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PITAWANAKWAT o@ca.on.manitoulin.howland.little_current.manitoulin_expositor 2007-01-24 published
Howard Christopher
PITAWANAKWAT
In loving memory of "Shpiming bbam-baazod mgizi" "Soaring Eagle," Howard
Christopher
PITAWANAKWAT,
Monty,
January 9, 1957 to January 21, 2007.
He began his peaceful journey home in his 50th year on January 21, 2007.
son of Angus and Norma
PITAWANAKWAT (both predeceased.) He was brother to
Bruno (predeceased), Inez (predeceased) and Joe, Florice (predeceased),
Jackie and Lenny, Ignatius and Caroline, Arlene and Floyd, Troy and
Cindy, Victor and Rose, Carmen, Barry and Patricia (predeceased), Emmett
and Adele, and Jerome and Tammy Jo. Remembered by many aunties, uncles,
nieces, nephews, and Friends. Will be sadly missed by all who knew him.
He is resting at the Birch Island Community Centre from January 22 until
the funeral mass at 11 am on Thursday, January 25, 2007 at Saint Gabriel
Lalement Church, Birch Island. The burial will be at the Birch Island Cemetery.
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PITCHER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-07-11 published
PITCHER,
Lucy
Gay
Peacefully in her sleep on 7/7/07 at Saint Paul's Hospital, Vancouver,
Lucy Gay PITCHER, dear daughter of Peter and Phil
PITCHER, sweet
and gentle sister of Carol, Norm and John, and beloved "Auntie
Gay" to Peter, Mark, Gillian and Douglas LA
PRAIRIE,
Hilary,
Leigh and Robin
PITCHER and Ian, Katie and Julia
PITCHER.
Gay
was born in Wells, British Columbia on June 15, 1936 and lived
in Yellowknife, Toronto and Vancouver. During a career as a secretary
and typist, Gay was well liked by colleagues and admired for
her conscientious work. Gay was truly a one-of-a-kind who was
much loved by her family and will be missed by all who knew her.
A memorial gathering will be held on Friday July 13 in Vancouver.
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PITEL o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-06-28 published
HAGERMAN,
Heather (formerly
PITEL, née
McALISTER)
Passed away in the early morning of Monday, June 25th 2007, after
a short but courageous fight. Beloved daughter of the late Merle
HOUSTON and Robert
McALISTER, sister of Marilyn
McALISTER, loving
mother to Jennifer
HAGERMAN and Lisa
PITEL and adored grandmother
of Meaghan and Alison
POLACK.
You'll be there on all our walks,
Mom, sharing the pleasures of the journey. If desired, donations
may be made to Sunnybrook's Bayview Cancer Clinic or the charity
of your choice. Condolences and memories may be forwarded through
www.humphreymiles.com
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PITTAS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-12-31 published
MacQUEEN,
Menetta "
Netta"
May (née
McFADYEN)
Died Peacefully on December 29 at her residence at Christie Gardens
in Toronto. Born in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Netta was the beloved
wife for 69 years of the late Very Reverend Doctor Angus J.
MacQUEEN.
She is lovingly remembered by her children - Marian and Colin
McNAIRN,
Joan and John
WARREN, Barbara
MacQUEEN and Heather and
Nick PITTAS her grandchildren - James, Martha, Heather, Katie,
Anna and Rosie - and her great-granddaughters - Allison, Kate
and Daisy. Netta was predeceased by her four brothers and one
sister and grand_son Stuart
WARREN.
Netta's life revolved around
church and family as she and Angus moved from coast to coast.
While in Toronto, she was a volunteer at Centennial Nursery and
Meals on Wheels. Netta was a proud Cape Bretoner and spent summers
with the family at the cottage on the Mira River. The family
wishes to thank the staff at Christie Gardens for their kindness
and caring support. A funeral service will be held on January 2
at 10: 00 a.m. at the Trull Funeral Home 'North Toronto Chapel'
2704 Yonge St. (5 Blocks south of Lawrence) with visitation one
hour before the service. Interment will take place in Cape Breton
at Black Brook Cemetery in the summertime.
