Fall 2007 - University of Toronto Schools

the uts alumni magazine | fall 2007
Scott
baker
Beloved English
Teacher Retires
UTS in
1967
Looking Back
40 Years to
Centennial
annual
fund
We’re Over
the Top!
the
Classics:
alive & well
at UTS!
Students are Conference Champions
Once Again PLUS Paul Moore’s
Iter Psellianum
also: Annual Golf Tourney | planning our 100th birthday | Alumni News

Upcoming UTS Events
Mark Your Calendars
friday, October 26
Alumni Dinner
5.30 pm Reception and 7.00 p.m. Dinner at UTS
Dinner reservation forms are available on the UTS website (www.utschools.ca/alumni/
annualdinnerreservation.aspx), or call the Alumni Office at 416-978-3919 or email:
dvassel@utschools.ca for dinner reservation.
Check with your Year Rep for Special Anniversary Years’ celebrations.
Saturday, November 3
2007 Class Graduation
School auditorium @ 7.30 p.m.
Thursday, november 8
Remembrance Day Service
10.00 a.m. Reception and 10.30 a.m. Service
Alumni veterans and other alumni are invited to join students and staff for the ceremony.
Alumni luncheon afterwards hosted by the principal.
Contact: Alumni Office, alumni@utschools.ca or 416-978-3919 to confirm attendance
and to RSVP for lunch.
saturday, December 8
Entrance Exam, Stage 1
Admission exams for grade 7 candidates
Visit UTS website: www.utschools.ca/admissions, or call UTS Admissions Office 416-946-7995.
friday, December 14
Holiday Concert and Art Gallery
7.30 p.m. in the Auditorium and Gym
Student musical performances and art displayed at this holiday evening tradition.
Café Bleu afterwards.
Contact: Judy Kay (jkay@utschools.ca, 416-978-6802) or
Janet Williamson (jwilliamson@utschools.ca, 416-978-0988)
Saturday, February 9
Alumni Basketball 3-on-3 Tournament
9.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. in UTS Gym
Organize your team of alumni for a spirited competition.
Contact: Alumni Office at 416-978-3919 to enter a team.
UTS Alumni
Association
Board of
directors
President
George Crawford ’72
(416) 499-9000
vice president
Peter Neilson ’71
(416) 214-5431
past president
Tom Sanderson ’55
(416) 604-4890
Treasurer
Bob Cumming ’65
(416) 727-6640
Secretary
Phil Weiner ’01
(416) 868-2239
Honourary
President
Michaele Robertson
(416) 946-5334
Honourary
Vice President
Rick Parsons
(416) 946-7088
Executive director
Don Borthwick ’54
(416) 946-7012
directors
Gerald Crawford ’52
(905) 271-0445
Rob Duncan ’95
(416) 809-2488
Lisa Freeman ’95
(416) 923-5000
Peter Frost ’63
(416) 867-2035
Dana Gladstone ’80
(416) 643-4766
Sharon Lavine ’84
(416) 868-1755 x235
Bernie McGarva ’72
(416) 868-7765
Nick Smith ’63
(416) 920-0159
Jennifer Seuss ’94
(416) 597-6293

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Contents
the root | fall 2007
14 Classics Team Makes it a Dozen
Amazing results show the students’ commitment to this very
popular yearly event.
18 UTS at Canada’s Centennial Year
Looking back at 1967, a harbinger of big changes at ‘the Schools’.
20 Scott Baker Retires
A student tribute to one of UTS’ most-loved and admired teachers.
24 Iter Psellianum
UTS Classics teacher Paul Moore authors the definitive work
on the life of Byzantine scholar, Michael Psellos.
29 Alumni News
Catch up with the happenings in the lives of your classmates. In
Memoriam and tributes to the lives of several distinguished alumni.
IN SHORT
Calendar of Events 2
Upcoming alumni & school events
Bits & Pieces 4
Interesting happenings in brief
Donor Listings 26
Alumni Golf 35
The fall tournament report
Reports
President’s Report 8
Ideas how UTSAA can serve better
Principal’s Message 10
Banner year for student achievements
Advancement Office 12
A new office to aid UTS development
UTS Board Report 17
Much has been accomplished in
UTS’ first year of independence
Treasurer’s Report 22
Your donations at work
Our thanks to this issue’s contributors:
Copy: George Crawford ’72, Michaele Robertson, Bob
Lord ’58, Allison Friedman ’07, Ian Beattie ’07, Luke Stark
’02, Anne Nguyen ’96, Bob Fowler ’72, Paul Horowitz ’87,
Paul Moore, Lily McGregor, Donna Vassel, Bob Cumming ’65,
Martha Drake, William Sanderson ’52, Claudia Miatello,
Don Borthwick ’54
Photography: Cover: Victor Yeung, Jim Allen, Eugene
Di Sante, Caroline Kolch, Don Borthwick.
University of Toronto Schools Alumni Association
371 Bloor Street West, Room 121, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2R8 Phone: (416) 978-3919 Fax: (416) 971-2354
E-mail: alumni@utschools.ca, Web: www.utschools.ca/alumni The Root is published Spring and Fall and
is available to all alumni, parents and friends of UTS. Contact us at the above addresses to receive a copy
or to change your address. This issue is also available on the website: www.utschools.ca/alumni/magazine.
On the cover: ‘Romans’ Jake Brockman S5 and
Rebecca Moscoe-Di Felice M4
Editor: Don Borthwick ’54
Design: Eye-to-Eye Design
Ad Design: Carolyn Kolch, Eye-to-Eye Design
Printed by: Thistle Printing Ltd.
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Bits&Pieces
A Compendium of Noteworthy UTS Tidbits
Branching Out
Mentoring Initiative
You don’t need to go out
on a limb to realize that the
involvement of UTS alumni
in the life of their alma
mater is a good thing. And
with the launch of UTS’
new Branching Out Alumni
Mentoring Program, expect
to see more of just that.
Spearheaded by UTS
faculty member Carole
Bernicchia-Freeman
of the Student Services
Department and alumnus
Luke Stark ’02, Branching
Out will pair sixteen UTS
Senior students with alumni
in a wide variety of fields:
journalism, business, education,
medicine, engineering,
law, international relations,
and the arts. The program,
a pilot project, is set to officially
begin in September
with a joint mentor/mentee
training session. Branching
Out will officially be kicked
off at a reception prior to the
annual UTS Alumni dinner
on Friday, October 26.
“Branching Out provides
a unique opportunity for
alumni to reconnect with
UTS and to make a meaningful
contribution to the
lives of current UTS students,”
said Jennifer Suess
’94, a member of Branching
Out’s Program Advisory
Committee, which will
oversee the program and
its mentoring pairs. “Those
of us who have been lucky
enough to have had great
mentors know what significant
roles they can play in
helping students to explore
different life and career
opportunities.”
Mentors and mentees will
work together to support
the students’ explorations of
their career/university goals,
and their personal aspirations,
passions and pursuits.
The program will also allow
UTS alumni to share their
knowledge and experience
with a new generation, and
strengthen their connection
to the school community.
“Carole and I have
become passionate advocates
for the importance of integrating
alumni more fully
into the life of the school,
and are exploring other ways
to increase the connections
between alumni and UTS’
learning community. Linked
to this objective will be the
M4 Career Studies course,
which will see an increase in
the number of alumni sharing
knowledge and experience
with UTS students in
the classroom.”
“It has the potential to
be a terrific opportunity for
alumni to pass on important
job experiences to senior
students when they are
contemplating university
and career choices,” said
Don Borthwick, Associate
Director of the UTS Office
of Advancement.
A first step to getting
involved in UTS’ new alumni
initiatives is to make sure
you are listed in the Alumni
Email Directory [www.
utschools.ca/alumni/email
directory.html].
Or email Carole
Bernicchia-Freeman, the
Branching Out Program
Coordinator, at
cbernicchia@utschools.ca.
Luke Stark (’02)
Tea with a
Zen Master
How I was inspired to teach
meditation and yoga in a
Canadian prison
It was thanks, in part, to a
spontaneous visit with my
UTS Latin teacher, Dr. Paul
Moore, that I met a Zen
roshi.
This was in December
2004, when I was back in
Toronto for Christmas during
my first year of grad school
in Victoria. A librarian friend
of mine recommended the
book, Zen meditation: a
bridge of living water, the
autobiography of Sr. Elaine
McInnis: musician, Catholic
nun, pig farmer and Zen master.
I quickly devoured the
book, and decided that I had
to meet and hopefully work
with this amazing woman.
Sr. Elaine was born in
New Brunswick in 1924.
After training at Julliard in
New York City, Elaine played
violin with the Calgary philharmonic
for several years.
However, as a young woman
she had wanted to study philosophy
and eventually did
pursue this earlier passion,
and on the advice of a friend
and mentor, she became a
Catholic nun while in her
early thirties.
When her order sent Sr.
Elaine to Japan to start a
Catholic cultural centre, she
was given the opportunity
to follow in the footsteps of
Sr. Francis Xavier, one of the
earliest Catholic missionaries
to the orient. During her
years in Japan, Sr. Elaine
learned and mastered the
practice of Zen meditation,
and for over a decade, she
would awaken before dawn
to sit in silence with Buddhist
nuns. She also studied with
Yamada Roshi, one of the
greatest Zen teachers of the
twentieth century.
Zen, as Sr. Elaine explains,
is a living tradition that is
transmitted from one living
master (a roshi) to his or her
student. When Yamada Roshi
bestowed the title of roshi
on Sr. Elaine, she became
part of a lineage of enlight-
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ened masters extending back
hundreds of years. She also
became one of only a handful
of Catholics who have ever
received this great honour
and responsibility.
After seventeen years of
living in Japan, Sr. Elaine was
sent to work in the Philippines
in a poor rural community
where many of the people
were malnourished. What
does a Zen master do in such
a situation? She starts a pig
farming operation!
Later, Sr. Elaine found a
thriving zendo in Manila. It
was a time of political oppression
in the Philippines, and
she found herself called to
teach meditation to imprisoned
activists, protesting
against the Marcos regime.
This was the beginning of
Sr. Elaine’s prison ministry,
which has taken her from
Manila to Oxford to Toronto,
and touched the lives of
countless individuals dealing
with incarceration, both of
the body and of the soul.
Having been so inspired
by Sr. Elaine’s life and work,
and knowing that she had
returned to Canada to retire,
I had hoped in my heart to
one day meet her, although I
had no idea when or how this
would happen.
Incredibly, when I was
chatting with Dr. Moore for
the first time in years, he mentioned
that he knew a Catholic
nun who taught meditation in
Toronto. “That wouldn’t be Sr.
Elaine McInnis???” I asked.
A quick phone call to a friend
yielded the roshi’s phone number,
and within days, I was
having my first face-to-face
meeting over tea with a bona
fide Zen master.
Last May, Dr. Moore and
I, along with hundreds of
others fortunate enough to
have met her, celebrated Sr.
Elaine’s most recent initiative,
Freeing the Human Spirit,
a volunteer-driven charity
that teaches meditation and
yoga in over 20 prisons across
Canada. The fundraiser took
the form of an evening of
song and story animated by
British actor Jeremy Irons and
Canada’s own McGarrigle sisters,
Kate and Anna. I’m sure
that all of us there, whether
celebrities, students, or
esteemed Latin teachers, have
been inspired by this incredible
woman’s example.
Anne Nguyen ’96
Ann presently lives in
Hamilton where she studies
medicine at McMaster
University. Anne is a member
of Freeing the Human
Spirit and leads meditation
and yoga classes for youth
at the Hamilton-Wentworth
Detention Centre with her
husband, who graciously
co-authored this article.
UTS Alumnus Meets
Prince Charles
Royal supports buried
library of early Rome
Marcello Gigante was per-
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Help Us Celebrate
OUR 100th
Birthday!
On the back cover,
you will see a
few photos from
our archives
depicting school life in the
past. Hopefully, this will begin
to bring back some memories
of your high school days and
encourage you to volunteer
some of your busy time to
help us plan our centennial
celebrations, beginning as
soon as just two short years
from now!
Planning for this celebration
has already begun with the
establishment of an Advisory
Committee representing
all UTS constituencies. The
initial step, which is being
undertaken now, is for the
Advisory Committee to create
an overall plan for the
UTS centennial which will
provide a ‘road map’ for the
various sub-committees to
follow. The sub-committees
will then execute the plan
with specific events and
activities scheduled as early
as the start of the September
2009 school year through to
November 2010.
This past summer, we have
had an archivist undertake
considerable research of the
files and publications at the
school, as well as at the Uof T
Library and Archives to create
a catalogue of information
for reference, together
with ‘theme‘ files of reference
materials for sub-committees
to use in developing detailed
plans for specific activities
and events.
Needless to say, we will
require many volunteers to
ensure these celebrations are
worthy of our outstanding
first 100 years. UTSers have
the reputation of jumping in
to willingly contribute and
there is no better time to
continue this tradition. Here
is your chance to volunteer
your expertise and time to
help plan and execute a variety
of activities. All you have
to do is to let us know you
can help and, at the appropriate
time, we will get back to
you to enlist your talents.
Email Martha Drake:
mdrake@utschools.ca
or Don Borthwick:
dborthwick@utschools.ca.
Photo: Sara Robinson; fotolia.com
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How to Win
on Jeopardy!
Another UTS alumni achievement
UTS has always
seemed to me like
a fertile breeding
ground for
Jeopardy! contestants. There’s
just something about the intellectual
environment that fits
the game. The vast amount of
information on non-historical
topics that Neil McLean [former
staff] provided didn’t hurt; and
you ought to have a decent
grounding in pop culture if
you spend time in the senior
common room adorned by a
giant Apocalypse Now mural.
I’m never surprised when I
read that another UTS grad
has ended up hobknobbing
with Alex Trebek. I’m happy
to join those ranks as a recent
Jeopardy! champion.
The adventure began with my
wife, Kelly, living in San Diego
and playing Trivial Pursuit with
friends. She decided that there
must be some way to profit
from my array of inconsequential
knowledge, so she signed
me up for the Jeopardy! tryouts.
We moved to Los Angeles
the next year, during the time
when the show relied on local
tryouts, so I trooped out to the
studio to answer a short quiz.
At the end of the day, six of us
out of 54 were left. After an
interview, I was put on a list of
potential contestants for the
next year. Alas, I wasn’t picked
that year, and so a year later
I went through the process
again. This time, at least, the
initial tryout quiz was online
(http://www.sonypictures.com/
tv/shows/jeopardy/con
testants_searchinfo.php), so
I could try out in my pajamas
without any more odd looks.
In November 2006, I got the
call. Jeopardy! tapes a week’s
worth of games at a time, so,
I sat in the audience with the
other contestants and waited
for my turn. And waited...
And I got sent home again.
Jeopardy! always overbooks
contestants for a day’s taping,
and a multiple winner means
even fewer contestants
are needed. Local
contestants may
be sent home,
although they
are promised
a future taping.
(The
show always
puts out-oftowners
at
the top of its
list.)
At this point,
my wife and I
decided to play our
trump card and become
non-residents. A little drastic,
to be sure, but you don’t get
to meet Alex every day. So I
accepted a visiting semester
teaching at Notre Dame Law
School, and pleaded with the
show’s contestant wranglers
to bring me back. I returned
in early December, and was
picked for the third taping of
the day, just before lunch.
