Doris (Clark) Ludwig, BA'30, Dip SW'35, and her husband, Robert Ludwig, both journalists living in Hamilton, Ont., have published Pages for People who Love Life, a handbook designed to help people quit smoking.
Alexander Brott, LMus'32, DMus'80, founder of the McGill Chamber Orchestra, was honoured at a special concert in Montreal in March 1995, given by the orchestra to celebrate his eightieth birthday.
E. Harrison Clark, BA'34, MA'35, published All Cloudless Glory: The Life of George Washington, Vol. I (Regnery Publishing, Washington, D.C.). The second volume will be published this year. He lives in Springfield, Va.
B. Seymour Rabinovitch, BSc'39, PhD'42, was feted at a private viewing and reception at the Goldsmiths Hall, London, in September. He served as Patron of an exhibition of contemporary silver servers, by over 40 artist-craftspersons, which was mounted by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths. The exhibition, which provides a bi-national comparison of design, ran from September to December 1995, and will run at the National Ornamental Metals Museum in Memphis, Tenn., from February 11 until April 20, 1996.
W. Murray Telford, BSc'39, MSc'41, PhD'49, was awarded the 1995 Grand Prix du Merite Geoscientifique from the Association professionnelle des geologues et des geophysiciens du Quebec in recognition of his contributions as a geophysicist, professor and research scientist. He lives in Montreal.
Kerr L. White, BA'40, MD'49, was presented the 1995 Primary Care Award for Education by the Pew Health Professionals Commission. Dr. White is credited with coining the term "primary care."
Ernest A. Kerr, MSc'41, retired (for the second time) from the position of Director of Research for Stokes Seeds in St. Catharines, Ont., in December 1994. Last spring he received the H. R. MacMillan Laureate in Agriculture award for 1989 to 1994 from the University of Guelph. He is happy to have made a significant contribution "long after" the age for compulsory retirement has passed.
Herbert H. Jasper, MD'43, DSc'71, has won the prestigious Albert Einstein World Award for Science, a prize chosen by 25 Nobel laureates to recognize scientific work that has benefited humanity. He played an important role in the development of electroencephalograms, and he founded the Centre de recherche en sciences neurologiques at the Universite de Montreal in 1965. He is married to Mary Lou Jasper of the McGill Registrar's Office.
M. J. Gerald Fitzpatrick, BSc'44, past president of the McGill Graduates' Society and founder of Fitzpatrick Construction Canada Ltd., received a special award from the Association de la construction du Quebec in 1995 for his contribution to the construction sector in the Montreal region.
H. Peter Oberlander, BArch'45, has been awarded the International Urban Affairs Award for 1995-96 by Lambda Alpha International. He is the first Canadian to receive this award.
Harvey Barkun, BSc'48, was awarded special recognition by the Association of American Medical Colleges for "contributions to medical education and the medical academic community" in October 1995, and was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada in December 1995. He lives in Rockcliffe, Ont.
Eva (Dubska) Kushner, BA'48, MA'50, PhD'56, after completing seven years as President of Victoria University and one year as Director of the Centre for Comparative Literature at the University of Toronto, has returned to teaching and research in Toronto, and chairs the Freedom of Scholarship and Research Committee of the Royal Society of Canada.
William Tetley, BA'48, McGill Professor of Law, received the Order of Canada in November.
Judy Mappin, BSc'50, received the Quebec Literary Association's first Community Award in November, to honour outstanding involvement in and contributions to Quebec's English language literary life. She is the owner of Double Hook Book Shop in Westmount, Que.
Ronald Melzack, BSc'50, MSc'51, PhD'54, was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in November. A McGill Professor of Psychology, his Pain Questionnaire is in world-wide use as a measuring tool in pain research.
Irwin Guttman, BSc'51, is the 1995 recipient of the Statistical Society of Canada's Gold Medal. He has recently left the University of Toronto after 21 years in the Department of Statistics, and is currently Professor and Chairman of the Department of Statistics of the University at Buffalo of the State University of New York system.
Morris Schnitzer, BSc(Agr)'51, MSc'52, PhD'55, of Ottawa, has been awarded the prestigious Wolf Prize in Agriculture for lifetime achievement in arts and sciences. The prize, worth U.S.$100,000, will be presented by the President of Israel in the Israeli Knesset on March 24, 1996. He has had a productive career with Agriculture Canada and recently was the first Canadian to receive a lifetime achievement award from the American Soil Science Society.
Charles R. Scriver, BA'51, MD'55, of the Department of Pediatrics at McGill, was honoured with the Prix Wilder- Penfield in biomedical research, one of the nine prestigious Prix du Quebec awards conferred in December. Dr. Scriver has made significant contributions in the area of human genetics, and he is credited with the addition of vitamin D to milk to combat rickets.
Robert S. Gordon, BA'52, owns the Autograph Gallery in Ottawa, a store specializing in autographs of politicians, celebrities and several McGill personalities.
Carrol A. Laurin, MD'52, retired McGill Professor of Medicine, received the Order of Canada in November.
Donald Baxter, MSc'53, McGill Emeritus Professor of Medicine, received the Order of Canada in November.
Douglas Dykeman, MD'53, retired after 40 years of practice as a family physician in Richmond, Que.
Norman S. Endler, BSc'53, MSc'54, was awarded a Distinguished Research Professorship by York University, presented at the November 10 convocation, which he addressed. Professor Endler is a charter member of York University, having joined the faculty in 1960.
