- John Meisel
John Meisel, CC (born
October 23 ,1923 ,Vienna ,Austria ) is a Canadian political scientist, teacher and scholar.He attended the
University of Toronto and theUniversity of London . He has taught at Queen's University since 1949. He served on the Ontario Advisory Committee on Confederation in 1965.In 1975, he was a consultant for the
Trilateral Commission 's reportCrisis of Democracy .From 1980 to 1983 he was Chairman of the
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission . From 1992 until 1995, he was the 103rd President of theRoyal Society of Canada .In 1989 he was made an Officer of the
Order of Canada and promoted to Companion in 1999.External links
* [http://www.rsc.ca/index.php?lang_id=1&page_id=105 Royal Society of Canada biography]
* [http://db.archives.queensu.ca/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll?AC=MENU_QUERY&XC=/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll&BU=http%3A//archives.queensu.ca/dbtw-wpd/fondsdb/wiki.htm&TN=fonds&SN=meisel&RF=HTML+-+Fonds+Display&EF=&DF=HTML+-+Fonds+Display&MR=20&RL=1&EL=1&DL=1&NP=0 John Meisel fonds] at Queen's University Archivess-ttl|title=
Chairman of the CRTC
years=1980–1983:
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