Sir Judson Graham Day, (born 3 May 1933) is a British-

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and corporate director who now lives in

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Early life and education

Born in Halifax,

, he graduated from

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with an LL.B. in 1956 and for a while appeared on '' Singalong Jubilee.''

Career

He was chairman and CEO of

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from 1983 to 1986, and chairman and CEO of the

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from 1986 until 1991. From 1989 to 1993 he was chairman of

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, between its last two family chairmen, Sir Adrian Cadbury and Sir Dominic Cadbury. He was chancellor of

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from 1994 to 2001. He was chairman of

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, but left following controversy over levels of executive and board compensation. He is now counsel at Stewart McKelvey, an Atlantic Canadian law firm. Day has received a number of honours. He was

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in 1989 by Queen

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and was inducted into the

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in 2006. Day was appointed a member of the

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in 2011 and an Officer of the

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David Johnston in 2014. He has received honorary degrees from Dalhousie University and several universities in the United Kingdom.

References

External links

Sir Graham Day page at Stewart McKelvey
1933 births Living people British businesspeople Businesspeople awarded knighthoods Businesspeople from Nova Scotia Canadian expatriates in England Chancellors by university and college in Canada Schulich School of Law alumni Knights Bachelor Lawyers in Nova Scotia Members of the Order of Nova Scotia People from Halifax, Nova Scotia People from Hants County, Nova Scotia Rover Company Dalhousie University alumni Canadian corporate directors Officers of the Order of Canada {{Canada-business-bio-stub, Day, Graham