Escott Reid
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Escott Meredith Reid, CC , MA , LL.D (January 21, 1905 - September 28, 1999), was a Canadian diplomat, international public servant and academic administrator.
Born in Campbellford, Ontario, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the Trinity College, University of Toronto in 1927. A Rhodes scholar, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1929 and a Master of Arts degree in 1935 from Christ Church, Oxford.
From 1932 to 1938, he was the first full-time National Secretary for the Canadian Institute of International Affairs. From 1937 to 1938, he was the acting Professor of Government and Political Science at Dalhousie University.
In 1939, he joined the Canadian Foreign Service and held positions in Washington, D.C., London, and Ottawa. He accompanied Minister of Trade and Commerce James MacKinnon on a tour of Latin America in 1941 which established trade agreements with several nations. In 1947, he was appointed Assistant Under-Secretary for External Affairs and was Deputy Under-Secretary from 1948 to 1952. He was a member of the Canadian delegation to the founding conference of the United Nations in San Francisco in 1945. From 1952 to 1957, he was the High Commissioner for Canada to India and from 1958 to 1962 he was Ambassador to Germany. From 1962 to 1965, he was Director of the South-Asia and Middle East Department of the World Bank.
From 1965 to 1969, he was the first Principal of Glendon College, York University.
He is the author of the following books: The Future of the World Bank (1965), Strengthening the World Bank (1973), Time of Fear and Hope: The Making of the North Atlantic Treaty 1947-49 (1977), Envoy to Nehru (1981), On Duty: A Canadian at the Making of the United Nations, 1945-46 (1983), Hungary and Suez 1956: A View From New Delhi (1987) and Radical Mandarin: The Memoirs of Escott Reid (1989).
In 1971 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada "for his services as a diplomat, international public servant and educator". In 1993 he received the Pearson Medal of Peace for his work as a public servant.
[edit] Books about him
- Escott Reid: Diplomat and Scholar edited by Greg Donaghy and Stéphane Roussel, McGill-Queen's University Press (2004, ISBN 0-7735-2713-3)
[edit] References
- A Brief History of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs. Retrieved on February 23, 2006.
- In Memoriam: Escott Reid. Retrieved on February 23, 2006.
- Canadian Who's Who 1997 entry. Retrieved on February 23, 2006.
