Alumni Notes

Joanne Badida (BCom, MIR’97) and Richard Hildebrand (BCom) and are happy to announce the arrival of their son Tyler on Jan. 22, 2012. Big brother Evan (4) is thrilled to have a little brother who idolizes him already, Joanne reports.

Andrew Hungerford (BCom) married Stephanie Biela on July 17, 2010, in Vancouver, where they have lived since returning to Canada. Among the many Commerce alumni who came from far and wide to celebrate the wedding were Chris Farkas, Kenny Grewal, Vineet Mitera, Akash Kapoor, Bobby Karabatsos, Allison Knudsen, Heather Lielmanis, Jim Dennis and Jason Gould. There were many Queen’s alumni among the extended family that day, as well, notably Andrew’s siblings—Geordie (Sc’94), Michael (Artsci’94) and Janie—and great-aunt Dr. Monica Murdoch (Arts’47, MA’52). Andrew has a real estate company called Hungerford Properties with his brother Michael and father George. They recently launched a real estate private equity fund that focuses on refurbishing and redeveloping properties in Western Canada.

Bobby Karabatsos (BCom) passed away at his home in Toronto surrounded by family on April 12. He is survived by his wife Nia, son Nikolas, parents Nikolaos and Georgia Karabatsos, sister Maria (Dimitrios) Saratsiotis, and was predeceased by his daughter Angelica .

Angie Law (MBA) and Jim Valentine welcomed Caite to their family on May 18 in Toronto. Although she spent a few months in hospital due to respiratory issues, Caite is now healthy, happy and completely enamoured of her big brother Keagan ... and the feeling is mutual! Angie can be found on Facebook.

Ted Graham, MBA, has joined General Motors as the Head of Open Innovation, responsible for finding partners to help solve important issues related to personal mobility, with solutions that include sharing models and autonomous vehicles. His book, The Uber of Everything, co-authored with Paul Barter, was due out at the end of 2016.