Honorary degree citation - Henry J. Hemens*

By: Muriel Armstrong, June 1982

Mr. Chancellor, I have the honour to present to you Henry John Hemens, former Chancellor of Concordia University, and tireless promoter of its welfare. Concordia and Harry Hemens share a common objective: service to the community. Throughout his career Harry Hemens has made major contributions to each community of which he has been a member. In his residential community of Rosemere, for example, he served a term as mayor, and for a number of years he was a municipal judge. For his outstanding contribution to his church community he was made a member of the Order of Malta.

He has made numerous contributions to the business community as well. In addition to his own successful career as counsel, and more recently as consultant, for Du Pont of Canada, he has served other companies as a member of their board of directors. He is a past president of the Association of General Counsels. He has been active in the Canadian Manufacturer's Association, and in the Canadian Chamber of Commerce: one of his contributions to the Canadian Chamber was to chair its important Committee on Combines an