“Adapt or Perish”
I recently visited the Tyrell Museum of Paleontology in the dinosaur country of Alberta and had an opportunity to meditate upon the towering bones of the Tyrannosaurus Rex. In his time, the Tyrannosaurus was the Chief Executive Officer. The Boss. Numero Uno.…
Bill Jenkins
Parler de Bill Jenkins, c’est parler de quelqu’un à qui s’appliquerait le testament spirituel de Gogol : « Que chacun accomplisse son oeuvre… Ne soyez pas des âmes mortes, mais des âmes vivantes ».
Reflections on Leaving the Foreign Service
The month of August 1961 stands sharply etched in my mind for two reasons. On the tenth day of that month my wife and I took a taxi to Berlin’s Templehof airport and left the city where we had lived for two…
Tom Burns
It is with great sadness that we mark the death, on May 8, of Tom Burns. His many friends in the public and private sectors join in expressing their condolences to his wife Mary and family.
Sydney G. Harris
Last summer, on leave at his cottage at Norway Bay, and contemplating his last year as Consul General for Canada at Cleveland, Syd made a comment which could stand as his epitaph: “There is so much to do for Canada in the…
In Memorium
M. Jacques Cousineau, survenu à Ottawa le 4 novembre. M. Cousineau est entré au service du Ministère en 1954. Ila été en poste à Vientiane, Beyrouth, Rome, Addis Abéba, Washington et Libreville.
Roger Rousseau
Tous ceux qui ont connu Roger Rousseau ont été attristés d’apprendre son décès le 26 septembre dernier à l’âge de 65 ans.
Bruce Rankin
Bruce Rankin loved the Foreign Service. He used to say that its members were a breed apart — able to adjust quickly to new cultures and to deal imaginatively and flexibly with a huge range of issues and problems. Bruce cared very…
Bruce Rankin: Looking Back
Bruce Rankin joined the Foreign Service in 1945 after serving with the Royal Canadian Navy in the Pacific and the Atlantic during the Second World War. He served in Sydney, Shanghai, Canberra, Bombay, Madrid, Berne, New York, Caracas and Tokyo. In the…
Oriental Carpets — A Very Good Year
One of the signs of the times is every appearance in our newspapers of a sustained interest in Oriental rugs. Almost any daily carries advertisements offering to purchase rugs, particularly antique examples, with little regard for condition. Specialized auctions are frequently advertised.…
