McGill Library
McLennan Library Building3459 rue McTavish
Montreal, Quebec
H3A 0C9
Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Stone, Fred V.
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Description area
Dates of existence
active 1930s-1940s
History
A native of Alix, Alberta, Fred Stone graduated from McGill with honours in economics in 1931, and earned an M.A. in 1933 for his research on unemployment. From 1934 until 1937 he was secretary to Premiers Reid and Aberhart of Alberta. Thereafter he worked as special representative of the Canadian Association of Adult Education attached to the Canadian Pacific Railway. He joined the C.P.R. in 1942, and rose to the presidency of Canadian Pacific Investments.