Malcolm Norman Bow
Malcolm (Mac) Norman Bow (1918–2005) was a former Canadian diplomat. He was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, and educated at the University of Alberta and the University of British Columbia. His father, Malcolm Ross Bow, was a medical doctor and Alberta deputy minister of health for 25 years.[1]
During World War II Bow served with The Calgary Highlanders.[2] He was seconded by the British and posted to Myanmar[3] and India, eventually achieving the rank of major.[2] Returning to Britain in 1945, Bow proposed to Betty Roberts, a British aeronautics inspector at a Lancaster bomber factory.[2] The couple married in March of that year.[2]
After returning to Canada, Bow worked as a journalist for the Vancouver Province and completed his undergraduate degree.[2] In 1949 Bow joined the Department of External Affairs.[2]
During his diplomatic career, Bow served as Chargé d'affairs a.i. to Spain followed by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Czechoslovakia,[4] Hungary,[5] Cuba[6][7] and Haiti.[8] Bow considered his greatest accomplishment to be the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, which he helped negotiate.[2]
Bow and his wife had four children.[2] Bow died in 2005 and his wife died in 2012.[2]
| Diplomatic posts | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by William McKenzie Wood |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Haiti 1974-1975 |
Succeeded by Wilfrid Marcel Agnès |
| Preceded by Kenneth Charles Brown |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Cuba 1973-1975 |
Succeeded by James Edward Hyndman |
| Preceded by Established |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Hungary 1965-1968 |
Succeeded by Thomas Blake Burrill Wainman-Wood |
| Preceded by John Alexander McCordick |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Czechoslovakia[9] 1964-1968 |
Succeeded by Thomas Blake Burrill Wainman-Wood |
| Preceded by Léon Mayrand |
Chargé d'Affaires a.i. to Spain 1958-1964 |
Succeeded by Jean Bruchési |
References and notes
- ↑ "Dr. Malcolm Bow dies in hospital". Edmonton Journal. 6 July 1982. p. C8. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Martin, Sandra (14 August 2012). "Diplomat’s wife lived life of adventure, with postings round the globe". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- ↑ "City Officer in Burma Shows Natives Hoop Game". Edmonton Journal. 16 May 1945. p. 9. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- ↑ "Speaker given party". Calgary Herald. Canadian Press. 18 September 1967. p. 7. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- ↑ "Official presented". Leader-Post. Associated Press. 25 May 1965. p. 15. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- ↑ Wright, Robert (2010). Three Nights in Havana: Pierre Trudeau, Fidel Castro, and the Cold War World. Harper Collins. p. 124. ISBN 9781554689316.
- ↑ "Castro 'friendly' towards Canadians". Windsor Star. Canadian Press. 23 January 1974. p. 4. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- ↑ "Canadian diplomats named by minister". Lethbridge Herald. Canadian Press. 26 August 1975. p. 36. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- ↑ An Embassy was established in Czechoslovakia in April 1965.