Editing Marcel Vincent (section)

{{Short description|Canadian businessman (1907–1992)}}
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| image              = File:Marcel Vincent.png
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1907|12|4|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Montreal, Quebec]]
| death_date         = {{death date and age|1992|10|1|1907|12|4|df=y}}
| death_place        = [[Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec]]
| education          = [[Université de Montréal]] (MComm 1927)
| spouse             = {{marriage|Ginette Meriot|1937}}
| module             = {{Infobox military person
   |embed        = yes
   |embed_title  = Military career
   |allegiance   = 
   |branch       =  [[Royal Canadian Navy]]
   |serviceyears = 1939–1945
   |rank         = [[Lieutenant commander (Royal Navy)|Lieutenant Commander]]
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   | battles     = [[World War II]]
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'''Marcel Vincent''' {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CC}} (4 December 1907 &ndash; 1 October 1992)<ref>{{cite news|title=The St. Maurice Valley Chronicle|date=October 31, 1957|page=9}}</ref> was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] businessman. He was the first [[French Canadian]] president of [[Bell Canada]]<ref name=TimeLife>{{cite book|title=Canada|author=Brian Moore|publisher=Time-Life Books|year=1968|quote=Montreal-born Marcel Vincent became the first French Canadian president of Bell Canada in 1963}}</ref> from August 1, 1963, to August 1, 1968. He was chairman and CEO from August 1, 1968, to December 31, 1972.<ref name=Bell>{{cite web|url=http://www.bce.ca/data/documents/history/bio_presidents_en.pdf|title=Bell - Our History|work=BCE|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927221011/http://www.bce.ca/data/documents/history/bio_presidents_en.pdf|archive-date=2011-09-27}}</ref>

Born in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], Vincent graduated from the [[Université de Montréal]] ([[HEC Montréal]]) with a master's degree in commerce. He joined Bell Canada in 1927 and served in [[World War II]] in the navy from 1941 to 1945.<ref name=Bell/>

In 1972 he was made a Companion of the [[Order of Canada]] "for his contribution to the business community".<ref>{{OCC|1722}}</ref> The Association francophone pour le savoir ([[Association francophone pour le savoir|Acfas]]) Prix Marcel-Vincent is named in his honour.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.acfas.ca/prix-concours/prix-acfas/2013/marcel-vincent|title=Prix Acfas – Marcel-Vincent|language=French|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226144117/http://www.acfas.ca/prix-concours/prix-acfas/2013/marcel-vincent|archive-date=2014-02-26}}</ref>