The Capitol Theatre's
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2001 Recipients
2002 Recipients
2003 Reciepients
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The Windsor and Region Walk of Fame was created to recognize the highest level of individual excellence and achievement in any field. The men/women, companies and organizations designated into the Walk of Fame are representative of the best of Windsor and Region's talented, caring and diverse community and stand as shining examples for us all. Their lives have benefited society in Windsor and Region and elsewhere. A "Windsor and Region Star" is our community's most prestigious permanent official honour.
The Walk of Fame recognizes people who have demonstrated excellence and achievement of the highest degree in their field of endeavour and whose contributions have enriched the lives of their fellow man and contributed to the betterment of our community, from current local citizens to national and international personalities.
These outstanding individuals or organizations - community activists, athletes and artists etc., have contributed at home and abroad, through their determination, talent and excellence. Recipients' contributions may vary from diplomatic relations to humanitarian activities and whose accomplishments make all of us proud.
The Windsor and Region Walk of Fame recognizes and honours both a single achievement, an activity over a specified period, or a lifetime of achievement.
Walk of Fame pays tribute to an individual's or organization's contributions and presents a window on the experience of those who have achieved and challenges us to reflect upon their achievements. The Walk of Fame promotes our community identity, heritage and unity, as well as our cultural richness and diversity.
Exceptional achievement, merit, or service provides to our community credible evidence supporting the proposition that success and a better life can be achieved through responsible behaviour, hard work, passion and community involvement.
The Capitol Theatre & Arts Centre, supported by The Millennium Bureau of Canada and partnering with the City of Windsor, has created a unique award that will stand as a permanent monument and tribute to recognize distinguished, exceptional individuals and organizations. The Stars will be installed in the sidewalk surrounding the perimeter of the Capitol Theatre along University and Pelissier streets.
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2001 Recipients
Edward Agnew, C.A.
Roy Alessandro Battagello
Fr. Paul Charbonneau, O.Ont.
Charles J. Clark, C.M., Q.C., LL.B., LL.D.
Letitia Graybiel, B. Comm
Philip Haddad, B.A., M.Ed
LCdr. Clifford Hatch, Ret.
B. Thomas Joy, LL.D.
Daniel Patrick Kelly
Charles Nelson Mady
Bob Pedler
Eleanor Piotrowski (Paine)
Ginetta Lori Riley, B.Sc., B.Ed.
Kenneth Saltmarche, C.M., LL.D.
Marwan Taqtaq
Anthony P. Toldo, O.Ont.
Albert Howard Weeks
G. Yves Landry, 0.C., D.U.Windsor
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Edward Agnew, C.A.
How does one put into words a lifetime of vision, care giving, commitment and leadership to improve the quality of life for themselves and others in so few words. Edward Agnew is one of Windsor's leaders, a sharing, care giving, compassionate, nurturing man who has been giving back to his family and community all his life. Through his leadership roles, Ed has affected the quality of life for his family, co-workers and community as a whole.
As a student, Ed was the President of the Chartered Accountants Student Association for Windsor. Upon attaining his Chartered Accountants Degree in 1959, Ed was President of the local chapter and was elected to the Ontario Council of Chartered Accountants. Ed Agnew was a Founding Director and past President of the Windsor Aquatic Club, a competitive swimming club s till competing across the country today.
Ed secured a position with the City of Windsor's Finance Department in 1963. There he established a department hockey team, basketball team and bowling league which still exist. He developed and implemented a Christmas program whereby the staff instead of giving Christmas gifts to each other, would adopt several families, and bring in toys, food, clothing and money for these families. This program has since grown and is promoted citywide. He was also the Founding President of the Municipal Officers of Ontario and was President Elect for The Municipal Treasurers Association of the United States and Canada.
Charities have numerous needs and volunteer requirements, but none so great as the ability to maintain itself financially and to obtain resources in order to implement its mandate and programs which benefit the community so greatly. When money needs be raised in our city most people know who to call and Ed has assisted so many organizations over the years, his contribution and accomplishments are too numerous to mention. He has utilized his financial skills, personal and business contacts to voluntarily raise funds and assist in the development of local and national non-profit and charitable groups. He is passionate about golf and has utilized his love for the game to raise funds for many charities.
Ed Agnew has also helped many local individuals to achieve the dreams. It takes courage to ask for help but if you ask Ed, he will be there. He has raised funds for a fourteen year old female violinist "protégé" in order for her to attend music school. As well, Ed did the same for a single mother in order to get professional vocal lessons. She is now self sustaining as an opera singer in Canada.
When one gives freely of their talents and special skills for the greater good at the extraordinary level which Mr. Agnew has, they should be celebrated. Mr. Agnew is not famous nor does he regularly make the head line news but ... he has paved the way, touched and benefited the lives of many young and old who will never know of his contributions. When asked why he does so much, he says "because I can ...... I enjoy it....I love people".
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Roy Alessandro Battagello
Roy Battagello was born in Windsor on September 29, 1927. The son of Italian immigrants, he was one of the first altar boys at St. Angela Merici Church in 1939. He graduated from W.D. Lowe High School and then Assumption College, University of Windsor in 1952 supporting his education by doing many part-time jobs, among others; construction labourer, factory worker, railroad labourer, gas station attendant, and even a stint in a lumber camp. He attended the Ontario College of Education in Toronto to become a teacher.
In 1951 Roy was a professional football player with the Ottawa Rough Riders who won the Canadian Championship - the Grey Cup, in that year.
He is known to many. A twenty year career teaching Physical Education, English, History and Geography brought him full circle to W.D. Lowe Secondary School where he was Principal for another nineteen years. In 1972-73, accompanied by his family, he conducted a fourteen month study of educational systems in five different countries, visiting over 300 schools.
In 1963, Roy was elected to Windsor City Council and was an Alderman until 1969. He was a mayoral candidate in 1969 and Ward 2 Alderman in 1978. He has spent eighteen years as an elected Commissioner to the Utilities Commission, twelve of them as Chair.
In the year 2000 he was elected chair of Enwin Power Lines and remains in that position to this date.
He has served on the Board of the Provincial Environment Committee of the Municipal Electric Association; served on the Board of the Ontario Municipal Water Association, Transit Windsor, Children's Aid Society, Metro Windsor Health Unit and the Cleary Auditorium. He was on the Windsor Committee of Adjustment and was the founding member of the Windsor Head Master's Association. He was also the founding Chairman of the Bert Weeks Riverfront Memorial Committee to preserve central riverfront lands for public use.
