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The 1957 Society recognizes donors whose cumulative gifts have reached $100,000 or more. Members of this prestigious society play a pivotal role in shaping the University's future by providing vital resources to support our commitment to innovative learning, research and discovery.
1957 Society members receive these gestures of appreciation
- an invitation to the President’s Reception which brings 1957 members together with senior leaders
- updates on achievements and activities through communications and special events
- opportunities to meet with other leading supporters at special events
- the satisfaction of helping to ensure the continued excellence of the University
Our 1957 Society members
Visionary (gifts of $25 million or more)
Individuals
- David R. Cheriton (PhD '78)
- Mike (DEng '00) & Ophelia (BMath '85) Lazaridis
- 1 anonymous donor
- City of Kitchener
- HP Inc.
- The Lazaridis Family Foundation
*We are saddened by the loss of these friends.
Catalyst (gifts of $10 million up to $24,999,999)
Individuals
- Jim Balsillie (LLD '07)
- 1 anonymous donor
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Federation of Students
- FEDS and GSA Student Referendum
- Oracle Corporation
- Partners for the Adv. of CAD/CAM/CAE Education
- 2 anonymous donors
*We are saddened by the loss of these friends.
Innovator (gifts of $1 million up to $9,999,999)
Individuals
- Savvas Chamberlain
- Mr. Vasu* & Mrs. Jaya Chanchlani
- Adrian (BMath ’90) & Christine Conrad
- Manfred & Penny Conrad
- Rod Coutts (BASc ’65)
- Paul (BSc ’63) & Sandra Dirksen
- Wayne (BA ’71) & Isabel Fox
- Albert & Nancy Friedberg
- Lyle (LLD ’01)* & Wendy Hallman
- Robert Harding F.C.A. (LLD ’05)
- D.T. (BES ’82) & P.T. (LLD ’13) Jenkins
- Leslie (BASc ’73) & Vera Klein & Family
- The Joseph and Wolf Lebovic Charitable Foundation
- Dr. Joseph W.H. Liu (PhD 76)
- Richard (MASc ’77) & Elizabeth (Noble) (MMath ’79) Madter
- Brad (BA ’81) & Kathy Marsland
- Larry & Margaret Marsland
- March Networks Corporation
- Ian McPhee (MMath ’79)
- W. Metzger*
- Val & Sheila O'Donovan
- Alexandre* & Jeannine Raab
- Ronald (LLD ’05) & Barbara Schlegel
- K.M. Shantz*
- Fred & Ruth Stork*
- Mike & Hennie Stork
- William Tatham
- 2 anonymous donors
- 3M Canada Company
- A&D Technology
- Abundance Canada
- Anritsu Electronics Ltd.
- Atkinson Charitable Foundation
- ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc.
- Bell Canada
- BlackBerry Limited
- BMO Bank of Montreal
- Brookfield Asset Management Inc.
- Canadian Cancer Society
- Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
- Canadian Partnership Against Cancer
- Carl Zeiss SMT AG
- Centre for Community Mapping
- Centre for International Governance Innovation
- Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario
- Christie Digital Systems Canada, Inc.
- CIBC
- City of Cambridge
- Communitech
- Community Living Tillsonburg
- Congregation of the Resurrection
- Deloitte
- Diocese of Hamilton
- Ericsson Canada Inc.
- Ernst & Young, LLP
- Federation Hall - Student Fees
- Fondation Céline & Jacques Lamarre
- GE Energy
- General Motors of Canada Ltd.
- Good Foundation Inc.
- Graduate Management Admission Council
- Great-West Life, London Life & Canada Life
- Hamilton Conference of the United Church of Canada
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
- Honeywell Limited
- HP Canada Limited
- Hydro One Networks Inc.
- IBM Canada Limited
- Imperial Oil Foundation
- Imperial Oil Limited
- Intact Financial Corporation
- J.W. McConnell Family Foundation
- Lyle S. Hallman Foundation
- Magna International Inc.
- Manulife Financial Corporation
- Microsoft Corporation
- Minto Foundation Inc.
- Mitacs
- Mitacs Partner Contributions
- Munich Reinsurance Company of Canada
- Net Direct Inc.
- Nortel Networks Corporation
- Ontario Cancer Institute
- Ontario College of Pharmacists
- Ontario Power Generation Inc.
- OpenText Corporation
- Petro-Canada
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- PT Asuransi Jiwa Manulife Indonesia
- QNX Software Systems Ltd.
