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volume 39 no. 4
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Spring 2012
Convocation
Over the course of a few weeks this June, some
10,000 U of T students converged on Convocation
Hall, where they were officially welcomed into the
university’s alumni community. Joining this year’s
new grads as they celebrated this milestone were
11 distinguished honorary graduates, listed at right.
Earlier this year, President David Naylor noted
that U of T is “privileged once again to recognize a
group of individuals whose accomplishments are
of such excellence that they provide, through example,
inspiration and leadership to the graduates of
the university.”
As custom dictates, each honorary degree
recipient addressed their convocation. Webcasts
of these presentations are available at:
www.convocation.utoronto.ca/webcast.htm.
Honorary Degree
Recipients
W. (William) Edmund
Clark (BA 1969 UC)
Group president and
CEO of TD Bank Group,
and a volunteer and
philanthropist
John H. Dirks
President and scientific
director of the Gairdner
Foundation, a senior fellow
at Massey College and a
leading nephrologist
Avis Glaze
(MEd 1975, EdD 1980)
An international leader in
education, and Ontario’s
first Chief Student Achievement
Officer
Paul M. Hoffert
Founding member of the
Canadian band Lighthouse,
an award-winning composer
and a digital visionary
Sheldon Inwentash
(BCom 1978 NEW) and
Lynn Factor
Inwentash, a Bay Street
financier, and Factor, a
social worker, are philanthropists
who have made
landmark contributions to
the Faculty of Social Work
Michael Kirby
A former senator, and chair
of Partners for Mental
Health, an organization he
created to mobilize support
for better mental health
services
David R. Olson
A University Professor
emeritus at OISE
specializing in language,
literacy and cognition
Pierre Rivard (MEng 1994)
President and CEO of
TUGLIQ Energy Co., which
aims to reduce the carbon
intensity of Northern mines
using renewable energy
and hydrogen systems
Phillip (Rocky) Simmons
(BASc 1964, MASc 1965,
PhD 1968)
President and CEO of
Eco-Tec, which specializes
in purifying, recovering
and recycling industrial
waste water
Lawrence M. Tanenbaum
Chairman and CEO of investment
company Kilmer Van
Nostrand Co., chairman
of Maple Leaf Sports and
Entertainment and a leading
philanthropist for healthcare
and educational institutions