Published: 15 November 2006
Lorne Trottier, a 58-year-old engineer and inventor, is donating $12 million to ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ. The gift will allow the University to fund research chairs in two fields dear to Trottier's heart: astrophysics and cosmology in the science faculty, and aerospace engineering in the engineering faculty.