Carolina ' 63 for his contribution to the story on Brother Watkins. Brother Jones is the author of Hark , The Sound of DU Voices, the history of the Delta Upsilon Chapter at the University ofNorth Carolina.
Dr. Francis Winspear, Alberta '38 From toiling as a bank clerk in a small Alberta prairie town , to owning over 40 companies around the globe by his retirement, Dr. Francis Winspear, Alberta '38, has excelled in the realm of business. As noteworthy as his extraordinary success, has been the extent to which he has shared it. Brother Winspear has recorded a legacy of generosity which has been matched by very few Canadians. Dr. Winspear graduated from high school at 14 but was too young to be admitted to a university. He enrolled in correspondence accounting courses and by 1930 opened his own accounting firm in Edmonton. By 1980 when he amalgamated his firm with another national accounting company, he had 26 offices in major cities across Canada. Sixty years ago Dr. Winspear was one of the founders of the Alberta Chapter of Delta Upsilon. He has maintained a direct interest in the Chapter and its activities ever since. Brother Winspear has been extremely generous to a wide range of universities and organizations across Canada. At the University of Alberta, he presented the Faculty of Business with the Winspear Library; founded a Faculty Academic Chair, and gave $2 million to the endowment fund. The Faculty of Arts was given $1 million as well as two Visiting Professorships. Local hospitals, the Edmonton Symphony, the Edmonton Opera, the National Youth Orchestra of Canada and the Edmonton Art Gallery have all been recipients of his generosity. The Winspear Foundation, an on-going force for educational and cultural life in Canada has played a vital supporting role for many organizations. A few months ago, Dr. Winspear saw the need to support the Edmonton Concert Hall Foundation. His donation of a $6 million gift stimulated the fund
campaign and when the $45 million Francis G. Winspear Centre for Music opens in 1997, it will be completely debt-free. Brother Winspear's gift for the Centre was the largest ever by a Canadian to a Canadian arts organization. At over 90 years of age, Dr. Winspear has received many national and international awards for his business expertise and generosity. On September 30, 1995, the Alberta Chapter's 60th Anniversary provided the appropriate backdrop for Brother Winspear's receipt of the International Fraternity's Distinguished Alumnus Award. DU's immediate-past Chairman of the Board, Robert J. Edgar, Alberta '55 , made the presentation to Brother Winspear in front of more than 100 brothers and guests . "The Alberta Chapter has always been tremendously proud of Dr. Winspear," said Brother Edgar. "Now that he's been recognized with Delta Upsilon's top award, we can share that pride with brothers throughout North America." As the most recent DU Distinguished Alumni, the names of Brothers Bunnel, Prutzman, Watkins, and Winspear will be permanently added to the elite list of other award recipients, which is published in each edition of the Fraternity's pledge and member manual, The Cornerstone.
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