Fredericton honourees

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Professor Emeritus in Kinesiology
Encaenia Ceremony B, May 29, 2013

From 1991 to 1999, Dr. Haggerty was a professor and dean in the faculty of kinesiology. During this time, he was instrumental in raising the profile of the faculty and establishing it as a credible academic unit. He led the faculty through several key curricular changes, new degree offerings and a name change from the faculty of physical education and recreation to the faculty of kinesiology.

Before completing his second term as dean, Dr. Haggerty was seconded by then president Elizabeth Parr-Johnson to build what would become Canada’s first leadership studies bachelor program, and from that, Renaissance College. Dr. Haggerty served as the college’s first dean, from 1999 to 2003, all while maintaining his teaching duties in the kinesiology faculty.

In 2005, after an administrative leave, Dr. Haggerty was again appointed the dean of kinesiology and held this post until 2010. He was a driving force in the development of this building, the Richard J. CURRIE CENTER. Dr. Haggerty also played an important role in the creation of the MBA in Sport and Recreation Management, a partnership between the faculties of kinesiology and business administration.

In addition to holding an administrative position for the majority of his academic career, Dr. Haggerty devoted a lot of his time to graduate teaching of courses in leadership and administration, to both students in the master of arts in sport and recreation studies and the master of business in sport and recreation management. He maintained an active role in graduate student supervision, as an adviser to more than 30 students.

Outside of UNB, Dr. Haggerty was a founding member of both the North American Society of Sport Management and Leadership Fredericton.

Dr. Haggerty was a strong leader and mentor to peers and students and has truly left his mark on UNB. His record of accomplishment exemplifies the qualities of excellence and exceptional merit that are important criteria for the achievement of professor emeritus status.


Professor Emeritus in Surveying Engineering, 1987


Professor Emeritus in Education
Convocation: October 17, 1993

Prof. Hamilton, who joined the University of New Brunswick faculty of education with the amalgamation of Teachers College in 1973, has had a distinguished teaching career.

From 1978 to 1993, he was responsible for the notable development of the Micmac-Maliseet Institute and contribution to the education of the First Nations people of New Brunswick and the Atlantic region. As a direct and immediate result of Prof. Hamilton's work, more than 80 First Nations students attained a bachelor of education degree and are actively guiding the young people of their communities in teaching, administrative and other leadership positions.

In addition, through the Bridging Year Program, which he conceived and implemented beginning in 1991, more than 50 First Nations students have now gained access to the university in all undergraduate faculties.

Prof. Hamilton has published extensively on Micmac history and genealogy and on the education of First Nations students in band-operated and provincial schools. His other contributions to First Nations education, to UNB and to the history of New Brunswick society are numerous.

He has also served on a number of provincial and federal committees dealing with the issues of native education.


Professor Emeritus in Education, 1989


Professor Emeritus in Computer Science
185th Encaenia Ceremony D: May 29, 2014

A very short time after coming to UNB, Joseph Horton demonstrated that his contributions to the university and the field of mathematics and computer science would be significant and long lasting.

Dr. Horton joined UNB’s Faculty of Computer Science in 1981. During his 30 plus years at UNB, he was recognized numerous times for his research and teaching accomplishments including receiving a UNB Merit Award and being honoured by IBM Canada as a Pioneer of Canadian Computing.

Dr. Horton’s most famous mathematical result, known as the Horton set, was the construction of an infinite set of points in the plane that disproved a 40-year-old conjecture.

Throughout his career, Dr. Horton has published more than 30 articles in refereed journals. He held a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research operating and discovery grant for 29 years, longer than any other grant holder in the faculty of computer science.

As an educator, Dr. Horton made every effort to ensure his students understood their course material and was truly concerned about their progress and intellectual growth. For his dedication and mentorship, he was awarded the 2012 Computer Science Teaching Award by his undergraduate students.

