Escott Reid

Escott Meredith Reid, CC , MA , LL.D (January 21, 1905 - September 28, 1999), was a Canadian diplomat, author, international public servant and academic administrator.

Born in Campbellford, Ontario, he was the son of the Shropshire native Rev. Alfred John Reid (1861-1957), by his wife Morna Irvine Meredith (1871-1962), the youngest daughter of Edmund Allen Meredith (1817-1899). He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Trinity College, in the 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.

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.

Bibliography

*"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)
*"Radical Mandarin: The Memoirs of Escott Reid" (1989)

References

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* Greg Donaghy and Stéphane Roussel, editors. "Escott Reid: Diplomat and Scholar." Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2004. ISBN 0-7735-2713-3)

External links

* [http://www.unac.org/en/news_events/pearson/1993.asp Pearson Medal of Peace - Escott Reid]
* [http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=1399 Order of Canada Citation]