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Issue: Spring 2014
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    • Brain Puzzles

    • Engineers in Scrubs

    • Call Me Bob

    • The Tried-and-Trusted Tenure of 
Stephen 
J. Toope

    • Good Things in Small Packages

    • Writes of Passage

    • The Sochi Experience

    • The Last Word

  • In Short

    • Open to Interpretation
    • China 2.0: The New Digital Superpower
    • The Northern Gateway 
Pipeline Thought Map
    • The Big Picture: Tree of Life
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In Memoriam

Doris Muriel Call (née Salter), BA’34 

Muriel was born in Vancouver and was a life‑long resident of her beloved city until she passed away peacefully on February 1, 2013, in her 100th year. Muriel grew up […]

William Hickson Barton, CM, BA’40, LLD’99 

William Barton was born in Winnipeg on December 10, 1917, and died on November 8, 2013, in Ottawa. As a distinguished diplomat with a career spanning more than three decades, […]

Charles Alfred Claridge, BA’43 

September 5, 1921 – June 1, 2013 Born in Victoria, Charles spent his early years in Kelowna and moved to Vancouver in 1933. While at UBC, Charles was active in […]

Percy Colin Glover, BCom’44 

Percy passed away in Victoria on June 9, 2013. He had celebrated his 96th birthday at a reunion in Courtenay the month before. Born in Kamloops, his early life and […]

Cdr. Francis James (Frank) Dayton, BASc’50 

November 7, 1924 – May 22, 2013 It is with great sadness that we report the death of Frank Dayton, husband, father, grandfather, uncle and friend, who passed on to […]

John Samuel Gibson Kirkaldy, BASc’49, MASc’51 

“Jack” passed away on April 17, 2013, after a long illness. He is predeceased by his wife, Anne, in 2011, and survived by his children, John, Lorne, Barbara and Jennifer. […]

Roy McBride, BASc’50 

Roy leaves a family that he loved and many accomplishments and contributions that will be remembered as part of his legacy. In 1950, 
Roy married Joan Maultsaid and together they […]

George Edward Scott, BSc’50, LLB’54 

November 26, 1921 – March 28, 2012 George Edward Scott passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on March 28, 2012, at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver. George was born […]

W. Dale Cripps, BASc’51 

Dale Cripps was born in Vancouver on June 13, 1929, and died peacefully at his seaside home in North Saanich, BC, on May 12, 2013, after valiantly trying to overcome […]

Audrey Edith MacMillan (née Butler), BCom’54 

Suddenly and peacefully on May 9, 2013, Audrey Edith MacMillan passed away after 81 years. A Vancouver native and a Britannia High School graduate, Audrey majored in retail management at […]

Sheila Maureen Duncan (née Swinarton), BA’56 

Sheila Maureen Duncan was born March 18, 1934, and passed away on April 29, 2013, after losing her battle with COPD. As her husband of more than 56 years, I […]

Andrew Bryson Young, MD’59 

Drew passed away February 13, 2013, in Chilliwack, where he’d been a dedicated and beloved general practitioner with his brother, Archie, for 35 years. Drew was born in Vancouver in […]

Stephanie (Stevie) Joan (née Kent) (Mundle) Lowther, BPE’56 

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the sudden passing of our mum and granny, Stevie Lowther, on April 23, 2013. She is survived by her children, Bryan (Pauline), […]

George Barry Phillips, BSc’56 

November 18, 1932 – September 9, 2013 Barry was born in Chemainus, BC, and passed away peacefully at his home in Christina Lake after a four‑and‑a‑half month battle with cancer. […]

Malcom Bain Anderson, BCom’57 

Malcolm died peacefully at home in Victoria at the age of 78. He is survived by Moira, his wife of 54 years; his daughters, Melissa and Marianne (Andrew); and much […]

Thomas Barrie Lindsay, BCom’58 

1935 – 2014. Past President, UBC Alumni Association, 1970‑71. With deep sadness we announce the passing of Thomas Barrie Lindsay on January 4, 2014, in Vancouver, surrounded by his loving […]

Neil Victor Merrick, BCom’58 

Neil was born in Athabaska, AB, on October 5, 1935, and passed away in Sorrento, BC, on April 1, 2013, at the age of 77 years. Neil is survived by […]

Hedie Hintz, BSN ’59, MEd ’88 

Hedie was born in Arnaud, MB, and as a young woman completed her RN at St. Boniface Hospital. She then attended UBC on scholarship, graduating with a BSN and MEd. […]

Frances M. Baker (née Frazer), MA’60 

Frances was born in Edmonton in 1933 and died in New Westminster in 2010. From 1956 to 1961, she was the graduate student don in all three of UBC’s first […]

Charles Henry “Chuck” Turner, BASc’60 

Chuck, 77, of Coquitlam, passed away peacefully after a very brief illness on April 24, 2013, with his family by his side. He was a loving husband and companion of […]

Brad Romanin, BSc’86 

With great sadness, we announce the sudden passing of Brad Romanin. 
Brad was a loving father, natural teacher, great outdoorsman and the kindest, gentlest person you could ever meet. The […]

Andrea Maria June Toth, BEd’99 

Born January 18, 1973, Andrea passed away in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, on July 14, 2013, where she studied, lived and worked as a professional artist and educator at Newcastle […]

Erich W. Vogt, DSc’99 

November 12, 1929 – February 19, 2014 Nuclear physicist Erich Vogt was a distinguished researcher, a respected professor, a pioneer in his field and one of Canada’s most gifted scientists. […]

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