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3 On The Cover Great teachers, great researchers and a great location. Along with everything else, UBC has the most beautiful university campus in the known universe. Can you pick out your favourite haunts? Waite Air Photos. Fea nology Martha professor Engineering to is set models computer makes Salcudean of learning teaching, transform industrial does processes. She it so and research. UBC S ready. well, she has won this year's Killam Prize for Engineering 10 George Editor Chris Petty, MFA86 Assistant Editor Shari Ackerman Contributors Deanna McLeod, Don Wells Advertising Katie Stradwick Bo8rd of Dlmcton President Haig Farris, BA60, LLD'97 Senior VP Linda Thorstad, BSc'77, MSc'84 Past President Tricia Smith, BA80, LLB'85 Treasurer Thomas Hasker, EA86 Momben at Largo '98-'00 Gregory Clark, BCom'86. LLB'89 Jean Forrest, BPE'83 Thomas Hobley, MBA'83 Momberr at Large '97-'99 Peter Ladner, BA'70 Don Wells, BA'89 Lorne Whitehead, BSc'77, MSc'EO, PhD'89 Executlvo Director Agnes Papke, BSc(Agr)'66 Edltorhl Commlttee Don Wells, BA'89, Chair Ron Burke, BA'82 Paula Martin Sue Watts, MF'75, PhD'81 Design Consultation Chris Dah1 Design Communications Creatlve Writlng professor McWhlrter is a poet who moves words, images 14 and students The graduatlon ceremony S one of those rites of passage that mark our lives. Here's what it's like at the new Chan Centre. 24 chronicle The University of British Columbia Alumni Association 4 Research News A digest of news from UBC Reports and elsewhere: neurotoxins n white bread to Humanitles Athletics Awards Varsity year in review was a banner year for UBC teams and athletes. More awards and more champlonshlps. We're honouring these UBC grads and athletes at thls year's Aiumnl Recognitiov and Sports Hall of Fame Dinner Class Acts Student Profiles Books What's going on with those Meet two of tomorrow's movers UBC alumni write books. We tw people who sat beside you in and shakers: both smart, active to show you some of them. t's English 101? Here's the place to and willing to pitch in to help hopeless. too many writers, too find out. the community. much talent. Printed in Canada by Mitchell Press SSN Visit our website:

4 chronicle Women s Centre Turns 25 t s been 25 years of success for UBC s downtown Women s Resources Centre (WRC). From women s lib to corporate downsizing, the center has kept up with women s needs over the years. Director Ruth Sigal says activ- ities at the centre reflect changes Women s Centre Director Ruth Sigal, (/ discusses u progrum in women s lives since it opened with WRc vohn*eer5. in Then, the focus was helping decades. Many are UBC alumni, from women discover their own identity and faculties ranging from social work to strengths when they were just entering commerce. the workforce. Shifts in Vancouver demographics The centre started with eight volun- are reflected in the WRC s programming, teers and saw about 1,000 women notably its cross-cultural peer counselling annually. Now, there are 60 volunteers to programs which teach basic counselling handle 25,000 clients annually. skills and an understanding of The centre, located at 1144 Robson multicultural issues. Street (near Burrard), sees clients from all The WRC is a community service of ages and all levels of society. About 20 per UBC Continuing Studies. t offers percent of the clients are men. sonal and career planning for women and Sigal is especially proud of the men. Programs are run by professional dedication of the centre s volunteers. A counsellors and instructors. Free drop-in third of them have been with the centre counselling is offered and pre-registration for more than eight years, some for two is required for all programs. 0 Summer Jobs for Pharmacy Students P harmacy students won t be waiting tables and pulling weeds this summer. nstead, two dozen of them will work in pharmacy research labs, thanks to the Summer Student Research Program. We want to give undergrads a taste of what it s like to be a research scientist, says assistant professor Kishor Wasan. We want them to see what they can do with a pharmacy degree. The projects are designed to give first, second and third year students lots of science and community pharmacy education experience. By getting students involved early, we re helping to fulfill Martha Piper s vision of using research to enrich the undergraduate education at UBC, says Pharmaceutical Sciences Dean Frank Abbott. Between , about 40% of students in the summer program have gone on to graduate studies. The program also gives additional job skills, such as training in operating drug analysis equipment. The program recently received a twoyear grant from the Medical Research Council of Canada and new funding from the American Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 0 Student Scholars Score Awards F ourteen students have been named Wesbrook Scholars, an honorary designation for undergraduates who have distinguished themselves academically and socially. They are: Christopher Bennett, Law; Jeff Beselt, Education; Victoria Colvin, Law; Mandeep Dhaliwal, Arts; Fahreen Dossa, Science; Kelly Harrison, Medicine; Kibben Jackson, Law; Adam Lund, Medicine; Gregory Mackie, Arts; Feisal Mohamdeali, Science; an Mortimer, Science; Andrew Scholes, Law; Shaila Seshia, Arts; Andrea Thompson, Education. Winners of the following awards automatically receive the designation: Andrew Lim, Science (Sherwood Lett Memorial Scholarship), Brian Murphy, Applied Science (Harry Logan Memorial Scholarship), Kimberly Eldred, Law (Amy E. Sauder/Jean Craig Smith Scholarships), Sarah Cherry, Commerce (John H. Mitchell Memorial Scholarship), and Kim Hendess, Arts (C.K. Choi Scholarship). The Wesbrook Scholar award honours 20 students annually who have completed one winter session at UBC, are in their final year of undergraduate studies or in the Doctor of Medicine or Dental Medicine programs, stand in the top 10 per cent of their faculty, and demonstrate the ability to serve, work with and lead others. t is sponsored by the Wesbrook Society, an organization of the university s major benefactors, and is named after Frank Fairchild Wesbrook, UBC s first president. 0 UBC RESEARCH 4 Chronicle

5 Gallery to Provide Student Exposure T he UBC Architecture Gallery and Studio is now open. Our goal is to raise public awareness of architecture in Vancouver while providing our students with greater exposure to urban issues in architecture, says Sandy Hirshen, director of the school. Hirshen wants to explore ways to work with activist groups, such as the Downtown Eastside Residents Association, to produce a more livable and dynamic city. We want to create relationships with these groups and determine how we can balance our educational requirements with community service, he says. The gallery and studio is on the Neurotoxin Linked to White Bread A chemical produced in the making of white bread may be linked to some neurological diseases, according to the preliminary findings of a team of UBC researchers. There is a very suspicious correlation between the characteristics of this substance and those known to be toxic to the nervous system, says Christopher Shaw, associate professor in Ophthalmol- ogy. Shaw and fellow researchers think the culprit may be methionine sulfoximine (MSO), a substance that was used to bleach processed wheat flour in the early part of the century. By 1950 the process was banned in the UK and the US. Canada stopped using it in Shaw, research associate Jaswinder Bains, and Physiology PhD candidate Bryce Pasqualotto have found that MSO over-stimulates neurons and can lead to neuron death called excitotoxicity, says B ground floor of a historic building located across from Victory Square on the edge of Gastown. Thanks to a fundraising effort led by the Friends of the School of Architecture, the gallery space opened recently with an exhibition titled Architectural Photographers: Vancouver in Black and White. The space will be used next fall as a planned joint studio project that will examine the southeast False Creek area. t involves UBC students from Architecture and Landscape Architecture. The gallery will also sell exhibition photographs as well as books, mono- graphs and student-designed furniture. t is located at 319 West Hastings St. and is open Wed-Sat, llam-6pm. 0 1 a c si.c : 2. - Christopher Show andhswinder Bains feel they ve found a smoking gun in a chemical formerly used to bleach white flou~ Shaw. This appears to be the worst possible toxin you can imagine for the nervous system because it strikes in so many different ways at the same time, he says. Because it is eliminated from the body over time, MSO cannot be detected in patients suffering from neurological disease. 0 But is it art? The south end of the Koerner Library basks in the spring sun. Top Award Goes to Shakespeare Scholar T he 1998 Dean of Arts Award goes to Alexander Globe, Shakespeare scholar and English professor. Globe is a popular and respected teacher who promotes student use of computers in a field not known for computer-aided research. He is the driving force behind a $250,000 computer lab set to open in the English Dept. He has also introduced gay and lesbian studies to UBC, and has developed a curriculum that will soon go to the Faculty of Arts curriculum committee for approval. The $5,000 award recognizes exceptional contributions by a faculty member in teaching, research, administration and service. Globe won a Killam Teaching Prize in Chronicle 5

6 Fisheries Centre Professor Daniel fuuly. Repair Needed for Collatxed Fisheries M arine Fisheries are in a global crisis, says Fisheries Centre Professor Daniel Pauly. Researchers show through 50 years of UN catch data that as commercial fishing destroys larger predators, fishers move systematically down the food web to smaller plankton eaters. When we remove big predators and go after their smaller prey, we are ripping the fabric of these webs, and endangering their ability to produce harvestable fish at any level, Pauly says. Pauly warns that continuous shrimp fishing may hinder the recovery of cod stocks on the East Coast of Canada, where the fished-out cod feed on shrimp., Fishing down the food web is worse in the Northern Hemisphere, with its highly efficient and technologically advanced fishing fleets. Creating marine protected areas may be the only way to avoid the widespread collapse of fisheries and rebuild healthy food webs, he says. We should be focusing on the health of ecosystems, and the consequences of extracting single species stocks from the system. 0 Bacteria Beware: Peptides are Here L ittle defenders can do a lot of damage. Such is the case with UBC microbiologist Bob Hancock s little killers, a new class of antibiotics called cationic peptides. These guys do not put up with bacteria; in fact they downright hate them. The peptides are covered with positive electric charges which aid in their killing power. They attach themselves to the outer surfaces of bacteria, and pry open holes in the microbes outer membranes. Then their guts leak out, says Hancock. Peptides may be the answer to the problem of bacteria resistant to conventional antibiotics. Tiny amounts of peptides are found in almost all living things, including humans, making it easy to mass-produce. Hancock s team, paired with UBC spin-off company Micrologix Biotehcnology nc. and medical researchers in Alberta and Quebec, recently won a $500,000-a-year grant from the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. The grant will be used to explore how peptides can destroy the bacteria that kills people with cystic fibrosis. Hancock has been exploring the peptides biological significance and commercial applications for about six years. The beauty of the peptides is the way they kill on contact. We have 100 per cent kills in two to five minutes. They are really potent, he says. This doesn t give bacteria much of a chance to fight back. However, Hancock expects bacteria will one day be able to elude the little peptides. But it will probably take them quite a while. 0 Avalanches Hit by New Fundina F taineer and backcountry skier, or Prof. David McClung, a moun- understanding avalanches is a matter of life and death. When he receives new funding for his research on avalanche prediction and prevention, it means his knowledge will be more widely shared with the BC industries most affected by avalanches. McClung has been named NSERC- FRBC-CMH Chair in Snow and Avalanche Science. NSERC, Forest Renewal BC (FRBC) and Canadian Mountain Holidays (CMH) nc., the world s largest heli-skiing operator, fund the chair. This chair will allow me to focus my energy on research, provide significant technology transfer to industry and advanced training for professional avalanche workers, McClung said. A geography professor and associate member of Civil Engineering, McClung has led UBC s Avalanche Research Group since His research has been snow mechanics, avalanche dynamics, land use planning, and avalanche prediction. Among other things, it will provide the ski industry with better weather and avalanche forecasting. 0 6 Chronicle

