LIEUTENANT COLONEL (RET) JOHN (JACK) DOMINIC DONOGHUE

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LIEUTENANT COLONEL (RET) JOHN (JACK) DOMINIC DONOGHUE Lieutenant Colonel (ret) John (Jack) Dominic, passed peacefully into the hands of God surrounded by his family on Friday, January 26, 2001. He was predeceased by his wife, of 56 years, Colleen and is survived by daughters, Kathleen Handy (John), Eileen Donoghue and Maureen Donoghue (Richard Renaud), all of Ottawa and son Tom (Judi Gunter) of Calgary. Also survived by his sister Doretta Ryder-Wood, Condoblin, Australia and granddaughter Colleen and great-grandson Blake Handy of Ottawa. Jack will also be missed by his many nieces and nephews, Tom Ryder-Wood, Colleen Biondi (Jim), Susan Clark (Daryl), Bob and Paul Prudhomme, Brian, Karen (James), Jim (Cindy) Burrows and Colleen Thatcher. Born February 1, 1916, Jack was raised in Winnipeg and attended his beloved St. Pauls College High School and graduated St. Pauls College (University of Manitoba) in 1939. Throughout his life he remained close to both the schools and was an active supporter for more than 60 years. A Manitoba champion swimmer and diver, he played football for the junior team of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Upon graduation he worked as a reporter for British United Press in Vancouver and Winnipeg and joined the Canadian Army as a private in 1942 and received his commission in 1943. During the War he served in Northwest Europe as a conducting officer and Assistant Editor of the Canadian Army newspaper, The Maple Leaf. He graduated from Canadian Army Staff College and in 1965 as Lieutenant Colonel he left the military as Director, Public Relations, Canadian Army. During the next eight years, he served with the Federal Government in Ottawa, first as Assistant Director, Public Relations and Information, Department of Manpower and Immigration, then Director, Public Relations and Information, Department of Energy, Mines and Resources and finally Director, Information Services, Emergency Measures Organization, the Privy Council Office. While with the Federal Government he authored The Donoghue Report, a career planning blue print for federal government Information Officers. Elements of the report continue to be used today. In 1973 he moved to Calgary to become Vice-President, Public Relations, with Francis, Williams and Johnson Ltd., and entered semi-retirement in 1978. Jack was a pioneer of public relations in Canada authoring two books on PR in Canada, "The Edge of War" and 01-29-2001

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Jan 29, 2001