John Kenneth Galbraith
Literary Award

Jerry Galbraith

- nephew to John Kenneth Galbraith
Born in Port Stanley in 1945. Raised on a tobacco farm near Mount Brydges and joined the RCAF in 1963. Married wife Bev in Halifax in 1974 and the next year was transferred to Baden, Germany where their children Leslie and Scott were born.
After twelve different postings in thirty two years, he retired from the Air Force in 1995 and immediately began a second career as a financial consultant with Investors Group.
Now resides near West Lorne.

Lindsay Galbraith

great niece to John Kenneth Galbraith -
Born in Mount Brydges, Ontario, Lindsay grew up making regular visits to the Dutton area to see her grandparents who lived in Wallacetown.
After moving to London, Ontario, in 1998, she completed her BA in Sociology at the University of Western Ontario. In 2004 she then moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, and completed her MA in Geography at Simon Fraser University, conducting research in the Northwest Territories. She is currently working as an Environmental Planner at the firm Gartner Lee Limited.

Jenny Phillips

chair person of committee -
Jenny Phillips was born in Waterloo County and lived in the Kitchener area until she was 16. Her family moved to St. Thomas in 1964. Jenny is a graduate, Class of ’66, of Alma College and an artist, cartoonist and writer. Her early paintings of horse drawn farm equipment and rural landscapes reflected her country roots. Her cartoons were a weekly feature for Farming Today and she now writes a regular full page column, “Her’story – his’tory – n. a record of past events, study of these; course of life or existence”, for the bi-weekly Dutton-Dunwich Horizon. Jenny, and her county appointed Town Crier husband, Dave, live over her gallery/frame shop on the main street of Dutton. Jenny lobbied for the installation of the Galbraith monument and the renaming of the Dutton branch of the public library to the John Kenneth Galbraith Reference Library. She organized a “Tribute to Galbraith” last fall, conceived the idea of the literary award and is currently transcribing John Kenneth Galbraith’s early writings. Jenny loves the history, attractions and people of Dutton-Dunwich and uses every opportunity to promote them as she maintains her artistic career. She says “busy people get things done.”

Don Page

Community member 2007
Donald Page grew up on a farm in Dunwich Twsp. After university he spent forty-seven years in the Canadian securities industry. Most recently he was Vice President of Finance and Administration, The Toronto Stock Exchange 1994-97; Chief of Compliance, Ontario Securities Commission 1992-93; past exec. VP and CFO of a full service investment dealer with over 65 branch offices in Canada, and offices in UK, W Germany and the USA, with responsibilities for the five divisions – Finance & Admin., Human Resources, Info. Systems, Internal Audit & Compliance. He researched and developed a new product proposal to list Mutual Funds on the Stock Exchange/CDN with clearing and settlements through CD’s. Don was also invited to develop a “Niche Market” proposal for the Chairman of a Canadian Chartered Bank. He developed a proposal to establish a Canadian Securities Office to represent Canada at International Securities meetings, for the Ministry of State for Finance. Since moving back to his boyhood community, Don has been active as a Board member, Treasurer and President of the St. Thomas-Elgin General Hospital Foundation and served as a member and chair of a committee to renovate and remodel a new Medical Centre in Dutton and helped successfully recruit two new doctors for Dutton and the centre. Don has been a councilor for the municipality of Dutton-Dunwich since 2003 and still maintains his ties to the Investment and Finance world as a Tribunal Panel member for TSX Market Regulation Services Inc. and as a member of the Investment Protection Corp. – Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada. Don is also an active member of our local choral society, his church and the Tyrconnell Heritage Society . . .in fact Don is a welcome addition to any community or social event in Dutton-Dunwich and Elgin County and we are especially pleased to have him as one of our two community members for The Friends of Dutton-Dunwich for 2007. Don and his wife Marion are two of the liveliest retirees one is ever likely to meet.

Andrea McKillop

Community member 2008
Bio and Picture pending