Robert Prichard is the past president and chief executive officer and former director of Torstar Corporation.
12 Facts About Robert Prichard
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Robert Prichard is the former chairman of the Bank of Montreal.
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Robert Prichard joined the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto in 1976.
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Robert Prichard served as dean of the faculty from 1984 to 1990.
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Robert Prichard was appointed the thirteenth president of the University of Toronto in 1990, a position which he held until 2000.
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In 2004, Robert Prichard pushed out John Honderich as publisher of the Toronto Star because he resisted making the deep cost cuts that Robert Prichard demanded.
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However, in 2006, Honderich, a Torstar director who chairs a voting trust comprising five families that control Torstar, instigated a "coup" among the five families that resulted in the termination of Robert Prichard's chosen publisher Michael Goldbloom and editor-in-chief Giles Gherson.
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Robert Prichard has been a member of Imasco's board of directors since 1993.
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Robert Prichard served on the transition teams of three Ontario premiers of three different parties: Liberal David Peterson in 1985, New Democrat Bob Rae in 1990, and Progressive Conservative Mike Harris in 1995.
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Robert Prichard was deemed by several political insiders to be a contender in the race to become Liberal Party Leader, following the resignation of former Prime Minister Paul Martin.
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Robert Prichard is past president and chief executive officer and former director of Torstar Corporation, and sits on the boards of George Weston Limited, Onex Corporation, and is the chairman of the board of the Bank of Montreal.
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Robert Prichard is the chair of the board of Metrolinx and Penguin Group Canada, as well as the chair of Toronto law firm Torys LLP.