In Memoriam

Some of the greatest minds in Canadian legal history have passed through the doors of the Manitoba Law School, known today as the Faculty of Law at the University of Manitoba. Many quietly went about the business of defending human rights, fighting for equality and freedom from oppression. The legal community holds their memories dear and celebrates their contributions to helping others. We wish to pay tribute to Manitoba Law School and Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba Alumni who have gone before us, leaving incredible legacies for us to remember and strive to do them proud.

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2022

  • G. Greg Brodsky    
    LLB/63, LLM/65    
    Feb. 9

    Charles J. Phelan    
    BA/63, LLB/67    
    Mar. 15

    Wilfred Arthur Finch    
    BA/48, LLB/51    
    Mar. 17

    Robert Lorne Zaparniuk    
    BA/79, LLB/82    
    Mar. 19

    Martin S. Corne    
    LLB/57    
    Mar. 24

  • Richard Ira Good    
    BA/65, LLB/69    
    Apr. 19

    Kathleen Evelyn (Kay) Hughes    
    BA/61, LLB/80    
    Apr. 24

    Dennis M. P. Troniak    
    LLB/76    
    May 2

    Bruce D. Campbell    
    BSA/58, LLD/07    
    May 17

    Louise A. Lamb    
    BA/73, LLB/76    
    Jun. 24

2021

  • Norman M. Tatelman    
    BA/53, LLB/57    
    Jan. 12

    Holman K. Olson    
    BA/50, LLB/54, LLM/58    
    Feb. 15

    Adelina Willems    
    AMM/59, LLM/72    
    Feb. 28

    Paul G. Sully    
    BA/64, LLB/67    
    Mar. 8

    John F. Funnell    
    LLB/50    
    Mar. 22

    J. Kenneth Beatty    
    LLB/54    
    May 4

    John Loring Sinclair    
    BA/61, LLB/65    
    May 11

  • Sidney I. Schwartz    
    LLB/57    
    May 17

    Thomas A. Bunn    
    BA/70, LLB/75    
    May 20

    Harry Charles Peters    
    LLB/77    
    April 23

    Darius Maharaj Hunter    
    BA/2018, JD/2021    
    Aug. 11

    Colleen McDuff    
    BA/90, LLB/93    
    Aug. 25

    Ana Eichstaedt    
    JD/2021    
    Nov. 26

2020

  • William Parker Fillmore
    B/71, LLB/74
    Dec. 27

    James M. Simpson
    LLB/51
    Dec. 7

    Conrad L. Wyrzykowski
    BA/50, LLB/54
    Nov. 7

    Laureen A. Y-W Lu
    LLB/91
    Oct. 31

    Jerrold L. Gunn
    LLB/62
    Oct. 9

    Kristopher G. Jordan
    LLB/02
    Sep. 1

    Abraham L. “Abe” Simkin
    LLB/46
    Jul. 22

    Michael J. Law
    BA/89, LLB/92
    May 3

    Guy J. Kroft
    BA/55, LLB/59
    Apr. 15

    Peter W. Hogg
    LLB/86
    Mar. 16

    Raymond P. Oakes
    BA/80, LLB/83
    Jan. 24

  • Donna A. Brownridge
    LLB/93
    Dec. 18

    Jean R. Allard
    BA/63, LLB/79
