Spring 2007 - University of Toronto Schools

the uts alumni magazine | spring 2007Classof ’46Always Settingthe Pace:in School, Business,& Bursaries!’46ersRobert Dowsett & Joseph McArthurin the sudanChris Federico’sFirst-Hand NarrativeAlumni DinnerWe Have the Photos!Sporting life3-on-3 Basketballand Hockey, Too!PLUS: remembering mavor moore | meet the uts board | Alumni News

Bits&PiecesA Compendium of Noteworthy UTS TidbitsUTS MentoringProjectUTS is developing newopportunities for our alumnito become more involvedwith students and the currentUTS community.Spearheaded by facultymember, Carole Bernicchia-Freeman of the StudentServices Department andalumnus Luke Stark ’02,the new programs are aimedat bringing together thewisdom, experience and passionof our alumni with thecreativity and curiosity oftoday’s UTSers.One initiative is arevamped and expandedAlumni Mentoring Program,designed to foster connectionsbetween students andalumni around shared enthusiasms;career, professionaland university interests;activities or hobbies; andexperiences at the school.More details about this programwill become availablein the weeks to come.In the meantime, howcan you become moreinformed or involved in thisnew mentoring? Make sureyou’re listed in the AlumniEmail Directory (accessibleon the UTS website: www.uts.utoronto.ca/alumni/emaildirectory.html – andif you are already signedup, check to make sure thebio and Mentor sections ofyour profile are as completeas possible. Having yourcurrent information in theE-Directory is the easiestway for the school to contactyou. If you’d like moredetailed information immediately,feel free to emailluke.stark@utoronto.ca.Calling all membersof UTS Swim TeamsAt this year’sAlumni Dinner,UTSAA would like toorganize a ‘Welcome Back’to all former swim teammembers. We recognize thisis quite a large group whichspans easily 50 or more years.UTSAA would especially liketo invite all those who helped2006 Athletes of the YearLouise Harris ’06 receivedthe Ornella Barrett Awardfor the female athlete of theyear. She was 2006 captainand a three year starter onthe Girls’ Varsity Basketballteam, a member of the 2002-03 Senior Girls’ City BasketballChampionship team, coachedby Karen Sullivan ’95, and amember and captain of theGirls’ Senior Soccer team. Inher final year, Louise joinedthe UTS Girls’ Wrestling team,won a gold medal at the CityChampionship and qualifiedfor the provincial wrestlingchampionships in Sarnia.Louise played on three UTSSoccer teams that qualifiedfor OFSAA (ProvincialChampionship) and was alsoan accomplished swimmerand baseball player.Jonathan Gregory ’06won the Ron Wakelin Awardfor the male athlete of theyear. He was captain and astandout on the Boys’ Soccerteam, a Cross-Country runner,a Junior and Senior Basketballplayer, a Track and Field midto-longdistance runner and astandout on the Boys’ Rugbyteam.These awards are basedon the following: the studentathlete must be a graduatingstudent who has displayedexceptional skill, leadership,sportsmanship and achievementin competition duringtheir UTS athletic career. the root : t h e u t s a lu m n i m ag a z i n e | s p r i n g 2007

President’s ReportNow is the time to create the futureOur challenge is to foster more alumni participation.PAST. With the school year endonly a few months away and myterm as your president comingto an end, I cannot help but reflect onthe last few years. It was my purposefrom the outset to prepare UTSAA forthe changes necessary. The UTSAAboard has participated with the UTSBoard of Directors on some governanceand affiliationissues, andon Advancementoffice planning.TomSanderson, ’55president, UTSAAPRESENT.We have overdeliveredon our$200,000 pledge to‘top up’ the UTSStudent BursaryFund over the last2 years, continueto hold the annual alumni dinner atthe school, sponsor the student graduationdinner, provide the RemembranceDay guest speaker (John Clarry ’38)and schedule a number of other eventsincluding golf, 3-on-3 Bball and alumni/UTShockey game.FUTURE. We will continue to supportthe principal in the developmentof a vision and strategic plan for theschool, in the preparation of a redevelopmentproposal and the organizationof the Advancement Office to expandfund raising efforts. UTS financialreports will provide a baseline foraccountability and measurement in thefuture.Our challenge as an association willbe to foster more alumni participationin our activities and develop a widerchapter network while continuing tosupport the financial needs of UTS.CENTENNIAL 1910 – 2010. [UTSYear Reps please note]. A milestonefor the school is rapidly approaching– our centenary celebration. Variouscelebrations, events and activities willrequire many alumni volunteers tohelp all our stakeholders to reconnectwith the school. In this regard, theUTSAA has made recommendations tothe UTS Board of Directors to form aCentennial Steering Committee as earlyas possible. If you are interested in gettinginvolved, please call the AlumniOffice. You can make a difference!Our vision for UTS Centennial2010 is to create a celebration for allalumni to step up and reconnect withUTS. Our focus is to honour the past,work the present and help create thefuture.Alumni Want to KnowQHas the cultural image ofUTS changed?AThe culture of UTS has beenenhanced with the change to a coedschool in 1973 and with the growingmulticulturalism and diversity of thestudents living in the GTA.Admission to UTS continues tobe solely merit-based with equality forall. The UTS students awareness ofcultural diversity is exemplified by theannual Culture Show production whichhas been an outstanding success. Yes,the culture of UTS has been enhanced,and the students and the school arestronger because of it.QAWhat is the UTS BursaryApplication Process?Dorothy Davis, Vice Principal incharge of Admissions, reports thateach year approximately 20% of thestudents apply for a bursary.ENTRANCE PROCESS. In thefuture, new students will qualifythrough an outside SSAT (SecondarySchool Admission Test) and an internally-preparedUTS exam, as well as aninterview in which many UTS Alumnihave assisted. A UTS AdmissionCommittee selects the students afteranalyzing the above results and reviewingpast report cards and other references.(See UTS website for additionalinformation).BURSARY PROCESS. Parents submitfinancial application informationdirectly to an outside independentagency called Apple Financial. Appleprepares a detailed financial analysisand makes recommendations to a UTSBursary Committee who make the finalrecommendation based on the fundsavailable. Prospective parents are thennotified of the decision and will eitheraccept or refuse the school’s offer.There is an appeal process wherebythe family may supply Apple withadditional information.It should be noted that no guaranteeof continued support is given toparents; however generally, if the the root : t h e u t s a lu m n i m ag a z i n e | s p r i n g 2007

UTS Board ReportBetter Control of our DestinyThe Board moves forward with UTS Foundation.Since our last report in theUTSAA Magazine’s fall issue,the Board has been workingclosely with UTS Principal, MichaeleRobertson, to ensure that sufficientresources are set aside to supportimprovements in the School’s facilitiesand boost security standards. In addition,we have made significant stridesin securing asenior professionalto take on therole of ExecutiveDirector,Advancement andspearhead theSchool’s fund-raisingactivities.Bob Lord ’58chair, UTSTwo key committeesestablishedunder theprovisions of the UTS-UT AffiliationAgreement – the Academic ActivitiesAffiliation Committee and the JointDevelopment Planning Committee– are moving forward as planned underMs Robertson’s direction.The goals of the AcademicActivities Affiliation Committee are toestablish and make known existing partnershipsbetween OISE/UT and UTSand to expand the partnerships wherethere is common interest between UTSand other faculties. The mandate of theJoint Development Planning Committeeis to map out a vision and a plan for acommon site and some common programmingbetween UTS and OISE/UT,resulting in both institutions, once again,sharing the 371 Bloor Street site.The School’s strategic planning processis now underway and is being ledby Michaele Robertson and UTS parentDavid Saffran, who is Senior VicePresident of Ipsos Reid Corporation, aleading market research firm. The mandateof the Strategic Planning Team isto work in consultation with UTS stakeholdersto develop a long-term strategicplan for UTS and bring forth its recommendationsto the UTS Board.The Board’s priority for the remainderof 2006-07 academicyear will be to establishthe UTS Foundationand finalize the transferof assets from theUniversity of Toronto toUTS and its Foundation.The UTS Foundation iscurrently operating on asteering committee basis.However, once established,it will operate atarm’s length from theUTS Board and its mandatewill be to ensure thatthe School’s endowmentsare wisely invested.We are fortunateto have gained the support of BillSaunderson ’52, who is chairingthe Steering Committee as it establishesthe framework for the UTSFoundation. Mr. Saunderson’s commitmentto UTS is well-known amongstthe School’s alumni. He served on theUTS Interim Board in 2002-03 andchaired the Preserving the Opportunitycampaign from 1993 to 1994, as well asbeing a major contributor to both thePreserving the Opportunity campaignThe Board’spriority ... will beto establish theUTS Foundationand finalizethe transferof assets fromthe Universityof Toronto toUTS and itsFoundation.and the Building Campaign.Former OISE/UT Dean, MichaelFullan, once said, “Successful schoolsare not only collaborative internally, butthey also have the confidence, capacityand political wisdom to reach out,constantly forming alliances.” UTS hasalways enjoyed its own, very uniquebrand of success, even at times ofuncertainty and turbulence. As of July1, 2006, under Michaele Robertson’sleadership, UTS hasbegun to experience anew form of success thatcomes from quiet confidenceand political wisdom.UTS is no longer inwaiting mode; it is movingahead, firmly focusedon strengthening currentalliances and forging newones – and enlivening asense of social responsibilityin our students.In the comingmonths and years, theBoard’s objective will beto ensure that we continueto build on our legacyby supporting the School’s leadershipand ensuring that the School’s administrationnot only has the confidence andpolitical wisdom at the helm, but thecapacity by way of tools and resourcesto reach out to the greater communityand attract the best students, bestteachers, and form partnerships thatserve our students, as well as society atlarge. l Rs p r i n g 2 0 0 7 | t h e u t s a l u m n i m a g a z i n e : the root

