As we honour the lives of those alumni who have passed away this year, we celebrate the impact they left on University College and beyond. They were innovators, mentors, dreamers, and doers — each leaving behind a legacy shaped by their passions and contributions. Though they are no longer with us, their influence endures in the lives they touched and the knowledge they shared.
1940s
William A. R. Atkinson / BA 1949 UC
of Toronto, ON; Sept. 30, 2024
Lita-Rose Betcherman (Vineberg)
BA 1948 UC, of Toronto, ON; March 9, 2024
James Bleiweis / BA 1945 UC
of Toronto, ON; Dec. 6, 2024
Walter G. Cassels / BCom 1949 UC
of Toronto, ON; Aug. 13, 2024
Helen A. Cowan (Hooper) / BA 1948 UC
of Toronto, ON; Dec. 3, 2024
Margaret “Francesca” Fullerton (Harrison)
BA 1947 UC, of Cobourg, ON; May 14, 2024
J. K. Gibson / BCom 1948 UC
of Toronto, ON; May 8, 2024
Barbara A. Greer (Brooks) / BA 1946 UC
of Clarksburg, ON; July 30, 2024
Sally Hastings (Vandersluys) / BA 1949 UC
of Toronto, ON; Aug. 14, 2024
Florence Hertzman (Swartz) / BA 1947 UC
of Toronto, ON; April 19, 2024
Billy E. Lossing / BA 1948 UC
of Flint, MI; Jan. 7, 2025
Mary Willan Mason / BA 1943 UC
of Toronto, ON; Sept. 24, 2024
M. E. McAvoy (Robinson) / BA 1948 UC
of Port Colborne, ON; Oct. 17, 2024
Georgina McCance (Davey) / BA 1940 UC
of Toronto, ON; Oct. 4, 2024
Christine M. C. McMillan (Zumstein)
BA 1948 UC, of Thorold, ON; Aug. 10, 2024
Bernard S. Pike / 1946 UC
of Toronto, ON; May 27, 2024
Eric J. Preston / BA 1946 UC
of Nepean, ON; April 8, 2024
Nancy Robinson (Higginbottom) / 1949 UC
of Toronto, ON; May 17, 2024
Mary-Susanne “Dickey” Singer (Thomas)
BA 1947 UC, of Toronto, ON; June 20, 2024
1950s
Prof. Edmund R. Alexander / BCom 1953 UC
of Willowdale, ON; April 13, 2024
Prof. Henry E. Beissel / BA 1958 UC
of Gloucester, ON; Jan. 10, 2025
Naomi Bell (Socol) / BA 1952 UC
of Toronto, ON; April 5, 2024
Norman N. Bergstein / BA 1958 UC
of Thornhill, ON; March 25, 2024
Fae Cait (Cooper) / BA 1954 UC
of Downsview, ON; Sept. 16, 2024
Joseph G. Casse / BA 1950 UC
of Toronto, ON; June 26, 2024
Gerald J. Charney QC / BA 1959 UC
of Toronto, ON; March 29, 2024
George Cihra / BA 1957 UC
of Toronto, ON; July 22, 2024
Barbara E. Cooper (Lipson) / BA 1954 UC
of Toronto, ON; April 26, 2024
Rosemary D. Crawford (Coates) / BA 1956 UC
of Mahone Bay, NS; Sept. 6, 2024
W. C. H. Eckersley / BA 1955 UC
of Willowdale, ON; Sept. 6, 2024
Sylvia G. Fair (Shapiro) / BA 1950 UC
of Victoria, BC; Sept. 12, 2024
Dr. Edwin A. Gaviller / BA 1950 UC
of Kemble, ON; Jan. 2, 2025
Ann J. Gibson / BA 1953 UC
of Etobicoke, ON; Dec. 27, 2024
Catherine W. Goddard (Graham)
BA 1954 UC, of Calgary, AB; April 7, 2024
Miriam Green (Halpern) / 1955 UC
of Toronto, ON; Dec. 2, 2024
