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Adrian Underwood (MA’71) returned to the UK after graduation. He was appointed head of the English department and housemaster at a boarding school in the Cotswolds, which specialized in supporting boys who, through family circumstances, benefitted from a boarding education.
After years of partial retirement, Donald Fraser (BENG’61) has slid into complete retirement from working partly as a volunteer and partly as a consultant. He settled into his retirement home with his partner, Monica, whom he met during his 40-year career in international development.
After graduating from Dal, Mike MacKinnon (BSCN’01) eventually moved to the U.S. and worked as a flight RN. Then he went back to school and became a nurse anesthesiologist (CRNA), which in the U.S., works the same way as physician anesthesiologists do in Canada.
Ernest Johnson (BSCM’81) continues to practice full-time looking after his approximately 900 patients who have an average age of 65. Some patients he has looked after for decades and they are no longer patients, they are family. Ernest is not ready to retire yet as his patients need him more with this pandemic continuing unbridled.
For Steve Willson (BENG’81), engineers can do anything! After 20 years of corporate life with DuPont and 20 years of consulting with Panoptika, a company he started with his wife Megann (BA’80), he is on to his next adventure as a mortgage agent.
For Frank Gervais (MENG’61), university made him aware of community. Frank has received awards as an alumnus of both SMU and Dal.
After attending Dalhousie, Michelle Rippon (BED’66) went on to complete MA and JD degrees in North Carolina, finding that her studies at Dal put her ahead of the curve. Last year, Michelle celebrated her 55-year Dal graduation anniversary.
After graduating with his degree in Bachelor of Health and Physical Education, Brian Tomie (BPE’81, BScPT’84) felt he just could not leave his Dal family.
After graduation, John Warrant (BSC’76) continued collecting hydrographic data (depth, latitude, longitude) as well as developing bathymetric maps of the North Atlantic including the Maritime provinces and the Canadian Arctic.
Albert Arklie (BASC’62) has been living in St. John’s, NL for the past 50 years. Albert retired from the Newfoundland and Labrador Government 28 years ago and is enjoying life.
