Jon Dellandrea

Dellandrea received his BA (English literature) from Scarborough College, both his MEd and EdD from the University of Toronto (Ontario Institute for Studies in Education).

In 1994 Dellandrea returned to the University of Toronto to serve as its vice-president and chief advancement officer, a position he held for 11 years.

By the time the campaign was publicly announced in 1997, most of the $300 million had already been raised under the leadership of Dellandrea and then-President Robert Prichard.

[17] On June 18, 2008, Dellandrea was awarded an honorary doctor of laws by the University of Toronto "for his transformative influence on the advancement profession and the culture of philanthropy in Canada and internationally".

Entitled Brush with Infamy, Dellandrea details his discovery of William Firth MacGregor, a forgotten artist who played a part as a central witness in the Canadian Art Fraud Case of 1962 to 1964.

[19] The Great Canadian Art Fraud Case: The Group of Seven & Tom Thomson Forgeries by Dr. Jon S. Dellandrea was published in October, 2022, by Goose Lane Editions.

This non-fiction work "takes readers back to 1962, a time when forgeries were turning up on gallery walls, in auction houses, and (unwittingly) being hung in the homes of luminaries across Canada.

"[20] Fifty years later, Dellandrea follows the work of Inspector James Erskine with the help of A. J. Casson, the youngest living member of the Group of Seven, to uncover the masterminds behind the forgeries.