Norman Webster to be Appointed Chancellor Emeritus

Norman Webster, former Chancellor of the University of Prince Edward Island, will be honoured during the 2006 Convocation ceremonies to take place on May 13. In recognition of his outstanding service from 1996 to 2005, and his ongoing commitment to the University, he will be receive the distinguished title of Chancellor Emeritus.

"UPEI uses the title of Chancellor Emeritus to honour people who have served our University and to acknowledge their support. Norman Webster has exemplified this role in an extraordinary way," says Regis Duffy, Chair of the UPEI Board of Governors.

"It is fitting for the University to honour Norman Webster as Chancellor Emertius, given his exceptional commitment and service," says President Wade MacLauchlan. "As Chancellor, he worked steadily and generously to promote and support UPEI, including through the Webster Smart Campus Fund and the establishment of the Webster Centre for Teaching and Learning."

Norman Webster is President of the R. Howard Webster Foundation of Montreal. He has had a distinguished career in journalism, including terms as editor-in-chief of The Globe and Mail and The Montreal Gazette. As a journalist for The Globe and Mail, he was a correspondent in Peking, London, Ottawa, and Quebec. He won two national newspaper awards for coverage of China's "ping-pong diplomacy" and for editorial writing. A graduate of Bishop's University, Webster was the recipient of a Rhodes scholarship to St. John's College at Oxford. He was born in Summerside, PEI and grew up in Sherbrooke, Quebec. He and his wife Pat Webster now make their home in Montreal.