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
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G. Greg Brodsky
LLB/63, LLM/65
Feb. 9Charles J. Phelan
BA/63, LLB/67
Mar. 15Wilfred Arthur Finch
BA/48, LLB/51
Mar. 17Robert Lorne Zaparniuk
BA/79, LLB/82
Mar. 19Martin S. Corne
LLB/57
Mar. 24 -
Richard Ira Good
BA/65, LLB/69
Apr. 19Kathleen Evelyn (Kay) Hughes
BA/61, LLB/80
Apr. 24Dennis M. P. Troniak
LLB/76
May 2Bruce D. Campbell
BSA/58, LLD/07
May 17Louise A. Lamb
BA/73, LLB/76
Jun. 24
2021
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Norman M. Tatelman
BA/53, LLB/57
Jan. 12Holman K. Olson
BA/50, LLB/54, LLM/58
Feb. 15Adelina Willems
AMM/59, LLM/72
Feb. 28Paul G. Sully
BA/64, LLB/67
Mar. 8John F. Funnell
LLB/50
Mar. 22J. Kenneth Beatty
LLB/54
May 4John Loring Sinclair
BA/61, LLB/65
May 11 -
Sidney I. Schwartz
LLB/57
May 17Thomas A. Bunn
BA/70, LLB/75
May 20Harry Charles Peters
LLB/77
April 23Darius Maharaj Hunter
BA/2018, JD/2021
Aug. 11Colleen McDuff
BA/90, LLB/93
Aug. 25Ana Eichstaedt
JD/2021
Nov. 26
2020
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William Parker Fillmore
B/71, LLB/74
Dec. 27James M. Simpson
LLB/51
Dec. 7Conrad L. Wyrzykowski
BA/50, LLB/54
Nov. 7Laureen A. Y-W Lu
LLB/91
Oct. 31Jerrold L. Gunn
LLB/62
Oct. 9Kristopher G. Jordan
LLB/02
Sep. 1Abraham L. “Abe” Simkin
LLB/46
Jul. 22Michael J. Law
BA/89, LLB/92
May 3Guy J. Kroft
BA/55, LLB/59
Apr. 15Peter W. Hogg
LLB/86
Mar. 16Raymond P. Oakes
BA/80, LLB/83
Jan. 24 -
Donna A. Brownridge
LLB/93
Dec. 18Jean R. Allard
BA/63, LLB/79
Dec. 2Herbert E. Suderman
BA/65, LLB/72
Nov. 3Robert “Bob” Hucal
LLB/62
Oct. 30F. Alexander Jackson
LLB/87
Oct. 1Arthur M. Werier
BA/60, LLB/65
Aug. 21Lawrence R. “Larry” Crane
LLB/67
Jun. 30R. Philip M. North
BSc/66, LLB/71
Apr. 30Eric W. “Bill” Olson
BA/66, LLB/70
Apr. 7Robin M. Kersey
LLB/79
Feb. 27Marlo J. (Durston) Jurkowski
LLB/04
Jan. 17 -
Trang Thi Li
JD/15
Dec. 16Michael Skwark
BA/53, LLB/58
Nov. 9Ross A. Johnston
BA/52, LLB/56
Oct. 31Nestor A. “Alex” (Kripiakevich) Kripp
BA/56, LLB/60
Oct. 26Edward D. “Ned” Brown
BA/64, LLB/67
Sep. 15Martin S. Zimmerman
BA/66, LLB/69
Aug. 17Donald A. Fiorvento
LLB/08
May 9Gilbert D. Clifford
BSc (ME)/70, LLB/74
Apr. 27Dennis H. Ringstrom
BA/58, LLB/66
Mar. 30E. Arthur “Art” Braid
LLB/60
Feb. 27William D. “Bill” Hamilton
LLB/72
Jan. 13 -
Richard C. “Rick” Dixon
BA/67, LLB/69
Dec. 14Sydney Cohan
LLB/56
Nov. 7John J. Enns
BA/52, LLB/57
Oct. 19Ursula B. (Hassett) Goeres
LLB/76
Sep. 11Gordon E. Hannon
LLB/84