Roy was the recipient of the year 2000 Award of Exceptional Merit in recognition of outstanding and unselfish service to O.M.W.A and to the waterworks industry in Ontario. He was also a recipient of the 1992 Canada 125 Medal for educational and civic contributions to the community.
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Fr. Paul Charbonneau, O.Ont.
Fr. Paul, the original founder and director of Brentwood was born in Windsor, Ontario. He attended Assumption High School and was ordained as a Catholic priest, Diocese of London, and in 1961, he became pastor of St. Williams Church, Emeryville, Ontario.
Fr. Paul opened a place called Charity House in 1964 because of his love, care and concern for people. This was the start of the addictions program, which grew from a ten bed to a two hundred bed facility known as Brentwood Recovery Home.
Fr. Paul has dedicated his life to caring for people and has had a great impact on Windsor and Essex County, as well as many other areas of Ontario and Canada. Patients come from all over Canada to attend his program.
Over the past thirty-seven years, over twenty-five thousand, men, women and youth have sought refuge and guidance from Fr. Paul, his staff, and the Alumni and graduates of the program.
Fr. Paul has received many awards from government and various community organizations. In. 1974, Fr. Paul was recognized as "Citizen of the Year" by the City of Windsor and in 1988, he was awarded an Honourary Doctor of Laws Degree by the University of Windsor. Also, in 1989, he received the Order of Ontario and in 1991 he was recognized by the Rotary Club of Windsor as an outstanding contributor to our community.
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CHARLES J. CLARK, C.M., Q.C., LL.B., LL.D.
May 23, 1920 - March 1, 1996
Charles Clark was born on May 23, 1920 in Harrow, Ontario and attended elementary and high school there. He went on to attend Assumption College and the University of Western Ontario obtaining a Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1940. He attended Osgood Hall Law School and was called to the Bar in 1943. He practiced law with McTague, Clark and predecessors from 1943 to 1993. He was engaged initially in general practice and later exclusively in corporate and commercial law.
Mr. Clark was Chair and Director of the Greater Windsor Community Foundation, the University of Windsor Foundation, the Essex County District Health Council, Thomas Cook Travel Ltd. and the Board of Governors of the University of Windsor.
He was President and Director of the Canadian Automobile Association, the Ontario Chamber of Commerce, the Rotary Club of Windsor (1918), the Essex County Law Association and the Windsor Chamber of Commerce. He was also a Director of the American Automobile Association, the Essex County Automobile Association, Pillsbury Canada Limited Green Giant Company (U.S.A.), Detroit International Bridge Company, Royal Trust Corporation of Canada, Royal Trusco Ltd., The R-M Trust Company, Greyhound Lines of Canada, the Canadian Salt Company and several other national and local companies.
Charles was a life member of the Board of Regents of Assumption at the University of Windsor, the Essex County Law Association, the Law Society of Upper Canada, the Windsor Chamber of Commerce, the Canadian Bar Association, Direction 2000, the Rotary Club of Windsor (1918), the Rotary Foundation of Windsor and the Windsor Goodfellows.
Mr. Clark received many awards: the Queen Elizabeth Medal recognizing her first 25 years as a reigning monarch; a 1978 Citizenship Award in recognition of his service by the United Way of Windsor and Essex County; Goodfellow of the Year in 1989; a City of Windsor Citizenship Award in 1993 and the Eli Goldin Award from the Rotary Club of Windsor in 1994.
He was appointed Queen's Council in 1960, received two Doctor of Laws, honoris causa in 1970 and received the University of Windsor Alumni Award in 1975. Charles Clark was invested as a Member of the Order of Canada on May 3, 1995.
He was Chancellor of the University of Windsor in 1993 and was appointed by the Government of Ontario to chair a team to investigate, review and report on the quality of medical care at Toronto East General Hospital (1981) and chaired a committee to determine the appropriateness of further use of electro-convulsive therapy (1984). Both efforts resulted in changes to significant improvements to legislation.
Charles was vice-chair of the Leadership Campaign and Local Chair to raise funds for construction of the Odette Business School and the C.A.W. Student Centre at the University of Windsor which raised over 43 million dollars in 1987. He was co-chair of the Citizen's Advisory Committee to the Attorney General of Ontario for the building of a new Windsor Justice Facility in 1989.
He was a member of the Casino Windsor Casino Review Panel for the Ontario Ministry of Consumer & Commercial Relations in `93 -'94 and Chair of the Monitoring Committee of the Ontario Casino Corporation in 1994.
Mr. Clarke was married to Anna Forsyth and had five children: three sons, Charles Forsyth, Robert Murray and John Thomas; two daughters, Elizabeth Anne and Mary Catherine Edna.
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Letitia Graybiel, B. Comm
Born in Zealandia Saskatchewan in 1918, Letitia's father was one of the towns early settlers. By the 1940's Letitia had obtained a Bachelor of Commerce in Finance from the University of Toronto. Employed by the Bank of Canada in Ottawa she married Richard Graybiel in 1944.
When Richard Graybiel became General Manager of the Windsor Star in 1947 the couple moved to Windsor. They had two children; a son Kim, and a daughter Janice. Letitia stayed home and raised the children in their formative years.
Letitia was a member of the Board of Governors of the University of Windsor and was on the Board of Directors of Metropolitan Hospital.
Letitia was a proud supporter of the Maycourt Club, an exclusive businesswomen's philanthropic organization that supports underprivileged children. She and Richard were early members of the Windsor Chapter of the National Film Board of Canada in the late 40's and early '50's. She has a deep love of nature and is an avid bird watcher.
Letitia is a dedicated financial supporter of the Art Gallery of Windsor, the Windsor Symphony Society, and the Stratford Festival among others. Hospitals and the Hospice of Windsor all benefited from her financial support over the past 35 or 40 years.
In 1985 Mrs. Graybiel founded the Chandisherry Foundation to continue her vision of encouraging her children to support the numerous health care causes and the arts and cultural organizations she supported.
The Chandisherry Foundation continues to support many organizations including the Capitol Theatre and Arts Centre and is a living legacy of a caring and philanthropic life. Mrs. Graybiel currently resides in Florida.
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Philip Haddad, B.A., M. Ed.
