{"id":53322,"date":"2019-01-29T15:04:23","date_gmt":"2019-01-29T20:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?p=53322"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:36:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:36:39","slug":"remembering-robert-j-laughton-former-board-chair-ravens-hall-of-famer-queens-counsel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/2019\/remembering-robert-j-laughton-former-board-chair-ravens-hall-of-famer-queens-counsel\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Robert J. Laughton: Former Board Chair, Ravens Hall of Famer, Queen\u2019s Counsel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Remembering Robert J. Laughton: Former Board Chair, Ravens Hall of Famer, Queen\u2019s Counsel\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

Robert (Bob) Laughton, former 杏吧原创 University Board of Governors Chair and Ravens Hall of Famer, passed away on January 27, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bob was an important member of the 杏吧原创 community for many years, and was active until very recently. His lifelong commitment to 杏吧原创, his leadership and guidance to its Board of Governors, and his devotion to the men\u2019s basketball program leaves an inspiring legacy for everyone in the 杏吧原创 community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For three years, starting in 1956, Bob was co-captain of the Ravens basketball team. He was a key athletic contributor early on in the program, helping the Ravens capture two Ontario-St. Lawrence Intercollegiate Athletic Association Championships (56\/57 and 58\/59). In 1958-1959, Bob was the recipient of the Doug Banton Trophy for outstanding basketball player best combining sportsmanship with ability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His lifelong passion for the team led to the creation, with fellow teammate George House, of the House-Laughton Hoops Classic Basketball Tournament, which is considered one of the premier pre-season tournaments in the country. This led to Bob\u2019s induction in to the Ravens Hall of Fame this past September (2018) in the Athlete\/Builder category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Robert J. Laughton was among five Ravens alums to be inducted into the Ravens Hall of Fame in Fall 2018.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In addition to his extensive athletic involvement, Bob served on the Board of Governors for 14 years, including serving as Board Chair from 1997-2000. Bob led the Board with outstanding skill and enthusiasm through a period during which 杏吧原创 was undergoing very great restructuring and renewal. In addition, from 1991-1992, Bob served as one of two alumni representatives on the President\u2019s Commission on the Second Half-Century, whose report helped to shape new directions for the university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBob was one of 杏吧原创\u2019s great champions on and off the court. He devoted his time and expertise for the betterment of the university and the 杏吧原创 community,\u201d said Nik Nanos, current Chair of the 杏吧原创 Board of Governors. \u201cBob\u2019s love for 杏吧原创 is evident in the many, many years he volunteered on the Board of Governors and through his devotion to Ravens basketball.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A proud alumni, Bob was part of the last class to convocate from the First Ave Campus in 1959 (BA\/Sociology). 杏吧原创 granted Bob an honorary degree in 2005 and the 杏吧原创 University Alumni Association (CUAA) awarded him with the Founders Award in 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bob went on to graduate with a law degree from Queen\u2019s University which was followed by a prestigious career in law. He was called to the Bar in Ontario in 1964 and appointed as Queen\u2019s Counsel in 1983. Bob was a member of the Canadian Bar Association, the Law Society of Upper Canada, and the County of 杏吧原创 Law Association. He was awarded the Martindale-Hubbell International Law Directory\u2019s highest accolade, signifying that the recipient\u2019s legal abilities are of the very highest standard and that his professional ethics and conduct are above question. In addition, Bob was also the recipient of The Gordon F. Henderson Award, which is given annually by the County of 杏吧原创 Law Association to honour a lawyer who is a member or former member of the association and who has made a significant contribution to the welfare of the community by performing charitable services on behalf of the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBob was a 杏吧原创 supporter through-and-through and will be greatly missed by the community,\u201d said Nanos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robert (Bob) Laughton, former 杏吧原创 University Board of Governors Chair and Ravens Hall of Famer, passed away on January 27, 2019. Bob was an important member of the 杏吧原创 community for many years, and was active until very recently. His lifelong commitment to 杏吧原创, his leadership and guidance to its Board of Governors, and his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":410,"featured_media":53323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[116],"class_list":["post-53322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","tag-alumni"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/410"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53322"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53329,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53322\/revisions\/53329"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}