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May 27, 1926 Died on 19 Dec 2007 (aged 81)
Canadian businessman
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About William Sauder
- William L.
- Sauder, OBC (May 27, 1926 – December 19, 2007) was formerly the chairman of Sauder Industries Ltd.
- and International Forest Products Limited Sauder graduated from the University of British Columbia in 1948, where he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity, with a Bachelor of Commerce degree, and later returned to the University of British Columbia as a member of the Board of Governors.
- He was ultimately appointed Chair of the Board, and later elected Chancellor, a position he held from 1996 to 2002.
- He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree by UBC in 1990. On June 5, 2003, Sauder donated a $20 million endowment and the University of British Columbia's Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration which was subsequently renamed the Sauder School of Business.
- His gift of $20 million was the largest single private donation ever made to a Canadian business school at the time. In 2004, he was awarded the Order of British Columbia. William Sauder died after a brief illness on December 19, 2007.
