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 […]
National Day of Mourning
The Canadian flag and the BC flag will be lowered on Tuesday, April 28, in recognition of the National Day of Mourning, to remember lives lost in the workplace and resolve to prevent future tragedies. All are welcome to gather at the north end of campus by the Flag Pole Plaza at 11:00 a.m. A […]
Peter Rastall
The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Monday, April 20, in remembrance. Professor Emeritus Peter Rastall passed away on March 27, 2015. Peter Rastall studied at the University of Manchester, coming to UBC in 1957, where he was Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy until his retirement in 1996. Prof. Rastall was […]
Norbert MacDonald
The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Monday, April 20, in remembrance. Professor Emeritus Alexander Norbert MacDonald passed away on April 1, 2015. An urban historian of Canada, Prof. MacDonald joined the History Department at UBC in 1961 and retired in 1991. His work placed the history of Vancouver in comparative context. His […]
Paul Gilmore
The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Monday, April 20, in remembrance. Professor Emeritus Paul Carl Gilmore passed away on April 8, 2015. Paul studied at UBC, Cambridge and Amsterdam University, returning to Vancouver to head UBC’s Department of Computer Science from 1977 to 1984. Recognized by the IBM Centers for Advanced […]
Norman Basco
The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Monday, April 20, in remembrance. Professor Emeritus Norman Basco passed away on April 10, 2015. Norman came to UBC in 1964 as an assistant professor after 2 PhD degrees, one awarded in 1956 from Birmingham University and the other from Cambridge in 1966 under the […]
Lauren Wilmot
The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Thursday, March 19, in remembrance. Lauren Wilmot passed away in Calgary on Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at the age of 20. Lauren was in her third year of a Bachelor of Commerce program in the Sauder School of Business and will be greatly missed by her […]
Sheelagh Clements
The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Thursday, March 19, in remembrance. Sheelagh Clements passed away on March 2, 2015. Sheelagh was inducted to the 25 Year Club in 1992. She had retired from the Department of Rheumatology at VGH. A service will be held on Saturday, March 21, 2015 at 1:00 […]
William Morrison
The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Thursday, March 19, in remembrance. William Morrison passed away on March 6, 2015. William was inducted to the 25 Year Club in 1978. He retired from the Department of Physics in 1986.