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	Here's where you can catch us up on what you've been doing for the last 35 or so years. Maybe send us a family picture, too.

Lonnie Atkinson - I'm Lonnie Atkinson, one of the missing in action class of '71. I have not attended reunions as life had us living away from Halifax. In recent years I've reconnected to the St. Andrews Major Work Class group and now I'm looking forward to the QE Lions 50th Reunion this coming fall. So, I thought I'd check in to the '71 group too! I am retired and joyfully living in Guernsey Cove, PEI with my wife Joan. We have two sons Peter and Phil who live in Ontario. I am a Presbyterian Minister (Rev. Dr.), writer (weekly columnist, books), spiritual director, community development consultant and singer. I have recently released a long postponed, bucket list CD called Hope, Heart and Home. I have good memories of our QE days and look forward to hearing more about each one's travels and adventures.

Phil Bryden - I have enjoyed looking at the website and thought I ought to tell you what I have done since leaving QEH. I have been Dean of Law at UNB since 2004. Prior to coming to Fredericton I spent 19 years as a member of the Faculty of Law at UBC. For ten of those years I also practised law part-time with Heenan Blaikie in Vancouver. I have been married to Cindy McKinley since 1984, and we have two sons, David and Colin. Cindy grew up on a farm north of Edmonton, we met in Ottawa and both boys were born in Vancouver. Since the beginning of the year Cindy has been doing human resource planning for the New Brunswick Office of Human Resources. David is a second year Arts student at UNB and in his spare time he works as a Lifeguard at the UNB Pool. He played football at Fredericton High School and won a provincial title in 2005. UNB doesn't have a football team so he decided to become a referee, and he has been refereeing at the high school level for the past two years. Colin is in grade 10 at Fredericton High School and plays the bagpipes with the Fredericton Saint Andrew's Society Pipe Band. Coming back to the Maritimes was an adjustment for all of us. I knew that I would enjoy the job at UNB, but Cindy didn't have any work when we first arrived and she ended up having to start her own human resources consulting business. The boys were 16 and 11 when we first moved, and David in particular was not eager to leave Vancouver. I had not lived in the Maritimes since 1976, when I left Halifax to study law at Oxford. The move has turned out to be very good for all of us, however, and we especially enjoy being able to get back to Halifax more often to visit my father, sister and brother.

Cathy Campbell - I worked in sport for a long time after completing a PE and MSC at Dal. I coached track for 10 years, including a stint as the Nova Scotia track coach in the 70s. I worked in Ottawa for the government in sport and then went back to school in Medicine at McMaster in 1980. I've lived all over and had a practice in Family Medicine and Sports Medicine in Houston, Texas for 12 years. I have been in Toronto since 2002 and have been team physician for the Canadian women's soccer team since 2000 while keeping my day job at various clinics to support myself. I also work as a FIFA drug doping official. Our team heads to the Women's World Cup in China this month and hope to improve on our fourth place finish from the 2003 World Cup. I bought a place in Pictou on the water in 2000 and get home to Nova Scotia every summer for as long as possible! It is not far from the ferry and it would be great to see anyone who makes it down that way when I am around. I actually just spent a week in Pictou but, unfortunately, won't be back until after World Cup in October.

Betsy Chalmers (Elizabeth Kelley)- Strangely, I didn't actually graduate from QEH (although all three of my siblings did). I left for Saint Mary's after Grade 11 (I was always in a hurry!). I married in 1971 and graduated with a BA (English) in 1973 then went to the University of Toronto, where I took a Masters in Library Science (1975). I worked for 10 years with the NS Provincial Library, but knew after the first year or so that libraries were nice places to visit, but I didn't want to work in one! I did my MBA part time at SMU, graduating in 1987, having two kids along the way (Kevin and Jillian Banfield). I took my newly minted MBA to MT&T where I worked for 10 years, mostly in Human Resources. I divorced and remarried in 1990. Tiring of corporate life, I left in 1995, ran my own managment/information consulting business for a few years and taught part time at SMU, NSCC, and MSVU. I decided I really liked teaching, so went back to SMU yet again (!) for a doctorate in Organizational Behaviour (graduated 2005). I started teaching at Dal School of Business Administration in 2002 and am still an Associate Professor of Management there. Whew! It feels like 40 years when I summarize it! My husband, Bruce Kelley, and I now split our time between our "cottage" in Halifax and our home in Petite Riviere, outside Bridgewater. We have five kids between us, and one (soon to have a second) grandchild. My son Kevin (who also attended QEH) graduated from SMU (we're a big SMU family) and is now taking mechanical engineering at NSCC. My daughter, Jillian, is completing her PhD in Social Psychology at the University of Waterloo. My stepson and one of my stepdaughters live in Halifax. My other stepdaughter (another QE grad) lives in London, so we have an excuse to visit the UK regularly! Those are the highlights of my life to date. I would love to re-connect with some of my former classmates- particularly those from the St. Andrews Major Work Class.

