LOUGHEED QUEENS
FORMER ALBERTA PREMIER PETER LOUGHEED HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 84.
- Newswatch Newsroom
9/14/2012
FORMER ALBERTA PREMIER PETER LOUGHEED HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 84. AND WHILE THE POPULAR PREMIER IS BEING REMEMBERED TODAY IN HIS HOME PROVINCE OF ALBERTA, LOUGHEED ALSO HAD TIES TO KINGSTON. HE SERVED AS THE 11TH CHANCELLOR OF QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY FROM 1996 TO 2002. QUEEN'S PRINCIPAL DANIEL WOOLFSAYS HE GOT TO KNOW LOUGHEED MANY YEARS AFTER HIS TERM AS CHANCELLOR, WHEN THE TWO LIVED IN ALBERTA.
DANIEL WOLFE, QUEEN'S PRINCIPAL
"I ALWAYS FOUND HIM VERY WARM AND PERSONABLE, HUMBLE AND UNASSUMING MAN.VERY VERY REMARKABLE GIVEN THE LASTING IMPRESSION THAT HE HAS LEFT ON BOTH ALBERTA AND THE COUNTRY AS A WHOLE."