Don McDougall appointed as member of the Order of Canada

Governor General Mary Simon has announced 85 new appointments to the Order of Canada, and among them is Don McDougall of PEI as a Member of the Order of Canada.  He’s being appointed “for his visionary leadership as the founding director of the Toronto Blue Jays club, and for his entrepreneurship and philanthropy.”  McDougall graduated from St. Dunstan’s University and went on to become the President of Labatt’s in 1973.  Part of his mandate as president during the mid-’70s was to secure a Major League Baseball franchise for Labatt’s and the city of Toronto, and the Blue Jays were born.  In 2008, UPEI named a new building after McDougall and his wife, Marion, to honour their commitment to higher learning and philanthropic efforts.  McDougall is the Owner and Chief Executive Officer of Mill River Resort.