Armand de Mestral

Armand de Mestral, CM (born 17 November 1941) is a Canadian academic and international arbitration expert.

Armand de Mestral
Born (1941-11-17) November 17, 1941
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Education
Occupationprofessor

Born in Montreal, Quebec,[1] de Mestral was educated at Whitgift School in Croydon, United Kingdom.[2] He is a law professor at the McGill University and an expert in international law. He teaches courses on constitutional law and the law of the European Union. He is also a senior fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation. He has an undergraduate and master's degree from Harvard University, a law degree from McGill University, as well as honorary doctorates from Université de Lyon and Kwansei Gakuin University. He also served a term as president of the Canadian Red Cross.[3] He was made member of the Order of Canada in 2007.[4]

He is married to Rosalind Pepall, a curator at the Musée de Beaux Arts and they have two sons Philippe and Charles.

References

  1. Elizabeth Lumley (1997). Canadian Who's Who.
  2. http://whitgiftianassociation.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/OWA-News-2008-2009.pdf
  3. "Armand De Mestral". McGill University. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
  4. Order of Canada citation
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