Left to right (twice): Classmates Irv Nitlin, Ed Silver, Rene Testa and Moh Faris, of the Applied Mechanics class of '59, held a 40-year, mini-reunion in June to do some salmon fishing in the Queen Charlotte Islands, and also showed off their new McGill jackets.

Hey Presto!

Offer a great event and a terrific crowd turns up. In the Hollywood Hills, alumni from Southern California enjoyed a tour of the Magic Castle, a premier magic-show venue, followed by a brunch in the company of grads ranging from 1923 to 1995.

Building a Great Tradition

Some 35 graduates of the School of Architecture gathered for the first Architects' Dinner in Hong Kong.

Left to right: Herman Au, BScArch'70, Edwin Kong BArch'73, Peter Yuen, BArch'75, and Alex Chu, BArch'73, one of the dinner's organizers.

Robert Wood, DipManApp'94, Todd McDougall, BEng'95, and Beth Robertson, BSc'97, BSc(OT)'01, a Chancellor Gretta Chambers Student Award winner, chat before guests were piped in for the annual Alumni Honours and Awards Banquet in Montreal.

At the beautiful Keukenhof Gardens in Lisse, Holland, Canada's ambassador Marie Bernard-Meunier handed out federal Canadian Studies Awards, and Robert Juhasz was named Alumni Branch President of the Year.

Left to right: Proud mother Mrs. Margaret Juhasz, Robert Juhasz, LLB'95, with Her Excellency Marie Bernard-Meunier.

Winsor Castle

Bob and Sue Winsor hosted a cocktail reception at their home in Barbados last spring which featured special guests Deborah Buszard, Dean of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, and Alan Shaver, Dean of Science.

Left to right: Wayne Hunte, BEng'62, head of McGill's Bellairs Research Institute in Barbados, Dean Buszard, Frank McConney, BEng'57, Bob Winsor, BEng'62, and Sue Winsor.

Bob Rae and Rosalind (Evans) Heintzman, BA '91, outgoing Toronto branch president, share a laugh at the Toronto Leacock Lunch. The former Ontario premier was guest speaker at the event which was moderated by the always amusing Derek Drummond, BArch'62.

HALL of FAMERS

Six individuals and one team have been named to the McGill Sports Hall of Fame. This year's honorees are Dr. David Fleiszer, BSc'69, MDCM'73, MSc'79, a former running back who was the most outstanding university football player in the country in 1969, and Ken Farmer, BCom'34, an intercollegiate tennis champion and all-star hockey player who helped Canada win a silver medal in hockey at the 1936 Winter Olympics. Others include Dr. Bob MacLellan, BA'52, DDS'61, a three-time all-star in both hockey and football, Willard Crocker, who won numerous Canadian tennis championships in the mid-1920s, and retired professor Dorothy Nichol, BSc'49, a pioneer in developing women's athletics. D. Stuart Forbes, BEng'11, BArch'15, a Davis Cup tennis player who served as McGill director of athletics for 17 years, will be a posthumous inductee. Selected in the team category was the 1933-34 McGill men's hockey squad, which featured Ken Farmer (the lone surviving member), and was coached by Dr. Bobby Bell. The team, known as the "Red Raiders," won three league titles that year.

David Fleiszer, now a prominent oncologist at the Montreal General Hospital, played football from 1966 to 1970, becoming the first McGill player to win the Hec Crighton trophy as the most outstanding college player in Canada. Fleiszer set a McGill and OQAA single-season rushing record that still stands: 925 yards in seven games. He won the OQAA scoring title in 1969 with 10 TDs in seven games, and held the team's all-time rushing record for 20 years with 2,177 yards on 373 carries.

Ken Farmer starred for four years with the hockey team from 1930 to 1934, played three seasons with the tennis team (1930-33), and was the Canadian intercollegiate doubles champion in 1932. He helped McGill win three Queen's Cup hockey championships, two Quebec Senior Hockey League titles and one Quebec Amateur Hockey League championship. After graduating from McGill, Farmer played for the Montreal Victorias and the 1936 silver medal-winning Canadian Olympic team. Farmer is a former president of the Canadian Olympic Association.

A three-time all-star centre on the football team and a three-time all-star goaltender on the hockey team, versatile Robert MacLellan was both an outstanding goaltender and football MVP in the 1952-53 intercollegiate season. He played football for the Montreal Alouettes from 1955 to 1960 and was the Montreal Canadiens back-up goalie for visiting teams. He was the unanimous choice for McGill athlete of the year in 1953.

Professor Dorothy Annabelle Nichol joined the department of women's athletics in 1945 as an instructor and basketball coach, staying on staff for 40 years. Teaching at McGill's Macdonald College campus from 1952 to 1970, Nichol became one of the first female directors of women's athletics, holding the position from 1955 until 1970. As an associate professor in physical education from 1970 to 1989, she would lecture all day and coach and referee in the evening. Nichol was also a founding director of the Ontario-Quebec Women's Conference of Intercollegiate Athletics.

Willard Frederick Crocker studied medicine at McGill from 1920 to 1924 and developed into one of the best young tennis players in Canada. He captained the McGill tennis team in 1920, winning the Canadian intercollegiate singles and doubles titles that year, and went on to be a member of the Canadian Davis Cup team for eight straight years from 1923 to 1930. Crocker won numerous singles and doubles championships throughout the 1920s and was inducted posthumously into the Canadian Amateur Sports Hall of Fame and the Canadian Tennis Hall of Fame in 1991.

Duncan Forbes made the McGill football team in his freshman year (1907) despite his 5-foot-6, 132-pound frame. He also starred on the championship basketball team in 1909-10, competing as well in track and field, boxing, wrestling, soccer, softball and skiing. He was appointed director of athletics at McGill in 1923. A decorated war hero in both world wars, Forbes received the Order of the British Empire and a Doctor of Education from McGill, who also named Forbes Field on campus in his honour. The Students' Athletics Council annually present the Forbes Trophy to the McGill male athlete of the year. Forbes died in 1965 at the age of 75.

The 1933-34 Redmen hockey team, arguably the best ever iced at McGill, played their first 23 games without a loss (20-0-3), a record that still stands, and were defeated only three times that season. Under legendary coach Dr. Bobby Bell, they won the Canadian Intercollegiate Hockey Union championship (Queen's Cup) and the Quebec Amateur Hockey Association title, as well as the Quebec Senior Hockey League regular season and playoff titles. The Redmen featured an awesome power play and were led by "The Four Horsemen" Ü Ken Farmer, captain Nels Crutchfield, Hugh Farquharson and Jack McGill. Other team members included Frank Shaughnessy, Jr., Tom Robertson, Gordon Meiklejohn, Jean-Paul Elie, Rob McLernon, Allan Hall, Fred Wigle, Cam Dickison, Rollie Lamb, goalies Maurice Powers and Hollie McHugh, plus manager Edward L. Gray and honorary president Dr. C.K.P. Henry.

The Hall of Fame induction luncheon on October 14 is part of Homecoming Week celebrations. A limited number of tickets are available for $40. Reserve by calling (514) 398-7002.