Arnold Smith
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A talented student, he won a Rhodes Scholarship to Christ Church, Oxford.
From 1958 to 1961, he was the Canadian Ambassador to Egypt. From 1961 to 1963, he was the Canadian Ambassador to the USSR. During his time at the Commonwealth Secretariat, the Commonwealth flag was designed on his and Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's initiative.
In 1975 he was made a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour. In 1984, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada for "a long and distinguished diplomatic career".[1]
Arnold Smith was the elder brother of Wilfred Cantwell Smith.[2]
His published work includes Stitches In Time; the Commonwealth in World Politics.[3]
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- ↑ Smith, Arnold, and Clyde Sanger. Stitches in Time : The Commonwealth in World Politics. Don Mills, Ont.: General Publishing, 1981.
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