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14head office by her employer of 28 years, Teck ComincoLimited, and has assumed the position of Manager, Businessand Government Relations. Ted was fortunate to moveinto the equivalent position of Manager, Merchant Bankingin the Vancouver office of his employer, Roynat Capital.Since graduation as a geological engineer in 1974, Tedheld a variety of positions in the mining industry includingProject Geologist with Campbell Chibougamau Mines andProject Manager with Gulf Minerals. After a contract withthe Ontario Geological Survey studying talc and graphitein southeastern Ontario, Ted saw the writing on the wallwith respect to opportunity within the mining industry andreturned to U of T to complete his MBA. This allowedhim to morph into a financier. Ted worked with the Bank ofMontreal and Canada Trust before joining Roynat Capital.As a commercial lender, Ted has the opportunity to workwith a wide variety of businesses beyond the resourcesector and he held a position on the Board of Directors ofGolftown for several years before its IPO. Now in Vancouverthere is additional opportunity to work with US-basedenterprises.After graduation with her education degree, Pat taughthigh school science in Mississauga spending the summermonths, while Ted was in the field, working for TeckCorporation. The short story is she was made an offer shecouldn’t refuse and so after 2 1/2 years of teaching shejoined Teck as a Project Geologist. Pat has been very activein industry associations and was the first woman presidentof the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy andPetroleum in 2000-2001. It was particularly rewarding forPat to spend 3 years (1998-2001) seconded to the LassondeMineral Engineering department after Pierre Lassondemade his transforming gift. Pat will complete her 2-yearterm as President of the PDAC in March 2008. It has beenan exciting time to be President as the association celebratedits 75th anniversary and hosted the largest, internationalexploration and development convention ever in 2007 andthe global mineral industry continues to experience incrediblegrowth and strong commodity prices (as of December2007).As to our favourite memories of our time as undergraduatesat U of T, there are a few that come immediately to mind:– Being partnered together for Tweed field camp and beinggiven the remotest mapping area.– Getting engaged at the beginning of fourth year - proposalwas made and tearfully accepted on the second floorof the historic Mining Building.– Dancing at parties at Frank Beales’ farm.– The camaraderie within our close knit group of geologyand geological engineering students– The approachability and the openness of the faculty toideas and suggestions.– The struggle with structural geology, the dreaded whiteminerals test and the fun of field trips.– The support and encouragement of so many professors–Norris, Currie, Scott, Fawcett, Naldrett, Beales, Gorman,Goodwin, Schwerdtner, Kesler to name a few.We’ve just celebrated our 33rd wedding anniversary, haveembarked on a new adventure in BC, and have already builtour retirement home in Wasaga Beach for when the timecomes. We had a great time at U of T and it provided uswith a solid foundation for our lives - Life is Great!Andrew Bau Ph.D. 1977 (Currie group)I left Toronto in 1977 andspent two years in Yellowknifeworking for the Departmentof Indian Affairsand Northern Developmentas a project geologist. Idid field mapping for twoyears in the Northwest Territories.Then I transferreddown to Calgary and evaluatedthe resource potentialof Indian reserves forBritish Columbia, Albertaand Saskatchewan. I wasalso involved in land claim negotiations. I moved to the oilindustry two years later and worked for BP Canada (nowTalisman) on their Cold Lake oil sand project. Two yearslater I moved again, this time to Husky Oil and worked onvarious enhanced oil recovery projects in the Lloydminsterheavy oil area, China and Indonesia. I left seven years laterand went to work for the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board(known as ERCB at that time). There I was responsible forcomputer applications for the geological group. I understandthey are still using some of the computer programs Iwrote. After nine years, I went back to Husky and workedon an oil field revitalization project in China for two yearson a rotation basis. Then I went a full circle and went backto the Lloydminster heavy oil area. Until recently, I wasthe only geologist looking after all their thermal projectsand potential in the Lloydminster area, looking after aboutone-quarter of Husky’s heavy oil production. Now I have asecond geologist working with me. I am married with twosons attending the University of Calgary.