William Thorsell

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name = William Thorsell


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residence = Toronto and Mulmur Township, Ontario
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known_for = Editor-in-chief, "The Globe and Mail" (1989-2000)
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alma_mater = University of Alberta
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employer = Royal Ontario Museum
occupation = Museum director, editor, columnist
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title = Director and CEO, ROM
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term = August 2000-present
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William Thorsell OOnt (born 6 July 1945 at Camrose, Alberta)cite news | url=http://www.fabmagazine.com/features/Thorsell/ | publisher=FAB Magazine | title=The beauty of William Thorsell | accessdate=2008-04-13 | date=issue 275 | first=Mitchel | last=Raphael] is a Canadian journalist and currently the director and chief executive officer of the Royal Ontario Museum.

In 1966, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Alberta and earned his Master of Arts degree from that institution in 1970.cite web | url=http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/arts//nav02.cfm?nav02=37506&nav01=37443 | date=31 July 2007 | publisher=University of Alberta, Faculty of Arts | title=William Thorsell ('66 BA, History, '70 MA, '95 LLD Hon) | accessdate=2008-04-13 ] cite web | url=http://www.rom.on.ca/about/newsroom/pdf/thorsell.pdf | publisher=Royal Ontario Museum | accessdate=2008-04-13 | title=William Thorsell (biography) | format=PDF ] He received a Master of Public and International Affairs from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs in 1972.

In 1975, Thorsell joined the "Edmonton Journal's" editorial board for approximately a year. After a brief term on the "Globe and Mail"'s editorial board in Toronto, he returned to the "Edmonton Journal" in 1977 as an associate editor.

In 1984, he rejoined the "Globe and Mail" writing for its Report on Business and returning to the paper's editorial board. He began a 10-year term as that paper's editor-in-chief from January 1989, after which he chaired the paper's editorial board for several months. In 1995, the University of Alberta awarded him an honorary Doctor of Laws.

In August 2000, Thorsell was appointed to the top management position at the Royal Ontario Museum. He was awarded the Order of Ontario in 2007. [cite news | url=http://www.citizenship.gov.on.ca/english/news/2007/n20071219.shtml | publisher=Government of Ontario | date=19 December 2007 | title=Order of Ontario Recipients Announced | accessdate=2008-04-13 ]

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*pdflink| [http://www.rom.on.ca/about/newsroom/pdf/thorsell.pdf William Thorsell biography at the Royal Ontario Museum]
* [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/HTMLTemplate?tf=columnists/biographies.html&cf=tgamv3/columnists/TopwilliamThorsell.cfg&hub=williamThorsell William Thorsell biography at the "Globe and Mail"]