On this page I present some additional memories and links, and photos, about staff and graduate students of the Department of Physics of Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, taken circa 1960 to 2002.
My text is in black. Text copied from the Net or e-mails is in maroon or, as highlighted by me, in red.
Alumni (continued)
Henry Janzen, circa 196?
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Henry maintained and ran the 75 MV electron synchrotron, and later the 3 MeV Van de Graaff accelerator. For a photo of Henry at work with the latter machine, go to Van de Graff apart, 1.
Henry loved gliding and flying as a hobby. It is sad that he was killed when the small airplane he was flying crashed near Gananoque on 18 June 88. The mishap was caused by the fact that an elevator control cable had been in contact with a battery cable, leading to the breakdown of the insulation of the battery cable and the severing of the control cable. The legal liabilities involved are partly documented in the following document, part of a lawsuit brought by Henry's wife, Pierrette.
Janzen v. Kovachik Aircraft Services Limited (February 12, 1999): http://www.ontariocourts.on.ca/decisions/1999/February/janzen.htm
COURT OF APPEAL FOR ONTARIO
. . . Introduction
[1] This appeal and cross-appeal from the judgment of Lally J. dated August 3, 1995 arise as a result of the death of Henry Janzen, the pilot and sole occupant of a Cessna 150 aircraft owned by the Rideau Gliding Club, which crashed on June 18, 1988 shortly after take-off from Gananoque Airport.
[2] It is agreed that the cause of the accident was the breaking of the elevator control cable as a result of contact between it and the battery lead which caused the control cable to wear through the insulation of the battery lead. The contact between the elevator control cable and the copper wire core of the battery lead caused electrical 'arcing' that melted the strands of the elevator control cable, causing it to break. Elevator control cables are regarded as critical to a pilot's ability to control an airplane.
[3] The trial judge's finding of liability against the appellant Frontenac Aviation was based on his finding that an automotive battery lead, rather than an aircraft battery lead, had been installed in the aircraft prior to November 1987 when the battery lead and the elevator control cable were inspected by the appellant's maintenance engineers. The parties agree that this automotive lead was improperly installed in the aircraft. The main issue at trial and in this court turns on when the battery lead was installed. . . .
Released: February 12, 1999
E-mail address: RJohnson@trentu.ca
Phone no., etc.: see below.
From the Alumni Directory: Science '60; B.Sc.(Eng.) (1960); M.Sc. (1962). Physics Prof., Trent University, 1600 W. Bank Drive, Peterborough, ON, K9J 7B8. Phone 705 748-1462, Fax 705 748-1625. Residence: RR1 Douro, ON, K0L 1S0; 705 742-3019. rjohnson@trentu.ca
Location of Douro: About 18 km NE of Peterborough, Ontario. See map: MapQuest Maps map: http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?addtohistory=&country=CA&address=&city=Peterborough&state=OM&zipcode=&historyid=&submit.x=61&submit.y=11
Source: Department Directory: http://www.trentu.ca/academic/physics/tu_people.html
Eleanor and I have visited Ron, and he and a friend have visited us here in Ottawa once. We have also communicated on the Net; however not lately.
He retired about a year ago (May 2001) from his position as a Prof. of Physics at Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario. Here is proof, including many photos!
Google Search Johnson retirement Trent: http://www.trentu.ca/academic/physics/ronretir/ronretir.html
Trent University - Peterborough, Ontario, Canada: http://www.trentu.ca/ This no longer lists him as being on staff; however, he is still in the phone book, at: Johnson, Ron SC 324 (Prof. Emeritus) rjohnson@trentu.ca 748-1011 x 1058
And, he is still listed at the Physics site (from where the above photo was obtained):
Trent University Physics Department Home Page 2002: http://www.trentu.ca/academic/physics/welcome.html . . . Emeritus Faculty: Research Interests: Galactic astronomy.
See also Web site map: http://www.trentu.ca/academic/physics/sitemap.html
We have exchanged several e-mails. He has not replied to my latest e-mail to him of 7 Mar 02, so I had given up sending messages to him.