Dr. Horton had a full and productive career at UNB. He was part of a very talented and dedicated group of people who helped put in place, the foundations that have made the Faculty of Computer Science what it is today.


Senior Teaching Associate Emeritus in Biology
Convocation: October 19, 1997

Harold Hinds has acquired national recognition as a conservationist and botanist.

He began teaching in the department of biology in 1973 and served as curator of the University of New Brunswick's herbarium for 16 years. Adding over 17,000 New Brunswick specimens to the collection, he made it a valuable resource for scholars.

Among his many publications is Flora of New Brunswick, the only comprehensive text of indigenous and non-native plants in New Brunswick. Prof. Hinds has shared his specialist information unstintingly with students and with countless individuals and organizations outside the university.

His numerous national awards include the 1996 Outstanding Achievement Award from the Canadian Council of Ecological Areas and the Canadian Parks Service Award.


Professor Emerita in German, 1975


Professor Emeritus in Education and Dean Emeritus
Encaenia Ceremony A, May 19, 2010

Andrew Hughes has had an impact on the theory and practice of education in general and on citizenship education in particular.

He joined UNB in 1983 as dean of education, and, after a successful five-year term, continued as professor of education for the remainder of his career. Dr. Hughes introduced problem-based learning to the faculty and collaborated extensively on research and development projects in Canada, Iceland, Russia, Bhutan and the Caribbean.

He laid the groundwork for the UNB-Bhutan project and was director of the Spirit of Democracy Project, a five-year collaboration with the Russian Association for Civic Education.

Dr. Hughes has produced more than 150 refereed papers, official reports and conference papers, and he has served on the executive of numerous professional organizations, including the Canadian Society for the Study of Education and the Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies.

Over the span of his 25-year career, Dr. Hughes provided continuous support to UNB, his colleagues, institutional administrators, and most importantly to his students. He was an outstanding teacher who had high expectations of his students and, in return, brought out the best in them and encouraged them to see their potential.

In 2002, he was named UNB Teaching Professor in recognition of his career-long commitment to excellence in teaching.


Professor Emeritus in Mechanical Engineering
186th Encaenia Ceremony D: May 29, 2015

Dr. Esam Hussein joined UNB in 1984. During his 29-year career, he provided exemplary service to his students, his colleagues, the university, industry and his research community. He has been a friend and mentor to many.

During his tenure at UNB, Dr. Hussein established an international reputation for radiation based non-destructive testing and imaging technologies. He attracted more than $2.5 million in research grants and nearly $1 million in research contract funding.

He served the university in various capacities throughout his career, including vice-president and president of the Association of University of New Brunswick Teachers, Associate Dean of Engineering and Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He was elected as a faculty member-at-large to the UNB Board of Governors and Fredericton Senate from 2011 to 2013.

Throughout his teaching career, Dr Hussein taught over 3,000 undergraduate students, supervised the research studies of 59 post-doctoral fellows, research associates and research assistants. He trained 32 Masters and 11 PhD students. He also supervised more than 100 students working on their undergraduate senior projects in his area and beyond.

Dr. Hussein is a receiving editor of Applied Radiation and Isotopes. He has published three books, 10 book chapters, 58 peer-reviewed journal papers, 50 conference papers and several short communications such as newsletters and industrial technical reports. He also holds three patents.

He has been, and continues to, serve as a member of several national and international scientific organizations, such as the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Canadian Nuclear Association.

Dr. Hussein has won many awards including the UNB Merit Award, the Canadian Nuclear Society and Canadian Nuclear Association’s Achievement Award, and the Best Paper in medical physics by a Canadian institution in 2000. Dr. Hussein has also presented talks, lectures and seminars in various international forums, which have greatly promoted the research profile of UNB.

For his outstanding service record at UNB and his positive contribution to promoting the university’s research profile, Dr. Esam Hussein is most deserving of the honour of Professor Emeritus at the University of New Brunswick.