Fond MemoriesDo Not FadeClass of ’46 recalls what UTS meant to them – excellence, discipline, social responsibility and friendships.If10 the root : t h e u t s a lu m n i m ag a z i n e | s p r i n g 2007great schools have souls thenit seems that the soul of UTS has changedvery little over the past 60 years. Whatstruck me most about my conversations withmembers of the Class of 1946 was how similarthe nature of their fondest memories wasto that of my own class, despite the differenceof decades.It’s funny how our experiences tend to getaltered through the prism of memory. What seemedincredibly important at one point in time can inretrospect seem much less significant. One goesto Paris expecting the highlights of the trip to bethe Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame Cathedral and theLouvre only to find oneself waxing more later abouta meal at a quaint little café, an acquaintance metor the fresh smell of a street after a rain.I believe that’s equally the case with ourmemories of UTS. We agonize over exams, projectsand presentations and fret aboutpopularity, and then realize later thatwhat we most value about our time atschool are lessons learned, friendshipsmade and small day-to-day occurrencesthat we didn’t really even thinkabout back then.The Class of 1946 celebratedtheir 60th anniversary of graduationthis past year, but what stands out isnot their longevity but their success inall fields of life and for the excellenceof their careers, in the same way mostof us consider what UTS stands for:excellence. Combine that with their“UTSis elitistfor the rightreason:academicexcellence.”– Rob Dowsettunstinting support for the school, including a recordpledge to the Andy Lockhart bursary fund, namedafter one of their favourite teachers, active participationin both the Preserving the Opportunitybursary endowment campaign, the UTSAA annualfunds, and other fund-raising activity both for UTSand elsewhere, and you have a truly stellar group ofpeople. They have distinguished themselves hugelyin all their fields of endeavour, from university presidentto Olympic athlete, including successful businessleaders, lawyers, ministers, leading physiciansand professors. There are five Order of Canadarecipients among them but what is most remarkableabout the group is the fact that they’ve shownthemselves to be so supportive, not just of society asa whole, but of each other. As a class many of themcontinue to be very close and to meet on a regularbasis, having a reunion every five years and in manycases meeting much more frequently.I had the opportunityto speak with a number of class of1946 alumni and to ask them whatthey believed made their class standout most from the classes that camebefore and after, and while all oftheir answers were different, it wastheir strong civic-mindedness thatstruck me as the most salient featureof this group of graduates. Althoughmany of the men that I spoke withindicated that they harboured strongfeelings of obligation towards societyas a whole, I got the impression thatthey were primarily motivated less

Robert Dowsett (seated)and Joseph McArthurby duty than by the desire to be supportive not onlyof the country and institutions to which they havebelonged, but also each other and those less fortunatethan themselves.Some members of the class attribute thisethos of community mindedness to the spirit of thetime in which they were growing up. During theirstudent years at school, World War II began andended. Classmates were lost, like George Bean ’41,the School Captain during the first year many in theClass of 1946 were at UTS, family members wereaway serving in the military, and some staff membersapparently carried combat injuries. Whetherprimarily as a result of bearing witness to the consequencesof the war or from exposure to the heatedrhetoric of the time, many were instilled with asense of duty and obligation both to their countryand to society at large that never fully left them.Similarly, the perceived threat of World War II wasinterpreted by some as a throwing down of a gauntletthat prompted them to excel in ways they mightnot have otherwise felt motivated. Rob Dowsett,whose father was an air raid warden in LawrencePark in 1944, comments, “We did well because welearned that there was something worth fightingfor and carried that lesson with us all through ourlives. Schoolmates left school and never came back.We were challenged to do as well as they could.”Defending “the Canadian way of life” and all that itstands for continues to be a lifelong goal for many.More importantly, it is worth noting thatall of the alumni that I spoke with credited theirtime at UTS for their successes as adults. While theywere a “clean”, “high energy” bunch, UTS gave themthe ability to work and taught them how to balancethe demands placed on them both inside and outsidethe classroom. It was a busy, friendly place wherethe students were bright, challenging and fair. Manyreport that they spent several hours on homeworkeach night and believe that the rigorous disciplinethat it imparted taught them how to work, study, andbe geared for success later in life. Working to meetthe standards expected of them by UTS gave themthe mental preparation necessary to achieve aimsthat they set for themselves later in their careers.They appreciate the fact that they were “not allowedto goof off” and as Joe McArthur says,“We played hard and studied hard.” “Wedidn’t realize it at the time but it was achallenging environment to be in,” saysRalph Barford. According to DonaldThain, it was thanks to UTS that “I neverfelt out of my depth later on,” at Harvardor elsewhere.One gets the impressionthat there was an atmosphere of supportivenessand friendly camaraderie atthe school. The students were generallyhelpful with each other and enjoyed participatingin a wide variety of curricularand extracurricular activities, especiallyteam sports. Football was a particularlypopular pastime and appears to haveadded greatly to the class’ cohesiveness. Manywould spend time after school practicing, playingother schools and going over the book of plays givento them by the football coach. It created a real“esprit de corps”. According to Fraser Fell, “if peoplecouldn’t play, they would coach or watch – thewhole school was involved.” Hockey and footballgames would never be missed, but basketball andswimming are also among the most mentioned of ahuge list of sports that the class remembers fondly,including boxing, water polo, gymnastics, handballin the court that was behind the school and skiingon weekends. Both Varsity Stadium and the AuraLee are remembered with particular nostalgia.“The schoolis heldtogetherand leadby its strongtraditionof pride.”– Charles cattos p r i n g 2 0 0 7 | t h e u t s a l u m n i m a g a z i n e : the root 11

Order ofCanada:FIVE from ’46!Ralph Barford: MemberCharles Catto: MemberJohn Evans: CompanionFraser Fell: MemberFraser Mustard: OfficerMusic, drama and debating roundout the most remembered activities and are credited,along with sports and academics, for havingprovided such a balanced education. Public speakingcontests and debates, the choir and the schoolband were all popular, but drama was enjoyedabove all and included productions such as operettas,Shakespearian plays like Henry IV Part I andmore modern ones like Trial by Jury. The crosscountryrun and The Twig were both around backthen. So were school assemblies, at the beginning ofwhich teachers and school captains would announcehighly anticipated news about classmates overseas.There was also a cadet corps that was mandatory atthat time, in which students would march aroundthe school with wooden guns and might over timeeventually have the opportunity to practice at therifle range. It seems that cadets was either stronglyloved or strongly hated. As one can imagine, studentseither loved the discipline or it was “too muchdiscipline for too little purpose”.The staff was superb by all accounts,both for the quality of their teaching and for theinterest that they took in the students’ progressinside and outside the classroom. History teacherand advisor to the debating society, Andy Lockhart,was evidently a favourite of the class, especiallybecause he taught them “how to study”. Others ofnote include “Sad Sam” Carlisle, chemistry teacherBarry Gray, Petrie, Joe Gill, Hal Newall, Bernie.Taylor, Lou Hayman who was later coach for theArgonauts, Gib Cochrane, English teacher NormMcLeod and Bruce MacLean. There were alsoJohnny Workman who could stand at the blackboardand draw a perfect circle for a geometry lessonand Phys Ed teacher Roy Dilworth who told theclass that if they did nothing for an assignment theywould get only 10% docked from the mark. Thiswas apparently because he didn’t want students topush themselves beyond what they were physicallycapable of. All are recognized in hindsight for theirhigh standard of excellence and for having taughtin a way that was unusual for a high school at thattime. Headmaster “Baldy” Lewis merits particularmention, as everybody remembers being terrifiedof getting on his bad side, but counts him a positiveinfluence in their lives; he is considered to havebeen a strong disciplinarian in a character buildingsort of way.The background of the class itself wasmuch more homogenous than it is now. Torontowas a small place at the time and while nobody wasterribly rich back then, they were all of a Judeo-Christian background or, as Kingsley Smith is creditedwith having said, “middle class anglicized kids”.Many of them lived in the northern part of Torontoaround the Lawrence Park, Moore Park andRosedale areas and rode their bikes to school. Oneof them, Don Wright, is even said to have hitcheda bus with his bike on occasion. They played bridgeand had parties and dances to which girls fromschools like Havergal and Bishop Strachan wouldbe invited. Joe McArthur recalls that John Evanswould take eight people in his Buick to dances atCasa Loma where there would be a big band playingevery Saturday night.It could be argued that the class’ firstreal tragedy occurred when Doug Murray, thefirst of the class to have a motorcycle, got killed onYonge St. two days after he bought it. He had beenbright, a good athlete, and much loved and respectedand was the first of the class to die. On a happiernote is Donald Thain’s recollection of when hisclass’ homeroom master announced the war endedand went to find out if school would be cancelled.After a certain amount of time, the class got antsyand just climbed out the window.The Class of 1946 has kept in exceptionallyclose contact, partly through the efforts of severalmembers, who have worked hard to keep everybodyin communication. But it is clear that the strongloyalty that so many of its members continue to feelfor the school is based not only upon that effortor upon family ties – the fathers and sons of manyalso attended UTS – but upon their perception ofa clear continuity of the belief in excellence thatwas there when they were students. “The schoolis held together and led by its strong tradition ofpride,” states Charles Catto. The tuition fees of the1940s were fairly modest by today’s standards – $75per year plus a $31.50 athletic fee – but today haverisen to a price that might have prevented many ofits former pupils from attending without financialaid. However, if it can be considered an elite school“it’s elitist for the right reason: academic excellence”as Rob Dowsett puts it. While there is a differencein student composition between then and now, theyall feel very proud of their affiliation with the schoolbecause of what it is today. For Dowsett, “the UTSof today is to Toronto what it should be for academicachievers.”When the issue of UTS’ public fundingarose in 1993 and there was strong debate aboutwhether the school should continue, the three-per-12 the root : t h e u t s a lu m n i m ag a z i n e | s p r i n g 2007

