McMaster Alumni Association honours graduates and volunteers
[img_inline align=”right” src=”http://padnws01.mcmaster.ca/images/Bryant1.jpg” caption=”Pamela Bryant was one of five people inducted into the 2008 Alumni Gallery during Alumni Weekend. Photo courtesy of the McMaster Alumni Association.”]The McMaster Alumni Association hosted an induction ceremony for the newest members of the Alumni Gallery as part of Alumni Weekend. The Arch Awards, which honour the achievements of recent graduates, and Distinguished Service Awards, which recognize volunteer service to the McMaster Alumni Association, were also presented.
“The Alumni Gallery is a photographic and biographical display of some of these alumni who lead interesting lives and make outstanding contributions to society,” said Karen McQuigge, director of Alumni Advancement. “Included in this alumni 'hall of fame' are graduates whose names are household words. Others are not as well known, but their lives are just as absorbing.”
2008 Alumni Gallery Inductees:
Bryant has led a distinguished career in Ontario Public Service for almost 30 years. In September 2005, she was seconded by the University of Toronto to help establish a graduate school of public policy. She retired from the Ontario Public Service in June 2007 to accept an appointment as fellow, senior advisor and adjunct professor at the University of Toronto.
Crandall joined the Public Service of Canada after graduation to begin what would be a 28-year career that culminated in his appointment by the Prime Minister as Associate Deputy Minister at Revenue Canada in 1996. He left the Public Service in 2000 and established an international consulting practice in fiscal affairs and public policy and has since worked in more then 25 countries.
Droppo is a research scientist with the National Water Research
Institute of Environment Canada. He specializes in the sources, fate
and effects of sediment and associated contaminants in natural, urban
and engineered water systems. He has provided more than 80 invited lectures, seminars and presentations at international conferences, workshops and universities and has carried out collaborative research in seven countries.
Padmos is the chief executive officer of the Royal College of
Physicians and Surgeons. Prior to this position, he was commissioner of Cancer Care Nova Scotia, head of the Cancer Care Program at the QEII Health Sciences Centre, associate dean for cancer programs in the Faculty of Medicine at Dalhousie University and vice-president research, academic affairs and quality for Capital District Health Authority.
Walters was the first female neurosurgeon to practice in Toronto and one of only five female neurosurgeons in Canada. While practicing in Canada, she traveled to Ukraine and instituted a travel program for young neurosurgeons to observe the practice of Western medicine. Her consulting company, EBM Advisors, provides clinical epidemiology support for universities, non-profit organizations and medical device manufacturers.
McMaster Arch Award:
The CPR Glove has received a great deal of attention in the media over the last year for its innovative and life-saving capabilities. Corey Centen and Nilesh Patel developed the technology for the glove and Sarah Smith is currently managing the business aspect of the next phase of development. The CPR Glove is designed to guide users in performing CPR through sensors and an LCD screen. It was named as one of the “Top 10 Inventions of the Year” by Popular Science magazine and was featured in Time magazine in their “Best Inventions of 2007” issue.
Farrelly is associate professor of political science,
cross-appointed with philosophy at the University of Waterloo. Prior
to joining Waterloo in 2003, Farrelly was a lecturer in political theory in the Department of Government, now Politics, at the University of Manchester and, before that, lecturer at the University of Birmingham. His research interests are interdisciplinary and he has published articles in peer-reviewed journals in law, philosophy, politics and bioethics.
As a resident, Silk saw many children with tooth decay. He began
his own research and joined forces with local pediatric dentists,
family doctors and pediatricians to demonstrate primary care providers could implement oral health promotion strategies for young children. This led to a statewide initiative to train every pediatric primary care provider about oral health. He is the medical director for Oral Health Initiatives at the University of Massachusetts Memorial Hospital, acting as the liaison between the world of medicine and dentistry.
Distinguished Service Award:
Business
Minich received his Honours B.Sc. in psychology from McMaster in 1972 and continued on at McMaster to obtain his MBA. Over the past 10 years, he has served as a member of the McMaster Alumni Association Board of Directors and has been a highly involved member of the DeGroote Business Advisory Council. After serving as a member and vice-chair of the University's Board of Governors, Minich served as chair of the McMaster University Board of Governors.
