ELAINE DOBBIN

Elaine Dobbin has made significant philanthropic contributions to improve society in Newfoundland and Labrador and beyond, with a primary focus on health and education.

Mrs. Dobbin was the driving force behind the raising of $1.9 million and the completion of the Elaine Dobbin Centre for Autism in St. John’s in 2016, and continues to organize and lead major fundraising events and partnerships, as well as act as a strong advocate for autism in the community.

Since 2002 Mrs. Dobbin has donated $50,000 annually to Memorial for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis research. In 2012 she made the most generous donation to Memorial University by an individual. Due to this extraordinary gift, Memorial renamed the Faculty of Medicine’s Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Human Genetics to the Craig L. Dobbin Genetics Research Centre, in honour of Mrs. Dobbin’s late husband. In addition, she has worked tirelessly over the years supporting numerous causes, provincially, nationally and internationally.

Among her awards and honours, Ms. Dobbin was appointed as a member of the Order of Canada in 2015.

Elaine Dobbin received an honorary doctor of laws degree on Tuesday, May 28, at the 10 a.m. session of Convocation.

HON. FRANK F. FAGAN

Hon. Frank F. Fagan held office as the 13th lieutenant governor of Newfoundland and Labrador between 2013-18, following a distinguished career in business and many years of community service. He holds a B.A. and an M.B.A. from Memorial.

Mr. Fagan is the former executive vice-president and CEO of Bell Aliant. Under his leadership, the company invested billions of dollars into the economy and transformed the telecommunications network in the province.

Through his various leadership roles of the Vera Perlin Society, Island Furniture,
the N.L. Association for Community Living and the St. John’s Special Olympics Association, Mr. Fagan has been instrumental in integrating persons with developmental disabilities into the workplace and the community. In addition to many awards during his career, in 2011 he was appointed as a member of the Order of Canada.

Together with his wife, Patricia Fagan, the couple established the Frank and Pat Fagan Family Scholarship for Academic Excellence and Community Leadership in the Faculty of Medicine at Memorial and the Dr. Richard Fagan Memorial Scholarship for Academic Excellence and Innovative Thinking in Memorial’s Department of Biochemistry.

Hon. Frank F. Fagan received an honorary doctor of laws degree on Wednesday, May 29, at the 3 p.m. session of Convocation.

NORMAN ROBERT CAMERON CAMPBELL

Dr. Norman Robert Cameron Campbell is a general internist, a professor of medicine and a member of the Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta and O’Brien Institute of Public Health at the University of Calgary. At Memorial he was awarded a B.Med.Sci. degree, followed by his M.D. He took up a faculty position in the Discipline of Internal Medicine, where he was an active researcher, teacher, public health advocate and clinician.

Dr. Campbell accepted a position at the University of Calgary in 1990. He rose to national and international prominence as a champion for the control and prevention of hypertension in Canada and globally. Dr. Campbell was the driving force behind the Canadian Hypertension Education Program. The program was associated with a five-fold increase in control of hypertension in Canada. He has published more than 450 peer-reviewed manuscripts and has presented at more than 450 national and international conferences. Among his many honours, Dr. Campbell was appointed as a member of the Order of Canada in 2014.

Dr. Norman Robert Cameron Campbell received an honorary doctor of science degree on Thursday, May 30, at the 10 a.m. session of Convocation.