Cover: All aboard for Oxford, 1953
Top left Otto Lang, right Jim McWilliams, left: Bill Norrie, right: Storrs McCall, BA'52, left: David Harley, right: Robert (Roy) Morrison, BEng'53, left: Guy Maclean, right: Canadian Governor General Roland Michener boarding the Empress of Canada at the Montreal port. Inset: Rhodes Scholar Carellin Brooks, BA'93
ALUMNI QUARTERLY
FALL 1997

Editor's Notebook

Letters

Nahum Gelber Law Library

Joel Miller Quintet



Allo Police!
Le nouveau poste de police au coeur du ghetto de McGill témoigne de l'importance que la police de Montréal attache à la sécurite.
PAR PIERRE THÉROUX
An "A" for Amsel

Rhonda Amsel, BSc'71, MSc'77, is a rarity, a teacher of statistics that students love. For her achievements in the classroom, she's the 1997 Canadian Professor of the Year.
BY PATRICK McDONAGH
Rhodes Scholars through the Ages
The Rhodes Scholarships is one of the most sought after scholarships in the world. Is McGill proud that we've got the most in the nation? You bet.
COMPILED BY FELIXA DE AMESTI
[ Complete list ]
Mighty Minds Coast to Coast
From Newfoundland to British Columbia, McGill alumni occupy the top academic offices in the land. From favourite book to deadly sins, they tell us their favourite things.
Piper learning a new tune at UBC
Martha Piper is the first woman president of the University of British Columbia and is expected to bring a softer touch to a stormy university
BY ANN GIBBON
The Shapiro Brothers:
How to Tell Them Apart

COMPILED BY JANICE PASKEY



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