Commemorating alumni who have died
All of us at the University of Waterloo send sincere condolences to the family and friends of alumni who have died. Notices of death in this issue were received from January to December 2024. If you know an alum who has passed away recently and would like us to honour them through this list, please email alumni@uwaterloo.ca.
Peter Adamo (BASc ’64)
James Aiken (BA ’65)
Elizabeth (Beth) Aime (BA ’84)
Helen Ainslie (BA ’90)
Helen Alexander (BA ’15)
George Alfred (BA ’68)
Todd Allen (BSc ’94)
Krikor (Greg) Andonian (MASc ’73, PhD ’78)
Hazel Andrews (BA ’90)
Mervin Andrews (MASc ’72)
Gioseph (Joseph) Anello (BASc ’82)
Mark Ankenman (BES ’75, BArch ’77)
Vincent Antonetti (PhD ’83)
John Ash (BA ’67, MA ’68)
Mary Atherton (BA ’71)
Marion (Joyce) Axford (BA ’89)
Philip Baker (BASc ’80)
Anna Bakos (MMath ’73)
Robert (Bob) Balanyk (BASc ’70)
Gerald Balm (BA ’77)
Michael Banks (BA ’71)
Daniel Barclay (BA ’70)
Susan Barnes (BA ’80)
Catherine Barrett (BA ’92)
Glenda Bartlett (BA ’75)
John Battye (BA ’71, MA ’71)
Amelia Coull (BSc ’24)
David Coupe (BA ’03)
Sherri Coutts (BA ’02)
Mert Cramer (MMath ’84, PhD ’94)
Barbara (Joan) Crawley (BA ’98)
Miriam Cressman (BA ’88)
Corrado Crugnale (BA ’80)
Gladys Cziraki (BA ’76)
Margarida Da Silva (BA ’91, MCT ’15)
Anne Dagg (PhD ’67)
Peter (Otis) Dallas (BSc ’72)
Joseph Darkes (BA ’72)
Robert Dean (BA ’67)
Spencer Dew (BASc ’76)
Brendon Lindsey Doherty (BMath ’70)
Steven Dorey (BA ’71)
Graham Dunsmore (BASc ’74)
Margaret Durkin (BA ’76)
Donna Eacott (BA ’69)
Elizabeth Eades (BA ’78)
Johan (Joop) Eenkhoorn (PhD ’71)
William Egan (MA ’73)
Clarene Ellis (BA ’74)
Patricia Ellwood (BA ’03)
Brian Ennis (BASc ’70)
Margaret (Marg) Epoch (BA ’79)
Douglas (Doug) Evans (BSc ’62, MMath ’68)
Maulton Fabien (BES ’72)
William Faulkner (BES ’73)
Stacey Felkar (BMath ’93)
Melville Feraday (MASc ’70)
Charles Ferguson (MA ’76)
Ian Ferguson (BA ’85)
Roderic (Rod) Ferguson (BA ’66, BA ’21)
Joan Ferraccioli (BA ’98)
Americo Ferreira (BA ’75, BA ’76)
Kate Flanagan (BSc ’23)
Susan Forrest (BA ’80)
Jeanne Forth (BA ’82)
Jenny Francis (BES ’98, MArch ’02)
John Frankel (MA ’73)
Joyce Franklin (BA ’85)
Martin Kravitz (BIS ’92)
Helen Kruger (Zacharias) (MA ’80)
William (Bill) Kummer (BA ’67)
Nikolaos Kuphos (BA ’85, BA ’85)
John Lally (BASc ’62)
Edwin Lam (OD ’60)
Lawrence (Larry) Lamb (BIS ’89)
Ronald Langel (BA ’74)
Patrick Lee (MASc ’69)
Chang Lee (MASc ’81)
James (Jim) Leis (BA ’90)
Michael Leslie (BASc ’82)
Dolores (Dee) Levac (BA ’95)
Eric Lister (BASc ’69)
Alexander Livermore (BASc ’63)
Sheryl Loeffler (MA ’79)
Frances Lyons (MA ’82)
Daniel (Dan) MacDonald (BASc ’65)
Ilene MacDonald (BA ’85)
William (Bill) MacDonald (BA ’85, BA ’87, BA ’01)
Douglas MacFarlane (MA ’76)
John MacIssac (BA ’64)
Dorothy MacKenzie (BA ’94)
Mark Mackey (BASc ’22)
Gary Maiers (BA ’64)
Jane Malda (BA ’89)
Henry Malon (MA ’75)
Jeanne Mandzuk (BA ’91)
Audrey Manning (BA ’89, BA ’91, BA ’96)