Donald Norman Madge See Don Madge
E-mail address: pmay@cadvision.ca
Phone no., etc.: see below.
From the Alumni Directory: Arts '60; B.Sc. (Hon.); Retired Systems Analyst; D&S Petroleum; Residence 128 Oakside Rd. SW, Calgary, AB T2V 4H5; Phone 403 281-1519; wife: Pamela.
From an e-mail of 14 Feb 00 from Peter:
Queen's . . . It was the Spring of '60, in the middle of the finals, and I didn't have a clue as to what was to be my future! . . . I answered a Student's Union employment board add from some Western company, Cominco, for Solid State research. Joy, joy - they offered me a summer job and I moved WEST. Very interesting. Went to UBC for a few years, in and out of love, etc, and then ended up back at Cominco and their Solid State Physics research lab again.
Why they had this particular lab was rather curious. Cominco is primarily in base metals, lead and zinc. Their main mine (the Sullivan in Kimberly, BC) has a very complex ore, and the company profitably develops the major metals (Pb and Zn) and a whole slew of minor ones, including Indium. Now the electronics industry of the '50s and '60s had a high demand for the purest In. Cominco supplied the demand by zone refining In, but they couldn't properly assay it because it was too pure! Standard chemical assay techniques weren't good enough. However by using their In to make the III-V semiconductor InSb, they could check on the In purity through semiconductor approaches (which directly rely on impurity content, both n and p type). And it turned out that they made damned good InSb, so they became significant producers of single crystal electronics grade III-V compounds. . . .
So I was involved with InSb until the Company packed in the whole III-V effort a few years later. I shifted to their Mathematics group and was introduced to computers - they had an IBM 1620 then. Ran into Don Madge around then. I suspect you might remember him. He eventually became my boss. In the mid '70s I relocated to a small Calgary oil patch consulting outfit, as an Applied Mathematician. I effectively retired in the Spring of '92 when they folded because of the downturn.
Curiously, even though I was heavily involved in modelling at that time, and was developing Windows and Visual Basic skills, I haven't maintained much of a computor interest. We have three boys and they are quite adept at looking after that area. My interests are more science and primarily mathematics. For decades I've been reading Scientific American, cover to cover!
Your IFS comments were interesting. They vaguely reminded me of two things. First, the Mandlebrot construct which number two son was heavily into; and second, (this might not be relevant) they also remind me of Martin Gardiner's technique to record all the libraries of the world by a single mark on a bar of metal!
We have exchanged several e-mails. He has not replied to my latest e-mail to him of 4 Jan 02, so I had given up sending messages to him.
Prof. John H. Montague, circa 1969
Photo at left:
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Photo at right:
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Paulson, 1969.
He was my Ph.D. supervisor.
E-mail address:
___ 1. Main: waynerp@sympatico.ca
___ 2. Permanant
address via Queen's Online Directory site:
___ ___ waynerp@tricolour.queensu.ca. Not
operational yet (22 Dec 02.)
Phone no., etc.: Phone: 613 737-3851
_____________ 617 Fielding Drive,
_____________ Ottawa,
Ontario, Canada K1V 7G7
Web: http://waynepaulson.topcities.com/
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Wayne Paulson, circa 1982? ____ Wayne, 2001 __________________________ Eleanor, circa 1982?
For many more photos of
Prantosh Chakraborty, Ed Heighway, and Wayne Paulson and
families, go to
Page contents, photos, and to
Photos by Wayne Paulson, including some of the Van de Graff
accelerator.
I am very indebted to
Prantosh Chakraborty for his efforts which made this
section of my Web site possible.
See Gratitude to Prantosh.
We don't have any kids, but, Eleanor's little red car -- a 1978 Mercedes-Benz 450SL -- will have to do for now, I guess! The licence plate reads 'ELS MB'. Wouldn't you know it! She even lets me drive it -- sometimes! . . .
