Flag Notifications – Archives

Category for archived UBC in memoriam notices.

Judy Mosoff

  The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Wednesday, January 13, in remembrance. Professor Judith Mosoff passed away on December 20, 2015. An alumna of the UBC Faculty of Law, Judy Mosoff joined the Allard School of Law as faculty in 1991. She influenced generations of students, activists and lawyers through her passion for social justice […]

Dal Richards

  The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Wednesday, January 6, in remembrance. Dr. Dallas Murray Richards, OC, OBC, passed away on December 31, 2015, at the age of 97. Dr. Richards was conferred an honorary degree by UBC in 2010. Dal, his wife Muriel, and the Dal Richards Orchestra celebrated their relationship […]

Spiro Yannacopoulos

  The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Wednesday, January 6, in remembrance. Dr. Spyridon Yannacopoulos passed away on December 21, 2015. Dr. Spiro Yannacopoulos held the roles of Director of the School of Engineering, UBC Okanagan since 2006 and Associate Dean for the UBC Faculty of Applied Science from 2008 through August […]

Brian Lupton

  The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Wednesday, January 6, in remembrance. Dr. Brian Lupton passed away on December 19, 2015. Dr. Lupton was Professor of Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics. A neonatologist, Dr. Lupton was dedicated to his work as Director of the Newborn Intensive Care Unit at BC Children’s Hospital

Clement Lear

  The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Wednesday, January 6, in remembrance. Professor Emeritus Clement Samuel Cope Lear passed away on December 12, 2015. Dr. Lear came to UBC as Professor and Head of Orthodontics in the faculty of Dentistry until his Emeritus appointment in 1990. He maintained his private practice until […]

Bill Bennett

The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Monday, December 7, in memory of Mr. William Richards Bennett, PC, OBC, who passed away on December 3, 2015. Bill Bennett was Premier of British Columbia from 1975 to 1986. His son, Brad Bennett is former Chair of UBC’s Board of Governors, and […]

National Day of Remembrance

The Canada and BC flags will be lowered on Sunday, December 6 to mark the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.

Maurice Strong

The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Wednesday, December 2, in remembrance. Dr. Maurice F. Strong, PC, CC, OM, FRSC passed away on November 28, 2015. Maurice Strong was conferred with an Honorary Doctor of Laws by UBC in 1973. Dr. Strong was an internationally recognized environmentalist and philanthropist, who has been credited with placing the […]

Michael Craddock

  The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Wednesday, December 2, in remembrance. Professor Emeritus Michael K. Craddock passed away on November 11, 2015. Dr. Craddock joined the UBC faculty in 1964, staying active for over 50 years, long after his retirement in 2001. Dr. Craddock was deeply involved with the building of the TRIUMF […]

Geoffrey Durrant

The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Wednesday, December 2, in remembrance. Professor Emeritus Geoffrey Durrant, FRSC passed away on October 12, 2015 at the age of 102. Dr. Durrant retired from the Department of English in 1981, having served as Department Head from 1966 to 1969. He was a Wordsworth Scholar and a […]