Robert (Bruce) Marr (BA ’89, BA ’90)
Doris Marran (MA ’88)
John Martin (MA ’71)
Ian Martin (BA ’98, MAcc ’98)
Dona Massel (BA ’91)
Audrey McCarville (BA ’71)
William McCowan (BASc ’64)
Christopher (Chris) McCrae (BASc ’96)
Ross McCuaig (MASc ’74)
Brian McHugh (BA ’77)
Brian McKenzie (BA ’78)
Lori Salfi (Higginson) (BES ’83)
Lawrence (Larry) Saxton (BMath ’69, MMath ’70, PhD ’73)
Mariette Scapinello (BA ’83)
Doreen Schanzenbacher (Gofton) (BA ’83)
Robert (Bob) Schellenberg (BASc ’63, MSc ’64)
Helen Schelter (BA ’88)
Henry Schiller (BA ’12)
Peter Schmalz (MA ’72, PhD ’85)
John Schmidt (BMath ’75)
Klaus Schmidtke (BASc ’78, MASc ’80, PhD ’85)
Anthony (Tony) Schneyderberg (BASc ’75, MASc ’86)
Philip Scott (MMath ’71, PhD ’76)
John Scott (BSc ’67, PhD ’72)
James Shephard (BPE ’68)
Roseanne Sheridan (BA ’77, BA ’79)
Joseph Shortt (MMath ’73)
Paul Siemens (BASc ’62)
Herbert Sievert (MASc ’71)
Robert (Bob) Simmie (BASc ’72)
Victor Simpson (MA ’75)
Chet Singh (BA ’22)
Bateshwar Sinha (MASc ’68, PhD ’74)
Douglas Smith (BA ’75)
Rudolph (Rudy) Smith (OD ’72)
Kim Snider (BSc ’82)
Stephen So (BASc ’89)
Edward Sommerville (MA ’77)
Juliet Spear (BA ’94)
Gerald Specken (MASc ’69)
Mary Beemer (BA ’00)
Diane Bekiroski (BSc ’82)
Alfred Bell (BA ’90)
Sandra (Sandy) Bergin (BA ’75)
Ginette Bernard Beck (MA ’81)
Steven (Steve) Besley (BA ’86)
Arnold Betz (MASc ’69)
Kuldip Bhandari (PhD ’71)
Phillip Blackmore (BASc ’72, MASc ’74)
Ross Blair (MASc ’75)
Gunnar Boehnert (MPhil ’71)
Patrick (Pat) Bolger (BA ’80)
Philip Boll (BASc ’93)
Robert (Eugene) Bourgeois (BIS ’71, MA ’76)
David Bowman (PhD ’68)
Howard Boyd (BMath ’76)
Eric (Ric) Boyd (BSc ’75, MSc ’95)
Dielwen Bracken (BA ’80)
Paul Branday (BSc ’63)
Carl Brawley (BES ’81)
Derek Brennan (BA ’91)
Eric Breugst (BA ’89, MA ’93)
Frederic Britton (BA ’66)
Leo Brown (OD ’45)
Harold Bruns (BA ’61)
Ronald Freeman (BA ’67, MA ’69)
Barbara Fulford (BA ’86)
Rishi Gautam (BASc ’98)
Diane Gibb (MMath ’70)
Judith (Judy) Gibson (Maclellan) (BA ’72)
Robert (John) Gibson (PhD ’73)
Anthony (John) Gilbert (BA ’66, MA ’70)
Donald Giles (MMath ’74)
Wakai Glasgow (BA ’03)
Patricia Good (BA ’80)
Harriet Goodhue (BA ’02, BA ’12)
Scott Goodwin (BMath ’84, MMath ’87)
William (Bill) Gordon (BA ’75)
Roderick (Rod) Gordon (BASc ’63)
Michael Goss (BASc ’64, MASc ’65, PhD ’69)
Peter Goudy (BA ’74)
Julianne Gracey (BA ’01)
Carol Graf (BA ’75)
Marga Graham (BA ’84)
Michael (Mike) Grant (BA ’75)
Mariette Gratton (BA ’83)
Marie Green (Skanes) (BA ’86)
Lorraine Greenberg (BA ’87)
Maureen Grenier (BA ’89)
John Gundy (BA ’13)
Paul Haines (MMath ’75)
Wayne Hajas (BSc ’86)
Mary Haley (BA ’67)
Richard Hamilton (BASc ’63)
Laurence (Larry) Hamlin (BASc ’94, MASc ’96)
Murray Hampton (MA ’72)
David Hanneson (BASc ’70)
Edgar Harder (BMath ’77)
Inez Harris (BA ’00)
Thomas (Tom) Hawkins (BASc ’80)
Andrew (Andy) Haycock (BMath ’74, MMath ’76)
Jelloe Haynes (Wickham) (BIS ’83)
Orville Heideman (BASc ’65)
Trevor McLaughlin (BA ’11, BSW ’12)
