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Born in Lubience in Galicia , he immigrated to Vancouver in 1927 . He bought a butcher shop and later created British Columbia's largest meat packing firm, Pacific Meats. He sold it in 1963 and formed another, West Coast Reduction, a tallow and feed company.

He was Chancellor of Simon Fraser University from 1975 until 1978 .

In 1979 he was made a Member of the Order Of Canada , promoted to Officer in 1980 and was promoted to Companion in 2000 . In 1991 he was awarded the Order Of British Columbia .

When he was 21, he married Sadie Mandleman and had two sons: Charles and Gordon.


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  Before Kenneth P Caple
  Title Chancellor of Simon Fraser University
  Years 1 June 197531 May 1978
  After Paul T Cote