricia A. Green V Shirley Johnson Geoffrey D. Johnston Marion Laurena Kirkwood V William P. Magee Sybil A. McEnteer Ria J. McMurtry and Roy McMurtry V J. Peter Mitchell and Olga Mracek Mitchell Margaret A. Pinkerton V Mary E. Polak V R. Allison Roach Patricia V. Simpson V Pauline M. Sprague Margaret Stoicheff R. K. Stokes* V Nora R. Wilson V 1956 Barbara A. Burbidge V Eleanor J. Burton V Raymond G. Carl V John Crawford V Donna E. Digby Ronald B. Glenesk Gilbert E. Howey Lois I. Jempson V Sandra Irene Lane Gordon Neil MacKinnon V Frank Shuttleworth V Barry J. Truscott Mary Janet van den Bergh 1957 K. Allan Cuzen V R. James Elder Charlotte A. Graham William and Margaret R. Johnston Nancy L. Kenyon John D. Lane V Patricia A. Lane V Roger MacQueen Joyce A. McLean Margaret Munday Ronald G. Ostic V Elizabeth H. Pearce Nancy E. Ritchie V Patricia Rodgers V A. Louise Rolston V
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Robert E. Saunders V Clarice Evans Siebens Robert G. Stevenson Kenneth D. Taylor J. Jeremy Van-Lane V Richard Verity V David O. Wainwright Grace K. Arai Margaret Baily V Douglas G. Brewer V Helen Virginia Finley V W. Ross Fleming V Gerry and Georgia Helleiner V M. Gordon Hueston Donald A. Johns V Barbara (Meisner) Kohl Elizabeth D. Lawson Victor G. Lotto Frances (Bond) McElroy William and Elizabeth Metcalfe Robert Remnant V R. Gary Seagrave V Donald R. Stadler V 1959 Jean M. Bailey Phyllis M. O’Brien Marina A. E. Bieler V David Brillinger Elizabeth J. Chambers Daryl L. Cook David MacMurchy Cullen V Marjorie Marilyn Devine V David Gault Hugh Gemmell V Don and Mimi Gillies V Donald Grant Patricia E. Grant Robert B. Gray Jill Guertin Donna M. Heyland Ivan L. Hurlbut C. Frederick Johnston C. Kaye KleineAhlbrandt V Patricia Ruth Leach J. Clark Leith Barbara A. Manrique V Marian Jean Russell Janet E. Sheridan V Nancy Ann Evelyn and Richard Smale John Strickland Ian S. Thompson Ronald B. Turner V 1960 Margaret Jane Barnum V
“ I chose to sponsor students for Emmanuel Days in order to encourage participation from those who may have been hesitant to attend due to financial concerns,” says Dale Skinner Emm 0T3, president, Emmanuel College Alumni/ae Association. “It’s important to remove these barriers and give current students an opportunity to engage in and contribute to other aspects of the larger life of the school. Emmanuel Days is a time when alumni from all over gather in one place, and we are reminded of our unique community and identity as Emmanuel grads; current students should be a part of that too.” Skinner also supports Emmanuel College’s Annual Fund. Donations to the Annual Fund contribute to the areas of greatest need, including student scholarships, campus enhancements and educational opportunities, both within and beyond classroom borders.
