In Memoriam

We are sad to announce the passing of Helen, who will be greatly missed by her husband of 61 years, Bill, daughters Jennifer (Peter Hyland) and Andrea (Peter Brown), and adored granddaughters Kiley and Rebecca. Helen was born in Kingston in 1933 and is survived by her sister Eleanor Allison and brother Howard Herron (Pauline). A proud alumna of Queen’s University, she graduated in nursing science in 1955 and worked as a nurse in Belleville before settling in Ottawa in 1959. Never one to stand still, Helen was often seen tending her beautiful garden in the suburb of Crystal Beach, where she was an active member of the community, taught piano to local children, and made many dear lifelong friends. She enjoyed a career as a public health nurse for the City of Ottawa and, after retiring, volunteered for the Canadian Cancer Society for more than 15 years.

Robert Alan Fulford died on Aug. 28, 2021. Robert was born in Windsor, Ont., on Sept. 10, 1936. He is survived by his wife Sharon Trent-Fulford, stepson Ian Trent, four children Dr. Susan Pacinda, Sean Fulford, Scott Fulford, Shelia Stein, and their spouses and children. Robert was a medical graduate from Queen’s University in 1961. He did post-graduate training at Kingston General Hospital and Montreal General Hospital, becoming a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons Canada in 1966. He practised in Montreal and Oshawa before moving to Houston in 1974 and starting practice at Kelsey-Seybold. He entered private practice in 1978, then joined Hopestar Orthopedic Group, later taken over by Baylor College of Medicine Orthopedic Group. His final years of practice were spent as a consultant.

Frederick George FitzPatrick passed away at his home in Toronto on March 3, 2021. Frederick was a graduate of Frontenac Secondary School, Queen’s University, and the University of British Columbia (MFA). Fred had a passion for art in all forms, from sculpture to architecture, sketching pen and ink drawings to painting. Fred keenly studied art and architecture wherever he travelled, in Italy, Ireland, Morocco, Vietnam, Vancouver, and especially in his beloved city of Toronto. Although Fred began his career as a sculptor, he spent the last 33 years of his life
working as a scenic painter with the American film industry (IATSE) in Toronto. He was predeceased by his parents, James Alexander and Margaret Layton FitzPatrick, and is survived by his cherished son Wesley James FitzPatrick, dear friend Heidi McLeod, brother Terrence James (Nancy), sister Gay Frances Keithly, nephews Adam and Ryan FitzPatrick, Sean Keithly and niece, Margo Keithly.

The Queen’s community is remembering Professor Arthur (Art) Cockfield, a highly esteemed and cherished teacher, mentor, colleague, and friend. Art died unexpectedly on Jan. 9, 2022, from an unsuspected heart condition. He was 54.

Art was one of the world’s leading tax law scholars, a policy consultant, and an innovative instructor, serving most recently as Professor and Associate Dean (Academic Policy) in the Faculty of Law.

“Art Cockfield has left an indelible imprint on laws and policies in Canada and around the world, as well as on the Queen’s Law community members near and far who’ve known him from student to professor,” says Dean Mark Walters (Law’89). “He was a main--stay of our law school, a loyal and dedicated teacher who cared deeply for his students, and a cherished mentor and friend to so many of us.”

After completing his undergraduate studies at Western University, Art attended Queen’s Law, earning his LLB in 1993, and becoming involved in the Kingston community with Queen’s Legal Aid (QLA) as a student. He would later earn a Master of the Science of Law (JSM) and Doctor of the Science of Law (JSD) from Stanford University.

Art returned to Queen’s as a faculty member in 2001 as a Queen’s National Scholar. With Queen’s Surveillance Studies Centre, he served on the Executive Board and was a co-investigator in several large-scale research projects. Among other appointments, he had been a Fulbright Visiting Chair in Policy Studies at the University of Texas at Austin and taught at the University of West Indies in Barbados.

Art also served as a legal and policy consultant to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the United Nations, the Department of Justice, the Department of Finance, the Advisory Panel on Canada’s System of Inter-national Taxation, the National Judicial Institute, the Office of the Auditor General of Canada, and the Office of the Privacy Commissioner.

Art was featured prominently in the media and legal sector as a pre-eminent authority on tax law, financial crime, e-commerce, privacy, and legal ethics. He shared his expertise and commitment to legal excellence with law students for over two decades. Former student Mark Cavdar (Law’13), says, “Professor Cockfield was a natural communicator, injecting everything he taught with his distinctive voice and humour. What made him unique for me was his candor, his utmost respect for and deference to the foundations of our common law, and his ability to dialogue with a room of aspiring lawyers in a language that they inherently understood.”

Among Art’s surviving family members are his mother, Gale Clost Costen, and sons Arthur (Com’18), Jack, and William.

Mary Ellen (Barr) Beamish, 87, passed away March 17, 2021, at Innisfree House, Kitchener. Mary Ellen, survived by her children: Sandra (Greg Hanmer), Susan (Kevin Goheen), Charles, and Stephen (Karen Temple-Beamish). Proud grandmother of Kaitlin, Sarah, Maryn (Matt Shanahan) and Paige Hanmer; Ben, Casey and Josh Goheen; and Megan (Kasper Podgorski) and Nic Beamish. Mary Ellen, loved by her brother George (deceased) (Peggy) Barr, sisters Margaret Ann (Ross) McFarlane and Alberta Jane (Bob, deceased) McNutt and their families. Mary Ellen is preceded in death by her husband Charles (Chuck) Brouse Beamish. Mary Ellen was a true educator, spending more than 35 years as a teacher, principal, and superintendent within the Northumberland Newcastle/Kawartha Pine Ridge District school board. In addition, she enjoyed golfing, curling, and admiring sunsets at her homes on Moore Lake and in Pinehurst, North Carolina.