Balsillie gives universities an assist

London Free Press

Norman DeBono
June 26, 2007

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WATERLOO -- Fresh off a bike ride with Lance Armstrong in Alberta, Jim Balsillie -- described at a news conference here yesterday as "the most famous man in Canada," -- pledged $50-million to create a new school of international affairs and help fund an existing one.

The only thing he didn't do was talk on the subject that drew national media to the news conference -- hockey.

Balsillie, co-chief executive of RIM, maker of the BlackBerry wireless device, has bid to …

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