Mr. Haddad was born and raised in the Windsor area having attended Corpus Christi High School, London Teachers College, the University of Windsor and Wayne State University where he obtained a Masters Degree. He was employed in education for 34 years with 30 of those years as a principal in various Windsor Schools. He has been involved in the arts, sports programs for children and a number of organizations which have contributed to and supported the general welfare and enjoyment of the citizens of Windsor.
Philip has supported the development of arts programs throughout the region. He is the founder and executive director of Club Riverside a local community group dedicated to providing management, administrative and financial support of emerging programs in music, dance, drama, film and all of the creative arts. He served as Chairperson of the City of Windsor Public Art Committee, as director and President of the Capitol Theatre and Arts Centre and is President of Jazz Canada, a national organization that promotes Jazz education in Canada. Jazz Canada has secured an IAJE international conference which is to take place in Toronto in 2003.
Philip is extensively involved in sports programs for children and is best known for his contributions in the Riverside area of Windsor. He was the driving force behind the purchase and establishment of the Riverside Baseball Centre in 1990 and it's addition in 1998. The centre is committed to independent management, athletic development, universal accessibility, leadership development, facilities leadership and the promotion of fair play for everyone. The Baseball Centre is unique in Canada being owned, operated and funded by a non-profit corporation without government support at any level to benefit youth throughout the region. He has been a director for the past 30 years and was President for 10 years from 1975-85 of the Riverside Minor Baseball Association.
Philip also founded and is the Executive Director/Treasurer of the Windsor- Riverside Golf Association, Riverside Basketball Association, Riverside Volleyball Association, Windsor-Riverside Athletic Association and the Riverside Fun Camps.
Philip also has served the community with his leadership and involvement in many diverse community organizations. He was the founder and Executive Director of Sage, a senior citizen volunteer program to assist children in area elementary school programs; Chairperson of the University of Windsor Alumni Fund; President of the Windsor-St. Clair Rotary Club; Charter member and Vice-President of the Riverside Sertoma Club; Charter member of the Riverside Optimist Club; Vice-president of the Provincial Bingo Charitable Activities Association; Director of Charities First Ontario; Director of the Roseland Golf Club; Board member of the United Way; Member of the Windsor Bingo Advisory Committee; Chairperson of the Residential Placement Advisory Committee; President of Windsor Group Therapy Project; President of the Windsor St.Clair Liberal Association and many other community groups in the Windsor area.
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LCdr. Clifford Hatch, Ret.
During his business career, Mr. Hatch served on the Board of Directors of many Canadian Corporations including The Toronto-Dominion Bank, Bell Canada Enterprises, London Life Insurance Company, T.G. Bright & Co. Limited and R. Angus Alberta. He is best known as the former Chief Executive Officer of Hiram Walker - Gooderham & Worts Ltd.
Mr. Hatch is an Honourary member of the Rotary Club of Windsor and a former member of the Board of Regents of Assumption University. He attended Mount St. Louis College in Montreal and St. Michael's College in Toronto.
Mr. Hatch married the former Joan Harris in 1940, They have four children: H. Clifford Hatch, Jr., also a former President of Hiram Walker-Gooderham & Worts Ltd., Mrs. L. Douglas Todgham (Gail); Mrs. David L. Stephens (Sheila Mary) and Richard Ferriss.
At the outset of World War II, he joined the Royal Canadian Navy where he eventually attained the Senior Rank of Lieutenant Commander. He saw action in the North Atlantic and the English Channel as Commanding Officer of HMCS Drummondville, a minesweeper, and HMCS Ville de Quebec, a corvette.
Mr. Hatch is recognized for his work with a variety of national and civic organizations. He served as Chairman of the United Way for two years, was a member of the Board of Governors of the University of Windsor, and was Chair of the University of Windsor fund drive in 1957. In 1980 the Priory of Canada of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem awarded him the rank of Commander within the Order.
Mr. Hatch is a founding member and first chairman of the Greater Windsor Community Foundation, formerly Heritage Windsor, a non-profit, civic organization dedicated to assisting in the funding of projects designed to improve the cultural and aesthetic image of the Windsor community.
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B. Thomas Joy, LL.D.
Mr. Joy was born in Niagara Falls, New York, the fourth child of Canadian parents, William Thomas Joy and Aimee Dunn Joy who were both born in St. Catherines, Ontario in 1892. Tom spent his youth in St. Catherines.
Tom left school at the age of sixteen to help support the family. One of his first jobs was with Eaton's in St. Catherines for twenty dollars a week. Tom further supplemented his income by caddying and doing other jobs. In 1948, Tom joined the American Army. After basic training at Fort Dix in New Jersey, Tom spent three and a half years in Germany at the time NATO was being created and was honorably discharged in 1953 as a Sergeant.
In 1954, Tom accepted a civilian position in the Far East co-ordinating military banking operations where he was exposed to International Finance and acted as a conduit between banking institutions and the military as a regulator. In 1956, Tom became Director of Operations for the Military Exchanges headquartered in Okinawa responsible for the operation of seventy-five retail food outlets.
During the 60's and 70's, one of Tom's many entrepreneurial endeavours included manufacturing the new Canadian Flag. Tom received a surprise call from Prime Minister Lester Pearson in 1965 informing him that there was no Canadian operation to mass-produce the new Canadian Flag. Tom formed a joint venture with the world's largest flag company to produce flags on a production basis. It wasn't necessarily a great money making venture but one that provided Tom with patriotic pride for his efforts.
In the 80's, Tom, his brother Paul, and several other investors began buying various companies including American Brass and Nu-Tech. They still own Nu-Tech Precision Metals and it is the sole manufacturer of pressure tubes for the Candu Nuclear Reactors.
In 1989, Tom purchased 100% of Windsor Raceway Inc. He assembled a terrific management team and has created an extremely successful and viable operation in Windsor. A true success story, Windsor Raceway now employs over 2,000 and generates millions in taxes and payrolls.
In the last decade, Tom Joy has been a community leader in Windsor and Essex County. He has provided considerable funding and time to twenty-five or thirty charitable organizations, such as teen centres, Hiatus House, Children's Aid, Windsor Symphony, Brentwood, Capitol Theatre, Freedom Festival, University of Windsor and many more.
Tom has chaired many fund-raising operations and dinners and has made himself available to a complete spectrum of the population who from time to time may solicit his advice. He has received many awards which include: The John W. Galbreath Award for Outstanding Entrepreneurship in the Equine Industry; the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa from the University of Windsor in 1998, the First Patron of the Environment by the Essex Region Conservation Foundation in 1988 and in 1999 an honourary diploma from St. Clair College of Applied Arts and Technology.
