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词条 Fernance B. Perry
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Business career

  3. Philanthropy

  4. Awards

  5. Personal life and death

  6. References

  7. External links

{{Infobox person
|name=Fernance B. Perry
|image=Fernance Perry.jpeg
|birth_date=November 25, 1922
|birth_place=Ponta Delgada, Azores
|death_date=November 27, 2014 (age 92)
|death_place=Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
|nationality=Portuguese-Bermudian
|occupation=Chairman, Bermuda Broadcasting
CEO, Mayfair Ltd.
Vice chairman, Bermuda Container Line
|boards=BF&M Ltd. (1991–2007)
Bermuda Hospital Board (1989–1991)
Saltus Grammar School
|spouse=Janice Byrd
|children=3
|awards=MBE
}}

Fernance Bento Perry, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}} (November 25, 1922 – November 27, 2014),[1][2] was a Portuguese-Bermudian entrepreneur and business leader, who had a prominent role in the economy of Bermuda from the mid-20th century to the time of his death in 2014. Originally from the Azores, his professional career spanned such diverse fields as retail supermarkets, television and radio broadcasting, real estate management and maritime shipping. His philanthropic works contributed to healthcare improvements and programmes of spiritual enrichment in Bermuda. In recognition of his achievements, Perry was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 2007. He died on November 27, 2014, at age 92.

Early life

The eldest of eight children, Fernance Perry was born November 25, 1922, in Ponta Delgada, São Miguel Island in the Azores.[3] He emigrated to Bermuda in 1926 as a young child with his parents, Manuel and Emily.[4][5] As a young man in his early twenties living in Bermuda, a British overseas territory, he served in the Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps during World War II.[6]

Business career

In 1950, Perry acquired a small “Piggly Wiggly” grocery store in downtown Hamilton, subsequently expanding his food marketing business during the 1960s–1970s to an island-wide chain of supermarkets.[6] He eventually sold the retail chain of supermarkets called Piggly Wiggly in 1979, but retained the real estate. The new owners changed the chain's brand name to "MarketPlace", as it is now known.[6]

Once called the island nation's "supermarket king" by Bermuda's Royal Gazette newspaper, Perry was also active in broadcasting and real estate development.[7] In 1994, he invested in a large Bermuda holding company, BDC, when it was experiencing cash flow problems. Two years later, in 1996, he was named BDC's chairman, but sold his shares the following year.[7]

He was majority shareholder and chairman of Bermuda Broadcasting, which owns Bermuda's two over-the-air television stations, ABC-affiliate ZFB (channel 7) and CBS-affiliate ZBM (channel 9), along with radio stations Power 95, FM 89, and FM 105.[8] In 2008, in the wake of labour unrest and amidst a staff shake-up at the broadcasting company, Perry told the Royal Gazette, "I think that the future looks bright".[9] The following year, a strike by 40 unionised employees in April, 2009, halted all programming at the company's radio and television stations for four days. Perry said that changes in work rules and staff pay were needed "to help a financially ailing company". The work stoppage was settled and normal operations resumed on April 21, after government mediation.[10]

At the time of his death, Perry was President and CEO of Mayfair Ltd., a holding company with offices in Hamilton, as well as vice chairman of Bermuda Container Line Limited, which operates container ship service to Bermuda from Port Elizabeth, New Jersey, and Fernandina Beach, Florida.[11] He also was majority owner of Devonshire Properties Ltd., a real estate management firm.[12]

Perry served on the board of directors of BF&M Limited, a Bermuda insurance company, from 1991 until his resignation in January, 2007.[13][14] He also served on the board of trustees of Bermuda's Saltus Grammar School.[15]

Philanthropy

Between 1989–1991, Perry was chairman of the Bermuda Hospitals Board, when $13.8 million in improvements were made to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.[5] The "Perry Ward" at the hospital was named in recognition of his contributions to Bermuda health care.[16]

A devoutly religious man, Perry was a long-time member of the Evangelical Church of Bermuda, a Protestant church founded by Portuguese immigrants in 1890. He developed a {{convert|5.9|acre|0|adj=on}} island he owned in the Great Sound as a Christian youth campground, naming it Grace Island.[17] Equipped with a chapel and campsites, it is used by Word of Life youth groups and others.[18] He was one of the founders of the old Willowbank Resort and Christian retreat in Bermuda, where such speakers as Woodrow Kroll of Back to the Bible conducted conferences,[19] and was the defunct resort's Chairman of the Board of Trustees prior to its closing in 2011.

