Brock Rachar still remembers the names of some of the students who made teaching mathematics so enjoyable for him: Brian Calvert who won the Canadian Junior Mathematics Contest; Jessie Sarazen who successfully figured out algebra in Grade 12 after two earlier tries;  and Jim Hunter, a grade five student, who showed Brock there’s a link between doing well in mathematics and loving dogs!
Brock grew up in London, Ontario, attending Victoria P.S., Wortley P.S. and Empress P.S. and London South C.I.  He went on to study at the University of Western Ontario and at the University of Waterloo.
He returned to London to teach at Princess Elizabeth P.S., G.A. Wheable S.S. where he was department head, and also at Althouse College of Education. Brock was the K-13 Mathematics Coordinator for London, and the Program Supervisor for Pure and Applied Sciences in the city.
Brock was part of many professional organizations related to mathematics including O.A.M.E. However, outside the classroom he’s best known for his great love of music. He produced high school musicals, performed for many years in Bach Festivals, was a tenor soloist for 30 years, and has been an adjudicator of West Lorne Kiwanis Club Music Festivals for more than 40 years.