Wayne and Eleanor with Eleanor's 'little red car', a 1978 Mercedes-Benz 450SL, 18 Sep 00
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For a large version, go to 1. Wayne and Eleanor with Eleanor's 'little red car', a 1978 Mercedes-Benz 450SL.
That larger photo partly reveals something about my left hand which is not apparent in the medium-sized version shown above. About a year after I started work in 1978 with the Department of Supply and Services Canada as an Engineering Procurement Officer buying computer systems, I managed to chop some fingers off with a lawn mower. I am missing 2/3 of my index finger and about half of the middle two fingers. A stupid thing to do? You bet! Fortunately, I am not a concert violinist, and I am right-handed. Those fingers still feel numb and cool, and are sensitive to cold and to being bumped the wrong way. I had one single instance of a so-called 'phantom-limb' experience. About twelve years ago, I was tying up my shoelaces in the morning when I had the sudden sensation that my left fingers were reaching for the laces, but the ends of the fingers could not grasp them. However, the moment that I realized that, the sensation disappeared, never to recur. It is as if a part of my brain still knew the exact instructions for carrying out the rather automatic process of tying up laces, but another part of the brain had never communicated the fact that the fingers which were to carry out that bit of orchestration had gone AWOL (absent without leave). That single experience apparently remedied that communications gap permanently. Interesting! It always pays to look on the bright side, though. I have three less fingernails to trim and clean! : ~ )
Our other car is a 1987 Nissan Maxima, still going strong.
Our next car is a rather rare bird -- a 2003 Mercedes-Benz C32 AMG. We put in a firm order for it on 18 June 02. We have no firm delivery date yet, as the delivery period is about nine months. Perhaps we will get it in February 2003. Only about 3,800 of this high-performance model are produced each year, by AMG, the high-performance tuner division of Mercedes in Stuttgart. Our sales rep. at Mercedes just e-mailed me a message (17 Dec 02) stating that he expects to confirm a production schedule in early January.
I thought that you might get a chuckle out of the message I sent to a friend who sent me an e-card with the theme of 'Wow' in reply to my message re getting the new car.
Thanks very much for the Wow e-card -- wow! On her '78 Mercedes, Eleanor (El) has had the temerity to affix a licence plate worded ELS MB -- if you can imagine! With the C32 AMG, I am signing the papers. Let's see now, should we go for a designer plate? How about WOW -- Wayne's Own Wagon? The downside is that WOW is open to alternative interpretations, e.g., Wayne's Outta Whack, or Wayne's Out Wagoning, or Wayne's an Old Wag, or . . . Oh, what to do, what to do . . . ?
For photos and reviews of our future car, go to 1. Mercedes-Benz C32 AMG links.
For more about both models of car and Mercedes in general, go to Mercedes-Benz main page.
For some satirical observations and photos about cars, go to Car laughs.
My wife Eleanor (nee Eleanor Jean Gilders) and I were married in Peterborough, Ont. in 1963. We met at Queen's where she completed her B.A. (1960) in Chemistry, Biology and English. She has been Manager, Editorial and Production Services, in the Laboratory Centre for Disease Control, Health Canada. As a member and long-time executive officer of the Canada Chapter of the American Medical Writers Association, she has brought me along to its annual conferences in many a North American city, and in Cambridge, England.
For more, see About me, Wayne and
Annual message, Christmas, 2002 (which
includes a Christmas message
and image, and photo of Amish farm).
Prof. B.W. Sargent, circa 1967
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He was my M.Sc. supervisor.
Early Years of Nuclear Energy Research in Canada: http://www.cns-snc.ca/history/early_years/earlyyears.html by George C. Laurence Published by Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, May 1980 . . . Prof. B. Sargent of Queen's University joined me in these experiments during the summer university vacations of 1941 and 1942. . . . Photo of BWS: Some of the initial research staff of the Montréal Laboratory, 1943. . . .
