Kellough Tillinghast Nitikman Prize in Tax Law

Award descriptionA $3,400 prize has been made available through an endowment established by Joel A. Nitikman, Q.C. (B.Sc. 1982, LL.B., LL.M.) in honour of Howard J. Kellough, Q.C. and David R. Tillinghast (1930-2018) for the top graduating student in the LL.M. in Taxation program. Mr. Kellough is a retired tax lawyer and was a founding partner of Mawhinney & Kellough (now Dentons Canada LLP). His practice focused on domestic and international corporate tax matters. He served as Chairman of the Canadian Tax Foundation and the National Tax Section of the Canadian Bar Association. Mr. Tillinghast was an international tax lawyer, and from 1962 to 1965 was the first US Department of the Treasury Special Assistant for International Affairs. He helped develop the US international tax system, the structure of which remains in place today. Mr. Nitikman is a leading Canadian tax litigation lawyer. In 2006 and 2016 he received the Douglas J. Sherbaniuk Distinguished Writing Award from the Canadian Tax Foundation, and in 2012 was awarded a Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal. The prize is made on the recommendation of the Peter A. Allard School of Law.