Arthur “Art” Tommy

1947-1951
Alpine Skiing: Athlete and Builder

1947-51: At Lisgar, helped lead a successful ski team to multiple championships

1951- 60: In National competition, won major events in downhill, slalom and combined events including the Quebec Kandahar (4 victories), Taschereau and Laurentian Zone and Alpine Championships

Internationally, finished 2nd US Eastern Combined championship and 6th US Combined Championship (1952), and 11th, FIS World Combined Championship (1954)

Member, Canadian Alpine Team, 1953-1960

Member, Canadian Olympic Team 1956 (unable to compete due to injury)

As a builder, coached the Canadian and Quebec Alpine Ski teams, as well as the Gatineau and Outaouais teams

Founding partner of the Edelweiss Valley Ski and Golf resort which hosted the Canadian Masters Ski Association and Handicap Skiers Association

Helped raise over $500,000 for the national ski team by creating the Master Retailer program

Inducted into the Canadian Ski Hall of Fame 1989, Ottawa Sport Hall of Fame 1991

Andrew “Andy” Tommy

1945-1950
Alpine Skiing: Athlete and Builder

1945-50: At Lisgar, helped lead a successful ski team to multiple championships

1951-56 won multiple championships including Taschereau Downhill (1951), Quebec Championship in Downhill and Slalom 1952, Kandahar Downhill 1954

1955 Placed Second in both Downhill and Slalom, Canadian Olympic Trials

1956 Member Canadian Olympic Team (unable to compete due to injury)

As a builder, served as Manager, Canadian National Alpine Ski team, 1960 Winter Olympics, Squaw Valley

Served as Examiner for the Canadian Ski Instructors Alliance, Head of the Ski School at Chalet Cochand, Ste. Marguerite Quebec

Inducted into the Canadian Ski Hall of Fame in 1990

Rocque “Rocky” Robillard

1936-1940
Athlete – Hockey and Football; Builder: coach, educator and sportscaster

As an athlete:

At Lisgar was a prominent member of football and hockey teams

At McGill University, was an outstanding athlete at both football and hockey

Captained both football and hockey teams in his senior year

League scoring leader in football 1949, McGill scoring leader in hockey 1948-9 and 1949-50

Forbes Trophy as McGill’s outstanding male athlete 1950

As a builder:

Joined the McGill faculty of Physical Education 1950

Head coach, McGill hockey team 1951-58

Seven year assistant coach of McGill varsity football team, coached junior varsity to 1954 Ottawa- St. Lawrence League championship

1958 returned to Ottawa and taught physical education and coached at Fisher Park High, Ridgemont and Highland Park high schools

1960 helped bring hockey back to Ottawa University as head coach

Long-term sportscaster, (CJOH, CFRA), Ottawa Roughriders play-by-play announcer

Inducted into the McGill University Hall of Fame 2011

Terrance “Torchy” Millar

1957-1962
Equestrian Show Jumping Athlete, Executive

Participant in National and International Show Jumping over three decades

Victories in the North American Grand Prix (1971), Royal Winter Fair Toronto (1978), Prix des Nations, Washington D.C. (1978)

Represented Canada at 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympic Games

Represented Canada at Pan American Games (1971) – Team Gold and individual Bronze Medals

Represented Canada at 23 Nations Cups

As an Executive was Chair High Performance for Jump Canada and Chef de Mission Canada Show Jumping (2004-2018) during which Canada won four Nations Cups (2007, 2008, 2010, 2011) and Olympic Gold (Individual), and Silver (Team) medals in 2008

Member Jump Canada Hall of Fame

R. Tait McKenzie, M.D.

1893-1894
Athlete, Builder

Multi-sport university athlete including swimming, football, fencing, skating, gymnastics

Medal winner as top McGill University gymnast

Pioneer in physical education, physiotherapy, rehabilitation, prosthetics

First university-level Medical Chair of Physical Education in Canada

Helped organize first McGill University Basketball team

World renowned artist, designer of plaques, sculptures and medals celebrating athletic performance

Member International Olympic Committee

Inducted into Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame (2000) and McGill University Athletic Hall of Fame (1996)

John A. B. “Joe” Leggett

1935-1941, teacher 1960-1981
Athlete and Builder: Coach, Director of Physical Education

As a student:

Played football and basketball; captained Senior Football team 1940

Senior Basketball team were provincial runners-up 1940 and provincial champions 1941

As a faculty member:

Returned to Lisgar in 1960 as Head of the Athletic Department

Over the next 21 years, he taught physical education, coached a wide variety of teams, advised the Athletic Association, and mentored volunteer coaches in a wide variety of sports, seeing teams and individuals win numerous Ottawa and Provincial championships

He was respected for his professionalism, his support and his dedication to his students and colleagues

D. Barrie Laughton

1962-1963, teacher 1968-2000
Builder, Coaching

Joining Lisgar as a teacher in 1968, Mr. Laughton immediately signed on as a volunteer coach, and continued in that capacity for 28 years, adding two school teams per year to a busy teaching schedule

He coached principally with Senior boys’ and Junior girls’ volleyball, but also at various times with badminton, Senior girls’ volleyball and Co-ed volleyball. He was known for his patience, skill, dedication to his students, and sense of humour.