Margaret J. Holmes / BA 1951 UC
of Toronto, ON; Oct. 29, 2024
Charles E. Houghton / BA 1950 UC
of Toronto, ON; Aug. 1, 2024
Anne C. Innis Dagg / BA 1955 UC
of Waterloo, ON; April 1, 2024
Prof. M. E. Irwin (Gray) / BA 1959 UC
of Algonquin Highlands, ON; Jan. 9, 2025
Gerald F. Jonas / BA 1955 UC
of Toronto, ON; Dec. 10, 2024
Thomas D. Kent / BA 1953 UC
of Mississauga, ON; Oct. 7, 2024
Robert Klymasz / BA 1957 UC
of Winnipeg, MB; March 17, 2024
Richard H. Krempulec / 1958 UC
of Toronto, ON; Aug. 23, 2024
Leslie G. Lawrence / BA 1956 UC
of Toronto, ON; July 8, 2024
H. D. Lee / BA 1956 UC
of Willowdale, ON; Jan. 3, 2025
John H. Lindsay / BA 1956 UC
of Kingston, ON; Nov. 21, 2024
John F. Logan / BA 1950 UC
of Cobourg, ON; July 12, 2024
Jean W. Long (Johnson) / BA 1951 UC
of Scarborough, ON; Aug. 28, 2024
S. V. Martini / BA 1958 UC
of Woodbridge, ON; Dec. 8, 2024
Nancy L. Matheson (Webster) / BA 1951 UC
of Salt Spring Island, BC; July 5, 2024
John D. McKellar / BA 1955 UC
of Toronto, ON; Nov. 5, 2024
Bessie McKinlay / BA 1954 UC
of Thornbury, ON; March 20, 2024
Elizabeth V. T. Milton (Dutton) / BA 1956 UC
of Victoria, BC; Dec. 17, 2024
Nancy M. Moffat (Danby) / BA 1950 UC
of Toronto, ON; April 13, 2024
Rev. David Murphy / BA 1953 UC
of Ajax, ON; Sept. 14, 2024
Martin Myers / BA 1951 UC
of Toronto, ON; March 28, 2024
Dorothy M. Nesbitt (Sherriff) / BA 1950 UC
of Thunder Bay, ON; Aug. 7, 2024
Reginald Nighswander / BA 1952 UC
of Scarborough, ON; Dec. 22, 2024
Greta J. Ogden (Tienkamp) / BCom 1955 UC
of King, ON; Sept. 19, 2024
Ralph S. Prentice / BA 1955 UC
of Toronto, ON; Oct. 20, 2024
Dr. Harry Schachter / BA 1955 UC
of Toronto, ON; April 17, 2024
Carol Schipper (Mendelson) / 1956 UC
of Toronto, ON; June 26, 2024
Ralph Shiff / BA 1953 UC
of Toronto, ON; May 9, 2024
Sheldon Silver / BA 1957 UC
of Toronto, ON; June 18, 2024
Anne Sinclair / BA 1952 UC
of Toronto, ON; Oct. 25, 2024
Richard M. B. Small / BA 1952 UC
of Ancaster, ON; April 25, 2024
Patricia D. Smyth (Corcoran) / BA 1955 UC
of Kitchener, ON; Oct. 3, 2024
Sydney Steiner / BA 1955 UC
of Dallas, TX; Jan. 5, 2025
Mary K. Swanson (Horner) / BA 1955 UC
of Toronto, ON; Jan. 3, 2025
Marian L. T. Thomson (McIntyre) / BA 1950 UC
of Kanata, ON; Oct. 10, 2024
Thomas Timusk / BA 1957 UC
of Hamilton, ON; Jan. 12, 2025
Deborah Vigoda (Shulman) / BA 1950 UC
of Toronto, ON; Aug. 4, 2024
Patricia A. Walton (Smith) / 1950 UC
of Carlsbad, CA; March 15, 2024
Robert J. Widdicombe / BA 1954 UC
of Toronto, ON; Dec. 7, 2024
Prof. John W. L. Winder / BCom 1954 UC
of Toronto, ON; Oct. 23, 2024
B. Anne Wood (Tolmie) / BA 1959 UC
of Vancouver, BC; Nov. 21, 2024
Prof. John H. Woods / BA 1958 UC
of Vancouver, BC; Aug. 15, 2024
Gloria Wunder (Borden) / BA 1959 UC