Vincent McLeod (BASc ’64)
Ivan McQuillin (BSc ’67)
John Medley (BASc ’74, MASc ’79)
Margaret (Patricia) Megaffin (BA ’97)
James (Douglas) Mercer (BA ’77)
Johanna Metcalf (MA ’69)
Robert (Bob) Metcalfe (BSc ’71)
Bradley (Brad) Miehls (BA ’94)
Samiha Mikhael (MA ’74)
Maurice Milburn (MA ’76)
Dennis Millan (BASc ’73)
Lewis Miller (BA ’96)
Robert Miller (BPE ’67)
Roger Miller (BASc ’64)
Timothy (Tim) Missell (BASc ’87)
David Mitchell (BSc ’74, MSc ’76)
Audrey Mittelholtz (BA ’72)
Joan Molnar (BA ’86)
Lillian Morch (BA ’91)
Dawn Morgan (BA ’82)
Robert (Rob) Murakami (BASc ’76)
Lynn Murray (BASc ’72, MASc ’79)
Mary-Margaret Murtha (BA ’91)
Eleanor Nagai (BASc ’84)
William Nediger (PhD ’79)
Clarence Newson (MA ’75)
Jim Nicholls (MA ’70)
Victor (Roger) Nordrum (BASc ’70)
Harold (Hal) North (BASc ’74, MASc ’76)
Wayne Northcott (BES ’76)
Robert Noyes (BA ’05)
Ekwele Nwalipenja (BA ’66)
John O’Reilly (MASc ’74)
George Obminski (BSc ’72)
Edward Ochiena (BPE ’65)
Barack Odhiambo (BA ’88)
John Pahapill (MASc ’79)
William Palmer (MA ’70)
Florence (Lorna) Parker (BA ’83)
Andrew (Andy) Spowart (MA ’66)
Hendrik (Hank) Stassen (MASc ’71)
Roy Steinberg (BASc ’84)
Ingrid Steiner (MA ’84)
Marilyn Stewart (BA ’90, BA ’94)
Donald Stewart (BA ’67)
Lois Stiltz (McGill) (BA ’76)
Margaret Stinson (BA ’66)
Lucille Stoltz (Condon) (BA ’90)
William Stout (BA ’88)
William Strachan (BA ’62)
Botho Strenzke (BSc ’69)
John Struck (BA ’73)
Shuai (Tom) Sun (BASc ’15)
Corrine (Sunny) Sundberg (MASc ’75)
David Swayne (BSc ’66, PhD ’75)
Doreen Swift (BA ’72)
Sophia Sy (OD ’24)
Richard Sydor (BASc ’90, MSc ’92)
Elsie Taylor (Koch) (MSc ’85)
Catharina Templeman (BA ’02)
Andrew (Andy) Thompson (BSc ’76)
Merilyn Thompson (BA ’76)
Gareth Thorne (BA ’97)
Sandra (Gayle) Tisdall (Cavell) (BA ’67)
Harry Tlale (MA ’73)
Connie To (BSc ’82, OD ’85)
Darryl (Scott) Tonner (BSc ’91, MSc ’95, PhD ’98)
Kenneth Tontsch (BA ’73)
Johannes Treffers (BASc ’65)
Thomas (Tom) Troy (BA ’74)
Bryan Tuckey (BES ’78, MA ’80)
Glenn Tunnock (BES ’72)
Lee Bryant (BA ’85)
Doris Bryce (BA ’85)
John Bryson (BASc ’76)
Gordon Buchanan (BASc ’78)
Mary Buhr (BA ’67)
Barry Bullis (BA ’61)
John Bullivant (BA ’94)
Elaine Butchart (BA ’86)
Kent Butcher (BA ’69)
Douglas Butzer (BASc ’70)
John Callander (MA ’82)
Dino (Dean) Campagna (MSc ’68)
Graham Campbell (BSc ’70)
Richard (Dick) Carpani (MASc ’79)
Shawn Carrigan (BASc ’97)
Norbert Casey (BA ’66)
Lois Chambers (BA ’84)
Betty Chapman (BA ’74)
Owen Cherry (BSc ’04, MSc ’07)
Alexander (Alex) Choi (BASc ’99)
Thomas (Rea) Clark (BPE ’67)
Henry Clarke (BPE ’67)
Nancy Cliffe (BA ’86)
Robert Clubine (MA ’76)
Peter Coates (BA ’79)
Doreen Comerford (BA ’82)
Neil Corbett (BA ’04)
Bert Henderson (BA ’75, MA ’78)
Julienne Hendrickson (BA ’68)
Donna Hetherington (BA ’84)
Roger Hicks (BASc ’70)
Barry Hilchey (BSc ’02)
Gregory (Greg) Hillis (BA ’01)
Edward Hinchley (MASc ’63)
Margaret Hitchcock (BA ’92, MA ’94)
Marrius Hoefman (BASc ’71)
Shirley Holdsworthy (BA ’91)
