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03 Editor's Notebook
Surfing the Orange Wave 04 Letters
Something unexpected happened to several young NDP-McGill 06 The Principal's Perspective
activists in the last federal vote-they got elected. These rookie MPs 07 News bites
realize they've got a steep learning curve to contend with, but
11 In sights
they're determined to make their mark in Parliament.
29 Alumni Profile
BY DANIEL McCABE, BA'89
34 Reviews
36 Making History
Are Your Genes Your Destiny?
38 Alumni Activities
For centuries, philosophers and scientists have quarrelled about the 40 Alumni Profile
respective roles played by nature and nurture in forging human identity.
41 Alum notes
By pioneering a new field called epigenetics, McGill researchers have provided
a fresh twist, while proving that a mother's love is a powerful thing indeed. 52 In Memoriam
BY HANNAH HOAG, MSc'99 56 Online Offerings
Who are the Greatest McGillians?
Laurier or Leacock? William Osler or William Shatner? The McGill Alumni
Association recently challenged grads to name the McGill individual who has
had the greatest impact. There was no shortage of candidates as more than
700 nominations were received. Here are a few of the nominees.
The Adventurous Virtuoso
He is one of the most respected cellists in the world, renowned for his mastery
of Bach. But that doesn't mean that Matt Hairnovitz and his students don't
like to tackle a little Led Zeppelin now and then. Their unorthodox approach
leads to some interesting situations -like a night at the Grammys.
BY PATRICK MCDONAGH
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De la rue Sherbrooke la Grande-Allee
Du premier depute de Quebec solidaire a un ancien ministre pequiste, McGill
est l'alma mater de nombre de politiciens quebecois. Decouvrez comment
les le~ons de vie apprises al 'universite ant contribue a fa~onner les futurs elus.
PAR JEAN-BENOTT NADEAU (B.A.1992)
Making the Case against Media Empires
In his recent book about the history of game-changing communications
technologies, Columbia University law professor Tim Wu, BSc'95, argues that
it's never a good idea to give a handful of companies too much control over
what we might read or watch.
BY DANIEL MCCABE, BA'89
No Ugly Cars on His Watch
BMWs are known the world over for their elegant design. It will be up to
Karim Habib, BEng'93, to make sure it stays that way. As BMW's new head
of exterior design, Habib will be playing a major role in determining the
shape of things to come for the automobile manufacturer.
BY MARK REYNOLDS
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EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK
The people in my
neighbourhood
I can be a httle on the cynical side, of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychology
notwithstanding the fact that my eyes Michael Petrides who skillfully "introduced me
tend to mist up every time I watch the to a world that I had never understood."
ending to Lord oft be Rings: Return History professor Gil Troy "was able to bring
oft be King. (Stop smirking. Those American history to hfe, and showed me how
hobbits went through an awful lot, y 'know.) to think differently about seemingly settled
Or that I occasionally resort to Sesa1ne notions of historical people and events,"
Street-inspired headhnes. reported Phelps Turner, B.A03, BCLILLB'07.
So you might think that after working at Pohtical science professor Rex Brynen
a single institution for more than 20 years, in "makes learning fun, and extremely interac
a field where one is often privy to the latest tive." His departmental colleague Ehzabeth
colourful rumours of misbehaviour (some of Gidengil PhD'86, helped one student "realize
them even true), I would be a httle sour that I was capable of more." Macdonald
about the place. But I'm not. Professor of Chemistry David Harpp is
In any community, you're bound to come "someone we should keep making more of!"
across a few bad apples, and with more than Economics lecturer Kenneth MacKenzie was
36,500 students sharing two campuses with applauded for his remarkable memory, his
about 5,000 faculty members and staff, comforting manner and his bagpiping skills.