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Photographs: (Opposite page) Courtesy Dale Skinner; Victoria Alumni Office
Alan E. Roffey V 1943 Helen R. Gray Edithe K. Lewis V Agnes E. Masters V 1944 Helge O. Hongisto* Mary Keyes M. Jewitt Parr V 1945 Mildred S. Barrie V M. Eleanor Broadus V Ruth L. Brown June A. Currie Richard Jeanes V M. Barbara Rooke V Pauline M. Scott V 1946 Marion L. Gordon Gloria E. M. LeGrow Donald E. C. McLean* V Marion McVeigh V Margaret A. (Fawcett) Parker Doris E. Pearce V Mary E. Robinson V Janet M. Wardlaw 1947 Ruth E. Balmer V Agnes Beckett Mary Louise Black Adrian* and Margaret Brook V Dorothy J. Cooke V Lorine E. Danahy Betsie (Ewing) Gerber V Mary Hintzman Shirley S. Mann Elizabeth Matthews Shirley J. McAndless Jean E. Moore V Gordon G. Pickell Mary Patricia Raymond Jean M. Reeve Elizabeth G. Rogers V A. Douglas and M. Helen Small Helen J. Stock Louella M. Sturdy Margaret Jean Turnbull* 1948 Robert H. Crawford V Doris J. Davidson Wilma J. Friend J. Bruce Fyfe Edward T. Hill V Ralph E. King V Mary W. Laurence V Patricia E. Ledlow Joan McDonald V Helen E. and John* Pearse V Mary E. (Schweitzer) Pleasance V
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The Moriyama Gold Medal is awarded annually to a Victoria College graduating student with high academic standing in the arts, whether visual, dramatic, cinematic or musical. The first winners of this medal were Sasha Bears Vic 1T3 (left) and Tracy Kyncl Vic 1T2 (right), photographed here with Sachi Miyauchi Moriyama and Raymond Moriyama. “To be awarded the Moriyama Gold Medal is truly an honour,” says Tracy Kyncl. “Not only is it a privilege to attend a university that strives to recognize the hard work of its students and provide scholarships and awards in light of their achievements, but to be recognized in such a way and in the name of Mr. Moriyama is absolutely incredible. I am very grateful to Mr. Moriyama for his generosity and to the University for selecting me as a recipient of this award.”
Photographs: (Opposite page) Courtesy Dale Skinner; Victoria Alumni Office
Marilyn R. BrewerPatterson V James W. Cruickshank V R. A. Francis V Helen J. Hitchcock Donald E. Inkpen John Lazier V J. Annette Lindsay Murray A. McBride Nancy H. Murphy V Dan Norman V H. K. Plant Derek W. Quin Mary C. Redekop V 1961 Mary Jean Affleck Peter T. Alexander* J. Douglas Bryden V Margaret A. J. Cameron V John R. Carbert Marian Dingman Hebb V R. Marie Kingston A. David Kneeshaw C. M. B. Kuzeljevich Dorothy Landells V Helen (Truscott) Mitchell V Kenneth Murdoch Dorothea A. Sprung V Michael G. Thorley V Joan E. Tooke Marilyn Y. White William Wright V 1962 Janette H. (Lindsay) Johnston V Elizabeth J. Black V Jean-Marc and Stephanie L. Charron Beverley A. Edgecombe V Linda C. McKay James Ralph Mills William Lee Morningstar Stan and Mary Neal W. John Rae Shelagh M. J. Roberts V P. Marjorie Skeoch Brian C. Westlake V Toshio Yamamoto V 1963 M. Dianne Bird V Elizabeth J. Bliss V Al Brereton V Catherine M. Davison Kenneth Fisher V C. Brian Harper Mary Jane Miller J. Barry Riddell V
Jane E. Shen John C Stewart-Robertson William R. Townsley V Lorna J. Whitty 1964 Bernice May Ellen Bain Jon G. Baird V F. L. James Beal John R. Burns Catherine K. and Peter B. Canham Linda J. Clarke V Eleanor I. Currie V Janette M. MacDonald V Geoffrey O. Fitzpatrick V Elizabeth A. Gerrie and David Yeung V Benjamin Johnson V Dave and Jan Ledson Pamelia E. Lock V Eva Z. L. Lypka Peter Mitchelson Marion Pierce Judith A. Ramsay V Joan M. Rayner Bruce Taylor V Douglas Ward V George E. Waters Leonard A. Wilkinson Robin R. K. and Sharon Wood V 1965 Barbara R. Bogle Barbara J. Casson John D. Coburn Paul R. Dempsey V Judith and Peter Drake V Cynthia Elson V Leslie David Foreman V John B. Green John Hall V Kenneth L. Harlock David J. Holdsworth V John A. and Lorna Hutchinson V J. David and Lorna Joblin Gary D. Kelly William Lehun Richard H. Moffat V Wilfried Neidhardt V Comfort K. Osei-Tutu Robert Joel Rahn Brian Ridley V Catherine Rank Schmid Phylip D. Tinning Donald Waterfall V 1966 Doris A. Arnold Jennifer H. Code
