Pierre Camu
Pierre Francis Camu,  (March 19, 1923 – September 5, 2023) was a Canadian geographer, civil servant, academic, and transport executive. Biography
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Camu received a Master of Arts degree in 1947 and a Ph.D. in Geography in 1951 from the Université de Montréal. From 1947 to 1949, he did his post-graduate studies at Johns Hopkins University. From 1949 to 1956, he worked with the geography branch of the Department of Mines and Technical Surveys in Ottawa. From 1956 to 1960, he was a Professor of Economic Geography at Université Laval. In 1960, he became Vice-President of the St. Lawrence Seaway Authority (now called Saint Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation)  and was president from 1965 to 1973. From 1973 to 1977, he was president of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters. From 1977 to 1979, he was Chairman of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). From 1979 to 1984, he was president of March Shipping Company. From 1984 to 1988, he was a vice-president at Lavalin Inc. (now SNC Lavalin). From 1988 to 1992, he was Chairman of the Petroleum Monitoring Agency. In 1966, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. In 1976, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 1998, he was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec. In 1999, he was awarded the Camsell Medal by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. Camu died on September 5, 2023, at the age of 100. References

Sources
 Canadian Who's Who 1997 entry
 Royal Canadian Geographical Society Camsell Medal winners 

1923 births
2023 deaths
Canadian geographers
Chairpersons of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
Knights of the National Order of Quebec
Officers of the Order of Canada
Academics from Montreal
Université de Montréal alumni
French Quebecers
Academic staff of Université Laval
Massey Medal recipients
Johns Hopkins University alumni
Canadian expatriates in the United States
Canadian centenarians
Men centenarians
Presidents of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society