# Rowland Frazee

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{{Short description|Canadian banker (1921–2007)}}
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| image            = Rowland Frazee.png
| birth_date       = {{Birth date|1921|05|12|df=y}}
| birth_place      = [Halifax, Nova Scotia](/source/Halifax%2C_Nova_Scotia)
| death_date       = {{Death date and age|2007|07|29|1921|05|12|df=y}}
| death_place      = [St. Andrews, New Brunswick](/source/St._Andrews%2C_New_Brunswick)
| education        = [Dalhousie University](/source/Dalhousie_University) (BCom 1948)
| spouse           = {{marriage|Marie Eileen Tait|1949}}
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  |allegiance     = [Canada](/source/Canada)
  |branch         = [Canadian Army](/source/Canadian_Army)
  |service_years  = 1941–1945
  |rank           = [Major](/source/Major_(United_Kingdom))
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  |unit           = [Carleton and York Regiment](/source/Carleton_and_York_Regiment)
  |battles        = [World War II](/source/World_War_II)
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'''Rowland Cardwell Frazee''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|CC}} (12 May 1921 &ndash; 29 July 2007<ref>{{cite web|title=RBC Mourns Loss of Former CEO & Chairman|url=http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/July2007/30/c2298.html}}</ref>) was a Canadian banker, and chairman and chief executive officer of the [Royal Bank of Canada](/source/Royal_Bank_of_Canada) from 1979 to 1986.

== Biography ==
Born in [Halifax](/source/City_of_Halifax), [Nova Scotia](/source/Nova_Scotia), at age five, the family moved to [St. Stephen, New Brunswick](/source/St._Stephen%2C_New_Brunswick) where his father had been appointed bank manager. At age eighteen, Rowland Frazee went to work as a clerk at his father's branch but following the outbreak of World War II he enlisted in the [Canadian Army](/source/Canadian_Army) in 1941 serving overseas with [The Carleton and York Regiment](/source/The_Carleton_and_York_Regiment), [First Canadian Infantry Division](/source/First_Canadian_Infantry_Division), with whom he participated in the July 1943 [allied landings in Sicily](/source/Allied_invasion_of_Sicily). Wounded on three occasions, Frazee distinguished himself in the Italian campaign and in northwest Europe. At the time of his decommissioning in 1945 he held the rank of [Major](/source/Major_(rank)).

After the war, Frazee studied at [Dalhousie University](/source/Dalhousie_University) in Halifax, where he graduated with a [Bachelor of Commerce](/source/Bachelor_of_Commerce) degree in 1948. Resuming his banking career, he rose to become the Royal Bank's president in 1977 and assumed the role of chairman and chief executive officer in 1980. He retired from the bank on May 31, 1986, but remained a member of the board of directors until 1992.

In 1985, he was made an Officer of the [Order of Canada](/source/Order_of_Canada) and was promoted to Companion in 1991. In 2001, he was inducted into the New Brunswick Business Hall of Fame.

His son, Stephen Frazee, is a successful Toronto real estate broker and his daughter, [Catherine Frazee](/source/Catherine_Frazee), a former chair of the [Ontario Human Rights Commission](/source/Ontario_Human_Rights_Commission), is a retired Professor of Distinction at the [Toronto Metropolitan University](/source/Toronto_Metropolitan_University) School of Disability Studies.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cite encyclopedia |last=Mcdowall |first=Duncan |title=Rowland Cardwell Frazee |encyclopedia=[The Canadian Encyclopedia](/source/The_Canadian_Encyclopedia) |date=14 December 2013 |publisher=[Historica Canada](/source/Historica_Canada) |edition=online |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/rowland-cardwell-frazee}}

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Category:Royal Bank of Canada presidents
Category:Directors of Royal Bank of Canada
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Category:Carleton and York Regiment
Category:Royal New Brunswick Regiment
Category:Companions of the Order of Canada

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