The Class of ’46A Sampling of AccomplishmentsRalph Barford BComm, Uof T; MBAHarvard [Baker Scholar]; Member of the Orderof Canada; Former Chair General Steel Wares,Camco, Advisory Board of Ivey School of Business[UWO]; former member of UWO Board ofRegents; Former President of Valleydene Corp.;President of Valford Holdings; Boards: TorontoHospital, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, VictoriaCollege, BCE, Bank of Montreal, Hollinger,Nortel, Northern Telecom, Molson, CIAR.Charles C. Bigelow BaSc, MSc, PhD,ECIC; Dean of Science, University of Manitoba[1979–89].Bruce C. Bone Chair and CEO of LabradorIron Ore; Former Vice-President and Treasurer,Noranda, Former Treasurer, Brunswick Miningand Smelting William Buik Former President,Burns Fry Investment Management; Deceased.Denis W. Case Former Chair andPresident of Case Advertising; Former CreativeDirector, McKim Advertising, one of Canada’smajor advertising agencies; Deceased.Charles Catto Victoria College, EmmanuelCollege; LLD; Member of the Orderof Canada; United Church Minister; FoundingDirector of Frontiers Foundation, a nonprofitvoluntary service organization whichpromotes advancement of economically andsocially disadvantaged communities.George Cuthbertson MechanicalEngineer, Uof T; Designer and Founder of C&CYachts; Award: Elected Academician in RoyalCanadian Academy of Arts [1974].Robert Dowsett BA, Honour Math andPhysics, Uof T; Actuary; Independent management,actuarial, pension and insuranceconsultant; Senior Consultant, Wm. Mercer;Former President and CEO, Crown Life; FormerPresident , Canadian Institute of Actuariesand Canadian Life and Health InsuranceAssociation; Boards: Centre for Mental HealthFoundation, CT Financial Services, Dofasco,Mercer, Crown Life, Canada Permanent,Donwood Institute.Denis Evans Owner of Steed and Evans, amajor Ontario road construction companyJohn R. Evans MD, DPhil; Chair, CanadaFoundation for Innovation, MARS Discovery;Director: MDS, McClelland & Stewart; FormerPresident, University of Toronto; FormerVice-President, Health Science and Dean ofMedicine, McMaster U.; Former Honourary Co-Chair, UTS Preserving the Opportunity EndowmentCampaign; Former Chair: Torstar, Alcan,Allelix; Former Director: World Bank, C.D.HoweInstitute,Dofasco, Royal Bank Companion,Order of Canada.Fraser Fell BA; LLB; Lawyer; Doctor ofLaws, McMaster University; Member, Orderof Canada; Chair, Gentra Inc.; Former Chair ofBoard of Governors, McMaster University; FormerChair of Aetna Life Insurance and PlacerDome Mines; Boards: Aetna, Royal Trust, TorontoSymphony, World Gold Council, TorontoGeneral and Western Hospital Foundation.H.Donald Guthrie Lawyer, SeniorConsulting Partner, Cassels Brock; University ofToronto Counsel since 1972; Former Vice Chairof the Royal Ontario Museum; Boards: CNR,Ontario Place.Lawrence B. Heath Lawyer;Entrepreneur.William L.B. Heath Lawyer; FormerVice-President, Breakwater Resources.Warren Hughes Owner, TheatrixCostume House, a professional costumesservice to film, tv and theatre industry.James D. Lang Former Executive andOwner [with brother Gordon S. Lang ’44], CClIndustries, a family business and world classleader in specialty packaging.Joseph McArthur Former Vice-Chairand CFO, Moore Corp. and Moore BusinessForms; Former Director Allendale MutualInsurance, Toppan Moore Co.Fraser Mustard MD, Uof T; PhD,University of Cambridge; Founding Presidentand Fellow, The Canadian Institute forAdvanced Research [CIAR]; Helped establishalong with John Evans the new school ofMedicine and Health, McMaster U.; Uof Tmedical faculty; currently leads the Founders’Network; Chairman Emeritus, Council for EarlyChild Development; numerous awards in themedical field; Canadian Medical Hall of Fameinductee; Officer, Order of Canada.Peter Pollen Politician and Ownerof Automobile Dealership; Former Mayor ofVictoria [1971-5 and 1981-5]; Former Leader,BC Conservative Party.Donald H. Thain Professor, Richard IveySchool of Business[UWO] for 38 years;one ofCanada’s pre-eminent management teachers,thinkers and writers; served on 16 Boards.James M. Tory LLB [Gold Medalist],Uof T; Lawyer; Chair Emeritus and Counsel,Torys; Former Chair: Cognos, Inmet Mining,Hospital for Sick Children and its Foundation;Boards: Canadian General Tower, CanadianReal Estate Investment Trust, Teck Corp.John A. Tory Q.C. LLB, Uof T; Lawyer;President of Thomson Investors; FormerPresident of Toronto Board of Trade andWoodbridge; Former Deputy Chair, ThomsonCorp. Boards: Rogers Communications, Abitibi-Consolidated, Thomson Corp., Woodbridge.Warren Wilkes Chair and Founder ofWebcom Ltd., Canada’s leading book printer;Awards: Printer of the Year in Canada [2003],First Canadian to receive North AmericanAward for Graphics Arts Leaders of Americas[2005].David H. Wishart BCom, Uof T; CA;Partner, Clarkson Gordon; Director, ArthurYoung International.Donald J. Wright Patent lawyer,Senior Counsel, Managing Partner, LangMichener; former lecturer, Uof T Law School;Fellow of the Patent and Trademark Instituteof Canada.Lawyers Peter Mills, Peter Webb,Doctors Jim Brisbee, John Dawson, DonMontgomery, David Watson, Clayton RossTom Gayford 1968 Olympic Team, GoldMedal in Equestrian Team Jumping;[Apologies to those in the class whoare omitted]son committee who made the final decision consistedexclusively of UTS grads: John Evans, RalphBarford and Harold Smith. Their classmates havebeen equally optimistic about the school’s independentfuture and instrumental in keeping the schoolgoing. The Preserving the Opportunity campaignbenefited hugely from their generosity and the AndyLockhart bursary is the most ambitious and successfulclass fund-raising effort in the school’s history.The latter began with a $50,000 donation fromRalph Barford’s Andy Lockhart history scholarshipfund to which about $200,000 was eventually addedby other class members in commemoration of the60th anniversary of their graduation last year. Theyare still working towards the $300,000 target theyhad initially set. The bursary program is importantto them because they want the school to stay elitistfor the right reasons, by allowing a smart kid to get agood education who otherwise could not afford it.Most would agree with Ralph Barford’sassertion that UTS was a great place to be whereone would “learn as much from your classmatesas from your teachers”. The students were outstandingindividuals who had high expectationsof leadership; what Donald Thain likes to call the“quarterback complex”, the feeling of responsibilityfor what’s going to happen next. “A work ethicwas ingrained in us that people in our class couldliterally do anything that they set their minds to”and they were committed to success. “Leadershipis thrust upon you and you respond”, and they did,with the help of excellent teachers and a programthat was committed to high academic standards andcurricular and extracurricular balance. Their loyaltyto the school comes from their loyalty to values theygained while being there and which continue to setthe tone of the school and of their lives. They wouldlike the newer generation to have the opportunityto obtain an education also anchored by those corevalues of academic excellence, discipline, socialresponsibility and friendships.Kirstin Brothers ’91s p r i n g 2 0 0 7 | t h e u t s a l u m n i m a g a z i n e : the root 13

