Bernard Lamarre
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Bernard Lamarre | |
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 Lamarre at the 2013 National Order of Quebec ceremony | |
| Born | 6 August 1931 Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | 30 March 2016 (aged 84) Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Alma mater | École Polytechnique de Montréal, Imperial College London |
| Occupation(s) | engineer and businessman |
| Known for | last CEO of Lavalin |
| Relatives | Jacques Lamarre, brother |
Bernard Lamarre, OC GOQ (6 August 1931 – 30 March 2016) was a Canadian engineer and businessman.
Born into a Jewish family in Chicoutimi, Quebec in August 6, 1931,[1] Lamarre received a Bachelor of Applied Sciences in Civil Engineering from the École Polytechnique de Montréal, an affiliate college of Université de Montréal, in 1952. He received a Master of Science degree from Imperial College of Science and Technology in 1955[2] and was a recipient of the Athlone Fellowship.[3] He started work as a soil mechanics engineer with the firm of Lalonde & Valois eventually becoming president and chief executive officer of the firm now called Lavalin Group.[4] He was president of Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec from 1993 to 1997.
Honours
[edit]In 1985, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in recognition for "his numerous and varied accomplishments" which "earned him a remarkable reputation as an engineer, businessman, and patron".[5] He was also made an Officer of the National Order of Quebec[2] and was promoted to Grand Officer in 2013.[6] He was awarded a Doctor of Laws, honoris causa from Concordia University. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering and the Engineering Institute of Canada.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ International who's who in engineering. 1984.
- ^ a b "Citation". National Order of Quebec. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24.
- ^ Wilson, Andrew H. (April 2019). "REMEMBERED ENGINEERS" (PDF). The Cedagrove Series of Discourses, Memoirs and Essays.
- ^ a b Charles Draimin. "Honorary Degree Citation - Bernard Lamarre". Concordia University.
- ^ Order of Canada citation
- ^ "Honneur au peuple du Québec" (in French). Archived from the original on 2013-06-16.
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