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Sonnee Ruben Cohen is a former businessman and candidate for political candidate in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He campaigned in numerous municipal elections, and was an independent candidate in the 1967 provincial campaign. Cohen was a trustee with B'nai B'rith in the 1940s, and later served on the executive of the Toronto's Herzl Zion Club in the 1950s.〔"To install offices", ''Toronto Star'', 2 April 1949, 30; "Jack H. Papernick Herzl Zion chief", ''Toronto Star'', 27 June 1953, 42.〕 ==Private career== Cohen was a businessman and public relations worker in private life. He worked for Toronto's Dominion Dry Ginger Ale Co. for several years.〔"Saccharin pop hits the market", ''Toronto Star'', 8 November 1969, 66.〕 He also designed products for children. In 1955, he began selling a hockey puck with ball bearings designed for year-round use.〔Mat Dunnell, "Speaking on sport", ''Toronto Star'', 29 March 1955, 16.〕 He later designed a safety kit for schoolchildren.〔Lotta Dempsey, "The veneer rubs off", ''Toronto Star'', 18 April 1963, 51.〕 Cohen was listed as chairman of the Canadian Diabetic Association in 1965, and as Vice-Chair of the North York Safety Council in 1966.〔"It was lively all over town", ''Toronto Star'', 30 October 1965, 59; "`Canada's third biggest' votes without thrills", ''Toronto Star'', 3 December 1966, 9.〕 He asked Canadians to support a mobile diabetes detection unit in 1970, and promoted healthy eating habits later in the decade.〔Sonnee R. Cohen, letter, ''Toronto Star'', 14 February 1970, 2; "Visitors at food building fed advice on proper eating", ''Toronto Star'', 25 August 1973, A14.〕 Cohen founded Worldwide Diabetes Information Service in 1977, a non-profit organization specializing in diabetes information. His work was profiled in a 1985 ''Toronto Star'' feature.〔Leslie Fulton, "Sonnee Cohen's hobby has turned into an obsession", ''Toronto Star'', 13 August 1985, NR11; Stasia Evasuk, "Fun times a priority in 'society of friends'", ''Toronto Star'', 21 July 1988, H3.〕 Cohen was listed in Baycrest and Baycrest Foundation's "Family of Supporters" list for 2005-06.〔(Baycrest and Baycrest Foundation, Annual Review 2005-06 ), accessed 18 October 2006.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sonnee Cohen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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