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A professor of English literature at the University of Alberta, David, Artsci'77, MA'81, has won a 2021 Faculty of Arts Award for excellence in undergraduate teaching. Entering his fifth decade of university teaching, he is grateful for the excellent teachers and fellow English majors he met in Watson Hall.

Former editor of the Queen’s Alumni Review (QAR), Ken Cuthbertson, Artsci'74, Law'83, is the author of When the Ponies Ran: The Untold Story of Kingston’s Minor-league Professional Baseball Team, 1946–51 (Cataraqui Press, 2021). Designed by longtime QAR art director Larry Harris, it is a chronicle of the baseball team the Kingston Ponies. Ken is also the author of six previous titles, the latest of which is 1945: The Year That Made Modern Canada (HarperCollins Canada, 2020).

Ruth has retired after a distinguished career in academia. Recently listed among the world’s top two per cent most-cited researchers in the marketing discipline, according to the Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford University, Ruth is now a professor emerita of marketing at the W.P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University. She looks forward to travelling the world.

John, Com'72, and Laurie, Arts'71, celebrate 50 years of marriage on Aug. 21, 2021, with a cruise on a Windstar sailing ship. The couple met at Kingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute in Kingston and were married while attending Queen’s. After a long and varied career, John is now an artist selling paintings of Western Canada in Banff and Lake Louise. Laurie was working on her MSc in organic chemistry when their first child came along. She has since graduated with a master’s in theological studies. Now retired, she spends much of her time leading Bible studies. They are hoping to be back in Kingston in 2022 for John’s 50th reunion. Contact John and Laurie at abbottj@shaw.ca.

Kathy, Arts'67, and Bob, Arts'66, Law'68, have been enjoying retirement for over 10 years; Bob as a judge with a federal administrative tribunal, and Kathy as a principal from the Toronto District School Board. They enjoy travelling, golfing, curling, the activities of their three grandchildren, and recently became volunteer puppy raisers with CNIB. Kathy is currently a member of the QUAA Board of Directors. They would both be happy to hear from Queen’s friends.  Please contact Kathy. 

June celebrated her 99th birthday on Saturday, June 12. June taught piano and an accompanying class at Queen’s for 38 years, from 1973 to 2011.