- James Fleck
James (Jim) Douglas Fleck, O.C. (born c. 1931) is a Canadian businessman, academic, and philanthropist.
Education
Fleck has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the
University of Western Ontario and aDoctor of Business Administration fromHarvard University .Academic and public servant career
From 1964 to 1966, he was a faculty member at the
Harvard Business School . From 1966 to 1970, he was the Associate Dean, Faculty of Administrative Studies atYork University . From 1973 to 1974, he was CEO, Office of the Premier of Ontario. From 1974 to 1975, he was Secretary of the Cabinet. From 1976 to 1978, he was the Deputy Minister of Industry and Tourism. Since 1979, he has been a Professor at theUniversity of Toronto 'sRotman School of Management and is currently the M. Wallace McCutcheon Professor of Business Government Relations.Business career
He was the founder, Chairman and CEO of Fleck Manufacturing Inc., a manufacturer of power cords and wiring assemblies which he founded in 1954 and sold in 1994 to Noma Industries Ltd. for
C$ 42-million in cash, notes, stock and warrants. He was Chairman of the Board of Directors ofATI Technologies Inc. until its was acquired byAMD in 2006. He currently is a member of the Board of Directors of AMD andCerticom Inc. He was a member of the board of directors of Zurich Life Insurance Company of Canada.Benefactor to the arts
He was Chairman of the Board and President of the
Art Gallery of Ontario and is the President of the Art Gallery of Ontario Foundation.Honours
In 1977, he was awarded the
Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal . In 1997, he was made an Officer of theOrder of Canada . In 2003, he was awarded the Edmund C. Bovey Award for Leadership Support of the Arts. In 2002, he received an honorary LLD degree from the University of Toronto.His wife Margaret, was ordained in the
Anglican Church of Canada in 1982. They have four children.References
* [http://www.amd.com/us-en/Corporate/InvestorRelations/0,,51_306_571,00.html#Fleck%20O.C. AMD Board of Directors profile]
* [http://www.businessforarts.org/awards/ecb-a2003.asp The Edmund C. Bovey Award For Leadership Support of the Arts]
* [http://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/facbios/viewFac.asp?facultyID=fleck Rotman School of Management profile]
* [http://www.magazine.utoronto.ca/05autumn/gifts.asp U of T Magazine]
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