Hon. J.W. Pickersgill, P.C., joined the Foreign Service in 1937 and was shortly thereafter assigned to the Prime Minister’s Office. He was appointed Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to Cabinet in 1952, then left the Civil Service for elected office and served as Secretary of State, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, Minister of Transportation in the St. Laurent and Pearson Cabinets. He is the author of four volumes in the Mackenzie King memories (1939-1948) and last year published The Road Back, his memoirs of the opposition Liberals during the Diefenbaker government.