7 A New Vision for UBC t may sound a bit odd to say we re seeking a new vision for UBC: the university is already one of the best post secondary institutions in the country. But every organization needs a set of principles to focus its efforts and guide its decisions. At UBC, our vision is to become the preeminent teaching and research university in Canada. A lofty aspiration? ndeed. An attainable goal? Absolutely. Over the past few months we ve been talking to staff, faculty, alumni and the community about this university and what it should become in the 21st century. With their help, we have produced a Green Paper that defines five broad areas of strength, and outlines how we can build on them. People. Our major strength is in our staff, faculty and students. We have some of the best people in Canada working and studying at this university. Nearly half of our faculty and staff will retire in the next ten years. We will develop a comprehensive approach to hiring that encourages cooperation and rewards excellence. We will enhance our student recruitment efforts to ensure that the best students in Canada and abroad are attracted to UBC. As part of this strategy, we will increase scholarship and bursary support and upgrade our infrastructure. Learning. We will develop a new undergraduate program that incorporates our research strengths. For undergrads that means exposure to some of the most advanced research in the world, in all disciplines. We will also focus learning in three areas: internationalization, interdisciplinarity and interactivity. We will expand our coop programs in all areas. Research. UBC is a world power in research. We will expand our research capability and output by establishing clear targets for increased funding from all sources. We will also develop more research mentoring programs for grad Martha Piper, President, UBC. students and enhance our library resources in terms of acquisitions and advanced information technology. Community. We are investigating the expansion UBC s services to the broader community. We will establish a larger presence in downtown Vancouver and in communities across the Lower Mainland. We will expand our distance learning program and professional upgrading programs to include students in all parts of the province. We will also expand our alumni branches program throughout BC, Canada and the world. nternationalization. UBC is an international university. We will enhance our presence in the Asia Pacific, the Americas, Europe and in aboriginal studies worldwide. We will expand our exchange programs overseas and create more linkages with other international universities. As alumni, you are an important part of our new vision. We need your help to attract the best students in your community, to support those students in co-op and work placements, and to ensure that post secondary education remains a priority in our society. welcome your comments on the development of UBC s new vision. 0 Project to Educate Vancouver s Poorest T wenty people from Vancouver s poorest neighbourhoods will be studying philosophy, history and literature at UBC this fall in a threemonth pilot project called Humanities 101. Students Allison Dunnet and Am Johal, co-chairs of the committee planning the program, say bus fare, childcare, and meals will be provided to students who are referred by non-profit agencies. The aim is to introduce students to critical thinking in everyday life and develop a desire to keep learning, says Dunnet. The idea for Humanities 101 came from an article in Harper s magazine that described a program in New York s Lower East Side. Graduates, who had no former education, then went on to college studies or full-time jobs. A variety of backgrounds and opinions will make the class that much more interesting, and it will be good for UBC students and faculty, too, says Johal. The courses will be non-credit, but the organizers hope students who successfully complete the program will receive a certificate and be able to take part in Congregation ceremonies. The pilot program will be funded with a $15,000 grant from the nnovative Projects Fund, jointly operated by the Alma Mater Society and the university.. UBC RESEARCH Chronicle 7

8 Commerce # in Research, Training C anada s top business school for research is right here: the Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration. This year, the faculty received 15 grants totaling $698,700 from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)-more than twice as much as any other business school in the country. The grants will finance research on topics including consumer behaviour, government privatization and renewable resources. UBC has regularly been the number one business school in Canada for research accomplishments and is recognized as such internationally, says zak Benbasat, associate dean of faculty development and professional programs. He says that good scholarship goes along with good teaching. Many faculty members who have received the Commerce and Business Admin. research prizes have also been nominated for (and won) the teaching excellence prizes given by the faculty, commerce graduate or undergraduate student societies. The faculty also ranked 13th in the world for the number of publications in top finance journals credited to faculty members from Canadian Students Score Big in Survey C anadian students score near the top of the class in math and science skills, according to UBC researchers who recently released a global survey of senior secondary students. Canadian students were among those in 24 countries tested in the Third nternational Mathematics and Science Study. The results compare students in their last year of secondary school. Canadian students topped the charts in math and science literacy compared to other countries: they beat 17 of the 20 countries taking part. n advanced mathematics, they did as well or better than students from 13 of 15 countries. Scores in physics were slightly lower, however, scoring better than 9 of 15 countries. n a test for the top five per cent of students, Canada scored higher than the international average in both advanced math and math and science literacy. Canada is the only G-8 country whose top students achieved two scores above the international average in this part of the study. Cor/ Leggo mokes poetry exciting Poetry Prof gets Personal U nderstanding poetry can be a daunting task. That s why Carl Leggo, poet and associate professor of Language Education, decided to write a book, Teaching to Wonder: Responding to Poetry in the Secotzdary Classroom, designed to put excitement into poetry. n it, Leggo combines practical techniques and strategies with a theoretical framework. Of all the genres in literature, poetry is the one teachers and students find least interesting and the most difficult to come to terms with, Leggo says. Leggo tries to get people to apply their own experiences and emotions to poetry instead of trying to analyze it. This way they can relate to it in a personal way and not see it as exotic and impenetrable. When people actually read poetry with passion and enthusiasm, they realize it s not some arcane text. t s all about life, heart, story, music, how we live in the world. His book is published by UBC s Pacific Educational Press. 0 8 Chronicle

9 $100 Reward for Return of This Man 0 ne night at the end of the term, this painting was stolen from the Forestry Building. t depicts Lawrence Guichon, a UBC honorary degree holder (1953) and a builder of the ranching industry in BC. Both his family and Agi. Sci. have been on the lookout for this painting in the intervening years, but to no avail. f you ve seen this painting, call Brigitte O Rooney, f we get the painting back, $100 is yours, no questions asked. Prostate Research Feels Fundina Pinch 0 ne man in eight suffers from prostate cancer. Of the 3,500 men who have the disease in BC, 550 will die this year. n spite of this, only $560,000 was spent in Canada during 1995/96 for research. Very little is known about prostate cancer, according to molecular biologist Paul Rennie, director of the Prostate Cancer Research Program at the BC Cancer Agency. The process goes something like this: the prostate gland surrounds the part of the channel that drains the bladder. When it is enlarged or cancerous it may compress the channel, obstructing the free flow of urine. The gland s function is susceptible to three common diseases: prostatitis (infection of the prostate), enlargement (benign prostatic hyperplasia), and cancer. Rennie and several others are working on two therapies that involve suppression of the male sex hormone, androgen. One therapy, used prior to surgery, reduces the volume of the tumour, making the treatment more effective. However, in advanced stages, the prostate becomes unresponsive to the treat- ment. The tumour then grows back and is untreatable. The second therapy addresses that problem by withdrawing androgen periodically. Preliminary studies suggest that this irregular treatment keep tumours responsive to therapy. t is a silent disease, says Rennie. Often there are no symptoms for months or years, or until the disease has spread. The Canadian Cancer Society allocated $1.25 million to prostate research last September. BC Needs More Grads, Study Finds W e need more university grads, according to a recent study on the demand and supply of post-secondary graduates in BC. There s a strongly held view that we should continue to emphasize vocational and technical training, says Economics Professor Robert Allen, who is a member of the Western Research Network on 50s Sorority Pals Do Lunch UBCs Delta Gamma sorority friends gathered together for lunch and rerninis- cence on April 21,1998 at Cecil Green Park, organized by Anne Carmichael. (middle, second from left). L-R: Beverly (Glasgow) Baird BA 52, Janet (Whitmore) Ringham BA 50, Shirley (Shields) East BA 51, Mary (Grant) Banharn BA 51, aro&n (Harvie) Taylor BSN 51, Shirfey (Mctavish) Riprey BSc 49, Anne (Ewing) Carmichael BR 57, loanne (Strut@ Russell BA 51, Robin (Orr) St. Louis BA 50, Margaret (Low-Beer) Libbert BA 50, Pam (Fraser) Wetmore BA 50. Education and Training. My findings show this approach to be misguided. Between 1992 and 1996, BC needed about 35,000 university graduates annually, but BC s universities only produced 12,000. Two thirds of the high quality jobs in BC, therefore, were filled by people moving from the rest of Canada, the US and overseas. The demand for people with trade, technical and vocational credentials, also about 35,000, was filled by BC vocational graduates. Providing increased funding for vocational training and less for university training goes against demonstrated needs in the province. BC is last among the provinces in the number of degrees awarded per resident aged 20-29, and has the smallest per capita university system in Canada. Chronicle 9

10 chronicle feature Martha Salcudean brings passion and flair to a profession that doesn t often make the front pages. She s practised it from the mountains of Transylvania to the towers of UBC. enalr leers rule! (or at least they should) artha Salcudean is just about the most pleasant person you d care to meet: warm, friendly, inviting. She calls you by your first name in a practised sort of way, like someone who has great comfort dealing with different people. She curls up on the small sofa in her office in the Mechanical Engineering building, tucks her feet up under herself and talks openly and frankly about her life, her career and her family. Family comes first. Before all other things, family is the most important, she says. That from a woman who has worked her way to the top of her profession, mechanical engineering, and developed a reputation as a first-class academic administrator. The connection to family is understandable. She and her family suffered the ravages of World War 11 and life in Romania, one of the world s most repressive states. She was born in Cluj-Napoca in north east Romania, the largest town in Transylvania, to a family of intellectuals. Both her parents were doctors. She was educated there and in Bucharest. Romania was a grim country in the period after the war: poor, agrarian and backward. After 1965, under the government of Nicolae Ceausescu, it became even worse. Ceausescu initiated a ruthless campaign to industrialize the country at any cost, and in the process he and his family and friends amassed huge personal fortunes and cast the country into crushing debt. Virtually all industrial and agricultural production was sold internationally with proceeds used to pay down the national debt. Living conditions were among the worst in Europe. Food and fuel shortages in the 70s and 80s were, according to residents, worse than those experienced during the fessor department the in war. Gleaners roamed harvested fields of hog-feed puting Engineering at of Electrical and Com- UBC ). They both wanted 10 Chronicle

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12 very much to leave Romania, but emigration under Ceausescu, especially for engineers, was impossible. Martha and her husband were allowed very limited travel outside the communist bloc, but they weren t allowed to take their child, a common practise in communist countries to ensure that travelling par- ents would return. But finally, in 1975, Ceausescu wanted to build trade relations with the west and, for a brief time, let the doors open just a crack. Salcudean, with her husband, son and mother, saw their chance and left Romania. The family went to Paris to sort out their options but finally settled on Canada because her mother had a friend who lived in Montreal. Within three months of landing in Canada, Martha Salcudean was hired by the University of Ottawa as a professor in engineering. From there she came to UBC as head of the department of mechanical engineering in 1985, and became associate VP research in During that time she built her reputation as an innovative engineer, a creative administrator and an able entrepreneur. Many of the process models she developed with her colleague professor an Gartshore and former PhD student Zia Abdullah, have been applied to industrial applications and are now in use around the world. She is currently on administrative leave and is working as professor and Weyerhaeuser ndustrial Research Chair in Computational Fluid Dynamics. omputational Fluid Dynamics. t rolls off the tongue very easily. The whole phrase has a rather liquid feel to it. But what does it mean? To the non-engineer such a phrase could mean anything from the amount of water a person should drink while playing computer games to how much pressure per square centimetre it takes to blow a computer off a desk using a garden hose. But no. Dr. Salcudean is able to explain, in jargon-free English, exactly what computational fluid dynamics is and how it applies to her work, which she describes as mathematical modelling of industrial processes. The following, a process taken from the pulp and paper industry, describes one of her more famous accomplishments. Wood is chopped up into small pieces and put in a huge tub with a chemical liquor designed to break down the fibres and dissolve lignin, the substance that binds wood cells together. When the wood is sufficiently processed, the liquor is drained off and the pulp is either processed further into paper or cardboard on site or shipped to a plant somewhere else. But what happens to the liquor, which at this point is the consistency of water? t s rich in the chemicals needed to process wood chips, but also contains the organic materials drawn from the wood. The most efficient way to treat the liquor is to burn it. But how do you burn a liquid? By using a recovery boiler. The chemical soup is drawn up by pipes into a huge burner ten storeys high where it is sprayed into a super-heated chamber. The tiny moisture droplets vaporize, then ignite. The impurities are burnt off, the steam produced is used as energy in the plant, and the chemicals precipitate onto a collecting tray at the bottom of the burner. From there they are put back into the pulp-making process to start the journey again. Recovery boilers have been used for many years to recycle pulp-making chemicals, but only since Martha Salcudean have the processes that go on inside these boilers been translated into computer models. Using mathematics and computers, Salcudean and her team have created a model of the recycling process that computes, among other things, temperature, oxygen, moisture and chemical content variables to produce an ideal environment for processing the liquor and recovering pulp-making chemicals. We calculate all the variables, then develop a computer graphic that shows the operator every step of the process, she says. We can alter any variable, such as the oxygen level, the temperature or the amount of liquid we introduce, and see what the result will be on the computer before we try it in the actual boiler. That way, we can improve efficiency, increase production and limit any environmental impact. Which, all in all, pretty well sums up computational fluid dynamics. Her models are now in use in several mills in Canada, the US and Scandinavia. Salcudean has also been involved in similar collaborations with Atomic Energy Canada on heat transfer in nuclear reactors, with Cominco on the growth of crystals in the manufacture of metals, and with Pratt and Whitney, on developing film to cool turbine blades. She markets these models through the Continued on page Chronicle

