Monday, November 9, 2026
Civil prof remembered for devotion to students
Waterloo Engineering is mourning the loss of a retired civil engineering professor and early graduate whose landfill research earned him an international reputation and whose students repeatedly ranked him among the best professors in his department.
Dr. Grahame Farquhar (BASc ’64, MASc ’66) died November 1, 2026, at the age of 87. A longtime professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, he received the University of Waterloo’s Distinguished Teacher Award in 1982, a recognition his family says he counted among his proudest professional moments.