The title Professor Emeritus is an honour that is conferred by the Board of Governors after retirement on individuals who have rendered distinguished service to the university and who have significant records in teaching, research, and scholarship. At the Fall 2006 Convocation, three individuals will be given this honour: Cameron Harvey, James Jamieson and Alexander Rattray.

Cameron Harvey, Professor Emeritus

Over three decades, Prof. Harvey has taught generations of Manitoba lawyers and published articles on such diverse topics as agency, conflicts, personal property, wills and estates, real estate law, and Manitoba’s legal heritage. His name carries authority as an academic lawyer who masters the law’s minutiae and respects the consequences of legal decisions. Outside the university, he is esteemed for fairness and thoroughness, having written and chaired more than 240 judgments for the Manitoba Land Value Appraisal Commission, served as a member of the Local Boundaries Commission and the Civic Service Board of Manitoba, and chair of several Canadian Bar Association sections. He was recently appointed president of the Manitoba Law Reform Commission.

October 19 Session

James C. Jamieson, Professor Emeritus

Dr. Jamieson has had a distinguished career at the university since his appointment to the department of chemistry in 1968. He has served as head of the department, dean of the Faculty of Science, and as a member of the university Board of Governors and Senate. He is a researcher in biochemistry and cell biology where his studies on the structure and biosynthesis of mammalian glycoproteins have led to more than 75 papers in peer reviewed journals. His ability to apply basic research to medicine and industrial biotechnology was demonstrated by the role he played with the Winnipeg Rh Fractionation Laboratory (now Cangene Ltd.) in immune globulin fractionation for the treatment of erythoblastosis fetalis. He was appointed Dean Emeritus of Science in 2005.

October 19 Session

Alexander Rattray, Professor Emeritus

Prof. Rattray joined the Faculty of Architecture in 1969 to establish Canada’s first master’s program in landscape architecture. He served as its head for 25 years and was involved in numerous campus committees at all levels of governance. His research included the study of urban and rural settlement patterns in Australia, Canada, and China; resource analysis and landscape planning, and a focused study and exhibit of Pietro Porcinai, an Italian landscape architect. Outside the university, he has served as president of the Canadian and Manitoba associations of landscape architects, chaired the National Capitol Commission in Ottawa, and was an advisor to the International Federation of Landscape Architects.

October 19 Session