13 chroniclelsports T he past season produced one of the most memorable years in sports in UBC s history. Three new Canadian university championship banners hang from the ceiling of the War Memorial gym. The T-Bird total of 40 CAU championships ranks second only to U of T s 48. ndividuals performed spectacularly, too. Stars such as volleyball aces Mike Dalziel and Melanie Griswold each won the CAU s prestigious TSN Award, and Mark Nohra received all of the highest honours in Canadian university football while leading his team to their third Vanier Cup win. Here is a month-to-month breakdown of sports successes last year: September The football T-Birds lost their homeopener in front of a record crowd and then dropped their second straight Shrum Bowl Game against arch-rival SFU. Doubt evaporates quickly, however, as the T-Birds eventually rally behind Mark Nohra, quarterback Shawn Olson and a October UBC s men s soccer team toils in *elative anonymity again 1st the :elevised success of T-Bird foot- -* 1 Jall. They win the Canada West Champimship and go on to dominate the field t the CAU national tournament in Hal- [fax. But despite out-shooting McGill 20-0 in the final, the T-Birds lost in an Jvertime shoot-out. November Early-season jitters vanish for the foot- 3all squad, and no team can stop the rhunderbirds from capturing the Vanier,up. Mark Nohra is named the Hec Zrighton Award winner as the most outstanding player in the country. Three T- Birds are first-team All-Canadians and a total of nine are conference all-stars. December While everyone expected the first-place standing of the women s volleyball superb defense. 1 team, few expected UBC s basketball teams to be as scrappy as they are. The men s squad under interim head coach Rich Chambers stuns a few conference and non-conference rivals. The hockey team hosts the Father Bauer Christmas Tournament, and posts a tournament victory. January UBC has the best swimmers in the country: they cruise to wins in both men s and women s championships in Victoria. For the men, the win happens without national team member Ken Strain (r) battles far the ball in Canada West final. Dave Thomson photos. Women s volleyball team wins Canada West Championship, (l-r) Sarah Maxwell, lzabela Rudol and Melanie Griswold. and World s double medalist Mark Versfeld, who is competing at the World Aquatic Championships. February The women s volleyball team clinches the Canada West Championship and ends the four-year reign by the Alberta Pandas in their own gym. The hockey team reaches conference quarter-finals for the first time in recent years. UBC s gritty hoop squads also lose in play-off semi-finals to powerhouse provincial rivals from the University of Victoria. Women s ice hockey completes its inaugural season in the Canada West conference. March Women s volleyball coach Erminia Russo is named Coach of the Year at the CAU Championships, but in match two, the T-Birds again face the defending national champion Pandas, who send UBC to the consolation final and eventually a fourth-place finish. The swim teams win simultaneous national championships, a UBC first. Tom Johnson is named CAU Coach of the Year. UBC s women s golf team wins their first NCAA Tournament at Santa Clara s Colby Classic. Olympic swimmer Sarah Evanetz and Mark Nohra are named UBC s top athletes at the annual Big Block Awards Dinner. 0 Chronicle 13

14 ~ Killam Teaching Prize winners are selected by their faculties on the basis of recommendations from colleagues, alumni and students. Each award winner receives $5,000. This year's winners are: Christine Parkin, English Jerry Wasserman, Theatre R. Jonathan Fannin, Forestry Marc Levine, Pharmaceutical Sciences Eunice C.Y. Li-Chan, Food Science F. Brian Holl, Plant Science Michael Jackson, Elec. and Comp. Eng. Philip Hill, Mechanical Engineering Lyn MacCrostie, Arts One Bruce Miller, Anthrop. and Sociology Ruth Freedman, Finance Dona1 McDonnel, Oral Biol. & Med Sc. Colin Price, Oral Biol. & Med Sc. Rita rwin, Curriculum Studies Marion Porath, Ed. Psych. ST Sp. Ed. Richard Ericson, Green College Margaret McCuaig, Rehab. Sciences Carol-Ann Comeya, Physiology Richard Arseneau, Medicine Carol Ann Borden, Botany Chris Orvig, Chemistry Chris Waltham, Physics

15 ADVCE have had many things. East of me -the City, the people; And West of me, the sun. Never has it failed n its duty. When you buy food, make it in the morning. n the afternoon, you may not live To eat it. Or worse - Get knocked over On the road. This is Rosa Maria del Valle's advice for old age. Her other advice is this: f you have anything to bury, Don't let it be your talent, or your spirit. That will always shine and irritate you. Let it be your body, t has always known how to rest. from ncubus, Oberon Press - ' then head and the major mov-,.,' ing force in the department. 7,, One of the gradcourses he took :, with Yates was the poetry workshop, and often whenyates yas,- awayheaskedgeorge to fill i r~. ' Yates taught a poem in tramlatiop bp BerrMoJdBrecht, "The,, Japanese Mask,".and tried to get across to. students the relatiwshdp between the idea and the thing - in this case the Japan& m a s k F which was used to eonurnin ttle thought, so art students could see the mask clearly and feel it physically in the words - samething George had worked.out under the giddy flashing fights of the Water Works bus Wasting through the ',,_

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17 on the arts upcoming exhibitions and events: UBC Museum of Anthropolo Chan Centre for the Vancouver nstitute Lectures Transitions, July 7 Recalling the Past: A Selec Early Chinese Art from the Victor Shaw Collection, 1998,.~- i. & +q, ith Emil Chau Masterpiece Gallery. CBC Avison Series Vereinigung, through Dec v! UBC School of Journal- Traditional West Coast design. ism Opbing, for info i",$..* : p" e, call: Hereditary Chiefs of H&p &&ii - Sept. 20 Robert Silverman through Sonatas Feb. Beethoven , Sept. 26 War and Peace Tahaygen and Kwoiy ng: W&ks by Sept. 27 <&.cadi Vo~Odos, Pianist Charles and sabella Edenshaw, through February 2Z 1999, Outside For tickets 4 Gallery 10.,,..?:@ From Under the Delta: Wet-Site Region of BC, thr at (604) 2 Office at ( Ticketmaster n Centre Box Sept : Cecil and da Green Lecture: Professor Thomas King, Department of English, Guelph University First Nations and Literature Oct. 3: Dal Grauer Lecture: Paul Fussell, Donald T. Regan Professor Emeritus of English Literature, University of Pennsylvania The Poetry of Threewars: WWl, WWll, and Vietnam Oct. 17: Professor James Hudson, Department of Pathology, UBC Searching for anti-viral compounds in tropical forests Oct. 24: Dal Grauer Lecture: Ms. Karen Armstrong, author, teacher and commentator, London A History of God New! the MOA Ca indoors. The M lo-sprn, Tuesq Sept.7) Phone for infod :% Continuing St! UBC Certificate in nte Summer nstitute Aug , 1998 For information, plea! iwan, Ken Lurn, Masters of Fine Arts Graduate rads present their work, much of is the product of more than two f intensive research and study. Oct. 31: Cecil and da Green Lecture: Professor William Chafe, Dean of Arts and Sciences, Duke University Race, Law and justice Photo (left]: Voodoo doll (SelfPortroit) by Alun Belcher. Sculpture: cloth, silver gelutin print, Belkin Art Gullew Top right photo:stonding Dog, from the Eastern Hun Period (220 6.C. - A. D. 25). Museum ofanthropology's Victor Show Collection. Photo: Bill McLennon. Chronicle 17

18 2008: Classrooms will be wired so students can be on-line with each other, the professor and the rest of the world. UBC is undergoing a major techno- logical facelift that will prepare students for the next century. T he year is From a glance at the in courses and research. buildings, UBC looks very much like it But the intangibles are no less imposing. How do we prodid in But step into a familiar lecture tect the copyright of electronic scholary material? Should fees theatre in Buchanan-perhaps a Psychology for on-line courses be more or less than fees for on-campus 100 class-and it s a different scene. Students courses? How are professors to be rewarded within the tenure are clustered at computer station pods and system for electronic course development and electronic publiinteracting on group projects while the prof cations? How can we ensure efficient and secure internet access circulates. Later, a guest lecturer speaks to them in realtime video over the internet. Then the prof s back at the front of the room lecturing for 15 minutes while the students type notes into their laptops. Room lighting is lower, the chairs are comfortable and movable. Students feel that they re playing an active role in constructing their education. They re interacting not only with the professor, but with each other and with professors and students around the world. Most students have their own laptop computers, which they plug into the ports available classrooms, in labs, libraries and offices all over campus. for all students and researchers? How can we encourage more young women to study and work in T? Currently, fewer than 15% of high tech workers and students are women. UBC s Advisory Committee on T ( led by VP Student and Academic Services Maria Klawe, is asking and answering these kinds of questions. Martha Piper emphasizes that T is not the driver of our academic goals; it s simply a device, a tool. Together with the answers that ACT comes up with, that tool will be used in various ways to enhance - but not drive - education and research at the university. UBC s Campus Connectivity Project (CCP)( t may sound like science fiction, but UBC s president Mar- now in Phase, is installing or upgrading tha Piper describes the scenario as the classroom of the future. basic infrastructure - high speed network connectivity - in We know we need to put money into classrooms anyway, she says, so they might as well be state-of-the-art. The growth in information technology (T) seems so rapid and all-encompassing that it can be overwhelming to absorb: like the dozens of and phone messages we get every day; or estimates that the total sum of human knowledge is doubling every seven years; or the fact that 50% of the products a high tech company sells today, didn t exist a year ago. The social change associated with this growth is often compared to the impact of the printing press and the industrial revolution. And now, as then, we re no doubt too close to the change to understand its magnitude. At UBC, new information technology has an impact on several levels. There are the tangibles such as the construction involved to install network ports; new software required to manage effectively the university s finances every UBC building. t will create 25,000 connections in offices, classrooms, laboratories, libraries and residences over the next five years. Every building from Buchanan to the remaining huts will have state-of-the-art connectivity. t s a challenging project, especially in light of the rapid pace of technological change. But with a project like the CCP, says Ted Dodds, associate VP, nformation Technology, it gets the attention of the T heavyweights, and they want to participate. This helps us to stay on the cutting edge. Dodds emphasizes that the success of the CCP will not just be data networks. When we re done, we ll be able to say we have 25,000 connections, but then what? The real question will be what can people do with them? How will the network help people collaborate and communicate with each other? T and data networks, he says, are just the plumbing that will make possible all other priorities, such as interdisciand student records; and the computers used by Deanna McLeod plinarity and internationalization. 18 Chronicle

