Justin Powlowski (1958 – 2021)
‘One of our strongest, most reliable colleagues’
Concordia remembers a pioneering researcher and trusted member of the executive team
In memoriam
Helen Bambic-Workman
(1935 – 2022)
‘She made it feel like anything was possible’
Helen Bambic-Workman (BFA 79, MFA 86), a Concordia audiovisual department staff member from the mid-1970s until her retirement in 1995, died in Victoria, British Columbia, on January 31.
She was the creator of MITE AVISTA, the university’s groundbreaking multimedia lab that provided a range of students and staff access to burgeoning technology from 1989 to 2003.
Sara Morley (BFA 94), creative director of Design Postimage in Montreal, with help from Scott Prentice, Salvatore Barrera (BA 93) and Bambic-Workman’s daughter Holly Workman, recalls her former colleague.
- William Bronstetter, L BA 37, December 15, 1998.
- Lorne A. Booth, S BA 49, S BComm 77, December 4, 2021.
- Gerald Wareham, S BComm 50, October 17, 2021. He was 93.
- Murray Heselton, S BComm 51, November 12, 2021. He was 96.
- Carl V. Outridge, S BComm 53, S BA 62, December 2, 2021, Mississauga, Ont. He was 92.
- J. Brian McMullan Sr., L BA 55, June 24, 2021. He was 86.
- David J. Waters, L BA 56, August 27, 2021. He was 86.
- Mitchell H. Klein, S BA 57, August 15, 2021. He was 85.
- Alexander D. Karapita, S BSc 58, September 15, 2021. He was 92.
- Gayla Edith (Wood) Freitag, S BA 59, March 2, 2022. She was 83.
- Maurice Gingerysty, S BA 59, March 13, 2021. He was 95.
- Robert J. Sebaski, S BSc 59, November 26, 2021.
- Gerald A. Smith, S BSc 59, S MTM 72, June 23, 2018.
Claude Desjean, S BComm 60, S BSc 66, passed away on December 16, 2021, in Montreal, Que. He was 85.
Following graduation from Concordia’s Sir George Williams University, Desjean became a chartered accountant and had a successful career with KLM in Montreal and as president of a company in Toronto. Grateful for his student experience at Concordia, Desjeans made a bequest of his estate towards an endowment for student scholarships at the university.
- Barbara A. (Thomas) Jamison, S BComm 60, October 5, 2021. She was 87.
- James A. Scott, S BSc 60, October 8, 2021. He was 90.
- Milton Kavanat, S BComm 61, S BA 64, December 3, 2001.
- William Pencer, S BComm 61, October 28, 2021. He was 82.
- Gerald A. Mulhall, S BComm 62, September 8, 2021. He was 89.
- Allan J. Benjamin, S BA 63, April 18, 2021, Nassau, Bahamas. He was 83.
- Peter C. Connolly, L BA 63, April 4, 2021. He was 79.
- Edward Schneerer, S BA 63, December 13, 2021. He was 80.
- Richard W. Phidd, S BA 64, July 29, 2021, Guelph, Ont. He was 81.
- David J. Schurman, S BComm 64, August 7, 2021, Red Deer, Alb. He was 80.
- David D’Alton, S BComm 65
- Michel J. Tanguay, S BComm 65, S BA 68, November 29, 2021.
- Frederick H. Cowie, S BComm 66, October 17, 2021. He was 80.
- John M. Cybulski, S BSc 66, May 17, 2014. He was 81.
- Lynton H. Martin, S BA 66, August 22, 2021. He was 97.
- Donald P. Pichovich, S BSc 66, September 16, 2021. He was 81.
- Miriam (Musia) Schwartz, S BA 66, S MA 70, September 8, 2021. She was 92.
- Richard O. Bubb-Clarke, S BComm 67, October 3, 2021, Toronto, Ont. He was 78.
- Reinhold Grudev, L BA 67, May 20, 2021.
- Fred W. Popowich, L BA 67, August 6, 2021, New Glasgow, Nov. He was 74.
- John H. Ceriko, S BComm 68, July 7, 2021. He was 82.
Sean Gordon (1971 – 2022)
‘A tremendous athlete and a great Concordian’
The community mourns the loss of the former graduate program assistant, alumnus and Stingers all-star.
- Patricia Kostiuk, L BA 68, April 15, 2019. She was 75.
- Dennis M. Oldham, S BComm 68, September 12, 2021. He was 79.
- James F. Routh, L BA 68, July 5, 2021, Grafton, Ont. He was 74.
- Nino Cesari, S BSc 69, BEng 76, October 20, 2021. He was 73.
- Maurice J. King, S BA 69, December 2, 2019. He was 92.
- Michael Gerard Ryan, L BA 69, June 3, 2021, Ottawa, Ont. He was 73.
- Imre Weinberger, S BComm 69, November 21, 2021. He was 75.
- Romualdo Biancardi, L BSc 70, L BComm 74, March 28, 2021. He was 70.
- Rosemary Coughlin, L BA 70, June 20, 2021, Toronto, Ont.
- Richard King, S BA 70, January 2, 2022. He was 76.
