President of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Awards
Order of Canada
Joseph-Alphonse Ouimet, CC (June 12, 1908 – December 20, 1988) was a Canadian television pioneer and president of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) from 1958 to 1967.
Born in Montreal, Ouimet 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, Ouimet became, in 1969, chairman of Telesat Canada, which built and launched many of Canada's communications satellites. He retired in 1980.
In 1968, Ouimet was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.
Joseph-AlphonseOuimet, CC (June 12, 1908 – December 20, 1988) was a Canadian television pioneer and president of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation...
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1944–1945: Howard B. Chase 1945–1958: A. Davidson Dunton 1958–1967: J. AlphonseOuimet 1968–1972: George F. Davidson 1972–1975: Laurent A. Picard 1975–1982:...
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University Title President of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Term 1968–1972 Predecessor AlphonseOuimet Successor Laurent Picard Awards Order of Canada...
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1906) November 26 – John Dahmer, politician (born 1937) December 20 — AlphonseOuimet, president of CBC from 1958 to 1968 (born 1908) 1988 in Canadian television...
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2020 October 25, 1990 April 17, 1991 Member of the Order of Manitoba AlphonseOuimet 1908 1988 December 20, 1968 April 8, 1969 Leonard Outerbridge 1888...
Kingdom Chairman of the Board, Thames Television, (Citation) 1977 AlphonseOuimet Canada Chairman, Telesat, Canadian TV 1979 Frank Stanton United States...
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Montreal. Experiments in television transmission were conducted there by AlphonseOuimet in Montreal in 1932. In 1937, Donald Hings invented what would become...
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1895: Auguste-Réal Angers 13 July 1895 – 21 December 1895: Joseph-Aldric Ouimet (acting) 21 December 1895 – 6 January 1896: Walter Humphries Montague 6...
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