The L.W. Shemilt Distinguished Alumni Award

L.W. Shemilt
Dr. Leslie W. Shemilt, Professor Emeritus, Chemical Engineering

The "L.W. Shemilt Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award" was created in 2006 to honour engineering alumni whose accomplishments and contributions are of national and /or international significance and/or have had a transformative impact on their field of endeavour. So named after Dr. Les Shemilt, professor emeritus Chemical Engineering an second Dean, Faculty of Engineering.

Recipients:

2006 Michael Pley, President, COM DEV
2007 Stephen Elop, President, Microsoft Business Division
2008 Kurt Strobele, President and CEO, Hatch
2009 Vladimir Sobot and Chedo Sobot, co-owners,
Sobotec Ltd.
2010

Tom Jenkins, Executive Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer of Open Text Corporation

2011

Dr. Pierre Côté, President, Côté Membrane Separation Ltd.