In his second year as coach, the Senior boys’ volleyball team won Lisgar’s first ever City of Ottawa Championship in that sport. The next year, 1970, they won Ottawa’s first provincial boys’ volleyball championship, a feat they repeated in 1977. They also were provincial runners-up in 1971, and won the City of Ottawa Championship in 7 of 8 consecutive years.

The Junior girls’ volleyball team won four City of Ottawa Championships (1981, 1982, 1993, 1996), and the Co-ed volleyball team also won in 1994

In 2004 Mr. Laughton received the National Capital Secondary School Athletic Association Coaches’ award

Muriel Droeske Lamont

1928-1933
Track and Field (sprints, high jump, long Jump); all-around athlete

A multi-sport athlete, representing Lisgar in basketball, volleyball, tennis and track events at the intercollegiate level, and the Ottawa Track and Field Club, Comets Club and St. Joseph’s Tennis Club

Competed in provincial and national level events

1931 and 1932 won the EOSSA junior 100 yard dash leading Lisgar to the team championship. Set junior long jump record at 16 feet 2 in.

1932 won national intermediate long jump championship at Canadian Olympic Trials and Track and Field Championships.

1933 won the EOSSA senior 100 yard dash, high jump and long jump. High Jump was a new record. Long jump of 16′ 3.5″ exceeded the previous senior record by 15.5 inches. Her team also set a new record in the 440 yard relay.

1933 won provincial intermediate long jump at Ontario Track and Field championships

1934 Won EOSSA Senior 100 yard dash

1935 Won McMillan Trophy as overall women’s champion, Ottawa City Championships, including victories at 100 and 220 yard dash, representing Ottawa Comets Club

Francis “King” Clancy

1917-1918
Hockey player, coach, official, executive

As a player:

At Lisgar, played for the champion hockey varsity at age 15

Played 16 NHL seasons 1921-30 Ottawa Senators, 1931-36 Toronto Maple Leafs -Won 3 Stanley Cups. 1923, 1927 Senators, 1932 Maple Leafs

NHL All Star 1930-34 (first four seasons an all star team named)

Highest scoring defenseman in NHL history at his retirement

As a referee: served 11 years in the NHL

As a coach and executive:

Won Calder Cup with Pittsburgh Hornets 1951

Coached Montreal Maroons (1937) and Toronto Maple Leafs (1953-56)

Toronto Maple Leafs Assistant General Manager 1956-69, Vice President 1969-1986

Member, Hockey Hall of Fame, Canada, Ontario and Ottawa Sport Halls of Fame

NHL King Clancy Memorial Trophy awarded annually to player combining leadership and humanitarian qualities

Bettina Callary, PhD.

1994-1999
Athlete, Coach, Builder

At Lisgar: Member, Alpine Ski Team, Soccer Team, Cross-country Team, Ultimate Team

Subsequent Achievements:

Canada Research Chair in Sport Coaching and Adult Learning and Associate Professor, Cape Breton University

Editor-in-Chief of the International Sport Coaching Journal

Coach developer and Research committee for the International Council for Coaching Excellence

Alpine Ski coach – grassroots to national teams

Internationally recognized for research, publications, and presentations in the psychology of coaching, especially in regard to inclusive and effective coaching approaches for equity-deserving groups such as women, Masters, and Indigenous athletes

Benefactors ($1,500+)

Paul Bennett (1973)

Jane Boon (1985)

Avi Caplan (2000)

Kira (Nadja) Dales (Rau, 1990)

Robert Fedosejevs (1969)

John Franklin (1960)

Marie Fraser (1983)

Jack Gibbons (1972)

Robert Hill (1953)

William Hines (1965)

Douglas Jones (1965)

Sylvia Kershman (Bodovsky, 1942)

Martin Kusy (1961)

Lois Leadlay (1952)

Selina Li (1984)

Stephen Lister (1982)

Marina Polonsky (1993)

Neville Poy (1954)

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Steve Sansom (1989)

Anda Sipolins (1968)

Inta Sipolins Zobs (1975)

Eric Weese (2000)

Patrons ($750–$1,499)

Maria Alloggia (1973)

Peter Blaiklock (1974)

Douglas Casey (1971)

Michael Casey (1968)

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Edward Chen

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Shannon Doyle (1968)

Susan Dragan (Li, 1979)

Tracy Finnigan (1973)

Ruth Flower-Davies (1973)

W. Randolph Franklin (1969)

Hugh Fraser (1970)

Janet Fraser (1977)

Andrew Graham (1997)

Karen Hamer (2003)

Gordon Henderson (1949)

Patricia Hurd (Kekanovich, 1970)

Elsa Lessard (1940)

Allen MacLeod (1971)

Ian McKie (1965)

Martin Munro (1978)

Sylvia Munro (Uhthoff, 1978)

Elizabeth O’Connor Bandeen (1985)

