I wish to express my sincerest sympathy to the Dyer family.  I know Mr. Dyer  will be dearly missed.  When I heard the news last week, I felt my own sadness and stayed awake that night thinking about my years living on Lyndene Road.  Carole has been my best friend since 1967 and I spent a great deal of time over the years at the Dyer house with their family.  I even spent a couple of  summer vacations with them at Bowser Bay.   They made always made me feel like a part of their family.  I wasn't exactly a stellar student as a kid and yet Mr. Dyer was one of the few adults who made me feel like I was smart and interesting.  He engaged me in conversation and encouraged my interest in biology and curiosity about the treatment of human disease.  When I was in the 8th or 9th grade, he gave me an old copy of his Compendia of Pharmaceutial Sciences.  It was a giant, red, hard cover book.  I used to read it with amazement.  The chemical structures and big words were impressive- how did Mr. Dyer know so much?  That book sat on my bedroom book shelf until I moved away from home.  Looking back, I realize how much it meant to me for an adult to see in me, what teachers and others did not.  I eventually went on to UBC and got a Master in Science degree and have ended up in the biopharmaceutical industry.  One of the last times I spoke with Mr. Dyer, I told him about my work with the US Pharmacopeia. He listened with genuine interest and I felt proud telling him what I accomplished.  He then pulled out a photo of himself at his recent UBC pharmacy reunion.  I was impressed that he went and still considered himself a pharmacist well after his retirement from Woodwards.  I still remember visiting him at the counter there and can picture him in his white uniform shirt.  Somehow, though, I think he was a musician at heart and I will always remember him practicing the trombone and trumpet and playing big band music when I spent the night at their house.  Thank you Mr. Dyer, for making me feel like a specail kid.  It made a difference in my life.  May you rest in peace.

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Mr. Harry Gordon Wallace Dyer

25 julio, 1924 – 19 marzo, 2012

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