Background
Posluns, Wilfred M. was born on April 4, 1932 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Son of Louis H. and Leah (Granatstein) Posluns.
Manufacturing and retailing company executive
Posluns, Wilfred M. was born on April 4, 1932 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Son of Louis H. and Leah (Granatstein) Posluns.
Bachelor of Commerce, U. Toronto, 1955.
With, Superior Finance Company Ltd., Toronto, 1955; customs man, Burns Brothers & Denton, 1955-1959; director, R. A. Daly & Company, 1959-1961; finance manager, Irving Posluns Sportswear and Jack Posluns & Company, Toronto, 1961-1967; secretary-treasurer, Dylex Ltd., Toronto, 1967-1976; director, Dylex Ltd., Toronto, since 1967; president, Chief Executive Officer, Dylex Ltd., Toronto, 1976-1988; Chairman, Board Of Directors, Chief Executive Officer, Dylex Ltd., Toronto, since 1988; Chairman of the Board, director, Dylex Ltd., Toronto, since 1972; managing director, Cedar Point Inv., Inc., 1995. Secretary-treasurer WET Seal, Pacific Linen.
President Jewish Community Center, Toronto, 1974-1978, Chairman, Board Of Directors, 1978-1982. President Canada Friends Hebrew U., since 1977. Assistant secretary Toronto Jewish congress.
Board of Governors Mount Sinai Hospital. Trustee United Community Fund ofGreater Toronto. Board directors United Jewish Appeal Toronto, National JewishWelfare Board, Baycrest Centre Geriatric Care, Jewish Camp Council Young Men’s Hebrew Association, Canada-Israel Cultural Foundation.
Member Oakdale Golf and Country Club.
Married Joyce Eleanor Cohen, June 16, 1953. Children: Wendy Carol, Lynn Susan, David Howard.