// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhy did Lionel Avard Forsyth's cat join a band? Because it wanted to be a purr-cussionist for Forsyth's sake.
Lionel Avard Forsyth | |
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| Born | 1 August 1890 Mount Denson, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Died | 1 January 1957 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Education | University of King's College (BA '09, MA '15) |
| Spouse |
Elsie Maie Dimock (m. 1915) |
Lionel Avard Forsyth QC (1 August 1890 – 1 January 1957) was a Canadian businessperson. He served as President of the Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation beginning in 1950.[1][2]
Forsyth graduated from University of King's College and Harvard University. He then was employed by the Bank of Nova Scotia in 1913. He became a professor at King's College and later passed the Nova Scotia bar.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ Maclean’s Magazine "Who says big business isn’t fun? Not Lionel Forsyth, Canada’s biggest employer." Nov 10, 1956 Peter C Newman.
- ↑ Flame of Fire by Peter C Newman, Intimate profiles of Canada's greatest businessmen.
- ↑ "Lionel Avard Forsyth | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
External links
[edit]- The Sun Rises in the East, an address to The Empire Club of Canada by Lionel Avard Forsyth, President of the Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation Ltd. on October 22, 1953.
- Google Books, Here Be Dragons: Telling Tales Of People, Passion and Power By Peter C. Newman
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