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Stephanie Grothe, Neil Mackenzie

  The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Thursday, January 22, in remembrance. Stephanie Grothe passed away on January 11, 2015 at the age of 30. Stephanie came to UBC from Germany four years ago to study in the Laboratory for Atomic Imaging Research in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. […]

Verna Splane

  The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Sunday, January 18, in remembrance. Dr. Verna Huffman Splane, OC, FAPHA, passed away on January 10, 2015, aged 100.  Professor Splane played a major role in raising the status of the nursing profession both nationally and internationally. Verna and her husband and colleague, Richard […]

John Macdonald

  The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Sunday, January 18, in remembrance. Dr. John Barfoot Macdonald, OC, FRCD, passed away on December 23, 2014. A distinguished scientist and administrator, Dr. Macdonald was President of UBC from 1962 to 1967. His advice led to the establishment of Simon Fraser University, the University of Victoria […]

Angus Gunn

  The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Thursday, December 18, in memory of Angus Macleod Gunn, Professor Emeritus of Social and Educational Studies, who passed away on December 10, 2014 Born in 1920 in Invergordon Scotland, Professor Gunn moved to Vancouver in the late 1950s and earned a BEd […]