Former President honoured by NUIG
Release date: Monday, 5 July 2010
Former Engineers Ireland President, John Killeen has been awarded an honourary degree from NUIG.
Born in Roscommon, John Killeen, began his career with structural engineering firm, Stanislaus Kenny & Partners in Dublin where he worked as assistant project manager on Ireland’s first large scale tunnel project, the Grand Canal Scheme. Mr Killeen is CEO of the Colas Group (Cold Chon) and Chairman of the Galway Docklands Redevelopment Committee.
Mr Killeen is a fellow of Engineers Ireland, the Institute of Civil Engineers in London and the Academy of Engineers of Ireland. He is former President of Engineers Ireland (1995 -1996) and former Chairman of Engineers Ireland, West Region. In 1997 he was Founding President of the Academy of Engineering in Ireland.
As Chairman of ‘Let's Do It Galway’ he led the effort that brought the Volvo Ocean Race to Galway. In May this year he was honoured with the Freedom of the City of Galway for his work in promoting the development of Galways docklands for bringing successive international festivals to Galway as part of the last and next Volvo Ocean Race.