Malcolm Norman Bow

Malcolm (Mac) Norman Bow (1918–2005) was a Canadian diplomat. He was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, and educated at the University of Alberta and the University of British Columbia. His father, Malcolm Ross Bow, was a medical doctor and Alberta deputy minister of health for 25 years.[1]

During World War II Bow served with The Calgary Highlanders.[2] He was seconded by the British and posted to Myanmar[3] and India, eventually achieving the rank of major.[2] Returning to Britain in 1945, Bow proposed to Betty Roberts, a British aeronautics inspector at a Lancaster bomber factory.[2] The couple married in March of that year.[2]

After returning to Canada, Bow worked as a journalist for the Vancouver Province and completed his undergraduate degree.[2] In 1949 Bow joined the Department of External Affairs.[2]

During his diplomatic career, Bow served as Chargé d'affairs a.i. to Spain followed by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Czechoslovakia,[4] Hungary,[5] Cuba[6][7] and Haiti.[8] Bow considered his greatest accomplishment to be the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, which he helped negotiate.[2]

Bow and his wife had four children.[2] Bow died in 2005 and his wife died in 2012.[2]

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Haiti
1974-1975 		Succeeded by
Wilfrid Marcel Agnès
Preceded by
Kenneth Charles Brown
 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Cuba
1973-1975 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Established
 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Hungary
1965-1968 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Czechoslovakia[9]
1964-1968 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Chargé d'Affaires a.i. to Spain
1958-1964 		Succeeded by

References and notes

  1. ^ "Dr. Malcolm Bow dies in hospital". Edmonton Journal. 6 July 1982. p. C8. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Martin, Sandra (14 August 2012). "Diplomat's wife lived life of adventure, with postings round the globe". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  3. ^ "City Officer in Burma Shows Natives Hoop Game". Edmonton Journal. 16 May 1945. p. 9. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  4. ^ "Speaker given party". Calgary Herald. Canadian Press. 18 September 1967. p. 7. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  5. ^ "Official presented". Leader-Post. Associated Press. 25 May 1965. p. 15. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  6. ^ Wright, Robert (2010). Three Nights in Havana: Pierre Trudeau, Fidel Castro, and the Cold War World. Harper Collins. p. 124. ISBN 9781554689316.
  7. ^ "Castro 'friendly' towards Canadians". Windsor Star. Canadian Press. 23 January 1974. p. 4. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  8. ^ "Canadian diplomats named by minister". Lethbridge Herald. Canadian Press. 26 August 1975. p. 36. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  9. ^ An Embassy was established in Czechoslovakia in April 1965.