Arthur Mauro
{{Short description|Canadian lawyer and businessman (1927–2023)}}
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| name = Arthur Valentine Mauro
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| office = 11th Chancellor of University of Manitoba
| predecessor = Henry Duckworth
| successor = Bill Norrie
| term_start = 1991
| term_end = 2000
| office2 = 7th Chancellor of Lakehead University
| predecessor2 = Lorne Everett
| successor2 = Derek Burney
| term_start2 = January 1, 2010
| term_end2 = 2013
| office3 = 4th president and chief executive officer of Investors Group
| term_start3 = 1981
| term_end3 = 1992
| predecessor3 = Robert H. Jones
| successor3 = H. Sanford Riley
| birth_date = {{birth date|1927|02|15}}
| birth_place = Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|08|04|1927|02|15}}
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| alma_mater = University of Manitoba
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Arthur Valentine Mauro, {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|OC|OM|KC}} (February 15, 1927 – August 4, 2023) was a Canadian lawyer and businessman.
Born in Thunder Bay, Ontario, he studied law at the University of Manitoba and was president of the University of Manitoba Students' Union. He was called to the Bar of Manitoba in 1953. Until 1969 he practiced law, specializing in transportation and communication law. In 1967, he was appointed chairman of the Royal Commission on Northern Transportation.
In 1969, he became a senior executive with Great Northern Capital Corporation. From 1972 to 1976, he was president and chief executive officer of Transair Limited. In 1976, he joined the Investors Group, becoming president, chief executive officer and chairman.
In 1991, he was elected chancellor of the University of Manitoba, serving until 2000. From 2009 through 2012, he served as chancellor of Lakehead University.
Arthur Mauro died on August 4, 2023, at the age of 96.{{cite web |title=UM community mourns Arthur V. Mauro |url=https://news.umanitoba.ca/um-community-mourns-arthur-v-mauro/ |website=UM Today |access-date=8 August 2023 |date=5 August 2023}}
Honours
In 1987, he was made a member of the Order of Canada and was promoted to officer in 1992.{{OCC|3097}} In 2004, he was awarded the Order of Manitoba.{{cite web|url=http://www.lg.gov.mb.ca/awards/order/bios.html|title=Lieutenant Governor's Awards - Order of Manitoba|access-date=2010-11-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928180152/http://www.lg.gov.mb.ca/awards/order/bios.html|archive-date=2013-09-28|url-status=dead}}
References
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- {{cite book|title=Canadian Who's Who|year=2004|publisher=University of Toronto|page=856}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110706184324/http://agora.lakeheadu.ca/agora.php?st=361 Arthur Mauro is Lakehead's New Chancellor], published in Agora Online, January/February 2010 edition
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Category:Businesspeople from Ontario
Category:Businesspeople from Manitoba
Category:Chancellors by university and college in Canada
Category:Canadian people of Italian descent
Category:Officers of the Order of Canada
Category:Members of the Order of Manitoba
Category:People from Thunder Bay
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