Roger Rousseau

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Roger Rousseau CC (6 February 1921 - 26 September 1986) was a Canadian ambassador. He was also appointed Commissioner for the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.

He served in the air force during World War II, but became a prisoner of war in 1942 until the war's end.[1]

He was born in Trois-Pistoles, Quebec and died of cancer in Ottawa, Ontario. [2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ (French) National Archives of Canada listing for documents relating to Roger Rousseau
  2. ^ "Envoy Roger Rousseau headed 1976 Olympics (obituary)", Toronto Star, 28 September 1985, pp. A20.