Lorne Trottier and Louise Rousselle Trottier
For their business acumen and philanthropy
Heeding Bill Gates’ call for the fortunate to give back, Lorne and Louise Trottier created the Trottier Family Foundation in 2000 to support initiatives in education, science, technology, environment, and health care.
Among its most recent gifts is a contribution to support the construction of a solar powered bus shelter on Concordia’s Loyola Campus. Product of a student design competition, the project will be carried out as a joint initiative of the University Chair in Integrated Design Ecology and Sustainability for the Built Environment and Concordia’s Centre for Zero Energy Building Studies (CZEBS).
A self-described “geek” who has been passionate about science and technology since childhood, Lorne Trottier worked at Marconi, a radar communications systems developer before co-founding Matrox in 1976 with business partner Branko Matic.
The company made its mark for designing innovative solutions and products in graphics imaging, and video, with Trottier at the helm of research and development.
Louise Rousselle Trottier is a Concordia economics alumna (BA 76) who attended night classes so she could work throughout her studies. She funded the Louise Rousselle Trottier Bursary in Arts and Science. It’s intended as a safety net for students to better meet with the challenging realities of working on a degree while pursuing full-time work.
Lorne Trottier and Louise Rousselle Trottier will address the Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science on Tuesday, June 12, at 3 p.m.