For the record, I am a fine Jew,
even if I did get the question
about Reform Judaism wrong.
(My students at Notre Dame
let that slide, since I correctly
answered a question about
Catholicism.) In any event,
at the end of the day, a correct
answer about the Apollo
Theater in Final Jeopardy left
me a one-day winner, with a
big smile from Alex, a dazed
feeling that lasted through
lunch – and $30,500 richer.
After lunch, we returned for
the next taping. Although I
put up a decent fight, I came
in second after Final Jeopardy
– embarrassingly, on a question
about the Great Lakes.
Still, it was amazing fun. Alex
was a pro, and my students at
Notre Dame, many of whom
gathered together to watch
the show when it aired in late
March [2007], were thrilled to
have a celebrity in their midst,
and I got precisely one day of
added respect from them. Most
of all, it was a delight to
hear from many of
my far-flung UTS
friends, from my
own reunion
class of 1987
and from
several other
years, who
happened
to catch the
show.
For future UTS
alumni who
are interested
in appearing on
Jeopardy!, here are a
few tips. If you’re selected for a
preliminary interview, remember
that they’re looking for
people with loud voices and a
little bit of personality. Watch
the show at home religiously
and keep score. Practice with
a homemade clicker: it’s all
about who rings in first once
the lights on either side of the
game board come on. And
study the Great Lakes!
Paul Horwitz ’87 is an associate
professor at the University of
Alabama School of Law
haps five foot three, in spite
of his name. But he was a
metaphorical giant, a kind
of king of Naples. He could
not walk down a Neapolitan
street without being stopped
by someone eager to shake
his hand: a friend, pupil, colleague,
politician, businessman
or priest, as it might
be. For 32 years as professor
of Greek at the University
of Naples, Gigante was one
of the great classical scholars
of the last century. He
reinvigorated the study of
the Herculaneum Papyri,
a library carbonised by the
Vesuvius eruption in AD 79
and housed in the famous
Villa of the Papyri, which
probably belonged to Lucius
Calpurnius Piso, Julius
Caesar’s father-in-law. It was
discovered by tunnelling
treasure-hunters in the mid
18th C. Ever since, scholars
have sought to unroll and
read these incredibly fragile
books. Gigante concentrated
on using today’s technology
both to verify readings and
to unroll new texts without
damage.
The library as so far excavated
consists overwhelmingly
of books of Epicurean
philosophy. When it was
rediscovered in the 1980s,
Gigante campaigned for its
excavation, securing funds
straight from the Ministry
in Rome. Excavation began,
and a corner of the villa
was laid bare for the first
time in 1900 years. But the
money ran out, governments
changed, the excavation
stopped and Gigante died.
A group of us, alarmed
by the deteriorating state
of the exposed villa, wrote
an indignant letter to The
Times (what else). To our
surprise, it touched off an
international protest. The
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2007 Athletes of the Year
Congratulations to Maria
Cusimano ’07 and Lyndon
Shopsowitz ’07, who
received the Ornella Barrett
Award and the Ron Wakelin
Award, respectively.
Maria was a 4-year member
of the Girls Soccer team which
made three provincial championship
appearances; a 4-year
member of the Girls Basketball
team; a 4-year member of the
Girls Volleyball team which
appeared twice in the provincials;
and this past year, she
was a member of the Wrestling
team. Quite an athlete, I think
you will agree!
Maria has 2 siblings at UTS
– Salvator, Class of 2008 and
Madeline, Class of 2011.
Lyndon had 4-year stints
as a member of both the
Boys Hockey team and Boys
Volleyball team and was a
2-year member of the Rugby
team, which had a very successful
season, winning all
six of their league games
without being scored upon.
Unfortunately, they lost in the
league finals.
Lyndon’s dad, Noah ’72 and
second cousin, Neil ’73 are
alumni.
Photo: Pierette Guertin; istockphoto.com
Detail of Herculaneum Excavations, Naples, Italy.
item was picked up around
the globe by the media, and
one day the Prince of Wales
rang up. Well, his Private
Secretary did to give me
the directions to Highgrove,
where His Royal Highness
would be pleased to hear an
account of the affair.
Upon my arrival, I
was fed tea and Duchy of
Cornwall organic biscuits.
In due course I was led to
the Prince’s study, and for an
hour I explained the history
of the site and its excavations,
the story of the Villa and its
papyri, the current state of
affairs and associated controversies.
At the end, Charles
asked if I would be able to
meet him in Herculaneum in
two weeks’ time.
At Herculaneum the
plan was to stage a debate
between proponents of various
options, but time was
limited. After the speeches,
gifts and tour of the main
site, there were only ten
minutes for the Villa. HRH
was determined to walk to
the site, though the crowds
were five deep on either side
of a narrow street. The walk
went without incident except
that one rapt teenager succeeded
in breaking ranks
and planting a kiss, whence
the screaming headline in
the local tabloid the next
morning ‘HO BACIATO
PRINCIPE CARLO!’.
Nothing about archaeology!
At the site, the
Superintendent of
Archaeology, who is opposed
to further excavation,
monopolised the time, but
subsequently I wrote to
the Prince and presented
the case for proceeding,
of course with due regard
to preservation. He kindly
wrote to the relevant authorities
urging excavation,
and raised the matter with
UNESCO (as Herculaneum
is a World Heritage Site).
I am very grateful for
this kind intervention.
Regrettably, however, there
is still no action. Interested
readers may wish to consult
www.herculaneum.ox.ac.uk
for further information.
Bob Fowler ’72,
Director, Dept. of Classics
and Ancient History
University of Bristol
Centennial Logo
Design Contest
Get your creative juices
flowing for our Centennial!
In 2010, UTS will be celebrating
its 100th year, and
this momentous occasion
needs a logo and slogan!
We’re calling on all members
of the UTS community,
including alumni, parents,
staff and students, to create
a design for the UTS
Centennial. This is a great
opportunity to showcase
your talent and help UTS
celebrate a very important
milestone year.
The winning design
will potentially appear on a
variety of items, from the
website and displays to merchandise.
The logo must be
submitted in both colour
and black & white.
For more details, as well
as contest rules and regulations,
visit www.utschools.ca.
Show your school spirit!
Submit your idea today!
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President’s Report
Helping to Shape UTS
As we move ahead, we need to bring our role into better focus.
For the past two years, your
UTSAA has thrived under the
capable leadership of Tom
Sanderson ’55. Tom has since transitioned
to become Past-President, and I
have been asked to serve as President
for the next two years. And what an
interesting two years it will be!
My first comments will be to Tom,
to thank him for
his effective and
tireless leadership
as President. Tom
successfully developed
and completed
a variety of key
initiatives, including
the creation of
George
Crawford ’72
president, UTSAA
an Ottawa Chapter
of the UTSAA,
rejuvenation of our
Year Rep system,
and review of the financial accountability
of the UTSAA and of individual
events such as the Golf Tournament
– all of which was timely and necessary,
and all of which was done professionally
and thoroughly. Additionally, Tom
gave much more than just his time and
experience: the 2006 UTS Baseball
Team will long remember attending
the Blue Jays game in a Skybox, hosted
by Tom after Tom’s winning bid in the
Parents’ Association Silent Auction
Fundraiser. Thank you Tom!
We have much work ahead of us
over the next two years, and our actions
will shape UTS for years to come. In
addition to maintaining UTS’ commitment
to providing a rigorous and
rewarding education to academicallygifted
students, the School now faces
three challenges:
To offer accessibility to all students
who qualify, with the implication
that bursaries will be made available
to those students who are accepted
to the school but whose families lack
the financial means to attend,
To transition itself from a UTS
that relied upon the University of
Toronto for some forms of financial
support, to become a financially-independent
school still affiliated with the
University, and
To renovate, restore or replace a
school building that has been allowed
to deteriorate further during the past
decade of uncertainty.
Your UTSAA and the
UTS Board have been
working both together
and in parallel to address
these three challenges. In
the process, the role and
mandate of your UTSAA
has been brought into
focus, and decisions will
need to be made by all of us as events
move forward. The first step will be to
determine the core role of the UTSAA,
possibly including our stewardship of
specific endowments or funds from
alumni donations; our direct support
to the school for student-led initiatives
or for hockey practice time and sweaters
and wrestling mats; our events that
bring Alumni together, such as the Golf
and Basketball Tournaments, Alumni/
School Hockey Challenge and the
“Your UTSAA
intends to
identify...where
we can best
serve UTS...”
Annual Dinner; and our role in fundraising,
whether for the Annual Fund,
the Capital Fund, the Bursary Fund (to
ensure accessibility to all who qualify),
or for a Building Campaign that will
likely be needed soon. Your UTSAA
intends to identify those roles and areas
of involvement where we can best
serve UTS, and we will work with the
Advancement Office and UTS Board to
establish the communications and integrated
team that will be needed for the
years ahead.
Does all this sound interesting?
Times of change are often the most
interesting! Your UTSAA Board is looking
for feedback, support and involvement
as we face these challenges. If
you are interested in helping, or if you
want your opinion to be heard, contact
any Board Member or
Don Borthwick in the
Alumni Office.
Communications
are the life-blood of
any organization. Your
UTSAA is assessing its
current communications
methods, and is
planning some changes to improve
our ability to serve all Alumni. Our
UTSAA magazine is now called The
Root, and our UTSAA Alumni Report
will be a key contribution to each issue
of The Root. As you may be able to
tell from this report, we intend to be
timely and forward-thinking in our
reports to you, so that you can all be
aware of the topics of the day and the
issues that the Alumni and UTS are
facing together. Another communica-
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tions idea we would like to implement
is a monthly e-bulletin, a short
monthly email highlighting upcoming
events and UTS news that may be of
interest to the Alumni. We know that
uncontrolled email to your Inbox can
be a nuisance; therefore to initiate an
e-bulletin communications system we
will first ask each subscriber for permission
to be included. One final note
about communications: do you know
who your Year Rep is? Your Year Rep
is trying to contact you, and to stay in
touch with you, so if you haven’t heard
from your Year Rep then maybe they
can’t find you! Send them an email,
or let Don Borthwick in the Alumni
Office know how to find you. Your Year
Rep is particularly active around your
graduation anniversary years when your
Graduation Class is most likely to get
together. Stay in touch!
I began by writing about Tom
Sanderson, and I would be remiss if
I did not also mention Peter Neilson.
I am both pleased and grateful that
Peter Neilson ’71 has agreed to
serve as Vice-President for the next
two years. Peter’s diligence, tenacity,
thoughtful reflection, and perhaps
most of all his seemingly encyclopedic
knowledge of UTS school history, will
all be valuable assets as your Alumni
leadership team navigates the waters
ahead. Thank you Peter!
And finally, to our newest Alumni,
the Class of 2007: what a fantastic
Grad Prank! For those alumni who
may not have seen it, the Class of 2007
somehow hung a larger-than-life class
photo of themselves across the front
of UTS. Congratulations to 2007 for a
prank well-done, and welcome to the
UTSAA!
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Principal’s Message
UTS is Thriving
Celebrating a year of accomplishments
Having just completed my first
year at UTS, I am really proud
of the many accomplishments
of my colleagues, the Board, UTSAA,
UTSPA and the newly formed UTS
Foundation, under the capable leadership
of Bill Saunderson ’52. I am especially
grateful to David Saffran for his
careful guiding of our Strategic Planning
process. I believe
our plan, Building
the Future, which
will be published
by next Spring, will
set a clear direction
for UTS. As one of
its many supporters,
I hope you will
Michaele
Robertson
Principal, UTS
find the direction
inspiring. And the
word, inspiring,
brings me to the
point of this article.
I thought you would enjoy reading
a compilation of the successes of
our students during this past year.
Sometimes we don’t trumpet loudly
enough the extraordinary results that
our students achieve or the heart they
exhibit in all kinds of competitions and
performances, even when they know
they are not the strongest. But they
certainly do garner more than their
share of recognitions, prizes, awards
and diplomas. To give you a taste of
some of this year’s triumphs, I have listed
them by category below. This is not
a full listing. It captures those awards
that were given at the regional, provincial,
national and international levels.
Such a list does not tell the full
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story. It doesn’t reveal, for instance,
the great lessons of the sports field, the
exuberance of the Culture Show, or the
organizational triumph that was SOMA.
But it will give you a sense of what happens,
day after day, at UTS.
In the areas of Languages, Debate
and the Performing Arts, our students
excelled in:
• German Language: 2 students awarded
the international Sprachdiplom 2
• Music: Guest Artist for the opening
concert of the Toronto Philharmonia
• Art: first place in the National
Bateman competition
• Writing: first place in the International
Commonwealth Society essay
competition (14-16 years of age); first
place in the Better Earth Essay competition
• Debate and Brain Bee
Based on past
performance,
feel optimistic
about a bright
future for UTS.
first, second and fifth
place at the Uof T Brain
Bee. In debating, 2 first
place wins at the National
Debating Championships
and 2 first place wins at
the National Bilingual
Debating Championship.
• Classics Competition: this year,
UTS organized and ran the Classics
Competition, winning it for the 12th
year in succession. 45 students participated
in the events and an additional
31 students performed the musical A
Funny Thing Happened on the Way to
the Forum.
• The National Champion of the
CanWest Spelling Bee is a grade 8 student
at UTS
• 8 of our young women were recognized
nationally for their work producing
a documentary on their trip to
Zambia on the Gill Deacon Show; one
of our students took first place at the
Hot Docs (documentary) competition.
In Math, our national and international
results were:
• 3 medallists in the American
Mathematics Contest
• 3 medallists in the Invitational
American Mathematics Examination
• 4 UTS students invited to compete in
the USA Math Olympiad
• 2 Gold medals in the Canadian Open
Math Competition
• 2 of 6 members of Team Canada for
the International Math Olympiad were
from UTS
In Science, our results were also
excellent:
• Locally, UTS students won 8 medals
in the Metro Toronto Science Fair
took silver in the York Science and
Engineering Fair. 16 of our students
were accepted by the Shad Valley program
and will work at 10 universities
across Canada in research environments.
• At the Uof T Provincial
Chemistry Camp, 4 UTS
students were invited to
the National Training
Camp
• In Physics UTS stood
first in the Sir Isaac
Newton Competition
with 7 students placing in the 95th percentile
or higher; 2 UTS students were
invited to the National Training Camp
for the Olympiad
• At the Uof T Biology Competition,
UTS was second overall. In the
Michael Smith Biological Science
Competition out of UBC, UTS took
first place and had two students tied for
second place provincially.
UTS students also distinguished
themselves on the playing field.

UTS Foundation
Whether or not they were champions,
the teams showed spirit, determination
and courtesy. Among their successes
were the following:
• Four teams qualified for OFSAA:
Senior Boys’ Volleyball, Tennis (boys
won the bronze), Senior Girls’ Soccer
(4th place) and Badminton (silver)
• The F1/F2 Swimming Team (boys)
won the Elementary Schools Banner
for the second year.
• Boys’ Rugby: an undefeated season.
• In Wrestling, one of our girls competed
in the National Championship.
Additionally, we are proud of the
following:
• UTS had 8 Millennium Scholars: 3
Local, 4 Provincial and 1 National
UTS students have received offers
of major scholarships from the following
institutions:
• McMaster University: President’s
Scholarship
• Mount Allison University:
Confederation Scholarship
• UBC: President’s Scholarship
• UWO: Ivey Award of Excellence
• Waterloo: 4 Descartes Entrance
Scholarships
And specifically from Uof T, we are
proud of the following offers:
• 2 UT National Biology Competition
Scholarships
• Arbor Scholarship
• Uof T National Scholarship
You’ve reached the end of the list.
Keep in mind our entire school population
is about 640 and that our high
school (M3-S6) is just over 400 students.
If it is true, and I believe it is, that
the best predictor of future success is
past performance, I hope you will feel
optimistic about a bright future for
UTS. In the hands of such students,
how could it be otherwise? l R
Taking the Next Step
UTS Foundation is now open for business!
It’s been a milestone year for the
University of Toronto Schools
Foundation (UTSF), marked by the
achievement of a number of significant
events.
Thanks to the significant generosity
of our donors over the years, UTSF is
starting off its initial financial position
with an asset base of approximately $30
million.
The formation of a Board of
Directors, as steward of these funds,
has been established. Directors are
John Jakolev (parent), Monica Biringer
’78 and Paul Barnicke ’71. After an
independent selection process, in June
2007, we appointed Letko Brosseau
as our investment manager and CIBC
Mellon as the custodian and trustee of
our funds. In consultation with our new
investment manager, we have developed
our strategy and produced a Statement
of Investment Goals and Policies.
UTSF’s goal is to provide a consistent
level of financial support for the
University of Toronto Schools, while
growing our asset base. We intend to
work with Principal Michaele Robertson
to ensure that our efforts align with the
mission and values of UTS.
It has been my pleasure to work
with our highly-dedicated Board of
Directors, with the Foundation Steering
Committee, which included the above
mentioned Directors plus Bob Lord ’58
and David Rounthwaite’65, and with
Principal Robertson and her professional
staff. I would like to acknowledge
that the Foundation exists today thanks
to the thousands of alumni, parents, students,
faculty and staff who have given
so generously over the years. May this
generosity continue. l R
William Saunderson ’52, Chair,
University of Toronto Schools
Foundation
May we feature your latest composition?
All genres of original works
now being welcomed for
The Annual Twig Tape CD!
Submission
deadline:
April 8, 2008
If you wish to
have your piece recorded,
just let us know – we can do it!
Photo: Karen Harrison; istockphoto.com
Send to: twig_tape_producers@utschools.ca mail to: Twig Tape producers, c/o UTS
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Advancement Report
Getting Started!
Advancing UTS for tomorrow’s students
A
s I write this message, students
and faculty are on their
summer break and members
of the newly created Advancement
Office, including Don Borthwick
’54 (UTSAA Executive Director and
Associate Director of Advancement)
Caroline Kolch (Communications
Assistant) and Donna Vassel
(Advancement
Assistant) are
working together
as we transition
the former Office
of Development
and Alumni
Affairs and the
Communication
Martha Drake
Executive Director,
UTS office of
advancement
department
to a cohesive
Advancement
unit. The team
– Don especially
– has been terrific in introducing me to
the UTS community and walking me
through UTS history and culture. Our
mission is simple, but has broad implications.
We support the strategic plan
of UTS through an integrated program
of alumni relations, communications
and fundraising.
Over the course of 17 years, working
in alumni affairs and advancement
at Victoria University in the University
of Toronto, I have had many occasions
to hear about the exceptional accomplishments
of UTS students and graduates.
However, hearing about UTS
paled in comparison to the experience
of joining the School in June of this
year. I am touched by the genuine zeal
for excellence of students and faculty
alike and I have been amazed by the
talent that abounds in the School. As
a parent with a passion for advancing
education, the call to lead the advancement
efforts at UTS and raise funds in
support of the School’s future is a mission
I embrace.
My arrival to UTS coincided with
the school’s Final Assembly. As any
of you who have experienced this
occasion know only too well, the emotionally
charged ceremony contained
countless moments of unified celebration.
I walked out of the auditorium
equally impressed and enthused (and
with sore hands from two hours of
applause)! Days later, I attended the
retirement of English teacher, Mr.
Scott Baker. The tributes by former
students and colleagues,
all of which addressed
the lasting impact that
Mr. Baker has made on
their lives, left me feeling
sad that his departure
coincided with my
arrival. These two occasions
offered me a firsthand
glimpse into the
dedication and commitment
of the students and
staff who call UTS their
daytime home and left
me feeling truly inspired.
Lest I leave you with the impression
that June was nothing but a series
of goodbyes, I would like to share with
you stories of some of the people who
greeted me in my first days. No sooner
had I arrived in the UTS Advancement
... the call
to lead the
advancement
efforts at UTS
and raise funds
in support of the
School’s future
is a mission I
embrace.
Office when I was visited by Carole
Bernicchia-Freeman, who has spent
the 2006-2007 year on sabbatical to
create a mentoring program called
“Branching Out”. Carole popped in to
enlist the support of the Advancement
Office in this pilot project organized
with the participation of Luke Stark
’02 and Jennifer Seuss ’94. We heartily
agreed and are pleased to be involved
in “Branching Out” which will enable
UTS students to have the benefit of
mentoring by UTS alumni.
The next day, Kathleen Crook,
parent of Sara Penturn ’07 and wife
of James Penturn ’77 visited to say
that she and her husband would like to
honour this year’s graduates by helping
establish a Class of 2007 Bursary.
This initiative could not have come at
a better time. One of
the missions of the UTS
Board of Directors is to
increase financial accessibility
to the school.
Kathleen is actively
enlisting support from
other S6 parents and,
in November, we will
celebrate the inaugural
Graduating Class
Bursary.
Former Principals
Al Fleming ’54, Don
Gutteridge and Stan
Pearl immediately offered their support
to help us launch a planned giving
program to recognize UTS alumni
who have made a bequest intention
and encourage others to support UTS
in this meaningful way. Finally, I have
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Annual Fund Report
Breaking Records
Class of ’46 Bursary leads the charge!
been fortunate to meet with UTS alumni
from various decades; all of whom
have offered me valuable insight and
advice. Such is a day in the life at UTS.
I’m delighted to be part of a community
that cares so much about this school’s
mission and strives to be the best.
The next few years will be exciting
and we invite you to participate. First
– and please do mark this date in your
calendar – 2010 is the centennial year
for UTS. Already, planning is underway.
Please visit the UTS website at its new
address www.utschools.ca or contact
the Advancement Office to share your
ideas on how we should celebrate UTS.
Although we are just now mapping
out our fundraising priorities, we are
committed to keeping bursaries at the
top of our priority list, next to the capital
campaign which will supplement the
existing Building Opportunities Fund.
While bursary donations will be used
to preserve the educational opportunity
at UTS, the Building Fund will be earmarked
for the purpose of revitalizing
371 Bloor and securing a long term
home for UTS.
At the very core of our advancement
activity is an intense desire to
preserve a learning environment in
which students will continue to have a
transformative experience. I’m pleased
to join you on this mission and look
forward to meeting many of you as we
T
he 2006 Annual Fund was an
outstanding success, with a total
of $378,800 received – over
$145,000 above the record level of giving
of $233,600 last year. Thank you!
Contributions to the Andy
Lockhart Bursary Fund, which was
created by the Class of 1946 in honour
of their 60th Anniversary and
coordinated through the Annual
Fund, was the catalyst for this significant
increase. For the third consecutive
year, the Class of 1945 continued
to make installments to their Bursary,
which was also established on their
60th Anniversary. Both funds are
endowments and will complement
the annual bursary income from the
1994-97 Preserving the Opportunity
campaign.
The Class of 1976 celebrated
their 30th last October and gifted a
full bursary to a student in this school
year. A number of other class years –
1948, 1954 [Fleming Bursary], 1958,
1971, 1978, 1981 [25th reunion] and
1988 – each contributed over $5000 to
this year’s campaign. Congratulations!
Two other classes, 1943 and 1944,
achieved donor participation of over
20%.
These gifts from alumni and others
– ‘Friends of UTS’, current and
former staff, current and past parents
and matching gift organizations – represent
a significant level of additional
support to UTS, and principally, to its
student bursary program.
Other Alumni-Related
Donations
Contributions were received from
alumni for specific allocations to the
Preserving the Opportunity bursary
endowment fund, to a Named bursary
and to Umoyo, a special student project
in Lusaka, Zambia, by the Class of
1956 on their 50th anniversary.
To all donors, your support of
UTS is extremely beneficial to our
students in helping many of them to
experience an excellent education in
the UTS tradition. l R
Don Borthwick ’54
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The Winning Tradition of our Classics Program
per luke stark mmii et leon grek mmiv
...UTS has found
a distinctly
modern way
of excelling at
the study of
“Themistocles,
Thermopylae
and the
Peloponnesian
Wars”.
On the last day of school in June, a curious
sight would have greeted you if you’d ventured
to Room 203, a classroom lined with
maps of the Roman empire, colourful posters advertising
exhibits of antiquities in the great museums of
Europe, and Plexiglas-encased models of, amongst
others, ancient Delphi, a Roman military camp, and
the monumental complex of Nara, you would have
found students lining up to borrow historical atlases
of Greece, encyclopaedias of daily life in ancient
Rome, and lengthy lists of Latin vocabulary.
Over the summer, the students will pore over
these books: many will read each one
multiple times. Some will begin the
painstaking work of constructing scale
models of the Acropolis or the Roman
Forum, while others will debate the
best angle at which to affix wheels to
a chariot.
Is this, you might wonder, the
side-effect of an increasingly pathological
pursuit of academic achievement?
By no means – these students
will spend a generous portion of
their vacation not on schoolwork, but
rather in preparation for an extracurricular
event that is still almost a
year away: the 40th Ontario Student
Classics Conference (OSCC), which
will take place at Brock University in
May 2008.
Anyone who knows the school
cheers will realize that Classics stands
out at UTS. This prominence is a
testament not to a lack of interest
All dressed for “the Roman Ball”,
Creative Events goddess, Allison
Friedman ’07, with the standard
guarded by Michael Wong S5
in Bunsen burners or the conjugation
of “avoir” and “etre”, but rather
to the unique and long-standing
role of the Classics in a UTS education.
So it’s hardly surprising that UTS has
found a distinctly modern way of excelling at the
study of “Themistocles, Thermopylae and the
Peloponnesian Wars.”
Over the OSCC’s four days, more than five hundred
students from public and independent schools
across Ontario take part in more than a hundred athletic,
creative and academic events – everything from
written contests testing knowledge of the Classics to
chariot and swimming races, dramatic performances,
and a host of other pursuits. And every year, since
1995 [12 consecutive years], UTS has “won” the
Ontario Student Classics Conference
– has earned the most points of any
school by garnering podium positions
in everything from maquette-making to
the mini-marathon.
Twelve years is the longest winning
streak in the Conference’s history,
and it has meant that three generations
of UTS students have grown up
with a burning desire to be selected
for the UTS “contingent” to the conference.
Since UTS started to attend
the Conference in 1993, more than
300 UTSers have marched beneath the
Schools’ vexilla – or banners, for those
of you who’ve forgotten your Latin.
The remarkable thing about UTS’
continued success at the Conference
is that it’s not based on bookishness
or creativity alone – nothing could
be farther from the truth. It’s almost
a given that UTS students rack up
points and awards in Academic and
Creative competitions, but the school
has also won the Athletic portion of
the Conference several times over the
past twelve years. Saturday afternoon’s
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highlight is the Chariot Race, the conference’s
premier athletic event. Teams of relay runners pull
a chariot around a circular course. The chariots,
lavishly decorated with paintings of mythological
scenes, must swiftly and safely carry a human charioteer
– traditionally the smallest and lightest member
of contingent.
Like the Conference’s Fashion Shows and
the School Skits, the Chariot Race is very much a
spectator event. By contrast, the Conference’s most
labour-intensive event goes on almost exclusively
behind closed doors. The Archaeological Dig replicates
in miniature the challenges and rewards of
archaeological exploration. For months before the
Conference, the Arch Dig team creates appropriate
artefacts for an ancient site which they have been
assigned – then, throughout the Conference itself
they ‘excavate’ another school’s site using proper
(and painstaking) archaeological techniques, and
then scramble to prepare both an oral and written
report on their efforts. For years, the Arch
Dig was the missing gem in UTS’ crown – only in
2006, under the direction of Peter Georgas ’06 and
Frank Grek ’06, did UTS at last bring home the
Arch Dig trophy.
Maybe it is the sheer diversity of the Conference
– the chance to let a particular talent shine in constellation
with fellow teammates who might have
entirely different aptitudes – that has made Classics
so popular with so many UTS students. And for a
school that has an undeserved reputation for having
‘all brain and no brawn’, the versatility of UTS participants
sometimes amazes even the students themselves.
Students from all stripes and backgrounds
are attracted to the Classics Conference, sometimes
with surprising results. Michael Georgas
’03 remembers being drawn to the
Conference in FI, when he heard
Ben Lee ’98, an older member of
the contingent; recite an excerpt
of Ancient Greek poetry
before the entire student body.
Hearing the language of his
own Greek heritage brought to
life in this way, inspired Mike’s
own highly successful involvement
in Classics.
Members of UTS’ team do not,
however, arrive at the school as
fully formed classicists conjugating
Latin verbs in their sleep; nor
indeed do they necessarily arrive
ABOVE: Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi,
model created by Nicholas Moy ’06. This
and the model pictured on the next
page were graciously donated to UTS.
ABOVE: Arch Dig team members [L-R], Jake Brockman S5 and Ryan Bradley S6 hard at work,
“on site” sifting for artifacts. BELOW: Sharing and showing the joy of victory after the
conference [L-R], Allison Friedman ’07, Andrew Campana ’07, Jeremy Zung S6, Sinye Tang S5,
Josh Budman S5, Ana Komparic S5, Rafael Krichevsky S6 and Jake Brockman S5.
with any particular interest in the Classical world.
Much of the credit for UTS’ outstanding success
at the Conference and, more importantly,
for the enthusiasm which UTS
students show towards engaging
with the Classics must go to the
Schools’ long-standing tradition
of placing Classics and Ancient
History at the centre of its liberal
arts curriculum.
The UTS Classics program
plays a prominent role in UTS’
academic life. For more than
30 years, Grade 7 students have
been initiated into the study of the
ancient world and the Schools’ rigorous
academic discipline through
Romance of Antiquity, a course
which covers ancient civilizations
...it is the sheer
diversity of the
Conference...
that has made
Classics so popular
with so many
UTS students.
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LEFT: Model of the Roman Forum [Forum
Romanum], created by Nicholas Moy over a
period of many months, won the top prize
at the Classics Conference XXXVI. The Forum
was the centre of public life – commercial,
judicial, religious and political – in the
heart of ancient Rome.
...the study
of the Classics
impacts
everything
from popular
culture to
medical
nomenclature.
from Mesopotamia to Ancient Greece. From the
beginning, all students have been required to take at
least one year of Latin, and many students choose to
pursue the language for up to three additional years.
UTS’ Classics Program is remarkable in many
ways. Few schools in the province still require all
students to take at least some Latin, and most offer
a three-year – as opposed to UTS’ four-year – Latin
program. It is also rare in being entirely homegrown.
