McGill Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics to benefit from $1-million philanthropic injection
“North America has a significant obesity crisis, which we think of as a health problem even though most of the levers for...
When Norman Miller heard that McGill’s Faculty of Dentistry would close its doors in 1990 due to mounting budgetary restrictions, the Montreal dentist and University professor quickly rallied to the cause.
Forming a committee of like-minded...
Photo above: Siblings Janet and Peter Finlayson
“It’s the best campus in the world,” says Ormstown farmer Peter Finlayson, BScAgr’63. “The Macdonald Campus is wonderful – the rural atmosphere, the great old buildings, the small campus size.” Of...
“I used the library a lot when I was a student,” says Stuart Horne, BSc(Agr)’52, when asked why he made a generous $250,000 gift in 2006 to renovate and landscape the terrace outside the Macdonald Library and Learning Centre. Horne...
The old saying that lightning never strikes twice doesn’t hold true for Barak Queija, BSc’99.
Aside from the U.S. president who (almost) shares his given name, Queija points out that Barak in Hebrew means “lightning.” But the McGill graduate has been striking...
“We were fortunate to have had a good education,” says Lili de Grandpré, MBA’81. “We have a strong belief in the value of education, as it makes for a more fulfilling life and it opens up opportunities.’’
“We’ve chosen to invest...
When David Berk, BCom’77, was a McGill finance student, he would study in the Bronfman Building and watch the Omni Hotel being built across the street. “Now, I stay at the Omni when I visit and watch the students working away in the Bronfman,” he says...
Time-saving, convenience, ease, efficiency and security. Popular buzz words in our digital age, when everything from shopping to banking is just a simple mouse click away.
These are words not lost on Lloyd Darlington, BA’67, and his team at...
Amazing acoustics In 2009–10, more than 12,000 music lovers enjoyed 260 concerts at the Tanna Schulich Hall, an intimate 185-seat recital hall located in the New Music Building of the Schulich School of Music.
The hall is named after music lover and amateur violinist, Tanna Schulich, wife...
"My husband was very proud of the Macdonald Campus and fought very hard for it," says Mrs. Wendy Dion, wife of the late Dr. George Dion, vice-principal of Macdonald College from 1955 to 1971.
George Dion presided over a time of great change: He...
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