death_date birth_place awards birth_date known_for article_title name
20 december 1988 montreal , quebec order of canada 12 june 1908 president of the canadian broadcasting corporation alphonse ouimet
 j. alphonse ouimet
alphonse ouimet

j. alphonse ouimet , -lrb- june 12 , 1908 -- december 20 , 1988 -rrb- was a canadian television pioneer and president of the canadian broadcasting corporation -lrb- cbc -rrb- from 1958 to 1967 born in montreal , he received a degree in electrical engineering from mcgill university in 1932 .
in 1932 , he helped design , build and demonstrate the first canadian television set .
in 1934 , he joined the canadian radio broadcasting commission , which became the cbc , and was responsible for setting up and running cbc 's national radio service .
he was involved in launching television broadcasting on the cbc .
after retiring from the cbc , he became , in 1969 , chairman of telesat canada , which built and launched many of canada 's communications satellites .
he retired in 1980 .
in 1968 , he was made a companion of the order of canada .
