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  Don Johnston - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Donald James Johnston, PC (born June 26, 1936) is a former Canadian politician and is the current Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Johnston was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in a 1978 by-election in Westmount in Montreal, Quebec, as a candidate of the Liberal Party of Canada.
Johnston served as Minister of Justice and Attorney-General in the short-lived Turner government until its defeat in the 1984 federal election.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Donald_Johnston   (331 words)

  
 Johnston, Donald R.
Johnston, 35, who was a two-year veteran of El Monte Police Department, was rendered a paraplegic, with impaired function of some vital organs, including his bladder, and complete loss of the use of his lower limbs.
Johnston, the father of a 17-year-old son from a previous marriage, chose not to retire.
Johnston was the second of three generations to serve as a police officer for the city of El Monte.
www.camemorial.org /htm/johnston02.htm   (663 words)

  
 DONALD R. JOHNSTON - MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT WITH THE FIRST CAVALRY DIVISION IN Vietnam
Johnston and 6 of his comrades had moved from their exposed positions to 1 of the bunkers to continue their fight against the enemy attackers.
Johnston, with complete disregard for his safety, hurled himself onto the explosive charges, smothering the detonations with his body and shielding his fellow soldiers from the blast.
Johnston's concern for his fellow men at the cost of his life were in the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the U.S. Army.
www.1stcavmedic.com /cmhcav/johnston.html   (243 words)

  
 Donald O. Johnston
Donald O. Johnston was born in 1929 in Tracy, Minnesota.
Johnston's post-war compositions have appeared in a number of publishers' catalogs including Summy-Birchard Co., Bourne Co., G.
Johnston taught at the College of Idaho (1954-55) in Caldwell, Idaho, Ripon College (1955-58) in Ripon, Wisconsin, and the University of Montana (1960-1993), Missoula, Montana, where he held the position of Composer-in-Residence and Professor of Composition.
www.sai-national.org /phil/composers/djohnston.html   (295 words)

  
 Council of Canadian Academies | Conseil des académies canadiennes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Donald Johnston is former Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Johnston entered Parliament in October, 1978 as the MP for Westmount and in 1980 entered the Cabinet of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau where he held the portfolios of President of the Treasury Board, Minister of State for Economic and Regional Development, Science and Technology, and Minister of Justice and Attorney General.
Donald Johnston was elected President of the Liberal Party of Canada in 1990.
www.scienceadvice.ca /sac_bios/donald_j_johnston.php   (209 words)

  
 Neil Johnston Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Johnston, who had a relatively obscure college basketball career at Ohio State, enjoyed the baseball diamond more than the hardwood.
A multi-dimensional player, Johnston used his athletic talent to lead the NBA in scoring (1952-55), rebounding (1955), and field goal percentage (1953,1956-57).
In 1955-56, Johnston teamed with fellow Hall of Famers Paul Arizin and Tom Gola in leading the Warriors to the 1956 NBA championship.
www.hoophall.com /halloffamers/Johnston.htm   (385 words)

  
 The Globalist | Biography of Donald J. Johnston
Johnston moves from a career as a lawyer and politician who spent 10 years in the Canadian Parliament and served as a Cabinet Minister in a number of senior portfolios.
Johnston ended a decade of poltical life to becom legal counsel to the major Canadian law firm, Heenan Blaikie, of which he was a founder in 1972.
Johnston was elected President of the Liberal Party of Canada.
www.theglobalist.com /DBWeb/AuthorBiography.aspx?AuthorId=384   (308 words)

  
 Donald J. Johnston, OECD Secretary-General from June 1996 to June 2006   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Upon taking office as Secretary-General of the OECD on 1st June 1996, Don Johnston moved from a career as a lawyer and politician who spent 10 years in the Canadian Parliament and served as a Cabinet Minister in a number of senior portfolios.
Johnston ended a decade of political life to become legal counsel to the prominent Canadian law firm, Heenan Blaikie, of which he was a founder in 1972.
Johnston was a Member of Parliament from 1978 to 1988.
www.oecd.org /document/17/0,2340,en_2649_201185_1911377_1_1_1_1,00.html   (477 words)

  
 Donald Johnston, 89, Impresario Led WWII Chorus - October 5, 2005 - The New York Sun
Donald Johnston, who died September 17 at 89, was a singing teacher and opera impresario who founded the New York Lyric Opera, a small but ambitious company that graced Manhattan stages for more than a decade, until the early 1980s.
Johnston, then serving as temporary mayor of the German town of Oebisfelde but who had taught voice at Ashland College for two years prior to the war, was recruited as chorus master.
Johnston, a baritone, soloed with the Bayreuth Symphony Orchestra.
www.nysun.com /article/21006   (799 words)