Chester Collier- I am currently 58 years old, and left Halifax in 1985. I have been with the same company (Walter Surface Technologies) for 30 years, and am currently Senior Vice President. I married a girl from Cape Breton and we will celebrate our 36th wedding anniversary this year. After leaving QEH I continued with my martial arts training, and received my 2nd Dan in Uechi Ryu Karate. My distinction was being the 3rd Canadian to earn a Black belt in this style. I taught for a number of years before leaving Nova Scotia in 1985. I left Halifax, moved to Toronto, then on to Vancouver and back to Toronto before settling in Montreal (Beaconsfield). I love to travel to wine countries and Caribbean destinations, and love to collect and drink great wines. I have three children, and currently one wonderful grandson.

Martin Felsky -When I graduated from QEHS I stayed in Halifax to do my B.A. at Dal, and then ended up in Toronto for two graduate degrees in English Literature. By the end of my Ph.D. in 1980, I realized I needed to do something more practical in order to find gainful employment so I went to law school at the University of Toronto. My first job was in Ottawa at the Canadian Law Information Council, and it wasn't until 1984 that I found myself back in Halifax, this time for the Canadian Bar Association convention. When I dropped into the Dal Student Union Building 10 years after I had left it, the Photography Director recognized me from my photos before I had a chance to introduce myself. I was married in 1983 and have two boys who are now 26 and 24. The older one has a B.A. in philosophy from Dal (though he actually finished his degree at York to be closer to home). He works for Rogers in their web services Outrank division. The younger one is doing medical research in the PhD program at U. of Toronto, focusing on the genetics of Alzheimers. I got divorced in 2009 (having been separated for several years) and married my wonderful wife Wendy in 2010, in a beautiful ceremony on a beach in Honolulu. As a lawyer I worked for a few years in Ottawa, then Toronto in 1988 where I worked with McCarthy Tetrault (a large law firm) for seven years, then started on my own as a legal technology consultant. In 2000 I co-founded Commonwealth Legal which is now Canada's largest litigation document management company. For the last three years I practiced law with Wendy at the firm of Harrington LLP, but we are now winding down that firm, as I have been appointed National E-Discovery Counsel to another large national law firm, Borden Ladner Gervais. At QEHS, and later at Dal, I was photo editor of the yearbook (working closely with Jim Stanley), and I have kept up my interest in photography all this time. For some of my work you can take at look at http://www.flickr.com/photos/mfelsky.

Ron Foran -Another lost sheep is found! I graduated from Dal Med School in 1977 and did postgraduate work at Dal, Harvard, Northwestern and the U of Ottawa, becoming a pediatric cardiologist and specialist in adult congenital heart disease. I have been in practice in Rockford, Illinois for over 26 years now. I married an opera singer and voice teacher in 1987 and we have one daughter, who is working as a medical researcher while applying to medical schools.

Pam Fraser (Pam Paton)- The following biography was gleaned from Pam's website. Music has been a driving force in my life. I studied piano and guitar before I discovered drums when I was12. My formal percussion studies began in Cleveland, Ohio focusing on timpani in the junior high school band. After drumming for many years as a freelance artist, I attended Dalhousie (B.Mus.Ed.) in my early twenties majoring in percussion with Jim Faraday. Then on to Memorial University to study music and theatre. I seized an opportunity to tour in Ontario and continued performing across Canada and the USA with bands covering a broad range of musical genres, most notably the Newfoundland Celtic-rock band Rawlins Cross. Other memorable bands include: Danny Burns Band; Kojo; Dragonfly; Dr Weirdbeard; Backroom Blues; Jamie Junger; Coach Tomatoes; SS Boogie Band; Bopular Demand; Battery Big Band; Misery Bros; Jimmy Dooley Band; Marcotte Blues Band, Swallow Tail and Rooster in a Henhouse. Pam Paton (nee Fraser) and son, Chris, 1999 In the late seventies, I married and raised two sons in Newfoundland where I also kept my career going by performing and touring with theatre companies and bands as a drummer and percussionist. I also worked on songwriting and composing while teaching music privately and in workshops. I was a founding member of the aforementioned Rawlins Cross performing original music. Moving back to Nova Scotia in the early nineties, I performed original songs and compositions on marimba and guitar as a solo artist and with my band. One of the highlights was touring across Canada with her son, Chris (hand drums and percussion). When we arrived in Vancouver we joined the Danny Burns Band as drummer and percussionist playing Celtic, folk and Newfoundland music. With the inevitable move back to Nova Scotia, I am continuing my musical career as a songwriter, composer, marimba player, drummer, educator and hand drum facilitator.

