Gérin-Lajoie, Paul, 1920-2018

found: The globe and mail, 26 June 2018, online, viewed 1 October 2018(Paul Gérin-Lajoie, the architect of modern Quebec education system, died on Monday [25 June]; born in Montreal on Feb. 23, 1920; won a Rhodes Scholarship in 1938; served as Quebec's first education minister from 1964 to 1966, and as the head of the Canadian International Development Agency from 1969 to 1977; named a companion of the Order of Canada in 1979)

found: Wikipedia, viewed 1 October 2018:Paul Gérin-Lajoie (Canadian lawyer, philanthropist, and a former member of the National Assembly of Quebec and Cabinet Minister; born February 23, 1920, in Montreal, Quebec; studied at the Université de Montréal and as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, where he received a Doctor of Laws degree; admitted to the Bar of Quebec in 1943; ran as a Liberal candidate unsucessfully in the provincial election of 1956 and in a by-election in 1957, elected in 1960, and re-elected in 1962 and 1966, serving as the Minister of Youth from 1960 to 1964 and as the Minister of Education from 1964 to 1966; served as president of the Canadian International Development Agency from 1970 to 1977; made a Companion of the Order of Canada in 1979 and made an Officer of the National Order of Quebec in 1987 and promoted to Grand Officer in 1998; died June 25, 2018)

found: Canada. Governor General. Honours Recipients database, 1 October 2018(Paul Gérin-Lajoie, C.C., G.O.Q., Q.C.; Montréal, Quebec; Companion of the Order of Canada, awarded on June 24, 1979, invested on April 15, 1980; President of Projecto International Inc. In recognition of his distinguished services to his country, chiefly as president of the Canadian International Development Agency from 1970 to 1977, and as deputy premier and minister of education of the Government of Québec from 1960 to 1966; deceased)

found: Amicus database, 1 October 2018(authorized access point (0005K6457): Gérin-Lajoie, Paul, 1920- ; variant access point: Lajoie, Paul Gérin-, 1920- )