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In memoriam

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 between May 30, 2023 and January 24, 2024. 

Helen Bailey (BA ’88) 

Daryl Baker (BASc ’74) 

Taymoore Balbaa (BES ’99, MArch ’04) 

Carol Beattie (BSc ’83) 

Jay Beattie (PhD ’75) 

Cassandra Bechard (BMath ’13) 

Ruth Beninger (BA ’88, BA ’90) 

John (Gilbert) Bowness (BA ’66) 

Bernice Brunton (BA ’84) 

Shirley Bryson (MASc ’86) 

Vincent Budac (OD ’15) 

Paul Cade (BA ’85) 

Wendi Campbell (Oakes) (BA ’93) 

William Clothier (BA ’69) 

Margaret Colmer (Sprung) (BA ’66, BPE ’67) 

Colin Connelly (BSc ’85) 

Harold (Montague) Corwin (BA ’74) 

John Coutinho (BASc ’84) 

Cameron Crosby (BSc ’77) 

Lorraine Cullen (BA ’73) 

James (Fred) Curren (BSc ’75) 

Richard DeStefano (BPE ’65) 

Phyllis Didur (MMath ’69) 

Glen Ditchfield (PhD ’93) 

Barbara Drucker (BA ’75) 

Joachim Ebeling (BSc ’81) 

Susan Elliot (BMath ’84) 

Robert Ewen (BA ’71) 

Ian Ferguson (MSc ’65) 

Fred Flood (BSc ’72) 

George Frengos (BA ’90) 

Gregory Geen (BA ’71) 

Ronald George (PhD ’80) 

Hugh Ghent (BASc ’76) 

Mary (Catherine) Gilfillan (BA ’75) 

Jams Gillick (BASc ’73) 

Donald Gossen (BA ’72) 

Dorothy Graff (BA ’76) 

Garry Gregory (BASc ’64, MASc ’65, PhD ’69) 

Evelyn Guderian (Froehlich) (MA ’79) 

Michael Hamm (MA ’77) 

Greig Harrigan (BMath ’81) 

George Harrower (BMath ’74) 

David Headdon (BES ’74, BES ’76) 

Kevin Hesterman (OD ’00, BSc ’00) 

Charles Hildebrandt (BA ’04) 

Roy Hipwell (BA ’94) 

Joyce Hodge (BA ’76) 

Sandra Hoffman (Funk) (BA ’66) 

Laurie Hornell (BA ’80) 

Marley Illerbrun (BA ’04) 

Rohan Jayasundera (BSc ’82) 

Heather Johnson (BA ’76) 

Hari Johri (MASc ’68, PhD ’73) 

Shirley Kellestine (Carson) (BA ’76) 

Philip King (BMath ’72) 

Rodger King (BES ’78) 

Joshua King (MSc ’09, PhD ’14) 

Louise Kirvan (Goulet) (BA ’87) 

Doreen Kissick (BA ’98) 

Matthew Klompstra (BASc ’96) 

John Knapp (BSc ’76) 

Brian (Daniel) Lafreniere (BASc ’87) 

Scott Lawson (BASc ’69, MASc ’71, PhD ’74) 

Gerard Leduc (BMath ’69) 

Ker-Ai Lee (BMath ’97, MMath ’98) 

John Leyes (BA ’64) 

Louis Liadis (BA ’90) 

Christa Liddy (Worounig) (BASc ’88) 

Arend Lootsma (BASc ’07) 

Gerard Lyons (BASc ’78) 

Ian MacNaughton (BA ’68, MA ’71) 

David (Ian) MacPherson (BASc ’73) 

Dorothy Mallette (BA ’01) 

Michael McGowan (BMath ’79) 

Mary (Eileen) McIntyre-Roy (BA ’81) 

David McKennitt (BASc ’67, MASc ’69) 

Sally McMillan (BSc ’78) 

Wilfred (David) McNeil (MASc ’71, PhD ’75) 

Nico Meijer (BASc ’79) 

Gregory Mills (BASc ’90, MASc ’93) 

Patricia Mooney (BA ’86) 

Sutharseehan Navajeevayokan (BASc ’23) 

Liam Neumann (MDP ’16) 

Laurence Olivier (BSc ’85) 

Stephen Osborne (BMath ’99) 

Umang Patel (OD ’03, BSc ’03) 

Phyllis Paterson (BA ’88) 

David Pause (BSc ’83) 

Brien Pepperdine (BA ’85, MA ’86) 

Guy Perrault (BASc ’75) 

Jon Pharoah (BASc ’94) 

Gregory Pope (MSc ’70, PhD ’74) 

Norman (Wally) Rayner (BSc ’73) 

Timothy Reaburn (BA ’90) 

Duncan Read (BA ’70, MA ’71) 

Joseph Recchia (BASc ’68, MASc ’71) 

Elisabeth Robertson (MSc ’80) 

Theodozia Rudensky (BSc ’70, PhD ’81) 

James Rueckert (BA ’92) 

Leonard Ryan (BA ’91, BA ’95, BA ’01) 

Robert Schellenberg (BASc ’63, MSc ’64)  

Norbert Schmidtke (PhD ’74) 

Thomas Schneider (PhD ’08) 

Brian Schram (BA ’12, MA ’15, PhD ’23) 

Martin Schreindorfer (BASc ’68) 

John Shoniker (BA ’96) 

Robert Short (BA ’07) 

Joseph Sirega (BMath ’74) 

Joyce Spring (BA ’92) 

Aadhira Sriram (BSc ’23) 

Crispin (Kip) Summer (BMath ’71, MMath ’84) 

Wei (Wendy) Sun (MMath ’07) 

Jim Tremain (BSc ’79, MSc ’98) 

George Trohatos (BASc ’73) 

Joan Turbull (OD ’46) 

Deborah van Dyk (Adair) (BMath ’85) 

Raymond Wagg (OD ’78) 

Marshall Ward (BA ’98) 

Irene Weatherhead (BA ’77) 

David Weaver (PhD ’69) 

Richard Weber (BMath ’75, MMath ’76) 

Marian Whitfield (BA ’81) 

David Williams (BA ’95) 

Harold (Roger) Wilson (BSc ’65) 

Ryan Wilson (MSc ’93, PhD ’02) 

Andre Wolder (BMath ’69) 

Betty Wong (BMath ’82) 

Stephanie Ye-Mowe (BKI ’23) 

William (Alan) Young (BASc ’63) 

Sheralyn Yundt (MA ’73) 


 

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