PAGE, DR. ORVILLE "ORY" THOMAS Doctor Orville "Ory" Thomas Page passed away on Saturday, August 4, 2007, at the Summerset Manor, Summerside, Prince Edward Island, after a lifetime devoted to science and the pursuit of Knowledge. He was predeceased by his beloved Norma Ellis and is survived by a sister, Grace Bridle; a daughter, Karen Marantz; and a son, William Page. Dr. Page was born on February 13, 1921 in Burlington, Ontario. After serving in the R.C.A.F. as a coastal pilot and chief test pilot from 1940 to 1945, he went on to university, obtaining a first degree in science at the Ontario Agricultural College (Guelph) of the University of Toronto and then Masters and Doctorate degrees at the Iowa State College in the United States in 1954. After ten years of research activity, Dr. Page went on to teach as a professor and to serve as the Associate Dean of Science at the University of New Brunswick. In 1973, he was appointed Deputy Director and Director of Research at the International Potato Center in Lima, Peru, where he directed the research of some 50 PhD level scientists and their research students until his retirement in 1985. As a consultant, Dr. Page undertook assignments on behalf of numerous Canadian and foreign development agencies in some 28 countries in the developed and lesser developed world. Ory supported various scientific endeavors after his retirement ranging from encouraging young people to pursue science as careers, the establishment of a library, the inventory of trees in Summerside and the scientific underpinnings of the Bedeque Bay Environment Association. Resting at the Moase Funeral Home, Summerside, P.E.I., until Friday, August 10, 2007, then to the Summerside Baptist Church, for funeral service at 11:00 a.m. Interment in Peoples Cemetery, Summerside. Visiting hours Thursday from 7-9 p.m. only. Memorial donations to the Friends of the Summerside Rotary Library would be appreciated. www.moase.ca