Retirement Party, Downsview - 18 May 1995
Organizers and Cameo Photos| The text below was published in the Summer
1995 edition of Zephyr. The Atmospheric Environment Program's largest retirement party ever took place on May 18, 1995 in Downsview. As 109 long-time friends and colleagues said farewell, they reflected on fond memories of their collective 1000 years' service with the Department and shared their dreams for the future. Assistant Deputy Minister Gordon McBean wished the retirees well and thanked them for their achievements. Among the organizers who made the event a success were Verne Lorde and Deborah Baxter (right), and Cathy Hayes, Mary-Anne Teeter and Theressa Arsenault (below). David W Phillips also helped with the organization but does not appear in the photos. Added Notes: 1.
This event was preceeded
by several formal presentations of Long Service Awards. Photos of
those presentations are found at this
link to Table 7.
2. The Summer 1995 edition of Zephyr also included a large national list of the retirees and departures under what is now known as Program Review 1. These names will likely include everyone in the cameo photos below as well as those who received presentations earlier. 3. These events and presentations of 1995 have brought out inquiries about who actually retired with golden handshakes as part of the 1995 and 1996 Program Reviews. An incomplete list (alphabetical by surname) from Zephyrs and from a few self-declarations can be found at this link. If there is interest we can update and improve this list. |
 Organizers: Verne Lorde & Deborah Baxter |
 Organizers: Theressa Arsenault, Cathy Hayes, Mary-Anne Teeter |
 The Cake |
 Diana and Howard Herscovitch |
 l to r (faces visible): ?, Damiana Casale (lady, side), Ed Blake (back), Barry Goodison. |
 l to r (faces visible): Bruce F Findlay (back, with blue box), Kirk MacGregor (side), George Georgopolous (distant back), Stan Woronko, Steve Clodman, Don Champ, Anne O'Toole (head down), Andy Hanssen (side view), Diana Herscovitch. |
 l to r (faces visible): S (Ziggy) Pape, Ed Millar, Nancy Cutler, Jacquie Blackburn, Albert Wright, ? side, white shirt), Len Doucette. |
 l to r: John Mills, Lynn Traves-Metcalfe Whelpdale (back), Evonna Mathis, ? distant back), ?. |
 l to r: Marcello Centurione, Lynn Traves-Metcalfe Whelpdale, Roger Daley (back, side), Jill Lee (back), Rick Lee, John Mills (side, partly hidden). |
 l to r: Al Kellie, Rick Lee (back), Jill Lee (back), John Mills, Abdel Maarouf (distant), Remo Massaroni. |
 Evonna Mathis, Anne O'Toole, Deedee Davies (back), ?, Julie Young (side). |
 l to r: Tom Mathews, Bruce F Findlay (back), Rich Poersch, Anne O'Toole (back), Don Champ, Bill Burrows. |
 l to r: Margaret George (side), Kirk MacGregor, Anne O'Toole (distant), Maren Kauer (front lady), Bruce F Findlay (carnation), Tom Mathews. |
 l to r: Rich Poersch, Anne O'Toole, Mary Helen Kaizer (back), Don Champ. |
 Anne O'Toole, David Wardle , Phil Merilees (back) |
 l to r: Gary Pearson (side), Nancy Cutler, ? (back), Ken Daly, Angus Fergusson, Roland Mandeville (side). |
Go to presentations of Long Service Awards which preceeded this event |
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Harold
Neumann (side), Gilles Tardif (side), Judy Yu,
Chuck Matthais (side), Sule Alp, Nick Koshyk (back),
Armand
Gaudenzi (back), Wes Kobelka (side), ? (lady in white), Bruce
Findlay (back), Deborah Baxter, ?.
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