Lawrence Stordy (known as Larry to most) has had many defining moments during his five years as chair of Dalhousie University's Board of Governors.
His was a tenure during which the Board played a supporting role in the renewal of Sexton Campus and the establishing of the emerging innovation district and helped launch successful megaprojects like the Ocean Frontier Institute and the Ocean Supercluster. Stordy was on the search committee that hired Richard Florizone just before his tenure as Chair started, and then chaired the hiring committee that selected Deep Saini as Dal's next president and vice-chancellor this year. Stordy also dealt with issues like divestment, tuition fees and the Dal Dentistry incident which all intersected with the Board and its governance.
But for Stordy by day, a partner in the law firm Stewart McKelvey sometimes the big moments were actually the small moments, like the interactions he had with Dal alumni across Canada as part of the Dal 200 Coast-to-Coast tour last year.
