Lester Pearson
Lester Pearson was
Prime Minister of Canada from 1963 to 1968 and the country's foremost
diplomat. His greatest domestic achievement was to establish a national
program of universal publicly financed medical care for all Canadians.
Internationally, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957 when he
served as Canada's external affairs minister. Born in 1897, he died in
1972.
Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech
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