Arthur Deane Nesbitt

Arthur Deane Nesbitt (November 16, 1910 - February 22, 1978) was a Canadian businessman and a decorated pilot and Wing Commander in World War II. Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 1495 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Wing Commander ( Wg Cdr in the RAF, WGCDR in the RNZAF and RAAF, W/C in the former RCAF) is a commissioned World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including

Deane Nesbitt was born in Westmount, Quebec, the son of the very successful stock broker and co-founder of Nesbitt, Thomson and Company, Arthur James Nesbitt. A stock broker or stockbroker is a qualified and regulated professional who buys and sells shares and other securities through Market makers or Nesbitt Thomson and Company is a former Canadian stock brokerage firm founded in 1912 by Arthur J Arthur James Nesbitt ( August 19, 1880 - October 24, 1954) was a Canadian businessman and Philanthropist who was a cofounder Trained as an electrical engineer, after his older brother Aird decided to take over permanent management of the family-owned Ogilvy department store in Montreal, Deane Nesbitt joined the family's securities business. Electrical engineering, sometimes referred to as electrical and electronic engineering, is a field of Engineering that deals with the study and application of James Aird Nesbitt (March c1907 - November 14, 1985) was a Canadian Department store owner For the Ogilvy's department store in Ottawa, Ontario, please see Ogilvy's. Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec On the death of his father in 1954, he became head of the brokerage and took over the presidency of the Nesbitt Thomson holding company, Power Corporation of Canada. A holding company is a company that owns part all or a majority of other companies' outstanding Stock. Power Corporation of Canada ( is a major Canadian company with assets in North America and Europe in a number of industries Under his guidance, Nesbitt Thomson expanded across Canada, and into the United States and Europe. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the They were the first Canadian firm in three decades to obtain a seat on the New York Stock Exchange. The New York Stock Exchange ( NYSE) is a Stock exchange based in New York City.

A flying enthusiast, Deane Nesbitt obtained his pilots license and as a member of the Montreal Light Aeroplane Club, was twice voted the James Lytell Memorial Trophy as the club's top pilot. On the outbreak of World War II, Deane Nesbitt immediately enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and was trained at Camp Borden as a fighter pilot. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Canadian Forces Base Borden (also CFB Borden) is a Canadian Forces base located in Ontario. A fighter pilot is a military aviator trained to engage other aircraft and typically pilots a Fighter aircraft. He was seriously wounded in the Battle of Britain and received the Distinguished Flying Cross. The Battle of Britain (German ''Luftschlacht um England'' is the name given to the sustained strategic effort by the German Luftwaffe during the summer and The Distinguished Flying Cross is a military decoration awarded to personnel of the United Kingdom 's Royal Air Force and other services, and formerly Along with his brother Aird who served the Canadian Army, he was part of the liberation of the Netherlands and at Eindhoven commanded the RCAF's No. Land Force Command ( LFC) is responsible for army operations within the Canadian Forces. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Eindhoven ( is a Municipality and a city located in the province of Noord-Brabant in the south of the Netherlands, originally at the confluence 143 Wing from January to August 1945. For his service, Deane Nesbitt received a number of military honors. In 1946 he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire and in 1947 a Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau with Swords, and awarded the Croix de Guerre with Silver Star by the government of France. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order of Orange-Nassau ( Orde van Oranje-Nassau) is a military and civil order of the Netherlands which was first created on 4 April 1892 The Croix de Guerre (sometimes lowercase in French Croix de guerre, meaning "Cross of War" is a military decoration of both France and This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.

After being decommissioned at the end of the War, Group Captain Deane Nesbitt rejoined the family's St. James Street securities firm. Highly successful in business, he is most often remembered for organizing the 1950s financing for the TransCanada pipeline, the then largest natural gas pipeline in the world and one of the most significant energy projects in the history of Canada. The TransCanada pipeline is a system of Natural gas pipelines up to 48 Inches (1219 Millimetres) in diameter that carries gas through Alberta Natural gas is a Gaseous Fossil fuel consisting primarily of Methane but including significant quantities of Ethane, Propane, His long and successful history in business earned him an induction into the Canadian Business Hall of Fame. The Canadian Business Hall of Fame honours "Canada's most distinguished business leaders" according to its web site

Active all his life, at age 68, Deane Nesbitt never recovered from a skiing accident that left him near totally paralyzed. A ski is a long flat device worn on the feet designed to help the wearer slide smoothly over snow He died in Montreal in 1978 and was interred in the Mount Royal Cemetery. Opened in 1852, Mount Royal Cemetery is a 165-acre (668 000 m² terraced cemetery on the north slope of Mount Royal in the borough

In his honor, the BMO Nesbitt Burns division of the Bank of Montreal established the A. BMO Nesbitt Burns is a Canadian investment firm Since it's formation in 1912 BMO Nesbitt Burns and its predecessor companies have offered aid to investors in meeting their financial goals Deane Nesbitt/Charles Burns Award recognizing exceptional performance.

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