Mr. Joy was appointed by the Deputy Prime Minister of Canada to be Chairman of the Host Committee for the Organization of American States Summit held in Windsor in June of 2000. He has been recognized by several other organizations including, but not limited to the Windsor Chamber of Commerce, the Rotary Club of Windsor, B'nai Brith Canada and the Windsor and Essex County Sports Hall of Fame.
Tom Joy has spent over four decades building businesses and jobs in Canada. He has recognized that in order to be a good corporate citizen, one must devote a great deal of time and financial assistance to community efforts.
Mr. Joy was married to his late wife, Cathryn, for 36 wonderful years. Tom has a daughter Aimee, and a granddaughter, Grayson.
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Daniel Patrick Kelly
April 9, 1922 - September 9, 1992
It is fitting to honour Daniel Patrick Kelly with a star on the Windsor and Region Walk of Fame. Over the course of three decades, he made enormous contributions to the City of Windsor, the University of Windsor, and the development of a distinctly Canadian Theatre. Professor Kelly, a man of tremendous energy and vision, had the foresight to establish a professional actor training programme at the University of Windsor in 1968, the first at a university in Canada.
His vision is further demonstrated through his establishment of University Players in 1958 and the professional theatre company, Theatre Centre Windsor, of which he was artistic director. University Players continues to be a strong force in the Windsor community, and was recently recognized for its contribution to the arts in Windsor with a Mayor's Award for Excellence in the Arts. His establishment of Theatre Centre Windsor set the stage for many community theatre groups, amateur, semi-professional and professional which followed. In fact, many of the founders of and participants in these groups were mentored and trained by Daniel Kelly. To this day, students and faculty at the School of Dramatic Art provide a rich resource of actors, designers, technicians and administrators for these companies.
Professor Kelly was also responsible for spearheading the establishment of the Drama in Education programme at the school. This programme pioneered the use of creative and developmental drama in teacher training in Canada and has produced countless teachers, group leaders and children's theatre specialists whose influences are felt from coast to coast and abroad.
As Director of the School of Dramatic Art from 1968 until 1980 Professor Kelly played an important role in mentoring faculty members whom he hired during his tenure. He was responsible for creating a faculty component which helped establish the School of Dramatic Art as one of the top actor training centres in Canada As a teacher and a director, he provided a strong, compassionate example, and was instrumental in training young actors for the professional theatre in Canada and the United States from 1968 until 1991. He was dedicated to the University of Windsor, his faculty members and his students.
Professor Kelly's contributions and accomplishments have been recognized through many awards and honours. The University of Windsor conferred upon him the honour of Professor Emeritus in June 1991. The community has also honoured him by naming one of the three theatres in the Capitol Theatre and Arts Centre building the Daniel Patrick Kelly Theatre.
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Charles Nelson Mady
Since founding The Mady Group of Companies in 1974, Charles Mady has established a geographically diversified real estate development capability with offices in Dallas, Texas and Windsor, Ontario.
Charles Mady was the founder and driving force behind "Prosperity 2000," a broad based community effort between business, labour and education. Its' mission was to find ways to diversify Windsor's economy through the planning and implementation of various initiatives. This effort culminated with an economic blueprint for Windsor's future which was presented to Windsor City Council. Many of its original suggestions were successfully implemented by the City of Windsor.
Current Community Involvement:
Director of the City Centre Business Association [CCBA] and Chair, Development Committee. Director of the Capitol Theatre and Arts Centre and Co-Chair, Building Committee. Director of St. Peter's Church and Co-Chair, Building Committee as well as Co-Chair, Fundraising Committee.
Previous involvements and recognition include the Mayor's Award as Outstanding Arts Patron and the Chamber of Commerce Recognition Award for contribution to the economy of Windsor and Essex County. He received recognition from the Urban Land Institute for his Innovative Solutions to Apartment Community Development Issues in Dallas, Texas. The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs lauded him for the establishment of "Resident Enrichment Programs." These programs enable residents in the company's moderate income apartment communities to advance their life skills through on site, company sponsored instructional classes.
Previous notable Mady developments in the Windsor area include 'Southwood Lakes' [Canada's first environmentally sensitive Community]; 'Coventry Park Place Condominiums'; 'Summit House Condominiums'; 'The Palace Entertainment Complex'; and 'East Park Centre.'
Current developments include 'The Gates of Glengarda Condominiums'; 'Rendezvous Shores Waterfront Community' and 'Plaza 300 Retail Centre'.
Born in Windsor in 1946, he graduated from Corpus Christi High School in 1962. He married Joyce in 1963 and they have 3 children and 5 grandchildren. Chuck Jr., Carrie, and David all hold key management positions in the family business. Mr. Mady has demonstrated his commitment to the Windsor community through consistent leadership and innovation for over 27 years. He is recognized for his many contributions in business and cornmunity affairs as well as his considerable philanthropic endeavours.
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Bob Pedler
Born in Hamilton, Ontario on August 26th, 1930, Bob moved to Windsor at the age of three. He was educated at H. Guppy Grade School and W.D. Lowe High School. In 1956 he began his real estate career as a salesperson for Economy Home Builders. Involved in the sale of over 5,000 new homes, he became known as "Mr. South Windsor". In 1969 he opened his own company -Bob Pedler Real Estate Limited which today is one of the most prominent real estate firms in the area. Throughout his life, he has worked continuously to promote and advance the City of Windsor.
During his career he has served as director on countless committees within his profession. He was twice president of the Essex County Real Estate Board (1974 and 1978), President of the Ontario Real Estate Association in 1981 and President of the Canadian Real Estate Association in 1987. He has also been President of the Ontario Foundation, President of the Canadian Chapter of the International Real Estate Federation (1990), a member of the Advisory Committee of Canada Mortgage and Housing for the Canada Centre for Public-Private Partnerships in Housing. He also served as the Canadian Real Estate Association delegate to the United Nations Commission on Human Settlements.
Bob Pedler's work has touched our community in many ways. from his early work in the Jaycee's to remove the train track from the Riverfront lands to raising money to restore "The Spirit of Windsor Engine 5588". He has been Chairman of the Board of the Cleary International Centre. He is also well known for twice being President of the International Freedom Festival in 1978 and 1979. Who can forget the image of Mr. Pedler strutting proudly in his red jacket and white pants, an active volunteer to this day.