Carl Goersky, BSc'53, MD'55, PhD'65, was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in November. The Montreal scientist has pioneered research into membrane transport, examining how materials move from the blood to tissues and back.
Sheila Kussner, BA'53, LLD'90, was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in November. She is the founder of Hope and Cope, a Montreal cancer support program, and was involved in setting up the Oncology Department at McGill.
Alistair McKinnon, BD'53, has been appointed Knight of the Order of Dannebrog by Her Majesty the Queen of Denmark, in recognition of his contribution to the study and understanding of Kierkegaard. Professor McKinnon spent his entire professional career as a member of McGill's Department of Philosophy, and was Chair from 1975-82. He was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1980 and Professor Emeritus upon his retirement in 1990.
Harry Rosen, DDS'53, received the Academy of Operative Dentistry's Award of Excellence in February. He is the first Canadian recipient of the award, given annually to recognize outstanding contribution in dental education and practice. Dr. Rosen, who lives and practises in Montreal, also received a Fellowship to l'Academie Dentaire du Quebec in 1995.
Carlos Stienne, BSc'53, is a writer living in Buenos Aires. He has published two books: Una chica de la constanera and Pasto Miel, both by Ediciones Planalto. Recent essays include "Quebec Belongs to Latin America" and "Manicouagan Blues," a short novel about a Hydro Quebec project.
John J. Jonas, BEng'54, Professor and Co-Director, MMPC Mining and Metallurgical Engineering at McGill, was accorded the Prix Marie-Victorin, one of nine distinguished Prix du Quebec awards conferred in December. Professor Jonas was honoured for his work in the field of physical and mechanical metallurgy. He has taught at McGill since 1960.
Jeannie (Toscano) Bartha, BA'56, is on sabbatical in Budapest, Hungary, from the Department of Hispanic Studies at York University.
Marilyn Dworkin Blumer, BA'56, received the Montreal Federation CJA's Distinguished Leadership Award, recognizing long-term commitment and outstanding leadership in the volunteer community service field, in 1995. She is Vice-President of the Federation.
Beverlee Freedman Ashmele, BA'56, received the 1995 Federation CJA's newly inaugurated Award for Professional Excellence, recognizing exemplary performance in community service in Montreal. She is the Assistant Campaign Director and Director of the Women's Campaign at Combined Jewish Appeal, the Montreal Jewish Community's central fundraising organization.
Robert E. Flynn, BEng'57, Chairman and Consultant for the Nutrasweet Company in Chicago, has been apppointed Director of the Board of the Stanley Technology Group.
John D. Hsu, BSc'57, MD'61, was named as the Wu Jieh Yee Visiting Professor in the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Medicine, beginning April 1996.
Douglas Kinsella, MD'57, was awarded the Order of Canada in May 1995 for his contributions to medical bioethics education and research. He is currently Professor and Director at the Office of Medical Bioethics in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Calgary.
Walter J. Hendelman, BSc'58, MD'62, published the Students' Atlas of Neuroanatamy (W.B. Saunders, 1994). He is Full Professor in the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology at the University of Ottawa.
John Brierley, BCL'59, Professor in the McGill Faculty of Law, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He was a Visiting Professor at Universite de Paris II early in 1996.
Peter McKinney, MD'60, of Chicago, Ill., gave three instructional courses at the 64th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons in October in Montreal. He was also a Guest Examiner for the American Board of Plastic Surgery at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare, Chicago, in November.
Peter Bartha, BA'61, has been appointed Dean of the International Management Center in Budapest, Hungary, the oldest western-style graduate business school in the former communist bloc. It has students from 11 countries in Central and Eastern Europe and its local faculty is supplemented by visiting professors from the United States, Canada and Western Europe.
Toby Gilsig, BEng'61, is co-winner of the 1995 Manning Award of Distinction, in recognition of his work in enhancing operational control of large electrical power, water, mail and other distribution systems.
Rochelle (Mirsky) Cohen, MSW'62, DipSW'76, now retired, was the first social work consultant in Health and Welfare Canada's medical services to Inuit and Indian patients.
Thomas R. Csorba, MSc'62, PhD'66, Director of Clinical Biochemistry at the Calgary General Hospital, has been appointed to the medical staff of Foothills Medical Centre, the main teaching hospital of the University of Calgary. He will be a consultant in Medical Biochemistry, with emphasis on resident teaching, focussing on test utilization.
Norman Kadanoff, BEng(Civ)'62, was named an Associate of Saia, Deslauriers and Associates Inc., a Montreal-area consulting engineering firm that specializes in structures and foundations.
Carol Moscovitch Zenel, BA'62, is a Professor of art history at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Her book, Van Gogh's Progress: Utopia and Modernity in Late 19th Century Art, will be published by University of California Press in 1996. She is currently writing a book on modern Jewish history and visual culture.
Dinny Butlin-Nimmo, BSc(HEc)'63, retired in June from her position as Family Studies Department Head at North Park Secondary School in Brampton, Ont., after 19 years. She and her husband, Neil, sold their house in Thornhill and moved to their cottage in Muskoka, Ont.
Ralph Steinman, BSc'63, Professor and Immunologist, was appointed as the Henry G. Kunkel Professor at Rockefeller University, New York, in 1995.
Kenneth Kivenko, BEng'64, DipMgmt'94, has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of NBS Technologies Ltd. in Toronto.
