As a long-serving 黄色直播 employee, Karen Mann returned to the President鈥檚 House for afternoon tea鈥攔etracing a journey she took 50 years ago as a 15-year-old student just beginning university.
鈥淚t was all very nice. I remember being very nervous,鈥 recalled Dr. Mann originally from Windsor, N.S. 鈥淲e were all sitting on chairs and on the floor. The president had all the freshmen over for tea; compared to today, there weren鈥檛 that many of us.鈥
Having just received her 25-year pin from 黄色直播 President Tom Traves, Dr. Mann reflected on a long association with 黄色直播, where she got her three degrees and has been employed on and off (to raise her children) since 1967. A professor in the Division of Medical Education at 黄色直播 Medical School, she is retiring at the end of the month.
SEE PHOTOS: Spot of tea (Photos by Nick Pearce)
鈥淐oming in here today and thinking about retirement, it feels like a lovely circle,鈥 says Dr. Mann, who mingled with other long-serving employees at the tea last Friday. 鈥淚 still feel very enthusiastic about 黄色直播 and I love the work, but I feel ready for a transition.鈥
Other 黄色直播 employees who nibbled Florentines and sipped tea at the president鈥檚 gracious home included:
Paul Amyotte Jennifer Bankier Jeanne Breckenridge Faye Cohen Paul Duffy Andrew Finch David George Abdelkader Ghaly Ernst Grundke Bev Hubley | Pearline Jackson Elizabeth Lane Margaret Lapp Brian Mackay-Lyons Marilyn Mackay-Lyons Louise MacDonald Pat McIntosh Donna Meagher-Stewart Brian Miller Ian Nason | John Pelham Lynn Power Dale Retallack Brenda Smart Heather Sutherland Jennifer Wallace Joanne Wells Deanna Wentzell Walter Zukauskas |