birth_place awards birth_date article_title name occupation
drummondville , quebec order of canada 6 may 1936 bernard lemaire
 bernard lemaire businessman
bernard lemaire

bernard lemaire , -lrb- born may 6 , 1936 -rrb- is a canadian businessman .
he is the chairman of the board of cascades inc. , a canadian manufacturer of packaging products , tissue products and fine papers products .
born in drummondville , quebec , he studied civil engineering at the université de sherbrooke and mcgill university .
in 1960 , he joined the family recycling business , drummond pulp and fiber .
in 1963 , along with his father and brother , laurent , he founded papier cascades inc. -lrb- which later became cascades inc. -rrb- .
he was president and chief executive officer of the company until 1992 .
in 1987 , he was made an officer of the order of canada , the centrepiece of canada 's honours system which recognizes a lifetime of achievement and merit of a high degree , especially in service to canada or to humanity at large .
in 2002 , he was awarded the chevalier de l'ordre national de la légion d'honneur of france .
