Office of the Vice President Academic & Provost
To: All Faculty, Staff and Students in the Faculty of Science
Members of Executive Council
Daily Bulletin
From: James W.E. Rush,
Vice President Academic and Provost
Re: Dean of Science
Date: November 21, 2019
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It is my pleasure to announce the re-appointment of Professor Robert Lemieux as dean of the Faculty of Science for a three-year term commencing 1 July 2020. The re-appointment was unanimously recommended for consideration by the nominating committee established under Policy 45 and has been approved by the Board of Governors and senate.
Professor Lemieux completed his BA (1984) at Colgate University, Hamilton, New York, and his PhD (1989) at the University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois. After completing a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Illinois, he joined the Department of Chemistry at Queen's University as Assistant Professor in 1992; he was promoted to Associate Professor in 1998 and Professor in 2001. He served as Head of the Department of Chemistry from 2006 to 2011, and then as Associate Dean in the Faculty of Arts & Science until his departure for Waterloo in 2015.
In his first term as Dean of Science, Bob initiated a modernization master plan for the Science building infrastructure on South Campus, and the design of a new Science Centre for Innovation and Physics Complex. He created a Dean's Undergraduate Teaching Innovation Fund to support the development of active-learning strategies, and simulation or VR teaching and learning tools. He more than tripled the Faculty of Science annual fundraising intake, and oversaw the installation of the new Mike and Ophelia Lazaridis Chair in Astrophysics. He also contributed to a strategic agreement with Hong Kong Polytechnic University that will form the basis of a joint partnership in ocular and vision research in Hong Kong.
At this time I would like thank Bob for agreeing to take on this important role. I also would like to express my full support of his leadership in guiding the important work of the Faculty, and my confidence that he will foster the success of students, faculty and staff over the coming years.
I would like to thank the members of the nominating committee, Raffi Budakian, Andrea Edginton, Zahra Hasan, Scott Hopkins, Elizabeth Irving, Trenny McGinnis, Barbara Moffatt, Martin Ross, Max Salman, Mark Servos, Paul Stolee, David Timms and Mike Grivicic, Secretary to the Committee, for a job well done.