Res Romanae, the series of textbooks used
from F2 until S5 were designed specifically for use
in the school by the much beloved Latin teacher
Harry Maynard. [Editor’s note: Many older alumni
will remember Living Latin textbook, authored by
former teachers, Ken Prentice and Bernie Taylor].
Finally, UTS’ Classics program is distinguished
by its deep roots: the first Headmaster, William
Crawford, was a Classicist. While the second half
of the twentieth century saw the disappearance of
Latin from many Ontario high schools, UTS has
never allowed the torch to go out.
In recent years, some critics have questioned
why Latin, a “dead” language and seeming vestige
of an earlier educational era, should hold such
pride of place. Such criticism seems to ignore
the pivotal and continuing role that Latin and the
Classics as a whole continue to play in society at
large. As the political, legal and cultural foundations
of Western society, the study of the Classics
impacts everything from
popular culture to medical
nomenclature. And for more
tangible proof of Classics’
continued relevance, one
needs look no farther than
the students in the classroom,
who are every bit as diverse as
the school itself. In the halls
of UTS at least, Latin is still
alive.
Ultimately, it is the energy
and relevance of the Classics
that makes the teaching of
the UTS Latin and Classics
programs such a vital task. It
is a tradition that is worth maintaining – not only
because the Classics have always been a part of the
school, but because they continue to be so wellloved.
Just ask the eager students. For them, the
Classical world represents a tremendous journey
and a realm of boundless opportunities for the
future. The twelve consecutive championships
attest to the zeal of UTS students! l R
ABOVE: Ready for Race Day, Chariot Team [L-R], Kalvin Lung ’06 and
Bobby Leung ’06, with our skilled charioteer, Abigail Ferstman M4.
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UTS Board Report
A Milestone in the Schools’ History
The first year of transitioning to complete independence.
July 1, 2007 marked the first
anniversary of UTS operating
as a truly independent
school. Many of the plans discussed
during the past two years are being
implemented with some already integrated
into the school’s operations.
Michaele Robertson, in her first year
as Principal, faced the enormous challenge
of seeing
UTS transition
into a fully independent
entity,
free of many of the
services and much
of the support previously
provided
by the University
Bob Lord ’58
chair, UTS
of Toronto.
Some of the
fundamental
changes that have taken place this
past year involve the conversion of the
schools’ operational systems, including
the Human Resources/Payroll
Systems and the Donor and Financial
Information Systems, which are now
being managed entirely in-house.
Principal Robertson also made it a priority
to secure the school’s premises by
installing a security system and instituting
lock-down procedures that are standard
in secondary schools.
She also worked closely with the
Board to set up two new operating
units: the UTS Foundation and the
UTS Advancement Office with the goal
of having both fully functional by the
end of June. In addition, she assembled
groups of alumni and parent volunteers
as well as staff to consider the Schools’
future direction by way of a strategic
planning process. Thanks to this dedication,
we met our goal and the UTS
Foundation and the Advancement
Office are now up and operating.
Bill Saunderson ’52, Chair of the
UTS Foundation Board, was instrumental
in shaping the UTS Foundation,
which now operates at arm’s length
from UTS and the UTS Board. Mr.
Saunderson worked closely with
Foundation Directors Paul Barnicke
’71, Monica Biringer ’78 and UTS
Parent John Jakolev, who also serves
on the UTS Board, to develop the
Foundation’s investment and operating
guidelines. The Foundation is now
organized to receive the assets currently
entrusted with Uof T and to receive
new donations, including gifts of securities.
Letko Brosseau, a
portfolio management
group was retained to
manage the assets, which
include nearly $31Million
in unrestricted, expendable
and endowed funds,
to be transferred to the
UTS Foundation before
the end of the year. Once
transferred, the funds will
be held by CIBC Mellon.
The UTS Advancement Office
began its operations with the appointment
of Martha Drake as Executive
Director this past June. Mrs. Drake
spent nearly 17 years as Associate
Director of Advancement at Victoria
University in the University of Toronto.
Since taking office, Mrs. Drake has
worked closely with Don Borthwick
UTS is destined
to continue to
make its mark as
a school unique
in Canada and
recognized
internationallly...
’54, who is now Associate Director of
Advancement, on a transition plan, as
well as the Schools’ Centennial celebrations
in 2010.
In January 2007, the composition
of the Board changed. With the elimination
of the University seats, we have
added one more alumni director position,
held by former UTSAA President
Bernie McGarva ’72 and one more
parent director, Ms Cathy Mallove,
who is joined by UTSPA President
Nasir Noormohamed (replacing Tom
Magyarody.) The Board will continue to
work on developing strategies to ensure
UTS remains financially accessible to
all deserving students,attracting the
best young minds in the region.
Having achieved our main objectives
for this year, the Board is looking
forward to working with
Michaele Robertson and
the UTS administration
this coming year on the
school’s strategic plan:
Building the Future. One
can’t help feeling energized
by the progress
we’ve made as a community,
and the range
of possibilities that lie
ahead.
It is clear that UTS is destined to
continue to make its mark as a school,
unique in Canada and recognized internationally
for graduating some of the
finest minds anywhere. l R
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UTS in Canada’s
Centennial Year
Looking Back forty years: was it the changing of the guard?
ABOVE: One of the highlights of the cross Canada trip of the Jeunes Voyageurs was their meeting with
Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson in Parliament. Teacher and group leader, Peter Tacon, is on the right.
ABOVE: The 1967 York League Champions led by Coach Don Fawcett ’51 and Captain John Collins ’67.
ABOVE: 1967 Ontario Senior Champions coached by Bill Naylor ’54, with outstanding performances by
Andy Keir [class of ’69] and Doug Ord ’69.
IN 1967,
all of Canada celebrated as
the nation passed into its
100th year, an event marked with particular distinction
at UTS. In his Twig editorial, Jeffrey Simpson
’67 (Globe and Mail national columnist) remarked
– with perhaps a teaspoon of hyperbole – that the
centennial could be considered “the greatest single
event in our history.” The emphatic nature of his
editorial, however, and likewise the excitement felt
throughout the school at the time, was not mindful
simply due to the passing of the tenth decade of
Canada’s existence. For the students of UTS, and
the rest of the young people of Canada, the centennial
year served to highlight and emphasize the radical
changes their nation was undergoing. 1967 was,
as noted by Simpson, “a time of momentous change
both in our country and in our school.”
For the youth of Canada, 1967 marked the apex
of a period of generational friction and social and
political disarray. UTS did indeed have its fair share
of unrest, protest, disagreements and colliding opinions.
However, 1967 was also a year of great success
at the school. Across the board, in athletics, in academics,
in any arena where leadership and natural
talent played a role, UTS students were continuing
to win scholarships and prizes, and bolstering
the school’s reputation. For the graduating class,
then as now, the final years played a special role
– being the last time for students to exercise their
leadership skills before entering the real world.
Simpson went from Twig editor to Globe and Mail
columnist, Geza Tetrallyay ’67 from UTS athlete to
Olympic fencer, and Rob Beattie ’67 from Macbeth
on the UTS stage to Stratford. So in Canada’s centennial
year, many students looked at the changes
taking place and saw opportunities to step forward
and play the role a UTS student can play in the
world, armed with what Tetrallyay described in his
Captain’s message as “the knowledge that we have
had the best high school education possible.”
These steps forward took many forms at the
school. The ideal student at the time was very much
the “renaissance man”; skilled in sports, talented in
the arts, confident and well spoken, and of course
wide ranging and outstanding in his academic pursuits.
The difficult task of maintaining the student’s
interests in the range of courses was left to the staff,
which attacked the challenge with dedication and
interest still remembered forty years later. Among
the many who benefited from the UTS staff’s special
dedication was Gordon Legge ’67, who was severely
visually-impaired and faced many difficulties as a
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handicapped student in the 1960s, when equality for
disabled students was an issue of much less importance
for governments and schools than it is now.
Although he was never at the top of his class during
his time at UTS, Legge took top honours in the last
year of the province-wide Grade 13 exam by having
the exam translated into Braille and then dictating
his answers after typing them out on a Braille typewriter.
Twenty-six fellow students received Ontario
scholarships for their strong performance, an outstanding
feat for any school, and much more so for a
school with a graduating class of just 67 students.
UTS not only had an active sports and athletics
program in 1967, but an unusually successful
one. From the pools, UTS emerged dripping as
Ontario champions, outperforming even our prior
year’s York league champion team. The track team,
holding regular practices for the first time in their
existence, finished higher than ever before in the
York league championships: 7th out of 59 schools.
All in all, twelve UTS teams played in leagues and
tournaments across Toronto and Ontario, garnering
a reputation for UTS as an athletic school packing a
punch much more powerful than its size.
The House System provided a chance for an
even larger segment of the school’s population
to participate in sports; and for leadership and
direction in perhaps a more prominent way than
it does today, since the house prefects, along with
the school captain, were the leaders of the student
council. Competitions were also more wide-ranging,
as three pennants – literary, athletic, and academic
– were awarded at the end of the year, which is now
different today.
The centennial was given due thought and
recognition in other ways at UTS. Among the
special events surrounding the centennial was an
extra trip for the Jeunes Voyageurs (40-odd UTS
students who toured Canada to learn more about
the nation’s cultures and customs in each of the
summers of 1966 and 1967) to Ottawa, where they
met both Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson and the
Leader of the Opposition, John Diefenbaker. The
trip was matched by numerous literary musings on
the significance of the centennial for UTS students.
One such essay by Tim Brook ’69 added to UTS
academic achievements for the year by winning
the centennial essay-writing competition. Another,
by Jan Fedorowicz ’67, analyzed the tendency of
Canadians to sell their nation short by underestimating
Canada’s impact on the world. Brook’s and
Fedorowicz’ articles provide a marked contrast
to the comments of the Honourable Minister of
Agriculture, Mr. Joe Green, who was the guest
speaker at the Old Boy’s banquet. His address
covered such topics as the need for people to obey
their governments, the need for respect for authority,
the threat that protest and humor about politics
posed to Canada and the fundamentals of the
democratic system in general. Green’s speech seems
to stand in the UTS yearbook as the antithesis to
the youth movements of the day which many UTS
students and recent alumni considered themselves
attached to.
Across Canada, young people were starting to
make radical changes to the common ways of
thinking. Canada’s 100th year was celebrated by the
nation in the form of Montreal’s Expo ’67 World’s
Fair, an event which was applauded around the
world as a focal point for the excitement and spirit
of change that was stirring in the West.
At UTS too, 1967 was more than just a year of
academic and athletic achievement. As an institution,
the school was mirroring its home nation, in
terms of movement towards transformation. Many
students were starting to protest the school’s continued
refusal to admit girls, despite the fact that
the plans to build an accompanying girl’s school
had long since been abandoned. Some students
felt the school had become an archaic institution,
representing old ideals and unable to see the virtues
of new methods and ideas. The real changes to the
school, however, may have been mostly unseen and
unnoticed at the time: changes to students’ ways of
thinking, changes to the relationship between staff
and students.
In many ways, this year and those immediately
following were laying the foundation of transformation.
For the 67 boys of ’67, these final years of the
decade seemed like volatile times, perhaps presenting
a daunting future for a high school graduate.
Other bigger changes were about to happen:
UTS was on its way to becoming a different school
– eliminating the mandatory cadet program, leaving
behind the formal dress of jacket and tie, and most
importantly, opening the school to co-education for
the first time.
In Canada’s centennial year, the transformation
of all these changes was beginning, and UTS
was continuing to add to its reputation as the finest
high school in the country – an institution championing
excellence in education with the tradition of
leadership.
Ian Beattie ’07
ABOVE: Ian Morrison
’67 was the first Gold
Medal winner of the
Churchill Medal for the
Art of Communication,
given by Harry R.
Jackman. This award is
presented in the name
of Winston Churchill
for ‘the ability to communicate
ideas’.
BELOW: Geza
Tetrallyay, the school
captain in 1967: “We
have had the best
education possible.”
ABOVE: Proposed
new building for UTS
conceived by F.C.
Stinson, Q.C., president
of the UTS Parents’
Association.
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A Tribute to Mr. Baker
“Mr. Baker fostered an
environment in which
we both contradicted
and expanded upon
one another’s ideas...”
W
hen I was asked to write a
speech for Mr. Baker on
behalf of his graduating
Additional English class, I was initially
delighted at the opportunity to pay tribute
to the teacher who has been such
a significant part of my high school
experience. It would not, I thought, be
difficult. I have nothing but wonderful
things to say about Mr. Baker, who is
beloved by all who have ever had the
pleasure of being in his class. Imagine
my surprise, then, when I finally sat
down at my computer and discovered
that I was having the most excruciating
trouble translating my sentiments onto
the page. The problem, I soon realized,
is that trying to do Mr. Baker justice is
simply too daunting a task: how does
one speak in honour of someone who is
such an eloquent speaker, without coming
up hopelessly short? Attempting to
describe the profound effect that Mr.
Baker has had on me and my classmates
has rendered me, for once in my
life, speechless. But allow me to try.
I have had the privilege of having
Mr. Baker as a teacher both in M4 and
this year, and it has been – to sum it
up blandly – quite an experience. We
once had a visitor sit in on our ‘Addish’
class, who asked me afterwards, “Is
your teacher always like that?” I believe
Mr. Baker had been gesticulating
wildly from the top of the desk, nearly
toppling over once or twice. “Yes,” I
replied, “just about always.” On one
memorable occasion, he led us at a trot
through the hallways of the school and
around the block, shouting Tennyson’s
“Ulysses” at the top of our lungs – just
to make sure we knew it by heart. Mr.
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Baker is incapable of simply teaching
literature: he conjures it up in the
room, and makes it a physical presence
in a way that is utterly unforgettable. I
cannot recall the experience of reading
Macbeth in M4 without remembering
Mr. Baker, as Lady Macbeth, scrubbing
his hands in an imaginary pool of
water while eerily murmuring, “All the
perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten
these little hands.” Similarly, I cannot
separate Holden Caulfield, Uncle
Pumblechook, King Lear, or Hedda
Gabler from Mr. Baker’s impressions
of them, which brought the characters
to life and inspired our love for them.
In Mr. Baker’s class, one experiences
a delight similar to that which one felt
when being read storybooks as a child.
But it is not merely his engaging
impersonations that held our
class in rapture. On the first day
of ‘Addish’ class, we began by discussing
the relationship between art and
life and by studying Northrop Frye’s
The Educated Imagination. In this
work, Frye writes that “Literature is the
science of human emotion – the constructs
of the imagination tell us things
about human life that we don’t get in
any other way.” Perhaps this is the reason
why our class conversations so often
strayed from the details of the work we
were studying, delving into philosophy
and the intricacies of human nature.
We approached each work as charters
of unknown territory, attempting to find
aspects of literature that rang true with
our own experience: that immensely
satisfying “Yes!” moment when art and
life become one and the same. Mr.
Baker fostered an environment in which
we both contradicted and expanded
upon one another’s ideas, becoming
excited when someone made a particularly
resounding point. No matter how
heatedly we debated amongst ourselves,
however, very rarely did anyone refute
Mr. Baker when he offered his two
cents – and it wasn’t just because he’s
rather tall and intimidating. When Mr.
