Obituary of Henry John (Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Education) Kaluza

Passed away on Sunday, May 5th, 2013, in London, Ontario. Beloved husband of Joan for 58 years. Loving father of Karen (Rob) Wong of Georgetown, Ontario; Donald (Darcey) Kaluza of Nanaimo, B.C.; and David (Tika) Kaluza of Cambridge, Ontario. Loved brother of Helen Soderquest (Peter) of Hamilton, and dear brother-in-law of Agnes Couse of Toronto, Freida Groleau of Hamilton, Peggy Kershaw of Toronto, Jack (Jean) Mitchell of Burlington, and Jim (Gayle) of Huntsville. Dear grandfather of Adrian, Brendan, Trevor, Christopher, Amanda, Scott, Heather, Glenn and Nika. Will be missed by many nieces and nephews. Henry taught at Secondary Schools in St. Catharines and, in Hamilton, became Head of Business and Assistant Supervisor of Evening School. In 1965 he joined the Faculty of Education, University of Western Ontario, as an associate professor in the Department of Business and Computer Studies. He was promoted to full professor in 1975 and retired as Professor Emeritus in 1987. Between 1969 and 1987, he assisted in the preparation of high school teachers of business at Dalhousie, McGill, and the Universities of Manitoba, Regina and British Columbia. He was a Member of the European Federation of Accountants and American Accounting Association taking his travels throughout the world. During his teaching profession, Henry would travel throughout Canada teaching summer school from British Columbia to Nova Scotia. Henry was also a highly-recognized author for accounting, economics text books and journals for McGraw-Hill during the 70’s and 80’s for which he was awarded the Silver Books Award for Elements of Accounting: A System Approach. In addition to his professional writing Henry wrote, co-wrote personal family books for The Kaluza Martin & Victoria Family Story, John (Jock) Mitchell Family Story, Mervyn Couse (D.F.C.) R.A.F. Tour of Operations, Coro the Nabatu (Doug Gray), Margaret McCallum McCallum Bailey and Her Family, The Hutton Years Ernest Alexander Hutton Autobiography. A memorial service will be conducted at the WESTVIEW FUNERAL CHAPEL, 709 Wonderland Road North, London, on Saturday, May 11th, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. with visitation one hour prior to the service. Interment at a later date at Oakland Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, those wishing to make a donation in memory of Henry are asked to consider AutismOntario London.