Professor Emeritus in Civil Engineering and Associate Vice-President Dean Emeritus
Encaenia Ceremony C, May 20, 2010

Michael Ircha had a significant impact on every aspect of university life during his 28-year career at UNB. He distinguished himself as a scholar, teacher, administrator, adviser, mentor and author.

As an educator in the department of civil engineering, he took a personal interest in the professional development of his students, challenging them to think for themselves and mentoring them to find their passion and purpose.

He was an integral part of UNB’s Transportation Group and earned an international reputation in the area of ports and shipping. A prolific author, he was also in great demand as a speaker and resident expert, delivering more than 80 presentations worldwide.

Dr. Ircha’s administrative roles included associate and acting dean of engineering, assistant and acting vice-president (academic), associate vice-president (academic and students), and acting associate vice-president (capital planning and property development), just to name a few.

His contributions to UNB were honoured in 2007 with a President’s Medal. He was named an Honorary Research Professor the same year.

His outstanding work as a civil engineer and his service to the profession have earned him fellowship in the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering and in the Engineering Institute of Canada. Dr. Ircha has also received numerous awards, including a New Brunswick Merit Award for Community Leadership and a Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration.


Professor Emeritus in Physics
Convocation: October 8, 1992

Reinhold Kaiser retired in August 1991 after serving in the department of physics for 35 years. Born in Duisburg, Germany, he received a bachelor's degree in science from the University of Bonn in 1950 and master's and doctoral degrees in physics from the University of Gottingen in 1953 and 1954, respectively.

After a year of postdoctoral training at the Imperial College in London, England, and another at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Dr. Kaiser joined the University of New Brunswick physics department in 1956.

Despite limited resources in his Fredericton lab at the outset, Dr. Kaiser established and maintained an international reputation in the field of magnetic resonance. Recognized for their very high quality, his publications on magnetic resonance contributed significantly to the development of the subject and became a research benchmark internationally.

As a teacher at UNB, Dr. Kaiser was known for his meticulous preparation and presentation. He taught a full range of courses in physics from the first-year to the graduate level and attracted graduate students of high calibre from Canada and abroad. Dr. Kaiser also served the university in numerous administrative capacities ranging from departmental committee work to membership on the university's Senate.

Throughout his career, Dr. Kaiser gave invited papers and participated in scientific conferences, symposiums and congresses worldwide. He served as an academic assessor and external appraiser for other universities. For many years he has been a member of the editorial board of the international publication, Journal of Magnetic Resonance, a position he continued into retirement.


Professor Emeritus in History
186th Encaenia Ceremony C: May 29, 2015

Dr. Gregory Kealey is one of Canada’s best-known academic leaders. He has earned an impressive national and international reputation for his achievements in research, teaching and leadership in university administration.

During his tenure at UNB, Dr. Kealey made an outstanding contribution to the history department and to the advancement of research in the humanities and social sciences. He held various senior administrative positions at UNB, including vice-president (research) from 2001 to 2012 and provost from 2008 to 2012.

A prodigious researcher, writer and editor, Dr. Kealey has authored or co-authored five monographs and more than 50 refereed scholarly articles and book chapters.

The founding editor of Labour/Le Travail: Journal of Canadian Labour Studies, Dr. Kealey has helped to pioneer a new field of studies in Canada, establishing standards of excellence and inclusiveness that have given this journal an international reputation. He served as editor for 21 years and continues to provide leadership on its editorial board. He is also editor of the Canadian Social History and the Working Canadian Book Series.

He has given more than 100 conference presentations and has supervised 20 PhD and 15 master’s students, and mentored eight post-doctoral fellows. Many of these scholars are among the most active practitioners of history in Canada.

His numerous awards include the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal and Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the Royal Society of Canada. He has also won several major scholarly prizes for his monographs, most recently for his co-authored Secret Service: Political Policing in Canada from the Fenians to Fortress America of 2012.