19 T echnology is only as good as the use we The real questions will be what can people do with the make of it. And that s where we move new technology? How will the network help people from leading edge computer science to leading edge education methods. Along with the de- collaborate and communicate with each other? velopment of new learning technologies (from - Ted Dodds medical courses on the web to interactive multimedia labs in theatre design) is a grow- listening to their professor in real-time video. ing emphasis on learner-centred education and a two-way flow in learning, rather than the one-way flow of traditional university instruction. The goal is to allow students more flexibility, more interaction, and a more active role in their education, like the scene of our Buchanan classroom of On-line courses won t replace professors. What T offers is a different mode of course delivery that can be more research based, enhancing the learning outcomes for students. Martha Piper is emphatic that this does not reduce the role of profes- t s an exciting time to live in, says Ted Dodds, but a challenging one too. How do we assimilate it all, when many of us are already finding it difficult to deal with the wired world? We can only process so many things. We need down-time to hang out with our families, to put our feet up or go fishing. The industry s ability to deliver the solutions, Dodds says, is almost a foregone conclusion. The question is no longer how we ll be able to deliver the technology, he says, but how we ll manage culturally. How we ll cope with what the technology will make sors. We re not replacing professors, but their role might possible, is a more interesting and difficult question. U change somewhat. Professors might in some cases be more like coaches, so their role becomes even more central. At UBC, de- nderlying all the technology is just us partments from theatre to pharmacy are developing education- humans. To cope, we need to keep some al software for use in labs, assignments and research. sort of perspective on what T makes pos- t s one thing to say everyone should put their courses on sible, and adapt while the world keeps the web, but it s another to learn how, and do it. An exciting shifting under our feet. Adapting to the new tool that is receiving a lot of international attention was change and making the best use of it indeveloped by UBC computer science instructor Murray Gold- cludes time to unplug ourselves and go for berg. His WebCT is a set of worldwide web curriculum tools that help professors design and deliver multimedia course content to students. t s very user friendly, and offers professors with no computer expertise the ability to put things like indexed course outlines, timed quizzes, assignments and chat lines on the web. Try it out for yourself at But will all this actually work? Studies on the effects of walks in the park. The greatest challenge, perhaps, is making use of the technology to ensure equal access to the information it provides, and to improve the quality of people s lives in our own and in distant communities. t s tremendously challenging but that s the fun of it, Dodds says. The ground rules keep changing. The assumptions we make today aren t valid tomorrow, so it keeps the adrenaline going. 0 these new educational technologies on learning, and on professors, are only just beginning and the results aren t in yet. Tony Bates, director of distance learning and technology with UBC s This is the third and last in a series of articles on nternationalism, nterdisciplinarity and nformation Technology at UBC. Continuing Studies department, is leading a Canadian research project studying how adult learners respond to the use of Some related links new technologies in the delivery of uni- UBC s Vision Statement Society for Canadian Women in Science & versity and career programs ( Technology research.cstudies.ubc.ca/olt/index.html). nte- Office of Learning Technologies (HRDC) grating technology into education is also Centre for Curric., Transfer and Technology likely to play an important role in facili- UBC Centre for Educational Technology tating students transition to the work- Network for the Evaluation of Education and ing world. One of the benefits of T is that it brings post-secondary education to the UBC s Technology Studies Education program programs/ugrad.html Training Technologies World Lecture Hall home computer. That Buchanan classroom of 2008 might just as well describe an on-line classroom with students at home in fluffy slippers and bathrobes, connecting over the course chat-line and New Media Centres TeleLearning, National Centres of Excellence Attitudes and societal impacts Technology Sr social change Chronicle 19

20 Sports Hall of Fame nductees T hree of UBC s most outstanding athletes, one of its teams and one of the great builders of sport will be inducted into the Sports Hall of Fame this fall. These men and women represent the best in athletic endeavour at UBC. The Hall of Fame, established in 1992, is dedicated to their accomplishments. J.D. Jackson John David Action Jackson is the most prolific scorer in UBC history, with a total of 3,585 points in his storied five-season basketball career. Following his graduation in 1992, he played for Canada s national team and now resides in Antibbes, France where he plays professionally. swimmer as well as a World Cup freestyle gold medalist, all the while dominating on the Canadian university scene. The Richmond native and current UBC graduate student won a total of 21 medals in university (CAU) competition and his three CAU records stand to this day. Nora McDermott BPE 49, BEd 56 Despite graduating almost a half-century ago, McDermott remains one of the top female athletes in UBC history. Her skill on the basketball court led her to an international career, a place in the BC Sports Hall of Fame and the Canadian basketball Hall of Fame. A standout in May Brown s Thunderbird field hockey team, McDermott matched her athletic prowess with her student accomplishments, having been named top student in her 1949 graduating class. coach, trainer, and manager of the newly built Varsity Stadium. n the subsequent 28 years leading up to his death in 1965, he provided training and equipment for many of the greatest football, rugby, track and basketball teams in UBC history. The popular Owen is remembered through the John Owen Memorial Scholarship Fund and the sports medicine centre pavilion on the south campus which bears his name. volleyball team, coached by Dianne Murray, was undefeated during the Canada West regular season schedule. They went on to the CAU Championships at Moncton, New Brunswick, where they won the fourth and most recent CAU Championship for a UBC women s volleyball team. They were also winners of the Canadian Open Senior Champion- ship and, with the exception of one player, the same roster won the CAU title the previous year as well. One of UBC s finest women s teams in any sport, an unprecedented total of seven players were named Canada west first-team allstars. Alumni Association Aw a r Alumni Award of Distinction (2) Recognizes outstanding achievements by UBC grads in the arts, research, civic, business, community, athletic or similar activities. John Millar BSc 63, MD 67, HSc 86 John is director of the BC Health Research Foundation and Provincial Health Officer. He taught in nternational Health at UBC from John won the DeFries Award in Public Health in 1997 and the James Robinson Prize for his contributions to public health. Milton Wong BA 63 Milton began M.K. Wong ST Associates in 1980 and is co-founder of the Laurier nstitute for multicultural studies. He is also vice-chairman of fundraising for Science World and founder and trustee of UBC Commerce Portfolio Management Society. Milton is also chairman of the nternational Dragonboat Festival. Blythe Eagles Volunteer Award Special recognition to grads who have shown extraordinary leadership in Association affairs. BSc71, DMD 75 Jim is the director of the Dental Clinic at the Faculty of Dentistry. He was the president of the UBC Alumni Association from , and the senior VP from He was also president of the Dental Alumni, and VP and Chair of the Dental Alumni Fund. Jim was co-chair of the 75th Anniversary Great Trekker Gala Dinner in Chronicle

21 Winners Faculty Citation (2) Awarded to faculty members who have rendered outstanding service to the community in other than teaching or research. Outstanding Student Awards (3) Awarded to students who show leadership and academic success, and who are active in the university community. Lifetime Achievement Award (2) Recognizes extraordinary individuals who, over a lifetime, have contributed significantly to UBC and the Association. Paul Stanwood A professor of English, Paul has been a member of Green College since 1994 and has served UBC since He won the Provincial Year of the Child and Family Achievement Award in 1979 for his community service to children and families. Paul has also authored two program books for the National Council, Boy Scouts of Canada She won the YWCA Woman of Distinction Award in Health & Social Sciences in Carol is a Fellow of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the winner of the 1997 W. Victor Johnston Medal for contribution to the College of Family Physicians of Canada. Outstanding Young Alumnus Recognizes outstanding work by UBC grads under 40. Peter Dolman MD'84 Peter is a contributing teacher and clinician to developing nations and an active participant in UBC ADS Eye Clinic. He is a clinical assistant professor at UBC and has provided care to outreach clinics in Northern BC. He specializes in ophthalmology. Lica Chui Lica is a third-year Med student and has been the student rep on the UBC Senate since She was VP of the Alma Mater Society from She is a Wesbrook Scholar and recipient of the Sherwood Lett Scholarship. Lica is also Young Ambassador to the Chinese Canadian Association of Public Affairs. Andrew Booth Graduating this year in Engineering Physics, Andrew started the UBC Solar Car Project, and is the Engineering Physics Student Society President and a member of the Engineering Graduate Society. He is crew leader of the UBC Lightweight Rowing Team, participates in ntramural Sports and is UBC Student Ambassador. Allison Dunnet A 1998 Political Science grad, Allison is the founder of rnngine UBC, which welcomes new students to UBC, and of Humanities 101, a project to encourage people from disadvantaged backgrounds to study at UBC. She was the coordinator of External Affairs for UBC's Alma Mater Society, '96-'97, and co-chair of UBC's New Democratic Club from William Gibson BA'33, DSc(Hon)'93 Bill was appointed director of research mental hospitals of 1949 and professor for BC of neurological research at UBC. He was professor of history of medicine and science from 1959-'78 and chaired the financing body of the Universities Council of BC from He was chancellor of the University of Victoria in Bill served as president of the Alumni Association in ' to MT. More than a dozen universities have given him honorary doctorates, including Oxford and UBC. As a philanthropist, he has supported post-secondary education across Canada, the US and the United Kingdom. n 1965, he purchased a mansion located on the cliffs at the northern edge of the campus. Cecil Green Park is now home of the Alumni Association. He is also the major donor to Green College, UBC, a residential graduate school located just east of Cecil Green Park. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth in th Annual Alumni Recognition and Sports Hall of Fame Dinner Thursday, October 8, 1998 Hyatt Regency Hotel, Vancouver Tickets: $125 ea., $1,000 table of 8, GST included. Tax receipt issued. Book now! Call in Chronicle 21

22 Branch events keep you in touch Watch for news about branch events in your area. For information about branch activities, or to establish a branch in your area, contact Marlene King at (604) , kmarlene@olumni.ubc.ca. Branch Rep s t Contacts: K8mlOOpS Rob McDiarmid (250) Kelown8 Tom Edwards (250) N8n8lmo Johanna Scott (250) dscott@foirwinds.6c.co Jim Slater (250) , local 2515 sloter@mo/o.bc.co Kltlmat Louise Shaw /show@kitimot.sno.net Edmonton Claire Pallard Belanger (403) Toronto Catherine McCauley (416) mccou/ey@moil.interlog.com m W 8 Carole Joling (613) , ext cjo/ing@idrc.co Don Gardner (613) Chiuip/Milw8ukw Jay Phipps (414) joylphipps@ool.com Lor Angeles Dr. Hartley Turpin (714) Betty-Jean Prosser (81 8) Doug Thomas dothomos@dttus.com New York Dave Nuestaedter (21 2) SU Francisco KentWesterberg kentwest@ix.netcom.com Cont d on page 28 T hink about it, as Martha Piper would say. As we all becomemoreaccustomedto using the web, hope all our alumni will add the UBC Alumni web site - \ \ ~ ~ ~ \ \. ~ l ~ ~ t ~ l t l i. ~ ~ l ~ ~. ~ ~ - to their list of favourites. We are now equipped to have video and sound clips, so tune in to see short clips from the convocation speeches of honorary degree recipients. News events from reunions and campus activities will soon be in text, in living colour and in real audio. As our expertise improves we will have interviews of leading campus personalities and cover events of interest to our Alumni. Please send us your ideas on what you would like to see. The current brain drain is a matter of great concern to UBC and its alumni. A brain drain questionnaire is posted on the web site and we would ask all UBC alumni who have left Canada to fill it out (it only takes a few minutes). Already we have had many responses and it is providing us with useful information on solutions to the exodus problem. n the US all levels of government are increasing post secondary educational and research funding. n Canada it is the reverse. believe that university alumni from all Canadian universities must take the lead in convincing politi- cians that jobs and wealth creation are dependent on a highly educated workforce and that Canadian tax and immigration policies must be globally competitive. High levels of student debt, a low value Canadian dollar matched against high wages, low taxes and greater job opportunities in the US and elsewhere, are forcing too many of our students and researchers to seek opportunities abroad. Canadian universities are also having a terrible time recruiting new faculty. f we want to keep our country strong and our universities great we, as university alumni, must be politically active. A priority for us this year is to develop more active branches, particularly in Toronto and major cities in BC. An important role for the branches to play is making new UBC students feel enthusias- tic about going to UBC. We do this with alumni send-off receptions for new students and their families. f you would like to participate in send-off programs let us know. We now have an UBC Alumni Endowment Fund for Needy Students. ts starting capital is $300,000, thanks to a major gift by Helen Knight (a Great Trekker). Additional contributions are welcome. We will report in future Chronicles on awards made by the Endowment Trustees. A reminder! Our annual awards dinner is October 8th at the Hyatt Regency Vancouver, and Alumni Day at UBC is October 17. Join us for tours, lectures, nostalgia and camaraderie. Haig Farris, President, UBC Alumni Association Visit Our Website We re upgrading our website to include AN clips of UBC events and people Chronicle