Baker says something, it immediately
becomes clear that it is true: he is able
to articulate things in such a manner
that you are sure you’ve felt the exact
same your entire life, but have never
had the words to express it. His lectures
about literature and life would leave our
entire class all but crying out in overwhelming
agreement. I am thoroughly
convinced that Mr. Baker knows all the
secrets of the universe, and lets them
slip to us mere mortals at opportune
moments when they will make all the
difference.
As a result, I don’t
think that there has ever
been a teacher more
ruthlessly pursued by
students than Mr. Baker.
For example, I recently
walked past a stretch of
sidewalk in the Annex
where a certain student
once carved a heartenclosed
“Mr. Baker
– Forever and Ever” into
the cement. Another
student once confessed
to me that she wanted to
grow old with Mr. Baker
in a sprawling estate
in Bordeaux, where
they would discuss
literature over tea all
day and night. While
these two cases are
rather extreme, they are
indicative of the profound
reverence and affection
that Mr. Baker inspires in all of
his students. He can often be found
around his office surrounded by two or
more eager faces hours after class has
ended, deep in an absorbing conversation
that simply has to be seen to its
conclusion. I once seriously worried my
mother when a half-hour seminar consultation
about The Picture of Dorian
Gray somehow turned into a sprawling
discussion lasting over two hours, and
I simply could not tear myself away to
call her. The beauty of a conversation
with Mr. Baker, aside from his brilliant
“...he has the
unique ability
of making you
feel as though
there is nothing
more important
than what you
have to say.”
contribution, is that he has the unique
ability of making you feel as though
there is nothing more important than
what you have to say.
However, Mr. Baker, having you
as a teacher has been both a
blessing and a curse. For better
or for worse, there is now a little
– or rather, big and booming – voice
in my head when I read, insisting that
I “Speak to that,” or “Give you more,”
and answer “But why?” It’s both irritating
and enlightening. While previously
I would accept a text at
face value, I now cannot
stem the flow of questions
that constantly arise
as I read. Sometimes I
can answer them myself,
but most often I am lazy
and wish that you could
answer them for me. In
this manner, you have
made us all into more
aware and contemplative
readers. But you
have also shaped us as
writers and as thinkers,
providing us with the
language with which to
articulate our experiences.
That sounds like
something straight out
of a Lifetime special,
but it’s true. Just as in a
cheesy TV movie, your
wisdom will come back to
us in dramatic voice-overs as
we move through university and
beyond.
I am going to conclude with a complaint:
you have set an impossible standard
for our future English teachers.
Mr. Baker, on behalf of your graduating
class, I would like to wish you the best
of luck with Proust, and all the other
authors you will no doubt challenge
yourself with in retirement. We will all
be thinking of you.
Allison Friedman ’07
[address at Scott Baker’s
retirement, June 25, 2007]
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Treasurer’s Report
Gift Giving Commitments
at Record Levels
Bob
Cumming ’65
Treasurer, UTSAA
This report includes summaries
taken from the 2006 audited
financial statements: Balance
Sheet, Statement of Operations and
Changes in Net Assets, and Schedules
of Gifts to UTS and Gifts Committed
to UTS.
Once again our alumni have
given their very strong support to
the Alumni
Association and
UTS in 2006.
Donations to the
Annual Fund for
the 12 months
ending December
31, 2006 were
$353,300 compared
to $194,574
in 2005. The
major portion
of the increase
relates to the Class of 1946 gifts of
$145,200 to the Lockhart Bursary
Fund, in celebration of their 60th
anniversary of graduation.
Alumni Affairs and Operating
Expenses in 2006 remained at comparable
levels to 2005, with small increases
in Printing and Postage ($34,047
in 2006; $32,492 in 2005) and Annual
Fund costs ($6,354 in 2006; $4,298 in
2005). Audit expense was reduced from
$5,220 in 2005 to $3,800 in 2006.
During 2006, the Alumni
Association disbursed gifts to UTS of
$119,325, which in the main represented
payment of donor commitments
received in the prior years for bursaries
and scholarships:
Class of 1945 Bursary $53,800
Class of 1954 Fleming Bursary 6,450
Anthony Chan Memorial Fund 13,650
Class of 1953 Math Scholarship 2,625
UTS Bursary Fund 42,800
Total $119,325
In addition, a significant portion
of the 2006 donations have been committed
for transfer to UTS. $184,200 of
committed funds is anticipated to be
paid to UTS in 2007 to help fund bursaries
and scholarships:
Class of 1945 Bursary $24,200
Class of 1946 Lockhart Bursary 145,200
Class of 1952 Cossar Scholarship 300
Class of 1953 Math Scholarship 500
Class of 1954 Fleming Bursary 2,800
Class of 1976 Bursary 11,200
Total $184,200
The significant increase in donations
resulted in an annual Surplus
of $143,148 which increased Net
Assets from $91,737 at year-end 2005
to $234,885 in 2006. Net Assets at
December 31, 2006 will be used to meet
Help make a
difference -
for tomorrow’s uts students!
If you would like to designate
a specific bequest to UTS or
receive information on planned
giving, please contact Martha Drake,
Executive Director, Advancement at
(416) 946-0097, or mdrake@utschools.ca
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Treasurer’s Report
the commitments of $184,200 listed
above, together with any other unpaid
commitments from previous years.
The December 31, 2006 Balance
Sheet continued to reflect the healthy
financial strength of the Alumni
Association General Fund. Aside from
the Ridley Fund, its major asset is cash
and term deposits of $259,962.
The Ridley Fund was established
in the 1980s from the Estate of John
B. Ridley ’16 [UTSAA President
1965] to fund athletic-related projects.
Marketable securities held in the Fund
had a market value of $403,047 (book
value of $183,146) at December 31,
2006 (compared to market value of
$362,364 in 2005). No projects were
funded in 2006.
The chartered accountants, Koster,
Spinks & Koster LLP. has been reappointed
as auditors to the Alumni
Association for 2007. The audit opinion
on the 2006 financial statements is
similar to previous years and continues
to be in accordance with the audits of
Canadian not-for-profit organizations
that rely substantially on donations and
other fundraising activities. l R
UTS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Balance Sheet
For the year ended DECEMBER 31, 2006
(with comparative figures as at December 31, 2005)
ASSETS 2006 2005
General Fund
Cash and term deposits $ 259,962 $ 202,366
Accounts receivable 7,068 883
Merchandise inventory 5,409 3,558
history books inventory 698 1,129
John B. Ridley Fund
273,137 207,936
Cash 5,070 4,771
Cash held in brokerage account 847 3,171
marketable securities
(market value: 2006: $ 403,047; 2005: $ 362,364) 183,146 171,366
LIABILITIES AND net assets
General Fund
189,063 179,308
$ 462,200 $ 387,244
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities $ 38,252 $ 116,199
net Assets 234,885 91,737
John B. Ridley Fund
273,137 207,936
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 3,000 1,200
net Assets 186,063 178,108
189,063 179,308
$ 462,200 $ 387,244
UTS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Statement of Operations
and Changes in Net Assets
GENERAL FUND
For the year ended DECEMBER 31, 2006
(with comparative figures as at December 31, 2005)
2006 2005
Receipts
Donations $ 353,300 $ 194,574
Interest Income 1,185 1,133
Net operating activities (8,653) (9,500)
345,832 186,207
Disbursements (UTS related expenditures)
Gifts to UTS 119,325 194,534
Graduating class banquet 8,974 9,410
Scholarships and prizes 6,320 5,500
134,619 209,444
Alumni Affairs
Printing and postage 34,047 32,492
Annual fund 6,354 4,298
Alumni net directory 3,035 3,044
Charitable donations and gifts 2,000 695
45,436 40,529
Operating Expenses
Administrative services 14,139 13,757
Audit 3,800 5,220
Bank service charges 4,690 3,054
22,629 22,031
Excess (deficiency) of receipts over
disbursements for the year 143,148 (85,797)
Net assets, beginning of year 91,737 177,534
Net assets, end of year $ 234,885 $ 91,737
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Iter Psellianum
UTS classics teacher authors world’s foremost scholarly work on Michael Psellos
Paul Moore, a Classics teacher at UTS since
1987, has written a book published in 2005 by
the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies at
the University of Toronto. Its title is: Iter Psellianum:
A Detailed Listing of Manuscript Sources for All Works
Attributed to Michael Psellos, Including a Comprehensive
Bibliography. It consists of 742 pages and is part of a
series published by the Pontifical Institute – Subsidia
Mediaevalia, no. 26.
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Michael Psellos lived during the 11th century
in Constan-tinople. He was a man of many parts:
philosopher, rhetorician, historian, teacher, statesman,
advisor to Byzantine emperors. He was also a
BELOW: Byzantium Greek manuscript copied in the time
of Michael Psellos, now in the Vatican Library.
husband and father
[he wrote a very moving
encomium on his
mother and another
on his beloved daughter,
Styliane, who had
died of smallpox a
few days before her
wedding day]. From
time to time, when
things got too hot
politically, he became
a monk and disappeared
into a nearby
monastery.
A 17th century
Vatican librarian
came across many
manuscripts in the
library containing
much material by
Psellos [four hundred
years later the same
manuscripts are still
there in the library]
– so much material
that he thought no
one person could have written all these works. So
he suggested that there were three authors, all
named Psellos, to account for this prolific output.
He wondered if there were ‘out there’ many more
manuscripts by these ‘three’ authors. It was one of
the purposes of the research for this book to discover
the answer to the librarian’s query. In fact,
the number of extant manuscripts is about 1700
[or at one time extant – for example, in September
1922, the Turks burned down the old Greek city of
Smyrna (now called Izmir) and the whole collection
of manuscripts in the local library perished],
scattered in some 100 locations around the world,
and in these manuscripts are more than 1100 works
attributed to Psellos.
In the late 18th century, Edward Gibbon published
his History of the Decline and Fall of the
Roman Empire, a work which takes the reader from
the time of the emperor Trajan [A.D. 97-117] to the
fall of Constantinople in May, 1453 to the Ottoman
Turks led by Sultan Mehmet II. Reflecting 18th
century Enlightenment thinking, Gibbon apologized
to his readers when he embarked on the
Byzantine period of his history, a period in politics
and literature, he said, that was characterized by the
writings and doings of fanatical Christian monks.
As Gibbon said, “I have described the triumph of
barbarism and religion.” The old classical ideals
of Greece and Rome had disappeared from sight.
Gibbon’s view prevailed in the world of scholarship,
especially that of the English speaking world, until
relatively recently. His knowledge of the vast corpus
of Psellan material was confined to a few remarks
by the above-mentioned Vatican librarian. It is only
now that scholars are beginning to appreciate the
Byzantines on their own terms, and Psellos is one of
the major writers in this period.
Naturally, this research could not have
been done alone. Help was secured from many
scholars around the world, from places such as:
Leningrad/St. Petersburg [where the scholar who
helped me, then a young graduate student, as an
Photo: Jarno Gonzalez; Istockphoto.com

obscure palaeographer, fell below the radar screen
and so escaped Stalin’s purges in the late 1930s];
Istanbul [in the old Harem library in the Sultan’s
palace of Topkapi]; St. Catherine’s Greek Orthodox
Monastery in the Sinai Desert – built in the 6th
century by the emperor Justinian, this fortified
monastery escaped the attacks in the 12th century
led against the Crusaders by Saladin, apparently
because the monks had built a mosque within the
walls of the monastery to serve the needs of the
local bedouins, who were the servants of the monastery.
The bedouins are still the servants of the
monastery and the mosque is still in use; Mt. Athos
in Greece; the Vatican Library [the scholar there
– known in Vatican terminology as Scriptor Graecus
– occupies in direct succession the same position
as the above-mentioned 17th century Vatican
librarian]; Florence [the Bibliotheca Medicea
Laurenziana – designed by Michaelangelo]; Leipzig
[the Karl-Marx-Universität – it is no secret that
many of the faculty of this university were employees
of the Stasi, and so it is not improbable that
I am now on file in the archives of the former
Communist East Germany]; Paris; Oxford [the
Bodleian Library]; Harvard; Yale; et cetera.
As one reviewer of Iter Psellianum [in a journal
published in Vienna] put it, “Michael Psellos is
perhaps the most often-quoted Byzantine author,
yet he has not been thoroughly studied. His name
is attached to a vast corpus of treatises [on theology,
philosophy, hagiography, etc.], orations, letters
[more than 500], and other texts difficult to classify,
not all of which can be ascribed to him with certainty.”
The research for the book established that,
in actuality, 1176 works are, rightly or falsely, attributed
to him in manuscript form. Accompanying
the works and their manuscripts is a bibliography
from 1497 to 2002, containing some 400 editions
and translations of works attributed to Psellos and
some 900 other relevant works. Interestingly, in
this bibliography of 1300 items, there is only one
in Turkish. Modern Turks do not seem to feel that
Byzantium is part of their heritage. The earliest
translation from Psellos’ Greek was in the 12th century
into Georgian. The Georgian manuscript currently
is in Tiblisi, the capital of Soviet Georgia. The
reviewer further notes that, “In many ways, Psellos
managed to transcend the cultural boundaries of
his age, if only in his wide range of interests. His
fame as a polymath must be taken both qualitatively
and quantitatively and has drawn the attention of
a broad variety of specialists: philologists, philosophers,
theologians, historians of all kinds, folklorists,
among others ...., whose interests have extended
beyond the chronological [and other] limitations
of most Byzantinists.” All this research of a quarter
century, begun before the author came to UTS, can
be summed up by a reviewer [in a journal published
in Munich] who wrote that, “Iter Psellianum is a
major and rare work of scholarship of the kind that
places a certain field on a new level.”
Paul Moore, UTS Staff
ABOVE: Hagia
Sophia in Istanbul
(Constantinople) is
considered by many
to be the most outstanding
example of
Byzantine architecture.
Psellos would
certainly have been
very familiar with this
building.
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2006 Annual Fund Donors
we thank you
for your
generous
support.
The students and staff of the University of Toronto Schools extend
their gratitude to those individuals and institutions that have
generously supported our school over the past year. Your gifts
have enabled UTS to better meet our student bursary needs and fund
some special student activities, and importantly, to continue offering
our students a rich and rewarding educational experience.
– Michaele Robertson, Principal
Alumni donors to UTSAA Annual Fund
for the period July ’06 to June ’07
l1929–35l
Total: $615
John M. Magwood ’29
Kenneth C. Legge ’30
Benson T. Rogers ’30
W. Bruce Charles ’32
Ian L. Jennings ’33
John D. Armstrong ’35
Robert F. Grieve ’35
Peter G. O’Brian ’35
l1936–37l
Total: $1770
James G. Boultbee ’36
Richard J. Boxer ’36
Geoffrey M.C. Dale ’36
Ralph L. Hennessy ’36
Ian A.B. MacKenzie ’36
Daniel F. Blachford ’37
Thomas C. Brown ’37
George F. Kelk ’37
l1938l
Total: $1650
James H. Alexander
Robert P. Cameron
John H. Clarry, Q.C.
