Kenneth Bryce Williamson

Kenneth Bryce Williamson

As a young officer in 1955 I was assigned to work for Ken Williamson in the Eastern European section of European division. Because my older sister had been one of his classmates I was aware of his brilliant academic record at the…

Georges W.J. Charpentier

Georges W.J. Charpentier

An officer of the Department since 1949, Georges Charpentier served in Canberra, London, Ankara and Rome before becoming Canadian Ambassador to the Ivory Coast in 1970. He retired from the Department in 1986, and died in Ottawa on March 24, 1990.

Good and Faithful Servants

Good and Faithful Servants

Quand j’arrivai à Ottawa en 1953, un de mes bons amis, Jean Gabriel Maranda, faisait ses débuts au ministère. À cette époque, les novices étaient deux par bureau. Maranda était un Montréalais passé par Paris; c’était la fantaisie faite homme, plus latin…