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THE 1930's THE 1940's THE 1950's THE 1960's THE 1970's THE 1980's THE 1990's

THE '30s

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.

Manuel G. Batshaw, BA'37, DipSW'38, was named Chevalier de l'ordre National du QuÈbec for contribution to welfare services.

Monty Berger, BA'39, published the book, Lament for a Province: The Tragic Costs of Quebec's Flirtation with Separatism (Lugus Books, 1995) and the French-language version, Je ne me souviens pas: N'oublions pas les couts tragiques du flirt avec le sÈparatisme (les Èditions de Varennes).

THE '40s

Renato Tagiuri, BSc'45, MSc'46, a retired professor of Harvard Business School, was awarded its Distinguished Service Award last June. He founded the International Senior Management Program, initially located in Switzerland, and he has lectured and consulted in Latin America, Asia and Europe. His most recent article, "Managing People: Ten Essential Behaviours," appeared in the Harvard Business Review.

Bruce Raymond, BA'49, is speaking professionally on motivation, volunteerism and communications, after 25 years in television and film production and distribution. He lives in Toronto.

THE '50s

John Fry, BA'51, a former member of the McGill Red Birds, was named to the U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame. He is past editor of Ski Magazine, Ski Business, Cross-Country Ski and Ski Area Management, and in 1987 he began a new national magazine, Snow Country, which now has a circulation of 465,000.

Bernard B. Lax, BSc'51, is a film producer in Beverly Hills, and is working on two projects, the motion picture Crimson Winter and a four-cassette video production, How to avoid being a victim of a violent crime.

A. Ian Ferrier, BArch'52, received the first Queensland, Australia, Architect of the Year Award for service to the profession.

Robert S. Gordon, BA'52, is the proprietor of Autograph Gallery in Ottawa, with a collection of close to 10,000 signatures of politicians, celebrities and sports figures.

Cyril M. Kay, BSc'52, a Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Alberta, was named a member of the Order of Canada, July 1, 1995.

Eccleston A. Kean, MSc'52, is retired as Chair of Biochemistry at the University of the West Indies after 42 years, and was named Professor Emeritus. He lives in Kingston, Jamaica.

William Shalinsky, BSW'52, retired in 1994 from 25 years teaching at the University of Waterloo's School of Urban and Regional Planning. He spent part of the past 10 years in the university's Instructional and Development Office improving the quality of teaching and learning. He received a DSW from Case Western Reserve University in 1967.

Ming-Min Peng, LLM'53, has been selected as the presidential candidate for the opposition DPP party of Taiwan. He will run against the incumbent, President Lee, of the KMT party, in the Taiwonese national elections in March, 1996.

Denis Smith, BA'53, a Professor at the University of Western Ontario, published Rogue Tory: The life and legend of John G. Diefenbaker (Macfarlane Walter and Ross, 1995).

Jack W. Wilkerson, MD'53, has retired after 39 years of practice as a family physician in Greenville, N.C.

R. David Bourke, BArch'54, former Secretary General of McGill, has been named Interim Vice-Principal (Development and Alumni Relations) at McGill.

Hugh J. McQueen, BEng'56, a member of CIM since 1962, has served the Metallurgical Society as a member of the Board and as Chair of the Microstructural Science and Engineering Section for 1986-1996. He helped organize the conferences in 1969 and in 1993 (Symposium on Stainless Steels). He is also a fellow of the American Society for Metals and of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering. For the International Conference on Strength of Metals and Alloys, he served on the advisory council and organized the program in Montreal in 1985.

Alex Paterson, BCL'56, was named Chancellor of Bishop's University, Lennoxville, Que. He is a Senior Partner with the law firm McMaster Meighen in Montreal.

Miriam (Yodits) Cohen, BA'57, had her first one-woman art exhibit at the Galerie CafÈ, Complex du Canal, in Montreal.

John D. Thompson, BEng'57, has been appointed a member of the Board of Directors of Transat A.T. Inc. in Montreal. He is Deputy Chairman of the Board of Montreal Trustco and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Domtar Inc.

John Brierley, BCL'59, former dean of the McGill Faculty of Law and currently a Professor in the faculty, was named Wainwright Professor of Civil Law.

Margot R. Roach, MD'59, is a Professor of Medical Biophysics and Medicine at the University of Western Ontario. She was married to Franklyn St. Aubyn on December 20, 1994.

