Richard Malott

31 January

Dick retired from the Armed Forces in the mid-1970s, joined the collections management staff of the Canadian War Museum and remained at CWM until retirement in 1992. He became the Executive Director of OMMC on a part time basis soon after arriving at CWM and took the job with him when he became the first Executive Director of OMMC after it was incorporated in 1992, running the activity from his Ottawa home. He retired as OMMC ED at the end of 1999. In “retirement”, he was: a tireless supporter of the veterans assistance group at the Perley Centre in Ottawa; an importer of Brittains toy soldiers for Canada for years; a true “go-to” person for military museums across Canada looking for fully trustworthy evaluations of sets of orders, decorations and medals; an Honorary Member of OMMC from 1992 and a Life Member from 2014; the persistent Secretary of the Canadian Delegation to the International Commission of Control and Supervision Association for 47 years; and a long-time member of the Military Collectors Club of Canada. Dick was always an enthusiastic friend of OMMC and its activities, attending as many of our courses as his health permitted. He was invariably pleasant and always polite, even when provoked. He served Canada and Canadians well for many decades.