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A Legacy of LeadershipRoger Trull ’79, McMaster’s vice-president of University Ad-vancement, is retiring after 18 years leading the country’s best team of alumni, development, public and government relations advancement services and donor relations professionals.

Science Mash-upMcMaster’s groundbreaking iSci program is a hotbed of innova-tive approaches being used to teach science in a new way.

Touching HistoryThe William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collec-tions holds a treasure trove of material. You never know what you might find.

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The Marquee Magazine collection held by the Library is part of a remarkable array of materials. See page 15.

Mick Bhatia’92 and his team at the McMaster Stem Cell and Cancer Research Institute discovered how to make human blood from adult human skin. See page 9.

President Patrick Deane was installed as McMaster’s seventh president at Fall Convocation. See page 6.15

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On the CoverIt is a common adage that we must know our past to better understand our future. When it comes to finding the nuggets that inform that understanding, McMaster’s Library archives and research collections are veritable gold mines. The University’s rich and diverse collections are integral to advancing the intellectual inquiry that is a signature of the McMaster experience. Go to page 12 to read more about these valuable resources.

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Letters to the Editor I was looking through the Fall 2010 issue and noted that, with the exception of the Hong Kong alumni photo, every other photo in the magazine featured a Caucasian person. I found this unusual. Although the magazine highlights faculty, staff, and student achievements without regard to ethnicity, the accompanying images were of only one ethnicity. As a magazine that is geared towards the alumni, I would have imagined it would reflect the diversity I see on campus in the images it presents. I hope you will consider this for future issues.

Hsien Seow Hamilton, Ontario

As an employee, I get a copy of the McMaster Times every season...I can only imagine the amount of resources and raw materials that go into its production. I cringe each time I discard an issue, thinking of the grander ecological consequences of each batch of printing. While the issues could potentially be recycled, that is the last of the three Rs. The first is to reduce.

Chris Skrzek Hamilton, Ontario


McMaster alumni all have one thing in common. Each person has graduated from the University. But exactly what that experience entailed varies from program to program and from decade to decade. Our graduands this spring grew up with technology that was science fiction for previous generations. Fields of study such as neuroscience and nanotechnology are still relatively new, and the benefits of experiential learning weren’t options for students who graduated in the 1940s. The ability of a university to create and accept change is a fundamental determinant of its success. Fortunately for all of us, McMaster has a history of not only embracing but also encouraging change, which gives the University a tremendous advantage. We are at a crossroads. Students and what they want from a university education are evolving as their aspirations reflect the needs and opportunities modern society presents. New knowledge is increasing at an exponential rate. The need to create sustainable and effective university systems that enhance quality within the province’s fiscal realities is perhaps the most pressing driver for new approaches. I believe we are at a critical juncture in undergraduate education and that now is the time to be bold in reinterpreting how best to develop and deliver a new way of teaching and learning.

McMaster is well placed to be a leader in this evolution. We have a tradition of doing things differently and have been recognized for many years as a national leader in problem-based learning and transdisciplinary studies. Our new Integrated Science program, known as iSci, featured on page 16, is a stellar example of what can be done. But even with these approaches within a growing number of programs and courses at McMaster, too many programs continue to rely on pedagogy that dates from the mid-20th century. This challenge is facing universities around the world. In some ways, the “sage on the stage” approach appears to be the only solution. In Ontario, government spending on post-secondary education has increased but so too has the number of students entering the system. In many cases this has reinforced the traditional approach of a professor standing in front of a class, the size of which keeps expanding. This pattern is fiscally unsustainable and does not provide enough options to increase the quality of the university experience students receive. As nostalgia and fatalism are not options, we are left with the challenging but what I believe is an invigorating opportunity to reassemble the building blocks of undergraduate education. I have hosted a number of forums on campus over the past few months on themes such as undergraduate learning,

the University’s role in the community, and internationalism. The engagement of the many faculty, students and staff who have attended has reinforced my belief that McMaster has the people, the expertise and the will that are needed for the University to be the centre of this transformation. My task for this spring is to take the many suggestions, ideas and concerns emanating from the forum discussions and to meld them into a report on the priorities that will help to shape McMaster’s strategic direction. I look forward to sharing this report with alumni and to hearing your thoughts on your University’s future.

Sincerely,

Patrick Deane, President McMaster University *Last month we announced Mary Williams’ appointment as our new vice-president, University Advancement. Mary is an outstanding advancement leader and is well known to many of our alumni. Please be sure to read Meet McMaster on page 10 to hear her thoughts on the University and the role alumni play in the McMaster family.

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NEWSLINE What has happened since the last issue...

The Deyohahá:ge Hodinohso:ni Indigenous Knowledge Centre, a collaboration between researchers, elders and faculty at McMaster and Six Nations Polytechnic, has officially opened.

Calculating consumptionMcMaster is partnering with IBM to create energy-smart buildings on campus. In an ef-fort to cut greenhouse gas emissions and save on operating costs, the University will use IBM technology to analyze information from a variety of activities (heating, cooling, hot water, lighting, running equipment, etc.) in 60 campus buildings and the hospital. “The

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The Wilson Institute for Canadian History at McMaster University has awarded the Dundurn Press its inaugural prize of $10,000 to support the publica-

tion of books devoted to Canadian history. Founded in 1972, the Dundurn Press has published a distinguished collection of biographies, natural histories, art histories, and books about Canadian military, political and social history. The Wilson Prize is named for McMaster’s chancellor, L.R. (Red) Wilson, who is a major supporter of Canadian history.

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Patrick Deane installedMcMaster’s new president was formally installed at Fall Convocation, donning new robes provided to him by the Mc-Master University Alumni Association. In his installation address, President Deane reflected on his experiences as a student during apartheid in South Africa. He urged graduates to embrace “education as integrity,” the idea that members of the University must live to high ethical stan-dards and work toward the betterment of society.

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The opening ceremony honoured seven “guardians of indigenous knowledge” who have pledged to help interpret, archive and pass on Hodinohso:ni knowledge. “These are the people who are the real experts,” said Dawn Martin-Hill ‘88,’91 & ‘95, director of the Indigenous Studies program and associate chair of the Indigenous Knowledge Centre. “Through the centre they’ll be able to meet the needs not only of students but of the greater community.” With Martin-Hill’s support, the centre has secured funding to gather Hodinohso:ni documents from the Smithsonian Institution in Washington to create a digital archive.

University will benefit from added intelligence to better understand the factors that affect en-ergy consumption in a public campus setting,” said Tony Cupido, assistant vice-president Facility Services. Bill Oliphant of IBM Global Technology noted: “The project with McMaster will make significant contributions towards a better un-derstanding of energy conservation and green-house gas reductions, which is knowledge that can be used by all kinds of corporations and institutions as they look for ways to be more environmentally and energy efficient.”

The Lancet’s top paperA research study by Mark Loeb ’97 has been chosen as the 2010 research paper of the year by the prestigious science journal The Lancet. Loeb, who is division director of infectious diseases in the Department of Medicine within the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, studied Alberta’s Hutterite commu-nity, investigating the benefits of vaccinating children and adolescents in rural areas against influenza. The study, published in March 2010, found that giving the flu shot to chil-dren and adolescents reduced the incidence of influenza by about 60 per cent in individuals who did not receive the vaccine. Three other McMaster studies were among the six papers nominated as the international journal’s top paper, as voted by readers.


The Government of Canada has opened the CANMET Materials Technology Laboratory (CANMET-MTL), the first new building at McMaster Innovation Park. The $57-million complex will provide key technology and innovation support to the mineral and metal manufacturing industry in southwestern Ontario and across the country. It will become home to 110 federal employees, most of them scientists and technicians. “CANMET’s move to McMaster Innovation Park represents a huge boost for Hamilton’s economic development and prosperity,” said President Patrick Deane. “Not only will this help to keep Canada’s industries competitive on the global scale, it will ensure that we at-tract and train the best students and researchers.” Energy experts from Natural Resources Canada’s CanmetENERGY were involved in the design of the new building, which will be considered for certification at the Canada Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum level in late 2011.

Mac was the focus of a segment of CBC’s The National on Jan. 3 as part of the Live Right Now campaign to inspire Canadians to get healthy. Several McMaster participants were challenged to take 10,000 steps a day for six weeks while being monitored by kinesiology professors Gianni Parisi and Kathleen Martin Ginis.

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What’s in a name? Ask Lindsay Hamilton (above), a second-year communications and theatre and film studies students who is also a singer, songwriter and television host for Family Channel. “It’s fulfilling to be able to pursue my education and to experience university life,” she says. “I chose McMas-ter for its strong sense of community.”

How does McMaster rank? Near the top, every time. Mac is one of only four Canadian universities in the top 100 world ranking, and has also earned top marks from Maclean’s, The Globe and Mail University Report, Re-search Infosource and the QS World University Report.

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ogy and help build the program by attracting top notch students and faculty. “Whether it’s oil or gas exploration, mineral and other natu-ral resources, climate issues or protecting and reclaiming the environment, we need to un-derstand the Earth’s composition and history, and the impact that humans are having on the planet,” Cunningham said. The estate of Marjorie Cameron Foucar made a gift of $2.5 million to create a chair in Foucar’s father’s honour. The John D. Camer-on Chair in Genetic Determinants of Chronic Diseases will be held by professor Joseph Bey-ene, of clinical epidemiology and biostatistics. His research focuses on developing statistical methods for integrating genomic, clinical and environmental data. “When we look at the mechanics of a disease like cancer or heart disease, we know there must be a genetic cause,” says Beyene. “But it’s a complex rela-tionship because not everyone who is suscep-tible will develop the disease.”

Students and researchers in the fields of geology and biostatistics will benefit from two major gifts to McMaster. Susan Cunningham ‘79, a senior vice-president for Texas-based Noble Energy, made a $1-million gift to create the Cunningham Chair in Geology. The can-didate will lead research in sedimentary geol-

Gifts support geology, biostatistics

Mills Memorial Library celebrates its 60th anniversary this spring. The build-ing was funded entirely by a donation from the Davella Mills Foundation, made in memory of David and Ella Mills. There will be special tours of the library offered during Alumni Weekend, June 2-4.


After being awarded one of eight presti-gious Killam Research Fellowships, worth $140,000, McMas-ter researcher Gerry Wright will dedicate the next two years to an ambitious project in antibiotic resis-

tance, developing strategies to identify leads for novel antibiotics from natural sources. “Antibiotic resistance is an incredibly timely issue right now and a very significant medical problem that is only growing in importance,” said Wright, who is the scientific director of McMaster’s Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research and a profes-sor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences. Wright will also work to establish CARD: a complete antibiotic resis-tance database and tracking system for use by researchers, scientists and clinicians.

Chemistry professor Gary Schrobilgen ‘74 has received a Hum-boldt Research Award in recognition of his significant impact in the field of fundamen-tal inorganic fluorine chemistry. Fluorine compounds are need-

ed for nuclear power generation, photovoltaic and semiconductor materials, refrigerants, advanced optics, medical imaging and micro-electronics. The award, granted by Germany’s Alexander von Humbolt Foundation, is valued at $90,000 and winners are invited to spend up to one year cooperating on long-term re-search projects with colleagues in Germany. Schrobilgen will hold his award at the Univer-sities of Freiburg and Göttingen.

The McMaster chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) has been named the 2010 Chapter of the Year by the national organi-zation. McMaster was selected based on its membership growth and the introduction of

several innovative projects supporting interna-tional development and sustainability efforts. It is the first time McMaster has received this recognition. Last year, it was acknowledged as Most Improved Chapter by EWB Canada. McMaster has approximately 65 active mem-bers in its chapter, comparable to many of the larger Canadian universities.

