Established by Senator Jerry S. Grafstein, K.C., Class of 1958, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of his graduation from the Faculty of Law and the 10th anniversary of the graduation of his son, Laurence Grafstein and daughter-in-law, Rebecca Grafstein (nee Weatherhead), both from the Class of 1988.
Grafstein was a co-founder of City TV, YTV and OMNI Television in Toronto and cable companies in the U.S., U.K. and South America. He served in the Senate of Canada from 1984 to 2010 and was the longest-serving member of the Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade. He is an author of a number of non-fiction books including Parade: A Tribute to Remarkable Contemporaries and A Leader Must Be a Leader: Encounters With Eleven Prime Ministers.