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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2023
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Andrew Donald Slough
JD/15
February 7, 2023Arnold F. Piragoff
BA/61, LLB/65
April 10, 2023Brendan Mahatoo
JD/17
May 29, 2023Brian C. Vogt
BComm/64, LLB/70
January 25, 2023Cecil A. Chapman
LLB/55
April 28, 2023Cyrus Ming Chau Yung
BEd/59, LLB/85
February 19, 2023Donald J. MacKay
BA/51, LLB/55
January 31, 2023Garry R. Micflikier
LLB/73
March 5, 2023Glen P. Bancroft
LLB/65
January 19, 2023Harvey I. Pollock
LLB/57
February 5, 2023 -
Johannes Keyzer
LLB/72
February 7, 2023Marcel Andre Desautels
BA(LatPh)/55, LLB/59, LLM/65, LLD/99
January 31, 2023Morley E. Cofman
BA/66, LLB/69
January, 2023Richard Synenko
BSc/73, LLB/77
April 9, 2023Robert Guy Smethurst
LLB/52
February 18, 2023Ronald Edward Dearman
LLB/84
January 1, 2023Sidney G. Soronow
BA/68, LLB/71
January 28, 2023Thomas Alexander Goodman
LLB/74
April 21, 2023William E. (Bill) Ireland
BA/55, LLB/59
March 7, 2023
2022
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Alan John Semchuk
BA/84, LLB/84
February 13, 2022Alan R. Philp
BA/51, LLB/55
April 12, 2022Allan Farrell Weinshenker
BA/80, LLB/83, MA/09
December 23, 2022Barry George Browning
LLB/78
November 29, 2022Brian F. Squair
BA/57, Cert Ed/61, LLB/67
November 18, 2022Brian Jeffrey Pannell
LLB/86
September 9, 2022Charles J. Phelan
BA/63, LLB/67
March 15, 2022Charles N. Rubin
BA/54, LLB/58
July 31, 2022Chrys Pappas
LLB/67, BA/67
December 11, 2022David L. Fraser
BA/56, LLB/59
December 8, 2022David Murray Peden
BA/48, LLB/52
January 6, 2022David Paul Tackaberry
LLB/85
July 17, 2022Dennis M. P. Troniak
LLB/76
May 2, 2022G. Greg Brodsky
LLB/63, LLM/65
February 9, 2022George Ernest Ulyatt
LLB/75
April 30, 2022John Alan Davidson
JD/69
February 11, 2022 -
Karl F. Warner
LLB/72
November 18, 2022Kathleen Evelyn (Kay) Hughes
BA/61, LLB/80
April 24, 2022Louise A. Lamb
BA/73, LLB/76
June 24, 2022Mark Chapnik
JD/84
September 2, 2022Martin S. Corne
LLB/57
March 24, 2022Patricia Grace Ritchie Q.C.
JD/82
June 11, 2022Richard Ira Good
BA/65, LLB/69
April 19, 2022Robert Bruce Lindey
JD/95
October 13, 2022Robert Lorne Zaparniuk
BA/79, LLB/82
March 19, 2022Ronald G. Reimer
JD/77
August 31, 22Roy A. Yerex
LLB/72
September 16, 2022Sidney Roe Restall
JD/82
September 20, 2022Wilfred Arthur Finch
BA/48, LLB/51
March 17, 2022William Hechter
LLB/70
September 17, 2022
2021
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Alan W. Scarth
BComm/42, LLB/48
August 13, 2021Colleen Ann McDuff
BA/90, LLB/93
August 25, 2021Darius Bramha Hunter
BA/18, JD/21
August 11, 2021David G. Frayer
BA/64, LLB/67
November 8, 2021Grant H. Nerbas
BA/54, LLB/58
November 14, 2021Harry Charles Peters
LLB/77
April 23, 2021Holman K. Olson
BA/50, LLB/54, LLM/58
February 15, 2021J. Kenneth Beatty
LLB/54
May 4, 2021John Douglas Fraser Strange
BA/67, LLB/71
June 10, 2021John F. Funnell
LLB/50
