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Lester Bowles Pearson (23 April 1897 – 27 December 1972) was a Canadian politician, diplomat, statesman, and scholar who served as the 14th prime minister of Canada from 1963 to 1968.
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Articles relating to Lester B. Pearson, Prime Minister of Canada (1897–1972, term 1963–1968). Pages in category "Lester B. Pearson" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
Lester B. Pearson committed Canada to peacekeeping on November 2, 1956 - from on the Ottawa Peacekeeping Monument. The Lester B. Pearson Canadian International Peacekeeping Training Centre was created as an offshoot of the now-defunct Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies and became an independent organisation in its own right in 2001.
Gravestone of Lester B. Pearson. Maclaren Cemetery is a small cemetery in the town of Wakefield, Quebec and the final resting place for Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson. Established near the 1870s, the cemetery is located in the clearing below the hills bordering the Gatineau River and is the resting place for Scottish settlers in the area.
Maryon Elspeth Moody was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on December 13, 1901.Her father was a doctor and her mother was superintendent of nurses at a hospital. [1]Maryon and Lester Pearson met at the University of Toronto, where he was a teacher and she was a student.
Lester B. Pearson, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and former prime minister of Canada, was the driving force behind the founding of Pearson College UWC. After retiring from public life, Pearson became interested in the United World Colleges movement. At that time, only one United World College existed—Atlantic College in Wales, established in ...
His foundation donated over $100,000 to the Thoughtful House Center for Children in 2007. [18] On April 29, 2010, the NHL Players' Association announced that the Lester B. Pearson Award would be reintroduced as the Ted Lindsay Award for his skill, tenacity, leadership, and role in establishing the original Players' Association. [19]