Peter Brooks, the wonderful, charming man with curly hair, and a moustache who worked nearly every day at the NSCAD printshop, died on Thursday June 17th of cancer. He had been fighting it for quite some time, and had been off work for nearly two semesters. He was 52 years old.

Peter was a familiar face at NSCAD. His career there lasted a quarter century, as Director, Visual Communications Services, and full-part time faculty in the design program. He was a kind, caring man, and he was a pleasure to be around, and truly helpful in every sense of the word. NSCAD students love him, and appreciated him dearly.

He also printed the degree parchments every year. NSCAD is the only university in Canada who still prints our degrees on letterpress, and Peter Brooks was the man behind the machine. He even applied the seals by hand.

Peter and Jeff Wry (Jeff, the other printshop staple. The two worked together for years, and seemed incredibly close.) helped me with many projects in my four years at NSCAD. They always showed great interest, and would spend any length of time it seemed to help me bind books, lay out, and cut pages, etc. They were always interested in what I did, and I always gave them a copy of all the books and projects I made.

My heart goes out to Peter's family and friends, and to Jeff Wry, who I know will miss him greatly.

We'll all miss him.