Melvin Goodes
Canadian businessman
Melvin "Mel" Russell Goodes was a Canadian businessman. Goodes was born April 11, 1935, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. His father, Cedric, was an assistant accountant, then a budget analyst, in the finance department of the City of Hamilton. His mother, Mary, was active with such groups as the Churchill Field Lawn Bowling Club. Goodes attended Westdale Secondary School, where he was a star athlete at Westdale, nicknamed “Sugarfoot” for his basketball ability.
He graduated from Queen's University at Kingston, receiving his Bachelor of Commerce in 1957. In later years he was an active member of the board of trustees and a benefactor of the university. In 2009, he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. He and his wife, Nancy founded the Melvin R. Goodes Prize for Excellence in Drug Development. Described as the Nobel Prize for Alzheimer’s, it provides $150,000 annually to a researcher.
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