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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824539103321

Autore

Covert Frank Manning <1908-1987.>

Titolo

Fifty years in the practice of law / / Frank Manning Covert ; edited by Barry Cahill

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal ; ; Ithaca [N.Y.], : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2005

ISBN

1-282-86303-7

9786612863035

0-7735-7235-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 228 pages) : illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

CahillBarry

Disciplina

340.92

B

Soggetti

Lawyers - Nova Scotia

Corporate lawyers - Canada

Avocats - Nouvelle-Ecosse

Avocats de societe - Canada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-219) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.