McGill is no exception. But a few bad apples It goes on and on. Professors aren't the only
can't do much to ruin the harvest of a ones who earned kudos. Student adviser Paul
particularly fruitful orchard. Ohoff, for instance, was singled out by
Universities are special places. Students one student "as the man without whom I'd have
come here to become better, smarter people. spent the majority of my years at McGill
Professors become professors because they huddled up in a corner rocking back and forth."
want to explore new ways of viewing the The Greatest McGillians contest has now
world and they want to share those insights moved on to its next stage with 20 finahsts to
with others. That all strikes me as a pretty choose from (see page 51). My vote would be
noble way to want to spend your time. a toss-up between two Sir Williams-Osler
Interacting with people hke that on a daily (arguably the most important figure in the
basis for two decades can wear down a cynic. modem history of medicine) and Dawson.
I've recently been reminded of all this Many would argue that McGill wouldn't exist
because I've been poring through some of at all if not for James McGill's far-sightedness,
the hundreds of nominations that were and it's hard to quibble with that. But I don't
sent in for the McGill Alumni Association's think McGill would be the university it is
"Greatest McGillians" contest (you can read today- internationally respected and relent
some of the nominations for yourself on lessly ambitious- had Dawson not set the
page20). tone for the place at a pivotal point in its history.
While a lot of people understandably Before I sign off, a quick bit of house-clean
nominated the familiar storied heavyweights ing. Due to an editorial error (which would
of McGill's history-the Rutherfords, be, urn, me), we mislabeled one of the photos
Oslers and Penfields-there were plenty that accompanied our story about the
who interpreted the term "Greatest McGill Debating Union last issue. The photo
McG illian" in a far more personal manner. re-appears in this issue's letters section on page
There were dozens of tributes from four. That's Kate Winbaum, not Nicole Gileadi,
former students about teachers who had with fellow MDU members Sean Stefanikand
changed their hves. The words "dedicated" Calvin Rosemond.
and "inspiring" crop up repeatedly. Have a wonderful summer.
Jennifer Morehouse, B.A95, for
instance, praised James McGill Prof ssor DANIEL MCCABE
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Italy). I also found it most helpful in my spearheading the long overdue project to
business and community hfe. I taught in the reactivate the Roddick Gates clocks and
McGill Centre for Continuing Education for chimes ("A Timely Upgrade") by Allyson
25 years and am still involved with them. Rowleyin your Fall-Winter 2010 issue.
I would be prepared to donate my Gold The work by Hanaway's team will enhance
"PI.' to the Debating Union if it would be of the ambience of the lower campus and the
assis.tance to them. chimes will give a hft to Montreal streets in
H COL B.J. FINESTONE the area even out of sight of the timepieces.
BCom'41, CD, C de G (Ret) That copper plated door is a nice touch, too.
Montreal, QC Good job!
WORD WARRIORS TAUN M. ROBERTSON, BSc'60
Y our article on the McGill Debating I read with interest Joel Yanofsky's Gore, QC
Union (Fall-Winter 2010) brought "A winning way with words," concerning
back a lot of memories. I was a member and the McGill Debating Union. The author
official of the union during my years at notes that John Peters Humphrey founded
McGill and eo-chaired its high school the MDU in 1927. This is technically
tournament one time. Some thought this correct, but it was in fact simply a name
unusual, since I was an engineering change. Humphrey became president of the
student, whom some beheve can't speak Literary and Debating Society in 1927 and
let alone debate. determined to reorganize it along the hnes
We didn't do as much travelling as the of the Oxford Union, which included a
story imphes is done now. Nonetheless, name change. However, the organization
my first trip ever by aircraft was to had been for many years the source of I have been very interested in the article
Washington, DC, to debate for McGill at college debating teams. In the same year, on the renovation of the Roddick Gates.
Georgetown University. Perhaps our Humphrey wrote a history of the LDS for Congratulations to Dr. Joseph Hanaway.
greatest success was at a tournament at the the McGill annual, in which he traced the In 1967, while I was a McGill student in
Rochester (N.Y.) Institute ofTechnology. origins back to at least 1873 (though he architecture, An drew Allen, director of the
The other McGill team won. It consisted notes it may have existed earher). Thus the Alumni Relations Office, commissioned
of Mark Starowicz and George Radwanski, MD U has a much more venerable history two of my sketches which have proved to
both of whom went on to stellar careers than was portrayed- roses by any other be of continuing interest. One sketch was
in the media. name smelling as sweet. of the Roddick Gates. Lorne Gales, the
Oddly, the union did not want our As an aside, when Humphrey was executive director of the McGill Graduates'
trophy at the time. I still have it and if they president he led the team to a competitive Society, asked if it could be used again in the
want it, they need only ask. interuniversity debate held in a large church Spring 1979 issue of the McGill News.