David Mayerovitch, BA'64, has written the updated lyrics for the 1995 Stratford Festival production of Gilbert & Sullivan's The Gondoliers. He is a playwright, television writer and consultant on corporate communications and on film and television projects. He also leads workshop courses at the University of Toronto on story development and screenwriting.
M. Ian Bowmer, BSc'65, MD'69, is the new Dean of Medicine at Memorial University of Newfoundland. After completing his residency in internal medicine and infectious diseases at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal, he joined Memorial in 1975 as an Assistant Professor of Medicine. In 1979 he became Associate Professor, and in 1986 Professor and Chair of the discipline of Medicine.
Chris Bryant, BA'65, is Executive Director of the Community Economic Development of the Nova Scotia Economic Renewal Agency in Halifax.
Stephen Corber, BSc'65, MD'69, is the Director, Division of Disease Prevention and Control, at the Pan American Health Organization in McLean, Va.
Paul S. Echenberg, BSc'65, is a Senior Adviser to Benvest Capital Inc., a publicly traded merchant bank, in Montreal. He is on the Board of Directors of several Canadian and American companies and specializes in providing operating and strategic advice.
S. David Fitzgerald, DipAgr'65, manages a family farm in Paris Station, N.Y., with his wife, Carol, and son, Jay. They received a Dairy of Distinction award by the Cornell Cooperative Extension and the New York State Agriculture markets. They are part of the Dairylee Milk Cooperative, awarded a gold certificate for quality milk in 1995.
Brian Marshall, BEng'65, is the Vice Chairman of Midland Walwyn Capital Inc., Canada's largest independent investment firm, in Toronto.
Manon Vennat, BCL'65, was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in November. She is a Governor of the Montreal Stock Exchange, Chair of the McCord Museum of Canadian History, and a Board Member for the National Ballet of Canada.
Vaira Vikis-Freibergs, PhD'65, longtime Professor of Psycholinguistics at the Universite de Montreal, received the Royal Society of Canada's Pierre Chauveau medal in Ottawa in November. The award recognizes her contribution to humanities other than Canadian literature and history. She is known for her works on metaphor and poetic images. She is the author of Chansons du Soleil Lettones (1988), Sur la Montagne d'Ambre (1989) and Linguistics and Poetics of Latvian Folk Songs (1989).
Kenneth Ian Gordon, MBA'66, retired from Digital Equipment in the U.S. and moved to Vancouver Island. He and his wife Lynn now favour an aerie overlooking the Straits of Georgia. From there, when not just gazing at the view, he consults, writes software and articles, and telecommutes over the Internet.
Margaret Hooton, MSc(N)'66, was named a Grande Infirmiere by the Ordre des infirmieres et infirmiers du Quebec. She is also the first recipient of the Distinguished Nursing Teaching Award from McGill's School of Nursing, and she is Associate Director of Professional Practice, a liaison between McGill and nursing management at the university hospitals for McGill.
Gerald Rudick, DDS'66, of Montreal, became an Associate Fellow of the American Academy of Implant Dentistry. To qualify as one of the leading experts in implant dentistry, he completed more than 300 hours of post- doctoral instruction, presented cases for review by an expert panel, and passed a series of oral and written examinations.
John K. Carrington, MEng'68, is Chief Operating Officer of Barrick Gold Corp. in Toronto, the world's largest gold producer outside of South Africa. He is also an avid historian, collects toy soldiers and dictionaries, and is a part-time lay preacher at his Anglican Church.
Allan J. Fox, BSc'68, MD'70, was awarded the degree of Fellow of the American College of Radiology (FACR) in September 1995. A Professor of Radiology and Clinical Neurological Sciences at the University of Western Ontario, he has been the Director of Neuroradiology at the University Hospital in London since 1981. He is also the Chair of the Specialty Committee for Neuroradiology, Royal College of Physicians/Surgeons of Canada.
David Arditi, BCom'69, was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Peerless Carpet Corporation, Canada's largest manufacturer of tufted broadloom carpet, in Montreal.
Richard Bourne, BSc'69, placed first among all Sun Life representatives in Canada, earning the title "Senior Vice-President Macaulay Club." He lives in Beaconsfield, Que.
Marilyn Harriett Kalman, BA'69, an artist/ writer living in Vancouver, is presently doing large pen and ink drawings. Her work was recently displayed at an exhibition entitled A Jewish Beaux Arts in Vancouver.
Blair G. Richardson, BA'69, was appointed Vice- President, Business Development, for the Home Care Program of Metropolitan Toronto. This non-profit corporation is funded by the Ministry of Health, and provides home health care and home support services to an active caseload of 19,000 persons.
Linda P. Mason, BEd(PE)'70, MEd'79, is a Guidance Counsellor / Chartered Psychologist in Calgary. She has been awarded the 1995 Murray Jampolsky Memorial Award in recognition of "Outstanding Counselling Practice." This provincial award is presented annually by the Guidance Council of the Alberta Teacher's Association.
Karen Messing, MSc'70, PhD'75, contributed to Invisible: Issues in Women's Occupational Health / La sante des travailleuses (Gynergy Books, 1995), the first book to examine the issues women face every day in relation to health and safety at work. She is one of the foremost authorities in the field and is Director of CINIBOISE.
Ian M. Solloway, BA'70, BCL'73, has been re-appointed by the Quebec Minister of Education to the Appeal Commission on the Language of Instruction in Quebec under Bill 101. He is a lawyer specializing in family law in Montreal and is a Fellow of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.
