Flag Notifications – Archives

Category for archived UBC in memoriam notices.

Karl Erdman

  The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Tuesday, August 19, in memory of Professor Emeritus  Karl Lembit Erdman, who passed away on August 11, 2014. Professor Erdman earned his PhD from UBC in 1953, and immediately began his career here as a part-time lecturer. He went on to become one of the founding […]

David Huynh

  The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Friday, August 1, in memory of student David Mai Huynh, who passed away on July 26, 2014, at the age of 22.  David was entering his final year of the Bachelor of Commerce program in the Sauder School of Business where he was very involved […]

Ellie Maze

The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Wednesday, July 23, in memory of Eleanor Ruth Maze, who passed away on July 11, 2014.  Ellie was a long-serving staff member in the UBC Library Catalogue Division; she was inducted into the 25 Year Club in 1998.

Keith McErlane, Sam Rothstein

  The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Friday, July 11, in memory of Professor Emeritus Keith Michael Joseph McErlane, and Professor Emeritus Samuel Rothstein.   Dr. McErlane passed away on July 1, 2014. He joined the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences in December 1977 and served until his retirement in December 2007.  As an expert […]

National Aboriginal Day

  In celebration of National Aboriginal Day, Saturday, June 21, the Musqueam flag will be flown on the flag pole on the plaza on the north side of the Student Union Building.  

Alex Fraser, Tony Lin

  The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Friday, June 20, in remembrance. Alexander Fraser passed away on May 26, 2014.  Alex was President of the 25 Year Club from 1978-79.  He was Supervising Technician in the Department of Physics, when he retired in 1981, after 49 years at UBC. Li-Chung (Tony) Lin passed […]

Nancy Scott

The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Monday, June 16, in memory of Nancy Scott, DMD, who passed away on June 4, 2014. Dr. Scott graduated from the UBC Faculty of Dentistry in 1980, and started teaching that same year.  In 2010, she was appointed Clinical Assistant Professor. Nancy was an outstanding clinical […]

Johnna Fisher

The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Friday, June 6, in memory of Johnna Fisher, who passed away on June 1, 2014. Dr. Fisher graduated from UBC Department of Philosophy in 2001, and has been teaching there since 2004 as a continuing sessional.  Johnna was actively involved in organizing undergraduate activities in the Department.

Margaret Harney

  The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Friday, May 30, in memory of Margaret Anne Harney, who passed away on May 24, 2014. Margaret was inducted into the 25 Year Club in 2013 from the Department of Zoology, where she has been administrator for the last 16 years.  She […]

Stanley Blank

The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on  Friday, May 16,in remembrance. Professor Emeritus Stanley Blank passed away on May 14, 2014. Dr. Blank was first appointed to UBC in 1967 and retired in 1993 as Professor Emeritus of Educational Psychology and Special Education.  Stan helped to establish the University Transition Program that brings […]