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Walton, John S. '49
Raised in Chicoutimi, Quebec, John Walton attended Ridley from 1946 to 1949. A civil engineering graduate of McGill University, he spent several years in the Canadian construction industry acquiring a broad knowledge of both the mining and petroleum industries. From 1985 to 1988 Walton was the president and CEO of Placer Dome Mines, one of the world’s major gold mining companies. He was a director of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce from 1986-2001, and of MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., Vancouver from 1986-1999. Founding chairman (1989) of the Endeavour Financial Corp. (Vancouver), a specialized investment banker to the mining industry, he also served on the Ridley Board of Governors from 1990-97. He has served as chairman of the Victoria Commonwealth Games Society for the 1994 Games; former director of Learning Wise Inc. in Victoria, BC; founding president of the Victoria Hospice Foundation; past chairman of the Performing Arts Harbour Centre Project and past chairman of the Royal British Columbia Museum Board. He has served on Project Advisory Boards to the University of Victoria, Royal Roads University, and the Greater Victoria Hospital Foundation. In 2000, he was awarded an honourary doctor of laws from the University of Victoria. Walton has retired to Victoria, British Columbia.
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With more than 700 students from 60 countries, the largest boarding programme in Ontario and the third largest in Canada, Ridley College is a truly international, co-educational, day and boarding school of the world that prepares students for the world. It has provided enriching learning and life-shaping experiences focused on the arts, academics, and athletics since 1889. Ridley’s Lower School offers JK-Grade 8, its Upper School consists of Grade 9-PG, and Ridley graduates attend some of the top universities and colleges around the world. Ridley is the only co-ed independent boarding school in Canada and one of only three in North America authorized to offer the International Baccalaureate (IB) continuum programme.
