Flag Notifications – Archives

Category for archived UBC in memoriam notices.

Harvey Mitchell

The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Thursday,  November 10,  in remembrance.  Professor Emeritus Harvey Mitchell passed away on October 28, 2016. Dr. Mitchell came to the UBC Department of History in 1967, where he taught for 22 years, remaining active after his retirement in 1989. His research focused on European intellectual history and studies […]

Maddin McLeod

  The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Thursday,  November 10,  in remembrance.  Mr. Stanley Maddin McLeod passed away in September, 2016. Maddin came to UBC Botany and Zoology in 1974, as a technician. He was part of the teaching team in the first-year Biology program for 27 years. He was inducted to the 25 […]

Jim Taylor

  The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Thursday, October 20, in remembrance. James “Jim” P. Taylor, Q.C. passed away on October 16, 2016. Jim earned his LL.B. at UBC in 1968. He returned to UBC in 1974 as a faculty member, where he had a meteoric career, becoming tenured […]

John Brown

John Brown

  The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Thursday, October 20, in remembrance. Professor Emeritus  John C. Brown, FRSC, passed away on October 15, 2016.  Professor Brown joined the Physiology Department in 1965 as an Assistant Professor, and rose to full Professor by 1970. In 1986, he formed, and became […]

Penny van Toorn

  The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Tuesday, October 18,  in memory of Dr. Penny van Toorn, who  passed away on October 3, 2016. Penny earned her Ph.D. from UBC in 1991, and was appointed Assistant Professor of English in 1992. Penny was a superb scholar of indigenous literatures […]

Heather Kelleher

  The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Tuesday, October 11, in remembrance. Dr. Heather Jane Kelleher passed away on September 24, 2016. Dr. Kelleher completed her Ph.D at UBC in 1996 before serving for twenty years on Faculty in the Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy as an outstanding math education instructor and influential and […]

Kristian Domingo

  The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Tuesday, October 11, in remembrance. Kristian Elpidio Tsu Domingo passed away on August 16, 2016, at the age of 20. Kristian was a second-year student in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems, working towards a degree in Animal Science. Kristian loved animals and his goal was to […]

Anne Anthony

  The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Tuesday, October 11, in remembrance. Dr. Anne Margaret Anthony passed away on September 1, 2016. Anne was first appointed to the Faculty of Education Physical Education Department in 1969, retiring in 2003. Her passion for active living and the great outdoors led her to develop the Outdoor […]

Bing Thom

The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Wednesday, October 5, in remembrance.   Dr. Bing Thom, CM passed away on October 4, 2016.  Bing Thom earned a Bachelor of Architecture degree from UBC in 1966, then in 2008  was conferred an Honorary Doctor of Laws by UBC  for his “brilliant career […]

Steve Alisharan

The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Wednesday, October 5, in remembrance. Steve Alisharan  passed away on September 26, 2016. He came to the Faculty of Commerce in 1981; this year marks his 35 years of service to UBC  Sauder. Steve led the UBC MBA Core program, which, along with many […]