KEN FRANKEL, BEng'68 in Newark, New Jersey. Determined to The other sketch was of the Arts Building
Montreal, QC demonstrate the superiority of the Oxford cupola. In 1996, it was still being used on
method, he decided to speak several official McGill documents.
I read and enjoyed the story about the extemporaneously. Running up the pulpit Reading about the renovation of the
McGill Debating Union in the Fall stairs, from whence the speakers orated, Roddick Gates made me think that I should
Winter edition of the McGill News. When he banged his head. Looking out over draw them again. After so many years of
I went to McGill in 1937, my father urged hundreds of faces he found his mind an drawing and painting, the sketch should
me to join the McGill Debating Union as absolute blank and ultimately retired in now be even better!
the ability to speak publicly would be of embarrassed disarray. For the rest of his very STEFAN STARENKYJ, BArch'69
great use to me. I did so and enjoyed it long hfe and many thousands of speeches, Richmond, QC
very much. I left McGill in January 1941 he always had a written text with him to fall
to go on active duty in the Canadian back on. Many of these texts are now in the PRESCRIBING FOR THE PLANET
Army. The Debating Union gave me their McGill University Archives. Kudos for an excellent article on
top award, a sohd gold lapel pin of an JOHN HOBBINS, BP\.66, MLIS'68 ecological activism ("How Green is
antique "PI.' duly engraved, which I still Emeritus university hbrarian My Campus," Fall-Winter 2010). I want to
have. I also received the Chancellor Beatty Montreal, QC mention another way the University has
Gold Medal for Economics. contributed to this important cause:
In the army I found the training I HURRAY FOR HANAWAY The president (Dr. Jean Zigby, BSc'95,
received from the Debating Union most I just wanted to thank you for the MDCM'97), past president (Dr. Kapil
useful in training my men (I was a battle interesting coverage of the marvelous Khatter, MDCM'92), and founding
captain in a tank squadron and fought in work that Dr. Joseph Hanaway did in president (Dr. Warren Bell, MDCM'74 )
4 MCGILL NEWS·SPR!NG / SUMMER 2011
of the Canadian Association of STEINBERG TO THE RESCUE the "British monarchy" as the article
Physicians for the Environment are Thank you for including an article in suggests.
McGill graduates. It's a reflection of your last issue about my career JOHN C. BERTRAM, BA58, BC[64
these doctors' fine characters-and particularly the work my team and I did
that of their medical school-that they concerning nutritional deficiency rickets. A TALE OF TWO BUILDINGS
work to heal not only individuals, but It strikes me, though, that an important I am writing to point out an error in
the planet itself. part of that story went missing in David the Making History section of the
GIDEON FORMAN, MA90 Savoie's otherwise fine article. Fall-Winter 2010 issue of the McGill
Executive director As the article notes, working with my News. Your caption for the postcard
Canadian Association of Physicians scientific team, I was able to identify that accompanied your story about
for the Environment the cause of the epidemic of nutritional Ian Pilarczyk's collection ofMcGill
Toronto, ON deficiency rickets that once plagued memorabilia indicates that the postcard
children in Quebec. We determined the was produced around 1910. The photo on
LOOK OUT BELOW! problem could easily be fixed by adding the postcard must have been taken before
The Fall-Winter 2010 McGill News Vitamin D to Quebec milk. End of problem? 1907, however. The building to the right
contained two references to the Yes and no. of the Arts Building is the Macdonald
Strathcona Anatomy and Dentistry Yes in the eastern half of the province Engineering Building, but it's not the
Building. I wonder if that is a preview where vitamin D was added to bottled dairy building that now bears that name.
for the upcoming 100th anniversary milk. The problem continued in the western The original building burned down in
of the completion of that building half of the province where milk producers 1907. The structure that replaced it looks
(opened in 1911). were determined not to "contaminate" their quite different.