Previous Recipients of the CAP Medal of Achievement: http://www.cap.ca/medals/winners%5Cachievement-winners.htm 1959, B.W. Sargent, Queen's University
There is a photo of Prof. Sargent at the controls of the synchrotron, in the following article on Ontario Hall from a recent Queen's Gazette of 22 April 02 (on page 1 of 8): http://advancement.queensu.ca/adv_communications/Gazette_Online/gaz2204.pdf
chairs: http://www.queensu.ca/vpr/chairs.htm R. Samuel Mclaughlin Chair In Physics. . . . Dr. B.W. Sargent held the last appointment until his retirement in 1972.
NRC On-line Media Desk - Speeches - NRC A Proud Past, A Promising Future: http://www.nrc.ca/corporate/english/media/speeches/aecl.html Dr. A. J. Carty President, National Research Council . . . 3 December 1997 . . . I would now like to take a look at the beginnings of nuclear research in Canada. Heavy water was very scarce and costly to produce. Dr.George Laurence, assisted by Professor B.W. Sargent of Queen's University, wanted to determine if it was possible to obtain a large release of energy using some form of carbon instead of heavy water with the uranium - and decided to experiment with carbon and uranium oxide. Through his work, Laurence established contacts with prominant British scientists, R.H. Fowler and J.D. Cockcroft. . . .
E-mail address: scanlonp@post.queensu.ca
Phone no., etc.: Residence 1029 Johnson St., Kingston, ON K7M 2N6; Phone 613 542-9226.
Begonia Crabtree, Jharna Chakraborty, ???, Helen Herman, David Crabtree, Eleanor Paulson (nee Gilders), Ken Johns*, Wayne Paulson, Pat Scanlon
* For note re Ken Johns and other details, go to David Crabtree.
From the Alumni Directory: M.Sc. (62); Ph.D. (65); Emeritus Prof. of Physics, Queen's U.
E-mail address: Norman_K_Sherman@CompuServe.com
Phone no., etc.: 613
731-9295
_____________ 1301 Kilborn Avenue
_____________ Ottawa, ON
_____________ Canada K1H 6L2
Queen's University
Physics Department:
http://www.physics.queensu.ca/Alumni/profile.php?id=170
B.Sc. (Eng) 1957, M.Eng. 1958,
Ph.D. 1962.
Norman and his family have been firm supporters of the initiative for encouraging more organ and tissue donors, as exemplified in the following inspiring Web site:
Sandrine's Gift: http://www.sandrinesgift.com/ Sandrine’s Gift of Life is an organ and tissue donor awareness campaign which began in Canada's capital in honour of 11-year-old Sandrine Craig who tragically died in a school bus accident. Her organs were donated by her family, and as a result six people’s lives (including those of three children) were either saved or greatly enhanced.
Our goal is simple: inspire more people to talk to their family about their wishes about organ and tissue donation. . . .
In fact, Norman owes his life to the receipt of a donated organ. His dramatic story is set out on that site. It is accessed as follows. Click on "You never know when YOU may need a transplant", and then again on the same link on the sub-page. You will then see the following article about Norman:
I, also, am fully in favor of organ donation.
An alternative to such organ donation would be to construct a liver. Some progress is underway. See Liver. The procedure involves the use of fractal geometry (my favorite subject) to construct a three-dimensional template for the growth of the intricate blood-vessel network. Classical geometry is not capable of dealing with such complexity.
On 7 May 2000, Norman and his wife Paule celebrated their fortieth wedding anniversary and renewed their wedding vows, at Notre Dame Cathedral, Sussex Drive, Ottawa, during the annual Wedding Anniversary Mass. The celebration was presided over by Ottawa Archbishop Marcel Gervais. That information was gleaned from the following source:
OVER 100 COUPLES CELEBRATING THEIR WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES: http://www.ecclesia-ottawa.org/pr/marriage-anniv.html
E-mail address: divyam@iig.iigm.res.in As per e-mail
from Prantosh 10 Feb 03.