Chemical engineering professor Todd Hoare ‘06 has been awarded the Polanyi Prize in chemistry by the Ontario government. Hoare’s research focuses on the development of gel-based nanoparticles for the delivery of drugs. His group is currently developing a bio-degradable, microgel-based system that can be injected into the body as a liquid and ‘sets’ as a hydrogel. The system can then be triggered to release medication when required, creating on-demand, patient-regulated treatment. “As more stress is placed on the health system, technologies such as these will become much more important because they’ll allow patients to control their own treatment,” Hoare said. The Polanyi Prizes were established in 1987 to honour the achievements of John Charles Polanyi, recipient of the 1986 Nobel Prize in chemistry.

Biology professor Chris Wood received the lifetime achieve-ment award for mentoring in science, awarded by the publi-cation Nature. Wood has published more than 500 papers and been cited more than

16,000 times. But it was his 34 years of men-toring graduate students and post-doctoral fellows that was recognized with this award. “Chris’s greatest attribute is his enthusiasm, which alone generates excitement, interest and energy in the lab,” said Derek Alsop, one of Wood’s post-doctoral fellows. “He always takes the time to teach, to listen, and to guide each person who works in his lab.” Wood’s research focuses on fish physiology, aquatic toxicology and environmental regulations.

Economist Phil De-Cicca was recently named a Canada Research Chair in Public Economics to continue his studies into the econom-ics of smoking and the effectiveness of

cigarette tax policy. DeCicca has found that most people don’t quit smoking when higher taxes are added to the cost of cigarettes. He is also looking at tax avoidance behaviours, such as smuggling, cross-boarder shopping and “smoke shack” purchasing. DeCicca is a previ-ous Polanyi Prize winner.

Dawn Bowdish, pro-fessor of pathology and molecular medi-cine, recently received a $100,000 Young Investigator Grant from Pfizer Canada to explore why the elderly are at increased risk of pneumonia and

why a co-infection with the influenza virus is particularly dangerous. The funding will also allow Bowdish to test a novel therapy using an antibiotic delivered intra-nasally.

Students Shabob Hosseinpour and Prateek Gupta were recently accepted into The Next 36, a national program designed to launch the entrepreneurial careers of 36 of Canada’s most talented undergraduates. Hosseinpour, a health sciences student at McMaster, and three other university students have been giv-en $50,000 and guidance from some of Can-ada’s top business leaders to develop a mobile application for smart phones. “We’re treating our app development like a science experi-ment,” says Hosseinpour. “But instead of ex-perimenting on fruit flies, which are simple to work with and can be easily manipulated, we’re using a mobile application, which shares some of the same attributes.” Gupta, a student in the Integrated Science Program (see feature story, page 16), will also work in a team of four students to develop a mobile application. Gupta is one of only two science students to be selected in a nationwide search. “I’m really excited,” he says. “This is a great opportunity for me to bring my passion for science to the field of business.”

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RESEARCH NEWS Texting healthMichael Mak, a third-year health sciences student, has seen the devastating effects of diabetes on patients in indigenous communi-ties. To combat a frustrating lack of internet connectivity in those areas, Mak has devel-oped a cell technology system to help health care workers communicate with patients. Workers use text messages to send reminders and health tips to patients. Mak’s idea made him the first McMaster student to win the Agfa HealthCare Innovation Challenge.

Rich getting richer Data analysis by McMaster economist Mike Veall suggests that Canada’s richest people continue to get richer at a much faster rate. A report released by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives noted that the top one per cent of Canadians earn at least $169,000, with about 67 per cent of income in wages. The last time Canada’s elite held so much of the nation’s income was in the 1920s. Median incomes remained stagnant.

Looking into ancient coins An innovative partnership between archeol-ogy, medical physics and applied radiation sciences is revealing new information about ancient Roman and Greek trade patterns. Twenty coins from the Bruce Brace Coin Collection at McMaster have been analyzed using advanced techniques such as x-ray fluorescence and a proton microprobe to de-termine what metals are present in the coins. Archeologist Spencer Pope can then deter-mine where they were minted and how widely they may have circulated.

The dangers of growth A new study by geography and earth sciences professor Niko Yiannakoulias suggests that rapid urban growth may lead to greater risks for children, who are more likely to be struck and severely injured by automobiles. The study, published in Injury Prevention, was based on data collected in emergency depart-ments in Edmonton between 1996 and 2007. Child pedestrian injury declined slightly, but cases of severe injuries rose in low income areas, especially among girls.

Turn, baby, turnTurning a breech (feet-first) baby earlier in pregnancy results in fewer babies being born in the breech position but doesn’t decrease the chance of a caesarean birth, an international study led by McMaster researchers has found. The manual procedure to turn the baby is usually performed between 37 and 42 weeks gestation. The study, involving 1,500 women in 21 countries, looked at whether turning a baby at 34 to 35 weeks would improve out-comes. It followed a study by Eileen Hutton, assistant dean of the midwifery education program, which showed that turning babies earlier was about 10 per cent more successful.

Detecting weaponsA team at McMaster is developing a device that uses microwave radar and electromag-netic pulses to detect weapons without the privacy concerns or cost of full-body scan-ners. The team, led by engineering professor Natalia Nikolova, is funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. The new technology could be used in many locations including airports, schools, stadiums and transit hubs. The team is also looking at whether the system could be used to detect plastic explosives.

Papering over infectionThe NSERC-Sentinel Bioactive Paper Strate-gic Network, led by McMaster University, is developing paper that could be used to detect and ward off life-threatening bacteria and vi-ruses. The paper is chemically or biologically treated to provide fast, easy and inexpensive detection of pathogens or toxins in food, wa-ter and air. The network received significant funding from the Natural Sciences and Engi-neering Research Council of Canada.

Preventing StrokeMcMaster researchers have found a better way to prevent stroke in people with irregular heartbeats. They have established that the new drug apixaban, currently under regula-tory review, is better than aspirin in reduc-ing stroke in those with atrial fibrillation. According to principal investigator Stuart Conolly, professor of medicine, apixaban could vastly improve the quality of life for many patients. “Patients with a stroke who have atrial fibrillation and cannot take war-farin are at particularly high risk of recurrent stroke,” he says. “It is great to know that we now have a drug that can reduce recurrent strokes substantially in these patients.”

Skin to bloodMcMaster researchers have announced an exciting discovery, publishing their findings in the journal Nature. They have developed a way to make human blood cells from adult human skin. The discovery could mean that people undergoing surgery, cancer treatment or treatment for other blood conditions could have blood for transfusions made from a patch of their own skin. Clinical trials could begin as early as 2012. The new process does not involve the middle step of changing a skin stem cell into a “pluripotent stem cell,” and then turning it into a blood stem cell. “We have shown this works using human skin,” said Mick Bhatia ‘92, scientific di-rector of McMaster’s Stem Cell and Can-cer Research Institute in the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine. “We know how it works and believe we can even im-prove on the process. We’ll now go on to work on developing other types of human cell types from skin, as we already have encouraging evidence.” John Kelton, a hematologist and dean and vice-president of health sciences, said he found the discovery personally gratifying because of his long experience of treating cancer patients with bone marrow transplants. “For all physicians, but especially for the patients and their families, the illness became more frustrat-ing when we were prevented from giving a bone marrow transplant because we could not find a perfect donor match.” Kelton said this discovery could permit doctors to help this important group of patients.


Why did you choose McMaster?I wanted to go into the physical education area, and I really thought I wanted to go away from home. When I got into residence at Mc-Master and I received a student award the de-cision was made: the opportunity to live away from home (but down the street from home), which was an important part of my under-graduate experience, and the student award. Those were pivotal pieces, as was the reputa-tion of McMaster’s program. I had the best of all those worlds. And I loved the fact that I

could bring my friends home for dinner.

Who were your favourite professors? We had so many great mentors in the pro-gram. Mary Keyes led the undergraduate and the athletics programs when I started and she was a great mentor. Mark Tarnopolsky ‘85, ‘88, ‘91 & ‘96, who has had a tremendous career as a physician and researcher, was my first-year anatomy tutor. What a privilege to have someone like him leading us in the lab. I remember Bill Fowler who took over from Mary Keyes as program chair. We had such an impressive cadre of profes-

sors. The program was filled with people of such high calibre. We also had the privilege of having only 100 students in the program. What are the significant changes you have observed since you started working in alumni relations?After I graduated I was recruited to work at the alumni office when there were only four of us. We were a small but mighty team. We had a good strong foundation yet our activities exploded during that time. It was a really fun time to be part of the program yet so much has changed over the years in how we need to keep alumni engaged in the institution. If you graduated in the 50s and 60s you pretty much knew everyone on campus. As the University started to grow through the 70s and the 80s, the way people connected changed dramatically. Alumni maybe didn’t think of themselves as a member of, in my case, the Class of 1987. I was connected to the program I was in, the residence I lived in, the team with which I was involved. Our alumni program was evolv-ing and we had to try and connect to people in a way that suited them.

DEEP ROOTSAs an undergraduate, Mary Williams ’87 received an entrance scholarship, worked with legendary men-tors in her program and was engaged in residence and student life. She’s always been inspired by that experience, as alumni advancement direc-tor, and for the past 13 years as University Advancement’s associate vice-president. In her new role as vice-president of University Advancement, she’ll continue to focus on helping ensure that McMaster has the resources to fulfil the academic mission and vision and maintains its excellent reputation.

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McMastercommunity? Alumni play a pivotal role in helping to sup-port the institution, and that support comes in many different ways: alumni talking about the importance of post-secondary education, taking the message of the University out to the broader community, being our advocates, helping us desgin the best programs, support-ing students through mentoring and their very important financial support. Under the leadership of the Alumni Associa-tion I think there’s a huge opportunity for alumni to get involved. I’m looking forward to working with Patrick Deane who is deeply committed to the importance of our alumni and understands the critical role that they play at our University. Alumni are an essential part of the makeup of the place. Do you think we’ll be seeing more involve-ment from alumni?I think we’re really lucky that we have pretty substantial alumni involvement. Our goal is always to find a way for people to be involved with the University in the way that what works for them regardless of their stage of life.

As you take on your new role on May 1, what, in broad terms, is your vision?Our job is to help develop the University’s reputation and resources and build tremen-dous relationships. My goal is to help support all of those elements. We need to continue to build on being the best, to help the academic leadership achieve its mission through in-creased philanthropic support and continue to create strong ties with the McMaster com-munity. We will contribute in any way we can to ensure McMaster retains its position as one of the Top 100 universities in the world. When I came here, McMaster was a great regional university. Now it is an international calibre institution as well as a great regional univer-sity. One of the best aspects about this oppor-tunity is that it’s my university. And I am excited about leading a terrific team of profes-sionals as we work together to build support for an institution that I am so proud to call my own. It’s really come full circle. I had great profes-sors. I saw what it means to be a recipient of a student award, to live in residence, to be part

of a school team. All those things that are fun-damental to wanting to make the University a better place. People like Les Prince ‘90 (hon-orary), Mary Keyes and Rudy Heinzl tried to instil that sense of pride and service and that is part of my responsibility as well. I’ve witnessed the growth in the research enterprise here and the way McMaster gradu-ates can have an impact on important issues. The alumni population has increased so dra-matically that when you start looking at the different ways that McMaster graduates touch not only our local community, but commu-nities worldwide, it’s something that creates tremendous pride. And I am grateful for the strong role model I have had the privilege to serve under. Roger Trull has been an amazing vice-president. He has an outstanding commitment to the Uni-versity Advancement team and it is his excep-tional leadership that has propelled us to be the best advancement shop in the country. His impact will be felt for many years to come.

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dailynews.mcmaster.ca 13 Left: The Library’s Marquee Magazine collection has materials spanning from 1975 to 2000.

