WILLIAM DANA ARCHBOLD

WILLIAM DANA ARCHBOLD MARCH 15, 1923 - AUGUST 4, 2005 In his 83rd year, peacefully at home of respiratory failure as a result of lung cancer, surrounded by his family in a circle of love. Born in Flushing, New York, of an American father and a Canadian mother. Spent his formative years in Parkersburg, West Virginia, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and youthful summers at his Canadian grandparents' cottage on Lake Simcoe and his American grandparents' house in Little Compton, Rhode Island, where he learned to sail and play golf - his lifelong sporting passions. Educated at Shady Side Academy, Hackley School for Boys, and Princeton University (B.A. Economics, Class of 1944). Enlisted in the United States Army in May 1943; commanded an African-American stevedoring company in the 237th Port Company Transportation Corps; founded and operated an Army PX store in Manila, The Philippines; honorably discharged in August 1946 with the rank of 1st Lieutenant. Met his future wife, Har riet Crenshaw White, at a dance for officers in New Orleans, Louisiana, in the fall of 1943; became engaged before shipping out from San Francisco to the Asia-Pacific Theatre in November; mar ried in New Orleans on a memorably hot September 5, 1946. Worked for the next 25 years in the oil business, as had his father, his grandfather, his great-grandfather and his great-uncle, John D. Archbold; 1947-1950 for Standard Oil Company (N.J.) in New York City; 1951 to 1973 for Imperial Oil Limited in Toronto, where he became vice-president and general manager of the Marketing Division. After leaving Imperial, assisted President John Evans in reorganizing the management str ucture of the University of Toronto (1973-74); vice-chairman of the Energy Supplies Allocations Board, Government of Canada, in Ottawa (1974-76); founding president and executive director of the Business Council on National Issues (1976-81). Was national president of the Canadian Save the Children Fund; founding member and first chairman of the Better Business Bureau of Canada (1970-73); chair of the board of gover nors of Lakefield College School 1978-80; mentor to small business. In his later years, became an expert genealogist, taking particular pleasure in tracing his paternal grandmother 's line back to the Mayflower. Wine aficionado; master raconteur. Leaves Harriet, his wife of 59 years, his children Susan and Rick, his granddaughter Jennifer, his adopted sons David and Rick, his sister Betty and her extended family, his cousins Sheila, Joy and Don and their families. Bill requested no funeral ser vice; an informal memorial gathering will be held in the autumn. In lieu of flowers or other tokens of condolence please make a donation in his memory to the United Way of York Region (www.uwyr.on.ca or 1-877-241-4516).