- Fraser Elliott
Roy Fraser Elliott (
November 25 ,1921 -January 26 ,2005 ) was a Canadian lawyer, supporter of the arts, andphilanthropist .Born in
Ottawa, Ontario , a son to Colin Fraser Elliott (at one time, the Deputy Minister of Finance of Canada) and Marjorie Sypher, he earned aBachelor of Commerce degree in 1943 fromQueen's University , aBachelor of Laws (LLB) degree fromOsgoode Hall Law School in 1946, and aMaster of Business Administration degree from theHarvard Graduate School of Business Administration in 1947. He was called to the Ontario Bar in 1946 and the Quebec Bar in 1948. He startedStikeman Elliott , specializing in tax and corporate law, with H. Heward Stikeman in 1952. Stikeman Elliott became and remains one of the largest and most successful law firms in Canada. Fraser convinced the formerpremier of Ontario ,John Robarts , to join the law firm's small Toronto office instead of joining one of several major firms that were wooing him.He was once chairman of the board, the largest shareholder, and had been a director since 1951 of CAE Industries Ltd.
He served on the boards of
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce , Larfarge Corp., Montreal Shipping Inc. and Standard Broadcasting Corp. Ltd.He was president of the
Art Gallery of Ontario , and served on the boards of directors of theToronto Symphony Orchestra and theCanadian Opera Company . He was Chairman Emeritus of the Toronto General and Western Hospital Foundation.In 2001, CAE donated $1 million for the creation of the R. Fraser Elliott Scholarship and Laboratory Program at the "
École Polytechnique " and the "Université de Montréal ".The Canadian Opera Company's R. Fraser Elliott Hall, and the Toronto General Hospital's R. Fraser Elliot Wing are named in his honour.
In 1980, he was made a Member of the
Order of Canada .He married Elizabeth Ann (Betty-Ann) McNicoll in 1955. They had six children: Fraser, Ann, Allison, Adrian, Jordan and Alexandra.
Related book
* "Stikeman Elliott: The First Fifty Years" by Richard W. Pound (2002, ISBN 0-7735-2411-8)
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