Classmates Carol Devenny and Grant McDonald (both BCom) recently celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary with a visit to Ireland. One highlight was a stop at the “other” Queen’s University in Northern Ireland, situated “on a beautiful campus in central Belfast, much like its sister university in central Kingston.” Irish and Scottish Gaelic being so different, “unfortunately, no one there knew what an Oil Thigh was,” they say. They’re back to enjoying life in Ottawa with their son Braden. Carol is a partner and leader of the audit practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers and Grant is partnerin-charge of the tax practice at KPMG.
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Jocelyn Davie, BCom’82, died on Jan. 29 in Richmond Hill, Ont. She was 64 years old. After graduating from the Commerce program, Jocelyn moved to Toronto to pursue a career in financial services. She put her career on hold to devote herself to raising her children and later restarted her career, working at York Region District School Board until her retirement. She is survived by her husband, three children, including Tyler Davie, BSc(Eng)’09, and one grandchild.
Published in: Spring 2024
Bill Morris, BCom, received the 2017 Inclusion Vanguard Award from Women’s Executive Network. WXN honoured Bill, the President of Accenture, for leading the company’s efforts to reach gender parity in Canada by 2025. Under Bill’s leadership, Accenture has been named one of Canada’s top employers and is ranked second on Pride at Work, Canada’s LGBT workplace inclusion index.
Published in: Winter 2018
Michael Nowlan (BCom) in January was appointed CEO of Primus Telecommunications Canada, Canada’s largest alternative telecommunications service provider. Previously, he led Marketwired as its President and CEO for 12 years, transforming it from a traditional newswire service in a slow-growth industry to a high-growth social-media leader. He continues to reside in Toronto, where Primus is based.
Published in: Summer 2014
John Quattrocchi, BCom’82, died on July 15. He was 64 years old. John was a CPA and spent a good portion of his career working for the Dorchester Corporation, most recently as executive VP and CFO. His favourite pastimes were going for long drives on weekends in his Mustang, puttering in the garden and cruising the Caribbean. John is survived by his wife of 40 years, Angela, and two children.
Published in: Fall 2023
Malcolm Smith, MBA’82, Artsci’78, ’79, tells us that he retired last July after 29 years at the University of Manitoba’s I.H. Asper School of Business. During his time on faculty he served as director of the undergraduate international exchange program, head of the marketing department and associate dean (research and research graduate programs). Earlier in his career, Malcolm was on the faculty at Mount Allison University and at the University of Lethbridge.
Published in: Spring 2022
Sandra Springer (BCom) has opened Fare Blend restaurant, following an 8-month renovation of a turn-of-the-century home in downtown Ottawa. Since graduating, Sandra has been fortunate to have lived in Africa, Europe and North America. Fare Blend is the culmination of a lifelong passion for African food, music and culture. The venue’s international cuisine is steeped in West African cooking traditions and the musical offerings feature the very best Caribbean and African artists from around the globe. www.fareblend.com
Published in: Summer 2013
Paul Stothart (MBA, BSc/Eng’80) died of cancer on April 17 in Ottawa at the age of 54. A Gaels Hockey star, he was a two-time winner of the Senator Joseph A. Sullivan Trophy as Canada’s top university hockey player (1981/82), the only Gael ever to have won this prestigious award. He was also a three-time All-Canadian and three-time Ontario All-Star, left Queen’s as the Gaels’ all-time leading scorer (105 goals in 88 games), a record that still stands, won the Jenkins Trophy in his graduating year, and also played for Team Canada in 1983. Speaking of alumni games over the past 30 years, long-time hockey coach Fred O’Donnell told Sun Media, “I got older, and Paul, a stand-out skater from the start, just got faster.” His civil engineering and business career spanned three decades of public and private service, most recently as Vice President of the Mining Association of Canada. He is survived by his wife Karen Colby-Stothart (Artsci’83), children Sarah, Alex and Julia, parents Patricia and David, and siblings Arthur (Sylvie), Judy (Gary), Ritchie (Mae), and Janet (Robert).
Published in: Summer 2012
Mary Wilson Trider, BCom, has been appointed the next chair of Queen’s University’s Board of Trustees. She starts her four-year term June 1. Mary has been a member of the University Council since 2007 and was later elected to sit as one of its representatives on the Board of Trustees. This marks the first time a University Council representative on the board has been selected as chair. She is president and CEO of Almonte General Hospital and Carleton Place & District Memorial Hospital.
Published in: Winter 2020
Mary Wilson Trider, BCom, was incorrectly identified as Mary Trider in an Alumni Note in the Winter issue. She graciously accepted our apology for the error.
Published in: Summer 2017