Fred Fountain CM

Order of Canada

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 is the current chancellor

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 of Dalhousie University

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. Fountain graduated from Dalhousie University in 1974 with a Bachelor of Laws

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 degree. He was a founding partner of a large Canadian law firm

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 and a judge

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 of the Regional Assessment Appeal Court

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 from 1980 to 1989, and is currently the Chief Executive Officer

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 of "Great Eastern Corporation Ltd", an asset management firm. Fountain was invested with the award of Member of the Order of Canada by then Governor General of Canada

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 Michaëlle Jean

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on June 18, 2010.