W.T. Erskine Duncan
John C. Laidlaw
James A. O’Brian
John A. Rhind
William A. Sheppard, Q.C.
l1939l
Total: $1400
John W. P. Bryan
A. Harold Copeland
William G. Cross
Thomas J. Crouch
Robert G. Dale
Peter A. Hertzberg
Donald C. Kerr
l1940l
Total: $1438
John R. Baker
Joseph A. Clark
Robert Crompton
Ernest C. Goggio
Edward R. Hoover
William R. Livingston
Gordon A. Lorimer
Hertzel Rotenberg
James A. Snelgrove
Theodore Tafel
l1941l
Total: $1410
David Y. Anderson
George F. Bain
Walter E. Bell, Q.C.
Grant N. Boyd
George S.P. Ferguson
Richard W. Jeanes
Walter H. Kennedy
Paul M. Laughton
John A. Morrison
J. Blair Seaborn
George A. Sherritt
l1942l
Total: $450
J. Lorne Cameron
John E.A. McCamus
Kenneth D. McRae
George R. Shaw
A. Cal Wilson
l1943l
Total: $2943
F. Geoffrey Adams
Bruce M. Campbell
Alan W. Conn
Alexander T. Cringan
H. Stewart Dand
John J. Fox
T. Lorne Innes
James A. Low
Bruce M. McCraw
W.O. Chris Miller, Q.C.
Charles G. Plaxton
Donald M. Sanderson
John A. Sarjeant
George W. Stock
Donald C. Teskey
l1944l
Total: $2200
C. Derek S. Bate
David L. Bate
Michael Beer
Gordon S. Cameron
Douglas R. Coutts
George W. Edmonds, Q.C.
Edward B. Fish
G. Dean Gooderham
Gordon R. Gwynne-Timothy
Peter J. Hare
A. Donald Manchester
F. Griffith Pearson
Morton B. Pullan
Peter H. Ridout, Q.C.
Allan W. Sutherland
George A. Trusler
l1945l
Total: $58,400
[Class of 1945 Bursary]
William R. Blundell
Donald G. Bunt
Robert B. Edmonds
Edward S. Gibson
Keith M. Gibson
David S. Graham
John P. Hamilton
Gerald L. Hill
J. Desmond Horan
John H. Macaulay
Douglas D. Maxwell
D. Robert Pugh
Basil J. Weedon
Howard A. Whitehead
John P. Wilkinson
John B. Young
l1946l
Total: $150,012
[Andy Lockhart Bursary]
William P. Allen
Ralph M. Barford
Bruce C. Bone
Charles R. Catto
George H. Cuthbertson
Robert C. Dowsett
Denis R. Evans
John R. Evans
Carl T. Erickson
Fraser M. Fell, Q.C.
H. Donald Guthrie, Q.C.
William L. Heath
Lawrence B. Heath
James D. Lang
Joseph B. McArthur
Donald B. Montgomery
G. Peter A. Pollen
John H. Shirriff
P. Kingsley Smith
James M. Tory, Q.C.
John A. Tory, Q.C.
David G. Watson
Peter Webb, Q.C.
David H. Wishart
l1947l
Total: $1847
James C. Butler
William I. Copeland
Michael A. Fair
Richard S. Grout
Tracy H. Lloyd
John S. MacDougall
Quintin J. Maltby
Richard H. Sadleir
l1948l
Total: $5543
Philip L. Arrowsmith
John A. Bowden
Meredith Coates
Robert E. Coke
Keith G. Dalglish
Edmund T. Draper
Albert P. Fell
Norman D. Fox
William B. Hanley
Michael K. Ireland
J. Fergus Kyle
Frederick F. Langford
Clayton R. Peterson
Douglas R. Peterson
John G.C. Pinkerton
George H. Stowe
John W. Thomson
H. Douglas Wilkins
l1949l
Total: $3600
James Ainslie
Donald K. Avery
Gordon M. Barratt
William A. Bodrug
Richard M. Clee
James D. Fleck
Peter W. Hunter
Robert E. Logan
John D. Mollenhauer
Warren J. Morris
Richard D. Tafel
l1950l
Total: $4700
Gilbert E. Alexander
Douglas J. Alton
E. Kendall Cork
Roger G. Crawford
Henry N.R. Jackman, Q.C.
William J. McClelland
William J. McIlroy
R. John Moorfield
George P. Plaxton, Q. C.
Ronald J. Richardson
John N. Shaw
J. Frederick F. Weatherill
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l1951l
Total: $4370
David A. Barker
John Catto
William J. Corcoran
Roderick R. Davies
George A. Fierheller
D. Ross Holden
John P. Kerr
J. Alexander Lowden
T. Gordon McIntyre
Donald S. Mills, Q.C.
Peter H. Russell
William W. Stinson
Guy W. Upjohn
William E. Wilson
l1952l
Total: $2675
[Donald G. Cossar
Scholarship]
J. Paul T. Clough
Gerald A. Crawford
James D. Floyd
E.A. Austin Fricker
Gordon G. Goodfellow
Peter J. Harris
Richard S. Howe
Leslie G. Lawrence
R. Conrad Lister
Jack F. McOuat
Darrell B. Phillips
William J. Saunderson
l1953l
Total: $1535
[Math Scholarship]
John F. Austing
John R. Carruthers
Edward B. Cross
Kenneth Culver
Martin D. Gammack
William P. Lett
James C. Mainprize
Robert D. McCleary
David O. Wainwright
Hugh D. Wainwright
Douglas R. Wilson
l1954l
Total: $7406
[Fleming Bursary]
David K. Bernhardt
Ronald M. Bertram
H. Donald Borthwick
Douglas G. Brewer
Gary F. Canlett
James A. Cripps
Robert O. Crummey
G. Alan Fleming
Robert K. Gibson
John M. Goodings
E. John Hambley
Michael B. Hutchison
Christopher C. Johnston
R. Laird Joynt
James R. Lowden
James I. MacDougall
D. Keith Millar
John D. Murray
Desmond M. O’Rorke
J. Richard Parsons
William R. Redrupp
John S. Rodway
Charles H. Rust
Gordon R. Sellery
John L. Stanford
John H. Wait
Roger K. Watson
l1955l
Total: $4195
Harold L. Atwood
David R. Brillinger
Harvey C. Brown
John R. Gardner
W. Gary Goldthorpe
R. Allan Hart
William T. Hunter
Martin Jerry
Howard D. Kitchen
Douglas B. Lowry
Robert K. Metcalf
Anthony Morrison
H. Thomas Sanderson
Peter G. Saunderson
Schuyler M. Sigel, Q.C.
Ian M. Smith
William H. Taylor
l1956l
Total: $2750
Paul B. Cavers
Frank E. Collins
Darcy T. Dingle
John L. Duerdoth
Joseph F. Gill
Peter C. Godsoe
R. E. I. Graham
Ryan R. Kidd
Steve B. Lowden
James C. McCartney, Q.C.
Arthur R. Scace
Peter D. Scott
John V. Snell
Charles F. Snelling
l1957l
Total: $2350
Roger J. Ball
Robert M. Culbert
Robert A. Gardner
James D. Graham
Bruce M. Henderson
David W. Kerr
Stephen A. Otto
Peter R. Pearson
Alan B. Perkin
John G. Sayers
Robert W. Waddell
Douglas Ward
l1958l
Total: $5225
George M. Carrick
Peter J. George
Bruce E. Houser
David L. Ingram
William G. Leggett
Robert E. Lord
Ross E. McLean
James R. Mills
Christopher (Kit) S. Moore
David P. Ouchterlony
Douglas G. Peter
Joseph A. Starr
D. Nico Swaan
Rein C. Vasara
William R. Weldon
Barry N. Wilson
l1959l
Total: $1075
Donald G. Bell
Alexander A. Furness
W.L. Mackenzie King
John H. Lynch
Ian A. Shaw
James P. Stronach
Ian C. Sturdee
Tibor A. Szandtner
Robert J. Young
l1960l
Total: $1250
Howard B. Eckler
Robert P. Jacob
Peter C.S. Nicoll
R. Malcolm Nourse
Robert J. Tweedy
l1961l
Total: $2807
John C. Coleman
David J. Holdsworth
Richard S. Ingram
John I. Laskin
Peter B. MacKinnon
Charles J. Magwood
Paul N. Manley
James E. Shaw
l1962l
Total: $1850
Leonard M. Dudley
Gordon R. Elliot
David A. Galloway
Robert H. Kidd
Donald A. Laing
Donald A. McMaster
David S. Milne
Michael A. Peterman
Bryce R. Taylor
Wayne D. Thornbrough
l1963l
Total: $1450
Jake J. Fowell
Nelson G. Hogg
John R. Kelk
W. Niels F. Ortved
Nicholas A. Smith
l1964l
Total: $1659
J. David Beattie
Charles G. Bragg
James S. Cornell
Collin M. Craig
Peter H. Frost
William R. Jones
Michael F. Kimber
Robert D. Lightbody
Ian M. Mason
David W. Rogers
Michael J. Ross
J. Joseph Vaughan
l1965l
Total: $800
Derek P. Allen
Robert A. Cumming
Christopher D. Hicks
Robert W. Hustwitt
Jeffrey R. Stutz
l1966l
Total: $1550
R. T. Halderson
William A. MacKay
David R. Sanderson
A. Gordon Stollery
Brian W. Wistow
l1967l
Total: $1275
Richard J. Boxer
Michael R. Curtis
D. Campbell Deacon
Richard N. Donaldson
Peter C. Donat
W. Scott Morgan
Michael J. Penman
Jeffrey C. Simpson
l1968l
Total: $600
John R. Collins
E. Nicolaas Holland
John B. Lanaway
Richard M. Lay
Murray E. Treloar
l1969l
Total: $1100
John M. Bohnen
William J. Bowden
James S. Coatsworth
John B. Deacon
Robert J. Herman
John D. Wright
Brian D. Wynn
l1970l
Total: $1590
David A. Decker
Douglas N. Donald
Raymond B. Kinoshita
Brian D. Koffman
David Lang
Peter H. Norman
David K. Roberts
David G. Stinson
l1971l
Total: $6645
Derek A. Bate
Michael F. Boland
Paul E. Brace
Robert S. Coatsworth
William A. Fallis
John S. Floras
Richard C. Hill
Robert D. Hodgins
J. Peter Jarrett
James A. McIntyre
William O. Menzel
R.D. Roy Stewart
l1972l
Total: $1550
George V. Crawford
Robert L. Fowler
David S. Grant
Richard Kennedy
Bernard McGarva
Howard J. Scrimgeour
Christopher D. Woodbury
l1973l
Total: $2410
Jeffrey C. Clayton
David W. Fallis
Wayne D. Gregory
James C. Haldenby
William A. McIntyre
Steven L. Morris
Edward S. Sennett
Jeffrey D. Sherman
John M. Sweet
Walter L. Vogl
William W. Wilkins
Robert B. Zimmerman
l1974l
Total: $2100
Lucian Brenner
Ian F. Crook
Andrey V. Cybulsky
Terence R. Davison
James H. Grout
Gregory H. Knittl
John C. Tompkins
l1975l
Total: $1720
Paul M. Anglin
Graeme C. Bate
Martin A. Chepesiuk
Kenneth J. McBey
David M. Sherman
J. Stephen Tatrallyay
Bernard R. Thompson
l1976l
Total: $14,293
Mark C. Benfield
Glen D. Campbell
Peter M. Celliers
Avijit Chaudhuri
Alistair K. Clute
Myron I. Cybulsky
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Marko D. Duic
W.Craig Farlinger
Scott K. Fenton
Maurice V. Fleming
Peter A. Froebel
John H. Gould
D. Jeffrey Graham
Richard J. Harwood
Gerhardt K. Hauer
James D. Higginson-Rollins
Victor Holysh
Christopher B. Leyerle
R. J. Petrenko
Gavin A. Pitchford
Vincent J. Santamaura
Douglas J. Sarjeant
Jeffrey W. Singer
Alexander E. Sochaniwskyj
Gary S. Solway
Alan A. Sura
D. Grant Vingoe
Martin R. Weigelin
Douglas A. White
Daniel P. Wright
Graham J. Yost
l1977l
Total: $1950
M. Steven Alizadeh
Peter L. Buzzi
Lawrence F. May
James R. Penturn
William P. Redelmeier
l1978l
Total: $5600
David C. Allan
Deborah Berlyne
Monica E. Biringer
Irene J. Cybulsky
David J. Frum
Sherry A. Glied
Penelope A. Harbin
Ken R. Kirsh
Laurie E. McLean
Donald A. Redelmeier
John S.P. Robson
John A. Rose
Timothy Sellers
Ann Louise M. Vehovec
Peteris V. Viducis
l1979l
Total: $800
Peter A. Ewens
Julie A. Gircys
Jean C. Iu
Janet O’Reilly
l1980l
Total: $2850
Andrew P. Alberti
Peter S. Bowen
Sarah C. Bradshaw
Christine E. Dowson
Carolyn B. Ellis
David C. Evans
Sheldon I. Green
Bernard E. Gropper
Rick Marin
Ian C. McCuaig
N. Andrew Munn
Alison J. Noble
Christine D. Wilson
l1981l
Total: $5220
Vaidila P. Banelis
Sigita J. Bersenas-Balzekas
Suzanne E. Campbell
John R. Duffy
Bjorn-Eric Eklund
Edward E. Etchells
Lorna M. Finlay
Thomas A. Friedland
Bruce M. Grant
Amalia M. Jimenez
Robert R. Keedwell
Laura A. Money
Jeffrey J. Nankivell
Andre H. Schmid
Eugene N. Siklos
l1982l
Total: $2500
Benjamin T. Chan
Peter K. Czegledy
Robert C. Dmytryshyn
Lisa C. Jeffrey
Barnet H. Kussner
Jon Martin
Dena McCallum
Susan A. Tough
Mardi D. Witzel
l1983l
Total: $1350
John A. Hass
Karen M. Mandel
Earl Stuart
Andrew S. Tremayne
l1984l
Total: $2300
Donald C. Ainslie
Marion W. Dove
Nicholas G. Evans
Geoffrey R. Hall
Catherine E. Ivkoff
David M. Kreindler
Michael R. Martin
Suzanne N. Martin
Cameron A. Matthew
Kosta Michalopoulos
David J. Walker
l1985–86l
Total: $3936
Carrie Ku ’85
Carson T. Schutze ’85
Adrian M. Yip ’85
David L. Auster ’86
Tracy A. Betel ’86
David C. Bourne ’86
Eleanor K. Latta ’86
Paul D. Martin ’86
Mark D. Phillips ’86
Jacquelyn A. Sloane ’86
Ian Worland ’86
l1987l
Total: $1900
Kevin E. Davis
Katherine A. Hammond
Sascha Hastings
Richard C. Nathanson
Cari M. Whyne
Thomas P. Wilk
l1988l
Total: $8771
Michael D. Broadhurst
Carmen L. Diges
Eugene H. Ho
Mark Opashinov
Mark S. Shuper
Vanessa R. Yolles
l1989l
Total: $3253
Ursula A. Holland
Michael T. Lower
Jonathan J. Poplack
Angela S. Punnett
Alycia J. Rossiter
Gregory R. Shron
Donovan H. Tom
l1990l
Total: $1475
Tanya Y. Bartucz
Winsome S. Brown
Christopher Burton
Jason Fung
Jessica R. Goldberg
Sara H. Gray
Ronald C. Kan
Heather Kirkby
l1991–92l
Total: $4700
Jeffrey K. Gans ’91
Helen H. Lee ’91
Karim F. Abdulla ’92
Anthony Berger ’92
Ryan W. Mai ’92
Graham L. Mayeda ’92
Stephen F. Reed ’92
W. Mark Tucker ’92
Anonymous ’92
l1993l
Total: $1730
P. Alexandra Binnie
Kai Ming Adam Chan
Danielle I. Goldfarb
Baldwin Hum
Geoffrey R. Hung
Alexander B. Hutchinson
Jeffrey D. Jaskolka
Justin Lou
Richard D. Roze
Scott A. Thompson
Pauline W. Wong
Veronica C. Yeung
l1994l
Total: $536
Aaron L. Chan
Adam Chapnick
Raymond C. Fung
Rachel Spitzer
Jennifer D. Suess
l1995–97l
Total: $1608
Daniel Horner ’95
Raphaela Neihausen ’95
Ilya Shapiro ’95
Derek Chiang ’95
Felicia Chiu ’96
Jo Mason ’96
Amanda Ross-White ’96
Michael Shenkman ’97
l1998l
Total: $736
Natalia C. Berry
Lauren Bialystok
Laura Bogomolny
Clarence Cheng
Neil Horner
Judy S. Kwok
Brian Yung
l1999–2003l
Total: $537
Albert K. Tang ’99
Michelle Chiang ’00
Gordon R. Chiu ’00
Philip Weiner ’01
Liang Hong ’02
James R. McGarva ’03
Jeremy Opolsky ’03
lOther Donationsltol
the Annual Fund
John E. Baker
Jean A. Ballinger
Bayer Inc.
