Eminent service awards to twoA recently-retired staff member and a retiring Board of Governors member will be recognized at Convocation with Eminent Service Awards. The award was established in 1978 and is presented on behalf of the Board of Governors, acting on the recommendation of Senate.
Strode's record of public service included leading the Trent drive for the United Way,
past-president of the Trent University Staff Association and leadership in the Soroptimist
Society. She's also been a volunteer for UNICEF, Multiple Sclerosis, the YWCA and Marycrest
Home for the Aged.
Don Ferrier, a retiring member of Trent's Board of Governors,
will receive an Eminent
Service Award at the morning Convocation in recognition of his dedication and valuable
contributions to the governance of the university.
Vice-President Marketing and Sales for the Quaker Oats Company of Canada Limited,
where he has been employed since 1974, Ferrier attended Ryerson Polytechnical Institute
in a Business Administration program.
Appointed to Trent's Board in 1992, he has served on various of its committees and was
Chair of the Presidential Search Committee in 1997-98, and is currently Vice-Chair of
the Board. His term of office ends this year.
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