# Saul Rae > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Saul_Rae > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Saul_Rae.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_Rae > Source revision: 1356813032 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Canadian diplomat}} {{Infobox person | name = Saul Forbes Rae | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Saul Forbes Rae | birth_date = {{Birth date|1914|12|31}} | birth_place = [Hamilton](/source/Hamilton%2C_Ontario), [Ontario](/source/Ontario), Canada | death_date = {{Death date and age|1999|01|09|1914|12|31}} | death_place = [Ottawa](/source/Ottawa), [Ontario](/source/Ontario), Canada | other_names = | parents = Goodman Rae (Cohen) and Helen Rae | spouse = Lois Esther George | children = [John](/source/John_A._Rae), [Bob](/source/Bob_Rae), Jennifer, David | known_for = | occupation = Diplomat | awards = }} '''Saul Forbes Rae''' (December 31, 1914 – January 9, 1999){{Cite web |date=1999-01-10 |title=Saul Rae dies |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saul-rae-dies-1.188019 |website=[CBC News](/source/CBC_News)}} was a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) diplomat during the [Pearsonian](/source/Lester_Pearson) era of Canadian foreign policy. ==Life and career== Rae's father was born Goodman Cohen Reference: Library and Archives Canada, Soldiers of the First World War, RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 1841 - 54 Item Number: [http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/first-world-war-1914-1918-cef/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=108356 108356] in [Palanga](/source/Palanga), [Lithuania](/source/Lithuania). The Cohen family had moved to [Scotland](/source/Scotland) fleeing the [pogrom](/source/pogrom)s of the 1890s, and there Goodman met Helen Rae, 1901 Scotland Census Original data: Scotland. 1901 Scotland Census. Reels 1-446. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Parish: Govan; ED: 37; Page: 14; Line: 20; Roll: CSSCT1901_328 the daughter of a metal plater 1901 Scotland Census Original data: Scotland. 1901 Scotland Census. Reels 1-446. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Parish: Govan; ED: 37; Page: 14; Line: 17; Roll: CSSCT1901_328 in the Glasgow shipyards. The romance and subsequent marriage caused considerable turmoil in both families. Cohen adopted his wife's surname, and the couple decided to move to [Winnipeg](/source/Winnipeg), [Manitoba](/source/Manitoba) in 1912. Saul was born in [Hamilton, Ontario](/source/Hamilton%2C_Ontario) on December 31, 1914. He had two siblings, an older sister, [Grace](/source/Grace_Rae), who went to work as a dancer at the [Radio City Music Hall](/source/Radio_City_Music_Hall), and a younger brother [Jackie](/source/Jackie_Rae) who had a long career in Canadian show business. The three worked in [vaudeville](/source/vaudeville) in Canada in the 1920s under the name "the three little Raes of Sunshine".{{Cite web |date=2006-10-13 |title=Canadian singer and showman Jackie Rae dies |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/canadian-singer-and-showman-jackie-rae-dies-1.608977 |website=[CBC News](/source/CBC_News)}} He converted to Anglicanism.{{cite web | url=http://www.macleans.ca/politics/pretender-to-the-liberal-throne/ | title=Pretender to the Liberal throne | publisher=Maclean's | date=January 2012 | accessdate=4 May 2014 | author=Peter C. Newman}} Saul Rae graduated from [Jarvis Collegiate](/source/Jarvis_Collegiate), then from University College at the [University of Toronto](/source/University_of_Toronto) in 1936, and went on to earn a [doctorate](/source/doctorate) from the [London School of Economics](/source/London_School_of_Economics) as a Massey Fellow.{{Cite web |title=Saul Rae {{!}} University College University of Toronto |url=https://www.uc.utoronto.ca/alumni-influence/saul-rae |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=www.uc.utoronto.ca}} He also studied at [Balliol College, Oxford](/source/Balliol_College%2C_Oxford), and went on to lecture at [Princeton University](/source/Princeton_University) where he also worked at the [American Institute of Public Opinion](/source/American_Institute_of_Public_Opinion). He was a pioneering public opinion researcher co-authoring with [George Gallup](/source/George_Gallup) the 1940 book ''The Pulse of Democracy: Public Opinion and How It Works''. He married Lois Esther George in 1939.FERRIER MACKAY, SUSAN. "[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/lois-rae-was-the-wife-of-a-diplomat-mother-of-a-premier/article22222323/ Lois Rae Was the Wife of a Diplomat, Mother