800 students to receive McMaster degrees today

Some 800 hard-working undergraduate and graduate McMaster students will gather at Hamilton Place today to receive their degrees at two McMaster Convocations.

At the ceremony for graduates in the Faculties of humanities and social sciences and the Arts & Science Program, beginning at 9:30 a.m., Jack Granatstein and Valerie Tryon will be awarded honorary degrees.

Peter Martini and Louis Nirenberg will be awarded honorary degrees at
the ceremony for graduates in the Faculties of business, engineering,
science and health sciences, beginning at 2:30 p.m.

Jack Granatstein, author of Who Killed Canadian History, as well as an outspoken speaker and a radio and television commentator, will accept an honorary doctor of letters degree.

Peter Martini, who will accept an honorary doctor of laws degree, is an industrial leader and Canadian success story in the masonry business.

Louis Nirenberg, who has a distinguished career in mathematics, will be awarded a doctor of science degree.

As well, Valerie Tryon, a performer with the Rembrandt Piano Trio in
Toronto, will receive a doctor of letters.

Awards will be presented to top students Sarah Brophy and Carl Rothfels. Brophy, a PhD student in English, will
receive the Governor General’s Gold Medal and Rothfels, an Arts &
Science Program student, will receive the Chancellor’s Gold Medal.

As well, the title of University Professor will be bestowed upon John Eyles, School of Geography & Geology. The title which is held for life is the highest honour the University awards its faculty.

Alumni awards will be presented to two McMaster alumni who have distinguished themselves through outstanding
scholarship, research, creative contributions to the arts or sciences, or service to society. MD Program graduate Eric Hoskins’ varied career has always focused on improving the situation of the most disadvantaged. While many may not recognize his name, thousands have watched movie pictures on large-format projection screens, thanks to his inventiveness. William Shaw (MBA, 1966), one of the developers of Imax technology, has been an active and influential member of the motion picture industry since the 1960s.

More information about Fall 2000 honorary degree recipients or distinguished alumni awards winners

File photo of spring 2000 graduands