Aug. 16Robert W. MacNeil
LLB/74
May 8David P. Negus
LLB/94
Apr. 26Edward J. Sapiano
LLB/91
Mar. 21Garnet O. de Lucia
LLB/49
Feb. 12Ronald D. Bell
BA/51, LLB/55
Jan. 13George W. Hately
LLB/54
Jan. 9
2019
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Donald C. Brock
LLB/56
Dec. 30Nathan “Nate” Nurgitz
LLB/58
Oct. 19Joseph F.L. Sherwood
BA(Lat Ph)/57, LLB/62
Aug. 11Robert D. "Bob" McDonald
BA/67, LLB/70
May 15C.W. "Cy Buckingham
LLB/48
Mar. 20Manly S. Rusen
LLB/55
Feb. 24Duncan E. Geisler
LLB/78
Jan. 18 -
James B. Fraser
BA/63, LLB/67
Nov. 17William R. "Bill" Martin
BA/53, LLB/54
Oct. 5Donald M. Little
LLB/81
Aug. 4Michael E.J. Phelps
BA/67, LLB/70
Apr. 20Allison T. Peters
BA(Hons)/80, LLB/87
Mar. 18Gordon B. McTavish
LLB/60
Feb. 21Michael E. Martin
LLB/51
Jan. 13 -
Grant W. Davis
BA/99, LLB/04
Nov. 17Edward J. Finch
BA/48, LLB/51
Sept. 14Howard C.G. Pitts
LLB/85
July 25Lynn T. Cook-Stanhope
BA/69, LLB/72
Apr. 14Ronald L. Olesky
LLB/76
Mar. 15Roger J. Hansell
BA/50, LLB/54
Feb. 13 -
Paul A. Smith
BA/80, LLB/84
Nov. 2L. James "Jim" Thornborough
BA/69, LLB/73
Aug. 15M. Neil Chernick
BA/61, LLB/65
June 4Thomas A. Goulding
BA/48, LLB/52
Apr. 13Donovan A. McCarthy
LLB/50
Feb. 28R. Ken Halprin
LLB/50
Feb. 11
2018
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Shirley P. "Clare" (Howard) Haskin
BA/49, LLM/53
Dec. 30Peter S. Morse
LLB/52
Nov. 15Daniel P. Orlikow
BA/82, LLB/86
Sept. 26Robert S. "Bob" McKenzie
BA/59, LLB/63
July 25Carol A. Dutcheshen
BFA/62, LLB/86
June 24Hon. Robyn (Moglove) Diamond
LLB/75
May 29Alvin S. Corne
LLB/55
Apr. 15Jack P. Drapack
BA/62, LLB/69
Apr. 4Valdyn J. (Anderson) Duke
LLB/79
Mar. 26Walter L. Karlicki
BA/55, LLB/59
Mar. 8 -
Leslie M. Diamond
BA/49, LLB/52
Dec. 27Terrance B. Kumka
JD/77
Oct. 30A. Lionel "Len" Weinberg
BA/56, LLB/60
Sept. 24Philip L. Ashdown
BA/48, LLB/52
June 28Randolph B. McNicol
LLB/73
June 8Hon. Gordon J. Barkman
LLB/51
May 14Calla-Ann T. Coughlan
LLB/08
Apr. 12Saul M. Cherniack
LLB/39
Mar. 30Morton A. Slusky
BA/48, LLB/51
Mar. 23Harvey C. Korman
LLB/71
Mar. 3 -
David H. Jones
LLB/48
Dec. 14Wallace L. Benkendorf
BA/58, LLB/64
Oct. 11David R. Birchard
BA/67, LLB/67
Sept. 22John L. Carpenter
LLB/50
June 27Charles O. "Chuck" Meighen
BA/64, LLB/67
June 2Mark R.T. Adkins
LLB/99
May 11Vern Simonsen
LLB/59
Apr. 8Thomas G. Hague
BA/69, LLB/73
Mar. 28Gregory J. Welch
LLB/73
Mar. 19Andrew B. Mazor
BA/54, LLB/58
Feb. 3 -
Glenn R. Eisbrenner
BSc/64, LLB/71
Dec. 8Kenneth J. Tyler
LLB/84
Sept. 28Morse M. Silden (Morris Silverman)
BComm/54, LLB/67