Alma J. Brace
Canada Lands Company Ltd.
Consuelo Castillo
Michael P. Gendron
General Electric Canada Inc.
H. Donald Gutteridge
James G. Hamilton
E.T.Hill
Alan D. Latta
Balfour LeGresley
William K. Lee
W. Bruce MacLean
Manufacturers Life
Insurance Co.
Frances M. Marin
Tom B. May
Mercer Management
Consulting
Stanley M. Pearl
Donald and Nita Reed
Don W. Reynolds
Vincent Ricchio
Cedric E. Ritchie
Michaele Robertson
James Shenkman
Dorothy M. Shepherd
Sanjeev Sunder
The Shuper Family
Sun Life Financial
The Globe & Mail
Katharine R. Thompson
C. Ann Unger
Zulfikarali Verjee
Wyeth Canada Inc.
lOther Donations to UTSl
Robert G. Darling ’57
Davis-Rea Ltd.
Douglas A. Davis ’58
Deutsche Bank Americas
Foundation
Douglas I. Towers ’56
Rondeau Baker
Peter Brieger
Charles Burbank
Richard Carson
Frank Collins
John W.D.Connolly
John Davies
Darcy Dingle
David Flint
Peter Godsoe
R.E.Graham
David Keenleyside
Richard Lewis
Stuart Logan
W.Gary Lovatt
Steve Lowden
James McCartney, Q.C.
Donald Milne
Kenneth Murdoch
John Porter
J. Alexander Robertson
Arthur Scace
Peter Scott
John Snell
Charles Snelling
Peter Stanley
William Trimble
Harry White
C. Murray Woodside
While every effort has been
made to ensure the accuracy
and completeness of these
listings, we apologize for any
errors or omissions that may
have occurred.
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uts Alumni News
Notes on the interesting lives and outstanding achievements of our alumni.
The Rev. W.H.Frere Kennedy ’41 celebrated
his 50th anniversary of ordination as
an Anglican priest a year ago, and his 12th
anniversary as a monk this past April. He
resides in Ottawa.
Frere Kennedy relaxing in his ‘office’.
John Hamilton ’45 is a lay member of the
Council of the Ontario Association of Land
Surveyors, a self-governing organization
that requires non-members of the profession
to be councilors. In the spring, John
and Sylvia spent a month in Belgium and
France.
John Wilkinson ’45, former professor of
information studies [library science] at
Uof T, has set up a library in his retirement
residence in London, ON, and has donated
his entire collection of 84 Agatha Christie
titles.
Peter Hunter ’49 was appointed to the
honorary position of the 12th Colonel
Commandant Royal Canadian Armoured
Corps in October 2005 for a 3-year term
in recognition of his long military service,
beginning with the Royal Military College
after his UTS days. His duties involve being
responsible for advising the army commander
on matters affecting the corps and
a lot of travel for attendance at all major
ceremonies, unit celebrations and policy
conferences. Previously, during his many
years with the Governor General’s Horse
Guards, Peter was most recently Honorary
Colonel.
Robert Shirriff ’49 is still practicing law
full time with Fasken Martineau, the firm
he joined as an articling student in 1956.
In addition to several directorships on
mining company boards, he serves as a
Commissioner with the Ontario Securities
Commission.
Merv Dickinson ’52 and his wife, Bella,
spent time in Kenya earlier this year
teaching at Kenya Methodist University.
While there, he helped establish the
Management and Leadership Training and
Resource Centre in Meru, an outcome of
the need for basic management and leadership
skills to address the poverty, health
and education issues in the country. He
has established a charitable trust – Kenya
Leadership Development Trust – to raise
start-up funds for the centre. He will be
returning there soon to lend his talents to
help ‘train the trainers’.
Ross Trant ’52 has found time on his
hands now that he is phasing out his pipe
organ business and has joined the Board
of Directors of the Archives Collections
Society in Picton. A building has been
acquired to house an impressive collection
of nautical books, papers, art and artifacts,
believed to be one of the finest in North
America. He is fund raising for the building
and is working with George Cuthbertson
‘46, one of the founders of C&C boats
fame, on the campaign.
David Bernhardt ’54 serves on the Victoria
College Board of Regents and is their representative
on Senate, as well as serving
on the Alumni Affairs committee. A Vic
grad 5T8, he has established the David K.
Bernhardt Scholarship to support
psychology majors.
Don Wood ’54 reports that he participated
at the young age of 72 in a 60K walk for
breast cancer this September.
Jim Nimmo ’55 finds his volunteer activities
enjoyable and rewarding as a member
of the Board of Governors and Senate
at the University of PEI and the Board of
Directors of the PEI Symphony Orchestra
–“two domains which occupied my life,
both professional and vocational: education
and music.”
Frank Collins ’56 and his wife, Eve, recently
returned from a nine-month voyage on
True Love, their 34-ft sailboat. Departing in
September 2006, they sailed down the east
coast to Florida and across to the Bahamas,
where they spent the winter and early
spring. “It took about two months to reach
south Florida and another two months on
the way back, giving us nearly five months
visiting the many different islands in various
areas of the Bahamas, and racing our
True Love in the big Georgetown cruisers’
regatta with considerable success, winning
our division and placing second overall
out of fifty yachts. Living on a boat in the
Bahamas was really a marvelous experience.”
This was their second voyage to the
islands, the last one being eight years ago.
Frank and Eve next to the place they call home.
Murray Corlett ’57, and Vic 6T1, has established,
together with his wife, Katherine,
Emm OTO, the Murray and Katherine
Corlett Award for International Study which
provides a bursary to students studying
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Alumni News
abroad, a program which is the vision of
Paul Gooch, President, Victoria College, and
a former member of the UTS Interim Board.
Nico Swaan ’58 visited UTS in June for the
first time in 15 years on a trip from his home
in the Netherlands. His extensive tour of the
building, conducted by Vice-Principal Rick
Parsons, brought back many memories.
Thomas Jefferson ’64 is presently Visiting
Professor, the Paul Merage School of
Business, University of California, Irvine,
teaching operations and management to
MBAs. Recently, he was Visiting Professor,
Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey. While
there, he visited Harran, once home to
Abraham (of the Bible) and the location
In 1259, the Mongols came to Harran and destroyed the
University, leaving only the astronomical tower.
of the first university in the world. “A 13th
Century lesson in history which is relevant
to today’s conflicts in the region.”
Richard Lay ’68 recalls his days at Yale and
Guelph completing his engineering degree
and racing with their ski teams, before long
ago becoming coach and technical director
for Southern Ontario for Cross Country
Canada. Today, he takes great pride in his
Archie Campbell
1942
2007
The Honourable Mr. Justice Campbell, UTS ’60, was a judge’s judge with genuine compassion.
A
renowned and highly
respected judge on the
Supreme Court of Ontario,
Archie is fondly remembered for his
devotion, skill and compassion, as well
as his sense of legal history. He loved
being a judge, sitting on the Bench
until a few weeks before his death
this past April and for delivering three
reserved judgments from the hospital
just six days before his passing.
Having spent seven years at UTS
for grades 7 to 13, Archie served as
the popular Prefect of Lewis House,
a delegate to the Model U.N., and as
a member of the TWIG staff, Public
Affairs Club and the Literary Society.
At Trinity College, Uof T, he studied
history and modern languages, and
worked at Frontier College in the summers
teaching English and literacy in
logging and hydro camps in Northern
Ontario. A graduate of Osgoode Law
School, he received his LLB [1967]
and LLM [1973]. Throughout his life,
Archie’s defining quality was his genuine
compassion for everyone, no matter
their rank or status.
Archie was best known for heading
the investigation into the Ontario
SARS outbreak and the police investigation
of Paul Bernardo. He provided
many well-articulated recommendations
to improve health-care
facilities, the medical community
and the government.
His judicial experience ran the
gamut in civil and criminal law,
from Deputy Attorney General
of Ontario [1983-86] to director of
Parkdale Community Legal Services
[1977-78] on a one-year sabbatical.
He lectured at Uof T Law School,
Queen’s Faculty of Law and at UWO
and served as Honourary President
of the Osgoode Law School Alumni
Association [1995-2001].
Posthumously, he received the
Doctor of Laws degree awarded by
the Law Society of Upper Canada
in 2007 in recognition of his distinguished
legal career. In his speech
at the 2007 Convocation of the
Admission to the Bar of Ontario,
Douglas C. Hunt, Q.C., noted that
Chief Justice Winkler had described
Archie as “A lawyer’s lawyer, a judge’s
judge and a character’s character.”
Roy McMurtry, Ontario’s Chief
Justice and a friend for over
50 years, said, “We’ve lost one
of our most able judges in the
country.... He had a gargantuan
appetite for enjoying life in all
its dimensions.”
He loved to canoe in Algonquin
Park and recite “The Cremation of
Dan McGee” and “The Shooting of
Dan McGrew” by the campfire.
He is survived by his wife Julie,
two children, James who is on staff at
UTS, and Sarah, his sister, Jennifer,
stepchildren and grandchildren, and
his former wife, Judy.
Don Borthwick ’54
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17-year-old daughter competing the
Notes on the interesting lives and outstanding achievements of our alumni.
Canadian Championships in Quebec and,
along with her 15-year-old brother, skiing
on their high school team at OFSAA.
Stephen Gauer ‘70 won the Western
Magazine fiction prize for “Jumper”, a short
story published last year by Prairie Fire,
a literary magazine based in Winnipeg.
It was written in 2003 for a fiction workshop
course at the University of British
Columbia, as part of the MFA program in
Creative Writing. This past June at Toronto
General Hospital, he donated a kidney to
his granddaughter Amelia, who suffers
from a rare form of vasculitis. Amelia had
a deceased donor transplant back in 1998,
but that kidney failed earlier this year.
Stephen Gauer ’70 and his granddaughter Amelia.
Jamieson Bryan ’71 has been promoted
to Managing Director, JPMorgan Chase
Bank, located in Hong Kong, with oversight
responsibility covering Operations and
Technology Specialists who process all of
the Asia Pacific Cash and Trade transactions
within the Treasury Services global line of
business. His family [wife Genia and two
children, Elliott 17 and Celina 15] welcome
any UTS grads working in Hong Kong
or the region to look them up. They also
have a home in Jakarta, Indonesia, where
Genia has run the well-established Jakarta
Montessori School and Teacher Training
Center for the past 22 years.
Bernie McGarva ’72 has added services as
a mediator and arbitrator to his legal counsel
practice that specializes in commercial
litigation and infrastructure law.
charles Magwood
UTS ’31 almnus was an ace fighter pilot
who abhorred the glorifying of war
A
t the age of 26, Charles was
told that he was too old to
become a wartime fighter
pilot, only to become a WWII ace
and a winner of the Distinguished
Flying Cross [DFC]. A talented and
fearless flier, he never told his children
about destroying enemy aircraft
as a RCAF Spitfire pilot.
Charles grew up on
Dovercourt Road, the son
of a surgeon father and a
well-known pianist mother.
At UTS [grades 11 to 13],
he starred in basketball,
wrestling and track and
field. His record in the 220-yard dash
stood for 24 years until bested by
Chuck Magwood ’61, his nephew.
He enjoyed playing sonatas on the
piano, a talent he inherited no doubt
from his mother. His brother, John
attended UTS ’29.
After receiving his BCOMM
degree from Uof T, he joined Canada
Life, but with the outbreak of the
war, he enlisted in the air force as a
26-year-old. Initially, he was deemed
too old to fly and was assigned to
Chinese legal system. During the 2007-08
academic year, he’ll be in New York as a
Visiting Professor at New York University
Law School and living in Greenwich Village.
This fall, his daughter will be starting at
Yale Law School.
1913
2007
observer training in England, but a
shortage of pilots provided him with
opportunity to get into the cockpit
of a Spitfire. In April 1943, his
downing of three enemy aircraft in
a fierce battle over France won him
the DFC. Later, he rose to the rank
of Wing Commander and continued
to lead missions. Unfortunately, a
few months later a serious
sinus problem grounded
him permanently and his
combat days were over. He
flew over 200 missions and
remarkably, never took a
single hit.
His business career included
Canada Life, Robert Simpson department
store, a catalogue buyer with
Simpson-Sears, retiring in 1974, and
finally running a furniture-design
business until the early 1980s.
While his wartime heroics were
meticulously chronicled in his daily
diary, he never told his children
about his exploits.
He is survived by his wife of 62
years, Marion, and children, John,
Stephen and Mary.
Rick Spence ’73[5Y] has begun writing a
weekly column on entrepreneurship for the
Financial Post that is in addition to his columns
in PROFIT, MoneySense, and Alberta
Venture magazines. He also writes a blog
called Canadian Entrepreneur at canentrepreneur.blogspot.com.
He suggests that
UTS bloggers tell us what they are blogging
about and where they can be found.
Stephanie Kimmerer ’78 is now a RE/MAX
agent in Milton, ON.
Donald Clarke ‘73[4Y] moved in January
2005 to Washington, D.C., after many years
at the University of Washington School
of Law in Seattle, to join the faculty of
the George Washington University Law
School, where his field of research is the
Michael Krondl ’78 has written a new book,
The Taste of Conquest: The Rise and Fall of the
Three Great Cities of Spice, to be published
by Random House this October under the
Ballantine imprint. The book is a popular
history of the fashion for spice in pre-mod-
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ern Europe with a special focus on the three
ports – Venice, Lisbon and Amsterdam
– that delivered the eastern aromatics to
cognoscenti across the globe. For more
information see www.spicehistory.net.