23 A Division is a group of alumni in the Lower Mainland who graduated from the same faculty, school or depart- ment, or who maintained membership in a club or other UBC association. Divisions provide an opportunity for alumni to network, get involved in various activities or simply renew old friendships. They are an excellent way to stay in touch with UBC. For infor- mation on how to start a division, call Catherine Newlands at or newlands@alumni.ubc.ca. Engineering The division is being revived after a two-year hiatus. Plans for next year are participating in some of the student activ- ities including Clubs Day and the Career Fair. Family H Nutritional Sciences 8 Home Ec. All alumni and friends are invited to the annual fall social evening, Friday, Oct. 16, 7:30 pm, FNS foyer. Art History/Studio Arts An Art History division is being formed and is looking for interested volunteers to take part in this exciting launch. Law UBC Law Alumni Distinguished Speakers Series Breakfast, Thursday, Sept. 17, guest speaker will be Justice an Binnie, newest appointment to the Supreme Court of Canada. Rehab '77 Celebrates a New Students Can magine UBC R emember your first day on campus? Scary, eh? Well, magine UBC changes all that for new students. This year, on September 8, about 5,000 students wil attend a full day of events, meetings with deans and profs, scavenger hunts and an evening carnival, all aimed at introducing the greenhorns to the big campus and giving them a leg up on the year. New students wil be contacted in the summer with information about magine UBC. f you know of students in your area (or in your household) who are off to UBC for the first time this year, encourage them to attend. Also, don't forget our Student Send Off events in communities outside the Lower Mainland. That's where you, the seasoned grad, get to share your experineces with the new kids. Call Kristin at for more information. UBC Alumni Association Annual General Meeting Thursday, September 17, 1998 Main Floor, 6251 Cecil Green Park Road 6:30 Reception 7:OO Business Meeting "Mini-Reunion" s 1998 Your Reunion Year? Reunion Weekend is Oct. 16, 17 M 18 For information on reunions, please contact Catherine Newlands at or newlands@alumni.ubc.ca. These reunions have also been scheduled for 1998: St. Mark's College 40th Anniversary Reunion, UBC Campus, July 25. Medicine '58 Whistler, Aug. 15/16. Mechanical Engineering '68 UBC Campus, Aug. 21/22. Pharmacy '88 UBC Campus, Aug. 28/29. Pharmacy Class of '95 Harrison Hot Springs, Sept Animal Ecology '70-'75 UBC Campus, Sept. 12/13. Medicine '88 Whistler, Sept. 26/27. Applied Sci. '58 UBC Campus, Oct.l6/17. Cornmerce/MBA-all decades Faculty of Commerce, Oct. 15, 16, 17. Class of '38: Cecil Green, Nov. 27. Education '39 UBC Campus, Nov. 27. Rehab Sciences '88 TBD Civil Engineering '78 TBD Civil Engineering '73 TBD Pharmacy '68 TBD Education '39 Alert! Alex Charters, president of Education '39 class would like all of his classmates to get together before or after the Class of '38 Reunion on Nov. 27. f you are a member of this class and would be interested in participating, contact Catherine Newlands at the above number. Chronicle 23

24 The Chan Centre, a sunny May day and hundreds of ecstatic grads. Graduation brings out the smiles in everyone. Chris Pettyphotos 24 Chronicle

25 That 01 Graduation Maqic T here s something magic about graduation. Sure, it s easy to get all cynical and nineties-bitter about various economic forecasts and to call into question the value of an applied versus a theoretical education, too-cheap/ too expensive tuition, the sorry state of our post secondary system, corporatiz- ation, the brain drain, barista degrees and on and on. But take a walk outside the Chan Centre anytime during convocation week and all that end-of-millennium melancholy melts away, replaced with hope, promise and the satisfaction of accomplishment. There s simply something magic about it. Maybe it s the age of the graduates: they are overwhelmingly young. Our culture s fascination with youth isn t completely unfounded. Our whole point here on earth, some would argue, is to produce the next generation. f that s the case, one can t help but be excited to see all these smart, clear-eyed young people full of excitement (and empty, as yet, of accumulated disappointments) about the world they are about to conquer. But hope doesn t glint only from the eyes of the young. n each class there is a smattering of men and women who have come back from careers, parenthood or crummy jobs to learn new ways of working in the world. These older grads are inspiring and encouraging, like the 45 year old first novelist or the late blooming movie star. They show us all that the idea of a new start isn t just a tired clichi.. Or maybe the magic comes from those special people who have had to deal with incredible obstacles to get their degrees: the kid with the physical disability who overcomes everything and makes it look easy; the kid from the wrong class or wrong part of town who excels beyond all expectation; or the person who struggled and sacrificed and worked harder than anyone else just to prove to themselves that, yes, they DD have it in them. Those stories are everywhere. Maybe the magic comes from those other kids, the ones who get written about in the papers because they are so brilliant. The one whose master s thesis bags a national prize, or the Governor General Award winners, or the heads of the various graduating classes. These are the people who put the line under excellence in the promotional literature, the people who every university (or high school or small town or neighbourhood) points to and says, look what we produced. Some of the magic comes from family and friends. When the grads file into Chan Centre, people in the cheap seats call out, wave or whistle to get the attention of their son/daughter/mom/ dad/friend ( We love you, Mom! ), and with all the flashes going off, you d think we were at the Oscars when the stars saunter in. And outside, after the Chancellor taps everyone on the head, the hugs, flowers, congratulations, photo-ops and giddy excitement pour out unabashed. No wedding could generate more good feeling or well-wishing. had the pleasure of attending ten of the 23 graduation ceremonies held between Sunday, May 24 and Friday, May 29. (That s right: 23 complete ceremonies.) Proof, to me, that graduation generates magic is the fact that Martha Piper s speech (which she delivered at every ceremony save two she missed) about Belling the Cat to this year s grads was just as heartfelt, just as sincere on the last day as it was on the first. t seemed to me, the observer, that each ceremony was fresh and important. Next year, if you get the chance, come up and stroll among the justgraduated throng out on the flagpole plaza above the Rose Garden. The magic, wherever it s coming from, is as thick, and as sweet, as honey. Chris Petty Alumni Day, 1998 Saturday, Oct. 17 A day dedicated to you and UBC. Some events planned: Chan Centre kick-off: Free performances 8 displays. Famous cinnamon buns Free web workshops at Koerner Library Belkin Art Gallery UBC Masters of Fine Arts Exhibition (by donation) Guided bus and walking tours of the campus Alumni Lunch at Green College. Donna Logan, director, Sing Tao School of Journalism talks about Good News, Bud News: what kind ofjob is the rnediu doing?(reservations required, $ 5 per person) Lecture Series Patricia Baird on Cloning Stanley Coren: People 8 Dogs van Head: Globalization Wayne Norman: Ethics 8 Business BBQ ($15) 8 Beer Garden (nohost) at Cecil Green Park We need Volunteers for Alumni Day. Help organize events, take tickets, conduct tours. Get involved in a great day! Call for info. Chronicle 25

26 alumni news Branch Contacts, cont d The new Young Alumni group is made up of recent grads who want to stay in touch with each other and with the university. We get together for networking, skills development, sports and just plain fun. Join us and become part of a dynamic group. For more information, call Kristin Smith at , check out our website: or kristins@alumni.ubc.ca The Young Alumni Bre8kfast (pictured above) was a tremendous success. Laurie Baggio, BA 94, above right, showed off his favourite sweatshirt bearing the YA logo, while Peter Ladner BA 70, left, looked on. The Young Alumni had a scrumptious breakfast and thoroughly enjoyed hours of discussions and laughs with guest speakers Martha Piper and Ladner, publisher of Business in Vancouver. An inspiring start to the day. Young Alumnl High Tech industry Roundtable The high tech industry promises to become the economic powerhouse of the next decade. The idea of the roundtable is to create a forum for industry and UBC (students, faculty, grads) to get together and talk about issues of mutual concern such as industry needs, the brain drain, the future of the university or the value of,a university degree. YA will work with industry and the university to open discussions on these issues. f you are interested in YA hosting a roundtable for your industry, contact Kristin at the above number. Upcoming Events July 16: Summer BBQ. Join us for sunshine, great fun, great people and a great time! Aug. 4: Scott & Ritchie, Cactus Club Restaurant. Presented by Vancouver Network of Young Professionals. 9 Aug. 19: Bard on the Beach performance As You Like t. Join YA at this festive English Bay event. YA members are eligible for a group rate. Seattle Joan Whiley (206) jwhiley@u.woshington.edu Washington, DC Janice Feld (703) Sydney, Australia Christopher Brangwin Jim Crowe pht@zeto.org.ou Melbourne, Australia D.C. Bear McPhail beor@eorth.monosh.edu.ou Bermuda Adrian Kimberley (441) odrionk@powerscourt.bm England PaulHitchens poul.hitchens@boring-osset.com France Mandy Kerlann Greece Fofi Orfanou fdfdvoco@compulink.gr Hong Kong Ricky Lau rlou@newbridge.com.hk ndia Dr. Sanjay Chandra subbu3@tisco.ernet.in ndonesia Chris Bend bend/@uninet.net.id Japan Robin Mah robin@jopon.co.jp South Korea Allan Suh ollon.suh@citicorp.com Kenya Azim Lalji aneez@orcc.or.ke Malaysia Susan Thomson Mexico Manuel Santos Trigo , ext.6023 msontos@moil.cinvestov.mx New Zealand Chris Hall chris.holl@bellgu/ly.co.nz Norway Jan Aaseth +(47) jon.aoseth@dnb.no Philfppines Bob Gothong Singapore Hannah Chiew hchiew@pocific.net.sg Taiwan Melissa Foo (886-2) melisso.foo@ogilvy.com Thailand Panadda Dheeragool , ext 3837 pdheerog@ford.com Serious Fun2 Student Send Offs Do you live in Kamloops, Kelowna, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Hong Kong or Singapore? Help next year s students survive the first-year ordeal with an August Send Off Social. f you are interested, contact Kristin Smith at or kristins@alumniubc.ca 26 Chronicle

