Ryerson Alumni - Winter 2018 - 42

Class Notes
UPDATES FROM ALUMNI ON PERSONAL & PROFESSIONAL MILESTONES

1970s
Valerie Lampard
RTA '79

She writes: "After graduation,
I got a job with CFTR Radio,
then worked at CHFI-FM.
I left the radio business in
1984 but continued working
in communications and
promotions, including product
licensing for the MLB, NHL,
Warner Bros., Looney Tunes
and DC Comics characters."
After retiring, Valerie
settled in Mesa, Ariz.
Valerie Pringle
RTA '74

1950s
John Downing
Journalism '58

A former editor of the Toronto
Sun and Toronto Telegram,
John has published a history
of Ryerson titled Ryerson
University: A Unicorn Among
Horses. He writes: "The book
is chatty and filled with
anecdotes about the early days."
blog.johndowning.ca.

1960s
Michael Englebert
Radio and Television
Arts (RTA) '65

Though retired, Michael
continues with his weekly
radio program, now 20 years
running, titled "Applause,
music from Broadway,
Hollywood & the London
stage." The program
originally ran on AM 740
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Toronto from 1994 to 2014 and
Michael resumed the program
in 2016 as a weekly podcast
focusing on new musical
theatre and classic recordings
of past shows. The program
can be found at mixcloud.com/
radioapplause.

Michael Du Boulay,
Radio and Television
Arts (RTA) '59, playing
the bagpipes in the
Stratford Police Pipes
and Drums.

Michael Fallat
Metallurgy '67

After graduation, Michael
completed his bachelor in
metallurgical engineering at
Michigan Tech University.
He worked for Placer Dome
for 32 years, in Canada,
the Philippines, Australia,
and Papua New Guinea,
and started a consulting
business in 2002.
Burt Rairamo
Gas Engineering Technology '63

A past general manager and
vice-president of Liquid
Carbonic Inc., Burt is also a
poet and has written a novel
about the gas industry, In
the Shadows of a Gas Plant.
burtrairamo.com.

Ryerson University Magazine / Winter 2018

After a 35-year career as a
prominent broadcast journalist
with CTV, CBC and the
Discovery Channel, Valerie
is a volunteer board member
and fundraiser for the
TransCanada Trail and the
Centre for Addiction and
Mental Health in Toronto.
Last March she was named
a Pierre Elliot Trudeau
Foundation mentor.
Randy Ray
Journalism '76

DID YOU
KNOW?

Ryerson partners
with 140 institutions
in 41 countries.

Randy published
his 10th book
last June, titled
As The Years Go
By ... Conversations With
Canada's Folk, Pop &
Rock Pioneers. The book,
written with Mark Kearney,
contains more than 130
stories and photos about
1950s, '60s and '70s
performers such as Lighthouse,
The Diamonds, The
Stampeders, Streetheart,
Bobby Curtola, The Five
Man Electrical Band,
Steppenwolf and Prism.
triviaguys.com.
http://www.mixcloud.com/radioapplause http://blog.johndowning.ca http://www.burtrairamo.com http://www.triviaguys.com
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