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Stuart Maddin

The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Wednesday, May 27. Professor Emeritus William Stuart Maddin passed away on May 21, 2015.  Dr. Maddin attended UBC as an undergraduate and returned to Vancouver to take up clinical practice and an affiliation with UBC Dermatology that would span over 50 years. Stuart’s colleagues acknowledge his […]

Alan Kraus

The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Wednesday, May 27. Professor Emeritus Alan David Kraus passed away on May 16, 2015. Dr. Kraus was an internationally renowned economist, having received many accolades and awards for his contributions to the field of financial economics. Alan was also a great teacher and mentor, teaching the […]

Tom Tsonis

  The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Monday, May 11, in memory of Athanas (Tom) Tsonis, who passed away on May 5, 2015. Tom retired from Plant Ops Mechanical Maintenance in 1995. He was inducted into the 25 Year Club in 1991. Prayers will be held on Sunday, May 10, […]

Sital Mahal

  The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Wednesday, May 6, in remembrance. Ms. Sital Mahal passed away on April 28, 2015. Sital held responsibilities in a variety of areas in the Registrar’s Office, where she was valued for her integrity, responsible and thoughtful approach to work and of course her lovely […]

Neidy Gong

  The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Wednesday, May 6, in remembrance. Dr. Jiang-Hong (Neidy) Gong passed away on April 26, 2015. Neidy came to the Biomedical Research Centre in 1993, where she was engaged in cutting-edge research on the role of chemokines in arthritis. She left UBC in 2005 to take […]

Tory Westermark

  The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Friday, May 1, in remembrance. Professor Emeritus Tory I. Westermark passed away on April 26, 2015.  Dr. Westermark first came to UBC in 1962, after teaching and serving as Principal in the public school system. During his tenure in the Department of Language Education, […]

David Measday

  The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Friday, May 1, in remembrance. Professor Emeritus David F. Measday passed away on April 25, 2015.  David came to the Department of Physics and Astronomy in 1970, contributing to the community as a researcher, notably at TRIUMPH and CERN; an administrator, having stepped in […]

Robert Carlisle

  The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Friday, May 1, in remembrance.  Professor Emeritus Robert W. Carlisle passed away on April 25, 2015. Dr. Carlisle came to the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy in 1975, where his work focused on curriculum development in science at the elementary level, notably working with […]