Joseph H. Shoctor, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 18-Aug-1922
Place of Birth: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Date of Death: 19-Apr-2001
Profession: lawyer
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Joseph H. Shoctor
- Joseph Harvey Shoctor (August 18, 1922 – April 19, 2001) was a Canadian theatre producer, real estate developer, and lawyer. Shoctor was born in Edmonton, Alberta in 1922, the son of a Jewish father, and grew up in the Boyle Street neighbourhood.
- He first became involved in the theatre industry in his hometown, producing, writing, directing and acting with the Edmonton Little Theatre, Edmonton Light Opera, and entertaining World War II troops.
- After attending Victoria Composite High School, he attended law school at the University of Alberta and was called to the Alberta bar in 1948.
- In the 1960s, he worked in New York City where he produced theatre with Norman Twain.
- In Edmonton in 1965, he purchased the former Salvation Army Citadel building along with friends James L.
- Martin, Ralph B.
- MacMillan, and Sandy Mactaggart.
- The Citadel Theatre was founded on October 12, 1965 with its first opening night on November 10, 1965.
- The theatre's first production to be performed was Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?.
- Shoctor was also involved with founding of the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League, and also served as secretary-manager from 1954 to 1956.
- He was also governor of the National Theatre School of Canada in Montreal.
- A real estate developer, he worked on the planning of neighbourhoods near Rio Terrace, Edmonton, and was also a proponent of revitalization of Downtown Edmonton.Shoctor was made an officer of the Order of Canada in 1986.
- He received the Ramon John Hnatyshyn Award for Voluntarism in the Performing Arts in 1998 and the Alberta Order of Excellence in 1990.
- He is a member of the Edmonton Cultural Hall of Fame, inducted as a builder in 1987, and a recipient of an honorary doctor of laws from his alma mater, the University of Alberta, in 1981.
- A street in Edmonton, Joe Shoctor Alley, is named in his honour.He suffered a heart attack on April 8, 2001 and died in Edmonton on April 19, 2001.
- His funeral was held at the Beth Israel Synagogue in Edmonton and he was later buried at the Edmonton Jewish Cemetery.
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