Posted in mynaramata.com
30th June 2022
Jack Warnock
Jim Beattie
John Warnock, a friend to many in Naramata, passed away at the age of 88 years on Friday, May 27, 2022 in Victoria, BC. following a heartbreaking struggle with ALS. He is survived by his former wife Betty Meyers, a Victoria artist, and his children: Delia, Robert, and Dufferin.
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, "Jack" attended Duke University before his interest in International Affairs led to his pursuit of graduate studies at Georgetown University and then American University. Following his studies, Jack worked within the Library of Congress and then the U.S. Foreign Service under the Kennedy administration. He moved with his family to Saskatoon in a period that coincided with the expansion of the U.S. war in Vietnam. Jack taught in the Political Science Department at the University of Saskatchewan and later moved to Naramata in the ‘70s where he farmed fruit on Old Main Rd. and the current site of Marichal Winery. Jack was a co-founder of the South Okanagan Environmental Coalition (SOEC) which led the fight to end the use of 2-4d to kill milfoil in Lake Okanagan and the ban against uranium mining exploration in BC. He later left farming to return to teaching first in Victoria and finally at the University of Regina.
Jack was a lifelong, committed political, social justice and environmental activist, political commentator, writer, and university teacher. He leaves behind an incomparably rich political legacy. Jack gave it his all, no matter what he did. You can read more about Jack and his many powerful and inciteful publications on his blog johnwwarnock.blogspot.com.
He willed be lovingly remembered.
Jim Beattie
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, "Jack" attended Duke University before his interest in International Affairs led to his pursuit of graduate studies at Georgetown University and then American University. Following his studies, Jack worked within the Library of Congress and then the U.S. Foreign Service under the Kennedy administration. He moved with his family to Saskatoon in a period that coincided with the expansion of the U.S. war in Vietnam. Jack taught in the Political Science Department at the University of Saskatchewan and later moved to Naramata in the ‘70s where he farmed fruit on Old Main Rd. and the current site of Marichal Winery. Jack was a co-founder of the South Okanagan Environmental Coalition (SOEC) which led the fight to end the use of 2-4d to kill milfoil in Lake Okanagan and the ban against uranium mining exploration in BC. He later left farming to return to teaching first in Victoria and finally at the University of Regina.
Jack was a lifelong, committed political, social justice and environmental activist, political commentator, writer, and university teacher. He leaves behind an incomparably rich political legacy. Jack gave it his all, no matter what he did. You can read more about Jack and his many powerful and inciteful publications on his blog johnwwarnock.blogspot.com.
He willed be lovingly remembered.
Jim Beattie
