If Michael Davies had been born in another era, he might have been a merchant adventurer or an explorer seeking the Northwest Passage.
Instead, he was a respected publisher of the카지노 게임 컬렉션Kingston Whig-Standard, a generous philanthropist committed to his hometown and to his alma mater, Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s 카지노게임사이트, a devoted father, an ocean-going sailor, and a helicopter pilot.
Mr. Davies died March 22, 2022, after a long decline caused by Parkinson카지노 게임 컬렉션s disease-related dementia. He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Elaine, his five children and their partners, 14 grandchildren, and his great-grandson.
He met Elaine Stephens in his teens. Their lifelong partnership was 카지노 게임 컬렉션one of the great love stories,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says John Rae, Artsci카지노 게임 컬렉션67, a close friend and a fellow member of the Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s 카지노게임사이트 Board of Trustees.
Mr. Davies카지노 게임 컬렉션was born in Kingston in 1936, the community he called home all his life. He graduated from Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s in 1959 with a Bachelor of Arts and then stepped into the family카지노 게임 컬렉션s newspaper business.
The university was always close to his heart, says his son, Dr. Gregory Davies, who graduated with an honours BA in economics from Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s, later did his medical residency there, and subsequently joined Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s Health Sciences. His father felt a strong connection to the university during his working life and later he assumed several university-centred roles, including vice-chair of the Board of Trustees.
Mr. Davies was a community leader, too. His many roles included president of the Kingston Symphony, president of Kingston General Hospital, and co-founder of the Kingston Rowing Club.
He created endowments for the DAN School of Drama and Music and in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s through the Davies Charitable Foundation he started in 1990. The foundation has contributed $11 million to more than 600 worthy causes, all helping the community of Kingston and many including projects at the university.
He was a leader in the creation of the Community Foundation for Kingston & Area, which boasts more than $25 million in endowments.
카지노 게임 컬렉션He loved growing up in Kingston. He felt a huge responsibility for the privilege the community had given him to be the voice in the community,카지노 게임 컬렉션 Dr. Davies says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션He was really connected and involved. Every night he was out to some meeting카지노 게임 컬렉션 He was involved in every community group that was going on.카지노 게임 컬렉션
That involvement led to the Order of Canada, Order of Ontario, and, in 1998, a Doctor of Laws from his alma mater; he was the third member of the family to be so honoured, after his father, Arthur, and his uncle Robertson, the novelist.
Mr. Davies was not afraid to take a calculated risk in business or on the Atlantic.
His grandfather, Rupert, who, legend has it, had come to Canada from Wales with a one-pound note sewn into his coat, had purchased the카지노 게임 컬렉션Whig-Standard카지노 게임 컬렉션in 1925. The family held it until the paper was sold in 1990.
Mr. Davies assumed sole control in 1976, having been named publisher in 1969.
He hired the late Neil Reynolds as editor and the two went on to prove a small paper in a small city could punch well above its weight, winning two Michener Awards and many other honours 카지노 게임 컬렉션 all recognizing the power and quality of its journalism.
He was a principled publisher, too. The카지노 게임 컬렉션Whig-Standard카지노 게임 컬렉션was the first Canadian paper to ban tobacco ads. He also banned smoking in the workplace 카지노 게임 컬렉션 years before it became law.
The decision to sell in 1990 was another calculated risk.
It was 카지노 게임 컬렉션bittersweet for Michael, but he knew it was the right thing to do for the family,카지노 게임 컬렉션 his son says. Five years later, the internet began its rise and the long erosion of print media began.
Mr. Rae, who first met Mr. Davies while working at Power Corporation overseeing that company카지노 게임 컬렉션s regional newspapers, says he 카지노 게임 컬렉션knew what he wanted, and he did what he wanted.카지노 게임 컬렉션
As a teenager, Mr. Davies developed a passion for classical music. When others listened to Elvis and the Beatles, he카지노 게임 컬렉션hummed Beethoven. Later, he was a central figure in the restoration of Kingston카지노 게임 컬렉션s Grand Theatre, the home of the symphony. And, in his final years, music soothed him, Dr. Davies says.
He began his sailing life in Kingston Harbour, but he went much farther. In his boat카지노 게임 컬렉션Minstrel카지노 게임 컬렉션(a.k.a. the family cottage), he sailed the Great Lakes, up the St. Lawrence to Newfoundland, and to Bermuda.
Bigger horizons beckoned.
카지노 게임 컬렉션Big ocean sailing is an unbelievable experience카지노 게임 컬렉션 I카지노 게임 컬렉션ll never forget surfing a 67-foot boat down 30-foot waves alongside my father. You don카지노 게임 컬렉션t get many opportunities like that.카지노 게임 컬렉션
He commissioned the building of카지노 게임 컬렉션Archangel, a 67-foot vessel, and crossed the Atlantic 11 times. Over the years, he circumnavigated the globe twice. He would venture out for a month at a time, staying in touch with meetings at the카지노 게임 컬렉션Whig-Standard카지노 게임 컬렉션by ship-to-shore radio.
카지노 게임 컬렉션We all grew up feeling very loved and included. He showed us an adventurous life. If you wanted to participate, you were welcome, but he was going to do it,카지노 게임 컬렉션 Dr. Davies says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션Michael included many friends from all walks of life and of all ages in his sailing adventures.
카지노 게임 컬렉션Before we were married, the first time my wife went sailing was across the Atlantic카지노 게임 컬렉션 with her soon-to-be father-in-law.
카지노 게임 컬렉션Big ocean sailing is an unbelievable experience카지노 게임 컬렉션 I카지노 게임 컬렉션ll never forget surfing a 67-foot boat down 30-foot waves alongside my father. You don카지노 게임 컬렉션t get many opportunities like that.
카지노 게임 컬렉션My strongest memories are with him sailing and at other family events. He and my mother always wanted family around and were always putting on dinners to make sure everybody was included.카지노 게임 컬렉션
At 55, Mr. Davies bought a five-seat Bell JetRanger helicopter. He would fly the helicopter over the Rockies and down the Atlantic seaboard of North America.
He stopped flying at 65. After 3,000 hours without a crash, it was time for other endeavours in his hometown.
Mr. Rae remembers a typical kindness that Mr. Davies offered in the 카지노 게임 컬렉션Batmobile.카지노 게임 컬렉션
카지노 게임 컬렉션Our family had a brother who died prematurely of cancer and he left two boys.카지노 게임 컬렉션 He had asked Michael to take his nephews for a ride in the helicopter.
They flew over the Rideau Lakes and landed at Mr. Davies카지노 게임 컬렉션 farm.
카지노 게임 컬렉션He took the time to take us around. He made us tomato sandwiches and카지노 게임 컬렉션 he listened and talked.카지노 게임 컬렉션
A small thing, perhaps, says Mr. Rae, but 카지노 게임 컬렉션to me, these are big courtesies, and they make a big difference in the lives of young people.
카지노 게임 컬렉션He was proud and he was daring and he had opinions. He was his own man, but without pretension.카지노 게임 컬렉션
