Frank McKinnon was a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation Congress, chairman of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association, and vice-president of the Canadian Olympic Association for one term.
11 Facts About Frank McKinnon
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Frank McKinnon became the principal of the high school in Carman, Manitoba in 1964 and later helped create the Manitoba High School Athletics Association, the governing body for high school athletics in the province.
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Frank McKinnon served on the board on the Manitoba Amateur Hockey Association for 18 years, five as president, during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.
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Frank McKinnon was Canada's representative at the IIHF Congress during the mid-1970s and a member of the organizing committee for the first IIHF World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in 1974.
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Frank McKinnon was elected to the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association executive in 1975, as the vice-president of senior international hockey.
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Frank McKinnon then served as first vice-president of the CAHA from 1977 to 1979.
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Murray Costello was hired as the president, and Frank McKinnon was elected the first chairman of the board of governors in 1979.
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Frank McKinnon was succeeded by Tubby Schmalz in May 1981, but returned to the chairman's role upon Schmalz's death in December 1981.
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Frank McKinnon has been honoured for his volunteer work in other sports, including an induction into the Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Frank McKinnon was named a member of the Order of Canada by His Excellency, the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, in 2014 and formally inducted in a ceremony shortly before his death in 2015.
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Frank McKinnon died in Calgary, Alberta on May 31,2015, at the age of 80.