As vice-president (research), Dr. Kealey oversaw the strengthening and restructuring of UNB’s Office of Research Services and increased the research portfolio at UNB – doubling the amount of external research grants and awards received annually.

Within the university, he chaired the advisory boards of the Canadian Research Institute for Social Policy; the Canadian Rivers Institute; the Chronic Illness Research Institute; the Institute of Biomedical Engineering; Enterprise UNB; and was a member of the board of directors of the Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre for Family Violence Research.

Dr. Kealey has been active on more than a dozen research organizations and advisory committees and on numerous academic bodies. He has served as president of both the Canadian Historical Association and the Social Science Federation of Canada and chaired or served on the boards of many provincial and national organizations, including Knowledge Park, the Research Productivity Council, the NB Innovation Foundation, BioAltlantech, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the Royal Society of Canada, and the Council of Canadian Academies.

For his dedication to teaching and research, and his leadership as a university administrator, Dr. Gregory Kealey is most deserving of the honour of Professor Emeritus at the University of New Brunswick.


Professor Emeritus in History
186th Encaenia Ceremony C: May 29, 2015

When Dr. Linda Kealey arrived at UNB in 2002, she already had an admirable record of achievement. Her scholarship, teaching and community service while at UNB have cemented her national and international reputations as a scholar. She has contributed significantly to the department of history’s research profile, attracted new graduate students and served at all levels of university governance.

She has published over two-dozen refereed articles and chapters and a groundbreaking monograph, Enlisting Women for the Cause: Women, Labour and the Left in Canada. She has also edited four volumes of essays and published many non-refereed and creative items. She has been a co-editor of Atlantis and the Canadian Historical Review and has sat on several journal editorial and advisory boards; she has also appraised numerous manuscripts for journals and presses. She has presented her research at several dozen academic conferences and served on the Aid to Scholarly Publishing Programme’s Board of Management.

Dr. Kealey was a key member of the Re-Connecting with the History of Labour in New Brunswick team that was funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council’s Community-University Research Alliance. In 2009 she convened its conference, Informing Public Policy: Socio-Economic and Historical Perspectives on Labour in New Brunswick, which brought together academics, politicians and community partners.

Dr. Kealey has supervised five UNB PhD students through to completion of their dissertations and was a critical agent in the development of the proposal for the Atlantic Canada Studies Centre, which is now up and running.

In 2011, she shared the responsibility for the success of the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences that elevated the reputation of UNB and STU. As academic convenor, she was the go-between for the national leadership of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences and the dozens of scholarly societies that meet at Congress.

For this service in particular, she was awarded a UNB President’s Medal in 2012. During her time at UNB, she has served on the Board of Governors and Fredericton Senate. A fellow of the Royal Historical Society, her most recent scholarly efforts focus on Women’s History in North America, as well as the History of Health Care.

During her ten year career at UNB she proved herself a stellar colleague, scholar and teacher and brought considerable honor to UNB. Linda Kealey is most deserving of the designation of Professor Emerita at the University of New Brunswick.


Professor Emeritus in History and Dean Emeritus
Convocation: October 20, 2005

Dr. Peter C. Kent graduated from the University of New Brunswick in 1959 and has given back to his alma mater in full measure.

Following a master's degree from the London School of Economics, where he later earned a doctorate, he joined the UNB department of history in 1965 and served as executive assistant to President Colin B. Mackay.

A peerless classroom teacher and champion of the residence system, he served as don of Mackenzie House and dean of men's residence; designed and implemented the arts faculty's advising and mentoring program for students; initiated the very successful UNB Intersession Abroad program, and pioneered international student exchanges and teaching programs as director of international relations. On the occasion of his retirement in 2004, the graduating class erected a stone bench in Jacob's Yard to honour his many services to student life and learning.