THE '60s

Bob Patton, BSc'60, DDS'62, is a certified pediatric dentist in Vancouver, and is president of the Christian Medical Dental Society of British Columbia and secretary of the Canadian Christian Medical Dental Society.

Robert Morrison, BEng'60, is Director General, Uranium and Nuclear Energy Branch, Natural Resources Canada in Ottawa. He received the Ian McRae Award in 1995 from the Canadian Nuclear Association for outstanding contribution to nuclear energy in Canada.

Peter Bartha, BA'61, has been appointed Dean of the International Management Centre in Budapest, Hungary. IMC is the oldest western-style graduate business school in the former communist block. It has students from 11 countries in Central and Eastern Europe and its local faculty is supplemented with visiting professors from the U.S., Canada and Western Europe.

Than Htay, MSc'61, is a Senior Technical Advisor for the head office for the Department of Geological Survey and Mineral Exploration, Ministry of Mines, in Yangon, Myanmar (Burma). He is also serving as one of the National Convention Delegates representing the Ministry of Mines.

David Mendelson, MSc'61, is Executive Director of Jewish Vocational Service and the JVS Jewish Workshop Inc. in Montreal. He has been elected President of the Association of Jewish Vocational Service Professionals, an international organization whose membership comprises close to 200 professionals in some 26 JVS agencies throughout North America.

Shiv Chopra, MSc'62, PhD'64, has published Four.Five, (NOVA Science Publishers, 1995), an evocative analysis of biblical creation in which he suggests that certain passages in Genesis are in harmony with science.

Gerald Glass, BLS'62, Manager of Academic Book Shop in Montreal, had his third book published, Reflections and Recollections: Essays, Short Stories and Articles on Many Countries.

Richard M. Wise, BCom'62, has been appointed by the Public Guardian and Trustee, Office of the Attorney General of Ontario, as valuation expert in the current litigation before the Ontario Court relating to the contested sale of the Toronto Maple Leafs. He is the founder of Richard Wise & Partners, Chartered Business Valuators and Litigation Accountants.

Anne-Reet Ilves Annunziata, BSc(HEc)'63, worked for three years as a Nutrition Consultant to the Estonian Ministry of Social Affairs, coordinating the UNICEF Training of Breastfeeding Trainers and editing the UNICEF Situation Analysis. She is currently a PhD student at Tufts University, Massachusetts.

Robert Younes, MD'63, of Potomac, Md., reports he has worked for four different health plans in the last 12 months and is looking for the fifth. He says, "Buyouts and consolidations is the name of the game in the health care industry at the moment. Downsizing is not much fun."

Steve Corber, BSc'65, MD'69, after 15 years at the helm of Ottawa-Carleton's Health Department, has resigned to accept a job with the Pan American Health Organization as Director of the Division of Disease Prevention and Control.

John G. Paterson, BEng'65, MEng'67, PhD'69, was appointed Executive Vice President of Diamond Fields Resources Inc., responsible for operations at the Voisey Bay, Labrador, Project.

Maureen Powers Sumner, BN'65, is the new Health Care Administrator of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Ontario in Toronto, which administers three Ontario hospitals. She received a Master of Education degree from the University of Ottawa in 1975, and is married with two children.

Leonard Angel, BA'66, is a playwright. He wrote a Hollywood North, gender-inverted adaptation of MoliËre's Misanthrope, which was well received in its premiere production at the Gastown Theatre in Vancouver.

James Harrington, BA'66, was elected President of the Kalamazoo Public School Board last summer.

George Lengvari, BCL'66, is the Vice-Chairman of Weider Health and Fitness. Based in London, England, he will remain as Weider's Chairman of Corporate Governance and Audit Committees and Executive Committee. He was a founder of the Montreal-based law firm Lengvari, Braman, and is a member of the Board of Governors of Concordia University.

Dasharathal H. Shah, MSc'66, is the main coordinator of the Education and Career Planning workshops for the North York and Scarborough Boards of Education. He formerly taught math, science and physics at Bayview Secondary School in Richmond Hill, Ont., and in 1992 received Communications Canada's Lescarbot Award for outstanding contributions to community cultural activities and was the City of North York Volunteer of the Year. He came to Canada and McGill in 1963 from his native India.

