Paul Fleetford Sise

Paul Fleetford Sise (November 10, 1879 – August 1, 1951) was a Canadian businessman, President of Northern Electric (Nortel 1919 - 1948),^[1] graduated from McGill University in 1901 and was an adjutant to the 148th Battalion, CEF, from Montreal.^[2] Major Sise also served in the 259th Battalion, Canadian Rifles, CEF (Siberia) as part of the Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force, where he was one of the three panel members for the court martial of nine soldiers charged with mutiny (despite the fact he had no legal training.)^[3]

Paul Fleetford Sise
Born	(1879-11-10)10 November 1879 Boston, Massachusetts
Died	1 August 1951(1951-08-01) (aged 71)
Education	McGill University (BSc 1901)
Spouse	Phyllis Emily Augusta Porteous ​ ​ (m. 1905)​

Paul's son, Hazen Edward Sise, became a prominent architect.

Sise c1918-1920

See also

• Charles Fleetford Sise Sr.
• Charles Fleetford Sise Jr. (brother)
• Edward Fleetford Sise (brother)

References

1. Rens, Jean-Guy; Roth, Käthe (2001). The Invisible Empire: A History of the Telecommunications Industry in Canada. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. pp. 125, 126. ISBN 9780773520523.
2. Parker, Charles Whately; Greene, Barnet M. (1922). Who's who in Canada. International Press Limited.
3. Benjamin Isitt, “Court Martial at Vladivostok: Mutiny and Military Justice during the First World War”, in Canadian State Trials, Volume IV: Security, Dissent, and the Limits of Toleration in War and Peace, 1914-1939, University of Toronto Press, 2015, page 195

External links

• The Sise Family and the Bell Telephone Company of Canada

Business positions
Preceded by Edward Fleetford Sise	President of the Northern Electric Company 1919–1948	Succeeded by Ralph Holley Keefler