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Norman Eric Webster Born June 4, 1941
Summerside, Prince Edward IslandNorman Eric Webster (born June 4, 1941) is a Canadian journalist: a former editor-in-chief of The Globe and Mail and The Gazette.[1]
Born in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, he was educated at Bishop's College School and received his B.A. from Bishop's University. He was a Rhodes Scholar at St John's College, Oxford. He took part in the 1962 Oxford-Cambridge Tour of Poland and Czechoslovakia and was awarded a Full Blue for ice hockey in 1963 and 1964.[citation needed] He went on to a distinguished career as a foreign correspondent, editor and columnist.
In 1995, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.[2]
References
- ^ "Norman Webster". The Gazette. http://www.montrealgazette.com/columnists/norman_webster.html. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
- ^ "Norman E. Webster, C.M., M.A., D.C.L.". Order of Canada. http://archive.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=3546. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
Editors-in-Chief of the ten largest Canadian newspapers Toronto Star Joseph E. Atkinson (1899-1948), Harry Comfort Hindmarsh (1948-1955), Beland Honderich (1955-1966), Peter Newman (1969–1971), Robert Nielsen (acting 1970s), Fred Kuntz (2006-2008), Giles Gherson (2004-2006), Michael Cooke (2009-present)The Globe and Mail George McCullagh (1936-1952), Oakley Dalgleish (1952-1963), R. Howard Webster 1963-1965, James L. Cooper (1965-1974), Richard S. Malone (1974-1978) Richard Doyle (1978-1983), Norman Webster (1983-1989), William Thorsell (1989-1999), Richard Addis (1999-2002), Edward Greenspon (2002-2009), John Stackhouse (2009-present)Le Journal de Montréal André Lecompte (1964-?), Paule Beaugrand-Champagne, Lyne RobitailleLa Presse William-Edmond Blumhart, Guy Crevier (2001), Philippe Cantin, André Pratte (2001-present)Toronto Sun Peter Worthington (1971-1982), Barbara Amiel (1983-1985), John Downing (1985-1997), Lorrie Goldstein (1997-2005), Linda Williamson, Mike Strobel (1999-2001), Jim Jennings (2004-2006), Glenn Garnett (2007), Lou Clancy (2007-2009), James Wallace (acting 2009-present)National Post The Vancouver Sun Neil Reynolds (2000-2003), Patricia Graham (2003-present)Montreal Gazette Norman Webster, Joan Fraser (1993-1996), Alan Allnutt (1996-2000), Andrew PhillipsOttawa Citizen Charles Herbert Mackintosh (1874-1892), Hugh Clark 1897-1898, Edward Whipple Bancroft Morrison (1898-1913), Keith Spicer (1985-1989), Gordon Fisher (1989-1991), James Travers (1991-1996), Neil Reynolds (1996-2000), Scott Keir Anderson (2000-2007), Gerry Nott (2009-present)Winnipeg Free Press John Wesley Dafoe (1901-1944), Margo Goodhand (2007-present)Categories:- Living people
- 1941 births
- Members of the Order of Canada
- People from Summerside, Prince Edward Island
- Writers from Prince Edward Island
- Canadian newspaper reporters and correspondents
- Canadian columnists
- Canadian newspaper editors
- The Globe and Mail people
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