Love for Dalhousie and Canada inspires Egyptian-Canadian to leave a legacy gift for foreign and domestic students

Through the establishment of several student awards, Halifax real estate developer Samir Chater (BEng’79) hopes to empower historically marginalized students and to inspire others to give back.

Dr. Michel Comeau’s legacy gift helps support future Acadian and francophone dentistry students to sustain the use of French in practice.

For Wes Campbell (BEng’63, LLB’66, LLD’07), his Dalhousie education was the greatest gift he ever received. His estate gift to the university is his way of saying “thanks.”

A 20-year career as the Dalhousie Archivist inspired Michael Moosberger and his wife Julie Morris to create a legacy gift so that the University Archives can continually move forward.

Thanks to the generous funding he received as a student, Blair Eavis (BA’86) was inspired to set up his own scholarship to help future Dalhousie students pursue an undergraduate education.

A pioneer in medical education, Dr. Jean Gray CM (LLD’05) directed the proceeds of a life insurance policy to establish a scholarship for medical students that is named in honour of a beloved aunt.

A clinical instructor in mental health nursing, Allan Tobacca (BN’80) included Dalhousie in his estate plans to help free nursing students of financial challenges so they can focus on the future.

Alumna Pam Veinotte (BA’78) is steadfast in her support of Dal. This past year she was included in the cohort of donors inducted into the MacLennan Society, which celebrates alumni and friends who consistently give back to Dalhousie. 

When making her gift to the Performing Arts Campaign, Sheila wanted to pay tribute to her mentors while at the same time ensuring students have modern spaces to practice and rehearse.