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Sally Lloyd, DDH, was granted the Canadian Dental Hygienists Association (CDHA)/Dentsply Leadership Award recognizing a dental hygiene student who has significantly contributed to her local, academic, or professional community through involvement and leadership. The CDHA awards program is made possible by the financial support of industry sponsotrs TDMeloche Monnex, Sunstar, Dentsply, Crest Oral-B and P […]

David Henley, LLM, has been promoted to Brigadier-General in the Canadian Forces Reserves and appointed Deputy Commander for Land Forces Atlantic Area. Land Force Atlantic Area is responsible for all Army Regular and Reserve Force elements in the four Atlantic Provinces, representing approximately 7000 personnel throughout Atlantic Canada. David continues to practice law as a […]

Tony Bowron, BSc, BSc(Hons)’98, MES’06, and fellow Dal alum, Nancy Neatt, BSc’01, BSc(Hons)’03, MMM’04, were recently awarded a Gulf of Maine Visionary Award. These awards are presented annually to individuals or organizations within each of the five Gulf of Maine jurisdictions of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The awards recognize innovation, […]

Michael McDonald, LLB, was cited DEALMAKER of the Week in American Law Magazine, May 2012. A corporate partner in the London office of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, he brokered a deal whereby his client, Santa Clara, California-based Agilent Technologies, which makes scientific-testing instruments, agreed to pay $2.2 billion to acquire Danish cancer diagnostics company […]

Mike Vernon, MA, has produced an hour-long video documentary for the Canadian Army. “Desert Lions: Canadian Forces Mentors in Kandahar” follows the ups and downs of a none-man Operational Mentor and Liaison Team operating within the village of Nackhonay in 2010. Brian Hutchinson of the National Post has called it “a telling, warts-and-all documentary … […]

Thomas McKenzie, MSc, received the Lifetime Achievement Award, President’s (US) Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition in May 2012. He is Emeritus Professor of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences at San Diego State University and former Adjunct Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego. He is a former school physical and health education teacher, […]

Don Gilkie was made a fellow of the Canadian Society for Senior Engineers in May 2012 and was made a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering in June, for his contributions to the engineering profession and to the community. The citation, in part, read as follows: “Dr. Ronald Gilkie … has contributed significantly to the […]

Tom Isaac, MA, has written a new book, Aboriginal Law: Commentary and Analysis. This is the fourth book in Tom’s educational series on Aboriginal law. It is published by Purich Publishing.

Murray Baillie, MLS, was presented with a certificate from Canadian Blood Services for making 75 donations of blood, which he began in 1966. The certificate cites Murray as “a special, caring member of the community.

Robert S. Roda, BSc, DDS’81, was elected vice president of the American Association of Endodontists (AAE) during the Association’s annual session in Boston. He runs a private endodontic practice in Scottsdale, Ariz., and serves as a visiting lecturer at the Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health and as ana ajjunct assistant professor at Baylor […]