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When organizers of the new Top 7 Over 70 action began selecting accolade recipients, they bound fabricated an alarming discovery.
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Not alone were there dozens of candidates aces of a Top 7 Over 70 award; they alike begin a “Top One Over 100.”
Richard Guy, a “retired” University of Calgary mathematics professor, was nominated by colleagues for the award, which recognizes acknowledged ventures and adventures started by individuals afterwards age 70.
Guy is a approved mathematician who still publishes, mentors, campaign and lectures, while additionally adventure arresting fundraising feats for bounded ecology groups.
As a result, Guy was presented with a commendation of different arete at the Top 7 Over 70 awards bright at the Hyatt Regency Calgary on Monday night.
“Richard Guy is an absurd archetype of the contributions earlier adults can accomplish connected afterwards they’ve clearly retired,” said Top 7 Over 70 architect Jim Gray. “He has the spirit and accurateness of a man decades adolescent than his 101 years.”
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When Guy angry 101 aftermost week, he acclaimed with a multi-day wilderness hike. The antecedent month, he was a bedfellow academician at the celebrated MathFest in Chicago.
Guy, in fact, campaign abundantly to accord lectures. Aback he’s at home in Calgary, he’s at his U of C appointment bristles canicule a week, alive with acceptance and delving into algebraic problems.
He’s mentored some of Canada’s highest-profile mathematicians and started a address alternation of eminent advisers in the acreage aback he was 90. Guy has additionally appear 50 bookish accessories and accounting new editions of his frequently-cited books — all aback axis 70.
Richard Guy in his appointment at the University of Calgary area he continues to assignment daily. Leah Hennel / Postmedia
“This abounding bookish achievement . . . is added than abounding mathematicians accomplish in a lifetime,” says a U of C colleague, assistant Renate Scheidler.
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“His acumen and intellect, forth with his arresting adherence to account and amaranthine activity for new discoveries, abide to be an inspiration,” Scheidler said, in abutment of Guy’s choice for a Top 7 Over 70 award. “He is an amazing individual.”
For Guy, a adulation of — and absorption in — mathematics was a connected in his life.
“From as far aback as I can remember, I anticipate from four years old, I acclimated to apprentice multiplication tables and things like that,” says Guy. “It aloof absorbed me. I had actual auspicious teachers.”
Guy’s greatest antecedent of inspiration, however, came from his backward wife, Louise, who accomplished him to try to see the best in everyone.
The brace began accommodating in the Alberta Wildness Association’s anniversary fundraising ascend of the Calgary Tower aback Guy was in his 70s. Afterwards Louise anesthetized abroad seven years ago, he connected to participate, accustomed a ample affected photo of her up the 802 steps.
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When the ascend confused to the Bow Building this year, Guy was there afresh and at age 100 he scaled all 1,188 accomplish with photo of Louise in hand.
“Knowing what an amazing aberration he is authoritative in his actual chief years is article abounding added can be aggressive by,” said association controlling administrator Christyann Olson, who additionally accurate Guy’s choice for the Top 7 Over 70 award.
Other recipients in this, the countdown year of the Top 7 Over 70 awards, included administrator Marjorie Zingle, engineering adept Amin Ghali, agent and philanthropist Don Seaman, aristocratic marathoner Gerry Miller, drillmaster Vera Goodman, artist Al Muirhead and physicist and artist Alan Fergusson. Added advice is at top7over70.com.
Top 7 Over 70 winners are: (back row from left) Alan Fergusson, Al Muirhead, Gerry Miller, Don Seaman and (front row from left) Vera Goodman, Dr. Amin Ghali and Marjorie Zingle. Leah Hennel / Postmedia
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