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There are many executives for whom their technology business is the end of their personal or professional growth.  This can make a lot of sense, as it is a herculean task to establish a successful business within the tech sector.  So, it is always interesting to find an executive who remains close to their roots and uses their businesses success to fund the causes dearest to them.  Lorne Trottier is one such executive.

Lorne Trottier is the co-founder of tech company Matrox, manufacturer of graphics cards and other imaging products.  The recipient of the Order of Canada, analogous to being knighted in Canada, Lorne Trottier has accomplished a great deal away from Matrox.  Matrox has brought Trottier considerable wealth and renown within the tech sector and he has used a great deal of his largess to influence the next generation of scientists and engineers.

For Lorne Trottier, past was prologue; his decision to attend McGill University would frame much of his life.  In 1970, Trottier earned his Bachelor’s of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from McGill University.  He remained at McGill University for his graduate work as well.  Lorne Trottier earned his Master’s in Electrical Engineering in 1973.  Three years after graduating, Trottier co-founded Matrox.

At its inception, Matrox was concerned with manufacturing graphics cards and the ALT-256 made some leaps for S-100 bus computers that were impressive at the time.  Lorne Trottier was intimately involved in the development of the first several Matrox products.  Trottier’s imagination and flexibility allowed Matrox to remain successful even as the main hardware in the PC market rapidly evolved.  In the 1990s, Trottier steered Matrox toward the development of more advanced, premium, graphics cards, which became very popular, especially among computer game enthusiasts.

Throughout the rise of Matrox, McGill University was never far from the mind of Lorne Trottier.  Admiring its strong science and engineering departments, Trottier became a regular benefactor to his alma matter.  In 2000, Lorne Trottier contributed ten million dollars to the university to fund a building to house the School of Computer Science and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at McGill.  The Lorne M. Trottier Building was followed a few years later by two Chair positions funded by Trottier.  Lorne Trottier also funded a public science symposium to bring great scientific minds to McGill University to speak on any number of issues in the fields of science and engineering.

Far from simply trying to get his name on buildings and programs, Lorne Trottier is a dedicated philanthropist who is using his success to help change the future!

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