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PITTAWAY o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-06-16 published
LARSEN,
Doctor
Donn
Dr. Donn LARSEN was born in Copenhagen, on December 4, 1927,
and died of cancer on May 15, 2007, in Vancouver. Donn was an
Eagle Scout who prided himself on thinking outside the box long
before that term was coined. Donn was passionate about business
and negotiations, beginning as a black marketeer and business
entrepreneur when just a teenager in occupied Denmark. He was
an Industrial Designer and, after immigrating to Canada, operated
Donn Larsen Office Interiors Ltd. It was an innovative and successful
firm specializing in industrial and furniture design, office
space planning and interior construction. Donn was elected a
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, London, England, and was
appointed as an Honorary Member of the Registered Interior Designer
Institute of Alberta in 1983. After retiring from his business,
Donn continued consulting in the design field, became a mentor
to many aspiring business people, and volunteered his unique
and spirited efforts to a number of organizations. Donn was the
Danish Consul for Edmonton from 1977-1998, receiving the Order
of the Dannebro from Queen Margrethe II of Denmark for his long
and dedicated service. Donn was first a member, and then the
Chairperson, of the Governing Council of Athabasca University,
from 1981-1992. After extensive travel and consultations with
other distance learning institutions, Donn received an honorary
doctorate in Business Administration from Ramkhamhaeng University
in Thailand. He was the first non-Thai to be so honored. Governor-General
Adrienne Clarkson honored Donn's commitment and service by awarding
him a Grant of Arms in 1999. Donn also received much recognition
for his contributions to international humanitarian projects
and other public service. A lifelong learner, Donn was always
eager to expand and share his knowledge, and promoted innovation
in education. Donn was an accomplished pianist, who passionately
believed that music was a necessary part of life. Donn was eccentric,
brilliant, and didn't suffer fools gladly. Donn and his wife
Ella loved entertaining, and hosted many wonderful parties in
their Old Glenora home in Edmonton. Donn and Ella also kept an
apartment in the West End of Vancouver since 1970, and retired
there in 2001. Donn and Ella were married for over 53 years.
She was his partner in everything and his number one supporter.
Sadly, Ella's illness with Alzheimer's' Disease separated them
prematurely. Predeceased by his parents and nephew, Per
CHRISTENSEN
Jr., Donn is survived by Ella, now a resident of Yaletown House
in Vancouver, and many nieces and nephews, Friends and colleagues.
He will particularly be missed by niece Dorte
PITTAWAY, great-niece
Margot PITTAWAY, nephew Paul
CHRISTENSEN
(Kim
ROTHERY,) and companion
Marion ROLSTON. No service by request, as Donn would much rather
have a party than a funeral. Flowers gratefully declined, but
donations to the Canadian Cancer Society would be appreciated.
Donn loved telling stories, so please share a story and offer
a final Skol!
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PITTMAN o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2007-09-17 published
RYDALL,
Joan
Adeline (née
FERGUSON)
Peacefully at her son's home at R.R.#2, Durham on Saturday, September 15,
2007. Joan (née
FERGUSON) of Orangeville in her 62nd year. Loved
mother of Sherry
OUTHWAITE and Alan
LEIBTOG of Hamilton and Calvin
(Maureen) of R.R.#2, Durham. Loving sister of Jack (Hazel) of
R.R.#2, Hanover, Jessie
PITTMAN of Scarborough, Ella (Roy)
WHITE/WHYTE
of Midland, Norman (Derlene) of Port Elgin, Mike of Alma, Joyce
(Bob) BARHAM of Walkerton, Jean (Keith)
HASTIE of R.R.#2, Priceville
and Nancy (Robert)
TALBOT of Walkerton. Sadly missed by her grandchildren
Erin, Katey, Becky and Amy. Predeceased by her parents Irwin
and Janet and her sister Gladys
HELM.
The family will receive
Friends at the Fawcett-McEachern Funeral Home and Cremation Centre,
Durham on Monday from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Service will
be held at the Royal Canadian Legion, Durham at 1 p.m. on Tuesday,
September 18, 2007. Interment Amos Cemetery, Dromore.
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PITTMAN o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2007-01-09 published
GOFF,
Marguerite
L.
Peacefully at her residence on Sunday, January 7, 2007, surrounded
by her family, Marguerite L.
GOFF of London in her 88th year.
Beloved wife for 67 years of Charles
GOFF and dearly loved mother
of Cheri (Joseph)
PITTMAN and Karen (Gerry)
BLACKWELL of London
and Jim GOFF of Strathroy. Predeceased by a daughter Joyce Marie
EAST.
Loved mother-in-law of Arthur
EAST of London. Marguerite
will be sadly missed by 5 grandchildren, 8 great-grandchildren
and 6 great-great-grandchildren. Predeceased by a sister Lorraine
and brother Ralph. Friends will be received at the Forest Lawn
Memorial Chapel 1997 Dundas Street, E. (at Wavell) London on Friday,
January 12, 2007 from 12: 30-1:30 p.m. where the Funeral Service
will be held at 1: 30 p.m. with Rev. Jim
EVANS officiating. Interment
Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens. Donations to the charity of choice
gratefully received. McFarlane and Roberts Funeral Home, Lambeth
519-652-2020 in care of arrangements.
