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Adrienne Clarkson
The Right Honourable Adrienne Louise Clarkson PC CC CMM COM CD FRSC(hon) FRAIC(hon) FRCPSC(hon) |
26th Governor General of Canada | |
In office October 7, 1999 – September 27, 2005 |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Prime Minister | |
Preceded by | Roméo LeBlanc |
Succeeded by | Michaëlle Jean |
Personal details | |
Born | British Hong Kong |
February 10, 1939
Spouse(s) |
Profession | Journalist |
Religion | Anglican |
Signature |
Adrienne Louise Clarkson PC CC CMM COM CD FRSC(hon) FRAIC(hon) FRCPSC(hon) (Chinese: 伍冰枝; pinyin: Wǔ Bīngzhī; née Poy, February 10, 1939) is a Hong Kong-born Canadian journalist, politician, and stateswoman who served as Governor General of Canada, the 26th since Canadian Confederation.
Clarkson arrived in Canada with her family in 1941, as a refugee from Japanese-occupied Hong Kong, and was raised in Ottawa. After receiving a number of university degrees, Clarkson worked as a producer and broadcaster for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and a journalist for various magazines. Her first diplomatic posting came in the early 1980s, when she promoted Ontarian culture in France and other European countries. She was in 1999 appointed as governor general by Queen Elizabeth II, on the recommendation of Prime Minister of Canada Jean Chrétien, to replace Roméo LeBlanc as viceroy and she occupied the post until succeeded by Michaëlle Jean in 2005. While Clarkson's appointment as the Canadian vicereine was generally welcomed at first, she caused some controversy during her time serving as the Queen's representative, mostly due to costs incurred in the operation of her office, as well as a somewhat anti-monarchist attitude toward the position.
On October 3, 2005, Clarkson was sworn into the Queen's Privy Council for Canada,[1] giving her the accordant style of The Honourable; however, as a former Governor General of Canada, Clarkson is entitled to be styled for life with the superior form of The Right Honourable. She subsequently published her memoirs, founded the Institute for Canadian Citizenship, and became Colonel-in-Chief of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry.
Family and early life[edit]
Clarkson's ancestry lies with the Hakka[2] and Taishanese people in Taishan, Guangdong, China. Her paternal grandfather (伍培 Pinyin: Wǔ Péi) immigrated in the late 19th century to Chiltern, Australia. There, he operated a general store called Willie Ah Poy Fruitier and Confectioner, Ah Poy being his name in the vocative, based on the Taishanese pronunciation, and what Australian immigration officials heard Poy enunciate in response to their request for his name.[3] Poy's first son, William (伍英才 Pinyin: Wǔ Yīngcái), was born in Victoria but was later sent back to Taishan, from where he made his way to Hong Kong. There, he worked with his father for the Canadian government and met and married Ethel Poy, with whom he had two children: Neville, born October 29, 1935, and Adrienne, born February 10, 1939. The elder went on to become a plastic surgeon in Toronto and married Vivienne Lee, who herself became a Senator.[4]
Clarkson describes one of her earliest memories as that of hiding in several Hong Kong basements during the Japanese invasion of the territory in 1941. It was only through his Canadian government connections that her father gained his family the opportunity in 1942 to flee the occupation to Canada, as part of the repatriating of Canadian government staff from the fallen city. Even so, the Chinese Immigration Act, 1923, prevented the Poys' immediate entry into the country until the Department of External Affairs intervened and cited an unfilled quota in the prisoner of war exchange programme with the Japanese Imperial Forces that would permit the Poy family free passage into Canada.[5] The family settled in Ottawa, though William had lost almost all of his substantial fortune, and the Poys lived in a cramped duplex.[4] Clarkson attended public school in the city and, in October 1951, was lined up with her class to see Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh (later Queen Elizabeth II), as the royal motorcade passed through the city.[6]
Education and first marriage[edit]
Clarkson graduated from Lisgar Collegiate Institute in 1956, afterwards enrolling at the University of Toronto's Trinity College. During her time there, Clarkson won a Governor General's Medal in English before graduating in 1960 with a Bachelor of Arts degree with honours in the subject, and then travelling with her parents to East and Southeast Asia. Clarkson went on to obtain her master's degree in English literature, also at the University of Toronto.[7]
She began post-graduate work in 1962, at the Sorbonne in Paris, France, with a thesis on the poems of George Meredith, and the following year, married Stephen Clarkson, a University of Toronto political science professor. Together, the couple had three daughters: Kyra, born in 1969, and twins Blaise and Chloe, born in 1971; at the age of nine months, however, Chloe died of sudden infant death syndrome. Adrienne and Stephen divorced four years later, with Stephen being awarded full custody of the two surviving children,[why?] and, subsequently, Stephen's second wife, Christina McCall, adopted the two girls, who eventually became estranged from their mother for several decades.
After being introduced by a college friend in 1965 to the producers of Take 30— an afternoon variety show run by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)— Clarkson was hired by the Crown corporation as a freelance book reviewer. This marked the start of her nearly 30-year career with the CBC, as, after less than a year in her initial position, Clarkson was promoted to co-host, thus becoming one of the first members of a visible minority to obtain a prominent position on Canadian television. She remained with Take Thirty for a decade, while also branching into print journalism by becoming a regular contributor to such publications as Maclean's and Chatelaine. Similarly, Clarkson wrote and published her own romantic fiction novels: A Lover More Condoling in 1968, and Hunger Trace in 1970.[8] Beyond these, her non-fiction book True to You in My Fashion: A Woman Talks to Men About Marriage— a collection of interviews with men on the subject of divorce— was published in 1971, during which time her first marriage had hit a hard patch.
In 1974, Clarkson began her own public affairs television show Adrienne at Large, though this was not particularly successful and lasted less than four months. The series did, however, allow her to travel extensively outside of Canada, as she recorded segments for the show in locations such as South Africa (where she interviewed Nadine Gordimer and Helen Suzman), and her native Hong Kong. With the cancellation of the show, the CBC created in 1975 the hard journalism programme The Fifth Estate as a means for meeting Canadian content requirements. Clarkson was brought on to co-host with Warner Troyer for the first season, but, due to persistent problems between the two, Troyer left the series, leaving Clarkson to host with Peter Reilly and Eric Malling thereafter. She focused on investigative journalism and gained prominence after an in-depth study of the McCain family's business practices led a Senator to publicly accuse her of being un-naturalised.[4]
After winning several ACTRA Awards, Clarkson ended her job with The Fifth Estate in 1983 and was subsequently appointed by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, John Black Aird, on the advice of his Premier, William Davis, as the Agent General for Ontario in France, acting in this role as a cultural liaison between the province and the country, as well as promoting Ontario in several other European states. After five years at this post, she returned to private business, becoming president and publisher of McClelland and Stewart, at a time when the publisher was in financial difficulty. Clarkson was not only unsuccessful at improving the company's fiscal problems, she was also highly unpopular with employees, and resigned herself after 18 months that saw several protest resignations; the imprint Adrienne Clarkson Books does, however, remain with McClelland and Stewart.
