Some Good News For a Change

Amit Chakma Engineering Building

     I mention this because you may have missed it.  The Chancellor of Western University, Jack Corwin, surprised the president of that university by announcing that he is donating $5 million and asking that the new engineering building be named in honour of President Chakma. He remarked that: "Some of you may not know that Amit is also an engineer, and a faculty member here in Engineering,” Cowin told guests at the opening. “His passion for the profession and field makes this the perfect tribute to his time as Western’s President.”

     I also mention it because you may recall that I recently suggested in a post that when the names of people are attached to buildings, rooms, chairs, scholarships, etc., it would be good if we could quickly learn more about them. I would be surprised if my suggestion is considered and I would be even more surprised if anyone even read this blog. But, if anyone did want to know about more about the story behind the naming of the Amit Chakma Engineering Building, the source provided below would be the place to begin.

Sources: 

"Chancellor Donates $5M to Engineering, Honours, President," Cory Habermehl,  Western News, Oct, 12, 2018.
"New Engineering Building Renamed to Amit Chakma Engineering Building," Liam Afonso, The Gazette, Oct. 12, 2018.
"Officially opened today, the formerly named ThreeC+ Engineering Building will be renamed the Amit Chakma Engineering Building, announced Western University on Friday afternoon."

Post Script:

For my post about this subject see: Western University Names

This is not the first time a donor at Western has made a donation in honour of someone else. The Allyn & Betty Taylor Library is named for a former Chancellor and his wife and the donor was anonymous. That library does a good job of identifying those who have supported it. See "Supporters of the Allyn and Betty Taylor Library".

I have discovered a couple of other useful links in relation to names that appear on campus.
The International Centre for Olympic Studies identifies clearly the names related to the holdings in the ICOS archive. See the descriptions for the Brundage, Lenskyj and Worrall collections which is found here. 

For a list of Centres & Institutes on campus see here. At the bottom of the list one finds this sentence which is unclear to me: "* Please note some names reflect legacy naming conventions and do not conform to above-mentioned definitions."

MORE GOOD NEWS FOR WESTERN/IVEY
     As I was writing this it was announced that a $7 million gift had been received at Ivey and that there will be new 'Names' on campus that will need to be explained. See: $7-million Gift Creates John F. Wood Centre for Innovation in Business Learning," Western News, Oct. 16, 2018.