of a Premier]." ''The Globe and Mail'' 28 Dec. 2014. Print./ She was the daughter of Stanley George, a Hampstead general medical practitioner, and Mildred, whose family was from Watford, England. She had studied at [Newnham College, Cambridge](/source/Newnham_College%2C_Cambridge). The two met at a summer school organized by Sir [Norman Angell](/source/Norman_Angell) in [Geneva](/source/Geneva), [Switzerland](/source/Switzerland), and were married in [Baltimore, Maryland](/source/Baltimore%2C_Maryland) at the outbreak of the [Second World War](/source/Second_World_War). Saul Rae joined the [Department of External Affairs](/source/Department_of_External_Affairs_(Canada)) in 1940, and would spend four decades with the civil service as a career diplomat. Rae was one of the first diplomats to serve in [Paris](/source/Paris) after its [liberation](/source/Liberation_of_Paris) in 1944, having served as assistant to General [Georges Vanier](/source/Georges_Vanier), Canada's representative to the Free French in [Algiers](/source/Algiers). In 1955, he worked on the International Commission for Supervision and Control in [Vietnam](/source/Vietnam) as deputy to the Canadian Commissioner, [Sherwood Lett](/source/Sherwood_Lett). The role of the commission was to supervise the peace settlement at the end of the [First Indochina War](/source/First_Indochina_War). He later served as Canadian Minister in the United States (Washington DC 1956–1961), and was Canada's Ambassador to the [UN](/source/United_Nations) in both Geneva and New York (1972-1976) - the latter a role to which his son [Bob](/source/Bob_Rae) was appointed in July 2020. He served as Ambassador to [Mexico](/source/Mexico) (1967-1972), and to the [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands) (1976-1979). He retired in 1980 after suffering a series of small strokes. ==Family== {{unreferencedsect|date=March 2023}} Saul and Lois Rae had four children: * '''Jennifer Rae''' (born 1943) worked at IMAX for many years, and was active in politics with her brothers John and Bob. * [John A. Rae](/source/John_A._Rae) (born 1945) was a senior adviser to [Jean Chrétien](/source/Jean_Chr%C3%A9tien), and was a long-time executive with [Power Corporation](/source/Power_Corporation). * [Bob Rae](/source/Bob_Rae) (born 1948) lawyer, was leader of the [Ontario New Democratic Party](/source/Ontario_New_Democratic_Party), [Premier of Ontario](/source/Premier_of_Ontario), a federal MP, and later interim leader of the [Liberal Party of Canada](/source/Liberal_Party_of_Canada). He was appointed as the Canadian ambassador to the United Nations in 2020. * '''David Rae''' (1957-1989) served as Canadian president of GE Capital, and died in 1989, aged 32, of [lymphoma](/source/lymphoma). Saul's brother, the late [Jackie Rae](/source/Jackie_Rae) was an entertainer and former host of ''The Jackie Rae Show'' on [CBC](/source/Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporation). == References == {{reflist|2}} {{s-start}} {{s-dip}} {{succession box|title=[Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations](/source/List_of_Canadian_ambassadors_to_the_United_Nations)| before=[Yvon Beaulne](/source/Yvon_Beaulne)| after=[William Hickson Barton](/source/William_Hickson_Barton)| years=July 1972 – July 1976}} {{succession box|title=[Canadian Ambassador to Mexico](/source/List_of_Canadian_ambassadors_to_Mexico)| before=[Herbert Frederick Brooks-Hill Feaver](/source/Herbert_Frederick_Brooks-Hill_Feaver)| after=[Maurice Schwarzmann](/source/Maurice_Schwarzmann)| years=1967-1972}} {{succession box|title=Canadian Ambassador to the [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands)| before=TBD| after=[Georges-Henri Blouin](/source/Georges-Henri_Blouin)| years=1976-1979}} {{s-end}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rae, Saul}} Category:1914 births Category:1999 deaths Category:Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Category:Alumni of the London School of Economics Category:Canadian people of Scottish-Jewish descent Category:Canadian people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent Category:Canadian Anglicans Category:People from Hamilton, Ontario Category:Permanent representatives of Canada to the United Nations Category:Princeton University faculty Category:Alumni of University College, Toronto Rae, Bob Category:20th-century Canadian political scientists --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Saul Rae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_Rae) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_Rae?action=history)). 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