Ross and Barry Kneabone Award

Granted to a full-time returning student in the Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering four-year program who is in financial need. Preference will be given to a student who identifies as a woman. This award was established in the winter of 2024 by Barry Kneabone, a proud graduate of the University of Prince Edward Island who completed his BSc in 1972, and his son Ross, who resides in Manhattan and is a VP at Microsoft. Barry's professional career spanned the communications industry in Atlantic Canada, progressing from Island Tel & Aliant to MT&T in various areas including computer services and networking. The award honors Barry's education and experiences at Saint Dunstan's High School and the University of Prince Edward Island. Barry's career exemplified adaptability and problem-solving in an era of rapid technological progress, from early computer systems to the emergence of the internet, and he even had a conversation with Jeff Bezos in 1995 about online purchasing before Amazon became what it is today.