Laird Mealiea has big plans for retirement: heās going to write the next great Canadian novel.
The professor with the School of Business Administration has the storyline mapped out and is sharing the writing with his brother Wallace down in Florida. The plot involves twins and their ability to talk to their younger or older selves through time.
āIām enjoying it so far,ā says Dr. Mealiea, who has written some other booksāSkills for Managers in Organizations and Fundamentals of Management and Skills. āScience fiction is a challenge.ā
But chemistry professor Jim Pincockās retirement plans are less ambitious: āIām going to read a book and after that Iām going to read another one,ā he says with a laugh.
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Dr. Mealiea and Dr. Pincock were just two of the many retiring professors and staff members who turned out for a retirement party at the Victorian Lounge in Shirreff Hall. Dalhousie President Tom Traves distributed giftsāgold keychains and necklaces with the Inspiring Minds logoāand paid tribute to their years of dedicated service to Dalhousie.
Jim Stolzman, professor with the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, says heās going to miss the students and his colleagues, but figures heās heard enough inventive excuses for late papers to last him awhile.
āThere should be a quota on dying grandparents,ā he said dryly.
There are more than 60 people who have retired or are retiring from pilipiliĀž» this year. They are:
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