___ I sent e-mails to
Bhisham on 6 Feb 03, but have had no reply, as of 11 Feb 03.
Phone no., etc.: Thanks to Prantosh Chakraborty for the following (as of 22 Jan 03):
___ Home address:
Dr. Bhisham Prasad Singh
________________ B 20/4, Kendriya Vihar
________________ Sector 11, Kharghar
________________ Navi Mumbai
________________ PIN - 410 210
________________ India
Res. Phone No.: +91-22-2757 9463
Bhisham Singh, and Sanjay* (at lower right), at his M.Sc. graduation, at Queen's, Kingston
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This photo appears to have been taken in
front of the convocation site, of which, see photo (and location on map) in the following:
Queen's University
- Campus Tour - Jock Harty Arena: http://www.queensu.ca/admission/tour61.htm.
* As to Sanjay, (spelling revised to Sunjay 11 Feb 03, but revised back to Sanjay on 15 Feb 03) Prantosh Chakraborty has kindly informed me, by e-mail on 7 Dec 02, as follows:
Sanjay is the son of our dear friend Kedar. (But, see ** below.) Unfortunately, Sanjay is handicapped (deaf & dumb) from a very early age. We have heard that Sanjay is, at present, a drawing teacher in Ranchi University, Bihar (India).
8 Dec 02: I (Wayne) think that what Sanjay has been able to accomplish and contribute to society is very inspiring. What a cheerful little face he has! Think about it the next time that you hear an able-bodied teenager complain that life is so unfair that she or he cannot possibly even try to pursue a career or search for a job!
For more photos of Bhisham,
go to:
Prof. Boris
Castel and Bhisham Singh, at Bhisham's
M.Sc. graduation.
From the Alumni Directory: M.Sc. (1969); Ph.D. (1972). Emeritus Scientist, Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Colaba, Mumbai MAH 400005 India 0222150293. Wife: Divya.
I liked Bhisham very much. I should write him a letter. Bhisham has retired as Director, Indian Instute of Geomagnetism, Bombay, India, a few years ago, and is settled in Bombay.
Indian Institute of Geomagnetism IIG, observatories, geomagnetic data, upper atmosphere, solid earth geomagnetism, magnetosph: http://www.iigm.res.in/index1.html
HISTORY: http://www.iigm.res.in/history.htm The Colaba Observatory, predecessor of the Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, located in Bombay was built in 1826 by the East India Company for astronomical observations and time-keeping, with a purpose to provide support to British and other shipping activity which used Bombay as a port. This over 165 year old building now serves as office and centre of scientific activities for the Indian Institute of Geomagnetism. Geomagnetic and meteorological measurements were started here in 1841 . . .
In 1971, a momentous change occurred with the conversion of the Colaba-Alibag Observatories, into an autonomous research organisation called the ‘Indian Institute of Geomagnetism’. Till then the Colaba-Alibag Observatories were part of the India Meteorological Department. Its headquarters continues to be in Mumbai, in the sturdy 1826 building constructed by John Curnin, Astronomer for the East India Company. The first Director of the Indian Institute of Geomagnetism over 1971-1979 was Prof. B.N. Bhargava, Prof. R.G. Rastogi was the next Director over 1980-1989 and Prof. B.P. Singh was the Director over 1991-1997. Prof. G. S. Lakhina in the present Director of IIG in 1998. . . .
Abstract EPS, Vol. 50 (No. 4), pp. 327-338: http://www.terrapub.co.jp/journals/EPS/abstract/5004/50040327.html Earth Planets Space, Vol. 50 (No. 4), pp. 327-338, 1998 Results from a magnetic survey and geomagnetic depth sounding in the post-eruption phase of the Barren Island volcano B. Banerjee1, P. B. V. Subba Rao2, Gautam Gupta2, E. J. Joseph2, and B. P. Singh2 2Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Bombay, India
There are 14 more sites additional to the above found by the search criterion < "Indian Institute of Geomagnetism" "B.P. Singh" >.
