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Patrick J. "Paddy" O'Donnell (July 12, 1940 – September 24, 2015) was a

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officer. He was Vice Chief of the Defence Staff in Canada.

Military career

Educated at

Queen's University Queen's or Queens University may refer to: *Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario, Canada *Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK **Queen's University of Belfast (UK Parliament constituency) (1918–1950) **Queen's University of Belfast ...

, O'Donnell joined the

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in 1959 and pursued a flying career.Patrick O'Donnell
CFN Consultants He became Commander of Canada's Northern Region in 1987, Deputy Commander of Air Command in 1990 and Assistant Deputy Minister (Personnel) at the

National Defence Headquarters National Defence Headquarters (NDHQ) ( French: ''Quartiers généraux de la Défense nationale'' (''QGDN'')) was created through the integration of Canadian Armed Forces Headquarters (CAF HQ) with the civilian Department of National Defence (DN ...

in 1992. His last appointment was as Vice Chief of the Defence Staff in 1993 before retiring in 1995. In retirement he became Director of Business Planning at Spar Aerospace. On September 24, 2015, O'Donnell died at the age of 75.

References

1940 births 2015 deaths Canadian generals Commanders of the Order of Military Merit (Canada) Military personnel from Toronto Queen's University at Kingston alumni Vice Chiefs of the Defence Staff (Canada) {{Canada-mil-bio-stub