An accomplished administrator, Dr. Kent was two-term chair of the history department, held positions on the Senate and Board of Governors and served 12 years as dean of the faculty of arts. Openness, optimism, energy and enthusiasm have been the consistent hallmarks of his academic leadership. Dr. Kent has combined these achievements with a remarkable career as a productive historian and scholar. Three major books, 17 articles and 10 conference papers have established him as an internationally known expert on the foreign policy of the Papacy, on Italian fascism and on the history of the Cold War.

In the words of his nominator, Dr. Kent "has served the University of New Brunswick with grace and distinction for 40 years.... Few can be so deserving of the highest honor the university can award its most distinguished faculty members."


Professor Emeritus in Psychology
Convocation: Oct. 23, 2003

The University of New Brunswick's academic legacy is richer for the contributions of Peter Kepros.

He joined the department of psychology in 1965 and, over the next 36 years, participated in more than 150 university committees, chairing nearly half of them.

From 1972 to 1988, Dr. Kepros served as associate dean, acting dean and for two terms dean of the faculty of arts. During that time he oversaw significant changes and growth in the faculty.

In 1979 he participated, on the management side, in the negotiation of UNB's first collective agreement. This agreement provided a foundation of co-operation between faculty and administration that is the envy of those at many other universities in Canada and beyond. He also went on to serve as president of the Association of University of New Brunswick Teachers.

Throughout his tenure at UNB, Dr. Kepros retained an active research laboratory on cognitive psychology and supervised dozens of graduate and undergraduate thesis projects. He is well known for his dedication and commitment to students, and chose to teach some of his department's most labour-intensive courses.

Following his official retirement in 1999, Dr. Kepros was appointed honorary research professor. He also chairs the University of New Brunswick Research Ethics Board, a position he has held since the board's inception in 2001.


Professor Emeritus in English, 1989


Professor Emerita in English
Encaenia Ceremony B, May 20, 2010

During her 18-year career at UNB, Anne Klinck distinguished herself as one of the most productive and most learned scholars in the department of English.

She is an internationally respected authority on lyric poetry in the female voice known as “woman’s song.” Known for her interdisciplinary approach, she connected medieval English literature with the literature of classical antiquity and historical linguistics.

In addition to being a highly regarded researcher, Dr. Klinck is a respected professor who passed her love of learning on to her students.

While at UNB, she chaired and served on numerous departmental and faculty committees, and co-directed the English majors and honours program. She ran the English Language and Linguistics of English program for 18 years and was a student adviser in the Linguistics Program for close to 15 years.

Dr. Klinck’s contributions to linguistics extend beyond UNB. A member of six learned societies, she has served on the executive of the Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association and presented 18 refereed conference presentations.

She is an accomplished author, publishing five books, 22 refereed articles and book chapters, and numerous encyclopedia entries and book reviews. Her first book has taken its place among the standard scholarly editions of Old English texts.


Professor Emerita in Biology
Convocation: October 19, 1997

An outstanding scientist, Margarida Krause joined the biology department at the University of New Brunswick in 1966.

Her research involved analysis of the human genome, with a special focus on how a small RNA molecule might be involved in the genetic alterations leading to cancer. Up until her retirement in 1996, Dr. Krause had attracted funding for her research totaling $1.6 million and published nearly 40 articles in scientific journals.

A patent has been filed to cover her discovery of a powerful new molecular tool to control insect pests and a retrospective commemorating her 40 years of research was recently published in Biochemistry and Cell Biology. A respected and inspiring teacher, Dr. Krause established and co-ordinated the department's successful joint program in biology/chemistry.


Professor Emeritus in Computer Science
Encaenia Ceremony C: May 17, 2007

In the 35 years Bernd Kurz spent in the University of New Brunswick faculty of computer science, technology revolutionized the world. His applied research, industry outreach, teaching and mentoring contributed mightily to that revolution.

With colleagues, he secured substantial funding to research next-generation wireless networks for the benefit of the province and the Atlantic region. With non-profits, he advanced a web mapping initiative for environmental, health and climate change data.