Marvin Steinberg, BSc'70, DDS'72, was awarded a Fellowship in the American College of Dentists in October 1995. He is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Dentists of Canada and a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics. He lives in Cote St. Luc, Que.
Jean-Louis Hamel, B.C.L.1971, occupe le poste d'administrateur chez Colliers Macaulay Nicolls Inc., societe de services immobiliers qui a son siege a Montreal. Il compte 20 ans d'experience dans le domaine de la consultation et de la gestion immobilieres. Il est actuellement vice-president du Conseil de Colliers Pierremont Inc.
Debbie (Rosner) Robins, MSW'71, is Senior Services Program Manager for the North Broward Hospital District in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Louise Abbott, BA'72, a writer/photographer/ filmmaker, recently completed a short documentary film for the National Film Board of Canada entitled The Pinnacle and The Poet. She has also completed work for a TV documentary, "Le Filet Vide (The Empty Net)," to be broadcast on Radio-Quebec in 1996.
Herb H. Borsuk, DDS'72, received the 1995 W.W. Wood Award for excellence in teaching in the McGill Faculty of Dentistry. He is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Endodontics at McGill, and maintains a private practice in Montreal. He is married to Eileen Borsuk, BPT'72, BSc(PT)'86.
David J. Luty, BA'73, is president of his own company in Miami, Fla. His daughter, Karina, is in her first year at McGill.
Larry J. Behar, BA'74, is a U.S. immigration attorney in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and has published How to Immigrate to the U.S.A. in three languages. He is married to Claire Joy Fleisher, BEd'83, BSW'86, who is completing her master's in social work at Barry University in Miami. They recently celebrated their first anniversary.
J. Leslie Grant, BA'74, runs a canine services company in Oshawa, Ont. She also is a breeder of champion- quality Labrador Retrievers.
Michael Lozeau, BCom'74, has been appointed Senior Practice Director of Oracle Services at Oracle Corporation Canada Inc. in Mississauga, Ont.
Laura Cullen, BSc(FSc)'75, MBA'78, joined Langara College in Port Coquitlam, B.C., in August 1995 as a full-time instructor in the Food Science & Nutrition Management program. She is also a sessional lecturer at the University of British Columbia School of Family and Nutritional Sciences.
Rita Le de Santis, BSc'76, BCL'80, was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Business Development Bank of Canada, an organization that promotes the development of small and medium-sized businesses, in Montreal.
Wanda Kaluzny, BMus'76, MA'85, is conducting the Montreal Chamber Orchestra, the organization she founded 21 years ago.
Carmela Manganiello, BA'76, lives in Brampton, Ont., with her two children, Isabel and William, and is completing her MA in Translation at York University.
James Gerard (Gerry) Paquin, BEng(Met)'76, is currently working for Ontario Hydro in Cernavoda, Romania, commissioning nuclear reactors. His wife, Jeanne, and four daughters will join him in the spring of 1996.
Suzanne Vegiard, BA'76, is running Samski, a Montreal- based company that promotes hiking and skiing packages in Maine and New Hampshire.
Muhammad Yunus, MA'76, received an honorary doctorate from the University of Toronto in November. The founder of Gremeen Bank, based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, he is a world leader in the concept of micro-lending, loaning small sums of money to poor people. The bank now serves more than two million borrowers in Bangladesh, with a repayment rate of 97 percent.
Zena C. Biocca, BSc(PT)'77, is Director of Clinical Practice Standards at NovaCare Inc., a national company in North Carolina of 7,000 physiotherapists, occupational therapists and speech pathologists.
Marla Charon, BSc(OT)'77, was promoted to the position of Chief Occupational Therapist at the Southern Idaho- based company M. Michener & Associates Inc. She now lives in Twin Falls, Idaho.
Myra Davies, LLB'77, BCL'78, works out of Berlin with the German avant-garde rock group Gudrun Gut. Their most recent CD, Miasma, "industrial electro-pop packed with weird and wicked wit," was released in Europe last year and is available in Canada through Festival Distribution in Vancouver.
Mark S. Gans, BSc'77, MD'81, has been appointed Director for the Residency Program for the Department of Ophthalmology at the Montreal General Hospital.
Zainool R. Kassam-Hann, BA'77, MA'85, PhD'95, was appointed Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Pomona College in Claremont, Calif.
Patty Keith, BMus'77, LMus'77, is a Head Nurse, Labour/Delivery, living in North Vancouver. She is a member of Pandora's Vox, a women's performance vocal ensemble who have just released their first CD, In Treble.
Gary Kirchner, BSc'77, MA'87, won the 1995 Gino Fracas Trophy, awarded annually to the CIAU volunteer assistant coach of the year in university football. After a five- year playing career with the Redmen, he's been an assistant coach with the team for 15 years. He is a physics teacher at Centennial College in Montreal.
Katrin Nakashima, BSc'77, BCL'81, LLB'81, is Corporate Secretary and Senior Counsel for Imasco Limited in Toronto.
Marcel Roy, B.Com.'77, Dip.Mgmt.'79, est a la tÍte du service de redressement et insolvabilite chez Arthur Andersen Inc., a Montreal, et il est responsable de l'harmonisation entre son service et celui du Groupe Mallette Maheu. Il fait office de conseiller aupres des banques et autres institutions financieres.
