Listwin, Thompson and Woolf to Receive Honorary Degrees at Spring Convocation

Posted May 30, 2001


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - May 30, 2001 2001-05-20-OTHER

Listwin, Thompson and Woolf to Receive Honorary Degrees
at Spring Convocation

Donald Listwin, Margaret Thompson and Henry Woolf will receive Honorary
Doctor of Laws degrees at this year?s Spring Convocation.

Donald Listwin received his Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from the
University of Saskatchewan in 1980. During his time at the U of S he played
on the Huskie Volleyball team, winning two Canada West titles and a CIAU
National Championship in 1978/79.

Listwin is President and CEO of Openwave Systems, the worldwide leader of
open Internet-based communication and infrastructure software. Openwave
provides the software that makes the mobile internet work. Under his
leadership, Openwave has continued to grow worldwide and build shareholder
value. Listwin is credited with inventing the concept of the Internet
ecosystem, a new business model for defining success in the internet
economy.

Listwin also serves as the chairman of NetAid, an ongoing, world-wide
Internet-based program that promotes the use of the web to end poverty
throughout the world. The site links people and resources with charitable
organizations to help refugees, save the environment, relieve hunger, secure
human rights, and relieve debt.

Listwin and his family reside in Los Altos Hills, California.

Dr. Margaret Thompson graduated with an Honours degree in Biology from the
University of Saskatchewan in 1943. In 1948, she received a Ph.D. in
Zoology (specializing in Human Genetics) from the University of Toronto.

Dr. Thompson taught at the University of Western Ontario and the University
of Alberta. In 1963 she joined the University of Toronto and the Hospital
for Sick Children, where she was a Professor in the Department of Medical
Genetics and Microbiology and the Department of Pediatrics. She is now a
Professor Emeritus at the the U of T and an Honorary Consultant at the
Hospital for Sick Children.

Dr. Thompson has made significant contributions to the study of genetics and
muscular dystrophy. She co-authored Genetics in Medicine with her late
husband Dr. James Thompson. She is a founding member of the Genetics
Society of Canada, the Canadian
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College of Medical Geneticists and the American Society of Human Genetics.
Dr. Thompson was the first recipient of the Award for Excellence in
Education from the American Society of Human Genetics. In 1988 she was
named a Member of the Order of Canada.

Henry Woolf received his Bachelor of Arts General from London University and
earned postgraduate diplomas from the College of William and Mary, Virgina
and Bristol. In 1983 he joined the Drama Department at the University of
Saskatchewan, and became head of the department in 1995.

Woolf has enjoyed a long and distinguished career in the fine arts. One of
his first major plays as an actor was Rhinocerous with Sir Lawrence Olivier
and directed by Orson Welles. He has appeared in hundreds of plays,
television productions and movies, including Gorky Park and The Rocky Horror
Picture Show. His acting and directing jobs have taken him around the world
to London, Paris, and New York.

Woolf retired from the Drama Department but is still actively involved the
fine arts, particularly with Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan, a festival he
helped found. The festival has received many awards and is a major
attraction for thousands of local and international fans. Woolf returns to
England each summer to act or direct in a play. Woolf won the University?s
Master Teacher Award in 1994. In 1997 he was made a Professor Emeritus.

Henry Woolf will receive his honorary degree on May 30 at 9:00 a.m. and
Donald Listwin will receive his degree the same day at the 2:00 p.m.
ceremony. Dr. Margaret Thompson will receive her honorary Doctor of Laws May
31 at 9:00 a.m. All three will present Convocation Addresses.

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For more information please contact:

Gordon Barnhart
University Secretary
University of Saskatchewan
Tel: (306) 966-4632