Background
Gillen, Ralph Leonard was born on May 3, 1928 in New York City. Son of Benjamin and Rose Gillen.
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Ralph Leonard Gillen
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Education
Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, Queen's College, 1949; Master of Arts, Fletcher School Law and Diplomacy, Tufts and Harvard universities, 1950; postgraduate Fulbright fellow, U. Liverpool, England, 1950-1951.
Career
Instructor economics, Tufts U., 1950-1951;
with International Division, Radio Corporation of America, 1950;
securities analyst, E.F. Hutton, New York City, 1951;
management consultant, McKinsey & Company, Washington, 1954-1963;
management consultant, McKinsey & Company, Cleveland, 1963-1968;
partner, McKinsey & Company, 1961-1968;
vice president marketing pulp and paper group, MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., Vancouver, B.C., 1969-1970;
group vice president, MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., 1970-1971;
vice president strategic planning and development, MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., 1971-1978;
vice-Chairman of the Board, Insurance Corporation B.C., 1976-1978;
chairman, Insurance Corporation B.C., 1978-1980;
president, chief Executive officer, Canada Commercial Corporation, Ottawa, Ontario, 1978-1982;
chairman, Petroleum Monitoring Agency, 1982-1986. Member regional export expansion council Department Commerce, 1965-1966. Board directors community services division Cleveland Welfare Federation, 1965-1968.
Member Citizens League Candidate Eval. Committee, Cleveland, 1967. Member Executive Committee National Marketing Advisory Board to the United States secretary commerce, 1967-1968.
Secretary-treasurer, trustee Federal Statistics Users Conference, 1957-1964.
Achievements
Membership
Trustee, chairman finance committee Cleveland Institute Music, 1965-1969, member of advisory council, 1969-1986. Vice-chairman, trustee Vancouver Academy Music, 1970-1979. Chairman of Commission Universities Council B.C., 1976-1979.
Advisory council Multiple Sclerosis Society B.C., 1976-1980. Trustee Hudson Institute Canada, 1975-1986. Served to lt.USN, 1951-1953.
Member American Marketing Association (president Washington 1963).
Connections
Married Ruth Irene Sperling, April 29, 1956. Children: Gerald Roy, Jay Michael.