Clarkson opted to return to television, hosting through mid-1988 Adrienne Clarkson Summer Festival, which became popular enough to be picked up and repackaged as Adrienne Clarkson Presents, an arts show that was critically acclaimed, but which never received high ratings. After four years of hosting the show, Clarkson was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada for her long media career, which included hosting more than 3,500 television programmes, as well as assisting charitable organisations, such as the Kidney Foundation of Canada, Horizons of Canada, and International PEN.[9] Further, as host and executive producer of Adrienne Clarkson Presents, she received numerous Gemini Award nominations— winning in 1993 for best host in a light information, variety, or performing arts programme or series— and was the 1995 recipient of the Donald Brittain Award, a special honour given every year for the best social/political documentary programme. In the same year, she also won a Gémeaux Award (the French language equivalent of a Gemini) for Adrienne Clarkson Presents. Her precise diction and sometimes haughty demeanour did sometimes become the occasional subject of satire, however; most famously in the CBC Radio series Double Exposure, where co-creator Linda Cullen mimicked Clarkson with the line: "I'm Adrienne Clarkson, and you're not" (derived from Chevy Chase's early Saturday Night Live refrain).
Throughout the 1990s— during which time she also wrote and produced films, such as 'The Lust In His Eye: Visions of James Wilson Morrice and Borduas and Me and Artemisia[8]— there was much speculation that Clarkson would soon be given a high level appointment by the Queen-in-Council. This was finally realized in 1995 when Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and then Minister of Canadian Heritage Michel Dupuy advised Governor General Roméo LeBlanc to appoint Clarkson as chair of the board of the Canadian Museum of Civilization, and later, to the Canadian War Museum as well, all while she continued to host her show.[10] It was during this time that the War Museum announced the decision to build the structure which now houses its collection, and which Clarkson opened as Governor General in May 2005.[11]
Governor General of Canada[edit]
Clarkson was the first visible minority to be appointed governor general, and the second woman (after Jeanne Sauvé), the first Chinese Canadian, and the first without a military or political background. She was also the second person to have been appointed to the Order of Canada prior to nomination as governor general-designate, after Jules Léger. Clarkson brought with her a new approach to the governor generalcy, and dedicated much of her self-imposed mandate to drawing national attention to Northern Canada.
As governor general-designate[edit]
It was on September 8, 1999, announced from the Office of the Prime Minister of Canada that Queen Elizabeth II had approved Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's choice of Clarkson to succeed Roméo LeBlanc as the Queen's representative.[12][13] The commission appointing Clarkson was issued on September 28 under the royal sign-manual and Great Seal of Canada.[14] At the time of the announcement of her appointment, it was revealed that, with Clarkson being accompanied to Rideau Hall by her longtime partner, John Ralston Saul, the official appointment would be bringing an unofficial pair to the viceregal post,[4][8] in that the governor general would not be the only person actively exploring Canadian theory and culture.
In office[edit]
Bond with the military[edit]
On October 8, 1999, Clarkson was sworn in as the 26th Governor General of Canada, and was soon actively participating in her role, becoming immediately instrumental in the final stages of the repatriation of Canada's unknown soldier from France.[15] Her eulogy read at the tomb's dedication ceremony on May 28, 2000, was described by the Royal Canadian Legion as "powerful",[16] and led journalist John Fraser to state: "You have to go back pretty far to find anyone who stirred national emotions the way Clarkson did with her magnificent speech..."[17] In the same vein, after a decade of inaction on the part of the Cabinet, Clarkson moved to have Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry honoured with the Commander-in-Chief's Unit Commendation, on behalf of the Queen,[17] beginning a long relationship between Clarkson and the regiment.
Following the terrorist attacks United States on September 11, 2001, Clarkson praised Operation Yellow Ribbon, saying "communities across the country selflessly opened their homes and hearts to stranded air travellers," and, on September 14, 2001, presided over a memorial service on Parliament Hill for the victims of the attacks, which was attended by over 100,000 people— the largest single vigil ever seen in Canada's capital.[18] On her cabinet's advice, Clarkson subsequently dispatched Canadian soldiers to assist in the invasion of Afghanistan, and, in her role of representing the Queen as commander-in-chief of the Canadian Forces, visited in 2002 the Canadian troops serving in the Afghan theatre. This trip, plus similar ones she undertook during her tenure— such as those to Kosovo to meet with Canadian troops, to the Persian Gulf to spend Christmas with members of the Armed Forces on a Canadian destroyer, and again to Afghanistan to spend New Year's with Canadian soldiers— won her acclaim for being the first governor general since at least 1945 to take seriously the duties associated with the commander-in-chief title,[19] which was credited for helping to boost pride in the Canadian Forces.