SudanThe trials and tribulationsof a UN Mission in africa.by christopher federico ’91, uts staffundertook an intensive five-week training course atthe Canadian Forces Peace Support Training Centrein Kingston. Unfortunately, many of our colleaguesfrom around the world were not similarly prepared,so the first order of business on arrival in Khartoumwas an additional two weeks of training provided byUNMIS itself. In the end, we spent almost a monthin Khartoum before being shipped off.it would be to the smallIn my case but strategically criticalSector Six, centred on the town of Abyei, approximately100 kilometres to the east of SouthernDarfur, a nexus of conflict since the early twentiethcentury. It sits astride the only year-round land routebetween north and south (the massive Al Suddswamp lying not far to the east) and marks a zone oftransition between the Arab north and the Africansouth. Perhaps more to the point, it is also one ofthe most oil-rich regions of the country. As militaryobservers, we were expected to live “on the economy”and were provided a daily subsistence allowanceby the UN. We cooked in a tent at the camp and didour daily shopping in the local market, purchasingfresh meat from a butcher who trimmed his meatwith a hatchet on an old tree stump.The contingent of military observers in Abyeichanged constantly, as officers from differentcountries started and finished their tours of duty,but at any given time there were representativesof at least 20 different countries: Australia,Canada, Russia, a number of African countries,India, Germany, Norway, and several SouthAmerican countries. The 28 of us shared a prefabricatedoffice with a water cooler and dozen orso clunky computers. All of our communicationshad to go by satellite via Khartoum, Brindisi, andNew York before getting to the outside world. Itwas quite common to receive e-mail two or threedays after it had been sent, and on more than oneoccasion, we were literally incommunicado for dayswhen the satellite system crashed.Our task was to monitor and verify the activities,dispositions, troop strengths and weaponsstates of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) andthe Sudanese People’s Liberation Army (SPLA),as required under the CPA. Additionally, we wereoften called upon to investigate alleged treaty violations,shootings and other acts of violence, as well asLEFT: Debating howbest to get moving!Center: Befriendinga young Sudanese.Right: The ‘bakery’in the village ofArik which was thedestination of myfirst patrol soon afterI arrived in Abyei inJuly.s p r i n g 2 0 0 7 | t h e u t s a l u m n i m a g a z i n e : the root 15

“When the UNleaves a place,everyone spitson us. But ifthey’re toobusy spittingon the UN tobe shootingat each other,then we’vedone our job.”– LubomirRadovnikovic,UNMIS staffmonitor the overall security situation of our area ofoperations. The Sudanese conflict involved not onlythe regular SAF forces and their SPLA opponents,but also numerous proxy militias and groups of bandits(euphemistically referred to as Other ArmedGroups) operating in dispersed pockets and acrossporous national boundaries.This meant we had to come face-to-face withthe combatants, rather than simply observe themfrom afar; and often were also involved in communicatingbetween local civic leadership and themany UN agencies and NGOs operating in the sector.Accordingly, as part of a crew, we mounted dailypatrols with an interpreter, along with a nationalmonitor from each of the SAF and SPLA – toinspect military installations and nearby settlements.During the dry season, travel was a fairly simpletask, but once the rains came in late April it was virtuallyimpossible to travel cross-country, and therewas only one route that could reasonably be called aroad. Even that quickly became rutted and washedout, making long-distance movement an excruciatinglyslow process.Just prior to theend of my deployment,I accompanied a convoyon a 650-kilometredrive from Abyei northto the UN supply depotat El Obeid, and it tookus nearly 24 hours ofstraight driving, in additionto the cow-jams,flat tires and would-beambushes. Despite therobust, standard UNNissan truck, I oncespent the night in aswamp because we hadbecome stuck without the mud tires that were heldup by Sudanese customs, and even though we wereonly eight kilometres from the UN camp, it tookmore than 24 hours for a recovery team to haul usout, which they only managed after getting themselvesstuck multiple times.In addition to the movement restrictionsimposed by the terrain and climate, the two hostileparties also prevented us – often at gunpoint – fromvisiting locations they considered sensitive. To overcomethis problem, I instituted aerial surveillanceby Indian Air Force helicopter patrols, but, unfortunatelythe threat of landmines and unexplodedordinance was so extreme that copters were greatlyrestricted in choice of landing zones; the UN MineAction Service was unable to conduct any mineclearingactivities until the end of the rainy season,so in most cases we were limited to only overflightsof the SAF and SPLA positions.There were some noteworthyincidents that took place over the course of mytour. I once had to intervene to prevent a shootoutwhen a platoon of armed SPLA soldiers onflower-covered bicycles arrived to attend a weddingceremony next to the SAF compound. Therewas a tense situation when the convoy we wereaccompanying struck and killed a cow and we hadto transport both the rancher and the dead cowback to the camp to negotiate compensation. AnAustralian UNMO and I were in the market oneday when a force of about a dozen armed anddetermined SPLA soldiers came patrolling throughthe town; when we notified the command post,the only response we received from our UNMOsuperior was “since you’re in the market, pick meup three packs of Benson & Hedges”! We werefrequently held up at improvised checkpoints setup by locals hoping to obtain anything from cleanwater to a cut of the national oil revenue. Weconducted an investigation into a series of aircraftlandings at supposedly abandoned airstrip, locally.One of the interpreters had been arrested for takingphotographs of the plane and dragged beforethe local SPLA commander. When we checked itout, we came upon a pair of SPLA soldiers in civilianclothes playing cards outside a building whichwas piled floor to ceiling with weapons crates. Thenext day the SPLA commanders imposed a restrictionenjoining us from traveling any further than150 metres south of the UN camp.It was very easy for us who were from anABCA (Australia, Britain, Canada, America) militaryenvironment to become very frustrated withthe inefficiencies of the UN and what seemed tous to be a very weak mandate: neither the UN’sStatus of Mission Agreement (the UN is in Sudanat the invitation of the parties) nor the CPA itselfpermitted us to do anything other than observe andreport on the activities of the former combatants.It was especially depressing to hear officers of theSPLA and SAF discuss what they perceived to bethe merits of the peace: that it afforded them timeto recruit, rearm, and retrain so that next time theymight win. l R16 the root : t h e u t s a lu m n i m ag a z i n e | s p r i n g 2007

UTS Board of Directors: 2007A Little Personal BackgroundGen Ling Chang was appointed to theUTS Board as an independent directorNovember of 2005. Ms Chang is a superintendentof education in the Toronto DistrictSchool Board.A seasoned educator, Ms Chang holdsa Masters in Linguistics from LancasterUniversity in England. She has served withthe TDSB since 1996, as principal, viceprincipaland K–OAC instructional leader,and with the Department of Curriculum &Modern Languages, OISE/UT.sujit choudhry ’88 was originally recommendedfor nomination by the UTS AlumniAssociation. He is associate professor at theFaculty of Law at the University of Torontoand a senior fellow of Massey College.He holds law degrees from theUniversity of Oxford, the University ofToronto, and the Harvard Law School andwas a Rhodes Scholar. He has also beenactively involved in public policy development,serving as a consultant to theRoyal Commission on the Future of HealthCare in Canada, the Advisory Committeeon SARS and Public Health, the WorldBank Institute, and is a member of theAcademic Advisory Committee to theProvince of Ontario’s Democratic RenewalSecretariat and of the Governing TorontoAdvisory Panel.David gurin is the parent of two currentUTS students and was recommendedfor nomination by the UTS Parents’Association. He is a former commissionerof planning for Metropolitan Toronto anda former deputy commissioner of transportationfor the City of New York.He has a Master of City Planning fromHarvard University and a Bachelor of Artsfrom Cornell University, and also taughtat the University of Toronto and the CityUniversity of New York. He is currently acity planning consultant, research associateof the Centre for Urban and CommunityStudies of the University of Toronto, andadjunct professor of planning at Ryerson.He has published popular and professionalarticles on urban planning issues.John jakolev is a parent of a current studentand was recommended for nominationby the UTS Parents’ Association. He is achartered accountant and presently servesas treasurer of the UTS Board. A seasonedprofessional with significant expertise infinance; he is co-founder of Jet Capital.Mr. Jakolev became a partner atGoodman and Carr LLP in 2002, effectivelybecoming the first non-lawyer allowed bythe Law Society to be a partner in a law firmpracticing in Ontario. Formerly, he was executivevice president at Newcourt Capital anda senior partner at Ernst & Young.Robert Lord ’58 is the current chair of theUTS Board of Directors and was recommendedfor nomination by the UTS AlumniAssociation. He is a chartered accountantwho has previously served as the vice chairof Ernst & Young, chair of the CanadianInstitute of Chartered Accountants and theRoyal Life Saving Society of Canada, and asa director of the YMCA of Greater Toronto.Mr. Lord is a director or former director offour public and three private corporations.Cathy Mallove is the parent of a UTSstudent and currently Vice-President,Communications of the UTS Parents’Association. She holds a Master of BusinessAdministration from the Universityof Toronto and a Bachelor of Arts inInternational Relations from GeorgetownUniversity.A communications consultant specializingin public consultation and facilitation,strategic planning and organizationaldevelopment, Ms Mallove was the Directorof Marketing for Steelcase Canada Ltd.and helped a large public school board todevelop a strategic and financial direction.She has served on a number of advisorycommittees at the Toronto District SchoolBoard as well as on the boards and executivecommittees of a number of non-profitand community organizations.Bernie McGarva ’72 was recommendedfor nomination by the UTS AlumniAssociation. He is a former president ofthe UTS Alumni Association (UTSAA) 1982,2002-03, and currently serves as directoron the UTSAA Board.Mr. McGarva holds an A.B. mcl (Phi BetaKappa) from Harvard University where healso received a fellowship from the JohnFitzgerald Kennedy School of Government.He holds an LL.B. (Hons.) from Universityof Toronto. He is a partner at the lawfirm of Aird & Berlis where he heads theInfrastructure Group as well as the ADRGroup. He has taught Civil Procedure atthe Bar Admission Course, and authored anumber of articles on risk management.Nasir Noormohamed is the parent of twocurrent UTS students, and presently copresidentof the UTS Parents’ Association, aposition he has held since 2005.Mr. Noormohamed is the co-founderof Drug Intelligence Inc., which providesconsulting services to some of the larger,research-based pharmaceutical companiesin Canada in the areas of specialty andemerging therapies.He holds a Master of Health Science inHealth Administration from the Universityof Toronto, a Bachelor of Arts from theUniversity of Western Ontario, and theCertified Management Accountant designation.Nasir has served on the boards andexecutive committees of numerous national,provincial and local organizations.F. David Rounthwaite ’65 was recommendedfor nomination by the UTSAA. Mr.Rounthwaite currently serves as Secretaryof the UTS Board of Directors. He wasinstrumental in the negotiation and draftingof the UTS constituting documents andthe interim affiliation, services and premisesagreement with the University.Mr. Rounthwaite holds a B.A. (Hons.)from the University of Toronto, a M.Sc.(econ.) from the London School ofEconomics and Political Science and anLL.B. from Osgoode Hall Law School ofYork University. He is a founding principalof Neurus Financial Inc. and serves as adirector of several private companies andNorthland Power Income Fund.s p r i n g 2 0 0 7 | t h e u t s a l u m n i m a g a z i n e : the root 17

2006held once again at uts, the evening was a great success with manyin attendance. And we have the photographic evidence to prove it!1 Keith McLean ’66speaks withDave Sanderson ’662 Sarah E.V. Cooper’96, Sarah Y. Cooper ’96Amanda Martyn ’963 Karl Schabas’96, Naomi Hamer’96, Sally Byun ’96,Amanda Ross-Whyte’96, Carole Bernicchia-Freeman, UTS Staff4 Ron Baker ’56,Lesley Sanderson,UTSAA PresidentTom Sanderson’55, John Snell ’565 Stephanie Fung,’96, Naomi Hamer’96, Sally Byun ’966 Chad Bark ’43and Don Hubbs ’4312435618 the root : t h e u t s a lu m n i m ag a z i n e | s p r i n g 2007

uts Alumni NewsNotes on the interesting lives and outstanding achievements of our alumni.& In a new position anddoing well...David Holdsworth ’61 has founded a managementconsulting firm, after retiring 5years ago from 31 years in the federal publicworks service in Ottawa; often partneringon some projects with John Coleman’61. Currently, he is writing two books: acritical study on Lawrence Durrell [a Britishauthor, novelist, poet, screenwriter and jazzpianist who worked in the foreign serviceafter WWII] and a book of short storiesabout the humourous side of diplomaticlife in the Canadian Foreign Service.John McKinnon ’67 has been recentlypromoted to General Manager, PensionInvestments Finance Administration,Canada Post, Ottawa. It follows positions inthis field at Imperial Oil, Bank of Montreal,Canada Post and Canada Post Pension Fund.Donald Clarke ’73-4Y moved in January2005 to Washington, DC to join the facultyof the George Washington UniversityLaw School, where his specialty is Chineselaw, after many years at the University ofWashington in Seattle. (Check out his blogat http://chineselawblog.com). During the2007-08 academic year, he’ll be a visitingprofessor at New York University LawSchool, and is looking forward to spendinga year with a nice apartment in the Village.Chris Medwell ’76 has relocated withhis family to Pensacola, Florida, to joinBloomberg Consulting, specialists inEngineering Biomechanics and AccidentReconstruction, as an Investigative Engineer.Andre Hidi ’77 is now Head of Mergersand Acquisitions at BMO Capital Markets,responsible for Canada, US and Abroad.David Allan ’78 has joined CoventreeCapital Group as Principal, Head of CapitalMarkets; previously at CIBC.Chris Alexander ’85, previously Canada’s22 the root : t h e u t s a lu m n i m ag a z i n e | s p r i n g 2007ambassador to Afghanistan, is now theDeputy Special Representative of the UNSecretary-General in Afghanistan.Dory Boyer ’91 will be the Manager ofAthlete Medical, Vancouver 2010 Olympics,for all competition venues. Paul Wright ’70will be the Medical Manager [orthopaediccoverage] for the Nordic site.Paul Sedra ’93, now living in Vancouver,was appointed assistant professor of historyat Simon Fraser U. and is teaching anddoing research on the modern Middle East.Steve Engels ’94 has been promoted toSenior Lecturer in the computer sciencedept. at Uof T, a tenured position. He was acontestant in TVO’s Best Lecturer competitionlast year.Gary Lau ’96 has been appointed SpecialistRegistar in Anaesthesia, Critical Care andPain Management, University of Leicester[UK]. This July, he is planning to wed JennyMao, whom he met at medical school.& congratulations to...Michael McMordie ’53 was admitted toThe Order of the University of Calgary[November 2006] for “a record of exemplaryand distinguished service to the university”.He is serving on the Board of theNickle Arts Museum and on the EditorialBoard of the Canadian ArchitecturalPhotography Web Portal.John Rodway ’54 celebrated his first holein-onethis past January in Florida, wherehe has retired after practicing medicine for35 years. For you golfers, the full details are:it was The Villages’ Hill Top Course, on thefirst hole, 146 yard par 3. Congratulationsfrom UTS’ many golfers!Charles Baillie ’58, former Chair and CEO ofTD Bank Financial Group, has been namedto the Canadian Business Hall of Fame.John Lynch ’59 was elected a Fellow ofthe Institute of Chartered Accountants ofOntario last September. He noted that hewas “one of 87 and has probably joineda number of fellow UTS alumni at theInstitute”; nevertheless, he took great pridein his achievement.Paul Fisher ’64 is the new president of theUofT T-Holders Association and a memberon the new Varsity Centre CampaignAdvisory Board.Noah Cowan ’85, co-director of TorontoFilm Festival, will be the Jury President ofthe Adelaide [Australia] Film Festival.John Caldwell ‘87 and his wife Susan arenow proud parents of a beautiful baby girlnamed Amelia, who was born October14th, 2006. Susan, Amelia and John are allvery healthy and happy and doing well inPort Moody, British Columbia.Jennifer Andrews ’89 had a second child,Gillian Ella, last July, a little sister for Alex.Elizabeth Phillips ’91 and her husband,Keith McTaggart, welcomed their son,Kieran Graham last August and have enthusiasticallytracked his development on theirblog at http://mctaglips.blogware.com.& here and there...John Wilkinson ‘45 has recently movedto Windermere on the Mount, an elegantsenior’s residence in London, ON. He notesthat he was appointed a lay member of theCouncil of the Ontario Association of LandSurveyors and has just completed a term of25 years on the Manual Committee of TheUnited Church of Canada.Fergus Kyle ’48 is building a two-seatcruising aircraft with a retractable singlewheel, landing “radar”, angle of attack sensorand digital “glass” cockpit. Ten years inthe making, he says, “It may fly in 2007!”

uts Alumni NewsDonald A. MacRaeAstronomy Professor at University of Torontoand one of Canada’s Great Science Visionaries1916Notes on the interesting lives and outstanding achievements of our alumni.2006Jack McOuat ’52, a member of the ROM’sHeritage Board of Governors and a veteranmining consultant, played a key role inattracting the largest corporate gift in theROM’s history – a $10 million gift from TeckCominco – to provide for a new home forthe Canadian Mining Hall of Fame and toestablish a suite of earth sciences galleriesat the ROM.Charles Magwood ’61 has built upon hisSkydome experience and helped fosterthe Varsity Centre development project asa member of the Varsity Centre SteeringCommittee. The first phase – stadium,track and infield with a winter dome coverfor year-round usage – opened in earlyFebruary.Tim Halderson ’66 is looking forward toretirement from the Ottawa Police thisJuly, after 34 years of service with the OPP,Nepean and Ottawa forces. He plans toenjoy regular hours, golfing, biking, travelingand keeping active in the community.Peter Weedon ’67, after a 30-year careerin management consulting, finds himselfresiding in paradise – Hamilton, Bermuda– managing a law firm. As a dedicated,long distance, open water swimmer, hetrained for the 2005 10k US Masters SwimChampionship, held in Florida, by swimmingaround the island of Bermuda. He finishedsecond in his age group in the event.Bruce McKelvey and Richard Boxer, Class of’67, recently finished a housing project in SriLanka. Following the Tsunami, the McKelveys(Janet and Bruce) and the Boxers (Richardand Joan) purchased land in the Tangellearea of Sri Lanka and started a housing project.Money was raised in Canada, which wassufficient to hire 15 local workers and buybuilding materials, and assisted by supplementarymanpower involving 3 volunteertrips from Canada. The project of 24 homesand a community centre had its grand openingin February. For further information seehttp://www.tripca.org.The Canadian astronomy communitylost one of its visionarieswith the passing of DonMacRae, UTS 1933, on December 6,2006 at age 90. He was the leader ofthe internationally-recognized Uof TDepartment of Astronomy in the1960s and 1970s.Born in Halifax February 19,1916, Don moved to Toronto withthe family in 1924 when his father,a classics scholar, joined the facultyat Osgoode Hall Law School. AfterUTS [1928-1933], Don receiveda degree from Uof T in math andphysics in 1937, winning the RoyalAstronomical Society of CanadaGold Medal, before doing his PhD atHarvard in 1943.He taught at the University ofPennsylvania and Cornell before abrief stint at Oak Ridge, Tennessee,working on the Manhattan Project,the nuclear weapons program. However,he struggled with themoral dilemma of using theA-bomb against Japan andjoined other scientists tolobby against it. He taughtat the Case Institute inCleveland before returningto Uof T to help establish the newastronomy department in 1953, wherehe began his specialization in radioastronomy, a field which many othersviewed with skepticism at that time.During his career, Don was veryinstrumental in the establishmentand success of the David DunlapObservatory, north of Toronto inRichmond Hill, where he was adirector from 1965 to 1978; theCarnegie Observatory in Chilewhich became Uof T’s SouthernObservatory in 1971; the Canada-France-Hawaii telescope in Hawaii in1970s; and helped attract funding forthe McLaughlin Planetarium [1968]beside the Royal Ontario Museum.His devotion and dedication tohis students and chosen field of sciencewas a hallmark of his outstandingcareer. In the post-Sputnik era, hehad standing-room at his lectures andhis important research findings on theorigin and nature of the moon wereconfirmed in later lunar landings.He was very innovative inhis teachings and promoting newresearch directions, as evidenced bythe fact that he was the first professorto teach computer programming tohis students at the university, havingrecognized the future importance ofcomputer skills in their careers. Hismany achievements and the use ofleading-edge telescopes eventuallyled to one of his students finding thefirst evidence of black holes in theuniverse, ten years beforethe second one was found.After retiring in 1982,he became professoremeritus and continued hisinterest in the departmentfor many years. ProfessorEmeritus E.R. Seaquist, a former studentand later a colleague, recalled“the enduring respect that many hadfor Don’s wisdom, generosity, senseof humour, powers of observation andrigorous attention to accuracy anddetail.” He left a tremendous legacy.He is survived by three sons.This article includes excerpts from theGlobe & Mail and a tribute by E.R.Seaquist, Professor Emeritus, Dept.of Astronomy and Astrophysics,University of Toronto.s p r i n g 2 0 0 7 | t h e u t s a l u m n i m a g a z i n e : the root 23

Alumni NewsCharles Tysoe ’75 is at home a lot, hamperedby chronic ill health, after brieflyteaching high school math and science. Hewrites a little, recently doing short interview/photographyfeatures on Hall of Famehockey player Bryan Trottier and GlobalTelevision’s Roz Weston. His first love is toresearch, write and teach his Christian faith.Lawrence Hill ’75 received critical acclaimfor The Book of Negroes – a historical novelabout the 18th and 19th century slavetrade – his third novel and seventh bookby HarperCollins Canada. He is also coauthorof The Deserter’s Tale, which wasreleased early in ’07 in Canada by Houseof Anansi Press and in ten countries. Ittells the story of an ordinary soldier whowalked away from the war in Iraq. Hillreceived a National Magazine “Best Essay”Award for his 2005 Walrus feature BlackAmerica’s Burden.ABOVE: “To the victor go the spoils.” A friendly contestbetween two sailors: Alberti and Pitchford .Gavin Pitchford ’76, the C&C 34 FleetCaptain at the RCYC, presents an awardto Andrew Alberti ’80 to mark his longservice to the club, with particular note ofthe role Andrew has played in establishingProtest Committees and educating otherson the rules of sailing. Both have matchingboats, down to the colour, and race eachother all summer.Iver Corneil ’77 has just completedtwo architectural design projects – anew visitors centre at the Cathedral ofTrondheim, Norway, and a new exhibitionof the Norwegian crown regalia in theArchbishop’s Palace. Trondheim is 550 km.northwest of Oslo on the Norwegian Seacoast and is the site of the University ofNorway’s science and technology centre.Jennifer Storer ’78 has been working atthe University of Toronto for 15 years andis currently the Internship Support Officer,UofT Mississauga. She assists with placing4th year students in the outside communityfor unpaid hours towards course credits.She is a new dog breeder, with her first litterof Shiloh Shepherds last summer. Bothdogs have proven talents in obedience,tracking, herding, and cuddling[!]. “Well,that’s it, except I’m single, in case anyone isseeking a dog crazy, eccentric, and not verytidy, but very good at relaxing, middleagedlady.”Jamie Somerville ’80 is the new ArtisticDirector and Principal Conductor of theHamilton Philharmonic. He has an extensiveschedule of performances this year:as the Solo Horn of the Boston SymphonyOrchestra, he will perform at Carnegie Halland the Proms in London, followed by atour of Europe and Brazil. As a featuredsoloist and chamber musician, he’ll be inBoston and Costa Rica, and he will also premierea new horn concerto by the doyenof American composers, Elliot Carter, whichwas commissioned by the BSO.Ted Griffith ’84 wed Charis Keiso in Torontolast October and had two classmates,Kosta Michalopoulos as his Best Man andDavid Kreindler as his Groomsman. Theirhoneymoon in St. Lucia was postponed toChristmas to allow his bride to launch herteaching career. Ted works for the Ontariogovernment as a senior policy advisor.Lisa Valencia-Svensson ’86 is assistingthe producer at Storyline Entertainment, aToronto-based documentary film company.Larry (Kuntz) Kline ’89 changed his surnameto Kline after marrying Karen Elkinin 2003 (the anagram was intentional, butpartly coincidental). Larry works in webcommunications for the City of Toronto,and also plays drums in the Russell LeonBand, which performs regularly in Torontoand recently completed its debut disc, IfRed Was Green. The CD release party is onApril 26 at Lula Lounge. For more info, visit:http://www.rleonband.com.ABOVE: Meeting up at the Canadian Consulate inNew York City [L-R]- Hilary Davidson, Jennifer Szalai,Elizabeth Mendez Berry.Hilary Davidson ’90 reported meetingJennifer Szalai ’95 and Elizabeth MendezBerry ’95 at a media party at the CanadianConsulate General’s residence in New Yorkin February. Jennifer is senior editor ofHarper’s Magazine and Elizabeth is a freelancewriter. Hilary just published her 14thbook, Frommer’s Toronto 2007.Solomon Douglas ’92 spent last fall touringwith the world-famous Glenn MillerOrchestra as their pianist, playing all overthe United States and Japan. “Now I’mIn MemoriamCondolences are extended tothe families of these alumniwho passed away recently.Ross G. Dance ’30 September 6, 2006Kenneth Crosby Legge ’30 February 7, 2007Henry Stanley Hunnisett ’32 December 24, 2006Donald Alexander MacRae ’33 December 6, 2006James B. Keachie ’34 February 27, 2007J. Murray Macleod ’34 August 14, 2005J. Mavor Moore ’36 December 18, 2006Leonard Ernest Andrews ’38 August 3, 2006Peter Gault Kingsmill ’43 December 10, 2006John R. Ardagh ’44 February 25, 2007W. Donald Bark ’44 November 3, 2006Robert C. Stone ’44 February 18, 2007Donald Hume Crawford ’45 November 12, 2006Donald H.H. Mackenzie ’47 December 2, 2006Norman J. Filmer ’51 October 3, 2006Peter F. McGaw ’55 January 4, 2007Joseph Bruce Stovel ’60 January 12, 2007Pamela Selby Eden ’79 February 5, 200724 the root : t h e u t s a lu m n i m ag a z i n e | s p r i n g 2007