Dr. Kurz developed new courses that incorporated his research on image processing, multiprocessor systems, computer data communication and computer-telephony integration.

As acting dean of the School of Graduate Studies, he proved himself to be a first-class administrator. As a professor, then assistant dean (graduate program) and director of graduate studies in computer science, he supervised and inspired countless undergraduate, master's and PhD students.


Professor Emeritus in English
Convocation: October 14, 1990

Lauriat Lane was born in Boston, Mass., and attended Harvard University where he earned a BA, an MA and a PhD in English.

He taught at both Harvard and Cornell universities before coming to the University of New Brunswick in 1960. An active and productive scholar, Dr. Lane won considerable recognition and wide respect through his numerous publications, including four books.

He has been called upon to adjudicate doctoral and research grants for the Canada Council, assess manuscripts for prestigious academic journals, and serve on such distinguished academic bodies as the Dickens Concordance Committee and the national executive of the Association of Canadian University Teachers of English. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1980.

As the first editor of English Studies in Canada, Dr. Lane helped launch and shape a leading Canadian journal of literary criticism.

In addition to his teaching duties, Dr. Lane served on many departmental, faculty and university committees at UNB and as chairperson of the English department and associate dean of graduate studies. He retired in July 1990.


Professor Emeritus in Education Convocation: October 18, 2007

Robert Leavitt dedicated his academic career to the support of First Nations education and identity through the preservation and revitalization of indigenous culture and languages.

Working together with First Nations educators, he helped to unlock doors to understanding and discovery for First Nations students and communities, and to enhance understanding of the Mi’kmaq and Maliseet cultures in the university as well as in mainstream New Brunswick society.

A Harvard scholar in architectural sciences and education, he taught and developed curriculum materials in reservation schools in rural Maine before he began his distinguished career at UNB in 1981. In 1992 he became a full professor and director of the Mi’kmaq-Maliseet Institute. His passion for his work is rivaled only by the esteem in which he is held by a legion of First Nations students, colleagues and friends.

Prof. Leavitt is nearing completion of the Passamaquoddy-Maliseet dictionary which he is compiling with Maine’s David A. Francis. Nearly 40 years in the making, it will be one of the largest aboriginal dictionaries in the world.


Professor Emerita in Nursing, 1984


Professor Emeritus in English, 2021

Professor Emeritus in Physics
Convocation: October 24, 1999

Dr. Lees is the recognized authority worldwide on internal rotors.

During his 31 years at the University of New Brunswick, he has published over 100 research papers in refereed journals and co-authored an even greater number of conference presentations. It is for his talent as a teacher, that he will be remembered by thousands of former students.

A three-time recipient of UNB's Merit Award, Dr. Lees has received the university's excellence in teaching award and the APICS-Northern Telecom Science Teaching Award. His physics demonstrations and shows have been an inspiration to New Brunswick school children for nearly 20 years.

A past president of the Canadian Association of Physicists, Dr. Lees has an outstanding record of service to the university, including six years as chairperson of the physics department.


Professor Emeritus in Economics
Convocation: October 17, 1993

Dr. Levine began teaching at the University of New Brunswick in 1956 after a brief stint as an economist with the Government of Ontario.

In addition to his infectious enthusiasm for teaching, his research reputation is international and spans three decades of prolific publication in the field of microeconomics. Dr. Levine has had visiting appointments at the London School of Economics, where he was a Nuffield Fellow; Carnegie-Mellon; Queen's; and McGill universities.

A former vice-president of the Canadian Economics Association, he served on the editorial board of the Journal of Post-Keynesian Economics and the Canadian Journal of Economics. He also served on the research grants committee of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

Dr. Levine was director of graduate studies for the department of economics and is credited with inspiring many undergraduates to go on to graduate work. In addition to his academic contributions, he was active in the Association of University of New Brunswick Teachers and on a number of key university committees.


