Malcolm (Mac) Norman Bow (1918–2005) was a Canadian diplomat. He was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, and educated at the University of Alberta and the University of British Columbia. His father, Malcolm Ross Bow, was a medical doctor and Alberta deputy minister of health for 25 years.
During World War II Bow served with The Calgary Highlanders. He was seconded by the British and posted to Myanmar and India, eventually achieving the rank of major. Returning to Britain in 1945, Bow proposed to Betty Roberts, a British aeronautics inspector at a Lancaster bomber factory. The couple married in March of that year.
After returning to Canada, Bow worked as a journalist for the Vancouver Province and completed his undergraduate degree. In 1949 Bow joined the Department of External Affairs.
During his diplomatic career, Bow served as Chargé d'affairs a.i. to Spain followed by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Cuba and Haiti. Bow considered his greatest accomplishment to be the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, which he helped negotiate.
Bow and his wife had four children. Bow died in 2005 and his wife died in 2012.
| Diplomatic posts | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded byWilliam McKenzie Wood | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Haiti 1974-1975 |
Succeeded byWilfrid Marcel Agnès |
| Preceded byKenneth Charles Brown | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Cuba 1973-1975 |
Succeeded byJames Edward Hyndman |
| Preceded byEstablished | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Hungary 1965-1968 |
Succeeded byThomas Blake Burrill Wainman-Wood |
| Preceded byJohn Alexander McCordick | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Czechoslovakia 1964-1968 |
Succeeded byThomas Blake Burrill Wainman-Wood |
| Preceded byLéon Mayrand | Chargé d'Affaires a.i. to Spain 1958-1964 |
Succeeded byJean Bruchési |
References and notes
- "Dr. Malcolm Bow dies in hospital". Edmonton Journal. 6 July 1982. p. C8. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- ^ Martin, Sandra (14 August 2012). "Diplomat's wife lived life of adventure, with postings round the globe". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- "City Officer in Burma Shows Natives Hoop Game". Edmonton Journal. 16 May 1945. p. 9. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- "Speaker given party". Calgary Herald. Canadian Press. 18 September 1967. p. 7. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- "Official presented". Leader-Post. Associated Press. 25 May 1965. p. 15. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- Wright, Robert (2010). Three Nights in Havana: Pierre Trudeau, Fidel Castro, and the Cold War World. Harper Collins. p. 124. ISBN 9781554689316.
- "Castro 'friendly' towards Canadians". Windsor Star. Canadian Press. 23 January 1974. p. 4. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- "Canadian diplomats named by minister". Lethbridge Herald. Canadian Press. 26 August 1975. p. 36. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- An Embassy was established in Czechoslovakia in April 1965.