27 class a 20s S.C. Carver BASc'29 is retired and has been living in Capetown since s J.V. Jordan BSA39 is busier than ever even though he is supposed to be retired. He is travelling, trying to stay on top of the famlly nvestment company, and living in Surfers Paradise, Australia. He encourages any classmates that remember him to contact him at: <tracerqatnet.net.au>... John Laurence McHugh BA'36, MA'38 got his PhD in Oceanography at the Scrlpps nstitution of Oceanography in La Jolla, CA. He had a varied career in the States and retired in Wilfred Pendray BSc'38 is retired and living in Victoria. He is looking forward to the 60 yr. reunions. 40s William A. Laudrum BCom'48 is retired and a member of the Granite Club. He and wife Shirley McConville BA'49 are active in tennis, golf, lawn bowling, bridge, travelling, etc... Roy Wilkinson BSc'48 celebrated his 55th wedding anniversary with wife Magna on March 24, s Joan M. (Campbell) Crosby BA'50 retired several years ago from the University of Oregon Medical School. She and husband Roger are still skiing and enjoylng living in the San Juan islands and are very active in community affairs... After teaching in Toronto untll 1997, Esther Harrison BA54 purchased, restored and now lives in the historic (1848) Krieghoff cottage in the heart of Quebec City... Dick Koppenaal BA55, MA'56 will resign thls September as dean of the Gallatin School of lndividualised Study at New York University. While he was at UBC he studied with Doug Kenney, who later became president of UBC... After 22 years of service, Carlos Kruytbosch BA56, MA58 retired from the US National Science Foundation. He will continue to consult in science policy affairs... Klaus E. Rieckhoff BSc'58, MSc'59, PhD'62 will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree at the Fall convocation of Simon Fraser University this October... R.H. Roy BA'50, MA37 was appointed a member of the Canadian War Museum Advisory Committee recently. He is a former veteran and Professor Emeritus of Military and Strategic Studies at UVic... Carole Anne Soong BA'57, BSW'58 administrator and volunteer activist, won the Women of Distinction Award for Communications and Public Affairs. 60s Leonard Angel MA'68, PhD'74 just published his philosophical novel, The Book of Miriam. t is 'pious fiction' about the discovery and translation of an ancient woman's Bible... Doreen Montgomery Braverman BEd'64 was featured on the Women's TV Network on the program Success, nc. as a successful Canadian entrepreneur with her flag shop... Tom D'Aquino BA'63, BSW'66. MSW'67 has moved from Moricetown, BC to Whitehorse in the Yukon... Raphael Cirard BA63 was appointed Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, July, Ed Pankratz MD'66 was named South Fraser Health Region's nterim vice-president of Medicme last December... Joyce Pearson BSc'60 has retired as director of the Blue Flame Kitchen of Northwestern Utilities Ltd... Hart Pfortmueller BA'67 is VP, private investment management div., Western Canada at Montrusco Associates inc Christopher Poole BA(Hon)'66 was appointed Consul General in Chicago in July Heather (Burton) Raff BA60 was a guest speaker last June at the Canadian Studies Conference of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. She demonstrated how the great BC born architect Ron Thom carried his design talent and close kinship with the landscape across Canada to build homes, a zoo, theatres and universities... Cliff Scott BA67 retlred from public service of Canada in 1991, after more than 35 years in both military and civil service. He is currently teaching history courses to engineering students at the University of Ottawa... O.P. St. John BA60 was a politlcal science professor at the University of Manitoba for 35 years. He won the 1997 Olive Beatrice Stanton Award for Excellence in Teaching... After he returned from Taiwan where he was director of the Canadian Trade Office in Taipei, K.W. (Ken) Putt BASc'65 an industrial technology advisor for Petroleum Services Association of Canada in Calgary, Alta. won the CPR Engineering Medal. He was recognized for many years of leadership and service to the institute and its member societies at all levels... Hugh Stephens BA(Hon)'67 was appointed assistant deputy minister for Communications and Policy Planning at the Department of Foreign Affairs and international Trade... C. Laird Stovel BASc'67 has recently retired as chief engineer, Operations for Air Canada after 31 years in Montreal. He moved to Kelowna after a strong recommendation from brother Brian Stovel BEd'69... Edward T. Thorpe BSc'66 worked, studied and researched at Texas A & M University- Commerce. He has returned to Mohawk College in Hamilton, Ont. to help expand the role of technology for instruction... Cardiner James Wilson BA'66 was appointed High Commissioner to Brunei July 11, s Bob Mukai An active volunteer, Bob Mukai BSc'63, is a director on the executive committee of the Richmond Minor Hockey Association and director of the Richmond Arenas Community Association. He is also involved with the organizing committee for the annual Richmond nternational Midget Hockey Tournament, on the board of directors of the Richmond Museum Society and the announcer at the international Judo tournaments held in Richmond. He recently was named the Save-On-Foods/ Richmond News Community Achiever of the Month. Margaret Catherine Allan BA'70 got her PhD at the University of Texas at Austin last December in the department of Educational Psychology... Wendy Hamlin BFA78, John Clair Watts BFA'79, Gloria Masse BFA'80. and Cathie Falk, who taught in Fine Arts, have been meeting n each other's studios to critique each other's work every few weeks since The held a 'group' exhibition in May... Wayne Hammond PhD'74 was appointed Hlgh Commissioner to the United Republic of Tanzania and accreditation to the Republic of Seychelles, and as Ambassador to the Democratlc Republic of Madagascar, July 11, F.S. (Rick) Hirtle BCom'74 to BDO Dunwoody's Policy Board for He is a partner in the firm's Salmon Arm office... Karen Hook BEd'77 is proud to announce the birth of her son, Alexander Antonio John Hook, July 12, Carol Kline MA'75 was recently reelected to the Board of the College of Dental Hyglenists of BC. She was a founding member of the Board, appointed by the Minister of Health in She was first elected to the Board in Chronicle 27

28 class acts Donald J. Norris PhD'75 began an assignment with Exxon Chemicals Baton Rouge operation as Basic Chemicals Plant Technology Section Leader. He and his wife Vikki are enjoying life in the Cajun Country of Louisiana _.. Barbara (Merryfield) Peace BCom'79 was appointed vice-president, Energy Marketing Systems Division of Applied Terravision Systems nc. last January... Rosalie Tung MBA'74, PhD'77 Professor of Business Administration at SFU, won the Women of Distinction Award in the Management, Professions and Trades category... Murray Walker BMus'75 has returned to York School in Monterey, CA as director of Music and Head of Arts after a three-year absence. Murray was the founding head of the Georgiana Bruce Kirby School in Santa Cruz. 80s Claudio Arato BSc'89, BASc'97 is doing all kinds of qualitative risk assessment, hazard and operability studies and pollution prevention engineering in the pulp and paper, petrochemical and oil & gas industries... Theresa Best BA'87 and Naomi Pads BA83 have launched Paper Trail Publishing, a book packaging and editorial services company specializing in multidisciplinary works on culture and society... Janet Campbell BEd'86 has been working for the Vancouver School Board for ten years as a primary and special education teacher... Andrea J. (Lazosky) Chisholm BSc'83 got her diplomate status in Clinical Neuropsychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology. She married an Chisholm in Hawaii last February... Terry Dash BASc'80, MEng'87, wife Karen and four kids moved to Calgary, AB last July. Terry is the senior geological engineer for Southern Alberta for Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada._. Sue (Fisher) Dritmanis BFA'83 is managing editor of Western Living magazine and husband John Dritmanis BFA'79 is a freelance radio producer. Their twins, Christopher and Allison, were born in January... Bruce Ferguson BA'85, MA87 earned a PhD in French from U of Toronto and has been appointed as the assistant registrar of Trinity College there... Living and working for five years in Texas is Rev. Mark R. Gain BA'83 at the University of St. Thomas as director of Campus Ministry. He directed a team of 12 students to coordinate the recent Texas Catholic Student Conference last March... Laura (Ryder) Hudson BEd'86 and husband Dave welcome their third child, Michelle Marie, born Feb, 12, 1998 _.. Brian J. Gibbs BSc'82, MA85 is assistant professor of Marketing and Behavioral Science in the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. Staring in Sept. he will be associate professor of Management at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee... Sal Johal BA'84 is 28 Chronicle worklng on immigration issues with the Ministry of Attorney General in Victoria after ten years with Employment and mmigration Canada... Linda (Pretty) Kern BCom'84 is livlng in Toronto wlth her husband Greg. They are raising their beautiful fourmonth-old daughter, Tess... Anna Krause Bfd'84 edited The Life and Times of the Comox Valley, written by her husband, James. She is working fulltime and taking courses through the Justice nstitute... Jenny Leary BEd'80, is a senior internet consultant trainer with Futurenet Canada, bringing internet access through N sets across North America, without a computer. Her through the TV is <jenny.wilklearqnetchannel.net>... Jeff Leigh BASc'84, wife Denise (Sammartino) BHE'82 and daughters Amanda and Jennifer have moved from Grande Prairie, AB to Antofagatsa, Chile, where Jeff works for Finning Chile S.A.... Janie P. (Leung) Louie BCom'87 and husband Ming were married n June, 1995, and would like to announce the arrival of their first child Michael, born Nov. 19, Raffaele Luongo BASc'84 is worklng for BCRail Ltd in North Vancouver. He and Lucy would like to announce the birth of their second daughter, Daniela Christina, born Oct. 16, 1997, a sister for five-year-old Gabriella Michele... George Melo BASc'85 and Maria (Garcia) Melo BCom'86 announce their second daughter Victoria Allcia, born May 12, an Miller BSF'84 and wife Colleen McKendry BSF'84 are proud parents of Lynden Kathleen, born Oct. 9, Denise E. Mills MSc'84 has been the administrator of the Remediation Divison at the Montana Dept. of Environmental Quality in Helena, managing the state's involvement in a variety of environmental cleanup programs... Scott Paget BA84 has completed a two-year secondment at the Privy Council Office/Prime Minister's Office in Ottawa. Starting July, he and his wife Sherry will be moving to Washington where he will assume the duties of a First Secretary at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, DC... Candace (Laird) Parsons BSF'83 is the executive director of the Silviculture nstitute of BC and the nstitute of Forest Engineering of BC. She and husband John just moved into their dream home on the Fraser River in Queensborough... Pammy Pasicnyk BSc'89 has been working for Safeway Pharmacy since graduation. She married Kevin Clarke BA'89 in 1995 and just bought a house in North Vancouver... Leslie Pidcock BSc'80, MBA'85 is living in Calgary and was promoted to assistant to the president and CEO with CPR... Stephen M. Pink BA'84 is working with Richmond Savings nvestments in Steveston as a financial planner... Michael K. Pugsley BSc'89 MSc'92, PhD'95 just completed a three-year postdoctoral fellowship as a MRC Scholar at the Universlty of California, mine. He is now a senior scientist at XOMA Corporation in Berkeley... Benny Tong BCom'87 and Sandra Tong BA'87 are delighted to announce the arrival of Christopher Gregory Tong, April 16, Colin Wolfe MA'81 has been closely involved with the peace process in his native reland, looking after the European peace & Reconciliation Programme funds coming from Brussels. Jack was born to Colin and his wife Sue on Nov. 5, David Yiu Sang Wong MBA86 has moved back to Hong Kong after working in New York for three years. Would like to re-establish contact with old friends and colleagues. His address is: Apt. OG, 113 Tai Hang Road, HK... Tony G. Wong BASc'84 and Janet Beasley were married in May, 1995, and their first daughter, Ellery S. Wong, was born in Tony is a manufacturing project manager with General Motors Thailand... Angela Wu BA'88 is branch manager for HongKong Bank of Canada and enjoys travelling, ballroom dancing and karaoke. 90s James Andrew BSc'96 is currently the interim coordinator of First Nations Health Careers at UBC. He plans to get his master's in Aboriginal Comrnunity Health at the University of Sydney in Australia... Monica Beaulieu BSc'94 and Martin Cocking BA'87 got married at Cecil Green Park in June. Monica is back at UBC in first-year medicine and Martin is still working in the post-secondary system after five years at UNBC... Chris Bend1 BSc'97 is managing director for Dharmala Manulife Asset Management in ndonesia... Bill BonnerMBA92 is living in Calgary doing his PhD in Management nformation Systems at the U of Calgary... David Bruce MA'90 is now the acting dlrector and senior research associate for the Rural and Small Town Programme at Mount Allison University in New Brunswick... Gregory Dake BSc'92 received his PhD from Stanford University last April and has moved to New York City with his wlfe Lorelei (Erickson) Dake BA92 where Greg is doing postdoctoral work at Columbia University.., Sarah Eastman-Pegg BA'95 and husband Kern Pegg had a daughter Emily Kaylen Eastman-Pegg on Dec. 23, _ Lisa Freeman BA97 is still working at the Shoah Foundation doing Holocaust research and is engaged to marry Richard Grant of Costa Mesa, CA on June 26, After finishing her law degree, Kristin Graver LLB'96 articled at DuMoulin & Boskovich. She started her own business doing animal law soon after being called to the Bar... Wesley Hochachka PhD'90 is moving to Cornell University to take a research associate position as assistant director of Bird Population Studies at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology... A month after graduation, Alexander D.C. Kask BA91 moved to