March 22, 2021John Loring Sinclair
BA/61, LLB/65
May 11, 2021Marilyn Susan Walder-Billinkoff
BA/75, LLB/79
November 16, 2021 -
Norman M. Tatelman
BA/53, LLB/57
January 12, 2021Paul G. Sully
BA/64, LLB/67
March 8, 2021Paul Gregory Saranchuk
BSc/71, LLB/74
June 8, 2021Robert Donald Joseph (Bob) Dawson
LLB/90
October 13, 2021Robert Louis Noel Betournay
LLB/57
December 13, 2021Scott Gordon Paler
LLB/96
October 24, 2021Sidney I. Schwartz
LLB/57
May 17, 2021Sidney R. Wolchock
BA/61, LLB/64
August 22, 2021Stephen Martin Kendall Hope
BA/76, LLB/80
October 18, 2021Thomas A. Bunn
BA/70, LLB/75
May 20, 2021William J. Neill
LLB/65
October 3, 2021
2020
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Abraham L. Simkin
LLB/46
July 22, 2020Arthur M. Werier
BA/60, LLB/65
August 21, 2020Conrad L. Wyrzykowski
BA/50, LLB/54
November 7, 2020Darren Michael Smits
LLB/01
May 20, 2020David Patrick Negus
LLB/94
April 26, 2020Dennis H. Ringstrom
BA/58, LLB/66
March 30, 2020Donald Anthony Fiorvento
LLB/08
May 9, 2020Donald K. Wilson
BA/61, LLB/65
November 7, 2020Donna Ann Brownridge
LLB/93
December 18, 2020Edward D. (Ned) Brown
BA/64, LLB/67
September 15, 2020Edward Joseph (Ed) Sapiano
LLB/91
March 21, 2020Edwin Arthur (Art) Braid
LLB/60
February 27, 2020Eric William O. (Bill) Olson
BA/66, LLB/70
April 7, 2020F. Alexander Jackson
LLB/87
October 1, 2020George W. Hately
LLB/54
January 9, 2020Gilbert D. (Gil) Clifford
BSc(ME)/70, LLB/74
April 27, 2020Gordon Edward Hannon
LLB/84
August 16, 2020Guy J. Kroft
BA/55, LLB/59
April 15, 2020Herbert E. (Herb) Suderman
BA/65, LLB/72
November 3, 2020James M. (Jim) Simpson
LLB/51
December 7, 2020Jean René Allard
BA/63, LLB/79
December 2, 2020Jerrold L. Gunn
LLB/62
October 9, 2020John Johann Enns
BA/52, LLB/57
October 19, 2020 -
Kristopher Glen Jordan
LLB/02
September 1, 2020Laureen Ann Lu
LLB/91
October 31, 2020Lawrence R. Crane
LLB/67
June 30, 2020Marlo Jayne Jurkowski (Durston)
LLB/04
January 17, 2020Martin S. Zimmerman
BA/66, LLB/69
August 17, 2020Michael (Mike) Skwark
BA/53, LLB/58
November 9, 2020Michael John Law
BA/89, LLB/92
May 4, 2020Nestor A. (Alex) Kripp
BA/56, LLB/60
October 26, 2020Peter William Hogg
LLB/86
March 16, 2020R. Philip M. North (North Roland Philip Muir)
BSc/66, LLB/71
April 30, 2020
Raymond Philip Oakes
BA/80, LLB/83
January 24, 2020Richard C. (Rick) Dixon
BA/67, LLB/69
December 14, 2020Robert (Bob) Hucal
LLB/62
October 30, 2020Robert William MacNeil
LLB/74
May 8, 2020Robin Michael Kersey
LLB/79
February 27, 2020Ronald Dean (Ron) Bell
BA/51, LLB/55
January 13, 2020Ross A. Johnston
BA/52, LLB/56
October 31, 2020Sydney (Syd) Cohan
LLB/56
November 7, 2020
Trang Thi Ly
JD/15
December 16, 2020Ursula Bingham Goeres
LLB/76
September 11, 2020W. Parker Fillmore
LLB/74
December 27, 2020William David (Bill) Hamilton
LLB/72
January 13, 2020William Glenn McFetridge
BComm(Hons)/72, LLB/75
July 31, 2020
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
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