In memoriam Howard B. Ripstein

His many Concordia friends were saddened to hear of the death on Sept. 27, in his 81st year, of Professor Howard Berlind Ripstein, Professor Emeritus of Accounting.

Mr. Ripstein was a chartered accountant and a graduate of Sir George Williams University, BComm 1960, and Queen’s University. He was a long-time professor at Concordia and both of its two founding institutions, Sir George Williams University and Loyola College.

After flying a tour of bomber operations over Germany during the Second World War with 426 (Thunderbird) Squadron, and post-war service with 438 (City of Montreal) Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force (Auxiliary), Mr. Ripstein retired from the RCAF as a Flight Lieutenant in 1958.

His many honours included being invested with the Croix du Combattant de l’Europe in 2000 by the Government of France and being appointed an Officer of the Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in 2004.