Thunder Bay's Lakehead University has named Dr. Derek Hudson Burney, a former Canadian ambassador to the United States and Officer of the Order Canada, as its eighth chancellor.
Dr. Burney, a Thunder Bay native, served as ambassador to the U.S. from 1989 to 1993 and was directly involved in negotiations of the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement.? He also has extensive business experience, including six years as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bell Canada in the 1990's.
He is currently Senior Strategic Advisor to Norton Rose Canada LLP, Chairman of GardaWorld?s International Advisory Board, a Director of TransCanada Pipelines Limited, a Governor of the Ottawa Hospital Board of Governors, and a member of the Advisory Board of Paradigm Capital Inc.
?I am personally honoured to accept this appointment and look forward to representing Lakehead University as a beacon of academic excellence in my home town,? said Dr. Burney in a press release.
?We are very fortunate to have as our new Chancellor someone with so much energy and vast experience in diplomacy, business, politics and academe,? said Cameron Clark, Chair of the Board of Governors at Lakehead University, in the press release. ?Dr. Burney will help us achieve our strategic goals and connect us to the world.?
Dr. Burney will begin his role as chancellor in June.? He'll succeed Dr. Arthur Mauro, who served as chancellor from 2009 to 2012.
Source: http://northshore.wdio.com/news/news/53245-former-ambassador-bell-ceo-lead-lakehead-university
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