Gabrielle Bauer, BSc'78, BMus'83, is a full-time self- employed writer and editor. Her book, Tokyo, My Everest (Hounslow Press, 1995), was the "Editor's Choice" in the September 30 Toronto Star.
Frank A. Biocca, BA'78, is a Professor in the School of Mass Communication and Journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is also the Director of the Center for Research in Mass Communication and specializes in new communication technologies.
Karen Blair Horn, BA'78, is Director, Legislative Services, for the Vermont League of Cities and Towns in Montpelier. She resides on the side of a mountain with her husband, Tom Horn, Vice-President of the Quebec- Labrador Foundation, and their sons, Benjamin and Amos.
Gary Kiger, MA'78, Professor of Sociology, was appointed Chair of the Department of Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology at Utah State University in Logan. Miriam Lang, BSW'78, MSW'80, was elected Vice-President of the Canadian Magen David Adom for Israel. She lives in Montreal.
Joy McKie, BA'78, earned an industrial relations degree from University of Toronto, and a law degree from York University in 1989, the same year she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. She is married with two children and lives in the Runnymede Chronic Care Hospital.
Carole (Lulham) Weaver, BSc(Agr)'78, received her Master of Environmental Design (Environmental Sciences) degree from the University of Calgary. She is currently Marketing Manager, Crop Supplies, at United Farmers of Alberta in Calgary, and is a Director of the Crop Protection Institute of Canada. She has two children, Alexandra and Adam.
Jean-Pierre Couture, BMus'79, was ordained a Deacon for the Roman Catholic diocese of Montreal on November 29, 1995.
Dale Gantous, BSc'79, is President of InGenius Engineering, a thriving software engineering and consulting firm serving the Canadian telecommunications industry. She says, ìDale, Ed, and the cats are all fine and living in Ottawa.î
Ausilio (Silvio) Gasbarrino, BSc'79, completed a three- year assignment as a Marketing Director for Searle in Milan, Italy. He now is Director, Misoprostal Products, for Searle's Global Arthritis Franchise. He lives in Chicago, Ill., with his family.
Louise Greenberg, BSc(Agr)'79, MSc(Agr)'81, received her PhD from the University of Saskatchewan. For the past five years she has worked for the Saskatchewan government's Department of Executive Council, and she is now Manager of Operations, Extension Service, Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food.
Joseph C. Michelotti, BA'79, is a lawyer in suburban Chicago.
Bradley L. White, BSc'79, MSc'81, MD'82, is an orthopedic surgeon with Nassau County Orthopedics in Long Island, N.Y.
Fadhel Al-Arrayed, BSc'80, is Assistant Professor of Biology at the University of Bahrain, where he developed and helped establish both Modern Arrayed Stores and Nasse Pharmacies. He received his PhD in Physiology from Louisiana State University in 1989.
Leo-Paul Dana, BA'80, MBA'83, is a McGill Professor in the faculties of Management and Continuing Education and lives in Williamstown, Ont. He received his PhD from Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales of the Universite de Montreal and serves a a Senior Adviser to the World Association of Small and Medium Enterprises. His book, entitled Enterprising in the Global Environment, will soon appear in its third edition.
Sandon Schwartzben, BSW'80, MSW'81, has been appointed Vice-President and Associate Broker at Harvey Kalles Real Estate in Toronto.
Majid Shahidi, MBA'80, was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Business Telecommunications Alliance.
Charles Vincent, MSc'80, PhD'83, works at the Centre de recherche et de developpement en horticulture and Agriculture and Agrifood Canada. He was at the INRA Research Station in Antibes, France, from January to March 1996, to work on the "effects of sub-lethal doses of insecticides on the behaviour predatory coccinollide," from a fellowship given by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris.
David Winch, BA'80, is an Editor at the United Nations in New York and is editing the official records of the Security Council and General Assembly. He is completing his second year of intensive Russian in preparation for a transfer to the United Nations in Geneva. He is active with the McGill Society of New York.
Shah Ahmad, MBA'81, and Janice Giassa, BSc'79, MBA'81, are living near Charleston, S.C., where Shah is Vice- President (Finance) of Linq Industrial Fabrics, working much of the time in Mexico City and on Charleston's golf courses.
D. Bruce Garrow, LLM'81, recently joined the Toronto- based law firm of Borden & Elliot as Partner. He specializes in aviation law.
Julia Borossa, BA'82, MA'89, completed her PhD in history and the philosophy of science at Cambridge University, England, in 1995. While completing her degree, she taught at Kent University in Canterbury.
Claire A.C. Brockman, BA'82, DipEd'83, is self employed and lives in Newnan, Ga.
Stefano Cavaglia, BCom'82, has moved from London, England, to Boston, Mass., where he is a Portfolio Manager for Panagora Asset Management, an asset management company owned by Nippon Life and Lehman Brothers.
Mona Nemer, PhD'82, received the 1995 Young Researcher Prize from the Club de recherches cliniques du Quebec. She is the Director of the Cardiac Growth and Differentiation Laboratory at the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montreal, a Professor of research in the Pharmacology Department of the Universite de Montreal and is a Medical Research Council of Canada Scientist.
Thomas H. Sauder, BEng(Chem)'82, was appointed to the position of Packaging Manager at Andres Wines Ltd. in Hamilton, Ont., the leading producer of VQA wines in Canada.
Robert J. Sharkey, PhD'82, was appointed Vice-President and Actuary at Sun Life Assurance Company in Toronto.
