Alfred Carrothers

Alfred William Rooke "Fred" Carrothers (June 1, 1924 – May 4, 1998) was a Canadian lawyer, arbitrator, and academic, working in the field of Law. Born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, the son of W. A. Carrothers, a Professor of Economics at the University of Saskatchewan, Carrothers received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1947 and a Bachelor of Laws in 1948 as part of the first graduating class in law at the University of British Columbia. He received a Master of Laws degree in 1951 from the Harvard Law School and a Doctorate of Juridical Science in 1966. He was called to the Bars of British Columbia in 1948, of Ontario in 1965, and of Alberta in 1969. He started his career as an academic at the University of British Columbia where he was a...