University of Alberta - Evergreen and Gold Yearbook (Edmonton, Alberta Canada)

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WALTER A. DINWOODIE Walter A. Dinwoodie, permanent business manager of the Students' Union for fifteen years, died December 20, 1962. He was 57 years old. Mr. Dinwoodie was born in the town of Lavoy, Alberta, formerly named Dinwoodie after his grandfather. Mr. Dinwoodie spent a number of years teaching school in the Vegreville district, and as secretary of Vegreville municipality. He was city commissioner in Wetaskawin before taking the Students' Union post. During the Second World War, he served with the RCAF. He is survived by his wife, Genevieve, one daughter, Marian, and two sons, David and Donald. During his fifteen years with the Students' Union, Mr. Dinwoodie won many friends among the student body and the community, and contributed to the growth of a strong and independent student government. In addition to performing his duties, he was always able to find time to discuss the many problems of university life with many students involved in extracurricular activities each year. He made the Students' Union function. He was the man who helped ideas become realities, who found the ways of making budgets something less than problems, who made the Students' Union the smoothly-functioning operation it has become. When Mr. Dinwoodie died, the Students' Union administered an annual budget exceeding a quarter of a million dollars, and had assets of more than one million dollars. Behind the dollar signs, the patient work of Mr. Dinwoodie defies measurement. The greatest tribute paid to him during his career came shortly before his death, when Stu- dents' Council appointed him planning adviser to the Students' Union. It was to be his task to take charge of developing a 352,500,000 expansion of the Students' Union Building. The students knew that with his guidance, the building would become one of significance, and would be out- standing among Canadian student facilities. His hours were not merely nine to five. He spent a great deal of his own time on student problems. Although modesty was perhaps the foremost characteristic of his personality, his tire- less industry was known to all. Walter A. Dinwoodie will not be soon forgotten. The West Lounge in the Students' Union Building has been renamed in his honor. But the greatest memorial to him is in the memories of the thousands of students who, over the years, enjoyed his friendly words and kindly assistance.