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Fifty years in the practice of law

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A member of what Peter Newman christened the "Munitions and Supply Gang" in World War II Ottawa, Covert was a protégé of the legendary minister of everything, C.D. Howe, for whom he later helped create the post of chancellor of Dalhousie University. Appointed an officer of the Order of Canada in 1982, Covert's citation noted that he had "given generously of his counsel and leadership to universities, hospitals and charitable organizations" - an understatement typical of the man, who believed that successful work was its own best reward.

Title Fifty years in the practice of law / Frank Manning Covert
edited by Barry Cahill.
Publisher Montreal
Ithaca [N.Y.] : McGill-Queen's University Press
Creation Date 2005
Notes Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-219) and index.
English
Content Front Matter -- Contents -- Editor’s Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Author’s Preface -- Apple Tree Landing -- Home and School -- At the Bar -- Munitions and Supply -- Illustrations -- On Active Service -- The Forties -- The Fifties -- The Sixties -- The Seventies -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index
Extent 1 online resource (xvi, 228 pages) : illustrations
Language English
Copyright Date ©2005
National Library system number 997010707898505171
MARC RECORDS
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