Thomas Delworth: Obituary

DELWORTH, W. Thomas
Diplomat and University Provost
Passed away peacefully in Ottawa on Monday October 29 at the age of 83. Survived by his loving and beloved wife of forty-three years, Pamela, and his son Christopher, whose presence was a tower of strength for him toward the end of his life. Predeceased by his parents, Cecil Ivor Delworth and Jessie Strang Corry, his stepmother Edna Edith Shaw and his older brother John Corry Delworth.
Tom joined the Foreign Service in 1956 and spent the next thirty seven years in a variety of assignments at home and abroad, 22 of those years at the senior official/head of post level. He served inter alia as Ambassador to Indonesia 1970-1974, to Sweden 1984-1987, and to Germany 1988-1992 (including Head of the Military Mission in Berlin), as well as Ambassador/Head of Delegation to three major international Conferences on European Security: Geneva 1974-1975, Belgrade 1977-1978 and Sweden 1984-1987. In Ottawa 1978-1984, he headed the Asia Pacific Affairs Bureau for some years as Assistant Undersecretary before becoming Assistant Deputy Minister for Political Affairs and Special Advisor to the Deputy Minister.
Following a distinguished career in the Department of Foreign Affairs, with a record of high achievement, notably in the Asia Pacific world and in Europe, as well as in senior positions at HQ in Ottawa, Tom retired in 1993. Thereafter he devoted himself to teaching International Relations at the Universities of Toronto (Bissell Chair), Trinity College U of T; Queens (Skelton-Clark Visiting Fellow); and later Carleton (Norman Paterson School of International Affairs). Subsequently he was appointed Provost of Trinity College 1996-2002 and upon his retirement received the title of Provost Emeritus. He was recently honoured by the College with the bestowal of its highest honour, an Honorary Fellowship. He is a Special Fellow of Massey College and a member of the Chancellor's Council at Victoria University. His final years found him passionately involved in community volunteer work in Ottawa as Vice Chairman of the Board of Opera Lyra Ottawa and Chairman of the Board of the Rockliffe Park Foundation. His death brings to a close almost 50 years of outstanding service to his country and his fellow Canadians.
Our heartfelt thanks to the compassionate nurses, caregivers and many personal and professional friends who offered support. A memorial service will be held at the Church of St Bartholomew, 125 Mackay Street, Ottawa, Thursday November 15 at 3pm. In lieu of flowers, anyone wishing to make a donation to a living memorial in Tom's name might direct their attention to "The Provost Delworth Graduation Awards" at the University of Trinity College in the University of Toronto, 6 Hoskin Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1H8. More information may be had by contacting the Bursar: 1-416-978-3058

Cantata Singers Concert, Nov. 17

You’re a music lover so I wanted to let you know about the upcoming Cantata Singers’ concert.  It’s on November 17 and promises to be an excellent evening of music.  

The repertoire we’re presenting explores the theme of the medieval allegory the Dance of Death (or Totentanz). There will be hauntingly beautiful music by composers: Mendelssohn, Togni, Distler, Eleanor Daley (the complete Requiem which includes “In Remembrance”), Tavener, and Piper (an Ottawa composer).

It’s Saturday, November 17, 2012, at St. Joseph’s Church (174 Wilbrod Ave). Free parking is available next to the church as well as on-street parking.

The concert begins at 8 p.m. Come at 7:30 p.m. and hear the pre-concert talk by Artistic Director Michael Zaugg. These talks are always a truly fascinating introduction into the music you will hear.

Tickets:

Adult: $25 - $5 discount on advance purchase

Senior: $20 - $5 discount on advance purchase

Student: $10

Of course, if you’d prefer to purchase a 2012-13 season’s ticket for the choir’s 3 concert series, including this one, it’s only $55 for adults and $45 for seniors.

NEW: Purchase your tickets online using PayPal at www.cantatasingersottawa.ca! Tickets are also available at The Leading Note, Compact Music, all CD Warehouse stores, or can be purchased directly from me.

For more information, visit www.cantatasingersottawa.ca.

I have tickets and can arrange to get them to you.

Hope you can make it. And I’d be so pleased if you could pass this on to other music lovers.

Cathy Patton

cathy.patton@rogers.com

Tom Delworth Funeral

Message from Rick Kohler:

RHOMA colleague Max Yalden has shared that Tom Delworth's funeral will be held Thursday, November 15th at 3 pm, St. Bartholomew's Anglican Church, 125 Mackay Street, New Edinburgh; the obituary is expected to appear in newspapers November 7.  

 Meanwhile, an article on the Asia Pacific Foundation site remembers Tom, here.

Ed Gorn's Movember 'stache

Hi folks,

It's Movember and time to make a difference. So I am going growing an amazing  'stache to support this worthy cause. You can make a difference by donating to me at mobro.co/1378404
Men's health is a cause I am passionate about but in order to make a difference I need your help. My commitment is to grow a moustache for the month of November and in doing so, raise vital awareness and funds for prostate cancer and male mental health.

I am asking you to help support my personal journey by making a donation. The size of which isn't important, every little bit helps Movember to continue its funding of world class programs.  If you want to know more about what you'll be helping to fund, you can visit http://ca.movember.com/about/funding-overview/.

To highlight the importance of what I am doing, take a look at these statistics:

  --  1 in 7 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime
  --  This year 26,500 new cases of the disease will be diagnosed
  --  1 in 5 men will experience a mental illness this year

If you'd like to help change these statistics, please donate to me here: http://mobro.co/1378404

If you're interested in the work being done take a look at the Programs We Fund section on the Movember website:http://ca.movember.com/about/funding-overview/

Thank you in advance for supporting my efforts to change the face of men's health.

Ed Gorn

Diplomatic Appointments

October 15, 2012 - Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today announced the following diplomatic appointments:

Jon Allen becomes Ambassador to the Kingdom of Spain, with concurrent accreditation to the Principality of Andorra.

Philip Calvert becomes Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand, with concurrent accreditation to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and to the Kingdom of Cambodia.

Pierre Giroux becomes Ambassador to the Republic of El Salvador.

Michael Grant becomes Ambassador to Libya.

Richard Hanley becomes High Commissioner in Barbados, with concurrent accreditation in the Commonwealth of Dominica, in Grenada, in Antigua and Barbuda, and in the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, and becomes Consul General in the British Overseas Territory of Montserrat.

Alexandre Lévêque becomes High Commissioner in the United Republic of Tanzania, with concurrent accreditation in the Republic of Seychelles, and becomes Ambassador to the Union of the Comoros.

Ross Miller becomes Consul General in Dubai (United Arab Emirates).

Surprise! Photo Ops Come First

Jonathan Kay in the NP suggests why our $1.5 billion aid effort in Afghanistan has been judged a complete failure.

Foreign Affairs [unlike CIDA] doesn’t much care about poor people. They want Canadian aid to support whatever the current political game plan may be. So if Afghanistan is the hot topic of the day, they want a visible Canadian aid presence on the ground, new school buildings and medical centres with Canadian flags flying from them, perfect backdrops for the PM or Ministers’ photo-ops when they fly in to inspect this, that, or the other thing.”

DFAIT to Open Religious Freedom Office

What could possibly go wrong?

"... Canada is within days of opening a federal Office of Religious Freedom (within the Department of Foreign Affairs), and it’s becoming apparent that this isn’t a good idea for our country or the world. In fact, it’s very likely to contribute to the very problems we hope it might help solve."

Doug Saunders in the Globe, here.