Background
Savage, Thomas Hixon was born on November 21, 1928 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Son of Thomas Hixon and Martha Foy (Turkington) Savage. emigrated to Canada, 1952.
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Thomas Hixon Savage
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Education
Student, Indian Army Officers Training College, 1946-1948; certified in industrial management, U. Toronto, Canada Institute Management, 1958.
Career
Supervisor industrial engineering, W.J. Gage Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1954-1959;
manager process engineering, Coutts Hallmark Greeting Card Company, Toronto, 1959-1962;
chief industrial engineer, Electric Reduction Company, Toronto, 1962-1963;
manager operations improvement, distribution services, Union Carbide Center Ltd., Toronto, 1963-1968;
manager management services, ITT Canada Ltd., Toronto, 1968-1969;
director operations staffs Canada, ITT Canada Ltd., Toronto, 1969-1970;
president, ITT Canada Ltd., Toronto, 1970-1977;
president, senior officer, ITT Canada Ltd., Toronto, since 1978. President ITT Industries of Canada Ltd. Chairman, president ITT Canada Finance Inc.
Member Board Trade Metropolitan Toronto.
Membership
Board Governors West Park Hospital, Ontario;director Retinitis Pigmentosa Eye Research Foundation. Chairman of the Board Governors Boys and Girls Clubs Toronto. Member policy com.Bus.
Council National Issues. Member Defense Industrial Preparedness Advisory Committee. Co-chairman Canada Labour Market and Productivity Center Served with Indian Army, 1946-1948, Fort Britain.
Member Canada Institute Management (Chairman of the Board Governors, life member), Canada Foundation for Economics Education (business advisory group), Institute Indianapolis Engineers Canada, American Institute Industrial Engineers, Royal Canada Military Institute, Lambton Golf and Country Club.
Connections
Married Annie Gloria EthelGilmore, September 29, 1950 (divorced 1975). Children: Patricia Anne Savage Williams, Karen Elizabeth Savage Ritzell, Michael Thomas. Married Evelyn Phyliss Chapman, January 17, 1976.
1 stepdau., Joanne Moore.
