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Find out what other alumni from our year are up to.
Dr. Leroy Lowe
Dr. Leroy Lowe, DipENG’83, BSc’86, EMBA’00 received the 2016 award for a Distinguished Contribution to Cancer Prevention from the Environmental Working Group (EWG) in San Francisco. Leroy is President of Getting to Know Cancer (www.gettingtoknowcancer.or) and is pictured here at the award dinner with Ken Cook, EWG President.
Rachél Starbuck (Ivarsson Klein)
Rachél Starbuck (Ivarsson Klein) BA’85 became Museum Director for the Luck Area Historical Society in Wisconsin last June. Rachel is in charge of museum operations and developing their programming, events, and fund raising efforts. Luck is located 90 minutes northeast of Minneapolis Twin Cities, and is the Home of the Duncan Yo-Yo (where over 30,000,000 were made and sold between the 1940s-1960s).
Nancy (Plant) Pipes
Nancy (Plant) Pipes BA’83 retired last June after 31 years as a high school English teacher in Alberta and New Brunswick. This past fall, she and her husband, Dan, moved to Iqaluit to begin their next adventure. After Dan retires from the RCMP, the long-term plan is to settle in Nova Scotia, where their two adult children (Sam and Alex) currently live.
Dr. Brian Flemming
Dr. Brian Flemming BSc’59, LLD’14 was recently appointed to the Council of Canadian Academics (CCA) Expert Panel on the Transportation Needs of an Aging Population.
An international lawyer and a public policy advisor, he is one of Canada’s leading experts on transportation policy and the international law of the sea. He is a also a member of the Order of Canada and has two honorary degrees.