Research collections director Carl Spadoni ’72 remembers the day that a man walked into the William Ready Division of Archives reading room and said he wanted to see his father’s archives. Before the man could say his father’s name, Spadoni said, “You’re Brian McFarlane, aren’t you?” The man was surprised, but perhaps he shouldn’t have been. After all, Spadoni had often heard his voice as a commentator on Hockey Night in Canada. He knew that Brian was the son of Leslie McFarlane, one of the original authors of the Hardy Boys series, and that the University had purchased some of the elder McFarlane’s papers in the 1970s. The successful series of children’s books was written by an army of ghost writ-ers under the name Franklin W. Dixon. Leslie wrote the first 16 books and several others, and is credited for creating the style and characters that made the Hardy Boys so popular. That meeting led to others. Brian McFar-lane, who himself wrote 75 books on hockey, donated a portion of his own archives. Then one day Spadoni got an urgent phone call. Brian’s street in Toronto had been flooded and his house was under water. “You better come,” he said to Spadoni. “It’s time to give you my father’s diaries.” Spadoni found the precious books on the steps of the house and more material was stored under a tarpaulin. Later, Brian’s sister, Nora McFarlane Perez, donated her father’s letters and photographs. When the story of the Leslie McFarlane archives was released by the University, it struck a chord. Spadoni and University librarian Jeff Trzeciak were deluged with calls. Spadoni completed more than 15 interviews in the first couple days. Not every collection in the archives has such

a dramatic story behind it, but many do. And the archives itself is a remarkable story. The facility, located on the lower level of Mills Memorial Library, was first developed under the guidance of William Ready, the University librarian from 1966 to 1979. Ready came with excellent credentials: as a librar-ian at Marquette University in Milwaukee he helped acquire the archives of a (then) little known British fantasy writer by the name of J.R.R. Tolkein. He came to McMaster as the University was expanding and developing a

strong research focus. Says Trzeciak, “Ready and Graham R. Hill, his successor, sought out collections that were international in scope. The collections represent McMaster’s growing international reputation as an institution of innovation and excellence.” The most important acquisition under Ready was the archives of British philoso-pher Bertrand Russell. Acquired at auction in 1967, the Russell papers immediately put McMaster on the map. Other acquisitions followed, including the J. Barry Brown collec-tion of 8,000 antiquarian books, the archives of major Canadian publishers, popular writers such as Pierre Berton, Farley Mowat and Peter Newman, and Vera Brittain, author of the heartrending First World War memoir, Testa-ment of Youth. Many of the collections were purchased through antiquarian booksellers and other sources, using a generous acquisitions budget. But as times got leaner, the archives came to

rely more and more on donations. Says Spa-doni, “My job has been to acquire the best materials out there by convincing the owners that McMaster is the best place to donate their materials. It’s all about building relation-ships and establishing trust.” Spadoni and his colleagues have been suc-cessful. In recent years a number of significant collections have arrived at the archives, pri-marily by way of donation. Today, the collec-tion includes a diverse range of materials in Canadian literature and publishing, music,

Canadian social history and politics, business and adver-tising, labour, stu-dent organizations, popular culture, the West Indies, peace and war, Judaica and the Holocaust. Last year the Uni-versity acquired the archives of Terry Fallis ’83, whose book, The Best Laid Plans, recently won the Canada Reads

contest. The archives of the late Hamiltonian Jackie Washington ’03 (honorary), a jazz and blues musician who worked with the likes of Duke Ellington, Joni Mitchell and Gordon Lightfoot, is now at McMaster too. The University also holds the papers of novelist Stephen Reid, whose story is stranger than fiction. A member of the Stopwatch Gang, which robbed some 140 banks dur-ing the 1970s, he started writing books while serving a 20-year sentence at Kingston Peni-tentiary. He sent his first manuscript to poet Susan Musgrave. They later married and lived together on Vancouver Island. In June 1999 he was again arrested for bank robbery, and sentenced to 18 years in prison. Musgrave’s papers are also at McMaster. Perhaps surprisingly, the University has strong collections relating to the West Indies, including the archives of award-winning Can-adian author Austin Clarke, who was born in Barbados. Most recently, the archives of Lou-

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McMaster houses an extraordinary collection of original records and rare books, ranging from Second World War trench maps and letters from Nazi concentration camps, to the personal papers of writers like Pierre Berton, Marion Engel, Margaret Laurence and Leslie McFarlane.

“The collections represent McMaster’s growing

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Above: Troopers of the Essex Scottish Regiment of Windsor stage an impromptu boxing match during summer encampment in 1939 at Pinehill, Ontario (from a collection donated by the Hamilton Spectator). Below: Students explore the archive catalogue with research collections director Carl Spadoni (centre).

ise Bennet-Coverley were added. “Miss Lou,” as she was known, was a Jamaican activist and poet, famous for writing in dialect to capture the voice of her people. McMaster also has an exceptional collec-tion of Second World War Resistance, Holo-caust and propaganda documents, including thousands of letters written by concentration camps prisoners. “The letters were sometimes used by Nazis to track down enemies of the Third Reich,” says Trzeciak. “People in the camps were encouraged to write home to their relatives so that they could get the addresses. We have multiple letters from the same in-dividual, which is rare because most people didn’t survive long in the camps.” Spadoni recently acquired 6,000 stunning Second World War photos owned by the Hamilton Spectator. After seeing an article

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with some of the images, he contacted the newspaper, which happily agreed to donate them to the archives. Not all archival material is on paper, and McMaster has several significant collec-tions in other media. This fall the University Library will be unveiling the archives of a major international advertising company. The company’s records consist of 10,000 job files documenting the creation of 50,000 30-second radio and television commercials. The Marquee Magazine collection includes materials relating to movies released during

the last 25 years of the 20th century. “These collections are a lot of fun because there’s a very audio, visual element,” says Trzeciak. “In some ways, they represent our future.” So does the drive to digitize many of the holdings. Publishers are currently digitizing the Holocaust and World War One materials, and the library has created a website, Peace and War in the 20th Century, that presents diaries, letters, photographs, posters and other documents through a series of thematic modules. Portions of the Bertrand Russell and Canadian publishing holdings have also been

made available online. A recent gift of $2.5 million from the Lewis and Ruth Sherman Foundation will be used to create a state-of-the-art Centre for Digital Scholarship. Spadoni recognizes that digital scholarship is the way of the future, providing research-ers around the world with access to precious documents. But at heart he is a collector, with a collector’s passion for touching history. “There’s nothing like seeing the originals,” he says. “You really get that ‘wow’ moment.”

The Literary FarmerOne of Carl Spadoni’s favourite finds is a collection of diaries created by Edward Rubidge Crombie. Crombie was a banker who left the city to settle his family on a farm near Paris, Ontario in 1911. Spadoni got a call about the diaries and at first thought they weren’t appropri-ate for McMaster. But it was a beautiful summer day and the road beckoned, so he decided to have a look. “It was a courtesy call for me,” he says. “But when I saw the diaries, I was astounded. We were all mesmerized by them.” Although Crombie never made it in the Canadian literary scene, his typed, illus-trated diaries are amusing, insightful, poetic, and filled with pithy observations about politics, the local scene, the impact of the war, and the day-to-day realities of farming. Crombie applied for a commis-sion in the Canadian army in 1914, but was considered too old to serve. His half-brother, Frederick, was killed during the sinking of the Lusitania. Another half brother, Herbert, served in Belgium and France and was twice wounded. Presciently, Crombie created a series of family newsletters, with titles like The Daily Twitter!

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• Holocaust and Resistance collections

•Hardy Boys author Leslie McFarlane archives

• Louise Bennett (Miss Lou) archives and a collection of anti-

quarian books on the West Indies from Anthony MacFarlane

• Second World War trench maps

• Second World War photos from the Hamilton Spectator

• Edward Seymour archives about Canadian labour negotiations

• Marquee Communications archives

• Jackie Washington archives

• Ballooning collection

• Cigar label collection

• Books from Rabbi Bernard Baskin, including first editions of

Mark Twain’s Adventure of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of

Huckelberry Finn

• Crombie family archives, including the illustrated diaries of Ed-

ward Rubidge Crombie

•Canadian publishing archives, including those of Douglas M. Gib-

son, the premier editor of McClelland & Stewart

• Marjorie Harris archives (gardening)

• Pierre Conlon collection of the French Enlightenment

Here are some interesting collections acquired by

McMaster during the past five years:

Recent Acquisitions


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Early in the fall term, most first-year science students attend lectures and labs, read text-books, and study for quizzes. In one unique program at McMaster, they plan a mission to Mars. Working in groups, students use physics and math to plan the route, chemistry to deter-mine what fuel to use, life sciences to look at the impact of space travel on the human body and search for new forms of life, earth sci-ences to examine potential landing sites and psychology to counter the effects of isolation. Ultimately, the groups pitch their mission proposals to a panel of faculty members. Mission to Mars is the first project in the University’s Integrated Science program, known as iSci. Other first year projects in-clude Drugs, Diffusion and Biodistribution, which explores the impact of drugs on the body and in the environment, Sustainable Energy, which delves into the best sustainable sources for different geographies, and Finding a Cure for Cancer. “Instead of going by the textbook, this way of learning really forces us to think about the subject,” says second-year iSci student Prateek Gupta. “It’s about tak-ing an issue and applying whatever science perspective best fits the subject. It’s totally open-ended.” And that, when you think about it, is a lot like science itself. Carolyn Eyles, a profes-sor of earth sciences, has been involved with iSci from the beginning and is now program director. “We want students to think and find

out for themselves. We challenge them to de-velop their skills of inquiry – to ask questions, find information, analyze it and communicate it.” iSci was launched in 2009 and now has two classes of 40 students, one each in first and second year. Eventually there will be 60 students in each of four years. The program was developed over a four-year period at the urging of science dean John Capone’83. Ca-pone is an advocate of the multi-disciplinary, problem-based learning approach pioneered within health sciences at Mac. He was inter-

ested in trying a similar silo-busting approach in science. He pulled together a committee made up of interested faculty members from every discipline, staff and students. Says Eyles: “John saw it as a way to create the kind of scientists who would understand and respect the linkages between the sciences, and could use them to address some of the big problems facing society.” The program takes a modular, theme-based approach to curriculum, and uses a self-di-rected, inquiry mode of learning. In first year

students complete four major projects, work-ing in groups to do research and communicate their findings. “Instead of going to the biology department to learn biology and the math department to learn math, our students are learning all the different science disciplines through their own research into a project,” says Eyles. The small size of the program al-lows faculty to develop close relationships with students and support them as they learn scientific principles and processes. In second year, the program focuses on key thematic areas such as ecology, thermody-namics, neuroscience, quantum mechanics, the history of the earth, and biochemistry. The students are given more scope to direct their own research, but continue to work in groups and present their findings. They also take electives and have the option of focusing in a specific discipline, essentially completing a double major. There’s no such thing as a typical day in iSci. The learning experience can take the form of a presentation by faculty or guest speakers, a field trip or lab, or a group work session. The program has its own home on the third floor of the Thode Library – a classroom where students sit in groups of four around high-tech workstations, a study space de-signed to foster group interaction, and faculty offices. The members of the faculty team for iSci are carefully selected for their interest in pedagogy and comfort with working across

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Something interesting is happening on the third floor of the Thode Library and it has the potential to change the way science is taught everywhere.

