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MERIT
85/ LCC Rhodes Runners
The first LCC graduate to be awarded a Rhodes Scholarship was John C. Farthing in 1921. He was followed over the years by eight others: Henri G. Lafleur (1929), Kenneth N. Cameron (1927), George Ignatieff (1936), Storrs McCall ’53, John C. Tait ’67, Jeffrey Burack ’81, Madeleine Ballard ’06, Pre-U ’07, and Matthew Anzarouth ’20, Pre-U ’21.
86/ Alumni All-Stars
The Non Nobis Solum Medal and Non Nobis Solum Award are LCC’s highest alumni distinctions. Each honours past graduates for outstanding contributions that transcend the monetary. The medal is bestowed on an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to LCC, and the award on an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to society.
87/ A Silver Tradition
Every year on Founder’s Day, the Governor General’s Award is presented on the Fosbery tray, a silver platter engraved with the names of nine early staff members who gifted it to Dr. Fosbery upon his retirement in 1935. For many decades the tray was lost, until discovered at a Quebec lawn sale by the wife of alumnus David Flanagan ’47 in 2006. Since then, at the Flanagans’ request, the longestablished award is presented on the tray to the graduating student with the highest academic average.
88/ Gold Standard Achievers
The first Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award was earned by Gurveen Chadha ’07. Since then, 469 students and alumni have earned the distinction.
89/ Nobel Laureate Innovator
Willard Boyle ’41 was a co-recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2009. He is best known as the co-inventor, with his American partner, of the charge coupled device (CCD), which enabled a revolution in the way information and images are stored and transmitted. It is a technology commonly used in everyday devices, such as digital cameras and scanners, as well as for a variety of scientific pursuits, including the Hubble Telescope, the endoscope used in medicine, and internet technology.
90/ Diamond Jubilee Honorees
Head of School Chris Shannon, Pre-U ’76, and outreach coordinator Gillian Shadley received the Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012. The award was established to “honour significant contributions and achievements by Canadians”.
91/ Peer Recognition
Throughout its history, LCC has had exceptional teachers. Two teachers who were nominated by peers have been honoured with the Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching Excellence. They are Denys Heward ’64 (retired 2005) and Chris Olive.
