Louis Armand Desrochers Explained

Louis Armand Desrochers
Chancellor of the University of Alberta
Term Start:1970
Term End:1974
Predecessor:Francis Philip Galbraith
Successor:Ronald Norman Dalby
Birth Date:31 March 1928
Birth Place:Montreal, Quebec
Death Place:Edmonton, Alberta
Alma Mater:University of Alberta
Spouse:Marcelle Boutin
Children:five
Occupation:lawyer

Louis Armand Desrochers (March 31, 1928 – September 28, 2015) was a Canadian lawyer. He served as Chancellor of the University of Alberta from 1970 to 1974.[1] [2] Desrochers was born in Montreal in 1928 and moved to Jasper, Alberta in his childhood. He was educated in Edmonton at the Collège des Jésuites, Collège Saint-Jean, and then at the University of Ottawa. He completed a law degree at the University of Alberta in 1952 and was a lawyer for Maclab Construction. He also served on the University of Alberta Board of Governors and worked to strengthen connections between Collège Saint-Jean and the university. Three years after he left his position as chancellor, the Collège was integrated as a satellite campus of the University, as the University of Alberta Faculté Saint-Jean.[3] In 2001, Desrochers was named to the Alberta Order of Excellence. He held honorary degrees from the University of Alberta, University of Ottawa, and Laval University. In 1953, he Marcelle Boutin; with her he had five children.[4] Desrochers died in 2015 at the age of 87.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Canadian Law List. google.ca. 1976. Cartwright. William B..
  2. Web site: Who's who in Canada. google.ca. Parker. Charles Whately. Greene. Barnet M.. 1975.
  3. Web site: University of Alberta: Louis Armand Desrochers (1970-1974). ualbertacentennial.ca.
  4. Web site: Louis Armand Desrochers - The Alberta Order of Excellence. lieutenantgovernor.ab.ca.
  5. Web site: Louis DESROCHERS Obituary - Edmonton, AB - Edmonton Journal. Edmonton Journal.