Bruce F. Conron Eileen Conway Robert K. Graham V M. Louise Howe Donald Laing Edda Marika Madvark C. Marilyn McCowan V Donald G. Smith Paul Reginald Stott V Mary L. Tigert V Helen I. Whidden Peter G. F. Young V Daniel R. Zadorozny 1967 Helena M. Bastedo V Charlotte Bouckley Carole A. Brenner V Barbara A. Cooper Katherine L. Ennis V Marjorie M. Fraser Elizabeth A. Graham Philip R. A. Hooker Ronald T. Hunt Andrew Lawless D. Brian and Camille Lipsett Marci C. McDonald Katherine A. McTavish Daisy R. Rickard Virginia R. Robeson 1968 Lynn D. Bennett V Ian B. Buttars Brian Christie M. Ann Dewees Michael N. Durisin Michael Eben Barbara A. English John and Lynne Glenney V James Gregory V John D. Gregory V Barbara R. Healey V Patricia Kathleen Higgins V Peter G. Jarrett Phyllis L. Kurylo V Wendy R. Lawrence V Grant E. Lewis V Belle-Anne Luce V Mary E. A. McBride John A. Miller Solomon A. Nigosian V James D. Reynolds Susan E. R. Rumsey V. Martyn Sadler Lynn and Ray Smith Janet E. Webber V
Catherine A. Williams V 1969 J. Edwin F. Bryan V Dorothy M. Farr Calvert L. Francis V Mel and Carmen Greif V Ada E. Jackson Donald A. Jackson Emrys R. Lloyd-Roberts D. George MacIntosh Mary L. Reynolds 1970 R. Michael Benton V Aris Birze V Richard D. Cooke J. Roger Giroux V Maureen Lennon Donald V. Macdougall Jana S. L. Nilsson Sheila Fallis Jim Blakelock and Susan Vogl Blakelock V Margot Young V 1971 David C. G. Brown V D. Michael Fertile V C. G. James Hewitt V Steven Hodder Carmen Holbrough Norma M. MacIntyre Wendi J. MacKay Michael A. Orr John G. Richardson V Elizabeth J. Shilton 1972 Bruce A. Avery V Signe K. Ball Mary Ann Evans David J. Gilmour Robert J. Kincaide Bruce P. King V A. Beth Moore V Sandra D. Pett V Marilyn A. Pope Patricia Young 1973 Scott K. Agur Vincent D. Alfano V Bronwyn R. Best V Susanne Busse Marilyn R. Christensen Barbara D. Forsyth Panagiotis Grouios Pauline J. Houlden V Robert M. Jackson V Susan (Morawetz) Latremoille
Heather MacDougall Clinton Mooney V Donald A. Sharpe Robert G. Sheath 1974 Elisabeth B. A. Braun David L. Farrington V Christopher John Hains V David E. Hartley Donald L. Richmond V Thora M. Simmonds Bryan J. Smith Dianne E. Woods V 1975 R. William Dunn V M. Noel James V Jennifer Anne Johnson Harry Manning V E. McRae Mark W. Rosenberg Mary A. Spencer V 1976 Harold J. Alston David G. Cowper-Smith V David A. Dennis Lesley Evans V Leslie A. Gould Diane J. Hill V Ronald R. Holden Robin M. A. MacKie V Jane P. Morris Gary W. Newhouse Kent A. Peacock Hanna V. Pilar 1977 John C. Adams V Kathleen Sheffield Anderson Gordon D. Fulton V Constance J. Green V William C. Howes Patricia A. Jackson Donald K. Johnston Thomas W. McCullough Brian C. Pel J. Greg Richards Marie A. Vaillant Dorothy M. White 1978 Wendy A. Board Donna M. Burton Jeffrey Gollob V C. Judi Henderson Diane K. J. Oki V Kevin A. O’Neill Cheryl A. Rhodes
V 5 years or more of consecutive giving to Victoria V 10 years or more of consecutive giving to Victoria
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Blair and Louise Sinclair David Tartick Heinz-Michael A. Voelker 1979 David L. Adams Heather and Paul Conolly-Mingay V Lawrence G. Gordon Robert Hanna Sang Chul Lee Graydon W. Paulin Joy L. Rosen David K. Shearman Karen J. Virag Joseph R. Wright 1980 Mark Aitchison David G. Burgess Shelly Jamieson Barbara Laing-Hiseler V Quintin E. Lang Deborah A. Mills-Wahlen Mary L. Spalding Andrew Tymoszewicz 1981 Hilda F. Buisman Michael J. Hall Susan Evelyn (Broadbent) Hogan David W. Johnson Shane A. Kelford Graham D. Layne Steven H. Paikin V D. Alan Smith V 1982 Kenneth C. Bahen Jane M. Bowen Lenna M. Bradburn Andrea B. Fritz-Bray Christopher Glowienka Leon D. Irish Stephen J. Lautens Elizabeth S. Marmura V Martha A. Mingay Margaret A. Reid V Ian Sloan Barbara A. Spottiswood Kimberly Ann Turner 1983 Steven J. Chambers Ian A. Chunn Munro J. Ferguson V Kent Ing Katherine A. Ives V Alexandra L. Jenkins Ian G. Johnston Lisa M. Miettinen V Pamela Smalley Hamish Stewart V Ian S. Thomson K. Jane Watt V