of Toronto, ON; March 19, 2024
1960s
Dr. Francis Bobik-Orchard / BSc 1966 UC
of Priceville, ON; July 17, 2024
Erica H. H. Bouhenic (Buykes) / BA 1966 UC
of Toronto, ON; Jan. 9, 2025
Catherine A. Court-Simms / BA 1966 UC
of Toronto, ON; Oct. 30, 2024
Judith Cowan / BA 1965 UC
of Trois-Rivieres, QC; Jan. 14, 2025
William S. Dart / BA 1968 UC
of Scarborough, ON; March 16, 2024
Jeffrey C. Fine / BA 1966 UC
of Ottawa, ON; Jan. 15, 2025
Roger F. Glazin / BA 1961 UC
of Stouffville, ON; March 29, 2024
Paul J. E. Green / BA 1969 UC
of Toronto, ON; May 2, 2024
Albert C. A. Greer / BA 1960 UC
of Orillia, ON; May 9, 2024
Anna L. Henderson (Ponte) / BA 1967 UC
of Toronto, ON; March 15, 2024
Dr. Byron Hyde / BA 1961 UC
of Ottawa, ON; Nov. 17, 2024
Susan Jackel / BA 1964 UC
of Sechelt, BC; Oct. 12, 2024
David L. Lavine / BA 1961 UC
of Toronto, ON; Dec. 12, 2024
Donald C. Lillow / BSc 1964 UC
of Gravenhurst, ON; July 13, 2024
Richard R. Neville / BA 1964 UC
of Mulmur, ON; May 31, 2024
Melvyn L. Pelt / BA 1962 UC
of North York, ON; Aug. 3, 2024
Harvey Poss / BA 1961 UC
of Toronto, ON; Nov. 14, 2024
Olga Zorzi Pugliese / BA 1963 UC
Toronto, ON; March 23, 2025
Allan Salsberg / BSc 1965 UC
of Toronto, ON; March 16, 2024
Eric P. Salsberg / BA 1966 UC
of Willowdale, ON; May 2, 2024
Marilyn S. Salutin / BA 1963 UC
of Thornhill, ON; April 1, 2024
Marion C. Soloway (Grosman) / BA 1961 UC
of Toronto, ON; Feb. 25, 2025
Marianne Torza (Wien) / BA 1964 UC
of Lewisburg, PA; Jan. 21, 2025
Mara Van Proosdij (Bekeris) / BA 1965 UC
of Campbellford, ON; Aug. 22, 2024
Samuel G. Zaltz / BA 1962 UC
of Windsor, ON; May 17, 2024
1970s
Hillar Auksi / BSc 1972 UC
of Canmore, AB; March 8, 2024
Dr. Rosanna Honig / BSc 1975 UC
of Toronto, ON; Sept. 21, 2024
Mark G. J. Jurychuk / BA 1976 UC
of Etobicoke, ON; July 16, 2024
Frank W. Lowery / BA 1975 UC
of Toronto, ON; May 21, 2024
Monika Stegmann / BA 1977 UC
of Toronto, ON; Jan. 2, 2025
1980s
Janine Leibtog (Hart) / HBA 1980 UC
of Thornhill, ON; May 12, 2024
Karen G. Newman (Daffern) / BCom 1986 UC
of Orillia, ON; Aug. 29, 2024
1990s
David Cieslowski / BCom 1993 UC
of Toronto, ON; June 16, 2024
Notices of death published in this issue were
received between Feb. 8, 2024 and March 7,
2025. Date of death, last known residence,
and name at graduation (if applicable) are
noted where possible. Family and friends
of deceased alumni can help by sending
information to update@utoronto.ca.
University College can be designated
as a beneficiary in your will. If you wish
to designate your bequest to a specific
program or project (UC Annual Fund,
scholarships and financial aid for a UC
student, area of greatest need, etc.), please
contact Adam Hess, Director, Advancement,
at adam.hess@utoronto.ca