birth_place awards birth_date known_for article_title name
montreal , quebec order of canada 26 january 1934 president and publisher of la presse roger landry
 roger landry
roger landry

roger d. landry , -lrb- born january 26 , 1934 -rrb- is a canadian businessman and the former president and publisher of `` la presse '' .
born in montreal , he was educated in montreal , paris , and london .
he started his career with bell canada working with the quebec government and helped to design a mobile telephone network for the sûreté du québec .
in 1965 , he was named assistant director of public relations for expo 67 and later was the director in charge of receiving heads of state and important visitors .
in 1970 , he founded a public relations firm and later joined itt-rayonnier as vice-president of administration .
in 1977 , he became the vice-president of marketing and public affairs for the montreal expos and helped to create the mascot youppi .
from 1980 to 2000 , he was the president and publisher of the montreal newspaper `` la presse '' .
he published his first novel `` le sans tache '' in 2002 .
