Ceremony
      Honours
     
     
      UPEI
      Founders
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      Matthew
      DORRELL
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      2001
      edition
      of
      UPEI’s
     
     
      ounders’
      Day
      Ceremony,
      the
      second
     
     
      ear
      of
      the
      annual
      event,
      showed
      much
     
     
      mprovement
      over
      its
      year
      2000
      pred-
     
     
      cessor.
      Despite
      the
      cool
      weather
      and
     
     
      lhe
      occasional
      dust
      cloud
      blowing
     
     
      cross
      campus
      from
      the
      student
      centre
     
     
      onstruction
      site,
      the
      estimated
      two-
     
     
      undred
      first
      year
      students
      who
      attend-
     
     
      d
      as
      part
      of
      this
      year’s
      New
      Student
     
     
      )rientation
      provided
      much
      energy
      and
     
     
      thusiasm.
      Though
      the
      loudest
      reac-
     
     
      on
      was
      for
      the
      UPEI
      cheer
      led
      by
     
     
      resident
      Wade
      MacLauchlan,
      Father
     
     
      ince
      Murnaghan’s
      dream
      of
      a
      tuition
     
     
      ree
      university
      was
      met
      with
      applause
     
     
      om
      the
      crowd
      and
      visible
      discomfort
     
     
      President
      MacLauchlan
      and
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
           
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
        
     
     
         
     
     
         
     
     
        
     
     
         
     
     
         
     
     
         
     
     
       
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      NSO
      Mullets
      Jeremy
      Beck
      and
      Alex
      Field.
      -
     
    
   
   
    
     
      master
      of
      ceremonies,
      Chancellor
     
     
      Norman
      Webster.
      Last
      year’s
      bagpipes
     
     
      were
      replaced
      with
      UPEI
      graduates,
     
     
      and
      local
      rock
      stars,
      The
      Rude
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ‘Mechanicals
      playing
      their
      last
      per-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      formance
      on
      PEI
      before
      the
      band
     
     
      heads
      to
      Toronto
      to
      try
      their
      luck
      in
      the
     
     
      big
      city.
     
    

    
     
      Founders’
      Day
      is
      held
      to
      hon-
     
     
      our
      those
      individuals
      who
      have
      been
     
     
      instrumental
      to
      the
      success
      of
      the
     
     
      University
      of
      Prince
      Edward
      Island.
     
     
      Receiving
      special
      recognition
      and
     
     
      Founders’
      Day
      Medals
      were
      Father
     
     
      Murnaghan,
      J.
      Ivan
      Dowling,
      Earl
     
     
      Wonnacott
      and
      Joe
      Revell,
      who
     
     
      received
      his
      award
      in
      absentia.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Rude
      Mechanical
      Pete
      Forbes
      enjoying
      burger.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Earl
      Wonnacott
      was
      a
      teacher
      and
      profes-
     
     
      sor
      of
      Sciences
      at
      Prince
      of
      Wales
      College
     
     
      and
      UPEI.
      Wonnacott
      founded
      the
     
     
      Charlottetown
      Astronomy
      Club
      and
      is
     
     
      responsible
      for
      the
      observatory
      that
      tops
     
     
      Memorial
      Hall.
      He
      continues
      to
      teach,
     
     
      giving
      seminars
      on
      Astronomy
      in
      the
      fall
     
     
      Senior’s
      College.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      J.
      Ivan
      Dowling
      graduated
      from
      Saint
     
     
      Dunstan's
      in
      1950,
      beginning
      his
      career
      in
     
     
      teaching
      the
      same
      year.
      Dowling
      was
      a
     
     
      professor
      of
      Mathematics,
      Chair
      of
      the
     
     
      Department
      of
      Mathematics
      at
      both
      Saint
     
     
      Dunstan's
      and
      UPEI,
      and
      Dean
      of
      Science
     
     
      at
      UPEI.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Father
      Vincent
      Murnaghan
      began
      teaching
     
     
      at
      Saint
      Dunstan’s
      in
      1953
      in
      the
     
     
      Commerce
      Programme,
      which
      would
     
     
      eventually
      become
      the
      School
      of
      Business
     
     
      Administration.
      At
      Saint
      Dunstan’s,
     
     
      Murnaghan
      was
      Director
      and
      Dean
      of
     
     
      many
      departments
      as
      well
      as
      a
      member
      of
     
     
      the
      Board
      of
      Governors
      and
      the
      Senate.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Joseph
      Revell
      served
      as
      a
      professor
      of
     
     
      Business
      and
      as
      the
      first
      Dean
      and
      Chair
     
     
      of
      the
      School
      of
      Business
      at
      UPEI.
      He
      was
     
     
      also
      a
      member
      of
      the
      University
      Senate
     
     
      and
      Chairman
      of
      the
      University.
      Athletic
     
     
      Board.
      Revell
      was
      not
      present
      at
      the
      cere-
     
     
      mony.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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