- Raith
- RBC Financial Group
- RBC Foundation
- Safe Software Inc.
- Samuel & Saidye Bronfman Family Foundation
- Scalar Decisions Inc
- Scotiabank
- Student Arena Fees
- Sun Life Financial Inc.
- Suncor Energy Foundation
- TD Bank Group
- Teledyne DALSA, Inc.
- The Cora Group Inc.
- The Esch Foundation
- The Gerald Schwartz & Heather Reisman Foundation
- The Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation
- TD Canada Trust Merv Lahn Community Development Fund
- The John A. Pollock Family Fund
- The Lyle S. Hallman Fund
- The Musagetes Fund
- The Savvas & Lenia Chamberlain Fund
- The KPMG Foundation
- The Robert Harding Foundation
- The Rockefeller Foundation
- The Westaim Corporation
- The William & Nona Heaslip Foundation
- Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada Inc.
- University Network of Excellence in Nuclear Engineering
- Wallenstein Feed Charitable Foundation
- Waterloo Foundation for Advancement of Computing
- Waterloo Mathematics Charitable Trust Foundation
- 3 anonymous donors
*We are saddened by the loss of these friends.
Builder (gifts of $500,000 up to $999,999)
Individuals
- Hira (MASc ’69) & Renu Ahuja
- M.N. Bales (LLD ’10)*
- Keiko & Charles* Belair
- The Chalmers Family*
- Art Church (BASc ’76)
- Gordon Cowperthwaite*
- Dan (MMath ’81) & Penny (BSc ’80) Dodge
- M.F. Garvey (BA ’69)
- Don Haycock (MASc ’73)
- T.R. Higgins
- David & Sharon Johnston
- Estate of Margaret Keith*
- Bob Kerr (LLD ’98)*
- B. Lau (BASc '99) & C.M. Palihapitiya (BASc '99)
- Vivienne (BASc ’84) & Roy (BASc ’83) Ojala
- Gerald Schwartz & Heather Reisman
- P.H. Sims (LLD ’99)
- Kenneth and Rosemary (BMath ’68) Taylor
- Paul Tuerr*
- Tony & Jane (DLitt ’97) Urquhart
- I.A. Williams*
- Marta Witer (OD ’79) & Ian Ihnatowycz
- Linda Young (BMath ’79)
- 4 anonymous donors
- Agfa Healthcare
- Alcon Canada Inc.
- Alzheimer Society of Canada
- Anite Telecoms, Inc.
- ARM Inc.
- Canadian Optometric Education Trust Fund
- Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.
- Chartwells College & University Dining Services
- CIBA Vision, USA
- CMA - Ontario
- Community Foundations of Canada
- ConocoPhillips Canada
- CooperVision Canada Corp.
- Deloitte & Touche Foundation Canada
- Donner Canadian Foundation
- Economical Insurance Group
- Energy Council of Canada
- Export Development Canada
- Farm Mutual Reinsurance Plan Inc.
- George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation
- Google Inc.
- Grand Challenges Canada
- HANBAN
- Hatch Ltd.
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario
- Intact Foundation
- J.P. Bickell Foundation
- Joseph and Wolf Lebovic Foundation
- Lloyd Carr-Harris Foundation
- McCall MacBain Foundation
- NCR Canada Ltd.
- Ontario Problem Gambling Research Centre
- Ontario Teachers' Retirement Villages Inc.
- Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation
- R. Howard Webster Foundation
- R. Samuel McLaughlin Foundation
- RBJ Schlegel Holdings Inc.
- Republic of Croatia
- SAP Labs Canada
- Schlegel Villages
- Shoppers Drug Mart Limited
- Sun Life Financial Asia
- The Brookfield Partners Foundation
- The Co-Operators Group Limited
- The John Dobson Foundation
- The Kresge Foundation
- The MasterCard Foundation
- The Record
- The Ross and Doris Dixon Charitable Foundation
- TransCanada Corporation
- TransCanada Pipelines Limited
- UJA Federation of Greater Toronto
- WB Family Foundation
- 1 anonymous donor
*We are saddened by the loss of these friends.