Professor Emeritus in Physics
Convocation: October 18, 2007

Colan Linton is an internationally renowned expert in spectroscopy.

The research funding he generated and maintained throughout his 37 year career at the University of New Brunswick is testimony to the quality of his research. The success of so many of his students, undergraduate as well as master’s and doctoral, reflects the quality of his teaching, as well as the academic excellence of his courses.

Dr. Linton has published 75 papers in refereed journals and given 140 presentations at conferences around the world. He has earned the respect of the scientific community and continues to receive invitations to lecture and present at major international conferences.

He served as director of graduate studies for the physics department for 24 years, and in 1986 received a UNB Merit Award.

Since his retirement in 2005, Dr. Linton has been a visiting scientist at a number of universities and has continued to collaborate with his peers at MIT, the University of Arizona and l’Universityé de Lyon. He has also continued his service to UNB as an honorary research professor.


Professor Emeritus in Chemical Engineering
Encaenia Ceremony C: May 17, 2007

When Derek Lister joined the department of chemical engineering in 1992, he brought with him years of industrial experience and a reputation as one of the world leaders in corrosion and water chemistry of nuclear systems.

In the following 13 years as professor, holder of an industrial research chair of unprecedented longevity, and department chair he established a research laboratory for the high-temperature corrosion of nuclear reactor materials, the scope of which is unparalleled at many universities. He also attracted generous research funding from well established international companies in support of his research and the training of graduate students.

Dr. Lister was instrumental in establishing the Centre for Nuclear Energy Research on campus, and his exemplary record has led to appointments on prestigious national and international committees, including the AECL Advisory Panel.


Professor Emeritus in Education
Convocation: October 25, 1998

Dalton London has distinguished himself as a person of outstanding generosity to his profession.

A longtime member of the faculty of education, he has been described as "caring in his attitude toward students, demanding in his teaching, giving in his service and productive in his research." Dr. London is a specialist in second-language teaching.

He co-founded the internationally recognized Second Language Education Centre and the highly successful summer immersion program at Tracadie. During the program's 19-year run, he helped hundreds of French teachers throughout the province become better second-language teachers.

Dr. London also worked closely with the province to establish second-language curriculum and evaluation programs. He retired in July 1998 with 30 years of service.


Professor Emeritus in Culture and Language Studies
Encaenia Ceremony C: May 16, 2012

Dr. Lorey joined UNB’s Department of Culture and Language Studies in 1994, and remained an active and dedicated member of the department until his retirement in 2010.

He was a respected teacher of German language, literature and culture at UNB and was an important contributor to the study of the literary and cultural intricacies of postwar Germany. Dr. Lorey devoted much energy to the direction of the German and German Studies programs, to the development of the program in World Literature and Culture Studies, and to the advising of undergraduate and graduate students in his department and faculty. In 2001, he received the Faulty of Arts Teaching Award, for which was nominated several times.

Dr. Lorey is recognized internationally as a scholar in German studies, second language acquisition, linguistics, and world literature, and for his expertise in gender studies and Queer Theory. He is recognized as an outstanding editor of The International Fiction Review, a journal with a world-wide circulation.

Dr. Lorey contributed significantly to the administration of the university. He was director of Graduate Studies in German and served as acting chair of the Department of Culture and Language Studies. He served regularly on many other university committees, and was a member of the university Senate.

During his time at UNB, Dr. Lorey was dedicated to raising awareness among the wider university community concerning the struggles of persons with disabilities. He was instrumental in bringing about positive changes that would lead towards increases of accessibility of buildings and services at UNB.

Dr. Lorey continues to participate in academic life. He offers guest lectures in the department of Culture and Language Studies; he translates and certifies official documents for students and colleagues, and he serves as external reviewer of language programs at other Canadian universities.


Professor Emeritus in Education, 1973


Governor Emerita, 1984