Carl Arthur Pollock

Carl A. Pollock, a native of Kitchener, graduated from the University of Toronto in electrical engineering. A scholarship from the Massey Foundation financed two years at Oxford University, England. At university he showed exceptional talent in track and rowing.

He taught for a short time at the University of Toronto, but his father’s illness led him to choose a career in business and industry at Electrohome Ltd. in Kitchener, employing 3,100. Pollock joined the firm and was president for many years. Pollock was a member of the National Design Council and in 1963 he became president of the Canadian Manufactures’ Association. He was convinced that Canadian technology and industry would take no second place. His own firm led in introducing several firsts in the electronics field.

He was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1975. He was a founder of the University of Waterloo, chairman of the Board of Governors for eleven years and Chancellor from 1975-78. He was a founder of the Stratford Shakespearian Festival and supported musical groups, including the K-W Symphony Orchestra.