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Bio - Stanley M. Diamond
Born 1933, Montreal, Canada. Education: McGill University,
Montreal (B. Commerce '54), Harvard (MBA '58). Founder and Chairman, Intalite
International Group of Companies, 1960 1986. Winner of 1984 Canada Export Award.
Lecturer, author and subject of articles on entrepreneurial activity and
international marketing. One subject in "The New Entrepreneurs 80 Canadian
Success Stories", Alan Gould, Author; Seal Books, Canada. Author of "New
Developments in Research of Polish-Jewish Records" [Avotaynu, The International
Review of Jewish Genealogy, Spring 2013; “The Role of the Jewish Genealogist in
Medical and Genetic Family History” [Avotaynu, Spring 2007; also published in
French, Spanish and Hebrew Journals], “How I Traced the Beta Thalassemia Trait”
[Avotaynu, Winter 2006], “A Jewish Genealogist’s Wish List” [Avotaynu, Spring
2003]; "The 1915-1932 Canadian Naturalization Index" [Avotyanu, Fall 2002];
"Indexing the Jewish Vital Records of Quebec 1841-1942" [Avotaynu, Summer 2002];
Documenting the Fate of the Jews of Ostrów Mazowiecka" [Avotyanu, Fall 2001]; "Shtetl-Based
Jewish Genealogical Research" [Avotyanu, Spring 1998]; "Jewish Vital Records
Research in Quebec" [Shem Tov, Journal of the Jewish Genealogical Society of
Canada (Toronto), June 1998];
Active family historian (22 years); founder and president, Jewish Genealogical
Society of Montreal <www.jgs-montreal.org>. Genealogist member of genetic
research project team with McGill University Montreal Children's Hospital and
Hebrew University Hadassah Hospital, Jerusalem; research related to Beta
Thalassemia genetic trait in Ashkenazi Jewish families <www.diamondgen.org>. Co
author of "Probable Identity by Descent and Discovery of Familial Relationships
by Means of a Rare B Thalassemia Haplotype" [Human Mutation, Volume 9, No. 1,
1997]. Executive Director, Jewish Records Indexing - Poland, an award winning
international project to create an Internet-searchable index of all surviving
Jewish vital records of Poland <www.jri-poland.org>. Founding Board Member,
International Institute of Jewish Genealogy, Jerusalem. Member of Board of
Governors, JewishGen, Inc. Consultant to producers of "Who Do You Think You
Are?" television series, episodes on NBC, CBC and BBC. Awarded the IAJGS
(International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies) Lifetime
Achievement Award in 2002. Featured in an episode of a documentary series on
Canadian television. (“Past Lives” A Global Television Signature Series).
Married to the former Ruth Mirjam Peerlkamp of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; three
daughters and four grandchildren.
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