Steward (gifts of $100,000 up to $499,999)
Individuals
- Steve (PHD '78) & Vera (BA '78) Aldersley
- Brian Arbogast, (BMATH '86)
- Miss Frances I. Armstrong*
- Gary R. Bartholomew
- P. Bauman
- W. Donald Bean
- Keiko Belair
- G. Bell (MSC '80) & K. Fyfe
- Pamela & Donald* Bierstock
- Efrim Boritz & Naomi Fromstein
- B.D. Bornhold (BSC '67)
- Frank Brookfield
- Estate of Susan Devitt Brown*
- C.R. (BA '86) & D.K. (BASC '87) Brubacher-Cressman
- Jean Caya*
- Muthu Chandrashekar*
- Mary M. Chen
- S.H. (BMATH '77) & E.M. Cheng
- D. & W.H. Cherry
- Winifred Clemens*
- Lewis Collins*
- Jim and Cindy Colvin
- David J. Cornfield
- Cathy (MMATH '74) & Paul (MMATH '74) Cotton
- Mike Cowpland
- Don (BMATH '74)* & Marilyn (BMATH '75) Craig
- Purdy* & Bea Crawford
- Ted Cross
- Robert (BASC '82) & Carolyn Cross
- Terry Cunningham (BASC '83) & Randi Miller
- Bruno Dammizio, (BMATH '80)
- Estate of William Dendy*
- James and Elise (BA '74) Devitt*
- Cindy Ditner, (MACC '86)
- James & Laura Downey
- M. & F.A. Drysdale
- Christine and Andrew W. Dunn, FCA (MAcc '87).
- Morty Eisen
- Dorothy Elliott*
- John English, (BA '67)
- Bob Ewen, (BA '71)
- D.L. Farrar (BMATH '88) & F.S. Capstick (BASC '89)
- G.G. (BA '76) & V. Foerster
- Mr. K. F. Fong
- Phyllis Young Forsyth
- Robert* & Margaret Forwell Scholarship Fund
- Reg Friesen*
- Keith Geddes
- Alan George
- G. Gibbons
- In Memory of Stella Margaret Callfas
- Milton Good
- Chris (MACC '93) & Claire Govan
- Colin Baxter (MASC '85) & Ruth Harris (PHD '88)
- Gerry & Terri Heckman
- J.C. (BMATH '80) & K. Hele
- Katherine & Jacob Hildebrand
- Estate of Helen Hogg*
- John Honderich
- Tim Jackson (BA '92) & Jane Arnold
- Ms. Effie L. Jenkins*
- Lorne Joyce, (OD '63)*
- Rebecca & Jim* (PHD '66) Kalbfleisch
- Edgar Kerstan, (BASC '74)*
- Kevin Kimsa, (BMATH '88)
- William Klassen & Dona Harvey
- E.H. Koch Family Trust
- Mr. J. Randall Koop, (BA '79)
- R.J. Kuntz*
- Paul (MACC '91) & Elizabeth Langill
- Desta Leavine
- Rita Lee-Chui*
- M. Li
- Audrey Loeb Ross
- Estate of Walwyn (Wally) Long*
- Jon & Betty Mark
- Melanie Marsland & Rupert Hanson
- Catherine and Stephen McColl
- James F. McCollum*
- Janet McDougall, (BSC '71)
- K.E. McLeod*
- Doug (BES '78) & Kathleen McPhie
- S.J. Menich*
- S.R. Menich & M. Cullen (BA '78)
- Tom (MASC '83) & Peggy (BMATH '81) Mulligan
- Greg & Joan Mumford
- Ken (LLD '95) & Marilyn Murray
- Flora T.T. Ng
- T.W. (PHD '73) & D. Ng
- Wesley M. Nicol
- David C. Nimmo
- Warren and Mary Ober
- William Packham, (BMATH '78)
- H. Pearse
- J. Pearse*
- George* & Cecilia Piller
- Alan & Diana Plumtree
- John A. Pollock Family Fund
- Shawn D. Porter
- Satish Rai, (BMATH '86)
- James D. Reimer & Family
- Bill (PHD '68) & Karen Rickert
- A.M. (BASC '84) & J.W. (BASC '84) Rossall
- Dr. Patricia M. Rowe
- Gordon (PHD '77) & Anne Savage
- Florence Schlegel
- Jack Schoenmakers, (BA '83)
- L.S. Schofield*
- Ronald & Susan (BSC '72) Schwark
- Winifred Shantz*
- P. Sheets*
- D.A. Shepherd (BMATH '75)* & K. Piorczynski
- Paul B. Spafford, (BASC '71)
- K.D. Srivastava
- Nigel Stokes, (MASC '83)
- J. & E. Stutzman
- Will Sutherland
- R.C. Tanguay (DENG '12)
- John & Janet Thompson
- F.W. & H. Tompa
- William T. Tutte, (DMATH '87)*
- Scott Vanstone*
- J. & P.E. (PHD '77) Wainwright
- J.A. Warnock*
- P.J. Warrian (PHD '86) & Margret Hovanec
- Jeanne Elgie-Watson & William Watson (BA '76)
- Jerry (BMATH '76) & Pam Whelan
- Karen Wilkinson, (MACC '90)
- Terry Wilkinson, (MMATH '74)
- R.P. Williams (BA '82)*
- Klaus & Anna Woerner
- A. Wong (LLD '07)
- Dr. Frank Wong & Juliana Wong
- Robert* and Dale Woolner
- David (BMATH '83) & Eleanor Yach
- Dr. En-hui H. Yang
- Mr. Yantzi (BA '11) and Mrs. Steinmann Yantzi
- A. (BA '97) & C.S. (BMATH '97) Young
- Gail (BA '66) & Bruce (BA '66) Young
- 18 anonymous donors
- A Thinking Ape Entertainment Ltd.
