retires as director of client services, department of information systems and technology (IST), University of Waterloo (UW). Mr. Snyder graduated from UW with a BMath in 1970, and worked briefly for Gulf Oil before hiring on as manager, information systems and planning, at UW’s computing centre. He then furthered his education, and in 1984 earned a master of applied science degree. Mr. Snyder spent 36 years in the department of IST. As director of client services he was responsible for maintaining the electronic working environment for the UW community. Over the years, he sat on numerous UW committees, including the web advisory committee, as chairman.