- Vincent Bladen
Vincent Wheeler Bladen, O.C. (
14 August 1900 –6 November 1981 ) was a Canadian economist and academic.A Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the
University of Toronto , in 1960, he was appointed Chairman of the Royal Commission on the Automotive Industry which helped to created theCanadian-American Automotive Agreement .In 1974, his book "From Adam Smith to Maynard Keynes : the heritage of political economy" was published.
In 1976, he was made an Officer of the
Order of Canada , Canada's highest civilian honor. He was awarded an honoraryDoctor of Laws fromCarleton University in 1966 andYork University in 1975.The Vincent W. Bladen Library at the University of Toronto is named in his honour.
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