    Dec. 2

    Herbert E. Suderman
    BA/65, LLB/72
    Nov. 3

    Robert “Bob” Hucal
    LLB/62
    Oct. 30

    F. Alexander Jackson
    LLB/87
    Oct. 1

    Arthur M. Werier
    BA/60, LLB/65
    Aug. 21

    Lawrence R. “Larry” Crane
    LLB/67
    Jun. 30

    R. Philip M. North
    BSc/66, LLB/71
    Apr. 30

    Eric W. “Bill” Olson
    BA/66, LLB/70
    Apr. 7

    Robin M. Kersey
    LLB/79
    Feb. 27

    Marlo J. (Durston) Jurkowski
    LLB/04
    Jan. 17

  • Trang Thi Li
    JD/15
    Dec. 16

    Michael Skwark
    BA/53, LLB/58
    Nov. 9

    Ross A. Johnston
    BA/52, LLB/56
    Oct. 31

    Nestor A. “Alex” (Kripiakevich) Kripp
    BA/56, LLB/60
    Oct. 26

    Edward D. “Ned” Brown
    BA/64, LLB/67
    Sep. 15

    Martin S. Zimmerman
    BA/66, LLB/69
    Aug. 17

    Donald A. Fiorvento
    LLB/08
    May 9

    Gilbert D. Clifford
    BSc (ME)/70, LLB/74
    Apr. 27

    Dennis H. Ringstrom
    BA/58, LLB/66
    Mar. 30

    E. Arthur “Art” Braid
    LLB/60
    Feb. 27

    William D. “Bill” Hamilton
    LLB/72
    Jan. 13

  • Richard C. “Rick” Dixon
    BA/67, LLB/69
    Dec. 14

    Sydney Cohan
    LLB/56
    Nov. 7

    John J. Enns
    BA/52, LLB/57
    Oct. 19

    Ursula B. (Hassett) Goeres
    LLB/76
    Sep. 11

    Gordon E. Hannon
    LLB/84
    Aug. 16

    Robert W. MacNeil
    LLB/74
    May 8

    David P. Negus
    LLB/94
    Apr. 26

    Edward J. Sapiano
    LLB/91
    Mar. 21

    Garnet O. de Lucia
    LLB/49
    Feb. 12

    Ronald D. Bell
    BA/51, LLB/55
    Jan. 13

    George W. Hately
    LLB/54
    Jan. 9

2019

  • Donald C. Brock 
    LLB/56
    Dec. 30

    Nathan “Nate” Nurgitz 
    LLB/58
    Oct. 19

    Joseph F.L. Sherwood
    BA(Lat Ph)/57, LLB/62
    Aug. 11

    Robert D. "Bob" McDonald
    BA/67, LLB/70
    May 15

    C.W. "Cy Buckingham
    LLB/48
    Mar. 20

    Manly S. Rusen
    LLB/55
    Feb. 24

    Duncan E. Geisler
    LLB/78
    Jan. 18

  • James B. Fraser 
    BA/63, LLB/67
    Nov. 17

    William R. "Bill" Martin
    BA/53, LLB/54
    Oct. 5

    Donald M. Little
    LLB/81
    Aug. 4

    Michael E.J. Phelps
    BA/67, LLB/70
    Apr. 20

    Allison T. Peters
    BA(Hons)/80, LLB/87
    Mar. 18

    Gordon B. McTavish
    LLB/60
    Feb. 21

    Michael E. Martin
    LLB/51
    Jan. 13

  • Grant W. Davis 
    BA/99, LLB/04
    Nov. 17

    Edward J. Finch
    BA/48, LLB/51
    Sept. 14

    Howard C.G. Pitts
    LLB/85
    July 25

    Lynn T. Cook-Stanhope
    BA/69, LLB/72
    Apr. 14

    Ronald L. Olesky
    LLB/76
    Mar. 15

    Roger J. Hansell
    BA/50, LLB/54
    Feb. 13

  • Paul A. Smith 
    BA/80, LLB/84
    Nov. 2

    L. James "Jim" Thornborough
