Laurentian University will award five honourary degrees at its spring convocation ceremonies this Thursday and Friday (May 30 and 31).
The honorees are: Allan Beattie, a native of Copper Cliff and a Toronto lawyer, who has made outstanding contributions to a wide variety of community activities including The Hospital for Sick Children; Jean Marc Dalpé, an outstanding Franco-Ontarian poet; George Ewan, the key founder of a scientific collaboration which led to the establishment of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory; Canadian comedian Rick Mercer best know for his work on This Hour Has 22 Minutes; and Dorothy Pringle, a former director of Laurentian?s School of Nursing.