I have additional information from a letter received from Bhisham years ago which I plan to add soon. I just found the letter.
Kedar N. Sinha ~~ Kedar Nath Sinha
Kedar Nath Sinha, circa 1968
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Ph.D from Queen's. Unfortunately, Kedar died (cardiac failure) a few years after his return to India.
For a photo of Kedar's son, Sanjay, see Bhisham Singh.
Frank Szabo See F. Szabo
E-mail address: ron.wilson1@rogers.com <= Corrected on 8 Dec 02. The one in my bounced e-mail of 7 Dec 02 was outdated.
Phone no., etc.: 613
692-3009 Fax: 613 692-0356 (by arrangement for computer on)
_____________ 5771 Rideau Valley Drive N,
_____________ Manotick, ON, Canada, K4M 1B3
Ron Wilson, at wedding of Eleanor Gilders and Wayne Paulson, Peterborough, Ont., 10 Aug 1963
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I think that Ron, although possibly semi-retired*, commutes at times between Manotick (just south of Ottawa) to Delaware for research in oceanography -- with side trips to the West Coast, and France**, and Belgium, and, . . . He and his wife have two daughters -- one living in Ottawa, and the other in Calgary.
* Now, just why do I think Ron has (partly) retired? Well, if you don't believe me, click on our eminent Director!
I hope to add more here -- if we can slow Ron down enough to get together for a coffee! How about e-mailing me a family photo or more, Ron, so that I can insert one under your name up there? In the meantime, I have found this old wedding photo. No, not yours! Mine! : ~ )
** INTERGOVERNMENTAL OCEANOGRAPHIC COMMISSION (of Unesco) http://www.meds-sdmm.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/ALPHAPRO/gtspp/meetings/brest/brest.htm#annexc2 IOC-WMO STEERING GROUP ON THE IGOSS / IODE GLOBAL TEMPERATURE-SALINITY PILOT PROJECT First Session, ORSTOM, Brest (France) 17-19 September 1990. . . . The Meeting was then turned over to Dr. Ron Wilson, Director of the Marine Environmental Data Service, Canada. . . .
Dr. J.R. WILSON
Director
Marine Environmental Data Service
Physical and Chemical Science
Fisheries and Oceans Canada 1202-200 Kent Street Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0E6 CANADA Phone : 613-990-0264 . . .
Who’s Who - W: http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/woce_V2/disk01/whos_who/add_w.htm WOCE Who’s Who Ron is also on this same list with the same name, but with the Manotick address.
Dr
J. Ron Wilson College
of Marine Studies University
of Delaware
700 Pilottown Rd. Lewes, DE 19958-1298 USA,
Email: rwilson@diu.cms.udel.edu
VLIZ Colour of ocean
data: http://www.vliz.be/En/Activ/Cod/cod.htm Flanders
Marine Institute Colour of Ocean Data:
a symposium on oceanographic data and information management with
special attention to biological data
The Palais des Congrès, Brussels, Belgium, 25-27 November 2002 . . .
Efstathios Balopoulos (HNODC; IOC/IODE), . . . Magda Vincx (University Ghent), Ron Wilson (University of Delaware)
Paris, 1 September 2000
Original: English
INTERGOVERNMENTAL OCEANOGRAPHIC COMMISSION
(of
UNESCO)
Sixteenth Session of the IOC Committee on International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE, Lisbon, Portugal, 30 October ? 9 November 2000
1. Name of Data Centre: Marine Environmental Data Services . . .
6. Data Centre Description:
The Marine Environmental Data Service (MEDS) is a branch of Canada's federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO). MEDS' mandate is to manage and archive ocean data collected by DFO, or acquired through national and international programmes conducted in ocean areas adjacent to Canada, and to disseminate data, data products, and services . . .
11. Comments
Since the last IODE meeting, MEDS has undergone considerable transformation, particularly because of the budget cuts in the Canadian government, and also because our eminent Director, Dr. Ron Wilson retired. . . .
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