Ottawa EMBA teammates honour classmate Ralph Giffin

Ralph Giffin, EMBA’01, was remembered fondly by his EMBA teammates during the presentation of the inaugural Ralph E. Giffin Award to Yi Zheng, EMBA’08, at an Ottawa Queen’s Business Club event in May.

Ralph, who passed away in December 2006, made an indelible impression on his class, and especially his EMBA’01 teammates who spoke movingly of his legacy that evening. As Don Bayne, BA’66, LLD’69, EMBA’01, recalled,“Ralph will always be remembered for his exceptional intellect, his thought-provoking quick wit and an uncanny ability to instigate superior classroom debate.”

Ralph’s wife Andrea and daughters Megan and Tricia witnessed the unveiling of a classroom plaque and presentation of a replica to Yi in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the Class of 2008 – contributions deemed to have most closely mirrored Ralph’s impact on the class of 2001.