50th Anniversary Alumni Awards

50th anniversary

To mark the University of Waterloo's 50th anniversary, University of Waterloo's Alumni Council established the University of Waterloo 50th Anniversary Alumni Awards to honour outstanding alumni for their commitment to the university.


Nominations were accepted from alumni, University of Waterloo faculty and staff, and the council selected 50 alumni who exemplified extraordinary citizenship to University of Waterloo through activities like volunteering, mentoring, involvement with committees, boards or panels, philanthropic support or advocacy.

The recipients were honoured at a formal awards dinner on Friday, September 28 at Chatterbox Farm, home of University of Waterloo President David Johnston and his wife Sharon. Each award recipient received a limited-edition print of Fifty: Upholding Imagination, a piece created specifically for this occasion, by artist Paul Roorda, BA '88.

University of Waterloo is extremely grateful for their commitment, dedication and support to this great institution.

artwork for the 50th

University of Waterloo 50th anniversary alumni award recipients

It is with great honour that the University of Waterloo's Alumni Council presented the University of Waterloo 50th Anniversary Alumni Awards to the following outstanding alumni:

Yeti Agnew

Bsc '75

Rex Auyeung

BES '77

Mary Bales

MA '72

MPhil '73

Erin Bourke-Dunphy

BASc '98

Jim Brierley

BMath '76

Judy Brisson

OD '77

Robert Brown

BMath '71

MA '94

Karen Cartmell

BMath '83

David Cheriton

MMath '74

PhD '78

Arthur Church

BASc '76

Roderick Coutts

BASc '64

DEng '07

Cynthia Ditner

BA '86

MAcc '86

Hilde English

BA '67

Chris Flemming

BES '70

Patrick Flynn

BA '68

Wayne Fox

BA '71

Curwin Friesen

BA '93

Larry Galajda

BASc '76

Mike Garvey

BA '69

Barry Goodison

BA '68

Lyle Hallman

LLD '01

Robert Harding

BMath '80

LLD '05

Donald Haycock

BASc '68

MASc '73

Robert Hunter

BSc '76

jackson
Timothy Jackson
BA '92
Koch

Paul Koch
BASc' 63
MASc' 64
Koenderman
Paul Koenderman
​BASc '71


Mike Lazaridis
DENG '00


William Lennox
​BASc' 62
MSc '63


Ian MacNaughton
BA '68
MA '71


Brent McFarlane
BSc '73


Ian McPhee
BMath '73
MMath '79


Peggy Mulligan
BMath '81

murray

Kenneth Murray
LLD '95
ojala

Vivienne Ojala
BASc '84
packham

Bill Packham
BMath '78


Janet Passmore
BSc '78


Deborah Pecoskie
BA '72

Ernie Regehr
BA '68

Gerry Remers
​MA '92

Ronald Schlegel
LLD '05

Peter Sims
LLD '99

Paul Spafford
​BASc '71

Dermot Sweeny
BES '83
BArch '83

Bill Tatham
BASc '83

Bill Watson
BA '76

John Wetmore
BMath '73

Judson Whiteside
BA '70

George Woo
OD '64

David Yau
BMath '92