Bob was also the founding chairman of Windsor Crimestoppers, the first Judges Chairman of the Willistead Classic Car Rally, an annual participant in the Goodfellows Christmas fund-raiser. As a member of the International Relations Committee of the City of Windsor for many years he brought the concept of open cities between Canada and China, and Canada and the Philippines. Mr. Pedler also served on the Board of Directors of the Capitol Theatre and Arts Centre during the 1995 renovation of the facility.
Bob has received the Freedom Festival Paul Lutizier Memorial Award: the Bicentennial Medal for Outstanding Civic Contribution; the CMHC Distinguished Realtor Award for 1991 for Canada; the Ontario Solicitor General Award for Crime Prevention and the Nancy Jordan Memorial Award.
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Eleanor Piotrowski (Paine)
In March 1991 Eleanor was a Board member of The Arts Council Windsor and Region. She had a vision of a community theatre for Windsor and Essex County, essentially a home for the Arts. Her persistence has carried this dream to a reality. Upon securing a commitment from the City of Windsor, the Ontario Ministry of Culture, D.B.A. and University of Windsor totaling $65,000, Eleanor spearheaded a group of Section 25 grant employees and an army of volunteers to revitalize the broken down old Capitol Theatre into a functional facility, open to the public, in three months. Eleanor is exceptional!
She has demonstrated incredible dedication, determination and leadership, follow through and endurance against all odds. When she entered into the Capitol project the facility didn't have plumbing, equipment or hydro and had scarce resources to adequately open the building. She managed to mobilize and create public awareness of this project. Eleanor utilized every conceivable and creative way to secure adequate resources and donations of paint, equipment and supplies. As well, she put in place facility operating procedures, secured a Volunteer Board of community leaders, completed a facility feasibility study, lobbied all levels of governments and secured $ 1.83 million municipally, $ 2.87 million provincially and $ 1.7 million federally for the renovation and restoration of the historically significant Capitol Theatre.
Eleanor was a full time volunteer General Manager of the Capitol for several years. Eleanor has contributed thousands of hours to the Capitol project. On the Board and in the office, on the stage and on the phone, Eleanor put it all out there publicly, her reputation, herself and her dream. When skepticsm was high, she got the job done.
The impact of Eleanor's contribution has benefited individuals organizations and our community as a whole. She has provided a "home for the arts". She has also preserved a historically significant piece of architecture for Windsor. She has nurtured our local theatre, community and cultural organizations. Eleanor has been both leader and counsellor to many community groups and individuals. She helps others unconditionally.
Eleanor was a Founding Member and Past President of the Windsor Feminist Theatre (1981 -1991) and Women's Incentive Centre Board Member (1991). As well, Eleanor was a Cable 11 television host and program co-ordinator for Women's World. She has extensive business experience, most noted by her friends, is her previous ownership of Walker's Candies (1981- 86). Eleanor also sat on the Board of The Ontario Arts Council (1994) the Citisen’s Advisory Comette of the National Bank of Canada and was Chair of Public Affairs. She has also worked with Hiatus House Shelter for Women developing work placement programmes.
In 1992 she received the Federal L'Escarbo Award for community cultural leadership: a Canada 125 Medal in 1993; a Mayor’s Award for Excellence in 1995; and was Windsor Woman of the Year in 1995. The thing she is most proud of however, is she got her picture in Chatelaine Magazine in 1994. Her commitment to the realization of the restoration of The Capitol Theatre and belief in the power of individuals have set an example which we all should recognize and be proud of.
This is your Star Sister!
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Ginetta Lori Riley, BSc., BEd.
Ms. Lori Riley is personally responsible for the founding of Windsor's only professional modern dance Company. Her passion for dance and for this community has carried Gina Lori Riley Dance Enterprises through both good and bad times. Her commitment to her art and the arts in Windsor has brought praise and a reputation for excellence in the arts to this community. Ms. Lori Riley continues to be recognized for her skill in and knowledge of dance theatre. She has made invaluable contributions to the advancement of dance art, the greater arts community and the cultural diversity of Windsor for over twenty years.
She is the recipient of three Mayor's Awards of Excellence: as a Dance Artist and for Co- Chairing the Windsor Endowment for the Arts; and an Award of Merit for Outstanding Contribution to the Arts Community. She co-authored a genealogy of modern dance in Canada published in 1996. Gina is co-founder of the Arts Council of Windsor and Region. She is a volunteer and contributor in numerous community arts projects. Since 1982, she has taught over 24 courses in Drama and Women's Studies as a term lecturer at the University of Windsor.
Ms. Lori Riley has affected the lives of thousands of individuals and her educational programming is familiar to students and educators in Windsor, Essex County, London, and Toronto. In 1990, her dance education work was recognized when she received the prestigious Fabian Lemieux Award for outstanding contributions to the arts and education. She is an authority on dance at a practical, theoretical and academic level.
Ms. Lori Riley has choreographed over three dozen original works, including full evening adult productions and specialized programmes for children. Her company toured Keewatin and Baffin regions of North West Territories – unprecedented for a dance company. Her most recent choreography, the dance portion of the joint University of Windsor and DaimlerChrysler announcement of an automotive design and research project was reported on the front page of the Windsor Star on Thursday, September 21st, 2000, with a beaming Prime Minister Chretien clearly evidencing his approval of the piece performed.
Having recognized the limited opportunities to tour as a company, Ms. Lori Riley undertook a bold initiative entitled "Commedia Fantasia", a film of work choregraphed and directed by Ms. Lori Riley. The work features the efforts of both local and nationally known artists and includes music specifically commissioned for the work. The work, which was filmed at various industrial sites in Windsor, premiered at the Capitol Theatre on November 4th, 2000 before touring a number of film festivals. The piece has been touted as a truly original and visionary piece of work.
Ms. Riley has studied with renowned choreographers such as Merce Cunningham and Pilobolus and is a former student of Judy Jarvis. Her long association with the latter prompted a precedent setting endeavour – the reconstruction and production of the "Judy Jarvis Dance Collection" in 1989. This body of work is representative of Ms. Lori Riley's committed dedication to the art of dance and to preserving Canada's dance heritage for generations to come.
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Kenneth Saltmarche, C.M., LL.D.
Kenneth Saltmarche, most known in the arts community for his forty year tenure as director and chief curator of the Art Gallery of Windsor (1946-1985), he was much more; an accomplished painter and an accomplished writer.
