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Archie Cherniak (born Aaron David Cherniak, August 26, 1911 – October 15, 1971) was a Canadian businessman who as a volunteer became recognized as the / a key pioneer of government-subsidized senior citizens’ housing in Canada (and arguably the world).

Contents

 * 1 Early life, education, and career
 * 2 Early political career
 * 7 Personal life
 * 7.1 Philanthropy
 * 8 See also
 * 9 References
 * 10 External links
 * 10 External links

Early life, Education, and Career
Cherniak was born in Windsor? London?, Ontario, the fourth child of Nathan and Esther (Rogin) Cherniak, immigrants from Silets ( http://www.geshergalicia.org/towns/silets/ ). He grew up in Windsor, Ontario. He attended Detroit City College (now Wayne State University), the University of Michigan, and University of California (Berkeley), graduating from Berkeley with a degree in pre-Med. He returned to London, Ontario to work in the family business (a department store his father had built up, starting with a push-cart). While working, he completed an MBA at the University of Western Ontario (now Western University). He was active in a number of (small) business ventures.

Other Activities
Cherniak was multi-faceted, with accomplishments in a number of fields, perhaps even a Renaissance man.


 * He played basketball for the university teams at Detroit City College, the University of Michigan, and at Western; at Western, he served as captain.


 * He was an amateur inventor and was granted a number of patents.


 * He was a visionary and authored a paper in the late ‘40s that clearly foreshadowed the internet.


 * He was the chair of the Windsor’s Red Feather (now United Way) campaign.
 * He was the volunteer head of the Windsor Jewish Community Council before there was a paid Executive Director.
 * He stood as the CCF candidate for Essex West in the 1949 Federal election, losing to a Liberal landslide.
 * He served as a member of the Ontario CCF executive.
 * He served on a number of boards.
 * On retirement, he returned to school, taking classes in Psychology at Wayne State University.

Personal life
Cherniak was married to Beatrice (Rotenberg). They had three children.and eight grandchildren.

Philanthropy
Photos

·        Head shot

·        Early developments (e.g. Crawford?)

·        Magazine article shot of couple in home

·        Cherniak Manor

Texts to quote

·        Magazine article?

·        Stollman Speech

·        CKLW ‘Citizen of the Week’ tape