29 Gregg Saretsky Gregg A. Saretsky BSc'82, MBA'84 has been elected vicepresident of marketing and planning by the board of directors of Alaska Airlines. A 13-year veteran of Canadian Airlines, Saretsky most recently served as vice president of passenger marketing, where he oversaw a range of marketing activities including pricing and yield management, advertising and promotions, product development, consumer relations and the carrier's frequent flyer program. Saretsky began his airline career with Canadian in 1985 as a route development planner. Through the years he held a series of positions of increasing responsibility with the carrier including director of pricing and yield management, director of Asia and Latin America marketing, vice president of strategy implementation, and vice president of airports. Saretsky is married with three children. Tokyo and spent the next five years working in media. He has since written three books: Tuttle Kanji Cards, Japanese for the Martial Arts, and Tuttle Kanji Cards 2. He is now back in Canada studying law at UBC... Laurie Lawson MD'95 and Susan Melnychuk MFA93 are proud to announce the birth of Thomas James in May, a playmate for Reggie... Benoit LeBlanc MEng'95 is finishing his first year in medical school at Universite de Montreal after working as a technology strategy process engineer for Abitibi Consolidated nc. in Toronto... Don Mah EA92, BEd'96 S dlviding his time between teaching n Coquitlam and working for REUTERS news in Malaysia... Eleanor (Wong) Miu BSc'91 and Kar C. Miu ECom'91, MEA94 are happy to announce the birth of their son, Winston, n May... Angela O'Connor MA95 is in Australia studying for a PhD at the University of Queensland in Human Movement Studies. She studied at UBC in 1993 & '94 in the Centre for Cirriculum and nstruction. Contact her at: <angelaqhms.uq.edu.au>... John Omielan MSc'91 is a C++ M.S. Windows programmer for J.O.C. Consulting nc., and also has a home-based business where he helps other people set up homebased businesses as a health food marketer... Mark Oulton ESc'91 just completed a Masters in Environmental Studies/Bachelor of Laws joint degree program at York University. He is now working at a law firm in Toronto for the rest of the summer and is getting marrled in May, Sophie (Gazetas) Peerless BSc'93, BEd'94 is an elementary teacher on the Queen Charlottes and had her firstborn in June... Jodie (Mdannet) Rogers EA'96 S teaching English in Tokyo.. After being called to the Bar in Ontario, Gregory Rose LLM'95 received a contract with the Privy Council to assist in the writing of the Somalia Commisslon's Final Report. He then joined the Proceeds of Crime Branch at RCMP HQ in Ottawa, working as a policy analyst and advisor... Dale Sapach BASc'90 and Jenine Cobbi ECom'90 were married in 1994 and have a six month old son named Julian. Dale works for Dynapro Systems and Jenine with McKinsey & Company in Seattle... Andrea (Brocke) Seeley ESc'93 married Will Seeley EPE'93, BEd'94 in July, Will is teaching at Banting Middle School in Coquitlam, and Andrea is working at Authors Wanted A well-known New York subsidy book publisher is searching for manuscripts. Fiction, non-fiction, poetry, juvenile, travel, scientific, specialized and even controversial subjects will be considered. f you have a book-length manuscript ready for publication (or are still working on it) and would like more information and a free 32-page booklet, please write: VAiJTAGE PRESS, Dept. DA W #4th St., New York, NY Subscribe Now r and give your mouse a treat That's right! For just $25 you can be sure to get the Chronicle on your doorstep regularly get a genuine UBC Alumni mousepad. $15 for the sub, $10 for the pad. have enclosed: $25 for the sub and the pad $15 for the sub, keep the pad Name UBC degree(s), year Address Code D# (from label) (h) Phone: (0) fax avisa# amc# Expiry: OCheque Signature Please make cheque payable to the UBC Alumni Association and return to: 6251 Cecil Green Park Rd., 1Z1 Vancouver, BC, V6T Analytical Service Laboratories in Vancouver... Rosi van Meel ESc'90 and Michael van Meel BMus'91 are pleased to announce the blrth of their third child, Emmalene Anne, on July 28, 1997, a sister for Gregory and Clara... Jim Wanklin MD'94 and Diane Wanklin moved to Jackson, Tennessee, where Jim is an ER physician. They had their first child, Laura Elizabeth, on Feb. 11, Another announcement for Jana (Chu) Wong BSW'91 and husband Edward. Andrew B~ll Wong was born on Dec. 8, Stanley Yuen BSc'91, BEd'95 married Sophia in March and is currently a teacher in Coquitlam. Chronicle 29

30 Tong Louie 85c'38,1W%?passed away in Vancouver on April 28.19% He was chairman and CEO of H.Y. Louie Co., the family food distribution giant, chairman and CEO of the family-held tondon Drugs, and vice-chairman of GA Canada. He was a generous philanthropist, donating to the Sun Yat-Sen Gardens, Vancou- ver Public Library, the VSO, several eolleges and universities, Vancouver's hospitals, and the YMCA, to name a few. He was also very generous in his contributions to charities. n 1968, he was the first Chinese Canadian to be granted a membership to the Shaugnessy Golf and Country Club. Louie was a former UBC Alumni Association board member and received the Order of Canada in Adela S. Lintelmann Adela Smith "20 was an earty feminist role model. She established herself as a mathemati- cian, scholar, and artist. She worked her way up at the New York stock exchange to become one of the first women stock brokers on Wall Street. But her true love was art Her art career spanned over seventy years, She became a trustee of the American Fim Arts Society and won many awards for her work. Ada contrib- uted to scholarships and provided financial support to young artists. Harry Warren Born in Anacortes, Washington, Dr. Harry Warren BA26, BASc'27, DSc(Honl'78 joined the UBC faculty in 1932 and was a teacher and researcher for 41 years. He completed MSc and DPhil degrees at Oxford as a Rhodes scholar. Harry was an outstanding athlete, represent- ing Canada in 1928 as a member of the Olympic track team where he coached the women's relay team to a gold medal. He was a champion of field hockey, and organized teams at both University Hill School and UBC. He was inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame in 1990 for his lifetime contributions to coaching and to the support and encouragement of athletes. While at UBC he helped form cricket and rugby teams, played rugby and excelled at track and field, while maintaining top marks. n his spare time he acted with the UBC Players Club. Harry was a highly respected and popular geology teacher, and was a pioneer in biogeo- chemistry, which examines the relationship between surface elements of soil and plants and the mineral content of bedrock. He published many academic papers in the field. Harry and his family owned a mineral claim at Watson Bar, and he spent many joyful days in search of the motherlode. Among other honours, he received both the Order of Canada and the Order of BC. Harry had a long and productive life. He maintained his natural graciousness throughout, and never lost his sense of humour. He died on March 14, 1998 in Vancouver. Bill Reid Bill Reid LLD'76 was associated with UBC for 40 years. He created the Haida village that now stands outside the Museum of Anthropology, and is credited with reviving traditional Haida carving and design. His other works include ttk Spirit of Haida Gwaii, a pair of 19 foot.. ", sculptures that stand in the Vancouver _' nternational Airport and at the Canadian embassy in Washington, DC, and Raven an& the First Men, also at MOA. 5,:. He received nine honorary $, degrees from :;, Canadian universities. His work has been ' ' exhibited internationally and can be found in public and private collections all over the world. He was the first living artist to have his work displayed in the Muwe de Wornme in Paris, an exhibition celebrating the works of the world's foremost ethnologist, Claude Levi- Strauss. He received many awards, among them the Molson Award, Diplome d'honneur for Services to the Arts, Ryerson Fellowship, Bronfman Award for Excellence in the Crafts, Vancouver Lifetime Achievement Award, Freeman of the City of Vancouver, Royal Bank Award, National Aboriginal Lifetime Achieve- ment Award, Order of British Columbia, and the Royal Architectural nstitute of Canada's Allied Arts Medal. His spirit will remain in the hearts of the many young Haida carvers he has nurtured, and : with his worldwide network of family, friends,, and admirers. A philanthropist, he donated many of his works to local causes. 30 Chronicle

31 Robert M.P. Driscoll Dr. Robert M.P. Driscoll, 35, died January 2, 1998, along with five others in a massive avalanche in Kokanee Glacier Park while backcountry skiing. Robert graduated from UBC Medicine in May, 1990 and returned in 1996 to complete the one-year advanced family practice training program. While attending UBC, Robert was the recipient of more than a dozen scholarships for his strong academic achievement. As an undergraduate, Rob served as President of the Varsity Outdoor Club. He became the first Canadian to complete the French direct ascent of Alpamayo. a 5947m (19,500 f t) peak in Peru. Upon graduation, he practiced medicine throughout BC as a locum and spent two years working in Baftln sland. n 1997 Rob worked as the anesthesiologist at Nelson Hospital in Nelson. BC. n Memoriam Allan Bate QC. LLB'SO, BA56 of Chemainus. Feb. 1, Rodney Beavan BA'39 of Nova Scotia, July 16, Mills Forster Clarke BSc'35, MSA37 of Nanaimo. Feb. 23, Harold Copp BASc'60. LLD'80 died on Mar in Vancouver. He received his MD from the University of Toronto in 1939 and his PhD in blochemistry from UC Berkeley in 1943 He was also assistant professor there until 1950 and then became head of the department for 30 years. n 1961, he discovered the hormone calcitonm, now used internationally to treat osteoporosls. Copp was made a companion of the Order of Canada in 1980 and in 1994 was inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame... Sonia Craddock BA72. MEd'76, EDD'82 of Vancouver, Nov Paul Gronert BASc'69, Mabel Colbeck Mabel Colbeck BA(HonJ'46, MA'48, was born in Uplawmoor, Renfrewshire, Scotland. She won a university bursary but had to take a job as a stenographer to help her family, whith whom she later emigrated to Niagara Falls. She travelled and studied on her own, working as a journalist and broadcaster. After Mabel received her master's at UBC, she worked with legendary professor Garnett Sedgewick. She earned her PhD at Toronto in 1955, and for twenty years she was regarded as one of the most dynamic and exciting English professors at UBC. As well as excelling as a teacher, Mabel gave years of sterling service to the Faculty Club and Vancouver nstitute boards. Her family has generously opened a scholarship fund in Mabel's name. nterested contributors can contact the Develpoment Office at MEng'70, of White Rock, BC, Mar. O, W. (John) 5. Downton PbD'69 of Adelaide, Australia, Jan. 9, Lara Gilbert BSc'95 of Vancouver, Oct. 7, Braham (Grey) Grlffith BA(Hon1'26, MA'28, Prof Emeritus, of Vancouver, died on April 12, 1998 in a long-term care hospital. Braham also received an MF in Forest Soils from Harvard in 1930 and a PhD in Plant Physiology at the University of Washington in He worked for the Research Branch of the BC Forest Service from He began teaching at UBC part-time in 1937 and was fulltime for 30 years from 1938/39... Gordon Heron BCom'38 of Vancouver... Bernard N. Laven, QC BA50, LLB'51 of Calgary, Mar. 17, Derek LePage LLB'52 of Nanaimo, BC, Jan. 16, James Earl Miltmore BSc'48, PbD'61 of Summerland, BC, Mar. 23, John (Jack) D. Sam Black Sam Black died April 23, He graduated from the Glasgow School of Art in He served with the Royal Scots Fusiliers during WW, attaining the rank of major and winning medals for bravery. He was an honorary lifetime member of the Canadian Society for Education through Art and a founding member of the nternational Society for Education Through Art. He received a Master Teacher Award and an honorary degree form UBC. As a teacher, he was considered inspira- tional. He arrived at UBC in 1958 and quickly established his reputation with his enthusiasm, creative energy and openness. He was one of Canada's outstanding artists. He was accomplished in watercolours, acrylics, oils, woodcuts and metal sculpture. His works are held in galleries around the world. n recent years, he continued to create works of art while living on Bowen sland. Mitchell BASc'34 of Rossland. BC. Nov. 2, Dennis B. Owen LLB'51 of Colllngwood. Ont., Mar. 25, Clarence (Sammy) Samis Prof Ernerltus of Arcola, Sask., died on March 8, 1998 at the age of 87. Samis taught Metallurgy at UBC for more than 30 years He received hls BSc and MSc from the Unlverslty of Manitoba, and his PhD from University College in London, England. Samis received the Canadian nstitute of Mining and Metallurgy Alcan Award.. Christian B. Reid BA32, DfpEd'34 of Victoria, BC, Feb. 13, Joachln von Hahn BASC'59 of West Vancouver, Dec Harold Douglas Whittle Prof Emertws. of Vancouver, Apr. 3, WJ Wood BASc'50... John Woodcroft BASc'45 of Barrie, Ont., Sept Geoffrey Gaston Woodward BA30 of Mlnneapolts, Minnesota, Jan. 1, Chronicle 3 1

