ALUMNI QUARTERLY
SPRING 1997

Editor's Notebook

Letters

Tuition on Trial

Transferts d'expertise


[ English translation ]


A Strawberry Speaks
Chambly, Oka and Joliette, three new types of strawberries, have been specially created for Quebec by Deborah Buszard, McGill's Dean of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. For the first time, Chambly speaks...
BY J.P. ALOUETTE
The King of Cranberries
Once merely a seasonal condiment to be plopped beside turkey, cranberries are increasingly the berry of choice. Marc Bieler, DipAgr'58, BA'64, is doing his best to keep them that way
BY PATRICK McDONAGH

[ Version française ]

Courting the Big Leagues
Andrew Hertzog, BA'80, LLB/BCL'84, lines up for a shot at the National Basketball Association - as the only Canada-based player's agent
BY JANICE PASKEY

Cool on Campus

Forget flares, doobies and folksingers on the Arts Building steps. If you haven't been around lately, you'll be intrigued by what's cool in '97. Some hints: four wheels, four legs, and four corners of the earth
BY CHANDRA WOHLEBER, BA '97
M. Phong rencontre M. Holmes

[ English translation ]

À l'âge de 7 ans, Nguyen-Tuong Phong a vu mourir des enfants sur un bateau de réfugiés vietnamiens. Aujourd'hui, il est le meilleur étudiant en médecine de McGill et le lauréat de le médaille Holmes - lorsqu'il ne travaille pas dans le dépanneur familial

BY GENEVIÈVE RODRIGUEZ
Heeerrre's Honora
Meet Honora Shaughnessy, the new Executive Director for Alumni Relations and Advancement. Part of her mission: to meet you
BY DIANA GRIER AYTON
The Bagg Street Synagogue

Branch Ingenuity
New Governor Brings Style
Inaugural Charles R. Drew Visiting Professorship
Dobson-Mania!




Change of address

Volume 77 Number 1 Spring 1997

Editor: Janice Paskey

Assistant Editor: Patrick McDonagh

Advertising Manager: Donna Henchey (donnah@martlet1.lan.mcgill.ca, (514) 398-8961

Editorial Assistant: Chandra Wohleber, BA'97

Advisory Board

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

Design: ICC, McGill University

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