Sam Fried - After getting my BComm at Dal I spent a while working in, and then running, my dad's nightclub, Fort Scenic. I then spent 20 years starting small and medium sized businesses for other people. I would do all the research,marketing and hiring for one owner or a group of people or investors. Then I would get the business up and running and, within one year, train and turn it over to the owners. I did the "Metro Weekend Market" for Moosehead and the Hardman Group and put Sunday morning markets together in Halifax and Moncton for Sobeys. In order to offset slow times I also sold weekend home shows, sold sunrooms and designed and sold kitchens on the side. With my wife Cindy I started a retro clothing/costume shop on Barrington St. called Einstein's Clothesline where we sold bellbottoms from the 60's and 70's along with all the old retro shirts, pants, shoes, coats etc. We ran it for six successful years. At the same time I also took over the Drama Club at my children's school (primary -6) and convinced Dalhousie to allow their theatre students to gain extra credits by assisting me. We started with 12 students and, as of the last child I had go through grade 6, we had more than 85. What a great time! I actually had some students who were children of my Tower Road School peer group. The parents also volunteered to paint sets, make costumes etc. I would really like to follow that path again (soon as I win the lotto and can build my own theatre). After our three children evolved into teenagers I decided that it may be better if I take a break and work for someone else for a change (medical benefits and all that). Xerox came looking and for the past five years I have sold Xerox equipment into New York, New Jersey, Florida, and now Virginia. I guess all the skills I gained over the years really came through for me as I am now the senior sales person in the program and spend a lot of time teaching all the young whippersnappers how to do it "old school." I have been blessed with an angel for a wife. Cindy is my inspiration and my best friend. Plus she is "smokin' hot." We have been together now for 27 years. It has not been an easy path as she is the complete opposite of me, but it has been one heck of a fun and exciting ride so far. I would really like to take one of the business ideas I have and run with it, but alas, I have three children and a wife to look out for. Starting a business is always risky and takes money, but is it ever fun. We have wonderful children: a 22-year-old boy living and working in Dartmouth; a 20-year-old daughter living in Fredericton; and a 17-year-old daughter still at home ready to hit grade 12 and be the first graduating class through the new Citadel High School. Hope this brings you up to speed on Sam Fried. Anyone out there who always wanted their own business and wants to roll the dice and start being your own boss, you now know where to find me. Oh yeah, I also have been writing stand-up comedy for years but haven't had the ....to get up there and do it live. Be well good friends. Sam

Joan Garson - I am almost retired from the private practice of law and am now working part time for my husband, David Baskin, at his financial management business, Baskin Financial Services Inc. I am also working very hard in the volunteer sector, in part as Chair of ARZENU, the international Reform Zionist organization. I have two kids, Rebecca, who currently is a commander in the Israeli Air Force, and, Jacob, who works for Google in New York.

Maureen Gordon - After graduating from QEH, I went to Dal. I started going out with Clary Ottman, whom I've known since I was seven years old! Interestingly enough, Clary and I were always in different classes for grades 10-12 but were seated together in the QEH auditorium for graduation. I commented to him how nervous I was feeling about going up to get my diploma and he responded, "If you're like this now, what are you going to be like at your wedding?" Well, in 1975, just after I graduated with a B.A. and a B.Ed, Clary and I got married. I went on to teach at the Halifax Grammar School. Twenty-three years ago, we moved to Ottawa. As a volunteer, I chaired a fundraiser which was an official Winterlude event and decided to change professions. I was a senior area manager for the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario for almost 15 years. I loved the fast pace of the job and the balance of doing fundraising and health promotion activities in the community. Four years ago, I resigned my position having found myself an active member of the sandwich generation. It was very difficult to manage my job, my Dad's medical appointments - he has since died of breast cancer and my Mom's appointments; she has Alzheimers and lives in a senior's residence. So now I am fortunate to be able to enjoy the "fluffy" side of life. Not only do I have the time to take my Mom on outings but I also have more time to go to the gym, do things with my friends, and take more vacations with Clary! Oh, and plan two weddings! Clary and I have two daughters who are 26 and 28 years old. One daughter got married in 2006 and one last month. We are fortunate that they both live in Ottawa. So now I have retired from the wedding planning business and look forward to doing whatever catches my fancy at the time!

Peter Greenwood - What a delight to see the web page and catch up on the whereabouts of many classmates! Here's my past 35 years in a nutshell: After graduation I studied at Dalhousie, graduating in 1977 from Dal Law School with several of our QEH classmates including Roy Gaetz, Les Grieve, Sherry Richardson, Jim Stanley, Mark McCrea and I'm sure several others who I can't think of right now. I wrote my bar exams but instead of practicing law I chose to enter into the real estate development business. I worked for The Hardman Group, an Atlantic Canadian commercial developer, for several years. In 1988 I joined Clayton Developments, a residential community developer where I am currently Vice President. I married my wife Kathy in 1981. Although she is from the eastern shore we met on the beach in the Bahamas in 1977. She was there with her sisters and I was there with a group of 25 celebrating after writing our final last law exams. We have three wonderful daughters aged 21, 18 and 16. The two oldest are studying at Bishops University and St FX. Right after high school I started a Thursday night basketball group. Thirty four years later classmate Doug Fraser and I are still playing every week with largely the same group of guys. We call it "fat boys" basketball. I may be small- but I'm really slow (just as I was at 16!). We love to sail, ski, travel and spend time at the cottage. I was running quite regularly until my bad knees slowed me down. However, Kathy and I did manage to run the Chicago Marathon in 2003, just 5 days before I turned 50. My twin sister, Jane, also went to Dal after high school. For some 30 years she has owned and operated the Bib n Tucker children's clothing stores in Halifax. Jane married Bill Cooley who was a year ahead of us at QEH. They have two boys and also live here in Halifax. We remain best of friends and spend the warmer months at our adjoining cottages in Mineville. Life is good! Peter Greenwood

