In memoriam
The Ryerson community sends condolences to family members of former Ryersonians.
Mahsa Amirliravi, Engineering ’14, MEng ’18, is one of two Ryerson alumni who died in the Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 crash in Iran on January 8.
Christie Blatchford, School of Journalism ’73, passed away from cancer on February 12 at age 68.
Don Borisko (external link) , Business Management ’65, died on March 13 at age 79.
Yvonne (Bonnie) Brennan, RTA ’56, died January 5 at age 85.
Nick Cordero, Theatre Performance alumnus, passed away July 5 from COVID-19 at age 41.
Nevin Grant (external link) , RTA ’66, died May 6 at age 80.
Gary Horner (external link) , Business Management alumnus, died January 10 at age 76.
Russ Jewell (external link) , Business Management ’62, passed away on June 29 at age 86.
Jerry Kinoshita (external link) , School of Journalism ’75, died January 29 at age 68.
Douglas Leach, Electrical and Computer Engineering ’58, died January 15 at the age of 81.
Ken Mackay, RTA ’60, died April 12 at age 84.
Natalie (Niessink) MacLaurin, RTA ’85, died April 9, 2020 at age 56.
Harold Mann, Business Management ’85, died July 6, 2020 at age 59.
Carol Shayne Markusoff, Urban and Regional Planning ’84, died on July 4 at age 68.
Isaac ‘Ike’ Morgulis, former School of Image Arts professor, passed away July 27 at age 94.
Pina Newman, Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing ’16, died May 4 at the age of 31.
William Joseph “Bud” Newton (external link) , Civil Eng. Diploma ’64, Bachelor ’76, passed away on April 11, 2019.
William (Bill) Pallett, School of Journalism ’74, died December 27, 2019 at age 68.
Mohsen Salahi, Engineering ’14, MEng ’18, is one of two Ryerson alumni who died in the Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 crash in Iran on January 8.
Ron Scarcello (external link) , Architecture ’56, passed away on March 16 at age 87.
Laurence Cornish Sherman, former director of the School of Urban and Regional Planning, died October 21 at age 87.
James Shuttleworth (external link) , School of Journalism graduate, died March 21 at age 84.
Ethel Woods, Professor Emeritus of nursing, died May 16 at age 91.
Laurie James Woods, senior acquisitions assistant at the Library, died December 3, 2019 at age 63.
Joe Zboralski, CUPE Local 3904 president and contract lecturer in the Department of Politics and Public Administration, died October 6 at age 70.