Marketing Magazine has named Carleton alumnus Angus Reid to the Marketing Hall of Legends. Tonight, he will be honoured at a special celebration. The Hall was created to honour Canadians who have dedicated their lives to the pursuit of excellence in the field of marketing. It honours a body of work and a lifetime of achievements.
Reid is chief executive officer of Vision Critical as well as Angus Reid Strategies, a Vancouver-based public opinion and market research company. He received a PhD in Sociology from Carleton in 1974.
He founded and was CEO of Angus Reid Group, a market research supplier. Under his direction, the company grew into the largest research enterprise in Canada, with North American revenues of $60 million. It was sold to Paris-based Ipsos SA in 2000.
Carleton awarded the visionary communicator an honorary doctorate in 2008 and the Davidson Dunton Award for Carleton University’s graduate of the year. He is also the recipient of a Canada Council Doctoral Fellowship, the National Health Research Scholar Award, the Entrepreneur of the Year award (Services Category) and the annual award of distinction from the Canadian Public Affairs Association.
Reid has written numerous columns on economic, social and political issues that have regularly appeared in various newspapers and trade journals and, in 1996, Doubleday published his Canadian best-seller; Shakedown: How the New Economy is Changing our Lives.As a consultant, Angus works with a wide range of corporations, government agencies and special interest groups. In addition, he serves as a member of the board of Rick Hansen Enterprises, Cityfone Communications, the Canada Institute of the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. and Carleton’s renowned Norman Paterson School of International Affairs. Among his many philanthropic activities, he directs the Angus Reid Foundation and is past chair of the CKNW Orphans Fund. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Liu Center for the Study of Global Issues based at the University of British Columbia.
Angus Reid lives in West Vancouver with his wife Margaret.
Monday, January 25, 2010 in News Releases
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