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1940s-2010s Class Notes Summer 2016

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1940s

MARY ALLWOOD (鈥46) was inducted into the Fredericton Sports Wall of Fame this spring. Mary won a pair of bronze medals nationally as a member of Grace Donald鈥檚 New Brunswick senior women鈥檚 curling team.


1950s

R.S (BOB) LATIMER (鈥51, 鈥52) and SADIE SNOW LATIMER (鈥52) of Truro, NS celebrated their 60th anniversary at their cottage in Cape Breton in August 2015. Bob and Sadie met in an Ed. Psych class at Mount A. The celebration was arranged by son ROB (鈥79) of Ajax, ON and NANCY (鈥82) of Toronto, ON. Among Allisonians also attending were DAVE (鈥79) and ELIZABETH LATIMER (鈥88) and nephews KEVIN (鈥79) and HUGH LATIMER (鈥87).

On Dec. 7, 2015, DR. H. A. HARGREAVES (鈥53) was inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame for outstanding lifetime achievements. The CSFFA Hall of Fame recognizes outstanding achievements that have contributed to the stature of science fiction and fantasy.

STERLING MACLEAN (鈥57) skipped his team to a curling 8-ender on Dec. 3, 2014 followed by a hole-in-one in golf on July 6, 2015.

HAROLD GIDDENS (鈥58) was recently appointed as an alternate provincial member to the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board.

SANDRA (MACMILLAN) MURRAY (鈥59), recently returned to Ottawa after a month in China where she visited her sister, a guidance counsellor at the International School of Nanshan Shenzhen. She was delighted to meet up with three Mount A alumni who are teaching at the school. From left to right: GLORIA CARNAVALE (鈥08), TRISH (STEER) DALEY (鈥74), ROSS HENDERSON (鈥75), and Sandra.

Sandra Murray

Retired superintendent of education and pen and ink sketch artist STERLING STRATTON (鈥59) recently received the Irene Rogers Award for outstanding contribution to the architectural heritage of PEI. In the past month, Sterling published a compilation of seven of his books. The leather bound, 450-page edition is entitled 1000 Island Images of Historic Interest. Search website 鈥榮ketchesbystratton鈥 for more details. Sterling can be reached at sstratton@eastlink.ca

Sterling Stratton


1960s

AIRDRIE THOMPSON-GUPPY (鈥61) has moved to Toronto to be closer to her family and loves it.

DR. YOGISHWAR J. (JACK) NARAYAN (鈥66) is CAO of WebAssign, which was recently awarded the EdTech Digest Cool Tool Award.

KARL BUTLER (鈥67) and his wife Lois celebrated 60 years of married life in March 2016. Lois and Karl have been enjoying retirement life in Bath, ON for the past 20 years. While at Mount A they lived in Normandy Hall with daughter Paula and son Ron. Paula lives in Scarborough and Ron lives in South Slocan near Nelson, BC.


1970s

Friends of ALICE (MACDONALD) COURT (鈥75) converged at Boca Grande, FL on March 9, 2016 to see her wonderful rendition of Dolly in Hello Dolly, staged by the Royal Palm Players at the Boca Grande Community Center. Shown left to right are: DEBBIE SCOFFIELD (鈥75); Alice; SHEILA (BERRIDGE) BLAGRAVE (鈥75); SUE AUB脡 (鈥75), and Monctonian and self-proclaimed 正品蓝导航 鈥榳annabe鈥 Lynn (Steeves) Ritchie. Taking the photo was Dale Ritchie. We all had the time of our lives and relived many happy memories from 正品蓝导航 and beyond.

Alice Court

KEVIN LATIMER QC (鈥79) Managing Partner, Cox & Palmer, Halifax, joined the Board of the National Youth Orchestra of Canada. NYO Canada鈥檚 focus is to provide world-class training to Canada鈥檚 best young orchestral musicians.

STEPHEN BARLEY (鈥79) was recently appointed to SecureCom Mobile Inc鈥檚 Board of Directors.


