September 22, 2005 Source: University of Western Ontario:
http://communications.uwo.ca/media_newsroom/story.html?listing_id=19820 Fall Convocation Celebrates Leaders in Health Care, the Arts and Business London, ON. - Four distinguished individuals will receive their honorary degrees when The University of Western Ontario hosts its 285th Convocation this October. Along with the three regular ceremonies taking place in Alumni Hall, for the first time, a Western convocation ceremony will be held in Hong Kong. Simon L.K. Leung, Ronald Joseph Logan, Richard Monette, and Shanthi Radcliffe are those who will receive Western's highest honour. The ceremonies will take place on the following days: Simon L.K. Leung Sunday, October 9 (Hong Kong) Doctor of Laws, honoris causa (LL.D.) Simon L.K. Leung is Regional President of Motorola's Asia-Pacific operations, and is based in Hong Kong, a city he has called home for most of his life. He is a proud graduate of Western who has continued to support his alma mater as a volunteer and donor. Shanthi Radcliffe Thursday, October 27, 3:30 p.m. Doctor of Laws, honoris causa (LL.D.) Shanthi Radcliffe founded the London InterCommunity Health Centre in London in 1988. Until 2002 she was Executive Director of the organization, which provides varied social and medical programs to approximately 3,000 people a year who speak 92 different languages. The dynamic and visionary centre has contributed immensely to the health and well being of Londoners. Richard Monette Friday, October 28, 10 a.m. Doctor of Laws, honoris causa (LL.D.) Since 1994, Richard Monette has been Artistic Director of the Stratford Festival making him the longest serving artistic director in its history. His long association with the Festival began in 1965. Since then, he has directed and played more than 40 roles at the Festival and has performed throughout Canada, Britain and the United States. Ronald J. Logan Friday, October 28, 3:30 p.m. Doctor of Laws, honoris causa (LL.D.) Ronald J. Logan is respected in the London and area community as a business leader, advisor and mentor. For more than 35 years he has been a consummate volunteer who has raised millions of dollars for a broad spectrum of non-profit organizations. - 30 - For more information, photographs or to arrange interviews with the honorary degree recipients on the day of Convocation, please contact Christine Roulston, Communications and Public Affairs, at (519) 661-2111, ext. 85165. Biographies provided below: SIMON L. K. LEUNG A successful businessman and dedicated alumnus, Simon L. K. Leung is a role model for Western graduates. Leung is regional president of Motorola's Asia/Pacific operations, responsible for financial results, sales, marketing and communications, regional and country business unit strategies, corporate governance and procurement. He was appointed to this most senior regional post in March 2005, and is based in Hong Kong, a city he has called home for most of his life. Leung has remained involved at Western since completing a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science in 1978. In 2002 he became a member and then Chair of the Hong Kong Advisory Board for Western's Alumni Association. Currently he is spearheading a fundraising effort for a scholarship that would ease financial burdens for Hong Kong's brightest students attending Western. Born in Macau, educated in Hong Kong and Canada, Leung has driven Motorola's Networks business in Asia/Pacific since coming to the company in 1999. He has also played a significant role in forging new partnerships across the region. Leung is the head of the Motorola Asia/Pacific management board. He is also the vice chairman of Motorola's joint venture with Eastcom in Hangzhou, China, the chairman of Motorola China Electronics Limited and on the Advisory board of Richard Ivey Business School in Asia. Leung has extensive senior management experience in the high-technology arena, holding senior positions at Brightpoint, Inc. and Tandem/Compaq Computers. SHANTHI RADCLIFFE Shanthi Radcliffe's contributions to the fields of health policy and administration, community and public health, and international education and multiculturalism, have made her an outstanding role model. In 1988, Radcliffe founded the London InterCommunity Health Centre. The dynamic and visionary organization has grown to serve approximately 3,000 people a year who speak 92 different languages. Under her leadership, it has contributed immeasurably to the London community and to the lives of the many individuals who have benefited from its social and medical programs. Radcliffe retired from her post as Executive Director of the Centre in 2002. Born in Sri Lanka, Radcliffe attended the University of Ceylon and went on to receive an honours degree in Economics from the University of Cambridge in 1958 and a Masters degree in 1961. She worked as a teacher in Northern Nigeria and Malaysia and as a Research Associate at the Faculty of Economics, University of Wisconsin in Madison. She entered Canada in 1969 and worked at the Office of International Education at Western. Radcliffe has served on numerous boards and task forces. On a national level she has been a member of the National Forum on Health, and Vice President of the Canadian Council on Multicultural Health. Provincially, some of the positions she has held include; member of the Premier's Council on Health Strategy; President of the Multicultural Health Coalition of Ontario; and member of Council, Ontario College of Pharmacists. A few of the many positions she has held locally include; member of the Board of Governors, Fanshawe College; member of the Board, St Joseph's Health Centre; Board member, Kings College; and member of Senate, Western. Radcliffe is past recipient of the Queen's Jubilee Medal from the Government of Canada, the Woman of Distinction Award by the London YMCA/YWCA and the Mayor's New Year's Honours List, 2005. RICHARD MONETTE Richard Monette is the longest serving artistic director of the Stratford Festival. While working in this capacity for more than 10 years he has attracted the best and brightest actors to the Festival, enhancing its reputation around the world. Monette's long association with the Stratford Festival began on the stage in 1965. Since then, he has played more than 40 roles at the Festival, including Henry V, Romeo, Mercutio, Caliban, Hamlet and Benedick and leading parts in Judgement and Filumena. Monette's acting career also took him to Britain and the United States. He made a permanent return to Stratford in 1972 where he has since directed more than 40 plays at the Festival including The Tempest, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Edward II, Triumph of Love, Henry VIII, All's Well That Ends Well, My Fair Lady, Much Ado About Nothing, The Miser, Hamlet, and The Taming of the Shrew. He has also directed for Young People's Theatre, Tarragon Theatre, Theatre Plus, the Grand Theatre, the Citadel Theatre, the Canadian Opera Company and CBC's Glenn Gould Studio. A 1967 graduate of Concordia University (formerly Loyola College), Monette has received an honorary doctorate from his alma matter, as well as the University of Windsor. He has also received a Dora Mavor Moore Award for outstanding direction of Saint Joan at Theatre Plus, a Eugene O'Neill medallion, a Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal, a Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal, a senior artist's grant from The Canada Council and in January 1998, Monette was named a Member of the Order of Canada. RONALD J. LOGAN Ronald J. Logan is known and respected as a London business leader, mentor and consummate volunteer who for the last 35 years has raised millions of dollars for a broad spectrum of non-profit organizations. Logan has contributed to the economy of the city for almost five decades. Born and educated in Toronto, he started his business career with the Frigidaire Division of General Motors of Canada. In 1958 he began a business partnership in London with Gordon C. Patton. They opened Patton's Place Limited, which became Southwestern Ontario's largest independent retailer of fine furniture and appliances. Logan and Patton retired in 1997. Throughout Logan's career and into retirement he has devoted much time to the welfare and well-being of many worthwhile organizations in health, the arts and science. He has held positions that include: Director, London Chamber of Commerce (1972-1973); Director, Air Ontario (1988-1996); Director, London Health Association (1975-1991); President, University Hospital Foundation (1984-1992); and Co-chair, King's College University & Orchestra London's "Music Reigns" (1998-2003). In recognition of his success, he has been awarded London Retailer of the Year, has been inducted into the London Business Hall of Fame, and was recipient of the Ivey Award of Excellence. Media Newsroom is updated daily by the Media Relations staff at the Department of Communications and Public Affairs.
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