Edward Wallace Buffett, c.1994

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Creator

Unknown, Photographer

Media Type

Image

Item Type

Negatives

Description

A black and white negative of Edward Wallace Buffett (1943-2011).

Notes

Edward Wallace Buffett was born in 1943. In 1981 he founded Buffett, Taylor & Associates at Whitby and was President and Chief Executive Office of Buffet & Co. Worksite Wellness Inc. He was Chairman of the Whitby General Hospital Board of Governors, 1991-94 and served on the Board of Governors of McMaster University in Hamilton. He served locally on the United Way, Heart and Stroke Foundation and the Durham Community Foundation. Ed Buffett established scholarships for medical students and created a chair for Breast Cancer at McMaster University. In 2006 he was given an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from McMaster. In 1991 he was named Good Corporate Citizen by the Whitby Chamber of Commerce; in 1999 he received the first Who's Who In Health Care Award and in 2000 was named Canadian Wellness Hero. Ed Buffett died at Oshawa on 5 March 2011.

Date of Original

c.1994

Dimensions

Width: 1 in
Height: 1.5 in

Subject(s)

Business & finance
Health care
Hospitals
Organizations

Personal Name(s)

Buffett, Edward Wallace

Local identifier

A2016_017_023A

Collection

Whitby Online Historic Photographs Collection

Geographic Coverage

Whitby

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.8812876347369 Longitude: -78.9439502054404

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