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PITTS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-09-12 published
Headstrong Chief Executive Officer saved Churchill Falls and
rescued the Bank of Montreal
An emergency boss who took over after a plane crash wiped out
everyone else, he brought the power project in on time before
moving to a troubled Bank of Montreal, where he ruthlessly cleaned
house
By Gordon PITTS,
Page S8
Besides banking and family, William
MULHOLLAND's grand passion
was raising Hanoverian riding horses, which, according to one
of his nine children, are "headstrong, able and smart." Those
adjectives can just as easily be applied to her demanding father,
said Caroline
VAN
NOSTRAND.
Those traits helped propel Mr.
MULHOLLAND, a U.S.-born outsider,
into one of Canada's most exciting and controversial management
careers. He was the emergency boss who came in to save the massive
Churchill Falls power project in Labrador. Then he turned around
the Bank of Montreal, Canada's oldest bank, and as a financial-services
innovator helped change the country's banking industry.
As an agent of change at the lacklustre Bank of Montreal, he
fired executives who didn't measure up, winning a reputation
as a tough, uncompromising boss. He tightened credit policies,
led technological innovation and bought a Chicago bank in a far-sighted
move that anticipated a North American market. He helped lead
the Canadian commercial banks' march into investment banking
with the purchase of brokerage Nesbitt Thomson.
Like many turnaround managers, he was accused of staying too
long as Chief Executive Officer and losing touch with a rapidly
evolving industry. Yet he reached down into the ranks to develop
a new generation of Bank of Montreal leaders that included future
Chief Executive Officers Matthew Barrett and Anthony Comper.
He was a complicated man who was seen as remote, autocratic,
introverted and eccentric, but he was regarded as brilliant for
some of his strategic moves. He could become deeply absorbed
in detail and alarmingly inattentive to people's feelings. In
describing him, Friends often fall back on that old cliché: "He
did not suffer fools gladly."
"My father was not always easy," said Ms.
VAN
NOSTRAND, who lives
in Toronto. "He had exacting standards and he upheld them for
himself and expected others to do their best to get that same
quality.
"But you can't mistake that for a lack of true caring and love
and a huge commitment to family."
Still, for all his high standards and strategic thinking, Mr.
MULHOLLAND's
own career was almost haphazard, the product of tragic circumstances,
timing and managerial agility.
He was born in Albany, New York the
son of a civil servant who
became New York's director of parks. Even at birth, he had a
Canadian connection - his maternal great-grandmother was a French-Canadian
from Trois-Rivières. He attended Christian Brothers Academy,
a Catholic military school in Albany, where he became an expert
rider, marksman, and fly fisherman -- interests he pursued throughout
his life.
He graduated from high school, joined the U.S. Army during the
Second World War and trained as a weapons instructor before being
posted to the Philippines. After discharge, he entered Harvard
College, got his B.A., then earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business
School, while working in the summers as a park ranger.
He then parlayed a social connection with the financier Morgan
family to join the investment banking house Morgan Stanley and
pursue a career on Wall Street.
He married the daughter of a family friend, Nancy
BOOTH, on June 22,
1957. Their rearing of nine children (four daughters and five
sons) has been attributed by his wife to the consequences of
a union between an Irish Catholic and a Free Methodist.
Mr. MULHOLLAND thrived in investment banking. One of his clients
was Brinco, a Montreal firm of British-Canadian origins that
was building the $1-billion Churchill Falls hydro project. He
placed a $500-million bond issue for the company - at that time,
a record sale of securities by a corporation.
But on November 11, 1969, Brinco's executive jet crashed, killing
six members of its senior team, including the president and finance
vice-president. The company was leaderless at a critical juncture
in the Churchill Falls project. Mr.
MULHOLLAND "was the last
man standing who knew what it was all about," said Richard
O'HAGAN,
who was later his public-affairs specialist at Bank of Montreal.
In January, 1970, at the age of 43, he moved to Montreal to become
Brinco's president and Chief Executive Officer. He also joined
the board of the Bank of Montreal, which was the principal commercial
banker for the Churchill Falls project. He brought the project
in five months ahead of schedule and under budget.
Ron SOUTHERN, the Calgary-based head of Atco Ltd., was supplying
Brinco with housing for its Churchill Falls work force. He was
also negotiating to build housing factories in the Soviet Union
and invited Soviet president Alexsei Kosygin to tour his facilities
in Montreal. Mr.
MULHOLLAND agreed to provide testimonials for
the Atco products, and impressed Mr.
