Avis de décès de Robert Elliott - Nécrologie - MesAieux.com

ELLIOTT, Robert L. Suddenly, at home in Summerland on 1 January 2011. Robert, born in southern Saskatchewan in 1928 and a graduate of the University of Saskatchewan, was a Foreign Affairs officer until his 1992 retirement. His first posting was as a District Officer in Western Nigeria, followed by assignments in Beirut, New York, London, and Paris where he was minister plenipotentiary. Ambassadorships took him to Algeria, Egypt, Sudan and Hungary; a High Commissionership to Nigeria. He received a 1997 honourary Doctor of Laws degree at the University of Saskatchewan. Robert is survived by his partner, Marjorie, his sister Marjorie Creamer, and by his children Bryan, Kevin and Carolann. The funeral is in Summerland, BC on 6 January at 2:00pm. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Robert Lawton Elliott Book Prize at the University of Saskatchewan would be gratefully accepted.