George Butterfield (businessman)
George D.B. Butterfield | |
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| Born | February 5, 1939 |
| Awards | Order of Canada |
George D.B. Butterfield
Born in
Starting his career as a lawyer, along with his wife Martha and her brother Sidney Robinson, he co-founded Butterfield & Robinson [2] in 1966, to offer biking trips for students around Europe.[3] Today, it is a luxury active travel company with about 100 biking, walking, and boating trips in more than two dozen countries.[4] Butterfield & Robinson grew to become one of the best-known specialty travel companies in North America and, by 2009, employed 40 full-time staff and 150 guides. Butterfield retired from the day-to-day operations of Butterfield & Robinson in 2009.[4]
A philanthropist, he has worked with the
In 2006, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.[5]
References
- "Canadian Who's Who 1997 entry". University of Toronto. Retrieved September 3, 2006.[permanent dead link]
- "GEORGE BUTTERFIELD AWARDED CANADA'S TOP CITIZENSHIP HONOUR". Archived from the original on August 11, 2006. Retrieved September 3, 2006.
- "OCAD presents Honorary Doctorates to George D. Butterfield and Bill Buxton". Retrieved June 11, 2007.
- ^ "Bermuda Rhodes List Of Scholars". www.rhodes.bm. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
- ^ "Butterfield & Robinson | Biking and Walking Since 1966". Butterfield & Robinson. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
- ^ "How the Luxury Adventure Vacation Was Made". The New York Times. February 5, 2016. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
- ^ a b "Luxury travel firm founder hanging up hat". The Globe and Mail. November 19, 2009. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
- ^ Order of Canada citation
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