Alumnus Hardeep Grewal (BComm, '83) immigrated to Canada in the 1970's and went on to become a major player in the restaurant ownership and management industry in the United States and in Ontario. Last week, he donated $1-million to Concordia to endow MBA scholarships at the John Molson School of Business.
Grewal explained his decision to give back to his alma mater and encouraged others to do the same in an opinion piece published in The Globe and Mail.
Coverage of the gift announcement appeared in:
Montreal Gazette, Gazette e-edition, CBC.ca Le Journal de Montréal, TVANouvelles.ca, CJAD.com, WDRB (Kentucky), KLTV-ABC (Texas), WFMJ-NBC (Ohio), Darpan Magazine and My Informs. A CNW release relating Grewal's story was picked up by the Montreal Gazette, National Post, The Province, PRNewswire, Shaw Connect, TD Waterhouse, Yahoo! Finance, Troy Media, TorontoTV.org, The Canadian Association of Journalists, Canadian Business Spotlight, The Canadian Business Journal, Chicago Business Journal, Cincinnati Business Courier, Boston Business Journal, Albany Business Review, Albuquerque Business First, Baltimore Business Journal, Buffalo Business First, Charlotte Business Journal, Atlanta Business Chronicle, Birmingham Business Journal, Austin Business Journal, Web Lens, Mad Hunt Sys-Con Media and more than a dozen others. Grewal also appeared on Montreal Breakfast Television .