Graham Towers

Graham Ford Towers CC CMG (29 September 1897 – 4 December 1975) was the first governor of the Bank of Canada from 1934 to 1954.

In the summer of 1915 Towers left McGill for Stanley Barracks and Officer Training at Exhibition Place where he was commissioned a Provisional Lieutenant in the Canadian Army Service Corps on September 29, 1915.

On December 8, Lt Towers passed his qualifying exam and obtained his Certificate in Equitation (Horsemanship).

In March of 1917, he joined the CEF and proceeded to France as a Railhead Supply Officer attached to the British 1st Army Headquarters.

From 1944 to 1954, he was President of the Industrial Development Bank and from 1946 until 1954 he was alternate Governor for Canada at the International Monetary Fund.