{"id":19805,"date":"2012-11-30T09:41:15","date_gmt":"2012-11-30T14:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=19805"},"modified":"2012-11-30T09:41:15","modified_gmt":"2012-11-30T14:41:15","slug":"hamilton-businessman-named-distinguished-graduate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2012\/11\/hamilton-businessman-named-distinguished-graduate\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamilton businessman named distinguished graduate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>He has built a successful home building business, travelled to both the North and South Poles and trekked the entire 855 kilometres that is the Bruce Trail to raise millions of dollars for children&#8217;s charities.<\/p>\n<p>Now Fred Losani can add distinguished graduate to his list of accomplishments.<\/p>\n<p>Losani, who owns <a href=\"http:\/\/www.losanihomes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Losani Homes in Hamilton<\/a>, has been named the Goodman School of Business Distinguished Graduate for 2012-2013.<\/p>\n<p>The award is presented to a graduate of the <a href=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/business\/\">Goodman School of Business at Brock University<\/a> for outstanding business or personal achievement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is a great honour for the Goodman School of Business to welcome Mr. Losani as its distinguished graduate for 2012-2013,&#8221; said Don Cyr, Dean of the School of Business. &#8220;Mr. Losani is a well-respected businessman whose company, Losani Homes, has won many awards.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In addition to his business success, he is passionate about philanthropy and adventure, and his philosophy &#8211; that helping the children of today builds a better future &#8211; is one that Fred has built into his personal and corporate values, and one that makes him truly a distinguished grad,&#8221; Cyr added.<\/p>\n<p>Losani Homes was founded in 1976. The second-generation company serves as homebuilder, developer, commercial design and build contractor and property manager.<\/p>\n<p>It has also been named one of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadas50best.com\/Pages\/Home.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Canada&#8217;s 50 Best Managed Companies<\/a> and is renowned for its award-winning designs, craftsmanship and customer service.<\/p>\n<p>Losani&#8217;s philanthropy includes the 30-day Bruce Trail hike, which he completed with other business leaders in Hamilton. Called the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brucetrailforkids.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bruce Trail Expedition for Kids<\/a>, the group raised more than $3 million for charities dedicated to helping Hamilton&#8217;s inner-city children.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On every trek we have undertaken, our goal for fundraising has been simple: to raise as much awareness and financial support as possible for our Hamilton youth,&#8221; Losani said. &#8220;However, this experience has been so much more than that. We are truly exploring in our own backyard.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Through this journey we have been able to draw attention to the variety of natural beauty and breathtaking scenery that we have right here. We&#8217;re helping get a new generation of students and their parents thinking about protecting and maintaining the Bruce Trail, which is just outside their door.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Losani will be recognized at a private reception on Dec. 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He has built a successful home building business, travelled to both the North and South Poles and trekked the entire 855 kilometres that is the Bruce Trail to raise millions of dollars for children&#8217;s charities. Now Fred Losani can add distinguished graduate to his list of accomplishments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[328,702,594],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19805"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19805"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19808,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19805\/revisions\/19808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}