“Instead of going by the textbook, this way of learning really forces us to think about the subject,”


disciplines. Two new teaching professors, Chad Harvey and Sarah Symons, were hired to support the project, and Andrew Colgoni, the University’s science fluencies librarian, is also a key member of the team. Symons worked in an integrated science program at the University of Leicester in Eng-land before immigrating to Canada. She sees programs like iSci as an important option for students. “They have the choice to pursue all the sciences, to learn research skills, and to experience different learning methods.” she says. “For faculty, iSci means we can spend a little more time thinking about how we’re going to teach things. For both students and faculty, it’s a very challenging environment that allows us all to keep learning and making new discoveries.” Colgoni teaches in the program’s science literacy course. With help from Colgoni and Symons, students learn how to find, read and write scientific articles, how to communicate to peers, funders and the general public, and how to maintain the highest standards of academic integrity and ethics. As part of their projects, students create scientific posters, pro-posal documents and articles, and make pre-sentations and pitches. The skills are essential to a successful career in research, but Colgoni says they’re also important in a broader con-text. “There’s a huge disconnect between what scientists are doing and what the public under-stands they are doing,” says Colgoni. “That’s a problem. Scientists need to do a better job of talking to the public about science.”

It’s early days to judge the success of iSci, but it’s clear that students are embracing the experience. “The number one thing I like about iSci is the people I get to work with,” says first year student Alex Young. “The stu-dents and faculty are fantastic.” Young says group work is ideal preparation for his future as a researcher or physician. “Some people would like to have a little lab where they can work all by themselves, but that’s not going to happen. This is preparing us to work with other people in any field of science, which is perfect.” Prateek Gupta values the opportunity to

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learn research methods early in his career. “We’re learning how to set an experiment up, conduct it, perform statistical analysis, write a scientific paper and cross-reference our re-sults.” He adds: “It’s not just the content that matters with iSci – it’s the ability to think critically and with ingenuity.” Fellow second year student Julianne Bagg agrees. She says the program has opened her eyes to the truly integrated nature of sci-ence. “To tackle a big issue in science you must have background knowledge in all disciplines,” she says. “Obviously there’s a little bias in favour of whatever discipline you concentrate in, but you need to come at prob-lems from many perspectives.” Bagg is taking integration to another level by combining iSci with a concentration in earth sciences and courses in archeology. So what happens after iSci? Symons has no doubts. “The students we produce are a natural fit with the interdisciplinary problem areas that are exercising our minds in science at the moment. They will go anywhere – to professional schools, grad schools, the public service, education, science management, science communication.” Bagg, Gupta and Young are all contemplating research careers but keeping their options open. “I feel that I’ll have the ability to see where science fits into the bigger picture,” says Gupta. “It re-ally sets me up to be a scientific leader in any field.” Meanwhile, iSci will continue to evolve. Eyles is delighted that the program is at-tracting interest from other faculties and institutions and she is always happy to share her experience. “This is the way science, and particularly science education, should work,” she says. “This is the way to go.”

“This is the way science, and particularly science education, should work.”

Students in the iSci program take notes during a field trip to Cootes Paradise. The iSci program uses field trips each semester to challenge students to think about field work and the local environment.

Carolyn Eyles is an award-winning professor in the School of Geography & Earth Sciences and director of the iSci program.


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It’s that time again: Convocation. Hundreds of giddy students in black gowns marching across the stage. It marks the formal completion of a degree from McMaster, a ritual that, for some, means the end of their careers as students. Twice a year it is customary for graduates, families and friends to hear wisdom and advice from our chancellor, honorary degree recipients and valedictorians. Sometimes there is a special occasion, as was the case last November when we installed President Patrick Deane. Each ceremony is unique, but the tradition is always a celebration - of our graduates who’ve become alumni, the McMaster community and the fulfillment of the promise of higher education.

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1. A procession of graduands from the Class of 1950, with the construction site of Mills Memor-ial Library in the background. 2. Comedian Martin Short ’01 delivers the Convocation address. 3. Canadian author Margaret Atwood ’96 addresses McMaster graduands. 4. Do you remember ballet dancers Karen Kain ’79 and Frank Augustyn ’79 performing together on stage in 1979?5. Juno Award and Grammy Award-winning musician and producer Daniel Lanois ’04 received an honorary degree for his contributions to rock music. 6. Dave Thomas ’72, ’09: McMaster alumnus, comedian, and a real hoser. 7. Entertainer Harry Belafonte ’96 honoured by the graduating class.

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A LEGACY OF LEADERSHIP

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He’s travelled the globe, meeting alumni from dozens of countries and sharing news from McMaster. He’s worked with six of Mc-Master’s seven presidents. And he’s led a team that has helped raise millions in support of student scholarships and bursaries, research chairs to attract and retain faculty and lead-ing edge buildings and equipment. Now, after more than a 35-year connection to McMaster that began as a student leader studying politi-cal science, Roger Trull’79, is moving to the next phase: retirement – at least for a while. When Trull officially steps down as the vice-president of University Advancement on April 30 he leaves a legacy that is unsurpassed in the field of university advancement in Canada. For Trull, it is the people who are all part of the McMaster family, especially alumni and volunteers, who have made an indelible impression. “I’ve had the wonderful opportunity to meet thousands of alumni. The majority tell me they had a life changing experience when they came to McMaster and they talk with great affection about the University and the people and professors who made such a difference to them,” he says. “McMaster has always had the feel of a small, friendly caring place. So many times I’ve heard people say how much they appreciate McMaster and reflect on the outstanding quality of the education they received.” When President Patrick Deane came toMcMaster, he knew Trull only by his excellent reputation. “As I became more familiar with the University, I recognized just how remark-able his contributions have been. Under his leadership, the University has built robust relationships with alumni and set a founda-tion for philanthropy that will serve our community for years to come. Throughout his distinguished career, Roger has led with commitment and vision, transformed the ad-vancement team and helped set the stage for continued growth at his alma mater.” President Emeritus Peter George ‘96 (hon-orary) says Trull retires leaving a remarkable legacy of achievement. “Roger Trull is the outstanding university advancement professional in Canada. His innovative and determined leadership of our University Advancement portfolio, coupled with his gracious and effortless personal style, have led to an outstanding record of ‘friend-raising’ and fundraising success, a strong national and international alumni relations division, and a very creative and effective community and public and government rela-tions branch,” says George. “McMaster would not have its current high profile nationally and internationally without Roger’s leader-ship in this vitally important portfolio over the past 18 years. The University will miss

Roger Trull retires from his role as vice-president of University Advancement


his leadership and counsel, but he leaves a strong base of high-performing colleagues and leading-edge programs upon which his succes-sor, Mary Williams, will build for continued growth and success.” Alumni Association president David Adames ‘92 notes that Trull’s ability to focus on the best in people and elicit their support for McMaster is unparalleled. “Roger has an uncanny way of always re-membering the importance of the personal connection that students and alumni have with McMaster, and how special the McMas-ter experience is,” says Adames. “Under his guidance, the alumni program has grown and become truly global. Roger and his team con-tinue to bridge the distance between campus

and where our alumni live and work, while creating a greater profile for alumni and their accomplishments.” A focus on students and their McMaster experience has also been a driving force for Trull, beginning when he served as presi-dent of Whidden Hall in the late 1970s. He remembers meeting with Les Prince ‘90 (honorary), then dean of students, after the residence’s fire alarm was pulled and students were forced to evacuate. Staff discovered that several fire alarms were jammed with paper and Prince locked the doors, barring students from returning to their rooms. “My first job was to negotiate with him to let the students back in and work with him on appropriate penalties,” Trull says. “Les Prince became a great mentor to me, as did Sheila Scott, dean of women and Brian Harrison ‘72, dean of men. I was so impressed with their commit-ment to McMaster and the students.” He observed that same commitment while working for President Arthur Bourns as an undergraduate. Every Sunday he helped at the president’s weekly reception and then he and Bourns would watch the Tiger-Cats on TV. “I had the opportunity to get to know him and his incredible commitment to students. It gave me the opportunity to learn how many smart, caring people there were at the University.” After graduation, Trull worked for the fed-eral government and displayed his entrepre-neurial talents as a franchise owner while serv-ing as a volunteer on the McMaster Alumni Association’s board of directors. He returned to McMaster full-time in 1987 as the direc-tor of alumni advancement. In 1993, he was appointed to lead University Advancement, a role he has held for the last 18 years. Trull appreciated that it wasn’t just the professors and the senior University leaders

who were focused on enhancing the student experience. Volunteers like Chancellor Emeri-tus Mel Hawkrigg ‘59, ‘97 (honorary), Gary Lautens ‘50 and Chancellor Red Wilson ‘62, 95 (honorary) as well as the hundreds of oth-ers who have served on committees, fundrais-ing campaigns, Senate, or the Board of Gov-ernors and shared their expertise have all been committed to the McMaster family, he said. McMaster’s award-winning advancement team, led by Trull, is also known for its com-mitment to enhancing the University and is renowned across North America for its integrated approach. Staff in alumni advance-ment, development, public and government relations, advancement services and steward-ship and donor relations work as a cohesive

unit to advance relationships and McMaster’s reputation that help the University realize its mission and vision. “One of the things I’m most proud of is the team I’ve been able to build at McMaster,” he says. “These profes-sionals are second to none.” Trull’s contributions to McMaster have been remarkable. He has has guided the growth of the advancement operation from a staff of 33 to a peak of more than 100 during two comprehensive fundraising campaigns. Dur-ing his leadership, annual revenues from gifts and pledges to the University have risen from $4 million to a high of $43.5 million. Trull has also played a central role in some of the most iconic acts of philanthropy in Canadian history including the largest gift to a Cana-dian athletics department (a $10-million gift from Ron Joyce ‘98 (honorary) in 2005), the $50-million gift to McMaster’s health sciences in 2007 from David Braley ‘00 (honorary) and the gift of $105 million from Michael G. DeGroote ‘92 (honorary) in 2003, still the largest cash gift in Canadian history. Trull’s impact is not limited to fundrais-

ing success, however. He helped spearhead a comprehensive review of the McMaster Alumni Association and he secured the for-mer President’s Residence building to serve as Alumni House, providing a powerful symbol of the University’s commitment to alumni programming. “That was a coming of age for our program and a guarantee that the impor-tance of alumni to the fabric of the University would be recognized forever,” he says. He enhanced the image of the University through the expansion of public, community, and government relations activities and established advancement services and stewardship and donor relations as key parts of the advance-ment strategy. Trull is optimistic about the future. “We’ve

had challenges and we’ve been able to move from being a small, good university in the west end of Hamilton to today, where we’re recognized as an international, renowned institution for excellence in innovation that is the first choice for an ever increasing number of students. We’re consistently ranked among the top 100 universities in the world. It’s an incredible transformation that has been made possible by the strength and vision of the Uni-versity’s leadership. With Patrick Deane at the helm, I know that success will continue and I’ll be as keen as other alumni on watching our University reach even higher.” Trull, who has made 25 trips to China alone to meet with alumni and friends of the University, is looking forward to “taking a breather.” He plans to travel, enjoy the family cottage, play golf and gradually get back to volunteer work with organizations he’s worked with in the past. The McMaster connection won’t be broken though. Trull met his wife, Janet ‘78, at the University and their three children are all Mac grads. Maroon and grey is in the blood and that’s not going to change.

McMaster’s Evolution

• Number of alumni increased from 84,000 (1995) to 147,000 (2010)• Endowment increased from $66 million (1995) to $460 million (2010)• Changing Tomorrow Today campaign - raised $128 million (2002)• The Campaign for McMaster University - raised $473 million (2010)• Number of alumni volunteers tripled and number of annual alumni events grew

from 25 to more than 150• Creation of the Daily News and on-campus TV studio

Roger Trull’s Awards & Honours

• MSU Lifetime Achievement Award - 2011• Canadian Council for the Advancement of Education National Lifetime Achievement Award – 2006• McMaster Alumni Gallery – inducted 2005• Honour M Award – 1979

“So many times I’ve heard people say how much they appreciate McMaster and reflect on the outstanding quality of the education they received.”


