Named for Dr. Les Shemilt, Professor Emeritus Chemical Engineering and the second Dean of the Faculty, the L.W. Shemilt Award honours alumni whose accomplishments and contributions have had a transformative impact on their field of endeavour.
The Arch Award recognizes McMaster’s most recent graduates for their unique and interesting contributions to society, their local community, and to McMaster University. Arch Award recipients are remarkable individuals who have convocated from McMaster less than 10 years ago with a graduate degree or less than 15 years ago with an undergraduate degree.
There are many thousands of living graduates of McMaster. In their ranks are representatives of almost every trade, business or profession. Many of them have made names for themselves because of their accomplishments in their vocations and avocations. Included in this alumni ‘hall of fame’ are graduates whose names are household words; others are not as well known but their lives are just as absorbing. The Alumni Gallery is a photographic and biographical display of some of these alumni who lead interesting lives and make outstanding contributions to society.