Cecylia Podoski (1962)

Malcolm Ross (1964)

Stephen Saslove (1966)

Luiza Savage (Chwialkowska, 1992)

Yvonne Seiers (teacher, 1992-2007)

Mike Shaver (1995)

Steve Tenai (1984)

Marjorie Tinklin (Byers, 1956)

John Wherrett (1949)

Jennifer Wong (1990)

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Doug Arrand (1961, teacher 1967-2000)

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Grace Auyeung (1983)

Tara Baetz (1988)

John Barclay (1952)

Susan Barker (Ahmed, 1978)

Amanda Bell (1992)

Erin Bell (1996)

Bill Blackburn (1959)

Blanche Borkovic (1953)

Trudy Bradley (teacher, 1981-2006)

Kelly Bridge (1954)

Alex Brown (1973)

Maria Buceta (1976)

John Bull (1957)

Brian Burke (1974)

Carol Burrows (Douglas, 1953)

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John Dudiak (1973)

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Madhava Enros (1995)

Heather Evans (1987)

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Barbara Gillie (Wilson, 1985)

Ronald Gould (1951)

Murray Grant (1947)

Georgina Gray (Thornton, teacher 1969-79)

Jean-Charles Gregoire (1998)

Patrick Guay (1985)

Peter Hadwen (1978)

Rodney Hagglund (1965)

Elizabeth Hale (MacIntosh, 1990)

Richard Hall (1958)

Dorothy Hamilton (1972)

Paul Hankes Drielsma (1998)

Sharon Hanna (1960)

Diana (Mitzi) Hauser (Fancott, 1960)

Elizabeth Heatherington (Raymont, 1964)

Joy Heft (teacher 1970-74, 1990-2002)

David Hein (1993)

Stephanie Hills (van Vliet, 1986)

Jacqueline Holzman (Feldman, 1951)

Michael Houghton (1960)

David Hum (1972)

Barbara Jarosz (1983)

Sarah Jennings (1959)

Thomas Kari

Mehmet Karman (1994)

Marilyn Kelly (Midgley, 1971)

Sheryl Kennedy

Jim Kerr (1962)

Elizabeth Kostash (teacher 1986-98)

David Lamperd (teacher 1970-99)

John Lee (1985)

Rive LeLacheur (1953)

Peter Lewis (1976)

Paul Litwack (1976)

Dora Liu (1992)

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Lilia Lockwood (2011)

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MacKenzie MacIntosh (2003)

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Beth Mann (McKay, 1957)

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David McFarlane (1985)

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Ken Medland (1976)

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Liam Morland (1996)

Sally Morris (Hodgkin, 1955)

Alexander Munro (2011)

Eric Munro (2008)

Louise Munro (2015)

Saleema Nawaz (1998)

Virginia Nsitem

Jude Okolie (1985)

Sophie Okolie

Sebnem Oren (1990)

Palladium Insurance Group

Helen Parson (1963)

Marylyn Pelletier

Brenda Perras (teacher 2007-17)

Neil Petrie (staff 1974-2015)

Paula Pick (1966)

Carl Plet (1957)

Terry Prichett (teacher 1966-98)

Nathaniel Read-Ellis (2003)

Samantha Reay (Adelman, 1983)

Katie Rider (2005)

Carolyn Roberts (1958)

Sheila Robertson (Gardner, 1964)

Randy Robinson (1973)

Thomas Rodda (1995)

Beth Roodman (1963)

Philippe Roy (1962)

David Sadava (1963)

May Seto (1980)

Leila Shahparaki (1996)

Jack Shapiro (1962, Vice Principal 1987, Principal 1994-1998)

Evelina Shin (1991)

Robert Shotton (1987)

Frank Sisson (1958)

Jennifer Skidd (1985)

David Smith (1982)

Elizabeth Smith (1958)

Patricia Stackhouse (Stevens, 1951)

Christine Stirling (Murphy, 1969)

Elizabeth Thomson (1974)

Shailendra Verma (1972)

Judith Walden (Snider, 1973)

Welch LLP

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Dianne Bloor (1961)

Donald Bloor (1974)

Ross Bradley (1951)

Stephanie Bryant (Smith, 1963)

Debbie Cameron-Jones (1968)

Laleah Carscallen (1970)

Kevin Cheung (1999)

Adrienne Clarkson (Poy, 1956)

Connie Crompton (2000)

Shauna Duigenan (1997)

Ray Dyck (1974)

Carol Finlay (Blyth, 1962)

Michael Francois (teacher 1967-95)

Stephen Glavin (Principal 1977-87)

Mark Goebel (2002)

Erica Goodman

Rosemary Gosselin (Heenan, 1955)

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Margo Green (1991)

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Joan Gullen (Hanley, 1948)

Sally Hamilton (1960)

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Peter Harle (1959)

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Robert Horwitz (1963)

Ronnie Hughes (1976)

Nancy Johnson (Cook, 1965)

Betty Jorgensen (Read, 1950)

Brian Kilrea (1950)

Diana Kirkwood

John Lamont (1974)

Norm Leckie (1946)

Heather LeServe (Olson, 1961)

Ellis Lindsay (1989)

Rob Longair (1971)

Marion MacDonald (Ketcheson, 1955)

Ross MacDonald (1966)

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Carol Mair (1971)

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Judith Mellen (1969)

Joan Mitchell (1970)

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Melani Norman (LeBlanc, 1979)

Vincent Parkin (1976)

Martin Pergler (1989)

Emilia Pech (1982)

Margaret Pippy (Lugsdin, 1952)

Tim Plumptre (1961)

Vicki Robinson (Brand, 1962)

Elizabeth Rose (Olmsted, 1950)

Carol Sabean (teacher 1971-75)

Leonard Schmidt (teacher 1970-89)

Ida Schjelderup (Hundevad, 1946)

Peter Schonenbach (1955)

Suzanne Shulman

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Jason Sterne (1990)

Mary-Ann Stouck (Quick, 1959)

Corinne Taylor (Rothman, 1969)

Sally Thompson (MacDonald, 1954)

Boudewyn Van Oort (1957)

David Vinokur (1968)

Ellen Wannan (Coombs, 1988)

Brian Williams (1987)

Alexandra Wilson (1998)

Shelia Woods (Kaye, 1961)

	Flag Raising and Student Assembly
	Friday Night Open House
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	Blue and Grey Pub Night
	Meet the Teachers
	Saturday Open House and BBQ
	Dinner and Dance
	Sunday Open House
	Athletic Wall of Fame Induction

Leszek E. Nowosielski

1982-1987
Fencing

Local, National, International and Olympic Athlete, including at:
1992 Olympic Games (Barcelona); and
4 Junior World Championships, 1985-1988

Member, Canadian National Team 1985-2005; 4 Times All-American (Notre Dame), 1988-1991

Medal Performances include:
8 times Ontario Champion (Junior and Senior), 1983-2005
1987 Ottawa Shield Tournament – Gold
1987 Canadian Junior Championships – Gold
1990 Can-Am Tournament – Gold
1991 Challenge Touzard (France) – Bronze (Ind.)
1994 Commonwealth Championships – Gold (ind.) and Bronze (team)
1995 Pan-American Games – Bronze (team)
4 NCAA Championships – 2 Silver (ind., team), 3 Bronze (ind., team)

Marjorie Blackwood

1971-74
Tennis: Player and Coach

Wimbledon doubles Quarter Finalist, 1981, 1982

French Open doubles Quarter Finalist, 1980

14 professional tour titles in singles and doubles

Member, Coach, Captain, Canadian Fed Cup team

Canadian Closed Champion, 1977-79

Ranked No. 1 in Canada, 1979-83

Tennis Canada female player of the year, 1982

In 2008, won Canadian Women’s age 50 category singles title and both Indoor and Outdoor Senior Nationals

Member, Tennis Canada Hall of Fame and Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame

Jonathan Love

1967-1972
Multi-sport Athlete and Coach

University Basketball:
5 Time Ontario Universities First Team All Star
Twice Carleton University Male Athlete of the Year
Captain, Carleton Ravens, 1975-78
Carleton University leading Scorer and Rebounder, 1972-78
Jack Vogan Memorial Medal recipient (Carleton University Male Graduating Athlete), 1978
As of 2018, only Carleton Raven to have his number retired

Assistant Basketball Coach, Lisgar and Carleton University

11 year Coach of Competitive Club Basketball – Nepean Amateur Basketball Association (NABA) and Ottawa Sirius

13 year Coach, Ottawa Internationals Soccer Club

25 year Coach, Ottawa Ringette Association

Member, Carleton University Ravens Hall of Fame

Halvor Heggtveit

1918-1923
Cross-country skiing, rifle shooting, and paddling

Cross-country Skiing:
1931 Ontario Championships – Gold
1932 Olympic Ski Team (Lake Placid), Member Olympic Club of Canada
1930 and 1933 – Canadian Championships – Silver
1934 Quebec Championships – Gold
1934 Canadian Championships – Gold
Maintained active involvement in the Ottawa Ski community, including as an official and organizer, after his retirement from competition in 1934

Awards:
Rifle Shooting – Dominion of Canada Marksman – Gold and Silver pins
Paddling – 1931-1993 – Ottawa New Edinburgh Canoe Club
Ottawa RA Sports Hall of Fame – 1978 Sportsman of the Year
Member of the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame

Frank G. Boucher

1932-1937
Hockey Player and Coach

As a Player:
1932-34 Won multiple City and Eastern Ontario junior hockey championships with Lisgar Collegiate
1937-53 Played in the EHL, AHL, and in the UK for the Wembley Lions
1939-40 with the New York Rovers (AHL), scored 94 points (53 goals and 41 assists)
1941-43 Member of the RCAF Flyers team, winning the 1942 Allan Cup

As a Coach:
Coached the RCAF Flyers to the 1948 Olympic Gold Medal in St. Moritz

1971 – RCAF Flyers inducted into Canadian Armed Forces Sports Hall of Fame, and named the greatest Military athletes of the 20th century

