McGill University owes its very existence to the foresight of a generous planned gift. The University was founded in 1821 with a bequest from the estate of Scottish-born Montreal merchant James McGill.

Today, the McGill 1821 Society and the Macdonald Legacy Society recognize and honour all alumni and friends who have chosen to remember the University in their estate plans, or through another type of planned gift.

To learn more about bequests and planned gifts, please call 514-398-3560, 1-800-567-5175 or email plannedgifts.dev@mcgill.ca.

Generous benefactors remembered

“Giving back to our community is a privilege. When reviewing your finances with your advisors in contemplation of your Will, it is an appropriate time to remember those institutions that helped make you the person you are today. As a proud McGill graduate, remembering the University through a planned gift is a lasting way of saying ‘thank you’ and ensuring that others will benefit as I have.”

Michael Corber, BCom’85, DPA’86; Partner, Richter LLP

“From a litigator’s perspective, ‘an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure’. Careful planning is essential in ensuring that a client’s last wishes are given effect: that the gifts he or she makes are honoured, and disputes avoided.”

Elisabeth Evans-Olders, BA’02; Lawyer, Borden Ladner Gervais

“The most successful families have taught me to focus on the succession of family, rather than monetary, values. It is the shared experience of giving and being of service to others that enshrines these values from generation to generation. In doing so, and with careful planning, we can maximize value in each of these areas: family, business and community.”

Barry Pascal, Partner, Bell Pascal Insurance Services

Wise words from the expertsWhen considering a bequest or other planned gifts, it is always best to discuss your plans with an expert. Below, a number of McGill alumni and friends with expertise in this field offer up some helpful advice.

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Hugh G. Hallward Estate Estate of Dr. Gordon H. Hatcher and Norma H. Hatcher Estate of Richard I. Kaufman Estate of Dr. Marian Kelen Estate of Amelia Laing Estate of Charlotte Grieve Lavigne Helen Lazar, BA’46 Estate of Charles Maldoff Estate of Mildred Niren Estate of Katharine Gordon Packer

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McGill is profoundly grateful for bequests, both large and small, that it has received over the years. Following is a list of bequests that the University received during the last fiscal year, which ended on April 30, 2015.

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It has never been easier to make arrangements to include McGill in your estate plans, whether through

a bequest, charitable gift annuity, charitable remainder trust or donations of retirement plan assets and life insurance. With a little careful planning, you can have a lasting impact, and potentially secure significant tax benefits for yourself and your family.

To learn more about bequests and planned gifts, please visit: www.mcgill.ca/planned-giving or call 514-398-3560, 1-800-567-5175 or email plannedgifts.dev@mcgill.ca.

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Tickets: $18/$12

November 24, 201510:00 a.m.

AXEL STRAUSS violinSTÉPHANE LEMELIN piano

October 20, 201510:00 a.m.

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February 9, 201610:00 a.m.

DANIEL PHILLIPS violinTARA HELEN O’CONNOR flute

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WINNERS OF THE McGILL CHAMBER MUSIC COMPETITION

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“If I live to be a hundred, I’ll still be interested in planting trees,” says Robert Parkinson, DipAgr’63. He has plenty of experience: for 39 years, from the week he graduated until his 2001 retirement, Parkinson was groundskeeper for McGill’s Macdonald campus, where he planted and nurtured many of its trees.

“When I took over as groundskeeper, many plants on campus had been there since it was founded,” he says. One of his first jobs involved replacing old shrubbery in time for Canada’s 1967 Centennial and Expo celebrations. He also organized – albeit informally – backfill along Lake St. Louis, getting truckers to bring dirt from bridge construction to the campus to create new parkland along the edge of the campus.

“I was always interested in landscape architecture, and sat in on courses offered on campus,” he says. “If they were putting a new wing on a building, I would come up with a little garden to accompany it.” In his later years and after retirement, Robert conducted popular annual Homecoming tours of the campus’s foliage, pointing out

For two young men from the village of Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge, Louis and Albert Gosselin travelled far. Louis, born in 1879, studied law at McGill, winning the 1903 Elizabeth Torrance Gold Medal as the Faculty’s top graduating student that year. He then studied at University College London and the Sorbonne before returning to Montreal to practice law.

A Liberal MP in Prime Minister MacKenzie King’s 1935-40 government, Louis attended the coronation of George VI in May 1937, while in London for a parliamentary commission on agriculture. He later served as mayor of Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge.

Meanwhile, Albert, born in 1882, earned a BSc in Civil Engineering in 1911 – before Engineering had its own faculty – and enjoyed a thriving career across Quebec and beyond.

Lorraine Gosselin, grand-niece of the brothers, remembers them fondly. “Louis loved bridge and would drop in to play with my parents,” she says. “Albert was a favourite with the children, calling us ‘les petites’ and giving us treats while we sat on his knee. We all loved him.” Lorraine credits her interest in genealogy to Louis, as he com-missioned a genealogical study that resulted in a book and a tree chart that fascinated her in her youth and have since become prized possessions.

Lorraine pursued a successful career with Bell Canada, rising from clerk to district manager in

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Information Systems. “When I realized mine was the last generation to know Louis and Albert, neither of whom had families of their own, I wanted to do something for them,” she says.

So in 2013 she created the Louis Gosselin Scholarship in Law and the Albert

Gosselin Scholarship in Engineering. “How better to have them

remembered than through scholarships in their names at their university,” she says. By including support for the scholarships in her Will, Lorraine ensures a lasting

memorial to her great-uncles that will benefit generations of

students.

“I am honoured to have received the Albert Gosselin Scholarship, which

recognizes my academic efforts, and I am glad I was able to meet Lorraine to personally thank her for her generosity,” says Simon Silva-Da Cruz, a 4th-year Mechanical Engineering student, who is pictured below with Lorraine Gosselin.

venerable trees, some dating back to the 1907 foundation of the Macdonald campus, and newer ones from around the globe that he had planted himself.

“During my time as groundskeeper I was following what was being taught on campus, and what the students were learning,” he says. “I’ve always believed in the importance of education.” Robert has put his belief into action, and in 2010 established the Robert D. Parkinson Scholarship to recognize and promote academic achievement by undergraduates in the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.

His support will have a lasting impact: with a bequest for the Faculty written into his Will, Robert will enable students to benefit from his generosity and vision in perpetuity.

McGill student Elise Jackson, BSc’15 (Interdepartmental Honours in Immunology) spoke about her time at McGill and expressed her profound gratitude for the scholarship support she received:

“During my time at McGill, I met people who have reshaped my view of the world and society; I discovered where my passions and strengths lie; and I immersed myself in various initiatives that have helped me figure out the kind of person I want to be and the kind of work I want to be doing.”

RoBeRt PaRkinson:Nurturing academic achievement at his alma mater

To recognize individuals who have made a provision for McGill in their estate plans, the Bequests and Planned Gifts Office organizes an annual spring Tea with the Principal for members of the McGill 1821 Society and the Macdonald Legacy Society. Here are a few photos from the May 2015 Tea:

McGill’s Principal and Vice-Chancellor Suzanne Fortier, and Stefan Müller, BEng’95, MEng’98.

Gwendolyn Owens, McGill’s Director, Curatorial Affairs (left) and Susan Stromberg-Stein, MA’77.

LoRRaine GosseLin: Honouring the memory of two beloved uncles

NOTE: The information presented in this publication is not intended as legal or financial advice. Please see your own professional advisors to discuss your specific situation.

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