Gina Cody named to the Ordre de Montréal
Gina Cody and Valérie Plante
The City of Montreal has honoured Gina Cody, MEng 81, PhD 89, the first woman for whom a university faculty of engineering in Canada is named, by appointing her chevalière to the Ordre de Montréal.
The honour recognizes women and men who have contributed in a remarkable way to the city’s development and reputation.
Cody’s $15-million donation to Concordia in September 2018 has been widely hailed as a ground-breaking gesture of philanthropy from the woman who also was the first female to graduate with a PhD in building engineering from Concordia.
Cody’s gift is the largest, to date, in support of the Campaign for Concordia: Next-Gen. Now, which kicked off in 2017.
The Ordre de Montréal was officially launched on May 17, 2016 by Denis Coderre, who was then Mayor of Montreal. His successor, Valérie Plante, invited Cody to sign Montreal’s official guest book — the Livre d’or — at City Hall’s Salon Maisonneuve last October, as a way of recognizing her important contribution to the university and the City.
Each year, on May 17, the anniversary of the founding of Montréal, 17 distinguished citizens receive the medal of the Ordre de Montréal, in one of the three following ranks: Commander, Officer or Knight.
