Western well represented among Order of Canada

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By Communications Staff
Thursday, January 6, 2011
University of Western Ontario Board of Governors and Senate member Hanny Hassan along with five other Western community members were recently named to the Order of Canada.
 
On Dec. 30, David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, announced 54 new appointments to the Order of Canada. The new appointees include 12 Officers and 42 Members. These appointments were made on the recommendation of the Advisory Council for the Order of Canada.
 
Recipients will accept their insignia at a ceremony to be held at a later date.
 
After obtaining his bachelor’s degree in engineering from Western in 1964, Hassan received his master’s degree inf engineering from Dalhousie University in 1971. He has been an active professional, advancing within a major professional engineering consulting firm, where he served as a director and a partner of the firm until his retirement in 2002. He now manages an independent consulting engineering practice, Alef Consulting Inc., in London.
 
Hassan presently serves on Western’s Board of Governors and Senate. He is a member of the National Executive and vice chair of the Ontario Panel of the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council. He is the past co-chair of the National Muslim Christian Liaison Committee. He served as president of the Ontario Advisory Council on Multiculturalism and Citizenship from 1991-5. He has been, for many years, a member of the advisory committee of OMNI Television.
 
In addition to Hassan, Robert D. Hare, who earned a PhD in psychology from Western in 1963, and Ellis Jacob, a Western parent and donor to Jewish Studies, were named Members of The Order of Canada.
 
Among the Officers of The Order of Canada named were Nicole Brossard, honorary degree in 1991; Linda Hutcheon, honorary degree in 2002; and Shelagh Rogers, honorary degree in 2002.
 
The Order of Canada, one of the country's highest civilian honours, was established in 1967, during Canada's centennial year, to recognize a lifetime of outstanding achievement, dedication to community and service to the nation. Over the last 40 years, more than 5,000 people from all sectors of society have been invested into the Order.

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