Richard Ballon Goldbloom, (December 16, 1924 – November 18, 2021) was a Canadian pediatrician, university professor, and the fifth chancellor of

Dalhousie University Dalhousie University (commonly known as Dal) is a large public research university in Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the fou ...

. Born in

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, he was educated at

Selwyn House School Selwyn House School (SHS) is an English-language independent K-11 boys' school located in Westmount, Quebec. The school was founded in 1908 by Englishman Captain Algernon Lucas and was named in honour of Selwyn College at the University of Cam ...

and

Lower Canada College Lower Canada College (LCC) is an English-language elementary and secondary level independent school located in Montreal, Quebec. The school offers education from Kindergarten through Grade 11. Students graduate from Grade 11 and then have the optio ...

. He received a

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degree in 1945 and a

Doctor of Medicine Doctor of Medicine (abbreviated M.D., from the Latin language, Latin ''Medicinae Doctor'') is a medical degree, the meaning of which varies between different jurisdictions. In the United States, and some other countries, the M.D. denotes a profes ...

degree in 1949 from

McGill University McGill University (french: link=no, Université McGill) is an English-language public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1821 by royal charter granted by King George IV,Frost, Stanley Brice. ''McGill Universit ...

. He did his post-graduate medical education at the Royal Victoria Hospital, the

Montreal Children's Hospital Montreal Children's Hospital (french: Hôpital de Montréal pour enfants) is a children's hospital in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1904, it is affiliated with the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) and McGill University, Faculty of M ...

and the

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. From 1964 to 1967, he was an associate professor at McGill University and a physician at the Montreal Children's Hospital. From 1967 to 1985, he was the head of Dalhousie University's Department of Pediatrics. He was the first physician-in-chief and director of research at the Izaak Walton Killam Hospital for Children in

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. In 1975 he became the founding president of the Halifax-Dartmouth Waterfront Development Corp., a federal and provincial agency that worked towards restoration and development of the area's waterfront, until 1980, when he was unexplainably removed by the Nova Scotia government. A classical pianist, Goldbloom was the president of the

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in the 1970s. From 1983 to 1985, he was Chairman of the Rhodes Scholar Selection Committee and since 1989 he has been the Chairman of the Maritimes Rhodes Scholar Selection Committee. On December 29, 1986, was appointed an

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. He was invested into the order on April 29, 1987 for He was also the younger brother of former Canadian Commissioner of Official Languages, and Companion of the Order of Canada,

Victor Goldbloom Victor Charles Goldbloom (July 31, 1923 – February 15, 2016) was a Canadian pediatrician, lecturer, and politician. Early life and education He was born in Montreal, the son of Alton Goldbloom and Annie Ballon. He studied at Selwyn House Scho ...

. He was married to fellow Order of Canada recipient Ruth Goldbloom (née Schwartz) from 1946 until her death in 2012. They had three children. Their oldest son, Alan Goldbloom, was the former C.O.O. of

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's Hospital for Sick Children and is retired as the President and CEO of

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. Their daughter, Barbara Goldbloom-Hughes, is an education consultant in

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. Their youngest son, David Goldbloom, is the former Physician-in-Chief at Toronto's

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(CAMH). He now serves as Senior Medical Adviser to the CAMH, as well as Chair of the

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. Goldbloom died on November 18, 2021, in Halifax, at the age of 96 – about three weeks short of his 97th birthday. __NOTOC__

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