Richard Gwyn
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- For the Welsh martyr, see Saint Richard Gwyn.
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Richard John Philip Jermy Gwyn, OC , LL.D (born 1934) is a Canadian civil servant, journalist and author.
Born in Bury St. Edmunds, England, the second son (the first died in infancy) of Brigadier Philip Eustace Congreve Jermy-Gwyn, an Indian Army officer, and Elizabeth Edith Jermy-Gwyn (nee Tilley) he was educated at Stonyhurst College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. In 1954, he emigrated to Canada.
From 1957 to 1959, he was the parliamentary correspondent for United Press International. From 1959 to 1960, he worked for Thomson Newspapers. From 1960 to 1962, he was the Ottawa editor for Maclean-Hunter Business Publications. From 1962 to 1968, he worked for Time Canada as a parliamentary correspondent and contributing editor.
From 1968 to 1970, he was the executive assistant to the Minister of Communications, Eric Kierans. From 1970 to 1973, he was the Director-General, Socio-Economic Planning in the Department of Communications.
He joined The Toronto Star in 1973, where he was a National Affairs Columnist until 1985 and an International Affairs Columnist from 1985 to 1992.
On November 29, 2001 he was appointed chancellor of St. Jerome's University at the University of Waterloo and was installed on March 17, 2002.
In 2002, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.
He married Sandra Gwyn in 1958. She too was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in April 27, 2000. She died in Toronto on May 26, 2000. He is now married to Carol Bishop Gwyn and lives in the Cabbagetown neighbourhood of Toronto.
[edit] Selected books
- John A.: The Man Who Made Us. 2007.
- Nationalism Without Walls. 1995.
- The 49th Paradox: Canada in North America. 1985.
- The Northern Magus: Pierre Trudeau and Canadians. 1980.
- Smallwood, The Unlikely Revolutionary. 1965.
- The Shape of Scandal: A Study of a Government in Crisis. 1965.
[edit] References
- Canadian Who's Who 1997 entry. Retrieved on February 24, 2006.
