Head and shoulders image of Jean Papineau-Couture, honourary Doctor of Laws degree recipient, taken at the time of presentation.

Bio/Historical Note: Jean Papineau-Couture was born in 1916 in Montreal. He was the grandson of conductor and composer Guillaume Couture. He began piano lessons in 1922 with his mother, Marie-Anne Dostaler. Papineau-Couture first studied privately in Montreal with Gabriel Cusson before entering the Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf where he received a BA in 1937. He then attended the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston where he received a Bachelor of Music in 1941. Papineau-Couture studied with Nadia Boulanger at the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Returning to Quebec, Papineau-Couture's teaching career started in 1946 when he joined the faculty of the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal where he stayed until 1962. Papineau-Couture also taught in the Faculty of Music at the Université de Montréal. He was named vice-dean in 1967 and dean from 1968-1973. Two of his notable pupils were François Morel and Pierre Rolland. In 1962 Papineau-Couture was awarded the Calixa-Lavallée Award. In 1968 Papineau-Couture was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Companion in 1993. In 1989 he was made a Grand Officer of the National Order of Quebec. Papineau-Couture received the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement in 1994 for his contribution to classical music. He died in 2000 in Montreal.