{"id":4616,"date":"2020-06-03T17:10:07","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T20:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=4616"},"modified":"2020-06-04T17:00:48","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T20:00:48","slug":"sackville-nb-and-our-world-lost-a-great-man-dr-elmer-melvin-tory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2020\/06\/03\/sackville-nb-and-our-world-lost-a-great-man-dr-elmer-melvin-tory\/","title":{"rendered":"Sackville, NB, and our world lost a great man, Dr. Elmer Melvin Tory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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His name is Dr. Elmer Melvin Tory (1928-2020), Professor Emeritus in mathematics and computer science\nat Mount Allison University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His grieving family members are his \u201cson Kevin\n(Christine), grandsons Pavel and Michael, and several nieces and nephews\u201d. \u201cHe\nwas predeceased by his wife Audrey, sisters Marjorie Tory and Lucile Peacock,\nbrothers Alan and Cecil, and daughter Heather Austin\u201d: https:\/\/www.jonesfuneralhome.ca\/obituaries\/146729<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whilst lighting a candle for him, the hearts of Bambi and her spouse go to his family members\u2019 hearts\u2026 May he rest in peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To honour him, Mount\nAllison University lowered its flag to half-mast today, thank you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All those who have\nknown him in our town are sad today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Tory has enriched his field of research (\u201csedimentation of polydisperse suspensions”, publishing scientific “articles into his 80s”). He taught and mentored generations of students. He also invested time and energy, contributing to make his beloved university the best workplace it can be. For instance, he served on several university committees and acted in many roles within the Mount Allison University\u2019s community (as a university as well as in the union of professors, called the Mount Allison Faculty Association or MAFA). This in addition to also having acted as the President of the Federation of New Brunswick Faculty Associations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All the above is a\nsource of inspiration, thank you Dr. Elmer Tory!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, perhaps even more meaningful than all this fantastic professional legacy is the humanity of Dr. Tory\u2026. The \u201cElmer\u201d whom Bambi and her spouse met 10-12 years ago. He was their (MAFA) party friend, so to speak. Celebration after celebration, term after term, they spent time chatting with him and sometimes laughing :). Elmer had a beautiful sense of humour in addition to his sharp mind and gentle presence. He was fun and everyone was fond of him, including them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, we are\nall going where Elmer went on May 27, 2020. It is called death and it is an integral\npart of life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We die, for sure, but when we do so, it is our reputation that remains eternal, transcending death (through memory). It is the human part of Dr. Tory that will be missed perhaps the most… The next MAFA parties will not be the same without you Elmer \u2639 . <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bambi recalls how you once joked after your last birthday, telling us \u201cthat you have relatives who lived beyond 100 years. So, perhaps you have those good genes (for longevity)<\/em>\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You surely had the\n\u201cgenes\u201d of humanity\/sweetness, so to speak. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you for whom\nyou have been\u2026 Rest in peace now, please.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

His name is Dr. Elmer Melvin Tory (1928-2020), Professor Emeritus in mathematics and computer science at Mount Allison University. His grieving family members are his \u201cson Kevin (Christine), grandsons Pavel and Michael, and several nieces […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4616"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4616"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4641,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4616\/revisions\/4641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}