  
 Descendants of William Johnston
Roderick Johnston, born 2 Jun 1820 at Dunvegan, Duirinish, Inverness, Isle of Skye, Scotland; married Catherine Maclean.
Margaret (Peggy) Johnston, born circa 1825 at Sleat, Inverness, Isle of Skye, Scotland; married Farquhar McClure.
Johnston, born 21 Dec 1838 at Kinloch, Sleat, Inverness, Isle of Skye, Scotland; married Chirsty Maclean.
members.optusnet.com.au /~normjohnston/johnston0001.htm   (4692 words)

  
 Converted WP file trb   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Throughout the panel proceedings Johnston was represented by Karen Neiswinger and Smith and his group were represented by Locke Reynolds Boyd and Weisell.
Johnston's care were a factor in the damages Johnston seeks to recover.
Johnston, as executor of Beverly's estate, was substituted as plaintiff.
www.in.gov /judiciary/opinions/previous/archive/05279901.trb.html   (2892 words)

  
 The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . .
Investigator Donald Johnston succumbed to an illness contracted as a result of a gunshot wound received 12 years earlier.
As Investigator Johnston pushed a civilian out of the line of fire, he was shot in the neck.
Investigator Johnston had been employed with the El Monte Police Department for 14 years, and is survived by his wife and son.
www.odmp.org /officer.php?oid=16560   (153 words)

  
 FPSC - Certified Financial Planner - The Donald J. Johnston Award
Donald Johnston founded FPSC in 1995 with a vision and unrelenting passion to create the foundation for a profession through the development of a made-in-Canada certification based on uniform, rigorous requirements in education, examination, ethics and experience.
Johnston, rallied support for his mandate from key influential organizations in the industry, and, in 1996, secured the rights for FPSC to be sole licensor of the internationally recognized CFP™ professional certification marks in Canada.
Johnston selected Youth in Motion as beneficiary of the $10,000 gift associated with the "Donald J. Johnston Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Profession of Financial Planning in Canada.
www.cfp-ca.org /djaward   (583 words)

  
 ArsNovaMusic.com™ Composer Biography: Donald O. Johnston   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Johnston's post-war compositions have appeared in a number of publishers' catalogs including Summy-Birchard Co., Bourne Co., G. Schirmer, Elkan-Vogel, Boston Music Corp., Harold Flammer, Edwin F. Kalmus and Co., Rochester Music Publishers, Theodore Presser, Edward B. Marks Music Corp., Warner Brothers, Masters Music Publications, Inc., Shawnee Press, and Ludwig Publishing Company.
Johnston conducted his composition studies under Philip Warner, Robert Mills Delaney, Bernard Rogers, and Howard Hanson.
Johnston is the founder of Ars Nova Press, Inc., a publishing house dedicated to promoting the musical compositions of skilled modern classical composers.
www.arsnovamusic.com /johnston.html   (346 words)

  
 NMJ Book Review: The Echoes L'Arbre Croche
Donald Johnston came to know and love northern Michigan at an early age.
Johnston still takes his vacation near the shore of Lake Michigan, just a short way north, at Harbor Springs.
Though most of the story is set in the workaday world of shipping and settlement, Johnston has woven into it a thread of the supernatural, the legend of the Indian Drum.
www.leelanau.com /nmj/views/review1.html   (445 words)

  
 OECD for Wednesday-Night
Donald Johnston, a former Canadian cabinet minister, says China's entry to the O-E-C-D is necessary if it's to be effective in its role of shaping the global economy.
Mr Johnston also dismissed concerns about human rights and the lack of democracy in China as a reason to block its entry into the organisation of which Canada is a member.
Canadian Donald Johnston has announced his retirement as Secretary-General of the Paris-based Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development.
www.wednesday-night.com /oecd.asp   (1385 words)

  
 Donald J. Johnston, Secrétaire général de l'OCDE de juin 1996 à juin 2006   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Donald J. Johnston est devenu Secrétaire général de l'OCDE le 1er juin 1996, après une carrière qui l'a amené notamment à exercer les fonctions de Ministre titulaire de plusieurs portefeuilles importants et à passer dix ans au Parlement canadien ainsi qu'une période tout aussi longue en tant qu'avocat au Canada et aux Etats-Unis.
En 1988, M. Johnston a repris sa carrière de juriste au sein du Cabinet Heenan Blaikie, dont il avait été l'un des fondateurs en 1972, et qui est devenu l'un des cabinets d'avocats les plus importants du Canada.
Donald J. Johnston, OECD Secretary-General from June 1996 to June 2006 (Anglais)
www.oecd.org /document/22/0,2340,fr_2649_201185_1911382_1_1_1_1,00.html   (445 words)

  
 OECD Observer: Interview
At the end of the 2006 Ministerial Council Meeting (MCM), Donald Johnston will complete his second 5-year term as the fourth secretary-general of the OECD and will formally hand over office to Angel Gurría, who was nominated by OECD member countries last November.
We asked the outgoing secretary-general for his reflections on what has proved to be a period of great change in the global economy.
Donald J. Johnston: I have so many wonderful memories gathered over a ten-year period that it is impossible to single out a favourite.
www.oecdobserver.org /news/fullstory.php/aid/1846/Interview:_Donald_J._Johnston.html   (1271 words)

