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 Jacques Levesque - Ottawa & Area District Director
Jacques Levesque was born in Kamloops BC into a Military family that was transferred to Ottawa shortly after his birth.
Jacques joined Trans Canada Airlines in 1964 and worked in Passenger Sales as a Reservation agent, transferred to the Airport in 1968 as an agent Supervisor, then moved to SOC as a Duty Manager. In 1983 he moved on to become Area Sales Manager in the Ottawa region. In June of 1993, he accepted an early retirement package and left the Airline.
Jacques had a parallel career with the Naval Reserve and made an immediate transition to the Canadian Navy serving with them for 7 years on a fulltime callout. He commanded two units - one in Ottawa and one in Sept Iles QC. The last five years of his second career was as Chief of Staff at the headquarters in Quebec City. He retired a second time in 1999 having achieved the rank of Commander.
He has served on the Board of the Juno Beach Centre (The only Canadian Museum in Normandy France) from 2000 to 2004 and had a key role in the opening of this Centre in 2003. Jacques is also a serving member on the Board of the Hall of Valour Museum in Carleton Place ON acting as First Vice President since 2005.
He and his wife Dorothy, also an Air Canada retiree, live in Ottawa within close proximity to their 3 children and four grandchildren.
Golf, Florida Winter sabbaticals and curling are on the agenda when time permits. Jacques and Dorothy have been members of the Pionairs since retirement. Jacques has been on the Ottawa committee since 2006 and became District Director for the Ottawa, Eastern Ontario Region in 2008.
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