Les Grieve -It's a hoot to see old friends and learn of the roads in life they took over the last 35 years. After QEHS, I graduated from Dal Law only to become a ski bum while living in the Banff Springs Hotel. I returned to Halifax to work as a deck-hand on the Bluenose II during the summer of 1979 along with Robbie Gordon. I started dating Debbi Wickwire, who, coincidentally, had been on the inaugural sail of the replica schooner in 1963. After the ship docked for the season, I convinced her to travel with me and we did, landing in Calgary where I worked as a Crown Prosecutor and she taught ESL (English as a second language) to immigrant students from all over the world. We married in 1981 (my beautiful wife goes by Deb Grieve) and over the years had three sons, William - now a Calgary police officer, Andrew - an artist in Vancouver, and Alex - a Junior A hockey player in Kelowna, BC. We settled near the Elbow River, which is akin to the Gaspereau River, and while we don't take full credit, the meandering Elbow River now hosts multitudes of tubers as Calgarians saw how much fun we transplanted Maritimers were having each summer. In 2008, I was appointed as a Judge of the Provincial Court of Alberta and several QEHS classmates were there for my swearing in ceremony - Roy Gaetz, Peter Greenwood, Nancy Smith (now Nancy Courtney), & Ken (Birdlegs) Johnston. In addition to those friends, I still keep in regular touch with Jim Stanley, Doug MacDonald, Michael Lynk, Geddy Cantwell & Sherry Auld (now Sherry Kane), Merrill Brinton (labour negotiations in Regina), Jane (Greenwood) and Bill Cooley, and Alan Buckley (1972 grad). I just saw Al in Victoria where he's a doctor. I have run into several 1971 classmates over the years such as AlIan Keefe at his marina in Vancouver, Ellen McNab on an airplane (turns out she lives in Calgary, as well), Karen Knight in Calgary, Wayne Wheeler in Okotoks, Alberta, Jane M. Smith in Canmore, Alberta (but she now lives in NS), Sue Wenning in Halifax , and Heather Hiscock, who is an architect in Calgary. All in all it's amazing that, after ski-bumming in Banff and being a concern to law enforcement, I now sit as the Banff Judge. My parents and Deb's mom still are in Halifax. Family and the Wickwire South Shore cottage bring us "home" as much as possible and we're all coming for Deb's mother's 100th birthday in September 2009. Thanks for all your work to bring us together in cyberspace Les

Jim Hamilton -After graduating from QEH I headed off to the Nova Scotia Agricultural College (NSAC) to pursue a Plant Science Technician Diploma; graduated in 1974 and worked in the agricultural industry on Prince Edward Island (dairy, swine and sheep operations; and Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada) for the better part of the next six years. After that I went to Nigeria to work as a CUSO cooperant on a World Bank-funded agricultural development project. Once my two and a half year posting in Nigeria was completed, I returned to work at the NSAC College Farm for a year and then returned to university to pursue undergraduate and graduate studies at St. Francis Xavier University (BBA, 1987) and the University of Guelph (MSc Agricultural Economics, 1990). I worked as a private contractor to Consulting & Audit Canada for a couple of years in Ottawa and, then, headed back overseas for a two and a half year posting on the CIDA-funded Crop Diversification Programme in Bangladesh. At the completion of that long-term assignment, I was contracted by SNC-Lavalin to provide several short-term project economic inputs for a water management project in Bangladesh. In the summer of 1996, I took a 15-month assignment with a UK consulting firm (ITAD) on the multi-donor funded Left Bank Outfall Drain (LBOD) project and, more specifically, the socioeconomic impact evaluation study in Hyderabad, Pakistan. Upon completion of that project, I accepted a four-year assignment with a UK consulting firm (HTSPE) as Team Leader/Economist on another World Bank-funded project in Lahore, Pakistan. A few days after 9-11, I headed up to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia with my wife and son where I lived for a couple of years prior to accepting a position with Golder Associates in Calgary as Senior Social Development Specialist in their Environmental Assessment Division. A little over two years in Calgary and I was getting itchy feet again so, I accepted a four-year assignment as Field Project Manager on the CIDA-funded Bangladesh Environmental Technology Verification - Support to Arsenic Mitigation (BETV-SAM) project. At the successful conclusion of that project, I joined an international development NGO, the Canadian Hunger Foundation (CHF) in Ottawa as Program Manager & Acting Regional Director - Asia where I continue to work. CHF has won several CIDA-funded projects of late so, it is possible that I will be heading overseas in the not-too-distant future; possibly, west Africa. As one can imagine, I have travelled widely and visited many fascinating countries along the way. I am married to a Mongolian citizen, Gantsetseg Rentsendorj, and we have one son, Jadamba Hamilton who will be heading off to the University of Ottawa in September to study civil engineering.

