Background
Born in Canning, Kings County, Nova Scotia, the son of Doctor Master of Arts Covert and Minnie A. (Clarke) Covert, he graduated from Dalhousie University in 1929 at the top of his class.
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Frank Manning Covert
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Bachelor, Dalhousie U., 1927; Bachelor of Laws, Dalhousie U., 1929.
Career
lieutenant later became Stewart McKelvey, the largest law firm in Atlantic Canada. From 1940 to 1942, he served with the Department of Munitions and Supply and was a protégé of the Communicative Disorders Howe. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in September 1942.
On May 10, 1945, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
A well known corporate director, he served on more than 50 corporate boards, including the Royal Bank of Canada. In 2004 the book, Frank Manning Covert: Fifty Years in the Practice of Law, based on his diaries and edited by Barry Cahill was published by McGill-Queen"s University Press.
They had four children: Michael, Peter, Susan and Sally.
Achievements
Membership
With Royal Canadian Air Force, 1942-1945.
Connections
Married Mary Louise Covert, August 25, 1934. Children: Michael, Susan, Peter, Sally.
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Nationality
Canadian
Awards
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire; Officer of the Order of Canada Distinguished Flying Cross; Order of Canada
The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is the second highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada.The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is the second highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada.