Homecoming Highlights (Page 2)

No Mulroney Jokes, Please

Well-known "Red Tory" and former Chief of Staff to the Prime Ministerial Chin himself, Hugh Segal donned the mantle of Leacock lecturer this year at the 32nd annual Leacock Luncheon. "I was never a member of any organized political party," Segal claimed in front of an appreciative crowd of over 700 at the Hotel Bonaventure. "I was a federal Conservative."

Above right: Vice-Principal and Leacock Master of Ceremonies Derek Drummond cornered La Presse columnist Sophie Cousineau (left) and Global TV news anchor Jamie Orchard at the Luncheon.

Above left: Seen at the pre-luncheon cocktail reception are chief curator of Rare Books and Special Collections Irena Murray, MArch'91, McGill sports therapist Lynn Bookalam, McGill graduate student and track star Sarah Ali-Khan, and track coach Dennis Barrett.

Golden Anniversary Eric and Margot (Winters) Toller, BSc(HEc)'51, returned to the spot on the Macdonald campus where 50 years earlier he proposed marriage. Eric was a Queen's grad, but Margot married him anyway, a year later.

Give Me Rugby or Give Me Death Roy Dudley, MSc'98, eludes the opposition in the annual Homecoming Rugby Game at Macdonald Campus in which the current McGill Redmen team took on rugby alumni.

'76ers Return

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Graduates returning for their 25th anniversary were presented with a copy of McGill: A Celebration. Seen here are alumni of the School of Physical and Occupational Therapy outside the Faculty Club. Front row: Shirley Penston Smith, Linda Moncaster Clark, Gail Little, Roslyn Common; back row: Wendy Dickison Lea, Bev Lafoley, all BSc(PT)'76.

Principal Bernard Shapiro with popular author and MIT professor Steven Pinker, BA'76, DSc'99, and Dean of Arts Carman Miller at the Principal's 25th Anniversary Reception held for the Class of '76 at the Faculty Club.

Three old friends came back to campus for their own mini-reunion. They hadn't seen each other in 15 years and were happily reunited at the Deans' Homecoming Breakfast.

Class of '76ers having a good time in the Faculty Club Ballroom. From left: Véronique Jotterand, BSc'76, a pediatric ophthalmologist from California, Loretta Tyler, BA'76, MSc(A)'82, a nurse from Vermont, and Wendy LeMarquand, BSc'77, a physician from Pennsylvania.

Classy Reunions

Ewart Reid was accompanied by sons Malcolm and Ian for his 70th anniversary celebration. He was presented with a silver coaster by the Chancellor for being the most senior graduate at the event. From left: Kip Cobbett, BA'69, BCL'72, Ewart Reid, BA'31, MA'32, Malcolm and Ian Reid. Participants at the Chancellor's James McGill Dinner, hosted by McGill Chancellor Dick Pound, BCom'62, BCL'67, enjoyed an evening at the Omni Hotel's Salon Pierre de Coubertin. The dinner celebrated graduates from the classes of '46 and earlier. Enrique Cavalcanti, BEng'51, and Hazel (O'Brien) Cavalcanti, BA'51, travelled all the way from Brazil for Homecoming and are pictured here at the Jubilee Dinner. Don McGerrigle, Director of Development, with Doreen Howell Davidson, DipEd'51, at the Principal's Jubilee Dinner, held for graduates celebrating their 50th anniversary. Electrical Engineering classmates gathered for their 35th anniversary at the University Club. From left: 1966 grads Bill Scott, Andrew Siman, Norman Rae, John Waldes, Ken Porter and Paul Stanfield.