Born in Cardiff Wales in 1920, he came to Windsor at the age of four. He attended local schools and Walkerville Collegiate before studying art at the Cass Technical Institute in Detroit and The Ontario College of Art in Toronto where he received his honours diploma in Fine Arts. He later pursued Graduate Studies under Julian Levi at the Art Students' League in New York.
In 1946, he was appointed curator of the Willistead Art Gallery and worked at developing an extensive collection there. At the time of his retirement in 1985, the collection numbered over 2000 works. He was also instrumental in transforming the gallery from a division of the Libraries Board into a separate entity and eventually moving to the original Riverside Drive Location.
Ken started writing for the Windsor Daily Star in 1947 under the pseudonyms David Mawr and Mason Stobbs until 1954 when he discontinued their use. It is interesting to note he didn't limit his musings to visual art, but also wrote prolific music reviews.
As a painter Ken mounted many exhibitions and traveled extensively to sketch. He was the recipient of many commissions including portraiture for the Government of Ontario. In 1993 the Art Gallery of Windsor mounted a retrospective of his work and published a corresponding catalogue.
In 1976 Ken received an Honourary Doctor of Laws from the University of Windsor. He received the Peggy Fenn Award of Merit for outstanding contribution to the visual arts in Ontario from the Ontario Association of Art Galleries. Also in 1995, he was invested as a Member of the Order of Canada for developing the AGW permanent art collection.
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Marwan Taqtaq
Marwan Taqtaq and his wife Nadia operate the duty free shop at the Windsor - Detroit Tunnel. He emigrated from Jordan to Canada in 1967 and became a Canadian Citizen in 1970.
Marwan completed his university education at The American University of Beirut, where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy in 1965. He worked from 1967 to 1986 in various positions within the Jack Austin Drug Store chain including Pharmacist/Manager, District Supervisor, and ultimately as Pharmacy Co-owner. Marwan's pharmacy in the Woolco department store in Windsor won awards for producing the highest sales in Southwestern Ontario for the Jack Austin chain.
Marwan was a partner in three Windsor pharmacies when he decided to apply for a Canadian Land Border Duty Free Shop Licence. The Windsor - Detroit Tunnel Duty Free Shop opened for business in October of 1986. Marwan and Nadia remain actively involved as "full-time" managers of the duty free shop to the present day. In 2000, The Windsor - Detroit Tunnel Duty Free Shoppe Inc. received a "Platinum" Award from the Frontier Duty Free Association for excellence in customer service, facilities, prices and product selection.
Marwan has also worked to establish and grow other businesses in Windsor. He was part of a group of investors that designed, built and now operate the Windsor South-Walkerville Medical Centre located at the corner of Tecumseh and Walker Road. He is also a founder and partner in two local pharmacies.
In 2000 Marwan purchased the former Trevi Restaurant property located on Goyeau Street across from the Windsor Tunnel Entrance. He then convinced a well known Japanese Restaurateur, catterer for our Gala, Musashi International of Detroit to open in the former Trevi building.
The Taqtaq Family and Windsor - Detroit Tunnel Duty Free Shoppe Inc. are active contributors to Windsor's business and social communities. The Tunnel Duty Free Shoppe Inc. made contributions to the building campaign for Windsor's Cleary International Convention Centre, it financed an accessible ramp for people with disabilities at the Capitol Theatre, and it holds an annual charity raffle for worthy causes such as The Windsor Downtown Mission, Child Find and The Hospice of Windsor.
In 2000, the Taqtaq Family made a contribution towards the development cost of Charles Clark Square in Windsor. Marwan is past president of the Canadian Arab Society of Windsor. He is a member of both the Essex County Pharmacists Association and the Ontario Pharmaceutical Association. He is a past Director of the Capitol Theatre and currently sits on the Capital Planning Committee of the Hospice of Windsor.
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Anthony Peter Toldo, O.Ont.
Anthony Toldo was born on March 26, 1925 in San Fiore, Italy. the eldest of three children. In 1934 Anthony came to Canada. At the age of twenty Anthony was hired by Olsonite, a bathroom fittings company. His natural gifts for his craft, a desire to succeed, a dynamic personality and a dedicated work ethic, allowed him to make rapid strides in his career. Today, Anthony Toldo's manufacturing holdings span three countries and employ over 1000 people. His companies have received many accolades, including the prestigious Chrysler Platinum Pentastar Award.
Over the years, Mr. Toldo has participated with, supported and sponsored a long list of charitable and non-profit endeavors and organizations. These include the Italian Canadian HandiCapable Association, the Caboto Gala Festival, the Caboto Italian Choir and Symphony Choir, the Jewish National Fund, the St. Clair Beach Teen Centre and the United Way, Canadian Cancer Society, Ronald McDonald's Children's Charities, Tim Horton's Children's Charity, The Capitol Theatre and Arts Centre, the Windsor Police Charity Classic and the Kiwanis Charity Golf Classic. In addition, he has supported the Heart and Stroke Foundation, the Easter Seal Society, the Greater Windsor Community Foundation, the Windsor Symphony Orchestra, the Windsor Alzheimer Society, the Hospice of Windsor, the Tecumseh Corn Fest, the St. Vincent de Paul Breakfast Program, the Cleary International Centre, the University of Windsor, and numourous children's sports and recreation programs.
Anthony Toldo is an outstanding benefactor to the Windsor Regional Cancer Centre. His donations of nearly $2 million have been earmarked for the Centre and for specialized equipment to allow bracytherapy, cryotherapy and other state-of-the-art treatment for prostate cancer in the Windsor area. In addition, Mr. Toldo has agreed to be one of the co-chairs of a campaign to construct a new building for the Hospice of Windsor and Essex County Inc., and has donated $250,000 for this purpose. Mr. Toldo has donated funds for a delivery room in a hospital in Ghana, Africa. He has assisted in the purchase of a group home for autistic children locally by providing a gift of $62,500, and he has contributed $111,000 toward the acquisition of a former bank building in Windsor's Via Italia district for use as an Italian Senior Citizen's Centre. He has also donated a minivan to the local Alzheimer Society.
In 1998, Anthony Toldo was recognized for a lifetime of achievement with the Windsor Italian of the Year Award and the prestigious Charles Clark Award. In 1999, he accepted the prestigious Negev Award from the Jewish National Fund, and he donated $100,000 to help establish the Anthony Peter Toldo "Three Faiths" Lookout, a public vantage point overlooking the town of Nazareth in the Holy Land.
