Your Letters
Obituaries
(March 23, 2000, Gazette)
Grace Morgan
Grace
Morgan, a long-time friend and supporter of Memorial University
of Newfoundland, died March 10. She was predeceased by her husband
Dr. Moses Morgan, former president of Memorial. Born and educated
in Saunavon, Saskatchewan, she married Dr. Morgan in 1968 in
Toronto, after which the couple moved to Newfoundland to live.
Mrs. Morgan was an energetic volunteer. In Newfoundland, she
took an active role in the Women’s Association of Memorial
University, particularly in the area of scholarships. She was
also a member of the Newfoundland Home Economics Association
and the Canadian Federation of University Women, though failing
health prevented her from taking an active role in those organizations
in recent years.
Carman Mews
Carman
Mews, a long-time member of the Chemistry Department, passed
peacefully away at home on March 14, 2000, at the age of 87 years.
A service was held in the Anglican Cathedral March 17. No flowers
please; donations can be made to the SPCA, according to Mr. Mews’s
wishes.
Dr. Cedric James Francis
Passed peacefully away at the Grace General Hospital on Friday, March 10, 2000, Dr. Cedric James Francis, aged 73 years. Born Dec. 15, 1926, in Lancashire, England, Dr. Francis joined the English Department at Memorial in 1962 and was a major figure in the development of theatre at Memorial. In his first year, he established the fiction and drama courses. The theatre course would eventually become a theatre/drama program. Dr. Francis preceded the theatre program in introducing regular coaching in practical theatre, at that time as extra-curricular activity. From 1974 to 1977, Dr. Francis served as the first associate dean of Graduate Studies. Donations in his memory may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation.