1985 Saint John Spring Convocation
Gotlieb, Allan Ezra
Doctor of Laws (LL.D.)
Orator: Logan, Alan
Citation:
CONVOCATION, MAY, 1985
ALLAN EZRA GOTLIEB
to be Doctor of Laws
The University should indeed count itself fortunate to have been able to draw Ambassador Gotlieb away from his hectic embassy schedule in Washington, if only for a few hours, to receive this degree today. For this man is a human dynamo, a whirling dervish, a tour-de-force (and some would even say an enfant terrible) in diplomatic circles. Doubtless his presence here testifies to the great importance he still places on maintaining strong ties with young Canadians, some of whom may be our diplomats of the future.
Allan Gotlieb is a native Manitoban who was educated mainly in the United States and Britain. His academic record is nothing short of brilliant. He is a former Rhodes Scholar, a graduate of the Harvard Law School and a former university lecturer at Oxford, Queens, Ottawa, and Carlton. His cosmopolitan educational upbringing was to be an ideal preparation for his future career as a specialist in international law in the Department of External Affairs, which he joined in 1957. Since then he has risen sequentially to Deputy Minister of Manpower and Immigration, Under Secretary of State for External Affairs and finally, in 1981, Ambassador to the United States, a position he still holds. In recognition of his services to his country, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1982.
Allan Gotlieb is the author of four books and many articles in the field of political science and international law. His wife Sondra is also a writer of considerable stature. A former winner of the Leacock Prize for Humour, she startled the literary world in 1981 with her novel, First Lady, First Lady, about the wife of a Canadian ambassador to Washington, written before her husband’s appointment. The political and diplomatic establishment in Ottawa would be well advised to check very carefully the drafts of any future novels from this productive and far-sighted lady.
Allan Gotlieb entered the diplomatic service in the days of Lester Pearson and the special relationship with the United States. Those days are gone forever and Canadian business can no longer afford to be complacent about markets to the South. While each country is the other’s largest customer, Canadian business faces the threat of efficiently-run and well-informed foreign competition fed by intelligence from trade missions within the United States. While Allan Gotlieb bobbies tirelessly for Canadian business interests, he constantly advocates increased private sector involvement and there are encouraging signs that businessmen across the country are heeding his advice.
We welcome you, Mr. Ambassador, to our province, to our city in its bicentennial year and to our campus and take great pleasure in having you with us for this special occasion.
Insignissime Praeses, tota Universitas, praesento vobis Alanum Ezra Gotlieb ut admittatur honoris causa ad gradem Doctoris in Utroque Jure in hac Universitate.
From: Honoris Causa - UA Case 70, Box 2
ALLAN EZRA GOTLIEB
to be Doctor of Laws
The University should indeed count itself fortunate to have been able to draw Ambassador Gotlieb away from his hectic embassy schedule in Washington, if only for a few hours, to receive this degree today. For this man is a human dynamo, a whirling dervish, a tour-de-force (and some would even say an enfant terrible) in diplomatic circles. Doubtless his presence here testifies to the great importance he still places on maintaining strong ties with young Canadians, some of whom may be our diplomats of the future.
Allan Gotlieb is a native Manitoban who was educated mainly in the United States and Britain. His academic record is nothing short of brilliant. He is a former Rhodes Scholar, a graduate of the Harvard Law School and a former university lecturer at Oxford, Queens, Ottawa, and Carlton. His cosmopolitan educational upbringing was to be an ideal preparation for his future career as a specialist in international law in the Department of External Affairs, which he joined in 1957. Since then he has risen sequentially to Deputy Minister of Manpower and Immigration, Under Secretary of State for External Affairs and finally, in 1981, Ambassador to the United States, a position he still holds. In recognition of his services to his country, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1982.
Allan Gotlieb is the author of four books and many articles in the field of political science and international law. His wife Sondra is also a writer of considerable stature. A former winner of the Leacock Prize for Humour, she startled the literary world in 1981 with her novel, First Lady, First Lady, about the wife of a Canadian ambassador to Washington, written before her husband’s appointment. The political and diplomatic establishment in Ottawa would be well advised to check very carefully the drafts of any future novels from this productive and far-sighted lady.
Allan Gotlieb entered the diplomatic service in the days of Lester Pearson and the special relationship with the United States. Those days are gone forever and Canadian business can no longer afford to be complacent about markets to the South. While each country is the other’s largest customer, Canadian business faces the threat of efficiently-run and well-informed foreign competition fed by intelligence from trade missions within the United States. While Allan Gotlieb bobbies tirelessly for Canadian business interests, he constantly advocates increased private sector involvement and there are encouraging signs that businessmen across the country are heeding his advice.
We welcome you, Mr. Ambassador, to our province, to our city in its bicentennial year and to our campus and take great pleasure in having you with us for this special occasion.
Insignissime Praeses, tota Universitas, praesento vobis Alanum Ezra Gotlieb ut admittatur honoris causa ad gradem Doctoris in Utroque Jure in hac Universitate.
From: Honoris Causa - UA Case 70, Box 2
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