Summer 2010 - University of Guelph

■ Christine Zink, DVM ’78and PhD ’86, was named OutstandingWoman Veterinarian ofthe Year in 2009 by the Associationfor Women VeterinariansFoundation in the United States.She is a professor and director ofthe Department of Molecularand Comparative Pathobiologyat the Johns Hopkins School ofMedicine in Baltimore.1980s■ Ian Candfield, B.Comm. ’85,lives in Montreal with his wife,Claire Crozier, and their almostfive-year-old son, Jude. Candfieldis an accredited financial securityadviser and financial managementadviser with CIBC WoodGundy. After graduation, hespent 13 years with a Montrealhotel consulting firm beforeturning to financial advising.Candfield says he has fond memoriesof the HAFA program, varsitysoccer, the Keg and oldfriends, who can contact him atian.candfield@cibc.ca.■ George Charbonneau,DVM ’81, and his wife, AnnCoyle, operate a veterinary practicein Stratford, Ont., and willbe honoured in June when theOntario Pork Industry Council(OPIC) holds its annual HogJog. Proceeds from the charityrun/walk will go to StratfordGeneral Hospital, where Charbonneaureceived emergencytreatment after suffering a heartattack. He is a founding directorof OPIC. For more information,go to www.hogjog.ca.■ Mark Finnimore, ADA ’84,has worked in the poultryindustry for 25 years and is currentlyvice-president, operationsand logistics, for Maple LodgeFarms in Norval, Ont. He andhis wife, Lena, and their children,Nathan, 8, and Gwendolyn,5, live near Kitchener.Finnimore says Maple Lodgewas one of the companies hisGuelph diploma class toured aspart of their field studies. “Thatparticular tour was one of theoriginal events that created myinterest in the poultry industry,and I haven’t been able toshake the bug since.” Friendsare invited to contact him atmark_finnimore@yahoo.ca.■ Michelle Gietz, B.Sc.(Agr.)’83, recently published a booktitled It Was Our Town aboutchildhood memories growing upin the hamlet of Scandia, Alta.The Scandia Eastern IrrigationDistrict Museum will receive $2from the sale of each book.■ Brett Kelly, B.Sc. ’84, wasappointed justice of the peacein the Ontario Court of Justicein October and is assigned tothe court in St. Catharines.■ Leon Leclair, ADA ’84, isLeclair stands in the back row,second from the right, amongfarmers and United Way volunteersat a cheque presentation inJanuary.chair of the Bushels of Hopecampaign for the United Way ofChatham-Kent and is creditedwith increasing awareness of theagricultural community and itsgenerosity over the last threeyears. The photo above represents$10,000 donated by the farmingcommunity and matched byLaprise Farms.34 The Portico