What key details about gordon thiessen can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: gordon george thiessen , -lrb- born august 14 , 1938 -rrb- was the sixth governor of the bank of canada from 1994 to 2001 , succeeding john crow . he was succeeded by david a. dodge . born in south porcupine , ontario and raised in saskatchewan , thiessen studied economics at the university of saskatchewan and received an honours ba in 1960 and a ma in 1961 . he taught economics for a year and then joined the bank of canada in 1963 . from 1965 to 1967 he attended the london school of economics , from which he received his ph.d in economics in 1972 . at the bank of canada , thiessen was appointed adviser to the governor in 1979 , deputy governor in 1984 , and senior deputy governor in 1987 . in 1996 , he received the government of sweden 's order of the polar star in recognition of the assistance provided by the bank of canada to the swedish central bank -lrb- sveriges riksbank -rrb- to assist them in developing their policy framework for combating inflation when the swedish krona was first floated in january 1993 . in 1997 , thiessen received an honorary doctor of laws -lrb- ll.d -rrb- degree from the university of saskatchewan . on september 25 , 2001 , thiessen was elected to the ipsco board of directors . on february 1 , 2002 , thiessen was elected to the manulife financial board of directors . in 2002 , he was made an officer of the order of canada . in 2002 , he received the queen 's golden jubilee medal , and in 2012 , he received the queen 's diamond jubilee medal .
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- signature is gordon g. thiessen , signature , 25 february 2000.png- order is 6th- successor is david a. dodge- spouse is annette thiessen -lrb- nee hillyar -rrb-- predecessor is john crow- office is governor of the bank of canada- term end is january 31 , 2001- children is natasha thiessen & samantha thiessen- term start is february 1 , 1994- appointed is jean chretien- name is gordon g. thiessen- birth date is 14 august 1938- birth place is south porcupine , ontario