- ACRP Ltd.
- Advanced Medical Optics, Inc.
- Aecon Group Inc.
- Aeryon Labs Inc.
- AGS Automotive Systems
- Alcon Research Limited
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
- Allergan Canada Inc.
- Altos Photonics
- Alzheimer's Association
- American Chemical Society
- Analog Devices Incorporated
- Apotex Incorporated
- Apple Canada Inc.
- Aqueduct Foundation
- Arriscraft International
- Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
- AstraZeneca Canada Inc.
- Autodesk Canada Co.
- Azrieli Foundation
- Barrick Gold Corporation
- Bausch & Lomb Canada Inc.
- Baylis Medical Company Inc.
- BDO Dunwoody LLP
- Bigtec Labs
- Bridgeway Foundation
- Bruker AXS
- Bruker BioSpin Limited
- BWXT Canada Limited
- C.D. Howe Memorial Foundation
- C.I.B.C. Wood Gundy Securities Inc.
- CAE Inc.
- Camp 15 Iron Ring Wardens
- Canadian Association on Gerontology
- Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation
- Canadian Bureau for International Education
- Canadian Federation of University Women K-W Charitable Fund
- Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Canadian General-Tower Limited
- Canadian Heritage
- Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Canadian National Railway Co.
- Canadian Posture & Seating Centre
- Carl Zeiss Canada Limited
- Carolyn Sifton Foundation Inc.
- Catholic Community Foundation of Waterloo Region
- Celestica Inc.
- Chalmers Suspensions International
- CHYM FM 96.7
- CIBA Vision Canada
- Cisco Systems, Inc.
- Cognos Incorporated
- Columbia International College
- Compass Group Canada
- Comshare Limited
- Conestoga-Rovers & Associates Limited
- ContextLogic Inc.
- Crabtree Foundation
- CVI Melles Griot
- CWB Group
- De Beers Canada Exploration Inc.
- Dell Canada Inc.
- DENSO North America Foundation
- Dofasco Inc.
- Dow Chemical Canada Inc.
- DuPont Canada Inc.
- EcoSynthetix Inc.
- EJLB Foundation
- Electrohome Limited
- Elektrobit Inc.
- Empire Life Insurance Company
- Equitable Life Insurance Company of Canada
- Essilor Canada Ltd.
- Estate of Doreen M. Davis
- European Space Agency
- FBT Inc.
- Featherson Charitable Foundation
- Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences
- Fong Education Foundation Limited
- Foundational Questions Institute
- Friesens Corporation
- FYidoctors
- General Electric Co.
- Genome Prairie
- George & Asmussen Limited
- Golder Associates Ltd.
- Golf Canada Foundation
- Grand River Hospital
- Harris Canada Systems Inc.
- Hatch Acres International
- Heidelberg Engineering GMBH
- Homewood Corporation
- Honeywell COM DEV
- Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.
- Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.
- Hydro One Inc.
- Hydrogenics Corporation
- Innovative Medicines Canada Health Research Foundation
- Inrate Sustainable Investment Solutions
- Intel Corporation
- International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives
- International Lead Zinc Research Organization Inc.
- InterRAI
- Ivey Foundation
- Jackman Foundation
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
- Jeol Canada Inc.
- Jewish General Hospital
- JNE Consulting Ltd.