1980s

PAUL S. MILLER (鈥80) is busy in the studio these days. He is shown here with one of his most recent large egg tempera works.

Paul Miller

An Allisonian-made product has won a national award. Uresta, produced by the Shediac-owned company Resilia, earned the 2016 Product of the Year Canada award in adult care incontinence category. The product was designed by DR. SCOTT A. FARRELL (鈥70) and CAROL CHAPMAN (鈥81), who serves as the vice-president of marketing for the company.

After 20 years as a reporter at the Halifax Chronicle-Herald, DAN ARSENAULT (鈥87) set sail for Newfoundland where he is managing editor for the business-news website,

CHRISTINE HINDS-WELLMAN (鈥84) writes, 鈥淥n Saturday, Jan. 2, 2016, my husband, David Wellman and I had the pleasure of visiting with DEBBIE (WARD-CLARKE) LEE (鈥86) and her husband, STANLEY LEE (鈥86) at their home in Southampton, Bermuda. Debbie鈥檚 parents were visiting from Barbados. A few other friends and relatives were invited also. However, the highlight of the evening was a mini Mount A reunion with Debbie鈥檚 father, CECIL CLARKE (鈥57), Debbie鈥檚 cousin, COLLIN DILL (鈥99), and myself all being under one roof. What a way to start 2016!鈥

Christine Hinds-Wellman

Standing from left: Stanley and Collin. Seated from left: Debbie, Cecil, and Christine.

PAULA BUTLER (鈥82) had her book, Colonial Extractions: Race and Canadian Mining in Contemporary Africa, published by The University of Toronto Press in the spring of 2015. The book evolved from her doctoral thesis at U of T OISE in 2006. Paula discussed her book in January 2016 at Queen鈥檚 and Trent universities. Paula lives with her three children in Scarborough, ON.

GREG BLUNDEN (鈥87) has been named CFO of Emera.


1990s

WADE TAYLOR (鈥90) has been named Grant Thornton鈥檚 new managing partner for Nova Scotia. He will lead the firm鈥檚 10 NS offices.

ANNE WILSON (鈥94), psychology professor at Wilfrid Laurier University, has been appointed as a fellow in the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) Successful Societies program.

ANNE BURBIDGE (鈥94) graduated in March 2016 as horticultural apprentice from Humber College. She is working in small businesses, gardening in the Toronto area, and tweeting about it and other things via @aburbidge. Mount Allison introduced her to the back-to-land concept through Frontier College鈥檚 Labourer-Teacher program 鈥 a Frontier literacy initiative once on campus. Thanks to those who were involved.

JOHN PETERS (鈥95), long-time Mounties swim coach and coach of the Sackville Swim Club, was inducted into the Town of Sackville鈥檚 Sports Hall of Fame on June 3, 2016.


2000s

ANDREA GEDE (鈥00) was recently named a partner at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP in New York City.

JILL BISHOP (鈥02), LIBBY (CAMPBELL) MASON (鈥02), and TAMSIN CLASPER (鈥02), shown left to right, had a mini Reunion in London, England in January 2016.

Jill Bishop

There were several Allisonian connections in the 2016 JUNO nominations. The Canadian Chamber Choir was nominated for their new release Sacred Reflections of Canada, a Canadian Mass. Alumni members include: CHRISTINA MURRAY (鈥99), soprano; CHRIS BOWMAN (鈥01), baritone; and JOEL TRANQUILLA (鈥06), assistant conductor.

CHMA alumni HENRY ADAM SVEC (鈥05), JANNA GRAHAM (鈥01), and JORDAN MACDONALD (鈥08) were happy to bump into each other recently on the dance floor of an Acadian music festival in Lafayette, Louisiana.

Henry Adam Svec

LILLIAN GRETSINGER (鈥07) and partner Chuck Cardona welcomed son Allan Charles Gretsinger Cardona on March 21, 2016. Allan is the grandson of RUTH GRETSINGER (鈥84).