 | Frank Manning Covert: Fifty Years in the Practice of Law Subjects: Covert Frank Manning 1908–1987; Lawyers -- Nova Scotia -- Biography; Corporate lawyers -- Canada -- Biography; Businessmen -- Canada -- Biography; Directors of corporations -- Canada -- Biography; A member of what Peter Newman christened the "Munitions and Supply Gang" in World War II Ottawa, Covert was a protégé of the legendary minister of everything, C.D. Howe, for whom he later helped create the post of chancellor of Dalhousie University. Appointed an officer of the Order of Canada in 1982, Covert's citation noted that he had "given generously of his counsel and leadership to universities, hospitals and charitable organizations" - an understatement typical of the man, who believed that successful work was its own best reward. Cahill Barry : Barry Cahill is an independent scholar of the legal history of Atlantic Canada and was researcher with the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children Restorative Inquiry from 2016 to 2019. He lives in Halifax. |