1998 – RCAF Flyers inducted into the Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame

2008 – RCAF Flyers inducted into Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame

Brian Kilrea

1949-1951
Hockey: Player and Builder (Coach/Scout/GM)

Played professionally in the IHL, AHL, WHA and NHL:
In 10 AHL seasons with Springfield won the league scoring championship, had six 20-goal seasons, scored 624 points in 623 games including 442 assists (still the team record); won 3 successive Calder Cups, which remains a league record

OHL Coach:
Coached Ottawa 67s for 35 years, with major junior hockey record 1193 wins in 2156 games
OHL coach of the year five times and CHL Coach of the Year, 1997
Awarded the Bill Long Memorial award for distinguished OHL service
Won two Memorial Cups (1984, 1999)

Member of the Hockey Hall of Fame – Builder

Member of the AHL Hall of Fame – Player

Member of the Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame

Member of the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame

Brian Kilrea Award is granted annually to CHL Coach of the Year

William Pratt

1942-1947
Builder, Sports/Recreational Venues and Olympic Games

40-year volunteer and 10-year GM, Calgary Exhibition and Stampede

Supervised construction, McMahon Stadium, 1960

Project Manager, Olympic Saddledome, 1981-83

President, XV Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee, 1983-88

Co-founder Trans Canada Trail (now The Great Trail)

Recipient, Olympic Order, 1987

Officer of the Order of Canada, 1991, and many other honours

Patricia (Lowe) Johnston

1946-1949
Tennis

Nine Provincial titles in Alberta, Ontario and Québec at Girl’s, Junior Women’s and Senior Women’s levels at singles, doubles and mixed doubles, 1946-51

Canadian Champion, Girls’ Singles, 1946

Canadian Champion, Junior Women’s Singles, 1949

Canadian Champion, Junior Women’s Doubles (with sister Diana), 1949

First Canadian Junior representative at Wimbledon, 1948

Runner Up, 1951 Canadian (Open) Championship (now the Rogers Cup)

Ranked No. 1, Canadian Junior Women’s Tennis, 1947-50

Ranked No. 1, Canadian Senior Women’s Tennis, 1951-52

Peter Chance

1933-1939
Figure Skating

Many Awards and trophies at local and provincial levels in Singles and Pairs Competition, 1933-39

First Junior to capture Minto Club Senior Singles, 1939

Canadian Junior Men’s Singles Champion, 1937

Canadian Junior Pairs Champion (with K. Lopdell), 1939

Career curtailed by Second World War Navy enlistment and subsequent distinguished RCN service

Ronald Byrnes

1958-1962
Basketball, Football, and Track

Basketball:
Lisgar Junior and Senior (co-captain)
St. Francis Xavier University X-men 1962-64

Carleton University Invitational Tournament 1959:
As Lisgar Junior scored a record 61 points, the highest point total ever achieved by an OHSAA athlete and in tournament history
The 61 points were scored in just 32 minutes, while playing with 9 different teammates
Scored 95 points over 3 games – also an all-time tournament record

Awarded the McNabb Trophy as Lisgar’s Top Athlete 1961

Petra Cada

1996
Table Tennis

Represented Canada in
3 Pan American Games
1 Commonwealth Games
1 World University Games
1 Francophone Games
8 World Championships
6 Commonwealth Championships

and

1996 Olympics (Atlanta)
2004 Olympics (Athens)

Donald Jackson

1954-1957
Skating

Finished 2nd at the World Championships in 1959

Bronze medallist at the 1960 Olympics at Squaw Valley

Finished 2nd at the World Championships in 1960

Was the first skater in history to land a triple Lutz in competition in the 1962 World Championships (Prague); won the gold medal

Inducted into the Ontario Sports Legends Hall of Fame, the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame, Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame, and Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame

In 1962 was named both Canada’s Outstanding Athlete, and the International Athlete of the Year

Received the Order of Canada in 1998

Hugh Fraser

1970
Track and Field

Former Ontario high school record holder in the 100 and 220 yard sprints (junior), 1969

Winner of 13 national championships, 1971-80

Competed in the 1975 Pan American Games, 1976 Olympic Games, 1978 Commonwealth Games, and 1979 World Student Games

Chef de Mission of the Canadian team in the first World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, 1983

President, Sports Federation of Canada, 1985-90

Member of the Dubin Commission inquiring into the use of banned substances in sport, 1988-90

Inducted into the Queen’s University Track and Field Hall of Fame, 1994

Joan Fisher

1967
Track and Field

While still in high school, Joan showed the talent as a track and field athlete that would lead her to the Olympic games

Was the Canadian age class champion in all sprints from 1964-68

At the age of 16 as a member of the 4 x 110 relay team set a world indoor record of 51.5 seconds at the Canadian Indoor Championships

Selected as a member of the Pan American Games team, 1967

At the Olympic Trials in 1968, at the age of 18, won gold in both the 200 and 400 metres, and was selected to the Olympic team