    BA/69, LLB/73
    Aug. 15

    M. Neil Chernick
    BA/61, LLB/65
    June 4

    Thomas A. Goulding
    BA/48, LLB/52
    Apr. 13

    Donovan A. McCarthy
    LLB/50
    Feb. 28

    R. Ken Halprin
    LLB/50
    Feb. 11

2018

  • Shirley P. "Clare" (Howard) Haskin
    BA/49, LLM/53
    Dec. 30

    Peter S. Morse
    LLB/52
    Nov. 15

    Daniel P. Orlikow
    BA/82, LLB/86
    Sept. 26

    Robert S. "Bob" McKenzie
    BA/59, LLB/63
    July 25

    Carol A. Dutcheshen
    BFA/62, LLB/86
    June 24

    Hon. Robyn (Moglove) Diamond
    LLB/75
    May 29

    Alvin S. Corne
    LLB/55
    Apr. 15

    Jack P. Drapack
    BA/62, LLB/69
    Apr. 4

    Valdyn J. (Anderson) Duke
    LLB/79
    Mar. 26

    Walter L. Karlicki
    BA/55, LLB/59
    Mar. 8

  • Leslie M. Diamond
    BA/49, LLB/52
    Dec. 27

    Terrance B. Kumka
    JD/77
    Oct. 30

    A. Lionel "Len" Weinberg
    BA/56, LLB/60
    Sept. 24

    Philip L. Ashdown
    BA/48, LLB/52
    June 28

    Randolph B. McNicol
    LLB/73
    June 8

    Hon. Gordon J. Barkman
    LLB/51
    May 14

    Calla-Ann T. Coughlan
    LLB/08
    Apr. 12

    Saul M. Cherniack
    LLB/39
    Mar. 30

    Morton A. Slusky
    BA/48, LLB/51
    Mar. 23

    Harvey C. Korman
    LLB/71
    Mar. 3

  • David H. Jones
    LLB/48
    Dec. 14

    Wallace L. Benkendorf
    BA/58, LLB/64
    Oct. 11

    David R. Birchard
    BA/67, LLB/67
    Sept. 22

    John L. Carpenter
    LLB/50
    June 27

    Charles O. "Chuck" Meighen
    BA/64, LLB/67
    June 2

    Mark R.T. Adkins
    LLB/99
    May 11

    Vern Simonsen
    LLB/59
    Apr. 8

    Thomas G. Hague
    BA/69, LLB/73
    Mar. 28

    Gregory J. Welch
    LLB/73
    Mar. 19

    Andrew B. Mazor
    BA/54, LLB/58
    Feb. 3

  • Glenn R. Eisbrenner
    BSc/64, LLB/71
    Dec. 8

    Kenneth J. Tyler
    LLB/84
    Sept. 28

    Morse M. Silden (Morris Silverman)
    BComm/54, LLB/67
    Sept. 20

    John C. Karlsson
    LLB/02
    June 24

    * Roland Penner
    BA/49, LLB/61
    May 31

    Alvin E. Breitman
    BA/60, LLB/64
    Apr. 18

    Helen I. Blonski
    LLB/85
    Apr. 5

    Douglas D. Everett
    LLB/51, LLD/2017
    Mar. 27

    James A. Horne
    BA/69, LLB/72
    Mar. 16

    Alan A. Adams
    LLB/47
    Jan. 15

2017

  • Hon. Benjamin Hewak
    BA/56, LLB/60, LLD/03
    Dec. 21

    Andrew P. Kelly
    LLB/88
    Nov. 1

    Allen W. Yost
    BSc/68, LLB/81
    Sept. 13

    Philip A. Heiland
    BA/52, LLB/56
    Aug. 15

    Hershel E. Wolch
    BComm/62, LLB/65
    July 17

    * Michael M. Park

    May 17

    * A. Burton “Burtie” Bass
    LLB/57
    Mar. 29

    F. Ann (Warbanski) Bailey
