In memoriam

Lives and legacies.
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Professor Emeritus John Ross Mackay, OC, FRSC
John Mackay passed away on October 28, 2014.  Ross first came to the Department of Geology and Geography at UBC in 1949, and continued to teach following his retirement from the Department of...
Eszter Szalkai, BSF’59
Eszter passed away peacefully on June 11, 2015. Eszter is survived by her husband of 52 years, Andrew, her sons, Stephen (Marta) and Dennis (Shannon), and her four grandchildren, Daniella, Gabriella,...
Frank Victor Wiedeman, BSW’57, MSW’59
August 20, 1930 - December 20, 2014
Harold Meyerman, BCom'69, LLB'70
Harold J. Meyerman, philanthropist, supporter of the arts, chairman of the Board of Trustees for Palm Springs Art Museum since 2006, passed away on January 21, 2015, at the age of 76. Mr.
Alison Kendall, MFA’89
Ms. Alison Kendall, age 53 years, passed away peacefully on Monday, August 18, 2014. Alison was a multimedia artist who lived and worked in Thunder Bay. She was born in Nipigon on June 11, 1961, and...
Lorna Anderson, BA'85, MA'89
January 24, 1930 – May 14, 2015
Robert Stuart, BCom’61
Robert passed away on February 6, 2015. He was granted a PhD from the University of Wisconsin in 1969. He was professor emeritus of the Department of Economics, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ....
Mary Elizabeth Bailey (née Ellison), BSc’57 (wife of Charles Bailey)
Mary passed away suddenly on May 1, 2015. She was born in Vernon, BC, on June 17, 1935, and grew up in Oyama, BC.
John Stanley Naylor Hammond, BASc’43
John passed away peacefully on Monday, June 16, 2014. The beloved husband of 68 years to Myra Hammond, he loved his six children, 14 grandchildren and nine great‑grandchildren, unconditionally. His...
Ronnie Wilson, BA’50
Ronnie Wilson, director of classic television series such as The Pallisers, To Serve Them All My Days, The Mill on the Floss and How Green Was My Valley, died aged 84. While at UBC, he immersed...