David Wright, BSc'66, is the Canadian Ambassador to Spain. He lives in Madrid with his wife Ilze Skuja, BSc'65, MSW'68, and their son Julian.

Arlene (Ruttenberg) Merves, BA'67, has been promoted to Professor in the Department of Library Technical Services at Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, Fla., where she resides with her husband, David, an Associate Professor of journalism.

Joel Avery Silcoff, BCL'67, has joined the Montreal-based law firm of Pouliot Mercure. He has an MBA from Columbia University in New York City and specializes in corporate law.

Allan J. Fox, BSc'68, MD'70, has been named a fellow of the American College of Radiology. He practices at the University of Western Ontario University Hospital.

Hutton G. Archer, BA'68, MA'71, is Chief of the Public Information Office of the International Civil Aviation Organization in Montreal.

Courtney Pratt, BA'68, was named a Director of Empire Company Ltd. in Toronto.

THE '70s

Gregory A. Moran, BA'70, was named Provost & Vice- President (Academic) at the University of Western Ontario on July 1, 1995.

Estelle C. (Wygnanski) Adler, BA'71, has been appointed an officer of MetLife at the corporate headquarters in New York City as Assistant Vice-President, Corporate Planning, with responsibility for managing the company's strategic capital and operational planning processes.

Mary R. Brooks, BOT'71, has been appointed the William A. Black Chair of Commerce at Dalhousie University.

Janyne M. Hodder, BA'71, MA'83, was appointed Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Bishop's University beginning August 1, 1995. She was previously Assistant Deputy Minister, Services to the English Community, with the Quebec Ministry of Education. She was also part-time adjunct professor, Department of Administration and Policy Studies, in the Faculty of Education at McGill.

Eric Maldoff, BA'71, BCL'74, LLB'75, has been named Chief Negotiator in the land dispute in the Mohawk Community of Kanesetake, Que., by federal Indian Affairs Minister Ron Irwin.

Barry Pinsky, BArch'71, worked with CUSO in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 1992-94, with Planact, a planning and urban policy group involved with the National Housing Forum.

Nick Di Pietro, BSc'72, MSc'75, worked as a supervisor- mechanical engineering on the Hibernia Offshore Petroleum Project for five years, then joined H.A. Simons Ltd. in Montreal as a project engineer in the pulp and paper contracting field. He lives in Montreal with his wife, Olga, and three sons.

Brian Riordan, MA'72, BCL'78, has joined the Montreal- based law firm of Pouliot Mercure. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Ohio and specializes in corporate and commercial law.

Brian K. Aitken, BCom'74, is Vice-President of Finance and Treasurer of E.B. Eddy Forest Products Ltd., based in Ottawa.

Antonio Discepola, BA'74, BCL'78, is a Judge at the Municipal Court of Montreal.

Peter Gabor, BSW'74, MSW'75, is a Professor of Social Work at the University of Calgary. He co-authored the book Evaluation and Quality Improvement in the Human Services (Allyn & Bacon, 1994).

Michel Lozeau, BCom'74, is Senior Practice Director, Oracle Services, Oracle Corporation Canada Inc., in Mississauga, Ont.

AndrÈ Charbonneau, BCom'75, is a Chartered Appraiser registered with both the Ordre des Švaluateurs AgrÈÈs du QuÈbec and the Canadian Institute of Appraisers. He conducts his profession from his own office in the Saint- Jovite-Mont-Tremblant area in the Laurentians, Que.

Vicky (Craig) Crandell, MEd'75, recently received a PhD in Education from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and works as a literacy resource specialist for a local school in Colorado.

Laila Sebastiano, BA'75, is Territory Manager for Sanofi BeautÈ Canada, a cosmetic and pharmaceutical company, and covers Montreal and parts of Quebec. She lives in Lasalle, Que.

Brian F. De Cheverry, BA'76, lives in the south of Mexico with his family. He is designing a plan to turn a unilingual school into a bilingual school.

D. Bruce Garrow, LLB'76, LLM'81, has become a Partner at the Toronto law firm of Borden & Elliot. He has his master of laws from McGill's Institute of Air & Space Law and has represented domestic and international aviation insurers, the Government of Canada and the Transportation Safety Board of Canada in aviation litigation.

