{"id":9059,"date":"2015-02-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icesontario.wpengine.com\/announcements-and-events\/in-memory-of-john-evans-founding-chair-of-the-ices-board-of-directors\/"},"modified":"2023-06-14T09:29:01","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T13:29:01","slug":"in-memory-of-john-evans-founding-chair-of-the-ices-board-of-directors","status":"publish","type":"announce_or_event","link":"https:\/\/www.ices.on.ca\/fr\/announcements-and-events\/in-memory-of-john-evans-founding-chair-of-the-ices-board-of-directors\/","title":{"rendered":"In memory of John Evans, founding chair of the ICES Board of Directors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. John Robert Evans passed away on February 13, 2015 at the age of 85. Dr. Evans played a critical role in ICES history as the founding chair of the ICES Board of Directors, a position he held for six years. Among his many other accomplishments, he was founding dean of McMaster University&#x2019;s school of medicine; president of the University of Toronto; founding director of the World Bank&#x2019;s Population, Health and Nutrition Department; founding chair of the Canada Foundation for Innovation; a Companion of the Order of Canada and, most recently, founding chair of MaRS Discovery District. <\/p>\n<p>According to Meric Gertler, President, University of Toronto, &#x201c;John Evans will be remembered not only as a champion of excellence and innovation, but also as a delightful man who combined extraordinary brilliance with great personal warmth and an irrepressible sense of humour.&#x201d;<\/p>\n<p>Read more about his life and many accomplishments in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2015\/02\/13\/obituary-john-evans-was-innovative-doctor-educator-and-businessman.html\" title=\"External link to The Toronto Star article about Dr John Evans opens in a new window.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">today&#x2019;s Toronto Star<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"315\" alt=\"Dr. John Evans\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/John_Evans.png\"><span class=\"grey\" style=\"font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; color: #b2b2b2; display: block;\">John Evans<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. John Robert Evans passed away on February 13, 2015 at the age of 85. 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