Steven A. Stinson, LLM'82, has been admitted to the Tennessee Bar and has relocated his law practice from West Palm Beach, Fla., to Murfreesboro, Tenn., where he will concentrate on civil litigation.
David Aronoff, BCom'83, is Director of Finance with the Ontario Ministry of Transportation. He earned a Master of Economics degree from York University and is currently a sessional lecturer in public finance at Ryerson Polytechnical University in Toronto.
Patrick Baillie, BSc'83, completed a PhD in Counselling Psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University, and, since 1991, has worked at Calgary General Hospital as a forensic psychologist. In addition to having been the sport psychology consultant with two professional teams, he is the host of "The Psychology Profile," a bi-weekly feature on QR77 radio that discusses a range of mental health topics.
David T. Hsieh, BA'83, completed his master's in political science at York University in 1984, then went on to the University of Chicago to work on his PhD thesis. He continued his studies and research in Japan, then became a visiting exchange scholar at Beijing University. He is currently the Beijing correspondent for Asiaweek magazine.
Laura Mitchell, BA'83, has been promoted to Project Manager with Save the Children Fund (U.K.), managing a household-based economy project involving 2,000 female heads of households in Tajikistan.
Walter. T. Posiewko, BA'83, recently joined Royal Bank Investment Management in Toronto, where he is responsible for money market mutual fund assets.
Michele Rigby, BSW'83, is a Social Worker at Colchester Regional Hospital in Truro, N.S., with primary responsibility involving the Palliative Care team and Geriatric Restoration unit. She is implementing a universal screening tool of all women patients to determine if they are victims of abuse. She is married to A. Bruce Gray, MSc'80, PhD'86, a professor of Biology at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College in Truro. They live in rural Nova Scotia and have four children: Isaac, Hannah, Samuel and Joel.
Susan Ross, BSW'83, is Executive Director of Big Sisters of Peel Region, and is a volunteer with the United Way as a trainer/consultant for non-profit organizations. She is married with two children and lives in Mississauga, Ont.
Eva Tootleman Goldberg, BSc'83, MBA'89, is a senior technical representative for Bio-Rad Laboratories, selling research products for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Laboratories. She resides in Princeton Junction, N.J., with her husband, Howard, and two children, Aaron and Rebecca.
Bill Banks, MBA'84, and Allison Harris, MBA'84, announce with pride the birth of their third son, Jonathan Eric. Their other future McGill grads are Justin and Shaun. Allison and Bill live in Dollard des Ormeaux, Que., and are entrepreneurs in transportation and distribution.
Alan J. Barcomb, BSc'84, is getting out of the U.S. Navy after seven years of service as a physician. He received a medical degree in Family Practice from Albany Medical College in 1988. He and his wife, Cathy Laird, BA'84, and their two children moved to Batavia, N.Y., in August. He joined a Family Practice in Le Roy, N.Y., in October.
Debra Goldstein, BSc'84, MD'88, completed a one-year fellowship in uveitis and external disease in the Department of Ophthalmology at McGill. She subsequently completed another year of fellowship in uveitis with Dr. Howard Tessler at the University of Illinois at Chicago Eye and Ear Infirmary. She is now on staff there as Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Director of the Ocular AIDS Service, and Associate Director of the Uveitis Service.
Ron Kolanitch, BSc'84, MBA'86, was appointed Marketing Director of Behring Diagnostics (Canada) Inc., a newly formed company resulting from the acquisition of Syva Company's international business by Behringwerke AG. He lives in Montreal with his wife, Helen Kolanitch, BA'84, and they are enjoying their daughter, Alexandra.
Mark A. Benson, PhD'85, taught at St. Francis Xavier University for eight years and is now Associate Professor of French-Canadian Literature at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ont. He has a son, Adrien.
Scott R. Chappelka, BA'85, was promoted to Assistant Vice-President, Commercial Banking, Credit Lyonnais in New York City, marketing the Eastern Pennsylvania to Washington, D.C., region. He was also appointed instructor for the basic reserve intelligence training program and awarded sailor of the quarter. He would like to hear from Karol, June, Jennifer and Patrick.
Randy Fisher, BA'85, heads Randy Fisher Communications, a communications, marketing and strategic planning consulting firm based in Ottawa, serving the information technology industry. A former journalist, he is pursuing accreditation as a Certified Advanced Technology Manager. He can be reached at: rfisher@ fox.nstn.ca.
Margaret Kaburis Campbell, BEd'85, is a teacher who recently relocated to Ajax, Ont., leaving behind five rewarding years of teaching prekindergarten at Pierre de Coubertin Elementary School in St. Leonard, Que. She gave birth to a son, Steven Alexander, on November 10, 1995.
Lynda Kostovchik-Quirino, BA'85, announces the birth of her first child, Elyse Christine, on May 22, 1995, at York County Hospital in Newmarket, Ont. Proud father is Ralph Quirino, BA'84, whom Lynda met at McGill in 1984 in a Romantic Literature class.
Hon-Ying Wong, MBA'85, is moving to a new home in Hong Kong, in addition to taking a part-time teaching post. Her daughter recently began her first year of high school.
Yin Mei Aw Yong, BA'85, BA'88, worked as a bilingual secretary (French-English) in the Accounting Section of the Embassy of Morocco in Washington, D.C., until June of 1995. She and husband Jacob Hueskes are expecting their first child in December.
