Keith Rutland Bowler

Born and raised in the United Kingdom, Keith’s passion for adventure and travel came at an early age as his childhood took him all over Britain and Scotland. This intrepid spirit brought him to Canada in 1953 and a whole new life in Toronto at the age of 18. It’s around this time that Keith was hired by the Best Institute as a lab technician at the University of Toronto. He met the love of his life Sybil in 1960 in a chance meeting through family and they married in 1962. Not content to spend his career testing mice and performing experiments, Keith’s ambitious moxy and determination helped him work his way up from within to eventually be promoted to a directorship.

Keith was appointed Director of Purchasing for the University of Toronto in 1984, a career that 3 years later would move the Bowler clan across the country to Vancouver. He became the Director of Purchasing at the University of British Columbia for the next 13 years, eventually retiring (sort of) in the year 2000.

His adventurous spirit and love for travel was insatiable. This love took him places all around the world including Europe and across the Americas through many national parks throughout his life. But none of these places came close to his affinity for the great Grand Canyon.

Keith is survived by his loving wife Sybil, his children Richard (Sandy), Andrew, Rosalynde (Craig), Sandell, 7 grand children and 1 great grand child, brother Andrew (Helen) and two nieces