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InfoCATIE 1999 September In Memoriam
Dr. Chester Myers Eminent scientist and friend to CATIE November 24, 1945 – August 16, 1999 Chester Myers called his friend from the hospital and left a message joking that he was still waiting for a room. “He had a great sense of humour, even at the end,” says Terry Maurice, who continues to listen to that message on his voice mail. “I don’t have the heart to delete it.” Dr. Myers, also a friend to many people at CATIE, died of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a type of cancer, at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto. As well as a friend, Dr. Myers was an enormous support to CATIE as one of its scientific advisors. Long-time CATIE supporters may remember Dr. Myers’ feature articles in The Positive Side, published from 1991 to 1996. His name will also be familiar to anyone who has looked for information on nutrition on CATIE’s Web site. “His work and his science were the focal points of his life,” says Terry Maurice, president and CEO of the Guelph Food Technology Centre, where Dr. Myers was director of applied research and product development. The two met in 1975 while working together at General Foods in Cobourg, Ontario. Besides a passion for science, the two men shared a love of music. Chester inherited this love from his mother, a church organist, as he would later become. Chester Myers grew up in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, with his parents and older sister, Shirley Sangster. He did his B.Sc and M.Sc at Dalhousie University and completed his PhD in 1975 at the University of Toronto. “The one thing that always came through is how completely he threw himself into things,” says Mrs. Sangster. That trait seems to be evident to everyone who knew him. Mrs. Sangster also remembers observing her brother during his first year of high school and her first year teaching in their one-room country school. “He had a gift in mathematics like I had never seen. It astounded me, actually.” Gentle, kind and devoted are the qualities that come to mind for the people closest to Chester Myers. These same qualities are reflected in the biblical passage he requested be read at his memorial service. “We should love one another,” the passage* begins. “I think he thought the world would be a better place if everyone followed that advice,” says Mrs. Sangster. A memorial service was held in New Harbour, Nova Scotia, on August 22; another will be held in Toronto in early October. Also, the University of Guelph, where Chester taught as an adjunct professor, has created the Dr. Chester Myers Memorial Fund for graduate students in the department of food science. For more information, or to contribute to the fund, please call Ross Butler at (519) 824-4120. *1 John 3:11 | |
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