The L.S. Lauchland Engineering Alumni Medal

2023 - Jennifer Grant, BESc’94, MESc’95, BEd’96

• President of Dell Tech Laboratories Ltd.
• Founder of empyri, a ground-breaking skincare product line
• Served on the Board of Directors for the Children’s Health Foundation
• Board member of the London Abused Women’s Centre

2022 - Scott Shawyer, BA'94,BESc'96

• Managing Partner at Collingwood Capital Partners
• Former President of JMP Solutions
• At the onset of COVID-19, Shawyer helped initiate Ventilators for Canadians
• Completed an 8-day trek to the North Pole that successfully raised $500,000 for charity

2021 - Peter Hall, BESc’83, MBA’86

• President and CEO of Autotube Limited
• Past president of the Young Presidents Organization, Great Lakes Chapter
• Involved in numerous children’s charities: Former director on the Board of the Roar for the Floor campaign; and served on the Board of Kids Kicking Cancer
• Generously supports many sports clubs in the Strathroy and Watford community, as well as at Western Engineering

2020 – Tim Kwan, BESc’73

• Founder and President of Sheppard Group
• Chairman of the Mon Sheong Foundation
• Received the Senate of Canada Sesquicentennial Medal in 2018
• Received the Chinese Canadian Legend Award in 2019
• For the past 26 years has helped build senior care facilities and nursing homes to serve the elderly in the Canadian community

2019 – Tony Vysniauskas, BESc’74, MESc’76

• CEO of Virtual Materials Group
• Former CEO & President of Hyprotech Ltd.
• Merit Award from the graduating engineering class of 1974.
• Award for Innovation and Contribution to the Betterment of Mankind through Engineering Technology
• Canadian Gas Processor’s Association: Award for Innovative Excellence
• Alberta Export Achievement Award 1986
• Member of Advisory Council for Western Engineering (ACWE)

2018 - Jeff Westeinde, BESc‘89

• President, Zibi Canada
• Chair, Clearly Solar Energy
• Executive Chair, Milestone Environmental Contracting
• Chair, Envirogreen Technologies
• Founding Chair, Invest Ottawa
• Member, Advisory Council for Western Engineering (ACWE)
• Named to Canada’s Top 40 under 40
• Recipient, Western’s Young Alumni Award of Merit

2017 – Brian J. Bonnick, BESc’81

• Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, IMAX Corporation
• Former Vice President, Operations & Engineering, Electrohome Corp.
• Former Vice President & General Manager, TSB International, Inc.

2016 – Marvin DeVries, MEng’83

• Former President, Trojan Technologies
• Former Project Manager, World Renew – International Relief Development
• Former Member, Board of Directors, London Economic Development Corporation.
• Former Member, Advisory Council for Western Engineering (ACWE).

2015 – Michael Andrade, BESc’86

• CEO, Morgan Solar Inc.
• Board Member, Firan Technology Group Corporation (FTG)
• Founder, T-innovation Partners
• Former President, Diversified Markets, Celestica Inc.
• Member, Advisory Council for Western Engineering (ACWE)

2014 – Bruce Washington Ross, BESc’85

• Group Head, Technology and Operations, Royal Bank of Canada
• Former General Manager, Global Technology Services, North America, IBM
• Former General Manager, IBM Global Technology Services, Europe, IBM Global Services
• Former General Manager and President, IBM Canada Ltd.
• Member, Board of Governors, The University of Western Ontario

2013 – Hanny A. Hassan, CM, BESc’64

• President, Alef Consulting Inc.
• Former Partner, Dillon Consulting
• Former Structural Engineer, Hastings & Aziz Ltd.
• Former Structural Engineer, Richards, Bauer and Moorhead.
• Former Chair, Board of Governors, The University of Western Ontario.

2012 – James Douglas Hole, BESc’67

• President, J.D. Hole Investments, Inc.
• Director-Energy Conservation, Canada Department of Natural Resources
• Former Chair and Director, Lockerbie & Hole Contracting Limited
• Former President & Chief Executive Officer, Lockerbie & Hole, Inc.
• Board Member, Aecon.
• Member, Advisory Council for Western Engineering (ACWE)

2011 – Keith Stevens, BESc’70, MESc’71

• Chair Execulink Telecom Inc.
• Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Execulink Telecom Inc.
• Former President, Woodstock Chamber of Commerce
• Warden for the Corporation of Seven Wardens
• Warden of Camp 11, serving as Chief Warden

2009 – Sarah J. Shortreed, BESc’89

• Chief Information Officer, Bruce Power
• Former Vice President, Enterprise Portfolio Management, BlackBerry.
• Former Vice President, Planning and CIP Program Office, BlackBerry
• Former Business Development Executive, IBM Canada
• Former Member, Advisory Council for Western Engineering (ACWE).
• Member, Board of Governors, The University of Western Ontario

2008 – Catherine Karakatsanis, BESc'83, MESc'91

• Chief Operating Officer, Morrison Hershfield Group Inc.
• Member, Board of Governors, The University of Western Ontario.
• Former Chair and Member, Advisory Council for Western Engineering (ACWE)
• Former President and Chair, Professional Engineers Ontario
• Former President and Chair, Ontario Society of Professional Engineers.
• Former Board member, The Canadian Engineering Memorial Foundation
• Recipient, The Gold Medal, Professional Engineers Ontario

2007 – Boris Jackman, BESc'72

• Former Executive Vice President, Refining & Marketing, Suncor Energy Inc.
• Former Executive Vice President, Downstream, Petro-Canada.
• Former Executive Vice President, First Brands Canada Corporation
• Former Director of Saxon Financial Inc.
• Former Member, Board of Governors, The University of Western Ontario.

