bout de papier, Vol. 11, No. 1 (1994) — Spring 1994 // Printemps 1994, p. 34
Bernard Summers, the first Newfoundlander to enter the Canadian Foreign Service, died in Spain, after a long illness, on November 29, 1993. He will be remembered with respect and affection by many former colleagues.
George Bernard Summers was born in 1906. After practising law for several years he entered the Newfoundland Justice Department in 1934, and was Secretary of Justice from 1939 to 1944. In the latter year he joined the British Army, in which he attained the rank of colonel. He served as a legal officer in the British Army military government, and the control Commission for Germany. In 1950, the year after Newfoundland’s entry into Confederation, he was appointed to External Affairs as a Foreign Service Officer. He was Chargé d’affaires a.i. in Prague, 1954-57; Head of United Nations Division, 1957-59; Ambassador to Iran, 1959-62; and Ambassador to Chile, 1963-71. The honorary degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred upon him by Memorial University.
Following his retirement, Bernard and his wife, née Margherita von Wittenburg, resided in Spain. He is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter.
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