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Morley Mitchell Cohen, CM CQ, born in Winnipeg, Manitoba (1917–2001), was a Canadian entrepreneur, community builder, philanthropist, and Member of the Order of Canada. He served with the Royal Canadian Air Force from 1940–1945.
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Cohen came from a poor immigrant family of eight, the son of Alexander and Rose (Diamond) Cohen. His five brothers, John, Albert D. Cohen, Harry B. Cohen, Samuel N. Cohen, and Joseph H. Cohen, set up a small retail store and, by 1939, the family had created General Distributors Ltd., a wholesale import firm.[citation needed] In the early fifties, the company obtained exclusive Canadian rights for Paper Mate pens. The brothers scattered across Canada in order to manage the national business, with Morley in Montreal.[citation needed] The brothers participated in various joint ventures and/or owned several minority interests in oil & gas exploration, development, and distribution.
Cohen was considered[by whom?] to be one of the major community builders/philanthropists in Montreal.
Several of his notable accomplishments include:
Founded in 1990, the Morley and Rita Cohen Foundation was created for support and services within the charitable sector, hospitals, and universities/colleges.[1]
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