More robust viceregal office[edit]
Clarkson took a proactive role in increasing the stature of the Canadian viceregal office, travelling widely, hosting lavish state events, and hosting conferences and forums. However, criticism soon ensued over the way her office was spending Crown funds, as, during her tenure, expenditures at Rideau Hall increased 200%; the budget for 2003 was estimated at CAD$41 million. Part of this increase was due to accounting reasons; some costs that had previously been worked into the budgets of ministries were transferred to the governor general's office. But, the event that the media mostly focused on was Clarkson's 2003, 19-day circumpolar "northern identity" tour, which included state visits to Russia, Finland, and Iceland, and the attendance of 50 other Canadians prominent in the fields of arts, culture, and science. In an atmosphere tainted by several spending scandals in the government, the trip's estimated CAD$1 million cost was attacked as a waste of money.[20] All together, this resulted in some politicians calling for the role of the governor general to be reduced or even for the position to be eliminated, and a poll taken late in 2003 found a majority of respondents thought Clarkson was "too grand" for the office. In an unprecedented move for a vicereine, Clarkson, and not her ministers, personally addressed the controversy, explaining that she had been asked to undertake the state visits by her prime minister.[20] Still, though the Office of the Governor General defended the tour as successful, particularly with regard to the warm reception Clarkson received in Russia and during her meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin, and it was the Department of Foreign Affairs that commissioned and paid for the trip with funds approved by parliament, when the end cost for the trips came in at CAD$5 million, a scheduled continuation of the tour that would have included visits to Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Greenland was scrapped by the federal government in early 2004.[21] John Fraser later stated Prime Minister Paul Martin left Clarkson to defend herself because he "clearly didn't like her very much" and "even if it was Madam Clarkson's (and John Ralston Saul's) own imaginative idea, it had been officially supported by the government, and no appointed high official should ever be abandoned like that. Not only should she have been defended publicly, we were made to look foolish in the eyes of the countries who had to be informed that the trip to such great allies as Sweden, Norway and Denmark (plus its province of Greenland) was called off."[22]
From that time on, Clarkson and her office faced intense scrutiny. By November 2004, it was announced that Clarkson's budget would be cut by ten percent, despite the fact that parliament itself had approved her budget each year. Then, in March 2005, she again faced questions about spending after it was reported that she had been advised by Martin to make official visits to Spain, the Netherlands, and Russia in order to attend the state funeral of the victims of the Madrid terrorist bombings, the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Netherlands, and participate in Victory in Europe Day celebrations in Moscow, respectively.[23][24] Clarkson waited until less than two weeks after the end of her time serving as governor general before she publicly criticised Jean Chrétien and the Cabinet under his chairmanship for not defending the viceregal office, and reaffirmed that she had been asked by the Department of Foreign Affairs to take each of her state trips in the first place.[25]
At the same time, Clarkson's unorthodox mode of exercising the Office of the Governor General led to negative critiques of how she carried out a number of ceremonial duties. In June 2004, the Governor General and her office were targeted by Canadian monarchists, who noted that, prior to the ceremony to recognize Canada's involvement at Juno Beach in the D-Day landings of 1944, Government House claimed that Clarkson would be attending as Canada's head of state and, at the event, the Queen, who also attended the ceremony, was relegated to third place in precedence behind Clarkson and Saul.[26] Jack Granatstein alleged that this arrangement had displeased the Queen and "there was fury."[27] Government House later retracted its head of state statement, saying that it was the error of a junior official, but why the protocol was altered was never explained.[28] At Remembrance Day ceremonies, the Governor General also caused a stir when she eschewed the tradition of placing the first wreath at the cenotaph in favour of doing so simultaneously with her husband; a practice that was discontinued by Clarkson's viceregal successor. Then, during a visit to Vancouver in September of the same year, Clarkson was booed and hissed at by a small but vocal group of protesters. She was on a goodwill tour of a poor area of the city; however, the protesters argued that her visit was nothing more than a publicity stunt to try to gain some of her lost popular support to get her time in office extended.
In January 2005, disappointment was further expressed over Clarkson's failure to attend a memorial service for Alberta's late lieutenant governor, Lois Hole.[29][30] Rideau Hall issued a statement saying the Governor General was, at the time, abroad representing Canada at the inauguration of the President of Ukraine, Victor Yushchenko. However, the inauguration was postponed, and it was felt that Clarkson could have returned to Canada for the service. When it was later reported by the Toronto Sun and The Globe and Mail that Clarkson would wait in Paris, France, for the rescheduled presidential investiture, more outrage was expressed in the press, which was only compounded when Rideau Hall informed the public that the Governor General would also attend a "long-standing engagement" with the Queen at Sandringham House, contradicting reports that Buckingham Palace had said the dinner was actually booked at the last minute. In response, some monarchists began lobbying Clarkson to resign, had she willingly used the Queen for publicity and damage control purposes.
Extended tenure[edit]
Regardless of the controversies, Clarkson was asked, and agreed, to remain in the Queen's service for an additional year beyond the traditional, but not official, five-year period. Though the decision was met with mixed feelings from across the country,[31] Prime Minister Martin had advised the Queen to retain Clarkson as her vicereine in order to provide stability while the country faced potential constitutional difficulties arising from a minority government; there had been speculation at the end of 2004 over whether or not Clarkson would have to become directly involved in politics should the Cabinet led by Paul Martin lose the confidence of the House of Commons, leaving the Governor General to decide whether or not to ask the leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition, then Stephen Harper, to form a government, or to call a general election. Ultimately, circumstances played out so that Clarkson's personal involvement was rendered unnecessary.[32]
Soon after, however, on July 8, 2005, Clarkson was admitted to hospital in Toronto in order to have a pacemaker implanted. She recovered quickly,[32] and returned to her viceregal duties in the same month. To coincide with that year's 50th anniversary of the appointment of the first Canadian-born governor general, Clarkson moved Order of Canada investitures from their typical location in Rideau Hall to various places around the country.[17] Also, on July 23, 2005, Clarkson was inducted as an honorary member of the Kainai Chieftainship, during a traditional ceremony held at Red Crow Park, near Standoff, Alberta, after which she was adopted into the Blood Tribe with the name Grandmother of Many Nations; this made Clarkson the first governor general since Edward Schreyer in 1984 to be made an honorary chief, and only the third woman to be inducted since the creation of the chieftainship. Then, on September 15, 2005, Clarkson announced the creation of the Governor General's Northern Medal, to be awarded annually to a citizen whose actions and achievements had contributed to the evolution and constant reaffirmation of the Canadian North as part of the national identity.[33]
During her last days in office, Clarkson's popularity with the Armed Forces was expressed in a large farewell ceremony mounted by the military; the first ever such send-off for a governor general. Similarly, on the morning of September 26, 2005, Clarkson attended a celebration on Parliament Hill in which members of parliament thanked her for her work and presented her with the viceregal flag that flew atop the Peace Tower when Clarkson was present in parliament.[34] Then, following tradition, Clarkson and Saul planted on Rideau Hall's grounds, two ceremonial trees (swamp white oaks) to mark the end of the former's time in office,[35] and the next day, Clarkson's time as vicereine ended when her successor, Michaëlle Jean, was sworn in as Governor General of Canada. However, Clarkson caused yet another controversy when she decided, with Jean's consent, to attend Jean's investiture, marking the first time in more than a century that a governor general had attended the swearing-in of his or her successor.[34]