Marina Boulos, BA'86, married Grant Winton, BA'86, BCL'89, LLB'89, on October 21, 1995. She is Executive Director of Le Bon Dieu Dans La Rue homeless shelter in Montreal, while Grant is an investment banker with Banque Paribas in New York City.
John Hoeve, MSc'86, is a Fisheries Inspector with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. He lives in Mississauga, Ont.
Dominic Lopes, BA'86, is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Indiana University, Kolcomo. He won an NEH grant in 1995 to research tactile drawing by the blind. His book, Understanding Pictures, will be published by Oxford University Press in February 1996.
James Scott O'Brien, BEng(Mech)'86, received a master's in Architecture from Georgia Tech in Atlanta in 1992, and is an Architect for Lord, Aeck & Sargent, Inc., a large architecture firm in Atlanta.
J. Bruce Robertson, LLB'86, was an Associate with Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt and then practiced civil litigation with the entertainment firm of Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp in Los Angeles, Calif. He is now Senior Litigation Partner at the Los Angeles law firm of Duran, Loquvam & Robertson and also serves as a Judge pro tem of the Los Angeles Municipal Court.
Linda Rychel, BA'86, LLB'89, accepted a promotion to Head, Land Research and Title Clarification, with Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. Her husband Mark, "a great guy even though he is a Concordia graduate," and their dogs, Belle and Watson, seem pleased.
Kathryn A. Aleong, MSc'87, has been cross-posted from the Canadian Embassy in Mexico City and is First Secretary (Commercial) working in the Trade and Investment Development section of the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C.
Karen Anne Bleakley, BA'87, MLIS'89, is an Information Specialist in the Business Information Centre of Price Waterhouse, Montreal. In May 1995 she married Jean Daigle, BEng'87, a software designer for ATS Aerospace in St. Bruno, Que.
Alice Cassidy, MSc'87, completed a PhD in Zoology from the University of British Columbia, and she now works at UBC as a consultant in the areas of ornithology, education and faculty development.
Basil Cavis, BCom'87, DipPubAcct'88, has been appointed Vice President, Finance, of Place Bonaventure Inc. in Montreal, after eight years of public accounting experience in Canada and the United States.
Bruce Lindsay, BCom'87, has received the Canadian Institute Medal of Achievement, presented annually to the graduate with the highest mark in Canada in the Chartered Financial Consultant program. He has been an Insurance and Financial Planning Consultant with the Georgia Group in Vancouver since 1991. He works with his wife, Christine Olejnik-Lindsay, BCom'88.
Stuart Naveran, BA'87, a systems engineer, married Susan Biegelman of Monsey, N.Y., on November 13, 1993.
Drew Young, BA'87, has returned to Montreal after six and a half years in Toronto, to accept a promotion to Associate Product Manager at Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Group.
Antonia Klitorinos, BSc'88, MSc'91, has been a Research Assistant for Dr. E.C.S. Chan at McGill for the past six years. She gave birth to a boy, George-Antonis, on July 20, 1995.
Linda Rodeck, BA'88, was appointed Vice-President of Joyner Fine Art Inc, Canada's leading auction firm specializing in sales of Canadian art, in Toronto. She had just returned from a year abroad working for one of England's largest regional auction houses.
Carol Sharpe, BA'88, is a consultant in communications strategies to organizations wishing to position themselves vis-a-vis targeted audiences.
Mike Crawley, BSc'89, has written a book, Schoolyard Bullies: Messing with British Columbia's Education System, published by Orca Book Publishers in October 1995. He lives in Vancouver.
Jean-Marc Jolicoeur, MSW'89, is in private social work practice and is the proprietor of a flower shop in Cote St. Luc, Que.
Denis Maschino, PhD'89, a Senior Economist, joined the first team of the Secretariat of the Commission for Labor Cooperation in Dallas, Tex., in October 1995. This institution is responsible for the implementation of the NAFTA labour side agreement.
Nancy F. Vineberg, BA'89, is the Executive Director of the American Jewish Committee (Pacific Northwest Division), a human relations organization in Seattle, Wash. She received her MA from the Annenberg School of Communications at the University of Pennsylvania in 1992. She invites McGill alumni ìto join me for a latte in the shadow of Mt. Rainier!î
Paul A. White, BSc'89, completed his PhD in biology at McGill and received the Fondation canadienne d'aide a la recherche (gouvernement du Quebec) post-doctoral fellowship. He will be conducting the fellowship at the Atlantic Ecology Laboratory of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Narragansett, R.I.
Anthony Berman, BA'90, is a teacher and writer in Montreal. He has completed his MA in English Literature from the Universite de Montreal, and is writing his third book of poetry for publication. He is also a member of the League of Canadian Poets and F.E.W.Q.
L. Donelle "Egg" Gladwin, BA'90, is the Director of Constituent Services for U. S. Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.). She works in the District office in New York City.
Nathalie Hade, BSc'90, received her MBA in 1994 and is now a Clinical Research Associate for Hoechst-Marion- Roussel Canada in Montreal. She lives in Laval, Que., and is looking forward to a career in management in biotechnology or pharmaceutical.
Sean Hutchinson, BA'90, BA'94, spent 1995 working as an organizer for the New Democratic Party, and managed a federal election campaign in Quebec, worked in the Ontario and New Brunswick provincial elections, and was a member of the Svend Robinson campaign team in his bid for the leadership of the party.
Anders Lafon, BSc(Agr)'90, is National Sales Manager for a small pharmaceutical company in Montreal.