I read the McMaster News yesterday. If you’re wondering why you haven’t received your copy of the News lately, don’t worry. It hasn’t existed for de-cades. The issue I read was from 1957. There was an article in this issue about the workings of the Alumni Office. The author was one of my predecessors as alum-ni director, Doug Allaby ’43. Early in the article, Doug used the word “bailiwick.” He mentioned that the new Alumni Office had running water. He quoted a corporate executive as

saying, “Ah nuts!” I thought I was reading a relic. After all, I thought, my job is much different now. In 2011, we constantly adopt and adapt new technolo-gies. The size and demographics of our alumni cohort are changing rapidly. It seems like every month I’m involved in launching new media for communicating with Mac alumni around the world. Things are different now – much different. Then I kept reading. As Doug was writing his column (just like I’m doing now), his team was creating a new 16-page alumni magazine. He described the con-stant flow of correspondence and record-keeping managed by alumni

staff. He talked with excitement and a little fear about new technolo-gies like the “addressograph” machine and a “graphotype” for mak-ing nametags. He described distributing “mimeographed” meeting minutes. Doug and his team were planning reunions, connecting with geographically diverse alumni and managing volunteers. In fact, if you replace Doug’s addressograph, graphotype and mim-eograph with YouTube, Facebook and Twitter, very little else has changed. The fundamental nature of the work is the same; many of the activities are almost identical. Computer databases have replaced the file card system and e-mail addresses are more important than postal codes, but it’s clear now more than ever that my work is the direct con-tinuation of the efforts of every previous alumni director. There have been many influential people in the alumni director’s chair since Don Seldon ‘40 was the first to occupy it back in 1946. None of them, however, has had an impact as significant and endur-ing as Roger Trull ’79. Roger served as the director from 1987 to 1993 when he earned himself a big promotion. From 1993 until this April, Roger has run Mac’s University Advancement operation and was in-volved in alumni milestones as diverse as the growth of our services and benefits program to the creation of Alumni House. On behalf of the tens of thousands of McMaster alumni who have benefited from Roger’s work, I thank him for the legacy and the big shoes he leaves behind. I wish him all the best in his retirement and as-sure all of you that we won’t let him escape completely. I expect to find him a suitable volunteer post with the McMaster Alumni Association. Maybe he can show me how to run this silly mimeograph machine.

Working with the tourism in-dustry, I appreciate the impact that tourists can have on the local community, even if they are just passing through. As my year as president of the McMas-ter Alumni Association draws to a close, I confess to feeling a little touristy in my single year in the role, but I hope my efforts have contributed to our alumni community. In 2010-2011, the MAA has continued to expand and refine its programming, with offer-ings that keep pace with our

rapidly-changing alumni cohort. I am particularly proud of the work the association’s executive has invested in strategic planning and in building even stronger relationships with current McMaster students. The association’s new community service initiative is another exciting new venture that is just in its infancy, but it looks like something that will inspire my personal engagement for the long term. The most enduring change of my year as president, however, is per-sonal rather than organizational. I have enjoyed this year immensely and I found the volunteer work to be tremendously rewarding. If you have any interest at all in volunteering with the Alumni Association, I encourage you to give it a try. You won’t be disappointed. And I can as-

sure you that the collective and individual contributions of McMaster alumni volunteers and philanthropists are vitally important to Mac. A huge part of our success as volunteers depends on the work of the staff who make it so easy for us to connect and give back to McMaster. Personally, I owe a great deal of thanks to the staff in the Office of Alumni Advancement, particularly Karen McQuigge ’90 and Anne-Marie Middel ’90 who have been the co-pilots of my MAA presidency.Finally, I want to acknowledge two milestones in the life of McMaster. In November, I had the honour of participating in the installation of the University’s president and vice-chancellor, Patrick Deane. In the months since, I have seen Patrick Deane interact with hundreds of Mac alumni and I have been unfailingly impressed by his approach and character. Mac is in good hands. In April, Roger Trull ’79 retires. You may know Roger personally, either from his days as president of Whidden Hall and then the MSU or from his 24-year career on staff, first as the director of alumni ad-vancement and then as vice-president of University Advancement. All of us involved in the University’s alumni program owe Roger, a former MAA board member himself, a great debt of thanks. Roger’s successor, Mary Williams ’87, is another former alumni di-rector who has proven her abilities and her commitment to McMaster through almost two decades of service. She is perfectly positioned to take our University forward by building on our past success. It has been a tremendous honour to serve as the president of the MAA. Thanks for a great year. I look forward to serving as past-presi-dent in 2011-2012 and supporting the new association president as we continue to serve our members and our alma mater.

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Congratulations to our 2011 Alumni Gallery Inductees:Anne-Marie Zajdlik Health Sciences ’90

In 2005, Dr. Anne-Marie Zajdlik founded and now directs the Masai Centre for Local, Regional and Global Health, in response to the growing numbers of HIV/

AIDS patients in the Guelph area. The birth of an HIV negative boy named Masai to two HIV positive parents from Ethiopia in 2003 turned Anne-Marie into an international AIDS activist. In 2005, Anne-Marie launched the Bracelet of Hope campaign which achieved its goal in 2008 of raising $1 million for the fi ght against the AIDS pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa.

THURSDAY, JUNE 2Alumni Gallery Induction & MAA Awards Dinner6:00 p.m. Awards Ceremony in Convocation Hall, Second Floor, University Hall7:00 p.m. Awards Dinner in The Donaldson Family Marketplace, McMaster University Student Centre

Alumni Gallery nominations are accepted each year by September 1st. Recognize the interesting and accomplished lives of grads you know by nominating them for the Alumni Gallery.

For more information, pleasevisit alumni.mcmaster.ca, email: [email protected] or call 1-888-217-6003

Sandra Stephenson Social Sciences ’78Sandra is a lawyer at Lazier Hickey practicing in the areas of estates and corporate/commercial matters. Sandra is presently the Chair of the

Board of Hamilton Community Foundation and a Director of Hamilton Health Sciences, the Hamilton Club, and Chedoke Health Corporation. She is also the Past Chair of the Board of St. Peter’s Health System, a Past President of the Hamilton Law Association and a Past President of the Rotary Club of Hamilton.

Daniel Stepaniuk Humanities ’92Dan is the head of the Department of Classical and International Languages at Westdale Secondary School where he teaches Latin and

ancient history. Since 1988 he has been a teacher, soldier and a leader in the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry – one of Canada’s oldest reserve units of the Canadian Forces. From June to December 2008, he was deployed to Haiti on the United Nation’s OP MINUSTAH. As the Missions’ Operations Offi cer, he led the planning efforts when three back-to-back hurricanes struck Haiti causing wide-spread devastation. His work there resulted in a Chief of the Defence Staff Commendation.

Bob Williamson Humanitites ’62Commander Bob Williamson is a retired Hamilton Secondary School Administrator and former Commanding Offi cer of H.M.C.S Star, Hamilton’s

Naval Reserve Division. During his tenure, Hamilton won the National Award for the Most Improved Naval Division in Canada. For almost twenty years since his retirement, Bob has been honing his heritage public speaking skills on topics including Untold Naval War of 1812 and Hamilton’s Sesquicentennial Story. He has retired a number of awards including the Ontario Senior Achievement Award.

Walter Booth Engineering ’62 Trained as a mechanical technologist, Walter worked at Stelco for several years before entering McMaster’s Engineering program. Upon graduation Walter

joined Timberland Group of Companies where he is now the Chairman. Timberland, based in Woodstock, Ontario, is known worldwide for providing utility equipment and machinery to the hydro, telecommunications, marine and mining industries. Walter is known for his generosity in the McMaster and local community.

Stephen Elop Engineering ’86Stephen has distinguished himself throughout his career as an outstanding, customer focused, hands on executive. He was recently appointed the CEO of

Nokia, the fi rst non-Finn to hold the position. Prior to the appointment, he was the president of the Microsoft Business Division and oversaw the Information Worker, Microsoft Business Solutions and Unifi ed Communications Groups.

Michael Hayes Health Sciences ’79; Social Sciences ’85; Sciences ’89

Michael is the Director of Health Education and Research, University of Victoria. His research interests involve social geographies of health, and health and public policy. He

is Principal Investigator of the Urban Structure, Population Health and Public Policy project, a three-year project aimed at estimating variations in health status throughout the Vancouver Census Metropolitan Area and is a published author on the subject.

Kenneth Roberts Humanities ’69Ken Roberts is the Chief Librarian of the Hamilton Public Library. His hobby is writing. Ken Robertshas taught Public Library Children’sServices at UBC, Children’s Literature

at Simon Fraser University and Storytelling/Puppetry at the University of Lethbridge. He has been Storyteller in Residence for the Vancouver School Board and Games Master for the World Improvisation Championships.

Alumni Gallery& MAA Awards

Alumni Weekend is sponsored in part by TD Insurance Meloche Monnex


1950sMichael Madesker ’51, ‘64 was one of two recipients of the 2010 Smithsonian Philatelic Achieve-ment Award for 2010. The award celebrates outstanding lifetime accomplishments in the field of philately, the study of stamps and postal history. Madesker is a fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society London and the Royal Philatelic Society of Canada. He is also a signatory of the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists and is motivated by his passion for youth philately.

1960s Rev. Valerie-Dawn Ruddell Girhiny ’65, ’66, ’75 & ’97 (above)was the guest of honour at the 65th Fergus Scottish Festival and Highland Games, the largest gathering of the clans in North America. She represented the 2010 Honoured Clan, Clan Ross. Her great-great-great-grandfather was Sir George William Ross, educator, inspector, journalist, education minister and the fifth premier of Ontario.

1970sCarolyn Byrne ’79, ‘82 was re-cently appointed as dean and CEO, University of Calgary – Qatar. Heather Munroe-Blum ’74, ’07 (honorary) has been named direc-

tor of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, appointed by Jim Flaherty, federal finance min-ister. She is principal and vice-chancellor of McGill University. Stephen J. J. Letwin ’77 has been appointed president and chief executive officer of IAM-GOLD, a gold mining company based in Toronto. He spent more than a decade as a member of the senior leadership team at Enbridge Inc., most recently as executive vice-president, based in Houston.

Finley Bakker ’79 was recently appointed as senior resource ge-ologist with Avalon Rare Metals Inc., in B.C.

David Bignell ’79 was recently appointed to the board of gover-nors at Trent University. Irene (Fréel) Stefan ‘79 lives in France and works at the Inter-national Telecommunications Union, a specialized agency of the United Nations in Geneva. Her husband works for the World Trade Organization. The couple has made several trips to Africa and enjoy the international cul-ture of working for the UN. Their daughter has completed her B.Sc. at University of Toronto and will be going on to graduate studies.

1980sVincenzo Di Nicola ‘81, professor of psychiatry at the University of Montreal and chief of child and adolescent psychiatry at Mai-sonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, completed the mastery certificate in global mental health with the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma and is pursuing interdis-ciplinary doctoral studies in the philosophy of trauma at the Euro-pean Graduate School.

Leah Morris ‘83 has received two awards this year for her work in adult literacy. The Hamilton Literacy Council selected her to

receive the 2010 Kim Brooks Me-morial Award, which recognizes exceptional dedication and con-tributions to the cause of literacy. She also received the Ontario 2010 Council of the Federation Literacy Award.

Julia Alleyne ’83, ‘87 was named chief medical officer by the Cana-dian Olympic Team for the 2012 Games in London. Alleyne will lead the Canadian team’s overall health and science services. She is medical director of Sport CARE at Toronto Women’s College Hos-pital and has served on the health and science teams for previous Olympic Games.