I have an addendum to the article milk with vitamin D. What to do? I also want to mention that the man
"Portrait of a Scamp." The marble plaque Someone suggested that I speak to in the photo ju t above the postcard,
commemorating Harold Borden given Amo ld Steinberg, who had recently joined An drew Benedek took a course in
to McGill by his father Frederick is a the board of the Montreal Children's thermodynamics that I taught in the fall
massive monument that hung on the Hospital Research Institute. After talking to of 1964. I still have my grade book and he
wall of a room in the east wing Mr. Steinberg, he indicated that he thought did quite well.
basement of the Strathcona that, until the problem could be solved in a couple of I enjoy the McGill News very much.
recently, was the students' lounge and weeks. A couple of weeks later, he reported I receive alumni magazines from three
housed a cafeteria. The space is now back to me: problem solved. I asked what universities, and McGill's is definitely ·
occupied by the Faculty of Dentistry he did. He said he gave the milk producers the best.
and the plaque was removed from its a simple message: NoD, no contract. The JOHNDEALY
original site and hung on the wall of Steinberggrocery chain was, at the time, Emeritus professor
the east stairwell, between the perhaps the biggest food marketing Department of Chemical Engineering
basement and the first floor. One day, enterprise in Quebec.
when a histology laboratory session Mr. Steinberg has suggested that his We suspect that Professor Dealy and
was underway for medical and dental experience with the vitamin D situation his fellow engineering professors made
students, and undergraduate classes widened his vision of the role of a university a similarly good impression on
were being given in other lecture rooms, and its research activities. Many years later, Dr. Benedek, BEng'66, DSc'OS, since he
the plaque fell from the wall and crashed he is McGill's chancellor-and he loves and his wife, Dr. Diana Mourato-Benedek,
through the marble slabs separating the job. BSc'Bl, MSc'83, PhD'90, recently
the landing from the floor below, CHARLES SCRIVER, BA:Sl, donated $700,000 to the Faculty of
winding up in a storage room in the MDCM'SS, DSc'07 Engineering to create the Benedek
basement, not far from its original site. Alva Professor Emeritus of Integrated Laboratories in
Fortunately, no one was in harm's way. Human Genetics Environmental Engineering.
The plaque is now restored to the wall
and the marble slabs have been replaced QUEEN-SIZED CONFUSION
but I shudder to think of a Borden In your Fall-Winter 2010 issue, in the
Something on your mind?
epitaph worse than "Portrait of a Newsbites section, you wrote about
Write to us at:
Scamp." To this day I avoid walking Canada's new governor general, David McGi/1 News
directly under Harold Borden. Johnston. Your article would have 1555 Peel Street, Suite 900
HERSHEYWARSHAWSKY been accurate had you written that Montreal, Quebec H3A 3L8
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The diverse routes
to excellence
Why did the Task Force focus on these more mentoring opportunities to better We know that students appreciate being
particular areas? connect our students to McGill? able to augment their classroom learning
I see diversity, excellence and community with off-campus experiences where they
engagement as being completely What were some oft he recommenda are able to apply what they have learned
interconnected. McGill's excellence stems, tions for academic programs? The Legal Assistance Clinic coordinated
in large part, from our ability to attract We teach our students to become problem by our law students is one example. We
students, staff and faculty from both solvers. The world around us is becoming recommend offering more opportuni
here in Quebec, and around the world. increasingly complex and solving problems ties for internships and work experience.
The people who make up our community requires a much more interdisciplinary We encourage each of our faculties to
represent a vast diversity of back approach. We have already done quite a include an outreach component in their
grounds-not just different countries, bit on this front and our students have undergraduate programs.
but different cultures, socioeconomic responded positively to these efforts. For
backgrounds and life experiences, all example, take the team-teaching initiatives You've recently written about the
invaluable in a learning environment. at the McGill School of Environment, importance oft olerance. Why is that
That also ties into the concept of com where professors with different types of a concern for you?
munity engagement. I think we have an expertise from different parts of the Unfortunately, too often it is not enough
obligation to use our expertise to benefit University join forces to eo-design courses. for some to express disagreement with
the world wherever we can, but the notion But we need to do more. Part ofbuild a point of view. There is also sometimes
of engaging with thewiderworldisn't ing stronger academic programs involves an attempt to demonize those who
entirely selfless. We benefit from those encouraging our departments to provide hold different views from our own. This
interactions too. Again, it's a chance to students with opportunities to be exposed has a profoundly corrosive effect on
experience the world through someone to subjects that do not fall within their the civil discourse that healthy societies
else's vantage point. disciplines. For example, an engineer doing require to function properly.
a program in Zola studies, or a sociology As members of a learning commu
What sorts oft hings can be done to major learning about the human genome. nity, we have a special obligation to
promote diversity? We are seeking ways to encourage our listen to alternative points of view
At the hiring level, we can do everything we professors to think outside the box and to respectfully and thoughtfully. Being
can to expand our pool of qualified job engage in innovative partnerships with civil is not a sign of weakness. On the
candidates. At the infrastructure level, we colleagues from other areas. One idea is to contrary, it is the mark of a strong and
can ensure that our buildings are accessible create research secondments within the tolerant society. One of the important
for people with disabilities. At the student University that could allow McGill faculty elements of our report is that we
recruitment level, we put ourselves in a better sense of how their colleagues in want to promote not simply diversity
the shoes of different types of students. different disciplines think and operate. in the background of the members
Can we offer transitional-year programs to of our community, but also active,
make the adjustment to McGill easier for What sorts ofi deas did the Task Force positively engag~d intellectual diversity.
some who have ability, but may not see propose for promoting community It is an absolutely key element of the
McGill as part of their future? Can we offer engagement? document. "-
6 MCGILL NEWS·SPRING / SUMMER 2011
LAURIN UU was working as a volunteer on election night,
serving as a scrutineer in NDP MP THOMAS MULCAIR's
Outremont riding, when she glanced at a text message sent
by a friend. "lt said, 'You won' in all caps, with lots of
exclamation marks," Liu recalls. And with that, the second
year McGill history and cultural studies student discovered
that she had just been elected to represent the people of
Riviere-des-Mille-Ttes in the House of Commons.
"lt's been a whirlwind for me," says Liu. Though she
agreed to serve as a NDP candidate in the election, she
Newly-elected NDP MP Laurin Liu at a post-election news
didn't actually expect to win. But then, no one anticipated
conference in Montreal, with fellow MP Pierre Nantel and
the enormity of the NDP's victory in Quebec-not even
NDP deputy leader Thomas Mulcair
the NDP itself. "Obviously, this is going to be a really big
lifestyle change," says Liu.
In all, four McGill undergraduates, all of them recent JOHN MCCALLUM, PhD'77, FRANCIS SCARPALEGGIA,
members of the NDP-McGill student club, are heading to BA'79, and JUSTIN TRUDEAU, BA'94, were all re-elected.
Ottawa as part of the "orange wave" that swept through New additions to the House of Commons for the governing
most of Quebec, helping to fuel the NDP's best-ever Conservative Party include former Canadian ambassador
performance in a federal election, one that resulted in to Afghanistan CHRIS ALEXANDER, BA'89, and former
58 Quebec candidates getting elected. Liu will be joined in federal director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation
Parliament by political science students CHARMAINE JOHN WILUAMSON, BA'93. Pundits were speculating that
BORG and MATTHEW DUBE and by soon-to-be political both men could be destined for the federal cabinet.
science graduate MYLENE FREEMAN, who have been For her part, the trilingual Liu (English, French and
dubbed "the McGill Four" in press accounts of their Cantonese) is used to being busy. Aside from her course
unexpected victories. work and her NDP-McGill involvement, she has also been a
lt's the McGill Five if you count JAMIE NICHOLLS, staff writer for the McGi/1 Daily and was a recently elected
a doctoral student in the School of Urban Planning. board member for CKUT, a community radio station based
HELENE LEBLANC, BSc(AgEnvSc)'08, and JOSE NUNEZ at McGill.
