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Bachelor director of Royal Ontario Museum, James Cruise is ready to name one of the new display areas after you, for a price. To be specific, $3 milli(...)
Bachelor director of Royal Ontario Museum, James Cruise is ready to name one of the new display areas after you, for a price. To be specific, $3 milli(...)

Bachelor director of Royal Ontario Museum, James Cruise is ready to name one of the new display areas after you, for a price. To be specific, $3 milli(...)

Date9/29/1982
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Original Toronto Star caption: Bachelor director of Royal Ontario Museum, James Cruise is ready to name one of the new display areas after you, for a price. To be specific, $3 million. It would be a relatively inexpensive way to buy immortality, he says.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0041418F
      The new director of the Royal Ontario Museum is bachelor James Edwin Cruise, 49, a biologist from the University of Toronto
      The new director of the Royal Ontario Museum is bachelor James Edwin Cruise, 49, a biologist from the University of Toronto
      Cruise, James
      6/5/1975
      Rich in treasures only: Dr. James Cruise, director of the Royal Ontario Museum, and provincial Culture Minister Susan Fish examine three giant gold nu(...)
      Rich in treasures only: Dr. James Cruise, director of the Royal Ontario Museum, and provincial Culture Minister Susan Fish examine three giant gold nu(...)
      Bock, Tony
      2/22/1984
      Uncle Frank Dawson tends to one of his injured wildfowl at his 3 3/4-acre conservation area on Elmcrest Rd. The 83-year-old bachelor has been patching up injured birds for as long as anyone can remember. With a small creek running through the back, his property has become a haven for hundreds of waterfowl. He has lived in the same house for over 50 years and has raised a varietyof birds. But Dawson can't recall when people started to bring birds to him, he said.
      Uncle Frank Dawson tends to one of his injured wildfowl at his 3 3/4-acre conservation area on Elmcrest Rd. The 83-year-old bachelor has been patching up injured birds for as long as anyone can remember. With a small creek running through the back, his property has become a haven for hundreds of waterfowl. He has lived in the same house for over 50 years and has raised a varietyof birds. But Dawson can't recall when people started to bring birds to him, he said.
      Slaughter, Mike
      9/1/1978
      'We want talk--not food', That was the chant yesterday as Royal Ontario Museum director Dr. T. Cuyler Young offers hors d' oeuvres to James Clancy, le(...)
      'We want talk--not food', That was the chant yesterday as Royal Ontario Museum director Dr. T. Cuyler Young offers hors d' oeuvres to James Clancy, le(...)
      Faught, Ken
      9/27/1985
      Boys and dogs - always a good combination - cruise down the placid river in the Meadowvale Conservation Area, the newest of four such areas operated b(...)
      Boys and dogs - always a good combination - cruise down the placid river in the Meadowvale Conservation Area, the newest of four such areas operated b(...)
      Calleja, Frank
      7/2/1973
      Reaching for the moon: It looks like it as John Eleen, one of the new trustees of the Royal Ontario Museum, points out a display to his wife Luba at the opening of the ROM: Nature's Biographer exhibition last night.
      Reaching for the moon: It looks like it as John Eleen, one of the new trustees of the Royal Ontario Museum, points out a display to his wife Luba at the opening of the ROM: Nature's Biographer exhibition last night.
      Spremo, Boris
      9/11/1972
      Below, getting ready to make their first entrance as a newly married couple are Rebecca Grafstein in a wedding grown of white silk and lace by Milli of Hamilton, and Laurence Grafstein
      Below, getting ready to make their first entrance as a newly married couple are Rebecca Grafstein in a wedding grown of white silk and lace by Milli of Hamilton, and Laurence Grafstein
      Grafstein, Jerry
      8/8/1989
      Country flavor: You'd think you were many kilometres from the city in the Rouge, one of Scarborough's final frontier areas
      Country flavor: You'd think you were many kilometres from the city in the Rouge, one of Scarborough's final frontier areas
      Dunlop, Al
      11/22/1984
      Hundreds of rocks are displayed in the mineralogy department laboratory of the Royal Ontario Museum as Dr. Joseph Mandarino, head of the department, talks with 13-year-old Steven Berdock. Steven began collecting specimens two years ago and is proud of the display he has at home. The museum's collection is one of the fienst in North America and among the best ten in the world.
      Hundreds of rocks are displayed in the mineralogy department laboratory of the Royal Ontario Museum as Dr. Joseph Mandarino, head of the department, talks with 13-year-old Steven Berdock. Steven began collecting specimens two years ago and is proud of the display he has at home. The museum's collection is one of the fienst in North America and among the best ten in the world.
      Darrell, Dick
      1/8/1971
      Director under fire, James Cruise asks for understanding
      Director under fire, James Cruise asks for understanding
      Bezant, Graham
      5/2/1979
      What homes will appreciate most? Well-planned communities and core areas are likely to show the biggest price jumps says Toronto housing guru Frank Clayton
      What homes will appreciate most? Well-planned communities and core areas are likely to show the biggest price jumps says Toronto housing guru Frank Clayton
      Beaty, Keith
      4/18/1985
      One of Seaplanes scouting fire areas for new outbreaks and rushing men to fight them is seen anchored on small lake awaiting new load of firefighters.(...)
      One of Seaplanes scouting fire areas for new outbreaks and rushing men to fight them is seen anchored on small lake awaiting new load of firefighters.(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      6/2/1948