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Arthur Thomas Porter IV, PC (June 11, 1956 – June 30, 2015), was a Canadian physician and hospital administrator. In February 2004, Porter was appointed to replace Hugh Scott as the Director General and CEO of the McGill University Health Centre in Montreal, Quebec, one of Canada's largest academic health centres. He left that position in December 2011. Porter also served as chair of the Canadian Security Intelligence Review Committee, which reviews the activities of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, Canada's spy agency. He was appointed to that committee by Prime Minister Stephen Harper on September 3, 2008, and along with that appointment, was made a Privy Councillor. On May 27, 2013, Porter was arrested in Panama on fraud charges, which alleged that he took part in a $22.5 million kick-back scheme related to the construction of McGill University Health Centre's new $1.3 billion hospital. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation called it the biggest fraud investigation in Canadian history.〔 Porter denied any wrongdoing. Porter composed his memoirs, ''The Man Behind the Bow Tie: Arthur Porter on Business, Politics and Intrigue'', with writer and biographer T.R. Todd, and the book was released on September 12, 2014.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Man Behind the Bow Tie: Arthur Porter on Business, Politics and Intrigue: Arthur Porter, T. R. Todd: 9781927958124: Books - Amazon.ca )〕 The book has been optioned for television and movie rights. Porter died just before midnight on June 30, 2015, at a cancer hospital in Panama.〔 His death was announced on July 1, 2015. ==Early life and education== Porter was born in Sierra Leone. He held both Canadian and American citizenship. He was married to Pamela Mattock Porter and had four children. His mother was Danish.〔http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/obituary-the-rise-fall-and-death-of-arthur-porter〕 His father, Arthur Porter III, spearheaded the expansion of the University of Nairobi in Kenya during the years when Kenyan President Jomo Kenyatta was in power. The Nairobi University has notices acknowledging this service. Porter received his early education in Sierra Leone and Kenya. After attending the University of Sierra Leone, he studied in England at the University of Cambridge, including its School of Clinical Medicine.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Cambridge Elective - School of Clinical Medicine )〕 Porter earned his M.B.A. from the University of Tennessee and certificates in medical management from Harvard University and the University of Toronto.〔(Universal Healthcare Management Systems website )〕 He also studied at Western University in London, Ontario. He was bestowed a Fellowship and Diplomate status in Healthcare Administration from the American Academy of Medical Administrators. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arthur Porter (physician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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