Awards

In the New Year Honours 2007, Perry was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to commerce and the community.[20] Asked by a Royal Gazette reporter for his reaction upon learning he was awarded the MBE, Perry said, "All my friends will be happy to know that at least I have got something at my old age. I wasn’t expecting it but they say that when you don’t expect something then you get it."[16] He was subsequently congratulated by resolution of the Azores parliament in January, 2007, for having achieved the honour.[5]

Personal life and death

Perry's first marriage was to Trina Rose and they had one son, Richard. Perry later married Janice Byrd (born 1952) and they had three children: Christopher (born 1980), Tiffany (born 1983), and Jonathan Michael (born 1985).[21] Perry had four grandchildren as of 2010. In addition to his Bermuda residence in Pembroke Parish,[22] he also had U.S. residences in Atlanta, Georgia, and Naples, Florida. Perry was a member of the Mid Ocean Club, the Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy Club, and the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club. He died in Atlanta at age 92 on November 27, 2014.[23]

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=Fernance Perry 1922-2014 (obit.) |publisher=Atlanta Journal-Constitution|date =30 November 2014|url= http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/atlanta/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=173320379|accessdate=2014-11-30}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=Fernance Bento Perry November 25, 1922 - November 27, 2014|date=29 November 2014|publisher=H.M. Patterson & Son-Oglethorpe Hill Chapel |location=Atlanta, Georgia |url=http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Fernance-Perry&lc=4946&pid=173317475&uuid=b260bafc-49a4-46dd-a5a4-40f710c52e17 |accessdate=2014-11-29}}
3. ^{{cite book|last=Halverson|first=Richard C.|authorlink=Richard C. Halverson|title=The quiet men: the secret to personal success and effectiveness by men who practice it| url=https://books.google.com/?id=pzXcAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Fernance+Perry%22+-inpublisher:icon&dq=%22Fernance+Perry%22+-inpublisher:icon&cd=1 |publisher=Cowman|location=Los Angeles|year=1963 |page=36|lccn=63021907}}
4. ^{{cite news| last= Jones |first=Simon |title=Fernance Perry MBE (1921-2014) |work=Royal Gazette |url=http://www.royalgazette.com/article/20141128/NEWS/141129660|date=November 29, 2014 |accessdate=2014-11-30}}
5. ^1 2 {{cite web|title=A Assembleia Legislativa dos Açores aprovou hoje a iniciativa do PSD (in Portuguese) |work=PSD/Açores - Gabinete de Imprensa|publisher=Canal de Notícias do Acores.net|date=23 January 2007|url=http://www.acores.net/noticias/view-15875.html |location=Azores|accessdate=2010-01-26 }}
6. ^{{cite web|title=History|publisher=The MarketPlace Group|url=http://www.marketplace.bm/web/history/history.html|archive-url=https://archive.is/20080324220630/http://www.marketplace.bm/web/history/history.html|dead-url=yes|archive-date=2008-03-24}}
7. ^1 {{cite news|title=Young now majority shareholder |work=The Royal Gazette |date=29 December 1998 |url=http://www.royalgazette.com/rg/Article/article.jsp?sectionId=65&articleId=7cece9330030015 |accessdate=2010-05-01 }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
8. ^{{cite news|last=Hainey |first= Raymond|title= $3.2m restructuring deal safeguards future of BBC |work=Royal Gazette |date=2 October 2014|url=http://www.royalgazette.com/article/20141002/BUSINESS03/141009957 |accessdate=2014-11-29}}
9. ^{{cite news|last=Wright|first=Alex|title=Future is bright at ZBM, says Perry|date=July 10, 2008|work=The Royal Gazette|url=http://www.royalgazette.com/rg/Article/article.jsp?sectionId=65&articleId=7d8753330030016|accessdate=2010-04-10}}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
10. ^{{cite news|last=Dale|first=Amanda|title=Minister outlines BBC back-to-work agreement|work=The Royal Gazette|date=22 April 2009|url=http://www.royalgazette.com/rg/Article/article.jsp?sectionId=60&articleId=7d94b2b30030001|accessdate=2010-04-17}}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
