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Professor Paul Dempsey and Dean Daniel Jutras are delighted to announce that a new Graduate Fellowship Fund has been created at the Faculty of Law of UU直播 to celebrate Professor Nicolas Mateesco Matte, OC, OQ, QC, who directed UU直播鈥檚 Institute of Air and Space Law (IASL) from 1975 to 1989.

A visiting professor at the IASL from 1961 to 1974, Professor Nicolas Mateesco Matte assumed the directorship of the Institute in the mid 70鈥檚 and breathed new life into it. At the time, Professor Matte was successful in securing funding from governmental institutions to support the Institute鈥檚 growth, and gave its research an interdisciplinary focus. In 1976, he founded the Annals of Air and Space Law and created the Center for Research in Air and Space Law, which he directed until 1993. He was named lifetime Honourary President of the Institute of Air and Space Law Association of UU直播 in 1989.

鈥淧rofessor Matte is turning a young 100 this year,鈥� said current IASL director, Professor Dempsey, 鈥渁nd this endowment is a truly enduring way to honour a man whose impact on our Institute is unparalleled.鈥�

Dean Daniel Jutras also noted that this new fellowship, which will be awarded to deserving graduate students coming to the Faculty of 聽Law to study air and space law, 鈥渨as established through the generosity and solidarity of IASL graduates and friends, who recognize how much Professor Matte has contributed to the success of the Institute and to UU直播鈥檚 reputation in air and space law here and abroad.鈥