Mr. Toldo was, in 2000, the first recipient of a Windsor and District Chamber of Commerce Lifetime Achievement Award as well as the Chamber's annual Good Neighbour of the Year Award.
Mr. Toldo has always been a strong believer in continuing education, feeling that in today's global markets, it is especially important to obtain a college or university degree. He was awarded an Honourary Doctor of Laws Degree by the University of Windsor where he has established a scholarship to assist gifted students of Italian Heritage, and an Honours Mechanical Engineering Diploma from St. Clair College of Applied Arts and Technology.
Mr. Toldo continues to support and co-chair the campaign for the Centre for Manufacturing Excellence at St. Clair College, and has personally given the fund $300,000. Mr. Toldo has donated $600,000 to the Anthony P. Toldo Iona College Campus at the University of Windsor. The Campus will feature an auditorium for the training of students in automotive engineering. This will be a unique, cutting edge facility capable of instant communication with technology centres around the world. Always ready to further good civic causes, Mr. Toldo is a patron of the Charles Clark Square Fund in Windsor's City Centre, having donated $50,000 toward the development of this part of "L'Esplanade" connecting the City Hall with Windsor's magnificent riverfront.
Mr. Toldo is one of only three Windsorites to be recognized by the Government of Ontario with its highest Award: The Order of Ontario.
Anthony P. Toldo regards it as a privilege and a responsibility to give back to the community which has allowed him to achieve such success. He hopes that his generousity and continuing involvement in projects that help and support his fellow citizens are an inspiration and an incentive to others to follow his generous and sharing example.
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Albert Howard "Bert" Weeks
July 1,1917 - December 10,1990
Born in Montreal in 1917, Bert Weeks moved with his wife and children to Windsor in 1946. As Weeks put it, he had found "a town to become mayor of". A watch repairman by trade, Weeks opened his first watch repair shop in 1947 and then his main business, Bert Weeks Jewellers, several years later. Soon after arriving in Windsor, Weeks set up the "Citizens Action Committee" which campaigned against police indifference to widespread lawbreaking in Windsor. The OPP were sent in and Weeks met secretly with OPP officers in Detroit, out of sight of the Windsor police, to pass along information. As a result, a massive shakeup occurred resulting in the forced resignation of the Chief of Police, his deputy, two police commissioners and the Crown Attorney.
After this success, Weeks decided to run for local politics. After a couple of false starts, he was elected alderman in 1954 and then chose to run for a provincial seat. Considered by some a "dangerous socialist" Weeks was unsuccessful. In 1965, Weeks was again elected to city council. He never lost again. In 1975 he was elected Mayor of Windsor and served for three terms, leaving office in 1982. During his many years in office, he was a tireless city booster and was instrumental in several city-twinning efforts. It is thanks to him that the Ford Essex Plant remained in Windsor rather than being lost to Lima, Ohio in the late 70s. Weeks convinced the government to kick in $65 million to help bring the plant to Windsor. Weeks was also able to persuade the government to pass along $20 million in grant money that the city was entitled to.
He was successful in the development of nine city parks (Ganatchio Park, Ganatchio Trail, Stop 26, Coventry Gardens, Lakeview Marina, Sandpoint Beach, Peche Island Landing, Goose Bay, and Plaza Udine.) Weeks was also instrumental in obtaining major parks in Windsor's west end including portions of Ojibway Prairie Complex and set the foundation for the Windsor Trail – a walk/cycle trail that is expanding to encircle the city. He was also a staunch supporter of the riverfront park system.
Despite his left leaning beliefs (he was a member of the CCF which became the New Democratic Party) Weeks was a fiscal conservative and left the Mayor's office with a balanced budget. To this day many people regard him as one of the city's best mayors. After retiring from the Mayor's office in 1982, Weeks served as Chair of the Windsor Utilities Commission, a member of the Harbour Commission, and was a founding member of the Greater Windsor Community Foundation. He also served for many years on the Windsor Housing Authority dedicated to building housing for low-income seniors and families. During his time on the Utilities Commission, he lead the way to converting the city street lights to the more economical sodium luminaires, thus saving the city many thousands of dollars in energy costs annually.
Weeks also continued to actively support many causes such as Unicef, the Children's Aid Society and Amnesty International. Bert Weeks died of cancer in 1990. He is survived by his second wife, Sheelagh, six children, two stepchildren, eight grandchildren, one step grandchild and one great grandchild.
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G. Yves Landry, 0.C., D.U.
February 15, 1938 - March 15, 1998
During his 28 years at Chrysler Canada, now DaimlerChrysler Canada Inc. most significantly during his last eight years as Chairman, President and CEO, the late G. Yves Landry guided Chrysler through the most dynamic period of expansion and success in the Company's 75 year history.
His accomplishments extended well beyond his beloved Canadian auto industry: he has left an indelible mark in the fields of government and education. Yves Landry joined Chrysler as a sales representative at the company's Montreal office in 1969. Through hard work and driving ambition, he worked his way up the corporate ladder to the President's Office twenty years later. In his position as General Manager - International Sales and Marketing for Chrysler Corporation in Detroit. In the late 1980's, Mr. Landry played a key role in Chrysler's highly successful re-entry into overseas vehicle markets.
Named President and CEO of Chrysler in 1989, Landry directed the company's affairs with remarkable energy, and vision. Under his presidency the company set new records in virtually every area including market share, vehicle production and annual earnings.
Landry was the voice of the Canadian automotive industry, maintaining a demanding public speaking schedule from coast to coast. He was a strong and effective advocate of free and fair automotive trade and above all, a passionate Canadian nationalist.
The endeavours closest to Yves Landry's heart were post-secondary education and Canadian automotive industry research and development. In speeches across Canada, Landry constantly urged government and educators to make Canada's education system more responsive to the needs of the Canadian economy in order to increase Canada's global competitiveness.
Under his leadership, Chrysler Canada established close ties with the University of Windsor and St. Clair College of Applied Arts and Technology. Accompanied by government, business and education leaders Landry made several trips to Europe to benchmark the best in technical education and apprenticeship programs. Out of Landry's intense interest in the advancement of technical education, which he saw as essential to Chrysler's and Canada's future success, was created the University of Windsor/ Chrysler Canada Ltd. Automotive Research and Development Centre which Landry opened in 1996. The centre was the first co-operative automotive research and development facility of its kind in Canada. G. Yves Landry was invested as an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1995. He received honourary doctorates from the University of Ottawa in 1993 and from the University of Windsor in 1996. Mr. Landry was the recipient of the McGill University Management award in 1993.
