Background
Berkinshaw, Richard Coulton was born on September 2, 1891 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Son of Robert James and Emma (Coulton) Berkinshaw.
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Richard Coulton Berkinshaw
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Bachelor, Trinity College, Toronto, 1913; Doctor of Laws, Osgoode Hall Law School, 1916; Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Toronto, 1952.
Career
Barrister, solicitor, Tilley, Johnston, Thomson & Parmenter, Toronto, 1919-1920;
with legal department, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company of Canada, Ltd., Toronto, 1920;
assistant secretary, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company of Canada, Ltd., Toronto, 1921;
secretary, general counsel, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company of Canada, Ltd., Toronto, 1926;
assistant to president, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company of Canada, Ltd., Toronto, 1931;
treasurer, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company of Canada, Ltd., Toronto, 1932;
general manager, treasurer, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company of Canada, Ltd., Toronto, 1933;
director, vice president, general manager, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company of Canada, Ltd., Toronto, 1945-1952;
president, general manager, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company of Canada, Ltd., Toronto, 1952-1959;
Chairman of the Board, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company of Canada, Ltd., Toronto, 1959-1961;
board directors, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company of Canada, Ltd., Toronto, from 1961. Vice president, board directors Crown Trust Company, Mutual Life Assurance Company Canada. Board directors Maple Leaf Mills Ltd., General Steelwares Ltd., Triarch Corporation, SteinRoe and Farnham International Fund, Inc., Bank Montreal Canada, deputy Chairman.Econ.
Investment Trust Ltd. Chairman of the Board Toromont Industrial Holdings Ltd. Past president Toronto Board Trade.
Achievements
Membership
Member, past president National Council Boy Scouts Canada. Past president, director QueenElizabeth Hospital, Toronto. Honorary president Metropolitan Toronto Industrial Commission.
Chairman of the Board Toronto Mendelsohn Choir. Board of Governors, past president Canada council International Chamber of Commerce. Past president, member of national executive council Canada Manufacturers Association.
Past president, member Executive Committee Citizen's Research Institute Canada. Life director, past president Canada National Exhibition. Member Executive Committee Corporation of Trinity U., chancellor of U. Trinity College Major Canada Engineers, World War I. Member Royal Order Scotland, Toronto Art Gallery, Rideau Club (Ottawa, Canada), Natrional Club, York Club, Toronto Club, Totonto Hunt Club, Mount Royal Club (Montreal, Canada), Granite Club, Wedgewood Hunting and Fishing Club, Canada Progress Club (past president), Empire and Canada Club, Masons, Shriners, KT.
Connections
Married Marjorie Brown (deceased). 1 child, William Robert. Married Ora Kitchen, June 11, 1925.