Gordon Harrington -Few will remember me from QEH as I was pretty much of a zero in high school, remained that way for a long time afterwards and still have frequent relapses. After searching the entire world (including spending two and a half years in Indonesia) I finally found a place I like to call home in Colorado. Here I can ski, cycle and climb mountains with few restrictions (although this photo was taken in Alberta). I have been married twice, but no kids and have spent the last 12 years comfortably single. On the serious side I am a petroleum engineer currently helping to manage a small exploration company in Denver. In this business things change pretty quickly so I have back-up plans to be a slum landlord, bartender and ski lift operator. I have worked on a number of pretty interesting projects in my career, including offshore drilling in the Canadian Beaufort Sea and curtailing the flaring of natural gas on the island of Sumatera. Hopefully I can continue to contribute for a long time to come. I secretly make trips to Nova Scotia several times a year so would be happy to connect with old classmates.

Wilson King - What a wonderful surprise to see the class of '71 website. Nice to see the many familiar faces and of course read about how lives have unfolded. My turn. After QE I graduated from Dal with an Honours degree in Psychology. Not wanting to rush into the world of real work, I spent the summer of 75 in London, England enhancing my dishwashing skills prior to taking a month and travelling to Greece. Upon my return to Halifax I joined the Canadian Forces and spent the next 33 years being posted back and forth throughout the country. I was mainly doing personnel selection work (HR stuff) retiring this summer. Age 55 in the military is often a turning point so I turned. I have had postings to Petawawa (2), St Hubert (PQ), Ottawa, Saint John, CFB Gagetown, Oromocto NB (3), and Waterloo, ON where I finished a Masters in Applied Psychology (Industrial Organizational, 1989). In 1999 I did a six-month tour in Bosnia, filling a Military Psychologist position. I have retired to Oromocto. It's been only two months so far, so not sure what the future will bring, although, so far, retirement seems quite nice! I've been married (wife is Suzanne) since 1979, and have two sons, ages 21 and 26. The oldest is in his fourth year at Dal (Pharmacy). The youngest just graduated from Dartmouth College, NH, where he was the recipient of a four- year squash scholarship. (So, if your reading this Donald McLean, my (our) time on the squash court payed off!). Oh, four weeks ago I joined the grandfathers club. Well thats a quick run down of my life for the past 30-plus years. Feel free to say hello or drop me a line.

Herbert Lee - After leaving QEH, I drifted around in a few small business ventures. I studied Photography at Holland College and then opened a photographic portrait studio in Charlottetown for six years. In 1977, I became active in the Baha'i Faith and, in 1983, I moved to Macau (south coast of China) to build a Baha'i community there. In 1987, I married my wife of 29 years, Siu Hing (also Baha'i), and we have two grown children, Dan, 28, who lives in Japan and Liesl, 24, who is still figuring out what to do with her future. Macau, as you may have read, has one of the highest GDPs in the world and is the world's largest gaming city (Its revenues top Las Vegas and Atlantic City combined by four times.). Macau as has the densest population in the world and we receive 31 million tourists a year! Macau was a small fishing village when I arrived in 1983 and I worked with some friends in a venture exporting IBM PCs to China. When the IBM clone makers appeared, we went into the printing business. My other passion has been Toastmasters. I joined the Premiere Toastmasters club in 1981 while living in Prince Edward Island. Premiere Toastmasters club was the first club in the world to allow women as charter members. I joined in November 1980 and in May 1981, I had won the club, area and district speech contests and was disqualified at the regional finals for going overtime by seven minutes. I joined the Hong Kong club in 1983 when I moved to Macau. I started the Macau Toastmasters club in 2004 and it has grown into six clubs in four languages: English, Cantonese, Putonghua (Mandarin) and Portuguese. Macau hosted the district conference three times and I was the Conference Chair in November 2016. We hosted the event at the Venetian Macau with more than 350 in attendance. I have written and published four books on effective presentation. (Thank you Miss Tratt at Tower Road school for teaching us how to write!) In 1988, I helped to start the School of the Nations, a Baha'i-inspired school, the first international school in Macau. I sold a book on how to import from Hong Kong for seven years and then went into marketing/presentation consulting/training field. Currently, I'm an ESL (English as a second language) instructor at the University of Saint Joseph (a local Catholic university) as well as a few other government agencies and institutions. I am currently working on an Internet-based English teaching business and will launch in the next few months.

