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Morley Cohen

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Background
Philanthropy
Morley and Rita Cohen Foundation
Awards
Sources
References

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Morley Mitchell Cohen, CM CQ, born in Winnipeg, Manitoba (1917-2001), was a Canadian entrepreneur, community builder, philanthropist, and Member of the Order of Canada. He served with the Royal Canadian Air Force from 1940-1945.

Background

Cohen came from a poor immigrant family of eight, the son of Alexander and Rose (Diamond) Cohen. His five brothers, John, Albert D. Cohen, Harry B. Cohen, Samuel N. Cohen, and Joseph H. Cohen, set up a small retail store and, by 1939, the family had created General Distributors Ltd., a wholesale import firm.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}} In the early fifties, the company obtained exclusive Canadian rights for Paper Mate pens. The brothers scattered across Canada in order to manage the national business, with Morley in Montreal.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}} The brothers participated in various joint ventures and/or owned several minority interests in oil & gas exploration, development, and distribution.

Philanthropy

Cohen was considered{{by whom|date=March 2018}} to be one of the major community builders/philanthropists in Montreal.

Several of his notable accomplishments include:

Former Director of the Montreal Board of Trade (1973-1975)
Former Chairman, Capital Fund Drive, YMHA (1980)
Former Chairman, Arthritis Society (1980)
Former Director of Canadian Unity Council (1983)
Former Director of Montreal General Hospital (1988)
Former Chairman, Capital Campaign, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (1989)

Morley and Rita Cohen Foundation

Founded in 1990, the Morley and Rita Cohen Foundation was created for support and services within the charitable sector, hospitals, and universities/colleges.^[1]

Awards

Honorary Doctorate, Philosophy, University of Haifa (1985) ^[2]
National Order of Quebec (1995) ^[3]
Order of Canada (2000) ^[4]

Sources

{{cite web|url=http://www.librarything.com/work/588689/details|title= The Acquisitors, the Canadian Establishment, by Peter C. Newman, 1981, McClelland and Stewart (Toronto, Ont)}}
{{cite web|url= http://openlibrary.org/b/OL2658612M/entrepreneurs|title= The Entrepreneurs, the Story of Gendis, by Albert D. Cohen, 1985, McClelland and Stewart (Toronto, Ont)}}
{{cite web|url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19850509&id=mxUyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2aUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1033,5339180|title= Morley Cohen Honored at Friends of Haifa Dinner, 1985, The Montreal Gazette}}
{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aNuphN-Vh_oC&pg=PA264&dq=morley+mitchell+cohen+biography+montreal#v=onepage&q=&f=false|title= Canadian Who's Who, 2003}}

References

1. ^{{cite web|url= https://chimp.net/charities/morley-and-rita-cohen-foundation-fondation-morley-et-rita-c-ohen|title=Morley and Rita Cohen Foundation}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.haifa-univ.ca/doctorates.htm|title=Canadian Friends of Haifa University}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ordre-national.gouv.qc.ca/membres/membre.asp?id=200|title=Ordre national du Québec}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://archive.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=6805|title=Governor General of Canada - Archives}}

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