Koffler, Murray, 1924-2017
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Name (Hebrew)
קופלר, מורי, 1924-2017
Name (Latin)
Koffler, Murray, 1924-2017
Date of birth
1924-01-22
Date of death
2017-11-05
Associated country
Canada
Field of activity
Drugstores
Occupation
Businesspeople
Executives
Pharmacists
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- AMICUS database, Oct. 19, 2004(auth. hdg.: Koffler, Murray, 1924-)
- Amicus database, 11 December 2017(authorized access point (0053J1261): Koffler, Murray, 1924- )
- An architectural-historical report on the Koffler Scientific Reserve at Joker's Hill, 2004:p. 3 (Murray Koffler; founder of Shoppers Drug Mart)
- Canada. Governor General. Honours Recipients database, 11 December 2017(Murray Bernard Koffler, O.C., O.Ont., Phm.D., Ph.D.(Hon.); North York, Ontario; Officer of the Order of Canada, awarded on May 4, 1995, invested on February 15, 1996 (His energy and enthusiasm support a variety of worthy causes on an ever widening scale. Founder of the Canadian Council for Native Business, he has helped Canada's First Peoples to develop and diversify their economies, and as a benefactor of the University of Toronto his generosity has brought considerable opportunities to pharmacy students, in particular. This is a promotion within the Order.); Member of the Order of Canada, awarded on July 11, 1977, invested on October 26, 1977 (Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Koffler Stores Ltd., Toronto. For his many services to his community as businessman, philanthropist and patron of the arts.))
- The globe and mail, 8 November 2017, online, viewed 11 December 2017(Murray Koffler, founder of the Shoppers Drug Mart chain, died on Sunday [Nov. 5] at his home in Toronto; born Murray Bernard Koffler on Jan. 22, 1924 in Toronto; trained at the Ontario College of Pharmacy; converted his father's two drugstores into what is now Canada's largest drugstore business, adopting the name Shoppers Drug Mart in 1962, merging with Plaza Drugs in 1968, and expanding to 364 stores across the country by 1978 when it was bought by Imasco Ltd., with him becoming the largest shareholder and working as chief executive and chairman until 1986; a philanthropist who gave generously to institutions related to health care, the arts and education)