Lise Bramall's retirement information page

When:

Friday June 24, 2016

Where:

NRC - 100 Sussex Dr.

Short Synopsis of her career:

Lise started working at NRC on July 4th, 1966. Even though she was transfered to Shared Services Canada in November 2011, her main clients have always been "biology", whether they were called Division of Biology, Institute for Biological Sciences, or Human Health Therapeutics.

She was hired as a Lab Technician in the NRC Biometrics Group of the Division of Biology. She was hired by Dr. Hopkins, who founded the NRC Biometrics Laboratory. He remained as her boss/supervisor until 1973. At roughly the time when the "Divisions" became "Institutes", Lise joined the Research Computing Support Group at the Science Affairs Office. That was in 1992. That entire group was transfered to Shared Services Canada in 2011, but Lise continued to support the same clients. When she retires, as part of the High Performance Computing Optimization Group, on July 4th, 2016, she will be the last person from the original group leaving Sussex Drive.

Throughout her career, Lise was involved in programming and supporting the Biology researchers from the beginning, on the very first computers used at NRC. She used every generation of computers used at NRC, from 1966 until the present. She has used paper tape, magnetic tape, optical devices, solid state devices.

Lise has co-authored 8 research papers, and was acknowledged in 20 others. She has also won a number of awards including an IBS Achievement award, and the 2006 NRC Corporate Outstanding Achievement Group Award as a member of the Research Computing Support Group.

Pictures

We would like to display pictures of Lise throughout her career. A copy of those would be made for her to keep as souvenir.

If you have pictures of Lise, please scan them, and send them to claudeccantin@gmail.com, or Andre.Charbonneau@Canada.ca. Please include a short description of the picture; at least the year and the occasion. For your picture to make it to the moving slide show and the souvenir CD, please make sure we receive them by June 16th.

Short Messages

If you would like to leave a short message to Lise, please send it to Andre.Charbonneau@Canada.ca. He will incorporate your message as part of the "live slide show".

He will also ensure she receives all short messages received.

Stories

If you have short stories about Lise, please send them to claudeccantin@gmail.com. We will make them available to her. We may even use some of them during the retirement presentations.

Events Currently Tentatively Planned:

  1. Pot-Luck at the 100 Sussex Drive Cafeteria - noon

    Please bring a dish and share it amongst friends.

    Alternatively, contribute $5-$10 for lunch and we will order in some food (pizza, finger foods). If you are not contributing in advance, please Claude know so we have an idea on how many people to expect.

    Starts at noon.

  2. Meet and greet - from noon

    Use the cafeteria to meet and greet current and former colleagues. That room will be available until 4:30 or 5:00.

  3. Short Ceremony - roughly at 1:30

    4. Most likely at 1:30, to let some people going back to work.

    The rest can mingle, and catchup the rest of the afternoon.

  4. Videoconference and teleconference greetings - Cancelled

    Because of logistics and NRC Security Policies (physical security), moving to room 3001 would cause too many issues. Videoconference is therefore out. But if you want to call her, between 3:00 and 4:00, you can call my (Claude's) cell phone, and I will hand it over to her for you... I am at 613-854-6580. Note that cell reception in the cafeteria is spotty at best...

  5. Select people dinner with Lise

    Sorry, cannot invite everyone...

Contact, Contributions:

There is two types on contributions:
  1. For lunch: if you are coming for lunch but not bringing anything for the pot-luck, we ask that you contribute $5-10 (ahead of time) to cover for extra foods, finger foods, drinks, etc.

  2. For a gift: if you would like to contribute to a gift for Lise, that would be appreciated. We will be contacting her husband for ideas of what to get her.

    For non-local or non-NRC people, if you wish to contribute ahead of time, your may use PayPal and send your contribution to claudeccantin@gmail.com. Or send it to Claude Cantin, 2065 ch Clark, Rockland ON, K4K 1K7.

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