ALUMNI QUARTERLY
SUMMER 1997

Toronto the Good; McGill the Grateful
Colin Campbell and Alexya Heelis in TO

After many years of pondering the idea, McGill opened a regional office in Toronto last April, in order to help with alumni relations, fundraising and student recruitment. With its plum Bay St. location, McGill is now well located in the financial heart of the nation, close to some 30,000 alumni. The new director, Colin Campbell, BSc'62, is a graduate who knows McGill well and who was most recently President and CEO of Junior Achievement Canada. He stresses that the Development and Alumni office will assist wherever needed. "We're a consulate for McGill," Campbell explains. "We're here to be open and flexible and to act as a service for various McGill departments and professors. We'll be defining our role in six months as things progress."

Campbell will work with Alexya Heelis, BA'95, Development and Alumni Relations Associate. "We are grateful to the Royal Bank for making this space available to us," he says.

McGill University
Ontario Regional Office
200 Bay St.
Royal Bank Plaza, North Tower, Suite 1410
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5J 2J5
(416) 974-5795; 1-888-448-0499

Colin Campbell e-mail: ccampb@istar.ca
Alexya Heelis e-mail: alexyah@istar.ca



Five more years!

Calling it the best thing for McGill, a year-long review committee has decided that Principal Bernard Shapiro, BA'58, will be renewed as McGill's principal for another five years. Principal Shapiro's term will run from September 1, 1997, to 2002. The committee said Principal Shapiro, 62, began many positive changes, reducing administration, increasing cooperation between faculties and other universities, and building connections with the provincial government. This fall, Shapiro will become leader of the association of university rectors and principals of Quebec. "We thought he should stay on to see the changes through," says Gretta Chambers, who led the review committee.

The committee members included alumni representatives James Robb and Ian McLachlan; Richard Pound and John Cleghorn from the Board of Governors; Professors Robert E. Mackenzie, Michael Smith, Malcolm Baines and Patrick Glenn; students Don McGowan and Hugh Potter; and staff representatives Trevor Garland and Allan Youster.



Best deal

Finally, McGill gets a deal. For just $1. Canadian. The City of Montreal is renting Rutherford Park, on top of the reservoir across from Thomson House, to McGill for just $1 for the next five years. The park is used routinely by McGill students for sports.



The Wong Building opens
Lobby sculpture is made of brass, steel and metal

McGill has a new landmark! The M.H. Wong Building, long the subject of curious glances from passers-by at 3610 University, just below Avenue des Pins, was inaugurated on April 3, the first new building on the downtown campus in almost 20 years. The Wong Building will house the Departments of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, giving them some room to stretch out; Chemistry and Physics will also move some of their operations to the building. The Departments of Computer and Mining Engineering will also benefit with more elbow space in the McConnell Building, thanks to the space vacated by the chemical and metallurgical departments.

Architects Martin Troy and Eric Marosi, in collaboration with Jodoin, Lamarre, Pratte & Associates, worked with the new tenants to ensure that the building would meet their needs. For instance, the electron microscope facility was built on a separate, independent foundation in order to avoid even the tiniest vibrations that might travel through the rest of the building. Planners also considered the building's aesthetic impact. Montreal artist Jacek Jarnuszkiewicz was commissioned to produce the "keys" that dominate the front entrance: the sculpture, representing knowledge, is made of brass, copper and stainless steel, all materials used in the departments the building houses. The new building also incorporates the limestone façade of the Foster Radiation Laboratory and Cyclotron building, which previously occupied the site.

The new building is named for Jimmy Man-Hung Wong, BSc(Arch)'80, BArch'81, a successful Hong Kong real estate developer who bequeathed McGill $8 million upon his untimely death at 38 in 1994. His mother, Hung Lai-Chun Wong, and brother, Cun-Wah Wong, journeyed from Hong Kong with other family members and friends to participate in the opening ceremonies. Another anonymous Hong Kong donor from the class BEng(Chem)'59 gave $1.9 million toward the building, which cost a total of $35 million. The remainder came from the provincial ($15.7 million) and federal ($5 million) governments, as well as from donors to the McGill Twenty-First Century Fund.



Hall of famers
Jack Gélineau, BCom'49
Mabel Gladys Bean, BA'40

Jack Gélineau, BCom'49, Mabel Gladys Bean, BA'40, and the 1945-46 Redmen hockey team were inducted into the McGill Sports Hall of Fame in May.

Gélineau played goaltender for the Redmen and was McGill's Male Athlete of the Year in 1948. He was called up to the Boston Bruins, becoming the first goalie in 30 years to play in the NHL while attending university.

The next season, Gélineau won the Calder Trophy as the NHL rookie of the year (1949-50) but was unable to get a raise out of stingy owner Jack Adams and was traded to the Chicago Blackhawks. He earned seven shutouts, 46 wins and 33 ties in 143 NHL games. He currently lives in St. Bruno, Que., and recently retired as an accountant.

Mabel Gladys Bean was an assistant professor and director of women's athletics, physical education and recreation in 1966. During the 1971-72 funding crisis, Bean developed a funding project and volunteer coaching project that allowed the women's teams to stay afloat. She died in Montreal, Dec. 18, 1986.

The 1945-46 Redmen hockey team won the Queen's Cup as champions of the Senior Intercollegiate Hockey League, McGill's 13th and most recent hockey title. Under coach Dave Campbell, the Redmen needed to win their final regular season game against the undefeated Blues. McGill fell behind 4-1 after two periods but rallied in the final stanza to win 5-4. This miraculous victory forced a sudden death playoff game at a jam-packed Montreal Forum, March 15, 1946, in which McGill won 4-1.

Three players from that Redmen team went on to the NHL, including Jack Gélineau, Reggie Sinclair (New York Rangers and Detroit Red Wings) and Johnny Peirson (Boston Bruins).

Other team members include Dick Currie, captain Bob Brodrick, Doug Heron, Gordie "Goose" Gosselin, Cy Biegler, Walter Mingie, Tom Hale, George Hale, Jimmy O'Connor, Dan Porteous, Ernie Spiller and Ward Pitfield. Team manager was Allan Rae and Harry Grimes was the trainer.