John Robert Evans, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian cardiologist, academic, businessperson, and civic leader
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Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
About John Robert Evans
- John Robert Evans, (1 October 1929 – 13 February 2015) was a Canadian cardiologist, academic, businessperson, and civic leader. He was the founding dean of the McMaster University Medical School and then vice-president of Health Services at McMaster University from 1965 to 1972.
- From 1972 to 1978 he was President of the University of Toronto.
- From 1979 to 1983, he served as founding Director of the Population, Health and Nutrition Department of the World Bank in Washington, D.C. Evans was a key player in the sale of the Canadian Connaught Laboratories to the French Sanofi-Aventis. He was elected as the ninth Chairman of the Rockefeller Foundation, a position that he held from 1987 to 1995.
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- Evans was the first Canadian to hold the position.He was chairman of Allelix Biopharmaceuticals Inc., Torstar Corporation, Alcan Aluminum Ltd.
- (1995–2002), the Canada Foundation for Innovation and the Walter and Duncan Gordon Charitable Foundation.
- He was the chairman of and helped create the MaRS Discovery District in Toronto.
- He died at the age of 85 from Parkinson's disease in 2015.
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