Donn KUSHNER

KUSHNER, Donn
Passed away at Toronto on Saturday, September 15, 2001, after a valiant struggle against a double illness. Deeply mourned by Eva, his wife for 52 years; son Daniel and his wife Carol; son Roland, his wife Barbara and their sons Nathan and Benjamin; son Paul, his wife Catherine and their sons Noah and Wesley; brother William and his wife Marsha; sister-in-law Sonia Brody and her husband Garry; nieces Lesley Kushner, Joanna Brody and her husband Thomas Small; nephews Tony Kushner, Eric Kushner and his wife Maighread, Allan Brody and his wife Rosa, Jeffrey Brody and his wife Julie; the Zaruba family in France; and by a number of grandnephews, grandnieces and cousins. Born in Lake Charles, Louisiana in 1927, Donn studied at Harvard (B.Sc. 1948) and McGill (M.Sc. 1950, Ph.D. 1952). He was a research scientist with the Department of Agriculture in Sault Ste. Marie (1954-61) and the National Research Council in Ottawa (1961-65); Associate Professor of Biology (1965-67) and Professor of Biology (1967-88) at the University of Ottawa. In 1988, he joined the Departments of Microbiology and Botany and the Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Toronto as Professor, and in 1992, became Professor Emeritus in the Department of Botany. He was a Fellow of Victoria College (1988-92), President of the Canadian Society for Microbiology, Editor of the Canadian Journal of Microbiology and of Archives of Microbiology. He wrote children's books, several of which won awards and were translated into foreign languages. He was an accomplished chamber music player on the violin and viola. The family will receive friends at the HUMPHREY FUNERAL HOME-A.W. MILES CHAPEL, 1403 Bayview Avenue (South of Eglinton Avenue East), from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Friday, September 21st. A Farewell Service will be held in the chapel on Saturday, September 22nd at 11:00 a.m. If desired, memorial donations may be made to the Kushner Bursary in Biological Sciences, c/o External Relations, Victoria College, 73 Queen's Park Crescent, Toronto M5R 3C2.