Clarkson was seen as having brought new life to the post of governor general, receiving praise through her first years in office for being a more modern governor general who brought increased public attention to the position;[17][29][32][36][37] Michaëlle Jean recognised Clarkson as having "infused the office with a new energy", for "promot[ing] artists and their achievements from across Canada", and for her "close work with aboriginal communities". Clarkson was further praised for her devotion to the armed forces and remembrance,[37] and was credited for breathing new life into the Canadian monarchy as a whole; Mailo' Ken Wiwa stated in The Globe and Mail: "that Adrienne Clarkson, once a refugee, represents the Queen here in Canada is, for me, the singular most important reason for believing that the monarchy is relevant to Canada's emerging identity. Her role may only be ceremonial and symbolic, but as the enduring quality of the Royal Family attests, you can never underestimate the power of myth. Even— or rather, especially— in this iconoclastic age."[38] Clarkson and her husband also travelled across Canada and met more Canadians than any other governor general in Canadian history and, unlike many other state figures, Clarkson also wrote most of her own speeches, which were noted for being simultaneously intellectual and approachable.[17] Clarkson's tenure was also notable for her patronage of all the arts— making such efforts as ensuring the governor general's study at Rideau Hall had copies of every book that had won the Governor General's Awards for literature— and for sports, as demonstrated in her creation on September 14, 2005, of the Clarkson Cup for women's hockey in Canada. John Fraser in 2012 stated of Clarkson: "[N]o one, in the whole history of Rideau Hall, ever evoked the country quite as effectively".[22]
Other summaries of Clarkson's time as governor general, however, found that the increased travel abroad attracted negative attention to the viceregal post over costs and caused conflict between domestic duties and foreign obligations. Also, it was observed that Clarkson had succumbed too easily to the desires of her advisors— both in the prime minister's and Privy Council offices, as well as amongst the staff of Government House— to turn the viceregal post into something it was not: Canada's head of state. Clarkson had expressed admiration for the Queen, was said to understand "the lustre the Crown affords," and to have "shudder[ed] a little in sympathy with members of the Royal Family at the degree of intrusion into their lives they must bear."[17] But the systematic downplaying of the monarch led to confusion over who was head of state and there was a sense that,[29] by taking this view, Clarkson and her office were overturning the long-standing theory that all the viceroys and their respective jurisdictions are equal under a sovereign who reigns consistently over the whole country.[39][40] When Clarkson attended a provincial occasion, her protocol officers insisted that she take precedence over the pertinent lieutenant governor and denied knowledge of the established order in which the lieutenant governor, as a direct representative of the Queen in a province, takes precedence at a provincial function over all other attendees, save for the monarch. These situations would result in "precedence battles", in which the provincial authorities would frequently acquiesce to pressure and ultimatums from Rideau Hall.[41] Clarkson also took the place of the monarch in presenting to the next vicereine the Chancellor's insignia of the Order of Canada, thereby breaking the order's "first and oldest tradition"; a move Canada's expert on honours, Christopher McCreery, called "a rather bizarre turn of events".[42] The Monarchist League of Canada even reported that a member of parliament had telephoned to ask if they had ever before heard of the eruption of booing at the mention of the governor general's name, as had apparently happened in the MP's riding when Clarkson was spoken about.[29]
Post-viceregal life[edit]
After leaving Rideau Hall, Clarkson and Saul purchased a new home in Toronto's The Annex district, taking possession at the end of September 2005. Clarkson then worked towards founding and co-chairing the Institute for Canadian Citizenship, and signed a deal with Penguin Canada to publish her memoirs in two books. The first, Heart Matters, was published in September 2006, making Clarkson the third former governor general to release an autobiography.[n 1] In the first half of the book, Clarkson outlined her childhood in Ottawa and her career in the CBC, while the second half covered her time as governor general, and contained her own positive views of Jean Chrétien and negative views of Paul Martin. The book was met with mixed reviews, however,[n 2] and her expressed opinion that future nominees for appointment as governor general should be voted on in the House of Commons was condemned by monarchists, though supported by Macleans.[45]
During an October 2006 interview on CBC Newsworld with Don Newman, Clarkson spoke her views on the nature of the position of Governor General of Canada, stating that while the Queen remained popular with Canadians, the governor general was now the direct representative of "the Crown", and not of the monarch, therefore making the viceroy Canada's actual head of state. This was a theory contrary to those of Eugene Forsey, the government of Canada itself, and numerous others, but was in line with Edward McWhinney. Into 2009, Clarkson continued to promote this notion, stating at a constitutional law conference that the governor general embodied the nation and the prime minister's nominee for the viceregal role should thus be vetted by a parliamentary committee, in a similar format to Congressional Confirmation Hearings in the United States.[46] She then went further to say that the candidate should also submit to a televised quiz on Canadiana.[47] Though a University of Toronto political scientist stated this would "strengthen the legitimacy of the governor-general as a non-partisan umpire," the editorial board of the Montreal Gazette said that the position being "not elected is an asset, not a handicap" and Clarkson's process would undermine the impartiality of the viceroy.[48]
Clarkson was on February 7, 2007, appointed by the Queen as Colonel-in-Chief of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, replacing the Countess Mountbatten of Burma, and commented that she was "deeply honoured" and proud to accept the role.[49] The ceremony to mark her appointment took place on March 17 at the regimental headquarters in Edmonton.[50] Clarkson is also vice-chair of the board of directors of the dance company La La La Human Steps and, in 2014, was announced as the presenter of that year's Massey Lectures.[51] Her lectures, which were also published in book form, were on the theme of "Belonging: The Paradox of Citizenship".[51]
A member of the Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Clarkson is a devout Anglican, as is her entire family going back five generations, with her uncle being a priest in the Anglican Church in Hong Kong. Clarkson chose to attend Trinity College at the University of Toronto because of its Anglican associations, and, while there, she casually dated divinity student Michael Peers, who would later become an archbishop and primate of the Anglican Church of Canada. This friendship was maintained over the years, and Peers presided over Clarkson's marriage to Saul, officiated at her installation as governor general, and presided over the funerals of both her parents. Clarkson is also credited for returning prayer to the viceregal installation ceremony, which had been removed when Roméo LeBlanc was installed in 1995.[52]
Clarkson was admired by the faithful for being open about her religious beliefs during her time in Rideau Hall. In a December 2005 interview with the Anglican Journal, she was quoted as saying about the Anglican elements of her heraldic arms that "I am an Anglican and that is part of my life; that I really feel at home in the Anglican Communion."[53] In this same interview, she criticized conservatives for creating what she called the "deep divide" in the Anglican church regarding homosexuality. Clarkson was also noted for visiting Anglican churches around Canada on her many tours, saying that she enjoyed seeing how the church fit in communities in all parts of Canada. Her public faith, however, was also the cause of controversy: She received particular criticism when she was seen taking communion in a Catholic church since that denomination does not permit open communion.[54][55]