Terry Fallis ’83 has won CBC Radio’s 10th annual Canada Reads competition for his novel of political satire, The Best Laid Plans. The book now holds the distinction of being “the most essential Canadian novel of the

past decade.” Fallis graduated from the Faculty of Engineering and owns a public relations firm in Toronto.

David Dobson ’86 was recently appointed as executive vice-president with CA Technologies in New York. Linda Francis ’86 was awarded the Outstanding Contributions Award 2010 for the Oshawa Campus of triOS College. As an instructor she delivers a wide variety of courses, authors the campus newsletter, and leads the book club as well as various writ-ing seminars. She looks forward to continuing her world travelling and publishing her own work.

Douglas Gourlay ’86 was hon-oured by his physician peers as one of the select recipients of the QuantiaMD Community Choice Award. Gourlay is direc-

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The President of Italy, Giorgio Napolitano, has appointed Pro-fessor Konrad Eisenbichler ’73 and ’74 a commendatore (knight commander) in the Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy. Founded in 1951 to replace several previous honours for merit awarded by the Kingdom of Italy, the O.M.R.I. is the first and highest of the various orders of knighthood of the Republic of Italy. It is headed by the president of the Republic and is awarded in five degrees, of which commendatore is the third or middle degree (comparable to the rank of officer in the Order of Canada or commander in the Order of the British Empire). Eisenbichler received the distinction in recognition of his scholarship in Italian studies and his work for the advancement of Italian culture in general.

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Fred Nieuwenhuis ‘98 and wife Evelyn welcomed their fourth child and second daughter, Ar-wen Joy, on July 23, 2010. Michelyn Siple ’98 and her husband Dar Dowlatshahi ‘97, ‘03 welcomed the arrival of their second child, Eric Naveed Siple Dowlatshahi, on Aug. 15, 2010. He is much loved by big brother Sammy Houshang. Dowlatshahi is a stroke neurologist and assis-tant professor of medicine at the Ottawa Hospital/University of Ottawa. Siple will return to mar-keting and advertising with the Department of National Defence in September 2011.

Heidi Hartmann ’99 has started Fun Ontario (www.funontario.com), an online service for those living in Ontario that highlights interesting events and day trip-ping ideas each week. Hartmann is an independent communica-tions consultant working from home as a “mom-preneur.” Damian Holsinger ‘99 and his wife Natalie welcomed their new

daughter, Emmalise, born on Jan. 6, 2011 in Sydney, Australia.

2000s Joanna Mallia ‘01 and Anthony Manganiello ‘99 welcomed their first child Sophia Joan on Dec. 29, 2010. Sophia was born at Mc-Master Children’s Hospital.

Steven Burns ’01 would like to announce the birth of his daugh-ter, Elizabeth Mary Rose, born Dec. 3, 2010. She is a new sister for his son Jonathan.

Michael Picheca ’02, ’09 mar-ried Annie Poirier on Oct. 30, 2010.

Ryan Sleik ‘03 and Joanna (Gorny) Sleik ‘05 welcomed their first daughter, Ruby Grace, on Sept. 3, 2010. The Sleiks both work as physiotherapists in Cran-brook, B.C.

Allen Ho ’04, ‘05 and his wife welcomed their first child, Paisley Ho, born on Oct. 22, 2010.

tor of the Pain and Chemical Dependency Division of the Was-ser Pain Management Centre at Toronto’s Mount Sinai Hospital and is clinical director of labora-tory services at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.

Debra Inglis ’88, ’95 was elected the first Grape Queen, kicking off the Grape and Wine Festival in St. Catharines this past fall. She is currently director of the Cool Climate Oenology and Viticul-ture Institute at Brock University.

Patricia Cavanagh ‘89 was ap-pointed clinical chief, outreach and community care for the CAMH Schizophrenia program in Toronto. In this role Cavanagh will lead the development of community-oriented outpatient services at the Queen Street satel-lite clinics.

Brian Martin ’89 was appointed as senior vice-president, sales and marketing with Canada Cartage Systems Inc., in Mississauga.

1990sAlan Mok ‘90 lives in Hong Kong and is the founder and managing director of Brooklines Group, specializing in the import and distribution of environmentally-friendly cleaning and odor con-trol products and solutions to commercial and retail clients. The company also provides consultan-cy services in corporate sustain-ability program development.

Sarah Kimball ’91 is the new senior financial analyst-operations at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. She will be working directly with clinical departments on their budgeting and planning as well as providing accounting and financial analysis support.

Douglas McCuaig ’91 was recent-ly appointed as president of CGI Group Inc in Toronto. Amber Nasrulla ‘92 recently be-came the Los Angeles correspon-dent for Chatelaine magazine, contracted to write cover features on celebrities. This beat is in ad-

dition to her position as feature writer for ELLE Canada, where she writes about film and televi-sion, pop culture, women’s health and fashion trends. Michelle Richter ’92, ’94 re-ceived her doctorate in criminal justice administration from Sam Houston State University on Dec. 18, 2010. She has subsequently been promoted to assistant pro-fessor at St Edward’s University in Austin, Texas. Dawn Martens ‘96 was a recipi-ent of the 2010 prestigious Ruby Award from Opera Canada. Mar-tens received her award based on her work as music teacher at Bu-chanan Park Public School where for 16 years she has developed an opera program that involves the entire student body. The proceeds from the annual, fully staged op-era production go to the McMas-ter University Medical Centre. To date, more than $40,000 has been raised for work in childhood cancer.

Cheryl Dickson-Neal ’97 released her debut CD, which is available on iTunes or through www.chryl-dicksonneal.com. Mohamed Mahgoub ’97 is the new program coordinator of the Concrete Industry Manage-ment program at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and was recognized in Concrete Interna-tional, the widely known maga-zine of the American Concrete Institute.

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Business Analysis Program (New) Understanding how it all fits together

Business Analysis skills are critical in today’s workplace. This growing field is relied on by organizations to create a better understanding of the gap between an organization’s needs and its technology.

McMaster University and Global Knowledge have joined forces to bring you the Business Analysis Program. Using Global Knowledge’s proven curriculum, which incorporates the International Institute of Business Analysis’s (IIBA) Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK) theory and best practices, CBAP certified instructors will facilitate real-world exercises to help you readily apply what you’ve learned to your work. The details of this daytime professional development program will be announced shortly.

Please join our contact list at

www.mcmastercce.com/Business_Analysis

In 2009, the average annual salary of a Business Analyst was reported at$71,000-$80,000 in a compensation survey endorsed by the IIBA.

Lean Six Sigma (New)Seeking Perfection

Professionals with Lean Six Sigma credentials have long been valued in the manufacturing sector for their ability to meet customer specifications by improving performance, reliability and value while reducing defects and variation in the deliverable product or service. There is also a growing trend of recruiting for this skill set in the service sectors including health care, financial services, information technology and government.

McMaster University is pleased to announce that its new Lean Six Sigma Green Belt program will premiere this fall. Taught over six days using a blended learning (in-class and online) format, McMaster’s expert instructor will train you to implement Six Sigma processes in the workplace.

Who should attend:· Project Managers, Engineers, Quality experts and Continuous Improvement specialists · Leaders at all levels of the organization

www.mcmastercce.com/SixSigma


Celebrated baseball star Fergie Jenkins ’04 (honorary) is fea-tured on a new commemorative stamp from Canada Post hon-ouring both Jenkins and Black History Month in Canada. The stamp was released in February 2011.

Edward Nolan ’04 was called to the Bar by the Law Society of Up-per Canada in the spring of 2010 and has joined in the practice of law with Fyshe, McMahon, LLP in Hamilton. His area of concen-tration is in union-side labour and employment law. Nolan con-tinues to engage in community activism, a skill he nurtured at McMaster while writing for The Silhouette. Erin Callery ’05 married Andre Solecki on Oct. 31, 2009. She was called to the Bar of Ontario in June 2010 and began work as a lawyer with the law firm of Gowl-ing Lafleur Henderson LLP in Ottawa in August 2010.

Pete van Hengstum ’05, ‘08 completed his B.Sc. and M.Sc. at McMaster, and just finished his PhD at Dalhousie. His research area is underwater caves. His doc-torate revealed that underwater caves are preserving a plethora of information about climate and sea-level changes that has never before been explored.

Clara Blakelock ’06, ’10 is about to embark on a six-month intern-ship in San Fernando, La Union, Philippines for Sustainable Cities, sponsored by a grant from the Canadian International Develop-ment Agency. She will be working with the municipal government of San Fernando on projects re-lated to community-based waste management. She will be keeping a blog while she is there: http://garbageintern.wordpress.com.

Daniella Pacenza’06 and Phil Ciapanna ‘06 were married on Dec. 11, 2010 in Stoney Creek, Ont. The couple recently celebrat-ed eight years together after their first date during their sophomore year at McMaster. They are both educators in the Hamilton area.

Abigail Santos ’06 went on a trip down to Argentina in late fall to be a contestant on the first season of the forthcoming TVtropolis program Wipeout Canada. San-tos is featured in Episode 13, which will air this spring. Back in Canada, she is now working as the marketing and admissions co-ordinator for the Ontario Dental Education Institute in Ancaster.

Jeremiah Brown ’07 moved to Victoria, B.C. after graduation. He started learning how to row, inspired by the men’s eight gold medal performance at the Beijing Olympics. He came in second place at the last national champi-onship in the men’s heavyweight single scull, which earned him a spot on the national team. Brown has been training full time on the national team since Jan. 1, 2011 in preparation for the 2012 Olympics in London. He is eager to meet fellow alumni for part-nership opportunities that would allow him to cover his cost of living while training full-time for the Olympics.

Vanessa Vega ‘07 and Marc Dougan ‘07 were married Aug. 20, 2010 at the Liberty Grand in Toronto. They met the second day of welcome week in their first year. Vega has returned to Mc-Master and is in her final year of the physiotherapy program.

2010sArmeen Khan ‘10 and Fahim Ahmed ‘07 were married on Jan. 6, 2011 in Bangladesh.

Yaser Jafar ’10 is a technical sales representative with Texas Instruments in Toronto.

Khurram Usman Naveed ’10 recently joined Husky Injection Molding Systems in Bolton, Ont. as a manufacturing technician.

Mark Reinders ’10 is working for Bermingham Foundation Solu-tions, based in Hamilton. He and Nicole MacDonald ’09 are plan-ning their August 2011 wedding.

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They travelled to Haiti intending to share their expertise, but McMaster midwifery graduates Tonya MacDonald ‘04 and Kar-en Hayhoe ‘09 ended up just as much students as teachers. “We showed them how we do things,” says MacDonald, who trained local midwives and birthing assistants to use fetal heart monitors and other electronic devices, “but they also showed us how they do things.” She recalls a hot, sluggish afternoon at the local centre where she was stationed: a light-hearted banter struck up between the foreign volunteers and the Haitian midwives over birthing posi-tions. To avoid the delay of using a translator, the women took to acting out more and more animated – and vocal – displays of being in labour. It may have been unconventional, but it was an effective way to share useful experiences. MacDonald tells the story with an ear-to-ear smile. “These are high energy people committed to women.” MacDonald was placed in one of the poorest neighbourhoods in Port-au-Prince, which mostly consisted of a makeshift tent city. Stationed three hours away in Hinch, Hayhoe worked at one of the few rural facilities equipped to do caesarean sections, where women in labour would arrive on donkeys, home-made stretchers, or in wheelbarrows. Arriving for the first time, Hayhoe was horrified by the condi-tions at the centre. The beds, arranged like a dormitory in one open room, had no curtains or privacy. A basin was placed at the foot of each bed for waste. The obstetricians would not operate until a woman’s family had paid for the necessary antibiotics, with sometimes fatal consequences. Reflecting on her experience, Hayhoe could only conclude that “women in Haiti are the tough-est, most resilient you’ll meet.” In addition to working at the birthing centre, Hayhoe acted as a guest lecturer at the centre’s midwifery school. There, she trained the students on neonatal resuscitation, a simple, low-tech procedure that was not yet being taught at the school. “Before, babies who didn’t cry when they were born would be left to die,” she says. “A lot of babies were saved that wouldn’t have been.” The two women express enthusiastic admiration for the high energy and skillful hard work of Haitian women in the face of terrible poverty and unhygienic conditions. “I don’t want it to come across that I came with my superior North American skills,” says Hayhoe. “They are very skilled mid-wives. I left totally impressed with the women of Haiti.” Both MacDonald and Hayhoe practice in Hamilton, and both hope to return to Haiti in the future.

