Marcel Vincent

{{Short description|Canadian businessman (1907–1992)}}

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| 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}}

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|embed_title = Military career

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|branch = Royal Canadian Navy

|serviceyears = 1939–1945

|rank = Lieutenant Commander

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| battles = World War II

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Marcel Vincent {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CC}} (4 December 1907 – 1 October 1992){{cite news|title=The St. Maurice Valley Chronicle|date=October 31, 1957|page=9}} was a Canadian businessman. He was the first French Canadian president of Bell Canada{{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}} from August 1, 1963, to August 1, 1968. He was chairman and CEO from August 1, 1968, to December 31, 1972.{{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}}

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.

In 1972 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada "for his contribution to the business community".{{OCC|1722}} The Association francophone pour le savoir (Acfas) Prix Marcel-Vincent is named in his honour.{{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}}