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SUMMER
2013
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Issa Kawar
graduated from AUB in 1973 with a Bachelor of
Mechanical Engineering.
He is presently a Licensed Professional Engineer of Ontario
Canada. After a long career in the Middle East: Lebanon, Jordan
and Saudi Arabia in the construction industry mainly HVAC
in the capacity of a contractor, consultant and dabbling in sales
and the restaurant business, he emigrated to Toronto, Ontario,
Canada in 2000. He is currently the Project manager at Black
and Ellard-WillsonEngineering prestigious consultants in the
mechanical and electrical fields.
He is married to May Kawar presently Senior account manager
at the Royal Bank Of Canada and has four children: Nayef
graduated from York University with a degree in Bachelor of
Science; Basel is in his last year at York seeking a BA in business
economics; Luma is in her 3rd year as a psychology major, and
aLeen also 3rd year in kinesiology.
Photo is of eldest son’s Nayef graduation from York University in
Toronto.
‘80
Ziad Khatib
sends the following photo: “I apologize for the
quality of photo.This is the Arabic class with the late Alfred
Khouri in 1979 Rockfeller Hall room 205 for 6th A class (class
of 1980) .
From left to
right: Nabil
Rashidi,Saad
Baalbaki,Saad
Azhari, Nadim
Ladki, x,
Zohair Saba,
Nabil Dab-
bous, Badi
Sha’rani, Mr
Alfred Khouri,
Imad Dana, Mohamed Ahmar, Usama Jadayel, Haig Krakirian,
Rana Shammah, Aida Azar and Ramia Midani
‘89
Mazen Slim is living with his wife and daughter in Montreal-
Canada and will be completing a new graduate diploma in
Health and Social Services from McGill University in December
2013. He is presently working at Sun Life Financial, specializing
in retirement planning, wealth management and Group Ben-
efits. Mazen is looking forward to have an IC Alumni Branch
established in Montreal in the near future. “IC marked my life,”
he writes,“and I still miss those old good days!”
‘93
Dr.Talal Jaber
and his wife Mirna AbouChacra were blessed
by a new baby brother for their daughter Sama, currently an IC
student, and their son Melhem. Ramzi Talal Jaber was born on
December 27, 2012, in Virginia Beach USA.
BachirHoussam EL-Smadi
obtained the Associate membership
in the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investments of the
U.K. and is looking to obtaining his Chartered Financial Analyst
Diploma of the US in the coming three years.
After working for the past five years with NBK Capital in Kuwait,
he submitted his resignation and relocated to Canada in May. He
is currently contemplating an offer with a big Canadian Financial
Conglomerate. He is married to Abeer Lotfy (Egyptian).
‘94
Abdel Kader El Tal
finished his BS in Biology and MD degree
at the American University of Beirut (AUB).
He specialized in Dermatology at AUB and Wayne State Uni-
versity in Detroit, Michigan.
He super-specialized in Procedural Dermatology, which consists
of training on skin cancer surgery (Mohs surgery) and cosmetic
procedures.