SOUTHERN with his ability
to hold his own in intense geopolitical discussions.
It was the beginning of a Friendship that was cemented in the
mid-1970s, when Mr.
SOUTHERN opened his Spruce Meadows equestrian
centre near Calgary. Mr.
MULHOLLAND attended the first major
equestrian event, impressing Mr.
SOUTHERN with his own riding
skills. Each year, he would take a long country ride on the morning
of the big event.
With
Churchill
Falls complete, Mr.
MULHOLLAND was recruited to
become the Bank of Montreal's president in 1975. He found another
organization in crisis mode. "It took him about a year to get
a grip on the bank, but he was a bulldog and he got it done,"
Mr. SOUTHERN said.
The new banker became immersed in Bank of Montreal's liquidity
problems and cost-control challenges, as well as its struggles
to move from manual systems to the computer age. After the incumbent
Chief Executive Officer retired, he took the top job in January,
1979, adding the chairman's role 2½ years later.
He was involved in hiring Mr.
O'HAGAN, who had served in the
Prime Minister's Office under another eccentric legend, Pierre
Trudeau. Mr.
O'HAGAN recalled how his job interview with Mr.
MULHOLLAND
stretched to more than two hours, until he finally telephoned
his next interview party to beg forbearance. Mr.
O'HAGAN was
fascinated by this brilliant, obsessive man and joined the Bank
of Montreal team.
That extended interview was a harbinger of the
MULHOLLAND style.
He was notorious for unpredictably long meetings, forcing managers
to queue up for hours, awaiting audiences that lasted long into
the evening.
He was determined to weed out the perceived dead wood that had
allowed the bank's problems to build. In his zeal to cleanse
the ranks, he was accused of creating a demographic crisis in
the bank. One unidentified manager told Report on Business magazine
in 1989 that "an entire generation of management has been cremated."
"Those judgments were not made whimsically - they were made on
the basis of performance," insisted Grant
REUBER, the bank's
president during the
MULHOLLAND era. "I don't think he relished
letting people go, but if they hadn't measured up and they hadn't
recovered, they probably didn't survive."
Jeff CHISHOLM, a retired Bank of Montreal executive, said he
never saw this side of his former boss - Mr.
MULHOLLAND simply
demanded honest answers from his managers. He said his positive
traits never came to light because the Chief Executive Officer
did not really care what critics thought of him.
Mr. MULHOLLAND also pulled off a deal that transformed the bank:
the 1984 purchase of Harris Bank, a U.S. Midwest regional powerhouse
based in Chicago. Some critics have contended that once the deal
was done, the bank didn't really capitalize on its new U.S. platform
- but at minimum, Mr.
MULHOLLAND created the potential platform.
"He had a vision about what was going to happen to the North
American economy and to financial services within North America,"
said Mr. Chisholm, a former Harris Bank executive who joined
Bank of Montreal.
Later, Mr.
MULHOLLAND moved quickly on the deregulation of Canada's
financial industry by acquiring Nesbitt Thomson, the foundation
of today's Bank of Montreal Nesbitt Burns Inc., the bank's investment
subsidiary.
Whether he stayed too long is much debated; it's a common problem
with strong leaders in politics and business. But Mr.
MULHOLLAND's
saving grace was to leave the bank in good hands.
Mr. Barrett, his successor, was a charming people person who
provided a sharp contrast with his more aloof predecessor. Mr.
MULHOLLAND
"knew he was not Mr. Popularity with everybody," Mr.
O'HAGAN
said. "He recognized there would be a contrast and that Barrett's
personal style would register differently. I think that was part
of the reason he chose him."
Mr. Barrett, now retired from banking, said in an e-mail message
that "Bank of Montreal shareholders and employees owe a debt
of gratitude to Bill for stepping into the bank at a difficult
time in its history. Those that succeeded him benefited greatly
from his legacy.
"He once joked that he built the Stradivarius that others played
beautifully. I certainly agree with that."
After he retired in 1990, Mr.
MULHOLLAND had time to focus on
family, horses and his beloved Windswept Farm near Georgetown,
west of Toronto. He worked to develop the Hanoverian breed in
Canada.
But in recent years, Parkinson's disease took its toll. At the
MULHOLLANDs' 50th wedding anniversary party in early July, Friends
felt he almost willed himself to attend. It wasn't long afterward
that he was admitted to hospital.
William MULHOLLAND was born in Albany, New York on June 16, 1926.
He died of complications from Parkinson's disease and other medical
problems at his home near Georgetown, Ontario, on September 8,
2007. He was 81. He is survived by his wife Nancy, nine children
and 11 grandchildren.
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