The Chacko and Lize Simon Scholarship Fund (B.C.)
Board of Directors
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Dr. P. Chacko Simon, the founder, and President of the Fund is a retired research microbiologist, teacher,
philosopher, and philanthropist He personally oversees administration of the scholarship. In 2012, he was
awarded the Queens Diamond Jubilee Medal for his contribution to Canada and the International Community.
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Mrs. Lize Simon, worked as a Real Estate Agent and has served on the Board of Directors since 1972. When
the Hatfield Society operated a half-way house for prison parolees, she was the Society's Public Relations
Officer. Her duties included visiting the prisons to select residents for Hatfield House.
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Mr. Ted Hawthorne is a humanitarian, philanthropist, lawyer and senior partner in the firm of Hawthorne,
Piggott, and Company. Instrumental in founding the Hatfield Society and the Chacko and Lize Simon
Scholarship Funds, he has served on the Board of Directors since 1972.
He is Honorary Colonel in the Duke of Connaught Regiment and a recipient of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee
medal for his many services to his Regiment, the community, and Canada.
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Ms. Margaret Harris is retired from the Canada Department of Agriculture Animal Pathology Laboratory
where she worked in diagnosis and research and was the laboratory technical supervisor. She has served on
the Board since 1980 and currently administers the scholarship.
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Mrs. Gayle Hawthorne is retired after working 30 years as Office Manager for a mid-sized law firm. She has
served on the Board since 2009 and also serves as Vice President of the British Columbia Regiment
Association.
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For their generous commitment to charitable works and volunteer service to the community, our Directors were each awarded the Queen's
Golden Jubilee Commemorative Medal.
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