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Religion
  
Anglican

Known for
  
Parents
  
Fred Gardiner

Name
  
George Gardiner

Children
  
3, (from 1st marriage)



Born
  
April 25, 1917
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Resting place
  
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto

Residence
  
Toronto & Caledon East, Ontario

Occupation
  
Stockbroker, lawyer, racehorse owner/breeder, art Collector, philanthropist

Board member of
  
Died
  
December 7, 1997, Caledon, Canada

Spouse
  
Helen Gardiner (m. ?–1997)

People also search for
  
Helen Gardiner, Fred Gardiner, Charles E. Whittingham, John DiMario, Lou Cavalaris, Jr.

George Ryerson Gardiner, (April 25, 1917 – December 7, 1997) was a Toronto businessman, philanthropist and co-founder of the Gardiner Museum, the only museum in Canada devoted exclusively to ceramic art.

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Biography

Gardiner was born in Toronto and educated at University of Toronto Schools ('35), the University of Toronto ('39 B.Comm) and Harvard University (MBA). George Gardiner began his career running a munitions factory during World War II and later started his stock brokerage firm Gardiner Watson Limited which he sold to Dean Witter in 1983. He then opened the first discount brokerage firm in Canada which he sold to TD Bank in 1987. He was also past president of the Toronto Stock Exchange, founder of Gardiner Oil and Gas Ltd. and Scott's Hospitality Inc. which acquired the Kentucky Fried Chicken rights for Canada in 1962.

Following a marriage in which he had three children, he married Helen Gardiner and with her co-founded the Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Arts in Toronto.

In 1989 he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada.

In 1990, Gardiner's family endowed a chair in his name at the Schulich School of Business at York University in Toronto, dedicated to enhancing the teaching of ethics in management. The first holder of the George R. Gardiner Professorship in Business Ethics, Wesley Cragg was appointed in 1992, and was succeeded in 2007 by Andrew Crane.

Gardiner Farms

George Gardiner was a major figure in Canadian Thoroughbred horse racing. In the 1950s he established Gardiner farms, a breeding operation in Caledon East, Ontario. He raced horses in Canada and the United States. Among his notable runners was St. Vincent who raced in the U.S. and who in 1955 set or equaled four course records, including a North American and World record, and was voted that year's American Champion Male Turf Horse.

In 1976, Gardiner won a Sovereign Award for Outstanding Owner. In 2000, he was inducted in the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in the builders category.

References

George R. Gardiner Wikipedia


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