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Mr. Wilson Goes to Washington
The Hon. Michael Wilson (BComm 1959, DSL 1994) first arrived at Trinity College as a fresh-faced 17-year-old in September 1955. In September of 2003 he returned as Trinity?s 11th chancellor.
Most would have regarded the top honorary role of one?s alma mater as a fitting way to round out a rewarding career. Wilson served 14 years, until 1993, as a federal Progressive Conservative MP, notably as finance minister in the cabinet of former prime minister Brian Mulroney, and has since enjoyed a successful run on Bay Street, most recently as chairman of pension-investment firm UBS Canada. On top of that, he has acted as a spokesman on mental health issues and has served as chair of the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance.
But the Chancellor, who presented his credentials as Canadian ambassador in Washington in mid-March, may now be tackling his most challenging job yet. He will need to smooth a ruffled Canada-U.S. relationship, attempt to resolve the softwood lumber dispute, and manage Canada-U.S. relations around Canada?s role ? or lack of it ? in the Iraq War. (See the upcoming issue of Trinity magazine for more on Ambassador Wilson.)
A search committee will be struck to find a new chancellor; in the short-term, Wilson will fulfill his duties as Trinity Chancellor at least until May.
| Also in the spring issue of Trinity magazine . . . |
Read about other alumni leading the nation: Leader of the Opposition Bill Graham (?61) and Michael Chong (?93), the youngest member of the Harper Conservative cabinet. We also profile alumnus Rudyard Griffiths, a co-founder of the Dominion Institute, as well as several students who are not afraid to take the lead on issues that matter.
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