Class Notes

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Marking career and personal achievements, special milestones and the birth of future Queen's alumni - Class Notes helps you stay in touch with former classmates, housemates, and faculty.

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  • A young couple wearing Queen's jackets, holding hands and walking together.

    1970s

    Ted and Ruth Vanderlaan (nee Omanique)

    – Artsci’79, MBA’81 and Artsci’74

    Spring 2022

    Ted and Ruth are happy to announce the engagement of their daughter Anna Vanderlaan (Artsci’12, MPH’15) to Luke Oribine (Sc’13). The two are eagerly looking forward to an August 2022 wedding in Burlington, Ont.

  • Douglas Bradley and Cornelia Wagner, leaning against a VW van, in 1971

    1970s

    Douglas Bradley and Cornelia Wagner

    – Artsci’73 and Arts’75

    Spring 2022

    Fifty years ago, in the fall of 1971, I was two years into the honours mathematics program at Queen’s and felt the need to take a course as far removed from math as I could. I signed up for drama under Russ Waller and in that class met Cornelia Wagner. On Oct. 13 she came over to my apartment where we chatted for four hours while listening to Fleetwood Mac – that turned out to be our first date. On graduation we married, and on Oct. 13, 2021 we celebrated going together for 50 years. COVID-19 limited our options, so in May-June 2022 we will celebrate on Naxos, our favourite Greek island, and then proceed to northern Italy to get lost (on purpose) in non-touristy towns and villages.

  • Donna McNeely in a group photo in front of a lake.

    1960s

    Donna McNeely

    – Arts’67

    Spring 2022

    As a follow-up to Donna’s original photo subÑý¼§Ö±²¥ in 2016, she is happy to report that her annual class reunion at Papineau Lake, Ont., has continued, except for
    the past two (2020 and 2021) due to COVID-19.

    Donna and her class enjoy reading about other Queen’s grads in the Queen’s Alumni Review.

    At our last reunion, in September 2018, we celebrated many anniversaries. All of these couples – the Baldocks, Fawcetts, Johnstons, McCays, McNeelys, Rathbuns and Zacours have celebrated more than – 50 years of marriage.

    Thanks to Queen’s, we all met our roommates, spouses, and friends forever.

  • 1960s

    John Hill

    – Arts’69, MA’71, JD’73

    Spring 2022

    Now retired from his prison law practice, John has authored numerous op-ed columns for The Lawyer’s Daily on various aspects dealing with corrections. John also served on the Law faculty at Queen’s as Director of the Correctional Law Project (now the Queen’s Prison Clinic). John’s book, Pine Box Parole: The True Case of Terry Fitzsimmons and the Quest to End Solitary Confinement, is scheduled for release on Sept. 1. Pine Box Parole is Book 9 in the Durvile True Cases Series.

  • Bill Jenkins taking a selfie of himself.

    1950s

    Bill Jenkins

    – Arts’54

    Spring 2022

    In September 2020, I moved from Burnaby, B.C., to Kingston and I am now living downtown. I’ve been actively writing, editing, and publishing books. I published Famous Writers, a report on 24 writers in South Africa whose work I have edited and published on Amazon. My wife, Claire, MEd, died in 2019 and I published A Tribute to Claire as a biography. Eight mystery adventure stories for middle school kids can be found under The Case of the Greedy Goat or Brockville Mysteries and Adventures on Amazon. My latest adventure stars me in my return to Kingston: The Case of the Intrepid Investigator. I published stories by Olive Caldwell Lee (Queen’s) and others.

  • John Snyed sitting in an armchair and smiling

    1940s

    John Sneyd

    – Com’49

    Spring 2022

    I have been retired for a number of years. I am a veteran and attended Queen’s after the war.
    I have many fond memories. The social activity was great. Queen’s students were so wonderful. I remember some beautiful girls and great times. I wish I could relive some of these moments.