Bill Millerd, Charles Slonecker, Beverley McLachlin, Martin Zlotnik and seven
others recognized for accomplishments
by Michelle Cook staff writer
eleven outstanding members of the UBCcommunity will receive
Alumni Achievement awards at a gala dinner on Friday, Sept. 28.
The awards, given by the UBCAlumni Association, recognize
graduates, faculty, students and members of the UBCcommunity who have
contributed to society and to advancing UBC’s reputation in British
Columbia and around the world.
Among those being honoured are Canadian Supreme Court Justice, the Honourable
Beverley McLachlin (lld’90) and Bill Millerd (ba’65), managing
director of Vancouver’s Arts Club Theatre for 28 seasons and a champion of
Canadian playwrights. Both will receive alumni awards of distinction.
Martin Zlotnik, (bcom’66, llb’69) will be presented with the Blythe
Eagles Volunteer Leadership award for his philanthropic work on projects such
as the UBCThunderbird Athletics’ Millennium Breakfast, a popular annual
event that has raised more than $1 million for athletic scholarships.
Other recipients this year are Dorothy Fairholm, who is well known for her
innovations in the clinical practice of audiology; philanthropist Russell “Doc”
Nicoll who, among other significant accomplishments, invented powdered eggs;
recent UBCgraduate Dr. Katherine Smart who, as a medical student, made
significant contributions to international health; Robert McGraw, who
pioneered joint replacement therapies at VGH; Dr. Charles Slonecker, a
Killam Award teacher and top administrator at UBC; Dagmar Kalousek,
whose work in perinatal medicine has won her wide recognition; Roopchand
Seebaran, a dedicated and innovative social work educator; and Eddy Su-Whay Ng,
UBC’s alumni organizer in Toronto.
This year’s achievement awards will be presented to recipients at the dinner at
the Fairmont Waterfront Hotel in Vancouver. Highlights of the evening include
video biographies of each award recipient. Four hundred people are expected to
attend the seventh annual event which will be hosted by Stevie Cameron,
(ba’64), one of Canada’s foremost investigative journalists.
Tickets are $125 each or $1,000 per table with proceeds going to support
student programs and scholarships. For more information and to purchase
tickets, call Leslie Konantz, UBCAlumni Association, 604-822-0616.