Siang-Yang Tan, BA'76, PhD'80, is the Director of the doctoral program and Associate Professor of Psychology, Graduate School of Psychology, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, Calif. He has published Peer Counseling in Youth Groups, Advanced Peer Counseling in Youth Groups (with Joan Sturkie), Understanding Depression and Coping with Depression (with Dr. John Ortberg, Jr.) by Baker Books, 1995. In 1993 he received the annual award for significant contributions to ethnic and racial diversity from the National Council of Schools and Programs of Professional Psychology.

Jean Belhumeur, BCom'77, has been appointed Vice- President, Finance, of Leviton Manufacturing of Canada Ltd., in Pointe-Claire, Que.

Jean-Paul Des Pins, M.A.1977, a ÈtÈ professeur d'Èducation musicale ý l'Šcole de musique de l'UniversitÈ Laval pendant 19 ans. Il est actuellement professeur de neuropÈdagogie musicale au dÈpartement de musique de l'UniversitÈ du QuÈbec ý MontrÈal. Il est Ègalement l'auteur de Cerveau et la musique (1986), et une publication Èventuelle sera intitulÈe NeuropÈdagogie et musique.

Marjorie Leslie, BEd'77, is Area Coordinator of Leaders, Central and Southern Ontario, with La Leche League Canada. She has been married for 17 years to Milton Wong, BSc'77, and has three sons.

John Nassivera, PhD'77, co-founded the Dorset Theatre Festival and the Dorset Colony for Writers in Dorset, Vt. He has produced off-Broadway plays and has received playwriting awards from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Vermont Council on the Arts.

Elaine G. (Goldbloom) Vegotsky, BCom'77, President of E.V. Litigation & Financial Services Inc., was elected president of the Toronto chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners for the 1995-96 term.

William Burton, BSc'78, was elected President of the Leukemia Research Foundation based in Lincolnwood, Ill. He obtained a PhD from the University of Illinois and is currently a science writer and media relations manager at the University of Chicago Medical Centre.

Kathryn (Gradner) Ceceri, BA'78, is a freelance journalist and a regular correspondent for the Glen Falls, N.Y., Post Star, and has written for many sports magazines. She lives in Saratoga Springs and hopes to resume long distance bicycle touring with her husband, John, after the birth of their second child this fall.

Armand Conant, LLB'78, spent five years in Europe where he obtained his DESS in International Law from the Sorbonne and then practised law. He is a partner in the law firm of Forbes, Conant in Burlington, Ont. He and his wife, Jackie, announce the birth of their son, Daniel John Mason, June 9, 1995.

Rev. Ronald Grossman, BSW'78, is continuing his theological studies at the M.Div. level at the Luther Rice Seminary in Atlanta, Ga.

John Iwanic, BEng'78, obtained his MBA from Concordia University in 1994 and is Director, Marketing and Sales, for Telecite Inc., a manufacturer of lead displays used in mass transit applications, based in Montreal.

Ed Toczko, BEng(Chem)'78 lives in Moncton, N.B., and is Account Manager at Beloit, the largest paper machine builder in the world.

Dale Gantous, BSc'79, is President of InGenius Engineering, a software engineering and consulting firm in Ottawa serving the Canadian telecommunications industry.

Mark C. Joseph, MBA'79, is the General Manager of Banque d'Hawaii (Vanuatu) Ltd. Vanuatu is in the Southwest Pacific Ocean, 1,600 km east of Australia and 800 km west of Fiji. He reports that James Michener was stationed in Vanuatu, prompting him to write Tales of the South Pacific, and that bungee jumping was invented there and is still performed to ensure a good yam harvest. He reports, "Wonderful friendly people, but it is a developing country. Excellent local beers and plenty of French champagne. Unfortunately, little TV and no football."

Karen Katz, BSc'79, is residing in Cary, N.C.

THE '80s

Marie-HÈlËne Adrien, BSc'80, MA'86, PhD'94, has been named partner and Vice-President Human Resources at Universalia Management Group, a Montreal-based consulting firm specializing in international and organizational development. She is married and has two daughters.

J. Claude Couture, MBA'80, has been promoted to Executive Vice-President and Head of Canadian Operations of LGS Group Inc., a consulting firm specializing in Information Technology and Systems Integration.

Ellen Crabtree, BA'80, is a Scottish Regional Sales Manager of The Guardian And The Observer newspapers. She graduated with an MBA from the University of Edinburgh in July.

