Royal Military College of Canada - Review Yearbook (Kingston, Ontario Canada)

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7492 GORDON PETER HARRIS Young Gord sprang up in the sunshine province of British Columbia, and spring up he did, to a height of six foot three. Not much is known of that dark distant past but Gord seems to have acquired several abilities, such as handling a cue, which nlakes us wonder what he did in his earlier years! Howver, it is a fact that GP gave up the 'wonders of Duncan for a look at Montreal and CSC in the summer of '63. After a brief glimpse of Montreal Cthrough a bus window? Gord was subiected to Prep Year at CMR. Following this, he had time to revisit Montreal with particular interest in R.V.C. During his stay at CMR, Gord discovered that his fluency in the French language and his ability on skates were among his lesser attributes! Nonetheless, by the end of second year Gord had attained the rank of CSO. During Third Year at RMC,t'Young Gord soon made himself known as 'ang ardent advocate of Kingston social life. After a year of enthusiastic participation in 'squadron and wing activities, and of big successes in the new course of Engineering and Management, Gord was made CSL of the baby-blue squadron for his senior year. In sports GPR plays basketball, football, soccer, volleyball and waterpolo intramurally, and captains the RMC 357 Rifle Team. He is a handy man to have on any team. And what does the future hold? Our fair-headed friend is looking forward to a successful career in the Army, R.C.E. in particular. This may or may not be interrupted by post-gradu- ate work. Whatever befalls him, we can be assured that Gord will do his best, and do it well. Good luck from all of us, Young Gord . 7578 RICHARD WAYN'E IOHNSTON Rick, better known as Alfie, was born on March 25, 1946, at St. Thomas, Ontario. Alfie's father is a member of the Canadian Air Force, so military life was not an entirely new experience to Alfie when he stepped from a bus into the new routine of CSC at CMR in September 1963. Rick was an active member of St. Laurent High School in Montreal before going to CXIR. He was president of the Student Council and an energetic participant in athletics. At CXIR Rick continued to display a keen interest in student affairs, showing a particular in- terest. in the cadet mess committee and in the organization of many of the cadet wing unctions. On the sports field Alfie is second to none. Of the many sports in which he participates, his favourites are football, volleyball, water polo and basketball. An unfortunate injury suffer- ed during a football game forced Alfie to give up body contact sports, but like the true athlete that he is, he immediately began to develop his skills in individual sports and to or- ganize athletics for his fellow cadets. The position of Cadet VVing Recreation Officer seems to have been established just for Rick. He held the appointmentbothiat CMR and at RMC. One cannot help but suspect that the influence of the many weekends of consultation in Montreal with a certain attractive sclgfool mar'm named jackie, has been a contributing factor to the success of our Recreation O icer. Some of the personal qualities which were distinctively Alfie while he was at RMC, were: leaving friends waiting for him on street corners, collecting donations from the cadet wing to support his industrious recreational programme, and acting as rep spectator to a much appreciative senior soccer team. Shortly after Rick's graduation, jackie is destined to become Mrs. Richard Johnston. The days of Alfie, his little red Volvo and CSC will soon be history, but the experience gain- ed and the many friendships made will always be with him. To Rick, jackie, and the future, a wish for nothing but the best. JAD 7545 RICHARD I. LALONDE Au milieu d'un monde encore secoue naissait at Montreal un petit bout d'homme, qui devait par la suite ne garder qu'une caracteristique, celle d'un grand besoin de sommeil . . . Richard apres des etudes classiques decouvrit la vraie voie et se dirigea vers les sciences au College de Longueuil. Apres plusieurs annees chez les scouts et un an chez les UNTDS, il quitta en brave homme, parents et amis, ferma la barriere de la ville, fit un grand noeud dans le fil de saviet grimpa la muraille de la discipline militaire. A son arrivee au College, il ne tarda pas at se faire remarquer par ses idees personnelles, originales et typiques. Enthousiaste et soutenant avec acharnement son point de vue dans les discussions, il ne concede la victoire que si vous pouvez prouver le contraire. Toujours souriant et gai, sa presence dans un groupe est le signe d'une reunion mondaine dont il est 1'animateur. Rick se caracterise par sa soif de vivre, de profiter des bons moments. Avec toutes les joies qu'ont pu lui procurer la vie militaire, il parcourt le monde en revant des ses ambitions cefles ci lorsqu'lles se concretisent, devenant une harmonieuse silhouette feminine aux eux b eus. Rick est tiln athlete averti, car apres avoir represente CMR au footfall, il decide de se faire joueur de tennis a RMC. Rick ne ressemble pas 51 Samson par sa chevelure, mais ne vous y fiez pas car, il a une force enviable qu'il sait mettre a profit . . . Rick est un excellent militaire, qui semble prendre le militarisme comme une partie de sa vie de tous les jours: il ne faut pas, selon lui, faire aujourd'hui ce gu'on peut faire de- main. C'est sans doute le mystere qui l'entoure qui lui donne une si interessante personnalite. C'est un. aventurier sous toutes ses formes et bien malin qui pourrait nous informer de son avenir. Dans toutes tes entreprises, tu as le support de la classe 68 et a 1'unisson nous te souhai- tons bonne chance Richard . JL

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7466 IOSEPH MICHEL ANDRE BLANCHARD Mais c'est evident, vois-tu, ce qui arrive, c'est que. . . Tiens, voila Michel qui vient de faire son entree dans la conversation. Evidemnient. il n'est pas le type qui participe at des discussions sans fin mais plutot celui qui donnc sou idee fmnchcmcnt et sans detour, de sortc que tous comprennent tres bien ou il veut en venir. Cest done avec les idees bien arretees que Michel met le pied au CMR en septembre 1963. Depuis ce temps, il n'a pas cesse d'etonner tous ceux qui le cotoient. La priemiere annee a ete pour Michel un des moments decisifs de sa carriere. En effet, notre homme se lance dans des entreprises vraiment fructueuses. Clest a ce moment qu'il fait connaissance avec les arts martiaux Ciudo et karateb et quiil devient en plus une tres fine lame d'escrime. Par la meme occasion, il met a l'epreuve ses qualites de chef et son sens du devoir et, sa personnalite aidant, il est nomme eleve-officier commandant d'escadre, position qu'il remplit avec grande competauce et oh il s'avere un chef respecte qui inspire confiance. Inutile de dire que sa position le place a l'avant-garde de liescadre et qu'il devient tres influ- ent aupres de . . . la secretaire de l'OCCW. C'est done avec une certaine amertume que Michel dut quitter le CMR et St-jean afin de poursuivre ses cours au RMC. fMalgre tout, il s'integre tres rapidement a son nouveau milieu Ctout en n'oubliant pas jojob et sous peu exerce une tres grande influence aupres de ses compagnons, tant et si bien que durant sa derniere annee, Michel cumule les responsabil- itees d'adjudant d'escadre, position ideale, ou la delegation des responsabilites est a l'honneur. Faisant comme toujours preuve de beaucoup d'initiative, Michel tire partie de ses talents d'organisateu.r pour se creer une situation enviable ou il se permet quelques petits 51-cores. Bref, on pourrait presque dire que durant les loisirs qui laissent ses nombreuses activites culturelles et sociales, Michel trouve le temps de suivre un cours eonduisant a un Baccalaureat CHonoursD en mathematiques et physique, il fait aucun doute dans l'esprit de tous sesamis que Michel reussira a mener a bien la grande aventure qu'est une carriere dans la vie militaire. 7543 IOSEPH ARTHUR DAY Deja is one of the few New Brunswickers who have managed to come out on top of the CSC system. Both at CMR and RMC, he has been one of the most consistently well- known and well-liked cadets in his class. joe has always been closely associated with sports and in his third year was named most valuable player in inter-squadron sports, no small ac- complishment considering that he was also one of our top inter-collegiate soccer players. Stepping naturally into the position of CVVSO, joe proceeded to take control of the sports program, perhaps to the consternation of the PT staff, but definitely to the advantage of the cadet wing. Joe fully approves of beautiful girls - provided they keep their distance. He is best known for his seemingly endless string of different girls, each of whom lasts only until she first mentions the one four-letter word for which joe has no use-luv. I heartily applaud his sstand on this issue and hope that he can avoid the inevitable for many years to come. No one knows what Deja will be doing in he future, probably not even he does. A reserve entry Cbright ladb, he has ideas only on what he does not want to do and refuses to make concrete plans. So, while Aardvark and Bode and all 'Ales boys are off Air Forcing, Joe may well be managing a house of good repute in Tokyo. In any case, the future is bound to be full of be good to joe Days. AAA 7619 IGHN MARK DUNCAN Mark hails from Makusp, B.C., but small timew is hardly a term to describe this effer- vescent chap who is determined to put the world on fire. Through hard work Cand harder funl he has rallied against the evils of the outer world and has surfaced clutching some of the finest qualifications ever attributed to a cadet. Sport is Mark's middle name. This trophy-laden cadet can often be seen after a track meet hauling the hardware back home. Playing every sport well Cfootball, basketball amongst his foremostb, Mark is a valuable asset to his squadron and college. Mechanical Engineering, however, takes up most of his time. With diploma in hand, Mark plans to slip into a pilot's helmet and realize yet one more of his goals. To the Stone Fri-gate's Cadet Squadron Leader, the class of ,68 wishes much success in the future, be it as a pilot or connoisseur of life. SA

