Alumni activities (Page 2)

Alumni activities

Mozart, Mahler and the MSO

Members of the Florida branch and their guests were treated to a performance by the Montreal Symphony Orchestra under conductor Charles Dutoit, DMus'96, at the Broward Center for Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale. Pictured left to right are Larry Behar, BA'74, incoming branch president Jaycey Kaps, BA'91, Claire Behar, BEd'83, BSW'86, Harvey Cohen and Lauren Kaps.

Singapore fling Principal Bernard Shapiro visited Singapore in March to meet with grads and friends of McGill. Below, he and Mrs. Shapiro are shown with former Canadian Prime Minister Kim Campbell, now Consul General for Canada in Los Angeles. At left, front row: Phyllis Shapiro, DipEd'56, CertProfFr'95, Dennis Scown, Chargé d'affaires, Immigration Canada, Professor Siow Yue Chia, PhD'76, Director of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. Back row: Patricia Malikail, former McGill professor Peter Hwang, PhD'73, of the National University of Singapore, Principal Shapiro, Zulkifi Baharudin, and former McGill professor Rethy Chem, National University of Singapore.

Terry Fox Run challenge

The Toronto branch has issued a challenge to other branches of the Alumni Association, urging them to participate in the Terry Fox Run on September 17, which will mark the 20th anniversary of the Marathon of Hope to fund cancer research. The Terry Fox Run is held at over 5,000 sites across the planet in over 56 countries. Anyone wishing to organize, volunteer for, or participate in the Run can visit the website www.terryfoxrun.org for more information.

A mess of engineers

Members of the Engineering Class of '50 living in the Ottawa area gather a few times a year for fellowship and lunch at the Army Officers Mess and recently posed for this photo for the News.

An evening in LoDo

Colorado grads gathered for a pub night in lower Denver -- LoDo in local parlance -- in February at Josephina's Italian Restaurant. Left to right: Trish Bellac, BA'83, Richard Duke, BSC'78, MSc'81, unidentified guest, Amy Pesner-Morris, BA'81, Debra Minogue-Duke, BA'80, Rob Barclay, BA'91, Jean-Guy Deschamps, BEng'88, MEng'93, Mary Morton, Tom Morton, BEng'59, MEng'64, Lisa Lewis, BA'90, and Wendy Van Dyke, BA'85.