Titles, styles, honours, and arms[edit]
Viceregal styles of Adrienne Clarkson (1999–2005) |
Reference style | Her Excellency the Right Honourable Son Excellence la très honorable |
Spoken style | Your Excellency Votre Excellence |
Alternative style | Ma'am Madame |
- February 10, 1939 – 1963: Miss/Mademoiselle Adrienne Poy
- 1963 – 1975: Mrs/Madame Adrienne Clarkson
- 1975 – October 7, 1999: Miss/Mademoiselle Adrienne Clarkson
- October 7, 1999 – September 27, 2005: Her Excellency the Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief in and over Canada
- September 27, 2005 – : The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson
- Grandmother of Many Nations
Ribbon bars of Adrienne Clarkson | |||
- Appointments
- April 30, 1992 – October 8, 1999: Officer of the Order of Canada (OC)[9]
- October 8, 1999 – September 27, 2005: Chancellor and Principal Companion of the Order of Canada (CC)
- September 27, 2005 – May 8, 2013: Companion of the Order of Canada (CC)
- May 8, 2013 –: Extraordinary Companion of the Order of Canada (CC)[56]
- 1999 – : Lay Bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada[57]
- October 8, 1999 – September 27, 2005: Chancellor and Commander of the Order of Military Merit (CMM)[58]
- September 27, 2005 – May 8, 2013: Commander of the Order of Military Merit (CMM)
- May 8, 2013 –: Extraordinary Commander of the Order of Military Merit (CMM)[59]
- October 8, 1999 – September 27, 2005: Dame of Justice, Prior, and Chief Officer in Canada of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (DStJ)[60]
- September 27, 2005 – : Dame of Justice of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (DStJ)
- October 8, 1999 – September 27, 2005: Chief Scout of Canada
- 1999 – : Honorary Member of the Royal Military College of Canada Club
- October 3, 2000 – September 27, 2005: Chancellor and Commander of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces (COM)[61]
- September 27, 2005 – : Commander of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces (COM)
- 2001: Grand croix du l'Ordre de la Pléiade de l'Association des parlementaires de langue française[62]
- July 23, 2005 – : Honorary Chief of the Kainai Chieftainship
- October 3, 2005 – : Member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada (PC)
- : Senior Fellow of Massey College[62]
- : Honorary Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (FRAIC(hon))[62]
- : Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (FRCPSC(hon))[62]
- : Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC(hon))[62]
- : Honorary Fellow of the University of Trinity College[62]
- : Honorary Director North American Native Plant Society[63]
- Medals
- 1960: Governor General's Academic Medal
- 1967: Canadian Centennial Medal
- 1992: Commemorative Medal for the 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada
- October 8, 1999: Canadian Forces Decoration (CD)
- 2002: Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal
- 2012: Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
- Awards
- 1973: Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists ACTRA Award for Best Documentary: The Desert is Dying[64]
- 1974: Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists ACTRA Award for Best Public Affairs Broadcaster[64]
- 1976: Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists Gordon Sinclair Award for Integrity in Broadcasting[64]
- 1982: Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists ACTRA Award for Best Host-Interviewer[64]
- 1993: Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Gemini Award for Best Host in Performing Arts Series[64]
- 1993: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Prix Anik for Best Entertainment Series: Adrienne Clarkson Presents
- 1995: Gemeaux Award Meilleur pour Meilleur Spécial pour les Arts de la Scène: Peau, Chair et Os[64]
- November 19, 2010: Vimy Award[65]
- Award nominations
- 1992: Gemini Award: Best Host in a Light Information, Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series for Adrienne Clarkson Presents
- 1993: Gemini Award: Best Performing Arts Program for Adrienne Clarkson Presents – shared with Gordon Stewart
- 1994: Gemini Award: Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program for Adrienne Clarkson Presents
- 1994: Gemini Award: Best Host in a Lifestyle Information, Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series for Adrienne Clarkson Presents
- 1995: Gemini Award: Best Performing Arts Program for Adrienne Clarkson Presents
- 1998: Gemini Award: Best Performing Arts Program or Series, or Arts Documentary Program for Adrienne Clarkson Presents: Black and White to Colour: The Making of "The English Patient"
- 1998: Gemini Award: Best Performing Arts Program or Series, or Arts Documentary Program for Adrienne Clarkson Presents[66]
- Foreign honours
- 1993: Gabriel Award: Adrienne Clarkson Presents: For the Beauty of the Earth[64]
- 1994: New York Television Festival Best International TV Award: Adrienne Clarkson Presents: Skin Flesh and Bone[64]
- 1995: Christopher Columbus International Film and Video Festival The Chris: The Lust of His Eye[64]
- 1997: Christopher Columbus International Film and Video Festival The Chris: Black and White to Colour: The Making of "The English Patient"[64]
- June 30, 2006 – : Order of Friendship[67]
Honorary military appointments[edit]
- October 8, 1999 – September 27, 2005: Colonel of the Regiment of the Governor General's Horse Guards
- October 8, 1999 – September 27, 2005: Colonel of the Regiment of the Governor General's Foot Guards
- October 8, 1999 – September 27, 2005: Colonel of the Regiment of the Canadian Grenadier Guards
- February 7, 2007 – : Colonel-in-Chief of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
Honorary degrees[edit]
- April 7, 2000: University of Victoria, Doctor of Laws (LLD)[68]
- 2001: McGill University, Doctor of Laws (LLD)
- February 27, 2003: Law Society of Upper Canada at Osgoode Hall, Doctor of Laws (LLD)[69]
- 2003: University of Ottawa, Doctor of the University (DUniv)[70][71][full citation needed]
- 2003: Queen's University, Doctor of Laws (LLD)[72]
- June 10, 2004: Concordia University, Doctor of Laws (LLD)[73]
- November 2006: McMaster University, Doctor of Laws (LLD)[74]
- 2006: Ryerson University, Doctor of Laws (LLD)[75][full citation needed]
- May 16, 2008: Mount Saint Vincent University, Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL)[76][77][full citation needed]
- 23 October 2003: University of Western Ontario, Doctor of Law (LLD)[70][78][full citation needed]
- University of Prince Edward Island[70]
Honorific eponyms[edit]
- Awards
- Canada: Clarkson Cup[62]
- Ontario: Adrienne Clarkson Laureateship for Public Service, Massey College, Toronto[62][79]
- Schools
- Ontario: Adrienne Clarkson Elementary School, Ottawa
- Ontario: Adrienne Clarkson Public School, Richmond Hill
The trilliums represent both Clarkson's home province of Ontario, as well as the meaning of her Chinese first name, which is a metaphor for "ice flowering branch", while tigers are Clarkson's favourite animals, and represent the year in which she was born. The cross and white disc are based on the Anglican Church of Canada's badge. The rocks and trees represent the landscape around Clarkson's cottage on Georgian Bay.[80] |
See also[edit]
- Chinese Canadian
- Immigration to Canada
- Refugee > World War II and UNHCR
- List of elected or appointed female heads of state
- ^ After the Earl Alexander of Tunis and Vincent Massey.
- ^ Etiquette experts in the United Kingdom chided Clarkson for her condescending criticisms of the Queen's behaviour at a dinner party, and of the Queen Mother for having used different china settings throughout a formal meal, calling Clarkson "prissy",[43] and Rex Murphy deemed Clarkson as hypocritical for claiming a Governor General must adhere to tradition and discretion, all in a book that reveals intimate and judgmental details about certain personages, and released mere months after she left the office.[44]
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- ^ "From "small refugee" to the first Chinese Canadian". Sina. March 23, 2015. Retrieved July 24, 2016.>/ref>
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- ^ Clarkson, Adrienne (October 14, 2002). Office of the Governor General of Canada, ed. "Her Excellency the Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson Speech on the Occasion of the Luncheon in Honour of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh". Ottawa: Queen's Printer for Canada. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
- ^ Adrienne Clarkson
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- ^ a b c d e f Fraser, John (February 1, 2003). "Excellency". National Post. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved March 1, 2009.