Iona MacLean - I am living in Pictou and have been an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church in Canada for 30 years. After QE, I attended Dal for my BA and then Knox College in Toronto for my Master of Divinity degree. I served two parishes in Ontario before returning to Nova Scotia in 1992. While in Ontario, I also took two years leave to study at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto where I received my Teachers and Performers diplomas in Voice. I am married (for almost 25 years) to the Rev. Glenn Cooper, minister in Westville NS. (I kept my own name--as did Glenn!) I have two step-sons and two step-grandchildren who all live in Ontario. The website is interesting. Fun to see where people are. I was disappointed at how few from our era attended the Last Chance Reunion in July though I enjoyed getting together with the people who were there. It was a good week-end, especially the dance. Other graduates of our year I am still in touch with are Deborah Stevens who is a school principal in Toronto and is married to Peter Ledwinka; and Jeanne Manning Stright who is a United Church minister, newly installed at St. Paul's United Church, Spryfield. She is married to Kenn Stright and they have three children and a daughter-in-law.

Debbie Moore (Debbie Sanschagrin) - I started Dal after QE but found I didn't want to be there. I dropped out and headed to Ontario for a year. There I ran into a handsome devil named Rick who I knew from home. I ended up marrying him and moving back to Nova Scotia. We spent three years here and then we decided to go back to Ottawa (you know, greener pastures). After three years in Ottawa and two in Newfoundland, we decided to come home. I've worked for many different government departments, ending with Public Works. This province has everything we want and need. We settled, bought a house and my daughter, Laura, was born in 1983. She is currently finishing up her Masters degree in Sociology and is at home right now. She was away at Memorial University doing the first year of her Master's, but came back to finish.

Ellen Macnab (Ellen Stewart) - I am in Calgary and have been since early '74. I work for TD Bank as a recruiter - this is an extension of my first job - a work experience at Canada Permanent Trust Company on Barrington St. Transferred to Calgary in 74. We eventually merged with Canada Trust and now it's TD. Kept quitting as I had kids - 90 days mat leave didn't really work for me. I am an outdoor fanatic and love hiking, kayaking, adventure, sunshine, etc. Love the mountains here in Alberta but really miss the ocean so come home every year to visit Mom and go to BC (or Mexico) for an ocean fix. I have three amazing kids and, believe it or not, was a volunteer and chair of Parent Council at most of their schools. Yes me - the not-so-great student. Amazing what having kids will do to a person. Still love music and chocolate. Enjoyed the photos and updates on the website. I recently visited Mary Elaine Ross and Ron Clark from QEH.

Camber Muir - After graduating from QEHS I spent a few years at Dal studying physics. During that time there was a short break during which I bicycled around western Europe. In the Fall of 1979 I left Halifax to study in Toronto. After graduation I worked for about two and a half years turning a prototype gas-fired boiler into a production model. The work was interesting but with a staff turn over rate of 50% per year the company was not the best example of how to run a small business. My wife jokes that it was one of the best times of my life as I had an amusing story to tell at supper almost every day. The boiler experience led to a job working with computer codes used for simulating postulated accidents in CANDU reactors. I have been at that job now for the past 16 years. The employer has changed four times through no effort on my part; I keep getting sold. Before leaving Halifax I discovered Aikido and have been studying it ever since. I have the good fortune to have one of the best Aikidoists in Canada as my teacher. Aikido takes up much of my free time but it gives back in helping to keep me feeling young. Sometimes my joints disagree but the spirit is determined. I have been married to Elzbieta for the past 26 years and we have two children. Our son is in the Canadian Armed Forces and our daughter is a business analyst in Toronto.

Charles Nauss -Having graduated from Q.E.H.S. in 1971, I attended Dal and got a BSc in 1974 with a concentration in abstract math and probability theory. The drugs were great! I was involved with the cross-country varsity ski team having spent several years on the Nova Scotia Cycling Team. After graduation, (remember the eight-inch snow fall of May 14, 1974 that almost cancelled graduation?) I soon realized that I needed employment and in September 2004 went to work with the accounting firm that did my dad's work. Quite a change for me! I got my Chartered Accountant designation in December 1978 and started my own firm February 1, 1979. I am still there operating as senior partner with Collins Barrow Nauss Hornby LLP. The ride has been fun! I have enjoyed this with me spouse, Aileen, and our two children Erin and Michael. I still deal with other alumni and that is very special to me.

