Larry Clarke
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- This article is about the Canadian businessman. For the American film director, see Larry Clark.
Larry Denman Clarke, OC (born June 12, 1925) is a Canadian businessman and the founder, president, chief executive officer, and chairman of SPAR Aerospace Limited, the designer of the Canadarm. He is a founding Director of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, and from 1987 to 1991, was the Chancellor of York University.
In 1988, Clarke was made an Officer of the Order of Canada, and in 2004 he was awarded the Canadian Space Agency's Chapman Award for 2004 for "his remarkable contribution to the advancement of the Canadian Space Program".[1]
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- ^ "CSA - John H. Chapman Award of Excellence". Canadian Space Agency. 2011. http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/events/2011/jhchapman_winners.asp. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
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| Preceded by John Tuzo Wilson |
Chancellor of York University 1986–1991 |
Succeeded by Oscar Peterson |
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