CUSB names health science building after philanthropist Desautels

February 11, 2011

Winnipeg-based Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface announced Thursday its new health sciences building currently under construction will bear the name "Pavillon Marcel-A.-Desautels," after CUSB alumnus and philanthropist Marcel A. Desautels, whose contributions to the field of PSE total $100 million. To date, Desautels' donations to CUSB total $2.5 million, which includes his $1-million lead gift to the institution's VISION campaign, of which Desautels is also the chair. CUSB News Release