Posted: October 19, 2009
Campion College will present its third annual Alumni of Distinction Awards on Friday, November 6 at 7:00 p.m. in the Regency Ballroom at the Hotel Saskatchewan.
Mr. Lawrence Nestman (HS ‘61), CA, MHSA, professor emeritus at the School of Health Services Administration, Dalhousie University, will be awarded the Campion College Alumni of Distinction Award for Professional Achievement. Fr. William Collins (HS ‘48), founder of the Poverello Center for those suffering with HIV-AIDS, will receive the Campion College Alumni of Distinction Award for Humanitarian and Community Service.
Nestman has been recognized on a local, national and international level for his work in health services administration. Over the past 15 years, he has been actively involved as a Temporary Advisor and Consultant for the World Health Organization (WHO) providing consultation for health-care reform in Western Europe. Nestman has also published widely on the topics of health policy, priority-setting, financial management and health services administration. He’s the recipient of the Commemorative Medal from the Governor General of Canada, and has two awards named in his honour at Dalhousie University, where he was the founding director of the School of Health Services Administration – the first school of its kind in Atlantic Canada. The School of Health Services Administration has had a major impact in the development of the profession of health services administration across the country.
Fr. Collins saw a great need in his community of South Florida to serve those suffering with HIV-AIDS. With the help of volunteers, he brought the Poverello Center to life. Its mission is “to provide life-saving food and basic living essentials with the highest degree of understanding, respect and love for individuals living with HIV.” Since its inception in 1988, the Poverello Center has provided over one million meals to South Florida’s most poor and destitute. The center provides food, clothing and everyday necessities to 6,000 families a month.
Tickets for the dinner are $75 and can be purchased by calling 586-4242.