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John A. Pollock (businessman)
John A. Pollock (born 1936) is a businessman who was the president of his family's company, Electrohome, from 1972 to 2008. He also was the seventh chancellor of Wilfrid Laurier University, and held this position from March 31, 2008 to October 28, 2011. Pollock was born and raised in Kitchener, Ontario, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, obtaining a Bachelor of Applied Science degree from the University of Toronto, where he was President of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity and a Masters of Business Administration from Harvard University. He has also received Honorary Doctor of Laws degrees from both Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Waterloo. In 1972, he succeeded his father Carl Pollock, Carl A. Pollock as president of Electrohome, a Kitchener, Ontario-based electronics company founded by his grandfather Arthur Bell Pollock in 1907. Electrohome was widely known as the Canadian equivalent of US companies like General Electric and RCA. Pollock led the company into developing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electrohome
Founded in 1907, Electrohome was Canada's largest manufacturer of television sets (TVs) from 1949 to 1987. The company was also involved in television broadcasting, and was a leader in data, video, graphics displays and projectors. From 1984 to 1999, Electrohome-branded TVs were produced under licence by Mitsubishi Electric, and from 1999 to 2007 by Jutan (distributed by Canadian distributor Citizen Electronics). The company underwent an orderly wind-up in late 2008. In February 2010, the Electrohome brand was acquired by Bluetronics Group a division of Circus World Displays Limited (CWD). History In 1907, Arthur Bell Pollock founded Pollock Manufacturing Co. Ltd., after winning a coin flip with his wife. The Kitchener, Ontario company manufactured the first phonographs in Canada. In the 1920s and 30s the company branched out into other consumer goods such as records, radios, furniture, and was the largest Canadian maker of electric fans. In 1933 the company name became Dominion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
