He advised beer company Labatts throughout the founding of the franchise, and served as a Jays director, and as Chair.
According to the National Post, the Toronto Blue Jays would not have existed without the significant efforts of Herb Solway.
[3] Solway has in past held directorships with Gluskin Sheff, Sun Media, Labatt Brewing Company, the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and the Tarragon Theatre.
In 2017, he was honoured with the University of Toronto Faculty of Law’s Distinguished Alumni Award, for lifetime public leadership and community achievement.
A lifelong Torontonian, Herb is the son of the late Fanny (née Schwartz) and Alex Solway.