In memoriam

Lives and legacies.
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Brian Van Snellenberg, BASc’64
Brian grew up in Vancouver, graduating from Magee High School before enrolling in mechanical engineering at UBC. Following graduation in 1964, he worked for a brief time in England before returning...
Sharon Roscoe, BSc’63
Sharon Grace Roscoe (née Furnival) passed away on December 9, 2015. Born in Ottawa, the daughter of Dr. George M. Furnival and Marion (née Fraser) Furnival, she graduated with a BSc from UBC, with...
Michael Deland, BSc’63, MSc’65
Michael passed away April 22, 2016, in Melbourne. From Vancouver, Michael moved to the University of Connecticut for a PhD in genetics, after which he spent three years at Purdue University in the...
Helen Kathleen Gray, BLSc’62
August 4, 1920 – June 13, 2016
Pullikattil Chacko Simon, MSc’60
March 1, 1913 – March 8, 2017
Barbara Howard, BEd’59
1921 – 2017
Denis F. R. Gilson, MSc’59, PhD’62
Born in London, UK, on November 18, 1934, Denis died on January 22, 2016. He obtained, in 1957, a BSc from University College, London, and did his MSc and PhD degrees at UBC. He held a post‑graduate...
Neil William Macdonald, BA’58, MA’60, MPE’91
The first in his family to go to university, Neil earned three degrees from UBC: a bachelor’s and a master’s in psychology and another master’s in physical education.
Bernard Anthony Heskin, BASc’58, PEng, FEC
August 20, 1934 – December 17, 2016
John (Jack) Cooke, BA’54
Jack passed away peacefully in his sleep at Vancouver General Hospital at the age of 85 on November 1, 2016. Born in Vernon, BC, Jack was the second of three children born to Edward and Irene Cooke.