THUNDER BAY, ON -  ORILLIA, ON -  May 12, 2008 Lakehead University's Board of Governors is pleased to announce the addition of Mr. Bruce Waite to the Board as a Lieutenant Governor in Council appointee.  The term is effective immediately until April 2011.

Mr. Waite is the newest of three members appointed by the Lieutenant Governor to Lakehead's Board of Governors, and will sit alongside Mr. Harvey Cardwell and Mr. Gil Labine in his new role.

"Mr. Waite will provide additional expertise to the functioning of the Board and represent the important perspective of an Orillia citizen as the University grows its presence in that southern Ontario community," says Lakehead President Dr. Fred Gilbert.  Waite himself is pleased to join his fellow Board members.  "I am looking forward to interacting with community members, Lakehead faculty, the Aboriginal Management Council, students, staff, and alumni, and to helping Lakehead University with efficient governance – including the expansion of its Orillia campus."

Mr. Waite obtained both his Bachelors of Arts and Laws from the University of Western Ontario between 1963 and 1966.  He was later called to the Bar by the Law Society of Upper Canada in 1968, and appointed Queen's Counsel in 1979.  Among his wealth of experience, he has served as a Law Partner in Orillia-based law offices, as CAO and Corporate Secretary of PCL Packaging Corporation, and as Deputy Judge in Ontario Small Claims Court.  His extensive community work spans involvement with the Lakehead University Orillia Facilities Committee, the Kiwanis Club of Orillia, the Orillia Soldiers' Memorial Hospital Foundation, and the Orillia & District Physician Recruitment and Retention Committee.  In 2006, he and his spouse were the recipients of the Ontario Medical Association Community Service Award.