MELO, CertTransp'99, are among the other first-time She'll soon be moving to her riding, to better represent
NDP MPs in Quebec. Much of the credit for the NDP's her constituents. "There are a lot of seasoned members
breakthrough in the province, of course, goes to a pair of in caucus and there is a lot of mentoring that goes on inside
McGill grads-NDP leader JACK LAYTON, BA'71 (now the party," says Liu. "Some of the best advice I've gotten
leader of the opposition), and Mulcair, BCL'76, LLB'77, the so far came from [NDP Manitoba MP] Niki Ashton. She
NDP's deputy leader and the party's chief Quebec lieutenant. talked about how important it is to keep your ears open
Layton's good-natured, energetic performances on [to constituents' concerns] and to be as accessible as you
the campaign trail (despite a recent bout with prostate possibly can be."
cancer and recent hip surgery) made a big impression on With some friendly prompting from her mom, one of the
Quebecers. first items on Liu's to-do list is to meet with her academic
"This was supposed to be the election that turned off adviser. She might have a lot on her plate for the next four
Quebeckers," noted McGill political science professor years or so, but Liu still wants to finish her McGill degree.
Antonia Maioni during a CTV interview, "but 'Jack Mania' "lt isn't unprecedented," she insists. "There are MPs who
has actually enlivened the debate." have worked on business or law degrees while they were
Not all of the newly-elected McGillians are affiliated in Parliament."
with the NDP. Liberals IRWIN COTLER, BA'61, BCL'64, DANIELMCCABE, BA'89
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These musicians and several others all took part in Schulich's
YEAR OF JAZZ, either offering elite master classes to McGill's
jazz students or performing alongside them in concerts.
The series of events hit a high point in mid-February with
three remarkable sold-out concerts. The first two featured the
McGill Jazz Orchestra 1 taking part in the Stones Project.
Spearheaded by saxophonist Tim Ries, the concerts featured
longtime Rolling Stones collaborators (among them vocalist
Bernard Fowler and bass player Daryl ]ones) reinterpreting
classic Stones songs through big band arrangements. Later
that same week, the McGill jazz Orchestra 1 and the Chamber
jazz Ensemble shared the stage with Grammy-winning
saxophonist joe Lovano.
Interacting with so many major jazz figures "has been
seventh heaven for the students," says Schulich professor
McGill jazz students recendy performed with Grammy Award Gordon Foote, who coordinates the McGill jazz orchestras.
winner Joe Lovano Foote says his students invariably make a good impression.
"These musicians leave here thinking that this is an
Over the course of the last several months, the Schulich School amazing school."
of Music played host to many prominent names from the world Foote offers convincing evidence that this is no idle boast.
of jazz-among them, former Count Basie Orchestra drummer Later this year, legendary jazz trombonist Slide Hampton,
Dennis Mackrel, composer and nine-time Grammy nominee a two-time Gram my winner who has worked with everyone from
jim McNelly and Terri Lynn Carrington, the former house Art Blakey to Diana Ross, will pay a return visit to the Schulich
drummer for the Arsenio Hall Show and a frequent collaborator School to record a CD with the McGill Jazz Orchestra 1.
of Herbie Hancock.
DANIEL MCCABE, BA'89
BRINGING MILE END
TOBROOKLYN
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New York, a city of delights for the most discriminating of
foodies, has been conquered by a smoked meat sandwich that
traces its roots back to Montreal. The sandwich in question,
which made both the Village Voice's Favorite Dishes list and
New York magazine's Best Sandwiches in New York list, can be
found in a deli named after Mile End, one of Montreal's most
fabled neighbourhoods.
The restaurant's proprietors, native New Yorker RAE COHEN,
BA'06, and Montreal-born NOAH BERNAMOFF, BA'OS, met in Mile End eo-proprietor Rae Cohen, BA'06
a Jewish Studies class at McGill. After graduating, they relocated Schwartz's, Wilensky's and Beauty's, as well as the food
to Brooklyn, where Cohen began producing audio guides at the Bernamoff grew up eating at his grandmother's table.
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hobby into a profession. The couple opened a small 20-seat couple is looking to open a second location in Manhattan.
deli, despite the fact that neither had any restaurant experience Alongside the Jewish deli foods, the un(quely Quebecois
or training.
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