Andrew Hertzog, BA'80, BCL'84, LLB'84, is a partner in the Montreal law firm McDougall, Caron, which specializes in civil and commercial litigation. He is also President of Eurosport Enterprises Inc., an agency representing professional athletes, and he is Canada's first certified NBA agent.

Ron Letourneau, BEd'80, obtained an MBA from Concordia University and is General Manager of Archivex Inc. in Montreal, and currently directs all the activities of this document management firm.

Georges O'Shaughnessy, BSc(Agr)'80, was awarded the 1995 Moise-Cossette Prize (farm writer of the year) by the Association canadienne des rÈdacteurs agricoles de la langue franÁaise. The award includes a trip to Dublin, Ireland, next summer where he will attend the annual congress of the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists.

Todd Chanko, BA'81, is an actor and television producer living in New York City and recently produced and hosted First Exposure, a weekly program on PBS. He was married in October 1993 to Dr. Ami Lisa Weil, a Clinical Psychologist in private practice.

AndrÈ Ewert

, MBA'81, worked as a Financial Director for several organizations after leaving McGill, most recently for Abitibi Price in Chandler/GaspÈsie, Que. He was married but divorced after five years, and he now works as an Investment Advisor in St. Lambert, Que.

Malka Fry, BSW'81, has been appointed Head of Social Services, Bendingo Hospital, Australia, where her husband Dr. Abdi, is a medical oncologist.

Bruce McDonough, BCom'81, DipPubAcct'85, is a Controller for Parker Hannifin (Canada) Cylinder Division, in Owen Sound, Ont. He is married to Janet McConnell, BEd'82, an Occasional Teacher, and they have three sons.

Bill Athanasopoulos, BA'82, is a Logistics Analyst with CAE Electronics in Ville St. Laurent, Que. He is married to Katherine Kyriakidis, and they have two daughters, Paraskevi and Sophia.

Julia Borossa, BA'82, MA'89, obtained her PhD in History and the Philosophy of Science this fall from the University of Cambridge, England. She teaches at Kent University in Canterbury, England.

Darquise Bilodeau, BMus'82, has been named Assistant to the Director of Liturgical Pastoral Services for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montreal: Music Area. She teaches voice at the McGill Conservatory of Music and performs solo engagements in the Montreal area. She is married to the Rev. Paul Farthing, BA'80, STM'82, and they have three children.

Stephano Cavaglia, BCom'82, recently left his teaching post at City University in London, England, and is now a Global Investment Manager for Panagora Asset Management in Boston, Mass. He will be reviewing investments in emerging market countries.

Claire Fleisher-Behar, BEd'83, BSW'86, is a master's of social work student at Barry University, Fla., and will be doing an internship at Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where she lives with her husband, Larry Behar, BA'74.

Karen Kolodny, BCL'83, LLB'83, is a lawyer and has moved back to New York City with her husband, Hank Amon. They had their first child, Carly, in July.

Elizabeth (Lisa) Lowenger, BSc'83, MSc'86, previously Director of Development at Alliance Quebec, is now Coordinator of Community Development at the CLSC RenÈ- Cassin in Montreal. She is a board member of the Business and Professional Women's Club of Montreal and the Lasalle- Šmard riding association of the federal Liberals.

Alan J. Barcomb, BSc'84, received a medical degree in family medicine from Albany Medical College, N.Y., in 1988, and joined a family practice in LeRoy, N.Y., in October. He will move to Batavia, N.Y., with his wife, Cathy Baird, BA'84, and their two children.

Ian V. MacInnis, BCom'84, has joined the Toronto-based accounting firm of Soberman, Isenbaum & Colomby in a senior position in their Tax Specialty Services Group. He is a graduate of Osgoode Hall Law School and has been a member of the Ontario Bar since 1989.

Anthony Mammone, BEng'84, lives in Winfield, B.C., and has established SRI Homes International, a leading manufacturer of prefabricated homes, selling primarily to Japan, Korea and China. SRI recently delivered 140 homes, produced in 10 days, to the earthquake-devasted Kobe, Japan.

Susan McGrail, MSW'84, is Director of Social Work at the Toronto East General Hospital.

Rochard A. Mertl, BA'84, DipPubAcct'88, opened a chartered accountancy practice, Lawrence & Mertl, in Montreal in May.