Set a Canadian Junior record at the 1968 Olympic Games (Mexico) in the 400 metres (54.6 seconds) in a heat and was a semi-finalist in the event

Paul Paddon

1960-1965
Football

University of Ottawa:

Played quarterback for 4 years (1968-71) and led his team to the Canadian Championship Game in 1970

Named the most outstanding male athlete at U of O in 1971

Won the Hec Creighton award as Canada’s Outstanding Football Player in 1971

Among the first inductees into the Ottawa University Hall of Fame

Inducted into the Belleville Sports Hall of Fame in 1996

Pat Stoqua

1976
Football and Basketball

After an outstanding career as a two-sport athlete at Lisgar and Carleton University, Pat played six years of professional football for the Ottawa Rough Riders

Carleton University:
OUA All Star (Basketball), 1977-78, 78-79, 79-80
OUA All Star (Football), 1978,1979
All Canadian (Football), 1979
Inducted into Carleton University’s Sports Hall of Fame

Ottawa Rough Riders:
Played from 1979-85

Linda Thom

1957-1958
Shooting

Won a silver and bronze medal at the 1983 Pan American Games

Won gold medals at World Cup invitational matches

Won a gold medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics: named Canada’s flag bearer for the Olympic closing ceremonies

Has a total of 5 gold, 4 silver, and 3 bronze medals to her credit

Received the Velma Springstead Award as Canada’s Outstanding Female athlete for 1984, and named outstanding female amateur athlete by the Sports Federation of Canada

Member of Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame, Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame, and Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame

Member of the Order of Canada

Lt. Col. Dr. Desmond T. Burke ED

1918-1923
Shooting

Bisley, England
Gold Medal – King’s Prize, 1924
14 Firsts and 11 seconds, 1924-1953
Named to Canada’s Bisley Team 22 times, served 12 times

Dominion of Canada Rifle Association
Governor-General’s Gold Medal, 1952
King’s Medal 7 times, 1925-1947

Numerous other shooting prizes and honours

Coach – First Canadian Winning Empire Team, 1953
Commandant – Canadian Bisley Team, 1962

Member, Canada Sports Hall of Fame, Greater Ottawa Hall of Fame

Danek “Dan” Nowosielski

1980-1985
Fencing: Athlete, Sport Administrator

As a member of the Canadian National Team (between 1984-2000) competed in numerous national, international, and Olympic events including:

3 Olympic Games: 1988 (Seoul), 1992 (Barcelona), 1996 (Atlanta)

5 top 8 placings at 12 World Championships (85, 86, 87, 89, 90, 91, 93, 94, 95, 97, 98, 99)

Competed at 3 Junior World Championships (84, 85, 86) – two while at Lisgar

2 Gold (Men’s Epee team) at Commonwealth Championships (86, 90)

1 Silver and 3 Bronze at 4 Pan American Games (87, 91, 95, 99)

1 Silver at 5 World University Games (87, 87, 89, 91, 93); 1991 Flag bearer opening ceremonies

4 Bronze Medals and numerous top 8 results in 100+ World Cups between 1984-2000

Highest World Ranking – 10th in 1997

12 time Canadian Champion between 1981-2004

Served as High Performance Director, Fencing Canada (2001-2010)

6 World Championships (01, 02, 03, 05, 06, 07)

1 Olympic Games (2008-Beijing)

Margo (Green) Dewsnap

1986-1991
Squash

Member Canadian Junior and Senior Teams at World Championships

Canadian and North American Junior Champion

4 time All-American

Outstanding Senior Female Athlete, Franklin & Marshall College, 1995

3 Time Princeton Invitational Champion

3 Time U.S. National finalist

2 Time Winner, Betty Richey Award (U.S. Intercollegiate League Award for Sportsmanship)

2000 Pan-American Champion

2002 Finnish Open Champion

2002 Canadian Champion

2002 Commonwealth Games Plate Winner

Member, Franklin & Marshall College Athletic Hall of Fame

Blake R. Dunlop

1966-1971
Hockey

At Lisgar, named Junior Athlete of the Year, nationally ranked in Tennis

Outstanding Junior Hockey Player, 1969-1973, Ottawa 67’s

Played in 11 NHL seasons 1973-1984; overcoming career adversities became a star player with St. Louis Blues 1979-84.

Awards/Honours:

OHA
1973 Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy (Leading scorer), 159 points
1973 Second Team All-Star

AHL
1978 First Team All-Star
1978 Les Cunningham Award (MVP)
1978 Fred Hunt Memorial Award (Sportsmanship)
1978 Calder Cup – Maine Mariners

NHL
1981 Bill Masterton Trophy “given to the NHL player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship, and dedication to hockey”

Barclay W. Frost

1955-1961
Amateur Athlete, Track and Field Coach, and Official

Competed in Football, Basketball, Volleyball, Badminton, and Track & Field

MacNabb Trophy, Lisgar outstanding Male Athlete, 1959-60

1961 Canadian Juvenile High Jump Champion

1963 Canadian Long Jump Bronze Medal

34 years coaching Carleton Board of Education and community sports

Ottawa Harriers Pole Vault Coach, 1970-76

Coached Athletes who later competed in Summer and Winter Olympics and NHL

40 years in Track and Field Officiating including:
1976 Olympics (Montreal)World championships
Pan American and Pan-Pacific Games
Canada Summer Games
World championships
Francophone Games
Ontario Games

