bout de papier, Vol. 9, No. 4 (1992) — Fall 1992 // Automne 1992, p. 37
Syd trained at McGill in economics and was a runner on the Canadian team on the 1925 Olympics. After a career as a journalist and businessman, he served with the Department of Munitions and Supply in Washington from 1940-44. He then joined External Affairs as a Special Assistant to the Under- Secretary. He was Ambassador to Mexico 1947-49, Associate Deputy Minister of Trade and Commerce 1949-50, Minister in Washington 1951-53, Ambassador to Brazil 1953-56, Deputy High Commissioner in London 1956-59, and Ambassador to Belgium, Minister to Luxembourg 1959 and concurrently to the EEC in 1960. He died in Ottawa age 91 on May 17, 1992.
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