Carl Arthur Pollock

1903 - 1978  (74 years)

• Name	Carl Arthur Pollock
  Born	16 Sep 1903	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Interesting	business, charity, public service
  Name	C. A. Pollock
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Baptist
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-173905
  Died	16 Aug 1978	Port Carling, Muskoka, Ontario   [2, 3]
  Buried	Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I173905	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Arthur Bell Pollock,   b. 1877, Linwood, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1951  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Rachel L. "Racie" Boehmer,   b. 1875, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1952  (Age 77 years)
  Married	2 Sep 1902	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Family ID	F9891	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Helen Isabel Chestnut,   b. 4 Jan 1904, St. Catharines, Welland, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Jun 1986, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)
  Married	21 Sep 1929	St. Catharines, Welland, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F43345	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Carl Arthur Pollock from Waterlo Region Hall of Fame

  
  

• Notes

  Carl A. Pollock, 74, honorary chairman of Electrohome Ltd. and chancellor of the University of Waterloo, died Wednesday night of a heart attack at his cottage in Muskoka. Pollock joined the company in 1929 after graduating as an electrical engineer from the University of Toronto and from Magdalen College, Oxford, England. He became president in 1951 on the death of his father, A. B. Pollock, who had founded Electrohome in 1907 with Alex. E. Welker. He retired in 1974 after 45 years with the company. Electrohome Ltd. is the largest Canadian company In its field and Kitchener's largest native firm. Pollock saw Electrohome grow from a small operation to a company employing 3,100 in five plants at its peak in 1976. He was also involved in the broadcasting field and owned and operated the first licensed FM station in Canada. As president of the Canadian Manufacturers Association, Pollock travelled more than 62,000 miles in one year as the organization's goodwill ambassador. In 1975 he was named an officer of the Order of Canada by Gov. Gen. Jules Leger. Pollock was one of the founding members of UW's board of governors in 1957. He has been a member of the board ever since. In 1968 Pollock was elected chairman of the board, a position he held for the next nine years. In 1925 he was named chancellor. He was elected to a second term as chancellor last December. He was named to the National Design Council of Canada in 1961. Pollock was president of Central Ontario Television Ltd., which operates CKCO-TV and radio station CKKW; vice president and director of A. and C. Boehmer Ltd., a director of Burns Food Ltd., the Royal Bank of Canada, Grouse Hinds Co. of Canada Ltd. and the Dominion Life Assurance Co. He was a governor of the Ontario Research Foundation, past president of the Electronic Industries Association of Canada and the Ontario Chamber of Commerce and he was also one of the founding members of the Stratford Shakespearean Festival. A native of Kitchener, he lived at 14 Westgate Walk. Surviving are his wife, one son and one daughter. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Kitchener-Waterloo Record 17 Aug 1978 pg 29

  
  

• Sources

  [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 22 Pg. 3. [S87] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Woodland CC#4510 Internet Link . [A] C. A. Pollock/ 1903-1978/ His Wife/ Helen I. Pollock/ 1904-1986 [B] A. B. Pollock/ 1877-1951/ His Wife/ Racie B. Pollock/ 1875-1952 [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119248841. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 16942 (1902), Pollock-Boehmer. Arthur B. POLLOCK, 26, private secretary, Linwood, New York City, s/o David POLLOCK & Barbara LIVINGSTON married Racie (?) BOEHMER, 27, Berlin, Berlin, d/o Karl BOEHMER & Angeline WEAVER, witn: C.H. BOEHMER & Ida DUNKE both of Berlin, 2 September 1902 in Berlin. [S80] News - ON, Elgin, St. Thomas - St. Thomas Times Journal, 23 sep 1929. Carl Arthur Pollock, son of Arthur B. Pollock to Helen Isabel Chestnut, daughter of Harry Chestnut

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 16 Sep 1903 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Baptist - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 16 Aug 1978 - Port Carling, Muskoka, Ontario Buried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth