Donalda MacBeath (’75) Donalda MacBeath was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, and lived throughout the Maritimes during her childhood. She completed high school in Digby, N.S., and attended Acadia for five years, entering from Grade 11 and completing a four-year BA Honours in Economics. Donalda graduated in May 1975, which also coincided with her parents’ 25th anniversary of graduating from Acadia. She then completed a year of graduate studies in economics, completing the course requirements for an MA in the spring of 1976. In the fall of 1976, Donalda started legal studies at Dalhousie, graduating in the spring of 1979. She then moved to Calgary, Alberta to begin a career in law. She started in private practice and then moved into corporate work in the oil and gas industry, and has held mid- and senior management positions with various intermediate to large energy companies. She is currently a legal consultant with Chevron Canada on a part-time basis. Donalda is married with three children. Their oldest daughter graduated from Acadia in business in 2011 and currently lives and works in Toronto. Lisa and Gavin are both currently attending Acadia, studying geology and engineering respectively. Donalda and her husband own a home in Smith’s Cove, N.S. and look forward to spending more time there in the years to come. Her family has a strong connection to Acadia as, in addition to her and my parents, her four siblings are all graduates as was her fraternal grandmother. In her spare time, Donalda enjoys reading, hiking, travel, running and playing the piano. Nominations are open for the 2014 Distinguished Alumni Award Nominations forms are available at http://alumni.acadiau.ca distinguished-alumni.html
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Ryan is legal counsel and manager of loss control and risk for a privately owned national trucking company headquartered in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. He has served on a number of boards in the past, including the East Coast Music Association board of directors and the board of governors of Acadia University. Ryan currently serves as a director on the board of a non-profit preschool and daycare in the north end of Halifax. Ryan graduated from Acadia University in 2006 with a BSc in biology. While at Acadia, he was actively involved in campus life as a resident advisor, a teaching assistant and a summer student at the Acadia Institute for Teaching and Technology. During his final two years at Acadia, Ryan served back-to-back terms as president of the Acadia Students’ Union. He went on from Acadia to receive a Juris Doctor in law from the University of Toronto.
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