Although
born, Vienna, 1929, Peter C. Newman’s roots are steadfastly linked to Moravia,
a distinct region of the former Czech and Slovak Federal Republic. Arriving
in Canada as a Czechoslovakian emigrant, Peter was enrolled at Upper Canada
College, a well-known private school bastion in Toronto where many of Canada’s
better known business personalities send their sons. After graduating,
University of Toronto, B.A., 1950, Peter began working for the Financial
Post. He became Editor-in-Chief, 1969-71, Toronto Daily Star, then Editor,
Maclean’s, 1971-81. A prolific author, Peter has written voluminously and
extensively on Canadian business and politics for many U.S., U.K., and
Canadian magazines. His more than 20 books have not only been celebrated
nationally but have contributed immensely to popularizing Canada’s culture,
history, and heritage. Authoring a seven-part TV series on the Canadian
Establishment won for him four ACTRA awards. Winner of many national awards,
Mr. Newman was promoted from Officer, Order of Canada, 1979, to Companion,
Order of Canada, 1990. Today, he lives beside the ocean in British Columbia
where he pursues his sailing interests. In this view, Peter Newman hams
it up, 1987, at the launching of Caesars of the Wilderness, volume II of
his best-selling, three-part history of the Hudson’s Bay Company. [Photo,
courtesy The Toronto Star]