H.S. Robert Soroka, BCom'84, earned a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from the State University of New York in June 1995, and an MBA from Concordia University in 1988. He is presently teaching in the MBA program at the University of Ottawa, the Commerce and Administration program at Concordia University and at several Montreal- area CEGEPs. He has set up a management consulting practice, specializing in small-business strategy planning and marketing.

Howard Miller, BSc'85, MBA'89, has joined Wood Gundy as a Financial Consultant in Toronto. He is married to Heidi Bramson and they have a daughter, Frankie.

Pamela Welch, DipPubAcct'84, completed an MBA at Concordia University in 1994 and has set up practice as a Chartered Accountant. She is a volunteer member of the advisory board of the NDG loan circle program, which helps disadvantaged women set up their own businesses.

Venise Calluzzo-MacMillan, BSW'85, MEd'91, was recently promoted to clinical supervisor at the CLSC-Lasalle, where she has worked for 10 years as a social worker. On September 5, 1995, she celebrated her third wedding anniversary.

James M. Little, BA'86, is Director of Operations, Option 3 Communications (a division of GPC Communications) in Montreal.

Robert Lang, MLIS'86, was appointed Managing Editor at Gale Canada, a division of Thomson Canada. He is married to Joan Lang-Rataic, MLIS'86, they have two children, Stephanie Angela and Andrew Michael, and they live in Mississauga, Ont.

J. Bruce Robertson, LLB'86, is senior litigation partner in the Los Angeles law firm of Duran, Loquvam & Robertson and also serves as Judge pro tem of the Los Angeles Municipal Court.

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 section of the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C. Friends and colleagues can contact her at (202) 682-7745.

Martine Bernard, BEd(PE)'87, and Ivan Verdurmen, BEd(PE)'87, have two children, Dominique, born in 1993, and Alexi, born in May. Martine is pursuing a Master of Education degree at the University of Calgary, and Ivan works for the RCMP. They live in Cochrane, Alta.

Rick Blatter, BEd'87, an entrepreneur-politician living in Laval, Que., has a master's degree from the UniversitÈ de MontrÈal in Fitness, specializing in corporate wellness programs. He runs a private health and fitness consulting practice, helps young entrepreneurs find a niche for themselves, and "is creating havoc for several corrupt politicians."

Stephen Joel Kotler, BSc'87, DipPubAcct'92, married Dr. Leslie Susanne Kerzner, on May 28, 1995. He is a Chartered Accountant with Miller, Wachman & Co. in Boston, Mass.

Lakshmi Sundaram, BSc(Agr)'87, is a mother in Aylmer, Que.

Simon Aldrich, BMus'88, is currently Solo Clarinetist with L'OrchËstre MÈtropolitain and L'OrchËstre de l'OpÈra de MontrÈal. He is a member of Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne (NEM) and Les Vents de MontrÈal, and touring with NEM he has been to England, France, Belgium, Germany, Japan, the U.S. and Banff, Alta.

Marie-France Leclerc, BEd'88, is a Grade 2 French immersion teacher in Lindsay Ont. She recently married and had a baby girl on August 9.

Philippe Lemaitre, BSc(Agr)'88, is working with CUSO in Teustepe, Nicaragua, with the Union of Agricultural Collectives.

Diane Normandin, MD'88, is joining a family medicine practice in Belleair Bluffs and will be affiliated with Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater, Fla. She and her husband have a two-month old daughter, Megan.

Jean-Marc Plouffe, BSW'88, was awarded a Canada Council Grant to complete the novel he has been working on since 1988. He has resigned from the CLSC St-Louis-du-Parc in Montreal

Christina Szirmai, BA'88, MBA'90, is Project Manager for Rogers Cantel in Toronto.

Ruth C. White, BSW'88, is a first-year doctoral student in social welfare at the University of California at Berkeley.

Michael E. Rosenberg, BCom'89, is Director, Business Development, Scott's Hospitality Inc. in Toronto.

Dino Smiljic, BSc'89, recently graduated from the College of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan, and is currently in Saint John, N.B.

Michael Winship,BEng'89, is Manager of Placer Dome Canada's Campbell gold mine in northwestern Ontario.

THE '90s

Robert Coplan, BSc'90, has just completed his PhD in Developmental Psychology at the University of Waterloo. He has just accepted a tenure-track position as Professor in the Psychology Department of Carleton University.

