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Don
(Donald
Gerald)
McGILLIVRAY, 1927 - 2003
Canadian journalist Don
McGILLIVRAY died at Mount Saint Mary Hospital
in Victoria, British Columbia, on 24 June 2003.
Don was born 21 June 1927 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and grew
up on a farm in nearby Archive.
He completed a B.A. in Economics at the University of Saskatchewan
before embarking on a journalistic career in 1951.
Don was a reporter and city-desk editor at the Regina Leader-Post
until 1955, and a reporter and columnist for the Winnipeg Tribune
from 1955 to 1962. He was Parliamentary Correspondent for Southam
News Service in Ottawa from 1962 to 1966, Southam National Correspondent
in Washington in 1966, Southam Bureau Chief in London, England
(1967 - 1970), and Associate Editor of the Edmonton Journal from
1970 to 1972. Editor of the Financial Times of Canada (1972 -
1975), Don returned to Southam News in Ottawa as National Economics
Editor (1975 - 1984) and
as National Political and Economic Columnist
(1985 - 1995). Don won three National Business Writing awards.
Don was a founding member, a Treasurer, and President (1986 -
87) of the Centre for Investigative Journalism, now the Canadian
Association of Journalists. He taught journalism at Concordia
University and was Adjunct Research Professor in journalism at
Carleton University for 15 years beginning in 1978.
Don McGILLIVRAY is survived and will be sadly missed by his sister
Marion in Moose Jaw, his brother Allan in Edmonton, his son Murray
and daughter-in-law Georgina (Grant) in Calgary, daughter Peigi
Ann and Mark
BAWDEN in Victoria, son Neil and daughter-in-law
Wendy (HARRIS) in Toronto, and daughter Fionna and son-in-law
Howard (CHASE) in Tampa, and his eight grandchildren, Patrick
and Madeleine
McGILLIVRAY,
Rebecca and
Samuel
Willcocks, Noah
and Kate McGILLIVRAY, and Zoö and Eli
CHASE. He was predeceased
by his wife
Julietta (née
KEPNER) and his brother Archie.
Donations are gratefully accepted to the Don McGillivray Scholarship
Fund c/o Development and Alumni Office, Room 510, Carleton University,
1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 5B6, or on-line at
Carleton.ca/alumni (click on Express Counter and type in fund
name).
A memorial service will be held at the First Unitarian Congregation
of Ottawa, 30 Cleary Avenue, at 2: 00 p.m. on Saturday, July 12.
An event to celebrate Don's life for family, Friends, former
colleagues and students is being planned for Sunday, October
19, 2003 in Ottawa. For information about the October event e-mail
donsparty@sympatico.ca
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