Background
Born on a farm in Naco, Alberta (now a ghost town ), Kroeger was descended from Mennonites who emigrated from Russia.
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Education
Bachelor with honors, U. Alberta, 1955; Bachelor, University of Oxford, England, 1958; Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Western Ontario, Canada, 1991; Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Calgary, Canada, 1995.
Career
He received a BA in 1955 from the University of Alberta and was a Rhodes Scholar. In 1958, he joined the Department of External Affairs and served in Geneva, New Delhi, Washington, and Ottawa. He was deputy minister of the following ministries: Indian and Northern Affairs (1975–1977).
Transport Canada (1979–1983). Regional Industrial Expansion (1985–1986). Energy, Mines and Resources (1986–1988).
And Employment and Immigration Canada (1988–1992). He retired from public service in 1992. From 1993 to 1994, he was a visiting professor at the University of Toronto.
From 1993 to 1999, he was a visiting fellow at Queen's University. From 1993 to 2002, he was Chancellor of Carleton University. Carleton also named the Arthur Kroeger College of Public Affairs, the school for the university's undergraduate Bachelor of Public Affairs and Policy Management program and Bachelor of Global and International Studies programme, in Kroeger's honour.
She died in 1979. Kroeger's second spouse was Huguette Labelle. On May 9, 2008, Kroeger died at the Élisabeth Bruyère Health Centre in Ottawa with his family by his side.
Achievements
Membership
Program chairman Governor General's Study Conference, 1995. Board directors Canada Policy Research Networks, The Parliamentary Center, Social Research and Demonstration Corporation, Transparency International. Member of advisory board Alberta N.E. G&S.
Member National Statistics Council. Member Canada Association Rhodes Scholars (president 1995-1997).
Connections
Married Gabrielle Jane Sellers, May 7,1966 (deceased). Children: Alexandra, Kate.
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Awards
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Companion of the Order of Canada Order of Canada
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