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Robert (Bob) Handel, P.Eng., FEC APEGBC members who knew past president Robert (Bob) Handel, P.Eng., FEC, will remember his contributions to the association and the engineering community, as well as his ready smile. The association reports with regret Handel’s passing on January 31, 2016. Handel earned his B.A.Sc. in electrical engineering from UBC (1949), then worked with Ontario Hydro, BC Power Commission, IPEC, BC Hydro and Power Authority, and others. His career took him across Canada, South America, China, Ethiopia, India, Malaysia, and Pakistan, where he worked with a select team designing major hydroelectric projects. After many years volunteering with various APEGBC committees, Handel was elected to Council in 1972 and 1973, and as association vice-president in 1976/1977, serving as president the following year. He was awarded an APEGBC professional service award in 1980, and continued to volunteer on many of the association’s committees. Handel’s dedication and contributions to the association and the engineering community, his distinguished career and service, and his great humour are remembered with thanks and appreciation.

John (Jack) Croll, CA With regret, APEGBC notes the passing of honourary member Jack Croll, CA, on January 7, 2016. A chartered accountant first qualifying in Manitoba in 1952, Croll later qualified in BC, going on to work with Placer Development, MacMillan Bloedel, the Canadian Development Investment Corporation, and Crestbrook Forest Industries, among others. Following his retirement in 1992, he continued to serve on the boards of various resource companies. A member of the first graduating class of Simon Fraser University’s Executive MBA Program (1972), Croll later served on the university’s senate and board of governors, and on committees and as president for the Institute of Chartered Accountants of BC. He also served on APEGBC’s Council as a lay member, and in 2002 was named an honourary member—one of two such individuals outside of the engineering and geoscience professions at the time. In addition to his distinguished career and professional service, Croll will be remembered with gratitude for his contributions to the association and BC’s engineering community.

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