    LLB/77
    Feb. 13

    Christopher A. Brock
    BA/81, LLB/84
    Jan. 8

  • Randall W. Callan
    BA/74, LLB/82
    Nov. 26

    Fermie S. Wilder
    LLB/80
    Oct. 2

    Mario Joseph Albert Perreault
    BA/58, LLB/62
    Sept. 11

    Hartley P. Gale
    LLB/55
    Aug. 14

    Aaron L. Berg
    LLB/76
    June 1

    Hon. Daniel C. Abbott
    BA/58, LLB/62
    May 14

    Darren M. Sawchuk
    BA/86, LLB/89
    Mar. 18

    Hon. Wallace M. Darichuk
    LLB/60
    Jan. 29

  • Eric B. Irwin
    LLB/79
    Nov. 24

    James W. Potter
    BSc/61, LLB/65
    Sept. 22

    Thomas H. Scott
    LLB/57
    Sept. 9

    Hon. William “Bill” Blakeman Scarth
    LLB/61, LLM/70
    Aug. 9

    Alexander Brown
    BSc/58, LLB/62
    May

    * Norman G. Larsen
    BA/56, CertEd/65, LLB/68
    Apr. 26

    Anthony P. Pittarelli
    BA/53, LLB/63
    Mar. 10

    Hon. Daniel P. Kennedy
    BA/63, LLB/65
    Jan. 28

  • Douglas W. Buhr
    BA/71, LLB/74
    Nov. 20

    Brian H. Forrest
    BA/70, LLB/73
    Sept. 19

    Gerard J. Roozendaal
    LLB/61
    Aug. 25

    David C. Golub
    BA/71, LLB/74
    Aug. 4

    William “Billy” Abrams
    BA/50, LLB/54
    May 25

    Hon. Armand Dureault
    BA (LatPh)/49, LLB/53
    Apr. 16

    John P. Wolfe
    LLB/54
    Feb. 26

    Charles A. Evans
    LLB/56
    Jan. 23

2016

  • Lowell M. Harvey
    LLB/87
    Dec. 24

    A. Rolph Huband
    BComm/51, LLB/55
    Nov. 20

    Frank L. Cvitkovitch
    BA/57, LLB/61
    Oct. 24

    Brian G.J. McCombe
    BA/56, LLB/61
    Aug. 15

    Keith I.M. Heming, Q.C.
    LLB/76
    July 5

    Anatole “Tony” Stratychuk
    LLB/54
    May 13

    Robert A. “Bob” Mayer, Q.C.
    BA/66, LLB/69
    Apr. 5

    John S. Lamont, Q.C.
    BA/49, LLB/52
    Feb. 17

  • William G. Ryall
    BA/63, LLB/67
    Dec. 20

    Marley S. Dash
    BA/74, LLB/78
    Nov. 4

    Aubrey M. Rusen
    LLB/58
    Oct. 6

    Robert W. McMechan
    BA/72, LLB/77
    Aug. 7

    Sam Steel
    LLB/70
    June 23

    Sidney N. Lachter
    LLB/64
    May 12

    Ronald Friesen
    BA/61, BSW/63, MSW/64, LLB/78
    Mar. 14

    George J. Federsel
    LLB/75
    Jan. 31

  • Stanley M. Swiderski
    LLB/54
    Dec. 12

    John L. Vergin
    BSc (EE)/44, LLB/53
    Nov. 3

    David B. Kovnats
    LLB/76
    Sept. 24

    Robert C. Cullen
    BA/52, LLB/56
    Aug. 1

    David M. Sanders
    BA/67, MA/87, LLB/98
    June 12

    Robert D. “Bob” Watson
    MA/76, LLB/82
    May 3

    Walter “Oleh” Romaniw, Q.C.
    BA/66, LLB/69
    Mar. 7

    Alan J. Ross
    LLB/78
    Jan. 12

  • Richard N. Samson
    BA/48, LLB/52
    Dec. 9

    Douglas C. Calder
    LLB/51
    Nov.

