Heads of Missions (Canada)
Every Canadian head of post and dates of service, by person and country Coverage: Historical to 2026 edition. Note: Updated June 2026; best ambassador dataset found. Loaded automatically.
Source: Global Affairs Canada · updated October 6, 2026 · Open Government Licence - Canada
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Download CSV| LAST_NAME_NOM_DE_FAMILLE | FIRST_NAME_PRENOM | TITLE_NAME_EN_NOM_DU_TITRE_AN | TITLE_DESCRIPTION_EN_DESCRIPTION_DU_TITRE_AN | TITLE_NAME_FR_NOM_DU_TITRE_FR | TITLE_DESCRIPTION_FR_DESCRIPTION_DU_TITRE_FR | ID | PERSON_ID_IDENTIFIANT_DE_PERSONNE | TITLE_ID_ID_DU_TITRE | Other details |
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| Macdonnell | Ronald Macalister | HC | High Commissioner | H-C | Haut-commissaire | 2026 | 763 | 8 | POSTING_TYPE_ID_ID_DU_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION: 4; POSTING_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_AN: Non Consular; POSTING_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_FR: Non Consulaire; COUNTRY_ID_ID_DU_PAYS: 184; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SRI LANKA; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: SRI LANKA; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 9/23/1970 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 8/2/1972 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 5/19/1973 12:00:00 AM |
| Macpherson | Marion Adams | HC | High Commissioner | H-C | Haut-commissaire | 2027 | 580 | 8 | POSTING_TYPE_ID_ID_DU_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION: 4; POSTING_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_AN: Non Consular; POSTING_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_FR: Non Consulaire; COUNTRY_ID_ID_DU_PAYS: 184; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SRI LANKA; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: SRI LANKA; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 7/19/1973 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 10/2/1973 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 9/22/1976 12:00:00 AM |
| McAskie | Carolyn M. | HC | High Commissioner | H-C | Haut-commissaire | 2028 | 96 | 8 | POSTING_TYPE_ID_ID_DU_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION: 4; POSTING_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_AN: Non Consular; POSTING_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_FR: Non Consulaire; COUNTRY_ID_ID_DU_PAYS: 184; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SRI LANKA; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: SRI LANKA; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 7/23/1986 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 9/29/1986 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 7/14/1989 12:00:00 AM |
| Hurley | James Joseph | HC | High Commissioner | H-C | Haut-commissaire | 2029 | 387 | 8 | POSTING_TYPE_ID_ID_DU_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION: 4; POSTING_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_AN: Non Consular; POSTING_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_FR: Non Consulaire; COUNTRY_ID_ID_DU_PAYS: 184; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SRI LANKA; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: SRI LANKA; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 2/19/1953 12:00:00 AM; APPOINTMENT_DATE_NOTE_NOTE_DE_LA_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: OIC: 1953-250; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 8/20/1953 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_NOTE_NOTE_DE_LA_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: Source: LAC, RG25, Volume number: 6616, File number: 11156-F-40, File part: 1; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 12/15/1957 12:00:00 AM |
| George | James | HC | High Commissioner | H-C | Haut-commissaire | 2030 | 369 | 8 | POSTING_TYPE_ID_ID_DU_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION: 4; POSTING_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_AN: Non Consular; POSTING_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_FR: Non Consulaire; COUNTRY_ID_ID_DU_PAYS: 184; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SRI LANKA; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: SRI LANKA; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 8/2/1960 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 3/6/1964 12:00:00 AM |
| Grande | George Kinnear | HC | High Commissioner | H-C | Haut-commissaire | 2031 | 270 | 8 | POSTING_TYPE_ID_ID_DU_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION: 4; POSTING_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_AN: Non Consular; POSTING_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_FR: Non Consulaire; COUNTRY_ID_ID_DU_PAYS: 184; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SRI LANKA; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: SRI LANKA; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 2/11/1964 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 6/6/1966 12:00:00 AM |
| Collacott | David Martin | HC | High Commissioner | H-C | Haut-commissaire | 2032 | 173 | 8 | POSTING_TYPE_ID_ID_DU_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION: 4; POSTING_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_AN: Non Consular; POSTING_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_FR: Non Consulaire; COUNTRY_ID_ID_DU_PAYS: 184; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SRI LANKA; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: SRI LANKA; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 9/22/1982 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 9/13/1982 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 7/31/1986 12:00:00 AM |
| Cooper | Percy Stewart | HC | High Commissioner | H-C | Haut-commissaire | 2033 | 666 | 8 | POSTING_TYPE_ID_ID_DU_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION: 4; POSTING_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_AN: Non Consular; POSTING_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_FR: Non Consulaire; COUNTRY_ID_ID_DU_PAYS: 184; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SRI LANKA; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: SRI LANKA; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 7/27/1976 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 10/8/1976 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 10/28/1979 12:00:00 AM |
