Philanthropists Award by The Association of Fundraising Professionals. On November 21, 2011, Rotman was named the twenty-first Chancellor of his alma mater, Western University. His four-year term began on July 1, 2012. On February 29, 2012, Rotman was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award from Life Sciences Ontario. On October 10, 2012, Rotman was presented with the Entrepreneur of the Year 2012 Ontario Lifetime Achievement Award from Ernst & Young. In 2013, Rotman was awarded an honorary LLD from Memorial University. At a ceremony at Rideau Hall on November 18, 2015, the Governor General posthumously awarded the Meritorious Service Cross to Rotman, and the decoration was presented to his widow, Sandra. Other achievements In recognition of a lifetime of success and philanthropy, Rotman and his wife were selected as torchbearers for the in Toronto on December 17, 2009. Rotman and his wife were also awarded the Beth Sholom Brotherhood Humanitarian award in 2010. Rotman was the Honouree of The Toronto Club's 2011 Annual Members Dinner. He was active with many other local, national and international organizations. Death Rotman died on January 27, 2015, at Toronto General Hospital, and he was interred at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto. References External links Sandra Rotman Centre Ontario Brain Institute Grand Challenges Canada MaRS Discovery District Order of Canada Clairvest Group Inc. Rotman School of Management Canadian Business Hall of Fame Rotman Research Institute Western University University of Toronto Toronto Stock Exchange Bank of Montreal Barrick Gold Corporation Art Gallery of Ontario Governor General's Performing Arts Award Canada Council for the Arts Martin Prosperity Institute Rotman Institute of Philosophy Rotman Canada Research Chair in Philosophy of Science Canadian Institutes of Health Research Ontario Genomics Institute Genome Canada University Health Network McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health Ontario Health Study Industry Canada Gairdner Foundation International Global Network of Science Academies Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care Association of Fundraising Professionals Beth Sholom Brotherhood Humanitarian Award 1935 births 2015 deaths Businesspeople from Toronto Officers of the Order of Canada University of Western Ontario alumni University of Toronto alumni Jewish Canadian philanthropists Recipients of the Meritorious Service Decoration Chancellors of the University of Western Ontario 20th-century philanthropists