Gordon and Patricia Gray remember exactly where they were when they learned about Art McDonald카지노 게임 컬렉션s Nobel Prize. 카지노 게임 컬렉션It카지노 게임 컬렉션s one of those moments you never forget,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Mr. Gray, Arts카지노 게임 컬렉션50.
World travellers who have visited 574 countries thus far, the Grays were enjoying a rare quiet breakfast in their Toronto-area home when they heard the news. It was an especially unforgettable moment for the couple, who, through the Gordon and Patricia Gray Chair in Particle Astrophysics, provided financial backing that supported Dr. McDonald카지노 게임 컬렉션s research into the subatomic neutrino.
Catherine Purcell, Artsci카지노 게임 컬렉션78, MEd카지노 게임 컬렉션98, Director of Principal Gifts at Smith School of Business, first met the couple in 2002. A development officer with the Faculty of Arts & Science at the time, Ms. Purcell was exploring philanthropic opportunities with Mr. Gray.
Gordon Gray began his career with Price Waterhouse in Toronto, where he worked for, and befriended, legendary businessman E.P. Taylor. Taylor introduced him to the A.E. LePage company, which Gray would go on to run for many years. 카지노 게임 컬렉션It was a little wee company,카지노 게임 컬렉션 he says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션When I started, we only had 78 employees.카지노 게임 컬렉션 By the time he left in 1994, it had grown to more than 12,000.
Among his accomplishments was the formation of the company카지노 게임 컬렉션s commercial division. His legacy includes some noteworthy additions to the Toronto skyline, including the Hummingbird Centre, the Toronto-Dominion Centre, and Royal Bank Plaza.
Not one to slip into idle retirement, Mr. Gray has maintained a brisk pace since stepping down from LePage. In addition to an impressive portfolio of corporate directorships, the Grays run a foundation that donates half a million dollars annually to animal welfare causes, including a hospital for injured sea turtles near their winter home in Jupiter, Fla. (Patricia Gray is also a master gardener, decorator and skilled sea plane pilot.)
When you get to the end of the universe, what's next?
The couple카지노 게임 컬렉션s foundation is equally active on land. 카지노 게임 컬렉션When the big elephant in Kenya was slaughtered a few months ago, I called my friends at the African Wildlife Foundation and suggested that we offer a reward,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Mr. Gray. The Gray Animal Welfare Foundation now funds a project that trains dogs to sniff ivory and rhino horn in air and sea ports in Kenya and Tanzania. 카지노 게임 컬렉션The name of the game is to intercept the poachers at the point of shipment.카지노 게임 컬렉션
When he카지노 게임 컬렉션s not travelling the world or helping endangered wildlife, Mr. Gray likes to explore another passion that extends far beyond this planet. 카지노 게임 컬렉션When I was young, I imagined myself as an astronomer,카지노 게임 컬렉션 he says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션I have always been interested in the universe.카지노 게임 컬렉션
A native of Copper Cliff, Ont., on the outskirts of Sudbury, Mr. Gray was familiar with Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s nascent partnership with Laurentian 카지노게임사이트, among others, to build the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) at the bottom of the Creighton Mine. 카지노 게임 컬렉션All of the pieces came together and I thought he and Patricia would be a perfect fit for the chair in particle astrophysics,카지노 게임 컬렉션 Ms. Purcell says.
The fit was better than she could have known. Over the years, Mr. Gray has indulged his curiosity by cultivating relationships with scientists and asking them metaphysical questions. 카지노 게임 컬렉션One of my favourites is: 카지노 게임 컬렉션When you get to the end of the universe, what카지노 게임 컬렉션s next?카지노 게임 컬렉션 It카지노 게임 컬렉션s the best question I can think of to evidence the inability of the human mind to comprehend the incomprehensible,카지노 게임 컬렉션 he says.
Four years later, following a family tour of the subterranean SNOLAB, the Gordon and Patricia Gray Chair in Particle Astrophysics became a reality. Dr. McDonald was its inaugural recipient, serving from 2006 to 2014. During that time, he paid annual visits to the Grays카지노 게임 컬렉션 home to answer the family카지노 게임 컬렉션s questions and talk neutrinos.
카지노 게임 컬렉션I once asked him about the size of a neutrino in relation to an atom,카지노 게임 컬렉션 Mr. Gray says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션He said there are about a zillion neutrinos needed to make a single atom. There카지노 게임 컬렉션s no such number, of course, but it does give you an idea of how small they are.카지노 게임 컬렉션
With Dr. McDonald카지노 게임 컬렉션s retirement in 2014, Dr. Mark Chen, Sc카지노 게임 컬렉션89, became the second recipient of the Gray Chair. The director of SNO+, Dr. Chen hopes to build on SNOLAB카지노 게임 컬렉션s work by expanding the facility카지노 게임 컬렉션s ability to detect neutrinos. 카지노 게임 컬렉션With the discovery that neutrinos have mass, we want to understand how they acquired their mass and why it is so small compared with other particles,카지노 게임 컬렉션 he says.
The Grays have only met with Dr. Chen once so far. 카지노 게임 컬렉션He came to our home to tell us about his activities during the year, which is our tradition,카지노 게임 컬렉션 Mr. Gray says. Not surprisingly, the conversation turned to the end of the universe. 카지노 게임 컬렉션I asked him hat exists next to it,카지노 게임 컬렉션 he says with a laugh, 카지노 게임 컬렉션but he didn카지노 게임 컬렉션t know either.카지노 게임 컬렉션
As SNO+ gets set to begin operation over the next few months, Dr. Chen says the time is right for his benefactors to return to the mine. 카지노 게임 컬렉션I welcome the opportunity to show them the work we카지노 게임 컬렉션re doing,카지노 게임 컬렉션 he says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션My hope is to inaugurate the new detector by bringing Gordon and Patricia back underground.카지노 게임 컬렉션
After hearing the news of Dr. McDonald카지노 게임 컬렉션s Nobel Prize and fielding congratulatory calls from family and friends, the Grays took a moment to reflect on the accomplishment. Gordon Gray realized that the experience left him feeling much like he does whenever he ponders the mysteries of the universe. 카지노 게임 컬렉션To think we may have had a minute role in something like this,카지노 게임 컬렉션 he says, 카지노 게임 컬렉션it카지노 게임 컬렉션s almost beyond comprehension.카지노 게임 컬렉션
