1. Allan Gotlieb received his MA from the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, and his LLB degree from Harvard University, where he was editor of the Harvard Law Review.
12 Facts About Allan Gotlieb
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From 1968 to 1973, Allan Gotlieb was deputy minister of the Department of Communications, and from 1973 to 1976 deputy minister of Manpower and Immigration.
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From 1989 to 1994, Allan Gotlieb was chairman of the Canada Council.
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Allan Gotlieb was an honorary and former fellow of Wadham College, Oxford, and was a visiting fellow at All Souls College, Oxford.
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Allan Gotlieb was a member of the Carlyle Group's Canadian advisory board and a member of the Trilateral Commission.
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Allan Gotlieb was chairman of Sotheby's Canada, former chairman of the Ontario Heritage Foundation, and served as chairman of the board of governors of the Donner Canadian Foundation, known for its annual literary prize.
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Allan Gotlieb was a senior advisor in the law office of Bennett Jones.
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Allan Gotlieb was an art collector, notably of the work of 19th-century painter James Tissot.
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Allan Gotlieb was a proponent of combining North American economic, defence, and security arrangements within a common perimeter and, in 2002, he advocated for a "grand bargain" with the US to create new trade rules and institutions.
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When Ronald Reagan died in 2004, Allan Gotlieb provided commentary for CBC Newsworld's coverage of the state funeral drawing from his experiences as Canadian ambassador to Washington when Reagan was president.
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Allan Gotlieb married Sondra Gotlieb in December 1955.
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Allan Gotlieb died on April 18,2020, from cancer and Parkinson's disease at his home in Toronto.