Steven Heighton (1961 – 2022)
‘He was brilliant at everything’
The former Concordia writer-in-residence leaves behind a legacy with faculty and students.
In memoriam
Nalie Agustin
(1988 – 2022)
‘A true force’
Nalie Agustin, BA 12, a best-selling author, public speaker and cancer-awareness advocate who shared her journey on social media, passed away on March 22, 2022. She was 33.
The Department of Communication Studies alumna was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2013, shortly after graduating from Concordia. Agustin shared everything — the struggles of dealing with chemotherapy, mastectomy, radiation and reconstructive surgery — on her blog and YouTube channel, amassing a large following of supporters and fellow advocates.
- JoAnne Morrissette, L BA 69, January 31, 2022, Burlington, Ont. She was 73.
- Richard King, S BA 70, January 2, 2022.
- Max Hochman, S BA 71, February 3, 2022.
- Gregory Christopher, BSc 72, Cert 89, March 11, 2022. He was 91.
- Bryan P. Mackasey, L BComm 72, January 12, 2022. He was 74.
- Patrick S. Hosein, L BComm 73, MBA 85, June 4, 2022.
- Sandra L. (Waters) Tremblay, S BA 73, January 2022, Almonte, Ont.
- Dipak K. Basu, S MEng 74, March 6, 2022, Kolkata, India. He was 84.
- Liselotte (Epstein) Ivry, L BA 74, June 21, 2022. She was 96.
- Edith M. Paton, S BA 74, May 14, 2022.
- Shirley Donaghy, BA 75, January 25, 2022. She was 76.
- Joseph P. McCarthy, BSc 75, June 8, 2022. He was 70.
- Peter Willis, BComm 75, January 26, 2022. He was 68.
- David Edgecombe, BA 76, November 23, 2021. He was 68.
- Ann (Kidston) Crompton, GrDip 77, December 15, 2021. She was 90.
- Nicole Fournier, BA 77, March 25, 2022. She was 74.
- James Higgins, BComm 77, September 13, 2022, Oakville, Ont. He was 67.
- Pamela Askew, BA 78, BEd 79, January 17, 2022. She was 91.
- Patricia A. Delaney, BFA 78, MA 96, March 2, 2022. She was 90.
- Eugene Homenock, BA 78, January 9, 2022. He was 69.
- Stephen F. Richardson, BComm 78, January 21, 2022.
- Brian A. Evans, BA 79, January 2, 2022. He was 80.
- Tibor Javory, MEng 79, December 12, 2021. He was 89.
- Lois McAlary, BA 79, September 12, 2022. She was 86.
- Anthony Schwarz, GrDip 79, April 8, 2022. He was 81.
- Dorothy (Goldstein) Finkelberg, BFA 80, January 29, 2022.
- Keith M. Wilkinson, MA 80, January 28, 2022. Calgary, Alb. He was 73.
- Jane Desjardins, BFA 81, May 27, 2022. She was 87.
- Carole G. Hughes, GrCert 82, BA 88, July 12, 2022. She was 86.
- Helen Mankofsky, BFA 82, GrDip 82, MFA 88, December 21, 2021.
- Gary A. Wagner, BSc 82, January 26, 2022. He was 68.
- Esther Buchsbaum, BA 83, May 14, 2022. She was 65.
- Lina Buttino, BA 84, May 5, 2022.
- Lynn Efros, BComm 84, June 28, 2022.
- Brian D. Krecklo, BComm 84, April 2, 2022. He was 74.
John Visentin (1962 – 2022)
Business leader and Concordia alumnus Giovanni “John” Visentin, BComm 84, passed away on June 28 in Riverside, Conn., following an ongoing illness. He was 59.
After graduating with a Bachelor of Commerce from Concordia, Visentin pursued a career in technology and business, quickly rising through the ranks — first at IBM and then at HP, among other major companies — before serving as chief executive of Novitex Enterprise Solutions from 2013 to 2017. He then joined Xerox as CEO and vice-chairman in 2018, leading the company through the COVID-19 pandemic — a position he held until his death.
Visentin is survived by his wife and five daughters.
- Wendy (Markey) Rogers, BA 84, May 28, 2022, Ottawa, Ont. She was 79.
