death_date birth_place awards birth_date article_title name occupation
14 may 1989 london , england order of canada 21 october 1920 derek bedson
 derek bedson civil servant
derek bedson

derek r.c. bedson , -lrb- october 21 , 1920 -- may 14 , 1989 -rrb- was a canadian civil servant .
born in london , england , he was raised in manitoba .
in 1941 , he received a bachelor of arts in history from the university of manitoba .
he studied at balliol college , oxford , after serving in the royal canadian army service corps during world war ii .
while at oxford , he formed a lifelong friendship with george grant .
in 1947 , he joined the federal civil service .
he worked two years with the ministry of mines and resources before he became a foreign services officer with external affairs from 1949 to 1955 .
from 1953 to 1955 , he was with the canadian delegation at the united nations .
in 1955 , he became the private secretary of george drew .
in 1956 , drew was replaced by john diefenbaker and he became his private secretary as well .
in 1958 , duff roblin appointed him clerk of the executive council of manitoba .
he served until he was forced to resign in 1981 .
in 1978 , he was made an officer of the order of canada .