McMaster midwives lend a helping hand in Haiti


In 2012, McMaster University will celebrate its 125th anniversary. As part of the celebrations of this milestone, the McMaster Alumni Association, together with Harris Connect, will be producing a special 125th anniversary edition Alumni Directory.

The directory will contain a variety of information of all alumni who choose to participate. Whether you are trying to reconnect with an old friend, or simply looking for an easy way to network, the Directory is a great way to make connections.

We encourage you to participate. Beginning this spring, you will receive postcards or emails asking to confirm your contact and career information as well as submit your photos and stories. The Directory will be available exclusively to McMaster alumni and there is no obligation to purchase.

For more information visit alumni.mcmaster.ca and select Alumni Directory under the Services and Benefits tab; www.harrisconnect.com or contact the Office of Alumni Advancement at 905-525-9140 ext. 27255. Thank you for participating!

reconnecting is easy with the McMaster Alumni Directory

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The McMaster Alumni Association has selected John Panabaker ‘50, ’54 & ‘81 (honorary) for the Distinguished Service Award in appreciation for his ongoing involvement with McMaster. “I am honoured and pleased and very surprised,” says Panabaker. “McMaster is such a wonderful in-stitution.” While attending to his successful career at Mutual Life of Canada that led to appointments as president and chairman of the board, Panabaker has made significant contributions to the University. He was an alumni representative on the Board of Governors for 12 years, serving as chair-man from 1978-80. He served as chancellor from 1986-92. After his retirement from Mutual Life in 1989, he became chair of the McMaster Museum of Art’s administrative board. He remains an honorary governor and chancellor emeritus. The smaller student body in Panabaker’s undergraduate days has meant lasting friendships. Members of his graduating class in honours econom-ics have gathered annually for 61 years, and this year’s reunion will be hosted by Panabaker and his wife, Janet. When Panabaker began his studies at McMaster in 1946, there were only a few buildings on campus, many students were Second World War veterans, and there was only one female student in his program. He marvels at the size and diversity of today’s student body and says that the “increase in the quality and breadth in scholarship and research capacity at McMaster has been remarkable.” But despite the many extra buildings that now fill the campus and the evolution of the student body, his sense of the old McMaster remains. “When I go back to the campus, I can still find the McMaster that I knew,” he says.

John Panabaker receives Distinguished Service Award

Join us as we set off on an exciting set of adventures! ■ Journey to India ■ Ireland, A Literary Expedition ■ Stratford Shakespearean Seminar Series ■ Iceland, Land of Fire and Ice ■ Paris and The Villages & Vineyards ■ Waterways of Russia ■ Spain, Andalucia ■ Island Life in Greece and Turkey ■ Grand Journey Around the World Discover your adventure.

discoveryourmacadventure.caMcMaster Alumni Travel Program 2011

Tel: 905.525.9140 ext. 24882 Toll-free: 1-888-217-6003 Email: [email protected]

discoveryourmacadventure.ca

Business Analysis Program (New) Understanding how it all fits together

Business Analysis skills are critical in today’s workplace. This growing field is relied on by organizations to create a better understanding of the gap between an organization’s needs and its technology.

McMaster University and Global Knowledge have joined forces to bring you the Business Analysis Program. Using Global Knowledge’s proven curriculum, which incorporates the International Institute of Business Analysis’s (IIBA) Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK) theory and best practices, CBAP certified instructors will facilitate real-world exercises to help you readily apply what you’ve learned to your work. The details of this daytime professional development program will be announced shortly.

Please join our contact list at

www.mcmastercce.com/Business_Analysis

In 2009, the average annual salary of a Business Analyst was reported at$71,000-$80,000 in a compensation survey endorsed by the IIBA.

Lean Six Sigma (New)Seeking Perfection

Professionals with Lean Six Sigma credentials have long been valued in the manufacturing sector for their ability to meet customer specifications by improving performance, reliability and value while reducing defects and variation in the deliverable product or service. There is also a growing trend of recruiting for this skill set in the service sectors including health care, financial services, information technology and government.

McMaster University is pleased to announce that its new Lean Six Sigma Green Belt program will premiere this fall. Taught over six days using a blended learning (in-class and online) format, McMaster’s expert instructor will train you to implement Six Sigma processes in the workplace.

Who should attend:· Project Managers, Engineers, Quality experts and Continuous Improvement specialists · Leaders at all levels of the organization

www.mcmastercce.com/SixSigma


MAA Alumni Association Annual General Meeting Come out and meet your Alumni Associa-tion Board of Directors at the annual general meeting, Saturday, June 2 at 2:30 p.m. in the Donaldson Marketplace, McMaster Univer-sity Student Centre.

Do you know about McMaster’s long-stand-ing relationship – love affair – with the Strat-ford Festival? For 52 Festival seasons, without interruption, the Seminar Series, initiated by Berners Jackson ‘39, professor of English and noted Shakespeare scholar, has provided a special environment for lovers of live the-atre. We gather each July in Stratford for a convivial and collegial week of theatre-going, informed, animated conversation, meetings and discussions with the leading members of the theatrical world and international scholars at the forefront of their disciplines. Members of the seminars are drawn from an amazing variety of backgrounds, geographical locations, and institutions, around the globe. No other program has so widely propagated McMaster’s reputation for scholarship and learning in the arts and humanities. We are proud of it, as is Stratford – this is reciprocal. The late great director Michael Langham ‘62, central to this enterprise at its outset, intended to bring the best of academic discourse and the best of theatre together to create a uni-versity experience as it should be – a space for

free enquiry, and theatre as it should be - a company of actors, directors, designers and musicians to bring to performance the full range of human experience and imagination available in the literature of theatre. Stratford’s actors tell us again and again that they know immediately when the McMaster group is in the theatre: that is their most desirable audi-ence. Here is an observation of Seana McKenna, renowned artist, who plays Richard III this year (yes, really): “Applause at the end of a performance comes from an entity called “Audience.” But at the seminars, I hear the individual responses. Made distinct are the quiet chuckle, the muffled disapproval, the baffled jaw-drop. I am reminded of the eternal subjectivity of the theatre.” In this 2011 season we have four Shake-speare plays – Titus Andronicus, Richard III, The Merry Wives of Windsor and Twelfth Night: such a rich selection of his infinite variety. John Steinbeck’s epic, The Grapes of Wrath, adapted for the stage, will see its first Stratford production as will the rock opera,

Jesus Christ Superstar. Camelot, last staged at Stratford in 1997, is the other musical theatre attraction. Finally, and by no means least, John Mighton’s ‘82 The Little Years will be mounted at Stratford. Many alumni know of John’s work in one or another of his fields of expertise. A McMaster graduate in philoso-phy, he is twice the winner of the Governor General’s Award for Drama – among other honours and recognitions, including the Or-der of Canada – and the founder of a revolu-tionary math program for children. His stage works, especially Scientific Americans (1987), Possible Worlds (1988) and A Short History of Night (1989), have established him as a lead-ing figure in the Canadian theatre world. He is professor of mathematics at the University of Toronto. I need hardly say how much our seminar is looking forward to this production and our conversation with him. Graham Roebuck ‘66Academic Director, McMaster Stratford Semi-nars. For more information:http://bit.ly/fkgqUh

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I EVENTS

Homecoming 2011 – Saturday, October 1st – McMaster vs. Waterloo

Student Send-OffSending a student off to McMaster this fall? We may be coming to your hometown as we host our “Mission to Mac” student send-off events in more than a dozen cities this summer! We love to welcome our incoming students before they arrive on campus with great tips and the inside scoop from a student perspective. Contact [email protected] for details


Elizabeth (Harrison) Adamson ‘41 died in Toronto on Oct. 1, 2010.

John Anderson ‘54 died in June 2010 near his home in Dundee, Scotland. He was 79.

John Bagshaw ’48 died on July 6, 2010, his 85th birthday. He was a graduate from McMaster’s Faculty of Science. His wife Bar-bara, who died in May 2001, was a fellow McMaster student. His three daughters also graduated from McMaster.

Georges Beaudoin ’63 died on July 24, 2010 after a long battle with leukemia.

Carolyn Bernice Attridge ’59 died on Dec. 21, 2010 in Victoria, B.C. She was a nurse, an educa-tor, and a researcher in nursing policy.

Ed Buffett ‘06 (honorary) died on March 5, 2011 at the age of 68. He was the founder of Buffet Taylor and Associates and served on and chaired McMaster’s Board of Governors. He established scholarships for medical students at the University and created the Buffett Taylor Chair in Breast Cancer Research.

Lenore Burton ’69 died in Ot-tawa on Sept. 8, 2010. She was a graduate of the Faculty of Hu-manities.

Brenda Daniels ‘84 died Sept. 29, 2010. She was a Faculty of Social Sciences graduate.

Marvin D. Eisthen ’64 died on Feb. 11, 2011 at his home in McKinney, Texas. He worked for Procter & Gamble, Borg-Warner and Imperial Oil in Canada be-fore immigrating to the United States in 1978.

Derek Firth ’83 died Aug. 26, 2010. He was active as a volunteer at Westfield Heritage Village and could be found every Sunday and holidays at the train station. He

was a popular subject for pho-tographers, as he well personified a station master of a bygone era – and he would undoubtedly be smoking his pipe.

Mary (Jessie Evel) Gastle ‘46 died on Sept. 11, 2010. She earned her degree in Arts and Science.

Audrey Gleave ’66 died Jan. 31, 2010 in Lynden, Ont. A retired science teacher, she was well-respected by her students and will be sadly missed by her many friends.

Lynne Haist ‘63 died on Aug. 21, 2010 with great dignity after a long struggle with cancer.

Frederick Arthur Hoyle ’50 died on Jan. 14, 2011. Hoyle was an employee of the Steel Company of Canada for more than 35 years, retiring in 1987 as vice president of primary operations. He served his country overseas during the Second World War as a spit fire pilot with the RCAF (#43 Squad-ron). He leaves behind daughter Bonnie and son Jim.

Diana Knight ’60, ’90, ’96 & ‘05 died on Nov. 8, 2010. She was 65.

Aranka Kovacs ’55 died Oct. 4th, 2010, at the age of 84. She taught economics at McGill Uni-versity and then at the University of Windsor until she retired in 1991.

David Henry Lowden ’55 died-Feb. 14, 2011. He lived in Lyn-den, Ont.

R. Douglas MacDonald ’61, ‘63 died Aug. 19, 2010. He earned both his bachelor and master degrees in the Faculty of Hu-manities.

Peter MacGibbon ’47 died in Ottawa on Nov. 27, 2010 at the age of 86.

Wray Matthews ‘45 died on July 29, 2010 at the age of 88. His

education in economics and ac-counting led to a lifelong fascina-tion with numbers and financial matters, and was the basis for a long and rewarding career in CIBC’s investment division.

