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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 states 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)