Mark R. Holland
1995
Mark R. Holland, MBA, died in an Oakville, Ont., hospital of cancer on April 12, aged 49. Mark is survived by his mother, Donalee Dunbar Forbes; his father, Ken J.D. Holland; his stepfather, Donalee’s partner, Daniel Gilpin; Ken’s wife, Aldona Tusas; siblings Daniel Dunbar Holland and Alexandra Holland; and his extended family. Mark served with the Royal Canadian Navy Naval Reserve, travelling to Cambodia as River Base Commander with the UN Peacekeeping Force from 1992 to 1993, and then moved to Calgary, where he consulted in the oil-and-gas industry and taught on behalf of the Department of Defence at the University of Calgary. Mark loved basketball and played on both the Guelph Gryphons and Queen’s Golden Gales teams and toured Europe with the Canadian Armed Forces basketball team.