In memoriam

Hemas Kla-Lee-Lee-Kla (William “Bill” Lane Wilson) – Hereditary Chief of the Musgamagw Dzawada’enuxw 
people – passed away on January 24, 2025, in Campbell River. He was a proud member of...

David graduated from the UBC School of Architecture in 1970 and subsequently completed a master’s degree in business administration. During his architectural program, he was a member of the first...

Edwin B. Parker (Honours Philosophy) died in January 2025. He received an MA and PhD in Communication from Stanford University, and was a professor at Stanford from 1962 to 1979. He was a pioneering...

Born in Kedah, Malaysia, in 1944, Chin Choon Khor graduated in 1973 with a Master of Science in Soil Science. He met his wife Margaret in Toronto, Canada, where they married in 1976. Kids followed...

Patricia (Leth) Abbott was born on February 24, 1938, in Vancouver, BC. Her father, Peter Leth, emigrated from Denmark at the age of 18, while her mother, Vera Wiatkin, hailed from rural Saskatchewan...

Donald Ian Williamson, at the age of 100, died peacefully in his sleep on August 1, 2024, at the Civic Hospital in Ottawa. Don lived every one of his 36,510 days fully, becoming a master of many...

George took his last flight on January 19, 2025, from Nanaimo, BC. He was born on August 5, 1928, to Thomas and Mildred in Gravelbourg, SK. He was survived by his beloved wife Jean Marie (née...

Our beloved Aunt Phyllis Randle lost her courageous battle with terminal bone cancer on Canada Day. A proud Canadian, for 80 years she epitomized the strength, passion, loyalty and all that is...

Robert Woodward's first teaching position was in Bralorn, BC, near Lillooet, during his early 50s.    His last association with UBC occurred in the late 80s or early 90s, when he taught...

Our beloved father, grandfather, and great-grandfather Frederick “Fred” Wiley passed away in hospital in Penticton, BC, age 94, on November 1, 2024. He was living independently and active in the Town...