1960s-2010s Class Notes Fall 2019
1960s
SHIRLEY (ROBINSON) PEARMAN (鈥62)鈥檚 book Hands On! The Art of Traditional Crafts and Play in Bermuda was published in 2016. It received the prestigious Eric Hoffer Award in 2018 and the 2018 Literary Award (honourable mention) from the Bermuda Department of Community and Cultural Affairs in February 2019. In April 2019, Pearman was one of eight Bermudian female authors to receive the Crystal Butterfly Award by the Atlantic Publishing Company on the occasion of its 40th anniversary. A website is currently being prepared for the book. Pearman enjoyed a 35-year career in teaching and has devoted her time to all things cultural, historical, and artistic in the Bermudian context. She will be celebrating her 80th birthday this November.
Shirley (Robinson) Pearman (鈥62) receiving the Bermuda Literary Award for 2018 from Hon. Louitta Foggo, JP, MP, Minister of Labour, Community Affairs, and Sport.
A group of Allisonians from the 1960s gathered at the Old Fish Factory Restaurant in Lunenburg, NS in June 2019. Many good MtA memories were shared.
Foreground: Heather (MacGregor) Bagnell (鈥65) and Sherrie (Walker) Carey. First row: Cindy (Pierce) Embree (鈥66); Marg (Davidson) Forbes (鈥65); Mary (Bristow-Harlan) King (鈥65); Cate (Isner-Lenco) Bird (鈥65); Harry Hughes (鈥69); Sue [Gass] Morse (鈥68); Prue (Wilmshurst) Hansen (鈥65); Mike Hansen (鈥65); Phil Bagnell (鈥63). Second row: Judy (Mackay) VanRyckevorsel (鈥65); Corrine (Zwicker) Zinck (鈥67); Judy (Purdy) Corkum (鈥66); Sharon (Gregg) Gunn (鈥69). Third row: Mary (Vogler) Black (鈥63); Enid (Coles) Shaw (鈥65); Dave Boston (鈥65); Alex Gunn (鈥69). Back row: Sherm Embree; Ewart Morse (鈥68); Ivan Carey (鈥64); George Demmons (鈥65). Present but missing from photo: Kay [Antle] McNamara (鈥65); Linda [Trenholm] Boston (鈥68); Bob Forbes (鈥71). Photo credit: Cindy (Pierce) Embree (鈥66)
1970s
LORRAINE EDEN HERMANN (鈥70) was recently honoured for her contributions to research as a member of the International Scientific Committee of the Rennes Business School. She received the Medal of the City from the Mayor of Rennes, France. Lorraine is a professor of management at Texas A & M University from which she retired in August.
1980s
After practising intellectual property law in Ottawa for over 30 years, SUSAN BEAUBIEN (鈥80) has been appointed a member of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal.
JAMIE COTTINGHAM (鈥80) is the director of facilities and campus planning, University of Calgary in Qatar. He says hi to all the Hunton Wieners and the Football 蜜桃视频ies.
BETH W. JOHNSTON (鈥84) writes, 鈥淗ave gone on a 鈥榣ast adventure鈥 before retirement and moved to a two-point pastoral charge in rural and northern Saskatchewan.鈥
BRUCE MCKAY (鈥85) has been appointed artistic director of La Troupe du Jour, in Saskatoon, SK.
The 30th Annual Dirty Bird Golf Invitational was held on the May long weekend in Halifax and Fox Harb鈥檙 Resort. This group has played courses all over Eastern Canada and the United States.
At Fox Harb'r (L-R): Mike Roberts (鈥88), Mark Farwell (鈥87), Wilson Bell (鈥87), Chris Watt (鈥87), Alan Kerr, Mike Oland (鈥87), Kevin Fogarty (鈥87), and Greg Blunden (鈥87).
Pictured at the Memorial Cup Hockey game (L-R): Chris Watt (鈥87), Kevin Fogarty (鈥87), Mike Oland (鈥87), Wilson Bell (鈥87), Greg Blunden (鈥87), Alan Kerr, Mike Roberts (鈥88), and John Savoie (鈥87).
1990s
ANGELA BOYLE (鈥93) was awarded Female Entrepreneur of the Year for 2018 in Bathurst, NB. Angela is broker and owner of her own real estate company, also investing in rental/commercial properties and 鈥渇lipping鈥 homes!
CHERYL (WAY) YOUNG (鈥93) writes, 鈥淚n 2018, I happily became the editor-in-chief and co-owner of Salty, a digest that focuses on PEI鈥檚 food world. We print and distribute 7,500 issues across the Island each month. There are many great food stories to tell on Canada鈥檚 Food Island! You can read our issues online as well at .鈥
DON MOORE (鈥96) has just been named to the Board of Directors of Service New Brunswick, a provincial Crown corporation, for a three-year appointment. He has been working for 3+ Corporation, the Greater Moncton Economic Development Commission, as the director of entrepreneurship and business start-up for the past two years. He also continues to teach business courses part-time at Yorkville University and Crandall University, as well as in the national program for the Masters Certificate in Project Management out of the Schulich School of Business at York University.
2000s
SYLVIA NICKERSON (鈥01, 鈥03)鈥檚 newest book Creation was recently published by Drawn + Quarterly. Nickerson is a comics artist, writer, and illustrator who lives in Hamilton, ON. Her focus is storytelling in community arts and writing comics examining parenthood, gender identity, social class, and religion ().
LINDSAY BIRD (鈥05) published her first book, Boom Time, with Gaspereau Press in May 2019. The book of poetry was inspired by her time working isolated construction camps in Northern Alberta. Lindsay is a poet and journalist in Corner Brook, NL.
A group of 蜜桃视频ies Soccer Alumni met up for an Ottawa Fury FC match against North Carolina FC in May 2019.
(L-R): Lindsay Cormier (鈥13), Julia Hafey (鈥14), Adam Brown (鈥12), Iain MacLeod (鈥13), Elissa McCarron (鈥11), Eric Jones (鈥10), and Jules Alie (鈥07) with Ottawa Fury FC players Chris Mannella and Jeremy Gagnon-Lapar茅.