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Selwyn House presents Speirs Medal to John Hallward
Former Selwyn House Board Chairman John Hallward ’78 received the 2015 Speirs Medal during the school’s Founder’s Day celebrations on November 26.
Former Selwyn House Board Chairman John Hallward ’78 received the 2015 Speirs Medal during the school’s Founder’s Day celebrations on November 26.
The Speirs Medal, named for former Headmaster the late Dr. Robert Speirs, is the highest honour the school can bestow upon any member of its community. It is presented each year as part of the school’s observance of Founder’s Day, as an occasion to honour the school’s founder, Captain Algernon Lucas.
John Hallward joined the Selwyn House board of directors in 1996 and was chairman from 2003 to 2007. Before he became chair, John served as chair of the Finance Committee. He has been a member of the Selwyn House board that manages the Veritas Fund since 1999, serving as chair since 2013, and has also sat on the board of the Lucas Fund since 2003.
John has visited Selwyn House many times to speak to students about his profession: marketing research, and also about his growing interest: philanthropy. He has studied the world’s wealthiest societies and found that, psychologically speaking, they are among the poorest people on earth. His findings are explored in his new book The Happiness Equation: the Human Nature of Happy People.
John and the Hallmount Foundation have established GIV3, an initiative to promote the personal and community benefits of philanthropy. His first book, entitled Gimme! The Human Nature of Successful Marketing, was published in 2007.
John’s wife, Karma Price Hallward, has also been an extremely active volunteer for Selwyn House serving as president of the Parent Association. She was named an Honorary Old Boy in 2010.
John and Karma Hallward have two sons who attended Selwyn House: Derek 2007 and Evan 2009. Their daughter, Laura, attended The Study.
Also during the Founder’s Day program, retired Selwyn House receptionist Anne-Marie (Annie) Snabl was named an Honorary Old Boy, and Parent Association Past Co-Chairs Karen Anderson and Lorna Denham received the Nancy Pitfield Memorial Award for volunteerism. Ms. Snabl, along with retired teachers Colin Boyle and Dorothy Walling, was added to the Selwyn House Wall of Fame for 25 or more years of service to the school.
To see photos from the Founder's Day Morning Assembly, click here.
To see photos from the Founder's Day Evening Cocktail, click here.
To watch videos of the evening's speeches, click here.
To read an article by John in the Montreal Gazette, click here.
To see photos from the Founder's Day Morning Assembly, click here.
To see photos from the Founder's Day Evening Cocktail, click here.
To watch videos of the evening's speeches, click here.
To read an article by John in the Montreal Gazette, click here.
