Floyd Chalmers
| Floyd Sherman Chalmers | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 14, 1898 Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Died |
April 26, 1993 (aged 94) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Known for | editor, publisher, and philanthropist |
| Children | Joan Chalmers Wallace Chalmers |
| Awards |
Order of Canada Order of Ontario |
Floyd Sherman Chalmers, CC OOnt (September 14, 1898 – April 26, 1993) was a Canadian editor, publisher and philanthropist.[1]
Born in Chicago, Illinois, to Canadian parents he was raised in Orillia and Toronto, Ontario.[1] He worked for the Bank of Nova Scotia before serving with the First Canadian Tank Battalion during World War I.[1] He first established his subsequent career in publishing as editor of the battalion's newsletter,[1] and joined the Financial Post as a reporter in 1919.[1]
Appointed chief editor of the Financial Post in 1925,[2] he later became president of Maclean-Hunter from 1952 to 1964 and chairman of the board until 1969.[1]
From 1968 to 1973, he was appointed chancellor of York University.[1] As a philanthropist, he served on the board of the Toronto Conservatory of Music;[1] endowed the Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Awards,[1] one of Canada's most prominent literary awards for playwrights; and created the Encyclopedia of Music in Canada.[1]
He wrote A Gentleman of the Press (1969), a biography of John Bayne Maclean, and Both Sides of the Street: One Man’s Life in Business and the Arts in Canada (1983), an autobiography.[1]
In 1967 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Companion in 1984.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Floyd Chalmers at The Canadian Encyclopedia.
- ↑ "Publishing Inc. on the move". The Globe and Mail, April 9, 1983.
- ↑ Office of the Governor General of Canada. Order of Canada citation. Queen's Printer for Canada. Retrieved 26 May 2010
| Academic offices | ||
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| Preceded by Wilfred Curtis |
Chancellor of York University 1968–1973 |
Succeeded by Walter L. Gordon |