Carolyn Ellis ’80 has authored two books
this year! The 7 Pitfalls of Single Parenting:
What to Avoid to Help Your Children Thrive
after Divorce has just been released and
received the prestigious Publisher’s
Choice award. She co-authored Power
and Soul with Alexandria Brown – a collection
of inspirational tales by 42 different
entrepreneurs. She also founded
ThriveAfterDivorce.com which provides
strategies, resources and tips to separated
and divorced individuals, became the
first Canadian to be certified as a Spiritual
Divorce Coach and hosts her own awardwinning
podcast, The Divorce 101 Show.
Sheldon Green ’80 has been appointed
Head of the Department of Mechanical
Engineering, UBC. He says, “I’m excited
about the challenge but respectful of the
complexities of the task.”
Eric Helleiner ’81, professor and CIGI
Chair in International Governance in the
Dept. of Political Science, University of
Waterloo, won the 2007 Donner prize for
the ‘best book on Canadian public policy’.
The 352-page book, Towards North America
Monetary Union? The Politics and History of
Canada’s Exchange Rate Regime focuses on
Canadian monetary policy in the 20th C.
Kim Lee Kho ’81 will be having an art
exhibition from Sunday September 23
through Saturday October 6, at the Toronto
School of Art Gallery, 410 Adelaide St. W.,
(near Spadina), 3rd Floor (call 416-504-
7910 for hours). Face[t]s of Valerie is an
in-depth exploration of a single portrait
subject, using multiple images, media and
interpretations to investigate emotional
content and expression, relationships, and
the fuzzy distinction between artist and
subject in portraiture. Reception: Saturday,
September 29, 1 to 4 p.m.
fred cole stinson
UTS ’40 alumnus was a person devoted to social justice and public service
1922
2007
Lisa Jeffrey ’82, a math professor at Uof T
since 1998, has just been named a Fellow
of the Royal Society of Canada, the highest
academic accolade available to scientists
and scholars in Canada, and will be induct-
Fred was only 34 when he
was first elected to the
Diefenbaker government in
1956, but five years and two elections
later, he found himself retired
as a politician, following the loss of
his York Centre seat to the Pearson
Liberals, in part caused by the voter
fallout from the cancellation of the
Avro Arrow debacle.
Fred spent six years at UTS
before studying modern history at
Trinity College, Uof T [1944]. At
UTS, he was a Greek and Latin
scholarship winner and editor of The
Twig, and later during the time his
two sons, George ’68 and David ’70,
were at ‘the Schools’, he served as
president of the Parents’ Association
[1966-67]. In his president’s report in
the Twig, he commented on the need
for a major building renovation and
even included a sketch [see page 19].
His brother, David A. ’43 and nephew,
Frederick J. ’77 are also alumni.
His public service career started
as a trustee for the North York
School Board at the tender age of
29. Following his federal government
defeat, he tried twice to regain
his seat without success. He was the
first Canadian MP to visit China, met
the national Chinese leader, Chian
Kai-shek in Taiwan and was part of
the Canadian delegation to the UN
in Sept. 1960 when Mr. Krushchev
banged his shoe on the desk to interrupt
British PM Harold MacMillan.
He served in a leadership position
in a number of volunteer organizations,
most notably as co-founder
of Canadian Overseas Volunteers
which evolved into CUSO [Canadian
University Services Overseas]. One
of his hobbies involved the organization
of the Churchill Society for
the Advancement of Parliamentary
Democracy, a library collection of
books and memorabilia of the British
wartime PM, which he, along with
others, eventually gifted to Trinity
College.
During WWII, he served in the
Royal Canadian Navy, [as did his dad
in WWI] doing convoy duty in the
north Atlantic on the HMCS Dunver.
He left as a lieutenant and entered
Osgoode Law School. Afterward
he articled in Fred Gardiner’s firm
– ‘Big Daddy’, the chairman of
Metropolitan Toronto – who helped
mentor him in his first attempts at
public office. He was an avid sailor,
member of the RCYC and strong
supporter of the Toronto Brigatine
program for young people.
He is survived by his wife, Anne,
and his children, Kathy and David.
Excerpted from articles on the Globe
and Mail, CUSO and Churchill
Society websites.
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ed on November 17th in Edmonton. She food magazines. Presently, she is excited Solomon Douglas ’92 toured the US and
Notes on the interesting lives and outstanding achievements of alumni.
is regarded as one of the world’s leading
up-and-coming mathematicians, and the
citation for the award read [in part], “made
fundamental contributions to symplectic
geometry, module spaces and mathematical
physics...the interdisciplinary nature of
her work has an enormous value to both
mathematical and theoretical physics.”
James Markson ’85 is now Commercial
Counsel for Research In Motion in
Mississauga.
Anthony Lee ’86 is tackling the Canadian
presence in the international market by
providing consultation services for Chinese
and Japanese art. He is presently lecturing
on Asian culture and teaching Japanese
taiko drumming in TDSB schools.
about making her first wine – a cabernet
blend. Painting and knitting consume the
rest of her time. She extends a welcome to
visit for anyone making it to San Francisco.
Jason Oke ’91 and his wife, Meredith, just
celebrated in July the first birthday of their
daughter, Millicent. He is Vice-President,
Strategic Planning, Leo Burnett Worldwide
and writes and edits a marketing blog.
Canada this past summer with his tenpiece
orchestra, the Solomon Douglas
Swingtet. For his upcoming schedule:
solomondouglas.com.
Jason Shron ’93 and his wife, Sidura
Ludwig, welcomed daughter, Dalya, on
May 1st, a sister for son, Boaz.
Jennifer Park ’94 married Richard Hayward
Peter geoffrey st.
george O’Brian
1917
2007
O.B.E., D.F.C. [Bar], a born leader with integrity, grace and courage
Michelle Alexander ’89 returned to her job
as the Director of Policy for the Investment
Association of Canada five months after
having twins. She and her husband now
have four children under seven which she
says, “makes life crazy most of the time!”
Asheesh Advani ’90 is now CEO of Virgin
Group’s financial services in the U.S., based
in Boston, a result of the acquisition of his
company, CircleLending, by Sir Richard
Branson’s Virgin Group. He lives with his
wife and three-year-old twins in Boston.
Victor Erdos ’90 and his wife, Sari, welcomed
twins, Teddy and Taylor, born one
minute apart in early July.
Kate Jackson ’90 is now Assistant Professor
in the Biology Dept. at Whitman College,
Walla Walla, WA. Her book, Mean and Lowly
Things, about her fieldwork collecting
snakes in the northern Congo, is being
published by the Harvard University Press
in March 2008.
Naomi [Ulpian] Levinson ’90 gave birth to
a girl, Kayla, on June 26th, joining 3 brothers,
Reuven 11, Eli 9 and Ahron 7. Her proud
father is Yitz.
Kate Nowell-Smith ’90 husband Gary
and children, Cosmo and Sofia, reside in
Healdsburg, California, where she writes for
Peter had a very distinguished
military career as a member of
the Royal Air Force in World
War II and served in various capacities
until 1959.
After finishing three years
[Grades 11 to 13] at UTS in 1935,
he naturally enrolled in the Royal
Air Force College in England, being
the son of a RCAF Air Commodore
and a UTS graduate [Geoffrey
Stewart, a student in the
school’s first year 1910], and
graduated with the Sword of
Honour as top cadet in 1937.
AT UTS, Peter was captain and
wing back [flanker] on the senior
football team and played forward
on the senior hockey team. In the
TWIG, Pete’s contribution to the
team was summarized as follows: “the
hardest worker on the team…a fast
skater and tireless back checker…
possessed of a world of courage” – a
description that adroitly summed up
his future wartime exploits.
He went on to have a very distinguished
military career: a Wing
Commander at the age of 26; fought
in the Battle of Britain; received the
Distinguished Flying Cross [DFC] on
two occasions; after being shot down
in the English Channel was rescued by
the Free French Torpedo boats as a
German E-Boat closed in; and served
on the Joint Planning Staff at the War
Cabinet Rooms in Whitehall. After the
war, Peter served in various European
countries until 1959, was appointed
to the Order of the British
Empire [1954] and was aidede-camp
to the Queen in 1957.
Returning to civilian life,
he worked in human resource
management at Urwick, Currie,
W.H.Smith and Southam Press,
where he was a vice-president at his
retirement in 1982.
Peter is survived by his wife of 64
years, Edie, two sons, John and Peter,
and brothers, James [attended UTS
from 1933 to 1935] and Liam. He
will be remembered by his friends
for his immense integrity, grace and
humility, loyalty and courage and his
unfailing humour.
Excerpts from the Globe and Mail
and Crescent School Websites
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The
Keys
Gallery
Upcoming show
“Person to Person”
An exhibition of paintings by
James MacDougall ’54
Opening: Thursday, September 13th:
5-7 p.m. Artist will be present.
Closing: Saturday, November 10th.
Future Exhibitions
Kasper Podgorski ’04
Jacquelyn Siklos ’86
Kim Lee Kho ’81
Baillie Card ’05
Margaret Krawecka ’96
It’s not too early to begin
thinking about exhibiting at
our Special 100th Anniversary
Showing in Fall 2010!
The Keys Gallery is located in Room 107A at UTS.
If you would like to exhibit, contact Ann Unger,
retired staff, (416) 932-1963 or e-mail
aeunger@sympatico.ca for further information.
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last February and honeymooned in New
Zealand. Both are engineers at Celestica.
Raphaela Neihausen ’95 is pleased to
announce that Miss GULAG (the documentary
film she has been producing for the
past two years) had its North American
premiere at Silverdocs (Washington, DC)
on June 14th, and was shown as part of the
Seattle International Film Festival on June
15-16. This is her first film and somewhat
of a grassroots effort. The film website is:
www.missgulag.com.
Mike Sawa ’95 just completed his neurology
residency at U. Alberta this past June
and is now at Duke University for a oneyear
clinical fellowship in EMG and neuromuscular
medicine.
Gary Lau ’96, a specialist registrar in anaesthesia,
was married to Jenny Mao on July
15th at Fawsley Hall, Northamptonshire, UK.
Hilary Doda ’97, who is a costume designer
and wardrobe technician in Halifax, and
her husband, Richard Morris, are pleased
to announce the birth of their first child,
Jennifer, on June 25th.
Megan Wong ’97 was married to Dennis Yau
this past August. In attendance were Melissa
Guiyab, Michelle Wong, Simon Rodrigue,
Chris Ong, Cyrus Irani [all UTS ’97], Gabriel
Chang ’96 and Wen-Yen Chan ’95.
Lauren Bialystok ’98, finishing her PhD
in philosophy at Uof T, is engaged to be
married in August 2008 to a TDSB English
teacher, Misha Abarbanel, in Toronto.
Sybil Thompson ’98 is entering third (and
final) year Law at McGill University this
September. She was chosen to participate
in the Faculty’s Human Rights Internship
Program this summer, and worked in Cairo,
Egypt for Africa and Middle East Refugee
Assistance, an Egyptian NGO that provides
free legal aid, psychological counseling
and social service referrals to refugees and
asylum seekers in Egypt. She was fortunate
enough to win two awards that made it
possible to participate in the internship
program: the Lindsey Anne Cameron
Award [UTS ’91] from the Faculty of Law,
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and the Students for Development Award
from the Association of Colleges and
Universities of Canada, after being nominated
by McGill University’s Arts Internship
Office. She loved Cairo, looked forward to
returning to Montreal, and missed Toronto
in the midst of all her travels.
Adrienne Wong ’98 graduated from UWO
in May and began residency in Ear, Nose,
Throat/Head & Neck Surgery at Uof T in July.
Nick Hume-Brown ’00 helped produce
a show that won “Best of the Fringe” in
Toronto this past summer.
Janice Wong ’04 will complete a joint 4-
year BS/MS degree in Molecular Biophysics
and Biochemistry at Yale in Spring 2008.
She was inducted in Phi Beta Kappa in
the Fall 2006 for attaining the top 1% of
academic records in her class. This past
summer, she researched at the Max Planck
Institute of Neurobiology in Germany on a
Yale summer traveling fellowship.
In Memoriam
Condolences are extended to
the families of these alumni
who passed away recently.
Charles McLaughlin Magwood ’31 July 9, 2007
David Campbell Barber ’32 March 11, 2007
John Herbert Fee ’35 January 22, 2007
Peter Geoffrey St. George O’Brian ’35 April 15, 2007
James Henry Kerfoot ’40 January 2, 2007
William Ross Livingston ’40 August 5, 2007
Fred Cole Stinson, Q.C. ’40 June 17, 2007
John Gaylord Hadwen ’41 August, 2007
Phillip Edward Derry Baker ’44 July 30, 2005
The Ven. John Humphrey McMulkin ’44 May 8, 2007
William Paul Schutte ’45 May 17, 2007
J. Robert Mackenzie ’47
Archie Gray Campbell ’60 April 17, 2007
J. Alan Brown ’62 July 17, 2005

Alumni Golf Tournament 2007
Out-Foxed!
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nother very successful tournament was held last
June, when close to 40 golfers outwitted the rain
and completed 18 holes.
Congratulations to:
• Low Gross Winner of the Hargraft Trophy: Norm Fox ’48
• Low Net Winner of the UTS Old Boys’ Past President’s Trophy:
Al Morson ’53
• President’s Trophy (40-50 yr. since graduation): Peter Frost ’63
• Legends’ Trophy (Over 50 yr. since graduation): Don Borthwick ’54
• Most honest golfer (Don Kerr ’39 Award): Derek Bate ’44 and
Bob Kidd ’62
• Dave Jolley Trophy: Class of 1953: Ken Culver, Martin Gammack,
Al Morson, Bruce Wilson, Don Borthwick
• Closest to the hole: Al Morson ’53, Jim Lowden ’54, Tim Sellers ’78,
Bill Francis ’48, Rick Parsons, UTS staff – nearly an ace.
• Longest drive: Peter Frost ’63 and Rick Parsons – “both hit it
so far, we ran out of tape trying to measure the winner, so
called it a tie.”
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Next year’s tournament will be held on THURSDAY, June 19 at the
same club. Class years are encouraged to make up a foursome and
challenge the perennial winners – Class of 1953 – for the Dave Jolley
Trophy for low gross team score. Thanks to Peter Frost ’63 and
Nick Smith ’63 for again organizing the event.
1. Repeat winners of the David Jolley trophy: Class of 1953 [L to R] Al Morson,
Ken Culver, Martin Gammack, Bruce Wilson and Don Borthwick ’54 [interloper].
2. A perennial tournament entrant: former student, former staff, former viceprincipal
and former UTSAA Executive Director, Derek Bate ’44 – with his son Derek
’71. 3. Low net winner, Al Morson ’53, with tournament organizer, Peter Frost ’63.
4. Thrilled champion, former staff, Norm Fox ’48, with former principal, Stan Pearl,
and fellow classmates, Bill Francis ’48 and class rep John Bowden ’48.
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Looking Back
From the
Archives:
Celebrate
100 Years
of UTS in 2010!
Before The TWIG there was The Annals
The Annals, UTS’ first ‘yearbook’ was published
in 1916 and covered the 1914-16 years. One other
issue, 1918-20, was published before the Twig
was launched as a monthly in 1920.
UTS Hockey Team: National Champs!
The 1919 UTS Hockey team won the first ever
Memorial Cup. Their coach was Frank Selke Sr.
who went on to be general manager of the
Toronto Maple Leafs and the Montreal Canadiens.