From 1940 to 1942, he served with the Department of Munitions and Supply and was a protégé of the C.D. Howe. He enlisted in the RCAF in September 1942. On May 10, 1945, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. A well known corporate director, he served on more than 50 corporate boards, including the Royal Bank of Canada. In 1982, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in recognition of having "shown outstanding ability in the field of industrial relations" and "given generously of his counsel and leadership to universities, hospitals and charitable organizations." In 2004 the book, Frank Manning Covert: Fifty Years in the Practice of Law, based on his diaries and edited by Barry Cahill was published by McGill-Queen's University Press. In 1934, he married Mary L. Covert, the daughter of his uncle Walter Harold Covert, the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (1931–1937). They had four children: Michael, Peter, Susan and Sally. References

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Category:Canadian people of British descent
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Category:Schulich School of Law alumni
Category:Canadian Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Category:Officers of the Order of Canada
Category:People from Kings County, Nova Scotia
Category:20th-century Canadian lawyers
Category:Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)
Category:Canadian Queen's Counsel
From 1940 to 1942, he served with the Department of Munitions and Supply and was a protégé of the C.D. Howe. He enlisted in the RCAF in September 1942. On May 10, 1945, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. A well-known corporate director, he served on more than 50 corporate boards, including the Royal Bank of Canada. In 1982, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in recognition of having "shown outstanding ability in the field of industrial relations" and "given generously of his counsel and leadership to universities, hospitals and charitable organizations." In 2004 the book, Frank Manning Covert: Fifty Years in the Practice of Law, based on his diaries and edited by Barry Cahill was published by McGill-Queen's University Press. In 1934, he married Mary L. Covert, the daughter of his uncle Walter Harold Covert, the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (1931–1937). They had four children: Micea, Peter, Susan and Sally. References

Category: 1908 births
Category: 1987 deaths
Category: Canadian people of British descent
Category: Dalhousie University alumni
Category: Schulich School of Law alumni
Category: Canadian Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Category: Officers of the Order of Canada
Category: People from Kings County, Nova Scotia
Category: 20th-century Canadian lawyers
Category: Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)
Category: Canadian Queen's Counsel