Sept. 20John C. Karlsson
LLB/02
June 24* Roland Penner
BA/49, LLB/61
May 31Alvin E. Breitman
BA/60, LLB/64
Apr. 18Helen I. Blonski
LLB/85
Apr. 5Douglas D. Everett
LLB/51, LLD/2017
Mar. 27James A. Horne
BA/69, LLB/72
Mar. 16Alan A. Adams
LLB/47
Jan. 15
2017
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Hon. Benjamin Hewak
BA/56, LLB/60, LLD/03
Dec. 21Andrew P. Kelly
LLB/88
Nov. 1Allen W. Yost
BSc/68, LLB/81
Sept. 13Philip A. Heiland
BA/52, LLB/56
Aug. 15Hershel E. Wolch
BComm/62, LLB/65
July 17* Michael M. Park
May 17
* A. Burton “Burtie” Bass
LLB/57
Mar. 29F. Ann (Warbanski) Bailey
LLB/77
Feb. 13Christopher A. Brock
BA/81, LLB/84
Jan. 8 -
Randall W. Callan
BA/74, LLB/82
Nov. 26Fermie S. Wilder
LLB/80
Oct. 2Mario Joseph Albert Perreault
BA/58, LLB/62
Sept. 11Hartley P. Gale
LLB/55
Aug. 14Aaron L. Berg
LLB/76
June 1Hon. Daniel C. Abbott
BA/58, LLB/62
May 14Darren M. Sawchuk
BA/86, LLB/89
Mar. 18Hon. Wallace M. Darichuk
LLB/60
Jan. 29 -
Eric B. Irwin
LLB/79
Nov. 24James W. Potter
BSc/61, LLB/65
Sept. 22Thomas H. Scott
LLB/57
Sept. 9Hon. William “Bill” Blakeman Scarth
LLB/61, LLM/70
Aug. 9Alexander Brown
BSc/58, LLB/62
May* Norman G. Larsen
BA/56, CertEd/65, LLB/68
Apr. 26Anthony P. Pittarelli
BA/53, LLB/63
Mar. 10Hon. Daniel P. Kennedy
BA/63, LLB/65
Jan. 28 -
Douglas W. Buhr
BA/71, LLB/74
Nov. 20Brian H. Forrest
BA/70, LLB/73
Sept. 19Gerard J. Roozendaal
LLB/61
Aug. 25David C. Golub
BA/71, LLB/74
Aug. 4William “Billy” Abrams
BA/50, LLB/54
May 25Hon. Armand Dureault
BA (LatPh)/49, LLB/53
Apr. 16John P. Wolfe
LLB/54
Feb. 26Charles A. Evans
LLB/56
Jan. 23
2016
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Lowell M. Harvey
LLB/87
Dec. 24A. Rolph Huband
BComm/51, LLB/55
Nov. 20Frank L. Cvitkovitch
BA/57, LLB/61
Oct. 24Brian G.J. McCombe
BA/56, LLB/61
Aug. 15Keith I.M. Heming, Q.C.
LLB/76
July 5Anatole “Tony” Stratychuk
LLB/54
May 13Robert A. “Bob” Mayer, Q.C.
BA/66, LLB/69
Apr. 5John S. Lamont, Q.C.
BA/49, LLB/52
Feb. 17 -
William G. Ryall
BA/63, LLB/67
Dec. 20Marley S. Dash
BA/74, LLB/78
Nov. 4Aubrey M. Rusen
LLB/58
Oct. 6Robert W. McMechan
BA/72, LLB/77
Aug. 7Sam Steel
LLB/70
June 23Sidney N. Lachter
LLB/64
May 12Ronald Friesen
BA/61, BSW/63, MSW/64, LLB/78
Mar. 14George J. Federsel
LLB/75
Jan. 31 -
Stanley M. Swiderski
LLB/54
Dec. 12John L. Vergin
BSc (EE)/44, LLB/53
Nov. 3David B. Kovnats
LLB/76
Sept. 24Robert C. Cullen
BA/52, LLB/56
Aug. 1David M. Sanders
BA/67, MA/87, LLB/98
June 12Robert D. “Bob” Watson
MA/76, LLB/82
May 3Walter “Oleh” Romaniw, Q.C.
