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Professor Paul Brown has been named the 2012 recipient of the Lieutenant Governor's Medal for Excellence in Public Administration.

This is a significant achievement for Dr. Brown that brings added prestige to the School of Public Administration, the Faculty of Management and Dalhousie University. Paul will
formally receive recognition by His Honour, the Lieutenant Governor, at a ceremony at Government House this fall. He will be joined by 2012 MPA graduates Siobhan Shears and Juanita Spencer, who will be the recipients of this year's student awards, as announced at convocation.

The Lieutenant Governor's Medal of Excellence, sponsored by KPMG, recognizes exceptional achievement in public administration and encourages quality service in all orders of government. The Medal and certificate are presented at an annual ceremony by the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, patron of the award.

The award criteria state that recipients should have significantly changed the performance or delivery of public administration in Nova Scotia, and that they will have made a unique and outstanding contribution to public administration in the federal, provincial, municipal or academic fields.

Past Recipients:

1986 - Kel Antoft, Dalhousie University
1987 - Clifford Moir, City of Dartmouth
1998 - Fred MacKinnon, Senior Citizens Secretariat
1989 - Sherman Zwicker, Union of Nova Scotia Municipalities
1990 - Carmen Moir, Nova Scotia Department of Community Services
1991 - Emery Fanjoy, Council of Maritime Premiers
1992 - Donald Murphy, City of Halifax
1993 - Jack Novack, Dalhousie University
1994 - David Parks, Canadian Coast Guard
1995 - Neil Roberts, QEII
1996 - Kenneth Ozmon, Saint Mary's University
1997 - Bill Hamilton, Town of Bridgetown
1998 - Jerry Ryan, Cape Breton Regional Municipality
1999 - Peter Aucoin, Dalhousie University
2000 - Keith Robicheau, Municipality of the County of Annapolis
2001 - Jacquelyn Thayer Scott, University College of Cape Breton
2002 - Harvey Lawrence (Larry) Doane, Halifax-Dartmouth Bridge Commission
2003 - William (Bill) Hogg, Former Deputy Minister, Province of Nova Scotia
2004 - Gordon Gillis, Former Deputy Minister, Province of Nova Scotia; Wynne
Potter, Former Vice-President, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
2005 - David M. Cameron, Dalhousie University
2006 - Robert (Bob) MacKay, Former Deputy Minister, Province of Nova Scotia
2007 - Shulamith Medjuck, formerly with Department of Community Services
2008 - Assistant Commissioner Ian Atkins, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
2009 - Howard Windsor, Former Deputy Minister, Province of Nova Scotia
2010 - Robert Fowler, Former Deputy Minister, Province of Nova Scotia
2011 - Kenneth R. B. Simpson (Posthumous)