2006 – Charles F. Ruigrok, BESc'78, MEng’84

• Board of Directors, ENMAX
• Former Interim President and Chief Executive Officer, ENMAX.
• Director, Soane Energy LLC
• Former Chief Executive Officer, Syncrude Canada Ltd.
• Former Vice President, Oil Sands Development and Research, Imperial Oil Resources
• Member, Advisory Council for Western Engineering (ACWE)

2005 – Keith Zerebecki, BESc'72, MEng’73

• Former Director, Business Planning & Alliances, General Dynamics Land Systems
• Former General Director, General Motors Defense
• Former Chair, Board of Governors, The University of Western Ontario
• Former Member, Advisory Council for Western Engineering (ACWE).

2004 – G.S. Peter Castle, BESc'61, PhD'69,

• Professor Emeritus/Adjunct Research Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Western Ontario
• Recipient, Richard Harold Kaufmann Award
• First student to be awarded a Ph.D. from Engineering Science at Western

2003 - Edward M. Aziz, BESc’60

• Chair & Chief Executive Officer, Hastings & Aziz Ltd.
• Former President, Hastings & Aziz Ltd.
• Former Scientific Analyst, IBM Canada Ltd.

2002 – Douglas Muzyka, BESc ’77, MESc’79, PhD’85

• Former Chief Science and Technology Officer, DuPont.
• Former President Greater China, DuPont.
• Former Vice-President and General Manager, DuPont Nutrition and Health.
• Former President and CEO, DuPont Canada.
• Independent Director, CCL industries Inc.

2001 - John W. Jardine, BESc‘65

• Entrepreneur, Jardine Management Inc.
• Former City Engineer, Corporation of the City of London, Ontario.
• Former Member, Advisory Council for Western Engineering (ACWE).

1999 - John Westeinde, BESc'62

• Founder & Former President, Westeinde Construction Ltd.
• Former Vice Chair, Canadian Construction Research Board.
• Former Chair of the Ontario General Contractors Association and General Contractors Association of Ottawa.
• Former Member, Advisory Council for Western Engineering (ACWE).

1998 - Henry Yip, BESc‘73

• Founding Member, Treasurer & Secretary, Edmonton Catholic Schools Foundation.
• Chair, Transmission Facilities Cost Monitoring Committee, Government of Alberta, Department of Energy.
• Executive Chair, Nirix Technology.
• President, C’andcee Development.
• Former Chief Executive Officer, DriveABLE Assessment Centre Inc.
• Former Executive Vice President, Allstream Corporation.
• Former Vice President, Telus Communications.
• Member, Advisory Council for Western Engineering (ACWE).

1997 - Jack McBain, BESc’66

• Former President, Operations, Canadian National Railway.
• Former Chair, Association of American Railroads, Safety and Operations Management.
• Former Director, Railway Association of Canada.
• Former Director, The Niagara River Bridge Co.

1994 - Bill Etherington, BESc’63, LLD’98

• Chair, Celestica Inc.
• Director, ONEX Corporation.
• Former Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer, IBM World Trade Corporation.
• Former Chair, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.
• Former Member, Advisory Council for Western Engineering (ACWE).

1991- Ron Yamada, BESc’64

• Co-Founder, MDS Inc.
• Former Executive Vice President, Global Markets and Corporate Affairs, MDS Inc.
• Former Member, Board of Governors, The University of Western Ontario.
• Former Chair, Advisory Council for Western Engineering (ACWE).

1990 – The late Brian Hewat, BESc’59

• Former Executive Vice President, Marketing, Bell Canada
• Former CEO, Bell-Northern Research
• Former President, Stentor
• Former Chair, Nortel Technologies.
• Former Member, Advisory Council for Western Engineering (ACWE).

1989 - John M. Thompson, OC, BESc’66, LLD’94

• Director, TD Bank Group Ltd.
• Former Chancellor, The University of Western Ontario
• Former Chair, TD Bank Financial Group
• Former President & Chief Executive Office, IBM Canada Ltd.
• Former Member, Advisory Council for Western Engineering (ACWE)

1986 - Peter C. Maurice, BESc’60

• Former President and CEO, Canada Trust.
• Former Vice Chair, London Economic Development Corporation
• Former Vice-Chair, CT Financial Services
• Former Vice-Chair, Canada Trustco Mortgage Co.
• Former Chair, Advisory Council for Western Engineering (ACWE)
• Former Member, Western’s Board of Governors
• Recipient, Dr. Ivan Smith Award (2003)

1984 - John R. Grace, OC, BESc’65, DSc’03

• Professor Emeritus, University of British Columbia .
• Former Canada Research Chair, Clean Energy Process, University of British Columbia
• Recipient of the G. Howard Ferguson Award

1982 - Steven Killing, BESc’72

• Yacht designer
• Made designs for four of the America's Cup teams, and was lead designer for the Canadian True North challenge
• Instrumental in developing, with NRC, techniques for tank testing sailboats
• His book Yacht Design Explained is considered the 'bible ' of yacht design

1981 - Carl Erik Kohn, BESc’64

• Entrepreneur, CEK Associates
• Former Vice President, Bell Canada
• Former Member, Advisory Council for Western Engineering (ACWE)
• Former Adjunct Professor, Computer Science, University of Waterloo

1979 - Michael Owen Toll, BESc’68

• Professor, Electronic Technology, Conestoga College
• Former Manager, Biomedical Engineering, St. Joseph’s Hospital
• Former Professor, Memorial University

1977 - Ross Leonard Judd, BESc’58

• Professor Emeritus, Department of Mechanical Engineering, McMaster University
• Recipient, Ralph R. Teetor Award, Society of Automotive Engineers
• Member, Order of Honour, The Professional Engineers of Ontario (2013)