Background
KEENLEYSIDE, Hugh was born on July 7, 1898 in Toronto. Son of Ellis William and Margaret Louise (Irvine) Keenleyside.
KEENLEYSIDE, Hugh was born on July 7, 1898 in Toronto. Son of Ellis William and Margaret Louise (Irvine) Keenleyside.
University of British Columbia, Vancouver and Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Served with C.F.A. First World War. Lecturer in History, University of. Counsellor 1940; Assistant Under-Secretary of State for External Affairs 1941.
Canadian Ambassador to Mexico 1944^17. Deputy Minister of Mines and Resources 1947-1950. Director-General United Nations Technical Assistance Administration 1950-1959.
United Nations Under-Secretary for Public Administration 1959. Chairman British Columbia Power Commission, and Adviser to Government, of British Columbia on Resource Development Policies 1959-1962. Chairman British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority 1962-1969.
Chairman Board of Governors 1972-1975. Honorary Chairman Canadian National Committee on United Nations Conference on Human Settlements and Association Commander-General of Habitat Conference. Director and one of founders of Arctic Institute of N. America.
Director various companies. Officer or.
Member and secretary, United States-Canada Permanent Joint Board on Defense, since 1940. Member Canadian Shipping Board, 1939-1941, Special Committee on Orientals in British Columbia. 1940, Canada-United States Joint Economic Committee, since 1941, Northwest Territories Council, since 1941.
Married Katherine Hall Pillsbury in 1924.