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Jack Poole
John W. "Jack" Poole, OC, OBC (April 14, 1933, Mortlach, Saskatchewan – October 23, 2009, Vancouver, British Columbia) was a Canadian businessman who, as the head of the VANOC bid committee, was responsible for bringing the 2010 Winter Olympics to Canada.〔( Concert Properties Bio )〕
He died of pancreatic cancer shortly after midnight on October 23, 2009, hours after the Olympic Flame was lit at the beginning of the 2010 Winter Olympics torch relay, in Olympia, Greece 〔("Jack Poole passes away peacefully" ), vancouver2010.com〕
Poole was made a member of the Order of British Columbia in 2003 and was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2006.
==Professional history==
Poole graduated from the University of Saskatchewan in 1954,〔(College of Engineering: Wall of Distinction ) at the University of Saskatchewan〕 with a degree in civil engineering. He subsequently entered the field of real estate development (in which position he hired B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell, then a teenager, as a laborer; Poole later joked that he had given Campbell "his first job", and that by choosing Poole to chair VANOC, Campbell "gave me my last").〔(Winning name of his game: Jack Poole has a big challenge to bring Winter Olympics here ), from The Province, January 27, 2002 (archived at IOCC.ca)〕 Poole co-founded Daon Development Corporation, the second-largest real estate development company in North America until its collapse in 1982.〔
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