Floyd Chalmers

Floyd Sherman Chalmers, (September 14, 1898 – April 26, 1993) was a Canadian editor, publisher and philanthropist.

Early life and career Born in Chicago, Illinois, to Canadian parents, he was raised in Orillia and Toronto, Ontario.

Chalmers married Jean Chalmers, née Boxall, in 1921. They had a son, Wallace Chalmers, in 1923, and a daughter, Joan Chalmers, born May 30, 1928.

Chalmers first established his subsequent career in publishing as editor of the battalion's newsletter, he later became president of Maclean-Hunter from 1952 to 1964 and chairman of the board until 1969. In 1964, Maclean-Hunter went public and Chalmers sold half his shares.

He wrote Codes for Canada (1934), A Gentleman of the Press (1969), a biography of John Bayne Maclean, and Both Sides of the Street: One Man’s Life in Business and the Arts in Canada (1983), an autobiography.