- ^ "Interview With Pervez Musharraf; Interview With Paul Martin; Interview With Kweisi Mfume". CNN Late Edition With Wolf Blitzer. Season 11. December 5, 2004.
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Hello, I have a fresh installation of ISPConfig on Debian Wheezy 64bit. I closely followed this installation guide: http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect-se...ot-ispconfig-3 I've been trying to get all the parts working and I've encountered weird problem with FTP access for clients. I created a new site as admin for the first user. (mydomain.com) Then I logged in as a user and created a FTP account for that site. (dummyuser) However when I log in, the user is chrooted in a weird way. Contents of the home as the FTP user sees it: http://i.imgur.com/Usgg7pt.png Real contents: http://pastebin.com/fH6tF3CG I guess this is not expected behavior, I expected only access to empty folder which would be vhost htdocs roots. I also checked settings and FTP users are set to be chrooted in /var/www/clients/[client]/[web] Is there anything I am missing? Thanks in advance!
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Hello, I am sorry to reply so late, but the problem occured again and I am not sure how it happened. As to your reply - could you please elaborate a bit? I use FTP only to connect to web directory (i.e. /var/www/clients/clientX/webY/) and thus it is not desirable to have all the other directories like bin and lib there. What confuses me is that no other ftp account has these. Is is safe to delete them? Thank you very much. Regards, gzx21
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Oh boy aren't you immature? Act your age bud.
come on, dont be starting a fighting conversation here too.
I don't rate everyone dumb when i'm in a fit, Just because over that conversation about you being selfish over at Fury's thread, and i guess you wanted to rate me dumb here, oh nice one, trying to get back, by rating dumbs on other thread i've posted. Who's being immature? No really, you being quite ironic here. Or even bring some friends along to help you rate.
How sad and pathetic, honestly. Grow up brother, You're only being a hypocrite at this point. I'm not the one here going to other people's post, or thread now, and giving that person a dumb, just because they were mad about what that person decided to say to them.
Lol, at the moment, im the one getting the dumbs. i just dont want a fight here, just content.
Pretty sad how mad he is right now, doing all this, With couple of his butt buddies too, apparently.
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Thats cause he isnt wearing the helmet
in honor of fury_161
Yes i know the posing on the woman is awkward but i had to make something also no editing all in game blah blah blah dead space
The awkward thing its not the posing of the woman... its the woman
Remember the Sprawl?
you shouldn't...
Never the less thats awesome
What is that map? because you need to link it =P ,, cant find proper dead space 2 posing maps!
i think is called atlantis
Who wants to adopt it?
I do I do I do I do I do
But I have to warn you, it can be very stubborn
Don't you mean they? What about his brothers and sisters? You can't just separate them. Unless with a IM-822 Handheld Ore Cutter Line Gun.
I find that the Pulse Rifle works better on them hellspawn. Since they attack in swarms and are easy to put down.
But if they line up nicely, then it's a pleasure of using the Line Gun ^^ Though the Pulse Rifle is also very affective.
Pulse Rifle, I find, Is very good for taking out any of the 3 infant Necromorphs. The demon fetus things, them hellspawn swarms and the exploding babies. Hence why I nicknamed the Pulse Rifle "The Babysitter"
Now we need Survivor Models, though considering a few things, I very doubt most of them will have faceposing (Excluding the Guy on the surgery table and the Elevator Man.)
Plus we need a seperate RIG model.
EDIT: I also hear there's a variation in the Puker's model for multiplayer. Think you could check that out?
not sure what your talking about with the face posing, or rig
and all MP models are low poly thats the difference, other then that there is none
Yeah - I've had a more closer look at some of the survivor's faces during the encounters - some of them don't have any change in their exspression. Regarding the RIG, it could be useful for posing without having to use a Dead Space 2 character model. Just slap it on any ragdoll and you're good to go.
HANDCANNON FOR THE oh wait i think its a little too late...*scream in a distorted way* FUCK!
Hmm.. I just noticed, if someone here can get the rifle used by the security guards who guard the EarthGov lobby; maybe the "Unknown Weapon" as stated in the Dead Space wiki can finally be revealed.
Funny, i checked those, wanting to know myself about those 'unknown weapon' it's just palsue rifle that issac uses, except, it's just uses one laser. No difference, but the laser pointer only being one.
it would be awesome to use the lurker as a headcrab model dont you think?
this is going to be the most longer year of my life
HOLY CRAP,someone uploaded the advanced suit D:
Advance suit was uploaded by someone called MEHDI:
Sorry if I bother, but can i have a screenshot of the weapon?
Thats great, except that it doesn't look like it has fingerposing.
it has... but a little twisted back
homemade handcannon not included
Are there no Cubemaps in the map or does the model really looks like that...strange?
Its not a headhack... but its the best its gonna get
Sam Fisher is a lot like Issac. He sees things being projected onto walls too.