uts Alumni Alumni NewsNotes on the interesting lives and outstanding achievements of our alumni.James Mavor MoorePlaywright, actor, director, produce, composer, critic, poet, administrator, teacher and public servant19192006Mavor Moore passed awayin Victoria on December18, 2006 in his 88th year.He was born in Toronto, the middleof three sons and a daughter of anAnglican theologian, John, and thefamous Dora Mavor Moore, actress,theatre producer and teacher. Duringthe last century, Mavor devoted along and prolific career to nurturingthe national culture, both as a theatreartist and founding father of a numberof Canadian arts organizationsHe began his career as a 12-yearold,writing his first play which hismother staged at a local drama club,and followed as an actor on radio asone of the Crusoe Boys, a daily serial,and on CBC Radio.Mavor attended UTS1930-1936, and then enrolledat Trinity College, Uof T,earning his BA [Honours]in English and philosophyin 1941. At the Schools, heserved as president of the LiterarySociety and portrayed Falstaff andMacbeth in the school’s annualShakespearian productions, underJoe Gill. It came as no surprise thatMavor would play Macbeth, but whatwas long remembered was Macduff’sover-zealous rage which caused aslash across Macbeth’s foreheadrequiring some stitches after theperformance. He had a profoundinterest in Macbeth, as witnessedby his Literary section article in the1935 Twig, in which he discussed theexhaustive research done on the characterby the many famous actors overthe centuries since the play was firststaged circa 1610.After a brief stint as a psychologicalwarfare officer in the CanadianArmy Intelligence in London, hereturned to CBC’s international service,but soon branched into producingSpring Thaw, a popular annualsatirical revue from 1948 to 1965. Inthe early 1950s, he moved over toCBC television in its infancyas its chief producer. In the1950s and 1960s, he wasbusy as the executive televisionproducer for the UNin New York, and producedmany stage performancesfor the Crest Theatre [Toronto], theStratford Festival and the CanadianOpera Company. Later, he participatedin the creation of the CharlottetownFestival as the founding artistic director[1964-68], contributed lyrics to theAnne of Green Gables musical, was thefounding director of the St. LawrenceCentre [1965-70] and became thefirst artist to chair the Canada Council[1979-83].He was author of over 100works for stage, radio and tv, andhis publishings were numerous – anautobiography, Rejuvenating Myself,dramatic and musical works, poetry,essays, articles – and stints as a journalistwith the Toronto Telegram[1958-60], the Globe & Mail [1984-89] and Maclean’s magazine. Heappeared in over 60 films, was a professorat York University [1970-84],before moving west to Vancouver in1986 and later to the University ofVictoria in 1990 as research professor,fine arts and humanities.Mavor held seven honorarydegrees, was an Officer [1973] andCompanion [1988] Order of Canadaand received the Governor-General’sAward for lifetime achievement in1999, and the same year, he was electedto the Order of British Columbia.He leaves his third wife, operasinger Alexandra Browning, and fourdaughters.Includes excerpts from the TorontoStar, Globe & Mail, CanadianEncyclopedia and CanadianCommunication Foundationback being a freelance musician and danceteacher. My brand-new CD Swingmatism wasreleased in November and is doing great.”Kai M.A. Chan ’93, an assistant professorat UBC, has been awarded a Tier 2 CanadaResearch Chair for Biodiversity and EcosystemsServices. He and his wife Ljubahave bought a new home in Vancouver...with room for visitors!Jason Shron ’93 left an unfinished PhD inart history in 2004 to pursue a dream ofmaking model trains and started RapidoTrains Inc. – now the second largest trainmanufacturer in Canada. With a factory inChina and a warehouse in Concord, ON,his company actually turned a profit in itsfirst full year as a manufacturer. The productshave been described by the Americanhobby press as the best out there. Thecompany is built on the idea of makingmodels of Canadian trains, and then sellingthem around the world. “Our models ares p r i n g 2 0 0 7 | t h e u t s a l u m n i m a g a z i n e : the root 25

Alumni Newsaccurate renditions of real trains operatedby Canadian National, VIA Rail Canada andCanadian Pacific. My UTS friends all knewof my obsession with the Turbo, whichran between Toronto and Montreal, andRapido. We will be releasing the first-ever,sound-equipped, scale model of the Turbothis summer.”Jessica Ware ’95 is an evolutionary biologistcurrently finishing up a PhD at RutgersUniversity. Her work focuses on insect systematicsand behaviour, with an emphasis ondragonflies; she lives with husband, Jeremy,and their two-year-old daughter, Aeshna,and dog, Spider, in New Brunswick, NJ.Michelle Wong ’97 is finishing up apharmacy residency at Hamilton HealthSciences Center.Alex Eddington ’98 will be taking his secondone-man play, The Fugue Code, on tourto six Canadian Fringe Festivals this summer.In this fast-paced, comedy thriller setin the world of J.S. Bach, Alex is playing 14characters! It will appear in Ottawa, Toronto[first half of July], Winnipeg, Saskatoon,Edmonton and Vancouver.Emily Antze ’02 received her BA atMcGill in Anthropology and InternationalDevelopment Studies last June and is currentlyin Varanasi, India on a CanadianInternational Development Agency-sponsoredinternship with a small NGO, WorldW. donald bark19262006School Captain, Gold Medalist and Athlete... One of the BestOne of three brothers whoattended UTS, Don wasone of the best at everythinghe did. A student during thewartime years from 1938 through1944, he was part of an illustrious eraat the Schools. Under the steady handof Headmaster Lewis, UTS not onlycontinued to graduate outstandingscholars, many of whom carved verysuccessful careers in a number of professions,but a number of sports teamsalso enjoyed outstanding success.After graduating, Don joinedthe Fleet Air Arms, a new wing ofthe Canadian Navy and did his basictraining with the British counterpartsin England; however, before he wasable to go on active service, he wasgrounded by inner ear problems.Don enrolled in Commerceand Finance at Uof T and then wenton to Osgoode Law School, beforesetting up a one-man practice inPeterborough. Later, he became apartner in the oldest law firm there.For many years, Don continuedplaying intermediate football withPeterborough Orphans in the ORFU,and enjoyed adult hockey into his early60s, often with his youngest brotherJohn. Curling was another sport heloved. For the last 20 years, Don wasthe chief layman at their church.At UTS, Don was elected schoolcaptain [1944], won the Nesbitt GoldMedal and was vice-president of theUTS Athletic Association. At the lastassembly, unknown to almost everyone,he showed his skill as a pianistby playing the Warsaw Concerto. Heplayed quarterback on the footballteams, backing up Chad in the earlyyears before taking over, and he wasthe punter. Chad said, “He couldreally boom the ball.”He played centre on the hockeyFirsts for 4 years, was the team’shigh scorer for 3 years, and earlyon, centred a line with his olderbrother, Chad. Chad recalled a specialmoment with Don, shortly beforehis passing, about the thrilling secondgame of the OHA two-game semifinalseries with Stratford, whosestar forward was Howie Meeker,the renowned Maple Leaf forward.The game was played at Maple LeafGardens and broadcasted by FosterHewitt, who said it was one of themost thrilling games ever. Don talkedabout the time when he and Chadbroke in on the Stratford goalie in thelast 10 seconds and failed to completethe pass to win the game and theseries. He confided to Chad that hewas thinking that if he could only getthe puck over they would score, andalthough they had never ever talkedabout it before, Chad said, “In hismind he was hoping Don would takethe shot and score.”At Varsity, Don continued tostar in both football and hockey, wasthe leading scorer on both teams inthe same year – a record still held– and was coached by Ace Bailey, thefamous Toronto Maple Leaf defenseman,when Uof T won two intercollegiatetitles in 1947 and 1948. Donwas elected into the Uof T SportsHall of Fame in 1995.Don loved his cottage and formany summers he and his wife wouldcanoe many of the rivers in Ontario.He also ‘tripped’ the Nahani River ontwo occasions.Don leaves his wife, Joan, andfour children.Don Borthwick ’5426 the root : t h e u t s a lu m n i m ag a z i n e | s p r i n g 2007

