Peter A. Herrndorf was born October 27, 1940, and lived until February 18, 2023. He was a Canadian lawyer and media businessman. He retired as the president and chief executive officer of the National Arts Centre on June 2, 2018.
Peter A. Herrndorf was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, he graduated with a BA in political science and English from the University of Manitoba in 1962 and a law degree from Dalhousie University in 1965. In 1970, he received an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Herrndorf joined the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) as a TV reporter/editor in Winnipeg beginning in 1965 a day after graduating from Dalhousie. Later that year, he moved to CBC Edmonton as a current affairs producer.
In 1967, he transferred to Toronto as a producer of the network’s current affairs series The Way It Is. From 1974 to 1977.
He was appointed to the board of directors of the CBC in February 2005 for a five-year term. He was also on the board of governors of the University of Ottawa.
On June 30, 2017, it was announced that he was named a Companion of the Order of Canada by Governor General David Johnston for “his transformative leadership in Canada’s artistic community and for his enduring commitment to building a thriving national arts scene.”
Peter Herrndorf Cause Of Death
Matthew Herrndorf confirmed the news, saying his father died of cancer early Saturday morning “surrounded by family” at Toronto’s Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital.