Bernard Lamarre

Canadian engineer and businessman

Bernard Lamarre (6 August 1931 – 30 March 2016) was a Canadian engineer and businessman. He was born in Chicoutimi, Quebec in 1931.[1]

Bernard Lamarre
Lamarre at the 2013 National Order of Quebec ceremony
Born(1931-08-06)6 August 1931
Died30 March 2016(2016-03-30) (aged 84)
Montreal, Quebec
NationalityCanadian
Alma materÉcole Polytechnique de Montréal, Imperial College London
Occupation(s)engineer and businessman
Known forlast CEO of Lavalin
RelativesJacques Lamarre, brother

Lamarre received a Bachelor of Appled Sciences in Civil Engineering from the École Polytechnique de Montréal in 1952. He received a Master of Science degree from Imperial College of Science and Technology in 1955. He started work as a soil mechanics engineer with the firm of Lalonde & Valois eventually becoming president and chief executive officer of the firm now called Lavalin Group. He was president of Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec from 1993 to 1997.

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  1. Charles Draimin. "Honorary Degree Citation - Bernard Lamarre". Concordia University.

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