| Archibald | Ruth | HC | High Commissioner | H-C | Haut-commissaire | 2034 | 769 | 8 | POSTING_TYPE_ID_ID_DU_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION: 4; POSTING_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_AN: Non Consular; POSTING_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_FR: Non Consulaire; COUNTRY_ID_ID_DU_PAYS: 184; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SRI LANKA; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: SRI LANKA; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 8/4/1998 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 1/1/2002 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_TYPE_ID_ID_DE_TYPE_DE_DATE_DE_FIN: 7; TERMINATION_DATE_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_DATE_DE_FIN_AN: Date Missing Month and Day; TERMINATION_DATE_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_DATE_DE_FIN_FR: Date manquante Mois et jour; TERMINATION_DATE_NOTE_NOTE_DE_DATE_DE_FIN: Date Missing Month & Day/Manque le mois et le jour |
| Cavell | Reginald George | HC | High Commissioner | H-C | Haut-commissaire | 2035 | 708 | 8 | POSTING_TYPE_ID_ID_DU_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION: 4; POSTING_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_AN: Non Consular; POSTING_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_FR: Non Consulaire; COUNTRY_ID_ID_DU_PAYS: 184; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SRI LANKA; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: SRI LANKA; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 12/13/1957 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 3/18/1958 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 4/2/1960 12:00:00 AM |
| Clark | Robert Wilfred | HC | High Commissioner | H-C | Haut-commissaire | 2036 | 751 | 8 | POSTING_TYPE_ID_ID_DU_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION: 4; POSTING_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_AN: Non Consular; POSTING_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_FR: Non Consulaire; COUNTRY_ID_ID_DU_PAYS: 184; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SRI LANKA; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: SRI LANKA; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 8/24/1979 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 12/24/1979 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 6/26/1982 12:00:00 AM |
| Touchette | Jean-Marcel | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 2037 | 418 | 2 | POSTING_TYPE_ID_ID_DU_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION: 4; POSTING_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_AN: Non Consular; POSTING_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_FR: Non Consulaire; COUNTRY_ID_ID_DU_PAYS: 185; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SUDAN; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: SOUDAN; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 6/10/1974 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 1/14/1974 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 7/24/1977 12:00:00 AM |
| Stansfield | David | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 2038 | 164 | 2 | POSTING_TYPE_ID_ID_DU_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION: 4; POSTING_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_AN: Non Consular; POSTING_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_FR: Non Consulaire; COUNTRY_ID_ID_DU_PAYS: 185; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SUDAN; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: SOUDAN; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 7/8/1971 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 8/1/1971 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 7/8/1974 12:00:00 AM |
| Starnes | John Kennett | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 2039 | 463 | 2 | POSTING_TYPE_ID_ID_DU_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION: 4; POSTING_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_AN: Non Consular; POSTING_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_FR: Non Consulaire; COUNTRY_ID_ID_DU_PAYS: 185; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SUDAN; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: SOUDAN; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 1/17/1967 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 10/2/1967 12:00:00 AM |
| Stockwell | David M. | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 2040 | 172 | 2 | POSTING_TYPE_ID_ID_DU_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION: 4; POSTING_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_AN: Non Consular; POSTING_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_FR: Non Consulaire; COUNTRY_ID_ID_DU_PAYS: 185; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SUDAN; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: SOUDAN; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 12/17/1992 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 11/30/1992 12:00:00 AM |
| Schioler | John Pontoppidan | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 2041 | 473 | 2 | POSTING_TYPE_ID_ID_DU_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION: 4; POSTING_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_AN: Non Consular; POSTING_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_FR: Non Consulaire; COUNTRY_ID_ID_DU_PAYS: 185; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SUDAN; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: SOUDAN; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 10/13/1983 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 2/4/1984 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 1/21/1985 12:00:00 AM |
