Patrick Reid (50)

  •   Patrick Reid

    Chair, Vancouver Port Corporation. Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, November 14, 1924, to William James and Kathleen (nee Lockhart) Reid. Received a Belt of Honour degree from Royal Military Academy (Sandhurst England) in 1944, received an L.L.B. from Queen’s University (Belfast, Northern Ireland) in 1948, and received a P.S.C. from Canadian Army Staff College (Kingston, Ontario) in 1954.Commander of Military Police in Singapore from 1945-47; Adjutant with l4th/20th Kings Hussars in England from 1950-51; Director of Canadian Government Exhibition Commission in Ottawa from 1962-68; Commissioner General of Canadian Participation in Milan, Italy from 1964-68; Commissioner General of Canadian Participation in San Antonio, Texas in 1968: Commissioner General of Canadian Participation, Expo ‘70 in Osaka from 1968-70; Commissioner General of Canadian Participations in Spokane, Washington in 1974; Commissioner General of Canadian Participation in Okinawa, Japan in 1975: Minister at Canada House in London, England from 1978-82; President of International Bureau of Expositions in Paris, France from 1979-83; Ambassador and Commissioner General of Expo ‘86 in Vancouver, British Columbia from 1982-86: Consul General of Canada in San Francisco, California from 1986-88; Chair of Air Show Canada from 1989-91; and Chair of Globe 90 and Globe 92.

  • Family: Married Alison Cumming on December 12, 1958. They have two children: Amanda and Michael.
  • Business address: 27th Floor, 200 Granville Street, Vancouver BC V6C 1S4 Ph: 666-3841.
  • Directorships: World Trade Centre; Vancouver Board of Trade; Director, Canada-Japan Society; Director, International Maritime Centre: Director, Ports Canada.
  • Community Associations: Vice Chair, Man-In-Motion Society; Vancouver Symphony Society; Presidents Club; Simon Fraser University Commonwealth Society; Council of Patrons; Unicef- BC. Pastimes: Riding, yachting. Gulf Islands home.
  • Honours: Officer; Order of Canada;. Military Cross; Canadian Decoration; Centennial Medal; Great Cross of the Order of Merit, Peru; Order of the Chrysanthemum of Japan; 1986 Sales Executive of Sales & Marketing International; First Distinguished Leadership Award of Simon Fraser University, 1986: Vancouver Downtown Association Award, 1986; Community Leadership Award of Vancouver; Board of Trade, 1990 (with wife, Alison); Outstanding Citizen of the Year from Kiwanis Foundation of Canada, 1989.  

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