2003 Ottawa Sports Awards Technical Official of the Year

Member, Goulbourn Sports Wall of Fame

William George “Bud” Clark

1924-1928
Skier, Amateur Sports Builder, and Official

1932 Olympics (Lake Placid) – Cross-Country

1936 Olympics (Garmisch-Partenkirchen) – Cross-country, Downhill, Slalom

Many other honours including:
1931 Inter-collegiate all-around Champion
1935 Dominion Champion Ski Runner
1935 Canadian Nordic Champion (cross-country and jumping)
1939 Canadian Alpine Champion (downhill and slalom)

Founded the Skiskule, which trained many Ottawa skiers

Director, Canadian Olympic Association

President, Canadian Amateur Ski Association, 1952-59

Maki Memorial Trophy (Ottawa Sportsman of the Year), 1966

Member, Canadian Ski Hall of Fame

Nigel R.G. Stephens

1939-1944
Figure Skating Athlete, Judge, and Official

Canadian Junior Men’s Champion, 1943

Canadian Senior Men’s Champion, 1945

30 years as a figure skating Judge:
Including national, international and World Championships

President, Canadian Figure Skating Association, 1961-1963

Member, Canadian Figure Skating Hall of Fame

Ralph E. St. Germain

1919-1923
Amateur Hockey and Football

Outstanding Lisgar and Ottawa Athlete: baseball, football, hockey

University Athletics:
McGill Redmen Football – 4 seasons, Yates Cup champions 1928
McGill Redmen Hockey – 5 Seasons, Captain 1926-8, Queen’s Cup champions 1929-30

5 Time Quebec Senior Hockey League MVP, playing from 1926 to 1940

Coach of McGill Junior varsity hockey team

CIAU referee

1936 Olympic Silver Medal – Hockey (Garmisch-Partenkirchen):
6 goals and 5 assists for Canada in 6 games

Member, McGill University Sports Hall of Fame

Alexander (“Boots”) Smith

1918-1924
Amateur Athlete, Professional Hockey Player and Coach

Outstanding Lisgar and Ottawa athlete – hockey, baseball, football, lacrosse, aquatics

Member 1924 Ottawa Rideaus – Canadian junior hockey finalists

11 Seasons in the NHL 1925 -1935 (7 as an Ottawa Senator)

Member, 1927 Senators Stanley Cup Winning Team

1937-46 Head Coach of various hockey teams including:
New York Rovers (EHL), Ottawa Commandos (QSHL), Ottawa Senators (QSHL)

Coached Ottawa Commandos to the Allan Cup 1943

Ajay Dube

1976-1978
Field Hockey: Player and Builder (Manager)

Lisgar Athlete: track and cross-country teams.

Field Hockey:
Member of Provincial and National Under-21 Field Hockey teams.
Member Canadian London World Cup Team, 1986.
Member Canadian Indianapolis Pan Am Games Team – Gold, 1987.
Member Canadian Seoul Olympic Team, 1988.
Manager Canadian Rio de Janeiro Pan Am Games Team – Gold, 2007.
Manager Canadian Beijing Olympic Team, 2007.

William R. Fraser

Lisgar student 1956-1961 and teacher 1965-1999
Multi-sport Athlete and Coach

Track and Field and Football athlete at Lisgar; Football at Carleton University

For over 32 years coached Lisgar junior and senior boys and girls in track and field, football and basketball, winning 17 OHSAA Basketball Championships

Carleton University Men’s Basketball Assistant Coach – CIS Champions 2003, 2004

Coach and Builder, Olympia Sports Camp (Huntsville) – 15 years

Also coached with Nepean Amateur Basketball Association, Ottawa Guardsmen, Gloucester Wolverines, and Barrhaven Blue Devils

Lisgar Football Trophy named in his honour

William R. Fraser Scholarship est.1997 for students who excel in Academics and Basketball

Bruce Kirby

1949
Sailing

Represented Canada at the ’56 (Melbourne) and ’64 (Tokyo) Olympics in single handed sailing

Represented Canada at the ’68 (Mexico) Olympics in double handed sailing

Designer of the Laser sailboat, chosen as the Olympic single handed boat

Designer of Canada 1 and Canada 2, which represented our country in the America’s Cup Yacht race

Anne Heggtveit

1957
Skiing

Named to the Canadian Ski Team to attend the World Championships at Are, Sweden at the age of 15

Competed in the 1956 Olympics in Italy

Placed in the top 10 at the World Championships in Austria in 1958

First North American to win the Arlberg-Kandahar race in 1959

Won two gold medals in the 1960 Olympics in Squaw Valley: an Olympic gold in the slalom, and a FIS gold for the overall combined

Twice received the Velma Springstead award as Canada’s outstanding female athlete, 1959 and 1960