Bryan Meener ’91 died on Dec. 18, 2010. He attended McMaster for his B.A (Psychology). Meener taught at elementary schools in Hamilton and served as minister to the West Toronto, Bayview, Fennell and Omagh Churches of Christ. He leaves his wife Susan and children Rachel, Hilary, and Nathanael.

William Montgomery ’45 died Feb. 13, 2011. He lived in Stoney Creek, Ont.

Bill Muir ’56, ‘07 died Oct. 24, 2010. He was former president of the McMaster University Alumni Association and McMaster Alum-ni Fund. He graduated in June 2007 at age 72 with a B.A. (His-tory), 51 years after his first B.A. (Economics & Commerce), much to the delight of his 11 grandchil-dren. Muir leaves his wife Joyce and children Erin, Billy, Teri and Rob.

Erle Frederick Neff ‘56, died on Aug. 4, 2010. He was actively in-volved with The Silhouette while a student at McMaster.

Ivan Notter ’54 died on Dec. 19, 2009 at the age of 96.

H. Fred Olds ’47 died on Sept. 14, 2010 after a brief illness, He was the beloved husband of 29 years to Margaret Suzanne (Faulkner) and of 28 years to the late Peggy Milne. He was the loving father of Janet, Jim, Brian and John and grandfather of Daniel and Alexandra.

Lee Anne Rice ’67 died on May 2, 2010 in London, Ont. after a long illness, bravely borne. She is survived by her two sons, Scott and Darrell.

Daniel Robinson ’60 died of pancreatic cancer in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, on Oct. 18, 2010. A specialist in the energy sector, he served as a senior of-ficial with both the World Bank and the Inter-American Devel-opment Bank. He had a great enthusiasm for Latin American history and culture.

Madelyn Ella McLeish Ruddell ’88 died Oct. 16, 2010. A gradu-ate in sociology and gerontology, she was employed by the VON for 22 years. A past president of the Board of Volunteers and a member of the Board of Directors of the Hamilton Civic Hospitals, Ruddell was also a docent with the Art Gallery of Hamilton.

Joseph Robert Thompson ‘52 died in Niagara Falls on Aug. 10, 2010. He worked for the Niagara South Board of Education as a teacher, principal, and superin-tendent of education in Niagara Falls, Thorold, and Welland.

Thomas Waller ’51 died March 19, 2011. He played trumpet in the 1950s with big swing bands, backing popular entertainers like Ella Fitzgerald. He was a long-time volunteer on the Friends of McMaster Board. He lived in Tustin, California with his wife Norma.

Sydney Thomas Wiles ’51,’52 died Dec. 27, 2008 in Missis-sauga in his 80th year.

Barbara Elizabeth (Marshall) Yarwood ‘72 died Oct. 1, 2010 in Devon, England. She had a host of friends on both sides of the Atlantic and will be sorely missed by all. She leaves her daughter Celia, 16, in England and was predeceased in 1997 by her hus-band, Dr. John Yarwood.

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Eugene Fytch ’69 published a new edition of 400 Years of Log Fences, available from him at [email protected].

Catherine Graham ’88 published her fourth poetry collection, Winterkill (Insomniac Press, 2010).

Jim (Demetris) Georgiades ’96 recently published his first book, Deciphering the Cypriot, by Lambert Academic Publishers.

Jane George ’88 wrote Playing with the Angels (Purple Scarf Press), a book that gives grieving kids somewhere to turn when their world is falling apart. George is executive di-rector of Hamilton-based Wellwood, a centre providing supportive care for people affected by cancer.

Judy Bradt ‘84, CEO of Summit Insight, published her first book, Government Con-tracts Made Easier.

Dave Kattenburg ’75, ‘81 is a journalist who has published a novel that sheds light on the unknown and forgotten crimes of Cambo-dia’s Pol Pot regime, Foxy Lady: Truth, Mem-ory & the Death of Western Yachtsmen in Democratic Kampuchea (The Key Publishing House, 2010). It is available through www.foxyladyachtsmen.com.

William H Jones ’54, ’01 published three books in 2010: On the Planting of Churches; Faith Seekers, Faith Finders; and Jewish Ritual Washing and Christian Baptism.

Martha Gulati ’91 co-authored a book, Sav-ing Women’s Hearts: How You Can Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease with Natural and Conventional Strategies (Wiley, 2011).

Frank Cosentino ’67 wrote Hockey Gods at the Summit (General Store Publishing House, 2011), a story based on the iconic 1972 Canada-Soviet hockey series. Cosentino is a renowned CFL quarterback who has pre-viously written several books on the history of sport in Canada.

Don Woods ‘07 (honorary) and his wife, Diane, wrote The Mills of Waterdown: The growth of an Ontario Village, 1790 to 1915 (Waterdown-East Flamborough Heritage Society, 2010), featuring family stories, ge-nealogical glimpses and more than 250 maps, photos, and coloured sketches.

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ASTER WRITES

Joanna (King) Emery ’89 wrote Bizarre Can-ada (Blue Bike Books, Lonepine Publishing, 2010), described as “a weird and wonderful look at quirky Canada.”

Norma C. Lang ’48, professor emerita of the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Toronto, authored Group Work Practice to Advance Social Competence (Columbia Uni-versity Press, 2010).

Farzana Doctor ’90 wrote Six Metres of Pave-ment (The Dundurn Group, 2011) and will be reading from the novel for the McMaster Alumni Book Club at Alumni House (for-merly President’s Residence) on April 28, 2011 at 7 p.m. For information, go to http://www.mcmaster.ca/ua/alumni/index.html

Owen Neill ’49 published his first novel – at age 83. Voices in Sherwood (Trabairni-Treeline Press, 2010) is an adventure story about a teenage Robin Hood. Neill has previ-ously published 14 books of poetry.

Anne Beattie-Stokes ‘71 published a book entitled A Heart of Wisdom: Inspiration and Instruction for Conscious Elderhood, which is available from Amazon or the author at [email protected].

James A. Anderson ’72 wrote Deadline (Lulu.com, 2010), a Canadian thriller that combines murder, action and romance with a glimpse into the world of a big city newspaper. Anderson started his journalism career as a reporter on The Silhouette and as news direc-tor at McMaster’s radio station.

Charles Davies ’61 released a new book, The Education Game – Unchallenged Minds (Morgan-Davies Publishing, 2010).

Yuval Bar-Or ‘90 recently published his third book, Play to Prosper: The Small Investor’s Survival Guide (The Light Brigade Corp, 2010), designed to help investors take control of their investments in today’s complex and often volatile market.

John Sellors ’72, ‘84 co-authored a book on colposcopy titled Colposcopy and Treat-ment of Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia: A Beginner’s Manual (WHO and IARC Press, 2010).

Audie (Tatti) McCarthy ’74 wrote her second book, Networking Edge – Building Relation-ships for Success (2009), a collection of net-working tips and stories.


HELPING HANDS

With summer approaching, new graduates and returning students alike turn to the time-honoured task of finding a job. McMaster’s young job-seekers have an excellent resource to

tap: our strong network of alumni. As Ted Flett ‘00 found when he hired a McMaster grad, the learning experience was as meaningful for him as it was for his new employee.

by Ted Flett ‘00

JD Howell

Erin O’Neil ‘08 (above) now works in the Office of Public Relations in University Advancement at McMaster. She worked at VisitBritain as a communications intern for a four-month term.

A Royal Wedding. The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. The London 2012 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. I knew in the fall of 2010 as I stared at the daunting timeline of events before me that I needed help. As VisitBritain’s new public relations and communications manager for Canada re-sponsible for inspiring Canadians to explore Britain, my task was to build and activate a PR and marketing plan to leverage this spec-tacular lineup. Enter intern Erin O’Neil ‘08, a McMaster University Arts & Science and Mo-hawk College public relations program grad. I knew about interns because I’d been one while I was a student and a new graduate. As a liaison officer for Mac, I got my first taste of marketing and issues management pitching Mac to high school students during the antici-pated “double cohort” when Ontario’s OAC/Grade 13 was phased out. While interning at the City of Hamilton’s corporate communications department pre-amalgamation, I helped launch the region’s new website. At the city’s tourism department, I edited a daily newsletter for the 2000 Inter-national Children’s Games and produced the city’s first meetings and conventions guide meeting/event planners. I had gained a lot of job experience and I expected the same benefits would serve Erin. But days into the internship, I realized the learning was reciprocal. I discovered my po-tential to work dynamically as a team mem-ber, even in our little duo. My journalism background has ingrained the five Ws (who, what, when, where, why) in my approach to writing, project management and problem solving. But Erin’s energy and inquiry approach really demonstrated to me the importance of “why.” From the launch of an online media centre to crafting various film crews’ itineraries, her questions pointed to multiple solutions and eventually to better ones. Through our collaboration, my creative problem-solving techniques improved. Hosting a Mac grad intern injected a unique vitality in VisitBritain’s Canadian PR and marketing program.

The McMaster Alumni Association is pleased to offer a wide range of services and benefi ts to our alumni. Whether you are just starting your career or are enjoying retirement, your alumni status entitles you to some of the great programs offered by our affi nity partners! Best of all, alumni get a great deal while supporting the Alumni Association at the same time!

TD Insurance Meloche Monnex – home & auto insuranceManulife Financial – term life, disability, major accident protection, critical illness and health & dental insuranceBMO Bank of Montreal – BMO McMaster MasterCardCareego Active Career Management – wide range of online career servicesAlumni Travel Program – exclusive trips for alumni & friendsAlumni Clothing – wear your pride on your sleeve with great running suits and performance shirtsMcMaster Library – access McMaster’s libraries and borrow books for freePreferred membership rates – for dining at the University Club and working out at the David Braley Athletic Centre & the PulseMilestones – share some of your exciting news and receive a great little gift with our congratulations

To learn more please visit alumni.mcmaster.ca > Services and Benefi ts, or contact the Offi ce of Alumni Advancement: Tel: 905.525.9140 ext. 23900 Toll-free: 1-888-217-6003 Email: [email protected]

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Alumni Weekend June 2-4, 2011

Reminisce and celebrate the good old days

FRIDAY, JUNE 3McMaster Military Service ReunionUNTD, COTC, URTP, UATC, ROTPIf you were a member of one of these McMaster groups, please contact Jenny Thomson at 1-888-217-6003.

SATURDAY, JUNE 4Reunions Happy Anniversary to the Classes of 1936, 1941, 1946, 1951, 1956, 1961 & 1966!For details about these reunion celebrations, visit alumni.mcmaster.ca or contact Jenny Thomson at 1-888-217-6003.

Engineering Reunions1961, 1966, 1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996 & 2001

DeGroote School of Business MBA Class Reunions 1986, 1991 & 1996

President’s Brunch10:00 a.m. Reception featuring the music of Howard Fong ’10 and Ye Yuan10:30 a.m. President’s Brunch in CIBC Hall, Third Floor, McMaster University Student Centre Dr. Patrick Deane welcomes the Class of 1961 and earlier graduates to celebrate their alma mater and the anniversary of their graduation.

Half Century Club Luncheon12:00 p.m. Convocation Hall, Second Floor, University HallAlumni that have celebrated their 50th anniversary are invited to attend this casual gathering to see fellow classmates and friends from adjacent years.

Campus Tours1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m., Departing from Mills Plaza

McMaster Alumni Association Annual General Meeting2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.The Donaldson Family Marketplace, McMaster University Student CentreGet to know your Alumni Association Board members. All alumni are encouraged to participate in this brief meeting as the 2011/2012 slate of offi cers are confi rmed.

President’s Dessert Party 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.The Donaldson Family Marketplace,McMaster University Student CentreHosted by Dr. Patrick Deane, everyone is welcome to enjoy some tempting desserts at this annual favourite.

Alumni Weekend is sponsored in part by TD Insurance Meloche Monnex

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