32 chronicle profiles Elana Brief, FACULTY OF SCENCE t didn t take Elana Brief very long to decide what she wanted to do with her life. When she was seven, she knew she wanted to venture into the world of physics. And she stuck with that dream. Elana will graduate next September with a PhD in physics and astronomy ve always been interested in physics because it teaches people to see beyond the visible, she says. t uses technology as a way to see beyond what we normally see. Elana did her undergrad degree at York. She decided to go to UBC when she came out here in 1992 as a summer student and met physics and radiology Prof. Alex McKay. My experience with him has been valuable on many levels, she explains. He not only taught me to love physics, but also to have priorities outside of it and not make it your life. knew wanted to study with him. Since then Elana completed her master s in physics at UBC, received the Canadian Federation of University Women Award, University Grad Fellowship, and was one of 11 graduate students to win a graduate student teaching award from the Presidents Office. m very impressed by the faculty and grad students in physics here at UBC, she says. They re passionate about physics, and about stuff outside of it. The students are involved in all sorts of things, from triathlons to protests to the Graduate Student Society. Almost all the Grad Society members are physics students. Elana s time in the classroom isn t devoted exclusively to physics. She s taken Education courses and a high-tech entrepreneurship course taught by commerce Prof and Alumni Association President Haig Farris, which gave her great experience in a field knew nothing about. Elana is also active outside of the classroom: she was responsible for coordinating the first year of the Let s Talk Science program at UBC (see our Spring 98 issue). She plays the violin in a Klezmer band, which performs Eastern European Jewish Folk Music at venues anywhere from Citifest to bar mitzvahs. She also does triathlons and 10k runs ( the West Coast really inspired me to athletics ), works at the BC Advanced Systems nstitute (BCAS), is on the Science World Committee for exhibits and programs, and has traveled extensively from Australia to srael. Her practical experience has been rewarding as well. She s a TA for The Physics of Music, a course that integrates physics to music. The course tries to change people s attitudes about physics, that it s not always hard. We use accessible material such as charts, graphs and equations; things that are essential for living in a modern society, said Elana. She is also working with Magnetic Resonance maging (MR) at UBC hospital. A technique similar to that of a CAT scan, it allows the practitioner to look inside a body without physically touching it. t is useful for drug trials to see if people are getting better before anything physically changes in the brain. She also deals with Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS). f a person had a tumour and there was no way to take a biopsy, you could use this method to see if it was malignant or benign. But for all that she does, she still has time to dabble in some extra terrestrial activity. Recently the X-Filrs props people got in touch with her at the hospital. They were looking for brain spectra to show a chemical which, when injected into the body, freezes every cell instantly. Such a chemical does not exist, so she gave them a brain spectrum of a completely healthy living person instead. t worked perfectly well. They used the printout gave them for one of their episodes, explains Elana, think they liked it because there were lots of lines and numbers all over it. For now, Elana will concentrate on graduating. For later, she would like to become a teacher, something that the graduate students teaching award has inspired her to do. That s the direction want to go in. like the idea of teaching physics. would prefer smaller, more intimate classes, which means more discussion and inevitably leads to better understanding. Her love of science, however, goes beyond teaching. am very enthusiastic about science education in a broad sense, she says. love science centers, museums, places where people can play with science. t opens up a world for people seeing things in a different way. Being curator of a science museum is definitely in the picture. t sounds like she made the right choice to move here: ve been here for three years, and have had a great time, she says enthusiastically. UBC has given me the opportunity to explore things that 1 would not normally explore myself Chronicle

33 f anyone was destined to go to UBC, it was fourth-year political science student Kirsten Molstad. Not only did she live in Acadia Park until she was six, but both her parents went here. She grew up knowing the area and knowing the school; coming here was just a natural thing for her to do. Unlike her parents, a lawyer and a teacher, Kirsten is looking for more non-conventional career choices. A volunteer at heart, she devotes her spare time to the Canadian Diabetes Association, Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, the Youth Rotary Club, and a mentorship program for disadvantaged children. At university, she is vice-president of the Political Science Students Association, works in the School ST College Liaison Office, and is a residence advisor at Place Vanier. Having a lot to do makes me more organized, she explains. t s motivating and meet a lot of people. t s nothing new for her. Active since high school, Kirsten came to UBC with the attitude that she should cut down the activities and really concentrate on her schoolwork. quickly found out that instead of studying more, wasn t doing anything. So packed up my things, moved into residence, and became active. met more people in my first week there than in my first year altogether. She has definitely taken advantage of living on campus. UBC is very holistic, she says. Anything you want to do, you can do it here. Her advising job is especially rewarding. t s a very challenging experience, Kirsten explains. You get to do fun stuff like organizing special events and career forums and not-so-fun stuff, like rule enforcement. But counselling is what keeps me there; it s something am comfortable with and enjoy talking to people and helping them solve their problems. One particular event that she thought fantastic was the UBC Alumni Association s Mentor Lunch, a program for students and mentors to get together and talk about life after graduation. think it was rewarding not only for the students, but for the mentors as well, says Kirsten. t s a chance for them to help people. They showed us that it s okay to have a few different careers, and that you don t always have to be so focused on one area. would definitely go again. As far as school goes, political science was not her first choice. She was originally going to major year in English, but degree(& then took a couple of political science courses and was hooked. like to study how the government works-or doesn t work, for that matter, she says. nstructor Paul Tennant was a big influence too. He knows everything about politics, not only in a theoretical sense, but a practical one as well, says Kirsten, During election time, he lets us go to debates, parties, and nomination meetings. He makes us apply our knowledge, instead of just listening and regurgitating. Kirsten has taken her studies a little further: she enrolled has in VCCs non- c 0 profit sector management certificate program. She hopes it will lead to a job tion or volunteer fundraising for a social service. After she graduates, she thinks she may come back for an MBA or a counselling degree. However, her broadmindedness has always been a factor and changing her mind is not uncommon. When was a kid, 1 wanted to do everything. Since then have looked into literally every profession. Her choice of school didn t waver, though. ve had an amazing experience here, Kirsten says in a serious tone. A lot of people just go to university, get their degree, and get a job. have tried to do a lot more than that. feel it s the extra stuff do that ll get me the job want. 0 - Profiles by Shari Ackerrnan r 1 Stay in Touch Keep us up-to-date on where you are, what you re doing and who you re doing it with. We want to know, and so do your old class- mates. Use another sheet of paper and send it in today! Name UBC degreeb), year Address Code (h) Phone: (01 ! fax New address? 0 yes 0 no Spouse s name UBC Send your one news of ways: these Snail mail: 6251 Cecil Green Park Rd. Vancouver, BC vm Z fax: (604) alumnioalumni.ubc.ca toll fkee fax: web L _ - Chronicle 33 0 c 0 c Y - T( 1 V A

34 The Living Beach by Silver Donald Cameron BA'60. MacMillan $32.95 This gracefully written, elegant book takes us on a tour of beaches from Cape Breton to California. Our fascination with the edge of the ocean colours our view of the world away from the water as well as on it. At times philosophical, at times funny, this book about our beaches works, metaphorically, as a look at the larger human experience. experience. New uses both Canadian and American literature as illustrations and he is, as usual, interesting, thought provoking and hugely readable. Writing Travel Books and Article by Richard Cropp BA'77, MBA', Barbara Braidwood and Susan M. Boyce. Self-Counsel $ f your dream job is to be paid to write about the beaches of Tahiti or the world's newest luxury cruise liner, read this book. The authors will show you how to get those free trips and your writing published. Excellent writer's guidelines. Mendel's Children by Cherie Smith BA'55, U of Calgary Press This is a personal story of a family's migration from Poland and Latvia to the Canadian prairie. t is an extraordinary book, filled with pain, laughter, determination, foolishness, strength and weakness: all the things that make us human. t's a reminder that we all have histories, and that passion isn't something we invented in our own generation. A House of Words by Norman Rawin. McGill-Queen's, $ Rawin, a UBC prof, looks at how Jewish history influences postwar Canadian and American Jewish literature. He argues that this literature cannot be examined outside the Jewish cultural landscape. 0 TTE TJNlVWTY OF BRTSH COLUMBA R*#qar's omm East Mall Vancouver, E, Canada v6t 121 Notice of Election Ghsncellor and Convocation Senators, 'r The election of the Chancellor and of eleven members of the Senate to be elected by the members of Convocation of The Upiyersity of British Columbia will be held in January Voting instructions will appear in the Fall issue of The Chronick. Candidates eligibte to stand for election to the Senate are members of Convacstion who are not members of the faculties of the University. The term u office is three years. The Convocation Senators will cake office on September 1, The Chancellor wilk take office dn June 2, Nomination forms may be obtained by contacting James Lowthm, Coordinator of Elections by telephone at (604) , fax ($04) , or Jame$.~wt~~~~~~~e~:The forms will also be available for downloading in Adobe PDF format from the Elections home page at 34 Chronicle. ' l.., All nominations of candidates for the office of Chancel; ',.' lor must be supported by the identifiable signatures of - seven persons entitled to fote in the eieetion of Chan+ lor and carry the signature of the nominee indicating willingness to run for election. Ail nominations of candidatp for membership in the Senate must be supported by the identifhble Signatures of three,, persons entitled to vote in the election of the Senate, Nominations for these offices must bk received by the Registrar's Office no later than 4:OO pm on Monday, August 3, n accordance with the University Act, an election " register has been prepared showing the names and,. : known addresses of all members of Conmcatioq wha $,,, ;,j, entitled to vote at an eiection and the register is opet+:::"!'"t:: for inspection by all members entitled to vote, Mond&y..,'. to Friday, 8:30 am to 4:OO pm..! _,,,' ' 1,:(,,*

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