Dr. Shuryo Nakai
The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered today, Tuesday January 24, 2012, to mark the passing of Dr. Shuryo Nakai. Dr. Nakai passed away peacefully in Vancouver on January 16, 2012. Dr. Nakai’s was awarded UBC’s Killam Research Prize in 1986. Dr Nakai’s outstanding research and professional contributions were both acknowledged […]
Lowering of the Flag Notification – Edwina Heller
The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered today, Thursday January 19, 2012, to mark the passing of Edwina Heller. Edwina Heller, a former UBC faculty member in piano, and a long-time supporter of the School of Music, passed away January 14, 2012, at the age of 97. Edwina Heller received her […]
Lowering of the B.C. Flag Notification – Dr. Robert Maynard Jordan
The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered today, Wednesday January 18, 2012, to mark the passing of Dr. Robert Maynard Jordan. Jordan, Robert Maynard, former head of the Department of English, passed away at the age of 87 on January 7, 2012. Dr. Jordan first came to UBC as an associate […]
Lowering of the B.C. Flag Notification – Ximena Osegueda
The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered today, Wednesday, January 11, 2012, in memory of Ximena Osegueda who tragically died in Huatulco, Mexico in December 2011, at the age of 39, while conducting research for her doctoral thesis. Ximena joined UBC in 2009 when she enrolled in the doctoral program in […]
Lowering of the B.C. Flag Notification – Kevin Tu
The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered today, Monday, January 9, 2012, in memory of Kevin Tu who passed away on January 4, 2012, at the age of 42. Since 1999, Kevin Tu held various positions within IT at UBC, initially working with the Network Engineering group where he played an […]
Lowering of the Flag Notification – Dr. Ruth McConnell
The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered today, Wednesday, January 4, 2012, to recognize the passing of Dr. Ruth Ethel McConnell who passed away on December 16, 2011, at the age of 96. Dr. Ruth McConnell, Professor Emerita of English, received her B.A. and M.A. Degrees from UBC before she joined […]
Lowering the B.C. Flag Notification
The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered today, Friday, November 17, 2011, in memory of Dr. William T. Stanbury, who passed away on October 27, 2011. Bill Stanbury, Professor Emeritus of Commerce and Business Administration was a faculty member in the Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration (eventually Sauder) from 1970 – […]
Death Notification – Ms. Marguerite Primeau
The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered today, Monday, November 7, 2011, to recognize the passing of Ms. Marguerite Primeau, who passed away on October 29, 2011, at the age of 97. Marguerite Primeau, Associate Professor Emerita of French, started her career at UBC in 1954. She held many ranks within […]
Lowering of the Flag Notification – Hainsworth and Craven
The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy) will be lowered today, Friday, October 21, 2011, to mark the passing of Geoffrey B. Hainsworth and Tony Harry Marston Craven. Craven, Tony Harry Marston, passed away on September 14, 2011. Mr. Craven was with UBC for over 30 years of service and was the 25 Year Club […]
Lowering of the Flag Notification – Katherine Quinn
The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered today, Monday, September 19, 2011, in memory of Katherine Quinn, who passed away on Wednesday September 14, 2011 after a battle with illness. Katherine began with UBC in the fall of 2000. Over a nine year period she held several different positions as a […]