Officer of the Order of Canada
Awarded on: 1987-06-29
Invested on: 1987-10-28
Rector of the University of Quebec at Chicoutimi, this eminent academic played a leading role in the development of higher education in Quebec by founding and serving as President of the University of Quebec and by establishing the first MBA program in Quebec at the University of Sherbrooke while he was Dean of that Institution's Faculty of Administration.