Ice War Diplomat

Gary J. Smith was a diplomat at the Canadian embassy in Moscow in 1972. He was instrumental in making the 1972 Canadian-Soviet Hockey Series happen—and keeping it from falling apart. Smith had a more than thirty-year career as a Canadian Diplomat and Canadian Ambassador, with eight foreign assignments. He was honored with two Government of Canada Merit Awards and was named a Fellow by the Harvard University Center for International Affairs. Smith lives in Perth, Ontario.