Major-General Georges-Philéas Vanier, PC DSO MC & Bar (April 23, 1888 - March 5, 1967) was a Canadian soldier and diplomat who was Governor General of Canada from 1959 until his death. Georges Vanier was born in Montreal. He studied at Loyola College in Montreal, and received a law degree at the Montreal branch of Université Laval. During the First World War, he was a founding member of the 22nd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, … Wikipedia
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