FranÁois Goulet, MA'90, was part of a City of Montreal communications team which won a "Gold Quill" award for excellence in a promotional campaign from the International Association of Business Communicators. The campaign promoted Noveau Montreal (New Montreal), a condominium project which succeeded in drawing 60 percent of its inhabitants from outside Montreal.

Chris Ketchum, BA'90, and Cory Weddell, BA'90, are proud parents of daughter Jessica Coryell, born on March 26. They live in Vancouver.

Rhona Pearl, BA'90, received a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, and is working for Nestle USA in Glendale, Calif.

Dov Bercovic, BA'91, graduated with an MBA in International Business from Dalhousie University in 1994 and is General Manager of the World Trade Centre in Halifax. He is engaged to Lesley Gaum, BA'91, who is Managing Editor with a pharmaceutical consulting firm.

Ted Brezina, MBA'91, has joined API Sponsorship as an associate in their Toronto office after working as Promotions Manager for Team Lotus in England.

Ying Chen, M.A.1991, diplÙmÈe du dÈpartement de langue et litÈrature franÁaises de McGill, a publie son troisiËme roman, intitulÈ L'Ingratitude (LemÈac/Actes Sud, 1995), qui a ÈtÈ retenu dans la premiËre sÈlection d'automne du jury du prix FÈminin.

Gail Dangoor, BSc'91, recently received her MD from the University of Calgary. She is currently doing her residency in family medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto.

Caroline Hyndman, MEng'91, completed her PhD at the Šcole PolytÈchnique of the UniversitÈ de MontrÈal in August. She has since moved west and started as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Calgary.

Priscilla Dumas Kobas, BA'91, is a hotel supervisor in Providence, R.I. She is married to Demon Kobas, whom she met while working at Club Med. McGill friends travelled to the wedding from Boston, Washington, D.C., and New York City, and many lived together at McConnell Hall in 1988- 89.

Peter W. Bell, BA'92, is taking a year off from Queen's University Law School to go to Bosnia with the Canadian peacekeeping forces.

Adam Dodek, BA'92, graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard Law School and received a Fulbright Fellowship for Israel where he will spend 1995-96 clerking for the Supreme Court of Israel.

Jeffrey B. Goodwin, BCom'92, received his Juris Doctor from New York University School of Law. He is an Associate with the law firm Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett in Manhattan.

Jonathan P. Hoisak, BEng(Chem)'92, and his wife Cara Campbell, BEng(Chem)'92, moved to Montgomery, Ala., in September. Jon is the South East Regional Safety Manager for PSG, a company specializing in sewage treatment and management, and Cara is completing the requirements for her master's degree.

Eric Ruggi, BEd'92, is a high school teacher at Shawinigan High School in Shawinigan, Que.

David S. Schwartz, BCom'92, DipPubAcct'94, a Chartered Accountant, and Leanne Meisels, BCom'93, were married in Montreal on September 10.

Lisa A. Stewart, BA'92, worked as an intern at a small government relations firm and is now a consultant in Washington, D.C.

Chantal J.M. Thomas, BA'92, received a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass., in June and will practise law in New York City.

Riyana Babul, MSc'93, is working at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto as a Genetic Counsellor, and will be getting married to Karimkhan Hirji, an engineering student at the University of Waterloo.

HÇlËne Gagnon, BCL'93, LLB'93, graduated with a master's degree in public policy from the London School of Economics in 1995 and practises environmental litigation at Martineau Walker in Montreal.

Laurence Pearl, BA'93, received a master's degree in international affairs from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, and is working for the Washington International Energy Group in Washington, DC.

Loic Babin, MEng'94, is a Process Engineer at Motorola Inc. in Toulouse, France.

Vimal Scott Kapoor, BSc'94, was awarded an Academic Year Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship sponsored by the Rotary Club of Montreal. He is studying public health at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in London, England.

Marty Laperle, BEd'94, will be teaching social sciences and coaching sports at Sedbergh School, a private boarding school from grades 4 to 12 in Montebello, Que.

Lamya Mohammed, PhD'95, received her doctorate in Civil Engineering, and is an Assistant Professor at the University of Bahrain, Bahrain.

Gabriel Sica, BSc(Agr)'95, is in his first year of the four-year program of the Mayo Medical School in Rochester, Minn. The medical school uses the resources of the Mayo Clinic and its two affiliated hospitals in Rochester.


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