    James F.C. Rose
    BComm (Hons)/74, LLB/78
    Sept. 21

    Hon. Raymond H. Harris
    LLB/56
    July 15

    Norman A. Cuddy
    BA/71, LLB/74
    June 6

    George Funk
    BA/74, LLB/77
    Apr. 23

    Hon. Kristjan F. Stefanson
    BA/66, LLB/69
    Mar. 2

2015

  • Howard R. Pawley
    BA/57, LLB/61
    Dec. 30

    Bernard S.M. Toni
    BA/64, LLB/67
    Nov. 25

    Jacob L. “Cobber” Henteleff
    LLB/79
    Oct. 21

    Stewart A. McCrae
    LLB/53
    Sept. 2

    Daniel G. “Donald” Wozniak
    BA/52, LLB/56
    July 31

    Ross A.L. Nugent
    LLB/48, LLM/56
    May 30

    Donna M. Nilson
    LLB/90
    Apr. 6

    Alexander A. Sarchuk
    BA/51, LLB/56
    Feb. 18

  • Donald W. Reid
    LLB/48
    Dec. 20

    Peter L. Freeman
    BA/58, LLB/62
    Nov. 18

    Neil G. MacKay
    BA/57, LLB/57
    Oct. 20

    Sam Minuk
    LLB/55
    Aug. 13

    D. Neil McTavish
    LLB/68
    July 7

    David I. “Ian” MacLeod
    LLB/87
    May 13

    Roy B. Dunlop
    BA/52, LLB/56
    Mar. 25

    George S. “Stan” Farwell
    BA/52, LLB/56
    Feb. 5

  • Jeffrey T. Dodgson
    LLB/95
    Dec. 11

    Sidney G. Segal
    BA/73, LLB/76
    Nov. 4

    G.A. James Henderson
    BA/67, LLB/70
    Oct. 5

    John N.C. Campbell
    LLB/85
    Aug. 12

    Grant V.J. Einarson
    LLB/71
    July 2

    Saul B. “Shelly” Zitzerman
    BA/56, LLB/60
    May 12

    Morley R. Gorsky
    BA/49, LLB/53
    Feb. 23

    Dennis J. Gibbs
    BA/58, LLB/62
    Jan. 29

  • J.F. Reeh Taylor
    LLB/51
    Dec. 2

    Wilfred R. DeGraves
    BA/50, LLB/54
    Oct. 23

    Charles P. Degutis
    LLB/89
    Sept. 14

    Darryl J. Barber
    LLB/76
    Aug. 3

    Henry N. Carroll
    BA/59, LLB/64
    June 19

    William C. “Bill” Irish
    BA/46, LLB/50
    Apr. 27

    Mary J. Beehler
    LLB/76, CA/87
    Feb. 19

    Donna M. Thompson
    LLB/87
    Jan. 1
     

2014

  • Ernest G. Johnson
    LLB/51
    Dec. 30

    Myfanwy Elizabeth Bowman
    BA/91, LLB/98
    Nov. 3

    William M. Simms
    BA/52, LLB/56
    Oct. 14

    Daniel J. Krindle
    BA/61, LLB/65
    Sept. 20

    Hon. A.C. Hamilton
    LLB/50
    July 25

    Leo V. Teillet
    BA (LatPh)/71, LLB/75
    May 9

    Judge Robert Lionel Kopstein
    BA/55, LLB/58
    Feb. 28

  • Frank J. Baker
    BA/67, LLB/73
    Dec. 29

    Kenneth A. Filkow
    BA/62, LLB/66
    Oct. 27

    Robert J. Tropak
    BSW/75, LLB/91
    Oct. 9

    Douglas K. Munro, Maj (ret)
    LLB/81
    Sept. 16

    Donald B. Bridge
    BA/51, LLB/55
    July 18

    Donna E. Matthews (Dallinger)
    BA/74, LLB/77, BEd/93
    May 2

    Oscar B. Grubert
    LLB/54
    Feb. 11
     

  • Neil G. MacPhee
    LLB/50
    Dec. 18

    Irvin Harvey Slusky
    LLB/52
    Oct. 22

    Patrick Randolph O’Laney
    BA/93, LLB/96
    Oct. 4

    Earl L. Parker
    LLB/75
    Sept. 7

    David Alan Guttman
    BA/82, LLB/85
    July 12

    Reginald L.S. Follett
    LLB/53
    March 27

    Dr. A. Lorne Campbell
    LLB/47, LLD/77
    Jan. 15

  • Eli Potkonjak
    BA/67, LLB/72
    Nov. 23

    John E.N. (Jack) Wilson
    LLB/50
    Oct. 16

    Donald Arni Flatt
    BA/64, BEd/67, MA/73, LLB/80
    Oct. 4

    Elizabeth A. Thomson
    BA/80, LLB/83
    Aug. 13

    Percy R. Stapley
    BA/47, LLB/51
    June 3

    G. Jack Harris
    BA/70, LLB/73
    March 12

    Florence Rosenfeld
    LLB/45
    Jan. 14