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777I IAMES WILLIAM LEECH j Prior to arriving at Royal Roads, jim Leech had the typical service brat life, moving from school to school province to province. Although he spent most of his time in Ontario, he graduated from high school in Alberta. Rn army brat and a Roadent -what a combination. jim had a good first year at Royal Roads and started his second as Mackenzie Flight Leader. Things got even better from then on as he went up the ladder to Cadet XVing Adjutant in the second slate and finished the year in the Honour Slate as Cadet VVing Commander. That year he also won the HE Sellers Trophy and the Canadian Army Award. jims prize winning is not confined to the Services Colleges, though. After two very goiod phases of army summer training he was selected as Best Cadet in Third Phase at the g R Academically lim is just as strong. He has always been at the top of the class and in his course Honours Math and Physics, this is no mean achievement. Not to be forgotten is jims athletic ability. At Roads he captained the water polo teams and represented the college in a few ski competitions. Since coming to RMC, jim has contributed a great deal to the Rugby team, both in spirit and ability. ims future can only be termed bright. If the leadership and enthusiasm that he has shown Lasalle Squadron this year as Cadet Squadron Leader are any indication of what the army can expect then they must indeed be waiting anxiously for his graduation. LMY 7602 THOMAS VICTOR SMALLMAN Tom appeared at CMR and forever endowed Cartier Squadron with a reputation for fine cuisine Arousing the hungry rabble at tatoo, Tom innovated the first pop-inn, and while at Wing H Q founded and was subsequently elected Honorary President of the Great Western Popcorn Club Cmainly because it was his frying panb. However, at RMC Tom has legalized his plundering of the government food bins in the role of Master Procurer, as Needless to say Tom is noticed most on the sports field where his prowess shows in hockey track and field harriers curling and other sports. Unlike most people, he is con- fronted primarily by the problem of trying to decide what rep sports he can not fit onto his sechedule Why just show Kleinmann any piece of sports equipment and he will soon have mastered the sport Cnot to mention the brief sojourn he had into the world of skiingj. In both his second and third years Tom was voted Athlete of the Year. Toms efforts in training for harriers, which involves considerable restraint as well, are merely a cover up for getting in shape for hockey - his forte. TV: born near the thriving metropolis of Teeterville Ont easily became the town's best hockey player . . . he soon found out the population was only one hundred! He moved out at age seven to look over the NHI and subsequently took over the Oakville ice. Primarily a defenceman, Tom dis- played such speed that his coach at CMR moved him up to forward. Since then he has play ed just about every position on the team with equal success. TVs successes amongst them DICWC at RMC, CWC and winner of the Prize of Honour for best Army cadet at OMR, coupled with the fact that he is a top student, continuously amaze those who are aware of his many extra-curricular pursuits. With his degree in Honours Maths and Physics, Tom is looking forward to postgraduate work, or a position with the DRB in Ottawa, but perhaps with the expansion of the NHL . . . 7675 KENNETH MALCOLM MACAULEY On March 25th, 1946, a blond youngster was born in the big town of Cooksville. This young lad, after harassing his parents for eighteen years, severed hometown relations and headed east to Kingston on a fateful day in September ,64. Unwilling to divorce himself completely from his hometown, he brought with him a brick Ca product of Cooksville's only industryb which he carries faithfully wherever he goes, for the purpose of exercising his wrists. It must have paid off, Macer , a natural-born jock-strapper , has been a stalwart at safety on the defensive squad of the Senior Football team and captain in his final year. Dur- ing the winter months, he doffs the cleats and dons the blades to play defence on the Senior Hockey team for the notorious Major. His potential was recognized early when he was selected as the best all-round cadet in first year. He has won a military proficiency badge every year at RMC. Three Squadron was lucky enough to harness his abilities and fittingly Ken was appointed to lead the Zoo in his senior year. Ken's room has always been well populated - of course those care packages from home were quite an attraction. Although his schedule has been crammed with sports, Ken has main- tained a very respectable standing in his Engineering and Management course. He even managed to spand a few weekends back home with a wonderful girl named Carolyn. CThe general concensus is that he doesn't deserve her.D We are sure that the Air Force will appreciate his ability as much as the college has. Good luck Macer. KIM ARO