And in one of the game tracks, you can hear his daughter's voice


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Girth Galls I'm having some terrible issues with my thin skinned tennessee walker. wrong halter will rub if left on for too long, grazing muzzle rubs without 2 fleece liners, and the girth goes in/out of rubbing. I have tried an airflex & an older textured neoprene (with felt lining) both have ended up rubbing I have tried various amounts of tension from way to lose to a bit tighter than I would consider "ideal" just to see if that was where the issue was. Most of our trails are sandy so I'm guessing that is one of the issues as I have noticed the problem is much more pronounced after the days of sandy trails, but even on the days we ride at other locations the sores still occur at times. so I figured those of you that are riding longer distances, varying conditions, and thin skinned horses would have some ideas for me to try. do I go the route of a mohair string cinch? a merino wool cinch? I have read about putting vasaline or show sheen under the girth (but keeping away from the saddle) to help everything stay more comfortable, does it work? or just a band-aid for the wrong cinch? I personally like the sound of the merino wool since I love a merino sock, and was told about one that one can buy replacement linings for so I could have a fresh/clean cover every day while we camp, then wash 3-4 liners at once or let one dry while riding in another but can't remember the brand, Professionals Choice has them with a removable lining but I have yet to find the replacement liners... |
My personal preference is a mohair string cinch/girth. You may also have a problem with rigging placement, depending on your style saddle. If the cinch is too far forward you can get some nasty galls. Anywho, I like mohair string because it allows air, but it has to be in the right place. |
Neoprene causes the skin to break down. Mohair will draw moisture away which keeps the skin cooler. Now that the galls are there, even when healed, they will open up again as you're dealing with scar tissue. An old cowboy trick was to place a piece of real sheepskin over the sore, a piece about the size of the cinch ring. The belief was it protected the gall and the lanolin helped it heal. |
Gall Salve Weaver Livestock Supply (Health Care - Wound Care) Weaver AirFlex Roll Snug Straight Cinch - Horse.com I rub gall salve on my thin skinned cremello and then use this cinch and he has not had a gall since the first one. |
the saddle is an Abetta and it has 2 rings, one right under the fender and one a bit farther back so not sure what my options would be for changing the rigging, or did you mean just the saddle itself sitting in the wrong position? I use a product called Fiskes: fiskes.ca which works quite well at clearing the galls up (also good for fly repellent and applying to other wounds, we use it on our horses & I have some customers using it on their cows for different issues) would be nice to go back to my airflex if it's just a matter of changing the rigging as it was easy to clean at the end of a ride and would be dry for the next day vs buying a few cinches to cover me for multi day rides |
Post a photo. That may help to see where the galls are |
A photo would help us. |
I will try to get a photo of my mare tomorrow or wednesday with and without the saddle so you guys can get a better idea of what I'm working with :-) |
I second (or third) trying a mohair string cinch. If I don't let them get too nasty/dirty and I keep them adjusted correctly, I don't have problems with them galling even the most sensitive horses. Oh, and stay away from roper style cinches and the ones that have leather binding in the center like this https://sp2.yimg.com/ib/th?id=HN.608...8&pid=15.1&P=0 The roper style takes up more room and can make the galls worse if you are already having a fit problem. As for the leather middle, that will gall a horse like nobody's business. You'll want to stick to this type, a regular straight cinch, with a nylon center...and make sure you keep it centered on the horse. https://sp1.yimg.com/ib/th?id=HN.608...9&pid=15.1&P=0 Also, when I was training for the public, I bought this stuff in bulk. Some may not believe me when I say so, but this actually helps the gall heal without having to give the horse time off. Just slather on a nice layer before the ride, rinse them off and slather on some more after the ride, and all but the very worst galls will be healed in just a few days. It won't sweat off and water won't rinse it off, plus, it keeps the bugs off the wound without having to apply any stinging fly spray to the area. I've used it on myself when I got a scrape or rope burn up at the barn (not something I'd use before a night on the town though as it does have a smell that most would consider unpleasant, not bad smelling, just not good either :wink:). Gall Salve Weaver Livestock Supply (Health Care - Wound Care) ETA: Hahaha, I didn't realize I was linking the same salve as Dreamcatcher :lol:. Great minds think alike, it's amazing stuff. |
LOL! Yeah, I can't imagine not having Bickmore Gall Salve around! It's so good, I figure it's bound to get banned for some stupid reason. |
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While I may not qualify for the top spot in the Guinness Book of World Records, I do believe I would give anyone on the planet a run for their money when it comes to writing about sports collectors and their collections. Over the past two decades, I have encountered thousands of collectors and just about every imaginable collection.
Considering that I have spent a fairly substantial part of my professional life writing about amassers and their amassments, it probably comes as no surprise that I am fascinated by what prompts a person to be attracted to certain items, how they go about procuring those items, and what they do with them once they are in their possession. That fascination has resulted in my separating collectors into three categories.
The first type of collector I call "The Investor," because they don't necessarily have an emotional attachment or passion towards what they collect, but rather an interest in procuring items in hopes of generating income by making them available for display or research, turning them around for a quick profit, or holding on to them for long-term appreciation. I have found that it is extremely rare to encounter a pure investor because, while someone might begin collecting something simply because they believe it will bring them financial reward, they usually find themselves learning a lot about what they are collecting and, in a matter of time, that education becomes knowledge, which then becomes appreciation.
The second type of collector I have dubbed "The Presenter," due to their desire to amass items they can grandly display to delight, impress and awe both themselves and others. Presenters usually have wonderful stories to tell about each piece in their collection, and they love to share the details of its provenance and how it came into their possession.
The third type of collector I have identified as "The Emoter." This collector's assemblage is made up of treasures that involve a deep personal attachment to something particular – an athlete, a sport, a stadium, a team, an event, a period in time, various items such as game-used equipment, cards or numerous other things. These collectors harbor a deep psychological and emotional attraction to the things they collect. They display what can only be described as reverence when it comes to their items. It is a reverence that overtly manifests itself as passion and, in some instances, (both covertly and not so covertly) an obsession.
There are, to be sure, crossovers. I would even venture to say that most collectors embody an element of each characteristic. However, I have usually found that one or two of the three traits always tend to be dominant.
Investors tend to be both understood and admired by the non-collectors of the world, while the Presenters and Emoters are sometimes viewed as being eccentric and obsessed at best, and downright wacky at worse. I certainly have had my encounters with those who are clearly obsessed, eccentric and wacky. But I believe that they, along with those of us who (at least in our own minds) believe we simply have a healthy and normal interest in certain things, should stand unrepentant, fully aware that those born lacking the collecting gene will never comprehend the enjoyment our collections bring us.
If there ever was such an unrepentant soul, it is a collector who embodies both the traits of The Presenter and The Emoter on the highest levels – a Los Angeles businessman by the name of Gary Cypres.
Now, as previously stated, in my time, I've seen some big collections. I've seen some unique collections and, I've seen some collections that include one-of-a-kind museum-quality pieces. However, never, and let me emphasize the word NEVER, have I EVER seen anything like what Gary Cypres calls his "little collection".
Let me put this into some sort of perspective so you can better understand just how phenomenal Cypres' "little collection" is...
It is a sports memorabilia collection that includes items from the Victorian era on to the collegiate and professional football, baseball and basketball teams of today. The vast collection includes the earliest existing golf clubs, tennis rackets and gym equipment, on through peach baskets used as the first-ever basketball hoops, Babe Ruth's travel trunk and comprehensive sets of sportscards, movie posters, sporting goods advertisements, sports-related arcade games and game-used uniform's and equipment from every major sport.
So, what do you do when you have compiled one of the most incredible sports collections of all time?
If you're the soft-spoken and unpretentious Gary Cypres, you decide it would be "sort of nice to share it" and so you open your own private 27,000 square foot museum right smack in the middle of downtown Los Angeles.
To help you get your bearings as to just how big a 27,000 square foot museum is, let's compare that to the two largest and most well-known sports museums in existence – the exhibit space at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown is 50,00 square feet and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton has 83,000 square feet of exhibit space.
The Cypres Family Sports Museum, as Gary has formally dubbed his facility, houses what he believes is the world's single most comprehensive sports memorabilia collection ever assembled.
"My collection celebrates the evolution, excellence, and pure enjoyment of sports," says Gary. "The Halls of Fame honor the individuals of sports. This collection honors the evolution of sports – the equipment, uniforms and venues."
An entrepreneurial businessman, whose success has stemmed from catering to the Hispanic-American cliental in ventures such as mortgage lending and the travel industry, Cypres says he has always been a collector, starting back when he was a kid with sportscards.