11. ^{{cite web|title=Board of Directors |publisher=Bermuda Container Line |year=2008 |url=http://www.bcl.bm/directors.htm |accessdate=2010-01-27 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706150342/http://www.bcl.bm/directors.htm |archivedate=2011-07-06 |df= }}
12. ^{{cite news|last=Wright |first=Alex |title=Perry seeks to buy BBC and Devonshire Properties outright |date=24 December 2008 |work=The Royal Gazette |url=http://www.theroyalgazette.com/siftology.royalgazette/Article/article.jsp?articleId=7d8cc3730030009 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20120918224321/http://www.theroyalgazette.com/siftology.royalgazette/Article/article.jsp?articleId=7d8cc3730030009 |dead-url=yes |archive-date=18 September 2012 |accessdate=2010-01-27 }}
13. ^{{cite web|title=BF&M Director Resignation |work=BSX News |date=15 February 2007 |publisher=Bermuda Stock Exchange |url=http://www.bsx.com/NewsArticle.asp?articleID=1100791563 |accessdate=2010-01-26 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708102757/http://www.bsx.com/NewsArticle.asp?articleID=1100791563 |archivedate=2011-07-08 |df= }}
14. ^{{cite web|title=BF&M Annual Report 2006 |date=19 April 2007|publisher=BF&M|location=Hamilton, Bermuda|url=http://bfm.bm/news/annual_report/2006_annual_report.pdf |format=pdf|page=7|accessdate=2010-01-27 }}
15. ^{{cite web |title=Board of Trustees |publisher=Saltus Grammar School |year=2008 |url=http://www.saltus.bm/about/board_of_trustees.asp |accessdate=2010-01-27 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100411052652/http://www.saltus.bm/about/board_of_trustees.asp |archivedate=2010-04-11 |df= }}
16. ^1 2 3 {{cite news|authors=O'Kelly-Lynch, Ruth and Roberts, Elizabeth |title=Former Police Commissioner Jonathan Smith named OBE |work=The Royal Gazette |date=30 December 2006 |url=http://www.royalgazette.com/rg/Article/article.jsp?sectionId=60&articleId=7d6cf1130030027 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130201135310/http://www.royalgazette.com/rg/Article/article.jsp?sectionId=60&articleId=7d6cf1130030027 |dead-url=yes |archive-date=1 February 2013 |accessdate=2010-01-27 }}
17. ^{{cite web|title=State of Grace|date=May 2001|work=The Bermudian|url=http://www.graceisland.org/history.asp |accessdate=2010-01-27 }}
18. ^{{cite web|last=Forbes |first=Keith A. |title=Bermuda's 123 Islands |work=Bermuda Online |publisher=The Royal Gazette |date=25 January 2010 |url=http://www.bermuda-online.org/abcbda2.htm |at=Alphabetical list of all the many islands - present and past (Grace Island) |accessdate=2010-01-27 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100108094005/http://www.bermuda-online.org/abcbda2.htm |archivedate=January 8, 2010 }}
19. ^{{cite web |title=Back to the Bible's Week at Willowbank Bermuda |year=2009 |publisher=Back to the Bible |location=Lincoln, Nebraska |url=http://www.backtothebible.org/index.php/Back-to-the-Bible-Week-in-Bermuda.html |accessdate=2010-01-27 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104100749/http://www.backtothebible.org/index.php/Back-to-the-Bible-Week-in-Bermuda.html |archivedate=2010-01-04 |df= }}
20. ^{{London Gazette|issue=58196|page=25|date=30 December 2006|supp=y}}
21. ^{{cite book|last=Graham|first=Joe Clifford|title=Grahams of noble heritage: and descendants |year=1992|url=https://books.google.com/?id=yYRPAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Fernance+Perry%22+-inpublisher:icon&dq=%22Fernance+Perry%22+-inpublisher:icon&cd=8 |location=Dora, Alabama|oclc=25518457|page=212|accessdate=2010-04-10}}
22. ^{{cite news |title=People: Jonathan Perry |work=The Royal Gazette |date=31 August 2001 |url=http://www.royalgazette.com/rg/Article/article.jsp?sectionId=80&articleId=7d18f8e30030001 |accessdate=2010-05-01 }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
23. ^{{cite news |title=VSB News Online for Nov. 28th |publisher=VSB-TV |date=28 November 2014 |url=http://vsb.bm/vsb-tv-channel-11/ |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204203821/http://vsb.bm/vsb-tv-channel-11/ |archivedate=4 December 2014 |df= }}

External links

  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJewA74Ga2E VSB News Online for November 28th obituary], video at 07:22-09:22
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