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Bill Yuill speaks at a Medicine Hat Rotary Club meeting in November 2016. Yuill will receive an honorary degree from Medicine Hat College in June.
Distinguished Hatter Bill Yuill will receive an honorary degree from Medicine Hat College at this year’s convocation ceremony on June 9.
“Everyone in the Medicine Hat area knows Bill and the Yuill family because of their service and commitment to our area. Instilling a sense of social responsibility for the communities we live in is important to student learning,” said Dr. Denise Henning, president and CEO of Medicine Hat College. “We are thrilled to honour Bill in this way.”
According to MHC, Yuill was chosen because both for his success in business as chairman, president and CEO of Monarch Corporation and for his ongoing philanthropy in the community.
“In addition to supporting worthy causes across the country,” reads the press release from MHC, “the Yuill Family Foundation has made several large donations to local projects in the name of Yuill’s parents. The Marjory E. Yuill Cancer Centre allows patients to remain close to home in the comfort of their own community, and the new J.H. “Hop” Yuill Fitness Centre at Medicine Hat High School will give future generations the chance to experience one of Yuill’s passions: Sports.
“He is an incredible role model for us to put in front of our students,” said Henning. “If this graduating class can take a cue from Bill’s work ethic, initiative and dedication to others, they will serve our community well.”
