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October 04, 2005
New chancellor to be installed at fall convocation
SFU celebrates its 40th anniversary fall convocation ceremonies on Oct. 6 and 7 with the installation of its ninth chancellor -- BC business leader Brandt Louie. He succeeds prominent Vancouver businessman Milton Wong, who has stepped down after six years as chancellor. At the start of the convocation ceremony on Thursday, October 6 at 9:45 a.m., the Honourable Lance Finch, Chief Justice of the Court of Appeal of BC, will administer the pledge of office and install Louie as SFU's chancellor. Louie is president and CEO of BC's fourth largest company, H.Y. Louie Co. Ltd. He has been a member of SFU's board of governors for five years and has served as its chair.
Four honorary degrees to be conferred
During each of four ceremonies (at 9:45 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. each day), honorary degrees will be conferred on four individuals, including former Lieutenant General Romeo Dallaire (Oct. 6 morning), chemist and philanthropist Dr. Alfred Bader (Oct. 6 afternoon), economist Jeffrey D. Sachs(Oct. 7 morning), and international educator Allan Luke (Oct. 7 afternoon).
Former Lt. Governor General cited for Rwanda role
Romeo Dallaire, a Canadian senator, spent over 35 years in the Canadian Armed Forces. He is best known for his command of the United Nations assistance mission in Rwanda. His best-selling book, Shake Hands with the Devil -- the Failure of Humanity in Rwanda, won the Governor General's literary award for non-fiction in 2004 and will be the subject of a full-length feature film to be released in 2007. He is a fellow at the Carr Centre for Human Rights Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. A recipient of the Order of Canada in 2002, he received the United Nations Association of Canada's Pearson Peace Medal in March 2005 and was appointed to the Senate in June 2005. Dallaire will also participate in the university's new President's Forum, hosted by SFU president Michael Stevenson at SFU's Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue Oct. 5, 7-8:30 p.m.
Chemist, philanthropist drawn to art world
Dr. Alfred Bader is a chemist and founder of Aldrich Chemicals (now Sigma-Aldrich), the world's largest supplier of many thousands of chemicals, the availability of which has profoundly changed research. He is also internationally recognized as an art historian and art dealer. A well-known private collector of 17th century Dutch art, he is president of Alfred Bader Fine Arts Gallery in Milwaukee. He takes particular pleasure in finding unattributed old paintings, in the hope that cleaning will reveal great works. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in London and a frequent lecturer on the history of chemistry and art.
Economist targets poverty
Jeffrey Sachs is an internationally renowned economist and a leader in the area of sustainable development and poverty reduction. Time magazine recently named him one of the 100 most influential leaders in the world. Sachs is currently director of the Earth Institute, Quetelet, professor of sustainable development and professor of health policy and management at Columbia University. He is also a special advisor to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan for a group of poverty reduction initiatives called the Millennium Development Goals, which aim to reduce global poverty by half by 2015. Sachs will also participate in the university's new President's Forum, hosted by SFU president Michael Stevenson at SFU's Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue Oct. 7, 6-8 p.m.
International educator to be honored
Allan Luke is dean of Singapore's Centre for Research in Pedagogy and Practice, Asia Pacific's largest funded educational research centre. An alumnus of SFU's faculty of education, Luke is involved in redefining that nation's education system, rated among the best in the world, in response to the demands of cultural and economic globalization. He is currently the principal investigator of the Singapore government funded $4 million Core project, which sets out to describe the schooling and achievement patterns among some 850,000 multilingual students. Luke was previously dean of the top-rated graduate school of education in Australia, and served as Queensland's deputy director general and chief advisor to the minister of education. (He is available for interviews Oct. 6).
SFU celebrates its 40th anniversary fall convocation ceremonies on Oct. 6 and 7 with the installation of its ninth chancellor -- BC business leader Brandt Louie. He succeeds prominent Vancouver businessman Milton Wong, who has stepped down after six years as chancellor. At the start of the convocation ceremony on Thursday, October 6 at 9:45 a.m., the Honourable Lance Finch, Chief Justice of the Court of Appeal of BC, will administer the pledge of office and install Louie as SFU's chancellor. Louie is president and CEO of BC's fourth largest company, H.Y. Louie Co. Ltd. He has been a member of SFU's board of governors for five years and has served as its chair.
Four honorary degrees to be conferred
During each of four ceremonies (at 9:45 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. each day), honorary degrees will be conferred on four individuals, including former Lieutenant General Romeo Dallaire (Oct. 6 morning), chemist and philanthropist Dr. Alfred Bader (Oct. 6 afternoon), economist Jeffrey D. Sachs(Oct. 7 morning), and international educator Allan Luke (Oct. 7 afternoon).
Former Lt. Governor General cited for Rwanda role
Romeo Dallaire, a Canadian senator, spent over 35 years in the Canadian Armed Forces. He is best known for his command of the United Nations assistance mission in Rwanda. His best-selling book, Shake Hands with the Devil -- the Failure of Humanity in Rwanda, won the Governor General's literary award for non-fiction in 2004 and will be the subject of a full-length feature film to be released in 2007. He is a fellow at the Carr Centre for Human Rights Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. A recipient of the Order of Canada in 2002, he received the United Nations Association of Canada's Pearson Peace Medal in March 2005 and was appointed to the Senate in June 2005. Dallaire will also participate in the university's new President's Forum, hosted by SFU president Michael Stevenson at SFU's Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue Oct. 5, 7-8:30 p.m.
Chemist, philanthropist drawn to art world
Dr. Alfred Bader is a chemist and founder of Aldrich Chemicals (now Sigma-Aldrich), the world's largest supplier of many thousands of chemicals, the availability of which has profoundly changed research. He is also internationally recognized as an art historian and art dealer. A well-known private collector of 17th century Dutch art, he is president of Alfred Bader Fine Arts Gallery in Milwaukee. He takes particular pleasure in finding unattributed old paintings, in the hope that cleaning will reveal great works. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in London and a frequent lecturer on the history of chemistry and art.
Economist targets poverty
Jeffrey Sachs is an internationally renowned economist and a leader in the area of sustainable development and poverty reduction. Time magazine recently named him one of the 100 most influential leaders in the world. Sachs is currently director of the Earth Institute, Quetelet, professor of sustainable development and professor of health policy and management at Columbia University. He is also a special advisor to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan for a group of poverty reduction initiatives called the Millennium Development Goals, which aim to reduce global poverty by half by 2015. Sachs will also participate in the university's new President's Forum, hosted by SFU president Michael Stevenson at SFU's Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue Oct. 7, 6-8 p.m.
International educator to be honored
Allan Luke is dean of Singapore's Centre for Research in Pedagogy and Practice, Asia Pacific's largest funded educational research centre. An alumnus of SFU's faculty of education, Luke is involved in redefining that nation's education system, rated among the best in the world, in response to the demands of cultural and economic globalization. He is currently the principal investigator of the Singapore government funded $4 million Core project, which sets out to describe the schooling and achievement patterns among some 850,000 multilingual students. Luke was previously dean of the top-rated graduate school of education in Australia, and served as Queensland's deputy director general and chief advisor to the minister of education. (He is available for interviews Oct. 6).