  
 (Celia JOHNSTON - Donald Eugene JOHNSTON )   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Claire Kathreen JOHNSTON (27 Jul 1984 - ____)
Dale Everett JOHNSTON (4 Jun 1906 - 17 Sep 1991)
Donald Eugene JOHNSTON (28 Apr 1948 - ____)
members.bellatlantic.net /~jbros/index/ind0056.html   (119 words)

  
 Donald Johnston Books - Signed, used, new, out-of-print
Provided for advanced readers and writers, this companion volume provides teachers with prepared reproducible sorts and step-by-step directions to guide students through the sorting lessons.
by Donald K. Campbell, Wendell G. Johnston, John F. Walvoord, Th.D. Four professors with ties to Dallas Seminary generate 50 thorough, contextualized definitions--usually in two pages or less--of 200 of the most important terms used in Christian theology, with an emphasis upon their relevance for today.
Markets are becoming global, and simultaneously, media ownership is becoming concentrated in the hands of a very few select conglomerates who, along with media professionals and advertisers, effectively control the information and ideas that impact our society, politics...
www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Donald_Johnston   (714 words)

  
 Further Generations
Campbell Johnston, Donald Neil Johnston and Donald Campbell Johnston February 2001 at Ballarat
We have found Margaret Ann Johnston Rutherford's descendants CARVEL ARTLEY and GWEN BIERSBACH from South Dakota and Montana
Johnston of Derrykeighan and Dervock | Linton | Thomas' Children | Further Generations | More Family Names | Still to Find: | Links
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 Amazon.com: The Echoes of L'Arbre Croche.: Books: Donald Johnston   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
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Johnston admitted he embellished "The Indian Summer" written back in 1917.
The book is currently out of print and as time goes on copies of that book will be difficult if not impossible to find.
www.amazon.com /Echoes-LArbre-Croche-Donald-Johnston/dp/096471390X   (810 words)

  
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As the world's leaders debate climate change this week in The Hague, they must consider nuclear power, says OECD secretary-general DONALD JOHNSTON
Greenhouse gas emissions and global warming, combined with a growing population, are putting us on a fast track to frightening consequences.
Donald Johnston is secretary-general of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.
www.nuclearfaq.ca /Donald_Johnston.htm   (1206 words)

  
 Multilateralism: Is There a Choice? by Donald J. Johnston - The Globalist > > Global Diplomacy
by Donald J. Johnston - The Globalist > > Global Diplomacy
Some commentators say that the profound global disagreements over Iraq have put multilateralism in jeopardy.
OECD Secretary General Donald J. Johnston provides his perspective.
www.theglobalist.com /DBWeb/StoryId.aspx?StoryId=3305   (996 words)

  
 So That's What It Means!: The Ultimate A to Z Resource - Donald K.; Johnston, Wendell G.; Walvoord, John F.; Witmer, ...
So That's What It Means!: The Ultimate A to Z Resource - Donald K.; Johnston, Wendell G.; Walvoord, John F.; Witmer, John A Campbell
So That's What It Means!: The Ultimate A to Z Resource by Campbell, Donald K.; Johnston, Wendell G.; Walvoord, John F.; Witmer, John A
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www.biblio.com /books/62287439.html   (126 words)

  
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El Monte Police Officer Donald Ralph Johnston Memorial Highway.
This measure would designate a specified portion of State Highway Route 10 as the El Monte Police Officer Donald Ralph Johnston Memorial Highway.
The measure also would request the Department of Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate plaques and markers showing that special designation, and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources sufficient to cover the cost, to erect appropriate plaques and markers.
info.sen.ca.gov /pub/03-04/statute/ch_0101-0150/ch_115_st_2003_acr_71   (72 words)

  
 Lifelong learning for all - Donald J. Johnston   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Lifelong learning for all - Donald J. Johnston
As we enter the era of the knowledge society, a recent survey of 12 OECD countries provides a sobering thought: at least a quarter of the adult population fails to reach the minimum literacy levels needed to cope adequately with the demands of everyday life and work, let alone structural economic and social change.
The foundation upon which human capital is built must be education, especially early childhood and primary education, where the role of the state is fundamental.
www1.oecd.org /publications/observer/214/editorial_eng.htm   (716 words)

  
 Donald R. Johnston   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
JOHNSTON, DONALD R. Rank and organization: Specialist Fourth Class, U.S. Army, Company D, 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division
Place and date: Tay Ninh Province, Republic of Vietnam, 21 March 1969
Pay grade: E4 MOS (Military Occupational Specialty code): 11C20
www.mishalov.com /JohnstonDonald.html   (242 words)

  
 Johnston Donald F Copyright handbook Donald F. Johnston. AIP Niels Bohr Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Johnston Donald F Copyright handbook Donald F. Johnston.
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by Johnston, Donald F. New York : R. Bowker Co., 1978.
www.aip.org /history/catalog/books/10627.html   (36 words)

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