The Windsor-Essex community is mourning the loss of a local business leader and philanthropist.
Michael Solcz Sr. passed away Saturday at the age of 93.
Solcz was born in 1931 in Hunta, Ont., to an immigrant family from Czechoslovakia. The family moved to Windsor in 1942, and he attended W.D. Lowe Technical School to become a tool and die maker.
In 1959, he founded Valiant Corporation, which is now a global corporation.
Solcz also supported efforts to improve the welfare of the Windsor-Essex community through the Solcz Family Foundation with a focus on supporting projects and programs that provide opportunities for children, youth, and families.
Former Windsor Regional Hospital CEO David Musyj tells AM800 News Solcz cared about everyone, especially children.
“Children that had no control over what life handed them and how he tried to overcome that with supporting various children’s activities and initiatives in order to help those children that got a bad hand in life,” Musyj says.
Solcz …