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Douglas Wright V 1984 David F. Barrows V Hillary J. Geller Deborah M. Hart Janet E. Heisey Cynthia G. Morton Scott C. Northey Deborah A. Peacock Valerie Scane V Norman P. Seurukas V Neil Smith Elizabeth Stinson Richard P. Strangway Nada Tijanic Vivian J. Yarwood 1985 David A. Barker V Christine L. Comi John A. McIntosh V R. Greg McKnight V John E. McLeod V B. Josephine Mewett Amanda Walton V Jeff J. Wilker 1986 Taras W. Ciomyk V Martin Hubbes Ross Leckie Morag I. McMurray Hisako Narimatsu Robert J. Saffrey 1987 Nils F. N. Clarke Sashko Damjanovski Nancy E. Hardy V Douglas J. Houston Marian Ollila Ian Willson 1988 Martine A. Celej V Jin Young Choi Steven Elder V Jinan A. Kubursi Joan McCalmont Lillian and John Perigoe Iria Statiris 1989 Janet E. Davison V David M. Mathers Robert A. McCrindell William E. McDowell V John T. Seki 1990 Melanie Gilbert Kathleen P. Wilcox 1991 Paul M. Alexander Beatrice L. Arnill Sascha Hastings V George M. John Bradley T. and Sarah L. Morrison V
Tara Somerville William E. Steadman V Edward Truant Christine I. (McLachlin) Watkins 1992 Ping Ying Chung V Connie E. Fennell V Patricia Jane Hunter 1993 Kresimir G. Begic Kate L. Harkness Marc Johnstone and Kristene Steed Laura Sundberg 1994 C. M. Swire Chin Young-Joon Rhee V Angela Stoddart 1995 Beverly Joanne Michelle Bly Nelsona Constance Dundas V Philip W. Locke V Linda K. Petrides 1996 Margaret-Ann Keates 1997 Guy Berman Don Lang V 1999 Tim Corson and Jennifer DeSilva V James Malcolm Finlay V Kent Douglas James Garrett V Heather Leffler 2000 Judith Campbell V 2001 Orville Browne A. Marie Harvey Sarah K. Hirschorn 2002 Michael Barrenger Kristina J. Campbell V Mary Lee Laing V 2003 Scott Edmond Jahnke V Kathleen Anne and Charles Ian Mack Olivier Kevin Sorin 2004 Dale Estey Erin Ashley McDonald V 2005 Lois E. Brown Erica E. A. McNeely 2006 Tovah Miriam Anne Barocas Linda Tung-Prangley V 2007 Sheila Campbell Townsend Haines V Brian La Karen Marks Robert McGavin V 2008 Zinzi DeSilva Donna Kerrigan Debra P. McGill
2009 Stanley R. Bunston V Leslie Hills V Janet Uren Filip Zalewski 2012 Jeffrey Bacon Friends, Faculty and Corporations Phyllis and Matthew Airhart Dorothy Amos V David and Jane Gray Atkins Jean A. Ballinger V The Bank of New York Mellon Community Partnership Daphne Beauroy Bedford Park United Church Women Ann Black V Josiah Blackmore V Ellen and Murray Blankstein V William R. Bowen and Sandra J. Gavinchuk V H. A. Boyd Russell M. Brown Leslie Buehner V Ruth E. Cairns Caledon East United Church Women Centennial Japanese United Church Women V J. Edward Chamberlin V John and Vera Chau Frank Collins Eleanor Cook Margaret R. Cozzi James J. Devin Marie D’Iorio James C. Douglas Nicholas Eben William Edwards V Fairlawn Avenue United Church Women V Catherine A. Fallis* V R. H. Farquharson V Forest Home United Church Women Sheila Grant Mary C. Ham William R. C. Harvey Frank Hoff Grant W. Howell Barbara Howson Kristin Irish Anthony R. Katsuno