| Perron | Marc | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 2042 | 566 | 2 | POSTING_TYPE_ID_ID_DU_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION: 4; POSTING_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_AN: Non Consular; POSTING_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_FR: Non Consulaire; COUNTRY_ID_ID_DU_PAYS: 185; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SUDAN; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: SOUDAN; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 6/27/1985 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 8/17/1985 12:00:00 AM |
| MacDonald | David S.H. | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 2043 | 880 | 2 | POSTING_TYPE_ID_ID_DU_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION: 4; POSTING_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_AN: Non Consular; POSTING_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_FR: Non Consulaire; COUNTRY_ID_ID_DU_PAYS: 185; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SUDAN; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: SOUDAN; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 6/11/1987 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 10/7/1987 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 1/4/1989 12:00:00 AM |
| Lessard | Gabriel-Marie Frédéric | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 2044 | 253 | 2 | POSTING_TYPE_ID_ID_DU_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION: 4; POSTING_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_AN: Non Consular; POSTING_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_FR: Non Consulaire; COUNTRY_ID_ID_DU_PAYS: 185; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SUDAN; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: SOUDAN; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 9/26/1995 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 12/1/1995 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_TYPE_ID_ID_DE_TYPE_DE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 5; PRESENTATION_DATE_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION_AN: Date Missing Day; PRESENTATION_DATE_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION_FR: Date Jour manquant; PRESENTATION_DATE_NOTE_NOTE_DE_LA_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: Date Missing Day/Manque le jour; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 7/31/1998 12:00:00 AM |
| Elliott | Robert L. | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 2045 | 744 | 2 | POSTING_TYPE_ID_ID_DU_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION: 4; POSTING_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_AN: Non Consular; POSTING_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_FR: Non Consulaire; COUNTRY_ID_ID_DU_PAYS: 185; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SUDAN; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: SOUDAN; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 7/10/1980 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 3/21/1981 12:00:00 AM |
| Filleul | Francis Miles | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 2046 | 238 | 2 | POSTING_TYPE_ID_ID_DU_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION: 4; POSTING_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_AN: Non Consular; POSTING_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_FR: Non Consulaire; COUNTRY_ID_ID_DU_PAYS: 185; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SUDAN; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: SOUDAN; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 9/21/1989 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 9/17/1992 12:00:00 AM |
| Ford | Robert Arthur Douglass | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 2047 | 729 | 2 | POSTING_TYPE_ID_ID_DU_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION: 4; POSTING_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_AN: Non Consular; POSTING_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_FR: Non Consulaire; COUNTRY_ID_ID_DU_PAYS: 185; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SUDAN; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: SOUDAN; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 3/6/1961 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 8/20/1961 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 1/5/1964 12:00:00 AM |
| Déry | Jean-Marie Gaétan | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 2048 | 419 | 2 | POSTING_TYPE_ID_ID_DU_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION: 4; POSTING_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_AN: Non Consular; POSTING_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_FR: Non Consulaire; COUNTRY_ID_ID_DU_PAYS: 185; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SUDAN; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: SOUDAN; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 8/4/1977 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 4/26/1978 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 8/25/1980 12:00:00 AM |
| Carter | Thomas Lemesurier | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 2049 | 816 | 2 | POSTING_TYPE_ID_ID_DU_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION: 4; POSTING_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_AN: Non Consular; POSTING_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_FR: Non Consulaire; COUNTRY_ID_ID_DU_PAYS: 185; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SUDAN; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: SOUDAN; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 9/28/1967 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 3/17/1968 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 12/29/1970 12:00:00 AM |
| Chapdelaine | Joseph Marc Antoine Jean | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 2050 | 493 | 2 | POSTING_TYPE_ID_ID_DU_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION: 4; POSTING_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_AN: Non Consular; POSTING_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_FR: Non Consulaire; COUNTRY_ID_ID_DU_PAYS: 185; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SUDAN; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: SOUDAN; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 10/24/1963 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 5/3/1964 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 12/12/1964 12:00:00 AM |