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CYNTHIA TRUDELL
PhD ’78, LLD ’99
C
ynthia Trudell is chief human
resources officer and executive
vice president of Human Resources
at Pepsico Inc., a position she has
held since 2011.
Trudell earned a doctorate
in physical chemistry from the
University of Windsor in 1978. She
began her career in 1979 with the
Ford Motor Co. in Windsor, Ont., as
a chemical process engineer. In 1981,
she joined GM as a senior engineering
supervisor and later became superintendent of manufacturing.
In 1987, she was appointed manufacturing engineering
manager at the Willow Run Transmission complex in Ypsilanti,
Michigan. In 1992, she was promoted to site manager, engine
and foundry operations in St. Catharines, Ont. Following this
assignment, in 1995, Trudell was named plant manager of the
Wilmington Assembly Center in Wilmington, Delaware.
From 1999 to 2001, Trudell served as General Motors’
vice president and also served as chair and president of Saturn
Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of GM.
She was vice president of Brunswick Corporation and
divisional president of Sea Ray Boats from 2001 to 2006. In this
role, she expanded the company’s reach in the global marketplace
and brought new innovations to the company’s manufacturing
processes and technology.
Trudell joined Pepsico in 2007.
Her significant career achievements were recognized with the
Alumni Association’s highest honour, the Award of Merit, in 2006.
Trudell will be on campus to participate in the Odette
Leadership Symposium in January 2014.
2012
In fall 2012, the $112-million, 300,000-square foot Ed
Lumley Centre for Engineering Innovation became the
new home for the Faculty of Engineering.
October 2013
The University’s new parking structure at the corner
of Wyandotte and Sunset will open in fall of 2013.
The parking structure consists of seven levels to
accommodate up to 1,000 cars.
June 2013
In June 2013, the University’s Board of Governors approved a Campus Master Plan
that establishes a vision for the next 50 years, with an attractive design that enriches
both the student and the community experience, and positions the university to be
more competitive.
October 2013
In October 2013, the University will mark its 100th convocation
ceremony. The graduates will join an alumni family that now
numbers more than 115,000.
DR. DOUGLAS STOCCO
BSc ’67, MSc ’69, LLD ’13
D
r. Douglas Stocco is executive
vice president for research
and dean of the Graduate School
of Biomedical Sciences at the Texas
Tech University Health Sciences
Center in Lubbock, Texas.
He is known nationally and
internationally as a prominent
scientist, primarily for his discovery
of Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory
protein (StAR). Since 1995,
approximately 250 papers have been
written in regards to his research.
Stocco’s work is supported by the National Institutes of Health.
He holds a US patent for Compositions and Methods for Regulation
of Steroidogenesis and is a member of six professional societies.
The researcher serves on the editorial boards of Molecular
and Cellular Endocrinology, Endocrine, and
The Journal of
Endocrinology
. More than 200 peer-reviewed original scientific
articles, book chapters and review articles document Stocco’s work.
He has garnered wide recognition, including the Research
Award by the Society for the Study of Reproduction; the
Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Distinguished
Scientist Award; and the Transatlantic Medal Award by the British
Endocrine Society, among many others.
Stocco received a Raine Distinguished Professorship at the
University of Western Australia and is a Fellow of the American
Association for the Advancement of Science.
