Town Manager from 1955 to 1960, Thomas Plunkett is instrumental in installing a Town Planning Commission. He became Director of the School of Public Administration at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, for which he received the Vanier Gold Medal in 1983 (awarded by The Institute of Public Administration of Canada for distinctive leadership in public administration and public services in Canada). He was in great demand in the Far East as a consultant in municipal affairs.

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