Donation honours the first dean of engineering
"Dr. Bruneau came to Memorial in 1968 and developed our cooperative
engineering degree program, a work-study innovation that has made our
engineering programs among the best in Canada,” says Dr. Axel
Meisen, president of Memorial University. “This honour bestowed
by Fortis will recognize Dr. Bruneau’s legacy at Memorial and
in our community in a very tangible way for many years to come. The
donation will help to revitalize the 215-seat lecture theatre in the
Engineering Building, which is at the centre of the faculty, with new
seating, lighting and state-of-the-art teaching technology. These
generous improvements will particularly benefit the teaching of
larger undergraduate classes, public lectures like the Speaking of
Engineering series, and university and community events."
The $100,000 donation will cover a large portion of the $250,000
needed be completely remodel the main lecture theatre. The donation
announcement was recently made by president and CEO of Fortis Inc.,
Stan Marshall. Dr. Bruneau is retiring as chairman of the Board of
Directors of Fortis Inc. at the Corporation’s Annual Meeting
being held in St. John’s. He has served as chairman of Fortis
for the past 18 years. In recognition of the Fortis donation and Dr.
Bruneau’s service to Memorial University, particularly to the
Faculty of Engineering, the lecture theatre will be named the Angus
Bruneau Engineering Lecture Theatre. Besides Dr. Bruneau’s
legacy within the Faculty of Engineering, he has also served as
president and chief executive officer of Newfoundland Power as
chairman of the Board of Newfoundland Power, as CEO of Fortis and as
a director on the Boards of Maritime Electric and Fortis Properties.