Was awarded the Lou Marsh Trophy as the outstanding Canadian Athlete of 1960

First recipient of the John Semmerlink Memorial Award 1961

Member, Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame, Ontario Sports Hall of Fame, Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame, Canadian Ski Hall of Fame, Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame

Member of the Order of Canada

Joe Zelikovitz

1930-1934
Football

After an outstanding career at Lisgar as a multisport athlete (football, basketball, track), was drafted by the Ottawa Rough Riders in 1933

Played both offense and defense (halfback and linebacker) for the Riders from 1934 to 1938

Still holds the CFL record for most interceptions in a game (7), against Hamilton on October 15th, 1938

Inducted into the Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame in 2001

Friday, May 4
5:00 – 9:00 PM	Registration / Open House Pick up your name tag and any tickets you purchased and explore the old school ahead of the evening's events, including classrooms set up with displays of photos and archival material from each decade.
7:00 – 9:00 PM	Reunion Opening / Variety Night – $20 (Alumni Auditorium) Join us as we officially open the weekend with brief words from Lisgar’s current Principal and special guests, then sit back and enjoy a series of performances from talented students and alumni – including impressionist and comedian Rich Little. Performers: Lisgar Symphonic Winds, Valdy (1962), Vlad Shvartsman (1992), Peter Perez (2018), Jeannie Smith (Ferguson, 1968), Abbey Sugars-Keen (2020), Neil Rau (1984), Steve Groves (1967), Rich Little (1957). Masters of Ceremonies: Joe Kirby (2000) and Luiza Savage (Chwialkowska, 1992).
7:00 – 11:00 PM	“Blue and Grey” Pub Night (Gym) Have a drink or two while reconnecting with fellow alumni. Musical entertainment will include Lisgar grad and renowned singer-songwriter Valdy (1962). Cash bar.
9:15 – 11:00 PM	Trivia Night – $10 at the door (Cafeteria) Play against current students in a fun yet competitive trivia contest featuring questions about the school and its alumni, as well as on a range of general knowledge topics. Please check in around 9 PM or immediately following the Reunion Opening / Variety Night. Teams of four maximum—we can help you make a team. Prizes. Light refreshments will be served.
Saturday, May 5
9:30 AM – 4:30 PM	Registration / Open House Didn’t make it on the Friday night? Pick up your name tag and any tickets you purchased, and set off to explore the old school, including classrooms set up with displays of photos and archival material from each decade.
9:00 – 10:30 AM	Teachers’ Breakfast (teachers and staff only) – $15 (Officers' Mess) Did you teach or work at Lisgar? Reconnect with old colleagues over a buffet breakfast before meeting former students.
10:00 – 11:00 AM	School Tour with David Jeanes – sold out Discover things about Lisgar and its architecture that you surely never knew. Lisgar grad David Jeanes is President of Heritage Ottawa.
10:30 – 12:00 noon	Meet the Teachers (Officers' Mess) Looking to reconnect with a special teacher? This promises to be the best moment to track him or her down.
12:00 noon – 2:00 PM	Lunch – BBQ (Outdoors) Grab a bite on the Mall and keep a look out for old friends and classmates.
12:45 – 2:45 PM	Musical Performances (Alumni Auditorium) Lisgar’s award-winning musical ensembles continue to be among the best in the city, if not the province. Symphonic Winds, 12:45 – 1:30 PM. String Ensemble, 1:45 – 2:00 PM. Symphony Orchestra, 2:00 – 2:45 PM.
1:00 – 2:00 PM	School Tour with David Jeanes – sold out Discover things about Lisgar and its architecture that you surely never knew. Lisgar grad David Jeanes is President of Heritage Ottawa.
3:00 – 4:00 PM	School Tour with David Jeanes – sold out Discover things about Lisgar and its architecture that you surely never knew. Lisgar grad David Jeanes is President of Heritage Ottawa.
6:00 PM – 12:00 midnight	Reception and Dinner / Dance – $125 (Shaw Centre) Head just across the Canal for a reception and sit-down dinner. After dinner, dance the night away with fellow alumni from eight different decades. Master of Ceremonies: Rosemary Thompson (1983).
Sunday, May 6
9:30 AM – 2:00 PM	Registration / Open House Haven’t picked up your name tag yet? Don’t miss your last chance to explore the old school and visit the various displays.
9:30 – 10:30 AM	School Tour with David Jeanes – sold out Discover things about Lisgar and its architecture that you surely never knew. Lisgar grad David Jeanes is President of Heritage Ottawa.
10:45 – 11:45 AM	School Tour with David Jeanes – sold out Discover things about Lisgar and its architecture that you surely never knew. Lisgar grad David Jeanes is President of Heritage Ottawa.
12:00 noon – 1:30 PM	Athletic Wall of Fame Induction (Gym) Welcome eleven new Lisgarites to the school’s Athletic Wall of Fame, which honours those who have made notable achievements in the world of sports and athletics. The ceremony will be immediately followed by an informal reception to which all in attendance are invited.

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