Shortly before his untimely death, Prime Minister Chretien appointed Yves Landry, chairman of Canada's Millennium Scholarship Foundation. Mr. Landry was also an active member of numerous federal advisory boards and committees including Industry Canada's Year 2000 Task Force, the CEO External Resource Group to the Ontario Ministry of Education and Training; Corporate Council on Youth in the Economy and the Conference Board of Canada's National Council on Education.
Landry was co-chairman of the Automotive Advisory Committee to the Minister of Industry Canada; a member of the Government Advisory Committee to the Privy Council of Canada, a past member of the United States - Canada Select Committee on Free Trade, and the Advisory Committee on Executive Compensation of the Privy Council of Canada. Among Mr. Landry's strong local interests was our section of the Trans-Canada Trail; the Windsor and Essex County United Way; Cancer Care Ontario, local arts and cultural programs and numerous community events.
Few individuals have left such a mark on the Canadian Auto industry and the communities in which it operates as did Yves Landry.
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2002 Recipients
The Right Honourable Herb Gray
Tamia Hill (Washington)
Dave Batten
Eddie Mio
Edward Baillargeon
No information has been located from the Gala event for these stars.
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2003 Recipients
Brian and Florence Raisbeck (Theatre Alive)
Colm Feore
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Brian and Florence Raisbeck
“Theatre Alive”
Brian and Florence Raisbeck have been actively involved in the Windsor theatre community for over 30 years. Brian Raisbeck has a BFA in Drama from the University of Windsor and has taught drama for both the Essex County Public School Board and Windsor-Essex County Roman Catholic District School Board. Many of Brian's students have pursued professional careers in the arts, becoming actors, recording artists and technicians. Throughout his teaching career Brian has produced 23 musical productions at his schools and has provided a positive experience for many students who may not have been involved in other high school activities. During his teaching career, Brian created school courses that encouraged students to write and create original productions for the stage. He also created a credited co-op program at Catholic Central High School where students refurbished the Park Theatre into a viable performance venue.
Florence Raisbeck has taught French for the Toronto Catholic School Board and the Windsor-Essex County Roman Catholic District School Board. Throughout her 20 years as a teacher she incorporated drama into school presentations in both English and French. Florence has always been a proud supporter of Brian's theatrical endeavours and initiated the creation of a non-profit community theatre organization, naming the company Theatre Alive in 1985.
Theatre Alive's goal was to provide theatrical opportunities to the many trained and talented individuals of Windsor. Throughout its existence, Theatre Alive has always chosen productions in order to include not only adults, but also students at the elementary, high school and university levels. The Company's first productions were staged at Walkerville High School, the first production being Man of La Mancha and Sweeny Todd the following year. In 1988 the Raisbecks refurbished St. Mary's Family Learning Centre (formerly Giles Boulevard Church) into a viable theatrical venue and presented sold-out performances of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever and Jesus Christ Superstar. In 1989 the Company moved to the Park Theatre on Erie Street and presented The Little Shop of Horrors, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever and Chicago. Theatre Alive moved to the Capitol Theatre in 1991 with Big River, and in 1992 presented Birth of a City, a musical written by Brian celebrating the history of Windsor; the script and lyrics are included in the time capsule at City Hall. Other performances at the Capitol Theatre include The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, City of Angels and The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. Increased ticket sales required Theatre Alive to move to the Chrysler Theatre which gave the Company more backstage space for larger sets and larger casts. Between 1998 and 2003 the company produced Jesus Christ Superstar Peter Pan, Grease, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, Oliver West Side Story and Tommy.
The Raisbecks initiated a University of Windsor education scholarship in 1998 that is awarded to a Windsor student studying in the Fine Arts Drama Program. The Raisbeck family and Theatre Alive were the 1997 recipients of the Award of Merit for the Mayor's Awards for Excellence in the Arts.
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Colm Feore
Colm Feore was born in the United States and spent the first years of his life in Ireland, before his family moved to Ottawa and subsequently Windsor. After studying acting at Canada's National Theater School, Colm built a distinguished Canadian stage career, performing in over 40 productions during 13 seasons with the Stratford Festival. Colm began adding film and TV to his acting experience in the late 1980s with such movies as Iron Eagle II (1988) and Bethune: The Making of a Hero (1989), starring Donald Sutherland. Colm himself starred as a 19th century doctor in Beautiful Dreamers (1991). He caught the attention of film critics and art house audiences with his sensitive portrayal of the famed reclusive pianist Glenn Gould in Francois Girard's biopic 32 Short Films About Glenn Gould (1994), a musically structured combination of documentary reminiscences and fancifully staged incidents from Gould's troubled life. Colm's non-stage career expanded further in the latter half of the 1990's and into the 2000's with numerous roles in a wide range of projects. Colm also acted in several major 1997 releases, playing an unlucky surgeon in John Woo's Face/Off and the black comedy Critical Care. The following year, Colm played parts in both the action movie Airborne (1998) and the action movie send-up The Wrong Guy (1998). He starred opposite Shannen Doherty in the thriller Striking Poses (1998) and played Meg Ryan's fiance in City of Angels (1998), before appearing in Francois Girard's The Red Violin (1998). Colm subsequently played Marcus in Titus (1999), Julie Taymor's ambitious reworking of Shakespeare's maligned Titus Andronicus, and joined the cast of Michael Mann's Oscar-nominated docudrama, The Insider (1999). Though he spent part of 2000 acting in the New York Public Theater production of Shakespeare's Hamlet, Colm was soon back in front of the cameras in an eclectic mix of works including the off-center murder mystery The Caveman's Valentine (2001), playing the role of Admiral Kimmel in the blockbuster Pearl Harbor (2001) and appearing in The Perfect Son (2002).
In television, Colm has appeared in the esteemed TV biopic Truman, in the TV movie Hostile Waters about a U.S.-Soviet submarine incident and as Satan's minion in Stephen King's TV miniseries Storm of the Century. Along with the miniseries Haven, about the rescue of concentration camp refugees, Colm has landed many roles including Albert in the telefilm Forget Me Never, Rudolf Hess in the miniseries Nuremberg, and Admiral Aaron in Creature. He has also made numerous guest appearances on such series as War of the Worlds, Forever Knight, Due South, La Femme Nikita, The West Wing and Boston Public. In 2002, he won a Gemini award for his performance as Canada's controversial and flamboyant former Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau in the CBC mini-series Trudeau.
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