Hopton, Albert W.

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Hopton, Albert W.

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  • Hopton, Bert

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      1904-May 2, 1962

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      Albert (Bert) W. Hopton was a vice-president and director of the Dominion Rubber Company Ltd. and was one of the original members of the University of Waterloo Board of Governors.

      Hopton joined the staff of Dominion Rubber in 1917 had moved to Kitchener-Waterloo in 1935. He served as the president of the K-W Rotary Club, Westmount Golf Club, and the Kitchener Chamber of Commerce. Hopton also served as the chairman of the Society of Automotive Engineers, the vice-president of the Athletic Association of Kitchener and Waterloo, an honorary director of the Y.M.C.A., a director of the Freeport Sanatorium, and an elder of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church.

      Hopton was married to Marjorie Brown and had three children.[1]

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      Created June 2024 by AM.
      Updated June 2024 by NM.

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          [1] Obituary. The Coryphaeus, Thursday, May 17, 1962 (v.2, n.24), page 2.

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