- Eileen Pratt, L BA 70, July 14, 2021, Mississauga, Ont. She was 80.
- Katherine Morrison, S MA 71, October 3, 2019. She was 94.
- Ritva Orvokki Seppanen, S BA 71, October 1, 2021. He was 78.
- Françoise Genest-Schmidt, S BComm 72, February 3, 2021. She was 92.
- Grace (Goldschmeid) Kirkham, S BA 72, November 4, 2021. She was 75.
- Thomas Mowat, L BA 72, October 15, 2021.
- Thomas C. Petts, S BA 72, October 16, 2021. He was 71.
- Rolf Blydt-Hansen, S BComm 73, MBA 79, September 5, 2021. He was 90.
- Nancy Bangs, L BComm 74
- Edward S. Bond, L BSc 74, MSc 76, November 4, 2021. He was 73.
- Ronald A. J. Cadieux, BA 74, November 5, 2021. He was 73.
- Paul Delaney, L BA 74, July 18, 2021, Calgary, Alb. He was 72.
- Joseph A. Hackett, L BA 74, MA 82, October 12, 2021. He was 71.
- Orest Jaszczyszyn, L BA 74, October 15, 2021. He was 68.
- Joann M. Pasquale, L BA 74, October 30, 2020, Sarnia, Ont. She was 68.
- Walter W. Carroll, BA 75, November 6, 2021. He was 83.
- Robert Lamb, BSc 75, November 29, 2021.
- Grace (Rinzler) Stober, BA 75, July 10, 2021. She was 94.
- Margery I. Doutre, BA 76, November 30, 2021.
- Peter Firlotte, BA 76, February 9, 2021. He was 68.
- Michael Lieberman, BA 76, October 31, 2021. He was 82.
- Robert W. Smith, BSc 76, September 2, 2021. He was 68.
- Iris R. Biteen, BFA 77, September 30, 2021. She was 69.
- Roney Hilbig, BA 77, November 4, 2021, Kingston, Ont. He was 64.
- Antonio Pascarella, BComm 77, July 8, 2021. He was 65.
- James Fine, BComm 78, November 20, 2021. He was 66.
- Eugene E. Homenock, BA 78, January 9, 2022, London, Ont. He was 69.
- Stephen G. Taylor, MSc 78, GrDip 86, MA 90, PhD 99, August 9, 2021. He was 76.
- Christian Penda Ekoka, MBA 79, August 8, 2021. He was 69.
Jim Donaldson (1937-2021)
‘Champion of our university who truly represented the service-oriented spirit of Loyola College’
Loyola grad was an architect and past president of the Loyola Alumni Association.
- Brian A. Evans, BA 79, MA 88, January 2, 2022, Longueuil, Que. He was 80.
- Gordon B. Lee, BFA 79, January 25, 2018, Westerville, OH. He was 63.
- Murray Laufer, LLD 80, June 17, 2021, Toronto, Ont. He was 91.
- Hanna Eliashiv, BA 80, November 20, 2020. She was 73.
- Catherine Rotiroti, BA 80, September 8, 2021. She was 63.
- Giuseppe DiMauro, BComm 81, April 18, 2021. He was 62.
- Helen Huza, BComm 81, November 30, 2021, Pointe-Claire, Que. She was 93.
- Inara S. Leimanis, BFA 81, July 26, 2021. She was 78.
- Barbara A. Potash, BFA 81, August 20, 2021. She was 86.
- Michel Provost, BComm 81, July 11, 2021. He was 70.
- Steven S. Walsh, BA 81, August 19, 2021, Ashland, MO. He was 63.
- John Halme, BComm 82
- Alice M. Hamilton, BFA 82, October 23, 2021. She was 79.
- Nancy (Handelman) Bohbot, BA 83, Cert 01, August 10, 2021. She was 78.
- Evelyn Murphy, BA 83, October 5, 2021. She was 88.
- John Cameron, BFA 84, June 23, 2021. He was 62.
- Dan De La Fosse, BAdmin 85, August 5, 2021. He was 62.
- Shiela M. Hamill-Bjork, BA 85, April 16, 2021. She was 78.
- Lesley-Ann Lacate, BA 85, November 10, 2021. She was 68.
- Andre S. Turcot, BSc 85, June 23, 2020. Hawthorne, NY. He was 57.
- Jean-Paul Gourdeau, LLD 89, June 29, 2021. He was 96.
- Annette Rudy, GrDip 89, MBA 93, June 23, 2020. She was 71.
- Anne Julie (Schnitzer) McCaffrey, BComm 89, June 1, 2021, Calgary, Alb. She was 54.
- Alan R. Hudson, BA 91, October 29, 2021. He was 79.
Mary (Pancel) Palinkas, BA 94, passed away on December 8, 2021, after a long battle with cancer. She was 79.
A refugee of the Hungarian Revolution, Palinkas moved to Canada in 1956 at the age of 14. She later married in Montreal and had four children, after which she returned to her studies as an undergraduate student at Concordia in 1981. Palinkas was a life-long learner who overcame many barriers. Studying at Concordia was among her proudest life experiences.