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sent Boyle back to New York where he served as a
Special Representative, and in 1964 he was appointed an Agent. During the decade he worked in New York, the Boyles lived in New Jersey, and Ben commuted to Manhattan by train. Boyle returned to Canada in January 1966 and joined the head office in Toronto. The following month, he was appointed Assistant General Manager, International Division. In July 1968 he was appointed General Manager, Administration, and in December 1968 was appointed Deputy Chief General Manager. In September 1972 he was appointed Executive Vice-president and Chief General Manager, and in September 1974 was elected to the board of directors. At an unknown date, Boyle attended the Management Training Course at the
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in 1955, in 1956 Boyle was sent back to the States to work at the new bank's New York branch. Boyle returned to Canada in 1966 and joined the head office in
Toronto. In 1972 he was appointed chief general manager and vice-president, and in 1974 was elected a director. On 1 May 1978, Boyle succeeded
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Dominion Bank. In 1948, he was sent to New York, where he worked in the bank's Manhattan branch for three years before returning to Canada. On 1 February 1955, the Dominion Bank merged with the Bank of Toronto to form the new Toronto-Dominion Bank. In June 1956, TD
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On 31 May 1941, Boyle married Doris Sydney
Mullett (1916–1995), whom he had known since childhood. The wedding took place in Toronto at the home of Doris's brother-in-law, Stanley A. Watson, and the service was officiated by the Rev. Fred Smith, the minister of Silverthorn United Church. Ben and
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Charlotte. He died on Friday, 10 May 1916 in Toronto at age 92. The funeral was held on 10 December at the A. W. Miles Chapel of the Humphrey Funeral Home. He was interred with his late wife at the St. Andrews and St. James Cemetery in Orillia.
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During his tenure as president, Boyle oversaw the bank's expansion in the United States and
Britain, and the introduction of bank credit cards. Boyle retired from the presidency on 31 May 1981 at age 65, and was succeeded in the position by
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John Allan Boyle was born on 10 May 1916 in
Orillia, Ontario to William John Boyle (1880–1941) and Mary Innes MacKenzie (1881–1932). He had two older sisters, Jean (1909–2014) and Mary (1912–1961). Boyle's Scottish mother called him "bonnie
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Thomson was appointed chairman and chief executive. Boyle retired in 1981 at age 65 but remained a director of the bank until 1987. He died in Toronto in 2008 at age 92.
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