Cover illustration by Katy Lemay
ALUMNI QUARTERLY
FALL 1999



Editor's Notebook

Letters

Newsbites



L.O.V.E. Story
If someone in your family was murdered, what would you do? Twinkle Rudberg, BA'56, has taken an unusually compassionate approach to personal loss.
BY HÉLÈNA KATZ, BA'87

To B.A. or not to B.A.?
Some think the future is the domain of engineers and software programmers. Are Arts students really destined to drive taxis after graduation? A look at the value of a liberal arts education.
BY PATRICK McDONAGH
New Faces, Changing Times
The 1990s have been frustrating and difficult times for Canadian universities. Learn how McGill has adjusted to punishing budget cuts and meet the team that is charting the University's new course.
BY ANDREW MULLINS AND DIANA GRIER AYTON

La grande demande
Avant de créer la bourse d'études, de doter la chaire, ou de construire l'immeuble il faut d'abord recueillir des fonds. Cependant, aux dires de certains bienfaiteurs de McGill, il faut bien repasser ses leçons avant d'inviter les gens à délier les cordons de leurs bourses.
PAR DANIEL McCABE, BA'89, TRADUCTION DE CARL LAVOIE, BA'84
       



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Volume 79 Number 3 Fall 1999

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Joan Fraser, BA'65, Chairman

Paul Austin; Marcel Couture, Dip(Agr)'65, BSc'72; Richard Latendresse, BA'85; Judy Mappin, BSc'50; Paul Mayer, LLB/BCL'83; Ann McCall, BA'64; Ian McLachlin, BEng'60; Ratna Ghosh; John Scott, BA'53; Antoinette von Hahn, BA'87, MBA'96

(ex-officio)
Derek Drummond, BArch'62, Vice-Principal, Development and Alumni Relations; Honora Shaughnessy, MLS'73, Executive Director, Alumni Relations; James Robb, BA'51, BCL'54, President, McGill Alumni Association; Kate Williams, Executive Director, University Relations

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