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Bruce B. Alexander, QC, BCom’60, received an honorary degree (LLD) at Queen’s November Convocation in recognition of his substantial contributions to the University and to Canada. After his BCom, he added degrees from the London School of Economics and Dalhouse Law School and began his career in 1967 with the law firm Osler, Hoskin and Harcourt in Toronto. He then spent 13 years with the Ontario provincial government before becoming a Special Advisor to the Right Hon. Joe Clark, then federal Minister for Constitutional Affairs, during the Charlottetown Accord negotiations. He returned to the private sector in 1993 as a principal in GlobeInvest Capital Management and was subsequently Vice-President of McCutcheon Steinbach Investment Management. Since 1999 he has been Vice-Chair of the Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal. His service to Queen’s dates all the way back to his student days as President of the AMS 1959-60 and recipient of the A.E. MacRae Award in 1960. He was elected to two terms on the University Council (1968-80), received its Distinguished Service Award in 1988, and was a valued member of the Board of Trustees from 1970 to 1982. He chaired the Toronto Alumni Branch’s John Orr Dinner in 1984 and 1985, was co-founder of the Kingston and Queen’s Rowing Clubs, and had a role in founding Queen’s Public Sector Management Program. In addition to his DSA, Bruce has received the National Alumni Award