Donald Holland (MASc ’69)
Frederick (Bill) Holmes (MASc ’69)
Ronald (Ron) Hornby (BA ’65)
Celeste McCreight (BA ’86)
Jean Horne (BA ’77, MA ’79)
John Houweling (MMath ’74)
Henry (Doug) Hunter (OD ’72)
Laurence Husbands (PhD ’72)
Mauno Immonen (BASc ’65)
George Ingham (BA ’86)
Margaret Ionson (BMath ’78)
Robert Ireland (BASc ’63)
James (Jim) Ironside (BASc ’69)
Aquila Islam (MSc ’71)
Susan Jackson (BA ’97)
Marion James (BA ’85)
Jean Jenkins (BA ’80)
Jan Jofriet (MASc ’69, PhD ’72)
James Johanson (MPhil ’82)
Emil Jursa (BA ’66)
Joseph Kallu (BA ’76)
Beverley Kent (MA ’68, PhD ’75)
Colm Kerr (BA ’79)
Margaret (Marg) Kerr-Lawson (Cowie) (BA ’70)
Enn (Alan) Kerstenbeck (BSc ’83)
Jacob Kierdorf (BA ’80)
Marilyn Koehler (BA ’00)
Peter Kolenc (BA ’81)
Kazimierz (Chuck) Konkel (BA ’72, MA ’73)
Douglas (Doug) Parsonage (MASc ’75)
Roger Parsons (BA ’78)
Vijai Pasricha (MASc ’70)
James (Doug) Paton (MA ’71)
Brian Paul (BASc ’76)
Fraser Peers (BES ’86)
Edythe Penny (BA ’04)
Harry Pentesco (BASc ’72)
Mary Perry (BA ’89)
Ray Peters (PhD ’69)
James Petrosky (BASc ’12)
Leena Phillips (Poldes) (BMath ’83)
James Pitcher (BASc ’69)
Kevin Plautz (BES ’92)
Julie Pope (BA ’86)
Kathleen Power (Toczylowski) (BA ’85)
Lila Prince (BA ’85)
Terry Prowse (BES ’76)
Robert (Bob) Pula (BASc ’72)
Maria (Ria) Pulles (BA ’86)
Michael Quirke (BA ’82)
Robin Rabideau (BSc ’76)
Iyanuoluwa (Elijah) Raji (BES ’15), MEDI ’19)
Norma Rathwell (BA ’80)
Doreen Raymond (BA ’82)
Raymond (Ray) Reed (MA ’77)
Robert Reed (MSc ’61)
Gerald Reicheneder (BASc ’64)
David Reid (BASc ’67)
Anne Rektor (BA ’72)
Patricia Richter (Jamieson) (BA ’67)
James Riegert (BMath ’87)
Gezina Rietveld (BA ’90)
Robert (Bob) Robbins (BASc ’70)
Agnes Roberts (BMath ’91)
John Robertson (BASc ’65)
Joseph Rogers (BASc ’79)
John Root (BASc ’63)
Wilmer (John) Ross (BES ’85)
George Rowbottom (MASc ’74)
Eric Roy (BSc ’71, PhD ’76)
Elmer (Al) Rye (BA ’82)
Avreen Sahota (BSc ’23)
Reginald Ugborogho (MSc ’71)
Roman Ulfig (MASc ’72)
Amer Usmani (MBET ’08)
Douglas (Doug) Van Hamme (BA ’66)
John Van Luyk (BSc ’88)
Samantha Vaughn (BA ’90)
Mikelis Veidis (PhD ’69)
Lois Vickery (BA ’88)
James Villemaire (BA ’70)
Lila Vine (BA ’84)
Milan Vukadinov (MA ’73)
Mary Waind (BA ’67)
Anne Walkey (BA ’84)
Henry Warkentin (MA ’64, PhD ’72)
Mark Warring (BMath ’75)
Bernice Watkin (BPE ’68)
Ronald Watkin (BA ’69)
Hans (Christian) Wehrfritz (MASc ’70)
Brenda Welch (Mulholland) (MA ’78)
Judith Weldon (Hayes) (BES ’75, BES ’76)
Allyn Wey (BA ’74)
David (Scott) Wheeler (BASc ’87)
Pauline Whelan (BA ’87)
Barbara White (BA ’93)
Lawrence (Larry) White (BASc ’65, MASc ’66)
Kendra Whitfield Ellis (BA ’01)
Samuel (Bill) Wilson (MASc ’72)
Morris Wolfe (MA ’73)
Doris Woodruff (BA ’80)
Maurice Worsfold (BA ’87)
Lee (Tina) Wu (BASc ’19)
Shawn Young (BSc ’87)
Walter Zaleschuk (OD ’69)
Mitchell Zamojc (BASc ’74)
Alfred Zimmerman (MA ’67)
Norris Zucchet (BASc ’75)
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