Janet Florence Kirkconnell Jutta Knorzer Marie Korey Halyna M. H. Kozar Olga Lee Living Waters Presbyterial U.C.W. Lynne Magnusson Suzanne E. Majhanovich Manor Road United Church Women Stasia Elizabeth Marune Susan McDonald Donald and Louise McLean John McQuillen Louise Moorhouse V Shelagh Morley Gillian Newman Northern Waters Presbyterial United Church Women Cristina Oke Lawrence K. Porter and Sheila Porter Kim Posno Christopher Pratt Ronald Radwick Renaissance and Reformation Aubrey and Yvonne Rosenberg V Royal York Road United Church Erika Rummel Eva Seidner Kedar Runjan Seth St. Andrew’s United Church Women Brian Stock Thornton United Church Women Tottenham United Church Women Stephanie Treloar Dorothy Trimble Trinity United Church Women V Anne C. Trousdale United Church Women University of Prince Edward Island – Department of History Virginia United Church Women Ian Walker Ruth Walker Norman Williams Keith Wilson Ruth Wilson
V 5 years or more of consecutive giving to Victoria V 10 years or more of consecutive giving to Victoria
Photographs: (Opposite page) Courtesy Julian Hung; Victoria University Archives
Tae Han Kim and Julian Hung (pictured here) are two of 15 students awarded the Dr. Lorus J. Milne and Dr. Margery J. Milne Award in 2013 for summer research projects. This award is given out as a research grant to support students in the life sciences program with high academic standing, who are pursuing noncredit research projects to enhance their university studies. “The Milne Award provided me with the support to experience medical research outside the classroom,” says Kim, who conducted research in geriatric pharmacy. “I developed not only my scientific rigour, but also an understanding of the sensitivity necessary for effective patient care.” Hung spent his summer under the tutelage of Brenda Andrews and her lab at U of T’s Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research. “Winning this award,” he says, “has allowed me to participate at the forefront of DNA-damage research using the most advanced technology in the field today. I am able to study what I love without the burden of additional tuition and limitations on the mind.”
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Victoria University Heritage Society Members Victoria University gratefully recognizes the following people who have declared their intention to include Victoria in their estate’s charitable giving plans.
Photographs: (Opposite page) Courtesy Julian Hung; Victoria University Archives
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 Walter Buleychuk 5T1 Kenneth Brian Burnham 5T6 Eleanor J. Burton 5T6 Dan Camposano 8T3 Muriel M. Spurgeon Carder 6T9 Ben Chan 8T7 Lawrence R. Cohen 7T2 Annalijn Conklin 0T2 Dick Cousland 5T4 Gwen M. Davenport 5T0 Marion (Chatterjee) Davies 5T5 Larry Davies Robert C. Dowsett 5T0
Martha Drake L. Diane Dyer 6T2 Freda M. Eickmeyer Konrad Eisenbichler Lesley Evans 7T6 Jean (Birkenshaw) Fennell 4T8 Judy M. (Caldecott) Fleming 6T1 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 Nettie (Wilson) Hoffman 5T0 Beth Holt 5T0 Dorothy (Flannery) Horwood Ian G. M. Howey Gilbert E. Howey 5T6 Kenneth W. Inkster C. Douglas Jay 4T6, 5T0 Lynda L. Jenner 6T2 Alexandra F. Johnston 6T1 Craig T. Kamcke 5T8 Elinor M. Kelly 3T6
Patricia A. Kennedy 6T9 Renate Kozarov and Dennis Glasgow 8T7 F. H. Kim Krenz Eva Kushner Ethel (Upton) Lapp 4T9 Donald G. Lawson 5T1 Janet G. (Macrae) MacInnis 5T9 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 Walter and Nancy (Jamieson) Pridham 5T3 Phyllis M. (Pope) Purves 5T3 Mary E. Robertson 5T0
Patricia Romans Ann Saddlemyer G. Stephen Shantz 6T7 C. Anderson Silber David P. Silcox 5T9 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
Elizabeth (Eastlake) Vosburgh 6T8 Germaine Warkentin 5T5 Arthur and Ruby Waters 4T6 Nora R. Wilson 5T5 Maria Hrycaiko Zaputovich 7T2 Paula (Mitas) Zoubek 6T2 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