David North -It was fascinating to see these faces of the days gone by, and how much they have changed, and where they have gone over the years. I currently live in Halifax, and I remain single. I love to golf in my spare time and even got my first hole in one recently, about a month ago. But I am only an ordinary golfer, and the ace was a lucky shot. Presently, I am a chemist working in the Dartmouth laboratory of the CFIA (Canadian Food Inspection Agency). Most of my work is involved with the analysis of antibiotics in fish, using complex instrumentation, such as LC/MS (liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry). In the past, my main field of expertise was analysis of pesticides in foods. However, right now I am eagerly awiting retirement, which I plan to do next year, after nearly 32 years on the job. (31 years continuous service, plus some summer employment). I am currently 54, and will be 55 when I retire. After I retire, I hope to play more golf and travel a bit more. One of my goals is to hop in the car and do a big road trip across the USA in 2009. I still have my hair, and like to wear it long. That's all for now, hopefully, I will have a chance to meet up with my old classmates some time!

Clary Ottman -After graduating from QEH, I went to Dal where I finally started dating the girl that I always knew I would marry, my wife of 32 years as well the mother of my two wonderful daughters, Maureen Gordon (also a 1971, QEH graduate). Graduating with a BSC, I joined Coopers and Lybrand, Chartered Accountants and qualified as a chartered accountant specializing in small business taxation and financing. My career then took me into the world of finance as I became the comptroller for Industrial Estates Limited in Halifax specializing in the development and financing of primary and secondary manufacturing operations. After developing and executing some of the largest financing deals the province had ever seen, I was offered an opportunity to join Canada Post Corporation as part of the start-up of the new, commercial crown corporation. For Maureen and I, this was an opportunity we could not refuse. Along with the great career challenges it offered an opportunity to move our family to the city that would become our home, Ottawa. We have lived in Ottawa for 23 years, enjoying every minute of life here. My career has progressed to the point where in 2004; I was appointed Vice President, Finance and Comptroller for the $7.5 billion, 74,000 person, group of companies of Canada Post Corporation. I am proud to say that I have been a contributor to the success of the company which has become not only one of the largest corporations in Canada (6th in terms of employment) as well as the largest crown corporation with a track record of 12 consecutive years of profitability. Recently, Canada Post was rated as the most respected federal institution in Canada. Additionally, I have become a regular speaker on the topics of governance, control and process thinking both within Canada and internationally. Over the years, Maureen and I have seen our two daughters grow to become wonderful women both of whom married in the past 16 months and, fortunately for us, are residing here in Ottawa. Together with their husbands, we have forged a very happy family who enjoy spending time together. Now that Maureen and I have become empty nesters, we will have even more time to enjoy one of our favorite hobbies - travel. Our trips have taken us from the far reaches of Alaska to a transit of the Panama Canal. We have been as far west as Hawaii and as far east as the Mediterranean. As you will have read in Maureen's update, she retired a few years ago. I have been informed by her that I am not allowed to retire until such time as I can write a 10,000 word essay explaining what I will do in my retirement. Those of you who remember me will know that literature was not my strongest subject, so Maureen is safe in enjoying her retirement on a solo basis for a while. Clary Ottman, CA Vice-President Finance and Comptroller Canada Post Corporation

Norm Powroz - While I was at QE I was in C-6 in Grade 10, and B-5 for Grade 11. I was rather well-known as a geek. As to what I've been doing for these past 37 years - well, I started out rather half-heartedly at Dal for a couple of years, trying to do a degree in Computer Science, which Dal didn't offer back then (I even taught part of one of my courses). I spent my first year at Dal Radio, or playing bridge in the Green Room, although I did become a serious student my second year, mainly living in the Computer Centre. I also spent a good chunk of Grades 11 and 12 there, since it was more interesting than being in class. At the conclusion of my second year, I was hired as a programmer by National Defence, and spent the next eight years building systems that I'm still not allowed to talk about. Along the way I got married to the former Jan Conley from Saint John, and we've now been together for 32 years. In 1981 we moved to suburban Ottawa, where we still reside. We usually get home about once a year for a visit, since we've both got family in the Maritimes. During the 80s and early 90s I had various positions in the technology portions of the Public Service, and wasted a lot of my life in various airports travelling to far-flung places on business. My Public Service career lasted 20 years, ending with a stint as Director of Information Systems for the Governor-General's Office. In 1993, I left the service of Her Majesty, and joined a small private firm that specializes in custom software development. I became a full partner a few years later, so I now own a third of the company. In short, I was a computer geek in high school, and I'm still a computer geek three-and-a-half decades later. I'm also an avid photographer, and, for a while, even had a small business on the side while we were still living in the Halifax area. Jan and I have two daughters, both of whom have shown up their parents academically. Our older daughter, Jennifer, has a B.A. in Communications from the University of Ottawa, and is halfway through her Masters. She has been working full-time while doing her M.A., and is now with Infrastructure Canada. Our younger daughter, Kimberly, decided to do her degrees first, so she has a B.A. in English from St. Mary's, and an M.A. from Carleton University. She just started working for the Defence Department. Jan is the manager of the largest wool store in the country, which is kind of like sending the fox to manage the hen house, as she is an avid and addicted knitter. Cheers, Norm Powroz Partner, InCAD Software Technologies Corporation Ottawa, Ontario