Jacques Lilli, MA'90, graduated from INSEAD at Fontainebleau, France, and now works in mergers and acquisitions at Lazard Freres in Paris.
Kathleen Provost, BA'90, was married to Richard Burelle on August 13, 1994. They are now the proud parents of Louis Alexander Burelle, born August 28, 1995.
Erika L. Seid, BA'90, is pursuing a master's degree in International and Intercultural Management at the School for International Training in Brattleboro, Vt. She can be contacted via e-mail at seid@kzsu.stanford.edu
Peter V. Urbanc, BCom'90, received a Master of Management degree, with distinction, Beta Gamma Sigma, from Northwestern University in Chicago, Ill., in August. He previously was an Analyst in Mergers and Acquisitions at Merrill Lynch in New York. He is currently an Associate in Corporate Finance for Lehman Brothers International in London, England.
Mike P. Ciricillo, BEng'91, has left Inco Ltd., the world's second largest nickel producer, to work as a Relief General Supervisor for Phelps Dodge Ltd., the world's second largest copper producer, in Silver City, N.M.
Aminah Fayek-O'Dea, BEng'91, completed a master's degree in Construction Management and Engineering at the University of British Columbia in 1992. She then moved to Australia, travelled, married, and is now pursuing her PhD at the University of Melbourne.
Angela M. Jones, DipEd'91, for the past four years has been with the Elgin County Roman Catholic Separate School Board in St. Thomas, Ont., as an elementary vocal and instrumental music teacher. In addition, she teaches private piano, flute and theory lessons at the St. Thomas Academy of Music and is a member of the London Fanshawe Symphonic Chorus.
Jacey Kaps, BA'91, an attorney, received his Juris Doctor from Nova Southwestern Shepard Broad Law Center in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and was named to the Order of Barristers National Award for excellence in trial advocacy. He passed both the Florida and federal Bar and is now working for a civil litigation firm in Fort Lauderdale.
Parag P. Patel, BCom'91, has joined the New York-based law firm Flaster Greenberg Wallenstein Roderick Spirgel Zuckerman Skinner & Kirchner. He is a graduate of Georgetown Law School and is a New York University LLM (Tax) candidate. He is also a recipient of the Shell Corporation Award for excellence in Tax Law.
Stan Blade, PhD'92, has completed a three-year project with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, based in Kano, Nigeria. He returned to Edmonton and is a plant breeder/ agronomist with Alberta Agriculture, developing innovative alternative crops. He lives with his wife, Linda.
Chris Fensom, BMus'92, received his MMus from the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester, N.Y., in May 1995. He was also appointed to the position of Associate Principal Trumpet with the Virginia Symphony in Norfolk, Va.
ZoÎ Paquette, BA'92, received an LLB from l'Universite du Quebec a Montreal and is now studying at l'Ecole du Barreau of the Barreau du Quebec.
Nicholas Preovolos, BCom'92, graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto in June 1995, and is currently articling at the firm of Ladner Downs in Vancouver.
Lisa A. Stewart, BA'92, after graduation spent a year interning as a consultant in Washington, D.C. She now works for a small government relations firm.
Jamie Waese, BA'92, has completed a Master of Fine Arts degree in Film Producing at the University of Southern California Film School. A past president of the McGill Film Society, he is interested in finding out what the people he worked with there are now involved in. He can be contacted via e-mail: jamie.waese@turner.com
Robert G. Wodnicki, BEng(Elec)'92, joined the Research and Development Center of General Electric in Schenectady, N.Y., in December 1995, as an analog microelectronics designer. He expects to receive his MEng (Elec) from McGill in 1996.
Gordon Yen, MBA'92, is working in Hong Kong as Assistant to the Director at Consolidated Electric Power Asia Limited. He has been finalizing a project in Indonesia with trips to Jakarta working with bankers and lawyers. Anyone wishing to completely eliminate their social life, he writes, should consider going into Project Finance.
T. Stephen Barry, BA'93, is a Media Planner for McLaren- McCann, Canada's largest advertising agency, in Toronto. He received his Certificate in Human Resources from Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in 1994.
Marilyn Baxter, BSW'93, is on a one-year contract as Family Sevices Coordinator for Holland Centre, a non- profit community organization for the English-speaking community of the Quebec/Chaudiere-Appalaches region.
Roger Mendoza, PhD'93, was appointed in February 1995 by the Governor of Pennsylvania, Tom Ridge, to be a member of the Base Realignment Enclosure Commission. The nine- member panel will choose which military bases and installations will be closed, retained, merged or transferred to other U.S. states, and will develop plans for base reuse or privatization. Roger's PhD dissertation was about privatization of government corporations.
Loic Babin, MEng'94, spent all of 1994 in the French army doing his military service and now works as a Process Engineer at Motorola Inc. in Toulouse, France.
Nan Wang, LLB'94, BCL'94, has joined the law firm of Stikeman, Elliott in Montreal. He is currently working at the firm's office in Hong Kong, where he practises corporate and commercial law, particularly regarding direct investment in China.
Alyson Byrd, BSc'95, will be spending a year in Namibia, Africa, as a volunteer teacher for World-Teach, a non- profit organization that provides educational assistance for countries in need.
Whitney J. Ralston, BSc'95, was selected to be a Traveling Consultant for Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity. In the 1995-96 school year she will aid the organization and programming for more than 30 collegiate chapters of the women's fraternity.
