New members of the Board of Governors
The following new members have been appointed to McGill's Board of Governors:
Chemistry professor Patrick Farrell earned a PhD and a DSc from the University of Exeter in Britain. A specialist in physical-organic chemistry, Farrell is interested in the detailed mechanisms of carbon-acids. Farrell has served since 1992 as the University's marshall--overseeing McGill's convocation ceremonies in that capacity. Farrell is also the University's chief invigilator and is the chair of his department's safety committee. He has been a member of both Senate and Graduate Faculty Council and has served on the Staff Benefits Advisory Committee and the Budget Planning Group. He was the associate dean (academic and student affairs) of the Faculty of Science from 1978 to 1983. Farrell will represent Senate on the board.
Marie Giguère is a partner in the law firm of Martineau, Walker, where she specializes in corporate, commercial and securities law. She studied law at McGill and earned a BA from Université de Montréal. She taught securities law at McGill from 1990 to 1993 and has also served as a lecturer at Université de Montréal's law faculty. She is a director of the Canadian Depository for Securities Limited and a director and executive committee member of Les Grands Ballets Canadiens. Giguère has published papers and made conference presentations on the subject of corporate takeover bids and the responsibilities of corporate directors. Giguère joins the board as a member at large.
Atmospheric and oceanic sciences professor Grant Ingram earned bachelor's and master's degrees in science at McGill before traveling to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to do his PhD. His areas of expertise include under-ice coastal circulation, sea ice plume dynamics, physical control of biological processes, polynyas, vertical mixing and modeling. Ingram was recently elected by his peers as a Fellow of the Arctic Institute of North America for his research contributions. He has served as president of the Groupe interuniversitaire de recherche océanographique du Québec. In 1991, Ingram was named to a federal government-appointed panel that examined some of the potential repercussions of the planned Great Whale hydroelectric project in the James Bay area. He is an academic staff representative on the board.
Robert Rabinovitch earned a BComm from McGill in 1964. He went on to do an MA and a PhD in economics and finance at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Finance. He is currently the executive vice-president and chief operating officer of Claridge Inc. Before joining Claridge, Rabinovitch had a long and distinguished career in the federal civil service. Some of the titles he held between 1968 and 1986 included director general of social policy and programs for the Department of Communications, senior assistant secretary to the Cabinet (priorities and planning), deputy minister of communications, member of the advisory committee for the Order of Canada and under secretary of state. Rabinovitch is a member at large on the board.
James Wright is a partner of the law firm of Martineau, Walker. His legal expertise includes commercial, corporate, estate and real estate practice law. He earned a BA from McGill in 1965 and did a law degree at Université Laval. In 1977, he took a two-year leave from his law firm to serve as the deputy director of the compliance branch of the Canadian government's Foreign Investment Review Agency. He is a city councillor in Westmount and chairs that city's public library committee. Wright has long been an active member of McGill's Alumni Association, where he has served as the association's president and as a member of the McGill News editorial board. Wright is an alumni association representative on the board.
