Clayton Rogers (BCom) passed away on July 12, in Oakville, Ont., aged 47, following a battle against lymphoma. Father of Jake Rogers of St. Catharines, Ont., son of Mary and Lloyd Rogers of Regina, Sask., brother of Kim Rogers (Craig McTaggart) of Ottawa, Ont., and Krista Touhey (Kyle) of Vancouver, B.C. Clayton began his law career at Stikeman Elliott in both Toronto and London, U.K. A world traveller, he worked in Prague in telecommunications before assuming his most recent position as Director, Client Agreements and Legal Services, at Hatch in Mississauga, Ont. He visited many countries, and spent time in Australia, where he explored his maternal roots. Clayton’s sociable personality and outgoing nature helped him forge many lifelong friendships.
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Michael King (BCom), his wife Yvonne and their two sons (Robert, 12, and Peter, 9) have returned to Canada after spending three years in Basel, Switzerland. Michael has joined the University of Western Ontario as an Assistant Finance Professor in the Richard Ivey School of Business. Having spent the past three years working on the financial crisis and regulatory response with the Bank for International Settlements, Michael reports he is happy to be changing gears and returning to the classroom. He will be teaching HBAs, MBAs and business executives while continuing his research on banking, international finance and foreign exchange markets. See his profile at www.ivey. uwo.ca/faculty/Michael_King.htm
Published in: Winter 2012
Peter Grobauer (MBA) reports that 40 former classmates celebrated their 25th reunion in late September in Toronto. “Miraculously, we all looked the same! Judging by the 2:30 a.m. party’s end, a great time was had by all.”
Published in: Winter 2015
Pat Baldwin, BCom, is back at Queen’s working for ICES (the re-branded Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences) as its local privacy and security officer. Pat told us that he and the love of his life, Angela, have been together since his second year in Commerce and they enjoyed seeing everyone who was “feeling fine in ’89” at Homecoming.
Published in: Winter 2020
Patrick Baldwin, BCom, has acquired his certification as an Information Privacy Professional in Canada (CIPP/C). He is currently the Privacy and Project lead at the Southeast Local Health Integration Network in Ontario. Now empty nesters, Patrick and wife Angela continue to reside in Kingston.
Published in: Winter 2017
Kerry Lee, BCom, joined Squire Patton Boggs as a partner in the Intellectual Property and Technology Practice in the Manchester and London offices. Prior to this, Kerry was the Head of Group Intellectual Property of Walgreens Boots Alliance.
Published in: Winter 2018
Kerry Lynn Armstrong, BCom, proudly welcomed daughter Katrina Grozinger, BNSc’16, into the Queen’s alumni family, 27 years after her own graduation. Kerry runs her own CPA and CA firm in Ottawa, specializing in personal and small-business corporate taxes.
Published in: Winter 2017
Sheryl (Wirch) Mejia, BCom, had a great time at her class’s 25th-anniversary reunion in 2014. Many pictures have circulated, but this is the one she couldn't resist submitting.
Published in: Winter 2016
Doug Corbett (BCom) has been appointed Operating Partner of Moelis Capital Partners, a New York-based company. Doug previously served as Executive Partner at Apta Capital.
Published in: Summer 2012
Rhonda Eldridge, BCom’89, is living in Greenwich, Conn., and runs a social impact enterprise, called Harness All Possibilities, which she founded in 2016. It provides consulting and advisory services in the alternative investment, financial audit, fintech and blockchain-crypto space. Rhonda shares her knowledge on the future of work and blockchain, curating discussion, events and educational workshops and seminars to bridge literacy, access and inclusion gaps for people in career transition and underserved communities. In 2021, she was named among the Top 50 Caribbean Women In Tech by SiliconCaribe and appointed to the global board of directors for Help for Children. She says she “embraces exponential living with a love of quiet meditation, reading, blogging, networking, crossfit, family camping and sharing insights on 21st century topics.”
Published in: Spring 2022