- John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
- Johnson & Johnson Vision Care
- Joseph H. Lang Foundation
- Kalmar Family Foundation
- Kindred Credit Union
- Kitchener Frame Limited
- Knowledge First Foundation
- KPMG LLP
- Labatt Breweries of Canada
- LANXESS Deutchland GmbH
- Legacy Private Trust
- Leukemia Research Foundation
- Linhaven Manor
- Maple Leaf Consumer Foods
- Maplesoft
- Marianhill Inc.
- Materials and Manufacturing Ontario
- Mattamy Homes Limited
- Max Bell Foundation
- Maxxam Analytics Inc.
- McAsphalt Industries Limited
- McColl Frontenac Inc.
- McNeil Consumer Healthcare
- Mennonite Church
- Mennonite Church Eastern Canada
- Mennonite Economic Development Associates
- Merck Canada Inc.
- Mersynergy Charitable Foundation
- Metalumen Manufacturing Inc.
- Microsoft Canada Inc.
- Mistera Foundation
- Moore Canada an R.R. Donnelley Division
- Motorola Solutions Foundation
- Mount Sinai Hospital
- Musagetes Foundation
- NA Engineering Associates Inc.
- National Bank of Canada
- National Bureau of Economic Research
- NEC Canada Inc.
- Nikon Optical Canada Inc.
- Novelis Inc.
- Nu Instruments Ltd
- Oakville Community Foundation
- OMESH Networks Inc.
- Onex Corporation
- Ontario Good Roads Association
- Ontario Hot Mix Producers Association
- Ontario Mental Health Foundation
- Ontario Professional Engineers Foundation for Education
- Parkinson Society Canada
- Pharmasave Drugs (Ontario) Ltd.
- Pitney Bowes of Canada Limited
- POA Educational Foundation
- PolyOne Corporation
- Pratt & Whitney Canada Corporation
- Private Giving Foundation
- Procter & Gamble Inc.
- R & R Optical Laboratory Ltd.
- Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp.
- RBC Dominion Securities Inc.
- Resolute Forest Products
- Richard & Jean Ivey Fund
- Rio Tinto Alcan
- RMCAO
- Rockwell Automation Canada Inc.
- Rogers Cable Inc.
- S.M. Blair Family Foundation
- Sandford Fleming Foundation
- Sandvine Corporation
- SAS Institute (Canada) Inc.
- School Sisters of Notre Dame
- SDA Incorporated
- Sears Canada Inc.
- Sharcnet
- Shell Canada Limited
- Sisters of St Joseph-Hamilton
- SNC-Lavalin Inc.
- Sobeys Inc.
- Spaenaur Inc.
- St. Marys Cement Group
- Stantec Architecture Ltd.
- Stantec Inc.
- STC Canada, Incorporated
- Suncor Energy Inc.
- TD Meloche Monnex Inc.
- Telecom Computer
- Telus Health
- Terepac Corporation
- The Clyr Charitable Foundation
- The Cowan Foundation
- The Dan Family Foundation
- The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Co.
- The Don & Joan Walker Family Charitable Trust
- The Donald Choi Canada Ltd.
- The Egan Family Foundation
- The Eva Leflar Foundation
- The Henry White Kinnear Foundation
- The Homewood Foundation
- The Incorporated Synod of the Diocese of Huron
- The Jack Weinbaum Family Foundation
- The Jarislowsky Foundation
- The Jim & Lorna Blair Charitable Foundation
- The Katz Group
- The Katz Group Canada Ltd.
- The Lawson Foundation
- The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada
- The McLean Foundation
- The Society of Actuaries
- The Village of Winston Park
- The Woodbridge Group
- TLC Laser Eye Centers Inc.
- Toronto Grace Hospital
- Toshiba of Canada Limited
- Towers Perrin Inc.
- Towers Watson & Co
- Toyota Canada Inc.
- Toyota Motor MFG USA Inc.
- Triplewell Enterprises Ltd.
- Tula Foundation
- Unilever UK Central Resources Ltd.
- United Church of Canada
- United Way of Greater Toronto
- United Way Worldwide
- University Health Network
- UW Planning Alumni Association
- UW Planning Alumni of Toronto
- Vale Canada Limited
- Vancouver Foundation
- Vicon Inc.
- Vistakon
- W. Garfield Weston Foundation
- Walter & Duncan Gordon Charitable Foundation
- World Anti -Doping Agency
- Xerox Canada Inc.
- Z Zurich Foundation
- 7 anonymous donors
*We are saddened by the loss of these friends.