Ruth Rumley (Ruth Legge)- After QE I was at Dal for a year before marrying Jack Legge of Columbus, Ohio. We spent a short time working in Halifax before relocating to Liscomb Mills, Guysborough County (mostly known for Liscombe Lodge), where we have lived since 1974. We have two grown daughters, Julia and Laura. With Jack's family being scattered across half of the continent, we have travelled a great deal over the years, but always enjoy getting back home to our country haven. I have been involved in numerous volunteer roles in the community including ten years as a leader with Girl Guides, sleeping in tents and being eaten by blackflies and mosquitoes with large groups of young ladies! Over the years I have filled several management/supervisory roles (including Census Commissioner), worked at Liscombe Lodge in various capacities, and am currently the Returning Officer for the Municipality of the District of St. Mary's for the October 2008 Municipal Council and School Board Elections. But my burning passion is historical research. As this part of the county lacked a written history, I spent the best part of 25 years gathering and then writing my first book: Sawdust & Sea Breezes, A history of Liscomb Mills, Guysborough County, which was published in 2005. I am well into the research for a second volume of local history, this covering Spanish Ship Bay, Liscomb and the former settlement of Gegoggin. People keep asking when it will be finished, but there is a long way to go yet! It has been a real challenge and a pleasure to capture and preserve some of the disappearing history of our community, in which my father's family has lived since the 1830s. As many of the elders I interviewed in the 1970s and 80s are now gone, it is gratifying to have been able to capture some of their memories. I enjoy a volunteer role as an usher with Festival Antigonish Summer Theatre and Theatre Antigonish. Jack manages the Liscomb Legion and has never seemed tempted to move back "south of the border." We love Guysborough County and being "off the beaten track." If you are curious about my book, you can go here.

Steve Smith - After Dal I went to school in Albuquerque, New Mexico where I met my wife, Jeannette. I worked for several years with professional baseball teams in Albuquerque, Salt Lake City, and Edmonton and later took a job as a public affairs officer with Alberta Transportation. After our fourth child was born I had a long stint as a stay-at-home dad (kids are Jake, Sam, Allison, and Ian). We moved back to Nova Scotia in 2000 and now live in Fall River. I work with Nova Scotia Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal as a communications officer. For fun I still like to go to the beach but it's getting harder and harder to get the kids to play with me anymore. Pretty soon I'll just be another old fogey strolling on the beach looking mournful because no one will throw the frisbee with him. I still play computer baseball with old QE buddies Greg Snow, Rob Gordon, and Dennis Garrison (we used to do this 55 years ago but it was cards and dice then). In the wintertime I curl at the Mayflower and try to finish off my 1961 Topps baseball card set. 2023 Update- My wife and I are now retired and living in Porters Lake. One child has made it closer to home- our son, Sam, is a Mountie in Port Hawkesbury, so watch your speed when you cross the causeway. We also have two boys and their families in Calgary and a daughter and family in Virginia. My grandchildren now total six. Four of them are pictured with me in the above photo.

Jim Stanley and Linda Palmer - I've been reading some of the Class of 71 website with interest. With some reticence (in having to view the old yearbook pictures after 36 years), I am submitting my picture and my wife's (Linda Palmer-- also Class of 71). We reserve the right to get our photos digitally altered! We have lived in Truro since 1981 and have three children (all working!). I'm a partner in the Truro office of the law firm Burchell MacDougall. Linda works at Willow Hearing Care in Truro.

Doug Stuewe - I have taken a little of the east coast with me to Manotick just south of Ottawa. I have carved out a modest estate subdivision (East Coast Estates) in beautiful Rideau Forest. I have four children, a lovely wife and an assortment of animals, including our youngest daughter's horse, Beau, who chews up a great deal of family resources in coaching, boarding and show fees. I am self employed (after 15 years with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in sports news and head office) working as a developer and in commercial and residential real estate. I also spend time with my sports management company and working with kids in a large basketball association I founded about ten years ago. Life has its share of stresses but overall I feel quite fortunate. Lyne and I like to travel and are thankful for the health of our children and to have lived the life we have. Would love to stay in touch and trust that all of you are well.

Bryan Wood - You might remember me as a rowdy, occasionally obnoxious British immigrant who was not afraid to make a fool of himself at baseball, hockey and football, North American sports I was simply not programmed for. I was socially tres maladroit as well (but refused to acknowledge that!). I'm still a bit that way but probably not quite as bad now. The past 35 years have been very kind to me and little has changed other than running has become my sport of choice and I usually show up for work and other events somewhat dishevelled (so what's new?). In brief though, I'm still married to the same woman I met in 1979 (Cathy) and plan on keeping it that way. Our eldest, Mark, is working in Calgary with KPMG and furthering his studies to become an accountant. Our daughter, Michelle, lives at home, is about to resume her studies at Dal.