uts News TheAlumni NewsKeysNotes on the interesting lives and outstanding achievements of our alumni.Literacy of Canada. She is returning toCanada this spring and will assume a positionas their Overseas Program Manager inWLC’s Toronto Office.Evelyn Choi ’02, is in her final year atCornell as an interior design major andsays she misses being back home inToronto, but enjoys catching up throughthe magazine. Last fall, she initiated andorganized a team of 6 students to participatein a national competition calledCANstruction (www.canstruction.org). Itis a community service competition fordesign professionals to design and constructlarge, three-dimensional structuresconsisting of common food cans. At theclose of the competition, cans are donatedto local food banks. With the $4600received in grants, she organized a teamwhich designed the logistics of buildingthe whale with 5064 cans [equivalent to1.4 tons of food] – 3,996 cans of tuna forthe blue skin, corn for the teeth and inside,sardines for the water and guava pastefor the eyes. As the only student entry,we won ‘Honorable Mention’ in Rochesteragainst 9 corporate teams. It was a reallyfun, meaningful and highly educationalexperience for all of us.]ABOVE: Evelyn Choi’s whale constructed with 5064 cans.Taylor Zho ’02 received his Honours BScfrom Uof T last June and is now enrolledin first year of medical school there, alongwith Ray Guo ’03, Michael Quejada ’02and Eric Tseng ’02 who completed a Hon.BSc at Uof T.Jacqueline Woo ’05, a Life Sciences studentat Queens U., reports that severalUTS grads traveled to Nicaragua for 10days during Reading Week, as part of aVolunteer Abroad contingent. Ellen Miles’05 and Sarah Tumaliuan ’05 helped finishconstruction on a school which is an academyfor the best students in the country;Jackie Ang ’05 and Jacqueline workedat a state-run children’s cancer hospital,at a health clinic in Diriamba and at theNational Centre for Disease Control.GalleryUpcoming showJim MacDougall ’54plans to exhibitthis autumnMore details will followin the next issueFuture ExhibitionsKasper Podgorski ’04Jacquelyn Siklos ’86Kim Lee Kho ’81Baillie Card ’05It’s not too early to beginthinking about exhibiting atour Special 100th AnniversaryShowing 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-mails p r i n g 2 0 0 7 | t h e u t s a l u m n i m a g a z i n e : the rootaeunger@sympatico.ca for further information.27s p r i n g 2 0 0 7 | t h e u t s a l u m n i m a g a z i n e : the root 27

Office of Development and Alumni AffairsMuch Happened & More to ComeMake sure you try and connect with your class this year.The ODAA has continued toexperience its normal busy timeduring the last six months, withthe Annual Dinner, the RemembranceDay service, the commencement ofthe 2006 Annual Fund campaign, theAlumni vs. School hockey game and theBBall tournament.Annual Dinner. The AnnualDinner attracted 212 alumni, guestsand current andformer staff. Thespecial anniversaryyears had goodattendance, especiallythe classesof 1976, 1981,and 1996. Thisyear, our DinnerDonBorthwick ’54UTSAA ExecutiveDirectoris being movedto Friday night,October 26th, toallow for moretime to socializelater in the evening and to betterenable out-of-town alumni to attend.We look forward to the special anniversaryyears coming back to celebratetheir reunions: 1947, 1957, 1967, 1977,1982, 1987, 1997.We also encourage some of theclasses, like ’62, ’72, ’92 to consider organizingan interim 5-year get-together,with activities centred on attending thedinner; rather than wait ten years foryour next ‘special’ anniversary to come.Finally, the committee is attemptingto organize a special celebration formembers of the many successful SwimTeams over the years.Annual Fund. Our first fourmonths of the 2006 Annual Fundcampaign have been an outstandingsuccess. Donations through the endof December exceeded $280,000, wellabove the record final total for the 2005campaign. For those of you who regularlysupport this fund, it is not too late tomake a donation to ‘top-up’ the studentbursary program. There are still threemonths to the end of the campaign.Athletics. The alumni regainedtheir winning ways with a vengeance inthe annual hockey game with the Schoolteam in early December. The final scorewas 10-2. After the first period, thealumni jumped out to a 6-1 lead, takingadvantage of the School team whichseemed to be still basking in the limelightof last year’s victory.In the last two periods ofthe game, they recoveredwith a really good effort.UTSAA would like todevelop additional eventsto cover off the interestsof other groups of alumni;particularly, for thoseinterested in literary, artand music events and aspecific event for women grads only.Ideas are welcome.New Name. I hope you enjoy thenew look of the magazine – the nameand the new page designs. More changeswill be phased-in in upcoming issues.We felt that ‘the UTSAA Magazine’could be improved to be more reflectiveof what the alumni means to theThe school isin the processof setting upa formalmentoringprogramschool. The Root has a number ofsymbolisms to UTS, following on traditionsof the Twig and our motto – ‘velutarbor ita ramus’ – “as the tree growsso grows the branches (twig)”. Manyalumni attribute an important part oftheir personal and career successes totheir UTS education. Hence, one mightsay their success had strong roots!Alumni E-Directory. If you havenot yet applied for a listing in our emaildirectory, I would encourage you to doso. Weekly, I find that communicationopportunities arise to contact variousalumni groups to seek their assistance,or advise them of a school event of interest,or bulletin important news. You canregister by accessing through the alumnisection of the UTS website: www.uts.utoronto.ca/alumni/emaildirectory.html.In particular in theBio section, it would beappreciated if you wouldinclude your universitydata: school, degree(s)and year and completein detail the Mentoringinformation section. Theschool is in the processof setting up a formal mentoring program,in terms of providing on-goingcounsel about university choices – boththe school and area of academic study,together with additional perspectives onhow personal character developmentcan better impact one’s future career. l R28 the root : t h e u t s a lu m n i m ag a z i n e | s p r i n g 2007

2006 Annual FundSuccess breeds greater success.The response to the 2006 UTSAAAnnual Fund through the endof December has surpassed allprevious years. Over $280,000 has beenreceived, primarily in support of ‘toppingup’ the Student Bursary program.Thanks to the outstanding effortsof the Class of 1946, which, in celebrationof their 60th anniversary ,established a named bursary fund inhonour of the much-loved, historyteacher, Andy Lockhart, who was onstaff from 1940 to 1959. Led by RobDowsett and Joe McArthur, the classraised over $145,000 in 2006 and withadditional pledges the fund now isapproaching $250,000. This is a terrificeffort by the class, who have beenexceptionally strong supporters of UTSin many ways over the years.Congratulations go to a number ofother classes, too. Significant donationswere received from the Class of 1945,who are now in their third pledge yearof giving to their Class of 1945 Bursaryfund, also established on their 60th.They are half way to their ultimategoal of $300,000, which will be ableto provide a full bursary annually to astudent throughout the entire 6 yearsat the school.The Class of 1976 in celebrationof their 30th anniversary raised nearly$12,000 to be awarded for a bursary in2007-08. Three other 50th anniversarycelebrants continue to make annualcontributions to their endowment fundsthrough the yearly Annual Fund campaigns:Class of 1952 to the DonaldG. Cossar Scholarship, Class of 1953to their Mathematics Scholarship andthe Class of 1954 to the Al FlemingBursary.All of these contributions not onlyprovide recognition to the academicperformance and the quality of otherstudent characteristics, but leave a lastinglegacy of their class at UTS.The UTS Board, staff, students andthe UTSAA Board are extremely appreciativeof your continuing support.The 2006 campaign will continueuntil the end of June. l Rs p r i n g 2 0 0 7 | t h e u t s a l u m n i m a g a z i n e : the root 29

sports reportAlumni vs. School HockeyAlumni Pay Back Time!Still smarting from last year’s game when the UTSschool team prevailed with a stunning come-frombehindvictory, the alumni squad of wily veteranshad a point to make, and make it they did with anoverpowering 6-1 performance in the first period.The school team came back in the game’s second halfwith a strong performance but the alumni coasted onto a 10-2 victory. The big question for the next gameis: can the alums make it two in a row?11 The UTS alumni team led by the stellar goaltendingof Livingston. 2 Both squads in the traditional post-game photo.2Start your morning with spirit!Show your school spirit in style!To order, simplycontact the UTSAlumni Office:UTSSweatShirtsUTSCoffee Mug $12Phone: 416.978.3919Email: alumni@uts.utoronto.caFor more UTS mechandise, visitwww.uts.utoronto.ca/alumniAvailable in sizes S-XLZip-front $40Hood $50

Remembrance Day 2006128Lest we forget...371 Murray Bosley ’32 2 George Edmonds ’44,R. Boxer ’36, Ted Cross ’43, Rycken Suydam’43, Don Manchester ’44, J. Sebert ’403 Guest speaker, John Clarry ’38 4Jack Murton ’38, David Fraser ’38, ClareMorrison ’44 5 Don Teskey ’43, JamesO’Brian ’38, Murray Bosley ’32 6 DonManchester ’44 with Principal MichaeleRobertson 7 The memorial plaques thathang proudly in the entrance stairwell atUTS. 8 Robert Dale ’39, Bob Cameron ’38,John Clarry ’38, all guest speakers.465