The Board of Regents gratefully acknowledges the thoughtful bequests of the following Vic alumni and friends whose gifts were received in the past year. Craig Armstrong Vic 4T8 Frank Spence Dingman Vic 3T5 Margaret M. Duhig Vic 4T7 John Henry Gibson Eccles M. Isabel (Park) Hodgkinson Vic 4T3 Florence Beatrice Moulton Josephine L. Rogers Vic 3T1 Steven J. Sandoz Vic 6T5
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Where There’s a Will…
Margaret “Peggy” (Scott) Duhig Vic 4T7 passed away in 2012 in her 88th year. Duhig, a retired teacher of English and home economics, was keenly interested in “promoting the work and philosophy of Northrop Frye.” She had a love of learning and thought it “admirable” to leave a bequest to support the fellowship program at Vic’s Northrop Frye Centre. Fellows are privy to the E.J. Pratt Library’s impressive Northrop Frye Collection and are welcome in the academic community of Victoria University A lifelong learner and avid reader, Duhig also loved opera, symphony and art. “Peggy had a lot of spark and was so eager to share her knowledge with others, including her knowledge of nature,” says her friend Helen Riggin. “She brought to our volunteer group, The Wye Marsh Wildflower Gardeners, a wealth of knowledge of all native species. Peggy was a true outdoorswoman and a dear friend.”
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 Doors Open to Opportunities The official opening of the Goldring Student Centre was celebrated on September 25 (see page 5) but students have been enjoying the space since the end of April. The summer months are used by many of the on-campus groups to prepare for the busy fall term: the Orientation Executive works towards creating another unforgettable O-Week; The Strand gears up for its first issue of the academic year; and many of Vic’s club members gather to develop strategies to attract new members. Orientation Executive Committee members Nirusha Shanmuganathan, Ashley Harripersad and Chelsea Spagnolo (pictured from left to right) are thrilled to be residents of the building. “Before the Goldring Student Centre, clubs and levies were spread out all over campus,” says Shanmuganathan. “Now that we are all sharing a space, we feel like a stronger community. We are forming a
critical mass that is bound to increase student engagement.” According to Spagnolo, thanks to the new building, there is a real incentive to stay on campus to work and socialize. “The fact that students were willing to support this project financially shows there was a real need for an improved space,” says Harripersad.
Alumni Calendar of Events December 7 Graduates Christmas Luncheon
“Improvising Poetry on the Nineteenth-Century Stage” with Victoria College Principal Angela Esterhammer Vic 8T3. Alumni Hall, 12 p.m. cash bar reception; 12:30 p.m. luncheon, $25 per person. Please join us! Sign up on-line at http://my.alumni.utoronto.ca/ Christmas or R.S.V.P. to 416-585-4500, 1-888-262-9775 or vic.alumni@utoronto.ca.
December 2 Friends of Victoria University Library Annual Friends’ Carol Night, Senior Common Room, Burwash Hall, 7 p.m. January 22 Friends of Victoria University Library Virginia Woolf Night: Movie Screening, The Hours, Alumni Hall, Old Vic, 7 p.m. January 22 VWA “Vic Now” with Kelley Castle, dean of students, Jelena Savic, VUSAC president, Michelle Mitrovich Vic 9T6, Vic One liaison
officer; and Paul Huyer Vic 8T1, chair, Board of Regents, Alumni Hall, Old Vic, 2 p.m. February 7 Vic Chorus Winter Concert Featuring Edmee Nataprawira, Victoria College Chapel, 8 p.m., free admission. February 26 VWA “Re-evaluating the Changing Role of Women in the Muslim World,” an illustrated talk with Nevin Reda, professor, Emmanuel College, Alumni Hall, Old Vic, 2 p.m. 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.
Photograph: Victoria Alumni Office
’TIS THE SEASON
November 27 VWA “A Vision for City Hall: An Insider’s Perspective” with Joe Mihevc, councillor, City of Toronto, Alumni Hall, Old Vic, 2 p.m.