Bennett was the former chairman of publisher McLelland & Stewart, former chairman of Historica Canada, and served as chancellor of York University from 1998 to 2004. Philanthropist, real estate developer and Canadian publishing industry giant Avie Bennett has died at the age of 89. The first one was Jack himself, Jack McClelland, and the second one was Avie Bennett.”“If Avie hadn’t come in, there weren’t many alternatives for McClelland & Stewart to continue operating. Frankly, I don’t think there were any alternatives,” said Brad Martin, president and CEO of Penguin Random House Canada. Bennett took the McLelland & Stewart tagline “The Canadian Publishers” extremely seriously, said Douglas Gibson, who was publisher of McLelland & Stewart from 1988 to 2004.

Source: thestar June 04, 2017 00:56 UTC