- Brian K. Norman, BEng 84, December 20, 2021, Toronto, Ont. He was 75.
- Margaret Le Gallais, BFA 85, December 5, 2021.
- Stephen Weisnagel, BSc 85, BEng 94, April 19, 2022. He was 62.
- Douglas L. Salter, BEng 86, April 9, 2022. He was 59.
- Barry J. Yaxley, BA 86, December 10, 2021. He was 77.
- Ronald G. Curtis, BA 87, July 11, 2022. He was 64.
- Paul Diver, BEng 87, August 2, 2022. He was 65.
- Patrick Phelan, BComm 87, January 17, 2022. He was 58.
- Robert L. Baird, BA 88, MA 96, January 16, 2022. He was 94.
- Sylvia Margaret Camp, BA 89, MA 94, June 28, 2022. She was 90.
- Barbara E. Jackson, Cert 89, August 8, 2022. She was 95.
- Margaret Siemak, BSc 89, July 21, 2022. She was 58.
- Ronald Beauvais, BA 90, March 3, 2022.
- Rebecca F. Ansley, BA 91, September 11, 2022, Toronto, Ont. She was 62.
- Louis Torok, BA 91, August 17, 2022, St-Lambert, Que. He was 55.
- Guy Saint-Pierre, LLD 92, January 23, 2022. He was 87.
- Rosemary Turpin, BA 92, December 24, 2021. She was 76.
- Lee Hopkins, BCompSc 93, May 26, 2022.
- Réjean Dupré, EMBA 94, April 9, 2022. He was 76.
- Catherine J. Sisler, MFA 95, December 18, 2021.
- Donna Donnelly, GrDip 95, July 29, 2022. She was 79.
Ned Goodman (1937 – 2022)
‘He left an undeniable mark’
Ned Goodman, LLD 97 — a champion of Concordia and architect of Canada’s modern investment management industry — passed away on August 7, 2022. He was 84.
Mel Hoppenheim (1937 – 2022)
‘A visionary builder’
Mel Hoppenheim, LLD 09 — film-industry entrepreneur and namesake of Concordia’s cinema school — passed away on July 27, 2022. He was 84.
- Carol-Ann Brown, BA 98, December 15, 2021. She was 67.
- Denis (Denny) Bernard, BA 98, December 2, 2021. He was 49.
- Luigi Luzio, BA 99, May 13, 2022. He was 70.
- Antoinette Viscione, BComm 99, June 21, 2022. She was 57.
- Vera Fergenbaum, BFA 00, May 5, 2022. She was 83.
- Kevin J. Walsh, BA 02, July 19, 2022. He was 44.
- Maria Sakhrani, BA 03, March 25, 2022. She was 44.
- Lucienne (Chammah) Torchia, BA 03, April 2, 2022. She was 83.
- Michael Citrome, BA 04, March 26, 2022. He was 41.
- Anna Nack, BA 04, July 12, 2022. She was 96.
- Carmela (Iuticone) Vincelli, BA 04, July 29, 2022. She was 81.
- Catherine Barber, BFA 05, December 27, 2021. She was 64.
- Richard Stachrowski, BComm 07, February 11, 2022. He was 71.
- Lorraine (Lapointe) Semienchuk, BA 08, January 13, 2022. She was 77.
- Roger Angel, former professor, Philosophy of Science at Concordia, July 22, 2022. He was 89.
Michael Perceval-Maxwell (1933 – 2022)
Remembered as one of the most celebrated history graduates of Sir George Williams University — one of Concordia’s founding institutions — Michael Perceval-Maxwell passed away on May 21. He was 88.
Perceval-Maxwell had a long career at McGill University’s Department of History and Classical Studies, where his influential books and articles on 17th-century Ireland cemented his reputation as an expert in the field of Irish and British history.
In his service as department chair and dean of arts, Perceval-Maxwell helped sustain McGill’s reputation in the humanities, while establishing his department as a vibrant centre for the study of Irish History and remaining a close friend of Concordia’s Department of History.
In 1997, he and Robert Tittler, distinguished professor emeritus at Concordia, established the Montreal British History Seminar, hosted at McGill and Concordia alternately — which continues today.