Sherwood Lett (left), and his deputy, Saul Rae, March 1955

Saul Forbes Rae (December 31, 1914 – January 9, 1999) was a Canadian diplomat during the Pearsonian era of Canadian foreign policy. Sherwood Lett, CBE, DSO, MC, ED, KC, BA LLD ( 1 August 1895 &ndash 2 July Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page

Rae's father was born Goodman Cohen in Palanga, Lithuania. Palanga ( is a seaside Resort town in western Lithuania, on the shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublika is a Country in Eastern often referred to as Northern Europe or in the The Cohen family had moved to Scotland in the pogrom of the 1890's, and there Goodman met Helen Rae, the daughter of a draughtsman in the Glasgow shipyards. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. The romance and subsequent marriage caused considerable turmoil in both families, and as a result they moved to Hamilton, Ontario in 1912. Hamilton (ˈhæməltən ( 2006 population 504559 UA population 647634 CMA population Saul was born in Hamilton on December 31. He had two siblings, an older sister, Grace, who went to work as a dancer at the Radio City Music Hall, and a younger brother Jackie who had a long career in Canadian show business. Radio City Music Hall is an entertainment venue located in New York City 's Rockefeller Center. The three worked in vaudeville in Canada in the 1920's under the name "the three little Raes of Sunshine". Vaudeville was a Genre of variety entertainment prevalent on the stage in the United States and Canada, from the early 1880s

Saul Rae graduated from Jarvis Collegiate, University College at the University of Toronto, and went on to earn a doctorate from the London School of Economics as a Massey Fellow. This article is about the University of Toronto's St George Campus The London School of Economics and Political Science, more commonly referred to as The London School of Economics or LSE, is a specialist college of the He also studied at Balliol College, Oxford, and went on to lecture at Princeton University where he also worked at the American Institute of Public Opinion. Balliol College (ˈbeɪlɪəl founded in 1263 is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Princeton University is a private Coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. He was a pioneering public opinion researcher co-authoring with George Gallup the 1940 book The Pulse of Democracy: Public Opinion and How It Works. George Horace Gallup ( November 18, 1901 – July 26, 1984) was an American pioneer of survey sampling techniques and inventor of the Gallup Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

He married Lois Esther George in 1939. She was the daughter of Stanley George, a Hampstead general practitioner, and Mildred, whose family was from Watford, England. She had studied at Newnham College, Cambridge. Newnham College is a Women's college in the University of Cambridge. The two met at a summer school organized by Sir Norman Angell in Geneva, Switzerland, and were married in Baltimore, Maryland at the outbreak of the second World War. Sir Ralph Norman Angell (born 26 December 1872 and died 7 October 1967) was an English lecturer writer and Member of Parliament Geneva (Genève is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and is the most populous city of Romandy (the French -speaking Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation 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

Saul Rae joined the Department of External Affairs in 1940, and would spend four decades with the civil service as a career diplomat. The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT more commonly known as Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada is a department in the Government Rae was one of the first diplomats to serve in Paris after its liberation in 1944, having served as assistant to General Georges Vanier, Canada's representative to the Free French in Algiers. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city The Liberation of Paris' (also known as Battle for Paris) took place during World War II from 19 August 1944 until the surrender of Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Major-General Georges-Philéas Vanier DSO MC & Bar CD ( April 23, 1888 - March 5, 1967 Algiers (الجزائر Algerian Arabic: Dzayer ( (From kabyle pronunciation Kabyle: Ledzayer, Alger) is the Capital and largest

In 1955, he worked on the International Commission for Supervision and Control in Vietnam as deputy to the Canadian Commissioner, Sherwood Lett. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Vietnam (ˌviːɛtˈnɑːm Việt Nam) officially Sherwood Lett, CBE, DSO, MC, ED, KC, BA LLD ( 1 August 1895 &ndash 2 July The role of the commission was to supervise the peace settlement at the end of the First Indochina War. The First Indochina War (also known as the French Indochina War, the The Anti-French War, the Franco-Vietnamese War, the Franco-Vietminh War, He later served as Canadian Minister in the United States, and was Canada's Ambassador to the UN in both Geneva and New York, Mexico and the Netherlands. The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security He retired in 1980 after suffering a series of small strokes.

Saul and Lois Rae had four children: Jennifer, born in 1943, John, born in 1945, Robert (Bob), born in 1948, and David, born in 1957. Jennifer worked at IMAX for many years, and was active in politics with her brothers John and Bob. Bob Rae, was leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party and Premier of Ontario while another son John Rae was a senior advisor to Jean Chrétien and is an executive with Power Corporation. Robert Keith "Bob" Rae PC OC QC OOnt MP (born August 2, 1948) is a Canadian The Ontario New Democratic Party, formally known as New Democratic Party of Ontario, is a Social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada The Premier of Ontario is the first Minister of the Crown for the Canadian province of Ontario. John A Rae is an executive with Power Corporation of Montreal, former Liberal Party of Canada fundraiser long-time advisor to former Prime Minister Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien, (generally known as Jean Chrétien) (born January 11, 1934) is a Canadian politician who was the twentieth Prime Power Corporation of Canada ( is a major Canadian company with assets in North America and Europe in a number of industries Another son, David Rae died in the [[1989 of lymphoma. He had served as Canadian president of GE Capital. Saul's brother, the late Jackie Rae was an entertainer and former host of the The Jackie Rae Show on CBC. Jackie Rae CM ( May 14 1922 &ndash October 5 2006) was a Canadian singer songwriter and television performer