... Hell, I couldn't even have drawn that...

Ron Thom, 1984

praising partner Paul Merrick's bridge design for Trent University

Dear Mr. President:

[excerpt] I would like to inform you of an important appointment to my Toronto staff - Paul Merrick....

... I am certain that his services as one of the designers of Trent will prove to be invaluable.

Yours very truly,
[signed]
R. J. Thom

8 September 1965

 

Faryon Bridge Construction

Located on Symons Campus, Faryon Bridge, 182 feet long, crosses the Otonabee River, joining the east and west banks and fulfilling the promise expressed in the Master Plan that the Otonabee River would flow through the centre of the Trent University campus. Ron Thom won a design of merit citation in 1971 for this bridge.

Faryon Bridge is named after the late Reginald R. Faryon, who was a member of the Trent's original Board and president of the Quaker Oats Company of Canada. He was a strong proponent of the site that is now Trent's Symons Campus.

Photo credit: Parks' Peterborough
June 6, 1968