Joseph Randell (BEng’76, LLD’15) recently received the 2016 Alumni Honour Award from Memorial University’s Faculty of Business.

Randell is president and CEO of Chorus Aviation Inc. The Halifax-based company owns Jazz Aviation LP, which is one of the world’s largest regional airlines.

Randell received an MBA from Memorial in 1985. That same year he co-founded Air Nova, which led to the eventual creation of Jazz Aviation in 2001.

Jazz employs roughly 4100 people across Canada, and provides service to over 70 North American destinations.

Read more in “Excellence in business,” on gazette.mun.ca.