"I can't remember a time I didn't collect something," Cypres says with a smile. "And I'm no different than any other person who collects things. It's the thrill of the chase – finding those great pieces that you never even knew existed. But, while I have always been a collector, I really started doing it seriously in the early 1990s. I started by collecting equipment from European sports such as golf and tennis and that led to American sports."
Gary says that unlike most sports collectors who are fascinated with a particular sport, team or player, he was always more fascinated with the equipment.
"I have always been intrigued with how technology has changed sports," he says. "Why? Who can say? But from the stadiums and venues on down to the smallest things, it has always been the equipment and how sports has evolved that has fascinated me."
That fascination inspired Gary to begin collecting items that trace the history of sports. And that collection ultimately brought about a domestic dilemma.
"I ran out of room in my house," he says with a shrug. "And while a museum was not on my mind in the beginning, I had this building in downtown Los Angeles, and one day, after restructuring some of my businesses, I decided I would use some of the space I had to create a sports museum."
Even with his own private 27,000 square foot museum, Gary says that he still has tons of stuff that he doesn't have room to display.
"My problem is I have a passion for all of it," he says with a laugh. "I have attended most major auctions, all the private dealers know me, and I have traveled all over the world collecting items. Every time I find a really great piece it fulfills my need. But, like most collectors, it will never satisfy me. I always want more."
Cypres says that ever since he was a child he has always loved going to museums and that his ideas for his museum came largely through what he had personally liked or disliked about the ones he had visited.
"When you set out to build a museum you have to have some concept of what you hope to accomplish," Cypres says. "I had a rather vague, big picture idea of what I wanted to do but really, most of this museum has been done by trial and error. I had dealt with professional museum designers at first, but then rather quickly, decided against using them. I just felt that, for better or worse, I was going to do it myself. That way, I could make the call if something was working or not and didn't have to answer to anyone."
Cypres says that he believes that there is a current movement amongst collectors who have either large or significant collections to want to find a way to share them.
"What gives a collector their greatest joy?" Cypres asks rhetorically. "The opportunity to show off their collection! That is certainly the case with me. I eventually want this museum to be open to the public, because this collection should be shared. Most people will never have the opportunity to see things like these, and that is perhaps even more so the case here on the West Coast. Southern California is an extremely diverse place culturally and economically. There are underprivileged kids here who will never get to see Cooperstown or Canton, so I want to open this up to charitable organizations and schools. I just want to share it with people who have an appreciation for these things."
While Gary's hope is to someday share his treasures with the at-large public, presently, due to issues such as codes and zoning, the Cypres Family Museum is a private venture, which means in order for one to visit, arrangements must be made through Cypres' office. But don't let that stop you – Gary says he will be happy to accommodate anyone who wants to see his museum.
"For now I will be happy to make arrangements with individuals to see the collection and I plan on making the museum available to groups or organizations to use for private functions, but my ultimate goal is that this museum will be opened to the public," Cypres says. "Who knows,"' he continues with his low-key casual shrug. "Maybe someday it will."
Upon first entering the Cypres museum, visitors find themselves in a huge room dedicated to collegiate sports. From there guests can peruse vignettes that present the history of golf, tennis, biking, boxing, gymnasiums, sports related arcade games and even the influences of sports on the motion picture industry.
There are exhibits that cover traditional English sports, the Spalding sporting goods empire and the history of sportscards. Among the sportscard displays, visitors will be able to get up close and personal with cards and sets from the first great age of cards – 1887 through 1895. From there they can progress to the second great age of cards – 1909 through 1915. Beautiful collections of the first color card sets are on display and, perhaps most thrilling, is that in the center of the card exhibit, you can actually get within inches of an elusive Honus Wagner T206 card– something one can usually only get this close to if (depending on its grade) you have between $100,000 and $1.5 million dollars to spare.
The baseball exhibits, which make up the lion's share of the museum, include detailed recreations of such legendary venues as Fenway Park, Boston's Grand Pavilion and the Polo Grounds. Everywhere you look there are incredible treasures such as items that were personally owned by Babe Ruth, original photographs, documents, banners and items from various stadiums, and even an original cornerstone from Yankee Stadium.
Beautifully designed vignettes present various aspects of America's Pastime including the evolution of the glove, the bat and ball, the uniform, and the protective gear of the umpire and catcher.
In one of the most intriguing rooms in the museum, the Gallery of the Greats presents 25 original oil paintings of baseball's most legendary Hall of Famers. The paintings came from the collection of Tony Piet, who was a Major League second baseman for the Detroit Tigers back in the 1930s. Following Piet's playing days, he used his Motor City connections to open a car dealership and in 1963, he commissioned artist Carl Tolpo to create huge paintings that could be displayed on the walls of his showroom. Tolpo, a well-known artist of the time, renowned for his paintings and busts of American political figures, created the paintings which include portraits and biographical information of Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, Joe DiMaggio, Christy Mathewson and Lou Gehrig.
In the football display areas, you will find game-used uniforms, helmets and equipment that trace the evolution of protective gear. Oh, and even though visitor's heads will be spinning by this point, being as that there is so much to take in, it does nothing to lessen the awe of the beautifully signed photo of quarterback Harry Stuhldreher, fullback Elmer Layden and halfbacks Jim Crowley and Don Miller, the legendary backfield from Notre Dame's 1924 team, who were better known as "The Four Horsemen".
In the basketball area, vintage balls, baskets, nets and backboards from various eras are surrounded by all types of game-used uniforms and equipment. One section even pays homage to the great centers of the NBA, presenting game-worn uniforms of the games biggest (and we literally mean biggest) players.
Cypres, who himself was a star basketball player back during his days at Hofstra University, admits he has not yet gathered enough items to present the evolution of hockey and has nothing pertaining to auto racing. "I will probably never do anything on auto racing because that would be extremely difficult. Cars are expensive! I would however like to do an exhibit on soccer. But old soccer stuff is very hard to find."
While Gary's Investor level rarely seems evident (he says he has no real idea what his collection is worth), his Presenter and Emoter levels are clearly seen as he brings guests through the final exhibits of his museum. And, while he has already run out of room to display everything he currently owns, still he searches – for old soccer stuff and anything else that strikes his fancy.
"I just love this stuff," he says breaking out in a huge grin. "My young boys love it. My older girls are amused by it. And while my wife likes that I collect, she doesn't quite understand it. She doesn't have the excesses that I do."
As one completes their tour of Gary's "little collection" there is a sense that he enjoys showing it just as much, or perhaps even more, than people enjoy seeing it.
"I do love to see how people respond to these things," he rather shyly admits. "It brings out the kid in people. It evokes childhood. It recaptures youth. I love to see how people react because I understand that reaction. Sometimes I stand in here myself and look at all this stuff and think 'this is just unbelievable!'"
For further information on the Cypres Family Sports Museum, or to arrange for a private tour or a corporate or fundraising event, you can contact Gary Cypres' office at (213) 763-4824.
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