BA/66, LLB/69
Mar. 7Alan J. Ross
LLB/78
Jan. 12 -
Richard N. Samson
BA/48, LLB/52
Dec. 9Douglas C. Calder
LLB/51
Nov.James F.C. Rose
BComm (Hons)/74, LLB/78
Sept. 21Hon. Raymond H. Harris
LLB/56
July 15Norman A. Cuddy
BA/71, LLB/74
June 6George Funk
BA/74, LLB/77
Apr. 23Hon. Kristjan F. Stefanson
BA/66, LLB/69
Mar. 2
2015
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Howard R. Pawley
BA/57, LLB/61
Dec. 30Bernard S.M. Toni
BA/64, LLB/67
Nov. 25Jacob L. “Cobber” Henteleff
LLB/79
Oct. 21Stewart A. McCrae
LLB/53
Sept. 2Daniel G. “Donald” Wozniak
BA/52, LLB/56
July 31Ross A.L. Nugent
LLB/48, LLM/56
May 30Donna M. Nilson
LLB/90
Apr. 6Alexander A. Sarchuk
BA/51, LLB/56
Feb. 18 -
Donald W. Reid
LLB/48
Dec. 20Peter L. Freeman
BA/58, LLB/62
Nov. 18Neil G. MacKay
BA/57, LLB/57
Oct. 20Sam Minuk
LLB/55
Aug. 13D. Neil McTavish
LLB/68
July 7David I. “Ian” MacLeod
LLB/87
May 13Roy B. Dunlop
BA/52, LLB/56
Mar. 25George S. “Stan” Farwell
BA/52, LLB/56
Feb. 5 -
Jeffrey T. Dodgson
LLB/95
Dec. 11Sidney G. Segal
BA/73, LLB/76
Nov. 4G.A. James Henderson
BA/67, LLB/70
Oct. 5John N.C. Campbell
LLB/85
Aug. 12Grant V.J. Einarson
LLB/71
July 2Saul B. “Shelly” Zitzerman
BA/56, LLB/60
May 12Morley R. Gorsky
BA/49, LLB/53
Feb. 23Dennis J. Gibbs
BA/58, LLB/62
Jan. 29 -
J.F. Reeh Taylor
LLB/51
Dec. 2Wilfred R. DeGraves
BA/50, LLB/54
Oct. 23Charles P. Degutis
LLB/89
Sept. 14Darryl J. Barber
LLB/76
Aug. 3Henry N. Carroll
BA/59, LLB/64
June 19William C. “Bill” Irish
BA/46, LLB/50
Apr. 27Mary J. Beehler
LLB/76, CA/87
Feb. 19Donna M. Thompson
LLB/87
Jan. 1
2014
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Ernest G. Johnson
LLB/51
Dec. 30Myfanwy Elizabeth Bowman
BA/91, LLB/98
Nov. 3William M. Simms
BA/52, LLB/56
Oct. 14Daniel J. Krindle
BA/61, LLB/65
Sept. 20Hon. A.C. Hamilton
LLB/50
July 25Leo V. Teillet
BA (LatPh)/71, LLB/75
May 9Judge Robert Lionel Kopstein
BA/55, LLB/58
Feb. 28 -
Frank J. Baker
BA/67, LLB/73
Dec. 29Kenneth A. Filkow
BA/62, LLB/66
Oct. 27Robert J. Tropak
BSW/75, LLB/91
Oct. 9Douglas K. Munro, Maj (ret)
LLB/81
Sept. 16Donald B. Bridge
BA/51, LLB/55
July 18Donna E. Matthews (Dallinger)
BA/74, LLB/77, BEd/93
May 2Oscar B. Grubert
LLB/54
Feb. 11
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Neil G. MacPhee
LLB/50
Dec. 18Irvin Harvey Slusky
LLB/52
Oct. 22Patrick Randolph O’Laney
BA/93, LLB/96
Oct. 4Earl L. Parker
LLB/75
Sept. 7David Alan Guttman
BA/82, LLB/85
July 12Reginald L.S. Follett
LLB/53
March 27Dr. A. Lorne Campbell
LLB/47, LLD/77
Jan. 15 -
Eli Potkonjak
BA/67, LLB/72
Nov. 23John E.N. (Jack) Wilson
LLB/50
Oct. 16Donald Arni Flatt
BA/64, BEd/67, MA/73, LLB/80
Oct. 4Elizabeth A. Thomson
BA/80, LLB/83
Aug. 13Percy R. Stapley
BA/47, LLB/51
June 3G. Jack Harris
BA/70, LLB/73
March 12Florence Rosenfeld
LLB/45
Jan. 14