QUEEN'S COLLEGE
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF GUYANA
(TORONTO CHAPTER)
The Queen's Collège Alumni Association provides opportunities for members to participate in its activities and events, recapturing the camaraderie they enjoyed during their QC days.
This book was written by Mr. Clarence Trotz - QC alumnus, past QC Physics Master and past QC Headmaster.
Please see the attached flyer for other details and contact information that can be used to place orders.
The cost is CAN $25 plus postage ($4.50 for Canadian residents). You can call to make pickup or delivery arrangements. QCAA Toronto will be making arrangements for the book to be available to the other Chapters / Associations.
The History will be published in 4 volumes and the 3 other volumes will be available later in 2023. Volume 1 covers the tenures of the first 2 Headmasters: Capt. Howard Nobbs and Mr. Vyvyan J. Sanger-Davies.
See the flyer for a description of Volumes 2, 3 and 4.
Payments can be made by:
Preparing a cheque for QCAA Toronto and mailing it to:
Queen's College Alumni Association (Toronto)
1125 Gossamer Drive
Pickering ON L1X 2T8
CanadaAn e-Transfer to QCAA Toronto’s email address: qcaattreasurer@gmail.com
A PayPal transaction to qcaattreasurer@gmail.com
Cash at one of the pickup locations (associated with the telephone numbers on the flyer)
DECEMBER 2021 SCRIBBLER
Lucius “Lou” Claudius Chan passed away on March 12, 2023 at the age of 93, in North York, Ontario. He passed peacefully to join his son Raymond who passed in 2020.He is survived by his wife, Anita “Babs,” along with his daughter, Wendy, and sons, David and Paul.
Lou met the love of his life, Anita, in Georgetown, Guyana and moved to England after their marriage in 1955, where their 4 children were born. The family settled in Canada in 1966.
DR. ROY (TERRY) GOBIN
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Dr. Roy (Terry) Gobin on September 11, 2022.
While a student at QC (1958 and 1966), Terry was in Raleigh house. He later attended the University of Manchester, England, (1967-1970) following which he worked as an economist in the Research Department of the Bank of Guyana.
After acquiring his PhD at the University of Illinois in 1978, Terry was employed as a professor at Loyola University in Chicago, where he taught economics and public finance for 42 years.
DR. WINSTON HO
It is with heartfelt loss and deepest sadness that we share with you the passing of Dr. Winston Ho in LA California, on August 14th, 2021.
Winston attended Smith Church Congregational School and Queen's College in Guyana and studied medicine in Israel.
He returned to Guyana for a short while to serve his country of birth at the Public Hospital Georgetown, then emigrated to California in the USA where he spent the rest of his life's career as an Oncology specialist.
He leaves behind his wife, three children and grandchildren.
(School Song of Queen's College, Guyana)
The Queen's College School Song was composed in 1919 by His Excellency Sir Wilfred Colet, KCMG. The lyrics were penned by His Excellency The Hon. C. Clementi, CMG. The first and last verses of the school song are sung at all official assemblies in Latin. It is usually sung with piano accompaniment at school assemblies. The Latin lyrics link all students - both past and present.
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