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Oakville Beaver, 31 Aug 2017, p. 17

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Halton Catholic school board superintendent dies at age 60 Giacomo Corbacio, superintendent of facility management services with the Halton Catho- lic District School Board, has died. He was 60. Corbacio was with the HCDSB for 27 years. In July of 2016, he received the cov- eted Wm. J. Wales the areas of school operations, main- tenance and con- struction. He was described as Giacomo Corbacio a highly respected leader both within the Halton school district and the province, and served on provincial committees and Minis- try of Education expert pan In April of this year, Cthacio was also awarded the Ontario Catholic Supervisory Officers’ Association 2017 Distinguished Leadership Award for outstanding ability and. leadership in Catholic education at both the Provincial and district school board levels. Honest, le, caring, compassionate and. ooutive were attributes used to describe Corbacio by colleague and friend Tim Over- holt, superintendent of education, school services. “Giacomo had a brilliant mind and was undeniably strategic and visionary. Giacomo was a big picture thinker — he looked far be- yond the present. The Halton Catholic board was fortunate to have such a gifted administrator running everything so perfectly, said Halton Hills trustee John Mark Rowe. “He made running our schools look easy. He took a dollar and stretched it to keep all of our schools looking good and could he ever build new schools! We gave little thought to how everything looked good and worked well,” said Rowe. “On top of his expertise, we had a deeply religious man who spoke softly and cared deeply about all the people in his life.” There are few people who you meet in a lifetime who touch your hearts for who they are and how they treat others and Corbacio was such a man, said Burlington trustee Ar- lene lantomasi. “Giacomo Corbacio was a treasure, not just to our Halton Catholic board for the ex- ceptional and unrelenting forward planning of our schools, but as a human being through his intelligence, grace, patience and most es- see Corbacio on p. 19 SIT TE TS TET =) FACTORVASHOELOUTLET, (Ss <OTMH > HARITY GOL TOURNAMENT F Thank You ‘FORE’ another successful event! With your help we were able to raise more than $50,000 NET for the equipment needs at Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital. Oakville Hospital — 4 Foundation Thank You to Our Sponsors Gp Hospital infrastructure Partners Ine 1) MOEN O Buy it for looks. Buy it for life? Pm lovin’ it’ y Pearlree b =] a Ey = ry 5 & > fa eS g @ Bp N is) B N E E a = B a © S > s Ed 8 3

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