Honouring Men of Character

The Wall of Honour is Crescent’s highest recognition. It celebrates outstanding alumni who represent all that Crescent endeavours to foster in its students. Wall of Honour inductees exemplify the qualities of outstanding leadership, courage, innovation, community service, and generosity.

William “Bill” Greer ’37 was an accomplished Toronto architect who attended Crescent School from 1932 to 1937. Bill studied architecture at the University of Toronto and earned a Master of Science in Product Design at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. Bill was a partner at Shore & Moffat for 22 years, focusing on architectural academic institutional work. He served as Chief Architect of the Heritage Preservation Division of the Toronto Historical Board. Over his career, Bill received many awards, including the Special Achievement Award from Heritage Toronto (now renamed the William Greer Built Heritage Award), an Honorary Doctorate of Sacred Letters from Trinity College, and the Order of Da Vinci from the Ontario Association of Architects. Bill was a proud member of the Crescent Dentonia Class of 1937 and faithfully attended the annual Dentonia luncheons hosted on campus until his passing in 2023.

Kevin Abrams ’89 is the Senior VP of Football Operations and Strategy of the New York Giants, where he has worked since 1999. During his leadership, the Giants have won the Super Bowl twice—in 2007 and 2011. Kevin also served as Interim General Manager in 2017. After completing his undergrad at Western University, Kevin pursued his Master of Sports Administration from Ohio University. He interned with the Buffalo Bills, the Ohio football program, the London Monarchs in England, the Washington Commanders, and the NFL Management Council. These experiences led him to the role of Assistant General Manager for the New York Giants. Kevin has remained engaged in the Crescent community, particularly with the Alumni Mentorship Program, where he has supported young alumni interested in pursuing sports administration.

Dr. Niteesh Choudhry ’90, MD, Ph.D., is professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Executive Director for the Center for Healthcare Delivery Sciences at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where he is also a practicing doctor. Niteesh’s research has been widely published in leading medical and policy journals. He attended McGill University, received his MD and completed his residency training in Internal Medicine at the University of Toronto, and then served as Chief Medical Resident for the Toronto General and Toronto Western Hospitals. He earned his Ph.D. in Health Policy from Harvard University with a concentration in Statistics and the Evaluative Sciences. His work draws inspiration from a broad range of fields including clinical medicine, economics, cognitive psychology, epidemiology, and biostatistics.

Dr. Gabriel Leung ’90 is the Executive Director, Charities and Community, of the Hong Kong Jockey Club overseeing its Charities Trust, while serving as a Governor of the Wellcome Trust. Among his many accomplishments, he was the longest serving Dean of Medicine and inaugural Helen and Francis Zimmern Professor in Population Health at the University of Hong Kong. He was Hong Kong’s first Under Secretary for Food and Health and fifth Director of the Chief Executive’s Office in government. Gabriel’s research defined the epidemiology of three novel viral epidemics, most recently COVID-19. He was founding co-director of HKU’s World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control and founded the Laboratory of Data Discovery for Health at the Hong Kong Science and Technology Park. Gabriel won the Crescent Alumni Excellence Award in 2022, has been featured in our Alumni Speaker Series, and has remained connected to Crescent School since graduating in 1990.